The Forrest City times., 1908-12-11


 The biggest line of games ever seen in Forrest City may be found at the Newsstand. Entertain the young folks at home and they will not seek entertainment and perhaps get into bad company or mischief elsewhere Nothing like plenty of good games and We have them all.
 The different business houses of the city have indulged in some very hand some calendars this year, and several of the firms have already distributed them among their friends and custo- mers. Among the especially pretty ones We want to mention those sent out by the Pearl Cafe. the Bank of Eastern Arkansas, the Bank of For rest City, the Forrest City Grocer Company and the City Drug Store.
 Mrs. ]. NJ. Haynes, of Horton. died Tuesday night about Q o'clock. shortly after giving birth to sweet litt'e baby. She leaves fond husband and three other children besides this little darling to mourn their loss. She was a good christian woman. and all loved her who knew her. She was a mem- Der of the K. X L. of H. and was bur fed under the auspices of that order the following day. We extend sincere sympathy to the bereayed relatives. and hope the little orphaned babe will live long and grow up to be good and useful citizen.
 Music in the home adds more than any one other thing to its cheerful. ness and attractiyeness. You can have the greatest bands, operas, vaude- vile, minstrels or any other kind of music, singing, talking, dancing, everything in fact that the mind can think of if you buy one of the Colum- bla Graphophones now on sale at the Newsstand. These machines are the best on earth-price from S3. 50 to S65, or even higher if you want, and the double disc records are only Soc. Two pieces practically for the price of one. Cash or credit.
 MT. Bob Britain says he loves to see rivalry and competition among farmers, but he hates to see one farmer steal another's thunder " Several weeks ago MT. Britain claimed the honor of raising the best cookie burrS and turnips in St. Francis county A few days after, Mr. New man Laughinghouse brought the editor some very fine turnips of his own raising, he said, and now Bob claims that Newman got them out of his patch-and that Newman couldn't raise fuss, much less turnips, on his old hill land. And so there you are
 Among the copyrights just received at the Newsstand. may be found the following. "The Fly on the Wheel"- ThurSton: "The Trail of the Lone some Pineo=John Fox, Jr.: Beverly of Graustark'-George Barr Me Cutcheon; "The Testing of Diana Mallory Humphrey Ward; "Mr Crewe's Career - Winston Churchill; Mary Ware, the Little Colonel,s Chum"- Annie Fellows Johnson: "The Man From Brodneys'' George Barr McCutcheon; Lewis Rand Mary Johnston: The Little Brown Jug at Kildare Nicholson: "The Prima Donna Marion Craw- ford. Also q big line of other books
 \ number of years ago Wittsburg. on the upper St Francis rlyer was a town of commercial worth. As the river trade became less and railroads presented greater facilities for trade and travel, Wittoburg soon became d blot on the map of Cross county. l Everything fell into decay. until to- l day but little k left to mark the spot of that once prosperous village. Cross county voted the wet ticket in the last election. but Nynne went under on the three mile law" by petition Ne understand that steps are being taken to restore Wittsburg to it's pristine glory. A number of stores are b ing erected, and the town will be Incorporated and license will be grant ed to sell liquor.
 of the great number of persons who purchased the soap and guessed how many cakes there were in the Capital building erected entirely of soap in Mir. II. k. Nebiett'S Store, the follow ing were the lucky winners of the prizes offered. lst prize. Tom Dick ems; 2nd, Mrs. ! C. Slaughter; 3rd, !. r. Sloan and Chas. Blackwell, tied 4th, Tom Lawson; 5th, Sophia Taylor; 9th Eugene Williams and Mrs. W. r. Per- kins, tied. MT. Williams reinquishing the prize to Mrs. Perkins: 7th F. NJ DeRositt, Sth, c. E. Fisher 9tll '. |. OSg; luJll. NlrS. M (. Ham bleton; llth Mrs. Hunter. The prizes were published sometime ago The correct number was 3.l6s and Dickens came within of guessing it. The soap is still on sale. Call and buy few cakes.
 The question has been asked hund- reds of times and it is surprising how few people know the answer to what are raisins,a or "how are they made, or "how do they grow" "Raisins' means cluster or branch of grapes. Gommercial-Grapes dried in the sun. In the case of the best grapes the pro- cess is effected byehtting half through the fruit stalk without detaching it from the tree, CT by gathering the grapes when fully ripe and dipping them in a ley made of the ashes of the burnt tendrilS, after which they are exposed to the sun. or they may be simply laid out to be desiccated. In terior qualities are dried in ovens. Raisins are largely produced in Spain. Turkey, California. etc. Pharm. l