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The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-11-24

TEXARKANA mum" FAIR
Under the Auspices of the
Ladies Floral Society.
TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURS
DAY AND FRIDAY
GALA DAYS.

The second annual chrysauthe
mum fair, under the able manage
ment of the Floral Society, has now
passed into history. While perhaps
the fair itself is thing of the past,
the beautiful chrysanthemum
blooms, aptly styled the "star-eyed
daughter of Autumn, will long lin
ger in the memory as a fitting trib-
ute to the ladies under whose ex.
cellent energies this affair was SO
much the grand success in which it
resulted. The rich garden prepar-
ed for Rasselas could not have been
more tempting than was the beau
tiful display of autumn's queen flow
er, congregated and placed to the
best advantage by Mesdames c. E,
Swindell, H. R. Webster, D. 7. Larry,
Geo. Taylor, ]. NJ. Talbot and per-
haps many others of whom we know
not. The city of Texarkana gave
her sanction by big attendance,
Prof. Robertson's lovely concerts
and drill and McCann with his fine
band attendance.
AS sanguine as were the ladies in
charge, they did not anticipate the
enthusiastic magnitude their efforts
have attained. Even business men
left their desks to mingle with So
cial and fower-loving Texarkana
AS tho allured by the exquisite
sweetness of the floral hour the
chrysanthemum hall was combin-
ed success of floral delicacy and law
ish beauty, which at once is pret-
ty homage to the Floral Society.
Entering thro the portals one
found ones self in building ablaze
with light, shedding many hued
beams upon the flowers to be seen,
at once the thought superlative
was, "have florists been despoiled
to transform the chrysanthemum
display into fairy tropic land?"
Bamboo formed the elaborate
groundwork of all the elaborate
decorations; huge palm leaves, dain-
ty needle pines and still daintier
ferns were called into requisition to
bear away the thought that one
fancied ones self astray in a far off
land ofsuch surroundings, merely to
intensity the all beautiful chrysan-
themums gathered in exquisite ar
rays and skilled desiges. Each dis
play was floral picture and it would
be insidious to draw comparisons;
there was the effective display of
Mrs. B. 7. Estes, the beautiful ar
ray of Mrs. s. Lemly, dainty and
rich ones from Mrs. G. W. Fouke,
and more elaborate ones from Mrs.
SURGEON. Some of the blooms ex-
hibited by Mrs. B. 7. Estes meas
ured nine inches in diameter, while
others from Mrs. W. Fl. Evans
seemed equally as fine. Other sue
cessful exhibitors embrace the per-
sonnel of Mesdames Ben Williams,
H. G. Hynson, j. W. Harriss, O.
Bryant, W. L. Stout, - Chatfield,
E. N. Maxwell, G. Eisele, B. Fore
man; Misses Mary Wisdom, Matte
Morrow, Susie Lemly, The most
artistic display Of ferns and palms
by florist carried the blue ribbon to
Mr.. NJ. Stegall. An exquisite man
tel made of chrysanthemums which
bore evidence of intricate decora-
tive workings, was made by Mrs.
W. L. Stout, while the table she so
handsomely decorated with perfect
appointments won first place, too.
The prettiest floral decorated table,
of violet designing, won much APP
preciative comment, and was exc
cuted by Mrs. Chas. Eisele. Mrs.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-11-24

Wonderful are the cures accom-
plished by Hoods Sarsaparilla, and
yet it is only because Hoods Sarsa-
parilla, the one true blood purifier,
makes, pure rich, healthy blood.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-11-24

With every cash purchase of so
cents, we will give you a chance on
an elegant l8-tune music box. This
box is of the latest and best pattern
and cylinders changeable, so that
you may obtain as many as rs cylin-
ders, each cylinder playing three
tunes, and extra cylinders can be
obtained at any time for the sum
of 81 30 each.
BEN WILLIAMS q SEEGAR.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-11-24

Hoods Pills for the liver and bow
els, act easily, yet promptly and ct
fectually. l
The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-11-24

We Always give our customers
the best the market affords, full
weights and prompt attention.
HUDDLEsTON Bros.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-11-24
Get Daley & Craig

If you fail to see our stock of hol-
iday goods before you buy, you will
lose money
BEN WILLIAMS q SEEaAR.
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For a nice JUICY steak and hne
meats of all kinds call on the enter
prising Huddleston Bros.
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ASTRIKING SCENE.
HOW MADAGASCAR'S QUEEN DE-
CLARED AGAINST FRANCE.
Barefooted, and Clothed In a Second
Hand White Satin Ball Dress
Made by Worth, She Ex-
horts Her People.

