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The Forrest City times., 1905-09-08
A ROBIN ON THE THORN.

The frost Is or the meadow. There Is snow. and colds the mora. But from the window have seem
 robin on the thorn. Not yet a leaf on any tree,
 Nor ever grass blade green. But this dull day of wis;er,
 A robin l have seen. Perhaps his winter quarters
 In yonder thieket are. Perhaps he tarrled here and thought
 The sunny south too far; When other birds went flying there
 He fingered here. l ween, On this chill day of winter
 A robin 1 have seen. So brave the little fellow
 His breast so brigh; and red. He strutted past inc pane and cooked His small. defiant head. First robin of the season, he
 Just pioneered the scene, As fearless as brigadier.
 Full dauntiess was Els mien Oh. robin. swift the coming
 Shall be of lovely spring! Ere long in forest and In wold
 Will fit how many a wingi But none of all the feathered hest, When all the trees are green. Win be so beautiful as you,
 First robin l have seen. This wintry day when northers May yet come sweeping by. When storm and tempest brood aloft In su.lcn. Ieaden sky. You've dared the chance of weather, You. splendid and serene. And l am less craven, for
 A robin have seen. Margaret F.. Sangster. in Everywhere.
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-08

clined to say that for street wear. 10. For afternoon and evening affairs the spangled thin black waist will ap- pear; and by the way, waist of this kind is a valuable portion of almost any wOman's wardrobe-but there are some that never, never should put on the somber black, it makes them look aged and sallow and forloru. The many, however, can wear fused up sheer waist. and the plump. fair wom- an can do no better than invest in one with a detachable yoke: wear the blouse decollette for formal affairs for evening at theaterS or restaurant and for afternoon reception, make Gse oi the high neck.
 A very fetching costume lately came 10 my notice It was of Alice blue cloth, fine and smooth, the skirt ac- cordion pleated and hanging full and untrimmed. The jacket was short aad tight fitting, the hat turban trimmed with dash of scarlet Another blue costume I liked even better; one of bluette taffeta, with waist of the | SdIDe. WOTH Wlt0 tHlS Was along red ingote of black taffeta, lapels embroid- cred in blue and the turnover collar of blue taffeta. The hat matched the costume, being of black with trimming of blue plumes. It was quietly ele- gant, reposeful ensemble.
 White, once banished so completely from womans neckwear. is in highest favor, and is immensely becoming White Vs are introduced back and front of waist at the neck, white vest. are worn. much w,s.te fiuffiness. Blael velvet is as becoming as the whit fiuffiness, and it also is well to the fore By the way, we may mention here beautiful cloak but so luxurious a! not to be had by the average woman not meant for daily needs. It is mad, of strips of velvet ribbon of riches black alternating with cream inser tion; of three quarters length and tn, sleeves voluminous, the wrap is of gen erous aspect.
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-08

Pretty much every American who re- turns to the United States after so- journ at Panama has his own complaint to make regarding conditions down there. A recent wall Is raised by work man, who says: Tn the hotel where most of them eat down at Culebra. where worked, they partitioned of the big dining-room in the hotel-a hotel built by the government and carried on by a contractor-into parts for men who wore coats and collars when they ate: for others who wore coats and no col lars and for the third lot, who wore neither coats nor collars. If man went into a section in which he didn't belong and refused to go out when he was or dered he got fired from his job and lost his chance of free transportation back to New York
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-08
Also Got the House

nN May 1 last a young professional
 man and his wife, who had then just come to Washington from a western state to settle, rented a furnished house uptown for the season. They expressly contracted for the whole plant and fix lures, from cellar to attic
 The owner of the furnished house a club and guild woman of degree-held out for a good round rental. Her terms were accepted, the contract was signed. q sizeable bunch of the seasons rental was paid in advance, and the young couple from the west, breathing signs of relief, naturally figured that they had weather began.
 But they were wrong in their handi- capping figures.
 Three days after they were installed their landlady, all amiability and smiles. as befitted the manner of lady who ire quently presides over woman's meet ings of one sort or another, called in the afternoon, in the absence of the head of the house.
 She was received by the young man s wife. They talked weather, ailments cut-on-the- bias and polo hat for few moments, and then the landladys eye suddenly-that Is with apparent sudden ness-fell upon couple of small bust' Beethoven and Mozart-that reste; upon ebony pedestals in the parlor.
 "Oh, those dear busts." she ex claimed. in tone of passionate longing You cannot conceive how I miss then
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-08
Railway Recklessness.

