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The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-12-21

A MODERN
4 Literal Forfeiture From the Descrip
ton In . Popular Novel.

4 Literal PO1traiture From the Descrip-
ton In . Popular Novel.
As many readers Of fiction have had
cause to complain, authors and artists often
work at cross purposes, and the novelist s
eloquent conception Of the heroine's per-
sonal attributes is but family Swallowed
forth in the artists lines. To show how a
heroine Of romantic fiction actually looks
u esteemed contemporary, The Path
finder, handed to a realistic artist a chap
ter from a popular novel with instructions
to make a literal portrait Of the heroine.
Here are the eloquent words of the au-
thor from which the faithful portrait was
drawn:
Belinda was the fairest of earth's
daughters. Her shapely head was nodded
in the form Of a perfect oval, poised grace
fully on a swanlike neck. Her delicate,
shell-like ears looked fragile rs the thin
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-12-21

wives serve in mental capacities about the
palace. The ON folk of the common
people, however, are surrounded by no
such restrictions.
If any man looks at one Of Prembi's
1888 wives, that mans name is Dennis.
Some OF these numerous wives of the king
of Ashanti are not worth looking at, it is
true, but the owner of any profane eyes
That even by accident happened to rest
upon them would be conducted to a shady
grove in the ~neiRhbOrhOod of the town and
fail to return.
His majesty lives in u big stone and ma
tive brick palace, the only structure Of the
kind in the Kingdom. His royal highness
sleeps Oh the floor.
The king is several times q millionaire,
and 1t is believed that he has several bar
rels Of gold dust and nuggets. Ashanti
is rich In gold.
Prembi is a hl0odthirsty monarch, and
he is in the habit Of making human sacri-
fees on q wholesale scale. Whenever 1t
pleases him to do SO, he orders q few hun
dred subjects to be beheaded. Besides this,
during certain religious! ceremonies it is
customary to kill subjects. It Is this prac-
tice which England wants the king to
stop. And it is to put an end to these hu-
mar sacrifices that the British troops will
make war on the king. hIh ctDt
When M king dies, 1000 people are
killed as a guard Of honor to accompany
him to the other world. As many az TO-
600 are reported to have been, killed on
one occasion in a single day.
Upon every national festival it is, also
the custom for the king of Ashanti to
offer human sacrifices. People are believed
to be killed almost every day al Kurnassi,
the capital, and this kind of official muir
der Is a regular thing.
The one thing which has always excited
the horror n amazement Of travellers who
have penetrated this country Is The Grove
Of Skulls, where in countless numbers the
bones Of victims of the king lie upon the
ground with the fostering remains Of those
who nave recently been dispatched.
Here, whore yultures g0rged with hui
man fesh perch upon the trees waiting for
the, new victims which many years have
taught them to look Tor With certainty is
. spectacle presented the Ike OF (which is
to, be seen4 nowhere; else upon earth.
This dspot, where executions have taken
plaoe fFOln4tinie imR,emorial, l. Ina small
grove back Of the large market, place at
Kumassi. The Victims are brought to
this place with their hands securely tied
and they are made dumb by two knives
thrust orosswise through their cheeks.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-12-21
A QUEER CAREER.

Dave English Has Seen Many vicissitudes
~ Horse Thief, Evangelist and Burglar.
Dave English, who was recently sent to
the penitentiary at Chester, Ills, for a
term of two years, has had a remarkable
career as horse thief, evangelist and bur
glar. His first offense had n tinge of 70.
nance in it. a girl, a horse and an irate
father figuring in it.. In Missouri, about
1879, Dave fell in love with a country
maiden, and the affection WAS reoiprocated.
He was a good locker, q dashing sort of
fellow, but = cruel parent objected and
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-12-21

