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The Daily Texarkanian., 1900-08-02
An Awful Punishment.

OF all the horrors that have shocked
mankind throughout all history, one of the
most terrible was the punishment meted
the leaders Of the famous Sepoy Mutiny.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1900-08-02

Eupion oil makes the best light
ask your dealer for it and take no
other kind. 1t makes a white
strong light. tt
The Daily Texarkanian., 1900-08-02

WINDOW SCREENS. For window
screen, at lowest prices, apply to
the Standard Novelty Works
phone 1876 -
The Daily Texarkanian., 1900-08-02
THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
er of Maple and Third streets

NUIHNI VI HIrPIC eII1 III q 81 SNto'
Cordially invites you to its services.
Minister, Rev. ]. N. McFarlane.
ReSdencp 5O2 Pecan street, or call up
Phone 252.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1900-08-02

Planes and organs tor sale at
reasonable prices at l3easleys Music
House, 2l3 East Broad street cash
or on mstailment plan, ~
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-24
TIE RAISING OF osrRleHEs.
Five Farms Now Carried on in the
 United States.

Five Farms Now Carried in the
 United States.
 There are now five ostrich farms h the United states-two in California, one in Texas, one ia Florida, and ons in Arizona. The last named. although the youngest. is the largest and mos. fourishing in the country. It is To- cated near Phoenix, and the Salt river valley seems well adapted % the Af- rican ostrich. No protection whatever is required for the birds during the winter. They graze the entire year in t.he fields, the same as horses and cat tie, and are healthy and thrifty. The man in charge of the Arizona farm, who spent 15 years handling ostriehes ill South Africa, says the birds do just as well in the Salt River valley as in Africa, and that the climatic and other conditions surrounding them here seem as well adapted to their requirements as those existing in their native home. After the birds attain the age of tour weeks there is little danger Of t1eir dying from natural causes for many years. It is not positively known how fong an ostrich will live under normal conditions, but there are birds on South African farms which are believed to have reached or passed the century mark, many of them having been in captivity there over fifty years. Most people have the idea, obtained, prob ably, from their old geographites when they were children, that the female ostrich, after laying her eggs in nest seoeped out of the desert sands, cov- CTS them up with the sand and leaves them, trusting to the heat of the sun to hatch them. This is not the fact. The birds always pair off during the breeding season, the male bird making the nest by resting his breastbone on tne sand and turning slowly round and round, scratching the sand away with his feet until shallow hole is made. some three feet in diameter and about a foot deep. The female then lays usu- ally. 15 eggs, and the birds take turns sitting on them, the female sitting during the daytime and the male at night, except that the male allows the female about an hour in the middle Of the day to feed. when he takes her place on the nRst.-.Boston Herald
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-24
No Insult Intended.

Philadelphia Record: While his meal Ea6 being served on Saturday night to a West Walnut street exquisite, whom the excessive expenditures of Christ oas week had reduced to a cheap res iaurant, lie showed displeasEre with the manner in which things were served. The constant rattle of dishes on the hard tables and the believing of the walters as they announced their orders to the cooks at the end of the room made him nervous. When the busy waiter deposited his order before him the young man began fusillade of reproach on the substantial but homely Siands. DO you call that veal cut let?" he demanded of the waiter "Why, such outlet as that is an in- suit to every self-respecting calf In Bucks county" The waiter hung his head for moment, but on recovering himself. said, in a tone of quiet apol- ogy: T really didn't intend to inssst Sau, sir :"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-24
GREAT CITY FOR PADLoeks.
Phenomenal Way in Which They Flour
 ish at Irkutsk.

ish at Irkutsk.
 Irkutsk, the accepted capital of ori- ental Siberia, is a city of padloeks. Il has only about 51 ,000 inhabitants, yet there are more padlocks on the shut ters and doors of Irkutsk stores than can be found in an American city of 200, ,000. There are as many as three padlocks on some store doors, and every lower story shutter bears from one to five. The paddock weighs from one to fifteen pounds. The popular size is five pounds and two and one half inches thick, says the Chicago Record. The closing of store is ar affair Of consequence. The heavy shut ters are swung together, the ponderous iron bars are put in place, the padlocks are adjusted and locked, and then comes the final and serious ceremony of locking the door. The door is shut, the bars are placed, and the paddock is fixed and locked, and the verdant stranger thinks the closing operation is ever. It is not. A piece of cord is drawn through the hasb of the paddock, and the two ends are held against the door by clerk or boy, while the pro prietor melts a piece of sealing wax and sticks the ends to the door. On the hot wax he places his private stamp. A promenade on an Irkutsk business street after closing time shows the huge padlocks, the two lines of string and fat dab of red wax as big as a silver dollar. In case sealing wax is dispensed with. the paddock is tied iD a rag, the string being knotted in a peculiar way. The business man of Irkutsk has no faith in stringless paddock. I learned that through the wax and rag medium the owner of a store knew if his lock had been tam pered with during the night.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-24
The Boer's Battlefield Newspaper.

