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The Forrest City times., 1891-06-26
WOLFSK $.
Some People wouidn't Buy Them if rhcv
 Knew All About Them


 'Wherc do you suppose these wolf. skins come from that make such pretty gray rugs, which only cost about x3 apiece, although the fur is % hand. someP" said Prof. Otis T. Mason tho other day. So many people would not buy them if they know, 1 fancy. They arc obtained from tho snimals by the northern Indians. particularly in the Hudson Bay region. and by the Eskimos. These savages possess a fiendish ingenuity in their methods of capturing game. and their way of ap- plying it for killing wolves is sufficient ly horrible to discourage me with this particular sort Of peltry.
 1t Is beautifully simple. They take flat piece of flint foot or so. long and chipped to extreme sharpness at the edges. This they fasten to a wooden stake, which they drive into. the ground firmly, so as to leave the blade of flint projecting above the sur face. Then they cover the blade all over with q good-sized hunk of fat. from seal or other such animal which quickly freezes. Now the wolf-catch- ing apparatus is complete so that tho. person who sets the trap has only to, come back in a day or two and gather in his prey without trouble.
 'The wolf has mastering appetite for blood. and it is of this weakness. that the hunter takes advantage. A little while after the trap described has been set along comes the wolf. He is hungry, and he licks the hunk of frozen fat. An it is good, So he. licks it some more, and as 1t Is thawed by the warmth of his tongue 1t tastes better and better. Presently his tongue comes into contact with the. sharp edge of the flint aud Is cut, Ho tastes the blood, not knowing that it is their own. and the flavor sets him wild. Eagerly he licks it and licks it. laeerating his mouth and becoming more frenzied in his desire for his own life fluid
 Meanwhile other wolves have come np and begun to lick at the fat cutting their cwn tongues and becoming in their turn wild at the taste. So pres entlv s'le bait is surrounded by Il pack of ravenous and crazy creatures, which soon utcn upon one another and fall to devoursng each other. until the merci- less flint is the centre of a struggling mass of ferocious combatants. IL is like the struggle that followed the, planting of the dragons teeth of old. only that none of those who partici- pate live. long after tho fight Is over. the last survivor bleeding to death. At his letsure the hunter appears upon the scene and skins the dead animals for market The belts cost him noth- ing, save the trouble of removing them and the value of the hunk of fat; the stake with the flint blade Is ready to be set again for victims. That is the reason why gray wolf skin rugs only cost $3 each. with three skins ta n rug.
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-26
CURIOUS FACTS.

A mnlticolor printing apparatus shown at the printing trades exhibition in Lon don printed a poster with seven colors at once.
 A Harlem storekeepcr gives cheeks for babies while their mothers wander through his establishment in search of the spring novelties
 In France hard water has been success fully made soft by means of clectrolysis, the method used being comparatively in expensive.
 The Navajo Indians stretch lariat of hrsehair about their tents at night It. is an effective barrier for keeping out snakes. tarantulas and centipedes
 When the carpet has been soiled by ink, instantly apply plotting paper, then milk, then plotting paper. and so on until ehe' spot is out as 1t will be Don't rub.
 The largest deposit of sulphur on this continent is said to have been discovered in the Cocopah mountains, seventy five miles southwest of Yuma It is HOO feet long, sixty feet wide and forty f,et through.
 E- E Dickerson of Grand Rapids, Mich, claiming to be champion lather of America, is in Chicago. He laid seventy bunchcs---. $500 iaths, requiring lI,500 nails--tn eight hours and thirty eight minutes, in Grand Rapids last October He is now prepared to work against the record of any living man
 The sand laden winds from the Lake Michigan shores have wiped out the town Of Singapore, near Saugatuck, Mich. Every house except one has been com pletely covered up, and the family in this lone house has been compelled to move in- tp the second floor. the sand having filled the first. The same cause. it is claimed, will eventually drive the people to the roof, as these sand dunes respect neither man nor his abode, and this little old town will become as thoroughly buried e Psnpeii.
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-26
Preserving Her Property.

