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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-03-30
Is Not Sound Finance.

I am not willing, however, to rest
my objection TO this section solely on
these grounds. In my JUDGMENT,
sound finance does not commend the
further infusion Of silver into otlr cur
rency at this time, unaeeompanie1 bv
further adequate provision forR the
maintenance in our treasury of safe
gold reserve.
Doubts also arise as to the meanihe
and construction Of the second sectoS
of the bill. If the silver dollars there
in directed TO be coined are as the Sec
ton provides, to be held in the treas
ury for the redemption of the treasury
notes, it is suggested that strictly
speaking aatss cannot be issued
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-03-30

E FAD THE HERALD'SI
Great OfTer. Cuisines
IN Educational Course. )"
One Coupon ard 1Oc is
N ~au it Costs.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-05-26
A DESPERATE CHARGE.
1t Carried n Bold Confederate Brigade
Completely Through the Union Army.

II Carried n Bold Confederate Brigade
Completely Through the Union Army.
From nine in the morning till five in
the afternoon this charging and coun-
ter-char-ing in the woods went on.
Brigade after brigade was Knocked to
pieces. fell back, reformed and went in
again. There was Il surprise every
Falf hon The trees were not so thick
rs to hinder the progress of the troops.
They were thick enough. however. to
conceal movements, until often the
columns marching in different direc-
tons caIne front to front or front to
flank within half a musket snot before
either discovered tine other. Then vol
legs were delivered and received at
short range. Masses OF troops fell to
fighting until one or the other gave
way. This happened when Stuart, of
the confederate side, marching to re-
licve Jheatham, came plump upon two
brigadcs of Van Cleve's division of
union troops, and fought them muzzle
to muzZle. Bates brigade, led by the
present Junior senator from Tennessee,
made one of the most remarkable
movements. 1t plunged forward
through the union lines opposite it
ard kept going until it crossed the
state road, for control of which both
armies Were fighting. On it went over
the road. through more woods, and in
to a clear field, bringing up at Widow
G.enn's house, half u mile in the real
of the whole union army. Rosecrans
had to pull two brigadeS out of the
battle and send them after Bates to
drive him back to where he belonged.
In that wild, resistlesS charge the Ten
nessee brigadier had three horses shot
under him. American Tribune.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-05-26

tv-five years, have not seen more than
three or four seasons when the opening
of surface drains was labor lost. But |
have many a time seen acres and acres
of wheat, oats and corn flooded and
drowned Out just for the lack of a few
such drains. 1t pays to open them
every time a crop is planted, whether
il be winter wheat. grass or col. And
with the implement SNOWY In the
sketch, and 4 smoothing haTow, it can
I've done quickly.
70 make a good, permanent drain,
pillow " burrows our feet apart,
throwing the soil outward. Follow
with the ditcher. running the nose or
PROV along the bottom of the burrows.
Continue to pillow and scrape until the
center is reached. Then il any part of
the drain needs to be deeper, plOw as
before. only nearer the center of the
drain, and scrape out with the ditrher.
Run along the outer edge of the ridges
thrown up with both pillow and ditcher,
and continue until the edges of the
ditch are reached. This will move all
the loose soil farther away from the
ditch. and also level it down more.
Finish leveling with 4 smoothing board
or plank clod crusher. Two men with
teams can quickly open a wide, shallow
drain that will remain Il drain for
years. unless filed by plowing.-tred
Grundy, in American Agriculturist-
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-05-26

In this country the milking capacities
of ewes have never been developed as
they have in some countries of Europe.
where the ewes arc regularly MIXED
and their product is made into butter
and cheese. The result is that very
few ewes give much milk. Years ago
when we kept coarse-wool sheep a good
many of the ewes bore twins, and I'M
less they were fed something more than
their dams would give, one or the other
would die. We used to feed the young
lambs milk from a cow fresh in milk,
and they quickly learned to look for it.
The lambs would not eat SO much
cows milk a TO neglect their dam.
When they were two weeks old the
milk ration was dropped for Il wisp of
bright clover hay and a half pint,
daily, of oats. 1t is surprising how a
young lamb will learn to a clover
hay and grain, and we know of no bet
ter grain for lambs than oats They
combine bulk and nutriment of the
right kind in exactly the right proper
tions for young growing animals
American C%ultlvator.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-05-26

