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BUSINESS MATTERS.
A,.,anmcn, ~ prynn.

Bryan. Texas. january "a. r. Carr.
hardware iled an Instrument Of assign
mena at 1905 o'clock last night With the
county clerk making A. j. Buchanan
assignee. No preferred creditors.
The following IL a list Of liabilities and
assetsi First National bank of bryan
nutes and open account. Slo.6I7.66 G. 5.
Parker. Bryan, note, $3.50. Mrs. ". j..
Lynch, Bryan, note, Si000, Mrs. J. L.
Prestige, Bryan. note, $1,000 Mira, NJ. O.
Carr, Bryan, open account, $4,000, I. and
II. smith pekin Ill, uote, S36640; IT,
and II. Smith. pekin H.. open account,
S3aa; W, Il, Belknap s. Co, Louisville.
KY opsn account. Siai 30; Peden a Co,
Houston, open account. S275.eo, Mauser
& Tcbbetts Implement company ST Louis,
opca account, $6,56, standard Stamping
company, ST. Louis, open account. Sog3i;
Stauffer \ lsshleman 4 Co. New orleans
open account. $4,000 f. W ueitmann,
Houston. open account. $259.d0, Cruden-
Martin Co. w, W. Co, ST. Louis, open
account. Sl4.60i New York Betting and
Packing company ST. Louis Sll669l'
Michigan stove company, Detroit opea
account. sib.SS; Witte Hardware company,
81. Louis, open account $shli. II. Wet
ter Manufactures company. Memphis,
open account $6l0,Gi, Asitmau, Miller
\ Co. Dallas open account S97ii Sim
mons Hardware company 81. Lou,s.
sS9s.lo; A. e, shaplcigh Hardware com
pany ST Louis, open account, $3.50. rs,
n. Randolph y son Houston open ao-
count $gl.S4; George f. Rasseit 4 CO..
New York. open account S2si,Si; Hnui'
son Tent and Awnins company ST. Louis.
open account sieaa; Woke, WilkiAs 4
Lang, Galveston open account. SlSs,7d;
ED strauss Waco. open account 81 SIS; j.
l.. Prescott New York, open account.
SSi co. Jacob strauss Sa0dlery ccmpaay.
ST. Louis open account SSaS Missouri
Tent ard Awning company, ST. Louis opeu
account, SaG70; NJ IarlIec Bryan, roul
on stor house, $3.50; Gcorso Ross Bryan,
open account $40. Lee Mosely Rrynn
open account Sia.5o; ]. Wymola Bryan
open account Sl250 Ford a Ford, esa
services, $3.50; Ford & Ford, note $685.
! sd seay, MAdisonNle, mute, $50
I } r. Morris, Madlsonvlllc open aeroant
$50.
( Assets g DDS fixtures otc., estimated
$4,000 Notes and accounts. estimated
$1,000 Zeal estate estimated 5000 rra
ltStale, estimated, $l15o. instrument show
( c@ndors lien Cor 500 On tlo west hal
oi TOT M. !, ~ mock ., Madis ousillc
/ Texas also Judgment against traet y
land in Rurloson county principal ana IN
/ torest amounting to uoar SS25. said prop
I critics Being included iu above real cs ate
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sALlsBuRy's FLEA.
American Flour Was Aecde'
for the nrifiah Army.

fe American Flour Was Needed
for the British Army.
1ew York. January "a special to the
trnal and Adviser from Washington
r. The essential points in the tenta-
A answer of Lord Salisbury to the de-
pa made on him by Ambassador Choate
declaration OF policy and conces-
4 OF liability in the matter of the SELF
+ OF American -four in cargoes ON the
tfhona, the Beatrice and the Maria are
Great Britain offers TO pay an indem-
n TO the American citizens whose corn
aud -four we're seized by the British
lsers near pelagoa Bay, the extent OF
claims to be determined by COM
ksicn
Great Britain will not declare corn
aud Hour TO be eontraband when
~ Is not positive that the foodstuf1 Is
med for the camp OF the enemy
great Britain contends that she has
4 violated the rights Of a neutral pow
2py the seizure Of this cornmsal and
but that. on the contrary. under her
common law she has right 70 seize
supplies absolutely necessary for the
ntenance of her soldiers and sailors IN
N 81 war. her right being subject TO
equities OF indemnity.
ne attitude OF the government on the
4 propositions submitted in iustifica-
oy Lord Salisbury is as follows:
he United States accept Great Brit
CHER To pay The American citizens
interest the face vsfue OF the cargoes.
a reasonable profit
EIffat Britain's plea In justification Is
raea as Inadequate and evasive in
X avoids general declaration as IA
.her eornmeal and -four are contra
o. war, but the answer is reasonably
eient because it declares specifically
Inc articles ON the vessels named
NOT contraband OF war, as they were
destined 10 the camp Of the enemy aud
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James Austin his son, Ohio Austin, and
his son in.laav r. c, Stevenson. had been
arrested on an affidavit sworn out BY Roll
land, charging then. with whipping one
of Roland's negro tenants. The trial was
set Tor this morning In Justice Grithns
court at Oak Ridge. The case had darby
opened when the shooting began, hut WIN
fred the first shot Is not known. Whom
the smoke OF the battle had cleared awaf
ROLAND stevenson aud otso Austin were
stretched on the floor dead and nr, James
Austin aud a young son of ROLAND We're
seriously wounded.
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crniser AIhnny rcs,ed.

