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The Forrest City times., 1891-07-10
THE BRITISH NEWSPAPERS
They Fiercely Assatled the War with
 America.

They Fiercely Assatled the War with
 America.
 It may not be generally known that the press of England was unfavorable to war with the Colonies in ITO. ln- deed they were head and front oppos- ing war. This more than anything else made the war unpopular in the mother country. This more than any other cause resulted in the poor show ing that England made. Here is an editorial from London Punch in 1774 which is pretty fair specimen of the bitterness ot all the English papers at that stirring time:
 Let us quarrel, American kinsmen. Let us plunge into war. We have been friends too long. We have too highly promoted each others wealth and pros perity. We are too plethoric; we want depletion; so let us get to work and cut. one anothers throat.
 Let us sink, burn, kill and destroy- with mutual energy sink each others. destroy each others property at large We will lombard your towns. and you shall lombard ours-if you can. Let us ruin each others commerce as much as possible. and that will be consider able some.
 'Let our banks break while we smite' and slay one another; let our commer cial holses smash right and left in the United States and the United Kingdom. Let us main and mutilate one another; let us make of each other miserable ob- jects, cripples, halt, and blind, adapted for the towns end, to beg during life sCome, let us render the wives of each other widows, and the mothers child less. and cause them to weep rivers of tears amounting to an important quan- tity of water privilege
 "The bowl of wrath, the devils punch
 bowl filled high, filled high as possible, share with one another. This, with shot and bayonets, will be good in your | insides and in my ins!de-in the insides l of all us brethren.
 'Oh, how good it is--oh, how pleasant. | it is, for brethren to engage in in ternecine strife! What glorious spec tacle we Christian Anglo-Saxons, en- gagged in the work of natural destruc- | tion-in reciprocation of savage out 1 rages-shall present the despots and the fiends
 "How many dollars will you spend? How many pounds sterling shall we? How much capital we shall sink on How much we shall have to show for it in corpses and wooden legs!-never ask what other return we may expect for the investment.
 ''So, then, American kinsmen, let us fight: let us murder and ruin each other. Let demagogues come hot from their conclave of evil spirits, cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war;" and do you be mad enough to be those mad dogs, and permit yourselves to be bounded upon by them"
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-10

PIETRo ANroNELLI. at the side of King Menelek the influence formerly exercised by Cardinal Massaia and the Marquis Oragio An- tinoni. His success as dip- lomatist and negotiator is now incon- testable, and the present rupture with Menelek would never have occurred if Signor Crispi at Rome and the military authorities at Massowan had acted in accordance with his instructions. Count Antonelli was elected deputy for Rome last August over Signor Bar zilai, which inspired bitter attack from the radical press. He is a brilliant young man and thorough diplomat.
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-10

half as many. The days are now over and gone when a young fellow was ex- pected to salute his father, brother, uncle and grandfather. He doesn't even care for osculum any more. A hearty hand shake is good enough for friend. But sauvium--we rather. He makes up for the loss of the others by doubling on that.
 The New York kissing church had plenty of precedent for its attitude. Abhut 1850 the learned Erasmus visited England, and gave the following re- markedly explicit bit of experience.
 Although, Faustus, if you knew the advantages of Britain truly you would hasten thither with wings on your feet; and if your gout would not per init you would wish you had the wings of Djedalus. For just to touch on one thing out of many here, there are lasses with heavenly faces, kind obliging and you would prefer them to all your muses. There is, besides, a practice never to be sufficiently com mended. If you go to place you are received with a kiss by all; if you de- part on a journey you are dismissed with kiss; you return, kisses are ex- changed They come to visit you-a kiss the first thing; they leave you, you kiss all round. Do they meet you any where-kisses in abundance. Lastly, wherever you move, there is nothing but kisses And if you, Faustus, had but once tasted them! How soft they are, how fragrant! On my honor you would wish not to reside here not for ten years only, but for life.
 Evidently old Erastus knew 2 good thing when he found it.
 The apostle says, Greet all the brethren with holy kiss" But John Bunyan in his ''Grace Abounding" does not approve of the practice extending to the ''sistern," for he says: "Some, indeed, here urged the holy kiss, but then have asked them why they made balks? Why did they salute the most handsome and let the nl-favored go2"
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-10
THE YOUROUK COUNTRY.
Description Of the Domestic Life of
 aOueer People.

