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Alaska forum., 1904-06-18
LOCAL JOTTINGs

LOCAL JOTTINGs
 Dr. c. H. Gibbon, Henry Papin, Big Minook" Johnson, w. B. Ballou and wife and a number of other returning Ramparters are ex- pected on the Susie
 Marshal and Mrs Perry, Mrs. Judge Wick kersham, Mrs. Reynol1- son and Miss Florence Heilig were among the passengers on the Sarah for Fairbanks.
 Judge c. M.'Johanson, of Eagle, passed through for Fairbanks on the Sarah. The judge is heavily interested in lumber and logging at Fairbanks, having the largest saWmill in the new district
 James H. Young. of Pittsburg, and his secretary passed through on the Sarah for Fairbanks. Judge Young was appointed by the presi- dent to investigate the charges against Judge Wickersham, Gov. J. G. Brady and Judge Brown 3 Homer Ford, the Eagle wood contractor who secured the contract for 2,4oo cords at Fit. Gibbon for $13 40, passed through oil the Sarah. MT. Ford will cut his wood on the Panama. His outfit of horses and equipment passed down river on the big scows Wednesday eve ming.
 The first raft of Stoel & McQues- ten arrived from the Flats the past week. The raft will remain here until the arrival of the next six sections. The first contract for 200 ,ooo feet is filled, and after the delivery to Ft. Gibbon the >addi- tional contract for 5o,ooo feet will be completed. Cy Noble was in charge of the first raft.
The Forrest City times., 1904-12-16

change in the form of the government which will recognize the rights of the common people to representation indi- cates the drift of affairs While the present appeal, which has just been made, and the unrest which prevails under the present form of absolute mon arehy may not produce immediate reformation, it indicates the trend of things and is a sure sign in the political heavens of the changes which must come sooner or later in that great slav empire. In fact, it is better that it should take years 10 realize these hopes of constitutional liberty, fer il is ques- tionable whether the people are quail fled for judicious and intelligent par ticipation in the affairs Of government
 In the words of NJ Souyorin. the veteran editor of the Novoe Vremya, "Ameri- cans cannot realize the difficulty. even danger, of suddenly introducing institu- tions into our country Even our states men are not versed in the arts of gov ernment. The fact is, We have not had the opportunity to learn the art of gov ernment. All this sufficiently indicates the necessity for greatest caution in in troducing the representative system and the great danger in adopting an ill-Gi- gested western constitution wholesale.
 The Zemestvo is a Russian institution of recent years and marks the develop ment and tendency towards greater political liberties. It is a local elective assembly which has the regulation and oversight of affairs with in its district.
 The history of the development of the Russian empire and the reforms which have slowly and laboriously made their way, offers some interesting sub jects for consideration. When one con siders the incongruous and divergent peoples and vast stretches of country which have gone 10 make Gp the Rus sian empire of to-day, it is nothing harmonious union and great govern ment could have been wrought out of such unpromising material.
 Modern Russia was born into the fam fly of nations of Europe when Ivan the great prince of Moscow, threw of the yoke of her Mongol conquerors who had ruled for two centuries and half But it remained for Peter the Great to bring in his era of expansion and development and growth. His work was nothing short of a revolution. He compelled the nobles to submit to his absolute authority. He called into Russia from Holland and other nations of Europe artisans, merchants officers and artists and gave his country its first lessons in industrial, economic and political ex-
The Forrest City times., 1904-12-16
DiSCRACEFUL DEFICIENCIES.
A Suggestive List to Paste Up in Your Room Where You Can See
 It Often.

