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The Forrest City times., 1903-12-18
OTHERWISE UNNOTICED

Two youths were drownwed while skating at Sparta. III. The young duchess of Roxburghe is being lionized in London society. October 20 has been designated at | Christian Church day at the Words l fair.
 The democratic senators have agreed to stand by caucus action carried by a two-thirds vote German socialists are defiant toward the government, and jeer at the kaiser's workingmen's movement Mrs. Dowie is living in luxury at Cannes, while Zion City Is starving and Elijah" is begging for money.
 The trial of United States Senator Dietrich, at Omaha, Neb., may take place this month. special jury having been summoned.
 The meeting of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Co at Denver was suddenly post poned to January F without explana- tion.
 Officials of Indo-China believe that an invasion by French troops and the occupation of large slice of Siamese territory is contemplated.
 The Fraternal Army of America and the Loyal Americans. with more than 100000 members, were consolidated at meeting in Chicago
 Striking miners at Hodgson, Cal, threaten to seize the mining property, and the protection of the state militia may be necessary.
 The house republican leaders have decided to psint in full the reports of assistant Postmaster General Bristow and special counsel on the post office investigation cases.
 Mrs James L. Blair rendered her res ignation as member of board of lady managers of Worlds Fair at St. Louis, and the resignation was accepted by national commission.
 Sanguinary fighting along the Russo Persian frontier has resulted from the establishment of Persian custom houses in the face of Turcoman oppo- sition.
 The report of the government inves- tigation of the Kiowa charges show that they were inspired by perjury procured by interruptions whites from ignorant Indians.
 Editor Sepadoni. of the Roman Her aid, has sued the general of the Socie- ty of Jesus for compensation for aid rendered in propaganda against the Americanization of the Catholic church in the United States.
 The recommendation to change the present boundary lines and establish military divisions of the departments ia the United States has been approved by the secretary of war. St Louis will be the headquarters of the northern division, under command of Gen. Bates.
The Forrest City times., 1903-12-18
TRAGEDY IN KENTUCKY,
A Young Matron Kills the Woman Who Came Between Her and
 Her Husband.


 Chicago, Dec. 17-A dispatch to the Record-Herald from Paducah, Ky, says:
 Mrs. Will Burtram, young married woman, went to the house of Arlie Johnson, at Benton, Tuesday after noon. and, calling her to the door. shot the woman in the head with a revol- yer Miss Johnson died on her door step. Mrs. Burtram is in jail. The attentions of Will Burtram to Miss Johnson is said to have driven his wife to the deed. Mrs Burtram is a daughter of E. E. Roberts, of Benton Her husband the cause of the trouble, Is son of w. R. Burtram, who is in Jail at Benton, charged with murder.
The Forrest City times., 1903-12-18
DEVOTED PARENTS.
seif-sncrthcing People of the City siums Who Are HeroicaIIy
 FaithfuI.

There are heroines in the most un. expected places. In the slums of the tenement-house districts are self-sacri. hcing women. bringing up families tho best they know how, without money. conveniences or comforts, but doing their poor best to give their children the benefit of an education. The New York Sun tells the story of one un. known heroine.
 Il couldn't go on any excursion. no. ma am she replied. wearily, to the offer of day on the water. ITO dress and take five of them. and keep watch of them all day on the boat, and feel that all my work was undone at home. why I'd be more tired than If l had worked all day The baby's outdoors all day with his sisters, and he'll have to get on with that"
 You look as if you needed the trip more than the baby" said the visitor Couldn't you get away for day or a week without them? It needn, cost you anything
 And leave them all in the street? ? And my husbands meals to get. and the furnished rooms to look after? Oh, no.' she said.
 But why do you need to have this lodging-nouse on your hands? Cant your husband support the family"
 Not and keep the children in school she said, simply We want to give them all an education. and he cant do it unless l run the house."
 There is heroine for you" said the visitor to her companion, as they descended the stairs.
 Little Turidru, which is short" for Salvatore, lived in two rooms behind his fathers barber shop, with his brother and sister and pretty, black eyed mother. Turidru's father came in from the barber shop to interpret All the questions ordered by the board of health were answered satis- factorily until it came to that of win dows open al night.
 No. ma'am," said Turidru's father firmly; mo- never do we sleep with our windows open night We think too much of our children"
 But you must!' persisted the board of health visitor. of you don't you'll keep breathing bad air over and over again. and the baby will be sick and you'll all have consumption"
 The barber looked helpless How I wish you speak Italian" he said, then l explain to you"
 All right. speak Italian" said the visitor, in the tongue of the land of olives
 The barber smiled radiantly and broke into liquid syllable, accom- panied by many gestures Never would he sleep with windows open; not if he suffocated with heat, no, Would he open windows at night upon his infants? He hored he was too good father for that. But why? Why. naturally. signorina, because the malaria would enter on the night air and afflict the helpless little ones
 But all Americans sleep with their windows open at night and don't you think they are stronger than Italians ?"
 Americans sleep with their win dows open at night?"
 Most certainly; invariably" very firmly.
 What a strange, what an incom prehensible race the Americana" said he, in accents of despair
The Forrest City times., 1903-12-18
PAINTING ON COBWEBS.
Norwegian Art That Is But Little Known fin the United
 States.

