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The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-03-07

Photographs from Burdsale gal'
lery were known In ancient times,
as will be seen by referring TO
Psalm xylllb,
Once tried, you will find II the
best whisky you ever drank Mono-
gram, 10 year old,
1920 Tony DEGRASiER,
We always give our customers
the best the market Affords, full
welghta and promp' attention.
lluDDLHaI0N llR0a
California ffults=a large ass0fta
meht all kinds just feeeieyed,
s N, RAdLAND,
palroulIe push aud enterprise,
lIuddlcslon Bros, always keep the
best of fresh meats, etep aud
promptly deliver the same delivered
TO all parts OF the city,
a
All lovers Of good beer say that
Anheuserlluseh aud temp'sbeef are
The BEST u O Vandewcghe Ia agent
for them in fexafAana, l'B
Have your watches aud clocks re.
paired by the old reliable iewelefl v
|, aehualef 1890
lluy your groceries whore you eau
get them the cheapest, Just look
lBba gfanulated sugar for tli0Ol
Afbuehle coffee 20 cents nef paehH
age
.G90 w, II, WELLS n 90,
Try those Iuylgorallng hot drinks,
ehoeolate, coffee or beet tea, at
the Palace Drug Store, 1916,
=tEt
Received a large shipment OF Cal
f0fhia Fruits al Highlands,
j. H. Whatley can give you point.
erson real estate, See him.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-03-07

Joe Mcshane, opposite the Beue-
field hotel sells coffee l7e per pound
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-03-07

We always give our customers
the best the market affords, full
welghta and prompt attention.
lIuppLHaTON llnOa,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-03-07

Once tried, You will find II The
best whisky you ever drank Mono-
gram, 10 year old,
1920, Tony DEGRASlER
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-08-14

The Gar of Russia is said to be
very superstitious and to have great
confidence in relics. He wears a ring
in which he believes is embedded {
piece of the true cross. It was origi
nally one of the treasures of the Vat
lean and was presented to an ancestor
of the Car for diplomatic reasons.
The value which the Gar sets upon
the ring, with it's embedded relic, IL
shown by the following fact: Some
wears ago the Gar was travelling from
St. Petersburg to Moscow. He sud
denly discovered that he had forgotten
the ring. The train was stopped i'm
mediately and special messenger
sent flying back in an express engin,
for it. Nor would the Gar allow the
train to move until, eight hours after
ward, the messenger returned with thu
rims. Dispatch.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-08-14
Heroism of n Boy.

With a box containing 200 pounds
of dynamite on fire ten feet rway from
him, John Thomas, boy who runs a
compressed air hosting engine in the
Tamarack mine at Houghton, Mich.
stuck to his post and saved the lives
of men at work in the mine by his
wonderful bravery.
Ten seconds after Thomas had
hoisted the men to the level, the dyna-
mite exploded smashing the engine
ito pieces and doing other damage, but
the men and boy to whom they owe
their lives were in q place of safety.
The miners working in the twenty
third level head put seven cases Of
dynamite in box for future use. AT
noon a miner, accompanied by Thomas,
went to the box and found it ON fire.
Thomas went to his post, gave the
alarm to the miners in his level below
and ran his engine until he had hoisted
them out. He then fed. The alarm
of fire caused great excitement, but no
miners were injured in the rush to
reach daylight from the depth of from
5000 to 1000 feet
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-08-14
Summer Care of Blankets.

Blankets after the winter use arc never
clean, and should not BIO put away without
being washed. Many housekcepers in view
OF the shrinking and discoloring caused
by washing, satisfy themselves with airing
and shaking their blankets, but this Is
q great mistake, for if the work is prop
criy donc the soft appearance and white
ness may be retained for years.
The most important consideration In
washing blankets is to have plenty OF
soft water and good soap. An inferior cheap
soap is really the cause Of the injury done
wooden goods in washing, as it hardens and
yellows tho fibre. Whom ready to begin the
work, shake the blankets free of dust, fill
tub noarly fall of soft hot water, and dis
solve third of cake OF Ivory soap in il.
Put one blanket in at time and dip up and
down, gently washing with the hands.
Never rub soap en- blankets, or wash
on the dashboard. After the blankets
nro clean, rinse them in warm water until
frco of suds. Add a little bluing to the last
water. Shake and squeeze rather than
wiring, aad hang on the line until dry. Then
fold and pack away in box securely to
exclude tho moth. Blankets washed in this
way will keep their original freshness and
wear worry much longer than if put away
soilel year after year. ELIZA Il. PARKER.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-08-14
-princess or wales Loves Animal.