It Is Disgrace:
 To half-do things.
 Not 10 develop our possibilities.
 To be lazy, incident, indifferent
 To Go poor, slipshod, botehed work.
 To give bad example to young peo. pie.
 To have crude, brutish, repulsive man. GerS.
 To hide talent because you have only one.
 To live half life when whole life is possible
 Not to be scrupulously clean in person and surroundings.
 To acknowledge a fault and make no effort to overcome it.
 To be ungrateful to friends and to those who have helped us.
 To go through life 9 pygmy when na- ture intended you for a giant
 To kick over the ladder upon which We have climbed to our position.
 To be grossly ignorant in these days of free usages of good society.
 To ignore the forces which are improv- ing civilization in your own country
 Not to be able to carry on intelligent'y conversation upon current topics.
 To know nothing of the things we see, handle and enjoy every day of our lives
 To be ignorant of the general histor, of the world and of the various coun, tries.
 Not to know something of the greatesl leaders, reformers, artists and musicians of the world. Not to have intelligent knowledge of the general affairs of the world, and the inter-relations of nations Not to know enough about the laws of health, about physiology and hygiene, 10 live healthfully and sanely. To be grossly ignorant in these days of free schools. cheap newspapers, perl odicals and circulating libraries. To be so controlled by any appetite or passion that ones usefulness and standing in the community are impaired To be totally ignorant of natural his tory to know nothing of the science which underlies the beauties and the marvels of nature
 Not to have an intelligent idea of the country in which We live, not to know its history, its industries and the condi- tions of it's people.
 Not to know anything of the move ments for human betterment and not to help them along to the extent of our ability in time or money.
 To live in the midst of schools, libra ries. museums. lectures, picture gal leries and improvement clubs, and not to avail oneself of their advantages.- Orison Swett Marden, in Success.
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ture. But the condition of the serfs va. not relieved.
 Thus it is seen that reforms which were instituted did not reach Gown tc the lower levels of life. the serfs. the slaves of the country. were left out of the reckoning It remained for Alex, ander II. 10 extend to them relief and make his reign illustrious by theiI emancipation. After the disasters oi the Crimean war he sought 10 develop the internal prosperity of Russia. anc the abolition Of slavery was step iD this direction. For several years he was preparing for this radical step. for classes were opposed to reform, wishins to retain their hold on the common peo. pie, and the emancipation was not of. fected until many difficulties had beeu overcome. The decree was promulgated in 1861. Among the other reforms in. stituted during Alexander were the SC. curing of publicity of trials. and inter. yention of jury in criminal cases
 And it has remained for the presen, czar, Nicholas H., the grandson of Alex. ander H.. 10 continue these reforms. Ip 1903 decree was issued providing fo, the freedom of religion throughout in, empire, establishment of some 6eeres or local self-government, and abolish. Ing forced labor. and the extensive re forms which were announced at the time Of the christening of the heir born ir August of this year are of such recent date to hardly need mentioning. These included general amnesty in the cass oI all political offenders. the abolish. ment of corporal punishment among rural classes, so that Russia can no lon. ger be called the land of the knout in, remlttlng of arrears owing to the state Tor land purchases. general amnesty te F1nianders who had emierated without authorization. and the setting apart or sl5oo.0 from the state funds for benefit of landless people of Finland.
 These Successive reforms since the emancipation of the serfs in 1861 hays awakened in the lower classes desire for greater rights and liberties and The iact that the Zemstvos were permitted to meet and present an appeal shows the disposition of the government to deal generously with such movements. What acts will follow the pronouncement of the zemstyoists it is impossible to say but It may take the form of summonina an elective body to act in a consultative capacity to the sovereign. Surely.
 Every hondman in his own hard bears
 the power to cancel his captivity"
 and il is certain that the Russia of the future will be the land of freer and more enlightened people.
The Forrest City times., 1904-12-16

USSih stands alone among the European nations as ar absolute monarchy. Consti- tutiGnal liberty has made it's way i'll one nation after another first in EngIapd
The Forrest City times., 1904-12-16

pansion He started the modern Rus sia on her career and established the autocracy which after centuries is only beginning to feel the impulses of the common people for share and voice in the government In Peter the Great We have the rare spectacle of nation being formed by the work Of one man within the period of 43 years. He was not afraid of hard work himself and learned the trade of shipbuilding in Holland. He transformed the customs, habits and costumes of the Savs. He opened up schools and colleges, and the nobles and burehers were encouraged to educate themselves. He ameliorated the con- dition of the serfs without abolishins slavery.
 Such were the great reforms which Peter established. and in Catherine IL. who came to the throne. or rather. who seized the throne T years after Peter had passed off the stage of life. he had a worthy successor. Not only did she continue his work Of conquest, adding territory to the west and south to the Russian domain. but she also was active in bringing about reforms within the nation She reorganiZed justice and education, that is for the higher classes. She collected about her the most emi- nent French philosophers, and French literature became the model which Rus sian writers endeavored 10 copy. and with her reign begins a Russian litera
The Forrest City times., 1904-12-16
Spanked Roosevelt

