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The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1897-04-16

The girl, somewhat trepidant, ap-
preached his bedside, still holding the
flowers.
so it is you who have been filling
that vase every morning, is it?"
"Shure, sor, an SO it wor," she replied,
with courtesy.
"Yes, Bridget, now hand me that
pocketbook on the table there. That
is well. Now l want you to tell me who
gave you the roses to bring in to me-"
'Iiowly mither, sor, an that will
niver be afthcr doin'. Mrs. Travis, the
Teddy, sor, thrittened me | DON know
what av sid wurred about her, sor-"
THAT will do, my girl" he said, gen
tly, as he placed a bill in her hands
Leave the roses here by my side and
go out of the room for a little while"
Tin dollars" cried Bridget, after
reaching the hall, "an' all because wor
afther refusin' the tillin' av him who
sint them! Shure the kind gintlemans y
gone clane deft."
Bradnor seized the cluster eagerly
and let his nostrils drink in their CRATE
full odor. While he did so the memory
of the heavenly voice freshened, and he
seemed to hear it sing over and over
again the hymns of the Easter day SER
vice. Then he listened for the dear
words of the flower song: "'Tis the Las.
Rose of Summer" In deep revery he
closed his eyes for several moments,
after which he opened them again, laid
the roses down with profound sigh
and then said. aloud:
"victor Bradnor, you wretch, you are
deeply, desperately and foolishly in
love with human voice. and that voice
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1897-04-16

pess after some moments and when q
careful examination had been made the
medical man declared that no bones
were broken, but that badly-sprained
ankle would ccnine Bradnor to his bed
for many days.
The young, stalwart fellow, with his
six feet of height and broad shoulders,
chafed under the latter sentence. He
did not feel i'll, although the pain was
intense in his ankle. But the doctor
was obdurate, declaring that most seri-
Gus results would be likely to follow
any attempt upon his part to arise from
his bed for week, at least.
With groan the man turned his
face away and presently fell asleep,
from the effects of an opiate that had
been administered in his arm.
The following morning he dozed fit
fully, the effects of the drug not having
intelligence returned to him. His eyes
ranging over the room he saw upon his
dressing case great cluster of red
roses, and for a moment he wondered
who had given them to him; but the
thought was an evanescent cGe. Per-
haps he thought it was an act of Jer-
lyn's, who had spent the greater part
of the day in his room.
Day after day, however, he observed
that fresh ones were supplied to replace
the others. When week had passed. he
turned suddenly upon Jerlyn and
thanked him for his care and the gift
of the flowers.
Flowers, what flowers?" demanded
Jerlyn, nervously. He was little,
nervous man, who spoke rapidly.
Didn't know you cared for 'em.
don't. Cabbages are much more to my
taste, especially when boiled with bacon
or beef"
Bradnor did not pursue the subject.
but he brooded over it all the more. He
had no acquaintance or friend at the
Springs save Jerlyn. and he was sure
the landlord had not provided them.
He was now able to sit in an easy
chair and the doctor had promised that
within day or two he might, with the
aid of crutches, leave his room and
mingle with the guests of the hotel.
The following morning he was awake
when Bridget, the chambermaid, en-
tered his room and was surprised to see
her bearing a cluster of fresh roses in
her hands.
Bridget" he said. with frmness,
come here"
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1897-04-16
UNITED STATES AND JAPAN.

An English Newspaper Says the Japanese
Navy Wouie Prove Hard Customer.
LONDON April 14.-The st. James Ca
zette this afternoon, referring to the
trouble in Hawaii regarding the land
ing of japanese, says that il a rupture
between Japan and the United States
occurs, the latter may find the Japan
ese navy hard customer 10 tackle.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1897-04-16

