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The Forrest City times., 1905-01-27
IN OTHER LANDS.

At Thebes the annual average rise of the Nile is 40 feet
 Greece at present holds the Euro pean record for rapidity in the in- crease of population.
 London's smallpox epidemic of last year cost the metropolitan asylums board close on half a million sterling.
 Among the spells of war taken at Liaoyang was a pet pigeon belonging to Gen. Kuropatkin. It is now in Tokio.
 Almost the entire commercial wealth of India. with it's population of 3o0,- 000,000, is said to be in the hands of less than 90000 persons.
 Since 1858 the population of Scot land has increased by 52 per cent; the number of lunatics in the same period has increased by 190 per cent.
 English newspaper correspondents are complaining of the disgustingly unclean treatment of bread on it's way from the baker to the consumer.
 A bill to prohibit cigarette smoking by persons under 16 years old has passed it's second reading in the South Australian legislature and probably will become law.
 The Vienna Society for the Proven tion of Cruelty to Animals is selling donkeys at remarkably low prices, to replace the dogs generally used for drawing tradesmen's carts.
 Japanese progress is shown in the fact that the receipts from her state forests for timber, firewood, bamboo and other produce rose from SIPS, 900 in 1880 to s1204,000 in 1903, an in- crease of s1,075, GOO.
 Along the Adriatic sea swallows and other migratory birds are caught every year by the hundreds of thousands and eaten by the Italians, who spread nets. in which as many as 300 to 500 of the birds are caught at once.
The Forrest City times., 1905-01-27
THE NEWSPAPER MUSE.

Here's to the Muse with the ink-stained
 hands
 Who greets us from day unto day: Who only asks what her worth commands, With song for lifes wearisome way The Muse who is eager 10 soothe some
 smart
 In the crowd where the soul grows weak. Who sings the song that Is in her heart The Muse with a smudge on her cheek. She's home-bred lass. with a home-spun
 gown.
 But her speech rings tender and true, While the gaudy Muse of the pompous
 town
 Seeks to dazzle each strangers view. Mongst those who have stirred men to
 their best
 And bidGen them toil and seek Shes fcndest by far and the faitffulest, The Muse with the smudge on her cheek. As the Dryad remote in some sylvan scene Loves the woods meiodiousness. She loves the elink of the type machine And the rhyme of the printing press And sometimes she whispers into your
 mind
 What you've striven so long to speak. And she's worth all else that you've left
 behind.
 The Muse with smudge on her cheek. -Philander Chase Johnson in Washing ton Star
The Forrest City times., 1905-01-27
TARTARIC TRUTHS.

Bad temper turns the wine of intellect to vinegar
 Some donkeys have long ears. while so:ne wear silk hats.
 The limit of many mans charity is the dispensing of free advice
 If love is intoxicating. is it any won- der that marriage produces jimjams in many cases?
 Unless you have a good reason for doing a thing, you have an excellent ex- euse for not doing it.
 The man who can i'll afford to travel generally enjoys it more than the man who can well afford it.
 It is a pretty hard task for some wid- ows to keep up a sorrowful appearance long enough to collect the life insurance
The Forrest City times., 1905-01-27
ABOUT TMAR|ECORELL|
WOMAN NOVELIST WHO IS so
 REMARKABLY SUCCESSFUL.
Difficult to Get at Facts of Her Life Mysterious Lady and Greater of Novels Dealing with
 the Occult.

We shall not attempt to weigh and judge the peculiar product of this pe- culiar literary lady; just give few facts of her career
 But what eerie names she docs have for her books-The Sorrows of Satan, Barabbas. Wormwood, The Romance of Two Worlds, Gods Good Man, The Master Christian, The Mighty Atom, The Murder of Delicia, The Sou! of Li- lith, Temporal Power. Vendetta, Zis- ka, the Problem of a Wicked Soul
 The author of these depthful and mysterious titles and their accompany ing volumes is comparatively young. and decidedly pretty woman. We realize that she is enormously indus trious and very successful Her books sell way, way up in the thousands, her rewards are tangible in house and lands and money.
 Marie Corelli is at outs with critics and reviewers, and in g way she can afford to be. Every once in awhile she comes out with a flashing of these of fensive and inoifensiYe strugglefs after
 
