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The Opelousas courier., 1900-01-13
CURRENT TOPICS.

L<1lie Bassett, thirteen years old, L.
fiding' sss>z1osS the many miles Of prai-
tie between Co9.-do ana the Missouri
river. The idea of making this jaunt
across three states struck tho boy last
winter. Attempts to persuade him. to
abandon the trip were useless. An
ticipating that highwaymen might at
tack him, he practiced with a revolver,
and on his departure carried q gun.
The boy wears a bicycle suit, carries
no baggage and only a little money.
He Is an accomplished amateur enter
tainer, and relies on his ability in this
line to win the shekels Of the Kansans
and obtain accommodations en- route.
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Pfso's Cure 4or Cousun1 ptiou Ia an A No.. z
Asthma medicine.--W. r. WILLIAMS Ante
bch. Ill. April II. 1894.
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When some people attempt to put on airs
they pile cyclones on top of hurricanes.
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When you lose money and gam wisdom by
1T your 10. 8 Is your gain.
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T@HE Ills of women overshadow their whole lives.
Some women are constantly getting medical treat"
Il ment and are never we'll. "A woman best understands
arr ana Ills " and the women who consult Mrs. pinkham ana
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The best time to go to the country is when
the trees leave.
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Money makes the man only when the man
makes the money.
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From an orthodox point of view forewarn~
ID is sometimes forewarmed.
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There is nothing that affords people more
pleasure for less money than self-esteem.
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Educate Your w eli with GascareEs.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
ecc. Csc. II G. @. G. fail, druggists refund money
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SyphiIittO Eve

More men give according to their meahness
than according 70 their means.
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Compliments prove nothing-not even ad-
niration.
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Wo-To-Bac for FIFTY Cenec.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes wesA
men strong, blood pure. SOC. 81. All druggists
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You should rememBerthat people are quick
to 'nottoe" things.
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Beauty II Blood Deep.

A blind woman never squanders any none
for mirrors
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A handsome woman is a jewel: a good WON
an is a treasure-Sanide.
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R1n0 Raward. 0

A man who can be fooled the same way
four times Is a fool,
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PRACTICAL
HEK,P FOR
SUI s. Ebg5Ag "a
WOngEM

last became bedfsst. Three of Our best doctors did me I D
GOOD 50 I concluded to try Lydia E. ~Pinkham's Vegetable
coponornd. After taking a few bottles Of your medicine, VISA
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Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your life Away.

A man has one big annoyance each day and
: woman has q dozen small ones.
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evening and RECOMMENDED Lydia E. Pinkhans Vegetable
Compound, saying that she knew thati t would cure me. lthen
sent for your medicine and after taking five bottles tit. was
entirely cured. I cannot praise 1t enough"
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pear. ~
Mrs. dole STANLEY,
ICampbe llsburg. Ind.
writes: DEAR MRS.
PINKHAM-Iw was troubled
with sick headache and
was 80 weak and nervous,
II could hardly 60. a
friend called upon me ono
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40 Cure Constipation Forever
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. Ice or CSC.
II c. C. G. fail to cure. druggists refund monoV
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Supreme Court nec,sinns

Hash Is tne sehStance of things hoped 70
nd the evtde-ce of things unseen,
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able to do all my horse"
i work. know that your
\ medicine raised NE from
4 a bed of sickness and
3 perhaps death. and eza
i very thankful fer what it
\ has done for me. Ihops
q that every suffering
2 woman may be per-
lded to try your medicine"
Set Mrs. Pinkham's advice
soon as you begin to be
The sick headaches
d dragging sensation come
m q durable cause. Write
help as soon as they a2.
The Forrest City times., 1900-12-28
REMORSE LEADS TO SUICIDE.
lgnominious Death of Once-Fa- nous Scout and Friend of
 Buffalo Bill.

