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The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1901-11-22

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The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1901-11-22

The production Of Uncle Toms Cabin
which will be presented at Forrest City
Tuesday, Noy. 26th, is on scale OF
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1901-11-22
Not a Dissenting Vote,

A perfect laxatiee, This is tile unani-
nous verdict Of the people who Use DR.
CaldWeII's Syrup Pepsln. soc and Sl00
sizes. Sold by J. II DunaYant.
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selfish, even in winning her, but he
was beginning to be unselfab he was
beginning to be nobler Boy and
there was great need of it. You see,
he loved her-he loved her too much.
He was unreasonable I have looked
Into his heart, and know that now.
He was half Boy and half savage, and
thought himself a man, whose judg-
ment was always good, and who was
always right. He thought that he was
always good, and who was always
right. He thought that he was to be
regarded always-he didn't think Of
regarding her. And yet, he loved her
lin some blind, unreasoning way,
such as boys have. And because he
loved her he kept fastening on to his
doom, and dragging her with him. He
couldn't wake up to the fact that he
was slowly killing love in her. It is
one Of the saddest things, that people
VINO love one another truly and ten
oerly can live to be alienated, isn't
it? But that is what happened to the
Boy He was young-they were both
young-and he was undisciplined-and
love was hurt with jar and fret! Over
and over again they passed through
storms which left them cast ashore in
a desert land. They said bitter, heart
breaking things to one another, and
1t was because the Boy loved her that
the bitter things hurt and ranked
And so at last he rose up and said,
This is enough-I will end it. I will
go away today and will never trouble
you again."
He paused, and she stirred a little,
but he could not see her face.
"And so, he went down to the boat
he said, steadily; "but even when his
foot was upon the gangplank he
turned back and stood leaning against
something in his utter misery, be-
cause he had all at once grown to be
man, and was suffering all a mans
agony. That is the end Of the story
of the Boy-except that the man
looked up and saw that foolish little
Mrs. Lessing waving her hand at him
from carriage, and remembered that
both of them-he and the Girl-were
to have been her guests tonight. And
such hungering came upon him to
look upon her face again-that he
came-knowing that by tomorrow he
might summon strength to Co.
''Ned?"
She raised her face and looked at
him. Her lips trembled like a hurt
child's, even while she was smiling at
him.
Ned" she murmured, brokenly;
the Girl was very young and inexpe-
rienced. Don't you think she ought
to have a chance to try over again -
And you didn't know-that she was
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work for my loaf of bread. I'm not#a q
great writer at all-on1y sometimes
/ pick up little hack work on the
newspapers; and the parts play are
only parts to fill up when someone else
is I'll might say I was born IN the
wings of the @theater-my mother
didn't want me--s1e was a dancer.
I've just drifted along m too old to
begin over no one caresno one has
ever cared. It was foolish Of me-
maybebut WANTED you to always
think Of me as great and happy You
might as well knoW---I'm just a paint
ed lady
He looked about him at the acres of
yellow grain, his own; he thought OF
the sweet, summer grasses about the
farmhouse and of the hard, unyield-
ing paVements> Of the city street: he
looked at the pathetic, dropping figure
of the woman before him.
That's your train now" he said,
picking up the valise and pointing to
the village down the road. You're
not going back. don't care who you
are, nor how old you are; I love you;
do you understand that?"
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Bicycle Has No Rival.

At dinner in his honor mechani-
cal cal inventor IN was asked: What comes
after iafb the bicycle ?'' His reply was:
Gentlemen, there. never will be any
successor to the bicycle When ask
ed to explain SO positive statement
he he said: said: There never can be q less
3 amount i1l' mi OF material put together with
gre greater skill that will answer the pur-
pose pose of human Y 4 1ocomotion with greater
ease and and pleasure or at a less original
cost cos an and less current expense to the
user. The bicycle is one Of the most
con1summate e,1s achievements of our me-
chanical lopment and one Of The
n most benefcent contributions Of mech
anlsm lllst 2 TO iyilization. It has no rival
and and it can have no successor. !.
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grapes filling the moon-lit night, she
spoke of her life in the city, and how
good itsseemed to be in this quiet, rest
full place after the glare of the theater
with it's tawdry shams, where the
edges were raW-cut and raveled and
where everything was pretense and
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SHE RUNS RIVER PACKETS.
Missouri Woman the Only Boat Agent
in the United States.

