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The Forrest City times., 1898-12-16
Knew Their Limitations.

Grace, who lives in Tioga, is barely
five years old. She was in the front
yard the other day, when two of her
small admirers climbed over the fence.
She recognized her duties as hostess,
but the end of stick of lemon candy
remaining in her hand was too small
to be divided. Tommy was in the lead !;
he is chubby youngster, with an in
satiable longing for pie. His chum
wears long curls, and is fonder OF
fairy stories than anything else.
Grace was aware of their limitations.
When Tommy ran up she proffered the
eagerly accepted candy to him. Then
she turned to his chum with a radiant
smile: "But I'll div you tsss. Phil
adelphia Record.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-16
THEIR PICTURES SELL.

William II. Crane is a favorite, his pic
ture going off rapidly.
There is heavy demand for photo.
of Viola Allen as Glory in THE Chris
tian."
Julia Arthurs pictures have been
selling well for year and the demand
is still strong.
OF the men. John Drew and William
Faversham are most popular among
picture buyers.
E. H. Sothern's pictures sell well, but
the demand for those of his wife. vir.
ginia Harmed, has fallen of.
Richard Mansfield has never been very
popular with picture buyers, but as
Cyrano many Of his photos are asked
for.
Madge Lessing and Edna Wallace
Hopper find their photos in demand.
Della Fox's photos, however, are at
present drug on the market.
Many people buy pictures simply be-
cause they are pretty and for that rea-
son the princess of Wales and the Eng
lish beauties are in constant demand
on this side Of the water.
Ever since she went on the stage Ell
len Barrymore has been favorite with
picture buyers. Maxine Elliott sells
well, whether she is playing in the
town or not. She takes very striking
picture, no matter what the pose.
For years IT has been Lillian Russell's
photograph which was the best SELLERS
the shops had. Nowadays it is Maud
Adams which everybody wants to buy.
The requests are almost all for costume
pictures rather than the mere photo
graph
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-16
OPINIONS AND POINTERS.

There is no authority in the con-
stitution for a colonial policy such as
is understood to be favored by the adj
ministration, in order to get around
the tariff question-Illinois State Reg
lister.
Republican editors are not dis
cussing the results of the Vermont and
Maine elections very much. Few per-
sons care to pause to look into an un-
Gertaker's window. 1t is too grave an
undertaking.-Tammany Times.
Already they are estimating that
60 900 pension claims growing out OF
the Spanish war will be filed in this
country. 10000 of which will be due TO
disabilities and deaths contracted in
the camps. 1t will be long time be-
fore we shall get through paying for
the luxury of Algerism.-Louisville
Courier-Journal.
Thomas B. Reed is too valuable %
the trusts for any other man in the re-
publican party to turn him down.
Hanna is a disbursing agent, but Reed
is prominently the trust lawmaker,
and by his methods. rulings and infiu-
ence he has done as much as any living
nan to help pile up their billions of I'M
earned and ill-gotten wealth.-Louis
vile Disp3tch.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-16
FOR THE HANDKERCHIEF.
4 New Device That Will Dispose OF
the Necessary Article SAT-
isfactOrily.

It has long been question with WON.
en-, and a matter of anxiety, just what
to do with their pocket handkerchiefs
nowadays. Even the new woman must
have handkerchief, but the new wom-
ans gown is fashioned with but little
regard for the safe keeping of this very
accessory article of apparel.
The tight-fitting skirt permits of no
old-time bullying and handy pockets.
Such an introduction into the sheath.
like fit of the fashionable skirt would
be something entirely unheard of and
unbelievable, and yet so far no one
seems to have contrived a substitute for
tine necessary square of linen which
must be carried by rich and poor alike.
Some maidens contracted the habit
ct tucking the dainty, iimsy, lace
trimmed trifie up the sleeve, but this to
many savored too much of the ''Hea-
then Chinee." Then it became the fad
to tuck it into the purse, but this, too,
was soon abandoned, as it proved ruin
ous to any handsome pocketbook.
There is never a want but what there
Is found supply for it, and so in the
case OF the handkerchief holder. The
difficulty has been met and conquered,
apparently, and the autumn belt comes
firth with new clasp attachment. 1t
Is made of oxidized or filigree silver,
and it is worn on the right side directly
under the arm.
The favorite handkerchief for the
fall Is made of the thinnest, sheerest
material possible, and is finished with
+ narrow hem. One corner is embroid-
'red with large aud heavy monogram,
the larger the better. 1t is to be worn
fastened directly in the center Of the
belt clasp and tucked in so that the
corner containing the monogram shows
plainly. For the patriotic girl there are
handkerchiefs embroidered with regi.
mental decoration or the stars and
stripes, while for the girls with beaux
to their strings private signals of
yachts or clubs are in eyidence.-N. Y.
Herald.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-16
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
In very clear water sunlight pene
rates to u depth of over l.5OO feet.

