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The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-05-31

The editors wIle has been very
sick since Saturday aud he can
give but very little attention TO the
paper 0h this account
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-05-31

These cool nights are detrimen-
tai to growing crops,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-05-31

We are having some cool morn.
ings and hot days,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-05-31

Attention, Ladies' am prepdrs
ed to do all kinds of dress mahag,
aud guarantee satisraetiohi was
formerly with thcnotcd Paris Cloak
and Suit Coo ON Nllth Avenue, New
York city, Give mu a trial
MUa j, SpTluFRa,
llal8, 800 Maple st.
The very latest GREEN Buofs, at
q, w. Stocks %.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-05-31

Keep in mind the 8lh Of June,
bicycle races,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-05-31

], A. Edison, general manager Of
the Cotton belt passed through
here last night FROM Hot Springs,
on his way 10 Tyler Texas,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-05-31

We are glad to acc Mr. lrN lhppt
ont today after bIa spell ot slcmoee.
Tie will accompany MA brother to
Van Buren, fur a retrtalIng tHp
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-05-31

Prof Lyon at Park at dp, m,
today
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-05-31
F. G. wooTTEN, City Editor.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
Try Holly Wood Dairy Cream. #.
Fill up the holes on Broad street.
- - rH--
Gardens are doing well since the
rain,
Prof Lyon at Park at dp m,
today
Keep In mind the 8lh Of June,
bicycle races,
-sN s--=
We are having some cool morn.
ings and hot days.
----aan--s--ss
These cool nights are detrimen.
tai to growing crops,
--s s-----
G, A. Owens, the "Cobano Coffee
King" is here today,
=s--
The bargain stores were crowded
today by our bargain seekers,
--a-.-- -~.- -----,---
The Bennett pony Is to be rallled
of at WHghts saloon tonight
This Is bargain day and many
ladies are down town shopping
For ladies' aud gents green shoes,
,,tu al - IN gto,bia no.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-05-31

Gardens are doing well since the
rain
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-05-31

Fill up the holes on Broad street.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-05-31

Try Holly Wood Dairy Cream. #,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17
K Rays Identify a Picture.

The X ray has been put to new
uses, aside from surgical diagnosis.
1t has ascertained the genuineness of
Jewels, and has also been made use of
by French postal officials to investi-
gate the contents of suspiciouslook-
ing parcels in the mails. The latest
story of the ray comes from Germany,
and concerns the Identification of a
painting by Albrecht Durer. The
canvas in question was head OF
Christ, and was accredited to the
famous Nuremberger. 1t was on
wood, and was believed to have been
executed in 1921. 1t was much dis
colored and dingy with age, and had
been retouched by restorer." In
order to settle all doubts as to the
authenticity of the work, a photograph
was taken by means of the rays, and
much was revealed that the eye could
not see. The features and the drap-
cry appeared much more distinctly
than in the painting, and there also
came to light Latin inscription in
quaint Gothic characters, the mono
gram of some grand duke for whom,
perhaps, the picture was painted), the
artists initials, and the date 1924.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17
She Drives An Ostrich.

Mrs. John Glitch, of Denver, Colo
RADIO, drives strange steed. Her
horse is not horse, but an ostrich,
behind which she rides in a light
wagon. Mrs. Glitch is the only wo-
man in the world who owns zoologi-
cal garden and manages it herself.
Through it she is known all over the
Pacific coast
whenever l want change from
driving horses have an ostrich, she
says, "the only pacing-bird owned by
woman. / drive il for amusement,
never for the public. 1t hauls light
wagon, and I've just got a new one,
with pneumatic tires. Ostriches don't
drive like horses. 1t is all very well
if he doesn't catch sight of banana
peel, stray orange-skin, or some
thing equally attractive. If he does
he'll stop in his fastest gait and dive
sideways for the tidbit. He isn't
guided by the reins, but by long
whip, with which L hit him on the
side. 1t takes hard blow, too, to han
die him. If should pull on the reins
it would break his neck. L raised
him from baby. He hates reins, but
once harnessed is very tractable. 1t
looks odd to see him in such rig.
His legs, of course, are immensely
strong He seems never to get tired,
and goes like the wind"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17

