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The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-01-28
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The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-01-28

To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Dromo Qujnine Tablets
All druggists refund The money if it
fails To cure. Pa. J II. Dunavant X Co
The herald., 1898-10-14
ARTICLE XVII.
SALARIES OF OFFICERS.

Sec. 162 The officers of the city in this
section named shall receive in full COM
pensation for all services of every kind
whatsoever rendered by them, the follow
ING annual salaries. payable in equal
monthly installments at the end of each
sand SIX hundred dollars; each Council
man. one thousand two hundred dollars
The City Clerk, two thousand four hum
dred dollars; the City Auditor. two thou
sand four hundred dollars; the City
Treasurer, two thousand dollars; the City
lots the City. Engineer, three thousand
dollars; the City. Attorney. three tnou-
sand dollars: the Superintendent of Build
lnSs, TWO thousand dollars; the Stree:
superintendent, two thousand four hun
dred dollars: the City Tax Collector, two
Health Officer. two thousand four hun
drcd dollars; the Chief Of Police, three
thousand dollars.
Sec. 1853 In all cases not otherwise pro-
vlded for in this charter, the City Council
snail by ordinance fix all salaries or other
compe nsaton. :,
Sec. 164. No officer Of the city shall be
compensated by fees or omm'ssions, but
only by. fixed salary payable montuly,
and such salary shall not be increased or
diminished during his term of Office, nor
after his election or appointment and be-
fore the commencement of the term
Sec. 165. No city officer or emplovee
shall retain any fee, recorpens or COM
ponsation received by him for the dis
charge Of any duty of his office from any
persnn other than the city hut shall I'm
mediately pay over to the Treasurer OF
the city all such sums of money SO re-
ceived
The herald., 1898-10-14
ARTICLE XIX.
LIBRARY DEPARTMENT.

,re room known as the "Los Angelee
Puhlic library" is hereby continuea ~, ~
existence and shall oItv be faee and O. the general
nmblic. subject to such rules and regula-
tions for the government ana !;,an he
ment thereof as nay at :, any Yyirectors s.o OF Of
said library hereinafter provided.
Sec. 1884, There shall be levied az ana col col
Sufficient to maintain such library. not
to exceed five cents on each one nuHareo
sonai property of the said city. as az.
sessed for city purposes. for the purpose
of establishing and maintaining SAID Il,
brary and purchasing or leasing suon ra,s.s ssa'
publications. furniture and fixtures. ana
erecting such buildings as may pe neces-
sary therefor. No Indebtedness excseoing
the amount Of the annual levy for TINS
purpose shall be incurred IN any, one
year. provided. this limitation shall not
be construed to prevent the incurriny OF
ments, to be liquidated by the procecds
OF municipal bonds issued by the city u
Los Angeles. in accordance with the gen.
eral laws OF the state for the purpose OF
defraying the cost Of such improvem ents.
Sec. 1885, The Mayor shall, Immediately
after his qualification under this charter;
library who shall. serve without com,
pensation and be known as "The Board
Of Directors Of the Los Angeles Public
Library" They shall be chosen from the
citizens at large, without regard to sex
or political opinions. but with reference
to their fitness for said office, and no
member of the City Council shall be q
member Of said board.
Sec. 1856. Said directors shall hold Office
for four years, or until their successors
are appointed and qualified. Those first
appointed shall so classify themselves by
lot that one shall go out of Office at the
end of one year, one at the end Of two
years. one at the end of three years. and
two at the end of four years.
Sec. 1877. Said directors shall meet and
organize on the third Monday in Janu-
ary OF each year, by the election Of a
President from their number. who shall
hold Office for the period of one year, "
until his successor IS elected and quail
fed. Said board shall meet for busin. So
purposes at least orce. a month. A ma
jorty of the board shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business.
The Librarian shall be Clerk OF the Board
and shall keep full minutes in writing Of
all its proceedings, and may certify to
such proceedings, or any portion there-
of, under his hand, to be verified by seal,
The herald., 1898-10-14
ARTICLE Xxx.
POLICE DEPARTMENT.

