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The Forrest City times., 1891-03-20
Tn. Young Br,d. hopping.

In a close-fitting. tailor-made dress and light colored cape of Persian lamb, she appeared before the stall-keepcrs at Washington market She carried a Russia leather note book with gold pencil and the most artistic little willow basket imaginable.
 "Oh, the dear little piggies!" tho ex- claimed, walking up to where number of pigs were incarcerated; "how much are they pair?"
 @Eight and . half. num-" said the butcher.
 sIsn't that pretty dear?" she asked timidly. ~l guess I'll take some oysters instead" she said, walking over to where the men were busy opening the emblems of silence. "I want some oysters sent up, escalloped oysters.s she said, "with plenty of raisins in them.
 .Oh, those lovely pumpkins!' she con tinued. walking over to . stand wherc . lot of Edam cheese was displayed. .I'll take four of these; know it's plebian, but Reginald does like pumpkin pies. Are all hams yellow like this?" she sad, pointing to counter full.
 No, miss, that's only the cover,' said the man in charge.
 "TlUse lovely pink onions will match my china. How do you sell them a dozen?"
 ~Seventy-ive cents bushel," said tho huckster, smiling.
 @Send up two bushels, she said.
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-20
Refusin- to Sec n Trust.

In their zeal to defend the manufac- turers tho protectionist orators frequent ly rush forward with statements which are quickly disproved. Senator Hiscock, of New York, said in the Senate, last September, in speaking of agricultural implements:
 "In respect to the manufacture and sale of these kind of goods, there is not now and never has been combination among American manufacturers to hold up the price above that of freo and open competition"
 An old dodge of the protectlonists to get rid of trusts by denying their ex. istence.
 But the recent decision of Judge Smith at Elmira, N. Y.. shows that there has been very firm combination of the manufacturers of harrows. and 1t Is said that ono of the manufacturers Ln this Harrow Trust does business in the city in which Senator Hiscock lives-
 The harrow makers have thelr 45 DOT cent. protective duty; and they formed a combination to get the greatest possi- ble advantage from it. In their deter. imitation to get absolute control of tho market they compelled one manufsctur- CT to join the trust who wanted to TO- main independent After joining it ho became dissatisfied with tho trusts methods and drew out. Tho trust brought suit to compel him to live up to tho agreement made with 1t; but Judge Smith threw out tho case. refusing to enforce tho agreement upon the ground that 1t was against the public interest
 Tho case Is interesting. showing that there is often "a nigger in the wood pile' when people. whose fire is burn- ing low. are protesting the contrary in tho most vehement language.
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-20
ACKNOWLEDGING THE CORN

Manufacture and Q Rabid Protection
 Organ Admit that Our Goods Are Sold
 Cheaper Abroad than at Home.
 The protectlonists are forever getting themselves into a hole, They denied last year with indignant protestations that any of our manufacturers soil their goods cheaper abroad than in the homo market; but now comes one of these very manufacturers and states over his own signature that such Is tho fact. This particular manufacturer is not a believer in the humbug called protection, and he has nothing to lose in making the statement that American wares arc bought by the foreigner at lower prices than by the American buyer
 The manufacturer in question is MT. A. B. Farquhar of York, Pa.. who has a very large establishment for making az ricutural implements and machinery. He ought to know whereof he speaks.
 In recent letter, Mir. Farquhar says:
 "Of the agricultural implements used in South America, Mexico, Australia, and South Africa, we now manufacture a very large proportion in the United States. In some sections American im- pements and machinery are used almost cNCIuSiNclt, lulIy tHTtc-IOdltu tuS VI e'O blows used in South America and South Africa arc made In thls country. Our implements for export must be sold at very low prices-that iS at a small profit to the manufacturer, since we must com pete with England and Germany. Tho prices obtained for our agricultural i'm plements sold abroad average from s per cent to l5 per cent less than what we get in this country. AS l have sev- eral times had occasion to observe, the manufacturer who is able to export his goods can have no use for protection ex- cept to enable him to extort more money from home purchasers than he is abe to get from those abroad"
 What Is stil moro remarkable, one oi the very high tariff papers which were loudest and most brutal in denouncing tho charge that manufacturers sell cheaper abroad than at home, has re- gently confessed that the thing is some- times done. This Is the Chicago Inter Ocean, which said several weeks ago in discussing the cartridge trust (protected by 45 per cent dutyl
 Just look at it. Four concerns, pro tected by stlff tariff against foreign competition, combine and crush out and buy out all competitors in this country, and then compel every American con sumer to pay them 25 per cent moic foI goods than Canuck has to pay for the same goods. or greaser in Mextcsl This Is protection with vengeance"
 It verify isl
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-20
McKinlsxism Gone Mad.

