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The Forrest City times., 1891-06-05
Cheapness of American Labor,

Ex-Consul Schoenhof, who represented our Government at Tunstall, England, during President Cleveland's adminstra- tion, has pointed out why American la bor is in the long run the cheapest labor in the world, despite it's larger earnings by the day or week.
 ~Our labor being machine labor" he says, sis generally cheaper than Euro pean labor, which is to large extent hand labor, or inferior machine labor, or unproductivc, under-fed labor, as com pared with higher productive American labor. What our labor suffers from, Is the high cost of taxed materials. Free raw materials and higher technical and artistic development would result ir lasting benefits to our manufacturing in dustries, which periodic additions to al ready extreme tariff rates can never do They increase the cost of production ir spite of our cheap labor, and continue tho congested condition so frequently complained of by our manufacturers.
 The makers of the Mckinley law, MT. Schoenhof, did their work without giving recognition to this fact
 "The legislators responsible for the act, he goes on, "did what they were expected to do. They simply delivered the goods TUT Vdlue TeCelVcu III loSo, Witu Ieutd tive hint to future campaign contribu- tions. Still, they might have shown ar appreciation of the consumers interests. They could have learned that they are entirely compatible with the true in. terests of the manufacturers An in quiry into the productive methods ol European countries would have shown them that these are based on vitally different principles They would then have seen that our importations are due to only limited extent to cheaper labor cost in Europe. They, as well as the re ctpients of legislative favors, should know that technical and artistic skill are elements of very great importance in manufacture. If we are deficient in the ono or the other, it is only natural that our people import what they can not find equally satisfactory at home.
 @They certainly ought to know that the industries of this country are based on an entirely different foundation from that of any other country. If so, they certainly ought to have asked for some thing quite different than that which they claimed with so much insistence. Hut if they lost sight of this in the scramble for higher tArff rates 1t need not bo surprising that the legislators who orc responsible for the measure did not cnro to oxamIne deeply into tho rates 6omandod oR inQuire into tho rolativs 1n1uo1gloI roeieioas of the Uattsd Statsa
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-05
A Brave aiother.

As showing the force of maternal love among the lower animals, there are few more pathetic instances than the following, which comes from Aus tralia: The ownerof country station was sitting one evening on the bal cony outside his house. whom he was surprised to notice d kangaroo lingering about as though half in doubt and fear what to do. At length she approached the water pails, and, taking a young one from her pouch, held 1t to the water to drink. While her baby was satisfying it's thirst tho mother was quivering all over with excitement, for she was only few feet from the balcony. on which one of her great foes was sitting watching her. The little one having finished drinking. 1t was re- placed in the pouch and the old kan garoo started of at rapid pace. When the natural timidlty of the kan garoo is taken into account. 1t will be recognized what astonishing bravery this anectionate mother exhibited. It is pleasing ending to the story that the eyewitness was SO affected by the scene that from that time forward he could never shoot a kangaroo. Farm ers' Review.
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-05
A Pretty House Drcss.

Among the prettiest and most artis. tic of house dresses is one which is likely to drive the tea-gown out of the affections of ladies Of taste.
 This may be made of India silk, crepe de Chine. vailing, cashmere, Henrietta cloth, or, indeed almost any of the ordinary lightweight fab rics used for such purposes.
 The model which will give an idea of the style is made with round. full skirt of wash-silk. A deep tlouuce of lace finishes the hem Of tho skirt, which is but little more than walking length. A blouse waist with full sleeves is made of the silk and sewed to the skirt. Over the blouse Is worn a jacket of light clcth made somewhat after the fashion of the blazer. A sash of wash-silk is worn with this dress which has the merit of being comfort able and convenient, and not at all suggestive of d wrapper or loose dress In it one may go upon the street if necessary, and with n pretty rustic hat it makes a most charming cos tune for the garden, piazza or beach.
 Skirts of cotton, linen, silk or wool goods may be worn with blouses of wash-silk. China silk, lawn or null. and jackets of any suitable material. A blazer in plain colors or light fancy stripes is perfectly suitable
 For young ladies especially such an outfit is extremely stylish as well as comfortable and becoming. and has no suggestion of carelessness. It may be worn without a corset, a fitted un- derbody or corset waist being sufli- cient.--N. '. Ledger.
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-05
Woman's Greatest Danger.

