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The Forrest City times., 1891-07-10
The Great American Jackdaw.

The way the protectionists boast of tho workings of the high tariff and claim for it the progress which has been achieved through invention, reminds one of the old story of the jackdaw stealing the canary's feathers and strutting around proudly in borrowed plumage. They never weary of telling us that pro- tection has brought down the price of steel rails from $i66 ton to $50; but every man of intelligence knows that the reduction was caused by the great invention of Sir Henry Bessemer, an un- protected Englishman. This reduction, too, has gone to much lower point in England than in the United States, the price in England being now from S21 90 to S22. 50 per ton. against the trust price of $50 to S31 here.
 In the same way the invention of re- markable machine for making wire nails, which requires little or no labor, has re- duced the price of these nails from g. 33 cents pound in 1883, when the duty of 4 cents was imposed, to ?. s5 cents a pound in 1890 The protectionist organ grinders make no mention of the ma chine. They simply state that the duty was imposed, that tho price was re- dueed, and that this was all owing to protection. And thus the jackdaw plucks the canary's feathers.
 Our corn canning industry affords an excellent example of how industries may be developed and costs be lowered by in
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-10
-------------- Good Roads, Good Horses.

Some one who has been looking into the matter claims that kentucky's good roads are in large measure re- sponsible for her good horses. And it seems to be reasonable enough that in a country affording good roads for travelling by horse power we should find the highest degree of develop ment of the horse calculated to make the best time on the roads. No doubt thousands more horses would be kept by those able to do So in many sections if they but had the assurance of being able to enjoy them a greater part of the year on the road. Good roads and good horses go together, and the better the roads the more people keep good horses, and the more willing they arc to pay well for them.
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-10
AmoaE the Poultry.

hed combs indicate vlgor.
 Kerosene the roosts once a week.
 Do not allow few chickens to monopo. Ike the roosts.
 Sour milk is treat both to hens and to little chickens.
 Dry dirt and sifted coal ashes make a good dust bath.
 If only one thing is used coal oil is probably tho best to use for lice
 Damaged grain or fermented food often induces disease and should never be fed
 Ducks should always have dry quarters at night if they are to be kept thrifty and healthy.
 Laying hens should be kept separate from those that are being fattened for market
 If quick growth is secured it is very necessary to give the first feed in the morning early.
 Lack of gravel or gritty material is nearly always the cause of tho fowls get ting crop-bound.
 Feed the fowls early in the morning be- fore they are allowed any water; feed well and water afterwards.
 Do not keep too many drakes; one to every five ducks is enough. More than this simply adds to tho expense.
 When a largo number of fowls drink from the same vessel it is liable to become filthy, and good care is necessary to keep it clean.
 Turkeys can, to a considerable extent, be given sweet skinned milk in place of water, and if the drinking vessels are kept clean will To all the healthier.
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-10
The Nickel In the Slot.

The nickel-in-the-sl machine Is said to be not by any means modern in- vention. In the old Egyptian temples devices of this kind were employed for automatically dispensing the purifying water. A coin of five drachma dropped into slot in a vase set simple piece of mechanism like well sweep in motion; n valve was open for an instant and portion of the water permitted to escape. This apparatus was described by Hero of Alexandria, who lived 200 years before the Chris tian era
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-10
We'll fed shecp will always pay for the
 extra feed they consume by . heavy dceco of good, sound wool.
To Feed Youps Pigs.

