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Might or Right.

havo often asked my radical friends what is to be done if, out of every hun dred enlightened voters, two-thirds will give their votes one way, but are afraid to fight, and the remaining third will not only vote, but will fight, too, if the poll goes against them. Which has, then, tho right to rule? l can tell them which will rule. The brave and resolnte minority will rule Plato says that if one man was stronger than all the rest of mankind he would rule all the rest of mankind It must be so, because there is no appeal. The majority must be prepared to assert their divine right with their right hands, or it will go the way other divine rights have gone be- fore.
 will not believe the world to have been so ill constructed that there are rights which cannot be enforced It ap- pears to mo that tho true right to rule i'll any nation lies with those who arc best and bravest, whether their numbers are large or small, and three centuries ago the best and bravest part of this English nation had determined, though they were but third of it, that pope and Spaniard should be no masters of theirs. -Froude in Longman's Nigga zine.
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Potatoes as Penholders.

Tt is surprising, says commer- eial traveller, "how general the use of potatoes as penholders is becoming in hotels. I have seen them in use in great hostelries of the east, whose owners wouldn't hesitate for a moment to spend $10 for desk ornament to hold pens used by the guests in registering. The mixture of starch, glucose and wa ter i'll the potato seems well adapted to take up tho impurities of ink and to keep tho pen point clear and bright, while tho alkaloid of the potato, known as solanino, doubtless has something to do with it i'll tho same line. These ele- ments readily take up tho tannate of iron, which is tho body substance of ink. Chemically speaking. starch is tho first base of potato, and sugar or glucose is its second base. Thus is tho humble potato finding anothor way in which to serve tho uses of mankind. New York Tribune
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Fortunes Freaks.

Twenty years ago q young man mar ried one of the smartest young ladies anywhere round, and the young couple seemed to start i'll life with every pros peot of happiness. But tho girl was am bilious to be rich, and because she was not was very much dissatisfied After keeping her husband in a peck of trou- ble for time she left him and got q divorce. He went into bankruptcy, and she very soon married wealthy man and rode behind span in elegant car riage. Today the former bankrupt is wealthy and prosperous, has new wife and happy home. Every comfort sur rounds them. His wife of other days now lives in poverty and has to scrub for the bread she eats Her husband s wealth, under poor management, shrank to worse than nothing. The roses have gone from her cheeks and the light from her eyes. It's as complete turn around as one ever saw. Lewiston (Me) Jour nal
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PINE BLUFF, ARK. ,MARCHS, 189:
LARGEST DAILY CITY CIRCULATION
This Dato In History-M 8.

i709-Simon Cameron, statesman, born in Lan caster county, Pa. died 1880. iaie-Fdwin Percy Whipple, author, born in Gl0uc>,4ter; died 1886. 1882-Famons naval encounter in Hampton Roads. Thu Confederate ironclad ram Mer rimao played havoc with the wooden Un ion fleet.
 1S79-Elihu Burritt. the learned American blacksmith and apostle of peace died at New Britain, Conn; born there l80S Bur ritt began the study of ancient languages while working at the forge. In carly man hood he mado use of his learning by edit ing and leeturing and established papers devoted to antislavery, peace and self cul- tire. The basis of an international associ- ation of peace advocates was developed by his efforts. Emancipation by compensation was the end for which he labored devoted lywith all his strength and slender means. asS7-Henry Ward Beeeher died in Brooklyn; born in Litchfeld, Conn, l913 1S83-General David Hunter Strother, Porte Crayon," died in Charleston, ". Va. born Isl6
 18S9-John Ericsson, builder of the Monitor and noted inventor. died in New York; born in Sweden 1S08
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THE MODERN OYSTER STEW.
The Middle Aged Man Contrasts It With
 the Stew of Before tho War.