 the interviewer she not intrequently shows a pleasant attitude, is friendly and hospitable. The latter invariably assert that the lady is much maligned.
 Of course, you know she is English. and probably that she lives in Strat- ford-on-Avon, Shakespeare's town. Miss Corelli is very fond of the old-a worshiper. devotee, defender. The par ticular old she has been noted for pro tecting are Shakespeare relics, Strat- ford memorials She has besought and assailed in this crusade; appealed to the throne, censured parliamentarians. hurled broadcast plea and protest. She herself lives in an intere st.ng old Stratford place, and among the mel low influences there finds inspiration for the books appearing so regularly from her hand
 By the way, Marie Corelli is but pseudonym. In private life she is
The Forrest City times., 1905-01-27
pseudOnym. In D

known as Marion Mackay. Her prin- cipal education was received in Eng land, but it was while at a French convent she began to show the en- thusiasm for things spiritual. the flights of fancy that afterward were to earn her the name of mystic. one that dwells with the unseen. The Bible and Plato to-day are her fayorite reading. Her work has attracted much attention in India. where the occult is the real, and in fact all the world reads her strange books It is thought there is perhaps no living English au- thor whose works have been SO exten- sively rendered into foreign languages. She has boxes of letters from people in every quarter of the globe, from foreign potentates down to working miners in Australia and California" Royalty shows unusual interest in this writer We have all heard of the in- terest eyinced by Queen Victoria and the prince of Wales in C9relH, ant it is reported that among her admirers are no less personages than c cen Margherita of Italy and the queen Of Roumania.
 Until recently il was almost impos- sible to obtain picture of Miss Corel- Ii, or to obtain facts about her life
 She is an adopted child reported of
 Italian and Highland Scotch extrac- tion. The family into which she was adopted was one of high musical and literary gifts; and herself early hay ing displayed unusual musical talent.
 a musical career was planned for her. A precocious child at the age of ii she began work on an elaborate oDer- etta. Always seer of visions. when
 she grew up she paid more attention
 to putting the visions into words than ] to her music; ard she becomes the
 noted author rather than the famous
 musician. When her first book, The Romance of Two Worlds. was pub lished, it made small stir for awhile.
 but when once it took hold of the pub
 lie it's fame spread like flame It was
 translated into Swedish, Russian. Ger
 man, French, and modern Greek. Bar
 abbas, A Dream of the Worlds Ira ! gedy. alike the most reviled. the best l praised. and perhaps one of the wd-
 est-read books of the day" has been l translated into French. German, Him
 doustani. and into the language of the
 Parsis
The Forrest City times., 1905-01-27
MIGHT HAVE SAVED IT.
A Lot of Trouble from Too Much
 Starchy Food.

A little boy of eight years whose parents did not feed him on the right kind of food, was always nervous and suffered from weak condition of the stomach and bowels. Finally he was taken down with appendicitis and after the operation the doctor, knowing that his intestinal digestion was very weak, put him on Grape-Nuts twice a day.
 He rapidly recovered and about two months thereafter, his Father states. He has grown to be strong, muscular, and sleeps soundly weighs 62 pounds, and his whole system is in a fine condition of health" Name given by Postum Co. Battle Creek, Mich.
 It is plain that if he had been put on Grape-Nuts at an earlier period in his life, and kept from the use of foods that he could not digest, he never would have had appendicitis. That disease is caused by undigested food decaying i'll the stomach and bowels. causing irritation and making for the growth of all kinds of microbes set ting up diseased condition which is the active cause of appendicitis. and this is more marked with people who do not properly digest white bread
 Grape-Nuts is made of the selected parts of wheat and barley and by the peculiar processes of the cooking at the factory. all of tie starch is turned into sugar ready for immediate digestion and the more perfect nourishnent of all parts of the body. particularly the brain and nerve centres.
 Read the little book. The Road to Wellyille." found in each pkg.
The Forrest City times., 1905-01-27
THE LOWER ANIMALS.

