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The Forrest City times., 1912-03-15

Fire Thursday morning about three o'clock, destroyed q frame residence in the Pettus-N illiams addition, be- longing 10 MT. l. l.. NeWsome and Mr. Eugene Williams. The house was occupied by MT. Berry, and family, recent arrivals in the city. and they barely escaped from the burning building with their lives, The fire was not discovered until it was too late for assistance to reach the scene, and ii would have been practically impossible to have pulled the heavy hose reels to the scene anyway.
 A swell line of Heldman's Union Made Clothing at less than Manufac turer's cost is being offered at k. W. Bob Benson X Company's Store this week. A full stock of childrensf clothing in the celebrated Preiss line also beind sacrificed. This is part of the bankrupt stock Of The J. W. Beck Company. and was purchased about thirty days ago before the doors of that concern were closed
The Forrest City times., 1912-03-15

were married last Sunday We hope their matrimonial fife will be of many pleasures and few troubles. also long happy and prosperous one.
 Misses Gladys Gunter and Emma Holbert went shopping in Frinkley Mondry.
 Miss Lidaie Jones and Mr. Hugh Warren were married last Saturday night, Squire sherman oilieiating in his usual happy manner May happi- ness reign with them.
 March l3th Goodwin School
The Forrest City times., 1912-03-15
How Cold Causes Kidney Disease

Partly by driving blood from the surface and congestinE the kidneys. and partly by throwing too much work upon them. Foley Kidney Pills strengthen the kidneys. give tone 10 the urinary organs and restore the normal action Qaick in results Try them. J. I. Sanders.
The Forrest City times., 1912-03-15
GOODWIN TIMES


 EeE. R. Steele filled lis regular appointment here Sunday
 Me are getting aeF part af the rain. Is anyone Leine lighted
 Nh Geo Walker. of Forrest City. spent sunday with NIT. r. [. DyaE 6 L. blatt, @Bo las emp oymeHt wiihtAe L cA Island railroad is home for few days. looking after his moth CTS business
 Prof E P. Whitley, who is teach ing at Zant, spent Saturday and SGn- day with C. L. Bryant
 Our Sunday School is still progress ing. What are you doing toward the upbailding Of good Sunday Schools Our corps af county candidates will speak here Friday
 We are anticipating that our Easter entertainment will revolutionize our Sunday School and have one that will be a credit to any town.
 We want everybody to be here the 23d inst, to hear some great speeches on agriculture from eminent men and see the agricultural exhibits IL will nearly be equivalent 10 a county fair Bring your family.
 Did you ever stop to think that al most invariably we are prone to speak evil of our fellow-man Let's adopt this as our motto: Speak good things of our neeighbor and be loath 10 speak evil.
 MT. and Mrs. ;. W Fleming re- turned to their home, Columbus, Ohio. sunday. They have been visiting for several days with MT Fleming's sis ter, Mrs. Ella Dyal.
 Miss Emma Holbert moved here last week. She will keep house for her brother, II. Y Holbert, who is con eected with the firm Of j. F. Young X Co. We welcome her 10 our little town.
 Miss Celeste Stagg, of Brinkley, who has been visiting her brother. Mr. ". Stagg, returned home last Monday.
 NIT. ]. J. Reedy, whose health has been impaired all winter, left yester- day for. Little Rock, where lie will be under special treatment. l NIT. Cross, from Marianna las been visiting his daughter, Mrs. Ene l Thompson, and returned home last Sunday, accompanied by her. 
 Miss Emma Holbert vas visiting in 1 Palestine last Sunday
 Miss Clara Thompson is visiting her sister, Mrs. John Sherman, this week
 Mrs. Win Stagg is visiting friends in Brinkley.
 Miss Gladys Gunter was a pleasant visitor at Mrs. ". J. Jordan's Tues day.
 ]. Sherman and H.Y Holbert made a business trip 10 Forrest Cisty Tues day.
 Roland Mccormack has been sick for the past week, but we are glad to state that he is able to be up.
 CC. Sartin.and daughter lola, made a business trip to Forrest City Tues. day.
 Miss Pearl Henley and Cecil Appline
The Forrest City times., 1912-03-15

