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The Forrest City times., 1898-12-30
NEW ANDUsEFUL INVENTIONS.

In newly designed folding umbrella
the lower portions of the ribs are at
tached to sleeves sliding on the upper
parts, with the braces fastened to the
sleeves to force them outward as the
umbrella is opened.
A door knob has been patented for
use on office doors, composed of dial
set in the face ofan ordinary knob, with
adjustable hands on ii to be set by
turning the knob until they indicate
the hour of the users return.
To prevent pencils from slipping out
OF the pocket a rubber cylinder has
been designed, with soft rubber rings
arranged on its surface to catch on the
inside of the pocket when the device is
placed on the head Of pencil.
A simple protective seal for bottles is
formed OF glass cup nodded at the end
OF the neck to prevent the insertion of a
eorkscrew until the cap is broken, the
cork being compressed and inserted
through slot in the side of the neck.
To control the supply of gas in a
cooking stove an Englishman has in
vented an automatic valve having an
expansible ring under the burners,
which draw lever as the heat in
:reases and partially cuts off the gas,
opening the valve again as the stove
cools.
Horses are prevented from running
away when left uuhitched by western
mans invention. composed of ratchet
band attached to a wheel hub. with a
pin to which the reins are fastened the
wheel revolving the band and winding
up the reins. while the ratchet prevents
the reins from pulling when the horse
backs
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-30

The following data, covering a per.
'oo OF nineteen years, have been com.
pied from the weather bureau records
at Little Rock for the month of jan
uary:
fEMPERATURE.-Mea or normal temper
AZURE VI degrees; the warmest month was that
OF 1850 with an average OF So degrees: the
coolest month was that OF 1885. with an average
Oh ~ degrees; the highest temperature was 70
degrees, on January g. 1880; the lowest temper
ature was degrees below zero, on January Q.
1896 :
FhEClPITATION.-Av for the mon n
ozs lnches' average number OF days with OF of
an inch or more. 10; the greatest monthly pre-
eipitation was s4s inches. in 1890; the least
monthly precipitation was 0s inch, in 1893: the
greatest amount OF precipitation recorded in
any twenty-four consecutive hours was 35Y
inches, on January 80 and 81, 1891; the greatest
amount OF snowfall recorded in any twenty
four consecutive hours (record extending to
winter OF issi-S5 only was 10 inches. on jan
uary Ia and IS, $685. average number of clear
days, 10; partly cloudy days. 8; cloudy days, 10
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-30
Christmas Pardons.

Gov. Jones granted the following
Christmas pardons for exemplary con-
duct: j. NJ. Leslie. convicted in Wood
ruff county in 1896 and sentenced to
seven years; Ch@les Thompson, con-
victed in Phillips circuit court in 1896
of larceny and sentenced to six years;
Henry Sank, Sebastian county, serving
five year sentence for forgery; Ander-
son Green, of Hampstead county, con-
vieted in 1897 of burglary and sentenced
to three years; Elias Spencer, Hemp
stead county, convicted in 1897 of pass
ing counterfeit money and sentenced
to five years; Ivy Dale, serving three
years for forgery; win Charles, Column
bia county, convicted in 1897 of Grim
inal assault and sentenced to life i'm
prisonment pardon granted in view of
recent developments pointing to his in
nocence).
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-30
BRIEF MENTION.

