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The Forrest City times., 1897-11-26
STOLEN SECRETS.
Valuable Manufacturing Processes
SurreptitiOusIy Obtained.

In days gone by the proprietor of a
chemists shop close by Temple Bar,
in London, enjoyed the monopoly of
making citric acid. He employed no
workmen; the mystic operation by
which he grew rich was confined to
himself One day, having locked the
doors and blinded the windows, the
chemist went to dinner. A chimney
sweep, or boy disguised as such, wide
awake on chemistry, was on the watch.
Following the man to Charing Cross, to
make sure that he would not return that
day, the sooty philosopher hied rapidly
back to Temple Bar, assembled the low
building, dropped down the fue, saw
all he wanted, and returned, carrying
with him the mystery. The monopoly
of the inventor was gone. A few months
after the price of the article was re-
duced four-fifths. The poor man was
heartbroken and died shortly after
ward, ignorant of the trick by which
he had been victimized.
The history of cast-steel presents a
curious instance of secret stealthily
obtained under the cloak of an appeal
TO philanthropy. In 1850 there lived at
Attercliff matchmaker named Hunts
man. He became dissatisfied with the
watchsprings in use, and set himself to
the task of making them homogeneous.
He succeeded; his steel became famous
and about ITO a large mandatory of
this peculiar steel was established at
Atterciiff. The process was wrapped
In mystery. faithful men were hired,
large wages paid and stringent oaths
administered. One midwinter night,
as the tall chimneys of the Attercliff
steel works belched forth their smoke
q traveller knocked at the gate 1t was
bitterly cold and the stranger awakened
no suspicion. Moved by motives Of hu-
manity, the foreman let him in Feign-
Ing TO be worn out with cold the fel-
low sank upon the floor and soon ap-
peared TO be asleep. That, however,
was far from his intention; he saw
workmen cut bars of steel into bits.
place them in crucibles and thrust the
crucibles into the furnace. The fire
was urged to its extreme heat until
the steel was melted, and then drawn
out and poured in liquid form into
molds. Mr.. Huntsman's factory had
nothing more to disclose; the secret of
making cast-steel had been stolen
Detroit Free Press.
The Forrest City times., 1897-11-26
LESSON OF THE EPIDEMIC,
Yellow Fever Can Re Exterminated
from This Hemisphere.

Americana GS rot sufficiently realize
what numiliating reflection upon the
enlightenment of the western hemi-
sphere, from a sanitary point of view,
a yellow fever epidemic constitutes. In
Europe the disease is now practically
unknown; the last serious epidemic
having been that of Lisbon in 1857.
Yellow fever now belongs to the west
ern hemisphere, from which also 1t
should be extirpated, as can be done,
IL the proper kind of international pub
lie opinion be brought to bear upon the
subject. While the disease Is not in
digenous to the United States. being
always an importation, its visits are,
nevertheless, so regular that since the
beginning of the century there have
been only nine years in which 1t has not
appeared. Its natural breeding ground
is furnished by the heat, moisture and
filth Of tropical seaports. These con-
ditions are found in certain cities Of the
Spanish main, which, lacking proper
sanitary regulations, have become per-
petual foci OF infection; and Havana
Is the worst Of them. There the disease
prevails during the entire year, steady
supply of fuel for its virulent flames, as
It were, being furnished by the new
corners. The natives generally are i'm
mune to it, having usually had the NAL
ady, in a mild form, in childhood.
For us the position is a simple one.
Since we have such neighbors we must
either bring about a reform in their
sanitary conditions and practices or
continue to run the risk OF an annual
Invasion of this terrible disease.
Thirty-five of the visits of yellow fever
to this country since 1900 are known
definitely to have been from Cuba; and
of these 23 have been clearly traced to
the port of Havana. Europe's protec-
ton against Cuba, in this particular,
lies in her remoteness. A disease which
turks in vessel starting across the
ocean has time to develop and manifest
itself SO clearly that the quarantine Of
ficials on the other side can discover
1t on the vessels arrival. But with
Cuba hardly six hours from Key West,
there will always be a percentage of
danger, however stringent the quaran-
tine regulations may be, if the condi-
tions remain as they are, unless, in
deed, we assume policy of absolute
nonintercourse with the island during
the summer months.-Dr. Walter Wy
man, in Forum.
The Forrest City times., 1897-11-26