Many child IS called dull aai sjaPd when the whole trouble Is due 10 lay liver. We firmly believe your own doc tor will tell you that an occasional dose ot Ayers Pills, sugar coated, will do such children great deal of good. Ass him.
 Made by the ;. c. AYER co Lowell Mass
The Forrest City times., 1912-03-15

practically the entire state and We doubt if there is man anywhere in the state who is better posted than be is upon the political conditions and outlook throughout the state.
 St. Francis county has always been Donaghey stronghold, and the ar. pointment of Mr. Williams. who has always been the Governor close personal friend and supporter, will it is thought, greatly increase the ma. iorities he has always had in this county Another thing the appoint. ment has done is the bringing out of some powerful forces here eAo have hitherto been either neutral Of at the best passive supporters 5f the governor. @Ho nea promise . take af . cir coats. and get intatt4e game iA earnest for his re election
The Forrest City times., 1912-03-15
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Gouf b. surprised u the aambtt q a>es t9 which electricity eaa be put iu the household cook with il. iron WilIEit+ run your WiHa=aaehine with it-er any other machine ligh' Eulr house with |. se il aate and you'll wonder how you ever cid with. aat jt. See or cal the City Water < Efgit Company. and lef tueif exp=Fts show you tue hun aere>> devices they have in stock. or can secure for yoI With which to Tighten household dutles.
The Forrest City times., 1912-03-15
Fine Eggs for Sale.

Single Comb Rhode Island Reds lst Pen, $l5 per setting of I5 eggs: 2d Pen, s3 per setting; 3rd Pen. &2 per setting: Buff 0rpiugtons pen. - per setting Of L. eggs. Fine young Jersey Bull sI5 per seasan alter Lewis, Forrest City =8fk.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-10
ARENES DE LUTECE
 SELDOM VISITED

Paris, March 9.-(Special )-Many Vsi- tors to Paris, or for that natter many of it's inhabitants, have never seen the Arenes de Lutece, though they lie just out of the Rue Monge. and near the Jardin des Plantes. They are relic of old Roman time. so ancient indeed that they were actually restored during the reign of Julian the Apostate, when he lived in Paris, and Gregory of Tours re- lates that at the close of the sixth cen- tury Chilperic gave entertainments there, so that a second restoration must have taken place by that date.
 Unfortunately at later periods, many of the stones were utilised for house build ing, and such was the eventual rack and ruin that in the middle ages the site of tho Arenes was completely buried and was covered with vineyards and villas. A little more than forty years ago, when the Rue Monge was being constructed remnants of the famous Arenes were re- vealed to view, and archaeologists were very eager to arrange for purchase or the entire site by the municipality and the state; but unucki1y funds were not forthcoming.
 A portion of the Arenes was, however, secured and restored and it is now con tained in a neat enclosure situated In a tasteful square, with several picturesque ly old fashioned houses on one side. It is only a section of the original amphi- theatre, which rises in tiers of stone seats with pathways in between, but the oblig- ing custodian shows the visitor the pre- else spot where, as he says, the Emperor and the court were located. and he al- ways points to the barred dens in which as he asserts, wild beasts were Kept, and to one dismal passage, as he asserts with equal positiveness, the eorpses or their victims were thrust to find their way eventually to the river.
 However this may be. the Arenes de Iutece are well worth an expedition, which can be very well arranged. Now the municipal council talks of buying the ground which is occupied by build ings of the Omnibus company and which. when excavated, will disclose another portion of the Arenes. But nothing short of the demolition of a certain houses in the Rue Monge and In an adjoining street can reveal the whole amphitheatre to view, and as the ex- pense to be entailed by the proposed purchase will already amount to $780, 900, 1t Is not likely that the work of thorough excavation will be undertaken for years, if it ever is. This is great pity, but even at the present date 1t ia impossible to obtain a fair idea of these famous Arenes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-10
MYSTERY SURROUNDS
 RAILWAY ROBBERY

