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The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1893-01-06
sad Fate of a Travelling Man.

Col. Wake Hubball, drummer for
Robert Howe, of Cincinnati. was
drowned. u few days ago, in the back
waters of the Bigbee river near Vienna,
Ala. lie was driving across country
in buggy with only the driver for
companion. They drove into the
baclIwater near Vienna without
knowing how deep it was. Suddenly
the buggy began to float. and drifting
into the brush the horses became tam
gled and drowned. Col. IIubball stood
up in the buggy. with the water around
his neck, while the driver swan ashore
and went for assistance. When the
rescuing party returned he was not to
be found. He had frozen to death and
his body had washed away. The body
was subsequently found and shipped to
Cincinnati.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1893-01-06

Ok the I'd four persons were killed
and one seriously injured by the wreck
of snow pillow on the Great Northern
railroad, near Java station, 60 miles
east of I{alispell, Mont, by an ava
lanche from an overhanging mountain.
On the I'd warrant was issued in
Vienna for the arrest of Earnest Roe
derer. journalist, who is accused of
swindling John Simeon Bergheim, an
American miner, out of 500, 900.
john A. DER, detective, who claims
to have spent $1,000 in the search for
Tascott, the supposed murderer of
Smell. says: "Wm. b. Tascott did not
murder Millionaire A. j. Smell. The
man who murdered Smell lives in Chi
cago, and is well known. lie does not
want Tascott caught, and he is furnish
ing him money all the time to keep
away from Chicago"
On the I'd the cashier of the bank of
Laurens, Ia, was held up by two men
while alone in the bank. The robbers
got $500 that was on the counter, but
did not wait to unlock the safe.
AT Pittsburgh, Pa, on the Sd, ID.
Stewart Rogers, aged II years, was
placed on trial for the murder of James
IL. Stevenson, aged II years, on October
Is last, during quarrel about a cat.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1893-01-06
MISCELLANEOUS.

OK the evening of the LIST 500 an
archists held a reunion i'll Barcelona,
Spain, to celebrate the new year. There
was much incendiary talk, and several
of the speakers predicted reign OF
bloodshed and terror in Spain during
the year just opened The leading an
archist, one Molas, declared that he
meant to inaugurate 1898 with bap-
tism of blood. Great shouts of approval
and torrents of denunciation of the
grandees and middle classes followed
this declaration.
IT is stated that the natural gas sup
ply of the great Findlay (O.) gas belt is
no longer equal to the demand. The
pressure is so low that il has ceased to
be useful for heating purposes in homes
even. But what appears TO be a
calamity may prove blessing, as sew
eral of the larger factories there are eN.
perimenting with crude oil for fuel,
and have found it almost as cheap as
natural gas. far safer. more easily con-
troled and always uniform in pressure.
DURING December the coinage exc
cuted at the minis OF the United States
aggregated 9.232 930 pieces, of the value
of 81 4s6, asa. 30, as follows: Gold, 200,-
616 pieces, value. 2,s45. 1s5; silver D.
269,6l4 pieces, value, 81, 543, Us. 80; minor
coin ,, 7G2, 100 pieces. value s9s, l21. In
cluded in the silver coin are S96, O0o
souvenir half-dollar pieces of the stated
value of s44s. 600.
NATIONAL bank notes outstanding
December 81, 1892, aggregated STA, 500.
ST.. anincrease during the month OF
s1S9, 9s4, and during the calendar year
of 81 1886, $50.
IT is stated that the treasury DEPART
ment is preparing an important circu.
lar relating to immigration, designed
to sapercede all other circulars issued
on the subject.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1893-01-06
SOUTHERN GLEANlNGS.
Object to Paying the Tax.

