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The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-14
BRYAN AND SEWALL
THEY ARE THE NOMINEES OF THE
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.

After an Exciting Session Lasting
Five Days, the Democratic Con-
yention Concludes its Business
and Adjourns- William j. Bryan
of Nebraska, Nominated for Pres
fdent and Arthur SewaII of
Maine, for Observation-Disclosures
form Adopted FavOring Free
Coinage of Silver.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-14

Walking backward is the latest ped
estrian feat of wager. A young Bel
gian recently walked from Antwerp TO
Brussels in two days, going backward
the whole time. Practice made his
progress as rapid as by the ordinary
mode of walking; but he was obliged
to wear special shoes, with a kind OF
heel underneath the toe.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-14

The caterpillar is a new enemy to the
CT Uheelman The wretched creatures
rcipal~op off the trees. get under the wheels
S+aa, allow themselves to be mashed
Eno kind of slippery paste, over
re wheels slip and throw the
Rates. $ fact is, the whole system
Fire insurahd inanimate nature will
leading companiesd for the accommodate
r-tired aristocrats of
If you have some g.
sure and send them to the
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-14

The publ is likely to have chance
to decide whether the Vanderbilt ma
ture is capable of rising superior TO the
family passion for gold. OF the many
marriages which have occurred III
that family, the intended union OF
young Cornelius to Miss Wilson is the
first that presents a glimmer of ro-
nance to the outside observer.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-14

A discovery has just been made of a
relic, which, should it prove genuine,
will be national object of veneratlon
to the French. 1t is the armor given to
Charles VII. at Bourges to Joan OF
Arc. He ordered it to be made for her
during the siege of Orleans. The arm
or bears the arms that Charles VII.
granted her.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-14

At Marlborough house there is more
ceremony, socially speaking, than at
Sandringham. A number of servants
herald your arrival and departure, and
there are usually two servants stand
ing outside your room door when you
are staying at the house, and a man
behind the chair of every guest at
meal time.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-14

The estimates of the yield of the pc.
tato crop in Great Britain show that
on $4,000 acres a crop of 3,053,005
tons was secured, against an almost
exactly similar quantity produced on q
much larger acreage-753,O 900 acres.
in Ireland
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-14

Frogs are best for the table in the
autumn. They are then fat and sleek,
and there is peculiar and desirable
flavor about them at that season not
possessed at any other. At this sea-
son they are quite desirable, and form
a very clever side dish at any meal.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-14

the nomination of Bland as did John
r. Williams of illinois.
The name Of w. J. Bryan of Nebras-
ka, was presented by eX-Goy. Patrick
Walsh of Georgia, and seconded by w.
c. Clutz of North Carolina, George
Fred Williams of Massachusetts and
Thomas J. Herman Of Louisiana.
Gov. Claude Matthews of Indiana,
was placed in nomination by Senator
Turpie, seconded by Oscar A. Trippett
of California.
Frederick White of Iowa nominated
Horace BoieS, and A. d. Smith OF Min
nesota seconded him.
John S. Rhea of Kentucky nominated
j. S. Blackburn
John r. Mclean of Ohio was spoken
of by A. w. Patrick.
The roll of states being furnished,
the convention adjourned until 10 a.
m. tomorrow.
The convention was called to order at
1850 Friday morning, by Chairman
White, who had recovered the use OF
his voice Rev. Green, the chaplain,
invoked the divine blessing.
Chairman White announced that the
convention was srill on the call OF
states for nomination. Thereupon, Mr..
Harrity of Pennsylvania mounted his
chair and placed in nomination eX-
Gov. Robert PattisOn.
There were no other nominations,
and Chairman White announced that
the roll-call of states for the nomina-
ton Of president would proceed. A
rustic of excitement swept over the
hall, preceded by an intently eager
quiet The first test was to be made.
Before the roll was begun, Delegate
Smith of Ohio rose to announce, on be-
half Of the Democrats of Ohio, the
death of that eloquent and fearless
Democrat, Franlt Hurd, and said:
"We sorrow for the loss of our associ-
ate"
The BaIIOting.
The roll call was then proceeded
with, and the result of the first ballot
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-14