The following plan is good one ior pigs just beginning to eat says the Ma tional Stockman. Put the ship stuff or mill feed of the kind used ir the troughs dry, and pour over it tho skinned and kitchen slops. Allow them to eat what they want then turn the sows into the lot and let them clean up what the pigs leave. By this way there is no feed left in troughs for the pigs to gorge themselves with. and besides the troughs are clean for the next feeding time. The pigs should he watched while eating. If they do not appear very hungry turn the sows in sooner. It will be found that young pigs five or six weeks old will have better appetites in the even- ing than in the morning. The time at the trough should be governed by the appetite. By this manner of feeding in the busy season time is saved over tho plan of mixing slop each feeding time for the next; it also cuts off the occasional feed of sour slop. which is always dangerous and detrimental.
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-10
The Tin-Plats "Infant" in Germany

The McKinleytes are making many rosy promises about the way the Mo kinley high tariff on tin-plates is going to establish the tin-plate industry in this country and how American factories will be supplying all the tin-plate we can use by July 1, 1892. They should not be too nasty with their promises We are not the only nation which has tried to wrest from Wales her suprema- cy in n-plate manufacturing. Germany has tried the experiment. with very un- satisfactory results, despite the fact that wages in that country are admitted by protectionists to be only about half what they are in England
 The effort of Germady to nurture her infant tin-plate industry from the pro tection pap bowl resulted in advancing backward" as the following figures will show:
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-10
Improytnr stock.

Much time and labor may be wasted by farmers who attempt to improve their stock by selection, but without Farmers are not averse to improving stock. Like all other classes they prefer the best but they do not take the easiest and quickest way to gain their objects. By selection of the best for breeding purposes. every year. any stock can be made better. but some rule must govern the process of improvement by selection. as the first requisite is to fix certain character istics in order that they may be trans. mitted to the progeny.
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-10
Pr0tNctiOnss Fruit in Germ any,

One touch of protection maKes all the world kin. In Germany the effects of protection have been the same as in our own country, as is seen in an article by Prof. Geffcken in the July Forum. The protective measures inaugurated by Bismarck in 1878 were brought about through compact between the great landed proprietors and the manufact- urers, the latter consenting to duties on corn (wheat), meat, timber, eJc., while the landed propretors consented to re- introduce duties on iron, and to raise considerably those on manufactured goods.
 "The consequence, says Professor Geffcken, "was the usual one of protec- tionism-an artificial impulse given to industry by excluding foreign competi- tion, and overproduction resulting from increasing internal competition. A Ger man workman had to pay more for his meat, bread and all the blessings of life than the Englshman or Belgian; and if this led to a rise of wages he did not profit by it, while the manufact- urer, with higher .wages to pay and the enhanced price Of raw mate rials, had more difficulty in competing in foreign markets. Consequently there has Ueeu d CoHSiueIdple ldilllS ou III beIHldH exports, and in order not to lose the for eign market the manufacturers have of fered their goods at lower prices, retriev- ing themselves for the ensuing loss by organizing rings, and thus enforcing proportionately higher prices at home !"
 That last remark especially reads like a description of American instead of German industries. The organization of trusts at home to put up and control prices at the same time that American made goods are sold much cheaper in foreign markets, has become familiar story. Thus the "beneficiaries" of pro- tection are the same the world over, and in Germany we may sec ourselves as in a looking-glass
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-10
A Good Subs oilcr.

The best subsoiler we know of, says Colman's Rural World, is clover roots. The hardpan may be so near the sur face that clover will not grow, but in farming sections where there is suffi- cient rainfall to grow clover there is no subsoiler so cheap and effective as the roots Of clover The clover root bores down by night and day, Sabbath included. The silent force which honeycombs the subsoil cannot be measured. but its work is none the less effective. 1t makes a place for itself in life and at its death it makes a place for the air, the most potent in- strument in breaking up the impervi- ous subsoil. Not only that, but it fertilizes the air space and thus tempts downward the roots of other plants and grasses. What subsoil blow runs so easy and is so cheap in its coustruc- ton and efficient in it's operation? All it needs is clover seed sown early and covered and finle
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-10
Beating tho Tariff in South America.