ZRANCE'S enemy in Madagas.
H. car, the dusky Queen Ran
avolona ILL.,, against whose
army the French invaders are
advancing, on state occasions appears
wearing secondhand Worth ball
dress of fashion long gone by, and
with q barbaric crown on her head
and nothing on her black feet. She
appears in the great square of
AndaIho, at Tananarivo, the capital,
where chs issues stirring proclama-
tions to her people.
The scene is picturesque one.
With one hand she grasps sword and
with vehement gestures emphasizes
her exhortations, and with all the pas
sionate eloquence of her race threat
ems, commands and prays her hearers
to take up arms against and exter-
inmate the hated white men who for
ten years have held the Nation in
thrall.
The war is holy one, she declares,
and the choicest blessings of the here
after will be the reward of those who
fall. She also promises substantial
rewards to the victors who survive.
The Prime Minister'S dress is no
less striking. Its principal features
are sort of dolman of purple satin
spangled with gold, short trousers of
white silk and long boots. About
his waist he wears a belt of yellow
leather studded with gems, from which
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rooms, with mantsls over same. Vestl-;
bule door is made to slide to avoid
interference with passage to stairway.
Sliding doors connect dining and st-
ting rooms; back stairway to second
stairway. Sliding doors, freplaces
and mantels, and part of the veranda
may be omitted. Bathroom with
partial or full set of plumbing may be-
introduced. 4
Cost: S26S7. This includes man;
tells but not the range and heater 5
the estimate based on New York
prices for materials and labor. but IN
many sections of the country the cost
should be less.
The name "Queen Anne" is quite
misleading, for the style partakes
more of the nature of the buildings.
of the earlier Renaissance or OF the
Elizabethan period than of those OF
Queen Anne's reign. 1t has also bor--
rowed from the Renaissance of Ger
many and France, as well as some OF
its best features from the classic and
the late Gothic styles. The Queen,
Anne style is best fitted to villas and,
structures Of that order. =
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hangs q sword in D golden scabbard.
The aunt and sister OF the Queen wear
the native dress. with bare arms, their
long black hair streaming over their
shoulders.
The military profession has been an
unpopular one IN Madagascar OF late
years, because the amount OF booty
and pillage to be obtained has been
small, and it has therefore been diff
cult to keep the ranks filed. In time
of peace recruiting goes on for three
months each year, but as soon as a
sufficient complement has been OBJ
tanned and drilling begin, desertions
commence, and in short time the
ranks are badly thinned. Desertions
are rarely punished unless they fail to
bribe their superior officers; then
they are shot. Under the present cir
cumstances, despite the Queens burn
ing proclamations and harangues, the
volunteers have been few, for the ma
tives fear the French and do not
love their tyrannical ruler.
The real monarch of Madagascar,
however, is not Queen Ranavolona
ILL.,, or as she prefers to be called, Ra-
navolomaniaky ILL.,, but it is the
Prime Minister, Rainilaiarivony,
whom the curious law of the land
obliges to be the husband of the
Queen. He is now past seventy years
Of age and has held his post for more
than thirty years, during which time
he has been the husband of three diff
ferent queens. He it is who decides
all questions of state, and the Queens
part is merely to indorse his judg-
ments, which she invariably does.
The French Protectorate, which
vas established after the war OF 1855,
has been bitterly opposed by Rain
ilaiarivony, and his hatred of the
whites has brought about the present
conflict. The French, however, have
more to fear from the fcrers OF the
country than they have from the un-
trained troops which are being gath
cred With SO much difficulty.
The Queen is we'll educated, thirty
five years old, and is fond of playing
draughts and chewing betel. Her
private expenses are paid from fund
to which all who enter her presence
are required to contribute hve-frauc
piece lone dollar). The Youngest
member of the royal household pre-
sents O hat in which the money IS
nlaced.-New York World.
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QUEEN ANNE HOUSES.
They are Popular, Although the
Name Is Misleading.
(Copyright 1895.)

