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The Forrest City times., 1892-05-13
Breeding Bacon Hor.

A good deal of discussion has bee, going on for some time past ss |. what breed of swine is most desirahI. for breeding for bacon. either in ths shape of pure-bred hogs or as sires Ia cross upon other breeds. to obtain long bodied animal tha. will make ds. sirable bacon sides
 The Berkshires have been found m desirable in this respect being ;oo short and thick in the body. h. large white Yorkshires and the Tan. worths have proved. so far. much more desirable as bacon hogs than any other; and they also when used ss sires upon the Berkshire or the ordis. ary swine Of the country. producA pigs Of a better class for the bacon. curer than any other breeds as regard. the most desirable qualities Of quick growth. feeding so as to make a uIc. mixture of fat and lean. instead Of too much outside fat as with the pg-a Berkshire. The Berkshire has seen its best days and is now improved in bacon quality by being crossed s. aforementioned d-Coleman's Rural World
The Forrest City times., 1892-05-13
A Tardy Confession.

As yet there is commercially speaking no American tin-plate.n Thus an organ of high taxes con- fesses to the truth nearly year after its earnest defense of the party under whose policy the people have been enormously taxed for the establish ment of an industry which can only live on bounties. This organ rejoieed in the election of Mckinley as a vindi- cation of the statesmanship which levies millions for the tin-plate indus try. While the author of the present tariff was seeking to gull the people of Ohio with the pretense of working in tln- plate mills the Tribune had no words of condemnation of the apparent fraud Last year the Republican campaign was enliveDed by badges.
 cups. speers and torches alleged to have been made by American work
 men in American mills and from American tin" Yet the Tribune was
 silent and greeted Mckinley elected governor of Ohio as the triumphant proponent o' high taxes and the fraudulent poser before a public taxed Tor EUS Dtutub Oi iUOuOpDlt.
 It may have been one of the Trib- une's free-trade days or it may have
 been necessary for the organ to cast sop 10 those Of its readers who demand
 some recognition Of the sentiment
 prevailing in the party for reduction ! of excessive taxation Whatever may ! have been the cause the organ has vsfuraH Faaafnn hzs ! gives the lie to its past argument and | limits its usefulness in the campaign | that approaches If there has been i no tin-plate made in this country l and the statement Is literally true 1 then has every other organ of Repub- | licauism and every prominent orator | or the party falsely misstated the con- ] dition of the petted industry.
 From the same source comes au- other confession that will return to 1 plague its author as the presidential | | fight progresses. Not only has the
 tariff on tin-plate failed of it's pur- I pose not only is it true that kepub- i licans falsely announced the starting [ of new mills for this manufacture.
 but workingmen. for whose benefit
 the tax was assumed to have been
 levied. are told that the only possible
 way for manufacturers to engage in
 this industry will be to make fur
 ther reduction in the wages of their
 employees Mckinley gave it as his
 opinion that the tax of ?. ? cents per
 pound would make it possible for
 Americans to produce their own tin-
 plate within a very few mouths He
 told the people last year that his
 prophecy had been fulfilled and now
 is in turn informed that a large re-
 duction must be made in wages if the 1 tin-plate industry is to be established
 in this country on a paying basis ] Let American workingmen ponder
 over this summing Of the effect of the Mckinley tariff on tin-plate taken from the columns Of a Republican l organ. an.-Chieago Times
The Forrest City times., 1892-05-13
Az 10 Tzrp~t..

