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The Forrest City times., 1904-01-29

| 0learius, secretary to Dutch embassy,
TO Moscow in 1886 asserts that a great
bell was cast in the reign of Boris God
unOf During n fire in the reign of
Alexis this bell fell to the ground and
was broken. In 1854 it was recast and
weighed 28S, 900 pounds. In 1874 it was
suspended from a wooden beam at the
foot of the tower. from whence il fell
on June 10, 1706. during a fire Its
fragments lay on the ground until the
reign OF the Empress Anne, by whose
orders it was again recast in 1888 by
the bellfounder Ivan Matorine Owing
TO the falling of some heavy rafters
during yet another fire in 1877 the bell
fell height of Is feet, buried itself in
the ground. and a piece was knocked
out of its side. According TO some ac-
counts this was owing to an imperfec-
ton in the metal, caused by jewels and
other treasures having been thrown
into the liquid metal by the ladies of
MOSCOW. During the reign of Nicholas
l., in the year 1899. the architect of St.
1Saac's cathedral at St Petersburg NJ.
de Montferrand, took upon himself the
difficult task of raising the bell, and
completed the operation with much
skill. Its weight at present is 444 900
pounds, its height from the top of the
ball and cross placed upon ii by the or
der of the Emperor Nicholas l. is 26
feet four inches and its circumference
81 feet II inches. Its maximum thick
ness is two feet, and the weight of the
broken piece about II tons. II bears
the following inscription, the dates of
which do not agree with those cited
above from Murray Guide to Rus
sia:"
Alexis Mikhailovitch, of happy
memory, Autocrat of Great and Little
Russia and White Russia, ordered a
copper bell, weighing 5000 pounds to
be cast for the Cathedral of the Pure
and Glorious Assumption of the Vir-
gin in the year 1852 of the Creation Of
the World and 1915 of the birth of our
Lord Jesus Christ This bell was in
use from the year 1867 of the Creation
of the World, A D.. l701, in which
year, on June 49, it was damaged in a
great fire which ragged in the Kremin:
II was mute until the year 1888 of the
Creation. A. d. 1875. The All Powerful
and Glorious Empress Anna Ivanovna
caused the metal of the old bell. weigh
ing 5000 pools. to be recast. to the
Glory of God and the Holy Trinity and
in honor of the Holy Virgin of the Ca
thedral of her Glorious Assumption
and added 1000 pools of new ma
teral; the year = of the Creation,
A. ID. 173-. being the fourth year OF
Her Majestys glorious reign"
The portion of the square at the foot
of the belfry of Ivan, where the bell
now stands. is named after him. e.
Ivanovskaia. The Oukases (Edictsl of
the Tsars were formerly publicly pro-
claimed here.
The Forrest City times., 1904-01-29
ENEMIES ALL RIGHT.
He Was Certain About That and lie
Took sly shot at
Them.

Ii is related that at a recent sham bat
tie young lieutenant, posted with his
company behind a wall. ordered his men
to fire at a detachment OF troops who
were marching 10y, says London Tit Bits.
The guns We're loaded with blank cart
ridges, and no harm was done; but the
detachment happened to be on the same
side OF the sham fight as the company
which had fired at IT,
The commanding officer came riding up.
Why did you tre at those men, he
demanded OF the lieutenant, hotly.
Il supposed they were the enemy" said
the lieutenant.
And what led you to suppose they
were the enemy"
Because my tailor was at the head of
them and | saw my butcher in the ranks.
What else could | suppose, sr!'
The Forrest City times., 1904-01-29

Booker T. Washington insists that the
negro is not uugrateful, and, although the
younger generation may like to lose sight
Of the fact that their grandmothers and
grandfathers were slaves, those grand
mothers and grandtathers themselves do
not forget it. In illustrating this he tells
the story of an old colorcd man who saw
the old street cars being replaced by ears
driven by electricity, and exclaimed: de
1ank came down here 30 years ago to nee
de nggah, and now, glory be, dey is gwine
to free de mewl"
The Forrest City times., 1904-01-29
DR.. Williamson Sxe.rs

