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The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-04-05
City Court.

This morning Recorder Murphy
had few cases before him.
The man Rich who walked off with
Ed, McConnel's stick was fined a
dollar and costs.
A negro vag was arrested on
suspicion of being implicated in
some crime in the country, and was
found to be innocent of the same,
but had bull dog pistol on his
person was tried for carrying
concealed weapons. He proved the
pistol to be out of order and would
not shoot. The recorder said,
'There is a discharge coming some
where, and l discharge you and
hold the pistol for repairs.
A dirty looking white vag was
given hearing. He showed that
was wind-broken, spawned, and
would be of no good on the street
work, and he was given time orders
to get out of towA.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-04-05
LETTER FROM HON. JA.wALKER

A few days ago Messrs. ODwyer
& Ahern wrote to Representative
Walker and Senator Kirby, IN re-
gard to the insurance muddle and
are in receipt of the following reply
from our representative:
yours of March 3lst, received,
and will say in reply, thatl do not
believe that any of the members OF
either house were aware of the ex-
tent to which the bill reaches, or
they certainly would not have
passed it. l have talked the mat
ter over with a number OF the
members, and they assert that the
bill is further reaching than they
thought for, but now that the bill
is passed, they will vote against
any modification of it. | assure
you that l will do what | can to
have the. bill modified, or some
change made in regard to fire in-
surance companies doing business
IN the state, but l tell you candidly
that doubt whether or not any
thing can be done, in the way of a
modification of the bill. had
talk with Senator Kirby and he
seems to think that there can be
done, even without a
of the new law.
Hoping something can be done to
protect the state in regard to fire
l remain,
Yours truly,
]. A. WALKER"
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-04-05
CRAZY WITH ITCHING
Eczema on Head. Got into the Eyes.
Doctor & Institutes Could Not Cure.
Cured in 2 Months by CuTICURA,

l had eczema on the top Of my head over two
years. 1t itched, something fierce. My doctor
treated me for six months, with failure, SO l
tried more doctors, and a New York institute for
six months, butcould not reach any further than
the rest. 1 had it worse than at the start, as it
commenced to get in my eyes, and nearly got me
crazy with itching. Noticed your advertisement
in the NY. World, and thought I would try
CUTIoURA remedies In hoO months time I did
not knoW that Ihad any trouble at all, and /
feel like a new man.
ALFRED MEISEL, 625 ". 4Sth st., N. Y City.
or Warm baths with CUrIcUEA Soar, gentle anoint-
ings GuTcURA the greet skin cure and purest Of
emollents, ,andmilddosesofC CuTICuRA REs0LyENT great
est Of blood purifiers and humor cures, have cured thou
sands whose sufedngsfron humorwere almost beyond
endurance hairlfeleBs oil gone, ,disfguremente
Sold throughout the world POTTER d, AND C. Corr
Props, Boston =" How u Cure Every Skin Humor free
SAVE YOUR HANDS Hair oeaioSaA a9S Ss'n s5A By using
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-04-05

The two-year-oId son OF W. l..
Furgason, of Bolton Miss had
whooping cough. "After sevearl
physicians had prescribed for him
without giving relief" writes Mr..
Furgason, II PERSUADED my wife to
try a25 cent bottle of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. The first dose had
the desired effect, and in forty
eight hous he was entirely free
from all CROUCH. ! consider your
remedy the best IN the market
for children and recommend it at all
times, 'The rs and 80 cts size tor
sail by Smith Drug Co
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-04-05
Court House to Be Finished.

The bids to finish up the Miller
county court house was opened
Monday by commissioner j. M,
Montgomery and awarded to G, j..
Hollis and Silas Wells, Mr., Hollis
will do all the wood work, painting
and plumbing, while Mr.. Wells will
plaster tile the floor and cement
the basement and place a fountain
in the yestibule Of the hall
Mr. Hollis will receive for his
part Of the work 2,650,00 and Mr.
Wells will be paid $3, 555 co. The
work to be completed by the flst
vi September.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-04-05

Sweet, Refreshing sleep is given by
Hoods Sarsaparilla which strength
ems the nerves, tones the stomach
and overcomes all dyspeptic symp-
toms. You should try it,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-04-05

Hoods Pills are prompt and ef'
dcient, easy to take, easy to oper-
ate % cents. s
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-04-05
ofSeptember.

