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Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-01-13

The Dallas News praises the Black
Detective. At the opera house to-
night.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-01-13

Up. Hurley, a well known Waco
man, is spending the day in the city.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-01-13

Fat pork, juicy steak, and best sau-
SAGE. at Welcomes meat market. If
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-01-13

The Medical Board of the Eighth
Judicial District of Texas, will meet
at Texarkana, on February End, 1898.
j. w. TALBOT, NJ. d..
Member of Board.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-01-13

P. Vanzant, of Nit. Pleasant, Texas
is visitor in our city today.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-01-13

Sold everywhere. Price, CUT1cURA, 5oc.; SOAP,
Csc; REsOLvENT, 81. Prepared by the POTTER
DRUG AND CHEMICAL CORPORATION, Boston.
Rs-" How to Cure Skin Diseases" Ga pages, 30
Illustrations, and testimonials, mailed free.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-01-13

G. H. Langsdale, the reliable mar
ket man, can supply you with every
thing nice, in fresh meats, game fish,
etc l-9-d
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-01-13

NJ. A. Joy, of Camden, is a visitor
in the Gate City to-day.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-01-13

II. L. McCuistlan, a well known cit
izen of Paris, Texas, came in yester-
day morning and spent the day in the
city.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-01-13

"A. Martin, of Fort Worth, was a
guest in our city yesterday.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-01-13

J.C. Watts went down to Cass
county this morning.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-01-13

Mr.. Peter Ivy went up to New Bos-
ton this afternoon, on the cannon ball.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-01-13

Two pianos for sale cheap, at Louis
Heilbron's u
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-01-13

Sliced ham and chlpped corned
oeef, in quantities to suit, at Huodle-
ston Bros. u
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-01-13

R.H. River, of Tyler, Tex, was in
the city yesterday.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-01-13

Do you want your safe moved! If
so, call on Hunter Transfer Co.
12-16-tf
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-01-13

Call on G. II. Langsdale, if you
want the best steaks, pork, game, fish,
etc. l-9-u
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-01-13

Payne, the barber, has another fine
parrot-will sell one at a bargain.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-01-13

Old gold and silver bought at Louis
Heilbron's, the Jeweler. If
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-01-13

TJ. King, of Dallas, is a guest in
the city to-day.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-01-13

W. S. Shaw, of Dallas, is doing the
city to-day.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-01-13

E.P. Turner, ticket agent at Dallas,
is in the city.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-01-13

Best fresh meats can always be
found at L. 0. Welcomes meat mar
ket. II
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-01-13

~ sLAck-oRAuGHT tea cures Constipation.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-01-13
SORES ALL over BABY
Two Months Old. Eczema In Its Worst
Form. Nothing Did ANY Good.
Cured by Cuticura.

Nv baby had Eerema very bad when be was two
weeks old Nothing did him any good until | used
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-01-13

A. NJ Ellis, went down to Marshall
this morning.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-01-13

Go out to the Black Detective play
tonight. -. .
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-01-13
LOCAL NEWS.
The Black detective tonight.

The Black detective tonight.
W. S. Shaw, of Dallas, is doing the
city to-day.
E.P. Turner, ticket agent at Dallas,
is in the city.
Go out to the Black Detective play
tonight.
AN. Ellis, went down to Marshall
this morning.
T.J. King, of Dallas, is guest in
the city to-day.
R.H. River, of Tyler, Tex, was in
the city yesterday.
J.C. Watts went down to Cass
county this morning.
Two pianos for sale cheap, at Louis
Heilbron's u
All kinds of latest millinery at the
Temple of Fashion. u
Fat pork, juicy steak, and best sau-
sage, at Welcomes meat market, tt
Call on G.. H. Langsdale, If you
want the best steaks, pork, game, tish,
etc. I-s-u
Sliced ham and chlpped corned
oeef, in quantities to suit, at Huodle-
ston Bros. u
Do you want your safe moved? If
SO, call on Hunter Transfer Co.
12-16-tf
Largest stock, greatest variety and
newest designs in wall paper, at atSmiths
Drug Store. l-lO-f
NJ. A, Joy, of Camden, is a visitor
in the Gate City to-day.
j. A. Martin, of Fort Worth, was a
guest in our city yesterday.
II Stout of | TOnoVieW Texas
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-08-18
Corbett.Jackson.

