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The Forrest City times., 1900-01-12
A4LrrrLE NONSENSE.

THAT fellow Jawley is broker. isn't
hep" Yes" Has he got any money ?"
"Yes; he's got mine. Harlem Life.
'See how that human skeleton 10
cracked" YES. That mans dead
broke. "-Philadelphia Bulletin.
Nell-"Jack says you had enough
powder on your face last Eight TO blow
up ship" Belle-"Oh. what false re-
port!"-Philadelphia Record.
'Hulloah, my boy, you have been put
ting on weight" Cant hep il. Doc
tors orders. Said l was only to drink at
meals. Got to eat sue h d dooce OF a LOT
of meals, don't you know."-punch.
Teacher-"Now, Tommy. can you tell
me what mortgage is?' Tommy
"Yes'm. It's something the villain
forecloses on the heroine's father at
the end of the second act. so he can
marry her."-N. Y. Commercial Adj
vertiser.
I'm glad she's gone" said a wom-
an to her friend as a massive woman
left the trolley car, and trail of some
unusually odorous perfume foated
away with her. "She smelled like a
funeral in a big church. all Easter lilies
and immortelles, and all that sort of
thing, don't you KNOWN. Y. Sun.
The Forrest City times., 1900-01-12
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.
supt. Little After Hot Springs Bait
House Owners With
Sharp Stick.
EVENTS or A WEEK BRIEFLY CHRONIClED,
criminal Record of the state the Past
Year shows Big Increase Over 1898
in Number of Homicides and Murders.
Reports OF Land Commissioner and
Secretary of State.
A Year of Crime.

Saws the Little Rock Democrat: The
criminal record of Arkansas for the
year 1899 presents some interesting
features. Victims of lynch law were as
follows: March Esd, General" Duckett,
,olored, Little River county, murder;
March 23d, Joe King, Nose Jones and
Ed Goodwin, Little River county, muir
der: April nth, w. II. Hardin, at Gin
ton. murder; April 2Sd, VIM. Sees, Mis-
,issippi county, barn burning; Novem-
Der. Thomas Gillard, Jackson county.
whipped to death by negroes; Novem-
Der 18th, II. c. Noteworthy, colored,
Union county, abusive language; De-
,ember, A. Carroll, Union county, carry
.ng pistol. During the same period
there were only two legal executions,
John Maxey, colored, at Van Buren,
August 4th, for criminal assault, and
Douglas Clark, colored at Lake Village
December LIST, for murder. The num-
Der of murders committed during the
year was 255; suicides, SO; lynchings, O.;
executions, 2. During the year 1898
there was 149 murders. 55 suicides, II
Ivnchings and executions
The Forrest City times., 1900-01-12
TRADE WITH MEXICO.

The United States bought s69,64>
pounds of Mexican coffee in Septcn-
Der, paying fer it SS2,929.
Mexico's purchases Of lumber in Sep
TENDER were over $100, 000-three times
what they were in September, 1898.
Mexico bought $25, ASA worth of furni-
ture from Uncle Sam-a so per cent. in
crease over September, 1898.
Over $4,000 worth of United States
boots and shoes were sold in Mexico in
September, against $7,13s in September
of 1898.
Mexico's purchases of United States
agricultural implements in September
were $2S,335, against $17,390 the pre-
yious September.
In builders hardware the United
States sales to Mexico in September
were $36,O56, an increase of so per cent.
over the previous September.
About $4,000 worth of Mexican
oranges were purchased by the United
States in september, says Modern Mex
leo in a resume of September business
between the two countries.
Mexico is one of the United States
best customers in the sewing machine
line. September's sales, S1s,200, and the
total for the first nine months of 1899
over 100000.
Nearly 1000 tons of sisal grass were
exported from Mexico to the United
States in September, its value being
Ss77,762. This shows an increase of 400
per cent. over the same month in 1898.
Scientific and electrical apparatus
sold bv the United States manufaetur-
ers in Mexico in September amounted
TO s31 ,32S. Mexico buys more extern
sively in this line of goods in the Unit
ed States than does any other country
in the western hemisphere.
The Forrest City times., 1900-01-12
What Tim Told Them.

