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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-22
THE GUNMAKER OF LION
Jefferson M. Clough Refuses q
Tempting Offer from the Chi.
nese Government.
tention to BuSiness-A Great Sufferer
FOR Many Years, But Has Now
(From the Springfield, Aass, Union.)

From the Springfield, Hass UnioH.)
There isn't a gun manufacturer in the
United States who does not know Jefferson
NJ. Clough, and whys Because he has been
intimately associated all his life with the
development of the two best American
rifles, the Remington and Winchester. For
years he was superintendent of the E. REM
ngton & Sons great factory at lion, N. Y.
After leaving there he refused a tempting
offer of the Chinese Government to go to
China to s~uperintend their government fac
tories-and accepted instead the superin-
tendency of the Winchester-Arms Co, at
New Haven, at q salary of $3.50 a year.
1t was after this long term of active labor
as a business man tina he found himself in
capacitatei for further service by the en-
barge which rheumatism had laid upon him
and resigned his position more than two
wears ago, and returned to Belchertown,
Mass, where he now lives and owns the
Phelps farm. a retired spot where he has
five hundred acres OF land.
Being a man of means he did not spare
the cost and was treated by leading physi-
clans and by baths at celebrated springs
without receiving any benefit worth notice.
During the summer of 1893 and the winter
of 1884 Mr.. Clourh was confined to his house
in Belchertown. being unable to rise from
his bed without assistance, and suffering
continually with acute pains and with no
taste or desire for food, nor was he able TO
obtain sufficient sleep.
Early in the year 1894 Mr.. Clough heard
of DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People,
He began taking these pills about the first
of March 1894 and continued to do so until
the first part of September following. The
first effect noticed wasa better appetite and
he began to note more ability to help hin
self off the bed and 20 be better generally.
Last August lS94 he was able to go alone
to his summer residence Il farm of l63
acres on Grenadier Island, among the
Thousand Islands, in the river st. Law
renee, where from the highest land of his
farm he commands a view for IL miles
down the river, and 90 of the Thousand
Islands can be seen.
Instead of being confined to his bed Mr..
Clough is now and has been for some time
able to be about the farm to direct the men
employed there and he is thankful for what
DR.. Williams Pink Pills have done for him.
These pills are manufactured by the DR..
Williams Medicine Company, Schenectady,
y. Y, and are sold only in boxes bearing
the firms trade mark and wrapper, at 80
cents a box or SIX boxes for $50. and are
never sold in bulk. They may be had Of all
druggists or direct by mail from DR.. VIII
liams' Medicine Company.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-22
CLOVER HAY FOR HENS,
IL Is Excellent because 1t Abounds In
Mineral Matter.

1t is only recently that clover hay
has been found to be the cheapest and
best winter food for laying hens. and
that by its use the great difficulty of
procuring green food is overcome. In
fact. the essential want of hens in win
ter is not so much that of green food
as OF bulky food Of a heterogeneous char
acter FOr many years the writers and
breeders have made 4 speciality of rec
o~mmending all kinds of grain for
poultry. the only variation being that
at certain times some of it vas to be
whole grain and at other times soft
food was to be given. II did not occur
to them hat the effects Of a long-con-
tinued diet of grain was as injurious to
fowls as to cattle, and that the concen-
trated grain food gave the best results
when diluted IF we may use the eX-
pression) with some kind Of bulky ma
t~erial, which not only promoted di-
gestion, but also largely assisted IN
supplying the elements necessary for
the albumen of the eggs. which was
lacking in the carbonaceouS food of
the grains.
Another important advantage in the
feeding of clover hay is that it abounds
in mineral matter. thus providing lime
in "a soluble condition for the shells,
and in supplying the bony structure
for the chicks in the eggs. The phOs-
pilates. salt, soda, magnesia, iron and
nitrogen are easiest obtained from the
grasses, but in less proportion than
from bran. Or some product of the
preparation of grain. Yet it is less
concentrated and more soluble, while
the fowls can consume 4 much larger
quantity. To attempt to feed clover,
however, without grain as an assistant
would he going to the other extreme;
and hence, the best results can only be
obtained from Il mixed or balanced
ration. by which the laying hens are
supplied with food Astounding in all
the elements essential to the produc-
ton of eggs, as well as to supply the
hens with animal heat and to repair
waste of tissue.-Farm and Fireside.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-22
HOW TO MOVE BEES.
Not as Difficult a Task as Many Seem to
Think.

