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A GOLD MEDAL FOR CORN.
maryland sIan Receives Handsor
Trophy From Paris.

sEaFEEHBu SIAN tASSekEe@ n E12nGsoEE {.
Trophy From Paris.
CHEsTERTowN, Nd, Dec s1--James
Harper Gale, who resides near Tolches-
ter. has received gold medal from The
Paris Exposition for his exhibit OF IN
dian corn On one side of the medal is
the Inscription First Prize fer Indian
corn. Paris Exposition, 1850. On the ctb-
er side is Awarded tie ]. H. Gale, Kent
county. Maryland, L s A.
Mr. Gale sent &c the exposition peach
basket Of ear corn. each being sixteen
inches long The ears were placed in the
basket on end. forming a pyramid The
Kent county exhibitor has received an CT
fer of $50 for the basket OF corn IN Paris.
He has received letters from all parts CT
the United States from persons wanting
to buy seed corn and some letters from
Europe have Gene having the sme OBJ
jeet in view. Mr.. Gale won first prize a;
the Chicago Exposition for the finest
peaches
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ForestaIlina Him.

((From the Chicago Tribune)
Great Statesman-Young man, II you print
single word I didn't say III Tepudiste and deny
the whole interview.
Reporter making additional entry in his note
book)-Glad you mentioned it. Senator. III just
say that Senator LotsEuuIz- on beng questioned
further said he reserved the privilege Of course.
Of changing his mind If the circumstances should
justify it, and they probably would u Thanks.
Good taE Senator.
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wanted to Know How 1t Felt.
From the stray stoties.1

The girl was ~ rich and the young man vas
poor but honest. She liked him, but that was
all and he knew Il. One night he had been
iittie more tender than usual
You are very rich he ventured.
Yes she replied frankly. 81 am worth
:, 250 Geo.
And ! am poor"
YES
"Win you marry rnsa'
No
81 thought you wouldn't
Then why did you ask mes
ooh, Just to see how man feels when he
loses 81, go s99e ,,
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The Crome uItimntun,.

While it may oe true that the interest
ing captive in false whiskers at Peru,
Illinois, is the eminent diplomat. Mr. Pat
Grove. we do not suppose that he is the
only person to be considered in connection
with the negotiations which are progress
ing between mis- party and Mr. Cudahy in
Omaha. Whether Mr.. Grove be under ar
rest or net, there is excellent reason to
consider the correspondence in the case
as representative of his splendid diplo-
macy"
The latest Development in the connec-
ton, as our readers are aware. is the III
tfmatum which has been found on the Gu
daily grass plot. It is a much shorter doc
uInent than a Presidential message. but
it has the advantage of being much more
to the point. In it Mr.. Cudahy is advised
that, unless he wiEhdraws the offer of
twenty-five thousand dollars reward for
the arrest of his sons abduetors, that
bright youth will be removed, or one of
his little sisters kidnapped.
This note evidently is intended TO bring
matters TO a direct and instant issse:
which is to be regretted, since il is always
better to refer such things 10 The Hague
Arbitration Court. Mr.. Cudahy is placed
in delicate and embarrassing position.
His amiable wife, not unnaturally, would
have him submit. She sees nothing in
the situation but the danger that seems
to menace her young, while. on the 9TH
er hand, every drop OF blood the husband
and father ever has shed in his extensive
and weIl-ecnducted slaughterhouse boils
with the desire for revenge. So far, he is
reported as obdurate and unwilling to
make concessions to the Grove interest
So he was al first while the boy was blind
OF Omaha, the lads suffering ac-
centuated by the home-reminding doors
from his parents packery which assailed
his nostrils through the broken windows OF
his dungeon But Mr. Cudahy could not
hold out against the tears and beseechings
of his family, and very quickly decided to
produce the ransom.
What he viii do now remains to be
seen. What anna zes US is that he does
not do the perfectly obvious thing en-
tireIy feasible for man of his means
that is. to pack Mrs. Cudahy and the
children on a special railway coach. IN
der Pinkerton escors. and send them out
of the country qpietly and comfortably,
to some place where they viii be safe.
while he stays come and also stays with
the kidnapers until he gets them and has
them properly killed By accident. IN do
ing this he would at once assuage the
fears of his terrified wife. and place him.
self in d position to do his duty to So
ciety. 1t is to the interest of every
family in the United States that Grove
and his gang should be caught and made
such an example of as to discourage other
intelligent and enterprising people Of the
same kind from engaging in the infant
industry OF Kidnapping
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1900 Heard az u.
1From the chicago tribune.


