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The Forrest City times., 1891-03-27

"what Is ity' inquired Ross, siackeninr his pace, so that the other might with more ease and dignity keep up with him.
 "That is to say, think 1t of great import. ance to you; possibly you may think other. wise"
 What Is 't?'
 'I have friend who ia the head of a firm of shipowners. and he told me that they ara In want of q man who should be himself a pilot, to take general charge of all the ar. engagements with the pilots for their ships. He would have permanent engagement at good salary, and It struck mo that you were the very man for the post"
 T might be-" was the reply with sub lued smile which Cargill did not observe.
 "You would be. Why should you waste your time in such ferry boats as the Mer- uatd when you have such . chance as thiss For you have only to say the word and can almost promise that you shall be the man chosen"
 And whom would be wantedr'
 "Well, a understand, you would have to be at the oficc in two or three days"
 'I doubt It cannot come my way"
 "Why not?"
 Because I have to % with the Mer. matd."
 'Oh. you can easily got out of that en- gagemenk will undertake to arrange 1t for yeu."
 Thank you, but promised to go and l am going. Moreover, like to manage my own business"
 Then you refuse?"
 Il am not clear that that there Is anything to refuse except to break my word, and 1 dc refuse to do that"
 'tOh, very we'll" said Cargill loftily, 'as you please. l thought to render you ser vice, and can assure you such chance is not likely to fall in your way again."
 "Then must just try to do what is in my power to get on without it."
 Ross gave . parting nod and went on. Cargil halted abruptly and stood looking after hinAas long as hc was in sight.
 What was the man thinking about? The dropping of the heavy brows over the small dark eyes suggested that his thoughts were unpleasant ones. He had tried a harmless expedient for preventing Ross going with the Mermaid and had failed. He believed that he could have secured for him the en- grgement he had spoken about but he had somewhat metamorphosed it's real nature in order to suit hls purpose. Well, there were other ways of keeping him out of the Ncr- n,dtd, at least for this trip.
 He would see old Murray Chat was the irreverent way in which he thought of the great Captain DuncanD, and get him to cancel the engagement. Yes, he would see him before the night was out. What fool the old skipper mus. be not to sec that this fellow was after his money and his daugh- ter!
 But he would sec him put that little mat ter right. After all, 1t was tho easiest way, and he had been only wasting time in try. ing another.
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-27
A MAIDEN FAIR.
CHAPTER ". CONTINUED.
BY CHARLES GrBBox.

 Bhe Was exasperated by his coolness and made movement as if she would rise, but fell back on her chair with the old cry
 Walt till get up and I'll set ye bonnie dance, my braw lad--you that canna come to see me ance in . month cause ye're shamed to he seen amang the folks that ken whaur your braw duds cam frae. But bide Ye. Tn gaun to hac the lawyer here and I'll settle ye. And I'm gaun to hae Bob Koss as witness
 Bob Rossw muttered Cargill, for the first time reused from his lcthargy; "he's eternally turning up where he isn't wanted" "Ay, it's like you to r1lsca' folk that arc better than yourself. He looks after them that bclangs to him whiles ye gang aR to your grand chambers in Edinbro' and Lon don, and are feurt folks should ken you got your siller faire the puir auld fsh-wife that 70 leave here."
 His lethargic nature was not capable s4 burning into flame; but tho spark which ahe had thrown into 1t by the rcention of Bob Ross had stirred tho embers into . glow, and this last shaft ellclted spark. "You know quite well, mother, havo pressed you often enough to leave this place"
 "Leave this placer' she cried angrily, ~where everything was won--na likely" "Very well. don't try to force you, and Idon't think 1t Is fair thatyou should grum- blc at me because you are here."
 Its because of you that am here. But wait till get up and I'll settle ye.'
 Well, well, let that be. want to talk to you about this arrangement with the captain"
 .Ay, ay," muttercd tho old woman with greeiy eyes, her whole manner to him sud. denly changing as If she were about to make bargain with him. What aboot that? What aboot that?'
 "He has no objection 10 the match pro vided we can show money enough to start with. and he will settle everything upon his daughter"
 That's capital" cried the cid woman gleefully and quite reconciled to her son. forgiying in that moment all his extrava- Esnces. But tho lass-what did the lass sayy"
 Il have not asked her yet"
 Bell Cargill leaned back in her chair and stared at her son. gasping.
 "Ye idiot--do you no ken that was the frst thing ye should hae dune?"
 'I shall have plenty of time for that" was tho placid answer. Murray has got cargo for Peterhead and am going with him; {; and she will be there of course. But in any case she wou q not say no when her father said yes-she Is accustomed to the word of command"
 The mother looked at her son admringly. almost for the first time.
 "Weel," she said, chnckling, there's some Q my bluid in ye after a. That's just fine. You'll hae her a to yoursel', aud Q lad Q ony mettlc can mak' lass agree to onything when that's tho case if he just speaks pretty enough"
 Old Dick Baxter put his head in at th, door.
 Here's Bob Ross noo, Boil. Do ye want him to come ups" he said.
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-27
He Worried the Police.

