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The Forrest City times., 1900-05-25
Stone in the Bladder.

My son has suffered with stone in the
bladder eight years. have taken him TO
several watering places, also to Cincin.
nati, New York, Chicago and Nashville.
where he was put under eminent physici-
ans, with no Improvement: ON the con-
tTary, it was gradually getting larger, un.
I'll l lost all hope OF getting him cured
when l vas told Of Smiths Sure KidHey
Cnre. l had him try it, and to my sur
prise hs began to improve at once, and he
was cured with two bottles. His general
health has improved wonderfully.
John +. Dedman. Memphis, Tenn.
Price so cents. For sale by Webb 4
Sanders.
The Forrest City times., 1900-05-25
DinestS what You eat.
NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given. thar under an
IN order made BY Hon. 4. y. Robertson.
Chancellor OF the Fifth Chsncery District, in
vacation. in a cause pending in the 81. Fran
els Chancery Court: wherein II. T.. Houston
IL plaintiff. and Geo. and Jas. Franks are de.
PENDANTS. on the Id day Of May 1900, will Q
receiver in said cause. on
SATURDAY. JUNE I'd. 1900.
cell At public auction to tho highest and beet
bidder. for cash. the following described per.
sonal property, to.wit: About 100 head of
hogs. l bay horse. roam mare and colt, 40
bushels of corn and remnant stock OF general
merchandise. OF the property above dcecrib.
ed. the corn and hogs will be sold at the farm
of ii. Il. Houston. sbou, three miles north of
widener. Arkansas. and the other property
will be cold st The front door of the store.
house lately occupied by Franks Bros. 4
Houston, at w idener.
l.. II. McGUFFEY. Receiver.
May -. 1900
The Forrest City times., 1900-05-25
Proposed Amendment to the State
Constitution.

Notice 10 hereby given that the following
joint resolution. proposing an Amendment
To the State Constitution, was passed icy he
General Assembly, at its reguiAt Session Of
iss9. and that the same will he submitted 20
the electors OF the State 1T the next general
election to be held september 3. $50. for adop-
ton or rejection. viz
PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
Tho auretes upon the Official bonds OF nj,
state officers shall be residents Of and have
sufiieient property within the State, net OK.
einpt from sale under execution. attachment
or other process OF any court. to make good
their bonds. and the sureties upon the oeBciaI
bonds of al county officers shall reside within
the counties where such on3cers reside and
shall have sufficient property therein. not OF.
smpt from such sale. To make good their
bonds. Provided. however. thar any surety,
bonding or guarantee company. urxa Q lied for
the purpose of doing "A surety or bonding bus.
iuess. and authorized TO do business in this
State. may become surety on the bonds Of all
state. county. and municipal of1cers under
such regulations "a NAV be prescribed BY law
Approved May 4. 1902. +"
Escl, elector may vote for or against above
amendment.
Witness my Official aignature and seal of
once. this Eth day OF February, 1900.
ALEX. c. HULL.
lsbAL.i Secretary OF state.
The Forrest City times., 1900-05-25
REWARD

/ will pay $500 reward for information
as to the whereabouts or $40 90 for the re.
turn to me at Ebony. Crittenden county.
Arkansas. . chestnut sUrrel, biazed faced,
stocking feet behind and branded j. 5. on
the left shoulder and heavy with foai
when she left home about March 80, 1900.
Last seen between Proctor and the Club
House on Choctaw railroad. fully 16 hauds
high. Frank Mays.
The Forrest City times., 1900-05-25
WHAT WE ARE DOING.