What did he want7'' asked the head sales
man OF the wholesale grocery house
1T WAS stme FELLOW that was drunk guess. y
replied the rev clerk rho mad answered the tele-
phone call -.Ee wanted 10 know If we had anr
dry wine
II told hin we had plenty OF dried fruits and
vegetables and ISL ont cur WIG s4s all II tbs
liquid STATE"
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Amons women Friends.

feSou am sure Ernesto wants TO marry me-"
sewhat ground have sou for saying that?''
eve noted that Ernesto begins to be unable
-n stand mamma
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A Mfs4aLe.
rrom the Law yournal.1

From the Law Journal-j
An Irish lawyer addressed the court as gen
tIemen,' instead of your hcnorss After he had
concluded brother Of the bar reminded him Of
his error. he Immediately arose 20 apologize.
thus: May It please the court, "a the heat OF
debate I called your hcnors gentlemen- II was
a mistake yop- hoslrs- y
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CURRENT. HUMoR.
a Rarruiu Dux.
(Frnm AZ Brooklyn 80

(Frcm the Brooklyn Life.l
Customer Gn the 'teomplete,a department.
stcre)-I notice so many couples taking the ele-
vator for the thirteenth floor. Why are
The Ribbn Clerk-They are taking advantage Of
the special affer in the matrimonial department
Rev ar. Spiicer is performing ceremonies today
at half price
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General Miles seems inclined to take
Russell A. Ayers attack upon him seri-
ously, which is quite unnecessary. As the
general truly says. the case has been fully
tried il the high cosrt Of public opinion,
and the same might be said of Alger and
Algerism- The sharges and allegations Of
the ex-secretary are absolutely Unworthy
of attention; certainly are not worth a
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signs of Wear.

From the Philadelphia eress.3
Come children said Mr.. Widwer, introducing
tie second Mrs Nidwer. come and kiss your new
mamma
sserac;ousi'' exclaimed little Elsie Eff you
took her for new they stuck you, papa
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rhe Tuentseth Comm

To the Editor Of The Times:
am surprised to find you still maintain
that we are in the nineteenth century
Some months ago you argued the question
in your columns very ingeniously, though
wholly untenably, by comparison with a
hundred dollars which when counted one
by one became a complete hundred only
when the last dollar was paid. This is
all very true, my dear sir, when We are
reckoning in cardinal numbers, but this
century question is question of ordinal
numbers. or the order of numbers as Ist,
I'd, etc, which treats OF the beginning,
continuance. and ending OF a single year
or a single dollar, and not Of an article
IN its whole bulk If when q child is born
you were to assert it is a day or year
old, would you not be in error2 Its age
is not reekoned by the cardinal numbers
until definite period is completed-the
day it IS in its first month or year, and
so Of centuries: the world was in its first
century when ninety-nine years had pass
ed and we were in che nineteenth cen
fury when 1899 years had elapsed. Time
commences from zero, or nothing, so 10
say. but dollars commence with Units.
The two cases are entirely different So
that I hope by your eogitating on this
view of the subject you viii acknowledge
We SVlhAAS1tSSu Ike :" S1LASSA SOAsuAy a.
the end of 1899 or the beginning of 1900.
January L and that it is erroneous to af-
firm tie twentieth century will commence
January 1, 1901. A CLERGYMAN.
Takcma Park, Fec. %.
four reverend correspondent proceeds
upon the theory that there was year
zero. But that is where he is mistaken.
There WAS no year zero and it takes a
hundred years to make a hundred years.
Ninety-nine will rot dol
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While Lord Kitchener's able Heutenants
are scattering the Beers and hunting them
remorselessly to their lairs. the latter
furnish US today with their weekly cap
ture aud loot of a British post. Why does
not Kitchener do little eapturing2 This
effective, though cruel, paciaeation OF his
is becoming a trile monotonous.
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s nfaEter ID uearinE.

iron TIE Detrois Free PFess)
sebEbanite-Y I've got nex bzby II your
house. hear?
Tevaste-CTezt Scott Czn you hex1 Il away
ont there u the subuIksg
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The Rirht road to Health.

