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The Forrest City times., 1894-03-09
LIFE LEAVES.

Bv THE LATs JUDGE GAYLORD CLARKE The day. with its sandals dipped in dew, Has passed through the evenings golden
 gates,
 And single star in the cloudless blue For the rising moon in silence waits; While the winds that sigh to the languid hours lullaby breathe OCT the folded flowers The lies nod to the sound of the stream That winds along with lulling flow, And either awake or hait-a-dream. pass through the realms of long ago, While faces peer with many smile From the bowers of memory's magic isle There are joys and sunshine, sorrows and tears, That check the path of life's April hours, And longing wish for the coming years, That hope ever wreathes with the fairest
 flowers;
 There are friendships guileless-love as bright And pure as the stars in the halls Of night There are ashen memories. bitter pain, And buried hopes, and broken vow And an aching heart by the reckless main, And the sea breeze flaming pallid brow; And wanderer on the snelllined shore. Listening for voices that speak no more There are passions strong ane ambitions wild And the fierce desire to stand in the van Of the battle of life-and the beart of the child Is crushed in the breast of the struggling
 man
 But short the regrets. and few are the tears. That fall at the tomb of the vanished years. There are quiet and peace. and domestic love, And joys arising from faith and truth, And truth unquestioning, far above The passionate dreaming of ardent youth; And kisses of children on lip and cheek, And the parents bliss, which no tongue can
 speak
 There are loved ones lost. There are little
 graves
 In the distant dell meath protecting trees, Where the streamlet winds, ana the yiolel
 waves,
 And the grasses sway 10 the signing breeze; And we mourn for pressure of tender lips And the light of eyes darkened in death's
 eclipse.
 And thus. as the glow the daylight dies. And the nights first look to the earth is cast, gaze, heath those beautiful summer skies. At the pictures that hang in the hall of the
 past;
 o, sorrow and joy chant mingled lay, When 10 memoTys wildwood we wander away!
The Forrest City times., 1894-03-09
Crooked Talk.

Toddles-Papa, don't you think peo- pie talk very crooked sometimes? Papa-Crookedly. you mean. We'll, l don't know. How?
 Why. for one thing, they say the wind roars through the trees, and it doesn't I've been watching. and the wind goes along quietly till it gets to the trees and then they begin to fight it and try to keep it from going through. They make all the fuss"
 But how about the trees, my boy? Weren't they very still and quiet. too, before the wind came? The wind seems to me like great many people know and even some small boys. It goes along quietly and noiselessly so long as it has things it's own way. but just as soon as it meets any opposition there is trouble.
 Papa stopped here and looked at Toddles, expecting an answer, but the little boy seemed to be thinking - Harper's Young People
The Forrest City times., 1894-03-09
A BRAVE BUTCHER.
He Did the Work While the Other Did
 the Shouting.

He Did the Work While the Other Did
 the Shouting.
 The author of the "Breitmann Bal lads" Mir. c. G. Leland, was living in Munich, opposite a medieval tavern called the Ober-P Pollinger. His land lady was a nice old soul, with two daughters. On the ground floor of the house was a store. in which cutlery and fireworks were sold.
 Early one morning Leland and . friend were sitting on bench before the tavern, waiting for stage-coach to take them out of town. Suddenly bang! bang! crack. was heard from the fireworks, and puffs of smoke were seen coming out of the bursting win dows
 The front store was on fire; it was full of rockets. crackers and other fire works In the back store there was a barrel of gunpowder, which Mir. Le- land had seen few days before when buying powder for his pistols.
 The family were asleep. Leland ran across the street, and rushed up three flights of stairs, screaming: "lt burns There's gunpowder!" Snatching 8 small bag containing his money, he tumbled mother and daughter down. stairs.
 He was just in time to see stalwart butcher burst open the two-inch door with an ax and roll out the barrel of gunpowder, two hundred pounds. as the flames were licking it's slaves! The butcher saved them all, doing his work as calmly as if he had been butchering an OK. Peace hath her victories no less renown'd than war" = Youths Compa niOn.
The Forrest City times., 1894-03-09
MY INHERITANCE.
1t Was Received in a Very Pecul-
 jar Way.

