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The Washington times., 1894-04-01
The new Bible; Rev. F. B. vrooman.
100000 New winchesters.

Tho Winchester Repeating Arms Company
is about to begin to turn out 100, 600 new rifles.
The weapon is to be called the Winchester
Model, '9i" The breech mechanism bears
some resemblance to the model sc rifle. Yet
the new gun is widely different from this in
several points OF construction. The new gun,
like most of the rifles made by the Winchester
company. is OF the finger-leyer type. but an
important change is the location of the maga-
zine. which IS placed in the stock. The maga-
zine is to be charged from the receiver. NOR
tise. or breech. The finger-lever will operate
n vertical breech block. which is considered
the strongest construction in this type Of rife.
The rifle is designed TO use the new style.
small-caiber ammunition, OF which the Lcbei
cartridge is the prototype. The new arm is
made in two calioers-32-40 and 1856.
The Washington times., 1894-04-01

ference s'between the land tax and the single
tax. In principle they are practically the
same, the only difference being in matters of
minor detail, which can and may be soon
overcome. Once the income tax Is repealed.
the rest is easy"
This is in reality the only practical differ
ence. While he does not think that there Is
any likelihood that the single tax will be
adopted in New Zealand in the near future,
yet he saws that "there Is no denying the
striking similarity between the two, and that
they can be easily assimilated Is understood. :"
He has heard, he says, that "a few of the
county councils are disposed to adopt the sim
gle tax principle in making their levy for local
purposes. Should local bodies take kindly to
this principle of taxation, and should they
find 1t to be just, equitable, and satisfactory,
then it is only a matter OF very short time
before Parliament accepts. 1t as the national
system. The fact is, the present mode Of tax
ation-land and income-is only one degree
removed from the single tax"
The foregoing report OF the United States
consul accords with the recent letter of the
New Zealand commissioner of labor printed
In The TIMES few days ago. That gentle
man found the fact that improvements up to
the value OF S15, 900 were exempted from taxa
tion the most important element in the pres
ent prosperity of New Zealand.
In the matter of taxation New Zealand
differs from the remaining Australian COL
onies. On the continent OF Australia, where
the single-tax system, although largely agi-
tated, has not yet gone into effect, as in New
Zealand. large numbers of men are out of
work and the prevailing social conditions are
the same as in the United States. but s hort
distance away, under natural conditions sim
liar to those OF Australia labor is employed
and trade is in a prosperous condition. 1t is,
therefore, to learn that mechanics ana labor
ers 20 the extent OF a thousand a week are
leaving Australia and settling in New Zea-
land and are being assmilated into the social
structure of the latter country without any
social confusion or lack of employment re-
sulting. From the lesson taught us by New
Zealand it readily appears how large holdings
of land may be broken up, the number of
small holders multiplied, and the demand for
labor increased.
The Washington times., 1894-04-01
This Dog Could Reason.

From the Boston Evening Transcript)
"a friend during his boyhood days in New
Hampshire owned n big dog. Some carpen-
tiers were at work on a new house approached
by long hill from his home. The distance
by road around the hill was full mile. Each
noon the dog was sent up to the new house
with Jug of water. One warm day he set
down the Jug for rest, and, being unable to
recover it. it rolled to the foot of the hill. lie
looked at it while, picked it up and trotted
off. around the hill this time. and never after
ward could he be persuaded to carry the jug
by the short route"
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w. D. Clark & Co,
3O7 Market Space.

FINANCIAL.
SEvENTEENTH ANNUAL STATEMENT OF
- THE COVENANT MUTUAL BENEFIT
ASSOCIATION, GALEsBURG, ILLINOIS,
Income in 1898. including balance. s2,4si, ,764 O6
DISBURSEMENTS for losses and all ex-
penses. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. l.5l4,9co.ll
NET OR INVESTED ASSETS.
Government and other Bonds,
Stocks. Mortgages, and Cash as
per balance -.-.------..---.-.. SSIs,f.cso
Total Liabilities against Net Assets, Il, 49, SO
Net Assets GA Times the Liability.
MoRTUARY ASSETS.
Current Mortuary Resources from
which Losses are paid .--.-..... sa,s5,oi7.s5
Liabilities, Losses Reported, Re
sisted and in process OF adjust
ment; none due. ................ s75,7s5OO
Mortuary Assets Times the Liability.
INSURANCE IN FORCE,
January l, 1894, i5,0i4 policies, rep
reSentng. SlUl ,.Uo, ,SoU.UU
Total Losses and Payments 10
Members since organization,
seventeen years s...s.....-... 7,643,7I9OO
HON A W. BERGRETT, W H. SMoLLINGER,
President Secretary.
The annual expense charge, after the first two
years, is limited by policy contract 10 II Tor q COO
insurance, as against an average expense charge
of about sl1 10 in an old line company.
The C. NJ. b. A. has saved TO its pOlicy-holders
nearly so, 100000 as the difference between the
cost for their insurance, and what IL would have
cost TO carry the same amount in Legal Re-
serve' company.
B. F. CRAWSHAW, Manager Dist of Columbia,
Room 1913, McGill Building, e0S-9l4 street n W.
a few good agents wanted
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Indian Supply Warehouses.

