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The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-01-14
Collectors Notice.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN. That tho
~ undersigned. sheriff and ex-Offcio Col
lector OF The Revenue of st. Francis county
state of Arkansas. will attend in person or by
deputy at the following times and places. for
the purpose of collecting the state and county
revenue or said county for the year 1877. TO-
wit:
Blackfsh township. at Ashworth's Store
Saturday. January 1. 1895.
lAnguilie Township. at Ellis Gin, Monday,
January ;. 1895
Goodwin Township. at Egypt School House
Tuesday. January t. 1898.
Wheatey Township, Mt Wheatley, Ark.
Wednesday, January ,, 1898.
Goodwin Township. III Goodwin, Ark
Thursday. January 6. ls0o.
Prairie Township. 1T Palestine, Ark Fri
day. January Z. 1897.
Griggs Township. mt Widener. Ark satur.
day, January s. 1s.iS
Telico TOWNSHIP. at Colt. Ark Monday
january 10. isss.
Tcico Township. at Caldwell Ark Tues.
day. January IL. Is.ls.
Franks Township. at Bonair, Ark. Wednes.
day. January Il. ISIS.
johnson Township. at Horizons Store,
Thursday. January Is, lS0s
Madison Township. ut Madison, Ark, Fri
dav. January Il. tS9S.
Madison Township, at Forrest City, Ark
from January Is, to April 10, 1898.
All personsare requested to bring their last
wears tax receipts when they come 10 pay
taxes. that mistakes may he avoided.
VI. +. WILLIAMS.
Sheriff and Collector of
81. Francis County.
December Z. 1897. lost
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-01-14
The Surprise of All.

Mr.. James Jones, of the drug firm of
Jones X Son, Cowden. H., in speaking
of Dr.. Kings New Discovery. says that
last winter his wife was attacked with
La Grippe, and her case grew so serious
that physicians at Cowden and Pana
could do nothing for her. 1t seemed
to develop into Hasty Consumption
Having DR.. Kings New Discovery in
store, and selling lots of it, he took a
bottle home. and to the surprise of all
she began to get better from the first
dose. and half dozen dollar bottles
cured her sound and well DR. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption.
Coughs and Colds is guaranteed To do
this good work. Try it. Free trial
bottles ut John Ii. 1ipton's Drag
Store.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-01-14

DR. John H. Dye. presiding elder of
the Helena district. will be one of the
representatives of the NJ. +. Church.
South who are to hold an important
joint meeting at Washington. ID. c.,
Friday. at which time the official step
toward closer connection between
if not the absolute union of the NJ. +.
Church, and the NJ. L, Church. South,
will be taken. The great Methodist
body split fftv-three years ago on the
question of slavery. and union now
will give Methodism 000, 900 members.
Arkansas Democrat
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-01-14

Many OF our citizens are curious to
know about Birdie" who says he or
she Twill meet you tonight" when "A
Night at the Circus appears here, and
in answer 10 the many inquiries made.
will say that the mysterious "Birdien
is seen In the second act of the comedy
and that around this interesting per.
sou the main interest of the play Is
ceutered.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-01-14
To Cure a Cold in One Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money if it
ia lis to cure. 25c. j. III. Dunavant Il Co
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-01-14

Of said lands
lands shall be sold
GEO B. MALLORY Commissioner
Dated Forrest City, January )
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-01-14
Notice. Commissioners Sale.

Notice hereby
c Court of 81 Francis virtue Of de-
rendered
therein pending wherein the St Francis I Ii
lct plaintiff aud J. Barron IwjTon
Monday, the 24th day of January, 1885,
l wh he hours OF 10 O'Clock and 3oclock front door Of
ius, publi
certain situate being wand
OF aduiged b. to b
lands aditgei
~ list
being set OBJ ote each tract Of land respectively H W
Daily camera., 1898-06-16
Remarkable Rescue.

Mrs. Michael Curtain, Plainfeld, ILL.,,
cold, which settled on her lungs; she was
treated tor month by her family physi
clan, but grew worse. He told her that
she was hopeless victim of ofconsumption
and that no medicine could cure her.
Her druggist suggested DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption; She bought
bottle and to her delight found herself
benefited from first dose. She continued
its use and after taking six bottles, found
herself sound and well; now does her
own housework, and is as we'll as she
ever was. Free trial bottles of this
Great Discovery at Streamer's Drug
store. Large bottles 50 cents and sI.oo.
Daily camera., 1898-06-16
A Fine Point in Banking.