Queen Anne will have much to an
sver for if she is held accountable
for all the architectural denominations
that have been erected in her name.
During the earlier days of this coun'
try, the major part of the dwellings
were simple and plain and could give
but little direct offence to aesthetic
taste, even if lacking in some OF the
prime requisites of beauty. The
larger and more expensive houses
were, happily, almost without excep'
ton, of the Colonial style. and were
dignifed, stately, comfortable and
substantial. But as wealth became
more widely diffused and the tastes OF
the people grew more pretentious,
architecture developed along lines
that were ugly almo.t to the verge OF
the grotesque. Simplicity gave place
to elaboration that was without rhyme
or reason. Instead OF utility adorned,
which is, or should be, the end and
aim of architecture. ornateness was
sought even at the expense Of utility.
The hideous structures of the "60's
and 70's," which line every street OF
the older cities and dot every suburb,
we're the result. Gradually these
denominations grew to have certain
similarity and name was needed for
the style.
Among the different architectural
styles the Queen Anne seemed to
have the least strongly marked pecu.
liarities. It was sounding title, and
the public, when it could not place a
dwelling as Gothic, classic, Renais'
sance, Colonial, or what not, gravely
dubbed it Queen Anne. So it has come
about in the usage cf uninformed peo-
pie that the Queen Anne style of arch
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A JuDGE's TESTIMONY,

In a recent article Judge Daniel Agnew, ol
Beaver, Penn, gives this testimony: "lt
life Of eighty-six years can confer experience,
and give some knowledge, perhaps mine IN
and out Of courts OF justice and public affairs
may entitle me to a small share. Mine1s not
the gush OF sentiment or cratic eifusion.
The first homicide case tried before me was
that of a brother who killed brother in
drunken quarrel while driving cattle: The
second, of n college student, fresh from
whiskey chicken roast, killing poor young
man. The third, that of an Englishman
stabbed in drunken broil in the street OF e
village, and the heart of the victim produced
In court to show the cut the knife had made.
So the calendar of crime in the daily press
will show q homicide from drunkenness for
every day in the year. All judges testify
that nine-tenths of the crimes OF violence
and bloodshed have their origin in drunken
ness
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Veterans of Foreign Birth.

In the Togus (Me.) Soldiers Home
q careful estimate shows that the num-
bers Of foreign born and native in
mates are about equal, although at
the close of the war the former were
in the large majority. This is easily
explained. Many of the foreign born
Union volunteers had no families in
this country. They were young men,
and when the var left them wrecks
they perforce went to Togus and to-
the other branches of the National
Home. The most of American born,.
of course, had relatives and homes to-
which they could 60, and there they
remained until actually obliged by in
creasing years and infrmities to seek
the home. Boston Transcript.
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scorn, sweet U1va; ne VIII never natm
your lover morel
For when she bentover him, struck by
an unutterable something in his face,
the mans heart was broken-all his life
had gone forth in that feeding gaze-he
was dead.
His shame had driven him forth, but
bis grief had killed him.
The Three Graces are once more uni
ted, Alice, Laura and Engelonde; but
the fatal guest will never again intrude
upon their happiness, to draw down upon
their lives the curse of that passion
which is cruel as the grave-jealousy.
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Governor Maryil's Foreb0ling.