Sec. 195. The Police Department shall
consist OF a Board of Police Commission
ers, Chief of Police, a Police Force. and
OF such clerks and employees as shall be
necessary to carry into effect the pro-
visions OF this article.
Sec. 1856. All members Of the Police Da.
partment other than Police Commission.
ers and Chief of Police appointed thereto
or retained therein under this charter
shall hold office during good behavior.
subject to the provisions hereinafter set
tortn relating to promotions, suspensions.
dismissals and dsratements.
Sec. 1877. No person shall become a
member of the department unless he
shall be citizen Of the United States. Of
good character for honesty and sobriety.
able to read and write the English lam
guage, and resident OF the City OF Los
Angeles for at least five years next pre-
ceding his appointment
Sec. 19s The Police Department shall
be under the management Of Board of
Police Commissioners consisting of five
members. who shall be appointed by the
Mayor. and each Of whom shall serve
without salary. No person shall be ap-
pointed such commissioner who shall not
nave been an elector of the city for at
least nye years next preceding his ap-
pointment.
Sec. 199 The board shall never be 10
constituted as to consist of more than
three members OF the same political par
ty. The term OF Office Of the cominIs-
sioners shall be four years. Those first
appointed shall so classify themselves by
lot that they shall respectively 70 out OF
once one each at the expiration OF one.
two and three years. and two at the ex.
piration OF four years.
Sec. 200. The commissioners shall or
ganize by electing one of their number
President, who shall hold such office for
one year. The board shall appoint a sec.
retary. The sessions Of the board shall
be public. except that executive sessions
may be held whenever deemed proper by
the board. The board shall meet at least
once week In the rooms of the Police
Department. or In case OF public emer-
gency al such place az the board may SO.
lect. The Secretary must keep minutes
OF Its proceedings; and In every case
when demanded by any member the ayes
and noes shall be entered therein.
Sec. POI. The Board OF Police Commits
sioners shall have power:
az To appoint. promote, suspend. dis
rate or dismiss any member of the de-
partment in the manner hereinafter pro-
vided. and to appoint and dismiss, sub
ject to the provisions OF Article xxvIr
OF this charter, the clerks and employees
of the department.. ''
(O To prescribe rules and regulations
for the government, discipline, equip
The herald., 1898-10-14
ARTICLE XVIII.
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.

Sec. 1GG The government of the schoo,
department of the city shall be vested ,r
Board Of Education composed of Ave
persons to oe called members of inc
Board of Education. They Shall not h.
less than thirty years of age and mus.
have been residents Of the City of Lo,
Angeles for at least five years prior to
their election. They shall receive an an
nual salary of nine hundred dollars each.
Their term OF office shall be four years.
AT the first municipal election held us-
The herald., 1898-10-14

Sec. 176. The board shall annually. be-
fore the first day of July, make list OF
the supplies estimated to be required by
the school department for the coming
fiscal year, stating In clear and explicit
terms the quantity and kind of articles
needed and how and when they shall be
delivered. and shall also, before the first
day of July, invite proposals for furnish
ing the same; which proposals and the
contracts for such supplies, shall be
made in accordance with Article XIV OF
this charter.
ent shall be professional teacher chosen
for his attainments in public school
and educational matters. He shall have
seat in the Board of Education and the
board; but not to vote. He shall re-
ceive salary of not less than three
thousand dollars per annum. Upon the
taking effect of this charter tho Board OF
such Superintendent, who shall classify
themselves SO that one shall so out OF
office in two years and the other in four
years. Their successors shall be APP
pointed each for four years. Such dep
uties shall be professional teachers OF
good character and recognized ability in
public school and educational matters.
Whenever the number of teachers en-
ployed in the public schools of said city
shall amount to six hundred or more, an
additional deputy shall be allowed for
said City School Superintendent, and,
thereafter. for every additional increase
of two hundred teachers above six hun
dred in number, one additional deputy
shall be appointed by said board. Such
additional deputies and their successors
shall hold Office for a term Of four years
from and after their appointment Such
deputies shall have had at least eight
years successful experience as teachers
and shall have been residents of and
taught successfully in the schools of tho
City OF Los Angeles at least five years
preceding their appointment They shall
The herald., 1898-10-14
ARTICLE XVI.
BONDS OF OFFICIALS.

Sec. 15o. Officers and employees of the
city, before entering upon the discharge
The Winslow mail., 1898-08-06
BIG BIRD.EATING FROGS.
Species of Huge and VoraciOus Rep
tiles Haunt Swamps of
Pennsylvania.