The business outlook for For.
rest City through what has hereto.
fore been considered tho dull sea-
son continues to brighten and the
indications arc that this "dull sea.
son" will be marked as . period
of unusual commercial activity.
The facts are dcduced by pro-
cess Of logical reasoning, and any,
one who tries to deny that
the business prospects for our town
this summer are not encouraging
is inconsistent and unprOgressive.
in the first place the Choctaw
Railroad Co. and the Southern
Contracting Co. arc employing
lis men whose headquarters are
in this city. This crew Of work
men and mechanics receive from
sl.l5 TO So 90 per day. This means
an expenditure from these two
companies alone of S., $50, and q
large per cent Of this money is
epent in Forrest City for the rea.
son that these men eat, sleep and
wear clothes, and those necessities
are furnished Thorn by our NOR.
chants. Some may say that these
are extravagant figures, but We
will endeavor TO show that they
are not overdrawn. In the first
place Mike 2. Thornton, foreman
Of an extra gang of thirty mon,
has a pay roll ofsll70 per month,
not including his own lucrative
salary. Thomas Wallace, who has
charge of a balIasting crew OF
twenty-five men who arc paid Sl.5C
per day, comes up also with quite
large pay roll. Section Maste,
Curry now employs crew of eight
men at sl.15 per day. and his
handsome pay roll is all expended
with our merchants. ]. u. Par,
ker, contractor for loading gravel
at Crow Greek, does all his trad.
ing with our merchants, which is
cash and quite an item, besides he
employees crew of fiiteon or twenty
hands who come 10 our town to
spend their money. The steam
shovel and dirt train crews will
number forty or fifty men and
will be employed here all tho cum
msr and fall and we are persuaded
that these men enjoy the largest
pay roll of any set yet referred to
Besides this there are three train
crews, each composed OF ono con-
ductor who receives $50 per
month, one engineer who is paie
$3.50 per day, two braksmen who
draw $50 each per month and one
Waterman whore salary is *l.5t
per day. All these men live in
our town. Some have families
who are With them at the present
tiIne, and others have families
that would like TO como to Forres'
City if houses could be had fol
them 10 live in. The families o,
these railroad people who arc here
now arc dissatisfied because we
have no house room for them
They are an industrious and homo
loving class of people, and if The
proper encouragement was held
ont TO them by our citizens many
The Forrest City times., 1900-05-25
The Bestin the World

We belive Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy il the best ~ the world. A few
weeks ago we suffered with severe cold
aud 4 troublesome cough, and having
read their advertisements in our own and
other papers we purchased q bottle to see
IL it would effect us. 1t cured US before
the bottle was more than half used. 1t is
the best medicine out for coughs and colds.
The Herald, Andersonyille, Ind. Webb
4 Sanders.
The Forrest City times., 1900-05-25

LUxURlES FOR THE FASTlDml
as we'll as necessaries for the ~
day table, can be secured from
choice stock of canned good
glass and tin. Our exqulsih j
serves Of Strawberries and Cal
mia peaches, pears and chem
and our fino vegetables in d
and tin, are the best. Our Din,
party peas should be tested-!i
have q natural sweetness and I
vor that You seldom find ia
ned peas. Remember thst u
every cash purchase ofsl sad
ward l give away absolutely 4
a handsome, handpalntsd pisa
table china. w. T. SANDERS |
The Forrest City times., 1900-05-25
Not'ce TO Let Levss co..

w. once st. Rranci. r
west Memphis, Ark. IL levee Rs.,
ScALED PROPOSALS in -. LIST 3S
received at this oiBce ar,,s p,ceie Vi
Wednesday. June 9Th. Iaasi ~ seost /
- opened. Tor III. construc,,an' sen NJ
ncso i new ievee IN CriienaeaY s'l O r. {
,epss ans approximately I@. y mt, ID
Memphis railroad. opnos,,s we Ctor,s
70 and acroes Decker Bayo, 1rnpsis ~
ne made monthly in cash n, reyu<us y
ton OF the ievee board. The ,aasatls !,
.ne rIrnt TO reject any and an SsSFa nv
non wiz DC furnished on snn,i us. inisr,1
engineer. ToNSe yp,catina IA ~
HARRY N. PiiARR D. DHlvEg
onief Engineer. 20 Southern Er rrss ~
AeUphl.
The Forrest City times., 1900-05-25

NOTICE !. hereby rive, ,snsnt
- ny nrst and Ensi settlen.nst hss.
!" 49, ,'s sscry Cleo. Csscry a. - = rss,s.
~ - ,hors; aud win apply +, "a, hs'ephss
~ ApL '"s e. rs n Court Of :, H. ass -
aud to be discharged - ue'nent 49,,
nv nv bond released and c, suariisn
Nay .. 100 F.R. TssTn-
The Forrest City times., 1900-05-25