That Governor Marvil did not ex.
pect to live long is shown by his own
words. On the day of his inaugura-
tion, Us he rode to the Court House
to take the oath of Office, he remarked
to Governor Reynolds, who was the
occupant of the carriage with him: a
"Governor, this Is a great day to
me. 1t is the proudest moment Of my
life, but I will not live long. MIR.
Watson will be Governor.
Governor Reynolds told few inti-
mate friends of the new Governors
remarks, but they never were maj de-
public until now. Wilmington (Del.l
News.
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AFRU1TLEss JOURNEY,

When young man begins to drink it Is as
though he got on an electric car and went to
sleep. He crosses one street after another
without kno wing it. Total abstinence ad-
vocates come like the conductor every. now
and then and call out the stopping places.
but he rides on. He thinks he can get OH
when he wants to. There is another hand
on the lever and the cars rolls along ID the
same direction all the time with a low num-
ming song that helps him to sleep. Wnen
he finally gets his eyes open he is amazed to
find that he has ridden much further than
he had any wish to go. He hssa big bill for
extra fare charged up against him. and he
has hard and long walk back, for there are
no cars back in mans life. He has 20
walk. He will find the journey good deal
more cheerful and be much less likely to
stumble if he joins the total abstinence move
ment and walks along in good company.
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ing the reign of Queen Anne we're
simple and plain, with classic cornlces
and details, and frequently had large
windows that were often divided by
mullions. Some of the picturesque
features of the old buildings are util-
lied to the best advantage IN the
modern revised styles, and an interest
ing example accompanies this article.
The perspective view is shown and
the principal rooms and their sizes,
closets, etc., will be found by refer
ence to the floor plans.
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conductors, bronze green; sashes,
dark red; veranda floor, dark olive
drab; veranda ceiling vanished ;
brickwork, Indian red; wall shingles,
dipped and brush coated venetian red
stain; roof shingles dipped and brush
coated with darker red stain.
Accommodations Cellar under.
kitchen, with concrete floor, but thes
cellar may extend under the whole
house or be omitted entirely. Open
freplaces in parlor, sitting and dining
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brick ; Arst story, clapboards; second]
story, gables, dormers and roofs,1
shingles. Outside blinds to all wins
dows except those of the cellar. 4
Interior finish: Hard white plaster,
soft wood flooring and trim, ash
staircase, kitchen wainsccted, panels
under windows in parlor; interiors
woodwork finished in hard oil.
Colors: Clspboards. dark green ;;
trim. outside doors, blinds and rain
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Extreme width, including veranda,
35 feet inches; depth, including
veranda, 49 feet.
Heights of stories: Cellar, g feet
6 inches; first story, 8 feet 10 inches; !;
second story, s feet 4 inches.
Exterior materials: Foundation.
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itecture has been widely perverted
from its technical and original signi6'
cance.
This so.called style is supposed to
be founded on the class of designs
that were used to large extent at the
beginning of the eighteenth century.
The buildings that were erected dur
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Tie New Standard Dictionary gives
twenty. one eminent American author.
itics, including Wendell Phillips and
George William Curtis, who say that
the proper pronunciation Of @he word
clerk" is "c,Erk."
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London has 10, 500 public houses.
The Catholic Benevolent Legion. with 436
councils aud $4,000 members, has voted to
exclude rum sellers.
The bars in the PARKS OF New York City
have been closed b, the Park Commissioners.
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REER AND CHILDREN.

Many things are done for "charitys sweet
sake" that should not be done, and one OF
these things is the indiscrimnate selling OF
Intoxicating drinks at open-air festivals;
Beer is said to be the least Intoxicating ol
strong drinks, but when beer is sold, IN the
name of charity. to little boys in short pants,
II is time to Gull halt.-New Orleans Plea
yuue.
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- ~ 49,
WHAT 1T MEANS.

The sale OF drink is the sale OF disease; the
sale of drink is the sale Of poverty; the sa'e
of drink is the sale Of insanity; the sale OF
drink is the sale of crime; the sale OF drink
is the sale OF death."-Sir Benjamin Wara
Richardson, NJ. D.
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HOW pAUpERs ARE MADE IN LONDON.

The Westminster Gazette gives an account
of the following scene recently observed by
correspondent in the southwest OF London:
A crowd OF children, mostly dirty and rag
ged, jostling at the entrance Of public
house; two bigger girls, one with shawl
over her head and baby in her arms, abus-
ing each other, and breaking off to dance.
Packets Of sweets in most OF the hands, some
scrambling for the dropped ones, asked;
''Where did you get all those swests?"
Silence. Then q taller child said, from Mr.:
=; he guv 'em as Christmas box" 50 l
opened the door and watched. The public
was full OF children, and Mr.. - was hand
ing out packets, and apparently trying to
prevent repeated applications. This is how
we make our paupers-just as the constant
music at the doors OF the publies draws
children and lads and girls, who end by
going in. I have watched them often. Ii
the publican wants to give sweets, why
doesn't he do it elsewhere than across the
bar?''
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TOTAL ABSTINENCE THE BEST RULE.


