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The Forrest City times., 1891-01-09
Hints to tS', ,asekeepers

Tallow, applied warm, will soften and finally cara corrs and bunions
 Apples wilt not freeze if covered with d linea cloth, nor a pie or GUS tard burn kt in the oven with dish of water.
 Purify clothes that have been kept from the air by lay ing pieces of char coal (wrapped in paper) in the folds Try the open air first.
 To preserve apples, spread them on grating, but not in contact with each other, as one bad apple will spoil the others by starting decay.
 Constipation may be relieved fl cupful of hot water. in which tea spoonful of salt has been dissolved, Is taken every morning before breakfast
 It is said that to drink sweet milk after eating onions will purify the breath so that no odor will remain. 4 cupful of strong coffee is also recom- mended.
 Two apples kept in the cake box will cause moderately rich cake to re- main moist for a great length of time, If the apples are renewed when withered.
 lurpentlne ana OIack NarDlSh Is the blacking used by hardware dealers for protecting stoves from rust. If put on properly 1t will last through the season.
 The best way when hot grease has been spilled on the floor is to dash cold water over 1t, so as 10 harden 1t quickly and prevent it striking into the boards.
 Don't forget to have few beaps of coffee handy, for this serves as u deodorizer If burnt on coals or paper Bits of charcoal placed around are useful in absorbing gases and other impurities.
 Keep your jelly in a cool, dry closet Either write the name of the variety of the jelly on neat little slip of white paper, and paste this on the side oi the glass. or write in the center of the covers before pasting them on.
 A pretty way Of serving eggs for tea Is this: Gut bread in nice square pieces and toast Take eggs out of the shell. keeping yolks whole. Beat the whites to stiff roth. lay the beaten white around nicely on the toast drop yolks in centre of white ring. salt and put in hot oven to bake a few minutes. When you take them out of the oven. pour a little melted butter on toast
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-09
A Trying Time.

very pretty young schoolmarm in a public school not Il thousand miles from Long Branch saw mouse run across the class room floor one day last week. scholars" she said, "a mouse is ia the room. Do not be frightened" The little girls all frightened their skirts around their legs and the eyes ol the little boys glistened with suppressed excitement. Don't anybody be afrai--n said tho young schoolmarm, but heavens. just then the mouse dashed across tho floor toward her, and she made a frantic leap to the top of a bench. The mouse shot out of the door. and in time the trembling teacher descended and taught school again.
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-09
ToLsTOI AND THE BEAR.
How the No,elist's Presence of Mind Saved
 His life.

An incident k related about tho celebrated writer. Count Tolstoi. which nearly cost him his life He went out on bear hunt with some of bis friends, and after selecting spot which commanded Il good view ot the surrounding grounds. some Of tho more experienced hunters suggested that the snow had better be trampled down so that 1t would be easier for them to move about and get out Of bruins way, and have time enough to take a shot at him if he should como upon them unexpectedly
 The count, however. although up to his waist in the snow. objected to this and said that it was entirely unneces- sary, since the whole thing consisted of shooting the bear and not wrestling with him.
 They did not have to wait long. for the bear, which had just risen from its lair. was walking along to get ous Of the way of the hunters when it suddenly stepped out into the open space directly in front of Tolstoi
 He coolly took aim aud fired, but the ball. for some reason or other, went wide of its mark. Taking aim again he fired. this time hitting the bear in the head. and the bulle. lodged in tho lower jaw. and of course only made 6 very irritating wound, which made tho eear so savage that, taking few jumps, he was upon Tolstoi before he was able to realize it. Just as the bear came close enough to him he dropped down, and of course the bear went right over his body. Tolstoi's whole body sunk into the deep snow, and the only part that remained exposed was his head, which the bear tackled as soon as he had recovered from his sur prise in seeing Tolstoi disappear SO suddenly. Tolstoi did his best to push his head down as low as possible and elevated his fur cap for the bear to bite. Twice the savage animal snapped at |. and then. discovering his mistake, nadc a bite deeper down this time, taking piece of hesh from the counts right cheek
 Just at this moment his comrades re- turnei and by their loud yells suc- ceeded in driving away the bear. who very slowly turned his back upon the hunters and walked into the woods. master of the situation. London Tele- graph.
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-09
How to Build Up Horses.