The great element Of danger In wo- mans progress before the public les in this fact; that 1t takes women away from home who ought to be there and nowhere else. The public platform is no place for . mother who has either sons or daughters to edu- cate. If woman's progress is going to tend in that direction. then the sooner that advancement stops tho better. The first thought of wife or mother should be her home; all things. no matter how important are secondary to that. No matter how rampant may become certain public evils. let her see to 1t that she keeps the evils out of her home. and she performs the greatest duty to her God. hor family. and mankind. Ed ward w, Box, in tho Ladies Homo Jourpal.
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-05

There was beautiful garden.
 And there was q man within; And there was a perfect woman,
 And there was no thought of sin. And there were flowers and sunshine Sparkling on hill and plain, But how could they know the sunshine Before they had seen the rain. There they were blessed and honord
 Above all the future race; But what could they know of honor
 Before they had felt disgracey How could they know they were happy Until they had drunk of woes How could he know she was perfect
 When everything else was so? Such life was but half of living,
 And, all things else above, Until they had suffered together,
 What could they know of love? Louise |. Beecher, in Christian Union.
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-05
Better Than Woman Suffrage.

There are some women who do not consider what would come to woman if she were allowed to vote-they want simply to get even" with man. They are represented in the woman who said she should never die happy until she saw on some mans tombstone.
 John Smith, relict of Mary Smith. Let our women, all our women. learn to cook even poor material into savory and nourishing food, let them make clean and cheerful homes. bring up their children to consider drunkenness a sin instead of misfortune and make the mon about them feel that U drunk ard is an object of disgust and abhor- renee and they will more surely bring about the reform they covet than by trying to make laws that in the nature of things must be useless and there. fore harmful. The Chautauquan.
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-05
No Rar for Music.

Recent investigations go to show that the horse has no car for music. and only . slight understanding oi time and military signals. The popu- lar impression that . trained horse can waltz in time to music is unsupported by experience. e in such cas e the music is always played to suit the step of tho horse. which is regulated by signs from the trainer.
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-05
THE WOOL TARIFF.
IT HAS NOT HELPED WOOL
 GROWER.

of tho Wool Industry Where the
 Tariff Has Hurt and Not Helped-Why
 Foreign Wools Help Domestic Woois-
 Let the Wool Grower Consider.
 The table given below should prove very instructive to those wool-growers who imagine that the wool tariff is of any advantage to them. This table gives the number of sheep in Michigan and Pennsylvania every year from 1866, the year before the high wool duties were adopted, to 1889; the tariff on wool, the price of wool, and the value per head of sheep each year:
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-05

The Mckinley duty on common cloth ing wool not washed or secured is II cents per pound, if the value is not above 80 cents a pound, and 12 cents if the value is more than 30 cents. The ad valorem equivalents of these duties run from 26 to 54 per cent. On the best secured wool the duty is 36 cents per pound, equal to l20 per cent. ad valorem "a duty so extortionate that almost no wool of this kind is imported. Even on carpet wools, of which we produce less than 5 per cent of what we use, it has recently been ruled by the Treasury De- partment that duties of 64 and 100 per cent. must be collected, if the wool has been in any way sorted or any part of the original fleece removed before pack ing.
 This wool tariff puts us into strange company. We plume ourselves upon being the leading nation in the world, and in many respects we are such; yet in taxing wool we put ourselves along with Russia, Hayti, China, Siam, Korea and we lead them in high duties!
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-05
v Her Hat Mas Too nlr.

When Liszt was in good humor he was in the habit ol kissing all the pretty pupils in his class. writes Etolka illofsky in the Ladies' Home Journal. l remember on one occasion D very lovely young girl came to the lesson wearing a hat that had rather extraordinary wide brim. Liszt no- tced the hat at once. and going up to Der kissed her gaily. but with some little difficulty. owing to the project ing hr.m of the hat. Then he said. half seriously: My dear. you will have .o get another hat; ono with rather less brim to it."
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-05
Significant.

