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The Forrest City times., 1891-02-06
A Brave Texas Girl.

A telegram from San Antonio. Texas, gives this remarkable story of frontier bravery. the heroine being Pauline Collier, sixteen years old. Of Childress, in the Panhandle country. She is a pupil in the Childeess school and. a.- though she lives ten miles from that town. makes the trip back and forth each day on Il spirited Texas pony. One morning recently she left home at an early hour, and was riding lcisurely along when she espicd an enormous catamount North Ameri- can tiger) immediately in front of her. crouched in the short prairie grass, ready for a fatal spring. With admirablc presence of mind Miss Collier seized the lariat hanging at her saddle bow, and with great dex- terity the animals neck was encireled with the deadly coil. At word from its mistress the pony which Miss Col Tier rode sprang away at gallop. dragging tho savage but helpless mon- ster to death. Upon becoming satis- fled that the savage brute's life was extinct. the young lady united the rope from the pomnel of her saddle. leaving the beast stretched upon tho prairie behind her Proceeding on her way to school she met several cowboys and related her story. They went to the spot where the dead pam ther lay and stripped off it's s.de. which will be made into a robe and presented to the courageous girl The panther weighed 2l0 pounds. Farm, Field and Stochman.
The Forrest City times., 1891-02-06
A Good Pudding.

Roll fine ten Boston crackers, and one quart of boiling milk. Take one cup of sugar and mix with one tea spoonful each of salt, cinnamon, cloves. allspice and mace, all finely powdered. Break into this four eggs, and give the mixture few whisks to mix well together before adding it to the hot milk and crackers. Stir in one cup of molasses one half cup Of chopped suet, pound of chopped and seeded raisins, one half pound Of citron cut in bits. u cup each of seed less raisins and entrants. and two ounces of candied orange peel This can be baked in an earthen baking pan, slowly. for five hours. It keeps well for u length Of time. A sauce to serve with it can be made without wine by this recipe:
 Rub together two tablespoonsful of flour, a half cup of butter, half tess- spoonful of nutmeg, and pint of boiling water. Mix with wooden spoon.
 For making pumpkin pies, the pumpkin should have been boiled as dry as possible. After sitting tho pulp. use two cups of the pumpkin for each pint of milk. When ginger is usod no other flavor. ing is required. For delicate squash pie rose water is sometimes used in tlavoring. When eggs are used they should be stirred rather than beaten in. Molasses and dark sugar for sweeteuing make dark. rich-looking pies. which is considered tho beauty of pumpkin pie.
 For cranberry tart, a pint Of sugar to a quart Of berries is the amount of sweetening considered needful. - Chr,Stian ds Hork.
The Forrest City times., 1891-02-06
Provisions for n Long Trip.

Have you any mince pie?" he .aid bustling up to the proprietor of Mas sau street restaurant and letting his autumn tinted nose harmonize with tho cranberry tarts.
 Certainly. sir"
 Little early, isn't it. for mincs'"
 "Oh no"
 Aren't remnants or mark downs from last year, are they?"
 "Of course not, answered the pro- prietor indignantly.
 Well. you do me up whole pic I'm going to start for Omaha at 5 o'clock and want stAyer for tho trip You see" he added, leaning conhden- tially on the cake rack. "when I went West last year. ate half . mince pic before I started. Well, sir, never saw anything stand by yer like it. Couldn't eat mouthful of anything till l got to St. Louis. This year I'm buying whole pie, and reckon sh, II see me clean into the State of Nebras- ka "-NelD Fork Tribune
The Forrest City times., 1891-02-06
make a living9 Though of course there