Through the New York post office, the other day. came a package of some size. which, on being opened by the customs officers in the presence of the person addressed was found to contain picture set in frame and painted on a spiders web. It came from Norway, where. as was ascertained, this pecu- liar art of making pictures on cobwebs is understood by few individuals who enjoy monopoly of it. says the Saturday Evening Post The webs employed, which are of a remarkably dense weave, occur only in a few To- calities difficult of access, and the sup ply of them is very limited
 Presumably the arachnid that spins them is a species of ground spider There are plenty of ground spiders in this country. of course. and on a dewy morning early one may observe their webs spread here and there like tiny blankets on the grass. These webs are of different construction from ordinary aerial" cobwebs, and densely woven. but one would not like to try to paint pictures on them.
 Spider silk is the finest and most beautiful in the world, and exquisite fabrics have been spun from it. There was handkerchief made of it a while ago in the museum of the department of agriculture at Washington. but 1t has disappeared. Unfortunately the material cannot be obtained in large quantities, because spiders, when kept together in numbers Gas has been found by triaD eat each other up. So. pretty soon, instead of colony of spiders, there is only one large, fat arachnid left
The Forrest City times., 1903-12-18
THURSDAY, Dec. IT. Grain and PrOvisions.

St. Louis Flour Patents si 25lp4 E. other grades. $3 sOl42 20 Wheat-No , red I4q92c: Corn-No. mixed, 42ac. oats-No; 37lisc. Hay - Timothy. ss.0oal05o Lard - Choice steam. S37l%c Pork-Ne~ mess. Si1 80 Bacon-Clear rib .l2c Butter-Creamery. 2om25c; dairy. washed. 2oa3Olkc Missouri and Illinois combing. 2lq2li3; other grades. s3a20I4c.
 Indianapolis - Wheat - No. red. S6ILc. No 3 red, S3l2c. Corn-No. white, 4Ol.c: No yellow, 4lc. Oats-No. ? mixed. 96a.c. Hay-Timothy. s10cd1l O.
 Chicago-Closing quotations: Wheat December. 7S9sc old iss.c May, slssGs1ISc: : July, 16AN62sc Corn-December. 42Lc: January. 41Ac: May. 43tsQ43Ac: July, 4sa, S47sc; May 36ha37c July. 34c Pork-Janu- ary, sll, 25: May. sll. 6213. Lard-December. s6.S212: January, s6.321a: May s6.52la. Ribs January, S6.02l2 May. S 20i2
The Forrest City times., 1903-12-18
A. c. BUSHNELL'S SHORTAGE.
The Suicide Cashier of the Yale Na- tiOnaI Bank Known to Be
 Short S17,OOO.

New Haven, Conn, Dec. 17.-An ad- ditional shortage of 5000, making the total thus far known ST 1000 has been discovered in the accounts of Asa C. bushnell, the cashier of the Yale na- tional bank, who committed suicide Tuesday Gen. E. S. Greeley, president or the bank, said it would be impossi- Die to tell definitely until Thursday, whether there is a still greater short age. but he declared he felt confident that the full extent of dedication has already been learned.
The Forrest City times., 1903-12-18
DRIVEN FROM THEIR HOMES.
NearIy a Hundred Persons Rendered Homeless By Fire at Mill
 vale, Pa.