Honolulu, Dec. r, via San Francisco, Dec. 25.-Frank P. Bennett, the we'll known American scout, committed suicide here by shooting himself in the head last Thursday evening, De- cember 13. His suicide followed the death, by poisoning, of Miss Clara Schneider, young woman with whom he had much associated. Bennett was an Indian fighter of national reputa- tion, having been one of three sur vivors of the famous company of which Buffalo Bill is best known. and having taken a prominent part in running the Apache Geronimo to earth.
 Miss Schneider was a domestic in the family of Hon. Paul Neumann. A post mortem examination showed that her death had been due to morphine poisoning. Documents indicated that Bennett had borrowed $400 from her.
 On the night before Miss Schneider's death she left her home, it is said. for the purpose of meeting Bennett. She did not return home till early the next morning, and was not seen alive again except for a few unconscious moments at the last.
 The post mortem indicated that the morphine had been taken with some food. 1t is not known whether she met Bennett that night or not, but she said that she was going to see him and get the money. Bennett shot himself the day after the girls death, but his body was not found until three days later, when the police were look ing for him to ask about Miss Schneider.
The Forrest City times., 1900-12-28
FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT.
to show Cause Who He should Not he Punished for Contempt.

Lansing, Mich, Dec. 25.-On petition of members of Ingham county bar Judge Wiest, of the Ingham county court ordered Gov. Pingree to appear in court next Saturday and show cause why he should not be punished for contempt.
 The action is based on an interview which was published in the Detroit Tribune, December Tin which the gov ernor bitterly attacked Judge Wiest and Prosecutor Futile, of Ingham county. Attached to the petition for an order is an affidavit by the Fri bune reporter, who secured the in. terview, which atfirms that it was given for publication, and that the following day the governor informed him that the interview as printed was all right and commended it's fairness.
The Forrest City times., 1900-12-28
THE RICHEST ON EARTH.
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee Talks About Cuba and It's Wonderful Fer
 tility-words of Caution.

St. Louis, Dec. 25.-Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, commanding the department of the Missouri, during his recent visit to St. Louis, was the guest of the University club, and, in the course of an impromptu speech, had something to say about Cuba.
 Cuba, he declared, was the richest island on the face of the earth, hay ing soil 30 feet deep, and as good at the bottom as on top. For tobacco and sugar raising it had no equal any where. He described it's stragetic po- sition, standing like an armed sen tinel across the gulf of Mexico" with space of only about ninety miles to Iucatan, and the same distance to Key West. In the hands of strong, hostile power. the comparatively short space on either side could be covered by line of battleships, and the commerce of the gulf, of the Nj caraguan canal, ahd of the mighty Father of Waters, as we'll as the coast cities of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas would be at the mercy of the enemy. England owns the railroads and Germany the to- bacco factories of the island, and let civil war arise between the natives. as might be the case were the United States troops withdrawn tomorrow; let them burn one railroad bridge or tobacco warehouse belonging to a British or German subject, then those nations might take a notion to inter- fere, and it would be difficult prob lem for the United States to face.
The Forrest City times., 1900-12-28
CUDAHY ABDUCTION CASE.
A Decisive but Negative Develop ment-The Dark CompIexiOned
 Man" Not Identified.

Omaha, Neb., Dec. 24.-There was a decisive development in the Cudahy Kidnapping case Sunday, although the disclosure is negative in kind. It has been learned that there were two bandits, not three, implicated in the abduction. One of the outlaws has been eliminated. The dark-complex- toned man with the black mustache and black hair tinged with gray, so minutely described by Miss Maud Munshaw, was in the office of Chief Donahue yesterday afternoon, and was there confronted by Eddie Cuda- hy, his supposed victim. After care fully scutinizing him, the boy said:
 That is not the man. He is not tall enough by an inch and half, and he's not broad enough. He's too small in every way"
 There is still a dark-complexioned man in the case, but he is larger than Johnson and Younger. Otherwise he is very much like Johnson, having q. black mustache and dark hair slightly mixed with gray. If the police have any idea who this man is they vii! not admit #. So far as they know, he was seen by but one person, and that is Eddie Cudahy himself. The other bandit was the light-complexionef: man, with brown hair and long, light mustache, slight of build, and whose age is said to be somewhere between 30 and 35 years. This individual Is described by three persons besides the kidnapped boy, namely, B. K. Munshaw, James SchnciderWind and Frank Glynn. He is the man who called at the Schneiderwind home to engage the cottage at Thirty-siXth and Grover streets, and who called up the Cudahy mansion from Glynn's livery stable to give notice of the letters be- ing in the front yard. The police are satisfied that they know this man, and, if he is the person they think he is, he will probably be in custody within the next ten days at most. If guilty, he ..an not remain at large long, they say.
 E. A. Cudahy, Sr., still entertains the theory that if Pat Crowe was not one of the men who kidnapped his son he will lose no time in advising him of this fact.
 Mir. Cudahy has befriended Grove many times in the past. Why" said the packer, in the course of a con versation Sunday, Pat Grove knows perfectly well that if he had come to me last week and asked me for $25 he would nave got it. He has often expressed a sense of gratitude for what I have done for him, and I can hardly believe he would turn against me in this way"
The Forrest City times., 1900-12-28
WELCOME FOR MANITOBANS.
Elaborate Preparations to Welcome Home the Northwest Contingent
 From south Africa.