In South America tariff tax is DO more pleasant to pay than in our own country. Hence the South Americans devise curious ways to avoid the tax, having never discovereo. as Major Nc Kinley has, that the foreigner pays the tax
 An American travelling in the Argen- tine Republic and Paraguay reports tho following curious method of evading the tariff tax: "Before reaching the bound aries of the Paraguay and Argentine Republics, just on the border line you see some manufactories of tho native drink (Cana) erected here to escape the heavy duties imposed by the govern ments of these countries. The raw ma terial from which they make the spirit enter in at the Paraguay side, while at the other end the manufactured spirit passes out"
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-10
A PRAIRIE GRAVE.
The silent InhabItant of Bound dlsss Soll- tude.

tude.
 A Dakota farm.
 A heaving emerald sea that mergeA at its edge, into a blue ocean of sky. A range of low hills fringes the plain at the northwest and at no other point of the compass is there an object to relieve the eye.
 A traveller sees the same dreary stretch of grass through which he has passed for miles; he feels the same hot wind upon his tired cheek; he hears the wild geese cry shrilly overhead and the ducks splash in the wild rice of some marsh or slough-everything is repetition of sights and sounds that have made themselves distastef,1 by familiarity. Monotony and SolitudV are the twin deities that reign supreme
 The central object of scene like this-an object that broke upon my eyes after long days journey and filled me with sudden solemn awe was a grave. prairie grave A rudox fence was built around it and some wild roses broke into blossom and peeped from the rank grass that ccv- cred the mound. There was no head board-no word had been left to iden- tity the dead-the dead that now lay in solitary waste where the silence was so terrible as almost to speak of itself-the dead that had once been the living and had moved in spheres of life.
 Perhaps the dweller of that lonely tomb was man who had loved and been loved. Death had parted him from his idol and now, when his loyal heart was low. he had been inferred in an isolated wild where never loved one could bend over his mound and drop the mourner's tear. Perhaps fair faces were aging while fond hearts hoped against hope that q lover. son or a brother would return. And this for saken grave if they could but see it and know it's occupant would tell them all
 l shuddered and turned away.
 But then, 1 unused in after thought what cares the dead how lie his vast ing bones9 And those he leaves-may they not hope and hope and only awake to the truth when they meet the lost one face to face in that country from whose bourne no traveller re- turns?N
 A human heart is nothing. if not hopeful, and what can be more satisfy ing and sweet than divine fulfillmeat of hopes We cherish here?
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-10
Household IIipta.

Sew carpet rags on the machine.
 Dip fish in boiling water for & minute before scaling them.
 Let the infants have plenty of sleep, plenty of milk and plenty of flannel.
 Preparing horseradish can be made easy by grating it through the sausage grinder
 If raisins are put into boiling water a few moments the seeds can be removed easily.
 Equal parts of glycerine and bay rum robbed on the hands will keep them smooth.
 teaspoonful of good cider vinegar edded to one gill of pure raw linseed oil makes an excellent furniture polish.
 Wicker chairs that have become dark and discolored can be mado to look nice by painting white or golden brown.
 Mend broken dishes with cement made by mixing plaster of paris with gum arabic water to the consistency of hush
 If the throat is very sore wiring n cloth out of cold water, bind it on tho throat tightly, then cover it with dry towel
 You will not be troubled with the oil running over on the outside of the lamps if yo1 keep the wicks turned down below the tube when not lighted
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-10
Different Varieties.

Clover and orchard grass arc the first to ripen for hay, and can nearly always be cut and stored away before wheat harvest They both ripen at the same time, and for this reason can often be sown together to much better advantage than almost any other two varieties grown for hay. One advan- tage in having the acreage in meadow divided among the different varieties is that the season is heightened. clover and orchard grass coming in first then timothy, redtop and, lastly, millet, or Hungarian.
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-10
Drcalpns.