Not as Difficult a Task as Many Seem to
Think.
The evening before the bees are to
be removed, when they have all re-
turned from the fields. they should be
fastened in the hive. When it Is suf-
f~ciently warm for bees to fly they leave
the hive very early in the morning,
and if the hive should be closed during
their absence. they will follow and an
noy the driver and team. Every exit
for a bee should be securely closed.
Their fly entrances should be covered
with wire auz to admit air 50 that
the bees will not smother. If the
weather is very warm while the bees
are in transit, and they gather on the
wire gauze, they may smother; Il halt
should be taken and buckets of cold
water dashed over them.
Previous to moving. the frames
should be secured SO that they may
not jostle together. If the frames are
those with fixed distances and glued
down with prOpolis and have not re-
Gently been handled, they need
not be disturbed-they will not strike
together. If the weather should be
warm, put on the second story above
the brood nest with little or no di-
vision between them, and nail together
SO hat no Earring by the wheels going
into deep ruts will part them. Bees
have been moved ~thirtv-five miles in
this way. The hives should be loaded
on the wagon SO that the frames shall
be crosswise of it for safety; the wagon
should be loaded before the horses are
attached. When the destination is
reached put them where they are to
remain and leave a short time until
quiet is restored and then remove the
wire screen quietly. The same prin-
ciple is involved as when bees are
moved by wagon. They should be pre-
pared in the same way. but when put
into the car there should be this diff
ference: The frames should be length
wise of the car in lieu of crOsswise. as
in a wagon. The hives should be
packed securely together with straw
Farm and Home.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-22

land in the year l343. 1t "A recorded
by the earliest writers hat the Rye
lands stood at the head of the short
wooded breeds. Mr.. Herbert, who has
studied the subject, is of the opinion
hat the Ryelands extended through
England from the Thames to the Tyne,
and even intimates that the COtswold
were produced by a o of the Rye
land with some heavy sheep. The
counties of Hereford. Shropshire, Stat
fordshire and Oxford sheep were only
varieties of the Ryeland breed. 1t was
the work Of years. but in the evolu-
tions of the sheep industy, a potential
factor in good husbandry. the HIGHLANDS
were gradually forced to give place to
a heavier. carlier-maturing sheep until
conditions We're reached that the
heavier sheep could not supplant them.
Until this time they were known as
Hereford sheep; but when they We're
confined mainly to the southern part
of the country. where 1t was the Gus
tom to SOW great quantities of rye, and
to pasture fiocks thereon in the winter
season, they received their significant
name Ryeland. That there were two
breeds of Hereford sheep we are led to
infer from the writings of William
Ellis in I747, for he shows there was
"a dark-faced sheep that was much
sought for by graziers and feeders in
Hertfordshire," where he lived. and in
other counties which were then re-
garded as feeding sections of England.
Youatt describes the true Ryeland as a
small sheep, seldom exceeding more
than fourteen to sixteen pounds to the
quarter in the wetherS. or than ten to
thirteen in the eve. They have white
faces and are polled, the wool growing
close to and sometimes covering the
eyes. The legs are small and clean,
the bone altogether light, the carcass
sound and compact and peculiarly de-
velOpeG on the loins and launches. The
Ryeland has hat form which at once
bespeaks il to be patient of hunger and
capable of thriving on scanty fare. 1t
scarcely admits of a doubt that old
Rvelands would endure privations of
food better than any other breed. Sir
Joseph Banks, who was well acquaint-
ed with their constitution and habits,
used to say that the Ryelands deserved
a niche in the temple of famine. The
weight of fleece rarely exceeded two
pounds. but it possessed n degree of
fineness unequaled by any other Brit
ish breed. 1t was finer than the South.
down of one hundred years ago, but
not so fine as the SaXony. The Rye
land mutton was always spoken of as
of the best quality. The sheep was at
its besc at five or six wears old.-Orange
Judd Farmer.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-22
ODDS AND ENDS.

