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The Forrest City times., 1897-10-22

made to correct the defect You should
leach your pupils what they will practice
N after life, careful habits should be
formed and cultivated all through the
school life.
The foundation stones of all good writ
'ng are the thirteen short letters. straight
lines and loops When these are properly
earned by the child it will write any let
Ter of the small alphabet with little diff
Guilty, With the young children the de.
velopment must be gradual. use the
following: Left curve, right cure, and
straight lines, which l think is the sim
plest set of principles in use. Drill your
students upon the letter, then put it into
a word, into a sentence.
The first thing is position, and that is
first, because it is easiest and'most natural.
Who can learn to write? ANY one who
has an unlimited amount of perseverance.
Can it be successfully taught in our
public sehoos2 Certainly, if conducted
by competent teachers.
To teach penmanship In our public
schools as it should be, the teacher must
know his pupils and his subject. He
must know his pupils in order to give
them proper instruction. He must know
his subject that he may know just what
to teach.
The reason why penmanship ia our pub.
lie schools is so far behind other branches
lis because our teachers consider it of little
The Forrest City times., 1897-10-22
Liver and Kidneys

Pronounced EncurabIo, but Advised
20 Try hood'9 SaFsaparliia- Now
Entirely Cured ard Able 20 WORK.
81 was greatly troubled with liver and
kidney difficulties for many years. / was
pronounced incurable by my physician.
A neigh6or advised me to get a few bot
ties of Hoods Sarsaparilla. l sent and
sot six bottles and before l had taken
three OF them, was cured OF my kidney
trouble. am now able to work, although
before taking Hoods Sarsapsrilla was
almost helpless. am able to walk three
or four miles a day and feel none the
worse for it," SETH B. STANTON, Winn-
view, Oklahoma.
Gov. Renfrow of Oklahoma says:
"From its general reputation, know OF
none that would prefer to Hoods Sar-
sapsrilla if we should need blood purifier
or for general debility"
The Forrest City times., 1897-10-22
Yellow Jack Knlea.

Cascarets, Candy Cathartic, kill Yell
low Jack wherever they find him. No
one who takes Cascarets regularly and
Systematically is in danger from the
dreadful disease. Cascarets kill Yellow
fever germs ia the bowels and prevent
new ones from breeding. Ice, 25c, soc,
all druggists.
The Forrest City times., 1897-10-22

sold upon credit Of three months. the pur-
chaser TO give bond with security. TO be ap-
proved by the Master. for the purchase
money. which shall bear six per cent interest
per anr um: II lien 10 be reserved upon the
properly TO further secure the same.
Dated at Helena, October 18th. 1897.
NJ. l.. STEPHENSON.
Master in Chancery.
The Forrest City times., 1897-10-22
Administra tors and Executors
'ettlementS.


S attlements.
STATE OF ARKANSAS.
County OF st. Tancis. o.
NOTICE is hereby given that the following
~ administra tors and Executors settle
men Is havebee filed in the Probate Court of
ST. Francis county for confirmation at the
Octc Der, 1897. ter II of said court. to-wit: q.
10 IN Calling, a executor of the estate of
L. a. Hatcher. deceased, 9th annual settle
menI.
W. C. Ferguson. as administrator of the
estat g OF j. l.. Hunt deceased I'd aud final
seth ,ment.
J. NJ. Nichols as administrator of the estate
OF j. L. Walker deceased, LIST and final settle
N. w. Norton. as executor of the estate of
Nj. y. Eldudge- deceased, LIST annual settle
John Calling. as administrator Of the estate
of =. W. Dennis. deceased LIST annual settle
meut.
I. G. Phillips as administrator of the estate
OF t. NJ 5. PhilE Pc. deceased I'd annual settle
W. II. MaDaniel. as administrator Of the
estate of philan der Littell, deceased LIST an
nual settlement.
All persons inter ested in the settlement OF
said states are nc titled to come forward and
file their exception rs thereto, IL any they have,
on or before the scond day of the next regu
lar term OF said c. urt. or they will be forever
to any item there t.
Witness my han d aud seal of said court. at
m y Office in ForI est City, Arkansas, tins. the
l4th day of Octob ar. 1897.
G. Il. MALLORY, Clerk
BY II. G. MERwIN. Deputy Clerk.
The Forrest City times., 1897-10-22
Hoods s es,;'ia

Is the Best-in fact the One True Blood Puri-
fer. Be sure'to get Hoods. Price 81, six for SIS.
The Forrest City times., 1897-10-22

hair line, medium and dark values. Newest tro
ers fancy effects III the materials, neat plaids a
stripes, mace up i'll perfect way. A superb i
of Pantaloons, in new Fall colorings and styl
with easy prices attached.
The Forrest City times., 1897-10-22
October Suits.

right in You are letting your money go easy you
Distinctive elegant point about them Just right The trimmings
the best
the pattern and st
fectly fitting kind
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-06-18
WANT GORDON
TO REMAIN.
The Confederate Veterans
Protest Against His Res
ignatioi.

