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The Forrest City times., 1891-03-27
 Stlm ulnnt, for Pot Plants.

The successful florist has moro faith in giving stimulants when tho plants really need them than in keeping the roots buried in soil made rich and almost offensive by strong manure. When roots arc few and the plants are almost at rest. the purer the soil and the less stimulant the plants receive, the better will they thrive when their roots come to draw up larger supplies of nourishment
 Moisture is needed to soften the soil and to allow the roots to extract nour- ishment from it, but when all the vir- tue is out of the earth and the plants begin to show signs of distress, all the watering in the world will not give vigor to the exhausted functions; but let portion of guano, or any well- prepared manure. be mixed with tho water sufficient to color it. and let this be repeated at every watering. instead of giving much stronger dose at longer intervals; the result will be most satisfactory. Tho beneficial re- suits obtained from manure water when iudiciously applied to towering and fruiting plants have long been recognized by cultivaiors. and it's use is now becoming moro general.
 A valuable liquid is Tn. dc by rsing ammonia. putting about on@ tcaspoonful to two quarts of water wh en watering the plants.
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-27
Two Republican views,

Two leading Republicans have just cx- pressed certain views about tho tariff question which are significant Senator Hale, of Maine, has given his views as to the part the tariff will play in the next national campaign
 1t will be impossibls,s he said, .to keep the tariff from being one of tho leading issues of the campaign. because if no general tariff law is reported in the House and no fight Is made to remodel the entire law, some changes will be suggested and probably attempted. The people will expect this, and tho tariff questions will Dc constantly under dis cussion by the masses.s
 The other Republican Is the now de- fupct Ingalls, who has been visiting Boston, and has stated to Republican paper there the attitude of Western Republicans on the tariff question. He shows that 8 great change has como over the dream of Republican prospects fin tho West. The ex-Seuator said:
 "The views of Western Republicans, or those who have hitherto been identi- ilei with the Republican party, Have un- dergone an essential change on the tariff question. and among such there is now demand for tariff revision and reduction. They regard the present system as in- equitable and as favoring the manufac- turer and the merchant moro than the producer and tho consumer. In their estimation the tariff question follows the silver issue in consequence and i'm portance.
 Reciprocity is regarded in tho West with favor, but there is no enthusiasm over it. It is regarded very largely as a device of politicians intended to distract people from the real issues in which they are interested. It has no great political significance ct present."
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-27
Poor and Rich Nttlk.

Any one who has attended a dairy convention. or who carefully follows the dairy literature of the day. writes Prof. Henry, must have come to real ize that milk testing Is the leading question before our dairymen. The rank injustice of paying for milk or dividing money between patrons on the pounds-delivered basis has been toler~ ated only because it could not be avoid ed. When the system of paying for milk upon weight Is new in a eommun- ity, it works fairly well for a short time, but soon patrons learn to take advantage and the result is that as time goes on more and more milk Is requir- ed to make pound of butter or cheese. Of course there are always n flow who water or skim; these arc occasionally caught and fined or expelled. but the difficulty does not end here. for there are other ways of get ing ahead. The greatest trouble has been through buying and breeding cows which produce tho greatest num- ber of pounds of milk without any re- gard whatever to tho quality. Between the COWS giving thin milk and the patrons who skim or water. dairymen producing good milk and factory men have hard time of it. Factory men have come to realize that their best friends among the patrons arc tho poorest paid. Going from bad to worse, matters have como to point where. unless some equitable system is adopted. We must expect the factory system to drag out n miserable existence. if 1t is not driven to the wall Is 1t any won- der then, that intelligent factory men have come to the conclusion that milk must be paid for on merit onlvp
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-27
Bushels.

