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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-08-25

1t is indeed an i'll wind that blows
no one any good. While the saloon
men claim that the gold cure is hurt
ing their business, the fruit vendors
smile is growing broader-it helps his
business.-Henderson Independent.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19

Hohenstadt, in the grand duchy Of Baden, has selected . woman us it., town clerk.
 Miss Leonora Jackson. an American, won the Mendelssohn stipendium. a highly esteemed musical prize, in Der lin recently.
 Mrs. Bill" Wye lost some Ss.0 900. her all. through the failure of the First na- tional bank of Asheville, x. C.
 In New Zealand the women are en. franchised and consequently all are en- thusiastic politicians. Society in the capital is more political than musical or literary.
 Mrs. s. c. Doud. of Cato. N. Y., % years old, has kept a diary for more than co years. As she is an intelligent woman, the record is historically com plete and of value.
 Louise NJ. Elroz. of MarShalitown, la, is acting as press agent for two fheaters in Massachusetts. and is believed to bs the only woman in the country occupy ing such position.
 Mrs. Langtry has announced here re- tirement from the stage. It Is aaid that her horse. The Norman. won s200.- 900 at the recent Newmarket races in England.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19
THE SHOWER ROSE.
Will He Found a Very Useful Adjunct of the Bath Tub in Hot
 Weather.

A great deal of comfort may be en- joyed by people who have ordinary bath tub facilities by little attach ment which gives one the privilege of a shower bath. This is a short rubber hose with metal rose. It can be easily slipped onto the faucets. It is most bracing on an exhausting summer day to have a cold shower bath. The bath itself need not be cold; it can be ad- justed 70 whatever temperature is comfortable, but the cold spray of the rose is exhilarating, and as you hold the tube in your hand, and it is flexible, you can direct the cooling shower as you will over the body. This has many advantages ever the stationary show CT, once attached high up, and well over the bath. Most of this shower went on the floor of the bathroom, over ones clothes, or on the furniture and wall paper. Fortunately, it is no longer the custom to place a long, mar row, coffin shaped tub in a dressing room. The square, short tubs are mos. comfortable. They should not be too high. Sometimes one longs for a step- ladder by which to ascend the side and scale the oath. Rather low tubs, broad every way. hold all the water required. and as few of us expect to swim in the tub, there is no occasion for the bath to be long and narrow. It is exasperat- ing to have the housemaid dent or hip the interior of the tub by setting down her pitchers for filling. Where the housemaid has no separate spigot from which to fill her pitchers and buckets a rubber mat should be at hand to be placed under the spigot and to keep the vessels from touching the tub. Some bathtubs have the water, hot and cold. yelling up from the bot tom. This apparently Is to circumyent the housemaid.
 IL is not pleasant to fastidious per sonage to have ones bath in general use by others. But few of us have our own dressing baths for individual use, although the English custom of port. able rubber or tin baths has some followers. There Is all the more req. son for giving exquisite cleanness and attention to the family bathtub.-Chi- cago Journal
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19
FORREST CITY, ARK FRIDAY AUGUST 19 1s9s

Else you would not have come. Your presence requires no apology. only regret I have not acquired your facility to forget old friends"
 Forget! Would to God could for get" he interrupted her.
 "A year ago I left bright, lovely girl who promised on my return to be my wife. For 12 long months no word reached me, but I came home with heart full of hope to find her not dead. 1t IS true, but dead to me-changed even in name. Had some magician waved his hand, no greater transfor- nation could have been wrought. Do not mock me, Miss Smithers. I have already suffered enough" and raising his hat he turned to go, but stopped, arrested by her voice. It was very low, but every word fell clear and dis tinct upon his ear.
 Your promised wife is waiting still" she said. 'Is it for her to tell you that she has grown weary. for her to sue that her probation may end? Bert, you have laid low my pride when can thus address you, but because
 
 my name is no longer the same, be- cause l have found father, must I lose a husband?'
 But her last word was left unfin- ished as he snatched her to his arms. his face radiant, his brain reeling with his wonderful joy.
 Darling" he murmured at last. "the pearl won was simple and unset. Do you marvel that in its new value I dared not call it mine?"
 And so you would have robbed if of all its lustrous charm. Bert, I have been the one to give it; you must guard It."
 So Col. Smithers found q son. as well as daughter, to whom he gave fond welcome for her sake, only making one condition-that the ship which had gained such happy port at last should ne'er again be commanded by her brave young captain, who, in his bright home and companionship of his young wife, finds no time to regret his loss.-N. '. Ledger.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19
IN RUSTIC WAYS.