The taxpayers of Muhlenberg coun.
ty, KY, are up in arms over an attempt
made to collect railroad tax.
This tax was voted about twenty years ago
for the build ing of the Elzabethtown & Pa.
ducah railroad. No tax has been paid for nearly
twenty years, although every legal process has
been gone through with to force the people to
pay 1t. A short time ago certain bondholders.
who got a Judgment against the county in
duced A. NJ. Cops, citizen of the
county to undertake the collection of
their debts. When it came to prepar.
ing the tax receipts, the assessors
books were stolen. and duplicates had to be
gotten from the lists in the state auditors OF.
fee. The collection has begun, and many of
the citizens in the county precincts swear they
will shed blood before they will pay a cent
Various threats have been made against Cops
The people have fought the collection OF the
tax through the courts until they have finally
come to the point where thev will have to re.
sort to physical force or pay. The debt now
amounts to abou. $500. 600, one half of the
assessable value of property in the county.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1893-01-06
THE FORREST CITY TIMES
LAsDvOlGT 6 MANDARIN, Publishers.

FORREST CITY, ARKANSAS.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1893-01-06

An Ex-Convlct sccures a Verdict.

In the United States district court at
Little Rock James Fisher, colored
man, was awarded 81 $50 damages.
Fisher was a convict and leased to Cook
& Reinman. contractors. He was I'M
mercifully whipped by agents of the
contractors, whom lie sued after being
liberated from prison.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-03
African Fruit Ruined by Insects.

Half measures are of no avail in deal
ing with the parasitic fly ceratitis-that
scourge of the fruit farmers in South
Africa. Mr.. William Tuck of Grahams-
town, who expresses this opinion, is a
high authority on fruit farming. He
tells u that in the eastern province
they can never depend on any fruit ex-
cept grapes coming to ripeness without
damage from fly Larvae, though where,
owing to high altitude, 900 feet to
5000 and over-there are sharp frosts
every winter such fruits as can stand
the cold are fairly free from the plague,
because the Larvae cannot tide over the
frost.
1t sometimes happens that scarcely a
peach ripens in the whole province with
out a worm inside. Mr.. Tuck is for he
roic remedies. He is decidedly of opin-
ion that if general and perfect destruc-
ton of all the fruit grown in any one
year could be brought about by the COM
mon consent of the whole body of fruit
growers the fly might be stamped out,
but he mournfully confesses that the
universal system of Ego as you please, "
added to the isolated life of cape farms,
renders any such united action of year s
self denial for the common good quite
racticable.-London News.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-03
Why Snow Falls In Flakes

Snow falls to the earth in flakes be-
cause it is water solidified in starlike
CRYSTALS, each snowflake being usually
made up of several crystals, which are
excessively light on account of the large
quantity of air among the frozen parti-
cles. The snow crystals arise from the
slow passage of the water vapor OF
clouds, when the temperature falls be-
low freezing point, into the solid condi-
ton, the fairylike transformation taking
place by the molecule or smaltess indie
pendent particles of the water grouping
themselves with the utmost mathemat-
ical regularity around different centers'
Each crystal Of snow, as of anything
else. is therefore a more or less perfect
geometrical solid. The most complete
snow CRYSTALS are formed in clear at
mosphere, where there is nothing to re-
tard the gradual process OF crystall1za-
ton or molecular construction. Rain,
on the other hand, being liquid, falls in
drops.-London Tit-BitS.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-03
The Most Interesting Thing In America.

An English traveller passed through his
city on the way to London. He had spent
three months in the United States seeing
things. A friend asked what was the most
interesting thing he saw in the country,
and he answered without hesitation that it
was a mule. Then he explained that he had
visited certain mines where mules were
used to haul the tramcars, and their won
derful patience and intelligence had made
on him deep impression.
Some of the tunnels were so low that the
animals had to hold their heads down and
partly stoop to go through, but there was
never any trouble. He pointed out char
acteristic of the mule that makes him I'M
Hike horse. Many Americans have noticed
it. If horse touches his ears in going I'm
der low bridge or through q tunnel he
will invariably throw his head up and re
ceive a hard knock. When a mules ears
touch anything his head goes down. In
some parts of this country it is a high com
pliment to a man to say that he has as
much sense as mule.-New York Tribune.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-03
LAID TO REST.
Funeral of the Late NJ. Il. Osborn = A
Tribute.