Pittsburg, Pa, Dec. 17-Between 75 and 100 people were rendered home less, Wednesday, and driven out into the cold, with nothing but their night clothes, by fire, which destroyed the blaming mill and lumber yard of the hennett Lumber & Manufacturing Co.,, at Millvale, Pa. and partially destroyed dozen houses adjoining the burned mill property. For a time the entire town was threatened. The loss will not exceed s50,00
The Forrest City times., 1903-12-18
TO EXPLOIT INDIANA COAL,
Indiana Bituminous Coal to He EnI- iy Exploited At the St. Louis
 Worlds Fair

Terre Haute. Ind, Dec. IA com mittee composed of A. NJ. Ogle and A. M. Gould, Indianapolis. and James H.
 McClelland. Brazil, has been appointed, at meeting of the Indiana Bitumin- ous Operators association, with full power to act in arranging for an ex- hibition of Indiana coal at the St. Louis Worlds fair w. H. OBrien, of Lawrenceburg. and E. w. Parker, of Washington, D. c, addressed the op- orators in the interest of the exhibit.
The Forrest City times., 1903-12-18
MRS. DAN MANNING CHOSEN
The New President of the Hoard of Lady Managers of the st.
 Louis Worlds Eair

St. Louis, Dec. 17-Mrs. Daniel Manning was elected president of the board of lady managers of the Lousi- ana Purchase Centennial exposition Wednesday afternoon.
 Mrs Manning is one of the best Known women in social life in the east. She is considered a model pre- siding officer, and is brilliant in her social attainments.
 She has spent much of her time in Washington, but her present home is in Albany.
The Forrest City times., 1903-12-18

New York. Dec. 17-Close-Money on call steady. 4l2d5l2 per cent; closing bid and offered |, time loans steady; easy; 60 days and g0 days per cent: six months 5n5L Prime mercantile paper 6. Sterling ex- change strong, with actual business in bankers bill at 4S3. 55di4sil5 for demand. and at 4S0 sld4S0 70 for 50 day bills; posted rates 4s1Q4Sliz and is4i7T4s5 commercial bills fS0i. q 5s07s. Bar silver 55ts Mexican dollars 42. Government bonds steady rail- road bonds heavy.
The Forrest City times., 1903-12-18
Italian Bark Burned.

Marseilles, France. Dec. 1.-The Italian bark San Leonardo. from Phil adelrhia. October 12. for Cetto. was de- stroyed by fire Wednesday. Four of her crew have disappeaed, and two were injured. The flames were start ed by an explosion of petroleum.
The Forrest City times., 1903-12-18
Buried With Moham medan Rites.

London, Dec 1.-The body of Lord stanley of Alderley, who died Decem- Der 10, of pneumonia, was buried ac- cordlng to Mohammedan rites in AL oeriey Park, Chelford, Cheshire. Such an occurrence is unique in the history or the British peerage.
The Forrest City times., 1903-12-18
A Two Weeks Shutdown.

New York. Dec. IA two weeks shut down has been ordered of 60 box board plants included in the combina- ton which recently formed the Paper ducts Co, as selling corporation, because of an overproduction of the product
The Forrest City times., 1903-12-18
Was Archbishop of Santiago.

Madrid. Dee. 17-Monsignor Usti, the last Spanish archbishop of Santi- ago, Cuba, died. Wednesday, at Za- rauz, near San Sebastian. His body will De inferred there by the side of the remains of Gen. Martinez de Cam pos
The Forrest City times., 1903-12-18
Burned to Death In Their Home.

Johnstown. Pa, Dec. 17.-Jas Cras- by's wife and daughter. Grace, the lat ter aged 13. were burned to death in their home in this city, Wednesday, while a son, James, is missing, and is believed to also have perished.
The Forrest City times., 1903-12-18
Pin Scratch Cnuscs I.ocl,jnw.

Centralia, H., Dec. 17.-Seyeral days ago Mrs. Joe Thorpe of Brookside. ran a pin through her finger while wash ing, but gave the matter little thought at the time, as the injury was almost painless. LOckjaw has developed.
The Forrest City times., 1903-12-18
Boston Solidly Democratic.

Boston, Dec. 1.-The democrats won an overwhelming victory in the munic- lpal election Tuesday Mayor Patrick collins was reelected by 26,565 plu- railty The board of aldermen will be so!idly democratic.
The Forrest City times., 1903-12-18
Bought In by speyer & Co.

New York. Dec 1.-The assets of the Consolidated Lake Superior Go, held by Speyer X Go. for loan of s5.- 050,0oO, were bought in at public auc- tion by Speyer & Co.,, Tuesday, for s4,- 500,0o0
The Forrest City times., 1903-12-18
For State Building mt st. Louis,

Richmond, Va, Dec. 1.-The house of delegates has passed the bill ap- propriating s10,000 for state building at the St. Louis exposition.
The Forrest City times., 1903-12-18
Cotton.
Financial,

Quotations for middling range as fol- lows: St. Louis. 12isc New York F. 45c; Memphis. l2c.
The Forrest City times., 1903-12-18
Stage of the Rivers.
THE MARKETS.

