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New-York tribune., 1896-01-03

Sweeney was not hurt much, but McGown was
injured internally. They were both removed 70
ST Josephs Hospital and it stated tonight
that McGown might die.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-03
Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey

which is nncquallel for its strengthen
lug, invigorating, tonic effects. 1t is
not an ordinary whiskey but a prepa-
ration having wonderful medicinal
powers. 1t i, universally prescribed
and recommended.
BE sure that yOu get Duffy's pure
malt whskey. 1t is the only medicinal
whiskey in the market.
Evening star., 1896-11-14

Georgia / rode for hundreds of miles
through fields loaded with the wooily white
fiber. and here in Atlanta I am in one of
the chief cotton states of the Union. Those
who have not travelled through the south
In the autumn have no idea of the gor-
geous splendor with which nature here dec
crates the dying year. The mountains are
now ablaze with color. You ride through
forests where the green pines mix with the
leaves of other trees of all the colors of
the rainbow. The contrasts are greater
than those of the north. The green is
sreener, the red leaves range in color from
that of fresh blood to a royal purple, and
the yellows are Of every hue from a pale
delicate lemon to that of the purest gold.
Such trees are often the setting CT the cot
ton plantations, which consist Of thousands
OF little green and brown bushes which are
now weeping their precious tears of snow
In some fields the green bolls or balls
tanning the cotton are just ready to open.
IN others the ribs of the bolls have crack
Evening star., 1896-11-14

coo, and the Argentine Republic which
owes about td4ooo,W0. For the small bor-
roWers - Bulgaria, Denmark, Norway
sweden Chile, Peru, SerYia, etc.-we have
allowed floO,ouoop0 which is probably only
these nations "
The sum paid annually as interest on the
world debts approXimates to l23oDen ooo
twenty years ago the total MAS about
tzooopo0, and the increase of only t30.-
"p,ocp, with capital addition of more
lflan tl,oto,oVU,ovO is explained by The facr
mat money now is cheaper, provided
credits are good, than il was in IS15 when
on some of its loans England was paving
"a per cent; India, per cent: Holland
ga per cent; Canada, AZ per cent: France
Russia and Brazil > per cent: Italy and
PORTUGAL per cent: hungary. ~ per cent;
Egypt, per cent; Turkey and Peru 10 per
cent; Spain, 10 per cent. and Mexico Is per
CENT. France, of course, pays out the
largest sum of money every year in the
way Of interest. the total running TO about
t5i oo,ooJ, or lbs. Sd. per head of the popu-
lation. Great Britain's disbursement is
i-l''4o,oo, or rs. 81. per head Russia
pays out little more, "a. 126. .ouD or 4s
I'D. per head. Austria-Hungary on the
Joiht and special debts, pays out f37 10000
a year, and the average per cap.ta eNpen-
diture on the joint debt is as lpd ON The
special Austrian debt los 1od and on the
sIecial hungarian debt los. The annual
charSe IN Italy amounts TO f2.} 100000,
winch works out at the rate of lJs Id Der
head. Spain pays nearly fl 100000 inter-
est annually, or 13s. Id. per head. Though
the capital itself is a large item. The charge
per annum in the United States is 40
more than Is. 30. per head. In Uruguay,
on the other hand il runs to as much as
II Is. cd. per head. Burdett says that in
Peru this per capita charge runs to IL 3s
but there must be something wrong with
Burdetts figures. In Portugal the amount
is los. 1od. per head. and in Egypt lis. 10d.
per head. In Germany i'll is no more than
Is. 4d.
,rr
GreGate debt of all the English posse ssioms
in all parts of the globe? We viii give the
total: that is, IL .UJI. 10000. After the
mother country, India has the heaviest
Gebt. the total being. as We have seen,
Ll21 21.6"9,vpo Then comes New South Wales
wial tJS,225.'~o. Canada with tJ1 IS. 600
EeD, Victoria with t41 .9iI .:hs,. New Zea-
land with f39.63.f, ,90p. Queensland with f;;n.-
'.S3.oo0, Cape Colony with t21 .G15 lIS. and
South Australia with l23. 3.1Uu,OuO. 81. Hele-
ma brings up the rear with a modest IL, 4OS.
Evening star., 1896-11-14
Thlrty-Ef9ht Hundred Million Dollars
Added to Them I'm Twenty Years.

