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The Forrest City times., 1897-07-16
state Railroad Co distraction.
Snau st. Francis County Avail Her
self OF the Advantages Ct the
New Law.

The Bush bill provides for the
construction Of railroads by the
states conyiets. The following
from q late issue Of the Arkansas
Gazette. indicates the interest
which is being manifested in this
Few law by the people in other
sections Of the state, and wa re-
prod nee it, with the hope that our
people will Investigate the feas i.
bility Of railroad construction In
this part of the state. An air line
- Texarl.ana, giving us the ad-
vantage OF lowest rates to Texas
would be beneficial. A line which
sh0Uld be Il competitor to the Iron
Mon aiain. into st. LOUIS would be
advan 'ageous, and "there are
others" If our business men are
Interested, we gladly offer the col
gmns of 4 'ho Times as an auxilli-
arv to the accomplishment of
whatever rcas, ,nable and feasible
plans may be az reed upon:
Very few PEG pie in this city
have any correct dea of the inter
est manifested not 'nly in a local
way, but among rail- Dad construc-
ors Throughout the L nlted States.
% regard to what is kn own as the
Bush bill, passed at the extraordi-
nary session of the lie yislature,
nd which is now law. This bill
..sovides for the state build ug rail-
.snads with convicts and owni.a g the
property.
Gov. Jones has received appl lea
lions from different sections of the
state to build lines Of railroad with
convict labor, and almost without
exception the applicants assure
aim of very liberal donations and
assistance of very material char
aeter. The governor has prepared
plan for procedure by the board
the governor, auditor and attor-
ney.general-whieh he will submit
10 the board at a meeting which he
will call early this week. After
adopting plan, or a system OF
pro cedure, it will be furnished the
newspapers for publication and
sent TO all parties who are inter-
pStpd IN hn mOVamppt
Gov. Jones is enthusiastic and
feels that the board will be able to
build several important railroads
for the state upon the terms pre-
scribed by the Bush bill. There
: no sort of doubt but the Bush
bill is very popular throughout
The state, and it is not unlikely
that we shall very soon have rail
road construction in operation"
The Forrest City times., 1897-07-16

"Some people who think they
own the earth have nothing 10
show for it but the mud that clings
to their shoes" says an exchange.
And SO it is with many who hive
veil and don't pay their honorable
debts; eonceited beyond decency.
aud deceived in belief that the
world pays them homage or counts
them great. He is a rich man
who owns honor for honor's sake,
and a conscience which leads HIM
to do right.
The Forrest City times., 1897-07-16

The United States Treasury
statement received at this Office
last week, by the courtesy of our
distinguished congressman. Hon.
7. d. McCulloch, shows net de.
crease in the circulation for June.
Of sl3,705,649. This insignificant
sum, however, will not effect the
per capita which remains at S22 81.
This being true, we hope several
g our delinquent subscribers will
get grand right aud left" move
On them toward the santum sane,
forum: and liquidate.
The Forrest City times., 1897-07-16

was left for him to be the last of
the giants.
At that session there occurred q
prolonged contest for the speaker
ship of the house. The candidates
were Howell Cobb, of Georgia,
democrat. and the wing candidate
was Robt. Winthrop, Of Massachu-
sets. After three weeks Of ballot
ing, Mr.. Cobb, was elected, by a
narrow margin. The vote being
Cobb, l02; Winthrop, 90.
At the breaking out of the late
war, in 1861, Senator Harris was
governor Of Tennessee, and his
famous reply to President Lincoln
for troops will live long in history.
His reply was: "Tcnnessee will
not furnish n man for subiugation.
but, if need be, win furnish $4,000
for defense" and when the storm
cloud of war did come, he bucEled
on hIs'armor and went to the front
and remained with the army until
the beloved confederate flag was
furled at Bentonville, n. c. At
the battle of Shiloh, when The
brave Albert Sydney Johnson re-
ceived his mortal wound, he fell
into the arms of Gov. Harris, who
was a member of his staff.
Of all the war governors Of the
south Senator Harris and Gov. II !.
NJ. Rector, Of Arkansas, only sur
vive.
While Senator Harris was hard
hitter and stub born fighter yet his
The Forrest City times., 1897-07-16

The greatest fatality ever known
from hot weather has been reported
within the week. All OF the large
cities have reported many deaths,
with a total above $50.
The Forrest City times., 1897-07-16
Hoods Pills piis "a. ala digestion.
Strayed or Stolen.

