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The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-06-08
|SnOW White Market.

frank Murray late of Austin Texas has opened above
aaket-3ll East Broad street. An experienced market
" he can suit all Keeps tle best of Fresh Pork, Beef
nton, Poultry, Came Fish ETC. Also all kinds of Vege-
NFS Phone No. 90. Give him Trial.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-06-08

@, j. WARRICK,
City Pass, Agt
RUSH Fl, BARNES,
Gen. Pass. Agent.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-06-08
S. S. S. Is The Only
Remedy Equal TO this
Obstinate Disease.

Is eq9 10 any pOou touUie anu never als 10 cure 0cI
goes down to the seat of the disease thus permanently
trace of the tant
The serious to which Scroula surely leads
should impress upon those afflicted with it the vital inn
portance of wasting time upon treatment which
possibly effect In many where the wrong
treatment has been relied upon complicated ganduar
swengs have resulted for which the doctors insist that
a dangerous surgical operation is necessary,
Mr.. H. E. Thompson, of Mlledgevie, Ga, writes: "a
bad of Scrofua broke the glands of my neck
which had to be lanced and caused much suffering
treated for long while, but the physicians
able to me, and my condition as bad when
began their treatment Many blood remedies used
but without effect Some recommended s. S. S., and
began to improve had taken few bottles
Continuing the remedy cured permanently
and have never had sign the disease return" Sws
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-06-08

Sold by Williams 4 Williams.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-06-08
S. s. S. EQR THg BLOOD

remedy promptly
blood diseases By relying upon it. and not experimenting with the various
ocaed all from blood troubles be promptly cured
instead Of enduring suffering which gradually but surely undemes
the constitution guaranteed vegetable and fails to
Sou Eczema Cancer Rheumatism Contagious Blood Poison Bos
Swift Specific Company, Atlanta, Georgia
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II
"All's for the Best"

hnfus McCiain Fields, In tie Memphis scimitar.
II every day was Supdaya and al Of life was love-
anu neither In the garth below, nor In the sky
cloud was ever gaaheredeto eclipse the light of
And r. lilies in The ss ral IL and the rose. on the
Were ., eve. .,' blooming swsy and the land was
With the tend'rest mites - Nature that the song
=. ster ever trillsa5 Sd
II a tear OF sorrowi AeYes game to dim the laugh
Then pleasures would gro& palling to the senses,
by and by.
If the , sun could iii and the day wa.
And s ~. Rs,, ser aushnf Miss with flowers in
II life was nausht but pleasure. unknown to gloom
And tier, naa. were storms Of trial and
denied
If the heart was never tempted and the soul was
If there were no thorny pathways. like the bravest
feet have trod,
The heart would grow Indifferent and wander of
from God.
1t requires night of darkness. Just to make the
day complete,
And behind each wall Of trouble waits benedie-
Then remember. as you struggle up the hin, though
That beyond ifs Alpine russedness lies fairest
Italy:
Each scar received in lighting for the cause of
Knight;
The world may have Its burdens. and its griefs
But IL there no cross Of sorrow there could be
no crown ct gold. ,t .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-08
A CHINESE COURT.

1t is Often q Scene of the Greatest
Confusion.
From the North China Herald
For peaceful people the Chinese appear
to be most litigious race. The moment
that the quarrel begins to become serious
one or the other of the parties Is likely to
shout excitedly: II will go to the cityr,-
that Is, to present his formal accusation at
the yamen. The other side threatens the
cases outsiders contrive to suppress the
immediate execution of the menace. every
one recognizes that the trouble is only tenn
porarily patched up. and may break out in
an aggravated form at any time. II the ac-
cusations presented in Chinese courts were
confined to anything like the facts in the
case, there would be no case at all for nine
tenths of them. Therefore. 1t is considered
indispensable to blend with the real griey-
ance 70 to IS per cent of fiction. The plain
tin does this as routine practice. So does
the defendant. When the magistrate hap
pens to feel in a good humor ne calls up the
case. or quite az likely he does 80 when he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-08
STOPPING A STAMPEDE.
The Secret OF the Cowboys Goodness
in the Face of Peril.

