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The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-07-10

The Democrat has known for a
month that a movement was on
foot to purchase the Arkansas Ga
zette. The details have perhaps
been perfected, and Col. Neal edi'
tor of the Helena World, will be.
come editor and chief of the Ga.
zette. The new concern will have
plenty of money, and make the Ga
zette hum. Neil is a writer equa
to any on our metropolitan dailies
and will make the Gazette as bright
and fascinating as silver dollar
Just from the mint.-Cross County
Democrat.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-07-10
QUITE A BLAZE.
One OF the Best business
Blocks Thr6atenSd With
Destruction.
THE FIRE COMPANIES DID
GOOD WORK.
The Loss will Prove Nominal,
Considering the Danger
of the Total LOSS of
the Entire Block.

This morning at $3.50 o'clock, an
alarm by telephone was turned in
for the two fire companies from the
Smith Drug company's building on
the corner of Broad and Pine
streets. In an increditably short
time, the fire companies Showed up,
the west side being first on the
ground, quickly followed by that of
the east side. 1t was not many sec
onds before the two companies had
water from four hose on the blaze,
and after twenty minues of hard
work, subdued the same.
The fire originated from a small
coal oil heater in the dark room of
DR.. R. H. T. Mann, who was en-
gagged at the time in making an eX
animation for Mrs, Cromwell.
The dark room is small cabinet
6x6 and eight feet from flour to
ceiling. The Doctor had the coal
oil heater filed by a colored man,
who let the oil run over and get on
the outside of the lamp, and when
the doctor put the match to the
wick, it caught fire and blazed to
the ceiling Of the small room. The
Doctor and his patient and a Mr..
Brooks, who was present, made a
hasty retreat and the room was
soon one blazing mass of flames,
which shot from the windows on
the Pine street side, and looked as
thouge the building was doomed at
the time.
By the good work of the firemen,
the blaze was controlled. Doctor
Mann's loss will be a total one, un-
less he can save some of his instru-
ments protected by cases tucked
away in drawers.
DR.. Kitchrells Office was next and
it received quite a wetting from
water.
The stock of drsgs below suffered
some by water running through the
floor.
Mr.. H. f, Briley had his stock of
goods damaged by water as did H..
Brown & Tyler.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-07-10

Shreveport papers report that a
capitalist is there from Orlando
Fla, a Mr.. G. W. Burden, who will
embark in the hotel business, and
who, the paper says, will have a
FIRST class hotel Shreveport's S
greatest Burden heretofore has
been the absence Of a good hotel,
and the city is to be further "Bur
den.ed" in this line. Poor old
Sport
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-07-10

Texarkana should feel proud of
her two fire companies. What we
need now is a good hook and ladder
company, and we would be ready to
fight almost any kind of fire, We
ask our young men to form com
pany of this kind and we believe
the citizens will equip them with a
ladder and truck.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-07-10
A CHILD ENJOYS

The pleasant flavor, gentle action,
aud soothing effect of Syrup Of Figs
when In need of a laxative, aud If
the father or mother be costive or
bilious, the most gratifying results
follow its use, so that it is the best
family remedy known and every
family should have a bottle. Man
ufactured by the California Fig
Syrup Co.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-07-10

For Rent-Sate deposit boxes, at
the State Bank of Texarkana-$5
per year. Boxes accessible at all
hours Of the day. They are a
great convenience, and every busi.
ness man should have one in which
to keep important papers, 2
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-07-10

Imperfect digestion and assimia-
ton produce disordered conditions
of the system, which grow and are
confirmed by neglect. Herbine gives
tone to the stomach, and causes
good digestion. Price SOC.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-07-10
Stove Wood.