Missouri Woman the Only Boat Agent
in the United States.
& At La Grange, Mo-, an important
landing for steamboats, on the Missis-
sippi river, Miss Lena Bohon is the
duly accredited agent of packet COM
pany and discharges all the duties Of
the Office to the satisfaction of all con-
cerned. She enjoys the unique distinc-
ton Of being the only member of her
sex to fill such position, either in
this or any other country, and is
proud of the fact. 1t is only recently
that it has been possible for woman
to successfully discharge the duties Of
such an office. Years ago the steam
boat agent was man. He had to be,
because he had to hustle aboard ar
irving steamers and then hustle off as
the gangplank was being hauled in.
Then he had frequently to mingle with
roustabouts. But there are not as
many steamboats, now. as there used to.
be- and the business isn't done in the
same way. This may, IN part, account
for Miss Lena Bohon's position She
was appointed in 1898, after the death
of her father, who had been the agent
of the Diamond Joe line for forty
years. She is now agent for five
steamers plying between st. Louis and
st. Paul and two between Keokuk and
Quincy. Miss Bohon has no assistant
She is always ready for duty at the.
old fashioned wharf house. When
steamboats, at night announce their
approach Miss Bohon, who lives with
her mother, five blocks away, hastily
dresses, picks up her lantern and hur-
ries to the landing place. If she de-
sires the steamer to stop she flashes
her lantern in certain way. Officials
of the packet companies aver that she
is one of the most faithful, accurate
and capable agents in their employ.
She sells tickets, makes out freight
bills and receipts, collects weekly ac-
counts with the merchants and other
shippers and checks off every bale
of hay, bushel of wheat or tub of but
ter that goes on board a boat. She
oversees personally the receiving and
dlscharglng of freight. At the age of
Is the affairs of the office could be safe
iy lntrusted to her care during a
short absence of her father. She grew
up in the atmosphere of this active
lie and her desire to continue in its
environment is but natural.
The Cook County herald., 1901-07-13
Canal Tells q Problem.

The question of tolls on the 18TH
mian canal is not 50 simple as it was
in the case OF the Suez, writes a cor
respondent of the New York Post. We
have a much greater marginal traffic"
to consider one which may be con-
trol1ed by the rate of toll. The west
coast of South America, in its dealings
with Europe, ought to furnish about
one-third of the available traffic of the
new canal, if opened in 1915. All that
traffic practically could pay a toll Of
81 a ton. Between the west coast of
South America and the eastern ports
Of the United States the traffic could
pay a still heavier toll. as the saving
over the route round the Horn
would be still greater. On the prinei-
pie of charging whatever the traffic
could bear, certain cargoes going
through the canal could doubtless at.
ford to pay So or 81 q ton.
The Cook County herald., 1901-07-13
=. Story Of a Boy: !:
BY JULIA TRTTTTT RTSHOF

n BY JULIA TRUITT BISHOP.
Author. Deborah of Lost Creek" etc.
1Copyright. 1901, by Daily Story Pub. Coz
B She was listening to the uniformed
graybeard at the window, bending to-
ward him a little with an air Of
charmed interest that warmed the
heart under the gold Braid Fluttering
down to them the length Of the draw
ing room came the hostess, that fool
: ish little Mrs. Lessing, and they heard
her saying to the gentleman beside her,
while she was yet far off:
"Oh, I've just found you in time, and
it's awfully awkward, but you know
how people are always disappointing
you at the last moment. You were to
have gone down to dinner with Glare
Rigdon, and Mrs. Harding with Ray
mond Blaine, and neither of them came
$50 sorry"
The girl at the window had not
changed her position in the least. She
still leaned over the arm of her chair
toward the uniform, but the General
was suddenly conscious that the lovely
young face had lost something Of it's
color. .-.
'sOh, Mrs. Harding" cried Mrs. Less
ing, as the girl stood up and smiled
graciously at her hostess; $50 awk-
ward for husband and wife to go out
to dinner together-people disappoint-
ed me-but would you let Mr.. Harding
take you out, just to oblige me?'
The hostess did not wait for a re-
ply, but took General Blake's arm and
led him away. The two were left
alone, both standing in the shadow of
the window tcurtains. She was twist
ing the silken fringe of the drapery
between her fingers. She did not look
at him, but she saw that the hand
resting on the back of the chair from
which she had risen was shaken.
@Since we are within full view of a
number, of our dearest enemies" she
said with a scornful smile, still not
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tinsel. He wanted then to tell her
but in his foolish wisdom he was
afraid-he did not know.
He taught her the secrets of the
meadows and the forest; the places
where the wildfowers grew, the haunts
Of the robin and the whip poor-will.
: The day came for her to go away.
He walked with her down the country
road, her limp skirts dragging in the
dust and the little bangles jangling at
her belt. 4. : n 49, ?. .s ss .5sss=ss
you're going away he said
.aWkWardly, ssback to your own kind
of a life, butt want to tell you, before
you go, something knew you wouldn't
listen to, or I'd have told you before;
but you won't mind my telling you
noW---now that you're going away
and ~ you you won't laugh at me
will you?" %s
h sNo------n ~ won't laugh she
said earnestly.
well, then / I've loved yo11
every little minute since you first
came; shall just go on loving you, 1
guess. all the rest Of my life; but i
knew it couldn't be you with your
actin and your ga city life and every
5thing---so Z just went on loving you
and thought I'd never tell you.
You're not angry with me, are you?
You don't mind when I say that /
think you are the most beautiful and
the very brightest and best woman IN
the world ~ III 4.
He looked into her eyes. It's all
true, she said simply. = thought you
knew at first; but when you didn't
seem to see or to careI just went
on letting you think well Of me. I'm
oldoh, SO old my whole self Is a
sham I'm going back to work, work.
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Would Have q Troot.