Many flat-sided, long g-baeked, s(a. a.ck- Joined horses arc receiving liberal patronage on account of their defects being considerably masked by layers of fat and flabby muscle Condition does not simply mean tho presentation of good appearanca but signifies ability to endure work and maintain health. The two latter conditions capno, be maintsfned without liberal feeding and plenty ol exercise. Good condition requires time to produce Inc work of conditioning ought to be- gin full two months before the season.
 The daily exercise and quantity Of food should be increased in like ratio, until five miles day is given a draft horse and eight or ten light horse. Drugs are detrimental to the process o conditioning. 4 great invigorator ef the horse is rubbing. Nothing. oext to geod feeding, gives him more vim. plentiful supply of good
 clean, thick cotton rubbers should be on hand, and the horse should be wig orously rubbed after his exercise until he is perfectly dry. Groom while the circulation of the skin is active, as after exercise Is far more beneficial than at any other time. The death rate among heavy stallions during the season is much higher than 1t need be. which is largely the result Of abrubtly putting horses into the try ing ordeal of heavy service and con- stant excite ment without building up the system in the maner indicated.
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-09
The Working Women Of New York

The statement is made by Mir, Rus, in a recently published work, that there are about l50, GOO honest women in New York City who, by working fifteen hours or more day, can earn barely 60 cents daily. This figure seems very low, in- deed, when it is remembered that the expense of living in city like New York IS much higher than in smaller towns and in country districts. Sixty cents a day in New York means hardly as much as 30 cents in any small couptry town,
 What renders the plight of these poor. hard-working women of New York still more ptiable is the fact that the money which they do earn is by the Me kinley t8rif law made less effective in buying tio in;tcessaries of life than l. was before, Duties have been wantonly in- creased on many articles of prime neces- sity to them, aud they are even told that these Mckinley duties are in the inter ests of the laboring people. This year the potato crop of this country is par tal failure, large supplies must De brought in from Canada at an extra Me kinley tariff cost of 25 cents a bushel, and to poor women in the sad situation just described 9 cents on single bushel of potatoes is no small matter. True. Mckinley imposes this duty on potatoes upon the pretense of helping our farm CTS; but it is an insult to our farmers to claim that they need duty which lays such burdens upon the poor people of the cities.
 The most burdensome provision of the Mckinley law upon these women, how ever is the tax on all kinds of clothing and of cloth from which to make it. What is still more cruel is the fact that the very heaviest duties are in nearly every case imposed on the cheapest grades of cloth, whether woolen, cotton, or linen.
 What the women of the slumS of New
 York, the hundred and fifty thousand who labor day and night to keep soal and | body together on sixty cents day, or in many eases on half that amount aould be likely to think of that policy eG pro lection which, for the sake of -infant in- | dustrSes, which are in manyss leases al ready the strongest in the world, lceep, 1 their wages town and the prize of neces 1 sitfeS Of life up, is not perhaps of muos
 matter. They are not educated in tht | consideration of great questions of eco monies, and if they were they have nc
 time to think of anything, If they had 1 they might conclude that 1t was, on tho | whole, best to kill themselves. Tht l question is, however, what do the mer and women who are Ewing in comfor i think Of 1t? Can they feel that so long
 as they aid in the support of the mon
 strosity called protection. that Franken stein, which threatens the very life o
 the Republic, they are free of blood gulltiness concerning these poor creat
 ures working and suffering in the siums,
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-09
A staring Goa, in Win CT.

There are many causes Of Il rough. staring coat on horses and cows during the winter season. It generally in dioates deficient nutrition, either through poor digestion or not getting enough nutritious food. Dry straw or hay is not easily digested unless some thing goes with them. Cornstalks. if not too dry, ara better. In most cases u rough coat after few weeks will be found to harbor lice. because the skin does not furnish oil enough to make the hair lie smoothly. Linseed meal is an excellent feed to make the coat shine. but for working animals some food to give strength must be added, or the fat will soon disappear.
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-09
Early and Late Potatoes.