If progress is to be made by Repub- licans in the work Of convincing the people that the imposition of higher duties on wools has caused reduction of their price some means must Dc adopted to harmouize the arguments. It is confusing to read in the senior organ of monopoly that the wool schedule has caused an increase in the consumption of shoddy and a deterioration in the carpets produced under the shield of a prohi ibitory tariff. and then to find in .ts associate that the price of carpets has declined under the benign influence of protec- ton.
 The lesson of 1890 has already been forgotten by the deyotees of protec- ton. Then they were filled with as- surances that the tariff was not tax, but only a tribute levied on those for eigners desirous of trading in this market But when housewives found the cost Of all products advanced and in many cases the quality far inferior the family circle became a recruiting point for arif-reformers As the campaign progresses high-tax jour nals begin to copy from the American Economist statements prepared by Eli Perkins and other fabricators showing decrease in the cost of carpets caused by the high tariff on wools Some voters will he humbugged by this shallow pretense. They enjoy being humbugged. especially when il soothes their conscience. But every purchaser of carpets or other goods made of wool will discover that the effect of Mckinley's bill was just what the protects paid for. They may buy what are termed carpets at lower nominal price But time will show them what every honorable manu- facturer and dealer will confirm that it is not possible to increase the cost of the raw material without similarly increasing the cost Of the finished product
 Republican organs might save ex- pense by repeating the same false statements in every Issue 1t costs something to vary the language. and only those are effected who will vote the party ticket whether it pro nounces for protection and the free coinage zf silver as four years ago. or changes the tune to meet the emer' gency.
The Forrest City times., 1892-05-13
ASSERT MANHOOD.
Every Intelligent Democrat shoald Voice Hi. Sentiments Firmly and Boldly.

Every Intelligent Democrat shoaId Voice
 Hi. sentimeat- Firmly and Boldly.
 ". G. Ewing a; the Iroguois club banquet said. The time has fully come in the affairs of this great re- public when every Democrat of intel lize1ce and character should come boldly to the foreground and in no un- certain. equivocal or hzlting tone as- ser; his manhood in politics and the politics Of manhood You can have no great party without great men A political party pzrtakes of the char acter Of its leaders Their virtues are its virtues their wisdom is it's wisdom: their vices are it's vices Great and pure leaders will make your party great aud pure- un~ise, selfish and unprincipled leaders will quickly make your party. however glorious it's achievements in the past a de- tested instrument of oppression and crime The greatest gift of any party to the country is the gift of good men
 We should not disguise the fact if we could we can nos disguise the fact if we would, that the supreme neces- sity. the courageous determined de- msud of the Democratic party in the approaching election Is a leader whose exalted character will give assurance of honest digni6ed and staple gov ernmeni. whose very personality will be an acceptable guarantee of pro- gress in the high priesthood of tariff reform: leader who knows that the 1s k-x sa hrre @h.z duct of the labor of the country; who knows that the plow and the sickle should not pay tribute to the trip hammer and the loom; who knows that while commerce may create ships ships can not create commerce; who knows that the commercial marine Of the universe can not create single surplus grain Of corn; who knows that the legislative bodies Of all the earth can not by enactment change single value fixed by Gods immutable law of demand and supply; leader who has the unfaltering confidence of the peo- pie, a leader who has demonstrated his preference for right and defeat rather than wrong and success; a leader whose virtues are his arts; a leader Of courage. not mere physical daring but the hero of greatness that devotion to duty, that loyalty to conscience that stands firm as adamant for the right and leaves the results to the sIeepless yigils Of eternal jus tice; the courage that links the glory Of the past with the glory of today and joins both in immortal wedlock with the glory of forever. The very air is laden and periumed with the de- mand for such leader
The Forrest City times., 1892-05-13
Test Your Cows

Many wonderful COW passe. her whole life without her owner knowing what prize he has simply because he has never tested her capacity. Two cows with the same amount O. feed may give the same amount of dairy product when if you increase the feed, one will respond by an increased product while the other will not. The one has reached her limit while the other has not and the careless feeder will continually be throwing away his feed on COW of small natural capac- ity. It is not necessary or perhaps profitable to feed continually 10 the highest limit of the COW. but each COW in the herd should be known by actual test
The Forrest City times., 1892-05-13
DEMOCRATIC MATTERS.
THE RIVER AND NAVY.
The Nis.is<ippi valley Demands Eighs-os
 War to Foreign Mxrkefs-