Newcastle. England January 9.-The
United states cruiser Albany formerly
the Brazilian cruiser Admiral Abrouaal,
purchased by the United States govern
ment shortly before the beginning OF the
war with Spain while under construction
here. was given trial of this port today
She developed a speed Of 2e.s7 knots. show
ing her seaworthiness and exceeded her
contract conditions
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THE CLARK CAsn.

Witness Identities Envelopes IN
Which Brihc Money Was placed.
Washington, January 9.-Ex-State SEN
ator Whitesids of Montana continued his
testimony before the senate committee on
case. examined by Mr., Faulkner, he
identified two of the envelopes exhibited.
which he said had contained money given
10 him to hold for members of the legiy
latuIe, They were marked by initials and
otherwise which Whteside said had been
placed on the envelopes at the time the
money was deposited in them.
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An Deals Are on.

New York January a.-The Tribune
says The departure of W. X. Wander
bllt for Europe for a stay of two or three
mouths and that Of President Galway
of the New York Central for at least a
week in search Of rest makes it practical
Iy certain that there will be no conference
OF railway men in which the Central fg-
ures for some days 10 come.
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po..cnucr .rrnin Wrecked.

Chattanooga Tenn, January 9.-A sps-
cial TO the Times from Bristol, Tenn.
says. Passenger train No. lS on the Nor
folk and Western railroad was wrecked at
Pulaski, Va, having colllded with NUM-
Der of freight cars that had been shifted
onto the main line. Fireman German OF
Roanoke was taken out of the wreoR alive.
but lived only few minutes. Engineer
John Smith was injured so that he can not
-.
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THE RACES.
Only ono Favoritc Won at New nr


New orleans. January 9.--The track vas
muddy today and under the changed condi-
lions Blue Lick y,aA the only winning fayorlu.
Prirc, of Orange broke down IN the last ract
and has probably faced the starter for the
last time summary;
Six and a half furlongs, sollug, --George H.
I<et1 hum BanTica, Col Cassidy. Time l,23
Six turlongs, ceiling diana Fonso, Calico
can. Troubaline. Time i6,
Mil, aud D sixteenth selling-Blue Lick
Trebor, rorbush. Time 80.
Seven iurlongs hapdcap-San Durango
Strangest, Alex Time 80.
Mil, and seventy yards, selling-falsc lfesd
Bright Night jim Hog. Time, lii.
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on the noor declaring that God had taken
the child.
The insane commission was Immediately
conyoked and at midnieht Dr. Arpl,hy wa.
on his way TO the hospital for the insane
AZ Independence. Three or four hours after
the occurrence he seemed comnarativclv ra-
toual and said he knew what he was doing
when be Killed the child. hut could not HELM
r. The cause OF his Insanity Is supposed 10
be religious excitement he having lately been
nttending protracted meetings aud was great
" interested therein.
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rRAxsvAAL GOLD.


tOh-
pcis Banks TO Accept II.
London January a.--Thc London
Times correspondent at Lourenzo
Marques cahlcd that although there
Is no guarantee that the Transyaal
gold is of standard value. the Por-
guese government compels the local
banks to accept It as legal teuder
at the same rate rs British soycr-
eigns, thus givirg the republic
every facility for extensive trans
actions here and remittiug money
TO Europe" Continuing the cor
respondent says; IT is question
whether the portueuese order is
not a breach Of neutrality"
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Cleburne, Texas. January Sc ".
handle. formerly Of Rockdale. has bought
the hardware and Implement company OF
John l.. Cleveland & co, The invoice was
made saturday and Mr.. Rpnde has as
eumed control. MI Cleveland wishes 10
fiye his whole attention to the grain bust
ross
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DIXON REriREs.