Tho copyright law recently enacted by Congress contains one piece of protec- tionism much more crazy than anything in the Mckinley tariff law. Tho latter measure allows the importation of Eng. fish books not more than twenty years old, upon payment of duty of 25 per cent; but the copyright act takes away the privilege of importation altogether, except that any person may import ono or two copies of q book for his own use Importation for purposes of sale is cb- solutely prohibited in the case of all books printsd in the English language less than twenty years old, and copy lighted in the United States.
 Even so extreme protectionist as Senator John sherman opposed this piece Chinese protectionism. He offered m amendment permitting the importa tion of books upon the payment of the duty just as is the case with all other articles; and this amendment was passed by the Senate Tho McKinlcyites of tho House, however, refused to accept tho Sherman amendment and the Senate had to back down, Senator sherman voting against the whole bill by reason of the failure of his very sensible amend ment
 And thus 1t goes forth to wondering world that the only things which our McKinleyites absolutely shut out from the channels of trade in this country are obscene books and pictures, drugs to produce abortion, and-tell 1t not in Gath!-all English books not more than twenty years old! Now let the Chinese become civilized and shut ont American books Let the Hottentots catch the inspiration of our example and prohibit the flood of pauper-made Biblesi
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-20
Working Up .A. wl,a n.-p Fibre

Mir. Naysmura 6akusaburo, . drug gist of Hikone,' In Omi. after many years of experiment. and patient re search. has succeeded in converting wild hemp tyachyo) into . substance posssss- ing all tho essential qualities sf silk. Nothing is said about the process, but il IS asserted that trial of the thread has heen made Ut the First Silk Weaving Establishment in Kyoto, and at other factories with excellent results in every case. The highest encomiums have been bestowed on tine inventor. and complete success appears to De within his reach The plant in question grows wind on moors and liillsides Its fibre is strong and glossy, in no wise inferior to silk when properly prepared. Cultivation or an extended scale would present no diff. faculties Tho present idea is to form q company for working it. and to estAb fish factory in Ksoto. where land | cheap. water exceptionally good, and facilities of transport arc provided. The capital of tho company win be 300. 0oo zen. and the name of the factor, sYachyo ith Seizo-sho."
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-20
Protection Wages Assin.

Reductions of the wages of protected Pennsylvania labor still go on. Hero are a few of the latest:
 Allentown-Crane Iron Company, 10 per cent. reduction.
 Pottstown-Glasgow Iron Company, puddlers wages reduced from 8. 75 ton to $350; also reduction of per cent in the plato mill. Potts Bros Iron Com. pany made similar reductions
 Pittsburg-It t almost certain that the coke operators will reduce wages 20 per cent. instead of 10 per cent. as previously announced.
 Harrisburg-Wages of puddlers fin all the mills about the city to be reduced 25 per cent. March 16.
 And such Is protection to American labOri
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-20
A queer HarS.

During visit to Now Zealand Dr. Fristedi. succeeded in obtaining a specimen Of tho qu tint and al most ex- unct kibl bird. Tho bird is somewhat like an ostrich, but only the sizo of . crow; 1t has no wings at all, and is covered with fur-like. short-stripcd feathers. Another peculiarly about tho ktbi is the fact that its egg la larger than one-third of it's body. Ho also succeeded in bringing homo some Maori skulls. which arc difficult o ob. tain. on account of tho manner n which tho natives bury thelr dead. When the bodies have been % lone in tho ground that all the assh hss fallen from tho skelston. they vnaarth them and carry them into the intsrlusl of tho forests. whsro they ara d. positcd b natural sAveA which ore very ainlcult b Ind Any ono 1le or,epo1 Wilh ooo V enFe e - kl1loh
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-20
CHAPTER III.
AT rHR GATE.

