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The Forrest City times., 1890-04-05
Why nlind Persons Never Smoke.

A peculiarly about the blind is thai thefr k seldom one of them whc smokes Soldiers and sailors ac customed to smoking and who have lost their sight in action continue te smoke for n short while. but soon give up the habit. They say that 1t gives them no pleasure when they can uol see tho smoke. and some have said thai they can not taste the smoke nnless they see It. This almost demonstrates the theory that if you blindfold | \ man in roomfaI cf smoke and put . lighted aud unlighted cigar in hii mouth alternately he will not ds ablG b tell the difference.
 
 Whan Hnhfaina afrfhaa if nAnalfa NJ
The Forrest City times., 1890-04-05
Thelr nesttllsr kla.

That aerob.t we saw last year at the circus has jus. died from the effects of drink"
 'sTo get full seems to be weakness of tumblersm
The Forrest City times., 1890-04-05

''These airline wires are strung close to the ground. except in crossings. etc. where the lower one may be al places twenty feet or more from the ground. The idea Is not 10 maintain tue uniform grade Of railroad. yet still as much as possible 10 bridge over small irregular depresslons of the surface. - Electrical Rsnikr
The Forrest City times., 1890-04-05

Philadelphia has new Turkish and Russian bath-h0usc. built by snbscrip- tioa q . oos& it Y cid, q oleQ ooo
The Forrest City times., 1890-04-05
Poetry # xs,Is.

Mary y--How graceful Mir Dc Snob skates. does he not Ella2
 Llia fesi the very poetry ~ motion.
The Forrest City times., 1890-04-05

Whom ligheaiag ssrikss ls aAnils ' no arhierofloh
The Forrest City times., 1890-04-05


 few crusts to God and suffering humanity, as much as to say: ''i have kept this surplus property, through all these severe winters, and through ail these long years, from q needy and suffering world, and would kccp | longer if could, but must gtvo 1t un. take it, and much gool may it do you " Now We begin to understand the text Better is a living dog than dead lion.n
 Who would attempt to write the obituary of the dead lions of commerce. the dead Hons of law, tho dead lious of medicine, tue dead lions of social inflnencel Vast capacity had they. and mighty range and other mon in their presence were as power less as the antelope or heifer or giraffe when from the jungle a Numidian lion springs upon it's prey. But they get through with life They lay down in their magniii. cent lair. They have made their last sharp bargain. They have spoken their last hard word They have committed thelr last mean act When iawny inhabitant of the desert rolls over helpless, the lions css and whelps i'll the air with shrioks and howis, and lash themselves into ia- meptation, and it is a genuine gricf for the poor things. But when this dead lion of monstrous uselcssness expires, thare is nothing but dramatixed woe, for '.Better Is | livi ug dog than dead lion.
 My text also means that an opportunity of the living present is potter than a great opportunity passed. we spend much of our time iu saying, 'If only had" We can all look back and see some occasion whore we might have done great decd. or might have effected an important rescue, or we might have dealt a stroke that would have accomplished . vast result. Thrcngn stupidity or lack of appreciation of tho crisis, or through proerastination, we jet tho chance go by How much timo we have wasted in thinking of what we might have said or might have done We spend hours and days and years in walking around that dead lion. No cannot re-l suscitate it. it will never open it's eyes again. There will never be another spring in ito paw. Dead as any feline ter. TOT of South Africa, through whosa heart thirty years ago Gordon Cumming sent inc slug Don't lot us give nns mora tims to the deploring of the doad past Ihero are ether rportnnittoa remalninG.
The Forrest City times., 1890-04-05

