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The Forrest City times., 1898-01-21
Got Off Light.

Henry Starr, the notorious murderer
and outlaw, who has been confined in
Jail at Fort Smith the past four years
awaiting trial and sentence for the
numerous crimes charged against him,
was given a total of IS years in the
United States penitentiary at Column
bus, o. Starr was twice found guilty
OF murder in the first degree and sem
fenced to hang, but an appeal was taken
each time to n higher court, which
granted him a new trial. Al his last trial
for the killing of Floyd Wilson, dep
utv marshal, he was allowed to plead
guilty to manslaughter, and was given
only three years. For robbing an ex-
press on the Katy" in 1898, he got
seven years, and for the Nowata, l. T.,
postotfice robbery five years. Kid Will
son, STAIRS right-hand man, was given
"a years for the part he took in the
Kat" express hoid-up.
The Forrest City times., 1898-01-21
STATE NEWS,


Should the state democratic central
committee adhere to the basis of repre-
sentation of the last convention, which
was one delegate for each 100 votes or
fraction above so cast for the guberna-
torial candidate, the convention to be
held in June will be the largest of the
kind ever convened in the state. On
the same basis of one for 100 or fraction
above so votes cast for Dan w. Jones
for governor, the number will be 920,
compared with 74s in the convention of
1856. On the basis of one delegate for
200 votes or fraction above 100, which
had obtained previous to that date, the
number would be 457. as shown by the
following comparative assignment of
delegates:
The Forrest City times., 1898-01-21
Excited Suspicion.

A white man so years of age, travel
ing down the Mississippi river in d
skiff. was taken into custody by officers
at Osceola A pocketbook with the
name C. n. Dickens on the outer cover
and containing $1,000 in notes made
navable to Dickens and executed by
pike & Co., of Minneapolis, Mimi, was
found in his possession. From papers
found in the pocketbook it is believed
that Dickens is travelling man. and
was in Rogers recently. Whether or
not the man is guilty of wrong-doing is
not known, but an investigation of how
he came into possession of the notes will
be made.
The Forrest City times., 1898-01-21
Hot Springs Light and Water Que stior

An ordinance was introduced in the
city council at Hot Springs providing
that the entire city be converted into an
improvement district that it might thus
be enabled to purchase the water aud
light plants or to construct new ones.
petition was presented by 81 prop
erty holders asking the establish
ment of such district. Before the
proposition can be carried into effect
ahe owners OF majority of the prop
erty in value throughout the city will
nave to sanction it. This action on the
part OF the council is the outcome of
phe controversy which has been in
progress for some time between the city
and the water and light companies on
account of Indebtedness due the latter.
The Forrest City times., 1898-01-21
Negro Safe Blowers.

Robbers blew open the safe in the
store OF Richardson & May at Corner
stone, jefferson county, and secured
sSoo' As soon as the robbery was dis.
covered officers started on a hunt for
the thieves and arrested Peter Crawford
ana Liberty Canady, both colored, who
confessed. Another darky named Har-
rls was arrested on suspicion. About
s4oo OF the money stolen, which had
oeen gwen out among lot of negro
women, was recovered.
The Forrest City times., 1898-01-21
Wrecked on a Trestle.

n. a north-bound passenger train on the
intsoorg Il Gulf was wrecked on a
u restie ii few hundred yards from the
leAarkana depot. The rails spread and
~, .ne enalr ear was dragged over the tres
',e' W which is about 30 feet high, but the
:. s.eePer was stopped on the trestle where
y y remained, just ready to topple over
:. very tie in the bridge was broken, and
~ IS a miracle the cars were not hurled
W Uhe ground. No one was injured.
The Forrest City times., 1898-01-21
Admissions of the Indian Govern
ment ON This Point.


