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The Forrest City times., 1899-10-20

Columns headed No contain rates to apply on shipments of articles rated as 'merchan- disc in current express classification {
 Columns headed No contain rates to apply on shipments Of articles rated as general specials" h current express classification, except articles which are subject to the rates prescribed in columns Nos, 5 and as prescrib- cd above.
 Columns headed No. contain rates to apply on shipments of green fruit. including berries and grapes.
 Columns headed No. { contain rates to apply on shipments of melons and coarse vegetables
 Columns headed No. contain rates to apply on shipments of ice. These rates will herc- after be referred to as regular mileage rates"
 Joint rates for the transportation of articles embraced in section 1 of this tariff between points in Arkansas between two or more ex- press companies shall be made by adding together the regular mileage rates herein pre-, scribed for application to and from points of interchange by express companies and then deducting from the sum thus asosrtained lo per cent of such sum; provided.
 That when special rate applying to or from point of interchange is less than % per cenN of the regular mileage rates, then such special rate entire shall be employed in connection with 90 per cent of the regular mileage rates applicable over the balance of the route inl making the joint rate. That when joint rate between two points determined by the rules set forth in section c of the existing classfca- tion packages weighing seven pounds or lessll is lower than that made under this rule such. lower rate shall govern. ExCEPTIoNs ]
 When two or more routes Of express are in operation between shipping point and point of destination the lowest rate applicable by any one of such routes shall be adopted by tho other express company accepting the ship nsnts for transportation betwsAa said UeintA
The Forrest City times., 1899-10-20
EXPRESS RATES.
earin Promulgated by the State Raiiros6
 Commission.

The railroad commission has issued freight rates to govern in this state, as follows: This tarin will supersede and cancel all ex- press tariffs and rates now in force and opera tive between points in Arkansas, save and ex- eept such special rates as are lower than tho rates prescribes in this tarin The rates in the following table shall apply on shipments transported by a single express company, 1t being understood that when ono company operates over two or more independ- ent lines of railroad, joint short line mileage of such lines of railroad shall be employed in determining the express rates applicable be- tween points on one, and those on another Of such lines of railroad.
 RATE PER HUNDRED POUNDS
The Forrest City times., 1899-10-20
"Sun of the Sick Roomv

is the apt description of Swanson's "5 Drops" It has saved the public, in less than five years, more money than the na- tional debt of this country, when you meas. ure the value of health restored, suffering
 humanity relieved of it's agonies and dis
 eases. Money which otherwise would have
 been expended in funerals, doctors and
 drug bills, loss of labor, etc. Swanson's "5 Drops" never fails to cure. It has cured and acute and chronic rheumatism, sciatica, neuralgia, asthma, la grippe and catarrh of all kinds. It will cure you. Try it. Large sized bottle $l.00, sent on receipt of price, charges prepaid; 25-cent sample bottle sent free, on receipt of 10 cents to pay for mall. ing. Agents wanted. Swanson's Rheu- matic Cure Company, l64 Lake St., Chicago,
The Forrest City times., 1899-10-20
ARKANSAS S|A|E NEWS.
Duties of Public Prosecutors Clearly Defined by Federal Judge
 John H. Rodgers.
EVENTS OF A WEEK BRIEFLY cHRoNlcLED
Pine Bluff Cotton weigbers Indicted-stats Board of Charities Decides to Erect Temporary Quarters for Deaf Mute School-ConvictIons in Federal Court
A Few Pardons.

Gov. Jones granted the following |pardons: J. B. Jones, of Fulton coun- Ity, remission of costs in conviction of 'illegal sale of liquors; A. c. Ford, Ben ton county, remission of fine for carry
 |ing pistol; Jacob Erbach, Faulkner county, selling wine to minor; J. R. |Hammonds, Union county. convicted Iof giving away a drink of liquor on
 election day; Robert Barger,. Sewell
 |Hall. Gus Billips and L. H. Bain, of Sebastian county, playing cards on
 Sunday; Robert Fulks, Clay county |selling liquor without license.
The Forrest City times., 1899-10-20
State Trsasurer's Report.
After Cotton Naighara.