From the Pail Mall Gazette
Whether ii be good or a bad thing for
the nations, there is no room TO doubt that
The debts of the world are growing steadi-
ly. In 1873 it was computed that they
stood at IA, ,I5G,oo0,oo0, as compared with a
round f4,2UD0o0,o00 two years earlier On
the basis of figures, many of which have
been obtained by us at first hand, and are
nkely on that account to be more accurate
than some of the wild guesses to which
certain irresponsible statisticians have
treated us, we ourselves estimate that the
Indebtedness of The world today stands at
t'',Sn,rr,oo0. AS probably every one
KNOWS, France has the doubtful distinction
of being the country which has the largest
debt. The latest figures put the total at
something like Il .2Tb0OU. 600 which is near
iE double the debt-sGGo 900 ppU-of Great
britain, which ranks as second on The. list
Russia follows with a total of 500. 900. 900
and insignificant Italy comes forth with
i.'W.ooo,oU: that is, if We count as separate
items the joint debt of Austria Hungary
ana the individual debts of the two por-
tlons OF the nation. The join, debt stood
IN 1888 at f2I5,390,oo0, while the debt of
Austria alone was fI22,61S, 500, and that of
hungary alone f2o1, T29,o10, or 1906 S97, 600
IN all. The Cnited States debt amounts 10
t553,on,otn, ard that OF Spain-exclusive OF
thc more recent loans i'm prosecution of the
war in Cuba-at f219,uo,O,o In the follow
ing statement We give a comparison for
1875 and 1910 of the Indebtedness of the
nations which now owe, or did then owe
tlo0,UtO,oOO or over:
Evening star., 1896-11-14
Onions, Cabbaecs and FIatS.
From the Chicago Post.

rom Inc tblcago Fost.
You see, it's this way, he explained to
the landlord. Il don't want to seem un-
reasonable, and 1 don't want to dictate
what a man shall eat. / realize. also. that
YOU can't very We'll stipulate in the lease
that a recognized article of food that is in
good repute but bad odor practically all
over the country shall not be cooked on
the premises. Again, l am prepared to
concede that onions and cabbagos are all
right in the right place, but / feel that, in
justice to myself and the neighborS. ! must
protest that a fat building on warm day.
when the windows are open, is not the
right place. especially if the day be Sunday
and the time about noon. 1 understand
perfectly that you can't do anything
matters are now, but rely upon your sup
port when i introduce a measure i'm the
council regulating the use of onions and
cabbageS in flat buildings"
Evening star., 1896-11-14
A German Joke.

From the Detroit Free Press.
The Germans have an odd character. a
certain baron, who is made responsible for
many absurd and ludicrous things When
ever anything particularly striped or whim-
sical happens it is straightway attributed
tc the baron. Consequently, many amusing
stories are related of the baron, Just as in
this country all kinds of. mistakes have
been heaped upon the shoulders of the late
MIR. Stetson, the theatrical man. At one
time the baron went to Venice and seeing
the pigeons on st. Mark paused in wonder
and began to count them. He was getting
on nicely with his calculation when some
one tapped him on the shoulder
Here, you," said the stern-fac iced brigand
"are you counting those pigeons?'
Il was" replied the baron humbly
VERY well, you have to pay me one Ira
for every pigeon you counted"
IF that is the law, here are forty lire"
responded the baron, counting out the
money.
The brigand looked over it carefully and
took his departure. Then the baron be-
came convulsed with merriment and shook
his fists boisterousy after the retreatin
figure
Fool! Idiot" he exclaimed ct gave you
forty lire, and counted 160 pigeons
Evening star., 1896-11-14