After the small exports of 1889. the first three months of 1890 showed an enormous increase. Wheat and flour exported rose to S2o, 200, ,0oo, and tho exports of corn fors the three months were So, se7, GOO.
 An important fact to note is that Bra gil was large buyer of these bread stuffs, one seventh of the wheat export ed; one-fourth of the corn, and one fifth of the flour exported in 1889 went to Brazil. As the Argentine Republic is so much nearer to Brazil than we are. 1t can hard y be hoped that our farmers will long be abe to snll their breadstuffs in Brazil in competition with it From Buenos Ayres to Rio Janeiro, tho capital of Brazil, Is about ,001 miles, voyage of only three to five days, while from New York to Rio Janeiro is 4, 500 miles and takes from twenty to twenty five days
 This fact is all the more important when 1t Is remembered that Brazil has no duty at all on wheat, and tho duty on flour, which is to be removed for us, is only 10 per cent. It Is thus seen that our farmers have powerful rival on almost an equal footing, and fifteen to twenty days nearer the Brazilian market than we are. |. seems at best to be only question of time when it will be impossible for us Co ship breadstuffs to Bra il.
 The capacity for the development of whea. raising in Argentine may be seen from Consul Bakers estimate, that at present there are only about 5, 500. 600 acres in wheat, while there are 723, 500,- 900 acres suitable for wheat-growing It Is therefore almost true to say that Tor every acre in wheat now there arc 100 acres that may be put in wheat
 That the wheat acreage of Argentine will soon be enormously increased is cer- tain. A year ago firm of agricultural i'm plement makers here In the United States had an order from that country for 25, 0o0 blows to be used in turning over the rich prairie land of Buenos Ayres At the same time 1t was reported that the activity in ship building on the Clyde was due to the demand for steamers in the trade be- tween England and the Argentine Re- public.
 While MT Blaine Is chasing the will o'-the-wisp of n market for breadstutfs in South America, 1t would be good thing for him to devise ways and means for preventing Europe herself from going to South America for her supply of bread stuffs. So long as European countries are repelled by Mckinley tariffs from selling their goods to us, just so long will th.y be forced to seek other markets If they sell in South America they arc bound to buy grain there in exchange for their goods if they can find it The more freely we admit European goods the moro do we increase the demand in Europe for our agricultural products.
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-27
 Match the tiltla ThInya.

There Is barn upon the Allegheny Mountains so built that the rain which falls upon it separates in such . man. ner that tha. which falls on one side of the roof runs into little stream which flows into the Susquehanna, And theoce into the Chesapeake Bay and on to the Atlantic Ocean. That which falls on the other side is carried into the Ale ghany River, thence into the Ohio, and onward to the Gulf of Mexico.
 The joint where tho water divides Is very small. But how different the course of these waters!
 So it happens with persons. A very little thing changes the channel of their lives. Much depends upon the kind of tempers we have. If we are sour and ill-tsmpsred no ono will love us. If we arc kind and cheerful VIC shall have friends wherever we go. Much de- pends upon the way in which VIC im- pro our school days. Much depends upon the kind of comrades we have: much upon the kind of habits we form. If we would have the right kind of . life we must watch tho little thiu gs. We must aee how one little thing af- fects another thing. how one little act takes in many others. - Golden Days.
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-27
Reciprocity st the spthsr End.

MT. Blaine's reciprocity with Brazil docs not seem to be viewed in that country in exactly the same hopeful light in which the American protection fists see 1t The reduction of Brazil's duties on manufactured articles. 1t Is hoped here, will give our manufacturers a decided advantage in that country over their English rivals, but this opinion doest seem~to prevail in Brazil
 The Rio Ncps, . paper friendly to reciprocity with this country. has re- gently been discussing the Blaine treaty, and 1t shows that our manufacturers arc not going to get entire control of Bra zalian markets, by any means It says:
 @ln regard to cotton and hardware, our English friends may st content the treaty will work no great changes in this respect Ehe 25 per cent reduc- ton will barely equalze the cost of tho goods to the importer, while the unwill. ingness of Americans to establish com mercial houses In the country. and to give the customary credits, will more than offset any slight advantage tho treaty can give. Treaties and legls a. ton may injurc commerce, but after ali no sound and pro srous trade is eser built up without individual effort and initiative Mir. Blaine will have to con jure up something besides reduction of 25 per co t on duties before he can turn tho tide of importation in South Anne lea from England to tho United States"
 In showing that American lack of en- terprise prevents us from having Q monopoly of BraziI's market, the Rio paper Is simply saying what our own trade papers and business men have said repeatedly in the past in exp ana tion of our limited saies of goods in South America
 The trouble has been that our manu- lecturers have been taught to rey on tho tsovcrnment to hold the homo mar. ket for them agsinst all comers; thns
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-27
Why w.,,-rcd stock rn, s,,nv

