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The Lamar register., 1891-03-14
High Water at Nashville.

The river fell slightly Tuesday, al
though it is expected to rise at least foot
yet, when the water from the upper river
reaches the city. From all iow-lying por-
tions Of the city the cry OF distress is
heard and the streets are allied with wagons
loaded with the effects OF those who are
able to move. The less fortunate are com.
PEELED 70 carry their belongings to higher
ground and there deposit them without
shelter.
Fully 1000 houses have been vacated on
account Of the rising waters. The greater
part of those who have been forced to
move were unable to rent other houses,
and have taken temporary abode among
friends and neigh bors.
Reports from surrounding districts show
that the creeks are out of their banks and
great damage has been done by the wash
ing away of fences, bridges and inundating
the wheat fields.
The Lamar register., 1891-03-14
The Storm IS Mississipni.

A dispatch from Pickens says: "A
cyclone passed over this place last Satur-
day morning without doing any
damage, dropping over in-Madisoa Coun
ty where It caused great destruction OF
life and property. Passing from there II
struck near Newport, whore houses were
blown down and four negroes killed. We
have been Isolated since last Saturday,
when the last train passed north. Con
tiaued rains since Thursday night have
raised the water in tho Big Black river
higher than ever known, and it is stlll ris-
ing rapidly. 1t is up TO the floor OF the
bridge; all the other bridges in the county
are gone and communication cut on.
The town OF Enterprise Is inundated TO
q large extent, the water flowing through
the streets with velocity Of river and
in many Instances coming in the stores.
The Hood has no parallel save in the
memorable year OF ISL. II viii perhaps
be two days before trafic will be resumed.
The Lamar register., 1891-03-14
A Row in the Arkansas Legislature

Great excitement prevailed in the
House of Representatives Tuesday after
noon, Mr.. Mitchell of Boone and Mr.. II.
c. Head Of Little River participating in a
fight. The question of calling a constitu
tional convention was under consideration.
Mir. Mitchell spoke in favor OF the consti-
tuition.
Mr.. Head, Independent, said that Boone
County did not want constitutional
convention. Mitchell said tue people of
Boone were not like those Of Little River
County, who went about shaking hands
with the "niggers.n The lie was then
passed and inkstands, spittoons and other
available articles that were calculated to
do injury were exchanged between the two
gentlemen. no one was injured during
the fight, but several members were well
bespattered with ink and tobacco Juice.
The Speaker ordered the sergeant-at-
arms to place tie Two mombers under
arrest, Tho two gentlemen apologi4ed
and pending furshcg discussion the House
tyolI recess,
The Lamar register., 1891-03-14
A Chinaman sru;aily Beaten.

John Lee, Chicago Chinaman,
was set upon by crowd of boys and a
drunken white man on Desplsines 5 treet,
and assaulted with shower OF stones
The Chiuaman retaliated and was thrash
ing the drunken man soundly when John
Mcdonald, painter, ran out OF Heigh-
boring house and felled the ehIuama n
with a billet Of wood.
One OF the boys then rushed up aud de-
liberately dropped heavy stone on the
Chiuaman's head. In the nick OF time a
patrol wagon arrived and dispersed th e
crowd of nearly so persons that had
quickly gathered and were shouting;
"Kin him kill the Chinananr' Lees
skull is fractured and his recovery Is
doubtful
The Lamar register., 1891-03-14
What our oovernmen, Costs.

The following approximate state
ment of appropriatio-.s made at both ses-
sions OF the Fifty-frst Congress was pre-
pared by the clerk of the Senate committee
on appropriations
Amount of regular bills, including def
ciencies and miscellaneous appropriations
for the first session, 1901, 100000; amount
of regular bills, including deficiencies and
miscellaneous appropriations for the sec
ond session, S405, 5,0Oo,0OO permanent ap-
preparations tor the first session, abou,
$lOl ,OoJ, !, 900, and permanent appropriations
for 1892, estimated, si22, goo, 900. This
makes a grand total of $3.50, 100000.
Other estimates place the sum total a,
more then u billion dollars.
The Lamar register., 1891-03-14
Children Buried in the Ruins.

An accident by which Ii number OF
children lost their lives occurred at Men
eel in Westphaha. The gables OF the syn
agogue at AIenzel have long been regarded
as being in an unsafe condition, and their
stability has not been improved by the
strain they were subjected to during the
recent heavy sAow storms and severe
weather.
no immediate danger was apprehendsd,
but, without any warning, the gables COL
!apsed and buried number OF children
IN tho ruins. Some Of the bodies OF tho
unfortunate children have been recovered.
The search work at the ruins still pro-
ceeds. 1t is hoped that some of the little
children who were buried may yet be
found alive, owing to the peculiar manner
in which the gables fell.
The Lamar register., 1891-03-14
At Monte Carlos Tables.

