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The Forrest City times., 1891-06-19

throat and essayed to strangle him.
 But, here, again, the second mate in- terposed. He grasped the poor, mad
 dened wretch by both wrists, tore
 away the hold, and restrained him from committing murder.
 When the frenzied creature saw that
 he had been overcome, he quieted
 down at once, his strength left him,
 and his head sank until it rested upon
 one of the gunwales of the boat, nor did he move again. In a few moments
 the earthly sufferings of our captain
 were over. He was dead.
 When the second mate saw that the lamp of life had flickered out, he stretched an oilskin coat over the in-
 animate form, and in voice stronger than any of the rest of us could
 assume, he sad:
 "You see the consequences of the rash act of the skipper. Now, if one of you attempts to do the same, 1 will kill him as would shark. Wait, | and bear your fate like men, for we do not know at what moment We may be rescued"
 As the undaunted officer ceased speaking, he rose to his feet and gazed long and earnestly around the horizon. l watched him closely and saw him start. Then he placed both of his brawny hands to his brow, as though to shade his eyes from the glare of the sun.
 Ut may be bird," he said to him self.
 Then he stopped, clutched me by both arms, and despite his consider ably weakened strength, lifted me high, until 1 sat upon his broad shoulders.
 Look, boy, look" he said; about two points on the star-b'd bow, and tell me if you see anything. Your sight may be as good as mine.' Yes, l did see something. It was a sail Never shall Iforget how my poor comrades received the joyful news. But had scarcely made the announce ment when 1 began to grow dizzy, and everything became black before my
 vision. l can just recollect hearing the
 second mate exclaim, "Ah, lubbers,
 did l not tell you that help was at
 hand? Then tainted, and knew no
 more until 1 found myself stretched
 on sofa ln a ships cabin, with
 strange faces bending over me. No,
 they were not all strange, for that of our faithful officer was there As 1
 opened my eyes he said, Thank God,
 the boy has survived the strainl" It was an English vessel which had | picked us up, bound from Calcutta to
 Liverpool, and the kindly treatment bestowed upon us by her captain and
 crew soon had us on our feet, little the
 worse for our terrible experencein the boat. The remains of our unfortu-
 nate and imprudent skipper were re- ligiously consigned to watery grave,
 and then we proceeded on our way to
 Great Britian.
 That shipwreck, however, taught
 me a valuable lesson, and it was sim
 ply the old adage, 'In time of peace prepare for war" l never allowed my boats to be without a goodly supply
 of food and water, for a sailor never knows at what moment he may be
 called upon to use them, and con sider captain little short of a mur- l derer who overlooks the precaution of being thus prepared for an emergency. This was my first shipwreck, and truly 1t was terrible one,
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-19
 A Few Farm Suggestions.

Any vice noticed at the time of training the colt should be firmly but kindly sup pressed. Any ungrainly or vicious habit will be noticed by buyers and so lessen the price, besides proving unpleasant or dangerous before the horse is sold.
 Exercise skill and judgment with your team when hauling heavy load. Some drivers when taking load to a given point will exhaust both wind and mus cles of team: while another. by taking advantage of the ground or by giving n rest where especially needed, will get ex- traordinary service out of team without injury.
 The aim of the horticulturist should be, of course, toward producing fruits of the very finest quality, but until buyers arc better educated in thN respect the man who grows fruit for profit must be sure to have such products as are attractive to the eye. If quality and appearance can be combined, so much the better; but quality is as yet second to appearance in selling
 The clover plant has two functions. one of feeding value and another of ma nurial value. and if we judiciously com hine them we shall certainly solve the problem of hard times. Every farmer, if his pocketbook will permit, should feed his clover to some kind of live stock on tho farm, and thereby obtain its great feeding value and return it to the farm 1t is Q most valuable manure
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-19
The Oil-Cloth Trust.


 II Is rumored that the oil cloth trust has broken up, owing to the fact that some of the large .obbers had been sell. ing table oil-cloths at prices lower than those fixed by the combination,
 It is said by the New York Carpet and Upholstery Trade RerietU that this com- bnation has been in existence for six years and has proved exceptionally sat- isfactory." The ReUie,p says further: dts record places it among the most suc- cessful trade combinations ever organ ized, and it is anticipated that It will only be very short time before tho manufacturers will get together again. !" Mckinley did all ho could for this tar itf trust in the way of raising duties The old duty was 40 per cent. and tho Mckinley compound duties according to the figures worked out by United States Treasury expert for the use of tho Senate-are equal to 66 per cent. While the duty on oil-cloth worth 25 cents a yard or less was left at 40 per cent ,, the duty on cloth above 25 cents was made Is cents yard and 30 per cent At this rate yard worth 3l cents, which was the average price of the small quantity imported last year, would pay duty of so per cent.-exactly double
 