Edgar Mcconnell had his best
gold headed cane stolen from him
last night, while he was fishing fJr
items at the depot. He hung his
cane ON a projecting and friendly
Dashboard while he was making
no,es and a stranger came along
and thinking 1t gold, lifted It from
It's resting place and started to
walk of with IT, Edward saw the
man and he objected and laid his
hands on the man and stopped him,
took his stick away and turned him
over TO Policeman Culley, who In
turn landed him in the city jail
The man gave his name as John
Rich, from Houston, Texas,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-04-05

Chas. S. Erber has all the latest
styles in gold and silver friendship
hearts. l-29
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-04-05

Habitual constipation is the door
through which many Of the serious
Ills Of the body are reached. Tho
occasional us of Priekly Ash Bit
tera will rem we aud cure tn dis
tresslng condition, Sold by all
druggists, Heg 2w
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valuable secret for Him.

A Cincinnati man advertised his de- sire to sell valuable secret for fifty cents. He stated that he would tell how he was cured of drinking, smok- ing, swearing, staying out at night, going to the races, gambling, and hew he gained twenty pounds in weight in two years Several persons sent him fifty cents each, and here is the secret they received: Just cured of all bad habits named by an enforced resi- dence of two years in the Ohio state prison" A woman notices this joke and observes that few men addicted to .nA bad habits mentioned will consent to try this remedy. but there Is no doubt that many of them should be forced to do so.-Berlin Herald.
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The Stature q Kufers.

Tn point of stature the rulers of to- day compare very favorably with their predecessors. Christian l., King of Denmark, was feet high. The pres- ent Danish king, Christian TX, barely reaches feet II inches, and his son, King George of Greece. is inches shorter. The same physical decline seems to mark the czars of Russia. Peter the Great was giant of 6 feet 10 inches. The czar of today barely reaches feet 6 inches. The late Ger man emperor, William l., was feet high, and his brother, Princes Charles, was but an inch shorter. The present kaiser cannot stretch himself beyond 5 feet 8 inches. The king of the Bel gians, with 6 feet inches of stature, is the tallest of living monarchs; and Queen Victoria, with feet 10 inches, 2 inches less even than the present Chi nese emperor, is the shortest, as she Is the best
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CANG-NEEDLE MACHINES.
One of the Many Varieties of Sewing Machines Made Nowadays.

It is more or less familiar fact that sewing machines are used nowadays for sewing many different materials, as leather. paper, canvas, carpets, rub Der. They are used for making but tonholes and sewing on buttons. They are made of many types and in simply hundreds of varieties for special uses. But it may not be known so common ly that there are many sewing ma chimes now made with more than one needle. The first of these, two- needle machine, was made in the early eighties, about fifteen years ago. It
 $ used by manufacturers of heavy = s, perhaps first of all by the oF rail manufacturers, making seams ss-anger by putting in two rows Of tching The utility and economy Of the two-needle machine soon became apparent and it came into widespread and diversified use Whenever two rows of stitching were to be made, a two-needle machine was used. A fla miliar illustration of the work is seen in the two parallel lines of stitching running with perfect exactness around the top of a shoe vamp. Shirt sleeves are stitched into the body of the shirt on double needle machine, the two rows being made in the same time that it would take to make one. Collars and cuffs were stitched on two-needle machines, as were great variety of these things, and later there were pro- duced machines with more than two needles, the first of these coming into use within five or six years. There are now made sewing machines with as many as twelve needles. A twelve needle sewing machine simply has twelve needles where the ordinary sewing machine would have one. h. stead of a single spool of thread on the top of the machine there appears there rack of twelve spools. There are twelve tension disks. The thread from each spool runs through it's own ten. sion disk to it's own needle. There are below twelve shuttles, one for each needle. When this machine is oper- l ated, it makes twelve rows of stitch ing, just as an ordinary machine would make one. The twelve-needle machines are used chiefly in the manufacture of corsets,
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Remarkable Loss Of Memory.