The blackbirds whistle all day lonr. A rhythmic giadness in their song: And night and morning down the lane Drifts by the cow-bells rude refrain. The flicker dips on golden wings. And far across the meadow swings. The swallow skins in lines of grace Like to the curves that painters trace. Above. below. and everywhere A sense of living thrills the air: Springs message through the silence sent. With earth and wood and sky Is blent The hedge-row blossom stains the sod The south winds make the grasses nod. And woolly lambs in awkward play Down the green hillside ambling stray. Along the blue horizon-rim
 The lights and shadows sink or swim. And penciled faintly oi, the skies A ghostly half-moon's crescent lies. The blackbirds chant the whole day long. A rhythmic madness in their song; And dusk and dawn along the lane Echoes the cow-bells' rude refrain. Ernest McGaffey. in Woman's Home
 Companion.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19
IL. Could Nat snr.k.

Pierre Nicole. one of the most dis tingulshed scholars of the Port Royal. ists and one of the best writers la Eu. rope. was noted for his unreadiness in oral argument. it is said that once, when an opponent, having got the bet ter of him in an argument. had left the room. Nieoie called out to him from the landing. as be was near the street door: Come back. come back. l have a reply ready for you!" The anecdote will serve to introduce one bout Thaekeray. who was destitute of the ability to think and speak on his legs. He once stood as candidate for the representation of Oxfcr rd in the house cf commons. On the hust- ings he broke down and could hardly speak a sentence. "lf 1 could" he said to himself ~only go into the mayors parlor for five minutes. l could write this out easily. .~-Detroit Free Press.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19
Anosh.rIx..ht,r

Grant Medley. eolored. was taken from the Sheridan jail and lynched by a mob on the 10th inst. Neely was charged with criminal assault on Mrs khinehart. highly respected white woman. at her home In Grant county last April. Nicely was captured about three weeks after the assault aEd was identified by Mrs Rhinehart as her as- sailant A few days ago Nicely was granted a change of venue to Saline county, and the fear that he would be given light sence prompted the mob to lynch him
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19
Took Her Own Life.

Mrs Dollie k. Lehman, an inmate of the state insane asylum. committed suicide by hanging herself. She was afflicted with suicidal mania, and while the attendant went for her breakfast she tore up her skirt and made rope. Tieing one end to a window screen, she placed the other around her neck. She then threw herself backward, drawing the cord taut and strangled to death. Her husband resides at Black Rock.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.
Annual Report of Capt. Sibert, in Charge Improvement of
 Waterways.
TYPHOID FEVER PREVAILS AT cHIcuMAu6A
Gov. Jones Changes Front on the Question of Consolidation of state and National Eiections-st. Louie Southwestern and Iron Mountain Railways Making Ex. tsnsive Improvements.
River Improvements.

