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The Forrest City times., 1891-08-14
A Story of a Wifely Devotion.

William Smith, a former senator from South Carolina, was ''wild, reck- less, incorporate, rude and bolster ous," in his youth, as he said of him. self, but his patient wife reformed him by her quiet devotion, says the New York Telegram.
 The evening before the session of the court of common pleas, client called upon him with fifty notes to be put in suit. Mir. Smith was not in his office-he was on what is called a .'spree." Mrs. Smith received the notes and sat down to the work of is- suing the writs and processes. She spent the night at work while Mir Smith was spending it in ''riotous liv- ing"
 At daybreak on his way home from his carousals. he saw light in his of fee and went in, To his surprise there sat his wife, who had just com pleted what ought to have been his work, and who had now fallen asleep with her hand on the table. His en- trance awoke her and she showed him her nights work-fifty writs and pro- cesses. This was too much for the strong man. He fell on his knees. im- plored her pardon. and promised never to drink another drop. He kept his word and from that day prosperity attended him.
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-14
Farm Notes.

Growing stock should not be kept too fat during hot weather.
 With working machinery of all kinda the best oil Is the cheapest.
 Pond water is about the poorest that can be supplied to stock, espec~ ially during the summer.
 Our advantage in growing roots for winter feeding is, that very large yields can be secured.
 The cultivation of tobacco in Brit ish North Borneo is rapidly increas- ing. The output for last year was 100000 pounds.
 Wheuever plant runs to vine, it ia nearly always at the expense of fruit. The better plan is to pinch back the running shoots.
 French parents possessing seven or more children have certain exemptions from taxation. In France there arG 15O, 0CO families so exempted.
 Last year the executive committed of the Illinois state grange offered . prize ci $1O,OOO for a device that could be attached to self binder, to use straw instead of wire for binding twine. and 1t il claimed that thsJ "hav0 m"
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-14
pinkeye Contaglous.

Dr. Fleming, principal veterinary surgeon of the British army, Is of tho opinion that the veterinary author- ities of this country are correct in re- garding 'pinkeye" in horses as con. tagious and infectious specific fever transmissible directly from animal to animal. He said, further, that per- sons passing from sick animal to a healty one would convey the disease. It was undoubtedly due to one or more germs, there might be two or three germs producing it; but there were grounds for believing that the germs could develop not only in the animal body but outside it--in the att mosphere. Only on that behalf could they account for certain outbreaks. Although the mortality attending the latest outbreak has been greater than in any other. they would have to schedule the whole country to stop it; and he thought the time had not vet arrived for that. He advised those who had horses to observe closely the prevalence of the disease, and, if they saw symptoms of it, crest the horses at once.
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-14
ALMOST puRsuApso.

 Tho knock was loud at thy heart tonight; Hast thou let thy Master inl He touched thy eyelids to give thee sight !; For moment the world lost it's false, fair
 light
 And 0s sssSs the weight of sin. Hast thou opened yet. for he standcth
 near,
 And he bids thee look and sec The side they pierced with the cruel spear, The nailtorn hands, and the thorn crowned
 head, And the blood for thy atonement shed, That the curse might pass from thee. Hast thou ol,ened yeti Ohi the words
 were plain They touched thy sight to- night. They told of thy Savior's life of pain Homeless, sorrowful tempted loru, That a sinless robe might by thee be worn, In heavenc own spotless light. By that life and death with thy soul he
 pleads,
 And fain would His rich gifts bring; There is full provision for all thy needs A sight of the Crucified gives thee peace From the curse Of sin and it's fear release From the fear of death, the sting. There are robes of earth that in dust will
 lie,
 Anu songs that Will end Tn tears, Sunshine 10 set in rayless gloom, Flowers to hide the way to the tomb, And through endless ages lost souls cry For the wasted vanished years There's a home where God wipes the tears
 away,
 Where we lay aside the sin, Where never @ ransomed one will say, ''Im sick or paiued, or grieved to day;" And the Savior waits to show thee the
 way,
 And to bid thee enter in Joy in the presence of the angels to night, II thou wilt arise and come; But the Joy of fends, if they see thee slight The robe, the crown, the home of light, And choose tho paths that will end in
 night.
 And hel. for the souls long home Choose ye this day whom ye will
 serve"
 --Splactad
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-14

