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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-03-21
AGKICULTURE.


If you are intending to grow cucum-
bers or melons in the garden this spring
get ready now to fight the striped bugs.
Better than any insecticide which can
be bought for this purpose is the SCOT
from the stove pipes. Save it carefully.
and put in dry place. Dust it lightly
on the plants before the bugs show
themselves.
Cucumber and melon vines are apt to
die down quickly during drouth, but
if water can be applied they will keep
up their productiveness for long time.
Under ordinary conditions and in ordi-
nary seasons it is fair to say that irriga-
ton will double their fruiting capacity.
Eaves troughs prevent a good deal of
discomfort. Dripping roofs are hard on
good clothes and poor tempers. More
than this. they damage foundations and
spoil cellars, and the rooms above be-
come damp and mouldy. They produce
havoc with the manure heaps, too, and
rob the farmer of that upon which he so
much depends.
One of our good native trees is the
white ash. and it is adapted to very
wide range of territory. Trees twelve
years old have been known to pay the
planter 5000 to S700 an acre. Land
which would otherwise be a constant
burden of expense can be thus proftably
used, though the returns would not be
so prompt as upon good soil.
Onion seed must be good; there are
tons of the worthless sold every year.
Plant early, for onions will not grow
after the weather becomes hot and til
soil dry. No frosts are likely to injure
them after the weather becomes warm
enough to start them. A delay of two
weeks often means failure.
In growing onions, never allow the
surface of the ground to remain crusted
over. Every day and week in which
this crust is allowed to stay, time is lost
which cannot be made up later, as the
season is continually becoming less con-
genial. They need manure early, or
never.
Never place manure on your onion
ground just before putting out crop,
for the weed seeds you SOW will cause
more trouble than the manure will
bring benefit. Take ground which is
rich from last years manuring, and SOW
little commercial fertilizer over it, if
needed. After it is we'll started, a scat
tering of hen manure cannot do harm.
Finely crumbled tobacco is one of the
very best Of insect destroyers, and an
excellent fertilizer as we'll. 1t will keep
the green fly from the lettuce. The
young tomato. pepper and egg plants are
soon rid of their lice if freely busted.
1t is also an enemy most positive to cab
bage and currant worms. Dust it, or
spray the tea.
1t will soon be time to plan for plant
ing potatoes again, and, if we would
have generous crop, we must do all
things wisely. If we would avoid the
rot. we must not plant where diseased
potatoes were the former season. Let
only the soundest tubers be planted,
ever.
In diversifying our crops. more atten
ton might proftably be given to the
growing of barley; its feeding values
have been almost wholly ignored. Some
years ago it was common food for
horses; and it made the best of pork.
1t needs special cultivation. but may be
good crop for our fields for this very
reason
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-03-21

After fine dinner of fish, juicy
venison, potatoes and coffee, the logs
were thrown upon the fire and this
conversation ensued: The flames were
somewhat eccentric, though, for they
dashed a couple of feet from the
hearth and then with a graceful curl
turned back and went up the chimney.
Something had happened to the
draft, but the effect was artistic and
charming.
Suppose l put green hemlock
bough on7" suggested John.
"What for?" l asked.
Didn't you ever try it,"
'Never."
"Then here goes;" and with that
an armful of the green stuff was laid
on the flames.
Such sputtering and cracking,
and such an odor filled the room.
But all at once the wind seemed to
come down the chimney, and we were
enveloped in thick smoke which near
ly choked us and made it necessary
to open windows and doors.
cts as bad as scolding wife" re-
marked John to himself. There's
no standing it, and you have to get
out, no matter how cold it is"
l hardly know why, but that smoke
reminded me also of an unhappy
home. So said rather quizzically:
"John, you never marriedp
He shook his head.
"Why not2" | asked.
"Didn't burst to. It's pretty risky
business. A single man knows where
he is all the time. If he gets mar
ried he may be all broke up or he
may not be. The chances are agin
him."
With that he shuffled out of the
room, leaving Leo to his dreams and
me to my thoughts.
as it true" l asked myself, that
marriage is such an uncertain enter
prise7'
INDUCED in "reminiscences, recalled
one by one the houses where / had
been entertained, the families with
whom l was on familiar terms, the
men and women whose secrets were
rumored in the clubs, and was forced
to admit that John was right when
he said that "the chances were agin"
a married man or woman.
But must discriminate, for wish
to be entirely just. 1t would be very
stupid to declare that the world is all
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-03-21
DAIR Y,