Banks do not usually accept checks
which call for one dollar more than the
amount of deposit, unless the customer
is we'll known, and the officers arc CON
fident that he will promptly make up
the balance. Thus, if a check for 5000
is presented and the maker has only
$192 to his credit, the paper will usually
go back stamped mo funds" But one
attorney recently got around that. He
had, after long dunning, secured a
check from a slow-pay debtor. When
it was presented for collection he
found that the deposit lacked eight dol
lars of the amount the paper called for.
and payment was refused. Thereupon
he promptly deposited eight dollars to
amount of the creditor and gained $192
by the operation, for the check was
cashed-Worchester (Mass.) Gazette.
Daily camera., 1898-06-16
Robbed the Grave.

A startling incident, Of which Mr.. John
Oliver of Philadelphia. was the subject,
is narrated by him as follows: ~ was in
most dreadful condition, My skin was
almost yellow, eyes sunken, tongue coat
ed, pain continually in back and sides,
no appetite gradually growing weaker
day by day. Three physicians had
given me up. Fortunately, a friend ad.
vised trying Electric Bitters;' and to my
great joy and surprise, the first bottle
made a decided improvement. con-
tinued their use for three weeks, and am
now well man. know they saved my
life, and robbed the grave of another
victim" No one should fail to try them.
Only soc. per bottle at Streamers drug
store.
Daily camera., 1898-06-16
COULDN'T FIND HER.
Lady Who Sent Senator Perkins Her
Card Wore Male Attire.


The owners of probably half the
cards that are sent in to the senator's
are unknown to their recipients. SEN
ator Perkins one day recently, in re-
spending to one of those unknowns.
who happened to be of the feminine
gender, told the page who brought the
card to show the lady to the marble
room. He went out there a few min
utes later, expecting, of course, to be
recognized by the lady who had called
Oh lrim None of the three ladies in
the room came forward, so he politely
asked each of them in turn if she
wished so see Senator Perkins" Re-
ceiving negative to each inquiry, he
started back to his seat in the cham
Der when he met, in the corridor of the
marble room, the weather bureau man,
who is stationed there, and who is
often called upon by visitors to point
cut senators whose faces are unfa-
miliar to the former Seeing the SEN
ator with a card in his hand and a per-
picked look on his face, he asked him
if he were looking for some one.
"Yes," the senator replied, 81 re-
coived this card. and told the page I
would see her in the marble room, but
she isn't there"
The weather man glanced at the card
and grinned But she is there, SEN
ator," he said, at the same time point
ing TO an individual clad in broadcloth
trousers and Prince Albert coat seated
en- a soft in a corner of the marble
room.
The card bore the name of DR.. Mary
Walker.--N. Y. Sun.
Daily camera., 1898-06-16
unmilled Grain Food.

A French inventor converts grain
into dough at one operation without
milling. The grain is soaked, and en-
tering one end of the machine is
crushed and disintegrated, the paste
passing to the kneading machine at
the other end of the apparatus, where it
is aerated and kneaded into dough,
which can be preserved indefinitely
without injury. The nutritive quail
ties of the grain, bran included, are
kept.-Tit-Bits.
Daily camera., 1898-06-16
scIENcE AND INDUSTRY.

it has littl2 clear weather, sun and
stars are wholly invisible every other
day in winter, one day in four in fall,
one in eight in spring and one in six
teen in summer. In the 20 years end
ing with 1896 there were only eight in
stances of sunlight for IA continuous
hours.
The number of asteroids discovered
mp to the present date is 423. A num-
Der of these small planets have not been
observed since their discovery and are
practically lost. Consequently it is
now a matter of doubt, until the ele-
ments have been computed, whether
the supposed new planet is really new
or only an old one rediscovered.
Oil can be automatically fed to rap
idly revolving shafts and pulleys by a
new attachment for ordinary oil cups,
consisting of tube curved the way the
shaft runs, with screw cap at the in
ner end, the outer end being left open
to receive air as the wheel turns, thus
forcing the oil through the cup instead
of letting it run to the top of the cup
from centrifugal force.
1t is supposed that Centauri, one
OF the brightest stars of the southern
hemisphere, is the nearest of tie fixed
stars to the earth. The researches on
its parallaN by Henderson and Maclear
gave, for it's distance from the earth, in
round numbers, twenty billions of
miles, At the inconceivable rapid rate
at which light is propagated through
space, it would require more than four
years to reach the earth from this star.
The president of the Agassiz asso-
citation, Mr.. Fl. H. Ballard, recently
caught an ant near it's hill, shut it up
in box, carried it $50 feet away, and
set it free in the middle of a shady road.
What followed he thus describes: ut
seemed at first bewildered. Then it
climbed to the top of ridge of sand,
erected its body as high as possible,
waved it's antennae for several seconds,
and then started in straight line for
home"
Last year DR.. Abbott, of Philadel-
phia, published some researches which
tended to show that microbes which
could not accomplish the death of
healthy animals proved fatal to ami
mails under the Influence of alcohol.
a French investigator has gone a step
further, and has succeeded in demon
strating on irrefragable evidence that
alcohol not only destroys what we may
call natural immunity, but tends to
prevent the acquisition of the immu-
nity conferred by the various serums.
Stories of the ravages of termites,
or white ants come from the curator
Of the Australian museum at Sydney.
Some time ago they destroyed the roof
of the museum building, and it had to
be replaced with covering composed
largely of steel and copper. Their
work, being carried on in the interior
of the timber, does not reveal itself un-
til the structure is about ready to fall
to pieces, and so it was only recently
that the fact came out that the ants had
also destroyed the underpinning of one
of the important floors of the museum.
Daily camera., 1898-06-16
Rank Ingratitude.