The Secret OF the Cowboys Goodness
in the Face of Peril.
From the Chicago Record.
''One of the slickest things / ever saw in
my life said veteran army officer the
other day. was q cowboy stopping a cattle
stampede. A herd of about 800 or 500 had
got frightened at something and broke
away pellmell with their tails in the ar,
and the bulls at the head of the procession.
But Mr.. Cowboy didn't get excited at all
when he saw the herd was going straight
for high bluff, where they would certain
ly tumble down into the canon and be
killed. You know that when a herd like
that gets to going it can't stop. no matter
whether the cattle rush to death or not
Those in the rear crowd those ahead, and
away they go. 1 wouldn't have given a dol
lar a head for that herd but the cowboy
spurred up his mustang, made little de-
tour. came in right in front of the herd. cut
across their path at a right angle, and then
galloped leisurely on the edge of that bluff,
halted and looked around at that wild mass
of beef coming right toward him. He was
as cool as a cucumber, though / expected
to see him killed and was excited could
not speak.
We'll sir. when the leaders had got
within about quarter of a mile of him L
saw them try to slack up, though they
could not do it very quickly.-B But the whole
herd seemed to want to stop and when the
COWS and steers In the rear got about where
the cowboy had cut across their path was
surprised to see them stop and commence
to nibble at the grass. Then the whole
herd stopped, wheeled. struggled back and
went to lighting for a chance to eat where
the rear guard was.
You see, that cowboy had opened a big
bag of salt he had brought out from the
ranch to give the cattle, galIoped across the
herds course and emptied the bag. Every
cr1tter shifted that line of salt, and, of
course. that broke up the stampede But L
tell you it was queer sight to see that
man out there on the edge of that bluff,
quietly rolling cigarette, when it seemed
as II he'd be lying under 200 tons of beef in
about a minute and half"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-08
DROPS OF WATER.
A Students Experiment Which Proved
TO he Very Painful.

A Students Experiment Which Proved
TO be Very Painful.
From the Philadelphia Times
To learn just how much pain would be
caused by the constant dripping of water on
the body, several students at Wichita, Kan.
have tried it.
gallon OF water was to be loosed drop
by drop from a height of three feet, the
drops falling at intervals of about two sec
onds- gallon of water contains about
I'll 40 drops, and at this rate 1t would take
over thirty-four hours to complete the task.
one OF the students was seated at a table
ana allowed his left hand to be fixed i'm
moVably to the table, SO as to insure every
crop striking the same spot on the back OF
the hand The apparatus for dropping the
water was adjusted and the experiment be-
gan For the first forty-five minutes he ex-
pertenced no Inconvenience, save his hand
becoming uncomfortable from being wet
constantly with the cold water. Arrange
ments were then made to keep the water
at blood heat, and it soon became more
comfortable. In about two hours a slight
redness began to appear which gradually
got as big as quarter. The third halr
nour the drops were scarcely felt at ALL
the hand being apparently numb to the
water, although sensitive to the touch Of
anything else. The red spot increased until
II was larger than silver half dollar, and
the dripping of the water began to become
slightly painful. 1t was noticed that il any
one told story or did anything to divert
the students attention from his hand he did
not notice any pain at all. but concentration
OF thought upon his hand made the pain
grow The water was kept steadily at close
TO 30 degrees.
After about six hours and a half the red
spot, which had been first a bright red.
slowly turned to purple, and a blister began
TO rise The pain had increased gradually
up to this stage, and the young man said
ne felt as though every falling drop came
with the force Of a hammer, the pain reach
ing the shoulder, and even a little beyond
AFTER the blister had raised the blows from
the drops We're not so severe, but he said
they were bad enough being dull feeling
like slowly pushing down upon 1t.
After about eight hours and twenty min
utes the water was shut off. About 1880
drops had been let fall, the rate being a Mt
TIE above the schedule. only one quart two
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-08
Making Thimbles.
From thu New York Sun.

from tAn New York Sun.
The way thimblcs are made in this coun-
try and England is simple enough Dies
OF the different sizes are used into which
the metal whether gold, silver or steel is
pressed. The hole punching finishing and
polishing or tempering are done afterward
Ceiluloid Is nodded. The best IhimbIes are
made in France, where the process is
more thorough. The French consider dura-
bility in their gold thimbles as the first re-
quisite- The first step in the making of a
Par1s gold thimble is the cutting into a disk
of the desired size of a thin piece of sheet
iron This is heated to a red heat placed
over a graduated hole in an iron punch
rhis hole Is The form of the thimble The
iron thus formed is removed from the hole
the little indentations to keep the needle
from slipping are made In it, and all the
other finishing strokes of the thmble's form
put on it The iron is then made into steel
ey process peculiar to the French thimble
maker, is tempered, polished and brought
to a deep blue color. A thin sheet of gold is
then pressed into the interior of the Thin
pie ana fastened there by a mandrel Gold
lear Is attached to the outside by a great
pressure. the edges Of the leaf being fitted
In and held by small grooves at the base
OF the thimbie- The article is then ready
Tor use The gold viii last for years The
steel never wears out, and the gold can he
readily replaced at any time Nowhere else
in the world are gold thimbles made in that
way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-08
THE FLORIDA CROCODILE.
How He Differs From His Cousin. the
Alligator.

