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The Forrest City times., 1898-12-02

What happened during the next few moments. when was face to face with Ciarissa, shall never quite remember, but I know that Clarissa laughed. and that I put up my hand to feel if my tie was at the back of my neck.
 I began my tale in a half-hearted manner enough, Clarissa looking half amused and half scared, but her ap- parent indifference made me mad and goaded me on to say perhaps more than 1 had intended. Besides, now seemed to be inspired in some mysterious way. and l am sure no real lover could have wound up with a more impassioned ap- peal.
 At length I had finished. She had dropped her eyes and turned away so that l could not see her face. thought no more about vague experiments now. but had sense of delightful reality. Madly I seized her hands-her silence must imply consent-I drew her toward me to kiss her-when she suddenly jumped away and laughingly cried: "No, George, you must not do that. You have gone quite far enough, and now we will be friends again. You have acted your part splendidly!"
 Acted my part splendidly! I was crushed. I saw she had been making a fool of me.
 "Oh, of course, was only pretend ing" I said, bitterly. and then, losing my temper, but I think you have be. haved disgracefully. Clarissa, in the way you have fooled me and carried on with that fellow Jones. I wish you good afternoon!" and I walked quickly toward the door.
 "George!" Her voice startled me and I looked around.
 A few minutes afterward I said: "Clarissa. shall we take Punch's ad- vice?"
 "No. dear" she whispered. And about Jones?"
 "Oh! he has been engaged to Miss Carr for three weeks" We were seated in a carriage, and was engaged in instructing the coach man to remove a white satin slipper from the roof.
 George, you do care for me?" "Yes, dearest. but I made you care for me during our sham courtship."
 "No, George, loved you before. but you would not see it."
 put my head out of the window and quietly whispered "Hang!"
 "What are you doing?" asked Claria- SD.
 Shaking some rice out of my collar, dear."-Chicago Herald.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-02
CHILDHOOD'S CONCEPTS
Some Quaint and Pretty Definitions Given by Precious Infants to
 Truthful Parents.

Some quaint conceits of childhood are given by the Child Study Monthly as fol- lows:
 Apples are "the bubbles that apple trees blow"
 Baldness-A boy who was sitting playfully on his fathers bald head said naively: Father, 1 must get this seat upholstered"
 Cross-'.The Heaven key"
 Dust-"Mud with juice squeezed out..s
 Eternity-"The lifetime of God
 Fins-"The fish's wings"
 Happiness-"It is to feel as if you wanted to give all your things to your little sister"
 Ice-"Water that went to sleep in.the cold"
 Lightning-''rhe winking of Gods eye"
 Mother-"The bloodiest relation I've got" (By boy who had been taught that blood relations means near rela- tions.)
 Nest egg-"The one that the hen measures by"
 Omnipresence-"God is everywhere without going there."
 Rainbow-"God's smile"
 Stars-"The eggs the moon has laid -
 Thunder-"The big pump that makes the rain come"
 Wakefulness-'My eyes won't stay shut; um comes unbuttoned"
 What deep psychological truth lies In the answer of the little child asked why a certain tree was crooked.
 He replied: II suppose somebody stepped on it when it was little fel- low. Tmes-Herald.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-02
NEVER GIVE UP.

ln the world that lies before you
 There Is much for you to win; But beforehand you must conquer Foes without and foes within. And If your tasks can rout you,
 Then, when life's real battles call, Will you. In their heat and struggle, Victor stand. or vanQuished fall? Can you hope for bright successes If you're always falling now? Do you think defeats will help to
 Weave the laurel round your brow7 Just as little straws can tell us
 From which side the breezes blow, So the way you work at trifies
 Will your perseverance show. Never say that fate's against you.
 That you cannot conquer luck; There Is no such thing as either
 All dep enGs on work and pluck. Just you be resolved to conquer,
 Never mind how tough the fray; Put your hands and brain il motion, And. m. friends, you'll gain the day Kate Clyde. in Golden DayA.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-02
VOL. XVIII.
wUSH'T [ WUZ A BOY.