Knoxville, Tenn, june Il.
The announcement Of Gen
eral J. B. Gordon. commander
of the United Confederate
Veterans, Of his fixed deternli-
nation to resign, has caused a
general uprising and a storm
OF protests from every Confed
crate camp in the South.
Both camps of veterans met
here tonight and passed reso-
lufiofs protesting against the
acceptance OF the resignation.
General Gordon will not be al
lowed to resign.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-06-18
WHAT WOULD BE DONE
Should Weyler Decide to
Shoot Rivera-The Re
port Denied.

New York, June IA
Washington special says:
Judge Day assistant secretary
of state, speaking of the re
port from Havana that Rivera
and Bacalloa are TO be shot,
said: "Should dispatches TO
the state department confirm
the. statement that Rivera and
Bacalloa are TO be shot, such
action viii at once be taken as
will tend to secure a reprieve
of sentence, at least until the
return of the president, | think
It safe TO say that both men are
safe from harm at this time.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-06-18

Old newspapers for sale at
lis office.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-06-18
FORGOT NUMBR ONE

FORGOT NUMBR ONEN
q am afraid it is all up be
tween Jones and the rich
widow"
Made one OF his ridiculous
breaks, | presumed"
Eyes. He asked her if he
was the only man she ever
loved. Cincinnati Enquir-
er
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-06-18

and be at rest. One
physician said I had
consumption. for 1 had
a cough that gave me
no rest But a good
old physician whose
medicine had failed.
advised me TO use DR..
Miles p astorative
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-06-18
PIE PENALTY OF FAILURE

Fhis is tie time when a few
,t,istorlunes Happening to a
;teorits baseball clnb make its
HercnriaF admirers saroastical-
p refer TO ii as a flaw in the
Observation-Disclosures Times.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-06-18

Washington, June I4.-Fhe
Spanish minister has received
an off7eiaf communication STAT.
ing that the report coming from
Havana. via Key West, that
ane insurgents leaders, Rivera
and BacalEa. are in danger OF
Being shot. is false, for not a
single insurgent leader IS UNI
der q death sentence.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-06-18

Nervine and l thank God that it has bright
ened my days, heightened my life andsaved
me from the horrors Of nervous prostration.
DR.. Miles Remedies are sold by all drug
gists under positive guarantees, first bottle
benefits or money refunded. Book on Heart
and Nerves sent free to all applicants.
DIR. MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart. Ind.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-06-18

Half pint of cold water just
before going to bed and the
same amount first thing in the
morning is said 10 be good for
constipation.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-06-18

- $f;css Cream 3aking Powsist
sssssf <saAd slsasa ssssssifis1s szaT. as s'-7--
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-06-18

There are more wrecks in
the Baltic sea than in any other
place hi tile world TIE aver
age is one wreck a day through
out the year.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-06-18
CUBA IS RECOGNIZED.
Arkansas Senate Does 1t and
Resolves To Send
Warships.

Little Rock, Ark. June IA.
There was an exciting de
bate in the Arkansas Senate
on the Cuban situation today.
Resolutions were adopted and
ordered sent to President Nc.
knley urging that the Cubans
be at once granted belligerent
rights and that warships be
sent to Havana to protect
American citizens.
Senator Williams. who In
troduced the resolution, said
he wanted to send warships to
Havana at once. If one was
not enough send ten and if
necessary blow Moro Castle
off the face of the earth. He
spoke OF Ona Melton, an Ar
kansas boy in prison there,
and bitterly denounced the
Spanish.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-06-18

w. w. Hamilton, the cyclist
made IS miles in I hour; l
minute and so seconds at
Denver, Col, making a new
worlds record.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-06-18

There are a great many PEG
pie who have no confidence in
the newspaper but believe
every word they see in the al
manac.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-06-18

A Wisconsin girl has refus-
ed an offer of marriage on the
ground that her father was not
able to support any larger
family.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-06-18

DE SURE you get what you want
- when you ask for Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla. Unequalled in II erit, Sales, Cures.
There's 10 substitute for hoods.
Evening journal., 1897-09-29
Saw Her In Wlsconsln.

