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New-York tribune., 1893-12-10
THEY had TO PART on THE SIDE.

From the ST Louis GIobe- -Democrdt' -,
winona. Mimi. Nov. So-Considera6Is Of Scsoo s,I
experienced in the STATE sotinal - -
in this city on Tuesday. by pfeconcertei ar
rangement large number OF the lady s'uoeloS zoe ~
their heads in od-fashioned style. some OF d die
young got wind OF what the siris We,S - NV o,
parted their hair In the middle before enseiiag t'e
assembly room The unusual appearance OF o1Sn tbn
faculty present fearing that discipline would oc
destroyed, sent the yorns men 10 c 1e pr Ssyn
the school or parting their hair on me slces a.
,ic,tn
New-York tribune., 1893-12-10
THE CH4NGE or 4 POSTiL RULE URGED
WHY AN OLD OFFICIAL THINKS THAT LETTERS
BEARING NO STAMP SHOULD BE
FORWARDED.

FORWARDED.
reform which IS urged by certain postal of'icials
of long experience is the resembling OF the rule
that letters on which the postage has not been
prepaid shall be detained. This country and CANADA
alone cling to this regulation OF all the countries
in the Postal Union For a time such letters were
sent to the Dead Letter Office, from which notice
was mailed to the addressee that the letter would
be forwarded to him on the receipt or the postage
Now however the letter is returned to the sender.
II IL bear his name the envelope; If II does not
the customary notice goes to the person addressed
If he happens to live in San Francisco II Will be
nearly week before the notice reaches him; then
he must send the postage here. and after that the
letter starts West. Likely as not 1t Will be OF
no use to him when he gets it. If rstclass matter
bears only l-cen stamp. it Is treated as II y @ nn9
non fbat is or not f0ers enough the "s letter is Forwarded
shortage being collected at the other end
letters mailed in this city which bear no stamp,
said old postal official over S,oo are recrMeh ~
do not have the sender's address on the envelope;
The entire number not prepaid Is lnuch larger. ~ ~
nostot,ce strives to save correspondents from the
just penalty of their dereiction
1T may happen eyen rh in neency @ may
be some distance away and at night these are are
SSseG GSy down to the General Postoice after 10 p
and yet be anxious that his siter 50 9ut ~ an1 rnv
cases to have the addressee pay the postage. Then
there are persons who haven't the pennies WIN
which to buy stamps ana thsy mignI nd wnn Singiy 10
eaOf co,iTse sorne abuses of the privilege would
wholesale advantage Of it. But no man would give
to pay the postage himself and the begging public
would appreciate this fact II the rue ,e,ere Were
aled without @ "st stamps would ncrease much
England postage is prepaid on al Dn' dn, snia. /.
fraction Of per cent Of the letters sent by post
New-York tribune., 1893-12-10
STILL ROOK FOR ENLIGHTENMENT
The Chicago Tribune.

FTOfH The Ch1cuSO ITIUUII0
The Professor Of the Chair OF Political Economy
had talked TO the class an hour and hall.
II have tried to make this whole question OF the
tariff perfectly plain to you. he said wipng the
have succeeded. STILL II there should be some
among you who desire further light on this matter
Il think ! understand the most Of your lecture
on the front seat "but ia like TO know whether
this Ad valorem.. you'v en- talking about is a
eian Or woman"
New-York tribune., 1893-12-10
TIE SOIL COySUNEB BY FLiMES.

Froo The Island County (Wash) Times.
Several hundred acres in HUMBOLDT County that
this summer raised the biggest hay crop In the
State burned to ashes, The soil itself has been
Two years ago the land several feet under
water and was known as Owl Lake 1t was
drained by big ditch and dried up. leaving very
rich soil. A few days ago when prairie fire
swept 1t. the soil itself took fire. burning like
turf. The fire down TO a hard clay that VIII
be Of no for farming purposes.
New-York tribune., 1893-12-10
MANCHESTER NOW A PORT.
COMPLETION OF THE CANAL.
THE COMMERCIAL NAvIES OF THE WORLD
CAN ENTER THE COTTON CAPITAL
ENGINEERING FEATS-A SERIOUS
RIVAL TO LIVERPOOL

That philosopher who sapiently observed the
bencncence Of Providence in causing a large
river to flow past every considerable city must
surely have overlooked Manchester. True there
Is the 'inky Irwel" And geographically the
Irwel is a river. 1t certainly Is not however,
a large river, not even geographically; while IN
no other sense is 1t river at all. Manchester
thus Is. or has been until to-day, an inland city.
1t has traded with the uttermost ends OF the
Garth but has boasted no yawning docks ana
bristling mast forests. Instead 1t has paid
tribute to Liverpool, to the carter and to the
The Forrest City times., 1893-09-22
That "Attempt" at Lily.
To the Editor of the Republic.