The Mfs.is<ippl valley Demands Eighs-of- Way so Foreign w.rkess-
 We are spending sls0 00Q 0oo a year in military pensions eKclssIve of the cost os army and navy We are spending also SIS. 000. GOO a year in sugar boantisz paid as Peu- sions to industries on the disability list of the Republican party. Our revenues must anszer these and many other unjust demands made against them by Republican Legislation. 90 that when we come to look for money for the purposes of legitimate govern neut and 0s public Improvements ve find that with greatly increased tazes we have an empty treasury
 Ia the face of this h0Teysr. the Republican party insists on going on voting immense sums to the naval eouiractorS We have a very strong defensive navy already But the naval contractors and their packers assert that we must have sn offensive navy. 6 navy of cumbersome ironclad floating forts to swazger around the world h carrying out a Blatherskiie policy of offensive interference in the affairs of all nations and friendly reia- tlons with none
 The export trade Of the Mississippi ysiley. says the St Louis Republic. bears the bulk ot the burden of taxa- ton under the Republican system and the bulk of the taxe. that go to the naval contractors come out of the earnings of the people of the Aissis- sippI Valley. Their prosperity de- pends on free and peaceful commerce with the outside world yet not only Is their righf-o way to and from mar ket obstrucsed by prohibitive custom house taxation. but it Is proposed 10 apply for the purposes of naval con tractors and of stirring up foreign quarrels the revenue derived from taxes levied on the Valleys commerce. instead ot applying the necessary amount Of it 10 the improvement of the Mississippi river.
 The Democratic house ought to op- pose itself firmly 10 this Republican policy. The money the Republicans are seeking to pour into the laps oi the contractors should De saved from waste and applied to promoting the commerce Of the Valley by making the long-needed and loBg-denied i'm proyements in the Mississippi river. The Republican home market has yielded the valley nothing but mortgages and the opportunity to pay exorbltant interest We demand our ght-of-wsy to and from our foreign < market We must have free trade with Europe And instead oi an of- feusire navy 10 involve Us in quarrels with the only customers we have for ! cur export. we demand that the M lss ssippi river be improved with the revenue from taxes on our i'm { ports that would otherwise be spent in making it easy for hlatherskite polit clans to force us into war with hose neigh bors of ours " thout whose help in trade we will never be able to pay of our enormous private mort gage debt of over two thousand mil lions of dollars
The Forrest City times., 1892-05-13
A nugwump's Explanation.

Independence within party ranks prssupposes the assumption that one party. however managed. under what ever leadership with whatever meas
 ures and candidate is necessarily bet ter than the other. and that if you cannot persuade it to advocate good measures and nominate good men. if is still wiser to stand by it in hope of some day converting it than to SUD- port good measures and good candi. dates put forward by bad party.
 But this is not independence; ii is the most absolute party spirit Its logic leads to voting for the devil if he be regularly nominated rather than to aid the defeat of the party. Indeoen- dence within party ranks" Is a mis- homer because real independence may defeat the party, Harpers Weekly.
The Forrest City times., 1892-05-13
Farm Nofes-

After a fair trial the bush lima bean has certainly come to stay.
 It is very difficult if not impossi- ole under present conditions to feed stunied cali with profit
 With fruits it is rarely a good plan to risk seedlings the better plan is to plant standard varieties.
 Properly managed. a fruit farm ought to be made readily profitable in a grain or dairy section
 Because a SOW farrows small lii- ter the first time is no criterion o; what she will do the next
 Because hungry pig will eat d. most any kind of slop that is given them is not sign that it Is good for them
 The forcing systems if not carried too far will produce more pounds for a given amount Of feed than the grad ual systems.
 The superior animals are an ex- ample Of what can be done and should be strong incentive for others to i'm prove If possible
 Cattle require a routine fully as much as any other class of stock n the farm yet with many feeders ihls Is often neglected
 The best plan in managing the slop is to have two barrels with tight GOV CTS. and make fresh slop every twelve hours
 With trees as we'll as with small fruits. every weed allowed 10 grow takes up that much food and water needed ny the plants themselves.
 The peach and plum are nearly enough related so that one can be sue cessfully budded on ihs other. Peach stocks have DO advantage worth not ing. but the prevalence of yeliows may make it advisable to bud the peach on plum stocks. This is espec- ially recommended for places where the soil is too heavy for successful growing of the peach on it's own roots American Cultivator
The Forrest City times., 1892-05-13
The Bridegro.m'- ne-oIve.