what you now call Memorial day, and
some one suggested that we. too. raise
4 small flag and scatter flowers on the
graves OF our soldier boys once a year,
SO that we would show to all that our
boys in blue and our boys in gray were
not forgotten, and the 3Oth of May was
set apart for that work of love.
1t was the night before the 3Oth tina.
! saw her walking along through the
rain, seemingly utterly regardless of
the storm which swept round her.
She had neither umbrella nor cloak To
protect her slim form from the watery
clements. She wore n thin calico dress
and a wcll-worn shawl; her head was
covered by an untrimmed straw hat
She Was neat and clean. | knew some
what of her circumstances and so Won
dcreI at her being away from home at
dusk.
4 number of years before she and
John. her husband, good, honest John
Small, had begun their welded life in
n little. viue-covered cottage just on
the outskirts OF our town.
John worked in the town-a splendid
mechanic they said he wls-a manly
looking fellow. tail. broad-shouldercd,
with wavy hair and dark-brown eyes
He made n comfortable living and they
were very happy. When the oldest
child was six and the youngest a baby
in arms that great call to arms" for n
nations safety came, aEd John-what
could John do but respond:
A company was organized in our lit
tie town and John enlisted. One day,
with banners flying, and the beat of
drum aad noise of fife resounding
through the streets as if it were a gala
day instead of a day of gloom and fear,
they marched away.
remember it plainly. as if it were
but yesterday, seeing John stoop over
the baby in her arms, as if loath to
leave them, kiss the tiny face and hands
over and over again.
lie fought and fell, a captain among
our boys. and when well enough they
sent him home. only for the loved ones
there to see how intensely he suffered.
The journey was too much for him.
Unconscious when be arrived. he re-
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-05-26
PREFERS THE CABLE CAR.
a Driver Who Says lie Was Glad to see the
Hor>es Go.


Horses Go.
On a quiet run up own on a Third
avenue cable ear in the evening when
the driver was rot SO busy as usual
avoiding collisions and saving lives by
not running over people, 4 Tribune
man asked him which he preferred.
the grip or the reins.
The grip every time" he said, clang-
ing his bell at a crossing. AT first it
was pretty hard work The newness
of the thing, the watching for people,
sounding the bell and menacing the
grip and brakes, pulled my brain all to
pieces, 50 that I'd go to bed with a
headache. But now that | am used to
it, it seems to be as natural as walk
ing
What are the special points that
Won like better than in the old horse
carr
We'll, there are dozens of 'em. Did
you ever think what Il lot of hard
work a man does in driving a pair of
horses from one end of the road &c the
other? You have got to keep some
where near yOur schedule time. and
the whipping and Jerking with the
lines on two horses from the Battery
t q Harlem is hard work, | tell you. 1t
would cripple n man who wasn't use to
it. Then there is the saving of muscle
in hauling your horses back when the
ear is starting. If a nan likes horses
he takes a good deal of care to start
them in the right way. When the bell
rings, you know, they just plunge right
ahead. Now, if You let them jerk that
heavy car when it is standing still it
ruins their shoulders and makes them
Did Bugs of bones in no time. In
order to keep them from getting
bunged up this way n driver draws in
me reins shortly. Their first pull is on
the reins. Gradually he slackens them
out so hat the car starts gently, and
when the horses settle down to a steady
pull on the traces there is no shock to
them and no jar to the passengers.
Don't you see what an all-day strain
that is on a drivers arms? A horse
Ear driver has an arm on him like San
dow.
I'm summer the work of driving
horses keeps Il man drenched with per-
spiration, it is so active and vigorous.
See how cool and pleasant it will be
this summer, just bowling along. Then
q man hates to push horses on a terri
bly, hot day in August, but you have to
do it"
Any more good points,"
We'll, it's not pleasant to drive four
horses in a heavy snow-storm, but the
old cable just takes you humming
along"
Aren't you afraid of cOllisionS?"
Not SO afraid of them as | was" he
said, grinning. NO wagon wants to
be hit by a cable car. It's bad for the
wagon. you know" he added, with a
chuckle. In the old days / was always
afraid of getting a couple of horses
smashed up. Now the other man is
afraid. There's ore thing more, too"
he said-7"We don't have the job of put
ting a car back in place after running
off the track. These cars are here to
stay and they stay"
DO You expect to kill anyone?"
NO. | used to think / might run
people down, but | nave got over that
feeling. Oh, yes, I'd rather drive a
cable car a week than a horse a an
hour."-N. Y. Tribune.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-05-26
A NAN WITH A HISTORY.
The Terrible Experience That Be-
fell John W. Thomas, Of Theta,
Tennessee.
Body Covered with Lumps-CouId Not
al and Thought He Was Going
TO Dry Up-His Recovery the
Marvel Of Tennessee.
From the Nashville. Tenn. Banrer.

