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The Forrest City times., 1895-10-04
CastOria.

"castoria is an excellent medicine for chil- dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me Of its good effect upon their children"
 DR. C. C. OsGooD,
 Lowell Mass. "Castoria is tine best remedy for children of which l am acquainted hope the day is not far distant when mothers will consider the real interest of th<ir children and use Castoria instead of the varsous quack nostrums which are destroying their loved ones. by forcing opium. rnorphiAe, soothing syrup aud other hurtful agents down their throats, thereby sending them to premature graves"
 DR. J. F. KINcHELoR,
 Conway, Ark.
The Forrest City times., 1895-10-04
Castoria.

"castoria Is so well adapted to children ,hss recommend it as superior to any prescriptiou known to me-"
 H. A ARCHER. M. D.
 HI So. Oxford g.. Brooklyn, N. x "our physicians in the cbildren's deparS. ment have spoken highly of their exped. ence in their outside practice with castoria. and although we only have among our medical supplies what is known as regular products. yet we are free to confess that the merits of castoria has won us to look with favor upon it.'
 UNITED HOSPITAL AND DrspENsAnv Boston, AasA urr0v Street Neus vo,k Na
The Forrest City times., 1895-10-04

Tho centaur Company TT Murray Street, New Yok cN,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-12-18
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

The side Sits in the pen are gem
orally made by hand-lever machine,
which Sits the steel at the proper
place, and thus insures greater fexi.
bility in the pens.
The fruits and flowers which at
tsin greatest perfection and the high
est fragrance in south Europe afford
favorable facilities for the manufacture
of perfumes and essences
In 1923 John l. Hawkins, an Amer
fcan, residing in London, attempted TO
solve the difficulty OF the gold pen
point by soldering bits of diamond or
ruby to the points of gold pens
When first prepared, the bodies"
Of felt hats are much larger than they
should be: they are reduced by sizing
them with glue and a curious method
Of manipulation by which their dimen-
sions are reduced over one-third-
The Mohamm edan year Is lunar.
The civil months of the Mohammedan
are adopted 20 the lunar months By the
cycle of thirty years, in which nine
teen have three hundred and ffty-four
days, and eleven havo three hundred
and fifty-fve-
Nearly all animals are fond Of one
kind or another of perfumes: lions and
tigers delight IN the odor of the altar
OF rose; cats are extraragantly fond Of
catnip. and wolves and several other
kinds of wild animals delight IN the
smell of asafetiGa
-Water-power users have their own
peculiar troubles One OF the egeeress
complaints we have heard in this d.
rection comes from papermill man in
Berks county. Pa His grievance 10
that the German carp IN his dam stir
up the mud 70 such an extent that the
water is unfit 20 use In the nznuiac-
;ure Of sne grades of paper.
3 One Of the midshipnea aboard the
Nerrimac during her fight with the
Monitor Is now rector Of one Of "a.
most fashionable Gnd conservative
Episcopal churches IA San francisco.
he Is Rev. Robert c. Fo1te, rector Of
Grace church He served through the
war. becoming a captain Ia the con-
federzte navy. but after the war elosed
he entered the church and took orders
Three hundred years ago . Seaer-
land suztonist Gissected oat the nerves
OF the heart, aai shows to-day in COP
per-piate engraTinyz. In beautiful per-
fiction, that nerve eentsrs half a. inch
q diametcr. called ganglia- environ
tie whole heart and eonnec. closely
with each other. The fact that tar
ties hear: had pulsatea Il M hand.
when eutl-elv SEPARATED frosn the tur-
tie for twelve hours. Is proof that tbs
organ = Independent and has motor
tSrcs. enough 20 rrn !.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-12-18
PUBLIC SCHOOL LIFE.
Rudyard Kipling Gives q Little Picture of
1t In England.