McGoVcrn Invites Bids from All Am
billions Fighters.
New York. January AFTER the fight
tonight George Dixon said he would never
enter the ring again.
McGovern issues a statement inviting
challenges from ambitious featherweights.
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THREE KILLED.
Pistol Duel in In a Court Room in
MihaIssiuuI

vicksburg. Miss, January 9--pak Ridge.
little hamlet eighteen miles northeast
OF this city, was the scene this morning
OF desl crate pistol duel. in which three
OF the best known residents of the county
were killed The killed are; r. D. Roll
land. r. G. Stevenson. Dr. Ohio Austin.
Only meager details OF the encounter
are obtsinable, but 1t appears that Or.
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Bushes, sold.

McDade Texas, January 9.-Mr. j. w.
westbrook, who has been in the mercan-
tile business here for some time. has sold
out TO Mr. w S Watson, who Will con-
time the business.
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LIST or LOSSES.

Hare md UowSc Lost Fourteen Men
in Rcscuing Gilmore.
Washington January 9-Geueral Otis
cables casualty report of the command
which pursued General rino and rescued
Lieutenant Gilmore and other American
prisoners. 1t shows fourteen deaths from
all causes.
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IF THE BABY IS cUrrING TEETH

If THE BABY is CUTTING TEETH
be sure and use that ga and well tried
remedy Mrs Winslows Soothing syrup
for children teething. II soothes the cnild,
scftens the gums, aliays all PAIN cures
wind collie and is the best remedy iof
diarrhoea
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Olivia flung the paper down with a
moan. "And the whole wide ocean be-
tween us! My love! My lover
Miss Malvina was sobbing helplessly.
Olivia sprang to her feet passionately.
Don't let us waste time crying, Miss
AIalvina., Help me to pack up. Help
me to get ready. We will start home
tomorrow. We will go to him oh, Tom,
Tom! Why did let you drive me away
from your"
OLIVIA! Tom Broxton drive you
away from him?"
yes, he did, he did! asked him
to-have me-and he refused! Yes, he
did!'
She was wringing her hands in an
agony of fearless distress.
"Olivia."
ooh, please don't keep repeating my
name for all the world like parrot,
Miss Malvina"'
why. the boy is perfectly wrapped
up in your
'He isn't he isn't! He despises me,
and Ii love him! I-have loved him
all my life, and-and did not know it.
He was so meek and lowly that / tyr
annized over him. Oh, to think of the
miles of salt water between us and
him! Who knows? Suppose She
turned white to the very lips
Miss Malvina, frightened at the
storm raised by The Morning News,
mendaciously cast discredit on it and
its methods.
But, my dear Olivia, you are work
ing yourself up into perfect fever SO
unnecessarily. Don't you know the
newspapers never tell the truth? They
can't afford to. They have to spread
every sensation out so thin, to make il
cover so much space, that you would
see right through it if they didn't color
it up high and smear it all over with
manufactured features. Now, 1 don't
doubt for moment that Tom Brox-
toms legs have done double duty in
that paragraph as well as on that fire
escape"
He is none the less a hero, a great,
brave fellow" said Ollie, Frightening
into combativeness under this comfort-
ing view of the case.
"Of course he is, and no one knows
it better than l do. Suppose we send
a cablegram to ask about him.
Il am going straight to him. said
Ollie, with lofty superiority to all lets
and hindrances.
But if no vessel should be sailing
| Immediately, my dear?"
"oh, Miss Malyina, please get TO
packing our trunks! You are such q
creature for pointing out obstacles
Whether Miss Malvina's meek spirit
would have held good under this fresh
bathurst of injustice will never be
known. Some one knocked at the door.
of their apartment. Ollie, feverishly
anxious to be doing something, answyc4
ed it herself.
TO Be Continued.)
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The FLORIDA Conee weed.