Mrs. Newritch-I declare, Henry, it's
too bad! After all my thoughtfulness
in inviting Uncle Homespun to our din
ner party-for one doesn't quite want
to ignore ones poor relations-to think
he should have treated us in this fash
ion.
Mr.. Newritch-Why, he hasn't re-
fused, has he?
Mrs. Newritch-No; he's actually ac-
cepted!-Puck
Daily camera., 1898-06-16
Buck,en's Arnica salve.

THE BEST SALVE in the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores. Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores. letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup'
tons, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
Price 25 cents per box. For sale by
Streamer's Drug Store.
Daily camera., 1898-06-16
Giving Him Hi. Choice,

Mother-Johnny, I see your little
brother has the smaller apple. Did you
give him his choice, as suggested?
Johnny-Yes'm; l told him he could
have his choice-the little one or none
Daily camera., 1898-06-16
Mathematics and Law.

"It being impossible to take the great
er from the less" began the professor,
who liked to talk shop at the table.
BEG your pardon, professor" said
the amateur cynic, "but have known it
to occur"
"When?"
when the court granted woman a
divorce. indianapolis Journal.
Daily camera., 1898-06-16
Two Views.

She-I don't like preachers who read
their sermons from manuscript.
He-I do. If man writes out his ser
mons he is much more likely to realize
their length.
Daily camera., 1898-06-16
A Maiden,s Kindne.s

He-So you're going to throw me
down after all?
She-Yes. Father said he would if
didn't, and he so terribly literal, you
know.-Brooklyn Life.
Daily camera., 1898-06-16
An Opinion.

Abner-What did you think of that
free lecture the other night?
Hiram thought it was wuth jest
about the cost of admission.-Puck.
Daily camera., 1898-06-16
Easy.

Easy.
'Kitty, how did you get such charm
ing expression il your Photographic"
81 made the photographer mad, and
then, of course, I couldn't help looking
pleased. Chicago Record.
Daily camera., 1898-06-16
He was Interested.

Wife-I dreamed last night that you
gave me a lot of money.
Hubby-Have you any change left
up to Date.
Daily camera., 1898-06-16
He Had One Hope.

She-My brother is going to handle
yon without gloves, when he meets you.
He-~Well, hope to gracious he'll
think to wash his hand before he COM
mences!-Yonkers Statesman.
Daily camera., 1898-06-16
=
Sometimes Quite Biased.
Europe's politics unto
A chessboard we compare,
And yet it differs much in that
It's seldom on the square.
-puok
Answered.

''What," cried the orator, fercely;
"what, I ask, causes poverty?" And
from the back of the hall a hoarse voice
answered.: Lack of cash." = Harlem
Life.
Daily camera., 1898-06-16
A Necessity

Flim-It's a good thing that the
nights are so long in Russia.
Flam-Why?
Flim-1t gives them more time to go
to night school and learn the language.
N. Y. Truth.
Daily camera., 1898-06-16
So They Are.

"What are you going to be when you
grow up?" asked the visitor.
81 shall be a philanthropist," said
Oscar. ''They are always rich" Town
Topics.
Daily camera., 1898-06-16
Pardonable.

He-Excuse me, madam, why did you
look SO savagely at me justnow?
She-O, I beg your pardon, sir!
thought you were my husband!-Judy.
Daily camera., 1898-06-16
The Editors Prayer.