Martha, the old servant. awakened me. She said: Your uncle is dying"
 l went downstairs and again found myself before the half-open door. where for the past two days l had been watch ing the agony of my uncle. He had brought me up and had been the kind est of guardians. He had banished me from his presence. He had commanded that l should not be admitted to the chateau He had done all this without motive, without any offense on my part, but simply because he had disin- herited me for her!
 Her? 1 see her moving about in the dying mans room, a few steps from me There she reigns as sovereign. She devotes herself to the patient. She obeys each request of the doctor, whO with her, watches by my uncle's bed side l watch her every movement. and a wild hatred, mixed with agony and humiliation, burns in my veins
 On my return from Germany I found her living at my uncle's, and he said:
 'She is my old friend Senart's daugh- ter. He died ruined-poor old fellow! l hope that you will not object to my giving her a small dowry. You will still be millionaire"
 She was very beautiful, but proud and naughty She received me coldly and in a very ungracious manner. but in spite of that fell promptly in love with her. Her step made me tremo ole and her fine profile charmed me. At the end of month I would have given heaven and earth for her love. dared to tell her soto ask her to marry me but she refused me without hesita- tion.
 ..Never.' she declared positively.
 An, that never it broke my heart, but answered her calmly:
 You might have told mo so more gently"
 Tt would have been less efficacious, she returned. calmly. And l admired the barbaric frankness of her answer, like the sentimental fool that l was.
 To-day I know what the girl with the dark eyes was hiding! now understand her silence, her cold reception, her insulting rejection. It was because she was sure of her posi- tion. Already she knew that she should rob me of my fortune. And to think that during the past two days l have not told her how l desplse her. To think that I was satisfied to avoid her. not to talk to her! How she must laugh at my folly!
 As this thought enters my mind am about to enter the room. But the words of the doctor still sound m my ears:
 .sDo you wish to kill the patient? It can be done in minute sudden emotion, a surprise and he goes:
 Thus even nature is in favor of the spoileri Again I look at her. She IS
The Forrest City times., 1894-03-09
The Soclai Side Of Animals.

Animals have social nature and the domestic animals friendly feeling for the kind hand that affords shelter and the daily supplies which add to their comfort and growth. Though the selfish owner may have in view the premature ending of the fatting carcass or the perpetual servitude of the pa- tient beast he should be humane and kind in the highest degree. If you are out of patience kick the side of the barn or yourself but never the dumb animal which is at your mercy. This is not only humane but it pays in more ways than one. Make pets of the ami mals and they will be much more easy to handle and bring much better re- turns in the way of profit Let the i'm different farmer try it and see what an elevating influence it will have on him. self as well as the stock. Western Rural
The Forrest City times., 1894-03-09
TO KEEP DOWN OBESITY.
English Ladies Observe Periods of Dict
 ing on Chickens, Fish and Game.

English Ladies Observe Periods of Diots
 Ing on Chickens, Fish and Game.
 Over in England, where for six months in the year all the smart folks are staying at each others houses, the penalty of obesity follows the luxuri- ous style of living, and nobody can keep slender except by artificial means. The women rise late, and per- haps are driven to the race course or to luncheon with the shooters. Re- turning home they do little needle work or write letters Or play some light game until tea time, after which they read and talk until dinner, where the memorable custom of champaign, the temptations thrown in their way by an excellent chef. the fatal fruits and liquors, all tend toward their ruin. And after dinner it is quite on the cards that a belated game of poker may lead to the further indiscretion of a little supper before retiring. Of course, the result of this feasting is one which arouses research in the best methods of avoiding the accumulation of flesh, and the latest discovery is that an occa- sional weeks diet on game. chicken and fish, with moderate caution the rest of the time will avert the disaster.
 The menu of the day for this weeks fast includes the early cup of tea with saccharine instead of sugar and squeezeof lemon. Breakfast, fried sole. Luncheon, roast pheasant. An hour later, a glass of claret At tea time, only tea with saccharine and lemon. Dinner, boiled turbot, grilled chicken, or boiled rabbit. That is literally all that is allowed, excepting salt A glass of claret may be indulged in an hour or SO after dinner; and in the middle of the morning and at bedtime a glass of boiling water, with or with out lemon, should be slipped. Of course, this diet is no use at all in hardened cases; but the young trans gressors, those only beginning to go down the primrose path that leads to obesity, will be grateful for the recipe if it is faithfully followed once in awhile for a week.--N Y Sun
The Forrest City times., 1894-03-09
SENSES OF THE SEXES.
Scientific Expe eriments Which show Mans
 Superior kcenDcss.