To the Editor of the Republic
 A FUNNY TRAIN RoBBERY-I have seen an article in the Repu bile where in you allude to an attempt to rob passenger train at Lillie, Ark. on the night of September 8. In it you say: 1.-Two poor unfortunates are suspected of this attempt"
 Now. let me tell you the whole story lone Roach) were on our way to the opening of the Cherokee strip. We were getting over the railroads as cheaply as possible, and we got into a box car at Fort Smith to go over the bridge to Van Buren, Ark. This car was one of the last in long train of empties. We'll, the train stopped at the end of the bridge, but only two cars and the engine were completely over the bridge. After letting off two or three men who paid the "brallie" ten cents for letting them ride, the train pulled out as fast as possible, not giving us a chance to get off who were on the hind end of the train. We were carried to Lillie, where they stopped to take on some cars. Now. have been a rail- road man over twenty years, and know how to run train as well as any man on earth, and better than half the men who run them in Arkansas asked the brilliant conductor of this train when we could catch train for Van Buren. He told me that the passenger would be at Lillie at about 2:20, but that l would have to have a red light to flag it, as it did not stop unless Jagged. We'll, red light I must have, and as the ''con'' was down in the front end of his train to see to the taking on of those cars, and his caboose had plenty of red lights hung out at the end of it and needed one, why, l just naturally took one off, ex- tingrished it and carried it to the depot to await the train, which came along ahou: ,:l5 a. m. We'll, 1 sat Mir. Red- light on the corner of the platform, and along comes Mir. Engineer, sees the red light, and thinking about how easy it is to make an engineer an assistant train robber, he be- came very foxy" for he whistled for the station all right and whistled as though to stop, but as he came within a long train length of the depot he whistles off brakes and pulls her wide open, ducks his head down in the cor ner, or got into the fire box, I don't know which. A CHEROKEE BooMKR.
The Forrest City times., 1893-09-22
Foul Play Suspected.

JoNEsBoRo, Ark, Sept. 19.-L. c. Kelso and Mrs. William Harvey, who resided at Ridge station, s miles from this place, died suddenly and under peculiar circumstances last March. Four weeks later the surviving hus- band, William Harvey, and Kelso's widow were married. This, coupled with the strange circumstances sur rounding the death of Kelso and Mrs. Harvey, has kept the neighborhood aroused ever since. Many persons freely expressed their belief that Kelso and Mrs. Harvey had not died from natural causes. The feeling in the matter be- came so intense that a number of per- sons made affidavits furnishing suffi
 cient evidence to warrant an investiga- tion, which was begun by Coroner Wiler Saturday. The remains of Kelso and Mrs. Harvey were exhumed and their stomachs removed by Doctors Barton and Howell to be examined. The coroner's jury adjourned pending the chemists examination of the stom- achs. :.
The Forrest City times., 1893-09-22
Stable d Seven Times.

A tragedy occurred at Black Springs, Montgomery county, the other even- ing.
 J. L. Milham and J. K. Cochran were the parties to the affair. Some time ago Milham purchased horse from Thomas Bell, for which Cochran advanced S30, Milham giving his note for the balance. During the summer Cochran purchased territorial rights of 8 patent churn, and while a travelling tour in it's interest traded or disposed of the horse. Milham on learning of this was incensed. Milham entered the parber-shop operated by Cochran and there the wrangle commenced, and then the men withdrew from the shop into the orchard near by. The screams of Mrs. Milham attracted a crowd to the place, among whom was Deputy Sherin Wasson, who arrested Cochran, and on coming up to where Milham was laying found life almost extinct. An examination of body revealed seven ugly knife wounds, two of which were in the region of the heart. While the prisoner was innthe custody of Wasson. a son of the slain man attempted to sh oot hi m.
The Forrest City times., 1893-09-22
q LITTLE HISTORY.

