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The Forrest City times., 1897-10-01
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Yellow Fever Germs

Breed in the bowels. Kill them and you are safe from the awfal disease. Casca- rets destroy the germs throughout the system and make it impossible for new ones to form. Cascarets are the only re- liable safeguard for young and old against Yellow Jack. 10c, 25c. soc, all druguists.
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Don't Forget the Date.

The Episcopal Church Guild will give musical in Mrs. Louis Rollwage' & parlors. Friday night, October sth. We Will have, a very attractive pro- pramme. which will be published, next week. The public are cordially in- vited. Twenty-Five cents admission.
 A. G. HURLEY. Secretary.
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Bucklen.s Arn,ca sa,ve.

The best salve in the world for Cnts. Bruises. Sores, Ulcers. Salt Rheun Feyer Sores. Tetter, Chapped Hands. Chlislains. Corns. and all Skin Ernp- uons. and positively cures Piles. or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction. or money reiunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by John II. 1ipton, druggists.
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Yellow Jack preventative.

Guard against Yellow Jack by keeping the system thoroughly clean and free from germ breeding matter. Cascarets, Candy Cathartc, will cleanse the system and kill all contagious disease germs.
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The Past Week Weather.

Mean temperature, 76 deg. Highest temperature o6, on 27th. Lowest temperature, 56, on 29th. No precipitation.
 A. D. BOYLE,
 Weather Observer
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Quorum Court Monday.
 Coal for sale by L. r. Gray.
 lleinz's Kraut at H. A. Knipht x Co.'S. "
 Harness, Tinware. and Chinaware at A. Meyer & Co. $.
 Mayor and Mrs. Tiptou attended the Duil'lam- Mulkey nuptias al Marlanna Monday. "'''"
 Cascarets stimulate liver. kidneys and bowels. Never sicken, weaken or gripe. l0c.
 Solce still calls at your home for laun- dry.. Leave calls at Helm ,S Soice's barber shop.
 Stove wood delivered to any part of the city for 75 cents per load by Fus- sell, Graham S Co.
 Rev. Jas. Noble. rector of the Church of the Good Shepherd, is expected to arrive here next week.
 Geo. B. Daniel. of Haynes. who was so seriously scalded a few weeks ago. we are glad to learn, is improving rapidly.
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The Forrest City School Board met Monday night. Further than the pay ment of several claims, there was no other business before the board.
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Zeke Leonard, a negro convict work ing on the Court House excavation. took French leave" Monday, and ; enjoying his freedom xs yet.
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Work on the court house is now in full blast, so 10 speak. The force of artisans was largely increased Monday. and results begin to show themselves above ground. The stone work begun Monday. relieved the monotony to regular visitors.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-09
JOAQUIN MILLER.

AAA~SS
the earth shall yield none of their
riches will suffer the obscurity which
is the inevitable result of failure.
How universal the gold fever is is evil
denced by superficial glance at the
list of names of those who have already
started for the north and those who
are about to start. There is, first of all,
old Joaquin Miller, poet of the Sier-
ras," bowed down by years, but strong
in the conviction that Fortune is wait
ing in Alaska to shower auriferous gifts
upon him. Then we have Lucky Bald
win, the California horseman, who
hopes to restore his tottering fortune
by rich strikes in the Northwest Terri
tory. And beautiful Kuehne Beyer-
idge, daughter Of q former lieutenant
governor of Illinois, and a sculptor Of
international fame, who prefers travel
ing over mountains and freezing rides
on dog sledges, with gold at the end OF
the road, to an art career in New York.
And Mrs. Caroline Westcott Romney,
of Chicago. who intends to publish a
newspaper at Dawson, devoting her
leisure moments to digging for gold in
adjacent creeks. And young woman
from Chicago whose purpose is the es-
tablishment of school for miners. q
sort Of academy in the wilderness
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ness, or conditions not in harmony
with the splendid architecture of the
building. The people of this country
will approve large appropriations to
carry out this purpose, and this i'm
provement would give employment to
thousands of the unemployed, and en-
tail burden upon the taxpayers
tritling in comparison to the great and
permanent benefits secured.
The first public printer was John D.
Defrees, of Indiana, who was appointed
early in 1861 by President Abraham
Lincoln. He held the office until
August 81, 1866, when he was removed
by President Andrew johnson, and
Cornelius Wendell was appointed, but
lis tenure of Office was very brief. The
congress was at that time in contro-
versy with President johnson, and in
the winter following the congress
changed the method of appointment
and on March /, 1869, Mr.. Defrees was
restored to Office by the senate under
the title of congressional printer.
On April IA, 1869, A. M. Clapp, of New
York, was appointed and held the po-
sition until June 1, 1877, when John D.
Defrees was appointed by President
Hayes. During his second term of
office Mr.. Defrees did great deal of
work in the matter of organization,
and he held his position until April IA,
1882. when Sterling P. Rounds, we'll
known type founder of Chicago, was
appointed by President Arthur,
President Cleveland appointed
Thomas r. Benedict, of New York. on
April -, 1886, and President Harrison
appointed Frank w. Palmer, of Chica-
go, to succeed him. On May z, 1894,
Mr.. Benedict again became public
printer, and held that position until
he was succeeded at the beginning of
the Mckinley administration by the
appointment of Frank w. Palmer, who
now holds that position.
The original building erected for the
use of the public printer in 1856 was
purchased by the government in 1860,
including the entire printing plant, for
$146,545, although the original owner,
MIR. Wendell, claimed that the build
ing and outfit cost him $1s0,0O0.
The buildingas it now stands is about
five times as large as the original build
ing. 1t has grown in size by the con-
struction of additions, but the entire
place is in ramshackle condition, and
every public printer for 20 years has
urged the congress to make appropria-
tions for the erection of safe and suit
able building.
SMITH d. FRY, =
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-09
THE KLONDIKE EPIDEMIC
The Who.e Country Is Now suf-
:ering from the Gold Fever.
Thousands Expect to II Accumulate
Wealth, Some by DigI tng for 1t, s.
Others by Buying Mine
81 4s ing Shares. t53
Especial Correspondence.1

