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The Forrest City times., 1891-05-01
Can These Thinya Bcl

The chief French surgeons and med ical professors have for some time been carefully studying the effects of mes merism on the female patients of the Salpetriere hospital and NJ. Babinski, clinical surgeon of that establish ment. has effected series of expcri- ments which would seem to open up a new future for medical science. In proving that certain hysterical symp- toms could be transferred by aid of the magnet from one patient to another, he took two subjects. one a dumb woman afflicted with hysteria, and the other female who was in state of hypnotic trance. A screen was placed between the two and the hystcrical woman put under the influence of a strong magnet. After few moments she was able to speak. while the one in the hypnotic trance was rendered as dumb as the hysterical woman had been. Luckily for the healthier pa- tients, these transformations were only temporary.
The Forrest City times., 1891-05-01

owr, and he SO far forgot himself that he bent forward and actually planted a lingering kiss on that same warn. check.
 John Talbut. l should think you were old enough to behave yourself!" cried Amanda, in an injured voice, as she, after n slight struggle. freed her self from his grasp and walked indig- nantly back to the house. Two days passed, and Farmer Talbut sauntered into the little sitting-soom, where Amanda sat quietly sewing. As he looked down into her face he perceived that her nose and eyes were very red and marks of tears were still fresh on her plump cheek.
 Why, Mandy" he cried; "what on earth is the matter?"
 Matter enough. answered Amanda. I'm going to leave"
 must be mad Don't I pay you wages enough?"
 Yes" said Amanda, "It isn't for that l am going. The fact of the matter is, l am getting to be the town talk, and l am not going to stand it.; and the sooner leave this place the better it yTill be for me-"
 Overcome with surprise. Farmer Talbut sank helplessly in U chair be- side his housekeeper.
 Town talk, Mandy" he said. II wish you would explain. for l swear I don't understand you"
 Well. said Amanda tits just this. You remember the day we tried to drive the pigs out of the clover fleldp"
 Remember it? He guessed he did. Why. it had not been out ot his head five minutes for the whole two days. And q smile passed over his lips as he nodded to Amanda, who. with her eyes bent on her work and cheeks as red as n peony. continued
 Well, that gossiping old creature, Sophie Wilkins who lives down in Burnham's meadow, was passing Just the other side of the stone wall when l fell, and she saw-saw--"
 Here Amanda stopped short. over come with maiden modesty,
 Saw me kiss you" continued the farmer. and went and clacked it all over tho neighborhood. Is that it. Mandy?n
 "Ies" answered Amanda, that Is just it; and sine said I had been setting my cap for you ever since 1 came here
 Its just like that meddlesome old rat. But l say, Mandy, let's give her q little surprise"
 Amanda looked inquiringly into his face.
 You see. Mandy" he continued. "for several weeks l have known that l can't get along without you. no way; and if you will marry mo I'll ask the parson up to our Sunday dinner. and we'll have tho splicing done right up at the same time. What do you say Mandy Are you agreeable2"
 Amanda was agreeable. and the farmer sealed tho agreement with a kiss which could be heard almost at Burnham's meadow. New York Weekly.
The Forrest City times., 1891-05-01
FOR YOUNG FOLKS.
SOME ENTERTAINING CONVERSATION WITH THE YOUTH OF BOTH SEXES,
In Regard to Learning Trades - wry He Biushed-Interestine Matter and
 Humorous IL ems.

The subject which is frequently brought up for discussion. and which considers an important matter, is that in relation to the trade which young man shall learn and be the most likely to become successful in. X writer in an exchange brings out some very pertinent points in discussing the ques- tion, and says: We hear much now a-days about manual training schools and the desirability of boys learning trades. This is very commendable,
 but there is one serious drawback.
 What shall the trade be which will
 assure him an occupation in the future and a sufficient return to remunerate him for the time and trouble expended? This is no simple question. even pro- vided we know that affairs will not change during the next decade. The question, however, Is becoming more complicated, because of the invention of machinery which acts the part of man,
 and almost thinks for him. Today
 l5,O00 electro -platers are skilled la
 porers; tomorrow electricity reduces
 the number to 800. New inventions only permit one-tenth of the former holders in plaster to find work. The father and the plasterer view with
 alarm the rapid inroads of fireproof
 materials. The type-setter knows
 that his days are numbered. The carpenter sees the well-equipped mill making house in parts before his suspended hammer. and wonders how soon he must seek the mills or another occupation. So goes the worlA and therefore the father who has the best interest of his children at heart may well hesitate when he plans for their future. Such has been the phenomenal advance in invention of late that the possibilities are be- yond conjecture. There will always be, however. much for man to do; but how he shall anticipate by preparation in his youth almost needs the gift of second sight. '-American Cultivator.
The Forrest City times., 1891-05-01
Prince Eitsl Fritx's Reply.

