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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-08-16
She Won the Umbrella.

W. j. Norris, "A prominent merchant
Of our town, thought TO back down
one Of our young ladies would be- a
nice thing, SO made her tie follow.
ing proposition recently That ii she
would take a little lcu cent par.
asol, which is about the slze Of a
palmetto fan, hoist II and walk up
Main street a certain distance and re.
turn, carrying it overheard the way,
that ho would reward her with a silk
umbrella. She at first hesitatcd. but.
after making numerous futile at
tempts, finally made oil with the liz
tie mushroom shaped concern held
aloft over her graceful form She no
turned in a few minutes bearing a
note with the signatures Of a number
Of the clerks attached stating that she
had passed by or arrived at their
stores with the parasol in position.
Mr.. Norris gracefully turned over the
umbrella TO its rightful owner, and
the young lady departed with two
umbrellas instead of one. Mr.. Norris
will hardly make another such offer
soon. -Warrenton (Ga,l Clipper.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-08-16

Queen Victoria is In the habit Of
keeping rooms which have been C
pied by deceased relatives locked up.
The apartments ct Claremont ia which
the Princess Charlotte died more than
seventy years ago r closed, and no
body is allowed to use them. Prince
Albort's apartments at Windsor, Us.
borne aud Bulmoral arc all kept pre-.
cisely as they were when he was alive,
and on the wall Of the room in which
lac died there is a tablet, with an in
scriptiOu recording the fact that this
apartment was the scene Of bis de-
mise" John Browns rooms at Wind.
sor have also been closed since his
death and marked with a large brass
sign, with an inscription commence
rating his virtues and deploring his
loss. London Letter.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-08-16
Grant. Wellington Query.

The story told by Sir William Fraser
about 4 question which Gen. Grant
addressed at Apsley house TO the second
Duke Of Wellington is susceptible, it
seems Of satisfactory explanation. II
is incredible that, using the words in
their ordinary sense, rs one would
understand them in England, Gen.
Grant should have said, during a pause
in the middle Of dinner, MY lord, |
have heard that your father was q mill
tary man. Was that the caseY" This
has been spoken Of, naturally enough,
as exhibiting 'the American impu.
denCe or ignorance Of Gen. Grant.
The New York Herald london edition.
points out that there was neither i'm
pudence nor ignorance in Gen. Grants
question. What Gen Grant meant 10
ask was whether the iron duke had
received a special technical training in
a military school, like Lee, sherman,
Stonewall jackson and himself at
West Point. or whether, like Mari.
borough, Frederick and other famed
commanders, he had learnt the art Of
war only in the field London Life.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-08-16
THE CIGARS WE SMOKE.
They Are Made of Tobacco Because Stained
Paper Is Too Dear TO Use.

faper Is 100 Dear 10 tses
There is quite a common belief that
the cheap cigars, of which there is an
immense sale in this city, + made
largely of paper stained to resemble
tobacco. Whatever foundation there
may have been for this allegation
some years ago il is certain, says the
dealer, that there is nothing of the
kind going on now.
The best proof of this, they claim, is
furnished by the fact that there is not
now any necessity for such "a subter
fuge, a the cheapest straw paper, the
only kind that could be used, cannot
be bought and put through the neces'
sary chemical process us cheaply as
natural leaf tobacco can be.
The cheap cigars are, of course, made
of domestic tobacco, and the cheaper
the cigar the poorer the quality OF To.
bacco. The odor Of the cheap cigar is
about the only objection TO be made
against il, and this comes from the i'm
perfect development of the leaf. No
process OF curing will impart the agree
able flavor of line leaf TO the inferior
leaf, because the essential oils from
which it gets its fragrance failing u
come with growth, cannot be satisiac-
torily supplied by artificial means.
1t is true that various harmless prop
critics may be used to impart a pleas
ing favor, but to the man who knows
the taste of a good cigar the a~rtitice is
at once apparent, and 10 his taste is
n~auseating. Besides, hat kind of fra
GRANGE is short lived. Il lasts only as
long as the natural moisture of the
Leaf, and %dampening the cigar cannot
restore it.
There is a considerable prejudice
among connoisseurs against all kinds
of domestic tobacco. But we are grow.
ing an excellent quality of leaf in
Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Ohio and
Connecticut II is true that v c the
best domestic tobacco contains at least
10 per cent. of nicotine, while the
Cuban leaf. has not more than 8 per
cent. 1t must be conceded also that
the Cuban tobaccos have a more deli
cate aroma than the domestic, and
"hth OhS bttOulCo dttuSboiutd w
smoking it then nothing else can sat
isfy his taste.
The acknowledged superiority of the
Cuban goods comes from the peculiar
soil Of that country rather than from
the climate. It is particularly notice
able that the crops from Vuelta Abajo
and Semi Vuelta, two districts lying
in the southwest Of the island, are par.
ticularly fine and cannot be rivaled
anywhere.
This portion Of Cuba is subject to
heavier freshets than any other, and
all the refuse washed in these becomes
mingled with the earth, and tends to
improve the fertility of the ground.
Receding to the north, the quality
is not SO good, buta comparatively fine
product comes from the Mancaraugua,
Remedies and Partidos plantations in
that territory. The poorest leaf, which
is thick, strong and ugly, comes from
Tara, in the southeastern part of the
island, but very little of that finds its
way to this country, and for this we
may be thankful, as smoking il has the
effect of dulling the senses and feel
ings.-New York News.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-08-16
A flint Class Risk.

