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The herald., 1896-07-11
King of Crap Shooters

William Henry, colored. holds the
more or less proud position Of king Of
Crap Shooters" and now only eighteen
years old, he has served seven terms
in prison and today will begin his eighth.
When only thirteen years of age he
lost his right leg as result of his infatu-
alton for dice shaking. Out in the rail-
road yards in Charleston, S. c., Henry
was rafting the bones with two compan-
ions when a train came along. and, in
attempting to get away from it, Henry
fell, escaped death, but had his leg
crushed.
His parents were dead, and he drifted
north, landing in this city about four
years ago. He started In as a newsboy,
and by strict saving and close attention
to the gambling industry, he soon eked
out enough money to retire from trade.
Henry was swell dresser, and from hts
marvellous luck he soon gained the title
of THE King One night he borrowed
a quarter in Sixth avenue "joint," took
up the dice and made thirty-two sue
cessive passes" without taking penny
from the board. When he retired he had
over $3.50, and before the end of the week
he was more than 5000 ahead of the game.
But before the year was out he was
broke. From that time he has been in
hard luck. Today he goes back to the
workhouse for six months because he
was caught shooting" the old game IN
front of the Olympia club on West
Thirty-second street Sunday night.
II doan' hab such a bad time OBJ It,"
he said in Jefferson Market court yes
terday. when Use in Jail I does the
verrah best I kin to git out; an when
Use out stands putty good chance a.
maxim winnin' at craps Use won
noah money often less money dan any
odah coon in de country. OATS why
dey calls me King. New York
Journal.
The herald., 1896-07-11

Interest rates are the same practically
as in last January. There is no cheap
money, as there is employment for all
available coin. Today is dividend day,
and the demand for dividends and ma
turing notices is less than usual
"'What does this signify?'
That there is no monetary distress
also that the people are 10th to employ
money or take returns. If business was
active we would be loaning out more
money
''The tax question and the silver ques-
ton are the bugbears of this country
today. They are checking enterprise,
and until the tax rate is settled and the
silver question disposed of, at least, in
the minds of the people. there cannot be
much revival of business. People are
living from hand to mouth, and banks
are affected the same way-hand to
mouth. There is nothing that denotes
a boom or healthy condition of society.
The banks will suffer In common with
the community on the silver question.
Bankers see great disaster, not to
themselves alone, but to the community
in the free coinage of silver Banks and
capitalists will suffer less, but they de-
plore 1t all the same in the interest of
the public. 1t would be clean-cut fight
between common sense and madness II
the Democrats should resolve IN favor
Of the free coinage of silver"
The president Of the German Savings
bank said that bankers generally were
waiting to see what the political parties
were going to do with regard to gold and
silver. This silver agitation upsets Sc
curities,' he added. With 1t before YOU
you cannot tell anything of the future.
If the money question is settled favor
ably to the gold standard, even by the
Democrats in their national convention,
1t Will help things a great DEAL"
The herald., 1896-07-11

An Englissman named Jefferson has
started on 6O00 mile bicycle ride to r.
kutsk. in Siberia. His machine and bag
gage weigh sixty pounds.
The herald., 1896-07-11
Eond of fhr Racea

Ladies' who are not in the ring at the
races these days are none the less interest
ed, and they keep the boys busy with their
errands. special purse has been made
FOR this purpose only. 1t holds large num-
ber of quarters which fit into the purse ex-
anything else. This pursS hangs on a
chatelaine. like the ordinary. silver chain
purses. The chatelaine, by the way. is a
very necessary accessory to the toilet.
There is no end to the number of things
that may be hung on it. A young lady
made a present of one of them to friend
with the recommendation. Hang on those
OF course this varies according to the
natural tastes and failings of the wearer.
but some of the things which are some
times worn are a memorandum pad and
pencil, a smell.rg salts, silver purse, a
stamp box, and Va watch, not to mention a
tiny mirror which must be consulted now
and then after some particularly exciting
all these made of gold. but enamel is con =
sidered correct, and silver is far from be-
ing undesirable. Many of the buckles are
set with gems. but there are so many paste
buckles now that there is danger that real
jewels may not be appreciated in such i
position.
chatelaine of course, implies belt,
as. indeed, everything else does this sea-
son. Have you a round waist? You wear
a scale and jeweled or a Russian enamel
belt with it. Have you a Louise jacket
You wear a kid or anaconda belt. And If
you have a Norfolk jacket you can take
your choice between a belt of the material.
a narrow gold one, or snake skin. Some
of the Russian enamel belts are provided
with longs tabs of leather tipped with en-
amel, which hang down from the buckle in
The herald., 1896-07-11
San Francisco Savings Banks Despondent