The advice is being widely copied to plant all potatoes early. and especially to plant the earliest varieties, as least likely to be affected by blight and rot There Is something in the theory that tue longer variety of potatoes is in maturing, the greater chance disease has to attack it. The same principle iaYors early planting and early va rieties. in order to escape attacks of the potato beetle. The old-fashioued peacholow potato was so extremely late that il furnished food for success sitee crops of potato larye all through the Summer until frost came. For this reason probably it was the first to run out when potato beetles began to be uumerpus
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-09
This Wonderful Century.

The first wear of the last decade of the nineteenth century Is drawing to a close, and the remaining nine will quickly follow, closing this remarkable volume of time. Within the one hun dred years greater progress has been made in providing man with material comforts. and doing the worlds work by machinery instead of wearying hand labor, than in all the centuries of his- toric time. Within the lifetime of men who are still actively engaged in busi- ness or professional life we have had the invention,of the cotton gin, power looms, spinning machinery, knit ting and sewing machines, lucifer matches, the locomotive. the railroad. the ocean steamer. the reaper, the telegraph and telephone, and the power and perfecting printing presses and typewriters, all of which seem to have annihilated time and space, and, with innumerable other mechanical devices, have increased mans productive industrial capacity a hundredfold. Nations have become like family, the interests of one being closely interwoven with the interests of all. Competition IS no longer local. but worldwide We sensibly feel the wheat crops of India and Russia, and it cannot be many years before the cotton and sugars of Africa will be large factors in the worlds products and commerce. Though wonderful century in which to have lived, the first half of 1900 will be still moro wonderful for the races of men on this planet. .--Puiimdn GIL Joprilai.
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-09
EXECUTIONS IN AFRICA.
Vlsasisss DspspslatsA by nsrdeross RsSits ss
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 "I had the pleasure of witnessing . negro execution once," said an African traveller recently. Mir. Glave has just returned from Alaska, where he has been exploring the interior, but for six years prior to that he was in the Congo country with Stanley.
 Il had the pleasure of seeing this execution and of knowing that wasn't strong enough to stop 1t was allowed to witness 1t only on the con- dition that and my companions should be unarmed. But for that I should have shot the chief and the execution. CT. Afterward 1 did have force enough to prevent it, and for two years there weren't any wanton killings The missionaries have the place now and the slaughter is going merrily on. Soft words won't stop 1t. It takes something more than that to put the fear of God into those blacks.
 "But am drifting away from my story. Some old woman of influence had died and accordingly. to celebrate the occasion, a slave had to be sacri- feed. He was lashed fast in kind of seat and a pliant stem about l5 fee. long stuck into the groGni near him. The top Of it was bent over and tied fast to his head. so that his neck was as taut as a fiddle string. That was the first time 1 had seen them use one Of their soft iron knives, and I expect cd to see the poor fellow neck haggled into rags. but I heard only clic when 1t struck the bones of the spi, .,, column, and the mans head shot ~,, like pebble in sling. A foi .~ss;n of blood spurted from his neck. .na ,ha body worked and twitched ex' .es,r no :, chicken does whom its head x cst otr The head when picked IT, ,c.s oha,- tering its jaws and rolli' .o st. eyes
 .'its awful the am ,u, n, ,,;ll;,r that soen on In Ar .c,. A tribe will li'aNe IF d party mi go ou, to mako 1"p''' ',. % A" "' adjoiuing village "' .il after night and then hre opos |" a village until it's defend-
 Iled. They take the rest Of e"' / and make slaves of them. .,, 'as~ killed for the mere fun of N" .plg item, some are slaughtered 70 be ss,eu. some for sacrifice and others t'c from cruel treatment 1 About Nfe out oi every six captives taken a'e by violence. As conse- queucc .nterior Africa is being rapidly depoprlsted. One may go for hum dreds cf miles and not see u man. but may note the charred stumps which mark where villages have once been.'
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-09
 Some Remark able Memories,

