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The Forrest City times., 1891-03-06
Feared Being Buried Alive.

Harry Moss. who did newspaper work in Philadelphia during tho con- tennial year. was somewhat eccentric. as will be noted from his will. which has been filed at Elktou. Md. where he died some time ago. He evidently did not propose to be buried alive, and had no hesitation about making preventive arrangements. Here is one provision of Moss will: Il desire that my body be dressed in reasonable apparel aud placed on it's back. with a pillow under its head. in saplirg pen sufficiently close to keep out n mink ana with q good roof slanting but ono way. with a bottle of water on each side. tightly eorked. u door in the pen fastened on the inside with a latch without any string to it. There l wish to be left forty days and nights. If after that time any one chooses to, bury me. he can do so. If he Is cer- tain l am good dead beside my father out in the graveyard at Bermuda; but don't enioin it upon any one to bury me at alln
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needed by our manufacturers But how

needed by our manufacturers. But how long can this continue? Will not Flori- da's weeping committee soon discover that meerschaum comes from Asia Mi- nor where there are inexhaustible sup plies of the cheapest pauper labor in the world-where the poor laborer does not get meat to eat but once week and has to make slaves of his wife and children? Will they not discover, too, that gum camphor comes from Japan, another country of pauper laborf The services of the weeping committee may be needed again to "stretch forth their imploring hands for succor"
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-06
No Whit. Race on the Dark Continent. u

Stanley has now given up an opinion which he entertained when be set out in search of Livingston. He was then led to believe by the natives that A white or iight~colored people would be found somewhere In central Africa. Several o' the tribes had traditions of the existence of such a people there, and Dr. Livingston himself heard of these traditions during his African wanderings. Stanley became con- vineed during his recent explorations that there Is no native white racc to oe found in the central regious of the Dark continent N. |. Sun.
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-06
Tho Farmers Boy.

The poetry of farming exists chiefly in the mind Of him who looKs on. rath- CT than in the toil itself There is poetry in the summer scene whore the clean shaven meadow is thickly studded with green cones of hay and
 the ox-wagon creaks under the weight of its fragrant load; but it is prose of the baldest sort to the perspiring farm CT who is straining every muscle to get in his crop before the shower comes up over the hill. It is tue dollars in the hay. and not its fragrance, that he is thinking about; nor is it any dis credit to bis common sense that he should be more occupied with tho mon- ey value involved than with tho pic turesqueness of tho situation. We must not expect a poem ou the gold cnrod from the man who spends hours of hard work in attempting to exter- minate it; nor can we look for from him any expression of admiration for the daisy when its presence in his grass means pecuniary loss To him tho shrill cry of the hen hawk conveys but ono message. and that is that his chickens arc in danger. The half arr ticulated guttural of the young crow is merely reminder of the corn-pulling and thieving propensities of that bird.
 The staccato whistle of the woodohuck has no charms for him. for 1t is a promise that his young apple trsos
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-06

Civilization has tanned the lightnings and conquered the elements, but woman is conquerable only through her love"
 Colonel Haynes was called on for "America.n
 "A welcome word. my friends. !" said the Colonel "1 long to tread her fertile soil once more. But go with a warning. I must proclaim to the men in that free land that they are lowing to the yoke of oppression that will soon be too heavy to bear. have seen the effect of landlordism on people bound in slavery to rent. Shall the beacon light of hope ill our glorious union be darkened by this dreadful clouds Shall the land of free schools and free churches be changed to land of ignorance and degradation. No, thousand times, mol The blood of our forefathers cries out against it. Let not history repeat itself We must sound the tocsin and rouse our people from the lethargy of sleep There are aliens in America, silently stealing our lands, our heritage and our freedom Defeat to alien landlords is to be my mot to evermoreY
 "Waverland for Irelandr' was called
 My friends" said, 'I see in the mists of vanished ages living, moving throng. Their fitful shadows sweep by us in agrand procession of stately kings in golden char iots; of yellow haired warriors rushing to battle with shout and war song for whose sake kings are ready to peril their crowns and men to offer up their lives. In Ire land, when England was inhabited by . wild, rowing gypsy people, like the wild In dians of America, there was . people here well established in all the forms of gov ernment Tho trial of all disputes was settled by verdict of twelve men. In music, the harp was used by the Irish people, and developed by them into the modern piano forte. In literature and art they excelled; and from Ireland came the valiant-hearted soldiers that broke tho yoke of Roman slavery from the English serfs. While England was yet in slavery, the Irish were enjoying free schools, sus- tained by endowment. They taught re Ngions muas. languase and writing. Ar
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-06
New Candidate for Protection.

