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Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-08-24

A one legged political orator named
Jones, who was pretty successful in
bantering an Irishman, was asked by
the later show he had come to lose his
leg" "Well," said Jones, "On 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 ait 'ud ev been a deuced
good thing eff it had only settled in
yer head."-[ brakes Magazine.
Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-08-24
A Great BenehctOr

Educators are certainly the great
est benefactors of the race, and after
reading DR.. Franklin Miles popular
works, we cannot help declaring him
to be among the most entertaining
and educating of authors."-New
York Daily. lie is not a stranger to
our readers, as his advertisements
appear in our columns in every issue,
calling attention to the fact that his
elegant work on nervous and heart
diseases is distributed free by our en-
terprising druggists, Smith Drug Co.
Trial bottles of DR.. Miles Nervine are
given away, also book of testimonials
showing that it is unequaled for ner-
vous prostration, headache, poor
memory, dizziness, sleeplessness, neu-
ralgia, hysteria, fits, epilepsy. 2
Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-08-24

Scads: You say he left no money?
Baggs; No. You see he lost his
health getting wealthy, and then lost
his wealth trying to get healthy
[Smith, Gray e. Co.'s Monthly.
Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-08-24

Cholly: My brother is III luck. He's
got a place as foor-walkah in a dry
goods store. lie is there 16 hours a
day. Awther: ] cawn't see the luck.
Cholly: You cawn't? Why, his
pawnts can nevah bag at the knees
New York Weekly.
Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-08-24

Mistress: Oh, Mary, see this mir
ror | have broken, and think of the
bad luck | shall now have for seven
years. Maid; What that little bit
of mirror! But think of mel
have just broken the big mirror in the
parlor.- [F'liegende Batter.
Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-08-24
IMMIGRATION.

Sec, u. We heartily approve ali legiti-
mate efforts to prevent the United States
lrom being used as the dumping ground for
the known criminals and paupers Of Euro pc;
and we demand the rigid enforcement of the
avs against thinese NM rAtion aud the
importatiol Of foreign workn under con-
tract to degrade American labor nd les en-
its wages, but we londsmn and denounee
any and III att mpt; to restrict the immi-
grafton of the indu ,trIous and worthy OF
foreign Ian Is
Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-08-24
PENSIONS.

Sec 8. This convention hereby reaews
tie expression of precatlon of the atri-
otis Ii OF the solii rs and "a lors Ct the I'm
ion in tho war Of its preservot on, md we
favor ju and liberal pension to all disa-
bled Union soldiers their widows and de-
pendents bat We demand that the wo k
of III. Persi n Office shall be done industrl-
ou.ly, imparlaliy and honestly We de-
nounce the ent admin tr ,tlon of that
office S incompetent, corrupt, dlsgr ,cefdI
and dishonest,
Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-08-24
NICARAGUA CANAL.

Sec. Is. For purposes of national de-
Tease ana tho promotion of commerce be-
tween the Sa,os, we recognize the early
constr Ct on Of the Nicaragua Canal ami its
protect on against fore On control as OF
great importance 70 the UDltod States.
Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-08-24
WATERWAY IMPROVEMENTS.

Sec H. The Federal Government should
care 70 and improve the Mississippi River,
nd other great waterways Of the Repubi :,
so SIS to secure Tor the interior States easy
and chepp transportation to dewa or.
When any waterway of the Repu lie is OF
sufici mt Importance to demand aid of the
Government, such aid should DO extended
upon definite plan of continuous work un-
I'll permanent improvement is secured,
Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-08-24
REMoNsTaANCE WITH RUSSIA.

Sec II. This country has always been
the refuge Of tho oppressed from every land
-exies for conscience sake-and the spirit
of the founders of our Government, we con-
denim the oppression practiced by the Rus
sian Government upon It's Lutheran and
Jewish subjects, and we Ii upon our Ma
tonal q vermont, in the interest of justice
and humanity by all just and proper mean
TO use It's prompt and best efforts to bring
about cessation of these cruel prosecutions
in the common of the Gar and to secure to
the oppressed equal rights.
We tender our profound and earnest SYM
patty to those lovers of fire. dom vino are
struggling for home rule and the great cause
Of self government in Ireland.
Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-08-24
TIE WORLDS FAIR.