They sat on a rain-sodden bench ip the Smithsonian grounds evidently a newly married couple says the Wash ington Post The weather was cold but their loge was warm and the pal pitati0n of the hearts kept time with their chattering teeth Her eyes were blue as her nose One manly arm en- c.rcled her slender waist while the other upheld an umbrella The rain drops gently trickline down the.r splnes did not serve 10 cool their ardor in the leas; and every shiver seemed O cement them more closely together
 It's awfuiiy nice out here in the park. she murmured T think Wash ington is lovely city for a wedding tour don't you dear'" Yes darling he replied in an abstracted manner
 T shall always come here in the future" And then a great solid chunck Of coOlness seemed suddenly to come between them.
The Forrest City times., 1892-05-13
Home Hint-.

Iron Or block tin plates Ehe best for baking pastry.
 The four for pastry should bs of the whitest and finest quality. Itshould be mixed with a broad knife as the moisture and warmth Of the hand makes it heavy.
 To tighten cane seat chairs, turn up the chair bottom and wash be cane work thoroughly with soapr water and a soft cloth Let it dry in the air and it will be firm as when new. provided the cane has not been broken.
 To make mustard plaster for young children mix one teaspoonfui of mustard and three of wheat -four with water to the consistency of stiff batter and apply between soft muslin cloths For adults: one part o. mustard and two of fout When doing housework if your hands become chapped or red mix corn meal and vinegar into a stiff paste and apply to the hands two or three times day. after washing them in hot water; then let them dry with out wiping and rub with glycerine At night use cold cream and wear gloves.
 A piece of cheese cloth squeezed out in vinegar and wrapped around Swiss cheeses will preserve them; and all eheeses except cream cheeses can he kept from spelling by putting them on thick layer of powdered charcoal and covering with charcoal the top also Cheese should be kept under glass or in tin or earthenware not in wood
 Putting a flax seed under the lid of the eye to get out d cinder which has accidentally lodged there may seem curious method of abolishing nuis- ance. but is nevertheless quite effec- tive After the seed has been moistened by the secretions of the eye 1t exudes a mucilage which not only alleviates the irritation of a for eign body. but also frequently sur rounds it and prevents pain from the motion of the eyeball against the ein- der and ultimately assists in its re- moyal
 To starch shirt -bosoms and cuns rub into both sides of the linen as much hot starch as it will take- When dried add cold starch for the gioss' Dissolve a quarter ounce of gum arsoio in pint of hot water. strain ana ies 1t cool Add gradually one ounce oi fine raw starch and the white Of one egg. Apply with sponge or rag to the outside of the linen- Roll up in cloth and iron. without sprinkling ID one hour. You can apply little n1' water with cloth just in the uacs xhore -our iron Is to go If the stafea has ayisd too quickly
The Forrest City times., 1892-05-13
Heed Grow. Imp.ti.n,.

Among Congressman Reeds brilliant passages in Providence Rhode Island
 was the following: To think that in this year Of our Lord We have 10 fight for this state of Rhode Island Is con- dition of things which has much of the grotesque and absurd about it |" The czar evidently does not like the Rhode Island method of doing the things that could be so easily disposed of by speakers mallet under the machinery which he once controlled
The Forrest City times., 1892-05-13

THE one great fact remains that throughout the whole country the number of insane Is increasing. Since the close of the war the demoraliza- tion that 1t caused the haste to ges rich that 1t inspired and tue passion for speculation that grew out of the superabundance Of money which the expenditures Of the war set aaoat al the North and West have all conspired to produce a condition of feyerishness and unrest The methods Of dolng business have undergone radical change. and in the strenuous compe- tiiaon to which 1t has led and to the fictitious exaltations and sudden re verses that have 80 often succeeded each other may be traced at leas. in part that increase of insanity which is one Of the marked features of our time
The Forrest City times., 1892-05-13
What Tarin. Do Rai.e.

ernor Mckinley replies to ex-Governor Campbelrs difficulty he experienced in finding a worEingman who had had his wages raised by the Mckinley tariff bill with the remark: That is an old argument; tariffs do not raise wages. The governor is quite cor rect Tariffs do not raise wages They are intended to raise the wind for the Republican party. Columbus Pnst
The Forrest City times., 1892-05-13

