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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-08-11
KNEE DEEP.

They are calling 'knee deep! knee deep"
tonight in the marsh below.
Down by the bank, where the rank sword
grass and calamus grow;
Like an army of silverslniths, forging bellf
for the northern SpriteS,
And, keeping time to rhyme, they WORK
thro' the summer nights.
Steadily up from their swampy forge, the
sparks of the fire flies rise
In the pools where the wading lilies make
love through hali-shut ewes
To the whippoorwill who sco-ds, like shrew,
at the fluffy owl:
While the nighthawk shufdes by, like monk
in velvet cowl,
And the bat weaves inky welt. thro' the
white starbeams that peep
Down through the cypress boughs, where
the frogs all sing knee deep.
Ihave known a song to lead falling elderly
man like me
Back thro' the gates of the years 10 the
scenes that used 10 lie,
When the world was fenced from heaven py
one rose hedge, and thrO
This bourne the blessed angels looked, and
the aSphodel doors blew.
So these syllables OF the song, from the sing
erS among the reeds,
Have made me to walk again, knee deep, in
the clover meals.
And see the storm king riding the summer
clouds in state,
With his chariot whip Of livid fame, and his
thunder biiliugsgate:
And / watch the strong tawny tide, through
the flags like i lion creep.
Where the frighted Inhabitants cling &c
----5 ~r->-- ID mac deem"
Knee deep I bend in the rippled creek, with
buttercup blooms O'erblown.
Like the gold on bcauty's billowy breast, its
color half-hid. half shown;
Knee deep in the saffron marigOld flowers,
that prank the meadows far
Like procession of Saxon children, blue
eyed and with yellow hair;
Knee deep in the whortleberries, sun
Drowned in the sun stand,
With my torn straw hat half filled, and
quaiPs nest in my hand:
Knee deep in the topaz chestnut leaves, j
rustic toward the place
Where the pert and upright rabbit sits,
washing her innocent face.
Song OF the quivering culmS and osierS! ]
am wading again in truth,
Knee deep in the stream of Memory that
flows from the land of youth.
Robert Mcintyre, ia Chicago Current.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-08-11

A Time when Forks Were Unknown and
Everybody Used the Same Napkin.
The more we study the history of the
middle ages. the more we are struck
by the immense amount of eating then
INDUCED in; not artistic, epicurean
eating either, but a brutal consumption
of gross viands. One of the grandest,
most famous banquets mentioned in
Italian history was that given in the
Palazzo dell Arena at Milsno, on the
18th of June, 1868. on the occasion of
the marriage of Lionel Plantagenet.
Duke of Chiarenza, and son of Edward
Ill. of England. to Violante Visconti,
daughter of Galeazzo ii. and of Blanche
of Savoy. his wife.
The intervals between the courses,
which in this instance, were eighteen
in number, were very long, and each
interval was filled up by amusements
of various kinds. Usually testers and
buffoons were introduced, but at this
grand wedding no vulgar fun was ad-
missible, and the old chronicle which
records the various courses adds that
each course was followed by its ap-
propriate diversion. Thus. after the
two stewed sows and two roast stur-
geons, = procession of pages filed
through the banquet hall, leading
superb hunting dogs ornamented with
velvet collars, 20 which were attached
copper chains and silken lashes.
Spoons and forks were noticeable by
their absence. the jeweled fingers Of
the guests shone with grease and were
scented with garlic as they plunged
their hands into the dishes, tore the
viands apart and tossed the fragments
which remained under the table. Is
was not in vain that the scalchi. or
carvers, continually went about the
tables bearing bowls of "odorferous
waters and huge napkins" The use
of the individual napkin, by-the-bye,
was then unknown, nor were people
in the least fastidious as TO soiling their
hands Monsignor Della Casa, in his
famous ''Galatea," earnestly recon-
mends the lords and ladies of his time
not to grease their hands too much
when eating" ITO put the whole
hand in the dish is quite unnecessary"
he adds, naively.
On the other hand, the Reverend
San Pier Damisno inveighed against
the use Of the fork, declaring it to be
''diabolical piece Of luxury" and he
severely censured the Dagaressa Teo-
daro Selvo for extravaganza and self
indulgence, because, in order to avoid
soiling her fingers, she used a golden
fork.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-08-11
"duckloberries."

