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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-06

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-06

usually so many men have taken part In the the maj maj
contest that IL has become mOnOCnos put thls year
only the best men will appear before the judges
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-06
URGING A CANDIDATE FOR CIRCUIT JUDGE

TRGTN(I A CANDIDATE fUt OIFCtII JVD0T7'
Washington, Dec. 5.-A large delegation OF business
men of Philadelphia waited the President and the
Attorney General to-day and urged the appointments
OF w J. Holingsworth, of Philadelphia, ms judge Oh
the Circuit Court
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-06
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-06
FAST HORSES LEAVE THE STOCKTON TRACK.

stockton, Cal. Dec. 5.-The fast horses which nave
been here TO make worlds record have left here and
1t IS said that the record meetings are over for the
year But some new horses will be brought here IL the
track should be good after the first big storm.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-06

DEATH OF CAPTAIN JOSEPH KEEFE. Q. S. A.
Boise City, Idaho, Dec 5.-Captaln Joseph Keefe.
Company c, 4th Infantry. died here YESTERDAY
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-06
he Game for ChrisImas.

The Game for Christmas. ,u =, o,ni
The tame Of INNOCENCE ABROAD rs niadih' basld
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-06
AMERICAN PORK IN FRANCE.
IMPORTATION AT FOUR PORTS PERMITTED
PRACTICAL READMssIoN OF THE AMERICAN
PRODUCT FOR ALL FRANCE.

Paris Dec. 5.-The Journal Oficels today pub
fishes decree authorizing the import of American pork
into France The ports Of entry however. limited.
and importatlons can be made only at Dunkrk Havre
Bordeaux and Marseilles.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-06

Popular " Innocence Abroad"
Innocence Abroad" IL having largest sale of
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-06

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r. A SPEEDY AND CERTAIN
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I'm THIS COUNTRY, and HAS
RECEIVED MORE than SEVEN
THOUSAND UNSOLICITED
TESTIMONIALS FROM PER-
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-06
THE MONTGOMERY LAUNCHED.

CRUISER NO. ADDED TO THE NEW NAVY AT
BALTIMORE WITHOUT CEREMONY.
Baltimore, Dec. 5.-The cruiser montgomery no"
rides beside her sister ship, the Detroit at the Cou
HAN Iron Works. The trim little warship slid from
the WAYS as gracefully could be desired this morning
at IL 10 O'Clock, and the commonplace afair TOOK
place without the Navy Department or the people
here giving it other than passing note The boilers
for the Montgomery await her at the dock
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-03
Bits of Information.

There are 4.50o women printers in England.
 Of every million people in the world 60o are blind.
 Berlin horse cars carry annual, nearly loo,Doo.ooo passengers.
 There are Il, ,465 women commercial travellers in the United States.
 Turin is the first Italian city which can boast of library intended .x. c!nsively for women.
 IL is estimated that in England oue man in 50o gets a college edncatiou, alnl in America one in every .uu.
 It is known that the Chinese as earl, as 969 A. D. fastened rockets 10 iheis arrows that the latter might be thrown to greater distance.
 The Fiji Islands Mission has as.0o7 church members and l0l, iu5 attend. ants iu public worship. Eilty wears ago there Vas not Christian on the islands, now there k not heathen.
 The lower falls of the Geuesee River at Rochester. \. r.. are utilized for the production of electricity and more than 500 motors are now in use Power is furnished io run sewing-machines in los tailor shops. the charge being $ls i year for one-eighth horse power.
 Fully three-fonrths ef the babies oi the world go naked until they get to bo , or 6 years old Tine Canadian Indians keep their babies naked up to 4 certain poinI. and as for the little cnreans. they wear nothing but short skirt until they are ;ls old as our schoolboNs.
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-03
Like Louis Ouatorze,