Several instances OF the futility OF
trying to "beat the bank" are recorded at
Monte Carlo last week. The first is that OF
the Englishman, who, week ago, by an
extraordinary run OF luck, won the sum OF
1000 at the gaming tables. Not satisfied
with his success, the winner continued to
tempt fortune. and the result was that he
lost, not only all that he won, but El5,OVo
besides.
A second case is that Of an English earl,
who on Monday last won l65, 600 francs, all
of which sum, with several thousand
francs more, has since passed into the
hands OF the croupiers.
A third unfortunate is an Italian duke,
whose winnings, II he made any, are not
recorded, but who is known TO have lost
within the past few weeks the handsome
fortune Of l, ,o0o, 0OO francs.
The Lamar register., 1891-03-14
A Ship Suffers from the Waves.

HALIFAN, March 6.-The troop
ship orontes, with the first battalion Of the
Leicestershire regiment arrived here
yesterday from Bermuda. Bad weather
was experienced all the run up and con
siderable field ice was passed when near
ing the Nova Scotia coast
Shortly after leaving England for Ber-
muda the steamer was boarded by an
immense tidal wave. Everything mov-
able was swept from the decks, and IL
looked at one time as If the ship would
founder. A number Of seamen were badly
injured and some twenty-five soldiers
more or less hurt Some had their arms
broken, others were badly bruised, and in
some instances legs were broken. The
Oronies will sail on Monday for the Wes
Indies and Cape OF Good Hops.
The Lamar register., 1891-03-14
A Mayor for Chicago.

Before either the Democrats or
Republicans have held convention, two
candidates for the mayor of Chicago are
already nominated. Saturday night the
Citizens committee held meeting and
voted a nomination 10 Franklin Mac
veagh, well-known merchant. About
the same hour convention OF the social
istic labor party made Thomas J. Morgan,
the locally-noted agitator, their nominee.
The Socialists for the first time in many
years put up list Of candidates for other
city and town Offices. 1t is quite possible
that in addition TO the Citizens and Social
lists and the regular Democratic and Re
publican candidates, one or two Indepen-
dent mayoralty candidates fmay run.
The honor of being the chief municipal
oficer during the inaugural ceremonies OF
the Worlds Fair IS leading factor In
making the struggle so unusually many
sided
The Lamar register., 1891-03-14
A Wonderful Alaska Volcano.

The coast survey tidal observer at
St. Paul, Kodiak island, Alas1a, has re-
ported to Professor Davidson, under date
of February 81, that the tidal house had
been swept away in heavy northwest
gale on February II, but was recovered
from the shore of the opposite island
Five men who went after it could no
return on account Of the severe weather,
and three OF them were badly frozen.
He also reports that he sees at an esti-
mated distance of twenty miles indications
of a volcano not known before. He does
not wish to report it as fact until he
obtains permission to visit it in the spring
1t is visible at intervals with emissions
sometimes like smoke and at other times
like steam.
The Lamar register., 1891-03-14

THIS thing we call human progress
is thing of slow growth. There are
people in the world-and they are the
vast majority-who think man must,
TO be consistent, always hold to the
sane opinions and methods. And this
comes from the fact that most men
pass through life with the opinions
held at maturity. With these an opin-
ion is principle, and they never grow
70 wider comprehension. This is the
cause OF inertia in social Or political
life. The man who uses yesterday as
n help for to-day is the misunderstood
man. and he who insists on tomorrow
as to-day may demonstrate defects Is
the crank.
The Lamar register., 1891-03-14

DID you ever stop TO think about the
mind market? You undoubtedly pay
some attention to the source of the
daily food supply, but it is quite true TO
say that you do not dwell quite frequent
ly or long upon the mind supply What
voracious glutton tie mind is. II
isn't as much OF an epicure in all cases
us it should be; this is shown by the
kind OF mental paoulum many people
select--the newspapers, books, maga-
zines and periodicals they read. 1t
feeds on everything. The daintiest
,norsel and coarsest, heaviest and most
iiidigestible stufia disappear. rapidly.
and yet the mind manages to steer
clear OF dyspepsia and gout Much
food is lily mastieated, too, but that
doesn't matter especially in this age
ei surface cleaning and speed.
The Lamar register., 1891-03-14
Work Of the Kansas LegisIaturs.