From the Nashville, Tenn, Banner.l
Nj. John W. Thomas, Jr., of Theta, Tenn,
Il d mat with a most interesting history. Al
present he Is interested in bloodedhorses for
which Maury County is famous.
Few people, ] take it, said Mr.. Thomas
TO reporter wIi6 had asked him for the
story of his life, 'have passed through ne re-
markable a chain of events asI have and re.
manned alive to tell the story.
at was along in 1884, when was working
in the silver mines of New Mexico, that my
troubles began; at first 1 suffered with IN
digestion, and so acute did the pains be-
come that ] wentto California formy health,
but the trip did nc little good, and fully i'm
pressed with the idea that my last day had
nearly dawned upon me, l hurried back here
to my old home to die.
From simple indigestion my malady de-
veloped into a chronic inability to take any
substantial food, l was barely able to creep
about, and at times was Frustrated by
spells Of heart palpitation. This condition
continued until one year ago.
ION the 18th Of April, 1893, l suddenly
collapsed. and for days I was unconscious,
in fact l was not fully myself until July.
My condition on September LIST. was simply
horrible, / weighed but seventy pounds,
vhcreas my normal weight is lis n1irnds
An over my body tbere were lrmns from
the size of a Crane TO the size of a walnut
nv fingers were cramped so thatI could not
more than half straiphten them. | had en-
tiraIv lost control of my lower limbs and
my hand trembled SO that fc1uld not drink
without splitting the liquid. Nothing would
remain on my stomach, and il seemed that
I must dry nm before many more DAYS had
aars,5
f@Ir~ o,o,bor wound Of tho ,brsio;o,s
ma .Ho rH -M'
GAMING IL "nc ~ '"o 'NHNi' nHu " INC
aid of morphine and other medicines they
gave nc, | managed to live though barely
through the fall"
uara Mr. Thomas disnIavad bis orms
and irst ahora the Ibow of c,rb iba-n vas
NV US. - .
a large irregular STAN as large as the palm
of the hand and OF a purple color, the space
covered by the mark was sunken nearly to
the bone. That" said Mr.. Thomas, lis
what the doctors did by ~nuttinc mornhine
- 30
,soo
"on inc lIth OF Decemoer' l>'o'Just clght
months alter look permanently 10 Dcd-l
shall never forge. the date-my cousin, Joe
Foster, of Carriers Creek, called on me and
r,vem me n hoy of Dir Williams, Pink Pills
e., p,Io PEEL. savi,o +bo,- b,5 c,ro5 b;,,
-. - rnLiEL 7 -. -.
OF Pdrtdl psta,'eiS' WIN mn AHcw ne
hai an out uieu l"itoweu MS uFecuons
and began taklrg the medicine, as n result
/ stand before you to-day the most surprised
EIau on earth. Look at my hand. it Is rs
steady as yours. my face has A healthy look
,bort ~. have bnap attending 70 nv
- g - -
uuties ZOE d Hohtn' Smte l DcSah rIhlhs
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-05-26
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FIG. FAULTY SURFACE DRAIN.

