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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-02-27
THREE SMALL URCHINS.

On Christmas night in eighteen hundred and
ninety-ive
When each and all were quite alive
To all the goings on, inside and out,
Three small urChinS, or thereabOut,
Bethought themselves to take stroll,
The ending of which was indeed quite droll.
The evening was most delightfully."- fine,
! So off the three started all in a line.
Jim was the bravest so he went ahead
While shy Jack and Murphy were glad that
| he led;
The roads were all ice hence were quite Slip
perry,
Had you seen those three you'd declared
they were tipsy-
You see these three had an object in view,
But the nearer they got the more fearful
| they grew,
The moon and the stars they declared shone
| too bright.
You too will see that they were quite right,
But on they marched nearer and nearer
| bark!
Their feet stand still, likewise their hearts.
The dogs. they surely will yet come to harm,
But no. on they run as far as the barn,
Here, shy Jack and Murphy lag quite far be-
hind.
While brave little Jim, he never minds,
Gets as far as the fence and astride of the
| gate,
Which here creaked with laughter at thought
| of his fate.
h-shh-some one comes from out of the
house,
Why, oh why, could not each be a mouse2
The one on the gate, now quite holds his
| breath,
A woman appears, he is quite sure OF his
death,
He thinks oh me, am doing some sins
She only says, come right along in
But what did they want! will tell you right
1t was not detection. oh no. nor was it sour
beer;
That you may quite understand their bold
4 little scheme,
I'll Just whisper gently, delicious ice cream
Jim jumped down and away he did rum
He couldn't keep still he was SO full of fun.
The shy ones were laughing and holding
their sides,
When they saw Jim making such extravgant
strides.
Jack proposed that they all run back
, While Jim called, run, run away Jack"
These three then wished they'd never been
born,
But on the way home they gathered some
corn.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-02-27

world, I should have taken instant
flight, leaving Cuba, not by the usual
modes Of departure, but by sailing boat
and alone for one of the Mexican ports.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-01
WILLIAM j. BRYAN
Busily Engaged with Speech of Accept.
ance-Heavy Mall.


LINCOLN, Neb., July 25.-The plans
of Mr.. Bryan for the campaign are
gradually shaping into something def
mite, ard when the committee on noti-
fcation fixes the date OF the great
rally when he will be notified of his
nomination as the candidate of the
democratic convention he Will prepare
a partial programme of his movements.
From present indications it is probable
that August 10 or IL will be the date
of the notification in New York. Mr..
Bryan will leave Lincoln for The
east about five days before the
date fixed for that event. He is pre-
pairing the speech accepting the NOM
ination and it will be the effort of his
life, exceeding in eloquence and asser-
ton his famous address to the Chicago
convention on July 10. As contem-
plated at present Mr.. Bryan will make
a through trip to Chicago. From that
place he will proceed to Pittsburgh
over the Baltimore s. Ohio road and
make an address there. From Pitts
burgh he will go to Washington in ac-
ceptance of an invitation from the dele
gates of the District of Columbia to the
Chicago convention, and en- route to
New York will also stop over in Phil
adelphia and talk there. From New
York Mr.. Bryan will go to Bath, Me-,
where he is to be the guest of Mr..
Sewan for n short time. 1t is probable
that he will make some addresses en-
route. Maine audiences are likely to
see something of him, and he will then
go westward. The date of his return
to Lincoln has not been arranged,
but it is understood here he will
appear in the Nebraska capital
on August "a, when a reunion
of grand army men residing in this
state will be held. This idea, how
ever, seems hardly feasible, as it will
give Mr.. Bryan a fortnight only at the
utmost to visit Mr.. Sewall, make a
number of addresses in New England
and return to his home in the slow
fashion incident to presidential as
pirants during a campaign, when in
vitations to speak at places along the
line OF their journeys are too
pressing to be refused. 1t is
expected that Mr.. Bryan will devote
most of his time to the states
between the Alleghanies and Rocky
mountains, and he is not likely to re-
turn to Lincoln for a stay of any
length until just before the campaign
is over.
Mr.. Bryan told a United Press re-
porter that he had not made any plans
for short trips from Lincoln previous
to his formal notification. He is de-
voting his energies to keeping up with
his mail, and in this he finds constant
employment, eve with the assistance
of Mrs. Bryan and two clerks. Mrs.
Bryan will accompany her husband
on his trip to New York and New En-
gland.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-01
WHERE ARE THE BOYS