UHVH ESV1TSd.
forbade the marriage, and the would he
groom was not permitted. to come on the
premises. But one night Dave hied him.
self to the home Of his af1ancetl, and, in
addition TO carrying Of tho girl, a.horse
belonging to the old gentleman was sad
died, and, riding double, the pair proceed
cd, to q n~eighborlng town and were made
man and WIFE, g'hell AiRht-Mas discover
'efbat4n,pisceSe following them upssnd
giving them his blessing and the horse the
father got ,out . ,wAFr>pt for Dave for horse
staa4aEs Ehreas AAhAnto4laeehhtnd landed
him In the jefferson City ~penitentiary for
. term Of two .yea9ssiAis wife securins q
divorce at the next tsrm Of court. -
Dave English was ext heard of in Jer-
sey county, Ills. In April, 1883, where he
broke into . house to get SON salt and
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nest porcelain. Over her alabaster fore
head rested an aureole Of golden locks that
fell in a shower all adown her temples.
Her brows were perfect arches and under
meath them. like windows to her soul,
shone eyes the brightest love e'er looked
upon, a pair of stars cleaning forth. re-.
splendent. Her nose was her only COM
monplace feature-slightly retrousse, but
a hundred times by the roses of
her cheeks. Her chin was a dimpled
peach; her lips, like twin cherries, opened
to reveal a row Of teeth that had the
semblance OF a string Of milk white
pearls. What wonder then that, with all
these varied charms of face, she should
have had the easy, confident gait OF one
that knew the irresistible power of her
own beauty
If artists generally were more literal,
perhaps authors would be less free in their
use OF fanciful metaphors.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-12-21
THE KING OF ASHANTI.
"A Monarch Who Is Unique In
Many Particulars.
HIS SAVAGE SWAY Is ABSOLUTE.

He Deaes Great Britain and Could Give
King Solomon Pointer on Mstrimony.
4 Plug Hat 10 Bis Grown, IN Umbrella
q, Hs Royal scspter.
Solomon in all his glory was not in it,
either 40 q married man or a puissant
p~otentate, with the king Of Ashanti. OF
all the astonishing kings Of Africa or the
south sea islands this dusky monarch
stands pre-eminent. He has not only de-
ned fate by marrying 3, 1913 wives. but he
has defed the British government and
hurled back her ultimatum In her face.
He 10 now awaiting the approach Of the
English army and will try conclusions with
John Bull, as did his predecessor, King
Kon Kalkirra, in 1874. The result, Of
course, must be the same as It was in that
memorable conflict, but the Ashantees are
fierce fighters, we'll armed, and it is no
light task that Lord Salisbury has under
taken.
Prembi, the king of Ashanti, is the
absolute monarch of about 5000, 600 sub
jects. They live in the heart OF the .Afri-
can forest, a few hundred miles back from
the Gold Coast. The king wears a Cir
die Of dried grass around his hips and a
pug Idt. L OWuS III CTOWJ. DJC IN
some way has become possessed of a silk
hat, which now does duty as an emblem
Of sovereignty.
Another remarkable fact about this bar
barous king is that he has no throne. He
has, however, a solid gold stool. which
does service as a throne. 1t takes four
ablebodied slaves to tug this heavy stool
RrOund
But the greatest official emblem Of royal
authority is an umbrella. This curiosity
has a big bamboo handle and spokes Of
embossed gold. On the end of each spoke
is a human skull. Nobody. not even the
king himself. knows the Significance of
this strange scepter of majesty, but it has
descended to him from a long line of an
cestry.
King Prembi, among other things, has
exactly 1888 wives allowed him by law.
Why this liberal figure was decided upon
his majesty does not know. Like the UNI
brella they came to him by inheritance.
These helpmeets the king keeps in a vast
harem which is guarded by several hun
Cred eunuchs. A large proportion of his
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A STARTLING SENSATION
IN THE HIGHEST SOCIETY CIRCLES
 DISCOVERED BY THE POLICE.
A New Born White Baby Abandoned by Its Guilty Parents in a Basket of Cotton. Names of the Parties
 Concerned Known to
 the Police.

