The Forrest City times. [volume], January 15, 1904, Image 8

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SOLILOQUY.
N. w I In. pf down to sleep—
Pon t want to slttp; I want to think.
I didn't mean to spill that Ink,
1 oniy meant to softly creep
I’nder the d«sk an' be a bear—
'T ain't 'bout the spanking that I cars.
*F she'd only let me 'sp'.ain an' tell
Just hotv it was an accident.
An' that I never truly meant.
An' never saw It till it fell.
1 f« el a w hole lot w orse n he r;
I'm sorry, an' 1 said I were.
I s'pose if I'd just cried a lot
An' choked ail up like sister does.
An' acted sadder than I «i;t,
An' sobbed about the "naughty spot.”
She'd said: "He sha n't be whipped, he
sha'n't,”
An’ kissed me—but, somehow. 1 can't.
But I don't think It's fair n hit
That when she talks an' talks nt you.
An' you wail path nt till she's thr ugh.
An start (o tell your side of it.
She says: "Now, that'll do, try fur.:
I've heard enough.'' 'fore you've begun.
'? 1 should die before 1 wake—
Maybe 1 ain't got any soul;
Maybe there's only Just a hole
Where t ought to be there's such an nch^
Pown there somewhere! She setmed to
think
That I Just loved to spill that Ink!
•-Ethel M. Kelly, In (’«ntury.
The Toast of
Death=
+ By ADRIANNE ROVCOLLE X
(Copyright, tWS, by Dally Btory Pub. CoJ
SHE was wondrously beautiful as far
as mere perfection of the features
went, but there was something in the
cold glitter of the eye which to a close
observer of human nature would have
meant that the lovely face was only the
lying mask of a shallow, selfish soul.
Yet men loved her, her beauty was to
them the loadstone which drew their
hearts as does the bright light to the
summer moth.
She gloried in her conquests and it
was with ever increasing pride that she
named those who had loved her. Her
fame was universal thoughout Spain,
for it was known that princes, (hikes, ,
noblemen, and even a king had loved
her.
Yet one man had baffled her, for be
neath the burning invitation of her
luminous eyes he had remained cold, in
different, almost contemptuous, ar.d be- j
cause of that Lopez c!e Servedo became
almost as famous as the woman whose
charm he had withstood.
But a woman of Margarita Toreno’s
type does not nt once pronounce hersc J
vanquished. If he could withstand her
charm it was that his heart was filled by
another love, a love that must be killed
before she could hope to conquer. It did
not take her long to know Lopez's se
cret, for she was rich and detectives are
clever. It was a simple tale of tender
love, pure and holy. The powerful Lo
pez de Servedo loved one much beneath
him in social rank, one whom his proud
parents would never have recognized as
their equal. He had therefore married
her in secret and kept his bliss and her
beauty concealed in a lonely villa some
distance front the noise and vice of the
rity.
When Margarita heard this she had a
cry of triumph.
"Now that f know his secret he is
mine; he shall cringe at my feet and sue
for the love he has scorned, but first I
must get rid of her.”
For a week she thought;~she" even
went so far as to visit the little \ 111a
and try with a lying tale of Lopez's in- ;
fidelity to make her successful rival
leave the man she wanted. In this she
failed, and returning home, humbled by i
her want of success, she cried;
“Then there Is only one way; she must
die.”
A week later all Madrid was shocked
by the news of a mysterious murder!
which had been committed in a lonely
villa. A young woman living alone
with two servants was found dead one
morning, a dagger thrust through the
heart. Margarita's well paid assassin
had done his work.
Ixipez de Servedodid not change any
thing in his manner of living. He was
still seen In his box at the opera; he still
frequented the various gambling halL
of the town; he drove his fast horses
with the same careless grace, but could
anyone have seen within his heart they
would have been startled by the tragic
depths of his despair. The dead woman
had been the one love of his life, an !
had it not been for the hope of avenging
her he would have soon rejoined her In
the grave.
After awhile his indHTerer.ee toward
Margarita seemed to melt. His visits
to her home became more frequent and
soon it was murmured that Lopes de
Servedo had at last fallen a victim to
her charms. She thought so too and
rejoiced.
“I knew.” she thought, “that orco
freed from his infatuation for that girl
he would turn to me. And now he is
mine. He loves me—and, yts, I love
him!"
A month after the strange murder
Lopez and a number of young men and
women were assembled in Margarita s
home, for Lopez wished to proclaim ir.
a public fashion his liason with (he
beautiful courtesan. The wine flowed
freely and as its vapors mounted to th*
heads, jokes and laughter reigned su
preme. Only Lopez remained calm, in
different. cold
Margarita, intoxicated as much by th“
triumph of this hour as by the wine she
had drunk, talked as she had never done
before, surprising ail by the brilliancy
( f her wit, the quickness of her repar
tees.
