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The Forrest City times., 1895-05-03
A FAMOUS PAINTING.
The Enormous Ransom Offered for the
 Picture of St. Jerome.

The Enormous Ransom Offered for tho
 Picture of St. Jerome.
 On the throne of Modena was an Austrian archduke; his government was remorselessly shattered and vir- tually destroyed. The ransom was fixed at ten million francs and twenty of the best pictures in the principality. But on that of Parma was Spanish prince with whose house France had made one treaty and hoped to make 8 better one. The grand duke, there fore, was graciously allowed to pur- chase an armistice by an enormous but possible contribution of two millions in money together with provisions and horses in quantity. The famous St. Jerome of Correggio was among the twenty paintings seized in Modena. The archduke repeatedly offered to ransom it for one million francs, the amount at which its value was esti- mated, but his request was not granted. Next came Bologna and it's surround ing territory.
 Such had been the tyranny of ec- clesiastical control that the subjects of the pope III ludC ii1OSt dACltHt anu famous seat of learning welcomed the French with unfeigned joy; and the fairest portion of the papal states passed by it's own desire from under the old yoke. The successor of St. Peter was glad to ransom his capital by payment nominally of twenty-one million francs. In reality it was far more; for his galleries, like those of Modena, were stripped of their gems, while the funds seized in government offices, and levied in irregular ways, raised the total value forwarded to Paris to nearly double the nominal contribution. All this, Bonaparte ex- plained. was but beginning, the idle ness of summer heats. '.This armis- tice," he wrote to Paris on June 2l, l79e, being concluded with the dog star rather than with the papal army, my opinion is that you should be in no haste to make peace, so that in Sep tember, if all goes well in Germany and northern Italy, we can take posses sion of Rome. Prof. Sloane, in Gen. tnry.
The Forrest City times., 1895-05-03
FAD FOR IRISH POINT LACE.
Every Woman Who Has Ingenuity Is Try
 ing to Make It.

Every Woman Who Has Ingenuity is Try
 ing to Make It.
 A woman who does not love lace is the sort of freak that has never yet been found, and her admiration of it can not be called fad. for it is too persistent and varies only in it's de- gree of enthusiasm over the finer and heavier weaves in proportion to its suitability for the purpose which she has Tn mind.
 There is just now. a revival of the Irish point lace that bids fair to be- come veritable craze before summer
 Everybody is trying to learn how to make it, since the handmade product sells fabulously high in the shops and its purchase is limited to the rich.
 Narrow, looped edged braid comes by the piece for the purpose. ranging from twenty-five cents to one dollar and fifty cents per dozen yards, and with an outlined pattern, spool of linen thread and a needle, intricate and beautiful work is done that rivals the web-like lace of the old world workers.
 As the latest luxury in lace demand ed by fashion is an elaborate collar of Van Dyke points, with a smaller set for the sleeves, the clever amateur ace-maker is trying her utmos. skill upon these, and with such success that one of them was recently offered a large sum of money for such set by 8 leading merchant who saw it.
 These points are very handsome on fancy silk waists, and are extremely effective on small boys suits, la Fauntleroy. A great deal of it is be- ing made to trim sheer India muslins for the coming summer, and the fine kind makes handsome ends for soft null ties.
 The exquisite center for the table is made of linen a quarter of a yard sql are, and around this border of the Irish point of the heavier braid, made all in one piece. without any trim mings at the corners. This, with smaller squares set under the caraffes and bonbon dishes, gives lovely effect when used on a polished mahogany table. the red wood shining under tho lace.-N. Y. Herald.
The Forrest City times., 1895-05-03
WERE | THE SUN.