Al AAh 0AAE. He had been in dream during tho last
 ten minutes of his stay In tho captains
 room. He was in dream now that he got
 out into the fresh air. Cargill going with
 them-Cargili had been at the cottage just before him-why, then 1t was all settled
 and there was no hope for him. What fend, then, had prompted him to say he would be pilot of the Mermdtd on this voyage? Why should he be with them when 1t would be only to intensity his sense of loss into hate, and-maybc, crimcp He should have said, No, no, holland hc had said yes" for the very reason which should have compelled him to say no. It was not yet too late, He could find some excuse; he could feign illness--he could drown himself. Anything rather than go on board that vessel and see them to- gether, knowing the man to be SO unworthy. He did believe that If he lrid thought Car. gill an honest man he could have said good bye In sad resignation to the inevitable: he could have steered them safely into port with no chagrln, but only sorrow in his heart.
 As it was--ho must escape from the ey- gagement He could not answer for him. self If he fulfilled it. As he was mechanically opening the gate his arm was grasped by friendly hand. "Stopa minute, Mir. Ross, have been noticing that you are not we'll, can we do
 anything for youy' Not we'll What poor thing was 1t. then, that the wreck of hope and future should come to be . mere question of Can we do
 anything for youy' So much medicine-so much fresh air--and 10, hope is restored and
 the future is as bright as ever. That Is the
 current mood-and happy one-but to tho homely nature of man like Ross 1t brought no balm. He had ventursd his all in single boat and 1t had sunk. He turned and saw AnAie, the bright sym pathetic eyes fell upon him. Like most men deeply in l0yo he was most suy of the being
 he most loved. So he answered somewhsI l uneraciouslv.
 That Is true-I am not well; but thank you for coming to say a kind word to me-" Il am very glad to have given you any
 comfort. doubt you have been overtax-
 ing yourself today" He rested on the gate. The sweet voice
 was echoing in his brain and he listened.
 Then speaking to the voice he breathed the name, "Anne."
 She did not draw away from him. She
 stood breathless.
 "Will you let me speak to youy' he said.
 90 quietly now that hc could scarcely realize himself that he had been for . moment in dreamland.
 If 1t will do you any good. to be sure will, |" sho answered with an endeavor to
 speak quite frankly and easily; but the l voice faitered little.
 'Onything likes'' 'Of course"
 Tho permission granted he appeared to
 and difficulty in taking advantage of 1t. So
 there was pause, and the outcome of It was--
 I'm . stupid gowk." But ridiculous e the expression might hs
 b other eazs they were not 70 to those of
 Annls Murray, and she asked tremuloasly-- "Whst forf'
 "Dscaussl care mcee for ycu than foe anybo1y or anything eiss. and-I have boGn " 1o1o1 lo tou yo9 Now kis ues1es
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-20
NEWSPAPER MEN or TO-DAY.
The Typical rea- -wieiaer is . sehoias and
 also . Gentleman.

also . Gentisman.
 Tho typical newspaper man~ of to-day is young man. He is college bred: he comes from . good family and Is . gentleman by birth and breed ing. He is brighter. quicker. has broader knowledge Of mon and afaira mud he makes and spends moro money than his brother who goes into '.busi- nesa" He 10 we'll dressed. we'll housed and we'll fed. Ho has learned that Bohemianism. as exemplifed by regu- lar hours. infrcquent baths, and in- cessant rum does not pay. and he has left that sort of Bohmianism to chronic buminers and grecnhorns. The tone, the morale of the profession have changed within the last twenty years. and the public is only just begin- ming to flnd It out Educated people who keep their eyes open realize that their notions of tho ''typical ncwspa- per man" are sadly out of joina and they arc revising their. typcs. The profession is slowly moving on toward It's rightiul place in public estimation. and the time is not far distant says Printers Ink. when 1t will stand. not on . par with. but ahead of the law, tho pulpit medicine and the other liberal professions In tho meantime wc will b. obliged to endure with what grace ws may tho would -be brilliant sketches os playrights and novelists and tho uaintentionally stupid conclusions of misinformed out- siders who sss in every whisky -sors- headed scribblor typical newspaper man.
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-20