make a living?' Though of course there are many avenues open to capital and to the man of brain and brawn, the back bone of the country Is horticulture. This, more than all other industries com bined, has made many people with no capital at all well to do in a compara- lively short time Nor is horticulture confined to growing . few varieties of fruits, but embraces pretty much the fruits of the temperate and semi-tropic zones, all of which are produced with the same unvarying success in all portions of Southern California, some localities being, of course, better adapted to par ticular kinds" The same paper claims, further, that land for orange groves is now selling at even higher prices than during the "boom period"
 California raisin makers are exporting largo quantities of their product to Australia, and have begun to make ship ments to England also. But all the same they must have high duties to pro- tect the home market and hold it for themselves Some time ago correspon- dent of the San Francisco Chronicle said in that paper: "Contracts for figs for next month run from $50 to $s0 ton, and raisins in the sweat-bo are easily contracted for at S120 ton. In conse- qucnce of this boom in fruits it is thought there will be fully i2,000 acres of decduous and citrous fruit orchards planted in Southern California before next May"
 Yet with this very prosperous show ing of the California fruit industry, tho growers represented to Maj. Mckinley last spring that they needed higher pro- lection on all kinds of fruit Mckinley ohediently gave them the duties asked for. The duty on oranges was about doubled, but the Senate restored the old rate. Mckinley, however, succeeded in putting a duty of 30 per cent. on the boxes or barrels containing the oranges. The duty on raisinS and figs was raised from cents 3 pound to ? 3a cents. On piums and prunes the cent duty was dOuhipd
The Forrest City times., 1891-02-06
Two Views of Free Wool,

The high tariff manufacturers club of Philadelphia issues a journal which is called The Manmfocturcr, the chief end and aim of which is, of course, to defend Mckinlcyism and to attack all oppo- Ments of that monstrosty as enemies of American labor and industry.
 The latest number of this Monufnc- tltrer criticises Mir. Cleveland once more for having advocated free wool in his famous tariff message. "Mr. Cleveland's free trade message in 1ss7," it says, @was devoted chiefly to an attack upon one of the greatest agricultural in- dustries of the country. He demanded the removal of tho duty on wool, and wool is grown in all but two or three score counties in the United States"
 That statement makes it appear that Mir Cleveland did q very wicked thing in recommending freo wool; but on the opposite pago of The M1nMt Gcttrer is another statement which makes Mir. Clevelands free trade messager appear to have reeom- mended the very thing that the wool growers need, This statement is that -wool, under enlarged duties, goes down in price" In the previous number of The Manufactttger tine same assertion is made in oven stronger language, as fol- lows: "The oppressive nature of the tax on raw wool might be demonstrated by the fact that low wool prices have al ways followed tho imposition of high wool duties"
 What pretty piece of consistency. High wool duties maRo low wool prices, which is, of course, true and yet the man who thinks tho wool tax ought to ho wiped out altogether, and says %, is criticised as making san attack upon one of tho greatest agricultural industries of the country.s According to your own statement it is rather tho Mckinley law which makes that attack.
 But free wool is coming sfor a that, and twice as mickle's a that.s Delano and Lawrence, and other political wool growers of Ohio, have recently mot and denounced the expressed desire of the nnnmfacturers for froe wool as @unjust, nnfriendly, and In violation of tho agree mont made bctween tho manufacturers and producers prior to the passage of the Mckinley hfll,s and they also resolved that .the reduction of duties on wool wtIl secure fda1uetion of the duties on ~ nonuf1 1dt6fce Y vo6l. and slS effort
The Forrest City times., 1891-02-06
Protected Fruit Growers.

A California protectlonist paper, in re- viewing tho trade and production or that State for 1890, says:
 "Tho frnit crop of the past year is the largest ever known Tho shipments of green fruit amounted to l05. .00O GOO pounds; dried fruits 38.3ls,0o3 pounds; oranges, !, lS7 car oads; raisns, 40, 10, 0oo pounds; fruits, Si, 250,0Oo pounds.
 Yet it was in that same prosperous year 1890 that the California frait-grow- CTS talked poor' before a protection Congress, and got higher duties imposed on foreign fruits of all kinds. Now that they have got their higher duties. it is safe to crow over their prosperity.
 There is abundant evidence that the California frut-growers arc among the most prosperous of all our people, and that their cry for protection was one of the most insincere of all the inslncere prayers that won't up to the great Me kiney. The Rural Caitforniln, jour nal devoted to tho fruit-growing inter- ests of California, recently asked the question, "How to Get Rich?" and an- swered it by sayiss. ".ul lrait ranch, or. better still, buy land and plant it yoursolf.".
 Hero is how tho Ru1ul Ca,ifornian further proceeds to bloom" the fruit growing section of tho state:
 sThe question is often asked of the Californian sotourning in the Eastern States by every four out of six people he meets who have desire to locate here. What can do in your glorious country to make living?' Tho question can be readily answered. What can not do to
The Forrest City times., 1891-02-06
Killed by a Kiss.