I'd always shine on holidays.
 Were I the sun; On sleepy heads I'd never gaze. put focus all my morning rays On busy folks of bustling ways.
 Were the sun. Awould not melt sledding snow,
 Were 1 the sun: Nor spoil the ice where skaters %. Nor help those useless weeds to grow. But hurry melons on. you know,
 Were the sun I'd warm the swimming pool just right,
 Were the sun; On school days would hide my light The Fourth I'd always give you bright. Nor set SO soon on Christmas night.
 Were l the sun would not heed such paltry toys,
 Were the sun Such work as grown-up men employs; But l would favor solid joys In short. I'd run the world for boys.
 Were the sun.
 Amos R Wells, in St. Nicholas.
The Forrest City times., 1895-05-03

Walter Scott's eyes were grayish blue and very quick and keen. His hair was rather light than dark, and he always walked with a decided limp, from an injury received early in life.
The Forrest City times., 1895-05-03

peare more than he did the writings of any other author. He said the world had never produced and would never again produce such . genius.
The Forrest City times., 1895-05-03

Music is the harmonious voice of creation; an echo of the invisible world; one note of the divine concord which the entire universe is destined one day to sound.-Mazzini.
The Butler weekly times., 1895-06-20
VITAL STATISTICS.
The Births and Deaths for One Year in
the State of Massachusetts.

The Births and Deaths for One Year in
the State of Massachusetts.
From the annual report of births,
deaths and marriages in Massachusetts
for 1898, which was lately made by DR..
Francis \. Harris. it appears, says the
Boston Transcript, that .he number of
living births registered in the year
was 67,l9a, which was 1868 larger
than was reported in 1892, and larger
than any other year since the begin
ming Of registration in Massachusetts.
The excess of living births over the
number of deaths was 1S.10S, being
greater than the excess of anv other
year. There We're registered 22.sl4
marriages, being greater than were
registered in any previous year. More
marriages were solemnizcd N the
month of June than in any other
month; l. men and / woman were
more than seventytive and were
more than eighty years old at the
time of marriage. The number Of
deaths was 49,0>i, being -. more than
the number reported in ls9s and $500
| more than the number reported in
1891. The death rate for the year vas
cola per 1000 of the estimated e.
43S, ,3G3l population living. which is ~
| less than the rate of 1892. The great
est number of deaths occurred in tu-
gus: and the third quarter of the year,
and the least in June and the fourth
quarter In the previous year the
greatest number of deaths occurred in
January.
| Six hundred and ten pairs OF twins
We're born in the state last year. and
nine sets of tripletS. II is noticeable
that nearly lo,ooo more children OF
foreign than Of native parentage were
born in Boston during the year
The Butler weekly times., 1895-06-20
The Bandits Did Not Come.

Springfield, Mo, June Golden
City, on the Memphis railway, TWEEN
ty miles west Of Springfield. is on
the lookout for bandits. Postmaster
Pence received from officers of
Pittsburg, Kan, warning that his
Office would be held up yesterday
noon. He had strong guard ready
for robbers, but they weakened, A
gang OF twenty men cleared ont of
town last night.
George ". Hurlbut, an insane
man, on his way from Virginia to
Kansas, delayed the Memphis route
train at Ast grove a half hour last
night by clumsy attempt to hold
it up. He was captured after he
had made vicious fight on officers
He is in Jail here. His divorced
wife lives in Springfield and she
secured separation because of his
development as a crank
The Butler weekly times., 1895-06-20

Indianapolis, Ind, June IA
sensation was created here yesterday
by scathing denunciation of ex-
President Harrison in a published
interview by Col. Eli Ritter, the
leader of the movement in Indiana
to sustain the Nicholson temperance
law.
Harrison is the biggest political
coward in the country" said Col
Ritter He will not come out fiat
footed for anything. He will not
say word in defense of the Nichol
son law for fear he VIII lose some
saloon votes. Indiana will be
against him if he is nominated fol
the presidency again
The Butler weekly times., 1895-06-20

Sout.t. Enid, Ok, June John
A. Robertson, mail carrier from the
west, reports that at Glass mountain
the sheriff of Woodward county has
the famous outlaw, Dick Yeager, in
a cave. The sheriff and posse have
killed four horses belonging to Yea
ger and one of his companions The
posse captured two women, one OF
whom is the woman 1eager stole
from her husband Officers claim
that the outlaws have metal boots
Reports show that there is no doubt
of the ultimate capture Of the oat
laws.
The Butler weekly times., 1895-06-20
500 Reward S100.