and pitchforks, ard lanterns and guns,
and came back with me.
was ashamed enough of myself by
that time, and began to wonder what
had become of Ralph.
The house was all dark when we got
baN to ii, and the front door wide open,
just as I'd left it. The first thing we
did was to stumble over something soft
When they turned on the lantern, there
lay Ralph, poor little chap! all tumbled
down in heap, with big cut on his
forehead. He opened his eyes, and they
found he wasn't very badly hurt, so
they carried him in and laid him on
the sitting-room sofa. / and one of the
men stayed to take care of him, and the
rest went on.
Would you believe it? Not thing
was gone. There were bundles and
packages of all shapes and sorts
pretty near all the silver and jewelry
in the house, and Mrs. Minors silk
dresses and Mr.. Minors winter over
coat-all ready to take away.
The burglars mad been so scared at
the sight of two scared boys, though,
that they'd just taken to their heels
and left all behind. That's what people
said; but, first, the burglar we met had
flung his lantern at Ralph and knocked
him senseless to the floor.
OF course we had to tell Mr.. Minor
all about how we'd meant to run away
at least / had, for Ralph wasn't al
lowed to talk much. l told him all
how we'd bullied Ralph and everything.
He didn't say much; but when he
found the other boys were missing, of
course he put this and that together
and guessed it Sll.
They caught two of them that night,
and cheap enough they looked when
they were marched back. was glad
! wasn't one of them.
was gladder yet when. along in the
next week, the other two came back of
themselves. Ii they weren't just the
seediest, most sheepish-looking Gus
toners you ever did see!
They'd been sn the way to Gosport,
The Forrest City times., 1897-11-26

DR.. Won Liebig, of the University Of
Munich. calls attention TO some of the
curious effects of rarefied and of con-
densed air on human respiration. On
high mountains some persons experi4
ence distressing "shortness of breath"
one result of which is that they ara
unable to whistle. Precisely the same
effect Is sometimes produced by the
condensed air of caissons and diving
bells. Laborers working in compressed
air frequently find. however, that their
powers of exertion are increased az
long as the atmospheric pressure is not
more than double that of ordinary airs
but beyond that point unpleasant ef-
fects are experienced after the men
have left the working shafts and re-
turned into the open air. On the other
hand high atmospheric pressure in the
case of persons not doing manual labor
has been found to act as mental slim
ulus, increasing the impulse 10 talk
Science.
The Forrest City times., 1897-11-26
FORREST CITY, AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 2 1897

but It's none OF our business. anyhos.
Come along. We're to meet the fellows
at Crosstree's Oak, you know, and we
haven't any more than time"
'"The other fellows may ro," said
Ralph. He spoke low, and his face had
II queer, set sort of look, as the light
shone on it. "Fm going to see what
this means before l stir anc ther step
further. viii you come, Jerry?"
We had got to the front steps by this
time, and Ralph was trying the door,
which flew open at once.
Somehow didn't quite like il. Run
ming away to sea was one thing, but
hunting burglars in dark house was
another, and l didn't know what to do.
l had bright thought in minute,
though.
"I'll tell you what, Ralph 1 said.
Better go tell Mr.. Minor. He'll know
what to do about it far better than we
would"
Ralph hesitated just moment; then
he said:
Hes mile Off and more. By the
time he got here the burglars would be
gone with all their booty. Maybe we
| can scare them off. It's worth trying,
anyhow"
! felt ashamed when thought that
this was the little chap we'd all called a
coward. So l never said word, but fol-
lowed him.
1t was all dark and quiet downstairs
and upstairs, too, as far as we could
see-at first.
"I say, Ralph" I whispered
Wouldn't it be jolly go IL that was
Mr.. and Mrs. Minor come home early
and gone to bed? What fools we'd
feel!"
| "With their front door unfastened 2"
said Ralph.
Then ne didn't say any more, nor 7
either, for door opened just in front
of us, and there stood man.
The man hadn't any light, but we
could see him well enough to be sure
that it was not Mr.. Minor-nor Mrs.
Minor. either, for that matter.
What did we do? I'll tell you what
I did if you'll never, never, never tell.
I'd never have believed it of myself be-
fore, but I'd believe most anything
now. / just gave one yell and scooted
downstairs, through the hall, and out
of the door, and ran like mad through
the village, shouting "Fire!" and
"Help!" and Murder" and "Thieves."
all the way.
People turned out lively, you'd better
believe, and, as soon as they could stop
me, told them what the matter was.
So, then, some ran for the police and
some for Mr.. Minor, and some got clubs
The Forrest City times., 1897-11-26
THE BABY.