Tribute.
The remains of the late Nj. b. Os-
born arrived from Salt Lake City
aver the c., h. l. & p. last night and
were taken to the residence of his
daughter, Mrs. Henry Curtis, on
| Secand avenue. The funeral occurred
from the residence to the Central
| PRESBYTERIAN church at o'clock this
afternoon, where services were con-
Quoted by Rev. w. 5. Marquis and
Rev. j. II. Kerr. 1t was quite large
ly attended by old friends of the de-
ceased. the interment being made in
| Chippiannock cemetery. The fol-
lowing were honorary pail bearers:
Judge Lucian Adams, II. Champion,
j. s. Gilmore, Hon. W. II, Gest. DR..
j. w. Stewart and Mylo Lee.
\ Fitting Tribute.
| The Salt Lake City Tribune
paws this tribute to the deceased:
| \ few weeks since The Tribune
| made mention Of the celebration, by
his family, on March 3rd, of the
| Goth birthday of Marcus b. Os-
| born. He Archaeological the notice
in his own hand writing, and it was
| as clear of brain, as firm, clear and
| regular il penmanship as though the
note had been written by some one
10 wears Younger than Mr.. Os
born At that time his physician
declared that all his organism seem
ed sound, and he knew no reason
why his life should not be spared for
vet score of years. But it seem
the keen ewes OF the physician could
not distinguish the mildew that
was over all. 1t was another case
like that OF the one-horse shay,
every part was Jest as strong ez the
rest. and yesterday it all crumbled
to dust. \ grand old man was Mr.
Osborn. He was a most capable
man almost to the last,
and for seventy OF his ninety
years his life was devoted to making
others happier and better. He lived
blameless life. and life SO filled
with good deeds that had each one
been a feather IN his dying couch,
they would have made ii softer than
down. For many years he has been
waiting the summons that came yes
terdav, but it has been n cheerful
waiting. and there has never been
Il moment when he has not been
ready and willing to go. He seemed
always in the same frame of mind
as that expressed by the late Bishop
John Sharp on his last birthday.
which. as we remember the words,
was: Il am thankful that my life
has been spared 50 long, and when
my final call shall come, | shall be
thankful, too, for that" 1t is a
great thing to go down to the grave
in n calm like that. and intensities
the belief that when men generally
better understand the plan of life
there Will be no more apprehension
at the approach of death than there
now is at the coming of deaths wei
come brother sleep.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-03
Rheumatism Cured in . Day.

..Mvstic Cure" for rheumatism and
neuralgia radically cures in one to
three days. Its action upon the sys-
tenn is remarkable and mysterious.
1t removes at once the cause and the
disease Immediately disappears. The
first dose greatly benefits-75 cents.
Sold by
OTTo GRoTJAN, Druggist,
Rock Island.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-06-21
RELIGIOUS MATTERS.
HIS OWN.

DO you think that the Lord forgets you
Because you must fight and pray,
And reap the sorrow-haryest
You've sown from day to day?
Do you think that He lets you suffer
And never heeds your moany
All no. for the dear Lord Jesus
Will nerer forget His own.
Do you think that because your heart aches
With bitter, cruel pain,
And your LIES sweet happy sunshine
Is Swallowed by storm and rain,
And the music is hushel and silenced
Till you hear but the undertOne,
That the dear Lord Jesus forgets your
He never forgets His own.
Do you think that because your loved ones
Are lying cold and still
Where you can not hear their voices
Or work their careless will,
And the struggle you've made together
Must now be fought alone,
That the dear Lord Jesus forgets your
He never forEets His own.
Do you think r,Al because the sorrow
All human harrts must know
Has tome to HoL or the darling
You loved ant cherished so,
And things yol want have vanished.
The things you would call your own,
Thatthe dear Lord Jesus forgets you,
He never forgets His own.
And we're ali FI>s own dear children,
And He holds ~ all as dear
As you do the wNyward baby
Who creeps L four heart so seTi
And if we will OILY listen
We can hear Els tender tone;
Oh, rest IN peacs my children;
never forget ray own
Ethel H. Colson in Inter-Ocean.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-06-21
Tho Parsons Advice.

