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Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1892-11-18

A.: Why have you thrashed your
son so numerically? Peasant: Because
he dreamed last night that he won 500
marks in the lottery, and then went
and spent every cent of it on a bycicle.
-Fliegende Blaetter.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1892-11-18

The clergyman called on Mrs. Velox.
off your husband" he said, "would
only believe it, it really pays to be re-
ligious." "WelI," replied Mrs. Velox,
off you could give him proof Of that
you couldn't keep him out of church
with cannon."-[Drake's Magazine.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1892-11-18
IL Shonld Re m Efcrr Honsc,

j. B. Wilson, S7l Clay St, Sharps-
burg, Pa, says he will not be without
DIR. Kings New Discovery for con-
sumption, coughs and colds, that it
cured his wife who was threatened
with pneumonia after an attack of
la grippe, when various other RENE
dies and several physicians had done
her no good. Robert Baker, of
Cooksport, Pa, claims DR.. Kings
New Discovery has done him more
good than anything he ever used for
lung trouble. Nothing like it. Try
it. Free trial bottles at Smith Drug
Co. Large size so C. and $1.00. 8
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1892-11-18

Tailor Shears; l lost a good GUS
toner last week by death. Tailor
Cutter: What was the matter with
him? Tailor Shears: Had a fit. Tail
or Cutter Mercy! Died of the shock,
l suppose?-Chicago Tribune.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1892-11-18
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, Lightoot s. Co.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1892-11-18
BANKS, FACTORIES, ETC.

We have four National banks operating capital of $6OOOO0
There manufacturing enterprises among them ur
factories factory seed oil MILL number OF large um
ber factories ice factory cotton compress Sl25000 Government building
Federal courts $75 pohe finest west Of the Msss
spp newspapers large frstcass hotels with ca
pac 400 guests daily large wholesale houses that do immense
binU trade
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1892-11-18
4 RAILROAD CENTER.

Texarkana eight railroads. with thousand resident railroad
employees especial advantages the commercial world
together high and healthy location Of the city, will few
25 900 population One of these rioadSs owned
by water
ELECTRIC LIGHTS WATER WORKS AND STREET RAILWAY.
system electric lights and water works unsurpassed
population Also has splendid gas plant
splendid system railroads permeac hc in every direction
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1892-11-18

Texarkana live progressive cyTwin Ciyocated partly in
partly Arkansas her $4,000 population being about equally d
Though comparatively young she has
and developed other cities have done.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1892-11-18
dyspepsia and Indigestion

In their worst forms are cured by the
use of P. P P. If you are debilitated
and run down, or if you need a tonic
to regain flesh and lost appetite
strength or vigor, take p. p p, and
you will be strong and healthy. For
shattered constitution and lost man.
hood, P, P. p, Prickly Ash, Poke Root
and Potassium, is the king of all med
icines. P. P. ?. is the greatest blood
purifier in the world. Sold by all
druggists.
CRITICIsING A YOUNG LADY.
"She would be pretty girl but for
one thing"
"Whats that" asked Charley.
George-"Her face is always cover
ed with purple and red blotches."
Charley--"Oh, that's easily enough
disposed of. Used to be the same way
myself, but / caught on to the trouble
one day, and got rid of it in no time"
George-"What was itT'
Charley-"Simply blood eruptions.
Took a short course of P. p. p. / tell
you, it's the boss blood corrector. The
governor had the rheumatism SO bad
that you could hear him holler clear
across the country every time he
moved. He tried it, and you know
what an athletic old gent he is now. If
somebody would give Miss Daisy a
pointer, she would thank them after
wards. All the drug stores sell it."
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1892-11-18

ForMalaria, Liver Trou-
BILE, or Indigestion, use
BROWNS IRON BITTERS
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1892-11-18
II Years Old, and Popular
lation $4,000.

GATEWAY IN and fTum 7'HxHs and
tf1E [3rEHt 6uuthWEst.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1892-11-18
BEST PRINTED PAPER
BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM
LARGEST CIRCULATION

With bran new type ana othor improvements made, the
DEMOCRAT now second daily outside Of the large
cities 1t is the newsies local paper in the city
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1892-11-18
for Infants and Children.

"Castoria Is % well adapted to children that
recommsud II As superior to any prescription
known to me-" H. A. ARCHER, NJ D.,
III So Oxford st., Brooklyn, N Y.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-08-05
A TERRIBLE EXPLOSIVE.
Chloride Of Nitrogen So Dangerous Tha
1t Has Not Been Analysed.