An old darkey went to Memphis the
other day to get his pension check
cashed. After receiving his money,
which amounted to s11, the old ex-
slave sauntered down Front street to a
produce house and bought three crates
OF cabbages. When they were deliver
ed at the wharf late that afternoon
the old man was there and received
them with mouth watering in antici-
patton of the good time ahead. .sWhut
yer gwine ter do wild dem cabbages ?"
inquired the negro drayman who de-
livered them. Eat 'em,'' was the
9 quick VI K response. Use been free forty
years and and dis is de first time I'se had
de m money one to buy 'nuff cabbage. I'se
gWilnEe g'''lE ter eat cabbage till I furgit de
way ter my mouf. . .
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hand. eve will disappoint them for
once''' s---ss *....r,'. +
She looked beyond him, at the
throng that danced and promenaded
and walked down the long succession
OF rooms. She looked anywhere but at
him. b.. - ~, = - -. --..<s So Z
While it is really awkward" she
said with a bitter voice and a charm
ing smile, 'fors a husband to be forced
to take his wife out to dinner, still,
one may live through it under certain
/ circumstances. One has but to remem-
Der that it is the last time he will ever
be afflicted with her presence, and
much may be borne. Really I scarce
Iy expected to see you here tonight.
Was not led to suppose that you were
to start for Europe today?"
Il start tomorrow instead he re-
piled, coldly. .'The delay was fortu-
nate. It gives me the opportunity to
defer nine days wonder for yet an
other day. Let us do it thoroughly,
while we are doing it. What shall we
discuss that will bring pleasant ex-
preston to our faces; that will make
us seem not merely tolerant of one
another, but absolutely absorbed, de-
voted"
s'Let us talk of Love-" she said, with
a burst of scorn and despair that sent
a crimson over her pale face. "Re-
membering our desolate home-my
desolate life-we can surely talk Of
that" . ~
you are right" he said, leaning
little nearer. eve will talk of love" !"
She shrank away from him a little,
but at the same moment she smiled
and nodded at Mrs. Lessing, who
passed near. = a.
Love" he repeated. 'What diff
ference it makes in peoples lives! You
and I have agreed to say goodbye
have already said it, in fact, and we
can afford to discuss love impersonally
4 am afraid you are not smiling
enough. I notice two or three people
looking this way Il sS@ 4. - ... !, .f
She smiled Immediately; such a
smile as comes to the lips after the
heart is broken.
Don't be afraid she said, 'sI will
play nay part. I am deeply interested.
You may go on with the one subject
in which you may be considered thor
oughly versed.'':.
Thanks" he said, easily. "ShaIl l
tell you a story, in order to make it
strictly impersonal? will tell you.
the story of Boy"
She moved a little, enough to drop
her cheek to her hand.
33Of course there was a Girl" he
went on; ssbut [ will leave her out of
the story as far as I. can. I will tell
you the story Of a Boy, because i. know
his story--b because [ have seen into
his wild, undisciplined, uniformed boy
heart, and have watched it make great
mistakes, and repent Of them without
words, and slowly breakAre you
still smiling? I cant see your face,
but those people out yonder can, and
we are playing the farce for them. I,
II am smiling she said, without
moving. III
Il s.The Boy fell in love- he said. He
was very young, and had been raised
without mother. am afraid he
was a. mere selfish brute, and when he
wanted anything he had to have it.
He saw the Girl, and loved her, and
would have waded through blosd to
win her and won her. think he was
The Cook County herald., 1901-07-13