yorktown, Ark, Jan. lSth-Last week
a statement was published from Leland
Williamson, NJ. d., of tins place. to the
effect that Dodd's Kidney Pills are the
best medicine for all Nancy Diseases and
that he uses them with uniform success
in his daily practice.
No one who knows DR.. Williamson will
doubt tor moment the complete truth
of his fearless declaration, but to com
pletely clnch the matter in the minds of
those who may not have the pleasure of
personal acquaintance with this celebrated
physician, DR.. Williamson has appeared
before Mr.. II. Z. Greene. j. f. for Mont.
gomery county, and made a sworn state
ment.
In this sworn statement the doctor has
cited a number of cases which have been
completely cured by Dodd's Kidney Pills.
Here is case No. L.
Henry Hall, Sr., age AS an American,
attacked with Malaria Haematuria or
Swamp Fever, temperature ranged from
10l to l05, highly coated tongue, consti-
pated bowels. hemorrhage or passage of
blood from KidneyE used febrifuge and
Dodd's Kidney Pills to relieve the in
fammation and congested condition of
Kidneys and to render the urine bland
and non-irritatinc. Recovery complete
after two months treatment of the Pills
The Forrest City times., 1904-01-29
Minister Awarded the Prize.

a good one is told on we'll known min
lister who was walking along the street
the other day and saw a crowd of boys
IN the center. When he came up to them
he put the following question:: What
are You doing with that dog" One little
boy said: Whoever tells the biggest lie
wins it," "Oh." said the minister, Il am
surprised at you little boys, for when
was ike You | never told lie There
boys shouted: Hand him up the dog!r
Mount Ohxet LkNl Democrat.
The Forrest City times., 1904-01-29

the unfortunate ones. Little or no risk
need be run if Pcruna is kept in the
house and at the disappearance Of any
symptom of catarrh taken as directed
on the bottle.
Peruna is safeguard, is prcventa-
tive, a specific, is cure for all cases Of
catarrh, acute and chronic, coughs,
colds, consumption, etc.
fyou donotreceive prompt and salts.
factory results from the use of Pcruna,
write at once to DIR. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your case, and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad-
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President Of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
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Needed Not the Country.

"And do none of you know anything
sadly.
ooh, yiss, ma am. | know" said Eva
Generously. The country is the Fresh
Air Fund
Then you've been there" cried Kiss
Bailey Tell us about it. Eva
No. ma am, | amt seen it." said Eva,
proudly. I'm healthy "-McClure
The Forrest City times., 1904-01-29

Friend-How did the count propose
to you, and you accept. if he could not
understand your language nor you
his?
American Heiress-It was very sim
pie He showed me his family tree,
and l showed him my bank book
n. Y Weekly
The Forrest City times., 1904-01-29
4 PLAN TALK
On q Plain Subject in Plain
Language.

The coming winter will cause ut least
onc-half of the women TO have catarrh,
colds, coughs, pneumonia or consump-
ton. Thousands of women will lose
their lives and tens of thousands will
The Forrest City times., 1904-01-29

Tenderfoot-'I see good many people
hanging on here and patronzng Your mo-
tel, who tell me they've been here five years,
when they came Colorado Hotelkeeper-
Eyes, a good many who came TO cough re-
manned to pay."-Baltimore American.
The Forrest City times., 1904-01-29
NeXing Delay.

Our rev company is capitalized at S40,-
100000
Great, Let me see your prospectus"
oh. We haven't got out a prospectus
vet. The-er-the darned printer wants
his pay in advance Puck.
The Forrest City times., 1904-01-29

Sir" exclaimed the injured party, you
stuck your umbrella in my eye" 'Ob. nc, ;"
replied the cheerful offender, you are mis-
taken. Mistaken demanded the irate
man; you idiot. know when my eye is
hurt. guess" Doubtless" replied the
cheerful chap, "but you don't know nv UNI
brella. | borrowed this one from a friend
to-day. "-Cincinnati Times Star.
The Forrest City times., 1904-01-29
PRINCIPAL Party Weakened.

How did that last endurance con-
test of piano players come out?"
1T ended | believe, at the fourteenth
hour. The neighbors interfered. Chi
cago Tribune.
The Forrest City times., 1904-01-29

Smith-"You appear to be very much ex-
cited over something or other" Jones
Brown gave me the lie" Smith-"And YOU
are so we'll able to furnish all that you ca n
possibly use! How foolish of Brown!"-
Boston Transcript
The Forrest City times., 1904-01-29

Casey-"Riley, YOU owe me an apology;
you called me. a lar" Riley@'Y GU re a
lar; 90 didn't Casey-"Well, its all
right, thin, an We don't owe me an apology .
Kansas City independent.
The Forrest City times., 1904-01-29

Aora-"0 towld thot lnstalment mon thot
be nadents call 20 often" Mistress-"Dd
ne take the hint mo, mum; he took me
pionny. Philadelphia Record.
The Forrest City times., 1904-01-29

acquire some chronic all
ment from which they will
never recover.
Unless You take the nee
essary precautions, the
chances are that YOU (who
read this) will be one of
The Forrest City times., 1904-01-29