''This weather reminds me-" said Jenkins to Il group about him. "oI such day about two years ago, was requested to investigate case oi sudden death. 1 had often heard ol persons dying of fright but 1 was not prepared to believe it. Upon being conducted into the parlor l was informed by the owner, Il well-known merchant, that his daughter had died under peculiar circumstances. She had arisen in good health and spirits While she was seated at the table talk ing with her mother. her brother, who was about to leave for business. came up behind her stcalthly and kiss her full in the mouth before she was aware who it was. The girl screamed, sunk buck in d dead faint, and when she was brought to went into convul- sions. and died before medical atten- dance could arrive. The whole family were of nervous temperament. very excitable, and subject to hysteria The autopsy showed that the girl had been perfectly healthy. Death was undoubtedly due to nervous shock. !" -Er
The Forrest City times., 1891-02-06
Alabama Iron in PittSbur-.

The South is comparatively q new sec ton of the country so far as maunfa t. ures are concerned, yet the rapid devel- opment of the Southern iron industry has just caused the shutdown of twenty three blast furnaces i'll the Shenango and Mahoning Valleys of Ohio and Pennsyl- vanis.
 How does this happen if it be true that infant industries" in a new country cannot spring up and flourish without protection? These Southern furnaces started without any "prote tion" against those of the North, yet the Southern pig iron is hauled by rail 500 miles to Pitts burg, and shuts down furnaces in Penn syivania and Ohio only sixty-four miles from that city. The Southern iron pays q freight of S4. 10 ton from B,rming- ham, Ala, to Pittsbure, while the fur naees shut down by il had to pay only 50 cents q ton,
The Forrest City times., 1891-02-06
Arm nnd Navy Noies.

A new gun has been perfccJed by Sig Guidolli, of Lucca. which will ilru siNty-tour shots a minute.
 England s military garrison in Irs- land is numerically larger than tle regular army of the U1tel Stsses.
 The form Of the now German armored vessel Siegfried is very peculiar, giving her the appearare co of gigantic fish, yet she k said 10 have made sixteen knots.
 The military authorities at St. Petersburg have decreed that in fu. ture foreigners shall not be allowed tc serve in the army unless they are willing to become Russian citizens.
 The new law of France which com pcls theological students to serve in the army has been put in force. A batch of eighty-seven young seminar. ists of the Order of St. Lazarus re. gently left Paris to serve as soldiers,
 During the recent maneuve-s of the Italian fleet in the Mediterranean some very successful experiments are re. ported to have been made in the em. ployment ol carrier pigeons for com. munieation with ths mainland
The Forrest City times., 1891-02-06
FOR THE LADIES,
INSTRUCTIVE AND INTERESTING READ . ING FOR THE FAIR SEX.
How Girls Should Skate - Recipe for a Good Pudding-Hou~choidH Hints
 and Other Matters.
How Girls should sssto.

The modern girl skater better 1sor- it's the description given her ances- tress by an old chronicler. who writes that she went ''as swiftly as bird Ayeth in tho air. or an arrow out Of cross bow"
 The best skate is one that clamps firmly on the heel and fits the edges so tightly it becomes a part of the foot itself. 1t should be accurately and perfectly steady if properly strapped to tho foot. Laced boots for skating they permit the freer circulation of the blood. The beginner might ad- vantageously carry stick or light pole in the hand. but never is a friend --one in need and one indeed--as when her trusty hand forms the main- stay on the treacherous and unknown slippery surface. But make q trial, learn to balance the body properly, and with q little confidence success will come very soon. It is wonderful how soon children learn to skate. Tiny little bodies. wee bits Of woman ly humanity dart by their elder sisters so cautiously feeling their way, bright fishes of gold and silver, as it were, fitting by some unwieldlY body Of the deep.
 The girl skater in learning ought never to look at her feet, should keep the head up. advancing the body. her face in the direction she is going, and the body slightly inclined forward. according to the first principle of gravitation. which in scientific lan- guage says-keep the centre of gray ity over the base. In skating, all movements should be smooth and graceful, and an effort made to keep quite free from jerking and awkward gestures. The art of stopping is soon learned. Slightly bend the knees. bring the heels together and bear up- on them. It may also be accomplished by turning short to the right or left. and as you and know, too often hap pens to us by sudden contact with what acts in place of terra firmaN and from no desire on our part to reach so decided a halt. The best skaters avoid swinging the arms. They are also careful to wear close htting Gress, as full and loose clothes catch the wind and retard progress. A sensible skater never ventures on thin ice, and unless perfectly sure that the glassy rink will bear her weight. does not dream of putting on her skates--E}len Le Garde in Ladies' Home Jourisal
The Forrest City times., 1891-02-06