van Dureu 10 oNerrun Win trdmpS.
A creamery is to be established at
Paris, Logan county.
The report that smallpox is raging in
Filton county is denied.
The Jonesboro & Eastern railroad
has been completed to Leachville.
The Arlington Hotel at Batesville
was considerably damaged by fire.
Two illicit distills were destroyed
near Waco, Cleburne county, last week.
There is one saloon to fraction
less than three grocery stores in Little
Rock.
The State Bar Association will meet
uary9.
One hundred and forty miles of new
railroad were constructed in Arkansas
during 1898.
At Renwater, in Miller county, Heard
Atchison was stabbed to death by Miles
Hollingsworth.
Four carloads of lumber were recent
ly shipped from Howard county billed
to Leith, Scotland.
A history of the Federal court at Fort
Smith and the old Federal Jail is to be
published in book form.
Several carloads of slaves at Fulton,
belonging to the Fulton Stave Com
pany, were destroyed by fire.
The strawberry acreage in Crawford
county has been increased about 25 per
cent the last twelve months.
Ladies of Batesville prepared and
forwarded fine Christmas dinner to
Company b, at Admission, Ala.
The capital stock of the Des Arc &
Northern Railway Company has been
increased from $3.50, 900 to 100000.
The Commercial Hotel, Ringgold's
store, Patton warehouse and two resi-
dences at Cabot were destroyed by fire.
The second annual show of the Ar
kynsas State Poultry association will
be held in Little Rock January 10 to IA
inclusive.
The residence of w. A. Rutherford, a
farmer living twelve miles from Bates
Vile, was burned. Loss, $1,000; insur-
ance, $4,000.
A negro at White Cliffs, after empty
ing the contents of a shotgun into his
stomach without fatal effect, cut his
throat with razor
All the prisoners in the Carroll coun
ty igil at Berryville escaped by saving
through the iron cage and removing
brick from the outer wall.
The general merchandise store OF
Milt, Garretson & Co. at Gary. Jeffer-
son county, was destroyed by fire, SUM-
posed of incendiary origin.
At meeting of the Baptist state
board of missions, it was decided to
hold Bible institutes twice year in
different sections of the state.
Carl C. Berger was found dead in
his room at England Christmas morn
ing. He had been drinking, and mis-
death was due to the use of whisky and
morphine.
Capt. Ernest Nell, of Company A,
Second Arkansas, has rendered his
resignation, to take effect January Z.
Capt. Neill is a member-elect OF the
legislature from Independence county.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-30
Fatal Shooting at Harrison.

A special from Harrison. Boone coun-
ty, states that M. L. Aderholt, who shot
and slightly wounded Capt w. L. Pace
ABOUT month ago, was shot through
the abdomen three times by Frank
race, former prosecuting attorney of
the Fourteenth circuit, Christmas eve.
The shooting of Aderholt was the out
come of the difficulty between himself
and Capt. Pace, father of Frank, who
acted as attorney for Mrs. Aderholt in
suit for divorce from her husband.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-30
State Revenue.

AS will be shown by the treasurer's
biennial report, the total state revenue
received during the two years, from
october l, 1896, to September 80, 1898,
was s2'229,6s2. AZ. The total amount of
warrants redeemed and cancelled DUR
ing same period was 81, 236, 141.35. This
cancellation included s10, 900. Sc on di-
rect tax fund, which sum should not be
treated as an expense of the state gov
eminent.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-30

A statistlcian has complied the fol-
lowing information relative to the bust
ness done by bath houses at Hot Springs
the past year: Total capital invested,
s569,7SS; number of baths given, 324,-
207, for which was received s101. 799; at
tendants fees, s33, $40. making the total
receipts from baths s135, 699. The num-
Der of baths does not include those
given by the free bath house.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-30
STATE NEWS.
Fatal Shooting Scrape at Harrison
and a Prominent Physician
Killed at Haynes.
EVENTS OF THEwsEk BRIEFLY cHRoNlclED
p.,ch Of Christmas Pardons Granted BY
the Governor-Girl Burned to Death.
state Revenue-Bath House Statistics.
short Mention.
state Inaane Asylum.


The biennial report of the board of
trustees of the state lunatic asylum
shows the following expenditures for
maintenance of that institution, from
October 1, 1906, to April 1, 1897
Salaries OF Officers and Employes-Balance
a, iation sl4 sos 30; expended, si3 $50 IT.
/ current Expenses-Balance appropriation,
B8 e9s O9 expended S299 900.
Repairs to Buildings and Observation-Disclosures
onnropriation, 1863: expended. nothing.
To Complete Buildings Destroyed by Cy-
clone = Balance appropriation, sc3o9s; ex-
pended, s42i0
Postape-Baiauce appropriation, Si36o0: ex-
pended, sl3l.6'.
Expenditures from April 1, 1897, to
September 80. 1898:
Salaries of Officers and Employes-Appro-
urlated s55. SEQ expended. sil 1888,
Current neutrality-suspicious., Sl20 900
expended e2,OOi 80
Special Repairs Appropriated, 5000; ex-
Contingent Expenses Appropriated, $500;
expended, 1902 %.
On December 1, 1897, there were pres
ept 5S2 patients-372 males and 80 fe-
males. Since that time 1875 on new
papers and 10 on old papers have been
admitted. making total Of 7S7 under
treatment during the year just closed.
OF this number 1873 were discharged and
IS died. OF the discharged Sc were re-
stored, 81 improved, 4 unimproved, 4
escaped and were not insane. Per-
centage of recoveries on admissions,
A: death rate on whole number treated.
9. 50; average cost per patient per year,
SOL 0s, or $3.50 per month.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-30
To Encourage Manufactures.