Capt. Sibert has sent his annual re- port to the chief of engineers at Wash ington on the rivers in Arkansas. Among the recommendations he makes are the following:
 The approved estimate for improving that portion of the river above Little Rock is e4 57C a mile; below Little Rock sI4, ssi a mile Re- garding this improvement the conclusions reached are that the regulations of such stream as the Arkansas must include the con- trol Of both the nigh water and low water How or the stream; that all bank projections must extend to the top of the bank; that such regula- tion will cost s35. 900 mile above Lit Rock and s50, 600 a mile below; that an attempt to permanently improve 773 miles of such river by the expenditure of $50 900 or SIPS 900 a year is futile. The snagging operations are bene- nciai to navigation and should be continued. This would require an annual appropriation of s50o.0oO large amount to operate during the fiscal year 1900 will be required to replace plant that has become unseryiceable and has been condemned and also to repair the flood damage of this year. Balance of appropriation available at end present fiscal year was $s.5i545
 White River-Work by the snagboat Shell ton and dredge Van Frank was carried on dur ing ,er White River above Jacksonport has been at flood stage since the work closed and mas not yet reached low stage, but steam boat men state that the cuts appear to still be open and no tendency to fill is shown.
 Tn the early part of the low-water season. before the snagboat reached the low river, the greatest depth in channel was not available because Of snags- By the operations of the snagboat the three foo channel in the lower river was restored and by the dredging 1t was extended to Batesville
 At St Francis, Ark. the basin of the river Is low and subject to overflow iron the Missis- sippi river Its floods and its navigable stages depend upon those of that river. During the low water the St Francis Is not navigable for any considerable distance in any portion of it's length. Snagging operations have heightened the navigable seasons about two months. and this Is probably the limit of improvement to be obtained by this method. Below Marked Tree the river is in good condition when at four foot stage, and above Marked Tree fair high water channel has been made through the sunk lands. In order to preserve the improve ment. the entire distance will have to be worked over from year to year
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19
Nearing eamplstion.

The Louisiana < Northwest railroad, traversing territory in the southern part of Arkansas and northern Louis iana, Is fast approaching completion. The road will connect with the Cotton Melt at McNeil, a point 100 miles south of Fine Bluff. and will open up one of the finest timber sections in the south.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19
Major cabsil Dead.

Major A. $. cabell, father of Lieut.. De Rosey Cabell, of the regular army, and now lieutenent of the Second Ar kansas Volunteers. died at his home in Charleston on the 17th inst. The de- ceased was a Confederate veteran, and for over n quarter of century had been prominent in politics in Western Arkansas. filling many positions of trust He was brother of the famous Gen. W. l.. Cabell. of Texas. familiarity snown as ''Old Tige."
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19
The Ilr.s Hale.

The first bale of cotton of this years crop reported in the state was received at Hope on the 18th itst. It was grown on Hon Floyd Tkompson's Red River plantation. which has furnished the first bale for the last six years. Last season the first bale was delivered at Hope August 5.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19
English Pickle. and saae~..

One million three h undred thou sand pounds worth of pick;es and sauces is exported from England to other countries yearly.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19
Business Increasing.

The St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. has placed orders for new cars for use on its lines, the contract price of which will aggregate sla5, 900. Besides these new cars the company will build in their shops at Pine Bluff two chair ears and four combination mail and ex- press cars. The business of the road is on steady increase. the earnings for the first week in August exceeding the earnings for the corresponding week of 1897 by over tl4.000.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19
Making Extensive Improvement.

One hundred miles of new steel have been laid in the main line of the Iron Mountain since the first of this year. The work of cutting down the grades on the Iron Mountain, which has been authorized by President George J. Gould, will cost at least s200, ,000 It will take two years to finish the work, as outlined In the estimates. The work of raising the main line of the Central division through Gum Swamp, in Arkansas, a distance of 1T miles, has been going on for ten years. The Auburn levy, to which the Missouri Pacific system sub scribed slo.000, and which was erected as a protection to the plantations in the vicinity of Gum Swamp. has been of great help to that section. This. to gether with the scientific draining of Gum Swamp. which has been going on for two years, has improved the situa- ton greatly in that section.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19
Dr. Keller's Report.