A train comes plunging along and finds that the draw Is open: 'the air brakes refuse to work" and slaugh- ter follows. It Is plain, says the h. dianapolis News. that culpability here is deep. It is simply criminal reck- lessness that will permit railroad to be so run that it is possible under any circumstances for a train to ap- proach drawbridge without coming first to full stop-and this not merely in the yolition of the engineman in the strietness of company orders. but as . matter of mechanical impossibility It is criminal recklessness for any road to have a track running over a drawbridge that does not have with 1t an automatic device that would prevent the train from running farther until 1t first had stopped in full view.
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-08
GUST THE DEMON.
A Tussle with Coffee.

There Is something fairly demonisca In the way coffee sometimes wreaks lu fendish malice on those who use IL
 A lady writing from Calif.. says.
 My husband and I, both lovers @ coffee, suffered for some time rom very annoying form of nervousness ~ companied by most frightful nesu aches. In my own case there ~ eventually developed some sert or - lection of the nerves leading from 'A' spine 10 the head.
 "T was unable 10 hold my heaa v straight, the tension of the nerves e'.. 1t to one side, causing me the mos. = tense pain. We got no reliei 'iv, medicine. and were puzzled as to su. . caused the trouble, till friend sas gested that possibly the cohee [, drank had something to do w'.A .,, and advised that we quit II anu Postum Coffee. ..om
 "We followed his advice anu n. Ian the day that we began to use rO iu we both began to improve a on. a very short time both of us "e,e .o.m, tirely relieved. The nerves .s.d steady once more, the headaehe .s s, ,e the muscles in the back of m! nes .I faxed, my head straightened up' u,pp',shed the dreadful pain that had so ps aoses me while I used the old kina o' vanished. ,se of
 I've have never resumed the po,tuu a the old coffee, but relish ou, .orma every day as we'll as we dld tue m .o And beverage. And we are delighted v eaIl. that we can give it freely to ou' a.rea dren. also. something we new, ,.os,e' to do with the old kind ol patth Name given by Postum Co9
 Creek, Mich. .,,,ely pc
 Postum Coffee contains aosoiu tbs drugs of any kind. but rehe. ,,. pot coffee drinker from the old ai's son.
 There's . reason.
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-08
Condemninq the Rich.

Hostility to great private fortunes is naturally melted by the many dis closures of wealth ill-got But we should be cautioned not to condemn indis- crimihately possessors of enormous riches. In a country like this, says Youths Companion, legitimate growth and enterprise inevitably throw large rewards into the hands of daring and farseelng managers. A recent writer reminds us that where natural re- sources are rapidly developed great ex- ecutiye ability cannot be prevented from accommodating large fortunes, any more than great oratory or great learn. ing can be prevented from winnint success and fame Great reward i! not necessarily undeserved or at tsined by unreiigious methods. w. must discriminate between four kind of rich men: First, those who mak thelr fortunes honorably and spen' them honorably; second, those @h' make their fortunes honorably, an, spend them dishonorably; third, thos whose gains are viciously acquired but konorably spent, and. last-and VIC believe, least numerous-thos whose riches are ill-gotten and i'll expended.
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-08

ingness; not few street dresses are bedecked with yards and yards of gathered lace or batiste.
 Over in London they are putting forth befrilled shirt-waists. As yet these waists have not appeared here, but it is safe to say they will land ere long.
 A pretty turquois- blue silk waist that was designed for card party, had in it's makeup something less than five yards of silk and something over 20 yards of lace. It was fashioned with suspenders of the taffeta. and both waist and straps were edged with frills, very narrow and full. Turquoise but tons added to this blouse the metallic note which promises to be so much in evidence the coming season. A good authority makes declaration that me tallic colors will be much worn. and metallic trimmings much in vogue. Mention is given of suits of gold color, of brass-colored cloth. of gowns of gun-metal gray and nickel gray, silks that come in variety of metal colors, icdlutI oIudIlcHlcu Wltu SillttT, put tons of enamel and metal, great stones inlet in stomacher-wide girdles and in narrower belts. We are to glitter as well as be be-ruffied.
 It is doubtful if evening dress will depart so radically from day dress as to give up the sheath-like skirt for one flounced to the waist; but there are some signs that threaten this wide divergence One should be slow though to go in for eccentricity, a marked change from what has obtained Tn the world of fashion. Be not too quick to lay the old aside is wise advice as we'll as the companion piece that one cling not too jealously to ancient forms One thing we must look upon now as ancient form Is the sloping shoulder. it's day is over. Nevertheless a cape sort of trimming, which certainly gives breadth to the shoulders, is coming in. promises to be worn on waists as well as wraps.
 Over in Paris hats with very high crowns have blossomed forth, but knowing ones declare they will be .
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-08