the Stew of Before tho War.
 "Whon l was boy, before the war, , said q middle aged man, the prico of an oyster stow in q good ordinary res taurant was 1295 eents The price has gradually gone up until now, i'll good restaurant, an ordinary stew costs 25 cents. In tho old restaurant there was a cloth upcn tho table, but this cloth, unless you happened to find it when it had just been put on was apt to be fres- coed with coffee stains. Thore were catchup and vinegar and so on, some of them perhaps in bottles 1n q caster. Perhaps the waiter gave you pickle or two Tho light was not very bright. The waiter brought tho stew i'll an oys- ter plate, and as the hot broth washed about little i'll the plate as he carried it and set it down you were afraid 1t might burn his thumb. But tho oysters were good. Lot mo pause to remark that the oyster is something to be grateful for.
 "Today the table, without cloth perhaps is cherry or mahogany, finely polished. For q cloth there is spread before you napkin of ample dimen- sions and bright and fresh. The pickle is chopped up celery and very good. You got two kinds of crackers, and plenty of them, and generous portion of French bread The butter comes in a slightly little cone. The table furni- ture is all good-dishes, glass, every thing. The spread before you is agree able to the eye, and the whole scene is brilliantly lighted with the modern in candescent lamps. The stew comes il all oval dish that rests upon q plate. don't like to eat out of such dish SC we'll as I do out of plate, but yor know at least thore is no danger burn ing the waiter s thumb. The oysters art good; the whole arrangement is away beyond the stew of before the war. l costs more, but are we not better able t. pay for it? For general get up and ge and dash and style and comfort the olt stew eouldn't begin to compare with it The modern oyster stew is ono of man. things that we do an everlasting sigh better than we did. Nov York Sun.
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KooRHEE,S S0NREPUBLTCANS.

This is as good a time as any to put in our records these eloquent words of Senator Voorhees, on the historic events of the Republican party. The leaders of that pluto cratic party are now vehement in charging the responsibility of the panic of the last year and a half to their political adversaries:
 "The panic of 1873 created by the denomination of silver, and the enor- nous contraction of the currency in circulation, and which, during the five years it lasted, destroyed none of the accumulated values of prop erty and more of the values of pro. duetiye labor than all of the cyclones, earthquakes, and volcanoes of the earth put together in this same length of time, might as well be charged to the Democratic party as the panic of 1893.
 Impartial history will record, that for the last thirty years every species of pecuniary distress, every unnatural discrimination against honest industry, and in favor of idle, hoarded, interest-eating capital, every huge, implacable trust, whether in sugar, whisky, coal, lum- Der or salt, every grinding monop- oly of whatever kind or description; every corrupt, gigantic corporation, syndicate or pool, every cruel, dis honest reduction of wages, every malignant denial of justice to organ ized labor, every life cast on such conflicts, and every tear and sob and groan in the humble homes of en. slaved toll throughout the American Union, are as directly traceable to the bad laws fastened on the Ameri- can people by the Republican party as the bitter waters of polluted spring are to the poisonous foun- tains from which they flow.
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SAWOUST VALUABLE.
Modern Discovery For the Utilization of
 Heretofore Useless Ofal.

Heretofore Useless Ofal.
 One of the methods whereby profit has been made from sawdust is the manu- facture from it of oxalio acid, which is simple process, producing a material iii wide commercial demand in the art of dyeing and other chemical arts. As intimatod, the process IS not only sim pie, but the outfit for conducting it does not involve q large investment. The principles involved are not complicated, and tho process can be carried out by cheap labor under tho superintendenee of a fairly intelligent director.
 Oxalic acid is frequently met with in the vegetable kingdom, especially i'll combination with gases which destroy its poisonous character. Oxalate of lime is found in considerable quantity i'll the rhubarb plant. Oxalate of potash is found in the sorrel. and oxalate of soda in salicornia and sal soda. Formerly the acid was obtained from the sorrel, Oxalis acetosella, but more recently from sugar by tho action of nitric acid upon it. The nitric acid and sugar are boiled for some time, then evaporated to dryness, and the oxalic acid formed is purified by specialization from water. A much cheaper material than sugar is sawdust. Tn this case an alkali must bo employed instead of an acid as we'll as at high CT temperature The operation is con- duoted in an iron vessel of suitable size and shape, and either caustio soda or potash is employed, the yield being greater with the latter.
 Some recent experiments made go to prove that mixture of 40 parts of caus- tic potash to 60 parts of caustio soda will produce as large yield as when potash alone is used, provided the opera tion be performed i'll shallow vessels with thin layers of the material, avoid ing as far as possible the fusing of the mass. Soft woods, such as pine and fir, produce larger quantities of oxalio acid than hard wood like oak. The propQr tion of the wood to alkali should exceed 75 to 100, and the temperature should be about 480 degrees F.-Phila. delphia Press
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THREE THRILLING TALES.
The Liars Club Awarded Prizes to These
 Short Stories.

