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The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-05-25

Huddleston Bros. have Just re-
ceived fine hrc Of smoked meats.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-05-25

Patronlze push and enterprise.
Huddleston Bros. always keep the
best of fresh meats, ETC., and
promptly deliver the same delivered
to all parts of the city.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-05-25
EUPION OIL THE BEST!

Eupiou oil is a double process re-
fined OIL non explosive and abso-
IutelY safe, and cannot be equaled
for illumination. Inferior oil is OF
ten sold for EUPION. Ask for
Eupion and take no other. In or
der to obtain the best results, boil
your lamp burner and put in a new
wick at least once per month.
Genuine Eupion oil is for sale by
the following Texarkana mer-
chants;
w. E. Welcome, John P. Kline,
Gate City Gro'y Co. IT. p. Browner.
Smith Drug Co. Oscar Turner
Joseph McShane, Inter-Staee Drug Store
II. Brown, Hoffman Hdw Co.
NJ. Kelley Mrs. Z. l.. Meeks
Williams & Williams A. L. Helmns
7. w. Dunn, L. +. Roach
Merriwether & TAYLOR R A. Hardin.
w. A. Robinson.
Positively no oil sold from the
peddling wagon.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-05-25

Twenty pounds white sugar fol
81 at Joe McShane's.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-05-25

2-17 "Texarkanian" office.
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South America. The Dutch have held
the island since 1885. but their claim TO
Il was frequently disputed by both the
French and English. The sovereignty
OF Holland was not confirmed until
1914. Since that time Holland has been
left in undisputed possession.
Over Saba also the queen OF HOLLAND
holds nominal sway. This little Island
is only a dozen miles i'm circumference
and has only about 1000 inhabitants.
yet II is claimed that here was estab-
lished, by the descendants OF pirates
who had settled on the island. h hrst
republic in the Western hemisphere.
However, We are told that these proud
republicans. who date their freedom
back well toward the beginning or the
eighteenth century, do. on Sundays and
holidays. fly the flag OF Holland.
which they modify by embellishing IL
with a green cabbage in the left upper
corner.
The island is a perfect Gibraltar, and
virtually i~mpregnahle. 1t is surrounded
by a high wall Of rock. in which there
is but one rift. where steps have been
formed in the steep gorge To permit
the Sabans to descend TO the one har-
Dor.
English. French, Danish, Swedish
and Dutch vessels, all. at one time or
another. tried vainly to subdue the lit
tie island. Finally the Sabans ac-
knowledged the protection of Holland
but refused to be taxed, m to this
day they appoint and pay their own
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MISSIONS FOR OUR NEW POSSESSIONS
Church Extension in Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philip
pines Will Soon Be Under Way-Dtffcul-
ties to Overcome