When heifer first comes to her milk
the milk glands are undeveloped, and
need good care to procure an abundant
and prolonged flow of milk. See that
every drop of milk is drawn. Knead
the udder if there are any hard Jumps
IN 1t, bathing often with warm water if
necessary. If intended for the dairy.
never allow the calf to run with her.
LII possible, have the heifers come in
after the grass has started, as it will
help materially in securing good flow
OF milk. 1t is better not to breed for
her second calf for several months, for
tnus the young and promising heifer
may be ruined, with her energies direct
ed to the growing calf she is carrying.
for her milk functions will suffer.
A Hoard's Dairyman correspondent
concludes that turnips fed to COWS while
being MIXED faint the milk but the
faint is from the cows warm breath;
but if fed after milking there is no faint
IN either milk, cream or butter. Milk is
often tainted in uncleanly stables, and
is frequent cause of poor butter.
Where the pastures are rough, or
where feed and fodder are generally
rough, no other breed of cattle will give
better returns than the Ayrshires.
They are tough and hardy, hearty feed
ers, and not at all dainty. They eat
what is at hand, and lie down and digest
it. while the more dainty animal would
grow poor hunting about for something
more to her liking.
Half blood Jerseys usually please the
farmer; but in grading up" his herd
grows poorer. Some of the offspring in
cline toward milk giving and some away
from it, and some of the higher grades
are inferior to the lower. He does not
like to sacrifice these, and his mixers
retrograde. Selection should be positive;
save the few.
No matter how good the treatment of
the young heifer in other respects, she
can not be developed into good dairy
COW unless she is we'll fed. The ration
should be one we'll intended to enable
her to give the largest flow of milk This
is OF more Importance than with the COW
which has had her habits reasonably
we'll established.
Because of the long transportation,
the Australian butter package is box
9 by 10 inches lined with parchment
paper and the butter is sailed for use.
This solid butter brick is sprayed all
over with a solution of borax, then
wrapped up and nailed air tight. Even
with our refrigerator system, we must
make improvement over our present
butter tubs.
Australian butter will keep for from
six to twelve months; as good on the
outside as on the inside, and ever sells
at the highest market price. Their
square box takes less room in shipping,
which is an item in export; and there
can be no question but that an attrac-
tive package sells the butter.
Manure from winter dairy cattle is
worth more than that from dry cows.
Grain fed during the winter will be more
than paid for by the increased price of
butter. Therefore, the proceeds from
calves which may have come in the fall,
and have been kept over, will be clear
gain.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-03-21
Selected Article.
MISTAKES IN MARRIAGE.
BY GEORGE H. HEPWoRTH.

IR. GEORGE HEPWORTH'S
N1varied meditations by his camp
fires are we'll worth reading, remarks
the Standard. He shows that he has
a clear insight into many of the prob
lens of life which all of US have to
work out in our own experience, or in
that of our friends. His book is en-
titled Brown Studies, or Camp Fires
and Morals"
If numbers of our young people
would take the following extract to
heart, we should feel confident that
there would be fewer mistakes made
which are oftentimes irremediable:
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03
Enectof FIuctuating Values.

IN 1862. when UUrirTeGecma1ic paper
currency had begun 70 depreci&tr. The
average wages o. labor "o-e only d"
per cent. while av@rag e prices rose: in
1868. when wage had r.s@n TO- per
cent. average nri.,- wer. - p-r cent
highe.: in 1852 cages had ijzeu ~ per
c-nc ana u-.r-, T.. SO wages had
advanced - pc. cent and prices IL
above VIVA. wa--7 and prices hadbeen
in gold in 1861. n other words. the
Iaooring mans wages had lo>t IN pur-
chasing power more than SOC IL every
dolIar. Erer: country laborinG under
similar conditionstaila the-am. story.
What reason in he world j. there
10 assume mat this universal rule will
not operation thacasc Of free coinage:
And what have The apostles of free
silver coinage 70 say 20 hi: Hear
Ny. Dryar himself in his famous New
York grafton:
while q gold standard raises the
purchasing powerot theGoilar. it also
makes il more difficult to obtain pos
session of the GGllar-emDloymenc Is
less permanent. los % york more
probable. and unemployment less Ger
tain"
l. that ali: Yes. all. Does not Mr..
Bryan know thatunder whatwas prac-
tically the gold standard We had in the
sos one of the mos: active ana pros
porous periods this country has ever
seen: Does he not know that {" re-
Gently. at the time Of the return to
specie payments. " had under the
gold standard years Of signal pros
perity with all hands at work? And
does he wish "a learn what has been
the trouble since and what i the
trouble nov: Let MIN ask the employ
ers OF labor. and with almost one
voice they will ,eIi him that not the
existing gold standard. but the grow
ing danger of its overthrow. that the
growing aggressircness % the free
coinage movement. filing the minds Of
men with anxious approximations As to
dark future uncertainties. has served
to paralyze that spirit of enterprise
which sets the laboring man to work.
Let him study the history OF the crisis
of 1893. Not the GOLD standard. but
distrust of silver, destroyed the con-
fdence that employs labor. This Is
the truth. and Mr.. Bryan will IN vain
try to deny it.-Car; Schurz in Chica-
90.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03
TfIIsuan and the supreme Court.

