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The Forrest City times., 1891-04-03
SLANG WORDS AND PxRAsES.
Origin of Some of the Expressions Now h
 Popular Use.

Origin of BOme of the Expressions Now h
 Popular Use.
 sDun" is a word now whose meaning is known to every one who understands the English language. About the begin ming of the century aconstable in England named John Dun became celebrated as a frst-class collector of bad accounts. When others would fail to collect bad debt Dun would be sure to get it out of the debtor. It soon passed into current phrase that when n person owed money and did not pay when asked he would have to pc "Dunned. Hence 1t soon be- came common in such cases to say, You will have to Dun So-and-so if you wish to collect your money"
 Until the nomination of Franklin Pierce for the presidency. the word outsider |" WAS unknown Tho committee on ere dentials came in to make it's report and could not get into the hall because of the crowd of people who were not members of the convention. The chairman of the convention asked if the committee was ready to report, and the chairman of the committee answered .Yes, Mir. Chair man, but the committee is unable to get inside on account of the crowd and pres sure of the outsiders. Tho newspaper reporters took up the word and used 1t.
 You arc daisy, is used by Dickens in David Coppertield, in tho sense of calling . person daisy in way to ex- press admiration. and. at the same time. to laugh at ones credulity. Steerforth says to young Copperfleld: David. my daisy, you are 30 innocent of the world. Let me call you my daisy, as it is 70 re- freshinS to find one in these corrupt days soinnocent and unsophisticated. My dear Copperfield, tho daisies of the field are not fresher than you.
 -Too thin" was given currency by the Hon. Alexander II. Stephens, of Georgia. in the United States Congress in 1870. Some members had made reply to Mir Stephens and the latter had his chair wheeled out in the aisle and said in that shrill piping voice which always com- manded silence: MT. Speaker. the gentleman's arguments are gratuitous as- scrtions made up of whole cloth. And cloth, sir, so gauzy and thin that 1t will not hold water. It Is entirely too thin. sir
The Forrest City times., 1891-04-03

. SAs truth, it h sasl but tAsy think that sone of bio recent inveotigations have not taken just tho best turn for the high tari6 cause. It is donbtless the Commissioner recent publication of his investigations into the cost of producing iron and steel in tho United States and in Europe that has given the protection ist magnates dissatisfaction.
 At any rate, just before tho adjourn ment of Congress resolution was passed by the Senate authorizing the Finance Commltteerto to collect evidence a to the effect of the new tariff law. In view of the violent attacks upon the Mckinley law. they desire some figures gotten to- gether by its friends with view to showing that the effects Of the law have been good, and that a high tariff de- serves to be perpetuated as the support of our industrial system.
 In order to secure this evidence tho Finance Committee is authorized to sit where and when it pleaSes, and it is gov erned by no restrictions as to hearing both sides and permitting the cross ex- animation of witnesses The under standing is that there will not be so many hearings as there will be letters sent to the right persons to obtain facts bearing on the effect of the new tariff. Price lists will be sought and statements as to wages paid under the old tariff and the new, and as to the development of old plants and tho establishment of new ones.
 The protectoniSt majority of this committee is partisan enough to warrant the belief that it will make report in which McKin eyism will be whitewas ed and made to appear as a thing of beauty. But McKinleyism has been emphatically condemned by the people; and it is too late in the day to try to galvanize that corspc into semb ance of life again.
The Forrest City times., 1891-04-03
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 The national costume of the people of India has boon much praised for its simplicity, lightness and adaptability to the climate of the country. says tho Times of India The sarec tho dhotur. and the turban arc capable of being manufactured in various tints and colors, and of being folded and dis played on the person in various ways. Tho turban possesses the greatest adaptability to the taste of individuals. and we find that this taste has been ex- ercised by the people to distinguish tho sect of the wearer and in some cases the priests. But the ingenuity that has been exercised in the form and color of the chief articles of dress of the people of this country is not tho ingenuity of the tailor but the ingenuity ofa people igno rant of the tailor's art They arc worn by tho people exactly as they pass from the weaving-looms; hence whom presents of cloth are made in families-and the custom of making such presents is general-these r-es- ents arc described as ''cloths." \ bride and bridegroom receiving prcs- ent Of cloth at wedding ceremony are at once dressed in complete suits of "cloths." Sarees, dhoturs, and turpans arc simply cloths of various lengths, especially the turbans, and it is not at all necessary that tho wearer of the cloth and the cloth itself should be of any relative size, for these cloths fit anybody or anybody fits the garment. Tho chief idea which ap- pears to run through the Indian na- tional costume is how to make nature do all the tailoring. Tailor-made clothing has been introduced into India since the importation of needles and thread; but the saree, though made brighter by gay colors than formerly, still retains its distinction as garment that requires no tailoring to fit it to the female form. Through out tho villages of India soap Is re- gardcd as n natural curiosity, and is never kept in stock by tho village shop-keeper. It is. however, finding place in the large towns in the shops of grocery-dealers, who do a retail business in eau-de-cologne, but tho consumption is by no means consid- erable. Tho total consumption of soap in this country does not exceed 100. 900 hundred weight per annum. or ono hundred-weight among 2.50O DOT
The Forrest City times., 1891-04-03
ATcHisON OLOBULEs.