 The Hanging of the Johnson Gang of Train
 Robbers at CIarksviIIe, Ark.-A Newspa-
 per Correspondent Tells How It Was
 Done.
 The following recently appeared in the St. Louis Republic:
 To the Editor of the Republic.
 HANGED FOR MURDER, NOT TRAIN RoBBERY.-In an editorial of recent date you are made to say: "No train robber was ever hanged legally or ille- gally." Such is not the case, as I well remember that on June %, 's2, while acting as special correspondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer, l was notified to write up the hanging of the Johnson gang of train robbers at Clarksville. this state; and so well do l yet remem- Der the incidents that probably re- hearsal will not be out of place.
 One fine April morning as the east bound passenger train on the Little Rock & Fort Smith road-now the Mis- souri Pacifc-was speeding along, masked man was seen climbing over the tender with drawn revolver and commanded the engineer to Hold Ter up," which was done with as little ceremony as possible. Then, after making both the engineer and fireman get off and stand aside, they proceeded to rob the train. There were four of them, viz: Governor Johnson; his his nephew, Jim Johnson, mere boy r years of age; John Mcdonald and Jim Herendon. Gov ernor'' was the leader and ordered Mcdonald and Herendon to go to the second coach and Ego to work" They, being frighteded and not knowing which car to go to, mounted the rear of the same car the two Johnsons were on and being detained by walking the length of the car, did not get in till after "Governor" had ordered all the passengers to throw up their hands. Mcdonald rushed into the car, when Jim mistook him for some one ready to fight and opened fire on him, shoot ing him in the face. During the shoot ing Conductor John Cain came rushing out of the second car and was almost instantly killed. A brakeman was also seriously wounded.
 With this bad break they all jumped from the train and made for the woods. Mcdonald was too badly wounded to proceed, and was arrested, brought here and put in jail. A detective was put in with him. and in few days he made full confession and told where the rendezvous of the gang could be found, which was 30 miles north, in Washington county, near Fayetteville, in a cave.
 Bloodhounds were brought and the chase was begun, but the dogs were shot by the robbers and their course turned. Another lot of dogs was se- cured, and Governor and Jim were caught asleep in the cave described by Mcdonald. They were taken to Ozark and but in jail, special term of court was called, the grand jury in- dicted them, they took change of venue to Clarksville, were tried, found guilty and sentence passed to hang. They were guarded at Clarksville dur ing the trial-there being no jail-and afterwards taken to the penitentiary at Little Rock. c. R. CORDELL.
 VAN BUREN, Ark, Sept 15.
The Forrest City times., 1893-09-22
Delayed Returns.

All but six counties had, up to a few days ago, Tade returns of the re- cent election to the secretary of state. son, Mississippi, Newton, Polk and Van Buren. The secretary notified the of ficials that if the returns were not sent immediately he would send a messen- ger aftey them.
The Forrest City times., 1893-09-22
A Wife Murderer to Hang.

The following dispatch was sent from Paragould on the 18th:
 Circuit court is .now in session, and for two days has been trying murder case. In De cember. 1892 Charles Roberts was married to Mary J. Vickers. living in the county of Green. Eleven days after the marriage Roberts shot his young wife, only l4 years of age, and this morning the jury after being out all night brought in the verdict of murder in the first degree. Roberts was jealous of his wife. On the night of the 22d of December she was visit ing neighbor, and he went after her. She re- fused to go home. but subsequently, agreed to accompany him. In a few moments she re- turned. Blood was on her dress, and she died in a few minutes Roberts ran away, and re- ward was offered by the governor for his deliv cry to the sheriff. A few weeks ago he captured in Metropolis H. After the verdict his attorneys informed the court that they saw no reason for a new trial. and gave him over to the court, who will sentence him to hang soon
The Forrest City times., 1893-09-22
Stabbed the Policeman.

PINE BLUFF, Ark, Sept. 1s-Will Sterling and John Wells, colored, while engaged in fight Saturday night at John Youngs saloon over twenty-five cents, which one claimed the other owed him, were arrested by Policeman Henry Childress, when Sterling vicious fly stabbed Childress in the spine. The policeman is not expected to live.
The Forrest City times., 1893-09-22
Upland Cotton.

A large per cent. of the cotton crop in Arkansas is grown on the uplands, and there is no disguising the fact that cotton in the uplands has been serious ,ly damaged by the drought.-Little Rock Democrat
The Forrest City times., 1893-09-22
Gen. ID. Burchard's Mother.

The mother of Gen. D. Burchard, of Little Rock, died in St. Louis the other day, aged ST.
 She was the relict of Martimer Burchard who died during the cholera epidemic in St Louis in ls49, and who owned the foundry fin which the first stove made west of the Missis. sippi was cast.
The Forrest City times., 1893-09-22
MISS LILY M'GEE.

