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The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-12-30
Thread Combine.

New York, Dec. 29-Three great
thread manufacturing companies,
which practically control the business
of the country, are about to combine.
These concerns are George A. Clark
d Bro. Newark, \. j.; the Cairk Mile
End Spool Cotton Co., with factory in
Newark, and the Coates Thread Co.,
with factory at Pawtucket. r. |.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-12-30

years. assisted by Rev. DIR. Milburn.
the blind chaplain of the senate. The
remains will be taken to she family
home at Stra ford, Vt, for burial.
the remains of Mrs. Morrill,.
although they will probably be en-
tombed here for time. until the fam
lily mausoleum. now under construc-
ton, is completed.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-12-30
Charles f. Orthwein. of st. Louis, Critical
lv Ill.

st. Louis, Dec. 29.-Charles F. Ortiz
vein, the well-known grain exporter,
who has been ill for the past five
weeks, is reported in a comatose con-
dition and his death is expected at any
moment. His malady is enlargement
of the liver.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-12-30
The Mountain Fell on Them.

London, Dec. 29-Part of Red
Rock mountain, according to dis
patch from Airolo Ga village of Swift
erland, Canotn of Ticino), has fallen
into Airolo, destroying a hotel and
several, houses. Three persons were
injured.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-12-30
A Claimant for Millions Dead.

London, Dec. 29.-Mrs. Saunders.
who was the claimant for the sum OF
S2o,ooo,000, left by an uncle named
Leake, who died interstate in America
died recently at Portcawl, Wales.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-12-30
Another of Grips Victims.

Kansas City, Mo-, Dec. 29.-Capt. C.
{. Hare, aged 81 years, is dead at his
home in this city of grip. He was
born in Louisville, Ky. and served
through the civil war with dis
tinction.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-12-30
liabilities. sse.o1s; Assets. One sc.r,D,..

New York, Dee. 29.-Thomas o. Sea-
brooke, the actor, has filed a voluntary
petition in bankruptcy. Seabrooke
states that his liabilities are 39.o75.
To offset this, Seabrooke states that
the only property he has is one scarf
pin.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-12-30
American Hlstorlcal A..ocia,,on

New Haven, Conn, Dee. 29.-The
fourteenth annual meeting of the
American Historical association
opened here with a good attendance.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-12-30

WOZW That you need you
every power.
Look BIT
For a thought to bafYie II.
Just recall that every knave,
Every coward. can be brave.
Till the time
That his courage should be prime
Then tits fed.
Keep your head!
What folly tits to lose II
Just the time you want to use II.
When the ghost of some old shirk
Comes to plague you. and to lurk
In your study or your work.
Here's q hit
Like enough will settle II:
Knowledge Is q worthy prize:
knowledge comes TO him who tries
Whose endeavor
Ceases never
Everybody would be wise
As his neighbor,
Were II not that they who labor
For the trophy creep, creep. creep.
While the others lag or sleep;
And the sun comes up some day
To behold one on his way
Past the goal
Which the soul
Or another has desired,
But whose motto was: I'm tired"
When the task of keeping guard
OF your heart
Keeping weary watch and ward
OF the part
You are called upon to play
Every day
Is becoming dry and hard
Conscience languid. virtue irksome,
Good behavior growing worksome-
Think this thought:
Doubtless everybody could.
Doubtless everybody. would.
Be superlatively good.
Were Il not
That it's harder keeping straight
Than to deviate;
And to keep the way of right,
You must have the pluck to fight.
st. Nicholas.
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is all of piece! don't say what it is.
You may call it the Lord If you're a
mind to. l shan't say nothin'. l tell
you | amt had no chance" He put
the doctor aside with one hand and
slipped noiselessly into the low room.
Tommy" he said, softly, "how's
things?"
The sick boy started up on his ell
bow with cry, looked, then fell back
on his pillow laughing and crying.
ITS all right" he said. Mother, it's
all right! I'll get well now! Brother
Jim's GOMEZ"
Reckon" said the tramp.-Laura E.
Richards, in Congregationalist.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-12-30
'ANk7cHNaaD I
saF0Q THE2
MW YEkN.