Surprising recoveries occasionally
happen which can be ascribed to no
other cause than cheerful state of
mind and the healthful nervous infu-
ence which, it diffuses through the
frame. A singular but instructive in
stance fell under the observation of
Sir Humphrey Davy, when, early in
life, he was assisting DIR. Beddoes in
his experiments on the inhalation Of
nitrous oxide. DIR. Beddoes having
inferred that the nitrous oxide must be
a specific for palsy, patient was Sc
lected for trial, and placed under the
care of Davy. Before administering the
gas Davy inserted a small thermomet-
er under the tongue of the patient to
ascertain the temperature. The par
alytic man, wholly ignorant of the
process to which he was to submit, but
deeply impressed by DIR. Beddoes with
the certainty of its success, no sooner
felt the thermometer between his teeth
than he concluded the talisman was in
operation, and, in burst of enthusi-
asm, declared that he already expert
enced the effects of its benign infiu-
ence throughout his whole body. The
opportunity was too tempting to be
lost. Davy did nothing more, but de-
sired his patient to return on the fol-
lowing day. The same ceremony was
repeated, and the results followed,
and at the end of fortnight he was
dismissed cured, no remedy of any
kind except the thermometer having
been used.-New York Ledger.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17
Egypt's Increasing Population.

The interesting discovery is made
by means of the new census that Egypt
to-day has probably the largest popu-
lation it ever contained, according to
careful estimates and comparisons.
Ancient writer's put the maximum
population under the Rameses the
Great, which was the most fourishing
period of old Egyptian history, at less
than eight millions. When Bonaparte
went there century ago all Egypt
had scarcely two millions, and the
next fifty years added only one mil
lion. No exact figures are obtainable
for later comparison, for the census
of 1882 was VIGOROUSLY guesswork;
but it is fact now that an actual
count shows about nine millions. The
ease and smoothness with which the
village authorities took up and facili-
tated the work of the census surprised
and gratified the English officials, who
are encouraged now to believe that
their recent reforms in the local sys-
TEN have really taken root. There is
still certain amount of unpleasant
ness in dealing with the Khedive, who
lends furtive ear to new set of mis-
chief makers as fast as the old ones
are cleared out, but he dares attempt
nothing overt, and / am told by Off
GERS now at home on leave that Eng
land is as secure on the Nile as she is
on the Ganges. New York Times.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17
A Peculiar Ohio Community.

'sThere is community at Amish,
Holmes County, Ohio, that meets
certain idea of Atlantis" said guest
at the Planters yesterday. "There
are no churches and no ministers in
the community, which consists of 49,
900 to $1,000 souls, residing on 100
acre farms. Every member Of the set
Element is a producer. Religious
meetings are held, but they are at the
homes of various members, not in reg
ular meeting places. Draft horses, the
best in the country, come from Amish.
The customs of the people are print
tive in their simplicity. No one ever
thinks of knocking at neighbor's door;
they Just walk in. Travellers who
come through the country are enter
tanned in literal Interpretation of the
scriptural injunction, and no one is
permitted to receive pay for the enter
tainment The most curious of the
customs of this peculiar people is that
relating to its women. Married women
wear black caps, those who are en-
gagged go to church in brown head
gear, while the young girls proclaim
the fact that their affections are olsen
gagged by dainty white bonnets. There
is considerable sense at the bottom of
this quaint custom, and the social jeal
ousies and heart-burnings of other
towns are said to be practically I'M
known in Amish. st. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17
Followed A Prize Fight at Sea.

Sailors far out at sea can sometimes
be brought into closer contact with
events than are some people in the
next town to the scene of action. The
British steamer Oxus, was repairing
the Mexican cable between Galveston
and Tampico on March II.
There was not q man, Captain Suth-
erland included, who was not greedy
to know the result of every round of
the -Corbett fight. The
longed-for news was bound to skip
along under the sea. All they had to
do was to catch it as it went.
Captain Switzerland dropped his
deep-sea anchor, a graphing iron soon
brought the cable to the surface, the
insulation was opened and a wire con
nected with an instrument on board
and the telegraph operator sat on deck,
smoked segar and announced the re-
suit of each round as it was fought in
Carson City. When they knew that
Corbett had been punched in the solar
plexus and couldn't respond all hands
resumed work. New York World.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17