A rather good story Is told of an occurrence at swell society residence in one of tho fashionable quarters of Washington, few evenings ago The lady of the house was showing visitor ot her own sex-herself leader of the uppercrust - some very handsome photographs. While engaged in this way a fresh caller arrived. and the hostess asked the lady who was admiring the pictures to excuse her.
 '.Oh, don't mind me" said the other, 't will stay here and finish examining tho photos"
 No you won't" said the fair enter tainer, live lost too many that way already. " and gathering up her treasures in haste, she moved away.
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-26
Not Exactly the Same.

'l am delighted to see you Miss Ticklowell," exclaimed the visitor. warmly. You haven't changed d particle in ten years"
 You mistake. Mr. Westerly" said the Boston maiden. wiping her specta- cles thoughtfully.. Externally l may appear the same but science demon strates irrefragably that the human physical organism even to its ultimate particles, is entirely reconstructed every seven years"
 She gave him her hand in slow. dreamy, preoccupied kind of way. and q cold chill went up and down his back Chicago Tribune.
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-26
UNMASKING A HUMBUG.
THE HOME MARKET CLUB ON ' THE WOOL DUTY.

The Great ProtsctIonist Club Puts Its Foot
 in It-says that Wool Prices Arc Lower
 Under Protection-The Argument to ~ tho Farmer and to the Manufacturer
 A Fast and Loose Game.
 The great Homo Market Club, of Bos- ton, has just struck deadly blow at the duty on wool This club was organized for the special purpose of propagatng the notion that the agricultural classes of the country are benefited as much by protection as the manufacturers them selves, since protection creates a home market, in which the farmer can sell his Iproduce-never mentioning the fact, of course, that this same home market will not pay one penny more for such produce than the despised foreigner will pay.
 Recent developments in the wooden industry have brought before the lords of the Home Market Club the greatest problem which they have yet had to face. Many of the best woolen manu- facturers in New England have joined in an organized effort to secure tho re- 'moval of the wool duties; and the Home Market Club has recently published a pamphlet to convert these manufac- turers from their error. This pamphlet is entitled, Protection of Wool-From the Standpoint of the Manufacturer. Every farmer who grows wool ought to send to the Home Market Club for a copy of this pamphlet in order to see the style of argument used upon the manu- facturer, and to compare this with the arguments made to the farmer. The protectonists are loud and earnest in their defense of the wool duty before farmers, since, as they claim, it in creases the prices of American wool. Last fall when Mckinley was running for Congress his packers went all over his district offering to make contracts to buy up all the sheep in 1t at S5 head in case Mckinley should be elected This meant high wool duties, high wool prices.
 But the great Home Market Club takes exactly the opposite line of argument. It defends the wool duty on the expressed ground that it keeps the price of Ameri- can wool lower than it would be under free wool This protectionist club seeks to prove to the manufacturers that the price of wool in this country for the past ten years has been from one cent to nine cents per pound lower than it has ever been abroad, and that the American farmer could have sold his wool from one cent to nine cents higher in Liverpool or London than he could sell it on his farm.
 Here are it's words, which are printed in it's pamphlet in large type, as the final argument and last appeal to the wool manufacturer:
 "It is a mistaken idea with many manufacturers that foreign prices of wool are necessarily lower than homo prices under protection. They average higher They would be much higher but for a large and certain domestic supply. The following table is instruc- tive"
 Here is the table it gives:
 Foreign average Average price
 price of all wools at of all Ameri-
 port of exportation can wools ht
 without duty the farm
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-26
and have found the other fellow looking at your hand coldly and not offering to put out his own. We are the ones to complain. not the English.
A DREADFUL DISCLOSURE.
Five Women Have Treatment for Corns
 on Their Feet to One Man.