When men in Florida want protection fer their industries they have an old fashioned and pathetic way of fiingng themselvelves upon the ground, bemoan- ing mother earth with their tears, and lifting up a lamentation before the great Mckinley Here Is how the orange men of that State concluded their petition last year: "To you, gentlemen of the North, gentlemen of the East, gentle men of the West, sister State holds out her imploring hands for succor, and sends through us, from the bosom of her blossom-laden orange groves, the prayer for protection on her nurseling industry. Protect us now and the future will ena- ble Panama to send her fragrant greet fngs to every man, woman and child in the United States. holding penny in their hands, and across the waters to the marts of the world we can compete with those that have prayed your honorable committee to grant petitions from them that would mean ruin to thousands of our people
 Now, Florida seems to have fair prospect to create two new industries which are up to the present unknown in Hhe United States. It is reported that oOmebody has found a bed of meerschaum in that State, and an attempt is being made to introduce the cultivation of the cAmphor tree there. Crude gum cam phor and manufactured meerschaum are both on tho free list as raw materials
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lnlS vast quantity or lara was or course paid for in manufactured goods of various kinds. Is it not true, then, that the freer admission we give to for eign goods the greater will be the for eign demand for our lard and all other products? And is not the other side of the question equally true, that the more we obstruct importation the more we drive away foreigners from buying in our markets?
 The farmer, more than anybody else, it interested in the foreign market His exports of meat and dairy products alone are almost equal to all the exports of our manufacturers. In 1890 our exports of farm products were over 74 per cent of all exports; while exports of manu- factures were less than 10 per cent. The farmer, therefore, has four times as muchinterest in the foreign market as the manufacturer has.
 From this fact one important conelu- sion follows: When we raise high tariff wall to protect our manufacturers and thereby arouse spirit of retaliation against us in foreign countries it is nam ly our farm products that are affected. It is believed that Germany and France would by this time have withdrawn
 
 JEat entered upon the wild and extrava. gantprotecton scheme embodied in the Mckinley law. France is now engaged in framing a new tariff law, and although 1 our protectionists always classify France among "the poor and poverty stricken nations of the earth" from which they assert that we need protection, yet 1 France herself is now putting up duties against us upon the pretense that she cannot compete with the products ol American labor. Many of the changes made in the French tariff will bear heavily upon our farm products, lard itself having heavy duty placed upon 1 it. It is even proposed to withdraw the prohibition of our pork and substitute a duty nearly prohibitory.
 This effect of our tariff in stirring UT adverse legislation in foreign countries is one of the ways in which protection hurts our farmers which is too little con. Sdered by them.
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-06
PROTECTION EXPOSED.
THE TRUE INWARDNESS OF THE
 PAUPER LABOR CRY.