For going on. our life grows gray
In shadow of the passed away:
The things we had, and have not seem
The fading vision of dream,
Dear voices hushed, dear hands ungrasped,
Dear household broken, links unclasped
That late were binding kith and kin;
such winds Of sorrow have swept In
That wide. waste spaces everywhere
Leave empty silence. bleak and bare.
Not now with starry lilies dight
We greet the Casters morning light.
Our lilies bloom beyond the tide,
Sweet fields are on that other side,
Here meet we pain and fret and loss,
And heavy weight OF rough-hewn cross
When Easter breaks, thank God we say
For strength still equa! TO our day,
For hopes that span the road before
And love that climbs to Heavens door
'Tis much, IL but, serene and still.
We can accept the Fathers will,
And comforted. uplift our psalm,
And feel, through tears, the Easter balm.
And now. by every lowly grave,
one tender thought our fond hearts crave
That He whose outward grave-clothes lay
Folded and fair on Easter day
May come so much our own to be
That aye His blessed company
May light like sunshine all our gloom.
And make our Easter lilies bloom
In hearts that join with full accord
The anthems 10 the risen Lord
Margaret Z. Sangster. in Chicago In-
terror
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1897-04-16
HI. Enster Offering.

I dare not offer her hat.
On things mundane | may not feast her,
And so have decided that
I'll offer her myself al Easter
Detroit Free Press.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1897-04-16
sure Enough.

What would life be without the Easter
lat at this season ?-Boston Globe.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1897-04-16

Ut NOW. as once. by
budding leaf
And flower unfold
Ing bright and
brief,
We mark our Easter
days return,
While white the sill
very tapers burn.
And chanting choirs
In full accord
Salute the reigning,
risen Lord!
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-08

grew worse. She could not turn her
head or use the muscles of the neck
without a violent effort, while red
blotches, the size of a quarter, ap-
peared all over her body. Then came
a period when the spots disappeared
again.
Mrs. Waterbury grew worried and
consulted the family physician, who,
distrusting his own diagnosis, sent the
girl to Stamford, where the doctor adj
vised that New York authority be con-
suited.
This was accordingly done, and DR..
Duncan Buckley, of No. East Thirty
seventh street, was seen. He treated
the girl and took her to the meeting
of the Dermatological society, where
her case attracted much attention and
caused more discussion. DR.. Buckley
advised Mrs. Waterbury to leave the
child in his care, but the girl did not
want to part from her mother, and re-
turned to Noroton, where she is at
present.
She is able to be up and about, but
complains of terrible tightness of the
skin. The face is thin and the skin is
shiny and cold and drawn tightly over
the bones. The sense of touch is still
there, but the pores are completely
closed and she never perspires.
This throws all the work upon the
kidneys and the lungs, and the doctors
fear that if the skin across the chest
tightens much more that the girl will
be unable to breathe and die from suf-
location.
DR.. French, the family physician, says
that the disease is of nervous origin
and that in a previous case his patient
lived seven years. He has the vague
hope that maturity will enable Annie
to shake off the disease and restore her
to normal health, but admits that her
chances for ultimate recovery are very
slim.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-08

Massillion, Stark county, o. He is a
product of the coal mines of that coun-
ty, where his father, of English descent,
was a miner before him. He received
his schooling in labor agitation under
John Mcbride, also of Massillon, who
was president of the national miners
organization when the great strike of
1894 was fought. In 1888 Ratchford was
member of the national executive
board of the miners organization, and
last year he was president of the Ohio
miners organization. At the national
convention last January he was elected
to the highest Office in the organization
He is 40 years old, is married and has
two children. Five feet ten inches in
stature, stoutly built, with firm-set jaw
and mouth, flashing eye, he looks like
the leader of his fellows that he is.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-08
TURNING INTO STONE.
Peculiar Aff1iction of a Little Con-
necticut Girl
The Doctors All Agree That Unless
Miracle Intervenes She VIII Be
come an Ossified Woman
The Case Described.

