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The Forrest City times., 1898-01-28
In thinking that the unit must stand
upon both metals"
The advonotaS - s;Iyar oo;oorro ,.,o..,A

In thinking that the unit must stand
upon both metals"
The advocates of silver coinage would
place the dollar or unit of valuation
upon both metals instead of confining
1t exclusively TO one of them. in order
that the country may enjoy the benefits
of full and not be subjected to the evils
of scanty circulation. For this they
are denounced by the advocates of the
single gold standard as anarchists, re-
pudiationists and enemies of their coun-
try. They invoke as their shield the re-
vered names of Hamilton and jefferson,
and also that of George Washington,
who signed the bill which gave to the
people OF this country almost the first
breath Of their national life. the silver
dollar. Clad in this armor, the shafts
whose source is ignorance and unholy
greed will fall harmless at their feet.
1t will be observed that Thomas JEFF
ferson, the founder of the democratic
party, insisted that the unit should
stand upon both metals. Grover Cleve-
land, who calls himself a democrat and
proclaims his own love for the tradi-
tions of that party. insists that the unit
must stand upon gold alone. This was
the declared doctrine of his party in
1896; and the sole and only purpose of
that organization was to defeat the can
didate of the democratic party for the
presidency by electing a republican.
HENRY G.. MILLER
The Forrest City times., 1898-01-28
COMMENTS OF THE PRESS.

Bad as Forakerism is and has
been in Ohio politics, ii is sanity in its
integrity compared with Hannaism.--
Columbus (O) Press.
Postal robberies must hereafter
be classed among the safest of crimes.
In single day recently President Nc
Kinley pardoned five convicts who had
robbed post offices or mail carriers
Golfers Weekly.
oh, no; there are no factions in
the republican party. OF course,
Speaker Reed is working right into the
hands of Mckinley, Wolcott and Gage
are David and Jonathan. Mason and the
president are together on Cuba, Hanna
and Foraker are like two kittens in one
basket.-Peoria Herald.
Senator ChaLdler's discovery
that the gold standard is responsible
for the reduction of wages in New Eng
land is little late, but encourages the
hope that when Mckinley is beaten for
reelection the New Hampshire states
man will understand that Mckinley
was committed to the gold standard
ST. Louis Republic.
Senator Chandler warns McKin-
ley that he must either stand by the
people or join the plutocrats. B,ondin
in his famous rope trip across Nj
agara's roaring rapids never balanced
himself so picturesquely or so unique
ly as will our president when he per
forms the dazzling trip of standing by
the people and a, the same time by the
plutocrats. pools. syndicates. civil SER
vice reform and all sorts OF trusts and
nopolies.-Indianapolis Sentinel.
The Forrest City times., 1898-01-28
Perhaps Pa waa Right.

Miss Cakebread was entertaining
some ladies at select little five o'clock
tea, ard Bobby, who had been excep-
tiona,ly well behaved, was in high
feather.
Ma" he said, as cake was being
handed around, may l have some
tongue, please?''
There isn't any tongue, Bobby"
That's funny" commented Bobby.
Il heard pa say there would be lots of
it."-Odds and Ends.
The Forrest City times., 1898-01-28

Samson was acting trifle myste ricus
and suspicious, and he led the way on
his trail. The trail the two men had
made circled round toward big swamp
that lay over on the right about two
miles, and Samson tore along it like
mad, with Reuben Pettibone, now GER
tain of Samson's guilt, and the hunters
dashing wildly after him. just as the
procession reached the edge of the
swamp the report of rife came from
it, not far ahead, quickly followed by
another one. Then there rose the wild
est kind OF shouts in the swamp, and as
the hunters went on in they saw two
other hunters dancing and yelling
around the carcass of an immense bear
that lay in the snow. The two hunters
discovered the others.
We've got him!' they shouted.
We've gathered in Slippery Abner at
lastl'
Reuben Pettibone and the hunters
hurried in, still behind Samson Juff.
There they BET Samson yelled
1 knowed it. There they bel'
with that Samson dropped down in
the snow by the side of the bear and
made grab for one Of his feet.
Then Reuben Pettibone used to
say, we discovered that the bear had
a boot on each one of his four feet!
What did it mean? Praxiteles, don't
mind telling you that Slippery Abner.
wise, sagacious, cunning brute that he
was, had discovered early in the day
that l was on his trail. He knew that
now something out of the ordinary had
to be done by him if he escaped that
day, and he was equal to the occasion.
As he passed along by Samson Juff's
cabin he saw the door was aiar. He
jumped inside. When he came out again
he made bear tracks no more. for he had
put on Samson's two pairs of hunting
boots, and, marching on, had left the
trails of two hunters in the snow instead
of his own! That threw us clear off.
Even me. Praxiteles. Even me! And
if Samson Juff hadn't come along lust
as he did; and if the hunters hadn't
happened to be in the swamp where
Slippery Abner went in with the boots
on his feet, nothing could ever have
NOhf ihN0b Vi the olnnPUlaDOne
headwaters hunters that Samson
hadn't violated sacred etiquette
and killed the bear he knew we
were after, and they'd have shot
him, sure as that bear knew was
on his trail that day. Praxiteles. Be
ware of circumstantial evidence, nv
SON! said Reuben Pettibone. Beware
and trusf IL notfs
80 that is why my remarkable ia ther
could never have been induced to Judge
a man on circumstantial evidence.
even if he had lived a hundred years.
And that is why l am shy of circum-
stantial evidence myself. And l be-
lieve, Mackinaw, that you would pause,
after having heard this, and ponder
long before you would hang man on
circumstantial evidence. | don't be-
lieve, now, that you would even hang
me on it, Mackinaw."
mo, Sinnemahone," said the man in
the red, blue, pink, green, purple and
yellow Macknaw jacket. ut wouldn't
need much of any evidence at all to
hang you. consaru you!"-N. Y. Sun.
The Forrest City times., 1898-01-28
Prepnring for Him.