Especial Correspondence
It's veritable disease, this Klondike
craze. Wherever you 60, people talk
about Alaska gold and the riches to be
had for the mere picking up. Although
the season is far advanced, hundreds Of
intrepid men, made mad by the greed
tcl yellow nuggets, and daring women
in search Of independence and wealth,
are determined to reach Alaska's shores
during the present season. III =
The tales of hardship and privation
told by miners who have returned from
the new Eldorado have no deterrent eff
feet. Each one of the embryo argonauts
thinks that he or she will succeed in,
crossing the ice-clad passes of Alaska
H.. safety. Each has doubts about the
success of his fellow travellers, but in
his own good fortune he has implicit
confidence. .ff" 49,. u
Last Saturday met young fellow
who had just arrived in Chicago from
Dawson City. He had money in his
purse and plenty of words in his mouth.
Like the rest of the Klondikers whose
sayings have found their way into print,
lie volunteered the information that the
Yukon and Stickeen river gold fields
were simply inexhaustible and that
men familiar with mining could not fail
to get rich, "provided"-and this pro-
visc seems regular stock in trade
''they can endure the rigors of the
climate and have plenty of provisions
anu clothing:"
Then the picking up of gold nuggets
is not exactly what some of the en-
thusiastic prospectors seem to think it
Is. Before the nuggets can be picked
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civil service examina tons. The civil
service commission knows nothing
about the printing Office, and certainly
has but 9 faint conception Of the adj
ministration of the Office of the public.
printer. with his 5000 assistants.
Therefore I think that appoint ments to.
the government printing Office should
be made solely upon the Judgment Of
the public printer, as to their fitness
and character. Under existing n civil
service rules it is not possible for the
public printer to select his assistants
for the most important positions in the
Office. Only old men. who served in the
union army, are given preference over
school boys"
Every member Of the printers craft
in the country who is connected with
any department Of the "art preventative
of all arts should insist that one Of the
noblest temples on the globe be erected
at the capital of the American republic,
which would serve not only the purpose
of a practical workshop, from which to
issue all the public printing, but as a
stately monument to that noble art
which more than any other has contrib.
uted to the advancement and progress
of humanity. - s.f
Its site should be on a.lofty elevation,
above the possibility of flood or damp
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a DiREFuL STORY.

Her face was like the blushing dawn: 81
p Her voice was soft and most melodio,-1.
My heart like smoke by fue was drawn:
We took fiat snug and Scommodious: y.
Nor rocked how Love- false prophet eve
Connubial Joy doth magnify RS
My wife had been to cooking school.
She thought she knewthe art completely.
one only needs to follow rule
she said. before she tried It. sweetlv. ts
IN Kitchen range. black-shined and hot,
winch was the precept she forgot?
purchased plates Of china rare; I'd
our silver,bore the sterling mark;
Inc taDlecloth was smooth and fair:
Bright chandeliers dispelled the dark.
There wanted only meat and wine,
In order that man might dine.
A curious thing 1t is to find 49, tg:#
Ihat man, so proud and nobly made,
should still depend on womankind
ZOE all that makes life more than shade.
Twould seem that mans supremest blisses
Are found in salads and in kisses.
The meats are black, hue shun;
The biscuits lilies still a-budding;.~*F
The famous fall of Babylon
Was naught beside my darling's pud-
ding.
We packed away our china fine,
And now at Mrs. Grubb's we dine.
Clarke Barrows, in Buffalo Express.
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UNEXPECTED Result.