LANDvCiCT q vADAKIN.
Editors and Publishers.
-,--- gsIpAY AFTERNOON. NAY :. $500
. DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
l. ....st
For Representative.
5. NJ. BLALOCK.
For County and Probate Judge.
GEO. r. TAYLOR.
For Clerk Of the Circuit Court.
GEORGE b. MALLORY.
For Clerk vt County and Probate Court.
Il. C. MERwIN.
For Sheriff and Collector.
w. L. WILLIAMS.
For Assessor.
GEO. w. ROWLAND.
For County Treasurer.
r. h. UASkINS.
For Surveyor.
X. l.. STOCKARD.
For Coroner.
j. ii. ALLEY.
For Jnstics Of the Peace, Madison TIP.
j. Il. SANDERS.
WALTER G0RMAN.
For Constable, Madison Township.
THAD. SELLERS.
Propositions:
For License.
Against License.
For Constitutional Amendment.
Against Constitutional Amendment.
The Forrest City times., 1900-05-25
Propositions:

IIUPOSIVIOu5.
For License.
Against License.
For Constitutional Amendment.
Against constitutional mendment.
The Forrest City times., 1900-05-25

,---gsIpAY AFTERNOON. NAY :. isco
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-02-03
THE WORLDS COOLEST PLACE.
Russian Hamlet ON Yana River Holds
That Distinction.


Russian Hamlet ON Yana River Holds
That Distinction.
From the Philadelphia Press: Yer
choiausk Is considered to be the cold
est place in the world. It is a small
collection of native log houses. plant
ed near to, but not on, the Yana river
The street, if so 1t may be called, ex-
tends on either side of narrow sheet
OF water, a kind Of creek formed by the
autumn overflow of the Yana. and
which in winter forms a frozen prom
enade or driving place for sleds. 1t is
a dreary place enough. The summer
lasts only four months, and during the
other eight of the year 1t Is bitterly
cold, the thermometer sometimes indi-
eating So degrees below zero, and 1t sell
dom goes above so degrees until April
30. Corn will not grow in this desolate
region. Barley and oats have been
sown. but have always succumbed to
the early frosts. OF vegetables, there
are only the radish and the turnip,
with, perhaps an occasional and very
precarious crop of potatoes. Cabbages
all run to leaf. The ground rarely
thaws, even during the hot season, be-
yond twelve or eighteen inches deep,
and in places much exposed to the heat
never beyond yard. Most Of the
dwellings are Rakut huts, built of f1r
trees against square framework and
covered thickly with mud to keep out
the cold.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-02-03
THOMAS RICHARD RODDY.

OF the tribe. So long as Black Hawk
remained alive they could not do this,
but when death claimed the old war
rior they at once chose Roddy to sue
ceed him. For several months past
Roddy has been living in Chicago
where he has been prosecuting certain
Indian claims. His residence is some
where in Wisconsin. Long before
reaching manhood Roddy embarked in
traffic with the Indians. His father be-
fore him had been an Indian trader
and he grew up amid the perils of the
frontier, fearing nothing in human
guise and wholly Indifferent to dan
ger. Indeed. he frequently spent weeks
and months in the Indian settlements,
acquiring skill In the exercises of the
bow and forming many warm personal
attachments.
When he grew older. Roddy, or Chief
White Buffalo, as he is to be known in
the future, found further field for
his abilities in providing Indian bands
for spectacular purposes. He was one
OF the first men to contract for a sup
ply of braves to take part in Buffalo
Bills show. He takes Indians to ex-
positions and carnivals, and Is even
planning to take a few hundred to the
Paris exposition next year. He want
ed to bring some to Chicago for the
fall festival. but his proposal was not
favorably received. II the Winnebago
Indians had any Of the old spirit. the
new chief might find his hands full
OF trouble before long. One of the
braves, Green Cloud, who is now in
seclusion in Nebraska, claims to hold
the real right Of succession to the
chieftainship. He is bad Indian. Mrs.
Roddy says he drinks whisky. Tribal
war might possibly result, but Roddy
Is now on his way to Nebraska. where
he hopes to convert Green Cloud to his
support. Green Cloud is credited with
having killed old Black Hawks only |
son three years ago. The United |
States government pays $4,000 a year |
to the support Of the Winnebago In |
dams. Roddy has been their business |
agent for some time, and as chief will |
have even greater authority. When he
Is invested with his rank at a medl- |
cine pow-wow before long he will be-
come the possessor Of the many valu-
able wampum belts which the Winnie
oagos won and which pass from chief
% chief. His private collection of wam-
PUN belts now is said by his wife to
De bigger and more valuable than any
n the United States.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-02-03
SEVENTY YEARS,
He Has Lived Without Working, BE.
cause He Doesn't Believe In It.