cials are found to be a few grains
heavier and trife finer than the coins
issued from the mints. Most Of the
spurious coins discovered bear the
mark of the San Francisco mint. In
trinsically the coins issued by the en-
terprising counterfeiters are a. good
in every respect as those issued by the
government, and when detected and
refused acceptance, the holder
will only lose the difference between
the bullion and coinage value of the
genuine coins. This is q consoling
reflection to the public, who are liable
to have as many of the spurious as the
genuine coins in their possession, and
as the difference between them can be
detected only by weighing and assay
ing the liability to loss is very trihing.
With silver selling at 80 cents per
ounce it is not surprising that the gov
eminent should find competition in
the business of emitting coins that
bring the manufacturer q clear profit
of 100 per cent.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17
Church Sexton Lives in a stespIe.

The only man in the United States
who lives in church steeple is Heze-
kiah Bradds, the sexton of the Baptist
church at Westport, suburb of Kan
sas City. The room is small, scarcely
larger than dry goods box. 1t is just
under the bells. In that tiny room
he cooks, eats and sleeps. Through
the small windows that furnish light
in the day time he can see portion of
Kansas City. Above his head the swal-
lows twitter as they fly in and out
through the lattice work. In his small
room is bed, dresser, tiny stove
and table. He has been sexton of
the church for several years and has
occupied his room in the steeple since
his wife left him. Some years ago he
married widow with grown son.
The son proved bone of contention,
and after numerous quarrels the wife
left her husband, taking the furniture
with her. Then the church trustees
suggested that Mr.. Bradds move into
the little room beneath the bells.
Church members furnished the room
comfortably, and since then Mr..
Bradds has lived lonesome life.-
Kansas City Times.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17
Observed bv a Skeptjc.

I once saw cowboy try to ride an
ostrich, and ever since 1 have doubted
the stories told by the natives in At
RIGA and Australia riding ostriches.
He had vanquished every pony he had
ever undertaken to break in, but it
was only after an hours hard work
he succeeded in mounting the bird,
which ut first tried to shake him off,
then to get away by running. These
tactics, of course, had no effect upon
the cowboy. Then, in spite of all
the man could do, the ostrich succeed
ed in getting it's head around and seiz-
ing him by one leg. He doubled his
feet under him and the ostrich reached
over its wings and got hold upon his
back, throwing him heavily to the
ground and tramping on him. 1t took
three of us to chase the Infatuated
bird, and we accomplished it barely in
time to save the mans life, / don't
believe the native Australians ride
ostriches.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17
Eggs Used in Diving.

The German demand for duck eggs
is said to be bringing prosperity to q
certain locality in China. The eggs
are employed in manufacture-the
white for the dying of textiles in which
albumen plays prominent part, and
the yolks for dressing fine leather, and
glove skins. The eggs are packed. in
chemicals and are shipped by a Ger
man firm which opens some 40, 900 per
day. The shells, at present, go to
waste, though it is thought some use
may be found for them er.-The
Manufacturer.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17
ATurtle as a Fox Tran.

G. r. Perry, of Herrick, Penn, has
been fattening twenty pound snap
ping turtle. One Sunday his turtle
ship was taken out of the barrel and
allow to wander about the yard. Early
on Tuesday morning Perry was arous-
ed by the noise of scuffle in the yard.
Repairing there, he found the turtle
hanging to the nose of big fox, which
had been stealing from the memories
in the vicinity for month. Br'er
Fox was near the fence endeavoring to
get over but Farmer Perry followed
and shot him dead. The turtle all the
time retained his hold and refused to
let go until the fox's nose was cut off.
Then it crawled back to his home,
carrying the nose with it as trophy.
New York Press.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17
OPPORTUNITY.

Master OF human destinies am i!
Fame, love and fortune on my foot
steps wait.
Cities and fields l walk; / pene-
trate
Deserts and seas remote, and passing
by s
Howell and mart and palace, soon or
late
I knock unhidden once at every
gate.
IF sleeping, wake; if feasting, rise be-
fore
I turn away. 1t is the hour of
fate,
And they who follow me reach every
state
Mortals desire and conquer every foe
Save death but those who doubt or
hesitate,
Condemned to failure, penury, and
Seek me in vain and uselessly i'm
plore.
/ answer not, and return no more.
The Waterman
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17
Silver Coin Being count.rt.ited.