It can not he denied that Candidate
Bryan has devoted himself too exclu-
sively TO the silver question and nc@-
!ected to cheer mis- audiences with the
glorious Popocratic programme re-
speeding the supreme Court. Sena-
tor Tillman has jumped into the
breach 10 correct the omission. and
in a speech at Philadelphia treasures
the nation hat this reign Of law and
order need not be endured much long
er il The apostle of reputation is ele-
vated to the presidency. Says Till
Nan:
If Mckinley Is defeated the Demo-
cratic party will take the rascally
Judges by the throats and teach them
that there is yet liberty in the land"
This is the kind OF unequivocal talk
that eulivens the campaign and serves
fully to educate sthe people. What
is the use shiily-shallying with the
great issues when a little plain speak
Ing covers the Ground so much more
clearly. These r~ascallv Judges. as
Mr.. Tillman explains. the men who
hold the highest places of honor now
in the hearts Of the people, are to be
taken by their throats" when the
Popocrats sail into port with the black
tiag aloft in their ship OF ruin. rob-
bc"r. and Reputation. This throat
business mast not be taken literally.
perhaps. That is merely Tillman's
way Of saying that tLcir DEGREES will
b ;hro,tled. their judgement >tiIied.
their honor s~mothered. their freedom
cut of. so that they may DC taught
there : Yet liberty in the land for
al those who may applaud Bryan the
mcuatebark. Tiliman the scavenger,
and AitLeiG ii" anarchist.
EilIman's timely discussion Of the
supreme Court issue suggests a divis-
ion OF Labor fOg the three leaders that
would insure thai one Of the three
e",a; features cf the platform would
be sighted.
l.. Bryan continue to devote him
81. s1islr 20 fyee silver and repudia-
ton.
L,t LltgeIG trea. OF his hobby. the
immulity o. mohs from Federal inter-
vc~tirr. even when Government inter-
e-t- are attached.
-iilrcaH a keep impr-ssIng "a his
hearers the tate that viii BE- meted ont
20 the supreme COUrt-'take the ras-
~ I'D - d.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03
silver and Farm Prices.

r. Il. Shiel. of this city. i perhaps
the largest individual dealer in live
stock in the country. He is largely
engaged in buying hogs. cattle and
sheep for export. and ii i probable
there j. not Il farmer il Central or
southern Indiana OF Illinois that i
not personally acquainted with him.
20" soma weeks he has been making
= careful study OF the situation among
.h@ farmers. and to-2ay said:
Maj. Mckinley will be elected. lie
viii carry Indiana by a larger plural
ity than has ever been given TO a pres
idendial candidate in the State. For
thirty years I have been q stock buy
-. and in that time have handled
more than $50. 0C0, 0Go Of stock our
chased from farmers Of Indiana ana
Illinois. / have no fears Of the farm
er going for free silver. They are as
Intelligent and honest Il body Of men
"a can be found anywhere. They are
Il reading people, and perfectly CON-
petent to form an intelligent opinion
upon any question of public policy.
They are not to be caught by the clap
trap Of Mr.. Bryan. They know, from
their IN experience. that many Of his
statements are not true. Let me point
out a few. He has repeatedly said
that the prices of farm products have
steadily declined since the crime of
%. and that the only things which
have remained stationary are railroad
rates. etc. Now, buy more than g.
coo. GO annuity from the farmers. all
Of which | ship. | ought, then. t
know something of the prices and the
cost of transportation. The first stock
bought for shipment was in 1850. I
paid for hogs &c. and for cattle ic. 1t
cost me $50 per Il to snip the hogs
20 Cincinnati. Now / can ship them
Ior So. then paid 80 per car for
cattle to Buffalo. and $40 / o New
York. Now I ship to New Gor: for
500 ana $50. In 1863 hogs went up 20
Zoe. cattle to &c, and sheep to Gc. In
1872, the year before the crime |
bought hogs for 10, cattlcfor the same.
and sheep for Sc. and that in Il de-
preciated currency. In 1870 and 1876,
after the crime paid &c for hogs
and &c for cattle ar1 sheep. Cattle
are higher now than in $50, when !
first began to buy. and several times
since the crime ali kinds of stock
have sold higher than they did before.
thus showing that Mr.. Bryan is all
wrong in his statements. "-Indianap-
oils Cor. of the Washington Star.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03
\ Household Treasure.

