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The Forrest City times., 1893-05-12
Palestine Times.

Miss Annie McGowan was in town Tuesday.
 PC. Moore is now behind the coun- ,ers at Holwell & Bros.
 MT. and Mrs. Manasseh Gorum and Miss Edna Coffey visited Forrest City last Monday.
 Miss Glennie Howell returned from a pleasant visit to Wheatley and Cotton Plant last Saturday.
 Mrs. Lucius Wood and children spent several days with the family of her sister, Mrs. J. R. Jones, last week.
 Alec Mohler visited home folks Sunday Alec likes the railroad work very well, though he finds it pretty hard work.
 Mrs. Ira Gorum is suffering with ton s;litis this week. We hope she may be relieved soon of this painful disease.
 Miss Mary Marlborough. who had been attending the Joe Jones meeting at Brink lev. spent Friday and Saturday in town.
 Judge CoGey, Dr. Mack, Mrs, w. M Partridge, w. l., Boone and wife and Miss Fora MOhler visited Forrest City Wednesday.
 C.C. Warr and S. F. Sulcer have placed flf Deil uDOu tut up Oi buiIt belfry, which adds much to the appearance of the church building.
 s. II. Brown preached bere Sunday and Sunday night He was invited to be with us on childrens day, but was obliged to decline on account of previous engage ments.
 Miss Sallie Taylor of CoVington, Tenn, who has been visiting Palestine for sev eral weeks, returned to Memphis We'd uesdsy. There she will spend several weeks before returning to Covington.
 We had the pleasure of taking supper with II. A. Martin on his birthday, which occurred last Wednesday. Strawberries were the order of the evening and we wish MT. Martins birthday would come oftener.
 Ernest Mckenzie, who has been clerk ing for Holwel t Bros, returned to Brinkley last Thursday. Mir. Mckenzie is very pleasant young man, and made many friends while here who regret to see him leave.
 Mark Marlborough reports the water near Ringville as rising at the rate of three feet a day, while the water north of Pal estine is said to be slowly falling. We learn that the farmers in many places are moving out of the bottoms, as they ap- prehend as great food as that of last year.
 Following is the report of the Palestine school for last tsrm: Enrolment 65; Av, craze attendance 45; best in scholarship Maggie Christian; good in scholarship, Emma Warr, Pearl Martin, Willie Par, fridge, Willie Mack. John Jones; best in department, Willie Warr; next best. Will lie HolweIl; best in punctuaity, Mattie Cofey. The school closed with short ex- ercises Friday afternoon.
The Forrest City times., 1893-05-12
Skin Cancer Cured.

Testimony from the Mayor of Sequln, Texas.
 Messrs. Lippman Bros, Savannah, Ha,' Gentlemen: have tried your |. r. T.. for disease of the skin usually known as Skin Cancer of thirty years standing, ana found great relief; it purifes the blood and removes all irritation from the seat or the disease, and prevents any spreadihg of the sores. I have taken five or SIX pot ties and feel confident that another course will effect a cure. 1t has also relieved me from indigestion and stomach trouble
 Yours truly,
 Capt. w. w. Rust
 Attorney at Law.
The Forrest City times., 1893-05-12
TO Consumptives.

The undersigned having been restored to health by simple means. after saHerins TOT that dread disease Consumption. is anxious to make known to his fellow sufferers the means IS of cure. To those who desire IT, ne wlii send free of chargel copy or the nrescription used which they will ind sure Cure for Consumption, Asthma, catarrn Bronchitis and all throat and lung Malaoies. iIe homes all sufferers will try his remedy. as if ia tnyaluable. Those desiring the preserip- tion. which will cost them nothing, ana may nroye a blessing. will please address.
 pio' REV EDWARD A. WILSON.
 Brookln, New York
The Forrest City times., 1893-05-12
S25.OOO In Premiums.

Offered by Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co. of St. Louis. Mo. The one guessing nearest the number of people who will at tend the Worlds Fair gets S5.O0o.00, the second S1 ,O00 .O0, etc. Ten Star tobacco tags entitle you to a guess. Ask your dealer for particulars or send for circu- I,r 29-l3t
The Forrest City times., 1893-05-12
Ben Davis, Reporter.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve.

The best salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores. Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains. Corns, and all Skin Erup- tions, and positively cures Piles. or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by C. F. Hinton. druggist.
The Forrest City times., 1893-05-12
Answer This Question.