placed. The driver stands on the
boards, and by changing his position
can change the character of the drain
he is making. by standing near the
front he forces the nose of the ditcher
down into the soil and makes a narrow
drain. When following Il f;lrrow
opened by n pillow he stands near the
farther or straight side and holds it
down to the bottom of the furrow, do
ing the same as he returns. This
makes n drain like that shown in Fig.
=, and a harrow follows after, lcveling
the ridges raised. A skillful operator
will soon learn where to throw his
weight to make any sort of a drain de-
sired.
The spring rains are not over when
oats are sown, and it is advisable to
open drains for possible floods that
may drown out much of the crop. IL
they are opened with this implement
there is no danger of shattering har-
vesting machinery in crossing them. II
the soil is likely to wash badly along
such drains they should be opened
wide, and not less than Il foot deep,
and heavily sown with grass seed and
then not plOwed any more. 1t is far
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-05-26
THE FARMING WORLD.
DRAINAGE.
nimPle Implement for Making q Goo,

dimPle Implement for Making a Good.
Permanent Drain.
Immediately after the heavy spring
rains many a farmer will see where he
ought to have opened bitches last fall.
He will also note the utter uselessness
of the little single furrow bitches
opened by the pillow. The ridge of
earth thrown up on n side prevents
the water from entering the furrow
Zig. y. 1t Is not only q m~iserably
poor drain on level land, but it is also
a ridge and a gully, which skaters
machinery passing over it The sensi-
be farme- makes his shallow drains in
the form shown in Fig. 2 A machine
to do this is shown in Fig. 3. This is
only a simple, homemade implement,
but its value for opening shallow
drains can hardly be overestimatei.
This drain plow or ditcher is made of
two oak planks twelve inches wide
the farther side, as shown in the
sketch, runs straight with the pole,
while this side sets at an angle with it.
The point is shod with iron, and the
top is covered with boards firmly nailed
on. There is a brace across the CEN
ter, under the boards, to stIffen the
sides and make the implement strong
er: The dotted line shows where it is
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-05-26

1t is, perhaps, not generally known
that petroleum can now he produced
artiticiaily by Il very cheap and simple
method, being the distillation in a
strong iron vessel, under a pressure of
25 atmospheres, of the animal fats and
oils at a temperature of 500 degrees to
400 degrees c. Under favorable condi-
tions 30 per cent of the fatty oil is
transformed into petroleum, which is
90 per cent. of the theoretical Weld.
The product thus obtained has been
found to be in every particular identi-
cal with natural petroleum. 1t is sug-
gested that. with notifications of con-
ditiOns in the process, oils of different
grades may be produced.-N. Y. Jour
nal of Commerce.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-05-26

ZIG. 3. - PROPERLY MADE SURFACE
DRAIN.

VIC. p. - PROPERLY MADE SURFACE
DRAIN.
better to have a strip of grass extend
ing across Il cultivated field than to
nave an impossible gully. If the land
is sown to permanent meadow or pas
ture these drains should be made at
the time of such sowing. No variety
of grass is benefited by having water
cover il for Il week.
Just before a field is planted to corn,
it is n good idea to open these shallow
drains along all the low places. /
nave seen the soil in prime condition
and the weather all that could be de-
sired until the corn was planted, and
then a flood came and acres of the corr
rotted just for the lack of a few shall
low, open bitches to carry off the water
quickly. 1t pays to be prepared at all
times for floods. Where the water has
n chance to flow off freely the soil is fit
to work 4 week to ten DAYS sooner than
where it is compelled to slowly flow
over level ground. In fact. a shallow
open ditch is sometimes the difference
between a good crop and hone at all.
In an experience extending over TWEEN
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-05-26

Users of Threshing Machines, Engines
and Sawmills have long been familiar with
the name of the firm heading this notice. Its
career has been consistent and honorable
in an exceptional degree. During the past
winter a large part of its mammoth works
have been remOdeled and rebuilt, and tie
plant is now probably the most complete Of
its kind extant.
Careful buyers are learning the lesson
that it pays to deal with reliable firms, and
anyone contemplating the purchase of
threshing machinery OF any kind, saw
mills, etc, should write for Illustrated
Catalogue issued by the J. I. Case 7. NJ. Co,
Racine, Wis, which is mailed free TO any
address
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-05-26
|EIYis CREAM BALM CURES $50 q
&NEEss5; =;
5oCENTS, ALL ORUeGISTS q