Bridget could neither read nor write. but she was no fool. for all that.
 That was a very nice letter of Patrick's offering you marriage. said the mistress. What shall say in reply for yousn
 "fou may tell him, If you plazc. mum. that when I gets my wages raisec. next month. mum, I'll begin to save tor the weddin' things"
 Tho mistress laughed and saw the point. Selected.
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-05
Money h Olives,

Fruit and nut culture requires pa henoe. A California woman living near Auburn has made success in . rather aovel line of enterprise. Some year. ego she planted eight acres of olive trsea and they have just begun to bring In return. She gets @ . gallon lof tho oil
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-05
ue Was u,.u,a.r.,c...,.

New Servant--''There Is one thiur don't like in this house."
 Mrs. Gayboy-''What Is that?n
 Servant-''Your husband Hc al- ways chucks mo under the chin ana calls me his pet"
 Mrs. Gayboy-"You must not pay any attention to that He treats me in the same way. He doesn't really mean anything by it"--Germantown Telegraph.
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-05
A Good Match.

Prank. have you ever lovedw'
 Count the stars above. Alice. number the sands of the sea. and you will have the number Of times have loved.n
 Il am yours, Frank. Every other one of the dozen or so of fellows ryo. been in love with swore they never had loved another, and shook 'em. Here's kiss for your candor. "--Sat. urday Night
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-05

PROTECTION is always promising steady employment at good wages; yet reductions of wages in highly protected industries are still the order of the day. A late case is that of the Rohrerstown rolling mill, in Lancaster, Pa. which shut down on the 10th of May, the pud- dlers refusing to accept . reduction from $4 to S3. 50 per ton.
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-05
4 Ds..rs..,ax ,a,ss.ha

Mother - "What was tho matte with Mir. Nicefello tonightr He kd rather early for an engaged yotal man."
 Daughter (beginning to sob) )--"n he began hugging and---and kissIns me, and = told him that wmp right and he--boo- hool--h he stopped --New York Weekly.
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-05
Before An ola Naasser.

Mr. Gaswel Gin an art store)- ''Seems to me that's an awful price to pay for an old picture like that"
 Mrs. Gralwel--"The picture is rath0r old to be sure, but the frame ts new."-Nsw York Weekly
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-05
A Little Change.

Old Friend-''Don't you remember sweet Alice, who danced with delight when you gave her smile, and trembled with fear at your frown?r
 Mir. B, Bolt. Jr.-"Oh. yes. She doesn't care cent for my smiles ot i frowns either now. We're married. N ] New York Weekly.
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-05

THE high tariffs in the United States and in Canada produce some curious results along the border between the two countries. 1t is said that smugglers on the Canadian border are making money just now. By smuggling S1 worth of eggs into the United States and ex- changing it for sugar. they mako by tho
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-05
Wanted to Stay There.

Tiue, ? o'clock in the morning.
 Wtn Qrom tho window above). .Wlv's there?n
 Husband ton doorstep below). T am. Come down and let me in. :"
 You'd better go and stay where you've been up till this hour"
 My dear. I'll do no such thing. I'll stay here" Sho made him keep his word. He did stay there right on the step all night. Times.
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-05

and the countries of Europe, against which the late tariff act is chiefly intend ed to operate, the only customers of our farmers worth speaking of."
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-05

THE terra cotta men, who have a protective duty of 25 per cent, have re- gently met in Chicago and taken steps looking toward the formation of a trust. The majority of the stockholders of the International Terra Gotta Company were in favor of plan to form trust, taking in all the manufacturers in the United States. There is no limit to the forma- tion of these tariff trusts. How long are the people going to tolerate the high protection which makes trusts possible and feed them with tariff spells?
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-05

A BILLION is, according to the French and American method of numeration, . thousand millions, or 1000. GOO, 900; e. cording to the English method, . million millions, 1000, ,O0O, 000, 900.
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-05