Surprise is ofter expressed at the fact that the feeding of the highly con ccntrated and ni:rogenous foods results with cows. horses and sheep in great deal more grain straw being eaten Animals arc wiser in this respect than men and women, who will continue to eat concentrated foods without desire for change until digestion is destroyed. When oil meal is given to stock instinct teaches them to divide it and mako it moro digestible by eating largo amount of straw. Thus straw which Is not nutritious enough to keep any ani- nal in good condition becomes tho necessary adjunct to the highest feed iur
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-27
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
A BIT OF GOOD ADVICE ABOUT
 MIXED FARMING.
The Question of Poor or Rich Milk-The Degencracy of Poultry-Aspara- gus Beds-Pot Plants
 Houser old Matters.
Mixed Farming.

By mixed farming we should under
 stand that our operations are not con-
 fined to one product, but embrace all products that can be cultivated and raised with profit. Almost every prod uct of the farm Is subject to failure from various causes. drouth. frost,
 blight storms, etc. Every class of
 products has its peculiar enemies. The potato bug attacks the potato, cut worms the corn. lice the cabbage, wee vii and fly the wheat blight the pears, rot the grape, etc.; but they do not often occur the same season, and the farmer who cultivates variety need not fear an entire failure. There are always some good crops. Experience and observation have taught that it is not safe to rely upon limited class of products for series of con- secutive years. It may do we'll enough for short time but sooner or later it will fail. A very important consider ation is, that mixed farming furnishes constant and regular work through the year. A farmer with a family of boys or man hired by the year. should give them constant employment, and this can be done best by mixed farming. Mixed farming is best for the land as it furnishes proper rotation for main- taining fertility. One thing soon ex- hausts the soil of particular element or elements. This policy confers the greatest amount of happiness. It gives additional thought and interest to the mind, enlarges the sphere of action and stimulates mutual activity. By cultivating variety of products, farming is made more interesting. The monotony of confinement to one thing is relieved. The mind naturally seeks something new and fresh. There is disposition in many of our youth to leave the farm and go to the towns or on railroads. There Is n kind of romance about railroading to many young men, and it is frequently takea out of them very suddenly when they get between the bumpers or under the wheels. Farmers should do ell they can to prevent their boys from leaving the farm. Farmers sons ought to have a chance 10 earn something for themselves, to be allowed to make little ventures in stock-raising to fur nish pocket money and to keep them contented at home
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-27
About Poultry.

In tho majority of cases 1t Is the early turkeys that are the most profit able. Get tho breeding stock needed and feed them up to good condition so as to start the hens to laying early. Early laying means early matching.
 A drawer is good place to keep eggs. A cool, dark place where they can be kept at an even temperature, and where they can be turned regular ly and conveniently. will be found best
 Clean straw makes one of tho very best us we'll us cheapest materials that can be used for lining the nests. It should be changed oftcn enough to keep clean.
 Better be a little early than little late. With poultry intended for early market even few days difference will often make considerable difference in the profits.
 It Is the little things connected with the management of poultry that largely determines the amount of profit It Is tho constant care in looking after the apparently little things that gives one n profit where another loses.
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-27
pegcncrncY u pou,trx.