1t is announced that gentleman
jim" Corbett and 1Pete" Jackson
have arranged a prize fight" between
themselves. to take place somewhere
in the United States in June, 1894.
Gentleman Jim" is q white BRUTE.
and @Pete" jackson is q black BRUTE
both called professional prizefghters.
Because they r such, and for no
other reason, we sincerely trust that
this fixture may come of. Indeed.
If wo could have the arrangement OF
the details we would have it come OF
much earlier than June, 1S94-to-
morrow II possible. The agreement
between the brutes contemplates an
engagement under what are known,
as Marquis Of Queensberry rules for a
great sum of money to be awarded to
the winner. These arrangements
are Objectionable. The Queensberry
rules prohibit the use ofspiked gloves
or icepicks or other deadly weapons.
Therefore we object to the Queens
berry rules. What we want is a
fight with some sharp-edged tool, to
be fought on a public street corner to
a flnish-tnat is, until both the con-
testants be dead; the purse to be de-
voted to a bureau for the extermina.
tion of all prizeflghters. Under such
an arrangement we favor the fight,
so that it comes off soon enough. And
may the best man be killed drst-and,
then the other fellow. Post
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-08-18
Rird Story.

VIII you allow me to add a touch
ing instance of courage to your pleas
ant stories? Early one morning last
summer 1 was called to the window
by a great noise among the bird peo-
pie of the garden, and saw the fol-
lowing scene. A young backbird was
standing fascinated by a cat, who
was crouched under a bush ready to
spring upon him. An old blackhird,
on an lick close by, was uttering loud
and agitated cries, and there was a
general cackre of anger and SYM
pathy from other birds all around.
After a few seconds the cat sprang
on the young bird and held him down.
At that instant the old bird came
down on them. There was O mo-
ment's struggle, the bird beating her
wings violently in the cats face,
and, l think, pecking at her eyes;
then the cat jumped back to her
bush, the young bird made off with
long hops, and the old one flew up to
the lick, amid a jubilant chorus Of
commentator which lasted quite
some minutes. / never saw this be-
fore, though I have e a robin come
quite close to a cat stalking another
bird and scold and flap his wings in
her face.
The ways Of birds are delightful,
and in a small garden you can have
many by keeping earthenware saucers
full of water for them to battle in.-
London Spectator.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-08-18

curious deformity of being flnserlesss
This, popularity does not.appear to
be one Of those freaks of. Nature
which. may appear in one individual,
and not be transmitted to the next
generation. So far as can he learned
the singularity has existed, in. this
family so far as history,or tradition
extends, and there seems at present
no. signs of its dying out; as the
grandchildren are as devoid of fingers
as.their grandsire.
The hands of this, remarkable
family present the appearance. Of
having had the fingers amputated,
ortohopped of roughly and ,unevenly
below the second joint, leaving a
short stump. There is no nail. or
hard substance, and were 1t. not for
the absence of anything like q. chca.
trice a casual observer would! con-
clude that the defect was due to
accident; but, as though Nature
had attempted to compensate for,the
absence of fingers, the thumbs arc
abnormally large and strong.
. The family are in other respects
fully endowed by Nature, and do not
appear to suffer the disadvantages the
absence of fingers might be. expected
to entail. One Of the daughters, aged.
twenty, can write, sew, knit, and is
In every way as dexterous and &C.
complished as other girls~of her age
and station. When asked If she sdid.
not find it awkward to be .flngerless,"
she replied
sNo! If you had observation-disclosures,
you would not know. you. needed.
them"
The only drawback, that seems to
be occasioned is the, curiosity the
absence Of fingers, evokes, from
strangers.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-08-18
Berry pickcrs of New Jersey.

