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The Forrest City times., 1891-08-21
The New Tower of Babel.

The thousand feet tower being erected in Paris is rapidly approach ing completion. Its night is now over 700 feet.
 One hundere and fifty men are em- ployed, but only about 40 in the high regions, and 20 picked men at the greatest night reached. The cold fs intense. but the men are obliged to have with them a movable forge to heat the rivets, so they do not suffer from it. All the different portions of the iron scaffolding composing the tower are hoisted up ready prepared and have only to be fitted and riveted in their proper places.
 On the highest point reached there is a steam engine working day and night, and two cranes, bearing a weight of 2l.0oo pounds. to raise the enormous shafts of iron which are pushed to the spot on trucks. To get each shaft into position maneuvres lasting 20 minutes are required; the workers are placed on movable floor rising with them and railed round, so that the actual danger is re- duced as far as possible. As work of engineering science it is marvellous, and as such all must wish for it's ulti. mate success.
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-21

''Gone to Fairevieww he exclaimed with sudden energy. "Then will follow, and take her by surprise; will go now" He turned to take his hat from side table; but his land- lady laid her hand upon his arm eagerly.
 No, no. Mir. Peregrine-no!" she urged. You must pardon my bold ness, sir, but you must not stir out of this house. If you do you'rea doomed man."
 "A doomed man! Do you mean the woman will murder me?n he returned, looking down at the anxious face of the buxom little woman with smile of amusement.
 No, no, mo-" she said "But you're doomed to disappointment if you let Mrs. Judith know you're here. You must keep in the house. I'll warn our people not to mention that you're here. If madam is coming home they're safe 10 send here for Q fly; for the horses are at livery in Ashford, and can't be got back in an hour or two. If l can find out the time when Mrs. Judith goes back, you might follow her in the same train"
 Clifford listened at first with some impatience, but eventually he yielded to Mrs. Toppings argument, and promised to follow her advice.
 Gro BE CoNTINUED.)
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-21
The Fiendish Types.

Perhaps no newspaper writer was ever more disturbed by trihe than was the society reporter who, in describ- ing the belle of recent fashionable party intended to say '.she looked au fait," but found that an unfeeling blacksmith had made it, .'she looked all feet.n
 The Cincinnati Enquirer once ere ated a genuine sensation by stating. in display type. that q gang Of American counterfeiters had been shaving the queen, when showing the queer" was what was intended.
 One of the worst instances of mis- prints caused by bad ehirography was where heading "A Honeymoon Cut Short' was printed as "A Hungarian throat
 Another equally disagreeable blun- der, to the parties interested, was where distinguished traveler was re- pored as having recently died ..in the richness of sin" The paper, however, apologized for this candid admission on the following day by saying that what the editor intended to say was "the interior of Asia. Nov Orleans Times Democrat.
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-21
The President Has No Home.

IL has been well said that the presi- dent of the United States has no house. He simply sleeps with his family at his office. and is no better provided for than the well.to-trades- man who lives over his store. As to privacy he has none. The house Is open nearly all the time to any one who wishes to enter and the goths and vandals are always on hand watching an opportunity to slip the lace cur tains or to secure surreptitiously, some coveted relic. he range is old and worn out, he sewerage bad, the ap- po.ntments wretched, and altogether ii is no place for the family of the president.
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-21
Two Smart Maine Women.

Two spiaster sisters up in Maine, who run slNty-tiye-acre farm, are credited with being tho smartest wom- en in tho state, says the Pittsburg Dispatch, One of ,hem chops every winter the yearly supply of ilre-wood. going into ihe woods early in tho sea son and remaining until the work is completed. She works in the hayfeld in summer and digs from seventy to a hundred bushels oI potatoes yearly and puts them in the cellar. The other sister Is tho carpenter of the family and has added all manner of Improvements 10 the farm.
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-21
A Short Time to Live.