From my place, seven miles north of
Forrest City, six weeks ago, one Bay
Texas Mare. about Il years old.
branded Oh left hip NJ y, twU or three
white feet, very tender back, had on a
large bell, tied with double rope.
Will pay liberia! reward fer return of
mare t. J. Bollwage & Co. Forrest
City, ARK, or information leading to
her recovery.
Z, L MOORE.
Forrest City. Ark. July 10. 1897.
The Forrest City times., 1897-07-16

1.-the same energy was displayed
by men and women in aiding and
being kind to each other as is EN-.
ployed in sIanderins and opposing
each other, what wonderful revo-
luton would be worked in the
general morality and happiness Of
the human race.-pexarkanian.
The Forrest City times., 1897-07-16

Business man, take time, max
time, or hire the time made tor
you, to have your advertising read.
able, printable, forceful, pointed,
worth the price you pay and wor,
thy the price you pay and worthy
of the audience you talk to, says
the Lowell Citizen.
The Forrest City times., 1897-07-16

Casearets Candy Cathartic, the most Won
cs.inl medical discovery of the age, pleas
ass aud refreshing TO the taste, act gently
ana positively on kidneys, liver and bowels
tieaAsing The entire system, dtspel colds,
clee headache. fever, habitual constipatioa
sud hliIousness. Please buy and try box
81 ~ g. Z. to-day; TO- .. SO cents. Sold ard
efAranleed 70 cure by all druggists.
The Forrest City times., 1897-07-16
Blood Poison
rect and Limbs SWe,led-Rc Relief
Found Until HooI's SAT saParilla
vas Tfled = Entirely Gu cd.

vas Tried = Entirely Gu CD
"Iast winter my little boy contracted
blood poison hy wading in stagnated
water. Heswcued up from his feet to his
knees and from his waist to the end
OF his fingers. One side Of his body
swelled and be had high fever. bought
a bottle Of Hoods Sarsaparilla. | gave
him the medicine and Hoods pills and
they cured him of what was severe case
Of blood poison" Mrs. II. WALLsTE1N,
3e09s @ Street, Galveston, Texas.
al have been in poor health for several
years and tried bitters, tones, pills and
plasters until 1 was almost out Of patience,
and began 20 think my case hopeless. Ny
husband bought bottle of Hoods Sar-
saparilla and began taking it. When l
had finished the first bottle had better
appetite. After taking three bottles l
an stronger and better than for years"
MRS. JOSH DUCLos, Klein, Texas.
Hoods agsapagiila
Is sold by all druggists. 81; six for s..
ar, +l,a besf after dinner
The Forrest City times., 1897-07-16

To gain sour wasted strength and cner-
Is is to try one bottle of Brown Iron
TOMS, which is made with groat care and
will rlease anyone T. Ii. Triton.
The Forrest City times., 1897-07-16

Photograph Albums at and below
actual cost.
Revolving Book Case, worth Sl2,
goes for SIS at this sale.
Revolving Dictionary Holder and
Book Case, retail price IS, will
go for $3.50.
One Child's Tool Chest, retaiIs
everywhere for $3.50, marked
down to 81.
Base Ball Bats, retail all price, take
choice fer 75c, some as low as 35c
A few Handsome Medallions at ao
Some below cost. No catch. We
mean Just what we advertise.
And we have whole lot of OF
store and see the price tickets dispI
The Forrest City times., 1897-07-16
REMOVAL SALE!
If Prices will Move these Goods, We Wo
Will Save Merchants the Freight, if they will take
complete stock of one or more lines

havn
No exception
The Forrest City times., 1897-07-16

Books IN Sets-Standard Authors
at actual cost and carriage.
These are so cheap that you will
actually wonder how they can
be produced for the price. Don't
miss them, and come early.
All zoe and 25c paper back Novels,
Stories and Coin Series will 90
at this sale for Toe each. soc
ones at 25c.
of Eastern Arkansas-cost
SIS. Take II for 81.
One 2-vol. set Biography of Jeffer-
son Davis, worth Sc. You NAV
have them for 81 so.
'er goods, on which we will make
lyed, ana come 0uIck If Won want
The Forrest City times., 1897-07-16

Papeteries Paper and Envelopes
in Boxes.) We have a large
stock, ranging in price from Ice
to 65c per box retail. Will close
them out and give you choice for
25o a box.
Camp Stools-We have six in stock
you may have them for 81,
Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
LOOMS Edition. 75c each.
Chambers Encyclopedia, s vols,
sheep, cost S28. Take EN- for IS,
quick. We can't move them.
lnkstands at cost-posItively must
be sold.
'ou a sacrifice price. Come to the
hoice.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-04
GARNERED FACTS.