The Fort Smith Commercial League
is enlisting the aid Of business men
throughout the state in urging the next
general assembly to pass an amend
ment to the constitution, to be sub
mitted to the voters at the next state
election, exempting capital hereafter
invested in this state in all kinds of
manufacturing business from taxation
for period of seven years.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-30
WORDS UTTERED BY SAGES.

Hope is the gas in the balloon of am.
bition.-Schopenhauer.
The greatest truths are the simplest,
and so are the greatest men.-Hare.
What makes life dreary is the want
of motive.-George Eliot.
Opinion is the queen of the world,
but force is its tyrant.-Passal.
The most certain sign of greatness is
the absence of envy.-La Rochefoucald.
A thing is never too often repeated
which is never sufficiently learned
Seneca.
A man cannot have an idea of perfec.
ton in another which he was never sen.
sible of in himself.-Steele.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-30

hrs. FLORENCE A. WOLFE. SIS rluibssry
st., Lancaster, Ohio, writess
"DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:-For two
years was troubled with what the
local physicians told me was infiamma-
ton of the womb. Every month suf-
fered terribly. 1 had taken enough
medicine from the doctors to cure any
one, but obtained relief for short
time only. Atlast concluded to write
to you in regard to my case, and can
say that by following your advice am
now perfectly we'll"
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-30
Physician Killed.

ID Hughes, a merchant at Haynes,
Lee county, shot and killed DIR. w. U.
scott, prominent physician of st.
Francis county. 1t is claimed Scott
wentinto Hughes store and commenced
shooting at Hughes, when the latter
took Scott's gun away from him and
shot him dead. The men had a shoot
ing scrape about one year ago, when
both were badly wounded.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-30
The Enorm on. Gold proa,c, Of ,so..

This will be the greatest gold year in his
tory. From South Africa, the Klondike and
Australia the precious metal is being shipped
In large quantities. Ii is believed that this
years output viii nearly double that OF any
previous twelve months. The sales Of Hos
letters stomach Bitters are also increasing
very fast, and this year that famous remedy
Will cure more people of dyspepsia, indiges-
ton, constipation, nervousness and weak
ness than ever before.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-30

The lS-year-old daughter of Ben Jor-
can farmer residing four miles from
rine Bluff. was burned to death. Jor-
oan and his wife were away from home
at the time, when their residence caught
nre' and it is supposed the girl lost her
NE IN an effort to save the building,
winch was totally destroyed
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-30
Appointed the Nominee.

"oV. Jones appointed J. w. Atchinson
county and probate Judge of Nevada
county, to fill the unexpired term of
0uoge ). b. Moore, deceased. A primary
was held, and Judge Atkinson being
sne choice of the voters, Gov. Jones
made the appointment.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-30
Postmaster In Trouble,

0. G. Guyn, postmaster at Curtis,
Clark county, was arrested and bound
over to the Federal grand jury on the
charge of embezzling several hundred
dollars in money orders and other val
liable mail matter which had come into
his possession in his official capacity. In
default of bail he was placed in Jail at
Little Rock.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-30
Sueing the Marshal.

rive suits, each for IS, 900 damages,
nave been filed in circuit court at Bates
sliie against United States Marshal H.
A. cooper on his official bond for alleged
'aise arrest growing out of the seizures
Vi timber by deputy marshals at the in
stance of c. A. M. Schlierholz, special
agent OF the government land Office.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-30
STATE OF ONO, CRY or TOLEDO, +.