THE itinerary of Methodist minis
ter may have its unpleasant features
remarked n well-known Maine divine
to newspaper man, but it has its
advantages. too There is little,
dried-up Scotchman who used to be or
the Maine conference list who never
failed to get even with his congrcga.
ton. Al one station he Jared badly
ard on the last Sunday he addressed
the church, as all settled back &c
listen with caseS Now, brethren, it is
nat fair to go asleep as We always ha
done untA get alang wi my sermon.
This is my last one-so wait awce till
| get alang; and then, if I'm nat worth
hearing, sleep ava wi We, and | will
not care; but dinna go before ha'
commenced Gil me this one chance.
And they were all pretty well awake
by that time, so he went on: L shall
take for my last text amang We the two
strong words: Know myself but ]
viii say, before begin the main dis
course, that would not advise this
congregation to make mony such prof.
itlcss acquaintaneesr You may be-
iicve there was nat a snore or nod in
the house that morning. "-Lcwistor
Journal.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-06-21

he traced all the virtues, both DBsiic
and private back to one root-"wis-
domn--and he believed that the man
who had in his heart the root of all
virtues could be expected to develop
many of them in his own personal char
acter,
Life is n unit. there is no divorce be-
tween secular and sacred, between pub
lie and private conduct, and there is
something radically Enthusiastically in
the man, no matter what his public
record, whose personal life will not
bear scrutiny. Most men, probably,
would prefer to be called knaves to be-
ing called fools, but, according to the
Proverbs, there is little to choose be-
tween the epithets, for the knave is \
fool in the realm of morals; he may be
smart in bargain, but he is not or
dinarily clear-sighted and quicll-w:::ted
in the art of living
Very much finds its way into print
and speech rejecting upon the public
life of men who are supposed to be re-
ligious, and praising the public or Off
Ola, conduct of men who are supposed
to care nothing for religion. We should
remember that hypocrites are class
recognized in the Scriptures, and that
in all such CONGRATULATIONS they should
be taken into account. But we believe
that it would be very difficult to find q
worldly man who would not. when
thoroughly convinced of the religious
character of a neighbor, place a conf
dence in him that he would utterly
withhold from the man who was be-
lieved to be honest in business, but
who was know to be unjust in per-
sonal relations and unclean in life.
1t is practically impossible to culti-
vate single virtues. There is always
something hollow and unreal about
the pet excellency, whether it be hon
esty, or temperance, or whatever else,
upon which man prides himself,
while careless about other virtues. AL
most in spite of ourselves, we suspect
that he is cultivating that virtue
because it pays to do so, and
that there is no sound moral
core to the man. The Apostle eX-
pressed with clearer insight the truth
which the writer of the Proverbs saw,
when he compared the virtues to a
band of sisters led by faith, and re-
garded them all as "the fruit of the
Spirit" There is no secret for sweet,
wholesome, honorable human life, but
the possession within the heart of that
wisdom" which God grants in answer
to the double prayer: Write Thy law
upon my heart" and ''Incline my heart
to keep Thy law" And that wisdom
manifests itself in every relation Of
life.-Watchman.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-06-21

the most valuable of these local stamps
are those of Millbury, Mass, now worth
fifteen hundred dollars. of which only
six examples are known to exist, and Of
Brattleboro, Vt, now valued at six
hundred dollars
In 1917 the adhesive stamp appeared
in this country, following close on its
adoption in England, and in 1856 law
was assed making the prepayment of
postage compulsory. This measure put
an end to the old paid marks The
first adhesives were of five and ten cent
denominations. In 1868 the familiar
two-cent stamp, containing the head Of
Andrew jackson, was sent out. From
that time to 1885 the uniform style
adopted contained the protiles of presi-
dents of the United States. 1t is
worthy of note that previous to the
present issue of 81, 81, 50, and s. Co.
lumbar stamps the United States gov
eminent had not issued any stamps for
general use of higher denomination
than ninety cents, John Thompson, in
Young Mems Era.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-06-21