RisV Vo"eu EtaNe treatment TOT COrnS
 on Their Feet to One Man.
 Probably not one young man in a hundred, when he dreams of his lady love. ever thinks of her as having corns," said a young chiropodist the other day to New York reporter, as he deftly finished some professional att tention to the reporters little toe and gently murmured, That will be 50 cents please"
 At the same time" continued the bedacure, it is fact that we have five women who come here to have their tootsey wootsey attended to where we have one man who needs our services 1 have seen young girls with angel faces come in here as often as once a week for months. Their complexions are perfect. and among them are some of the lovsliest young girls ever saw.
 '.lt would seem to be almost a pro- fanation to imagine for an instant that such lovely creatures should have corns. Yet the feet of some of these young women are enough to make a Venus de Milo turn over in her grave. The poor little toes are pressed together and oftimes distorted out of shape, and by the time have finished my work and have wound strips of plaster about them, besides putting little wads of circular pieces of cotton batting be- tween my lady's toes, they present a sufficiently droll appearance.
 ''lt would be impossible to get girl to walk along a beach in summer in such a plight, and it is no wonder the dear creatures wear stockings when they bathe in public"
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-26
Have Your Own Teeth.

A dentist of Moscow is reported to have discovered method of supplying the human mouth with false teeth which will grow into tho gums as firm ly ns natural ones. Dr. Znamensky has performed several successful oper- atiens on dogs as we'll us human be- ings. The teeth arc made of gutta percha porcelain or metal. Holes are made at Che root of the false tooth and also upward into the jaw. The tooth is then placed into the cavity. In a short time soft granulated growth finds its way from the patients jaw in- to the holes in the tooth; this growth gradually, hardens and holds the tooth in position
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-26
Salt Water and Rails,

Railroad tracks that are exposed to salt water corrode very rapidly. and numerous expedients to prevent this corrosion have been suggested and tried.
 thus far without accomplishing the de- sired end. In the construction of the jetty at the mouth of tho Columbia a double track railway was built in ad- vance uponpiles Repeated experiments were made with mixture of crude petroleum and parafiine in varying proportions, which was applied to the rails in this exposed situation. It was
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-26

Is it not time that farmers open their eyes to simple and indisputable proofs like this that high wool duty does not raise the price of his woolP However deeply set the Republican wool-grower may be in the notion that the wool duty helps him, ought he not to listen and be convinced when the greatest protection fist club in the land agrees that the duty keeps prices down? Let such a wool grower send to the Home Market Club for it's wool pamphlet and see for him. self It is doubtful, however, whether he can get the pamphlet fer love or money, if he makes it known that he is 2 grower of wool.
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-26
On the Other Foot.

Englishmen who come here complain that We are forever shaking hands. The boot should be on the other foot
 It is the American in England who should complain that the people over there do not shake hands. It grows to be & frightful predicament when it has happened twenty times in & day that you have put out hand to seal an in- troduction or meeting with . shake
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-26
Protection " False Pr.t.ns...

One of the most frequent arguments before the Ways and Means Committed, At Washington, from people who want d, Is that such duties will develop home competition. that this will force prices down, and the consumer will be benefit ca. Mono of these applicants for Gov ornment old will confess that the pro lection ashed for will keep prices up
 On tho contrary, we sse the singular
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-26
Difference in Gold.

Most people suppose" says an as saver, athat all gold is alike when re- fined, but this is not the case. An ex- perienced man can tell at glance from what part of the world a gold piece comes. and in some cases from what part of a particular gold district the metal was obtained. The Australian gold, for instance, is distinctly redder
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-26

Here the wool grower may see what Q fast and loose game the protectionists have been playing with him. They have been carrying water on both shoulders, telling the farmer that the wool tariff makes the prices high, and then facing about and drawing tables of figures to show to the manufacturer that it makes prices lower.
 In this connection it may be of inter- est to the farmer to note the difference in domestic wool prices now and last year. Here are the quotations from the Boston wool market for some of the best known woos last August and for the current month:
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-26

A pRoTEcrIoSIsT organ rejoices that the tariff reduced the price of galvan- ized iron sheets from 7s4 cents pound in 1880 to A cents in 1889. This is used as an argument to show that tho tin- plate duty will have . similar effect since "tin plate is only sheet iron dipped in tin" But the average price of for eign tin plates for that same year Uss9) was s-l0 cents per pound. How can we beat that when our galvanized iron is itself 1 l4 cents?
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-26

found. however, that theso mixture. were practically valueless in arrestino corrosion by salt water. no difference being noted between the coated rai,s and those not coated after they had been tso months in the track.
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-26
THE Mosque of st. Sophia in Con.