She Is little hindering thing"
The mother said:
90 not have an hour of peace.
TIL she's in bed
She clings unto my hand or gown.
And follows me
ABOUT the house, from room to room.
Talks constantly.
She is a bundle full of nerves
And willful ways;
she does not sleep full sound at nights,
Scarce any days.
She does not like to hear the wind.
The dark she fears;
And piteously she calls for me
To wipe her tears.
She Is little hindering thing"
The mother said
But still she is my wine OF life,
My daily bread"
The children-what a load of care
Their coming brings:
But. oh, the grief when God doth stoop
To give them wings
Emma A. Lente. In n. Y. Independent
The Forrest City times., 1897-11-26
Royal Diadems.

The value of the jewels in the British
crown is about 81, 500, 900, or little over
one-fifth of the cost of the crown OF
little Portugal, which is estimated at
S., 100000. The sultan of lahore, how
ever. on state occasions glitters in dia-
monds, the value of those in his crown
and worn upon his person being not less
than S12-nO0,00o.
The Forrest City times., 1897-11-26

The manager of the telephone ex-
change at Staunton, Va, has advertised
for homely girls to act as telephone
operators. The reason assigned is that
pretty girls in that occupation soon win
husbands. and the manager wants girls
who are likely to remain with him.
The Forrest City times., 1897-11-26

Mr.. Justwed (chopping his egg in
two)-My dear, don't you know the diff
ference in cooking hard-boiled and soft
boiled eggs?
Mrs. Justwed-~Why, certainly; hard
boiled are cooked in hard water, and
soft-boiled in soft water. Any greeny
ought TO know that.--Up-to-D Date.
The Forrest City times., 1897-11-26
Patent Extfngufnher.

Your wife seems to have a very SAN
guine disposition"
"Sanguine? Well, sir, she is the kind
of woman who would expect to put a
fire out by throwing watermelons at it,"
Detroit Free Press.
The Forrest City times., 1897-11-26

-For the Augustus Harris memorial
s11 500 has been collected A bed for
actors or musicians has been estab-
lished in the Charing Cross hospital
with part of the money; the rest will
be used for drinking fountain near
Drury Lane theater.
The Forrest City times., 1897-11-26
His Bluuder.

He casually got three 25-cent
cigars crushed in my vest pocket tn,
last time was here
She (coldly)-Well, don't you think
that it was worth -Somerville Jour
nal.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-11-23

help it. Though it is Thanksgiving Day
We can't be thankful, for we don't know
that We'll ever see papa and mamma
again."
Then Aunt Rosy looked at Uncle Jeff
and both laughed ha! ha! ha! and ho!
ho! no!
What cruel creaturesr' said Bessie
to Sophy. II don't love them a bit. But
grandpa and grandma won't laugh at
u.s."
oh" said Uncle jeff, II bet you'll be
jolly and thankful this evening"
Indeed, we shan't," said Bessie. I'VE
won't have papa and mamma"
And then those grownups laughed
again in that cruel way.
Nasty things whispered Bessie.
Il think so, too whispered Sophy.
But here they were at last at grand
pas house, and out came grandpa and
grandma and Aunt Jennie and Aunt
Eliza and Uncle William, Aunt ELIAS
husband, and their boy.
well, now, darlings," cried grandma,
holding out her arms, how do you
do?"
"They are not a bit thankful, ma, :"
said Aunt Rosy. They won't even
smile"
Because papa and mamma are
away" said Uncle jeff. Il told them
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-11-23

that today the average man is utterly
upset and undone when his ears catch
the old sweet sound. Of course, this
does not justify nor account for the
current lack of gallantry among men,
but l am not engaged in the hopeless
task of restoring men to the old paths,
but in the hopeful one of pointing out
a neglected talent which the most
charming of girls may cultivate with
good results. am not grumblng. I
do not mean to say that the girl of
the period is one whit behind the girl
of the past. I do not believe in the
decadence Of women. l believe that
the girl of today is equal to the girl
her mother used to be; but I do not
believe that it is enough to say of our
girls that they are equal to the girls
of the past, any more than it is enough
to say of a flower that has had the
best attention of the best florists for a
generation, that it is as beautiful today
as it was thirty years ago. If
we have done wisely, the girl of today
ought to have not only something
which her mother lacked. but she
ought to have all her mothers graces
as well. But it is a serious question
whether, in pressing her development,
we have not cultivated some qualities
at the expense of others, just az in
pressing the development of certain
flower we have increased its size and
beauty at the expense of its fragrance.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-11-23
Patents.