Milan, March 9.-(Special.)-A good deal of mystery prevails in connection with a robbery that took place on the Milan-Lu- cerne train few days ago, and of which a member of the German diplomatic ser vice was the victim. He was carrying some important documents from Italy to Berlin which were snatched from him when he had alighted from the carriage for a few moments.
 The report of.the, robbery was at first denied from semi-official source, but now an eye witness has come forward with circumstantia1 details of the affair. He states that, ssin company with his daughter, he entered the compartment which the German was occupying, at Airoia. As the train was starting two young men, both very well dressed, jump ed into the trains
 After passing through the St. Gothard tunnel the train stopped at Goschenen station, and the man who tells this story, together with his daughter, went into the corridor of the train. He was still in the corridor when the German trav- ;eller, who had got out to take a cup of coffee returned and discovered that a leather wallet, which had been in a valise on the luggage rack, had disap-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-10

tails and the letters are generally signed by an apparently respectable person.
 Already several foreigners have arrived here from time to time whom the police have delivered from the machinations of these gentry, but it has been ascertained that more titan 600 letters are in circula- tian -affssis,ts 4tl,i.s -iJtir-trer-r,. i'
 There are doubtless many foreigners engaged in directing the operations Of tho international gang, because they em- ploy the English and French languages with great correctness in their letters. The Spanish police have performed an im- portant public service In unmaskinE this band of swindlcrs and they hope that soon all tho accomplices will fall into their hands.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-10

.Elizabeth' writes. 'Kindy publish again the prescription for stomach disorders and constipation have misplaced the letter giving the ingredients-
 Answer, Go to your druggist and ask for tablets triopeptno and take according to directions. and you VIII soon be entirely cured of all stomach trouble and constipation. This is the best treatment known for all kinds of stomach trouble
 "Anna" says: T am nervous. hyHericd and very thin due to overwork. What can take to regain my original vitality7"
 Answer; You will gradually regain your original strength by using hypophosphites comp, ozs the ,ure cadomens comp. Mix and take q tea spoonful before meals. This s the best Ustem tonic hat know of.
 account of my weight. In the last two years have gained flesh 50 rapidly that am getting very un- comfortable. Please tell me what to dor"
 Answer; Do not get the ordinary pills and tablets for obesity. but uso this safe. harmless and quick acting medicine. Get them separately to svoic any substitutes. Aromatic elixir. and glyco arbolene, 1 oz. Mix by shaking we'll and tako teaspoonful after each meal for tho first three day and after that take two teaspoonfus as ons as ,ou case may require. After tho first week or two yot should lose pound . day.
 'sEdna T." writes, T wish you would recommend a remedy for kidney and liver trouble. have dari spots before my eyes. dizzy spells and also twinse of rheumatism"
 Answer: I havo received many letters from peopi' who have used tho following remedy and been cured Of all trouble such 5ou mention. Get three sair sulpherb tablets lnot sulphur tables) and take ac cording to directions given. They are sold at any well stocked drug store and thoroughly reliable sLouise"-Get the following prescription hiled ant give 10 to Is drops in water oefore meals ,o cur your little boy of bed-wetting' Comp fluid balm ,yor. oz.: tincturs rhusaromatic. drams. ant tinciure cubebs.. dram. This should be given on' hour before meals.
 "Helen writes: My nostrils and throat arc badl affected with catarrh and breath is very offensive
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-10

This is going to be proved by the Stu- dents union of the University of Wscon- sin by an exhibit at the first university exposition Fifty students will do the glad hand act" with one whose right palm will be germ filled. and then micro scopic views will be taken.
 These '.awfu1 nxn,'inles"- will be used. if is said, as arguments against promlscd- ous friendly manifestations df country politicians and the timeocl1 handshakes affected by fraternity brothers.
 Another germ exhibit will be plates which have been exposed for 10 minutes on the city street corners.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-10
peared. The two young men had alse

peared. The two young men had also vanished.
 The German, who was greatly dis tressed, stated to his fellow passengers;
 q was going from Florence to Berlin.
 In my wallet were papers of such great
 importance that l was afraid to entrust
 them to the post. fearing they would be
 lost. They were originals of great value
 and no copies are in existence. If I ar rive in Berlin without them. and without
 the hope of attaining them again, my
 career is at an end. They represent
 seven months of untiring labor In view of these definite statements, there seems to be no doubt, in spite of l'the semi-official denial, that the theft actually took place. and it would seem to be the result or well arranged plan. The two young men evidently knew that their intended victim was the bearer of
 valuable papers and waited for a favor
 able opportunity of gaining possession of them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-10
MADRID SWINDLING
 AGENCY DISCOVERED

