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The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-12-19
WASHINGTON BUDGET.
President Cleveland ona Fish
ing Jannt-Olher Notes

From Our Regular Correspondent.
Washington, Dec. IA, 1896 =
There is a great deal more
in the announcement that the
begun work on the tariff bill |
which they are to attempt to
pass at the extra session OF the
next Congress to be held early
in the Spring, and that Com
nittees are TO grant hearings TO
manufacturers at once than ap
pears upon the surface. There
are reasons to believe that this
announcement was hurried up
as part of the plan. to elect
republican Senators enough
this winter to make a majority
for that party. The republican
Steering Committee Of the Sen
ate succeeded in getting Mr..
Hanna to undertake Dakota,
and Washington, and every
body knows that the only
lever Mr.. Hanna relies upon
for success is money. BY Civ
ing the men who expect to get
big profits through the "Protec
ton" of "A republican tariff bill
hearings before the Committee
they can be shown that they
are to get what they want and
thus be put into the humor to
Il furnish what Mr.. Hanna wants
more caah.
The same talk about a "mod-
craze tariff which is now be
ing given to newspaper meT
was prevalent when work vas
begun on The Mckinley bill
Is The result will be bill tia
will probably ne more redica
than the Mckinley bill was
1t is true that many of Ih'
: republicans would really lik'
TO see the bill made mod
!, crate but it is equally tru'
that the men who made repub
lican success possible THE yea
are determined that the duIie
shall be high. President Cleve
land has gone TO South Care
lima on fishing trip and con
y gressmen ars jocularly chara
,6 ing him with having run ava
to escape tbs ex Queen {
Hawaii, who is coming
Washington to present hli
= with a bill of damages for fai
ID ure to fulfill his promise, not
marriage, but of a restore
throne.
The populists III congress al
- a little shy about eXpressin
Tor publication any opinio
v about the rumpus beiwee
Senator Marion Butler al
= Tom Watson, bat it is plai
that some of them, especial
those from the South, belie'
~ that Butler will have to {
- something TO show bis resen
ment or lose his influence wi
tue popuIisls Of that sectio
a Georgian, who is u
a populist, said about The 7
cent phase Of il: "rhrre We
fighting words in that siso'
article of Watsou's, and wh'
.os, I was young man it won'al
iaI, have been a question of pa
EFT fishing similar attack np'
~ the other party. To have So
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-12-19
sICK HEADACHrEl

This distressing afiliction occurs most ire
onently. The disturbance of the stomach,
Arising from the imperfectly digested con-
tent causes a severe pain In the heau;
accompanied with disagreeable nausea, ana
Sick SICK Hendache. for the relief Of which take
Blnmons Liver Regulator.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-04-14
Anti ti-what'll- Have Bill.

11llOl- w llCIO IL W. A-AANb " AOAAAs
The Norris bill, to discourage the
drink habit by prohibiting treating,
preclpitated a scene of wild con-
fusion in the Senate this morning.
1t was on the calendar for second
reading and reference. AS soon
as the Clerk had read it, Mr.. Hogg,
of Harrison, moved that it be
consigned to the tender care of
the Committee on Railroads and
Telegraphs, of which Mr., Shattuc,
of Hamilton County, is Chairman,
Mr.. Hankey, of Wood, opposed this,
and moved as a substitute that the
bill be referred to the Committee
on Labor. A moment later nearly
every member of the Senate was
on his feet, whooping out some
committee which he believed
either extremely appropriate or
extremely inconsistent, The Chair
finally restored order by thun-
derous cannonade with the gavel,
which he swung as if he were old
Abe splitting rails. Then the
motion to refer the bill to the
committee. most inappropriate of
all-that of Railroads and
Telegraphs-prevaiie by an ov err
whelming vote.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-04-14

&ci Mr.. Sherman must have re-
garded Major McKlnley's vote Ia
1877 as bad, though not quite 30
bad as it would DO to vote that
way when the difference between
gold and silver is greater. In the
view of the Ohio sage, McKinley's
vote was only little less costly
than a similar vote would be now.
Major McKinly should dismount
for u moment from the rampant
tariff horse which is now display
ing him before the grand stand.
He will not modify the money
plank which he wrote for the Ohio
convention. He cannot afford TO-.
He does not want to. He does
well TO remember what he did in
1877. He voted for the act that
gave us the silver certificates, upon
which so much of the business of
the country is now done.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-04-14
McKInley's Silver Record


