The Forrest City times., 1890-08-16
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One Of the highest students ct Cambridge b blind.
 Christy. the London natter, died leaving assets of nearly q, 800, 0oo
 Tho constant kicker can always be trusts cd. You can always depend on him-ss kick.
 young woman at Madison. Ind, being frightened, screamed loudly and dislooatsd her jaw.
 London has Q cartoon gcnuis. He is enN 10 and already draws with the mssteS strokes of maturity.
 A surveying party has discovered that one of Hudson's Bay Company's stations is on American territory.
 Some ea erprising southern men propose to give an exposition of southern products in some northern cty.
 The city of Hamburg has surplus of e. 5o,0o1 Of this amount si,5n,uol was from last years receipts.
 A miniature whirlwiud carried on the clothes of three boys while they were swim' ming near Lan aster. Pa
 Baltimore hackmen h,ve raised the price for attendance upon Sunday funerals. which they wish to discourage.
 hungry horse tied in front of dry gooi Is store at Norristown, Pa, devoured part or s box of cheap straw hats.
 In San Francisco the eight hour system is pretty thoroughly established. The bells ring when tho d " begins and ends
 The women of Russia arc progressive Schools arc to be established iu Moscow and St. Petersburg for instruction in com merce
 The wholesale firms of cultured Boston prefer help from graduates of the high school rather than those from the grammar department
 The Portuguese nation is one of the most illiterats in Europe, the illiterate inhabi. tants being officially stated at s2 per cont sf the whole
 It is said that fair hair Is rapidly disap. peariny in the British Isles and that the darkening of hair is more marked in malss than females.
 Rude Russia sends one good lesson out to the moro civilized lands. Childrcn under ia years of age cannot bc employed in any kind of tabor. A new style of mourning paper drops the band of black all around tho shees and has 1t drawn diagoRally across the lelt' hand coruer only. toyraphs Of SC, enty eight old coupis( ami the same number of pictures os brothers and sisters Of similar age Rre said to show that the former arc moro like one another in appearance than tho broth CTS and sisters.
 Tennvson, in Locksley Hall" speaks oi men, the workers" but the industry ol women has never been duly celebrated t1 song or painting. There ,src some butter fly idlers in the ser, but the great majority ! of them arc toilera A tramp wh1ss in.ellectu Il caliber wa far above his profession was recently found at Btnxor, Me, His ouly baggage was small but choice collection of books, including "rhc Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau the works ot Balzac, Dumas, copy of Shakespeare and the Iliad.
 On n recent trip north pirty of mon stopped over night on IA ranch at Elko, Colo, and when the lady oi tho house showed ons of them 10 a room she remark ed by way of apology "You will find the bed kind of hard. NO took the hay out of tho mattress last winter to feed tAc stasv- Ing cattle e''
 Biious-'I sleep in feathers, but believe it's unhealthy Tutfnut- What's that, Look Ut the spring chicken; see how tough he is."-Boston Herald.
 At the Garden Concert Won't the gentleman take Il seat inside? It raint so hard.n 70. no. thank you; we have lids to our beer mugs. "-fHegends Sidtter.
 l Tailor And you want this thick piece of leather sewed inside the trous- erspn Customer Yes; l am can- vassing for religious publication. "-- Boston Herald. Good Minister Pride and vain- glory are weaknesses found only in the l human race The lower animals never nave them." Mrs. DeAyuoo--.O O. you are mistaken. You should see fldO put on airs over the baby" -Rdesef. Creditor May l ask whether you ever expect to met your indebtednessr l Hardup- Meet itP Why, Great Scott.
 man, I meet it every time l go into the
 street. Don't you throw it into my
 face often enough ?n--Ha,per's Edsdr.