A GROCER in Sandusly, o., sells egg
by the peck.
4 Two-TuoUsASD acre farm near the
Delaware water gap is devoted entire
~ to the cultivation Of celery.
Or a road leading to 4 Chicago GEM
etery there is a saloon which displays a
sign with these words: Funeral Par
ties a Specially"
SOME oil drillers in Sheridan, Ind,
thought for n few moments they had
struck an immense flow of oil. Sud-
denly 4 volume of fluid spurted one
hundred and fifty feet high, but it
proved to be only water.
In 1T76. when the town Of Berkeley
Springs, ". Va. was laid out, three
Gins were planted by Gen. Washington.
One of them still flourishes, on the same
spot, which is now a part Of Washing
ton street.
AYoUSG painter of Cassel recently
washed the bronze monument of Spohr
with hydrochloric acid. He was horri-
fed to find that it turned the statue
green, but the people vote the color 4
great artistic success.
THIS is the terse and pointed valedic-
tory of the editor of the Western Kan
sas Voice, published a few days ago on
his abandoning the pen for the plow:
The editor is going to quit preaching
irrigation and go to practising it."
Fort MYERS, Fla, isseeking to prove
hat the region roundabout is the SAT-
est place in the state to grow oranges,
because sub-tropical vegetation there
alone did not seriously suffer from the
frosts that desolated gardens and
orchards in nearly all parts OF the Flor.
ida peninsula.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-22
SQUIBS.
ida peninsuI

TIE PoET-"Have you read my last
poemr She-"No. Only your.tirst."
Life.
FIRST AMERIcAN-''So you got a di-
vorce from the duke! ANY ~alimony?"
Second American mo; rebate
Puck.
BUTCHER-'..Wir you have a round
steak, miss?' Young Housekeeper-
20, l don't care what shape it is so it's
tender."-Detroit Free Press.
BURGLAR Gust acquitted, to his coun-
sel-''I will shortly call and see you at
your office, sir" Very good; but in
the daytime, please ."-Tit-Bits.
SHE HAD STUDIED FRENCH.-"Have
you any bon-vivant this morning?'
Butcher-"Boned what, mum?" Bon
vivant. Why, that's French for good
liverr!"-Life.
4 USEFUL PRECAUTIoN.-A.-"Why
do you always prefix the word dictated
to your letters? 1 see you don't keep a
correspondent" B.-"No, but l am
rather deficient in spelling.-Feiera-
bend.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-22
ART ETCHINGS.

SIR JOHN MILLAIs' picture, Speak,
speak" at this years Royal academy
exhibition, has been bought by the
nation, out of the Chantrey fund, for
$4,000.
OUT of the 1000 artists not acade-
micians or architects exhibiting at the
Royal academy this year, 1S7, over a
sixth, are women, including 81 married
ONE
AT Athens, with the fragments lately
discovered on the Acropolis, the Ger
man school has put together a part of
the pediment of the Parthenon Of
Pisistratus and some of the frieze of the
E~rechtheion.
A MEzzoTINT engraving by Ward of
Hoppner's Daughters of Sir T. Frank
land" brought 81, 900 in London recent
ly. Dickinson's engraving of Sir
Joshua Reynolds Lady Crosbie" was
sold for s755, and of his Mrs. Pelham
Feeding Chickens" for s5I5.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-22
Starting ? BaIky Horse.

An officer of the police detail saidre
Gently: When | was a mounted po-
liceman / learned of a most humane
and kind method of curing a balky
horse. 1t not only never fails. but it
does not give the slightest pain to the
animal. When the horse refuses to go
take the front foot at the fetlock, and
bend the leg at the knee joint. Hold
it thus for three minutes, and let 1t
down, and the horse will go. The only
way in which l can account for this
effective mastery of the horse is that
he can think of only one thing at a
time, and having made up his mind
Eot to 60, my theory is that the bend
ing of the leg takes his mind from the
original thought"-Farm and Field.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-22

How much moisture has to do with
the preservation of vegetable life is
shown in the ease of a gum tree eight
inches in diameter that was cut down
some weeks ago and left lying in a
swampy spot. That tree has since put
forth leaves, and they are still green
and apparently growing. Further
more, a short piece of the trunk, sew
cred from the remainder and lying fiat
on the ground, has put forth a healthy
looking shoot.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-22
Gen Food for the Stock.

