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The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-06-08

Tbs Japanese are getting anxious
about their physique, which is de-
teriorating SO much that the land of
flowers may in course of time become
a land of babies. The military au-
thorities have discovered that their
men cannot use the ordinary rifle be-
cause it is too long for them and have
been compelled in consequence to arm
them with special short firearms. Re-
cent Investigations have shown that
the students are among the worst de-
veloped specimens of humanity on the
face of the earth, the finished product
of the japanese university generally
presenting the appearance of puny,
sickly. undeveloped youth Chicago
Chronicle.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-06-08
PERSONAL AND IMpERsoNAL.

Up to the year 1850 all the watch.
makers IN the United States were men.
ho" Il per cent. of them are women
among the princess of Wales treas.
ures there is pair of opera classes
Mnieh are valued at $4,000 They are
mace Of platinum, set with rubies
sapphires and turquoises.
The town Of Gilwater. n. II bas
eelVed from a Boston policeman a no.
quest OF $4,000 for the improvement
OF us roads. An estate of $4,000 was
left by the policeman, who is said 10
nave been the wealthiest man ON IN.
force. 'Ne
Vice Admiral Bienaime. the new chief
OF the French naval staff. gained his
promotion over the heads of II rear adj
mirals, an honor probably due to his
participation in the Madagascar ex-
petition, when he commanded the
naval division on the coast.
An ardent wooer in Seattle enter
tanned his sweetheart with rapturous
loVe letters. He wrote himself out in
three months, and then ceased VISITING
as well as writing. In one of his letters
ne sent to her tons of love and bushels
OF Kisses; but this did not satisfy Ter
She sued for breach of promise and
the jury awarded her $4,000.
John Singer Sargent, the American
painter whose portrait group at the
Royal acaderly in London is pronounced
to be the best picture on the walls. is
the SON Of Or. Fitzhugh Sargent. of
Boston. His mother was Miss Newbold
OF Philadelphia. a clever water colorist.
MI. Sargent was born in italy in 1856
and has lived abroad since his child
hood.
Bishop William Taylor, who is now
on the superannuated list of the Meth.
odlst Episcopal church, has had a most
eventful career. Previous to his retire
ment from active life four years ago
he had preached continuously for SO
years. He began as a street preacher
IN California and then went to work
IN foreign missions. He has worked
in Africa, Australia, India, South Amer
lea, Asia and in most of the islands of
the South Pacific.
Leipzig compositor, named Kruger,
who has just celebrated his fiftieth
year OF service, has been occupied with
one book for nearly all that time. He
has set with his own hand almost all
of Grimm's great German dictionary
that has appeared since Jakob Grimm
turned in the first batch of manuscript
in December, 1851. Though $4,000
pages of the Worterbuch have been
printed the work is not half done vet.
and Herr Kruger will have 10 live to be
100 years old TO see it finished.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-06-08
Gin Sling for Ginger.

Some Americans not over familiar with
French, while in Paris not long ago, entered
a confeetioner's shop and asked in English
for some ginger What they wanted was the
candled variety, of course, common enough
in confectionery shops in New York But at
the first syllable of the word the Paris shop
men looked at each other in amazement and
then at the women asking for it, After some
parley it was made known to the Americans
that though the ginger was not in stock it
would be sent for-evdently most unusual
procedure, judging from the gestures and ex-
carnations and significant glances upon the
part of all connected with the establishment.
The Americans waited and waited still the
ginger was not forthcoming They were
just about to depart when what they were
waiting for arrived 1t was served in lqueur
glasses with crushed ice, and it was gin
\. Y. Evening Sun.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-06-08
TO STAY WHERE he WAS.
Uselexsness of Travel for a Man Who
Gould Not Produce Three
Cents.