Office Boy-That insurance man who
has been here so often wants to see YOU
again.
Pnnking:on-Tell him TO come again.
and that before ! see him am going to
get my life insured in another company.
PUCK.
The Forrest City times., 1898-01-28

The polar currents contain less salt
than those from the equator.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-10-27
The Blessing of One Newspaper.

AS to the newspaper, it is obvious that
in the country you appreciate 1t much
more when you have to wait for it and
whom 1t comes ut unexpected moments. l
never properly enjoyed u newspaper till l
settled in the country. The reason is that
in town you have too many journals and
get perfectly nauseated with them. You
cannot walk down n street without some
bawling urohin thrusting the --latest cdi-
ton" under your nose, Here, on tho other
hand we have only ono or, at most, two
papers each day, and we read and digest
Thorn thoroughly, with satisfaction to
which you, with your scrambling, scrappy
method of perusal are entire strangers, -
Cornhill Magazine.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-10-27
The London Organ Grinder.

When | went into my present house
some years ago, the street in which it is
situated enjoyed n constant procession OF
organ grinders l have not inircquently
had 10 leave my work three times within
an hour to send away these pests, one of
them sometimes appearing on tho scene
only n few minutes after had got rid OF
another
At one time some of them found out
that | was always ont on u particular day
of the week and selected that day to give
US their attentions. One of them ono
morning ground" before the house for
half an hour out of sheer spite, and on
catching sight of tho lady of the house at
the window shook his fist ut her.
This is the Kind of thing to which resi-
dents in London are subject under tho
present law. BY dint however, of perSe-
vcrancc in vigorously and Immediately
ordering of every organ man the moment
he began at whatever timo of day or night
when happened to be IN the way to do it
have succeeded in diminishing their
number very materially but it is at the
cost of an inhnity of annoyance and worry,
which To a certain extent is always recur-
ring National Review.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-10-27
A GLAD PROSPECT.
He offered the Best That Ills Thin Purse
Would Allow.

His wife had fought for n long time
against acknowledging that he was not
one of the most open handed husbands in
the country. She had Indignantly resent
cd the insinuatiun of some Of her relatives
that he was inclined to he meat, but
she wa, Ut last compelled TO admit that he
has not thut unquc>tiOnng generosity
that makes the ideal spouse. She had
been telling him about her visit to store
where collection Of bric-a-brac and art
treasures was being offered for sale. His
cnuntcnancc betrayed the fact that he was
apprrhcusivc; that he was afraid she was
going to ask him for money to buy some
thing. lie broke into the conversation,
like II man rushing to a rescue.
ITS u great misfortune, sarah " he
said, "f,r people to get their minds on
things they can't possibly have II great
misfortune.
"Pcrhaps it is, she answered. land yet
they say it is clcvating to thinl; &C objects
of beauty, even though VIC cannot possess
lhcnl."
But great many of these things you
talk about don't seem TO me to be objects
OF beauty
"Nou mean the antique things"
"Ycs. | suppose they are artistic,
though Tho theory, as nearly as can I'M
dcrstand II, is that the older anything
gets the more artistic it is.
That true, in general way"
"Wcll | like to have you pleased, even
if l can t altogether sympathizc in your
likes and dislikos. I'd like to have brass
andirons ard Dutch clocks and faded
looking rugs AID blue dishes all over tho
house if thought | could afford it,
Would you she rcioined hopefully.
"U nquostionahly. I'd he perfectly de-
lighted to give you some massive old style
finger rings and to buy some Of this cloth
with pictures woven into it that most peo-
pie don't Gaze much about until you tell
how much it cost. -
"Pcrhaps como day you will
NO, sarah. I'm sure l won't he able
to do anything OF the kind. But 80 long
as old style things are what you are after
| was going to suggest that YOU take that
new silk dress | bought you last year and
put it carefully away and save it up, and
in the course OF time YOU can bring it out
as an antiq.c and excite the envy OF tho
entire ncighburhood. - Detroit FREQ
Press.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-10-27
Resources OF Genius.