 There was no excuse whatever for raising the duty. The importations for 1889, on which the Mckinley bill was | framed, amounted to only 662. 900 yards, worth S973, ,000: while it was stated be- fore the Mckinley Committee that the domestic manufacturers produce about ! lo,Goo,o 900 or l@,oCo,ooo yards per an mum.
 About seven eighths of the oil-cloth l consumed in this country goes into the homes of the poorer classes as table covers and carpets. Does it strike these consumers as very decent thing for Mckinley 10 increase the duty on an article so necessary 10 them, in order that the sixteen manufacturers may keep up trust prices on it?
 i It is said that only about ], 1000 labor CTS are employed by the trust; and there can be little question of protecting where the supposed interests of so small . number are involved. as against the in- i terests of millions of other laborerS | But these 1000 laborers do not get any thing great out of their so-called pro. tection to labor" their wages running only from 75 cents 0 Sl.50 per day. Great is the protection humbugl
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-19
PIG IRON PRODUCTION.
IS ENCLAND'S LOSS TO OUR
 GAIN?

Foolish Protcctionist Clairu--A Great Falling on in Our Pig Iron Production Figures Which Do Not Lc-Anothe Case Where Labor Gets Left.
 "England's loss is our gains is ono of those cheap and ignorant cries with which the protectionists attempt to de- fend their scheme of high tariff taxation for the American people.
 The shallowness of this statement may be seen from recent tariff picture" in Robert r. Porter's New York Press in regard to pig-iron foundres. This high tariff organ prints in heavy black letters at the head of it's editorial column the following bit of protectionist wisdom:
 "TARIFF PICTURES.
 "We are making an increased percent. age every year of the pig iron we use. We imported from England 32, 564 tons of pig iron in the first four months of 1890, and only 12,341 tons in the first four months of 1S9l."
 That is to say, we have increased our pig iron production by 2o,221 tons in these four months. although the Mckinley law leaves the duty at s6. 72 a ton, the same that it has been since 1883. But the high tariff organ could very easily have found out that the production Of pig iron shows tremendous falling of in the first four months of this year. The fact that very large number of furnaces have been shut down since Jan nary is well known to everybody who has kept himself at all informed as to industrial news.
 A recent number of tho Iron Age, the leading journal of the iron industry in the United States, gave some of the sta tistics of tho decrease of our iron pro- duction from January to May 1. The furnaces in blast the first week in each month since Dec. l, 1890, are stated as follows:
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-19

Sakers, bowls, dishes, teas, coffees, etc. ], iAys duty of Slo.5l; while the labor cost for making tho entire assortment in the great potterics of Trenton, N. J., is only S5- 36, not including the firing, which could hardly add more than . dollar or two to the labor cost. Thus the entire labor cost ir Trenton is S3 or S4 less than the duty which was to cover only the difference between wages in this country and England.
 That our potteries reap the full ben- eft of this extravagant protection is shown from the fact that this assort- ment costs S32. o1 fin New York, and only S19.12 in England. Is it any wonder that enormous fortunes have been made in the Trenton pottercs? One of the manufacturers, it is stated, who began business there not many years ago as a poor man is now . millionaire. Under McKinley's high duties our pottery in dustry is an expensive luxury.
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-19
Among tho Poultry.

Pussy hens generally make poor mothers
 Keep the hen house clean and well ven- tilated.
 When you begin shipping poultry pick out what you want to keep.
 Pullets that are matched early and arc kept growing will begin laying early.
 Fowls that fatten readily should have plenty of exercise or they will get too fat.
 Always feed and water well before ship ping, and be careful not to crowd too many into tho GOODS.
 Whenever fowl shows signs of sickness separate it from the rest of the flock as soon as possible.
 So far as possible keep the young fowls to themselves, at least until they can be given free range.
 When you have thoroughly learned to manage few fowls it will be time enough to keep large number.
 On the farm good facilities, good man. agement and good markets are more im- portant than the breed of fowls.
 An advantage with the incubator is that with good management much more even lot of poultry can be obtained for market by means of it.
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-19
Disappearance of an Island From the
 MerSey.

Richmond Island, which for long period was we'll known to the naviga- tors of the Mersey between Liverpool and Warrington, has disappeared, it's decay having been a gradual process. Situated in the bed of the river, be- tween Penketh and Poolmouth Brook near Fidlear's Ferry, the island has for many years been a great obstruc- tion to the navigation of the river up to Warrington. Of late, however, the advancing tides have greatly encroach- ed upon it's shores. About two years ago, the water made it's way through the centre of the island, dividing it in- to two parts, and leaving sufficient spacefor a small boat to pass through. Since then the water has rapidly washed away, and nothing is left now but sandbaAk, visible at low tides, and a rather awkward place for yes sel to get stranded upon.
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-19
Not to Be Stopped.

