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The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1896-09-25
TEACHERS IN CAMBODlA.
Relations OF Pupil and Master In Bud
dhist and Brahmanic Countries.

dhist ana Brahmanic Countries.
All children who present themselves
at the Veat for study are received. It's
not even required that their parents
bring them or visit them. The new
conner chooses his professor, and, If ac-
cepted, begins at once to study under his
direction, installs himself in his cell or
in the school hall, and becomes his serv-
ant. If the professor has already too
many pupils, he refuses the new pupil
and advises him to choose another
teacher; sometimes he guides his
choice, directing him to n master who
has few or no pupils, or takes him to the
superior, who will select teacher for
him. The choice of professor is al
ways a grave affair, because II is held in
Cambodia, as in all Buddhist and Brah-
manic countries, that professor and
pupil are bound by strong ties of spirit
ual affinity, and that the pupil ought TO
respect his master as he does his father
and mother. The law inflicts the same
pentlty upon an offense Of the pupil
against his master and an offense by =
son against his father and mother, and
pupil may be the heir of his professor
when he has cared for him or supported
him or served him when studying under
bis direction; not only family bond.
but religious bond, too, is established
between them, for the professor makes
it his business TO teach his pupil tho
course by which he may earn a more ad-
vantageous reincarnation and reach
the Nirvana, and become his spiritual
guide.--Adhemard Leclere, in Apple
tons Popular Science Monthly.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1896-09-25

Lochinvar (from out OF the west)-
VIII you be my wife?
Elaine Gust from Nassar college)-
Homo, hominis, homini, hominem-
Lochinyar-Er-excu me, but I
don't quite understand.
Elaine 1reezingly, as she turns her
back upon him)-Indeed. ! am sorry
foryou. Twas just declining, man. That
In all.-Town Topics.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1896-09-25

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stolen paper. He knows where TO take
1T and obtain good price"
When Richard Starkie went back
to his colleagues to give them their em-
ployer's message. his breast was torn by
two emotions baffled spite and greed
of further gold
Il will destroy him yet. he thought
of Bob Acland. "He's escaped me for
awhile, but ii shall not be for long.
Elsie Nenner shall never be his wife. /
am good plotter, friend Bob, and
though you wriggle out of my hnnds a
hundred times, | will have you the hun
dred and first.
Poor old buffer"-his mind re-
vcrting to the man whose presence he
had just. left-''you little guessed tha.
in making confidant of me YOU were
telling the thief how to further enrich
himself. Well, 500 guilds will come in
very handy just now-and suppose the
commission would not be more than
200. Markby's getting very restive
for his money, and ] could pay him and
still have nice little balance in hand.
You're in lucl's way, Dick, my boy; for
tune favors you"
If to be standing in the dark on the
brink of precipice without knowing
it is to be in luck's way, then Richard
Starkie was, indeed, in tha. enviable DO
sition.
Bending down amid the bramble and
brush wood which formed the under
growth of a small plantation, gropiso
among the briers and grasses, Richard
Starkie was searching for the cash box.
Il know flung it somewhere here"
he muttered, fiercely.. Where can the
thing be? Ah!" and his hand at last
alighted on some metal, here you are!
| was just beginning to think that jad-
ish Fortune had served me scurvy
trick. WE'LL" clasping the box to his
bosom, you've been good friend to
me, and I'll treat you as lightly as pos
sible. Come, let's away-merciful pow
ers What's that?"
Four stalwart arms had seized him
from behind and were holding him with
n vise-like grip; and, before he knew
what was really taking place, he felt
'he cold steel on his wrists and realized
that he was a prisoner-a detected thief
who had bindly fallen into skillfully
laid trap.
The arrest of Richard Starkie had not
become generally known when Mr..
Vyse called together his clerks on the
following morning, and communicated
to them the startling news that his con-
fidentia servant was in Jail. Great was
the wonderment manifested.
"And | wish to say, gentlemen" he
wound up, that in consideration of his
past services to me, l should not have
prosecuted Starkie had he not endeay-
ored by every means in his power, from
motives of personal spite. to fix the
theft on one of yourselves"
Who that one was soon became pub
lie property, as also the motive power of
Starkies animosity. f
AT the ensuing assizes Starkie was
sent into penal servitude for five yearl
regretted by none of his fellow work.
ers, for, owing To his insolent, overbear-
ing manners, he had never been favor
ite.
What thoughts filled the poor wretch's
mind as he heard his doom from the
judges lips? Who can tell? But if |
am any reader Of human character, the
bitterest pang he suffered was in know
ing that the rival he hated had stepped
into the place rendered vacant by bis
long be that rivals wife.-Tit-Bits
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1896-09-25
Abbot lslip's Rebus.