Sec, l6. Recognizing the Worlds Col
umbisn Exposition as a national undcrtak.
ing of vast importance in which the general
government has invited the cooperation OF
all the powers of the world, and appreciat-
ing the a ceptance by many OF such powers
of the invitation so offended and the broad
and liberal efforts being made by them to
contribute to the gr, ndeur of the undertake
ing, we are Of tro opinion that Congress
should make such necessary financial pro
vision as shall Prerequisite to the mainten-
once of the national honor and public faith.
Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-08-24
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

See. 10. The Democratic party is the only
party that has ever given the country for
eign policy, CONSTANT and vigorous, COM
pelIing respect abroad and inspiring conf
dence at home. While avoiding ertangling
alliances, it has aimed to cultivate friendly
relations with other nations, and especially
with cur neighbors on the American Cont
nent, whose destiny is closely linked with
our own, and we view with alarm the ten
dency to policy of irritation and bluster
which is liable TO confront us with the alter
native Of Illumination or war at any time.
We favor the maintenance Of navy
strong enough 70. all purposes of national
defense ndio properly maintain the honor
and dignity of the country abroad.
Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-08-24

as the stan ard money of the country as to
the coinage of both gold and silver without
d'scr minat nc AGAR st either metal or charge
Tor mntage, but the dollar unit of coinage
OF both metals must be Of equal intrinsic ana
exchangeable value or be adjusted through
international agreement or by such safe
guards OF legislation rs shall insure the
mant nance of the parity of the two metals,
aud the equal power OF every dollar at all
times in the markets and in the payment of
debts, and we demand that I'll paper curren-
ey shall be kept at par with and redeemable
IN such coin. We insist upon this policy as
especially necessary lorthe protection of the
larmes and laboring classes, the fl st and
most defensele's victims Of unstable money
ard frctuating currency.
Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-08-24
SILVER COINAGE.

sec 4 We denounce the Republican
legislation known as the .Sherntnart of 800
M0n,o,?wardly makeshIt, fight with pos
s s,o'a.l's 0, danger IN tLe future, which
~ make all Of rs supporters. us well as
W. a'tn9r anxious for rs speedy repeal.
"ehold To Tho ufo Of both gold md silver
Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-08-24

and liberal efforts beng made by them TO
contribute to the gr ndeur of the undertake
ing, we are of to opinion that Congress
should make such necessary financial pro
vision as shall Prerequisite to the mainten-
once of the national honor and public faith.
r THE SCHOOL QUESTION.
Sec II. Popular education being the on
w safe basis OF popular suffrage, we recon-.
mend TO the several States most liberal ap-
preparation for the public schools Free
common schools are the nursery of good
government, and they have always received
the fostering Gro of tho Democratic party,
which favors every means of increasing in
teligence. Freedom of education being an
essential Of civil and religious liberty as well
as necessity for the development of intel
lrence, must not be interiered with under
any pretext whatever. We are opposed to
State interference with parental rights or
rights OF conscience in the education Of
children as an infringement OF the funda.
mental Democratic doctrine that the largest
individual liberty consistent with the rights
Of others insures the highest type Of Ameri-
can citizenship and the best government.
ADMISSION OF THE TERRITORIES.
Soc. Is. Weapprove the action of the
present House OF Representatives in passing
bills admitting into the Union as States the
Territories of New Mexico and Arizona, and
we favor the early admission Of all the Ter
ritories having tho necessary population and
resources TO enlite them to Statehood, and
while they remain Territories we hold that
tho officials appointed to administer the gov
eminent of any Territory, together with the
District of Columbia and Alaska, should be
bona nda residents of the Territory or dis
trot in which heir duties arc TO be per-
formed. Tho Democratic party believes IN
homo rule d tho control of their own al-
fair by tho poops oftno vlcinage.
PROJECTION OF RAILWAY Employees.
Soc. 10. We favor legislation by Con
press and state legislatures to protect the
lives and limbs Of railway employees and
those of other hazardous transportation
companies, and denounco the inactivity OF
Tho Republican y rLy, and particularly the
Republican Senate, for causing the defeat
of measures beneficial and protective to
this class Of wage-goers.
ruE SWEATING SYSTEM DENOUNCED.
Wa are IN favor Of tho enactment by
tbe States flaws tor abolishlng the noto-
rlous sweating system for abollshlng con-
tract convict labor and prohibiting the
employment in factories of children under
10 years { ago.
suMpTUARY LAWS.
We arc opposed ty all sumptuory, laws rs
an interference with the individual rights oil
the citizen
Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-08-24
BANK TAXATIO.