the eye. the corn waved green and fresh. the maple put forth it's foliage, and the lark sang high in the clouds. But when these changes came Lena felt more impatient-her heart cried out against the injustice of her aunt. Why should she trouble herself as to whom Lena should marry. seeing that she would benefit nothing by it? Lat terly however the poor girl, remem bering what Madam Dumasque had said about inheriting all in the event of her death, saw in this hateful project a determination to wear out her life in opposition, or to keep her single until the time came to get rid of her.
 One morning, during the second winter of her captivity, Lena was standing at the window of the drawing room full of despair; for she had just been told that Gustave would arrive at the Mill House in a few days. and she had great difficulty in receiving the news calmly. She retreated at last to her own room, and there her pent-up agony burst forth. She called upon Clifford who. was wandering all over the continent in vain endeavor to trace her; she prayed that she might die before becoming the wife of the man she dreaded; she knelt in prayer to heaven to aid her in her ter rible distress-to keep her calm, to give her courage.
 As she gazed mournfully from her window at the white landscape. she suddenly formed resolution. She would make an attempt to escape from that miserable house; even if she failed, death itself would be prefera- ble to the dishonor of being made the wife of Gustave Dumasque. With this resolution came fresh hope and com fort. She went down to luncheon composed and calm.
 Gro BE CONTINUED.
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-14
Origin of"My Uncle. !"

The term uncle's, as applied to a pawnbroker's shop, says writer Tn Notes and Queries, Is said to be pun on the Latin word uncus, hook. Pawnbroker's employed hook to lift articles pawned before spouts were adopted. '.Gone to uncus. therefore, is exactly tantamount to the modern phrase. .up the spout" In French the concierge of a prison is called uncle, because the prisoners are ''kept in pawn" by the government. In the seventeenth century usurer was called my uncle" in the Walloon provinces because of his near connec- tion with he spendthrifts, called in Latin nepotes, nephews.
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-14
Feeding Value of Whey.

Four trials were conducted at the Wisconsin experiment station during the fall of 1S9o-9l, for the purpose of ascertaining the value of sweet whey for pig feeding. The results of these trials show:
 First-We are not successful in maintaining pigs on whey alone.
 Second--Pigs fed on corn meal and shorts with water required 552 pounds of the mixture for 100 pounds of grain.
 Third-When whey was added to the corn meal and shorts mixture, it produced marked saving in the amount of grain required for good graaa. This was true for mixtures varying from two pounds of whey to one of grain, up to ten pounds of whey to one of grain.
 Fourth--It was found when using whey as partial substitute for grain. that 76O pounds of whey effected n saving of loo pounds of the corn meal and shorts mixture.
 Fifth-Using these figures, if corn meal and shorts are valued at SIP per ton, then whey is worth eight cents per hundred pounds; at SIS per ton for the corn meal and shorts, whey would be worth ten cents per hundred weight.
 Sixth-Shorts, pea meal and oil meal, or like foods, should be mixed with whey for growing animals. Some corn may be fed at all times. the pro portion increasing as the animal ap- breaches maturity Ohio Farmer.
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-14
A $5O,OOO Organ.

The georgeous mansion in Hop- kington. Mass, which Mrs. Searle. formerly Mrs. Hopkins. has had built. boasts of an organ costing &50,000. Its case is of English ash to corres- pond with the finish of the room. ex- Quisitely carved with gold holding. is over thirty feet high. and is probably tho most costly organ in any private dwelling in America. The music room is large. over forty feet high, with pAueled ceiling q terra cOtta.
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-14
Chemical Action Tn the Soil,

