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The Forrest City times., 1896-04-10
ARKANSAS RIVERS.
me committee Appropriates ssse. .ooc TOT the Improvement of Int.rior and
 Border Streams

The Committee Appropriates ssso mo
 TOT the Improvement of Int.r,or .n,
 Border Streams
 me house committee on rivers and haroors has completed the annronr;a. tlon bill and the amount allowed for improvements upon the interior and ooroer rivers of Arkansas was S2S9 GOO.
 The blll carries the following item, Tn part: Arkansas river, SEQ. .OOO; sao.- oOo to be used for snagging and s15. GOO more to be used for this purpose at the discretion of the secretary of war. St Francis river, SS.000: White river. 800 . ooO; Ouachita and Black rivers. sra. ooc. Red river, above Fulton, S8.Ooo; Cur rent river s2,0O0; Mississippi river from mead of passes to Cairo, for four years expenditure, an amount not to exceed s9'OOO,OOO. For rectifying caving banks at Helena, S6l,000. As to improvement and protection of the banks of the Ar Kansas river at Pine Bluff. Little Rock. Dardanelle, Van Buren and Fort Smith. the secretary of war is empowered to use sufficient sum from the Arkansas river appropriation for the ample pro- lection of the banks at these points
 The bill is having the active aid of all the Arkansas members in and they hope to carry all the items successfully through the gauntlet of the house.
The Forrest City times., 1896-04-10
PNEUMATIC SOB COUSINS.
rAe Raging Cyclone of Borrowed Ral.
 derdash-

Daily our country gives evidence of being the greatest of the great. Itex. cels in all things. It's resources are linn iuess, industry is mighty, energy her cuiean, and there is wind enough to supply every spellbinder and lung statesman in all the broad and lengthy land. We are, indeed, a fortunate peo- Die, and wisdom will doubtless die with us.
 It IS Hon. Bob Cousins who brings these lofty sentiments to the brain sur idce-Hob Cousins, the choicest product of any age and exotic bud of Iowaland. In a mighty rush of wind to the mouth Bob thrilled the congressional debating society recently, and awakened the echoes of the immortal great in tho tombs of the big past. Centuries gone cooked their ears to hear the cyclone rush up through Bob's esophagus and escape through his Cupid-bow lips. The present sat paralyzed in the mai esty of the mighty disturbance, and the future crowded into the cellar.
 Bob's pneumatic nature was set in motion by the Ambassador Bayard cen sure resolution, the only thing co-exist- ent with force and matter, and, be- ing indestructible, incapable of end. With the soft purr of an oriental zephyr Bob began; into the hurricane stage he leapcd and then roared like the awful typhoon of the mikado sean. 1t was a grand, Iowa-like demonstra- ton of the power of wind over con- gressional matter. But listen to the rumblings of the approaching storm;
 'I look ct that great array of buildings.~ says Bob, of Iowaland. with his minds ey& bolted to the past worlds fair, ''in which Caesar might have gloried, and in the con- temptation of which Phidias and Angelo or centuries than of a single year."
 But Bob missed the best part of the fair if he spent his time ill looking at the great array of buildings. Up the Midway his poetic soul would have found delight and his lungs worthy peers. There's nothing dead in Lalr land" would have warned him of an- other later-day Demosthenes who would debate the Bayard resolution. ''The only living ostriches in Amer ica' would have caused him to look well to his laurels and the 'Hot-Hot- Hot" peroration would have shown him that the woods are full of embryo states men.
 In going to Rome and Greece Bob's pneumatic burst shows signs of lull. Why plug dead Caesars game when Iowaland has living Allison and pull sating Boies? Phidias could cut mar ble, but could he shuck corn? Mike An gelo could design a St. Peters. but could he carry the solid Iowa delegates into the delegation? Nero could fiddle, but could he lead the Buchanan county Roies brass band? Greece had her Socrates, Pericles and Plato, but she was barren of Bob Cousins. Did Rome ever pull off corn palace, with half fares from distant points? Did Greece. with her olympian contests, ever have a husking bee? Rome and Greece, with their Horaces and Pindars, Sophocles and Aristophanes, Ciceros and Demos- themes, never had and never will have Bob Cuff Cousins, Delphic oracle. Ooric orator and grand momentum of atmospheric cdisturbances.-Chc 1 News (Ind l.
The Forrest City times., 1896-04-10
Bankers Will Meet.

me Arkansas Bankers Association "ni hold their next annual meeting in 4''l'e Rock on May 13 and IA. Comp Hoiier Eckels has been invited to at @ua and deliver an address to the bank
 Secretary M. H. Johnson received a :, iet'er from MT. Eckels in which the
 iatter says that he will take great p.easure in visiting Little Rock if his Aioial business at Washington should s .o' oe so Important as to preg nt him rom doing so
The Forrest City times., 1896-04-10
IRKANSAS STATE NEWS.
ARKANSAS CROPS.
rnfavorable Report Made by the Ar nsas Section of the Crop Service.