HEN you find a GER
tain lack
In the stiffness OF
your back
Al a threatened
fierce attack.
Just the hour
That you need your
every power.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-27
HELPS THE PLUMBER.
The Eouse Rat Eats Quantities of Lead
Pipe and Creates Sewer Gas.

Pipe and Creates Sewer Gas.
One of the most persistent and de-
structive assistants the plumber has is
the house rat. A rat can cat out plumb
ing as fast as an average honest man
can pay for it, To rat a greasy lead
pipe is a toothsomo moroccan. When a
hungry rat forsakes the barn and finds
his way into the cellar of a house and
thence up through the walls to the
fpace between the floors the first thing
he tackles is the grease on the outside
of lead waste pipe. If he finds other
food shortly thereafter, he spares the
pipe, otherwise he eats the pipe and the
water escapes through to the ceiling
below and ruins the plaster. The plumb
or is sent for and repairs the leak, but
lie doesn't tell what caused it.
Once upon time rat was "hoist
by his own petard," SO to speak. He
got into house and found his way to a
lead pipe on which he tried his teeth.
1t was pleasant chewing and put fine
edge on his teeth, so he continued. Soon
he had eaten large holo in the pipe
and a stream of scalding water poured
FORTH Before he could escape he had
been scaldod to death, to say nothing of
being drowned. But he had the satisfac-
ton Of knowing that he had ruined a
fine ceiling and that the carpet under
meath it had been soaked full of lime
water. There is no great loss without
some small gain.
T., x,hof 4bo1y could Io
some rats once ate so feet of lead pipe
under bathroom and over the kitchen
of big hotel Ill this city The floor of
the bathroom was marble and under it
was fireproof floor made of iron beams
and hollow tiles. The pipes were laid
in the space between the floor and the
grders. Rats were attracted thereto by
the odors from the kitchen. They met
the lead pipes. When their appetites
were satisfied, the space was filled with
lead dust.
Rats like to eat drain pipes from
kitchen sinks because they are lined
with grease. The OILY way to keep
them away is to pack the pipes with
mineral wool Mineral wool is a sub
stance made of furnace Stag through.
which a jet of air has been forced while
it cooled. The mineral wool gets into
the eyes of the rats and drives them
away. Modern plumbers discourage rats
by laying iron instead IF lead pipes.
Rats, strange to say, are great breed.
ers Of sewer gas They gather up bones
and scraps of meat about the kitchen
yard and carry them up into the rafters
between floors and ceilings. The pres
ence Of this plumber is sooner or later
discovered by the odor, and the plumber
is sent for to discover whence the sewer
gas comes. 1t is not always we'll to tell
the housekeeper the truth.
Thus it is the humble brown house
rat helps his friend the plumber earn
al honest livelihood, and the plumber
thanks him in his own gentle way
Kansas City Star.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-27
The Silk Cotton Tree.

The most remarkable tree Oh the island
of New Providence is without question
specimen of the silk cotton (Bombax
ceiba) situated near the postolfice and
prison Growing from its trunk are
half dozen buttresslike extensions, as
If to make a firm footing for its great
spread Of branches of lG feet. A little
boy to whom showed a photograph
OF it expressed its appearance very well
when he said the spaces between the
buttresses would make fine horse stalls.
The pods which grow On the tree con.
tain soft, silky material which the
natives sometimes use for stutling pil.
lows. There are more of these trees, but
none SO large or old as this one and we
heard no estimate of it's age. 1t is "A
near relative of the monkey tamaril
Between this bombax and the library
is an avenue of Spanish laurel, mem.
Der of the fig family-untidy and inele.
CANT trees with a growth of roots hang.
ing from their branches which never
reach the ground, All these trees bear
fruit, but the figs are small and unit
for eating. e. G. Cummings il Pom
lar Science Monthly.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-27
Latinized English.