A species of bird-eating frog infests
the swamps in Susquehanna county,
Pa. These huge croakers have also
proved destructive to young chickens,
says the New York Press.
4 few days since a farmer named
Wainwright, of Herrick, had his atten-
tion called to the bird-eating propen-
sity of this species of frog by the cries
of a small bird IN a nearby swamp.
Thinking 1t had been seized b. snake,
he FASTENED to the spot, and saw beau
tiful red and green bird in the mouth
of large, greenish frog. Only the
birds head was visible, and its cries be-
coming fainter, the frog was killed and
the bird released. Its feathers were
all wet and Shiny, and for some days
1t could be distinguished in. the gar
deu by its ruffled plumage.
Since then others of the same species
of frog have, on several occasions, been
killed with young chickens half swal-
lowed, and once duckhng was rescued
from the same fate.
The frogs make n clucking sound so
nearly like that of hen calling her
chickens for food that whole broods
have been deceived and have rushed
toward the swamp, where they supposed
the hen to be. The frogs are wary
and it is difficult to find them except
by the squeaks- of distress from their
victims.
The Winslow mail., 1898-08-06
DARNING lIIpLEaIENTS.
The Sight Of Stocking Cob in his
OTn EEoI1o Starts the Middle
Aged Man Talking.

Some folks, said the rniddle-aged
man, spread stocking over their fin
gers to darn it, but I imagine that most
stretch the stocking over. remember
seeing an orange used for this purpose
once when was boy. How they ever
dried it 1 don't know, but its shape was;
preserved perfectly, and the skin was
a sort OF brown or gray and as hard
as wood. 1t was very light and when
you shook it you could hear the seeds
rattle inside. Tt made a good stock
ing darner, said hc according to the
New York Sun.
Gourds, I suppose, must be quite
largely used for 6arning purposes.
still, though I imagine that in cities
things of this sort have been mostly
suPplanted by the wooden darners.
mushroom shaped, that are made to use
with a handle or without. We use a
mushroom darner where | live. and, as
there are children there. it is brought
into regular and constant use. find
upon casual inspection of it that the
yaTnish is ell worn off rs face, WHICH is
scared with many marks of the needle
point. giving more than hint Of the
many Thousands Of times the needle
has Travelled back and forth across it.
Really, there is nothing that brings
to my mind so strikingly the fact that
| am man Of mature years with
family Of my own as the sight Of this
Scared mushroom darner, whose marks
have accumulated in the service Of my
own household. But still it doesn't
carry me back so far as the thought Of
the dried orange does, with the seeds
rafting about in it.
The Winslow mail., 1898-08-06
THE CzAR's RICHEST CHURCH.
Lillian Dell Describes the Famous
Mass ut Saint Isaac's In St. Peters,
kurg-HeavenIy Voices.

The famous mass held on Christmas
eve in the cathedral of Saint Isaac was
one of the most beautiful services I ever
attended. writes Lillian Bell, from st.
Petersburg, Russia, in Ladies' Home
Journal. In the first place, Saint
lsaac's is the richest church in all Rus
sia. 1t has, too, the most wonderful
choir, for the car loves music, and
wherever in all his empire a beautiful
voice is found the boy is brought to
St. Petersburg and educated by the
state TO enter the emperor's choir.
When we entered the church the service
had been in progress for five hours.
That immense church was packed to
suffocation. In the Greek church every
one stands, no matter how long the
service, for there are no seats.
by degrees we worked our way to-
ward the space reserved for the diplo-
matte corps, where we were invited to
enter. Our wraps were taken and
chairs were given us. We found our
selves on the platform with the priest,
Just back of the choir. What heavenly
voices! What wonderful voicesl The
bass holds on to the last note, and the
rumble and echo of it rolls through
those vaulted domes like the tones of
an organ. The long-haired priest, too,
had a wonderfully resonant voice for
intoning He passed dire, tly by us in
his gorgeous cloth of gold vestments,
rs he went out.
The Winslow mail., 1898-08-06
SWILE HUE TING.
Tne sic1zening Sight Presented by the
Slaughter OF tAe Eos:lG Rev.
foundland Seals.

