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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-09-21
PENSION a BOUNTY.
Opinion OF Commissioner Lochren
on Il Question Raised by the
G.. \. II.

G.. \. Il.
I WASHINGTON. ID. G. Sept. IA
meeting Of the national council of
administration of the G.. y r. has
/ been called to discuss the question
whether Il pension once granted Il
disabled soldier becomes vested
right or i subject to revision or can
collation. at the option Of some officer
of the government. 1t is the purpose
of the order to bring suit in the
Federal Court 10 test the question
and to carry it to the Supreme Court
for final decision.
In regard to this matter Commits
,ioner of Pensions LOchren says: A
pension is simply bounty granted
by act of Congress. Ii it We're vested
right Congress could not interfere with
it in any way. As matter of fact.
the Legislative power can modify or
repeal the pension laws whenever it
sees lit. To consider pension as a
vested right is absurd. The Supreme
Court of the United States has decid-
ed to- the contrary three different
times. All pension laws grant a
bounty during disability, but when
the disability stops, of course the
pension stops also. If a pension is
shown to be obtained by fraud il
,r-nrrlA L.. -. thiY.r if - pnsrld
not be cancelled. 1t would be a curious
thing if the Commissioner of Pensions
could only increase pensions and
could not reduce them where fraud or
a manifest misapprehension of the
law is shown. The law of December
p. 1893. makes Il pension vested
right until it is changed. after notice
to the pensiOner and a hearing before
the Commissioner. That law is. of
course. in effect now. but its meaning
is doubtful. No right can ne a vested
one which can be taken away by
hearing before the Commissioner of
Pensions or any one else. Congress
can undoubtedly pass law declaring
a pension vested right. but the next
Congress could undoubtedly repeal it.
In the now celebrated case of Judge
Long against me as Commissioner
this question of vested right in pen
sion was repeatedly adjudicated by
the courts, and always adversely. In
Judge Longs case the pension had
been raised by Commissioner Tanner,
so that if the pension were right and
not bounty. it could not be legally
raised by the Commissioner AS
matter of fact the law of June q,
1879. which also abolished the biennial
examinations expressly provided that
the Commissioner of Pensions should
have the same power as before to or
der special examinations on notice to
the pensioner, and then to increase or
reduce the rating according to law.
A pension is bounty granted by the
Government and it can be abolished
or modified at any time by any Con-
0ress
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-09-21
HumOrs of Congress.

During an exciting debate in the
House of Representatives the men,
bers sometimes not only indulge in
mixed metaphors, but rival Sir Boyle
Roche. the member of the Irish Par
Lament. most famous for his bulls. =
A member in referring to one of his
colleagues said:
The gentleman. like a mousing
owl, is always putting in his oar
where it is not wanted.
In another speech occurred this ex-
preston:
''The iron heel of stern necessity
darkens every hearthstone.
And another member, in a very
forcible and dramatic manner, asked
the House this startling question:
"Would you stamp out the last
Pickering embers of life that is fas,
ebbing away?''-Youth's Companion.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-09-21
INHALING CHLOROFORM,
\ Method by Which it is Claimed All
Danger Is Obviated.

DR.. \. Guerin of Paris says in the
Lancet that death from chlOroform
may be avoided if inhaled exclusively
T through the mouth. When death oc-
ours from stoppage of the heart. the
cardiac muscular fibers cease TO con-
tract under the influence of a reflex
action eXerted by the nasal nerves on
the pneumOgastric. stimulating the in
hibitOry power of the latter on the
heart. He futher shows that when Il
Ia bbit is subjected TO tracheotomy.
and then made to inhale chlOroform
directly through the trachea. the drug
has no effect whatever on the heart.
On the contrary. when chloroform is
held before the nose of the ia bbit. the
heart Immediately stops. The trachea
being cut tranSversely. it j. obvious
that the chloroform inhaled by the
nostrils can not reach the heart
through the bronchi. DR.. Guerin
therefore assumes that the anesthetic
agent eXertS it, injurious action on
the movements Of the heart through
the intervention Of the nasal nerves
and the cardiac branches OF the pneu-
mogastrig. the former acting r-:irxly
on the latter.
Dir. Gucrin therefore advises that
the nose OF the patient should be held
L. h.. E,,g.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-09-21

