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The Forrest City times., 1899-06-09
In another columnywa publish

In another columnywe publish a beautiful appeal from the Conner oiaI Appeal to spare the birds. A few years ago mockingbirds pour ed forth their melody from nearly every chimney top in our town, every outhouse and barn was the home o. the blue bird, and the for esls were alive with these choir sicrs of nature. To-day every ;hing is changed. Rarely is heard the beautiful notes of the mocking bird, the love song of the dove is hus he'd, the red birds trill is silent and the blue bird and many other s)ngsters of the forest are totally extinct. The laws for the protec- tion of song birds are ample, but never was there known an arrest for it's violation. Robblpg of nests, the sIingshot, the target rife and
 the cheap fowling pIece have ac- comp!lshed their work and the freeze Of last wlnterwas the climax, And when fl IS almost too late we cry out "spare the birds"
The Forrest City times., 1899-06-09
Free Lights for Churches.

We will wire the different churches In town, or any of them, at the actual cost af material, which is Sl p per light. This will include putting up fix lures where same is desired.
 We will burn the lights free until October lst. and after that as follows: Each l6 p light up to 10, 25s per mo. l5 i6 c ? lights. = each per mo. 2 Ii C D lights. of over. 20c each per mo Light to burn during services only.
 ELECTRIC i.IGnT G.
The Forrest City times., 1899-06-09
The Public Schools.

The Ladies Auxiliary Commit. oi Crowley Ridge Institute met on Monday afternoon at the residence qf l.. Rollwage, to devise ways anc means whereby to prevent the closing of the public schools tho coming session. After discussing matters, they appointed commit tee of four to meet similar com miltee from the Board of Directors, when plans will be matured and carried out
 lt all are as sanguine of success as IS Mrs. 0. 5. Rollwage, chairman oi the Auxiliary Committee, the schools will surely run next ses- sion. The pubic should consider the matter of school or no school calmly and considerably, for il means more than can be realized al present. The majority of people arc not able to send their children to pay schools, and do we consider what u term of idlenoss means? II will undo tic work of years and plant the seeds of worlhlessness ip many boy and girl. It will not oniy be stumbling block, but a complete check, to the progress of inc town, for Q man will think twice before he brings his, family to u town without schools and church. es. The stopping of the schools would be the greatest calamity which could .befall a town. 1t mus, 1ot be done. So when the. commit tee calls, give according 10 your means.
The Forrest City times., 1899-06-09
-<ED . 1fD M A nhIrAG
WARNING. To the Customers of Barrow & Co

All account that have not been paid Tn the last thirty days must be paid be- fore the 20th day of June, 1899. or bills will be placed in tha hands of an officer for collection and names published in full.
 From this date we will do a spot cash business and charge no goods to anyone.
 Resdectfully. BARROW x co.
The Forrest City times., 1899-06-09
That Throbing Headache.

Would quickly leave you, if you uset Or. Kings New Life Pills. Thousand. pf sufferers have proved their matchles; merit for sick and nervous headaches They make pure blood and build up youi health. Easy to take. Try them. Only 25c. Money back if not cured. J H Dunavant & Co.
The Forrest City times., 1899-06-09

< St. Louis physician says iha' diy weather influences crimes Heat works directly upon the sug sesiive and objective faculties of tho brain, and the results are va ricd. Hence the increase of crime during the dog days.
The Forrest City times., 1899-06-09

The bill of the Electric Light Co.,. was referred to committee for in- vestigation.
 The next step in regard to establish ing an improvement district will be for majority in value of the owners of real propertp within such district to present petition tothe council praying that such improvement be made. This shall be done within three months af. ter the publication of the notice.
The Forrest City times., 1899-06-09
Potatoes.

The best potato blow on the market is the Planet, jr, Cultiyator. Equally as good for corn or cotton-used through the whole season. until laid by. Also the best potato diggers. at l.. Rollwage k Co. $ or at my resi- dence. Also extras.
 G. w. MCCORMICK.
The Forrest City times., 1899-06-09
A Card of Thanks,

wish 10 say that feel under lasting obligations for what Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has done for our family. We have used it in so many cases of coughs, lung troubles and whooping cough, and 1t has always given the most perfect satisfaction. we feel great ly indebted to the manufacturers of this remedy and wish them to please accept our hearty thanks -Respectful- ly. Mrs. $. Doty. Drs Moines, Iowa. J. H. Dunavant & Go.
The Forrest City times., 1899-06-09

