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The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-12-08

In our rounds this morning, stop-
stopped In at J, $, Raglands and
found him and his three or four
extra men hard at work, opening
hIs large stock Of toys aud holiday
goods, It will pay you to visit bis
store and see the 0ne display, 1910,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-12-08

The Hunter Transfer and Stor.
age Co., have the only safe andeon'
venIent rooms In the city, for etor-
age of your furniture or plano We
are prepared to store goods Of any
kind, al
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-12-08

Parents wishing their children
taught music should send to teach.
ers who are here to stay Prof
and Mrs +, E, McCann, teachers
Of violin, mandolin, piano and vo-
cal For terms, etc, call on or adj
dress T. E, MCCAIN, ll3 Walnu
street Ct
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-12-08

CasoOrets Candy CathnrtIe, the most wons
deful medical discovery Of the ago, pleas.
ant and refreshing 10 tho taslo, act gently
and positively on Kidneys liycrnud bowos,
cure hondnoho, fever hnbltnl constipation
and blIlousn0sa, Pleaae buy ana try u box
OF q, q, q t0.dnyi 10, Rb, 10 cents, Sold and
guaranteed 10 cure by nll druugist6i
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-12-08

John Kline baked a ton Of fruit
cake for last Christmas, and says
he will try aud reach five tons for
the coming holidays Give him
ynur orders,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-12-08

Lullng, Texas, Aug 81, 1895,
OThis is to certify that ! have used
one bottle of Halls Great Dscov-
cry for kidney and bladder trouble,
and think am cured, ! can cheer
fully recommend it to any one suf-
lering with kidney trouble
R. II. NIXON,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-12-08

Kentucky Cmbascyen years old
whisky, at Mayhers Palace bar, for
only $500 per gallon, If you want
a good article for medicinal use,
here ID h, 0sl0
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-12-08

klInes steam bread Is eaten In
three states-fexas, Arkansas aud
louisiana 1t is shipped as far as
Little Rock, Pine Bluff, Shreye.
port, Marshall, Longyiew and Tyler
Here Is the right kind of enter
prise,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-12-08

Clothing hns advanced, We
bought before the riHe, DuS while
you can NJ Low pricessHHsuits
from 800 90 R9O, Pants from
NJ 90 10 5000, OVefC0ats fr0m
Mt0,O0 ~ $1,000, I'irstsclnss
nt, FIrnlsolnss Goods,
sharpe n Brewer,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-12-08

For consumption take KarIs
Glover Root Tea, the great Blood
Purifier cures headache, nervous
ness, eruptions on the face, and
makes the head clear as a bell Sold
by Smith Drug Co, I'm
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-12-08

Municipal retrenchment and re-
form is getting to be the order of
the day. in many parts of the couu-
try AT Augusta, Ga, few days
since, Hon, Patrick Walsh, ex-
United States Senator, was elected
as Mayor on the citizens ticket, IN
the interest Of reform, Texarkana
needs to join the procession, and
elect a good, business mems ticket,
and see It we can not get the city
out OF debt, Let us think along
this line, ere the Spring municipal
campaign opens,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-12-08

From Mike Kelly jr, you can buy
good family -four $l %; II bars
good laundry soap for 25ci 3 gallons
oil for 6Ocj 7 pounds Of Royals starch
for 25c.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-12-08

Karls Glover Root Tea, for con
stipation It's the best and If after
using It you don't say 80, return
the package and get your money
Sold by Smith Drug Go, I'm
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-12-08

Catarrh cured. A clear head and
sweet breath secured with Shiloh's
Caatrrh Remedy sold on a guaran.
tee Nasal injector free, Sold
by Smith Drug Go, I'm
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-12-08

Kline has walked of from all his
competitors, since inaugurating his
steam bakery No better bread in
the world,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-12-08

Meals at all hours az the Rose
bud Restaurant, Regular meals
only lbc Next door TO Western
Union Office, State Line Ave. l2.l
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-12-08

Educate Your Bowels WITH Caaoafeth
Gang 1HthafIia, cure constipation forever
100, l... nee q, fall druggists refund money,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-12-08

We Always give our customers
the best the market affords, full
weights and prompt attention,
HUDDLEsToN BROS.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-12-08

For a nee Juicy steak aud fine
meats Of all kinds call on the enter.
pising lluddleston Bros,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-12-08

Twenty pounds white sugar for
al at Joe MeShancg,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-12-08

Educate Your Bowels with CnaCarota,
Candy Cotharllc, cure constipation forever,
lOe 25o II O. o. Q, fail, druggists refund money,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-12-08

TeNnrltann Carriage Company
are headquarters for Bugglcs,
Wnuons aud Harness,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-12-08
IgNnrYhohY anYa So

New stock scarf pins, and childs
dressd In sets, at Sehuster's, 9l3
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-12-08

hoaIn'"no for tltty Cents
GuuwUl0ud tobncro hUuil cure. muIcs wonk
men oHoN", b'u9 aJo,l, an DRUGGISTS
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-12-08

Huddleston Bros. have Just re-
ceived a fine hre of smoked meats.
Griggs courier., 1897-10-01
n. P,ay.d Whist He ssw.