Though it has boosted of many
strange things, Connecticut can bring
forward nothing stranger than the
little girl in Noroton who is gradual
| ly turning into stone.
Her name, says the New York Jour-
nal, is Annie Waterbury, and she is IL
years old, and the doctors all agree
that unless a miracle intervenes, she
will become an "ossified woman"
AT present she is suffering only from
disease known in medicine as sclero-
derma, which in plain English means
hidebound, but her physicians say that
it is only the forerunner of complete
ossifcation. At present there is no
remedy for this strange disease, SO that
little Annie seems doomed to horrible
suffering.
She is the daughter of George Water
bury, well-to-do iceman, who owns a
pretty place in Main street, Noroton,
where he lives with his wife and seven
children. Both himself and wife are
healthy individuals, and none of the
children save Annie has ever been seri-
ously i'll.
Dorothy, two-year-old, has a bad
habit of eating mud and pebbles and
dirt of all kinds, and as a result she
suffers from indigestion and COLES.
She has been repeatedly spanked, but
the punishment has not cured her of
her strange prediction for earth.
Aside from this, the temperament of
the entire family is normal.
Annie, who is a bright child, and has
taken a number of prizes in school,
was perfectly healthy until about a
year ago, when her mother noticed that
the skin of her face was becoming taut,
to use a nautical expression. The child
felt no pain, but could neither smile
nor give any expression to her face.
1t was thought to be only temporary
ailment, and after a few weeks she
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-08
Pedaling Up Hill.

Even pedaling is necessary if hill climb
ing Is to be made at all comfortable
When facing an ascent, the rider should
gradually get up speed approaching thu
foot of the SLOPE in order that the impetus
may carry him at least part of the dis
lance to be covered. Lean slightly ic-
ward, not STOPPING, and press each peda
down strongly but steadily, clawing il
over the dead center by means of the ankle
action. If near the top of the hill ant
the thighs begin to ache, rest may be Sc
cured by sitting well back in the saddle
and pulling at the handle bars. A differ
emit set of muscles is thus brought intc
action, while additional power is secured
by the "pullr of the riders arms.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-08


When he came out he rturned to his
fathers farm and devoted himself to
breaking mules. While engaged in this
way he was discovered by Joseph Bald
win, now the leading Texas educator,
but then engaged in starting private
normal school. The result was that
young Greenwood left the pillow and
the mule and became for seven years
professor of mathematics in Prof. Bald
wins private school, which soon be-
came a flourishing state institution. In
1874. he was elected superintendent of
public schools in Kansas City, which
place he has filled ever since. He has
frequently been solicited to accept the
presidency of the association, but would
never yield until now. Mr.. Greenwood
still retains the appearance of farmer.
He has swarthy complexion, which
contrasts both with dark mustache
and gray hair. He has the reputation
of tireless student and of special pro-
ficiency in mathematics. AS school
superintendent he is remarkably popu-
iui anu SuSSSSSiul, anu, ~ ID SdlN, sue
cessful because he is popular. Here
are his views on important topics: 81
cannot say that 1 sympathize with the
opinion which seems to prevail in some
places that the children of the country
are injured by being taught almost ex-
clusively by women. / have never
known better teachers or superin-
tendents than some women are. am
in favor of free textbooks. I realize
that paternalism is a thing that should
be sedulously avoided. But education
seems by common consent to be ex-
cepted from the condemnation of pa
ternalism. Every other expense in con-
nection with education is met by the
public, and do not see why textbooks
also should not be free. Ihave no policy
as president of the association. What
occupies my mind is that the arrange
ment of the annual programme involves
an amount of work from which l recoil
with horror, but which l shall perform
to the best of my ability"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-08
WILL VISIT THE CAR.
Grand Ceremonial Trip Of the
French President.
How NJ. Faure VIII Reach Russian
Domains and How He VIII BE
Entertnined-Thew Weeks
Festivities.

After much discussion and repeated
,denials the visit of President Faure to
Russia has been finally decided upon
by the governments of France and of
the car, and the newspapers at st,
Petersburg, first and foremost the &C
credited organ of the st. Petersburg
foreign Office, publish the official pro-
gramme of the festivities organized by
the Muscovite courtin honor of Frances
chief magistrate.
The visit is to last eight days, after
which three are to be spent at Moscow.
President Faure, having arrived in Rus
STA by way of the Baltic, landing at
Cronstadt, will embark at Odessa,
where Frances Mediterranean squad
ron will await him in order to serve as
escort.
Inasmuch as it would be discourteous
in the extreme to pass through the
straits of the Dardanelles, under the
very windows of the Yildiz kiosk, with
out stopping to call upon the sultan,
the Russian trip of the president will
necessarily include a visit to the pad
ishah, although this is especially in con-
venient just at the present juncture,
when Abdul Hamid is practically defy
ing the concert of Europe in connection
with the conclusion of the treaty of
peace with Greece.
The visit will be a notable one, says
the Chicago Record, inasmuch as twill
be the first instance on record of the
president of a great republic being well
coined at a monarchial court. Sow
ereigns have been welcomed by presi-
dents of republics, but the latter have
never yet been welcomed by sovereigns,
and accordingly there are innumerable
questions of etiquette to be discussed,
weighed and determined, which are all
the more important in view of the fact
that they will constitute a precedent
for analogous visits in the future.
1t is on this account that at the re-
quest of the grand master of the cere-
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-08
lIicroscopfc WRITING

