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The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-12-29
THE BLACK FLAG.

A large crowd filled the opera
house last night, to witness the ini-
tial performance of the Baldwin,
Melville Co., in the production of
the "Black Flag"
The play is good one, and was
well rendered by the company. A
laughable comedy, the many funny
situations and jokes brought forth
tumultuous applause, all through its
rendition. Where all did so well it
is unnecessary to specially comment
upon the acting of any in particu-
lar.
In the matinee for this afternoon,
ga Legal Wrong" will be presented,
and tonight "Phenlx."
Popular prices-1O, 20 and SOC.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-12-29

Texarkana is to be congratulated
upon the very quiet Christmas, so
far. There has been no shooting,
or serious difficulties. Our city is
vastly improved from what it once
was-toughs and thugs no longer
dominate, we are happy to say.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-12-29
The Food of the Day.

Go to Juan Gutierrez to pur-
chase the only genuine Mexican
articles such as 'tamales, "chile
concarne" and all kinds Of hot
American lunches. Call at 223
East Broad Street. 0-3l-lm
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-12-29

Hobgood's State Line and Broad
street markets can supply you with
the best the market affords-good
weight and low prices. lilo.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-12-29

Oysters and celery, best quality
now constantly on hand at Huddle-
ston Bros, meat market If.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-12-29

For juicy steaks, roasts, and all
kinds of choice edibles IN the way
of fresh meats, 60 to W. D. Hob
goods State Line near postoffice,
or Broad street, Morrow's old
stand. lilo.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-12-29

PatronIze push and enterprise
luddleston Bros, always keep the
best of fresh meats, etc. and
promptly deliver same TO all parts
of the city.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-12-29

The Palace Bar is a quiet resort
for those who wish liquors for medi-
cinal purposes. l2-tt
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-12-29

For the holidays-cigars packed
rs, 80 and 100 in a box.
S. M. RAGLAND.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-12-29

California fruits-a large assort-
ment, all kinds, just received.
S. NJ. RAGLAND.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-12-29

Those beautiful silver belt buckets
at r. L. Schusters always please
the ladies'. Call and see them.
1929
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-12-29

For the holidays-gold mounted
briar aud meerschaum pipes.
S. M. RAGLAND,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-12-29

Here is a diamond, here Is a piece
of charcoal. Both carbon; yet be-
tween them stands the mightiest of
magicians-nature. The food on
your table, and your own body; ele-
mentally the same; yet between
the two stand the digestion, the
arbiter of growth or decline, life or
death.
We cannot make a diamond; we
cannot make flesh, blood and bone,
No, But by means of the Shaker
Digestive Cordial we can enable the
stomach to digest the food which
would otherwise ferment and poison
the system. In ali forms of dys-
pepsia and incipient consumption,
with weakness, loss of flesh, thin
blood, nervous prostration, the Cor
dial is the successful remedy. Taken
with food, it relieves at once. 1t
nonrishes, and assists nature to
nourish. A trial bottle-enough to
show its merit-10 cents.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-12-29

FoR SALE 0ldnewspapers, at 2oc
per hundred, at the TESARKANlAES
office, u
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-12-29

A recently issued review of the
business of the country reveals the
fact that it has been slack and uu.
satisfactory since McKinley's elec-
tlon-preponderauce of testimony
is that there has been no improve.
ment since the Presidential election.
So theu it was all a lie-the promise
of the Republican leaders that
prosperity" would at once be ush-
cred in if Mckinley was elected. AS
''the advance agent of prosperity"
the Major is a stupendous failure,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-12-29

Cure for dyspepsia, Browns Iron
Tonic. Smith Drug Co.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-12-29

For nice JUICY steak and tne
meats of all kinds call on the enter
prising Huddleston Bros
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-12-29

Have your watches and clocks re-
paired by the old reliable jewler
IA +, schuster 1928
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-12-29

Huddleston Bros, have just re-
ceived fine line of smoked meats.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-12-29
For Sale

For Sale
one saw mill complete. One Key
Stone palmer, re.saw and Ming
machine, all complete for sale or
trade for city property
B 20 tf W H. WBbLs " Oo'
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-12-29

LAXOL is the best medicine for
children. Doctors recommend it in
place of Castor Oil.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-12-29

Fresh candy-three pounds fine
candy for $1.00. S. M. RAGLAND.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-12-29

Any class of work you may want,
at prices to suit.
1918 FRANK l. CHURCH, Painter.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-12-29

stand.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-05-27
Tree Climbing Rabbits.

