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The Forrest City times., 1888-02-18
A ClOckCr

''I have a funny old uncle down in
 New Hampshire-a cr,tnk on clocks,
 said Mir. Fred Richardson. the artist
 Il spent night in h IS house not long ago. and l don't inten Il to spend an' other there soon. l am Il ght sleeper. and when am awakened 1 have a hard time to get back 10 sleep. We'll. at lz o clock that night was awakened y tho loud, lazy stroke of an old fashion cd tall clock in lhe hall. It struck twelve times and l thought it would never qu and It me go to sleep. l had just swooned of in the d rect on of sleep when nastf ] Itle Yankee clock. with busy. wll anging kuoekef pelied off twelve more. In a lew minutes the sooth ng chime of pretty French clock pceped up through my bedroom floor from lhe parlor. m'shs have gone to sleep under this influence but in a few minutes more the lonu' dangling voice of another clock somo other part of lhe house drov c all sleep from my eyes. In sheer desperation l lay and counted clock after oek uh' ii fifteen of them hal each siruek F. and then. just as had concluded iha' was Inc end Of tho procession Of noises big father clos of all--lhe one m me hall-struck one. and the rest followed iis example.
 ''ln lhe morning I discovered ih" tho fifteen clucks we re set just fifteen minutes apart.
 ''Whnt do you keep your clocks a'l set differently for?" l askel.
 Well. said my uncle. when waAo mp in the night Ike 10 know wn"' lime i, is. Now. as l have my oloeN' arranged. one of them strikes every five minutes. SO l don't have 10 wal long to find out whether 1t is time 1o get up
 "Ha'kaow tho voice of every clock 'h rhe hou-e aad knew " hat lime t wa' whenever any one of ibem strueA' JAicago Tunes.
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-18
LABOR NEWS.

A coal agent who has just returned from tour through the Sehuylkil regions, says:
 ''lt Is strange sight to see peacrable and la"-abiding miners going and re, tuning from work with muskcis and guns on their shoulders. About Don. aldson. Fremont and Middle Creek hi, Is the rule and not the execution. Miners " ho have been refusel luithcI credit at the stores to save their lam. llies from starving are going 10 work. l O protect th@msel es they carry n, { only gas bat horse-whip. lor- mer for naske men and the latter for boys, who oiow ihe "scabz" with mHftied drua,s, shouting out all sorts Of 'ulticg remarks. Hundreds of & ho1l ciil Ten join the ra blr. oli and young women assist in the hout- ing. he manner in which these ne en are tnsuted md atus d is turning pub. lie senlim mt against the strikers. Capt. IamLersoI dispersed three Lands Of $, rrnaders wtth toroh-likht., muttitd drums, horns, tin pnn-, old coal-shutsies, etc. These bands follow ed five m-n for thr, c niles, shouting out "Scab'" etc, untl they reached home. The constables. who are can didates for reelection, re uses to inter- fere.
 At Middle Creek an infuriated crowd or 2,O men attacked Supt, Mcguire and his bOts n their way hone. and threw them into the freezing waiers oI the creek, c.os- 10 h. del [. Arrests will follow. If ihis teIroi sing cnntin. ues, it is pr bable that iddle Greek eoIefy will have t. be abando ed W henever small :rain f eoal-cars ! a'ses town the roa |. hund eds will stone the train and yell al the en yineer ana Fireman. he above are ome ofthe m"ie Important disturbances in the coal regio s, for tie purpose of friyht- ehlnS the men away rom thr T., nd ng company s col min-s. Ct erwise mere IS no change. The labor leaders are ol1g cad in fhe work of ,oiidi- lylhg the si iking mt CTS Of the Read ,,S ing C.lhp pa kno wing full well that .hF' Norhi Will ay no attention 10 the qu ',t of the labor comm ttee>t1 hIo,Fa'e lHe two strikes. Even II the stI'hes gre t1 te sePa ately considered, .he ihihefs trike 10 have preference, re miners nst first 20 10 W TX.
 Jonn Lee q at e strnR address at Ma. rey Thursday aftern, on. urpin,y in, company's m nevs 10 remain out firm lie Will con inue at W ork soiiditv ne me weak ? 'ln's, no matter who tate, general charre or ,he strike He dis eiainl' a " come on win the yari. ons rloionN onthre tks ia the past few aays The individual co ie-. are run. hlhg smoothly. but kenl Run iS stir closed, lhe Reading con anv's col. .leries ne ma very little, if any progres; Thursday.
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-18
The Campaign Orator.