Certain conditions must exist be- fore chemical action can take place. There must be the active principle; that is to say, the attacking or de structive agent, which Is generally an acid or an alkali. There must be tho passive principle, i. O., the ingredient which coNtains the fertilizing agent we want to make use of, but which is locked up insolubly in water, and therefore present but useless. There must be also moisture and heat, as chemical action is dead or nearly so when dry and cold. Here are four indispensables; all must be present in the soil or the chemical action cannot take place. As an example, take a fresh manure heap, dry 1t up to chips and 1t is inert; but c,mply moisten 1t not to soak it-and the principle is set free and begins to work. This ac- tion produces heat and thus all the essentials to chemical action being present, the operation goes on till either the moisture fails or the passive materiul is reduced and the work is done. Now if the proposition between the active material and the passive principle Is q true one, the work IS completed, the iusoluble part is ren- dered soluble the whole mass is now fit to feed plants and the only action to take place is to keep sufficient moisture in contact with the humus to make 1t possible for the plant to imbibe it. The whole of this operation is commonly called rotting, Now, if you will rot down all the rubbish on your farm you will have humas, the result of q chemical process.
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-14
wen. Sh.y ike hi1r lands tn. t.ss

Wous NHoy Hke nli ianuS tn0 OSDU and assm to do better on them They should be salted twice c week. In winter, sheep should be well sheltered in bad, stormy wealth CT, with plenty of good clover hay and pure water. Then they will thrive. If you allow them out in storms, with poor or insufficient food, they will grow thin and the wool be. comes dead. Ewes with lamb, under such treatment, do not pass yeaning time safely, and will lack nutriment for their puny lambs. There is loss in all such sheep husbandry.
 Ewes should not have much grain before lambing, but what they do have should be bran, oats and corn ground together. After a.ewe drops her lamb b put her in 8 place by herself Have & shed for this purpose, where you can bunch them in lots of ten or fifteen. You can oversee them better, and de- tect anything that goes wrong, and when you go in among them they haven't room to run around, as in . large shed, tramping on their lambs, etc.-Ohio Farmer.
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-14
THE AGRICULTURAL WORLD
WORDS OF ADVICE FOR THE
 FARMER.
About Milking--Feeding Value of Whey--Thoughts About Sheep-- Salt the Cows--Result of
 Rough Treatment.
About Milking.

The first thing in milking is to see that the udder is clean. Wipe the udders of all the COWS to be milked with a flannel cloth wrung out in luke warm water and dry them immediate ly. The milker should then wash and dry his hands and see that there are no long or broken nails. Commence now to stroke gently the teats and udder a few seconds, to excite the flow of milk and to relax the muscles which close the mouth of the teats. Now grasp the two furthest of teats in such a way that the little finger is just out of reach of the milk as it issues from the teat. For it is absolutely neces. sary that the hands are kept dry from start to finish. The milk cannot be kept perfectly clean when the hands are wet, no matter how carefully both udder and hands have been washed and dried; and milk. as all know, readily absorbs any dirt or dirty smell and imparts it to but ter or cheese. But a yet weightier consideration is that diseases of the teats and udder, especially sore and cracked teats, are to avery large de- gree attributable to nothing else than wet milking, while the danger of infec- tion being conveyed from one animal to another is increased enormously. Taking care, therefore, to keep the lit tie finger away from the milk, pro- ceed to drive the milk out of the teat by steadily increasing pressure (re- member not by pullingl, commencing the pressure with the thumb and first finger and following rapidly with sec ond, third and fourth fingers Now loosen your grasp and raise the hand into the udder, as it were, giving gen tie shove or blow so as to bring the milk down into the lower portion of the udder. Then repeat the squeeze, but take care never to stretch the teat the least bit beyond it's natural length, or serious internal ruptures might result; besides, this stretching the teats makes milking very un- pleasant to the cow Even at the end, never resort to stripping-that is, sliding two or three fin fingers down the teat, which is kept fabricated with milk, but Sphtiiiuc sIuecSiAS tHo HIN Out till no more will come, and even then go on for few seconds to encourage the flow of blood to the udder; then do the same to the two near teats. The quick, soft push into the lower portion of the udder Is exactly what a calf does when suction no longer brings it any milk. It opens it's mouth slightly so as to take in & larger DOT tion of the udder, and gives it a gentle poke with it's nose, whereupon 1t re- sumes sucking.
 Too rapid and violent milking is not enjoyable to the the COW and will cause her to hold up" her milk, and slow milking makes her wearied. Conversation among the milkers should most strictly be forbidden. The position of the milker is often such that he cannot see whether all the milkgoes into the pail or not, and he must consequently trust to his hearing. And an interesting conversa- ton is not conducive to attentive listening to the sound of the milk pail.
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-14
Thoughts About Sheep.