0uCOt Tcopi0.
 Each tent has it's spinning wheel and it's loom, hole for working the ped als of which Is dug in the ground. and all the women of the tribe were en- gagged in making the far-famed Kara manian carpets There is the wooden mortar for grinding the roast coffee berries i'll, the decoroted wooden plat ter in which they cool the same, the wooden water jars made out of the hollowed stems of pine trees. Every thing almost they use is of wood, and gayly decorated with rude patterns, according to their fancy. When reap ing, a Iourouk uses wooden gloves to protect his left hand from the sickle. When tending his flock, the Yourouk shepherd has q long wooden flute, in cased in a carved wooden case made of two bits of wood glued together and strung with ribbons and colored beads across his shoulder, looking for all the world like the African assegai or some other primitive weapon of war. In 1t he always keeps q long stick with goats hair ut one end to clean it. and really the weird music that he produces with this instrument known as the Mai, Is very striking and suitable to the surroundings.
 In one corner of the tent are the bee hives-long trunks of trees hollowed out and the ends stopped with dung cakes. The bees travel with them. wherever they go, on the backs of camets, ard their honey resembles cakes of soap, for they boil it, wax and all. before eating it. The Your ouks have not the remotest idea of letters and carry on their transac- tions with the outer world by means ol wooden tallies-iour-sided bits oi wood, sometimes gayly carved, some times plain.-Backwood's Magazine.
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-10
THE MAIL CARRIER s PERIL.

under the painful duty of reducing your length by head. Happily the faithful punetuality of your friends en- ables me to wish you pleasant journey home, with the hope that your health may long continue as good as it now is, thanks to our brisk mountain air"
 But one of the most romantic phases of the brigand's venturesom career in Turkey, and also, although more rare ly in Persia, is the capture of the mails. Excepting on one or two nina ture railways in Turkey, the postal service in the interior of these coun- tries is still largely dependent on post carriers, who dash across the lonely roads on horseback. The men employ ed in this arduous service must be hardy, intelligent, and brave.
 $. c. W. BENJAMIN..
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-10

Minor, on the way, perhaps, to the
 ruins of Ephesus It is toward evening.
 and the inclosing mountains cast cool
 shadows over the road. The scene is,
 indeed, romantic. Tranquility reigns
 over the landscape; no sound is heard
 but the tinkle of the sheep-bells the
 twittering of birds, or the hoot of her
 init owls, and sometimes the click of a
 horses hoof as the travellers slowly
 wend up the mountain toward the
 heart of ravine. Turning in the sad
 de one may see in the distance the
 faint blue expanse of the Egean sea
 fleelSed with white sails
 Suddenly, without warning, voice
 issues with startling sharpness from
 the ticket, crying: Halt, on your hvNsH The gentlemen of the party in- stahtly draw their revolvcrs, peering into the bushes to find something to shoot. But the muleteers urged them in the most frantic tones on no account
 to draw trigger or they will be massa- cred on the spot, as they are covered by the rifles of band of brigands. The voice from the thicllet is again heard summoning the party to surren- der their arms and deliver themselves up and no harm will come to them At tiie SstiiiS utplutub tt isill IClioW issues from the ambush, dressed in manner sufficiently gorgeous and picturesque to please the fancy of the most romantic graduate of Nassar. He carries mus ket and is followed by a band of dozen brigands scarefy less picturesque that he. They surround the party, seize the brides of the horses, and re- ceive the firearms of the travellers, who v-ialH thRr,l with t-tSii1. al, tance.
 A certain foreign consul did not get off so easily. His chiflick or farm was | on the outskirts of the village. Ac- companied by his two children he was standing at the rear gate with a fowl | ing-pieee. As if springing from the earth four bold. handsome, but un- | masked brigands gathered him in, as it were, and after giving directions to his 1 boy as to how to reach them made off to their mountain den at smart run. The tidings struck the town like lightning out of clear sky. Natural | ly the first thought was to send regi- 1 ment of soldiers to the rescue, display l ing them in a cordon around the fast | ness of the brigands and gradually | closing them in the tolls
 l In the meantime, the victim of this l high-handed proceeding was not SC l badly treated. His suffering was chief. 1 ly on account of his family; he was toe l well aware how keen their anxiety 1 must be. But for himself he knew the 1 ransom would be raised and his re- l lease be safely accomplished, provided
 no one discovered their retreat nor at
 tackled his captors. The latter treated
 him with sufficient respect and gave l him plenty to eat of what they had. | Game was abundant in the neighbor.
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-10