Young Bacon--''I should like to make application for position as book keep iu your office.
 Mir. Yeast st-"But my hookkceper gives me perfect satisfaction
 Yes but you won't havo hi m long
 flows that?'
 "ile's just been married.
 les; understand that.
 Hes not long for this world. V
 What makes you think ao9n
 Why. his wife Is a graduate of a cooking school aud she does her own cooking Workers Statesman.
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-21
TRIAL.
By trial is proven

By trial is proven W What metal we arc: Our strength or rourweAkneso Affiiction lays bare; The grace and the beauty Deep sorrows unfold As fires of the furnace Bring out the pure gold. 'Tis not in kindness
 Cur Father of love Lets us, His dear children, Life's bitterness prove; Iris only to make us More holy and pure, And happy are they who Temptations endure. The brightest of sunsets, When evening draws nigh, Is marked by the presence Of clouds in the sky; And so shall our trials
 Adorn the bright scene When dying we triumph In glory serene,
 -C. w. Crofts, in Inter Ocean
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-21
Can See a Man Anywhere.

'sSo. you are running prohibition paper in Iowa nowp'
 .'Yes. and doing we'll. Sec this canea It was presented 10 me by local pro- hib:tion club"
 its a beauty
 ..You bet it is. and it holds pint " Nebraska State Journal.
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-21
Accurately Exnressed.

Merchant Travelor: ssIhis Is N lear ful existence of mine. said barber 10 q travelling man who vas one Of his regular customers. ..Don you liixc i,?"
 .Woll, should say not. This thing of fixing up old whitc-bearded men to look liko youth Of 20 or 2l is getting miscrably monotopous.
 Why, you ink like man who was tired of living"
 .No; that doesn't quite express 1t; I'm tired of dye-ing."
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-07-30
Tactics Extraordinary.

Immediately after the ordinance of
secession had been passed. and it became
apparent that there would be war, the
attention of the southern youth was di-
rected almost exclusively to ''Hardee's
Tactics" and especially to the drill of
the company. Military organizations
sprang up as thick as hops all over the
country, and the rivalry between them,
as well as the interest elected from their
civilian friends and admirers, was i'm
mense. There was one very fine COM
pany organized at Memphis, which &C
quirel a wide reputation for excellence
in all the evolutions. 1t was commanded
by a Mexican veteran, who was master
Of tactics and a martinez in drill.
Every afternoon a throng of people
would resort to the large vacant lot
whereon this company was receiving in
struction, to witness and applaud. Once,
when an unusually large crowd was col
lected, the captain became SO enthused
that after exhausting every recognized
movement he began to extemporize, and
shouted out the command, Company,
right and left oblique, march, The
men essayed to obey the order, and scat
tered widely. The captain racked his
brain for a proper command to bring
them together again, but the tactics
provided no formula for such dilemma.
At length, when the boys had become
strung out like 4 flock of wild pigeons,
and seemed about to separate forever. he
yelled in desperation, ''Huddle! gol darn
ye"-SOuthern Bivouac.
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heavily watered. The Straw Board and
Paper Trust is stated to have a econ
sg,iracy capital" of $4,000, 900. And so on.
A p
What Good Crons Won't Do.

What Good Crops Won't DO.
4 prominent loan agent said to us the
other day that one good crop with fair
prices would destroy the Alliance. Ha,
ha. that's good. The farmers have been
having good crops on the average for
many years. and yet the Alliance became
a necessity We should like to ask if
one good crop, with fair prices, will de-
stroy railroad extortion? VIII it equal
ize the burdens of taxation? Will it stop
usury extortion: Will it do away with
child labor? VIII it give work to the
millions Of idle men in the country at
remunerative wages? Will it give the
millions of female employees living wages?
Will it destroy the sweating system in
our factories? Will it compel the idle
parasites to go to work and earn an hon.
est living? Will it prevent the monopo-
iZation Of life's necessities by a handful
of our population?
Will it destroy speculation in land, the
heritage Of all Gods children? Will it
destroy speculation in the food products
of the world? VIII it destroy trusts?
Will it prevent the lockout Of honest
working people, thereby forcing up prices
by the limiting of output? Will it sup
ply school facilities for the millions of
children now crowded out? Win it de-
stroy the jobbery that now exists in
every branch of the public service,
wringing millions out Of the people to
satisfy the greed of a lot of slick schem-
ers? Will it secure an equa land exact
administration Of instice IN all naODle
alike? VIII it shorten the hours of toll?
VIII it correct all or any Of the damn
able ills that have grown out of the past
political administration of this country
Oregon Alliance Herald.
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RECOMPENSE.