The Princess Of Wales Is fond Of an,
lmals and is a most intrepid rider to
the hounds. Her bay pony, fluffy" is
now % years of age. He is past work
and is having high old time of it. He
stands about 13 hands high, and has
been the first favorite of the princess
for the 16 years he has been in her SER
vice. He knows his mistress as we'll as
any Of her dogs do, and, If allowed,
would follow her anywhere. He is too
old for work now, and has had his shoes
taken of finally, but still lives a most
luxurious life, constantly visited and
fed by his mistress, who never allows
an old favorite to be killed.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-08-14
A Big old-Time Stock Farm.

John Cantacuzene figures conspicu-
ously in the affairs of the Byzantine
Empire in the first half of the four
teenth century. That empire was fast
declining as the Turks were first getting
solid foothold in Europe. Cantacuzene
had experience in most leading matters
of state and church, including those OF
the emperor and monk, and besides
he carried on stock farming in no or
binary scale.
Gibbon gives us view of this stock
farm. s'He does not, says that his
torian, measure the size and number
of his estates, but. his granaries were
heaped with an incredible store o.
wheat and barley; and the labor of Q
thousand yoke of oxen might cultivate,
according to the practice of antiquity
about sixty-two thousand five hundred
acres of arabic land. His pastures
were stocked with two thousand five
hundred brood mares, two hundred
camels, three hundred mules, fiv'
hundred asses, five thousand horned
cattle, fifty thousand hogs and sevent,
thousand sheep"
Gibbon refers to this as ga preciou
record of rural opulence in the las
period of the empire, and in land
most probably in Thrace, sorepeatedl..
wasted by foreign and domestic hos
tility.'' That was before Cantacu
zene manipulated his way to the pu,
nile.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-08-14
The Railroad Mans Condition.

Among batch of stories attributed
to President Lincoln is the following
good one ON President Tyler: Our
ing Mr.. Tyler's incumbency of the
Office he arranged to make an excur-
sion in some direction and sent his son
Bob to arrange for a special train. 1t
happened that the railroad superin-
tendent was a strong Wing. AS such
he had no favors to bestow on the
President, and informed Bob that his
road did not run any special trains for
the President. What, said Bob, did
you not furnish special train for the
funeral of President Harrison?' Yes,
said the superintendent, 'and if you'll
bring your father in that condition you
shall have the best train on the road. ="
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-08-14
Men Working in Showers of Molten steel.

Men working IN showers Oh moieeh rbeei'
Modern Machinery of Chicago, in de-
scribing the work done in steel foun-
dry, tells of remarkable instances OF
nerve displayed by the men. When
the furnace is tapped there is torrent
of scoria that scatters over wide area,
descending in an umbrella-shaped
mass of sparks that envelop the men
at the ladle.
Through the pyrotechnic display OF
the rain of fire and luminous retiec-
tions you can see workman shrug his
shoulders or wriggle little. This is
the only sign he gives that spark OF
molten steel has fallen inside his fan
mel shirt. The manager said that in
the performance of their work the men
would run into deluge of flying sparks
SO thick you would think no one could
go into it and come out alive and that.
too, in summer when they were stripped
to the waist and had not even a shirt
to protect them. In the shadow of the
furnace and ladle it would often regis
ter 125 degrees, and the very life was
cooked out of the air. Some of the
men are singed and SCARED more than
veterans of many battles heroes OF
the workshop, they stand under fire
every day of their lives and expect no
songs to be sung in their honor or
monuments to be erected to their mem
cries.
The manager related an incredible
incident which he gave merely as a
sample of the nerve these men have.
One day the foreman of the casting
department had started ladle of steel
on its journey among the morlds and
was seen to shake his foot several
times. He went on, however, and not
until all the steel was safe in the beds
of sand did he hobble to the wall
where he took piece of steel as big
as his thumb out of his shoe. 1t ha(
burned into his great toe joint and the
man was laid up for weeks.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-08-14
A Dog Saves His Mistress's Life.