Haven't they had some kind of rum
pus in Rev. Mr.. Pffthly's church,"
Eyes. He was taken suddenly ill one
Sunday morning, and Mrs. Pfifthly, like
the good little woman she is, went to the
church and preached in his place."
"And the congregation, suppose,
thought it was an act of presumption,
and plain disregard of St. Paul's teach
ings about women speaking in church ?"
"On the contrary, she gave them a SER
mon so much better than any her hus-
band had ever delivered, that they want
her to do all the preaching hereafter
Chicago Tribune.
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WHERE The N uNfY GOES

'GrOss BY Which Ass.
1kans Part with Their Gold.
sss There,are many men on the Klondike,
it is claimed. who will probably never
return to civilizat ion. This is the state
ment Of Jack Carr, the mail carrier,
and it's not very yful news he brings
to anxious relatives in this city and
elsewhere. It is not because the boys
are not making money in the north that
they cannot come home, but because
the temptations Of the saloons and
dance halls at Dawson are too much
for them, and every cent they earn is
spent that way. It does not take very
long to run through q small fortune In
Alaska, if one is inclined to be the least
bit sporty. It costs from so cents to
five dollars dance in the Dawson
dance halls, and with whisky at IS
cents per drink man has to be very
lucky to keep the pace.
The boys in question are not ex-
.ceptionally lucky. They have been on
the river long time, and have good
claim if they would work it Industrious
". They saved no money when they
were working down here, and Carr says
that they are not doing it in Alaska.
They have hardly enough to purchase
supply of grub for the winter, and
as result of their drinking and dane
ing, live in a terrible fashion. They are
on spree for about half the time, and
the other days in the week are too mucl.
played out to work. The stories told
of this Klondike whisky are interesting,
if true. q III =, ~
There are seven or eight saloons at
Dawson, counting a new one that has
just been started by Pete Mcdonald,
the well-known Snohomish saloon
keeper and variety man. At Louise
Town, above Dawson, there are four
more. tits from the Louise Town saloons
that the whisky stories come. Their
whisky, it is said, is made from alcoho!
and brown sugar. With every glass
placed on the bar whisk broom is
placed beside it. A Seattle man was
telling the story of his first drink to
few friends yesterday, and in the
course of the story explained the use
of the whisk broom. On his calling
for glass of whisky the broom was
handed to him, as the others at the bar.
Not wishing to show his ignorance, he
waited until the others had finished.
After downing the mixture they went
over to pile of sawdust, where for a
few minutes they rolled around in
fit. The whisk broom was used to
brush off the sawdust. The Seattle mar
poured his glass on the floor, having re-
ceived vivid temperance lesson.
There are said to be many men at
Dawson in just the fix the Seattle boys
spoken of are in. There is plenty of
work for them to do, but they won't do
it. Or, if they do, the money goes into
the saloons and dance halls, while dur
ing the winter they live off the more
fortunate miners. These men would
be in sorry fix if there was any great
scarcity of provisions at the camp, as
there seems to be possibility that
there will be this year.-Seattle Times.
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that the wealth of the Klondike will be
evenly distributed, without enriching
one section at the expense of another.
The only organization which has
thus far exhibited hoggish proclivities
in connection with the Klondike gold
output is the dominion government of
Canada, which has fixed the rate of
royalty on all gold mined in the Yukon
river country at 10 per cent. on a week.
ly output of $500 and at 20 per cent.
when the output exceeds $500 a week.
The greediness of this exaction is un-
paralleled in the history of modern
mining, and far exceeds that of the
Transvaal government in South Africa.
It will be remembered that not so
very long ago Great Britain protested
most vigorously against the royalty on
gold mining imposed by President
Kruger, and tacitly sanctioned the ILL
fated Jameson expedition against the
Boer republic, the principal excuse for
which was THIS same royalty on gold
mined by foreigners. And now a
British province is guilty Of the same
offense, and the action of it's officials is
applauded by the home government.
Truly, it makes quite a difference
whose OK is being gored. The only
equitable feature of the Canadian roy
atty tax is that it must be paid by
British subjects as we'll as foreigners,
the excuse for its existence being
found in an old English law, which de-
fines precious metals in the earth as
property of the king, the miners
being simply tenants who must pay
royal rent for the privilege of work.
ing the mines.
However, if even half of the reports
now current are true, the richest aurif-
erous deposits are located on the Amer
lean side of the international boundary
line, and as the United States does not
exact royalties or commissions from
lucky miners they will have to pay no
tax on the gold they may accumulate
in that blessed star-spangled region.
In the meantime, tax or no tax, thou
sands are preparing for the northern
journey next spring. buoyed up by the
hope of becoming independently rich;
and their hope is bound to be realized,
too, if the words of the philosopher
that 'experience is more precious than
gold" contain even a grain of truth. :.
g. W. WEIPPIERT.