4 ticket evsr this road costs oRiy 10 cents. 4
box of Casearess Candy eathartic and you e4sn't
possibly make y mistake. All druggists. Toe,
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Begin tie new century by drin, ing Hea4scsl's
beers Phone 49, arlington Bottlnig &C., Tor &
czse Of A;acTzca, Senztc. or lager.
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Get the s.pride of Washington p Heurioh's Maer
zen beer for New Years Day. Phone 60, Ar-
hngton Botsllng Co. Ter case
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country are. to the general science of
farming. and possibly may serve as the
beginning of an agricultural college.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1900-01-21
A KNIFE BROUGHT TO PLAY.
Henry Shnfflin Cut Bud Garrett, IN
Several Places.

Bud Garrett and Henry Shuffiin,
living near Roudo we're both in town
Yesterday afternoon and became in
vslved in difficulty, Shufflin used
his knife on Garrett, cutting some
ugly gashes about the face. The
wounded man was carrid to DR..
Kittrelrs office and the wounds
we're dress d,
The reporter visited the office Of
DR.. Kittrell and found him and DR..
R. W, Reed dressing several knife
wounds, in the face, neck and back
Of Garrett. We learn the men
were talking, seeminglyiH friendly
manner, and just what was said to
make Shufflin use his knife could
not be learned. Garrett, did net
seem to be suffering much from the
wounds, and it is hoped none of
them will prove fatal. Marshal
Casey, we learn had Shufiin in
charge after he did the cutting.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1900-01-21
Club Notes.

Monday at 2 o'clock all commit
tees of the Auld Folke Concert are
requested to meet with Mrs. Wis
dom. The members of the club
having sold tickets will please re-
port to the treasurer, Mrs. ]. B,
Lightfoot, by that time or meet the
committee Monday at 2 o'clock.
Monday at 3 o'clock the Execu'
tive Board of all clubs in the city
federation will meet with Mrs. Wis,
dom to transact business of impor'
tance. Let all the clubs be well
represented.
Wednesday the installation Of Of
fcers Of the Minerva Hive will take
place at the Lawson Hall.
The Derthick Music Club will meet
at Lawson's Hall, Thursday, Janu-
airy the twenty-six. The program
will be selections from Dudley
Buck and Edward Alexander Mac
Kenzie.
City Federation Friday evening
at Lawson's Hall. Papers will be
read by Mesdames Swndell, Kline
Hays, and Wisdom, Musical mum
bers by the Derthick Music Club.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1900-01-21
Mr.. Henry Mann.

Fl. A, Mann, Esq, announces his
intentions to take the office of City
Attorney, should the Democratic
primary see proper to nominate him
fer the place.
Mr.. Mann is well known here and
is competent to fill the place, sober,
Industrious and student to his
profession. Should he be nominal
ed we know he will attend to the
duties of the Office with all the alb
ility he possesses. With this in
PRODUCTION, we turn him over to the
tender mercies of the party al
whose hands he asks for a nomina-
tion
The Daily Texarkanian., 1900-01-21
Head Between the Coupler,

G. j. Miles, switchman in the Cot
ton Belt yard while making a
coupling was so severely hurt that
he has not gained consciousness
since. IT seems that the coupler
which was an automatic one, failed
to couple and he got IN between the
cars and stopped down and not get.
ting lower enough the coupler came
together MASKING the top of his
head badly, 1t is thought he will
not recover.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1900-01-21
State Line M. E. Church South.

Preaching at II a. m, and 7:l5 p.
IN. by the pastor.
Topic for the morning sermon;--
"For Mercy Knows the Appointed
Bounds, and Turns to Vengeance
There"
For the evening sermon;-"Jesus
the Name High Over ALL"
Splendid music for both occa.
sions.
All invited; strangers and visitors
welcome.
u. f. G. TlMMoNs, Pastor
The Daily Texarkanian., 1900-01-21
The Vote For Sponsor.

Yesterday afternson TIVE mem-
bers of the Sheppard Rifles of this
city got the ballot boxes from the
Embry Drug Co., and Smith Drug
Co., which contained votes cast to
date for sponsor of the Sheppard
Rifles. The votes were counted by
the committee and below will be
The Daily Texarkanian., 1900-01-21

Oficer Hooper arrested man,
last night who was begging money,
representing that it was for brake
man who had his leg crushed. The
charge Of swindling will be preferred
against the man, as it is believed nc
such brakeman needed aid at this
mans hand.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1900-01-21
Mayoralty Timber.