The acuteness of children is we'll illustrated by the following anecdote which is told of the Emperor of Ger The emperor is exceedingly strict about Lis sons behavior at the table. The other day little Prince Eitel Fritz, using his fingers instead of his knife and fork, was corrected by his father several times to no purpose. At last the emperor's patience was exhausted, and he said:-
 Children who eat with their fingers are like little dogs that hold their food with their paws. If you use your fingers again, you must go under the table, the proper place for little dogs.'
 The little prince did his utmost not to forget this time. and used his knife and fork like man; but all at once he forgot again and began using his fingers.
 March under the tablet" said his father.
 Prince Eitel Fritz crept under as bidden. After little while the em- peror, thinking the prince very quiet, lifted up the tablecloth and peeped underneath. There sat little Prince Eitel Fritz undressed. His father asked him what he meant by undress- ing himself.
 Little dogs don't wear clothes; they only have skin" was the child 5 reply. Chicago Juvenile.
The Forrest City times., 1891-05-01
Str anCe News About Venus.

Siguor SchiapareIli. the Italian astronomer who has made moro won- derful discoveries among the planets than all the other astronomers of our day put together has just furnished a new surprise, greater than his recent discovery that Mercury performs only one rotation in the course of a revolution around thesu He now asserts that Venus. tho brightest of all the planets that we see, the twin sister of the earth. which is at pres- ent glowing with nightly increasing splendor in the west after sundown. also turns but once on its axis in the course Of revolution around the sun. In other words there is no alienation of day and night on Venus, as on earth. The plane. enjoys perpetual day on one side of its globe while the other side is plunged in amending night. New York Sun.
The Forrest City times., 1891-05-01
Light Without Fire.

To obtain a light instantly, without the use of matches and without the danger of setting things on fire is. according to the Mining and Scien- tifie Press an easy matter. Take a long vial of the clearest glass. put into it piece of phosphorus about the size of a pea. Upon this pour some pure olive oil heated to the boil ing point, the bottle to be filled one- third full then cork tightly. To use the light remove the cork. allow the air to enter and then recork. The whole empty space i'll the bottle will then become luminous and the light obtained will be a good one. As soon as the light becomes dim its power can be increased by opening the bot tie and allowing fresh supply of air to enter In very cold weather it becomes necessary to heat the vial between the hands to increase the fluidity of the oil. and one bottle will last all winter. This ingenious contrivance may be carried in the pocket, and is used by watchmcn of Paris in all magazines where ex- plosive or infammable materials are stored.
The Forrest City times., 1891-05-01
Wctt Known.

He was a cabin passenger. and the steamship was one of the ocean racers. The company. even those who occupy the most expensive staterooms, Is ot always select in the society sense; but this man seemed more than ordi- narily out of place. Who was her No one knew.
 One day the mystery was solved. He seated himself beside dis tinguished lawyer and opened the conversation.
 live read your speeches in the newspapers many time. and I'm pleased to know you
 "Thank you" the other answered. and then, improving the opportunity. he added. Do you live in New York ?"
 Why. bless you," was the answer, you must know who am. I'm Mike Mccarthy; everybody knows me, I've been boss teamster in New York for more than forty years outh's Com- panion.
The Forrest City times., 1891-05-01
A "White Lady,"

At the town of Ukiah, in northern California. last summer. 1 was handed a small sheet of paper by the village bill-poster, which have preserved as a curiosity. says writer in the Globe Democrat It was an advertiser of tho Elite Restaurant. Meals at all hours, price two bits" and all that sort of thing. The striking feature of the bill. however. was line h largo, black type. which read; Cooking done by white lady, I vever could quite understand this rema ,kable dis tinction in cooks. Evidently colored or Chinese women had previously dons tho cooking in UkiAh.
The Forrest City times., 1891-05-01
Always Something New.