The berry picker of South Jersey is
about the most cont.nted person that
can be found anywhere If the crop is
a good one. He can survive the
winter upon a barrel Of pork, a barrel
of flour, plenty of flrewood, tobacco,
and occasional applejack, and live in
happy idleness From the time that
Strawberries begin to turn red until
the close of the cranberry season in
September he, with his wife and chill
dren, are never idle. They receive
IL cents a quart, no matter what the
fruit growers get in the market 1t
is said chat some of these families
make from IS ~ % y day.-New
York Sun.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-08-18
In the a North,

The whole region. is. one Of severe
cold, and the sea is frozen. over the
greater part of the. year, land and
water becoming almost indistinguish-
able, but for the tncessant movement
and drift of the sea. ice. In. summer
the sea ice breaks up. into foes, which
may drift away southwark and melt,
or be driven by the winds. against the
shores of continents. or islands, leav-
Ing lanes Of open, water which q shift
of wind may change and close In an
hour.
Icebergs launchedfrom the glaciers
of the land also. drift with the tide,
current and. wind through the more
or less open water. Possibly at some
times the pack may open and a clear
waterway run through to the pole,
and old wbalers tell of many a year
when they believed that a few days
steaming would carry them to the
end of the world, If they could have
seized the opportunity. At other
times routes traversed in safety
time after time may he effectively
closed for years, and all advance
barred.
Food in the shape Of seal or walrus
in the open water, reindeer, musk
OK, polar bears or birds on the land
may often be procured, but these
sources cannot be relied upon. Ad-
vance northward may be made by
water in u ship, or by dog-sledge, or
on foot, over the frozen snow or ice.
Each method has grave drawbacks.
Advance by sea is stopped when the
young ice forms in autumn, and land
advance is hampered by the long
Arctic night, which enforces months
OF %inaction. more trying to health
and spirits than the sevcrest exer.
tion.-McClure's Magazine.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-08-18
Marital Rights.

1t was on a train going through
Indiana. Among the passengers
were a newly married couple, who
made themselves known to such an
extent that the occupants of the car
commenced passing sarcastic re-
marks about them. The bride and
groom stood the remarks for some
time, but finally the latter, who was
a man of tremendous size, broke out
in the following language at his tor
mentors:
eyes, we're married; just married.
We are going 100 miles further on
this train. and I am going to spoon
all the way. If you don't like It you
can get out and walk. She's my VIC
let and I'm her sheltering oak"
During the remainder of their
journey they were left in peace
Philadelphia Ledger.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-08-18
Nothing Wasted.


In all large cities there are to be
found tracts of low-lying waste land
which is being filed up with ma
terial deposited there by the ash
carts. The accumulated heaps of
rubbish, unpromising as they look,
are a great boon to the very poor,
who are certain to and in them some-
thing that can be sold to the junk
dealer. A professional" picker may
earn ten or twelve dollars a week at
the work. The ways and means are
legion by which these people manage
to exc out q living from the stuff
which they find here. They clothe
themselves to a certain extent. Shoes,
hats, garments of every description
are picked out and appropriated.
Those which are not worn by the
finder are sold to the second hand
clothier. Nobody need want coal
who lives near a dump. Bags of it
are daily taken away by the pickers;
they sell all they cannot use at the
rate of ten cents per hod. Many
dump pickers make a business of sell.
ing rags. Armed with a curious inn
plement like a clam fork, they clus-
ter around each ash load as it is
deposited on the ground, poking over
the contents. Every available piece
of cloth is quickly appropriated, the
dirt shaken out, and those pieces
which prove to be garments that
promise most favorably are carefully
laid aside for further examination.
Often garments are found which can
be washed and renovated and serve
a very useful purpose for a needy fam
fly. Old shoes are found in abund-
ance. Those in the best condition
are sold to cobblers, who repair them
and sell them. Money is sometimes
found tucked away in an old pocket
book or in the pockets Of cast-of gar.
ments. This becomes the property
of the finder. Old books and maya.
zines, Of which there are many, are
sold for book stock. Newspapers find
sale at piano manufactures, where
they are used for packing the instru-
ments. Like many other hard toll.
ers, dump pickers complain of hard
times, and regret more fortunate
days. Owing to the increasing thrift
of householders, the ash loads do not
yield nearly so proftably as they once
did. There is always the chance OF
finding something valuable, however,
and, strange as it may seem, the
work possesses a certain fascination
for those who engage in 1t.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-08-18
A Recovered CITY.