and. being familiar with forest life.
was able TO locate my gold at a rec
Ognizable place: then hurried back
across the drift 1t was work of a
moment. \ woman : appeal was first
to reach me. She was bOuyed up by
a slippery stick. but could not make
her way through the drift. | reached
her the end of a pole that l had
brought. tOwed her in and helped her
to the beach. Hen. means over the
probable loss of her husband and
daughter were most pitiful.
Il kept up my trips across the raft.
which | learned 50 well that | could
move rather quickly and safely for
such treacherous and rolling footing:
Of course it had to be done on all
fOurs. and with plenty of housings. I
lost my head completely and don t
know how many helped. but from the
number who afterward came and en-
braced. and blessed. and even kissed
me. it must have been good many.
On my last "trip found man and
Il child. He was clinging to some
thin" with ore hand and had his little
daughter on his other arm. and both
We're in danger Of being roasted by the
nearby burning boat. lowed him
20 2 loo. took the child and told him
to follow me. As We reached the sand.
tno,r already there gathered closely
round. hoping to find their own. This
time there was a scream that shall
never forget. 1t came from the wO
man | first helped. She cried out:
He's the man who saved me" They
threw themselves upon their knees
ana embraced each other. ana throw
ing their arms about my legs. ne
agony Of their Joy found vent in pray
er. but whether their prayers were TO
me or
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-09-21
COST OF A CROP.
An Attempt to Exact Figures on
Cotton and Wheat.

tOIIOn anu " neat.
AllusiOn was made on Saturday &c
the experience of Western man who
has been keeping a careful account
of the cost of his wheat crop and finds
it much less than the usual estimate.
Rather curiOusly a dispatch a few
hours later to the New York Evening
Post described a similar experiment.
with a similar result. by a cotton
grower. in North Carolina. The ac-
count of the SOutherner is more valu-
able than that of the Western man,
because he goes into details as to the
way in which his accounts We're kept,
and while there is no reason to ques-
tiOn the conclusion of the one. there is
internal evidence of the correctness of
the other.
The Southerner. ). NJ. Shaw. who
is described as a well-knOwn and pros
porous farmer of Richmond county.
y. c.. says that he has raised cotton
for thirty years and has kept his ac-
count with it for seventeen years. His
object in publishing the experience is
to combat the notion current in his
neighborhOod that cotton can not De
raised At less than 81 or &c Il
pound. actual outlay, and that there
i. therefore no profit in the business
unless il can be sold for lOc to I2c a
pound. Mr. Shaw first gaYe the record
"a to actual outlay in two years which
are taken a specimens. 1890 and 1891
In the former the cost. excluding taxes.
wear and tear OF stock and rent or
interest on the farm. was 3.J4c u
pound and in the latter ,. Sic a pound.
He'estimated the value Of his farm.
wear and tear of stock and combining
the results. compared the total cost
with the price at which ne had sold
the cotton. This was S.7Gc IN 1890
and 30 in 1894. He finds that at the
latter price the crop paid him a profit
OF - per cent. and as he had put in
the farm at twO-third, Of the price he
was offered for it four years before he
figures that there i no profit to him
in cotton below &c. but that price
covers every kind oi outlay ana t. per
cent. interest on the investment. while
everything beyond that i genuine
profit from the crop. That i. cotton
costs him n Il pound 70 raise and
market instead OF Sc or % "a his neigh
bors suppose. His inference i that
Sc is a fairly good price.
We do not doubt tha: Mr.. Shaw's
figures and conclusions are correct. a.
far as he is concerned. hut. a was
on Saturday. il will not do
to ignore the personality of the grow
er. Mr. Shaw evidently farms on
business principles. He says himself
that he does not believe any one in
North Carolina can raise cotton
cheaper than he. so that what he really
shows is the cost under good manage
ment and favorable conditions. Tn
til the millennium arrives the greater
part of every crop will be produced
by men who are not so we'll equipped
for the work or so careful to make
outlay useful. therefore. the average
price of the crop will be greater than
Mr.. Shaw finds it to be. 1t is not his
but poor human nature
that is responsible for the discrepancy.
but it will exist and the cost of pro-
iucing a crop will always be rather
more than expert and business-like
men find it in their own experience.
-HartfOrt Currant.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-09-21
Came Here to Marry.