The work of ehrisiianizing and eitiizing the PbiIlopinos with tho sN ord and musket still goes on, and the end is not yet.
The Forrest City times., 1899-06-09

Gov. Jones is about 10 under take blg job-that of beating Jim Berry for the |. s. Senate.e
The Forrest City times., 1899-06-09
Sale of Sixteenth Section of School
 Land

NOTICE is here given that a majority of N the male inhabitants of Congressional Township six lf nDrth of range five fsi east having petitioned me. therefore I will. in front of the Court House door in the Town of Forrest City. on
 MONDAY. JULY g. lss3. between the hours of r. o'clock m and 3 O'eieck ?. W.. oler for sale in forrv acre tracts 10 the highest and best bidder for cash Sec tion sixteen tl6i in said Township anc Range the same heinz sixteenth Section school Landr
 W. E. WILLIAMS. Sheriff Forrest City, Atk., June a, isgs
The Forrest City times., 1899-06-09

France is getting ripe for anoth- (! revolution.
The Forrest City times., 1899-06-09

cases and will guarantee you peh,nlnsspls s5 at moderate cost. He has cureI ,lw ,ls,sps prrssI thought their cases hopeless. All Aill,,Itatiou ts
 Write for question blank. Consa;.,n Cse;or,. Medicines sent free from onser'a'''
 3l4 Main Street. NJ emphis' -
The Forrest City times., 1899-06-09
syivass and Chronic Dlseasssums s

Men su.fering ifcl :'s.. sss
 fleets of youthful l,.,'.ss, l.'as,s tions syphilis, go'a's s,sl g,eet, stricture ..'s os weakness, varicoem s ss natural dischare's,, ,rar' vitality, failing nf hSf| unftness to marfy, Z ,s \, skin, kidney or pr,'sass p,'' ,s,s. \ eases, are speedil!!, !!,,ssi ssl'j q DR. COOK has U! sps, .rJ| wears of persistelsnsl x. ',y m and experience llL,,as n as ls| practice and anon msooas,,,.s| a,,r,ng this claS u V,
The Forrest City times., 1899-06-09

Rlat,fore HuElAN TEA cures Dyspep- [ s~tssSs ' sia, ConstipationIand Indi. gestion. Regulates the Liver. Price, 25 cts.
 Fei sale by Brandon N Baugh.
The Forrest City times., 1899-06-09
l5amferc CUBAN OIL cures

~VsvsVC Cuts, Burns, Bruises, kheu- matism and Sores. Price, 25. cents.
 For sale by Brandon < Baugh.
The Forrest City times., 1899-06-09
8 CITY COUNCIL.

The city council met in regular ses- sion last Tuesday night with the fol- lowing members present
 Aldermen Bangh, Stone, Mcdaniel. German, Gating and Recorder Mer- win-Mayor Tipton, presiding. The minutes of the previous meeting were read, and that portion relating to the establishment of an improvement district discussed at length. Some were for the extentiOn of the limits, but the discussion became so mixed and general that a member took ad- vantage of it and moved an adoption 'of the boundaries as published, which was carried
 Reports of officers being called for, the mashal reported l9 arrests for May with fines amounting to $62. He also reported water tax collected for May SS3.
 RECORDERS REPORT.
 Forrest City. Ark, Juue 6, 1899. To the Honorable board of mayor and Aldermen of the town of Forrest City, Arkansas.
 The undersigned as recorder of said town submits the following report for month ending May 3l, 1899. Balance outstanding warrants ast ao .. shown by report 10 April ;1, iSg9 '''s"''''o e' Allowances May . iso 16p Ri cihcers Salaries April 1859. .... ........ los :a
 SI,6l6 ;l Balances in hands of officers q 'ths suttr..- -.-....s... S@.i9 Uu Maiehai ..+.......... 12 oo
 29a 15 Total outstanding ....... ..... .S3, ,;S24 ls
 Respectfully submitted
The Forrest City times., 1899-06-09

.,oAY AFTERNOON. JUNEs isao.
The Forrest City times., 1899-06-09
RECORDERS REPORT.

Total outstanding. ....... .... .s3; ;24 ls
 Respectfully submitted
 T. c. MERwIN, Recorder The following claims were audited and aliovad
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-20
HE IS TOO HOMELY.

