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The Forrest City times., 1893-10-20

her doll in pretty, broken accents: 100 must be till, dolly, and hear papa wead." In spite of myself. I was more interested in her than in the momentous questions which were being settled by her father and his old instructor. l had turned toward the child, and SUD- pose Augustus glanced mp as he had done before, expecting to meet re- sponse on my face, and found me nap- ping. He came to an ominous stop. "Is it possible, Maria. that you are not in- terested?" he said, coldly. ''Oh, yes." I answered, humbly. Do excuse me, Augustus, but she is so cunning" That is true," he replied, his severity disappearing as he looked fondly at the little prattler; for, as l remarked be- fore, he is very affectionate father. The cakes were now all out of the oven, and sat with eyes fixed upon the reader, determined that nothing should divert eye or brain; but there came a knock at the door; I answered it; it was a tramp, looking fel- low who wanted something to eat. Augustus never allows me to feed these vagrants, and I dismissed him quite curtly, and turned away. He opened the screen door and followed me into the kitchen: he beat nasty retreat as soon as he saw Augustus, who has such a commanding presence that even Q tramp is affected by it.
 seated myself again, and in about three minutes Isabel, the enforced quiet having become irksome, began to I~n 1c~ floor in most distracting manner. "Oh. do wait minute, until can dis pose of this child.' cried I took her into the dining-room and brought out some toys which she is allowed to have only on state occasions, and hurried back. The end of chapter was soon reached, and Augustus announced that he thought that would do for that morning, and disappeared up the back stairs. I thought afterward that did not express my gratitude as I ought; but I had happened to glance at the clock as l came in from the dining-room, and 1 was startled to find how near dinner-tima it was. Augustus is so punctual, and does not want the time of his meals to vary a minute; so, though it is great help toward forming correct habits to live with such person, I am extreme ly nervous if get behindhand. Another aggravation was that when I went to set the table found that Isabel had marred in shocking manner the face of the handsome wax doll that Angus tus' mother gave her last Christmas, saying that with care it would last un- til she was done playing with dolls. It was all my fault, too, for giving it to her.
 Dinner was late, of course. I know Augustus was annoyed, though he was kindly silent on the subject. It seemed as though 1 never should get my dinner dishes washed, and then had to go to bed with nervous headache.
 Augustus has never offered to read to me since, nor referred to the book. There are some other subjects that to my mind seem to need reconciliation as well as science and religion, but what troubles me the most is that all these things make it so very discourag- ing for Augustus.-S J. Underwood, in Outlook.
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TO BE A CHILD.

I sometimes fondly used to pray
 Although the wish was weak aud vain) To be a child again at play. Thoughts of the early budding May
 Thrilled through the prayer which. in n!
 pain. I sometimes fondly used to pray. Sweet fragrance from the woodland way,
 And song of cuckoo made me fain To be a child again al play. It was towards prayer, you say
 That with an aching heart and brain l sometimes fondly used to pray; But listen-'tis the skylark's lay
 How sweet upon the daisied plain To be child again at play For freedom from the city gray,
 For meadow path and country lane, l sometimes fondly used to pray To be child again at play.
 Arthur L. Salmon, in Chambers Journal.
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KNOWLEDGE

Hrings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; efectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation:
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
news, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs Is for sale by all drug
gists IL SOC and 81 bottles, but it IS man
nfactared by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
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urr,,c,o Xytlpso Snake Story Concluded.