ger. will be a powerful lever 70 help the
work OF the missionaries
In the event OF Cuba becoming a ter
ritory Of the United States IL viii come
within the domain OF the American
Missionary association, which viii en-
ter upon the field with the same zeal
and -thoroughness that IL has displayed
in its work in the Southern states and
among the Western M Alaskan In
dians. II is understood. however. that
such stations as the American board
Of missions shall IA established at
TIA time viii be continued. In its work
in Porto Rico and Cuba the American
Missionary association may adopt n
plan Of a central station from which a
system OF out-stations shall radiate;
or ID may decide 10 establish a consfd-
cradle number OF schools upon the
island. each independent Of the other.
As in case Of the foreign missions ma
tive teachers will be employed as fast
as they can be fitted for the work
There will be the same thorough sur
vey of the field before beginning. the
same systematic plan Of campaign In
which every detail VIII be provided for
In advance. the same friendly c~o-opera-
ton with the UNCONVENTIONAL boards OF
missions. the Presbyterian, the Meth
odist. the Baptist and others. as In the
foreign mission work.
IL IL the American hhSclOndEy Aleu-
citation which founded and maintains
Fisk university at Nashville, With it's
404 students. Talladoga college With
6g3 students, Straight university with
500 students. Teugaloo university with
32l students. In the South IL has SIX
normal and graded schools. u common
schools. with a corps Of 4l3 Instructors.
and an attendance Of l2.34s pupils; IL
maintains pa churches and 1873 minis
ters and missionaries: it's list Of church
members numbers 1917. Of Sunday
| school scholars 15. 955. Among the In
dams its has IL churches and 90 schools;
among the Chinese in America 20
schools. Its receipts for money for ex-
penditures in the year 1861 were s4o1, :
al. Its charter is both for home and
foreign missions. and in 1854 II had -
/ laborers In the foreign field. but In later
years. since the liberation OF the South
ern slaves. its has found a full scope for
endeavor on American soil.
These are some of the elements
which are organizing for the peaceful
invasion OF Cuba. They bear no banner
of a creed: the gospel preached BY
their missionaries Is the simple n e
be read in the new testament. In tbs
broad ines OF secular education they
present. without money or price, th'
opportunity to acquire the best to al
who shall come. As an agency In
shaping the Cubans for assimilation OF
for close relationship with this countr,
the Protestant missionary movement
is an influence vast. potent and salu
tary. CLARENCE PULLEaN-
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lust at the time that the young king
Of Spain Is bidding farewell forever TO
the Islands of the West Indies which
have been held by his family for four
centuries, the young queen Of Holland,
upon her coronation two weeks ago, has
come into possession of half a dozen lit
tie islands that comprise the Dutch ter
rftory In the West Indies. 1t is a new
example of the old Law Of the survival
of the fttest. SPANS great posses
sions nave dwindled and declined, while
little Hollands miniature colonies
have thriven and grown rich and pros
porous.
One may experience some difficulty In
locating these Dutch islands on any
rdinary map Of the West Indies, but
tf one will hug the shore OF South
America with a magnifying glass, so to
speak, one will be rewarded by discov-
ering about midway on the northern
coast a little group of islands, the most
westerly of which, Oruba, lies just or
the coast at the eastern entrance to the
Gulf of Maracaybo, not more than
20 miles from land.
Curacao, another island, and the
largest of the group, lies about 100 miles
east of Oruba and 80 miles north of
the Venezuelan shore. At hat appears
TO be an equal distance still further to
the east is the island of Buen Ayre, or
Bonaire. as II is sometimes written on
the maps. Diligent search failed to dis
cover St. Eustatius, st. Martin or SABA,
the islands that complete the group.
Together these latter islands only
comprise an area of 30 or 40 square
miles, which may account for the IN
difference of the g~eographer.
Curacao has an area of 2l2 square
miles and a population estimated TO
reach the very respectable hgure OF
1000 souls. 1t is described as one OF
the cleanest and quaintest little Islands
in the world. Here at the town OF w,
helmstadt the Dutch governor has his
residence, a solemn looking old manson
fronting upon the Shattegat, or lagoon,
thai forms the harbor. Here he I'VE
in considerable state, being permltted
a few soldiers who act as
guards when not engaged In presiding
over some equally ornamental and use
less old cannon.
The streets and the houses are thor.
oughly Dutch. the former narrow and
clean: the latter thick walled ano
sauare, tile rooted. and painted greer
or yellow. Wilhelmstadt Is n OF the
neatest cities in the West Indies. The
public buildings are old, but very hand
some. The harbor is excellent. Their,
are some Notifications which command
it's approaches, but these are not be
lieved TO be very formidable.
wilhelmstadt is a busy port, and III
merchants of the town conduct an eX
tensive trade. The home government
receives an annual revenue of half
million dollars derived from the ship
ment of phosphates alone. The ISLAM
is very rich in these deposits. Tobacco
sugar, indigo, corn, figs, oranges an
citron are raised and exported. Sal
from the marshes is obtained in con
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Just as goung King Aphonso Is Losing All His Msgoverned
West Indian Possessions the Young Queen OF Ho-
land Assumes Control Over Half a Dozen
Thrifty Island Colonies.

