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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-03-24
Bids for Leasing Crow indian Lands.

WASHINGTON, March 23.-The secretary of
the interior has announced he will receive
bids from cattle owners for the use of
portion Of the Crow Indian reservation in
Montana, for grazing purposes during the
coming year. 1t is estimated the lands
subject to lease will aggregate 1,500, 900
acres. Bidders are expected not only to
state offers per head of cattle, but also to
give the number of head to be grazed. None
of the lands which have been or may be
selected by the Indians for themselves I'M
der the severalty act, will be leased.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-03-24
C. A. Mather Placed Under Bonds.

BERLIN, Wis, March &c. A Mather,
Of the defunct banking firm of G. A
Mather & Co., has been arrested, charged
with receiving deposits when he knew the
bank was insolvent He was placed under
bonds of 81 coo until March 81
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-03-24
VIII A. Stevens is DISCHARGED.

CINCINNATI March 23.-Will A. Stevens,
the dry goods merchant who shot and killed
G. H. Wood, had preliminary hearing to-
day aud was discharged, the testimony
showing his pistol was accidentally dis
chorpad
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-03-24
scbwartz & Co g to he Investigated

LOUISVILLE, March 23.-The grand jury
will investigate the failure of Schwartz Il
Co., bankers, and it is said criminal prose
cution will follow. The assets now turn
out to be nothing.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-03-24
The Lynn Irish League Branch.

LYNN, Mass, March 23.-The Parnen
branch of the Irish National league has
voted not to IN any way recognize ENJOYS
from either of the two factions contending
in ireland.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-03-24
Poisoned by Eating Wild Psrspips,

WILKEsBARRE, Pa, March 23.-Henry
Conrad, Nicholas Miller and David Higgs,
OF this city, were poisoned this afternoon
by eating wild parsnips. Conrad and Mil
Ter died; Higgs may recover
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-03-24
Mackay's Body Shipped to Brooklyn.

CINCINNATI, March 23.-The body of the
comedian, Maokay, who died last night,
was shipped this'afternOon to Brooklyn, N
Y !, the home of his mother.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-03-24
The Matter in Parliament,

LONDON, March %. = William Henry
Smith, first lord of the treasury, in the
commons to-day, replying to questions
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-03-24
Silver Purchases.

WASHINGTON March 23.-The amount of
silver offered for sale to-day was 1904, 600
ounces, of which 526, 600 ounces were pur-
chased at at prices ranging from 1888 to .9g.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-07-18
THE nTSEAND GONE WRONG.

The world of woman has no more
vital question on hand than. What
shall | do in regard To the husband
who has gone wrong" Ignoring the
VOWS She took upon herself at the
altar for better or for worse" is she
to throw him ovc when the worse"
matcrializcs and her lappinCSSi is gone:
Take the case of IL wife whose hus-
band has deserted her. She cares for
herself and her children. perhaps. for
years by dint of hard and long con-
tinued toll. She makes a home and
wins Il competency. At last onc dav
she runs across the husbInd of her
youth. sick, impoverished, fricndlcSs
and suffering. What is her duty! To
take him into the home and carc for
him, or to thrust him down still
deeper into the dust and pass on in
selfish case TO the enjoyment of the
prosperity She has earned: Love is
long ago dead; there remains of tie
old tic scarcely SO much as the per-
fumc that fingers about a withcrcd
flower. and yet until the day she dies
she can never think of the first years
of her welded life without the filling
of her eyes with those tears that
"rai>c from the depths of some divine
despair" and crowd most thicklv
when thinking of the days that arc
no more" The practical world SCOTS
at the scntimcntality and the weak
ness of the wife who stoop. to lift
her fallen husband from the dust and
win him back his lost manhood. But
the noble army of c%artl'S fanatics. the
craukS Ill a good Causc, the sentiment
alists on the SIDE OF heaven, are proud
10 bid her welcome into their own
ranks when She ignores the plain
p~racticalitie> of II sense and
with a divine pity seeks to save and
bless. Try it, then. my dear; he may
have done everything that was cruel:
he may have dealt with You in u
measure as we all OF us deal with
tod; he may have been ungrateiul
and false and wicked, but if you ever
run across Your husband fricndlcss
and forlorn and in trouble, treat him
in a far-off similitude of the way God
treats us. save him if he can he
saved. and look { o a future that lies
beyond this baffled. thwarted and
struggling life for your reward.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-07-18