We heard on the street yester.
day, several express themselves as
wishing to see John T, owsley our
next Mayor Should Mr., ovsley be
brought out by his friends (for this
Is the only way he would consent to
run he would make If mighty in.
teresting for those who should have
a hankering after Alcalde's honor,
and by the way, Mr.. owsley would
make just such a mayor as our city
would feel proud Of, a
The Daily Texarkanian., 1900-01-21

The result of the vote to date for
sponsor OF Sheppard Rifles to be
concluded night of the military
ball, January 3lst.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1900-01-21
Breakfast Cereals

That make an appetlzing and
delicious meal. We have In all
kinds Of preparations from
Oats, Wheat, Corn and Barley.
Also Ralston's Purina Health
Flour, Shredded Whole Wheat
Biscuit, combined with our
genuine Sugar Cured Hams,
Breakfast Bacon, and cup OF
Coffee made from eKquisiteIy
favored and high grade cof-
fees, or our fine English Break
fast Tea Is treat for the gods
Meriwether & Taylor's,
aIo East Broad ST. Phone 100
The Daily Texarkanian., 1900-01-21

The Postal telegraph orsce has
opened the following new stations
for business Stamps, Ark; Tay-
lor, Ark Serepta, La; Cotton Val.
ley, La. Mlnden, La. slbley, La.
Jamestown, La, and Spring Hill.
There will be other Offices opened by
the Postal 10 Louisiana,
Gilpin observer., 1900-07-12
ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO
ASSASSINATE THE PRESIDENT

New York. July 1.-THE World says:
A plot to assassinate President Nc
kinley has been frustrated. 1t was
concocted by II group of Spanish and
Cuban conspirators who had headquar-
ters in New York. One of the plotters
weakened and sent a warning letter to
a member of the Republican national
committee. The letter was placed in
the hands of Secretary Charles Dick.
who referred it to Chairman Odell of
the New York state committee for in
vestigation. Chairman Odell engaged
a detective. who speedily verified GER
tain allegations made in the warning
letter Thereupon Mr.. Odell reported
facts before Chairman Mark Hanna
Mr.. Odells' report caused great alarm
among the Presidents friends and adj
mirers.
Mr.. Odell made it plain that he re-
garded the plot as Il matter of the ut
most seriousness and urged extreme
precautions to be taken to keep the
President out of harms reach. MesSrs.
Dick and Hanna laid the whole matter
before the President shortly before he
departed for Canton. They instructed
Mr.. Odell to continue his investigation
and cautioned him to work with the
utmost secrecy.
To "A World reporter last night, Mr..
Odell admitted that be and certain
members of the national committee
had discovered plot to assassinate
the President. Yes, 1t is true" he
said, "but / exceedingly regret that the
matter has become public" He was
extremely anxious that no reference
whatever should be made to the matter.
Special detectives are guarding the
President in Canton.
Gilpin observer., 1900-07-12
CONFLICTING NEWS OF
CHINESE SITUATION

London, July 9.-The foreign cons,lls
at Shanghai met on July 7th and Of
ficially announced that the legations at
PelSin were safe on July 4th. The fore
going statement, read with Consul
Warren's Sunday dispatch to the for
eign office on Sunday makes 1t possible
to believe that the legations will hold
out for number of days yet. Having
fought to a standstill the first out
bursts of fanatical fury. it is believed
that something may intervene to save
them. The news, after the sinister ru-
mors of the last ten days, is enough up
on which to build up hopes.
The Shangai correspondent Of the
Express, telegraphing on Sunday, at
$40 p. M, throws doubt upon Consul
Warrens information. He says:
"Tao Tai Sheng now admits that
there was an error in his communica-
ton to General Warren. The date of
the courier's arrival at Chinen Flu was
July 3rd which does not Apply to his
departure from Pekin."
The journey from Pekin to Chinen
Flu takes five days. The courier, there
fore, could not have left Pekin later
than June 2Sth. The date of the mas
sacre there, as given by Chinese re-
ports, was on June 30th of July 1st.
Tien Tsin is still hard pressed. A
Chinese force numbering from 10000
to 100000 men, as estimated by incon-
elusive reconnoisances, floods the coun-
try round about 1'ien Tsin. communica
ton between which place and Taku is
apparently possible by river only.
A Che Foo dispatch to the Express
says the Russians have landed 5000
men at Taku and the Japanese have
discharged several transports. The
Japanese pushed on to Tien Tsin, lead
ing in the subsequent assault upon the
native city, in which their commander
was killed. Ten more transports are
engaged at Japanese ports. With the
10000 British India troops atloat and
fresh Japanese contingents it is quite
probable that the allies will soon have
$4,000 men ashore.
The disorders in the provinces appear
to be increasing in violence. A Chi
nese army is within forty miles of New
Chwang and the foreigners are pre-
pairing to abandon their homes. The
southern part of the province is swept
by raiders, destroying all works of the
white man, except in spots garrisoned
by Russians. Proclamations have been
posted in all villages near Che Foo call
ing upon the loyal Chinese to rise and
expel the foreigners for Introducing
among the pious Chinese an immoral
religion.
Every good Buddhist is expected to
kneel three hours daily. knock his head
upon the floor thrice and pray earnest
ly that sudden, cruel death may over
take all aliens.
Gilpin observer., 1900-07-12
The Famine in India.