Some people seem to think that
 sheep can live anywhere. They will turn them into the road where the grass is covered with dust, forgetting that sheep is as dainty about it's food as it's master.--Others will keep them in brier patch, where grass must struggle for existence. let them run here all summer. and in the fall they will come out thin and gaunt. and with thsir heeces ruined. Others stock their fields too heavily Sheep ars like other animals-put too many on . field and they will crop it too close. running the pasture. They want frequent ehaness of pasture. to do
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-14
Salt the Cows,

It is hardly necessary to tell people who handle stock that they should be salted regularly. It seems to be as necessary as food itself. judging from the way they will beg forit. Not only is it relished, but observation and experience teach that salt is necessary to the best health of COW. Prof. Robinson. of the Guelph experimental station, Ontario, says, after exper- imenting along that line, that ito deny cows salt for even one week reduces their flow of milk AK to TX per cent in quantity and lowers the quality" Milk given when the cows are depri<ed of salt, he says, twill sour "A hours sooner than that given when they have a full supply oft. It is greatly relished by all animals, which is a strong presumtive evidence in it's favor. and there cannot be & reasonable doubt at this late day that salt is beneficial to milch cows"
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-14

tenant, who owned the desolate-look- ing mill which stood at the back of the house. It was said that the man who I fad died there was n reckless drunken profiigate, and that dark deeds had been perpetratei in the mill. which was worked by water as well as by wind
 Lena was now In the middle of her second winter in the Mill House. She had passed many terrible nights un- der its rcd-tiled roof. when tho wind blew across the wild waste of undu- ating pasture-land beyond, and rat tied the chains and made the sails of the mill groan and creak. The wind would shake the windows and blow the rain violently against the window panes. while in the depth of winter snow would cnshroud the landscape and choke up the approach to the house. Lena would remain indoors for weeks at time. with no resources but such as she possessed in herself, and 1t was difficult matter to keep hope alive in such gloomy surround ings.
 Nothing had been seen of Gustave Dumasque. whose conduct was evil dently making his aunt uneasy and angry; but it relieved Lena, who felt, as every month passed by, that the end of the terrible seven years was so much nearer. and >prayed earnestly that Gustave might find no induce mont to draw him to such melAn- choiy spot.
 In summer tho place was seen In . favorable aspect Then from every nook and corner wild nowsrs greeted
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-12-12
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AtchiSon GlpDuirs.

Every time the Lord makes woman
he changer the pattern.
Were two people ever in love with
each other after they were thoroughly
acquainted?
Put one bad man among seven good
men and at the end of month YOU
have one good man among seven bad
ones.
Although the people are all after
money how they hate another man who
has ii!
When the heart overbalanccs the
head YOU have Il fool; when the head
ovcrbalanccs the heart YOU have viii
lam.
There is no dependence To be placed
on the promise made in necessity.
Hel Il man out of Il dIlch and if he
does not pay YOU while the mud is still
wet on his clothes he will never do il.
Let half II dozen gossipS get TO talk
ing and when they separate they i'm
aginc that the noise they made ah0ui
their own ears was made by the world.
and give it as the opinion of the world.
You can make IA woman cry any day
by telling her II pathetic story OF
trouble afar off. who will shut her eyes,
ears. and heart To the case of poverty
next door.
Give the average man three days
work TO he done in three DAYS. and he
will boast the first day, loaf Tin" second.
and show the amount of work he has
10 do to prove that he is worked to
death on the third.
A man with his pleasures is very
much like "A small hoy with his jam;
he spreads it 80 thick ON the first slice
that the last slice is left without any.
Win II mans friendship by telling
him today that hc is the Smartest ONE
in his family. and you will have To tell
him tomorrow that he is the smartcst
man in town, and the next day tHat he
is tie SmartrSt man III the state.
When a man makes up his mind that
it is time Ia repent he also makes mp
his mind that there j. time for one
NOR >in bclor" beginning.
How easily "A man whips an enemy
in play,
Some of the men who boast that they
are Seif-madc lift I'M awful responsible
itv from the shoulders of God.
A man can lift Il heavier burden than
IA woman. but woman can carry IA
heavy burden longer.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-12-12
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Wanted tn Borrow an Engine.