.,.as Section of the Crop Service.
 rha Arkansas section of the crop
 -,,;oe of the weather bureau has is-
 I'd the following crop report for the past week;
 me weather has been generally unfavora-
 Cor farm work and for the germination of seeds planted.
 seeus t,I,r rains occurred in all but the extreme
 -. portions of the state during the first of " ,eak and retarded farm work of all kinds tr. Iittle planting has been done. Corn plant pu' hse progressed fairly well in some locali- .Hs ms 5,riur the last few days. but planting will ae. be general until the later part of this week T rarts of the northeast section where the s.aiI was heaviest some damage was done l" o,,erfows in creek bottoms where lands were washed badly
 arly in this direction is being energetically ~nsbed few correspondents report some pot,ou planted, but the opinion prevails that ootton planting will not be general under two weeks.
 .,ote on the morning of the End and 3rd. It did bat little damage except in parts of the north vest section where serious injury is reported ,o reaches and plumbs and slight damage to sarly apples and strawberries.
 irish potatoes are all planted and in a few To- ,slities are coming up well. but in general fears are entertained that the seed has been injured by the cold wet weather.
 Oats and wheat are doing very well though frost injured the former to slight extent. Gardens are very backward and grass on the range is growing very slowly.
 warm weath6f Is needed in all sections of inc state and fair weather in all but portions of the northwest section.
The Forrest City times., 1896-04-10
Old Firm Assigns.

The well-l1nown firm of NJ. G. Hall X Co.,. one of the largest wholesale gro cery houses in Little Rock, has as signed. It is estimated the assets of the firm amount to nearly 5000 and the liabilities about s35, 1000. The fail ure is due to poor collections and the refusal of the firms creditors to carry them longer.
The Forrest City times., 1896-04-10
Judge Askew Dead.

Judge B. F. Aslew died suddenly at his home at Magnolia recently. He had been in bad health for a year, but was at his office up to few days before his death. His funeral was largely attend ed and many from the neighboring towns witnessed the ceremonies, which were conducted by both Masons and Odd Follows.
The Forrest City times., 1896-04-10
What is

Casora Dr. Samuel Pitchers prescription for Infanta and Children 1t contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. harmless substitute Tor Paregorc, Drops, Soothing Syrups, Castor O
 is Pleasant Its guarantee thirty years, use bv Millions of Mothers Castoria destroys Worms and aays 1everishness. Castora prevents vomiting Sour Curd, cures Darrhoea and Wind Colic. Castoria relieves teethlng troubles, cures constipation fatulency Castora assmilates the food, regulates the stomach and bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep Gas. t0ria Is the Chfldrens Panacea-the Mothers Friend
The Forrest City times., 1896-04-10
A Minister Pardoned.

On April last Geo. E. Davis, negro minister of Fourche township, was fined s10O in justice of the peace court in Little Rock for performing a mar riage ceremony without having filed his credentials. Gov. Clarke renitted the tine-
The Forrest City times., 1896-04-10

"castoria Is the best remedy for children of which am acquainted hope the day is not far distant when mothers will consider the real interest of their children and use Castoria instead Of the various quack nostrums which are destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium. morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful agents down their throats, thereby oending them to premature graves"
 DR. J. F. KNcHRLoR,
 Conway, Ark.
The Forrest City times., 1896-04-10
Castoria.

Castoria Is an excellent medicine for chfi- oren. Mothers have repeatedly told me of its good effect upon their children"
 DR. C. (. OsGooD.
The Forrest City times., 1896-04-10
CastOria.

"Castorfa Is so well adapted to children thse recommend it as superior to any prescriptioa | known to me-" H. A. ARCHER, M. D.. III So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. '.
The Forrest City times., 1896-04-10

"our physicians in the cbiidrens depart ment have spoken highly of their expesk ence in their outside practice with Castesia. and although we only have among our medical supplies what is known as reRsfmr products. yet we are free to confess that tho merits of Castoria has won us to look wit& favor upon it."
 UNITED HOSPITAL AND DrspEwsAnx. \
 Boston, Ma
The Forrest City times., 1896-04-10

The certaa Company n Murray Street New York c,ty
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-02-03
THE SIDE OF VALOR.

