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The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-19
OLE BULLS u7oplAN DREAM.
A Pile of Stones Covers the Piscs Whsr
NJ E.d 70 RniIh a Cattle

A Pile of Stones Covers the Pizcs Whsrs
He EssAysd to Bald a Castle
After Ole Bull had fddled his way into
the hearts Of TIE American people and bad
accumulated large fortune be undertook
to carry out q long cherished dream de
wished 70 establish colony Of his country
men in America. and for this purpose ne
bought, In tS52, over 900 acres of land In
the unbroken wilderness Of Potter county,
Pa
Ole Ball located so Eorwegians and
Danes on his possessions. The price ne
paid for bis lands was about $1,000 IL
was his intention 20 found four towns.
These we're WslhaIla. New Bergen, SsE
Sorzxay and Oleona- They we're laid oui
with a view 20 the future and work was
commenced Mr.. Bell also began Work o.
a castle a mile or two from Oieona, which
was 20 be 8 prstentioEs structure for t5e
lord Of the colony. Each settler Vas pro
yidsd plot Of ground and ses % work
Unfortunately for the success Of the col
ouv. Ole Ball had 10 knack Of protectirs
himself against inscriptions saarpsTs
and his lands we're found 20 be involved 70
such q manner fsst questions arose - r
the titles Thus il came about that u
ls5s rnzHT Of the colosistE lefr- Tneg wers
also compelled 20 undergo good m&nI
priFatiozs which they were unsccustczec
10 The gre2s trees which stood y ia
way q cultivation of the soil presented
an obstacle they did ros ku0w he- 20 -
move TkEx Ezubhed tks ferssts Ell u.sE
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-19

But plucky Simeon Caswell had arrived
too late to face once more the British.
They had retreated. The great naval
battle of the war had been fought, and
the young American commodore had
won.
In short, after fierce engagement Of
nearly two hours and half, Downie
having four ships and twelve gunboats OF
barges, ninety-fve guns and 1000 men;
Macdonough four large vessels and ten
gunboats, with an aggregate of eighty
six guns and $50 men, the latter, by
casting stern anchor and cutting bow
cable, swung his flagship, the Saratoga,
around, bringing the other side to bear
upon Downie's flagship, the Confance,
and so quickly riddled and disabled it
that he struck his flag and surrendered,
with loss Of nearly 300 of his men
taken prisoners, besides a considerable
number killed and wounded.
This took place on the Sabbath. The
morrow, the morning when Simeon
Caswell landed in Plattsburg, opened
with an intensely interesting change of
scene-the British feet annihilated and
Prevost's powerful veteran army, minus
$500 men in killed, wounded, prisoners
and desertions, in full retreat toward
Canada, never more to return.
81 shall never forget that morning of
Sept. 12 so long as | live" said Simeon,
with flashing eye and excited manner.
"All the jubilees | ever saw wasn't cir
cumstance to it. The bells kept ringing;
the panic stricken people came swarm
ing back into the place almost crazy
with JOY, and then the hurrahing and
jumping and swinging of hats and the
mounted messengers dashing off to
carry the good news to the inhabitants
in other parts. Ohl it was just gloriousi
And to think, too, that in all
that land contest of nearly six days
our folks lost only about 120
men. And you'd just ought to have
seen the amount of stuff old Provost
left-cannon, munitions, provisions and
so forth, and all of his sick and wounded
to boot. / ran across several of my
army comrades of the year before, and
you'd better believe there was some
handshaking and grabbing hold of one
another and dancing like all possessedp
And as the aged veteran ended his mar
rative he rose, and going to a cupboard
produced some relics of the Plattsburg
fight. These he gave me, and l still
preserve them as valued mementos OF
the long ago.
CHARLES o. STICKSEY.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-19

nately. Presently the British recrossed
the bridge over the Saranac, whereupon
the American sappers and miners quick
ly removed the plank coverings and
formed them into breastworks. Provost
repeatedly attempted the passage, but,
finding il impracticable, he withdrew
his forces to the cover of a neighboring
hill Attempted flank movements at 5
ford several miles up the river, ss well
as at other points, were promptly met by
forces of Mooers' militia and rendered
abortive. The artillery on either side of
tee st7eSsc EocE opened fre, both from
the temporary batteries of the British
and the forts of the Americans. which
was continued almost uninterruptedly
through the six days siege.
While these events were taking place,
Simeon Caswsll. who a short time be-
fore had come from his home town in
Maine and hired cut on farm in Essex,
VT, was quietly at work just across the
lake near Burlington He had served
twelve months term and done some
good fighting, too, in the northern from
tier campaign Of 1918 under General
Wade Hampton Of South Carolina. who
commanded the right wing of the Patriot
army that year. Despite all expostuls-
Of his neighbors telling him
he was "a fool TO throw himself into the
jaws of death, as it would be impossible
70 hold the British in check Simeon re-
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-19
A Cal Pillar.

