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Idaho semi-weekly world., 1893-11-21

There are Il, 900 Italians in the chief cities
of the United States-39, 600 of them in New
York, 800 in New Orleans and 1900 in San
Francisco No other large city has more
than $500 There are less than 500 Italians
In Baltimore
Idaho semi-weekly world., 1893-11-21

A farmer near Spartanburg. S. c., had
missed many eggs of late. so he decided
to set trap and catch the offender. The
thief. he claims, proved to be large
frOo
Idaho semi-weekly world., 1893-11-21
How They Love Each Other.

"What a pretty fanF' remarked Birdie
McGinnis to Esmerelda Longcoffin at So
cial gathering in Harlem.
Yes l had it given to me when l first
came outr' responded Esmerelda.
Really? 1t has worn WELL" chirped
Birdie maliciously.-TexasS Siftings.
Idaho semi-weekly world., 1893-11-21
What the End VIII Re.

According to the theory of Sir Will
liam Thompson, the end of the world,
which is 10000. 900 years in the future,
will not be brought about by excessive
heat. as limited in the Bible, but by the
remnant of humanity being frozen to
death. st. Louis Republic.
Idaho semi-weekly world., 1893-11-21
Inadequate.

Snooper--Don't you think we ought to
have free baths?
Skidmore-Free baths are not sufficient,
sir. What is needed is compulsory baths.
Brooklyn Life.
Idaho semi-weekly world., 1893-11-21
A Good Use.

Syms-Now that Professor Garner has
! made monkeys talk, what practical use can
he put them tor
Smyles-He might utilize them at next
seasons afternoon teas.-Truth.
Idaho semi-weekly world., 1893-11-21

Educational accomplishment has al
ways been desirable, but its need is now
more plainly felt than ever before. and
its attainment is better provided for.
Idaho semi-weekly world., 1893-11-21
Enarding House Variety.

Mrs. Slimdiet-I wonder why it is that
people never tire of coffees
Old Boarder-I presume it's because 1t
never tastes twice alike.-New York Week
Idaho semi-weekly world., 1893-11-21

A skin of the tiger of north China. which
has hair from 3 to inches long and fire.
quently measures from 10 to IA feet in
length, Is valued at from $50 to sl00.
Idaho semi-weekly world., 1893-11-21

Hello, Charley, where have you beenf'
"Oh, I've been on an outing"
"H-m-m. How much are you outF'-
Washington StRI
Idaho semi-weekly world., 1893-11-21


strangest kind | hereby renew my
offer to act as Il second in any further
duels that may come our way, and the
major leaned back in his chair and pat
ted his swelling breast approvingly.
IL need not tell you. gentlemen, that
when started ashore last night with
the baron | could not see my way out
of what promised to be very serious
scrape. After reaching the baron's room,
over bottle of champagne. he gave me
his case. 1t seems that at ball the pre-
vious evening the Brazilian gentleman
spoken of by the baron had given him Of
fense by something that he had said and
the baron was determined to demand
satisfaction. He was ready to fight at
daylight with either sword or pistol.
at once demanded that my principal
should put himself unreservcdly into
my hands, and be governed by any ar
ranyemepts that should make. For
tunately knew the Brazilian well, and
as the baron insisted on haste IN the
matter. proceeded at once on my MIS-
sion. although it was after midnight.
IL assumed severe expression OF
countenance. and summoned the Brazl.'
ian to conference from his bed. he
received me very courteously, put ex-
pressed some surprise at so late call.
ii said, My dear sir. you have gwen
great offense to my friend, Baron Knock
off and he has desired me to demand
satisfaction of you.
/ The gentleman was greatly surprised,
and said that he knew the baron very
well. and regarded him as one OF his
friends, and was utterly unconscious or
giving him otfense at the time mention
ed. and that the baron was mistaken
He said that he had no desire to hSht
without cause and that in this case he
slw no cause,
81 thouyht tais was good time to ger
In bluff | can only say that 1t did not
work. | said with frown, Am to
understand that you refuse to meet my
friendY
1.-THE result was not just what antlci.
pated. The Brazilian gentleman jumped
up and said;
lyon can tell Baron Knockoff that
shall shoot the top of his head oil II ht
piyes me lust cause. and that won
stand any nonsense about 1t either.
/ "Boys, | came near falling off my
chair. and it took about half an hour u
pacify the fellow. At last he cooled Oh
and opened a small bottle.
After some talk he said hs GU 20
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-06-08
Worlds Fair Visitors.