Every struggle Of a people to win
masters has developed among them un-
expected resources of military genius.
This has been true from the begin
ming of history, and is we'll marked in
the effort Of the Cuban people to OBJ
tain their independence The remark
able success Of the Cuban patriots. in
holding out for so long against the
entire resources of Spain, is due largely
to the strategic ability Of the insur-
gent commanders. The greater part of
Spain's regular army is now in Cuba,
and pretty much every general of note
either has been or is now participating
in their command; yet they have never,
from the beginning Of the fight, OBJ
tanned a single victory, nor inflicted a
disastrous defeat upon the enemy The
principal credit for this remarkab BILE out
come belongs to the men who have
conducted the cause of free Cuba.
There can be no doubt that Maceo and
Gomez are among the ablest generals
Of their time. They would make little
mark, perhaps, in conducting a scien-
tif1c campaign in a great struggle be-
tween two powerful nations One who
regards war as an exact science, like
Won Moltke, would sneer at their per
formances. as he did at those of the
generals commanding during our own
War Of the Rebellion. But, after all,
the greatest general is he who can best
adapt himself to the conditions under
which he must work, and who wrests
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-02-03
A VALID CRITICISM.

There have been criticisms of the
bond issue that were manifestly and
Intentionally unfair Such, for instance,
was the one that blamed the secre-
tary for asking for bids when the
writer knew, or, If he did not should
have kept silent, that, under the law,
the secretary could not do otherwise.
But the Evening Post makes the fair
point against the conditions of the
tender of bonds that no deposit is re-
quired Of any bidder as a guarantee
of his good faith and to insure his ac-
awarded to him.
1t is perfectly feasible, as the Post
points out, for any one to make bid
higher than would be offered by one
intending to take the bonds as an in
vestment. If the bond issue Is over
bid, as will probably be the case, their
price in the market will rise when the
bids are opened. If this happen, this
irresponsible bidder will claim his first
installment Of 20 per cent, sell his
OpClOn on the DOnQS, ana pocket the
margin. He may sell the entire amount
awarded him, or the installment for
which he pays. If the latter, he can
wait another period until the next in
stallment is due, and repeat the process
if the market is still rising. If, how
ever, either at the opening Of the bids
or afterward, the market for the bonds
is not above his bid, he can refuse to
take the bonds and the government is
remediless. The bidder has no for
felt money up and runs no risk. The
advantage is wholly with him. If the
price is above his bid, he makes the
margin; if below, he refuses to take
the bonds, aGd is out nothing but
his trouble in making the bid. In fact
it is possible for a few men thus to
defeat the bond issue by taking all
at a higher rate than investors will
offer, and then refusing to accept and
pay for them. All this is possible, and
the requirement of a good-faith de-
posit would make it impossible.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-02-03
BLIND TO IT'S WRONG.

The chaplain of the house Is blind
both physically and morally To the
moral aspect of public affairs he is
utterly oblivious. A disciple of Him
who delivered the Sermon on the
Mount, and, teaching the brotherhood
OF man, enjoined as his chief command
that men love one another, he asked
the Almighty in a morning prayer in
the house that 1--WE might be quick to
resent insults" So dull is his sense of
the moral rights of men that he is
incapable of seeing the monstrous in
justice, the partial slavery, that is in
volved in the policy of protection, which
takes. by the strong arm of the gov
ernment, from the earnings Of some
without compensation, to be given to
others who have not earned. He had
the effrontery to ask the universal
Father to grant additional protection
to American manufacturers, so as to
enable the latter ''to put an end to the
privations of the workingman."
Possibly We do this reverend gentle
man injustice, doubling his intelligence
at the expense of his moral sense.
Probably he is not so blind as not to
be able to see "on which side his
bread is buttered," and by whom both
the bread and butter are supplied. Pos
sibly, again, this may do him injustice.
He may be one of many of his cloth
who have or. hoI fhai OF
tention called to the hard, cold, greedy
selfshness that is cloaked by the good
word protection" The question has
never been put to him squarely, per-
haps, whether, in Christian morals, 1t
is right that one man should receive
the power to take from another a por-
ton, however small, of what he has
earned by his toll in order that the
former may make greater profits in his
business. 1t was when this moral
side Of the policy Of his party became
clear to Henry Ward Beecher, when
the wickedness of it became apparent
to him, that he followed the dictates
of his conscience and opposed his party.
Extending to the chaplain Of the house
that charity that covers a multitude
Of worse offenses than his, we accept
the conjecture that he has not vet made
his ride down to Damascus, and has not
yet seen the great light that will open
his eyes to the sinfulness, the wrong,
the robbery of helpless men by the
enforcement Of the policy he asked his
Maker to increase and intensity.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-02-03
VICTIMS Of FLOOD.
NUMBER OF PEOPLE LOSE LIFE I'm
THF. 'H1EsHE,Es IN MISSISSIPPI
AND TEXAS.
THE RISE IS UNPRECEDENTED.
VTCKSBURG CUT OFF FROM STIR
ROUNDING TOWNS-CANToN
SUBMERGED.
THE RISE IS UNPRECEDENTED.
ROADS AND BRIDGES DESTROYED.
several Washouts on the RaiIroadF
Heavy Loss on PIanta-
tfons.