A New York doctor has studied A. 900 of his dreams. and finds that even ing and nocturnal dreams are connected with events of the day; but the latter have more of the terrifying element. The pleasantest and most remarkable dreams are those of the morning. after the rest of the brain. Fancy is then at her best, and gives the clearest visions. In this connection it vii! be remembered that many famous men have thought over their imaginative problems in the early morning.
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-10
EARM IND HOUSEHOLD.
THERE IS GREAT PROFIT IN
 CLIPPING CLOVER. A
III EAects of Allowing Cattle to Pasture on Young Clover-M MistAkes Con corning Manure-For the
 HSusekcepers.
ClippinY Glover.

If any one who practices pasturing young clover will take the pains to examine plant they will find that the crown of the clover plant forms just at the surface of the ground, and that the clover plant. although viz orous grower, is also the most tender of all grasses. 1 believe the greatest injury comes from tramping. Consid- CT the weight of from 400 to 1000 pounds placed on this tender crown by the hoofs of cattle and it is not strange that the plant is injuredP An other objection is that cattle will not graze over the ground regular, but where the clover is the thinnest and needs the most care to help it to it's best is where stock will graze the closest.
 Stock in grazing do not bite of all the stems coming from one crown at one time; some will be left to continue a spindling growth, and plant so treated will not stool and form that thick, even growth necessary for large crop the following year. It has been proved by experience that to clip clover and leave it on the ground as mulch is worth more than all the pas ture you have ever been able to get from newly seeded clover And whether you intend to nov for hay or pasture the clover it always pays to keep the stock off of the newly seeded fields.
 And yet it is the universal practice among farmers to turn the stock into newly seeded fields. as soon as the wheat or oats are taken off; pasturing the clover off close to the ground, leaving the tender crown and roots ex- posed to the hot sun and dry winds. for the rest of the summer and fall, and to the tender mercies of the ele- ments during the winter. If we in- tend to cut a crop of clover seed after hay by clipping our clover the first year, instead of pasturing it off our clover is ready to cut for hay from ten days to two weeks earlier, and all who have any experience in grow ing clover seed know that the earlier the hay is cut the better the crop of seed. We believe that in localities where it is impossible to raise clover seed on account of the clover midge, if the clover was clipped back. and everything left on the ground for mulch to stimulate a rapid and early growth, so as 10 cut the hay early be- fore the first crop of insects matched. that the seed would bloom and be too far advanced for them to injure it.
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-10
In JMpnn.

Washing was and is still done in Japan by getting into boat and let ting the garments drag after the boat by long string. It Is an economical habit of travelling Japs to get large amount of washing thus accomplished by n steamboat excursion and has given rise to the story that once year they travel to wash. They have no instinct for laundry work like the Chinese. and think it is complete when the soap Is in the garment and will not wiring it out.
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-10

total amount exported m 1890 Not withstanding our ability to export cop. per in such enormous quantities, the McKinleyites did not venture 0 remove tho whole of the duty on copper They preserved small part of 1t to stand a . monument to the fact that two years a9o copper combine existed to keep up prices in the homo market, and Ameri- can copper was being sold in London from two to seven cents a pound lower than in New York.
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-10
T1rE zeal of the politicaI wool shon.

TIE zeal of the political wool shep- herds of Ohio, in urging the Government to apply the so called sorting clause" of the Mckinley law to carpet woo's, by which the duty on them will be doubled, is threatening to have disastrous conse- quences on the carpet manufacturing in- dustry.
 From Philadelphia, the great center of carpet making, 1t is reported as follows: "rhe carpet trade is getting worse, as the decision on sorted imported carpet wools is most harassing to the trade. If this is upheld it must result in tho stop page of a great portion of the machinery engaged in the manufacture of carpets "
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-10
She Is With Us,

The thin girl has come to stay The thinner, the more meager and attennaa- ted she is, the greater her charms, Thin as q match applies to her every time She will never wear an ounce of super fluous flesh, and she eats her meals standing because comfort superinduces fat. As she walks along the street she looks like tho shadow of her brother with her divided skirts, cloth gaiters and hobby jacket She is straight and ath- letic, may break but never bend Do you know her?-Free Press.
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-10
A SInple Cure.

