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The Forrest City times., 1894-05-11
Proposed Amendmentst to the State
 Constitution.

NOTICES hereby given. that in conformity IN to the action of the General Assembly of this State. at its session of 1893. the following joint resolutions were adopted, proposing amendments to the constitution. and under the law the same will be submitted 10 the elec- tors of the state at the next general election, which will be holden on The 3d day of Septem- Der. 1894. for their separate adoption or rejec- tion. namely:
 PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 3.
 The county courts of this state. in their re- spective counties. together with majority Of the justices of the peace of such county in ad- dition 10 the amount of county tax now allow ed to be levied, shall have the power to levy a tax of not exceeding three mills on the dollar on the all taxable property of their respective counties, which shall be known as the County Internal Improvement Tax. and when collec- ted shall be used in the respective counties for the purpose Of making and repairing pubic roads, budding courthouses. jais. bridges and other internal improvements of the respective counties. and for other purposes. and shall he collected in Untted States currency or county warrants legally drawn on such Internal inn provement Fund.
 Approved March 10th. 1893.
 PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 4.
 The governor shall, in case a vacancy occurs in any state, district, county or township office in the state either by death, resignation or otherwise fill the same by appointment. such appointment to be in force and effect until the next general election thereafter. Approved April 9th. 1855.
 Each elector may vote for or against the fore going proposed amendments as d separate and distinct proposition-that is. he may vote for one and against the other. or vote for or against both.
 Witness my official signature and seal of of- flee this first day of February. 1894.
 H. E. HAMPSTEAD. TSEAI1 Secretary of State
The Forrest City times., 1894-05-11
Bucklen,s Arnica SaIve.

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 p cents per box. For sale by c. F. Hinton. druggist.
The Forrest City times., 1894-05-11

csc. O. q. Certain Chill Cure o ss pleasant t0 take and harm less. Children ..hc it. csuaraf,- iced to cure Cf,i.is and Fever. Barge bottles 50 cents.
The Forrest City times., 1894-05-11

Children like to take |" q. c. C. Ccrtnif; Chill Cure," the pleas amt aIsG guaranteed cure fer Fever, AgHe and Kaiaria-Bee- ter than Gcsliac. Price 90 cts.
The Forrest City times., 1894-05-11
McE!ree-s Nsine oi Cardui

and THEDFORD'S BLACK DRAUGHT are Tor sale by the following merchants in Forrest City. E C. Evans X Go.
 Winthrop X Co.
 Roberts < Hinton.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-09-05
He Did the Conductor.

II was coming up fir ON the In.
dian Territory once" said a drum,
mer, and there was a newspaper
man on the sleeper. His name was
Rhody, but he had pass with
some other follows name on it
When the conductor came along
Rhody showed up the ticket.
"Is your name Baker, asked the
conductor. That was the name OF
the ticket.
ayes, sir, it is" replied Rbody.
"Have you a card or letter by
which you could be identifed?'
persisted the conductor.
al am sorry" said Rhody, "but ]
haven't got thing that way"
"Well, don't you know that it is
no way to travel?
Suppose you would get killed in an
accident, how would your body be
identifed2"
"why by the pass" responded
Rhody dryly.
"The conductor gave up the eros.
questioning, and Rhody rode clear
to Kansas City on that other fel
lows ticket"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-09-05
A VALLEY OF Deatl,.

Avalley surprising in reality oi
horrors the fabled region of the upas
tree is reported to have been dis
covered in the Island ofJava. This
island is volcanic, ard in one spot
the emanations from the interior oi
the earth are so deadly that the
place is called the Valley of Death,
As the traveller approaches it he is
attacked by nausea and giddiness.
He also notices a suffocating smell,
As he advances these symptoms DIS
appear, SO that, after passing
through the belt of fetid air which
guards the valley, the visitor isable
to examine with less risk the spec.
tacle before him. The valley is
oval, about one mile in circumfer-
ence, and from thirty to forty feet
below the level of the surrounding
land. The floor of the valley is flat
and dry, without any vegetation;
and seattered all over it are the
skeletons of men, tigers wild boars,
birds, and stays, lying among large
blocks of stone.
The hills which hem in this val
ley of desolation are clothed from
base to summit with healthy trees
and bushes. A traveller descended
the side of one hill, with the aid OF
a bamboo stick, to about eighteen
feet from the bottom and compelled
a dog to go down to the plain. In
five seconds the animal fell on its
side motionless, although it contin-
ued to breathe for eighteen minutes;
and a fowl only resisted the deadly
air for a minute and half.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-09-05
A Friendly Game OF fRuchre.

