The Forrest City times., 1899-05-12

What will your family do if von should die Arc they provided for ! Can they successfully battle nenjuet tbe
 obstacles through Iifo without vo1r as-
 sistance, and receive comforts whicl, they have been accuetomed t0 through your thoughtfulness These are tbe burning questions. Life Insurxnc;,
 solves these problems satisfnctorilv and
 solely. Talk with Geo. F. Taylor & Co. ab0nt it. They write the m0st liberal policies ut the least expense.
 The St. Francis Leyee Board wss in session several dayb tbio week. jt beinr the time iixed bv law for tbeir annual meeting and election of OlIlcers. AS IiIE TINks last week stated should be done. Capt. James Fussell and Senator l k, J. Williams were reelected to the
 offices of treasurer and attorney. re- spectively. the former without oppo- sitioD. and the latter winning eSciDv against one opponent. We conRrntn.
 late the Ievee board upon its WIsdom and our fellOW-citixens upon their pop-
 ularits ns business men.
 l The ancients believed that rheums.
 tssm wae the work of . demon within .
 mhn: Any one who hns had uu attack
 ot sciatsc 0r tnnxmmat0ry rheumntiom VIII agree that the inGiction is demo-
 nlsc enough to warrant the belief. lt
 hss never been claimed thnf Ghrni,sr. lxin's Pain Balm would cncf nm de. mona. but 1t will cure rheumntlsm. rrd
 hundreds bear testimony "a ma truf6 of this statement. One applicnfion rc- lieves the pain. and this oulok relief which 1t aiforda ia alone Wurfh mno~ times its cost. Webb 6 0anders.
 Quite . number of the otores aro closing at 7:SO or o'clock. Others ure not. There ought Co be concerted nct- lon amon9 the merchants on thio oult Joct ana III ought co close during thn summer seAsoil. Az va have oaid ho- Iore tnere ls practically no buoineoo n. ter t1ae hour. and it jg uujuot to tho taItnfuI c!erks ana galeomen D koon smem on euty s0 long for no purp0GGs me clefks would be clad 0 stny II tno ot0ro untll tpn or eleven o'clock tf tnere was my buslnees, but thor ob. housing. 
 Nm. [. II. Bslssrasd lIttls son. I.sW. renee. returned homo Wednesday. of. ter an extended visit to l4ittis Hock. tiot Sprlngs and otter pojnts. f0f tho oenent 0f the bOyp hea1th. LnQrouoo nas elmost entifoly recovered from ths enect? 0tshis recpnt critical tIlnc6o. IT cept that he hns lost hio hoarislg o1I, tlfely. dls wa Ono of tho u1oot ro. markaDIe cnsee that hoo oyor oom& m. ger our oDeervatiOu. Ho hn0 monin- gltle. ma tor weeks hjo lifo VIII do. spalred 0!. Everything that oopl6 " zone tor nle relief Wno promptly m. uel00 py no parents, eminent r1yofp cIans eno trained nuF1es. ma not 1of one moment during all theoo Woeko was ne iefs unwetched. He 6naIly bo- gan 70 improve and was talon to Littlo hock. and plsced under electrical treatment, ana thence Co, Hot Spfineu where tho sumo and other freat1nafto wero res0rted tO. Ana it Wuo thui t6nf ne wss save9. His fond pareRts hnge h0pea that his hearing imaI be rostore6 und sre treating hlm wilh the Snln5 1S, tiring devotion that chsrrofesi~s3 sfSss .sIf watchfulneeo whom ho TIT co Jor1. IT it is 6nnlly found 0 " hooolom noSS Of deafness, ho wilI IT oonf F, fkG H9S York School 0f LID Culfuro. Tnn TIfEs shares tho parents' jov thaf fhS boy has Q far recovered md the hons
 tlat no E:y be nnAlly reetoFed to sll The leo cream oupDev 0ivon Wodnoo- day night st tho homo 0f m. np1 Nlro. c. Nerwtn for Che boUdt of tho 0j6 Ladies' Homo and under Cllo mnnn1e- ment and oupervtsiOn of Nm. J, W. 5. beck, wAs . aucceoo In opite Of tho
 berce demonstrations of tho venflnf
 early tn the evening. Tho orininaD plans were to havo Guppor ana Wuoio on the lawn and % tbi6 end Mr. VIII Shepllard had kindly anA Koner0uol1 volunteered to light up tho pfomteio Dg electricity free Of chargo, whiel1 ho did in ' very eimplo and Hftiotto nm ner, and but for tho rain which neceoI-
 tated the abandOnmont of the lawn for the spncj0us rooms Of tho dVG1ltn0.
 this f0nturo would have been mnSf pleasing and grxtfyiugs Mt any rnfo. l this act on tho part of Mr. 6hephnfd sh0Ws that IIe 10 th0rJughIy In oympn- 1 thy with everything that tonde fo fko upbuilding of our city and oltIaens and 1 deserves the C0mmendwtiOu and proioe of everyone. Mrs. Heck iu an nntirjue worker in the causo Of charity and be-
 nev0lence. and seldom undertaken the aid of \ worthy cause uusuccssofully, and eur people knowing thIa fnot, are always anxious t0 assist her in every thing she champions. C0nssQuently m l the face of the m0Ut uucOnGentuI cfr- cumstances che Was ublc to udd eo to the Old Ladies' Homo fund. n r ro- suit of her efforts "Wednesday egenine.
 The band furnished music for tho O. cxsion.
 Chief Engineer E. A. MolIter, of tho c. & M. k. R.. WAS In the city sl,0rt time W edmesday. COl Henry WOods, who is one of the higher officials nIso | passed through on the oane day. and quite number Of the minor officials and others Of the road MFe freQueMt visitors to our city. Information n to when. how. what and where tI,ey will begin work on tue road near tllis city seems impossible to obtain, many in l quiries resulting fruitlessly. such un- usual activity, however, indicates some thing unusual is about to happen. and