Idiots have been known whose mem- ory for names and words was so re- teutive that they could repeat ser mon verbatim and indicate where the preacher blew his nose and coughed while delivering it. Cardinal Mezzo- nnti. the linguist, who is said 10 have known hundred languages. declared that he never forgot word he had once learned. To a friend. who had congratulated Leyden on his remark able memory. he replied that he had often found it source of great incon- vcnience. On the friend expressing surprise. he explained that he had often wished to recall particular expression he had read. but could not do it until he had repeated the whole passage from the beginning to the expression he desired to recall. An English clergyman mentions a man who could remember the day of the burial O every person who died in the parish during thirty-tive years. and could also repeat the name and age of each de. ceased person, and the name of the mourners at his funeral; but so weak was he intellectually that he could not be trusted to feed himself. Dr. Motfatt, the distinguished African missionary. and father.in-law to Dr. Livingstone, once preached long sermon to crowd of negroes. Shortly after he had finished. he saw number of negroes gather about simple minded young savage. He went to them. and discovered that the savage was prcach- ing his sermon over again. Not only was he reproducing the precise words. but initiating the manner and gestures of tha whifa nreachar
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-09
A Case of Mckinleyis,n.

Why the tariff is increasing prices may be seen from ease recently re- ported by the Boston Hert,d This was an importation of table glassware Of flre medium kind which came the other day from Antwerp. The cost of this ship ment was Sl,775 in Antwerp. The duty on it under the old tariff law would have been $74s 30; the duty as actually paid under the present law was S1.065. or an increase of S3a2. 70 over the old duty.
 This increase represents an advance of above 63 per cent upon the old duty. X part of this Mckinley duty is caused by the Administrative Customs Law which requires that the duty be calculated, not upon the goods alone, but upon the boxes, the straw, the packing. aud all other expenses on the other side. In the case here described this additional duty amounted to $4s.
 And this glassware. be it remembered. was of the common kind and such as Is bought by people in moderate crcum- stances This is called "legislating for the American people,"
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-09
 Dust Baths for Poultry.

Domestic fowls often have very filthy quarters in winter, and breed vermin despite the severe cold weather. One corner of their covered house should be kept filled with coal ashes or road dust, where they can roll and cover themselves with the fine powder It is sure death to lice and If the dust bath is always kept in good working condition lice win sell dom appear on roosts or in nests. Thore is in most farmhouses at least cue coal stove whence coal ashes may be obtained. Wood ashes are not so good. The potash in them uniting with oil and dampness sometimes breeds spontaneous combustion. Many farm buildings are destroyed by Put ting wood ashes in barrels Coal ashes will not make fire unless freshly sifted. and having fresh living coals on them.
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-09

ropean lsborers coming to 'ouf shores every year. Here there Is more room, and man can set up on . farm rather than work in mill at starvation wages. For this reason the competition in the labor market is less severe with us than in Europe, and wages have not yet been forced down to so low & figure as the European level.
 It is mainly on account of our 39.7 acres for each person that we have higher wages than Europe. Protection has nothing to do with the general aver age of wages with us. It is well known that the general average of wages in our protected industries is lower than in the non-protected industries.
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-09
Indiana's Aluminium Interes,a