We are quite sure
That he will give them back-bT;ght, pure
and beautiful.
We know He will but keep
Our own and His until we fall asleep.
We know He does moi. mean
To break the strands reaching between
The Here and There.
He does not mcan-though Heaven be
70 change the spirits there, that they
forget
The eyes appraised and wet,
The lips too still for prayer,
The deep despair.
lie will not take
The spirits which He gave, and make
The glOrificd new
That they are lost to me and you.
| do believe
They will receive
Us-you and me-and be 50 glad
TO meet rs that when most | would grow
sad
| Just begin TO think about that gladncs,,
An. the day
When they Shall tell us all about the way
That they have learned to go
Heavens pathways show.
My lost, my own and |
Shall have so much to see together by
and by.
do believe that just the same sweet face,
But glorified, is waiting in the place
Where we shall meet, if only
Am counted worthy in that by and by.
| do believe that God Will give swc ct
surprise
TO tear-stained, saddCncd eyes,
And that His Heaven WILDE
Most glad, most tidcd through with Joy
for you and me,
As we have suffered most. God never
made
Spirit for spirit, answering shade for
shade,
And placed them side by side
so wrought in one, though separate, mys
tilted
And meant to break
The quivering thread between. When we
shall wake,
am quite sure we Will be very glad
That for Il little while we were 50 sad.
(,6oruD RItuDIe
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A-fCtiiSON PHILOSOPHY.
Love will digest anything.

Tive persons who have lied to each other
can never become sincere friends.
\ man never gets so poor that he can't
borrow trouble without security.
There are few who can help needy
person without afterwards telling some
body.
When I; man is cross it is an evidence
that lie is suffering; he is entitled to sym
pathy, not reproaches.
Watch the hand that pats you on the
back. Nine times out Of ten it will after
wards Grole its way into your pockets.
You have only to say that woman is
pretty to hear some one else in the crowd
say, eyes, but she hasn't much sense"
Some men address people in the way a
farmer calls his pigs to corn, and then
wonder that they are rot more popular.
a philosopher is a man who can feel as
easy over his own troubles as he does over
his neighbours. There are no philosophers
Until the conceit is effectually taken out
Of a man, as it always is, sooner or later, it
Will do everything for him except pay his
board.
Before man is forty, he expects by ev-
ary mail Il letter telling him that he is the
man needed to take charge of important
business in some other part Of the world
Atchison Globe.
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NORTH CAROLINA PRESS
CONVENTION.

The next meeting of the North Car
lolina Press Association will be held in
Winston, Wednesday and Thursday,
August ! eth and 18th.
Already arrangements are being
made for the meeting. The Winston
people, who never do things by halves,
will give the editors grand time, one
that will be memorable in the AssOCi-
atoms history
| hope every editor who will attend
will notify me at once. must have
the names of all who will so as soon
A. possible, N order to arrange for
transportation, etc. Nh the railroads
Will give free transportation to and
from Winston. State exactly over
what lines and from what points you
desire passes. DO not leave me to in
fer anything.
No one but L bona Gdc editor or
publisher of newspaper in North
Carolina is eligible to membership in
the Press Association, and none others
will be entitled to any courtesles cX-
tended to delegates. This rule will
be strictly enforced. 1t is useless for
any one except an active editor or
publisher to apply for membership or
transportation. Every applicant for
membership must have been connected
with the newspaper business in the
above capacity at least three months.
Editors or publishers of college or
school papers, or other publications
having nothing in common with the
newspaper business, and owners of
papers not directly engaged in the
editorial or business management, are
not eligible, and will be rigidly ex-
Cludcd.
Members will remember that the
annual fees, $500, should be paid to
the Secretary and Treasurer before
the meeting. Applicants for member
ship must pay $500 iniciation fee,
which also pays their dues for one year.
This will most probably be the
largest convention the Association has
ever held. At the close an excursion
to the live town of Wilkcsboro, and
possibly other excursions will be on
the programme.
Do not delay, but write to me at
once, if you will go.
Frlternally,
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The Duty of Patriotic Farmers.