Herman Obermiller and Miss Bette
Snider came in from Jackson Tues
day and called on S. E. Arthur to
make them man and wife. The little
preacher did the job up in short order
and sent the happy pair away reioic-
ing. Mr.. Obermiller is a prominent
young business man of Jackson and
his bride is one of the society bellies
of that town.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-09-21
BEHIND THE BARS.
Grant Farrar is Again in
Prison.
This Time lie is Charged With Help
ing Prisoner Escape From
Jail.

Deputy Sheriff Henry Hopper re-
turned home from ST. Louis Tuesday
with his man George Gordon. who
escaped from the city Jail some weeks
ago. On the way from ST. Louis Cor
don told the officer that Grant Farrar
assisted him to make his escape from
the Jail and when Mr.. Hopper landed
here with Gordon he swore out Il
warrant for Grant and arrested him
and the two We're taken to Jackson
and placed in Jail. Grant has been in
jail several times before for shooting
craps but this time the charges against
him are more serious and he may have
To serve a term in the pen before he
again gets his liberty.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-09-21
Doctor Yourself.

And save money. and perhaps your
life. Send three 2-cent stamps to pay
postage to \. p. Ordway " Co.. BOs-
ton, Mass. and receive copy of DR..
Kaufmann's great Medical Work, 100
pages. elegant colOred plates.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-09-21
Land for sale.

Parties wanting fertile lands in
Pemiscot county should write to ]. E.
Franklin at Fredericktown, Mo
These lands areunsurpassed infertility
and are now cheap butsure to rapidly
increase in value. w.lm.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-09-21
4 True Friend

to the sick and suffering is DIR. Kauf-
mann's great Medical Work, finely il
Illustrated. Send three 2-cent stamps,
to pay postage, to A. P. Ordway &
Co., Boston, Mass, and receive as
copv free.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-09-21
MRS. SHERIFF OUT.
Helen {. stewart Eetires at spring.
field. Mo.

Helen {. stewart Retires at spring
field. Mo.
SPRINGFIELD. No. September It.
Greene County returned to man rule
to-day. and Is no longer under petit
coat government. Mrs. Sheriff Helen
c. Stewart retired to-day and turned
the Office over to F. N. Donnell. the
Democrat elected TO serve ont the
uneXpired term. Young Dan G..
Stewart. her son. retired also. Mr..
Donnell intended to retain young
Stewart. but on election day Mrs
Stewart turned ont at the polls and
worzed for the Republican nominee.
ha ling negroe, 10 the voting places.
Tbs caused Sheriff Donnell to change
his programme.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-03-26
THE MODERN WOMAN.

Too MUCH use of the opera glass b
one reason so many city women Of
fashion have bad eyes and must deform
themselves with eyeglasses-so says en-
oculist.
Mrs. GIoRaE W. CABLE, the wife of
the novelist, is one of the most bcauti-
full women seen in literary circles.
She has forget-me-not blue eyes, an
oval face, perfectly regular features
and complexion like a white rose leaf
all this though her hair is white and
her oldest daughter just married.
1.-THE greatest boon fashion has
given us this great while," said q WON.
an who loves style and hates dirt, and
has, consequently, been torn with con-
Gicting emotions ever since long skirts
came back on us, "is wire In dress
skirts. When the bottom of a skirt is
wired it makes it possible to hold it up
70 that it will not drag in one place
while you are showing your garters in
enother."
DIR. JOHN WooD, archaeologist and
student of art, says the modern wom-
ans figure differs decidedly from the
typical woman of Greek art and not al
together for the worse. She, the mod
ern Caucs sian woman, has more taper
ing limbs, that Is, smaller wrists and
ankles, and, strange to say, a deeper.
finer chest. In carriage. too, the mod
ern ideal is for a more erect position
and flatter back.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-03-26
Could Not he Emphatic.

