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The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-06-20
Busy BodY's Work.

Newspaper writer's have been fill
ing their papers full of trash about
Alaskan boundary question, and the
articles are written for the purpose
of forming breach of good feeling
between the Uuited States and Eng
land, We publish in another place
a direct charge of hostile feeling
against this country as between
Canada and England and also a ref =
utation, We think the boundary
line should be settled peacefully by
all means, even If we must give a
few acres on the coast of a bleak
and barren country, to acconmo-
date the Canucks.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-06-20
F FASHIONABLE CHURCH WEDDING
Mr.. Henry Offenhauser and Miss
Louise Forshee United in Mar
riage at St. James Church.

Today at high noon St. James
Episcopal church was crowded with
the friends of Mr.. Henry Often
hauser and Miss Louise Forshee to
see the VOW of marriage celebrated
between the two.
Rev. Percy F. Fem, the rector,
read the beautiful marriage cere-
mony cementing the union between
the loving couple,
Miss Florence Forshee, sister of
the bride, and Mr.. Adam Often
hauser, brother of the groom, we're
the bride and groom's attendants
of honor, The grooms men were
Messrs. Oscar Turner, Ed Wicks,
Eugene Gibson, Willis Whitaker,
Henry Moore and Lee Estes. Miss
Cuggie Hynson presided at the
organ, while Mrs. ]. NJ, Carter sang
a sweet love song appropriate to
the occasion.
Immediately after the wedding
the bridal party drove to the hand
some residence of Mr.. and Mrs. ].
M. Carter, where sumptuous
luncheon was spread. The follow
ing guests we're invited to the
luncheon at the Carter home to bid
bon voyage to the bride and groom
on their departure for the honey
moon trip:
Misses Iona Fouke, Mamie
Hynson, Adna AID Bennie Green
and Cozette Keller, Mr.. and Mrs.
f. W. Offenhauser, Judge and Mrs
Somervell, Judge and Mrs. Estes,
Mr.. and Mrs H. B. Carter, DR.. and
Mrs, Robinson, DR.. and Mrs. Light
foot, DR.. and Mrs. Fem, Mr.. and
Mrs. Robt. Williams.
The couple are two of our most
popular young people. aud they car
ry with them the best wishes of onr
citizenship.
We in common, wish the bride
and groom the best of luck and long
life.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-06-20

H. G, Sanderson, who holds down
the records in the abstract Office at
the Miller county court house, left
today to engage in a clerical job in
the sherifls' Office at Richmond,
Ark. We learn he will be gone sew
eral days. His absence will be
missed in the a" hello quarters ="
where he directs most of his notes
accompanied by sherbert and fruits
There are other pebbles ON the
beach, and the girls will never get
left on ices and fruits, however.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-06-20

The Fordyce people are going to
celebrate the 4th of July by giving
an oratorical contest and prizes.
There will be many good speakers
on hand and also the best vocalist
of the state.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-06-20

"You May Bend the Sapling, but
not the tree" when disease mas be-
come chronic and deep seated it is
often difficult to cure it. That Is
the reason why it is best to take
Hoods Sarsaparilla when disese first
shows itself.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-06-20

Hoods Pills are a favorite family
cathartic.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-06-20
Rough and dressed lum-
ber, mouldings, shingles,
pickets, etc.
Standard Nov. Works,
phone 297. 0p.Coal Chute,

We have been promised a daily
postal card from Secretary Solin-
sky as to the moving Of the home
Elks In Saint Louis. Sam Is a
spicy writer and his pointers will
be inter esting.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-06-20

FT*EFl
headquarters For
kyeddins Presents I
4 pirihday Presents
graduating Presents.
LoV'' The Leading Jeweler.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-02-14
The Maneater. Of the jungle.

These three paragraphs from the
Central African Gazette prove that
there is still great danger from wild
beasts in the dark continent:
II. G. Mcdonald, judicial officer at
Chrome, mentions that lion took n
native servant off the veranda of tho
club few days ago aud then retired
into the middle of the town to eat the
unfortunate man.
p. Dewey, writing from Dedras,
says: 'Beopards are very plentiful;
1 killed two during the month Lions
are also troublesome, one brute hav.
ing killed seven people before We
bagged him
Mr., Bowbill reports 'Lions have
been doing a great deal Of harm in
the West Shire district, nine men hay.
ing lost their lives"
The record is increased by the death
Of w. A. Harrison, senior assistant
engineer on the Uganda Eailwpy, who
was killed by a lioness at Fort South.
Chicago Times Herald.
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NO. sos.
THE COW DEATH.
Curious Superstition OF Pagan Origin
Prsrticed in Russia.