The London Field has an item that is
likely to call out discussion among
English correspondents of that paper A
man writes that "when shooting with a
friend in Banffshire last December my
friend called out, "There's rabbit up
tree!'' Sure enough one was there at
least ten feet from the ground. The tree
was an upright fir, and the man had
seen the rabbit run up the smooth bark
as easily as squirrel The rabbit stop
ped on the first branch to look down.
What is more, ''there is a lot of
blown timber i'll the wood. and sup
pose the rabbits have get accustomed to
climbing On it, for / have often seen
them jump on to root and run up the
slanting trunk till they were sometimes
Is feet from the ground, which must
have been dizzy height for an animal
Of such ground habits
Corrobarative letters will probably
come III, and rabbits will have an es-
tablishod reputation as climbers. 1t is
said that i'll Australia the imported rab-
bits have begun to develop hooked
claws, with the aid Of which they are
able to climb the rabbit proof fences.
A large number Of animals with hab-
its acquired because of environment
have been noted from time to time
foxes that climb trees rats that are
beasts Of prey, birds that build nests
adapted to certain conditions. and SO
on indefinitely.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-05-27
uur1ng the war Father Sherm

Uur1ng the war Father Sherman was
camp follower, going in when about
years old and remaining with his
father, General William T. Sherman,
until the close of the struggle. At
Black River, on the march from Attain
ia to the sea, Confederate was sent
under a flag of truce to Sherman's head
quarters. Arriving, he found the gener-
al absent, but young Thomas was there
and inclined to be communicative when
taken upon the knee Ct the Confederate.
Drawn into conversation, he bluntly
remarked, "Why, father can whip you
fellows every time. +" On being interro-
gated as to how and why he could whip
them, the boy proceeded to give detail
ed information. Father has $4,000
men and SO many cannon, just SO MANY
foot and SO many horse soldiers. He has
just exactly SO many men, foot and
horse, and SO many cannon at another
place" The boy did net neglect to state
that the northern troops were well off
for provisions and how and where they
could get them when they wanted them.
General Sherman after the Confeder-
ate's departure learned of the CONVEX.
sation. "Why, said he, "you young
traitorl There is nothing for it but that
you must be court martialed, and you
will probably be shot. . The boy was
not shot, but he was told of the rules
and usages OF armed forces when at
waE-C Chicago Inter Ocean
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STRONG ON ECONOMY.
A Philadelphia Husband Dispenses Witt
the Services Of q Carpenter.

A Philadelphia Husband Dispenses Witt
the Services Of a Carpenter.
Anewly married man, who had never
had much experience in doing small
jobs about the household, told several
of his associates of his first attempt to
gain his wife's approval by doing IA
vor for her.
"You know I am very fond of dogs. .
said he. "Well, purchased a fine lit
tie fox terrier pup, and he was SO full
of ginger that he chewed up everything
he could get at about the house and
nearly worried my wife's pet cat to
death. Then she suggested that get a
carpenter to build a pen in the yard for
him. But was strong ON the economy
lay and resolved to build the pen my
self. The first thing / did was to order
IL feet of wire netting. It was the kind
with holes in it about two inches in
diameter This cost me So. When I got
home, found I had to have four posts,
each five feet long, and these cost me So.
After I got the posts planted l had no
hammer and nails. These cost me So. 20.
II worked hard at the job for several
evenings and finally completed it.
Then called my wife to bring out the
pup, and also expected to receive her
congratulations. Triumphantly placed
the dog inside the Enclosure and then
waited to have my wife bestow her
praise. The pup walked around the in
closure and then deliberately climbed
up the coarse netting as easily as if it
had been stepladder and fell on the
outside, and he's been at large ever
since. Philadelphia Record
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THE GARBAGE CLEANER.
How the Shopper Goes His Rounds Pic
ing Up Unconsidered Trifles,