The readers or this paper will be pleas
ed TO learn that there is AZ least one
dreaded disease that science has been
able to cure in all its stages, and that is
catarrh. Halls tatarrh Cute is the
only positive cure known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being a constitu-
tional disease requires d constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is AIKEN
internally, acting directly upon the
tenn, thereby DESTROYING the foundation
or the disease, and giving the patie ut
strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its work.
The proprietors have 50 much faith in
its curative powers, that they oner One
Hundred Dollars tor any case that fails
to cLre. Send tor list of testimonials.
Address F. ]. CHENEY 4 CO. Toledo o
esnaSold by druggists, -5c.
The Butler weekly times., 1895-06-20
Woman LAWYER.

jefferson City, Mo, June S.-Miss
Daisy d. Barbee, Of St. Louis, has
the honor of being the first woman
ever admitted to practice in the su-
preme court of this state She was
formally enrolled yesterday with her
brother, Payton. Chief Justice
Brace complimented her She is a
graduate of the st. Louis law school.
She and her brother will practice
law in Seattle, Wash. The gradu.
ates of the state university law de
partment were also admitted to
practice.
The Butler weekly times., 1895-06-20

IN American who has been p-actic-
ing law in Toxic for the last seven
years has just returned home to New
York absolutely in love with Japan
and its people. He says the nation de-
serves to win in this war with China.
precisely as civilization deserves to
follow barbarism, and must always fol-
low it, according to the laws of man.
No one who is not in direct contact
with the japanese can appreciate the
fervor and indomitable viii that ami
mate every man at this period of the
country's enlightenment. It seen to
move like an electric current through
each class of the realm. from the high
est TO the lowest This gentleman fur
ther says that thoughtful men in the
center of this struggle watch the de-
velopmeut of the japanese with a feel
ing akin 70 amazemeut; progress usual
ly proceeds with slow step, but in
the new Japan it goes with leaps that
can be felt and seen
The Butler weekly times., 1895-06-20
Mustang
Lininnent

owes its success to its
power of penetration.
There is nothing mar
velOus about its Cura-
tive powers. 1t is SIM
ply a few common sense
ingredients com bined
in a way to make PEN
etratiOn possible and
insure a cure.
Mustang Liniment
has been used for one
half a century.
Write for FAIRY Story book" Illus
trated. also Hints from a Horse-doc-
tors Diary" Both books mailed free.
Lyon Manufacturing Co.,
AZ South sth ST.. BROOKLYN. n. Y.
The Butler weekly times., 1895-06-20
All Free.

Discovery tor Consumption know its
value, and those who have not, have now
the opportunity to try it tree. Call on
the advertised druggis, and get trial
bottle tree. Send your name and ad-
dress to II E Bucklen \ Co., Chicago,
and get a sample box OF New Lite Pills
free, as well as a copy OF Guide to
Health and Household Instructor tree.
All OF which is guaranteed tn do you
good and cost YOU nothing. H L Tuck
er's drugstore.
The Butler weekly times., 1895-06-20
r
It SOakS
ntOtheFleSh

right down through the
fevered parts to where
the infla m m a tiOn is
rooted. That is why
Mustang Liniment aaa
"CureS all aches and
pains of man or beast"
If it evapOrated or re-
mained on the skin it
could not cure. That
is why volatile extracts
fail. They can't go down
through the inflamed
parts.
The Butler weekly times., 1895-06-20

Reading, Pa June l2-Mls. Lena
Bridenbaush of Gibralter,this coul.
ty, who, less than two months age,
was in the enjoyment OF good health
died last night. At the time she
was taken ill she weighed 160
pounds. At her death her body was
reduced to mere skeleton, weighing
not more than 25 pounds,
Her disease puzzled the physician
and she literally starved to death,
being unable to take any nouri>h
ment for As days
The Butler weekly times., 1895-06-20

Mrs. Thompson and Miss Leila
Collins of Kiowa, I. T., were struck
by lightning yesterday, their hair
pins and corset stays melted and in
hicted fatal injuries.
The Butler weekly times., 1895-06-20

The Democratic Congressional
Campaign Committee is preparing
to send IL able sound-money advo.
Gates into the Northwest.
The Butler weekly times., 1895-06-20

These postoffice appointments
were msde to day: In Kansas, at
Akron, Crowley county, J. Moore;
in the Indian territory, at NcDer-
mott, Creek nation, W. Berry.
The Butler weekly times., 1895-06-20