In very clear water sunlight pene.
rates to depth of over 1.5Oo feet
There is no truth whatever in the be-
lief that anyone falling into the sea
necessarily rises and sinks three times
before drowning.
Within the last 20 years no less than
$4,000 marriages have been dissolved
u, the United States through the
agency of the courts of law.
Calvin tells of friend of his reading
aloud to him while fast asleep. all his
faculties being dormant except his
hearing. Coleridge, the dreaming
philosopher, composed one of his
poems, "kubla Khan" while fast asleep
An extremely useful clock has been
Invented by Thomas w. Hunt, of Ma.
con, Ga. AT any moment at which the
alarm is set-say at five a. NIT arouses
the sleeper, lights a candle and kindles
I fire in the range.
Two athletic young men in Passaic
N. j., fought a duel with pillows. II
lasted 81 minutes, when a vigorous
swing across the neck with the five
pound pillow. floored one of the con
testants, and for five minutes he lay
senseless.
A society for the education of cat.
has been organized in Pittsburgh. The
president of this society declares: 1--WE
feel assured that under our process Of
culture many hidden and unsupported
good qualities in the nature of the cat
will be brought to the surface"
horse belonging to Charles Winters
III Monticello, N. Y, wandered close t
q beehive and a bee stung him. In hi.
efforts to dislodge the insect, the ami
NAL overturned the beehive. The angry
bees swarmed upon him, singing him
on all parts of the body, and in less thar
two hours he was dead. swollen almost
beyond recognition.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-16
NOT THE MONEY ISSUE.
Inc recent Contest Was Decidea
Upon the War Question anu
That Alone.

The gold standard press are again en-,
gagged in singing requiems over the
grave of bimetallism. They have killed
and buried it and wrote its epitapb so
often that it is wonder they do not
either get tired of doing so or discover
that continuing to kill dead thing is
j very ridiculous business. In the re-
cent contest great care was taken 10
evade all discussion of the monetary
issues. and when any reference was
made to them it was only in the vaguest
and most indefinite terms. The whole
burden of their songs, and there was an
unprecedented similarity in all their
Efforts, differing only in the flowers of
rhetoric and the variety of eulogistic
and euphonious expressions. was an an
Peal to the sympathy of their hearers
urging them to stand by and endorse
the administration in its war policy,
and an attempt to throw suspicion upon
the patriotism of all the people who
would not cordially do so. Not one
word as to whether the gold standard
was to be more permanently fastened
upon the country; whether the green
backs were to be retired; silver dollars
made redeemable in gold, and the pow
er to issue and control the paper money
OF the country conferred upon the
banks, all of which are continuing is
sues until finally passed upon by the
people. The result of the election, at
most, If an endorsement at all, was
in relation to the war policy only,
because that alone was in issue,
and il there is attempt to pirate through
the money laws which they feared to
ask the people to pass upon, there will
be such demurrer filed by the people
as will alarm and deter even the paid
attorneys of the money power, and il,
In defiance of that demurrer, they pro-
coed, the reaction against them in the
campaign of 1900 will be overwhelming
In the meantime the friends of bimetal-
hsm, the money system of the country
up to 1873 must not be idle. The power
that has profited immensely by the gold
standard legislation as foreshadowed
in the report of the self-appointed none
tary commission, that represents no in
terest, no class, no purpose but those Of
the banking class, is formidable pow
er, representing the corporate interests
and corporate wealth of the country
Insignificant in numbers, but mighty
in political energy, in these degenerate
times when men sell their manhood and
their patriotism for so much cash. II
the masses hope and expect to avoid the
money slavery prepared for them, and
into which they have been steadily
drifting for years. they must wake up.
They must organize and cooperate; edu-
cate and arouse the people, and prepare
at once for the mighty conflict that will
take place in 1900 between the money
power and the people. Between money,
slavery and manly Independence; be-
tween impending despotism and q
broader and brighter republicanism.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-16
WORSE THAN TOBACCO.
Deadly Weeds That Are Substituted
for Smoking in Rural
England.