Suit has been instituted by the prose. luting attorney of Jefferson county lgainst the cotton weighers at Pine Bluff, in which they are charged with liolating law enacted by the last
 legislature to the effect that only 5 lents per bale shall be exacted for Feighing cotton during the months of October, November and Decemb Der, and 10 cents during the other months of be year. The weighers at Pine Bluff lave been charging l5 cents per bale.
The Forrest City times., 1899-10-20
Daughters of Confederacv.

Following are the officers erected by khe Daughters of the Confectionery at the annual meeting held last week in
 Pine Bluff: President, Mrs. J. NJ.
 Eellar, of Hot Springs; first vice-presi- Bent, Mrs. B. E. Benton, Pine Bluff; becond vice-president, Mrs. Clementine Boles, of Fayetteville; corresponding becretary. Mrs. L. K. Land, Pine Bluff; kecording secretary, Miss Jamie Wood ruff. Little Rock; historian, Mrs Wm.
 H. Barry, Hot Springs; treasurer, Mrs. F E. Coolidge, Helena; registrar, Miss L. E. Clegg, Van Buren.
The Forrest City times., 1899-10-20
STATE OF Ono, CIrY OF TOLEDO,

Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney ( O., doing business in the city of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of One Hundred Dol. cannot be cured by the use of Halls Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY.
 Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 9th day of December, A. D. 1886. A. w. GLEASON.
 lSeall Notary Public
 Hall Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts directly on the blood and mucous sur faces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, o.
 Sold by druggists, 75c
 Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Forrest City times., 1899-10-20
Catchin9 Up.

"Is your town growing?" asked the Pittsburgh man of fellow-traveler on the cars.
 Well, no; I can't say it's growing" wal the reply; "not growing to speak of, but it is improving in tastes right along" "You mean that the people are assuming . higher standard?" ''I do, sir; yes, sir We now get bananas every day from. Cincinnati. and five out of six groceries keep shredded. codfish and ,limburger cheese. We don't look for any building boom or influx of strangers, but we'll hold our own and gradually work up to electric doorbells and oysters on the half shell. Utica Observer
The Forrest City times., 1899-10-20
Prosecutors Duty.

In lis instructions to 8 jury at Fort Smith recently, Judge Rodgers used the following language: "The district at (orney has no right to convict an in- bocent man. It is his bounden duty to Inquire into the guilt or innocence of lhe defendant, and if be be innocent (o cease trying for conviction. It is un- lair for him to express any opinion he
 hay have as to the guilt or innocence af a man at the barr"
The Forrest City times., 1899-10-20
Saved By the Fireman.

Frank Moss, . blacksmith from Tex Irkana, was seriously injured by passenger train on the Arkansas River Railway near Pine Bluff. Moss, who quite deaf, was walking along the lack and did nothear the approaching fain. He would have been instantly Rlled had not the fireman climbed out
 the pilot and pulled him on the en-
 he just as it struck him.
The Forrest City times., 1899-10-20
Two Kinds of Experience.

MT. Oddfellow-Sir, the most hopeless task one can undertake is to convince a man that his religion or politics is wrong!
 MT. Youngfellow-Or a woman that diamonds are or never can be UT ia slficn- able.-Jewelers' Weekly.
The Forrest City times., 1899-10-20
New Corporations.

TThe following new corporations have
 led articles with the secretary of (ate: Rector Milling Company, of |ector, capital stock, :&l2, ,o00; Wagon 'ood-Stock Company, of Little Rock, lpital stock, o,ooo; North Perryville 'ownsite Company, Perry county, cap
 al stock, &1O,0OO.
The Forrest City times., 1899-10-20
Plead Guilty.