Jack-"I ouve heard about the escaping
criminal who stepped on slot machine and
got weigh" Mack-"Ies, that's old y
Jack-"N ell, even the bloodhounds couldn't
get his cent. Yale Record.
The Forrest City times., 1904-01-29

THAT cyclone certainly was the worst
we ever had, said the first Kansas farmer.
No wonder said the other. at started in
Illinois . What o that" We'll you know
the old saying: It's an Ill wind that blows
nobody good "-Catholic Standard and
The Forrest City times., 1904-01-29

Wantanno-"At which joint did your
friend have his arm amputated:" Dunno
That mighty disrespectful way to
iCap.
The Forrest City times., 1904-01-29

Rest Is the sweet sauce of labor-Plutarch
Bette, little chlding than great deal
Of heartbreak-S Shakespeare.
The Forrest City times., 1904-01-29

Enthusiastic members of London's
Audubon society propose a law TO au-
thorize the confiscation of all hats
decorated with the skins of song birds
The Forrest City times., 1904-01-29

The world was scarcely less surprised
at Robert Mebourne's resignation from
the Bracken law case than at his mar
riaga to his stenoerapher. But Mel
bourne had many other surprises in
store for the world
The Forrest City times., 1904-01-29

Truth abhors tricks.-Uhlcago IrIrune.
Love needs no Chicago Tribune.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-04-11
SPRING HoUsEcLEANlNe.

A SALT LAKE MAN was going all
Il over town the other day hunting
sympathy because the spring house
cleaning fever had struck his wife. He
found lots of sympathy, too. Men who
had suffered as he was suffering felt
mighty sorry for him. and said so
And all that man had been Obliged to
do was to get up half an hour earlier
than usual and come down town. He
had fitted no stove pipe joints, he had
moved no sewing machine, he hadn't
pushed the piano out on the front
porch or Jerked up a carpet by the
roots.
A wise old philosopher has said that
IL IS the individual who suffers most
that says the least about it. Does any
burly brute of n man imagine for a.
minute that it is any fun to a woman
10 clean house? Does she get any en-
joyment out Of standing over scrub
women all day long? Is it a pleasure
to- her to yank beds to pieces and
carefully paint poison on the frames?
Is she thankful for the privilege Of
working without a moments rest from
early morning TO late evening two or
three days in succession?
OF course not. The only satisfaction
a woman gets out OF house-cleaning is
the satisfaction that comes after the
work is all finished, in knowing that
the house is absolutely clean and
sweet and fit to live in. And the man
who has suffered so terribly gets as
much satisfaction out Of it all as his
wife. He is not entitled to it. either
II the work Of hOuse-cleaning were
left TO the average man, very little
house-cleaning would ever be done.
But the brute would be u great deal
LES comfortable than he is now.
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Loves Triumphs.
(Chicago Record-Herald.)

(Chtcago Record-Herald.)
With a futtering heart the beautiful
girl approached the magnificent old
duchess.
81 have come" the lovely American
said in low, sweet tones, Ito speak to
you about something that is very
that is very-very-"
There, there, sit down." the stately
dame interrupted. Compose yourself
Won't you have something to quiet
your nerves?"
"Oh, thank you, you are very kind.
AS you doubtless know, my father be-
gan life as a tin peddler, and my
mother in her younger years had a
job as dining room girl in a boarding
house. But you Will not let these
things prejudice you against me, will
look my family and Judge me for my
worth alone. I love BERTHE so much.
1t would kill me if you were to tell
me that he cannot be mine. Please
please say that you will give your con-
sent"
HIN, Have you and he arrived at
an understanding?
Yes. 1 asked him last night to be
mine and he confessed that he loved
me. All that we need now to com
plete our happiness is your consent"
We'll if you can support him in the
style TO which he has been accustomed,
1 suppose l must yield"
"Oh. you dear, sweet old thingi I
will give orders tomorrow to have the
castle fitted up with modern plumbing
and an elevator"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-04-11
JAPANESE FINANCES.