X curious scene was witnessed in Il Halles at an early hour one morn erg. X gentleman. who snid his name was Adalbert, and is reported to belong to a good family, invited two fneu whom he met on the street to supper They supped ina most luxurious manner. consuming sever. al bottles ofchampague. At last Adal bert knocked on the table with his stick and shouted: Bring the bill Quickl l am Louis XIV, don't like to be kept waiting" The proprietor brought the reckoning, which amounted to sS, and the representa-. tive of Louis XIV. tossed it to his companions. re.narking: Pay that i, you like! As for me, have only got Is Sd in my pocket, aud Intend to keep it therel" "But." expostu. lated his companions. ''it was you who invited us to supper.' Very likely" was the reply; "l invited you to supper. and you have supped. now ] invite yon to pay, therefore pay! That's my character There suit Of the altercation was that all three were taken before NJ. Leieune. inspector of police, who soon found out that the gentleman calling him seit Adalbert was in reality luna. tic, and had already been in St. Anne's nsylum for mental yagaries of similar kind. He wns sent to the iniirmary of the central police station for further inquiry into the state ot his mind. The other men were liberated on promising to pay the landlord when they had money enough. Paris Cor. London Tele. graph.
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-03
English Sparrow Pie.

Although not the best fare. sparrows are not to be despised as au addition to poor folks dietary. IL seems odd, therefore, that the bird should so abound in some parts of the kingdom as to be considered almost IS great a pest as the rabbit is in Australia. says the London Globe.
 Why does not Hodge sally forth. gun in hand. and bring home fine mea. meal for his starving family' Simply because the game would not pay for the candle; every sparrow bagged would cost more than 1t was worth.
 X far more economical method es making a bag is. however recommend- ed hv correspondent of Yorkshire paper.
 Having steeped quantity of rice in whisky or rum, scatter the grain ahou: al some place much frequented bs sparrows. The knowing little bird has weakness for stimulants and in q very short time not grain will be left undeyoured.
 But tho sparrows shockingly inebr- ated. can not raise on the approach O. the fowler. who picks them up at his leisure, repeating the operation unti, he has secured enough for family pie.
 The cost Is said to be next to noiti. ing, and success absolutely certain. But look at the wickedness of it! Thesu is the pandering to an unholy craving there is downright fraud on con tsling bird. and --who shall sayo-there is the chance of eternal perdition for feathered sinners cut off in their favor ite sin.
 Aae all this merely to provide fool fer q few human beings The eGd does not sanctify the means and we feel assured that every Hodge ho r. speets himself would far rather drip k the rum or whisky himself than put ii to such unworthy use,
 His virtuons stomach would revolt at sparrow pie. however deftly made, based on deceit and drink. II is said, nevertheless, to be an appetizing and nutritious dish when the birds are stuffed with bread crumbs and repose on layer of steak to make gravy.
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-03
HER IDEAL.
From the New York Herald.

From the New York Herald. She wanted to reach an ideal;
 She talked Oi the lovely in art, She quoted from Elmer sons essays,
 And said she thought Howells had 'henrt, :" 6he dotted on Wagner's productions.
 She thought comic opera low, And she played trying tunes on xithenr,
 Keeping time with sandal-shod toe, She had dreams of noblei existence
 A bi.cated corsetless place. Where women would stand free and equal
 Ala queens of q glorious race But her biscuits were dsndly creations
 That caused i0ople's spirts to sink. And she'd views upon matters religious
 That drove her relations to driuk. She'd opinions on co-education,
 But not an idea on cake; She could analyre Spencer or Browning.
 But the new kitchen range wouldn't bake. She wanted to be eso teric,
 And she worr the most classical clothes But she ended hy being hysteric
 And contracting cold in the nose. She studied of forces hynoptic,
 She believed in theosophy quite She understood themes prehistoric, And said that the faith-cure was right. She wanted to reach an ideal.
 And at clo,ls unpoetic would rail: And her husband wore fringe on his trousers And fastened them on with n naill
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-03
Special Delivery Stamps,

He was stamp fiend, young and precious. The plain American stamp had no interest for him. He was making n collection of foreign ones, and so when they sent him down to the postoffice for q pack age he did not pay much attention, but brought 1t home and handed it over, and skipped out to play tag. Next. day they showed him n new sister who had arrived. He looked at her with some curiosity.
 Say, where did she come from?"
 "Oh, from heaven.
 From heaveni ! know. That was the package I brought from the postoifice and I never knowed any thing about it.
 "Yes."
 1Gollyl why didsn't yon save me the stimps?" San Francisco Q Chron- icle.
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-03
The prescripttou.