George and Bryant Dunston, and Am. prose Beasley, from Montgomery coun- ty, plead guilty to moonshining in fed eral court at Little and were each sen- tenced to year and day in the peni- tentiary.
The Forrest City times., 1899-10-20
Jail Deliyerv-

J. A. Williams, white, charged with ptealing lumber; D. McClendon, col pred, charged with grand larceny: Will Armstrong, colored. charged attempt fo rape, and Dock Tucker, white. Escaped from the Woodruff county jail
 with the assistance of outside friends.
The Forrest City times., 1899-10-20
Family of Countsrfeiters.

D. E. Decker. wife and mother were
 rrested at their home near Lake City
 n the charge of counterfeiting and Ddged in jail at Jonesboro. When heir house was searched officers found poulds and conside era ble metal used in baking counterfeit five dollar gold leces.
The Forrest City times., 1899-10-20
Very Dangerous.

Stubb-Why in the world did they call that feat, bucking horse Delay? He throws everyone that attempts to rid. him.
 Penn-They caffed him that because Delays are dangerous. ."-Ch,cago Daily News.
The Forrest City times., 1899-10-20
Mus, Get Consent of Commission.

An order has been made by the rail- road commission to the effect that ex- press rates cannot be diminished or in- creased except upon the authority of the commission
The Forrest City times., 1899-10-20
Hotel Man Suicides.

M. L. Osgood, assistant manager of
 the Milwaukee hotel at Hot Springs. was found dead in bed. The theory of fhe cause of his death is that he com nltted suicide on account of love
 Affair.
The Forrest City times., 1899-10-20

suffering. and good deal of backache, but l thought all women had these things and did not complain.
 "I had doctored for some time, but no medicine seemed to help me. and my physician thought 1t best for me to go to the hospital for local treatment. I had read and heard so much of your
The Forrest City times., 1899-10-20
A Lack of Canacity.

'1sn't it wonderful that one small head can carry all he knows" "No. The wonder is where he stores all he thinks he knows" - Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Forrest City times., 1899-10-20
Digger Man Than Wilhelm.

Der Kaiser" said Mir Dinkelspiel, may pc Wilhelm der Crosse, but, by chiminently, 1 am Wilhelm dor grocer alretty, Hein ?"- Indianapolis Journal.
The Forrest City times., 1899-10-20

could not get along without Piso's Cure for Consumption. It always cures.-Mrs E. c. Moulton, Needham, Mass., Oct. 22, '9A.
The Forrest City times., 1899-10-20

TT GAVE little thought my health writes Mas VIM V BELL, z3o N. Walnut St.. Canton. O.. to Mrs. Pink.
 ham, until I found myself unable to attend to my household duties.
 ..I had my days of not feeling well and monthly
The Forrest City times., 1899-10-20

If you want to be cured of cough use Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar. Pike's Toothache Drops Cure in one minute
The Forrest City times., 1899-10-20

"Were there no servants in the intelli- gence othce?" asked the wife. Tt was full of 'em,' returned the lonely husband, "but delphia Inquirer.
The Forrest City times., 1899-10-20

The Hest Prescription for Chills and Fever is a bottle of GnovE's TAsTELEss CHILL TONIC. Itis simply iron and quinine in atasteless form. No cure-no pay. Price soc
The Forrest City times., 1899-10-20

The reason why young pig eats SO much Is because he wants to be hog.-Princeton Tiger.
The Forrest City times., 1899-10-20
Let Us.

Let us then be up and doing.
 With a heart for any fate. Throw away the rag you're chewing. Either fish or cut the bait. -Chicago Tribune.
The Forrest City times., 1899-10-20

eTEETHINA ' (Teething Powders) Aids Di- gestion, Regulates the Bowels, Cures Child.
The Forrest City times., 1899-10-20

Longevity and Content. Lazy people are criticised good deal, but they generally lead long and happy lives- Somerville (Mass.) Journal
The Forrest City times., 1899-10-20

Dreamers are the worlds great archi. tects; the toilers are its builders.--L. A. w. Bulletin.
The Forrest City times., 1899-10-20
Cut Government Timber.