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And last. but not least, two Catholic
nuns whose sole aim ia Drawing the
dangers Of an arctic winter is the taxi
ing care Of the sick and disabled. One
streak Of humanitarianisma and Chris
tan charity in chaos Of selfshness
the like of which has not beer seen for
many years.
Hut not only those who expect to limo
their pockets with precious ore il the
far-away mines are suffering from the
golden malady. In every city and VIII
slage of the country the disease prevails.
In the short space Of time Intervening
between the receipt Of the news Of the
finds and the goth Of August. Klondike
companies have been organized with q
capitalization Of scores / Of millions.
From New York, Chicago. San Fran
cisco, Seattle and Toronto circulars are
being sent out to every body in the land,
Offering stock, which is sure to pay
enormous profits" at ridiculously low
prices. Commercial companies. trad
ing companies. mining companies,
many of them managed by one enter
prising Individual located in an SKID
office in city skyscrapcr, are willing
to share the fortune to be reaped next
year with a disinterestedness that is
simply astonishing; unless one should
happen to be of humorous turn of
mind. when it becomes amusing. Stocks
that will be worth $1,000 per share a
year hence-according to the pros
pectus-can now be had for $40. So,
after all. we who stay at home have a
chance of getting slice of the riches
of Alaska; and without fatigue, too,
and without having to forsake our COM
Portable beds or sacrificing our tender
loin steaks AID homemade bread.
Many have availed themselves of these
tempting opportunities, one company
of which know, capitalized at So $780,
900, or Whereabouts, having already dis
posed of 70 per cent. of stock at ten
cents on the dollar. The happy stock
holders of this concern live in all parts
of the country, from Maine to Califor-
MIA, which gives renewed assurance
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up. the ground has to be thawed out.
This is something of task when you
consider that placer gold is always
found next to bed rock, from six to thir-
ty feet below the frozen Arctic surface.
"Big fires are built at night" so one
man describes the operation, land al
lowed to burn IL hours. It takes one
cord to the fire. When the ashes are
removed the ground is found thawed
few inches. The loose gravel is removed
and the fires rekindled. This process is
kept up. The wood is carried half
mile in some cases." But coupled with
this information comes the assertion
that there are still thousands of easily
reached claims in Alaska and the North
west Territory which will pay as high
as $4,000 year to the man who will
work them.
A promise like this knocks out all
fear of danger, and makes appear tri-
fling the specter of starvation which
hung about the Klondike last winter,
when flour was sold for $1.2O pound
and five pounds of lard brought $13;
when miners had to pay $1.5o for cup
u d11CSCA COACO anu d Id LII Sduu "lCuS
and when 200 men, Nth 81 100000 worth
of gold dust and nuggets among them,
came within an ace of actual starva-
ton.
Half of the terrors of the journey
from Dyea, the new port of entry north
of Juneau, across the Chilkoot pass to
Dawson City has never been. told.
Hundreds of those now on the way, and
hundreds of those about to start, will
either not survive the trip or for
ever injure their health: But once
inoculated with the Klondike virus,
nothing will stop a fortune seeker from
attempting to reach the tabled region.
Some will succeed in getting there.
Some will "strike it rich.", About them
we shall hear much next summer. The
urfortunates who may fall by the way
side and those to whom the bowels of
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Head Of the Government Printing Ofice.)
very hour is as prolific source of public
debate, personal speculation and com.
mon scandal as at any former period.
1t has brought more contempt and dis
grace upon our government than have
come from any single cause that can
he mentioned. : 4. s -
IF we consult the records of 1919 we
shall find as far back as that the con-
gress of the United States foundering in
the mire of printing rascality, unable
either to get it's work done at the prop
er time, as stipulated, or even with toll
cradle accuracy. 1t was horribly execut-
ed, on poor paper, and never ready when
wanted. 49,. -. ii. s.sss.t A.. ,.5
''The efforts of the spoilsmen of all
parties have ever been to crush
out the labors of those seeking
a radical and genuine reform in
that department. The mere partisan
does not want the door Of the
treasury closed against him Just as he
is about to lay hold of it's keys; and as
the printing spoils have been regarded
as among the most valuable under the
government, mere politicians have al
ways had strong desire to retain
them" ,s-ss s. ,=sssl<Ess& 80: sS#
Public Printer Palmer is splendid
executive officer who has had great
experience in the. printing business and
who occupied the position Of public
printer under the Harrison admins
tration. He says: Il am not spoils-
man in the strict sense of that word,
although believe that the political
party placed in power by the people
should dominate the affairs of every
administration. While u am not a.
spokesman, am at the same time OPP
posed to the application Of the civil
service lawto the government print ting
Office. think it is absurd to require
printers and cylinders to pass school
boy examinations. It is also the height
Of folly to require laborers and
skilled workmen in the various
branches Of the printing Office to pass