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Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-06-22
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
ative; efectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation,
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man.
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, yon will not
accept any substitute if offered.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-06-22
Circuit Court Notes.

In the Miller Circuit court, Judge
Rufus d, Hearn presiding, the follow
ing cases have been disposed of
State VS.. Alb. Bradley, (col.) charged
with grand larceny; plea of guilty en-
tered and punishment fixed at one
year IN the penitentiary.
State VS.. Frank Henderson, same
charge; plea of guilty and punishment
assessed at one year in the peniten-
tiary.
state Vs. Abner Kemp, charged
with forgery; continued for the term.
AT noon yesterday the case Of j. w.
Draughon VS.. North American Insur-
ance Co., claim for damage, by fire, of
$4,000, was called for trial, and, both
sides announcing ready, the jury was
empanneled and the trial proceeded
with. The case consumed the re-
mainder of the afternoon session and
was still in progress of trial during
this mornings session.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-06-22
Switchmen's Picnic.

The coming event of the season, to
be held. at Pleasant Lake, along the
line of the Texarkana 81 Fort Smith
railroad, on July 4th--the great ma
tional holiday. Amusements and re-
freshments Of every possible kind will
be provided ON the grounds. Music
by Brower's famous band during the
day, and excellent orchestral music
for dancing in the evening. Trains
will be run between the city and pic
mic grounds at appropriate hours day
and night Everybody invited to at
tend. Don't fail to come out and
bring your families TO day of rest
and pleasure. Tickets st the reasona-
BILE rate of rs and so cents for the
round trip, for children and adults,
respectively, can be had at Llghtfoot
& Owsley's and tho City Drug
Stores. 6-1tf
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-06-22
OFFICIAL CORRUPTION.
How Men in High Places Entered
into Conspiracy.

INTO q conspiracy
The existence of a conspiracy among
high officials In an important branch
of the government service in the state
of Washington has been brought to
light by the efforts of special govern
ment agents who were brought from
a distance and put to work on the case,
with instructions to spare neither
money nor trouble in unoarthing the
details of the scheme and running
down the men who were engaged in
its hazardous accomplishment. That
the work of investigation was both
thorough and successful may be seen
from the following account of its
results:
The official heads of Patrick ii.
Winston, United States Attorney;
Thomas r. Brown, United States Mar
shal; Andrew Wasson, United States
collector at Pert Townsend; G. j. Null
key, United States special agent, and
six special inspectors of customs in
the Puget sound district, state of
Washington, have fallen into the Off
cial hopper, as result of reports made
to Secretary Carlisle by Special Treas
ury Agents Weed and Loomis. These
reports are numerous and circumstan-
tial as to details and tell the story OF
one of the most extensive and sue
cessful conspiracies ever formed to
smuggle Chinese and opium into the
United States across the far north
western boundary. There has been
hardly day for the past two months
that reports or kilograms have not
been received at the treasury depart
ment from Agents Weed and Loomis
and on these reports the officials of
the treasury department were summa-
rily dismissed.
The last batch of dismissals of GUS
toms inspectors was made Saturday,
but Secretary Carlisle thinks the ends
of justice may be defeated in making
public their names. These officials,
it is charged by the reports received,
have been doing a wholesale business
several years in connection with pri-
vate parties in Victoria, B. c., in
smuggling Chinese by means of fraud.
ulent certificates and permitting
opium smuggling either by connivance
or otherwise. Scandals for the past
ten or fifteen. years have attached
more or less to these officials in The
Puget sound district, whose duty II
was to guard against violation of the
law as to Illicit business of Chinese
and opium smuggling into the United
States.
Politics cut no figure in the matter
whatever, the conspirators being actu
ated solely by desire for gain.
The new men appointed in thu
place of those removed were: James
L. Saunders, collector at Port Town
send; James S. Drake, United StateI
marshal; w. ii. Brinker, United State,
attorney. Other removals are yet t'
come, and the matter in due course 0
time will find its way into the courts
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-06-22
STATE JUDICIAL CONVENTION.