to secure such reduction will be met by a united effort on the part of the wool-growers. Delano made a speech in which he "wanted to inform the manu- lecturers that when the wool-growers go down the manufacturers monopoly will go down with them"
 To all this vaporlng the New York Dry Goods Economist a prominent trade journal, which advocates protection of milder ty pc, replies as follows:
 "MrS Burlington sweeping back the Atlantic with q broom was a serious and awe-inspiring picture in comparison with this one. Venerable fossils, go to- Free wool is coming as irresistbly as that ris- ing tide which turned that other dear old lady end for end upon the pebbly beach. Put up your bogles and cease ratting your sheet-iron thunder. You are an anachronism, ] back number, 8 nuisance. Good byS
The Forrest City times., 1891-02-06
Dupes and Mors Dupes.

We cannot answer any moro qnes- tions in relation to $i0-gold watch clubs and $4o-suit clubs. Any man who wishes to do so can buy all such $40 watches he can carry for $l5 apiece, and the same sum would be q large price for any suit of clothes got in any such lottery scheme. These lottery clubs are only made possible by the infinite Greenness and gullibili5v of mankind, especially young mankind. Nothing the average human being likes so well as to be swindled and humbug- ged. and no better evidence of this is needed than the fact that these watch schemes flourish. When their patrons grow older they are of the type who wear electric belts and nightcaps, base important action upon signs, dreams and portents, and look upon the moon as the great depository of green cheese. --Erchdnge
The Forrest City times., 1891-02-06
A Story of the Paris Commune.

Tho commune was sublime. X pris- oner. a man, had been taken with arms in his hands, imprisoned, and con demned to death. His wife mado he roic efforts to save him, and succeeded in securing the efforts of man who had influence in these times. Her hus. band was saved from capital punish ment, and was condemned to transpor- tation. Left alcne and abandoned,
 without resources, she had formed an intimacy with the man who had saved
 h9r husband. After living for years with this lover, to whom she was deeply attached, she be. sought him to apply for a par don for her husband. Although he felt he was destroying her happiness and his own, he did so. The husband returned full Of love for the wife who had saved him from execution ana procured his liberation. On the way home. however, he learned the truth.
 He changed his name, disappeared.
 and lived in hiding for many years. Then, when divorce became possible in France, he wrote to his wife: "Ap- ply for divorce against me; I will do ali l can 10 secure one for you. Marry him and be happy.' Sublime,
 MT. Dc Blo'cits in Harper'S Ndga<jne.
The Forrest City times., 1891-02-06
Stock and Farm Notes.

It is skill that brings the price, no matter what the product may be.
 Mud should never be allowed to re. main on tho horses legs over night.
 Raise your own cows, you can near ly always raise better ones than you can buy.
 There Is much in the breed and much in the feed, but more in tho feeder than either.
 Wrong breed is one big leals and wrong feed Is another; both have moro or less effect upon the final result.
 It is an important item to milk the cows clean at each milking. if you ex- pect them to give milk for the longest tune.
 Where wheat has made a good growth in the iall and curly winter. the pigs can often be allowed to graza upou il with benefit.
 Fancy prices are only obtained for fancy horses, and if you expect to get the top of the market you must have the very best kind Of horses to otTer.
 One of tho principal adv ntages of the creamery is that it takes the diAb-tiN VI tuahtb- ths EE Gil oikcu selling it less than cost irosa tas farm CTS wife.
 Many feeders consider sheep moro economical meat producers than cattle. but they usually shrink more in dress- ing. as far as tho carcass weight is concerned.
 ls farming and stock-raising it is m item 10 profit by tae experiences of others. So we know how to sio thing Is the principal posnt. and tho cheap est way oi learniag is The bests Expe- rieuce IS generally ,he.oe rest teacher.
 Indeed. meal aud wheat bran mako ono Of the best. feeds for tae mich COW during the winter. N ith lttle corn mo | and plenty of good hay or nice fodder Il good flow of milk t be se- cured and the COWS be kept in good cona itioa
The Forrest City times., 1891-02-06
suwanna Eli, q th. Line.