As Q proof that he loves ono woman. n man must swear that he hates ten.
 Tho greatest lack of youth-exper- fence. The greatest lack of age opportunity.
 Some men claim to be the children of God whom an earthly father would be ashamed to own.
 If you could not get along with a man while he was living do not be friendly to his corpse.
 A sin in Q woman is always sin. With man sin Is a mistake soon to be forgiven and forgotten.
 Succeed. and the only comment your neighbors will make will be that your sdccess shows what check can do.
 Tho man who does ono big mean thing is always moro to be trusted than the man who does ten little ones.
 When man says n good deal about not being understood it Is usually . sign that he wants his faults accepted as virtues.
 If 8 man % lived and laborcd each day as though that were his last on earth he would bs great man before hs was 30.
 Let ten believing mon go to pray with thief and nine of them will talro tho precaation of leaving their pockt- books at homo.
 When married man hirts with an- other woman all tho other women in town find out that there is . sacred duty they owe his wife.
 If the men would use moro system- alto means of overcoming their bad habits, instead of depending on tho Lord for help. 1t would be easier to got rid of them.
 How conceited men would feel if they could como back to lifc tho day of their funerals. and how humble thsy would be if they could return to lifo after they have boon six weeks dead.
 Why is cheerfulness expected of . man when he is in trouble? A man in trouble always tries to look cheerful. because he knows 1t Is expected of him. and adds another burden to his list It is hard work to look cheerful when you feel like crying.
The Forrest City times., 1891-04-03
Opposing Human Progress.

Protection is getting pernicious brood of ideas in this count y which needs to be destroyed. The starting point of the protectionist heresy is in the proposition that tho powers of tho Government can be rightly used to pro- tect manufacturers from competition. Whatever gives our manufacturers . bigger job and bigger profits, 1t Is held, is good for tho entire country.
 This thing spreads. Tho laborers em- ployed In the Bureau of Engraving and Printing at Washington made curious though logical application of this pro- tectionist principle during the recent session of Congress. The laborers saw that if the steam plate printing presses in the bureau were removed, 1t would give them bigger job and bigger profits. The power of the United States Govern ment was invoked to protect the printers from tho "ruinous competition" of steam machinery; and the protection Congress obediently voted a law removing the steam presses. As the result of this measure the spendthrift legislators found it nec- essary to increase the appropriation for the bureau by Sl00, 900. Now that tho printers are protected from competition it is impossible to print revenue stamps with the hand presses as fast as they are ordered, and Secretary Foster has been peading with the men to permit the usc Of twenty steam presses to catch up with the orders. The men, however. arc in- exorable and will not yield ono jot of their protection.
 Every outsider sees how absurd the whole business is. On this principe the self-binder would have to be driven from every wheat field in order to make . greater amount of labor for men with the old grain cradle; and tho threshing machine would have to go in order that men might beat out the grain with fails.
 But these cases. absurd as thcy seem. are precisely parallel to the proposition of the protectionists that we must man. ufacture everything at home in order to make more employment for labor They do not see that tho demand for ma chinery and the demand for untaxed for eign goods are at bottom one and the samo thing. In both cases you want to produce the greatest possible amount of goods with your labor, or get the most for your money.
 The laborer who wishes to burn reap ing machines or the one who sets aside steam presses arc no more unreasonable than the Mckinleyites who try to keep back the stream of foreign goods from coming into the country.
 The saving of labor, not it's creation, is the end and aim of human progress
The Forrest City times., 1891-04-03
 WAntel a Rubber Trust.