The recovered city OF, Lachish in
Palestine is one Of the most Interest,"
ing as we'll as one of the most i'm.
portant of archaeological discoveries
In the Orient. This ancient city is
mentioned in Joshua, and its site
was unknown until three years ago.
when Prot. Petrie happened upon its
ruins while digging in q vast mound
known locally as Tel-el-Hesy. The
great Importance of the find lies in
the fact that there are eight ancient
towns beneath the mound, each Tex
cept the lrst) built on an older
abandoned town.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-08-18

Of the stronger is constant and UNI
necessary. In shipping cattle in cars
or combining them in circumscribed
spaces the long horns are not only
dangerous in giving wounds, but take
up a good deal of spare room. 1t
was demonstrated that twenty per
cent. more cattle could be stored. in, a
car by having their horns removed.
In view of this, and in considera-
ton of the huge numbers of cattle.
developed at the ranches each wear.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-08-18
HORN CUTrER.

"ONN COW 10 uElvCu lnVO
a chute, about sixteen feet long, four
feet wide at the real and two and
two and one.half feet at the front.
by means of straps and ropes its head
is fastened securely down to the side
of the chute. The operator then
takes the dehorner, the opening in
which is large enough to admit the
largest bull horn, which is embraced
between two cutting edges. and the
swing levers are short fulcrumed so
as to push the sliding knife with i'm
.mense power. The knife slides in
guide grooves, SO that it cuts in a
true plane and can not be dislocated
by a sudden movement of the animal.
The rate of speed is placed at sixty
heads per hour, and it is advisable to
perform the operation only during
the fall, winter or spring. They
should not be dehorned in summer
because of the hot weather and flies
An expert is usually employed to per-
form the operation. In the West the
practice has been adopted extensively.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-08-18
pEnoRNlNo CATTLE.


a Once Barbarous Practice Performed
Without Cruelty Now.
The practice of dehorning cattle
once met with the disapproval Of the
people generally, many Of whom. were
ignorant Of the cause and method
employed. The object of the custom
is to prevent injury to the weaker
cattle by the horns of the stronger.
There are always vicious brutes
among cattle, which gain the. SUI.
premacy and delight to keep it by re-
fusing to allow others to go before
them or to drink at the same trough.
Those who have experimental. on
their own cattle claim that the suf.
fering of the weaker from the horns
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-08-18

SOUP CREEK, Mcdowell County,
W. Va, is a remarkable stream. The
creek passes a hamlet called Vivian,
and about a mile below returns, runs
around a tract of land about half o
mile wide, and then passes under itself.
This freak is caused by the lay Of the
land, which sinks sptrally.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-08-18
Men OF sedentary Occupations.

Me Oh Seuentary Occupations.
For lei who are confined in, shop.
or Office all day, exercise of some kind.
is a necessity. Why should. the.
merchant, writer or broker OF fifty
five consider himself too old to, en-.
gage in outdoor genes? II a better
luncheon were taken at midday and
= lighter dinner at six in the evening.
there is NO reason whatever why a
man Of forty-tive and up to siXty-tive.
or seventy should not be in the. base
ball or cricket field at half-past seven,
and play briskly until nine or half
past. An hour and a half; of such
sport after a light dinner would make
the middle-aged men SO young that
they would not know themselves.
Writers would write twice as bril-
liantly, and business men, would ba
cleverer and keener by half. AS it
ia. the average middle-aged business
man grows more dull and uninter-
esting every day Of his life. His in
nocent pleasures have vanished with
his youth. The contrast between
himself and SONS is startling. Yet
twenty-five years ago. the grave, too
frequently irritable, father Of to-day
was the t%un-loving son, of a middle
aged father. II any one had then
shown him in a prophetic mirror the
figure he would cut at the end of a
quarter of a century, he would have
committed suicide, in sheer vexation
and disgust. But it is never too late
to mend; and two. hours daily exer.
else and recreation in the open air
will o make. a new man of him.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-08-18

ut was suggested
III horns be
removed. Som e
quick, read Y
method was de-
sirable,, whereby
the horns could
be cut off in q
few seconds, saw
ing being notonly
tedious but much
m o trouble
some. The instru-
men especially
designed for this
purpose is here
illustrated. T h G
operation is ac-
omplis h by
one man. TIL Q
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-08-18
Anre.mr,so.nal.