Showing Height of Sea Island Cotton.
are the politicians, the Office seekers and
the political agitators. Tae cotton crop
this year will run over S,OOO,Hl0 bales. We
will get more than S200, 900, 900 in gold from
Europe for our cotton within the next few
months, and the present Increase In our
gold reserve comes largely from cotton.
Our Cotton Territory.
But let me tell you where the most and
best cotton is raised. During the past few
weeks I have met some of the biggest of
our cotton shippers and cotton planters,
and have collected matter about the con-
dition of the woolly plant in every part of
the world. Only few years ago Missis-
sippi and Alabama were the leading cotton
producers of the Union; now Texas is
greater in this respect than all the rest.
Last year. or rather. in the cotton year of
1893 and 1894, Texas produced over 5000, 900
bales. or nearly one-third of the entire
crop of the United States. 1t was thought
that it would produce like amount this
year, but the drought set in, and the re-
suit is that that state has only about one
half its usual crop. The cotton territory
of the country can be seem from the fol-
Evening star., 1896-11-14
1895.


In spite of the substantial reduction o:
the English, American. Spanish and Ger
man debts there is a net increase for the
fourteen nations in the twenty years of
fS3S,vU,T1. 1t may be added that in lSsJ
these same twelve nations owed a. 10 uuO
ooo, made up thus: France. f99S. 900. 600:
Great Britain, ftio.or.ooo: Italy. ti.,5, ,oop-
GOO: Russia. f:'S, .onh,rpD: United States
j3i9,oN,ou: Spain. f2io.en.0G: India: f121-
ooo.oeo: Turkey, f127, ,oop,co0: Australasia.
$9S,o00.000, and Portugal. fS3.oo3.ooa In
the years 1S1J-S5 there was -en this show
ing net reduction of about tl51Do 900 on
the Indebtedness of the nations enumerat-
ed: but the whole worlds obligations in
1885 represented an increase on 1919. our
calculations giving a total for the former
of nearly f49o0,ooo,o90. Among the minor
debtors Belgium has increased its obliga-
tions from IJ,ooaoeo i'm 1876 to f91 900 Wri
in 1895. and in the same time the debt of
the Netherlands has gone up from $50 o0o-
900 to f92, ,500,Go0 and that of Canada from
ESQ, 1000 to f51 ROC. 900. The Greek deb
stands at f32, 9S4 900, and that of Mexico al
1872. 200 (as against f63, 100000 in 1879:
while among the new borrowers must b.
reckoned Japan, which now owes f47 ,300,-
Evening star., 1896-11-14

ton belt covers "a degrees of longitude and
about 10 degrees of latitude. 1t now meas
u1es about GOO, 900 square miles, or accord
ing TO the census of 1890, almost one-third
OF the settled parts of the United States.
This area of cotton-growing territory could
be greatly increased, and as it is, only
about one-twentieth of 1t is used for rails
ing cotton. There are in fact only about
2p,OS,eO acres of cotton plantations. and
We have an empire of cotton soil which has
never been titled. The cotton belt has a
population of about 13.5OO,OOO, of whom
5,N1OOO are negroes. These people produce
mere than half bale of cotton per capita
every year, or more than three bales an
nually to each family of five, or from seven
TO nine million bales of cotton every year.
Ihe cotton we export annually amounts to
more than the output of the gold mines of
The world 1t is almost double tina: of the
gold and silver mines of the United States.
liz 1881 1t footed up the sum of S225, ,0OOOO
Evening star., 1896-11-14

and in 1894 we had one of the biggest cot
ton yields of our history. The cotton then
raised amounted in round numbers. to
$50 600 bales. This Is more than half of
all the cotton grown in the world. We are,
In fact, the greatest cotton growers of the
universe, and could we sell all the cotton
our lands could produce at high prices. the
south would be the richest part CT the
United States. Today cotton is bringing be-
tween 7 and cents pound, and at this
the planters can make money. They are
making money now, and the only people
down here who are talking Of hard times
Evening star., 1896-11-14
lowing Io1 table, giving the estimated yield for