Chloride Of Nitrogen So Dangerous That
1t Has Not Been Analysed
The most unstable compound known
To chemistry, and therefore the most
explosive substance so far discovered, is
chloride of nitrogen, which probably
consists of three parts of chloride united
with one of nitrogen. Its terribly ex-
plosive character, which has so far pre-
vented its accurate analysis, is due to
the fact that il is a combination of one
of the most active with one Of the most
inert clements in nature. 1t is a vola-
tile liquid of brownish color and pun
gent taste, discovered by the French
chemist. Dulong. who lost an eye and
three fingers in the operation. Fara-
day and Davy experimental on it few
years after its discovery, protecting
themselves with glass masks, which
were in turn shattered by explosions of
minute quantities of the dangerous
compound. Faraday was stunned by
the disintegratiOn of few drops which
he merely touched with a piece of warm
cement There is but little danger of
chloride of nitrogen ever being used for
purposes Of deliberate destruction, as
its preparation on a large scale is prac-
tically impossible. Its explosive force
is not known, for the reason, according
10 Pcarson's Weekly, that any attempt
To determine il would probably prove
fatal 70 the cxperimenters. According
to some authorities, the more recently
discovered compound of hydrogen and
nitrogen, known as azoimide, Is even
more explosive than chloride of nitro
gen, but this substance is still too OBJ
scure for a decisive judgment to be
formed on the subject
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-08-05
CHINESE DRUMMERS.
Almon dyed California Merchants DOH
Without Hich-Priced White Labor.

Almon dyed California Merchants Doing
Without HiGh-Priced white Labor.
The Chinese have discovered another
way of competing with white men. For
years the merchants in Chinatown, par
ticularly those manufacturing cigars
and clothing, have employed white men
at large salaries to drum mp interior
trade. The merchant, realizing the
strong feeling against his countrymen,
knew that il would be hard for him to
do business personally with white mer-
chants Many of the interior mer-
chants, while they were ready to pat
ronize the Chinese firms, did not like
the fact known, and when a Chinaman
dressed in his national costume called
upon him he was inclined to avoid be-
ing seen with him. With the white
drummer, however, the San Francisco
Call says, it was different. The latter
could register at any of the hotels, and,
after selling a man a bill of goods, could
invite the customer TO drink or take
dinner with him, an invitation none
would accept from a Chinaman.
few months ago, however, the Chi
nese merchants began to discharge
their high-salaried white drummers and
travel on the road themselves, or filled
the vacancies with their own country
men. Little Pete, of jury bribery fame,
who is heavy producer in Chinatown,
was one of the first to inaugurate the
new custom. He fitted Chinese en-
ploye ont in American clothes, fur
nished him with a well fitted wig and
sent him out on the road. The venture
was success, and Little Pete soon
found his business progressing as well
as when he employed the white drum
mer.
In his American dress the general ap-
pearance of the Chinaman. which is so
Objectionable to the whites, was almost
hidden. In this attire, and with no
queue visible, the interior hotel keeper
made no objection to him, and he was
therefore allowed to extend the same
business courtesies to the white custom
ers as the white drummers.
Other Chinese firms soon adopted the
new custom and now there are nearly
fifty disguised Cinnamon, travelling up
and down this state as drummers. The
presence of numerous Cinnamon wear
ing wigs and American clothes has
been noticed lately in this city. but few
could explain a reason for il.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-08-05
LEARN TO TAKE 1T EASY.
Too Much Worry and Business Not Good
for "a Man.