Efforts to form trusts arc reported very frequently since the day of McKin- leyism began A scheme has been on foot for some time to unite all tho rub Der boot and shoe establishments of tho country into Q combination to control prices and regulate output
 The Boston Boot and Shoe Recorder says that "the recent financial troubles put an end to all negotiations for a time" Then itgoes on to say: 1Now it is stated that still another movement of the same kind is on foot, that prom inent banking house in New York City is interested in making the deal. and that the bank expects to realize good sum in commissions through floating the stock of the proposed new combination. This movement will probably follow the course of the previous efforts in the same line. Some companies when approached arc found anxious to sell. others will sell at fair price, while still others name figures that stagger the would-be buy CTS"
 From the latter remark 1t appears that the rubber boot and shoe business must be very profitable. Tho ever generous Mckinley, however, was not satisfisd with the old duty of 25 per cent Mo- body apparently came to ask for an in- crease of duty, but as Mckinley had con tracted the habit of raising the tariff wall, up went the duty on rubber boots and shoes to 30 per cent This was done without any evidence that domestic manufacturers arc suffering from for eign competition. If there are any im- ports of rubber boots or shoes at all the Treasury reports do not give them
 And now the effort to form a rubber trust! When it comes let Mckinley bless 1t as one of the "beneficences" of his tariff law that he said the people might expect
The Forrest City times., 1891-04-03
Aats asakinx Lemonade.

Did you know that ants woull ma ke lemonadsf' asked . Bridge street gro- csr the other day. They will. for | have sssn them do it = verdi timsA IT. other day lsit slice of lemon oa tsss counter and tAsrs happened to b sssse ,ugar not far ud and directly uo<io..I the ants carrying the sugsr to the lsnos iu'c~ thought t was rather queer, and to test the matter have tried it sev- srai umes by putting piece oe lemon sn the counter and placing como surar asar by. and the suts never fail to carry ehe sugar ts the lsnea. '-lTampa (la ] TrihsAA
The Forrest City times., 1891-04-03

RECENTLY. in the Italian Chamber of Deputies. Sig. Crispi, formerly Italys Prime Minister. applied . viz orous, yet anything but fattering. cpl. thet to . member, at the same time warning the victim of his barbed words not to show undue resentment, as he (Crispi) carried . gun ready for use. So American methods of Legislation spread to less favored lands, and the benign influences of our free institu- tions shed their blessings and revolvers widely. Italy must see the superiority of tho revolver to the stiletto, the former fa,orite rib-tickler in aristo- cratic circles After all, we do no. seem to keep far in advance of the de caying monarchies of the rusty old world
The Forrest City times., 1891-04-03
EieessaSyiag nsss.

An eminently practical German scientist Is said to have applied mild current of electricity to swarm of oees' quickly causing them to fall to the ground in stupcfed conditisn. Tho bees could Do safoly handled while h this condition. and. if the electrical current was not too strong no injury was done them.
The Forrest City times., 1891-04-03

throttle competition o long ss the people arc foolish enough to vote them the pro lection that makes monopoly possible. Tho present tendency amo 6 oil our in. dustries is in tho direction of trusts, and nine tenths of these industries, 1t is said are already controlled by trusts
The Forrest City times., 1891-04-03
The CelIulo.d Trust.