Above all, he was responsible for
that thing called the tone of the
school, and few realize with what pas
sionate devotion certain type of boy
throws himself into this work. Home
was far-away country, full of ponies
and fishing and shooting, and men
visitors who interfered with ones
plans; but school was the real world.
where things of vital Importance hap
pened, and crises arose that must be
dealt with promptly and quietly. Nos
for nothing was it written, LET the
consuls look to it that the republic
takes no HARM" and George was glad
to be back in authority when the holt
days ended.
Behind him. but not too near, was
the wise and temperate head, now sug.
costing the wisdom of the serpent, now
counseling the mildness of the dove;
leading him on to see, more by half.
hints than by any direct word, how
boys and men are all of a piece, and
how he who can handle the one will
assuredlv in time control the other
On the other side-Georgie did not real
izei this till later-was the wiry drill.
sergeant, contemptuously aware of all
the tricks of ten generations of boys,
who ruled the gymnasium through the
long winter evenings when the squads
were at work. There, among the
rattle of the single-sticks, the click of
the foils, the jar of the spring bayonet
sen. home on the plastron, and the in
cessant "bat-bat" of the gloves, little
Scho6eld would cool off on the vault
ing-horse. and explain to the head of
the school by what mysterious ways
the worth of boy could be gagged be-
tween half-shut eyelids.-Rudyard Kip
ling, in Century.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-12-18

Potato Mound. Mash and stir well
with butter, salt and milk eight or ten
good-sized potatoes Make into .
smooth mound upon a hot dish. Place
in oven until light brown. and ar
range chops around it-Farmer',
Union.
-DimpleS Beat the white 81 eight
eggs with one and a half pounds 81
sugar. beating IN gradually three table
spoonfuls Of -four. Chop or pound un'
I'll very fine two pounds 81 blaBohsd
almonds and beat them In Drop on
oiled paper and bake in q cool oven
Prairie Farmer.
French Coffee. This y made In
French bizgin. or any double coffee.
pot fitted with strainerA Put The
coffee. ground very hue. in stralner.
pour on the amount Of boiling water
and allow IL % drip slowly through The
coffee, allowing the pot - stand mean
while In pan Of bot water. --GooS
Housekeeping.
cream soup Stir IA saucepan
over the FIRE until perfectly smooth
three tablespoonfuls 81 butter with
four % fOur Add equal parts ~ mile
and cream. bali tescspful a. tine,
stirring meaBshils until t~o Quarts
azve been used season with Eslf and
/. very little white pepper. serve With
croutouA Ohio Farmer.
Coffee Nix cgff~s frss Tith one
half szg and thsn wlth Ettle cold
water. Iei stand about two ts.lnutss
and pour boiling water over - When
Il comes 81 boil Il i ready for sss-
The conss-pot should ts bo; whsa ne
coffee "a put ia ss3 one tzb.sspo-onfsl
<rOuud coffee aaoul1 ts allowed C
each cup u water. --Csicago Record
-Rozst Motion ChastEs- This "a ne
incest way % emitting % cold lamb 90
rart.oa. Cut ;he rsssi n small s!see.
sbout bali a. incb ta4eL f'uf t&sls-
spoonfal q butter "a a.. ehA6ng sisA
Add when melted saa three table
spoon fu,s % esrraat t-lly. = dash "a
czyeuss pepper asd little AL, Thsa
lag ia tie ssices os assttvn. beat
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very aaeh Lie sen.soz- Orange Ju14
Farmer
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Wigs AID rsb ersezsr e~Bztss sd
white o. sxg ever thss al BROS. iaeu
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-12-18

during coldland stormy nights for tho
guarding the executive mansion.
II is true the white house is we'll
guarded, but mo one familiar with the
history of the executive mansion and
the expe tiences with cranks often en-
countered there will deny that this
precaution is well taken. A large
force of watchmen, including police
officers, is on duty inside the mansion
at all hours. day and night, and con-
,tinuous patrol is maintained by the
local police of,the grounds Immediate
ly surrounding the mansion. The out
side watches ave SO arranged that there
are never less than six policemen on
duty at any time, day or night This
force is distributed SO as to command
every avenue of approach to the build.
ing, north, south, east and west, and
1T is hardly possible for anyone to APP
proach the building at any time from
any direction wit bout detention.
During the past two years this police
surveillance has. been maintained con-
tinuously regardless of the long and
family. As an. additional safeguard
automatic alarm signals are fixed in
convenient places'in different parts of
the house and strong force of police
could be secured almost at moments
notice. The mansion is also in direct
telegra phic,commnnicatio with police
headquarters, the military pests at
Washington, barracks and at Fort
Myer, Va, and the marine'baIracks.
and it 'wouldinot take very fongtto Sc
cure strong detachment of.menafrom
each of the places named.
The white house is better guarded
now than itfhas ever been before, ex-
cept during the war, and no precau-
ton has been neglected to insure the
security Of the president and .his,fam-
lily from molesaation. Cranks are a
constant source of annoyance at tho
white house. but under the present ex-
cellent system of espionage tits well
nigh impossible for even the imildest
specimen of thatigenius$to get nearer
the presidential presence than the
outer portal of tho building. 1t is also
unlikely that there will over be a re-
currence Of the experience of a few
years ago, when q man, dehrious with
drink, forced an entrance through
back door into the blue parlor and
made q desperate effort to inflict per-
soral violence on President Harrison
Chicago Times Herald.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-12-18
Chinese Horrors-