Too Much Worry and Business Not Good
for Man.
1t does seem strange 10 me. " said eN-
Congressman West to a New York Her
aid reporter the other day, why some
business men cling closely to business
all their lifetime. You laugh? Wen,
business is business. of course. and Ben
Franklin knew what he was talking
about when ne said something about
saving penny every time You get a
chance. But what mean To say is that
a business man needn't be evcrlaStingly
drudging away simply because he is
making lots of money. He should take
ii holiday, and ut times jolly long one -
Mr.. West strol<ed his big white beard
and looked up at the ceiling as if trying
TO count the roses in the frcscocd
wreaths above the chandelier. and then
went on:
Rich men in business. no matter
whether they began business when they
We're poor as church mice or whether
they had piles of money before they got
out OF their teens, are becoming
sensible nowadays. | can count
on my fingers ends dozens of men
who, twenty-five years ago. never
took week off in summer time
even, who were rich as Cruesus
years and years before that, and vet
who went To their offices as early IA
they had to do when they were clerk
ing it; and they kept it up till they
toppled into their graves. Why, |
knew some New York business men
twenty-five years ago who had never
taken an ocean bath because they had
never seen the ocean beyond the Bat
terry. | know thing or two about
Saratoga, and, would you believe it,
last summer had as pleasant Il day a. l
ever spent in my life at BallSton with a
merchant in this city who had gone out
of town for week for the first time
during the sixty years of his active
business life? Yet that man had ALWAYS
made his clerks 20 away for week
every summer, with "a weeks salary
paid in advance.
Business men don't feel old nova
days because their hair is gray. They
don'tf.ave up for the boys by dcpriv-
ing themselves of needed recreation
They take their share of jollities of life,
too; and by jollities | don't mean jags.
And though they don't work as many
hours a day as their fathers did they
manage To accomplish much more"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-08-05
Thn Trnnf IIN-

No doubt the fairest and most Gle
CANT method OF catching salmon, in
low, clear water, is with the trout fly.
says London sportsman. There is a
controversy, which should have been
decided long ago, as to whether salmon
feed in rivers No food, as L rule. i
found in their stomaches, but thCy &c
cidedly feed. Even if they rush at
flies from curiosity it cannot explain
their taking worms. Moreover, fish
has been seen to rise in tranquil loch,
At II large, yellow butterfly, and on the
Tweed salmon was observed To
swallow bee baited on a hook
On the Dee, salmon may be noticed
taking March browns, as trout do, and
they are caught, both there and on the
Tweed, with rather large, artificial
March browns. This settles the qucs-
tion as to their feeding in fresh water
But with a high, steady glass. with
cloudless skies and low, silver streams
it is u weary thing to wait for their ca
pricious appetiteS, and many a fisher Is
flying from rivers that are becoming as
dusty as turnpike roads. Where iS the
old 'Aprile with his schouris swete," aS
Chaucer wrote il.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-08-05
HE HAD BEEN THERE.
How an Expert Quickly Opened a Bur
glar-Proof' Combination Lock.

glar-Proof' Combination Lock.
do you see that tall, spare man
leaning against the rail over the rep
said James Vance, steward of the
Athenian club, to San Francisco EX-
aminer reporter. well, I'll tell you a
little yarn in which he played an anus
ing part. Some years ago Marquette K
Haggeman of the Crystal Palace saloon
got big safe, all gorgeous with paint
and glorious with impossible land
scapes. Ernest Harqu ette was very
proud of it, and in his bus thing, eager
way would show it 10 all the patrons of
the place, expatiating upon its merits.
''One evening he was engaged in
showing a party of gentlemen the won
ders of the safe and ran on: No burg
lar could ever get into that, l tell You.
He couldn't open il in a week. It's the
safest safe in this town for money
.''Oh, / don't know about that said
that tail man, who was then leaning on
the bar just as he is now leaning on the
rail. Il don't think il so safe
This startled Marquette a little. No
one had ever questioned that safe be
fore in that offhand way. He flushed
little while the stranger regarded
him nonchalantly. Marquette felt net
tied and at last blurted out:
"'Ill put five hundred dollars in that
safe and if you can get it out in six
hours You can have IL. Axes, jinmies
and all tools are allowed, but dyna-
mite barred
"'Tn go you,' said our tall friend.
Wen make it half an hour and no
tools, however
Marquette promptly dumped five
hundred dollars into a bag, put the bag
into the safe and turned the combina-
ton. There you are he said, defiant
ly.
The tall man got down on his knees,
put an ear against the safe where the
tumblers work and began turning the
knob of the combination. He didn't
say word but steadily clicked away.
Marquette began to sweat and step
around
In twenty-three minutes the safe
was open. Our friend over there took
the bag of money, handed it TO the
dumbfounded Marquette, and said, Gym
ically: Il don't want your money.
They salted me for little job like that
once. Ny name is Ensign" "
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-08-05
GAMBLING IN KENTUCKY.
Young and Old Have Plenty of Money an'
Love to Risk 1t.