To Mrs. Emma Kirchner. of Belle. vile. a suburb of St. Louis. belongs the distinction of being probably the only person who ever spanked Theo. core Roosevelt The story was only made known the other day. He was seven years old. The Roosevelt fam. fly was at Sagamore Hill The fam ily of Louis Hinckley was also at Oy. ster Bay There were four children in the Hinckley family. Teddy had hcked them all. wsien he charged upon the Hinekley stronghold with mud halls. Mrs Kircher. the goyerness. rushed to the rescue and administered the future president a severe spank, ing.
The Forrest City times., 1904-12-16
THE HlPPOCAMPUs

hippopotamus, the name of the riv horse, but these two hippos are not even forty-second cousins.
 Hippocampus travels through the water with his body erect-hke horse standing up on his hind legs. When Mrs. Hippo lays her eggs at the bottom of the sea, Mir Hippo gathers them up carefully and puts them in polch or pocket on one side of his tail like an cpossum, and there they stay until they hatch out.
 The first thing MT Hippo knows he has a whole pocket full of sea ponies, eager to get out and go prancing thi oueh the sea the same as any other hippo campus
The Forrest City times., 1904-12-16

snd is made from wood three-quarters of an inch thick.
 If it is impossible to find large headed nails 10 finish the edges of the front and sides, mock nail-heads, quarters of an inch in diameter. can be cut from lead and applied with thin steel naiis The movement, which can be purchased from a clock maker. is attached to the back of the case before the dial is made fast. The clockmaker can also mount and adjust the dial and movement if necessary Joseph II. Adams, in St. Nicholas.
The Forrest City times., 1904-12-16
WHEN GRANDMA WAS LITTLE,

''When grandma was little girl she said,
 with look so wise, And with thoughtful twinkle in her violet
 blue eyes, "She used 10 wear long dresses, and long
 pantalets so queer, All starched till they could stand alone
 was funny, O my dear. But that was great long time, you know. So long. long, long ago. ''She used 10 sit as stiff in church and still
 as any mouse tAnd grandma says they called the churches
 then the Good Lords House). She couldn't see the minister, the pew
 backs were so high; She couldn't go 10 sleep or gape, and didn't
 dare to cry. But that was q great long time, you know, So long, long, long ago. ''She couldn't run, and romp. and scream.
 and jump. like me. CT you Nor chatter at the table, as We always like
 to do She made low courtesies like this, and had
 such funny ways. For children must be seen, not heard, they
 taught her in those days. But that was a great long time you know. So long. long, long ago. 'The grown folks were so horrid in tlat
 old time. don't you think, To treat little grandma so she hardly
 dared to wink? So now We must be kind to her, and try all
 sorts or ways To make her happy, and forget those awfu.
 still old days For that was great long time, you know, So long long long ago" Edward Oldham. in Youths Companion.
The Forrest City times., 1904-12-16
Hieh-Priced Dirt.

Ths highest priced real estate in Lon don is near the Bank of England Land sells ttare at the rate of s3I5 a square foot-slte ,250 900 an acre From this cen ter the price 6iminishes in a receding tide, rising again in the Strand to a price Of from s60 to sl00 ] square foot Tn Bond street, in the West end, a still higher prize of sl75 a square foot, or more than $500 900 an acre. has been SeAGhed-
The Forrest City times., 1904-12-16

rdes, cut, as shown in Fig. 2. to ex. lend six inches below the bottom of the box. The dial and glass frame should measure six inches in diameter, and to fit it to the box it will be neces- sary to cut hole in the front of the case five and half inches in diameter ss shown also in Fig. 2
 The shelf top to the box is beveled at the under side and attached with glue and nai.s. It overhangs the sides and front of the box about two inches,
The Forrest City times., 1904-12-16
FOR THE HANDY BOY.
A Bracket-Clock of Handsome Ap- pearance Which Any Boy
 Can Make.

A good design for simple bracket clock is shown in the illustration. IL Is made from thin boards half an inch thick, half yard of barlap, some large headed nails, and an inexpensive weights.
 The box part of the case is eight inches square and three and a half inches in depth, and the bracket ends may be detached CT be part of the
The Forrest City times., 1904-12-16
THE SEA PCNlES.
Odd Little Creatures with Lor9g Name That Look Very Much
 Like Horses.

If any chap who has diving suit will take the trouble to go walking some day along the bottom of the sea, where the water is not too cold and not so very deep. he may find the sea horses. Little fellows they are, with horse head and fish body. They have no legs and only a single fin, right on the back. The body tapers down to round. narrow point or tail, and this the pony curls around a piece of seaweed whenever he wishes to anchor or stay in one place.
 Wise people call the sea horse hippo campus. This may sound a little like
The Forrest City times., 1904-12-16

where the light first shined: next in France, and then in the other govern ments of Europe. It was in England that the first blow at absolute monarchy was struck when the barons of the realm wrested from King John the declaration of rights which came to be known as the Magma Charta. The next decided step i'll this direction vas taken in 1540 when the long parliament triumphed over the king, and Cromwell after many victories in the field con- trolied parliament in the interests of the people and condemned the king The execution of Charles l. in 1649 caused profound dismay in monarchial Europe. but it struck the first note of real freedom for the people the sound of which has not ceased te carry it's message to one nation after another un- til to-day we find the Russian peasantry awakening to it's first faint notes and listening intently for the fuller strains that shall break over the czar's domin- ions when constitutional liberties shall have been wrested from the emperor and the bureaucrats
 The appeal of the zemstvoists-fo for a
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-30
BRADSTREET SAYS WEATHER HAS
HELPED AND HURT.