Some weeks ago bridal couple came
in from Sacramento and put up at the
Palace. The bridegroom was very ser
sitive, and so he told his valet not 10
tell any of the servants that he was
newly married. Notwithstanding all
precautions, the young couple seemed
TO be the center of attraction. In tho
dining-room they were ogled by the
ladies and in the corridors by the men.
Finally they could stand it no longer.
Calling his valet, the bridegroom said
severely: Tim, | thought | told you
not to tell anybody that we were new.
ly married" "Shure, sorr," was the
reply, IAN tould thin all you wuzzent
married. San Francisco Wave.
The Forrest City times., 1900-01-12
ISLANDS WITHOUT OWNERS.
A Good Opportunity for Govern.
ment That Has Lighthouses
to Spare.

a series of low pyramidal masses
appeared under the southern sky. 1t
was like a bank of blue fog fringed
with snowy bands. The whole length
of our seabeard formed an ill-defined,
cloudlike aggregation resting on the
black water and extending the entire
length from northeast to southwest.
AS we steamed out, the center groups
became more distinct and the whole
line rose above the horizon, where we
recognized it as the northern exposure
of the South Shetland islands. Dur
ing the afternoon gentle but pier
cling wind came from the land, bring
ing with it CLASSY air and an easy,
siIvery sea, over which the new land
stood out in bold relief. We could dis
tinguish Livingston island over our
port bow, and northward melting in
to the blue airy distance, were numer-
Gus similar islands. Over our star
board bow was Smith island. it's base
stll under the water 60 miles away.
In general way this coast line re-
semblcs parts of the Greenland land
scape. About the largest islands there
are many small, ice-free isles or rocks,
which are the resting places of seals,
penguins, cormorants and gulls. On
the larger islands, and especially on
Livingston island, there are high peaks
and rounded, domelike hills, which are
tipped with snow, but their sides are
bare. The valleys are filled with large
glaciers, which send tongues out into
the sea. We saw no glaciers, however,
which came out for any distance into
the water. The limit of the ice was
generally at high-water mark, where
1t wasted away in small fragments.
There was no snow on the costal low
lands, but there was also nothing to
indicate vegetation. From what we
later learned of the lands farther
south, it is extremely possible that
MOSES and lchens are here abundant,
but there is no hope for grass or
trees.
1t is very curious that this group
of islands, about 100 in number, with
q thousand miles of accessible coast
line and several good harbors, free Of
ice fer much of the year, should re-
main unclaimed by any government
and unsettled by human efforts. 1t
would be n humane mission of our
government would take possession of
this group of islands and place there a
lighthouse. with supply station for
the preservation of shipwrecked sail
ors. Vessels are lost in this vicinity
almost every year, and we do not
know but that some poor seamen are
now stranded on enc of the many des-
olate islands, awaiting the relief
which never comes.-Frederick A..
Cook, in Century.
The Forrest City times., 1900-01-12
Animals That Have No Thirst.

There are hundreds of horses and
thousands of cattle in the Hawaiian is
lands which never take drink of water
throughout the whole course of their
lives. On all the islands the upper alti-
tudes of the mountains are given up to
cattle ranges. The cattle run wild
from the time they are born until they
are sent to the slaughter house. Ex-
cept during possibly two or three
months of the rainy season there are
no streams or pools of water in any
part where the cattle range. But every
where there grows recumbent, jointed
grass, known by the native name OF
MAMMA. This is both food and drink.
Horses and cattle grazing on it neither
require water nor drink it when of.
'ered.-N. Y. World
The Forrest City times., 1900-01-12
HOwsp Thioe

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
Tor any case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured
BY Halls Catarrh Cure.
Z. j. Cheney & Co., Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known r. ].
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe hin
perfectly honorable in all business transac-
tons and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo, o.
Waldins, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure IL taken internaIly.
acting directly upon the blood and n lcoas
surfaces OF the system. Price 75c. per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials
free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Forrest City times., 1900-01-12
Winter Wheat.

The government report shows winter
wheat in this state to be in excellent
condition; greater portion of the
acreage was sown late, but the weather
was favorable during December, and
the late sovn as well as the early is
doing well. There has been no snow
protection, but up to the present date
the temperature has not been low
enough 10 do any damage.
The Forrest City times., 1900-01-12