Warehouses for supplies for the Indian SER
vice will hereafter be located in both New
York and Chicago. This is in accordance
with the action taken yesterday afternoon by
Secretary Hoke Smith. who decided not to
abolish the New York warehouse. but to
maintain two. with locations convenient to
both western and eastern bidders. The COM
petition raised in this way will undoubtedly
result in material reduction in the amount
of disbursements made by the department for
the SUPPLIES
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Inkes hy q :Mnrld' MN

J. X. Bangs is SO mad that he is cracking Jokes
on himself"
Tho wonder grows how Madeline Pollard man.
aged 10 escape SO many times getting married.
The only lasting impression made by grand
opera in Chicago is due to Mile Calve. She
chewed gum in a box.
Rankin p. Rosse,l could never gain admission
to the Prince of Wales set He didn't perjure
himself like a gentleman.
Edward ID. Raymond, Harvad freshman. was
recently fined So in aspolice court in Boston for
being drunk. He regrets now that he didn't 60
to Cornell
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Special for Monday. Tuesday. and We.

Special for Monday. Tuesday. and We'd
ncsday.
Every purchaser of one pound of our cele-
brated Thea-Nectar at GO cents a pound. or one
pound of our A. Il p Baking Powder at 45 cents,
will be given their choice of the following useful
household articles: A decorated sugar box, q
knife box, n glass sugar bowl, glass butter
dish, decorated cup and saucer and plate, dec
grated cuspidor, eight-inch platter, eight-inch
nRppie, fancy plate, three-pint decorated
pitcher, majolica pitcher, rose bowl, and various
other articles too numerous to mention. This
splendid offer for three days only-Monday,
Tuesday, and Wednesday-at our main store,
sol and sos Seventh street northwest corner of
L street
The GREAT ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC TEA CO.,
Newton II. Bowman, Manager for u. c.
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SPECIAL NOTICE.

CPECIAL NoTICE-I AM INVOKING THE AID
- OF THE TIMES 10 let my friends and the pub
lie in general know that have purchased the
1ewelry establishment No. IS II street northwest,
formerly owned by ]. A. Berger and later by
cnaries X Kelley am now prepared to do all
Kinds OF manufacturing and repairing that
comes in my line neatly and promptly. All
work guaranteed Charges moderate to all who
favor me with call. l.. E COLE, Matchmaker
and Jeweler, IS ii ST. NV
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Competition in the Marriage Market.
advertisements in the Melbourne Australia,
Argusl
A A-PERSoNS CONTEMPLATING MAR
a. riage may have ceremony solemniZed
anywhere, ci, by fully ordained clergyman
Appointments arranged by Mr.. Hawkins. sta
toner, 14I Queen street (only address, Open
till p.
MARRIAGES CELEBRATED BY ORDAINED
vi clergymen, fee los. I'd Gold wedding
rings from Is. cd Holts Matrimonial Agency,
3I5 Swanston street
DERS0NS CONTEMPLATING MARRIAGE MAY
/ have ceremony solemnized anywhere, fi,
by fully accredited minister Qately advertising
Queen street, Appointments now arranged,
day night, By H. HansISw, ieweler, 3J7 Eliza
beth street Needy people free.
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SMALL JOB OFFICE FOR sALE-PREsS,
y stone, 80 TO 90 fonts Job type, etc; $50 down,
balance monthly; notes secured; no opposition;
rent $40; won't get this chance but once. JOB
PRINTER. care TINES Office.
o-O ACRES OF LAND NEAR MUIRKIRK STA
OtU tion, B. Il q. K X On line OF electric car
and boulevard Well timbered; wood enough 20
pay for land No ground in. immediate neigh
borhood for less than 500. Can be bought al
SIS per acre. See A. BEHREND, 6l7 Z St Il. ".
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1t Rained Salt.
lFrom the Pocatello Tribune. ]