The introduction of nsw breeds of fowls is only temporary benefit un- less care Is taken to brec< them with purity. or to cross only with design fer specified purpose, and shen killing all these crosses 90 soon IL their pur- pose Is accomplished. A grs,st majority of complaints that hens Ac not pay come from those who yoa.s ago used crosses. and have continn..e. to breed from them. Their progenr Ars poor layers. subject to disease Ina generally worthless. Returning to pnrs blooded fowls is the only resour,s of those whose fiocks have got in th.s condition.
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-27
Htnts to HouSekee.pes~.

bulging appearance in the can, iA the case of canned goods. ts indicative of decomposition of the ontents.
 Tea leaves are good to scatter ever carpets before sweeping. not only to freshen the colors, but al.D to prevent the dust from arising.
 Rub together one tablespoonful of butter and three of flovr. Roll this into tho upper crust of pies; 1t will rendcr the crust flaky and tcnder.
 After buttering the tina for layer cake. give them good sprinkling of -four. This will prevent the cake from sticking to the tins. and little le+s flour will be required in ihe making of the cake.
 Half a teaspoonful o sugar will nearly always revive d;ing fire, and. unlike tho few drops of oil which ser wants are so fond of using. and which has caused so many sad accidents, b perfectly safe.
 A fresh egg will sink in water be- cause of the water in it. 1t will lie on its side also rather than ondwisc. Should the yolk be plainly distinguish able upon being held Up to strong light, the egg is good.
 In making custards and custard pies. heat the milk to the scaldipg point. be- fore adding 1t to the beaten eggs and sugar; bake at once in hot oven. The time required for baking them will thus be~reduced one-hali
 Black satin can be stiiYencd bv sponging with vinegar and water. n tablespoonful of tho former to n pint of water. Sponge on the wrong side. then moro lightly on the right side and press on the wrong. If therc arc grease or other spots on It they may be removed by the use O. alcohol and ammonia in equal parts. diluting each tablespoonful of the mixture witl a pint of water.
 To remove and prevent dandruff . good wash is made from two ounces of pulverized borax. two ounces of gum camphor, broken in small pieces. one quart of boiling watcr. Bottle and cork tightly. Before earh time of us- ing strain a small quantity and dilute with an equal portion Of water. Apply to the head with a flannel cloth or with the hands. Wash the Acad and hair afterward with soft wntR.
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-27
soMx time last fall a trust of typo

SoME time last fall a trust of typo foupdries was formed to get the full benefit of the e5 per cent protection.
 Recently the lo,nl Sttc Register, tho leading Republican paper of Iowa, wanted to buy new type and found that the price was one third higher. This paper has . habit of discovering tho deep schemes Of the Golden Club, and then shouting itself hoarse against British free trade;" but hero Is what it said when 1t knew that tho -o1mbinos had put up the rr.ce Of type: ~Competi- tion is . necessary and indispen -ab,e . factor among American manufacturers
 and all combines must be made to under. stand than when they form trusts to de- crease discounts or to advance prices, the duty on goods manufactured by tho combines must be removed. As nine tenths of domestic industries arc con- troiled by combines, tho Registers remedy would be practisliy British frec trade
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-27
Aaparagus lscds.

To set an asparagus bed. says the Michigan Farmer. get plants one or two years-one is about as good us another
 -set in trenches about a foot deep with plenty of manure in them mixed with soil. Set the plants abouttwenty inches apart diagonally in the trench and 1t would be better perhaps. to make it two feet Cover first with soil and then manure each autumn and in the spring spade 1t in not forking the ground too deep. During the summer fork tho ground over enough to keep tho weeds
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-27
The Uss er Torn~toss q.

It is comparatively recently that the tomato has been used for food. Men little past middle age rerae mber when they were only gariaa ornament called siove applies.' ard no sody thought of eating them. People xcn- orally had to acquire t,lste for them Now largo proportion os young reo- pie arc born with this taAle inherited. Immense amounts are put up by can ming factories every year. and last sca- son the failure of the frlit crop sn- creased the demand for whe tomatoes as an available substitute for othss Rntica
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-27

down. For a family of six persons co plants will be ample. Every farmer should have bed of asparagus, The plants will not cost more than 50 or 75 cents. When once started and cared for, an asparagus bed will last for gen. erations and it will afford large amount of healthful food. The bed may be cut for use little the second year after planting and tho fourth year it may be fully cut.
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-27

they have come to look upon this homo market too much as their only field of operations. With nigh tariff prices guaranteed to them st homo. they have been slow to push out into foreign mar kets, where they will have 10 face Q frowning world Of competitors It is time for American manufacturers to put out to sea and learn to swim in deep wafnr
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-27
ruii rsrir Pr,e...