noere are the boys that 1 used to know
seine OF their temples arc white with snow.
Anu some nave crossed over the river wide
ana reached the home on the other side,
The meadow blossoms-the lilies blow
Out "here are the boys that 1 used TO
know?
I have never written a song for fame.
! nave salo TO my soul: IF 1 win a name.
Let II mlngie still with the friends 1 love
II they sink below-if they soar above,"
But the spring Is here, with her grace and
glow,
Ant where are the boys that 1 used to
know?
Where are the boys? Through the
lonely years
The world hath laughter-the world hath
tears,
And a kiss from a woman's lips is sweet
But l never trample the stony street
But 1 think: There are hearts meath the
rocks; and oh,
Where are the boys Of long ago."
God in the blue skies. and God in the sod,
And the world with n chorus that's echo
ing "God!"
And I whisper in sorrow, and moan in nv
Does God keep the lives of the boys long
I know not: but well I remember the sweet
And wonderful roses that bloomed at our
feet:
The sky that bent over us-rainbowed and
blue
The hands that were strong and the hearts
that were truei
Has life no real lilies? Is winter all snow
For the Doys-for the boys of the long ago?
Some died in battle. But 10! the storms
ceasei
Ger the fash of the fight smiles the Angel
of Peace:
And some, where the brave ships were
wrecked on the foam,
Died in sight of the lights in the harbor at
homei
How sadly my heart beats--how fast my
tears flow
When 1 think of the boys tina 1 used to
know!
Here's a health to them all in a simple
rhyme:
When my SON shall fail, may the sweet
bells chime
Welcomcly over the deserts lone,
Jubilant after the grief and moan;
While over the wearisome winter snow
l drift-to the boys that I used to know
Frank l.. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-01
ELECTRIC FARMING.
A New York Farmer Turns the Sod with
a Trolley Plow.

A New York Farmer Turns the Sod with
a Trolley Pillow.
Now for the trolley pillow. The old
time farmer is out of date.
Electricity, the master force, which
by the end of the century will DOM
mate every field of human work ard
solve all the problems that have so lorg
bafiled mankind, has been enlisted in
the most essential of mortal occupd-
tions-agriculture.
The farming of the future is to be
done by electricity. Dynamos and
wires will attend to the business CT
the big farm. The gee
haw!" of the up-country soil-tiller will
be heard no more, and the farm hand
who would keep his job will have to be
thoroughly acquainted with ohms.
volts and amperes.
Edward NJ. Bentley, of New York, has
just made a long step toward the es-
tablishment of electricity as a hard
working factor on the farm. He has
patented an electric pillow. which runs
back and forth across a field and turns
up the soil in a fashion that would have
made pioneer farmers of a hundred
years ago stand dumb with amazement.
His invention calls into use the most
recent developments in the line of trans
mission of electric power. A power
house in a centrally located village can
furnish motive force for all the farm
work to be done within a radius of
many miles.
Along the two opposite sides Oh a
field, poles and wires are put up, and
between these, stretching directly
across the field, is stretched a third
wire, which serves as a trolley upon
which the pillow travels. This wire is
slack, so that it may run through the
pillow continuance, which let's out wire
behind as it progresses and winds it in
at the front.
When the pillow reaches the end of a
furrow the current is automatically re-
yersed, so as to start the machine back
again. Thus the pillow goes back and
forth until the whole field is %traversed.
The ends of the trolley wire, as the
work progresses, travel along on the
wires strung alongside the field.-N.
7. Journal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-01
FARM AND GARDEN.
FUTURE OF
A Steady Decrease in New E~ngiand'A
Rural Population.