The soldiers in the late war established
the Tact that the nuckleberry was much
more ef6caciousin chronic bowel troubles
tn IN the blackberry. DR.. Biggers' Huck-
leberry Cordial, THE GREAT SOUTH
ERN REMEDY, will restore the little
child suffering from the effects of teething
and cures Diarrhea, Dysenlery and all
bowel affections. For sale by all drug
gists st so CENTS.
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sDALIA WEEKLY BAZOO, TUESDAY AUGUST H. 1855.

cause Tor complaint VINO nave Appeared
to the law find themselves after win
ming their cases met with the declaration
on the part of the persons prosecuted;
We have nothing TO do with this busi-
ness. 1t is not ours. The gentleman
who OWNS the place lives in Chicago.
We are the hired managers only, and
we have chattel mortgage on the
furniture in the Office The most
beautiful and touching characteristic
of the failure of bucket-shOp is the
dearth of assets. Within a short time
several firms have temporarily retired
from the 'bucket-shop' business. They
had no money to pay debts, but it was
noticeable that none of the retiring
bankers went very far in the direction
of the poor-hOuse. These 'retirements'
or suspensions are usually caused by
the awakening of the customers to the
crooked ways of doing business. The
suspended 'bueket-shop' is generally re-
opened under some new name. The
business is usually proiitable-to tho
men who run il. "
"Do the bucket-shops try to avoid
paying their city customers what Is
due them?'
Sometimes they do. / know Of sew
eral cases where contracts have been
deliberately broken after il was found
that they were unfavorable to the bank.
On MAY Is. ut 1880 a. IN, Mr.. Wright
SVla - hundred shares of Lackawanna
stock through the telephone 40 a pup
lie stock exchange. The transaction
was called back as accepted. The con-
tract was closed at eleven a. M, with
a profit to- Mr.. Wright of seventy-five
dollars. At 1l:45 the telephone bell
rang, and he was politely informed that
his contract had not been accepted.
He applied To the manager for redress,
but did not get it. There have been
other cases where customers presenting
winning tickets at the cashiers window
in 'bucket-shops' have received back
their original investments only, with
no explanation whatever. There are
probably fifty thousand shares of stock
dealt in daily through the bucket
shops in this city,"
Timothy waited to hear no more
about ''bucket-shops." He prevailed
upon Rose To return with him to their
country home, and there, amid the
lilacs and snowballs the young couple
roam contentedly, dreaming not OF
stock speculations, but of love. of mar.
riage, and of the broad piece of meadow
land which is to come to Rose as a we'd
ding gift from Farmer BloSsom.-M y
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CAMPING OUT.

The Pun Of O.t-Door L4se-Msrs Desirable
in Antieips<soe Than In Reality.
Camping parties are quite the rage
in California during the summer
months, owing to the absence of rain,
which makes them impossible or at
least inexpedient in the more variable
climate of the East. That they conduce
TO health and are the source of much
enjoyment is beyond doubt. but they
are attended by certain drawbacks. as
is shown by the following little domes-
tic scene:
This camping-out business" said
the young married man to his guests,
as the wife of his bosom anOinted his
peeling nose with vaseline-"this
camping out is not what it's cracked
up to be-"
Have you been camping out'"
That's what they call it. There
were four of us-my wife here. two
Young men about town and myself
We had TO cook"
well, that's the benefit of having
wife: she-''
''S-sh!' said the married man. TIL.
young wife very suddenly looked sun.
burnt. ''She is yOung-and delicate
about cooking. We did the cooking"
I'VE! Who's we?"
THE other two fellows and myself.
We got some cold mutton and
chicken-a spring chicken-spring OF
80. The first question was to kill the
chicken. 1t sprang out of the wagon
every five minutes, and if it's legs hadn't
been tied we'd never have caught it. >"
well. that wasn't my fault, was
it?" broke out the young wife.
My beloved darling, who said il
was? We did not know what would
be the easiest death for that chicken to
die, so we put it on q fence and fired
at it for an hour with three revolver,
and Winchester rifle. That chicken
had charmed life. 1t winked 1T the
bullets as they went past anywhere
from foot to hundred yards off. II
was no use. None of us could hit il,
so we got out an ak and chopped its
head of. Then it came to a question
of picking it. We tossed up q half
dollar as 10 who should do il. l won
the toSs-that is. / had to pick the
chicken. So I sat down on q fence
and this young lady sat opposite and
guyed me. The other two fellows
went fishing. For two mortal hours
picked at that chicken. When | got
all the feathers of. there was nothing
left; so, as we didn't know how TO
cook it anyway, We threw it away"
Good exercise that. Lots of fun"
"Pun-well-never mind that Then
the other fellows came home with
some trout Cary here was set to
cook the fish. He's first-rate cook, he
is, oh yes! We were all hungry as
bears and we ate grass and things
while the cooking went on. When we
gathered around the fire, We found /
that Cary had forgotten to put any
butter or anything in the frying pan;
the fish all stuck to the bottom, and
we had TO scrape as much as we could
with spoons. But that wasn't much,
and we lived on cold mutton for two
days. Oh, yes, camping out is great
fun. San Francisco Chronicle.
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He had IN idea, but it was tod
heavy for him to carry around, so he
entered the sanctum of the funny man
and inquired: by the way. did you
ever notice how polite q tree is?"
NO" answered the funny man, 81
don't remember ever having had the
experience" well, I'm surprised.
Didn't you never see tree bought"
YES" responded the funny man, and
I have also seen q tree leave" Then
hs unclaimed the dog.-Caica0o Times.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-08-11
All Sorts OF