The work OF the legislature has
been distinct disappointment to the Far
mers' Alliance. They went TO Topeka
intending to institute ail sorts Of reforms,
and they return to their constituencies
without having accomplished any Of them,
OF, at least, any Of tho radical ones. The
following measures championel by the
Farmers Alliance failed to become laws,
having received their quietus in the Sen
ate: The bill to reduce railway fares TO
two cents per mile; .He minimum railway
freight bill; the mortgage, bond and Sc
curity tax bill; the waiver OF appraise-
ment bill, and the bin reducing the Saiar-
les Of county and state officers.
The following bills are among the most
Important which passed both houses aud
became laws, The bill spproprlating
ea5,U0O for the Kansas exhibit at the
Worlds Fair the bill extending to two
years the limit OF time in which Judgment
can be executed in real estate foreclosure; /;
tue bill providing for experiments ia the
exterminatiou OF ehinch bags; and the bill
prohibiting the alien ownership OF lands
and for the coaGse.ltion OF such lands il
not disposed OF by the owners within two
years.
The appropriations for state institutions
and for the carrying on OF the various de-
partmeats, viii doubtless be cut down in
accordance with the Farmers Alliance
ideas OF economy, SO as TO effect q saving
OF about 500, 900.
Three investigations are in progress.
One into the CofTeyvine dynamite plot
one into the acts OF the state house COM
missioners and one for the impeachment
of Judge Botl.in Of the Sixth judicial dis
trict. These Investigations will cost the
State about Si5O 900.
The Lamar register., 1891-03-14
pennington's $ Air Ship.

Arrangements have been completed
for the construction Of the large air ship
by the Mount Carmel Company at Chicago
The exposition building has been leased
for three months. The south half oil the
building is being closed, and within this
space the big ship will be completed A
large quantity of aluminium has been or
dered from Pittsburg for the purpose
Inventor Pennington declares that within
sixty days the ship will be ready for its
trial flight. and a few passengers Will be
carried on its first trip to New York A
thorough test will be made on the Lake
Front after it has been finished. and the
directors are satisfied this test will demon
strate beyond all question the value and
practicability OF the Pennington inven-
ton
The Lamar register., 1891-03-14
Burial of Leonard Jerome.

Mr. Leonard Jerome OF New York
was buried Friday in Keusal Green ceme-
terry, London The body was brought
from Brighton to Grosyernor chapel in
South Audley, where the religious services
were conducted by the Rev. Foster Ell
liott From the chapel the body was taken
10 the cemetery. Mrs. jerome, Lord and
Lady Randolph Churchill, Mr.. and Mrs
AIore,on F'rewen, the United States min
lister, the hon. Robert L Lincoln; the
United States consul general, the Hon
John c. New; the German ambassador,
Count Won nsfeldt-Wildenburg, and
about thirty friends were present at the
funeral ceremonies.
The Lamar register., 1891-03-14

The finding OF city, OF compare
lively recent date. buried under virgin
soil, where cattle have grazed for CEN
turies in England may lead to a modi-
fieation of generally accepted ideas
about the change of time. The city is
identified as Silchester which was in
habited about 1000 years ago. For
the past 500 years British history is
quite connected, so this city was, in all
probability lost and buried that long
ago. There is no record of any con-
vplsion OF nature which could have
buried the ancient town, and the infer
enee is that natural and existing causes
work changes in the earth's surface
more rapidly than they are commonly
supposed.
The Lamar register., 1891-03-14
A Venic,an Village at the Worlds
Fair.

The bureau OF construction OF the
Worlds Columbian Exposition Will make
change in the plars for the pier which
viii run into the lake. Instead of an Or
namentll casino at the end OF the pier, a
Venetian village will be built. The
houses will be reproductions OF houses in
Venice, built almost on 81 level with thr
lake, and will be used rs restaurants fl
resorts. Scores vi iitt,. steamers and Is
Oamental gondoas VIII be used 10 convey
the visitors through the Venetian streets,
aud tGs goudelas viii be manned by
crows in holiday attire, costumcd after
the picturesque manner OF the gondoliers
OF Venice. AT nigat tie village VIII bs
llauiBsted.
The Lamar register., 1891-03-14

One OF che charms of the American
man has been -'his good-nature, his
nnseihsh regard for the comfort of
others, lis love of comradeship, his
assumption that his neighbor is en-
titled to his confidence, and it is to be
sincerely regretted that many of our
gilded youth are acquiring the British
vice which compels u man, as soon as
he is thrown in contact with another,
to put himself on his guard lest his
sacred isolation should be intruded
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The Lamar register., 1891-03-14
How the Direct Tax win be REPAID