"Unc!e Wins' Snake Story Conciuoeo'
We loft the crowd of boys about the time
Charley had finished paying Lewis tor ms
trick on him.
After this little episode all of them except
Charley continued the business OF Tile
meeting.
In less than an hour they killed twenty
seven of the monsters. and MADE p!l-
amid of them in the middle OF the ROAD.
While they sat and talked over the pa''ie
Lewis, darby like, fell asleep
Charley" said Bill, I'll help you pay
Lewis back. | want to take some OF lhe
starch out Of him anyway. IL tie one Oh
the snakes around his leg and then call
him
You will have to do it yourself, replied
Charley. Il wouldn't touch one with forty
foot pole.
"All right" replied Bill, and in moment
he had long snake tied to lewis'S ankle.
4 veil or tw, startled Lewis from his
sleep and the boys started at rapid run
for home.
Lewis half aroused, glanced at MS 1oot
and saw the dangling snake.
Great fader look YER as he kicked at
the snake. He only succeeded III twisting
the snake around his leg Lewis yelled and
jumped, the snake swinging after him ana
went through every possible contortion from
twisting around his leg to flying up towards
his face. He started to run, yelling. On,
lordy. oh, fadcr, dis big moggerson dun
bite dis niger Mars Bill! Mars Moe! don
let dis snc!l kill yer niger"
Some extraordinary movement of the snake
made him dart off i'll the bushes like deer.
Dragging through the saw palmetto soon
cut the snake loose and when Lewis took
time. he saw the absent snake, but the pres
ent string He saw through it i'll n minute
AMI rushed to the boy perfectly Infatuated
WHO tie dat snake to my Leg lie yelled
Dog eone if | don't Xix who ebber dun It,
Think So" said Bill. Il saw sou try
one fellow just n0wI rather think he had
you
"Me no keer," replied Lewis. 'me WASH
mad den. | is now. Ne kin lick en-.
Just then Fill walked back to the pile
of snakes and picking up long, keen one
approached swinging it around his head.
Mars Bill" said Lewis, put down
dat snell pleas sar. Me no wanter fitC
nobody
'no you think you can Nbehaye yourself
| now?' asked Bill.
Yes, sar." replied Lewis quickly. ME
dus dat me kim ard his courage evapo
rated as he took his place in the crowd.
UNCLE WILL.
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SCISSORED SMILES.

Dom The Boston Globe.
ls.'pring blowing has begun In the ice.bur
- led streets OF Boston.
0uld IN The Springfield Republican.
onta( Washington preacher, Rev. DR.. Hamlin
,cts srts that there is great deal of vital
Th@tical piety among our public men"
y nllm The Boston Journal rep
~, here is Il good deal of curiosity to know
If tiher that experienced Hessian of politics
& or Dion. Charles Schurz, Is to be taken in
does Il the cold
viii ny Murat Halstcad.
ltaSe, sham in passing from one appIe tree r.
yer aher, did not let go with his feet on one
until he had a firm grasp on the other with his
hands.
Baggs-They say Moneylove has a well.off
Jaggs-Yes, and she has a sycophant
Philadelphia Times: The policeman likes
to be i'll politics because, under such circum-
stances lie has a chance to make a hit
Brooklyn Life: Tommy There's a girl at our
school, mamma, they call Postscript Do
you knew why?
Mamma-No, dear.
Tomay-Because her name Is Alkaline Moore
Some years ago in Vermont widower who
| lost little girl had the following epitaph
| placed her tombstone:
go sleep with MA, Amny Il.
| Soon pa VIII come and sleep with thine
Since then, however, he has buried three
! wives and is healthy yet.
Puck: Vsitor-So you going to build
a house in the suburbs! What sort of dwell
ing shall you put upi
Host-Well, l examined the Renaissance,
Queen Anne and other designs, but finally de-
cided the colonial plan
Hosts Son-Why, papa you told mamma you
were going to build it on the installment plan.
i New Braunsfels Texas. Herald: a promi-
nent minister, invited to a colored congreSa-
-tion, took occasion to give them some good,
-Tl!holesome doctrine on the moralities Of life.
~ the closing prayer the colored preacher said:
10 Lord bless the brother that breaches to
!, tonight. He's brought us the gospel about
<1,od Twin. Hes done told us we must quit
tvin and quit stealin' and quit gettin' drunk:
~5nd he's told us must pay our debts and
~xA.aen orr word good 0, Lord, bless hin wild
TEower and strength to practice what he
breaches"
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MOT ICE.

From this date the price of
The Weekly Constitution and
Farm and Fireside will be
$3.50; also $50 for ladies'
Home Companion and The
Weekly Constitution, one year.
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IL Would Shock the Motornnan

From The New York Tribune.
An electrical expert says that it would be
dangerous for woman wearing crinoIine to
cross electric car tracks. But he does not
say whether 1t would be dangerous to the car
the tracks, the woman Or the crinolne.
All Worked Like beavers; Right thought
From The Philadelphia Record
Nine bellies Of Beaver Dam, Wis, have had
a woOd-sawing match. The saving was easy
but the effort to say. nothing must have been
a strain.
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A MODERN MIRACLE.
EREIDA PRUDER HAS HER SIGHT,
HEARING NDSPEECH RESTORED.
She Was Thought to be Bewitehed ny tho
Ignorant Neighbors who Ihreatehe" 10
Tar and Feather Her Deliverer.