An itinerant musician who played
the trombone in little German band
hailed the leader Of that organisation to
q London court aud demanded that a
weeks wages which he claimed were
due him should be paid. The leader de-
clared that he had discharged the man
for incompetency and that he had been
paid in full. The plaintiff insisted that
he was skilled performer, and in sx-
planning the incident that had resulted
In his election from the band charged
that the discordant noises which he nd
mitted he was guilty of making on one
occasion were the fault not of himself,
but Of his employer. In elucidation of
this mystery the aggrieved musician
said that the leader, as usual. had dis
tributed the different parts to the play
ers and had been careless enough to pass
over the trombone part upside down.
Being nearsighted, the player did not
notice the mistake, but proceeded to
sound the notes as he read them from
the reversed score. 81 blay vot I see, >"
he declared in court, land dare vas a
noise. )" The leader said the ''noise'
was dreadful, as may we'll have been
the case, and that the plaintiff had
fused to stop playing when ordered
do SO. Ingenious as was tho attemp l.
explanation, it did not convince ,ae
judge, and verdict for tho defendant
was given.-Berlin Correspondence.
Griggs courier., 1897-10-01
Weighing an Elephant.

An Indian writer relates an interest
ing anecdote concerning Shahjee, the
father of the first ruling prince Of Nah
rattas of Hindustan, who lived at
about the beginning Of the seventeenth
century. On one occasion certain high
official made vow that he would dis
tribute to the poor the weight of his
own elephant in silver money, but the
great difficulty that at first presented
itself was the mode Of ascertaining
what this weight really was, and all
the learned and clever men of the court
seem to have cndeavored in vain to con-
struct machine Of sufficient power to
weigh the elephant. At length it is
said that Shahjee came forward and
suggested plan which was simple
and yet ingenious in the highest degree.
He caused the unwieldy animal to be
conducted along stage. specially made
for the purpose by the water side, into
q fiat bottomed boat and then having
marked on the boat the height to which
the water reached after the elephant
had weighed it down the latter was
taken out and stones substituted in
sufficient quantity to load the boat to
the same line. The stones were then
taken to the scales, and thus, to the
amazement Of the court, was ascertained
the true weight Of the elephant.-Ani-
NAL Friends.
Griggs courier., 1897-10-01
Elephant Flesh .n Afric.n pe,tcao,

elephant Flesh An African Oeltc0Cy.
The flesh of the elephant is eaten in
its entirety by several Of the African
tribes. A detail of the process Of butch
ering the animals is not pleasant read
ing. The tools used are the assagai and
hatchet. The rough outer skin is first
removed in large sheets. Beneath this
is subcuticle, pliable membrane,
from which the natives make water
skins. The elephant yields large guam
titles of fat, used in cooking the ma
tives' sun dried biltong, or dried strips
of the elephants flesh, and also in the
preparation Of vegetables. African ex-
plorers of the Caucasian race agree that
one part Of the elephants carcass, when
properly cooked, is q succulent dish
that will regale the most delicate taste.
This part, very strangely, is the first
joint Of the leg below the knee, which
one would suppose to be the toughest
portion of the animal. To prepare the
joint hole three feet deep is dug in
the earth, and the sides Of it are baked
hard by means Of large live Goals. Most
Of the Goals are then taken out, and the
elephants foot is placed in tho rude
oven. The hole is then filed with dirt,
tightly packed, and q blazing fire is
built on top, which is kept replenished
for three hours. The foot is thus evenly
baked. and when done, instead Of
strong, tough meat fiber, it is of ge-
latinous consistency that may be eaten
with spoon.-Philadelphia Lancet.
Griggs courier., 1897-10-01
Reflection Of Sound.