In Newfoundland a seal is, in com
mon speech, a ''sUile,' ard GREATS the
slaughter when, on the 18th Of March,
all the world goes out to Kill the poor
little brown-eyed creature. Then be-
Gins a carnival Of cruelty and blood
shed. too sickening to be considered
unless one can somehow effect q re-
form. says the Youths Companion.
The destruction OF the baby seals be
gins without prelude, while their mis-
cradle mot hers stand moaning by; and
the vllimpering OF the babies yet to be
slaughtered sounds strangely and
awfuliy like that Of the human young.
But tie effect on the seal hunters rs
evidently not that of hardening their
hearts. AS a famous writer says:
Cruel sports do not make cruel peo-
pie, and apparently cruel occupations
do not, for to his own kind the seal
hunter is fun OF gentIeness and human-
ity, But on one man, at least, this
sarnagc had an effect which it should
reasonably have upon them all.
The author of The Tenth Island"
says that tAis man told how ne awoke
one night, and found himself standing
over the bed Of his crying child with a
sealing ga1T Ia his hand.
So help me COG" he said, 81 didn't
sleep an honest sleep for many nights
after that! never heard the kid cry
without thinkin' first off o The whim-
per o. them swilcs, an how near I'd
come to KILN nay own flesh an blood.
l tried to laugh it of, but twas no use;
an so when the swiler. came to start,
| give my place to another man.
knew after that was no good for
swilin any more. Faith, the gaff would
ha, fallen CI1f o. nv handsi''
The Winslow mail., 1898-08-06
ODDS AND ENDS.

1t is a pretty general belief in China
that women who wear short hair will in
future state be transformed into men.
pair of gloves pass through about
200 pairs Of hands from the time the
skin leaves the dressers til the gloves
reach the hands Of the wearer.
II is under contemplation to attach a
photograph department to the British
museum, in which would be stored in
cylinder form the voices Of great people.
IN the event Of this scheme being real
lied, the queen would be asked to speak
into the instrument.
The beautiful doorway to Rouen ca
thedral, forming part Of perhaps the
most picturesque facade in existence, is
in so bad state of repair that the mu-
nicipal council has been forced to de-
part from its principle net to assist ec-
c!esiastical restorations and has voted
$4,000 toward the work, provided it is
undertaken al once and continued with
out intermission.
The most northern post office in the
world has lately been established by the
Norwe egian government on the island of
Spitzbergen. off the north coast of
Norway. There are practically no in
habtants to be benefited, but the post
office is convenience to excursionists
who go there during the summer
months.
The Winslow mail., 1898-08-06
THE STREAM O. FREEDOM.

Don't dam the stream O. Freedom in this
Western hemispherel
It comes rollin' down the ages till by this
it's gettin' clear
Thet the tide thet's sweeDin' on'aTd, red
with many a martyrs blood,
Can't be stopped, ana them thet tries it ull
perish in the food.
Don't dam the stream O. Treedorl-it's s
bound ter make it's way
Where the foot of God shall turn 1t, usherin'
in brighter day,
ill the desert place shall flourish an bios
som as the rose,
An the laTd O. desoIation spring to verduro
where it flows.
Don't dam the stream o. Freedona-yer
might ez well set out
To stop the rain from fallin' by prophesyin'
drought:
Yer can't put out the sunshine By blindin'
yer own eyes,
An ez fer keepin' summer back, don't try
it if yer wise.
Don't dam the stream O. Freedom in this
Western hernisp here!
1t amt no olc-world riyulet thet'S thawed
cut WunSt year;
It's tidal wave of promise thet the angels
push along,
Bearin' life upon it's bosom, bearin' doom
to ancient wrong.
-Amzi Tibbais in N. Y. Mail and Express.
The Winslow mail., 1898-08-06
, VOLUNTEERS OF HAVANA.
How They Were Won Over I'm 1S6S
with Pocket handkerchief
Promise.

In 1868, when the revolution of ten
years in Cuba began, no volunteers
existed in Havana worthy OF being
called such. There was only one OLD
regiment, says the San Francisco
Chronicle. and when Gov. Gen. Ler-
sundi. then of the island, tried to COM
rpIete this regiment he found the task
difficult of accomplishment on ac-
count of the prevailing unwillingness
to enlist But just at this time, most
providentially for the relief of his
dilemma, some unknown hands coy-
cred the walls of Matanzas, near Ha-
vana. with huge posters promising
each Spaniard his passage home and
the privilege of carrying away with
him whatever his pocket handkerchief
could contain in the event of his en-
listment.
The effect of this stimulus to the
tagging pulse of the public was cleo
tricaI. and the enrolment of $4,000
men followed within As hours. The
volunteers thus came into existence
8 with their chiefs in the majority. But
the ruined merchants OF The city CT
Havana soon found out and objected
to the newly risen power. This oppo-
sition Increased upon the arrival in
Cuba of the new governor-general
Dulce, who came in 1869 as representa-
tive of the revolutionary government
in Spain. He was man of good faith,
empowered by the government to
grant Cuba all the reform she coveted
and that has lately been offered. He
would undoubtedly have put term to
the revolution, averting all the ruin
and devastation which followed. But
such an easy and magnanimous course
did not suit that class which faced in
evitable financial ruin as a conse-
quence of such policy.
The Winslow mail., 1898-08-06
EAGLE COATED WITH ICE.
ssnine weather Too Much for the
King OF Birds--Easiiy Captured
in ley Fetters.