Tobacco is not the only weed that is
smoked in Britain-not by a long way.
There is no need to 60 to the far east to
ferret out worse habit. The people
there-town and country alike-are
much given to smoking "glissop." Glis-
sop Is a sort of dry mash of hemlock
leaves-the young shoots that grow in
spring-burdock and ground chick
beans. This can also be bought at some
shops, though most of it is homemade.
When bought it fetches fourpence an
ounce. This stuff is smoked in short
wooden pipes with very small bowls,
and is really disastrous in its effects.
Like sundew, it needs practice to get
used to, but is much pleasanter to the
palate than that compound. It's first
effect on smoker is loss of memory,
and this increases till the smoker after
six months of the abit, is quite unified
for any profession that requires much
thought. The eyesight soon becomes
affected by constant and excessive in
diligence in the habit, which takes hold
of a man like morphomania and is al
most incurable.
Even small children may be seen
smoking glissop though but for the
shape Of the pipe employed a stranger
would not know that they were not
smoking tobacco, unless he were very
close. The smell of the smoke, however.
induces a tickling of the nostrils and a
sort of giddiness, which is quite unmis-
taxable.
Tobacco is far less injurious, even
when INDUCED in to excess, than this
poisonous compound. Although it is
dearer than ordinary "shag" tobacco.
the poorest people who are addicted to
1t always get it instead. They say they
cannot taste or smell even the strong
est tobacco any more than If 1t were
mist.
Various good people of the districts,
feeling distressed at the ill effects of the
bad habit and alarmed at it's prevalence
have started regular crusades against
it, holding meetings in the streets and
trying to get habituals to sign a sort Of
pledge never to touch glissop again. 1t
has a stronger hold than even drink,
however.
But Of all the poisonous compounds
smoked in that country, ''pennyleaf"
takes the lead by long head. 1t is an
other mixture-all these CHASTITY stuffs
are mixtures-and is chiefly composed
Of marigold leaf, dock and a venomous
plant called Durham gloss" that
grows in damp places in woods. This
compound is smoked in short clays, and
q confirmed smoker will get through a
couple of ounces day. Its cheapness
recommends it, and no person who has
smoked much of ii cares for tobacco. 1t
can be bought for a penny an ounc,
from those who make special business
Of it's manufacture and sale, or can, less
easily, be made at home. Most of it is
bought, however, and it is chiefly used
by the countless factory hands of the
Black country ard Lancashire. Thou
sands of bushels of it are smoked every
year. 1t weakens the jawbones first.
and afterward the eyesight becomes
affected. But, most of all. it operates
on the heart just as cigarette smoking
does.-London Answers.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-16
The Modern idea.

A teacher in local primary school IN
an endeavor to inculcate moral lesson IN
the receptive minds Of her little charges
asked them what they would do If they had
great deal of money. With remarkable
unanimity the pupils replied that they
would donate it to pleasing others. They
didn't say so in chorus, but the answers ran
down the line in about this fashion:
I'D buy present for papa"
I'D get something nice for mamma"
"Pd spend it for my baby brother"
I'D buy a nice cloak for grandma"
And so it ran on until it reached little
Jimmie Peters, the last boy in the line.
well, Jimmie" queried the teacher,
what would you do if you had lots OF
money"
Burn it," said Jimmie.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-16
TRUSTS ARE ACTIVE.
MonOpoIies Are Thriving and Null
tiplying Under Republican
Rule.

That the republican party is the fos-
terer and promoter of trusts needs no
further proof than the fact that at the
present moment the capital invested in
the great combines of the United States
amounts to S2,717 76s. 900.
Nearly three thousand millions of dol
lars have been pooled for the purpose
of destroying competition and reduc-
ing wages.
Over 100 great trusts are now in &C
tive operation in this country and new
of the latest of these is the tinplate
trust. 1t has a capitalization of $751;
oO0, 900. and as it is already protected
by the Dingley tariff and can therefore
defy all competition from abroad. the
householders of the United States may
expect prompt rise in the price of tim
ware.
Mckinley has made the tinplate man.
ufacturers his especial pets, and they
have good reason to feel that. in spite
Of the supreme court decision against
trusts, they will not be disturbed.
AS matter of fact, so long as the re-
publicans remain in power none OF the
trusts will be made to succumb to the
law.
Acknowledgement Griggs has placed
himself on record as the friend CT the
trusts. lie has assured them in every
way tina. they need fear no action on
his part to enforce the Sherman anti
trust law, and consequently there is
great activity in trust making. which
will continue until the democrats get
control of this government.-Chicago
Democrat.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-16
WIT AND WISDOM.