Surgeon-General Keller has visited and inspected the troops at Camp Thomas, by order of Gov. Jones, to whom he submitted a lengthy report on the condition of the two Arkansas regi- ments stationed there. The following table, included in the report, gives the number of cases of sickness since July 1, all men sick more than 24 hours be- ing included:
 FIRST REGIMENT.
 Number cases remaining over from June... 50 Number new cases in July uly................. 4i5
 iotoi ...-.-s.-..-. ...s+.a............ Jof Number of cases remaining over from July l4i Number new cases to August II ........... l3O Total in hospital August II ............. 25l
 SECOND REGIMENT. Number cases remaining over from June :. 45 Number new cases in July ly.........s........ 67O r, -a
 ioeoi .''..-...s.r ...+ ..+..-....s..... fio In hospital August l26 New cases to August ll,..l II lig
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19

Notwithstanding the large lmber of cases, the rate of mortality has been low. In the First there has been nine deaths, one of which was accidental, and in the Second only four deaths have occurred. The doctor attributes the prevalence of an almost epidemic of typhoid fever in the camp to impure water, and concludes his report with a statement that the Arkansas boys are apparently better cared for than their fellows, because oi the attention and supplies furnished them by their off cers and sent from home.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19
JUST ABOUT WOMEN.

10 TI7 M n I7NWTTT- Section Director, Little Roc
The San Francisco call., 1898-10-27
EXPOSURE OF HEARST NECESSARY.

THE CALL has met and fulfilled the duty of ex- 1 posing two pretenders The first was the so- 1 ciety pretender, Williams The second was the l journalistic pretender Hearst
 The newspaper situation this city has been long couded and corrupted by Hearst Legitimate jour nalism has suffered by 1t, and the educating function of the press, by which sound public opinion IS guided has been vastly injured by the frauds, fakes and offenses of this pretender, Hearst
 We have now made his exposure complete. His agreement to unfair and malicious treatment of corporation for money consideration IS public property The fact that, having sold himself he sat down with Mr. Herrin and argued and insisted that he had stayed bought the letter of his business ager complaining that the corporation had revealed the agreement for the sale of Hearst Irving NJ Scott, have been published The case is complete,
 If Hearst desire to judicialy test that contract we have offered him an open way. If he will bring suit upon 1t against the Southern Pacific Railroad The Call will pay any judgment he gets for the unpaid balance of S8ooo
 It was treated by him and the First National Bank as a negotiable contract. IL has not lost its ne gotiabe character We enlarge our offer. II he will assign it to The Call We will bring suit 1t, and bring the contract into court and judicial decision upon 1t II it simple contract for ad- vertisng judgment upon 1t will demonstrate that fact and Hearst will be vindcated.
 The business and reading public now understand
 fully that in other way than by suit for the balance due Hearst prove that he did not agree to sell his silence to the corporation for thirty months for the sum of S3o,ooo.
 His fury and abuse will not distract attention from this simple solution.
 But Hearst will not bring suit for the balance due him. He will stand piloried and convicted with the broken tme-lock on his blackguardism in full view.
 Society is safer from pretenders that Williams was exposed in the nick of time. Business men are safer that Hearst has been stripped of his pretenses and proved blackmailer The people are benefited for their confidence in legitimate newspaper criti- cisn is restored They may feel now that expo sure Of wrongdoing by corporations, individuals and public officers Is legitimate and honest, and not means by which blackna can be extorted.
 Exposure of Hearst's methods deters his journal istc itators because intended victims of blackrnai know that The Call will defend them against it. Cor porations will walk more uprightly, for they cannot silence legitimate criticism by purchase, and their proper conduct will get the credit to which propriety is entitled whether manifested by corporation or an individual
 The air has been cleared and will be further puri- fled when Hearst Is driven of the State which is just now too hot to hold him.
The San Francisco call., 1898-10-27
AROUND THE
 CORRIDORS

