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POOR IKE vAlLi
Says the Police Give Him No Chance ts
 Keep Straight.


 Ike Vail, the. veteran bunko steerer and confidence man, who was arrested in Hoboken few days ago while Ioi- tering about the steamship piers, has been released. A we'll dressed stranger paid his fine. After his release Vail talked to reporter as follows:
 ''I am dead flat; not 10 cents to my name What is 8 poor devil like me to do? Every place go am recognized and given ten minutes to leave town. When O'Brien hears am in New York. be sends for me. I had 8 message from him last week. "
 Ike said that the detective told him New York wasn't large enough for them both and that unless he lighted out he was afraid there would be collision.
 "Of course, said the crook, T knew what that meant. had been down in Battery park and my presence there had been reported to the chief. To remain in New York meant should be arrest ed the first time some second rate crook turned a trick, and should be sent away to prison. came over to Hoboken several weeks ago for rest, and Detect i've Jim Gallagher took me in and the recorder gave me three minutes to get across the ferry.
 T have done no business for three years but if go to Brooklyn, or any of the large cities, orders are given to bring me in at once, and after spend ing several days in jail I am actually hustled out of town. There is one thing certain and that is-Ike Vail will new CT starye to death or beg. Should you hear of my having been caught dead to rights, you can put it down that the au- thorities have driven Ike Vail back to depending upon his wits for living. !" New York World.
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HIS CONVERTS STICK.
Syndicate Wilson Is Conducting Another
 Revival In Ohio.

Syndicate Wilson Is Conducting Another
 Revival In Ohio.
 Syndicate Wilson, whose innovations il conducting reyivals attracted so much attention, opened the District Methodist annual camp meeting at Lookout church at Potter's, 0. He has abandoned his cannon and fireworks act, but retains his quartet and band. There are 150 tents and cottages on the camp grounds.
 In the towns where Wilson preached last fall and winter three-fourths of those who became Christians remain true
 4 New York woman going to New Orleans by boat, who gave her name as Mrs Mary Holmes, and who had read stories about Wilson, stopped at Gal lipolis out of curiosity, but remained to pray.
 Last week man from Springfield, Ills, went to hear Wilson, and was so impressed that he offered him $100 Wilson declined the money at first, say ing: T could not accept such sum, but if the gentleman will allow me to have $1O for my own use and will give me a check for $90 for any charity he wishes to benefit by it I'll be glad to forward it. New York Recorder
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A WATER CURTAIN.
Latest Device For Fire Protection Invented
 by BOstoniRn.

Latest Device For Fire Protection Invented
 by BOstonian.
 The ''water curtain" is the latest de- vice for the prevention of the spread of fire. It is the product of the genius of First Assistant Chief Began of the Bos- ton fire department
 The arrangement was given trial on the R. H. White building in Boston the other afternoon in the presence of sev- eral big property holdels, fremen and reporters The experiment was success ful in every way and was considered by all most progressive and up to date device for effective fire service.
 The plan is simply this: A pipe is fixed to the building and extends to the roof with coupling at the bottom to connect the hose from hydrant. On the other end the nozzle is so arranged that the water as it is forced up is sent out in dense spray in both directions and falls to the ground in an unbroken sheet
 This watery barrier between two buildings should most effectively pre- vent the spread of flames if it works as well as it is expected to. It is said, however. that the inventor will make an improvement in the nozzle before it IS given another trial. But this contem- plated improvement will not change the design i'll the least, but rather will have tendency to force the water out in greater volume Boston Journal
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HE PREFERS SLAVERY.
This Negro Is satished as Long @s His
 Wives Hold Out.

This Negro Is satisfied as Long @s His
 Wives Hold Out.
 There is negro in Butts county who finds slavery preferable to liberty. As the story goes about 65 years ago the father of Dr. ". P. Phillips caught runaway negro in the woods. He was young and likely darky who wanted & good master and was willing to serve him. The fact of his promise to stick by the man who bought him, through lash ings laid on thick, if deserved, or left off altogether, has been eSes1ppi.;;.t::eeG5 bby b his conduct, for he has never deserted the family, and at the age of 96 he has just taken unto himself another wife.
 He is yet vigorous, for his bride bushes behind tawny skin of 36 sum- mers' growth, while she chalks up to the mark of No 37, so far as conjngal- ity is concerned, but his ideas on the divorce laws and his deference to polyg- amy would make a Mormon turn a shade greener with envy. It is thought that he has only 16 living wives, though it is not strange that such should be the case, as he hears so much said about ''16 to 1' being the right thing.
 The old fellow is perfectly content. and wants no better fate than to die "on Marse Docks plantation, provid- ed the supply of wives holds ut.--At- lanta Constitution.
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poes Not Mind a Broken Neck.

