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newspaper man, to write up the af- fair. and later on to come in contact with the accused. The instant I saw him 1 asked if his name was Judson. and if his sister hadn't come out to h. dia on the Malabar. He laughed heartily at the question. but did 3ot answer it until he found that there was evidence enough to send him to prison for long term. Then he ex- plained that he was Miss Judson her. self. Not only that, but he was Lacy. He had often escaped the police in the disguise of female, being small of, stature and beardless, and had start ed for India under their noses. A con federate had secured a berth for him and helped him to get q proper outfit, and be had assumed the character so naturally and easily that all of us were deceived. As to the robberies aboard, laid them at his door, and he smiled in reply. He was the thief with out doubt No wonder he had plucl<ed. us of our cash at cards, for he was a notorious sharp. That he did not rope in others and also steal more was more
 the fault of circumstances than his own. He went to prison for Is years and died there after half his sentence
 had expired. A year before his death
 he escaped, donned female attire again,
 and was finally found serving in an aris- tocratic family as lady's maid.
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1t Was Settled at Last.
ss1 7OtrtCU tzE LUSLe Copyright. 1897. 8YsouAp,
BY N QUAD,

A we were waiting in the depot at "A Selma an old man who had to nsea cane to help him along came in and limped over to the ticket-seller aud in- quired:
 Wall, hev they done anything about my claim yit?"
 'No. sir--nothing done!" was the re- ply.
 Are they goin' to2"
 Cant say
 The old man turned away and was limping out when passenger halted him and inquired if he had a claim against the railroad.
 ''Yes, sah, I have" was the reply. "A train on this road killed one of my hawgs."
 "How long ago was that9"
 Jest % vars ago last week."
 "How often have you dropped in here to see about it?"
 "once day, sah."
 And you have never been able to get a settlement?"
 ''Never, sah. This road has had five different presidents since that hawg was killed, and the agent here has been changed seven times, but never could git no settlement, Jest pears like they wanted to cheat me outer that hawg." "Haye you filed your claim?''
 Deed I have, sah'
 And have you threatened them with a suit for damages?" Heaps O times, sah. Yes, bin % vars tryin' to git settlement, but they dun hang off on me"
 Look here. colonel" said the passen- ger, after moments thought, twas that a hog or pig?"
 Wall, sah, yo' might call it pig, l reckon" replied the old man.
 "Fat or lean?"
 Rather lean, sah."
 "Was pork cheap that year?"
 Powerful cheap, sah. Didn't pay to raise hawgs"
 And what was the amount of your claim?"
 "0ne dollar, sah."
 And what is it now?"
 "Jest the same, sah - one dollar. Don't want no mo than hawg is worth, yo' know; and can't take no less"
 Well" said the passenger. as he pulled out dollar and handed it over, There's your money. This settles the claim at last, and don't you bother this railroad any more" "Thanks, sah," replied the old man as he poeEeted the bill. This makes us squar' for the hawg, sah, and I shan't bother you no mono mo. It's bir a mighty long time, sah-mighty lon{ time-but I lSnowed I'd git it if stucl out long huff, and the case is settled Mawnin' ladies mawnin', gents mawnin' to all. shall be powerful lonesome bout this time O day, but shan't bother this railroad no mon, mns1V
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Where Prayer Prevailed.
Copyright. 1897.
BY NJ QUAD.