A mixed company were gathered ln the little chapel. They had come to- gether from many quarters; there were old and young, rich and poor. Differing in many respects, they were alike in ono: all were sick; some sick in body, some sick in mind. some sick at heart. So they all needed healing. and therefore they were gathered. And, moreover, they all needed to be comforted Of God The lesson for the evening was the rhirty-seventh Psalm. One and another commented upon it. Then the chaplain rose, and his words were something like these:
 Dear friends, here, in seven verses. is prescription for each one. Fill it, take 1t. and life will no more be to you the grievous way it is now. There are six ingredients: Fret not, Trust, Delight thyself.' Commit thy way Rest and Wait patiently Then, as if double dose was needed, Fret not, is repeated at the end. Try this prescription of the Great Physician, and see how it will raise the spirits while it quiets the heart. :"
 Only these few words, and the chaplain sat down; but the clearing brow, the uplifted look, showed that into some hearts the words had dropped, and the remedy was even then beginning it's work.
 Do we not all need itp-H A. H.. iD Chrtstadn Union.
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-03
Horses in Dark Stables.

The pupil of horses eye is enlargct' by being kept in n dark stable; he has 2 harness put on him and is suddenly brought out into glaring sunlight. which contracts the pupils so suddenly as to cause extreme pain. By pes severing in this very foolish and iA- ludicious as we'll as cruel practice thc
 n1rve of the eye becomes impaired,
 if continued long enough loss of
 sht will ensue. To see how painful it is to face a bright light after having been in the dark. take walk some dark night for "a short time till the eyes become used to tho darkness, then drop suddenly into some well-lighted room and you will scarcely be able to see for n few minutes in the sudden light. You know how painful it is to yourself, then why have your horses repeatedly bear such unnecessary paini -kTeld aud F1r,n.
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-03
FAST MATCH MAKING.
A Machine that Cuts Out Ten Miiitons af
 Them Every Day.

The operation of making matches from pine log may be divided into four heads. namely.
 Preparing the splints, dipping the matches. box making. and filling. When the timber is brought into the cutting room of the factory 1t Is seized upon by gang of men who place it before circular saw. where It is cut into blocks fifteen inches long. which is the length of seven matches. IL is then freed of its bark aud taken to the turning lathe, where, by means of special form of fixed cutting band run ming i;s entire length, continuous tool, the thickness of the match is cut off
 As the block revolycs and decreases in diameter the knife advances and a baud of veneer of uniform thickness is obtained. As the veneer rolls of the knife it is met by eight small knives, which cut it into seven separate bands, each the size of match. By this ouo operation seven long ribbons of wood each the length and thickness of a match, arc obtained. These are then broken into pieces six feet long, the knotty parts removed. and they are then fed into machine which looks and acts like straw chopper, which cuts them into single matches. The machine eats l50 bands at the same time, and mechanical device pushes them forward the thickness of match at each stroke of the cutter. This little machine. with it's one sharp knife. can cut over l0, QUO. GOO matches day.
 From the eutting room the splints are taken to the dry room, where they are placed in revolving drums. which absorb all the moisture the splints may contain. They are then prepared for the dipping process, which is very important operation, as each splint must have sufficient space to be fully coated. and yet not placed so close to the others as to cause the mixture to clot the heads of the other spiiuts. To do this they are placed under an in- Ceniouslv constructed machine which seems to work with human intelligence. and are caught up and placed closely. but at regular intervals i'll q dipping frame. These frames contain forty four moveable laths. and between each lath the machine places. with clock
 
 work regularity, fifty splints, making over 2,o0o in each frame.
 The heads of the splints are all of the same level. and single attendant at each machine can place over 1000. o0o spliuts in the frame per day. The dip- ping vat is a stove of masonry which contains three square pans. The first pan is for heating the splints, so they will absorb the mixture; tho second contains molten parafline, in which the points are dipped, and in the third they are coated with ignitiug composition. Over s GOO matches can be dipped by a skilful workman in one day. After the dipping process the matches are dried while still in the frames. and are then taken to the packing room, where they are put into the boxes by hand The Hoodporker.
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-03
For What Ia Ynur IiIes