According to Cape paper. the Boers have newspaper at the front, says a telegram in the paper in question: Last night the Railway Volkstem car left the station for Gen. Joubert's laager. 1t consisted of large, well-fitted up goods van. arranged as printing ot- flee, with special arrangements for typesetting and printing, as well as plenty of space for paper aad desk for tke editor. fixed up with a type writer,-EoEdeu Globe
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-24
A New Siege Train.

\ siege train is being specially con structed for the purpose of assisting troops in their attack on Pretoria. It Is to be armed with sixteen new six-inch howitzers, each one capable of throw ing a fifty-pound lyddite shell.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-24
e A- G T o 7 E A. s,ars tba 19 The Kind Yog Have Always Bought
AZ Interestlng xsmnn.

An interesting woman has just dien in Russia. Irena FedossoYa was oEs or tho last ot those professional story tellers who, before the spread of edu- cation, were very numerous in the east. She was quite illiterats. but her memory was so phenomenal thse sae eould recite over 100, 900 lines of heroic aud legendary poetry. She was ire quently in St. Petersburg, and was often invited to the palaces nt the Imperial family and nobility to glve reeitaIions. In summer she wandered from town to village, and had never been absent from the famous fair ot Nishni Novgorod for sixty years
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-24
CA 6 r ' ORiA
 For Infants and Children. The Kind You Havs Always Bought slsasssts sssss sss ss &zz4zzzz'l:
A Tale of a Turkey.

From the Swea City Qowa) Herald: Along in the night a large turkey climbed from the ridge of the roof on Ole Peterson's house to the top of the chimney and sat down, so as to get the benefit of the heat from the fire below. Early in the morning Mrs. Peterson and two children sleeping in the room where the hard coal stove was located were discovered to be Seathly sick and the room was full of gas. The turkey was soon discov- ered and driven off. but it took quite . while for the sick to recover.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-24
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The Ideal and the Real.

She was a kindly-faeed woman, and 1t was easy to see that she was bub- bling over with love for the little folk She walked modestly into the office Of the city editor and inquired: "WiH you please tell me which one of the staff it is that writes all those pretty little stories about children? I know he must love the little folks, because he writes such nice stories about them. I want to tell him precious little story about my darling boy, who is only" That's the man over there. !" interrupted the city editor. Which one, pray?@ ''That one with the corn cob pipe in his mouth and swearing at the office oy."-Omaha WorldHerald.
 Q A g TT o 1 IA.
 ,ars tba >9 The Kind Y0g Have Always Bought sis4ss'5' .s <<>z1zAzzzz9
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-24
An rxtreordlnarr ohltaary Notice.

In the Northampton tEngland) pa. pers recently there appeared the fol. lowing extraordinary obituary notice Smith, January ,, at London, George Smith and John Smith, twin sons O. the late James Smith, of this towr4 aged 57. The twins were both car met makers. and lived at Peekham The eoincidences dc not end Eere, for each caught pneumonia following on influenza, one dying in the morning and the other in the evening.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-24
You Ought to Make Up

your mind right now what you are going to have in your home this summer; then you ought to come right along this way, and look over this stock of ours. Are you going to enter tain your if ends in the same old chairs. at the same old table, and on the same old carpets? Why not have things fresh and neWi Needn't buy all at once. Get a piece now and a piece little lat CT. If you buy here. the first piece will be as good as the last
 BLUFF CITY
 FURNITURE co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-24
Playing cards,

The amount of playing cards used in the world is something won- derful. The United States -nanufac- lures great qua4uties and also imports many for use. Germany possesses thirty-four playing-card factories. which last year produced 5,260, 900 packs. Of this quantity 1887 900 went into circulation. paying duty of l. 420,0Go marks. No duty is paid on those exported. of which a large part come to this oeentry.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-06

