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The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-04-08
Proposed Amendments to the State
Constitution.

proposed An1endme ntS to the State
Constitution.
NOTICE is hereby given that the following
~ 1olnt resolutions. proposing anendupnrs
W the oohsulhllon. were passed rs the Gen
eral Assembly AT its regular session of 1891
and the same will be submitted 10 the ciee,nrs
OF the State at the next general cleciiun 10 he
held september D, lS9o, for adoption or reiec-
ton, viz:
PROPOSED AMENDMENT no. 1.
The General Assembly shall pass laws 70
correct abuses ana prevent unitIst disnri,ni
nation ana excessive charges Nv railroads
canals ana turnpike companies for frnusnnr;.
lnE freight ana passengers and shall urovide
Tor enforcing such laws hy adequate penaI-
ties ana iorteiIures. and shall provide for rhe
creation of such offices and commissions and
vest IN them such authority as shall he neces-
safy 10 carry INTO effect the powers hereby
conferred Approved February p. lsy1
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. ).
The County Courts of the State in Their re-
speetive Counties together with a majority
or 'he Justices OF the Peace of such County,
~ a1lition 70 the amount OF County tax AZ
lowed 10 De levied. shall have the power 10
levy not exceeding three mills on the dollar
on all taxable properly at their respective
Counties, which shall he known as the
County Road Tax" and when collected shall
he used in the respective Counties tor tho
purpose OF making aud repairing the public
roads and bridges of the respective Counties.
nhu iof No. other purpose. and shall be eel.
Ieetcc IN united states currency or County
NartNits. legally drawn ON such road fax
fund II a majority OF the qualified electors If
such county shall have voted pubic road tax
al the general election FOR State aud County
officers preceding such levy At each cl,.cfiofl
Approved March Is. 1897
rich ciector may vote for or against above
Amendments. either separately or Jointly
Witness uiN Official Signature and seal. this
hfst dsy OF February. ls.r,
IsEAL.l ALEX. G. HULL.
Secretary Of STATE.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-04-08
or Surveyor.

THE TIMES is Suthorized to announces MR.
ID. DAVIS rs a candidate for the Office Of
surveyor Of ~. Francis County. subject to
the action or the Democratic Primary election
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-04-08
+ or Ma giStra tie.

TIE TIMES il authorized to announce ~,
w a. CLIFTON rs Al candidate TOR 'nr
once or Magistrate of Madison TOWNSHIP
suhleet 10 the action Of the Democratic pr
mary election
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-04-08
A Friend s Suggestion.

81 have long been troubled with eczema.
| Was almost ready to give up in despair
When friend suggested Hoods Ssrsaps-
cila. gladly thank my friend for his
suggestion. for began taking Hoods
Shrsaparilla aud o.Gay | am in better
health than for years. IS. A. Collin,
Dover, ARKANSAS.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-04-08

For Constable Madison township
TIE TIMES is authorized TO announce &r
!. u SELLERS Hs Il candidate iof NV
Office OF Constable OF Madison Township, sun
ject to the action OF the Democratic primary
election.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-04-08

Hoods Pills cure all liver ills. Mailed
or 25c. by G. /. Hood * Co., Lowell,
Mass.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-04-08

or circuit and County Clerk
THE TIMES is autbortza,, -. ~
-. GEo. u. MALLORY as a canGiea,e y fn -.
me ohlce OF Circuit and Comfy ClerE or :,
Democratic party. "N'i'H Vi 'he
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-04-08


All reports were on motion received
and approved.
On motion of j. ID. Baueh. Becker &
Lewis We're granted p4riCi>sIun te
build stairway in alley next 10 Then
business house.
After checking np amounts dine the
several aldermen and mayor tor attend
anee, on motion the oil boaid 40 jaurn.
ed sine die.
The newly elected board of Alder
man. Recorder Merwin aud Marshal
Wolff being present. Mayer Upton nd
ministered the oath Of Office aud they
were properly installed.
The mayor then announced the fol.
lowing standing committees:
Waterworks-iames Fussel, chairman:
Z. A. Rolfe. John eating.
Streets. ID. Eaugh. chairman: A
Meyer, +. A. Rolfe.
Finance-James russell. chairman John
Calling. L. A. Role
Ordinance-John Calling, chairman, j.
ID. Bsugh, James russell.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-04-08

