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The Forrest City times., 1899-04-07

1REPARE for the turn of life 1t is a critical period.
Asndcations of the change appear be your physi
cal condition is good. The experience is a wonderful
one and under circumstances menace Mrs Pink
ham, of Lynn, Mass will give you charge
The Forrest City times., 1899-04-07

Piso's Cure is the medicine to break up
children's Coughs and Colds-Mrs NJ G.
Blunt, Sprague. Wash. March 5. ~.
The Forrest City times., 1899-04-07

II we make the most Of opportunities o.
portunities will make the most Of us-L A.
w Bulletin
The Forrest City times., 1899-04-07

We blame the devil for many things b.
couldn't possibly do unless men helped him.
Town Topics.
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ana ne got me bottle: am now on nv fourth bottle
,; - am entirely cured can work all day hardly
h uch wonderful cure is possible Lydia E. Pink
~. s $50. compound is the best medicine for women
wait until You Frustrated with the mysterious
;os "a Is mango OF Life. Get Mrs. Pinkhams ao'
WV anu e@in 40" other women got through.
The Forrest City times., 1899-04-07

A great deal of ability is necessary to
properly manage a $40 bill.-Atchison GLOBE
The Forrest City times., 1899-04-07

If a man is as timid as hare, he ough!
to die game.-Chicago Daily News.
The Forrest City times., 1899-04-07

See there. A bad sprain cured; and y.
Jacobs Oil cured it.
The Forrest City times., 1899-04-07

The only thing some people do is to grow
older.-AtcLison Globe.
The Forrest City times., 1899-04-07

She has done so much Tor WOMEN,
surely you can trust her. Read
this letter from Mrs. Nj. {. GRIF-
Fling. of Georgeville. No.:
DEAR Mrs. PiNKHAM The
doctor called my trouble ulcera-
ton of womb and change Of life.
! was troubled with profuse flow
The Forrest City times., 1899-04-07

Every, woman has vague idea ,b,, m,
husband does every day Is To onas .nal az her
read, smoke, and count his MONEY mons NY once
The Forrest City times., 1899-04-07

To Cure q Cold In One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets- Al
druggists refund money il it fails to cure. &
The Forrest City times., 1899-04-07

fold you so. In one night cured. st. ia.
cobs Oil masters Lumbago.
The Forrest City times., 1899-04-07

In the morning well. st. Jacobs Oil curs
soreness and stiffness.
The Forrest City times., 1899-04-07

Lose a minute, and the chase Of liietim.
will not catch it.-Ram's Horn.
The Forrest City times., 1899-04-07

Some poets are always amusing, but not
necessarily funny.-Chicago Daily News
The Forrest City times., 1899-04-07

Feeze and fret? Why? St. Jacobs Oh
cures Neuralgia. Soothes it down.
The Forrest City times., 1899-04-07
Halls Family Pills are the best

A book is never quite satissac.orr
woman unless its conclus;on iory 70
heroine in the hero's arms. - a.sl: TIE
Globe. Atchlscn
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'IfVts-ActiNe at s3.OoQ3.90.