The poor wretches supposed to have
been implicated in the Hwasong out
RACES were hsndcuffed, looking filthy,
wild, CHASTITY, half-starved; but few
days of Yamen prison life makes them
more like beasts than men Their
handouts are taken off while in the
court-an exquisite irony Of limited
mercy, for they have to kneel all the
time while before the court; and az
they all begin by lying, swearing they
were nowhere near the scene, and So
on. the instruments of torture are
quickly brought in. A thin-linked
chain is coiled on the floor. On this
the prisoner, barc-kueed, must kneel;
then his head is dragged back and up,
and his pigtal is tied high up to a
rack: pole is then thrust across his
legs or the back of his knees and two
soldiers stand on either end. crushing
the poor wretches knees into the chain
coils, causing intense agony. This
the English consul. Mr. Mansfield,
could not stand. and insisted the thing
should be stopped--Pall Mall Gazette.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-12-18
The FERN INDUSTRY.
xhis Pretty Greenery Il Source Of Beauty
and PROFIT

We learn from Massachusetts paper
that about eight years ago gentleman
81 that state thoughtitwould be proats-
he 20 have picked and placed on the
market some OF the ferns which grow
in abundance in his neighoorhood- and
from this modes. beginning the busi-
ness has grown TO such proportions
that last year he disposed OF 100000
ferns. Previous 20 1856 the gathering
CT ferns in their natural state was a.
most an unheard-of Industry The few
ferns put On the market were raised In
lighthouses, though few florists sent
their men after wild ferns But now
tie Massachusetts, ferns are shipped 70
every state and almost ever large e1ty
in the country. and strange as u may
seem. there has been 10 falling Oh n
sA- rr.dA during the ersiness"oeores-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-12-18
SONG OF THE NIGHTINGALE.


Small Wonder That It Has Called Ous Trib.
utes In Every Language.
Hark, From the depths of the stray
Cling thicket which skirts the wood
there comes now a sound in which
there Is something curiously weird
when heard for the first time and from
a distance. 1t is = bird singing in the
night Clear, soft and distinct the
notes rise and fall in the silence. II is
the nightingale; this is a favorite
haunt of the birds II is surprising
how far the sound travels; even after
mile has been traversed in its direc.
ton 1t is still a considerable distance
or Similar sounds come now from
each appropriated a situation; solitary
they sit without changing position.
each in continuous song throughout the
night 1t is the male bird which thus
sings TO the female as she sits on the
nest.
1t is only few steps from the thick.
ct at last, and the songster cannot be
more than twenty yards of. You
do not wonder now at the esti-
mate of the extraordinary quality
of the birds song, nor that il should
have stirred the tongues of men TO
strophes in many languages Full.
rich and liquid the notes fall with a
strange loudness in 10 the still night We,
il is not so much the form of the song
itself which is remarkable as the passion
with which il seems to thrill Sweet
sw-e-e-t, sw-e-e-e-t-lower and tenderer
the long-drawn-out notes come, the
last of the series prolonged till the air
vibrates as If wire had been struck,
and the solitary singer seems almost 70
choke with the overmastering intensity
OF feeling in the final effort
The stars shine through the teatherv
branches of the silver birches as Won
listen; the hoarse bay of the watch.
dog still comes at intervals on the
breeze; far down the valley burns the
red eye of the railway signal; in the
distance a coal train is slowly painting
southwark, a pillar OF fire seeming TO
precede il when the whits light from
the engine Are shines upon the steam;
but the bird still sings on aud on. II
Is lost in world to which you have no
key; IL has not changed its position
nor ceased its song since sunset, and it
will be singing still with the dawn
Strange infinity of nature! Thus must
its kind have sung here while the name
of England was yet unfashioned on
mems lips, and it was still a painless
wood to the northern Thames. Thus
do the birds sing still on the fringes of
modern Babylon, oblivious and indif-
ferent to all that men consider the
vast import of the seethins life be-
yond-BenjaminK Kidd, in Century.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-12-18
a PEAR TREE OF GREAT AGE.
One in Connecticut Said to BE at Least ESQ
Years Old.