Report of Labor Commissioner Wright
 Steel and Iron Making in Europe and the
 United States-Coid Facts About Pauper
 Labor-A PitiIess Arraignment of Pro-
 lection.
 Col. Carroll D. Wright, United States Labor Commissioner, has sent to Con gress tho most important report yet made by him. The subject of this re- port is the cost of production of iron and Steel in their various forms, both in this country and in Europe. The efficiency of labor here and in Europe is also the subject of investigation, as we'll as the cost of living among laborers engaged in the various forms of the iron and steel Industries.
 This investigation is pursued in an absolutely non-partisan spirit. For this treason the facts brought out in the re- bort are all the more damaging to the cause of high protection. The mass of facts and figures given by Col. Wright may be regarded as absolutely trust worthy and authoritative; and there can be no doubt that this report will play an important part in future discussions of the tariff. It's arsenal of facts will be used to meet the cheap talk of the pro- tectionists about the pauper labor of tLuTOpe, duu bO Itlub6 buciI CtdtHl bildG the cost of production is so much less in Europe than to us as to make McKin- 1ey's high duties necessary for the pro lection of the American iron and steel industry.
 The figures given by Colonel Wright were taken in every case ffom the books of the manufacturers and mine opera tors, and may be accepted implicitly. The report does not cover all the com panies engaged in mining ore, making pig-iron, and manufacturing steel rails and other forms of steel. Naturally there was a disposition on the part of some to keep secret their methods of business and their profits Thus the report contains information about only two American steel rail establishments, the eleven. others reported being Euro pean. The other rail manufacturers here showed a senStiveness about giv- ing information.
 The report contains information about 61S establishments in this country and ill Europe which are engaged in the various forms of iron and steel manufacture, and it required the labor of three years to collect the information embraced in it.
 The cost of making pig-iron is exam ined in detail in 11s separate establish ments. In the following table the cost of materials, of labor, and the total cost of making one ton of pig-iron in eleven establishments in Europe and eleven in the United States is given. The cost of materials includes, of course, all the iron ore, coke, coal and limestone as laid down at the furnace; and the column headed "labor" gives simply the cost of converting the ore into pig-iron. The establishments here quoted represent fairly the highest, lowest, and average cost in each case
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The average cost of turning out pig iron at eleven American furnaces is $13. 10 ton; in the eleven European es- tablishments the cost is S10. "A, or q diff ference of $2. 36. And this &. 36 is the basis for all the protectionist rant and twaddle about cheap European ironl To cover that slight tditference-less than the present freight rates from Liverpool to New York-our wise protectionist lawmakers impose duty of S6.72 ton on foreign pig iron.
 Another examination shows the entire labor cost in producing a ton of Besse- mer pig iron, including the labor of mining and transporting the materials to the furnace. In five Bessemer estab- lishments in the United States the aver age labor cost of a ton of pig iron is $6.0s. In one of these, however, the labor cost was abnormally high, being 80 A. Quitting this one, tho average of the other four was $5.24 ton. In the summaries of the report thus far made public, only one English establishment is given at which Bessemer pig iron is made In this one the total labor cost was $3.32 ton, or only $1.92 ton lower than in the four American establish ments. It is significant fact that these four American furnaces charge on an average S3.7 8 ton more for Bes semer pig iron than it costs to produce it, while the English establishment con- tents itself with a profit of S1.73. The tariff of S672 ton enables the four American producers to net Sl. or ton more on their iron than the Englishman gets
 The report also includes the figures showing the cost of producing steel rails. The surprising result of Col. Wright's investigation is that it tactualy costs less for labor, on an average, to convert steel bars into rails in the United States than in England, and considerably less than on the continent of Europe. The aver. age for the two American establishments reported is Sl Al per ton; for the three English establishments, $l S3; for eight establishments on the continent, S2 45 As some of the American mills refused to give information, it is highly probable that the true American labor cost is less than $1.41.
 Such figures as these are the mos- damaging facts against protection thai it is possible to imagine. They simply crush the protectionist's case and drive him out of court with all his rot about European cheap labor.
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-06
The Asphyxiated Dog.

At the Dogs grotto, one of the cu- iosities maintained near Rojo. Italy. there is cave the lower part of which is said to be filled with deadly gas, so that while man can walk about un- harmed dog breathing the lower air is asphyxiated. To'prove it they have a dog called Columbia that is taken in- to the cave whenever . visitor appears. and that after short time, seems overcome by the alleged gas and has to be carried out and resuscitated in the fresh air. The dog is 90 well trained that whenever she sees . stranger ap- preaching she gets up and tots of to the cave to get her asphyxiation. This happens many times day. but the dog seems none the worse for it.
 When is . gun-barrel . chicken. = Whan it is q little foul
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shall be knawed and threat that hi,

shall be knawed and threat that his clover shall be trodden down to make paths for this numbering freebooter to travel home in. He loves the cuckoo only in times of drouth, and sees beau- ty in the rainbow only when his parchcd fields have quenched their thirst His love for the robins even can never be unqualified, for do they not peck at his cherries and steal his early peas9 The waving of the ripen- ing grain and the rustic of the corn would be pleasanter to see and sweeter to hear were it not for his apprehen. sion that the rust would get into his wheat or early frosts cut short his crop. Natures Realm.
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-06
SELLING LARD ABROAD.

The great value of the farmers for eign market may be seen from our ex- ports of lard. The exports of lard dur ing January show an increase of over 6, ,ooo,o00 pounds over the exports during January last year, the figures for this year being l33, 9s9, S34 pounds, and last year 127, GAG, 435 pounds.
 Our lard exports are growing rapidly, as the following figures will show:
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-06
Tho Milk All Right

When milk h first drawn from . healthy COW not a microbe can be dis covered in it. After two hours there arc 2o.ooo microbes to tho pint but they fortunately happen to bc peacea- bic and we'll disposed microbes and won't do any hurt unless vinegar is drank On top of the milk Shake be- fore using. but don't mix your drinksL
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-06
Fostering a Big Man.