The British government has pub
lished the Correspondence Respecting
the Proposals on Currency Made by the
Special ENJOYS from the United States"
The answer of the government of India
to the proposal to open the mints at
the ratio of 1874 to is that it would re.
suit in a rise of prices in the present
gold-price countries, and fall of prices
in India and in the silver-price coun-
tries. Prices in India are about mid
way between the silver prices and gold
prices, that is to say the closing of the
Indian mints in 1898 was to keep the
average of prices on a level with the
gold prices of England. and as the gold
level has sunk about 25 per cent. the In
dian level of prices has fallen corre-
spondingly.
AS to the effect of the fall in prices in
India should bime,allism be es ablished
at 16 to l the government of India says:
ut is enough to kill our export trade,
for the time at least = We presume
that France and the United States con-
template with equanimity the possible
effects of the change of prices (rising
prices) upon their trade and produc-
ton generally, while it is manifestly
impossible for us. affected as we are in
the opposite direction, to take the same
view.
There is no doubt that the effect
would be to throw some branches of the
export trade of India and the indus
tries connected Herewith (the plant
ing industries, for example), into the
most depressed condition for some time
at least. The period of depression might
be long or comparatively short, though
there are authorities who are inclined
to attribute permanently disastrous
effect to such large and sudden rise in
exchange. and to apprehend that In
dian commerce might be utterly shaken
by the change. .
'The anticipated fall in prices is one
that will adversely affect both our rev.
enues and the general condition of the
agricultural classes in the country"
The reader will observe that the In
dian government admits the claim Of
bimetallists of the United States. name
ly, that for us to enter upon the free
coinage of silver at 16 to would check
the exports from silver-using countries
and stimulate our exports in a corre-
spending degree. Among the exports
of India are wheat and cotton. The ex-
ports of these has been stimulated and
Is being stimulated by gold prices fall
ing while silver prices in India remained
stable or slightly rose. For us to enter
upon the free coinage Of silver would
reverse these conditions, namely. check
India's export trade and so tend TO
raise the gold price of wheat and cot
ton, and at this higher price we would
supply our wheat and cotton.
The question is, have farmers and
the other producers of the United States
the intelligence to recognize the i'm
portance of the admissions of the gov
ernment OF India? And the Indian gov
ernment speaks from experience, for in
1890, when the United States increased
her silver purchases and so increased
the value OF silver, the result in India
was that the falling prices which they
experienced checked her exports and
stimulated imports into India. Such 10
the statement in Appleton's Annual for
1891, title India.
GEORGE II STIPIEy
The Forrest City times., 1898-01-21

menace to those still having employ.
ment.
Employers knowing that their en-
ployes cannot be independent except
81 far as they are protected by unions
the wage scale is forced down even
further than it would be necessary
from the natural fall of prices. dis
tressing the wage Garner more and
more as the level of prices descends tho
scale.
The Forrest City times., 1898-01-21
Caught in Texas,

j. s. Winslow, defaulting express and
depot agent for the Kansas City, Pitts
burg & Gulf road, was captured in Dali
las, Tex, and is now confined in Jail at
Bentonville. Winslow was in charge
of the Office at Gravette during the ILL
ness of the regular agent, and skipped
out with funds belonging to both the
express and railroad companies
The Forrest City times., 1898-01-21
Wholesale Jail Delivery.

Twelve prisoners confined in the
Bentonville Jail gained their liberty by
battering down the main prison door.
Among the number was Dick Brandt,
train robber, burglar and horse thief,
wanted in Texas and the Indian Ter
ritory. Brandt stole horse and made
for the Territory.
The Forrest City times., 1898-01-21
prospects Never Brighter.

~ noermen in attendance at the an
he. Nc, convention of the state association,
br;N IN Little Rock, report prospects
hkh. Tor the best years business in
49, i,ne ever done in the state The
INST adopted November 20, 1877,
ms. as eonfred. j. f. Rutherford, of Pine
assaa : was re elected president of the
sse.ation, and c. w. Gates, of Fordyce,
The Forrest City times., 1898-01-21
Negro Killed.

paVe Eagle, of Lonoke. shot and killed
:, negro named Lee Steadman near De-
aNs Bluff. Eagle and party of
trends were returning from a hunting
Up On white river when they were ac
sos.ed by Steadman and another darky
: u accused of stealing a hog. After
:. = iew words Steadman made move as
Enough to draw gun when Eagle shot
nih, killing him INSTANTLY
The Forrest City times., 1898-01-21
To Fight Chattei Loan Companie.