Loweflstimm mentions n curious
superstition of pagan origin still prac-
ticed in portions of Russia. aud known
as 'korovya smerti' (cow-deathl aud
'opachivaniye" (plowing roundabout.
III pestilence or murrain prevails in a
village, an old woman of repute as
seeress or fortune teller enters the
confines of the village at midnight and
beats a pan. Thereupou all the WON.
en- of the place assemble in haste,
armed with divers domestic utensils -
frying spans, pokers, tongs, shovels,
scythes and cudgels. After shutting
the cattle in their stalls, aud warning
the men not TO leave their houses, a
procession is formed. The seeress
takes off her dress and prououuces
curse upon Death. She is then
hitched to n pillow, together with
bevy of virgins aud misshapen wom-
an, If such one can be found, and
continuous and closed furrow is drawn
round the village three times. When
the procession starts, the image of
some saint suitable TO the occasion.
that of st. Blasius, for example, III the
case of murrain, is borne in front of
it; this is followed by the seeress.
clad only in shift, with disheveled
hair and riding on broomstick; after
her come women and maidens draw
ing the pillow, and behind them the
rest OF the crowd, shrieking and max
ing fearful din. They kill every ami
NAL they meet, and if a man is so un-
fortunate as to fall in with them he is
mercilessly beaten, and usually put to
death. In the eyes of these raging
women he is not human being, but
Death himself in the form of n were
wolf, who seeks to cross their path
and thus break the charm and destroy
the healing virtue of the furrow. The
ceremony varies in different places,
and generally ends by burying alive
cat, cock or dog.-From "Supersti-
ton and Crime" by Professor E. p.
Evans, in Appletons' Popular Science
Monthly.
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WORDS OF WISDOM.

Our souls crave perfect good; we
feel the pull thitherward, we own the
law that points in that direction. -
William NJ. Salter.
III any one speak i'll of thee, consid-
er whether he hath truth on his side {:
and if so, reform myself, that his cen
sures may not affect thee.-Epictetus.
In every loving woman there is a
priestess of the pasta pious guard
ian of some affection, of which the
object has disappeared. Henri Fred
eric Amiel.
Many brave young minds have
oftentimes, through hearing the
praises and famous eulogies of worthy
men, been stirred up to effect the
like concentrations Spenser.
Look in all things for the beauty
which is their soul, and shall fill your
soul. Seek it and dwell in it, for,
rightly understood, it is a part OF
your deepest life.-Henry w. Foote.
Self conceit is a weighty quality,
and will sometimes bring down the
scale when there is nothing else in it.
1t magnifies fault beyond proportion,
and swells every omission into nm
outrage. Jeremy Collier.
Books we'll chosen neither dull the
appetite nor strain the memory, but
refresh the inclinations, strengthen
EN- the powers and improve under ex-
periments. By reading a man does,
"a it were, antedate his life. and
makes himself contemporary with past
ages. j remy Collier.
1T is surprising how practical duty
enriches the fancy and the heart and
deepens the affections Indeed, no
one can have a true idea of right I'M
til he does it, any genuine reverence
for 1t until he has done it often and
with cost, any peace ineffable in it till
he does it always and with alacrity.-
j. Martineau.
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characteristics to man, and so. on,
evening, he called Potkchops into hi,
room and handed the orang- 6utaiir
large glass of an old, nutty sherry tina,
he had picked up somewhere. The
orang-outang shifted the sherry al
hrst, and then put the glass to his
lips. The first taste seemed to hit
him about right-Schley says--and
with his left hand he rubbed his
stomach approximately. Then he be.
gan to down the sherry III gulps. did
Porkchops, and Schley says il wasn't
three minutes before he had the drunk.
enest orang-outang on his hands that
ever put marines cap on one side OF
his head and looked rakish. The orang.
outang, with funny expression OF
drunken enjoyment on his face-says
Schley-lumbered out of the cabin,
and hunted up his pal, the old chief
bo's'n' S mate. When Porkchops found
his pal, he struck drunken attitude
before him as much as to say, Regard
me, chum! What do you think of this
for complimentary jag?' The orang-
outang had to be put in his hammock
that night, for his jag would not per.
NIT of his turning in unassisted, and
when he awoke at all hands the next
morning he was the picture of peni.
tence, and from that time on he could
never be coaxed or cajoled-Schley
tells me--to take sno Their drink of alec.
holic liquors.
'Porkchops got into the office Of the
paymaster one afternoon, when the
ship was in port and the p.ymastei
was ashore, aud what Porkchops didn't
do to the quarterly reports, and the
clean books, and the carefully-made.
out accounts, by the liberal use of ink,
isn't worth mentioning, says Schley.
The paymaster was mad when he goi
back, and the Admiral of the fleet to
which the Benecia was attached heard
of the mischievous orang outang and
ordered that all of the ships of the
fleet should be cleared of animals.
which made Schley unhappy. Schley
lodged the issue by declining to re.
gard Porkshops as an animal, and the
ng-outang was suffered to continue
as member of the Benecia's crew.
But Porkchops in some way or other
found out that tho Admiral was sore
on him, aud so every time the Adj
miral visited the Benecia in his barge
Porkchops 'ud hide in the bilges until
the Admiral's barge left. Porkchops
may be alive and smoking a pipe yet,
for all 1 know to the contrary. Schley
seems determined not to tell me what
became Of him. Washington Star.
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PITH AND POINT.