There is one among the myria,
falsehoods of the free traders concern
ing the new tariff law that has not n,
yet shown up. so far as we can recall
1t is, that if there is any increase OF
price on articles from any cause what.
ever, they at once declare that it j,
due to the tariff. Now il ought TO be
plain TO every sensible man that the
causes which make articles dearer and
cheaper, operate to their full effect,
whether the imported article pavs
duty or whether il is admitted free,
\ short coffee crop in Brazil would
raise the price in this country. al
though coffee has been on the free LIST
since 1873. The prospect of a shor,
wheat crop in Europe has raised the
price all e the world. irrespective
OF tariffs. II is always in order. when
any specific instance is given by a free
trader of a rise in price, TO investigate
and see what causes operated to pro-
duce it. We know Of no rise in the
price of any of the necessities of life.
upon which there is a duty on the i'm
ported article. that has been due TO
the tariff.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-07-18

Bishop Turner, of Georgia, colored
has for five wears been advocating the
migration of the more energetic and
ambitious negroes of this country TO
Africa. Now he says he is going to
Africa himself next fall. His official
GRAND there is to visit the mission
under the care of his branch of the
church; his personal errand is to look
over the ground for himself and ac-
qnire tirst-hand information rs to the
advantages offered TO negro colonists
from the United States, the difficulties
TO be grappled with and overcome.
the most favorable localities for max
ing a beginning. There is only n
drawback TO the schcmc-thc negroes
do not wish 10 go to Africa.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-07-18
pRIEES kiHrNE DOMS.

1t il strange TO he reminded of the
fact AT the present time. with the very
large number of farmers in the West
howlin@ about hard times and com
planning that ;hey were never 50 badly
of. that the things the farmer buys
have been so cheap in the his
tory of the country Is at present. The
Minneapolis T'JTbURc takes the ground
that the farmer of today is almost in
tinitcly better Off than the farmer of
the past, and presents the following
sample lot of contrasted prices to
prove its position:
Take the staple dry goods article.
calico. In 1890 it cost IS cents a yard:
in 1850, % cents; in 1860, IL cents; in
1891, ; cents.
Take the staple grocery article.
sugar. In 179Oit cost Is IL cents for
cheap brown grades: in 1880. II cents:
in 1860, 10 cents; in 1891, ) - cents
for granulaIed.
For what the farmer sells. take the
staple dairy product. butter. The
prices in Massachusetts, are as follows:
In 1896. II cents: IN 1880. Is cents: in
1850. IS cents: in 1891. 80 and 81 cents.
The staple meat product, dressed
beef. in Massachusetts sold in 1890 at
only 3 1-2 cents: in 1880. Z 1-2 cents:
in 1860, l. cents: in 1891, u TO is.
Our former fathers of revolutionary
days whistlcd among the stones and
pumpkin vines of sterile New Eng
land, attircd in cotton jeans and shirt
ings that cost 30 cents 4 ward. slept on
ticking at 90 cents. and if rich enough
wiped the pcrSpiration from their
brows with handkcrchiefs that cost
20 cents. Their wives. il unusually
stylish, paradcd in muslin at 10 cents.
gingham at 81 and cambria at 81.
Pins were Is cents Il paper: for
matches everybody borrowed fire. and
for farm implements and machinery
the hoe and scythe were as all import
ant as to-day's sulky plow and self
binder.
Read the above very carefully and
see how il was in the good old DAYS
people are SO fond Of referring
10. There no machines, fewer
products, no railroads: what the far
mer sold brought not more than half
it brings now and what lie
bought cost more than double what it
does to-day. /.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-07-18

