The Forrest City times., 1894-02-23

Professor Kn0witon of San Fran cisco, spells potato ''Ghoughphtheigh seeauo according to the following rule: "Gh stands for p as you'll find from last letters in hiccough, ough for O, as in dough; phth stands for |, as in phthisis; eigh stands for a. as in neigh Dor; te stands for t. as in gazette, and eau stands for 0, as in beau"
 Perhaps no firm Tn Forrest City ex- hibits better taste in the selection of Ladies Dress Goods, than the enter prising firm of German Sl Barrow. Their stock is DOW the mort complete and beautiful in town, and it will af- ford the salesmen pleasure to show their goods. Call aud examine to your own satisfaction.
 In its proper column may be read the announcement of w. II. Aldridge as a candidate for the office of Marshal of Forrest City. MT. Aldridge has large experience as an officer of the law, having been for several years and until recently principal deputy sheriff of this county. If elected he will dis charge the duties of the office to the best of his ability and with impartiality. The Boston Budget tells an amusing story of an energetic tradeSman in that city who is not content with legit- innate advertising in the newspapers. but also covers walls and fills windows with fiaring signs. But once he be- came too energetic, for in the most conspicuous place of his largest window he displayed this sign iii black aud red;
 Don't go anyachere else to be chedted, STEP RIGHT IN HEREl
 Messrs. Becker & Lewis have closed an engagement with the Ariel Ladies' Sextette" and this rare musical combi- nation will occupy the boards at the Operahouse on the night of march IA. Don't forget the date. and don't forget | that this is the finest talent that has ever appeared upon our stage. The performance will be of highly artis- | tic order. is pure and chaste through out, and will be worth many times the price of admission.
 There is nothing small in what is here said by the Washington (Ark. ] Telegraph: "The man who will take d paper for a year or two and then re- fuse to pay for it is thief, just as much as the man who steals your purse or your coat. It has been so de- cided by the Ohio courts, circuit and supreme. Indictments for larceny
 against newspaper thieves have been
 upheld and the parties sent to prison.
 We propose to test the efficacy of this
 law i'll Arkansas"
 | The enterprlsing secretary of the
 Haynes Literary and Debating club,
 intimates to tha writer in an otherwise | t,,, ln%N h..k hot 1,r1
 plates challenging the Nineteenth
 Century club" of our city to a joint dis cussion. No doubt such programme
 Nineteenth Century club is not a joint discussing body unless it be a joint" of mutton. pork or beef nicely
 body challenges they must furnish the l weapons.
 A handsome new Clough & Warren | Organ has been ordered through Land voigt & Vadakin for the Presbyterian church. It is style 1909. with six sets of Reeds, 8 of two and two-thirds Octaves, ? of two and one-third octaves and l of one octave. 12 stops. with
 knew swell and grand organ knew
 lever. List price $35O. The instru-
 ment is in every respect first-class and
 will be an ever present monument to the enterprise of the ladies of the church who have worked so faithfully
 to raise the money with which to buy | it.
 The musicale for the benefit of the 1 Episcopal church, advertised for to-
 night. took place last night at the resi-
 dence of Mir. and Mrs. E. Hurley. The entertainment was very interesting.
 indeed, the program containing quite a number of new features, the most
 novel of which was. perhaps. the in- | strumental duet of Mesdames Gatling
 and Bard on their autoharps. There
 were several very fine recitations. and -a grab bag, containing almost every conceivable article to be had in town,
 The amount realized was SS.50. A certain gentleman, not thousand miles from here, who owns folding
 bed. and whose wife has been uneasy
 for sometime about occupying it, and
 who assured her and everybody else to whom he spoke of it that it was "per- fectly safe," became restless and very
 nervous, and surprised his better half the other night, after they had retired,
 by his peculiar actions. Upon being pressed to say what agitated him. he acknowledged that he had been think
 ing. What if this bed should close up
 with us !' and that he believed it was dangerous, and was not going to sleep l in it. And he didn't. He just got
 right up and brought out his fishing cot. made up fire in the grate. and slept there all night. We presume that l as he now had his doubts about it be-
 ing perfectly Sd fe." he slept with one eye open so that in case the thing shut up he could be on hand to rescue his