Wush't I wuz a boy So's I could jump an run And yell real loud and whistle, An fite an have the mostest fun.
 Like boys dux. wush't wuz boy! Wush't wux a boyl Sos maw won't allus say: Cont climb the fence now. Liza Ann. Nice girls don't do that way" Wush't wuz boy! wush't wuz a boy! 'N' when they call me names, Tom-boy. "tag-taiP' an "whistlin' Ann," 'N' I could fite same's
 Bill duz- wush't I wuz a boy! wush't wuz boy w me an John could play At skin the cat" an ""seap frog" too. My dress is in the way
 Boys pants ain't. wusht I wuz a boy! wush't I wuz a boy! All gurl's good fur-yist To dust an sweep, an scold, An so on buttons what yo' mist
 So'in on last week; Wusht I wuz a boyl wush't I wuz a boy! Wush't God d mads gurls boys, An made boys gurls-t'ud bin the same N I'd bin John. an John Bin ''Lizy Ann." by name.
 Wush't he had! Wush't wuz a boy. Mary Hammer. in Minneapolis Journal
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-02
A Large Family.

A single young man heard the banns called in church one day. Perhaps he had not always been very attentive to the service, or perhaps marriages were inore frequent than usual that sea son. for the ordinary announcement seemed to make an impression on him. At dinner that day he observed thought. fully, as if communicating with him. self: "They must be large family!" "Who?" asked the company. for the speaker was silent man, and one whose remarks were few and far be- tween. Why, those Spinstersl" he an- swered. gravely. There was another of them called in church today" He thought it was proper name. But he was right. The Spinsters are large family
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-02
all are crude. Yes, fortunate that you didn't try to pass them. And thus, you ace, honesty is rewarded. Good morn- ing. sir"

Gingly is living in the village, head { alesman for the man who called him honest. His cottage is furnished in pea the viper did not bite the girl.-Carter's Magazine, Chicago.
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-02
Free from Temptation.

Dead men tell no tales"
 That's because they are not invited cst to dinner."-Chicago Daily R~sOrs
The Forrest City times., 1898-12-02

Income from Tax on BfcysIes The French bicycle tax yielded in 1897 the sum-of s663. 400.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-04-16
ROMANCE VERSUS KICKS.
The Lop-Eared Marquis Who Dis
liked Moonshine vanquished
the Pleading Poet.

She whom adore Is the wife Of fat mar.
quis-a lopeared, blear-eyed, greasy mar.
q,,is. A man without soul. A man without
sentiment, who cares naught for moonlight
and music. A low, practical man, who pays
his debts. hate him.
This very morning at breakfast, he had
cursed the fshballs and sneered at the
picked onions.
She Is good cook. The neighbors viii tell
you SO. And to be told by the base marquis
"a man, who. previous 10 his marriage. had
lived at the cheap eating. houses-to be told
by him that her manner Of frying fishballs
was failure-it was too much.
Her tears fell fast. ], too, wept
mixed my sobs with her'n. ely with mel"
! cried.
Ere she could reply-ere she could articu-
late her ecstasy, her husband, the marquis,
crept snakc-like upon me.
Shall / write liz He kicked me out Of the
garden-he kicked me into the street.
/ did not return. How could /? ], 30
ethereal, so full Of soul, Of sentiment, of
sparkling originality! He, 80 gross, so prac-
tical, so lop-eared.
Had returned, the creature would have
kicked me again.-Boston Journal.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-04-16
Tho National Flckieness Is shown by tho
Quick Variations Of Sentiment
They Voiced.