At n suburban church social not long
ago each person was required to wear con-
spicuously upon his or her clothing some
pictorial or ether device that should repro
sent in "rcbus' form the title Of any we'll
known book, and all the others were to
guess ut the book intended. A uri2c was
10 be given for the most Ingenious Of these
devices.
Paradise Lost, represented by a card
upon which five dice had been pasted and
sfron which two had evidently dropped or
been removed, was easily guessed. Hard
Cash was no puzzle. Neither was it hard
to recognize "A Pair of Blue Eyes, - In
noccnts Abroad, ~ Vanity Fair" and
"Unclc Toms Cabin" in spite of their
pictorial disguises.
One of the guests however had u poser.
Attached to one Of the buttons Of his coat
was card bearing simply the inscription
ton. Every one ut last gave it up and
asked for the solution.
"Why, that's easy he said 1T means
a Tale of Two Cities.
"Explain.
Boston and Washington. Last syllable
of both Soc;'
THAT 5 not fair, said the others. ITS
the last syllable Of Charleston, Whining
ton, Coshocton, Kingston and Yanktun.
We protest!
"Wcll," he said Il won't insist. Try
this one.
He turned tho card over. It was in.
scribed ON the other side with those three
letters, ans
After severe mental struggle every.
body gave this up also
THAT ought not TO puzzle you, he
said. 1T the Last of the Muhicans "
He got the prize Youths Companion.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-10-27
GREAT CYCLOMETER RUN.
And No Wonder the Rider Was Mad
When He Learned the Truth.

Brooks came into the room with glow
Of cxultation on his face He was trun-
ding his bicycle.
Rivers" he exclaimed, "this is tho
fastest wheel I ever rode / went out for
a spin this morning, and l give you my
word ! travelled 10 miles an hour right
along just as easily as l ever rode at half
that speed on any other machine. It's q
wondcru'
"IIumph!" circulated Rivers. Glow
long were you DUTY"
Three hours. -
"And you went As miles in that timer"
at did
"On IL race track"
ono On ordinary roads. Half the
time, moreover, l was pulling against a
strong wind"
And you mean to tell me seriously
Brooks, that you rode that machine 10
miles in three hours on common roadsS'
THAT 5 what | do mean. and I'll thank
gou not to dispute it. When l st>pted out,
IL was exactly 5 o'clock and the Cyclome-
ser stood at 1877 miles When got back,
It was just / and the cycometcr indicat-
cd 2i2 miles to n hair. That cyclomcter
is perfectly accurate. Look ut it yourself,
Rivers You know the make. I've tested
it between township lines"
Rivers stopped down and inspected it.
Brooks, he said, II don't want to ex-
pose you before anybody but when you
make the prcpostcrous claim that
Pm talking in dead earnest I'll mako
onth to every word have said.
Don't do it, Brooks Don't do it. Take
lool, at that cyclomctcr yourself"
I'm looking at it. It's all right. 1t
stands now at 2i3 miles I've ridden
mile since 1 came back from my run"
"But how about that other knocker?"
WHAT"
"That other knockcr. You've got twa
Of them on opposite spokcs. Every timo
the wheel makes revolution 1t hits tho
star wheel twice, and at the end Of your
run the cyclometcr indicates just twice tho
distance you have Travelled. Your record
for the three hours, Brooks, is exactly 2ai.
miles, and l respectfully submit that IL
isn't anything to boast off,
with something like groan Brooks
sprang 60 the side of the machine and made
personal inspection 1t was even SO,
There were tSSb knockers"
Rivers, he shouted, pale with wrath,
you did that, You sncakcd that other
one on there yourself I'll be even with
you if it takes me thc rest of my lifetime"
without another word he grabbed his
bicycle and trundled it out of the room.
But there was wild look in his eye that
BODIED no good for Rivers.
His turn will come. Chicago Tribune
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-10-27
Brought Her Back.