= Stage. Fall.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-08
I r. Q AI{ILs Y g ss :"
sss % s STORY

haste and energy of despair fringed
with hope.
"Some beeswax!
The house was hunted, but no bees
wax found. The landlady brought in
some honey, which as soon as the coun-
try doctor saw it he exclaimed joy
fully:
"The very thing; far better than
beeswax; more soothing; more to my
purpose"
Dipping his fingers into the dish, he
broke off a piece of the comb. the cells
filled with honey. and began rubbing
it upon DR.. Kenworthy's throat.
Now. the great surgeon was SO thor
oughly cogniZant that rubbing money
comb on mans throat for the pu:-
pose Of expelling cork from his wind
pipe was so useless. the idea was so ST
premely ridiculous. that had he been
able he would have burst into 4 tit OF
laughter. He did the next thing: 10
laughed inwardly. Whether this inter
nal mirth relaxed the muscles OF Es
coughings had by this time loosened
the cork, or both. no man. not even the
GREAT surgeon himself. could tell. but
the fact remains that the stopper slip
ped from its place. and the patient
snot It cut on tx HCor
For a few r!inntes the relieved man
was so overW nein.eu viii congK:tuia-
tions that he was unable to get IN
word. The village doctor showed
more than ordinary interest in his pa
tient by sinking into chair ano t':a"
ing few IonsS breatEs of relief. AS
soon as Dr. Kenworthy could escape
from a clamor of congratulations he
said to the village rhysician:
doctor. have practiced and taught
surgery for thirty years. am famll-
lar with every newly discovered device
for relieving patient from an OBJ
! struction in the larnyX or the esoHla
gus. but never have l before heard of
| rubbing the patients throat with hon
, ey. Will you kindly inform me- OF the
:: connection between the remedy ana
! the cure?"
"Dr. kenworthy." replied the village
doctor, you do not seem to recognize
me-
The surgeon took from his vest pock-
! ct Il nearsighted glass and surveyed
his preserver.
Upon my word-you are not-yoN
| cannot-be'--
Eyes, am. l listened to your ad
dress to our class the day we We're
graduated. and I have not forgotten
your advice never to cease applying
some device to patient in danger. no
matter how little connection it might
have with the disease as remedy"
young man." replied the great sur
! geon, you possess the principal facul-
ty needed in your profession. You
! could retain the confidence Of corpse.
Come back with me to civilization
! will run you into my practice, which
=; expect to turn over to some one as
! soon as return"
! "Is Elsie married, doctor?"
"No; she's waiting for you. She will
60 with the practice"
"I'll be ready to leave on the next
Grain" ANNE ATWOOD.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-08
IMPORTANT AN NoUNcEMENT.'

IMPORTANT NoUNCEMENT'
DIR COHEN
socaed ncurabe cases. mas
concluded to equip his oce
all the latest appliances known 10
addede his heretofore
THE FINEST LARGEST STATIC AND xRAY MACHINES
com
that he prepared 10 treat
methods and has now without
the
women ana chAoe yo'
which IS the latest
Stiff
which is followed py permanent e
much
costly and attended by no loss u
of travel
DR. a Medical College, Philadelphia ne
eene in the leading hosps III "
East Diseases for over twenty years
obscure disease "h1ch ua
consult Dr. Cohen He WI"
cand1dy ne can cure you
Free,an Strictly Co nfdential
Eyeglasses sc'entcaly eo
Street j. g. Simon Co.'S ooe
Pine IL to o. m ana 10
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-08
The
Graphs
A SURGICAL DEVICE