Besides being the most prominent
negro in the country and one of the
foremost educators of the day Book
er T. Washington is a capital story
teller. One of his yarns concerns
member of the ''po'h white trash"
who endeavored to cross a stream by
means of ferry owned by a black
man. Uncle Nose" said the white
man, II want to cross, but l hain't
got no money" Uncle Nose scratched
his head. "Doan' you got no money
t all?" he queried NO said the
wayfaring stranger, 81 haven't cent"
But it done cost you but three cents"
insisted Uncle Nose, 'ter cross de fer
ry." II know" said the white man,
"but / haven't got the three cents"
Uncle Nose was in quandary.
Boss" he said, II done tole you what.
'Er man what's got no three cents
am jes' ez well off on dis side er de
river as on de other"
An army officer who was travelling
ing colored girl in the day coach who
seemed to have trouble with the brake
man. In few minutes the conductor
entered the car and asked the girl
what she meant by riding in the day
coach instead of the ''jim-crow" car
set aside for black people. The girl
told him she was going all the way
to Racine, Wis, and that she simply
could not stand the conditions then
prevailing in the jim-crow coach.
where are you from?" asked the con-
ductor. The girl produced letter,
ghowing that she was graduate from
Tuskegee, going out into service.
Are you from Mr.. Washington's
school?" asked the conductor. And
when ne had satisfied himself that
such was the case he said to her: snow
You sit right still, little girl, and don't
you move" And she did sit still, in
violation of the law that divides the
travelling facilities of the races in the
south. while the conductor risked his
employment in the exercise of his trib-
ute to Booker T. Washington and his
gclual.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-06-08

In Western North Carolina, between the
Blue Ridge on the east and the Alleghanies
on the west, in the healthful valley OF the
French Broad. two thousand feet above the
sea, lies Asheville, beautiful, picturesque
and world-famed as one OF the most pleasant
resorts in America. 1t is land of bright
skies and incompatible climate. whose
praises have been sung by poets, and whose
height have furnished subject and inspira-
tion for the painters brush. This is truly
the Land of the Sky" and there is perhaps
no more beautiful region on the continent to
attract pleasure tourists or health seekers.
Convenient schedules and very low rates to
Asheville via Southern Railway
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-06-08
Zoo Reward 500.

The readers Of this paper viii be pleased
disease that science has been able to cure in
all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halle
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrn
being a constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
Of the disease, and giving f the patient
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work The
proprietors have so much faith in its cura-
tive powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials
Address +. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold By Druggists, 75c
Halls Family Pill are the best.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-06-08
SOUTHERN GLEANlNGS
and Then Dro,yned.

,ri,bin less than three INMATES af-
having received the sacrament OF
santism and the benediction Of his
tor. James Phillips was drowned,
= Memphis, Tenn, in the waters in
-'hicb he had been baptized in the
arssence of helpless and Mortified
srstbern of his congregation and 9TH
sneetators. The tragic incident oc-
.,,rred at the foot of Beale street.
phillips had only few nights ago
neon received into the congregation of
Avery chapel and asked to be bap-
,;zed. Phillips was led out into the wa
,er by his pastor, and after the final
henediction had gone aboard the
steamer Wichita to put on dry clothes.
Ne had scarcely stepped aboard the
steamer when he was overcome with
RELIGIOUS fervor and fell backward
over the side of the boat. He came up
several times as he was swept down.
ward by the rapid current, and at the
same time he extended his hands aloft
as though in prayer. Before assist
snce could be rendered the body went
down the last time and was carried be-
meath a tow of coal barges.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-06-08

. / think it is my duty TO write
letter to you in regard to what Lydia
4. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound did
for me. / wrote you some time ago,
describing my symptoms and asking
your advice, which you very kindly
gave. l am now healthy and cannot
begin to praise your remedy enough.
l would say TO all suffering women,
Take Mrs: Pinllham's advice, for a wo-
man best understands woman's suf-
ferings, and Mrs. Pinkham, from her
vast experience in treating female ills,
can give you advice that you can get
from no other source CLARA KoPp,
Rocizport, Ind, April 10, 1899.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-06-08

The carpenters and joiners' union of
Knoxville. Tenn. has declared a strike
against all save three local contrac-
tors. They demand 12H per cent.
increase in wages, reduction of hours
from ten to nine, ''time-and-a-half"
pay for extra work and recognition of
the card system. They claim the con-
tractors have repeatedly refused their
demands. All carpenters at work on
the new city hall quit.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-06-08

The Memphis Scimitar says: "As to
the Mardi Gras celebrations, the peo-
They have degenerated into mere IA
turnalia, and their influence has been
demoralizing to the younger Meniphi-
ans and visitors. Besides. the weather
tr in February and March is apt to be
bad, so that the Mardi Gras displays
have always to run the risk of failure.
both in an artistic and a pop llar
sense"
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-06-08
A Suggestion to Georgia.

