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Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-09-03

Mrs. Stuyvesant: understand
that Mrs. Van Amsterdam was not
at all pleased with Paddy-Efsy's piano
playing. Mrs. Van Cortlandt: Why
not? Mrs. Stuyvesont; Why, you
see, the stupid tellew didn't tell soul
that she gave him $4,000 to play at
her last reception.-[Chicago News
Record.
Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-09-03

the interest Of the whole people. and no
prostituted to partisan purposes; or to
sub erve the ambition of individual officials
high or low And we condemn in unmeas-
ured terms the abuse and restitution of of
fetal patronage so fagrantly and disgusting
w exhibited at the recent Republican Ma
lional Convention, a inimicsl TO the spirit
and dangerous t, the perpetuity of our in
sfifnfinna
Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-09-03
Miles, Nerve and Liver pills.

Act on new principle-regulating
the liver, stomach and bowels through
the nerves. A new discovery. DR..
Miles Pills speedily cure biliousness,
bad taste, torpid liver, piles and con-
stipation. Unequaled for men, wo-
men, children. Smallest, mildest,
surest; so doses % cents. Samples
free at Smith, Lfghtoot & Co.
Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-09-03
A one legged political orator named

A one legged political orator named
Jones, who was pretty successful in
bantering an Irishman, was asked by
the later chow he had come to lose his
leg" "Well," said Jones, con examin-
ing my pedigree and looking up my
descent, found there was some Irish
blood in me, and becoming convinced
that it had all settled in that left leg,
| had it cut off at once" "Be the pow
ers," said Pat at 'ud ev been deuced
good thing eff 1t had only settled in
yer head.n-[prake's Magazine.
Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-09-03

The DEMOCRAT Job Office in connection is full and
plee and every description of Job Printing done in the
best style and at reasonable prices.
Office at the old stand, next door to the Pacific Ex
press office, 18 State Line Avenue.
J. w. GARDNER, Proprietor
Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-09-03
REMoNsTRANcE WITH RUSSIA.
IMMIGRATION.

Sec, u. We heartily approve all legiti-
mate efforts to prevent the United States
from being used as the dumping ground for
The known criminals and paupers of Europe;
and we demand the rigid enforcement of the
Jaws against chinese ,mml ration Aid the
importation Of foreign workman under con-
tract to degrade American labor md les on
It's wages, but we ondemn and denounco
my and ii att mpts To restrict the tmmi-
grafton of the industrious and worthy of
foreign lands
Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-09-03
BEST PRINTED PAPER
BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM
LARGEST CIRCULATION

With bran new Type and other improvements made the
DEMOCRAT is second to daily outside of the large
cities. 1t is the newsest local paperin the city
Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-09-03
PENSIONS.

Sec 3. This convention hereby renews
the expression of PROBATION of the atri-
otisn OF the sodi rs and sailors Ct the I'm
ion in the war of its preservat on, and we
favor ju-t and liberal pension to all diss-
bled Union soldiers, their widows and de-
pendents but we demand that the work
of tbs Pensi Office shall be done industri-
ously, impartially and honestly. We de-
nounce the pro ent admin tr ton of that
office IS incompetent, corrupt, disgraceful
and dishonest.
Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-09-03
SILVER COINAGE.

Sec. Z. We denounce the Republican
legislation known as the Shcrmen act Of 1890
as aoowardly makeshiit tgusht with pos
Noilitios OF danger In Ito future, which
should make all Of Tvs supporters, us wei rs
~ anthor, anxious for It's speedy repeal.
Wehold 10 tho usc of both gold and silver
Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-09-03

We are opposed ty all sumptuary laws as
nm interference with tho Individual r'gh" Oh
the citizen. .
Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-09-03
THE WEEKLY DEMOCRAT

Contains the of the daily and has the largest crcu
laton Of any paper in South Arkansas.
Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-09-03
WATERWAY IMPROVEMENTS.

Sec IA. The Federal Government should
care for and improve the Mississippi River,
nd other great waterways of the Republi !,
SO as to secure Tor the interior States easy
and che4p transportation to t iewa er.
When any waterway of the Repu lie is of
sufficient importance to demand aid of the
Government, such aid should be extended
upon definite plan Of continuous work un-
I'll permanent improvement is secured.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-07-01
Hard on Cambridge.