On the fools beard everyone learns
TO shave.-Spanish Proverb.
Cupid has snap when he encounters
an idle brain.-Chicago Daily News.
Rose-"Was he on his knees when he
proposed?" Mary-"No; but was.".-
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Many feminine who delights in fine
clothes sees nothing attractive in
dressing a wound" - Philadelphia
Times.
Wonders will never cease. just saw
q stone walk" "Poohi That's nothing.
have often seen a brick building."-
Philadelphia Times.
Its very astonishing!" exclaimed
the campaign figurer. Whats aston
ishing?" THE singularity of this plu-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Star.
Masculine Foreboding.-"It won't do
any good to teach schoolgirls to sew"
why not?" Lots of married women
who know how to sew won't sew
Chicago Daily News.
Mistress (angrily)-"Say. Bridget, I
can write my name in the dust on this
mandelpiece." Bridget (admiringly)
There's nothin' like dedication, after
all, is there, mum ?'-Roxbury Gazette.
whats that button you're wear
lng?" asked the young thing; mot
Sons of the American Revolution ?''
NO" said the major; 81 should think
not. I'm proud of that button. It is
the insignia, the outward and visible
sign Of the largest military society in
the United States" whats its name ?"
Society of the First Man Up San Juan
Hill. "-Philadelphia Press.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-16

Yes, I've made up my mind to have my
life insured"
Any particular reason for it?'
Going to be married next week"
Lets see, you're one of these popular
fellows, aren't your"
Why, | fancy I'm pretty well known"
"Well, we can't insure you until after the
wedding is over
why not?'
Because there's no telling what your fool
friends will do to you before you get out OF
town."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-16

Railroad officials claim that il is very ex.
pensive to run their lightning express trains.
and are talking about reducing the speed II
is likewise expensive to the health to rush
and struggle and compete in business affairs
as men do nowadays. The brain, the nerves,
the muscles, the whole system gives out. For
restoring strength after business worries.
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters il the proper
remedy. 1t is an ideal tonic for the tired. The
midtown and the weak.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-16

At three of the large London railway
misunderstanding Cross, Cannon street,
and London Bridge-more than $4,000
movements for signal and point levers
have to be made every "a hours. quite
apart from the telegraphic operations.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-16
The best locomotives on steam line,

The best locomotives on steam lines
weigh 154 pounds per h. p, but on an
electric traction line at Baltimore
which was opened in 1895, the electric
traction locomotive weighed 12d
pounds per b. p. These locomotives
weigh 90 tons. and develop 1000 h. p.
distributed on six independent driving
axles.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-16

Mr.. Hanna says the "Dingley tariff" is
failure as revenue getter. and must
be amended. He favors revenue produc-
ing duties on tea and coffee. Isn't this
very remarkable departure from the
time honored policy of the republican
party" Hasn't it been favorite
theory of the party and of the high
priest of protection" now at it's head
that taxes should be levied upon i'm
ported products that come in competi-
ton with the things that we can and do
produce, and the things we must have
and cannot produce should be imported
free of duty?" Is the adoption of the
gold standard theory, thoroughly an
tagonistic to the theory of protection,
driving the party into the free trade
channels? 1t looks very much that
way, judging from the war tax measure
recently adopted and this proposition
70 tax the poor mans breakfast table"
for ordinary revenue.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-16
An Instance.

