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The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1901-06-14

Every time you get drunk, and adver-
tise your folly on the streets, you are fight
ing yourself. Every time you do bad ac-
ton, you are fighting yourself. You have
can you afford to fight yourself ?-Atchison
Globe.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1901-06-14
GUARANTEED

great merit, and our best testin
will sell CASCARET6 nbsoIuts
money refunded. Go buy today,
fhir, honest trial. ns per simple
not satisfied. after using one doe
box and the empty box to Ne by
whom you purchased ft, and get
day. Health Will quickly follow
you first started the use o<CASCA
Address STERLING REMEDY CO.,
The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-10-04
Crotobots of a Cynio

In thc race for wealth right often gets Icrt
 EidIcllc. unless harbcd with reason, is ridiculous.
 To be thor,uchly hated one needs but to hc reasonable.
 If many Of us could see ourselves os we rcolly arc wc should hc ashamed Go Doc on speaking terms with ourselves.
 Womans sphere in spite of au that her lnoloelsts may sly. is at thc best but 70 hemisphere.
 Ito h1t s successful can anord Co muc. Doc thlt is not successful cannot lnord Go do otherwise.
 We Io not always learn from Che mis- takes of others. but we arc always ready tl profit by thcm.
 Nom1ua y.sml memory is very dcfcc- Give. udring from thc frequency with which she looks nto Che mirror
 When 1 man thinks one woman ia dh- f.rent from other women it fgucs chat In. does uot know either Ono ono or Che other Smart Sct.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-10-04

f,cts. A rrcat amount win have to hc spcnt Co put Che public buildings m pre- sentabic condition for worlds ulr Nt- tors Boulcyards win have to hc cou- structcd Unhealthy sewers w.u havc to bc repaired Districts thlt arc now w'th- out drainage facilities must nc connected with Che sewerage system. Th.rc ' moo point where further economy cln be ..- crcisod
 The charter amendments urr to author IEc Che borrowing of money for thcsc pl- poses.
 Referring Co this state of a0lire and thc apparent lack of proeress. notwIthst1nd- mr Che great sums of money in sight, s.y.ral ueUsnaners 1rc uttcr.ng nnm 1t Che expense of thr Mound City Thc Washington Post cocs so f1r 1s to doubt whether thr exposition win hc h,li u iaG. OF cvru u any other yclr This Is prob1bly uot Intended to bo taken moro seriously chan Ono profcsscdly kindly liv.r,." of th, Chicoeo 1ntcr-Ocogm which. with Ono m1lcyolcucc of 70 rivai s1ys-
 No ntcurcnt and ohseryunt reuon who h1s ever seen St Louis win doubt ult t would take from g, to 1-' yDif. ta rut 10 in prcecntuhic shape 70 ie H,. t.rIy out of thc question 1ud beyond nm r.lsnu for St Louis tn attempt anythms ar this kind.
 Our uc.rhbors to thc southwest ahnr'I abandon Che iJco chat thcir city win o. itself hc any uttuctIon t1 N.sItnr. n Ii. .y.u though rycrythIne is dome iu th. meantime thlt Che B,p1nue lNs must h. Jouc. St Louis has her own attraction" but they arc neither architectural sHr.. nry. nor climatic 10 h.. Ite u1rr." streets. its tbrcc.stor bricks its Ern old ruins. Che court house. On. hr' 'r" tH'' We huHt for it across the M.-aiss.pn. '" the Union Depot which was c"u.trit. ta meet the rcruIromrnts or Nn'.It" trains. but the 1vorlr. s.eh,srDr c'n lu th1t h. win cy.r olr. t' . ". ". f.arIs in Che course of Iu afternoon I'm fr.nr for st IuHI- to doss t' devote ' f. money. .r.r.y and tIm. tn th0 OVH" srI.n. If thlt .s made .Ur...e St I" .Ir rest s1t.r.I with He I0h.r.m. r. attempt t1 mako th. n.Hcr .,..I .. .ttrIgtIuu to etrlue,re would To. H't m4 too much
 WbI. tb.s chatter .s mot ,o h. ut.n ... .er.ousv. 10 sery,s tn suset On. tbat st Louis vth aI t- m'n.' hand or u prospect lIs h.- Inh "n i.. hands. lrI oH0 t11t win r.Ir.rr th' mos. UIrent Nnd of "huet'ns from now . .ffIsto carry olt Its announced H-....
The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-10-04

number of bandits Some reports stato that there arc not moro than So in oll. ,hc bulk of Che force being made up Of natives who wcro forced Co join chem.
 The bandIh who have been moving In Antong-chlou arc Che mounted outlaws previously reported. There are no Rus snn troops lu tho district. and a stotc Of anarchy prevails at present The mount ed hlnduu who were ln the district were driven from Kirn and Moukdon.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-10-04
THE ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION

