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The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-01-13

Remember that Huddleston
Bros, have the finest Of fresh fish
and oysters, Ialso celery every
Thursday and Friday.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-01-13

Kline'S steam baked bread made
by an entirely new process. Get a
loaf and you will use no other. 13
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-01-13

One conversion and one Baptism
was had at the Christian church
last night, Mr.. Louis Ferguson
being the one immersed. The meet
ing is still growing in interest.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-01-13

Who wants to be Mayor-of East
Texarkana, of West TeXarkana2
Come to the front, gentlemen
the ball is open.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-01-13

Mr.. Patrick Kenney, OF Green
vile, Texas, came down yesterday
and was the guest of Mr.. Aheru.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-01-13

Huddeston Bros. have just re
ceived a fine line Of smoked meats.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-01-13

Mr.. George Hooks of Clarksville,
Texas, spent the day in the city
Yesterday.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-01-13
Fidelity Mutual
LIFE ASSOCIATION,
OF PHILADELPHIA, PA.
QNCORPORAT D 1881

Has a ratio of $1,6t2 assets to
every 800 liability, as against an
average ratio of the Legal Re-
serve companies of $l13 to every
800 liabilities.
New business more than. 100000 a
month.
Our Renewal Term Policies are espec-
tally adapted TO these hard times. Com
pare these with the rates you are now
paying for your insurance:
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-01-13

Mr.. P. j. Ahern left for Hot
Springs this morning to be gone an
indefinite length of time. The boys
in the store tell us that this being
leap year and Ahern a bachelor, he
was so beset with bewitching eyes
and sly glances while waiting on
customers, that his system broke
down under the strain and he was
fearful of being abducted We hope
he may recover his usual vigor and
return very soon.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-01-13

The News, under the manage
meut of Mr.. Lee Giles, came out
Yesterday.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-01-13

Sam Ragland sells California
fruits-none can compare to them.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-01-13

After copying the account of the
TExARKANIAN of the marriage of
Mr.. ]. G.. Ferguson to Miss Mamie
Mullins, the Magnolia Banner thus
speaks OF them: "Mss Mullins was
raised near Magnolia and was a
universal favorite with all who
knew her, Mr.. Ferguson is also
well known in this section, and the
Banner, along with their host of
Columbia county friends, joins the
Texarkanian in extending best
wishes.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-01-13

Mr. H. Rineberg, the tailor, has
gone on a business tripto ST. Louis.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-01-13

The attendance at the different
churches yesterday was good
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-01-13

Trusts are illegal, but they 90 ON
forming and robbng the people.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-01-13

Read Kline's card on Human
Arm Kneading. 1t will interest
you.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-01-13

The city looked dull this morning.
Not much business, and no news
stirring.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-01-13

The latest and best-Kline's
steam baked bread.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-01-13

DR.. Talbot was out today, after
his severe attack.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-01-13
Kline's steam baked bread.

MISS ANNIE ROBERTSON, Sec.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-01-13

W. L, Whitaker of St. Louis is in
the city today.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-01-13
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

W. L. Whitaker of st. Louis is in
the city today.
DR.. Talbot was out today, after
his severe attack.
The latest and best-Klines
steam baked bread.
The attendance at the different
churches yesterday was good
Trusts are illegal, but they 90 on
forming and robbng the people.
Mr H. Rineberg, the tailor, has
gone on a business trip.to st. Louis.
Read Kline's card on Human
Arm Kneading," 1t will interest
you
The city looked dull this morning.
Not much business, and no news
stirring
The News, under the manage
meut of Mr.. Lee Giles, came out
yesterday.
Mr.. George Hooks of Clarksville,
Texas, spent the day in the city
yesterday.
Mr., Patrick Kenney, of Green
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-07-14
A Family Reunion.

As the cmircnt after dinner orator sat
down, the thin young man with the
nose glasses arose and said:
Delightful rs this occasion is to all
of US. to me it is fraught with higher,
holier joy than comes to the rest of you.
| have Just made the discovery that the
eminent speaker is my great GRANDPA
Their"
They scanned him critically, but he
presented no evidence Of being overcome
by potations He continued:
THE incident the gentleman has just
told rs happening in his own experience
is one which l have often heard my
grandfather relate ms an experience of
his father. Knowing. as do, the per.
feet veracity Of both the eminent speak
er and my grandfather. the statement I
have just made make with full conf
dence in its correctness.
And all were silent.-Indianapolis
Journal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-07-14
SkinninR the EnImasa.