Goodly-"Wh is grander than a
man you can trust?" Cynicus-"One
who will trust you. Jewish Com.
ment.
81 believe she married him for his
money" ''Well, ] suppose she did,
if you get down to the root of the mat
ter. Boston journal.
"rhey say his conscience troubles
him so lie can't sleep nights"
Nights, man? Why, he can't even
sleep in church. Detroit Journal.
Whats the matter with Nora?'
81 secured her from mutual help
Office, and she claims that l ought TO
do half her work Chicago Record.
He-"You think you know it all,
don't you?" Him-"No: have never
been able to figure out any reason for
you being alive. indianapolis Jour
nal.
Dearest" impassionedly said the
soldier, as he clasped her little brown
hand, ''you are the only Philippine
woman / ever loycdw-Indianap
Journal.
"The sheriff out our way has the
sinecure, said Texas Ted. "How is
that?" THE mob jinirally does his
work for him. ''-Philadelphia North
American.
"Of all my expectations in life,"
said the sombre -visaged man, 81 have
realized only one; and that was the
expectation that / should fail to realize
the others"
Mrs. Pitt-"Has Mrs. Oakland any
children?' Mrs. Penn-"Sheb has two,
n boy and girl. The boy is SO
model and the girl '97. "-Pittsburg
Chronicle Telegraph.
Cuba, PIG, A. D. Mrs. Santiago
Jones-''But is his family such very
old one?" Mrs. Guantanamo Smith
ooh, yes. indeed They came over
with Sampson in 1898. Life
"Ahl' said the murderer, mounting
the scaffold and examining the noose;
"Manila rope, / see. That's good. l
like to encourage American indus.
tries. Philadelphia North American.
In this beautiful picture OF Bess
/ can't see u thing but her nose;
Sut here's the fur collar she yearned to
And her new feather hat. suppose.
Chicago Record.
Composer hope you like my new
opera?" Critic ooh! It's good
enough in its way, and dare say that
it will be performed after the words OF
Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven aud Meyer
beer are forgotten" Composer (de.
lightedly)-''R eally?" Critic-"Yes;
but-not till then. - Musical America.
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Is there any necessary connection
between going to school and a low
birth-rate?"
In new colonies the birth-rate is
usually high. Large families were
the rule in this country in early days
in the same regions where now the
race seems TO be dying out
In New Zealand, where conditions
are colonial but where education ia
universal, the birth-rate has fallen
from thirty eight per 1000 in 1882 to
twenty-six per 1000 in 1898.
The population increases, but If the
rate Of birth continues to decline it
must soon be as low as in Ireland or
France. Tho climate is good, the
death-rate phenomenally low. What
is the matter2 Is it going to sohool7
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In the gardens OF the Geological So.
eiety couple we're standing before
the cage Of the hyenas, while the man
was commenting upon the habits Of
the beast for the benefit of the woman
who hung TO his arm. Inspired by
the knowledge and eloquence Of her
swain, tho young woman began to rack
her brains for original ideas with
which to confront him. Presently one
the natural feminine idca-came.
Billy she exclaimed, what We these
ere to do with marriago?" "Why.
uaught, you silly" retortod Bill i'm
mediately. They ave" she returned
triumphantly when couple arc
bein spliced, we ears 'em talk of the
hyenal altar. "-Cornhill Magazine.
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Gruesnmc Statues.