John Bunyan was wise in his gener- ation. Too much discrimination in re- ligious kissing would be as perilous as too little in secular life.
 Who gave the first kiss?
 Probably Adam bestowed it upon Eve, but the first recorded osculatory salute is mentioned in the twenty seventh chapter of Genesis, where Israel kissed Jacob, supposing him to be Esau. The old Romans studied kiss ing as an art but relegated the salute to the cheek or forehead. To kiss on the mouth was considered vulgar. Our British forefathers appear to have been ignorant of the practice they have since % universally adopted, until the fair Princess Rowena, the daughter o2 King Hspgist of Eriesland. went to BriAois
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-10

Count Flippio An tonelli a n d n e. phew of the late cardinal secretary of State of Plus TX. Prior to his first journey to Africa, in 1876, Count Pietro, who, al- thou gh gro W n gray, is not yet forty years of age,
 was one of the brilliant yo u n 2 men of Rom an society. In Africa the young pa t ri cian SOOn acunirad
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-10
JUST A KISS WHATBLISS.
NEW AND OLD METHODS OF
 OSCILLATION.
The old, Old Fashion That 10 For ever New Among the Young Of All Civilized Tribes and Nations-The French Klss.

HE KIS S I N c c h re h. I t sou n d 8 very queer, but such was the title given to a cer- tain place of worship not long since established in New York.
 The oh Il r c h earned it's oscu- latory caption by its attempt to re- vive a practice of the pri mitiv e Christians. This was to inter
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-10

has come to mean respect, on the cheek friendship, but on the lips love. The wise girl will keep her lips sacred.
 But what is the use of reasoning or instructing in such matter. Other things may be learned, but among civilized people kissing, as Dogberry says of reading or writing, scomes by nature" k. Il. B.
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-10
He's Probably High

They say that Mrs. verbiage. Her household cares among. Doth mold her own;" her husband says She rarely holds her tonguA
 ~Boeton Cou5ies.
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-10
AMONG THE BRIGANDS.
HOW THE FREEBOOrERS OF THE LEvANT CATCH PREY.
meth ods and Manners of a Great Eastern 1ndustry-KidnnpIn as a Vocation Has Been Reduced Co an Exact Science.
6L.n/HrHE HE CAPTURE,

HE GA PIT T R E, the other day, of a train of well known passengers by brig ands in Turkey, brings to notice one of the thriving in dustries of the East.
 Fancy an Ameri- can lady of wealth and refinement to be travelling in Asia
The Forrest City times., 1891-07-10
ITALIAN OF THE OLD SORT.

Diplomatic an dNegotiasor in Africa
 Count Pietro Antonelli, the African
 explorer and negotiator of the Italo- Abyssinian treaty, is a son of the late
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-11-21
THE MINING CONGRESS.