San Francisco, Nov. 800 a.
NIT is now known fourteen
men and boys were killed in
yesterdays accident at the
Stanford-Calitornia football
game and eighty-three injured.
Several of the latter can not
survive.
Nearly all the dead sustain,
ed fractures of the skull or
fatal injuries to the spinal
columns, In only few cases
was the contact with the fur
naces the immediate cause of
death, for ready hands quickly
dragged into the open air those
who were in danger of being
burned alive.
Some men and boys were ter
ribly burned. They were drawn
away from the retorts with long
iron pokers used in testing
glass. The managers of the
glass works state it was i'm
possible for them to keep the
people off the building, and
disclaim all responsibility for
the accident. 1t is estimated
over 300 people were on the
ventilator when 1t collapsed.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-06
HOiv to Care CrOup,

Mr., r. Gray who lives near Anenia. Duchess
county N. Y, says ChamGorlan's Cough
Remedy is the best medicine have ever used
1t is fine children's remedy for Group and
the child becomes hoarse or even after the
croupy cough has developed it will prevent
the attack, This should be borne in mind and
bottle of the Cough Remedy kept at hand
ready for instant use as soon as these
symptoms appear. For sale by B. o. Wood
and Rauey Il saunders.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-06

1t was grand occasion.
The meeting of Wood man at
their hall Saturday evening.
The applications for member
ship of fourteen persons were
read. -Four candidates were
made acquainted with his royal
highness, the goat, and the
evening was enjoyed bv all
present. J. f. Christian, the
District Deputy for this district,
was present and gave the boys
some good advice and instruct
ion i'll the unwritten work. A
lunch had been arranged for,
and all was as merry as mar
riage feast.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-06
Home. cookers Excursion

Via Wabash Route on Nov.
9th and Goth, Dec. 4th and 18th?
The Wabash will sell Home
Seekers tickets to points in,
North, North West. West, South
and South East, at low rate of
one fare, plus $500 for the
round trip. For further infor-
nation apply to your nearest
ticket agent, or address,
H. e. WATTS.
Passenger & Ticket Agent,
Moberly Mo.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-06

slang-with bear hug thrown
in-which was delightful reas.
surfing. And even the selfish
appeals of the girls had testi.
fled their satisfaction in her re.
turn. Then there was a re.
membrance away back in a cor.
ner OF her heart which would in
itself have lent her demure dis
tinction.
So not even May could find
fault with her appearance when
DIR. Ryder was announced. 1t
was really with a reflected sense
of qualification that she duly
presented him.
Il have met DR.. Ryder be
fore" said Agatha. But she
was a poor actor She turned
rosy red.
Where" asked DR.. Ardell.
In New Orleans twelve
years ago" 1t was the young
physician who answered. MY
fathers garden joined that of
Nine. de Villers. 1 was Is then
Miss Agatha much younger.
We had some beautiful times
didn't we?"
And this" asked Mrs. Ar
dell in gentle surprise, lis your
first meeting since?"
mot exactly. Tell them the
truth, Agatha"
Agatha looked up at him i'm
plorlngIy. you do" she en-
treated.
well when Harry told me my
old friend lived in Chicago, and
when learned the little girl |
used TO know-whom you all
so much-was visiting
there, | went over. Since Nine.
de Villers has been ill I've been
attending her. Now, dear"
Agatha lifted her hand. She
turned shyly the little golden
circlet on the third finger until
A blazing diamond was reveal
ed.
Engaged" gasped the
beauty of the family.
The mother was kissing
Agatha-her father was shak-
ing Ryder's hand.
And she only speaks Eng
ish" painted Ida to Grace.
And does not sing or play"
;ame mortified whisper in re-
urn. Harrys ecstatic convul.
'ions would have earned him
he title of 1.-THE Humaa Jack
Knife"
Bully" he cried. I'll go
i've with you, Ag. Gee
vhizz"--Chicago Tribune.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-06