There was a period in the history of
English literature, says Professor Mark
ii. Liddell in The Atlantic, when the
ideal of a perfect sentence was one in
which English thought was so run into
a classic mold as to make the English
reader stand on his head to sec the
meaning of it. That was because the
obvious fact in most Latin sentences
was a periodic structure. 1t was an
easy road to beautiful expression to as
sumo this perfection for English SEN
fences and make them conform to it.
Men shut their eyes to a multiplicity of
form i'll English writing which they
did not understand and chose out of "a
foreign tongue single form which they
did. In the Same way false type of
beauty has often been set up in high
places where men should lo, X for real
ono.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-27
HEROIC LIFE SAVERS.
An Entire Crew, With One Exception.
Inst In an ATTEMPTED Rescue.

An Entire Crew, With One Exception.
Lost In an Attempted Rescue.
In the series of Heroes of Peace"
there is an article in The Century Oh
"Heroos of the Life Saving Service,
by Gustav Kobbe. Mr.. Kobbe says
District superintendent Jerome q.
Kiah, with headquarters at Sand Beach,
Mich, is one of the heroes of the life
saving service He holds the gold medal,
the highest award the United States
government can bestow for heroism in
saving life. His name is associated with
what was both one of the most daring
attempts at rescue and ono of the great
est tragedies of the service-a tragedy
which wiped out all entire crew with
the exception of this sole survivor.
Mr.. Kiah was at the time keeper OF
the Point aux Barques life saving sta
ton on Lake Huron. A vessel struck
too far out to be reached with the shot
and line The peril of attempting res
cue with the surfboat was only too APP
parent, but Keeper lkiah mustered his
men and made the launch. For awhile
their strength and skill enabled them
to surmount or push through the tu-
multuous seas, but, once in the open
lake beyond the shoals, where the storm
was free to riot at will, the real danger
began. 1t was test beyond human
powers. The keeper remembers that
twice the boat capsized and was righted.
After that he has vague recollection
of the boat capsizing and righting her.
self several times, and of the crew
clinging to it until, one by one. the
surfmen, perishing Of cold, let 60 their
hold and vanished beneath the waves.
He has dim remem brance of the boat,
with himself clinging to it, grating
over the shoal, and then being flung up
Oh shore.
He was found by two men, standing,
with one hand Oh the root of fallen
tree, steadying himself with lath in
the other and swaying as if walking,
but not stirring his feet-a dazed, tot
tering wreck of his former self, muir
muring in an incoherent way:
"Poor boys! Poor boys! They are all
gone-all gone" Temporarily shatter'
ed in mind and body, be was obliged to
resign from the service. He was long in
recovering, but finally it was possible
practically to reward his bravery with
the appointment to his present position.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-27
Story of Ring and n Slipper.

The daughter of wealthy resident
of the hill section presented young
woman friend with pair of dainty
slippers, and in the toe of ono of them
she placed valuable ring, set with an
opal and two diamonds. The present
went to the destination, but the slippers
did not fit, and the recipient of the gift
did not discover the ring. She sent tho
slippers back to the store, and they were
placed on the shelves with the thou
sands of other similar boxes.
On Monday the floorwall1er in tho
shoe department received severe shock
when young woman rushed into the
place and rambled off lot of talk about
missing jewels. After some difficulty he
managed to get the facts of her story to.
gother, and then every one Of the EN-.
ployees was ordered to begin search
Tor the slippers. In two hours they were
found, and the ring was just where it
had been placed. BROOKLYN Eagle.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-27
IN THE FOCUS.
Is This the Reason Our Actors Like the
Center of the Stage?

Is This the Reason Our Actors Like the
Center of the Stage?
Perhaps the fondness of certain actors
today for the center Of the stage is a
survival from the time when no other
position was adequately lighted. In the
early days Of efis century, before the
introduction of gas, the footlights con-
sisted of half dozen or more oil lamps,
and the point where their rays converg-
ed was very properly known as the "fo-
GUS" Here all important passages of
the piece had to be delivered since else
where the accompanying play of feature
was not assuredly visible. 1t is told
that when one Of kean's admirers COM
plimented him at supper after per-
Torrance of "Othello," saying that in
the great scene with Iago he almost
thought the tragedian would strangle
the villain, Kean answered: "Confound
the fellow He was trying to get me
out of the focus" Under the electric
light the face of the actor can now be
seen clearly in the most remote corner
of the stage 1.-THE Conventions of the
Drama" by Brander Matthews, in
Scribner's.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-27
ORIGIN OF THE BlCYCIH'
r. Nav lie Traced as Far Back az WV
Seventeenth Century.