Dessert was served and new wines
brought in. Lopez rose and with a
graceful gesture imposed silence. For
a moment he did not speak, as though
he wished to give to all time to admin
his elegant form and dark, handsome
face; then he began; his voice ROft
and molodioii. fell on the ear like a
caress:
"In most banquets toasts are drank,
and as this is an occasion of special Joy
to me, I wish that we follow the cus
tom. So I appoint myself as toastmas
ter and will call on each and every one
of you for a toast.”
He resumed his seat amid the bois
terous hurrahs of his companions. For
awhile, in answer to Lopez's request,
toasts of different characters were given
amid the general laughter of the guests.
When all had spoken someone re
marked:
"Servedo has not spoken, and a man
loved by the peerless Margarita must
have much to say.”
I^opez smiled and refilling his glass
began:
“Certainly; I have much to say and
will not shrink the task. I have a story
1 wish you to hear, but before I relate
it I want you all to drink a toast with
me.”
All raised their glasses and waited1.
Lopez turned to Margarita, saying:
“You will drink out of my glass th's
time, drinking only half, leaving the
other half for me.”
Smilingly she put down her glass and
Lopez began:
'I drink to the most beautiful, *h»
most outwardly perfect woman in the1
world, to Margarita Torero.”
Ail glasses were drained and aftpr
Margarita had drunk half of what was
in Lopez’s he swallowed the rest, adding
with a smile:
"This is our love troth,” and he re
sumed his seat. “Now for my story.”
“Silence," cried the others, “Lopez
has got a story. Listen to the story.”
After awhile the noise ceased and Lo
pez began:
“This is a true story, every word of
it is true, so note well what I saj. It
was three years ago, a young man pass
ing by a cigarette factory saw a lovely
girl in plain dress leaving the building.
She was beautiful, with a beauty which
came from a pure soul and a noble hear'.
Well, he was young, ardent, and she
pleased him. He sought her out, saw
that she was virtuous, though poor, and
tillable to get her any othi r way he mar
ried her in secret, since his rank and
his parent's pride forbade him to do so
openly.”
He paused and turned w ith a smile to
ward Margarita. She had suddenly be
come very pale and her dark eyes met
his in a startled ejtiestion; but without
seeming to heed her emotion he contin
ued, measuring each of his words:
“Only those who have truly loved,
loved with all the strength of heart an l
soul, can guess what hour? i f bliss, wha:
exquisite joys filled the lives of the two
married lovers. For two years that hap
piness continued, then a cloud rose ia
their sunny sky, and that cloud took the
shape of a woman, divinely beautiful,
but satanically erne!.
“She was one of those lost creaturca
which the world supports yet scorns.
She had princes and kings at her feet,
but her vain h< art wanted to possess the
man who scorned her. What's the mat
ter, Margarita? you are pale; does my
story move you?"
By a powerful effort she overcame her
weakness and answered:
“Go on; 1 am interested. Only pass
me more wine, I feel strangely dizzy.”
And she drank eagerly the glass one of
her companions had filled for her. But
Lopez continued:
Seeing that she could not vein him
she decided to take tier from him. It
was an easy thing to accomplish, for
one night a well-paid assassin struck his
blow in the dark; one young life was
cut short; one love dream was brought
to an end and the next morning ail
Madrid was shocked to hear of the mys
terious murder of the Villa del Rosa.”
A smothered cry from Margarita
•aused all eyes to turn in her direction.
She was standing in her place, pale,
ghastly, wild. Some of the women rose
to go to her, but Lopez said in the same
calm voice:
‘‘Don’t worry, ladies; I will take care
of Margarita, she will soon be well.”
The smile had fled from all lips, a cur
rent of dread passed among the guest-,
most faces were pale and in the htarr.
of each was a fear that something was
going to hap; < n. Lopez alone n maim d
calm and after forcing Margarita to r>
sutne her seat he continued, his word*
falling like a dirge on the oppressive- si
lence:
“You all know the details of that mur
der. but what you do r.ot know was th«
oath the man took over the body of the
woman he had loved. He swore that
h“ would find the guilty and avenge her
death. He has this night kept that oath.”
Margarita gave a wild cry as she
started to her feet Lopez, with a laugh
of triumph, concluded:
“The hero of my story Is myself The
guilty woman stands yonder. As to my
vfngear.ee I achieved it as 1 drank my
death and hers while pronouncing my
toast. The wine we drank was pois
oned. There is no cure and in an hour
we both will he dead. I drank my toast
to the most beautiful, the most out
wardly perfect woman of the world, but
I drank It with a wine which, like htr,
was venomous, yet which hid its dan
ger in the glitter of its sparkle. A ser
pent she was: with the venom of a ser
pent she dies!"