Those who use Maple City
Self Washing Soap will usual,
ly have no other kind, because
it does better work and does it
easier. Sold by ALI grocers
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-06
and helped himself to more

wishes" said the head of the
house. rising, "Eveu if the
change is only from a western
suburb to the South Side, it will
do her good"
why, she is always we'll"
May lifted her brows slightly.
Aren't you Aggie?"
"Ot course" chimed in Ida.
mo studies to tax her mind"
mo long hours of practi-
cling" agreed Grace. Il am
going to my lesson now"
my Spanish conversation
class meets at H." said Ida ris-
ing.
20, I'd almost forgotten my
appointment with the dress
maker" calculated May.
Even Harry announced that
he was "goin' fshin' with a
Teller" md disappeared.
Agatha, the little brown spar,
row of the house. the Martha,
who was solicitous about
many things" had been gone
ten days when old DR.. Ardell
brought young physician home
with him to dinner. His name
was familiar one to the house
hold. His fame as the most
promising young surgeon of the
city had been exploited. The
conversation of the elder medi.
cal man had mellowed into lib.
eral praise WREN he spoke of |
the intellectual power aud sci.
enttic achievements of the young.
er. His welcome was assured. |
He was lutteringly received by |
the three young ladies and their
mother. Not one of them, how
ever, was prepared for his dash
ing presence and personal
charm. May rejoiced that her
hair was deliberately coiffured,
and her gown cut to show Ler
round throat to advantage. Ida
kept the conversation scintillat-
ing, and rather unintelligible,
by her brilliant remarks made
in different tongues. And after
dinner Grace played her noisi.
est and sang her loudest for his
delect a tion. But
throughout the dinner and the
social evening that followed
DR.. Ryder was frequently per-
picked by the reference to
Agatha. These began when his
host made little testy remark
about the soup.
You know Agatha is not at
home" his wife reminded him.
She always attended to that"
Ida spoke of having been al
lowed to take Il rare reference
book home from the public Ii.
brary on payment of a deposit.
Il might as we'll take it back
at once, she concluded, with a
rueful laugh. Il had forgotten
Agatha was not here to COPY
out the pages l wish to study"
Grace, turning her music upside
down to find particular piece,
apologized for its untidy condi-
ton by saying that when Aggie
was absent they did not know
where to find things. When
DR.. Ryder asked about the in.
ternal management of a certain
city hospital it was his host
who replied: IF my youngest
girl were here she could tell {
you about that, She visits
there" Mrs. Ardell smilingly
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-06

her taper hnger tips. 'Sht
wants Agatha to pay her 4
visit Agatha" exclaimed
May in establishment. What
does she want with Agatha?"
May was the beauty of the
family.
She does not speak Il word
of French or Spanish" declared
Ida, who had gone in for the
languages. Nor sing Il note"
cried Grace. whose voice was
her particular pride. And the
three, in quite honest ignorance
of the ill.breeding their amaze.
ment implied, stared across the
table at Agatha. Her mild lit.
tie mother looked at her. too.
but with covert tenderness. Her
father lifted his gentle. absent
gaze to the countenance of his
youngest aud least accomplish.
ed daughter. And Harry, the
son of the house, paused in his
eager efforts to dispose of all
the buttered toast on the table
long enough to remark that
Agatha could make Crackin'
good cake, you bet, But this
eulogy passed unheeded.
Mrs. Ardell reread the letter
of invitation. this time aloud.
Nine de NiilerS wroCe that she
had always entertained delight
full memories Of the visit Agatha
had paid her when the latter
was quite Il little girl. If the
young lady was as dear as the
child she had been she would
love to have her spend few
weeks with her.
1--WE called, you remember,
mamma, since she established
herself in Chicago" May,
"faultily taultless" of feature,
and complacently conscious
that her new kimoa was becom.
ing, looked languidly toward
her mother. She has Il great,
gloomy old barrack of a house. |
don't believe there's bit of
furniture in it less than Il hun
dred years old. l wouldn't visit
there for the world"
MY sister is trying to make
hern orthern residence as like |
as possible to the Louisiana
home of which she was so fond,
until unbearably sad memories
caused her to abandon it," put
in Dr. Ardell.
She has even bought lots
adjacent to her own that she
may have a walled.in garden,
I've been told," supplemented
Grace.
"Well, l shouldn't have gone
had she asked me-" put in Ida
with decision. "She has lots
OF money, but she can't be ex-
pected to die for many year, |
and"
Ida" interrupted the doctor
sternly.
She colored, and became 81
lent Mrs. Ardell spoke with
amicable haste. 1--WE have not
allowed Agatha to say word.
Do you wish to go, Agatha?"
Would II" glowing with de.
light at the possibility. In.
deed yes. | had such lovely
time when l visited Aunt Helena
in New Orleans. OF course,
that's a long time ago. l was
only 10 then. Now I'm o."
Harry snickered. That's
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-06
his curiosity aroused.