The greater magnitude of Americ;
has produced corresponding OF
largencss and loftincss in Americans.
The consequence is that the American
does discriminate. And if the people
of any nation under the sun could
hastily form an intelligent Judgment
during a weeks trip of another nation
and one which. given ofl-hand.
would be reasonably corrcct-it
would be Americans. because from
childhood up 10 old age Americans
have opportunities of seeing and an p
ling foreign nations ard peoples by the
close acquaintance which constant
immigration has provided in their own
country.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-07-18

y Georgia editor warns book
agents to keep away from his sanctum
Here is The languages he uses:
I'VE would like TO inform the book
agents. male and female, that we have
raised the war whoop. whettcd the
the scalping knife and dug up the
Ratchet. We already have more books
than brccchcs. more spring poems i'll
the waste basket than shirts in our
trunk, and how can we rcgalc our
selves OH literary feasts when we are
signing for the hog and h%ominy" OF
our daddics. and forced TO live of
hard work and czonc: If the fight
goes against us delinquent subscribers
may know it by failing TO receive the
usual dun and seeing the office towel
hanging a. mourning crepe on the
door-knob.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-07-18

The act of God" is Il phrase eur
iously surviving in law from rncdi;r-
val times, meaning that the act COM
planned of was the work of some I'M
expected accident for which faliibie
mortals cannot be held responsible.
In Il recent case the supreme Court
of the United States used words that
seem TO imply hat as time goes on
this plea for escape from responsibility
is 10 be less and less regarded. \
train on the Virginia Midland Rail
road had been dcrailed i'll Il narrow
cut in consequence of Il landslide
which was due TO a heavy fall of rain.
In deciding an action for damage in
Cured in the accident the Court re-
marked significantly. You who
know 80 much abUu: the law of God
and the processes of nature mus! have
forcScen that the earth hanging over
that narrow. unprotected cut would
b looscncd by the rain and brouah,
Iown upon your track by the law of
gravity. Common prudence AMI nr-
binary engineering skill would have
prevented such a result. and We. there
fore. hold Won. and not God. re-ppr-
>iblc.' His lur@uacc deserves attcu-
ton. because ii plainly Suggests that
with the extension Of Hill land knoWl-
edge the responsibility Of carriers is
gradually approaching that cfahsolutc
insurance. \ hundred years ago the
plea of the Virginia Midland Railroad
Company would in a similar case
doubtless been accepted. for the rain
storm was unusual and honestly un-
expected. In a hundred wears from
now. perhaps, on the other hand, the
plea of the 'act of God" Will be Tin
known in our courts. for by that time
science may he sufficiently advanc-
ed to provide for every purely
material contingency.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-07-18

When a revolt overlook the ancient
church. every sccedcr from her do.
miniOn carried the bible along as hi,
dearest treasure. When printing be.
came the prcScrver and dissemination
of literature the bible became the
most popular of books. 1t is now.
There is every reason for believing
that il will continue TO be. The re-
markablc fact in its progress is that il
has survived its interpreters. All gen,
erations have charged upon the text
their own errors. Every sophist has
drawn from its wisdom confirmation
of his sophistry. Each sect finds in
its chapters warrants for its creed
Every new thought in the world may
be found, directly or indirectly. cx-
prcssly or implicitly, within or be,
tween its lines.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-07-18

There was a time when men and
women of ffty-tivc, and sixty and
Sixty-live years were practically laid
on the shelf. forced into retirement
and approximation, for two rCa>onS
First, because in the majority OF in
stances al that age then they were in
fact Superanuated. and second. even
when the physical and mental vigur
had not abated, public sentiment was
so universally strong against old peo-
pie, people past fifty, that they were
compelled 10 relinquish the struggle
of affairs and surrender it TO those of
a younger generation. 1t il not so, at
least not to the same extent. that il
was then. In these days a man Of
fifty and fifty-tivc, other things being
equal, is regarded as being just in his
prime and good for fully twenty years
more of active. efficient service. The
age lIue, or line Of approximation. has
thus been scnSibly advanced into the
seventies.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-07-18