An intending visitor to the coming
Worlds Fair at Chicago need have no
fear as to the possibility of securing
satisfactory accommodations, at rea-
sonable rates, at either the many hotels
or residences listed in a neat pamphlet
entitled, 'Homes for Visitors to the
Worlds Fair" compiled at great ex-
pense and published by a trustworthy
Chicago firm. This. book contains a
list Of about 5000 private families who
will accommodate visitors in Chicago
during the time of the Fair, viz: May
1st to October 30th; gives their names
and addresses, and number of rooms
each will have to spare. The book
also gives a list ofthe hotels and their
locations; has twelve full-page, large
scale maps, each representing a section
of the city, so that with this informa-
ton before him the intending visitor
himself can, at leisure, select the quar-
ter of the city in which he would pre-
fer to stop, corresponding in advance
with one or more families in that To-
cality with regard to rates and the ac-
commodations desired.
To help you in fixing in advance
upon your place of residence while at
tending the Worlds Fair, we have
placed in the hands of our agent at
your station copies of this work, which
may be obtained at so cents per copy.
w. III. WINFIELD,
G "A Cotton Belt Route.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-06-08
TO WORLDS FAIR VISITORS.

You will be robbed in Chicago du-
ring the Worlds fair, if you are not
posted. Every subscriber to the
Saturday Blade or Chicago Ledger
will receive free certificate emitting
the holder to call at our office at any
hour day, night or Sunday, during
the Worlds fair, and we will locate
you at whatever priced room you
wish. We personally investigate
boarding houses, rooms to rent,
hotels, etc., and can save
you a great deal of money. This de
partment has a postoflice, reading
and writing room, baggage and
parcel room, telegraph office, waiting
room, All these privileges are alb
solutely free to every subscriber
Inc saturday Blade is highly Illus
trated weekly newspaper. The
Chicago Ledger is a we'll known
family and literary illustrated weekly.
These papers are the most interest
ing weeklies extant and have
the largest circulation of any week
ly newspaper IN the world-500, 900
copies weekly. The price of either
paper is $500 per year, $10O for six
months, or three months for 80 cents.
Send in your subscriptions. A guide
to Chicago and the Worlds Fair, also
sample copies, sent free to any adj
dress. The Saturday Blade, the
Chicago Ledger, largest weeklies in
the world 100000 copies weekly.
W. D. BOYCE,
115-117 9TH Ave-, Chicago.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-06-08
The United States Blue Book

Is a register OF all Federal offices ana
employments in each State and Terri
tory, the District of Columbia and
abroad, with their salaries, emoluments
and duties; shows who is eligible for
appointment, questions asked at ex-
aminations, how to make an applica-
tion and how to push il to success,
and gives besides a vast amount OF
important and valuable information
relative to Government positions
never before published.
Book, published by j. II. Soule, is
handsomely bound in cloth. Price
75c., sent postpaid to any address, on
receipt of price. Address or call on
DAILY DEMOCRAT,
4.26-tf Texarkana, Ark.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-06-08
RuCkIen,s Arnlca SaIYe.

The best salve in the worl for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chappod hands, chill
blains, corns, and all skin eruptions,
and positively cures piles, or no pay
required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, or money refund
ed Price % cents per box. For sale
by Smith Drug Co.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-06-08

If you need anything in my
line, | will be pleased to fill
your orders. All orders re-
ceive prompt attention. Eggs
packed so they can be shipped
with perfect safety; nothing
sent c. O. d. The cash must
accompany all orders. No
fowls for sale until after July
Tst, 1898. Address all or
ders to
Miss 7. +. Sharp,
Care A. s. Blythc. Toxarkana. Ark.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-06-08

A.. Why have you thrashed your
son so unmercifully2 Peasant Because
he dreamed last night that he won 800
marks in the lottery, and then went
and spent every cent of it on a bycicle.
'-Fliegende Blaetter.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-06-08

An Episcopal clergyman who has
ofiiciated twice at large political con-
ventions says the only office in the
PRAYER book for such occasions is the
forms of prayer to be used for those
at sea.-Christian Inquirer.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-06-08
&c. geE,s WINE OF cARpuI lor " eas Nerves
% .

Tailor Shears: lost good GUS
toner last week by death. Tailor
Cutter: What was the matter with
him? Tailor Shears: Had fit. Tail
or Cutter: Mercy! Died of the shock,
| suppose?-Chicago Tribune
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-06-08
A RAILROAD CENTER.