Enquirer.
The recent resurrection Of tht
record showing that William Nc
Kinley voted for free silver bill
in the forty-fifth Congress, in 1877
has not produced the consternatior
ii my have been expected to. i
does not seem to have even monen
tarily choked the wheel that is
whirling the Major toward the Re.
publican nomination for the Presi-
dency. On. the fifth of November
1877, Mr.. Bland's bill for the free
coinage Of silver dollars of 4l2b
grains standard, was passed by the
House, Mr.. Mckinley, then mem
Der from Ohio, voting for it. 1t
was amended in the senate so as to
make what is known in our finan-
cial history as the Bland-Allison
act providing for the purchase OF
not less than S2,OOO,OOO and not
more than Sl,000,000 Of silver bull
ion per month. The House agreed
to the Senate proposition and in
that shape the measure went TO
President Hayes, who vetoed it
Both houses passed the bill over
the veto, Mckinley voting with
the silver men to override the
President.
The objections of the Eastern
Republican leaders to the Ohio
platform of this year, which leaves
the party position on silver an
open one, did not drive the Ohio
candidate for the Presidency from
the field. Major Mckinley APP
pears to have flourished on the
straddle. He is looking for votes
in the central and Western States,
as well as in the Eastern. Any
thing going to show that he has at
any time in his public career been
practically friendly to silver is a
help TO him in the aggregate. The
New York and Massachusetts re-
solutions give notice that free ST.
yer men can have &c hope in Nor
ton or Feel. Mckinley leaves an
unbUrne silver bridge b 'liild | i'm, !
und beats the tarif tomtoms TO
Keep the minds of Ike PEOPLE away
from the money trouble to the OK.
tent possible. Many people may
regard this performance as insin-
cere and dodging, but it is politics,
and the Reed and Morton conting-
ents probably now wandering
If it is not "good politics."
OF course, Major Mckinley is for
'honest money,"for on interchange
able currency that shall be as un-
tarnished as the honor Of the Gov
crment, and all that SOL of thing;
but these are words fitting strad-
Illing times, His record of 1877
must stand as an Indication of his
low. 1t will hardly do
10 argue that the relations between
he metals in 1896. 1t has been
said that when the Major voted for
'ree coinage silver and gold were
It commercial as well as coinage
parity at the ratio of l6 to one. II
8 well understood that the veto
message of President Hayes was
written by John Sherman, then
secretary OF the Treasury. Mr.
sherman used exactly the same
in the abstract against
rec coinage that he used now.
lie said that 4l24 grains of stand
rd silver were then worth but 90
o 02 cents; that the silver dollar
uthorize1 by the hill was worth
ight or ten cents less than IL was
to be worth; that the
ight TO pay duties in silver would
ut an end to the receipt ofrevenue
J gold, and thus compel the pay !
rent Of both the principal and in
crest Of the public debt ia silver, {
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-04-14
ELECTROCUTE

Is Now the Proper Term to Use
Regarding Murderers Who
are Doomed to DE-
Death Chairs to Take
the Place of the
Gallows.
COLUMBUS, o., April 9.-After
the first day of next July the con-
dcmned criminals of Ohio will meet
death in the electric chair instead
of upon the gallows. The House
made this possible this morning by
taking up and passing the bill in.
troduced during the early part of
the session by Senator Jones, Of
Madison County. 1t was the first
action of the day, being brought
up by Representative Reed of HUI
ron County who has been an inde-
fatigable worker for the reform in
this direction. He delivered an
address favoring the adoption of
the bill.
The same ground was taken by
Mr.. Hard Of Scioto, and Mr.. Deaf
on of Miami. Speeches in opposi-
ton were made by Representa-
tives Bolin of Pickaway, and Starr
of Williams. Mr.. Bolin's opposi-
tion was based on the ground that
he did not believe in extreme kind
ness to murderers. He drew a pic
ture Of the murderers Of Pearl Bry-
an, and asked if Kindness should
lie lavished upon the wretches who
so foully slew her. 1t was a speech |
filed with bittlcr invective and
created pround impression.
Mr.. Hess of Shelby moved to
amend by striking out the death
penalty, declaring that il was an
outrage upon Christianity and |
modern civilization to revenge one
mans death with another. This
amendment was ruled out of order. |
Mr.. Moore of Monroe, moved that
the bill be referred to those persons
who had been hanged recently. The
Speaker declared this motion out
of order also, and Il vote was taken
on the bill.
a slight delay was caused in Or
der TO permit General Wiley of
Wayne County. to insert correct
i've amendments, so that the exist
ing statutes regarding the death
penalty might not be impaired un-
til the electrocution law went into
effect. The roll call gave 80 yeas
and 90 nays.
The bill provides for the erection
of an inclosure within the walls of
the Ohio Penitentiary where the
executions must take place. 1t is
distinctly stated in the act that the
terms shall not apply to crime
committed at any time before the
day that ii takes effect. Crimes
committed before that time must
be punished in the old way. 1t has
been estimated by Mr.. Green, the
electrician ut the penitentiary, that
an electrical death apparatus can
be placed in the annex or other
place designated within the walls
at an expense not to exceed S75.
All that is needed Is the chair,
which can be made in the carpent-
Rr shop, and the electrical attach
meats Which can be made at very
little expense. An interesting fea-
.ure Of the bill is that for the first
ime the words "electrocute" md
'electrocution" appears in the stat
ltes of this state.
All phiologists have denounced
hese words as barbarous, being
made up of the Greek word "elec.
rocou," meaning amber, and the
yell-known "cXecute" and "execu-
ion" They are not recognized By
my leXicographer of the day, al
hough approved generally by the
'ublic. When first introduced
hey ran Il neck and neck race with
electrocislcn" and "electrociLe."-
Enquirer.
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Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-10-21