The Boston Globe tells d story re- lated by the assistant manager of the Symphony orchestra. The Friday afternoon rehersals of the orchestra, as IS we'll known, are attended by a great concourse of women.
 One afternoon the doors had just been opened. and there was grand rush up the stairs for the unreserved seats in the second balcony. In the crush one woman shed some of her fine feathers in the shape of an over. skirt.
 The assistant manager held it up and cried. Here. madaml"
 She turned and looked, but music and agood seat had charms. keep it for me, " she said, and hurried on up the stairs.
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-19
that they have really little advantage over those who own farms, and lease them for fixed price or to be worked on shares.
Good Teams and Good Farming.


 It is truer now than ever before that no good farming is possible without good working horses. The original cost is much greater, but it is only by their help that the full advantage of efficient help can be realized. Good farmers are the first to realize this. If the farmer be himself lazy and ineffi- cient he will naturally conclude that it does not matter much what kind of horses he works with. We are not wholly sure he is not half right in this conclusion. Hence, when we see a farmer blowing, or doing other farm work with an old. inefficient and per- haps half-starved team, it is proper enough to suppose that such farmer understands his business better than We can tell him, and knows best what kind of a team he wants to keep up with. Of course the best teams grow old in time, but horses active life is not half nor third that of an efficient man, and when the team gets past doing full days work, it should be disposed of and another secured that is fully capable. But if the loss from working inefficient teams were better understood, it would be much harder to sell old or poor horses than it is.
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-19
Dainty DairylnK.

The thick ''clouted' cream is easily sold If put up in cheap tumblers covered with parchment paper labels neatly cut and gummed on the edge of the glass My way of marking the labels was with a brass stencil plate, brush and red or blue ink, made by thickening a solution of dia- mond dye with starch. A fancy border around the name and brand. made in . complimentary color, will add to the ef. feet. It was said by writer of 1000 years ago that the farmer who studies the markets will increase in prosperity.
 Cream is a great delicacy and most valuable nutrient; it's fat goes directly into the blood without change by any digestive process, and hence 1t is not productive of nausea or indigestion to the dyspeptic And hence, too, its perfect purity is i'm perative. Cream brings much higher price than milk, moro money than butter, and Is easily saiable in towns, and even in Villages l sold large quantity of it in strawberry season for 30 cents n quart. when butter brought only B cents. and . quart of thick cream will mako only one pound of butter.
 Dairymen able to prepare their goods in an attractive manner will find customers in even small villages. where others cannot make sales. The appearance pleases and when tho quality is found as good as the looks the market becomes permanent A cake of good butter. wrapped in fresh parchment paper. with a bright trademark and the owners name upon it, will bring 5 cents moro for the half pound or the pound than chunk of the same mako cut out of tub found a rod ribbon tied around the wrapper helped to sell every cake so wrapped before cue of the same lot not so wrapped was disposed of. To please the eye Is necessary to reach the palate some- times
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-19
Use for Kicking Cows.

If milk is not sold as milk. but only used for making butter. it is often worth quite as much for fattening calves as for anything else. This makes it possible to save kicking cows. to which successive series of calves may be put in turn to suckle until fat, and thus with no trouble to tho owner the milk is converted into as much money as in any other way. The calves take all the kicks, though gem orally COW that kicks a human milker will be very loving towards sucking calf
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-19
 Improving Rented Land.

A really good farmer almost neces- sarily improves whatever land he works. In England or even in Ireland the laNs are made so that they give the tenant part at least of the value that ho has added to the farm during his lease of the premises. Here, If a tenant makes the farm better, it may prove his injury by raising the rent.
 But so many farmers who own their land only do it to decrease fertility
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-19
Hints to Housckecpers. ..

Use soap bark for cleaning woollen dress goods.
 Cream and acids do not curile. while milk and acids will
 In severe paroxy sms of coughing, try one or two tablespoonfals of pure glycer- inc, mixed with hot, rich cream It is said to give almost immediate relief
 Children's clothing should be as light and warm as possible, with flannel or wool next to the skin; either material so worn will ward of dangerous chills and prevent colds
 The best way of preserving silver orna- ments Is to wrap them in silver paper and lay them in a tin box filled with arrowroot dry arrowroot, not, of course, mixed with water.
 dainty little cracker is now served with oysters on fashionable tables It |, in the shape of blue-point oyster she'll and Is said to be specially nice in quality as well as picturesque in form.
 By applying little of the best carriage oil varnish carefully with camel's hair brush do the edges of broken china, the parts being neatly joined together, the fracture will. when thoroughly dry, be hardly perccptiblc, and the china will stand fire and water
 An egg cooks just under the boiling point. and if custard bois it Is liable to curdle. To tell just when it is cooked suf- ficiently, dip spoon into the hot custard. and if a coating remains upon the spoon the custard should be taken from the fire at once; but if the spoon comes out clean let the custard cook minute more, then test it again
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-19
McKinleyism on the Dinner Table.