There are in Chicago alone a few
corporations which between them
possess more than 5000, 900, 900 OF
property, owe. and above what is
assessed. that escapes all taxation OF
every kind aud character-prop-
erty the value Of which can be as
certained just as readily as il it we're
real estate, and there is not farm
in the state but what is taxed"
So said Gov. Altgeld in his bien-
NAL message to the legislature in
1895. That is one OF the ways that
the farmers Of this state get skinned
when il comes to supporting the
state and local governments. They
are tired Of being skinned for the
benefit OF the great corporations,
and the way to stop the SHINING
process, and to make the corpora
tions pay their just taxes. so that the
farmers will have less burden on their
shoulders, is for the taxpayers to
support the democratic party whose
state platform declares for a consti
tutionsl amendment for local option
or home rule in taxation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-07-14
What Narco Polo Did.

Marco Polo was the first traveller to
trace route across the whole length of
Asia, says one of his biographers, de
scribing kingdom after kingdom that he
had seen with his own eyes" He was
the first traveller to explore the deserts
and the Towering plains of Persia, to
reveal China with its mighty rivers, its
swarming population and its huge
cities and rich mapufactures; the first
to visit and bring bSck accounts of Tibet,
Laos, Burma, Siam, Cochin China,
Japan, the Indian archipelago, Ceylon,
farther India and the Andaman islands
the first to give any distinct account Of
the secluded Christian empire of Abys.
sinia; the first to speak even vaguely OF
Zanzibar, Madagascar and other regions
in the mysterious south and of Siberia
and the Arctic ocean in the terrible and
much dreaded north. Although centu.
ries have passed since young Marco Pole
grew to mans estate while treading his
dangerous way among these distant
lands, we must still look back to his
discoveries for much that we know about
those countries: for we have learned
nothing new of many of them since his
time. Brooks in St Nicholas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-07-14
A DETECTIVES PAPER.
Some Of the Curious Items and Advef
tisements That 1t Contains.

UDemento 1nAb ~ SOasoA3os
The American Hawkshaw will 60
down into literature outside of the dime
novel and the detective story, for he has
q newspaper of his own. says an ex-
change. This unique addition to the list
of class papers is published monthly and
il is devoted 10 the interests of detectives
and policemen
Its news columns are given over to a
bulletin of more than SIS, 900 in cash
rewards, with veritable rogues' gal
lery Of pictures and descriptions of
crooks wanted" while the latest
swindling schemes and methods Of de-
lection are fully explained for its crime
investigating readers 1t is interesting
to read that IF you want TO succeed as
a detective you should understand hyp-
notism.
''Do Won need bracelets in your bust
ness:" queries q dealer in patent nip
pers, handouts and dark lanterns
''Mustache. whiskers-just the things
TO change your appearance when shad-
owing" suggests another advertiser,
while skeleton keys to open 5000
desks, drawers. trunks and padlocks, set
of SIX" are offered to the profession at
g. 1t is rather grewsome TO learn that
"s1OO spot cash buys n pair of thor
oughbred English bloodhounds. only 10
months old, and already keep q cold
trail better than most old dogs; best in
vestment sheriff or special officer can
| make" Also, for % cents you can
learn how IN detect counterfeit money -
The most novel article is a brief trea.
tisc on psychology" as applied to crime
detection The departments of Police
Pickings" and Secret Service SNAP
Shots" contain suggestive items all the
way from the fact that the city council
at Colfax, Wash. has decided to reduce
its police force to one man" to the state
ment that New York has 81 policemen
| to the square mile. "
In an article on the future of the de
tective service the detective writer de
| clares that dime novel writers have
done amateur detectives more mischie
than anything or anybody in existence
but remember truth is stranger than fic
ton.
The editor estimates that the "aver
age earnings of private detectives are
First year, $3.50; second year, 81, 500
third year. $1,000" He says: ''Lf al
the detectives and police in the Unitet
States should lay off for month ever,
citizen would have to fix up his hous
like an arsenal to protect his family ant
property"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-07-14
jay Gould Letter In a Cur,o shop,