The American bales of cotton, as rule,
WelSh more than those of Europe, where .he
estimates are in bales of 400 pounds and
!he crop was, in fact, almost ten million
haies: have not the figures of the
worlds output last year. but the crop for
1913 amounted, in round numbers, to fif-
Teen million bales. At this estimate the
United States produced two-thirds of all
the cotton of the world. 1t will undoubted-
iy ulnish more than half of the worlds
supply this year. AZ
'ihe Great CottOn-ProducinS Coun-
tries.
But what are the lands which make cot
ton! Here is the list, with the amount each
furnished in 1893.
Evening star., 1896-11-14

C1hl -No LIZ 40 !
week l have been
travelling t h r o ugh
some of the richest
cotton districts Of
the south. 1 came
from Washington to
Atlanta over the
Southern railway.
The line runs down
through Virginia and
crosses the best of
the pine level up
lands of North and
South Carolina into
Evening star., 1896-11-14

ed and the field Of brown and green is spot
ted or busted with white. Again you see
places where the crop is ripe to bursting
and the great tufts hang oct ready to drop
to the ground or into the hands of the pick
ers- Some Of the fields are alive with men
and women gathering cotton. Neg -Oes and
whites walk through the rows and pick the
white bolls. The former sing as they pick
and their rich, soft voices float into the car
widows as We fly by. At many of the sta
tons there are bales OF cotton ready for
shipping to the factories of the north and
south. Nearly every little farmhouse we
pass has one or more bales in it's yard.
The roads are lined with wagons full of
what in the distance looks like newly
washed wool, but which is freshly picked
cotton being carried 20 the gin, where the
seed must be taken out before the cotton
Can be sold. Other wagons haul bales of
cotton, bringing the ginred article back
to the farmers homes. The drivers seem
happy. Hear that old negro sing as he
hauls his three bales of cotton along in
that old cart drawn by an OK. He is re-
he knows it will bring him the money for
his winters supplies
Where Our Gotten Comes From
The cotton crop is the great money crop
Of the south. If it is good, prosperity
shines out of the faces of both darkies and
whites, and more than 13.000,0O souls re-
joice. If bad, there is a cry of hard times,
and want creeps in al the cabin door. The
extent of the cotton area OF the country is
not well understood at the north. The cot
Evening star., 1896-11-14
Primitive and Civilized 1 People Have
Queer Notions About Diet.
INDIANS WHO WON'T EAT FISH ORPORK
But They Love to Feast .on Dog
and Horses
SOME SUP E R STITIONS

7 is PROBABLE
that at heart we are
| all more or less sup
erstitious-it is only
natural that we
should be; but while
most men are a little
ashamed of this feel
ing and will attempt
to conceal a disincli-
nation to sit down to
dinner in a party of
thirteen, or to COM
mence a journey on
FRIDAY still tho.a To-
Evening star., 1896-11-14
IN THE COTTON BELT
A Crop That Produces More Wealth
Than the Worlds Gold Mines.
HOW IT SPREPARED FOR THE MARKET
Scenes in the Fields Where the
Pickers Were at Work.
CONTROLLING THE TRADE

Copyrighted, 1896, by Frank G. Carpenter.)
ATLANTA, Ga, November o, 1886.
Evening star., 1896-11-14

Snakes are often killed by white men,
and the Navajos will witness the operation,
but they will never take hand in it.
They believe that harm will befall the man
who Kills snake, and that, within one or
two years afterward, he will sicken and
die; unless in the meantime the case is
taken In hand by shaman, or medicine
Evening star., 1896-11-14
WORLDS DEBTS INCREASING.

@#E575 @Sg|@5 60 6 g 9@g0@ a
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-05-12
COUNTY OFFICES.
For County Judge.