The Atlanta Constitution wants 10
send delegation to the Transvaa.
to invite the Beers to settle in Georgia,
promising a free home for each fam
lily. There are thousands of Georgia1s
who are as badly in need of homes IS
the Beers are, and who are more de-
serving of them. II Georgia has an,
farms to give away she should give
them to her own people.-Little Rock
lArk.( Gazette.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-06-08
Mayor Smiths Bright Plan.

Mayor Smith of Macon, Ga, has set
IN motion a bright plan for the sys-
tematic planting of trees in that city,
the middle of whose streets are
adorned with parks. The city sets a
tree for every person who contributes
rs cents, and protects it with an iron
box in which is cast any name desired
by the doner. These are the cheapest
and most lasting monuments yet de-
r;sed
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-06-08
A Resourcefnl Phrase.

A kind-hearted clergyman was lately COM
PEELED TO dismiss clever gardener, who
used to puroin his fruit and vegetables For
the sake Of his wife and family he gave him
a character and this is how he worded it:
Il hereby certify that A. b. has been my
gardener for over two years, and that dur
ing that time he got more out of my garden
than any man l ever employed Golfers
Weekly.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-06-08
Can't Forget Canada.

There is Canadian club in Atlanta,
Ca, and the members are already
making great preparations for n ceie-
bration of Dominion day in July that
shall be adequate as an expression al
their love for the land of their birth,
though they navy are nerly all Amer.-
.an citizens.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-06-08

To man who never can make his salary
stretch from one payday TO the next a
learned financial article on ''The Elasticity
OF Our Currency must seem bitter sarcasm.
N. Y. Press.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-06-08

Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever
used for all affections of the throat and
lungs.-Wm. o. Endsley, Vanburen, Ind,
Feb 10, 1900.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-06-08

He (ardently)-I am heels over head in
love with you" She (the cruel coquette)--
How awfully upset you must be!"--Town
Topics.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-06-08
Hon. w. V. Sullivan. u. S. Senator from
Mississippi.

Hon. w. V Sullivan, United States SEN
ator from Mississippi, in a letter recently
written to DR.. Hartman from Oxford, Miss,
says the following:
''for some time | have been sufferer
from catarrh in its most incipent stage, so
much so that | became alarmed as to my
general health. But hearing of Pe-ru-na as
a good remedy gave it fair trial and soon
began to improve. Its effects were dis
tinctly beneficial, removing the annoying
symptoms, and was particularly good as a
tonic.
Il take pleasure in recommending your
great national catarrh cure, Pe-ru-na, as the
best | have ever tried"
'W " Sullivan"
Peruna cures catarrh wherever located.
Peruna has no substitutes-no rivals. Insist
upon having Peruna. Address The Peruna
Medicine Co., Columbus. o., for free book
on eatarrh.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-06-08

Bad Times.-"He has always run his busi-
ness like clockwork." Eyes. and now his
creditors have wound it up."-Phladelph
Bulletin.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-06-08

When a man says he wants work, he does
not always mean that he is willing TO do the
work he is capable Of doing, at the market
price.-Atchison Globe
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-06-08
Gras.hotpers in the "DeI,a.,

Farmers in the Delta" in Missis-
,ippi. report that the grasshopper
nroblem is becoming real serious in
their section. The insects have
swooped down on their cotton and
corn fields by the millions, and all
efforts to get rid of them have so
far failed. Where one is killed il looks
like score takes its place. and the
planters are at their wits end. They
have tried dosing them on coal oil.
paris green and little of everything
in the poison line, but the hoppers
seem to fatten and thrive on it. The
latest engine of destruction tried on
them is a tarred cloth 10 feet long by
feet wide, to which mule is htched,
and il is thus dragged over the hop
per-infested fields. Every bug that
butts against the tarred cloth sticks
closer than a brother, and, though
bushels of them are DESTROYED in this
way, the number does not seem 10
diminish, and in some places the crops
have been eaten up.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-06-08
The best Prescription for Cnui.

