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Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-08-07
CURRENCY STILL SCARCE.

Reports concerning the condition of
the money market in New York city
show continued increase in the de-
mand for small bills and coin. 1t had
been thought that the demand of cor
porations, business men and manufac-
turing concerns generally, for money
with which to discharge the indebted
ness of their pay-rolls, had been salts
fed. In fact the money brokers Of
New York and other cities report a
larger business for the week just past
than any heretofore. They continued
to buy gold and silver and currency
at premiums of half TO three-quarters
of one per cent, and sent the money
so obtained to banks all over the
country, but principally to Chicago,
Philadelphia and Baltimore They al
so reported that many of the New
York banks were among their GUS
toners, being forced into the market
by the demands of their depositors
1t was reported on good authority,
although wall street was skeptical as
to the truth Of the story, that such of
the gold now ahoat for this country
as had not been secured by the saw
ings banks, had been sold to out-of-
town banks at premium of one and
one-half per cent The larger import
ing houses denied that they had sold
their gold, although they admit that
offers for it had been made to them.
The sub-treasury paid its balance of
$6S,058 at the clearing house in cur
rency. There was paid over the
counter on checks $5S5,000, mostly in
gold, with a sprinkling of treasury
notes. or silver dollars $4,000 were
paid out.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-08-07
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
alive; effectually 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, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-08-07
STARTLING TOBACCO
STATISTICS.

1t is stated that the average con-
sumption of manufactured tobacco in
the United States is six pounds to
each inhabitant, and the average cost
little over five dollars. st. Louis
takes the lead, as the first among
tobacco manufacturing cities in this
country or in the world, using more
than one-ffth Of the entire production
of the United States. There are in
that city fifteen factories of chewing
and smoking tobacco, with combined
capital Of over fifteen million dollars.
Fifty-five and half million of cigars
were made there in 1892, and the
years output had an estimated value
Of $20,000,0O0. Speaking of tobacco,
we note that the retail dealers in New
York complain that their wooden
Indians, weighing two hundred
pounds apiece, must be lugged indoors
every night, as otherwise they are
stolen and carried down to the
Battery. Claiming the images does
not save them, and now tho cry goes
up for a collspsable rubber Indian
that can be expanded or contracted
at will. The practical jokers are more
industrious than the dealers. Joking
aside, the above figures show start
ling consumption and correspondingly
enormous expenditure of money in
useless and even senseless indulgence,
in an article that can neither bo
classed as q necessity or luxury and
must be conceded as being wholly
useless, undesirable, uDbeneficial, un-
remunerative and unclcan. So long
as people are able to continue 80
senseless and expensive habit, they
cannot be heard to complain Of prov
idence, because of hard times, failure
of crops or scarcity of money. There
cannot be even the shadow of famine
in country where the inhabitants
are able to, and do, spend enough
money for tobacco to buy bread for
the entire nation. Yet people will
continue to playfully poison them
selves and spend millions of hard
earned dollars for the glorious
privilege.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-08-07
TEXARKANA ARKANSAS MONDAY EVENING" AUGUST z 1893

New York City that cholera is spread
ing in the suburbs of Naples. The
Italian government has consented to
the adoption of measures for complete
isolation for five days of immigrants
on board vessels before sailing for the
United States, which includes the or
dering off of all gunboats and the
stoppage of other modes of communi-
eating infection from the shores.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-08-07

Well authenticated news comes
from New York that all are reported
well on board the Karamania, the
cholera suspected ship. The steamer
will be detained, however, and the
passengers given good bath and
scrubbing. While the clothing and
luggage are being dlsinfected the pas
sengers will be camped on Hoffman
and Swinburn Islands.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-08-07
q : riiend