How the ''Slopper" Goes His Rounds Pick
ing Up Unconsidered Trifies.
"That man is a stopper, - rmarked a
police officer to Star writer a few
mornings since, land he and his class
give us any amount of trouble. If he
stole, we could reach him by the law,
but as he only finds, we cannot easily
reach him.. P" In further explanation, he
said: "A stopper is man who searches
through the garbage cans in the alleys
IN the rear Of hotels, boarding houses
and private houses Some only search
for spoons, knives and forks that are
thrown into the garbage receptacle by
careless servants, for it is a fact that
there are more silver spoons and knives
and forks thrown away with the gar
bage than are stolen by servants, though
the contrary is generally believed. The
stopper is generally an hour or SO ahead
OF the garbage collector, and he is often
more regular and careful in his rounds
than the garbage man.
By industry we thrive as the line
in the copy books used to maintain, and
by industry on good west end route,
especially one which takes in a number
OF boarding houses or hotels, stopper
can lind enough table ware to pay the
expenses of his tour Often he makes a
rich find. Very frequently he has per-
mission to 'slop' the can from the own
ers OF the houses themselves, for he tells
them he is on the lookout for stray
pieces OF meat, etc., which he sells to
those who have dogs to feed. Some
Shoppers are honest enough to return
any sllverware they may find for the
dog meat privilege, but it is a terrible
temptation to many, and one they can
not or do not at times withstand. -
Washington Star.
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ONE sPoRTsMANs AMBITION.
It Is to Hunt In the Undiscovered Patehe.
Along Americas Coast.

It Is to Hunt In the Undiscovered Patches
Along Americas Coast.
ssI'll tell you what I would like to
do, - said man whose life is spent row
ing about from city to lumber camp
and from park to forest. II would like
to own a schooner fit to weather any
gale on the seas and travel in it up and
down the American coast from Labra-
dor to Cape Horn and north again to
Boring strait There's whole lot OF
odd places one could visit seldom or
never heard Of
ssTake it about Cape Hatteras Now,
what do you know about the mainland
alongshore there? What can you tell of
the people in the swamps there and Of
the game these people find in the
woods? It's so little, you have to guess
at it. Then there is whole lot Of the
gulf of Mexico's shore line, not to men
ton the islands and lands south Of there
Why, only the other day l heard of
tribe of Indians on some islands some
where down that way that buy buckshot
to kill deer with and poor shOtguns,
using only a dram Of powder for a
charge Just think what sport a fellow
with good rifle would have among
them-if they'd let him. What is more,
they pay for what they buy with pure
gold, and if ever white man visited
them he did not come back to tell about
it, nor will the Indians say where they
got their stuff
sWhen you come to think about it,
the sportsman nosing about in these out
of the way places could get more game
and curiosities than he could get out Of
Blue Mountain park or from any other
of the big preserves.
81 hope to make just such a trip some
time I'll take 1890. 10 gauge, a
20 gauge and target pistol, with stacks
of fishing tackle of all kinds and no end
of ammunition. The specimens will
gather will pay for the trip, as l shall
60 along prepared to skin and dry any
thing from tapir to crocodile, from
condor to beetle, net to mention
snakes and other things New York
Cnn
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4 GREAT SHOT.
But He Learned That Cold stPisens Had
Beat the Gun.