The death of Teacle Wallis serves
to recall that baltimore was famous
for the first three-quarters of the pres
ent century as the home of beautiful
women and distinguished lawyers.
During most of that time the Baltimore
bar had always two or three men of
national reputation. During these
later times the most famous of the Bal
timore lawyers have been well known
in Washington and further south, but
their fame has made NJ great impress
sion north of Mason and Dixon's line.
Mr.. Wallis WIS about the last of a
group of distinguished Baltimore law
yers that included, among others, Bev-
erdy Johnson and John V. l.. MacMa-
hon
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-05-26

There is money and pleasure in geese
breeding. First of all is needed a large
grass run-the more grass the better,
for geese will live through the summer
on grass precisely as sheep or cows will;
thus, for one-half of she year, there
is no cost OF keeping to speak OF. A
common board fence will usually con-
fine them; water they need only for
drinking purposes, but a little pond is
a good thing in a goose pasture They
are as tough as oak, and will live
whether you want them to or not -
Eanciers' Monthly.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-05-26

A curious and interesting fact given
by the registrar-general in his statis-
tics for 1898 is that in the Celtic por-
tions of the United kingdom the pro-
portion of the female births is much
hihger than it is in the non-Celtic por-
lions: fine highest proportions are
found in Cumberland, Cornwall and
north Wales, W ale south Wales is only
a little way down in the list, and has a
proportion considerably above the aver
age for the whole country. The pro-
portion of female births is higher Il
ireland and Scotland than in England
Westminster GaZette.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-05-26
STATE OF ONO. Ctr OF TOLEDO, >.

Lucas COUNTY.
FRANK ]. CHENEY makes oath that he /.
the senior partnerofthefirm fiji CHENEY
eco, doing business in the City of Toledo
County and State aforesaid and that sat
firm will pay the sum of M HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case of Catarrh tina
eann0tbscured by theu of Halls CATAKRl
CURE. FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this6thday of December, a. d. 1886.
-, A. W. GLEASON,
isrAL Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur,
faces of the system. send fortestimonlals.
free. F. j. HESEY & Co, Toledo, y.
tS-Sold by Druggists, 15c.
Halls Family Pills, &c
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-05-26
Like the Gentle Dew From Heaven

Comes blissful peace TO a turbulent, unruly
liver brought INTO subsection and disciplined
with that grand regulator, Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, a boon Of priceless worth,
not only 10 the bilious, but also to the
malarious, tic rheumatic, the nervous, the
feeble, the constipafed, and those whose
kidneys and bladder are inactive. The liver
is always chiefly involved in malaria coE>
plants, for which the Bitters is a specific
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-05-26

The engine which draws the
freight Ears along West street New
York looks like Il miners cabin. being
housed in from the rail level to the
stack. Not seeing the wheels go
round, it is supposed the horses will
not be offended at it As it and its
following train of cars move along the
crowded street it is preceded all the
way by a mounted courier, a young
man on horseback waving a red
flag. He looks as if he had something
to do with a military operation.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-05-26

sIT's d fgcky thing" said the sad-eyed
humorist, that the magazine editor didn's
accept my verse" ''Whyl'' Because COM
mon decency would then have compelled me
TO let up on sarcastic remark about his not
knowing good poetry when he saw it,
Washington Star. F.,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-05-26

The Chicago. Milwaukee & st. Paul R'y
has now ready Redistribution q sixteen page
portfolio of scenes along its line, half tones,
Of the size of the Worlds Fair portfolios
lately issued. They are only ten cents each
ard can be obtained without delay by
renting the amount TO GEO. ii. HEAFFoRDi
General Pass. Agent, Chicago, III.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-05-26

1t seems to me the Joneses don't
love their baby very much" Mamma
Why not dear?" Lottie-"Well, they
only took four months to find a name
for it"-Inter Ocean