Sec. 8. We recommend that the prohibi-
tory 10 per cent tax on State bank issues be
repealed.
Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-08-24
National Democratic Platform
,aon,ca nv The National Democratic
Convention at Chicago, June
21sI, 1892.

e.,,;or 1. The representatives of the
no1s ,C party OF the United States, in
Dtye.,oNal Convention assembled, do reaflirm
Na;. aIIerIance to the principles of the par
too,s formulate BY Jefferson and ezempli-
y IA al nv a long and illustrious line of his sue
neu .o y! in Democratic leadership from Mad
ION IsS to Cleveland, We believe that the pub
TIC I;od 10 tho conduct OF the Federal Gov
alp'ipmsnt through the accession to power Of
e err nsrty that adyooates them; and we sell
l au'n I declare that the need of return to
eiiin,f fundamental principles of a free pop
,,iar government based on home rule and
;uS;yHiSual liberty was never more than now,
l,Son the tendency to oen.ralizo all power
s %I the Federal Capital has become menace
to the reserved rlght' o. Wy 9.'es ,ps' s.rtne
a. a. ' Constitution as framed by The Republic.
ruu ~ prr- mr.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-10-02
The Papers of Two Sections.

l am sometimes asked how newspaper
work in the east and west contrasts, writes
Col. John A. Cockerill, formerly of the
New York World. The methods arc much
the same sll over the country, except thas
tho western paper tries to be a more gem
sral newspaper than the New York daily.
Tho reason for this ID that New York has so
much uews of its own that il cannot pay
much attention so general news outside.
Some of the papers in Chicago and st.
Louis print more news, more special dis
patches from other cities and towns than
any paper in New York. This ID because in
New York and vicinity we have three mill
ions of people to look after, and the i'm
mense amount OF local news leaves little
room for anything else. In the west are
newspaper workers just as bright and able
as any here-many of them superior.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-10-02

we'll within bounds to affirm that no one
person in ten buys q bulb who should do
80, and that there is still q lamentable lack
of knowledge among Americans concerning
bulb culture.
In one easy lesson, such as l propose to
give, can be impaired all the knowledge
necessary to enable anyone TO fill q home
with fragrance and beauty during the
bleak season of the year, when domestic
delights are most keenly appreciated. If
you have two sunny windows you can fill
them with ninety-fivs plants, of sixteen
distinct varieties, all producing the most
exquisite flowers imaginable. maintaining
a constant succession of bloom from Dec
ember until May, at a cost of less than So
for bulbs and a few cents more for pots and
possibly earth. And II that ia too much
you will be able to pick out readily. from
she list I shall suggest, such as you think
you would prefer, and may be assured that
you cannot possibly 90 wrong. even if your
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-10-02
BUY BULBS OF HE'S

choice is confined to = single bulb. But
remember one thing: Once a bulb-grower
always a ~bulb-grower. Taste this pleasure
once and you will never be able to aban-
don it.
Primarily, a few words about the selec-
ton of bulbs generally. If you go in for
named varieties" your taste is going to be
costly, and it is at least questionable if the
outcome is commsnsnrately satisfactory.
Minute and hardly perceptible differences
in the shape or tint of even one petal of a
flower. family distinguishing it from t
ers of its kind, will be TO the dealer suffi-
Client warrant for branding it with a
big new name, placing a fancy
p,i0' on @..a it and putting I'll forth Tor gaow-
oendent beauty, for he is a guileful crea-
ture. But if YOU do not happen to be a
specialist or crank" looking for new things
just because they are now. you can get more
satisfaction for much less money by invest
ing iii mixed SORTS" Except in lilies and
certain other classes not good for amateur
culture under ordinary conditions, size il
not an object. Pick out bulbs that are
heavy and hard, whether big or little. FL
nally. don't buy oddities just because thew
are odd, for you will soon grow tired of
them.
Inc culture OF the DyRolntn DulO may DO
taken for 4 description as that best adapted
for all, with some slight notifications in
certain cases, which will be- noted. Don't
try growing your hyacinth bulbs in water. 10
can be done, of course, but is vanity and
vexation OF spirit. The flower spikes are
sure to DO inferior to those of plants rooted
in earth. Use four or live inch pots, the
latter preferably. Put i'll each an inch of pot
fragments or charcoal Jumps for drain
age, and half fill with sandy loan enriched
by addition of IA little we'll rotted COW
manure or pulveri2ea aheep MANURE. If you
oan add some leaf mould or earth contain
ing grass roots pared from under sod. all
the better. Set the bulb lightly on the
earth, Ill i'll more earth around it until it's
top just shows above tho surface and gently
press the earth, enough to settle
il and no more. Do not press the bulb
down, even a little bit. In planting Ro-
man hyacinths the pressure on the earth
must be tirmer. for they lift themselves
when they start growing and, If neglected.
will sometimes climb entirely out of the
soil. The earth should be moist. not wet.
and its surface nearly an inoh below the
edge OF the pot. While tho bulb ia making
roots, say for from four to six weeks, ID
must be kept in a cool, damp, dark place.
A cellar Ia best, but a closet or a big dry
goods box In u garnet or even the enclosed
SPACE under n stationary washbasin, will
do. Set the pot on a bed of damp weather
beaten coal ashes and cover ID four or five
inches deep with the same material. or With
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-10-02
A Man Attacked by Birds.

