The Forrest City times., 1890-07-26


 The model husband" 1t has been dis. covered, are the men who never marry.
 The first appearance of river in the Bible is in the second chapter of Genesis, tenth verse.
 A new mill for tho manufacture of paper from moss has been recently established in Sweden.
 Tennyson still occasionally smokes the pipe, which has always been his favorite style of using the weed. Announcement is made of the wedding engagement of Gen Rosecran's daughter to Gov. Toole of Montana
 Roast pork and apple sauce continues a standard dish in fashionable families In town brought up'' on . farm. An extraordinary amount of snow fell on the Italian and Swiss Alps during Dec ember, January, and February. The new avenues and streets opened in Rome and Naples bear the names of Vic | tor Emanuel Cavour, Garbsldi, and MazzinL
 Switzerland has . touch of the Eiffel Tower fever, too, and thers is project to build one in Geneva to add to tho astrao- tions of the city.
 | With increasing years Labouchere's democracy becomes more and more pro nounced England may yet have to thank him for starting republic. | Emile zola has cleared hundred thou sand dollars from "Nana," first issued in a newspaper in 1879. It has been translated in every European language | In the formation of a single locomotive steam engine there arc nearly 5000 pieces to be put together, and these require to be as accurately adjusted as the works of Q | watch.
 | The first American union flag was un. furled on Jan. I, 17s6, over the camp at I Cambridge. It had thirteen stripes oi white and red, and retains the British eros, in one corner. 1 Ernest Renan, tho French philosopher. induges in hobby of not riding in vehicles Of any kind, preferring to walk, although his health is feeble, and stout cane is pecessary to support, him.
 It is claimed that wall paper can ee made in such way that tho passage Of low tension electric currents will hea, it moderately warm to the touch and diffuse throughout the room m agreeable tempera- 1 ture.
 | Experiments have demonstrated that the relation between tho velocity of projectlle and tho resistance offered by the air to It's motion differs materially from Newton's theory that the resistance is proportioned to tho square Of tho velocity. 1 Somo ot tho oldes, residents of Water, l bury, Conn, remember that a sign post which has stood on the green for forty years once formed part of the village whipping post the last time il was used for the purpose being about is2a. Several Freaoa generals have b,eu ra- gently ''dscipllned' by NJ. dc Freycinet on account of violent public speeches in which they impeachcd his fairness in over. | looking them for promotion. and bluntly called him an ignoramus in military mat. l ters.
 The following Is said to bs tho shortes, sentence in the English language eontaia- l ing all tho letter. ot tho alphabet; John P. Brady gave me black walnut box of quite small size.p The whole sentence letters In the alph abet
 Pope was not n surface thinker, He never wrote anything truer than the 1 following "Naiure loves truth 80 well that it hardly ever admits of tiourishlng Conceit is to nature what paint Ia to beauty; it Is not only need css, but impairs what 1t would improve" In 1880 tho United States had s2, s73, sto native born persons, e, ,5so. sps colored pop ulation, 83l,oas Indians. los, ,46S Chinese l.et6,7ta Germlns. l,ss,s7l Irish, IT. l5s Canadians, 65a, 6id English, 40, a52 Scandinavians, iso. iS6 Scotch, sA aoa Welsh and sid, 25i other nationalities.