Quotations for middling range as fol-
Memphis. Sac sS'
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view fofkt Apru ~ onth Hnu
beauty. with millions Of money. w~r.
joined together in holy ma,rimony AZ
noon when Virginia Pair became the
tride of William X. Vanderbilt. j..
About one hundred and fifiy guests
we're present az the ceremony. which
took place in the Fifty-seventh street
residence ~ Hermann Oelriehs. whose
wife Is the sister Of the bride.
The home was surrounded by curl
Gus and mixed crowd.
The omefssias Priest.
Shortly before noon the guests com.
menced 20 arrive a. the oririehs honse
Rev. Thomas p. Murphy. acting pastor
of the Church of the Sacred Heart AZ
Dobbs Ferry. was on hand early. ac-
eompanied by two little aeolytes. The
conservatory and bali room had been
transformed into the resemblance %
m old English garden. At the end a.
the conservatory a dais had been rails
ed. Over this was a canopy Of latticesl
smilax. clinging vines and blossoming
peach trees. Its luxuriant foliage shut
out the daylight, but tiny incand. >
cent lights hidden in the leaves gave
soft and ample illumination.
The Weddtag Ceremony.
Almost promptly at noon. the single
maid of honor. Miss Mary baldwin
Tolfree, entered the ball room. ana
under an aisle arched with roses. walk
ed towards the waiting priest. She pre-.
ceded the bride, Miss Fair. Following
her was her brother-in-law. MIR. DEL
richs. The organ. especially built for
the purpose. pealed out. The groom
was attended by j. T.. Kellogg. In the
gallery an orchestra of so pieces under
Emil T.. Paur played the nuptial mu-
sic from Lohengrin. The ceremony IT,
self was short. and Immediately upon
its conclusion congratulations were
showered upon Mr.. and Mrs. Wander
bilt, Jr
Few Relatives Present.
There were few relatives present. OF
the Vanderbilts there were only TO
kiss the bride, William X. Vanderbilt.
ST., and young Harold Vanderbilt,
brother of the groom. The rest of the
family are in mourning. Dr abroad. but
though absent they were well repre-
scented in the list of presents, which
were of the most elaborate and costly
description.
The wedding party was then ush-
cred into the library and at long tn
bles sat down to wedding breakfast.
William X. Vanderbilt proposed the
health of his young son and wife. The
groom replied.
When the breakfast was over the
bride changed into her travelling dress,
and the young Vanderbilts drove OF
IN brand new brougham. present
to the groom, to the river. They cross
ed to the Long Island railroad depot,
and there entered special car which
bore them to Mr.. Vanderbilts country
place, Idle Hour, Oakdale, l.. /. They
will remain there two weeks, and then
60 TO Newport. where they will oc.
cupy Belvoir house. In the autumn
they will go to Europe.
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write to Mrs. Pinkham. at
Lynn. Mass. and get her adj
vice and be cured as | have
been.
MRS. F. H. ALLEN. 4Io Ne
braska Ave-. Toledo. Ohio,
writes:
DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM:-
Change of life was working on
me. My kidneys and bladder
were affected. l had been
confined to the house all sum-
mer. not able to stand
The Forrest City times., 1899-04-07

on my feet for any
length of time. Terri
BILE pains when urinat-
Ing and an itching that
nearly drove me wild.
l had tried many RENE
dies. l told my hus,
band l had great faith
The Forrest City times., 1899-04-07
Youth, BEAUTY AADG0LD.
4 Union of ! suth, Beauty and Mil
lions Amid Luxurious Sur
roundings.
SEASONS muPTIll EVENT IN sorHlu.

Marriage Of wtisssss ~. sssSevssss.
Jr. and virst.is Fssv ~ the Res
saes~~ Of the ersa~'s sister. NE.
Wer@sss o~srtess-Nssy Efss-
crate asa sestS, ps~s~sss.
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TALKS WITH
WOMEN OF
MIDDLE AGE

ing ana became very weak When wrote was down
IN bed. had not sat up for six months under doctors
treatment all the time. but it did good. had almost
gwen up in despair but your Vegetable Compound has made
me feel ike a new woman cannot thank you enough
would advise any who afflicted as have been to
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To Certify to Their Report..

H. Is ~, an act allowing school directors to
certify TO their general reports under their
official oaths- 1900
That the annual and enumeration re-o-ts OF
tne directors OF the various school districts Of
the state OF Arkansas. shall be good under Their
omclai oaths when signed by them oficiallv
PROVIDED that any director or school once,
wno eerunes falsely to any such report shall
De guilty OF a misdemeanor and fined in An,
sum not less than s. nor moro than S2A
Approved March Z, 1899
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-06-18
affair o. ROSES.

The altar o. roses. the precious per-
fume whose value at times has greatly
exceeded its weight IN gold. n obtained
from red roses. the chief centerE % cul-
ture being Bulgaria and Rpumania- \
single district in this region is a great
rOsefieId q 10 miles b. ~. The shrgb
natures In three years and r. prOdue-
tive for about I've year, longer. The
harvest r. from TIE middle q May %
the middle % July. an acre II plants r.
expected 10 yield 100 pounds - roses
every morning for about three weeks.
and u - estimated that frum three
quarters % q ton % q ton snd q half
of flowers are nscesRaTy foT produsirg
a single pound q altar. \ Frsnch cal
cuiation IL that 80. % f0Ssra are re-
quBred for an ounos % oil The roses
are placed. with uatsr. IN - Eai.nn cop
per stills. and on repeated fistiiations
the altar risrz a. q Ecufn on the water
q 90 is carefully removed AdpiternflDH
II nov reported % b. m longer confined
60 exporters but o. have been fakrn -
by the peasants. who have harmed that
other rahstances nzaT - distilled ujfa
the ross. making tbs pure oii iDcfs4s-
inziy dlflcuif - obtain
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THE AMERICAN SOLDIER AS HE REALLY IS