CHICAGO, Sept 29.-The battle be-
tween experts has begun, and from
now on there will be denials of the
evidence Of the medical men and chem
lists who testified for the state in the
Luetgert case. The defense put its
first witness in the expert line on the
stand, and he will be followed by a
long string of others. The witness OF
yesterday was DR.. B. L. Reise, who
boiled two bodies in caustic potash in
the vat in Luetgert's sausage factory
and obtained results different from
those who performed the same expert
ment in behalf of the state.
Another witness of the day was Ar
madale Opdyke, a peddler, who testi-
fled that long after the murder Is said
TO have been committed he saw Mrs.
Luetgert in the neighborhood OF James,
vile, Wis. He said that there was no
chance OF his being mistaken and he
identified a photograph OF her in the
most positive manner.
Two girls were placed upon the stand
to impeach the testimony of Emma
Schimpke. who said that she saw Luet-
CERT and his wife enter the factory on
the night on which the murder is said
to have been committed
There is a strong probability that
Mary Siemmering will be called upon
to answer charge of perjury.
Evening journal., 1897-09-29
PhysicaI Power of niagara.

It has been calculated that a very
strong man exerting himself very vio-
lently can for few minutes work at a
rate of one-ffth horse power, but the
average combined output of so strong
laboring men working for ten hours
a day would not probably exceed one
horse power. With this in view, it is no
exaggeration to say that the power Of
Niagara exceeds the physical power
which the whole human race is capable
of exerting continuously.
Evening journal., 1897-09-29
REMEMBERED Her CHILDREN.
EIOped Fifty Years Ago, but WiIled
Property TO Her Offspring.

EIOped Fifty Years Ago, but WiIled
Property TO Her Offspring.
During the gold excitement of 40 a
young 1rishman named Thomas Hogan
settled In Calaveras county, Cal. with
his wife. He became q miner and
amassed considerable property before
he died. His widow afterward married
John c. Scribner. of San Andreas. He
died a few years ago, says the New
York World, and left his property to
his widow. The twice-widowed woman
thus came into the possession Of about
$4,000. She died n few months ago
and left the bulk of her property 20
her "nieces and nephews" in Ireland.
naming two men and two women.
The lawyer appointed to administer
on the estate wrote to the addresses
given, and learned that two Of the four
were dead, and the remaining two had
no knowledge Of an aunt in California
or any other place. An investigation
developed the fact that the supposed
Mrs. Hogan was really Mrs. Richard
Barnes, and that she had left her hus-
band and four children 10 elope with
the young Irishman. She had kept the
skeleton in her closet hidden for nearly
80 years, and even in death she tried to
protect the secret by referring to her
children as her nieces and nephews.
Evening journal., 1897-09-29
DAWSONCITYBURNE
News of Great Disaster to the
Town on the Yukon.
PACKERS SAY THE STORY IS TRUE.
they Brought over the skagguay Trail
the First Tidings OF the Catastrophe
Said TO Have Visited Joseph La
dues GoldneId Metropolis.

VANCOUVER, b. c., Sept. 29.-The
Union Steamship companys steamer
Coquitlan. just arrived from Skagguay,
brings the report that Dawson City in
the Klondike, was burned about three
weeks ago.
Captain Freeman of the Coquitland
says that he heard the report Just be-
fore leaving Skagguay. Some men were
said to have come up the Yukon to
Lake Bennett with the news. Packers
brought the story over the trail
Captain Freeman received no confir-
nation Of the report. although he said
it was persistently reported to him by
Klondikers in Skagguay.
Dawson City, on the Yukon, has been
the most important point I'm the new
mining regions. Joseph Ladue, the
founder OF this little city, which was
built almost like magic and populated
by the settlers from four or five Of the
old localities, says that the population
in June OF this year exceeded 1000. He
estimated that by June of next year the
population would have increased to at
least 25.0O0 so favorably located is the
town.
Dawson City became the natural dis
tributing point for supplies intended for
consumption in the Klondike region.
The city boasted a sawmill, stores and
Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist and
Roman Catholic churches. Mr.. Ladue,
in speaking OF his experience in Daw-
son, says:
strangely enough. and as II by some
stroke of good fortune, l had come
down the river about the same time Nc
Cormack left Gold Bottom and had
| picked out a town site where Dawson
City now stands, a little more than O
| mile from the Bonanza creek claims.
commenced erecting the first house IN
that region on Sept. 1, 1896. Within siA
months from that date there were more
/ than 500 houses erected, which included
stores, supply stations. hotels. restau-
rants, saloons and residences. hole
IFS acres, while the other % are th'
property of the government"
The houses of Dawson were built O.
wood, and a great many of the miners
contented themselves even with tents
The dangers OF the spreading OF fir
should a blaze ever start I'm the tow
were great, but there was no other ma
tefial at hand from which building
could be put up in the limited tim
which elapsed from the discovery o
the riches to the formation of a city.
The Importance of the news fror
Dawson City. holding as 1t does the Ike
to the comfort and even the life OF IN
miners OF the Yukon district. canno
easily be overestimated. II the tow
has been destroyed the news will mea
the working of inestimable hardship
the thousands who are winterlng In tn
wilds and are depending upon tn
Dawson supplies for the necessaries
life. Great privation and loss Of lii
are sure to follow the destruction {
| Dawson.
Evening journal., 1897-09-29
SEEN IN NEBRASKA.
A Tekemah Attorney Thinks He
Talked to Mrs. Luetgert
AFTER THE DATE OF THE MURDER
Hs Identified His Visitor by a Photo
graph After Hearing Description
OF Her BY a witness In
the Trial.