In some Of the large cities Of Europe
the principle Of the reflection of sound
is very ingeniously employed in locat-
ing the position of inaccessible obstruc-
tions in the pipes Of the pneumatic tube
service. Thus, when pipe ia construct
ed q diaphragm that is 50 thin as to
vibrate instantly under tho force of a
sound wave is attached 70 the end of
the pipe and connected electrically
with a chronograph in such Il manner
that when the diaphragm v1brates it
will close the electric circuit and regis
ter on the chronograph. A pistol loaded
with blank cartridge is then fired into
the tube through an opening just below
where the diaphragm is placed. When,
therefore, the shot is fired, the sound
wave causes the diaphragm to vibrate
and registers the exact time on the
chronograph. The sound wave will
travel along the tube until it meets the
obstruction and will then he reflected
back. On this reflected sound or echo
returning to the end of the tube it
causes the diaphragm to vibrate again
and make another registration on the
chronograph, which by this simple op-
Grafton will correctly indicate the exact
interval Of time required for the sound
to travel from the end of the tube and
back.-Exchange.
Griggs courier., 1897-10-01
And Granite Nerve.

A good story is told by an English
tourist who staid for week in apart.
ments in Aberdeen, the Granite City.
II had heard" he says, '.of the
canny folk of Aberdeen, and my expert
ence. short though it was. proved that
runlor had rightly estimated the char
acter Of the people. The streets are
granite. the houses are granite and the
inhabitants are granite, and when they
have q granite baby they give it ball
OF granite for fear it should break ouy
other toy.
II had q granite landlady. and one
day when I was going fishing her son
volunteered to accompany me- 1 pro-
vided the lunch, the rods and tho lines:
he provided the worms-dug them up
in o aneighbor's IS garden with borrowed
spade. I caught 16 trout; he ate the
lunch and broke my best rod. When
We got home, I made present of Il Of
the fish to my granite landlady and
asked her to cook the other two for my
tea She did-and charged me three
pence for the dripping in which they
were fried. Edinburgh Scotsman.
Griggs courier., 1897-10-01
They Called Him v.nus.

It is curious how inconsistent are the
prejudices Of people in regard to the use
of heathen names. Mr.. Payn, in his
"Gleams Of Memory, tells an anus
ing story of the late Dean Burgon, who
objected to the name Of the goddess of
beauty, but found no fault with that of
the god of the woods.
An infant was brought to the church
for christening, and the name proposed
for it was Vanus. "Vanus?'' repeated
the dean. 81 suppose you mean Venus
Do you imagine am going to call a
Christian child by that name, and least
of all male chjld?"
The father Of the infant urged that
he only wished to name it after his
grandfather. ''Your grandfather" cried
the dean. 81 don't believe it. Where is
your grandfather" He was produced
a poor old soul Of 80 or 60, bent double
and certainly not looking IN the least
like the goddess in question. EDO you
mean to tell me, sir, that any clergy.
man ever christened you 'vanus,' as
you call it?''
"Well, no, sir. was christened syl-
vanus. but they always cals me va
nus
Griggs courier., 1897-10-01
Hut Little Danger From Lightning,


Writing on "The Needless Fear of
Lightning" Edward w. Box, in The
Ladies' Home Journal, says that sit
will doubtless surprise tie timid to
know that only 200 deaths year. occur
on an average throughout this entire
country from lightning, or one person
in every 350.O00 people. Now, in COM
parison, 16 times as many people are
killed each year by falling ont Of win
dows, over twice as many from being
bitten by rattlesnakes, while 25 per
cent more are killed with 'unloaaed' T.
pistols. More people are drowned
around New York city alone ever year
than there are deaths from lightning all
over the country. In fact, more people
by 80 per cent are killed by being
kicked by horses in New York city than
die from lightning Throughout the whole
of the United States. The casualties of
the south show the dangers Of being
lynched and Of being killed by lightning
are about the same. The trolley cars Of
our cities kill far greater number of
people than do the lightning storms.
Now. these are facts. They are strictly
accurate and carefully computed.
Griggs courier., 1897-10-01
a1ilton,s wive. and D.uxhter,.