One of the greatest of the many alb
bots who, have ruled the abbey was
Islip, who held Office in the sixteenth
century. He had a genius for archi-
lecture, and did SO much toward the
building of Westminster and other ca
thedrals throughout the kingdom that
he is known in history as "the great
builder" His body lies buried at West
minister in a little chapel called by his
name, near the west entrance. In de-
signing and building this chapel the
abbot made the room itself monu
ment to his memory by repeating over
and over again in the elaborate carved
stone frieze which adorns the wall his
favorite rebus or name sign--an eve,
with the branch, or "slip," of tree,
grasped by hand; and, as a second
form, man slipping from the branch
of tree TO the ground.-Max Bennett
Thrasher, in st. Nicholas.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1896-09-25
Valuable Boots.

A fresh example of legal acumen
comes from French police court.
"You say you have been robbed of
pair of boots" said the magistrate.
"How much were they worth?"
WELL" said the complainant, they
cost me originally IL francs. But have
had them resold four times at an ex-
pense of three francs each time; so
that makes altogether "a francs"
CLERK" said the judge, write: One
pair of boots worth "a francs -
Youths Companion.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-10-23
WHAT VICTORIA COULD 90.
Has Enormous Power, Though She Never
Dares Use IL.

Has Enormous Power, Though She Never
Dares Use IL.
As a matter Of fact, says the London
Tit~l}its, our sovereigns have rarely
taken any active part in politics since
George lis time, but they could still
DO some very astonishing things if they
chose. The queen could dismiss every
Tommy Atkins in our army, from the
commander in chief TO the Youngest
drummer boy. She could diSband the
navy in the same way, and sell all our
ships, stores and arsenals 20 the first
customer that came along. Acting en-
tirely on her own possibility, she
could declare war against any foreign
country, or make a present TO any for
ciqn power of any part of the empire.
She could make every man, woman and
child in the country "a peer of the realm,
with the right, in the case of males who
are of age, 10 seat in the house of
lords. With a single word she could
dismiss any government that happened
20 be in power, and could. it Is believed,
pardon and liberate all the criminals in
our iails. These are few of the things
the queen could do if she liked; but it is
not necessary TO say that her majesty
never acts IN matters 81 state. except on
the advice of the government for the
time being
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-10-23
CABLE UP TIE AMAZON.
ia BE Laid 1,4OO Miles Up stresm-A
Hint for This Country.

An interesting variation in the usual
run of submarine cable work will soon
be shown in the laying of cable from
the mouth of the Amazon, l,4O0 miles
up the great river. This novel work
ill place the large and growing trade
# the dim but rich interior in direct
communication with Europe, as well
Is with the immed late shipping ports,
and will unques tionably contribute
largely TO the development of Brazilian
commerce. To carry land lines over
this vast and little known territory
would simply be impossible, and, as
there are practically no railroads par
alleling the river, the steamboat and
the cable are the great means of com
merce and civilization. There is a hint
here, however, says the New York
Post, that might well be adopted even
I'm the United States, where If wires
were cabled and carried along the beds
of all available streams and rivers,
there certainly would not be the inter
ruptions now experienced through the
failure Of the land lines every time a
strong gale blows. In Germany, where
military considerations often cause
things TO be done that would not be
done in the mere interest of peaceful
trade, no small proportion of the tele-
graph wires arc thus submerged in or
der TO avoid any break in the service at
critical moments.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-10-23
"The Crime Of %"