Winnepeg, Man, Dec. 25.-Elaborate preparations are making to give pub lie welcome to soldiers who will re- turn from South Africa this week. The train will be met by Lieut.. Gov. Col. McMillan, Premier Robin and members of the local government. members of the city council, school and park boards, and a number of military bodies. With the returned soldiers, they will parade to Holy Trinity church, where the primate of Canada Archbishop Mackroy of Ru- parts Land will conduct short thanks giving services for he safe return of the men. This will be followed by a banquet and in the evening a proms. made concert and ball wSll be held.
The Forrest City times., 1900-12-28
SERIOUS FIRE AT JOLIET.
The Fox Pressed Steel Car Works at Joliet, Ill.,, Nearly De-
 stroyed by Fire.

Joliet, Ill.,, Dec. 25.-The Fox pressed steel car works, one of the largest industries in Joliet, was near ly destroyed by fire. The plant con- tained much costly machinery, which is more or less damaged. The loss will reach many thousands of dol lars.
 It is impossible to get definite fig ures on the loss of the Fox plant. Of ticials say they can make no estimate at this time. It is thought all the costly machinery, valued at S100,000 is ruined. The burned building can be replaced for about $25,000
 There is some insurance. but the figures on this are all at Pittsburgh at the headquarters of the company and can not be obtained here. The mills employed nearly 500 men.
The Forrest City times., 1900-12-28
BLOODY CHRISTMAS AFFRAY
Two Brothers Use Their Revolvers With Probably Fatal Effect
 Wounded and Captured.

Carbondale. H., Dec. 26.-At Nir- gennes, yesterday, Joe and Jake Da- vidson, brothers, became involved in a quarrel with Henry Fox, prosper ous farmer, during which Joe David son shot Fox in the abdomen. Other shots were fired which wounded, prob ably fatally, Poe Pyatt, a bystander, The brothers fled, and a small posse was sent after them. A few miles from town three men named Tippey, Grain and Hole, overlook the broth CTS, and demanded their immediate surrender. A running fight took place, and both the brothers were wounded, one being shot through the eye and probably fatally injured, while the other was badly wounded in the shoul- der. They were captured and last night placed in jail. It is thought that at least three of the wounded men will die.
The Forrest City times., 1900-12-28
REST CITY, ARK. FRIDAY AFTERNOON DECEMBER 2s 1soo

passed for bravery; but he. too, attempt. ed the impossible
 Our war with Spain has taught us that our sons, on both sides, can, on the short est notice, be mustered into a volunteer army that no nation dare assault. If you
 Our officers rank with those of any na- ton In every essential attribute of the SOL dier. America has produced generals of as great genius as the world has ever known.
 American Heroes Recalled.
 ., Look at Napoleon. Take him from the time he walked the streets of Paris a subaltern contemplating suicide Follow nm step by step m his marvellous career. Follow him to Elba. See him retaking an empire by the mere force of his genius. and at the same time putting away with the cold hand of self-interest the only woman who ever loved him.
 e, LOOK f, at U. 5. Grant, who was once understood the value of hard knocks-a direct stubborn fighter. He believed that war meant blood, and he did not hesitate 10 spill blood. He was a great general 1 shall never forget that April morning at AppomattoX l was there, commander or what was left of the cavalry of the army of northern Virginia. While the terms of equalization were being drafted, my men discussed probable means of get uhS nome. Each of them owned his horse put none had the slightest idea that he would be permitted to retain his proper ". Gen Grant, the man of blood, said I understand that most of the cavalrymen are small farmers. They will need their horses at home, and arc given undisput- ed possession of them. My men rode nome. and within a few weeks those horses were wearing collars instead of saddles, and their owners were blowing ana plantiag in order that their loved ones might not go hungry. We had not expected that; and with Us the name of Grant is not forgotten.
 Look at Stonewall Jackson. From a minor position as instructor at the Vir- glnla military institute, he became the acknowledged genius of the conflict be- bear the closest scrutiny of the military student of to-day. His name will go down m m history as one of the great generals of the world
 Tn the war with Spain I had in my command young men from all parts of army corps as was ever organized. Near my Headquarters, down in the beautiful island of Cuba, on a little hill overlook Ing the dancing blue sea, is a little ceme- tery In 1t, side by side, lie boys from Mlssoqr1 and boys from Virginia, boys from Iowa and boys from Texas, boys rom Indiana and boys from Louisiana
 As long as those boys lie sleeping side Dy side, those of us who are living should pc strong enough and generous enough to IiVe Slde by S1de and, if necessary, to nght side by side, as brethren
 The generals speech was frequent ly interrupted by cheering and hand clapping. At it's conclusion II. M. Pol lard sprang to his feet and proposed three cheers for Gen. Lee" which were given with a will.
 Then followed Gen. Noble's person. al tribute referred to above.
The Forrest City times., 1900-12-28
TO CUT THE GORDIAN KNOT.
Commissioner Taft Proposes short Way of Removing n Dim-
 cult Problem.