T. Nav lie Traced as Far Back as inc
Seventeenth Century.
In St. Nicholas Frank H. westerly
has told "The Story of the Wheel,
tracing the evolution OF the o'oy''''
Mr.. Vizetelly says: .,.,oo
If has been often said that 10 tr''co
the origin of the bicycle we must 20
back to the beginning of the century
and as this has not been denied IL -
probably true. l shall try to show 'ha'
the bicycle grew from experiments ~
the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries
and that the celerifere, first invented ~
1890, was the earliest form OF tae
"safety" of today. The first attempts
to ride wheels date back as FAR as 'ho
fifteenth century. True, the maonlno'
then made were crude, clumsy ana IN.
perfect, yet they deserve mchtion' ~
they were "a distinct step in the history
of the wheel. The first of these was d
heavy carriage driven by means OF ropes
attached to and wound round us aAI7
tree To the other end of the ropes a
pole was tied, and this polo was use',
as lever in front of the vehicle ana
by this means it was slowly drawn 1or'
ward.
Little was done in the century 1o'-
lowing, yet in the "Memoirs OF Henry
Fetherstone" it is told that Jesuit
missionary named Ricius, who was
travelling down the Gangos, having
missed boat that piled at regular IN
tervals between points he was to WISH
in his journey, made up for lost time
by building a ssas.ti carriage propelled
by levers. Because SO few details are
told, the truth of the authors account
has been doubted or discredltcd by
many.
In one Of England older churches
St. Giles at Stoke Pogis-is wlndo"
of stained glass on which may be seen
a cherub astride of hobby horse, or
wooden "wheel." At the sides, in sep
arate panels, as if to fix the date OF the
design, stand two young men attlrod IN
Puritan dress, one playing the violin,
the other with hands in his pockets,
smoking pipe. Is it from this design
UuaL Uuo llTSG IuOuSuU VI wv 'ioDDJ
horse of other days was taken?
Before the Royal Academy of Sciences,
in 1893, Ozanam read paper descrlb-
ing vehicle driven by the pedalinG CT
footman, who stood in a box behind
and rested his hands on a bar level with
his chin attached to the back OF an
awning above the rider in the convey
ance. This may prove that Fethcr-
stones account was not untrue Oza-
nam S vehicle was followed by another,
built on somewhat similar plan, by
an Englishman named Oyenden about
1861, for description of the machine
then appeared in The Universal Maya
zine, The vehicle was said to be- "the
best that has hitherto been invented. y
The distance covered with ease" by
this rude vehicle is stated to have been
six miles an hour; with peculiar
exertion," nine or ten miles The steer
ing was done with pair of reins.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-27
WOInan'S Woe.

1t was terrible. The tempest beat the
sea into borrid fury, the waves were
mountain high and they swept over the
1rall craft ceaselessly
My flesh creeps!" he cried.
MY complexion runs!' shrieketl she
For it is the lot of women to suff,r
most.-Detroit Journal.
Where the Ticket Went.
In an elevated station on rainy day.
just before reaching the ticket chopper IS
box, woman dropped her ticket. 1t dis.
appeared as completely as though she
had never had it. She looked around ON
tho floor, but it was nowhere to be seen
1t was very strange.
Look IN your umbrella, said tho
ticket chopper. She carried an umbrella.
which was closed. but not rolled IN.
She turned itwith the handle end down
aud the ticket dropped out on the floor.
She smiled as she picked it up and nut
1t IN the box. The ticket chopper said
nothing. He had seen this happen be-.
fore. New York Sun.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-27
10 the Ladies',