The magnificent armored trains used By
England in her war with the Beers will trans
port her troops, protect bridges and tele-
graphic communications in about the same
way that Hostetter's Stomach Bitters drives
dyspepsia from the human stomach and then
mounts guard that it does not return. The
Bltters has won in every case of indigestion,
biiousness, liver and kidney trouble for the
past fifty years. 1t is invaluable at all times
The Forrest City times., 1900-01-12

paupers.
Boone county will have licensed
saloons this year.
Fifty-one saloon licenses for 1900 have
been issued at Little Rock.
The weather service station at judi
sonia has been discontinued.
There will be no Mardi Gras celebra-
tlon at Little Rock this year.
Roy Claypool, aged years, was
burned TO death at Huntington.
A dynamite bomb was found on the
street car tracks at Little Rock.
a carload of mules was shipped from
Lamar last week for South Africa.
Work on the Clarendon electric light
plant, to cost $4,000, is to begin at
once.
John Barnet died at Newark of in
lnrles received Christmas day while
firing frecraclers.
The White Cliffs Cement Companv. Of
Howard county, has been placed in the
i hands of receiver.
Hazen will be dry" this wear a ma
iority 0of the citizens having voted
against license.
thief entered the parsonage of the
Presbyterian church at Texarkapa and
carried away fine carpet.
Waldron raised bonus of $50 900 To
secure the Arkansas Western and grad
ing has begun on the road.
r. M Under, an Ashley county far.
mer, was thrown from his wagon by a
runaway team and instantly killed.
Near Lake City, Mrs. Lucy Green
haw was burned to death by her cloth.
ing becoming ignited from camp fire.
Congressman Little has introduced a
bill appropriating $50, 900 for the repair
OF the army and navy hospital at Hot
Springs.
King Hooper and Theo Melee. resid
ing 20 miles south of Texarkana. foupb.
duel with revolvers, and as a result
both are dead.
Two discharged fremen at Hot
Springs tried to get revenge by turn
ing in false alarms and were arrested
for malicious mischief
| laborer named Kinney was killed
bv passenger train near Hot Springs.
Kinney was asleep on the track, and it
is supposed was drunk.
Robert Crawford. an old citizen of
Crawford county, fell into the fire and
was so badly burned that he lied of his
injuries week after the accident.
A. T. Chaffin. a Greene county farmer.
was dangerously stabbed by his step
son, John Shoemaker. The latter ac-
cused Chaffin of cursing Mrs. Chaffin.
Senators Berry and Jones contributed
300 each, and the six members of the
house $50 each to the fund to erect a
Confederate memorial shaft at Little
Rock.
| The Communication list of state con-
9icts to be released during January
contains but twelve names-the small
est number for any month in many
years.
At the annual meeting of the board
81 directors of the Choctaw. Oklahoma,
& Gulf Railway Company, held in Phila-
lelphia last week. Francis l. Gowan
was elected president.
Chas. belong, of Hot Springs, who
holds the medal as champion trap shot
If the state, has accepted a challenge
from j. T. Lloyd. of Pine Bluff, to shoot
4 match at Hot Springs.
James McEarl, an employee at a saw
mill near Hot Springs, had his left arm
sorn from his body in an accident
While handling lumber he lost his bal
ance and fell on the saw.
In the United States land Office at
Little Rock during the month OF De-
.ember there were 50 homestead entries,
embracing S,565 acres, and SO final
proofs, EN- bracing $3.50 acres.
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The Forrest City times., 1900-01-12
Secretary States Annual Report.

The annual report of the secretary of
state shows thereceIpts for the year of
1899 to have been S14, SS7 SIS in fees and
s5,Ss6 20 from the sale of books, an ex
cess over 1897 of s11, 1874. So The com
parison is not made with 1898, as that
was election year and receipts were
greatly swelled by fees. The receipts
Tor the last quarter of 1899 were 81, 24l.
5O in fees and 81 ,343. SIS for books.
The Forrest City times., 1900-01-12

a man released from jail at Pine
hlnh prevented the escape OF a number
% desperate criminals by informing the
sheriH that they had files and had been
working on the iron bars TO their cells
several nights.
The Forrest City times., 1900-01-12

superintendent Little, of the Hot
Springs reservation, has caused con-
siderable Of stir by lodging com
plants against a number of bathing
establishments on account of drum
ming. The employment of drummers
is in direct violation of the rules and
regulations of the interior department,
and involves the forfeiture on the part
OF bath-house owners of their leases.
The Forrest City times., 1900-01-12

'@s''' S0fff '''~s'O"Or V"~' HtepOft'
Following is the quarterly report of
State Land Commissioner Colquitt for
Fees collected, s4,01S6O. Swamp land
sold, 2,043 "a acres, az, 397. 04. Internal
improvement land sold, $50 acres, s700
Saline land sold, 1870 76 acres, s23s. AS
Seminary land sold, $40 acres, 1920
Forfeited land sold, 9,O97 40 acres, sl1,-
57l.s1. Forfeited land redeemed, TO-
49S 65 acres, s2,065. 40. Forfeited town
lots sold. Sl32 "a. Forfeited land do
mated, 27,5l7.26 acres. Total, 7,43s IS
acres, s2l,24331.
The Forrest City times., 1900-01-12
Died In Prison.