Green food all through the summel
and fall months can be obtained with
good grass. rye, clover, roots and other
crops planted on rich soil The Ioou
value of all these products needs nc
demonstration. But a great mistake
many growers make is to starve tbs
animals by giving them very little or
no grain. Good growing animals need
grain. even in the summer, when green
food is so abundant, and it is mistaken
economy to deny them this. The
dairvman finds this out when he tries
to sell his cream and butter and the
beef and pork packers when they cal
culate up the cost of raising every
pound Grain is an essential food for
cattle summer and winter.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-22

The end of the lath run might be made
of the board taken off the box, and this
would ave making an end frame.
Many dry goods boxes are longer
than wide. and can be sawed in two in
the middle, mailing the lath between
the separated parts. This would give
a run in the middle and a nest at each
end. Or, the long box may be sawed
in two and the lath from the front OF
one nailed onto the rear end of the
other, thus giving two nests and runs
instead of one.
When such a box is used on the
ground it would be well to raise it d
couple of inches, on a platform OF
earth, so when hard rains come in the
night the coop will not be flooded, to
the injury of the chicks. Farmers Re-
view.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-22
An TnDleasant Meeting.

Patrick Raglan had a face on him that,
Us he had once remarked himself, was
an ''offince to the landscape" Next to
his homeliness his poverty was the
most conspicuous part of him. An Irish
ncighbor met him recently, when the
following colloquy ensucd:
An how are We, Pat?"
"Moighty bad, intoirely. It's shtar-
walton that's shtarin' me in the face"
''Is that so? Sure, an it can't be
very pleasant for aythero of yez."-Eich-
mond Dispatch.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-22
FARM AND GARDEN,
THE RYELAND SHEEP.
a Breed Whose History Goes Back Many
Hundreds OF Years.

a breed hose History Goes Back Many
Hundreds of Years.
There is not another breed OF sheep
in England that can trace its history
and origin so far back, or whose value
to the sheep industry has been so con-
t%inuous and sharply defined for so
many centuries as the Ryeland. The
accompanying illustration of a Rye
LAM eve suggests the origin of the
breed, as there is considerable resem-
blance between her and the Merino
eve. This, with the peculiar character
of the wool. leads, according to Will
liam HOuatt, to the suspicion that the
Ryeland breed may be of foreign ex-
traction. The Merino breed in Spain
was n of those valuable gifts with
which the Romans were accustomed to
propitiate and enrich the people whom
they conquered; they were never sat
istied until they had effected both the
introduction of sheep and the estab-
lishment of manufactures. 1t is a
historical fact that ten years after the
invasion of Britain by the Romans. in
the year - Il. c., the victOrS estab-
lished a wooden factory at Winchester,
and such vas the character Of the fab
rics that they were in great estima-
ton at Rome. 1t is easy to believe hat
these fne-wool sheep were already
in the country. but it is possible that
they were a benefaction from the con-
querors 1860 years ago.
1t Is believed by Bishof that the
H~erefordshire sheep, now called the
Ryeland, were the wool-bearing sheep
of England that gave such value and
interest to the wool industry of Eng
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-22
TOO Late.

The house had been aroused by a
burglar. Mr.. Jones saw Il man with q
mask going through the pockets of his
pantaloons. and. quick as thought, he
shot at him, the intruder making good
his escape.
why" asked Mrs. Jones, thor
oughly awake, what did you scare me
for?"
Il saw 4 man robbing my pockets
and fired at him"
We'll he didn't get anything" said
she. cOmplaccntlv.
How do you know?"
80, l tried 'em myself before we
went to bed."-AdamS Freeman.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-22
MUCH IN LITTLE.

EVERY man is exceptional.-Emerson
PATCH grief with proverbs.-Shakes-
peare.
II is easy to see, hard to foresee.-
Franklin.
He had a face like a benediction.-
CervanteS.
You may initiate, but counter
feit.-BalZac.
ALL habits gather by nsee degrees.
Dryden.
MAJESTIC night! natures great an
cestor.-Young.
THE wrongcd side is always the
safest.-Dr. Sibbes.
WHO 81 escapes a duty avoids a gain.
Theodore Parker.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-22
WHY She Was JubIlant.