THE dimensions of the farmers for eign market for talow and lard may be seen from our export figures for April The exports of tallow during April reached total of s,s69, 906 pounds. In April last year tho exports amounted to 7,6l3,O92 pounds. On the other hand the exports of lard during April amount ed to 32,s9s, s46 pounds against 37,616,- 769 pounds during April last year, show ing a decrease of ATT, 923 pounds.
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-05

IN 1890 our exports of agricultural products amounted to $62s, ,772, GOO, while our exports of manufactured goods were only S156, 9s3, GOO. Exports of forest and mineral products brought the total up to $s45, 9s7,0 Agricultural exports were "A per cent. of the total and manufactured exports only Is per cent In other words, for every dollars worth of good that our manufacturers export, our farmers export S4 worth. Wherever, therefore, our wild McKin- leyism arouses spirit of retaliation against us in foreign countries, or forces those countries to seek trade else- where, our farmers have four times more to lose than our manufacturers.
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-05

transaction about $1.13, we having . tariff on eggs and Canada tariff on sugar It looks as if the tariff must be a tax.
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-05
FOR THE LADIES.
ENTERTAINING CHATS WITH
 THE GENTLE SEX.

Man and Woman - Bread Winners - Brave Mother-A Handsorne House. Dress-Women In German Poli-
 ties, Etc., Etc.
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-05
THE COMPANY WE KEEP.
Where McKinley's Wool Duty Puts Us- Nations Which Tax Wool and Those Having Free Wool.

Where McKinley's Wool Duty Puts Us
 Nations Which Tax Wool and Those
 Having Free Wool.
 If anything could make us ashamed of our policy of taxing so necessary raw material as wool it ought to be to see the company in which 1t puts us. All the other civilized and progressive countries recognize wool as one of the prime ne- cessities, not only of most important branch of manufacturing, but of the great masses of their people, in order that they may have the cheapest and best possible clothing.
 The following is the list of the coun- tries which admit wool free of duty, and the United States lis not in it:s Austria, Belgium, New South Wales. Norway, Chile, Denmark, The Netherlands Sweden, British India, Canada, France, Great Britain, Portugal, Germany, Greece, Italy, Victoria, New Zealand.
 And here are the countries which tax wool; also the duty per pound each levies on ordinary clothing wool Brazil. .O2 and 6o per cent United States. II San salvador ..........-... .uo Ecuador or.................. .059 Porto Rico .o59 Mexico. co....,.............. .046 Peru.... .41 Argentine Republic. ....... 25 per cent. Hayti ti..,................... 4 Honduras 032 United States of Columbia. 023 Russia sia............. .016 Korea. en................... sper cent Roumania a................. .01 Turkey ey............... .0072 China ina,..........,...... 0o36 Spain u............... 0031 Switzerland d............... .O006 Siam m........, per cent
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-02
Specialists Increasing.

"People demand more from doctor
nowadays" said a physician who is
thinking of retiring on his fortune,
than they did when began to build
up my practice. That is, they demand
more in some ways and not so much in
others. Not many years ago it would
Zen as much as doctors reputa-
tIon was worth to say to patient: Now,
look here, my dear sir, know what's the
matter with you, but l would rather not
treat you myself. There is DR.. B
across the way, who makes a specially
of the disorder you have contracted, and
he can treat you better than | can for
that reason. He may not cure you, of
course, but in any case you will then
feel that You have had the best advice
available Now, fortunately, can give
such advice, and do every week of my
life, without being thought any less
skillful physician by my patients. But
at the same time the profession is run
ming toward specialists, IN the cities any
way, and for doctor who began as |
had to do to cover the whole field Of ills
that flesh is heir TO, the amount of skill
and experience and special training that
people require from their physicians il
felt to lie trife burdensome. New
York Tribune
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-02
An Eagles Big Contract.