There is nothing more useless than to talk of the unknowable and impos- sible. For pretty soon facts rise up and contradict one. Says a writer in Christian UnIon; Il recollect hear ing. when l was young man, a lec- turc on Benjamin Franklin. which wound up something after this fash ion: Franklin lived in fortunate age. The laws of nature had not then been thoroughly investigated, and much was waiting to be discovered which Franklin was so fortunate as to discover. But now, when we have made out the rings of Saturn and the four asteroids, and when men are actually talking about sending mes sages by the lightning which Frank lin brought down. there is little hope of any of us distinguishing ourselves by new discoveries We'll sir, since l heard that lecture. you know what has happened We have discovered two hundred asteroids in place of the old four, we have put the planets in scales and weighed them aud instead Of talking about lightning we are talk ing by lightning from one end of this globe of ours to the other. re- member. also, about the time that lecture was delivered I heard of and saw an old man who was considered il lunatic because he had spent good deal of time and money in trying to perfect vehicle by which man might propel himself on wheels. Ride and walk at the same timer people said. Why, of course he is dementedr"
The Forrest City times., 1891-05-01
What to Do When Starving.

A survivor of the hardships of Ere monts terrible four expeditions writes as follows in po,thumous narrative of the expedition in The Century. in which he more than hints at the fact of cannibalism:
 It was curious to hear different men tell of the workings of the mind when they were starving. Some were con stantly dreaming or imagining that they saw before them bountiful feast, and would make selections of different dishes. Others engaged their minds with other thoughts. For my part, kept my mind amused by entering continually into all the minutia of farming. or of some other systematic business which would keep up Il train of thought, or by working Il mental so- lution of mathematical problems, bringing in review the rudiments of some science or by laying out plans for the future, all having n connection with home and after life. So in this way never allowing myself to think upon the hopelessness of our condi- tion, yet always keeping my eyes open to every chance, l kept hope alive and never once suffered myself to despond And to this course l greatly attribute my support. for there were stronger men who, by worrying themselves, doubtless hastened their death. Ten out Of our party of thirty three that entered the mountains had perished. and u few days more would have finished the others.
The Forrest City times., 1891-05-01
A DAY.

I'll toll you how the sun rose A ribbon at . time; Tho steeples swam in amethyst, The news like squirrels ran. The hills united their bonnets, The bobolinks begun; Then l said softly to myself That must have been the sun!n But how he set know not, There occurred n purple stile Which little yellow boys and girls Where climbing all the while. Till when they reached the other side, A dominic in gray Put gently up the evening bars And led the flock away
 Emily Dickinson.
The Forrest City times., 1891-05-01
A scrub to ths End.

The boy that Is given scrub edu- cation Is very apt to develop into a scrub man. He rents or buys scrub farm, invests in scrub stock, buys scrub implements and raises scrub crops. His pleasures and enjoymcnts of life are all of the scrub order. and his poor wife. as she drudges wearily through life. seems in her daily rounds to be sounding the sad refrain of her life, scrub. scrub. scrub!- Western Plowman.
The Forrest City times., 1891-05-01
Fapa's Privilege.

Little Elsie (stamping and dancing about tho room in ragc): Il wish 1 was my papa. l wish. 1 was my papaw
 Aunt Ada; What is the trouble, Elsiep"
 Elsie; 'Towzer's chewed my Christ mas dolly's eyes into the back of her head, and I'm just cram full of little swears and mamma won't let me say 'em .AChicago Juvenile.
The Forrest City times., 1891-05-01
A.king Questions.

Little Dot: Mamma. what does trans atlantic meanp" Mamma: Across the Atlantic. Of course. '" Dittle Dot: Does trans always mean across?' Mamma; lies. Now, don't bother me any more. shall put you to bed Little Dot: Well, mamma, does transparent mean a cross parent?'
The Forrest City times., 1891-05-01
Arithmetic.