Bailey Hoover. q young mon employed or
the Curtiss ranch, reports a strange exper-
fence with birds, saws the Woodland. CAL.
Mail. He was driving a single horse and
buggy from the Fair ranch Tuesday, after
noon. When about two miles from Knights
Landing he was suddenly startled out of q
doze by myriads of birds which swarmed
down upon him, screaming nngtily and
flying at him. The air was literally black
with them, and they y~iciously attacked the
horse, which was frightened into a frantic
effort to run away. The young man was
scared beyond his powers of description.
he fought the birds off with his whip, and
directing the horse as best he could was
soon beyond their pursuit. Hoover enter
tains a superstitious fear that the incident
portends evil for him.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-10-02

and coloripg. And the gesneriana, al
though rather tall for house culture in
mass, will make a splendid effect in a lin
tied display, lifting its enormous crimson
scarlet bell near the album and ornitho-
gallum in single specimens.
The ornithogallum produces great clus-
tiers OF peariy white flowers with jet black
%centers. deliciously fragrant. which endure
surprisingly. Plant your three bulbs in
separate four-inch pots, at intervals of two
weeks and they will give you constant bloom
for at least two months. Or you can put
the three together in a six-inch pot and
have all their sweetness at once. A FIVE
inch pot will ACCOMMODATE four Roman
hyaoinths, three jonquils, or six to eight
crocus bulbs. Give your eroeuses abund-
ant light, but carefully keep fire heat
way from them. The White flowers of
Album N. are borne i'll cluster on stems
twenty inches high and last very we'll.
Plant In Ootober-three TO five in n five
inch poland they will be out in January.
Nothing will be moe likely TO please You
than the ~freesias. Their pure white flow
ers have a delicious perfume. remain fresh
Il long time and are borne in great abuud-
anoe. You oan grow from four to six bulbs
in u iive-inch pot. and 10y planting at in
tervals-in different pots, of course-may
prolong their season until spring.
lSias, bahamas and sparaxis afford an
infinite variety of the brightest oolors i'm
aginable, often in strange and always beau
titul combinations-white, scarlet. rose,
crimson, pink, magenta, gold, blue, etc.
there being very many sorts of each. They
all neod rich soil, plenty of sunshine and
are not SO impatient of heat AS tho crocuses.
Five or SIX of either will do we'll in a five
inch not. And ranunoulus is like INTO them
in its wide range of splendid color, although
of wholly different form, assuming the rose
shape, while they are Hat stars. open bells,
gladiolus like, etc. Five of it's bulbs 20 in
Il iive-ineh pot. You MAY not get tho iris
to bloom tor you the first season, but |
have picked out it's %g-andest variety to re-
loice you II IL does, or reward amply your
patience II You have Go wait until next year
to see it, Whether 10 blooms or not, do
not take it out of it's pot. Like lilies in
the garden, it must not be msddled with.
When 1t blooms You will have the most
magnificent flower that grows with the pos
slble exception of certain orchids, six to
eight inches i'll diameter, presenting a be-
wildering glory of combined diversified
tints and s~hades-crimson, blue, white,
rose, lilac, violet, lavender, and gold. BY
all means, try the iris, even if ii ~ not
easy. We always achieve most in striving
for that which ia difficult to obtain. The
Chinese sacred lily you grow in clear water,
supporting the bulb by piling clean pebbles
about. 10 ID extremely easy OF cultivation,
and it's luxurious abundance of handsome TO-
liaRe and beautiful Gelicately fragrant white
and yellow blossoms are sure To please. 1have
found is good to cut three deep gashes in
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-10-02
1892, by the author.
Oueer Food,