John Bettorf, of Crawford county,
No, heard terrible cackling among his
geese, and on going to ascertain the
cause discovered that an immense gray
eagle had buried its talons in a large
gander which with others was swim
ming on a pond in the field. The eagle
was unable TO rise with its prey, while
the gsnder struggled lard to escape.
Bettorf ran to the edge of the pond,
and the gander at once swan to his mas
ters feet, who caught the eagle by the
neck and legs and held it under water
until it was nearly drowned. He then
removed its talons from the back of the
gander and conveyed 4 to a coop, where
it soon recovered and became as active
and as well as ever. The gander. how
ever, was so severely Injured that it died
a few days after. The eagle measured
nearly seven feet from tip TO tip of
wings.-Cor. ST. Louis Globe-Democrat
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-02
Note the Importance ofThis.


The Missouri Pacific railway is the only
line running three daily trains between
Wichita and Kansas City and Wichita and
st. Louis. Morning train leaves Wichita
at $40 a. m. arriving at Kansas City same
afternoon, Chicago next morning at $
o'clock. and st. LOUIS 40 a. m. St Louis
express leaves Wichita at 100 o'clock p. m.
with through Pullman sleeper and chair
car Wichita TO St Louis without change
Night express leaves Wichita at 9:45 with
sleeper and chair car through TO Kansas
City and 81. Louis. This train also con-
meets at Yates Center with the through
express for Little Rock, Ark. and Mem
pills. Tenn, via Fort Smith, Ark. II you
are going east, west. north or south. re
member You will save time and money by
going via the Missouri Pacific railway 1t
il the short line 10 all points east and west,
1t. Louis and Pueblo and Denver. For
information, Pullman reservations and
tickets TO all parts of the globe. call at the
city ticket office, l20 North Main street, or
depot corner Second and Wichita streets.
T.. +. BLECKLEY.
Sc II Passenger and Ticket Agt.
Wichita Kansas
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-02
The Padrone System.

II there is any one so deluded as to
imagine that the padrone has no exist
ence in New York he should note the
maneuvers of a big. burly, coarse feat
ured man who watches the ''chesanutta"
and flower gang which pre-empts the
walks in West Fourteenth street. |
stood at the corner of that thoroughfare
and Sixth avenue one morning. 1t was
6 o'clock, and the gang, numbering
twenty-One men, came trooping up the
avenue. The padrone, or the padrone's
agent, was there in waiting Each re-
ceived a small amount of money, and
started off for his accustomed place.
The padrone, or the agent, lowered in
the vicinity, and kept close surveil-
lance over the men, and at the same
time was on the lookout for approaching
policemen.
Two precincts join on Fourteenth
street, so the padrone has no time to
shirk his duty. If policeman passes
along the lower side the signal is passed.
and the Italians cross to the opposite
side. When a bluecoat disappears
around corner they return. At z
o'clock at night Fourteenth street is
clear of these pests. They meet the pa
drone again and turn over to him the
receipts of the day. Then they drag
their bent figures down the avenue and
take short cut for some Mulberry street
attic. Seven days in the week this routine
is gone through with, cold or stormy
weather not interfering in the least
New York Star.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-02

years ago by an old man who took
great delight in carving the queer fig
ures and planning their arrangement SO
they would go through various motions.
1t is said that he was in the habit of
crying" a figure, when he had COM
pleted il, on his own barn, and then
when he became satisfied that il worked
properly he would carry it with great
pride to the farmer who had ordered it.
There is one which still stands guard
over barn that has long since been de-
serted by its owners, who have left the
lonely farm to seek their fortunes at the
west. 1t is the figure of q soldier, whose
uniform is greatly faded from years of
exposure. but whose gun still indicates
the quarter from which the wind is
blowing by its position. Its evolutions
when the wind is, as the weatherwise
farmers say, backing or hauling" are
quite interesting.
The are animals of different kinds.
such as COWS. horses, pigs and bears.
which are used as vsne figures, and
point with their heads, legs or tails. as
the case may be. One figure of horse,
which has long since left its best days
behind it, presents sstsrtling effect from
the fact that hOrsehair tail has been
inserted in the place of the old wooden
one, and being Of a length quite out Of
proportion 10 the horses size, it some
times in high wind lashes the poor ami
mails head in a most uncanny way
Youths Companion.