A remarkable case Of Loss of mem- ory occurred in London, England, re- gently. It appears that an old gen. tleman, well dressed and apparently well to do, was found by the police wandering in Moorfields. He was taken to the nearest police station, but, be- ing unable to give any satisfactory ae- count of himself, he was conveyed to Guys hospital There it was found that he was suffering from loss of memory, and despite every device adopted nothing could be gleaned as to his identity. Upon his clothes be- ing searched an address, Spring Bank, Hull" was found upon him. and as the result of telegram dispatched by the police to that address it was ascer- tained that the old gentleman was MT. George Patchett, who lived at the ad- dress given. He had been missed from Hull for some days, but how and when he got to London neither his friends nor Mir. Patchett could say.
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RHEUMATISM CATARRH ARE BLOOD
 DISEASES-.FREE.

It is the deep-seated, obstinate cases of Catarrh and Rheumatism that E, B. B. (botanie blood balm) cures. It mat ters not what other treatments, doe- tors, sprays, liniments, medicated air, blood purifiers, have failed to do, B B. B. always promptly reaches the real cause and roots out and drives from the bones, joints, mucous membrane, and entire system the specific poison in the blood that causes rheumatism and catarrh. B. B. B. is the only rem. edy strong to do this and cure so there can never be return of the symptoms. Don't give up hope but ask your drug gist for B. B. B.--botanic blood balm or 3 bs.-Large bottles one dollar, six bottles full Urea tment) five dollars. B. B. B. is an honest remedy that makes real cures of all blood diseases after everything else fails. We have abso- lute confidence in Botanic blood balm; hence, so you may test it, we will send a trial bottle free on request. Personal medical advice free. Address,
 BLOOD BALM CO,
 222 Micthell St., Atlanta, Ga.
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A PARIS EXPOSITION NOVELTY
The Imitation Voyage Which May bs
 Taken on the Grounds.

Possibly the most striking of the many novelties which will be offered to the visitors at the coming Paris ex- position will be the .sMareorama," as it is called. This is great mock ocean steamer. It is arranged pre- cisely like one of the transatlantic yes sels, has crew and captain, and even the motion of ship speeding through the waves. It does not move from the spot on which it is erected, but to those on board the illusion promises to be perfect. The passengers are sup posed to be on journey from Mar seilles to Constantinople and as the last bell sounds "all ashore" the harbor of Marseilles seems to recede from the vision, the vessel passes out to sea, and all of the scenery of the coast passes in view. This is done by a large number of paintings which unrolt in panorama fashion, and are so re- aiistic that the observers, if not over critical, may really imagine that they are taking the sail. The vessel rocks and throbs as if it were really on the ocean, and this is brought about by the machinery which gives the vessel the required motion. Meals are served and if you are not careful you will find your soup in your lap. Genuine sea- sickness will be the portion of all pre- disposed to that ailment, and it will be almost as if the actual voyage were taken, except that it will last but a short time. The coast of Algiers, Tunis, and much of the Mediterranean sea will pass before the eyes of the passengers, and at last, the Golden Horn, the port of Constantinople will be entered. The painting of the pan orama has been entrusted to Hugo d'Alexis, a graphic artist who has de- picted the scenes in all their natural beauty. 1t will be a cheap and speedy method Of making the journey, not to mention the novelty of experiencing all of the pleasures and some of the qualms of long sea voyage, without the least danger of shipwreck.
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Make an Interesting Find.

Some chalk diggers have made an interesting find of a skeleton at Swans combe, Kent, England. It was that of a short, very thick-set man, and it is thought he was probably Q Roman. A careful search was made for coins or weapons, or anything that could give a clue to the period or nationality of the skeleton. but nothing was found except some fins, rudely shaped with some kind of splitting or chipping im- plement. Tho skeleton must have been where it was found for many hundreds of years. It was in the heart of a chalk hill which had never been exca- vated before
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HIS GRAVE NEGLECTED.
The Resting Place of Charles Dickens Is
 Virtually Unmarked.