The tenth biennial session of the
grand lodge of Knights and Ladies'
of Honor of Missouri began at St.
Louis Yesterday. Only routine busi-
ness was transacted.
The Butler weekly times., 1895-06-20

Docherty, Kramer 4 Thomson's
big dry goods store iu Hutchinsop,
Kan. was struck by lightning Mon
day night aud fire started which did
considerable damage.
The Butler weekly times., 1895-06-20

Mrs. John Dyer, who lives three
miles south o. Osceola, Mo, was
struck by lightning yesterday during
storm.
The Butler weekly times., 1895-06-20

Sigmund Scheidler, 36 years of
age, of New York city, shot his wife
in the forehead to-day, inhicting
fatal injuries. He then blew out his
own brains.
The Butler weekly times., 1895-06-20

All the prisoners confined in the
Jail at Ava, Douglass county, escaped
on the evening of the 7th. There
were eight of them.
The Butler weekly times., 1895-06-20

The Reflector says not one Benton
county farmer in fifty had any old
wheat to sell at the advanced price
The Butler weekly times., 1895-06-20

The killing of Doc Sanders in
South Carolina may lead to race
war. Troops have been ordered out.
The Butler weekly times., 1895-06-20

Silver Republicans are to make a
fight to have the Republican League
clubs ;ndorse silver.
The Butler weekly times., 1895-06-20

The Post Office inspectors fore
made 16S arrests in May.
The Butler weekly times., 1895-06-20

A chart of the great lakes has
been issued by the photographic
office.
The Butler weekly times., 1895-06-20

The Illinois Supreme Court sus-
tanned the ruling of the lower court
that the Whisky Trust is an illegal
concern.
The Butler weekly times., 1895-06-20

General Grant Allen Thomas of
Florida has been appointed Minister
to Venezuela
The Butler weekly times., 1895-06-20

The division of microscopy of the
Agricultural Department has been
abolished.
The Butler weekly times., 1895-06-20

Fire destroyed the business sec
tion of Patoka, Ind.
The Butler weekly times., 1895-06-20

Paymaster Halford has been
transferred to Denver from Omaha
The Butler weekly times., 1895-06-20

Senator Lindsay spoke agains
free silver at Frankfort, Ky.
The Butler weekly times., 1895-06-20

Ohio will dedicate 53 monument
On Chickamauga battlefield.
The Butler weekly times., 1895-06-20

The gold reserve has passed the
x99, 100000 mark.
The Butler weekly times., 1895-06-20

The people OF Wasrensburg. No.
voted yesterday, 80 to 454. in favor
of local option
The Butler weekly times., 1895-06-20
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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-02-15
A Pertinent Paragraph.

"Our country if right, Should be kept
right; if wrong should be put right :
is a political maximwhich paraphrazed
applies to other conditions OF life, thus:
our health if right. should be kept
right; if wrong should be put right,
especially in bodily ailments. such as
pains and aches. which st. Jacobs Oil
prom cures. Many out of work
should need to give it a chance to cure
and it will give them a chance to go to
work cured. Another adage is: she
doeth best. who doeth we'll" Well,
Of course, you want to be we'll from all
sorts of aches. and the best thing to dc
is to use the great remedy. He who
does so is doing we'll indeed.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-02-15
Mr.. HARRIS KEPT HIS TEMPER.
The Tennesseean Decides Not to Renew
His Spat With Mr.. Mitchell.

The Tennesseean Decides Not to Renew
His Spat With Mr.. Mitchell.
WASHINGTON, Feb. s.-The creden-
tails of Iucien Baker as senator from
Kansas for the term beginning March,
4 next, were presented to the senate
to-day.
A sequel to the spirited incident of
Tuesday between Mr.. Mitchell of
Oregon and Mr.. Harris Of Tennessee,
occurred when the former pre-
sented an explanation of certain
sugar bounty claims. Mr.. Harris,
looking rather serious, spoke of his
objection the other day, but said he
would not enew it. MI. Mitchell
said that he was glad to hear the SEN
ator admit that he had made a mis-
take.
It looked for a moment as though
the sparks might fly, but Mr.. Harris
rose to reply and then sat down
again, evidently ready to let the per.
sonal incident close.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-02-15
4 Terrible visitant.