Short Stories.
 After his narrow escape Feb Vaughan of Pasadena fell on his knees and liverance from certain death. So would any ono else who had been grasped ill tho iron clutch of a 1, 400 pound grizzly while ten miles from gun or cabin. Feb never lost his presence of mind and began tickling the bears ear with 0 feather he had picked up absentmind- edly, and the bear began laughing so hard that he could neither close his arms to squeeze nor his mouth to bite. zeb continued tickling until the bear laughed so hard that he burst blood vessel and fell down, dying
 A couple of Montana turkeys recently killed had taken into their aristocratio eraws to assist in deglutition 13 valu- able sapphires, several ounces of gold and just enough silver for change. It is now fashionable among Montana poultry to have jeweled interiors, and it is estimated that the emulous fowls of the new etato have within 1 months of 1894 scratched up and swallowed $1 637, 5l4. 65 worth of gems and pre- cious metals,
 A girl in Kalamazoo who was not satisfied with squeezing 96 inch waist into an IS inch corset of the ordinary construction, devised one of rope yarn ribbed with clothesline Thus arrayed she took bath, when the wetted and contracting fiber brought the measure- ment down to 91a inches. Ill delight she gasped: "Oh, haven't got-a just lovely figure now? And it's-so loose and comfortable, Nov York Adver- tiser
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Not Sensitive.

Sophy (who accepted Mr. Charles Fleetwood the night before)-Does Mir Fleetwood strike you as being a sensi- tive man, Pauline?
 Pauline (who doesn't know of the engagement = Gracious, mol A man who has been rejected by II girls with in six months and gets fat on it cannot be sensitive Why, Sophy, what's the matter?
 She had tainted London Tit Bits.
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SECRETS OF THE HEART.

Deep down meath the bosom Of the ocean. Unsounded by pluiOmet CT line, At peace from the storm and coinmction That ragos OCT it's pillows of brine, There are secrets that time shall not fathom, There are jewels unknown to earth 5 mart As deep, as true and as precious Is the voice of the fond, faithful heart.
 Jessie Bartlett Davis
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A IIuihbIe Part.

Theodorus-I always read the parlia- mentary reports very carefully but have never come across any speech of yours yet.
 Bernard (M. P, P,)--How is that? Have you never noticed the words, "Cheers and hear, hear?' That's where come in.-Stuivers Blad.
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Bulwer-Lytton knew all the odes and other poems of Horace by heart. He translated large portions of Horaoe's poems into English yorso.
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No CaaR.

Why so glum?" asked his friend. Aren't you doing roaring business?"
 .Yes. I am, admitted the basso, "but 1t is all Fl notes. s-Cinoinnati Tribune.
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Roman ladies had safety pins closely resembling the modern article
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The greatest celebration of tho Feast of Tabenacles was held B. C. l004 at tho dedication of Solomon's $ temple.
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The straw of rye is often of far mora Value than the grain
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TEA AND COFFEE.

Wa would like to again call attention to our superior prade of Tea and Coffee These goods are of superior Quality and will surely give satisfaction il soft water is used in drawing.
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MIIAG1A!!E:IIIGe NERvINE

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". II. ROWLAND. Agent. Boats leave Memphis Tuesdays at , D. m. Leave Pine Bluff Fridays at / m Freight consigned to Compa- nys Wharfboat at Memphis spronptly tofWafded. Lowest rates from and to all points.
 Uptown Office Telephone No. 95. Landing Telephone No. 66.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-03
HapnY Retrosnect.