When the Pulaski county jailer went
TO serve breakfast to the prisoners the
other morning, he found Nick Ayers
dead in his cell. Ayers was serving a
Tour months sentence for robbing the
postotfice at Hazen. His death was due
to apoplexy.
The Forrest City times., 1900-01-12

Old Surliboy-1Hullo, fellowl What are
you doing here?" Rustie-"Only courtin,,
sir. Use courtin' Mary" Old Surliboy-
Nonsense! What do you want a lantern
for? Do you think / used one when was
a young MANI" Rustic-"No, sir; don't
think as yer did, judgin' by T. missis!"-
London Fun.
The Forrest City times., 1900-01-12
Land Office Business.

Register Whipple reports that The
business of the United States land office
at Little Rock the last six months OF
1899 was 20 per cent better than that OF
the corresponding six months of the
preceding year.
The Forrest City times., 1900-01-12

The so-called modest violet commands 4
higher price, in proportion to its size, than
any other flower at a greenhouse.-Atch-
ison Globe.
The Forrest City times., 1900-01-12

Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar ~
ieves whooping cough.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Forrest City times., 1900-01-12

The Rest Prescriptions for ChSIIs
and Fever Is a bottle OF GROVES TAsrRLsss
CHILL Tonic. It's simply iron and quiuine in
atasteless form. No cure no pav. PRICE SO.
The Forrest City times., 1900-01-12

Recruiting Officer-'Tf the command
came: Fret what would YOU do ~
Wouid-be-Soger - Run for the hose. -
Judy.
The Forrest City times., 1900-01-12

We have not been without Piso's Cure for
Consumption for 20 years.-Lizzie Ferrel
The Forrest City times., 1900-01-12

Some men show good judgment by show
ing lack of onfidence.-Chicago Daily
News
The Forrest City times., 1900-01-12

Horseshoes bring good luck, it is said"
Did you ever have your wife take fancy
TO a gold one set with diamonds?,-N. d
The Forrest City times., 1900-01-12
Approximated.

First Wife-Have you any idea what your
husbands income ss
Second Wife-Oh, most anywhere between
two and three O'Clock in the morning-Bos-
ton Courier
The Forrest City times., 1900-01-12

J., The veracity of figures often depends upoa
the honesty OF the Observation-Disclosures
Daily News.
The Forrest City times., 1900-01-12

To Cure . Cold N One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. An
druggists refund money II 1t fails to cure, 26o.
The Forrest City times., 1900-01-12

The report of State Treasurer Thos.
G Little for the quarter ending Deem
Der 81, 1899, shows that there are lit.
lie over a quarter of million dollars in
he state Golfers. The recapitulation
The Forrest City times., 1900-01-12

The total receipts for the last quarter
were $50. 473 rs, and the disbursements
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-18
THE GERMAN VOTE.
LEADING GERMAN PAPERS COME OUT
FOR M'kINLEY.

New York Staats Eeitung Leads the wav.
1t Is the Most Influential Germ an
Paper In the Country--what 1t Has
to Say.
The German voters, after careful
consideration have concluded that
they can not support Bryan. They
realize the magnitude of the silver
peril and will vote for Mckinley, as
they did in 1896. AS a result, the Ger
man newspapers are falling into line.
The most notable accession Is that of
Oswald Ottendorfer to the Mckinley
column, and his newspaper, the New
York Stats Zeitung, the most widely
circulated German paper in America.
This strong and Independent paper
was inclined to favor Bryan, and is
still strongly opposed to the Repub-
lican policy with respect ii the Philip
pines, but it finds that this error, as
it believes the policy to be, is far less
menacing or immediate than that con-
tanned in the Democratic Platforms
Therefore, the paper announces its
support of the Republican candidate.
That the Staats Zeitung's going over
to Mckinley hurts the Bryanites was
clearly shown by Altgeld, who was in
New York city at the time, insinuat-
ing to the reporters that Ottendorfer
was corruptly persuaded to the step,
about the most impossible charge that
could be made.
The great New York German news
paper is having an increasing company
of associates among the German
American papers in it's support of Nc
Kinley In Illinois, of 32 German news
papers in the state, 10 have declared
for Mckinley and Yates, IL are for
Bryan and Alschuler, while one is a
Sound money" organ. This is a gain
of four German papers over the cam
paign of 1896. OF these, the Rockford
Germania, which supported Bryan four
years ago, now says: "The country
refused to follow Bryan's advice and
has been prosperous. The Germans OF
this section know there is nothing to
be gained by change in the admin
istration."
The only German daily paper in
Kansas, the Leavenworth Tribune
which has heretofore supported the
Democratic party, now bolts Bryan
and says:
so far as imperialism is concerned
there is absolutely nothing in it, fol-
the simple reason that there is nc
party in the United States that advo-
Gates larger standing army than Is
absolutely necessary for the mainten:
ance of peace and order"
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-18
SOME TRADE FIGURES.
Enormous Growrb of Imports to Use Ia
Misunderstanding.