"A man paid S for barrel of apples. He sold half of them for e. 50, and the rest decayed on his hands. How much did he lose?'' asked the teacher. He didn't lose nothing" bawled out farmers boy in the class; ..he worked 'em up into cider. Farm, Field and St0ckman.
The Forrest City times., 1891-05-01
Cannihalas,a.

There are still fourteen different places on this globe where cannibalism is practiced. but the custom is gradual ly dying out
The Forrest City times., 1891-05-01
What win It yss,a9

In every young man there is m un- developed mine. By education and force of character is may yield Iced, suver, gold e aiAmonds.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-15
Speed and Safety on the Ocean

Notwithstanding all the peril from fog
and ice, and from the fury of cyclones and
hurricanes, the steamers of the transatlan-
tic lines are so staunchly built and so
capably handled that man is less likely
to meet with accidents on board one of
them than he would be in walking the
streets of crowded city. Never before
nave so many passengers been carried AS
are carried now. The ships that were re-
garded as leviathans fifteen or sixteen
years ago are as yachts compared with
more recent additions to the various fleets
Scarcely more than ten years have elapsed
since sixteen knots was the maximum
speed, now 1t is twenty knots, with the GER
talnty of an almost immediate increase to
twenty-one or twenty-five knots
The tonnage has been increased within
the same period from a maximum of 5000
to 1850, and while ten years ago 200 cabin
passengers were as many as any steamer
could accommodate with a reasonable de-
gree of comfort on one voyage, it is not I'M
common now to find over 800 as the COM
PIGMENT OF one steamer. When steamers
of sixteen and seventeen knots were built
1t was said that they were too large and
too fast, and that they would surely come
to grief, but experience has proved them to
be as safe as any. In fact, those who are
best qualified to know declare that the
augmentation of speed promotes safety
William II. Rideing in Scribners.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-15
A UNIQUE ROAD
1t is the Invention of a
Fort Worth Man.
THE ORDER OF TELEGRAPHERS.
The Sixth Annual Convention to Meet
To-Day In st. Louis-The Cotton Belt
Engaged in Advertising Texas
Thoroughly.
The Unicycle Elevated Railway.

This Is new device. and is the patent Of
e. NJ Turner, formerly Fort Worth resi-
dent. The claims for its advantages over
other roads are given as follows:
In comparison with the New York OF
Brooklyn elevated railroads, we reduce the
cost OF substructure three-quarters or less,
not having 10 use but one single
open truss, which does not darken
street We double the speed made by them,
thereby hauling the same number of pas
Sengers with one-half the rolling stock: all
operative expenses are reduced one-half
Our cars and truck being locked to track to
prevent jumping at high speed, secures to
passengers perfect safety. Our improve
ment il slight elevations of track at all
stations enables us to stop and start
quickly, thereby avoiding the necessity
OF additional power for starting.
For an alley or curbstone road
we make the shortest curve possible
to be made, turning from alley TO curb
without getting on or over street only at
crossings.
We can make speed for passenger travel
with perfect safety of one hundred miles
per hour. For city and suburban
roads our motor cars will be
geared for speed of sixty miles
per hour. making an average, including
stops, of forty miles. In comparing the adj
yantageS over surface electric or cable
roads, this statement is made: They are
compelled by law TO run at a slow speed
from eight to twelve miles per hour to
prevent accidents; they are compelled to
follow the grade of streets in laying their
track, and make stops at street crossings.
When they are in motion. twelve to fifteen
horsepower runs them, but when stop on
grade is made it requires an
additional power to get under Roadway.
Usually thirty horse power operates the
surface road. The Unieycle elevated road,
running at an average speed of forty miles
per hour, the Surface roads at an average
of ten miles per hour, the Unicycle making
four trips to their one, hauling the same
number of passengers with one-fourth of
the cars, at higher speed. with less power,
cutting down the operative expense of
plant three-quarters, all told.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-15
Tail Lights.