The discovery has been made by the
secret service division of the Treas
ury Department that the silver frac-
tional coins are being counterfeited,
and it is feared to very large extent
The low price of silver bullion pre-
sents new field for enterprise and
one in which the liability to detection
is reduced to the minimum. Instead
of using base metal and washing it
with q solution of silver the work is
done with silver bullion bearing the
marks of the government assay Office,
and the spurious coins that have come
into the possession Of the treasury Of
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17
use AND ABUSE OF THE WHEEL.
The injurious Results Of improper Bicycle
Riding.

The bicycle is pretty generally re-
garded not only as cheap and
ready means of recreation, avail
able by the masses of the people,
young and old, but rs also health
giving exercise especially to those
whose occupations are of sedentary
character, and to those threatened
with nervous disorders or who are
suffering therefrom. But the wheel
may, instead of proving the blessing it
ought to be and would be if proper
rules were observed in its use promises
to be injurious to many who disregard
these rules. DR.. William Darnell,
in the Medical Brief, discourses upon
this subject and points out two in
furious results of improper bicycling
riding. One is the depressed handle
bar, which operates TO contract the
chest and so to prevent the expansion
of the lungs, which should have the
fullest play, and besides to some ex-
tent interferes by the pressure thus ex-
erted with the action of the heart,
which becomes overworked. The final
result he states, is a condition of n.y.
pertrophy, the most important organ
of life is weakened and untitled for
duty and the rider becomes round
shouldered, hollow chested deformity.
The other injuries referred to are
caused by the saddle, and are also of a
very serious character. The whole
region affected by the contact is per-
meated by an inextricable mesh-work
of nervous elements highly organized
and very delicate and sensitive. If an
improper saddle is used, he urges
one with the pommel-the cutaneous
nerve terminals are constantly irritated
by the undue friction, which may in
time develop into permanent dis
order of delicate organs. He, there
for, recommends the use of only
straight handle-bars and the main
tenance of an upright position while
in the saddle, and that the latter
should be without pommel. Natures
laws cannot be violated, he says, with
impunity. A bad saddle, the forward
position in riding, overtaxing the
strength by long rides and an abuse
of the wheel, especially by women,
will be followed, he holds, by untold
suffering. "It is time" he concludes,
''that physicians should study the
question of the use and the abuse of
the bicycle so that a timely word OF
warning may be given. Trenton
IN. j. American.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17
Where Engines are curiosities.

In many parts of South Africa rail-
ways are comparatively new depar-
ture, and in consequence large pro-
portion of the farmers are wholly ig-
norant of the way engines work, says
London Answers.
One stalwart colonist who thought
himself cleverer than his companions
was standing on the platform al
Bloemfontein, the capital of the Or.
ange Free State, during shunting op-
erations. He had been explaining the
principles of steam motive power to
an amused crowd, when suddenly the
engine began to move backward, push.
ing a string of trucks.
His jaw dropped and he gasped
out:
''I can understand how the engine
pulls the trucks, but I'm blessed il
know how, the trucks pull the engine
back again.
Then the crowd yelled.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17
6alks Telegraph Operators.

Chinese cannot be telegraphed, and
to meet this difficulty cipher system
has been invented by which messages
in that language can be transmitted
over the wires. The sender of the
message has no need to trouble him
self about the meaning, and, in fact.
may be telegraphing all day without
the slightest idea of the information
he is sending, for he transmits only
numerals. 1t is very different, how
ever, with the receiver of the message
at the other end, as he must have a
code dictionary, and after each mes
sage is received must translate IL.
writing such literary character in the
place OF the numeral that stands for il.
Only about an eighth Of the words in
the written language Of China appear
in the code, but that has been found
sufficient for all practical purposes.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17
An Explosive Bean.