If you want ''cut offs to burn in
your cooking stove telephone me
at Ralph Brothers Steam Laundry
and ] and will haul you the same
from the mill.
894 S. M. ROBERTS.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-07-10

The Dallas News reports that
help is needed badly in the flooded
districts of Texas, and ask that the
charitable send along their contr-
buttons.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-07-10

Huddleston Brothers market is
always supplied with everything
usually found in an up-to-date
market. 10
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-07-10

Telephone Blythe for the Bus,
when you want to visit the KIRBY
beach, 3 IA
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-07-10

The choicest steaks, roasts and all
kinds Of fresh meats at Huddeston
Brothers. l3
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-07-10

"For the sake of Fun, Mischief is
Done" A vast amount of mischief
is done, too, because people neglect
to keep their blood pure, This mis-.
chief, fortunately, may be undone
by the faithful use of Hoods Sarsa-
parilla.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-07-10

The Kirby beach bathing pool is
now open for the summer IA
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-07-10

Every watch repaired at Erber's
is guaranteed for one year 6'ls
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-07-10

Hoods Pills cure all liver ills. Non
irritating, 2
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-11-02

shoe house on the corner of Second
and Stevenson streets. Eyes of am
Der, coat of silky blue-gray, sinewy
frame and leonine rather than tigerish
face, Joe is a magnificent specimen OF
cathood. He not only answers to his
name, but understands and will obey
simple directions issued by his master,
jumping on desk or chair at his bid
ding or playing with cord strung
across the entrance in the office rail.
An instance of cat devotion of an
extraordinary sort is found in whole
sale establishment on the east
side of Front street, near California,
Here is wee motherless gray kitten,
so small that it can sit comfortably
on ones hand. In the store are five
grown cats-common cats of no pedi-
gree, toms and tabbies-and this
elder band has assumed maternal care
of the forlorn little orphan. They
watch it vigilantly, seeming particu-
larly apprehensive lest it stray out up
on the street, and whenever one OF
them perceives him too near the open
doors the older fellow walks over to
the kitten, picks it up in its mouth
and gravely carries it back and de-
posits it in the rear of the store.-San
Francisco Chronicle.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-11-02

Now the last sheaves are garnered in
the barns,
The fields all bare, the cleaners all
gone home.
Ripe apples fall from overladen
trees,
And boys and girls go nutting in tb'
woods,
That wear a drawer pomp than sum-
mer's green.
The squirrel buries deep his winter
hoard,
The swallows gather on the red farm
roofs.
The plowmen toll across the fallow
lands,
And fails are loud on every thrash
ing floor,
The kindly earth has yielded up her
fruits,
Troubled and swollen, the river
twirls among
The withered reeds, and ghostly in the
moon
Look all the misty fields and dim
woodsides.
And all the distant outlines of the
Mary A. Mark.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-11-02

contact between the photograph and
the glass"
1t would be well now that dust photo
graphs exist to examine carefully the
glass before removing an ola picture.
Perhaps in the near future the world
will be enriched by many fine speci-
mems OF these peculiarly produced
images.
Mr.. Hammer has also an historical
collection of incandescent lamps, which
were arranged on shelves In glass
case standing obliquely in the sunlight
about an hour n day. After the lapse
of many months the very fine dust
within the case lodged upon the inner
surface of the glass in such manner
as to produce oval dust figures CORE
spending somewhat to the shapes of
the lamps and some of them appear af-
ter reproduction. Professor Thomas
thought, when the figures were inspect
spected closely and the circumstances
were known, that the sun and lamps
acted as agents in their formation,
As to the correct explanation, the
matter has not been sufficiently dis
cussed by scientists to enable him 10
render the opinion of others, but 1t Is
of interest in connection with the
Roentgen rays and the discharge Of
electrified bodies by light. AS matter
of course, the surfaces Of the lamps
would reflect the light in such Il way
as to make bright spots movable,
however, with the sun-upon the glass
of the containing case. and If the lat
ter were in any sense charged by mega.
tive atmospheric electricity, this light
would cause a variable amount OF dust
to be attracted according to the intcn-
slty of the rays striking the glass
Professor Thompson also details n
remarkable series of experiments made
by Professor Sanford of Leland Stan
ford university, California, and by Pro
fessor Mckay OF Packer institute,
Brooklyn. The images produced were
termed photographs, and were made
by placing a number Of coins on the
sensitive side Of Photographic plate,
covering each siue with tinfoil and
wrapping the whole thing in black pa
per. The upper tinfoil was then re-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-11-02