A retired farmer, who has time to try experiments and note tho results, says that for the past three years he has planted bean or two in each po- tato hill, and has never seen bug on the potato crops where beans were growing in the same hill. If this is n protection against the bugs tho rem edy is simple and will pay for the trouble in the crop of beans.
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-10
Feeding sheen.

When there is a break in the feed ing there is a corresponding break in the wool fibre, It is necessary. there tore, to feed the sheep well and with regularity if wool of good quality and proper quantity is obtained. The wool responds to the feed. and when the feed is stopped the wool stops growing and thin place is formed in the fibre
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-10
Hardship. of Teaching in spain.

The condition of the public teacher in Spain Is not to be envied. The payment of their salaries is almost always far in arrears, and case came up the other day Of man who had not received a cent of money from the Government in seventeen years The total amount of back salary at present due to teachers is about S1o0, coo In some cases the sui fcrers are sustained by charity, and in others arc compelled to send their chil- dren out as servants Many schools have been closed altogether
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-10
The Garden.

The garden provides the luxuries oi the farm. It should be the first plot to be well manured and fertilized. Many farmers have no time as they suppose. to attend to garden, yet there is more profit to be derived from the garden. even when used for supply ing the family. than from larger areas of lands planted to a staple crop. Vegetables and small fruits should have place on every farm, as they can be had of better quality when grown at home than when purchased elsewhere.
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-10
A LONDON daily says that in conse

A LONDON daily says that in conse- quenee of a recent heavy increase of the Spanish import duties, famine prices are being paid for many kinds of food by the Spaniards Pork sells at 50 cents per pound; potatoes at A cents, flour at cents and bread at [ cents per pound. Will some wise McKinleyite ex- plain how this can be, co sidering that 1t Is always the foreigner who pays the tariff tax? Ought not that highly ortho- dox protectionist maxim to prove true in Spain, too? That benighted land evil dently needs Mckinley to teach it that it's pork cannot sell at 50 cents q pound, owing to the high duty, since the Amer ican farmer pays the pork tax!
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-10
Only One.

After ono of the recent visits of President Carnot to the Jardin d'Ac- elimination a Dahomian was asked what he thought of the French chief magistrate. ''Oh. he is digniiied and grave looking man" replied tho
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-10
THE umbrella manufacturers of Phil

HE umDreliA manufacturers or Phfl- adelphia have been agitating the sub ject of forming trust, but the result of their efforts has not yet been made pub lie. Mckinley put these men in more favorable position to form a trust than they were under the old law. The old duty on silk and alpaca umbrel as was 30 per cent but Mckinley raised 1t to 55 Umbrellas of other materials were taxed 40 per cent, but this duty was raised to 45. If these manufactur- CTS "get together,' it will be simply to take advantage of protection so freely voted them by our McKinleyite soons.
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-10
The Copper Trusts Monument.

The exports of copper from this coun- try have been very heavy since the be- ginning of the year, and already in four months amount to 44,512, ,62s pounds of fine copper, or about 80 per cent of the
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-10

dark complexioncd gentleman. ''bu>l he always comes with the same woman. For the Lords sake. has he only onepn
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-10
ALTHOUGH the iron industr

ALTHOUGH the iron industry of the South is young it has mono of Pennsyl- vanias dread of foreign competition, and 1t evidently cares little for protec- ton. At a recent meeting of the Ala bama Industrial and Scientific Society, MT. B. F. Peacock, of the United States Rolling Stock Company, at Anniston, said that it's natural resources made it "easy for Alabama to compete, even in the worlds markets, in pig-iron, bar iron and steel products
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-10

IN modern English the "prodigal son" was chap who went away a dude and came back tramp.
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-10

When protectionist organs boast of what the tariff has done for our cotton cloth industry, do they include in that boast the cheapness of American labor at Fall River?