Intellectual rebellion Of 1910 and 1911,
Bolivar and other revolutionists were
forced to fly from Venezuela. IL was
at this time that Curacao, which he
reached in safety. served as a safe re
treat for the distinguished fugitive.
Bolivar left Curacao in September.
1912, TO begin again the work OF revo-
luton which resulted in the freedom
of South America.
Bolivia is named for him. He seems
to have been a patriot of the truest
type. and willingly sacrificed his own
wealth and interest to the cause he so
earnestly e~spoused. Although he abso-
lutely controlled the revenues OF Co
lumbia. Peru and Bolivia, he never
enriched himself on the contrary he
spent nine-tenths of his own fortune in
the cause of freedom.
At a later time General Santa Anna
also resided in Curacao, during a tenn
porary exile from Mexico. Whether
this was before or after he became
president OF Mexico does not appear
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He was banished from Mexico on sew
eral occasions, but he always man
acCd to return and in some measure
at least to retrieve his fortunes.
Many other famous men have sought
safety in the island and remained TIL
revolutions passed, or until the time
was ripe to return and raise the ban
ner Of revolt.
Spanish is the language spoken IN
Curacao. but owing to the coming and
going OF American sailors, English Is
understood by many OF the natives.
Buen Ayre and Oruba are chiefly in
teresting in the fine cattle raised
upon their fertile slopes. Buen Aver
has an area of 1919 square miles, and a
population Of five or six thousand.
Oruba has an area Of only 81 square
miles, but IL speculation is larger than
that of Buen Aver. only the southern
part of the island of st. Martin be-
longs to Holland, 20 square miles be-
long to France. IS square miles to
Holland. St. Martin is mountainous,
some of its hills reaching l,40o feet
above the level Of the sea. Much OF
the land is unsuitable for cultivation.
In 1882 the great salt pans, which he
long to Holland, produced more than
200. 900 tons of salt. Sugar cane Is cul-
tfvated. and some z is exported.
Horses. cattle, sheep, goats n pigs
] art III 'llAAbAg AoAFhN ~ NHfNN'H
Marigot is the chief seaport and capi-
tai Of the French portion of ST. Mar
tin, while Philippsburg is the Dutch
metropolis. The population of the en-
tire island is estimated at about 1000,
equally divided between the Dutch and
French.
St. Martin was first occupied by
French ~freebooters in 1898, and by the
Spaniards a little later. In l64s 1t was
ivide betWeen France and Holland.
st. Eustatius is another of the Dutch
possessions. It is a small island OF
volcanic origin. In 1882 the population
was 2.247. There is a pretty little VII
lage, O~rangetown, which is defended by
two forts. Many vessels visit ST. Eus'
tatius annually. Vans and sweet pc
tatoes are exported. The climate Il
moderate and generally healthy, bu'
furious hurricanes and terrific earth
duakes cause uneasiness TO the natives
during the months of the heated term
from May until November.
Like Curacao, st. Eustatius suffer
|. from a scarcity of water. All the LIANT
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Carried by Superior omcer..