 This old question Is just as suggest i've now as ever. We forget what our lives are. We live as though we wore never to die. We sow--we--reap--w build--we count up our golden treas ures and then struggle on as if this earthly life was eternal. We do not think that death is near. We always hold 1t far of until it's dark shadow falls upon us,-then we see ut last how frail we are and how utterly powerless to cope with our foe. At last we see that our life is really "vapor that appeareth for a little time and then vanishes away" Strange that we did not think of it before, for we live and move among the dead and dying. We see the life curtain drop over many friend and we bear him away to rest in the lonely silence Of the grave and then rush along in our old way and forget that we too must be hidden by the falling curtain. The great drama of human life is, after all. only scene of a moment. We only catch brief view-hardly long enough to take in the full scene and then 1t changes to the whlteness of death. The living. moving pano- rama is transformed into the pale statuary that stands in eternal silence.
 This is life as we see it here. In the future world true life will only begin. Life there will be blessed treasurc--a gem of untold worth, state of existence that is worth more than all the glittering gold of this rich world For what is your lifo--- here an empty dream, there ans eternal treasure. Mrs. M. 4. Hou in BuDdio Ghffsttdn Adcocatc.
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-03

part by means of wooden or vulcanito holders. After contact for some sec onds the part becomes pale. and anemic and diminishes in sensitive ness. If the tampon be then removed there is marked reaction. shown by congestion and slight itching. or if the application be continued for shor. tune longer, say few seconds, the skin assumes white, dried. parcb- ment-iike appearance. This is the time to operate. The application is sometimes succeeded by itching aud an urticaria-like eruption. It is re- sorted to in all kinds of operations circumcision, opening abscesses. and in neuralgia lunibago, muscular pain, g0ut. etc.
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-03
The Sanctifed.

Here, in twenty particulars, is Will liam Seekers description of the cnar- acteristics of sanctified men and wo- m en:
 Sanctifed Christians do much good and make but little noise.
 They bring up the bottom of their life to the top of their light.
 They prefer the duty they owe to God to the danger they fear from man.
 They seek the public good of others above the private good of themselves.
 They have the most beautiful con- yersations among the biackest persona.
 They choose the worst sorrow rath- CT than commit the worst sin.
 They become as fathers to III in charity and as servants to all in hu- mility
 They mourn most before God for their lusts, which appear least bef0ra men.
 They keep their hearts lowest vhon God raises their estates highest
 They seek to be hetter inwar1ly in the substancc than outwardly n ar peArance. SAss |3Ss
 Thsy srs erievsd mors V tho xiS. treos ol m church than elIoo1Q l1ar o4n Aar0ineos
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-03
SUNDAY READING.
SABBATH SHOULD BE THE PLEASANT
 EST DAY OF T:n WEEK.
Rest of the Soui-What is the Object of fe:-serious and Instructive
 Matters-Etc., Etc.

Come, ye winds through pine leaves blow
 tug,
 Sing n song of rest forever While your eadence--rising. flowing,
 Blends with music of the river; Sing of all that swectly fingers
 On those shores that know no sorrow strains that follow fancy's fingers
 Let my sinking spirit borrow. am weary of this striving
 In this dim and earthly portal; ] would breathe the fragrance living
 In the lands so fair-immortal. would drink a draught to banish { Pain. regret and endless motion Drink the cup whence cares will vanish Like wild rivers lost in ocean. Joy Is but Il passage-swallow,
 Whose brief summer ends in nesting; On the steps of pleasure follow
 Echoes sad and never resting. Friendship. like a steec o'erridden,
 Stacks it's pace, and n;ends it never; Love but comes guest unbidden--
 short hts stay. his flight forever. Who would heed the lure of glory
 Like the rainbows passing splendor? Lost on earth its brilliant story
 Ere the tongue its tale can render. Lives of statesmen, heroes, wander,
 Drops of rain, In Lethe's water; Future ages pause and ponder
 On their misrule and their slaughter. Welcome, then, the lotus, growing
 On those silent banks SO gentIei Knowledge is but deeper knowing
 Pangs of soul and suffering mental. Softly, then, in dream of ages
 Let me lapse, nor ever waken; Then no storm of winter rages-
 Then no summer heat is taken. -JAMEs NJ. ROGERS in BANNER OF LIGHT
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-03
The Amer,can Church at Leips,o.

