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The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-01-19
CAsEY's TABLE D'HoTE.
~ EUGENE FIELD.

IDedcaf,dio ". e Bustea, Montana
Oh Red IIoss mountain when the skies wun far
money like nkker nd the folks brave
When the nights crisp balmy the camp all
with the joints all open nj sheriff to
OH them times Red in the Rockies fur
There's place like them kun and today
what though the camp hcI busted seem to see still
yip se It l9ysd a. gn that IE nd Tay m s bro,
When think Red Ios mountain nd of Cascys tabhlo
WAL yes rich. but that don't show
when old nd feeble MI rs nigh his time to go,
DON'T Tiger With S6iser who lived west;
old ps away from folks nd noise,
Nj the sights nj things done when
The which why nd think Of them old days
When all US western fellers got the Colorado craze
en- thou ghj Of Red nd Of Cascys abblc
dote
This casey WIZ an freshman know It by his
And by the facial features agPerianin' to the same
He'd lEe IN many rlares nd nal lone th1nsaEd ings
But somehow, hadnt caught drnn' with the rest,
And Red Hoss mountain when the little camp wul
money flowed like nAker nd the folks brave
And. having been a stewart M'ssssrppl boat,
lie opened up caay nj he run tabole dote
The long With . The Shelf hell
underneath there Of bottled beer nd wne
pom the walls PICTURES Of bosses nj Of girls
Not much dress. perhaps but strong records nj
The which had been identified with casey n past
The hesses nj the girls mcan-nd both wuz mighty fast
these attractions of precious little note
Ey the side Of what offered at Caseys tabhle dOte
There vuz a dozen tables altogether IN the place
Aud the tax You had 10 pay upon your ytes ~nz case
To ratroniIe = robber. casey same
They said robbery TO tax for meal
Eut Casey tended strictly Ia his biz nd let cm squea
R cs kept Se on nd the dust
And a lin editor from Denver city wrote
piece back to his putin Casey's tabble dotei
tabbe dote different from orderin' aller cart
In get all there Is-n t'oher only part
And Casey tabble loe began French-as all begin
And Casey ended with the same, which is to with
vim
n between every reptile. bird beast
The like You Kit in heightened restaurants down
Nj wndn' up " ~ cake or pie it'll coffee demy tass
or sometimes floating ireland in "A soothin kind of
That left sort of pleasant tckiin in fellers throat
Nj made him banker after more Of Ca>eys Table dOte!
The recollection of them puddn's nd them pies
Erngs yearnin' to buIIum nj the my ewes
Nd seems like cookn nowadays amt what used to be
In camp on Red Hoss M untain in that year of 65
But. may be ii j. better, nj. may &c, IN - blame
Id like To be liVin' in the mountains jest the
Id like live that hen skies nd blue,
When things wuz run wide open nd men wuz brave nd
when brawny ninty of Red Hoss mountain
For wherewithal pay the price of Casey tabbe
you. o cherished brother sleepin way ont west
with Red Hoss mountain hnggin close TO Its lovin
oh. do you dream your last sleep of how
of how worked little claims together,
why when saw last smile restin on your face
And - YOU wu/, nd Ia he. too. if wuI seepin'
But ben how brothers love for the world
Whenever I've this hearache nd this chOkn throat
Chicago Nctrs
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-01-19

woman can drive pair of dashing ponies, O
bargain, an argument or . hen; but when It comes
to fat-headed tack-0h, my EExchange.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-01-19

Passengers who once try the "Monon" route, which
Il the model line from Cincinnati and Louisville
Chicago, never name 1t but to praise It,
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-01-19
AMONG HOME AUTHORS.
a Chaplet of Criticism.

BY II. Z. L.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08
Devsispneat 81 The sksll.

Chicago Times.
Mr.. Digit, professor of anatomy
in the American college at Beirut,
Syria, gives some very interesting
results of his examination of COL
lection Of human skulls which are
stored away in an old monastery in
the Kedron valley, midway between
Jerusalem and the Dead sea. He
has made careful comparison of
these skulls with those of the same
race at the present day, and finds
some significant differences, The
Caucasian skull has during the last
thirteen centuries increased in cir.
cumference nearly two inches, and
has gained considerable in cranial
capacity. There has been no in
crease in width. The brain has
gained in height and width. e.,
there has been a development of the
upper and anterior parts of the
brain, theparts which we should ex.
pect to increase by education and
civilization, as they preside over the
moral and intellectual functions
The lower portions of the brain, in
which the lower or more selfish pro
pensities are centered, and which give
breadth to the head, have, in the
march of the centuries, failed to
grow as rapidly as the higher brain
centuries, hence the non-increase ir
the width of cur skulls.-Chicago
Times.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08
A Far.sight Machine.