Ye cruel men who shift the scenes,
Does mercy play no part q
! In your hard lives, have ye no means
Of grace, no soul, no heart?
sYe wink at crime and mock at woe,
And laugh at shameful wrongs,
Knee deep in blood your ways ye go =
And whistle rag time songs! ~
Beneath the dread oppressors feet II
The leading man doth lie, Il
And vainly for his life entreat ss
While you stand idly by. I'd. II" Y
Should you but rush upon the stage :
And boldly intervene,
The knave would below forth his rage
And vanish from the scene. - e
The heroine, most fair to see, !;
Is in the villains power, H
But do you come to set her free Il
In this most trying hour?
Not you. Devoid Of chivalry,, r.
You see her bathed in tears.
For all your help, that girl would Be = :
In that mans grip for years. -,
i You see a man, on murder bent '
Sneak up behind his friend. i .
You're well aware Of his INTENT - 4 +.
A word from you would send ~
The smooth detective on his track;
And land him safe in jail >~
You only smile and turn your back,
Nor grow so much as pale.
7 When tyrants fight the brave and true
- AS you have seen them oft &..~..
From your commanding point of view
In yonder rigging loft, 81. -.
You let the craven army go, *.E's : D.
When you its tide might stem
By simply STOPPING down to throw -
A super down on them. j., ~
.... .ss -. Il
Stage villains of the deepest dye i
Are round you all about, IA
And you neer lift hand to try 81
To put the rascals out ;s
t4ou look like honest farmers IN. -
- Your jumpers and blue jeans, a
But ah! I know you're men of sin, r !
Ye rogues who shift the scenes.
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The Painted Lady.
BY EDNA S. BRAINERD.

BY EDNA S. BRAINERD. -.
Author 'eHis Fulfilled Promise" etc.
>tCopyright 1901, by Daily Story Pub CO..
She came to the farmhouse bringing
with her the baubles of the green
room and an atmosphere of that other
life that lay beyond the fields and
meadows. Lem Hartwen saw her and
she felt all his bigness and awkward
ness as his eyes dwelt on her slight
dgure; her hair shone like ripening
wheat in the sun, and her face-ah,
the roses in his mothers garden, he
thought, the roses with their Haunting
pink, were no fairer. That is the way
she appeared to him. Another, meet
ing her as he did, might have seen
> only frail, slender woman, with thin,
bleached hair and tired look in her
eyes. She wore limp, trailing skirts
and a wide, dropping hat and lot of
little silver bangles and things that
tangled at her belt and on her wrist.
Her ignorance of country-life was
apparent; and Lem watched her, revel-
ing like a child in the clover bios
SONS. In short, he began to love her
and to listen for the tap-tap of her
'high-heeled shoes on the floor of the
COON above his own .M
To him, it seemed a great thing to
be an actress and a writer-greater
perhaps than being a fine lady-and
yet she was all three in one; he saw
in her the ideal of his dreams; he
loved the dragging ruffies on her
skirts. her fluffy, shining hair, her
girlish little mannerisms, her wisdom
Df the world: he weighed not; he
The Cook County herald., 1901-07-13
Public Libraries ,f Ara,.,...

Public libraries in this country have
doubled in twenty years. As $500 900
public library opened at Newark Il.
Y recently. has lecture room, art!
gallery. museum. book lifts, bindery.
9 children's room, bicycle room and
tea room Tor attendants
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looking at him. sit might be as well to
play the. farce out and look--Well -
say, decently interested in one another!
People will discuss us soon enough.
The hand On the chair was suddenly
steady Es s.
With all my heart = said the gem
teman nghtly. as he placed q chair
FOR her further back In the window
e1nbrasure. and took another. close at
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And Lem watched her.

Bared not -he only knew he loved her.
5 s-but he felt that to hope for her was
Hike child crying for the moon
One night when she first came, and
they were sitting on the low porch
Giths the warm, wina-snel1 Of ripening
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in the boat,-hidden .away-and that
she came very near being taken to Eu-
rope-very near indeed-when you
! turned back SO suddenly"
isn't it beautiful to watch Mr. and
Mrs. Harding?" asked the lady at Mrs.
Lessing's right. .'They are like two
young lovers. Do they know they are
at the table? Do they know there is
such "a thing as food in the world?
They have done us all the honor TO
forget we are living!''
But Mrs. Lessing did not reply
aloud. She merely looked, and her
eyes were sparkling and brimming.
# Il may be foolish, but can manage
some things" she whispered into her
fan.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-11-04
Mean Americans"