D. ". Fuller. OF C~anaioharie, y.
Y. says that he always keeps Dr..
King New Discovery in the house
and hi family has always found the
very best results follow IL Use: that
he would not he without ii, if procur-
able. G.. =. Dykeman Druggist, Cat
skill. New York. says hat DR.. Kings
New Discovery is undoubtedlythe best
Cough remedy: that he has used it in
his family for eight years, and it has
never failed 10 do all that is claimed
tor il. Why 10 try q remedy so long
tried and tested. Trial bottles free at
=. {. Haman's drug store. Regular
size 5uc. and 8l.D0.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03
What Emi!romders Nani.

Nothing better eNemplities the nerve
of the Bryanites than their claim that
the railroad managers OF the country
are mistaken in their unanimous add
vocacyof thcsoundmoney cause in the
present campaign. Such men as Bryan
glibly assert that the railroad officials
are all against free silver because the
bonds of their road are payable in
gold.
y good many railroad bond, are pay
able in gold and 4 good many arcnot:
but any railroad manager III the coun-
try wouidcoHsiderthathe made Il good
trade if ne could double MS interest
payment and - the same time cut hs-
pay rolls IN TWO. ! road like the Erie.
0" the Michigan Central. urt4e iliiroi,
Central. o. the Atchisou. Topeka x
Santa Fc. payfron ivcto ten times As
much ii wages a. il does il interest.
No roadcuu.a D. comprI!-dto re-aG-
jus. is WAGES after {: change in the
money @itl which they az 10 be paid.
but any road could Immediately re-ad-
Just It's rates .o make GOOD ~tuechau-..
Nha; railroad ancu demonstrations
to have = "a lively commerce. a large
and Ire. moving volume oft.a.:c. a..
a general activity Of business. Then.
and mo- Unit! then. cnsv can :aaE.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03
spot Cash Store
A. P. BROWN, Agent.

Fine Freight and Passenger Steamers
City of St. Louis,
City OF New Orleans.
City OF Hickman.
City of Monroe.
City OF Cairo,
Arkansas City.
Belle Memphis.
For Cairo. Memphis. Vicksburg,
New Orleans and all way landings.
Steamer leaves Cape Girardeau
every Thursday and Sunday.
MEMPHIS PACKET.
For Cairo. New Madrid. Memphis,
and all way landings.
Steamer leaves Cape Girardeau
every Wednesday and Saturday y. NJ.
For St. Louis. Steamers leave Cape
Girardeau every SUNDAY and WeGnes-
day p. VI.
For freight and passage address,
c. ". BERKLEY. Gen. Pass. Agt.
JOHN BIRG. General Freight
St. Louis. No.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03
PRIVATE SURGICAL
Hospital.

All diseases treated. best Of trained
nurses in attendance. Address,
M. a. VORBFCK, NJ. D.
No. 1915 Old Manchester Road,
ST. Louis. Mo
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03

sia@ larger price labels on things, We
should any Of Us DO any work a: all.
Why. the farmer can not put 2grains
at wheat in a pill box and label il
''one bushel. o" why the laborer can
rot york II minutes and call it one
G%v. Just Is easily and successfully
is the silver mine owner can put 53c
worth of metal and 47c worth of inn
~aginatiOn together and pass it OF on
all the rest of Us for $l.-New York
Recorder.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03

lime Q DAIE.
Mrs. DR.. Augusta Smith pays
special attention to the treatment of
Chronic Diseases OF Women. No
matter what Ii" nature q; .Fou disease
Is. call and see this s!ainer; Lady
Physician: if she cannot curr you.
You viii be kindly and frankly to-G
f CONSCLTATTON, FEE. ~!
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03
SIR. Bryan Does NotTeu Why.