OF Milton's three wives and his rela.
tions with them enough has been writ
ten. 1t was hard thing to be Milton g
wife or Milton's daughter. He was
stern, he was austere, he was self GEN.
tered; his impeccable strength was pur-
chased by sublime and monotonous
egoism. which is the name they give to
selfishness in poets. Very chill must
have been the life Of his girls in that
Puritan house, reading to the inwrapped
Puritan father from languages they did
not understand and taking down from
his lips poetry they understood still less.
Milton found them undutiful. Poor lit
tie "undutiful" daughtersl Fathers had
terrible conceptions of duty in these
days. Did any one ever want to know
Milton? Did any one ever not want TO
know Shakespeare? Doubtless there ":s
readers Of the Exeter Hall class \. 10
would have yearned for the god!y com
pany Of the "great Christian poet. -
But. on the whole, how thankful one
should be that Shakespeare was not
Christian poeti"-Academy.
Griggs courier., 1897-10-01


Tho greatest natural wonder In Java.
e NOT in the entire world, 10 the justly
celebrated Gheko Kamdha Gumko, or
"home Of the hot DEVILS" known to
the world - the Island Of Fire. This
geological eocentricity 10 really lake
Of boiling mud, situated at about the
center Of the plains Of Grobogana, and
10 called an island because Of the great
emerald sea Of vegetation which sur
rounds it and gives it that appearance
The "island" is about two miles in
circumference and is situated at dis.
tance Of almost exactly 80 miles from
Solo. Near the center Of this geological
freak immense columns of soft, hot mud
may be seen continually rising aud fall
ing like great timbers thrust through
the boiling substratum by giant hands
and then quickly withdrawn.
Besides the phenomenon of the boil
ing mud columns there are scores of gi-
gantic bubbles of hot slime that fill up
like huge balloons and keep up series
of constant explosions, the intensity Of
the detonstions varying with the size Of
the bubble. In times past, so the Java
nese authorities say, there was tall
spirelike column Of baked mud on the
west edge of the lake, which constantly
belched pure stream Of cold water,
but this has long been obliterated, and
everything is now seething mass of
bubbling mud and slime, marvel to
the visitors who come from long dis
tances to see it.
Griggs courier., 1897-10-01
The Boss.

In a harsh, resonant voice the boss
was shouting his orders over our heads
to the farthermost portion Of the works.
His short. thickset. muscular figure
seemed rooted to the masonry on which
he stood The mingled shrewdness and
brute strength Of his hard face marked
him as product Of natural selection
for the place that he filled. His restless
gray eyes were everywhere at once, aud
bis whole personality was tense with a
compelling physical energy. If the work
slackened in any portion of the ruins,
his voice took on a vibrant quality as he
raised it to the shout Of "Now, boys,
at it there!'' And then lash of sting.
ing oatha You could feel quickening
Of muscular force among the men, like
the show of eagNr industry in a section
Of schoolroom that has fallen sudden
~ under the masters questioning eye
1.-THE Workers" by Walter A. Wyck-
of, in Scribner's.
Griggs courier., 1897-10-01
WHAT HE MADE.
zAs Man Told. and Yet The Processes W.
Not 0atisAod.

The Han Told, and Yet The Processes W.
Not satisAsd.
Professor B, who conducts the
clinic Of nervous diseases at - Med
ical college Of Chicago. is himself a
very nervous and easily irritated man.
Recently at the close Of . long clinic,
when teacher and students were we'll
tired ont, the assistant rushed in and
asked to have exhibited very interest
ing case which had just arrived.
"Well, be quick about it," said the
doctor, and he proceeded to emphasize
some previous remarks concerning the
influence of occupation upon nervous
conditions, which point he proposed to
illustrate in the case to be presented.
The patient, an awkward Swede,
having been hustled into chair. was
now confronted by Professor B,
with the admonition to be brief and nc.
curate in his replies, as time was lin
tied.
''Now. sir. what do you doa'' he com.
menced.
cav am not vera we'll.
''No. say, what do you do7''
"Oh, yasi Aw verk."
eyes, / know. but what kind Of
work?''
"Oh, eet es hard verk.''
Eyes, but do you shovel'' (illustrat-
ing with gesture) cor drive car or
work at machine, or do''-
"Oh. yas! Aw verk at masheen.
"Ah! What kind Of a machine?''
"Oh, ct ees a big masheenl''
By this time the students were grin.
ming broadly and whispering pleasan-
tries, all Of which caused the professor tc
redden and break into volley at the
poor Swede.
"Now look here, siri I want no more
Of this. You answer the questions ask
you or 60 home. What do you make on
this machine?'
A ray Of intelligence lit up the face
Of the Swede and, with confident
smile, he said: 'Oh, now aw understan
yo'! Yo' want to know vat aw max on
the masheen, eesn't etf''
"Yes. sir, that is it. What do you
make?''
cav MAX IL cents an hour" And
he and the class were dismissed. -Har.
per's Magazine.
Griggs courier., 1897-10-01
Matched.