The production of aluminium prom ises to become an extensive industry in Indiana. Prospectors believe that no state in tho union is so rich in aiumina deposits as lsdiEaa. aud now that experts arc hitting upon formulas for producing aluminium. tho metallic base of allumina, SO much cheaper than ever before. capitalists are lock- ing to the Indiana alumina deposits with intaresk
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-09
WIT AND HUMOR.
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 'l'" '' '.d A''.s HIkSssssIsaEIs ikIfSS: ssaaIaei Ina Now lot the wopsn do our work.
 rs. AId Sn ls; .S Ss cSOz ses Cs si,sa, ,s, ..,.. ZnS we've wsas sAsir seesS: Arbitration gives two parties the halves of pretty stale and bitter loaf -Mck.
 Things said softly behind fan may raise . great hreeze.-NeU 0rlsoms Rcayane.
 Earth has no greater joy than the discovery of quarter in . cast-on vest.--Lye. 4 Every mother owns the best boz the worst one belongs next door e1verv time. 7eras Sylings.
 We suppose nose may be Aid to bs broke when it hasn't got d scent Binghamton Lvader.
 A true word is often ~nohsn in ;eat. but we always like it A be about some other fellow.-Puck
 You can't t..ach m old dog new trlcks' pu. nu can buy . new dog.- O{ one th Ing nobody can truthfully eay 1t ''isn''I in It." That is the letter L-fn'Iad SlpAia Press.
 An ol' maid asks; If whatever Is is rlgnt how does it happen that I'm 'ei''- -Btaghamton Leader.
 E' ,onomy is wealth; but it is kind ol wealth that the rich man finds 1t n 4rd to transfer to his son.--Puck.
 Owing to the failure of the apple fcrop even sweet cider will be hard to get this year. Cincianati Enquirer.
 The tramp begging bread at a board ing house is open and above board in his statements. ts.--Ne,c Orleans Rcayune.
 Time is the essence of all contracts, except when you endeavor to contract for suit of clothes ou time. .--Jcweters' Cireu5ar
 The difference between chef and a cook is that one is paid salary and the other has 10 sue for her wages Etmird Gazette.
 Customer" Seems to me that razor is rather dull" Barber-''M 'Mought be, sah. It was to pahty las night. sab. W. !. Weekly
 Shc-'I didn't think you'd dare to kiss mcm He~''rhere was good deal of danger about it. so I-I thought we'd better face 1t together. "--Life.
 Civilization has made marvellous strides. Ananias wouldn't have been a patch on the nineteenth century campaign liars trousers. Philadelphia Times.
 Il thought many time when used to go see my girl she was sweet enough to eat And why didn't you eat hcr?" She soured ou nc. "--Phsla- delphia Times.
 Poet, who is reading his verses to . friend-"Ah' my words seem to touch you. You are shedding tears" No. only wiping of the precipitation" Faeccade Bictter.
 Il don't go with her any more" "How's thsta" Il popped the ques- ton to her coming up on the steamer from Cape May but she threw me over, Philadelphia Times
 Does Mrs. Weeds mourn her hus- band sincerelyp" asked Mrs Wing. Indeed she does" was the reply. ''She hasn't anybody but the iceman now to scoid. "- sonerriile Journal.
 Wibbie There goes man that makes his living off other peoples bad habi,s.n Wabhle-" Keeps a saloon. | does hep" Wihble-"No; he deals in secondhand clothes. Terre Ha,.ts Express.
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-09
Butter Farming and Fertility.

Excepting possibly wool, and we arc not sure about that. no farm product draws so little from the soil in propor- ticn to the cash it brings as butter. Melt it, place q wick initand burn. and the resulting ash will be almost wholly. if not quite. from the wick itreif. If the skim milk and buttermilk are fed b stock, and the manure thus made
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-09
Wares and Land.

< In the United States there ,fe aa. :
 acres per head of tho entiSe population, while in England Germkay. France.
 Italy. Holland and Belgium, fhe average is only a.s acres for each person. In
 Europe the number of people is so great 1hat competition for employment is nec- SoeoTlly vory sharp. and this reduces Waees to the lowest possible figure. That ' WAy thaze ls . grest stream of Flu
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-09
Ar Birmingham England. a .nennv.

Al DhuiiuSun ishSihHu, penny in-the-slot" machine has been devised for small consumers of gas. A penny put into the slot gives twenty-five feet of gas, or at the rate of so cents a thousand. The gas company thus are sure of their pay, and the consumer buys what he wishes from day to day.
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-09
Fer . Cold Day.

The old and the new duties on all wearing apparel of wool, wholly or in part, are as follows:
 Old rate. New rate Nnlu, not over soc per ID .. 3Sc. per ib and
 4o per cent. 49is sc per h. and
 6o per cent. Value BOG. and not over 40c. 3shae, per ib. and
 40 per cent.. 49lsc per ib. and
 6O per cent Value 40c and over. ......... 44e. per ID. and
 90 per cent.... Ao'ec per fb, and
 60 per cent.
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-09

sNTo the grave of twilight
 The red gleam fades away, And the westerfng clouds grow spmpey With love ot tue dying day.