Amachine has been invented, which is
composed of exquisitely graduated
wheels, running tiny diamond point al
the end of an almost equally tiny arm
whereby one is able to write upon glass
the whole of the Lords Prayer within
a space which measured the two hun.
dred and ninety-fourth part of an inch
in length by the four hundred and for.
tieth part of an inch in breadth, OF
about the measurement of the dot over
the letter Il" in common print. With
this machine anyone who understood
operating it could write the whole
1856, 4s0 letters of the Bible eight times
over in the space of an inch--a square
inch. A specimen of this marvellous
microscopic writing was enlarged by
photography, and every letter and point
was perfect and could be read with
ease.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-08
FIRST CUBAN COIN.

ISSUED by Sanction of the Cuban Junta.)
same as four-shilling English piece
quoted in this market at 90 cents. 1t
is authorized by the Cuban junta, which
has authority from the Cuban govern
ment to issue money and credits to raise
funds for the prosecution of the war,
and this is one of the means. The
scheme of the coins was devised by FL
nancial Commissioner Jose de Zayas, of
the Cuban delegation in this city, and
the design is the work of the Italian
sculptor, Philip Martigny.
On the diverse of the coin is the head
of the Goddess of Liberty, surrounded
by the motto: "Patria y Liberty" (Coun-
try and Liberty, and the word Sou
venir."
The model for this head is Miss Leo
nora Molina, prominent Cuban So
ciety lady of this city, who always
takes leading part in all entertain
ments for the benefit of the Cuban
cause.
The reverse of the coin bears the
Cuban seal, with the words: "Republica
de Cuba" (Repubic of Cuba), and six
stars, representing the six Cuban states.
These states are not well understood,
even by Cubans, who often confound
them with the six Spanish provinces,
but they are Oriente, Camaguey, Las
Villas, Matanzas, Havana and Occi-
dente.
The coins are being manufactured in
New York city. The die machine, made
especially for this purpose, weighs $500
pounds, and has capacity of 6 800 coins
each hour. As the coins are struck they
are turned over to the special bureau,
under the direction of Commissioner
Jose de Zayas, at No. Sc New street, New
York, from where they will be distrib-
uted, in the order of the filing of the ap-
plications for them.
Each coin will be sold for one dollar
in United States money, and the money
received will go directly into the fund
for carrying on the revolution.
The authority and order for these
souvenir coins provides for their re,
demption at one dollar each in United
States silver money, as soon as Cuban
independence is established.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-08

president of the French Republic.)
lard, deputy chief of the bureau of
ceremonies of the French government,
has proceeded to st. Petersburg, accom-
panied by several secretaries, in order
tomake allthe necessary arrangements,
as well as to settle all the issues that
may arise. The French government is
very sensitive about the matter, being
resolved that the president of a SOW
ereign people, and of a great power
such as France, shall receive precisely
the same honors abroad as if he were
the monarch of some great nation, and
Russia, on political grounds, as well as
on the financial ground above men
toned, has determined to fulfill these
wishes to the very utmost.
The president will be received on
landing at Cronstadt by the car, and
will be escorted to his quarters in the
winter palace, dining in the evening
with the emperor and empress at Peter.
hoff. On the following morning he will
proceed to the gloomy Peter-Paul fort
ress and deposit in the name of the
French nation superb gold wreath
upon the tomb of the late Emperor AL
exander, subsequently paying return
visits to the various members of the
imperial family. In the evening hewill
be entertained at a grand banquet by
the Muscovite nobility. The third day
will be spent by the president with the
car and czarina at Peterhoff, grand
state banquet and gala performance of
the opera following in the evening.
The fourth day the president receives
the diplomatic corps and the leading
dignitaries of the Russian empire. The
fifth day is spent at Zarskoe Zelo, fol-
lowed in the evening by banquet given
by the French colony. On the follow
ing day there is a grand review of the
troops on the Champs lie Mars. The
seventh day is spent again with the
car and czarina at Peterhoff, while the
eighth is signgliZed by a sham battle at
Krasnoe Zelo, concluding with gen.
eral tcrchlight tattoo by the massed
bands of all the regiments of the St.
Petersburg garrison, at the close of
which the president will take his de-
parture by rail for Moscow, where he
viii be entertained in the name of the
emperor by the latter's uncle, brother
in-law and intimate friend, Grand
Duke Sergius, who is governor general
of Russia's ancient capital
President Faure will be accompanied
throughout his visit by the French min
lister of foreign affairs, the academician
Hanotaux, who IL years ago was apoor
usher eking out scanty subsistence by
means of coaching pupils distinguished
Tor their stupidity. He is in every sense
of the word a self-made man, and thor
oughly deserves all the good things Of
- tl=t have recently come in his di
-ection.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-08