The mayor submitted report of fins
imposed during March. II total ct $-l4
The marshal Submitted rrpori 20,
March iiues charged Ia lin of 81. tilec
treasurer : receipt Tor so. and was
allowe ere iit f,n labor and three run
aways $50. making u total of $50.
- The recorder made the following re-
loit.
FORREST CITY, ARK Apsil /. lS9S
10 the H0n0rahie linafd IL Mayor and
Alderme uf the rnNno Forrest CITY:
The undersigned respectfully presents
the following report OF the business o.
said town dlring the hast month:
Balance outstanding warrants rs
shown March :. iS9S 80. 81. 513 Sc
Allowances 10y council Mrh 3. rs sos Is
Officers salary Feb. x Mch. '0S. PIG c.
Street lamps. Feb. 1900
Mules bought Mich. 10, 1898. -. go 90
-
S2.45l -
APPROPRIATED CREDITS IN HANDS
OF OFFICERS.
treasurer. ...........S SOS 81
Water Committee 49,. 500 30 sl3is Al
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-13

town. The dealers are mostly native
fishermen, and one may see here
nearly all the uncouth monsters of the
seattle dying splendors OF the
dolphin, and the demoniac squid,
which is favorite article of diet with
the natives. Fresh fish OF choicest
flavor can always be had from these
native dealers, who form mullet ponds
by building sea walls of stones, and
have some skill in cultivating the fish.
An ice factory affords ample supply
for refrigerating purposes and for
cooling drinks, the need for which 10
by no means pressing, as the tempera.
ture is rarely oppressive and is tenn.
pered during the larger part Of the
year by the northeast trade winds.
The demands upon the time and ener.
gies OF business men are not excessive.
Life flows easily and equally in the
little community. Many residents OF
Honolulu own cottages on the sea
beach at Waikiki, only few miles
from Honolulu. The surf comes in
over the coral reef and breaks on
shelving, sandy beach. Anoble grove
of cocoa-nut palms fringes the beach
and shades the cottages. Here the
well-to-do residents OF Honolulu rusti.
cate; and there is no lovelier spot the
world around.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-13

of water on yoke stick across their
shoulders down the burrows and sprink.
ling the vegetables on either side. In
marketing his produce the Chinaman
seeks no middleman, but yokes him.
self with his shoulder stick, with q
basket on each end loaded with vege.
tables. and with quick. swinging trot
goes from house to house and delivers
his produce to the cook-house. Fresh
vegetables are cheap and always abun.
dant, and owing to the equable cli'
mate one crop ripens after the other
all the year around. The same is true
of most of the fruits. It is no unusual
sight to find fruit blossoms, ripe fruit
and the intermediate stages all to.
gether on one tree. The Chinese are
the household servants, almost with.
out exception, and are highly priced,
and also highly priced.
Living, on the whole, is rather dear
in Honolulu, and there is large de.
pendence on canned goods, both for
meats and for fruits and vegetables,
such as are not successfully produced
in the islands. The Honolulu fish
market is one of the sights of the
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-13

have thus far proved themselves as
quiet, contented and law-abiding as
had the Chinese, who comprised the
largest part of the male population
after the growth of the sugar industry
had invited the use of their labor.
But it is surprising how little effect
all of these alien elements have in
changing the prevailing Anglo-Saxon
character Of the little country's insti-
tutions. All matters, industrial, COM
mercial, social and political, centre in
Honolulu. And Honolulu is New
England town transplanted into the
tropics and embowered in palms in
stead of elms. The selection of the
site of Honolulu was not merely for
tuitous. The deep bay, with the en-
trance locked by coral reef, opening
away from the prevailing trade winds,
makes it the one secure harbor in the
group, as it did when the New England
whalers first made it their rendezvous
for their annual expeditions. Even
Pearl River Harbor itself, which is
counted so valuable as a naval coaling
station for the United States, offers its
promise to the skilled eye of the en-
gineer rather than to the heart of
mariner seeking refuge from imme-
diate storm. Honolulu alone boasts
of finished wharves, to which seagoing
craft can come and unload and load
their cargoes. The so-called "esplan-
ade" in Honolulu presents scene of
hustle and activity at any time, with a
fair showing of sailing vessels tied up
to its wharves. The shipping and
commission houses are the most power
full element in the business of the ISL
ands. The majority of them are Amer
ican, but there are some strong British
and German houses as we'll. Many Of
the plantations are owned and financed
by such Honolulu houses, who may be
also in the import business and own
the bottoms in which they import dry
goods, lumber and supplies of all kinds
and export sugar. There are vessels
thus owned which come out from Bos-
ton or from Liverpool and go on to
China and India as traders. The
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-13
How to Prevent a COUGH.