Travelling in a Pullman car, ONE
day, were n commercial traveller
and mining millionaire who mad.
his fortune by his faculty of taking
advantage of his opportunity and
of his fellow-man. As the Pacific
Mail sped along, the pair dropped
into friendly game of euchre. An
hour or so passed. Then the mill
ionare dealt and turned up a queen.
The eyes of the commercial travel
Ter Frightened as he gazed on his
hand.
II wish we were playing" he
ventured.
The mine owner looked over his
cards, and said nothing.
Chow would you like to change
the game2' suggested the drummer
ed like to play this hand at po-
ker."
The millionaire glanced at his
cards again, then remarked, pleas
antly: "Well, 1 don't care if 1 do;
but you must let me discard and
take this queen"
"oh, certainly" was the eager re.
sponse. "I'lI bet you fifty dollars
on my hand"
"I'll see that, and go a hundred
better returned the miner.
The commercial traveller smiled
with great glee.
"I'lI raise you two hundred and
fifty" he said, counting out four
hundred dollars.
"Well," remarked the millionaire,
calmly, "if you want to play poker,
I'm your man. I'll just go you a
thousand better"
This bold bet somewhat stag.
gered the young man, but he had
confidence and a thousand dollars
and he called.
"what have your" asked the
mine owner.
81 have four kings" the young
man answered, throwing them on
the board.
aThen I'll take the money" the
millionaire remarked /; 81 have four
aces;" and he threw them down be.
fore the astonished commercial
traveller.
"That's all right" said the latter
as soon as he had got his breath
"That's all right the money is
yours; but I'd like to know why in
blazes you took that queen"
Thus we see that there can he
fneSse in poker even as in whist.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-09-05
An Agreeable Surprise.

A rather singular circumstance
occurred in the pension business q
few days since. Our old citizens
and readers will remember Mr..
Andy Huber, who died about a year
ago. At the time of his death he
was a pensioner and had made ap-
plication for an increase of pension.
It seems that he had matured his
case before his death, and had shown
that he was entitled to an increase
but died before the money was paid
to him. His widow did not know
anything about this, and made ap-
plication for a widows pension
which was granted her. She re.
ceived a check a few days since, as
was noted in our paper at the time,
In the same mail letter came to
her husband giving him back pen
sion which amounted to over $500
1t was very agreeable surprise to
his widow and children. We never
heard of case of this kind before.
aud presume that it occurs only in
Democratic administrations which
gives pensions that are just and
honest not only to the pensioner
but to his widow and children after
his death.-,SistersviRe Democrat.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-09-05

Old subscriber-I called to pay
you that Sc 1 owe you.
Editor QoftiIy)-There was nc
hurry. You needn't deprive your
self.
Old subscriber-In that case III
defer it. as really do need the
money badly.
Editor frising)-John, lock the
door and if he makes a break for
the window knock him down with
the mallet. Now shell out that sc
Atlanta Constitution.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-09-05

Why man can not swim without
having learned, while other ami
mails can, is explained by Mr.. Rob.
iuson in the Nineteenth Century.
1t is a question of atayism. When
in great danger we make the defen-
sive movements most familiar or in
stinctive to us. The first impulse
of quadrupeds is to run away, and
the movements of running sustain
them in the water, while man, true
to his simiah ancestors, tries to
catch hold of something, and pushes
his arms up, with the sure result of
himself going down.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-09-05

There is gun in the British ma
w, a 22-ton Armstrong. which hurlt
a solid shot distance of twelve
miles high, the highest point in the
arc described by the shot being 17,.
900 feet above the earth's surface
The discharge of the gun cannot be
heard at the place where the bal
strikes.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-09-05
Cost s1O.OOO,OOO.