How LONG CAN JAPAN afford to
II maintain the war with Russia?
This is the question that is agitating
the minds of some foreign fnanciers.
They say that Japan must work harder
than she has been working. that she
must win some more victories shortly.
for her salvation lies in a speedy
termination of hostilities. Now it is
er tirely probable that the Japanese
themselves are familiar with these
facts. They are doing all they can to
force the fighting, but Russia has re-
fused battle whenever it was possible
70 do so. How long will Japan last?
An eminent authority on finance.
the London Statist, offers a general
rule to the effect that a country can
not carry a debt if its fixed charges
are more than one-third Of the value
OF the exports from that country. Get
ting down to figures, Japan's exports
for the last five years have averaged
SllO.ooO,0O0 yearly. Consequently she
should be able to pay in the neighbor-
hood Of S36,0OOOO0 a year on a debt.
2SOOOO,000, and it carries fixed
charges, including sinking fund, of
$25000.000 a year.
At the rate of 4 per cent per annum
the interest on the japanese national
debt amounts TO s1I,OOO,OOO. This
would leave $25.OOO,OO0 available for
interest on the new war debt. 1t
would seem that she should be able
to borrow, if necessary, not less than
S5O0,O00,0OO. But that is about the
limit and an expensive war cannot be
conducted for many months on such
sum. Japan can work more cheapIy
in this war than Russia but her Dor
rowing capacity is not so great.
The financial statement tends in
evitabIy TO the conclusion that Japan
must win quickly or not at all.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-04-11
eosticulation in Fashion.

Gesticulation is the fashion now. Wo-
men must gestigulate to be in the swim
says the New York Sun. But she must
do il in a correct manner.
It is said that the most fashionable
people have taken to making gestures,
and, therefore, of course, all woman
kind must paw the air, so to speak.
In England many gestures are
thought 10 be undignifed, but not so
here. There is no denying the fact
that they heighten the effect of con-
versatiOn IL well done.
Just any and every sticking about
of the hands or motion of the head
and shoulders win not do. declare the
teachers of gestculation, and they are
pretty thick nowadays. Gestures are
like the alphabet. they form a Ian
gUage of their own.
These teachers. furthermore, say that
gestures are innate in the human be-
ing. like a terrible thirst or any other
old thing, and that they merely have
TO be brought out and perfected by
those who have made a deep study Of
the subject.
GesticulatiOn, in its highest form,
must convey to a person out Of ear
shot a general understanding OF q
conversation that is being carried on.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-04-11

business is about as big an achieve
ment as any man ought to care for. He
is sometimes the subject of sneering
criticism from men who do not like his
policies, but he has done great things
in his chosen profession, and that, too,
in spite of the fact that he was rich
mans son. with all the handicaps Of in
herited wealth.
It is said that he was interested in
wild oats extensively in his youth. but
even II that is true he has shown so
much the more manhood by retiring
from oats TO go into publishing success
fully. It has also been said that almost
anybody could have accomplished as
much as he has with the wealth he
commands. but this assertion is based
on the very foolish notion that wealth
without brains can achieve anything.
The fact Is that If Hearst had not been
a brainy man he would have wasted
millions in his publishing business,
whereas he owns and directs today a
chain OF magnificent properties I'M
equalled by any other newspaper prop
critics in this country under one owner
ship.
But for all his energy and capacity
and wealth, he is pretty sure TO fail OF
his ambition to be the presidential
nominee Of the Democratic party. A
successful publisher might be a good
politician or a politician might be sue
cessful as a publisher so long as he
wanted no Office for himself, but nc
publisher can ever be an ideal candi-
date SO long as men are human ana
cherish enmities.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-04-11

BREAKFAST FOOD
Shop Talk.

say what do you think happened
10 me at the treatre the other night p
SAID the young lady who is head OF
the hat department Wen. I was a
the theatre with a young man 1 know
when right in the middle of one OF the
acts an usher came to me with the
Information that I was wanted at the
door Immediately. / thought some
OF the folks must be sick. so I got
right up and hurried back there with
out telling the young nan with me
where l was going or anything else.
Well you can guess how the people
stared at me getting up and going out
alone that way right in the middle OF
an act. but i was so frightened that
l didn't stop to think OF anything.
Well, when / got to the door whom do
you suppose L found there? 1t was
one OF cur custOmers-a fat, rich old
lady who ought to have some sense
She began to talk about her hat! Told
me about some changes she wanted
made, etc. What do you think of that
for nerve? I told her if she wanted
to talk about her darned old hat she
could come to the store during bust
ness hours. She got pretty hot, but
/ didn't care. She should have had
more sense / piked back to my seat
all alone and 1 guess everybody in the
theatre turned around 10 look at me
at least once. What do you think of
that. anyway"
Hum said the dentist That's
nothingl You should have seen what
happened to me in the theatre once.
l had taken a young lady there and
just as we were in the middle of the
crowd at the door after the perform
ance was over somebody yelled doc"
at me. I looked around and here was
a patient of mine with his finger in
his mouth pushing his lip back. There
were about five people between him
and me but he Kept right on. Doc"
he yelled again. Il wish you would
take a look at this filing. II doesn't
feel just right in my mouth Never
mind what 1 said 20 him. l made it
clear in a few words that he would
have to call at the Office to get that
filing inspected. Much of what 1 said
cannot be repeated here. He got his
bill next day and if he hadn't sent in
a check that same week I would have
sued him. I didn't care so much about
myself but it made the girl 1 had
with me feel pretty foolish and ruined
my chances with her for all time.
That's what I call a bit of hard luck
as a result of doing work for
chump."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-04-11
HEARST AND KANSAS.