Seeing that flowers fade and even
immortelles have but their day, the
sorrowing family of one gentleman
cast about for some original and en-
during way of perpetuating the mem,
DRY of their beloved one, and they
discovered it. too. That is to say.
they reversed the operation of the pa
gan gods and changed the body OF
what was once living creature into a
statue, which is to be seen at the
cemetery of Pere Lachaise, where it
lies in triple coffin of glass. The
corpse, having been plunged into
picnic acid, and washed in q solution
of nitrate of silver, was placed in a
galvano- plastic bath. The result is a
statue in every respect identical with
the individual, ana to use Hiberni-
cism, strikingly lifelike. The doctor
whose method was successfully en-
ployed to bring about this curious
transmutation confidently hopes that
In future all public statues will be
made on the same principle. But the
statue erecting mood no longer pre-
walls in Paris just now. Indeed, most
politicians and people are iconoclasts.
and would gladly demolish many OF
the existing monuments to dead celeb.
rites, and quito a number of living
ones to boot.-London Telegraph.
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The Worlds Hours.

When such of us unfortunate folk
as rise early are getting mp at 8 in the
morning they are dressed and taking
Q o'clock breakfast in Venice, Naples,
Malta and Copenhagen. At Stock
holm and Cape Town those who begin
business at 10 arc on their way to
their Offices. At ST. Petersburg the
banks, if they open at 10 o'clock
have just swung back their doors. At
Odessa the bank clerks have hung up
their overcoats, and at Suez they have
probably dipped their pens the third
or fourth time. At Bombay the bells
for / o'clock luncheon are ringing. and
the residents of Madras have got half
through that meal.
Those who dine at o'clock are lust
sitting down TO table at Singapore.
They are halfway through 3 o'clock
dinner at Canton. At Sydney the
greater part of the workers are on
their way home aud late diners are
feeling hungry. At Jeddo a large
part Of the population is in its first
sleep, the theatres are very near clos.
ing, and many people are undressing
and going upstairs with candles. The
people Of New York, Boston, PhiIa-
delphia and Baltimore are in the mid
die of their nights rest, and in Gal
weston, New Orleans and Pensacola
the cocks are crowirg-London It'd
Bits
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The IntsIIlrsnt nor.e.

The following may be Of interest t.
your readers / was on n sheep station
on the Lachlau River, New Sonti
Wales, from 1867 to 1869. One OF our
neighbors, Who bred horses, sent some
to Sydney for sale. n distance of three
hundred miles, more or less. On
arrival one was sold to Melbourne
man, who sent him 10 Melbourne
by sea, voyage in those days Of Eve
or SIX days. On arrival ut Melbourne
he was placed in a paddock just out
side the city. Three days aftorward
he was missed. a fortnight after he
appeared on his old station, FIVE hun
dred miles from Melbourne as the
crow flies London Spectator.
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rIne LInes Of Gln.,.

The latest invention is n pine line
made of glass, The glass mauufactur.
ing firm whose plant is located at Port
Allegauy, is pre- caring 20 make glass
tubes that can be used for sending oil
or gas across tho country, for carrying
on sewage, supplying cities with wa
ter, etc The glass pipe does not cor
Iode, 1t is impervious to the electro
lysis in underground conduits, and, it
is claimed, is less LIKELY to leak than
iron nine. Bradford Era.
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The sacred oxen Of Ceylon are de
scribed by n recent writer. The
largest specimen never exceeds thirty
inches in height. The MARQUIS Of
Canterbury has one presented to him
in 1891, which is now about ten years
OF age, and only ten inches tall. Not
withstanding their smallness they are
very useful in Ceylon, where, it is
said, four Of them are able to draw n
two-wheeled cart with q driver and
200 pounds Of merchandise, sixty or
seventy miles in a day.
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ADVERTISING RArxs.