A writer in the Contemporary Re-
view gives long list Of the things the
French have first cried up, and then
cried down. in the course of century.
Thus, in 1870, in May, it was Long
live the Constitution! Long live the
Imperial Dynasty" In July, ITO Ber-
lin, to Berlinw In September, Down
with the Empire! Long live the Re-
publicl Long live Trochu~ In octo-
Der, s'Down with Trochu! Long live the
Communel Long live GambettaT In
1871, Long live Theirs! Down with
Gambettav In March, Long live the
Commune! Down with Theirs" And
so on, for the better part OF page. 1t
makes good reading, but it is hardly
fair play.
What nation has not been In 100 diff
ferent minds about its fetiches in that
long span? And, after all, the COM
piler has missed his best example. The
fickleness OF the public mind was most
strikingly exhibited during the siege
of Strasburg. Gen. Uhrich held the
place for the French, and, while he
held it successfully, nothing was too
rood for him in mouth honor. Every
pther cafe became Cafe Uhrich. and
@'vive UhrichF' resounded through the
street that bore his name. He was on
his way to the titular patronage Of
whole boulevard, and to n public
statue, when the report came that he
had lost a bastion. His boulevard was
ut once stopped. his statue was left In
the clay, and, when the news was con-
'firmed, he was deprived Of his street.
The tough old soldier went on doing
his best, but the German concentration
was too much for him, and finally he
had 10 surrender his keys Then "a
has Uhrichr' was the cry, and he boz
came bankrupt alike Of public thor
oughfarss and Of glory. This ishu-
man nature rather than the Paris
crowd, but the latter have somehow
contrived TO get the advertisement ell
20 ffemselvea London NoHh
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-04-16

Fon some time complaints have been
made to Washington by settlers along
the Oklahoma and Indian territory
boundary lines that their cattle are
contracting the Texas fever from cat
tie grazing on leased lands in the In
dian and Oklahoma territories and are
fast dying of. The bureau Of animal
industry stated that 1t could afford no
relief The quarantine line. which
runs in q zig.zag course across the
whole United States, is established by
the local authorities OF the various
states and is adopted by the bureau
on the recommendation Of such au.
thorities.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-04-16

In these critical days, when war is
threatened with Spain, the department
Of state ut Washington is said to be
sending and receiving more cipher
messages and cablegrams than ut any
time In the history OF this government
The United States government, like
other national governments, has Sc.
cret cipher or cryptographic code Of
its aun
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-04-16

FROM preliminary statement com.
piled by E w. Parker, statistician Of
the United States geological survey, 1t
ls shown that the total output of coal
In the United States in 1897 amounted
approximately to 19s, 1s5, 600 short tons
Of 1900 pounds, with an aggregate
value of sos, 100, 900, q fraction less
than 81 ton. Compared with 1895
this shows An increase in tonnage OF
s,27o,000 tons, or about S8 per cent
The increase in the value Of the prod
net was only 81, 700, 900. q little less
chan % of one per cent The amount
Of coal produced In .s07 was the larg.
est on record.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-04-16

THE introduction OF a bill in the
Ohio legislature designed to compel
persons who are able to support their
INDECENT parents has brought out the
statement that the dcsertion OF aged
and infirm parents by children who
are abundantly able to care for them
has become n common evil in Ohio.
County infirmaries, 1t is claimed. IRE
overburdened with the care of such
persons
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-04-16

Rev. On. s. c. SWALLOW, OF Harris.
burg, Pa, has accepted the independ-
cnt nomination for governor upon the
platform, "Thou shalt not STEAL" ten.
dered to him at Harrisburg q short
time ago by delegation Of citizens of
Philadelphia DR.. Swallow was prohi.
bition candidate for state treasurer in
November, polling 10000 votes in n
total OF T34, l4s.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-04-16

EDWARD EVERETT HALE recently
called attention to the misfortune OF
having ut this juncture no interna-
tional tribunal, such as was suggested
q few years ago and especially urged
by the New York Bar association. II
the tribunal had been established and
provision made for the hearing Of
cases Of disputed facts the destruction
of the Maine battleship would not be
o potent promise of war.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-04-16

HE Arnicnian putriurch has sent to
the Turkish relief committee, n Con-
stantinople dispatch stated, list Of 40
churches wholly or nearly destroyed
during the recent massncres in Ana
tolia. He fixed the number OF orphans
whose parents were killed ut 10000.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-04-16

PRESIDENT MCKINLEY recently had .
long conference by appointment with
John A. Mccall, Of New York. Mr..
Mccall Is understood TO have assured
the president that the government
would be put to no embarrassment by
. lack Of money with which to pros
route war, and he expressed TO the
president his belief that within IS
hours he could raise among the finan-
cinl Institutions Of New York alone
$500, o0o,o oo which the government
could have upon Its own terms, and
that n y popular subscription were
rallied for 300. OOO. 900 could be obtained
"a . few dayA
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-04-16