Kokomo, Ind, is the home of man to whom life insurance would be wanton prodigality Two years ago Alfred Got tingham, teamster, was thrown from his wagon and load of heading blocks fell on him, breaking his neck, the spinal cord being completely severed The doctors declared he could not sur yiye 24 hours, but he was well in a few weeks and resumed his daily labor This week Mir. Cottingham received another fall, and the spine was disjointed at the same place, but he thinks he will get well, saying he is used to living with a broken neck and that it will require something more severe than that to kill him. Chicago Times Herald
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ANOTHER MONITOR READY
The Puritan Likely to Be Commissioned
 Soon.

The Puritan Likely to Be Commissioned
 Soon.
 Another monitor is shortly to be added to the service. For many years the Pu- ritan has been in course of construction at the Brooklyn navy yard. The first act authorizing the department to construct this ship was passed in 1885 and at the time $3, 900, 900 was appropriated to carry on this work and similar work on board the Amphitrite. Monadnock, Miantonomoh and Terror The Puritan will. on being placed ill commission, probably in September, be attached to the north Atlantic squadron, and possi- ply the Amphitrite, now with that fleet, will be put out of commission and the force of men transferred. The officer who is to command this monitor has not yet been chosen, but among those named is Captain F. A. Cook, now at- tached to the bureau of navigation and formerly of the Boston navy yard He is competent officer and one of the most popular ill the navy.
 The officer to have charge of the ma chinery of the Puritan will be Chief Engineer J. L. D. Borthwick, 8 Penn sylvania man, lately on sick leave. The Puritan is an efficient vessel, the ad- vantages of which are powerful ord nance and a minimum target for the enemy. The exposed portions of the ship are heavily armored, the side and bar bette armor being l 4 inches in thickness.
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HE'S A HUSTLER.
4 Candidate For Office Who Deserved to
 Win.

4 Candidate For Office Who Deserved to
 Win.
 Suppose all the candidates in Georgia were made of Judge Hart's mettlef When the judge cast his vote recently, he went into the country on private business. While riding along he saw an industrious farmer cutting grain by the roadside, of whom he asked if he was not going to the polls.
 No, " said he; my crop needs me, and l cannot leave
 Whereupon the gallant and patriotic judge dismounted and asked him to take his horse, ride to town and vote, while he himself labored in his stead.
 When the farmer returned, the sweat upon the face of his honor and the sheayes he had gathered plainly told he had kept his promise.
 That's the kind of candidate who works his way. Atlanta Constitu- tion.
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COUNTESS IS HARD UP.
Society In New York wags It's Tongue
 Anent the Castellanes.


 Anent the Castellanes.
 Rumor is busy again with Anna Gould and her count. This time it spreads the story that the Countess Castellane and her French husband are in need of money and that Brother George" has been requested to loosen the family purse strings. The story is backed up by the presence in New York of Henry Gachard, lawyer connected with the Paris branch of the Goudert Bros firm His business is alleged to be that of envoy peeuniary ill the inter est of the countess.
 Moreover, a certain society leader'' in New York claims to be i'll receipt of letter from Paris containing back stairs gossip of the Goulds. The fortune of the countess, it is said, remains in this country and she receives only the income therefrom. This would be suffi- cient were it not for the counts peculiar ways His wife is custodian of the funds and knows a thing or two about economy So her husband, as the story has it, went into partnership with the tradesmen They doubled their prices for everything they sold his countess and then gave him 90 per cent of the extra price h that way he managed to increase his income, and hence the aI- legged deficit in the Castellane treasury. St Louis Post-Dispatch
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Laurier,s Policy.

Wilfred Laurier's policy, as outlined by the Toronto Globe, will include a new franchise act, new encouragement of the constituencies, retrenehment in public expenditures, the development of Canada s mining resources, the booming of immigration and tariff reform. The latter will not be on basis of free trade, but half way between free trade as they have it in England and McKin- leyi as it exists in the United States.
 It is said that Lord Aberdeen has recommended the Liberal leader to her majesty for knighthood.
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NUMBER NINETEEN.
It Played Startling Part In Young Min.
 gers Life.

gers Life.
 Benjamin Ringer, the prisoner who died at the Ohio state penitentiary few days ago from complication of diseases, and whose case excited great deal of interest at the time from the fact that the autopsy revealed that his heart was on the wrong side of his body, is exciting even greater interest dead than he did living.
 An examination of the records relat- ing to him shows that the figure I9 played large part in his life. He was born on the 18th day of the month. The only serious illness he ever had was contracted on the 18th, and he left his bed on the same day of the month.
 The crime for which he was sent to prison from Lancaster, O., was commit ted on the 18th day of the month. He was convicted on the same day and re- ceived at the pen on the same day en- tered the hospital the 18th day of the month died on the 18th; was 19 years old, and was the 18th prisoner to die in the new hospital. l.-Cincinnati Enquirer
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The Eastern Peach Crop.