Possibly as ludicrous thing as ever
happened was the experience Of my
friend, Prof. Roswell Park, of Buffalo,
N. Y A mans life had been saved by
the beautiful surgical skill of success-
full laryngotomy. When health had
been restored my friend proposed to his
patient the insertion of an artificial
larynx, so that vowel tones, or true
voice, could be added to the whisper
that necessarily resulted from the alb
sence of the vocal chords. This appar-
emily desirable thing was done, but the
tone, of course, was uniform. There
was no change Of pitch possible 10 the
mechanical larynx, and expression
modulation, timbre - everything that
makes voice pleasant and more than
useful-was absent. The man could
speak, convey ideas perfectly, but when
he tried to give emphasis, nuances,
shadings, diverse meanings, and espe-
cially when he tried to express emo
tion, anger or resentment, there was
only the monotonous drone and squeak
of the intolerable machine. Nothing
could control the convulsive laughter OF
the surgeon and assistants. The poor
mans Indignation sought outlet in
speech, but the very words Of wrath
were turned to outrageous absurdity
by the internal device. In spasm Of
ebullient rage he tore the mechanism
out of his threat, cursed the man who
had saved his life, and Is probably rum
ming and hoarsely whispering invec-
tives at him still. He never came back.
DR.. George M. Gould's Meaning and
Method of Life"
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-03-26
BROOKHAVEN, MISSISSIPPI, TUESDAY, MARCH 26. 1895

and talks gushingly about the paint
ings and statuary and vases and orna-
ments and tells all about tho people,
the guests. the rich folks, tho proud and
vain, the old and the young, the Eng.
lish and American and Spanish and tho
band that discourses sweet music. ''Oh,
1t was SO fine and so grand" she said.
About 8 pm. they took the boat to
return but the sky was overcast and tho
wind came up and the boat rocked, and
by tho time 1t neared the wharf my
wife was very sick and her bosom
heaved, but she kept her own secret
and made no sign. They had TO 60
down some steep little steps and along
by the boilers to tho gangway and then
she surrendered and cried for help.
The captain. mate and pilot and deck
hands all hurried to her side and gently
helped her down. 'IIold on to mo-"
she said in despairing tones. "Hold to
me or / will fall on the boiler. Oh,
am so sick" And they were kind, "Oh,
so kind" she says, and safely they
assisted her on to the wharf and into
the car that was waiting. "Oh, what q
rolief to get out Of that and into that
car" she said. II have seen Tampa
and the great hotel and l am glad Of
1t, but will hsver go that way again
IL live a thousand years. For the last
hour it wan perfect agony" But she Is
all right now and ore this letter goes to
press will be basking in the sunshine
of her old homo in Georgia-that 10 II
the sun is ever going to shine up there
again. BILL ASP,
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-03-26
AS THE WORLD GOES ROUND.

NOTIFIED bricks are coming into use
for building purposes. They give a
house the appearance Of CASTLE soap.
AMSTERDAM will have next year an
International exhibition of hotel ar.
rangements and accommodations for
travellers.
PHILADELPHIA's council recently
passed q boulevard ordinance which
will cost the city s15, ,00O, 900 for improv-
ing and extending the boulevards OF
the city.
THE preliminary plans for the great
southern exposition to be held In Balti'
more in 1897, contemplate fifteen build
ings to cost about 81 600, 900. A total
expenditure of s5, ,ooo, 900 aside from pr-
vate investment is promised.
A KNIFE is being brought out In 1ng-
land which has q nickel-plated handle.
On this handle is stamped in remark
ably plain letters the rates for letter
and parcel postage, book and foreign
postage, money orders, with also ths
rates for telegrams.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-03-26
Stumped by the Dog.

Two young men of Detroit, who want
to be known as mighty hunters. went
forth into the fields not long ago. One,
not named Tom, borrowed the guns,
and the other, not named Frank, bOr~
rowed dog. Fully equipped, and with
smile of triumph on their faces, they
turned the dog loose in the first prom
ising field they came to and followed
close at his heels. The dog hadn't gone
more than two hundred yards until hs
struck something and 1T onee came I'd
.'point," standing rigG. as a we'll
trained dog will do. Both hunters
stopped as suddenly and looked ut the
dog with amazement. Then, when the
dog still stood fast, they looked at each
other, until one spoke: by Jovc, old
chap" he said. ''if that dog is going to
stand all day like statue, we never
will find anything. Hustle him up .
bit;" and they did, much to the surprise
and chagrin Of the dog.-Detroit FREQ
Press.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-03-26

