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The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-05-24

or OF Mr.. Goats Tor So(0.O0. Inc
suit was for $4,000. A few other
unimportant cases disposed of since
our last report.
Groceries at Moore & Wells.
All the newest and most delicious
ICED drinks at S, M Ragland's.
Try some Of those new and exhil-
Arating drinks, from S. M Rag
lands fine new soda fount. 3-2l
For nlce juicy steak and fine
meats of all kinds call on the enter
prising Huddleston Bros,
When 1t comes underwear, the
Stuarts have it, and at correct
prices,
"Tms is NO JOKE, The Salmon p,
Chase is the best Sc cigar on earth,
SMITH DRUG Co,
--------ao. -
Have your watches and clocks re-
paired by the old reliable jewler
L. l.. Schuster. 1925
Zone of the finest" summer drinks
in the world is Claret phosphate.
SMITH DRUG Co,
For improved and unimproved
farm lands see Kirby & Kelly,
Sherbets ana ice cream soda 10
cents a glass,
SMITH DRUd Co.,
BENdEL 4 BUEL,
S. M, RAGLAND,
1921 s, LEMLY,
The Dunlap hat is acknowledged
to be, by all odds, the best stiff hat
in the world, Stuarts, sole agents,
Loose Bros, fine chocolate candies
can be had at S, NJ, Ragland's for
% cents a pound, 4-27-tf
Those beautiful silver belt buckets
at F l.. Schusters always please
the ladies, Call and see them,
1925
Patroni2e push and enterprise,
Huddleston Bros always keep the
best of fresh meats, etc, and
promptly deliver same to all parts
of the city.
How did you get that beautiful
house2 ! went to VIM, A Bomar,
and got a loan of the Building Com.
pauy, My monthly payments are
now less than my rent use to be,
and this home Is nine, B 10 I'm
-.---- ~--s----s
Step in at S, M, Ragland's and
"cool Off by drinking a sparkling
glass of ice.cold soda water.
Bear in nina tnat our mineral
waters are the best eyer disposed In
this market
SMlTn DRUd Go,
Huddlcston Bros, have Just re
ceiyed fine line of smoked meats,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-05-24

SMITH DRUG Co.,
BENdEL 4 BUEL,
S, M, RAGLAND,
s, LEMLY,
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were rather curious" Col. Chapman went
on. Il had three men with me. and we
were riding along the read, when we met
wagon loaded with barrels Of whisky.
We came upon the man at turn of the
corner. and seized the whisky in the name
of the government We chopped up the
barrels and let it run out on the ground.
The men who owned 1t were very angry.
We concluded to follow the trail OF the
wagon and see II we could not find the
still. We did so, and about mile or so
away We surprised the men at work.
Three of them started to run, and one got
behind a tree and blazed away at me- The
men In charge of the wagon also ran I did
not dare to get on my horse and go after
them. for was not sure of one of the men
VINO was with me. and our guide had de-
serted US on the capturing Of the wagon.
The result was we destroyed this still and
then went on to others"
FRANK G. CARPENTER
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Never Saw the show.
From the Chicago Record.