Col. j. p. Moore, livestock agent of the
Texas and Pacific, came in yesterday from
i trip.
Beginning to-day. trains No. 3 and T.
leaving in the evening and arriving in the
morning on the Denver, will run through as
per schedule. &
The citizens of Navasota have organized
the Navasota and Madisonviile railroad for
the purpose of building i road from Nava-
sofa to Madisonville
Col. j. \. Wilson, live stock agent of the
Chicago and Alton, goes out again this
morning after more cattle. Col. Jim wants
all the cattle in Texas for his line
DR.. j. H. Ford, who was run over at
Wabash. cutting off his right leg. has for
years been the chief surgeon of the Cincin-
natl, Wabash and Michigan road, and di-
vision surgeon of the Wabash.
The longest sieeping-car run is now made
on the Canadian Pacific, from Montreal to
Vancouver For years the longest run was
from st. Louis TO the City of Mexico. The
Canadian Pacific exceeds in mileage the ST.
Louis line 200 miles.
The yardmasters are reported Ito be hay
ing grand time at their annual meeting
now Ill progress at Toledo. The association
was organized in Indianapolis fourteen wears
ago. 1t has been under a cloud for a
SpuplC VI years, lrUul WHICH IL IS now
emerging in good style.
The Order of Railway Carmen. which
was organized at Terre Haute last October.
will hold its first annual meeting at Pueblo
Col, August 1. The organization. although
less than year old, has already large
Chief Carman Samuel Me
Adams has devoted his entire attention the
last few months to organizing divisions of
this association.
The new train which the Vandalia is TO
put on to-day between Terre Haute and
st. Louis will make the run in six hours
and half, or an average speed of thirty
four and half miles an hour, time taken
for stops to be deducted. As there are a
number of stations and cross
ngs of other roads. it makes very fast time
when the train is moving.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-15
Advertising Teyas.

The Cotton Belt has issued Handsomely
colored flyers of which the following is q
copy:
Texas is the best stock country in the
world.
Texas has 10000 acres of the finest iron
ore N the world
Texas is the best wool producing district
in America
Texas has the best climate for horse rails
ing in the country.
Texas is the best country in which to con-
duct the dairy interest.
Texas has an abundance of pure water
for all purposes
Texas is the finest cotton and sugar grow
Ing district on the continent
Texas has the longest and finest sea coast
OF any state Oh the continent.
Texas produceS'a greater variety of crops
than any other state in the Union.
Texas has more even climate, all the
year round, than any other section of the
country
Texas property has increased at a greater
ratio within the past two years than else
where
Texas is one of the finest fruit growing
countries-C California not excepted-of any
in the land
Texas Panhandle produces as fine wheat.
IN as great quantity per acre, as any state
in the Union
Texas has the finest state building in the
world, which stands rs the seventh largest
building on the globe
Texas offers the most flattering induce
ments of any state in the Union. TO all
classes of manufacturers.
Texas lands are greater in quantity.
better in quality and cheaper in price than
any lands in the Union.
Texas lands afford the best facilities for
using all classes of improved machinery,
and thus renders farming profitable with
the minimum outlay of labor
Texas has the largest number of rapidly
growing towns of any five states in the
Union, any one of which offers unparalleled
inducements TO investors.
Texas has the largest pine district, with
an abundance Of hard wood. which form
the finest fields, for all classes of wood
manufacturing, known to the country.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-15
The O. Il. 7. Convention.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, June l4.-Between two
hundred and fifty and three hundred mem.
bers OF the Order of Railway Telegraphers
are IN the city to attend the sixth annua
convention OF that organization Many
sQ1aaPr's of importance to the order viii
come up for consideration at this meeting.
The question of eliminating from the con-
stitution the non-strike clause viii likely
arise, as well as that of applying to the fed
Grafton of railway employees for admission
to that body.
In regard TO the elimination of the pon-
striking clause great deal of opposition
has developed among the delegates and il
is not at all certain that the proposition will
have smooth sailing, although some of the
more sanguine members say that it will be
adopted without a struggle. The leaders of
the order are confident that their applica-
ton to -he Federation will be favorably
acted upon, but the statement is made by
members Of the Brotherhood Of telegraph