last name is"
Not from Orleans?" Quickly
That's it. Do you know her?'
Il used to know her well, in
deed, once. l was only a boy
then. I'm southerner myself
you know. She was good tC
me-"
She an Ag pull it off to
gether. The other girls aiu't
got much use for her, no more'r
l." here he choked over his Joke
have got any use for the other
girls. see?"
Good night" said the host,
shaking hands heartily when
hour for farewells came. Hope
Agatha will be back when you
come next"
But she was not there on his
subsequent visits, and he called
frequently. So frequently, in
truth, that May had two new
gowns in process of creation,
that Ida admitted to her own
heart she had always admired
the Saxon style of beauty, and
that Grace was practicing the
precise amount of tenderness
advisable to bestow in single
& lance when she sang Il melting
song.
The truth of the matter was
that Nine. de Villiars was i'll,
and Agatha could not leave
her.
"Of course if you nee6 me
more, mother, dear" she wrote,
iii come home. But she is
rather dependent on me, al.
though there are so many ser
wants here. The old house is
delightful, and the garden will
De Il miracle of beauty one Of
these days"
No one went over to see her
except Harry. In triangular
Chicago friends who live south,
west or north may meet seldom,
f ever. Harry's information
concerning his visit was meager
md unsatisfactory
SHES Twin in a rummy old |
palace, Shes lookin' fine
,ittin' to beat you slick, May.
The lunch was a buster-that's !
20. L had a boss time! Say, I |
old her about the new Teller
yOu girls had gotw
who? No? What did she
iay?"
Didn't say nothin'. Jest got
edder'n alls out, an laughed
IN laughed"'
But there came a day when
Mrs. Ardell was left long to
Ter own companionship, and in
Ter loneliness a sense of mater
lal jealousy smote her with
.ruel pain. Agatha might grow
o care more for this aunt Of
lers-she must come home at
nee!
Agatha came promptly.
well, you've improved"
Nay looked critically at the
title face which was not pretty
kept for it's fine teeth, clear,
appy eyes, and shining brown
Iair. Grace and Ida instantly
her with selfish de-
hands. They told her, too,
bout their new and distinguish
d acquaintance.
do fix up tonight" May said.
he felt passe beside her young.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-06
The Absence OF Agatha.

Short Story OF the Day.
"Aud your sou, from this old
chamber Missed in fifty little
things"
Owen Meredith.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-06

The Monroe City Odd Fellows
had grand time Thursday
evening. A goodly number of
members were present and all
enjoyed the occasion. Oysters
fit for king were served
during the evening. The meet
ing was such as the order
should have every week. Rem
embkr the election tonight.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-06
DIR. w. b. A. McNUTT

Paws special attention to diseases eff won en-
and children. Office with DR.. Norton on
Woods Drug Store No. 80, Residence s
blocks west of F. 4 NJ. Bank
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-06

Send news items to the Dem.
OCRAT. Phone Il.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-06

FARMERS ~ MERCHANTS BANK.
Doa general banking business, buy and
sell Exchange Accounts of Farmers ana
Merchants aud others solicited, Absolute,
security guaranteed 70 deposltors
D. North. Pres. W. Il. p Jackson Cashier
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-06

W. II. RUTLEDGE, Dentist
The saving ofteeth specially. Office
in Redman block, over VARIETY
Store. Telephone So.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-06

DIR ARCH r. ELY, Dentist,
Saving Natural Teetha Specially. ONCE In.
Ely's Private Hospital. Corner Summer ana
Davis Sts..
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-06

f. S. TURNER, M. d.
Physician. Surgeon and Accoucher. Makes
u specially of CatArrh, Ear and Lung
Troubles, Office inNew Proctor Block Resi-.
dence 2nd st. LIST door east b. O. Wood S.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-06
AGNES MCNEIL, d. O.

Graduate of American School of osteopatbv
Kirksville, Mo. Diseases both acute and
chronic are treated. Consultation free
Office Main st. Proctor Building.