As The Duke Of weliingssn was stand
ing. one day. opposite his house in Pic
dadilly, waiting an opportunity to cross
the street. an entire stranger to him Of
fered his arm to the duke to assist him
In crossing. Although Wellington hated
assistance of any kind. he accepted the
strangers arm, and the latter. having
secured passage by signing to the
drivers OF the vehicles to stop, con
Quoted the great man In safety across
the street. II thank you. sir" said the
duke, releasing his arm and proceed
Ing to his house-door. But the stran-
ger. Instead of moving or. raised his
hat and delivered himself to the follow
ing effect: your grace, have passed
a long and not uneventful life, but
never did hope to reach the day when
l might be of the slightest assistance
to the greatest man that ever lived. .
Don't be a damned foolr' responded
the duke, and turned on his heel.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-10-21
wheat Growers on Tbeir Feet.

Tacoma, Wash, Oct. 19.-State
Grain Inspector Lawrence reports that
wheat growers throughout the Inland
Empire are in hopes of getting fairly
started ON the way TO success this sea-
son. They will be put we'll on their
feet, he says, if no untoward occurrence
prevents them from receiving all for
their grain that circumstances now
promise. He says the greater part of
the seasons crop is still in the hands
OF the grower, and he, as usual, is in.
clined to hold for higher prices. Quo.
tations at all points east of Sprague
are 81 cents bushel in the warehouse
today for No. club. For wheat on
board cars, the price paid is two cents
higher. In the Walla Wslla district,
the quotations are as high as 81 cents
a bushel on bluestem wheat. Idaho
growers receive the same for their grain
as Washington growers.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-10-21
secopd-Growth Glover.

The late growth of clover is not us
tally large Ia bulk or heavy in weight,
but 1t makes up in quality for what 1t
lacks in quantity. Old farmers have
long known 1t as an especially good
feed for young lambs and young calves
In spring But there is still better
use for H. and that is as feed for hens
In winter so as to dilute their grain
feed. Glover grown after midsummer
is much richer In nitrogen than are
most of the grasses and vegetables
that fowls pick on their ranges during
the summer Glover is also q lime plant,
and il thus furnishes material for both
egg and shell production. 1t is not
concentrated enough to be- a perfect
ration unmixed with grain, but is just
what is needed when wheat rye or corn
are fed TO fowls in winter. If only the
grain IS fed the fowls get too fat to pro
auee eggs and then cease laying. A
certain amount of cut clover with
their grain will cause the fowls TO
keep in laying condition.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-10-21
Sheep Notes.


What breed of sheep have you found
best for the general farmer?
1t Is important that each lot of lambs
have plenty of pure, fresh water, acces.
slble at will.
OF the 565, 1877 sheep reported In Iowa
on Jan. /, 1896, little over 1907 are
classed as Shropshires.
Sheep should habitually rest on sod.
or on soil covered with straw; the soil
coming directly in contact with the
wool, absorbs the oil and leaves the
ends of the fiber dry and harsh; also,
the earth works into the wool, giving
1t frowsy appearance.
On any good farm, and under good
management, flock of sheep will pay
their winter feeding In the manure they
make. Give them lots of straw, and
they will convert II into the richest
kind of food for crops.
No farmer is so poor that he cannot
afford to keep sheep, and none so rich
that he can afford to ignore them. They
fertilize the fields, furnish food and
clothing, and help subdue the fields SO
as to fit them to raise crops The sheep
Is the farmers best friend, under any
and all circumstances
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-10-21

There Is no more useful piece of
ground on any farm than a small plot
devoted to growing the osier willow
1t is particularly convenient for making
bands to tie securely stocks Of corn and
bundles of stalks, most of which when
bound, as they usually are with corn
stalks, are liable at any time to come
unbound and open to wind and rain.
The loss from this source In feeding
value of stalks amounts to good many
dollars year on any farm where corn
Is grown and fodder saved in the old
fashioned way. The excess of willow
not wanted for this purpose can be pro-
fitably sold to the basket makers, or IL
the labor can be procured cheaply
enough, may be made up into baskets
and sold in that form.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-10-21
WORLDS FAIR REPORT.
VIII Embrace Nearly Forty Large Vol