Mr.. Edison is reported, in q con-
versation with a reporter who
solicited his ideas on the subject ol
the projected worlds fair in New
York City, as saying that he would
take an acre of space in such O fair
and completely cover it with his in
ventions, of which he has no less
than seventy now under way. Zone
of the most peculiar, and now prom
Using good results, said MIR. Edison,
eis what I call a far-sight machine. u
By means of this extraordinary in
vention, the Electrical Review says,
he hopes to be able to increase the
range of vision by hundreds of miles,
so that, for instance, "a man in New
York could see the features of his
friend in Boston with as much ease
as hescould see a performance on the
stage. That" he added, would be
On invention worthy a prominent
place in the worlds fair, and l hope
tohaveitperfected long before 1892"
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08
The Trust Aaaia aad il Cnre.

Every industry in the land appears
to be falling into the hands of So
called "trusts" or combinations,
which have for their objects to
increase the selling price q Of
restrict competition and to
their products. We have on
many occasions called attention
to the inevitable result of these ef-
forts to make the public pay for the
support of antiquated and expensive
producing works, or for the losses
which ignorance or extravaganza
would entail. The object now appar.
ent in most cases of "trust" organ
izations is simply to make the dear
public believe that 'trust stock" are
good Investments, and to unload
these securities" on them as rapid.
ly as possible.
Many of the unwary will later on
pay dearly for their education in this
matter, but in the meantime it is
well for proposing investors in
trust stocks" to consider the leg is.
!atlon already proposed or enacted
in several States for the treatment of
this trust mania.
Take, for example, the following
extract from a bill passed recently
by the Michigan Legislature. and
said to have been drawn by q lawyer
who has been the presiding Judge of
the Supreme Court of the State. 1t
provides "that oil contracts, agree
ments, understandings and combin-
ations made, entered into or know
ingly assented to by and between
any parties capable Of making a con-
tract or agreement which would be
valid at law or in equity, the purpose
or object or intent of which shall be
to limit, control or in any manner
to restrict or regulate the amount
OF production or quantity of any
article or commodity to be raised or
produced by mining, manufacture,
agriculture or any other branch of
oueiiless VI luUOf, OF 10 Oennance, con-
troll or regulate the market price
thereof, or in any manner to prevent
or restrict free competition in the
production or sale of any such article
or commodity, shall be utterly illegal
and void, and every such contract,
agreement, understanding and COM
bination shall constitute a criminal
conspiracy" Organizations of work
men are expected from the operation
of the act.
This bill, whether good law or not,
is certainly one of the most concise,
comprehensive and rigid measures
we have yet seen, and it is we'll
worthy the careful consideration of
all who are tempted to invest in these
so-called trust securities"
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08

PEOPLE who are in the habit OF
using large numbers flippantJy and
without consideration, would often
open their eyes with wonder if even a
comparativeI simple number were
analyzed and elucidated for them.
"a million bushels of wheat" for in
stance, is easily said and doesn't
seem to be so colossal, because it's
vastness is not realized. At the rate
of 10000 pounds to q car-the
usual capacity-it would require a
train ten miles long to hold it, or if
carried in ordinary farm wagons, the
train would be 142 miles long.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08
Three More Eiffel::T Flowers.

The idea OF building three more Elf
fel towers and then turning the four
into the legs ofa huge platform where
on a sanitarium can be built above
the smoke and stir and dust and
noise of cities, whittier invalids could
ascend in search of pure air and Sc
clusion, is being discussed with every
appearance of sincerity in Paris.
The nation is certainly a big one
and worthy of the age which tackles
such big undertakings as Panama
canal and channel tunnel, but it
will not fall to the lot of invalids OF
this generation, I fear, or of the next
either, to avail themselves fthe aeri.
al sanitariuln which il suggested
London Figaro.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08
Marvellous Courage.