The next election in Louisiana will
hinge upon the question of giving
constitutional and legal sanction to
the Louisiana lottery. There will be
no politics outside of the lottery ques.
ton, and the lottery leaders expect tG
divide the vote in such a way that
they can not help but win. The in,
tention of the lottery leaders is tC
simply buy the vote outright. and
they will spend $1.O00.OOO or more
rather than TO be defeated. II is not
always that a great corporation, doing
a business that is criminal, enters the
political arcna in this way. 1t is to
be hoped that the result will be the
same rs it was when the lottery lead,
ers attempted TO purchase North
Dakota.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-07-18

The statesmen and diplomats OF
Europe seems to stand in awed silence
before an impending crisis. The
recent diplomatic cvolutions have been
SO rapid and radical that the cqlcula-
tions OF the most astute and acute
have utterly failed, and to-day the
principal political leaders of Europe
are looking in awkward helplessncss
upon the impetuous movement of the
political current, without either the
ability or inclination to arrest its
progress
The present tide of affairs may be
on the flood of prosperity, or on the
ebb OF misfortune and disaster. but
80 many are the cross-currents that
little opportunity is gwen for exact
judgment.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-07-18

The Democratic press will please
stand up and tell us whether or moi
il is the intention OF the Democratic
party to repeal these awful and "in.
iquitous7 and generous" pension laws.
about which they are making so much
fuss. There are ove a million of the
eleven million voters of the country
interested in knowing what the Dem
ocratic party intends to do on this
subject.-N. Y. Press.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-07-18

An Iowa newspaper maj writes
TO the editor of the Popular Bluff
Citizen that he would like to purchase
a Democratic paper in Southeast Mis-
souri,. If he will just wait a little
while the Sheriff OF this county will
have the disposal of an Office in this
city that will probably suit him. The
paper is Democratic but under its
present management il is a sorry con-
Germ, and il is sure to turn IFS toes TO
the daisies.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-07-18

Rat poison is not a particularly eX-
hilarating subject for felicitous COM
mcnt, and possibly is OF more interest
to than the general pub
lie. Yet its growth in favor as a
means of suicide is so marked that
the article is commanding some tten-
ton. %l,arcl: a day passes that some
one does not attempt suicide by this
method. Just why people who wish
to strike ii final balance oftheir earthly
accounts should choose rat poison Is
not clear. 1t i not an easy death,
nor j. il graceful. and. what seems
the most "hiecii, nab!e feature. il Is
by no means certain in lis work. IN
fact. so great Is lis ambiguity that a
subject may feel safe in expecting
either Il mild attack of cramps or 4
long drawn cut AID labori3u, diSsoiu-
ton. Another equally bad feature. is
that il causes such excessive pain that
the victim becomes animated with a
vulgar desire to live. Unless the ill
tcI,ling >elf--iaycr scciudes himself,
that his family and friends HAY not
find him. the convu!-iyc horr,rS Of
the la; half hour are very irving 10
them. There l. nothing aesthetic
about such a death. and, considering
the irving and uncertain nature ofthe
effort it would seem that rat poison
would lose favor. There are many
poisous that are much more desirable
in every respect. Ii has not even the
quality Of being sin%ularly cheap.
although ii i. perhaps. convenient TO
get. Why Il morbid public should
give preference to this unsatisfactory
eNterminator is one of the things that
keep the curious guessing.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-07-18

There has been. it is true, some
talk in New York of ladies riding
horseback in regular man fashion. but
no one ever heard Of a lady riding a
bicycle in that fashion for the simple
reason that they-the machincs-are
not built that way. y lady may ride
a bicycle as decorously and prudishly
as she might ride in a horsc-car. and
there is no reason of dccorum why
wOmen everywhere should not take 10
the wheel for health or recreation. as
constantly increasing number OF
them are doing.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-07-18

Americans upul Close and >tfd!oEN
examination will he inuHl harder.
healthier. quicker. and better equipped
physically and mentally than the pco-
pie of most other nations. and when
foreigners have similar opportunities
for observation IS Americans TO see
that their own defects arise from the
prriudiccs or their i~nsularity. they
will he proportIonatcly more magnani-
nous in their treatment of lis and less
likely TO carp at what HAY appear
to he defects. but which intclligcntly
viewed are moi defects AT all
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-07-18