There is small black dog in ia
maica Plain, Mass, who is enjoying
the distinction of having saved human
life in a manner that showed unusual
intelligence. The animal is of no par
ticular breed, but his intelligence and
affection have caused him to receive a
great deal of petting. He belongs to
George Shaw, and his devotion to the
family has been proved in many ways.
It was early in the afternoon, and Mrs.
Shaw was alone in the house. She in
tended to spend the afternoon away
from home, and after closing the front
door she lost her footing and rolled
down the storm step, striking on hel
face and cutting the flesh perilously
near the temple. The blood gushed
from the wound, and she arose and
went into the house, but consciousness
left her as soon as she reached hel
room. 1t was four hours later when
she was discovered by the family. She
was still unconscious, and was a CORY
object to behold. The only clear spot
on her face was that surrounding the
wound, which the dog had licked unit
the flow of blood was staunched. He
was at his post of duty when the doc
tor arrived, and it was then discovered
that his attention to his mistress fol
more than three hours had saved hel
life. His paws and part of his body
were blood-stained and he had made
no effort to clean himself. ..g<s...
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-08-14
In Trinidad had made his way Into
5onsa forast and ono day captured a

In Trinidad had made his way Into a
dense forest and one day captured a
young black and white tiger snake, put
ting him into tho usual bag. An hour
or so later no found the largest black
snake no had ever seen In the island.
This rich find was also deposited In
the bag and the scientist returned to
the hut which he and plantation over
seer were occupying. In the night the
oyerseer aroused the traveller, saying
there had for some time been kissing
and flghting In the bag. The scientist
found that the black snake had nearly
swallowed his companion. They were
beth shaken out on the floor, the small
or reptile being dead.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-08-14
NEARING DEATH
The Serious Condition Of the Empreos
Of Austria,

E00 00YlOUo (OkS0AsA0ss - esAS ~sAAA - -
Of Austria
Empress Elizabeth Of Austria has
been so seriously III at Cape Martin
that her husband, who proposed to re-
main at Vienna until the trouble IN
connection with Crete was at an end,
FASTENED his departure, and proceed
ed with all haste to the South OF
France, where the Empress Is being
attended by her youngest ant. favor
tie daughter, the Archduchess Valerie
The Empress was unable to meet her
husband on his arrival, and has been
forced to abandon all those long WALKS
to which she has been given ever since
the doctors compel d her to give up
riding.
1t seems that the imperial lady, IN
stead Of being benefited by her so1ourn
at Eiarritz in December and January,
on the contrary was harmed thereby,
Painting fits, insomnia, neuralgia and
rheumatism, complicated With Other
painful nervous disorders, ensued. and
the principal court physician, DIR. Won
Kerzl, having been urgently summon;
ed from Vienna, Immediately gave or
ders that she should leave Biarritz fol
| the south of France.
At present the Empress is an invalid
In every sense Of the word, almost en-
tirely infirm, and it is doubtful If she
ever will be able to resume the violent
exercise to which she has been devoted
until now. Indeed, 1t may be Qucs
toned whether 1t Is not really the over
doing of exercise, first in the form OIL
riding, and later on In the way oil
walking, that i responsible for he'
present condition. AS long as she was
able to ride Elizabeth used to spend
her whole day in the saddle, begin
ming at or o'clock in the morning
and frequently changing horses fou
and five times during the course of
single morning. When she took t.
walking she would not be satisfied
with constitutionals of less than thirt!
and even forty miles a day.
1t was always asserted that 1t wa
by means of this violent exercise tha
she was able to maintain unimpaire'
the balance Of her mind, instead OF sue
cumbing to the insanity which Is on
of the hereditary curses Of the roya
house of Bavaria, to which she belong
by birth. Some apprehension, there
fore, is felt at Vienna as to the possibl
result of the inaction to which she ]
now constrained 5y reason OF he
| health.-Vienna Letter
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-08-14
A GRAVEYARD OF HOPE.
President Hayes'S Little Book-secretary
Fosters Successful "Kick."