In handsome mansion situated in
a lonely part of England there resided,
u few years ago, q maiden lady of con-
siderable wealth, writes u correspond
cnt of the Phiade lphia Press. One
morning she was discovered foully
murderd. Her man-servant. named
Lee. was suspected, arrested and con.
victed on circumstantial evidence,
and sentenced to be hanged. So con.
elusive seemed the evidence against
the prisoner that no attempt whatever
was made on the part of the public to
induce the Home Secretary to exer-
else executive clemency. The day of
the execution having arrived, tho
prisoner was led forth to suffer the ex-
treme. penalty. The rope to be used.
the texture of which was silk and
hemp, had been, as is customary in
such cases, tested with tho aid of
sand-bags, and was not found wanting.
The bolt was drawn and the prisoner
was given q drop of eight feet. The
rope broke. The prisoner walked, un-
aided, up the steps leading to the
scaffold, and after the rope had been
fixed again and the moose adjusted the
bolt was drawn for the second time.
The rope broke again.
Lee was by this time considerably
stunned. However, after the lapse of
a few moments he again ascended, un-
aided, the steps, and after doing all in
his power to allay the nervousness of
the hangman, assisted the latter in
once more fixing the rope. The pris-
oner placed himself on the trap-door,
the bolt was pulled, and the condemn
ed man dropped once more out of view.
The rope parted for the third time.
After considerable delay Lee once
more placed himself into the execu-
tioner's hands, but that parsonage and
the other officials, Mortified at what
seemed a Divine interposition. refused
to proceed further with the business.
The facts were reported to the Home
Secretary, who at once respited the
prisoner, condemning him to imprison-
ment for life.
Three years later a woman who was
Lees fellow-scrvant confessed on her
dying bed that it was che who killed
her mistress. She declared that Lee
had no connection whatever with the
affair. and stated facts strongly con-
firmatory to her confession.
Instances may possibly have occur
red in which an equal amount of ply
sical courage has been displayed, but
outside of the pale OF fiction there
can not be cited a single case in which
bravery ever played a more conspicu-
Gus part than in the incident above de.
tailed.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08
Tie Virgin Was Foolish.

Il gentleman and his wife who hai
gone to IL neighbor's for an evening
visit felt obliged to cut short thei,
stay, in consideration of the feelings o
their young lady hostess. who was over
come with modification because: the
parlor lamp went out.
1t was a house where the decorative
craze was at that time rampant.
Scarcely an article in the room that
was not kensington painted or Ken.
sington stitched or''artistically draped.
Decorated bellows. decorated candles,
decorated mirrors, decorated jars, jugs,
plates, bottles, mugs, vases, baskets
fans, milking stools. placques, latnbrc
quins. wherever lambrequins could be
attache 1; filmy drapery over pictures
and cas- !. over everything that could
be draI"'d-catching on ones buttons
being whisked off on ones skirts if one
cared TO move.
Greatest triumph Of all was supert
and genuinely artistic lamp of price,
which had over it a petticoat of satin
ribbons, in a symphony of yellow
citron yellow, lemon yellow, gold, old
gold and orange-showing through an
outer petticoat of exquisite lace with a
founce that would have driven a cardi-
nal wild to possess it for his own
personal adornment.
But alack for the practical details of
this show house! The light began to
wane, then rally, again wane; and then
with one desperate effort at saving the
family name. it went out.
On the way home the couple talked
pityingly OF tho lady's humiliation.
1.-The moral Of which is." said she,
''that lamps should be trimmed" re-
piled he, "but not with point lace. ~
The Wide Awake.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08
Trout That Reasond and Remembered.

"Some time before the death of Seth
Green, the celebrated New York fish
culturist and naturalist" said Phila.
delphian who takes great interest in
pisclcultural matters" l paid visit
with him to the fish hatchery of that
state at Caledonia. In one of the
ponds there at that time there were
5000 large brook trout, every one ol
which had been captured With the fly
tied on barbless hooks-in unfre.
quented brooks in the Adirondack
region. These trout, Mr.. Green said,
had convinced him that fish have rea-
soning power and memory. When
they were hooked he said, and were
reeled slowly in by the careful fisher
men who were capturing them for the
state pond, they had time and oppor-
tunity to note the form and character
Of the tackle that made them prison
ers.' According to Mr.. Greer they
never forgot that experience. The
trout had been in the pond long
time, the females never being allowed
to spawn there, and would follow Mr..
Green as he walked along the edge of
the water, tossing bits of liver into the
pond. 10 show that his theory about
the memory and reason was correct he
would carry a cane and fish rod con-
cea!ed behind his back. II he took
the cane from its concealment and held
it out over the water tho fish paid no
attention to it; but the moment he pro-
duced the rod with its reel and line
attached away the trout scampered like
a fash to distant parts of the pond.
Mr.. Green told me that he would per-
init anyone to cast fly in that pond
to his hearts content, as he was salts
fled that not one of the trout would
come near it, so vividly did they re-
member their enemy of five years ago.
Philadelphia Press.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08
Face.to.Face wor,.