It was bis greatest pleasure to crate, So, to that end be ever went seeking Some party that would send him through the
 state
 And let him do Is patriotic speaking. He found, al last party that was glad Tn pay hi, way and scnl him on mission To WOO a ety. recognized as bal Because it always helped the opposition. He spoke but once; he then returned and told The cha Irnan of the managing committee He thought that after that he would unfold Ills eagles wings within some other city The anxious chairman strongly d ssnproved Tue pln rh- speaker hal m contemplation. "Were not" the chairman asked, "the people,
 moved
 By what you said to them h your ofatlonP "rheY were ind-ed," The orator replied ''l therefore am some other citv seeking; So moved they were they rose as one and abled Full many au egg at him who d.d the
 speaking" This informlton struck the charm'u dumb He sad, when he again his speech had got
 ten:
 Pray tell me, sir did you at last sueeumbI' 'liow could suck en, sirl They al werf
 rotten"
 De. irads, Chicago Ti7lea
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-18
WASHINGTON NOTES.

The nomination Of Isaac ?. Bibb of Washington. to be postmaster at Huntsville, Mo, was sent to the senate Monday.
 Mr. Cullom introduced in the senate Monday bid appropr ating SlO0, 900 for the erection of public budding at Ster ing. III.
 Mir Thomas L. Napton, Of Butte. Mont, formerly Of st. Lolis, is in Washington and will rema.n there several weeks.
 Congressman O'Neill received several telegraphic messages informing him oi the cath of illiam Green, ihe postmaster al F1yrisant, st. Louis County, Mo.
 Senator Riddleheger Wednesday stirred up tho Sen te in an attempt 10 ventilate the British extrsdiiion treaty in open session. But Le was usual, cho' ked tff.
 The comptroller Of the currency appointed James hcCoavilie of StrubenvIlle to be receiver of the Met ropolifan National bank at Cincinnati. c. lie wall take charge early next week
 Miss Folsom Of Buffalo. first cousin Of Mrs. tleveland. is a gue-t at the whife Hause Miss Katherine Willard left.ihe White H. use Friday. She will remain in { city Nlth other friends for some ne.
 Maj. Dye, Of Washington, who has resigned a government position to &C.,
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-18
FOREIGN NEWS.

Jay Gould las started hcmeward rom Ale audr.i, Egypt.
 Ex-Iord Mayor Sullivan is receiving ovation, in hIs tour Enz.ald.
 News from Iar., is 10 the effect that French speeulators are getting d corner In copper.
 A terrible calamity Is reported from ALsttia. c;u-ed by au ayalau. he bury ing pass nyer train.
 Isaac Lucas the dcrau ting treasurer Of Ang aize county, Ohio. ha teen oi,. charged rom custody in Canada.
 NJ. F.ourens, Inc French minister oi foreign affairs, IS accommodating" al ng the itai7n frontier.
 Tie arrests Of several Irish members Of parliament ~as question Of anitn- ated debate in the house O. coA4nous Monday.
 The court Of quaen's bench has set aside tue coroner's verdict cOnvie!ing rtain AitcIe.sto VII ponce ,t murJer.
 Balfour made a speech in the house Of commons FTid '. some hot cross firing Was iAdulsed Tn by Irish meln- bers.
 IL was stated officially Friday in the house Of commons that knglanl is not p.edled to military responsibility to any Of the European power,.
 Liberal and Irish leaders in the house of commons a- seit that par,ia- nent opened auspiolodsly for the irish cause.
 The do tors attending the crown prince in iiie be -inning Of his illness are still the opinion that Ais maiady is a cancer.
 Lord Sa.ishury's speech in the Brit. ish house Of lords appears 10 have ere aIed considerable coMmolion in Cont. ntal capitals.
 I he reason for arresting Mai. Teun. lar of the British army is sand 10 have been the civnlging of army secrets 10 a Birmingham lirn. Indicat oas point to considerable in- terrogatiin Of tue govern. e durins the parliamentary session s to what If any. relations exists hetweeh tnv. land and The paitles 0 the new triple a.liarce n European afiars.
 The English police have at last can. tered Mr. Pyne at London. Mr. Pyne s the iri commOner who fortified himsrif in his Cas le and then dared lie police To come Aut taAe liai.
 he Marquis Of I.ans lowne. Cover. nof-Generai Of Cora. will succeed Lord Dnherin as Siceruy of India at the la.t Of inc ear, Inc later desiring 10 re. turn hon~. Lord stan ey of Preston will succeed Laasdowne.
 Petal action has b-en begun At Ottawa, Canada. against sir Adolpb Caron, Ministsr r Of Militia who ia fhirged with having U ed cor.uptlng practices to wln his election.
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-18
FIFTIETH CONGRESS.
tuesday.