He Has Lived without Working, BE.
cause He Doesn't Believe In It.
Springfield (Mo.) special Chicago
Record: Down in Stone county, Mis-
souri,, thirty miles south of this city,
walled in by the Ozark mountains, lives
Skinch Painter, who took a solemn VOW
nearly sixty years ago that he would
never work. He declared the belief
that the world owes a living to every
one brought into 1t and that work is a
useless sin. This remarkable charac-
ter is seventy years old. In his own
case he has made positive demonstra-
ton Of his anti-work theory, for he has
never toiled. Yet he lives in absolute
contentment, and has the natural hap
piness OF the early day Indians as
portrayed in story books. He says he
has never suffered from hunger, has
never felt the need Of money, and has
never weakened in his determination
to abstain from labor. He has liter
ally fished, hunted and fiddled his way
the world. That is what he
said he would do when he was ten
years old Skinch Painter was born
in the Ozark mountains. He has
never been married. He has brothers
in adjoining counties who are pros
porous farmers. Skinch hasn't seen
his kinsmen for score of years, al
though they live less than fifty miles
away
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-02-03
a MILLIONAIRE
Whose Entire Wealth Was Invested In
tho Paper on His Walls

Whose Entire Wealth Was Invested I.
tho Paper on His Walls
While In johannesburg l saw a
sample OF what was probably the most
valuable wallpaper ever used in 4
house." says a traveller recently re-
turned from South Africa. 1T was
share certificate in one Of the richest
gold mines Of the Eand. In the early
days an Englishman who worked In
one Of the first mines opened took
his pay partly in cash, but chiefly in
scrip of shares of the company. For
many years the mine yielded little,
and the company was unable to pay
dividends. After a time the English
man got discouraged with working the
pick for these nicely engraved but un-
marketable pieces Of paper, and left
the place for another part Of the coun-
try. where he continued to work hard
for living, barely making both ends
meet. The miners wife used the
share certificates, with some odds and
ends Of prints from papers sent to
them, in papering the walls of theic
cabin, and they remained there as q
grim reminder of the hollowness of
mans expectations. Things got
worse, and the miner and his wife
were near starvation, when one day
a broker newly arrived from England
hunted up the cabin and made an
offer for the wallpaper. The price he
mentioned was SO large as to excite
the miners curiosity, and on investi-
cation he found that he was a large
shareholder in one of the most profit
able gold mines in the world. He kept
his shares. and today he is one Of the
biggest mining kings. But even he
has had no wallpaper since
that time that represented as much
wealth as did the covering Of the walls
Of his little cabin"
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-02-03
IRISH INDIAN CHIEF.
THOMAS r. RODDY'S NEW
DISTINCTION.
rae Winnebagos, a Semi-Civilized Tribe,
Adopt Him as Their Protector-Soon
TO DO Initiated at . Medicine Pow

The honor Of being made chief Of the
"innebago tribe Of Indians, to sue
coed Black Hawk, has fallen to the lot
u Thomas Richard Roddy. who is per-
haps the first white manor at least
one Of the first-to enjoy this extraor-
binary distinction. Roddy has spent
most OF his life in dealing with In
dams. On account of his powerful
physique and fearless spirit he long
ago acquired the confidence of the Win
nebagos. who showed him every mark
OF consideration, declaring that some
day they intended to make him chief
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-02-03
French Studying German.

1t is said that the study OF German
is increasing in France, while the study
of English is on the decline. In the
Ecole des Sciences Politiques, in Paris.
where diplomats are trained, many
more study German than English.
Many young Frenchmen are now being
sent to Germany and Austria instead
OF England to get acquainted with the
language of the victors OF 1870. In a
Paris lycee 143 students study German
to "a English. In another school the
proportion Of German to English Is
500 to 1873. In the MarseilIes gymna-
SUM two-thirds study German, one
third English. 1t is believed that this
French interest in German will have a
powerful influence in the commerce
and politics of the world in the next
generation.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-02-03
THE TRAMP NUISANCE.
The Manner In Which 1t In Being Dealt
With In Frnpce