part OF MIN VINO keeps the st<re and
shop, the INSCRIPTIONS deelingy of the
lawyer with his client, the merciless
treatment, ofttirnes, of the money
lender towards the borrower; the
knavish swindles which despicabl,
schemers perpetrate upon innocent
victims, etc, are the rule. we can hope
for but little progress in any direction.
The drain upon Americas commercial
life which stock gambling impose, the
trusts and monopolies and their nefari-
Gus operations, the bulliDy and bearing
of our money market, and the thou
sand other similar forms of dishonest
knavery to amass tho riches of tho
rich, and to pauperize thc poverty of
the poor, are sufficient !, themselves to
trace the source of our trouble. 1t is
to the individual speak. Each man
must restrain himself in his personal
dealings to the rigid rule of honesty
and justice. Let every man put his
conscience and his convictions ON his
vote. Let us cease simply to live up to
the standard of general custom, instead
OF the standard Of personal conscience,
until men will deal justly with met in
their individual relations with cGuh
other. No legislators, though they DO
angelic in character and supernatural
in wisdom, could undertake to provide
for such contingency. immortality
and corruption like that in which we
live is beyond the pale of law, and tho
hope of reformation is only in the in
dividual consciences of men. Wlilc
the rich hoard their wealth, sometimes
british and unmanly conduct charac-
terizes the conduct of the laboring men.
Violence and destruction must cease on
their part, before the cold, obstinate
heart of capita, will melt and turn To a
milder and more humane policy in the
interests of employees.
Iwould give these words of counsel
and warning to my countrymcn, and l
leave them with you. Do not trust to
time to work out existing evils and
ever increasing difficulties Do not
place implicit reliance in the solidity Of
our government to protect by military
force our possessions and our business
As powerful nations as ours have suS'
cumbed to conquest and internal dissen.
sion, and Judging by the worlds his
tory we are not justified in believing
ourselves impregnably fortified. Leh
us not look for leader or a deliverer
to rise up in the uncertain future to dr.
liver us from danger, but let us take
the only sure and trustworthy cousre
left open in this present emergency,
Whether you are banker, stock gam,
bier, manufacturer, a merchant, q
mechanic or day laborer, hereafter
let course of fairness in dealing with
your fellow man characterize your
everyday life. Let each one be will
ing to make concessions for the sake
of his children, his homo and his coun-
try. Let each grasp his brother by the
hand and openly and freely declare his
willingness to treat his netghbor hon.
orably and considerably; then if diff
fculties and business dep,essions come
we can face the situation like men and
stand by each other. SAM P. JONES.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-03-26
INDUSTRIAL AND STATISTICAL

STATISTICS show that divorced men
remarry to a greater extent than di-
vorced women.
GKRMANY's output Of pig iron last.
year was 5,559. .s22 tons, an increase Of
over 10000 tons, or moro than - per
cent, over 1919.
IT appears from available statistics
that the birth of understood children is
Of more frequent occurrence than that
of boys and girls who are abnormaliy
developed.
FIVE MILLION cans of tomatoes wero
put up In this country last year. And
yet there are people living in this coun-
try who can remember when tomatoes
were not eaten. They were called love
apples. and raised for ornament.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-03-26
QUEER OBSERVATIONS.

OBSERVING BARRIERS declare that men
with heavy boards are most apt to be
bald.
EAGLES always drive away their
young as soon as the latter are able to
fly we'll.
AT Heazig, Hungary, on October II,
1894, four perfect rainbows were seen
three smaller ones inside the main or
primary bow.
j. w. JONES, of Robertson, KY, has
found pearl on which il the perfect
outline of mans hand. Seen through
microscope even the veins appear. II
Is valued by experts at $50.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-03-26
A Burglar Captured.

John McGowan, who is accused OF
burglarizing and robbing the safe of
Alfred Burgeois, at jackson. on the
night of February 2sth of about $1,000
worth of diamonds, jewelry and money.
was arrested at Memphis last week.
The property stolen from Burgeois was
composed of fifty gold watches, $50 i'll
cash, 112 diamond rings and 140 gold
rings. Its value was placed at about
81 600
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-03-26
THE CHURCHES.

Our In Walton, Kan, church festi.
val was postponed on account of . dance.
IT is stated that there are i03 Bap-
tist churches In Ohio which have NO
Sunday schools
THE Hon. Leander ]. Monks Of the
Indiana supreme court Is member Of
the Epworth league.
A LONG sermon entirely IN blank
verse was the Christmas surprise Rev.
w. O. Lowe, of Sacramento. sprang on
his unsuspecting flock.