Texarkana has eight railroads. with thousand resident railroad
this gives her especial advantages the commercial world and
this together with the high and healthy location Of the city, will few
$4,000 population One of these railroads owned
people manageable thus giving competing rates
by water.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS, WATER WORKS AND STREET RAILWAY
system electric lights and water works unsurpassed
ny ten times her population Also has splendid plant
splendid system of street railroads permeae the city in direction
BANKS FACTORIES ETC
We have four National banK with operating capital OF 100000
number manufacturing enterprises them fur
factories factory seed oil MILL number Of large lum
factories factory compress 1000 Government building
Federal courts $4,000 union depothe finest west of the Msss
pp two live daily three large c hotels with ca
p 400 guests daily several large wholesale houses hatdo immense
obbng trade
LOCATION, SOCIETY, ETC.
The located the Eastern appex and about the high
point plateau formed by Red and Sulphur rivers which run nearly
parallel and nearly due for about 100 miles and distance of about
thirty miles apart Being located on elevation the drainage good
poer clay gypsum hand and coal lead and anmony
and will be virtually doors and
the railroads building the mines Thousands OF
of hardwood timber right at hand Public graded schools with fine brick
school buildings and excellent colleges Churches nearly all Christian
denominations with church property valued 1000 No city the South
refined polite society," and hospabe
Strangers ourteousy and pains show them
many advantages
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-06-08

Barred Plymouth Rock eggs, setting 81 80
White Plymouth Rock eggs, ! setting 100
Single Comb Brown Leghorn, setting SO
Rose Comb White Leghorn, / setting 90
Black Menorcas eggs, 1 setting ..".. 75
Silver Spangfed Hamburg eggs, set 75
Bronze Turkey eggs, setting .;.".. 3 90
White Rabbits, per pair 9 50
Black Langshan eggs, setting. .... / rs
Light Brahmas eggs, setting ....... 2 90
Red Caps eggs, setting. ..t.....,.... rs
White Crested Black Polish eggs,
setting rs
Silver Laced Wyandott eggs, setting 75
White Face Black Spanish eggs, | set. 75
Pekin Duck eggs, setting 2 90
Lop Ear Rabbits, per pair. 90
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-06-08

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria>
When she was q Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss she clung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gavethem Castoria
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-06-08

Texarkana a live progressive cityTwn Ctyoced partly
partly Arkansas $4,000 population being about equally d
the Though comparatively young she has
and developed as few other cities have DONE
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-06-08
OAKS
Poultry Farm,
Texarkana, Arkansas.

Now is the time to supply
yourself with eggs for hatch
ing form the finest line of
Thoroughbred Poultry that can
be found anywhere:
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-06-08
Tynchburp Va. April Is. 1898.

I desire to say that Chanberlain's
Pain Balm has cured one of our cit
izens of rheumatism of two years
standing. One bottle did the work.
This gentlemen, Mr.. r. II. Parnell,
ticket agent Of the G. & o. r. r., now
recommends Pain Balm to all his
friends.-F. G. Helbig. 80 cent bot
ties for sale by Smith Drug Co.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-06-08
eTob -oKo1Kl ting

The DEMOCRAT Job Office in connection is full ana com
Plete and every description Of Job Printing done III 'e
pest style and reasonable prices.
ssrOhce-1l2 and ia Clinton Street, rear OF Arkansas
w GARDNER, Proprietor.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-06-08

With bran type, ot'" improvements maze, One
DEMOCRAT is now second to no daily outside of the large
cities. 1t is the newsiest local papern the city.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-06-08
HERE is SOMETHING GOOD

TVT TUT TTVUIIIV'VIV 'I7'"'
If any Of your friends are troubled
with rheumatism have them read
ll.a,
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-06-08
'TEXHRKHNH!

-.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-06-08
OFFICIAL ORGAN

70 the Miller County and City Democracy and most popu-
lar paper in Southwest Arkansas.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-09-09