New York, Jan. 29.-Bradstreet's to-
morrow will say:
Weather conditions have been unfa-
vorable throughout a wide area and,
while in some instances helpful to re-
tail trade, extreme cold or heavy
SHOWS have rather sharply checked
spring trade and retarded transporta-
ton. There is rather quieter feeling
found also in several lines of specula-
ton and of industry. Exception to
this is found in the South, which Sec
ton, stimulated by almost undreamed-
of cotton prices, is preparing to plant
an enormous acreage. Spring trade,
which was opening up actively in the
Southwest, has been brought practi-
cally to a standstill for the time be-
ing by zero weather.
Rather less satisfactory reports
come from the iron and steel trade.
Southern iron is claimed to be un-
changed but Nothern iron is weaker,
foundry grades not being in active de-
mand The railroads are still out of
the market for rails.
The strain in the cotton goods
branch of the textile market increases
rather than dimnishes with the steady
upward flight of the raw material.
Buyers of cotton goods have shown a
disposition to trade more freely and
to pay higher prices, but at all mar
kets sellers are slow to fill orders ex-
cept "at value"
Business failures number 242, against
230 in the like week in 1903.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-30
OCEAN FREIGHTS,

COTTON-Savannah to Boston, per
100 pounds, Use; to New York, per 100
pounds, zoe to dock; 23c lightered; to
Philadelphia, per bale, $1OO; Baltimore,
S1.O0
COTTON-Foreign direct to Liver
pool, soc; Manchester, soc; Bremen, Csc
Hamburg, 3Oc Rotterdam 24c; BARGE
Iona, 42c; Genoa, 3Sc; Trieste. 4Oc: Ven
ice, 42c; Havre, soc; Antwerp, 30c.
LUMBER-By Sail-Freight active;
to Baltimore, $500; to Philadelphia,
$4.75; to New York, $5.621a to Port
land, $780,
LUMBER-By Steam-Savannah to
Baltimore, $500; to P. r. r. or B. and
o. docks, $3.50; to Philadelphia, Is 2-S
per cwt. a pounds to FOOT; to New
York; 1925 per M to dock; lightered,
$500; to Boston, to dock, $500
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-30
STOCKS WERE TICKLE.
,aToNE OF THE MARKET,
'' HOWEVER, WAS HEAVY.
VAR SCARE THE CAUSE.
ny THE COMMODITY MARKETS
,uowED DISPOSITION TO LAG.

,..,re,ne Ease of Call Money Did
xot Indicate Any Notable Weaken
;nc of Condition of the Banks.
considerable Loan Expansion Is
rxnected in Statement To-day,
popds, while Dull, Were Inclined
React-TOtaI Sales of Stocks for
,he Day Were 4O2 900 Shares.
vav York, Jan. 29.-Prices of stocks
nod A wavering uncertain movement
today that hardly deserved the name
~ fluctuations. During the course of
the day the market came almost alb
.olutely to a standstill. The undertone
WAS heavy, however, and the slight
s5vances at one time attained were
indifferently held.
Probably the conviction that some
sort of crisis was near at hand in the
strained situation in the Far East,
helped to paralyze speculative activity.
even the commodity markets reflected
some disposition to await the definite
outcome of the Russian reply to the
japan proposals.
The extreme ease of call money to-
day did not indicate any notable
weakening of the condition of the
banks, although considerable loan
expansion is expected in to-morrow's
statement. United States Steel pre-.
ferred continued to be a drag upon the
market, although the volume of it's
activity was much less to-day. Trade
reviews continued to add to the weight
of opinion against improving prospects
in the trade.
The Union Pacific favorable net
earnings for December offered con-
trast pleasing to investors with the I'M
form tendency towards decreases for
that month, and which was exempli-
fed in the returns for the Wabash,
Lehigh Valley and Canadian Pacific
made to-day. The average decrease
in the net for December for roads re-
porting previous to to-day already
runs as high as II per cent. Union Pa
cidcs showing is attributed to a dras-
tic reduction in the extraordinary ex-
penditures for improvements, which
have long been in progress on that
and it's allied system, the Southern
Pacific. 1t is recalled also that the
Union Pacific interests are credited
with the most determined resistance to
the present price for steel rails, even
to the point of refraining from filling
urgent requirements. The stock got
as much as point over last night, but
fell back with the late reaction in the
market. The closing was dull and
easy with prices back to about the
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-30
TO THE NORTH AND WEST