But He Learned In8t colo "fA9eu a3<A
Beat the Gun.
It was on California ranch in early
springtime. John, the cook, aged about
II years, had offered to slay several
thousands of the myriads of blackbirds
which were swarming around the ranch
if Brown, the boss, would furnish pow
der and shot. The birds were SO numer-
GUS that the wheat had to be covered as
soon as possible after sowing. II this
was not done, the ground would DO
cleaned as free of the seed in very
short time as if it had never been seed
ed. Under these conditions Brown was
not slow in furnishing the necessary
ammunition.
The next morning after the breakfast
dishes were cleared up John made his
appearance in the field. armed with the
old muzzle loading, double barreled
shotgun. After slowing away liberal
amount of ammunition in the old gun
he took deliberate aim at a place where
the blackbirds seemed to be most nu-
merous on the newly seeded ground.
With a tremendous report the old gun
belched forth it's deadly charge. When
John recovered from the recoil and the
smoke had cleared up, he was surprised
and delighted at the havoc he had
caused in the swarm Of birds. Perhaps
40 or so lay dead on the ground, and
others dropped every few yards as the
birds flew toward clump Of trees about
$50 yards distant.
Loading the barrel which had been
discharged, John proceeded toward the
trees, intent on securing another shot,
but as he drew nearer he was surprised
to see the birds still dropping to the
ground. When within about 80 yards of
the trees, he stopped, undecided as to
whether he had better fire again or not,
for it seemed as though he must have
wounded all of the birds, so continuous
ly were they falling As the birds did
not seem to be alarmed by his presence,
he concluded to count the dead ones,
and find out how many he had killed
with one load. Cautiously making his
way under the trees, he commenced
counting, and the birds kept falling.
After counting about 200 dead birds,
and seeing that they were still falling,
he commenced to feel a little suspi-
cious, and noticed that the birds were
acting in very unusual manner up in
the tree.
"Ha ha, hap yelled Brown, who
had been taking it all in at short dis
FL L.
he could scarcely walk, Brown approach
ed, and John, who was sure something
was wrong, demanded an explanation.
"Well, said Brown, II had just sown
about peck of poisoned wheat when
you came out, and the poison COM
menced taking effect just after you
fired"
The boys all call him "Blackbird
John. Forest and Stream.
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her Dilemma.

They met at the linen counter. and
the girl in blue locked SO sadly perplex-
ed that the girl in brown said sympa-
thetically:
why, May, what is the matter? You
lock SO miserable -
I'm bothered. y acknowledged May
You see, Rudolph and quarreled Bit
terly last night And to save my life I
can't make up my mind whether to go
Gu buying household linens in expecta-
tion Ct u reconciliation or to buy me an
crgandie to begin new campaign. y
''It is bothering, agreed the girl in
brown 'Ah! We women have SO many
hard problems to solvel''-New York
Journal
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-05-27
SKATING STORIES.
They We're Good Enough to Tell, but
Their Truth Was Doubted.

They We're Good Enough to Tell, but
Their Truth Was Doubted.
The group were talking about skating.
i don't pretend to be much Ct skat-
er, said the man with his feet on the
mantelpiece. 'sThe Last time INDUCED
In the pastime, though, had the good
luck to slip into an airhole."
''You don't call that good luck, dc
you?' asked the man who had been try
ing to break into the conversation and
tell story himself.
''Well, under ordinary circumstances
I wouldn't call it good luck,'' replied
the man with his feet on the mantel,
but in this instance it led to my catch
ing the largest fish ever found in this
section of the country. It happened this
way: was skating around the airhole,
and at last ran plump into it. The low
er part Of my body went under the ice,
but was able to hold myself up by the
arms. At last man came to help me
ont, but one Of my skates seemed to
have become entangled in something
below the surface, and he had to call
for assistance Several persons respond
ed, and by their united efforts pulled
me and four pound rock bass through
the airhole. The jaws of the fish were
held apart by one Of my skate blades. ]
suppose" he added by way Of explana-
ton, "that I must have struck my foot
in his mouth when first went down. !"
It was the unuttered consensus of
opinion that the speaker was liar.
There was a short pause, and the
man who had been waiting for chance
told of an adventure on Lake Superior.
He said that while skating there one
evening, far from shore, he was pur-
sued by monstrous gray wolf. The
wolf chased me about considerably, !"
he said, 'but I wasn't afraid, because I
always was a good skater and could
beat any wolf that was ever created
when it came to getting around on the
ice. After I had a little fun with the
animal, making figure Fights and
things like that around him, I thought
I would put him to some use. Sol made
a dash around to his rear and caught
hold Of his tail with one hand. I had
shiny stick in the other and beat him
across the back with it. Well, gentle
men, that beast was so shocked and sur
prised that he didn't know what to do.
He jumped around just like colt that
was being broken in. I held on tight,
though, and he finally came to the con-
clusion that he wanted to go home, and
lit out for shore.
Gentlemen, know you will believe
me when I say that that was the SUI
preme moment Of my life. There was
a-holding to the VOLTS tail with one
hand, beating him with the Skinny stick
which I held in the other, and flying
over the CLASSY surface at the rate Of
about 40 miles an hour. As we neared
the shore he slowed up some, and on
reaching the land lay down and died
from exhaustion.
II have his hide at home now," con-
cluded the narrator, ''and you can see
it if you want to- -
This seemed satisfactory proof of the
truth of the tale. At least no one ques-
toned it, and the meeting adjourned.
Washington Star.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-05-27
Or and ON q Donkey.