Several thousand acres in South
Florida will be devoted this year to
the raising Of espinosa, otherwise and
familiarly known there as the Florida.
coffee weed. It gets its name from its
seeds, growing in pods, and somewhat
resembling the coffee bean. To what
use it is put the Florida grower pro-
fess not to know. 1t is sufficient for
them that it has market. Like the
sunfower seed, SO largely raised in.
western Iowa, it is probably used as
an adulterant. The plant is native of;
Mexico, and its seeds have been inn
ported into the United States in large
quantities for number of years, large
firms in the west and north buying
heavily. So large was the demands that
attempts were made to grow the plant
in the United States. Experiments
with it in Arkansas and Texas failed,
but satisfactory results were obtained
in Florida last year, and rapid growth
of the industry there is predicted N.
Y. Post.
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outwitted by His wife.

A commercial traveller, whose wife
is one of those women who borrow
trouble indiscriminately had occasion
to make trip to Europe recently.
His wife was very anxious aboxt him
and felt certain that he would fall al
victim to smallpox, which VIZ res!
ported to be prevalent in tho city to.
which he was going. She begged him
to'carry a little lump of asafetada in his
pocket to ward off contagion.
Naturally he objected and positively
refused to be made the permanent
abode of such persistent odor.
When he came home from his trip he
said to his wife:
ut is wonderful, the power of the
Imagination. Why, don't you know I
imagined that I smelt asafedita the
whole time was gomez"
1T wasn't imagination at all" quiz
etly7replied the willy little woman. 81
sewed bit of asafetida in the corner Of
your coat before you went away!"-
Memphis Scimitar.
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He Was InsuItinR.

The ancient lady clerk, whose term
of departmental service began, not
with the era of the Hyksos kings OIL
Egypt, but with the beginning of the
regime of the lamented Gen. Spinner,l
had just stopped behind her desk
screen the other afternoon to dab her
nose with channels skin powder rag
preparatory to one-minute-to-four-l
department when the new male
stenographer who was audibly checls-
ing off an account for one of the audit
4ors sang out:
d "Flour-two hundred-weight.''
"Ihsulting creature" muttered thu
ancient lady clerk, hastily restoring,
the. powder rag to its receptacle, and
then all of the subdued ancient maIeI
clerks in the room staggered in way|
that was real rude, to say the least
Washington Post. 1871 -
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friend. The dying often hamper the
living in some such cruel fashion, but
l do not hold that one is called upon
to sacrifice happiness to any such
deathbed mandates. Westover is q
splendid fellow, and / know that he
loves you dearly. If it We're not for
the pain that l know you have endur-
ed in the effort to obey your fathers
command, l would be glad of this op-
portunity to free you from your fan
cied obligation. Now, with clear
conscience. Ollie, dear, you can recall
Westover."
II shall never marry Clarence West
over, Tom, never!'
He seemed not to hear her. "Once,
when thought l could support you
as my wife should and must be sup
ported, 1 asked you to be my wife.
All through my early boyhood enter
tanned a sweet vision of a future
blessed by your love. l loved you
and asked you % marry me. You
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II meant that perhaps he thinks you
are moping about Clarence MISSIONER,
or perhaps he don't know about the
breaking off. But, yes, he does"
Yes, he does? What does he know
about Mr.. Westover and myself?"
Miss Malvina blushed guiltily. 81 am
afraid I did, did, wrote to him
about the engagement being broken
Olivia looked at her Jelly, but the hot
blood of humiliation dyed her cheeks
and forehead. ooh, you did! And per-
haps you also asked him to come and
assume the task Of consolation?"
OLIVIA, you know did not"
"You have covered me with confu-
sion. am sorry that invitation ever
went to him. He has only accepted it
because he could not refuse. Oh, it is
all horrid, just too horrid for anything!
He has right to think me bold, in
delicate wretch. don't doubt for q
moment that he does"
At which Miss Malvina famed up.
You never were just to Thomas Brox-
ton, and suppose you never will be.
You are always Judging him by COM
monplace standards, and they don't fit
him@at all. He is man incapable Of
harboring mean thought or commit
ting a mean action. If you had ever
been worthy of him, Olivia, you never
would have played at being in love
with man not worthy Of breathing
the same air with him"
yJyifl, xx,b; n1, a.
Malvina gathered up her, chair covers
and went about her business. She OBJ
served with secret satisfaction, how
ever, that as the time approached for
Thomas arrival Ollie's spirits rose
most unaccountably. Her black dresses
made her look pallid always now,
but on that Sunday morning the soft
est Of pink Pushes dyed her delicate
skin, and-oh, the guile of woman
Toms favorite shade of chrysanthe-
NUNS, a rich mahogany color, was
piled high in a great glass bowl upon
the hall table.
Tom timed his arrival carefully, just
in time for dinner, but when dinner
was over Miss Malvina herself sudden
ly developed an amount of guile no one
would ever have credited her with.
GIVE got so much to do, Tom, that /
can't afford to remember the Sabbath
day to keep 1t holy. am going to
count all the silver this afternoon and
interview Reuben about caretaker he
wants us to leave in the house. 1 will
have to leave you on Ollie's hands for
little wkile, but don't you dare to run
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-"
away until I have had my private in
terview. There are some things want
you to do for me about the Lodge"
She nodded her little corkscrew curls
gayly and trotted away, leaving Olivia
almost gasping for breath.
1t was left to Tom to relieve the
strained situation. He had been in
specting newly executed portrait Of
his guardian. while Miss Malvina had
ratified off her apologies. Olivia had
asked his opinion Of the painting, and
he had given it. He came over now
and took a chair near the sofa on
which she was sitting. 1t was as if he
had put up bar between them. Sim
pie as the act was, it made it very hard
for her to hold fast by resolve she
had come to. She wished he had seat
ed himself on the sofa by her side. He
would have done so once. She lifted
shy eyes to his as he said easily:
"And so my little sister is going out
to see the great world? Tell me some
thing of your route"
She was so intent upon her own line
of thought that she did not answer.
How calm and self possessed he look
ed! What a strong, forceful face his
had become! Scarcely a vestige was
left Of the shy, bashful boy she used to
patronize and torment, sure of his al
ways loving her. Tom had grown
away from her.
"Or perhaps" said Tom, filling in
what threatened to become an awk-
ward pause, ''you have not marked
out any arbitrary route. So much the
better. Are you going direct to Nice?"
Eyes, suppose so. l don't know.
1t will be the innocents abroad when
Miss Malvina and 1 slip our moor
ings."
She laughed Historically. How could
she ever say 'it?' How could she go
away without saying "it?' She felt
like. leaf in a winter storm. How
cool and steady his voice was!
"You will meet with agreeable sur
prises in that respect. Everything is
SO simplified and systematized nova
days that women can travel over the
world with IMMUNITY. I am sure you
will enjoy it,
"And am sure shall not. never
expect to enjoy anything again, Tom,
as long as live, never-anything at
all"
Her eyes were wet with unshed
tears; her cheeks were hot with un-
hidden bushes; her clasped hands
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CHAPTER NIX.