A most striking illustration of the ex- travaganoe of Mckinleyism is found in common white chinaware. Our manu- lecturers of pottery have been in the habit of claiming that they asked for no higher duties than would equalize the difference in wages between this country and England. How much truth there is in this claim may be seen from the fol- lowing case:
 An assortment of china, commonly known as graniteware, consisting of twen- ty-two dozen pieces (dat and deep plates,
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-19
Barnum's Kindness of Heart.

Once in New Haven a little boy whose father was a friend of Barnum was too sick to go to the show, so Mir. Barnum had the parade pass the house and then sent two performing elephants around to do their tricks in the front yard for the little fellows netit.-Chicago News
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-19
Early Trainin z.

Fear of spelling (p) is the great bugbear raised by certain men who put off all thought of education until the colt is four or five years old, writes an experienced horse breeder. Fear of weak constitutions is the reason given for letting the colts warm themselves on manure piles and live on straw, be- cause of which hundreds of colts will go to pasture in the spring in poorer condition than they are to-day and without having made any growth. Is 1t any wonder that such men complain that horse breeding doesn't pay? The first year of the colts life should be fruitful of instruction. The colt will learn more easily when six months old than when n year old. It can also be controlled more easily. Hence it is wise to handle the colt early. Its early training should not stop with breaking to halter. 1t should be handled until any part of its limbs can be rubbed and until 1t will drive as we'll as lead To teach 1t all this and to keep it from forgetting what 1t has learned is lit- tie trouble. but if the colt is of good stock the trouble is well paid for. Practice a little common sense with the young stock. and note tho high rate of interest coming back to you as the result of the investments. -Ameri- can Trotter
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 years 1889 and 1890, with the duties on the same, were as follows: Imports in lsso pounds. 72T, ,9s5 ea7 Naius of the same commencement S2l GOA 2W Imports in lsso pounds. .67A. .G6<. 455 Duties paid ts. 1t6. .otA Imports for the first nine months of the present fieal year--L 6. from July l. 1890, to March 5l, ls9l--were as follows: Imports. nine months, pounds. .62a. .oia, aot Naiuc or the sAme. S2u asb, ,ot5 buties patu ,... ...-.......r...s.-..... c,1H. i54 If the Mckinley duty of e.2 cents per pound had been calculated upon the above quantities for two years and nine months, the total duties collected during this time would have been S43, 6eT, GOO, instead of S2o,275, 900, the duties actu- ally paid.
 From the above figures any one can calculate the price of tin plate per pound without the duty. For 1889 and 1890 the prico averaged cents: for the nine months ended March 3l, it was 8 34--caused by the mere prospect Of the Mckinley duty.
 These prices are below the price of sheet-iron in the United States How then can we make tin plate as cheap as the Welsh?
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-19
Weekly ca


Aprli May'... ...os2ao
 Any one who is curious to know just what the total falling off was from Jan. 1 to the end of April can easily reach the total from the figures here given. It will be found that the decrease in production was considerably above s00.- 900 tons. These figures may appear large, but that they are not excessive may be seen from other figures compiled by the American Mdntfdcturer, an ex- tremely high tariff trade paper, pub lished at Pittsourg, Pa. Early in April this paper published table showing that the number of active blast fur naces in the country on the lst of April was 23l, with weekly capacity of ll3.- 316 tons, while the idle furnaces num- bered BOP, with capacity of 13T,213 tons per week.
 The shutting down of more than half the furnaces of the country necessarily throws out of employment thousands of laborers to whom protection has been promising, all these years, good wages and steady employment.
 So much for the silly claim of the Press that our production of pig iron in- creased 20. 900 tons from Jan. l to April 30. since our imports from England fell off by that amount By the same cheap method the Press has shown that many other American industries arc turning out more goods than last year. The falling of in the imports of women and childrens dress goods from England is made to show to dollar just how much more of those goods the domestic manu- lecturers arc producing this year; and so with worsted and woolcn goods for mems wear.
 The Press does not seem to have caught the famous words of Jay Gould las. fall when the Mckinley bill passed: Il cannot see that the new tariff of itself will be disadvantage to the country. If 1t increases tho cost of some articles people will simply use less of them. Take wool, for instance. If the tariff on wool makes clothing cost more, a person will get along with one suit where he would otherwise have two."