The most beautiful woman in Arkan. sas, chosen to represent the state at Birmingham, Ala, in the war tableaux during the ex-confederate reunion. She is t9 years of age, and is the daughter of Thomas NJ and Margaret J. MeGee, of Van Ruren
The Forrest City times., 1893-09-22
New Postmasters of the Fourth Class.

Mountain Home, Baxter county, J. M. Casey, vice John w. Due, resigned.
 NEW POST OFFICES. Madeline, Cleburne county, Wade H. Mitchell, postmaster. Moab, Perry county, Benj F. Watson, post master.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-07-01

WHO SAID "GOBBrE: while Mr.. GObbler
was gaining upon her at every step,
looking fierce enough to brighten even
an older person than fve-year old
Janet.
Janet was rescued and her parents
went back to the house to rest and en-
joy themselves, and had gotten COM
fortably seated when another scream
brought them to their feet This time
it came from the mill pond, close by,
and the way Papa Frisbie made time
in that direction was we'll worth see
ing.
1t was Mamie, this time Mamie
was sixteen, and felt herself quite a
young lady. Mr. Billings, the host,
had a younger brother who worked in
his store, and this callow youth imme-
diately fell a victim to the charms of
the elder daughter of the house of
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-07-01

and struck at least one wicket. Al
any rate. he hit the ground 4U..te hard,
and there he lay and howlcd for help,
while Roman candles shot LIN, and
rockets kicked him, az, every other
devilish invention in that box came.
forth and amote him hip a:,I thigh.
At two o'clock a. NJ. Jul, 5. MS
Mrs. Fr;sbie, having put the children
to bed. with weary hands endc"vorct
to alleviate the sutferings of he" lord
and master, that person expressed IS
sentiments in regard to the way some
people spe nd The Fourth.
"Mph." hl So, in tone of deep
disgust. Just like woman. Weren't
satisfied, of course, to stay decently in
town, but had to go chasing off into
the blooming country. Catch me in
dulging any more of your crazy freaksrr
Mrs. Frisbie, who is a meek little
woman, didn't say word.
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think it their duty to lie awake and
wait for the clock to show that it is
still to be depended on.
Finally, about the time the small
hours were beginning to think of get
ting larger, she fell asleep, only to be
awakened in about five minutes by Mr.
Frisbie, who had gotten up to see what
time it was.
James do come back to bed and
keep quiet can't you?'
James came back to bed and quiet
reigned for time. Then, about an
hour before the alarm clock was due
to declare itself. the boom of cannons
and the sputter of firecrackers an
nounced the glorious Fourth, and the
Frisbie family arose because they could
do nothing else. None of them awolIe
particularly good-natured, and the
way the little Frisbies acted about get
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-07-01
THE FRISBIES' FOURTH.
BY X. L. KETCHUM,

Mr.. Frisbie set down his cup with a
satisfied sigh, and, leaning back in
his chair, smiled blandly at Mrs. Fris-
bic, who beamed at him from behind
the coffee pot. Then he took a sweep
ing glance around the board at the lit
tie Frisbies, who, for the moment
were not making any noise.
Mr.. Frisbie cleared his throat i'm
pressively. My dear. said he Il have
little plan" And he smiled broadly
and rubbed his hands together
"Yes?" said Mrs. F.. intcrrogatively.
Tomorrow will be the Fourth"
went on the head of the house, ponder
ously, and l have a plan to propose
for spending the day. This beating of
drums and screaming of flies, this
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-07-01

W SOdh hGI IlOt
oughly, new hat, new dress and all.
Before dinner-time came, Alec had
another accident. This time he fell
out of the hayloft and sprained his
wrist, thereby succeeding in placing
to his credit another sensation. Willie
was butted by a frolicsome bull-calf,
just before the bell rang for dinner,
but this affair was of small moment,
as his appetite exceeded his desire for
sympathy.
When, after mucn hustle and con-
fusion, they were all with the excep-
ton of Mamie, who was hiding her
modification and drying her clothes),
bundled into the wagons, with the
prospect OF day outdoors and supper
in the woods, over by the creek,
where Papa Frisbie proposed to
fish, there was another diversion.
Clouds began to gather, and it
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-07-01
BITS OF SOCIOLOGY.
Compiled for the Globe-Democrat !