"At the close" says the San Francisco
Call, of the first six months of 1896 the
local savings banks find finances dull.
money in rather limited supply and
interest almost as low as it could pos
Sibly sink. The bankers were in hopes
that on July their troubles over inter-
est due to the San Francisco tax rate Of
2.25 per centum would be at an end, and
that the next six months would be more
favorable to depositors. Everything
pointed to a largely reduced rate of
taxation, and with such q prospect it
was inferred that interest would ad-
vance in proportion.
Now, however, at the turning of the
tide bankers are confronted with alto
gether a different condition, which
makes q material change in their cal
culations. In fact, as managers Of the
savings banks put it, the cry for free
silver has completely thwarted all plans,
and the financiers are asking them
selves, like Cleveland, Where are we
at?'
1.-THE Hibernia Savings and Loan So
ciety announced yesterday that the in
terest paid by that institution had been
reduced from to 81 per centum. The
Columbus Savings and Loan society,
the Savings and Security Savings bank,
the Humboldt Savings and Loan So
ciety and the San Francisco Savings
Union declared dividends of 4.32 per
centum on term deposits and $50 on or
dinary. The German Savings and Loan
society paid 4.26 and 1855 per centum,
the Mutual Savings bank and 1888 1-3.
The Columbian Banking company de-
clared dividend of per centum on its
paid up capital.
Lowell White, cashier of the San
Francisco Savings Union, said that con-
ditions as he found them in the savings
banks signified no distress. Money is
not in plethoric supply he said. There
Is enough for the needs of the people,
but 1t does not press on the loan market.
The herald., 1896-07-11
Nothing Is Free
A street car dialogue.


First Speaker: "Well, we mustn't for
get that we have some privileges left. 1t
was Blackstone, wasn't it, who said that
every Englishman's house Is his castle?"
Second Speaker: That's an exploded
idea. Didn't you see in the daily papers
that the board of equalization has or
dered some of its assessors to go right
through mans house and size up his be-
longings? What sort of castle is
that?'
Third Speaker: "Well, the citys thor
oughfares are free"
Second Speaker: mo; they belong to
the street car barons."
Fourth Speaker: How about the air
we breathe?"
Second Speaker: .""That's been levied
on by the smoky factories"
Fifth Speaker: "And the water we
drink?"
Second Speaker: "That's pre-empted
by the bacilli."
Sixth Speake<J "Wep, every man is
at least entitled to six feet by two Of
mother earth.'
Second Speaker: "Guess you haven't
secured the latest schedule of prices for
Lake View lots"
Seventh Speaker: But salvation is
free, isn't it?''
Second Speaker: "Not If you are
churchgoer.
And the car rolled on.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer
The herald., 1896-07-11
TREASURE still HIDDEN
The Pour Great Hosrds Yet Waiting for
Lucky Seeker

The Four Great Hosrds Yet Waiting for the
Lucky Seeker
There are four amazing boards to be
dlscovered-in Europe the graves of At
tia and Alaric; in America the wealth of
the Aztec monarchs and the balance Of
the Inca's ransom In Peru. The two
former certainly exist, and If we have
less precise Indications about the latter
.ney cannot reasonably be doubted.
Ihat Montezuma had enormous treas
ures Is unquestionable; even those icon
ociasts who argue that the Spanish
stories or his magnificence are fiat false
moods do not dispute his gold. That it
all vanished after the capture of Mexi-
co is even more certain. The conquista-
oores naturally supposed 1t had been
tossed into the lake. and dredged for 1t
vainly. But in modern times the lake
mas been drained. There is fond fancy
current that some Indians know the
spot; 1t is possible. having some ac-
quaintance with those people we can be-
lieve any legenrd of their secrecy and
logged resolve. So the president of the
Royal Geographical society assured him
self that the spot where the treasures Of
Cuzco are lying has been handed down.
Some Indians know the place." he says
positively. Everyone Is familiar with
the shameful story Of Incas murder,
Wnlch some of us cannot read without
boiling Indignation even now. Pizarro
would not wait till all the ransom had
been collected. In especial. the secret
hoard of the Temple of the Sun of Cuzco
was on the way, borne by II, 900 llamas,
each carrying 100 pounds of gold. This
would make 40,00000O sterling, and the
sum is quite possible. Somewhere in the
great central plateau of Peru, desert,
those in charge heard that Inca was
dead; they hid the treasure and dis
persed. Mr.. Clements Markham gives
a detail which we have not met with
elsewhere. He says that 1t was in the
neighborhood Of a place-a town or
village, for he does not characterize it
called Azanjaro that this happened. The
priest cried, Away from the road
further Off" which in the Quiche tongue
is "Asuan-cara," by Spanish corruption
Azanjaro. We would not have any con-
fldence in this suggestion, but one might
as well begin in that neighborhood as
anywhere else, if inclined for the ad-
venture
The herald., 1896-07-11
Auction