Madrid, March 9-(Special.)-A remark able swindling agency has been discov- cred in Pilbao and several individuals have been arrested. The organization possesses branches in various Spanish cities and abroad.
 The system usually employed Is that of declaring that a certain parsonage, pur- sued and persecuted on account of his political ideas, buried in some known spot, or deposited in bank, large quan- titles of money in bonds or stocks, and that in order to redeem them sum of 5000 or s10000 must be spent The swim dlers send photographs, letters and dociI- ments-all forgeries-and offer half the mysterious hidden fortune in exchange to any person who may advance the run,s necessary for the cost of redemption. They are accustomed to conduct the busi- ness very plausibly, with all kinds of de-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-10
Heart To Heart TalRs
By EDWIN A. HxE

matrimonial lottery. It is impossible to forsee what may happen. 1 But | The marriage game would be less a gamble were there more knowledge and less deception in antenuptial proceeding | Without deliberate intention to deceive one another before marriage, what amounts to that is often practiced by the man or woman.
 Each puts the ''best foot forward" The shield is shown on but one side, and there | is poor opportunity to see the other side. | Besides Oftentimes there Is veil of romance or of illusion between the two, and some times the veil is purposely drawn.
 Conditions being such should 1t be thought matter of special wonder that some ono sometimes draws the. booby prize?
 they know each other thoroughly they are really ignorant of each others tempera- ment, weaknesses and tendencies
 The man is lured by pretty face or figure or attractive charm; the girl takes the man mostly on faith. It speaks we'll for average humanity that by some hap py chance such unions should turn out well.
 Young man, young woman
 Build your future happiness on nothing less than positive knowledge of your sweetheart's strength and weakness You are taking long chance when you risk your peace of mind and heart for a lite- time on good looks or charming man ners.
 Marriage Is a lottery because 1t Is so often shrouded in a mystery.
 Love is often blind-too blind
 Therefore do people engage in the draw ing from the matrimonial grab bag-win or lose-some, by marvel of chance to draw prize and others a marital gold brick.
 Yes, marriage is iottery-mores the pity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-10

struggler or a smile to child or an in- quiry about sick friend or few flowers. Trines?
 They are expressions of love, and love is the greatest thing in the world.
 Troubles of your own? It will help some to lay a kindly hand on the weary shoulder Of another.= -tnunh of lsina- ness is like rubber ball-it bounds back Talk happiness The world is sad enough Without your woes. No path is wholly
 rough,
 Look for the places that are smooth and
 clear
 And speak of these to rest the weary ear Of earth. so hurt by one continuous strain Of human discontent and grief and pain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-10
Whisky 12 Gents a Quart

An old account book kept by the late Jacob Reddig, who conducted a general store at Stevens, where he gathered a fortune of s20,O0O shows that in 1885 eggs sold at cents a dozen, whisky at 12 cents a quart, cigars 20 cents hundred, butter at 12 cents pound and coffee at 16 cents a pound.f while calico was 30 cents yard, striped cashmere 70 cents yard and nails cents a pound.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-10
To a Housewife

At the end of your long day you are | lstless and worn and tired.
 Small wonder. There are no union hours for you, and it is a long stretch from morning meal to the after supper alarming. You have scarcely stopped to breathe | Not once have you relaxed-whlch Is mistake.
 You can learn something from the Him. doc mother It is the inyariable rule of the Hindoo household that the mother. as well as the children, must retire for a half 1 hour daily into silence, relax the muscles, | regulate breathing and mediate on things eternal
 Possibly you cannot give so much time, but you can give. say, 10 minutes 1 If you try!
 You can, if you are so determined, take 1 a few minutes, say, after the monday | meal, lie down, relax your tired muscles
 and oyertaxed nerves. Maybe you can
 doze long enough to lose consciousness of
 your surroundings for a moment or two 1 Let the dinner dishes go. | Tt is not necessary that you should sleep
 Lie down anyway. Relax. Rest. If you will reigiously observe time l when you can relax you will be surprised,
 after a time, how fresh you will be when i you take up your household tasks. And you will not feel flabby and worn at the end or the day. l Relaxation! l 1t is the last word of the modern scien- 1 lists. They tell us-and it Is good sense 1 that human beings should no more 30 l through a long day with overwrought | nerves and taut muscles than a violin should be kept strung to it's highest ten l sion.
 l Your vitality Is limited. 1 Why exhaust IL? You will live longer
 and be worth more to your family if you | will relax betimes. 1 Watch an animal relax. A dog drops l down, full stretched, nose on paw. He may jump up in a minute, but he has re- | faxed.
 l Here Is human example: Judge Cole
 of Des Moines, Ia, is s5 and practicina
 law. He says he has lived long and ac- | lively. because every day for 50 years he has relaxed. He lies down always in the 1 middle of the day-not to sleep, but just | to let the veil of unconsciousness drop
 for a moment. Then, he says, T wake up ] in new world" l My dear woman-relaXi | Tt is the secret of good health and
 spirit, sure relief from, oyertension.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-10
Face today with today. We can make 1t or mar 1t. The present Is ours.
Kate Shelly