A physician who is connected with
an institution in which there are many
children says: "There is nothing
more irritable to cough than cough
ing. For some I have been so fully
assured of this that determined for
one minute at least to lessen the num-
ber of coughs heard in certain ward
in hospital of the institution. By
the promise of rewards and pun
ishments I succeeded in inducing
them simply to hold their breath when
tempted to cough, and in little while
1 was myself surprised to see how
some of the children entirely recovered
from the disease.
Constant coughing is precisely like
scratching a wound on the outside of
the body; so long as it is done the
wound will not heal Let person
when tempted to cough draw long
breath and hold it until it warns and
soothes every air cell, and some benefit
will soon be received from this proc
ess. The nitrogen which is thus re-
fined acts as an anodyne to the mucous
membrane, allaying the desire to
cough and giving the throat and lungs
a chance to heal At the same time
suitable medicine will aid nature in
her efforts to recuperate. New York
Examiner
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-13
Captain sigsbee's Lost Dinner.

Somebody aboard the auxiliary
cruiser st. Paul got fine dinner that
wasn't intended for him, and Captain!
Sigsbee was the loser, says the Phila-i
delphia Record. While the st. Paul
was making the run from Montauk;
Point to New York, the captains s.
cook prepared for him fine pair Of
mallara ducks, of which Captain Sigs-
bee is especially fond. Orders had
been given to the cook to be par
ticularly careful in the roasting of the
birds, and he brought them forth from
the oven nicely Drowned. The cap
tain, upon the bridge, had had his
mouth set for them all morning, and
occasionally fancied he could smell
them cooking. just a few minute.
Before dinner time, while the cooks
back was turned, somebody whisked
those two luscious birds out of the
galley, and disappeared with them.
The st. Paul is 4 big ship, and the
thief had ample opportunity to hide
himself while he got on the outside
of the roast duck. At any rate, he
was never caught, nor was there any
clew to identity. Captain Sigsbee was
obliged to CONTEXT himself with can
of sardines.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-13
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS,
The sea covers nearly three-fourths
of the earth's surface.

The sea covers nearly three-fourths
Of the earth's surface.
Air presses on the body of every
man with weight of 10000 pounds.
The waters of the Grand Falls of
Labrador have excavated chasm
thirty miles long.
The molecule of ozone differs from
that of oxygen in being composed of
triad of oxygen atoms instead of
merely two.
The natives of some tropical coun4
tries chew the fibres of green cocoa
nuts as a remedy for fever. They
contain much tannic acid, and are
reputed as effective as quinine.
1t is we'll known that ants are fond
of the sugary excretions of the aphids,
or plant-lice, and that they watch over
the herds of these insects, and, when
the latter are in danger, carry them
away to a place of safety.
A German biologist has calculated
that the human brain contains 30O,-
o., 900 nerve cells, 5000, 600 of which
die and are succeeded by new ones
every day. At this rate we get an
entirely new brain every sixty days.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-13
FARM WAGON BY TROLLEY.
A Special Truck to Carry It When Rails
Are Reached.

n
Arc Reached.
A great many different schemes have
been proposed, and some of them have
been tried, for lessening the work oi
carting farm produce into town. The
traction engine is used for that pur.
pose to considerable extent in Eng
land, although in America very little
hauling is done Herewith. Then
again there has been good deal oi
talk of laying broad, guttered rails on
the common highway for the wheels
of the ordinary wagon to run in.
In some parts of the United States
there are trolley lines reaching through
the rural regions and carrying not
only passengers, but also mail and ex
press matter.
A Toledo man, named Bonner, has
devised special truck which is de.
signed to run on street railway and
to carry farm or express wagon. In.
asmuch as the ordinary vehicle would
not fit the truck, Mr.. Bonner thinks
it better to have his own wagon as
we'll as his railway truck. He has OBJ.
tanned franchise from the city oi
Toledo for running his wagons through
the streets.
After the city service is fairly started
Mr.. Bonner will endeavor to secure
rural patronage. Of course, it will be
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-13
White Men in the Tropics.