 no enc but God Himself can appreciate its immensity.
 There arc tens of thousands of such people. Their circle of acqu4iutsnce Is small The man is known over at the store He is clerk or weigAer or dravman. and he is known among thoso who sit near him clear back in the church under the galleries, and at the ferry gates where ho coues in knocking the snow from his shocs. and threshing his arms around his bsas 10 revive circulation on some January morn ing. But if he should dla to morrow tnoro would not be hundred people who would Know about it lie will never have his name in the newspapers but once aud that will be the announcement ol his death. if some one will pay for tho insertion, so much line for the two lines Bat hs will come up goriously on tAa other side. and the God who has watch ed him ali through will Viyo him a higher seat and a better man. sion and grander eternity than many d man who had on earth, before his name. the word Honorable. snd after his name LIA II. and F. R $. Christ said in Luke. tho sixth chapter, that in heaven some who had it hard hero would laugh there. And Ithink laugh of dasight and cSngvatula. ton will run around tho heavenly circles when this humble one of whom I spoke shall go up and take tho precedence of many Christians who in this world fclt themselves to ba of ninety~ainc per cent. more importance, Tho whisper will 20 round the galleries of tho upper temple; Can 1t be possible that that was the weigher in our store.n Gan 1t be possible that that was tho car.driver on our street! Gan lt h0 possible that was tho sexton Of our chnrchr, ~C.aa 1t pe possible that is the man that heaved coal into our cellarip '.t never could have thought 1t. What revcrsal Of things 1 We were clear ahead of him on earth, but he is clear ahead of us ln heaven. Why, we had ten times more brains than he had we had-A thoussud times nurs money than he had, we had social position a milo higher than he had, we had inuumsr. tbls opportunities mc~o than he nad, but | 1
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-01-14
~Telegraphic RreVities.

E. II Graves, Superintendent Of the Hastings
and Dakota division OF the Chicago, Milwaukee
and st. Paul Railroad, died yesterday.
A Cleveland, o., special Gays thst y moniag
paper publishes p statement subn is;ed by en e1-
pert book-keeper, shosins irregularities in the
old accounts of the city of Cleveland sgeregatipe
about $4,000 ooo. Nearly all this money was
paid out by the city without the approval of thu
council.
Cicero Roll, a relative OF Charles Roll, of New.
ark, N. J., who recently found an old Indian title
to q large tract Of land in the Mohawk Valley. Is
a laboring man in Carthage, III. &c mss received
advice that he is a Joint heir and that the proIer.
ty to be contested is worth about 100000. He
will 90 east to look into the matter.
Pro-. Charles A. Clark, principal Of the AlLio,
Academy at Miltan, Wis, died Sunday night Of
what is believed to have been hydrophobia. He
was bitten by a cat last March, but no serious re.
suits were feared at the line Recently, how.
yer, unmistakable signs of hydrophobis appeared.
and his death was q very painful one.
Dispatches from many small towns in centra.
Illinois and Indiana report considerable dsmags
by the great wind storm of Sunday night. Fences.
ou,buildings, orchards, etc, in the path of tho
gale were leveled and many farm houses were
badly damaged. The telegraph and telephone
wires were Frustrated in all directions. Few cas-
uslties are reported.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-01-14
Bucket Shops.

CHICAGO, Jan. 14-President Baker, oil
the Board of Trade, In his address preceding
The bucket shop discussion yesterday said /:
While the press and pulpit Of Chicago are
declaiming against gambling in secluded
places where cards are used, the courts of
this State are holding wide open the doore
of he dsns of vice all over the land where
betting IL carried on based on quotations
which are furnished by judicial order. These
resorts are now established 10 nearly every
village in the land, and the high sounding
names are 10 imitation of legitimate halls Of
commerce, with such attractive surround
ings as their enormou i'll gotten gains en-.
able them to maintain is making gambling
respectable in commodities where cards are
an abominatIon.'
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ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.
MT. Vernon Avenue.
Especial dispatch to the Alexandria Gaz.

Especial dispatch to the Alexandria Gazette.l
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 1.-The report
of Col. Hains, the special engineer who
made the surveys of the proposed Mt. Yer
non Avenue, has been sent to Mr.. Speaker
Reed. 1t says: The field work was begun
May 1O:h, 1889. Three principal routes
we're surveyed. First, 8 river route; second,
q middle, and third, q western. A humber of
points on each route were connected with
points on adjacent ones, go that combinations
can be made. The work should be monu-
mental, and the cost Of secondary cotsidera.
ton. The crossings of streams and railways
should be on permanent stone constructions.
The report suggests starting with a new,
handsome bridge from Washington to Ar.
liogton. A right OF way. of 25O feet has been
provided for in the estimates. Most Of the
land will be donated by owners, but 500
per acre will pay for land. So far has been
assumed as the minimum width a park 10
or Is feet for parking on each side. The re.
port suggests the Telford covering for the
roadway. The estimates OF the eastern
route-The old canal bed, and down Wash
ington street, Alexandria, Sl5, 800. O6 mid
die route, by Mr.. Frank Hume's house. ST.
361. go western route, back OF Arlington,
SIG 6lO AZ.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-01-14
VIRGINIA NEWS.