For some months the prices of im- ported dry goods in tho New York market have been gradually moving up- ward toward tho new tariff standard. The largo importations last summer and fall nade at that timo In order to e. oaDo " new 1cIlnley dutiea oyer-
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-27
THE Nebraska State Lumbermen'a

Association has accep:ed the proposition of the United Lumbermcn to consolidate the two organizations A convention Is to Dc held In Chicago In May to com plete the consolidation. and then the trust will include practically all Western dealers It is alreaiy announced that the few indepcndent dealers will bo boy cCtted. The duty of si.5o ter thousand will, in large measure, prevent compe. tition from Canada
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-27
Wnrx our forefathcrs madn ths frs,

WHEN our forefathcrs made the first tariff in l7so. they selected articles of luxury on which to lay the highest duties In this way carriages werc ta xed at the highest rate found in tho first tariH law. But our fathers had . diff. fercnt Idea of what . high tariff Is from that which prevails now The highest duty in their tariff was only is per cent. We have many Mckiney duties ton times as high. and some evcn higher
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-27

TIE prices of domestic made pocket knives have teen advanced since tho Me kinley bill increasei the duties on cut lery. A pearl handled knife. with a va- riety of useful blades and fixIngs which sold at retail in New York la fall for Sl.5o, is now sold for So. The high Me Kinley duty made this increase necessary on the Germaa knife, and then the do- nestle makers put up prices to tho same point
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-27

TIE little State of Rhodo Island holds it's election for State officers in April The Dcmocracyo of -Little Rhody" Is very wide awake, and declares that it be- lieves in freer tradc with all countries, exchange and barter being the life of businesss
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-27

DR. BRowS nsed to style his colleo ion ol extsAetsd teeth ~sum dzors.s
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-27

pto are accustomed to watch and zee how correctly . busha of beets Ia measured; and there arc not many honest milk cans.
 DeceptiOns do not all cluster around city 1allA When our cities sit down and weep over thcir sins, all the surrounding coun- tries ought to come in and weep with them There Is often hostility on the part of the producers against traders, ss though the 1, nas who raises the corn was necessarily more honorable than the grain dealer who pours it into his mammoth bin. There ought 10 be no such hostility. Yet pro- ducers often think it no wronR to snatch away from this trader; and they say to the bargain maker, .'You get your money easy" Do they get it easy? Let those who In tho quiet field and barn get their living exchange places with those who stand to- .dsv amid the settlements of commercial 1ife. and sec if they find 1t so very easy. While the farmer goes to sleep with the as- Aurance that his corn and barley will be usowing all the night moment by moment adding to his revenues, the merchant tries e co to sleep conscious that that moment his cargo may be broken on the rocks, or damaged by the wave that sweeps clear oGeoss the hurricane deck; or that reckless speculators, that very hour. be plotting sou,e monetary revolution, or the burglars be prYipg open his safe, or his debtor fee- lng the town. or his landlord ralslng the rent or the fires kindling on the block that contains all his estates. Easy! Is it? God help the merchants! It is hard to have the palma of the hands blistercd with outdoor work; bun moro dreadful process when. through mercantile anxietics, the brain is oensumedi
 h the pext plaee VIC rntlce mercantile lieA those bsfore tho counter end behind the counter. will not attempt to spAcify Nha different form of commercial false- Aood. Th0re are morchants who excuse 1Aeneelyes for dsviation from truthiulness 6ecaoae cf what they call commercial eSstcMk n other woris. the multiplicar olon en1 Nnfvessalsty of . sln turas t into . vlE1lA xhcss have heen laxBe tortsnse