There is no falling of in tho making of trusts. The Celluloid Company, or trust, has recently bought out the manu- facturers of llthoid and zylonite, and consolidated them into . single trust All the celluloid collars and cuffs made in the country will pass through the hands of this trust An office has been opened in New York to handle the entire product
 Tho Celluloid Trust is we'll bolstered mp by the tariff. On sll manufactures of celluloid there Is duty of fifty cents . pound and twenty-five DOT cont equal to n d valoren duty of forty-nins psr cont
 Trusts will continue to thrive, and will
The Forrest City times., 1891-04-03
Total Appropriation. s1 ,oos. 900. 900

The enormous extrayagance of tho last Congress in voting away the people s money in order to make tariff reduction impossible will almost certainly result in a large deficit next year, and already there is talk about the necessity of de- vising new methods of raising revenues to met the permanent appropriations saddled upon the country by the pro- tectonists.
 The total appropriations made by the last Congress are calculated by Senator Allison and ex-Congressman Cannon to have been S9sS, GOO, GOO; but in this sum they do not include tho direct tax refund, which will amount to moro than Sl5,- 900, 900 additional. The total is thus more than Sl, ,0O3. .OOO, ,OOO, making an ln- crease of over Sl70, ,O00, 0Oo moro than the appropriations of the previous Con- gresS
 When the country Is brought face to face with an empty treasury next year nobody will be rash enough to propose further increase of tariff dutieS The people have already shown what they think of Mckinleyism, and they will stand no moro of it. In fading now ways of raising revenue an income tax graded according to wealth is already mentioned by some as most likely to meet with favor in the next Congress
 When such a system of direct taxation has been introduced it will prove the entering wedge for the destruction of tho protective system. Under this system the rich are not bearing their due share of taxation. When, therefore, the peo- pie have found that another system can be put into operation, which will shift the burdens of taxation from the poor to those who are better able to bear them, they will soon become eager to give pro tection itself it's death-blow. The equal izing of the burdens of taxation is the crying need of the day, and the taxing of the many for the benefit of the few is the first great injustice which must 20.
The Forrest City times., 1891-04-03
An I'm ported Industry.

Protectionist organs are rejoicing in the removal of gingham factory from Glasgow. Scotland, to Fitchburg, Mass. as the result of the Mckinley tariff law These organs do not state that the price of ginghams went up considerably at once after the Mckinley law went in .o effect as tho result of the increase of duty imposed by that measure. So anxious is this firm to get tho advantage of the present conditions that 1t has be. gun work with hired looms from Phila- delphiA
The Forrest City times., 1891-04-03
10 Cpslsa Ya~.

An American in Havana eosi1eaAnaly lesued Cuban and was eommandsa so apologize or fight . dusL He aseoa- ed to light and to fight righs e6. ana to light with rsvolvss a1 - peoeA
 and the Cuban said he proNnnea nves An accident end hs voaA - . @ - emA
The Forrest City times., 1891-04-03

WHEN the McHinlcy.tes were making their tariff law they calculated that tho sugar bounty would reach S7,o0o, 900; but the Treasury Department has been figuring on the bounty, aud finds that about $9, GOO, ,00O will have to be paid out the first year, with an indefinite increase next year and years following. It is TO- ported that an unusually large crop of sugar cane will be planted in Louisiana this year, to get the bounty of two cents q DOund
The Forrest City times., 1891-04-03
rs vvA.s.waaA saeIrs.lsy.s~.