It Is understood that Cow. nor Mckinney
will make a numuer OF changes in the per
sonnet of the boards of the various irstltu'
tions of the State.
Mrs. Paula A. Pace, relict of ]. W. Pace
and sister of Major W. T. Sutherlin, died in
Danville yesterday. She had been elck Dut
8 short time.
DR.. Edward c. Fisher, assistant superin
tendent of the Western Lunatic Asylum,
at Stanton, died Sunday night aged eighty
two years. DIR. Fisher had been sick for
some time.
The House of Delegates has passed q tint
resolution approving the views expressed IN
Gov. McKinney's recent communication
transmitting tbs letter of the chairman oil
the council of foreign bondholders. The
resolution declares that while the general
assembly is ready TO consider any PROPOSE
ton from the bondholders, they would call
attention to the fact that half of the session
ha. already passed. and any proposition
varying materially from the terms of the
Riddleberger settlement would be vain and
delusory.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-01-14

Calhoun, removed Alley, Scott county, A.
B. Dublin, vice J. Alley, resigned; Big
Tunnel, Montgomery county. j.. b Rum
hnro vice R. A. Blake, removed Eggies
tom Giles county, R. Holiday. vice b. ".
Sco,t removed Estillville, Scott county,
"a Oaillin, vice J. T.. Hager, resigned !;
Glen Lyn. Giles county, L. P.%Spsngler, vice
IA Damn. removed Goochlapd Q. D.,
Gooch!and county, P. F. Hodges, vice Z. d.
Powell, removed. ..o,;d nan.
sions has authorized a favorable report on
the bill extending the provisions OF the ac'
remoyipg the disability of those "no' nav
;no nsrtieipated In the civil var, have, slnce
Ire Termination. enlisted in the army ana
hocome disabled, to all who subsequent TO
.heir participation in that war. enlisted
IN the navy or marine corps. and incurred
disability therein.
A bill introduced by Senator Harris TO
day authorizes the Postmaster General to
extend the free delivery system to all places
having 1000 population.
The House commerce committee, OF
which Mr.. Browne, of Virginia, Is q menu
Der, agreed to-day TO report favoraoly on
bills Tor light houses at Pages Rock. YORK.
River; Cedar Point, mouth of Patuxent
River Smiths Island, Chesapeake Bay
and hog Island. 80
The special House committee to investi-
gate the forged letter by which Ex-Governor
Foraker, of Ohio, vainiy attempted TO de-
feat his successful opponent, Gov. Camp
bell. at last falls election will dominance Its
sessions to. morrow or next day. Ex-doV.
| Foraker, MIR. Halstead and other prominent
| Ohio republicans have been summoned to
appear as witnesses before the committee
The Senate committee on pensions to-day
unanimously agreed TO report e bill grant
ing pensions to all soldiers and sailors who
are incapacitated for the performance Of
labor, and providing for pensions to thelr
widows, minor children and dependent
parents.
One of the ~incorporators of the company
now APPLYING to the Virginia legislature fol
a charter for a steamboat line from this city
TO Norfolk, says the boats will be ready soor
after the charter shall be granted, that there
will be four Of them, two to run by day ant
two BY night, and hat they will be suct
magnificent boats that it will be a pleasure
to travel on them.
The House ways and means contln
ued their hearings this morning. Among thos
who appeared before them was a leather manu-
%facturer, who, though he acknowledged that
the tax on leather wore removed the America
manufacturers, owing to cheap bark and superio
skill, could undersell their foreign riyais, wanted
the duty on imported leather and on importo
I,sther goods retained. A sulphuric acid manu-
~facturer being asked If q removal OF the duty o.
iron pyrites would affect the pyrites interests Il
Virginia, replied mo, Those interests are small
and the owners of the mines could sell all The.
could mine under any circumstances"
1t was reported at the Capitol this morning tina
the Shoreham Hotel was on fire. But the tru
cause Of the alarm was the destruction of th
large mattress factory on 10Th, between L aud D
1 streets.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-01-14