Compiled for the Globe-DemOcrat
Fedor Vossileff, of Moscow, in
1872 was pensioned by the Gar
He had eighty-three children live
ing.
During the Franco German war
the Germans lost 263 men from
smallpox; the French 23,449.
There are in Europe $4,000 births
and 1900 deaths daily, or sixteen
births and twelve deaths a minute.
France is the only European
country which has to-day fewer
able bodied men than it had thirty
years ago.
An adult has about % pounds of
blood, and 10 pounds are sent
through vains and arteries at each
pulsation.
In 1920 the United States has
three inhabitants to the square mile.
of area; in 1890 there were twenty.
The average weight of an Eng
lishman 80 years old is 1856
pounds; of an American at the
same age, $50.
More cases of consumption ap-
peared among needle-makers and
file-makers than any other classes
of laborers.
At the seige of Metz, the French
in the hospital averaged 1900
men, nearly 10 per cent of the gar
rison.
In 1857 the Empress Catherine
received a Russian peasant women
who had fifty seven children all
living.
Human blood is composed of
77.S parts ofwater, 6. ofalbumen,
IA. I of coloring matter and I. 9 of
saline.
According to the insurance tables
the expectation of life at 10 years
of age is greatest in England, 40.
years.
The proportion of the size of the
skull of male to that of female
is as 100 to So, of boldly weight as
100 to 81.
In France, Russia and Holland
apoplexy is most frequent in win
ter; in Canada and the United
States in summer
In Great Britain the annual sick
rate for each inhabitant is ten days
to the year, in the United States,
eight days.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-07-01

deemed necessary to THE FIREWORKS.
the success of the expedition. Papa
Frisbie came home late for dinner,
tired and footsore, and very cross.
Mamma Frisbie was almost exhausted
and in condition bordering on hyster-
les, and Mamie, who had been obliged
to help her mother in the kitchen, was
in a very disagreeable mood, and
snapped at the younger Frisbies, who
were never very good, and who. now,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-07-01

ting dressed would
have tried a saint.
Then, when they
had had a hasty
breakfast. and all
w a S ready, there
was the sprint to
the station. Papa
Frisbie. with his
two hundred-odd
pound s, galloped
on ahead to secure
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-07-01

IN the excess oI Unelr eXuberance,
were positively ficndish.
At late hour that night, Mamma
Frisbie decided that all the necessary
preparations were made, and fell into
bed with a sigh of relief--but not to
sleep. She was too tired to sleep: be-
sides, some OF the little Frisbies, VINO
slept in adjoining rooms, were very
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-07-01


mamma and Mamie and the cook toiled
along with the baskets and hampers
and cuffed and herded the band of
young Frisbies, who were inclined to
loiter, despite their eagerness to get
off
They arrived at the little cross-road
station safely, much to Mamma
Frisbie's relief. There was no convey
snce waiting to take them to the farm,
so they had to wait about the station
until it arrived This interval was
improved by the small Frisbies to good
advantage, so that by the time the big
wagon arrived Willie had smeared his
nice new eight dollar suit with axle
grease, Freddie had hurt his finger
fooling around with a coupling-pin,
and Alec created some excitement by
falling afoul of a big yellow dog, who
resented the young mans attentions,
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pants.

I a S they "I.~LE- j.
landed at the ALEC AND THE YELLOW
farmhouse, in fair DOG.
ly good condition, and Papa and
Mamma Frisbie thought their troubles
were over, but this is where they made
n mistake. Mr.. F. had hardly got
ten settled, to smoke restful cigar
with his host, and his better half to
indulge in little talk with the
hostess, when there was a wild
scream from the barnyard, whittier
some of the youngsters had flown inn
mediately upon their arrival. There
was a rush to the rescue on the part of
all hands.
Small Janet had had the temerity,
urged and abetted by her brothers, to
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-07-01

FARCE, MADAM" at all. No one is
more patriotic than l. But it has been
turned into day devoted to noise and
turmoil and confusion, which is wrong
and we ought to discountenance, by
good example, the present way of cele-
brating our national holiday. My
dear, let's all go down into the coun-
try, away from all this racket, and
have a quiet. jolly little time all by
ourselves. know just the place to go.
One of our customers, who lives at a
little crossroads about twenty miles
out, has invited us to come and spend
the day with him. What do you say?"
Of course Mrs. Frisbie and the chill
dren were delighted, and it was i'm
mediately decided that Papa Frisbie
was a brick to think of this plan.
There was not much time in which
to get ready. Mr.. Frisbie thought no
preparations were necessary beyond
the purchase of the fireworks that he
conceded to be indispensable to
proper celebration of the Fourth, but,
of course, Mrs. Frisbie, woman-like,