of strong mans agony; but with the evi- dent effort to restrain his passion.
 "You arc not to speak any moro" she said, drawing . long breath; you are to listen to me. You are young, and you can go where you will find friends to comfort and cheer you"
 ''So it is said of all men," he muttcred.
 ''My father is an old man." she went on, s'and has only me as his constant friend and companion. Well, can you think of it? said to myself long ago that would never leave him until he sent me away. We'll. can you think of it? The only time that ever wished might leave him was"
 But there the blood came rushing to her face and startled expression appeared in her eyes as if she had caught herself in the commission of some crime, and she became silent. She, who had been calm In the midst of storm. trembled.
 "Well?" he asked, surprised by her sud- den stop and looking into her face for an explanation.
 "Well," she said, softly--an entire change of tone and manner-''there's nothing moro to say except that I am glad you arc to be the pilot of the Me11ndtd on her next trip"
 He took her hand gently and for mo- ment each looked into the others eyes. Then
 Now 1t Is my turn to ask you to listen to me-" he said slowly. Whilst was com ing down the path. made up my mind that l would not go. You shall decide me. Is Cargill going by your wish?'
 No"
 'Do you wish mo to go?"
 Il do--because father wishes it."
 She added the latter words quickly, as If fearing that he should misunderstood the import of her wish; and again they looked into each others eyes in silence.
 "Very well" he said, Il will go."
 And then they said goodbye. The under standing between them was complete. al- though no word of compact had been spoken She was to be faithful to her father, and he was to wait until the father spoke.
 Wait!-ay, he would wait all his life. And he had no doubt that after this trip of the Mermud, little conversation with Cap:aIn Duncan would enable him to arrange matters satisfactorily. With that conviction he went merrily on his way.
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-20
,y our people is made of shoddy and


 cotton.
 While wool is taxed heavily, rags como in free; even woolen rags, however, pay ten cents Q pound. A correspondent ol the Boston Wool Reporter writes to that journal from London, and gives the ex- ports from that city to various American cities for one week in February. From London to Boston there wcro 200, 000 pounds of wool and ago tons (716, s0l pounds) of rags, and 1000 bales of rags were in transit To Philadelphia there were no exports except l50 bales of COW hair in transit" To Baltimore there were 24 tons (53,76o pounds) of rags. From Liverpool to Philadelphia 134 bales of wool, 121 bales of goat hair and lld balesV4@ COW hair were exported.
 Why not give us frco wool and less shoddy?
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-20

about the carpet trade: Carpet men say that body Brussels, velvets, and moQuettes have been moving out rather sluggishly of late. This is probably due to the tariff bred advances established . few weeks ago." The protection jour nals, howe r, keep on protesting that the Mckinley law has not caused an ad- vance in prices of any of the necessaries of life. Let them quit fibbing, or else give up using carpets as needless lux nriaa
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-20
l.nsn soap and or.as. nl.s.,ns.

Lemons are used for soap in many coun- trics where they grow. When, for in stance, the men and women of West Indies want to wash their hands they squeeze the juice of lemon over them and rub them briskly in water until they are clean. There is an acid in the lemon similar to that used in soap And in countries whore oranges grow iu great plenty country gentlemen use tho cheap est kind for blacking their boois The orange is cut in two and the juicy side of ons-half h rubbed on the soot Of an
 iroa pot and thsn on tho boot Then tho boot . ruhhed with colt brush and ! hslGht poliah . encs appsar. iiOpur
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-20
Hid 0r the Sugar Tax

The Mckinley law seems to be doomed to teach the people that the tariff is a tax. even where it removes . duty. Raw sugar becomes free April l, and already refined sugar (No. 4) has been sold in New York in wholesale lots for April delivery at less than 31S cents per pound Tho McKin' eyites took off the sugar tax in order to prevent the reduction of the tariff on manufactures and in this way to save protection; but free sugar Is go- ing to teach the people very clearly that the tariff Is tax. and that 1t is good thing to get rid of such tax.
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-20

Ir is said that the Louisiana sugar planters are preparing to produce an enormous crop of sugar this year In order to rocket as big . slice of the Mc- Kinley sugar bounty as possible. Sugar raising being looked upon by the Nc Kinleytes as public necessity, they vote the peoples taxes away to the sugar-growers to tho tune of some ST. O0o,0 . year. But is sugar-growing any more . public necessity than corn growing or wheat. growing?
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-20

MAssACHUsETTs has, perhaps, moro protected industries to the square mile than any othor State. Yet rocent re- port of the Labor Bureau of that state shows that while tho manufacturing towns and cities are growing rapidly in population the farming dIstricts Ars
 rapidly losing their population. How ls thtn, if the farnor gote the principal
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-20
H.r Auaarlunn N.Y..