Rural Population.
Undeniably the best crop that the old
farmers produced was men. They sent
forth these hardy young children of ths
soil to strengthen and energize all the
higher forces of our civilization. Il
might be unjust to say that they are not
doing it still, but It is to a less extent,
relatively, han in what are nov called
the good old days. The advantages OF
education extend to the boys on tho
farm more than ever before, it is true,
and they grasp them more generally
and more eagerly. But for what pur-
pose? To escape from their humdrum
environment and enter that larger and
more active world where the prizes as
we'll as the failures are greater. The
passion to see and enjoy life as it is
lived IN the great centers of population
and business is more intense than il
ever was in the days that are past, AMI
education rather stimulates it than
otherwise. Even the farmers them
selves have the infection, and if they do
not encourage they only weakly re-
strain their educated children from
turning their requirements to what
seems to them better account than til
lage of the soil. Only a small proper
ton even of the graduates of our agri-
cultural colleges, though given a special
technical equipment for hat service,
return to the farm. If they can gain
fortune and reputation and experience
If some other calling they frequently
like to resume farming as an ~avocatiou,
but only in comparatively rare in.
stances is it adopted as a life work.
These are hard facts, but we might
as we'll face them. The census reports
show steady decrease of population and
production in the rural portions of the
state, yet educational opportunities
were never before so general or avail
able as now. 1t would be n sad confess
sion that there was no remedy for this,
but the remedy has not yet been
found. Education benefits the farmer
as much as the lawyer, both in his bust
ness and his citizenship. and it should
not be held responsible for the depres-
sion in agricultural industry; but the
social pace is such that the husband
man cannot follow it. There must
enter into the business the elements
that make success along other lines
cooperation and capital-before it will
Lecome attractive to the educated ard
the ambitious.-Boston Transcript.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-01

O. While the foregoing propositions oonsti-
tute the platform upon which our party stands,
and for the vindication of which its organi-
zation will be maintained. we recognize that
the great and pressing issue OF the
present campaign upon which the presi.
Dental election will turn, IS the financial
question, and upon this great and specific issue
between the parties, we cordially invite the aid
and cooperation Of all organizations and citi-
Gems agreeing with US upon this vital question,
There was very little applause given any Of
the various declarations OF the platform The
one in favor of recognizing Cuban indepen-
dence was most appreciated. and after 1t, in
point OF popularity, came the one In favor Of
..initiatiYe and referendum"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-01

The gulf between the working classes
and the church is largely due to for
eign immigration, the people coming
from countries where English is not
spoken, and for that reason, when they
get here, they have no desire to go to
church and listen to English preach
ers.-Rev. A. j. Waugh, Presbyterian,
Cleveland.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-01
Truth.

The man of truth is the man or
power. The false man is the weak
man. The man of truth is the brave
man. The false man is the coward.
The a of truth is the leader. The
false nan is the straggler and the de-
serter. Rev. c. II. Thuring, Presbyte-
rian, Cleveland.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-01
Gods Glory.

Christianity is not an ideal that car
not be reduced to practice. A man
sell goods in Gods name and in Gods
glory. He can practice medicine. run
a railroad or lead a great political par
ty for Gods name and glory.-Rev. j.
L. Hawthorne, Baptist, Nashville.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-01

There are so-called religious homes
that are like tombs, joyless, dark,
parents long-faced, sanctimonious,
bigoted, forever drawing out heart
less prayers and making Sunday a day
to be dreaded above all days of the
week.-Rev. II. II. Barbour, Baptist
Columbus, o.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-01

We must give ourselves to others be-
fore we shall find our own chiefest
joy. The true happiness of life is not
found in the getting, but in the giving.
And we can get happiness in no other
way.-Rev. DIR. Putnam, Presbyterian,
Logansport, Ind.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-01

A devout, pious mother contributes
more to the propagation of religion
and the strength of a nation than the
sermons of Augustine OF Chrysostom
or the transcendant eloquence of
Burke or Webster.-Rev. +. Riordan,
Catholic, Lawrence, Mass.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-01
Peace.