In little old curiosity shop in Third
avenue is IN odd letter written by Jay
Gould away back i'll 1854, before Gould
began to dicker in railroads and when
he was an obscure and respected sur
veyor.
The letter was written by Gould to
the late A. NJ. Sherman, and it was an
appeal for the loan of Il surveyors level,
the young surveyor offering to give the
topography of the Newburg and SYRIA
cuse railroad for it. Just before his
death few years ago Jay Gould at
tempted TO buy the letter for s25. but it
had been sold the day before. Not long
ago. however, the letter came back into
the possession of the curio dealer, and a
few days ago he sent his young son
around to George Gould's office with it.
instructing him to offer it for sale for
So, the price the senior Gould had Of
fercd to pay.
George Gould was pleased with the
old, worn and yellow letter He read i,
and then laughingly said:
II declare. that's funny. My father
wrote that" However, he refused tC
give more than % for it, which offer the
curio dealer refused.
After AZ years the letter is as plain AZ
the day it was written. But the paper
full sized letter sheet, written ON botl
sides. is worn ut the edges. The hand
writing is plain and flowing, with a de
cided tendency to flourish. Two word.
are Observation-Disclosures and dam
age, which are written "bermetrical'
and "dammage.
But queerest Of all is the length o.
the epistle. Jay Gould was noted fol
the brcvity of his business letters. Three
lines often sufiiced him, when his wealth
was nearly 800. 100000, to transac
business involving millions. But as /,
poor surveyor he needed plenty of verdi
age to get around the loan Of a SCI
level. York Letter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-07-14
AN OPPRESSIVE RESPONSIBILITY.
sympathies of the Blaine Household
Brought Respite to a Condemned Man.

sympathies of the Blaine Household
Brought . Respite to a Condemned Man.
General Harrison's paper on This
Country of Ours in Ladies' Home
Journal treats of 1.-The Pardoning Pow
CT and Impeachment. Of the former
he cites an incident in showing the OPP
pressive responsibilities it places upon
the shoulders Of president. He says:
"a reprieve is a temporary suspen-
sion Of tho execution of sentence.
This power is often used for the pur-
pose Of giving the president time to ex-
anime an application for pardon or
to enable the condemned to furnish fur
Their evidence in support of such an up
plication. In the summer Of 1889 an
application for pardon in behalf of q
man condemned to death for murder
was presented to Inc. and after "a care
full examination the application was
denied. On the day before the day fixed
for the execution arrived at Bar Har-
Dor on "a visit to Mr. Blaine, and found
that just before my arrival Il telegram
had come asking for 4 reprieve. The
message had been telephoned to Mr..
Blaine's house and received by Mrs.
Blaine Her sympathies and those of the
whole household were at once enlisted
for the poor fellow, and though the glib
bet was over twelve hundred miles away
the shadow Of it was over the house,
and l was the hangman. A telegram to
| the United States marshal granting a
short reprieve was sent, and the day of
the execution was again my uncomfort-
able secret. 1t is not pleasant thing to
have the power of life and death.
| ''No graver or more oppressive re-
sponsibiiity can be laid upon public
officer. The power to pardon includes
The power to commute sentence-that
.s. to reduce it. When the sentence is
death. the president may commute it to
imprisonment for life or for any fixed
term. and when the sentence is impris-
onment for life or for fixed term of
years he may reduce the term of i'm
prisonment, and if Il fine is imposed he
may reduce the amount or remit it -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-07-14
Democratic Conventions.

The first democratic national con
vention was held in 1882, when An.
drew Jackson was made the candidate
by common consent. Following 1885,
candidates were nominated in cities
and on the ballots appended:
Neutrality-suspicious. Van Bur.
en-. No opposition.
1s40-Baltimore-- Van Blu
rem. No opposition.
1874 altimore-James X. Polk
Ninth ballot.
iS4S - Baltimore - Lewis Cass
Fourth ballot.
Observation-Disclosures Pierce
Forty-ninth ballot.
1856 - Cincinnati James Buch.
anan. Seventeenth ballot.
1850 - Baltimore Stephen A
Douglas. Second ballot.
neutrality-suspicious. b. McClel
Ian. First Ballot.
1s6S-New York-Horatio Sey
mour. Twenty-second ballot.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Greeley
First ballot.
1S76-St. Louis-Samuel ]. Tilden
Second ballot.
Observation-Disclosures s. Han
cock. Second ballot.
neutrality-suspicious. Cleveland
Second ballot.
1ssS-St. Louis-Grover Cleveland
Second ballot.
neutrality-suspicious. Cleveland
First ballot.
neutrality-suspicious. J. Bryan
Fifth ballot.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-07-14
WHERE NO CLOUD OBSCURES.
On the Planet Mars the Weather Is Al
most Always Fine.