Sale legitimate and bona fide, on prem
ises, HENRIETTA STOCK RANCH,
Geo. Kinds, proprietor. two miles from
Compton Station, S. P. Ry., and half
mile from Terminal Ry., on TUESDAY,
JULY ID. 1896. Sale to take place i'm
medately after arrival of trains; teams
from ranch will meet both trains to con-
vey guests to sale. Nv stock consists of
about 40 head in all; 90 head by my
Cleveland Bay stallion. direct imported
from England, on trottng' bred mares,
mostly bays, beautiful in conformation.
from to years old; about 10 head of
youngsters by Rory O'Moore and Dash
wood. Tine public are respectfully in
vited to attend this sale. Liberal credit
extended on approved paper on all sums
above $50, per cent off for cash.
N. B.-An old-time barbecue after sale.
] will not permit my guests to go away
hungry. Take morning trains for Clear
water on Terminal and Compton stations
on S. P. Ry. GEO. HINES, Prop.
E. w. MOVES, Auctioneer.
The herald., 1896-07-11
BL0oD.DRENCHED JERUSALEM
II Has Been the Scene of Great Human Suf-
fering

Jerusalem Of all places in the world has
been the scene of the most human suf-
fering. The unexampled suffering of the
Jews throughout the world was focused,
as it were, in their own city-a city
more repeatedly drenched with the blood
OF its children than any other. Internal
factions, plague and famine have added
to the horror of It's history. The picture
OF Jerusalem and it's people during the
fifty years which preceded the destruc-
ton of the city of Titus is nowhere sur
passed in all the dark annals of religious
zeal. Jerusalen-the city of Peace-sus-
tained during it's history seventeen
sieges, and twice, amidst scenes of mas
sacre and rapine, 1t was utterly Destroy
ed and razed to the ground. The siege by
Titus-the determination of people
was almost enough in itself to mark Je
rusalem as the heart of human suffering.
Famine was followed by pestilence, pes
thence by fire. The horrors so multiplied
that even the stern Titus called God to
witness that he was not responsible.
When the end came 100000 of the Jews
had been slain.-Boston Traveller.
The herald., 1896-07-11
A Pointer for Catalina

Oscar Path, Chicago fisherman, has
patented rod that ought to please the
lazy and sleepy disciples of Izaak Wal
ton. With it a man may catch fish while
he sleeps. The rod and holder are
poised and cooked upon a strong spring.
In this position it may be left on the
shore by itself after the owner has bait
ed the hooks and cast it into the water.
When a fish seizes the bait the tug it
gives the line opens the trigger and the
fish Is jerked ashore and landed high
New York World
The herald., 1896-07-11
Speaks Well of DR.. Sanden's Belt

DR.. A. T. Sanden-Dear Sir:
I want to give you @ testimonial for what
your Belt has done for me. Three weeks
ago ! bought your Belt for Kidney and
Bladder Complications. I had. previous to
your treatment, been laid up in bed for five
weeks.
My troubles came on me last March. and
on many occasions would confine me to my
bed. The third time put your Belt on
found relief and have. kept on improving
ever since. 1t has worked wonders for me.
I have spoken to q. number of my friends to
try and induce them to purchase one of
ada INV Testimonials TO Your list. Yours
truly, W. F. MYERS.
1876 f. Twenty-fourth ST., Los Angeles, Cal.
ing been a resident for the past eleven
wears. He is willing to verify his above
statement
The herald., 1896-07-11
0artera Now rlade ni RnScs

Carriers of primrose, harebells. narcissus,
violets and lilies are being worn at the
balls and receptions in Paris. Every gar
ment that forms part of the evening toilet
bears a lavish scattering of its wearers
caught among the thick flouncings and
ruches of the petticoats, and even the en-
broidered corset has its little bouquet at
tachment. The inside flounce of the most
delicate evening gowns is made entirely of
flowers, and the newest garter is simply
made to conform to the general harmony
of fragrance and color.
The more highly perfumed a flower may
be. the more appropriate 1t is considered
for garter. Violets are in high favor and
are used for garters worn with lilac, laven-
der. delicate green or white costumes. The
very sweet and sprinklike fragrance of
equally popular and roses are of course
always worn. even as garters.-New York
World.
The herald., 1896-07-11
Santa Catalina Island