St Louis 8ssumes t1 have 1Ie.d or tn have th- assurlucc or 70 great deli of money for tba Louisiana Purchase ENpo- stun. but 10 seem- 10 Is uot out Of the woods ey.n y,t vith the opening of th. exposition oufy 1ho1t % year and a ha'r ur Some charter amendments thlt ar, to be voted upon October l. are c'rsii. er,d n,cesslr.. not directly for opposition purposes. but so as to make Che city ot. trlcuye or toI,rable for visitors JIdr1s from au article .u the so Louis Republic the cIy-uke some oth-u-is iu 70 bad Way financially
 There is uo money Cor street and sever Improvements The Insane asylum has 1u patients in building Intended for a8 Tho roorholsc is compelled to put warls in sheds A temporary city hos- pitsI chat is % disgrace Go Che city Is used The new city han remains uucomrieted Money is needed Co remedy au thesc de-
The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-10-04
Reflection. of a Bachelor

Unif Ono mon ln thc world wouldn.l h1yc been married if lt hadn't been foi F1mc other woman.
 Thcrc orc plenty of women who orcn' tuock-knced
 It sounds awful nicc Co talk about a mans wealth of love- but that kind doesn't buy many mutton chops
 Bcforc she marrics % man. woman may clrc % whole lot Co have him looh mlc god. but after shc has got him what sho most,car,s about Ga not Go have him get up cross iu thc morning.
 When they are engaged 90 man cant think of anything so proslic as what hi' uturc wife knows about things to eat b1t after thcy arc married hc win raise thunder if she can't gIvo cards and spades to Ono best cook on earth.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-10-04

E.R.PEOPLEs. Undortalsor and Em-
 balmor. Broadway and sth Avo
The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-10-04
NORTHWEST LGHT AND POWER COMPANY
SKAGWAY, ALASKA
Proposed Electric Light Rates

Residence
 First three iG c. D. lights ench........ ,H Second three iG c. D. lights each...... Q. Over six i6 c. D. lights each........... r, Installing. per drop. including roc
 aettc. ft. cord. socket and lamp. Lamp rcncwals:-
 10 C. p.'s''''ss's's'.'''s.s'...s d2 c. p......,.................... .
 This new schedule Of rates to go ia', effect when new plant starts-about Q Q. vomber 1st.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-10-04

.Herer cried FethcrstoncbaIdcr Go ht roommate. who was starting ou his va cation. "th1ts my brush and comb yuu are putting in your grip
 "Wou. let me have 'cm. You won need 'em. you've srown so bald lately
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1901-02-12
TOMMY sPiNK's EARS.

Tommy Sphinx was boy
Who brought bushels Of Joy
TO the hearts in the sleepy old school,
But twas not his fine looks
Nor his liking for books.
For he stood at the foot. as rule.
But Tommy was blest
Above all Of the rest
Whom knew in those jubliant years.
For in some funny way,
But Just how l can't say,
He was able to wiggle his ears.
The lazy old clock
Would be dreaming, "tick-tock,'
And the room quite as still as mouse,
When some one Of the crowd
Would dare smoker out loud
And arouse all the rest in the house.
Then the teachers command
Would be Hold out your hand!'
And some one would shed few tears.
And all just because,
Spurning Natures set laws,
Tommy Sphinx chose to wigge his ears.
His scalp, so he said,
Was too big for his head
And he rolled 1t about as he willed.
While his ears. to and fro.
So grotesquely would go.
You would laugh though you knew you'd
be killed.
And TO this very day,
When my skies are a gray.
There is one recollection that cheers.
AS l think. with smile,
With what innocent guile
Tommy Sphinx used to wiggle his ears.
Oh, the years have been long
Since left the glad throng
loved in those happier days;
They have passed from,my view
All those friends whom l knew
And are threading life's devious ways.
All Is fading. find
Yet with pleasure my mind
To that one youthful picture adheres,
And from out the dim past
I'll recall to the last
How Tommy Sphinx wiggled his ears.
Nixon Waterman, in l.. A. W. Bulletin.
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1901-02-12
For Nothing Per Cent.