At no time in the history of New York have so many lawyers been un- der indictment for felonies as today Neither is there any period when pris- ons and penitentiaries of the state in- scluded in their list of inmates as many lawyers as at present. What is more striking perhaps Is the fact that among the men to be called for judgment this fall. are some of the most successful and prominent practitioners of the day. There are In the state prisons of New York. as shown by the prisou commission report. 193 lawyers.
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-08
Ancient Painting.

The oldest painting in Europe has just been discovered in Crete It is on a sarcophagus and is supposed to date back to 2500 B. c. It was recently un- earthed by the Italian archaeological mission.
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-08

Ward Seminary, Nashville, Tenn. b,, been pleasing its patrons for forty year, h the education of their girls, and it ask, only one opportunity to please you.
 Write at once for Book ot Information
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-08
Boston Slang.

:, Emersonia-Henrietta is getting ,.., Waldonette-Is that SO.
 Yes; We differed about some,bip, v.. terday, and she actually wished me '.s ,, said. Houston Chronicle sae
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-08

Give a man all he wants to eat and drink, and he will find t easy enough to preach to others upon the duty oi abs.i nence Boston Traiseript.
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-08
Who KnoWsp

British Tourist-I say, what makes ycs Americans talk with their nosesy
 American-l say, what makes you Bri ishers talk with your don t-youk knowss' Chicago Journal.
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-08

Most Americans eat too fast and .oo much, but the grocer and the bu,eba, aren the ones that are calling attention to the eyil.-Somerville Journal.
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-08

Are your cothes faded' Use Red Cros, Ball Blue and make them white aga D. Large oZ. package, cents
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-08
Don't Get Footsore, ce. r

A wonderful powder that cures tired bo, aching feet and makes new or tight .bos.. baos. easy. Ask today for Aliens Foot.Fss
 Address A. & Olmsted. Ie PoT < VNEh
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-08

HERE will be the fall suit
 whose details match, there will be the separate coat to wear with gowns general
 ly. A feature, however, it seems safe to prophecy. of
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-08
Many Frills and Furbelows

BRITAIN of our gowns are
 very plain and tailory, others are adorned with
 numberless frills. House dresses are putting on ruff fies, going in for airy noth- ingness; not a few street
The Topeka state journal., 1905-02-13
TAYLOR'S CASE is UP.
Famous Baseball Player at Last to
Have n Hearing.

New York Feb. 13.-For the first
time in many years a baseball player
is to be placed on trial charged with
irregularity in the diamond. Teh board
of directors of the National league
will meet for that purpose tomorrow in
this city, when an investigation will be
made of the charges against Pitcher
Jack Taylor of the St. Louis club, in
connection within game played at
Pittsburg on July 80 last.
In 1877 four players of the Louisville
club-Devlin, Hall, Craven and Nichols
were tried on charges of throwing
games in the interest of certain pool
room gamblers, who operated in Brook
lyn, Hoboken and Chicago kilograms
were intercepted, the players were
found guilty and expelled for life from
made many attempts to be reinstated.
but their petitions were refused and the
four men never again played profess
sional ball in organized clubs. Even
emi-professional and amateur teams
refused to play teams that had one Of
the men under an assumed name i'll
their mines.
Two separate accusations have been
made against Taylor. The first was in
connection with the post-season series
of 1893 between the Chicago National
and American League teams. President
Hart of the Chicago Nationals alleges
a. AOE SetlO uuIluS lue series lfldI ne
would only get 500 for winning and
could get $500 for losing. The series
ended in a tie.
This case is before the National COM
mission and will not be tried by the
league directors. The charge they
will investigate grew out of a statement
made last month by President Garry
Hermann of the Cincinnati club. Herr
mann said that his charge had nothing
to do with the Chicago case. He allud-
ed to a game played in Pittsburg and
to d man named Mccormick as having
won large sum of money on a game
played between St. Louis and Pittsburg
on July 30 in which Taylor pitched and
which was won by the Pirates.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-02-13
BLEW OUT WINDOWS.
Terrific Explosion of a Stove at s2s
Madison Street This Morning.