This is short story that Cambridge
people may not find exactly humorous.
1t is told, however, concerning a bright
youngster who lived among them for his
nine short summers, and by reason of
the cultured atmosphere he breathed
and the experimental systems he was
brought up on ought either to have
been dead or one of their own But he
defied both these fates and in due course
received his reward by moving into Bos-
ton. Here he at once found congenial
companions and no doubt began to
contract those unfortunate habits of
speech that Indirectly led to this tale.
One day his papa heard him using Ian
guage that no nice little boy, especially
a university town boy, is supposed to
know the meaning of
Teddy" said his stern parent. never
say that again: it's swearing. and God
will hear you and be very much dis
pleased.
well, I'll go down cellar" said the
youngster detiantly then / guess he
can't her me-.
Yes he can" insisted the devout
man
is he in the attic too?'
Yes.
Then" announced the youngster,
with the triumphant air of one who set
ties the question. I'm 90 to Cambridge,
for I'm sure hes not there Boston
Transcript.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-07-01
Statistics About the Lakes.

The following figures obtained from
reliable sources show the mean level of
the lake surfaces above the mean tide at
New York and their maximum depths,
respectively: Lake Ontario. 246.6l feet,
73S feet deep; Lake Erie, 572.S Sc feet and
210 feet deep; Lake Michigan. 5Sl .2S
feet, $40 feet deep; Lake Huron. 5S1. 2S
feet, $50 feet deep; Lake Superior, 6Ol. rs
feet, zoos feet deep The deepest water
runs very fairly in mid lake through
out the cham.
The area of water surface in square
miles according to CHEESEMAN'S delinea-
ton is as follows: Lake Superior, 81. 200;
Lake Huron 23.S00; Lake Michigan,
%, 450; Lake Erie, 1850; Lake Ontario,
7,240, or total area of 94,650 square
miles. Maine Record.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-07-01
Other Peoples Privileges.

''The presumptuousness of some people
is past endurance, - remarked lady recent
ly in conversation. II allowed my little
girl to spend an afternoon with friend
and when she returned her little ears had
been pierced and pair of earrings hung in
them. looked upon it as an unwarranted
piece of impertinence and the present of
the rings did not reconcile me to it in the
least"
"That reminds me, I" said another lady,
"of my experience with meddlers-for !
cannot call them anything else. sent my
little daughter out to walk with friend,
who because the child complained of a
slight toothache, took her to dentist and
had two of her baby teeth pulled. When
| demonstrated she said she had paid the
bill. 1t was the loss of the teeth and the
fact that anybody dare NEEDLE with my
privileges that | regretted. Who could
forgive such stupidity Detroit Free
Press
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-07-01
PRETTY ALBERT HOPE.
lie Kept Diary. Drank Absinthe and
Got Into Trouble.

lie Kept Diary. Drank Absinthe and
Got Into Trouble.
Don't drink absinthe and don't keep a
diary"
These are the monitory words recently
uttered 10y Albert Hope now in Jail at
Memphis and awaiting transfer to the
Tennessee penitentiary for obtaining
money on worthless draft. Albert has
yet TO see his twenty-fifth birthday, but
during the last four years he has gone
the pace" like a spendthrift millionaire
lie is the son of a New Orleans cotton mer-
chant, long since dead, and in 1885 secured
possession of his inheritance-real estate
worth at least S25,000.
He sold this property for Sll 800 cash and
went to New York, where for IA time he
cut wide swath. He acted a bit wrote
some fairly good poetry, conceived a violent
fancy for Tommy Russell, a pretty boy
we'll known for his stage impersonation of
Little Lord Fauntleroy, and had apart
mentS at the Gerlach, where his monthly
bills for board and lodgings averaged
about 500. He is handsome fellow, is
Albert, with dainty hands and feet, dark
dreamy eyes and black wavy hair, Young
women are said 20 have raved about him.
but he failed TO reciprocate their admira-
tion and devoted himself to his chosen
companion, Tommy Russell He met Mrs,
Frank Leslie, and, like others, that noted
puhlisher and writer was fascinated by his
charming manners and elegant address.
So when he had spent his small fortune
he found little difficulty in getting her to
loan hi money. Indeed, he borrowed
from nj nerous acquaintance and then
disapiea red. The next heard of him he
was under arrest at Philadelphia for utter
ing the worthless draft already referred to.
Officers took him TO Memphis, and there
the criminal court passed ON his case.
While overhauling his effects the author
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-07-01
Minus Characters.