A large bald eagle was captured
at Rockford, Me-, few days ago
by a party Of men out sealing
on the ice-pack in the bay. One
OF them deserted black something
standing upon small hummcck. At
hrst 1t was supposed to be a bit of
wreckage, but when the beats got near
er u was seen to be an eagle.
One OF the party started out to stalk
It, and the others laid by to watch.
Presently they saw the hunter lift his
gun and take aim. \ moment later he
took it down and, arising, walked up
10 the eagle, which did not move.
On Joining the first man the hunters
found that the eagle was covered with
ice, and that its wings were securely
frozen to its sides. The bird was un-
able to move, an1 after being bound
with rope was put into the cabin of one
of the fishing boats.
A few minutes later there was a tre-
mendous ado aboard the boat. The
warm air IN the cabin had released the
birds icy bands ard it was tapping
about the cabin, overturning crockery
ard smashing the glass in the skyIght.
One of the men jumped into the cabin
and tried to grab the bird. lie was
knocked over, severely clawed and.
thoroughly dazed, was dragged out by
his companions.
When The bird had tired wrecking
things in the cabin some one suggested
that ii be smoked into stupefaction. So
q piece of tarpaulin was set on fire and
hurled down upon the cabin stove. In
its fright this was knocked off the
stove by the bird, and the boat was in
fair way of being burned up when
one Of the men ended the excitement
BY firing two charges of buc!zshot into
the birds Eead.--N. Y. World.
The Winslow mail., 1898-08-06
Modern ChfvaIry.

Sir Walter Raleigh's cloak has been
a synbol of chivalry for many years,
but the little street boys cap in the
following story, from the Sunday Mag
azine, deserves an equally honorable
place. The best story l know of an
Edinburgh street boy was told me by a
lady who witnessed the incident. There
was Christmas treat given to poor
children at mission hall, and hun
dreds of little ones were assembled at
the doors in advance of the hour of
admittance, many of them barefoot
Among the number was a sweet-faced
little girl, who seemed less hardened
than most to the cold, for she shivered
in her poor jacket and danced from one
foot TO the other on the cold, hard
stones. A boy not much older watched
this performance for few minutes.
and then, with a sudden impulse of pro-
lection, took off his cap, put it down be-
fore her and said: "Ye maun stand
on that"
The Winslow mail., 1898-08-06
SHOOTING Al SEA.
1t Is Difficult to Shoot Effectively
from a Ships Deck--RuIe Followed
by American Navy.

Necessarily the deck of vessel at
sea offers much less satisfactory plat
form from which to shoot than the
solid foundation provided in a land fort,
since even when the ocean is calmest
the vessels must constantly roll from
side to side. Theoretically the best
time to fire would be at the moment be-
tween the rolls, when the deck Of the
ship is perfectly level, and in a general
way it may be said that an attempt is
made to do the shooting at that in
slant. 1t is practically impossible,
however, to fire invariably when the
decks are horizontal. No matter how
careful the gunner, the piece is almost
always exploded just before or just
after the proper instant, says the New
York Press.
The American practice, both in the
army ard navy, has always been to
shoot low and always save ammunition
until it was possible to use it effective
ly. In the navy the tradition to shoot
low has crystalized into a standing rule.
unwritten, indeed, but none the less re-
ligiously observed, and its wisdom has
been proved on more than one occasion
of great Importance.
The precise form of this unwritten
naval rule is to ''wait for the downward
roll" This is the converse of the maxim
obtaining in the British navy that it is
best to take advaniageyof the upward
roll" which has been observed almost
from the beginning of naval fighting by
the gunners on English ships.
This was rendered the more certain
from the fact that the spherical projec-
tiles then in use would ricochet along
the surface Of the waves if they struck
the water exactly as a stone will skip
along the top of a pond when properly
thrown from the hand Of small boy.