Wm. w. Standridge. Marion Tudor,
 lanes Standridge and J. A. Standridge, lil residents of Montgomery county, lntered plea of guilty in federal lourt at Little Rock to the charge of suttlng timber from government land.
 tach were fined s60 and twenty days.
The Forrest City times., 1899-10-20


 good health. I wish others to know of the wonderful good it has done me. and have many friends taking it now. Will always give your medicine the highest praise. :"
 MRS. A. ToLLE. Io46 Hil. ton St.. Philadelphia. Pa.. writes:
 "DEAR MRS. PrNKHAM- l was very thin and my friends thought was in con- sumption. Had continual headaches. backache and falling of womb, and my eyes were affected. Every one noticed how poorly I looked and I was advised to take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege- table Compound. One bottle relieved me, and after talk ing eight bottles am now a healthy woman; have gain,
The Forrest City times., 1899-10-20

pr r. 0. Hooper, superintendent of
 he state insane asylum, reports that khat Institution is crowded There are
 25 unfortunates in the institution, be- [ng 25 more than the actual capacity.
The Forrest City times., 1899-10-20

healthy have gained in weight os pounds I4o pounds. and everyone asks what makes stout"
The Forrest City times., 1899-10-20
THOUGHT- LESS
 WOMEN

Vegetable Compound that l made up my mind to try it. Twas troubled with falling of the womb. had sharp pains in ovaries. leucorrhea and painful menses. l was so weak and dizzy that l would often have severe fainting spells. l took in all several bottles of Lydia E.. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
 and Blood Purifier and used the .f Sanative Wash, and am now in 6
The Delta independent., 1899-11-24
Ea.es Of Electricity ON rrsss.

A piece of information fresh
from Brussels is causing a good
deal Of comment in gardening
circles. II is announced that an
extraordinary phenomenon has been
noticed with regard to the chestnut
trees In the Avenue Louise. popular
thoroughfare of the Belgium met
ropolis. since the installation Of the
electric street railways- Their foliage
begins Go turn brown and drop early
In August. TO bud and even TO blossom
again in October This occurrence is
all the more striking since the trees on
the opposite side of the tramway show
no such erratic inclination>. They be-
have like ordinary trees. losing their
foliage in the late fall and not putting
forth fresh blossoms until the spring.
After advancing all kinds Of theories
the botanists have at length come TO
believe that the cause Of the novel dis
play is the electric current. which pass
es underground and stimulates the
roots OF the trees. which are otherwise
quite healthy. This is quite in line
with the results attained in the stImu-
latiHg OF Towering plants and shrubs
by the periodical application OF e!ec-
tricity.
The Delta independent., 1899-11-24
MINING MENTION.

this case, 40 acres under the most
thickly settled portion OF the city viii
be operated
1t has been practically demonstrated
by recent discoveries that the ground
In the territory described In one Of the
richest in the Leadville district, the
entire area being mineralized. In the
discussion Of the proposition It was
brought out that IL the ground con-
tains ope-half the values that have
been extracted from between the Iron
fault and the Carbonate fault. not less
than twenty million dollars will be
distributed for wages. material and
dividends to the people Of Leadville.
and that the royalty on ores taken
from beneath the 100 acres of streets
and alleys would not only pay the
heavy debt Of the city. but would leave
a large surplus for public improve
ments-
The Delta independent., 1899-11-24
rAs Desp>ss on Well,

Il u claimed that the Forest Oil
Company has the deepest oil well on
the Bedell farm, in the Monongahela
river valley, about twenty-five miles
from Pittsburg. The hole has been
drilled to a depth Of $500 feet, but
work has been suspended owing to a
break in the 25s-inch rope used. As a
result 1000 feet of rope and string
Of tools are at the bottom. Experts
are at work on the fishing job and
hope to be able to resume drilling soon.
1t is proposed TO sink the well 6,OOO
feet
The Delta independent., 1899-11-24
HOME AMINO COMPANY
4 0ssoAy Osspas 81 FVe RssArsA 80
Htfsy Ieas Daily.