To ask the drunkard to quint drinking, Is
to ask him to do what he lost the power OF
doing. OF all forms Of evil, intemperance, II
taken in time, Is the easiest Of prevention;
but having once secured footing, the most
difficult OF cure. Total abstinence is the best
rule Of action.
We urge the practice as an effectual safe.
guard to fathers, husbands, brothers and
sons who are living in the midst Of tempta-
tions to which the conflict Of life exposes
them, and to mothers, wives, sisters and
daughters in theirSocial circles and In their
homes It Is q sad truth, that possibly more
than one-half of our army OF drunkards be-
gin to feel the mastery of the dreadful appe-
tite through the drinking customs they have
brought into their own homes. Above all
else, keep the home pure.
Never allow the wine-cup entrance within
The hallowed precincts Of the home. In re-
ioicing or sorrowing, in health or sickness,
let no occasion be made an excuse for its
use
To state that there Is no sin in q cup OF
wine, does not meet the argument. Nor will
It ayail you to point to total abstainers whose
example in other directions is bad. The
question relates to your life. Can you make
it more serviceable to yourself, your neigh
Dor. your country, and your Creator by
promising to abstain from all Intoxicating
drinks, and to prevent by advice and exam
pie the SIN of intemperance IN Others!
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1.-THE END. |
TEMPERANCE.
"A VOLCANO OF EVIL.

Intemperance, an evil most heinous before
God. most dreadful in its results. has grown
among US to gigantic proportions. In the
countless homes it shoots its venom-laden
fangs. and annually, aye, daily, it gathers
into its coils whole hecatombs Of victims.
It's presence re- is felt through the entire land,
and everywhere it revels with demoniac ma
ture in sin and misery.
Alcohol, ocean-like, floods the land. Mild
dllutions do not satisfy US; fermentation and
distillation are called into service to pro-
vide it in more undiminished vigor; and
whether It be wine or whisky, the vile art OF
adulteralion is often employed to enhance
its maddening power.
With this immense consumption OF alco-
hol, upon what u volcano OF evil and misery
society rests! The direct expenditure OF
hundreds of millions for little except pleas
urable excitement, is the least deplorable re-
suit Alcohol taken beyond very moderate
doses first weakens. then totally suspends,
reason. Man is incapacitated for all the
duties of life, and is left without protection,
q prey to his vilest and most untamed pas
sions Alcohol directly inflames these pas
sions; it is oil poured on their burning fire.
1t fills the mouth with blasphemy and arms
the hand for murder. It is the deadly foe
of purity It withers all generous aspira-
tions Of the heart, and substitutes in their
Sttuu luo COluSSl ScllSuuCSS' - AiSASo iAAeA
the demon incarnate.
Now picture to yourselves two hundred
thousand or more drinking shops in the Re-
public, belching forth over the land their al
cohoGc fumes; from your knowledge OF two
or three OF them, imagine how many men in
the whole country are bereft through them
Of their reason, and you will form IN idea OF
the woe and sin that alcohol produces. All
classes. high and low, offer holocausts upon
the altar Of intemperance. The brightest
minds and noblest hearts are numbered
among the victims. Human wrecks, whose
fortune it has dissipated whose intellect 1t
has stihed. are strewn over the land thick as
autumnal leaves in the forest. Homes are
devastated; hearts Of mothers broken; the
joys Of the wedding morning turned into
ceasless mourning; children scattered as
waits through pitiless world.
What is to be done2 Anything, but some
thing. In the name Of humanity, OF country,
of religion, by all the most sacred ties that
bind us to our fellowmen, for the love OF Him
who died for souls. beseech you, declare
war against intemperance; arrest its onward
march. h.-Archbishop Ireland.