Quite an audible smile at the expense of
Cumso and lady was created not many
evenings since. The occasion was a fancy
dress ball given by the Cresus club. 1t
was understood that the members were to
dress in character and a footman was sta
toned at the door of the main salon to
announce to the company within the differ.
emit characters as they entered
Young Cumso, being the son of a mil
honaire and a golden light of the Cresus,
enjoyed the freedom of the club salons,
and having been able to find no masquerade
dress quite up to his fancy he had con
cluded to appear in his usual attire, and
likewise his Constance Beatrice, daughter
of old Barnacle Bullion, hung upon his
arm in her fetching evening dress of dia-
: monds and lace and the rest of it,
What characters shall | announcer
asked the usher as Cumso approached.
I'VE don't trouble ourselves with char
acters tonight" said the newcomer.
Cumso and Miss Bullion entered, and
their advent was announced in stentorian
tones by the usher;
"A young gentleman and lady without
characters!'- York Ledger.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-07-01
Lamb Gourd Of samara.

In a book called THE Duke of Holstein =
Travels Into Persia and Muscovy," pub
ished in 1876, there is an account of a curl
Gus vine product called the lamb gourd, "
which runs as follows: In the neighbo
hood of Samara, Russia, there grows a
gourd which closely resembles lamb in
all it's members. 1t changes place in grow
ing as far as the stalk will reach, and
wheresoever it turns the grass withers and
dies. This change of the gourd plant the
Muscovites call feeding They further
say that when it ripens the stalk withers,
and that the outward rind of the gourd is
then covered with sort of WOOL which
they use instead of fur"
Scaliger also makes mention of the lamb
gourd, and says that it grows until the
grass fails and that it then dies for want of
nourishment. He also says that the wolf
is the only animal that will feed upon it,
St. Louis Republic.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-07-01

Af'-+H@fAN
brutal and cold bloodedly murderous than
"A city gang. Such was the Summit
gang" of Orange county, n. j., to which
the brutal murder of Mrs. Noah Gregory
has recently been traced.
The "Whyo' gang was long famous in
the old Five Points region of New York
city. 1t was supposed that the last re-
mains of it were rooted out, but all the de
tails of it We're recently brought freshly to
the public mind by singular and, if the
word be correct, romantic murder. On
cold December evening recently this cry
was heard from man PROSTATE in the
gutter i'm front of 81 Baxter street: Come,
Mickey! Help, Dohertyl They've done
mel"
Mickey and "Doherty" did not come,
but the police did, and the man was taken
to the hospital with fractured skull. He
died in a few hours, and his friends came
forward to say that they suspected Dennis
Sullivan. Why? Well the murdered man,
Thomas Hunt, better known as kid"
Hunt, had killed "Poln Sullivan five years
ago, and Dennis had sworn vengeance So
Dennis was arrested and then the whole
story came out. They were all members
of the notorious "Whyo" gang Once the
gang numbered at least sixty, now but few
are left.
The leaders had been arrested from
three TO thirty times, but influence " and
hard swearing pulled them through till at
last their leader. Dan Driscoll, killed
Beezy ! Clarity, his mistress, and was
convicted and hanged. A little later, in
$780, " Kid Hunt and two other Whyos"
were taken in the act of i@, berry and sent
to Sing Sing for five years The chain was
broken and others followed fast The
Italians came into that quarter and with
their quiet ways and handy knives made it
unpleasant for the Whyos." Some were
killed, some hanged; the rest fed Kid "
Hunt served his five years and came out,
quarreled with Pol . Sullivan about
woman and killed him.
The court accepted his plea of man
slaughter and he went up for another five
years. Since his release a few months ago
he had lived in Harlem and labored indus
triously in the line of green goods" and
''bunko steering" At last he ventured
into his old haunts on Baxter street and
the very first night there he was killed.
In the meantime "Sheeny" Lewis, Dannie
up for long terms, "Beezy" Clarity had
been murdered and Dan Driscoll hanged
for it, the rest had died or run away or
been 'knifed" by the "Dagos," and now
Dennis Sullivan will probably be electro
cuted" for avenging his brother; sic transit
gloria whyorum.
Quite similar, but with rural character
istics, was the Summit gang" For thirty
years the habit of petty stealing, with oc-
casional bold robbery, had been handed
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-07-01
The uoosler Maiden Backed Ont.