Let us now remark that the Marian
meteorology is less complicated and
more pleasant than that of the earth.
There the weather is almost always
fine, especially during summer. Very
seldom are there clouds even in winter.
Generally when we are unable to distin-
guish through the telescope the details
Of the geographical CONFORMATION upon
the planet the fault is in our own at
mosphere and not in that of Mars. 1t is
very rarely the case that when our at
mospheric conditions are good we are
unable to see these details. During the
last period of observation Of Mars in
1894, l, to speak for myself, encountered
only Is days (from Oct. 10 to 25) when
the surface of the planet was yelled by
its own atmosphere. Clouds are excess
lively rare on the surface of Mars, and
perhaps exist at all only as fogs or light
cirrus; they are not clouds of rain or
storm. These wells are very infrequent
there, while they are perpetual upon the
earth. Probably there is not single
day in the year when the entire surface
Of the earth is uncovered SO that it could
be satisfactorily observed from space.
The two plaEets have two meteorolog-
ical systems that are absolutely anti
| thetical.
Furthermore, in the rarefied atmos-
phere of Mars there can be no powerful
| winds, like the trade winds and the pre-
dominant atmospheric currents which
rule terrestrial climates. Occasionally,
however, observers have noted long
streaks of snow which appear to have
been produced by currents in u tranquil
atmosphere. Schiaparelli, for instance,
observed such streaks ("trainees'O in
November and December, 1881, around
the northern pole and extending a con.
siderable distance from it. But such
things are exceptions. The normal con
dition upon Mars is fine weather-Ca
mile Flammarion in North American
| Review.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-07-14
The publicsns who are felicitat

The republicans who are felicitat-
ing themselves by attempting to
show the superior capability Of Nc
kinley over Bryan to such democrats
rs are not pleased with the Chicago
platform. are simply making them
selves subjects Of ridicule. As be-
tween the brainy, eloquent Nebraskan
and the single idea-and that as
Champ Clark says wrong-Ohioan,
everything is in favor OF the former.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-07-14
His Fatal Fault,

what do you want to haul me up
for:' protested the cyclist who had been
humping himself along the boulevard.
why didn't You grab some Of those
chaps that were searching past me?
They were going at the rate of 90 miles
an hour?'
"You were the only one I could
catch, !" responded the perspiring police
man, gripping him tighter. Chicago
Tribune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-07-14
wA.. tn. Bowel. .r. D,.ors.r.a

No time should be lost In resortirg to Q suitable
remedy. Hcstetfei's stomach Bif;ers is the mos,
reliable and widely esteemed medicine OF it,
elass Ii removes the causee OF constipation,
OF undue relaxation Of the intestines, which are
usually indigestion or . misdirection Of the bile
When it acts as eaihart'e 1t does not grippe and
evacuate, bat produces gradual and natural
edeets, very unlike those Of q drastic pargstive
and its power Of assisting digestion uullifes
tbooe irritating conditions OF The mucous mem.
brane Of the stomach and intestinal canal, which
produce drst diarrht 9. md eventually dyesufery
1h- medicine IL. moreover. a agrOeoble one
ara e"inenfly pure and wholesome. Appetite
and tranquil nightly sluabes are both romotec
by It,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-07-14

GREAT excitement has been occa-
stoned ut Verona by the report that
panther was loose somewhere in
that immediate vicinity. The ami
mai was first seen last Sunday morn
ing, when it attacked some cattle
near the village.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-07-14

''No." sighed the evil one. eve
can't do thing with actors The min
ute we Try to make it hot for them they
get up q benefit performance, and. Of
course. you know that means . frost "
Even the supernatural, it seemed, had
occasionally to meet up with limita-
tionA Tribune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-07-14