Washington, Oct. 9.--President
Palmer, Of the worlds fair commits
SIGN, and his associates ON the commit
tee on final report, assembled here for
session of several days duration, at
which the reports to the president and
to congress will be perfected. These
reports will present complete review
of the accomplish nents of the exposi-
ton. The report of the board of
awards Will make about twenty five
volumes of 500 pages each; that of the
director general ten volumes; that of
the president and secretary two vol
umes, while the extent of the report Of
the ladies' board is not yet determined.
These, it is intended, shall constitute
a permanent history and memorial of
what the exposition did. The Phila.
delphia centennial commissions report
embraced nine volumes. That of the
Paris exposition was ON an elaborate
scale, with steel engravings, showing
to the world the best features of the
French exposition. The present work
will be handsomely illustrated and
somewhat similar, though less elabor-
ate than the French reports. The work
has progressed since the fair closed, ,
and is now copmlete, so that the board
meets to pass upon it finally before lay
ing it before the president and con.
gress. Its publication will depend
upon congress. The reports will also
wind up the financial affairs OF the
national commission, and will show a
balance in favor Of the government OF
about $24, 900. This includes the
ladies board, which has a credit bal.
anaa
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-10-21

Last seasons experience with corn
shredders and huskers has developed
several Objectionable features, the
most serious being that they are too
expensive, and that the fodder too fire.
quently molds when baled or stored
hi mows. The first win gradually dis
appear, predicts the "Orange Judd
Farmer" AS the machines become
more generally introduced and used.
the first cost will be less, and compe-
tition among owners will necesstate
reduction of charges for work by
the acre. The matter of knowing how
to keep the fodder properly is more Sc
rious, and experience alone can deter
mine the best method of storing. That
1t can be kept hardly admits of doubt
The problem Is certainly not more diff
1cult than that OF determining just
how dry hay must be before Ii can
be put into the stack or barn. A lit
tie patience and few trials will clear
up the lack of knowledge on this point
1t certainly will be unwlse to discour-
age the use of the shredder because
a few farmers have not been entirely
successful with It, While some have
failed, many have been pleased with
results, and ind the shredded fodder
excellent feed for horses, cattle and
sheep.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-10-21
NnIue of Tanax.

The sharp, bitter taste and smell of
tansy weed is dlsliked much by insects
that worry stock. 1t has long been II
practice with farmers to gather some
tansy leaves, and rub them well over
horses at work, giving especial care to
the places which cannot be reached by
the animals tail. 1t is an old saying
that the flies bite more sharply after
the first frosts give them warning of
the approaching winter, during which
they must remain dormant There is
probably no time when they are more
troublesome than during the last of
September and fore part of October.
They are also most numerous then,
having had all the summer In which
to increase.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-10-21
Making squashes Productive.

All growers of squashes or other vines
of this character have noted the fact
that the first blossoms are barren. In
other words, they are all male blossoms.
If this is examined a little farther 1t
viii be found that these male blossoms
are on the main vine, which accounts
for their being earlier than the female
or bearing blossoms which appear on
the side branches. To keep the main
stem pinched back will force more
growth into the side branches and con
sequently more fruit. There should
be pinching back of new growth all
around as the squash vine win set
more fruit than 1t can carry to profita-
BILE marketing size.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-10-21
Draining Pasture Lands.

Many fields are used for pasture only
because they are full of cold springs
of water which make them too wet
and cold for profitable cultivation.
Such land will not produce good
quality of grass. 1t will be coarse and
lacking in nutrition. In such cases
there is no way to get the land in good
grass except to underdrain 1t. The
quality of its grass shows that the soil
is full of humic acid from decaying
vegetation in contact with cold water.
This humic acid is rank poison to the
roots of all but the poorest and mean
est kind of vegetation. Drain 1t, ad-
mitting warm surface air, and hasten
Ing the decomposition of vegetable
matter, and such soil is often found
very valuable, producing any kind of
crop luxurIantly, though usually some
what deficient In mineral plant food,
as its vegetable matter has always
been lacking In this respect.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-10-21
OnnIity of Vegetables.

There is great difference In quality
of vegetables aside from their fresh
ness. 1t is due to their method of
growing. All roots need to be grown
quickly, which require that the soil be
rich and moist If the soil Is poor or
dry, the roots will be stringy and unfit
either for human use or feeding At
the same time, 1t is not best that roots
of any kind should be grown in con-
tact with manure, which breeds worms.
and makes the roots unstable In an
other way. If turnlps are grown very
rapidly they will dry out as quickly and
become dry and pithy. not good even
for stock feeding. Rutabagas, which
are planted early. have more substance
in them. and will keep till spring, long
after the quickly grown fall turnips
have become worthless for feeding