Trains arrive Savannah as follows:
No. 20, daily, from New York, WASH
.ngton and Cincinnati, $40 u. IN.
No. 81, daily except Monday from
New York and Washington, 1910 a. M.
No. SO. daily, from New York and
Washington, $40 p. m.
No. 80, daily, from all points West,
via Jesup. 1859 p. m.
No. 30. daily. except Sunday, from
the West, via Jesup, 4;20 p. m.
No. 81 daily from ali points West.
via Jesup, 100 p. IN.
All trains arrive and depart from
the Union Depot.
THROUGH CAR SERVICE, ETC:
Trains 81 and 80. the SOUTH ERN >
PALM LIMITED, Superb solid Pun
man train between St. Augustine ana
New York, composed of Compartment
Observation, Library and Drawing
room Sleeping Cars. Dining Cars serve
all meals en- route.
Trains 80 and "a. THE NEW YORK
AND FLORIDA EXPRESS. Vestl-
buled limited trains, carrying Pullman
Drawing room Sleeping Cars between
Savannah and New York. Dining cars
serve all meals en- route.
TRAINS 20 and 80, THE WASHING
TON AND FLORIDA LIMITED.
Vestibuled limited trains, carrying
Pullman Drawing room Sleeping Cars
between Savannah and New York.
Dining Cars serve all meals en- route.
Also Pullman Drawing room Sleeping
Cars between Savannah and Cincin-
natl, through Asheville and 1.-THE Land
of the Sky"
For information as to rates, sched-
ules, ETC., apply to
c. H. ACKERT. G. NJ, Washington,
d. c.
s. H. HARDwICK, C. P. A. Wash
ington, d. C.
W. Ii. TAYLoE, A. G. P. A.. Allan
ia, Ga.
Agent, Union Depot, Savannah. Ga.
E. G. THOMSON. c. P. & T. A, Sa-
vannah, Ga, 141 Bull street. Phones
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-30
Philadelphia Jan. 29.-Arrivet

Philadelphia Jan. 29.-Arrived,
schooner Fanny Reiche, Brunswick.
Cleared, steamer Tyro, Fernandina.
Antwerp, Jan. 2S.-Arrived, Clematis,
Fernandina.
Bremen, Jan. 29.-Arrived, Ockenfels,
Savannah.
Client, Jan. 2S.-Arrived, Robdam,
Fernandina.
Bordeaux, Jan. 29.-Arrived, Aldburg,
Pensacola (lost part of deck load.)
Liverpool, Jan. 29.-Arrived, Man
ingtry, Savannah.
Pensacola, Fla, Jan. 29.-Arrived,
steamer Claudine (Ger), Schwann,
Fernandina.
Cleared, steamer e. NJ. Roberts (Br.),
Roberts, Havana.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-30

low level. Pennsylvania ran off nearly
point at the last.
Bonds were dull and were inclined
to react, but a few advances gave an
irregular tone. Total sales, par value,
$3,105,0 900. United States bonds were
unchanged on the call. Total sales,
1920 shares, including: Atchison, 81
900; Baltimore and Ohio preferred, 80,
400; Chesapeake and Ohio, 1900; Erie,
11,600; Louisville and Nashville, 400;
Missouri Pacific. 9O00 Norfolk and
Western, 1,400; Pennsylvania, 46,2O0;
Reading, 12,400; Rock Island, 1860;
st. Paul, 1890; Southern Pacific, 16,
200; Southern Railway, 1000; preferred
800; Union Pacific, $4,000; Copper, 80,
900; Sugar, 1900; Brooklyn Transit
S,40O; Tennessee Coal and Iron, 500;
United States Steel preferred, 44,50O
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-30
Notice TO Mariners,

Pilot charts and hydrogra phic infor-
nation will be furnished masters of
vessels free of charge in the United
States photographic office. in Custom
House. Captains are requested to call
at the office. Reports of wrecks and
derelicts received.
This office operates a time ball on
the roof of the Cotton Exchange, drop
ped daily at 12h. DOM. 00s Sundays
and holidays excepted. 18th meridian
time. In case of failure the ball is
lowered slowly minutes after IL.
Clarence Hatch,
In Charge,