pay for J Cent Green MS r,tor,,,
Revenue Playing Cards stu,nn. Hi co
eacn hese stamps were used ON the backs
vi 9I. photographs taken between the wears
OF lSHo and 1870. Stamps can be removed
rom backs of Photographs without ininr-
my ellhtr stamps or photographs bv soak
III, ,te n"ck, IN warm water. Look YOUR old
no'',nSrapls over for them. BE .urc IT
On ro,o; 10y ,Hs arus at bottom ofstnmp.
a,,hoMflLl SENT TO THE sENpEH
a aiNn ouH al other kinds of Revenues. Sf%n
r ,,E M PRICE LIST. CORRESpoZ
EnnE SoLitlIED. AddreS, FREDERIC
WhnHA NJ, Worcester, Mass. box 3yS
'ehd cent stamp for price list.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-27
CAPTURE OF A VETERAN.
by the Commander In Chief of His Head
quarters.

by the Commander In Chief OF His Head
quarters.
essay, mister, have you seen a mean
lookin little cuss with blue suit an
brass buttons on hangin raoun here this
week." said a tall woman to the clerk
at Lewiston hotel Friday.
"Don't know that have. How mean
does he look:' was the reply.
"He pertends to he vitran," con-
tinuod the woman regarding the clerk
over her glasses, "an ginrally abont
Grand Army time he disappears from
his wife's led an board an goes off an
licks the hull south. want to see him.
l want him to come home.
Up the corridors came the sound of
laughter.
a party of veterans were telling tales
of war.
a familiar voice smote upon the air
The woman S lips closed tightly.
II tell you, comrades, jes' enjoyed
that air fight at charlottesville more'n
/ did the hull burned muss from fus to
las. You see, Gin 'rul Jackson was off on
to our lef' a-trampin like the very devil
to outfank the Union lines. That air
mornin my cap'n he seq to me, SEE be,
Jake, you take detachment O. five
men an 90 aOut an SEQ what StonewallS
doin! Eff you suspected you suspect,
SEE hc--'that there s any kind O. sneakin
er beatn aroun the bush goin on, you
jes' lay low an kyhoot for the Union
Ill
just then woman showed through
the throng and linked her arm in his.
The words died on his lips The fight
died out of his eyes A spasm passed
over his countenance that left it a sickly
green, the color Of the hide of q sour
cucumber.
"Jabez," said the woman, "be you
here a-lyiu az in? What made you take
that air boss an drive him here to this
G.. A. r. spree? Hev you been a-drink'
in? Hev you been a-forgettin of your
commandment not to lie? Did you tell
these gentlemen that as fur as you got
to war was to Augusta, an tibet you
got so feared over there tibet you was
sick for three weeks? Gin'rul Jack son !!
You lite lyin thing you! Did you tell
the Grand Army men that you was
drafted an tibet they couldn't find you
fer six weeks where you was a-hidin in
the woods?
"Come homo, Jabez-the caows and
the pigs need you"
And the little old man in the blue
coat looked up into the woman's face
with gray, misty, fearful look in his
eyes The glad light that had been in
them was gone. His little bit of glory
was at an end.
Poor old fellow-after all !-Lcwiston
(Me.) Journal.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-27
The passing of the venerable John

The passing of the venerable John
Sherman from public life will be deep
ly regretted, for he has long been a
most valuable member of either the
Legislative or Executive branch of the
government. Had political trlckstcrs
not worked the wires in such way as
to make room for Hanna in the Senate,
we have no reason to doubt but what
Sherman would have remained in the
Senate for some time to come. Shcr-
man will forever have firm hold on
the hearts-of the American people re-
gardless of party.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-27

As we stated several days ag, "Teddy'
Roosevelt begins with the rank of Lieut.
Colonel of the cowboy regiment, but
watch this prediction, he will gain pro-
motion, if brilliant work on field of bat.
tie counts for reward. "Teddy' will
have firm friends behind him, for the
cowboys love him far better today than
when, n, Il youth INST from Harvard ne
made his appearance at the western
ranch. where he was obliged TO show
his ability as Il fighter before gaining
their lasting friendship. Today those
men Of the plains re with him, and
where he leads they VIII surely follow
Roosevelt not only talked war, but now
shows his Willingness to aid in carrying
his policy into execution.
Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-27
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