Advertisement VIII b inserted q s.s Ssllsa
Per s4aars fof the Ara inssrsisa ga a.
Lesal, Dzsiness and spsoisi nssse,, -
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than 60 dollar.
Legal sdysrtissnsnts win b inssrtsa q
Tie rasss allowed b. law and WIN. In sll eassA
Be- rssairsd spoa delivery Of certified copy.
CKADoD Yo1 AnNouNCxNrnrB--R
county s0osFs. %; State and Congress, go.
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'k1evn e. application b the publishes.
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The difficulty of driving single hon
was we'll illustrated at tue foot Of
Ninth street atabout train time. Some
men were driving n herd of swine to
Amherst, and as they approached the
bridge one of the animals became OBJ.
streperous aud bolted toward the CITY,
becoming thereby separated from the
rest of the drove. The three or four
men, assisted by volunteers, placed
themselves between tho city and the
rebellious hog in q semi-circle, while
one of their number advanced Gnu.
tiously and began to tickle the hogs
nose with a pine brush. This would
make the animal turn round, and each
time he did so he would move few
steps toward the bridge aud the rest
OF the drove. The maneuvers we're
watched with a great deal of in.
ierest by large crowd of spectators.
and when, finally, the hayward one
returned to the bosom Of the drove. n
very audible murmur of admiration
went up from the crowd.-Dynchburg
(Va.) News.
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4 Medical sronn.

Medicine can be measured very
handily by new spoon which has no
handle and is attached 20 the bottle
10y a wire bracket clampiug the neck
and provided with two rings in which
the spoon is pivored to retain it's posi-.
ton when the bottle is tilted.
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WHEN WAKE UP IN THE MoRNIN,

" Wh wake up In the mornin in the aughin ornin
AN meme maids rppin' an a-gldn a-slppin'
long kind
round the earthly Nv
An TO my soul all yearnin little freely
An prlngin spirit lanterns that would OF
When wake in the
"henI wake the mornin', emn
long, long sumber
When spirits bird
the
Lordl soul will nutter utte
IN clearer note the songs only tried
THESE httul fiery flashes my ashe
VIII be affairs OF star incense in the glory Thy glow
When wake the
Trotwo Moore
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7 her front garden
under the big will
low sat Mrs. Spread
brow. Behind her
stood the trim cot
tage, and in the
grass, almost at her
feet, gamboled Ed
dy, her youngest
born, and the new
black and white
puppy.
From the gyra-
tons of the two
young creatures on
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WE TWO.

SIT here with me,
My rtle girl.
And while the red
And gold names curl
With pretty SPARKS
Far up the fiua.
I'll stroke your locks
And talk to you.
The mothers eyes
We're just like yours
Blue as the waves
On Naples shores;
Her hair was brown,
Like yours, too, dear.
And rippled Ger
As pink m ear.
she used to sit
Beside me here.
When nights were harsh
And woods were sere-
Abb she was fair,
Dear. very fair.
With firelight upon her hairi
The black midnight
would lind M still
Before the blaze.
And here. until
The crumbling sticks
Had spread in two,
We'd sit. my child,
And talk OF you,
Now, little girl,
It's you aud l.
Your mother went
When fall passed by,
And here we sit
Aud list the purr
OF burning logs.
And talk of her.
Up on the hill
Your mother sweet
Rests quietly
Her head and feet
Deep under snow
From stormy skies;
But you. my pet,
Have her blue eyesl
roy Fogg, in Boston Transcript.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-22
PROGRESS.

With time, comes progress and ad-
vancement in all lines Of successfully
conducted enterprises. Success comes
TO those only who have goods with
superior merit and reputation. In
the manufacture of laundry starch for
the last quarter Of a century ]. C..
Hubinger has been the peer of all
others and today is placing on the
market the finest laundry starch ever
offered the public under our new and
original method.
Ask your grocer for a coupon book
which will enable you to get the first
two large 10 cent packages Of his new
starch. RED CROSS, TRADE MARK
brand, also two OF the children's
Shakespeare pictures painted in twelve
beautiful cOlOrs as natural as life, or
the Twentieth Century Girl Calendar,
all absolutely free
All grocers are authorized TO give
ten large packages of RED CROSS
STARCH, with twenty OF the Shakes
peare pictures or ten of the Twentieth
Century Girl Calendars. to the first five
purchasers of the Endless Starch Chain
Book. This is one of the grandest Of
fers ever made to introduce the RED
CROSS laundry starch, J. c. Hubinger's
latest invention.