Enormous Growth of Imports TO Use Ia
Manufacturing.
Latest treasury statistics show that
in the eight months of 1900, ending
with August, imports Of raw materials
for use in manufacturing amounted in
rcund numbers to OO,OOO,OOO, against
a little more than 500, 100000 in the
corresponding months of 1896, and the
exports of manufactured goods were
s304, 600 900, against s163,OOO,O00 in the
corresponding months of 1896.
Raw materials for use in manufac-
turing formed in the eight months oi
1856 only 2S1a per cent of the total
IT. ports, while in the corresponding
eight months of 1900 they formed 35.2
per cent. Manufactures formed in the
eight months of 1896 2S.7 per cent oi
the total exports, and in eight months
OF 1900 formed 1913 per cent?
Every Bryan vote is vote to &C
back to the worse conditions of foul
years ago, with the evils that free
trade and the threat of free silver in.
fiicted upon every interest. A vote foi
Bryan is indeed a vote for hard times
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-18
JOHN D. CRTMMINS
OF NEW YOPK CITY REFUSES TO
SUPPORT Mr. BRYAN.

II Very Prominent Irish merican
ocrats Declare That They win FoIIow
MIR. Crimmins' Lead.
Among the constant and notable
accessions from Bryanism TO McKin-
ley's support, New York city had two
conspicuous cases on the same day
lately. One was that of John D. Grim
minis, among the most prominent Irish
Americans, a very large employer of
labor in the important public contracts
that he has executed, and a man who
has particularly the good will of his
workmen. He warns wage-e -earners Of
the peril in Bryan's election, and feels
called upon to say that, Democrat
though he is how, and always has
bsen, yet it seems to him that even as
a Democrat, he is compelled to support
Mckinley since there is today, in his
view, no Democratic party. Says he:
Upon the one great issue to be de-
cided at the polls in November, the
foreign-born voters can vote but one
way as see the situation. They must
vote to protect their own interests by
the continuance in our country of
abundant employment at good wages,
paid in currency as good all over the
world as it is in the markets of New
York"
Mr. Crimmsns' public statement at
tracted great attention among the la
Dor organizations, and was read at the
meeting CT the United Building Trades
Council of New York city. Thomas
II. McCracken, who has been the busi-
ness agent for the Progressive Carpen-
ters' Union and the New York City
Carpenters Union for nearly 10 years,
said:
Bryan will not get my vote this
year. He goS il in 1896, but he won't
in 1900. Why7 Well, because he is
not consistent, that's ALL"
Mr.. McCracken said that he was not
the only one who had changed about,
and, again, he knew others who even
now did not know where they
were at Il.
William A. Perrine, representative
of the iron moulders' conference board,
is another labor man who will vote
for Mckinley and Roosevelt this year,
who in 1896 was a supporter of Bryal
and the Chicago platform.
81 Cont see how Mckinley can be
beaten" said MIR. Perrine.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-18
AT CINCINNATI.

Cincinnati, Oct. 17.--At Newport to-
morrow the entire gate receipts will
be donated to the fund being raised
for the former sporting editor of the
Cincinnati Enquirer, Harry Weldon,
who is now paralyzed. The track
was fast.
Five and one-half furlongs: Trinity
Bell, first; Kenova, second; Ep, third.
Time, 1:09A.
Six and one-half furlongs: Nancy
Till, first; Zaza, second; Oaloocan,
third. Time, 1:21k.
One and one-eighth miles: Left
Bower, first Peter Duryea, second;
Wcodtrice, third. Time, 1:541a.
Mile: Irish Jewel, first; Wilson,
second; Branch, third. Time, 1:41A.
Six furlongs: Kingrain, first; Ben
gal, second; The Covenantor, third
Time, lis.
Six an done-half furlongs: Martin
Lynch, first; Brulare, second; Iris
third. Time, 1:21R.