I'nder the above heading London
newsszpcr tells the following story. The
special preacher on SUNDAY ~ Stratford
ss-ANon parish church was the Rev. W
Sskcr Real and the collection was in aid
~ The Giocsssn branch Of the Church sf
EuglsnJ Temperance society. A. usual
curing the summer months. = very large
number of Americans attended the morn
ing seryice. ~ the conclusion 20 which
the ''sroopes into the chancel tu look al
shakespearo's grave ana monument. The
large cbancel. in fact Was nearly nlied
Nth wsli-drsSsed visitors. ladies' and gen
tlemeI. from across the Atlantic. They
had been there but short tihis when the
vicar appeared among them. rohsa IN his
csssocs. aud. stepping into one OF the
prieyts Aliserere stalls. admonished them
for mean act associated with th, offer
sory. 1iGding iu bis hand number of
very insl,gulhsant copper coins. lie meu-
toned that they bad heeu fouus hy th.
sslurcl wsrdeus I'm The on-rtorr plates
They were American coins OF scarcely snl
,ail~ ~ The states sud absolutely Nalue.
t>Ss in this ccuntry. Yet they hal been
pui ln the collection Bsing entirely
worthless he wished 10 +uform thoye Who
had put them in the place that he was
esrrred TO hand them back if they would
scmf up ana claim them. Needless TO
ty- ne ors <ccspted The rsvsrens gentle
GSas cnsr.'
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Wh.ye He Hailed From.

A Germantown lady upon engaging
new cook was very careful to impress
,pon her that no followers were allowed
at that establishment. ana added ths.
the last cook had been DISCHARGED
through breaking that rule shortly al
suspecting that all Was not
right IN the culinary department sn' pdl"
q .u,nrise visit to the kitchen. was as
tot,naed to lind nnv specimen OF the
v.nu. masculine standing bolt upright In
cupboard, -
Briaget what ~ this man DONG
here2'' she asked
"Faix. ma'sm. he must have been ieft
ther. by your last cook, said Bridget
philadelphia
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Providence n I. oct. Is, 1901

To Marcus Isne;
Notice is hereby given that YOU are
reuuired to psN ia ms the storage charges.
now more than Que war overdue, for all
goods aud chsttels which you have here
-lnfnls eepOsited or St"rts ia my Narc-
huuss OH 'sntrs Streei. In the city ~
Providence, smeuntiux ia ss,.2b. prludtug
CartaRe aud labor pn for before Tho 9th
day OF November. A. ~ 1921. aud In case
chsttels will he sold az u1blC auction AZ
the auction room of Theodore Brown Ne.
!. Custom House street I'm said Prost.
deuce on the ruth DAY .f December. \. ~.
lsrI commencing st ~ clock a, m. to
psy said charges together with the on
prnse cf advertising said property and
the sale thereof. iu accordance With the
provisions ~ Sections a. y. ~ and p
of chapter 2'S OF the General Law Of the
STATE OF Rhode Island.
ORRIN u. JONES.
oi1-e1 -24 2S-Siu4-7
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sua,i.l msetina of the Stockholders
oakland Reach association Nil hc held az
room $40. Butler ENchangr Fr"t thence.
n O. saturday. Nof =. ut p M. 20
elect such officers. prescribe their duues
and to take such other action - may h'
drcmet advisable.
~ Ri sSEII. BROWN. secretary.
Nov. :. lgJl
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p'royldenee r. " oet. l5. lsn

To 1ittleneld A Brooks:
Notice r. hereby given that YOU are
required to pay to me the storage charges.
now more than enc year overdue. for All
goods and Chstteis which Won have here
iofnre deposited or stored In my ware
house on central street I'm the city or
Providence amounting 10 xlsa.oo. including
carriage sud labor Vn 81 before The 9TH
dsv Of November 4 ~ laai. and Ia case
chzttcls will he sold st puhllc auction at
the auction room Of Thspdore Brown. No
~ custom lleuse street. in said Provi-
dence on the isth dsY ~ December. y. u.
nav ssid charges. together with the cN-
u-nss " Advertising said property. and
the sale thereof, IN accordance with the
of Chapter -~ ~ the General Laws of the
state ~ Rhode Island.
oERIN r.. JONES.
- \, -. ~ gt rA--
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FOR sALE-YoU DON'T REALIZE
az. many advantages we offer you TO
a,vn vour own home. We have the best
S,,iit houses ever offered for sale at the
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0OEE CO.