Why do so many people we see around us seem to prefer to suffer and be made miserable by Indigestion, Constipation, Dizziness, Loss of Appetite. Coming up of the Food, Yellow Skin. when for 75c. we will sell them Shiloh's Vitalizer. guaran- teed to cure them Sold by Winthrop & ~,
The Forrest City times., 1893-05-12
Delinquent Tax Land Sale.
STATE OF ARKANSAS,
 County of St. Francls.

The lands and lots ard parts of lots returned de- inquent in St. Francis county for the year 1892 gether with the taxes and penalty charged thereon, agreeably to law, contained and described in the following list, viz:
The Forrest City times., 1893-05-12
McEIree's Wine of Cardui

and THEDFORD'S BLACK DRAUGHT are for sale by the following merchants in Forrest City. H. Evans & Co.,,
 Winthrop & Co.,,
 c. F. Hinton.
The Forrest City times., 1893-05-12

And notice is hereby given that said several tracts lots or parts of lots or much thereof may be necessary to pay the taxes, penalty and costs due thereon will be sold by the County Collector at the courthouse in said county on the second Monday in June next, the being the 18th day of June, 1898, unless the said taxes, penalty and costs be paid before that time and that tho sale will be continued from day to day upt all the said tracts, lots and parts of lots be sold
 F. .LAUGHINGHOUSE, May To- 1893. Clerk Of St. Francis County.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-07-20
An Artist Helps n Fakir.

Usually stories regarding the per.
sonal characteristics of foreign actors
precede their arrival in this country,
but the general rule does not seem to
have been observed in the case OF
George Grossmith, the London come.
dian, who recently returned to Eng
Iand after brief engagement in the
EssS. ne left many friends and nd
mirers in this country, and if half the
stories now told of him are true he
must be one OF the kindliest of men.
One is related by the Buffalo On. W
Commercial of his being in an inn ut a
well-known seaside resort, one even
ing, whom forlorn travelling "reciter, "
of the type as pathetically well-known
to England Us to America, gave n So
called entertainment in the drawing
room. Like some Of It's sort, it was
wearily unentertaining, and when he
passed around his shabby hat at its
conclusion it was but to gather lenten
harvest OF half-pencc. As, disheartened
enough, the fakir wns leaving the
room, Grossmith, just entering, caught
a glimpse of his downcast face and
empty hat Straightway grnsping the
situation, Grossmith signalled him
with gesture To remain, and taking
his stand at the end of the room, said.
Ladies and gentlemen, as the next
number ou the programme, / will give
YOU humorous sketch :" and there
upon did so in his most inimitable
style. Amid the rnpturous applause
which followed, he proceeded to pass
around his hat, exactly as his prede-
ccssJr had done. The situation was
silver, in coins of gener-
ous size, promptly weighed it down.
rejoined his humble fellow
entertainer; the modish hat emptied
itself into the shabby one. Over them
Grossmith smiled his own sly, quaint
smile; and "Wcll, we've done pretty
well this evening, haven't We 2" said
he, and was of before one could say
thank you"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-07-20
A MrsLArD CONTINENT.

Now LET us run the list over,
OF men preceding Christopher,
Who came before Columbus came, that lag
gard dull and slow;
Those early Buddhist missionaries,
The rapt religious visionaries.
Who thirteen hundred years ago discovered
Mexico.
An Trishman named Brendln
(The list is never ending)
BE crossed the Sea Of Darkness. crossed the
wild. untraveled main.
He thought that he would try land
Some miles away from ireland.
30 he, twelve hundred years ago, discovered
US again.
Leif Ericsson. the Norseman,
regular old sea-horseman.
Who rode the waves like stations, and
couldn't endure the shore,
Five hundred years thereafter
Said to his wife in laughter:
"l;'s time to go and find, my dear, America
once more"
And so he went and found It,
with the ocean all around Il.
And just where Brendin left II Gve hundred
years before
And then he cried Eureka
I'm a most successful seeker"'
And then went of and lost it-coudn't r,nd
IL any more.
They fought the sea- and crossed It,
And found a word-and lost it
Those pre-Columbian voyagers were absent
minded men;
Their minds were 80 preoccupied
That when continent they sped.
They absently misaid it and it couldn't be
found again.
But Columbus when no found us
Somehow kept his arm around us.
Eor he knew he must be careful when be
found hemisphere
And he knew just how 10 use Il.
And he didn't misplace and lose H.
And misiay it ina corner where it couldn't
be found mex; year.
Like pretty worthless locket
He didn't put It In his pocket
And drop the New World through a hole that
he'd forgot to mend
But he kept his eye upon ii,
And he kept his finger on Il.
'Ad be kept his grip upoa it and held on :,
TO the end.
Sam Walter Foss. in Yankee Blade.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-07-20
THE MOST FASHIONABLE BODICE.