New York World: Mrs. Jennie Gold
farb has given a novel excus for refuy-
ing to live with her husband Samuel
She says that he is too hoinely for any
woman to live with. Goddard, who is "A
philosopher. admits that he is not@1an
Apollo, but he also insists that his wife
beauty. l.
The Goldfarbs have had a good deal OF
trouble since they We're married in 1890.
1t took Mrs. Goddard but a short time to
discover that her husband did not come
up to her standard of manly beauty, and
she began to make things uncomfortable
for him. Occasionally she went back to
her mother. At another time Samuel in
despair sent her to Europe. hoping that
she returned he would find favor in -her
eyes.
But matters We're still worse when she
came back. and, according to a number
of ~afidavits. in the possession of former
Judge II. w. Leonard, Goldfarb's
sci, she positively refused to live With
him at all.
Goldfarb in the meantime had spent a
fortune on complexion beautlfiers,
hair restorers and other toilet luxuries.
He became a Berry Wall in his dress.
But his wife remained obdGrate. and fl
nally, a short time ago, charged him be-
fore Magistrate Hogan with desertion.
Goldfafb was sent-railrOaded, he
says-to the island for six months.
Last week he gave a bond and was re-
leased. He at once sued for a separation,
ard for such other relief as may seem
lust
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ODD INCIDENTS.

New York Tribune: "You see MANY
a funny thing and strange incident" re-
marked Horace Ellison of Chicago at the
Waldorf-Astoria yesterday. "when fra ve.-
ing ABROAD, but | uppose customs of ours
also strike the average foreigner &c
queer, although they seem to us as o,,ita
natural. One thing they beat us on
however, is their tipping system. Yo,1
pay there at the end of your stay, and If
Is regularly graded as to what il will he.
whereas in this country you nut yo,,r
hand in your pocket to get a tin if va,
draw an extra breath.
when | was in Aix-les-B ains last
summer saw a stout German Woman
sitting at another table eating from an
enormous pile of plates. | thought at
trst she was carving or doing something
OF that kind. but as the meal progressed
and the pile became no less | made in
curry and found out that she was ex-
tremely near sighted, and the nile Of
plates-eXactly nineteen in number-was
necessary to raise her food to a poinr
where 1t would come within her range
OF vision. She was no less a personals go
than the Duchess of Schleswig-Hnlstein.
In Italy they do not use glass in the vim
doWs, on account of the expense. and re-
place With wood or other material. In
order to relieve the monotony, | SUPPOSE.
they have a habit of painting household
scenes on these blank spaces. In ono
window you Will see an old chap reading
his paper, and in another a young miss
doing up her hair. There are also scenes
of even more Intimate family character.
which l will leave to your imagination.
In Athens one day | went out TO buy
something or other. which, 1 remember.
cost five drahmae. For it I rendered q
ten-drachma note in payment. and in
order to make change the ~rekee
tore it neatly in two and returned one
half to me. Convenient, wasn't ito''
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BOIL IT DOWN.

Whatever you have to say, my friend,
whether witty, or grave, or gay,
Nohuense as much as ever you can,
Ana say it in the readiest way;
whether you write of rural affairs.
Or matters and things in town.
just take 4 word of friendly advice
Boil it down.
Ii YOU go spluttering over a page.
men a couple of lines would do,
FOUR butter is spread SO much. you see,
mat the bread looks plainly through;
So, when you have a story to tell.
And you would like a little renown,
10 make quite sure Of your wish, my
friend,
AZ Boil it down.
When writing an article for the press,
= W neither prose or verse. just try
Fo settle YOU thoughts in the fewest
words,
And let them be crisp and dry.
when it is finished and YOU suppose
Its done exactly brown,
just look 1t over again. and then
Boil it down.
For editors do not like to print
An article lazily long.
And the general reader does not care
= For a couple of yards of song;
SO gather your wits in the smallest space.
II you a little enown
And every time YOU write. my friend.
Boil it down.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-20
GREAT DANE.