THE Mosque of St. Sophia in Con- stantinople is always fragrant with .he odor of musk, and has been so for hun, dreds of years, ever since it was rebuilt in the ninth century, the curious part of it being that nothing is done to keep it perfumed. The solution to the seem ing mystery lies in the fact that when it was built, over 1000 years ago, the stones and bricks were laid in mortar mixed with a solution of musk.
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-26

TIE first iron-plate furnaces in this country were built in Virginia between TIA and 1730, under the old Colonial Governor Spotswood. Yet in the year of grace 1891 we are still protecting pig iron as an infant industy." A hoary infant thatl
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-26

Here Is the table 1t gives:
 Foreign average Average price price of all wools At of all Ameri- port of exportation can wools 1t without duty. the farm.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1891-07-03
MISSOURI AT DANGER HEIGHT.

Portions of Harlem and Kansas City
Flooded-Crops Ruined on Lowlapts.
KANSAS CRY, No., July 1.-THE
river at this point continued to rise
slowly all day, passing the danger line
and flooding the lower parts of the bot
tom lands. The condition of the tracks
across the river at the approach of the
Hannibal & ST. Joe bridge is unchanged,
the washing out of the dyke having re-
lieved the pressure to such an extent
that no further damage was done to the
railroads. The entire town of Harlem
is under water up to the first floor Of
the houses, with the exception of a few
that are built on knobs. The street car
line running to Midway has suspended
operations as the tracks are under water
for nearly the whole distance. Reports
from various points on the river to the
United States signal Office show that
the rise is about over and the river will
begin falling soon.
At Manhattan and st. Joseph the river
is falling slightly. In West Kansas
City the water has overhowed the low
lands to such an extent that many fam
lilies have been compelled to seek safer
quarters, but the damage to property
has been slight
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1891-07-03
Case Of InAunan Brutality by White
Caps Reported From South.
ern Indiana.
Jealousy. Lovers Quarrel. ane .
Pistol Result in the Death Si.,
Youthful Pair.
Five Murders ut Texas Celebration,
a Conyict's Desperate
Deed.

NEW ALBANY, Ind, July 1.-There
was another brutal whipping by White
Caps in Crawford county, Sunday, in
which a young woman of 1S years was
one OF the victims. VIM. Mcclure and
his 1S-year-old stepdaughter live near
Leavenworth, the county seat of Craw-
ford county. They were suspected of
living in adultery, but there was no
proof OF this charge. Sunday morning
Twenty Masked White Caps,
all armed with revolvers, went to the
Mcclure residence, broke down the
door, and seizing Mcclure, who is about
90 years Old, and .he stepdaughter they
dragged them to the woods and tied
them face foremost to trees. Then the
clothing of both the victims was low
cred to the hips and the White Caps
commenced the cruel work of switching
them on the bare backs, faying them
from the shoulders to the hips. The
young woman shrieked for mercy at
every blow she received, but her appeals
were vain until
She Sunk Painting
from the pain. She received over fifty
lashes, aud her shoulders, back and
hips are trightfully lacerated. Old man
Mcclure was given about seventy-fiye
lashes, he also fainting under the saw
age Punishment. After the whipping
the White Caps notified their victims
that Il they were found in the county
twenty days later they would be hung
up by the neck. This infamous whip
ping of helpless, defenseless girl has
created the most intense excitement at
Leayenworth and in the neighborhood
OF that town, and is denounced with
great bitterness. The victims will be
confined to their beds for two or three
weeks: The charge against the girl is
doubtless false, though Mcclure is a
worthless fellow. He and his step
daughter will doubtless leave Crawford
county as soon as they are able to
travel.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1891-07-03