my pillow is 50 botl" Il tha frequent
plant Of the tired invalid who vainly seeks
some cool spot on which 70 rest hsr fevsred
head. Change the pillows frequently" {"
we are told by an authority on nursing,
"as nothing IL more rcstful 60 a patient
than 10 have a cool support % head and
back" The following suggestion. there
fore, may prove 70 be Of Service Take writ
ing paper OF any kind-old isttcrs and en-
velopes can all be made Of use--apd cut in
slips Of two inches long and about half an
inch wide. Curl these with dull knife
and after stufting the pillow case with them
sew up the end The result W4ii be avery
comfortable pillow through which thsrs
will be constant circulation of air, and
which viii remain perfectly cool.--NoH
York Tribune
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-19
Buying Lumber.

One OF our selectnsn was once commis-
stoned 70 buy the lumber for a new bridge
His ideas Of measurement were murky, bot
be did bis belS When the lumber. cut
after his schedule, Was on the ground tbs
carpenters pointed out % him IN emphatic
language that certain of the beams uers
far too long 20 bridge TIE stream aud
otkers a. much TOO short The Eslectnaan
psnzvelY scratched his bead, then hs
frightened up and said, ''But. brethren,
don't ys think they'll sserizs absout
nghtF'-Cor- Bostou Commonwealth
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-19

ES, / was fherel
To be sure, ]
didn't get hit by
any British bull
lets or grape or
canister, but ]
was there all the
same.
The speaker I
was Simeon Cas-
well. nv towns
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-19

The Gospel Of Good Eating-How One
Should Proceed In Order to Take Proper
Care of His Body-How New York
MiddIemen Supply Food.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-19

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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-29
aug9ul'

A DMINIsTRATOR's NOTICE Notice is
IA hereby given that letters Of administration
with will annexed upon the estate OF George
Williams, deceased, have been granted to the
undersigned by the clerk OF the Cape Girardeau
Court OF Common Pleas, of Cape Glrardrau
county. Missouri, bearing date the END day Of
August, lS9l.
All persons having claims against said estate
are required to exhibit them to him fer allow
ance within one year from the date OF said let
ters or they may be precluded from any benefit
OF such estate; and il said claims be not eNhib-
tied within two years from the date OF the pub
LEGATION of this notice they will be forever bar
red. EZRA PETERS,
augsJul2 Administrator
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-29

A ILLUSTRATORS NOTICE Notice Is
n hereby given that letters Of administration
with will annexed upon the estate OF Amanda
Thomas, deceased. have been granted to the
undersigned by the clerk Of the Cape Girardeau
Court Of Common Pleas, Of Cape Girardeau
county, Missouri. bearing date the nine teentb
day OF August, 1891
Ali persons having claims against said estate
ara required to exhibit them to him for allow
ance within one year from the date Of said let
tiers or they may be precluded nom any benefit
OF such estate; and II said claims be moi exhib-
tied within two years from the date OF the pub
licatioa OF this notice they will be forever bar
red. DAVID A. GLENN,
augs9ul2 Administrator
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-29
PETER STILL. PUFFlNG.

