The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1896-05-08

Fer every quarter in mans pocket
there are dozen Uses: and ~ use each
one in such u way As tn derive the
the greatest benefit is a question every
one must solve for himself We be
4 lieve, however. that 10 better use could
bs made OF one of these quarters than
to exchange ii for Il bottle ~ Cham
1 berlaln's Collie. Cholera and Darrhea
Remedy. a medicine that every family
should be provided with. For sale by
j. IA. Upton. Druggist.
Mr.. ID. l.. Davis, a prominent livery
man and merchant of Goshen Va. has
this to say on the subject ut rhpuma
tism: II take pleasure in recommend.
/ ing Chamberlain's Pain Balm for
rheumatism. as know from personal
experience that it will do all that is
claimed for it. y year ago this spriuy
my brother was laid up in bed with
iutlammatory rheumatism aud suffered
intensely. The first application of
Chamberlain Pain Balm easpd the
pain aud the Use of one bottle com.
pietely cured him. For sale By J, II.
Upton. Druggist.
One of the attractions of the week
Was the remarkable bicycle perform
ance by Sid Black. OF Cleveland. o.. on
our streets THU sdav afternoons. a
large crowd witnessed the feais. which
seemed almost impossible. Riding
backwards. on his hands, with the
front wheel raised. with only one
wheel, were apparently easy to Mr..
Black. He rides the Cleveland wheel.
and no other--and judging from the
way he threw it around it is ndestruct-
ibe bv ordinary means. f. II. Duput
and Sid sutton. representing Plumnnrr
n Davis. OF Mariana, agent for the
Cleveland bicycle. are in the city look.
ing after their firms interest i'm the
bicycle trade, See their new adver-
| tiSements.
The services of the Epworth League
were unusually entertaining Tuesday
evening. Miss Matte Laura Mosel,
conducted the meeting. The subject
for discussion was Christ in the
Home, and it received the attention
of ten or twelve members in short
talks. Rev. W. Nj. Wilson, in behalf
OF the visitors from Brinkley. express
ed qualification al being present. and
highly cOmplimented our Leag,ters
upon their efficient work. The Brink
ley people Came over To see Il model
League, aud we hope they are pleased
with what they SAW, AS our people
were with their visit. The visitors
were: Mesdames Allen and Bobo,
Misses Pauline Henderson. Florence
Bryan, Vera Brown. Hattie Cox and
Ida Tonsberry, and Messrs. Cox. Lans-
ford, Wilson and Courser. The last
named. Of the Globe, paid us very
! pleasant call.
| Miss Fannie Winfeld's school at
Evans school house closed Wednesday.
From all that We Can learn. Miss
Fannie has given entire satisfaction
as their teacher during the past eight
months. and evidence of such feeling
may be found in the enthusiasm man
itested by the patrons of the school
The closing exercises embraced pic
mic in the beautiful grove around the
school house and the presentation of
the prizes and diplomas of honor. Ben
| Davis. III his peculiarly pleasant man
ner, presented the awards, and the
recipients are given below. Diplomas
OF honor, given on account of having
an average OF 80 per cent. fer the entire
term. were given To Matte May, Eliza
and Claude Davis. aud Clara and
Lula Lambert. Little 6 year old
Claude Davis received the prize for
making the greatest improvement in
penmanship. She is one OF the bright
est little pupils in the school, Classic
Barnhart received the prize for neat
ness and next best Improvement in
renmauship. AS n compliment to Miss
Winfield, Miss Lollie Davis suspended
her secool at Ferguson for the day
and took her pupils to the closing ex-
erciseS at Evans. Nearly all of the
people of that neIghborhood were pres.
emit. and everything occurred 10 make
ii an occasion long remembered for
its pleasure and benefit.
We have received a communication
from truthful source in which the
following is said TO be an actual fact
y turtle WAS captured near Riverside
Ark, that is supposed to have escaped
from Barnums museum. This turtle
weighed 290i4 pounds, The parties
who captured 1t refuse 10 price 1t. and
say that IA reward of $1,000 has been Of
tered for its capture. No doubt Mr..
Barnum will feel thankful to the cap
tors when he is notified of it. 1t re-
qures car of extra width To convey
this monster from place 10 place. So
much for the people of Riverside.
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