Missouri papers note revival of
prosperity in the marriage license in
dustry.
1t is probable that Georgia will not
be represented by any kind of an exhibit
at the Nashville centennial.
A damage suit for $4,000 was recently
settled in Missouri by the payment of
$780, half of which goes to the attorney.
A bill has been introduced in the New
York legislature which absolutely pro-
hibits the bounding and lacking of
deer within that state.
There are said to be $4,000 bound
volumes in the library of Harvard uni
versity, and as many more unbound.
There are also several thousand manu-
scripts.
All the chief justices of Kansas, ex-
cept the last one, David Martin, re-
signed before their terms were up, and
Justice Martin was the only one hold
ing the office to swear in his successor.
Oysters and eggs in course of ship
ment in the express car of a Santa Fe
train that was blocked by a snowdrift
near Dodge City, Kan. served to feed
the passengers during a ten hours de-
tention-
Vienna is to be added to the cities
which make their own gas. For 30 years
the city has been supplied by a company
whose works the municipality has a
right to buy, at the expiration of the
current contrat, October 81. 1889 The
company placed it's works at too high a
figure. The city proposed to build its own
rival plant, and the company capitulated.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-04

New York, April 3.-The prospects
for a great racing season are most bril-
liant Racehorse owners, trainers,
rubbers, jockeys, officials, regulars and
cooks are as busy now as old women
in corn husxing time. The majority
have been asleep all the winter, or
else playing SOLITAIRE, but the present
beautiful April weather has aroused
them from their lethargy, and, judging
from the activity around the stables,
one would suppose that it was mid
season instead of early spring.
Everyone connected with a race
track seems to wear a smiling face.
The prospects are so bright that all
are encouraged. Not only is there
much money hanging on the financial
tree, but the horses are good. Sick
ness has been almost unheard OF all
winter Not q trainer is ioemoaning
his luck at any of the winter quarters.
This is quite in contrast with last sea-
son at this time, when diseases were
so prevalent that it was not queS-
ton of which horse was sick; the
query was, which one was sound. All
told, there never were brighter pros
poets than the present for
good seasons racing, both from a rae
ing and financial standpoint, so far as
owners are concerned. Whether the
present state IF affairs in business cir
cles will affect the attendance or not
is another question that does not in
terfere with the racing proper; the
members of the several associations
only will lose their rest on that score.
The horsemen get their money whether
it comes IN at the gate or not
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-04
At st. Louis.

St Louis, April 80 p. m.-The
river at this point continues to rise
and at p. m. stood at 2S.8 feet above
low water mark. All the river front
is under water except a space of six
blocks from Locust to Walnut streets
Hundreds of laborers are employed in
carrying perishable goods from the
levee warehouses to higher ground.
The stretch of low ground beginning
at Carr street and running north four
miles to Chain of Rocks, and two miles
wide, is under water. Lumber yards
ins the vicinity are in danger of being
swept clean. Losses have been ma
teriaily reduced by the warnings sent
out by the government weather bureau.
Telegraphic reports to the weather bu-
reau here have come today from ten
points in this district and report an
increase in the volume of the river
flood, due TO heavy rains of the past
"a hours.
The Usage and Gasconade rivers, ris-
ing in the Ozark mountains and sub
ject to rapid and extreme fluctuations,
had today overlooked their banks and
were reported rising. The feeling of
security in East st. Louis is giving
way to anxiety. Their only reliance is
placed in the 36-foot road beds of the
railroads, but Cahokia creek. which
cleaves the city at about it's central
longitude, is to be reckoned with
Back water from the river can find an
entrance behind the railroads through
the Cahokia, and all the terrors of the
1892 flood would be repeated.
An evening paper prints SO brief tele-
grams from as many points in Illinois,
Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas and Nebras-
ka, and all note heavy rains and rising
rivers since Friday morning. Railroad
traffic here is not satisfactory, but is
not paralyzed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-04
Some More Guesses