Chicago Inter Ocean: Lost, neglected,
sick, misunderstood and unable to COM
munlcate his troubles to any one, a mas
sive Dane dog yesterday entered the
building at No. So Thirty-first street, ran
uD the stairs to the second story and
threw himself from the window to the
pavement below, with the evident inten-
ton of ending his da"s. In his descent
he barely missed shrinking Mrs. Peck,
who lives at Thirty-first street and
Groveland avenue.
When the great animal fell at her feet,
crushed and bleeding. Mrs. Peck was
badly frightened. but, moved by pity for
the dog which, though terribly wounded,
still lived, She hurried to a drugstore
and t~elephoned the St~anton-avenue po-
lice.
/ Directly across the street is J.. T. Hol.
listers drugstore. The proprietor was
standing in the door of his shop in COM
pany with his wife and George B. Dieler
when the dog came along the opposite
side OF the street, carefully noting his way
as ii looking for some particular location.
Suddenly he turned into the hallway. and
a moment later they saw him perched
on the sill of the second-story window.
For a moment he hesitated, then threw
himself headlong down..
Dlelef teleDhOned the Cottage Grove
Avenue station and soon officers arrived
in a patrol wagon. BY this time a crowd
mad gathered. and the policemen We're
urged to kill the the dog, which was suf-
fering great pain from broken bones and
other Wounds. The animal was such
a fine specimen, evidently of much value.
that the officers would not AXE the risk
OF putting him to death. Humane Off.
Ger George Nolan finally arrived, with a
veterinary wagon. and took personal
charge of the case.
y veterinary surgeon examined the
dogs injuries and found that his thigh
was fractured and his spine injured be-
yond the hope of cure, and the officer put
an end to the brute's pain.
Inc dog had been about the neighbour
mood for several days. apparently with
out an owner. Bert Howard, a cook en-
ployed at 3101 Cottage Grove avenue. said
that he had several times given the ami
mai 1000 u knew nothing more about
hlfn. several persons who Witnessed
the affair We're convinced thai the dog
deliberately attempted suicide.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Estate of Anna r. Irvine, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed administrator Of the estate of
Anna r. Irvine, deceased, to the credi-
tors of and all persons having claims
again the said deceased. to exhibit them,
with the necessary vouchers, within four
months after the first publication Of this
notice, to the said administrator at the
tflice % Roy S. Alley, rooms S, 6 and Z,
in the county court house of Silver Bow
county, Montana. tho same being the
place for the transaction of the business
of said estate, in the county of Silver
Bow, state of Montana.
SHELBY IRVINE,
Administrator OF the Estate OF Anna T..
Irvine, Deceased.
Butte, Mont. this fifth day of
October, 1899.
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BOWIE,
SHERIFF''S SALE.

NJ. A. Lyons, plaintiff. VS.. III. D. Pagan.
and George Willis. defendants.
To be sold at sileriff"s sale. on the 4th
day of November K. D. 1899, at two
O'Clock y. M, at the front door Of the
court house in the city of Butte. county
of Silver Bow, state OF Montana. the fol-
lowing described rea. property, to-wit:
Lot number eighteen 1S) in bloclS
thirty (20) of the Clark addition to the
city of Butte, county of Silver Bow, state
OF Montana, according to the official plat
and survey thereof now IN file in the
office of the county clark and recorder OF
Silver Bow county Montana: together
with all tenements, hereditaments and
a~ppurtenances thereunto belonging or in
anyWise appertaining.
PATRICK Fl. REGAIN,
Sheriff of Silver Bow County, Montana,
BY j. NJ. REYNOLDS,
Deputy Sheriff.
Dated Oct. 18th, A. =. 1899.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Sept. 7. 1899.

Land Office at Helena, Mont, Oct. 2.
1899.
Notice is hereby given that the follow
ing named settler has filed notice of his
intention to make final proof in support
of his claim. and that said proof will be
made before the clerk of court at R,tto
Mont. on No. Z, 1899, viz: James Reece'
for Home Entry No. 6,O56, for the WI
NWM and VIZ SWA Sec. 20, To. 2 S..
Il. 9 West.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon and
cultivation Of, said land, viz: James
Speelman. w. L.. Robbins, Andrew Free
born Edwin Hardisty, Melrose, Mont.
. d. GREENE.
Register,
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THE BIBLICAL OPHIR.