From the Pocatelio IrlDunel
Last Friday was n balmy Spring day. Late
in the afternoon drizzling rain blew up, car
ried Oh wind directly from the south. 1t was
of peculiar whiteness, and, after it had passed.
every one who had happened to have been
out in it and who wore dark suit of clothes
or a dark hat noticed that clothes and hat
were covered with thousands OF tiny white
specks. Later it was noticed that every win
dow in town looking to the south was also
covered with white spots.
1T has been raining mud" said every one
who noticed the phenomenon at first, but
later some of the curious tried tasting the
spots They had distinctly salty flavor, and
analysis made later by druggists proved that
they were salt.
The question now is. where did the salt
come from? There can only be one answer:
From the Great Salt Lake, nearly 800 miles
south in Utah. 1t must have been a warm
day over the great Dead Sea when strong
south wind swept over it, catching up the
salty vapor and sweeping it north to Idaho,
and finally bespattering the clothes and win
dows of the good people of Pocatello with the
salty spray.
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TO-kaIon Wines and Brandies.

To-kaIon Wines and Brandies.
American wines of all kinds,
Brandies of various ages, guaranteed purity.
For cooking,
For medicine,
For a light, safe beverage
To-KALoS WINE COMPANY,
1914 Fourteenth street northwest.
The Washington times., 1894-04-01
From the Atchison Globe

It Is no disgrace for woman to make
mistake in marrying; every woman does 1t.
When woman gives party she figures on
twenty-five guests to the gallon.
The Washington times., 1894-04-01
Don't Stop by the Wayside.

Costraight to Max Oppenheimer's Expect much
He won't disappoint you ou viii be provided
with the choicest wines, liquors, beer, ETC., at
low prices Choice restaurant in connection
MAX OPPENHEIMER, 1921 9Th ST. NV.
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Increasing in Favor
WHAT?
WHY OUR GRAND OFFERING OF
SPRING
Dress Goods.
..,,... ,.,,., @.,. -.,>.a ~a a
WHAT WILL OUR PRICES DO ?

Everything in our store is
offered at price that will put
competition in a deeper slum-
Der than the famous sleep of
Rip Van Winkle.
Competitive claims to cheap
ness run mostly to cheap
makes and materials, while
here THE PRICES ONLY
ARE CHEAP.
What Have We In Stock :?
Everything late, stylish,
and attractive in Swivel and
India Silks, Moire Silks,
fancy and plain Woolen Dress
Goods, Woolen Henriettas,
pure wool Broadcloths, pure
wool Imported Henriettas,
novelties in Silk Dress Goods,
Scotch and American Cling
hams, Black Silk and Wool
Henriettas, Black Novelty
Dress Goods, and immense
bargains in Towels and Table
Linen.
The Washington times., 1894-04-01
FOR Or SALE EXCHANGE.

Tor SALE or EXCHANGE-oNE ORIGINAL
L lot on cor of ave. in Sc; about SS So #; also
fine building lot on o st. NV, 22xl25, TO wide
paved alley; one new g-room house, all mod
imps: heated by furnace; on wide ave. in Sc.
For sale on easy terms
Apply TO OWNER, 1901 II st ne.
NOR sALE-LARGE WARDROBE FOLDING
L bed; new
Apply at
6i3 II St ne.
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MONEY TO LOAN.

HONEST PARTIES CAN GET SMALL LOANS
IL at once. National Loan and Investment
Company, els St n W. A. c. CLANCY, Sec.
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PERSONAL.

r OoK OUT FOR THE April. FOOL JOKE:
IL also look out for ads Offering you stu.
pcndous rates for gents discarded garments
STAND 6fg ID st NV
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A NY ONE DESIRING A COOK, CHAMBER
Amaid Or one to do general housework. Please
call at 2l05 Y. Y. ave NV.
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WANTED-sITUATI0Ns.

DY YOUNG GERMAN WHO CAN HANDLE
ID horses and do general housework Apply
l.25 St L. W.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-05-01
Died.,

At the family residence, in this
city, at 3 o'clock yesterday morning,
Mr.. W. T. Barrow, an old and re-
spected citizen, who departed this
life after long and painful illness.
The deceased was among the car
ler citizens of the East side, where
he has resided continuously for a
period of fifteen years, and was, in
all Ethe term implies, an excel
lent citizen. He has for years, pre-
vious to his final illness, been an ac-
tive, Jealous and faithful member OF
the State Line Methodist church,
of this city.
The deceased leaves a wife and
grown-up family, to mourn his loss
which to them must seem over
whelming. He was a loyal husband
and devoted parent, holding his
family obligations second only to
the duty he owed to his God. The
TExARKANIAN unites with the many
friends of the family in Offering sin.
cere coincidence to its grief strickn
members.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-05-01
HEAVY WIND STORM.