The winds of Illinois are blowing
through the whiskers of Senator PEI
fer rs he discources to the farmers
upon printed money and government
loans. lie has arrived at the conclu-
sion that another billion is about the
sum required to run this country, as
his party platform demands, on a
strictly cash basis. This would add
so per cent, he says, TO our present
money supply and make everybody
happy. And while the presses are at
work he will doubtless advocate rum
ming off another billion, and increase
still more the popular exhilrstisn.
Meanwhile, he does not forget to
raise ms voice in noisy clamor about
the mortgaged homes Of his coustits-
ents, asd denounees farm mortgages
as q blight and q curse. Meanwhile,
too. the farmers are gathering in the
most abundant and fruitful crop which
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-29
AMERICAN

The longevity of European rulers
and statesmen has often been a matter
of observation and comment. The
death of the Emperor William of
Germany at ninety, and Bismarck and
Won MOltkc still carrying their re-
sponsibilities, though far beyond the
psalmist's limit of life, are common
place instances. The same may be
said of Gladstone. A Washington
correspondent has recently taken the
trouble to prepare a list of American
public men who lived to be more than
eighty, and who in many instances
discharged many important duties to
a late day in their lives. John Adams
held out until he was ninety. and his
son, John Quincy, in his eighty-first
year dropped at his post in the house
of representatives. Forty years of
public life and an age of eighty-one
marked the outlines of the career of
Samuel Adams. 1.-The father of the
revolution" as he has been called.
James Madison served the public forty
years, eight years as president of the
United States, and died in his eighty
sixth year. The historian Bancroft,
once secretary of the navy and min
lister to Germany, was born 1900.
One hundred and two was the age at
which David Brooks arrived, who
once represented New York in Con-
gress. The oldest "living ex-congress-
man. Perkins King was called before
his recent demise in New York at the
age of ninety-one. Timothy Matlock,
a member of the continental congress,
lived to a century. Alfred Conkling, |
of Roscoe Conkling, who served
in congress and was minister to Mex
leo under Fillmore, published a law
book at eighty, six years before his
Benjamin Franklin's superla-
busy life lasted eighty-four
years. Roger B. fancy, dying at
eighty-seven, was chief justice of the
United States nearly thirty of the last
years of his life. Samuel Thacher, of
Me, reached ninety-six years,
after having served in congress and in
other responsible public positions.
For many years Josiah Quincy of
Massachusetts, was congressman, and
afterwards devoted himself to litera-
.ure. lie lived to be ninety-two.
Morgan Lawrence reached 100 years,
been q member of the leglsla-
ure Of New York and governor of
he State. This list might here be
extended, but the instances
,iven will suffice to illustrate the fact
hat American public life is not in
with longevity. The pre-
umptioa is that neither Germany nor
treat Britain can present for tie
ame period a longer roll of old men
yho once served or are still serving
be public. |
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-29

A number of people are interested
in learning the best way of painlessly
killing animals, and we uscfully note
a communication on the subject from
q correspondent of the English Ne
chanic. lie writes: The most merci-
full way of killing a cat is to chloro-
form them. Draw a sock Omitted
one preferred, as being elastic) over
pussy's head so that the toe of the
sock is brought to her nose or nearly
SO; then pour about half a te%aspoonful
of chloroform on the sock close to
her nose, almost as soon as she has
become frightened by the unusual
smell of ch~lorotorm she quietly goes
to sleep; a little more c%hloroform is
added, perhaps twice, and pussy never
wakes again.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-29

has blessed them for years, and under
the benefits secured them by the Nc
Kinley law, they expect to obtain bet
ter prices than ever before. They will
pay off a portion or the whole of their
mortgage Indebtedness, and be left in
unimcumbered possession of the farms
which, but for the mortgage credit
given them, they could not have Sc
cured at all.
This is mot . good year for the long
whiskered Adullamite to go on . cir
cult. lie should wait for a year when
the cyclone has devastated the fields,
the drought destroyed the crops and
the grasshopper become a burden
That is the day of his opportunity.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-29

The State convention of the Peo.
pies party in Texas, which met at
Dallas, resolved that reflective speak
ers be put in the field at once in Ohio
TO defeat Mckinley and Sherman
Nothing about Texas! Oh, no. Texas
is Democratic. The work of "the
Peoples party of Texas is up in Ohio.
1t ought to make intelligent Ohio
farmers feel all over in proud spots,
as big as a blanket, to have @the Peo-
pies party come all the way from
Texas to enlighten them!
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-29
The artificial production of rain. j

The artificial production of rain. if
proved reliable, may enable us as well
to cause fair weather at will, by ex-
haustIng before hand the rain supply,
so that insufficient moisture will be
lett in the atmosphere to produce
rain in a given locality on a day
which we desire clear. Perhaps, in
time we may be always sure of a fair
election day every November, which
will offer no excuse for voters to stay
away from the polls on account of
the weather.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-29