Advance of civilization is decreasing the numbers of prairie dogs.
 Spider mothers remember their off, spring after an absence of 20 hours, but forget them when full day has elapsed. Wonderful types of ancient animals have been discovered in the Fayoum district of northeastern Africa. It Is believed that the animals of the ele phant and mastodon class were devel- oped in Africa itself, but this does not appear to invalidate the theory that most of the African fauna had a more northern origin, in Europe or Asia.
 Two of the worlds interesting man. mals have lately become extinct with out attracting attention. An English naturalist points out that the great straight ht-horned race of the Indian buf- falo, which was occasionally met with 50 or 60 years ago. is no longer known. The other vanished form is the wolf of the Falkland islands, type of con siderable importance, which seems to have been eXterminated by strychnine about 30 years ago.
 well-known scientist, after making experiments, put forth the statement that the songs of birds do not change in quality as a result of change in emotion. After robbing nests he had waited and listened, allowing ample time for the male to learn of the spOliation. In each instance the male, upon returning to he empty nest, at once burst into song. Though the song possibly expressed sor- row or complaint, the watcher never noted any difference between it and the warbling he was accustomed to hear.
The Forrest City times., 1905-01-27
Felt Too Good.

But why won't you fe my wife, Miss May; l am rich and feel good for 20 years yet"
 T don't like such foolish questions, Mr. Oldun; your statement is sufficient answer to your question. ."-Houston Post
The Forrest City times., 1905-01-27
Had All of Them.

Naegus-What's the trouble now?
 Borus-I'ye got the writers cramps
 Naggus-You mean writers erampr Borus-No. don't l mean cramps I've got all three of 'em-fingers. stom- acc and pocketbook-Chieago Tribune
The Forrest City times., 1905-01-27

read this) will be one of the unfortu- nate ones. Little or norisk need be run if Peruna is kept in the house and al the first appearance of any symptom of catarrh taken as directed on the bottle
 Pernnais a safeguard. q preventative. a specific, cure for all cases of eatarrh. acute and chrouic, coughs, colds, con sumption, etc.
 For free medical advice, address Dr s. B. Hartman. President of The Hart man Sanitarium, Columbus, Chic.
The Forrest City times., 1905-01-27

was broken, owing to irregular action of the kidneys. was suffering intense ly from severe pains in the small of my back and through the kidneys and an- noyed by painful passages oi abnormal secretions. No amount of doctoring relieved this condition. 1 began taking Doan's Kidney Pills and experienced quick and lasting relief. Doan's Kid ney Pills will prove blessing to all sufferers from kidney disorders who will give them fair trial"
 Foster-Milburn Co.,, Buffalo, N. Y., proprietors. For sale by all druggists, price 50 cents per box.
The Forrest City times., 1905-01-27
New Gun for Kings Army.

It is announced that the war office has placed orders for sufficient 1872 pounder field guns to practically rearm IhA whole British army.
The Forrest City times., 1905-01-27
A PLAIN TALK
On a Plain Subject in Plain
 Language.

The coming winter will cause at least one half of the women have catarrh, colds, coughs, pneuu or>consunp- ton. Thousands of nen will lose their lives and tens of thousands N i'll
The Forrest City times., 1905-01-27
QUALITY Gs OUR noTro.
Long-Felt Want.

Now, some patent medicine man ought to get up Regulator for Chills and Ee- ver,' suggested the deep thinker,
 What do you meanE An ague cureY'
 Well, no; 1 mean a regulator that1l make the chills come on warn days and the fever on cold days. Cleveland Leader
The Forrest City times., 1905-01-27

acquire some chronic ail. ment from which they will never recover.
 Unless.you take the nee essary precautions, the chances are that you flyho
The Forrest City times., 1905-01-27

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of as a congh cure=J. " O'Bfien. 322 Third
The Forrest City times., 1905-01-27

The man who struggles unnecessarily against fortune IS apt 10 feel that he has been robbed of the decision. Puck.
The Forrest City times., 1905-01-27

i great mind will neither give an a.i9 1at nor bear It.-Home
The Forrest City times., 1905-01-27
Sounding the Praises of Perura.

Mrs. Frances Wilson, g Nelson St, Clinton, Mass. writes:
 :" Had you seen me Ut the time of my illness and now, yon would not wonder that l take delight in sounding the praises of Peruna.
 Ny ailment was q severe cold which attacked the bronchial tubes and lungs.
 "f followed yoHr SPeciai directions and affe using six boffies Of Peruna. was or my feet again. Ifhfnk PcrQna q wonderful medicine n
The Forrest City times., 1905-01-27
To Cure 0 Cold in One Day

Take Laxative Brcmo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure E. W. Groves signature is On each boa. Poo
The Forrest City times., 1905-01-27
4 GOLD ON THE LUNGS THREATENS
 TO BECOME SERIOUS.
Pe-ru-na Brings Speedy Relief.