A few years ago the police of New
 ark, N. J., had an experience about
 which they decline to talk even yet.
 One day man of respectable appear
 ance walked into police headquarters
 at Newark and said; Il am dry
 goods merchant from Chicago. I was
 passing through here and stopped of
 at the station. l had valise with
 t27 GOO in bills in it. left the valisc
 on a seat in the waiting room while l stepped out for moment. When 1
 came back 1t was gone. am forum
 ntely not entirely without money as I
 happened to have few hundred dol
 lars in my pocket"
 The police were at first inclined to
 boubt but when the man told of two
 men who had followed him from Chi cago and had acted suspiciously. the chief was interested. He ordered dili-
 gent search for the robbers. Circum-
 stances came up which verified the
 mans story, and the result was a
 great hue and cry. The man went to
 hotel to await developments. He
 spent his own money freely. and en- couraged the police in every way. Several days passed. The story and
 the descriptions of the supposed rob-
 bers were telegraphed all over the country. They were seen here and there. Would-be detectives In small towns made arrests. The newspapers wore full of it and the mystery grew each day. Finally the man from Chi cago took one of the detectives aside and said to him:
 Perhaps should have explained one feature of this case sooner It may have an important bearing. The fact is 1 am Jesus Christ, think these robbers may have been the devil
 In disguise.
 The detective stared at him and then called in other detectives who put the man under arrest. At first it was thought that the loss of the money had turned his head. But it at last came out that. aside from the fact that he
 was Chicago merchant, tho story was false in every particular. The police werc enraged. and locked the hoaxer tn an asylum as soon as possible. They still remember the great laugh that arose all over the country.
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-27
Stick Pin There.

One day man rushed into the New York police headquarters much excited. He was deaf and dumb. He seemed almost prostrated with terror. After they had calmed him little he ex- plained that he had been robbed of Sl, 900 by some men who had thrown him down and had nearly choked him to death. The inspector had -earch- ing examination made. and after a day or two proved conclusively by the mans friends that he had not been robbed. and that he was not even deaf and dumb. The inspector was not pleased at having this sort of trick played upon him. So he sat the man down in a chair and engaged him in conversation. One of the detective sergeants slipped up behind him and jobbed pin into his back about two inches, The deaf and dumb man rose straight up and yelled:
 Great God, inspector, what was that?"
 That" said the inspector, '.is my cure for dumbness. Gitl'
 He was gone. and seems to have been permanently cured.
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-27
d Cenf. A.ress sA.s.

A Georgla editor has an o.d Confede- rate shoe manufactured for the govern nsent In 1884. just before the war ended. The cole 1. fslly thres-quarters of an inch thick sad is made of poplar wood, evidently shaped with . hatchet or drawing knife The upper is attached to the sole with strip of rawhids rum niaG entirely around the shoe. tho leather being held to the cole with largo saxpst tackA Tho upper ' of rough cowhide. drsesed only - ths insi1A- -
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-27
What Allied Him.

'.Is he bad hurted, Yer HonorP'' sobbed the wife as the doctor emerged from the room.
 Madam, en afraid his injuries are fatal. His internal organs are crushed together. his ribs fractured and his whole body compressed into half it's natural space. What terrible weight fell upon him-or was he caught be- tween the carsa"
 Sure. doctor there wasn't nothing fell upon i'm. He jusht put on van ol them unnhrinkable Aannn1 shirts m then IT o1neht n ths rain kGAk
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-27
Lew w.li.ee,s Rheum.s,....