In 1883 the Pennsylvania Railroad
company drew a check in favor OF
kidder. Peabody d Co. for more than
$l4,000,00O in payment for Philadel-
phla, Wilmington and Baltimore stock.
This was probably the largest check
ever drawn, and it was subsequently,
framed and hung up in the general
offices of the Pennsylvania company.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-07-18

The long sensational dispatches in
the big Democratic daily papers about
Blaine's serious illness are all bosh.
Mr.. Blaine was suffering from pros
tration caused by over work. but he
is now fast improving and his physi-
clans say he will soon be as well As
he ever was.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-07-18

Kyle. Texas, was recently visited
by an electric storm. and a man was
blown out of bed and carried two
hundred yards without injury. The
Lone Star State is not to be bluffed
ont of sight by fish stories from
Florida.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-07-18
Notice to Contractors.

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
Road aud Bridge Commissioner Of Cape Cir
arlcau county, Missouri, will let contract for
the repair of bridge on Indian Creek. at
Leefnoh, on Saturday, July 18th at , O'Clock
y. m. at site Of bridge SAID repairs consist
Of ; strin.crs : iEchrs by u iaches, by Is feet
log. New Truss. aId l. feet new hOOria.
Commissioned reserves the right TO reject any
or all bids. J.. VI. BEAN.
July LIST. l~gl. H.. & Il. Com.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-07-18

If Ed. holland goes to the pcnitcn-
tiary some other officials high up in
politics will have a good show TO
continue in Office. but if he escapes
through some technically in the law
practice the other fellows will he in
a fix" and they will more than likely
have 10 look around for some other
j0b
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-07-18

The trial OF Ed. I. holland, cx-State
Treasurer, is now going on before
Sudge Burgess at jefferson City. No,
land stole thirty-two thousand dollar.
from the State, but he will never be
convicted. lie is a Democrat-bc-
longs to one of the influential families
OF the State, was a member of the
ring that uns the Democratic party
and it wouldn't do to convict him.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-07-18

The longshoremen of Chicago have
organized a union, starting out with
a membership of 500. The new
organization is being backed by the
Seamen's Union. They want twenty
five cents an hour.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-07-18
Notice to Contractors.

Notice l. hereby givca that the undersigned
Road and Bridge Commissioner of Cape Girar-
tcau county, Missouri, will. on Monday, July
2Gh. ISL. at , O'cl1ck =. m, at site of bridge.
let contract for the repair of bridge on Crooked
Creek, near Dir. .McAnally's farm. Repairs con-
Sist of : StrilSars y inches by II inches, hy III
fee; long. new truss AID ii feet new flooring.
Commissioners RESERVES the right to reject ahv
ard all hil-. l. VI. I;EiS.
.Tuiylst, ISL. L. n Il. Com.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-07-18

The Democrats at jefferson CITY
had better not press Ed. T. holland
too hard. lie might tell some tales
out of school that would get some of
the boys in trouble. Mr.. holland
knows a thing or two.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-07-18

In New York they send a sixteen
year old boy TO the penitentiary for
four years and five months for mis-
appropriating two thousand dollars,
but out here in poor old Missouri a
Democratic EN-Treasurcr who stole
over thirty thousand dollars gets off
with two wears in the pen.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-07-18

What are the earnings of Il theatre
cal star: a French contemporary asks.
and points out that in the case of
Nine. Sara rcrnhardt the "iakin"e"
of a quarter of a century have
amounted to 6.5l6.G00 francs, to which.
after her return from herprcscnt tour
in America. another 2.uCu.00o francs
may confidently he added. When The
divine Sara began her career 1T the
Comcdic Franchise. in 1867, it was nj
a very modest salary indeed. and even
in 1872. at the Odcun. she only earned
POO francs a month. Eight years
later she made 10000 francs during
a short tour III France, and in 1881
her first European tour. during which
she played "Frou Frou." "Adricnnc
Lccouvreur' and "Hcrnani." brought
her in 100000 francs. Then came the
first American tour. whence she re-
turned with a clear profit of the sum
of 6OO.OCo francs. and hcnCcforih the
flew of the hundred thousands has
m2vcr ceased.