The farmer who has been standing
aloof and wishing the Alliance godspeed
in its undertakings, but has never at
tached himself TO the order, nor done
anything toward securing the results
accomplished, ha | best begin to hustle
or he Will not get in the procession until
the victory shall be won and the people
will be indulging in loud huzzas over
the triumph. The order needs you; it
wants your aid and your influence. 1t
desires the encouragement your presence
and aid would afford. 1t is the duty Of
every farmer to become member; it is
organized for you; it is fighting its bat
ties for your interest; it is making its
sacrifices for the promotion Of your well
fare. Come in and join the procession
and share some Of the glory of accom-
plishing one of the grandest and most
glorious achievements Of the middle
class in the history Of the world. The
right hand Of fellowship is extended
with a cordial welcome awaiting YOU
Thomasville (Ala.) Alliance Reporter.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-07-30
THE IMMORTAL SOUL.
Victor !!ugo's in,prOmptU Reply
to The Atheist.

At dinner party gwen to victor
Hugo in Paris some years ago lie de-
livered an impromptu address, in
which he gave expression to his faith
in the Infinite and in the souls I'M
mortality. His friend Houssaye, who
was present, says: Hugo at that
time was a man Of steel, with no sign
Of old age bout him, but with all the
agility, the supplcness, the case and
grace Of his best years. He was con-
tradicting the atheists, and his friend
says, s.bis face was bright With the
heavenly halo and his eyes shOnc like
burning Goals. There are no occult
forccs,' he said there are only luml-
nous forces. Occult force is chaos,
the luminous force Is God. Man is an
infinite little copy Of God this IS
glory enough for man. ! am a man,
an invisible atom, a drop in the ocean,
a grain of sand on the shore. Little
as am, feel the God in me, be
cause | can also bring forth from out
of my chaos. ! make books which are
creations; | feel in myself the future
life | feel like the forest which has
more than once been cut down, the
new shoots are stronger and livelier
than ever. am rising, I know,
towards the sky. The sunshine is on
my head. The earth gives me its
generous sap, but heaven lights me
with the reflection of unknown worlds.
You say the soul is nothing but the
results Of bodily powers. Why, then,
is my soul more luminous when my
bodily powers begin to fail? Winter
is on my head and eternal spring is in
my heart. There | breathe at this
hour the fragrance of the lilacs, the
violcts and roses as at twenty years
ago. The nearer | approach the end
the plincr | hear around me the i'm
mortal symphonies of the worlds which
invite me. 1t is marvellous, yet simple.
1t is fairy tale and it is history. For
half 4 century | have been writing my
thoughts in prose and verse, history,
philosophy, drama, romencc, tradition,
satire, ode and song. | have tried all,
but feel that | have not said a thous-
andth part of what is in me. When |
go down to the grave can say, like
many others, have finished my days
work but cannot say, have finished
my life. My days will begin again
the next morning. The tomb is not
a blind alley it is 4 thoroughfare. 1t
closes on the twilight to open on the
dawn"
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Under the above heading the New
Eernc /on,HaI says:
GrumblcrS exist every where in
great numbers and endless variety
Grumbling is a disease. In its first
stage II IS not considered dangerous.
1t IS something like nettle rash, some
what contagious, but not at all
epidemic. The remedy is fresh air,
wholesome food, genial company and
regular exercise In its second stage
the disease assumes I more malignant
form and Isslmllltes scarlet fever. 1t
poiSonS the sccrctiOns. intl1mes the
blood, vItlates the appetite and gives
to the most slvory food forhidding
tlstc. 1t breaks up the intercourse of
friends and ObStruCtS the channels of
trade. In lis third and last stage i
becomes 4 fatal and rcpulsiyc maladv.
resembling Smallpox or Yellow Fever.
Medical science is taxed to It's utmost.
Home IS exchanged for the pest-housc.
and instead OF the ministry OF mother.
wife, sister, daughter, IS bought service
OF hired nurse. Then, death comes
and when the hour arrives to Consicn
'.duSt 10 dust-ashes to ashes the
'epulcher is summed by kindred and
friend. The light of home is extin-
suished, '.Rachel weeping for her chill
dren and refusing 10 be comforted,
because they are not" Hideous
picture, but true
What are HustierS and who are
they? Hustlers are men and women
who never suCcumb- to circumstances.
but always make circumstances sue
cumb to them. Men who seeing a
vine determine to make it VINEYARD
who finding leaf prepare the way
tor groves and orchards. who looking
ont OH the broad expanse of waters
lay tile foundations of prosperous
commerce-McT. and women who
Know the world moves and move with
II. Mountains are no impeachment, fol-
they can be tunncled, chasms are No
hlndrance, for they can be bridged
len righteous men would have saved
30 dom, and ten Hustlers can save
city.
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III the Same Old Way.