Tho high tariff keeps out of the coun- try much of the wool which our people ned c mako their clothes, and henco it nssd e2uee n0 surpyjae to heGr . Ieadin9 loo 6nnotfa NpolGn rnono(oo1uFor n
The Forrest City times., 1891-03-20

watches, and your .brcsst-pins fife hadna been for the fshy"
 'l am quite ready to mako my acknowl. edsement to each particular fish if you'll only tell me their names" he answered coolly, as he re-adjusted horseshoe pearl breast-pin.
Arizona republican., 1891-12-23
Worked Him.

say, boss, give me few pennies to buy something to eat, will you?' said a ragged urchin to man hurrying through Mail street at o'clock Christ mas eve.
 Now the one appealed to had just been buying Christmas presents for a score of sisters, cousins and aunts, to say nothing about the numerous rattles. dolls, etc., which he had bought for the members of his own immediate family, and consequently he was feeling rather poor.
 Cant do it, sonny" he said rather grufily, as he hurried on.
 The boy assumed tone half sorrow ful, with touch of independence in it, and said to the retreating figure:
 Boss, hope you will have Merry Christmas"
 The man stopped, turned around, dug his hand into his pocket and handed the urchin quarter. Then he hurried on again.
 Ten minutes later the same urchin en- tered hallway where half dozen street arabs were assembled.
 "Hi, Jimmyw he yelled as. he entered, ''see what de bloke give me Showing the uuarter). Let's play craps"
Arizona republican., 1891-12-23
gHE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

,u CONTRACTS and bills for advertising pay abe lSI,SrSs u,ys icCALs 10 couts per line first in sIon and cents per line each subsequent insertion,
Arizona republican., 1891-12-23
"Ill Se-er TeIi.'

'Tn ne-er tell, would bs an admir- a. ble motto for d savant in society
 And speaking of never telling reminds me of a prime requisite of an gree able man, and that is discretion Now a man may make himself very amusing, and even acceptable for time, by tell ing; that is, by repeating droll stories and startling on dits about people in so- ciety; he can make every one laugh and ask questions and beg him to repeat that famous funny story about dear Mrs. Chose" for the benefit of some new comer. But 1t is a popularity as brief as it is brilliant, Mrs. Chose is pretty sure to hear of the story in the end, and prob ably neither she nor her husband, her brother. her father, her son. nor her fa- vorite cOusIn will see the joke or aid in establishing the narraturs reputation as an agreeable man Also, the person of least mathematical mlnd will be apt, in presence of ths kind of men, to put two and two together and say. To-day it is Mrs. Chose, tomorrow 1t may be me, !" and so steer clear of so dangerous wit. When Dr Holmes has slain his servant with laughter he declares.
 Il never since have dared to be as funny as l can and it is useful warn- ing to funny men who may slay their own social success with bon mot.
 Mas. FRANK LEsIIR
Arizona republican., 1891-12-23
rrv. GEORGE WASHINGTON KILDow.

REV. GEORGE WASHINGTON KILDow. , police station cell; once more to his bride, society and finally in gentle GUS todv-all in five days. Such is the ex- -raordnarv history of George Washing ton Kildow, Presbyterian evangelist and scholar, formerly prize student, athlete and cowboy.
 The physicians say that few weeks rest will quite restore his health. He has had avery curious career and of all the stu dents at the Central university of Ken lucky he was about the last one who would have been suspected of liability to insanity.
 He had the largest head in the place, wearing 5'I hat, took first rank in Latin, Greek and Hebrew, preached with extraor- dinary ability and wrote poetry which has attained wide recognition. His money gave out and he worked on a ranch in Texas, being known as the "parson cowboy who never cuSsed.' He next served with sue Cess as an evangelist, and finally married Mss Reua McNaughtOn, a beautiful Nash vile girl
 The second day of the bridal tour brought them tO the kimball House at Atlanta. That evening there was a disturbance and early next morning Manager Porter, in response to an imperative call, entered the room to find a pale and trembling bride and an excited groom who demanded
 Are you a believer in Jesus Christi" 0i course the hotel man was, so tho preacher went down with him and began writing queer telegrums. The police in tcrferrd and he then rayed flercely. A day iu rJe Providence inlirmary quieted him and be returned to his bride, only to go wild again the next day. Friends came and took him in charge He insisted on a suit against the city for SlO0,OOO and one agiir,, the kimball House for SjO,OOD.