iuCtNats
 SESsTp.-Among the bills reported and placed on the calendar were the following: For the rel ef Of women enro led as army nurses; 10 restore pensions tn cert in cases; for the re- lief oi importers Of an fnals for breed- ing purposes in certain cases. Mr. Frye offered a resolution. winch was adopted. insiruciing the committee on commerce to inGu r. into the right and eNpediency of congress assuming cOl- irUl of the erection Of bridges over nayigable waters within state mits. To refer to me Pr-sident's message was next under dis,us-i ion Mir. llAtt resumed Is speech Of yesterday and said that be had shown wherein the message would result in the absolute destruction of the protective system. His chief argument was that trusts are not formrd With protected articles, tut with those not protected, such as wheat, coal and oil. NIT. Dolph ad- dressed the senate in favor Of the bill reported by him for payment or the Oregon and Washington Indian war claims for suppression Of Indian hostili- ties in ls55- 55. On motion of Mr. Vest. the house bill to authorlzs the con struetion Of e bridge over the Missouri river at Lexing ton. Mo. was taken up and pssse'l without amendment. On motion of Mr. Frye the house bill to grant an American register to the for eign-bnllt bzrk Nordstierner, now in san Francisco harb0r, was taken up and passed. Mir. Plumb introduced bill granting right Of way through the Fort Riley military reseryatioa, in Kansas, fo the Chicago, Kansas and Western pnEorrod an executive session the senate ad- iourned.
 HorsE.-Mr. Kelley of Pennsylvania presented petition from 100 woolen and worsted mills located In twelve state, and a large number of New York merchants. p ayiug for the pas sage oi the BreeA Ainridge hill, classify Ing worsted cloth as wooden cloth. Referred. On motion of MT. Iandes of Illinois a resolution was adopted calling on fhe secretary of the treasury for in- formation shi wing V beiher at Ihe date of the act Of 1878. fixing the amount Of United states notes at the limit issue of ; $l46. .6Sl ,UOJ, such amount was acIu- ally in eNi terce as circulating medium. aid whether any portion Q. said amount had been al that time lost or destroyed. Also, whether since 1878 there has been any loss or destruction O said notes. Mr. seney of Ohio from the committee of judic ary reported ad- yersely joint resolutions proposing coE- stitutional amendments, giving con- gress the power to limit ihe time during which persons may he daily npioyed in manuf factories Of textile fabrics and other industries; and in relation to the manufacture, importation, exportaiiDn, iransl ortation and sale of aleholic spirit. The first ot these resolutions was laid upon the table. but the other at the request Of Mr. Par.er Of New York, was placed upon The calendar On motion of Mr. Tainbee Of Kentucky resolution was adopted cal ing for executive inform9tion 8s 10 what amounts of money are de med 10 be necessary to ray the claims arising under the provisions of the senate bi l for the ad ustment Of accounts Of la borers under the eight-hour law. Ad- burned.
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-18
AIonaar.

HoUsE.-Under the call Of States the following bills and resolutions were intooduced and referred. By Mir. Peel of Arkansas-Authoriz the election of delegate from Indian Territory to Fifty first Congress. By Mir. Rogers of Donating lots belongihg g 10 the United states in Hot Springs to that city for school purpoSes. By Mr. Townshend O llilnOiS-Permit- ting farmers and producers of tobacco to sell leaf tobacco in any quantity to unlicensed dealers or 10 any person without restriction, and repeating all laws inconsistent herewith. By Mir Bowers of North Carolina-A resolution instructng the Committee on Ways and Means 10 report what progress it as made on the bills repeating internal taxes and so state what time such are likely to Do reported. In case the committee is not likely to agree it is instructed to report that fact and the bills placed on the ca endar. By Mir. Hatch of Missouri (by request)-To prohibi. fictitious and gambling trans act ons in articles produced bv Ameri- can farmins industry. By AlT. Buch- anan of New Jersev-A resolution calling upon the Secretary ofthe Interi- IT for in ormation in regard to the California Railroad Company. By MT. stone of North Carolina a constituto al amendment limit ag tue membership Of the House to 25O.
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-18
POLITICAL CLIPS.