her decks - boats. caboose. harness
casks, water-butts, and stove in lot of
her windward bulwarks.
WAS there no lifeboat ashore? Yes;
and as fine fisherman crew as ever
pulled into the teeth OF gale. Three
times that lifeboat was launched.
Bless you, it was blown back like an
empty bladder
They had rocket apparatus ashore.
-Four rockets were fired. Two were
bent back like coachman's whip, and
two fell half way. tell you it's a
hard thing for strong and willing men
to fold their arms while human beings
are perishing before their eyes.
After bit those on the shore heard
sound like the report of distant can
non Then they knew her back was
broken. She burst in two amidships,
the mainmast fell over the side to lee
ward, and the foremast and mizzen be-
gan waving, one this way and the other
that way, like crazy man swinging
his arms above his head.
"All on the shore knew what was
going to happen now The broken wa
ter, which had been white and boiling,
grew black and heavy with human
forms, and soon cargo and bodies began
to come ashore.
when this happened it was growing
dusk. BY night the wind had fallen to
a breeze. Sixteen living and fifty-seven
dead had come ashore. The living
were taken up to the village of Mynhin,
and the dead, men, women and chill
dren, were laid out in one long, CHASTITY
line on the beach above highwater. At
each end of the line fire was lighted.
One young coastguard was set to tend
the fires and watch the dead, while
every other person old enough and
strong enough was engaged in saving
and securing the cargo.
ITO his dying day that coastguard
who watched by the dead will never
forget the night. As the clothes of the
victims dried they began to stir in the
breeze Scores of times he thought he
saw leg or an arm or head raised.
Scores of times he thought he heard a
cry. BY midnight the young man was
half dead with terror
After midnight the moon began to
blink through torn sky, and the
young man thought he must,have COM
pany or go mad. 1t was near low wa
ter, and the people working at the
salvage were good way off. He was
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-09-09
AN EXPENSIVE RoADBED.
Mahogany Used as Ties, but Found To:
Costly.

Costly.
1t is not often that one hears of the
employment of mahogany as cross ties
in the construction of a railroad, but
such an occurrence actually came to
pass. In the winter of 1864 a railroad
was in course of construction from
Fort Smith, Ark, to Little Rock. Funds
We're low with the promoters of the
enterprise, who finally found them
selves forced to surrender the property
to the creditors. The road, which was
graded part of the way and IL portion
of it in readiness to receive the rails
was purchased by two English capi-
tallsts for mere song. Shortly after
making the acquisition the English
buyers set out to make an inspection
of their property.
To their great amazement they dis-
covered that the cross ties laid upon
the bed awaiting the rails We're hewn
from solid mahogany logs, a rare and
costly hard wood. Great ranges of
these ties, of the same material, lined
the grade awaiting to be put down.
The shrewd English purchasers chuck
led with delight on making the dis
covery, and set to work at once to have
the ties conveyed to Little Rock. Those
which had already been laid down
We're taken up and added to the stock
of the mahogany timber The ties
were forwarded thence to New York,
from which place the timber was
shipped to England and sold. The sales
OF the ties alone netted the speculators
a handsome profit, and in lieu of ma
hogany ties a cheaper wood was sub
stituted by the Englishmen in the sub
sequent construction of the road.-N.
o. Times Democrat.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-09-09
A state Soda Fountain.

1t may sound like a Munchausen
yarn, but 1T is an actual fact that in
the squint'eyed little burg of Sodaville,
in Linn county, in block eight of the
town plat, tn ere is a soda spring, and
that the last legislature in its infinite
wisdom provided that 'inasmuch as
there is great and growing demand
on the part of the public for the waters
of said spring" the state would spend
five hundred dollars to improve it.
This, at last, the fond realization of the
long-felt want which has been ioafing
around the country like the ghost Of
boyhoods happy days in quest of a
watermelon patch where happily lin
gcred no vicious dog. Itis grand and
imposing sight to see the legislative
fancy rising from the sordid contempla-
ton of cold and unresponsive hog law
and lowering on halcyon wings over
the soft murmur of an idyllic state
soda fountain. Astoria Budget.
Lady Caller-"Did you tell your
mamma that l had called?" Small
Boy-rI told herr Lady, ,Caller--s'And,
chat did she say?" Small Boy-"She
said oh! bother.'"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-09-09
CHINESE TROUBLES.
Masked Mob at Selma Loot Several WASH
houses and Steal $1,000.