The hedgehog figures frequently in sylvan
repasts. though he is hardly big enough te
be sent to table as a piece de resistance.
The primitive name of cooking it super
sedes the most costly rehnements of bat
teries de cuisine. The elephants foot, or
rather the slice below the pastern, which is
q famous dainty in eastern hunting camps,
is treated on precisely similar principles,
which shows that the simplest cookery of
all nations has much in common, like their
folklore. Shakespeare's British hedgepig,
like its cousin the poreupine, is shrouded
in a plastic tenement of clay. Then he is
laid to temporary rest in a bed of smolder-
ing binders. When supposed to be lone to
a turn, the dwarf pig is dug up, and then
the prickly skin is detached with the split
ting of the case of CLAW. All the generous
juices, with their bouquet. have been JON
ined and transfused. The Saturday Re-
vjaw
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-10-02
The Ball and tho Battle of waterloo.

The duke of Wellington told Sir Will
liam Napier that he found the prince of
Orange at the duchess of Richmond's ball
on the evening of the 18th. He was sur
prised to see him because he had placed
him at Binohe, an important outpost, for
the purpose of observing and giving NOTICE
of the movements OF the enemy. He went
up to him and asked him if there was any
news. mo, nothing but that the French
have crossed the Sambre and had a brush
with the Prussiaus. Have you heard of
it?" This WAS news; 80 he told him
quietly that he had better go back to his
post, and then by degrees he got the prin-
eipal officers away from the ball and sent
them to their troops. This was done, |
think he said, about IL O'clock. He then
went TO his quarters and found Mutiing
there, coming from Blucher with the news.
He ought to have arrived long before, but
said the duke to me, II cannot tell the
world that Butcher picked the latest man
in his army to ride with an express to me.
and that he took thirty hours to ride thirty
miles. ~ Waterloo Letters.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-10-02
scotch Thrift,

An event which caused much stir In thu
little community was the INTRODUCED on Of
gas. Previously oil of q course kind, or
came! coal placed on tho front of the CRATE,
had been used for lighting purposes. Cam
dies were expensive. and their light feeble.
and SO to "a great extent the squair was in Il
state of darkness, for necessity or thrift re-
duced the use of artificial light to tho mini
mum. An old woman of frugal habit, who
had means and appliances superior to her
n~eighbors. aud who rejoioed in the possess
sion of a servant, used to say to that do
mestic, as the shades of evening began to
descend, moo, Mamie. ye may pit the
lamp III the table, an if onybody o. oon-
sequence cas- ye can licht 1.-THE Scots
man.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-10-02

the sides near the top of each bulb, having
learned that trick from a wise Mongol who
seemed to have great luok with his sioss
fowerH." 1t gives a great deal more flower
stems, and the bulb would DO no good for q
second soaaon, AWAY
Unless you have u greenhouse in which
You can accurately regulate the tempera-
ture and maintain a humid atmosphere do
not attempt the culture Of the nmaryllis,
the cyciamer or lilies.
Finally. the cooler you keep she Temporal
ture about your dubious plants when they
arc in bloom, so long as 1t does not get
down to the frost line, the longer they will
keep in bloom and the better they will be.
j., III. CoNNELLY.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-10-02
Another Claimant of the Moon.

There is a wrangle over a moon, says the
Chicago journal. Prof. Barnard of the
Lick Observatory, announced lately that he
had discovered Jupiter to have ivo moons
instead Of four. aud the astronomical world
was delighted. That was MY n few DAYS
ago. Now comes Lawyer Thomas s. Cogley,
of Washington, ID. G., who declares that he
Uncovered that same moon four years ngo.
Furthermore, he produces a letter written
to Prof. Newton, astronomer of the navy
depat tmont. in which his discovery was an
noenced. The date of the letter is June s,
1883. MIR. Cooley is a LAWYER of standing,
but an enthusiastio astronomer. What is
Prof. barnard going to do about 1t all?