America has taught the world tina,
the supremely good soldier loves peace
and deplores the horrors of war.-Rev.
A. &. Rich, Methodist. Dubois. Pa
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-01

True freedom consists with the oh
servance of law. Adam was as free in
paradise as in the wilds to which he
was banished for his transgression.-
Thornton
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-01

Jesus Christ was above all a mission
airy, and no church can be imbued with
His spirit and not have a zeal for mis-
sions.-Rev. R C. Reed, Presbyterian.
Nashville.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-01
DURABLE G JACK.

its Introduction Makes the Oiling OF
Wagons Very Easy.
My wagon jack is made of a piece of
scantling ? by 4 inches by 2 feet in
length, a as illustrated. A short slot
6 inches long is made in the top of a at
d and a hole is bored half way down
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-01

Prayer is the telephone yer which
we talk and receive answer. 1t is tho
lever by which the rocks are moved
Rev. F. Fl. Shedd, Presbyterian, Sioux
CITY. La.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-01

A cheap temporary sun-oreak in the
pastures will afford the stock a great
deal of comfort, and will be money in
the pocket of the stock owner, for the
stock viii thrive better than if uncom.
Portable.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-01

through which a bolt passes, at e. Tho
lever or handle, b, is . by 4 inches ard
2 feet long and the support, c, is 1 by
3 inches and 2 feet long with notches
cut so as to catch on a bolt, IA. ".
Cooke, in Farm and Home.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-01

If growing pigs are kept confnco
give them a good variety Of food.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-03-19
SILVER AND PROTECTION.

New Mexico is in favor of free silver
no one, irrespective of party, will deny
this statement, but let the next admin.
istration give US protection on our
wool and We car abide the time when
the east can see that free coinage Of
silver at a ratio of 16 to l is not a local
question, but the great solution for the
nations financial distress. 1t is the
general opinion in the east that those
who advocate free silver are those who
have silver to sell, and while free sill
yer would make m~illionaires out of a
few silver mine owners, it would jeop-
ardize the credit of the country in so
doing. Nothing could be farther from
the truth than this.
The stoppage Of the coinage OF silver
has locally been a blessing in disguise
to the stale of Colorado, and those
who have paid attention and given
thought to what industry will bring
New Mexico 70 the front in the most
manner, and make her name
known throughout the world have
come to the conclusion that her gold
mines can do so, and will prove the
means to that end. New Mexico should
make the tariff on wool the one great
question and, with that, she a live
under a single standard much better
than can the east. The silver question
Is a question of education, and New
republicans can i'll afford to
In their wi light on protection,
Tor the sake Of forcing those who need
free coinage most into seeing it.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-03-19

The strength Of the tide OF McKin-
leyism, which II is claimed Is sweeping
through Indiana, will be practically
determined To- day, at the conventions
that are In progress In all the congres.
sional districts, for the selection Of
delegates to the national republican
convention at St. Louis. Up TO the
tune Of Gen. Harrison's announcement
that he did not wish to be regarded as
a candidate, 1t seemed to be a settled
fact that a SOLID delegation in his in
%terest would go to st. Louis; but with
the refusal Of the ex-president to be re-
garded as in any way IN the field, there
seemed to be a general reaction
throughout the state In favor Of the
candidacy Of the Ohio man People
in a position to know, assert that these
conditions are not particularly pleas
ing to the ex-president, and he is stated
to have said to some Of his intimate
friends that he did not believe that the
best interests OF the party would be SUBJ
served by the nomination Of the
apostle of protection, although he was
not opposed TO him on personal
grounds. Whether or not the taciturn
aud secretive ex-president did actually
express himself In this vein, it is GER
tain at least that he has not allowed
his tongue to commit him publicly to
any approval of Major McKinley's
candidacy, and there are said to be
good reasons for the belief that he
feels something more than kindly dis
posed toward the ambitions Of Senator
Allison, Of Iowa, who possesses many
characteristics, personal and public.
in harmony with those Of the dis
tinguished Indiana statesman. Extra
ordinary efforts have been put out to
spread in the country districts the i'm
preston that the selection Of Mckinley
delegates would be a direct slap at
General Harrison, but the minds of the
rural Hoosiers have been pretty well
disabused of this idea by the outspoken
utterances Of the country press. The
state convention to select delegates-at-
large will not be held until May 9TH,
but the district conventions, to-day,
will practically set at rest the question
Of the preference of the republicans Of
the state on the presidential issue.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-03-19