The following explanations why the
silver dollar should no longer be coined
were made in the house of representa-
tives April 9. 1872:
1t has become impossible TO retain an
American dollar in this country except
in collections of curiosities. Judge
Kelley.
The silver dollar "has long since
ceased TO be a coin Of circulation. q a
The gold dollar should be declared the
money unit Mr.. Hooper
The principal change proposed by the
bill was III "more clearly specifying the
gold dollar as the unit Of value. y
The time has come in this country when
the gold dollar should be distinctly de
clarad 10 be the coin representative of
the money unit. MIR. Stoughton.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-10-23

jefferson, In 1888, wrote: Just
principles will lead us to disregard legal
proportion altogether, 10 inquire into
the market price Of gold in the several
countries with which we shall princi-
pally be connected III commerce and TO
take an average from them. | very
much doubt right now TO change the
value, and especially to lessen 1t.
The house committee, in 1921, report
ed: 1T Is sufficient 10 know, by UNI
happy experience, that its ratio of 10
to / tendency Is to rid Us Of "a gold cur
rency and leave us nothing but silver. +"
The house committee, in 1884, report
ed: THE desideratum in the monetary
system is a standard of uniform value.
We cannot ascertain that both metals
have ever circulated simultaneously,
concurrently and indiscriminately in
any country where there are banks or
money dealers, and we entertain the
conviction that the nearest approach 10
an invariable standard is its establish
meut in one metal, which metal shall
~ rpose exclusively the currency for
.arce payments. y
Andrew Jackson, in 1886, wrote
There Is no fraud in gold. 1t is un-
chanEeable and Will do II Office every
where and at all times Labor imparrs
an invariablc value to it, "
Benton, in 1884, said in debate: 1T
lgoldl has an intrinsic value, which
gives it currency all over the world to
the full amount of that value without
regard to law or circumstances. 1t has
"a uniformity of value which makes it
the safest standard of value Of property
which the wisdom of man has yet dis
covered. Its superiority over all other
money gives to its possessor the choice
and conn 1 of all other money.
Following this debate the act called
the administration gold bill, " in
tended to put the country on single
gold standard, was passed, l45 to 36 i'll
the house and 80 to in the senate, and
signed by Andrew Jackson, president.
The house committee, in 1893, report
ed: Gold is the only standard of value
by which all property is now measured.
1t is virtually the only currency Of the
country We desire TO have the standard
currency to consist Of gold only, and
that these silver coins shall be entirely
subservient TO it, and that they shall be
used rather as tokens than as standard
coins. "
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-10-23

Ex-Governor Boics and His Hired Man.
Hired Mani heard that in your Dies
Moines speech you said prices are so
low that you have either got TO get
more for your oats or else cut my wages.
Boies--You heard night.
Hired MAXWELL, which are sou
going to do;
Boios-I am going to get more for
my oats.
Hired Man-How?
Boics-By losscning the purchasing
power Of money. Free coinage Will give
us a dollar which Will only buy five
bushels of oats instead of ten bushels,
and that Will bc the same as getting 20
cents for my oats
Hired Man-Well, what are you go
ing to 90 about my wagesy
Boios--Oh, I'll pay you just the same
as I'm paying you now, $50 "A month.
Hired Man-Are you going TO pay
me in these new dollars?
Boies-Certainly the same kind Of
dollars that | get for my oats.
Hired Man-Those dollars that can t
buy only half as much of anything as
the old dollars:
Boies-Yes, yes; the same sort of dol.
lars.
Hired Man-Then, as | understand
it, you propose to get twice as much for
your oats and pay me only half what
I'm getting now?
Boies-Why, no. III still pay you
$50.
Hired Man-But this $40 won't buy
only half as much stuff as now, you say,
for the purchasing power is to be less
encd one-half; so with my $50 | can
only get so worth Of stuff. Your
scheme would bring you twice as much
for your oats and bring me only half as
much for my work. Is this fair, do you
think:
Boios-Wcll, every man has to look
out for himself.
Hired Man-So see, and | think I II
look out for myself and vote for an hon
est dollar for an honest days work. -
Council Bluffs la. Nonpareil
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-10-23
what lie Needs.

"What need said the statesman in
speaking of his work in Washington,
lis a good private secretary to look att
Or my correspondence, SO that | can give
more time to affairs III the house.
"What you need, returned his CON
stituent earnestly, lis real good man
90 edit your speeches while You attend
to your correspondence. 1t would be
foolish to have your letters more con-
else and better written than your pub
lie addresses. "-Chicago Post.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-10-23
Cuba's Discouraging Experiment.