New York. April "A dispatch to the
Sun from Havana says:
Although the proceedings of the court
martial which has tried General Riuz
Bacallas. at San Cristobal, are kept
secret, 1t was said yesterday that both
were summoned before the tribunal and
that after hearing them, the prosecuting
attorney asked for the infiction of the
death penalty.
The defence in such cases, which is
conducted by subordinate officer, is
merely formality.
General Rivera is not recognized py
Spain as a belligerent and as the constI-
tuition has been suspended in Cuba, the
oni-r law that applies to his case is the
special decree which considers the lnSur-
gents as bandits and imposes upon them
either life Imprisonment at hard labor or
death.
In the case of General Rivera. only the
death sentence is applicable under the
decree, owing to his high rank, and MS
use OF dynamite against the spanish
troops in the province of Pinar del RIO,
which as the decree stipulates is an Of
Tense deserving capital punishment
Although there can be little doubt as
to the nature of the court martials de-
cision, there is considerable excitement
in Havana over the matter, and dis
patches from San CriStobaI giving
further information are awaited with
interest.
The only hope of pardon for Rivera is
a dispatch from the queen regent, grant
ing him the royal clemency. 1t has, how
ever. been suggested to him that ne
might escape death by surrendering the
Cubans in Pinar del Rio province.
1t is said Rivera has rejected with
scorn all proposals made to him to send
such a communication to the insurgents
General Rivera has asked PERMISSION
to write to his wife who is in the United
States. No answer has yet been made to
his request.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-04
NATIONAL SPORTING CLUB.
Several '.Goes" Which We're Not De-
void of Interest.

New York, April 3.-The star bout of
the National Sporting club tonight was
TO have been a 20-round go between
Billy Ernst of Brooklyn and Mike Har-
ris of this city, but Ernst had things
all his own way from the gongs sound
and Referee Brooklyn" Jimmy Carroll
stopped the contest after one minute
and thirty seconds of the second round
in order TO prevent Harris being
knocked out.
The best bout of the night was the
second preliminary of ten rounds. in
which the principals we're Jack Will
Jams of New Orleans and Mike Far
ragher of Youngstown, o. Williams
pect1liar style amused the sports, but
they were quick to recognize his fight
ing qualities In the first three rounds
Williams used a left lead, followed by
q right upper cut that proved very eff
fective. 1t was not until the fourth
that Farragher was able to reach the
southerner and from that to the finish
il was q hot battle. Farragher was
the hardest hitter but Williams showed
great clevernesS in avoiding the Ohio
mans swings. 1t was give and take
IN to the last round, but Williams had
the best of the final three minutes.
Botf, were applauded and the referee
very properly declared Iheebout q, draw.
The boys viii meet again next Satur-
day night at the National Sporting
club. The first preliminary was won
by kid" Madden, who defeated Maxey
Hauqh in the sixth round
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-04
MAN OF RIGID VIEWS WAS HE.
So Kept His Eyes Glued Hard on the
Stage and Smiled Not.

The play of the evening was one of
those hilarious adaptations from the
French, where a staid householder of
mature years takes a night off and
makes the most of it in an atmoS-
phere of champagne and general rev.
elry. relates the Kansas City Journal.
As the performance progressed and the
fun grew faster and more furious the
other members of the party looked at
the man of rigid views with consider.
able solicitude. How would he take
1t! Would he get up and go out?
Might he not even rise from his seat
and denounce the performance? But
no: he sat there quietly enough, his
face fixed in a look of frozen inten-
lions and his eyes glazing through his
glasses at the spectacle beyond the
footlights. However else he might re-
gard the performance, he certainly
wasn't amused. Not a ghost of smile
crossed his face. The others might
laugh and nudge each other, but he sat
stolidly through it all to the very fall
OF the curtain.
When they were going down the
stairs one of the party had the te-
merity to ask him how he liked the
show, and all the others waited with
bated breath to hear his whitening de-
nunciation.
Why" he pleasantly answered, lit
was the funniest thing 1 ever saw in
my life
'B-but," stammered the astonished
questioner. you didn't laugh-you
didn't even smile,'
No" answered the other II didn't
laugh because was afraid 1 might
lose some of it,
And the laughter that followed that
sally was far more enjoyable than any
thing the play brought forth.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-04
She Feared For Him.