Omaha. Neb., April 3.-Jansen, Neb.,
is a prosperous village of 200 or 800
houses, located ON the prairie. Most OIL
the inhabitants are Germans and Russians.
Among them lives John Pruder, German.
who earns a scanty support for hlmseli
and family by laboring on the sheep ranch
of Peter Jansen The only one OF the
family who understands English is little
Ereida, girl of nine years.
Inst before the holidays Frelda was
taken i'll and confined to her bed, and until
ron DAYS ago she was the victim OF most
mysterious sjlment. She was subject 10
spams. in which her fingers were crampeo
until the nails were buried in her PAINS
and her toes were turned under her leet'
She lost sight, hearing and speech ana her
LITTLE figure was racked with variety Oh
Involuntary contortions She was en-
trelv HELPLESS for hours and days, anu loi
one neriod of eight weeks lite was suSlaii,u
by pouring milk down her throat. "a
other times she imagined she saw 'isi r,l;.
Sometimes it was an ahsei,, inei, st;rts A
then again woman in white skirts' ~
nhysician ventured the opinion that liiS
childs liver was affected. Another sun
Il was typhoid fever; another aohil tn
that he didn't understand the case. ne
circumstances of her sickness Is youched
for NV merchant neighbors of responsibility,
who can have no motive to misrepresent.
One supersttious old woman sugsesteu
that Freida had been witched. ~.
She recommended that the bed on W !.;r,
the child lay be searched. AccorGlnsg
the Pruders opened the tick, and c4riously ,
enough they found the feathers hi 1;4;r',a
n "ie PScu Suggested st that these feather Oh
iects be burned, saying that the T Wltch
would be the first person to visit me ne mousse p
after the burning. The first caller map, nap,
pencd to be a Mrs. Miller. her hIsba4 ma
had at one time made VAN at, .,h tha ~
T Tel Ir Accepted the conclusion that Mrs
Miller was bewitching the child IN re-
yeuge.
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Was Vanderbilt Worth Nearly $500, 600 900:
From Towards Letter in The Boston Daily
Globe.
When William II. Vanderbilt died he left
each of his eight children S11 100000 and
divided the residue between Cornelius and
Willie X. A high financial officer, whose
name | am not at liberty to give, but whose
authority l tell you is unimpeachabie, told
me last summer that that residue was not
far from 5000, 100000, so it is fair to insist
that at any time during the past twenty
wears William II Vanderbilt was the rich
est individual on Manhattan island.
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"The More the Better.

From The Washington, Ga, Gazette.
We are always glad when we open The At
lanta Constitution to see it marked ''ten
pages" or more. The more there is OF 1t
the better we like it,
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hpIpatIHe " UTtH county, IH., Local.
Drying the war the women of the south
made their meat and bread at home while
their husbands and We're off in the army
Now the children of these same women saw
they cannot raise their own meat and do not
raise their own bread. Things might be i'm
proved if the women had Il showing again
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IT'S Hard So Get the Millions Out.
From The CINCINNATI Commercial Gazette.
When a man comes around with a scheme
with millions in it, it may be safe enough
to endorse his sentiments, but one should be
careful about endorsing his paper
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stance of the Old MINIS Power.

Among the business men of Jansen is
Mr.. j. w. Marshall, a grain buyer: He
has q tcn-year-old son, Floyd. who suffered
for eight years from two running sores,
one on each side of his neck. He had been
treated at Omaha by physicians at an out
Law of many hundred dollars but met with
no relief. The cure of Freida Pruder 1.al-
nrally become the talk of the town and
FLOYD Marshall asked his father to take
him to 1Ir Erinberg for treatment.
Mr.. Erinberg looked at the lad intently
for moment, chatted with him few min
utes and told him TO be 4 good boy and
said he would be cured. In this case, the
old man did not retire in another room. In
this case another meeting was held about 10
o'clock this morning. When Floyd came to
his mother about 3 o'clock in the afternoon
to have his neck dressed she was surprised
TO find that the sore had stopped running
and the wounds closed. "A lump as large
as goose egg, that had
been gathering on his neck for
three weeks previous. had disappeared.
Hardly believing her eyes and not wishing
to raise false hopes, Mrs. Marshall said
nothing to her husband about the wonder
full change until the next day when the
sores had entirely closed and the discharges
ceased.
1t is beyond dispute that both children
were suffering from serious ailments be-
fore Erinberg visited Jansen. 1t is equally
true that since his visit their diseases have
left then and they are apparently in good
health,
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Wonderful Cures.