How He Differs From His Cousin. the
Alligator.
From the Detroit Journal
At least ten species of the crocodile are
known to science, one species being indigo
nous to Florida The difference between
the crocodile and the alligator Is very
Marked the head of the crocodile Is longer
and narrower, the teeth fewer and whittier,
the two lower front tusks fitting into holes
in the upper 3aws-a feature absent in the
alligator. The crocodile is also more fexi-
bly, built. is more ferocious and far more
pugnacious. It is also more crafty and
cunning and keen eyed in the pursuit of
its prey. Florida waters Astounding IN food.
the crocodile has the ferocity of its nature
excited by hunger. but when alarmed It
piunges into the river or bay and hastens
seward at full speed until out of all dan.
ger of g. possible foe. Its great speed In
the water Is owing to its powerful tail.
which propels 1t after the manner of a
man sculling boat. 1t prefers flight to fight
yet II compelled TO defend itself becomes a
foeman VOL Thy OF the boldest hunter. The
feet are webbed anu II can also paddle
gently along with them. The teeth are not
made for ma silica ting, for when possible II
swallows its Prey entire. They are hollow
at the base and contain the crowns of new
and larger ones, SO as the saurian increases
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-08
BEETLES AS UNDERTAKERs.
'" hen They Find Dead Animal 1t Is
Buried for Future Use.

FROM our Animal Friends.
People often wonder what becomes of the
dead mice and dead birds, for, though
birds and mice are constantly dying in
large numbers. hardly one Is ever to be
seen The fact is that they are buried by
beetles. Buchner gives a brief account Of
them as follows:
Several of them unite together 60 bury
under the ground, as food and shelter for
their young, some dead animal, such as a
mouse, a toad. mole, a bird, etc The
burial is performed because the corpse, If
left above ground, would either drv IN or
grow rotten. or be eaten by other animals.
whereas the dead body lying in the earth
and withdrawn from the outer air lasts
very We'll The burying beetles go to work
III very Weil-considered fashion for they
Scrape away the earth lying under the
BODY. so that it sinks Of itself deepar ard
deeper When it is deep enough down it Is
covered over from above. If the situation
Is stony, the beetles, with united forces and
great efforts, drag the corpse to some place
more suitable for burying. They work so
uIiseiltiy that mouse for instance is
buried within three hours. But they often
work on FOR days, so to bury the body as
deeply as possible. From large ca rcaSsas
such as those of horses, sheep, etc. they
only bury pieces as large as they can
manage"
There can be no doubt of the inteIIigenoa
OF these strange insects as a gentleman
discovered in rather curious way He de-
sired to dry a. dead toad and for that mr.
pose he fastened it upon the top of an nm
rlsht SUCK The burying beetles, however,
We're soon attracted by the smell and find
Ing that they could not reach the toad they
undermined the stick, causing it to fail
with the toad, which was then duly buried.
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Wishing Wells.

From the London Mail.
In Scotland old customs die hard. espe-
ciaiiy in the Highlands, as was evidenced
the first Sunday in May, when the time
honored practice of paying a visit to the
wells. the waters of which are known for
their healing virtues, was observed by
hundreds of persons. Young and old jour
neyed from Inverness during the day to
st. Mary's Well, which is situated near to
blasted Culloden Heath. and after drinking
the water coin was dropped into the
well. This act is supposed to be an earn
est of good health and success during the
year.
The practice of visiting wishing wells"
has descended from father to son. and de-
spite the fact that many ministers point
out that it is not conducive to keeping the
Sabbath holy, and is only fit for supersti-
tious barbarians, still the numbers who go
to the well never diminish. Not only was
the practice observed in parts of Inver-
ness-shire, but in Ross-shire also numbers
of people visited the famous healing well
of Craigie Howe, deposited their coins, and
returned apparently satisfied that trouble
and sickness had effectuaily been guarded
against in the coming year.
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A Recipe for a Salad.