The round-waisted bodice, whether
plain, gathered or draped, is that most
generally adopted, although short
peaks are permitted when more be-
coming TO the figure. Sleeves puffed
up above the shoulders are now quite
gone out of fashion; they are still
ample in the upper part, but come
sloping down from the shoulders,
draped to the elbow, and then clinging
to the wrists. This shape is more
graceful than the balloon sleeve, which
is still fashionable, but becoming
only to very slight figures. New York
World.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-07-20
sminuse he returned, evidently much

aminute ne returned, evidently much
relieved.
'They were in the ash drawer" saio
he, "and your husband must ba
changed 'em aroundi / declare, be
tween meddling men and meddlins
women, I'm most ruinedl"
Dear mew gasped Mrs. Minton,
looking feebly after him as he strod,
away. There amt neither beginnin
nor end to all this fuss. What will
Moses say when he comes homei''
Once safe in his own room ut home,
Mr.. Ralston fitted on his spe ctacles anc
hurriedly opened the fateful package
'Fsugh !" he cried, dropping it il
dismay. 'It's pack o. love-letters I
My own love = My dearest treasure
Yours until DEATH What are these /
And where's my five United State,
bonds for a thousand dollars each?"
He was answered sooner than he had
expected, for while the exclamation
yet lowered on his lips, Comfort rushed
IL with clasped hands
Father, she cried, "here is some
thing that belongs to you Some
government bonds with your name on
them And, oh, where did you GET
Ben's letters?"
"Ben's letters. ch?" said the old
man, n slow smile breaking over his
face ''Well, here they be. A faii
exchange amt no robbery"
Father the girls head dropped
on his shoulder. the tears sparkled ir
her eyes-''you know it all now. We
love each other. We shall be wreteheo
unless we cnn be united. Take back
what you said, father. Do not forbid
us to be happy, dear, dear father I"
"Well we'll " said Ralston, ready TO
concede anything in the immense relief
of recovering the treasures that had
been wellnigh lost, "have it your own
Folks says Bcn's business is lookin' uI
of late, and p'r'aps he'll make decent
sort o husband for you yet"
ooh. father Oh, father"
There, there, Comfort, don't
squeeze me so everlastin' close" re-
monstrated the old farmer. ''But it's
sort q queer, now, amt il, that we
should both hey' selected the same hid.
in'-place for our things, eh? Like an
old raven and young un, eh?"
And Comfort Ralston hastened Joy.
fully to her mother to impart the glad
tidings.
'It never would have happened,
mother, If you hadn't sold the old
stove Oh, you should have seen
fathers face :"
And ever afterwsrd the sound OF
Moses Mnton's jansiing bells was
music in Comfort Ralston's ears. -
New York Ledger.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-07-20
Bears Killing Cattle.

One night last week bear killed
and carried of veal belonging TO
Peter Flicker, and so badly crippled a
year!ing that it died the same day
from the effects of the injury. An old
cow was also pretty badly used up at
the same time and carries evidence OF
bruins claws. The stock were all in
tine pasture at the time the attock was
made, and after the calf had been
killed the bear carried il n distance of
over mile into gulch overgrowing
with underground, where it was eaten.
1t is said that bears are plentiful in
tae country above whore the Grand
Eonde cmptics into Snake River, and
they can be seen at all times of the
day along the banks OF that stream.
A prospcctor's camp was visited by
bruin last Monday during the absence
of the men and II quantity of bacon
aIid sugar eaten ana destroyed, The
trscks in the sand show there must
have been three bears. ---Asotin Wash.
ington) Sentinel.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-07-20

For The feeding of London n little
more than 323, 0s3 tons Of meat, poul.
try and general provisions were deliv-
cred last year from the public markets
alone. This total was some 10, 900 tons
more than in any previous year. There
was an increase of over ten per cent in
the supplies of American meat. 939, ii2
animals passed through one cattle
market of the metropolis and 1i1, 1870
through another. all going 10 supply
the city with food. These figures, of
course, only indicate n part of the sup
plies
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-07-20
FABRICS FOR MOURNING DRESSES.