News of the affair reached FARMER
named William NOltensnyer, iorihelly W
Missouri. He advised the ne, Iruu eh,,r % No
and told wonderful tales of the cures
wrought by him. o ,os+ Sat-
urday morning, and went to the lu u;iJ
home. The stranger looked at li9 cnlu'
said he could cure her. and asked LOT II
room in which he could be alone, An al
Joining room was given UP to MN, put "llat
he did in there is unknown. When ne came
out he was prespring as though he had uh-
dergone some great physical eAefIon IT, or,;,a
Three times that day did he give the child
This treatment as he called his private
operation. He neither touched the cnld l
nor gave her medicine, and 1t is suppoSea lha1
he devoted himself to prayer WINE III st
clusion During the day there were nl in1
terings of ill-wlll among the ,,l,I1 Of
foreigners, and ut night company uo OF
twenfy-four organized with leader, called
at the Pruder home and notified Erlhpers
that he, must leave the town the next morn tG,
ing or they would prosecute hlm. me Inc
stranger from Missouri was peaceIni
whjtn-bcarded man of seventy, and was
evidently frightened by these threats, put
when Mir. Pruder and other intelligent cltl-
zens, satisfied that he was ut least dong no
| harm, promised to protect nm, ne aSieeu
| to stay. ,.4.o 1,,o;ao +broo
| "troatments' Sunday morning, and IN the
afternoon she was about playing with me
| other children of her age. SUNDAY mSn,
| she was at the house of Mr.. bruer unth u
| o'clock. romping with his children, though
| shn had not entirely recovered her speech.
The mob of Saturday night held a meeting
| Sunday and determined to tar and leather
Tlrjnbagg,, that boy boy VINO ffig plotting was
terIGnds. These gathered in force to protect
| the old man and his enemies were frightened
| from their purpose.
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'i stota l w. Douglass was born somewhere
q strenrthgia, perhaps in Screyen or Burke
II fed amin ,.. 900, ;4,,
Tho torment G. Douglass, and an aunt,
obacco dec0c- int W. 30, no, S.!uoch " ~
= various COM IL, t6o '' st,f ll'''A' >.....
- :" ~ Last year there was but j
y kills all the half that amount Is "ld ,6 ORR.
ID if the stable cH Il might correspond
nuIsion at the j. IL. SHApARD,
atrd. the q COlumhia. Tex
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By AUNT SUSIE.


ndaevIopm tint hear
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= Maud Shaw, Winchester, Miss.-I am little girl
Aye years old, and wish to join the band of couS-
mt ] am going to school and like to go very much
so- school will close the 18th of TINS month"; and
fg busy preparing for 1T; have several dia-
tres and speeches.
70 think Aunt Susies pets are very pretty
wish the Indian girl would write again. Her
.rs are interesting. l have no pets except
Lily sister three years old
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YOUNG FOLKS CORRESPONDENCE
Letters of Exchange Among the Constitu-
tinn'e lilo Folks.

been eaans Ihe G4aS!iy tT} n9 9 haze ha4
heon looking al your two little pets pictures
and | thin. they are very handsome. / drink
Kings picture IS the prettest Would like
TO correspond vita some of the cousins.
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''Salome." .,ioveroft. Tenn.-I had de-
lightful time when the snow was the
ground making snowcrcam, and brother ana
/ made Il snow man, but think the climate
was most 100 warm for him. for he DIDN'T
remain with US but few hours We have
a pond and a small sln and my brother
and our friends have fine times rowing. !
never row: no. deliver from ever rowing
on the water. and that's the only place
you can row. there won't be much prospect or
moor me ever rowing. / imagine / hear some
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Andrew NJ. Bruce, Sauda Seminary, \. C
You can't imagine how much | do enjoy read
ing your most interesting letters. | am study
ing telegraphy; think it is the, best occupation
for me as | am getting cid enough to be
thinking about lfe's duty. You can't mag
fffE how much I appreciate my friond that Is
teaching me telegraphy. | think he is enc
OF my best friends as my parents are both
dead Saluda Is a smaFl town, bat a very in
dusrious one. The electric lights arc PROV
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-11-04
THE SENATE,
by Associated Press.