houses and Steal $4,000.
SELMA, Cal, Sept "A mob of twen-
ty masked men Friday night made a
raid on the Chinese washhouses in the
suburbs. They came from the vineyards
near town and were headed by a
drunken hoodlum named Vincent.
All the houses in Chinatown We're
broken into, money tills and
trunks OF the Chinese were forced open
and ritied and clothing, cigars and other
goods stolen. The mob marched
through the town, taking seven Chi
nese with them toward Fresno, when
Constable Spencer ordered them to
stop. No heed being paid to his order,
he opened fire with Winchester Six
shots were fired, one of them grazing
Nincent's forehead and another going
through the hat of one of the gang.
The rioters broke and ran, part of them
going on toward Fresno with the Chi
nese. The officers secured help and
teams and overlook the escaping party
near Fowler There are now eleven
men under arrest and warrants are out
for several others The Chinese claim
to have lost about So, 900 in coin, be-
sides other property.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-09-09

is all over with her and long
odds against her crew. A box of
a sea carried away the rudder of
the Unicorn and that's how she came
into the bay.
Halfway in is sandbank The
whole weight of the inrolling waves
strikes this sandbanlS. In gale there
is always broken water on the bank,
and when vessel comes in she grounds
there. The Unicorn was flung on it
broadside to the sea with list to lee
ward. The sea made clean breach
over her, and tons of water rushed up
her weather siie and swept her decks
"She was na large bark, and those
on the shore soon saw she had more
people aboard than a crew. She had
twenty five sailors and eighty passen-
gers, and there she lay, heeling over
more and more every sea that struck
her and hammering herself to pieces
on the hard sand
"Get out her boats? They might as
well try sto getyoqt the main beam, She
was smothered in water, and the first
half dozen seas swept everything of
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-09-09
OUTLAWS IN KANSAS.

Robbery at Mound YaIley-Three Despsr-
ADDE'S Hold Up Train, Kill the Express
Messenger and Plunder the Passengers
and All the Train Employees.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Sept 4.-Near the
little station of Mound Valley, Kan, at
4.o'clock Sunday morning three des-
perate men who understood their bust
ness held up the st. Louis & San Fran
cisco passenger train. Express
Messenger Chapman was shot and
killed. Failing to secure money from
the express car, the bandits robbed
the passengers in manner much
after the style of the James,
Younger gang in their palmiest
days. The work was done with the
cool deliberation of typical outlaws. 1t
is estimated that the amount of booty
secured fell not far short of 5000.
Watches, diamonds and other valuables
were taken along with the cash. Wom-
en- were not molested by the plunderers
because of their sex.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-09-09

HARRISBURG, Pa, Sept. 4.-Joe Num-
ma and John Fink, of Mechanicsb burg,
small town about miles from this
city, have just confessed to burning
eight barns and other buildings, en-
failing a loss of $4,000 These
buildings were all destroyed within a
year. Fink planned the manner of de-
stroying the buildings and Mumma APP
piled the match The first buildings
were fired to boom the town. The
borough then offered reward of 5000
for the arrest. Fink, thinking he
could obtain the same, turned states
evidence and betrayed Mumma. Both
men are now in Jail.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-09-09


at the fire furthest from the workers.
He stopped and picked up a few pieces
of wood, and mended the fire so that it
might be all right while he was gone
to fetch company. When finished with
the fire and before rising from his
crouching posture, he glanced over his
shoulder down the long, ghastly line
of the dead. A change had taken
Race in that line. He turned his head
further round and saw standing over
him a human tigure-the figure of
woman-the figure of one of the dead
the figure which had minute ago lain
nearest to the fire!
with a yell, he rose and jumped
back.
- am so COLI, said the hgure oh,
/ am as cold as death
The young man fled screaming'to the
crowd down by the water. AS soon as
he could speak, he told what had hap
pened. A dozen men ran back with
him. They found a young girl dazed
and shivering kneeling on the ground
with her white wan face turned to-
wards the fire.
"She was the only one of the fifty
seven who recovered. She had lost her
father and mother in the Unicorn, and
was alone in the world. Her father, a
wheelwright, was on his way to Amer
lea, The sixteen others saved went
away from Mynhin in few days. This
young girl remained in the village, and
three months after the wreck the young
coastguard married her. Permit me TO
introduce myself to you as that coast
guard, and, as the young girl who that
night stood up over me by the fire, my
wife"
! rose and bowed to the buxom land
lady who sat knitting in the bar.
Il don't recollect anything from the
time was washed off the vessel said
the landlady, until all the people
were round me by the fire. ! don't
recollect seeing Tom at the fire."
"Well," raid the landlord, knocking
the ashes out of his pipe, you can see
Tom at the fire now, my dear, and
Toms glass is empty"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-09-09
The Difference.

Before marriage) so, my darling,
your voice is as musical to me as a
vesper bell, whose tones fall softly on
the perfumed evening air. Speak again,
beloved, for could listen to your voice
till the stars are extinguished in ever
lasting night.
after marriage) II have had just
about enough of your noise, old wo-
man, and If you don't stop it I'll leave
zine