FROM the chicago Record.
1t Is as old as the proverbs that the cob
bier's children arc always poorly shod.
The restaurant man goes home for din
ner. ana the bartender is total abstainer
The druggist may patronize the faith cure,
and the railway man knows OF no greater
luxury than ride in buggy The street
car conductor Is glad to get day off, so
he can take long walk
A more remarkable case than any of
these is that of the head usher at the thea
Ter, and one theater in particular Prob
ably every playgoer in Chicago knows him.
The title of head usher" does him an in
justice He is more like a host or the chief
of a reception committee
mere are head ushers who pounce upon
you, sraD the coupons. thrust them ba ok
INTO your fumbled hands and shout. First
aisle to the right!' .
There are other head ushers who tell Won
10 hurry up or step lively. They give loud
warning that all coupons must be ready.
They shout Hey. therer" and are con-
stantly distracted because of the immen Sc
responsibility which they imagine is resting
upon them.
As soon as snippy young man gets into
a box office or Is engaged as an usher he
begins to imagine that he owns the house
the company and a good part Of the 'front.'
age In the block.
But the exceptional head usher is calm.
polite, attentive and solicitous.
No matter how rapidly the crowd may
pour in. it seems that every one who comes
receives some courtesy at his hands.
He doesn't shout or grab. and the small
children are not afraid of him.
The most remarkable thing about this
model master of ceremonies, however is
that he knows very little about actors or
PLAYS.
The other evening. when the house was
crowded and the performance was being re-
ceived with noisy approval. a man who
came into the foyer between acts remarked
to him: well. it's a funny show
II dare say he replied; 1.-The house
seems to like it."
Didn't you see it?''
mo. was out here all the time
rs that so? Don't you step inside to see
the performances"
oh, no; my duties keep me here. In the
fifteen years that 1 have been in this posi-
ton have never seen performance"
At first the man wouldn't believe it. but
1t was a fact just the same.
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The following poem was read by DIR. Cal
yer on the occasion of the reunion of the
Confederate Veterans Association and the
Union Veteran Legion a. Marshall Hal
last Monday and was heartily received:
On mid PotOmac's merry tide
And rcstfully its glory laves
=. In peaceful shoals on either side;
The wavelet's kiss alone is heard
Where on the bank the pebbles shine,
And noddng rushes pass the word
IAN quiet on the picket line
Those rushes-how they beat the time
When waves and rays together dance
To music OF the ripping chime
Ihat marks the midstreams swift advance:
But as the wavelets the shore
The velvet batons wave the sign,
And giddy waters laugh no more
''All quiet on the picket line
On either shore, in bygone days.
How often has the picket trod,
With ready piece and watchful gaze,
The tracks that Scared the howery sod.
But now these shores in beauty smile,
The trees wave benisons benign,
The green leaves Whispering the while
"All quiet on the picket line.'
How often in the days of yore
Has that report charm possessed;
1t meant to warriors worn and
respite of sweet peace and rest.
mi, Yank!'' 'Ho. johnny" was the word,
futtering handkerchief the sign,
And kindly greetings then were heard
''All quiet on the picket line"
How sweet the moments in the woods
~, When blue and gray there met by stealth
The Interchange of soldiers goods
The haversack's and knapsack's wealth;
How dear the memory of the
The brook. the Overhangng vine,
The messy carpet, soft and green
''All quiet on the picket line"
No thought of treachery they knew;
No danger could their greetings stay;
Though one proud to wear the blue,
The other glad to don the gray:
The picture shows warm brotheT-hearts
And loves that meet and intertwine,
As each his choicest gifts imparts-
'.AH quiet on the picket line
The soldier true. who knows fear,
No petty spite can ever feel;
But glad Is he to meet his peer
The foeman worthy of his STEEL
When it is war, he strikes to pour
Full draughts of giory's ruby wine;
When it is peace, he strikes more
"All quiet on the picket line"
The is over, long ago.
And gladly meet the blue and gray;
No truer love mortals know
Than theirs for foemen of the fray;
For each has leai ned the others worth.
And both are proud that fadeless shine
'Od Glory's" stars in all the earth
"AH quiet on the picket line
THOMAS CALvER.
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THE CoppER,s LITTLE JOKE.
Less Fun at His Wifc's Expense TIL.
He Had Counted On.