There was an evangelist on the train who was going to hold forth Ut Custer City that night, and among the pas sengers who approached him to shake hands and wish him we'll was a rough looking old fellow, who said;
 "I'm also goin' to git off at Custer, and mebbe could help you out it- tie tonight"
 "Perhaps so," was the doubtful reply.
 "f you wanted me to stand up and tell what the Lord did for me over at Deadwood I should be glad to do it, continued the old man.
 "What happened over there?"
 "Wau, was passin' through town, when the sheriff arrested me fur hoss- stealth. I tried to bluff him down, but it was no go. He tugged me off to jail and said I'd git about ten years"
 And did the Lord assist you to break out ?" asked a passenger near by.
 "Oh, no. About midnight that night mob took me out of jail to hang me. There was about 100 men, and they was fierce fur blood Nuthin' I could say had the least effect on lem. They car ried me along to tree, and then stood me up on bar'l and put the moose over my head. 1 called upon Heaven to witness that I was an innocent man. but they hooted at me-"
 "But they didn't hang you?" observed the man who had spoken before.
 "That's where my pint comes in" smiled the old man. "When all was ready they gin me three minits to pray. I knelt down on that baI''l and offered up sich prayer as was never heard in that town before nor since. It just went right 10 the hearts of some of 'em, and when was through they said I must be an innocent man. 4 part wanted to hang me, and part didn't, but arter had prayed agin they took the rope off my neck and femme go. One feller gin me the boot as l went. but he was a mean cuss and not wuth the mindin'."
 And you think the Lord delivered you?" asked the evangelist.
 q know it. prayed fur it and got it."
 You were arrested for stealing horse, you said?"
 ''Yes, sir"
 But you were an innocent man?@
 That's where my pint comes in agin!" laughed the old man, as he rubbed his hands together. T kin stand up before crowd and show 'em what comes of prayer and havin faith"
 q don't exactly see"
 Don't you? Wall. when was ar rested I had three stolen hosses out in the hills. and when they let me go stole another and got away with the hull four!'
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On His UacIe's Account.
Copyright, 1897.
BY NJ QUAD.

lie didn't look like man with money to buy luxuries, but. neverthe- less, as he entered the fur store, he was received with the usual smile and the usual query.
 You could make me pair of bear skin gloves, I presume?" he said, as he looked about.
 "Oh, certainly. have one of the finest skins here ever handled. Bear skin gloves are going to be all the rage this winter"
 '.I do not care for style," said the stranger, as he smcothed down the fur before him. ''I want the gloves more for memorys sake than anything else. II T.. Please excuse my emotion, will you? I never see a bearskin without having the tears spring to my eyes. Poor Uncle John! Will you think it. womanish of me to weep?"
 "Oh, no, sir. Was your Uncle John and a black bear somehow connected?e
 "They were. He was one of natures noblemen, sir, and I was his pet nephew. Have you an hour to spare this morning to listen to my story? ?'
 "Well, hardly. I can make you a pair of bearskin gloves for about $25. !"
 My Uncle Johnny noblest and dearest of all uneles, was killed and eaten by a black bear" said the, stranger, as his eyes filled again. You see why want the gloves as souvenir of a departed relative. Every time I held out my hands I should think of poor Uncle John. He was eaten up so clean that they found only a leg bone Excuse me, while 1 weep. It may seem childish, but I can't helpit
 Do you want a pair of glovesg' asked the furrier, after giving the stranger a full minute to control his feelings.
 Not at s25," was the reply. While my Uncle John was noble and dear, couldn't pay that price. Perhaps if l carried piece of bear skin in my pocket it would de just as well, Poor Uncle John! No one knows what he suffered before he was devoured. How big piece would you sell me for dollar@
 "I'II sell you this bit here. If your only object is to remember your Uncle John, it will answer as well as whole bear. Shall I cut it off? ?"
 "My dear friend" said the stranger, as he turned on him with brimming eyes, "a thought has just entered my head. Perhaps you may feel like giving me something to remember my Uncle John by? It need not necessarily be a piece of bearskin."
 'It could be something else, eh?" queried the furrier, who caught on at last.
 "It could, sir. I have told you of my uncle's fate. You know what my feel ings are, Whatever you wish to give will always be gratefully considered double souvenir"
 "Yes, I see. This way, please. Yes, I will give you something, and here it is. Take that-and that-and that!"
 'eWere those kicks in memory of my uncle ?" asked the man, as he stood on the curbstone and looked back.
 '"They were, sir!"
 "Then thank you, sir. It was just as well as if had paid s25 for pair of bearsl1in gloves. I am ahead-youi are ahead-and all is well. This was call on Uncle Johns account. I'll drop in this afternoon and strike you for ten cents for a nights lodging for myself"
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STATE OF Ono, clrr OF TOLEDO, } s,.