Virtually Unmarked
 From the London Mail: The sugges- tion has been made that a monument to Charles Dickens should be erected in one of the public places of this city. 1t is not at all likely that the proposal, however warmly it might be supported by the English people, will ever be carried into effect, for any such scheme of perpetuation would be in direct op- position to the expressed wish of the novelist, who desired by his work alone to live in the heart of his countrymen. The will of Charles Dickens, from which the following lines are taken. very clearly expressed the masters wishes: T conjure my friends, on no account, to make me the subject of any monument, memorial or testimonial, whatever. l rest my claims to the re- membrance of my country upon my published works and to the remem- perience of me in addition thereto" To this wish the members of the fami- ly have always given the strongest adherence and have already discoun- tenanced and will continue to discour- age any attempt to set the provision of the will at naught. Some years ago Edwin Elwell, gifted American sculp- tor, completed in marble full-leEgtb portrait figure of the novelist, with Little Nell looking upward to the face of her creator This charming group the sculptor offered to the London county council for erection in some suitable place in London, but owing to the attitude of the family, who, out of respect to the wishes of the novelist, refused to countenance the movement, the offer was declined. In these cir eumstances it is hardly probable that any memorial, at least of a public char acter, will be attempted.
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THE STORY OF A PEARL.

Interesting History of One Exhibited
 In Cincinnati.
 A pearl valued at $10,000 is on ex- hibition in jewelry store window in Vine street. Nor is the pearl with out history, Mir, Smith purchased it from Juliiis Pedrazolli, descend ant of the royal house of Italy. The pearl is over loo years old and it's story is an interesting one. A party of pearl divers were plying their trade in the waters of the East Indian seas. A sudden eommotion among the work CTS told of the presence of their dead ly enemy, man-eating shark. All but one escaped. and his companions were mortified as they watched the poor fellow struggling in the water, unable to render him assistance By great ef- fort they succeeded in rescuing the upper part of the body from the vo- racious fish and bore the mangled re- mains to the house of the grief-striek- en parents. The day before the pur- tal this almost priceless pearl was found in the mouth of the dead man. The pearl was sold to Koloko, a na- tive chief, and for many years remain ed in the royal family of the tribe. In 1880 Julius Pedrazolli, an Italian traveller, saw the pearl. and, attracted by it's perfect shape and beauty, he bought it from the tribe, together with the crude gold setting and ring made by the native jewellers. MT. Smith purchased it from Pedrazoln and claims that the pearl has no equal in the United States. The pearl weighs 46 grains, and In daylight its beauti- full hues are dazzling mmercial-Tribune.
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Remarkable Village.

In New Guinea the village of Tu- puselei is most remarkable. The houses are all supported on piles and stand out in the ocean a considerable dis tance from shore. This is to protect the villagers from the attacks of the dreaded head hunters, always looking out for victims. Other villages in this queer land are percaed up in trees for the same reason.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-18
English Language wnI spread.