There was a vivaciOus smile on her
face which was most winsome. "Oh,
dear me" she murmured. happily, I've
Just gotten such 4 bargain"
How, dear?" inquired her friend.
II sent a telegram-only a quarter
for ten words, and at least six of them
were words of more than three sylla-
bleSr"-WaShinrton Star.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-22

Draw" shouted the knight, glaring
fercely at his opponent.
The other paladin gazed steadily at
the gentleman addressing him.
If it be all the same tcyou," he said,
81 prefer to stand pat"
And the deal went on-Indianapolis
Journal
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-22

Doctor-Take a stated amount Of ex-
ercise daily.
Patient-Wil it be enough if 1 walk
twice around my wife's theater hat
every day?
Doctor-You'd better not risk YER
exerting yourself at first. Begin with
once and increase the laps as you fee,
able.-Life.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-22

The cross-bill, an odd-looking bird
by reason of the popularity that gives
him name, is a most familiar fellow in
the Adirondack wilderness. The birds
come in considerable numbers about
the rough camps of hunters, and are
o so tame as almost to eat from the
hands of the strangers.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-22

Efectually, yet gently. when costive or bill
ious or when the blood is impure or slug
gish, to permanently cure habitual constl-
patton, to awaken the kidneys andliver to a
healthy activity without irritating or weak
ening them, to dispel headaches, colds or fe-
vers, use Syrup of Figs.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-22
Not TN Then?

When the buttons on my vest
Tear themselves away.
And the spots upon my coa
Proclaim they've come to stay,
When my socks all run to holes
And everything'S aCce,
Then. dear wife. so far AWAY,
Ifondly think OF thee.
N. Y. World.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-22

New York city has 100000 Irish
people and 100000 Germans. Only the
largest cities in Ireland and Germany
have a greater population of their own
people than is to be found in our COM
mercial metro polls.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-22

ssTHERE are too many bills introduced in
our legislatures said the lawyer. ''Quite
right" replied the banker. And the chan
acter of the legislation frequently indicates
that some of the bills are of high denomina-
tions. Chicago Evening Post.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-22

4 GOOD idea is the English home OF
rest for horses. The object is to care
for and nurse back to health all ailing
animals, the owner being in tue mean
time supplied with q sound horse.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-22

A NATURAL RESULT.-Barber insinuat-
ingly)-'YOur hair is getting very thin,
SIR" Grimsnaw-"Yes; I treated it for two
it was hair restorer."-Puck.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-22

FRESHNESS and purity are impaired to the
complexion by Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
Hills Hair n Whisker Dye, SOC.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-22

PIso's CURE for Consumption hasn no equal
as q Cough medicine.-F. NJ. ABBOTT, $50
Seneca St, Buffalo, y. Y, May 9, 1894.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-22

SHERIFF's advice To amerchant-Don't adj
v~ertise, and I'll do the rest.-Christian Adj
vOcate.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-22

TROUBLES spring from idleness. and
grievous tolls from needless ease.-Frank-
lin.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-22

THE PoET-"Have you read my last
poem!" She-"No. Only your first
Life.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-22
Halls Catarrh Cure
Is Constitutional Cure. Price &c.

ATHEISM is rather in the life than in the
heart of m~an.-Bacon.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-22

blood depends for its richness and purity.
If digestion stops, poisonous matter &C
cumulates and is forced into the blood
there is no place else for it to go.
The bad breath is a danger signal.
Look out for it! If you have it, or
any other symptom of indigestion,
take a bottle or two of DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. 1t will
straighten out the trouble, make your
blood pure and healthy and full of nu-
triment for the tissues.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-22
CHEAP CHICKEN COOP.
Made of Il Dry Goods Box with a Yard
Made of Lath.

Made of Lath.
The illustration in connection with
this article will give an idea of how
easily Il cheap chicken coop may be
made. The one shown is simply a dry
goods box, and the yard is made of
lath. This gives both a nest and a run.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-22
Foul breath is a

Foul breath is a
d~iscourager of af-
fiction. 1t is al
ways an indication
of poor health -
bad digestion. To
bad digestion is
traceable almost all
! human ills. 1t is
the starting point
of many very SER
ious m a1adies.
Upon the healthy
action of the diges-
tive organs, the
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-22

HAre you the man of the house?"
Eyes, sir"
where's your wife,"
Dead, sir.
Il thought so."-St. Louis Republic