Cuba is furnishing nearby example
of the beauties of government regulation
Of the value of money on the Bryan
plan. Captain General Weyler had a
deficient supply of cash, and so he had
the Banco Espanol put out lot of pa
per money and issued stringent edict
that everybody should take it at par
with gold. As the island is practically
under martial law, here was govern
ment control Of the currency at its best.
If you didn't take the bank bills at par,
you were liable TO be shot. Even Bryan
couldn't do more for silver than that.
But did the edict keep the bank notes al
par: Not for day Almost instantly
they were at discount, which soon
amounted to 20 per cent. Even with
guns and bayonets you cannot make so
cents equal dollar. Weyler has had 10
give up trying. He has finally allowed
the Havana Stock Exchange TO quote the
value of the bank bills in gold. We
were going 20 say that this proves the
powcrlcssness Of law to establish the
value Of money, but we remember III
time that Cuba has less than 1000, coo
population to our co. OG0, 000 chat she
never put Gown the greatest rebellion Of
modern times; that her inhabitants are
not the richest, proudest most intelii-
gent people on earth, and so we are not
so sure. Her case Is only part of uni
versal experience, but we have changed
all that New York Post
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-10-23

Have you mortgage: l. it overdue:
If so, vote for free coinage, and you in
wife the mor,gagee to for close rs soon
~ possible after election and before
thera is time to pass "a ice coinage bill
It you cont think So jas, imagine thar
You have Changed place, with YOU
creditor and then consider what yor
would Go .iN months before tue cne-i
money era WAS expected 10 begin.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-10-23

blood, and can be cured by eliminating
these impurities That most dicadful of
ali diseases, consumption - n disease OF
the blood The disease shows IN the lungs
because of some inherited or acquired weak
ness there. If the blood were always pure
and without germs the disease would never
develop and in time weakness itself would
be overcome. Germs and impurities III the
blood float along through the body until
they find weak spot for Judgement They
stick there and.develop and people call the
disease by the name Of the organ afflicted.
As mstter OF fact, the disease is always
disease Of the blood. and II The blood be
purified. the disease will bee cured. That IS
a perfectly natural, rational conclusion, en-
dorsed both by common sense and the
highest medical authority. It i in accord
anCe with these facts that DR.. Pierce :
Golden Medical Discovery works The
first thing il does is 20 put the whole digcs-
tive system into perfect order. II stiinu-
lates the appetite, cxcitCs the copious score
ton of the digestive fluids and promotes
assimilation. n searchc- out disease germs
wherever they may be kills them and forces
them out Of the system. The - Golden
Medical Discovery has been used with
unvarying success for over 90 years.
IF YOU care TO know more about 1t. and more
about your own body. send az ouc-ccnt stamps to
cover cost Of mailing 0uft and you will receive
dbS0fNfcft nee n copy Of Dr. picrcc's 1905 page
book. Common sense Medical Adviser. Adj
dress Worlds Dispcusary Medical Association,
No. Cos Main Street Buffalo, ~. 4.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-10-23
-ulQyer" Testament.

a midget" Testament, three-quar-
tiers of an inch long and half an inch
wide. Weighing only 26 grains, and a
mite" Bible, one and three-quarters Of
an inch high by one and one-eighth
wide, containing go pages and weigh
ing 80 grains, have Just been published
by Glasgow firm. They are said to be
the smallest Bible and Testament in the
world.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-10-23

There used % Doe ia bridge IA New York
city spanning a small creek on which a
young man could claim and exact kiss
from lac young woman he was with. The
bridge H. gone now, and the exact site Ia
unknown Ii the slow New Workers Of TO
day had any gumption, they would redis.
cover the site and resurrect the bridge
within a week-that is, ii the girls there
are a. we'll worth kissing as they are here
philadelphia Ledger.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-10-23

We know whereof W. affirm when
We state that Ayers Pills taken
promptly. At the first symptoms Of
colds and fevers, arrest further pro
gress of these disorders, and speedily,
restore the st0m tch. liver and bowels
to their normal and regular action
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-10-23
A Mlse Man.

"Bunkins, I gUe9S is about the smart
est man of his years in this community, ="
said the citizen who observes.
knows "A great deal, does hep"
"Kncws great deal? | should say so.
Why, sir, that man knows almost as much
as his 19-ycar-old daughter, who is in tn.
high school w Washington Star.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-10-23
Distress After Eating.