Ministers have quite as many touching
Incidents as funny ones in their duty Of
performing the marriage ceremony for
ali sorts and conditions of men. A" One
such is told by clergyman who lived at
some distance from the populous part of
the town, and who was therefore accus-
toned to suggest some conveyance to those
couples who did not come in a carriage.
A middle aged man and woman who
looked as if life might have been rather
hard for them came one night TO be mar
ried. The ceremony over, the minister
said to them:
Now, III tell you where to take car.
You know we are a long distance from
everywhere"
The man turned to his bride with
look of sudden sweetness.
"Oh, no, " said he gently, IT guess we
won't ridel Wen just walk along a spell
and talk it over. "-Youths Companion.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-03
BEEF POWDER.
NOurishing and Appetizing and Can BE
Easily Made at Home.

NourlshihR ana AppetlZlng ana Can BE
Easily Made at Home.
Some of the beef powders in the market
smell and taste of the chemists shop and
are not readily taken by an invalid whose
palate requires to be coaxed. a happy idea
struck the writer several months ago that
beef powder might without difficulty be
prepared fresh and on small scale by any
ordinary cook. The experiment was made.
and the result was satisfactory beyond ex-
pectation Beef powder made at homo is
appetizing, has delicate aroma and flavor
and can be taken with pleasure by invalids
who turn with aversion from ordinary
food. If a little pepsin be taken at the
same time it is digested even when the
ordinary peptonized foods are not retained.
The mode of preparation is simple. Lean
beef is cut into small pieces. These are
put into boiling fat drippings or butter for
couple of minutes until the surface is
Drowned. They are then removed from
the fat and placed on n strainer for a few
moments. Afterward they are placed i'm a
minaing machine The resulting mtnce is
placed in slow oven and dried. The dry.
ing process may take from to "a hours,
or even longer, according to the heat EN-
ployed. When thoroughly dried, the meat
e quite crisp and can be ground in a cof.
fee mill that has not been used for any
other purpose.
In the drying process the meat loses a
trife more than four-ffths of its weight.
This beef powder can be taken in various
ways-with hotwater or soup, with mash
ed potatoes, with bread and butter in
sandwich or with little pepsin in "a starch
wafer
The writer has given this homemade
beef powder with such excellent effect in
several cases where there was much diff
Guilty with food that he thinks others may
find it useful.-Dr. w. r. Huggard in
British Medical Journal
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-03
The Runaway Star.

The greatest velocity that has been rec.
ognized among the stars is found in the
motion of a star known as 1880 Groom
bridge, or the runaway star " as it is
sometimes called, which is believed to be
rushing through space at the rate of goo
miles per second. This star appears to be
moving in perfectly straight line through
the sky, and it may be visiting our star
system for the first time, but whence it
came or whittier it is going no one can
tell, and it is a great enigma to astrono-
mers.
Its wonderful velocity cannot be ex-
planned, as it is far greater than could be
produced by the influence of all known
orbs in the universe and, on the other
hand, the combined attraction of all the
stars cannot stop this wanderer in its soli-
tary flight through space until it has
rushed on to the remOter distances, beyond
which the largest telescopes have never
penetrated.
1t has been mathematically demonstrat-
ed that body approaching the center of
our system from an infinite distance cannot
move with a greater velocity than 20 miles
"A second if influenced by the attraction Of
the masses in our universe alone, but here
we have been considering a star moving
with eight times that velocity, and still.
the fact that iU has the
greatest motion known among the stars,
it would require 1S5, 600 years for this re.
markable star to complete an entire cir
cult around the heavens.-All the Year
Round
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-03
a STORY OF Iohn nrirht.