Yesterdays dispatches from central
Texas, announce the visitation Of
that section by a cyclone,
which passed near Quanah, through
the Western part Of Hardeman
county, unroofng Il section-house
at Gypsum and blowing the handcar
out on the main track, where it
was struck by the South-bound
passenger
The twister then seems to have
left the ground. travelling in a
northeast course about seven or
eight miles, when it again struck
the earth, completely demolishing
the residences of S. r. Miller, Jessie
Herndon and NJ. G. Beasley
All the occupants of the house
are more or less hurt, but none
fatally. Mr.. and Mrs, Miller are
the most dangerously wounded
The contents of the houses were
blown in some instances three miles.
Before reaching Red river the cy'
clone again quit the earth, Wheth-
er it struck again in Greer county
is not known.
Another dispatch, Of same date,
from Abilene, Tex, says;
A cyclone, working destruction
in its path, passed ten miles south
west Of the city at about 2 O'Clock
this morning. Trees, fences anc
farm products were all alike swept
before it. Fortunately but one
house lay within its scope,
The house was that Of tenant
Joe Hurts, on the farm Of Ira Bor
der, which was occupied at the
time only by him and his wife. On
the approach Of the cyclone Kurt'
called his wife to flee for safety
but before they could reach the
door the cyclone was upon them.
Instead of going out Of the door
| the house was torn into splinter'
and Kurts and wife went through
1
| the floor, a most miraculous escape
The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-05-01
JAIL DELIVERY.

CAMDEN, Ark, April 20. There
was another Jail delivery today.
Thomas II, Jones, while feeding the
prisoners, was struck down and his
arm broken, as well as several ugly
wounds inflicted on his head by the
prisoners in their attempt to es-
cape. There were six in the jail
and five escaped, but one of them
got his leg broke in the struggle
and was captured, Another was
captured by the dogs kept by the
marshal of the city, Three only
made their escape. Jones was used
up badly outside of the above
wounds.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-05-01
C0XEY's LITTLE ARMY.
One Division of 1t Under Lieutenant
Kelly, at Des MOines, la,

A telegraphic special from Des
Moines, under date of April 30th
announcing the arrival of Kelly's
division of Coxey's army, at that
place says:
A state ofintense excitement pre-
walls tonight over the arrival of
Kelly's industrial army, The men
had marched twenty-seven miles
last night without food and we're
held by the police five miles out of
the city in a driving rainstorm all
day, with no provisions or shelter.
The action Of the authorities arous-
ed much indignation among the
laboring people and when at five
o'clock the army finally marched up
Grand avenue to the camp on the
East side of the town, wet, hag-
gard and weary their condition
aroused sympathy almost as great
as that which was seen at council
Bluffs, A mass meeting of laboring
men has been called for tomorrow.
Committees are at work soliciting
food and money and threats are
made that unless transportation is
secured to Chicago radical steps
will be taken. During the last "A
hours the army has undergone
greater hardships than at at any
time since it left Utah, but not
withstanding these severe tests, not
20 men were missing when Des
Moines was reached,
The start from Vanmeter was
made last night in a heavy storm
and when day dawned the army
was still fifteen miles from its desti-
nation. The commisary wagons
we're empty and the men were wet
and hungry, but they plodded on,
the advance guard reaching Walnut
creek, five miles west of DesMoines,
by noon The men struggled in
during the afternoon and by three
o'clock I, 200 had gathered, Mayor
Hills sent thirty policemen and
Sheriff McGarraugh with as as
many deputies to meet the army
and inform them that they would
have to pass on through Des Moines
to a deserted stove factory where
ample food and shelter were pro
vided, This Kelly fatty refused to
do, saying that his men must be
fed before they marched the addi-
tional mile. The officers were OBJ
durate and the 1000 hungry men
stood shivering in the rain until af-
ter 4 o'clock hoping for provisions
Gen. Weaver sent out forty loaves
of bread and that served as break
fast and dinner, Mayor Hills saying
that if the men would not go where
the food was, they should have none.
At last Kelly consented to move
and the march began, Dozens OF
carriages lined the route into town
and with the sheriff, Chief Of Police
Mayor and guard of officers and
deputies the industrials moved in
to the city, feebly singing their
nraiSes
The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-05-01
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 a perfect lax
atiye; eRectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and feveTs
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
9yery Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by al( drug
gists in 50c 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.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-05-01
FREE DELIVERY YET POSSIBLE.