lQtis. mysterious order was estab.
lished In the .middle,aees throughout
Germany. Its. members numbered
several thousands, Of all ranks and
conditions, who wcre.fTee and honor.
able-men. Solemn and awful oaths
bound them, to absolute secrecy, and
communication, was effected by signs
known only to,the initiated. So far
they were. much the same as any
other of the secret orders. But their
peculiar operation was to administer
judgment in. those.rude and barbar-
Ous.days. p
Any. king. prince; peer, OF peasant
might be summoned to attend their
conclave, and woe be to him did he
refuse to obey. Beneath the surface
of. the ground, in di.nly lighted cav
erns, the judges, with masked faces,
took their seats; the other officials,
likewise masked, surrounded them.
Ii the accused person was present;
he was adjudged,. sentenced, and, ii
necessary, executed, ON the spot. If
he failed to appear after three cita-
tions, he was sentenced to death, and
each member of. the court was bound
to pursue him to, the bitter end of
doom. He may be a brother or a
Gather, but none. dare warn him of
his impending fate. He had dcfed
the "Vehm-G ericht," and lie must
perforce. die. sometimes in his w
house.
AS a proof that he was not a vic
tim to, lawless. violence his property
was never touched, and a knife was
planted. near him, in the ground.
Charles, Duke, of Burgundy, was
cited three times just before his
death, but failed to appear. On IN
other OCCASION an. English noble found
his bed. sinking through the floor Of:
his hotel into,the earth, and he him
self bound. and held for Judgment.
OF course, his. landlord was q member
of the orden.
And, however irregular this course,
it helped Justice in those cruel days..
when might was right and men we're
serfs. Other courts were slow, I'M,
certain. and difficult of access. This !.
was silent, swift, and terrible. 1t.
struck once, and had no need tos
strike again. Escape from its neshes,
was impossible. The most cunning.
hider was tracked down in his OBJ.
scure and distant retreat.
And strange though it may seemr.
its legal authority as a court of the
Holy Roman Empire was extended,
until the downfall of that empire, in,
1906. 1t continued to exist in Vest.
Ehalia, Germany, until 1911. Then,
the last mysterious shadows of the,
*Vehm-Gericht" died utterly away.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-08-18
A Fineerless Family,

In a Lincolnshire :(Eng.) village
live % family who suffer under the
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door Of Mr.. Barnes residence broken "A
that sais OF clothes valued as go ana =
PAIR OF trousers had been stolen. The
thieves had also entered the parsonage ~
bogus KEYS and stosen NrA Caddv > email
open fsce scld watch. . eentieman's heavy
koad watch chain and $i5 in old coin. The
Thieves Also enssred the resideucs of d..
= b Aattise and took four pairs al for~
CPS. . revolver and gold rang. They did
not fostst % call - Mr.. Parksr'a, and lsls
With two extra saits Of underclothine and
= gosd rinR. A liberal reward viii b. Of
sssed for the arrest Of the thieves and ~
return of the articaea
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CoLvriLR. Aug. A-fspsciai. .l-Ce1nty
School superintendent ~. b. Gsisvs hae
Just finished and forwarded his annual ~
port 70 the state superintendent q
schools. The report 10 very complete IN
detail. and shows number Of pupiis Ia The
county 20 b 2, l37. The number enrolled b.
teachers aggregates 1870, and the average
daily attendance i.l4l. The salaries of
male teachers viii average e6l. - and thas
Of female teachers S46A. The estimated
value Of common school houses In the
county will foot mp SIS. ga. The amount
paid to teachers - salary during The year
vas @6,673.27.
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nsase SupFo0e Ceure.
OifNrfA. Aue. a. Especial. l-Naudamu
procecdings we're commenced ia the en-
pscme court today 20 compel the state
auditor 10 draw warrants for the salaries
OF members Of the stass land commission.
The suit b entitled State 81 ri Erassus
brainerd ~ Auditor Grimes.
The suit - brought On the ground thae
the land commission oct makes IN appeo.
pr'ataon out Of the general fund fos tha4
purpose. The auditor does not think tho
appropriation valid. because the acs doso
NOT comply with the conssitusion d =.
proesiatinR . specific sum ioe . specsdo
period. but AMPLY says that the commis-
ssoness shall receive salary Of 12,0OO pee
year. 20 Be paid By warrants drawn o. The
general fund from any moniss not osAes.
wise appropriated.