Deeply crinkled crepons of pure
wool very thinly woven are excellent
fabrics for summer mourning dresses.
They are chosen mt this season for the
hrst and deepest mourning dresses,
though many modistes commend Hen
rietta cloths and French bombazines
all the year round. especially for the
hrst gowns worn by widows. Nuns
yelling is still liked for its lightness,
and is already ordered for next year
by the merchants. Iron grenadines OF
exceedingly fine meshes OF mixed silk
and wool and those with a sheer sur
face not defined by meshes are suita-
bic for the deepest mourning dresses.
A new fabric, called "seDle," is a silk
crepon as thin as Liberty's silk. and
deeply crinkled like Japanese silk.
The fashionable modistes use sable for
the whole gown, and trim it with the
ft-finished English Grape that is now
made without dressing and is entirely
lustreless. Gauze grenadines with pin
dots or with larger balls make thin
dresses for midsummer or are used for
blouse waists, with sleeves and skirt of
crepon or grenadine.
For general wear and travelling
dresses Is n new Priestly goods. called
Carmelite, n lightweight mixture of
silk and wool that sheds dust, and is
Ms cool and thin as muslin. The silk
warp crystallette introduced last sum
mer Is still liked for its dust-resisting
surface and feather weight. Camels
hair grenadinc, as strong rs iron, is an
admirable sheer wool fabric, entirely
without lustre, cool to the touch, and
either plain, striped or figured il is
iorty-four inches wide, and costs from
81. 30 to 80 yard All-wool batistes
and tamise cloths are slightly heavier
stutis for 'second-best" and travelling
dresses. Plain black india silks have
so little lustre that they are commend
ed for cool summer gowns, for travel
ing, and Tor Worlds Fair dresses for
those wearing the deepest mourning.
Storm serges of very wide twills and
hop-sacking woven in basket checks
are suitable for seaside, mountain and
travelling gowns, and are also safe
purchases for the next season, MS the
merchants have already placed large
orders for these stuffs for autumn and
winter use. -Harper's Bazar.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-07-20

from warp of silk woven in ~
body of spun glass so delicate |, N
ure that IL is plinble as the sof,o., 8
The process was invented but re,,.
and none of the peculiar fabric II
yet been put upon the market s,i
in small articles, such as necktie, j
these only as souvenirs from the
on the plaisance.
With the present facilities 70, ;,
featuring il can be made bu, ~
end at great cost. One yard esc.
is considered big turnout N
therefore, expensive material, an
dress which the princess will u
when completed will cost about A.
Cost, however, will not be taken i
consideration so long as the M,
is pleased with the figure and (,
will be presented to- her bv The /.
works, when finished, and virl
taken to Spain for the especial d,s
OF the courtiers at home. ~
Libby, of the glass works, said M
arrangements had not been comn
for the acceptance of the dreg
that they were under way and =
doubtless be finished that day =
cago Herald.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-07-20
HER COSTLY ROBE OF SPUN GLASS.


Princess Eulalia, upon her return
home, will introduce into the royal
wardrobes of Europe II new and pc
culiar product of American invention.
Her Highness, since arriving in this
country, has seen many things for
which admiration was expressed.
While making a trip through cosmo-
politan Midway Plaisaace, ut the
Worlds Fair, her eyes rested upon an
object which seems to have charmed
her above all others She made no
hesitation in saying it delighted her
when 1t was first presented TO her view,
and long after she left the plaisancc
thoughts OF possessing sample filled
her mind. Next day her mind was
made up to procure it at any cost, and
negotiations were at once entered into
for it.
This product of our genius which
the royal lady has so signally honored
by her wish for it is, of course, dress.
But ii is dress such as no other wo-
man has yet worn, although one, a
distinguished actress, had found il be-
fore her and had made arrangements
Tor having one made. The dress is to
be made Of glass, and will be woven es.
pecially for the princess ut the work.
on the Vlaisance. The material is made
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-07-20
A PoRrrEBE OF SHELLS.