A peculiar vegetable product of Java
is bean-like pod containing the seeds
of the plant on which it grows. The
seeds are distributed by the violent
explosion of the pod when ripe. Dried
pods, brought to Europe recently, ex-
ploded with loud noise when thrown
on water. The cause of the explosion
appears to be that as the pod ripens a
strong internal pressure is brought to
bear upon the shell, though if plucked
before they are quite mature the pods
withstand the pressure until sudden
wetting weakens the tissues along the
groove joining the two halves of the
she'll
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17

tired and stops, then call him again,
enforcing the order rs before, the idea
being to. teach him what the words
mean, and of course no punishment is
possible until the order is perfectly
understood and wilfully disobeyed.
When he finally comes to you pet
him, make much of him, make him
think that he has done very clever
thing by coming. 1t is not bad plan
to have something which he will like
to eat in your pocket with which to
reward him when he obeys. Continue
this course, first dropping the check
cord, and after while removing it,
until he answers the call instantly;
then begin gradually to substitute the
whistle for the voice. at first whistling
and speaking, and then dropping the
voice altogether.
You should never use your voice
when in the fields to call your dog.
In the first place, it is very annoying
to your companion to be forced to
listen to the noise you will make when
the dog is any distance away, but the
most important reason is that all
game-birds hate the sound of the
voice as they hate nothing else, and
when they hear it get restless, and
will not lie well.
The next step is to teach the dog to
lie down when spoken to, and the
conventional order is ''Down charge"
or Charge" ! use the word drop"
as being simpler, but that is absolute
ly unimportant, the only need
full thing being to use only one order
and not to change it, as changing only
confuses the dog. -Harper's Round
Table.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17
Some Lawmaking Bodies.

In these days of belligerent small
things, when almost any little insular
nation may bob up and declare war
against some other little nation too
small to draw bead on. it is essential
that the general reader should recog-
niZe whether or not such a declaration
is o forgery. If that declaration
hasn't the endorsement of the legislat
i've body it isn't loaded; but if the
reader doesn't know the name of the
legislative body, how is he to Judge?
Some of these lawmaking bodies which
have the privilege of breaking a quo
rum and making pi out of English
type may be named as below:
The reichsrath, Austria the orzag-
gyules, Hungary; the chung chi ch'u,
China; the nei WI flu, Korea; the rigs
dad, Denmark; bureau des affaires
Tunissiennes, Tunis; bundesrath and
reichstag, German empire; landtag,
Baden; reichsrathe, Bavaria; burger
schaft, Bremen; staatsministerium
Brunswick; diet, Mecklenburg Schwe-
rim; nerrenhaus and abgeordneten-
haus, Prussia; landstande, Wurttem-
berg; boule, Greece; senate and cam
era di deputati, Italy; imperiel diet,
Japan; states-gentral, Netherlands;
volkraad, Orange Free State; cortes
geraes, Portugal; narodna-skhpshtina,
Servia; senabodi, Siam; cortes consti-
tuyentes, Spain; storthing, Norway;
standrath and nationlrath, Switzer-
land; ulema, Turkey.
In good many of the lesser coun-
tries of the globe, of course the chief
ruler is the whole thing, and good
deal harder to pronounce, as for in
stance, Shah Nasr-ed-din of Persia,
and Chulalongkorn /. of Siam.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17
Bought a Husband for $4,000.

In an action for debt brought
against Mrs. Julia Fritzley few days
ago it was discovered that she had
decided all her property to Peter
Keller, of Montgomery County, Penn
sylvania. Mr.. Fritzley swore that she
was married to Keller in Windsor,
Broome County, N. Y, last January,
and that he decided the property to
her in consideration of his marrying
her and for other considerations"
This is the first case on record in
the county where woman bought a
husband. The property is valued at
So, OOO.-New York Press.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17
An Gent Theatre Tickets.

The large quantities of small metal
plates which have been found of late
years in the excavations at Athens and
ON the Piraeus are said to be ancient
theater tickets, which admitted one to
the theater of Dionysos during the
time of Lycurgus. The celebrated
Greek Archaeological, Svoronos, is the
authority for proving. these metal
plates to be the first theater tickets
probably ever used.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17
Hints on Training a Dog,

The first thing to be taught is
obedience-to come in when called.
Get strong cod line and fasten one
end to the pups collar, holding the
other in the hand. Then call him,
and enforce the call with q sharp
twitch. Do not yank him, and do not
raise your voice or be violent in any
way. The chances are that, feeling
the cord for the first time, he will
struggle violently to escape. II so,
sit or stand perfectly still until he 10