Washington, Dec. 25.-President Taft of the Philippine commission has come forward with another sugges- ton for the settlement of the Philip pine currency question which is now pressing urgently for adjustment. He discards the two former plans of coining something like a trade dollar and of maintaining it by the credit of the United States, fixed ratio be- tween the Mexican dollar and Amer jean gold, and proposes to adopt Unit ed States money, pure and simple, as the money of the Philippines. He points out that, radical as is this move, it must be made sooner or la- ter if the islands are to remain under the control of the United States, and that delay only serves to aggravate the evils of the present confusion of systems.
The Forrest City times., 1900-12-28
USED OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE.
In ENciteabIe Doctor Meets More than His Match in n Female
 Patron.

Wichita, Kas., Dec. 25.-A dispatch received here says that Dr. Ward, of Naples, I. r., has surrendered and was placed under bond. Debating with a widow. Mrs. Gibson, at a schoolhouse library. he used offensive language, and she is said to have threatened to kill him. Later he met her on the road and she refused to give him half the highway. He sent her bill for previous medical services, and she re- fused payment. In an excited condi- ton he went to her dugout, a few days ago, and bombarded her with a Winchester. Thinking he had killed her, he gave his gun to a bystander and fled. The affair has caused no end of excitement at Naples.
The Forrest City times., 1900-12-28
KIDNAPPED AT KALAMAZOO.
Hobart CIayberg, Seventeen Years of Age, Kidnapped, Hut Released
 After Being Robbed.

Kalamazoo. Mich, Dec. 25.-Hobart Clayberg, T 17-year-old boy, whose fla ther, John B. Clayberg, is prom inent citizen of Helena, Mont, was kidnapped in this city, Sunday night, by two men. The boy was blindfolded and compelled to walk to Matteawan. a distance of II miles. It became so stormy that the kidnapers released young Clayberg at Matteawan, after robing him of the small sum of money he mad in his pockets. The boy telgraphed here for help, and was brought home during the night.
The Forrest City times., 1900-12-28
THE MURDEROUS INSTINCT.
Drunken Indian Runs Amuck- Shoots Several Men and is
 Himself Wounded.

Muskogee, l. T., Dec. 26.-John Tiger. a full-blood Indian, ferryman on the Arkansas river, two miles south of Eufaula, went to Eufaula with his wife, yesterday afternoon, and while intoxicated, met l.. B. Roper and threatened to kill him. Roper inn mediately struck Tiger with a board no words passing between them. Tiger went to his buggy, got a Winchester and came back to kill Roper, but failed to find Roper on his return. Enraged, he shot Jesse Beck through the hips, killing him; shooting and killing Dave Porter, nephew of Chief Porter, mover named Johnson, on his way to Missouri in a covered wag- on with his family. Bud Taylor, aged IS, boy was shot through the shoul- der. Tiger jumped on a horse and tried to escape, but was pursued. Tiger was chased three miles. when he jumped off his horse, got behind a tree and began shooting. Deputy Marshal Johnson, who returned the fire, struck Tiger in the arm. The murderer surrendered and was brought to Eufaula. Tigers arm will have to be amputated.
 Great indignation prevails over the free sale of liquors and fire arms.
 J. Smith, who lives two miles south of Cherokee, became involved in a quarrel with T. Thompson over the shooting, Thompson being mortally wounded
The Forrest City times., 1900-12-28
SOUTH AFRICAN SITUATION.
The Position of Cape Colony is Hanging is the Baiance-The Boer
 Raiders.