''Here are few letters wish you
would mail for me, dear, said Mrs.
Tenspot to her husband, who was pre.
pairing TO 60 ont.
Az Mr.. Tenspot took them he glanced
at the stamps and asked:
my dear. why did you put Is cen,
stamps on these letters? Two cent
stamps would have carried them"
! know it," replied Mira Tenspot,
"but how would red stamp look on
envelopes Of that lovely violet shade;
This new stationery 10 Of an exquisite
color, and could not think Of spelling
lts eject with stamps which did NOT
harmonfse. These purple 10 cent stamps
are the nearest match the postoface
keepa "-Harper's Bazaar.
Griggs courier., 1897-10-01
MINERAL WATERS.

Why and How They BENEFIT Those That
Drink Them.
When a patient reaches mineral
water health resort, he is examined by
the resident physician and ordered to
drink certain quantities Of the water al
certain times during the day. These are
increased from day to day until the
maximum quantity needed is reached.
He is ordered to drink one or two glass
fuls upon rising, two or three glasses
between breakfast and dinner, the same
quantity in the afternoon and couple
Of glasses before going to bed. The pa
tient is urged to take it whether he
wants it or not. He may say that he is
not thirsty, but that makes no differ
ence; he must take it as medicine.
The quantity is increased until we have
known 30 glasses per day to be taken.
A part Of the benefit derived is be-
cause Of the rest and change of scene.
A part, perhaps, is from the small,
quantity Of the salts and other bases
contained in these waters 1--WE are not
speaking of cathartic or chaly ybeate wa
ters), but the benefit from this source is
very slight. The secret of the cure is in
the quantity of water taken. II the wa
ter be pure, free from organic matter,
and taken in sufficient quantity, the re.
cults will be substantially the same, re-
gardless Of the "traces'' of lithia and
small quantities Of sodium chloride and
other salts. You can perform these
cures at home with the ordinary drink
ing water, il of sgood quality, if you
will require the patient to cake it in
the same quantity as at the springs. 1t
is very easy to add lithia if desired, but
you must not lose sight Of the fact that
the quantity Of water (not lithia) taken
is the important thing. 1t acts by food
ing the kidneys, by washing out the
bladder with copious, bland and dilute
urine, by unclogging the liver and
clearing the brain. The patient feels
better from day to day; he is better
Irritable bladder is relieved, the kid
neys act freely-are washed out''-
and many efete substances are carried
out with the food. This clears the way
for the liver to act freely and normally,
for there is an intimate relation be-
tween the liver and kidneys.-New
York Ledger.
Griggs courier., 1897-10-01
sTUBBs WAS TOUCHED.
And He Gave Up His Fare to the M
Who Touched Him.

And He Gave Up His Fare to the Man
Who Touched Him.
Stubbs is really not very absent.
minded, but when he ia riding on a
street Car he makes it point not to
look at the conductor. It often saves car
fare, for there is something about
Stubbs that makes him lucky enough to
be overlooked two cases in ten when he
boards loaded car
One morning he was absorbed in his
paper, and when he felt touch on his
arm he mechanically passed out his
nickel and went on with his reading.
Later the conductor stood beside him
and murmured, "Fare, please. but
received no attention. Stubbs had paid
his fare. Then the abominable nuisance
Of conductor seized him by the shoul-
der and held out his hand. saying stern
~. Fare, please"
II paid you before. % said Stubbs as
affably as he could.
"No. You did not. Come. pass out
car fare"
"Man, I paid my fare when you were
around before" Z" And Stubbs thought for
an adjective he might use when there
were ladies about. "You-you-infer-
nal-idiot, you are drunk or asleep, for
when you touched mo on the arm
passed out nickel. and you must have
taken it, for it was the only one I had, %
fumbling in his change pocket.
With red face the conductor rang
the bell to stop the car, roaring, 'You
will have to pay your fare or get off
the Cal" in a tone that startled every
one. 81 did not get your nickel, and
you know it,
At that minute the man who had
nudged Stubbs to move over in the seat
he had occupied with him dropped off
the car and walked the other block to
his Office.
The next time Stubbs rode in a
crowded car he gently touched the arm
Of an acquaintance and got even for the
8 cents he had lost and for the chagrin
he had suffered. Chicago News.
Griggs courier., 1897-10-01
Erect Of Diet Upon History.

An eminent German scientist. refer
ring to human history, asserts that we
may trace the cause Of many evils in
the dietetio character Of the people.
The rejection Of flesh would give new
direction to human culture and indus
try. Agriculture would be greatly de-
veloped. The numerous diseases now
traceable to flesh diet would disap.
pear, and with them the manifold cruel
ties Of the slaughter house. The expense
Of living would be greatly reduced, and
thus the poorer classes would be ele-
vated.