there were no rounds in that fighting.
could hear them stop and make fun
of some poor chap to whom the smell
of powder was not such an old story
and who was accordingly a little up
in the air.
The Pennsylvanians, in contrast to
the pert Nebraska boys, fought in d
surly. sullen, logged way that did not
allow of any jokes or nonsense. They
were out after blood, and they were too
much wrapped up in their serious work
to think of smiling at such a time. They
put me in mind of bulldogs, did these
grim Pennsylvania fighters, for after
taking a grip they never let go. If any
man tried to push up forward and ell
bow Q little nearer the enemy, he was
yanked back with a curse, for it was
an understood thing that no man should
ever pass that regiment. This DISPOSE
ton has won for them the title of 1.-THE
Bullies of the Tenth" but it must be
the title is a phrase Of ad-
miration and not of contempt.
The Tennessee men, on the other
hand again, moved forward with the
thrilling echoes of some old war song
floating back from their line as they
If they did not sing, they
whistled, and I have seen the whole
regiment move forward shrilly and
clearly whistling Dixie Land" 1t was
very strange music and, must confess,
had something about it that stirred
ones heart in most remarkable way.
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merchants owing to the inability Of the
Americans to "sabee" the orientals'
language. During that part Of the fight
ing which is known in our ranks as
the loot of Tondo" saw a corporal of
the Twenty-third regulars rake a small
safe out OF some ruins after a fire.
Finding it to be empty, he started away
with it under his arm. Before he had
gone very far he met a Chinese mer-
chant. TO whom he undertook TO sell the
purloined safe.
'LoOkee here. John. How muchee you
give for safee? Belize niece. Mucho
wano safee?'' says the corporal, with
much gesticulation and contortion.
Il really don't need a safe" quietly
replied the benighted Chinaman, but
suppose you boys need some beer mon
ey. So what do you say 10 81 for it?'
This was said in the purest English.
The corporal almost dropped his safe
with establishment. but he took the dollar
and amid the laughter Of the compcny
''vamoosed." Some OF these Chinese
merchants, indeed. speak English with
a purity and fiuency that are remarka-
bic.
One Of the burdens or the enlisted
man IS guard duty. This sort Of work
Is well hated by all the men. for every
thing must BE- done 10 order by the
guard. and II one has an especially
cranky officer OF the day one is always
liable 10 get belt pulled and repOse in
the guardhouse for few days. Before
he enjoys his liberty once more he shah
have contributed TO UEcle Sam good
~ portion OF his monthly stipend
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were serious. His only comment, as he
was laid out after the second shot to
wait for the stretcher, was: The blank
ed niggers! They couldn't kill a chick
en- with a poleaG,"
But IL is a beautiful sight 10 stand
behind n few old timers and watch
them coolly and deliberately pick of
insurgents at LOCO yards. They do thel-
work in very businesslike and cold
blooded fashion. Their rifles they ham
die as afIectionately and caressingly as
mother handles her first baby. and
the calm way in which they will argue
or oet dime regarding the distance Of
the Flhplno whose brains they are
ABOUT TO blow out is apt To make an or
binary mans blood run cold. They
change their elevation at each shot.
PICK their man and shoot TO kill. One
minute you see them raise their rifle
sIuint along the barrel. and the next
minute you will probably see a brown
patch away in the distance suddenly
leap up in the air and fan on the
ground or drop away out of sight.
Another thing that 1 have noticed
too, is that men from different sections
OF the United States act in an entirely
different manner when under strain of
fire. one Sunday. early i'm the fighting
7 had been detailed 10 haul amYnunitioo
out 10 the lines and had an excellent
chance TO watch how the different regi-
ments behave The Nebfaska bows. for
instance. We're as clipper as a lot OF
sparrows. They pranced about. MAX