The town officers building in Mon
son is called by The Piscataquis Ob
server "a monument Of Gods sparing
mercy" When, a year or two before
the war. the fire made a clean sweep
on both sides of the main street, this
building was skipped by the fiery ele-
ment. Afterwards a building, which
was so near il that the two might be
called one, was burned, and still il
escaped. Last winter several build
ings were burned just acrosst the street.
Whether this not very %pretentious
locking structure is spared for the
good Il has done, or that which IL is
yet 10 do, The Observer does not I'M
dertake TO say. II must have a repu-
tation as a first class risk among I'M
d~erwriters. Lewiston journal.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-08-16
How to Make an Eolian Harm.

Have any OF u young friends ever
seen All eolian harpl II is a musical
instrument made by the Greeks many
centuries ago, and hung among the
trees, or where the wind could blow
upon il, making a low, soft, musical
sound. The Baptist Weekly tells1ow
to make one, which is very easily
done and inexpensive, for most of the
material can be found about the house:
WAX Il piece of buttonhole twist
about two and a half feet long; tie
each end strongly to a small peg, and
thrust tie pegs down the crcvice be-.
tween the two Sasles of your southern
or western windows, stretching the
silk as tight rs possible. IL will sur
prise you the sweetness and variety
Of the tones the wind will bring
from it. Having done this you may
be moved TO 60 further and prepare
a nor elaborate eolian harp.
Take some quarter inch wood and
make n box the length Of your win
dow frame. four or five inches deeL
and six or seven inches wide, Bore a
few small holes in n circle near what
will be the upper side Of the back Of
the box when placed in the window
with the open side of the box, fasteG
two bridges like violin bridges, ono at
zach end, and stretch on them several
strings of fine catgut, contriving a
series of screw pins TO aid in the tight
stretching necessary, and allow Of
their being tuned To one note. Then
raise your sash on the windy side of
the house, and the wind passing
through the hole and over the strings
will, in its rising and falling, make
very sweet music. boston Budget.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-08-16
The C~owthorpe Oak.

The largest tree in Great Britain,
and one of the most famous. is the
Cowthorpe oak, in Yorkshire, which
is believed TO be some fifteen hundred
years old. When Evelyn wrote his
SILVA" in the Seventeenth century,
its circumference at the ground was
rs feet, but later earth was banked up
around it, which covered some con
siderable projections and reduced its
girth. At the beginning of the last
century its branches overshadowed an
area of half an ACRE of ground. The
top or leading branch fell at some un-
recorded date, curiously slipping down
into the hollow trunk, where it re.
manned. In the last century one Of
the main branches which was blown
down proved to be 80 feet in length
and yielded five tons of timber. When
carefully measured by DR.. Jessop in
1929 the girth of the tree at the
ground was 60 feet, and at a yard
above As feet; the chief remaining
limb was 80 feet long, and its circum-
ference 8 feet and the height of the
tree was IS feet. II was then hollow
to the top. For many years saplings
raised from this tree were sold in pots
by the villagers for as much as a
guinea apiece. II is now a venerable
ruin, but most picturesque in its de-
cay. II stands in a green paddock,
carefully protected from injury, with
its ancient limbs supported by props.
An idea Of its size may be gathered
from the statement that at least forty
persons can stand within its cavity,
and that its circumference is greater
than that of the Eddystone lighthouse,
which was confessedlv designed on
the model OF an oak Garden and
Forest.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-08-16

CAPITAL PRIZE 100000,

100000 Tickets at Twenty Dollars
Each; Halves SO 90; Quarters S.
TeDtbs 50: TwenIieths 81.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-08-16
C~omparntlv, Value. in North Carolina.