John Bright went into an agricultural
district one day and had to walk from the
station long way into the village. A
clergyman who was driving in a dogcart
| overlook him, and learning his destination
offered to drive him there. Have YOU
seen the papers today?" the parson asked
when Mr.. Bright had accepted a seat
Yes. What is in them?" why, that
rascal John Bright has Been making an.
other speech. - And what was it about?"
asked Mr.. Bright. The clergyman ex-
planned. well, " said the stranger, per
haps Nh Bright was only expressing his
honest convictions. Perhaps even he may
be right" "Oh, no, " said the irate clerpv-
man. IF had him here, would feel
like shooting him"
Before they separated Mr.. Bright had
promised to go to his new acquaintance's
church next morning. The theme of the
sermon was Bright's speech, and at the
conclusion Mr.. Bright thanked him for
his able sermon. AS the rector was going
home to dinner friend met him and
said, You have been preaching under
distinguished patronage this morning"
Mop said tho parson. "Oh, yes, you
have, replied the friend. You had John
Bright among tho congregation. Didn't
you notice him in front, in the middle
pew2" Why" said tho rector, Il drove
him to the village yesterday in my dog
cart and called him a rascal and excoriated
him in all the moods and lenses, and he
never said word. l must go and apollo
gize at once, Nv. $. Walsh in Lippin-
colts
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-03
why a Lobster Turns Red.

Persons living at IA remote distance from
the natural home of the lobster think that
red is the original color of that species of
crustacean. The natural hue, however, is
green, the beautiful bright brick color
being the result of boiling, to which such
creatures are subjected. Two explanations
for this change in color are given, either
OF which appears to be tenable: Their
shells contain large per cent of iron, and
the boiling process oXldizes that mineral
the change being almost exactly the same
as that brought about in burning q brick.
Such change in the color of lobster's
shell can be brought about by the suns
action, but never while the lobster is liv-
ing. AS rule however, the suns bleach
ing influence consumes the oxide almost
as fast as it is formed, leaving the shell
pure white.
The second explanation is that the orig
inal green color is due to the blue and red
pigments, the blue being soluble and the
red insoluble in boiling water. When the
lobster is boiled, the blue pigment is dis
solved, leaving the red to color the orea-
ture'@ shell.-St. Louis Republic
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-03
THE MoNGoLlAN BUILD.
As Rule. Cinnamon Are Muscular and
Athletic Specimens of Humanity,

NJ hule' Chlnamen Are Muscular and
Athletic Specimens of Humanity.
One Of the surprises encountered by the
traveller when he is first among MonRolians
Is their physical Development Americans
are wont to judge their bodily structure
by the specimens In the laundry shops of
sam Lee or wi Ping, and the loose cloth.
ing OF the Chinaman conceals his brawny
arms and legs when he has them. Sec
ing Ilbetans in the Himalayas-stocky
chunks of men, with an abnormal muscu.
lar cevelopment-had not brushed away
my idea that the Chinaman was rather a
slim, unmuscular oriental, Something like
the willowy Hindoo, but when landed in
Singapore and first saw numbers of coolies
stripped to their work was thundcrstruck
at their massive proportions.
The Chinese are commonly said to he n
diseased race, a people pormeated with blood
polsonsi but one does not see it in the av-
erage specimen, and one does see at every
street corner men with limbs and tursos
Ike Sandow, men who would be marked
down for football players in any American
college. Not but what disease is ALWAYS
an accompaniment of SO crowded popu-
latlon, not that its manifestations fail 10
impress you, but the Chinaman, far from
being taper fingered mortal, is "A tougb.
sturdy, fine fellow, with thews and sinews
like an athlete, and plenty of ambition
and courage-within his racial lines. Nor
have found any exception to the rule.
The Mongol from the borders Of India,
where, going east, you first strike his
homely coarseness, to the confines of ,Je-
pan, where you say goodby to his lovely
cherry blossoms and his smiling bows, is
everywhere, in physique, the same strong,
enduring man. The Chinaman is filthy in
mind, body and estate, the Japanese is
equally clean, but in mere physical quality |
they are very much alike. That the Mon |
gol's nervous structure is less fine than the |
Aryan' S is evidenced by the fact that the |
average Chinaman will endure unblanched |
the pain Of a surgical operation which |
would seriously compromise the reaction |
ary power of most white men, and this if |
anything, adds to his value as mere hu- |
man animal-T. A Dodge in Forum.