ing jokes with one another and between
rounds, or rather between shots. for
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Tondo and Binondo districts the boys
helped themselves to everything on
which they could lay hands. and the re-
suit was that the Chinese merchants
found themselves stripped OF most of
their worldly goods. Not long ago
saw couple of men calmly take pos
session of stock of rice put up in
sacks. The owners, who had been
guarding their stock, were coolly driv-
en- away, and the captors, after holding
their find for several days and seeing
no chances OF realizing on it, had the
enrontery to offer it back for a consid-
Grafton to its original owners. They
were paid at the rate OF media pesa"
sack for 1t, clearing about $40 on the
deal.
L know of another case where two
men found safe containing some ST.
OOo. They were making of with it bodi-
~ when they were discovered in the
act by their officer, who at once re-
turned the safe to it's owner. The dis
tracted Chinaman who had owned it
and had expected never to see his treas
ure again was naturally overcome with
joy at his good luck
The Chinese, who are a sort of mid
dlemen between our boys and the in
surSents. are usually treated with a
good deal of suspicion by US, though Of
ten enough we have to depend upon
them for both help and food. Some
very amusing affairs take place be-
tween our soldiers and the Chinese
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The most valuable cloak In the
world Is probably that in the posses
sion Of Lady Brassey. This mantle was
presented by Queen Romano Of the
Sandwich Islands 70 Captain Thomson
Of the British navy for the protection
extended her against the French In
1919. The foundation Of the mantle Is
a network Of native hemp. and o. q are
attached b. fine threads Of the same
material the feathers Of birds found
only in the Hawaiian Islands. The Up
per and lateral borders, which are
corded with a string Of hemp. are deco
rated with alternate crescent shaDed
figures composed OF either red or yell
Low feathers.
The cloak 10 feet in length and liz
feet in width az the bottom. tapering
up 10 . inches at the top. The great
difficulty experienced ia procuring the
feathers and the number q years re-
qulred 20 complete the garment c0nsti-
tute its chief claim 10 value. It's yellow
feathers are especially valuable. and
the bird from which they are obtained
is rare and difficult 20 capture The
market price % I've q these feathers
L. about g. - and By this estimate the
value q the whole. taking IA the
amount Of labor involved. il about 15Ss-
60.
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These Tennesseeans went into action
with the utter abandon of a gang of
schoolboys going off for a days fishing,
and not even the death of their beloved
colonel. who was lost in the very be-
ginning of the fight, could put q lasting
damper on their high spirits or brighten
them out OF their air of reckless bravo
do.
As for the regulars, let me tell YOU
the remark of a Tennessee boy who
was on the line near the Fourteenth in
fantry in action. Don't talk TO me
about the Fourteenth, That's no regi-
ment! Why. man alive. that's a ma.
chine-a big, ball bearing machine:
that's all. Boom! goes she'll from the
ships. Scoot' so the niggers. Bang,
bang! goes the Fourteenth's volley FIRE
and once more the machine has got in
It's work. Yes, sir it's a machine-a
machine with Fourteen pasted on it,"
One striking feature OF our campaign
in these islands is the often laughable
assiduitS with which the American SOL
der boys gather up worldly goods from
the insurgents. They are certainly max
ing hay while the sun shines. and IL Is
no uncommon sight 10 see a private re-
turning TO his barracks in 4 carriage
behind fine team OF Filipino horses
driving along in q very lordly manner
indeed. The carriage. Of course is an.
propriated from some insurCent sym
pathizer whose sympathy took on a too
active character TO suit the taste Of ou-
indignant soldier. Everything that
comes into the private's hands is Erist
Tor the mill During the big fire in the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-06-18
sOME NATrOyAL CUsToMs.