FoRTY.sEvEN women. 10 OF them
married, were graduated with the law
class OF the New York university the
other day. Women lawyers are said
TO be especially in demand In the won.
IN suffrage states
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-04-16

THE statement was recently made
that the British government assured
the United States OF its fullest and most
cordial sympathy In its Cuban policy.
This assurance was given with the
most complete knowledge OF the latest
developments in the negotiations
between the United States and
Spain and on the understand
Ing that events were tending
steadily toward armed Intervention
In Cr,ha
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-04-16

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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-04-16

DUBUQUE, Ia, April 1A-A Spanish
flag waving on Main street was torn
down and burned by indignant citi-
gems, who knew not why It was put
M. Prominent merchants unfurled
Il rs mark Of contempt for President
McKinley's course.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-04-16

THERE Is soon to be q Greater Jersey
City, composed of the whole OF Hud-
son county, N. j., which includes eight
suburbs OF New York ON that side of
the river
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-04-16

A tall caused Louis Bender, aged 4
years. Of Bloomfield. N. j.. to become
cross-eyed. Two days later he fell
again, and this second shock caused his
eyes to resume their normal condition.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-04-16

There can be no faith and dependence
without miracle. But miracle does not
means the violation Of known law & Il
the discovery and fnlnllmeni Of IN
known law. NoEoondnf.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-04-16
CURRENT COMMENT.

Miss JESSIE E. PARKER was recently
elected mayor Of Kendrick, H., after n
spirited contest Her opponent was
ono OF the most popular men In the
city.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-04-16

The president Of the New York Mer-
chnnts and Manufacturers Board OF
Trade says the Cuban war In three
years has cost the United States s347,-
600. no0
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-04-16
Her Rnalflnn.

Jack-Is Il true that she is countess?
Tom-Yes; ! saw her myself at the CASH
ier's desk in an uptown establishment.-
Up to Date.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-04-16

A man who wears pair Of overshoes till
the cloth is faded, knows where every penny
Is that he ever Washington Democrat.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-04-16

When a woman marries man to reform
him she soon wishes she had left the job to
the police.-Washingto Democrat.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-04-16

GufHnn, OK. April IA >Archio O
Mo0rfouts. neod 70. rns instantly
killed 81 u, 6oc|dlntnI dlsehar7s o.
~ 4.n' Hs' ~ h1n|'l n1a .ts
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-04-16

70 aid The secretary of war N thu
fopduct Of tho miiitaryloperations Il
Il likely that war board will n lese
tnblished at Washington. Correspond
INK with the organization xnown as
the board Of strategy in the navy ne
psrtment. Gen. Miles i anxious 20 20
10 tho field in case there should Be
military occupation Of Cuba In that
event Lieut Gen. Schd6el6 will Be
made president OF the war board. His
n1sociates are likely 70 include Gen.
Wilson, chief Of army engineers; Adjt
lien. Cochin, Col. Wagner, ctipfpt The
n.I''tsry Information bureau. aud Gen.
Merritt with chiefs Of dtstf. fr'-ys
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-04-16

Tnl psychological department. Of
Cornell university has reached some
r..n1lkabl6 conclusions 6bout thai
fncnify Of the mind called memory.
n n1ntentlon l. boldly ndvdAced tlikt
what y snnsider memory isinrle ly4n
||.t1|n1 Il IL held that lohah du11.
~. r.nbor his dead and gone rela-
|.1.4| one 4 not r9In.ndod Of By
-. .1nnI. 81 fkz1sn1I 81 rmeIl You
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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-04-16
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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-04-16
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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-04-16