Less Fun at His Wifc's Expense Than
He Had Counted On.
From the CourerJournal.
A great deal of amusement was caused
on an east-bound electric car the other
afternoon by a waggish policeman. who
selected his wife for his victim. The po-
liceman had done duty at the ball park
and his wife had been to see the game
While the crowd was leaving the woman
stood about the front Of the park and wait
ed for her husband to ride up town with
him. He finally arrived, and the pair
boarded crowded car. Both were young
and only recently married. and they en-
5oyed themselves hugely on the way.
The woman wore a handsome little gold
watch, evidently a present from her hus-
band. While half the people in the car
were looking, and while his wife was
speaking to woman acquaintance out
side the car. the policeman deity took the
watch from his wife's pocket and trans
ferred 1t to his pistol pocket. When the
car reached 18th street the policeman re-
marked thatrit was q few minutes past Q
o'clock, and everybody in the car looked
at the policeman's wife.
or course, she did what every one in the
car expected she would. She felt for her
watch. 1t seemed as If Il sudden violent
pain had attacked the woman's heart Her
face became very rale and her eyes dilated.
Her husband seemed greatly alarmed, and
asked her what the matter was. She look
ed over the crowd in the car like fright
ened fawn. 1t was a full minu.e before
she could speak Then she whispered in
her husbands ear loud enough for the in
tensely interested spectators to hear: II
nave been touched; some one has stolen my
watch. Her eyes began to grow dim, AMI
oefore the policeman could answer big
tear rolled down her cheek and fell into
her lap.
Here is the watch: was only Joking
with you." and the policeman felt back
for his pocket.
Then a look Of dismay overspread his
face. The watch had disappeared. He felt
In first one pocket and then another and
finally turned all his pockets wrong side
out He worked rapidly toward the last
and perspired a good deal. His wife look
ed on in open-mouthed establishment, So
did the other people In the car. All had
smiled and looked out the windows of the
car when the woman first discovered that
her watch was gone, but when ,1er hus-
band failed to produce it, after having told
her that he had taken it, the people sat
upright and watched the hunt for the miss
ing timepiece with great interest.
FINALLY a quiet-appearing young man
who sat In the rear of the car arose and
handed the watch to the policeman's wife.
Il Just wanted to teach your husband a
lesson" he said -
And the crowd Of passengers gave vent
to a prolonged hearty laugh, and tn. no.
uceman and his wife finally Joined in the
merriment. though they were a little slow
TO appreciate the joke.
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Chuck Full of Scum.
From the Boston Budget.

From the Boston Budget
A Senator from the far west, new alike
to congressional honors and the ways of
society. was invited to very swell dinner
given by a wealthy man who wanted lin
f1Uence." Here is part of the letter the
Senator wrote home the day after: at
was the finest house you ever see and the
finest folks. = The table was set out
in bang-up style. Lace on the table cloth
and sech flowers as I never see! But not
thing to eat on it, but some candy, some
little nuts all shelled, and sech things. But
by and by one of the men standing round
brought me some of the finest soup you
ever ct. And as l didn't see nothing else
to eat I had some more and some more.
And then-what do you think? Hang me,
If those men didn't bring on the finest din
ner ever you see. and there 1 sot, like a
darned fool chuck full of soup!"
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where the ball went through. I'VE were
capturing STILL" said he, lin the Alabama
mountains. Our posse had surrounded the
men when one of them fired a me- and the
ball struck me in the left wrist. My hand
was hanging at my side. and l thought at
first that I had knocked my crazy bone
against tree. moment later it felt as
though a red hot iron was being run
through my wrist, and l knew that had
been shot. The man, after shooting me-
ran. 1 aimed at him with my pistol and
sent a ball flying after him. 1 am good
shot, but in some way or other I missed
him.
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the mountaineers, and today our greatest
trouble is to get the courts of the south
to deal out justice to this class Of GRIM
inals''
The Great Simms Tragedy.
who was the most curious moonshiner
you ever had to deal with, Col. colquitt?"
said /.
"One of the queerest." replied the chief.
was old Bob Simms. who lived near
Bladon Springs. not far from Mobile.
Simms was a religious fanatic, and he had
a large number of followers. His people
looked upon HIM as kind of a suvior
ard Prophet. They had gathered about
him., and he had established a colony of
BIS believers. He had peculiar religion,
one Of the tenets of which was that ali
men had equal rights, and that no one
could equitably prevent another from doing
what he pleased. He said that the law of
the land was the devils law and that no
respect ought to be paid to 1t. 1t was this
devifs law that taxed whisky. The law of
God. which he GSimms) laid down, provided
that a man could make and sell what he
pleased, and Simms said he had a perfect
right to make whisky out of his corn, and
that God would protect him. He defled the
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The Pink Wild Rose.