A number of colored citizens of Lit
tie Rock are fighting chattel loan asso-
Citations, who, it is alleged, have been
loaning small sums to the more unfor-
tunate and ignorant of that race and
charging them usurious rates of inter
est, in some cases exacting as much a.
40 per cent
The Forrest City times., 1898-01-21
THE FRENCH A CURIOUS PEOPLE
They Have Vanity. Hut Not Pride, Re-
ligiOn. Hut Not Morality.

nSIon, nut NOT MOrutlty.
The French must be the most curious
people on earth. How could even
Heavenly ingenuity create more un-
common or bewildering contradiction
and combination? Make up your mind
that they are as simple as children
when you see their innocent picnicking
along the boulevards and in the parks
with their whole families, yet you dare
not trust yourself to hear what they
are saying. Believe that they are Gym
ical, and fin de steele, and skeptical Of
all women when you hear two men
talk, and the next day yon hear that
one of them has shot himself on the
grave of his sweetheart. Believe that
politeness is the ruling characteristic
of the country because a man kisses
your hand when he takes leave of YOU.
But marry him, and no insult is too low
for him to heapmpon you. Believe that
The French men are sympathetic be-
cause they laugh and cry openly at the
theater. But appeal to their chivalry.
and they will rescue you from one dis
comfort only to offer you worse. The
French have sentimentality. but not
sentiment They have gallantry, but
not chivalry They have vanity. but
not pride. They have religion. but not
morality. They are a combination OF
the widest extravaganza and the strict
est parsimony. They cultivate the
ground so close TO the railroad tracks
that the trains almost run over their
roses. and yet they leave a Place de la
Concorde in the heart of the city,
Lillian Bell, in Ladies' Home Journal.
The Forrest City times., 1898-01-21

An old beggar. who used to frequent
he doors of one of the principal
churches of Rome, died lately. He was
,ound to be possessed of $1,000, which
,e had left by properly drawn-up win
% his three children. who were com
hetely ignorant of their fathers wealth.
The Forrest City times., 1898-01-21
EFFECT OF FREE SILVER.

ISAAC w. HIGGS.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-03-24
Irritation on Alkali Lands.

One of the most annoying and dis
couraging features Of the cultivation Of
lands in alkali regions is that although
in their natural condition they may
show but little alkali OH their surface,
and that mostly i'll limited spots usual
ly somewhat depressed below the gen.
eral surface, these spots are found to
enlarge rapidly as irrigation is prac-
ticed, for since alkai salts are the symp-
toms and result of insufficient rainfall
irrigation is a necessary condition of
agriculture wherever they prevail. Un-
der irrigation neighboring spots will Of
tentimes merge together into one large
one, and at times the entire area, once
highly productive and perhaps covered
with valuable plantations of trees Or
vines, will become incapable of sup
porting useful growth. This annoying
phenomenon is popularity known as
"the rise Of the alkali" in the western
United States, but is equally we'll known
in India and other irrigation regions
Professor Hilgard in Year Book.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-03-24
Catarrh Cannot. be Cured.

with local APPLICATIONS, as they can
not reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh
is a blood or constitutional disease, and in
order to cure it you must take internal rem
edi, S Halls Catarrh Cure IS taken intern
ally, and acts directly on the blood and mu-
cous surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure IS not a
qua. medicine. 1t was prescribed by one
of the best physicians in this country for
years, and is regular prescription 1t is
composed of the best tonic known. combined
with the best blood purifiers, acting directly
on the mucous surfaces. The perfect COM
bination OF the two ins Rodents is what pro-
duces such wonderful results in curing Cat
arrh.> Send for testimonials, free.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-03-24
What Others Saw.

''Do not make the mistake of buying
q shovel with square edge. A round
pointed one is much better for irrigating
and for general use" says Denver Field
and Farm.
Awell known horticulturist is credit
ed with the remark that it took him 80
years to acquire sufficient moral courage
to thin fruit as it ought to be thinned.
Investigations into the ''cornstalk
disease" at the Nebraska station appear
to leave the cause OF this trouble still a
matter Of doubt.
A Kansas man has suggested the
making of molasses from watermelons
on commercial scale, and some west,
crn exchanges concur that it may be
worth trying
''Sugar as food product looms up
ahead of us in gigantic proportions as
one farm product that we can prod.ce. /"
remarks Farm, Field aud Fireside
With equal emphasis Farm, Journal de-
clares: 1.-THE average farmer will never
STOW beets for sugar in this country.
The work will be done by large gangs
Of imported labor where land is cheap
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-03-24
Charcoal For Swine.