10 make this condimeat. your poet beps
The pounded yellow Of two hard-bojrd eggs.
iWo boh d potatoes. passed through kitchen sieve.
9a,o".aness and softness to the salad give;
Let onion atoms turk within the bowl
and hal suspected animate the whole:
VI nordant mustard add a angle spoon,
Distrust the continent that bites so soon:
But deem II not. thou man of herbs a fauIt
To add double quantlty OF SALT
Four times the spoon with oil from Lacca crown
And twice with vinegar procured from town:
And. lastly. Ger thu favor'd compound toss
A magic soupeon Of snehovy sauce
Oh. green and glorious OH herbaceous treatt
'Twould tempt a DYING anchorite to eat:
Back tn the world he d turn his heettng soul
And plunge his fingers in the salad bowl
Sereneiy full. the epicure would say,
Fate cannot harm me, / have dined todayf''
SYDNEY SMITH.
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is in a very bad humor, which bodies III for
one side, and rfat infreauently for both.
The first part ofA Chinese trial is likely to
be something likgthe sbrocsedinss IN one of
our own courts, a grsat deal Of fnrmaiitv.
and an apparent respect for the majesty Of
the law, and especially for its. representa-
tive. the district magistrate, who is the
Chinese unit of goverfiment But 1t is not
long before all Resemblance to occidental
procedure fades Into TIL air. There are no
lawyers to protect the clients If there
really is any Law bearing on the case in
hand, no one but experts such as the yamen
secretaries knows what 1T is. The magis-
trate is himself 'civiIs and criminal fudge.
jury, and practically the appellate court
There is no manner Of restraint upon him
in his mode of asking questions. In the SUBJ
ject of his inquiries OF in his treatment of
the principals or witnesses. The greater
part Of the matter brought into a Chinese
law suit would be entirely ruled out of any
British court as totally Irrelevant to the
main ISSUE
But in Chinese case there often is no
main issue, or issue of any kind. except the
impatient shout Of the official: Get out
with your {hsia-chu LAY, whereupon all the
parties retire. and not improbably not one
of them has the smallest idea where the
case has now got to. Neither, perhaps, has
the magistrate. but for the time he has had
enough of 1t. and wants to smoke pipe
or two of opium, and will hear them again
when he has a more convenient season.
But before the case has been dismissed
tDo respective par ties nave ny no IuedIiS
been idle. Each of them has told false
hoods enough to shock company pros
pectus maker. and, as each party delivers
himself of these fabrications, the other finds
1t impossible to restrain himself. and
hoarsely bawls: THAT Is lie!''
To this it is necessary to reply, which is
done with a volubility greatly in contrast
to the quiet Of the preliminary stages, when
each replied in a few monosyllables only.
From ejaculatory intel ruptions giving the
other party the lie it is but a stage to
angry colloquies of some length. in which
each party struggles to be heard, each re-
viles the other vociferousIy, and neither
party is interrupted or reproved by the
magistrate. who is now engaged in the pro-
cess of making up his mind on the basis
of what he sees and hears as to which side
has the most of H. or reason. In the worst
stages of a case it oftens happens that the
magistrate himself does the reviling, and.
Chinese human nature being what 1t Is. 1t
also sometimes occurs that the worsted
party in the suit reviles the magistrate, al
though this is rash, for he may beat them
severely for so doing. and then decide the
case against them.
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in size he continues to drop the old teeth