Margarita had remained spellbound
by horror, but at his last words she gave
one wild cry and fell writhing to the
floor. The affair was hushed up and
thanks to Lopez’s high position, the
story was 1 ept out of the papers, but
those who witnessed that terrible scent*
of rpflned vengeance never forgot ih?
horror of the trar-ic toast of death!”
\ <ion.l I'rpnor i pi I on.
Expert John I! Smith says that by
draining off the \vat*r lio ran destroy
the Jersey mosquito The same meth
od us d upon other Jersey products,
remarks the Philadelphia North Amer
lean, has been found effectual.
A Safe Statement.
It is asserted by one of the scientist*
that the sun i-> gradually losing its heat.
That is always a pretty safe statement
to make at this season of the year, ro
marks the Chicago Hecorii-Herald.
ELECTRO-THERMIC FAN.
It Ileal* I lie \ir C ur rei»t It 0*11%-era
to *.ti> Drurff tlie Operator
May lie* I re.
An electric fan that heats the air
current that it delivers has been de
vised by .M. de Mare, a Iieigian elec
trician. The device, which is termed
by its inventor the "electrothermic
fan," is thus described by Emile Guar
ini in the Scientific American Supple
ment:
"The apparatus consists of an elec
tric motor and rotating fan, the blades
of which are of mica. Upon these mica
blades are fastened resistance-coils,
which are heated by the passage
through them of a current of electric
ity."
In order to heat the air to a high
temperature by means of these coils,
without melting the wire or even pro
ducing light, which would waste the
energy, M. de Mare incloses his fan in
■a
r
ELKCTKO-Tl 1 E KMIC FAN.
a case, in which its action compresses
(he air. The compressed air rapidly
absorbs the h at from the wire coils
and prevents the wire from reaching
the fusing-point. M. Guarini con
cludes:
"The pressure of the air upon the re
sistance coils revolving in it is almost
uniform at every point. When the fan
turns and a current of electricity is
passed through the coils, a very lively
heat, an insupportable heat, issues
from the mouth of the casing. In the
experiments made before me Mr. De
Mare allowed the revolving fan to at
tain a satisfactory speed before turn
ing the electric current through the
resistance-coils. The wire, which
while the fan was In motion glowed
but dimly, was, in fact, so thin that
the current employed—20 amperes—
would readily have caused it to melt
at the ordinary air-pressure.”
Many Denier?* in Dry GohiIii,
In the United States there are 97,671
dry goods merchants.
TOBACCO BLINDNESS.
Chief Troohlf In Till* Illurnm* la
Tracrnlilp to tlie Stomach ns
the l*rinmr> Source.
A British oculist has called nttentioa
to a new and indirect method of treat
ing tobacco blindness, and notes the
extraordinary fact that the chief trou
ble in this disease is traceable to the
stomach as the primary source. Exces
sive smoking, as is well known, causes
in many individuals partial and some
times total blindness. Tobacco blind
ness (and also the failure of vision
which comes from the excessive use
of alcoholic beverages) is remarkable
because of the absence of any change
in the structure of the eye itself.
Microscopic examination in these
cases has disclosed peculiar alterations
in the ganglion cells of the retina, and
these changes were formerly believed
to have been produced by the poison
of the tobacco Itself. Three years ago
a Philadelphia physician published the
opinion that the alteration in the cells,
followed by failing vision, was not
produced by the nicotine itself, but by
poisons which the nicotine created in
the system. These secondary poisons,
finding their way to the eye, modified
the cells in the retina, this modifica
tion being followed by Inadequate
power of vision or by loss of vision al
together.
With this original suggestion for ft
starting point, other observers took up
the investigation, with the result that
the scat of the trouble has been lo
cated. This is found to lie in the
stomach. Nicotine disturbs the nor
mal function of the stomach, and in
stead of a healthy digestion, the
smoker has a veritable poison factory
in his gastric region. Instead of treat
ing the eye. therefore, the new method
goes at once to the stomach and at
tempts to stop the manufacture of
poisons in that important organ.
Several interesting cases are re
ported of complete cures by this
method. One patient, an excessive
smoker, whose eyes were rapidly fail
ing, was treated for indigestion. The
stomach was pumped out and found to
contain evidences of gastritis. The
man's diet was corrected, his tobacco
ctit off, and other remedies of a hy
gienic kind were applied. In a few
weeks the blindness had disappeared.
These facts seem to clear up the
mystery attaching in general to to
bacco blindness. Some men can smoko
to excess without impairing the eyes,
while others are affected in that way
by a much smaller quantity of smok
ing. This anomaly can he understood
when it is remembered that it is the
stomach and not the eyes upon which
the nicotine acts directly. Some stom
achs can resist the poison-making
force of the tobacco; others cannot,
and it is those whose stomachs aro
affected by the use of the weed that
suffer blindness. Smokers should
therefore have an eye to their digestion.