Did you ever hear how 'Suwanse River was written?"
 Don't think ever did"
 Well, Steph Foster Stephen c. Foster was his full name was in the zenith of his popularity when he wrote the words. said my friend to me, "He had written the song in the frame house on Sandusky street, in Ale gheny, but he couldn't find the name of river that suited him. Finally. he went over to the office of his brother, Morrison Foster. sat down on his desk and said Morrison. Two got Q new darky song here, and it's complete ex- cept the name of the river. want . Southern river, with only two or three syllables. Give me one, won't you?'
 Morrison suggested several. but they didn't suit Then he took down an atlas, ran his eye over the Southern States for few minutes and finally said Here's river down in Florida by the name of Suwanee, how will that do?'
 That's it. that's it. exclaimed tho song writer, jumping down from the desk. It's just what I want. aud pick ing up pen he inserted the name of the river that has since become the title of one of the sweetest and most pathetic of melodies. I believe that Stephen c. Foster never thought very much of the piece himself until after it had taken it's place among the popular songs of the century. .'-Phiiadelphia pyegs
The Forrest City times., 1891-02-06
FACTS FOR FARMERS.
GREAT IMPORTANCE OF TEST
 ING SEEDS.
They are Oftcn Very Faulty Every Farm Should Have Fruit--Nore Aboot sheep-farm and Stock Notcs-iIints for
 the Household.
Testing seeds.

The seed question Is one that recurs to the farmer every year. and whether he grows all of his own seeds, or pur- chases them from the seedsman. the importance of possessing and planting only the very best is just the same in either case. Agricultural stations try to help the farmers :n tho practical work of testing seeds. and giving the results of their investigations to tho public. Farmers who grow their own seeds. says the Practical Farmer, rare- y succeed in gathering only the purest and best, for there are many things oper ting against them. such as the ,acS O. proper facilities of soil, posi- tion and cultivation which the seeds man can possess. It is very seldom that the farmer can grow as good seeds ;ts those who make a specially Of 1t, for the crops are to him the main object of planting the seeds, and the seed harvest only an incident Tho reverse is true of the seedsman.
 la handling his own seeds the farmer should. therefore, be careful 10 test them before planting. Alter they have been gathered and packed away during the early winter many will die, lose their terminating powers. or become injured by exces- sive heat or cold Worms will eat in- to others and ruin them so lar as growth is concerned. Innumerable other accidents may heall them. which must be discovered before they are used for planling. Another thing
 in gathering seeds, spurious seeds of plants and weeds will sometimes get mixed with them, and the percentage of good ones will be very small. Trials or tests of seeds should. therefore. al- ways be made. and the relative per centage of good ones ascertained. This should be done especially with pur- chased seeds. The agricultural stations do this Tor the farmers to u certain extent. but eultivators ,hem- selves should conduct prlvate test in their own homes
The Forrest City times., 1891-02-06
Som c Advice.

Do not get into the habit of laughing 2 at elderly people It is not only un. ladylike. but 1t is vulgar.
 Do not think it clover to find out by pumping the private affairs of your friend. There is no reason why yet should lay bare her heart for an ia- quisitive daw to peck al.
 Do not get into debt, but If you have been guilty, deny yourself every thing possible. that you may be free once more.
 Do not introduce your girl friend to tho gentleman visitor. Instead soy. Miss Brown. will you allow me tu present Mir. JonesP"
 Do not giggle when smile would answer. and don't talk in testing way about things that ara holy to other people. --L Ladies Home Journal.