TnE republicans appear to be as
solicitous about what Senator Hill
proposes TO do with reference to the
Chicago ticket as those OF his own
party who delight in him as the per-
sonitication Of democracy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-07-14

IT 10 said one Of the first literary
contributions to the campaign will
be the life of Marcus Aureiius Hanna
which 10 touchingly romantic.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-07-14

The I1-year-old son Of John Coats,
Of Liocoln, was enticed from home
by horsemen recently in that city.
Since that time nothing has been
heard from the lad.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-07-14

A Spanish patent lasts 90 years and
the device or manufacture must be made
or carried on in Spanish territory within
two years after the patent is granted
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-07-14
MISCELLANEOUS.

SALESMEN MAKE 500 A MONTH.SELLr
~ ing our machines for cooling refrgerators
Guaranteed 81 per cent cheaper than ice Pro-
duces a dry cold that keeps perishable articles
Indefinitely. Write for terms. Arctic Re-
frigerator Company, Cincinnati. Ohio.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-07-14
A Great Chance.

Think of us selling goods for
SC yer yard that we had no trou-
BILE to get 15c per yard early
in the season and even more
for some. That was last week,
and this week we are going to do
even better. We are going to
unload our stock of ladies' shirt
waists. That means we don't
look to the value of the goo Is.
bot any waist that has not been
good seller or those we have too
many OF must go. You can
have as many as you like. Some
are worth double, some three
times and some worth four times
the price we will ask you for
them.
This sale commenced Mon
day, July Is, and continues until
every waist is cleaned out.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-07-14

HENRY wATTERsox's cablegram
from abroad to his paper was charac-
teristic at any rate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-07-14
Waists.

Waists.
Here they are divided in three lots as fol-
lows:
LOT l.
At 29c, Ladiea' Shirt Waists Of new stripes
and fancy Persians made from the latest
patterns with high collars and full
ssevee, shOnld cell readily for 55c, your 20N
LOT2.
At soc, Shirt Waists. fine cambries In
pInk, blue md back figures with zg
gag ripes. full linked ca ffs, stvie per-
lection, making faultlets here they are 9On
worth up TO 81, go fsr.................. OOO
LOTS.
At 49,. Shit Waists made from lawn
swieser, fine cambrics, etc, worth ur to
ii ~. full Bshop sic, W. detachable A0N
collare, al 90 In ole lot, your choice for TOU
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-07-14
FOR SALE.

E1OR SALE-ONE OF THE BEST PAYING
II businesses in Rock Island. Established 10
years. Profits 5000 n year. A rare bargain
IL taken quick. Inquire of Gordon g. Bowman,
"a Seventeenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-07-14

Have you noticed the tlaring adj
vertisements of some of the
other would-be big stores ard
then looked at Young and Nc
Combs adv. and seen how they
cut the price to almost nothing
to unload their wash goods
stock? We don't believe in doing
things by halves. but by making
a deep, clean cut. Ladies have
been carrying goods away by
the armlo ads.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-07-14
WANTED.

"ANTED-LADlES AND GENTLEMEN
W to solicit members for new lodge.
Address n. B.. this once.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-07-14

TED-DRESSMAKING AT III SEC.
w ond avenue; all work guaranteed. Also
scholars to learn the Kellogg French tailor
system. Mrs A. Dyer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-07-14

"ANTED-MENw WHO WILL WORK FOR
w t15 o month salary or large commission
selling staple goods by sample TO dealers. Ex-
Perience unnecessary. Write u.s. Household
Specially company, a w. Fourth street, Gin
cinnati, Ohio.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-07-14

"ANTED-SALESM TO SELL 4
w hrstclass speciality to the bicycle trade
An entirely new article which sells ON sight.
statesmen can make from 80 to s25 per day
Write for particulars. Garland Novelty Man
ufacturing company. Cleveland. Ohio
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-07-14

"ANTED-LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
w who wish to correspond for pleasure or
with view to matromony to join the Eastern
OHIO Corresponding Bureau, Salem, Ohio.
Send two cent stamp for descriptive circular.
Address W. Z. Beck, lock box "a, Salem, Ohio.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-07-14

DOR RENT-FURNISHED ROOMS, NEW
street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-07-14

Here they are divided in three lots as fol-