A sensation i'll high life that had it's beginning last Monday and became known to the police last Friday, was discovered with all its particu- lars by a GRAPHIC reporter late Sat urday evening. \ twenty-four- hours-old white boy baby was handed by its supposed father, in a basket filled with cotton and covered with newspapers, to Mary Hamp- ton, a colored woman living back of Jones' park, on Monday last. The child was alive and is now doing well. The police first heard of the case Friday, and when Chief A. D.. Peterson interrOgated the Hampton woman as to who had brought to her house the waif she kept consistently silent as to the name of the man, but gave description of him. EXamin- ing the basket in which the infant was brought to the house, and it's contents, he found printed name and address of one of the most prom inent men in Lincoln county on the paper, which was a Little Rock Press of the 7th inst. The name on the paper corresponds with the iden- tity of the man described by tue Hampton woman. The police re- fuse to disclose it, but it is asserted by men who are in position to know, that when the names of the guilty parties come to light one of the greatest sensations that ever occurred in this section of the coun- try will be unearthed.
 The woman is said to be a young society lady engaged to q well known young man moving in her circle, and boarding at the house of the man who is the cause of her downfall. The affair, except as to what knowl- edge the police have of il, is sbrouded in great mystery, but startling de- velopments may be lookedfor at any moment.
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Callcd to Wnshlngton Cltx.

Gov. Clark left this afternoon for Washington, D. C., to confer with Secretary of the Interior HokeSmith, and effect a settlement of the land accounts between the United States and the State of Arkansas. During the governors absence. PresidentIof the Senate Gibson Witt, of Mount Ida, will discharge the duties of the state chief executive. Little Rock Press.
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PROMINENT WOMEN.
The National Council of Women of the United States to Convene
 Monday.

WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 16.-On Monday will open the second trien- nial session of the National Council Of Women of the United States. Al ready the city is filing up with dele gates from all parts of the country who come to represent one or more of the organizations belonging to the council. The following organi- zations are expected to be repre- ented. National American Womans Suffrage Association; Woman's Gen. tenary Association of the Univer- salist Church; Woman's Christian Temperance Union; National Free Baptist Woman's Missionary society; National Woman's Relief Society; Wimodaughsis; Sorosis; Young Ladies National Mutual Inn provement Association; National Christian League for the Promotion of Society Purity; Universal Peace Union, International Kindergarten Union. Woman's Republican Asso- citation of the United States; National Association of Loyal Women of American Lib erty; Woman's Foreign Missionary Union of Friends; National Council of Jewish Women, and several others. Nearly all of the officers of the council have arrived in the city and tomorrow a conference will be held in Metzerotts Music Hall to decide upon the preliminaries of the convention and to complete the de tails of the program. Twenty-seven business sessions will be held by the council during the two weeks of the gathering. The first of these will open at 10 o'clock Monday morning and will be occupied with the de livery of the address of Mrs. May Wright Sewall, of Indianapolis, Pres ident of the organization, and to the reception of delegates, regular and fraternal
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An Address.

Mr. G. N. Hart will deliver an ad- dress at the Y. NJ. C. A, rooms Sun day D. m. at 3 o'clock. His subject will be: "This one thing l De-" All christian men in the city should be interested in this meeting and encour- age the attendance of their friends. The best way to do that is to be present every time at the meetings. Mir. Hart should have a large au- dience of men out to hear him Sunday.
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Meeting of American wheelmen.

NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-Athletic young men with stopped shoulders are very much in evidence about the corridors of the Grand Union Hotel today. They are delegates to the national assembly meeting of the League of American Wheelmen which will open it's session on Mon day. Owing to the large number of important questions to be consid- cred and also to the fact that new officials are to be considered and the place for the '95 meet selected, those among the delegates who seek favors from the hands of the assembly have opened headquarters and are but ton-holeing each new arrival with the grace of a veteran lobbyist. Re garding the election of new officers, there seems to be sentiment among prominent members in favor of equally distributing the patron age.
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Johnson in Jail.