Mr.. bryan has now delivered about
40 speeches since he was nominated
for the presidency. but be does not tell
us
Why wOrkiugncn should want a dol
lar that viii bay les Foods II NJ
stores ihan the dollar they get paid in
now.
Why farmers should kic!, against
being paid by England in gold for
their cotton and wheat. and want 10
give England t~hc"advanta@e Of Payin"
them in deprecated silver dollars in
stead.
Why anybody will be better or wor,,
OF, or why ti9l.gs viii be any differ
cnt. ii free coiaagc makes ana ounce
OF silver worth 5i.2@. just the same As
one-siXtcenth of an ounce Of gold. AL
around the world.
Why debtors will be relieved ~ pay
IN in silver dollars actually. as bui-
lion, exactly the same - The pre>eH;
cold dollar.
Why anybody will gain anythim" by
getting = larger number OF dollars for
the Sare amount OF his own goods or
labor when it is certain that he would
have t" give i larger numbcr Of them
whenever he bought goods or labor
from anybody else.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03

FRED koEELEE.
WILLIAM fLLERS.
ROBERT MANTZ,
a~ug2Sw2t. Appraisers.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03

It's not how much a We get for n article, but how close a we seIH
Cape Girardeau. Mo.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03

Mr.. bryan has now delivered about
40 speeches since he was nominated
for the presidency. but be does not tell
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03

Expelled alive in ~ 70 50 minutes
with head o. no charge. No money
required until the worm IL expelled.
Nc fasting or starving. No poison
Gus medicine used. tie UCgm is ex-
pcIicd alive. showing medicine cannot
be poison. Every case guaranteed.
All are respectfully invited to call at
Office and investigate. Charges reas-
enable.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-02-15

Five thousand. horses in one bunch
were rounded up on the Flathead
Indian Reservation in Montana a
week or so since. So large a band
Of horses is seldom seen now except
on a few of the Indian reservations,
where there is an unrestricted range.
For almost a week before the bunch
was gathered iG the Indians and
half breeds were securing the val
leys, canyons and mountain sides,
driving every horse they found to-
ward the common, ready for the an
nnal cutting out into individually
owned bands.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-02-15
Perry Pointers.
February II. 1896.

February II, 1896.
Editor Weridional f.:
There is a good deal of sickness al
our burg this week, caused by SO
much damp raining weather.
MIR. Summerield Stanebury has
been sick for some time past attend
ed by DR.. Kibbe Of Abbeyille
DR.. HANDLED has had a very bad
attack of la grippe, but is getting
better slowly.
Mrs. Hamblet is quite sick with
pneumonia but is slightly better to-
day.
Mr.. John Beauregard who has
been to New Orleans at The Hospital
for treatment has retained and is
very much improved in health.
The roads between here and Alb
besifIe are in a bad condition, but
the road overseer is doing some very
good work on them and we hope
they will be good soon.
Bro. Beall our new Pastor preach
ed a very good sermon here last
evening, be yes accompanied
to our burg by Dr.. White, ne will
preach the I'd and 4rh Sunday Of
each month at the school house at
at 8 o'clock in the afternoon.
There will be a masquerade ball
at the Hall at our burg on the eve.
ming Of the 18th Of February, (Mardi
good music and refreshments
will be supplied. All who come
masked will please give their names
10 the manager at the door. All are
invited. CON and enjoy an evenings
splendid entertainment. Ollie STAINS.
hnry Geo. White. managers.
GardeD making and planting Irish
potatoes has begun here.
Farmers are busy cleaning off
their ground for the spring plant
ng. SUNFL0WER.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-02-15
FOR SALE.

An improved plantation OF $50
arperts Of land with a frontage Of
I2a arpents on the west side 81
Vermiiion bayou 81 miles below
Abbeville. The whole of said plan.
tation nearly all i fenced ii with
q new hog proof fence and substaa~
tai bridge and gates where. ever
needed. The additional improve
ments consist Cf ! good Dwelling
House, cabin. corr crib, bath house
Pecan Grove and Orchards on the
above named plantation. There ii
l5o acres Of cleared land The bali
ance being -of virgin timber and
heavy. viii sellon easy terms; apply
at this Office. Sept. 2s