The search for Ophir, the gold land of
Solomcn's period, has been as persist
ent on the part of Biblical scholars an
has been the attempt to locate the Bibli-
cal paradise, and the results have been
as widely divergent. Some have sought
for it in Africa, others in India, and
others in Arabia. Probably the most
substantial contribution to this discus
sion that has been published for decades
is he work of the German traveller, DR..
Carl Peters, entitled "Das Goldene Ophir
Solomon's,' and largely on the basis of
this volume the Neue Lutherische Kir-
chenzeitung (Cottbus No. 50 gives a
soodly number of facts that seem to
speak for South Africa as the proper To-
cality:
The Oldest astronomy is that of China:
according to which blue signifies the
east, red the south. yellow the west, and
black the north. The Chinese system of
astronomy found favor among most of
the cultured people of antiquity; and ac-
cordingly we find the Black sea in the
north and the Red sea in the south. The
Turks still call the Mediterranean the
white sea, probably a change from
yellow In Arabic red is abr, and At
RIGA is called Afr, or the Land of the
South. In Latin Afer is used to desig-
nate an African, hence African. Ac-
cordingly the terms Ophir and Africa are
Identical.
The Berlin Mission Superintendent Me-
rensky describes. what is now called Ma
shonaland in South Africa. He quotes
from Portuguese accounts of the wonders
OF the land of Monomotape. In this
country in Simbabye, the Portuguese
FOUND magnificent ruins. described in the
works of De Barros in the sixteenth CEN
Jury. Immense walls are found there.
built of huge stones placed upon each
other Without mortar. over the gates
OF these walls Arabian travellers found
inscriptions they could not read, A
tower seventy feet high crowns the walls.
The Arabian travellers report that this is
regarded as the Ophir OF Solomon, and it
Is known that in 1900 "A. D. the Arabs
brought gold from these districts. Por-
tuguese Admirals in 1906 found near So
fala two Arabian ships laden with gold.
Merensky reports that the Beers of the
Transvaal, who every year rode over
large territories hunting elephants, found
there Did orange orchards and Crane
plantations. When the Portuguese dis
covered this country the found here the
remains of an older civilization such as
ore mines. and at that time arms were
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-20

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
Second judicial District OF the State
of Montana in and for the County Of
Silver Bow
In the matter of the estate Of Andrew
j. DeLashmutt. deceased Notice OF time
appointed for proving will. etc.
Pursuant to ar order of said district
court, made on the 9th LAY of September.
A. D.. 1899. notice is hereby given that
Saturday, the 7th day Of October, A. d.
1899. at 2 O'Clock r. M. at the court house
Of Silver Bow coun.y. IN the City of Butte.
Montana. has been appointed as the time
ana place for proving the will of said
lstrato:, OF Silver Eow county, Montana,
for the issuance to him OF letters Of ad-
miilistration thereon with the will an
nexed, at which time and place any per-
son interested may appear and contest
the same.
CLINTON &. CLARK, Clerk.
By r. e. LEONARD. Deputy Clerk.
C.. f. Kelley and M. d. Leehey. Attor-
neys Tor Petitioner.
Dated September 9. 1899
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regularly exported from Sofala to India.
Even in northern Transvaal are yet to
De ound the remains of old iron smelling
ovens. The inhabitants OF Monomotape
are described as being dressed in silks
and cotton goods, and they are said to
nave possessed ships that sailed to India.
Evidences of these things were seen by
Merensky himself. who states that these
people are still slaillful in the %n1anufac-
ture of various articles. Owing to i'll
ness, Merensky could not reach the ruins
themselves. but the natives speak of
them with religious awe, and regard
them as sacred to the gods.
The first modern rayeler to reach these
ruins was the German Mauch, who re-
ports that the present inhabitants, who
came there in the present century, claim
that before them these districts were
peopled by whites, and the ruins of their
houses II manufactures are still to be
seen. The ruins of Simbabye consist
OF two groups. one on a granite heap 400
feet in height. and the other on an ele-
walton of 800 feet. The valley between
the two hills is sandy, and also contains
ruins. The found on the
buildings point to a Phenician source.
which is in harmony with the statement
OF the Bible that Solomon sent Phenician
sailors to the gold land of Ophir. On
one or these elevations is found a tower
sacred to Ashera or Astarte. the Pheni-
clan goddess of the moon. According to
]. Kings XII, 5. solomon was a worshiper
of Astarte.
Since the day sof Mauch two English
men named Pavan and Dunt succeeded
in visiting the ruins. and the latter has
described them in detail. In recent
years this new Biblical Ophir has be-
come the object of Christian mission en-
terDrise. No doubt these mines went
to decay when the Phenician
wealth fell into ruins A great deal of
gold is said to be still in these districts
awaiting the Observation-Disclosures made
for the Literary Digest.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Land Office at Helena, Montana. Sen
TENDER IL, 1899.
Notice is hereby given that the follow
ing-namcd settler has filed notice of his
intention to make final proof in support
OF his claim. and that said proof will be
made before the clerk of the district
court of Jefferson county. at Bcuiuer.
Montana. on October 20. 1899. viz: Albert
A.. Burton, for II. r. No. 606s, for the N.
f. Il Section "A. T.. 4 N, r. z w. M. M.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon and
cultivation Of said land. viz: r. N.
Rand, Peter Hanson, C. Il. Kenman. Jos.
Page Of Elk Park. Montana.
GEORGE D.. GREENE,
Register.