"AND THE WHOLE WIDE OCEAN BETWEEN
Us.'
At foreign resort where her shy,
untraveled ways subjected her to I'M
friendly comment and all of her most
cherished domestic traditions were vio-
lently set at naught Miss Malvina nee
essarily experienced the desolate SEN
sations of cat in strange garnet.
Olivia had much better time of it.
She was seen to be beautiful and said
to be wealthy, n combination which
makes for popularity anywhere and
everywhere. Nice promptly put itself
under her feet. Poor Miss Malvina
was seen to be not beautiful and in her
capacity as Miss Matthews compan-
+ ion proclaimed herself not wealthy.
She was under Nice's feet. Never was
She was devoted to her charge, and so
long as Ollie would not be Sensible and
marry Tom Broxton she supposed one
ought to rejoice over the multiplicity
of newer adorers, from whom the fas-
tidious little lady had a chance to Sc
lect second best.
To loyal Miss Malvina any man
would be second best to Tom, but
through all her single hearted devotion
to Ollie's interests there ran an under
current of inconsistencies which it was
hard to conceal. She longed for Man
deville-obscure, dull old Vaudeville
with an exceedingly great yearnins.
The Vaudeville Morning News, an as
piring sheet, at which she had often
pointed the finger of scorn when she
was at home, was her one solace on
foreign soil. It's coming filed her day
with light.
Coming in from an afternoon drive
one day, flower laden and smiling, DIV
la found her dampening this cherished
sheet with copious tears. Flowers and
all, she twined affectionate arms about
her faithful friends neck.
you are homesick, and am tortur
ing the life out of you. Nice is not do
ing you one particle of good. We viii
ssart home tomorrow. I have been
having such lovely time have grown
selfish, but we will start right straight
home"
1--WE will do nothing Of the kind, my
dear. Nice has cured my cough entire
ly-that is, almost. 1 was crying just
a few tears, but it was for Tom, poor
dear Toni"
Olivia flushed resentfully. "Ton
Broxton?'
Eyes, do feel so sorry for him."
Ollie walked over to q distant table