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The Forrest City times., 1890-05-24
TO RE CONTINUED.
Work Among the Lepers

The publicity recently given to the late Fr Damien's work among the lepers of tho Sandwich islands brings to mind the noble and self-sacriiicing heroism of tho Catholic sisters of mcr- cy among these people. A recent number of the Honolulu Bulletin gives an account of this:
 s.The Rev. Fr. Leonor of the Roman Catholic mission visited America ir 1883 to seek out a sister for the man agement Of work among the sick pco pie generally. including the care o the Wailuku hospital, but especially among the lepcrs of this country. H, applied to over 50 orders, and Superi or General Marianne of the Francis can order at Syracuse. N r., was tn, first to offer herself for the most at tractive station. This mother ever eagerly embraced the commission bringing six sisters with her. Upor her original term of enlistment cx piring. tho Rev, Mother Marianne. al her own earnest solicitation was retained at tho head o the work of charity, for thi. purpose rcsigning her high office 0 superior general of tho order. Tn, sisterhood have charge of the Bishol home (founded by the Hon. C. k Bishop) on Molobai. and lately tws sisters have gone over from Honolulu to assist the mother in the care of th' boys home. There are 5i girls now in the Bishop home. who by excelIen behavior show appreciation of tn, benefits of the institution. The boys home. having over 100 motherlesl boys. will no doubt soon. under in, additional help referred. to. he report cd as model of comfort. ctcanllnes. and neatness. Consider these ladies reared with tender care amid tho re tinements Of wholesome society up |, the age of discretion, leaving tn, quiet seclusion of their chosen convon homes. among scenes to which natur, attached them. and of disposing of the rest of their lives in the fetid atmos phere of lazar house in a strang. land. This they do for tho mitigating Of the sufferings of the unfortunat, people smitten with the hope -dyins plague. Father Damien was Il spirit uai comforter to these people, heno' his duties did not necessarily bring him into such cons ant contact wlti the disease as that to which thcs, sisters are subjected, Their ministra tions being devoted chiefly to the al deviation of bodily pain and diseom fort, and they will naturally be OK posed to the greatest danger of infec ton.
The Forrest City times., 1890-05-24
------ unels Arehis's Wife.
CHAPTER H. (CoxrrNrEp. }

CHAPTER H. (CoNTINrED.)
 Fl do not think Mir. Gerard at all mad" he said cheerfully; ..and his meaning is very plain--he does not object to me"
 I uttered cry of hysterical delight, which mother echoed with an excla- nation of passionate scorn.
 .You think that good news, poor misguided child. You are inclined to congratulate yourself and thank him, suppose, lrene?"
 ..Why--yes, mother. Why should l not" l asked, looking hclplessly from one to the other of the two, who seemed to understand while was so completely in the dark, ..if uncle Archie has been kind and reason ablep'
 ..Kind and reasonable" exclaimed mother. with a dcspairing groan. "Oh, yes, my dear--he has been very kind, very reasonable--ho has not deceived or played with us in any way!'
 The tears were coursing down her flushed checks now; her indignation and anger were fast yielding to hys- terical grief.
 We were now in the drawing room, and mother had sunk into an easy chair. knelt beside her, trying to soothe and induce her to explain. though naturally enough, too was in state of intense excitement
 s'Let me read the letter, or shall read my ownp" 1 whispered You are paining and pcrplexing mo, mother, and you might set your fears at rest with a word. Either uncle Archie consents, or
 'He consents thenw interjected mother, with fresh outburst of tears. ..But, wait moment, child-there is no need to shower benedictions upon his head! He consents because ht has no longer any particular right ol reason to object; he was married him self last week."
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r'asr LOVE.
OWEN xxnzDrrn.