~AS WIZ WOulu Aelp Gne poor must
work among them and not at them. Art
may admit of dilettasteism, that is, Of
following it for amusemen. and not
with serious purpose; but philanthro-
ply demands persistent, personal work
from those who are more interested In
men, women and children than they
are in humanity. When Edward Irv.
ingsbegan his labors as DR.. Chalmers
assistant, among the poor of Glasgow,
he girded himself for face-to.face,
hand-to-hand work. He entered a
poor mans home, as he would have
gone Into an oriental palace, with the
apostolic benediction, Peace be to
this house."
He laid his hand upon the heads OF
the children, and pronounced the an
cient benediction, 1.-The Lord bless thee
and keep thee" Then with the hearti-
ness OF a neighbor he entered into the
concerns of the household, listened to
the narrative of hardships and partook
OF the miserable cheer, having first
asked over it as stately blessing as If
it were feast.
Once on his way to u meeting of the
presbytery, he walked. while the other
ministers went in carriages. The
''brethren," on overtaking Irving,
greeted him with laughter and jokes,
for on his stalwart shoulders he bore u
peddler's pack, while by his side walk
ed poor. tired Irishman. Irving was
indignant at the brethren's laughter.
He was simply clearing another's bur-
den, and SO fulfilling the law of
Christ.
1rving's interest in persons prompt
ed him to devise guileless wiles for
winning them. An intidel shoemaker,
q born worker, used to turn his back
when Irving visited the house, and
never acknowledged his presence save
by an occasional humph OF criticism
on some remark of the visitor to the
trembling wife.
One day Irving sat down by the
shoemaker's bench, took up piece of
patent leather, then recent invention,
and made several remarks upon it.
''What do ye ken about leather?"
asked the shoemaker, without raising
his eyes.
Irving. tanners son, answered by
so talking that the cobbler slackened
work and listened. Irving described
process Of making shoes by machin-
cry. The man suspended work alto
gether, lifted his eyes and exclaimed.
"Od, you're decent kind O. fellow!
Do you preach?"
On the following Sunday the cob.
bier was at church. The next day
Irving meet him in ono OF the most
frequented streets of Glasgow, hailed
him as friend, laid his hand upon
the cobbler's shirt-sleeve. and walked
with him until their ways parted.
The shoemaker was won. He
bought him suit of Sunday ''blacks. {"
went habitually to church, and to the
criticism of his comrades, answered:
''He's sensible man, yon. He kens
about leather!''
Irving's cordiality. seen to be per-
sonal and not merely official. had con.
quered the sullen man.-Ex.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08
Ii d,

From the Rev. Dr.. Leonard Bacon.
When the college wants to compli.
ment visitor, or a benefactor, o,
one who may become benefactor
and cannot make anything else out
of him, it can always make him q
doctor of laws. He may be land
speculator, or may have invented a
cooking stove, or may be proficient
in cuneiform Inscriptions, or may
have found an osteriod. ormay have
put upa new brand of tobacco-it
does not matter, IL. d. looks well
after any mans name, and LII. D.
tits.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08
What Goes Up Must Come
DOwn

A Norwich woman who puts up the
best OF strawberry jam, and labels the
cans strawberry jam put up Bly," was
surprised to find can empty the other
day, and additionly labeled: ..Put
down by the tramp who split wood for
his breakfast!'
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08

When Baby was sick, We gave her Castoris,
When she was Child, she cried for Caetoria,
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria,
When she had Children, she gave theme Castoria.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08

People who desire to preserve their health
should be exceedingly careful about their
diet at this season, and at no time should
they be without supply Of PERRY DAVIS
PAIN KILLER. the safest, surest and speediest
remedy for all troubles Of the stomach and
bowels. All druggists sell it.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08

Ia it probable that what a million women
soy utter daily trial is O mistake? They saw
they know by test that Dobbins' Electric Is
most economical, purest and best. They
have had "a years to try it. You give it one
trial.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08