THE house in which Mr.. William
johnson carried on the business of
money lender and financial agent was
in no way different from those sur
rounding it save that the downstairs
front window bore the legend Loan
Office" in large black letters on white
ground. \ quiet, orderly. middle-aged
man was Mr.. Johnson, and people who
met him in the street and did not know
him would have taken him for anything
rather than man who put out his
money TO usury.
Certainly there was nothing of the
Shylock about him as he sat one spring
morning in his dingy office over much
thumbed account book. He was tall,
spare, loosely-built man. with a pale
face and a thin, struggling crop OF
beard and whiskers that always looked
as if it had grown in patches. Usually,
when he was not talking to his clients,
be carried quill pen in his mouth;
there was something in this habit that
gave him the appearance OF an alb
stracted poodle carrying a stick.
Mr.. Johnson was deeply engrossed in
the consideration of a certain entry in
his account book when the door of the
loan Office opened very suddenly and
set the bell ringing with sharp dis
sonance. He heard light step in the
little lobby, which was partitioned off
rom the rest Of the room. For a mo-
ment he did not answer the summons of
the bell-it was never wise TO be in too
much haste to welcome callers. But
presently he rose and opened the door,
he quill pen still retaining its hori-
zontal position in his mouth, He lifted
his eyes carelessly from the li,tleswing
counter to the person who stood behind
it. He was not easily surprised. for he
had seen many strange things in his
time, but what he now saw surprised
him into vague, uncomfortable 81
lence. ?.
Behind the little counter stood a
young lady-nay a girl-of some Is or
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1901-02-12

10 wears, fashionably dressed, evidently
of good position and palpable refine
ment. Her pretty, fresh face, revealing
itself to Mr.. Johnson's astonished eyes
from beneath the ravishments of
much befowered picture hat, seemed
strangely out of keeping with the
dingy color of the little lobby.
"Oh-er-ye are Mr.. William John
son?" she said.
EYES," answered Mr.. johnson.
"You-er, you-lend money, don't
you?"
yes" said Mr.. johnson again.
"I-I want to borrow some money"
she said, looking out of half-averted
eyes at the money lender.
Mr.. Johnson's first impulse was to
stretch out his hand for one of the APP
plication forms which stood ready in
small box on the counter. But upon
reflection he lifted the swinging shelf
and asked his new client to step inside.
When she had passed into the Office he
closed the door and joined her and from
sheer force of habit he restored the
Quill pen to his mouth. The girl saw
the resemblance to the distracted
poodle, and smile rippled over her
face. Mr.. johnson did not observe it;
he indicated chair at the side of his
desk and when thegirl had taken it he
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1901-02-12
outwitted His sharp-Tonsued wife

An Englishman of Lymington had
the misfortune to live in a continuous
quarrel with his wife, who was modern
Xantippe, and threatened, in case she
survived him, to dance over his grave,
II was her lot to outlive him. but tt
was not so easy to carry out her threat.
The husband had the precaution to
make an injunction in his will requir-
ing his body to be buried in the sea
near his residence and without cere-
mony. The injunction was complied
with.-Chicago Chronicle,
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1901-02-12
resumed his own seat and looked at

resumed his own seat and looked at
her.
"What amount did you wish to Dor.
row, ma am ?" said Mr.. Johnson.
"Oh-ah-well, eco"
"Now-" said Mr.. johnson. II sup
pose you could furnish good security? ?"
II thought that you--it says in your
advertisement, you know, that you
lend money on borrowers note of hand
alone-I think that's how it's put, isn't
it?-and no inquiries, and no securities
isn't that it?'
ITO approved borrowers-yes," an
swered MIR. johnson.
"Oh!" said the girl. ooh! Then
you"
1--WE don't lend money without Sc.
curity," said Mr.. Johnson. "Of course,
if we know the party, and know that
it's all right and safe, why, of course,
in that case"
II see," said The girl" "Yes-of
course, you don't know anything about
me. How silly of me! l thought one
had just to come and get the money
and sign paper or something"
The girl looked up from her parasol,
with which she had been tracing i'm
aginary patterns on the floor
Perhaps Id better tell you all about
it," she said. OF course, you won't tell
anybody, will you?''
Never divulge professional secrets"
said Mr.. Johnson.
well, want to borrow 20 to buy a
bicycle. There!" said the girl, with a
decisive tap of the parasol upon the
floor you see, I've spent every penny
The Lamar register., 1901-08-14
Col. MosbH Reappeors.