MADISON, Miss, Feb. "A terrific
rain fell here last night, washing away
bridges and road-beds all through this
section. The water at Calhoun station
was the highest for thirty years
TERRY, Miss. Feb. 2.-Heavy rains
here the past forty-eight hours caused
g general overflow of streams. Bridges
were carried away in all directions.
causing loss of many thousands Of
dollars to the county.
CANTON. Miss, Feb. 2-Rains in
the past forty-eight hours have caused
the most destructive overflow known
IN this section for twenty years The
entlre Western portion of the city is
inundated from two to five feet, houses
are flooded and in some cases the in
mates wakened in the morning by
water coming into their houses. The
people of the overflowed section have
been taken by boats to other sections
OF the city. The Illinois Central rail-
road Is submerged and many bridges
destroyed.
News was received here this morn
ing of the drowning of an entire family
of children on the Reid place. four
miles from Canton, the parents having
gone to a festival. and the dwelling
being flooded before their return.
PORT GIBSON Miss, Fec. Rain
fell here for thirty hours continuously.
beginning Friday night The govern,
ment gauge shows a fall of seven and
third inches. All streams are over
Moved and bridges destroyed or badly
damaged. Dave Barnes was drowned
by the upsetting of a dugout in which
the negro was attempting to cross an
overflOwed field
COLUMBIA, Tex, Feb. 2.-The Rra-
zos river began rising from the normal
stage less than forty-eight hours since.
now it is out of its banks in a num-
ber of places. 1t is thought the road
between Brazoria and his place ia
now covered in several places. and
travel n the direction of the county
seat is likely to be entirely interruUtcJ
TIE water now entirely surrounds this
own except toward the north, or Rich
mond ROAD.
NAVASOTA, Tex. Feb. --.'Che Rrszos
river is still rising, being six inches
over the SANTA !'e track fJr TWO miles
near Allen farm. The tw0 rivers have
united between NaYasota ana AIIer
farm, making a stream twelve mile.
wide. Traffic VIII probably not be
SUSPENDED. though badly mterf.red
with
VICKSBUPG, Miss, Feb. NO
trains have arrived today over the
Alabama & "icilsburg railroad from
Sheridan. OWING 20 the washouts. nor
any from New Orleans over tine Yazoo
d Mississippi Valley. Floods ana rsins
are reported everywhere
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-02-03
At the Grand-"A Gay Old Boy