MINISTER SUsPENDED.-I consequence
of rumors of improperly on the part OF Rev.
J. R. Sturgis, the pastor o fthe Trinity Meth
odist Church of Richmond, Rev. Dr.. J. Pow
ell Garland, the presiding elder OF the die
trict, has felt constrained to suspend him at
ter a preliminary investigation, pending a
fuller examination by the conference. The
ofense is said to be the writing of a note to
a lady of his congregation in whose spirit.
ual welfare he was specially interested, and
which Mr.. Sturgis claims, was misunder
stood by all parties. Mr.. Stursis, as soon
as the rumors were set stioat, demanded
the investigation. and met the committee
openly, and without conoealment explained
the circumstances out Of which the trouble
has grown. DR.. Garland has been served
with notices of newly discovered evidence,
which will materially affect the case, and it
Ia confidently believed will result In MIR.
Sturgis's generation. The presiding elder
Immediately telegraphed to the Bishop to
come to Richmond, that the case may be
~reopened and the new evidence heard.
Bishop Wilson Is expected in Richmond to.
dey.
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Proceedings of Congress.
WASHINGTON, D. O., Jan. II.
SENATE.


Among the bills reported were The follow
ing:
To declare unlawful trusts and combina
tiors 10 restraint of trade and production.
Authorizing the purchase OF a site for q
building for the Supreme Court.
For the erection of a brouzo statue Of
Spencer F. Baird. late secretary of the
Smithsonian Institution.
To establish a hospital and home for ine-
briates in the District of Columbia.
Mr.. George offered a resolution instruct
ing the Committee on Finance to inquire in
to the propriety of reducing the penal bonds
required of manufacturers Of cigars in all
cases.
Mr.. Call then addressed the Senate on The
subj sct OF the swamp lands ia Florida.
HOUSE.
The bill to simplify the laws in relation to
the collection of the revenue was reported
back from committee.
Bills were introduced
To classify and fix the salaries OF persons
in the railway mail service.
Providing for the appointment of 60 as
slstant general superintendent and chief
clerk of tbs railway mail service.
Providing a postage stamp redemption
card.
For marking the lines Of battle and the
position of the troops of the Army of North
ern Virginia at Gettysburg.
There was d Fl sht between the friends Of
the Oklahoma bill and those of thu report
on the Silcott defalcatiou, which was won
by the latter, and that report was taken W,
accompanied by q bill appropriating $75. 900
to reimburse members for losses incurred
through the Silcott defalcation.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-01-14
NEWS OF The DAY.

The Pope and eight cardinals have the
ilhnepza.
w, W. johnson was yeeietGay no"'nAlou
for postmaster at Baltimore.
J,awis Williams and Benjamin Hawkins
will be hung in Washington January oil.
General Spinner. ex.treasureE OF toe Uni
ted States, Is now ninety years OF age and
nearly blind.
The Duke of Connaught is making ar
rangements for a tour of Canada and Inc
United States.
The West Virginia legislature will reas'
semble TO morrow to dispose of the guoer'
material contest.
The reports that Lord Salisbury will dis
solve Parliemeut early in the coming sum-
mer, are said to be pure inventions.
Miss Mary Custis Lee, the daughter OF
Gen. Robert E. Lee, who has been in Paris
this winter has gone to Cairo, Egypt.
An Atlanta syndicate has purchased SUI
acres of land fifteen miles from Macon, Ga,
and will set out a big peach orchard and es'
tablish q canning factory.
By an act of the Georgia Legislature at
it's last session, January 10, the birthday OF
Gen. Robert E. Lee was made a public boil.
oay in that State. AS the anniversary falls
on Sunday this year. Monday will be co.
served. There will be public meetings in
various cities OF Georgia, with addresses
and exercises appropriate to the OCCASION.
A FIRE in Baltimore last night wrecked
elevator No. 3 of the Northern Central
Railway Company, leased by the Baltimore
Elevator Company. destroyed the British
steamer Sacrabosco, and badly damaged the
steamers North Erin and khio. Three
| sailors of the Sacrabosco are missing. and
| are supposed to have been drowned. say
| eral others were more or less burned, ano
had a hard struggle to save their lives. Ine
elevator was frlI of corn aud wheat, and the
total loss will be oVe. : million of dollars.
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Frozen.

Rock SPRINGS, Wyo., Jan. 14.-Wm. Nc.
Edwards, a prominent business man OF this
place vent into the mountains hunting Sun
day morning with q companion. A enow
storm came UP and the weather turned
bitterly cold. Both men became greatly e1-
hausted. McEiwsrds' companion was com
PEELED to leave him and made his way to
Rock Springs, reaching there badly Trojan.
a searching party went out after Need.
wards, who was found 80 badly frCzsn that
he died before he could be brought to the
citv.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-01-14
From Mexico.