Gen. Lew Wa'lac says that ,,oul- tice of mustard aad garlic applied to the soles of the feet will cure rheuma- tism in one night. He is either . mighty good doctor or he has . sample of very poor rheumatics, and it will be better for him to stick to Ben Hur and let the regular doctors attend to the other thing.
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-27
Japane.., uf,rts.

The clergymen who follow Talmage in declaring that filtration is damna- tion" would be happy in Japan. where irritation is q penal offensc. But it would puzzle them to tell the Japa- nese women what to do with thoir fans Cape Cod Item
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-27
Nicely nalA.

Let us sometimes step aside from the smooth and nowery pafhs in which we are permitted to walk in order v vioW the t0ilsome narqh q our te11oup through the thorny dsssst
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-27

meet her in certain place. She com plained bitterly of the hardness of . lot which would compel her to waste her youthful charms, but she said she must do as the Lord bid her.
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-27
A Matter of Color. How many men feel called upon, How many yainly choose To paint the town glory red To get rid of the blues.
Suspense.

Suspense. Elysium is as far as to The very nearest room, If in that room q friend await Facility or doom. What fortitude the soul contains That it can so endure The accent of a coming foot The opening of 6 door.
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-27
ss~amseass on she Brain.

Capt. Reilly of the New York police tells of man who called on him with an odd complaint He WAS a quiet gentlemanly person. well advanced in years. He said; Fl am much troubled with large stcamboats ploughing up and down near my house at night They make great whistling and blow ing. and cannot sleep for them" Capt. Reilly supposed the man lived near the water front. and said: Where's your home'"
 Il live in Seventeenth street, between Seventh and Eighth avenues. said he The steamboats go up and down Sev- enteenth street. It Is very annoying. " 1t must be, said Capt. Reilly. m have it stopped"
 The next day he sent around and told that he had had the steamboats stopped. A few days aftcrward the man called and thanked him. They have stopped entirely" said he. 'and can never repay you
 That's all right" said the police
 officer, Seventeenth street is net a water thorotghfare and we never could allow it. You will not be disturbed any more"
 Dr. Douglass of the Insane board of the Bellevue hospital says that these cases arc generally difficult to detect. A few days ago young German wo- man was brought to the asylum to be examined as to her sanity. They watched night and day for five days, and neither said nor did any, thing Ou' se way. The sixth day she told IT. -se c0nfldentially that God had ni cd to her in vision, and he'd tc. to 70 and marry . cegtain whit sdolA m who Wonla
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-04-07

SECT. 81 No person shall use dynamite or any other
explosive or any poison for the purpose of destroying
and two months imprisonment in the county JAIL for
each ofense. TApproved March 191
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-05-03
RATHER A TAME SHOW.
Fitzsimmons On Exhibition-One
Very Clever Bout.

The audience gathered at the Olympic
theater last night. when the curtain
rolled up, was not as large as might
have have been expected, considering
the distinguished array of pugilistic
talent OH exhibition. The opening con-
test was between Tom Holdin. of Min
neapolis, and Billy O'Brien, of st. Paul.
Both are clever men, and they spared
three scientific rounds. the last one a
rafting good give-and-take session.
Then came Ben Mowatt. the champion
club swinger, in very clever exhibl-
apolis, and John McInery. of Chi
cago, with the Fltzsimmons com
bination. followed. The latter is
as clever as they make 'em and too big
for the Minneapolis lad, but they made
a clever exhibition of scientific sparring.
Tommy Ryan. of Chicago, and Jim
Hardy, of Minneapolis. went in for a
three-round go. Hardy is clever and
big enough. He hardly knows how
good he is, and so to his surprise
knocked Ryan off his pins in the first
round. Ryan came up warm in the
collar and put in the remaining two
the Minneapolis man through the ropes.
and finished up without any the best of
the deal. Hardy was mad at the
tactics Ryan had pursued. and
wants to fight him in two weeks to a
finish. The closing event was three
round bout between Bob FitZslmmons,
middleweight champion of the world
and Dannie Needham, the clever weller
weight. Fitzsimmons looked too finely
trained. He is well named 1.-The Kan
garoo," for his reach is terror and his
style peculiarly that of FitZsimmOns.
Needham did some very clever work,
but the Australians superiority was
plainly evident. Needham said after
the contest:
1.-The long fellow is a wonder.
never put up my hands to as clever
man. You can't tell where he's coming
or when. L believe he's a world
beaten" The exhibition was not of
much value as showing the ability of
the Australian, but it pleased the crowd.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-05-03
Scraps of Sport.