TEKEMAII Neb., Sept. 29.-H. Wal
do Gillis, an attorney of this place,
claims to have seen the wife of A. i.
Luetgert, who is now on trial in Chica-
80 for her murder, long after the wo-
mans body is supposed to have been
destroyed with acid in the sausage fac
tory. He says the woman came to him
In the latter part of May and consulted
him about getting a divorce. His story
is as follows:
Perhaps 1 can do the accused hus-
band no good, for I may not be able to
convince the jury that 1 saw Mrs. Luet-
CERT, but If did not see the woman I
saw a person who resembles her in ev-
cry particular Why did not speak OF
1t before? For the very good reason
that it never occurred to me that the
woman saw was Mrs. Luetgert until
1 entered the courtroom in Chicago on
Wednesday and heard the woman de-
scribed by one of the witnesses. Then
/ hunted up a photograph Of Mrs. Luet-
gert and was certain that knew some
important facts about the case.
Il said nothing about it at the time.
Why? Because / was in charge of
other business. and our court opened
here yesterday. and I could not afford
TO be detained in Chicago as a witness.
If told those lawyers what 1 knew,
might not have got back home for a
month.
About noon of May q or %. I am not
certain which, woman. poorly clad in
a black dress. entered my law office
here. She inquired if I was a lawyer
and said she wanted to consult me
about a divorce. She was very nerv-
Gus, laboring apparently under great
mental excitement.
"She said she lived in Chicago. where
her husband was wealthy. She had
come to Nebraska from some point tC
the north, she said, either Michigan ol
Wisconsin She had left her husband
because OF his cruelty and was anxious
20 know II her deserting him would af
feet her chances for securing a divorce
and the custody of her two children
She said she had two boys. whom she
wanted.
"She said she had come to this stat,
because she understood It was easy t'
get a divorce here. She said she hat
no money, but could get some and de
sired to know the full cost of a suit
I told her. and she inquired the way t
a hotel, saying she would return in thl
afternoon and close the case. I in
tended TO ask her more about hersel
when she returned. She did not tell M
her name and all the time seemed t.
want to avoid publicity. That was tn
last I saw Of her.
When / was in the courtroom II
Chicago on Wednesday last and hear'
the description of Mrs. Luetgert by on
OF the witnesses, 1 was satisfied tina
my strange visitor was the wife of tn
sausage maker. When I got to Omaha
! wired to the attorneys for the de
fense. telling them part of what I hav
here recited. They wired me to pleas
come to Chicago at once"
Evening journal., 1897-09-29
rieId GInnn Rnnge FInder.

An improved range finder for field
glasses has safatdial plate. subdivided to
correspond with the focus Of the glasses,
rigidly attached near the rear end of
the adjusting screw; a fixed pointer Sc
cured near the screw to the frame of
the glasses, indicating the adjustment
upon a dial. A small wheel upon the
adjusting screw turns IL so that it will
readily focus the glasses for various
distances. and enabling the user TO also
estimate correctly the speed Of advanc-
ing or Withdrawing objects.
Evening journal., 1897-09-29
POLITICIANS CLEVER RvsE.
How n aCongressmnn swells the Heads
of His Constituents.