The traveller who lands at Calais from
Dover and stops there overnight is put
into a bed having a hard. round boil
ster. surmounted by a huge. square pill
low, very different from anything of
the sort he has before seen, but which
he is destined to find-perhaps TO his
great comfort - wherever he goes in
France.
The traveller who enters Switzerland
it matters not where-has honey
placed before him the first time he
breakfasts or takes his tea. He has not
been treated to honey before in any ad-
jacent country in which he has Travelled
mot, at least. unless he has specially
ordered it-but now 1t is placed before
him whether he cares for il or not, and
1t continues to appear. both at break
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punishment which Is known among our
boys as paying blind" In this con-
nection the following incident took
place in Manila, the leading characters
being private known as No. and
Lieutenant Blank, who CHANGED to be
one OF the most martial 'shad tails"
that ever came out of West Point 1t
occurred during a threatened attack by
Insurgents. and guard duty IN conse-
quence was particularly strict. No. 1
was sentinel at the guardhouse at the
entrance OF the barracks. His orders,
according to the Manual OF Guard Du-
ty,' are prescribed and laid down for
him as follows: After receiving an an
swer to his challenge No. calls. Cor
poral Of the Guard So-and-so!' repeat
ing only the answer to his challenge"
AT this point there happened to be the
aforementioned pompous officer, who
possessed a colored body servant who
was cordially disliked by all the men.
This dislike was probably caused by
the fact that the colored gentleman in
question was allowed to pass to and fro
at all times of night or day, while the
soldiers when on pass" had to report
TO the guardhouse at O'Clock. About
IL o'clock one night No. was walking
his post and keeping his eye peeled for
an expected visit from Lieutenant
Blank. who was just at that time off,
Ger Of the day.
Suddenly he espied a form approach
ing and, taking his visitor to be the Of
ficer of the day, brought his heels to-
gether with a click. his piece to- port
arms with a mechanical gracefulness
and dispatch and in a loud voice chal-
lenged: Halt Who's there?'
Out of the darkness came a voice
with an unmistakable coon twang,
"Cullud gem man OBJ de post!''
With a voice made strident by dis
gust and rage, No. 1 cried out:
Halt. you blankety blank black SON
of a guni Corporal OF the guard,
nigger!'
Just at that moment the officer of
the day emerged from behind the
guardhouse, and No. knew he was in
for it. The officer had heard the entire
challenge, and for his unconstitutional
language, No. paid old Uncle Sam $40
and for ten days swept the parade
grounds.
All of this, of course, simply goes to
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fast and tea, so long as he continues
his sojournings in Switzerland.
One who crosses from France to Ger
many exchanges customs in regard to
the time of day for taking dinner and
the time Of night for retiring to rest.
The Frenchman eats but little In the
morning or through the middle Of the
day. reserving the dinner until the close
OF the day. The German dimes at
midday So much Is this his practice.
the very word for dinner signifies
'midday's meal" And even fashiOna-
BILE Germany goes TO It's evenings en-
tertainment at $50 p. IN. and IL at home
and in bed before the night has barely
begun in London Or Paris.
The more one travels the more. OF
course. he observes Of these national
peculiarities. He finds them existing
not merely in such outward matters
as those indicated. but In every de-
partment Of life. So numerous. so
deeply rooted. so widely prevailing are
these peculiarities as 20 stamp inef-
faceably the national character.
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show what 1 pointed out at the first,
| and that is that the United States IL
not an essentially military nation. II
shocked an English officer here nearly
| to death to see a private respond to his
officer with a pipe in his mouth. Among
! the freeborn individuals enlisted from
all parts of the United States for the
war are, of course. a great many who
are a tritle short on education. Occa-
sionally, IL seems, one has slipped in
who Is able neither to read nor 10 write.
OF such character was a private nick
named "Alkali Ike" 1t happened he
was on guard over a magazine enc
night when a clipper young lieutenant,
whom we shall call Lieutenant Stripes,
was acting as officer of the day. Now.
Lieutenant Stripes had never pulled a
belt" and the desire to do so was keen
within him.
He watched for his chance and. de-
scending on poor Ike one morning about
o'clock, in a few minutes had old AL
kali so tangled up that he could not
explain whether he was on post duty or
on furlOugh.
Have you 'Manual?'" snapped the
lieutenant.
Yes. sir" said Ike.
Then why In blaZes don't you know
your orders?"
Cant read. sir" answered Ike.
Can't read" shouted Lieutenant
Stripes. Now. what biankety blank
fool ever enlisted your
Lieutenant Stripes, sir" said al
kali" in his sweetest voice.
After a few hens and ha~s the chip
per young lieutenant stole quietly away
and after that acted a little more de-
Gently toward old Ike.
The greatest trouble with most Of the
men is to keep them away from the in
surZent lines. Some Of our boys viii
start UP a game Of baseball right IN
range Of Filipino sharpsho0ters. and IL
is all the officers can do TO keep them
IN the trenches when there IL a chance
for marking out a temporary diamond
and smuggling a handmade baseball stun
cd with Filipino wool around the field.
During charge IL Is exactly the same
Boys and old baldheads AL fight and
fret for a chance q getting into
trench or over q wall or through q jun
gle FIRST The other day found a young
chap iimbeG n the ankle b. a Filipino
Mauser bullet he was crying Like
baby. and when ] asked him II could
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electric lighting station. F.a-fY IN -
sbe arrived sn ths igysiy nsarSaEf vif
gaae ard after an isr~ssi xsisoa - fsls
buslnsns sTra3nEs sPpiAs1 fsf fran-
rhlses. InyszSrd hsr savings ~ sEsaekfn.
IT ard HscrssaFy grounds ara saslD-
meats aad 5Ssnst three t8uan IN an
eirrsgte Circuit. rsaeh o thssr improve
meat Ene her oan inrreass q ezsttat
I0hr Poverty. = carnnlfrciai sfaEslzF
% wseh1ta- Kaz. saseys tks utiass f.E-
siDrfio1 % bainS coasts - hstb Atsa-
hasa Lzneosn aoa gsGsfase DAVIS
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t0gs." and u sounds a. though u might
also BE- good for their patients. Drink
less. breathe more. eat i-ss. chew more.
Tsde less. Ealk naors: ciDtbs ieFs. batks
mere. very less. work more. waste
less. give more. write Isss. Rad more.
preach iess. practice more
A woman electrician OWLS and rlsss a
piart ID Long Beach. Cal. pretty rose
zan,srn on the shore % the Pacific VITA
u - miles % fhe City % The Anxsis.
Ees Angeles Mrs- Ira = Tssi q fhs
nElF woman q ssecssHfnfly o2srste 80