Professor Edward p Thompson has
published a remarkable work on the \
rays, which is the most comprehensive
digest OF all the experiments made
since Roentgen's discovery. EXhaus-
tive study has been made of what are
known more recently to scientists as
dust photographs, and yet while this
is perhaps the first publication of the
strange phenomena, the publications
given are asserted by Professor Thomp-
son to be simply based on hypothesis
and are subject to a very decided
change when the scientists begin furth-
er experiments. 1t is to William j,
Hammer, member of the American
Institute of Electrical Engineers, that
we owe the discovery of these dust
images detailed by Professor Thomp-
son.
Mr.. Hammer in his workshop has a
portrait formed of fine dust upon n
pane of glass. The circumstances under
which it was obtained are peculiarly
interesting. Mr., Hammer happened
w bt III SotI' HliNC NllNl' I'll I'll llStlii
was removing photograph from an
old frame. The glass which protected
the portrait exhibited fac-simile in
dust on the inner surface. The glass
had not been in contact with the photo.
graph because of a thick passe -partout
surrounding the picture Neither was
the glass an old negative Photographic
plate.
Further test and inspection tended to
prove that the dust picture was execur-
ed by some action of the heat or light
of the sun. Professor Benjamin T..
Thomas of the University Of Ohio
scarcely thinks that the result was due
to convection. because the dust print
was so sharply defined. He thinks the
principle of the discharge Of bodies by
light may be applicable perhaps, but
further experiment would be necessary
as more secure foundation.
1T Is common" Professor Thompson
says, ito find the print of picture in n
book upon the opposite page, being due
merely to the pressure Of the linked
surface as in the art OF printing This
explanation cannot be applied to the
dust portrait because there was no
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-11-02

moved ana each coin was touched sue
cessively with the wire from positive
pole, the Other wire being connected
with the tiufoil on the lower side, Per-
feet reproductions We're obtained.
But this method, OF course, differs al.
together from that of producing dust
images, When the German scientist
Professor Reiss began experimenting
for the production of photographs he
laid n coin upon plate OF glass and
charged II electrically for half an hour,
Upon removing tae coin and sprlukling
the plate with dust an accurate engrav-
ing Of coin was visible on the glass.
Professor McKay's experiments Of
producing magnetographs ARE also In
teresting In this connection, He OBJ
tanned photographs of different objects
in the dark by means OF radiations
from the poles of an eloctro-magnet at
ter two hours exposure but II need not
have been so long, as he obtained clear
images in five minutes In one export
ment with frequent variations of n
current by means of a rheostat, and by
approach and recession Oh the arma-
ture,
The elements involved in the expert
ment were arranged in the following
order; First, "A large inverted magnet
for supporting 100 pounds the poles
hanging downward Next In order was
n wooden board pressing llatwise
against the ends of the poles of the
magnet, Next, the objects and tn"
sensitive plates backed thereby and all
ncosed in completely Opaque wrap
ping extending over the sides, face,
back, etc, of these two elements, Next
In order was an armature about ns
heavy az the magnet would support.
Very accurate photographs OF the diff
ferent objects were produced, The
photographs were not due to light, for
he tried the experiments in different
ways and with various precautions,
OF course the greater part of Profes.
sor Thompson's work Is devoted to the
X ray, but to the lay mind the above
phenomena give curious Insight into
the experimental work Of the electrical
scientists of today.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-11-02

hands actually object to being sworn at
when the oaths become too vigorous,
The pay OF the deckhand Is usually $50
month, even when the business is
only moderately heavy and last winter
during the big rush a crew OF negroes
refused to ship because the wages did
not suit them. They were offered $50
per month, but wanted 800 for the
trip.
The first popularity which strikes
the observer about the deckhand Is his
walk He has climbed up the steep
river embankment when there was mud
all over II and he has come down that
same side with heavy weight upon his
back. He has adopted a step which
prevents him from slipping and this
gives him a peculiar shutting step un-
like any movement seen elsewhere. He
combines with this a hosting OF the
shoulders and peculiar turn Of the
head acquired from turning his face TO
let sack hest upon his shoulder. These
three traits are distinctive and give the
deckhand a strange appearance upon
the leyee cr anywhere of boat away
from the river.
AS he works going up the inclines
or along the gang plank, precariously
resting upon leyee's crest, he has
rhythmic sort Of chant which fits In with
his music. Always the same class Of
songs are sung. Usually there are no
words, but some leader chants and the
others voice the chorus az they bend TO
their tasks. There are sack songs and
barrel songs and music for the cotton
bale and the ordinary package. The
music varies with the task, as the
bale IL lifted forward and allowed to-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-11-02
SIR JOHN WATERS A FINE SPY.
Thrilling Adventure When Captured
by the Spaniards.