President Hayes'y Little Book-secretary
Fosters Successful "Kick."
Ex-Secretary of the Treasury Charles
Foster was talking to me one day about
Rutherford B. Hayes. Foster repre-
sented Hayes's district in Congress
when Hayes was president. They
were political and personal friends OF
almost lifetime standing. Said Eos
ter to me:
ST got plenty of patronage under
HAYES. to be sure, but for long
time / never landed the men of whom
1 was most particular and earnestly in
terested. would go to the president
and lay the claims of my man before
him. He would usually acquiesce In
everything that 1 said, because In
most cases he knew the applicants as
we'll as I did. Well, in every instance
where some devoted friend was con-
cerned, the president would say: oh,
well, Charlie, we will fix that IN a day
or So Then he.would reach down IN
a drawer, pull out small book and a
short stub of pencil and make note
OF the man duu ulo "dhoo'
then, for days to come, scan with
much interest the lit of appointments
sent to the Senate, but none that had
found place in the presidents note
book were to be seen among them.
Still, I didn't complain much, for !
knew that Hayes was doing the best
he could. Time went on, and finally
1 called at the White House to insist
that certain friend of mine who was
then in Washington be instantly ap-
pointed as a consular agent abroad.
This gentleman had political claims on
me and also on the president. l
stated my case as briefly as possible to
the president, who listened attentively.
When I had finished the president
said l.:
"'Why, certainly, Charlie. Yes,yes
to be sure, and then he Owed fol
that book of his.
''Just as he was opening its leaves
grabbed his arm and said: Hold or
there, general, I'll be switched If thai
mans name goes in that jackass book!
The president saw the humor of it ano
1 got my constituent appointed then
and there. Chicago Times-Herald.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-08-14
Silenced Him.

The master was asking questions
masters ore apt to ask questions, and
sometimes, too, the answers are apt.
This question was as follows:
"Now, Toys, how many months have
twenty-eight days?"
''Alf of them, sir, - replied boy in
front.-San Francisco Examiner.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-08-14
MEDICINE SPOON.

ministered is apt to prove q little per-
picking to nurse or patient and to
overcome this there have been mum,
Der of schemes devised and patented
to ill the want of q timer. Most OF
these devices, however. have consisted
in some form of dial attachments for
the glass or bottle; but the same OBJ
tect is accomplished in much neater
manner by the spoon hero shown
which speaks for itself.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-08-14
Soaring Wolves by Yelling.

While on his way to Craig and when
about ten miles from town, John w.
Lowell Jr., had an unpleasant exper-
ience with three gray wolves which
ought to be sufficient for one day, ssyH
the Craig lCol.) Courier.
Mr.. Lowell noticed the wolves In the
distance, but paid no attention TO them
pEsil .stsss he had Travelled esemt .
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-08-14
Startling Experience With a Rattlesnake.

Startling Experience With Rattlesnake.
''The rattlesnake, owing to the
danger signal which he sounds at the
approach of man, is less dreaded in
the Southwest than the tarantula or
centipede, says mining engineer in
the New York Sun. "But when sleep
ing, particularly in the night, he may
be trodden on before he springs his
rattle, and then he strikes instantly,
without warming. In cool nights he
sometimes seeks the warmth of a
campers blankets, as friend of mine
found one night in the lower ella
Valley. Waking one night from his
sleep in the open air he thought his
blankets felt very heavy upon him,
and rising, with them still rolled
about him, he shook to the ground
two large rattlesnakes that had been
resting comfortably above his body
and legs. As they struck the ground
they coiled at once and set up q
rafting that was more effective than
any alarm clock could have been to
rouse the sleepers in the camp. The
blankets about him saved my friends
legs and feet from their fangs, and the
two snakes were killed where they
were with surveyors staff.
"a more gruesome and startling ex-
perience was that of another man ]
knew, and it occurred in the same
valley. Sleeping on the ground he
dreamed that he was in the coils of q
boa constructor and that his only
chance for life was to keep the rep
tiles head away from him. He woke
to find himself with his right hand
clutching q huge rattlesnake by the
head and neck, while the reptile was
writhing and twisting powerfully to
get free. As he held him the snake
could not bite, and, Mortified as he was,
my friend had the presence of mind to
hold his grip, while he sprang to his
feet and lifted the snake clear of the
ground. A snake cannot strike except
when part of its body rests upon sup.
port, so the man was safe from this
snake. so long as he could hold it a
arms length above the ground. His
hunting knife was hanging from the
fork of low tree close by. He wen
to the tree, fished the knife out from
its sheath with his left hand, and Gu
the snakes neck off just below thu
hand that held it. As the body dropped
to the ground he flung the head as fa
from him as he could and went back t.
his blankets and sat down.
"T had q canteen half full o
whisky-a level quart, he said in tell
ing the story afterward. Il didn't g
to sleep again that night, but sat III
and drank it. The morning star wa
in the sky when I got to the bottom o
the canteen, and I was as sober a
when / begun it. 1t was just enough
to steady my nerves. .a.sl.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-08-14
4 Merrx Prank Of .Buan winks.