The ST. Thomas nine defeated the univers-
ity team, at the formers grounds, by a score of
TO 6. The features of the game were the
pitching of Fleetham who struck out thir-
een men: the catching of Rinke. and the
batting of Rinke. McCarty and Ryan of St.
Thomas, and Watrous, of the university
Team. Brabec, Hawley and Watrous were the
battery of the university.
The Dayton's Bluff Diamonds will play the
Hastings Clippers this afternoon. The bat
terry for the diamonds will be Shwarzel and
Kelly; for the Clippers, sampson and Con.
ley. The game will be played at Highwood
park.
Uphams nine visited the Junior Eclipse
yesterday afternoon, and were beaten by a
score of ~ to 1. The features of the game
was the battery work of Fitzgibbon and
Cashier, and the hard hitting of McCullah.
The Burr Street nine defeated the st.
Anthony Parks, on the latter's ground, by q
score of is to s. The battery for Burr street
was Mullane and Smith, and Eldridge and
Blake for the Parks
"Slivers'' Tuckerman, st. Paurs old pitcher
who has been out of the business for some
time, has returned to the diamond, and is
pitching for Providence IN the Eastern
league.
ST. Johns ball nine defeated Casey's nins
by sco;e of II TO s. Batteries: Ed Slater
and Christ Casey for the Caseys, and dimes
and Conroy for the st. Johns.
Manager Watkins has signed Pitcher Flood
He. Dalton, Schmit and frost are practicins
in st. Paul. Schmit is again developing grea
speed.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-05-03
THE REJUVENATED PARK.
Great improvements Made at the
Base Ball Grounds.

A representative of the GLOBE visited
Athletic park yesterday afternoon and
found that great Improvements had
been made there under the direction of
j. NJ. Pottgieser. The left field fence
has been set back ninety feet and the
right field fence siXty-fiye feet-so far,
in fact, that ball will seldom be hit
with sufficient force to drive it outside
the enclosure. 1t will, however, be pos
sible to make home runs by driving the
sphere into deep center field. A large
number of the old seats have been re-
moved from the grand stand and COM
Portable benches built in their
places. The grounds have been
rolled and are in a first-class condition
for the opening with Kansas City on
Tuesday Motor trains will be run to the
park as usual this year. Those desiring
to go by street railway, however, can
do so via Robert street. A sidewalk
has been built portion of the way, and
steps will be run down from the bluff
in week. At the initial game the bat
ting order of the Saints will be:
ORourke, 3b; Abbey. IF; Baldwin, C;
O'Brien. Id; Conley, Oh; Ely, SIS; Goode-
nough, If; Hamburg, CT; Meekin, p. Um-
pire Will be Collins. Tuesday afternoon
! at the Kansas City and st. Paul teams
will pass through the streets in car
riages preceded by brass band, and it
is confidently expected 5000 people will
turn out to the game.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-05-03

She can set the savauts laughing and make
even dudelets smile.
She has no attacks of talent she is not
stage-struck maiden.
She is wholly free from hobbies, and she
dreams of no career
She is mostly gay and happy. never sad or
care beladen,
Though she sometimes signs a little if
gentleman is near.
She's sturdy little walkerand she bravesJall
kinds of weather.
And when the rain or fog or mist drive
rival crimps wreck,
Her fluffy hair goes curling like kinked I'D
ostrich feather
Around her ears and forehead and the
white nape of her neck.
She is like a fish in water she can handle
reins and racket,
From head to toe and finger tips she's thor
oughly alive;
When she goes promenading in a most dis
tracing jacket
The rustic round her feet suggests how
laundresses may thrive.
She can dare the wind and sunshine in the
most bravado manner,
And after hours of sailing she has merely
cheeks of rose.
Old Sol himself seems smitten and at most
will only tan her.
Though to every body else he gives a dam
ger signal nose.
She trihe sentimental and she's fond of
admiration,
And she sometimes fiirts little in the sea-
sons giddy whirl:
! But win her if you can, sir, she may prove
your salvation,
For an angel masquerading oft is she-the
Summer girl.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-05-03