London, Dec. 26-The position of Cape Colony is hanging in the bal ance. According to the morning Posts Cape Town correspondent ev- erything depends upon the quantity of ammunition in possession of the disloyal Dutch residents, 100 of whom have joined the Boers in the Philip town district alone. Energetic meas ures have been taken to stem the in- yasion, but there is unquestionable danger that parties of Boers will get through into parts of the colony and gradually raise the whole cape in re- bellion. Endorsements can arrive none too soon.
 Most of the dispatches from Cape Town describe the raiders as doing little harm ond as being rapidly in- closed by Lord Kitchener's combina- ton. Lord Kitchener is in the heart of the disaffected districts. He has taken advantage of being personally acquainted with local conditions. Last March he supervised the suppression of the rising which occurred then. He is bringing down thousands of troops from the north.
 The Standards Cape Town corre- spondent says the loyalists demand that martial law shall be proclaimed through Cape Colony, but adds: ''Such step is now impossible. owing to the lack of sufficient troops to en- force it."
 The correspondent of the Daily Mail at Cape Town says:
 "The pro-Boer press is singularly qiuet. They have been made uneasy by the promptness and thoroughness of the military action, but reports from various parts of the western provinces foreshadow perilous possi- bilities.
 "A responsible colonist who recent ly made tour of the colony declares that 90 per cent. of the Dutch are simply waiting for the appearance of a resourceful leader to rebel"
 Civil railway traffic has been sus- pended largely in all parts of the col- ony, and the movements of both the Boers and the British are almost un- known in Cape Town.
 It appears that Boer column att tackled Strynsburg, but was repulsed and fled, entrenchlng itself in the mountains. Another Boer commando captured a party of police at Venter- stad Mounted colonial troops sur prised 300 Boers Is miles from Burghersdorp. December 25, and after brisk interchange of volleys retired with loss of two men.
 The Cape Town correspondent of the Times telegraphs that scarcely any Cape Colonists have joined the in- vaders.
The Forrest City times., 1900-12-28
 PREPARING 10 COINCIDE.
Implicated Princes Arrested by the Chinese GOvernment-Or-
 dered to Execution.

London, Dec. 26.-The Shanghai cor respondent of the Standard, tele- graphing December 24, says:
 "The government has arrested Prince Yuan and Prince Chaung on the borders of the Shan-Si and Shen- Si provinces. Hu Hsien has been or dered to return to Sian Flu forthwith to be executed, it is supposed.
 Ut is inferred from these reports that the imperial authorities are pre- pairing to concede the demands of the joint note for the punishment of the instigat tors of the trouble in China.
The Forrest City times., 1900-12-28
TRANSVAAL MOUNTED POLICE.
The Colonial office Trying to Raise n Thousand Men in Canada to
 Join Baden-POwelI.

Ottawa, Ont. Dec. 25.-The colonial office is anxious to get as many Ca nadians as possible to join Baden Powell's Transvaal mounted police. If 1000 Canadians volunteer for this service, it is the intention of the inn perial government to offer ten cap- taincies and 15 lieutenancies in the force to qualified officers of the Ca padian militia.
 The pay for men is five shiIlings per day from the date of landing in Cape Town with free transportation from Canada to South Africa.
The Forrest City times., 1900-12-28
Illinois Cattle for Liverpool.

Flora, Ill.,, Dee. 26.-The largest shipment of cattle from southern Hi rois and probaly from the State of Illinois within recent years, left this city Monday night on special train of z cars over the Baltimore X Ohio Southwestern railway for New York, and from there they will go direct to Liverpool. The trainload of cattle. which number over four hundred head, and are sent by one shipper. rep resent a market value of slightly in excess Of $iO,0OO.
The Forrest City times., 1900-12-28
Death of a Veteran.

Cincinnati, Dec. 24.-John Riley Chamberlain, a veteran of the civil war and a graduate of Miami univer- sity at Oxford, O., died here last night, aged 72- He had been afflicted since November with bronchitis and pneu- monia. He was engaged in newspaper work in Cincinnati for 35 years.