Washington, Nay g. The senate pre-
scented no unusual features his morn
Ing The attendance was ANAL both OF
senators and spectators,
Soon niicr the senate met. ME-. Ccckroll,
from the committee on appropriations.
reported invombly the house resolution
providing for adjournment Of congress,
aud after some nnlmportant debate Il
was adopted.
House bin in aid Of tho Worlds fair
pri4e .Winncrs' exhibition, 10 Do held In
New York city, was flrn PASS Z.
As the usual committee 10 wait ilpon
the president aud inform him Tint con-
grrsa WIS ready to ndjnnru aud inqnire
" be had any further Communication 10
make 10 t. Ransom, Of North Carolina.
and Cullom, Of Illinois, was appointed,
aud then the senate proceeded 10 consld-
eiQlion Of executive business.
AZ 2'Al The senate opened the doora
and Mr. Ransom Informed The senate that
lhe president had no further conimunioa-
tons to make.
The interpretations then made the ac.
Acknowledgement OF resolution Of thanks
and adjourned the senate In few words.
The gavel was brought down and tho
extraordinary session Of the Fifty-third
congress had adjourned huc die.
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a CANNON BAIL CONDUCTOR,
KILLED ny ROBBEIIs.
He FOUGHT LIKE A HERO,
Firing Shot After shot, But They
Riddlcd Him With Bullets-A
HoId-Up ut OIiphant Ark.-EH-
press Car aud Passengers Robbed.
In Pursuit.


By Associated Press
Little Rock Ark. Nov. 3.-Fast OK
press train No, 81, of the ST. louis Iron
Mountain and Southern. sknown as the
Cannon Ball. due here at $40 a. H.,
was held mp and robbed by seven masked
men at oliphant. Ark, seven miles north
of Newport, at 10 tonight
Passenger Conductor McNally was shot
and killed while trying 90 protect the
train.
Oliphant is small lumber town Of
about 300 inhabitants, situated Ia lonely
timber district IN White county. When
the train stopped at the station two
men jumped upon the engine and point
ing revolvers at the engineer and fireman
ordered them to keep still threatening
20 blow their brains out II they moved a
MUSCLE
Other men surrounded the express car
door. which was open. and at once he
gan firing wicked fusilade from their
rcvolvers.
Conductor McNally drew his revolver
and returned the fire, but before he had
succeeded in wounding any Of them he
was shot md killed. The robbers then
entered the express car, oyerpowerod the
messenger and looted the car, leaving
two men to guard the irlinmen.
The other robbers proceeded TO rob
the passengers, They entered the coaches
and slcepers and at the point Of the re-
volyer relieved all the passengers Of
4heir vaIuables They then left with a
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-11-04

Speaker Crisp aud Representatives Tur-
ner The president listened nttentiyely
anu iniewstea,y to what the speakers
SAID and expressed appreciation OF the
INVITATION lie. rcniindri tho DELEGATION,
however. that he was a very busy man.
re recalled that the exposition would
ne oleh nntll tho lith OF December,
and then Maid no was NOT preparrl to
sly whether be could 70 or not. bur
consideration.
me prya,dcnts manner indicated that
he intcnded to accept. Il business would
permit The dcegation hopc FOR favor
licve u he fluids Il ps sihle 10 copnlv
Mith Their WISHES he will do SO by ths
IN 81 ncecmhrr, after congress meets,
aud close the exposition.
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Nv Associated Press.
wn.bi,st,n Nnr a ,rh,.o o, a..
'''' 49, "'l' WIS ms
psunl rush ana crdwding of bills and
conference reports In the Legislative chute
az ,hs bonso ,,.day thot niways marLs
t,o 1Io.ins ~ y ~. ~ , ~ '''a,,,.. ma no
'"S iS.5k ~ J'.sl er " a, o,,
~ 80 wv tiu'h " w senau w.
1 nov XXI XII a,v Ppy ~ wv,
~ hliH, "uJ"u'""lV"' W. "u'"'A WAN
aFteeu ~ ,, -.
As soon as ihls resoluu9n was lnale'
me house passed ~ JONI 'Iesulutloh IA.
euuclluE INC hpNAsef 10 npRplui opulihlt
tee OF thfre 10 JON hnllat eglnmittee
q me snnnle 10 Mnlt upon ne ptesl-
dent ma MORN MN " ue ,ina no iur-
ther c0Igmnnicui IONS 10 nuke congress
Was ready 10 nulourn ~. speaker np-
nmulel Mr Huimlh on lhlilud, pr;
turner OF HfpfHih qua M. pinRley or
Maine. VINO W ";lr. reported tnAt ne
president had 40 further communication
10 uiilhf. 800. .