Hon. S. N Laughlin has returned to Moss Landing.
 Judge Frank Short and wife, of Fresno are at the Palace.
 D. s. Churchill. a prominent banker of Napa, is at the Palace.
 H. E. Barber, a we'll known Stockton capitalist, is at the Grand.
 G. W. Crystal, well known merchant of vacaville, is stopping at the Grand.
 Mark R. Plaisted, the well known news paper man, is a guest at the California
 HID. Haslan, cashier of the First Ma tional Bank of Santa Cruz, Is at the Cali fornia.
 P. G. de L'Estoille, one of the owners of the Ralston mine at Summit, is at the Grand.
 A. L. Barber. the New York asphaltunl magnate, accompanied by his wife, is at the Palace.
 ". R. King. of New Bedford. Mass, largely interested in whaling. is a guest at the California.
 4. B. Peakes, proprietor of the Sea- beach Hotel at Santa Cruz, has regis tered at the Palace.
 V. S. McClatchy, editor of the Sacra- mento Bee, accompanied by Mrs. Me Clatchy, is at the California
 w. F.. Townsend, formerly or thls clty where he has many friends, has regis tered at the Occidental, from Los Angeles,
 Warren J. Lynch, assistant general passenger agent of the Big Four Road accompanied by Mrs. Lynch, is here on a business trip.
 Reuben H. Lloyd, the newly elected Grand Master of the National Encamp- ment of Knights Templar, has returned home MT Lloyd is the first Grand Mas ter of the National Conclave elected from any State west of the Mississippi.
 Hon. Eugene F. Ware and wife, of To- peka, Kansas, are guests at the Palace. Under the nom de plume of 'Ironquill'' Colonel Ware has made name for him. self as a poet of no mean ability. He has also achieved much distinction as a jurist, being known all over Kansas as the poet lawyer.
The San Francisco call., 1898-10-27
THE PLUG HAT.
NUMBER FIVE.

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The San Francisco call., 1898-10-27
PHELAN's POLITICAL TALE.

IhE BACON FITCH'S County Committee have is- ! sued a campaign paper called The Non - Partisan which, although bound to have only a brief career, bids fair to become a feature in the i journalism of San Francisco. The Deacon says his ] sheet Is to be devoted to good government and that 1t will appear three times before election day, each issue being placed in the hands of every voter. The Deacon has procured list of the registered voters from Registrar Biggy, and he will include every therein among his constant readers and "old subscribers.
 The first issue of The Non Partisan has saluta- tory editorials the platform and the dollar limit an article with the ominous head Warning which declares that unless the people look sharp the bosses boodlers and push will overwhelm them, and long list of the biographies Of the Non-Partisan cand- dates.
 There also few fip-hap editorial notes, writ ten in the Deacons best style, none of which of more than passing interest; but nowhere in his paper does MT Fitch make any reference the fact that he and his party have become tail to Mayor Pheans kite. In fact, the entire subject Of Demo cratic politics is ignored.
 When he conducted the late lanented Bulletin the Deacon was celebrated in controversy for the adrot- ness with which he closed up when cornered. He was in fact throughout his newspaper career, known
 in connection with certain subjects the journalistic oyster Evidently he has adopted this policy in his new venture. The people are panting to know the details of the bargain by which the Non-Partisans were sold to the Phelan machine. Why will not Deacon Fitch discuss the subject? He en- certain no fear o having his remarks garbed by inattentive hostile reporter. He make his ex- panation over his own signature in his paper.
 A review of the list of candidates published by Deacon Fitch and indorsed by his paper shows that out Of ffty-three nominees only sixteen Repubi cans. How could this partiality in favor of Demo crats have been shown in convention composed al- most entirely of Republicans, representing voting strength altogether Republican, unless rank politi cal bargain had been consummated? Deacon Fitch's ticket contains but Republican candidate for patronage office. The Sheriff, County Clerk, Super
 ntendent of Streets and the Board of Supervisors have all been given by the Non-Partisans the Dem ocrats.
 Is Deacon Fitch aware of the fact that every Dem ocrat on his ticket has promised to give his patronage to Phean, Fay, Pepper, McNab and Braunhart, what Phelan calls the organization? Mir. Fitch is an experienced political boss and he knows what this means Why will he not discuss 1t in the next issue of The Non-Partsan? Does he think that in aiding to build up political machine with Phean boss he is contributing to the of "good government?
 These are important questions, and MT. Ftch's Non-Partisan constituents before they delivered to the Phelan machine want them answered