and Fever is bottle of Groves TAsrgLrss
CHILL Tonic. It's simply iron and quiuine In
atasteless form. No cure-no pay. Price, Soc.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-06-08

The sponge, unlike men, generally swells
with pride when made to take water. -
Norristown Herald.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-06-08

Goldthwaite & Son, Troy, Ala, wrote.
Teethina's speedy cure of sores and erup-
tions upon the skin have been remarkable.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-06-08

The man who can give no reasons for his
opinions is the hardest to chanse.-Wash-
ington ua.) Democrat.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-06-08

The depth of feeling displayed by the
mosquito touches all mankind - Chicago
Daily News.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-06-08
LIKE MANY OTHERS
Clara Kopp Wrote for Mrs. Pinkharn,s Ad-
vice and Tells what IL did for Her.

DEAR Mrs. PISKHAM 81 have seen
so many letters from ladies who were
cured By Lydia Z. Pinl<ham's remedies
that thought would ask your advice
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-06-08

Pope says: "The minds the measure of
the man" Perhaps that is why some men
are so hard to fnd.-Ram's Horn.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-06-08

Caused by Business Trouble.

AT st. Marks, Fla, John A. Graham.
Of Savannah, Ga, capitalist, shot and
killed John Bradford, of Tallahassee,
lila. They had a business trouble
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-06-08

As moss gatherer the rolling joke heads
the ist.-Chic&go Daily News.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-06-08

Fruit is necessary article of diet. It's
prime essence is in Primley's California Fruit
Gum.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-06-08

A child sometimes gets on the wrong track
because of misplaced switch. = Chicago
Daily News.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-06-08
Try Yucatan chiII Tonic Improved

A reliable Tonic; each dose has the same
proportion of medicine. Pleasant to take.
Price, so cents.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-06-08
"Coin. Harvey in Arkansas.

W. III. Coin Harvey, noted free sil-
FER author and advocate, has pm
chased 325 acres near Rogers, Ark CT
which is the famous Silver Springs.
Ruth McEnery Stuart's Birthplace.
The house at harrisburg, La, where
Ruth McEnery Stuart, authoress, was
born, has been purchased by Marks
burg lawyer, and win be torn Down.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-06-08

Dyeing is as simple as washing when you
use PUTNAM FADELEss DYES. Sold by all
druggists.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-06-08
Try Yucntan chm Tonic Improved,

Cures ehiils, fevers and malaria. Pleasant
to take. Cure guaranteed. Price, 50 cents.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-06-08

Says a dispatch from Rock Island,
H.: A feature of Memorial Cay was
the decora lion of the graves cf the
confederate soldiers who died on the
island during the civil war while con-
fined there as prisoners. A delegation
Of members of the G. A. II. from the
three cities (Rock Island, Moline and
DavenporD covered each confederate
grave with flowers. The delegation
was accompanied and assisted by Maj
Abbott. of Georgia, an officer of the
confederate army, n guest Of Maj.
Blunt, commandant of Rock Island ar
senal. Some Of Maj. Abbott's men
were prisoners at Rock Island, and
the graves of such as died there were
found by him and decorated. The local
committee of Union veterans assisted.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-06-08

To Cure n Cold In One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. AL
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-06-08

- ~ - tsAAAA bAOAA-
We been doctoring for
four years and have
taken different pat
ent medicines, but
/ received very little
! benefit / am
\ troubled with back
: ache, in fact my
whole body aches,
, stomach feels sore,
by spells get short
of breath and am
cry nervous. Men
is very ir-
ocular with severe
Fearing down pains,
cramps and back
ache. l hope to hear
I'm you at once. -
\ KoPP, Roekport,
8.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-01-20

Gov. Smith will meet Lieutenant
Governor II. G. Bates, and e. l.. Fish,
Esq, of Vergennes at Montpelier
next Tuesday to consider the question
of pushing proceedings against GER
tain railroads under the two cent a
mile mileage law passed by the last
legislature. These cases are now in
the U. S. circuit court, and it is con-
tended a recent decision of the L. S.
supreme court in a similar case was
against the constitutionality of the
law. We think the people would like
to see this law tested. If it is uncon-
stitutional they want to know it.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-01-20
Shepherd Pomona Grange.