White men do not colonize we'll in
the tropics, and those who do become
in the second generation like unto the
natives in easygoing ways, and the
third generation is as indolent as one
could expect In Jamaica, which has
been an English colony for centuries,
there are, all told, officials and SOL
diers and colonists, only 14,600 Euro
peans. The total population is 633, 900.
In British Guiana, where the popula-
tion is $50, 900, there are but 2533
Europeans. In Tonquin and Cochin
China, annexed by France, there are
fully ten million people, and outside
of the French civil and military
officers and troops not over forty
French planters! The hot regions
continue to be the home of the brown
and black races, and one famous stu
dent of ethnology, an Englishman,
predicts that these races will some day
dominate in the worlds affairs. In
British India the white people are
but minute fraction of the popula-
ton, and we do not believe that there
will ever be large American popula-
tion, that is, of white Americans, in
Cuba or Porto Rico should those is
lands come under the stars and stripes.
Mexican Herald.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-13
REAR ADMIRAL DEWEY'S
SWORD OF HONOR.

Of all the presentation swords
which the United States Gov ernment
has given in times past to it's heroes
Of the army and navy, none equals in
artistic beauty and skillful design the
sword of honor soon to be Civ en- Rear
Admiral George Dewey.
The cost of the sword will not be far
from $40, 600, which was appropriated
BY Congress last May to defray the
expense, also, of man ufacturing set
Of bronze medals for the off GERS and
men of the Asiatic Squadron.
With the exception of the steel
blade and the body metal of the scab-
bard the sword will be made entirely
Of pure gold, of twenty-five carats
ane; the grip will be covered with fine
sharkskin bound with gold wire and
inlaid with gold stars. Above the
sharkskin the handle terminates in
richly carved and enameled gold
collar and knot. A narrow band of
pak leaves unites the sharkskin to the
collar. Then come the arms Of the
Admiral's native State, Vermont, with
tho motto, Freedom and Unity"
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-13
Strange Behavior of snakes.


A curious incident has happened in
Milike village, which is at distance
of about four miles from Arrah, In
dia. A boy named Umed Sahai,
nephew of Ajadha Pande, was picking
mango fruits in his garden when
monkey, which was sitting on the
branch of a mango tree just over the
boys head, began to beat him by
throwing mangoes at the boy, who
looked round, but not finding any one
began to cry. The monkey came
down and placed two mango fruits at
the boys feet and bowed down his
head. When people came around the
monkey it ran away.
In Burhvitta village in April last a
son was born to one Sonaton. The
mother one day left the room for a
short time, and, on returning, saw
three snakes there One was holding
its hood over the baby, while the
other two were lying down, one on
each side of the baby. At her sight
the snakes left the room. The father
of the baby, however, struck one with
lathe, severing the tail off; yet, the
same three made their appearance q
little while after, and were seen as be-
fore. The spectacle is being repeated
from day to day for these three
months. The snakes, however, leave
the room at the approach of any hu-
man being. No harm has hitherto
been done to the baby, which is splen-
did in appearance Bazaar
Patrika.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-13

Fong's principal business connections
are in China. and lie does large i'm
port trade from there.
Small groceries and bakeshops in
Honolulu are largely in the hands Of
Cinnamon, and their little provision
stores are dotted all over the island.
They are also the purveyors OF fruits
and vegetables for the Honolulu house.
holders. The country about Honolulu
is much taken up with their immacu.
lately kept gardens. A pocket hand.
kerchief would more than cover any
neglected or unfruitful portion of these
gardens. They labor in them minutely
and assiduously, crowned with broad.
pagoda-like hats, carrying huge cans
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-13
His Substitute for a Bathtub.