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young gentlemen" said the greet
surgeon, concluding his address to the
graduating class of the College of Ply
sicians and Surgeons, "let me impress
upon you one caution. When you have
done everything in your power for
patient with the hope of benefit, never
cease to apply some new device, no
matter how little connection it may
have as remedy with the disease. BY
this course you will gain time, retain
the confidence of the patient and keep
him from sinking into despair"
The great surgeon bowed to the class
as an announcement that his address
was finished, and the members before
passing out each waited his turn to
take his preceptor by the hand. One
hung back till the others had all left.
"Dr. Kenworthy," he said, FOR the
last time I ask your consent. l have
no desire to rob you Of the daughter
you love, nor will she marry me with
out your leave. hope you will not
continue your opposition
II shall have no opposition to make
when you have built up a practice"
The young man departed, sorrowful;
the doctor took up his hat and went to
the hospital to perform critical oper'
alton.
Ten years later DR.. Kenworthy wa"
travelling in the west and stopped in e.
little town in the Rocky mountains.
Being troubled with indigestion, he
took a vial from his satchel, held the
bottle in one hand. spoon in the 9TH
er, and, drawing the cork with his
teeth, held it there while he dropped
the medicine in the spoon. A violent
hiccough caused him to relax his hold
on the cork and at the same time draw
it into his windpipe. In few minutes
the household, having been summoned
by violent pull at the bell were gath
cred about the doctor.
DIR. Kenworthy Of course knew very
well what should be done in his case,
but with the cork in his windpipe, pur-
ple in the face, his eyes bulging out of
their sockets. he was not only unable
to articulate, but his faculties were
momentarily impaired. The country
doctor got the patient into chair and
| >gan a succession of efforts to ex-
tract the cork. They were not success
full, and it began to look as if the end
was near Suddenly the mountain
practitioners eye lighted as if with a
new hope Throwing down his forceps
and his hooks. he showed by his eX-
pressive countenance every Indication
that he had solved the problem. The
bystanders wondered by what new
method the doctor was about to win
success. and the patient looked at him
wonderingly.
'Take off his coat" cried the younger
doctor imperatively. Two attendants
seized Dr. Kenworthy and raised him
violently, while the landlord divested
him of his upper garment.
"Off with his collar"
This, too, was accomplished with the
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-07-28

est and most sub line scenery
lis to be seen. The upper FILLS have,
and a quarter of a mile below the
lower falls drop 800 feet more The,
sloplng walls of the canyon at this
point are l,500 feet high and the
view is sublime beyond description.
At one place, far down IN the wfut
gorge, on top of high rock putting
out from one of the walls, an eagles.
nest was seen. The two old birds.
were standing guard over the two.
young ones in the nest. Several
other nests were TO be seen from
which the young birds had taken
their fight.
The park trip will be completed.
tomorrow and a drive of 81 miles
will bring the editors to Gardiner
at night, where they will take their
Cars for South Dakota. Several
interesting things are yet to be
seen in this land of wonders, but
they cannot be dwelt upon. We,
will again cross the continental
divide over which our route has
passed two or three times during
the 200 miles of travel in the coaches.
At one of the passes, on the very
summit of the mountain, was a
little lake that had been cut into
two parts by the fill made for the.
road. The lake has two outlets
and the little streams as thew
danced merrily away were destined
to find home in different oceans.
One flowing into the Madison river.
thence INTO the Missouri river.
reaches the Atlantic ocean The
other, through the Snake and Col
umbia rivers, reaches the Pacific.
The elevation at this point was
8,240 feet and snow-capped noun
tain peaks lowered still higher on
both sides.
The weather has been quite cool.
Yesterday morning there were little
icicles on the trees as we drove
through the woods. Today it was
very pleasant with winter wraps.
As | am closing this letter am
looking out of my window at several
deer that have come out of the
woods to drink at a little pool in
sight of the hotel. The veranda
below is filled with guests who are
admiring them, but they exhibit no
fear. They have never heard the
sound of hunters gun.
Gardiner, Montana, July 90
Today has been a stirring one for
the editorial party. The tourists
were hustled out of their beds to
eat a six o'clock breakfast and
were On the road by seven o'clock,
headed for the Norris Basin,
Along the route they stopped to see.
some more geysers and upon reach.
ing the hotel they found several
geysers in sight of the hotel. One.
called the Constant spouts every
two or three minutes, throwing;
water up twelve or fifteen feet.
Dlnner-or lunch as it is called out
here-was served at 1920 O'Clock.
as we were closely followed by a
Christian Endeavor party of As
who also had to be fed and hurried
on to the railroad station by aight.
Alter the big spouters had been
seen, the little ones in this locality
failed TO interest as and We were
rronffr,,a5 an Eifsh r,~,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-07-28
SUES FOR $1,000.
Major Brown Asks Damages of
Wash Jones.

Major Brown, COL, has filed
suit here against Wash Jones,
white, for $1,000 damages. The
parties are tenants on DR.. L. j.
Harris farm, near Sinking Fork
They had a difficulty on June IS,
and the negro was cut in several
places. Brown alleges in his peti
tion that the cutting was done UNI
lawfully and willfully and that he
was also kicked, beat and badly
bruised. He further states that
his injuries have caused him great
pain, that he is still suffering and
that he fears permanent physical
impairment.