One in Connecticut Said TO BE at Least ESQ
Years Old.
There is an old landmark in the town
of Clinton that has attracted much at
tention and interest during the past
year, in spite of the fact that it is in a
state of comparative ruin. The ordi-
nary observer might not mind it, and
it is only as its ancient story is told
that it becomes an object of public in
terest. Old residents of the town have
not in years past paid much attention
to it But the summer visitors have
found it out. and the remaining years
of its career are likely to be interest
ing ones.
The old landmark that is now awak-
ening inquiry is a pear tree two hun
dred and fifty years of age II is on
tract of land on Wright's river that was
originally taken up in the settlement
of the town by two or three Wright
brothers The ownership of the south
ern portion of this tract, on which the
ancient pear tree stands, passed long
ago from the original proprietors.
There is an interesting inscription cut
On the lace Ol q OON AtlcI ttishS AOOhS W
ward Long Island sound from this
tract. proclaimiug that one OF the
Wrights was buried at that spot. The
pear tree is on property formerly
owned by Pierce Jones, who has re-
Gently died at the age of ninety years
He moved TO the place sixty-threa
years ago. At that time the tree was
,-a,,DrtaI - Ia two buu1--a5 Years old
Lawyer Wright of Westbrook. which
adjoins Clinton. was a descendant OF
one of the original brothers, and a
good deal of an antiquarian. lie died
six or eight years ago. During his
life he was accustomed 10 aver that the
tree was as old as it was claimed TO be.
Il still bears fruit. but not Of : savory
taste. 1t is probably the oldest fruit
tree in Connecticut. If not in New En-
gland.-N. Y. Times.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-12-18
n. the demand constantly exceeding

sion. the demand constantly exceeding
the supply.
There are two varieties of marketa-
Bile ferns which always find ready sale
the delicate-leafed fancy" and the
coarser dagger" fern. The season for
gathering and shipping the fern is from
October / TO May 1. Although now some
200 persons are engaged in fern picking,
only about 60 do it constantly. Good
pickers can earn from 81 to So a day.
while the pay of others not so skiilful
in finding the natural treasures
amounts TO only 50. The ferns are
brought in by the pickers, tied in bum
dies of 25 each. and 10 cents per 1000 is
raid for them. An average amount OF
81 day is paid the pickers-
The ferns not needed for immediate
shipment are packed in low rooms. con-
tanning each about 100000 ferns.
There are eight buildings containing
these rooms. The ferns are placed in
beds of 10000 each, dry moss is placed
between the layers, and the whole bed
is covered with wet moss. The great
est care and daily watchfulness are
needed to keep the ferns from becoming
heated, and thus bleached or covered
with white spots. The ferns are inval-
liable TO florists. as they form really
essential groundwork for designs, and
they are also available for general dec
Grating.
In addition to the fern industry this
gentleman does q large business in
other green's. Last year he disposed Of
1900 Christmas trees and 10000 yards
of ''roping" made from standing
ground pine, besides tons of baled
spruce boughs and sphagnum moss.
Ferns are found in humid soil, and are
at their best in second-growth timber.
They are, however, plants which run
out quickly. = st. Louis Globe-Demo
GRAFT
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-12-18
POISONED BY A FLOWER.
The Peculiar Eject of the Night Blooming