The workings Of the high-licenss sys- tenn as opposed to prohibition on paper are seen In Nebraska. The Oh cagr Journal (Rep.) says. Omaha, with & population of 100000 people. has 25J saloons. paving a license of sl 900 each. There is not a low-iicease town East or
 West Of half that population but ha; twice that hunter or saloons.
 James G. Blaine in letter to the Pittsburg Commercial Gazette says he is not and will not be candidate for the pres dency. The reasons he as- signs for his coufse are personal con alterations. Repub lean politicians are now in furry and who will be the cJming man can not as yet be solved. Congressman Hayes of Iowa, some- time ago refused to present a petition asking that prohibitory law be passed in the D strict of Columbia and was subsequently confronted with the non- sensical charge Of having "denled the right of petition" New note Congress- man Hayes answer to this charge: II repeat" he writes with remarkable vigor. ''that for the people of Iowa to petition congress as to local concerns in the District of Columbia is ofiic ous meddling of the most offensive charac- ter. whether it applies to the conduct Of pari cular classes of business or local matters, aud tha. no person combinl z iRie.ligence with discrimination. deli caey and fair amount O. that finer feeling that prompts erue men and women 10 attend 10 tieir own affairs, will ytr indulge in it.n As for the right or petition wh eh Mr. Hayes is charged with having denied. be goes on 10 show that it Is right guaranteed ''fof Q redress of grievances" which cannot. ''by any just process of reasoning, DC made e. cover busybOdylsm or med ding"
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-18
Thursday

SExaTE.-Mr. Edmunds from the Committee on Foreign hels.ions re- DOT ed a bill to incorporate ihe Mara lime Canal Company Of Nicaragua, and said he would move b take il up as early next week as he could get the floor. Calendar. Among other bills reported from committees and placed s.n ihe caien.ar were the following Granting the right Of way through the ( TOW Indian res ovation To the Billings & Clark's Fork Railway Company to divide a portion of the Sioux Indian reservation in Dakota Into a separate reseI yation, and 10 secure the re.in- punishment of the Indian title to the rema aindrr; 10 provide for the sale of ti.e site Fort Omaha. Neb.. and for the purchase af new cite. Mr. Riddle b~rxer's resolution for amending the rules so as 10 allow ihe br tish Extra diIi"n Treaty to be consid' ed in oIen session was reached in reg lar order.
 Mr. Risidl@beTger exPlainea that the Britlsh lions iall ha ing been twisted by vote Of g to 2l the passage of the
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-18

Axoxc tho many expenses that Wall ptrset brokers have to face every year 2 the iism for flowers with which They brighten and Adarn the oilices W n- Ger and summer. spusg and fall hngs punches of expensive posies are kept on hand In many of the very at sracfivs ofices. It is rcekoasd that the average expehse for aa oilics k Si0 day. At dusk the oiiios boys and les- ,ssr olerks divide the aowsrk
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-18

A YOUNG owl came flying over ihe bu Id ngs on Grant avenue. in Garden City. Kan. the other morning, and 0ew straight as an arrow at man stan,ling on the corner. When the his hands -u denly and caught it us he would . ball.
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-18

MR CALEB FoorE, the editor of The Salem (Mass) Gasstte. is one of the oldest newspaper men in the United States. ..Hs has been in he service of the paper for seventy years. and slnce 1925 he has had editorial charge of it. Mir. Foote will be S5 years old next month"
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-18

MORE and more paper Is taking the plaes of wood work Paper doors are now largely substituted for wooden doora The paper doors are better for the reason That they are lighter. They do not shrink or swell with changes of weather; they ars male from single sheets Of p,per mpl.Ici nto any de- sired pattern. and ti,ey are not dearer than wooden doors.
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-18

THE pet charits or tne late Mme Bouricaui. the great Parisian shop keeper. was an asylum for old men. "Tbere's nothing 80 helpless and in the way as an oli man," she used to asscrt; ''wl,ereas an old woman can al. ways eke out a wing somehow"
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-18

THE monument which Ind ana Is 10 rear 10 her sol CTS and sailors is 10 cost o25o 0o,. and designs have been sent by leading architects in this country and Europe- The cost will be greater by el00 000 ihan that of the famous German nat onsi monument at Niesier- wsld. and will exceesi that of any monument in ihis country except the Wssh ngton monolith.
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-18

WILLARD FILLMORE BROWN. of Lynn. Msss. was born on Dec. 17 1887. and has already attained fame. His cla m to motor ely lies in the fact that when born he weighed only one pound and fonr ounces and in the month which has elapsed since his birth he has added only three ounces to his
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-18

SIX and one-half tons of diamonds valued at about S2o0. 100000 are re. ported to have been extracted from four African mines within the course of . few years If these aggregates were divided by the numbsr of men who en- deavore to iirl diamonds ia Africa Is she xame me The individual share. would b of microscopic proportions
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-18