IT
 Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. |. Cheney & Co, doing business in the city of Toledo, County and State aforesaid and that said firm will pay the sum of One Hundred Dol lars for each and every case of oatarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall s Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 9th day of December, A. D. lSS6. A. W. GLEASON,
 (Seall Notary Public
 Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts directly on the blood and mucous sur faces of the system Send for testimonials, free F. J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, O.
 Sold by druggists, 75c.
 Halls Family Pills are the best.
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snre tn ne Rcmemheren.

q shall see to it that I am remem- bered after death," said the man of wealth.
 "Intend to write book? ?" they asked. "Too much work" he returned.
 Possibly you will endow a charitable institution ?"
 'WeH. hardly"
 "Then it must be that you are plan ming to leave great monument"
 "On the contrary, am planning to leave one of the most elaborate law suits that ever found it's way into a cn11rt t''-Chicaoo Post.
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After the PnIIinr.

"If any of my friends call said the candi. late for congress wearily, as he came down from his private parlor and walked ID to the clerk 5 desk, ''tell them I've gone out for a walk"
 Going to stretch your legs bit?' asked the aiTable clerk
 Just the other one,' said the candi. date sadly.-Detroit Free Press.
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Categorical.

"But what do you mean by saying that the man was more or less intoxicated?" asked the lawyer. "Lemme see, said the witness, as he scratched his chin. 'I guess I mean that if he had been more intoxicated he would have been drunk, and if he had been less he would have been sober. How'll that do o?-Indianapelis Journal.
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The Varied. Vital West.

''Yes. sir,' thundered' the man with the long. grizzled whiskers. T am from the fairest land the sun ever kissed. I am from the west, gentle men,"
 "Ah, yes; is that so?" inquired by stander. Are you from the malaria district, the grasshopper quarter, the tuberculosis section, the drought Ne- zion or the cyclone belt ?"-Up To Date.
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Everybody has cold sometime-your turn will come. Keep a bottle of Dr. Bells -Tar-Honey at hand and be prepared for an emergency. This famous remedy will cure a cold before it gets fairly started or after 1t has settled, but the sooner you take it the sooner you get we'll
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IInrd IIif.

At baseball ball struck and knocked senseless an Fnglishman whose back had been turned to the play during match On coming to himself he asked faintly What was if? "A foul-only foul" Good heayens!" he exclaimed, q thought 1t was a mule. Chicago News
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He'd Hot.

Did Hamfat succeed in warming the audience in that new part of his?"
 "Warming them? They were the hottest lot of people I ever saw. De troit Free Press.
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One Retter.

'fI won't submit to being turned away, ,, said the disappointed arrival at the hotel. See here, I'm flush, and he displayed q roll
 T know," responded the clerk; ebut I've got a full house. Philadelphia North
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Tor Children who Take Cold

easily and are subject to eroup, no remedy is so helpful as Dr. Bells Pine-Tar- Honey. It will relieve the croup at once and cure cold in one night. It should be in every house ready for an emergency.
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speaks Nyith Anthority.

Depend upon it, where there's smoke 'Why do you say that?"
 "Ive proved it. It was against the rules to smoke in our office. Ismoked, and was fired.-Philadelphia North American.
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piso's Cure is wonderful Cough medi. cine.-Mrs. W. Pickert, Van Siclen and Blake Ayes, Brooklyn, N. Y, Oct. 70, 04.
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Correct.

Teacber-Wilie. if your father gave you ten cents and then took away four and gave them to your brother, what would that make?
 Willie-Trouble-- Record.
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She-"But surely you believe that the sins of the father are visited on the chii- dren" He-"Rather. My governor prom. ised to let me have flyer this morning; but he lost it at poker last night, so didn't get it!"-Punch.
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A man with plug hat looks as much out ,f place running as woman does.-Wash. pgton Democrat.
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You are always meeting people who claim that they save you money. What becomes of the money they save you?--Atchison Globe.
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Most people have seen worse things in private than they pretend to be shocked 1t in public.-Atchison Globe.
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How to cure Rheumatism? Use St. Jacobs Oil. It subdues It cures.
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A good thing gets little better every day; poor thing, little worse.-Atchison Globe.
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Your Turn Next.