Sir John Waters was the most adj
mirable spy ever attached to an army
In the Peninsular war he gave to Lord
Wellington accurate and valuable In
formation about the SpaniardB. Once
he was taken prisoner by Spanish
dragons while clad In the English uni
form. He was supposed to be a stupid
Britisher who could not understand a
word OF French or Spanish. and his
captors talked freely before him. Then
he learned that they were going TO kill
and ROB him at an old mill where the
company was TO stop for dinner. They
would pretend that they had shot him
because or his attempt to escape. On
reaching the mill the Dragons dis
mounted and went into the house,
leaving their prisoner outside, In the
hope that he would try to escape. AS
soon as they were out OF sight Waters
threw his cloak on nearby olive
bush and put his cooked hat on top.
Empty -four sacks lay on the ground
and he crawied into one OF them. A
moment later the dragons came out,
fired their carbines at the supposed
prisoner and galloDed or, intending
10 return later To rife the body. A
horse loaded with sacks OF -four stood
near the door and Sir John, still en-
yeloped In the sack. managed to-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-11-02
NEGRO DECKHAND.
The Jolly Roustabout Extinct From
the Mississippi.

One who makes a trip up the river
and watches the antics OF the negroes
and listens to their weird songs and
tales will not agree with the iconoclast
who says that all the beauties and the
picturesque features have faded out Of
the steamboatman's life. AS a line Of
negroes goes up the hill under the glare
of the searchlight with their peculiar
swinging tread and sing the music,
which seems somehow to be an essen
tial part OF the action, the sight Is one
which has strange wildness about IL
and fascination too. The negro Is
not the same as he was before the war
Conditions have changed too much for
that But he has retained his love for
the fantastic and most OF those barbar-
ic customs which civilization seems I'M
able to eradicate from the African
mind.
The first mate has undergone a
marked metamorphosis and to his
change is due some portion Of the new
features In the deckhand's character.
Time was when the first mate had a
vocabulary which would make an ordi
nary sailors parrot die for shame. He
had this vocabulary and the negroes
held the same opinion as the one who
answered when asked II he did not OBJ
ject to the mates abuse No. boss;
dat's whut he's paid for He's got ter
make out he's doin' somethin' an II
don't do us no harm" Now the deck
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-11-02
APPENDICITIS AFFECTS CATS.
San Francisco Animal Submits to the
Knife Without Resistance.

Maltese cats are in large demand In
business houses not only because OF
their beauty but because they have
proved themselves to be fine hunters.
One of the handsomest of these is
Tom. magnificent fellow belonging
to a wholesale grocer in lower Cali
fornia street, or perhaps it would be
the establishment. He spends his
nights in useful labor and is some
times for a considerable period found
regularly each morning with big
dead rat by his side, for like most Of
the genuinely capable of his kind, he
disdains to eat his game During the
day he has appropriated to his own
use a nicely finished mail tray on the
Office desk, and when the weather Is
cool big nickle lamp standing beside
the trav is kept burning for his es-
pecial benefit. A fit of indigestion very
nearly carried him off one day and 1t
became necessary to perform a surgi-
cal operation to save the noble fell
lows life. He seemed to know that
the veterinary surgeons lancet was
unsheathed for his good and bore the
pain like a stole and without re-
sistance.
WING with Tom in beauty aud in
telligence and his almost exact coun-
terpart in size and appearance Is Joe,
splendid maltese Of Petaluma birth,
belonging to wholesale boot ane
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-11-02

throw himself on the horses back, as
II he were part of the load. The own
er came out, mounted and rode away
without detecting the peculiar con-
tents OF one OF the sacks. When far
enough away for safety, his position
hetng uncomfortable, Sir John freed
himself from the sack and sat up.
The horseman, happening to look
around, saw the man covered with
-four and imagined a ghost was perch
ed behind him,
lie fell IN faint and the supposed
ghost threw him to the ground and
Salloped of Sir John reached the Eng
fish camp without further adventure.
New York Press
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-11-02
WANTS HEROINES WELL FED.
Protest Against Authors Treatment of
Women Characters.