Three steamers Saturday from San
Pedro. Night illuminations. Grand
concerts Sunday See Southern Pacific
or Terminal time tables, or Banning
Company. 222 South Spring street.
The herald., 1896-07-11
TO THE EDITOR

(The Herald under this heading prints
sponslbility for the sentiments expressed)
The herald., 1896-07-11

the people, How long, O Lord, how
long?
JAMES n CTApK
The herald., 1896-07-11

Try our port snd sherry wines at rs
cents per gallon. T. Vache G. Co., Com
mercial and Alameda streets. Tele-
phone 300.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-03-10
A BIT OF HISTORY.

In September, 1927, just one mile
from the court house in Morrllton,
across Point Remove creek-the
Cherokee line at that time-from
where Mr.. Geo. M. Wheeler's mill
now stands, duel was fought by
Mr. Thomas W. Newton and Mr..
Ambrose H. Sewer. This duel
created wide. spread interest, the
result of political excitement, when
Mr.. Conway was the leader of one
party and Mr.. Robert Crittendon
the other. Mr.. Newton's second
was Gen. Geo. W. Jones, of Iowa,
and W. P. Rayburn his surgeon,
and Robert c. Oden his friend. Mr..
Sewers second was Col. Wharton
Rector, and DR.. Nimrod Menifee
his surgeon.
At the time when everything was
in readiness both principals were
placed ten PAGES apart, pistols
given them and both fired stimuli
taneously without injury to either.
A second shot was demanded, and
principals took their stations, and
before it could be exchanged DR..
Menifee sprang between them and
protested against further hostili-
ties, declaring if another was had it
must go through his body. So the
affair was brought to a close by the
friends of each and they afterwards
became warm friends.
Now, in the present campaign, we
have Thomas W, Newton running
for Secretary of State and Ambrose
H. Sewer running for Governor,
both strong Democrats. They are
sons of the principals in the above
case. .-MOrrilton Headlight.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-03-10
TEXARKANA DILENTER.
The Machinery Started Up Today and
Was Inspected by the Officers.

The Texarkana Delinting Co.,
composed of capitalists of this city
and Little Rock, is now making a
run of seed to determine what ca
pacity the machinery has, and also
to make needed additions where
found to be necessary by this trial
run.
The company has now on hand
many tons of seed, and will keep
the mill going until the lint is taken
from the seed and they are packed
for shipment.
The city editor went down this
morning to see everything to be
seen, and found all the machinery
new from the three hundred horse
power engine to the tiniest leather
band.
The officers on hand we're f. B. I.
Hollenberg, President, of Little
Rock; G. E. Hayden, Geo. F. Bur,
chard, E, J. O'Brian, and H. A,
Rowe, all of Little Rock; Judge B,
T. Estes, W. R. Grim, Fred Often
hauser, Geo. W. Fouke and Barny
Applebaum, of this city. The pro-
cess lies in taking the seed and run
ming them through a gin which
takes off about 30 pounds of lint to
the ton of seed, the same bringing
in the market 4 cents a pound. The
seed then passes to the delinter and
another course of lint is taken off,
which sells in market at from | to
II cents per pound, and the seed
from this machine are conveyed to
place where they are sacked into
100-pound sacks, ready to be ship
ped to the Liverpool or other mar
kets and command good price, We
believe about SIG ton,
While there we met Capt. J. H.
Hunter, who has been seed buyer
for the past 13 years for the Stand
ard Oil Company, and we learned
from him that he has severed his
connection with the Standard peo-
pie, and will be on the road for the
Texarkana Delinter Company in
the future.
The company have nothing to
fear, as we know the men at the
head of it are all business men and
they will succeed We say three
cheers for this enterprise.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-03-10
T. W. HULL.

We announce today for the Office
of Assessor, Mr.. T, W. Hull, of
Boggy Arkansas. Mr.. Hull, is well
known here, having been engaged
at one time here as cotton buyer
for some of our merchants; also as
iailer, at one time. He has lived in
the county for twenty years, and
tor the post SIX years has kept a
boarding house at Boggy. He
has taught school in his young
days, and is we'll qualified to
fill the place he asks for He is the
only man outside of the precincts
of Texarkana who has shaken of
his timidity and asked for an office,
and we ask that his candidacy be
given fair showing by all.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-03-10
For Sweet Peace.