London. July 9.-The secretary of
state for India, Lord George Hamilton,
has received the following from the
vicerOy of India, Lord Curzon, of
Kedleston:
'The rainfall has been fairly general
this week in Bombay. Deccan, Berar,
Khandeish, the central provinces of the
Gangeuc plain and the Punjab, but
has been much below the average for
these tracts, except in southern Dec
can. Little or no rain has fallen in
Rajpootana, Guzerat and central India.
''The cholera mortality continues
high in Bombay. The May mortality
there was appalling. The number Of
persons receiving aid is 6,113,OOO.'
The governor of Bombay telegraphs
to the foreign office as follows:
'There We're 1O,32O deaths from
cholera and 6.5O2 fatalities in the fam
inc district during the last week in
June. The total deaths among the
numbers on the relief works In the
British district were 1924. The num-
ber on the relief works is increasing
rapidly in consequence of the drouth.
The number on gratuitous relief is in
creasing throughout the infected dis
tricts,"
Gilpin observer., 1900-07-12
Stealing IL Locomotive.

Ouray, Colo, July 9.-The Denver &
Rio Grande railroad experienced loss
of several thousand dollars last night
about 6 o'clock through the daring act
of, as is alleged, William Sinclair, who
ran the regular passenger engine out
of the round house and started with it
for Montrose. The theft of the engine
was discovered by Agent MittendOrf,
who Immediately sent kilograms to
ditch it at Ridgway, but about four
miles this side of that station, the en-
gine left the track when it was moving
at a speed of fifty miles an hour, caus-
ing the tender to split in pieces and the
boiler and cab to be thrown twenty
feet and badly damaged.
A freight engine with large posse
started in pursuit of the fleeing engine
The posse found Sinclair washing in
the river and arrested and confined him
in the county Jail.
Sinclair is a cook by trade and
worked in Ouray in 1892. He was par
tally intoxicated and, if 1t was his act,
it was probably owing to drunken fren-
Zy. A wrecking train was dis
patched from Montrose and after
working all of last night carried the de-
bris to that city.
Sinclair claims another man took the
engine out and that he was taking a
free ride toward Grand Junction, but
his coat and hat were found in the
cab and no other man was seen near
the wreck. Officers say that a witness
saw him take the engine out.
Gilpin observer., 1900-07-12
Adjusting Clocks by wireless Telegraph

1t Is proposed to extend the use of
wireless telegraphy to the operation of
timepieces. At the last annual meeting
of the Royal Society clock was ex-
hiblted which was controlled at dis
tance by wireless tclcgraphy Of the
Hertzlan wave system. The inventor
of this instrument proposes to adjust
the whole of the clocks in London sim
ultaneously by one clock, to which the
necessary equipment has been made.
To render n clock sensitive to the in
nuence of the wave system II would
be necessary to aiiiX a receiving instru-
ment with cohcrer, which would he
sentitlvc to electrical vibrations sent
out from II central source. The system
might be extended not only To public
clocks, but to those OF private resi-
denccs. 1t Is stated that by means OF a
transmitter established at any point Of
q city 1t will he possible to adjust every
clock In the place by the instantaneous
pressure of a button.