LUCAS COUNTY, '''
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he is the
senior partner Of the firm of +. j. Cheney
& Co., doing business in the city of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and that said
firm will pay the sum ofOne Hundred Dol
lars for each and every case of catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use of Halls Catarrh
Cure. FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day of December, A. ID.
1885. A. w. GLEASON,
Seal Notary Public
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Send for testimonials,
Tree. +. j: CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-30
Mrs. W. r. BATES. nansfleld, La, writes,

Before writing to you l suffered
dreadfully from painful menstrual
ton, leucorrhGa and sore feeling in
the lower part of the bowels. Now my
friends want to know what makes me
look so well. lido not hesitate one min.
ute in telling them what has brought
about this great change. I cannot
praise Lydia +. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound enough. 1t is the greatest
remedy Of the age"
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-30
RELIEF FROM PAIN.
Women Everywhere Express their
Gratitude to Mrs. Pinkham.
Mrs. 7. A. WALDEN. Gibson, Ga, writes.

Mrs. 7. A. WALDEN. Gibson. Ga, writes,
"DEAR Mrs. PISKHAM:-Before tax.
ing your medicine, life was burden
to me. never saw n well day. At
my monthly period / suffered untold
misery, and n great deal Of the time I
was troubled with a severe pain in my
side. Before finishing the first bottle
OF your Vegetable Compound could
tell twas doing me good. Icontinued
its use, also used the Liver Pills and
Sanative Wash, and have been greatly
helped. l would like to have you use
my letter for the benefit of others"
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-30
A LOophOle.

Papa-Such wedding as you want.
my dear, will cost $1,000.
Then what is to be done, papa"
"You will have to be married with
,out my consent. Life.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-30
Cross County Killing.

Christmas eve, near Wynne, Cross
,ouhty, Tom Cardin shot and instantly
Sa leu W. X. Windley. Cardin surren-
seu and Claims he acted in self-de-
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-30

The Impressario-Of course, you can't
please everybody.
Friend--No? Suppose you give Wagner
opera with coon songs between the acts
Puck.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-30
The Cornfed PHILOSOPHERS.

The successful statesman" said the
Cornfed Philosopher, must be able to stand
great deal while he is running, not to men.
ton the ability to lie at the same time
Indianapolis Journal
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-30

The man who is full of himself hasn't
much space to fill an. downtown Topics.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-30

Oddly enough, London cyclists are COM
PEELED to ride slowly through Fleet street.
Il. A. w. Bulletin.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-30

There is no love so incurably blind as self
love.-Chicago Daily News.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-30

Any ache, from toothache to backache
st. Jacobs Oil will cure.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-30

knowledge is power only up to the point
where a person knows it all.-Town Topics.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-30

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an A No.
! Asthma medicine.-W. r. Williams, An.
tioch. ILL.,, April IL, 1884,
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-30

Bad feet from frost are made sound
BY st. Jacobs Oil 1t cures.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-30


A Neapolitan professor has just per-
formed remarkable feat. Some time
ago he offered to make bet that he
could recite the whole of Dante's "Di-
vine Comedy" by heart His ability
to do this was doubted, and his wager
was taken up. A select audience was
invited to hear the professor, who de-
claimed from eight o'clock in the even
ing until two o'clock the next after
noon. The reciter stopped occasion
ally, but it was not because he had
forgotten the poem; it was simply TO
moisten his tongue with sugared wa
ter, for the audience had to confess
that he got through the $4,000 verses.
more or less, of which the poem is CON-
posed, without the least difficulty
London Globe.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-30