Scientific Expe ri,nents Which show Mans
 Superior kcenness.
 Thoughtful and observant persons do not need demonstration that the senses are less keen in woman than in man.
 Their own experience has revealed that natural law. But since we are not all thoughtful or obscrvant the ex- periments of Professors Nichols and Browne are welcome.
 These American physiologists have begun to experiment with the sense of smell.
 They took four substances most strongly odoriferous-essence of clove, of garlic. of lemon and prnssic acid.
 Each of these they diluted with pure water in growing proportion, filling set of bottles at every degree of the scale, until the last set represented one part of the test substance to 2,O0O, 900 parts of water.
 Then they shuffied the bottles, so to speak, and called in A men and 3s women. chosen from the various ranks of life, all young and healthy.
 These representatives of either sex were instructed to rearrange the bot ties. guided by the sense of smell. put. ting each set of tinctures by itself, garlic with garlic, lemon with lemon, etc.
 To put resnlts shortly, the wom- en were not in it. None of them could trace prussic acid beyond the dilution of 10000 parts to l, while most of the men traced it up to 100000 parts.
 Three of the latter actually passed the extreme limit, identifying prussic acid at single part in 2,000,O00
 Beyond 100000 parts all the women failed recognize essence of lemon; all the men detected it at 250,000
 This proportion represents their av- craze superiority all around. Pail Mall Budget.
The Forrest City times., 1894-03-09
He Really Wanted a Shave.

the other day. He was veritable one, with three weeks growth of stubble. Sliding into a downtown restaurant he asked for aims.
 'What wonld you do with a dime if I gave you one?' asked a guest.
 .'Spend it on a shave" he said.
 He got the dime, nobody, however, believing him. One of the spectators followed him to a shop in the neigh borhood and the man did spend the money on shave, and on being spoken to about it said he thought he might now strike job, he looked so respect abie-N. Y. Herald.
The Forrest City times., 1894-03-09
Good and Bad.

The fine-art critic had been looking over the pictures submitted for the ex- hibition.
 Well" inquired friend, what do you think of them?-
 Elmer" he replied, some of them ought to be hung and some of them ought to be hanged. Detroit Freq Press.
The Forrest City times., 1894-03-09

Dependence is a perpetual call upon humanity, and greater incite- ment to tenderness and pity than any other motive whatever-Thackera
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1894-12-11
Ell PERIODISTA
Y los h0mbres pub ic0s

Son dos entidades que convene separar
para que ell vulgo, que todo 10 inyolucra
tergiversa, no pueda confundirlas nunca.
FL primero deja diario en- las cuartillas
que escribe la savia de su inteigencia, ell
calor de sus convicciones las llamaradas de
su entusiasmo, las lucubraciones de su cere-
bro, es el ell que en- 10 mas inminepte de-
peligro, durante esas supremas, violentas
sacudidas de las sociedades, cuando las pa
stones amenazan arrollarlo todo. desn1dase
de las terrenaes vestiduras tomando la
actitud de un profeta, lama los hort
zontes del mundo el rayo de su abrulnadora
elocuencia, aconseja la forma en- que los
hombres deben dirimir sus contiendas, pone
paz entire los combatientes y une los que
estuvieron a punto do deyorarse como ener-
glimenos, con los sublimes, hermosos lazos
de la concordla.
Los segundos han recibido de la sociedad
ell encargo de velar por ella, de ser sus alta
layas, de defendera de los ataques contra
su tranquilidad dirijidos, de digniticarla
engrandecerla por medic de saludables en-
seflanzas, tomando por derrotero de sus ac-
tos la honradez la iusticia, norte aspi
racion del humane linaje; pu es al modo que
la terra es fertil esteril, seg1n la semilla
que en- ella Sc deposita, las coiectiyidades
van al bien 8 al NAL 81 los encargados dc
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1894-12-11
Ante la conjura audaz,
dno tenen, en- su ceguera,
que Sc arrfe una bandera
la bandera de la paz?