Hogs that are fattening will often
eat charcoal quite greedily. That from
corn Oh the cob is probably the best, as
the cob contains very considerable
amount of potash, which corrects the
acidity of the stomaeh . Corn is a very
heavy and rich grain and hard of diges-
ton for any animal. In the quantities
that fattening hogs eat of corn it is no
wonder if their stomachs are cloyed. A
little charcoal will greatly improve
their appetite. Even hogs that are not
fattening will eat some charcoal. It has
some nutrition, and they are in no dam
ger of eating too much.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-03-24
Water and q Hot Sun.

It is dangerous to allow water to
stand about the plants when a hot sun
is shining OH them. Cabbage and even
alfalfa in some soils Can be killed in
this way. The application of water to
growing crops is matter that requires
great deal of investigation. Irrigation
Age says: There are so many conditions
to be considered and different objects to
be accomplished that comparatively lit
tie in the way of rules and regulations
can be definitely stated. What is best
in some soil is not good for others and
what is good for some plants in some
climates is not good for the same plants
in other climates. The best injunction
Is to 'go SLOW"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-03-24
GROWING oLFALFA.
Suggestions From q Favorable Experience
of Eight Years With This Plant.

Suggestions From q Favorable Experience
of Eight Years With This Plant.
A Nebraska correspondent of The Or
ange Judd Farmer has the following to
say after eight years experience in
growing alfalfa: The soil here seems
especially adapted to its growth, and ]
see no reason why it may not flourish
on any good soil in the United States
Prepare the soil and seed the same as
for ordinary clovers or grass seeds. The
better the preparation of the soil the
more satisfactory will be the results.
Pulverize we'll before seeding. put on the
seed and cover with one narrowing. / do
not approve of deep covering.
Early spring is the best time for SOW
ing. Do not be foo early, as April or
May will do very well. If very dry
weather comes just as the plant is start
ing to grow we'll, it will die. If. how
ever, it can have few weeks of season.
able weather, it will take care of itself.
Roots grow very rapidly and penetrate
the ground several inches, even at the
age of eight or ten days. These keep 60
ing down until they reach surprising
depths.
At first, like all other cloyers, the
plant is very delicate, but if conditions
are favorable good stand can easily be
secured. If the ground is free from
weed seeds, so much the better, but if the
land is foul, run over it with mower
after height of three or four inches is
reached, clipping the weeds and the al
Qole 20 Lo no
cuttings upon the surface to act as
mulch and protection from the sun. If
the weeds are very aggressive, give
second cutting little later. Alfalfa
treated in this way will finally take the
lead and hold it's own indefinitely. I
don't expect much growth the first
year, but under very favorable condi-
as ton of hay per acre the first seaso...
A good crop, however, may be secured
the following spring.
Many people of experience recommend
30 pounds of seed per acre, but. if con-
ditions are favorable Is pounds will give
very satisfactory result. If the con-
ditions promise to be unfavorable, how
ever, 20 pounds would be much better.
Seed does not seem to come up at once,
and if for any reason the first that ap-
pear should perish, the remaining seeds
may develop later and form a good
stand. / would rather have alfalfa a
little thin than too thick. People lack
ing experience sometimes think that
they have very poor stand when in
reality it is a very good one.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-03-24

desire to attest to the merits of Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy as one of the most
valuable afficient preparations on the market.
1t broke an exceedingly dangerous cough
for in "a hours, and in gratitude therefor.
desire TO inform you that | will never be
without it and you should feel proud of the
high esteem in which your Remedies are
held by people in general. 1t is the one
remedy among ten thousand. Success to it,.
%. X. Downey, Editor Democrat, Albion,
Ind For sale by Hanson & Emerson Drug
gist.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-03-24
Many People Cannot Drink

coffee at night. Itspoils their sleep. You
can drink Grain-O when you please and sleep
ike top. For GrainO does not stimulate:
it nourishes, cheers and leeds. Yet it looks
and tastes lske the best coffee. For nervous
persons, young people and children Grain-O
is the perfect drink. Made from pure
grains. Get package from your grocer to.
day. Try it in place. of'coffee. IS and 25c.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-03-24
Jerusalem ArtichokeS For HOGS.