hurts and many sorts Of ais OF
man and beast need a cooling
lotion. Mustang Liniment.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-28
TROUBLES.
An Effort Being Made by the Journey.
men to Raise Wages.

During the past week journeymen tailors
OF Butte AVE banded themselves together
for the purpose of mutual protection and
the advance OF the rate OF pay for work.
The number OF men SO employed is esti-
mated at from thirty to thirty-five, and
are mostly employed by five transformer
& Co., McConville, Hunt, Jonas and Schil-
ling. About a year ago the men, who are
paid by the piece, or by the amount of
work done, made a scale OF prices to suit
themselves, and the employers claim that
they were satisfied with that rate and have
since been observing the scale, which was
quite a raise on the prices prior
to its adoption. The majority OF
favor upon the move. 1t is understood
that Bonner & Co. and Hunt have, how
ever, signed the new scale.
Mr.. Schilling says that he cannot afford
to take the cream off his business, which
the new rate would do, and has declined to
sign 1T. He says his men are averaging $25
per week, and thinks they are satisfied with
that pay, while he certainly cannot stand
any further raise.
Mr.. Jonas is virtually of the same opin-
ion, and argues that the new scale is so
high that if adopted by him it would COM
pei him to close up.
Mr.. McConville only agrees to pay such a
rate OF wages as he can stand by without
injury to anybody. He pays the prices
agreed upon last year, but annot stand Il
raise. His men make in the neighborhood
OF $50 per week, which he considers to be
good pay in these times.
Thus the matter passes over the week,
and it will be necessary to await for
further developments until Monday.
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A C WITH TRAMPS.
How Some Pursuing Officials were
Badly Fooled.

Friday evening as the train pulled out
from Eagle Rock on time everything was in
good shape, but after a run OF a few miles
the whistle OF the engine signalled for a
stop, something was wrong with the brakes,
and i'll obedience to the signal the train
stopped. Among the passengers were the
Sheriff OF Bingham county, Idaho, and IL
United States Deputy Marshal who were in
pursuit of some horse thieves, supposed to
be in the vicinity, and who were expected to
board the train at some OF the stations
near by. When the train stopped both the
officials jumped to the platform and in
quired Of the engineer the cause of the
stoppage, receiving a reply that the air
brakes were out OF order. While they were
talking two fellows were seen running from
the train across the prairie. The Sheriff and
Marshal at once imagined that they were the
men they were looking forand started in pur
uits. For a moment it was a pretty race
the advantage being in favorof the pursued
who were gaining rapidly when they were
rounded up by a couple OF shots from the
revolvers OF the pursuers. The men were
captured and marched back to the train
when much to the disgust OF the officials it
was discovered that instead OF being horse
thieves they were a couple OF inoffensive
tramps who had been stealing Il ride on the
brake beam. They We're allowed to depart
and the officers came further up the o
in search Of their game.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-28
CONDENSED TELEGRAMs.