gheny county, n. Y, in the year 1897.
He came to Ohio in 1854, locating at
Portsmouth, where he engaged in the
lumber business. He studied law from
1861 to 1868, but has never practiced
the profession. In 1865 Mr.. Chapman
went to Jackson, where he has since had
his residence. There he engaged in the
banking business, and in 1870 organized
the First national bank of jackson,
of which he is now the head. When
the iron and coal fields of Jackson coun'
ty began to show their extent he
turned his attention to them, and has
for years been connected with two
large blast furnaces. Since 1873 Mr.,
Chapman has been a silver man. He
was delegate to the national convention
in Chicago last year and was a member
of the democratic state executive COM
mittee of Ohio during the campaign.
In personal appearance Mr.. Chapman
does not impress one as being a great
man, although his friends declare that
he carries the brains of statesman.
He is considerably below the medium
in height. Mr.. Chapman's wealth is es-
timated at S50O.O0n.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-08
She Likes Husbands.

Mrs. Addie W. BuzzeIl, who runs c
farm near Waterford, Me-, although
she is not more than 80 years Of age
has had seven husbands, and tells q cor.
respondent of the Lewiston journal
that she is thinking of marrying again
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-08
JAMES M. GREENWOOD.
The New President of the National
Educational Association.

Educational Association.
James marlborough Greenwood,
president of the National Educational
association, was born few miles south
of Springfield, H., in 1910. In 1852 his
father moved to Adair county, Mo. Mr..
Greenwood in all his life received only
Al weeks of schooling. This was sup
plemented with a year or SO at Canton
seminary, but his studies there were lit
tie more than review of what he had
learned at school and by private APP
plication. He first intended to be law
yer, and read considerably, but was in
terrupted by the breaking out of the
war and spent IS months in the army.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-08
HORACE L. CHAPMAN.
The Democratic Candidate for Gov
ernor of Ohio.


ernor of Ohio.
Horace L. Chapman, who was nomi-
mated for governor of Ohio by the dem
ocratic state convention, combines the
occupations of farmer, banker, coal
miner and operator of two blast fur
naces. His home is in Jackson, but he
spends considerable portion of his
time in Columbus, where he is interest
ed in manufacturing enterprises. Mr..
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-08
CUBAN LIBERTY COINS.
silver Money of the Embryo Republic
Now I'm Circulation.

The first coins authorized by the Gu.
ban government have been issued. Ten
thousand of them are now ready for
distribution, and there is contract for
the coinage of $3,OOo,OO0 as fast as they
are needed. They will likely soon be
called for, as orders for lots of three,
four and five thousand have been filed.
They will be sought for as souvenirs,
and collectors and dealers in coins are
ordering with the expectation that they
will be quite valuable.
The coin is silver piece 900 fine,
weighing 34s grains, or exactly the
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-08
GREAT LABOR LEADER.
Michael Ratchford, President of the
United Mine Workers.

Michael Ratchford, of Columbus, o.,
national president of the United Mine
Workers, upon whom devolved the re-
sponsibility of managing the national
strike of the miners, is resident of