Baroness Burdett-Coutts has restored
to Corsica. the mortal remains of the
islands great patriot, Paoli. They
have rested over a century in old ST.
Pancras churchyard at London. The
bones of King Theodore of Corsica are
still in the unpicturesque cemetery at
st. Anne's, Soho.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-14

The importation into the United
States of plants from China and Japan
is forbidden on account of the preva-
Ience Of cholera in the Asiatic coun-
tries. Nothing holds the germs of the
disease as we'll as the soil in which the
plants are shipped.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-14

The demonstration that followed the
announcement of this ballot has never
been equaIled in the history 0. political
conventions. FrenZied men fought for
the standards of other delegations,
hundreds of newspapers and umbrellas
were furiously hurled through the air
and men and women went frantic with
excitement. Throughout it all, Mrs
Bryan sat to the right of the platform
Although a bright look of pleasure
lighted her features, she did not APP
pear at all excited by this wonderful
demonstration in honor of her distin-
guished husband.
Fifth Ballot
The fifth ballot was begun and
Foote of California declared: "Califor-
mia for the first time is solid and casts
IS votes for Bryan" Florida carried
eight votes for Bryan from Matthews
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-14
Minnesota. not voting.

l. Minnesota. not voting.
The night session furnished all the
preliminary incidents of the most dra-
matte act of the convention. 1t was by
long odds the most spectacular, for as
the hands of the clock were creeping
on toward the appointed hour Of eight
and the president-making delegates be-
gan to fill the great banks Of seats, the
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-14

In some parts Of England the rose
mary, with its sweet, decaying smell"
has the same funeral character as
parsley, being put in the coffin of the
dead, as, in Greece, the parsely is
strewed on the grave, or planted round
It.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-14

Austin Corbiu has sent word to the
New York park commissioners that lie
father by sending herd of buffalo to
Central Park.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-14
The London General Omnibus COM

The London General Omnibus conf
pany has entered into a contract with
an American firm for supply of 5000
horses for bus work in the metropolis,
which does not seem as though they
were much afraid of the new motor
car.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-14

:, The reception accorded to the An
cicnt and Honorable Artillery Compa-
ny of Boston is another evidence of
the eagerness of Great Britain for fra
ternal relations with this country.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-04
DAIRY

In sterilizing their milk the French
dairymen neat it to 176 degrees Fahren-
heit.
The eastern butter markets show
some advance, and it is hoped that o
like condition will socn exist all over
the country.
Get a few thermometers for use in
butter-making and elsewhere. Re
member hat a great deal depends on
having the right temperature.
By the ruling of the government au-
thorities having the matter in charge.
the name of butterine is abolished, ard
all such products are henceforth to be
known as oleomargarine.
After a person has learned to make
good butter, the next thing is to get =
good market for it. Generally the print
will help to do this and to hold the
market after it is obtained.
Keep your temper when with the
cows. BE a gentleman, even in the barn.
True gentility extends even TO the brute
creation. Make up your mind before
the cow kicks that you will hold your
temper.-Farmers Review.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-04

Two SycRmOres. an Oak and an Elm.
Growing from One Trunk.