Comparative Values In North Carolina
The value Of four chickens, or n
turkey, ora bushel and a half Of corn,
or ten pounds Of cotton, or a bushel
and a half Of potatoes, will pay for
The Weekly Star M year. Whining
kpn Star.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-08-16
Louisiana Mate L0ltcrl Com IiEl
FAMED FOR TWENTY YEARS
For Integrity of its Drawings, and
Prompt Payment of Prizes,
Atiesttf NJ Enllnws.

Al'tsltt ny FOllOWs.
W do hereby certify that we supervise the ar
rsngernents for all the Monthly aud sepi-Annua
Drawings Of the Louisiana State Lottery Company,
aud in person manage and control the drawings
themselves, and that the same are conducted with
honesty, fairness, and In good faith toward all par
ties, and we authorize the Company to use this
certificate, with fac-similies Of our signatures at.
tached 10 its advertisements
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-08-16
AGENTS WAN \.

FoI Club Rates, or any further information de.
sired, write LIGHTLY TO the undersigned clearly stat,
ing your residence, with State, County, Street and
Number. More rapid return mail delivery will ne
assured by your enclosing an Envelope bearing
vaur fuil address
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-08-16
for Infants and Children.

"castoria is so well adapted TO cbildren that
recommend tas superior to any prescription
knownt 20 me-" II. A. ARCHER, NJ. D.,
Iii So Oxford St, Brooklyn, n. Y,
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-02-23
THE BURGLARS WIDOW.
BIT STANLEY WATERLOO

IL was the burglars widow
His cofiin sat beside,
Her hot tears fell like summer rain,
And piteOuSly she cried:
ST Peter'll never let him
Inside the blessed gate
hut came &C. her sudden Thought.
And she exclaimed: Just watt"
Then rose the burg ar's widow,
And this II what she did.
She slipped his trusty Jimmy
Beneath the coffin lid:
Now. let old Peter hold the door:
Jack Will get tn. you bet
Hes got his jimmy with hlm andi
IL never failed him yeti
-Chicdgo Tribune
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-02-23

Distinguished Foreigner lat his first
meal In IN American hOteD -"I cawn't
understand why you Americans all
look 20 glum at table"
American Guest-"When you learn
the rates you'll look glum, too
Philadelphia Record.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-02-23

We cannot do Justice 10 the esteem In which
CUTICuRA the great skin Cure. and CUTIcVRA
IL, and CuTIcuRA REsoLvENT, the new Biood Pu-
rifieF, held by the thousands upon thousands
whose lives have been made happy by the cure OF
agoniEinK, humiiating, itching, scaly and pimply
diseases of the skin. scalp aud blood. with loss of
hair.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-02-23

There Is such . thing as carrying g
choke too far" as q Colorado horse
thief remarked to q neck-tie social
brakes Magazine.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-02-23

Bold everywhere Price. CUTIcURA, 80 cents
soar, = cents; REsoLvKNT. g a. Prepared by the
PoTTKR DRU0 AND CHEMICAL Co. Boston, Mas.
mw-Send for How To Cure Skin Diseases" a
pages, 70 Illustrations. and LOO testimonials.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-02-23

In this most interesting book. our country's
history In told from the discovery OF Amer
lea down to tn election of Grover Cleveland
"a President Oh the United States. This book
contains sixty-seven chapters-about go
pages-giving full and authentic accounts
OF the Norsemen. the Discoveries and Ex-
plorations of Columbus and the Cabots,
spanish, French, English and Dutch Explo-
rations, the landing OF the Pilgrim Fathers,
the Indians and their Wars the Colonies,
their Settlement and Growth, the States
and their Settlement. the French and Indian
Wars, the Revolution and its Battles, the
adm Illustration of each President from
Washington TO Grover Cleveland, the Civil
War the Record OF Its Battles and the Gallant
Onicers of the Army and Navy, the Eman-
cipation OF 100000 Slaves, Reconstruction
and Peace. IL contains
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-02-23

nRRmples. BiAckheads, red. rough. chapped and
EbBut ely skin prevented by CUTIcuRA soar.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-02-23
Carlyle as q Historian.