Mrs. IT. F. Adams, Ex-President Pal. metto Club. of New Orleans, La. writes from no Garfield Court, South Bend, Ind, as follows:
 "Ian plea sed 10 endorse Perpna, as Hook if about year ag0 and II soon brought me relief from q cold on f:,y IGngS which threatened 10 be serious.
 "The lungs were sore and inhamed, coughed a couple of hours every night, and 1 felt that something must be done before my lungs became affected.
 "Peruna was suggested by some of my friends who had used it. and acting upon their advice tried it and found that it was able to bring about speedy cure. You have my highest endorsement and thanks for the good it did me.
The Forrest City times., 1905-01-27
LASTING RELIEF.

T. w. Walls, Super intendent of Streets of Le banon, Ky, says:
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-03-02

posits of something like $3.50, 600. 900,
and to-day they are well up to $780,
100000. The City bank has from the
start been ,snown as the STANDARD
Oil bank" 1t has been a tremendous
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-03-02

found it advisable to retire from bust
ness. The same was the case with
the man who had his thousands
locked up in extensive plants. In
either instance he was offered price,
often a generous one If he conclud-
ed to accept 1t, well and good for him.
The few who decided to fight it out
found their pocketbooks much thin
ner.
The profits of the concern were SO
enormous that it eventually became
hard to find employment for them.
The owners of the Standard Oil COM
pany bought into one railroad after
another. They were. for example. re-
puted a powerful factor in the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & st. Paul road back
in the sos. Somewhere around 1890
their names began gradually to re-
place those of the old leaders in Wall
street. They kept branching out, first
bringing one great stock market en-
terprise and then another under their
control. In retrospect, Jay Gould
seems a small man beside them.
Eventually they caught up with the
vanderbilts as railroad magnates. In
1901 they were believed to be back of
Hartman in the Northern Pacific
fight. To-day they are reputed to
have the dominant voice in the great
eat railroad combine in the world.
Tomorrow, 1t is feared, the whole rail-
road situation of the United States
may be at their dictation.
But oil and railroads have not alone
absorbed their energies. They have
been active in many other directions.
In 1897 the Third National bank of
Kew York was consolidated with the
City bank, making an institution far
transcending In size anything of the
kind in the country. In 1899 it had de-
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-03-02
HISTORY OF STANDARD OIL.

Many attempts have been made to
bring the Standard OIL company to
account. So far, these have met with
indifferent success. Some years ago
the concern was, IN the strict sense
of the term, a trust. 1t was a pool
whose members owned a great num-
Der OF oil properties in various parts
OF the country. The law had this
much terrok for 1t. 1t forced it to aban-
den this somewhat loose form OF or
genization and become an incorpor
ated company. But the change was in
name rather than in fact. The public
are no wiser regarding the affairs of
the combine than before; and it is
not easy to see how they have bene-
flied in any direction.
The Standard OIL company has be-
come tremendous factor in Amer
lean finance. Up to say fifteen years
ago not much was said about 1t apart
from the oil industry; bvs it used te
occasion very lively talk IL connection
with that industry Tradition painted
its methods In black colors. 1t had
determined to acquire a monopoly in
the oil business, and had practically
succeeded. Competition went down
before 1t like card house at the
touch of finger. II man with a
few hundreds of capital bought one or
two teams and attempted to peddle
any other oil than that made by the
Standard Oil company, he speedily
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-03-02
CHAPTER XIII.

The sun was nearly two hours high
when LATTE awoke from slumber. and
prepared TO make himself ready for
the responsible and arduous duties ly-
ing before him
In view of Laro's dying request. he
had considered carefully the arrange
ments for Lazalie's immediate future,
and this he unfolded to Ma'am Brigida.
Lazalie's old nurse and companion.
after sending Ezrah to superintend
the gathering of such stores as were
10 be taken to the shore, preparatory
to putting them aboard the BLACK Pc
trel' and another craft. which was to
sail under command OF Ezrah, who. in
addition to his other valuable attain
ments. was a skillful navigator.
AS to the slaves, of whom there
were several hundred. 1t was not pru-
dent to attempt taking them in body
to Louisiana; and Lafitte decided, for
the present. to leave by far the great
or number Of them upon the island.
where there was abundant food and
shelter. and take with him only few,
including such as Lazalie should select
for her own.
A rustic of draperies. a stealing of
perfume like that of jessamine flowers,
pair of soft arms thrown about his
neck. and rain OF passionate kisses
on his face and head-these reused
him quickly, ais a rich voice. broken
by tears. cried. Jean, my own Jean"
He tried to rise. and to unclasp the
arms clinging to him SO closely that it
was difficult for him to disengage them
without risk OF hurting her.
Still clinging to him. she threw her
supple form across his knees.
you have been SO long. so long
away. and / was so glad you had come
back to me! All, Jean. will you not
know how dearly / love you? | would
follow you to death II you would but
say that you love me in returnl'
Jean LATTE was a mai. and pos
sessed a mans nature. But there was
scarce an added throb to his heart
beats as he looked down into the beau
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-03-02
STATEMENT BY GOV. AocH.