rom Vick's Magazine.
An old log house In the pasture stands,
Shattered. fOrsaken ard brown,
Its windows gone, its broken door
And Its doorstep tumbled down;
But spirit fingers near the spot
With sweet, Old-time repose,
For in tangled masses round about
Blossoms the pink wild rose.
I gather a bunch of the fragrant flowers,
And a picture seems to rise;
stand In the past a hundred years
And see meath the sunset skies
The housewife stand by her spinning wheel,
Toiling at twilights close:
An old brown jar on the window sill
Is filled with the pink wild rose.
The husband sits on the doorstep there,
With the children playing near
And then time marches with silent tread
Till it passes year by year,
And the old log house deserted is,
prey TO the rains and SHOWS,
While the only voice of the days gone by
Is the voice Of the pink wild rose.
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lars annually. lie
has on hand here today in Washington, in
the shape Of bonds. bank notes and bullion,
more than $500. 900. and the gold and
silver coin stacked up in the treasury eel
lars weighs 5000 tons. The sums In which
he deals are big enough to tempt the wild
sands of men are plotting how they can in
some way break in and carry away a part
of the pile. This money Is surrounded.
however, both by day and by night by
trusty watchmen. whose revolvers are al
ways ready. The strongest Of wrought iron
and of welded steel inclose his bags of gold
and silver. and the heavy doors which form
the entrances to his vaults have time locks
which defy the most expert OF burglars.
The ordinary thief has little chance here.
The checks OH the treasury are legion,
and the chief money stolen from the gov
eminent Is slipped out in other ways And
yet there Is no doubt but that vast sums
are stolen. Uncle Sans receipts amount to
almost a million dollars day, and he I'M
doubtejly loses millions Of dollars in one
way or another every year.
Millions in M0onshine.
Take the matter of the whisky tax. Since
its increase to $1.1O a gallon moonshne
stills have been springing up like weeds in
all parts of the country. They have -four
south. but they are now beginning to sproat
up in the big cities of the north. Within
the past few weeks a number of Illicit stills
have been discovered in New York and
Philadelphia. The business is being car
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-27
How One still Was Captured.

During my talk with Col. Colquitt one of
the most famous of the special revenue
agents came in from the field This was
Col. Chapman. who has been connected
with the detective service of the depart
ment for twenty years, and who is now
operating in the mountains of Georgia and
Alabama. His whole life has been one of
fighting. He was a lieutenant colonel under
Mcsby during the late civil war and had
five horses killed under him at that time.
He has been battered up a number of
was shot through the wrist, and he showed
me today the scar which marked the spots
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-27
Care of Dead Bodies.

The records of the patent office would
seem to show that people in these days are
almost as much interested in preserving
ccrpses as were the ancient Egyptians In.
ventions in this line are multitudinous One
of them describes a coffin Of glass; which
Is to be exhausted of air. gas that is de-
structiye of all animal life being substitut.
ed For this purpose sulphur dioxide OF
carbonic acid gas will serve. A method of
embalming consists in withdrawing the
fluid contents of the body by means of an
air pump. as preliminary to forcing anti
septics into the arteries and cavities
There are numerous patents for presery-
ing foods with the aid of the vacuum. One
idea is to extract the air contained in
meat, fish and fruit, which are to be i'm
pregnated thereupon with solution of
gelatine. This being accomplished, the
meat or what not is to be taken out and
dipped into solution of gelatine, sugar
and gum, so as to give it a coating on the
outside. Thus it will keep for an indefinite
period.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-27
At HyaIinfs.

From the New York World.
Estelle-"While Daisy was asleep in her
hammock this morning she says that Mr.
Sonnet wrote a beautiful poem on her
graceful figure"
Alice (blushing ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I'd soon show him if he ever dared to write
any on mine
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From Prophet to Demon.


Bob Simms. however. got away" Col.
Colquitt continued. HE took to the woods
and lived there for some time But he soon
began to commit such outrases that the
people rose up against him, and he was
lynched. Before his arrest by the govern
ment he had modelled his life on the Bible.
and he tried to follow out some of its
teachings, especially so in one place, where
1t says: II man strike you on the right
cheek you must turn the other to him and
let him smte you on that His arrest
and the death of his son changed his ma
ture. He went in for revenge and ven
geance against all who were against him.
Everything that was angelic. in his nature
turned to gall. He became a very demon
and there was nothing too mean and, cruel
for him to do. The act which capped the
climax was the killing Of Nero liant who
IN times past had. been friend Of his.
After his escape Simms' house, with his
goods in 1t, was comparatively unprotected
This merchant had a bill against him, and
without process Of law.ehe went to Simms'
nture and .eok lead Of his fur
He was told at ths time that he was doing
a dangerous thing, but he laughed and
suggested Simmss'~ religious nature would
not permit him to retaliate. He was much
mistaken. As soon as the matter was re-
ported to Simms he became enraged. He
took band of his followers, and one dark
night surrounded the merchants house. He
eneh SET Hre 10 II, ana as the Merchant 8
wife and children ran out to escape the
flames he fired upon them and killed them
This created great sensation.
"A iynching party was organized. They
surrounded Sfmms and his followers, and
he. finally seeing that he was bound to be
overpowered, told them that If they would
choose twenty-five men and allow him to
che ose twenty-five men who would assure
him that he would have a fair trial and be
a guard for him. he would give himself up
This was agreed to, and Simms threw
down his arms and came out. The fifty
men surrounded him, but they only pre-
tended to protect him. In reality they gave
him up to the mob, and within an hour
afterward he, with four of his followers,
were hanged.
''Simms' defense of himself" Col Colquitt
went on, was very tbraye.,~ He, had his
party In his house. and near this was a
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Where the Mountains Met the Sky,
] ri
So as to Speak.
NEW VERSION OF Old LEGEN Dis
One. of the Suburbs Of Washington
ID 81
and Some of Its Attractions.
FIS HING AND HUNTING