George Gould's mountain luxury,
Furlough Lodge, cost s1o,OOO,OOO
and an expenditure of upward OF
81 100000 a year is necessary 10
maintain it. The lodge, which is
located in the Catskill noun tains,
stands on 1000 acre tract of very
expensive land. The tract is sur
rounded with a barbed wire fence
ten feet high. Within this enclo-
sure is the finest pigeon warren in
the world, and the richest pheas-
antry. There is an immense deer
park, small herd of buffalo and
foxes that run wild all the year
around, inviting visitors to shoot
them.
To take care of this great supply
of game there are ten men employ
ed all the year around. And these
arc under the direction of head
gam e. keeper, who is personally re,
sponsible for supply of things to
be shot when Mr.. Gould and his
friends come up for a holiday. The
winter supply of horses is always
seventeen, and the summer supply
twice that number.
The Russian dogs, with Czarain.
the famous foxhound, at the head
of the kennel, and the kennels of all
other rare, hardy winter dogs, have
their special keepers; and all told
the place is kept on as large scale
and as luxuriantiy as any royal es-
tate. No one else on earth spends
as much on a shooting box.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-09-05
jake and the Mhlte Bear.

There Is old sailor named Jake,
recently returned to San Francisco
from an arctic cruise, who has made
up his mind not to go on another
whaling expedition, no matter what
happens. The reason is this:
On one occasion during his late
voyage Jack was on watch in the
night-that is, as much night as it
ever gets up there in summer. The
sun had gono down about an hour,
and would rise again about an hour
later. 1t was a beautiful night as
the ship lay there in the ice, and the
air seemed scintillaling with a phos-
phorescent glow that penetrated
everywhere and made no shadows.
On all sides the packed ice lay close
to the vessel and reached far in every
direction, broken occasionally by a
large berg or the faint outlines OF
another ship. The silence was pro-
found; it seemed to produce roar
ing sound like the waves of distant
ocean. Such surroundings will put
a person in semi-comatose state
from which the slightest sound will
awaken him with a start.
Jake suddenly saw something
white in the gloom climbing the
mast. His first impulse was to jump
to the dock, but before he could act
upon it the white object climbed
through the lubber hole and Jake
then saw it was a polar bear. Jake
realized that he was in a most dan
gerous position and began to think
of means of escape. He called to
the watch on deck below, but they
couldn't hear. He tried to get out
under the canvass, but the beast
grabbed him and pulled him back.
1t began humping him, and every
time Jake attempted to move away
it would growl. Suddenly his eyes
lighted on rope hanging to the deck
just back of the cradle. By this
means he thought he could reach the
deck. To swing himself free was
but the work of an instant, but the
bear made a jump and caught hold
of his foot. But a few vigorous
kicks freed him and then began a
new terror. Perhaps the rope was
not strong and would break or he
miss the stay and swing against the
mast and he dashed to death. The
moment in the air seemed years
filled with horror and several times
the bear almost shook him loose
To grab the stay and hold on was
most difficult and twice Jake's hands
slipped and almost lost it.
When he reached the deck he
looked up and saw the rope swing
back to the cradle, where the bear
grabbed it. 1t tried to do as it had
seen Jake do, but had no sooner
swung clear than it slipped and fell
to the deck. The crew had bear.
steak for breakfast.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-09-05

Within the last two weeks there
has been a very marked improve
ment in the freight business in all
the railroads over, but in the last
week the increase has been marvel
GUS, and from conversations with a
number of railroad officials it is evi-
dent that all are doing nearly if not
quite as much business as they did
before the dull times set in.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-09-05

A naughty exchange says there
is scarcely anything a woman can
not do with a hairpin. She uses it
to pick her teeth, button shoes, clean
finger nails, punch bed bugs out of
cracks, fasten up stray bangs, clean
ont her husbands pipe, scratch her
head, pick her toe nails, run into
cakes to see if they are done, and
about a million other things that
the poor deluded men know moth
ing at all about.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-09-05