The Democratic State Convention,
called to nominate a Chief and Asso-
ciate Justice Of the Supreme court of
Arkansas, met In the State Capitol at
Little Rock today. The convention,
after organization, will no doubt pro-
ceed to the nomination Of Hen. II. G.
Bum for chief justice by acclamation.
There will then be left nothing for
the convention to do but nominate an
associate justice. There will be no
opportunity for trading, and it Is
hardly probable that amy bitter ami
mositics will be engendered.
The convention, as might be expect
ed. will,be composed chiefly of law
yers, and there will be plenty of talk,
and good talk at that.
The nominating speeches promise
to be among the best efforts ever
heard in state convention.
Although the friends Of several can
didates claim an early settlement Of
the contest by the nomination Of their
man, 1t was anybody's fight last night.
Judge Wood leads the list, with, SO
his friends say, 112 instructed votes,
and they say also he is going to carry
south Arkansas pretty solid, with heavy
inroads from the northwest. Wash
ington County is for him, He was an
A. l. U. boy, and worked his way
through the University under most
adverse circumstances. Judge Jordan
f. Cravens has votes from nearly
every section of the State, but Ia par
ticularly strong in the west and north
west, near his home. He is an astute
politician as well as lawyer, and the
man who beats him will have to get
up and dust.
The candidates with the next
largest following are Judges Fletcher,
Riddick and Powell, each of whom
has many warm friends ard sup
porters.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-06-22
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the disease portion of the ear
There is only one way to cure deaf
ness, and that is by constitutional
remedies. Deafness is caused by an
inhamed condition of the mucous lin
ing Of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube gets innamed you have
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing,
and when it is entirely closed deaf
ness is the result, and unless the in
hamation can be taken out and this
tube restored to its normal condition,
hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out ten are caused by ca
tarrh, which is nothing but an in
famed condition of the mucous sur
faces.
We will give one hundred dollars
for any case of deafness Caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars,
free. +. j. CHENEY & Co.,
Toledo, Ohio.
Ro5~Sold by druggists, 75c. 6-91m
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-06-22
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
Industrial Advancement Goes Stead
lily Forward in the Southern States.

Industrial Advancement Goes Stead
ily Forward in the Southern States.
The great wave of industrial pro-
gress which has at last struck the
South continues to sweep steadily on
ward through each of her several
states. Each succeeding review of in
dustrial progress throughout the
Southern country shows continued
healthy increase in the number and
importance of these enterprises. Nor
has the present strained financial con-
dition of the country proven sufficient
to even check the strong and steady
tide of local and general progress and
internal improvement, and there is no
abatement of the confidence of local
and foreign investors in the ultimate
outcome OF southern investments.
New enterprises are announced daily,
together with the enlargement of old
plants, and in all branches of industry
there is continued steady growth
and healthy development. This fact
is fully supported by the following
list of industrial enterprises instituted
during the past week in the several
states of the South:
A cotton mill at New Stirling, N. c.,
by Young Bros. company.
The Portsmouth, (Va.) cotton manu-
featuring company to erect mill;
capital stock 100000.
f. billings company to erect mill
at Kings Mountain, N. G.
The National railroad and equip
ment company of Atlanta, Ga, to
manufacture; capital stock, authorized,
$5,Ooo,OOO.
The Big Creek lumber company of
New Orleans, La, with capital stock
of $25O,OoO.
The Mauperas land and lumber
company of New Orleans, La, with
capital stock of $4,000.
The Terminal warehouse company
of Baltimore, Nd, with capital stock
of $150,OOO.
The Rothwell coal company of Win
ona, w. Va, to open mines.
The w. F. Baker carpet company of
Ronoke, Va,
A 100000 gold mining plant to be
installed in Orange county, w. Va.
The Landa cotton oil company of
New Braunfels, Texas, with capital
stock of $4,000.
The Allcott & Maynor company of
Dallas, Texas, with capital stock Of
$4,000.
The Bridgeport (Texas).town COM
pany, with capital stock of 100000.
The Inventive Age company of
Washington, d. G., for publishing
purposes, capital stock $4,000.
The Jackson-Jones company of
Washington, d. c., to manufacture
builders materials; capital stock, 20,-
900.
The Patuxent ceder point company
of Baltimore, Nd, with capital stock
of $4,000.
The Farmers and Merchants supply
company of New Orleans, La, with a
capital stock of $4,000.
The Peninsular and Oriental ex-
press company of Florida, with cap
ital stock of $4,000.
The Wood cigarette machine COM
pany of Richmond, Va, with capital
stock of $4,000.
Big improvements at the Wheeling
| CIV. Va) steel works, lower Benwood
plant.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-06-22
REPUBLICAN METHODS.