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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-03-19
A oArHorao LoN


From the Eddy Argus.
The Catholic Citizen, published al
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, recently had
the following regarding the sppoint-
ment OF Rev. Herman Kempker to the
charge Of Eddy parish:
"Rev.H Herman Kempker, Of Prescott,
Arizona. has been recently appointed
by Right Reverend Bourgad, bishop Of
Arizona, to take charge Of the parish
Of Eddy, New Mexico. St. Edwards
church, in Eddy, was erected some
three years ago, under the auspices Of
the Carmelite Fathers, who visited the
place from time to time, as the congre-
cation WAS no strong enough, numer-
ioally, to sustain a priest permanently.
Arrangements have now been COM
pleted for the establishment OF a strong
Catholic colony In the Pecos valley,
and a priest will permanently reside at
Eddy.
"The amount of land available for
settlement amounts to about 260, 900
acres, OF which 5000 acres are within
a mile or two Of the railway station OF
Florence, Eddy county, New Mexico,
a pretty TOWNSHIP all planted with shade
trees.
"All the land In the Pecos valley Is
farmed by irrigation, by which abso-
lutte certainty Of fine crops Is assured.
Most Of the land is a chocolate colored
loan and very fertile. All OF IL Is
ditched and arranged for immediate
cultivation, there being no timber to
cut or stumps to pull. Most of the
country Is open prairie land, and what
grubbing there Is to be done will not
exceed IN cash fifty cents to ~ per
ere.
GAN the standard crops Of the Unit
ed States do we'll there, but the best
financial results are obtained from
raising hogs, growing fine fruits, which
yield remarkably well, and from grow
ing commercial truck, like cabbage,
onions, caulidower, celery, potatoes,
etc., for which there is an unlimited
market in Texas, Louisiana, and other
southern states, during the winter
months.
"The land In the colony will be sold
on ten annual payment terms, and il
very cheap, considering that every
acre carries with it q perpetual water
right, thereby making results almost
absolutely certain.
"Full information can be obtained
by addressing Reverend Herman
Kempker, box As, Eddy, New Mexico"
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-03-19
After "Hyland."
From the Rincon Weekly.

From the Rincon Weekly.
From the present outlook John p.
Hyland-O'Connor whilom editor Of
the defunct RincOn Shaft, will shortly
learn the truth Of Congreave's words
that shell hath no fury like q woman
scorned." Mrs. OCH. No. 2, who IL
now Ii Ell Paso, threatens to have the
gay old Lothario brought before the
statute of weeping justice and explain
away polygamous tendencies or do
penance therefor. O'Connor is now
living on the fat of the land 10 Mis-
souri,, WHEY No. / having recently in
herited $4,000. The willy Captain
Jack smoothed the troubled waters in
that quarter by informing his Missouri
better half that the New Mexico female
in the case was but q wife in name
only. And Mrs. New Mexico O'Con-
nor Hyland, in that tone so familiar to
the tragedienne, cries for vengeance.
In either case the future prospects are
not very glittering for the captain. II
the New Mexico woman was married to
him he's in it for bigamy II not, then
the Edmund's law will cover his case.
Sort of a "devil and the deep sea-"
proposition.