From the Youth's Companion.
There IL some quality in the inhabi-
tants OF the British islands. which not
only leads them 10 become good sol
dlers. but makes IT a point of honor
for those of them who are officers to
render brave personal services to the
men under their command. II Is sell
dom that one hears OF n such incl
dent among European continental ar
miles as the following. which Is related
in connection with a recent night In the
Khybar Pass. in A~fghanistan: the con-
tlnental officer feels himself under no
obligation TO carry wounded soldiers
on his ack
Colonel PIowden's command formed q
part OF General Hamilton's rear guard.
and had to cross a bit Of xpose
ground swept by the troesmen's IRE.
Here three men were struck by bui-
lets. Two OF them could walk. but
the third was disabled. No urgeo
was present, and Colonel him.
self dressed the mems ounds
After this the men had to retire
across the exposed ground. and Cor
poral Bell was killed. Colonel Piow-
den. Lieutenant owen and Lieutenant
Fielden carried the dead man up the
hVi. and by and by the command had
TO cross another spot. Somebody wa
sure 20 be hit now. II happened to be
Private Butler. and the ball struck him
in the leg. so that he could not Walk.
I Captain Parr dressed his wound. and
Lieutenant Carter took h wounded
man on his back n carried him.
But. ALAS midway Of the exposed
ground poor Butler. a. he lay on the
ileutenant's back. was struck again.
and the force Of the ball knocked the
heavily laden young officer down He
got mp and once more shouldered his
burden. when Lieutenant Ffelden came
to his aid. and together these officers
carried Butler to a place Of safety
Then Il was found that he was dead al
a result OF the second shot
Meantime Colonel Plowden and Lieu
tenant owen were carrying Corporal
Bells body across the dangerous
ground. and both of them were wound
ed In doing so. They struggled on In
spite OF their wounds and reached COW
err with their sad burden.
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from the impact OF our shells. Now IL
Is not at all necessary that a shell In
striking a ship should set fire to II. ~
is necessary to have a certain amount
of woodwork in every vessel. although
so far az is practicable II Is dispensed
with. There are some things ABOUT
isfactory substitute for wood has ever
Is factory substitute for wood has ever
been found. But II is quite feasible 70.
make such wood as must be used fire
proof by a chemical process which mas
been employed In the woodwork OF
some OF our ~gunboats. The WOOD IS
mineralized. IL you may use that term,
by being impregnated with phosphate
of ammonia. and after this process mas
beer undergone IL is impossible TO burn
II. There has been some question hith-
erto as to the ~advisability OF treating
the wood OF our warships in this way
and various objections have been rails
ed 10 the increase in weight, the dam
age Zone to clothes by being inclosed
in chests made OF wood SO treated and
so on. But all these objections are
trivial when the aim to be secured Is
borne in mind. The work VIII cost a
little more. to be sure. hut the add
tional cost cannot be considered in re
lation 10 the increased safety secured
To- our ships of war. ] expect that IN
the future there will he no woodwork
aboard an American man-of-war which
Is not absolutely ire-proof.
The war has demonstrated also the
value Of the rapid-hre guns and the
eight-inch guns as compared with the
guns OF larger caliber. At Santiago the
secondary batteries Of the Brooklyn
and the oregon are reported 10 have
been more effective than any other
portion OF their armament The Manila
and Santiago battles also ave shown
that smokeless powder is an invaluable
part OF a ships equipment.
1T is rather curious that no good
demonstration has been given during
the war Of the value OF the experiment
al craft which the government has beer
Interested in. The ram Katahdin has
had no opportunity to show its merits
and the submarine boat has also beer
ignored. The Nesuvius. Il Is true. had
a chance at Santiago. but II does not
appear M the results were at all de.
cisive as TO its surprising value In ma
val operations"
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wAasHIPs OF THE FUTURE.
Chief Constructor Hichborn Gives His
Views of the War.

4
From the New York sun.
Chief Constructor Fishborn OF the
States navy i'm an interview has
the following to say about the results
Of the war with Spain and its effect on
naval matters:
The war has taught Is what some
Of US already held. that the torpedo
BOAT is not the formidable engine OF
war which IL has been credited with
being. The naval battles of the future,
as of the past. will be fought by the
most powerful engines OF naval warfare
that can be constructed. The battle
ship. in spite Of its great cost, will con-
tinue to occupy the prominent place.
The torpedo "a will have its uses,
but they will not be the mos. impor-
tant uses OF a naval engagement. Dur
ing the war just closed. the torpedo boat
was practically Of no use at all. Just
before the outbreak Of hostllities there
was a great scare on account OF the
fotilla of torpedo boats and torpedo
boat destroyers which was said 10 be
on its way across the Atlantic from
Cape Verde islands.
When the war actually came we
! heard nothing more about them until
they were destroyed. In fact. torpedo
boats were not used by either combat
ant except occasionally for dispatch
| boats. a duty 10 which other craft
| might be more advantageously assigned,
The winslow. IL is true, was sent into
| the harbor Of Cardenas 10 reconnOiter,
but his was gunbOat service, and not
the work for which a torpedo boat 1;
intended. As for the Spanish boats
there was really nothing 10 Q from
them. Sigsbee made quick work OF tbs
Terror on san Juan, although the st
Paul. which he commanded. was ex
actly the kin Of a vessel, unarmoreS
and presenting a full side, that torpe
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"'Jes' one replied the driver. AN
he's 30 durn pink-headed that he KEEP
tie stage warm
Then Artemus got out and partook
Of the meal and came or into Denver
After his lecture here he stayed around
a day or two just TO get to the hang
Of the profanity out here. and used 10
say that II he had such a profane vo-
~cabulary as the fellows I'm the West
had he would raise the price OF admis-
sion 10 his lectures. In those days We
used TO see all those big fellows, for
they all had a desire TO know what
sort of a place the West really was"
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siderable quantities. The port Is open
TO traders of all nationalities; no du-
ties are charged, and il is believed that
ships load and unload c~ontraband
goods at its wharves from whence they
are carried to various ports. In olden
times the merchants of the town grew
rich by smuggling. There is reason TO
believe that the contraband trade is
still carried on.
AS there are no wells or springs upon
the island the inhabitants are entirely
dependent Upon the rainfall, which Is
gathered into large cisterns and reser-
voirs. Sometimes IL is found necessary
TO import barrels of water from the
Venezuelan coast. or to distill II.
From the sea the appearance Of the
island is somewhat disappointing.
There is nothing OF the tropical beauty
one might naturally expect. No trees
grow upon the fat topped hills. The
only charm is in the quaint Dutch viii
lagos which nestle in the valleys of the
rocky coast.
A large proportion of the inhabitants
are negroes. The Dutch settlers are,
however, a thrifty, home-loving and
happy people. They have transported
to this little island many OF the ster-
ling qualities that have gone to the
making of Hollands honorable place
among nations.
The history of Curacao is not without
interest. England. Spain and Holland
have each held il for a time, and its
waters have been infested by the buc-
cancers n pirates who sailed their
dreaded ships upon the Caribbean sea,
1t has been the refuge Of political fugi-
tives for a century past.
1t was here hat Bolivar. the hero OF
South American Independence, came
after the failure of his first attempt
to free Venezuela from Spanish tyran.
ny Bolivar was a native OF Venezuela
born in 1873 OF a rich and aristOcratit
family and educated in Spain and
France. In the latter country he OBJ.
tanned a glimpse Of the close Of tbs
French revolution. In 1909 he passed
through the United States on his wa!
home from a second visit TO Europe
He was much impressed by American
institutions. After taking part in tn
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RecoIlections of artemus Wards Arrival
in Denver.