The charges SO often made of gross
frauds in the pension department of
this Government, and which, despite
the undoubted fact of their existence,
have thus far so often defied location
and public proof, are at last In a fair
way of being brought to light. j. M.
Burnett, late an employe in the pen
sion Office during Raum's administra-
ton as commissioner, has written
letter to President Cleveland, setting
forth the extraordinary wrongs and
frauds ppacticed in that department
under Republican administration.
Mr.. Burnett knows all about the
matter. He served for ten years in
the bureau as clerk, examiner, super
vising examiner and reviewer Of field
work. He resigned in 1891 because
he would not longer be q party to
frauds which he was powerless to pre-
vent. He now relates the facts with
specific illustrative instances.
Briefly he shows that the laws have
been perverted and deliberately set
aside in order to purchase votes by
putting as many names as possible on
the pension lists without regard to
their right to be there.
lie cites cases in which pensions
were granted for disabilities that do
not exist and in spite of reports from
examiners as to their non-existcnce,
He gives instances in which disabilit-
les have been pensioned as Of sevice
origin when the proofs showed them
to have existed before enlistment. lie
cites cases in which the war Office re,
cords showing desertion have been SC
changed as to show honorable dis
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-06-22
Strawberries and Fruit.

TO the Public:
now have on the market, some fine
strawberries; picked fresh every day.
In a few days will have other berries,
and later, early peaches. My spring
wagon will make daily rounds of the
city. Your patronage solicited.
w. j, Moore.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-06-22

Sharpe & Jordan,s Is the place to
get your hats, as stock is absolutely
new, no chance to get back numbers
in styles; handle such makes as You
mans Roelofs and Stetson's. They
are also showing the latest in straw
hats.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-06-22
Contracting and Building.

l have located at Tcxarkana, and
propose to do all kinds Of work in
contracting and building. Consult
me before letting your work. Ad-
dress Jas. l.. WHATLEY,
Box 766 Texarkana, Ark.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-06-22
Sold on = Positive Guarantee.
on MONEY RETURNED.

Alfred Benjam & G g chevlot
suits, Skeleton coats and vests and col
ored vests in infinite variety. Also a
complete line Of pants at Sharpe q
Jordans.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-06-22
Works Near Bowie Lumber Co.'S. Mills,
TEXARKANA, TEXAS

am prepared to furnish engines of from to IS horse
power also log trucks at low price, double ange wheels and
have one of Perkins hinge machines one Kellogg cut
ting machine all in good ORDER one secondhand engine and
tent saw dust CRATE bar the best the market Repairing
done promptly engines any kind of machinery and
terms easy. A. DEMARCE.
TESTIMONIAL
BUCHANAN. TEX.
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Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-06-22

All Of Stuart's goods are genuine
that Is true to name. For instance
all the shirts that they sell as Wilson
Bros, have Wilson Bros name OF
them.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-06-22
A Brilliant Wedding.

One of the most notable events of the
season in the social circles of New
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-06-22

See the new finish Harper is giving
his patrons. II is fine. Can't be
surpassed in any city. 81
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-01-04
Beggar Weed Hay.

One of our exchanges publishes the fol.
lowing in reference to the justly popular
"Florida clover" hay. Unfortunately we
have misplaced the credit to the article.
Chubb & Ward, of Winter Park, Orange
county, have this year saved hay enough
of the beggar weed, now called Florida
clover, to keep their stock through unit
next seasons crop. They inform us that
cattle and horses eat it as we'll if not
better than northern hay, and do not re-
quire as much grain as with the latter.
They say they had no trouble to cure it,
and it now comes out o the NOW fresh
and green. They cutthe crop when about
eighteen inches to two feet high. 1t i'm
mediately sends out new growth and
makes a secOn d crop, which is allowed to
go to seed, and is plowed in for fertilizer
and to seed the ground for next season.
After once getting it introduced there is
no necessity of seeding the ground every
year, for by letting some go to seed and
blowing into the soil, it will remain there
until brought to the surface, and at the
proper time will grow. By clean culture
it can be killed out if one wishes to get
rid of it, It usually commences to grow
with our rainy season in May Or June
To make good hay it is important to
seed heavily so as to make thick stand,
and then the stocks will grow very small
and make hay that ali stock will eat up
clean. When sOwn very thin on strong
land, stocks will grow az large as two
inches in diameter, and branch out and
make quite tree; by sowing thinly a
small amount of seed will go good
ways, and if left to go to seed, will, the
second year, make good crop. 1t is
grand crop to raise to be plowed in among
orange trees, as it has long tap root
and the foliage keeps the land cool and
moist through the hottest part of the
season.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-01-04