A very pleasant time was enjoyed
by very good number of members
and some invited guests Wednesday
evening, Jan. II, at the hall of Enter
prise grange at Lyndon. After a
short business session the meeting was
opened for the reception of the invited
guests, and the officers were installed
by Past Master II. A. Park of Enter
prise grange, assisted by Past Master
E. H. Hallett Of Wide Awake grange.
The officers are: Master, Jesse Gage,
st. Johnsbury; overseer, G. G. Wiley,
South Wheelock; lecturer, l.. w. Cor
don, Sutton; steward d. d. Gray,
Lyndon: assistant Henry Beck, St.
Johnsbury; chaplain, Edwin Gray,
South Wheelock; treasurer, G. A.
Hoyt, Lyndon; secretary, Mrs. Myra
Gordon, Sutton; gate keeper, Charles
E. Gage; pomona, Fanny Beck; flora,
Nellie Barber: ceres, Ida Learned; lady
assistant, Ida Beck. A short literary
program was given, grange supper
served, and withal a very pleasant
time passed. The next meeting will
be Feb. 2lst, at the same place. Topic
"Trusts.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-01-20
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION.

supt. d. L. Morgan of the house OF
correction spent Thursday nlght mere
He had two prisoners he was taxing
from Woodstock to Rutland. lie
lodged them in the lookup for sate
keeping. the Woodstock Jail not being
completed.
S. L. Bugbee, the Norwich MUIR
derer. was an object of considerable
curiosity, while waiting at the rail-
road station Thursday, on his way to
Windsor.
CIV. Gulick, w. U. Tel. Co. s fore
man, left here Thursday for Williams
port. Pa, where he will spend short
vacation.
Geo, w. Smith & Son, bakers and
confectioners, spent 1000 in postage
the past year.
State Treasurer John L. Bacon and
w. w. Russell, his assistant, have
been in Montpelier, Burlington ano
Rutland the past week, inspecting To-
cal insurance companies.
Robert f. Smith of Geo. w. Smith
s. Son, returns from Boston today
after short visit.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-01-20

1t seemed the idea with the found
ers of Vermont that their posterity
was bound to degenerate from their
worthy standard, SO after building a
framework purely theoretical, they
fortified it against possible alteration
by about all the barriers that could be
devised, short of absolute prohibition
They decreed that proposals for am
endment could only be made once in
ten years: that they must pass the
senate by a two. thirds vote, the house
by majority vote; that after waiting
two years they must be submitted to
the people and ratified by them; that
they must then again pass both houses
of the following general assembly, af-
ter all of wnic!' they would become a
part of the constitution. As the
Journal contends, there ought to be a
short method of registering the pop
ular will. 1t is well enough to make
the course that amendment proposals
must run long enough and trying
enough toOallow due consideration of
every detail, but there is no excuse for
requiring them to pass through such
an ordeal as this.
1t is conceivable how a great deal
of harm might ensue before one of the
mystic ten-year periods came around,
when, for some reason or other, it was
the intellect would be keen
er than between times. Why should
the constitution be put absolutely be-
yond the reach of the people for four
fifthS of the time? Will somebody
give sufficient reason?- Randolph
Herald.
The Ilerald's argument is all right, |
but its facts are a little shaky. 1t !
was not the 'founders of Vermont,
but the constitutional convention of
1870 which devised the system of con.
stitutional amendment of which the
Herald objects.
The FOUNDERS" however, did al
most as poorly, and perhaps worse,
for they left proposals of amendment
to the Council of Censors, which met
only once in seven years.--Burlington
News.
The people ought to be able to
lmend the State constitution once IN
very five years and il a far simpler
way than the present complex plan,
Let the legislature every five years
propose amendments, and let the peo.
Die ratify or reject them at the next
Election.