IniiiienMc U u«le of I'uel.
With the methods now in use seven
tenths of the force in coal is wasted.
A few years ago the waste was nine
tenths. Mr. Edison declares that a
bucketful (jf coal should drive an ex
press train from New York to Phila
delphia, and a few tons be sufficient for
the largest ocean steamship, whose
bunkers must now hold thousands.
Low Cost Modern Farm House
FARMHOUSES with modern con
venienees, such as hot and Cold
water, water closet, bath room,
sink rack and woou and fuel room, are
the exception. Those who have resided
in a city for any length of time, even
MOl'KKN FARM HOldlv
a few weeks, will see the contrast be
tween the comforts of the average city
dwelling to that 01 the average farm
dwelling. The farmer, however, in
most cases does not realize this con- i
trast, and hence so-called modern con
veniences are the exception in the
farmhouse. This Is not as it should
be. A farmer in moderate eircum- ;
stances should and could very easily
have these conveniences, and probably
would have did he realize their ad
vantages and comforts. These modern
conveniences are sold cheaply.
The accompanying plans are in
tended for a farmhouse of this kind,
FIRST FLOOR PLAN*
suitable for a farm of 100 acres or
less. 1 give detail plans of the two !
floors and front elevation, and bill of
timber, so that the reader needs but ;
submit the plans to a building eon- j
tractor for estimates.
The home is two stories high, built
of brick or wood, 48 feet long at the !
back, 37 feet wide at the left end. and i
19V4 feet at Ote right end, outside
measurement. The basement walls are
of stone, and the cellar extends be
neath the whole house. The roof is
shingled and stained. All of the rooms
are of good size and nicely finished.
The dining room, living room and ves
tibule, hall and stairs, may be finished
in oak or a cheaper material if one's
purse does not permit. The floor in
the kitchen should be of maple or sim
ilar hard wood, but throughout the re
mainder of the house the floors may
be of spruce or pine. There are man
tels in the living room, dining room
and front bedroom, and there are
closets off each of the bedrooms. There
is a large linen closet and storeroom
off the hall upstairs, which the women
will appreciate. The bathroom is of
good size and fitted with good modern
SECOND FLOOR PLAN.
plumbing fixtures. The front bedroota
may be finished white, the remaining
rooms natural wood. There is a bal
cony connected with the front of tit*
house and front bedroom.
Estimate mateiial needed to build:
580 feet 2x6 Inches for plates; 20 Vi
squares (100 square feet); 2x12 inch
for joists, placed 16 inches on center*;
19 squares 2x6 inches for rafters,
16 inches on centers; 20v3 squares
seven-eighths-inch matched spruce or
pine flooring; 19 squares one-inch
rough boards for roof sheathing;
lath and plaster, GO) square yards; 28
inch rough boards for roof sheathing;
box frame windows, 22 doors. First
floor or ground plan, dimensions, liv
ing room, 16x19 feet, dining room llt^
xlT‘4 feet, kitchen 14xlJ feet; wash
room, 10x10 feet; second floor plan
front bedroom. 15^x20 feet; back bed
room, llVixl0V£ feet; bath-room, 7x8
feet; small bedroom, 7x11 feet; end
bedroom, 10x7>* feet — J A MacDon
ald, in Orange Judd Farmer.
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OLD BARBEE.
j^T’Tbe Whiskey that Made Kentucky Famous.
Ifia'j B«rtee «• &
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fotftSYtl.lB.Kv>.
At the Green Tree Saloon
IKE MALLORY, Prop.
The Fall Season of 1903
r-rzr FINDS OUR _
MAMMOTH STORE
in the front as usual with the
most stupendous stock of
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
in Forrest City. Call and examine out
various lines.
Clothing, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps and Dry Goods,
especially, and all kinds of Furniture, Hardware,
Stoves, Harness, Saddles and Groceries.
BRANDON & BAUGH.
Jo W. Beck & Co.
GENERAL
Merchants.
Highest. Market Price paid for
All Country Produce.
If you A
buy for
you
can
Get bargains at Beck’s
The Brady Jewelry Co.,
Dealers In
Fine Watches, Clocks,
Jewelry, Diamonds
and Silverware.
We are now located at Duna
vant's Drug Store.
Repairing of all kinds a Specialty
Pace Marble Works,
_ W. A. PACE, Proprietor.
Marble and Granite Monuments,
Crane Stows, Coping, Etc.
Patronize Home Industry.
PRICES THE LOWEST.
SATISFACTION
GUARANTEED.
Somli Side of Railroad, Second Door West
ol S. p. McDaniel’s I’luuibiiiK Shop.
t orrest City, : Arkansas.