4 0esoAy Oatpas - TVo B0aAroA noA
BAfsy Tess Daily.
Tho Home Mining Company IL At
present making \ steady daily output
Of about 20 tons . day, the larger por-
tioa Of 1t coming from the Penrose
shaft, says the Leadville Herald Demo
crat The main development In this
portion Of the Home c0mpany's hold
ings Ii still to the north and east and
the main ore body is still opening out
with development. 1t was believed
that the eastern extremity Of the ore
had been reached In q drift driven
east go feet. rs porphyry was en-
countered. This appeared to be simply
an Intrusive tongue. however. and be-
yond II the ore was encountered again.
Upraises have been driven as high as
thirty-nve feet. without any roof yet
being found. but NO attempt has been
made to % below the 2oor Of the
drifts ~ the water prevents any work
Of this character. But the amount Of
ore blocked out will enable shipments
Of close TO 800 tons y day 10 be made
for the next ten months. and In rhe
meanwhile development work In other
directions will be kept up. This ore
will net nearly SO a ton
Some surface improvements have
been made mt the Penro~e. n covered
way having been built from the shaft
to the ore bins on East Fourth street.
Manager Bohn for some time past has
been taking advantage Of the fine
weather to lay in q good supply OF
coal. and II possible will keep several
weeks ahead. 40 that there will be NO
such danger menacing as threatened
last winter. when II WAS doubtful NJ
one time II sufficient coal could be ~
cured to run the pumps.
The Starr In at present one Of the
most Interesting properties In the com
bination. and may rival the Penruse In
richness. The work Ii carried On At
the 800 foot level and the ore In con-
ing from q rich streak OF silver-lead
material mat sssays up into the thons-
ands Of ounces. This In carefully
sacked. 2s2S Of these sacks OF about
thirty or forty pounds each having
been shipped to the smelter. This
xtreak seems TO br a well defined vein.
and IL particularly strung. thus far ex-
hibifing none Of the ''pockety" charar-
teristics that often mark rich veins Of
this character. Iron In also plentiful
at che Starr. aonc Of II very rich In
silver. but these rich streaks are much
smaller than In the Pcnrose. where
the entirr iron nlass ssrms tn have
ts.en greatly enriched by argeutiferous
det,oaltions.
The properties Of the Home company
are the mecca Of numerots mining ex-
p~rta, who have hsen attracted
thithef from all parts Of The we~t by
che reports u the wonderful discover
~.
The Delta independent., 1899-11-24
DWIGHT MOODY ILL.
fhs Evansslist CsAses Preaching 1t Kan
aos City Because Of Heart Trouble.

sss CITY Because Of Heart TronbIs.
Kansas City. No., Nov. 17.-Dwight
L. Moody, the evangelist. who has
been preaching here to thousands
nightly In Convention hall, was
stricken with heart trouble to-day. HIS
engagement here was cut short, and to-
night he is en- route to his home at
Northfield, Massachusetts, i'll the care
Of DR.. Schauffier of this city, and Mr..
c. W. Vining. teller of the Union
National Bank.
They are travelling In a special car
provided by the committee of church.
men who brought Mr.. Moody TO Kan
sas City and are going over the
Wabash by way of Chicago and Buff
falo.
1t is admitted that Mr.. Moody's con-
dition Ii critical, though when the
evangelist was seen nj his hotel shortly
before being taken 10 the railroad sta
ton. he expressed the belief that his
condition was not serious. He stated
that he was feeling very weak, and
added:
81 have had trouble with my heart
for a good many years, but / never felt
weak. as / do now. There is nothing
alarming about my condition, l be
lieve."
Since last Sunday night the evangel-
list has been preaching in Convention
hall, where the audiences on several
occasions have numbered fully 15.UO.
Several times he has spoken with diffi-
Guilty. and has been compelled AT times
10 sit up all night, as he could not
breathe while lying down. To-day he
was too i'll 10 go to the hall this after
noon. and n large audience which had
gathered was turned away.
DIR. Schauffier stated tonight that in
his opinion the eyangelist's condition
was not essentially worse than for
some time past. and that he was
simply exhausted from his recent eNer-
tons before the big crowds that have
gathered to hear him. DIR. Schauffier
added. however. that Mr.. Moody must
have quiet and rest.
The Delta independent., 1899-11-24
THE YAK TUNNEL.
Il IL Nov Nsssiy Two Ailss In Isngth
and sim Doing