Oh, that the cranks who roam about,
On deadly mission bent,
Would run against the man who wrote
That sickly, feeble, ancient joke
About the umbrella keeping Lent.
Harlem Life.
Daily camera., 1898-06-16
He Was.

II am not as others are" he said;
Then he took off his wig to prepare for bed
Rem owed leg, with weary sigh,
Likewise an arm and bright glass eye,
Took out his teeth with graceful art,
And added: mo, I'm a man apart"
II. A. W Bulletin
Daily camera., 1898-06-16
His First Thought.

Clerk (entering private office)-Your
wife wishes to speak to you at the tele-
phone, sir.
Mr.. Henpeck (apprehensively)-
Quick, give me a clove!-N. Y. World.
Daily camera., 1898-06-16

To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
All druggists refund the money if ittfails
to cure. Is cents.
Daily camera., 1898-06-16
NZl7HuE n -
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Say
"Burlington,"

when the ticket agent asks you what
railroad east of Denver you want your
ticketto read over.
The Burlington is the shortest line
from Denver to Omaha, Chicago, St.
Louis, and everywhere east of those
cities.
1t is the only line out of Denver rum
ming two fast trains daily to Omaha and
Chicago. They leave at o:3o a. m. and
$50 p. m.
Tickets at offices OF connecting lines
CIV. vallery. General Agent.
1899 18th ST., Denver.
Daily camera., 1898-06-16

The One on the Right-Let me have
a five, old man.
The Other One-Sorry, my boy, but
I'm little short myself.-Chicago Rec
ord.
Daily camera., 1898-06-16

II. N. Bradley, F. L. Williamson, G. G. Bromley,
Il. Casaday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-02-01
FAIR.
Colder Weather Indicated for To-
morrow Morning.


Forecast till pm. Wednesday-For the
District of Columbia. Delaware. Maryland,
Virginia and West Virginia. fair tonight
and Wednesday; colder Wednesday morn
ing; high Lorthwesterly gales. diminishing
The storm yesterday morning over Lake
Huron has moved rapidly to the New Eng
land coast, increasing in intensity. a pres
sure of 2S.as inches being reported from
Portland, Maine, and an east wind of forty
eight miles hour from Halifax, and has
caused violent north to northwest gales and
heavy snow in New England and New
York.
The weather will clear this afternoon or
tonight in New England and the northwest
gales will increase this afternoon and di-
minish on Wednesday, with colder weather
Wednesday morning.
Snow has fallen IN the lake regions, the
middle and north Atlantic states.
1t has grown much colder from the Mis-
sissippi valley to the Atlantic coast, except
in New England, where it is warmer.
The weather will clear in New England
lakes and the Ohio valley to the Atlantic
coast and in the southern states
Freezing weather will extend as far
southwark Tampa. Fla. and on the
south Atlantic and northeast gulf coasts
The weather will continue cold on the mid
die and north Atlantic coast for two or
three days.
The following heavy precipitation lin
inches) was reported: Albany. 1.36; Hall
fax, 40; Portland, Maine, 1.56.
Rivers-The following changes in the riv-
ers dn feet and tenthsD have occurred:
Risen Memphis, OIL; Vicksburg. o5; New
Orleans, O.3. Fallen, Cincinnati 4.3; Louis
vile. "A; Nashville. So.
Above the danger line and rising, Mem
rhis. 0.3
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-02-01

aSSaSSinatou 10y Thomas jefferson Two ga IA
ne was assassina:ed by Jefferson Davis,
one that he was assassinateG by Garfield,
three that he was assassinated by tiuiteau
and one that he was aSsassinted by Bal
hngton Booth. Other equally ludicrous re-
plies to questions were given.
Speaking of changes that he would
recommend in the scope OF the civil! service
law, Mr.. Roosevelt said tina. while ne had
advocated the classification OF deputy in
ternal revenue collectors, ne now believed
tnat 1t would be an a advantage If they were
Tor the present taken out OF the classified
service, because OF peculiar circumstances
attending such places.
Mr.. Roosevelt pail high compliment to
Mr.. Proctor the civil service commissioner
He said that he aad Mr.. Proctor had al
ways been in accord Sith regard 10 civil
service matters. although they Were dia-
metricai1y opposed IN politics.
Mr.. Baker Asks Some Questfonx.
Ex-RepreseDtat.ve Baker, representing
the National Republican Antf-Civil Service
League, requested to put some questions to
Mr.. Roosevelt, but before he did SO Mr..
Lodge asked Mr.. Baker a number of ques-
tions regarding the league he represented.
When asked what the membership and ex-
tent of the league was, Mr.. Baker said he
could not state definitely. Finally he said
the membership in the District Of Column
bia was about 100. and that branches
were being formed elsewhere. Senator
Lodge read a report of the first meeting of
tie league, in which whereases and reso-
buttons were adopted declaring that where
as the members Of the league were de-
barred from appointment, ETC., they pro-
posed to antagonixe the civil service law.
Mr.. Baker said he didn't know anything
about that, as he was not at the first meet
ing. Mr.. Baker was not prepared to show
the entire membership of the National Re
publican Anti-Civil Service League.
Mr.. Baker then asked Mr.. Roosevelt a
number of questions which were promptly
answered.
reference was made to the memoranda
sent to Mr.. Roosevelt by Chief Clerk Bailey
of the chief examiners division of the civil
service commission. ana Mr.. Roosevelt was
asked IL he had furnished a copy OF that
memoranda 10 any one He replie6
promptly that he had not done so.
Tina committee remained in session until
nearly l o'clock, when 1t adjourned to
meet at 10 o'clock Thursday morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-02-01