Charles Gates, a minor son, wished to
enlist, but his aged parents objected to
it. One morning he was sent to drive
the cows to pasture on his way to work,
taking his dinner with him. But at
night he did not come back. because he
had run away and enlisted. He remained
through the three years without a fur
l2u3h, and returned with the regiment,
unharlnel by rebel bullets. He arrived
in til Old pasture at home one night
just at ''cowtime," and leisurely drove
up the same old cows as if he hadn't been
away for three years. His reception
was joyful one, none the less so be-
cause his coming was complete surprise.
EXCHANGE
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-07-30
La Grippe Again.

During the epidemic of La Grippe last
season DR.. King New Discovery for Con-
sumption, Coughs and Colds, proved to be
the best remedy. Reports from the many
who used it confirm this statement. They
were not only quickly relieved. but the
disease left no bad after results. We ask
YOU TO give this remedy Il trial and we
guarantee that you will lie satisfied with
results, or the purchase price will be re-
funded. 1t has no equal in Ia grippe. or
any shroat, chest or lung trouble Trial
bottles free at w. 7. Cheatham's drustore.
Large bottles -sl0c and 81 00
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ElUe and GRAY IN P;chu,oD1

While il Richmond I witnessed a
funeral of prominent citizen who had
been an active member in several So
cieties. My attention being attracted
by the music followed. l always fol-
low band. just as l did when bov.
ana on coming up to the procession
observed, with feelings that may not
describe, but which should like some
OF our northern G. A. r. men to have
witnessed, that the guard Of honor on each
side of the hearse was composed of the
blue and the gray. On one side walked
men III blue uniforms of the G.. A. R.
and on the other the gray of the Con-
Tolerate veterans.-War Path.
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Give the MiCrObG Killer a Trial,

1t is no experiment nor an untried rem
edy. Hundreds Of persons in this city have
used Or are now using this medicine, and
the cures effected in many cases are mir
acles.
1t has cured thousands who have been
pronounced INCURABLE. Sold in one
gallon jugs. Price three (S3.00) dollars.
A small investment, when life and health
an be obtained.
Beware Of fraudulent limitations. They
are usually cheaper, as they. use that
method of imposing on the public. One of
them held their price at $3.50 per gallon
for nearly two years. Not being able to
get their medicine in at that, they have
now reduced it to S1.5O, which is evidence
enough that it has not met with success.
A good medicine sustains itself in all COM
munties. A cheap medicine is the last
thing on earth suffering man wants,
The genuine sold only by
M. DORSEY, Druggist,
HENDERSON, N. c.,
CnIn a Sro,t f.>,. Women Cnur,f1-
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-07-30

MIR. ]. P. Cook editor of the Con
cord Standard, who knows Mr.. !. l..
Ramsey, associate editor of the Pro-
.SrtsS!ae EtvMcr, says this of him:
Whatever can be said about Bro.
Ramsey, the StGnHayI believes that he
Is honest, earnest and sincere IN his
uiterances. Mr.. Ramsey IS bold and
fearless. He, like all men, is liable
to err. We all err-err terribly some
tImes-and Ramsey's in the crowd.
If the Stanford believed that Ramsey
did all this talk (Which we know he
does not for buncombe, the STAR
@'rI would lose faith in him. Ramsey
IS sincere. feaEless-he has the courage
OF his convictions. The Progressive
Farmer prospered under his work :
may 1t do SO again.