This promises to be great season in Kent county, the great peach growing center of the Maryland and Delaware peninsula. The June crop is over, and reports from all over the county and other parts of the eastern shore indicate fine crop. The sale of peach baskets, in anticipation of the large yield, is enormous. Two large factories are run ming on full time, and in addition hun dreds of thousands of baskets will be shipped from Delaware and the lower peninsular mills. Buyers for Philadel- pima, New York and Baltimore houses have been looking over the orchards the past week, and some growers will dis. pose of nearly their entire crops on the trees. s.-Philadelphia Record.
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The Man With Ice.

Oh, the man with ice, the man with icel When his wagon the air divides Now the child en run from the shade and sur And throng round its dripping sides
 ''slicel Slice!"
 As le cuts the ice In blocks both large and small,
 And the boys stand by
 And tEs wee ones cry And fight fer the crumbs that fall. Oh, 8 welcome man is the man with ice When the sun is blisterinR down, And the sick man turns to the light and yearns For breath OCT the blazing town
 s.Siieei Siieei'
 Goes the man with ice As the children throng and press him.
 And he goes his way
 Through the sultry day With many sweet 'God bless himi' Frank L. Stanton in Atlanta Constitution
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Our Mineral Production.

The mineral products of the United States for the calendar year 1895 are reviewed at length in the mineral re- sources report of the United States geo. logical survey. The report, which was compiled by Dr. naxid T. Day. chief of division, shows tlae total value of the products as S611, 795, 290. This stands against product valuation of $527.- 369, 594 for 1894.
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The Smallest Man.

The smallest man in the world known to be living today lives near Zyba, Sumner county, Kan His name is Will liam Pifer. He is 22 years old, less than feet high and weighs only AS pounds. Mentally he is as perfect as or dinary men of his age. He lives with his widowed mother and avoids as far IS possible the public Cincinnati En- mirror
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A REFRIGERATOR HAT.
An Inventive Genius Has at Last Evolved
 One For Use.

An Inventive Genins Has at Last Evolved
 One For Use.
 An inventive genius has just patent ed a refrigerator hat This queer head gear has a double crown, forming a waterproof compartment in the top. The top piece of the hat may be lifted when desired, so as to permit the intro duction of a piece of ice. Then it is closed again, and the wearer is ready to brave Old Sol
 The principle is the same as that of the improved modern icebox. The cold air deseends, keeping the wearer's head delightfully."- cool. Nobody need suffer from the heat during these warm sum- mer days if provided with an apparatus of this sort. Incidentally it is claimed to be sure protection against sun stroke.
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V. here Boies would Be Strong.

Horace Poies of Iowa is the leading free silver candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination. Boies is tue bighearted patriot who declared not long ago thatwages are too high in tbs country, and that the best way to re- duee them is to adopt the free coinage of silver. He would poll an immense workinpman' $ vote.
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A Good Smile

The discussion about silver and gold reminds one much of discussion about the relation of the earth and sum- The geld men maintain that the earth goes round the sun; the silver men that the sun goes round the earth, except when defiected by the efforts of the bankers and 'goldbugs New York Evening
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What Debts Are Paid With.

Our Populist brethren say there isn't gold enough 1T existence to pay what we owe. We cont pay debts with gold. We use gold IS measure of services, and we pay 'iebts with onr cotton and our wheat alid our corn and our cattle and our manufactured products Bel ion (Tex. Journal
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The whirling Wheel.

The activity of the cycle trade in the Midland districts, England, including Birmingham, Wolyerhampton, Ccven- try and Leicester, is unprecedented. Many establishments are working dou- ble shifts night and day, and yet ars weeks in arrear with their ordezA
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Bayard to Be Honored.

At Oxford university on June 24 the honorary degree of D. c. L. will be- conferred on Thomas F. Bayard. the American ambassador; Joseph Cham berlain, secretary of state for the colo nies, and John Morley, M. F.. formerly chief secretary for Ireland.
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The Lion and the Lamb.

The lion and the lamb are preparing to liedown together in 1900. when allopaths and homeopathic hope to meet in Paris at the great international congress. Dr. John T. Simpson is prime mover in the scheme. and ii any one can make the lion a comfortable bedfellow for the. lamb it is he e-Boston Herald.
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All Kinds of Reasons.

Not only does every consideration of honor and patriotism command us to stand for sound currency. but considera- tions of expediency as well. There is A probable pr sideney in sound currency. There is nothing but disaster in free sil- yer. Utica Obseryer
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The ladies of Sulphur Springs will give an ice cream supper Thursday night July l6. for the benefit of the Methodist church. Come everybody and enjoy the evening. Free music.
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A.si,l of A Flea Bite.