A lady who spends her summers nt
the seaside has collected about a BUSH
el, more or Less, of small. almost fiat,
thin yellow shells. which abound Mt so
many points on the coast. With these
she this yeer fashioned portiere that
Is novel andpretty beyond description.
Each she'll is pierced with hot wire.
and then strung on n delicate wire. so
that the narrow end OF one is next TO
the wide end of the other. A number
of strings were made in this way long
enough to reach from the floor to the
curtain pole, where they were securely
fastened TO strip of plantation cloth
of the same shade ms the shells
Through the fretwork above this cur
tain is draped length of sea-greea
India silk, falling half way to the floor
on the right side.
less ambitious woman has made n
curious scarf by sewing these shells in
artistic confusion on either end OF n
length of Nile Green silk. putting here
and there among thcm bits of golden
brown seaweed. A fringe is made Tor
each end by stringing shells on green
embroidery silk instead of wire. New
York Commercial Advertiser.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-07-20

General Lord Wolseley, before he
would ACCEPT II British peerage stipu.
lated that the title should descend to his
only child, Frances Wolscley. The
favor Is one seldom granted to the
English nobility, though there are u
great number of Scotch and Irish
pecrnges which descend in the female
linn
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-07-20
The Output Of Flour

The "Northwes,ern Miller, Mnneapoli.
IN its weekly review say. The output Of
Hour at the mills last week was only l3} DC
barrels, averaging - 30 barrel, daily,
against ij9,7jI barrels the week before. li7.
$40 tarrels the corresponding time in isg2
and l39 ~. vsIrels ia 1871 The direct ex.
port shipments by the millers last week
were only iG,9o barrels, against 1906 bar
rels the preceding week,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-07-20
New York Baby BOarders.

There are quite n number of women
in New York who earn their living by
taking in baby boarders." These
little tenants are anything but bur-
den TO their foster parents, many of
whom arc widows or old maids who
have passed the frivolous age and get
e great deal OF comfort out OF baby
guest.
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1T had CHEEKY echo under the white.
blossomed ,elderbushea ard close, 70.
'she old fasih, even though il was only
string of bells stretched across n
wagon and agitated by the iog.i,C OF
an ancient white horse, that was as
blind as the little god OF love. while q
shrewd old man trudged beside Inn.
guiding his devious way.
"Ilnkle, tinkle, tinklo"
Anything in my line to-day.
squire:' asked Moses Milton, checkina
his march ms he caught sight of Mr..
hnlston gathering the early apricot,
from the sunCy side OF the wall
"Ciit out :" was the tcrse reply.
Rags:' suavely added Moses
stretching mis- neck to look at the red
Checked beauties whose subtle frapraucr
filled the air. Bottles? Old iron.
Noospapcrs?'
Cit out, | say" growled Ralston.
never once glancing mp from his occu-
patron. 81 hain't no time to bother. 90
No offence, | hope said the in.
domltahIy cheerful itiucrant. al seen
an old wood-stoye in the shed rs
came by.
well, and if You did. what bust.
ness was 1t of yours rctorted Ralsto,.
Wal, none, not if You look at 1t
that ar way. said Moses. ''But If So
be as we could drive II trade"
We cant then, and there's an end
Oh answered Ealston.
And after one or two seconds fur.
ther waiting, Moses Minturn chirrnped
TO Old Gray, and once more the bells
tangled merrily on the air indicative
OF u move.
strange how persistent them mis-.
erablc creatures Is, thought Farmer
RglstOu.
Strange how grabbed Simeon Rails.
ton Ccts, as he gets older" meditated
Moses. IF tnnt ar's what money
brings with it, /. for one, don't wants
to bc rich. Get mp, Old GRAY"
Farther down the lane. however.
where the ripenlng blackbe~ries hung
Their knobs Of jet on every bough and
spray and the sound Of "A little broO,
somewhere In the distance made II
''- ''''+'s p ht -Ai4L+t MUSES. llutOn came
across Mrs. Rulston. fat, comfortable
Old dame, ms unlike her husband as the
motherly barn door hen is unlike the
gaunt, high Shouldered game cock.
"Well, declare, said Mrs. Rails
ton, If ] wasn't jest a-thinkiug about
yOu, Mose Miuton!"
Was you, thought" chuckled the
old man. "Anything in my line to.
day? Woo-oO, Gray / sw'ar 10 good. /
ness tas the old horse contentedly
buried his nose in green bank that
there rrittrr couldn't find ont where
the clover crumps grow no better, not
II he had forty pair OF eyes, inste'd O.
being stun-blind :"
'Alc and Comfort, We was a-sayin'."
contentedly purred Oh Mrs. Ralston. /
who wa in full pursuit of flock of .
lemon ducklings who were evading her /
guardianEhip in every direction, "that
yon hadn't been along in quite spell. (
And the bag of mixed rags is quite
full, and there's lot OF old numbers
Of the Missionary Review. and But
don't speak 80 loud. kind o. don't
want father 10 hear. he's 30 mortal sot