F PRELIMINARY SIGNS COUNT
for anything, one William Randolph
Hearst Of New York is dead as a door
nail so far as his candidacy for the
presidential nomination is concerned.
Otherwise he is and has been for years
very much alive. as the Coal trust, for
instance. would testify.
The signs Of Hearst's demise as q
candidate were very marked in the
Kansas DemOcracy-s proceedings. The
Kansans were willing to glorify Nj.
Hearst as a great Democrat ard praise
him for his public services, but i'm the
election Of delegates they selected six
delegates who are friendly to the New
York publisher and fourteen who are
not.
Should you pause to consider you
win see that man of Mr.. Hearstss oc-
cupation stands very little show for
presidential honors anyway. The NAV
who can print a really great
newspaper without making enemies
wouldn't be lit 10 hold Office.
Horace Greeley was good deal
of an editor. but he found It hard sled
ding when he became a candidate. 4
number of other newspaper men have
experimental with political combina-
tons but few ever got much profit or
glory either from the trial.
Why should Mr.. Hearst care to un-
dergo the wear and tear Of a preilm-
mary canvass when he is a bigger man
as publisher OF the Hearst bapers than
he could hope to be in any other capa-
city?~ To be president Of the United
States is. Of course, the highest honor
% be achieved. but to have planned and
accomplished the undertakings Mr.
Hearst has promoted IN the newspaper
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-04-11
STEAMSHIPS.
COMpA6NlE GENERALE
TRANSHTL ANTIOIIE

French Line. New York to Havre. Six
Days. Sailings every Thursday at 1C
q. m.
La savoie-ApriI q. May &c, June o.
Aug 4.
La Gascogne-Nay 10. June &c, July II.
Aug II.
La Touraine-May 5, June .. July p,
Aug. is.
La Lorraine-April H. May u, June 3.
July Z.
La Bretagne-April q June 80. July Is.
and Express Steamers Naval officers
man-of-war discipline; company's vesti-
buled trains, Havre-Paris, hours.
AGENTS; I. A. Benton, 1O3 w. Goth
St, Denver & Rio Grande Ry.: l. j.
Keys. a01 Main St, Oregon Short Line.
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STATEMENT.

For the Year Ending Dee. 81, 1893, of the
Condition Of the
COncordia Fire Insurance Company.
l. The Name and Location Of
the ompany-Concordia
Fire Insurance Company,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
.. Name of President-George
Brumder.
8. Name of Secretary-Frank
DamkOehler.
4. The amount Of its capital
stock is ...................S 500,Oo0.o 90
8 The amount of its capital
stock paid up is $3.50. 200, 900. 90
G. The amount Of is assets is s74, or .16
T. The amount Of its nahit-
ties INCLUDING capitaD is SIS, 226. 81
s. The amount of its income
during the preceding cal
endar year ...... ........ 656.3lS. "a
g. The amount OF its expend-
itures during the preced-
ing calendar year ........ 659, 052. y
10. The amount of losses paid
during the preceding cal
endar year ................ 354,2A9. Of
IL The amount of risks writ
ten during the year -.-... s., S54, COG. 90
p The amount of risks in
force at the end OF the
stat &c 11ts 6fyjc, 81 j 500 20 100 30 80
State-ss.:
T. James T. Hammond. secretary of
state OF the state of Utah, do hereby
certify that the above named insurance
company has filed in my office a de-
tailed statement OF its condition. from
which the foregoing statement has been
prepared. and that the said company has
in all other respects compiled with the
laws of the state relating to insurance.
In testimony whereof / have here
(SeaD unto set my hand and affixed the
great seal of the state of Utah
this twenty-third day of March,
A. ID. 1904.
7 T. HAMMOND.
Secretary Of State