River are noted, or we're once, for their
vast forests OF black walnut. These trees
grew tall andlerge, some averaging three
and four feet in diameter, but under
stand that nearly ALL except some tracts
owned by actual settlers, have been cut
down. 1t seems a pity that nearly all OF
the tracts of this beautiful timber should
be despOiled. California has still a vast
forest of pine and red wood. This red
wood is supposed to be the tallest and
largest timber in the world. Trees of red
wood have been found that measured
thirty-two feet in diameter. and one
four hundred and twenty feet high. 1t
seems almost incredible, but still it is
true.
In conclusion, would state that the
total forest area Of the United States, &C
cording to the chief of the Forestry Di-
vision, is 489, $1,000 aces, and of this
100000 acres are in Florida, and but
one other State, Minnesota, has a greater
forest growth, and but three others, Ar.
kansas, California and Oregon, are given
the same acreageas Florida. OF the total
proportion of forests, the total area in
Florida was SIG per cent, and the forest
area held in farms is 2,186,601 acres, or
1919 per cent. OF total forest area. The
area of lands unimproved and not in for
est is 1913, O83 acres, or five per cent OF
the total farm area. So it is easy to be
seen that the greatest amount of forest
destroyed is near our settlements, and in
consequence we have despoiled ourselves
of it's protection and warmth, and now
we are suffering the consequences, and il
allowed to go on, how long will it take
for every cold wave to produce freezing?
Then gOod-by to orange growing. Let
us take the warning in time, and let US
save our beautiful orange country. If
planted, these forests will grow up again
in twenty or tWenty-fveyears sufficiently
to afford great deal of protection.
II. j. NJ. PORTER
Monteverde, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-01-04
FOR THE FLORIDA AGRICULTURIsT.
Waste and Destruction of Timber in
Florida.


Seventy-ive or one hundred years ago
the North American Continent was mostly
a heavily timbered body Of land. This
timber was cut down and burned by the
settlers to make room for the tillers Of
the land. Such timber as white-WOOd or
poplar, Eastwood, pine and hemlOck was
used and sawed into suitable lumber for
building purposes. Hemlock was used
mostly for shingles in the Northern States
for roofngo of buildings, and in the South
ern States pine shingles were generally
used. Hickory, ash, elm, cedar, oak,
chestnut and Eastwood were used to
make rails for fencing the land, and for
turn huge wheels for power to saw our
lumber and grind our grain, and as
late as 1913 Col. suffer was building
water mill to saw lumber on the Ameri-
can River, in California, when gold was
discovered while digging a race for his
mill. But steam power was coming into
use all over the Northern and Eastern
States, from 1880 to 1870 Then nearly
all other States began using it, and lum-
Der became so cheap that many invest
ors lost large sums of money trying to
run steam saw mills. Canada followed
suit, and lumber sold so low that many
mills we're forced to shut down, and the
wanton destruction Of timber was carried
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-01-04

hire lines. sometime, or, In TACT, any tlne1
fire is liable to break out, and it III very
poor time to begin to prepare for it, say
about 9 O'Clock in the afternoon-every-
thing dry as a powder house, wind blow
ing and the fire not over half mile away
and coming toward you. have tried it
and l know from personal experience,
and if you are tender.foot don't sOOthe
yourself with the thought that fire won't
run in the pine woods. Fix for fire, and
fix well.
If you have not dug your potatoes dig
at once. Handle carefully and you will
get good money for good potatoes.
Keep garden in good shape. Plant
few watermelons for early market, and
keep planting every two weeks, so if the
frost gets some you will have others to
fall back on. Ii you planted literally OF
turnips and rutabagas the old COW will
enjoy the fruits of your thoughtfulness,
and the hens wilreward thelabor of feed
ing them the leaves by Smelling out more
III
few tomato vines with liberal covering
OF pine straw, so that you may have to-
matoes for family use. Strawberries
should be cleaned out, fortified and
mulched, for they soon will begin to get
down to the business for which they were
planted.
There is but little to be done in the
grove, of course. Everytime she wind
goes to the northwest you have food for
thought, as you wonder how low the mer-
curry will go; but | know of nothing to
do but feed your trees well. Keep the
knife out of them so that they may have
all the leaves possible forprotcction, and
patiently await the outcome. [ believe
in wrapping small trees, but bearing
trees ! have never done anything but
feed that | felt was any benefit. A
fat animal will resist cold much better
than poor one, and the same thing is
true of tree.
Don't get in a hurry to put in your
main crops. January is a cold month,
and the ground is not in fit condition to
bring crops ahead. Plant small patches
of corn, peas, etc., for early use, but hold
back your main crops until later. Don't
forget the compost heap.
IRVING KECK.
Bowling Green, Fla.
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