Bud" Winks, of Seven Pines, Va,
being of merry disposition, rubbed
with phosphorus the bones of skele-
ton to be used in the initiating exer-
cises of the Charcoal Club, and when
the skeleton was dangled before the
eyes Of W. Il. Kline, In O dark room,
Kline was 80 scared that he Jumped
out At q window and kszss himself
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-08-14
Attacked by n Huge Octopus.

heedShCu ny AAuSc OceoPuSs
A huge devilfish attacked boat con-
tanning DIR. w. T. Warren and Misses
Katie Herbruck and Lillian McKeehan,
who were out searching for sea urchins
and star fish at Tacoma, Wash. The
octopus made his appearance while the
party was rowing along the shore of
Lemons beach. 1t began the battle
by throwing a fve-foot arm into the
boat, and but for stout resistance
would have fastened it about the foot
of one of the occupants. DIR. Warren
and his companions had only two oars
and fish hook as weapons.
The young women took turns in
keeping the boat in position with one
oar, while the other assisted in club
bling the furious water devil, which
dashed the water into foam. After a
severe fight the octopus gained tenn
porary advantage by fastening tenta-
Gle around the cross piece in the boats
bow and starting down the sound. He
proved more vulnerable than the whale
which towed an attacking party over
100 miles in the same waters last sum-
mer, for the octopus gave up after tow
ing the boat three miles, DR.. Warren
nearly cutting the fastened arm in two
with his fish hook. Two other arms
were cut off while the octopus was try
ing to pull the boat under, having fas-
tened two other arms to log on the
bottom. The monster was then soon
dispatched and dragged aboard. 1t
measured ten feet from the tips of the
opposite arms and had $50 "suckers. "
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-08-14
UneaIIant Dutcn Gentlemen.

In Holland woman Is secondary
consideration and poor consideration
at that. No Dutch gentleman when
walking on the pavement will move out
of his way for lady. The latter turns
out invariably, however muddy or dam
gerous the street.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-08-14
A Snake for an AnAleC.

when a COffeyviIIe (Kan.) woman
went out on the edge Of the piazza to
shake a mat, she felt something about
her ankle, and thinking 1t was her dress
blown by the wind paid no attention to
It. until she realized that the ankle was
being squeezed, when she looked and
saw a snake coiled about 1t.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-08-14
wbxHe Celebrated.

She SO Mr.. Sapper has just cele-
brated his golden wedding.
Golden wedding? Why, he
only Just got married.
She Yes, bat ths girl has ten
thousand aollsy&
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-08-14

The calamity on the Chodinka
meadow at Moscow, on the occasion of
the coronation Of the Gear, is said to
have cost the Russian government
$500, 900 Tuhlan.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-08-14
Soft LODS.

They have just discovered In France
that though the palace Of the Tuileries
was destroyed twen.y-six years ago.
four officials charged with the preser-
walton and care Of the palace still hold
office and draw their salaries.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-08-14
.A Rundle OF Nerves."

This term is often applied to people whose
nerves are abnormally sensitive. They should
strengthen them with Hostetter's Stomach BIZ
tiers. After course of that benign tonic, tne5
will cease to be conscious that they have nervous
systems, except through agreeable sensauonS
II will enable them to eat, sleep and digest weiS
the nerves. in common with the rest OF the eys-
tom. The mental worry begotten by nervous
dyspepsia will also disappear.