A correspondence between ex-
Mayor, w. II. Arnold, of this city,
and the First Assistant Postmaster
General at Washington, through
the medium of Congressman T. G.
McRae on the subject Of a free mail
delivery for Texarkana, develops
the fact that such a delivery is yet
within the range of possibilities, for
our city, despite the adverse report
made against us by the Inspector,
for the postal department, on the
occasion of that officials visit to our
city some time since.
The following letter to Hon. T. c.,
McRae, is self explanatory, and
will serve to show the present stat
us of the affair;
WASHINGTON, D, c., April 21, '94.
Hon. T, c. McRae, NJ c, House OF Rep
resentatlYes:
SIR:
The letter of your correspondent,
W. H. Arnold has been received and
considered
l have the honor to inform you
that the regulations in regard to
sidewalks is for the purpose of re-
quiring cities that have muddy
streets, to provide good walks for
the carriers, so that they will be
able to make their time If the
streets Of Texarkana are sandy and
quickly absorb water, Of course, the
requirements of paved streets will
not be enforced in every case; but
before the free delivery service is
established, the Inspector will have
to visit Texarkana and he will con-
suit with the Mayor and citizens as
well as the postmaster, in reference
to this matter.
Very respectfully,
FRANK H. JONES,
First Asst Postmaster-Gen'lS
The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-05-01
Pilesl Piles!! Why Suffer-

ST was sufferer for years with
Piles. All remedies failed until l
used Comet Pile Remedy, which en-
tirely cured me. l heartily recon-
mend it, as / am certain it will do
all that is claimed for it," So
writes r. b. Waldrop, Delpos, o. l
The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-05-01
Dolph may also be counted on as
occasion may require,
CYCLONE AT THE JUNCTION.

While the heaviest rain and hail
storm, for years, was prevailing at
this place, yesterday afternoon,
another and, by far, more destruc-
tive visitation was being experienc-
ed by the good people of our little
Texas neighbor, Texarkana juno
tion, where a wind storm, almost
equalling in its fury the dreaded
cyclone, swept away their houses
and threatened destruction to the
lives of the inmates,
As soon as news of the disaster
reached this city a relief party was
made up and proceeded at once,
to the scene Of reported devasta-
ton, Once on the grounds it was
easily apparent that the scene,
which had just been enacted by the
storm, was an appalling one. Trees
and fences were blown down, hous-
es unroofed and homes made desc
late, by the fury of the winds,
Two deaths are reported as re-
suit of the storm, that of Thad Nc
Dougal, the bright and manly nine
year old son of the Methodist min
lister at the Junction, and W. G.,
Blocker, aged 70 years, who was
pronounced hopelessly injured
from the first, both of his lower
limbs being broken.
Among the residences destroyed
were those of Messrs W. 7. Bentley,
W. Blocker, 7, F. Bentley, Jno.
Parker, Pat Haynes, W. j. Sim
mons and others. Some of the
houses were occupied by the own
ers, in person, and their families,
while others were rented out.
Both the Baptist and Methodist
churches were razed to the ground
while the gin house and mill be-
longing to Mr.. McGill, are reported
to be total wrecks. Other damage
is believed to have been occasioned,
which has not, as yet, been report
ed.
STORM NOTES.
While searching among the deb
ris of the storm, the body of a white
man, was found beneath the wreck
age of half a dozen cattle cars, on
the siding, near the station He
was stranger possibly a tramp,
who had sought shelter in the cars
from the fury of the gale.
What is regarded as a direct in
terposition of Providence, by the
persons, themselvs, is related of the
Bentley family, consisting Of James
Bentley, his wife and two children
who on noting the near approach
Of so threatening a storm, assem-
bled together in one of the rooms of
their house and offered up prayer
for deliverance, therefrom. While
in the midst of their devotions the
storm struck the frail structure,
broadside, completely unroofng it
and demolishing the walls, thereto,
but leaving the inmates utterly un-
harmed. Both Mr., and Mrs. Bent.
ley, regard their escape as little less
than miraculous,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-05-01
"Get There and Stay There y

Tens of thousands attest the won
derful oratorical powers of the
great Georgia evangelist, Do not
miss hearing this great humorist
and instructive orator.
Railroads have granted special
low rates for the occasion
Reserved seats at usual prices, at
c. H. Barrrelle & Co. Sale of seats
begins Saturday morning, oath,
inst.