Baltimore Sun: Once Professor Ss
vester bought a new pair of trousers ar1I
wore them TO the university. His wife
who was well aware of his abSent-mind-
ed habits, knew nothing of the purchase
An hour or so after Professor Sylvester
arrival at the university his wife was
seen rushing breathlessly down the
street with q package under her arm.
Meeting one of the professors she in
quired hastily and anxiously: Have you
seen Professor Sylvester
Yes answered the astonisher pro-
fessor.
''Wen, is he all rights everything all
right?" asked his anxious spouse.
My dear madam" said the professor,
calm yourself: your husband is perfectly
well: l saw him but few moments
ago..
'But. mean" said the almost frenzied
woman. did you notice anything Pc
culiar about him? Did he look as he
ought to look? Oh. did he. did he"
Just then Prof. Sylvester strolled round
the corner with the new trousers on. to
the intense relief of both his wife and
the other professor.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-04
Ccrbett on a Bust.

San Francisco, April Soto Dob
berth, the welI-known sculptor, has
just completed a statue of James j.
Corbett, which is designed to attract a
great deal of attention. The bust is
entitled Knocked Out" and is some
thing after the style of the Dying
Gladiator 1t represents the former
champion of the world just after Rob-
ert Fitzsimmons dealt him his famous
hook blow on the left side near the
heart.
The tall form of the erstwhile cham
pion is topping for a collapse. His
left hand is thrown upward and out
ward; his right is at his side; his
knees have given way under him and
his head is thrown back, while a look
of utter agony comes over him. The
look is one of pain-of regretful resig-
nation and surprise. Moreover, there
is an expression such as Napoleon
might have worn at Waterloo or st.
Helena. 1t is one of utter discourage
ment.
Mr.. Dobbertin got his idea of the
knockout both from the papers and
from eye-witnesses who graphically
portrayed by word of mouth the eff
fects of the terrible hook blow of Fitz-
simmons
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-04
A LESSON IN ECONOMICS.
A Young Woman Gives a Young
Man Some Valuable Tips.
AGAIN il is a Washington girl.

Again it is a Washington girl.
This time she appears as an angel OF
economy to q young man who needs
that kind of angelic administration
about as much as any other young man
IN the capital city, and she is just as
successful as il she were trampIing
him under her scornful heel and max
ing him feel how utterly helpless man
is in conflict with the irresistible, says
the Washington Star.
by Jove, '%he was saving. this sort
of thing is simply intolerable'
What sort of thing?" she inquired,
with admirable poise.
Why, l have just had to pay mes
Senger 40 cents to deliver a note up
town for me, and he was gone less than
half an hour. 1t would be cheaper to
have hired a cab and horse and driver
and still be cheaper to have sent it by
mail under a special delivery stamp"
What was the note?" she asked,
womanlike, before she thought
"A response to an invitation for din
ner''
Forty cents is cheap for a good din
ner," she smiled.
But I couldn't CO." he walled. 1T
was a declination, and the 40 cents on
top Of that. Really, though, this mes
senger service is a rank imposition and
should not be tolerated Twenty-Five
cents an hour is ample, with short dis
tances at 10 or Is cents. The convent
ence is easily worth that, but more
than that is plain extortion and the
greed of monopolies."
You talk like a Populist" she re-
sponded, and you have my sympathy
You are the more entitled to it because
you don't seem to know any better
Now, why aren't you as bright as
man know. who hasn't any more
money than you have? When he has
note or book to send to a girl he
doesn't waste 40 cents on a. grinding
monopoly oh, that's what it isl she
laughed, as she noted his look of sur
prise; we have a call in our house,
and am compelled to use it sometimes
but he does much better thing. He
just adds 10 cents to his 40 slips around
to the florists, orders so cents worth of
violets sent to the girl, puts the note
in with the flowers, and there you are.
See? Only 10 cents out, and think. how
much in it-for girls do love flowers.
even 20 cents WORTH
The young man began gaspiug for
air.
Or" she went on, 'if it is the sea-
son when flowers are more expensive
than messenger service, just substitute.
candy for flowers. You can get some
thing perfectly lovely for so cents. and
to add book or pleasant note to it
makes it we'll worth the girls kindest
thought and your 90 cents extra. Now.
is the plan clear to your stupid brain?"
Whether it was or not, the young
that very afternoon received a |
delightful note of thanks for valuable |
accompanied by a 5O-cent |
bunch of violets from a we'll known |
florist