Pain Is always q terrible visitant, and on
domiciles Itself with onesfor life. Ihis innie.
ton Is p~reventable, In cases Of rha atisnn, 81
q timely resort to Hostetters's Stofl Oh Bitter.
which checks the encroachments Of this obst,
nate and dangerous malady at the outset. Tho
term dangerous is used advisedly, for rheu-
matism is always liable to attack the vital
organs. and terminate life. No testimony y
more conclusive and concurrent than that OF
physicians who testify to the excellent effect Of
the Bitters in this disease. Persons incur :
wetting in rainy or snowy weather, and who ara
exposed to draughts, should use the Bitters a.
q preventive OF i'll effects. Malaria, dyspepsia,
liver and kidney trouble. nervousness and
debility are also among the ailments to which
this popular medicine is adapted. For the In
hrmities, soreness and stiffness Of the aged It II
highly beneficial.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-02-15
For ; heriH.

.'Pricking'' for sheriff is a very old
custom, dating back to Saxon times.
The sovereign, Or in the present day,
her representatives, thrusts a steel
bodkin through the paper on which
are the names of those suggested as
sheritfs. OF course it is we'll known
where the queen will ''prick;" but
the custom is a compromise, where
by the sovereign still is supposed to
choose her sheriffs of counties. her
lieges taking care to pick out good
men and true to serve.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-02-15
XocthY of Nore.

A young globe-trotter was holding
forth during a dinner in the Eau
bourg St. German, at Paris, about
the loneliness of the island of Tahiti
and the marvellous beauty Of the
women there. One Of the Barons
Rothschild, who was present, ven
tured to inquire if he had remarked
anything else worthy of note in con-
nection with the island. Resenting
the baron's inquiry, he replied:
Yes; what struck me much was
that there were no Jews and no pigs
to be seen there is that SOP" ex-
claimed the baron, in nowise discon-
certed; ''then if you and | go there
together we shall make our fortune. ,
-Argonaut.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-02-15

fEsNh%aa1 lax ~
One hears q great deal Of complaint
from women in homes nowadays Of the
habit into which men are more n
more falling of reading their news
paper at breakfast table. 1t mo De
gainsaid that the women are emlnentiy
justified in their objection to this prac-
tice. Putting aside ever the main point,
the disrespect which such a habit shows
to the wife and those at the breakfast
table, it pract cally robs one OF the two
meals which the average man eats IN
his home. of all sociability and F9ssl.
bility of domestic talk. Naturally the
average wife likes to talk with her u
band in the comparatively little time
which he spends in his home, and es-
pecially is this true of breakfast time,
when she often desires to consult him
about plans for the day. But how is
she to do this when from the moment
he is seated he takes up his paper and
hides himself behind it,. The back OF
a newspaper is not a pleasant thing
for a. wife to contemplate across the
breakfast table. Let her interrupthim
in his reading, and. like a dog inter
rupted in the gnawing of a bone, ha
growls and is irritated. 1t seems tc
me that it is just such little courtesies
of life as this that the average man is
very often lamentably lay. Surely in
this matter of newspaper reading at
the table the men are justifiably crit
cised. 1t is little to ask of them that
in this matter. at least, they show res.
pect to their ves.-Ladies Home
Journal.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-02-15
C%alifornis in a Tourist Sleeper.

TO Californis in a Tourist Sleeper.
The Burlington Routes Personally
Conducted Excursions to the Pacific
Coast are just the thing for people of
moderate means.
Cheap respectable - comfortable ~
expeditions.
From Omaha and Lincoln every
Thursday. Through to Los Angeles
and San Francisco without change.
Experienced excursion managers and
uniformed Pullman porters in charge.
Second class tickets accepted. Cars are
carpeted and upholstered and have
spring seats and backs. mattresses,
blankets, curtains, pillows, towels, etc.
Only $500 for a double berth, wide
enough and big enough for two.
The route is over the Scenic Line OF
the World" through Denver. Salt Lake
City and Sacramento. All the wonder
full canons and peaks of the Rocky
Mountains r passed during the day.
II you are going west you should ar
range to join one of these excursions.
They are the best, the very best, across
the continent. Information and ad-
vertising matter on application to
j. FRANCIS,
Gent Pass'r Agent, Omaha, Neb.