The only thing you own after you die is what you have given away.-Farm Journal.
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One song sung amid storm is better than whole concert when the sun IS shin ing.--N. Y. Independent.
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Crutches and cruel pains from Sciatica. From St. Jacobs Oil the cure of it.
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Nevcr 0o Awnx

from home without bottle of Dr. Bells Pine -Tar-Honey. Change of climate, change of apartments, or exposure may bring on q cold which nothing but this famous remedy will cure. Druggists sell it.
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Cheek Colds and Bronchitis with Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar. Pike,s Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
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A grocery clerk may not be as heavy ai 6 dry goods clerk. but he always weighs more.-Ghieago News.
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Time counts, health gains. A quick, sure Cure-St. Jacobs Oil for sprains.
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Nothing makes q worthless husband ob- jeet to divorce as quickly as decree for alimony Washington Democrat.
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When man makes fool of himself, hs generally does the job well.-Ram's Horn.
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Better times come to all cured of aches And pains by St. Jacobs Oil,
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Don't snap in two. Timber up. St. Ja- cobs Oil will cure lumbago sure.
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The absence of soft water is some mems excuse for drinking hard.-Chieago News.
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He that hath faithful wife should take good care of her.-Farm Journal.
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An egg in the cup is worth two in the nest.-Chieago News.
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Considering that everyone is supposed to believe in love, there is a good deal of talk behind it's back.--Atchson Globe.
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A man with long beard riding bi cycle looks funny, anyway.-W Washingtol Democrat.
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A cenerous sIerchnnt.

Mrs. Broke Some money must have dropped out of this letter.
 Friend Why?
 Ny carpet dealer writes that if will pay my. bill promptly he will give me 20 per cent. and l don't see the money IN. Y. World.
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Every cloud has silver lining. The boy who has the humps doesn't have to attend ol.-Chicago News.
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Because stuff comes over the telegraph wires, and costs a great deal of money, 1t is not necessarily news.-Atehison Globe.
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Carriages were used in this country long before George Washington introduced the cherry tree hack.-Chicago News.
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Drop a nickel in the toy bank to-day and get five cents worth of exercise trying to get it out tomorrow Chicago News.
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Every man with trade thinks ever, other trade is Washington Demo crat.
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It gets cold great deal earlier in the season if girl has a real pretty fall jacket. Washington Democrat.
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A woman argues that buying an expensive hat with ostrich plumes is like investing in real estate.-Atchison Globe.
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Don't you? Wall. when I was ar rested [ had three stolen hosses out in the hills. and when they let me go stole another and got away with the hull four!"
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-26
A Narrow Escape.

ThaEkfui words written ty Mrs Ada E. Hart. Of Groion. .. b: Was take, with Il bad cold which settled on m, lungs; cough set iIi and finally termi mated in Consumption. Four doctors gave me ur, saying could live but 2 short time. l gave myself IL, to m, Savior. determined if could not sta, with my friends on earb, I woult meet my absent ones above My hns band was advised to get Dr. King, New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds. l gave it trial took ill all eight bottles. It has cured me. and thank God am saved ant now d wei q healthy wunlan." Tria bottles free Join II. Tipton's Drug store. Regular size 50:. and 5; 0n Guaranteed or price refunded
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-26
Fror, Sergt. Casteei.
Colt, Ark

The following ls portion of an in- ttresling letter to his mother from First Sergeant Gordon Cas,e.l, oi Company II, second Arkansas yolun- teers:
 DEAR MAMMA:-Yuur letter and box received yesterday and was indeed glad to hear from you and glad to get ile box All the bcys who ale any of iis coiitents say il was the incest box that has reached tise park. Linn and Johnson say thank you for their part; say they enjoyed it as much as did, and believe they did. We had another review ,o-da,: was gone nearly all day. There were abou, 1a,eo0 people cut from different parts of the country to see Us. l will send ,ol all account of il If can find paper. Yes. tnere Is some talk of Us being mustered out, but we can not depend 1n talk.
 Brady will be home soon, if he is not already th+rr.
 went to Chattanooga the oiher night 'nn special duty a> Il provost marshal. We stayed up all night looking for soldiers who had run away; We drought back eight the next morning and the rest of the pro vos drought back nine the next n,ghi.
 