Wishes to speak through the LEICESTER OF
the beneficial results he has received
from a regular use Of Ayers Pills.
He says; "I was feeling sick and tired
and my stomach seemed all out of order.
l tried number of remedies, but none
seemed to give me relief until was IN
duced to try the old reliable Ayers
Pills. l have taken only one box, but
feel like new man. / think they are
the most pleasant and easy to take OF
anything l ever used, being so finely
sugar-coated that even a clliid VIII j"ks
them. l urge upon all who arc
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-08-07
I'm Need

of a laxative to try Ayers Pills" -
Boothbay (Mc.), Register,
Between the ages Of five and fifteen,
| was troubled with kind Of sab.
rheum, or eruption, chiefly confined to
the legs, and especially TO the bend of
the knee above the calf, Here. running
sores formed whirh would Hcab over,
but would break Immediately on NOV
ing the leg. My mother tried every
thing she could think Of, but all was
without avail. Although child, read
in the papers about the beneficial effects
of Ayers Pills, and persuaded my moth
er to let me try them. With no great
faith in the result, sac procured
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-08-07
Died.

At his home in st. Louis, Mo-, at
11.30 o'clock this morning, Mr.. John
l.. Pollock, Of the Texas Produce Com
pany, former resident and prominent
business man of this city.
Mr.. Pollock had, for the past several
years, conducted branch Office of
the Produce Company, of which he
was one of the founders, in ST. Louis
and was in charge Of the office in that
city at the time Of his death. He had
been in Ill health for months, hence
his death was not wholly unexpected.
The remains will be inferred at a st.
Louis cemetery. One or more of
the representatives Of the firm from
this city will attend the funeral of
their late friend and business
associate.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-08-07
l.. L. STARKS,
STRICTLY DEMOCRATIC
Contractor and Builder

/ guarantee all my work, and do
none but what is flrst-class-will not
turn out poor job.
Give me a call, or write me through
the Texarkana postoifice, and l will
submit a bid. For work | do, will
make no charges for plans and specif-
cations, L. L. STARK
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-08-07

The Stuarts have received specia-
line of genuine Dunlap and Roelofs
mats. for stout men, very latest styles.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-08-07
Ayer's s Pills ]

and / BEGAN to u'e thcm. aul soon
noticed an Improvement. Enrrlr""cd
by this, kept on till took two boxes,
when the sores disappeared and have
never troubled NC since, I'll, Chipman,
Real Estate Agent, Eoano!ie, Va,
"I suffered for years from stomnch
and kidney troubles, rausiu" cry severe
pains in various parts OF III" hndy, None
of the remedies l tried afforded me any
relief until began taking Ayers Pills,
and was cured. VIM. Goddard, Notary
Public, Five Lakes, Mich.
Prepared by nr. J g. Ayer& Co. Dwell, Mass.
Sold by Druggists l.e,r,N,.lc.
Every Dc2a Effective
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-08-07

Try our Zero" soda water, mineral
waters, ice cream soda and sherbet.
5-17-tf SMITH DRUG Co.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-08-07

Assistant Surgeon Young, of Ma
pies, telegrsphs the marine hospital at
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-08-07
TESTTMoNTAJ.

N.
This DeMarces
mill we cut
expended dolor for
We at three az
et times have $1,000 feet day 10 hours we recon- econ
of lumber n0nrS
this the d. wv
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-08-07

~ sLAck-DRAuGHI tea cures Consultation.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-08-07

am prepared to furnish engines of from to rs horse
power also log trucks at low price double hange wheels and
have Of Perkins shnge machines Kellogg cut
ting machine all in good order secondhand engine and
boiler suitable for gin shnge machine make new pat
tent dust CRATE bar the best the market Repairing
done promptly engines any kind of machinery and
terms easy. A. DEMARCE.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-08-07

We still occupy the old popular
brick stable, and, as in the past, pro-
pose to serve the public with the best
service, at lowest prices, Remember
we occupy the
BRIGE= STABLES.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-07-19