Nosotros confiamos todayia en- el ca
racter del senor Maura, que no debe
permanecer en- ell gabinete, 81 su ideal se
merma re pierde;
En- ell buen sentido del Sc nor Sagasta,
quien no Sc ocultaran los peligros dc
enviar Cuba, Ell vez de una esperanza,
un desengano V un insulto;
En- la elocuencia del senior Montoro,
que sabra crecerse ante los representan-
tes de la L cion, defendicndo La ma
ci6n misma de un desa sire;
Y, sobre todo, Ell la justicia de una
causa que Sc impone por 81; que solo
puede caer cuando no reste Espana Iii
un atomo de rectitud.
DespuGs de cuatrocientos ailos de
oprobio, lucia un rayo de luz EN- los
holizohtes de IL patlla.
ST csc rayo Sc e4tingue; 81 las tinieblas
viencn; 81 las dos islas infelices son lanza-
das en- la noche profunda de una con-
vulsion sin termlno, la responsabilidad
pertenece d los enemigos de la patria, &
los que prttenden, ellos solos, dar el copO
final a Puerto Rico Cuba, olvidando
que Cuba Y Puerto Rico 70 dejan CO.
par y que dos pasos vive Jhons Buy,
el glgante americana, sicmnre en- acecho
de la OCCASION propicia.
Y que 81 los leones dpvoran los COR
deros humildes, no devorarfan de igual
modo las aguilas rampantes.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1894-12-11
NOTAS AMERICANS

Los tres buques de guerra franceses
que estuvieron en- Saint Thomas que,
como 10 tenemos anunciado, visitaran
hoy los puertos de Haytf, parece que
zarparan luego para ell de la capital de
la Repdblica dominicana, donde tienen
un grave encargo que cumplir.
Nos hemos referido, Ell mas de una
OCCASION, las cuestiones existentes en-
la actualidad entire la RepGblica fran
cesa ell gabinete de Ulises Heureaux
Habia hasta aver, por medic, ademas
de las reclamaciones del Banco frances
de Santo Domingo, cuyas cajas fueron
deserrajadas por mandate del presiden-
tie, las establecidas por un ciudadano
frances, comerclante en- Samana, que
estuvo preso en- Santo Domingo yeintl-
dos meses, por orden del mismo funcio-
mario, causa de ciertos celos oscuros,
en- asuntos mercantiles, existentes entire
ell mercader frances Y el singular magis-
trado de la rep6blica.
Hay tanta sombra, Y acaso tanta YER
guenza en- estos negros asuntos, que ell
Gobierno de Mr.. Carnot no quiso ahon-
darlos
Ell mismo temperamento adopt6 Mr.
Perier.
Mas la prensa francesa, por un lado,
que porfia pide que ell gobierno Sc ha-
ga respetar del Behanzin antillano, CO.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1894-12-11
c r @ N | c. A
0espues del baile

Son las tres de la manana. A0n re-
suenan en- mis- ofdos los acordes de la Ill
TINA pieza musical, ell insomnia apo
derase del cerebro, como ell hastfo habla-
sc apoderado antes del alma. Nil ideas
confusas bullen en- la mente, iris
tes unas, placenteras otras, me impulsan
hacer esta revista en- los momento~ en-
que todos los que aegremente danzaban
en- ell teatro, estaran a estas horas entire
gados un sue11o feIiz En- tales condi-
clones, saldra esta cropica digna de la
fiesta que anoche Sc celebraba?
Ell golpe de vista que presentaba La
Perla era yerdaderamente hermoso. Flo
res, ramos, estatuas, espejos, luces, Sc
esparc1an con gran profusion por las ga
lerfas la sala de bale.
Ell piso, cubierto con una Iona pinta-
ia con florecitas verdee, extendiase des-
lie la platea al fondo del escenario, que
formaban un amplio salon. En- ell cen
t1o, un hermoso puf imitando una
arti~tica canastilla de flores, que termi-
na la n un ramill4 te de hlces. A derecha
tizquierda del salon iunto la baranda
de los palcos bajos, dos largos dlvanes
cubiertos de encarnado, servIan de asien-
to las damas.
Ell escenario conyirtiose en- un iardfn,
deSde donle presenciaban ell espectaculo
las ;, s,noras que no bailaban. En- el cen
tro de este jardfn, veiase una fuente con
un surtidor de aqua, rodeada en- su base
por una hilera de luces con bOmbilas
blancas, Y jnnto a ella, levantabase un
chalet suizo, que servfa de tocador para
senoras que en- su interior estaba ador-
nado con verdadero lujo.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1894-12-11
a DlESTRO Y SlNIESTR0