List of patents issued last week to
Northwestern inventors
Joseph S. Bennett, st. Paul, Minn.y
motion converter for windmills; Bcv-
ly A. Fisher. Hamilton, Mont, rein
guard for neck yokes; Adolph Lemkc,
Minneapolis, Mimi, chimney; Dorila,
MARCEL, Terrebonne, Mimi, washboil-
or: George w. Murray Minneapolis.
Mimi, spring mattress; Thomas f..
Nicholson and William Dufreese, St.
Paul, Mimi, automatic slack adjuster
for railway brakes; Francis Peteler,
Minneapolis, Mimi, heating furnace;
Rudolph w. O. Rehmenklau, Mime
apolis, Mimi, means for closing tire
punctures; Guy w. Small, Buffalo
Lake, Mimi, sheet adjusting device
for printing press.
Merwin, Lothrop & Johnson, Patent
Attorneys, 90, OIL and 912 Pioneer
Press Building, st. Paul, Mimi.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-11-23

all about the turkey and pie, and the
candy and magic-lantern in the even
| ing, but they don't chirk up Bit
mo, indeed" said Bessie, eve don't
mean to. It's so dreadful for papa and
mamma to be away Thanksgiving
Day."
so it is, darling" said grandma.
But she did not look bit solemn
and grandpa winked at Uncle William,
and Aunt Jennie pinched Aunt Eliza,
and black Lucinda the cook, who had
come out to say "HOwdy,' showed all
her white teeth and laughed Xxi. vi,
vi" and Uncle jeff roared "ha. ha, ha,"
and all the aunts laughed tee. tee,
hee,' and grandpa gave great tho, no,
no." and the poor children felt as if
their hearts would break to be laughed
at like that.
None of them love us. they whis-
pered to each other. "And we won't
love any of them"
Oh, what dreadful thing to feel and
say on Thanksgiving Day! And then,
all of a sudden, some one back in the
hall began to laugh also.
Company laughing DIT Us, lOO, SUI
bed Bessie 1--WE want to go home"
Then the unseen person cried out:
Don't tease them any more! and some
one came running and took them both
in her arms. Some one, indeedi 1t was
their own mamma, and behind her
came their papa; and it was so Won
derful they could not believe it.
MY darlings, no one was laughing
at you," said mamma. Every one
knew we were here but you. | asked
them not to tell you in order to give
you a happy surprise; and when you
said you did not know when you would
see us, how could they help laughing
when they knew you would eat dinner
with us at grandpa's house?'
"Then they did love us all the timer
said Bessie.
THAT was the reason they laughed,
said Sophy, because it was going to be
our very thankfulest Thanksgiving af-
ter all!'
And then every one laughed again,
and Bessie and Sophy laughed with
them this time.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-11-23
NORTHW EST NEWS
CoUDOT INNOCENT.
This Ia tire Assertion Made by Chief
Justice COrliSS

This Is tire Assertion Made by Chief
Justice COrliss.
Grand Forks, Il. D., Special An
innocent man was hung by lynchers
ut Williamsport." was the startling
statement of Chief Justice Corliss, Of
the state supreme court. referring to
the 1ynchfng Of the Indian murderers
of the Spicer family. Justice CorhSS
said that he had ample documentary
evidence to prove his assertion, and
continued:
''The supreme court ordered a new
trial for Coudots ease because it APP
peared that he was convicted OH the
uncorroborated evidence of Paul Holy
Track and Philip ireland. both of
whom confessed that they took part
in the murder, and their testimony
was refuted ill a strong alibi in the
testimony of Dr. Ross. resident agent
physician at the Standing Rock
agency, near where the murder was
committed. The murder of this inno-
cent man is most foul crime and
hideous blot on the fair name OF our
state. His murderers should not go
unpublished"
Judge Corliss also stated that it
would have been impossible to secure
a fair trial for the Indians in Emmons
county.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-11-23
THANKSGIVING AS AN ART.
An Accom- plishment in which ON