DeCrop-May is intensely feminine.
Miss upton-More so than other girls?
We'll, she asked the blacksmith the other
day if her horse couldn't wear shoes a size
smaller."-Puck.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-16

To Cure q Cold In One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money If it fails to cure. Csc.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-16

The more doctors man has, the less ce-.
tam are they what ails him, and the more
certain are other people-Detroit Journal
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-16

A gallant named Cobb met a maiden named
Webb,
| And straightway he sat down besid. her.
And quickly proposed in a manner so glib.
That he won her as soon as he spider.
Tit Bits.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-16

The theoretical effect of a pro-
'ective tariff, therefore. is to increase
the quantity of such commodities as are
produced at home and to reduce the
quantity imported. AS the imports d.
minish, the revenue of the government
must decrease, and when the time ar
riVes when home industries can pro-
ouce all that is needed of any article,
imports must cease entirely, and con
sequently an import duty on such ar
ucies can yield no revenue TO the gov
eminent and can have no other effect
than to enable manufacturers to make
an artificial profit on it.-Kansas City
Star.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-16

l can recommend Piso's Cure for Con.
sumption to sufferers from Asthma.-E. d.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-16

BE careful what you say in the first place !;
the greatest waste of time is that spent in
retracting and denying. Globe.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-16

A woman's idea of personal devil il a
nelghboring woman who talks about her
Chicago Daily News.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-16

He who goes with wolves learns how "a
howl.-Spanish Proverb.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-16

We have noticed that when girls form .
Spinsters' club, not one of them is more
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-16

The proof Of it is thousands say st. ia
cobs Oil cured me of neuralgia.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-16

There is quite difference between bonds
and vagabonds.-L. A. w. Bulletin.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-16

Sudden cold brings soreness and stiffness.
st. Jacobs Oil brings a cure.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-16

With rub or two lumbago is often cured
By St. Jacobs Oil. Small cost, big profits.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-16

He is fool who thinks that another doe1
not think.-Spanish Proverb.
The Advocate and news., 1898-03-02
The Need of the PrOhlbitOry Law
CHARLES II. PRICE.

Temperance and prohibition have al
ready been discussed pro and con, but on
the principle that continued agitation VIII
ultimately bring rational and enecuVe
treatment to the front respecting the ami
NAL known as the rum seller, jointist, ETC.,
much yet may be said.
There is a cause tor all things; but, in
this case, who will attempt to defend the
position that avarice is not at the DOT bottom aIl
of 1t all? The spur Of avarice gives an
Etching palm" from the petty thiet TO the
highWayman and railroad Wreckeri ana, as
the ''lawabiding" Shylock, for his cent.
of business into jeojardizing his, otherwise
sure footing, so, the rum seller, Witn' II
possible, a more sordid nature, ana with
the same alluring object in view, gain, pies
his british calling at the expense OF dupes
who have an acquired appetite beyond self
CONTROL and the liquor traffic Is carried on
in drug stores (O and joints, secretly and
wide open" in prohibition Kansas! IT is
not that there Is healthy demand for the
traffic Of "moneybags' on the one hand,
or that of the rum seller on the other, but
the cunning practiced in either case to en-
snare the weak, betrays the source OK the
disease-for such 1t is--a morbid greed Tor
gain, desire to live in attiuence without
honest, patient labor though those who
should be encouraged are robbed!
AS regards the disregard for the prohib~
itOry law, is it not fact that the tntrac-
ton of all law is practiced in proportion
to the moral depraVity Of the law-breaker
and the apathy Of the other members OF
a community permitting such tnfraction?
Is 1t just arraignment Of law because or
it's being ignored by depraved nature? That
it's object is the suppression of evil-Which
it does when enforced-makes 1t just; that,
in ITSELF Is sufficient.
That the liquor traffic is a nefarious evil,
need not be argued; but 1t is the enormity
of the hydro-headed moster that Is appall'
ing and it can be conquered by nothing
short of Herculean efforts from human-
zing standpoint. The effects of alcohol as
laid down in standard physiologys is along
that line, but civil law, paralleling the
great law of nature, along the same line,
is an indispensable auxiliary.
From the fact that alcohol Is nerve
and brain poison, in however small guam
titles taken, and that all fermented liquors
are alcoholic, it follows that the moderate
drinker escapes not the drink disease"
which to-day is recognized by science, and
the erroneous idea that wholesome food
contains any particle Of poison is disproVeo
by our best authority.
In direct ratio to the intensity Of the
blighting greed for gain is the liquor trar-
fic perpetuated! But nature marks her
enemies and Bacchus carries the rum
blossom, yet the demon, Avarice, en-
trenched in villainy behind the throne OF
Bacchus-the debauching god at whose
shrine the erring bowls ever a menace
to the advancement Of civilization!
Jaqua, Kas.