In "a Gay Old Boy" Joseph Hart
and his pretty wife, Carrie DeMar,
have found vehicle for the full dis
play of their marked abilities in the
direction of music and comedy, and at
the same time for the entertainment Of
that class Of theater patrons who are
not averse to ballad or a sand jig be-
tween jokes. Hart is cast as Forrest
Tree, whose dog carries all the bark.
Forrest Tree is a WidoWer, and Incl
dental to this season the tree has shed
it's mourning, and frolics with any fair
damSeI from the hOuSekeeper to the
Belle Of Bourbon. The latter, however,
is the high card, speaking technically,
for her charms are so Irresistible that
Tree marries the rival, Miss DeMar,
and then goes away for three days
without letting any one but the min
lister know OF the wedding. Meanwhile
the bride relieves the monotony by
playing practical jokes on the remain
der of the company. Tree has three
daughters, Cherry, Peach and Maple,
Of whom it may be said that Cherry
and Maple are peaches as well as their
sister, Leona Amrose, Adele Archer,
and Therese Woodward are the three
daughters. Cherry has most to do,
and the greater part Of her lines are
not only singable, but well sung. May
Thompson, who appears as Imogene
a very good bit of Irish comedy, and
Al Leech has some terpsichorean spec
ialties which are unique and enjoyable,
and he is also assigned to certain meas
ures of song. Without making any
invidious comparisons it may be said
that there are other singers in the
world, although all of them can not
dance as well as Mr.. Leech. Harry M.
Morse appears as Rainsley Frost, a
wealthy COW puucher who wears his
hair like Buffalo Bill, and his pistols
side-saddle Mr.. Frost's chief purpose
in the play is to afford a foil for the
superheated shafts of love that ema
nate from the Well-SeaSoned heart Of
Trees sister-in-law, Willow, in whose
character Nellie Hartley finds one Of
those laughable, but not wholely win
some creations, the old maid, and
makes the most of it. Miss DeMar has
and Mr.. Hart discharges the orchestra
long enough in the third act to pound
some German parodies Of current pop
ular songs out of piano.
This is in addition to has other work,
| of Wooing, winning and amusing the
| bride and the audience.
| Beauty, the dog, plays his own part,
| and has a roar that would indicate a
| diet for several weeks past of half
| where "a Gay Old Boy" was not ap-
preciated.
Mr.. Hart will be "a Gay Old Boy
| for week at the Grand, with a matt
| nee Wednesday and Saturday.
| John Philip Sousa and his famous
band will be heard in two attractive
programmes at the Grand next Thurs
day afternoon and evening. The sale
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-02-03

own. These are largely lacking. That
was the great sin of the Democracy
in the Fifty-third congress. For. lack
Of it members shuff1ed and twisted
and disagreed, and finally formulated
their policy in bill which was not
only unsatisfactory to all Of them,
but which brought down upon them
the censure Of the country at large.
The Republican party today is in
precisely the same situation, or rather
worse 1t triumphed in the cleo
tions of 1894 on a negative plat
form. 1t appealed to dissatisfaction
with the action of the Democrats, and
pledged itself merely to do better. 1t
is not going to do better, and has no
power to do so. Why? Largely because
issues, are as far apart as the poles
when it comes to positive action. Their
only bond Of agreement, probably, is
support Of an increase in the tariff.
When it comes, however, to saying
how much that increase shall be, and
to what extent it shall be imposed in
the different schedules Of the tariff,
they are at war with one another.
On the money question they are thor
oughly discordane and hopelessly di-
vided. Their ascendency in congress,
therefore, holds out no hope to the
country and is a distinct injury 20
the party itself. They are very likely
to be beaten, as the Democrats were,
because they will fail to agree upon a
positive policy, and to offer to the
country such legislation as it's needs
require. We may see, then, clearly,
from the course of actual events in
the last five years, that both public
interest and party interest are con-
stant sufferers by the policy of eX-
elusive abuse Of the opposition which
has come to be a rule of party action.
Mr.. Cleveland's strength before the
country consists principally in the
fact that he has convictions and dares
to carry them into action The party
which initiates him in this respect,
even though it may differ from him
in It's views Of the measures that ought
to be adopted, will first command a
support Of a majority Of the people.
1t is not only patriotism, it is good
party politics to let bygones alone
for while, and to appeal to the ma
ton at all times and in all places with
declaration Of positive principles
which the party announcing them is
prepared to carry into effect as laws
whenever it comes into power. What
the people most desire is that politics
should cease to be a game of hide
and-seek, and become an earnest oc-
cupation. In the interest of public
good as well as Of party success we
say that the rule henceforth should
be, Let every tub stand on its own
bottom
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-02-03
Tacoma Anti-Chtnese

For a little more than ten years Tacoma.
Wash, has enjoyed the distinction of being
the only strictly anti-Chinese city in the
Union. On Nov. g. 1885. the last Of the Chi
nese were forcibly driven from the city and
the city and county were tabooed to their
race. There was lot of excitement during
the incidents of the crusade, and the troops
were called out. Since then, and until a
Few days ago. not Chinese laborer lived
In Tacoma. Last, week the horrible discovery
was made that Thomas Riggs, a wealthy res
ident of the city, had hired two Japs. The
old committee Of fifteen was called together
and waited on Mr.. Riggs. MIR. Riggs showed
them the door and declined to admit their
right to interfere in his domestic arrange
ments. Next day, the committee called again.
accompanied by the mayor, who wanted to see
that Mr.. Riggs was protected, and consider
able crowd gathered Mr.. Riggs again as
serted his rights, and there the matter rests.
put the people of the place are wrought up,
declare the Chinese must CO. and threaten to
make trouble - w