A DMISIsTRATOR's NoTICE.-Notice ia
IA hereby given that letters OF administration
upon the estate Of Samuel yandivort, deceased,
have been granted to the undersigned by the
clerk OF the Cape Girarieau Court Of Common
Pleas, Of Cape Girardeau county, Missouri,
bearing date the END day OF August, 1891,
All persons having claims against said estate
are required to exhibit them to him for allow
ance within one year from the date OF said let
tiers or they may be preciuded from any benefit
Of such estate; and il said claims be not exhib-
tied within two years from the date OF the pub
location OF this notice they will be forever bar
red. JAMES A. CAMPBELL,
aug29nls Administrator
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-29

A DEMONSTRATORS NOTICE Notice Is
"A hereby given that letters Of administration
upon the estate Of John Painter, deceased, have
been granted to the undersigned by the clerk Of
the Cape Girardeau Court Of Common Pleas, OF
Cape Girar1eaa county, Missouri, bearing date
the 18th day Of July ls9l
All persons having claims against said estate
are required to exhibit them to her for allow
ance within one year from the date OF said let
tiers or they may be precludcd from any benefit
of such estate; and ii said claims be not exhib-
tied within two years from the date OF the pub
LEGATION of this notice they will be forever bar
red. SOPHIA FAINTER,
augsnls Administrative.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-29
Order of Publication.
In the Cape Girardeau Court Of Common Pleas,
within and for the county Of Cape Girsrdeau
and State of Missouri.

In the Cape Girardeau Court Of Common Pleas,
within and for the county Of Cape Girardeau
and State Of Missouri.
Eugene J. Wet1nore, Plaintiff,
AGAINST
Ennice j. wetmore, Defendant.
Order Of Publication In vacation.
NOW on this 18th day Of July Is9l. comes the
~ plaintiff by attorney In the above entitled
cause before the undersigned clerk Of the Cape
Girardeau Court OF Common Pleas, within and
for the county OF Cape Girardeau and State Of
Missouri, in vacation, and files his petition and
a1idavit, stating among other things that said
defendant Ennice j. Wetmore is Q non resident
OF the State OF Missouri. 1t Is therefore ordered
by the clerk that publication be made notifying
her that an action has been commenced against
her by petition in the Cape Girardeau Court OF
Common Pleas, In said county. the object and
nature Of which il to obtain Q divorce from the
bonds Of matrimony heretofore contracted
between the plaintiff and defendant on the
grounds Of abandonment, and indiguities offer
ed plaintiff as to render his condition %intoler-
able; and unless she be and appear at the next
term OF said court to be holden at the court
house In the city OF Cape Girardeau. State OF
Missouri. on Monday, September ., 1881, ard
on or before the third day Thereof (f the term
shall SO long continue, II not then before the
end OF the trrm) said petition will be heard and
proceedings had accordingly.
1t Is further ordered that a copy hereof be
newspaper published In said county for four
weeks successfully the last insertion to be at
least fifteen days before the commencement OF
the next term Of this court. A true copy.
ATTlsr: L. II. ENGELMANS.
augsu9 Clerk.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-29

There has recently been a notice
able change in the attitude of the ma
tons of Europe towards the coming
Worlds Fair in Chicago. This is
presumably due to the personal efforts
put forth by the committee sent
abroad to promote the interests of
Chicago's big show. Whatever the
cause, it is a fact that there is now
abundant promise that the Worlds
Fair at Chicago will be a great sue
cess. In the meantime it is the duty
and it should be the pleasure of every
State and city in this country to do
its utmost to the end that the Amer
lean exhibit may be tine best of all,
and there is a great deal yet remain
ing to be done in this line. New
York State, as the Empire State of
the Union, has a big load to lift in
this line, for it will lily become her to
he far short of the head of the pro-
cession when the band strikes up.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-29
HARRISON AND BLAINE.