10 . said that the high protectIonists ef the United Statss Ssnste are not sx. nctly pleased with the work of Labor CDnmlsaioner Carroll D. Wright They
The Forrest City times., 1891-04-03

A YEAR ago the price of cod liver oil In larg. wholesale lots was from 32 to s5 cents gallon. The duty was then s5 per cent Mckinley changed tho duty to l5 c1nts gallon, which is equal to m Ad vslorem duty of aa DOT cent. and now the price of doMcstic cod liver oil is 70 to a cents gallon. It looks % if the tariff Is tax In this casa.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-31
Where the CurfeW Rings,

A single line of fine print in quiet cor.
ner of page of town meeting reports is
full of quaint interest for all students and
lovers of the customs of the good old col
ony days when you and l were young"
The line read simply thus, Voted, to ring
one of the church bells at noon and g
p. M" This vote has been passed by this
particular town, and few others posi-
bly,, every year since those good old colony
days. That it is down near Boston that
this custom obtains need hardly be speci-
fed. The curfew still rings in few towns,
six days a week, at high noon and at 9
o'clock, and the INHABITANTS thereof, many
of them, would rest i'll in their beds If they
did not hear the dying echoes of the meet
ing house bell foat from the belfry at the
regular curfew hour
1t is now almost or not quite half cent
ury since the bell in the old First church
steeple rang out the curfew TO tell the good
people of Springfield, and the bad ones,
too, that bedtime was approaching, when
all honest folk should be inside their dwell
ings The noon hour likewise was OBJ
served in this way. 1t is custom dear to
those who have lived with it. In this city
the regular bell Is a welcome sound 10 the
armorers and 20 the hundreds of families
living within range. The brave jangie at
9o'clock, dying away on the Silly night in
mellow tones, is full of cheer aud sort Of
martial glory.-SpringEeid GLASS; Home
c-aai
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-31
All He Had to Do Was to Shut 1t.


"My dear SIR" said the man who had
come aboard at the last station to the in
dividual who sat in The seat in front Of
him, don't you know that by keeping
that window open this cold day you not
only endanger your own health but the
health of everybody in this carr"
eyes, suppose So" replied the man be-
side the open window.
"And don't you know" continued the
man in the seat behind, that even though
you are willing to risk your own health, it
is selfish and wrong of you to risk the
health Of other people?"
Yes, l guess you're about right" re-
piled the man by the window.
"Well, them" continued the man behind,
considering all these things, and that you
are probably an ordinarily decent man,
why don't you close that Window"
Stranger" replied the man beside the
window, as he turned around in his seat
and gazed full upon his interrogation, IF
you want that window shut, why shut il.
"By gum! l willr' the man in the seat
behind exclaimed and he evidently meant
what he said, for he leaned over and began
tugging at the window with an energy
born of intense indignation at the conduct
of the man in front. The window chung
somehow. 1t wouldn't come. Despite the
irate mans continued Juggling it still
chung. The man in the seat by the window
appeared to obtain an intense pleasure
from the other mans efforts, and when the
tugger finally ceased his vain Juggling, and
after uttering a gentle oath resumed his
seat in sullen silence, the man by the
still open window remarked: You re feel
ing just about the way I've felt all the aft
ernoon. I've been working off and on at
that window for the last two hours, but l
guess the blamed things open to stay
New York Tribune.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-31
AnachrOnisms in Shakespeare.

Literature abounds in amusing and curl
Gus blunders committed by our ablest
writers. The works of Shakespeare, which
as rule are manuals of details of time
and circumstance, contain misplacements
of the order of succession Of events which
are amusing. In the play of "Coriolanus,"
the noble Roman is complimented with
the assertion that he was a soldier unto
Cato's wish" Cato was not born till about
400 years after Coriolanus had been ban
ished from Rome and had died. In the
tragedy of Julius Caesar" is another curl
Gus inaccuracy which occurs in dialogue
between Brutus and Cassius:
Brutus-Peace! count the clock.
Cassius-The clock has stricken three.
This was 800 years before striking clocks
were introduced.
Shakespeare makes use Of cannon in
"King John" Cannon are said to have
been first USED at the battle of Cressy, in
1916. Gunpowder was not invented until a
hundred years later than the time of King
John, 1899.
Spectacies were not worn until the Four
teenth century, yet Shakespeare makes
Lear, who was king of England in the
early Saxon period, say to his son, who
tried to conceal letter from him, IF it be
nothing l shall not want spectacles"-
Providence Journal.