n0ugh took his base on balls, and wa
un out at second Oh O'RourNe's H"rd
it to right, and was caught off the base.
lbbey found the ball for a safe hit, and
baldwin brought them both in with a
ONE run hit just TO the left of center.
amt OBren failed to reach first in
inc, ami then in the eighth Hart
worked his base On balls. Conley fl W
cut 10 center aud Ely made
4 circular hit. Hamburg's eye
vas not equal to the emergency, so his
lub and the ball failed to connect
iOOdenough, however, connected for
wo bases, then McNabb was taken out
f the box and Kennedy substituted, to
rhOm O'Rourke kindly presented a
hree-base-hit. and Abbey, if anything
more kindly spirit, punched the ball
nut so far that he got back to the place
+ contact before the ball did. In the
Eighth Sinner O'Brien was holding
own second base when Curtis knocked
short fly in the infield that seemed
God for hit, being too far in for the
utfield, but Conley caught it with one
and and tossed it to Saint O'Brien,
& no had a double play of firSt-class
der. The score:
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-05-03
Measures of Retaliation.

OTTAWA, Ont, May 2.-The Hon.
George Taylor, member of the dominion
parliament for the county of Leeds,
will reintroduce his bill to prohibit the
importation of foreigners under con-
tract to labor IN Canada. This measure
was dictated last session by desire to
retaliate upon the United States for its
similar restrictive measures against
Canadians. The government was not
favorably inclined towards the dill on
the occasion of its first appearance.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-05-03
WESTERN ASSOCIATION

Leaving Lincoln out of the calcula
ton, the contest for the Western assO-
citation pennant is the prettiest i'll the
history of the orga niZation. Minneapo-
lis is again in the lead, but the margin
of the Millers over Kansas City, in sew
enth place, is so slight is to be hardly
worth mentioning. All of the travelling
teams are doing such fine work as to
lead to the suspicion that the final fight
will be among st. Paul, Minneapolis.
Sioux City and Milwaukee. 1t is al
ready apparent that Lincoln is too
weak to keep up with the procession.
and Dave Rowe should Immediately
begin to hustle for stronger men. Kan
sas City is suffering because all its
pitchers are out of condition, but the
club will be IN good fighting trim when
weather warns up little. The record
of the teams follow:
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-05-03
WHERE THEY PLAY.
Also Where Some of Them Don't
PIay

WASHINGTON, May 2. President
Young celebrated May day by issuing
the following bulletin of contracts, re-
leases and suspensions:
Contracts for 1S91-With New York, Louis
Whistler, John Sharrott r. D. Buckley;
with Cleveland, Z. W. Seward; with Gin
cinnat, W. A. Letham; with Syracuse,
T. Mclaughlin, j. j. Gallsher P. II. Friel,
William Smalley: with Elmira, John Fee;
with Rochester X. ID. Blauveit, c. II. Tier
ney; with Albany, James Devlin, B. NJ.
Brown, Henry Kappel, Doc Kennedy; with
Providence, ID. L. Burke, D. It. Murphy, NJ.
j. Sullivan, H. yesterday, W. P. Ennis. P. j.
Hartnett; with Manchester, C. Briggs
George L. Cross. W. S. O'Neill,
Weiman Andrus. S. F. Nichols, James
Callohy, j. n. Burke, II. Dunning,
James O'Connor. Daniel F. Coughiin; with
Denver: It. O'Rourke; with Lincoln: j. c.
Grove: with st. Paul: Thomas Flood: with
Spokane. Thomas Turner, A. Twineham,
| George Fulton, Thomas Conover, j. Sturzell,
y. Flaherty, T. j. WEIGH, a. ". Law