Indianapolis journal: AS to the
Presidential nomination there will be
no %unfriendly contest between Presi.
dent Harrison and Mr.. Blaine on that
question, nor in the Republican party
as to their respective claims. That
one or the other will be nominated is
a forgone conclusion. and whichever
one it may be will doubtless be elected.
Both have numerous friends and a
large following in the Republican
party, and the friends of each are
naturally DESTROYS for his nomination.
Neither of them is all active candidate
in the ordinary sense. The office is
too high and both of these men are
too dignificd to seek it. Both are in
the hands of their friends. Both de-
sire the harmony and success of the
Republican party, and will do moth
ing to disturb the one or imperil the
other. When the preference of the
party is distinctly made known one
or the other will withdraw, and
whichever one may become its caDdi-
date will receive the hearty support
of the other. In all this there is no
mystery. 1t is the relation of two
statesmen Oft high sense of honor
who are far above petty acts of poll
ticians and who have a degree of
confidence in each other that amounts
to a perfect understanding. The
presidential question will be settled
by circumstances and by the choice
Of the Republican party, and it will
be done without any of the friction
or trouble that Democratic papers are
trying to foment.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-29

A glance at what is going on in the
American manufacturing world will
convince any one but a deep-in-the-
w%ool-dyed Democrat that this country
is prospecting under the influences of
the Mckinley law. Mills are being
built and enlarged, blast furnace fires
lighted, ship yards increasing their
area and plant, and, in short. every
industry has taken on new life and
vigor. God adds his blessing, and ill.,
creases the crops until our granaries
are filled to overlooking. and we have
enough to spare for the far-Of people
to whom lie has not been SO gener-
GUS.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-29
WORK OF THE ALLIANCE.

New York Tribune: Not a solitary
thing has yet been done by the Farm
crs' Alliance to increase the foreign
demand for farm products, but the
Republican party has done much.
Not a thing has the farmers organiza.
ton done to furnish a sufficient sup
ply of money, but the Republican
party has done much. There has
been III discrcditable talk of plum
dering the country for the benefit of
impoverished farmers who could not
pay their honest debts, but the farm
crs themselves are getting ashamed
OF it.
Before another year has passed
there will be made public an official
record of the mortgages that were in
force when the walls were loudest.
Then it will probably appear that the
crushing burden of debt was not a
fifth or a tenth as great as was as
serted, and that the farmers of the
country are not the paupers they were
said to be by sundry demagogues.
Then there ought to come a swift
revolution of opinion and feeling in
farming regions respecting the cheap
demagogues who have been misrepre-
senting the farmers.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-29
Now that the Republican admin

Now that the Republican admins.
tration can manufacture rrin at almost
a moments notice the Farmers ALI
ance leaders will be thrown into a
sort CT "reign of terror" Secretary
Rusk has certainly thrown an exceed
ingly wet blanket upon the budding
hopes of Pulling PETER and Sockiess
Simpson. The political party that
has practical control of the CrOtons
of the clouds, and that can command,
as by the wave of a wizards wand,
abundant and refreshing showers,
even i'm the midst of a whitening
drought, is not to be ignored by the
farmer whose whole fortune fire.
quently depends upon q little timely
rain. Republican rain, scientifically
produced and regulated, is much
better fora growing crop than PETERS
copious tears. The continued reign
OF the Republican party will give TO
the farmers of the country all the
rain they need.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-29

Ohio Democrats now see the folly
of their platform and are calling to
each other from every hill top and
rostrum TO "drop free silver" and
''taxed incomes and Stree whisky"
and throw themselves with torchlight
and bands of music onto free trade
and the poor mans dinner pail. 1t is
hard to swap horses in the middle of
the stream.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-29

Chauncey NJ. Depew, in London,
happily and concisely states our
prospects in saying: "Coming fresh
from the gram fields of America, and
having surveyed Europe, | am conf
dent that nothing can prevent Amer
lea from rolling in wealth this year
but another attempt to corner the
marEet.r
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-29
a nuIsIsTR.TOR,s NOTICE Notice 4

A DMISISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Notice Is
IA hereby given that letters of administration
upon the estate of Julius Hcuer, deceased,
have been granted to the undersigned by the
clerk of the Cape Girardeau Court OF Common
Pleas, of Cape Girardeau county, Missouri.
bearing date the seventh day Of August, lSsI.
All persons having claims against said estate
are required to exhibit them to him for allow
ance within one " ar from the date OF said let
tiers or they may be precluded rom any benefit
OF such estate; and II said claims be not eNhib-
tied within two years from the date of the pub
LEGATION of this notice they will be forever bar
red. JOHN j. STEEG,
augs0nls Administrator