When we were boys our first lessons
in riding were taken on (and off the
back Of donkey. He was creature of
changeable, but, on the whole, amiable
disposition. When his temper gave way
before the trials to which we subjected
it, we took many lessons in that gentle
art of falling off which is SO useful a
supplement- to the science of riding as
more generally understood. We can
make this avowal without any sense Of
shame now, for it happened once on a
day forever memorable that our donkey
kicked off our riding master himself in
all his glory of boots and brooches.
Joe, the coachman's boy, declared all
our theory of donkey riding to be incor-
rect, and it is significant that, though
the donkey could kick off the riding
master, boots and breeches and all, it
entirely failed to shake Joe from his
seat by any CT its antics. But then Joe's
method was entirely different from that
of the riding masters. It was, indeed,
SO simple as scarcely to deserve the
name Of method, being contained in the
single precept that you, should sit as
near the tail Of the animal as possible.
That was the sum total Of his theory Of
donkey riding. and it worked to perfec-
ton in practice. Our uncle, who was in
the navy, explained the mechanics of
Joe's style of riding nautically. "It's
as plain as pikestaff, " said he, ''that
when you've got all the weight in the
stern the craft isn't likely to go down
by the head Macmillan s Magazine.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-05-27

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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-05-27
SCIENTIFIC HITTING PAYS.
spalding Tells How He Was Able to
Place the Ball Anywhere.

spalding Tells How He Was Able to
Place the Ball Anywhere.
Before I Joined the Boston Fed
Stockings" said A. G. Spalding re-
Gently, II used to go up to the bat with
the sole object in view Of hitting the
ball from the shoulder as hard as I
could, without any idea as to what part
Of the field it would go or on the
ground or in the air. All I thought of
was to knock it out of the lot, as the
boys say But l soon found that there
was something more in batting than
that. think I got my first idea of
what batting should be from defending
my wicket in cricket when we went to
England on that baseball tour in 1874.
At any rate, I got into the habit of try
ing to place the ball, instead Of hitting
at random, and from that time I real
lied that to try to tap the ball to right
field over the heads Of the infielders
and short Of the catching reach of the
outfelders was about the right caper
1.-THE new method of handling the
bat, remember, came to me all of a
sudden. l had been for some months
batting very poorly while hitting from
the shoulder, base hit being the result
in about eight Of ten times at the bat,
and even less. One day thought I
would try something different, and, get
ting some one to pitch swift balls to me,
I Invent in for tapping them to right field
SO that they would fall safe, and after a
few trials up went my batting average
of base hits at jump, and especially
did my hitting prove useful when run
ners were on the bases The boys be-
gan to want me to follow them at the
bat, because hit SO as to bat them
round toward home. Then it was that
I first practically realized that swift
~ pitched ball to the bat which was
just tapped by the bat-that is, hit
lightly, but not like 'bunt'- would go
to the field, sharp from the bat, with
surprising speed; besides which, could
govern its direction better than it was
possible in hitting it from the shoulder,
as before.
Talking of swift pitching" contin-
ued Mr.. Spalding, "Iused to think that
we old time pitchers could send in a
pretty speedy ball under the rule of the
underhand throw, but none Of us ever
equaled the speed of the cyclone pitch
ing of the present time which comes
from the regular overland throw. Then,
too, with all our practice, we could not
command the ball in delivery, as is pos
sible in overland throwing. New
York Times.