Whom nrst we love, you know, we seldom
 we'd Time rules us all. And life, indeed, is Inc thing we planned 1t Vut crc hope was
 dead.
 And then we women cannot choose our
 lot. My little boy begins to babble now Upon my knee his earliest infant prayer !; He has his fathers eagor eyes, know, And they say, tco, his mothers sunny
 hair. But when he sleeps and smiles upon my
 knee,
 And I can feel his light breath come and
 go, think of onc--heaven help and pity me- Who loved mo, and whom loved long
 ago. But blame us womcn not if some appear Too cold at times and some too gay and
 light. Some gricis gnaw deep; some woes are hard to bear. Who knows the past, and who can judge
 us right
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| Depeat nbou N, oho Will ofthor reduce >o eo to the Hall. or. fl Irene makes her givo h on that point, che will say sonething cruelty sarcastio to the bride.
 I fsit my cheeks flush a l listened Co tho spiteful words. knew Mrs. Knyvest had no cause to love me. sec l ing how persistcntly she had tried to catch Dick Martineau for one of her girls; but I felt indignant at the mean ness of her revenge. and still moro resentful of the familiarly repeated ..Irene," when the spiteful creature had never called mo anything but Miss Gerard" to my face. However, angry as l was, 1 forgave her the next moment, when mother said, with brightening eyes and flushed face which told me she too had heard
 "Never mind Mrs. Knyvott, Irene. have been very silly old woman, and deserve to havo unpleasant things said about me; and for you we'll, I think all Ludleigh is aware of her grudge to you
 The next moment she was shaking hands with Mrs. Marshall, and dis tributing mods and smiles among the rest of tho company in quite her old duchess-like. faintly patronizing fash ion fashion that did not seem to please the more malicious minded among them at all. saw Mrs. kny- vett and Miss Green exchange glances of dismay, and I smiled contcntedly.
 .sDear Mrs. Gerrard, it is such a pleasure to sec you out again" said Mrs. Marshall fussily. "Even Irene and the Coctor could hardly persuade us you were not really i'll when you shut yourself up this lovely weather"
 ..And oven refused to see your friends, put in Clarissa Greene, with a girlish laugh shaking her ilaxen curls.
 Mrs. Knyvett, conscious that her last speech had been cruelty audible. was for the moment reduced to silence; but she could always trust the carry ing on of any contest she was engaged in to this her bosom friend. TO RE CoNTINt,Ep.
The Forrest City times., 1890-05-24

children will havo 10 work. l congratulate you also on your approximation os inforlnt tion. Plato paid ona thousand throa hun. drcd dollars Tor two bookA Jerome ruined himself, financially. by buying ono volume of Ortgen. What vast opportunities for in, telligence fer you and your cnildrcnl A workingman goes along by the snow win dow of somo great publishing hoass ani he sees . Dook that costs hve dollars He says, Il wtsh could hava thst infornn. tionst wish could raise nva dollars for that costly ands beautiful book" A few mcuths paas on and he gats ths vaiua ot that boox for hfty cents In pamphlet Thero never was su h day for tho work. ing men Of America as tho day that Is com ing.
 Hut the greatcst Friend of capitalist and tosler, and the Ono who will yet bring taom together in cOmpiotc accord, was born ons ChristmAs night whlls ths curtatus of heaven swung. stirred by tha winss angelic. Owner of all things-a tho continents. Ali woridA and al tho islands of llgat CapltAiist of immcnaIty, crossing oyer to our condition Coming into oar world, uos by gats of palAoa bus by door of barn. Spending His nrst nighs amid thc ahep herlA Gathering afterward around Him ths ishesmen to bo He chIcf attsndant~ WWn uuA4 N4u eAWs aAu CntSuss au1 atN auA h carpcnteg shop showing hiinsclf broth CT Wikh the tradesmen. Owner of all thingn And yot on hillock back of JcrUsa lem ons day restxnlng everything for 0thora, kesplnx not D mach as shskei to pay for Hls o6soQuIeA hy charity buried h tho eubushe of ctty that had east Him out hefors tho cross of such . capitalist. and such . carpsutsr. Aa msa can afRoxd so shake banda and wprshin Here Q the evart mans Chriak kone x hlRh but Ho wa hixhar. Nons a poor. b0t tie waa pooror. At Hta foettha hostils cxtromos will yet reaouuca thetr Anltn0at- ea Wtlh t1e pseiudioee and rpvenxo of con kortoo e1nl erl9Atqa WilA tho enile ~ ae.yee q. " s491lssI ,; e1sa
The Forrest City times., 1890-05-24
Didn't Like tho Tune.