The treasury department is receiv-
ing daily many applications from attorneys
and claimants for permission to examine
the direct tax records on lille in the depart
ment TO enable them TO prepare claims for
TIE tax.
Acting Secretary Nettleton has declined
to accede to the requests, and states that
tie act for the refuudiug the direct tax
requires that, as the war tax was collected
directly from the citizens, the sums so
collected shall be paid to the State, land
held in trust b. such State for the benefit
OF those persons or inhabitants from
when they were collected, or their legal
representatives.
The act also provides that -'All claims
under the trust hereby created shall be
filcd with the governor OF such State, and
that no money shall be paid to any State
until the legislature there shall have
accepted By resolution the sum herein ap-
proprlated aud tue trust imposed. and
shall have authorized the governor to re
ceiye said money for the use and purposes
aforesaid"
When these requirements shall have
been complied with, it is presumed that
satisfactory arrangements will he made
by thcitreasury department vita States to
furnish it Or it's aaly authorized agents
with siich direct tax records ~ the depart-
meDt possesses. or such of tnesn s.. wouiS
be needed 70 enable tae State 70 falhlI its
trust ia the meantime the department,
fol. obvious REASONS, declines r. grant re-
quests nude 1y olain agents IN indiyia uai
tax ,1aye.sr or their legal reIifeseu ia tiyes
The Lamar register., 1891-03-14

UNLESS he is of thoughtful turn of
mind the man who swallows an oyster
stew will seldom stop to think that the
day may yet come when oysters will
be as scarce as the great aux or the
American Buffalo. They seem to be
plenty enough now, and he doesn't
bother himself about the oysters
future. But the preservation of the
favorite bivalve is at this moment the
great and only Issue in the several
states interested in the oyster grounds
of Chesapeake Bay
The Lamar register., 1891-03-14

The agitation against cheap immi-
grafton and imported contract lahorers
does not seem to have reduced the
supply of immigrants. On the prin-
ciple, probably, that human beings
are bent most on going where they are
least wanted, the influx of foreigners
into the United States not only does
not decrease, bat on the contrary ap-
pears to be on the increase.
The Lamar register., 1891-03-14

PROFESSOR VAUGHAN. of Michigan
university, claims to have discovered
live poisons which are the causes of
typhoid fever and cholera infantum,
and he has manufactured a typhoid
fever lymph which he says ought to
cure, if the Koch principle is correct.
How far will this craze extend for in
jecting poisons to counteraet other
poisonss
The Lamar register., 1891-03-14

IT is an interesting outcome OF the
grand scheme for dividing up the terri
tories of the African continent among
the kingdoms of Europe that some OF
the people who have thus been assigned
to the rule of different governments are
protesting against rule il which their
choice has not been consulted.
The Lamar register., 1891-03-14

THERE are not lacking indications
that in some respects the times are sad
ly out of joint. Inconsistencies appear
SO common in every day life as to sug-
gust that rules are reversed. 1t hns
been commented upon in every part OF
the country that conservator has re
Gently been appointed over Chicago
business man because he ha3 only the
matter of million dollars left.
The Lamar register., 1891-03-14
NEWS NOTES FROM CHINA.
A City Sacked by Pirates-Three
Hundred Criminals Executed.

The steamer City of Pekfng has
arrived from Hong and Yokohama this
evening, bringing advices that some 500
pirates, robbers and other criminals were
beheaded in Kwan Tung province during
the last few days of the Chinese New Year
The town of Choho on the banks Of the
Black river, Tonkin. was surprised late in
January by a band OF 500 rebels, plundered
and burned. The French resident was
shot and two other French residents were
killed. The rest Of the Europeans man
aged to escape. some by swimming across
the river and others by hiding in the
bushes. Severa. of the pirates who robbed
the British steamer Namoa of $50, ,090 and
killed the captain and some of the crew
have been arrested, including, it is said,
the chief
Russian vessels are capturing whales
of the coast of Sado, Japan. To evade the
law the whalers are manned by Japanese
and fly the Japsnese flag. The Japanese
authorities are puzzled TO know how to act
in the matter.
The Japanese Parliament has made an
appropriation to be used in the study OF
Koch's remedy, and three or four Japanese
physicians will soon proceed to Germany
A Siam paper says 4 report is current
that cyclone ragged az Champion destroy
ing i,s01 houses and causing the flooding
Of the whole country.
The losses arising out Of the fire at
Bangkok in January are estimated at 81
2O0,Oco Nine persons were burned to
death.
n,..F D
failed with liabilities of 400, coo taels. The
bank had branch in Hong Kong in
charge of the managers son. Some
sharpers got hold of the young man and
induced him TO speculate in Mexican dol
lars. He lost 15o,ooo tasls In one trans
action nhd precipitated the falluue.
The Lamar register., 1891-03-14

The meanest man has been discov-
cred, and lives in Georgia. He bor-
rows his county paper, and when
through reading it rents it TO near
ueighbor at profit. Then he at once
proceeds to abuse the editor, because
there's nothing in it, There is no
'home in glory or room in Paradise
for that sort of soul.
The Lamar register., 1891-03-14
COLORADO.