Turning TO the question Of recognizing at this
time the Independence Of the present insurgcnt
government In Cuba we ind safe precedents
in our history from IN early day. They arc
we'll summed up in President Jackson's mes
sage 10 congress, December g. 1891. on the sub
jpet Of the recognition Of Independence Of Tux
nR He said: In all the contests that have
nyiseh out oftnefevolution Of France. out tho
disputes relating TO the crews OF Portugal and
Spain. out ofthsseparstion Of American posses
sions OF both from the European governments.
and out d she numerous and constantly occur
ring struggles Cor dominion IN Spanish Amor
Ice. 20 wisely consistent with cur just principles
has been the action OF cur government that We
hovo under tho most critical eircumstancoa,
avoided ell censure and encountered no other
evil thanthat produced BY . transient estrange-
u,ent Of good viii IN those against whom wo
have been By force Of evidence compelled 20
decide II has thus made known 70 the world
thht ihs uniform policy and practice Of the
unlted States Il 20 avoid all Interference
h disputes which merely relate 20 the Internal
government Of othsr nations. and ovoatu-
ally 70 fecogils, the authority Of tho pre-
Vailing party without fcferencet 70 our particular
interssts and views or 10 ths merits 81 the orig
inal controversy, bun "a this, rs on every other
occasion. snfety e 70 b, found IN rigid adher-
oncs 70 principle
.'fn ne contest between Spain and ths revolt
q oolouios We stood Aloof and uaitod not only
until he ability a the new states % protect
themselves was fully oltahllshsd but until ne
danger Of their being aealn suoiugnted had en-
oir1lF panssdeung. Thon. and not until thea
vsFo tksy rs,ospi.ed Such MS our couFso In
reBlrat = Neriep harslh
Asdrts Sashsaa "a TuznA
y, IiiruiIh ne win regard % Tens TIE oivil
11tt1rlV oINcEIoo has ben expelled. "a m
, ,ss g - s. so' s s, ~ ' = ~.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-04-16

The WRECK OF tuo buttteautp hahtue.
These elements Of danger and disorder al
ready pointed out have been strikinRly Illus
trated By tragic event which has deeply and
Justly moved the American people have al
ready transmitted 70 congress the report OF the
naval court Of inquiry on the destruction Of the
battleship Maine In tho hnrbor Of Havana dur
ing the night OF February 10 The destruction
OF that noble vessel has allied the national
heart with inexprvssiblo horror. Two hun
dred and fifty-eight brave sailors and marines
and two oficers OF our navy, reposing In tho
faneied security OF friendly, harbor. hayp
been halled TO death. griof and want brought
q thalr homes and sorrow 20 the nation.
THE naval court OF inquiry vhleA. Il Il need
less 10 1ny, commands the unqualified conn
denee the government was Unanimous In ~
conclusion that tho destruction OF the Maine
was caused by an exterior explosion. that OF o
submarine nina II did NJ. nssIme 70 place
the responsibility. That fcmnias 70 % hxeds
In any event the destruction ofathe Maine. BY
whatevcr exterior cause. h q, patent and I'M
prcssive proof ol state OF things IN Cuba that
Il intolerabla The condition Is thus shown 70
DO such that tho Spanl<h government cannot
assure safety and security 70 avesssl Of the
Amsrican navy In tho harbor OF Havana on q
miSuion Of peace and rlghtfully there
Further referring In this connection torecent
dipIkmlS correspondence. dispatch from
our minister 10 Spain. Of the 26th ultino, con-
talninRthe statement that tho Spanish mimi
Ter for foreign anairs assured him positively
that Spain will do all that the highest honor
and fnstlco requires IN the matter 81 the haipa
Tks ro5ly above referred 70 q the SIst ultimo
also cotinincd On expression of-tho readiness
d epaln 70 submit 10 m arbitration all the
dliaI Iaces Which can arise innthis matter,
uhloh q subsequently oxplaino0 by the note
VI The Spanish minister q Washington on the
iotnIn.l. IS follows: A. 10 the ouselipn Of
fac, uhidh springs from tho diversity q Wow
between ne report o. tia Amtlican and sp1n-
~ bt4IIA Spain proposes thatth1 fncl - ~
osiIsln11 b anlmnrlllnI inro1IIIAllrn NJ a.
nrl| rlIIc1 tec'1'11 Spain a1.ar'1 n n1rano1
e .'.| nv, n,a.no I'.|l'
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-04-16
FRENCH STREET CRIES.

Executive Mansion, Aprilii