TIE great increase of insanity In the United States. an increase far in excess of the increase of population, is justly attracting attention An H. lustration of this increase Is given in the statistical tables of the New York board of charities The figures show that the number of insane patients in New York asylums has increased from 2. 537. in lsS1 to l6 647. It is fur ther estimated that counting the in- sane not in the asylums the total num- Der in the state will reach 70, 900. But restricting the computation to the official tables it will be observed that the increase of insane patients over the number recorded in 1880 has been z. ilo or nearly 75 per cent while the increase in the population of the state during the same period was only about ls per cent.
The Forrest City times., 1892-05-13

Or course wills are broken by inc cou-ss but the wills that are not broken ousnumber those that are oy hundreds to one. We hear nothing os the wills that pass ths probate cserx- but only ol those that reach the surrorate's court The average will is simple: if the tesiator would re- member in his will only those whom he remembered in daily life. there would be little trouble with wills To make one's will is duty every one . who has any property to dispose o' oves to his relatives.
The Forrest City times., 1892-05-13

HONOR is the sentiment of self-re. spect + Is the higher and unEritten law which is mora binding on the couscienccs of men than the legal re- ouircments of the state. IL Is oi a distinctly religious character its es- sence being the obligation 10 follow risht and truth Tor themselves. and not simply because O. any human penalties for their infraction- IL re- rards the spirit rather than the letter of the law: and 1t establishes an ideal standard of duty by which the indi- vidual measures himself and his feIfows
The Forrest City times., 1892-05-13

Tar coalition of our morality skere,o-e t .s quite evident is regu- Lated by she care we bsssoE upon it and by the regard we give to IL and we have every necessary visible and pc<.sire sssurzrce that Il we treat II uiEh indifference cr nsziigeace it mus; collapse and tumble into a melancholy ruin and ruoekery ot the divine radl- szce is ~zs designed to guard
The Forrest City times., 1892-05-13

piasforu as the most nasteviy defense of protection ever made iu Rhooe Island Fancy the author of the tariff which cannot be touched for ten years compelled to wage a mas terly defense Of his invuluerzble work in the citadel torn of Republican pro- teesionism,-PhllA Record
The Forrest City times., 1892-05-13

Toe may buEle your own churches you may ses them ou prominent cor pers and flush them with beauty and thrill them with music and elogoenee. but the essence and power of the Chrsstian life Hes h the touch os soul upou soul Everything else s ma chir1ry. Get rid oi the power and she machinery tunbles to pieces
The Forrest City times., 1892-05-13

ENGLISH emlgrants to Brazil and other Latin South American countries are arriving home disgusted and dis heartened at the lack of opportunities and freedom which they expected. The English are not good colonists. except where they can come in as masters dispossessing former savage occupants of the soil. In such case they form communities of their own and dominate the country Toexpect that those going to lands already set tied with civilized people having dif- ferent languages is hardly reasonable But Germans Swedes and other for Signers find no such trouble in the fnited States In fact it is now said lat Germany is about to abandon its ~ territory in Africa those emil 6&ting from the fatherland prefering to'bake their home whore so many mil3ons of Germans have gone be- >(ora among the English-speaking peo-
 e q the United StsteA
The Forrest City times., 1892-05-13

THE degree of bachelor of arts of sciences or of medicine theology or law. Is first in the category of college honors and must precede the doctors cap The term doctor is appropri- ate equally to the taxes because 1t is o common gender gramaticaily. But the term bachelor is not even In it's special collegia sense; and as women rejected the word 'aiumnus' and chose alter graduation the true term
 .alumna and call their post gradu- ate societies 'alumn& there Is no reason why they shall not correct the Eatin parchments and insist on adop- Non of the4rue term when the baeca- laureate distinction is conferred upon them. The word itself is modern
 Latin and vulgar at that but it is sus- cepfible of correction so that the sec ond abuse of it shall be to some de- gree modified in the right direction
The Forrest City times., 1892-05-13

CHEAT wealth ia woman tends ts keep at distance both the proud and the hunble leaving the unhappy live bait to be snapped at by the hardy and the greedy.
The Forrest City times., 1892-05-13
neK,ule, Defena. ,he r.r,n.

A Providence dispatch. of course to a tariff organ. conveys the informa- ton that .McKinley's main speech. in Infantry hall was regarded on the