IL you run across anything in news
paper that doesn't suit your fancy. skip
it Newspapers are made for every
body, you know.
The Lamar register., 1891-03-14

WHEN aluminium gets little cheaper.
as it surely will, it will displace steel
in nearly all the mechanic arts. and
what a revolution that will inaugurate.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-01-16

There is, properly speaking, nothing
good to eat in England but roast beet
and mutton chops and fried sole. Com.
ing from Paris, where the whole soul
was moved to ecstacy by the melting
righteousness Of seductive viands, there
is something barbarously rude and un.
satisfactory ia tho .hings with which
he i forced to sustain life in London.
The bread il for the most part as dense
as the English appreciation Of jest,
while the compromising Of sauces i an
art the Britisher can not learn any
more than he can appreciate them when
they have been concccted. lie who
goes to England 70 cat Is as wise as be
who goes 70 Patagonia 70 study art
Chicago Tribune.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-01-16
COMPETING WITH CANADA.

Cheap Pretense That the Mckinley TaF1D
Protects the American Against the Cans
dian Farmer.
One Of the cheap pretenses Of the No
Kinley tariff law is that il protects osu
farmers from the Canadian farmer.
But any American farmer who knows
any thing about the vast quantities Of
farm products which we are selling In
Canada every year viii understand how
TO rate McKinley's farmers tariff" -
its true value.
Mckinley raised the duty consider
ably on all farm animals, a. IL fancyinR
that our farmers were being injured by
the few animal brought from Cam
ada. Our imports Of various ami
mails from Canada for the fiscal
year 1850, were: Cattle, lS.700 head;
horses. 1000; sheep. so. 900; all other.
IL 900. Our exports Of animals to Can
ada were not % large, being: Cattle. 500
head; horses, LOO; hogs, 5000; sheep.
q, 900; all other. 5000. But when animal
products are considered we turn tho
tables on Canada on . grand scale. Our
imports of meat products Of all kinds
from Canada reach s16o, 900 worth; but
ter, $1,000 pounds; cheese, 2,loo pounds;
condensed milk, - worth Our exports
to Canada were as follows: Canned beef,
9. 100000 pounds: fresh beef, $4,000
pounds; saltcd beef. 1000. 900 pounds;
tallow, 100000 pounds; bacon, 2s.9o0.-
600 pounds; hams, 100000 pounds;
picked pork. 90. 900, 900 pounds; lard, IA
900. 900 pounds; mutton. I60, 900 pounds;
butter. 1.45o.ooo pounds; cheese. 10. $780,
600 pounds.
The figures for crop products are also
largely in favor Of our farmers We
buy from Canada II, 800. 900 bushels Of
barley. 174 bushels Of corn, 10000
bushels Of oats, ITO, 900 pounds Of oat-
meal, 100. 700 bushels Of wheat, 40 bar
rcls Of flour, and $4,000 worth Of all
other kinds Of breadstuffs. On the
other hand, we sell TO Canada 5000
bushels of barley, 5000, 900 bushels Of
corn. 100. 900 barrels Of cornmcal. 2sS
bushels Of oats, 100000 pounds Of oat-
meal, lOi- 200 bushels Of rye, 1.s50, 900
bushels of wheat $4,000 barrels Of
-four, and $4,000 worth Of other bread
stuffs. We sell Canada also q, 00o, 900
worth Of cotton.
For the year ended June 30. 1890. our
imports from Canada amounted 70 e40,-
S., 900. and our exports 70 that country
were So, $4,000. AL the figures given
here inclunc British Columbia, Mani
toba, New Brunswick. Newfoundland
and Labrador
Let any farmer examine the above
figures and see whether he needs pro
tsction from Canada.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-01-16

Linen shirts and shirt fronts paid q
per cent. duty under the old tariff; the
Mckinley duty = s. per cent Embroid-
cred shirt bosoms paid 80 PER cent; uks
Me kinley duty d % per cent