THE fire marshal of western city wanted an ax. cost ng about $1. II g communicat ons 10 the council con- ccrning the matter were printed in the official paper. and curious person cerning the ax amounted to S6 80 be- lore he got it.
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-18

COLONEL RICHARD NJ JOHNSON. who has recently become prominent as a Southern writer, is 65 years old. and was lend ng law CT in Georgia before She c vii war After the war he open cd . school for boys in Bait more. but of lat. years has devoted his leisure ex. clusively to literary pursuits.
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-18

EEARLv $500. Uo) in deposits is lying unclaimed in the saving banks of Bos- ton It belongs to 56 unknown deposi- torA not one of whom has put in an appearance at this bank for more than twenty years
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-18

THE secretary of the interior has sent on to the governor of Colorado a little bill of some S29 QUO for ponies and other valuablcs taken by the sl.eriil from Coloraw ai.d his band anl never returned. with n pol te noie requesting the state to pay it up as soon as con yenient
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-18

6rEUBENvILLE O.. has tbe champion beavy-wright kisscr in s young man who kissed one of h's girls false teeth down he throat and nearly choked himself to death.
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-18

Born born in Rome on last New Years day are to De called Leo and all girls Leonie, and 10 each one the papal jubilee committee has promised say ings bank pass book with 100 francs placed to it's credit.
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-18

A WOMAN If Jersey City N. J.. re- gently brought home n strange egg IS n souvenir of ir P and placed it on the psrlor table. One week after she was surpr scd 10 see little turtle break thr shell of the egg and slowly crawl out. The heat of the room had matched it
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-18

HR. FLAGLER the Standard Oil millionaire who has been bu .lding SC many hotels in Florida says that ',it Was great fun" He adds: 'I would eooner build hotel than eat pie"
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-18

DB BRAzzA. the African explorer. says the upper Congo teens W ,h ivory. He found large quantities of tusks in some of ths V IIages. which were offer d for small ouant ties of beads
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-18

IT is an odd fact that among tho Ger man exports 10 this country is grease extracted from wool. and shipped as . substitute for gIycerine.
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-18

SEsAoR BECK of Kentucky. has served iwents consecutive years in con gross. during twelve of which hs has been in the senate.
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-18

MRs. HAwLEY. the charming English woman who pu, of the nurses cap 10 become the wife of senator. is great favurite with Mrs. Cleveland.
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-18

y.croRrgS SAEpoU is greatly i'm proving and enIargiag hs villa ai Nio'. and will call it La Tossa," after his latest play.
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-18

Mus MAcKAr | SIT pa. ,,.i "sci szU |. 300 n charity al Chr stmas among tIs poor of London and Paris.
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-18

me Brooklyn Eagle says: NIT. eohhllhg's el istle leaves unsaid that when ms eonnirymen would be most interested in knowi ing. Has hn any Io.iticai hopes or plans for the future? IT ne has. what are they? Were he in. Niled 10 take The reins would he accent or "e, line ihem: Does hi. lamentatjon over The pre-ent condition Of tue a.. Q. |. ptlnt 10 hinis lf as the seyerei,,n par aeea for is Il s, or is it bu. tle ihiaanoering o' ihiiosopher who has .o,t the saFor Of ambition and Tn nis 70 ace in gi amblingS As long as inc N ohkllng riuile remains riddle peop'e VII iry To guess ir. Perhaps he has 4 ear,o.i, srssg pleasure in liquing puNIie
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-18

How many persons who for the first tine visit the giant twin cltes- ci. Paul aua Aiu- rfarsolls. with their combined population 9' natg inhabitants rcalizs that the secret ot their greatness lies in the fact that they are {. rhc southeastern portal of a mighty e-npl which, for 300 miles further northwest, ], specially fitted for the perfect growth of al hose produetions g hieh tlli lister most to the .,,.essitlas anu weifare Of tAc L--..--l a----
 According 70 the report Of the Units1 Stat-s Department of Agricaitgre, Jauuafy lst. ss- there were in Dakota Territory fl .693 horse 2.703 mules, A. s72 mich cows ld0. 243 head of raitle, 3o24f sheep, and 6S, ,S94 hogs, togcthcf valued al St3. i9S.2222a
 The wooded area of Dakota is placed st s Oo0 900 acres; q, ,0l7, 70 trees have oeen pans I'd in Dakota under the proylslols ol he tin bez culture set
The Forrest City times., 1888-02-18

one ot the pr0yisiols in the bil
 creating territory Of Oklahoma, is that no land shall be granted any railroad e.n'rAny 10 assist it in bull ding it's line
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