According to the latest London re-.
ports American investments hold high
place. One of these companies. tRe
United States Brewing Company, has
paid dividends of 16 per cent for the
year, free of taxes. Several other COM
panies have showed an equally prosper.
GUS balance sheet.
The Touring mill of Northey & Dun.
can, at Woonsocket, N. D., one of the
largest in the state, is nov run by ar
tesian well power. It runs all the
machinery of the mill with ease. The
pressure is steady at 100 pounds, and
the water runs through one and seven
eighths nozzle.
The third prairie fire case against the
Northern Pacific was tried in the dis
trict court at Steele, N. d. A verdict
was rendered for Smith, the plaintiff.
for 81 $50. This and the two preceding
cases aggregate $4,000 in verdicts
against the company. There are four
more cases to try.
The German kaiser will arrive in
Amsterdam today. He will occupy the
lett wing of the palace on Dam square,
and the empress will occupy the apart
ments of the Queen Regent, of Holland,
at the back of the building. The mem
bers of the imperial suite will be accom-
modated, some in the palace and at
adjacent hotels.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1891-07-03
DANGER AT ST. JOE.
The River Is Very High and Still Rising.
Stock Yards in Danger.

The River Is Very High and Still Rising.
Stock Yards in Danger.
KANSAS CITY, July 1.-The Stars st.
Joseph (Mo.) special says: The river has
risen steadily since Saturday and at
noon is within sixteen inches of the
highest point reached in ten years.
Residents of the French bottoms, north
of this city, are in state of alarm and
many are preparing to move. The
water is still rising and reports received
from Sioux City and Omaha show .
gain of six inches in eighteen hours. If
the river should overflow the French
bottoms it is expected that new chan
mel will lie cut through, leaving many
farms on an island and diverging the
stream from the Kansas shore two
miles. Ii the present rate of rise con-
tinues twenty-four hours the stock
yards and hundreds of houses in South
st. Joe will be inundated. The situa-
tion is serious 10 the packing interests
as well as hundreds OF farmers on the
lowjands.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1891-07-03
How APUZZLE WAS SOLVED,

When you want a certain article, you want
the best make of that article, don't you?
But how to determine which make is best
is what puzzles you, isn't it?
And when the puzzle is solved for YOU,
by authority which cannot be questioned,
you are pleased, aren't you?
And you would like to hear Of one DUE
zle that has been solved for the people of
the whole world, wouldn't you?
Well, we will tell you about that very
puzzle, and its solution.
AT the Universal Exposition Of 1889 at
Paris, France, the best sewing machines of
the world, including those of America, were
in competition. They were passed upon bya
jury composed of the best foreign mechsn-.
ical experts, two of whom were the leading
sewing machine manufacturers of France.
This jury, after exhaustive examination
and tests, adjudged that the Wheeler &
Wilson machines were the best of all, and
awarded that company the highest prize Of
Tered, the GRAND PRIZE, giving other
companies only gold, silver and bronze
medals.
The French Government, as a further
recognition of superiority, decorated Mr.
Nathaniel Wheeler, president of the COM
pany, with the Cross of the Legion of
Honor, the most priced honor of France.
That is how the puzzle of the best sewing
machine in the world was fully solved by the
most competent authority il the world in
favor of the No. 9 and No. 12 Wheeler &
Wilson machines.
The Noe, for family use, and the No. 1s,
for manufacturing uses, are the best in the
world to-day.
And now, when you want sewing ma.
chine, if you do not get the best, it will be
your own fault.
Ask your sewing machine dealer for tile
No. 9 Wheeler s. Wilson machine, and if he
does not keep them, write to us for descrip-
tive catalogue, prices and terms.
Agents wanted in all unoccupied territory
WHEELER & WILSON MFG. CO.,
1875 and 1877 Wabash Avenue. Chicago, Ill
WIS. GROUSE. MITCHELL, Sd.