On Friday Judge Elliott sentenced Andy Johnson to be hung on the 26th day of April, 1895, just a year to day from the time he assassi- mated Howard Johnson in this city. The doomed man is now in the lief ferson county jail for safe keeping, where he will remain until the day of his execution arrives, when he will be carried to Dumas, and there undergo just punishment for his crime.
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Last evening I GRAPHIC reporter met Gen. II. King White, and said: General, hear that you are d can didate for Mayor. Is there any truth in the report?" "Yes, sir; there is. 1 am a candidate, and am merely awaiting the announcement of my friend Goldsmith before I make my own." Gen. White has many ad- mirers in Pine Bluff, and he will make vigorous fight.
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Saturday MT. L. E. Goldsmith in- formed a GRAPHIC reporter that he would positively be candidate at the coming election for the office of Mayor, and that he would make his announcement Monday afternoon. Mr. Goldsmith is a business man of sound judgment and excellent execu- tive ability, and should our people elect him to the office, they will have a man who can be of vast benefit to the best interests of the city.
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 Mir. J. Katzenstein, Pine Bluffs enterprising shoe dealer, has devised a plan whereby his patrons may have their shoes repaired without cost to them. In another column in this issue he gives full particulars, and also offers remarkable bargains in shoes. Besides selling goods at 66 cents on the dollar, he gives a To- cent coupon for every dollar spent with him which he will accept in pay ment for goods. This is a rare chance for Pine Bluff buyers, and everyone shonld siege the opportun- ity of supplying themselves with shoes while the offer lasts.
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In Memory of Senator Vance.

WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 16.-Busi ness was suspended in the House O Representatives this afternoon ir order to pay fitting tribute to the memory of the late Senator Vance o North Carolina. Speeches eulogisti of the life and character of the dead Senator were delivered by Congress men Henderson, Branch, Woodward Bower, Latimer and others.
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Physicians have discovered a serious dangeleco the public health ill new form of baking powder large quantities of which have been put upon the market under different names. Alum baking powders have been so unanimously condemned as unhealthful that careful lhousekeepers will no longer buy them knowingly. The bitter taste which they leave in the food becoming recognized by con sumers, the deception practiced in selling them for pure cream of tartar powders could be no longer main- tained. To overcome this bitter taste the manufactures are now. using a mixture af alum and phosphate acid. Chemical tests, however show that the phospate and alum of the baking powder are, by the heat of baking, partially resolved into phosphate of alumina, salt declared by chemists to be poisonous and which, being readily souble in the gastric juices, is dangerous to be taken into the stomach.
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Our good friend, MT. Jacob Frank, the correspondent for the Associated Press in this section of Arkansas, was not caught by the Andy John son suicide flake" as reported. He, as every newspaper man should do, closely investigates rumors before lie telegraphs the reports abroad; there fore, news item coming from him may be relied upon as being true.
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With such men as Bocage, Gold smith, White, Hart and Galbraith to choose from the people of Pine Bluff can not but help elect a good Mayor, as they are men of intelligence and experience. The city is safe in the hands of either; so may the best man win
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A resolution to do something here after is resolution not to dol it now. If you are suffering with sick-head- aches the time to cure them is imme- diately, before they fasten themselves upon yon as a habit. By all means, make the first attempt to cure them by simple course of Ramon's Tonic Liver Pills (and Pellets). A box costs but 9 cents, is entirely harm less, and the chances are ninety-nine in one hundred that you will not have a sick-headache again for a long time. Sample dose free at Anderson < Meyers drug store.
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Smith & Robinson
CANDIDATES FOR MAYOR.
Two New Entries, With Good Prospects of
 Others.

The coming city election gives promise of being the livest and most hotly contested that Pine Bluff has experienced in years. There will be numbers of candidates for each office. The office of Mayor, of course, is the one in which the most interest is centered.
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A.,.ell A Good Law Passed

By a, Pine Bluff Representative, which is to take effect at once, Monday February 18, 1895. This law, which is called the "Katzenstein Repair and Low Price Bill, Will apply only on the very best makes of Boots and Shoes. How you will get your shoes repaired free of charges and wear only the very best footwear at prices never heard of before.
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The Board of Public Affairs of the city should at once take steps to put Main Street, between Third and Fourth avenues, in better condition. That thoroughfare is now an eye sore to our people and disgrace to Pine Bluff.
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Those who miss the minstrel per formance to be given for the benefit of Pine Bluff Lodge E. r. o. E., on the night of the 25th inst, will miss one of the best attractions at the Pine Bluff Opera-house this season. The best amateur talent of the city will take part in tn performance.
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W DIED.