"The Gods give no great good without To-
Dor" is an old proverb, and q true one; the
hardest labor is not always that which is the
best paid, however. To those in search OF
light, pleasant and profitable employment,
mond, Va.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08

Mr.. HAMILTON, in his article in the
Forum, shows that insurance
companies often divide earning equal,
to 20 per cent. is realized. and in q
few cases as high as 40 per cent,
which is simply extortion.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08

j. j. West 10 ousted from the editorial con.
troll OF the Chicago Times.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08

A new mixed drink is called a ..business
brace" but its practical tendency is more
that Of business Observation-Disclosures
American.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08

A pocket mirror free to smokers of "Tan.
sill's Punch" SC. Cigar.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08

The Disciples denomination is to establish
college in Minneapolis.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08

Menominee gets the episcopal military
school for Northern Wisconsin.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08

Some of the lynchers OF James Averell and
Kate Maxwell ore arrested in Wyoming.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08
A Peculiar Epitaph,

An observing lawyer said the other
day: II have often heard ofpeculiar
inscriptions on tombstones; but one
came under my observation a few
days ago that I think deserves q
notice. 1t was something decidedly
out of the common, and. while the
sentiment was praiseworthy and a
'consummation devoutly to be
wished had a strong element of the
ludicrous in it. Twas passing along
Main street in Germantown, and /
stopped at the corner of Queen street
for a moment to look at the old
fashioned stucco and stone church
there. Its old steeple and clocks are
land marks. 1t is the old Trinity
church, and it stands in the center of
a grassy plot about half an acre in
extent. Part of it is used as a bury
ing ground. There ore three graves
close together, but only one of them
is marked with a tombstone. On
this are the name and date of death
of the deceased occupier, and beneath
it is the rather remarkable inscrip.
tion:
"When shall We thres meet again?"
'The designer evidently thought it
biblical and not Shakespearean, and
he had probably never read the pre-
ceeding lire, In thunder, lightning
or in rain? "-Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08

Lewis Bros. 4 Co., dry goods, of Philadel-
phia, fail for four millions.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08
Do You

Have that extreme tired feeling, languor. with.
out apptite or strength impaired digestion. and
general feeling Of misery it is impossible to de-
scribe? Hoods Sarsaparilla is q wonderful med.
icine for creating m appetite. promoting diges.
tfon. and toning up the whole system. giving
strength and activity in place Of weakness and
debility. Be sure to get Hoods.
Il take Hoods Sarsaparllla every year as a
tonic, with most satisfactory results. recon.
mend Hoods Sarsaparilla to all who have that
miserable tired feeling" c. PARMELEE. $40
Bridge Street. Brooklyn, N. Y.
MY health wasnot very good for some months.
I did not have much appetite. nor sleep well. I
also had frequent sick headaches, and had no
ambition to do anything l was recommended
to try Hoods Sarsaparilla. And though have
not taken oil of one bottle as yet. l feel like a
new person. highly recommend it to all." Mrs.
w. A, TURNER W. Hanover Mass
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08
VERY HARD Cash.
\ Matter.of.Fa Romance,
CHAPTER VI.
By CHARLEs READa

CHAPTER W.
'Mr. Edward Dodd?"
"Not at home, sir. Left last week"
"For loLg?" .
II don't rightly know, sir. But he won't
be back this week. don't think"
Perhaps" !" stammered Alfred, "the ladies
Mrs. Dodd-might be able to tell me-
"Oh. yes, sir. But my mistress she's in
London just now" '
Afred's eyes flashed. "Could learn from
Miss Dodd?"
LA, sir, she is in London along with her
mo; why, tits for her they are gone; to insult
the great doctors"
HE started. "She il not ill? Nothing
serious?"
well. sir, wc do hope not; she is pining a
bit, as young ladies will'
Alfred was anything but consolcd by this
ofhand account; he became alarmed, and
looked wretched. Seeing him SO perturbed,
Sarah, who was blunt but goo,l.natured,
added. "But cook sho says hard work would
cure our miss of oil she ails."
'Cook is an unteeliug wretch" replied Al.
fred.
'Bless your heart. it belongs to her place,
or how could she skin them rabbits? ha! ha!
Who shall soy was asking for her? for my
work ID a bit behindhand.
Alfred took the hint reluctantly, and drew
out his card-case, saying. "For Mr.. Edward
Dodd." She gave her clean but wsttish
hand hasty wipe with her apron, ind
took the card; he retired; she stood on Vie
step and watched him out of sight, sab