? rom the DeiNtI llUi'N.
$. c. Gallup. the pioneer saddle man
Of Pueblo. Is a compendium OF early
day stories. He came e Denver in It's
infant days, and has a clear remem-
brance Of many of the old-tlme freaks
OF the wild West Of those days and a
real old pioneer style OF telling them.
some years ago he was round with
those who saw the sights and one Of
the number VAS Artemus Ward
CCharles +. Browne), who was then
lecturing through the West with a
mirth-provoking. two-hour tale OF
Babes in the Woods" Artemus was
a tall. angular, red headed son Of the
happy muse, and when he came to
Denver the settlement Of old-timers
attended the lecture and bestowed upon
him every attention that could be con-
iured up In the minds OF the hospttable
people. II was no pink tea entertain
ment, and his reception committee did
not quote Browning or drink pale nee
tar or anything Of that kind. In those
days the real honor lay in the recesses
Of the hearts of a people that wore
diamonds In the rough.
Il shall never forget the peculiar
look the face of the humorist wore
when he arrived in Denver from salt
Lake by stage. He had stopped at a
wayhouse edited and operated by a
/ character we used TO call Rocky
Thomas. for he could tangle M and
then untangle and run out more square
yards. double width, of genuine pro
family than any fellow In the West. anc
there were no novices In that line IN
| competition with him. either. Wher
the stage stopped at 'Rockys rancl
he inquired Of the driver:
How many d--n fools you got II
] there this trpr
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and the New Orleans and Albany,
which We bought from the Brazilian
government at the outbreak Of the
war. with copper-sheathed bottoms
our ships would be at a great advsnt-
age in long cruises. such as are apt 10
be frequent now that the war has
brought int our possession far distant
colonies.
Perhaps the most important lesson
which we have learned is the necessity
Of making our fighting ships fire-proof.
At Manila and at Santiago the Span
ish ships took fire. and they suffered
as much or more from his cause as
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governor and retain in every way their
freedom.
Small as these possessions Of the
queen of Holland are, and utterly in
significant as they seem in COMPARE
son with the great Islands of Cuba,
Hayti, Jamaica and Porto Rico, they
Yet demonstrate in a most striking
way the efficacy of proper colonization
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A Philosopher.

From Judge.
Crawford-So the war has hurt your
business?
Crabshaw-wen. Il could rave been
worse. 1 was just thinking that I might
have been running q Spanish life insur-
ancs company.
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is under cultivation. and tobacco, the
principal product. is raised on the sides
Of the extinct volcano, a great pyramid
shaped mountain, which is fertile TO it,
very crest.
At one time st. Eustatius carried on
an extensive contraband trade with
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and good government. They prove that
a state may be well regulated and pros
porous in the vicinity Of the equator,
well as in the temperate zone.