The Italian who runs tho peanut stand on Fourth strest was turning his peanut roastcr one afternoon with n slow and measured hand, when m old lady can,e to . halt and carefully observed the operation. Alter Esrutinixing tho ruaster from every side she finally gnve it up, nnd remarked: No, cir, you don't get a cent out of ne for no auch fnueic n that. Why, ! can't catch hah ot any Of tho tunes, As-d it aspsIln ~ C soinethinG uao huxnlng inoido, ''
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nfS' ssSsct uau eic SucsipS UT tne place had so fine a feast of wonder
 and conjecture; and, am
 sure. my ears, as we'll as
 those of my uncle and my unknown
 aunt. should have tingled from morn
 ing till night II there was any truth in
 the old saying.
 Dick had gone back to his temple chambers to plunge with double xest into tho work that was for two now
 and mother shut herself up and re-
 fused to see all callers for fortnight; so had 10 bear the brunt of all the gossip, to answer all the questions. and to endure the scarcely-vcilcd pity of my kind friends as best might. I found the condolence especially just a little trying at first; but, by dint of n natural choerfulness of disposition. I got through the ordeal at last. and. I believe. won general verdict that poor Irene Gerard bore her disap- pointment singularly well''--and per haps. in tho circumstances. that wAs as much as could expect.
 It was not until the day preceding that fixed for uncic Archie's arrival home with his bride that succeeded in coAxing mother to show herself once more among her friends at Mrs. Marshalls afternoon tea; and then our arrival caused quite nutter in the wcll-tlied dressing room where about twenty ladies < young, old and middle-aged--were. as l well know, enjoying the a6aire 0evrdrd with quite as much hcartincss as their tca and cake.
 Indeed ! hoard the sharp voice cf Mrs, knyvetk the attorney's wife. as wc followed the trim little maid Into the room.
 Yes, ] am sure there will be SC lA- sattonal scene0f como kind to- morrow. Irone carries of her disnppointment very we'll; but tho poor old lnay has not the spirlt to coNeoal her 1tsgust
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great AmaTlcan SVtk5s you ma tuat tho operatives lost four hundred thousand
 dollars worth of wages. and have had poor ar wages ever since. Traps sprung sud.
 denly upon employers and violence. nescr
 took QUO knot out Of tho knuexle of toil, or put one farthing of wages Into cailous palm. Barbarism will never cure tho
 wrongs of civilization Mark that
 Well. if this controversy between Capital and Labor cannot be settled by human
 wisdom, it Is time for us to look somewhere
 else for relief. and it points from my text rosoate cklubilant aud puts onc hand on i tho broadcloth shoulder of Capital, and puts tho other hand oa the honespun- GOV cred shoulder of Teil, and says. with . voica that will grandiy and glcriously settla this. and settle everything, "What.
 soevor ye would that men should do to you. ! do ye evon so 10 them That tA the lady
 of the household will say: Fl must treat tho maid sn the kitchen just as 1 would l like to be treated If werc down. stairs aud IL wore my work to wash, and cook, and sweep and it were ths duty of tho maid iu the kitchen to rrcstde in this par. iorn The maid in the kitchen must say: ! .'If my employer secns [, b. moro pros porous than 1. that is no fAalt of hcrs, |
 shaii not treat hsr as an enemy. 1 wisl have the same Industry and fidelity down.
 s'airs as I wo i'd expect from my cub 1 ordinatas. If happened to he tho wifs of .
 silk importer"
 l Tho owner of an Iron mill, having taken A dose of uay text before leaving homo ta
 the morning, will % into his foundry. Anl pasxsug Into what is called the pudding room. ne will sec man there stripped tO ! the waist, and beswsAtei and sxhausted 1 with tho labor ant the toii, and he will gay l to him; "Ahy. It sesms 10 be vcry hoa In hera You iook very much exhxusted. l hear your child is ssck with scsrst fevcr 1T You want your wagcs littie earlier tals week, s0 as 10 pay tho uurso and rot ths snsdieinoa just r0sns Into my o1ico any { timen
 Alter awhils. crash goes the nonsy mar. kat and taero ia no mora dam2ni for the articles manufactured In that iroa milk 1 and tho oxner does not know whal = da ! He A4yA s73h&u ! Alop th9 mili. or nhnil { I sNo ttoa h9kt@tmA v ahNll ! eot tpW& "
 -. .s..s S.ll3 - sss . -
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A Pertinent Inquiry.