Davis, and Others, while among the
miscellaneous articles are interesting
contributions, including one by Gen
eral Horatio @. King, who tells of
"Wiggins of Our Staff in. an enter
tanning manner, little tale, entitled
"A Brave, Old Southern Woman;'
handsomely illustrated, on the "Ameri-
can Relics at the Exposition;" "The
Hand of Providence" by the we'll
known artist correspondent, Theo. K.
Davis; "A Russian Tribute to Far
ragut," by Valerian Gribayedoff,
which Illustrations by himself, and
other sketches of general interest.
The Patriotic Youths Department"
is especially valuable this month, and
the mission of Blue and Gray-to serve
as supplemental reader in educa-
tional institutions-already meeting
hearty support from leading educators,
will unquestionabiy receive unusual
encouragement when this month S
issue is read.
From the American Standpoint" it
touches briefly and brightly upon cur
rent topics. while the editorial depart
ment is progressive and dignified.
Blue and Gray is published by the
Patriotic Publishing Company, 6OS
Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-07-19
S1,OO0,0OO, LIBRARY
In Easy Reach Of Every Home Cost
One Cent Day.

The statement at the head of this
item will strike every one, at first sight
as incredible, or amazing. When the
simple explanation shows how easy it
is to make it true, the amazement will
be that it was not done long ago.
The American Cooperative Library
has recently been organized, with a
view to securing to every book reader
In America better facilities than are
now enjoyed outside of the reach of
less than ten of the largest libraries
in the principal cities, as follows:
You pay into local Cooperative
Book Club, which MAY consist of two
or two hundred members, an initiation
of any sum you please, from II to
$40. You are then entitled to re-
ceive Immediately from the Library
any books wanted from the entire realm
of the world s current literature, suita-
BILE for general circulation, to an
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These books, any OF all of them, you
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AS thousands of the best books of the
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OF good books thus costs next to moth
ing; a 20 cent book costs but one cent
for four days., a so cent book costs one
cent for two days. If you want high
priced books, or many books, you get
them and pay in proportion.
When books received by the. local
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ed to the headquarters in New York
and exchanged for other books OF
equal value land are sent out to some
other local Club J, less charge of one
cent day for each two dollars worth
OF books-half the price paid by mem
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ference will pay cost of transportation,
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You see how simple and easy coope-
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day for unlimited access to the worlds
current literature? Yet millions of in
telligent readers are to-day practically
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A catalogue of choice books, 1850 pages,
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operative Library, John B. Alden,
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Every lover of, good books ought to
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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-07-19
LITERARY NOTES.

The prosperity of Blue and Gray,
which has been noteworthy even in
this country of great success in jour-
nalism, has been signalized by the
publishers in their July number. A
new dress of type, extra fine paper,
ard matter of surprising interest, as
well as numerous excellent illustra-
tions, mark the begining of the second
volume. Among the more prominent
feat ures in the contents for July are
symposiums on the battle of Gettys-
burg and Vicksburg, by, we'll known
survivors on both sides. These arti.
cles are embellished with. about thirty
engravings, all made especially for,
Blue and Gray.
The Delineator for August is called
the Midsummer Number, and its. con-
tents are well suited to the season. In
addition to the fine assortment of
styles for Ladies, Misses and Children,
there is special illustrated article on
Mourning Costumes, Customs and
Etiquette. The Delsarte Article is the
first on Gesture, a most Important
phase in the art of Expression. The
Worlds Fair is Interestingly " treated in
two illustrated papers from special
correspondents on the grounds; the
Dancing Lesson gives series of
Figures for the German; Child Life
takes up in serious and sensible man
ner the question of Children 9 Money I;
and a new and picturesque Drill-the
flower Drills given. The Tennis
article describes the various strokes
and How to Make Them; and the New
est Books are noticed in an entertain
ing manner. For the housewife there
is Possibilities in Peaches, and A Novel
Dinner; and for the flower lover there
is an interesting paper on Cacti. New
and original designs are given in Knit.
ting, Netting, Tatting, Lace Making.
Crocheting, etc. - .ss- as
The Subscription price of the Define
ator is One Dollar year; Single Cop.
les, Fifteen Cents. Address Orders to
The Butterick Publishing Co. Limit
edl, 40 East Fourteenth Street, New
York.
The fiction embraces 1.-THE Diamond
Earrings" a tale of youthful gallap.Ty
and love; "When Massa Charles Comes
Back, va touching little story of old
Georgian days, by the well known
Southern writer, Emma Howard
Wight, together with several shorter
sketches. The poetry includes mum
bers of Louisa Howard Bruce, Henry
Clay Fairman, 7. C. Harbaugh, Eugene
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-07-19
81 A YEAR In ADVANCE