The Chicago Journal surveys The sil- yer sentiment of the far western states and remarks that a party willing to sacrifice New York for Nevada must be nightly afraid of q flea bite. !
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.rhoroughly Pressed.

A man in Waterville, Me, few days ago fosind nlder a beck letter, sealed and stamped, which he had placed there more than three years ago. to press the envelope Hat securely before mailing.
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workinwmau.s simple Que.tien.

Sooner or later, and probably ve-y soon, our workingmen will put to both parties this question, "Doyou intend 70 refuse to us the best dollar there :. which is the gold dollar. and compel us by legal tender laws to take for our la- bor an inferior dollarf''
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sannre rlght wnl settls u.

The money standard of the United States should be settled beyond disturb a,sc's. A square contest between tho friends and foes of sound money will settle it. Utica Herald (Rep.
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Mr. and Mrs. G. N. Hart left for Hot Springs this morning. where they will sojourn for several weeks. We trust that Mr Hart, who is in feeble health. will return fully re- stored.
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sam Jordan is being tried before Esquire W. D. Vance this afternoon. sam is the industrious negro who was delivering a chair at o'clock in the morning.
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Mir. A. ]. Mitchell returned yester- day from Palmyra, Mo, whither he had been called to attend the funeral of his mother.
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Messrs. D. B. Johnson and E. l.. Westbroeke, of Jenesboro, are in the city to attend the Peterson-Hnlinrd marriage.
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Getn There Just the same.

Laurier doesn't resemble Napoleon very closely, but he appears to be the whole thing in Canada at nresent-Chi- cago Times Herald.
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Mir. F. c. Howell and family leave this afternoon for Toronto, and other points in Canada. They will be gone all the summer.
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 An Unspoilable Peach.

The stories of any danger threatening the peach crop must necessarily excite a good deal of anxiety in the neighbor- hoods where NIT. Depew is admired - Chicago Record
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Notice

All those wishing to change their voting places fer the September cleo tion should notify the Eleetion Com missioners Ut once. All changes must be made 30 days before the election.
 s.Y.T. KNOX,
 Chairman.
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All the late newspapers, maga- zines, books and periodicals and stationery at Mitchell's. No. 205 Second avenue. , l7 dtf
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Mir. L. c. Aeruman. a prominent Fordyce emerchant and manufacturer, is a guest of the Arlington.
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Mir. E. B Houston and family left this afternoon to spend the summer in Waukesha.
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General Passenger Agent E. w LeBeaume, of the Cotton Belt Route, is in the city today.
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The Board of Directors Of the \. NJ. '. c. A. will hold business meet ing at Merrill Institute tonight at s o'clock.
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Mir R. B. Treadwell, of Memphis. well and favorably known here. is registered at the Trulock.
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Mir, Arthur Murray has returned from Cincinnati, where he attended the Grand Lodge of Elks.
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Mr. sam Katzenstein has returned from Il weeks vacation pleasantly spent at Potash Sulphur Springs.
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Mir. k. P. Towner, the well known drummer of Memphis, is among Pine Bluff friends today.
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Miss Mary Burns. of Little Rock is in the city to attend the Peterson Hnllard wedding.
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MT. Jeff Hicks will be able to re- sume his duties this week. after a severe spell of sickness.
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MT. c. H. Bracey, of Little Rock. is registered at the Arlington.
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Mir. L. S. Stovan, of Little Rock. is in the city.
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Mitchell is the only summer drinks 1IiaIi on Second avenue. If you don't believe it, call and be con vinced. No. 205 West Second.
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WONDERFUL are the cures by " Hoods Sarsaparilla, and yet they are simple and natural. Hoods Sarsa parills makes PURE BLOOD.

Last night the police captured Bob Rayford who some time ago came very near killing his wife be- cause she followed him to the rail road Station. Rayford wanted to go to Hot Springs en an excursion and his wife was evidently up to Bob's tricks and wanted to see what he was doing. He quieted her with club.
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strike. and Oreanired Lahn,

Strikes are on the decrease in this country. The people are seeing that they do not pay. Anosher reason is that tho relation of organized labor to labor in general is much less important than was for a long time supposed. According to Carroll D. Wright. there are ill this country 15, GOO, 900 wage earners, but of this number only 1, 400. 900 belong to organized labor. Baltimore American
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Mrs. Will Riley and son, Master Hicks, will leave this afternoon for waukesha to spend the remainder of the summer.
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From Tuesdays DailyA

Mir. ". T. Dowdy. of Foreyce, is registered at the Arlington.
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The U. s. Gov'f Reports show Royal Baking Powder superior fo an others.
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Cooling or.

Do not. when heated, pour down your throat quantity of water in order to get yourself cool Pour the water on your wrists and then drink sparingly
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X1ze Worlds Fair Tests a1howed no baking powder

- urs or 50 great In leave ~ power es fke Royal.