Two SycRmOres. an Oak and an Elm,
Growing from One Trunk.
Four miles from Pineville, Mcdonald
county, on the grounds of j. l.. Parish,
is a freak of nature so curious hat if
l had not seen it with my w eyes, says
Il contributor to an exchange, l could
scarcely nave believed it possible. On
the bank of the Elk river rises a large
tree hat towers high above the neigh
boring trees. At the ground Il solid
buttressed trunk appears from eight to
ten feet in diameter. A little higher
than a mans head this trunk divides
into four lesser trunks, the two smaller
of which are in themselves fair-sized
frees, while the other two are far above
the average size. Here comes in the
queer part of the story: OF these di-
Nergent trunks the two large cnes are
respectively an elm and a sycamore,
while the two smaller ones are an oak
and a sycamore. Above the union of the
common trunk each tree in leaf branch
and bark is normal to its type. The
trunk itself seems a homogeneous whole.
i would not presume to say that close
examination would not show in the
bark from different sections of the
trunk those peculiarities that dis
tinguish the bark of one tree from
that of the other, but certainly thesr
characteristics do not appear on cursory
examination, nor axe the lines of join
ture visible where the our trunks
coalesce.
l doubt if anyone can point 10 IA
stranger growth than this-two syca-
mores, an oak and an elm, all grow
ing from one common trunk. This
meeting together of four youthful tree
trunks as they thickened with age is oc-
~casionally seen, but this is an unusually
fine illustration. Each tree must, how
ever, form its own bark-that is to say,
no one of them has been wholly en-
veloped by another. Hence a careful in
vestigation ought to disclose a slight
line where the incurving bark of each
original tree meets.-Boonville Demo-
CTat-
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-04
CAUSED BY VACCINATION.
From TIE LoprnaE. Dstron. NcA.

Every one in the vicinity of Meldrum
avenue and Champlain street, Detroit,
knows Mrs. Mcdonald, and many a neigh
Dor has reason TO feel grateful TO her for the
kind ard friendly interest she has mani
Tested in cases of illness.
Sh is 4 kind-hearted friend, a natural
nurse, and au intelligent and refined lady.
To a reporter she recently talked at some
length about DR.. Williams Pink Pills, Civ
ing some very interesting instances in her
own immediate knowledge of marvellous
cures, and the universal beneficence of the
remedy to those who had used it.
~ have reason to know" said Mrs. Nc
Donald, something of the worth of this
medicine, for it has been demonstrated in my
own immediate family. My daughter Kit
tie is attending high school, and has never
been very strong since she began. l sup
pose she studied hard, and she has quite a
distance to go every day. When the small
pox broke out all of the school children had
TO be va~ccinated. l took her over to DIR.
Jameson and he y~accinated her. l never
saw such an arm in my life and the doctor
said he never did. She was broken out on
her shoulders IN back and was Just as sick
as she could be. To add to it all neuralgia
set in, and the poor child was in misery.
She is naturally of a nervous temperament
and she suffered most awfully. Even after
she recovered the neuralgia did not leave
her. Stormy days or days that were damp
or preceded a storm. she could not go out at
all. She was pale and thin, and had no ap-
petite.
Il have forgotten Just who told me about
the Pink Pills, but | got some for her and
they cured her right up. She has a nice
color in her face, eats and sleeps well, goes
to school every day, and is well and strong
in every particular. have never heard of
anything to build up the blood to compare
with Pink Pills. l shall always keep them
in the house ald recommend them to my
neighbors."
DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
are considered an unfailing specific in such
diseases as locomotor ataxia, partial paraly-
sis, st. Vitus' dance, s~ciatica, neuralgia,
rheumatism, nervous headache, the after
effects Of Ia grippe, p~alpitation Of the heart,
pale and sallow compilations, that tired feel
ing resulting from nervous prostitution; all
diseases resulting from vitiated humors in
the blood, such as scrofula, chronic eryslp-
elias, etc. They are also 4 specific for
troubles peculiar to females, such as sup
pressions, irregularities, and all forms OF
weakness. In men they effect q radical cure
in all cases arising from mental worry,
overHork, or excuses of whatever nature.
DIR. Williams Pink Pills are sold by all
dealers, or will be sent post paid on receipt
Of price 80 cents q box or six boxes for $50
by addressing DR.. Williams Medicine Co.,
Schenectady, N. Y.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-04
HANDY GRATING TOOL.