What queer pranks the little god of love
plays when he gets into one OF his fantastic
moodsl He leads people almost to the all
tar and then separates them, as witness
the sad case of Delos Ferret. Delos is a
well to do, hard working and fairly good
looking farmer whose residence is near
Carbon, Pa He is almost fifty years OF
age and single, He yearned for help
meet, and advertised his yearn in matri-
monial paper.
An elderly maiden of Huntingdon, Ind.
saw the plant for partner and wrote to
Mr. Ferret. After considerable CORE
spOndence they agreed to wed, and met at
Youngstown, 0. For some reason there
was trouble about getting license, and
the lady, who probably changed her mind
on seeing the Pennsylvania, made the
difficulty an excuse for backing out.
She returned to Indiana, and Delos is now
at liberty to do some more advertising. He
has a good farm. a kind heart" and if he
gets wife will provide her with hired
girl.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-07-01

tiles discovered a remarkable diary which
contained record Of his Utmost
thoughts" Therein he says that his re-
gard for Tommy Russell drove him to
swindlng and absinthe drinking. He
speaks Of the seductive French liqueur as
Thou fairy with the green eyes" and in
dulges in much eXtravagant language
The book fell into Mrs. Leslie's hands, and
Of II she said:
After ! had read il | returned it to the
police. 1t was unspeakable. 1t was dedi-
Gated 70 Tommy Russell, to read when he
became twenty-one years old. It's contents
showed that the young mans brain had
been weakened by absinthe, and it was
filled with the ideas that he had gathered
from French novels. | think there was a
poem in it dedicated to me, in which he &C
cused me of trifiing with a boys heart or
something equally absurd. When ] read
that diary | thought that he should be
punished. feel sorry for him now, how.
ever, and if | could help him ! would. l
sent IN agent to see If he could aid him in
any way | learned that even if this pres
ent charge were withdrawn there were
others that would be brought against him Z"
Although locked up and under sentence,
Albert is not deserted. Numerous people
are trying to get him out of his scrape, and
on a recent Sunday various ladies of Mem
phiS sent him six baskets of fruit, lots Of
flowers and eleven dinners. Jailer Will
Hanson said he never before had charge of
so popular prisoner
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-07-01
A Pension for a Butcher.

1t seems like ludicrous ending to q
bloody contest that France should pay
tribute to that sanguinary old wretch, the
king of Dahomey. Yet such is the fact
and considerable difficulty was experienced
the other day when payment was made of
the first annual pension" The savage
monarch is suspicious and can count only
rs high AZ 100 Eventually the silver in
which the pension was paid, was done up
in packages of twenty fve-franc pieces
each and these packages were delivered
one by one to the forty chieftains whom the
king mad summoned to see that he was not
swjndled. Upon tae delivery of each pack
age, the chieftain VINO kept book laid aside
a shell. When forty shells had been laid
aside, the bookkeeper indicated to the other
chieftains that the payment was complete,
and all then affixed crosses to the receipts
presented by the French agent.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-07-01
FRED INQUIRE.

down from father to son. At length two
or three of them went to the house of Noah
Gregory, near Middletown n j.. while he
was at work at distance, deliberately
beat his wife TO death and robbed the
house This reused the whole country, and
arrests followed right and left. Contrary
to the usual rule, a woman gave it away
Warren Brazington and Fred Mcclure did
the bloody deed, and Sarah A. Brown, who
lived with McGuire," told the story as
she had it from him, evidently thinking in
her ignorance that the story would be ac-
cepted and her Fred" released because
Darlington had done the killing. The de-
tails show a state of society on the Sum
init" which would seem impossible in any
civilized country. But such is the society
that produces the gangs.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-07-01
EXCEEDINGLY EMBARRASSING.
Perplexity Of Polite Man Who Lost
His Equilibrium ia a street Car.