The recent appointment, to please
President Mckinley, of Col. John s.
Mosby as special agent OF the General
Land Office, with headquarters in the
west, has brought into prominence one
of the picturesque figures OF the civil
war-a man admired by the south for
his dash and brilliancy and reviled by
northern soldiers because his warfare
was OF the guerilla type. A Virginian
by birth, he is now approaching his
69th birthday. While in the University
of Virginia he shot and seriously
wounded a fellow student who had as
saulted him and, during his confine-
ment for this offense. he studied law so
thoroughly that soon after his release
he was admitted to the bar. At the
beginning OF the war he fought with
Joseph e. Johnston and later with
Stuart. but after two years he organ
lied. in northern Virginia. force of
irregular cavalry and during the re-
mainder of the war he harassed the
Federal troops by cutting On communi
cations between the armies and des-
troying supply trains. His partisan
rangers, when not on n raid. scattered
for safety and remained in conceal
ment, with orders to assemble again at
a given time and place. Various ex-
peditions were sent out against him.
but friendly neighbors always kept
him Informed OF the enemy's approach.
Mosby held rank in the Confederate
army and reported to Gen. Stuart and,
after his death. to Gen. Lee. His par
tisans received the same pay from the
The Lamar register., 1901-08-14
PbiI,sp. Couldn't Keep Up:

Speaking of the suspension of his
commission house. Corn King" Phil
lips says: I'm a nutshell, 1t was a
case of too much business. 1t has
grown so rapidly that our facilities
for taking care of 1t have not kept
pace with 1t. Money came easy and
it went easy" says the Chicago Chron-
icle.
On reading this one naturally recalls
the fact that not so very long ago Mr..
Phillips made a speech in Minneapolis
in which he proposed case of a great
deal more business-so mucn more as
to make the Phillips commission busi-
ness look like molehill beside
mountain In the comparison.
The business which he proposed
was nothing less than that Of keeping
corn forever cornered, with SO cents
per bushel as the minimum price. In
order to work this business success
fully he proposed to establish a bank
with capital of $5O,O0O.OOO or such
matter and to establish mammoth
elevators also to store the corn Of
fered by farmers as security for loans
from the big banks on the basis OF so
cents a bushel, with margin of 10
cents of.
The magnitude of the business had
no terrors for the corn king" when
he made that speech. In his mind he
had no trouble in conducting a bank
with s500O0.000 or more capital and an
elevator business running up to hun
dreds OF millions of bushels. In his
mind too. 1t was a perfectly simple
matter to keep the price of corn up to
SO cents bushel or above.
What does he think of it now? He
admits that his respectable but COM
paratively trifling commission business
has run away from him. He has not
been able to keep up with it or keep
track of it. Does he still think he
could keep up with his rousing per-
petual corner business? Money came
easy and it went easy" in his little
business; how does he think =. might
he with that tremendously big bust
ness? Might not the easy-coming
money go too easily? 10
The Lamar register., 1901-08-14
(The End.)
Two Kind. of Independence.

We have all met the girl with the
Independent air, who is apt to show a
rebellious spirit when things do not
go her own way. Not infrequently she
is well educated and comes from a re-
fined home. says writer in the Week
ly Bouquet. But this fact does not
make her manner the less offensive. 1t
is a good thing to have self confidence
and courage for these qualities are es-
sential to success. But independence is
a trait that is contrary to agreeable
ness and robs its possessor OF that
sweet amiability which is born from
the virtue, obedience. Every law Of
God. and every law OF nature. is de-
pendent on another law for support.
The girl who thinks she can get along
without cultivating the graces of gen.
tleness, courtesy and kindness to 9TH
ers, is making sad mistake, and Will
be anything but success. Who knows
how to obey well will rule equally well.
Whether in the business or social
world. the girl, or woman who influ-
ences things for the best is the one
whose bright disposition deems inde-
pendence out of place where progress
is desired.
The Lamar register., 1901-08-14
Home m ads Gond0iiers.

How many citizens of Buffalo who
have watched the imported gondoliers
on the exposition canals realize that
we have developed race of gondoliers
of our own right here in Buffalo? The
dirty old skiffs down in the harbor are
not SO pleasing to the eye as the smart
Venetian gondolas at the fair. The
grimy ferry boys who propel them
don't look SO foreign or SO picturesque
as their fellow-craftsmen from abroad.
But when 1t comes to skill in handling
q boat with a single stern oar, dodg-
Ing around between steamers and tugs.
through narrow passages and over the
swells made by the big ships. the Buff
falo boys have no need to fear COM
parison.
1t would be an interesting and popu-
lar exhibition II the Pan-American
authorities some day would take three
or four of the best of the ferry boys
from Buffalo harbor up to the exposi-
tion grounds. put them on the canals in
their old skiffs and match them in a
contest of speed and skill against the
imported gondoliers. I'd bet my money
on the Buffalo boys.-Buffalo Express.
The Lamar register., 1901-08-14
Study of tho Moon.