The Peculiar Eject of the Night-Biooming
Cereus
A singular case is that of the actor,
Joseph Wheelock, who some four or
five years ago was said to have been
bewitched by a flower. While travel
ing in the west in the pursuit of his
profession he suddenly developed Pc
culiar symptoms He could not sleep,
except by taking occasional maps at
irregular intervals Toward midnight
at the close of the performance, though
usually q calm, Phlegmatic man, he
would become unusually talkative, de-
monstrative, and full of enthusiasm.
He WAS usually q man OF few words,
but on these occasions he would grow
very fluent and redundant in express
sion.
He would relate 70 his friends mar
velously eloquent descriptions of
scenes and incidents In diagnosing
his case seine physicians said that the
covering of the actors brain was in
famed, others said that he had in some
way absorbed into his system some
deadly poison. The last named expla-
nation proved to be the true one. 1t
seems that two weeks previously.
while the company was passing
through Washington city, the superin-
tendent of the national botanical gar
dens invited Mr.. Wheelock to De pres
emit at the unfolding of a night-bloom-
ing cereus-
The actor accepted the invitation.
At the conclusion of the phenomenon
the superintendent invited Mr.. Vince
lock to take the flower. Taking q PEN
knife from his pocket, the actor cut
the flower from il. stem In doing 50
he inflicted a slight cut upon his right
thumb, and in this way he became in
oculated with the juice of the flower.
which is very powerful and Is distilled
for use as q homeopathic medicine.
The actor had also preserved the
flower in alcohol, keeping IL near bis
bed, thus inhaling the slight vapor
and emphasizing the influences Of the
deadly drug. homeopathic say that
there are one or two cases where men
have purposely placed themselves un-
der the stimulus Of this poison for its
effect upon their brain. and while IN
der its influence have dictated weird
poetry and extravagant romancs--N
Y. Independent ,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-12-18
TIDES SAVE MILLIONS.
Do Work for New York That Costs Ba. 81
more Money.

Do Work for New York That Costs Ba til
more Money.
New York is blessed in q peculiar
way twice a day by the rising and
falling OF the tide. By cleaning our
docks and slips the tide saves the city
millions of dollars every year. 1t car
ries away countless tons of floating
refuse and purifies the sewage of thou
sands of pipes whose ends, projecting
beyond the wharyes, discharge into the
river and harbor.
Low lying seaboard cities, such as
Baltimore, for instance, are not so
fortunate in this respect as New York,
and when one reads of the never-ending
struggle against refuse in the harbors
OF other cities he appreciates in a new
degree one more advantage of the
metropolis.
To keep clean the water in the docks
requires big force of men in Balti-
more, where early every morning
squads of men in boats and scows sail
around the harbor, skimming from the
surface of the water the refuse that
has accumulated in the "a hours previ.
Gus. From five to fifteen car loads Of
watermelon and cantaloupe rinds,
pieces of wood and bits of cotton are
gathered daily just now.
The skimming force gets to work
just before sunrise and finishes it's work
before the real traffic along the shore
front begins. The men are armed with
long-handled scoop-nets, with which
the gather every floating thing that
is out of place. 1t must be that Balti-
more inhabitants make a point of sit
! ting on the wharves when they eat
watermelons, else how could Is car
loads of rinds accumulate in "a hours
Baltimore Swimming gangs scoop up,
too, considerable refuse that is thrown
overheard by steamers and other boats
that sail in the harbor.
Around New York's water front ref
use is dumped overheard from boats,
ships and ocean liners in prodigious
quantities. The stuff floats around for
a few hours, but after an ebb of the
tide the water is clear and pure. II
is fresh from the ocean, for the fall of
the tide at New York-from four to
six feet-is so great that the whole body
of water around the city is change
twice a day-N. Y. Recorder.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-12-18
OUR COMMON SPEECH.
Americans Given Credit for Using Purer
English Than Their British Cousins.

Americans Given Credit for Using Purer
English Than Their British Cousins.
Gilbert NJ. Tucker has published six
papers on topics connected with the
proper use of the English language.
Mr.. Tucker is caustic critic and his
papers make good reading. He re-
CARDS words as tools and with this fig
ure makes strong points as to the
proper use of language. He says:
BY far the most important sugges.
ton offered BY the analogies of the
little shop relates TO the folly of mis-
using our verbal tools. and just here is
the great point of dissimilarity be-
tween the English language and the
equipment of workroom- A mallet
may be highly polished as to its head
and rough hewn as to its handle and
yet give entire satisfaction But il
would hardly work well on chisels If
the owner were in the habit of using
it TO drive nails That is exactly what
we not unfrequently do with speech,
and the natural result follows; the
nails are not driven straight and we
presently End that we have spoiled
our mallet" As such misused words
are noted 'prcposterous" for absurd"
'aggravating" for ''exasperating' and
zen join" to mean the contrary of its
original meaning.
Degraded words are discussed and
the revisers of the New Testament are
taken in hand for several bad slips
made in changing the old King James
version. Dictionaries are considered
Both Webster and Worcester are ruled
out as Anticipated and preference
given TO either the Century or the
Standard. A chapter is devoted ~
American English. in which residents
of the United States are given credit
for using much purer English than do
our Rritish cousins-Chicaro News