The small boy had been only day or two in attendance at the kindergar. ten. when he approached his father, showing great deal of indignation.
 ..papa. that isn't good school. ] don't want to 20 to that school any more.S
 Why, my boyp"
 .'Well, do you know what the boys at that school saye"
 .What?"
 Well. papa, they say they ain'l any Santa Claus. That it's not true; they ain't any such thing. Papa. there is q Santa Claus, isn't therea" The father thought moment. Then he concluded he would toll the child the truth, tho whole truth and nothing but the truth. So he took him on his knee and told him how il was pretty fabrication, made up by fathers and mothers who loved their children 10 make them happy; and fathers and mothers were the real Santa Claus. The small boy listened In silence. This was shock to him. because, l suppose. like older and more incxcnsable people. he fclt iha, he had been making n painful exhibi- ton of his ignorance. lio slid down from his fathers knee and walked across tho room to tho door. He opened 1t and stood holding tho knob for moment in kind of decp thought. Then he turned and looked at his father.
 Say, papa, have you been filling mo up about the devil. oan--San Francisco Chronicle.
 ---~---~~-a@. .-e----.~---~---
 Mrs. Sarah Yewdall. tho proprietor of the Providence worsted mills at Hestonvillc. though now 76 years old, retains in remarkable degree the vigor and energy that enabled her to build mp large industry and make 1t pay, Mrs. Ycwdail was over 50 years old when her husband died. and know comparatively nothing of hls business; but she had i've children to support, and did not hesitate to take tho man. agement of the mills. She made n careful study of tho machinery and was rapidly building up tho business. when terrible accident happened in the mill. One of the boilers exploded. killing the engineer instantly. fatally wounding several other persons and causing loss of over $55. .oan. on which there was no insurance. Mrs. Yewdall cared for the families os the victims and sct hcrsclf with removed energy to the work ol pushing the mill 10 the front She Is credited with turning out excellent yarns. for which there h q constant demand. Three Of her sons nov hold important positi0ns h tho mills. and sho no lonGer has tO rive it tho snmo axfsn. tiee = befovv, htln1 1elphla Record.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-09-11

The reduced Republican majority
by which Mr.. Page is elected Governor
does not mean that Vermont is any
less Republican than she was two
years ago, and does not furnish any
indication of the drift of sentiment
on national questions. 1t is an off
year, and adding to this fact that a
great many soldiers who wanted an
other candidate, either did not come
out to the polls, or did not carry a
State ticket explains, to a great ex-
tent, the falling off in the majority.
Another reason is found in the use of
the Brigham sticker by voters who
were otherwise dissatisfied with the
nominee. The legislature will con-
tain a large number of high license
men. as compared with former years,
as high license was the main question
in some localities. 1t is to be hoped
that the Republican members of the
next legislature will see that the do
ings of the last House are not re-
peated and State taxes increased by
voting away immense sums of money
for schemes that can just as we'll be
dispensed with, and creating com
missions that do nothing but draw
fat salaries, and at a time when the
people are the least able to bear
added burdens, else the result two
years hence may be still more disap-
pointing.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-09-11
STATE NEWS.

A new bank building is to be erected
in Bradford this fall.
The valuation of Bennington has
increased 5000, 522 since 1880.
Montpelier is expanding something
like $4,000 in concrete sidewalks.
A telephone line is being built be-
tween East Hardwick and Green's
boro.
1t is reported that a lodge of Good
Templars is to be organized at Mont
pelier.
Fifty cents a BUSHELS said to be the
ruling price paid by shippers for po-
tatoes.
Twenty-Five persons were natural
lied in the United States court in
Montpelier on Aug. 20.
The graded schools in Barre opened
with an attendance of 500 pupils.
The principal has ten assistants.
Dealers in Hardwick report the sale
Of 200 tons of coal up to date, a
much larger quantity than usual.
Efforts are being made to secure
railroad connection from the granite
district at Woodbury. to the Boston
and Maine.
Prof. j. B. Rogers of the seminary
at Montpelier has accepted a position
in the scientific department of a
Pennsylvania school. Prof. w. d.
Morrill, of Lewiston, Me-, a graduate
of Bates College, has been secured to
fill the vacancy.
A Brendon correspondent says
"We regret to learn that our friend,
Gen. NJ. S. Southland, of this town,
has had a shock of paralysis, which
prevented his attending the national
encampment at Boston. He received
a despatch announcing the election
fool. Veazey, which read: 'Veazey
by reclamation; hurrah for old Yer
month" Gen. Southardi is we'll known
throughout the State as a disabled
veteran wholost a leg and was other
wise severely wounded at Gettysburg.
He has our cordial sympathy in his
new misfortune.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-09-11