"And SO my daughter : views displease
you:'
They do said the young husband
firmly. land l have come TO ask you C
take her again.
The old man gazca silently for mo-
mcnt at the man who had wooed and y N
his only daughter the light of his life and
household, scarcely "a month before. lie
thought of the sweet faced girl whom he
had reared with such loving care and then
OF the cold blooded proposition Just made
him ny the man TO whom she had intrust-
cd her happiness, and for brief space he
was unable 10 speak. Then, crushing back
his strong, undying parental love, he maze
answer To the cool, unabashcd young man
who stood before him:
BE it so, ~ he said. Bring Sally round
tomorrow, and III make II three quarter
profile Of her.
The voting husband nodded carelcssly
and left the Photographic studio.-Pear-
son : Weekly.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-10-27

TIE battery, which consisted Of four
breechloading field rifles, fired shrapnel
ut the trenches around the stone fort,
which WAS =, 100 yards distant The ar
tillery fire was kept up at intervals ur.
til / / o'clock, directed by General Law.
ton himself, who staid with the battery
At times the fire was on the fort, again
Mt tho loopholcd church, the stone build
ings around it and the hlockhouses on
the outskirts Of the village.
1t was supposed that the artillery fire
would practically reduce ii Caney,
leaving to the infantry the work of
rounding up the fleeing Spaniards 1t
was not known to the American leaders
how large force the Spaniards had at
El Canov. At tho first shot of the bat.
terry, the straw hats of Spanish infantry
appeared along the ground northeast,
east and south of the blnckhouse and
also around the village. The buildings
in the village were loopholed, even the
tall church belfry, and the streets were
barricaaed, behind which Spanish in.
fantry found cover. The blockhouses
and the trenches there, and also all the
approaches to the village were hcdged
in with harbed wire fences. Al first the
movement of the infantry in position
on throc sides Of the stronghold was
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-10-27
What tho word "Grog" Came From.

The word 'gro5" has n curious history.
1t comes in roundabout way from tho
French grosgrain, of which our English
"grogram" is IA corruption, meaning IL
stuff of coarse and heavy texture. Bluff
old Admiral Vernon, who commanded the
English navy just before our war of indie
pcndcncc, wore brooches made of this ma
tcrinl and WAS nicknamcd from that cir
cumstancc "Old Grog." He used to have
his mcr mix water with the rum that was
always served TO English sailors as part Of
their ratons, and hence any dram mixed
with water came to be called "grog" and
the place where such things are sold IA
"groRgory Miss g. +, Andrews in ST.
Nicholas
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-10-27
LETTING OUT THEIR FEET.



There are few people who Hrc not thor.
oughly familiar with the custom Of tho
Chinese women of binding up their feet
to make them Us small as possible. But
it will be news to most Of us that il is pos
sihlc for Chinese women to hedge in the
matter and TO so bind their feet that, if
they become wife who has to work, they
can "lct their feet out, so 20 speak.
y British consul who was stationed for
some years at IA Chinese town bears wit.
ness to this fact III the following story:
He was startled one day by an announce
mont FROM his manscrvaut that he had
had an offer of marriage, adding that the
woman had noticed that he was II good
looking fellow, with fine position, and
that she had sent the preliminary go be-
twecns. ~ "How much does she cost and
what are her feet lkc." the consul asked.
"She says she requires no body money,
and, though her feet are squeezed, they
are not past letting out,
The price of first class marriage, in.
Guiding rousseau, red chair and music
fcaStS for the gentry, amounted to Sl7,
and this the consul agreed to pay, but
with one stipulation; "Nell, | won 1 have
small feet stumping about my premises.
If you let her feet out it is Il bargain. -"
Within two days the servant came TO an
nouncc that lit was all right. Tho mar
riagr comes oil tomorrow Tho consul
could not quite make out how L. had
managed it, bat the next night, hilc he
was Sitting at dinner, the door suddenly
opened, and the servant burst in with his
best clothes on and his bride behind him.
She was well dressed, comedy woman OF
about 30, and her feet ere already let
out" She could walk quite easlly.-New
Nurl, Press
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-10-27
Logically Answered.