A little five year-old girl in North
Carolina had learned the nursery
rhyme running: off at first you
don't succeed, try, try again" Re-
Gently she upset the family devotion
by ending her little prayer in this
wise: "And now, oh God, please
make Lille better girl, and if at
first you don't succeed, try, try
againl"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-09-05

A young printer in a country
newspaper Office fell in love with a
clergyman's daughter who did not
seem to reciprocate his affections.
The next time he went to church he
was rather taken back when the
minister announced the text: "My
daughter is grievousIy tormented
with a devil.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-09-05

Joaquin Miller is growing on his
California ranch a mile of roses.
He believes families live too close
together; therefore, in place oi
building one large house, he has
erected four small ones-one for
his mother, one for his brother, one
for his own use and the fourth for
his guest.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-09-05

To him that advertiseth shall
business come and he will prosper;
but of him that advertiseth not, the
sheriff will eventually take that
which he hath and he shall go
"busted."
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-09-05
stonewall Jackson,s s.Mammy..


"Aunt" Millie Chaplin, who died
in Harrison county day or two
ago, was born in 1893, and was con-
sequently 1O2 years old. In child
hood she was a slave of Hartman
Blannerhassett; later on was sold to
well l-known lawyer of his day
named Pindall, then passing into
the Chaplin family, by whom she
was owned up to her emancipation.
She was employed as nurse at the
birth and babyhood of "Stonewalr'
Jackson and was known by him as
"Mammy" up to the time of his
death.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-09-05

Thomas Wickes, the vice-presi.
dent of the Pullman Co., is an Eng
lishman by birth, and is 4s years OF
age. He came to this country in
1866, and two years later entered
the employ of the Pullman Co. as
an assistant ticket agent.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-09-05

A whale which was recently cap
tured in the Artic Ocean was found
to have harpoon in its body which
belonged TO a whaling vessel which
has been ont of service for moro
than fifty years.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-09-05

"What do you think of the board
of directors of the new joint stock
company" "Well, my opinion is
half of them are men who are capa-
Bile of nothing, while the other half
are capable of anything"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-09-05

The Massachusetts State Board Of
Health has Just issued a circular
which it is hoped will aid IN the
suppression of consumption. 1t
places the annual deaths in the
State from it at nearly 1000.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-09-05

Mrs. Gossip hear you attracted
much notice on your appearance in
the social world abroad.
Mrs. Numoney-I should say so.
1 wore on an average from $40, 900
TO s75, 900 of diamonds every ball L
went to.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-09-05

al fear" said the postage stamp,
when it found itself fastened to a
love letter, atbat 1 am not sticking
to facts.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-09-05
ICE :

The undersigned desires to inform
his patrons and the public gener-
ally, that he will continue in the
ice business next summer, supply
ing none but pure lake ice, and
would be pleased to have you leave
your orders with him for next sum-
mer's delivery. Ice furnished now,
on order. JOHN G. SToRTZ.
jan24 6m
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-09-05

ga letter from your wife, chr
Anything newo or strange happened2'
"Well, 1 should say so; she doesn't
ask for money.-Inter Ocean.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-09-05

A bicycle to run on single track
of a rail1oad has been invented by
man Latah, Washington.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-09-05

One billion feet of timber per
year is being cut in Texas, and at
that rate it will take but Is years
to exhaust the supply.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-09-05

IF America were as densely pop
ulated as Europe it would contain
as many people as there are in the
world at the present time.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-09-05

The young lady who has the
most beaux is not always the one
who gets the best husband.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-09-05

Mamma-If you eat any more of
that pudding, Tommy, you'll see
the bogie-man tonight.
Tommy (after moments thou
ghD-Well, give me some more.
L might as well settle that story
once for all.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-09-05

A sick man, just recovering his
appetite, ate eighteen dumplings
and was about entering upon the
nineteenth and the last one in the
dish, when his little son asked his
father to give it to him. "Why,
my son, would you take the last
dumping from your poor sick
father?"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-09-05

a single oyster in season produd
about I .OOO,OOO young.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-09-05
The Campaign Army.