We are authorized to announce John G.
Edwards as a candidate for County Judge
subject to the action of the Miller county
Democracy.
In responce TO many solicitations from
my Democratic friends have concluded
to announce my candidacy for the office OF
County and Probate Judge, subject to
the action of the Democratic party. have
served the people of Miller county in
different official capacities, and feel that
they are familiar with past onlcial SER
vices, and therefore able to judge of my
fitness for the place i will greatly ap-
preciate any support any support given
me and if | am the choice of the party,
will endeavor to discharge my duties in
the future as in the past honestly and to
the best of may ability.
w. 7, HAMILTON.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-05-12
OFF FOR BOSTON.

This mornings Transcontinenta
tram carried coach load of office
seekers and their friends to a con.
vention at New Boston. Many went
along not delegates but what YOU
call lobbyist and wire pullers tc
help their favorites out in close
places and if we are informed right
most all Of the Texarkana can.
didates who had opposition in the
west end will not only need out.
side help, but will have to change
some of those fellows who hold
west end instructions.
The following named gentlemen
were among those who went up to
represent the candidates from this
end Of the county:
Ward Is Fl Smelser, q B Ellis,
T 7 Murray, G G Burke, H G
Hynson, w H Elliott and p A
Turner.
Ward 81 w Mayher, B Man
ming, John Stewart, Sr,, L M Ed
wards, John Carmichael, FM Henry,
S ] Henry, r e Hewett VIM Kelley
] NJ Benefited, John Stewart, Jr,
and j B Kizer,
Ward 3-W A Robinson, H e
Briley, ] S Raglaud, ] S Hitler, F g
Cook, Sam Hardin, Frank Nevu, W,
Lee Estes, w II Tilson, Willis
Whitaker, Dan 4, Leary, W 7
Hudgins, w G Hardin and J w
Talbot.
Ward &c G Buckner Tom Mar
burg, Len Marbury, S A Colum, S
B Colon, Joe Redding, 20 Mahaf
fey, H w Vaughan and II W Rum
nells.
Harmes-G. j. Skipwith, DR..
Bentley, S J Lackey and ] S
Ward paul Revarra, M L
Purifoy, Melvin Anderson aud A G
Stuart.
Ward 6-Tom Eestes,
Most all the candidates were on
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-05-12
For Tax Assessor.

We are authorized to announce Mr. IL
C. Grafton as candidate for Tax Asses.
sor of Miller county, subject to the
action of the Democratic party,
We are authorized to announce Lucul-
lus Winham as candidate for Tax AS
SCISSOR of Miller county, subject to the ac-
tion of the Democratic party.
We are authorized to announce T. w
Hull as a candidate for Tax Assessor, sub
ject to the action of the Miller county
Democracy.
We are authorized to announce b. w
Adams as a candidate for Tax Assessor of
Miller county, subject to the action of the
Democratic party.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-05-12

The primary elections in Little
River and Sewer counties came of
Saturday. We have heard that
Harrod carried Jefferson township,
in Little River county, and this will
entitle him to seven votes. Our in
formant says it is thought Harrod
will carry the county. The conven-
tion will meet next Saturday and
the ticket put in the field, Up to
this time we have failed to get re-
ports from Sewer county.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-05-12
Justice of the Peace.

We are authorized to announce Sher-
man M. Roberts as candidate for JUS
tice of the Peace Of Garland Township,
subject to the action of the Democratic
primary,
We are authorized 10 announce w. j,
Smither as candidate for reelection to
the office Of Justice OF the Peace Of Gar
land township, subject TO the action OF
the Democratic primary.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-05-12
WHEN NATURE

Needs assistance it may be best to
renderit promptly, but one should
remember even the most perfect
remedies only when needed. The
best and most simple and gentle
remedy is the Syrup OF Figs, manu-
factured by the California Fig
Syrup Company.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-05-12
THE JONSES.