Two more Mexican editors have been
arrested for alleged seditious utterances.
The Servians have invaded Bulgaria and
the latter are Fastening to meet them.
The Government of Mexico and the Ma
tional bank have come to terms, the Gov
eminent agreeing to give the bank * per
cent. of the customs receipts, beginning
November LIST.
General Manager Cakes, OF the Union
Pacific, has returned to St. Paul and ex.
presses the opinion that the differences be-
tween his road and it's rivals will be annie.
ably settled.
Henry W. Shaw Josh Billings) was
buried at L%andsboro, Mass, yesterday.
Yesterday in the Ferdinand Ward case
the entire day was occupied in trying to get
a jury. Only eleven were secured.
In the Warner case, yesterday. in New
York, a number of the checks of the firm q
Grant & Ward were identified as being in
the handwriting of Ward and made payable
to his order.
Commodore s. T. Walker has been re-
commissioned as Chief Of the Bureau O.
Navigation. and Commodore Montgomery
Sicard as Chief OF the Bureau OF Ordnance
in the Navy Department.
Reports have reached Fort Worth from
Clarendon. Donley County, Kansas, 'and
other points in the Pan Handle, of the
most devastating prairie fires ever known
in Texas. It is believed that the number
OF acres burned over will approach near
500, 900 acres. The country in which the
fires are raging extends from the Canadian
river 100 miles south.
The San Francisco Chamber OF Commerc;
has had a census of the wheat stock made
and nou that it amounts to 75O, OOO
tons. They estimate that it will require
100000 tons for consumption and seed,
10000 for export to China and Contra
America, 40, 900 to carry over to next
year, leaving $4,000 tons available fol
export to Europe.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-28
DR.. Mcmillan to the Juveniles.

Last night DR.. Mcmillan gave a most in
leresting address to the Juvenile Gems Lit
erary Club. lie congratulated the club
warmly on the interest they showed and
assured them that from such meetings as
these intellectual growth was fostered. DR..
Mcmillan then proceeded to show how in
the coming generation greater demands on
intellectual powers would be made than
ever b'fore in the history Of the whole
world; that a lifting upward bysome higher
power was what was needed for intellectual
growth, AMI unat this MIN. .'recess was
effec1u lily caused by literary clubs Of this
kind which ought to be and would, UNI
doubtedly receive the support OF every in
t%elligent community. Meetings OF this
kind will be held every two weeks in the
High School room (the old Miners Union
Hall,) and it is to be hoped that all the
patrons of education will come II help
the good work go onward.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-28
MOMUS ON WHEELS
rr,,e Prize Contest at the fa'''l'oh ""'
urday Night.

,;,bt the much talked OF grand pre- &c
LasI ns 'oL nlace at the Pavilion ana III
carnis" surpassed the most sahsu aar1
al lions of it's projectors. Nv nnd
exPec0atI decorated for the occasion aiN.
was ,asun Vas in splendid condition. a. an
the ~ n,r the merry maskers, some ~ =;
early sa+;ns. and others..i i'll srotesque ~;
veta - heg.n to arrive and conclauo W. dross
luim ntt $40. in the mean 1ilhe = i;+araUv
': o :, and seats on the foor va t;,lad with
eroEed and the gallery marry tie nro-
lmectators. In accoro'nee were not
specOa a,,csts not in costume : otto,
granme, s44 ~ occupy the floor ntll a aion
permltVeu we're removed. Apoao Gil oI
the lha t%e band began the srahu nnhors
o'cloch We to it's strains the &c
ana resPam the dressing rooms oneo,,,
emerged lro,I es circled around the spaeat = 4,
ana ID Tha sight was an exceeding! nos, ,e II
room. ti,a Contrasts OF the cosot'n Md
one, anu atvIe. making a scene t"a a. mi,
color AM iaay a oodimpress'on: ,od tn,
o ou. bour the parade on tnr the pur
nan eveing the PROCESSION I'D the specta
!uuseo of reaching II decision, o4;no if possible
Ipoons for the purpose At $50 CAM
- wearers OF the mias Na then there wer,
many genuine sur lp that they had pee
would acknowieus were Messrs. Human
fooled. The }ssnder and SacFpo'e' ANY
Moleneiii. Consultation they asitt peo
after a pre-. nr;zes and made 1ouit t;,n wa
an award u For hall an hour sk az skate
pie happy, and then off wenS . n;ght. an,
indu,geu was the order % Nv hour. TIL
and ann nnoont;nued until an ear and tn
it was was a complete are TO be cor
caalnmr;etrrs OF the PaVn
~pprattnlated thereat'
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-28
NEW DEPARTURE
The Anaconda Smalter to Treat Small
Lois Of Custom Ore,