the atmosphere something of which
they had not dreamed. They soon
found that they could not engage in
conversation without their throats and
tongues becoming inflamed, and they
went along in silence. The hot air
seemed to shrivel their very lungs.
Their canteens were constantly drawn
upon, and by the time the mountains
were reached those 199 quarts of W ater
had disappeared, though it had been
used sparingly. Suddenly the old
burro stumbling along in front half
paused, threw up his head, the long
ears went forward, and his nostrils
worked convulsively. The pause was
but for an instant. Then he went for
ward at pace that hurried his more
heavily packed companions to main
tain.
He had scented water. The first visi-
ble sign to the men was a spot of damp
sand under the edge of a bowlder in
the bottom of the canyon. A short
distance farther up a little stream
trickled over the rocks, and not far
above was spring.
The ever present heat was too intense
for them to carry on their operations
except in the early morning or late in
the afternoon, but they managed to
get an ounce of gold day. The
nights were but little cooler than the
days, and after the men had spent
the usual two hours after sundown in
the placers they would stretch out
naked on the sand and endeavor to
pass the night in sleep. Mosquitoes
and other insects did not bother them,
the heat being too great seemingly for
even them to bear.-San Diego Cor.
San Francisco Examiner.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-07-19
DIRECTORY.
COUNTY OFFICERS:

COUNTY OFFICERS:
heriff-JI / Hawkins.
Circuit Court Clerks II L Cooper.
Chairman County Court-H & Hart.
County Court Clerk-Jacob Leah. N ,
Clerk and Master-W + Young. I
Trustee A I Bacon.
Register-A M Stewart.
County Surveyer-T 7 Young.
Supt. Public SchoOls-F T Watts.
Tax AssessOr-J A Bradshaw.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-07-19
done it's very best to make its home at
the Fair one long to be remembered.
EVELYN MINIS.
ANOTH Err CLAIMANT

ANOTHER CLAIMANT
There once was maid In Bordeaux,
Whose heart was overwhelmed with weaux,
And unsettled her mind,
For she never could find
The author of"Beautiful Sneaux."
Then maid who belonged TO the Sious,
Wrote: "I'll tell you, my dear, what todioux,
For the fame, not the pelf,
would claim 1t myself;
would, yes, indeed, were youix."
The maid from Bordeaux thought IL rough
On the author to play such blough-
Yes, a sin and a shame
But she put in her claim,
And the claimants before her cried "Stougb ~
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-07-19
SECRET SOCIETIES.

WASHINGTON CHAPTER Nos 2, II. "A. M
Meets First Friday in each month. ID. G.
Aiken, II. p; NJ. II. z. Panh0rst, Sec.
RHEA LoDGE, No. AZ, +. AND A. M.-Meets
Monday ON or before each Full Moon. A.
y. Deaderick, w. NJ; ID. q. Aiken, Sec.
GRAND ARMY OF TILE REPUBLIC--Post No
S5: 7 p Britton, Commander; II NJ Slagle
Adjutant; j A FEBRUARY, Quartermaster
Meets first Saturday in each month.
KNIGHTS OF HoNoR-Frankland Lodge No
bs5. \ H Anderson, Dictator; AM Stuart
Reporter; ii Peoples, Financial Report
er. Meets every Thursday night
KNIGHTS AND LADIES OF HoNoR-J
Fink, Protector; s II l. Cooper, Secretary
Meets first and third Friday nights In each
month In Knights of Honor Hall. -
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-07-19
THE COURTS: :