El seflor Sagasta-esto es sublime
Sc ha visto en- el case de declarar que ''los
asuntos de Cuba estan dando mas que
hacer que los de todo ell resto de Es-
pana.'
Va declare antes que debe los tncou-
dictionaries nads disgetstos q1e pelos tiene
en- In cnbezd.
Y siendo un hombre de gran tup<,
figuraos los pelos que tendra an capite.
No escarmientan, pesar de todo, los
de Apeztegufa Pertierra.
Insisten, cada vez con mas ardor, en-
sus p1etensiones reclaman con impcrio
que Sc destituga Calleja y los alcal-
des nombrados por Calleja.
Parecen esos se1ores un oder que
trata con otro, de potenci4 Il poteneia.
. tfrnans eSta escrituru
d te cIuoo este 1ouj1ak,
dicer al eooierno. Y el gobierno, vaci-
lantp, timido en- medic de sus energias,
no sabe enviarles la isla de Pinos, CO.
mo reos de desacato Il la autoridad.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1894-12-11

mo los peri6dicos 10 llaman, Y un nuevo
desman del gobierno de Santo Domingo
en- la persona de otro suieto frances,
han determinado, seg1n 10 afirman las
noticias que tenemos, ell envio de los va
pores de guerra.
De todoesto, sin embargo, no resul-
tara NADIA notable, 81 no es u. POGO de
mengua para la Rep1blica vecIna.
Tiene fama ell Presidente dominicano
de plegarse a todos los temperamentos
poslbles { imposibles, siempre que su
poder quede fiote.
Puede, pues, asegurarse que habra en-
la Fiterzo subidas bajadas de bande-
ras, cai1onazos de saludo indemniza-
cion de desagravio.
Y ell paci1icador, alias Lilts, embetu-
nado de sangre, Ell ell poder; y ell pue-
bio. -. donde Dios quiera, 8 por mejor
,, decir, donde 10 coloea su paciencia.
Empero ell concerto de las repdblicas
latino7americanas constitdyenlo notas,
entremezcladas, de oprobios Y de glo-
rias.
Oyense Ell 81, un tempo mismo, que
Jas de OPPRESSION himnos de triunfos.
Ruge aqui, atronador, el canon en- la
pelea; cae ell martir ALA, atravesado POI
las balas de Ia tiran1a; suena, de aquel
lado, trasfundido en- estrofa ol1mpica, el
potente verbo; cruza la ardiente sabana
traspone, audaz, los montes, csc otro
verbo monstruo del progreso, la loco
motora, despertando los pueblos la
vida.
Va ahora ell buril lamar en- Vene-
zuela d golpps epicos, el immortal pasado
para que dsslumbre 10 presente tras-
cienda, luminoso, al porvenir
Arco de los heroes, 4rco de la uictorio,
Estotua del neariscol de 4yacucho: ia
les son los monumentos que va alzar
ahora Venezuela.
Seran monumentos verdaderamente
grandiosos, en- que la patria moderna
dejara escrita Ell ell granite la inmensa
historic de la Venezuela heroica le-
gendaria de la independence.
Los ARGOS mediran Glen pies de altura
cada uno.
Leones, baj 10 relieves, escudos, inscrip-
clones, grupos alegoricos, cuadro de ba-
tallas que parecen hechos mitologicos,
nombres de combates gloriosfsimos, ge-
MOS, heroes, coronas; Y por sobre todo
ese haz colossal de simbolismos homeri-
cos, DollVar, de t9ila colossal, como los
Andes, de pie, Ell caro- romano, tirado
por blancos corceles, guiados por este
humen severe, la justioiI, Y por esta ST.
bila soberana, la augusta libertad.
Sohre enhiesto pedestal granftico, pa
gina brillantisima tambien, ira la esta-
tua ecuestre de Sucre, con la gallarda
capa de Pichincha echada bizarramente
hacia atras, saludando al cjGrcito inven-
cible, despues de la victoria de Aya-
cucho.
Falta un toque esta igerfsima re-
s, ila.
El inspirado escultor que reproducira
toda esa epopeya, tiene por nombre Fe-
derico Homdedeu, bizarre catalan que
en nombre del arte va la TERRA hbre
fraternizar con los vencedores de sus
heroicos abuelos