CRY OF Mexico. Jan. IA. via Galveston.
"A suit has been commenced against
Messrs. Green and M. g.. Wood for the return
of the concession granted to the Sinalou and
Duraugo railroad.
Patti and Tamaguo are creating a great
deal of excitement here and are meeting
with great favor.
Nine. Albani ia Ill.
The annual banquet OF the London Mexi.
CO bank was given on the twelfth instant.
a large gang of counterfeiters was arrest
ed on Sunday at Tehuacao. Several mem
bsrs of the gang had been taken into custo
dy a few days before. Over 5000, 900 In
counterfeit money was seized.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-01-14

Col. DUDLEY is not invited to dinner at
the White House. but as 1t is . demonstra-
ted fact that the Colonel was made the dis
bursting agent of the funds of the national
republican league at the special request OF
Mr.. Harrison, it is by no means strange that
the U. s. Judge and u. s. district attorney
In Indiana, who combined with the Colonels
other friends to prevent his indictment for
the blocks of five letter, are In good stand
lug at the house from which the Colonel is
excluded. The Colonel, if pushed too far,
might tell tales out of school.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-01-14
FOREIGN News.

LONDON, Jan. 14-Earl Cairns died to.
day from Inflammation of the lungs. He was
born Dec. 81, 1861. aud succeeded his father
April 2, 1885. Earl Cairns became quite
prominent several years ago, whsn. Us Wis
count Garmoyle. he was sued for breach Of
promise of msrriage by Miss Fortesque, the
actress, who obtained a verdict of $50 900
damages against him. He subsequently
married Miss Olivia Berens.
HALIFAX, N. 8, Jan. II "A number of
men or the steamer Acadian. which arrived
yesterday from Philadelphia, were pros.
trated on the voyage by "ia grippe" Some
ofthem we're sent to the hospital.
ROME, Jan. 14.-Geo. Sir J. Simms, the
British Envoy Extraordinary to the Pope
appointed to settle the difficulties of clerical
jurisdiction in Malta, has sus pended his ne.
gotiations, and will return to London to
consult with the Government concerning
the demand made by the Vatican.
Rio JANEIRo, Jan. II Gen. Fonseca has
been elected to the Grand Mastership of all
the Brazilian lodges OF the order of Free
Masons.
LONDON, Jan. 1.-The Post has a dis
patch from Zanzibar reporting that the Mo.
zambique authorities have proclaimed that
Portugal will exercise absolute control
throughout the whole Shire district.
LONDON, Jan. 1.-The Standards Rim
correspondent says that German, American
and Dutch bankers intend to lay q cable
from San Francisco to Tutulie in Samoa.
OpoRTo, Jan. IA Noisy crowds wander
ed through the streets last night cheering
for the independence and integrity of Por-
tugal, and shou Ing, "Down with England"
A crowd attacked and stoned the British
Consulate. The authorities have since
placed a police guard al the Consulate to
protect it from further molestation.
CAIRO. Jan. 14-Hsnry M. Stanley and
his party did not stop over at Suez as it wes
reported they would but proceeded for this
city, where they arrived this morning.
They were greeted upon their arrival here
by Gen. Sir Francis Grenfsll, commander of
the Egyptian troops, and Sir EVylin Barring,
the British Consul General.
LONDON, Jan. Il "A motion to commit
the managers of the London edition of the
New York Herald and the Freeman's Jour
nal of Dublin for contempt of court for pub.
Iishing certain comments en- the O'Shea di.
vorce case was argued to day. The motion
was dismissed on the ground of iDformali'y
in the proceedings, but permissiou was given
for the renewal of the motion if action is
taken within q week.
LONDON, Jan. 4-The trial of the nc.ion
bS tins Earl Of Euston against Mr..
Parke for criminal libel in charging that the
Earl was implicated in the Yves. Fad scam
DIAL will begin to morrow,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-01-14

ROADS INTHE STATE "A committee ofthe
State board of agriculture will present 10
the Legislature a bill for the construction
and maintenance OF the public roads. 1t
will provide for labor by convicts on the pub
lie roads, under survey and direction of Estate
cadets of the Military Institute who may
prefer to perform this service to the State for
two years instead of teaching. The control
of the improvement in each county will be
vested in the board of supervisors. After
the roads have been constructed by the State
q tax in every county on real and personal
property will be levied to keep the roads in
order. The bill contains provision that
every citizen shall work five days on the
road or pay 81 so, which is at the rate OF
thirty cents q day.