The Forrest City times., 1891-08-28
seven dollars and thirty.three cents;

seven dollars and thirty-three cents; and the case was proved genuine. Now have r ad all Shakespeare tragedies and all Victor Hugos tragedies, and all Alexander Smiths tragedies but never read tragedy more thrilling than that case, and similar cases by the hundreds and thousands in all our large cities; young women without money and without home and without work in tho great maelstroms of metropolitan life. When such a case comes under your observation how do you treat it? "Get out of my way; we have no room ln our establishment for any more hands. 1 don't believe in women anyway; they are lazy, idle, worthless set. John, please show this person of the door" Or do you compliment her per sonal appearance, and say things to her which if any man said to your sister or daughter you would kill him on the spot? That is one way and it is tried every day in the large cities and many of those who advertise for female hands in factories, and for governesses in families, have proved themselves unfit to be in any place outside of hell But there is another way, and 1 saw it one day in the Methodist Book Concern in New York, where a young woman ap- piled for work and the gentleman in tone and manner said in substance: My daughter, we employ women here, but l do not know of any vacant place in our department. You had better inquire at such and such Q place, and l hope you will be successful in getting something to do. Here is my name and tell them Y Isl..x |. i L.. initiated woman seemed to give way to Christian confidence. She started out with hopeful look that l think must have won for her place in which to earn her bread; rather think that considerate and Christian gentleman saved woman. New York and Brook lyn ground up last year about thirty thousand young women and would like grind up about as many this year Out of all that long procession of women who march on with no hope for this world or the next, battered and bruised and scotfed at, and flung off the precipice not one but might have been saved for home and God and heaven. But good men and good women are not in that kind of busi- ness Alas, for that poor thing. noth- ing but the thread of that sewing girls needle held her, and the thread broke
 How shall we get ready for one or all of these three exploits? We shall make dead failure if in our own strength we try to save d man or woman or child. But my text suggests where we arc to get equipment. The people that do know their God shall be strong and do exploits" We must know him through Jesus Christ in our own salvation and then we shall have his help in the salvation of others. And while you are saving stran- gers you may save some of your own kin. You think your brothers and sis ters and children and grandchildren all safe, but they are not dead, and no one IS safe till he is dead. On the En- glish coast there was wild storm and n wreck in the ofiing, and the cry was; Man the lite boat" But Harry, the usual eader of the sailors crew, was not to be found. and thev went with out him, and brought back all the shipwrecked people but on By this time, Harry, the leader of the crew, appeared and said: Why did you leave that one?' The answer was: He could not help himself at all, and we
 
 the lifeboat," shouted Harry, ''and we will go for that one" No" said his aged mother, standing by, you must not go. I lost your father in n storm like this, and your brother | Will went of six years ago. and have not heard a word from Win since he left, and don't know where he is, poor Will, and I cannot let you also go, for I am old and dependent on you" His reply was: "Mother, must go and save that one man, and If am lost God will take care of you in your old days"
 The lifeboat put out, and after an awful struggle with the sea they picked the poor fellow out of tho rig ging just in time to save his life, and started for the shore. And as they came within speaking distance, Harry cried out; We saved him, and tell mother it was brother Will"
 | Hannibal Hamlin's first trip to Washington was filled wita variety. | From his homo he travelled to Port land by stage coach. From Portland he went to Boston by boat then to Norwich by rail. from the latter place he crossed the sound to Greensport from there he took the Long Island railroad to New York. from tho latter place he again took the railway to Philadelphia from that point he made the best of his way by boat and stage coach to Baltimore and from the Monumental City at last reached the capital by rail. Arriving in Washing ton after this tedious journey. he | found it to be struggling. dilapidated and overgrown village of less than 20. 900 inhabitants. The streets of magnificent houses which now accom- modate the two hundred and odd thou