Kate Shelly Is dead. The telegram that told of her going saddened many hearts. Kate Shelly!
 For sl years she has been the ideal heroine of the northwest and in all those vears she has lived so modeStly and worthiIy as to confirm the publicS good opinion of her strong and gentle spirit. The story is an old one. On the night or July G. 1881, Honey creek, in Boone county, Iowa, became torrent and swept away the bridge. The Shellys were aroused by the crash of freight train Which had plunged into the stream. Miss Shelly and her mother were at home alone.
 | Against the protest or her mother Kate <fho at that time was but 15 years or aeesn3s11ted a lantern and started for the Raf.l .ls Y&Was c black night and she f1e baaffsof the creek under great
 3ss !. :,, n. ss ,s.,s ;ss .s,r. s1y vivor of the wreva - s45W alipgtnes to | a tree. IH'@a f1f fE7fs
 Then she thought of tncS 61O1t exp>fs which was almost due. To saveSAo d. 4 she must cross the Des Moines ibla. bridge, already beginning to tremble from the flood. and get to Moingona station. | She ran a mile to the bridge and then | her lantern went out, ledNlnS leT III PitSh | darkness. The bridge was 400 feet long and swung 50 feet abeye the river. It swayed under the impact of the waters | The heroic girl crawled on her hands and knees along the perilous structure, praying for strength. Flashes of light ming revealed the tottering bridge, and the swollen waters added terror rather | than assistance.
 Somehow she crossed the bridge and got to the station just in time to warn the train, dropping prostrate. In 1882 the Iowa legislature voted her a medal and $2OO The Northwestern rail-
 road made her station agent at Moingona for life.
 To day the finest bridge on the main line of the Northwestern road, over the Des Moines river, near Nofngona, is named Kate Shelly bridge. She never married, and when she died at the railroads hospital last month, a private car bore her body home to Moin- gona.
 And that's all.
 But so long as the waters of the Des
 Moines river shall flow boneath the Kate
 Shelly bridge the heroism of the brave Irish lass shall be told as a memorial of her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-10
The Lottery of Marriage

IS marriaSe a IOttery?
 More or less-yes.
 All things human are uncertain. and the uncertainty of marriage makes it game in which there Is hazard. However The lottery drawing. differs from mar riage in this. Tn the lottery are but few prizes and many blanks: in marriage are few blanks and many prizes. With all proper precaution sometimes one may draw an undesirable mate in The
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-10
What It Means
.om the Washington Star.

From the Washington Star.
 That E plurlbus unum' is a great motto" said Mir Dustin Stax. ~I think I'll apply it to the big business I built up in Wall steet'
 ''I don't sec how you can do so."
 why they told me 1t means won out of many"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-10
Germs in Handshakes

Madison tWis) Correspondence Wash-
 ington Post.
 Shaking hands is the latest approved method of accommodating 3,000 00O,000 of dread germs in the shortest possible time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-10
rIs Is It
Millions of Catarrh Victims Have Used It With Won
 derful Results

Notice this picture; 1t shows the little hard rub Der HYOMEI inhaler the exact size.
 If you own one you can get a bottle of HYOMEI Qiquid) for only 50 cents.
 If you do not own one. s1.oo will buy you a conn., plete HYOMEI outfit, in- cluding inhaler. Then you , will have in your possess ion a remedy that banish- es catarrh, also coughs and colds.
 Just breathe HYOME1- that's all you have to do-- no stomach dosing - 1t passes over the inflamed membrane, kills the germs and heals the inflamma- tion.
 It Is guaranteed to end catarrh, coughs and colds. . or money back. Sold by druggists everywhere.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-10

Fill in the coupon; let me send you at once my free boklet in plain seal ed envelope: 1t Is profusely illustrat- ed with half-tone photos: keep 1t in your pocket for easy reference, read the chapter on Vitality; read the on those subjects which interest ev-