Referring to a new departure lnaugurated
by the Anaconda Company the Review OF
that city says: 1.-The Anaconda company
is acting a generous part toward the town
If Anaconda and the miners in the district
Immediately west of this place. Having al
ready more of their own than they can on
veniently handy, they yet offer to the min
ers and prospectors, most OF whom are men
OF limited means, the opportunity OF devel-
oping their properties. They began last
week to receive custom ores, which they are
to buy henceforwardin lots Of from one ton
upwards. a miner without means can thus
get out a little quantity OF ore and by nav
ing it treated obtain the means to continue
development. This new departure OF the
company means a great deal to the town OF
Anaconda. The mineral belt just west Of
Anaconda is exceptionally rich. There are
mines in the Silver Lake district, which
have been owned and worked for ten years
with the poorest facilities, and yet with a
handsome profit. The only means of re
| ducing ore up to this time has bee0 a small
! arastra near Silver Lake, owned by Hamil-
| ton & Sloss. The outside capacity OF this
arastra is one ton per day, and it can be
operated only i'll a limited portion OF the
year. The ore that could not
be treated in this, had first to
De Ifp1gliuGtt 10 AildCOllllI, dlu
then shipped to Butte, Denver and even
Omaha. The railway freight charges made
quite a large item in the expense account Of
lhe ore shippers. and yet in most eases a
handsome profit was retained. This item
will now disappear from the expense ac.
count OF the mine owner. The Anaconda
company now buys his ore and pays him
the same price for it that he got before in
Omaha, and the whole cost OF transporta,
ton will be saved to him.
"The benefits which will accrue to the town
of Anaconda from tins arrangement are
too obvious to need enumeration. Pros.
~pecting in the surrounding country will be
encouraged, the country will be developed
andmore money will be put in circulation
Prospectors and miners will fit out here
and will spend their money here and trade
will be brisker. The season is already toe
far advanced for much of this improve
ment to be noticed this year, but We pre-
dict that next spring will witness a marked
increase in Anaconda. The enterprise is
generous one on the part Of the compan.
and will be appreciated by the citizens an
business men Of Anaconda"
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-28
THE

Like . ta,h of flight the through express
Flies over the silvery line,
Bearing its burden OF human souls
On, on through the cay SUI shine.
There, at the throttle-bar, brown and g.im,
His deep eyes looking ahead,
The engineer, in MS oily clothes,
Stands firm and free from dread.
The track i; his OWL, and al must give way;
Yes! See at the town, on there!
The mornirg freight Oh the siding waits;
All is right; no call for care.
All, Goa an open switch. One move
And his bar is quick reversed;
Then he air brakes drag; Jum,!Juinp! or death
On your soul will do his worst.
The engine lurches upon the switch,
Just ahead there stands the freight;
He ca save the train if he keeps his pos;
For himself? All, well, ask Fate.
Afighttul crash-the passengers saved,
With their faces white with dread:
Blu: I'm Ter his engine. crushed and torn,
The brave ei gineer lies dead.
Think, as you fly mid the sunshine bright,
Orthr.ugh the storm and rain,
BY day aud night, DER plain and gorge,
Ofthee glueer cfthe tain.
Think of The thousands Of souls he holds
In his grasp, without a fear;
Ghink of the strain on nerve ana on brain,
And pray for the engineer.
SAMUEL WILLIAMS COOPER.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-28
THE DIVISION OF WEALTH

Iwcnd. rwhy this worlds coed things
should fall in such Unequal shares:
Why some $ lould taste of al, the jnys
And others only feel the cares?
Two der why the sunshine bright
Should fall in paths soma people tread.
While o hers SILVER in the shade,
Ofc.ouds that gather overhead?
won FER why the trees that hang
So full Of | lscious fruit should grow
On V where some nay reach and cat,
While others flint and thirsty go?
Why should sweet flowers bloom for some.
E)r others Only thorns be found,
And some grow rich on fruitful earth.
While others till out ba -rSn ground.
| wonder why the hearts RI some
U'ertlow with joy and heppiccss,
While others go their lonely way
Unble.sed with aught of tenderness
wonder why the eyes of some
Should re'er be moistened with a tear.
While hers weep fl m MON till night,
Their hearts so crushed with sorrow hereq
JOURNAL OF UNIrEDL,BoR."
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IRISH
Mr.. Parnsll to Attend the Annual Meet
ing in Chicago.

CHICAGO, October 24.-The officers OF the
Irish National Leage OF America havelssued
a proclamation announcing that the tiifd
annual convention OF the League will be
held in Chicago, Wednesday and Thursday,
January Goth and 21st, and that MIR. Par
nell and a number OF hisfollowers will surely
attend. The proclamation urges that the
convention shall be worthy OF cause and
the distinguished visitors. The basis OF
representation is fixed at one delegate for
every fifty members in good standing OF the
several societies throughout the country.
The document concludes: LAS the time is
short let our action he prompt and effec'
tive; let US make this convention a credit
to our race and message OF fresh hope.cour.
age and material, support to our kindre
in Ireland in this desperate struggle against
oppression"