He looked so big and morose ana gruff as he sat in the waiting room of the Pennsylvania depot across the river, says the New York Sun. that all other persons kept clear of him. All but one. He was tall. thin man, with a piping voice and scant eyebrows, and he carried in his hand thin, cadav- erous valise. He sized the big man up from afar. and then walked over and stood straight up before him and asked:
 ''Can you explain why the moon should influence the tides in tho way it doesaH
 "Who are you talking to?" demanded the big man in a voice so deep that it seemed to have come out of the base- ment.
 ITO you, of coure."
 Well, you dust along! I want noth- ing to do with your
 "You don't. That's singular. l have always been looked upon as u com panionable person by everybody. Have you ever figured on what quantity of water is evaporated from the Atlantic Ocean each year?'
 Didn't tell you to go'" growlcd the big man. "I don't want anybody 10 talk to me
 You don'ta 1 wouldn't have be- lieved it. Perhaps you have met with loss-death of some dear friend9 If so. you have my heartfelt sympathy. Speaking of death reminds me of heaven and astronomy. Do you know how long it would take cannon ball. speeding at tho rate Of thirtythrco yards a second. to reach tho mooue" =. .. Look-a- here. old man. I'll break you in two fl you don't move onw shouted the big man. us he sat up straight
 'I declare. But you arc tho most touchy person I've met in ten yenrs. You don't seem to want io get ac- quaiutcd. l aiu't mad. however. and 1 wanted to inouire if you had any idea of the strength of au alligator's jaws? Recent experiments made by reliable naturalist have shown"
 ''Ilang it, but I'll knock you through that walll'' savagely roared tho big man. as he hauled of 10 deliver blow.
 ''oh, well, if you don't want to be friendly shan't humble myself" re- piled tho thin man, as he lodged and retreated around bench. .I did hope to find in you a kindred spirit but l am disappointed Your last observation Is conclusive proof that you are not up on even natural philos- ophy. Erred from certain distance. with an extra charge of powder. a tallow candle may be driven through an oak plank, but when you come to talk of knocking a human body through a brick wall you betray your ignor- ance and give yourself away. should ---n
 The big man rushed at him with uplifted fist but tho thin man lodged again and went outside and stood by the door and made mental com putation oi the number Of snowilakes which fell on the soil Of New Jersey in the course of the three winter months.
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''Ellsn. did Miss 0add cay anythins when you tclA her w1n't homst" "YsA ns'am, she said how glad abe Was sAo haA ealsd Philadelphia Timsa.
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When is . gun-barrel . chicken. = When 1t is . little foul.
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uplifted fist but the thin man lodged again and went outside and stood by the door and made mental com putation of the number of snow flakes in the course of tho three winter months.
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 Ireland. No, we are ready for work. This system we go forth into the two hemis- pheres to fight You are led by the great est men of Europe Your weapons are truth and justicel Your friends have made start. This hot furnace of perdition will not yield easily. you will be beaten once. twice, thrice. but remember the story of Bruce and the spider; thirteen times are not too often to try Follow Gladstone and Parnell. Keep firm hand on the dyna- miters. They are the unwilling tools of landlords here, and the monopolies in America, and will ruin the cause of liberty by their impatience if permitted The rights of persons and property should be maintained. It is lesson for old and young, rich and poor. No man has right to destroy his neighbours property. or to infringe on his neighbours rights, either as landlords, monopolsts or as dynamiters Justice, right and free ballot are the only weapons that can conquer tyranny in all its formsr'
 The signal bell sounded. warning us that the parting time had come. With clssped hands, full hearts and moist yes, more ex- pressive than words, we pledged eternal friendship.
 Annie" Stella was saying, as we joined them, write to me often. Tell me of the people and places that you sec. We have had such happy times together. almost dread to 90 back to Wavsrland now that you are gone"
 Little friend and playmate" said, as bade Annie farewell, "the moors and mountains will miss the batter of your po- ny's feet, but you will visit new country with message of love and liberty, learned from the old home in Ireland. wish you God speed and . happy life"
 The final signal sounded; we were lowsrsd from the great steamer, but