In size he continues to drop the old teeth
and new ones take their places.
The ugly and ferocious crocodile is pro-
vided with a throat valve, which effectualiy
prevents the water II ON running down IL,
and also enables it to secure and drown its
prey under water. The rostris, placed at
the extremity of Its long nose. permit IL
to breathe at Its ease. while the unfortu-
nate animal captured browns beneath the
surface of the water. Moreover, IL can
exist a. considerable length of time without
breathing. In this way the reptile is able
to conceal itself when 1t suspects danger.
The nest of the crocodile ditfers frcnl tuat
of his cousin, the alligator, and shows
great similarity to the turtles. The eggs
arc laid in a hole and then smoothly cover
ed with sand. the precaution making them
difficult to find. A year ago a crocodile nest
was discovered by hunter, and the eggs
presented to the Smithsonian Institution
and the Philadelphia Academy of Natural
Science A few of the eggs were boxed In
sand by the hunter. with the result of
Matching one baby "Crocodilus America
nus" The little wriggler is very valuable
as 1t Is said to be one of three captive speci-
mems anywhere.
To the "Conchs." or wreckers, who live on
the coral keys, the sight of the crocodile ex-
cites but little interest. for, ugly and dan
gerous as he looks he has been taught by
them that man is 10 be feared These ma
tives claim that they have seen crucodiles
eighteen feet long in the lower end of the
Biscayne bay.
The crocodile, being an expert swimmer
lives largely on fish in Florida waters, but
the testimony Of old hunters proves that its
cunning nature is the same. whether it be
the Americanus or the much-dreaded rep
tile of the Nile. 1t does not attack openly.
neither Will it go ashore for its prey but
viii watch for hours for animals or birds TO
come to the water to drink: then. diving
rapidly, 1t appears under its victim and
drags IL beneath the surface Should the
intended prey be too far from the water to
De reached by the huge mouth. ii strikes a
piow with the tail and knocks il into the
water.
Many hercns ard other water birds of
fIoTioa meet sudden death from this
crafty reptile, whose maneuyers wouid do
credit to the cunning fox
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-08
Lese Majestic in GERMANY.



Inc mischief of the continual prosecu-
lions Tor lese majestic. and of the whole
system OF espionage and talebearing con-
nected with them, often recalling the aS-
surdest stories of the historians of inpe-
rial Rome. is well illustrated by a case
which occurred here few days ago. A re-
spectacle elderly tradesman met two mu-
sicians in a restaurant, and, being already
in a somewhat hilarious frame of mind.
offered to treat them to refreshments. At
the same time he began to tell them various
stories. Among these he related the we'll
known anecdote about Alexander the Great
and Dicgenes. adding to it some general
remarks. Ons Of the musicians asked if
his criticisms applied even to his majesty.
the German Emperor, and, on receiving
an affirmative reply, at once went off and
denounced his host to the police. At the
trial abundant evidence was brough, 10
snow that the old gentleman was a most
patriotic, iaw-abiding citizen, and one VINO
never failed to attend patriotic dinners
Nevertheless, sentence of two months
imprisonment was passed. II is sislia-
cant That the press hardly passes any com
ments on the conduct of the man who laid
the Information against one whose huspi-
taiity he was enjoying
In another recent case the inforrne- was
less successful. workman had houeht
himself a plaster bust OF the emperor as
Is the duty Of every good citizen. Unfor-
tunateiy. on the way home he let il fall
Not unnaturaliy. h. gave vent to his feel
ings OF sorrow and annoyance in such ex-
pressons as fall most easily from the liDs
OF his class. student who overheard him
at once felt lmpelied to call in the police
TO arrest the delinquent The police officer
however. took the very sensible and nat
ural view that the laborer was railing at
the fact that his bust of the emperor had
been broken and not at the emperor. while
Pubiic~spirited bystander subsequently
administered corporal chastisement to the
oyer-zealous champion of Inonarchical sa-
cro-sanctity.
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On the Stair.
+. Lester In the Criterion

c. +. Lester in the Criterion
They were In the shadowy gray
On the stair
They were ell Alone but they
Didn't care
Now dare you, SIR said she
Eat phiiopene with me %
would dare
AMI they ate one, then and there.
On the stair.
Now the gas was burning low
On the stair
Thought the rascal: There Is no
Time TO sparer''
Not a soul be seen
SO he murmured. '.Phopene."
And he won 1t. and he lost it. and he paid it, null
and fair. ~ ~
u know. for / was thereD
On the stair
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-08
1t Worked Both WAYS,

From the London Answers
In some rural districts of England there
are held annually hiring fairs where farm
ers ana others attend to engage servants.
At one held in Worcestershire last au-
tuTnn a farmer opened negotiations with a
lad who seemed suitable for his purpose
Various questions having been asked and
answered, the farmer inquired at last:
Hast got a character from thy last
placer
No. replied the boy; but my old gaffer
be about somewhere, and / can get he
to write l one"
Very weell," was the reply thee get it
and meet l here again at 4 o'clock"
The time came, so did the farmer and
the boy.
Hast got thy character" was the query.
The answer came short and sharp:
No; but l ha' got thine, and I bean't
a-coornIng"