Large numbers of young men and women from America and England are gathered at Leipslc in order that they may enjoy tho educational advantages of the city, The English-speaking population Is over three hundred. Those who are gathered there are to return to their own native country, many of them to take prominent posi- tions in our colleges and institutions of learning. In the midst of the chill- ing atmosphere which they are liable to feel in the separation from the churches with which they have been connected at home, they are liable to lose their faith, and to become pro- motors of unbelief rather than of vital Christianity.
 For this reason it is of the utmost importance that the American church, which was founded in 1874, and which has been supported until the present time mostly through the cooperative efforts of ministers and theological students resident in Leipsic, should be sustained. l was delighted to find last summer on visiting
  Leipsic. that the Rev. David J. Ed wards was devoting himself with great self-sacrifce to the religious interests of the American church there. He preached discourses especially adapt ed to the needs of tho students, and was very successful in meeting them in pastoral and social way. He re- ceiyed a unanimous and hearty call to remain as pastor of the American chapel. He had marked qualifica- tions for the place. as he has had much experience in reaching young men, has travelled extensively In vari- ons countries, and has studied several years at German universities.
 His preaching is evangelical ard helpful. If he remains in this post tion. it Is necessary that contributions should be received from friends in America This work among those who are to be leaders of thousands n our country is of the utmost import ance. The subscriber VIII be elad
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-03
A Happy Sabbath.

That is profound philosophy which councils parents to make Sunday the happiest day of the week. And the chief requisite to this is that they give themselves to their children-at church as well as at home. The Sun day school must not be allowed to usurp the place of the church service. The child nestled in the family pew at his mothers side, holding his fathers hand, enters naturally from the shelter of warm human love into the my stery of divine love, and the house of God very early becomes to him the gate Of heaven.
 For little children it is pretty plan to set aside for Sabbath use the most attractive toys, the favorite pie lures and stories, the sweetest child songs and hymns, and to join with them more than ever in their plays and their quiet moods, until, when they wake Sunday morning. they shall exclaim, with a four-year-old of our acquaintance, Oh. I'm so glad it s Sundayn
 Music is the heritage of the family Sabbath. Not church hymns and Sunday school songs only, but the music Of the masters as we'll. those great compositions, that tell without words the story of human life, and tell 1t religiously because truly and profoundly; that speak to the children as plainly as to the elders; that open heart 10 heart, and intensity in each his own living and longing.
 Books belong to the family Sabbath Not that thief of childhood's Sabbath hours. the Sunday school library book, not sickly or precocious story papers, nor sordid secular papers, nor scrappy religious ones, but real books, and all the real books, poetry as well as books of devotion, essays, and biographies, and every other kind of book that sets the heart throbbing with wish to be something better and greater than we ever have been before. And often some one will read aloud. while the chairs draw to- gether, the reader pausing all the way along for the children's questions, and the commentary of the parents, and for "reminiscences and hopes ahead. Then, as the family walk abroad. the father assumes his most ancient most sacred office of high-priest of his household. Then all Become psalmists, all prophets. The harvest waves the promise of better things than loaves for the table. The solemn mountains, the deep skies, are more than backgrounds for landscapes, show-places for rainbows; for under heath the voices of winds and waters they hear the earth spirit in her most secret utterance:
 "Tx thus at the roaring loom of time
 ply,
 And weave for God the garment thou seest
 Him hy."
 They who so walk the earth to- gether shall not be separated in heav- enly places. -F. IT. &, in Harper's Basdr