Young and Old Have Plenty of Money and
Love to Risk 1t.
II visited a number of the country
fairs in the blue grass region OF Ken
lucky last year" said a prominent
New York lawyer TO a reporter for
the Evening News, ''and i was very
much surprised at the liberal use of
money
WAY out there one hundred miles
from Louisville and one hundred and
TWENTY-FIVE miles from Cincinnati could
be found handsomely dressed young
men and old men, who showed that
they had never been accustomed to
hard work, fiourishing their bills like
so much paper. They were not city
chaps, but country born and bred i
could not understand il. There are no
manufacturing interests there to speak
of, no mining, nothing but agriculture,
a pursuit which requires the hardest
of manual labor; yet these men sported :
as soft palms as the highest bred city
folk. Further than that, they had
plenty of money and used II hberally.
Il failed to find a solution to my
problem until one day my host took me
behind his house, pointed to large fields
of green leaves and said: DO you see
that?' l answered in the affirmative
and he said: That Is tobacco. viii
get from eighteen hundred to two thou
sand pounds per acre off that field and
sell il for from twelve and one-half 70
sixteen cents per pound. dld not
work very hard for il either. The prln-
cipal trouble l have is To see that the
negroes do the work, and / attend to
the gathering and selling the crop
The problem was solved. Where
the northern farmer by hard labor got
twenty-five or thirty dollars the Ken
lucky landlord, by the aid of his negro
help. made from one hundred and
twenty-five to one hundred and fifty
dollars, says the Chicago News.
But that which surprised me the
most was the amount of gambling that
is permitted. Why, sir, 1 have seen
men at those county fairs shake money
in each others faces in the presence of
hundreds, offer their bets and take the
stakes. You could hardly step up 10 a
tent on the grounds but that you would
find some kind of a gambling scheme.
And il was not what we call the sports
who took part, but the very best citi-
zens Of the country.
That section of Kentucky is very
productive. Ii comprises the country
in the neighborhood of Lexington.
Shelbyville, Paris, Frankfort and Mount
Sterling. 1t is no doubt a garden spot,
and il is little wonder that the people
do not work hard. All they have TO do
is to take care of what is around them"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-08-05
HEAD OF A LARGE FAMILY.
She Had Two Thousand Descendants and
saw Her sixth Generation.

She Had Two Thousand Descendants and
saw Her sixth Generation.
Mrs. Annie Roush has died at Letart
a few miles from ParkerSburg, w. Va,
aged nearly lO6 years. 1t is thought,
says the Washington Star. that she was
the head of the largest family in the
world and the only woman in this
country who lived to see her sixth gen
Grafton. Mrs. Roush was born at Nor
gantown, Pa, June 4, 1884, when
Washington. Hamilton and jefferson
were planning the constitution. Her
father was David Sayre. In 1901 Mr..
Sayrc started west and settled above
Pomeroy, on the Virginia side. Here
he resided several years, finally moving
up the river and crossing to where Le-
tart now stands. In 1sO2 Annie married
Henry Roush and was the mother of
thirteen children. The first child.
Sarah, married Thomas Coleman and be-
came the mother of twelve children
The next, Elizabeth, married Henry
Wolf and had sixteen children The
third, Lydia, married a Mr.. McClain
and after his death married John Wag-
oncr. 1t is through her children that
Mrs. Roush could trace her descent to
the sixth generation. The fourth child
Annie, had an even dozen of children.
The next four children Were girls. and
their progeny numbered forty-eight
The ninth died when he was young.
The next two were girls and had
twenty-one children. The last two
children We're boys and have seventeen
children around their boards. The
second daughter of Lydia Wagner,
who was Mrs. Roush's third child. mar
ried Mr.. Hazlett. Their eldest son.
David, is the father Of six children. and
his eldest daughters (Mary'sl child.
Mamie, aged about ) years, has the
unique distinction of living at the same
time as her great-great-grcat-g grand
mother. Mrs. Roush's grandchildren
numbered 135, and the total number of
her great-grandchildren is not less than
800. The number of her descendants is
over 1000, although the exact number
cannot be ascertained.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-08-05

Doubtless our unlcttcred friends .-.
fine distinction in the use of words. .
which we do not give th,m sui.
credit. says the North. 4 u." pa.-
a colored school took a shattered .--
chimney 10 show her teacher
An said he, your chimney
broken. is it?'
No, sir, >" she answered. ''it- n'-.'.
In her distinction Of terms aE a. =.
difference between a comic --.Hn "' 81
and an assertion of innocence D..
word broken she understood % i'.
that the mi~hap had occurred %.
own fault; and in corrcctinr tn '"'
she meant to imply that ~au." aH'...
agency. a current Of cold air. r,.-'.
had caused the break.
Here is a distinction rs yIaar ana
as we make in more scholarly terms
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-08-05
The Bore Bell.