and Republicans who are disposed to
be cast down, in view of the figures,
will do well to remember one or two
things. One is that fluctuations in
the Republican maiOrities in Vermont
dOnOt represent like variationsin the
actual Republican strength. Intimes
of comparative political lethargy, our
total vote and the Republican major
ity has often fallen off heavily; but
the eXultiOn of our opponents, over
what they took for proof of the wane
of Republicanism in Vermont, has
never Outlasted the succeeding cleo
ton. For instance Gov. Proctor, q
popular and respected citizen, was
elected in 1878 by only 1868 ma
jority. 1t was the off year. At the
next election Roswell Farnham was
elected Governor by SOP majority
an increase of over so per cent! 1t
was not because Republicans were
any plentier in Vermontin 1880; but
that year they turned out to the
polls.
SO our small majority this year is
no proof that any considerable num-
Der of the Vermont Republicans have
renowned their party. If any reader
doubts this statement, a Republican
majority Of 25,00C two years from
now will be likely to undeceive him.
MajOrities vary heavily in this state,
but the Vermont Republicans do not
wabble much in their party allegi-
ance.
Nor is there anything particularly
disheartening in the election Of forty
or fifty Democrats to the Legislature.
In 1882 there were 40 Democrats in
the House, besides several greenback-
ers who acted with them. At the
next election, in 1884, only 81 Demo
cratic Representatives were elected.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-09-11
TFrom the Rutland Herald

Nobody expected a high majority
this year. If the returns had shown
% 5000, they would have caused uni
versal surprise. Nevertheless, there
was no reason for Republican listless-
ness in this election that has not eX-
listed in similar contests before.
There was plainly some general cause
for the falling off beside general
apathy" Alook at the Democratic
vote alone shows that this is so.
There has been some talk about a
still hunt by the minority, and a few
campaign meetings were held; but it
is absurd to suppose that quiet work
and a few speeches alone could bring
out O votes than were polled in
the last campaign when the struggle
was the sharpest in the history of the
state. There was no reason to expect
that the fact of it's being an "otf
year" would reduce the majority be-
low 20, 900 or thereabouts, and there
is nov no reason for believing that it
would have done so. There can, in
the light of indisputable facts, be no
question that a large part of the re-
duction in the majority is due to dis
satisfaction with the present liquor
law.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-09-11
Minister Reid and Foreign Pork.

Nobody who read Minister Reds
second letter to NJ. Ribot, the French
minister of foreign affairs, on the
French exclusion of American pork
will be surprised at the report that
the French government has agreedto
Withdraw its ban from u pork if we
repeal the 80 per cent. duty on works
of art. This letter, published in a re-
cent issue of the Tribune. had some
thing of the straightforwardness and
plain-speaking that abound in Secre-
tary Blaine's diplomatic correspond
ence. 1t went straight to the point
at issue, being so thoroughly Amer
lean in style and in interest as to de-
serve a more general publication in
this country than it can have by re-
stricting the copy" 20 n Ameri-
a newspaper. Mr.. Reid's replyt to NJ.
Ribot's reference to the Mckinley bill
as an obstacle in the way of suspend
ing the pork mobilization by his gov
eminent was irresistible. He re-
minded NJ. RibOt that while the Me-
Kinley bill had not yet become a law,
French hostility to American pork
has existed for nine years. Indeed,
he almost tells the French minister of
foreign affairs that the latter's plea
of American unfriendliness to French
exporters, as far as the Mckinley bill
is concerned, is only a subterfuge and
an after-thought. For the policy of
protection that is embodied in our
pending tariff bill has been in practice
time and again since the foundation
of our government. There is nothing
new in the bill. Every European ma
ton has known of the existence of our
tariff system, and all Of them have
their commercial relations with the
United States adjusted to it. The
American tariff doesnot discriminate
among the nations of the world, nor
is there in the system a discrimina-
ton against any particular article of
commerce for the benefit or injury of
the exporters of any particular ma
ton. The United States has always
kept a One-price store, so to speak,
treating all customers alike.
The action of the french govern
ment with reference to our pork has
stood in marked contrast TO this for
nine years past, not because the
French people areforbiddent to use the
product of the swine for food. but be-
cause it is American pork. And this,
too. as Mr.. Reid tells NJ. Ribot, in the
face of the fact that the French Acad-
envy of Medicine, has repudiated the
charge that the excluded article is
unwholesome. Mr.. Reid's presenta-
ton of the case left no particle of the
old ground for the French govern
ment to stand on. The excluded
article being as wholesome as any of
the kind produced in any other
country, and there being nothing in
our tariff policy and practice to call
for retaliation, a further mainte-
nance of the existing conclusion could
not fail to have every appearance of
being an act of willful hostility to
this country.-lN. Y. Press.