seven months. Good beet land with water
/; obtained in the Pecos valley, New Mex
leo. at a rental of 81 per acre per annum.
The only other location where beets are
grown by irrigation is at Lehi. Utah.
The Hawaiian sugar planter requires
sixteen to eighteen months to produce a
cane crop, and then only by heavy irriga-
ton. The climatic conditions and nature
of the soil require the frequent appiica-
ticn of water in generous quantities. The
duty of water is very low, and the value
Gorrespondingly high. as the irrigation
of cane requires at least one cubic foot
Per second, for fifty acres or less, this be-
ing in excess of the requirements of the
lands of the arid west of America.
THE Eddy sugar factory, constructed by
the Pecos Valley Beet Sugar Company, is
the first factory to be erected In the great
southwest, and the sixth to be erected in
the United States. The sugar contents OF
the beet root grown in the Pecos valley
exceeds that of all other countries. The
factory has a rated capacity of 200 tons in
twenty-four hours, and employs from - to
100 men during the campaign. The re-
suits of the past two seasons clearly DEM
oEstratc that first quality of sugar can
be produced in the Pecos valley, and that
the annexation of Hawaii cannot in any
way affect the sugar industry of this coun-
try
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-02-01
Others Want Hawaii.

To the Editor Of The Evening Star:
Having read recently. with great interest,
several splendidly written articles in your
journal in regard to Hawaii, ! have been
| encouraged to hope that you would accord
me the courtesy Of a little space in your
columns to express a few views, which,
assure you, are thoroughly in accord with
yours.
In the first place mere glance at the
map will convince any intelligent person of
the immense Importance of Hawaii to this
country. Other powers appreciate the pc
culiar position of this group of islands also,
and hence their anxiety to possess them
Hesitancy on the part of the United States,
then. is a great mistake, as it shows that
We are in no great hurry to take possession
of them, ard hence, 1T is only too probable
that, from foreign standpoint. 1t might
be argued that, If we are so slow to annex
them, we would not consider them worth
fighting for.
1t has been written that delays are
dangerous" This saying applies with Pc
culiar force in the present case. 1t should
be horne in mind that the very things
which render these islands SO desirable to
the United States are calculated to render
them desirable to other lands. Congress
should lose no time in a matter so i'm
portant. Any hesitancy its part may
lead to the gravest trouble. Japan has
cast longing eyes toward this group for
SUNNI TIME SreihdHS "oulu ne uellSnteu
to have them for her own, and let it not
be forgotten that Russia may have an eye
on them also. When the Siberian railway
is entirely success she may enter the lists
of Hawaiian competitors also. England
like Barkis, lis willin'." she would like
to have some possession to the west Of our
country that would match the Bermudas
! on the east These islands should be ours
with as little delay possible. The i'm
portance of promptitude cannot be exag-
gerated. Every months delay is danger
Gus. Let us all hope that Congress will act
with the promptness the occasion de-
mands. JOHN NJ. DEPONAI
January IS, 1898.
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Major George A. Armes L. s. A.. retired
has again sprung into notoriety through
his efforts to have Lieut.. W. p. DuvaIi. 9Th
Artillery, tried by court-martial, and his
threat to institute civil proceedings against
Gen. J. NJ. Schofie!d, retired. for the action
alleged to have been taken by them in the
breyet rank Of lieutenant colonel for meri-
te rious services against the Indians. 1t Ii
understood that Major Armes holds the
gentlemen named mainly responsible for
his failure to receive the long-coyeted bre-
vet.