anyway" said man who is not
always where all the cohveniences for
bathing are to be found, Gas between
washing my face and combing my
hair l should comb my hair. don't
know why this is. but 1 know that the
Strengthening out of the hair and the
incidental scratching of the scalp with
the teeth Of the comb wake me up and
straighten me out more than washing
does, and so, one might say, 1 carry
a bathtub with me in the shape of q
pocketcomb. New York Sun.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-13

an aboriginal state of simplicity and
heathenism. There is much pictur-
esque material in the native life and
customs, which invites the descrip-
tive writer to turn aside and dwell
upon it. 1t thus receives undue
prominence AS matter of fact, the
native element is constantly dwind-
ling influence, not only by reason of
the decrease in numbers of the race,
but also of the increasing ratio of the
foreign population and commercial
and industrial improvements. With
total population in all the islands of
much less than 100, 200, it is easily
seen that small change in the
absolute numbers may work vast
changes in proportions. Thus, the
introduction in the last few years of
emily few thousand Japanese laborers
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-13

necessary for such farmers as wish Il
take advantage of his plan to have the
right sort of wagons and to haul them
by horse power near enough to town
to reach the trolley tracks. But in
Ohio there are numerous trolley roads
extending from one town to another
and attaining length of ten, fifteen
and even twenty-five miles. If q
farmer only lives along one of these
routes he will not need to haul his
Wagons more than few rods. Indeed
if he has a switch and sidetrack and
loads his wagons while they stand on
the latter he will have an easy task
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-13

snd above this, and spreading toward
The top, is the great seal of the United
States, with the blue field OF the
shield in enamel; the shield in the
arms Of Vermont is also ennmeled.
The collar is eurmounted with a
closely woven wreath Of eek leaves,
The standard decoration for rank, and
the intervening spaces between the
decoration are studded with stars
On the pommel is carved the name
Of the cruiser Olympia, and the
Eodiacal sign for the month of De-
cember, when Dewey was born.
The guard is composed of conven-
tional eagle, terminating in a claw
clasping the top, the outspread wings
forming the guard proper. The ex-
preston of the eagle is one Of cool de-
termination, and, while firm, still
bearing a message Of peace in the
laurel wreath held in the beak. The
wreath serves as protection, cover
ing the point of the beNk, and at the
same time preserves the proper out
lines of the guard.
The scabbard will be of thin steel,
damacened in gold, with sprays OF
rose marinus, signifying fidelity, con-
stancy and remembrance. The sprays
are interlaced in the form of series
of cartouches, with star in the cen.
tre of each, while dolphins fill the
outer spaces. Sprays Of oak leaves
and acorns secure the rings and trap.
pings of the scabbord; above these, on
the front of the scabbord, is raised
monogram in brilliants entwining the
letters &c. d." and Immediately un.
der them are the letters gu. S. NJ"
surrounded by the sprays of rose
marinus. The ferrule, or lower end
of the scabbard, terminates in en-
twined gold dolphins.
The sword blade is damascened
with the inscription:
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HAWAI's DEVELOPMENT.
Our New Territory by No Means q
Wilderness sheltering savages.

People are beginning to ask prac-
tical questions about the nations new
domain in the Hawaiian Islands.
There is a widespread inquiry as to
opportunities presented in the islands
for fortune-getting. Many Of these
inquiries betray the supposition that
Hawaii is nearly an untrod wilderness,
given over to half-naked savages in
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-13

young men of the islands consider
themselves fortunate to secure bust
ness positions with these powerful
Honolulu houses, and the young Amer
leans, Englishmen and Germans who
have this connection make up an i'm
portant element in the life of the town.
One of the influential figures in the
business life of the islands is All Fong,
the well-known Chinese merchant. ALI
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-13
False Report.

''I was very sorry to hear that you
had failed, JONES'" said his next-door
neighbor.
''It was a SANDER, sir. I did not
sail. It was my plans that failed, sir.
Had they succeeded could have paid
every dollar I owe and had hand
some fortune left. Detroit Free
Press.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-13

has awakened
grave fears of
a n e W pre-
d o mi n ating
influence in
the affairs of
the islands.
But the little
hr0Un M q ~
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-13
Letter Carriers in India.

Each letter carrier in India has o
run of six miles, and at the end of il
is relieved by another carrier, who al
once begins his run. Thus the mail
is conveyed over unpopulous sections
in comparatively quick time. -Cleve
land Leader.