The Manner In Which 1t II Being Deal
With In France.
The number Of tramps In France IL
not proportionately so large as in this
country, but it is large enough to at.
tract the attention Of legislators. The
frequency Of crimes recently commit.
ted by tramps showed the necessity OF
preparing law concerning beggars and
tramps Of more practical benefit than
the municipal ordinances posted at the
limits of every commune or township
1t imposes severe penalties on profes-
sional beggars or tramps who refuse
to work without proper reason. Unlike
the existing laws, the new bill deals
mildly with the tramps and unfor.
Inmates who are able and willing to
work. but cannot find any employment
These are to be taken before a justice
of the peace. who is to send them to
the house of labor" which every de-
partment in France is to be compelled
to open, where they will be occupied
at some work until employment is
found for them in private workshops.
The trials of beggars and tramps have
amounted. on an average, to $4,000 q
year. Inquiry regarding the condition
Of the temporary refugees, such, for in.
stance, as our warehouses, showed
that in 1895 they had been visited by
466, 900 individuals, who had spent one
night there. In 1895 a general order
was sent to all the gendarmie, or po-
lice corps, through France, requiring
agents to make inquiries regarding all
individuals unknown in their own dis
trict who were found on the public
roads. The police were instructed to
ask these individuals to produce doc.
uments or to furnish explanations con-
corning their identity and profession,
30 that a kind OF statistics and num-
bering could be obtained. OF course,
many individuals could not have been
by the gendarmerie; neverthe.
less, 1t was shown that on a single day |
In 1895 the names OF $4,000 tramps |
were recorded on the lists Of the rural
police.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-02-03

the child Of his old age. And can VI
witness unmoved the spectacle of that
company Of two million boys moving
In procession to doom infinitely worse
than Egyptian slavery? This genera
ton Of parents has furnished the num-
Der, and the next must increase 1t un-
less the Christian parents Of our land
interpose by prevailing prayer and by
united effort to stay the horrible grind.
Father, mother, is there any equivalent
that can be paid into the city treas
urer by the saloon men than can COM
pensate you for the surrender OF your
boy to make up the vast army of
drunkards? Nay. you spurn the sug-
Eestion with Just and righteous indig-
nation; still the sixty thousand boys
are drafted this very year into the ar
my OF drunkards to take the place at
the saloon bar Of the sixty thousand
bloated drunkards that have been
drawn forth from the city and buried
with the burial Of beast The saloon
business would perish in a generation
were 1t not for the recruits that our
homes are furnishing every year. Ju-
dah's plea may well become ours, How
shall 90 up to my father, and the lad
be not with me" How can we Chris
tian parents go up to our Father and
these lads be not with US? How shall
we answer Him In that day when we
give account Of our Stewardship We
have seen what goes into the hopper
OF the saloon; let Us see what comes
out OF 1t. 1t empties its grist into the
bottomless pit-ruins of homes, ruins
OF bodies, and ruins Of hearts and
souls. 1t grinds out pauperism, and
turns 1t over to the county and state
to be provided for; 1t grinds out idiocy
and insanity for the state to take care
or; 1t grinds out lawlessness, riots, an
archy. and non-industrial armies; 1t
pulverizes the ballot box, cheats the
will Of honest. patriotic citizens, and
will crush the life out Of our nation
II 1t proceeds unchecked as 1t has dur
Ing the last forty years. No nation can
long survive a system OF iniquity that
wastes its resources at the rate of
billion and two hundred million dol
lars a year, that corrupts its homes,
immolates Its youth and injects its
poison into the very vitals OF Its ma
tional life.-Anna e. Russell.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-02-03
DEWEY'S ONLY SON.

Admiral Dewey's only son bears the
name of George Goodwin Dewey. He
is in the employ of large dry goods
commission house of New York city
and is said to be quite successful as a
business man. When In a Cincinnati
dry goods house the other day he was
Hobsonized by an unblushing female
clerk. At the time his father won the
victory at Manila bay the young man
was in New York city. His associates
proposed to fete him and mako much
ado because he was the son Of his
father. Then the Dewey spirit came
to the front, for young George rose
up and said that any honors Of that
sort should 60 to his father and not
to him. He declared that he was only
quiet American citizen; that his
father had done no more than his