PerpleXity ot a Polite Man Who Lost
his Equilibrium ia a street Car.
/ took them for a newly married cou-
pie. Certainly If she had been married
very long she would have known bet
ter
They got on a south bound Clark
street car AT Goethe street She was
slender and graceful, and had large.
fetching dark eyes. He was extremely
polite He helped her on the car very
tenderly, and after riding two blocks he
jumped mp the instant very tieshy old
ladyaentered the car and offered her his
seat. with Il low bow--a sure indication
that he was just married and doing it
for effect.
Then he hung on a strap and bent
down and kept up the conversation,
which seemed largely made up of irrele-
want remarks and highly relevant
chances. Presently he discovered that
he could stoop lower if he let go the
strap
He had Just awaited himself of this
discovery when the train swooped around
the curve at Illinois street. He flung up
his arms, made one frantic, Intellectual
grab for the strap. swayed gracefully
half around, and sprawled out over the
fat old lady'S lap as the car stopped
His pink and white cheeks turned scar
lei. He scrambled half way to his feet
and began, II beg
just us he was in the act of re-estab-
fishing his equilibrium and simultane-
ously uttering the apology, the car gave
the sharp Jerk and quick, strong pull of
starting He clutched the incorporeal
air and went down with the words on
his lips-tiat. full length on the beastly,
muddy floor. 1t was too bad but every
body laughed
Yes, she laughed She put her slim,
black gloved hand. with film of scent
ed handkerchief in it. up to her mouth
and her black eyes danced at him
He got mp. scowled very darkly at the
gentleman who had said "WhOop-e-eg"
as he went down, and washeda patch of
mud off his coat sleeve. Then he looked
at her laughing eyes. For an instant he
tried to look amused. then he straight
ened his face out severely and went over
and looked out of the door.
AS he started into the tunnel he looked
around. The handkerchief was still at
her mouth and her body swayed slightly
as from a repressed emotion. A deep,
straight line came into his forehead
and he stepped a little farther away.
Half way through the tunnel he looked
around again. The instant she met his
eye she dropped the handkerchief to her
mouth just in time to suppress a ripple
of laughter He went out on the plat
form and banged the door behind him.
AT Madison street he opened the door
and stood stiff as a statue until she
walked out. She looked over her shout
der into his face as she passed him, but
there was an irrepressible twinkle in her
eyes, and he stepped to the ground after
her without unbending. Chicago News.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-07-01
LEAD LAWLESS LIVES.
Characteristics OF What Are
Known as Gangs"
RECENT MURDERS DONE BY THEM

How a New York Tough" Avenged the
Killing of His Brother-Decline of the
whyos-A New Jersey Coterie Devoted
to All Sorts of Crime.
What is "gangy" Well. the word has
many Specifications from dictionary
standpoint but To the city police it has but
one meaning. Every large city has its
gangs" and occasionally country dis
trict has one. And it is worth noting that
the country gang usually has it's head
quarters in swamp or in a rocky, hilly re-
gion, and is. if anything a little more
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-07-01
Secrets of Comfort.

Though sometimes small evils, like
invisible insects, intiict pain and single
hair may stop vast machine, yet the
chief secret of comfort lies in not suf-
fering trifies to vex one and in prudent
ly cultivating an underground of small
pleasures, since very few great ones,
alasl are let ON long leases.-New York
Ledger
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-07-01
Rather III Timed.

At recent wedding. at which the
bride had retained her maiden medita-
tion fancy free" number of years be-
yond the usual marrying age, the organ
list most thoughtlessly or most ungal-
lantly played as prelude to the rival
of the wedding party, IT'S the Last
Rose of Summer" thereby causi a
visible smile among the hsteners
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-07-01

Melons were first called canteloupes from
being cultivated at Canteluppi, village
near Rome, where they had been intro
duced from Armenia by missionaries.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-06-10

ing measure through congress. It is a
fact that he was before the congress
sional committee upon the subject, and
Mr.. Hooper, a member from Massachu-
sets, spoke of the valuable aid given to
the committee in revising the coinage
laws by that eminent financier, Mr..
Ernest Seyd.
''But never until now has proof of it
appeared in authentic form over the
signature and oath of respectable gen.
tleman. The proof is at last given in
such form that the enemies of silver can
no longer shun it or pass it over with a
disdainful shrug. The charge that sill
yer was demonetized through the brib-
cry of American congressman by an
agent of English and German bankers
for the purpose of enriching the money
kings of Europe and pauperizing the
farmers and other laborers of the United
States is now substantiated by credit
able proof 1t is an exposure that will
force attention and make clearer than
ever the iniquitous character of the
transcendent crime of 1873"