Why are the heroines in novels not
permitted to eat hearty food? Why
does beauty, both in joy and in dis
tress, starve through the pages of
romance? Men eat in all the novels
but in many works of fiction the poor
girl never gets anything in the way of
solid nourshment. She goes through
the most trying scenes and narrowing
experiences, so far as the novels dis
close, on a diet that would not sus-
tain bird When the novelist does
permit his heroine to stay the sense
of hunger it is usually on viands of a
most delicate nature, and many fic-
titious young women have gone
through 100 pages on the rose leaves
they ntbbled in the first chapters.
Perhaps the idea seems to be that to
disclose the heroine enjoying the
pleasures of the table would detract
from the air of refinement or the artis-
tic delicacy of the picture 1t really
does seem as if the author fears that
the love of the hero would wane
should he behold the object of his adj
miration placing roast beef between
her lips and see her charming face
beam with the JOY of hearty mastica-
ton. Indeed, in fiction, teeth seem
to possess no utility except to add to
the charm of the lady's smile or accen-
tuate the cruel nature of the dark and
bitter villain.
If the novelists We're all men this
starvation of heroines might be as
crlDed to masculine cruelty, but the
women writer's, with practical unan-
unity, avoid reference to food. The
sufferings that have come to young
women through this neglect of authors
to furnish their heroines with a
proper diet exceed, perhaps, the hope
less attempts to look like the ladies
of the fashion plates. There is rea-
son to believe that many young wo-
men have inferred from the models
of feminine grace and elegance created
by romancers that men do not like
to see women eat as if they were hun
CRY and enjoyed what they ate. Ac-
cording they display ennui over the
soup and nibble daintily at the celery
and are prone to seek nutriment in
ices and salads. Of course, the wo-
men who feed on candied violets and
angel food in novels and in the pres
ence of their lovers are not averse to
beef and potatoes when the oppor-
tunity presents itself of assimilating
that sort of food, and it may be set
down as a concrete fact that men, in
stead of feeling dismay at the dis
closure of good appetites in the women
they admire and adore, on the con-
trary are delighted to see any woman
eat with a show of enjoyment. The
man must be blase, indeed, who can
find pleasure in taking to dinner a
girl who cannot eat and who seems
bored by the sight of food. Men do
not like fragile women. They may
admire women of delicate beauty, but
observe how a man beams to see the
sweet image, fashioned SO delicately
as to justify the smile of Dresden
china, pitch in and eat with tokens of
genuine satisfaction. City
Star.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-11-02
had PLENTY OF TIME.

MY grandparents married In haste. :"
And did they repent at leisure?"
"Oh. yes, both lived to be over 90. -
Tit-Bits.
The case OF Herman Mueller, charged
with the murder OF Policeman Kossow.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-11-02
DAWN.

An angel. robed In spotless white,
Bent down and kissed the sleeping
Night.
Night woke to blush: the sprite was
gone
Men saw the blush and called II dawn.
Paul Laurence Dunbar.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-11-02

President Loubet has signed the par
don of Emile Arton, who, in Novem-
Der, 1896. was sentenced to eight years
imprisonment for completely with
Baron de Reinach and Dr. Cornelius
Herr In the frauds on the Panama
Canal company.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-11-02

drop, has catchy swing to It. Down
go the sharp hooks and the bale starts
up to fall with n quick thud. SO does
the music. ScimitaT
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-11-02

Ottmar Mergenthaler, inventor Of
the linotype machine, died OF con-
glmption at Baltimore Saturday.