the London Ath6RTHnn on the mac
curacy of Thomas Carlyle as q histo-
rian, says: "Some time ago you
allowed me to call attention TO the
gross inaccuracies OF Carlyle in his
narrative of the flight TO Narrennes
since that time his authority has been
rudely shaken both with regard to
his histories of Cromwell and of
Frederick the Great. Carlyle de-
scribes what he has seen with great
accuracy and picturesqueness; but in
writing from other sources he neg
lects obvious authorities which he
might easily have had access to, he
does not read the authorities he uses
with diligence or correctness, and he
occasionally gives reins to his imagina-
ton with a recklessness which leads
him into the widest statements.
"MAy | be allowed, on the present
occasion, to call attention TO an mac
curacy In his Life of Frederick the
Great which is quite gratuitous, and
to me quite inexplicable, although
some of your readers may be able TO
explain 1t? 1t occurs I'm vol. ", p.
1876, of the Library Edition. lie Is
describing the battle field of Rossbach,
and thinking il necessary to mention
the town of hamburg, which need
not have been mentioned at all, he
describes ii as 'one of the several
German Naumburgs-the hamburg
of Gustaf Adolf where his slain body
lay on the night of Lutzen battle,
with his poor queen and others weep
ing over it,
"a few weeks ago visited the bat
tlefield of Rossbach, and naturally the
town of Weissenfels, through which
Frederick passed TO attack the French.
At Weissenfels | saw the room In
which the body of Gustaf Adolf was
embalmed after Lutzen. l saw the
stair of blood on the wall, the two
swords belonging to the king which
had been left there, the visitors book,
ranging over fifty years, and the orig
inal document relating the facts of the
kings embalment, a copy of which
now lies before me. 1t states that
Gustavus Adolphus, after becoming
by his heroic deeds new wonder of
the world, was slain on November 6,
1852, in the battle of Lutzen, and was
brought to Weissenfels on the same
day. On November 7th he was dis
emboweled in this very room, and on
November Sth his heart (weighing
one pound and twenty loth) was
buried under the pulpit of the town
church, and his entrails in the Klos-
terkirche, TO the sound of drums and
trumpets, and his body was taken to
Sweden to be inferred in the royal
vault.
"Weissenfels plays a large part in
Carlyle's narrative, and is accurately
described by him. Frederick, in
marching through the town, must
have passed the very house in which
Gustaf Adolf lay, as Napoleon did
fifty-six years later. If il were nee
essary to particularize hamburg. an
der Saale at all, which 1t was not,
many things might be said of it-as,
for instance, that Luther called its
town church the 'murderess of
preachers can find no mention of
hamburg in any account of Gustaf
Adolf's death, and can only suppose
that Carlyle had been misled, as he 80
often was, by an inaccurate memory
and an overheated imagination"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-02-23
EVERY NIGHT | SCRATCHED.
Until the skin was raw. Body
covered with scales like spots
OF mortar. Cured by the Gu
ticura Remedies.

lam going 20 tell you Of the extraordinary change
your CUTIcURA REMEDIES performed me.
About the list OF April last noticed some red pim
Piles like coming ont all my cody. but thong ht
nothing of IL untl some time later on when IL be-
gan to look llke spots OF mortar spotted ON, ana
which came on In layers, accompanied with Itch.
Ing. | would scratch every night until was raw.
then the next night the SEA 60 being formed mean
while, were scratched OF again. In vain aid con
suit all the doctors In the country but without aid
After giving mp all hopes OF recovery. l happened
10 zee On advertisement In the Newspaper about
your cUrfcUHA RKM EDiEs. and purchased them
from my druggist and sbtAine almost immediate
relief. I began 10 notice that the scaiy eruptions
gradually dropped OF and disappeared one by one.
and have been fully cured. had the disease thir-
teen months before began taking the CUTfcuRA
REMKDI Es, and I'm four dive weeks was entirely
cured Ny diSease eczema and psoriasis- re
commended the cUrIcuRA REM EDfks To all In my
vicinity, and know OF great many who have
taken them. and thank me Tor the knowledge Of
them, especially mothers who have babes with
scAly erupuona their heads and bodies can
not en- press In words the thanks 20 you for what
the cuTIcuRA REMEDIES have been 20 me. Ny
body covered with scales and was awful
spectacle - behold Now my skin Is n nice and
clear y babys.
GEo. CoTEY. Merrill. Wis
Sept. Il. iss7.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-02-23

A Man Of Samples,
A breezy volume of "shop talk" At
news stands, $50, or postpaid, Of L. Il.
Crandall q Co., publishers, Chicago.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-02-23
Sept. Il. iM.