Jerusalem articnokes are certainly
fine feed for hogs and as grown they
will Go their own harvesting. Plant and
care for them che same as potatoes until
ready to lay by. They are grown in
Colorado, bu. not SO extensively as they
should be. The planting should be done
on lands not wanted for any other pur-
pose for yesrs to come. Che yield is
from 600 to I. 900 bushels to the acre.
Denver Fielc and Farm.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-03-24
Stable Manure and Ashes.

Stable manure and ashes should not
be put on Land at the same time, as the
potash woulu iberate one of the most
valuable elements in the manure, am
monia, which, would then escape into
the air and be lost to the trees or the
crop, says The National Stockman. Six
months apart would do well, using
ashes i'll the spring and manure in the
fall.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-03-24
The OIdenburg Leaves Canea.

CANEA, Island OF Crete, March IL
The German flag was hauled down
and the German marines who have
been doing duty ashore embarked oil
board the German battleship Olden-
burg. The international troops COM
posing the garrison rendered military
honors TO the departing German forces.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-03-24
Looking After the Montana Guards.

BUTTE. Mon, March II. -Lieutenant
Line, ley of the Fourth United States
cavalry has arrived Ill town to look
after the condition of the national
guard Of Montana, most of whom are
located here. Since the war scare
started the guar dsmen have been get
ting into condition for call
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-03-24
The "Best" Variety Of Tomatoc ).

ave would advise those of our friends
who are anxious to excel their neighbors
to raise few plants Of the leading va
rieties, such as Table Queen, Beauty,
Stone, Champion, Perfection. Acme,
Ponderosa, Optimus, Climax, Matchless,
and to select from these the finest speci-
mems, having the brightest colors, the
fewest seeds and borne by the thriftiest
and most productive vines. Do this year
after year. Tomatoes cross very freely,
and when the best kinds are tbus plant
ed together careful selection will, in
our opinion, in few years give the
most perfect tomatoes for the locality
where the selections are made.
CAN varieties are changing from year
toyear, because they cross SO readily. II,
therefore, we plant IN the same field
the best varieties of the present time, it
seems reasonable to suppose that careful
selection will do all that and perhaps
more than artificial crossing can do 1t
is selection of the fttest.' This is the
advice of Rural New Yorker.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-03-24
Ruxinv Old Staa "a.

BERLIN, March I7.-Senor Sandoval,
the Spanish agent, is negotiating for
the purchase of number Of old and
slow steamers OF the North German
Lloyd Steamship company.
1t is, Or should be, the highest aim of every
merchant to please his customers; and that
the wide awake drug firm of Meyers & Eshle-
man, Sterling, ILL.,, is doug so, is proven by
the following, from Mr.. Eshleman: SIN my
sixteen years experience in the drug business
have never seen or sold CT tried a medicine
that gave as good satisfaction as Chamber
lain's Cnlic. Cholera and Diarrh9a Rem
edy" Sold by Hanson 4 Eme.son.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-03-24
THE MURDERER ESCAPED.

Prominent Dubuque Attorney Shot Dead
In His Office.
DUBUQUE, Ia, March Nv. O.
Lavak, prominent attorney, was shot
dead in his Office in the business center
of the city at $50 p. m. Four shots
were fred, all taking effect. Although
the streets were crowded at the time
the murderer escaped recognition.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-03-24
Bucklen's Arnica salye.

The. best salve in the world for cuts.
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum,
fever sores, letter, chapped hands,
chilblains, corns, and all skin erup-
tions, and positively cures piles, or
no pay required. 1t is guaranteed to
give perfect satisfaction or money re-
uned. Price rs cents per box. For
ale by Scheldrup & Fiesler,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-03-24
RiOtous Strikers Shot.

BILBAO, Spain, March II. - The
strike that has broken out in the great
iron mine at Somorrostro has led to
serious disturbances The rioters stoned
the police, who fired upon the crowd,
killing thleo outright.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-03-24
Relief In SIX Hours.

Distressing Kidney and Bladder diseases
diseases relieved in six hours by New
Great South American Kidney Cure II
is a great surprise on account of its exceed
ing promptness in relieving pain in bladder
kidneys and back, in male Or female Re
l;eyes retention of water almost Immediately.
If lou want quick relief and cure this is the
Rmedy. Sold by Scheldrup & Fiesler.