The Infanta Eulalie has indited
message to this country, which
for beauty and simplicity, mixed
with sentiment in its diction, that
should call off the jingoes, both here
and in Spain. Here is what the In
fanta says:
Sweet remembrance of the af-
fectionate reception given to me by
the people of the United States
when went to their country rep
resenting my own at the festivities
in honor of Columbus lives and ever
will live in my heart.
During those festivities strong
proofs of mutual esteem were given
by both countries.
81 became convinced and am still
persuaded that never, never should
that traditional friendship be bro
ken, much less should peace be dis
turbed.
Being apart from affairs Of
state, can only pray God fervent-
ly that cordial relations between
the two countries may never cease.
"EULALIE.
Could there have been anything
better said at the time both nations
are fixing to pounce, one upon the
other2 We think not.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-03-10
JOHN G, EDWARDS.

This gentleman announces today
for County Judge of Miller County,
Mr.. Edwards is no stranger to the
people of this county, having been
reared here and grown to manhood
amongst us, and having held sever
al positions, elective by the people,
has made him quite well known tC
all throughout the county. Mr.,
Edwards made good Justice of the
Peace, and his administration as
Mayor was digni6ed and accepta-
bic as far as it was possible to make
it under existing circumstances.
Should he be elected he will nc
doubt serve the people as capably
and courteously as he has these peo'
pie in the past, We commend Mr..
Edwards claims to the Democracy
of the county.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-03-10
Opening a Sluice Gate

Relieves a dam of a superabun-
dance of water. The bowels are a
kind of sluice gate of the system,
and serve to carry off supcrhuities
which would otherwise flood and
damage it. Constipation obstructs
this avenue of escape. Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters opens it and re.
lieves the system. This it does
gently and gradually, but COM
pletely, and does not, like violent
purgative, grippe, convulse and
drench the bowels, and leave them
weak and unfit for efficient service
afterwards. On the contrary, it
invigorates and regulates. at the
same time that it relieves them. 1t
also strengthens and imparts ac-
tivity to the stomach, liver and
kidneys, counteracts tendency to
rheumatism and invigorates the
nervous system. For the relief and
prevention of chills and fever,
bilious remittent, dumb ague and
ague cake, it has no peer among
modern remedies. Persons con-
valescing or suffering from the de.
bility or infrmities of age find it
highly beneficial.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-03-10
HE DIED FIGHTING.
Senator Weissenger, The Man who Has
Held the Key to the Senatorial
Dead Lock in Kentucky, Dead.

Death has STEPPED into the Ken
tucky chambers of the state, and
removed another figure from the
Senatorial fight. The first one to
die was Representative Wilson, who
finding he could not live more than
an hour or two, had himself carried
to the hall that his last act might
be to cast a vote tor Blackburn and
when this was done he said, l can
now die happy. How different with
Messenger. When he found him
self on a death bed, he released a
Republican whom he had paired
with in order to keep Blackburn
from being elected. He was also
the main cause of keeping Hunter
from being elected on the Repub-
lican side. The joint ballot now
shows So Republicans and 81 Demo-
Gratis with two Populists the latter
voting with the Democrats. The
speaker has announced that 20
constitutes quorum and this can
be broken by either party by
a walk out if it should become nec-
cessary with either party, to elect
their favorite.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-03-10
Germetuer is the Best.

Mr., c, p. McLain, Acworth, Ga,
says: Several years ago my wife
suffered from attacks of bilious
collie and indigestion, She used
different medicines and tried several
doctors, but all without permanent
benefit, She used Royal Germetuer
some years ago, and it has given
her more relief than all else, and
she reccomends It to the afflicted y
Write to The Atlanta Chemical Co.,
Atlanta, Ca, for 40 page book
giving full information, free. New
package, large bottles, 1903 doses,
81, For sale by Smith Drug Com.
pany.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-03-10

Here is a diamond, here a piece
of charcoal, Both carbon; yet be-
tween them stands the mightiest OF
magicians-Nature, The food on
your table, aud your own body elr-
mentally the same, yet between
the two stands the digestion, the
arbiter Of growth or decline, lie OF
death,
We cannot make a diamond; we
can not make flesh, blood and bone.
No. But by means of the Shaker
Digestive Cordial, we can enable
the stomach to digest food which
would otherwise ferment and poison
the system In all forms Of dyspep-
sia and incipient consumption, with
weakness. loss Of flesh, thin blood,
nervous prostration the Cordial is
the successful remedy, Taken with
food it relieves at once. 1t nour-
iShes and assists nature to nourlsh.
A trial bottle--enough to show its
merit--l0 cents,