Slipped and fell; bad sprain. Never
Mind. st. Jacobs Oil will cure it.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-08-25
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are to be In anywise endangered oy the
now incoming Administration. / add, too,
that all the protection which, consistently
with the Constitution and the laws, can
he given will be cheerfully given TO all
the states when lawfully demanded. for
whatever cause, as cheerfully to one sec
ton as to another.
an my present position could scarcely
he justified were ] to omit raising a warn
ing voice against this approach of return
ing despotism.
at is not needed not fitting here that
n general argument should be made in IA
vor Of popular institutions, but there Is
one point, with Its connections, not so
hackneyed as most others, to which l ask
n brief attention. II is the effort to place
capital on an equal footing with. If not
above labor in the structure of govern
1nent II is assumed that labor is avail
able only in connection with capitali that
nobody laoors unless somebody else own
ing capital somehow by the use OF it in
duces him TO labor. This assumed, II Is
next considered whether 1t is best that
capital shall hire lahorers. and thus in
duce them to work by their own consent,
or buy them and drive them to II without
their consent. Having proceeded so far.
II is naturally concluded that all laborers
pre either hired laborers or what we call
slaves. And further, II Is assumed that
whoever is once a hired laborer is fixed
in that condition for life.
Now, there is no such relation between
CAPITAL and labor as assumed. nor is there
any such thing as a freeman being fixed
for life in the condition of "a hired laborer.
Both these assumptions are false and all
differences from them are groundless.
Labor is prior 10 and Independent OF
capital Capital IL only the fruit OF labor.
and could never have existed II labor had
not first existed. Labor Is the superior
OF capital and deserves much the higher
consideration.
mo men living are more worthy to be
trusted than those who toll up from pow
erty: none less inclined to take or touch
aught which they have not honestly earn
ed. Let them beware OF surrendering n
political power which they already possess,
and which II surrendered will surely be
used to close the door OF advancement
against such as they and to fix new dis
abilities and burdens upon them TIL all
of liberty shall be lost."-Message, Deem
Der g. 1861.
'If Government contracts a debt with
a certain amount Of money in circulation,
and then contracts the volume before the
debt is paid It is the most henous crime
that a Government can commit against
the people"
However the Republican Party, in pur-
| Huance OF its purpose to stamp out all
such anarehistic utterances as were pro-
nounced and Endorsed by Mr.. Lincoln, here
| and now declares that no American citizen
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-08-25

tion of Mckinley and under the gold stand
ard the price of these articles would come
down, so that he could buy more OF them
with the wages paid him for his days
LABOR In view of the fact, however, that
we also promised the farmers of the Unit
ed States that the election Of Mckinley
and the gold standard would make the
men who bought their products have to
pay higher price for them, we here and
now declare our qualification at the rise
In the price of wheat and wool caused
by the Dingley bill and the gold standard
and respectfully request that this plank
in the platform shall not be read by the
wage-earners of the country.
daughter and applause on the Demo-
cratic side.)
We specifically disavow and disclaim
all party responsibility for the following
utterances made by the gentleman who
now draws the salary of the Chief Execu-
tive of this nation. We do this for the
reason that in our solemn, enlightened,
patriotic and sanctitied judgment the SEN
timents therein contained are "anarch-
istic," "Populistic." ''socialistic," com
munistic" and destructive of the peace
of mind of the posssssors OF wealth, and
consequently directly antagonistic to the
highest, noblest and most patriotic class
of our citizens. The following is the Ian
guage condemned. Speaking of Cleve-
lands policy, Mr.. Mckinley said:
the Government he was dishonoring one
of our precious metals. one OF our own
great products. discredting silver and en-
HANGING the price of gold. He endeavorei,
even before his Inauguration to Office, TO
stop the coinage OF silver dollars and
afterwards. and TO the end OF his Admin
istration, persistently used his power TO
that end. He was determined to contract
the circulating medium and demonetize
one OF the coins of commerce limit the
volume OF money among the people make
money scarce, and therefore dear He
would have increased the value OF money
and diminished the value of everything
else
Money the Master, Everything Else
the Servant
HE was not thinking of the poor then
He had left their side He was not
standing forth in their defense Cheap
coats cheap labor and dear money: the
sponsor and promoter OF these protesting
to stand guard over the poor and lowIy
Was there ever more glaring Inconsistency
or reckless assumption? He believes that
poverty is a blessing to be promoted and
encouraged, and that a shrinkage in the
value of everything but money is a ma
tional bened!ction."- Speech by William
Mckinley Akron. Ohio, 1891.
1t is our deliberate judgment, based up
on the opinion of our legal advisers. who
have been amply recompensed for their
services, that the only constitutional and