landing at Jaffa may in three hours
and a half be landed at Jerusalem.
The steamer usually leaves Port Said
at night, reaching Jaffa by sunrise.
So that, taking custom house and all
into consideration he can land in Jeru
sIlem by dinner time, making the run
in three hours and half, for from one
to two dollars, depending upon the
class nc takes In the old way the
Journey from Jaffa to Jerusalem con-
snmed two days, resting over night at
Ramlch.
The curious combination engaged in
building this road merits study. 1t
has cost 29,003,000. 1t is constructed
by French capitalists 1t is narrow
guage. The money, ties, ears and half
the rails camo from France. Belgium
furnished half the rails and half the
coal, the other half OF the coal comes
from Cardiff. Poland furnished one
engineer, while Switzerland furnished
several. Laborers came from Egypt,
the Sopdan and Algiers. The locomo-
tive is from the Baldwin locomotive
works, Philadelphia, while the cars are
from France. The latter look some
what like the American ears, but only
resemble in the entrance being from
the ends, while the compartment sys-
tenn prevails. The compartments all
open into one another, however.
Getting a round trip ticket, first
GLASS for four dollars, or second-class
single trip for one dollar, you are fair
ly aboard and en- route for Jerusalem!
What stations are called out! Lud or
LYDIA, with its graceful palms and
Church of st. George, where Peter
healed NncGS; Ramleh, where the train
sweeps by the tower of the Forty
Martyrs and where crowds of lepers cry
ont for aims: Gezer, or royal
CanaanitiSh city; yonder is the valley
of Ajalon, memorable for the great
victory Of Joshua; then are the hills
about the pass of Bcthoron; next we
reach Latrun, once a robbers strong
hold; now Ammas, the ancient
EIanaus of Josephus, to which Jesus
walked with His two disciples. Wind
ing around among the hills of Judea
and crossing a number of steel bridges
the train finally reaches the Jerusalem
station, 2,4S0 feet above the level of the
station at Jatfa, rise of nearly fifty
feet to the mile And here bursts
into Wow in the distance the ancient
city with its walls, domes and min
arctS!
Now that the railway is in Palss-
Tine dOa't have any desire TO visit the
Holy Land" said one. Wen, it is in
keeping with the land to travel on
donkey or camel, and one seems trans
ported into patriarchal times by this
mole of travel, rather than by the
lightning cypress. | must confess to
a sort Of shocked" feSling at first at
the tloI~ht of the steam ENGINE under
the walls Of Jerusalem. Eut then the
railway IS civilii2r and means much
for The fa1ure Of Palestine Two other
'roa!s ere clroa y proicctod-onc from
Bcirut II GlnaSsus, following the
PR, ut cl2-Jat French diligence road
mach Of tha WAY and also running
down sOGtSc2,t of Damascus. tapping
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-06-21

the rich wheat fields of the Human;
the other starting from Haifa, under
Mount Carmel, traversing the plain OF
Esdraelon and the valley of Jezreel,
crossing the Jordan, following the val
ley of the Jermuk to the plains OF
Bashan some 1900 feet above the Med
iterranean and then proceeding along
the old Roman highway to Damascus,
a straight and level road. This latter
route does not pass through any of the
holy places-Nazareth and the Sea of
Galilee lie to the north and Jezreel to
the south. These railways are sure to
come. They would open up the rich
country east of the Jordan to settle
ment. 1t is well known that in recent
years thousands of Jews have returned
to Palestine. Colonization societies
were formed ten years ago in Rou-
mania and southern Russia, which sent
agents to buy suitable properties in
Palestine.
1t is said there are now 1000 Jews
blowing the land where in 1881 not one
could have been found. found flour
ishing colonies at Haifa, Summarin,