The Little Rock Gazette has un-
dertaken a herculean task-that of
sorting out the Jonses and giving
them credit for Office holding, or
ability possessed by them in this
state. 1t has a chapter, blograph-
ical, WHICH takes in dozen of this
talented family of the same name
with no relationship one to the
other, and we copy what the edi-
torial biographer says of the Jonses
we are most interested in:
First, there is United States
Senator James Kimbrough Jones.
In both houses of Congress he has
made his mark, as he did in the
Arkansas Legislature before going
there, and he is now seeking a re-
election. He is native of Missis-
sippi though reared and educated
in Arkansas.
Next, there is Daniel Webster
Jones, ex-Attorney-General, who is
now seeking the Democratic nom-
nation for Governor He was born
in the Republic of Texas, was taken
to Arkansas when a child, was
brought up, educated, reared and
practiced law in the same town,
Washington, with his fellow citizen,
James K. Jones.
Then there is Paul Jones, of Tex
arkana, in the adjoining county to
the other two Joneses. He is d
lawyer, too, and though younger
than the LITTER he has the ability,
the brilliaacy and the vim to rival
his namesakes, either in law or pol
itics. He is native of the state.
Next-and perhaps he ought to
have been first mentioned-there is
the venerable father of the latter
Hon. John 7. Jones, of Phillips
county. He is now over four score
years of age, native of Virginia,
but resident of Arkansas for over
sixty years. He was a circuit
Judge over fifty years ago in the
Helena District, and was elected to
the United States Senate by the
"rebel" legislature of 1867, but
was never permitted to take his
seat
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-05-12

The supreme court of Arkansas
has decided that in order to consti-
tute a transaction usurious it is hot
necessary that there be contract
or intent, but If more than 10 per
cent is taken or reserved it is usu-
rious, regardless of any intent.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-05-12

city of Havana, resulting in Cuban
independence. Certainly the blows
now about to be struck for Cuban
independence, and their force, indi-
Gated by the late battle, will so Sc
riously cripple the Spanish army
that a further effort to continue
the fight through the rainy and un-
healthy season will be so obviously
dangerous to the Spanish states.
men that they will grant Cuba its
independence.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-05-12

We notice that Col. j. N. Smithee
has become president of the Little
Rock Gazette and also editor. The
Colonel is no stranger in Arkansas.
He edited the Gazette during the
reconstruction period. After serving
awhile as State Land Commissioner,
Col. Smithee concluded to run for
Governor. He is on record as
having made the champion race for
that Office. He ran clear through
to the convention and carried only
one county, Sharp Co., we believe,
He then went west, joined the
Populists party, played his hand
there and now returns to take
charge of Democracy in Arkansas
The Gazette is in hard lines. Twas
ever thus with the poor old lady.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-05-12

Will Brownlee came in from Ar
kama yesterday to get one smile
from his best girl, after which it is
SAID he will return and buckle down
to business, Lay up your money,
Will, and some day you can concen'
trate those smiles in cottage, and
they will be for no one but you.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-05-12

The late victory of the Cuban
patriots, under Calixto Garcia,
1900 strong, over Spanish column
25OO strong protected by guuboats,
in the province Of Santiago de Cuba,
and the advance Of General Gomez
on the other side, on the trocha,
evidence a elimination Of the con.
Hict that givese7ery promise,to re-
suit iu tue patriots driving the
Spanish army to capitulation in the
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-05-12
County Treasurer

We are authorized to announce John Ii.
McLain as a candidate for County Treas
NJ er of Miller county, subject to the ac-
tion of the Democratic party.
We are authorized to announce Joe
BeddingGeld as candidate for County
Treasurer of Miller county, subject to
he action of the Democratic party.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-05-12
For Representative.

We are authorized to announce w. F..
Kirby as a candidate for Representative
of Miller county, subject to the action Of
the Democratic party.
We are authorized to announce j. ID.
Blanton as a candidate for Representative
OF Miller county, subject to the action OF
DEMOCRATIC party.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-05-12
For Circuit Clerk.

We are authorized to announce A. B.
Little as candidate for Circuit Clerk of
Miller county, subject to action of the
Democratic party.
We are authorized to announce j, d
Sanderson as candidate for Circuit
Clerk of Miller county, subject to the ac-
tion of the Democratic party.