They're coming from the mountains-th
sufein' from the sea;
They've singtn' an they're ringIn' in regu-
lar jubiIeei
They're dancin' and they're prancin' an, nd
rancins every where,
An they amt a-goin. to give In till
They're ridin, 'crost the cornnelds. they're
vallsin' on the grass;
The people are Jawin' an hurrahIn' as they
pass;
You kin see their flags a-gleamin' an
a-streamin' through the air,
An the band'll keep a-playin' till
They
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-09-05
There,

They 're a-hustIin, an, a-rustlin, am, ADJUST
lin TO ths fight;
They never stop for dinner an they never
stop at night;
They're spoutin' an they're shoutin' like
forty fur am near,
AM they amt a-goin' to give in till
They
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-09-05

The Louisville Courier Journal
tells Of a young lady in louisville
who had bolton her knee, and it
was so painful that it was deter
mined to call in a certain physician
that passed the house every day.
So they watched and waited, and
when they saw him, he was called
in. The young lady modestly
showed him the 'jewel" on her
knee, and the man said, "Why,
that's pretty bad; you should call a
doctor" "Aren't you a doctorG"
said the lady in dismay. "No,"
said he, al am piano tuner" Then
the young lady was greatly embar-
rassed, but it was a powerful good
joke.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-09-05

First Burglar-HarkI 1 hear
some men talking.
Second Burglar-What's he say
ing2
First Burglar-That he never
will bet on another horse as long as
he lives.
Second Burglar-Let's get out of
thisl No money here; he's lost
every cent.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-09-05

It is said that American women
are growing handsome as they grow
older, because they don't grow old
so soon; because they are better sat
isfed nowadays to retain some of
their innocent delight in innocent
pleasures than they were fifty years
ago, when, after one married, one
was supposed TO find no more joy in
life. The woman who through
trouble of all kinds can wear a
smile is the one who is going to
keep young. The woman who
closes up her heart TO every human
emotion, who never weeps and who
never laughs, is going to present to
the world at large face like num-
my. 1t is enjoying, it is suffering,
it is being human that keeps people
young. It is the woman of many
emotions who does not grow old.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-21

DED WARRIOR CHoPPING AXES
AS Disston & Sons celebrated Saws, "Ie
and Iron Nails, Diamond State Horse Snoes,
Bar Iron Steel and Wagon Goods geneTaAy' q
which we carry full stocks, and prices a'e
low. JAS. F. CARLIN & SONS,
Alexandra. Va.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-21
THEGAZETTE.
TUEDAY EVENING. AUG. p, t-"4

A BATTLE IMMINENT.-A dispatch
from Shanghai says that Chinese gun
boats and warships are cruising in the
Gulf OF Pe-Chi-Li with the object Of
preventing the Japanese from landing
troops in China. The Chinese vessels
have hiding places in the numerous
bays and arms of The gulf, whence they
are able to observe the movements Of
the enemy without being seen. A mum
Der OF japanese war vessels are con-
veying ,roop-ships in the Yellow sea,
but their destination is not Known.
Ii Hun Chang's army, $4,000 strong,
nd a large force OF japanese troops
re nearing each other, and battle Is
imminent.
The japanese have agreed TO refrain
ION molesting Chinese merchant yes
sells not carrying articles contraband OF
war
Admiral Ting. commander of the
Chinese fleet, is desir.ous OF engaging
the enemy in the open sea. but ne IL
unable TO carry out his wishes, as the
yicerov's orders are that an engagement
with the japanese squadron must be
avoided.
Admiral Ting, acting under impera-
tive orders, mas so disposed the smaller
vessels of the Chinese fleet as prevent
the japanese from landing troops in
Chinese territory. The swii,er and
stronger vessels are openly cruising in
the Gulf of Chilli, ready to fight the
japanese, but up TO this lime they
have not mad the good fortune to meet
1hau