The fight Kansas is making is a
fight for fair playa fight to restore
competition and to relieve a great and
growing i~dustry from the grasp OF
an industrial despotism.
We hope to prove by actual demon
stration that the Standard Oil com
pany has robbed the oil producer on
one hand and the customer on the
other.
BY engaging in this battle as state
we hope, first, to encourage the loca-
ton of independent refineries with tho
assurance that they will have the pro-
lection of the state; and. second, to
enlist other states and the general
government in battle against mon
opolistic tyranny.
The proposed state refinery is sim.
ply means to an end-not the end
itself.-E. NJ. Hoch.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-03-02
GOT PURSE FROM THE BAR.



Collecting Money.
Mars Cassidy. the starter, is fond
of telling the story of an incident
which occnrred When he was racing a
string of horses on the unrecognized
tracks OF the outlaw circuit.
1t was the last day of a meeting in
town not far from Jersey City and 1t
was up to Cassidy to win purse or
walk to the next racing town. He had
a fair skate in the last event of the
day and had engaged a daredevil
jockey who he knew would take all
kinds of chances. Just about hum
rollercoaster track. there was a pitch
mole, such as often is seen on a coun-
try road in winter.
There had been so many falls at this
spot. that the jockeys always eased up
when approaching it. Cassidy com
manded his rider to make his most
desperate move right at this point
and. sure enough. when the others
took wrap before reaching the gully
Cassidy's boy dug the spurs into his
mount and won the race.
The owner. with a great load of his
mind. went into the secretary's office
to collect the purse.
I'll have to send out for the money.
said the secretary. Il have paid out
everything on hand"
Cassidy's Jaw dropped with click,
but he managed to saw:
Send out for 1t. Send where?"
ITO the bartender" said the secre.
tary. suavely.
And sure enough" says Cassidy. in
relating the story. at was from the
bar till that they dug up my purse
II the bar had been closed, guess
J would be there yet
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-03-02

Why did you fail to kill the In
dian?" she demanded imperiously, as
il holding Lopez accountable for a
grave offense.
XIII him?" repeated the old gun
ne-. whose hand was carrying to his
mouth a huge piece of turtle meat
XIII him, Senorita Lazalie?"
YES" was her naughty reply. you
should have killed him."
How was to do that?" he asked
with scowi. as II feeling the unjust
ness of her accusation. II had wasted
my knife on the traitor, and it now
lies somewhere OF Satan's Key: my
powder and pistols were sea-soaked;
and he took good care to keep out of
reach. after l came to my senses
aboard the English ship"
Il understand" she said now in a
more gracious tone; land we are very
glad you escaped. But" she added.
what could have happened. that Ehe-
wah should think of committing such
an act of treachery?"
LATTE caught Lopez's eye; and.
obeying the command he saw in the
formers look. the gunner made no re-
ply.
Lazalie appeared to have forgotten
her question. for she remained silent,
and in few minutes went to her own
apartments. followed by Ma'am Brigi-
da.
The meal was soon finished; and
then the men gathered from the table
the gold and silver plate. packing ii
into canvas bags. which were borne to
the shore. to be taken aboard the
BLACK. Petrel."
The greater part of the slaves. to-
gether with those brought from the
brigantine to be turned loose among
their sable fellows. were. of course. ig-
norant as to the plans of their owner;
and when they retired for the night. ii
was to slumter hut little less deeply
by reason of their brief respite from
labor. while the new arrivals. half sick
from their long Imprisonment. with its
darkness and poor air. slept far more
soundly.
But the next morning. the former
awakening in alright at the lateness
of the hour, and wondering why nc
overseer's lash had reused them long
before, soon realized that something
unusual had befallen; for the sun was
not two hours high when compact
body of scarlet uniforms and shining