DENVER, Nov. 20-The national mining
congress passed resolutions declaring "un-
alterably in favor of the principle of BIZ
metallism as approved by Jefferson and
Hamilton, enacted into law by congress in
1898, and accepted by the country for all
public and private business for the first
eighty years of our country's history; that
we believe gold and silver mot one to the
exclusion of the other) are the money
metals of the constitutions" that sold and
silver should have by law equal rights and
that silver should not be treated as a COM
modify; also protesting against any con-
struction of the United States statutes
which will result in wholesale confiscation
and consequent enrichment of the great
Pacific railroads holding grants of land
from the government, and calling upon
the senators aud representatives in con-
gresS to protect the rights of prospectors
who have located valuable mines in the
territory involved.
The resolutions were adopted with only
one dissenting vote, that of a Wyoming
delegate. The rest of the morning session
was taken up in speechmaking.
At the afternoon session the speech
making was continued General Doni-
phan Of Missouri was loudly called for by
the delegates. and during his remarks set
forth in eloquent terms the benefits TO be
derived from the free and unlimited coin
age of silver.
Dennis Sheedy of Colorado also spoke
in favor OF free coinage
Judge Goodwin of Utah was called 20
the stage and spoke in the same strain.
and moved that the rules be suspended
aud q resolution favoring the free coinage
of silver be passed by acclamation.
Senator Stewart, before the question
was put, was called for and made a short
address.
The hour of o'clock p. m. having ar
rived, the chairman was about TO put the
previous question. when Albion Little of
Maine was called for to speak upon the
the silver question:. He made a short
speech.
The Connecticut delegates objected TO
the passage of the resolution with acclana-
ton
The roll of states was called with the
following result: For the free and unlim-
tied coinage of silver, 4Sl votes: against,
votes.
When the state of Connecticut was
reached great enthusiasm was manifested.
caused by a delegate from that state
arising and saying that they had come to
learn. When he announced the entire vote
In favor Of the resolution the utmost en-
thuslasm was again manifested. The del
egates arose and for fully three minutes
pandemonlum reigned- When the total
vote was declared there was a scene OF in
descrl rlbahle excitement. The delegates
arose IN their seats, threw their hats in the
air and shouted themselves hoarse.
IL was decided 10 hold the next con gress
at Helena, Mon, and the convention ad-
lourned sIue die.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-11-21
cHIIIAN RRIIrAlITX.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 90. An officer oi
the cruiser San Francisco, speaking of the
! ba' tie which decided the fate of Balmaceda
in Chilli, said:
"The bodies of the two dead generals
were allowed to lie where they fell un-
cared for for nearly a week. Finally the
reveling in Valparaiso partially subsided,
and the bodies of the two generals were
picked up, placed on a rude carryall, and
dragged through the streets, being spit
upon and stoned by an infuriated mob. 1t
was terrible sight to see the two bodies,
stiff in death, the arm of one stretched out
almost upright being treated in such a
hideously uncivilized manner"
Another officer. in speaking Of the attack
on Vina del Mar by the congressional
forces, stated that the torpedo gunboat
Almirante Lynch was lying close in by
Valparaiso, directly ahead of the San
Francisco. The Lynch steamed ahead. as
close to the contending forces as possible,
and opened fire on the congressionalists
with her Hotchkiss rapi firing guns. She
had not been firing very long. when she
retired. A Hotchkiss gun exploded. kill
ing lieutenant and severely wounding
half-doZen other men.
The officers say that the Chilian hatred
toward the American seamen was mani
tested on the streets of Valparaiso when
ever the men went ashore The BaIti-
more's men were not the only ones attack
ed, for one of the San Francisco's men-a
young man named Monahan-was stabbed
in the back and suffered from the effects
of the wound for weeks. There was one
place near the docks which the American
seamen used as rendezvous. When the
Chilian fleet came in the proprietor of the
house was afraid to allow the American
sailors to enter the place. One of the men
did so, however, and, after some little
trouble, he and two companions who re-
manned outside had to leave, and in the
row Monahan was stabbed in the back.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-11-21
OBITUARY..
,ecIal plspatch % ths paily Eagle.

Special Dispatch to ths Daily Eagle.
DIGHToN, Kan, Nov. 19.-The wife OF H.
c. Smeltzer, register of deeds of Lane
county, died very suddenly yesterday after
noon. Mr.. Smeltzer had left home at
o'clock, leaving his wife in perfect health.
Upon returning in the evening he found
his wife lying dead upon the floor. Heart
failure is supposed to have been the cause.
Mr.. and Mrs. Smeltzer had many friends
in your city.
PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 20.-Isaac r. Diller,
ex-consul of the United States at Florence,
is dead, aged 72.
HUDSON, n. Y, Nov. Ex-senator Gilbert
A Dean died at Copeka this morning.
This leaves, as the returns now stand, the
senate with sixteen Republicans, fourteen
Democrats and one Independent.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov 20-The body of
Florence was taken to New York this
evening in a special car over the Pennsyl-
vania road. The body was accompanied
by several relatives of Mr. and Mrs Flor
ence and Colonel Clayton McMichael,
editor and proprietor of the North Ameri-
can. Colonel McMichael, who was an in
innate friend of the Florences', made all
arrangements for the transportation of the
body, and, together with Mr.. A. nj.
Palmer of New York, will attend to the
various details of the funeral.
NEW YORK, Nov. 20.-The remains of
the dead actor William j. Florence ar
rived this evening and are now lying at
the Fifth Avenue hotel.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-11-21
TIE REPUBLICAN LEAGUE.