The 300 pound man was doing his best
to get through the row of crowded seats to
the chair which his own coupon called for
Naturally he found difficulty in making
his way over all sorts of humanity, and ho
had such n time that nearly every one in
the thcntcr stopped watching tho play to
look at the performance in the audience.
suddenly he stepped on tho foot of II
small man who was trying to hide himself
behind u pair of opera glasses.
"Dcmmc, sir, can't You see my foet?'
expostulatcd the little man in loud whis-
per.
'Impossblo, sir, " replied tho fat man.
stopping for an instant, rs he prepared to
sit down, you've got your shoes on, -
Washington Post.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-10-27

terry, while the briSades of Miles and
Ludlow marched by road from FL Pose
to the DucGureau House. Lawton'S at
tack upon El Caney was to begin early
IL the morning.
The divisions of Wheeler and Kent
jivouacked along the road between FL
po,o and san Juan river. Grimes bat.
terry, which was to cooperate against
San Juan heights, took position on the
knoll at FL Peso. Capron's guns were
70 open on FL Canoy early July /, Law
toms infantry to follow up by attack,
Grimes WAS to wait until the baltic was
well on ut II Caney, then lombard San
Juan blockhOuso and trenches. Kent
and Wheeler We're to hold their troops
III column around and behind San Juan
crossing, awaiting orders. ON the NOR
row the fates would decide.
GEORGE l.. KII.MER.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-10-27
THE COUNTY FAIR.

Nop, tbo rur,rlin ylorve roenlendo
,Niti ,ha - -, ,i,a,,,d ,nr,,.
Nov, ma bu,,oa rairio ,biclfcn
Iyist,ns a., h,d Mt hoor hor,.
Nou. mo s,,,,.a ,,,act,tno cotloctnrs
Evarv dav mo ra,,re,.s grco,.
Nov tho road, ara bIocl,od Nth 1v,cop.
Itnuiing thirtv.tc,o cn,,t ,,hnnt
Ana tho IrnrcLa,t .,dvarti.u
winter clothiny--cbe.u INF noatr,
N-o,,. Tho f,r,,o, fror, hi. hor,os+
I.Yvg his LARGEST ,ni,n,l,i, Lv
softi,. smiling az no thints how
II ell critic tho iudgo,e o,.o.
Nov bis thrirtv wirc ie b,,irdirg
piccc bv nincc rnrs n,fchwnrI, ouil,s
And bis i,ii-htore mint on r,rvoa
Prick ~cd bovs i'm purnln kiIts
Crimeon leaves ond milo yrnr, horries
steel rtnv storks on yellow stiIts
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-10-27

EN-. YOUNG'S
victory at Las
Guasiinas, juno
"a, had Il decisive
bearing upon tho
Santiago GA IN =
paign. 1t showed
the army that the
Spaniartls w ere
not risking hcav-
lily in the defense
Of passes far out
side Of tho city.
T n G American
leaders believed
that the Span.
iards were in
tpnClinp to 1nnlSp
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-10-27

Returned Tourist-What has become of
BornrichY He was prince of good fell
lows. Everybody liked him, so genial and
generous
I,csident-Oh, he's got TO be regular
Nuisance. Hero he comes now, Lot Is dodge
nto an alleyway.
Tourst-Spcnt all his money, eh?-
CIV York Weekly.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-10-27

''Mr, Giz2ley seems to he n very ocep
thinker" remarked tho improssionable
young woman,
YES" replied Miss Cayenne He
can't talk five minutes without getting
away beyond his depth, "-Washington
Star
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-10-27
4 Military Affair.".

GLOW do you think she went back on
mes"
"GoodncsS knows!
"Shc quit answering my letters and
sent me word that the cnhlo was cut. -
detroit FREQ prcss,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-10-27

"What is the meaning of the word tan
tali2ingy" asked the teacher
please, ma am, spoke up little John
ny Holcomb, ''it means circus procession
passing the schoolhouSe and the pupils
now allowed to look out. VANITY Fair.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-10-27

Mr., Watts-But how could you he so
sure tnat that tramp was no returned sol
dicr:
Mrs Watts--lle growled about the Wet
ualS | cooked for him, 49, indianapolis
Journal
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-10-27
tlis Mistake,

Grccn-You don't think that clothes
mako the man, DO you?
Stiokney-No, | don't.
why, then, did you imagine that n red
scat would make n golf playcrg"- Yonkcrs
Statesman
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-10-27

APRONS bat.
terry opened the
ball at Ell Cancy
Mt 6;35 III tho
morning ON July
/. The first shots
were 3ir inch
shells at 9, 300
yard $ range,
aimed at some
Spanish cavalry
moving out of
the village of FL
Cancy toward
Santiago. One
Spanish officer
and l6 men were
killed. Aftorthat
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-10-27
One Point of View,

Mrs, Homobuddy is the dearest
spot on earth, after all
Mr., ll,--Ies, when you count in the
rent and IL" servants we"cs -Metropol-
itan