81 have been troubled with Indigestion
for some time. After eating anything
that was sweet ] was sure to experience
great difficulty and distress. Last fall /
began taking Hoods Sarsaparilla and am
glad TO say that my stomach trouble has
entirely disappeared. | can now eat a
hearty meal of almost any kind of food
and have no trouble afterwards. Hoods
Sarsaparilla has also cured me of nervous
spells" JOHN II. HoMRIGHAUsEN,
Wheatland, Iowa. Such cures prove that
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-10-23

They are Sd little you hardly know
YOU are taking them. They cause Nc
They cause no gripping
It they act quickly and most thorough
". Such are the famous little pills
<nowu a. Dew IS Lit'l- Early Rlsers
small iu H. great IN rt-nts w. II
Kennels. -. Louis: y ~.W"bb Alma
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-10-23
CASTo1IA.
TIE ias- II
4; n: + ZzAZ1zI l II; 3

Dewitt Witch Hazel Salve is ar an
tiseptic, soothing and healing applica-
ton for burns, scalds, cuts. bruises,
etc. and cures piles like magic. Il in
stantly stops pain. w. III Kennels,
st. Louis; b Webb. Ina
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-10-23
CASToRIA.
TIE iae- II
'A<HAAIAa G $50
NIalfCioUs.

Atom must have had an awful
cold when he became engaged.
B.-Why?
A.-Because when one has cold one
has no taste. -Fliegende Rlatter.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-10-23

Many lives of usefulness have been
cat short b, ueglect to break up an
rulnary cold. Pneumonia. bronchitis
md even consumption can be averted
10y the prompt use of one Minute Cough
Cure W H. Kennels, st. Louis; b. 5.
Webb, A ina.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-10-23

That wo would do we should DC
when we would, for this world changes
and hath ATTACHMENTS as many rs there
are tongues, are hands, are accidents,
and then this should is like a spend
thrift sigh, that hurts by easing. -
Shakespeare.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-10-23

Do YOU scratch ard scratch. and
wonder what's the matter? DOan' s
Ointment viii Instantly relieve and per
manentl, cure anv itchy disease of the
kin. no matter of bow long standing.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-10-23

The second Seminole Indian war be.
gan in 1856 and lasted until the close
of 1888. The total number Of men EN-.
listed for this war was 3 .6S7
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-10-23

A hacking cough is not only annoy
ing to Other. but is dangerous 10 the
person who has it, w II Kennels, st.
LOUIS b. :. Webb, Alma,
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-10-23

Hundreds of precious little ones owe
then lives to DR. Thomas Electric OIL,
the sovereign cure for Group and all
other throat or lung diseases.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-10-23

uoes not relish ana often fails to digest,
causing severe suffering. Such people
need the toning up of the stomach and
digestive organs, which course of Hoods
sarsaparilla will give them. 1t also puri-
fes and enriches the blood, cures hat dis
tress after eating and
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-10-23
Internal Misery

Only dyspeptic can know, creates an
appetite, overcomes that tired feeling and
builds up and sustains the whole physical
system. 1t so promptly and effectively
relieves dyspeptic symptoms and cures
nervous headaches, that it seems TO have
almost 20 q magic tonchO
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-10-23
Az druggists sell DIR. Miles pam rnrs

NEURALGIA cured by DR. Miles PAIN
PILLS. one cent "a dose" AT all druggists
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-10-23

For very minute writing, pens made
from crow quilts have been found to do
excellent work.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-10-23

Louis re Grc8c paid 50 mucn a,uvD..~.
20 his manners that be took a dancing les
son every day but sunday for % years.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-10-23

'Daily tDaily with Sleeping Car.
Drawing Room Cars h~twerp Saginaw and
Detroit and Saginaw and Ludmgtou
Pullman palace sleeping car between Saginaw
md Chicago daily.
W. c. BRITTON. Agent.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-10-23
Can't

This Is the complaint OF
thousands at this season.
They have no appetite; food
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-10-23

What makes life drcary is want of mo
sive George Eliot
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-10-23
EHE sick man knock.

III r SICK man KNOCK
ing at the door Of
health gets in if he
knoc X $ the right
way, and. stays out
if he doesn't. There
are thousand Of ways
of getting sick.
There is only one
way 10 get well. Do
whatever you will,
If you do not put
your digestion in
good order, an d
make your blood
rich and pure, you
will not get well
Rich pure blood is
the only thing that
can bring perfect
health. A large part
Of all the diseases
that amict mankind
are traCcable directly
to impurities in the