bore bell is the latest necessity
OF busy men and women. 1t is an in
visible bell, arranged on the floor near
the victim of too talkative caIla.
"heh the guest has talked enough the
most or hostess quietly puts a foot ON
'he secret spot in the floor and the serv-
ant appears at the door with a teIa-
gram or important message which n,ns,
be attended to at once. The eaI,a~
naturally bows himself out and III, -
tim is saved VIC
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-08-05
A Polite Raarder

Landlady-llave some of this butter
Mr.. Bordaine?
Mr.. B.-No, thank You.
Landlady-Ah, you don't love butter?
Mr.. B--Wel, l cannot say that |
love that butter; but, my dear madam.
assure you that its age commands NV
sincsrest respect. Star.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-08-05
Cremation in Japan.

Cremation fourishe~ ia Japan.
has six crcmatorics, ln
bodies of at least ouc-third "i l..
are burned. In lsss llo-" '' ..
4S7 persons who died were creme
and since burial in the city va"
hidden the number has been i",'
According 10 the style of 'I,.-. ....
the price is S3.I5, - or 81. 80
pounds of wood, which cost -tL
mately twenty-five cents, sum. ar.
the burning of body in three i''''
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-01-22
Operation on Gov. Russell.

BosToN, Jan. Ex-Governor Russell
intends ta have a surgical operation per
formed on his throat tomorrow. Some
thing on the vocal cords needs removing.
The case will probably involve tracheot-
oiny, but the operation will not in any
sense be dangerous. AS result the
Governor will not be able to make public
speeches for three or four weeks. 1t is
understood, however, that he has accept
ed an invitation to attend the opening of
the fair which the Ladies' Aid Associa-
tion will give early in February for the
benefit of the Soldiers Home.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-01-22
S
JeWeIry Store,
CAUGHT HASTILY.
What News Gatherers Take a
Moment to Tell About.

What News Gatherers Take a
Moment to Tell About.
Colder.
Freeze and thaw.
Many frozen hydrants.
Snow aid rain alternate.
Gloves of undressed kid are made
for men.
Walking was dangerous the past
few days.
Tan color for mems gloves still holds
its own.
The money girl carries profusion
of pockets.
The days are now growing longer
daily at both ends.
If only the cold wave had better
staying qualities.
The weather this month seems to
have spite at Monday as washday.
Lime in the cellar aasorbs all mois-
ture, and prevents unwhOlesome odors.
The ground hog will be out looking
for his shadow a week from next
Tuesday.
The skaters are getting jealous of
the sleighers and wondering when
they will get show.
Frost shrinks barrel of apples but
not with such eminent success as a
family of children can.
A diamond in ones shirt front is not
quite as useful just now as a quinine
pill in ones stomach.
The doctors say there wouldn't be so
much grip if people were more careful
of themselves.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-01-22
A MoTHER's CRIME.
Leaves Her Infant in a Hall, Where IL IL
Found Dead.


NEWARK, N j., Jan. 22.-Mrs Reilly,
Of so Sheffield street, brought year-and-
a-half-old baby to the police station on
Tuesday night and said she had found it
in her hall
The captain Of the police found that it
was Mrs Riley's daughters child, and
sent the woman home.
Early this morning the child died from
exposure and the mother of the child,
Mrs. Lusetta Travis, has been ar
rested.
The story connected with the affair is a
sad one.
A few months ago Mrs Travis went to
the police station with the baby, and
said she had no place to stay as her
mother had turned her out of the house.
She was kept in cell for two days and
then her husband, who is dying of con
sumption, came after her.
He is unable to work, but Mrs. Reilly
thinks he is and for that reason will not
keep her daughter and baby.
Tuesday evening Mrs. Travis thought
she would make her mother take care ol
the child, so placed it in the cold hall,
where it was not found for several hours.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-01-22
Closing Out,

At great bargains, frst-elass line OF
second hand stoves, ranges and heaters ;
both double and single heaters, and every
stove warranted. Call and see them, as
they will be sold at sacrifice, to close out
the stock, at No. 13l South Main street
(Brennsn's buidiDg), Shenandoah, near
Steam Laundry. l2-30-tf