1t has been observed that on account
of the absence of an atmoshere on the
moon, and the consequent lack of
gradation in shadows, the eye of the
observer is seriously misled in Judging
the actual relief of objects forming the
lunar landscapes. Prof Prinz of Brus-
sells has recently developed a meth
cd of avoiding this difficulty, and
of seeing the craters and other
details on the moon in their natural
proportions. Taking advantage of the
fact that as the moon travels around
the earth the eccentricity OF its orbit
produces the effect of slow filtration,
or balancing to and fro. which causes
its face to be inclined now little one
way and now a little the other way,
Prof. Prinz makes two photographs of
the lunar object to be studied, at oppo-
site points in the libration. and then
combines them in stereoscope
whereupon the object stands forth in
full relief. This principle has hitherto
been applied only to photographs Of
the moon as a whole and not to par
ticular craters. or regions.
The Lamar register., 1901-08-14
of darzaess. misery ana

mountains Of dar11ess. misery ana
despair.
Singing and cooling. Susie weaved in
the darkness of the flight
with the birds, toward the summer
of the new little soul. At midnight,
bending forward to kiss the downy
cheek, she was startled at its coldness.
Hurriedly feeling the wee soft hands.
the pulseless feet. the tiny body. she
sounded the utmost depths of agony.
She rushed from the shelter. the cold
little body in her arms. By the light
Of the stars. the fires of the braves.
she saw the touch of the grim visitor.
Then on the air of night arose pain
song out of heart rudely broken.
She sank unconscious to the earth.
Away off hillward gaunt coyote
howled an answer back, dismal, long
forlorn.
The sun gilded the path to the heav-
ems, and rose In purple mists Of ma
jesty; the beam-fngers played In the
night-dark hair OF the mother. and
touched with gold the hair of the child.
Dreaming the present far out OF
vision. dreaming the past into present
again, the wan mother smiled and
nodded in her sleep. Awakening. she
shivered; a sigh that had rested was
also aroused. Yet peace and patience
were come in her heart.
Kneeling, she yearningly extended
her hands to the shimmering sun. 20
God. o Great Eternal Spirit" she said,
they told me of the Christ who died
who died for sins-for souls in trou-
BILE! But oh, my God, He never knew
of Indian souls-and so, Great Spirit,
let Susie die for all the sins-the love
the happiness!"
Still with her look to the mighty sun.
still with a murmur of passionate ap-
peal on her quivering lips, she took
up her baby, pressed 1t in eagerness
close to her bosom. and ylided ahead,
to pool of the stream. sobbirg and
sobbing, and was curtained from sight
Of the crystal waters.
When the body of the slender young
Indian woman. clinging to i fair-haired
baby. was found. few wives and
mothers said it was "pitiful," and
other persons said she was only an
Injun."
CThe End.)
The Lamar register., 1901-08-14
AS tie World
ReJoIveS
Negroes Atved by P-oobef:'

Simon b. Needham. who claims to
be the Hebrew prophet referred to In
the Bible. the seventh child of Judah.
born to be a priest and a king before
the Lord of Israel, is holding the ne
groes and superstitious whites under
spell by his street corner talks In
Macon, Mo. He is a remarkable per-
sonage. He says that his mother was
born at Richmond. Va. in the year
1900. Her maiden name was Julia
Judah, the daughter of Emanuel
Judah. She was left an orphan at an
early age, kidnapped by slave dealers
and sold into bondage. This enslaved
Jewish woman then became the moth
er of thirteen children-eleven black
and two white. The prophet claims
to be one of these two white children.
The daughter was bought out of slav-
cry for the sum of $500 and he freed
himself In the twenty-fourth year of
The Lamar register., 1901-08-14
S. b. NEEDHAM.

Uewish Prophet. Who Holds Negroes
in Missouri Under n Spell)
his age by going to Windsor. Canada.
His mission Neednam announces to be
to deliver the natives and to establish
a universal brotherhood of man and
fatherhood of God, and says the thing
is to be achieved in his day and gen.
Grafton.
While not prepossessing In appear
ance. the prophet" talks with some
fiuency and much animation. He an
nounced that he could repeat any
verse in the Bible correctly offhand,
and his frequent use of the scriptures
to prove his peculiar teachings i'm
pressed his hearers. He says he is in
the seventy-fourth year of his second
earth life and has lived number of
years In Kansas City, Mo-, where he
opened universal mission" in 1899.