There is % member OF congress who
does not live thousand miles away
from Pennsylvania and New Jersey who
has hit upon a very clever scheme to
make himself solid throughout his dis
trict. In fact. this congressman is con-
tinually hitting upon such schemes, and
they extend so far that he can probably
represent his district as long as he
wants oruntil his constituents conclude
to put him in some other Office, the gov
ernorship of his state, for instance. says
the Philadelphia Press.
His latest little scheme to bring him
self pleasantly to the recollection OF q
large number of his constituents is
unique. There are several hundred post
offices in his district, and, of course,
the usual number of applicants for each
one. The endorsements of the apph-
eants are on file at the post Office de-
partment, and usually contain a long
list of names Of prominent patrons of
the office.
When the congressman makes q rec
ommendation of a man for amy post
office he takes the list of the mans in
dorsers and sends each one a personal
letter much after this fashion:
"In accordance with your recommen-
dation, have to-day named - for
postmaster at -"
Zach man who receives such a letter
immediately has new idea of his own
in politics and is pleased to think that
his congressman recognizes his i'm.
portance. In any case, the receipt of q
personal letter from a member of con
gress is apt to tickle the vanity of q
private citizen.
Evening journal., 1897-09-29
THE czAR's ARMY.
Russia Can Place a Mighty Military
Force in the Field.

Russia Can Place a Mighty Military
Force in the Field.
The army of the czar is composed of
21 corps d'arme divided up into IA con-
scriptions. The strength of each corps
is about 900 men. The infantry COM
prises about 165 regiments of the line,
20 regiments of chasseurs, 16 regiments
of .grenadiers and 10 regiments of the
guard. This is very fine army, we'll
organized, of great resisting power and
prodigious tenacity, says the Detroit
Free Press. 1t is armed with a repeat
ing rifle very much like the French Be-
bel, and which is highly esteemed by the
Russian generals. The artillery is COM
posed of 96 siege batteries, 1914 field
batteries, Is mountain batteries, 4S bat
teries, cheval and three mortar regi-
ments-altogether nearly 5000 light
pieces and 1900 siege guns.
Besides this there are brigades of
engineers, military train. railroad elec-
tricians, torpedoists. velocipedists, po-
lice, etc. AS to the imperial cavalry il is
well known to be one of the finest and
by far the most considerable in Europe.
1t is composed of regulars and regi-
ments like Cossaclos, for example, who
enjoy a certain degree of independence
and some privileges and who yet submit
TO the usual discipline. This cavalry is
divided into GIL squadrons, of which 352
are regular cavalry, cuirassiers
dragons, uhlans and hussars and 31o
/ Cossaclxs
Evening journal., 1897-09-29
KlnndiI,o nfnrohnnt NYrIlca.

MALONE. n. Y. Sept 2e-F. L.
Turner Of this place has received a let
ter from a brother at Skagguay. Alas
ka. who went up there from Portland.
Or, in August last TO open a general
store for Portland merchants. Mr..
Turner writes that he found the field
well occupied and no facilities for un-
loading freight. No wharfs had been
built and much Of the freight was los,
or stolen.
He says any number of miners are
selling out their entire outfits. including
food supplies, which helps to keep prices
down. Mr.. Turner was the first to open
a laundry in Skagguay. There arc only
400 acres about the place available FOR
building lots. The poorest bring 500
and on the main street $1,000 is quickly
paid
Evening journal., 1897-09-29
A CATASTROPHE AvER1Eo.
The Clerk WAS just About TO Call n
Policeman.

They were two dantily dressed, chic
girls, and they were evidently out for
q gddy afternoon, says the New York
Telegram. They strolled down Broad
way into Herald square with the gay
est OF smiles on their faces and the
sauciest Of looks In their dancing eyes.
They stopped at drug store in which
O mammoth frosty soda fountain
stands in all its glittering temptation,
aud soon became engrossed in two de-
hcious, creamy, frothy mixtures.
They chatted as they drank and slow
ly ate the ice cream with the long-dis-
tance spoons with which each allurlng
glass is provided.
Az last the ice cream soda was
finished, and the girls went laughing
out into the street, when suddenly a
look OF CONSERVATION oyerspread the
face of one of them, and she exclaimed:
"Oh, Kittyl"
Then she rushed back into the drug
store, and, laying holdof the edge of the
counter, began TO pull it.
The other followed in amazement
The soda water manipulation and tho
drug clerks regarded the tugging young
woman with astonishment, then fear
Still she pulled at the counter till it ap
peared to be in Imminent danger oi
coming loose.
Az length, when the proprietor was
thinking seriously of calling in a po
liceman, something gave way and th'
young woman fell back with an excla
nation of relief and popped something
into her mouth.
Nell, whatever Is the matter will
your" asked her companion.
Nothing" answered the other, in
uocently. II nearly forgotmy chewing
gum"