II L. Nov Nsasiy Two Ailss In Lsngth
and Still Doing.
The Big Yak tunnel. says the Lead
VILE Miner. has got length and
sphere Of influence that now makes
IL one OF the leading institutions OF its
kind. not only in IeAdville but in the
Rockies. II In now in 500 feet from
daylight. the breast OF the tunnel being
In the n. Rollins claim. Better pro
grcss is being made now since the Pilot
fault was crossed
Fifty men are employed. in three
shifts. in driving the big bore. with the
aid Of machine drills propelled by com
pressed air. II has a depth on Breeze
hill Of LOO feet and will very likely
tap the Little Jonny mine At n depth Of
Q good quarter Of mile, or better.
The present outlook, 30 far as the
scope Of development goes, is not as
rosy as II has been In the past for the
tunnel. but the future may bring out
disclosures that will most materially
bs OF benefit to the tunnel project One
Of its principal objects vas 10 exploit
the territory Of rhe Golden Eaxie com
pany Of thirty-two acres. adjoining the
Little Jonny group on the west. This
property In being worked by the le~sees
through four different shafts, one Of
shaft the Others being the Flagstaff.
Forest Queen and Little Winnie.
A very good tonnage Of copper sui.
phides IN being shipped. but with the
pOpsrty's propinquuty TO the Little
Jonny and Big -Four ore ahoots, II
stands tn reason that continued de
vraopment will reveal more BONANZA
TIE tunnel Will create new room TO
work In and for exploration II 10
probably only q feW hundred feet yet
TO tbe west end line q the Golden
EAGie claim II n not at all unlikely
that the Yak tunnel viii be continued
on 10 ultimately tap the Resurrection
and other minee on Little Dalen hill.
and - an economical factor In the
operation Of Brs><e hill and Little
Ellen hill mlnes II should be . very
important institution. In fact II viii
be to the Ilttic Jouny gold heat what
the susro tunnel was 10 the Comsaock.
30 fnr Il has cost In the vicinity OF
eSO0.OD. and an entrrprtae nat would
command such an expenditure by min
ing men Of sound business Judgment
ami keen foresight wns certainly plan
ned and brought 60 fruItjon for some
previously outlined manifest destiny.
The Yak tunnel IL an institution Of
which Leadville can he proud as a
monument to her enterprise. nerve.
faith, hoY,c and mining acumen. The
ruling spirit is Mr.. August Il Meyer.
the president Of the company and who
Is now in Europe. He laid the founda-
ton Of his big fortune In Leadville.
and II IL only the natural order Of
shings that he and his associates
should rap a tounteous return for In
ve-tiug In the Yak tunnel.
The Delta independent., 1899-11-24
Chinese Are Awake.

The latest Chinese papers state that
there are at present six smokeless pow
der factories in operation in the Chi
nese empire. Official estimates state
that the output of these factories will
soon amount to 10000 ''catties" a
month. The government is said to
have over 2.OOO.OOO cartridges loaded
with smokeless powder in its maya
zines already. The dowager empress
has also authorized the speedy erection
of factories for the manufacture of
small rapid-fire cannon. and it is pre-
sumed that large orders for the neces-
sary machinery will soon be made.