 We'll 1 will have to sop ow and make out my sick report and turn it in to the m tior surgeon, so good-b,e. Write soon to Your loving son.
 GORDON.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-26
COLT TIM ES.

| The health of our community is some- what improving this week. Make hay while the sun shines. Hon. N. w. Norton. of Forrest City. passed through our little city last week enroute to Wynne Bowman Taylor and charming wife. of Texarkana, are visiting in Colt this week. | Miss Annie Belle Hunt. one of our pretty girls, returned home last week from Armour. Tenn. where she has been visiting for the past two months. Mrs. J. T. Shumate left for Haynes last Saturday. wh-re she will visit her father. Rev. w. w. Anderson. Miss Jennie Thompson a very charm ing young lady of Forrest City. is visiting
 in Colt this week. 1 Mrs. R. w. Rat!iif returned home last Sunday from very pleasant sojourn in the City of Wynne.
 Mir. and Mrs. NJ. W. Cobbs, of Helena, were guests of the gentemans sisters,
 Mesdames x. ]. Allen and Mrs. A. NJ.
 Heath. the first of the week.
 Miss Culla Thornton, one of Wynne's petty lite girls. was visiting in Colt the l first of the week. ! Mrs. J. W. Williams. of Wynne. was a pleasant visitor in our little city Wednes- day.
 We had fine rain "Wednesday. 1 Mrs. Dr. Jennings, of Memphis, is the l guests of her sister, Mrs. R. W. Ratlitf. Ms. Carrie Forsdick. of Philadelphia. Penn, Is visiting her mother. Mrs. L. N. Block. OLD RIP.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-26
Think of lix.

ally dead. The young woman to whom the future IS dreary waste, the young wife who is helpless, nervous invalid, the mother whose babes are burden in- stead of blessing,-all these, unless they take the right measures to recover their health, are better dead than living In the majority of cases these ghosts of women owe their condition to weakness and dis ease of the distinctly feminine organism Frequently they have been deceived by the incorrect diagnosis of some obscure physician and do not understand the true nature of their trouble. It only costs a two-cent postage stamp for woman to write and describe her condition to Dr. K. V. Pierce, an eminent and skilful special ist, for thirty years chief consulting phys ician to the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute of Buffalo, N. Y. He will answer letters from ailing women without charge. He Is the discoverer of Dr. Pierce's Fa- vorite Prescription, the greatest of all known medicines for women. Ii acts directly on the delicate organs concerned i'll maternity and makes them strong, healthy and vigorous. It banishes the in- dispositions of the anxious period and makes baby's coming easy and almost painless. It cures all disorders and dis placements and checks exhausting drains.
 Previous to motherhood my wife was very sick" writes Dennis II. Coune1ly, Esq., of Clear Water. Wright Co.,. Minn. 1.-Two bottles of Dr. Picrce's Favorite Prescription made her we'll and strong" AA =
 .Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure bil- iousness and constipation. One a dose. They never gripe.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-26
The Sure Ia Gripps Cure.

Thsre is no use suffering from this d sadiul malady, il you will only gel the right remedy. You are having pain all through your body, your liver IS out of order. have no appetite. rc lie or ambition. have ad cold. ir fact are completely nstd up. Eectti, Btieis ls the uhav remedy that viii give yen ptainrt and sure relief. The, act ai,ecliy oi. ,our I.lver. 3Stomacl and hidneNs. tone up the whole sys tfm and make ,on feel Ike !. new be. lug. lhty are elialantesd iu cure oi piice reinnird. For sale at John II Tilton's Drug store. Snly 50 cents De, bottle. M