Several months before the Memphis
Railroad had penetrated the region
about the point now known as Thayer.
III Oregon county, a party of engineers
in charge of the locating survey stop
ped for II night near the Howell coun-
~ line. About dark the camp was
mountainccr.
Il wanter know" he broke out sud-
denly and without ceremony. "ef this
hynr steam kccr road j. er gwine to be
buit?'
That is the intention of the COM
pany." replied the chief engineer
Il don't know" responded the ma
tive. Say. where's she gwiue ter
beP'
The track will in all probability
rrri through this valley said the
spokesman.
1t must cost "r pile er money con-
tinued the mountainrer. resting on one
foot and looking inquirInglv at the in-
struments oI the party.
at does said the engineer.
The native kept quiet for moment
or sn. looking around mt each member
of the party aud gazing intcnliy at
every piece oi the office furniture.
TEeu he started To spcaK again. but he
heStated.
Anything we can do for youp"
askru the SURVEYOR.
Don't know ez yer kin" was the
deliberate reply of the mountainecr.
"uut | tell yer wast. hG continued.
earnestly. I'D like Ter see one or yer
injlres thet I've hcaru erbout ct yer got
one handy. An Il tell yer. he went
on. feeling that the ice was broken.
mar an ther gals ud like ter see one.
too. an ef ye'd let me run il over thcr
erik fer ter night. gil cr back an
hour by sun in ther mornIn. 'lholt :,
scratch"
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-12-12

power IN 1880. In the middle OF the
table was an immense sugar castle.
Shortly before the guests rose to
leave. the door of the castle opened
and Il knight in full armor stepped out
with Il drawn sword in his right hand
All the guests thought the knight must
he some wonderful automaton which
the King had obtained from the skilled
mechanics across the RSinc He
wasn't. however. He was none other
than little Bcbe. He walked around
the table. shook his sword in the face
of every guest. salutcd the King and
then turned back to the castle en-.
trance. where he assumed the position
Of 4 sentry.
At II signal from the King every one
ut the table began to bomhard him
with small sugar balls. Brbr hurried
at once into The castle, locked the door
mounted the tower and pretended to
return the fire by setting of "A lot of
n"rfumch explosives.
In lbs the Empress Catharinc. OF
Russia. sent an emSsury after him to
the court of the Polish King. Latc
one evening when the rovnl palace
was almost deserted. Catharinc's ennis
sary snapped Bebe up and stuffed him
into the pocket of his great coat. Brhe
screamed SO Justify that he revealed
the plot to the guard nj the door. The
emis>ary was arrested and Brbe was
rescued.
Not long afterward Bebc accom-
panied StauiSlaus To the court of Louis
NN. in Versailles. where he again mar
rowly escaped abduction. \ lady of
the French court had been holding
him in her lap between the course of a
state dinner. Suddenly she rose to
leave the room. Her first step was ac-
cnmpanicd by shrill cry from the
fold, of her gown. y our Majesty,
Your Majesty, this lady has stuck me
in her pocket and is running away
with me.
The voice was Bpbn's He was inn
mcdiatcly dragged from the court
lady'S pocket aud placed under the
guard Of two pages who were in
~iructch by the King Stanis lauS TO
watch him day aud night.
The prrils through which he had
passed and the strict surveillance to
wuicn ne waS now subjected depressed
Brbe's spirits and dcmuralized his
nervous system. II" became mclan-
chuE. mor"Sc. round -Shoudcrrd and
ta---art..
The King thought he needed com
canon 10 cheer hIm up. and the ref
cree married him. with grcnt pomp
and ceremony. to Thcr"sc Souvray, Il
dwarf ri about his own are and slight
IS "r"at"r stature That WAS the last
crop in Brbes cup. Two weeks after
ri$ marria%" he lost his mind. He
rra,ri tn talk entirely. ate little. and
PRINT mnst "t his time in his crib.
Ills honeymoon was hardly mp when
ne .lied. ai the age of u. His wife.
Ihrrese. survived him iortv-two years.