In attempting to thaw out frozen wa
ter pipes leading from a kitchen range
to a reservoir, Mrs. Mary Monaghan of
929 Madison street narrowly escaped
what might have resulted in fatal in
juries.
The accident happened at little af
ter 7:30 this morning Mrs. Monaghan
had started a brisk fire in the kitchen
range and was attempting to thaw out
the water pipes leading from the range
to the reservoir She started from the
room after leaving the fire burning
briskIy and had scarcely reached the
adjoining room until a terrific explosion
took place.. The steam in the pipes not
being able to force IT'S way through the
frozen water blew out and downwards,
breaking and shattering the stove in
hundred pieces. One of plates from the
top of the stove was shot upwards into
the ceiling where it hung suspended,
another piece passed outwards over a
kitchen deal table, cutting cleaniy
through a dishpan standing on the ia
BILE. The dishpan was not mashed to
any extent but as cleanly cut as if a
giant knife had been brought through.
The force of the explosion shattered
every window in the kitchen and in ad-
dition large plate window IN the front
part of the house the passageway to
which was left open. So terrific was
the effect and noise Of the explosion
that the nearby houses felt and heard
distinctly its vibrant force. The hot
Goals from the stove were scattered
over the floor of the kitchen but George
Goodrich, driver of the aerial truck at
fire departments headquarters, VINO
lives at 924 Madison ran across the
street and quickly put out the flames
without much difficulty. No damage of
any material consequence was incurred
from this standpoint Mrs. Monaghan
is the mother of P. }. Monagnan' man
ager of the southwestern Fuel COM
pany.
An explosion resulting in similar
manner to that occurring at the Mon
Afghan residence took place this morn
ing at the home of Frank Willard, Ill
Greenwood avenue. Potwin- No one was
injured though the stove was wrecked
and windows in the kitchen blown out
and broken No material damage of
any other nature was incurred.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-02-13
TWO IMPORTANT BILLS.
Senate Will Consider Tax and Rail-
road Measures.

In the senate during the present
week two much talked of measures
Will come before the senators. They
are the tax bill and the railroad bill
and the senate will consider original
bills before the house bills come up.
So far neither of these bills, as they
will be presented to the senate, have
been drawn but subcommittee of the
senate committees on Judiciary and
tax and taxation have been selected TO
draw the bills and to present them to
the senate by Tuesday if possible.
The subcommittee to draft the tax
bill is composed of Senators Dumont
Smith, Connor and Peck. In all
probability the bill will be very short
and will invest the county assessors
with certain powers and will provide
for a state tax commission to which
shall be delegated much of the power
to work tax reforms.
The subcommittee on the railroad
bill is composed of Senators Wag-
gener. Dumont Smith and Tucker.
The bill to be prepared for presenta-
ton to the senate will contain many
of the provisions asked for by the
shippers but will not delegate to the
state board of railway commissioners
the right to make rates in the first
instance.
The right to change rates is given
to the board only when complaint has
been made.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-02-13

Man Who Disappeared From PhiIa-
delphia Located in Los Angeles.

Philadelphia. Feb. 1S-Chief of Detec-
tives Donaghy received a telegram from
the chief of police of Los Angeles today
asking the former, If Owen. Kelly was
replied that he was. This is all the in
formation that the police officials of this
city have with reference to the probable
arrest Of Kelly.
A lawyer of this city who is friend
OF owen Kelly's family. also received
word from Los Angeles saying that Owen
Kelly was in that city. The family will
await further particulars before taking
any action in the matter.
Kelly. who was in the wholesale gro
eery business in this city. disappeared
from Philadelphia on October Is. 1904
after attending a meeting of the board
OF directors OF the Continental Trust COM
pdny- Since that time no trace of him
has been found by the family until the
receipt of today's telegram from Los An
geles- Little is known OF the condition Of
affairs in TINS city. but 4 cousin In New
York city has brought action to recover
about $4,000 which he alleges Kelly has
failed to account for.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-02-13
MAY SAVE THE NEGRO.
Mrs. Edwards Confession Basis for
Reopening Case.