CIRCUIT CoURT.-Judge, A ] Brown; At
torney General, II T Campbell; Clerk, II l.
Cooper. Meets first Mondays in April,
August and December. ~
CHANCERY CoURT.-Chancellor, John p
Smith; Clerk and Master, W r Young.
Meets first Mondays inJanuary and July.
COUNTY CoURT.-Chairman, II Hart
Clerk, Jacob Leah. Meets first Monday in
each month.
LAW COURT, Johnson City.-Same officers
as the Circuit Court, and meets -
CHANCERY COURT at Johnson City meets
first Mondays in June and December.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-07-19

Mayor-James ii Epps. H
Recorders b Keefaufer.
Marshall M Campbell.
Aldermen-J II Epps, f Il Britton and
A B Cummings.
Council and Court meet when there is any
business to transact.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-07-19

Whether Pasteur and Koch's pscu-
liar modes of treatment will ultimately
prevail or not their theory of blood
contamination is the correct one,
though not original. 1t was on this
theory that DR.. j. c. Aver, of Lowell,
Mass, nearly fifty years ago, formu,
lated Ayers Sarsaparilla.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-07-19
A Story OF an Inkstand.

An inkstand, curiously fashioned
of wood, and wrought into the shape
OF an ear of corn, is exhibited as gift
presented many years ago to Mrs. Lin
coin, at the time when her husband
first ascended the steps of the Capitol
at Washington in his official capacity
as President of the United States, The
likeness to an ear of corn is almost per-
feet, split lengthwise revealing the
ink-wells, etc. This inkstand was
highly prised by Mrs. Lincoln, COM
ing, as it did, from prominent citizens
OF Illinois. who intended it as signifi-
cant of the Corn State" Mrs. Lin
coin, be remembered, was as beautiful
in her younger days as her husband
was homely. 1t may not be generally
known that before their marriage Lin
coin was challenged to duel because
of certain sarcastic letters published in
the newspapers, and written by Miss
AOuN, VIM Wue bllCu dnlduCeu W LII
coin. The butt of the sarcasm-a law
yer named Shelds-was very much in
censed by the letters, and it was only
through the Intervention of friends on
the dueling-ground that tragedy was
prevented. Lincoln, who had refused
to let it become known that Miss Todd
was the author of the articles, after
ward had misgivings as to his feelings
for the lady, and at the hour appoint
ed for his wedding failed to appear.
The minister and guests withdrew, the
bride put off her gown, and it was
months before she ever saw her hus-
band-elect again, but they were final
ly united This inkstand claims ad-
ditional value from having been in
tended as wedding present; long
afterward it was formally presented to
the lady, then Mrs. Lincoln. Blue
and Gray for July.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-07-19
An Englishman's View Of The Fair.

An Englishman's View of The Fair.
What saw when gained the north
ern and eastern balconies of the Ad-
ministration Building surpassed and
surprised my highest expectations.
After all that pen and pencil had done
to prepare me for the sight, felt that
not one half had been told me. The
great white city which rose before me,
silent and awful, seemed to belong to
an order of things above our common
world. 1t was poem entablatured in
fairy palaces, only to be done into
human speech by the voice of some
master singer. 1t was dream of
beauty which blended the memory of
classic greatness with the sense of AL
pine SHOWS. 1t was an Apocalypse of
the architectural Imagination. The
wildness of the day lent its own
Apocalyptic setting to the scene. A
swaying, drifting curtain of cloud
shut in the horizon, blurring lake and
sky on the one side in an indistin-
guishable haze, and on the other
shrouding the city in gloom of smoke
and rain. Ever and again the towers
of the Fair were draped with wreaths
of trailing cloud, while the beating
rain and chilling wind added to the
elemental effect. The cluster of build
ings hung together there sort of city
in the clouds, yet severe and unmis-
taxable in outline. II was a vision of
the ideal, enhaloed with mystery.
The dreams of Columbus. the aspira-
tions of the Pilgrim Fathers, the bound
less possibilities of the American con-
tinent itself, all seemed to have been
crystallized in this mute world of hall
and peristyle, of column and capital.
1t stood there one colossal temple of
temples, awaiting in silence the
presence Of the supernal glory.-From
IAN Englishman's Impressions at the
Fair, July Review of Reviews.