An Accom- glishmeht Ill Which OtI
Mothers Excened the Girls of Today
In an article entitled AN OId-Time
Accomplishment" in the Woman's
Home Companion, Edward L. Pell
says: ''The girl who has cultivated the
spirit of thankfulness does not gush
over at the gift of daisy, and snap
an Indifferent 'Thanks' at the man
who has lost a day from the office to
crafty her little whim. OF course,
those mothers of ours had their whlms,
and exercised the priceless privileges
of thoughtlessness and swapping now
and then, as girls, and other than girls,
have always done; but l think 1t can
not be denied that the girl of a gener-
alton ago had a conscience on the
subject of debts of gratitude such as
few have had since her day.
81 have said that I am afraid that
with many of us today it is lost art.
l am sure that it is not given that
prominence which it once had, and that
it is not cultivated with the enthusiasm
with which it once was. Girls are
taught what etiquette says about it, but
etiquette deals only from the lips out
ward, and the result is that even our
language tells the story Of the deca-
dence Of thanksgiving. A traveller
from Mars might hear our Thanks!
million times and never suspect that
it was meant as an acknowledgment
of favor. / am sure that UP to, say
a dozen years ago, in those parts of
otir country where gallantry has held
out longest, one could not give up a
seat in car without being sure OF
full return in an acknowledgment that
meant to acknowledge something; and
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-11-23
HOw's This!

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
f. T. CHENEY e. CO., Toledo, ..
We, the undersigned. have known e.
j. Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
out any obligations made by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, o.; Walding, Kinnan & Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system: TESTING,
malls sent free. Price 75c per bottle. SOLO
by all druggists.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-11-23

Bessie. "That is fun, or maybe she has
new dresses for our dolls
II don't care for taffy, or dolls or
anything" said Sophy. I'm home
sick. Well, of course I am at home,
but it ism t home without mamma and
papa"
They went down stairs with long
faces, and neither of the children had
much appetite for their nice milk-toast
and baked apples.
well, now, how solemn you look!"
said Aunt Rosy. Thanksgiving Day.
when you ought to be thinking of all
your blessings; and you don't even ask
me what the surprise is. We're going
to grandma's to spend the day; there,
now"
But papa and mamma won't be
there said Bessie.
And we can't be happy even there"
said Sophy, sobbing.
Really, it was dreadful for Aunt Rosy
to laugh at them just then, but she
did.
II don't believe she loves us one bit, :"
said Sophy, in whisper.
Il don't, either; she's dreadful said
Bessie.
And all through the journey to
grandpa's house not a smile did they
give. And when the train reached
grandpa's place, and Uncle jeff came
in the wagon to meet them, and said.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-11-23
SHELTER TRAGEDY.
Two Men Enve1Oped in Flames ana
Fatally Burned.

Anaconda, Mont, Special-A fright
full accident occurred at the lower
shelter which may result i'll the death
of two men. Michael Cragan and
man named Kelley were at work -
a pit under the calcine furnaces. The
pit is about eight feet deep, with
scarcely room for two men to work.
They were given large torch, which
held probably half gallon OF oil.
In some unknown manner the torch
was upset and the men were envel-
oped in flames in an instant. The
means of getting i'll and out OF the pit
was a rope, and even this rope was
not hanging in the pit, and the men
were fatally burned before they could
he rescued
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-11-23
Accused of Assault.

Huron, S. d., Special Mer-
Ger of Jerald county arrested man
here named Sutley, charged with
criminal assault upon the wife OF
Nick Wecker prosperous Jerald
county farmer Sutley represents a
Woonsocket agricultural implement
firm. Residents of Wecker's neigh
borhood are greatly indignant, and
the sheriff feared trouble on his re-
turn with the prisoner TO the scene of
the alleged crime.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-11-23

II suppose so" said Sophy.
well, l can't be-" said Bessie,
"'cause papa and mamma are away,
and they've been away SO long, and
don't know when they'll come back.
And the ocean is so wide, and some
times there are storms, and if they
should get drowned l could never be
thankful again.
II couldn't either" said Sophy.
Come, come, don't you mean to get
up at all this morning?" asked a
CHEEKY voice. Aunt Rosy had come in
to the room and was looking over the
headboard Don't you know it is
Thanksgiving Day?"
Yes" said Bessie, "but we're not
thankful, cause papa and mamma are
away"
my! my! But you'll be glad when
they come back" said Aunt Rosy "But
get up now and have your bath and
your breakfast, and then I'll tell you
something nice-a surprise"
II wonder what Aunt is going to do?"
Sophy whispered.
LET US make taffy, maybe" said