A statistieian calculates that in the year 2o0o there will be 1,700,0 1000 000 people who speak English, and that the other European languages will be spoken by only 500.00o000 people.
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yotama, Arabia, the Somali country, and even
the Greek islands. The Egyptian, In fact.
seems to have spared no pains to grace his gar
den with all the prOfusion and variety which
cultivation could obtain. They were particularly
fond Of sweet-scented flowers. fact worthy ot
notice, for il proves that, unlike the Jews and
early Greeks they were at an early period Keen
y alive to the sweet odor OF flowers. Mr. Glad
stone long ago pointed out that Homer often
speaks of flowers as tender" white "hya-
cinthine," but never as "sweet-smelling.'
Nekhts duty was not merely to cultivate
plants he had also to supply his King and the
priests with cut flowers and fruits for the deco
ration OF the temple on all the principal fes-
rivals. Officially ne bore the title Of 'purveyor
OF cut flowers for the god Amen Doubtless
also he supplied many OF the Thcban damsels
with those flowers they fond Of using
for the decoration of their hair Great quanu-
ties of cut flowers were used for embelllshing
the houses of the wealthy. and a blossom ~
some kind nearly always presented to
guest at banquet, just at the present day
given our "buttOnhoe" at house party
"a pretty custom. and an ancient one n his
tomb Nekht is depicted presenting ThOthmes III
with huge bouquet. five feet high. and COM
posed of papyrus. lotus flowers. cornhowers and
peoples. intersperse1 here and there with fra
grant fruits OF the mimusops. a tree not now
found in the gardens OF Egypt but well known
at the present day in India. Some of these
garands have been found in the ancient Gene
teries OF Egypt, buried with the dead
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under his trees while he contemplates his ave-
nues and reckons up all the good things which
he had made on the earth"
These gardens of private individuals, however.
were humble in the extreme compared 10 the
great garden at Karnak OF which Nekht had
served on a wall OF the tomb Of another Theban
official 1t shows that the garden was nearly
square and surrounded by high embattIed walls
The principal entrance faced the river. and was
guarded by a porter's lodge In the centre was
the VINEYARD, the vines being trained on trelliS-
work supported by brick or stone pillars. Around
the garden Immediately inside the embattled
walls was an avenue OF date and dunn palms,
and inside this again was a row or sycamores;
Mains were planted also on either side or the
vineyard and in the spaces between were beds
for the cultivation Of rare exoticS and tanks FOR
aquatic plants. A hierOglyphic inscription re-
cords that the whole was laid ont in the time
of Thothmes III, which makes II very probable
that Nekht the designer.
In the reign preceding Thothmes III attempts
had been made on a small scale 10 accllmatZe
foreign plants in Egypt Thlrty lone myfrh
trees had been brought from the Somali cOun-
try and planted in huge tubs at Der-el-Bahan.
But shortly after the accession or Thothmes III
a great number Of foreign plants were intro
duced into the Nile Valley and planted in the
Karnak garden Many OF them are inquired on
the walls OF a small chamber OF the Temple Ot
Amen and figured faithfully TO Nature that
il is not difficult TO identify them. There is the
FIorentine flag nr iris the Whlte-nowered Nllum
candidum the dranunculus, a kind Of arum, the
pancratium or crnum lily, a gentian, a pink
and several kinds Of water lilies. and other
aquatic plants. An inscription referring 10 these
sculptured figures informs Us that all these
plants came from Syria. Later in me same reign
as other inScr ptions at Thebes record, Towering
plants and fruit trees were imported from Meso-
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Like most tombs Of the same period at Thebes,
that Of the gardener Nekht is excavated in the
rocky hills bordering the Valley OF the Nile on
the west and overlooking the great expanse of
cultivated land known as the Theban Plain.
vertical cutting OF the rock has been made so
to form a kind OF rough facade; in
the centre OF this has been cut doorway
with jambs and Intel bearing hieroglyphic
inscriptions giving prayers for the dead
This doorway leads into a small mortu-
airy chapel, the walls of which are elabo-
rately painted with scenes illustrative of the
life OF Nekht. At the inner end and opposite the
entrance TO the tomb is another doorway giving
access to small chamber or shrine in the floor
of which a vertical shaft or mummy pit leads
to the sarcophagus chamber in which once re-
posed the body of the Theban gardener
NEKHTs PRIVATE GARDEN.
on the left hand wall of the small chapel is
charming little painted scene representing
NckhtS private house a mud brick, two-stOried
cditice. whitewashcd on the outside, with great
wooden front door. TO the left of the house is
depicted the garden. surrounded by shady trees
and with tiny canal running down the axis of
it, This little canal feeds two small ponds in
which white and blue lowered water lilies flour
ish: it also served the purpose of bringing water
into the garden for irrigating it. Two men with
Jokes across their shoulders and waterpots at
tached to them are shown diligently watering
the plants. On the south side OF the house is
arbor of trellis- work, over which vines have
been trained. The trees which lined the garden
were not feathery date palms. but ful-foliaGed
sycamore-hg trees. under whose dense growth,
Ncknt says ne coOled nlmselt during the neat
of summer and breathed the air Of the sweet
north wind.
list of trees grown in the garden OF of
Nekht's contemporaries has come down to us
1t enumerdteS Sweet-date and DUMP com
mon red and green fig trees persea and olive
trees henna acacia. and pomegranates. as well
as vines. apples, and tamarisk trees This list
is preserved on a wall OF the tomb OF a super
intendent OF the state granaries at Thebes. and
beneath il is charming little painting showing
the owner of the garden in boat on a pond
with an inscription by the side of it explaining