els . oiAA~A& %
GapT"
That's the kind Of
a query a Washing
ton person hurled at
me the other day
when I told him ]
was going to Snick-
er's Gap for a brief
season of relaxation
without excitement,
fresh vegetables,
fresh air, and a few
things on the side.
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little shed. which prevented the lynchers
from surrounding him. If this could be
burned it would enable them to close in
upon him and capture the house. One of
the lynchors slipped up and set fire to it.
Simms came out with a water bucket and
without regard for the bullets which were
flying about him, and protected to some
extent by his friends in the house, who
were firing to keep back the lynchers. he
nj, he
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Stories Of Adventures With Illicit
Whisky Distillers.
SOME EXCITING ENCOUNTERS
One Result of the Increase of the
Tax.
MILLIONS IN MOONSHINE
copyrighted. 1895. ty Frank C. Carpenter,


Of a series Of letters
which I propose to
write showing some
of the curious ways
in which Uncle Sam
Is robbed. He does
one of the biggest
businesses in the
world. His ordinary
expenditures h a v e
for years been be-
twesn three and four
hundred million dol
IT,
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VALUE OF A VACUUM
Some Of the Interesting Devices Adopted
in Bread Making.
A Large Variety of Food Articles Pre-.
served for Usc-MllljOns of Dollars
Invested in Patents.
Written for The Evening Star.

Written for The Evening Star.
Making money out of nothing!
The notion is attractive. Many millions
OF dollars in this country are invested in
patents depending upon a vacuum. which
Is less than what most people call moth
Ing. These inventions cover a great va
riety OF industries-such preserving foods.
tanning, fermenting, bleaching, hardening
stone and making woods imperishable.
Some of them actually relate to the keeping
Of corpses and the manufacture Of mortu-
airy memorials. The history of the vacuum
in the United States patent Office is an in
teresting one, dating back to 1888, in which
year George H. Richards took out exclu-
sfve rights in a process for preparing
leather in a chamber exhausted of air.
Many valuable extracts are got from
various substances by evaporation in vacuo
at temperature below 212 degrees, the OBJ
ject being to avoid injuring the product by
too great heat. This method is applied in
obtaining favors for sirups dispensed at
soda water fountains. 1t also serves in
making extracts from malt and hops and
from coffee. The fact is well known that
firms engaged in the business of roasting
coffee for market commonly deprive the
beans of their volatile f1avoring essence
and sell the latter separately. An honest
coffee-roaster returns this essence to the
beans Much of 1t passes off during the
ordinary cooking process. and thus it hap
pens that at times the streets in the neigh
borhood OF grocery store are fragrant
with the odor Of coffee. 1t is agreeable to
the nostrils. but very wasteful. A proper
RECONSTRUCTED roasting machine saves and
condenses the precious vapor.
There was once a firm of bakers in Lon
don that hit upon a very novel expedient.
The process Of bread-making depends upon
a fermentation which develops alcohol.
This alcohol passes off in vapor from the
ovens under ordinary circumstances. The
concern in question devised a method by
which 1t could be saved, the vapor being
passed into a condenser. Unfortunately,
rival bakers took q notion to advertise as
widely as possible that their bread was
sold with all the gin in it." AS a result,
the enteIprising establishment lost its trade
and was ruined