Philadelphia. Feb. ia petition
asking for the reopening of the case
of Samuel Greason, colored, of Berks
county. was filed in the supreme court
TODAY. Greason and Mrs. Kate Ed
wards were convicted of the murder
of the latter'S husband, but in re-
cent confession the woman exonerated
Greason from all blame. It is upon
Mrs Edwards confession that counsel
for Greason base their petition asking
for a reopening of the case. Should
the supreme court grant the request of
Greason's counsel neither Greason nor
Mrs. Edwards will be hanged on
Thursday of this week, the date set
for the double hanging, as the woman
would be reprieved in order that she
might testify in GreaSon'S behalf
A supplemental confession by Mrs
Edwards was also presented to the
court. In it she says that she gave
her husband LIQUOR until he became
Intoxicated and then hit him on the
head with a hammer She says he
was sitting on the front porch when
she struck him. He resisted and
made an effort to defend himself
when she finished him with a success
sion of rapid blows Her daughter
Mary. who witnessed it all Mrs Ed
wards says, then helped her to throw
the body into the cistern. Mary IS
now in st. Louis, and the police Of
ficials there have been asked to keep
Reading. Pa, Feb. 13.-Mrs. Ed
wards prison born child was taken
from its mother today. The child, in
charge of two women. was taken to
Philadelphia on an early train From
there the baby was taken south over
the Pennsylvania railroad in charge
of a Sister of Charity
The Topeka state journal., 1905-02-13

ings in Manhattan, representing cost
of $1,452, 400. The corresponding figures
for 1905 are 1877 buildings, representing
q cost of 81, ,O58, $50.
In Brooklyn and the Bronx this ratio
of increase in the general volume Of
building is sustained With the excep-
tion of a few brick houses in Brooklyn
nearly all OF the added capital will go
into fiat buildings and tenements.
High grade dwellings in New York
have almost disappeared from the
books of the building department and
few skyscrapers are listed in the oper-
ations of the coming year. The largest
contractors speak of the coming activ-
ity of the year as speculative build
ing and say it would be confined very
largely to the construction of fats and
tenements in localities now accessible
or soon to be made so by extension of
the city's new transportation line.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-02-13

school at Beloit.
Senator Young was a member of the
senate from Mitchell county in the
sessions of 1885 and 1887. 1t was
the session after his term that he got
the industrial schol bill through the
legislature. Senator Young has prac-
ticed law in Beloit since. he was in
the senate in the eighties Before his
first senatOrship he was a school teach
er and county superintendent of Mitch
ell county for two terms
Senator Young is chairman of the
committee on education and is partic-
ularly interested in legislation which
affects the schools.
Bent Murdock says in his home paper:
"A LeavenwOrth statesman, now So
journing in Topeka, has his left foot
done up in a blanket and is compelled
to use a cane. When it was learned
that he has been a regular boarder at
Topeka hotel for a month everybody
can see how, when and where he got
the gout."
The senators were discussing the ad-
visibility of passing a bill allowing the
governor to employ attorneys TO inves
tigate state officers. The lawyers of the
senate, or any of them, favored the bill
and the employing of barristers for the
work. Senator H. J. Smith, from Otta-
wa. thought the bill was creating jobs
for lawyers and remarked: Some law
yers become rich through their prac-
tice and some die rich through their
practices
Three members of the present senate
are serving in the Kansas senate as did
their fathers before them. They are
Senator Chapman from Barton county,
Senator Griffin from Jefferson county
and Senator Tucker from Greenwood
county. Senator Tucker is the first Re
publican to come to the senate from
his district for ten years. Senator
Tucker succeeded Senator Wright from
Emporia. Edwin Tucker. father of the
present senator, was in the Kansas leg
islature much of the time from 1867 to
1855