NEW YORK, Nov. 2O-The preparatory
work for the presidential campaign begun
yesterday by the executive committee of
the Republican national league was con-
tinued at the Plaza hotel this morning
Twenty-three states were represented.
Referring to the work done'by the league
in Kansas, e. G. Little said that one year
ago the Farmers Alliance swept every
thing, carrying ninety out of 106 districts.
The Republican party was demoralized in
Kansas. This year the Republican state
ceutral COMMITTEES turned the work over to
the league, with the result that the situa-
tion had been reversed.
The report of states was completed. Ida
ho and Utah were welcomed to member
ship. On motion of western delegate it
was decided to have one day in the year
set apart for state conventions, and Secre-
tary Humphreys was instructed to ask the
different states to hold conventions on
February r. Nincoln's birthday The
committee then adjourned. The time of
holding the next league convention was
referred to subcommittee, which will
meet at Washington on Tuesday next at
II o'clock
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-11-21
KANSAS UNIVERSITY.

LAWRENCE, Kan, Nov 2O-Chancellor
F. H. Snow, of the university, has return
ed from Boston. where he went for the
purpose of making a settlement with the
heirs of w. b. Spooner, by which the uni
versity receives a bequest of $91, 600. The
estate was all settled up and the institu-
tion receives the amount stated above, and
it is said to be the largest individual gift
ever made to a state university. William
b. Spooner, who was relative of Chan
cellor Snow, died in Boston in 1887. In
his will he divided considerable part of
his large fortune among his relatives and
bequeathed what should remain after q
settlement of the estate to the Kansas
state university. While absent the chan
cellor visited Harvard, Cornell and Michi-
gan universities. He saws he has reason to
feel proud of Kansas State university. Her
men at Harvard are taking lions share
of honors. OF the fifteen fellowships be-
slowed by Harvard in competitive tests
Kansas State university men now hold
two, while Michigan university has none.
About all the Kansas men at tb6 univer-
sity have scholarships
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-11-21
THE BRAZILIAN DICTATOR.

LONDON, Nov. 20.-The Exchange Tele-
graph company has further advices from
Rio deJaneiro but no indication is given as
10 how the dispatches escaped suppression
by the censorship of che dictator. Accord
ing to the Exchange company, the cOndi-
tion of affairs throughout Brazil is evil
IDENTIFY growing more critical Every
where discomfort and disaffection with the
present regime are becoming more pro-
nounced. Instead of tranquility and
acquiescence in Fonseca's assumption of
dictatorial power, there is vigorous oppo-
sition and increasing agitation. In gen
eral terms, the political condition of the
country is described as closely bordering
en- anarchy Meanwhile the dictator's
government continues the policy of sup
pressing the news, endeayoring in this
way to prevent one part of the country
from knowing what is going on at its CEN
ter, and so preventing disaffection. In
spite of the efforts of the government to
reduce Rio Grande do Sui to obedience by
force of arms or to win its allegiance by
concessions, it is generally admitted at
Rio de Janeiro that that state will adhere
TO its attitude Of opposition to the die
tatOr.
The dispatch further declares that Fon-
Beca's death is probable at any moment.
Though it is known that Fonseca has been
Ill, this statement is not supposed TO refer
70 his death by natural causes 1t is taken
10 mean that there Is extreme danger of
his assassination, or a sudden powerful
uprising of the incensed opposition which
will overthrow the present regime and
make away with its head.
LONDON. Nov. 20.-The news from Brazil
indicates that the provisional junta in au-
thority in the state of Rio Grande do Sui
is taking active measures to strengthen its
position and to maintain its opposition to
Fonseca's dictatorship. Fonseca is trying
TO win the allegiance of the junta by a
COnciliatOry course. The president sent a
dispatch to the junta offering to recognize
any local government that the people of
Rio Grande do SUI may prefer. on the sole
condition that peace and tranquility be
first restored. To this offer the junta re
Piled that its forces would only disarn
wien FonseCa shall have resigned and the
national congress shall have again assem-
bled.
BUENos AYERS Nov. 20-An advices
received here from the disturbed Brazil
ian state Of Rio Grande do Sui tell of the
difficulty the insurgent leaders experience
Sn securing sufficient arms to supply the
10000 men modified. Adispatch received
here announces that General Osorio, who
commands the insurgent forces in Rio
Grande do sui, has issued a manifesto, in
which he threatens to march on Rio de
Janeiro. The forts at Rio Grande bar, it
is learned, have been completed.