REAP-In Pine Bluff, February 16, 1895, Mrs. HELEN REAP, consort of Mir. J. $. Reap, aged about 26 years. The funeral will take place Monday morning at 10 o'clock.
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SafurdaY's Fire Alarm.

About 3 o'clock Saturday after noon the roof of negro shanty on Second avenue and Laurel street caught fire, but only small damages resulted therefrom, as the fire de partment responded so promptly that the flames were subdued at once.
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The Bluff City Club will give a full-dress German in their elegant club rooms this evening, A large number of society people from Lit tie Rock will be in attendance.
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 A 10 per cent. coupon issue ,
~AT> .J. KatZenStein'S. No. II2 Main Street.

Commencing Monday morning, February IS, in order to make room for my exten- slve Spring stock, which have just pur- chased, l will sell regardless of all former cut prices every shoe and boot in the house at o6 cents on the dollar. Besides this great cut in price, have employed the Well-knoWn and expert shoemaker, I. P. Williams, who will do all the repairing free on the following plan: For every dol- lars worth you buy you get 10 cents in return in the form of d coupon; such cou- pon you can use to pay for repair the same as cash, or if you prefer you can use them as cash to pay fora new pair of shoes. Remember you get your shoes at 66 cents on the dollar and get a 10 cent coupon for every dollars worth you buy. Yours to serve,
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Mr. W. B. Galbraith has not, so far as we can learn, signified his in- tentlons as to whether he would be 8 candidate or not, but if he does enter the race he will be favorfte, and the field will have hard work to defea him.
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Friends are urging Mr. G. N. Hart to allow his name to be used as a candidate for the office of Mayor. There is no man in Pine Bluff better qualified for the office than he, nor is there one more universally popular
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Miss Nell McEwen will entertain the Heart Whist Club on Thursday evening.
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The Ladies Aid Society of the First Baptist Church will give an old fashioned spelling on Thursday evening, February 21, at Merrill In stitute The most prominent people in the city will take part, and an en- ioyable time is guaranteed. Admis- sion, 9 cents. 217d4t
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The gentlemen members of the Heart Whist Club will entertain the young ladies of that organization with German before the Lenten season commences. This will, no doubt, be quite a social event, as this is one of our most popular clubs, and the members are noted particularly for the manner in which they entertain.
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IN SOCIETY.

On next Tuesday afternoon the Young Ladies Matinee Club will be entertained by Miss Maggie Bond.
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This afternoon at 4:45 Mir. Fred ". Hoyler, the well known and popular manager of the Western Union Tele- graph office, of this city, will leave for St. Louis, where he will, on Wednesday, the 20th instant, he united in marriage to Miss Bertie Marcer, of that city. The bride and groom will at once leave for New Orleans, to take in the Mardi Gras festivities, after which they will re- turn to Pine Bluff, and for a time make their home at the Hotel Tru- lock. The GRAPHte, in advance, ex- tends its congratulations and best wishes to the happy couple.
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Friday evening Col. and Mrs. Met l.. Jones gave a pleasant social at their home on East Sixth avenue, in honor of their neice, Miss Fife Jones, of Calhoun county, who is visiting them. The amusements of the evening consisted of music, dancing, cards, diversified by the young people enjoying selections on the phonograph of Prof. sam Me Garty Refreshments were served. Those present were Misses Bab Me Gehee, Belle Hart, Maggie Wilbourn Ethe. Van Vaulkenbugh, Dora Toney and Fife Jones; Messrs. Harvie Hudson, Calvin Burks, Frank Ragland, Dave Henderson and Met Jones.
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BORN

To Mir. and Mrs. J. $. Reap, Feb ruary 15, 1895, a daughter.
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Dr. Prices Cream Baking Powder Worlds Fair Highest Me dal and Diploma.