Feb. T. Issa-Not a trace whAtsoev OF the disease
from which / suffered has shown Itself since my
cure GEO. COTEY.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-02-23
900 Pages, with over so Illustrations

A narrative so full of picturesque incident
and romantic adventure should sweep the
reader along by a charm and a fascina-
ton. A history SO pregnant with pure
thought and high endeavor should awaken
the sympathy and arouse the ambition of
the most sluggish. A freedom which has
cost so much sweat OF brain and blood, so
much treasure OF money and life, should
grow inexpressit y precious.
1t also contains the full text OF the Social
Compact signed In the cabin OF the May
flower: the Declaration OF Independence;
the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual
Union the Constitution of the United States,
together with the fifteen amendments; the
Farewell Address OF George Wash ngton the
Proclamation OF Emancipation; = Chron-
ological Summary of United States History;
q list of the States OF the Union, with date
and place of first settlement, date of admis-
sion, and size and population o complete
list OF Presidents and Vice-Prcsidents OF the
United States; the National Census Tables
from 1870 to 1850
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-04
HINDOO WOMEN'S WORK.
1T IS AMONG THE MARvELS OF THE
PARIS EXPOSITION.
4 Special Correspondent Gives an Inter
esting Account of Her Visit to the
Booth Wherein 1t Is Exhibited-Picture
of Some of the Daughters of India.
special Correspondence. ]

tSptcisA COfreSIODuence.i
PARIS, July 9.-Who has not dreamed of
an uncle in ndial Tear out page from
"The Arabian Nights and you have the e1-
hibit Of the French aud British colonies Of
India at the Paris exposition A treiliSed
archway Of exquisitely carved sandalwood,
hung with ancient and modern embroideries
and Respondent with the creations of the
jewel, gold and silver worker, uShers the
sightseer into the realm of fction's favorite
hero. The booths, guarded by sentinels in
native garb, are the admiration and the de
light Of a motley throng, picturesque in the
costume and garrulous in the tongue of many
nations Wells of cobweb te1ture-varied as
the rainbow's hue-to adorn, 10 conceal the
beauties Of the harem; curtains and hangings
rich in ancient design and treasured by tine
native Indian as the marriage dowry; table
covers, bed spreads wrought in threads of
gold and beetles wings; filmy silks in color
the splendor of Solomon in suggeStiveneSs-
the voluptuousness of the east.
What brain conceived, what patience
spun these things of marvellous beauty"
Unwittingly the query escaped me, 70 be
answered is purest, duicet English: THE
women of India, madame" a cap of scarlet
and gold was lifted from the finely poised
head Of the speaker. His features were clean
cut, his eyes brilliant, his teeth pearls, while
his skin had the olive warmth of the sunny
seas. American smiled the native mer-
chant prince. The pride of race shone too
warmly in our faces at tie sound of the be-
loved English tongue for further assurance,
and royalty was the welcome into his booth
do you know Mr.. John Wanamaker, of
Philadelphia or:Judge Alphonso' Taft, of Gin
cinnatiF' he asked. They are my very good
friends. / first met Nr. Wanamaker on a
steamer coming from Constantinople. They
are among our best customers. The Ameri-
can are a great and rich people They never
ask the price. Our trade is confined chiefly
to England and the continent should like to
see America" And We should like TO see
India-the birthplace of women capable of
such exquisite workmanship. Do tell Us about
them
As Framjee Prestonjee Bhupgara, art Iner-
chant by appointment of her majesty the
queen Of England and empress of India, I'M
rolled his wares. the life of the women of
India was disclosed in colors varied as their
handiwork. The decorative skill of the east
precedes the weaving of Penelope's web.
This is a rare specimen" he said, spread
ing q table cover before our dazzled eyes.
The ground was maroon cloth, almost en-
tirely covered with conventional design of
chestnut leaf and blossom wrought in solid
gold richly incrusted with beetle wings. 1T