The Cost of Making One Need Not EI-
coed Twenty-Five Cents.
The accompanying engraving shows
the side view of a complete grating
tool or knife, which is not only a per-
feet tool. but also has the decided adj
vantage OF being very cheap.
Almost every person having grating
TO do, has about the place an old fiat
file or rasp, II inches or more i'll length,
that has been thrown aside as worth
less. BY taking the old file 10 a black
smith. it can be easily forged into 4
tool shaped like the cut. The main
part should be brought to about d half
inch square, leaving the wide part las
shown TO be drawn to an edge for a
cutting blade ~ inches wide, which IS
10 be used to split the stock, and also
pare it if desired, care being taken in
forging that sufficient steel is left 50
as not to weaken the tool at this point.
This cutting blade should have a mild
temper only, not so hard as to leave
the steel brittle, else the blows given it
with a mallet in splitting the stock
will be likely to crack the steel. Now
forge the shortest end to a wedge shape,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-04
n WORLD OVER.

The Ashantee ambassadors to Eng.
land spent 100000 in eight months.
Over 90 boys under IS years Of age
have won the Victoria cross.
Great Britain's territory in Africa
amounts to 2,5T1.0OO square miles.
The latest official reports show that
nearly 10000 miles of railway are open
for traffic in India.
At the Transvaal gold fields whisky
brings $3.50 a bottle. champagne S12.5O
and peer one dollar Il bottle.
Vienna is to lose the Wien, the little
river from which HE cSSy derives its
name. 1t had for some time been used
as an outlet for sewage and often caused
damage by overfiowing, but will now
be covered over. Reservoirs have been
built to which the water will be drawn
during freshets.
Mime. dc Remusat had features 50
perfect that her contemporaries said
she was worthy to sit as q model for a
Greek goddess. The flesh of her face
closely resembled alabaster, yet she
did not give one the impression of be-
ing pale or delicate. In old age she
retained most of her good looks.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-04
SPORTING NOTES.

One OF the finest packs of hounds il
England was recently sold for S15,-
0O0.
In the Ski Derby, near C%hristiana,
the winner of the jump, Cato Aall, COW
eTct; so feet.
William Young. Il years old, and John
Furgcson, So years old. of Franklin,
y. H., have signed articles for a 100
ward race for 4 stake Of ten dollars.
to be run on May l.
Many Canadian hares are oon to be
turned loose in the woods of Sand
vich township. Mass, which is On BuH-
yards bay. Sportsmen of that region
are arranging to secure the hares and
turn them down, in the hope of stock
ing the woods with them, for game
purposes.
Scrumpox is a new disease to which
football has given rise in England. It
is a baderuption, comingindirectly from
dirty jerseys and affecting especially
the forwards in Rugby football, who
have to shove in scrimmages. 1t haa
been proved to be contagious. The par
ticular microbe t which the eruption
is due is the Staphylococcuspyogenet
aurpuS-
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-04

The question of the influence of the
size OF seeds upon termination and upon
the size of the plant that springs there
from has been recently studied anew by
Mr.. l.. Il. Galloway. a summary of Who's
conclusions is given by the Gardeners
Chronicle. The weight and size of the
seed are of great Importance. y large
seed terminates better and more quick
". and with il II can count upon hav-
ing at the same Din from IS to 90
Der cent. of the total crop. while Will:
small seeds the crop reaches maturity
only in successive periods of time. 50
hat at no ome in gathering the
crop in could we have the same proper
ton of the whole. Besides, where with
small seeds four successive crops are
obtained. we have six with larger seeds,
their evolution occurring with greater
-apidity.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-04
The WORLD OF The WRITER.

\ memorial tablet has been placed on
Lawn Bank. the Hampstead villa, where
Keats wrote his ode to a Nightingale"
Poet Laureate Austin IS said to be 50
much annoyed at the criticisms passed
upon his official verse that he contem-
plates resigning.
Six lines of the lost early English
Tale of Wade" which Chaucer makes
Pandarus tell Cressida before intro
ducing Troilus 10 her. have been discov-
cred in a Latin homily of the 18th cen
fury in the library of Pcterhousc. Cam
bridge.
One of the Wisconsin authors who at
tended the authors convention in Mil
waukee recently was a woman bearing
the peculiar name of Mrs. Frances Ha
Ia. She is known TO grand army men
as the author of I'VE Love the Boys in
Blue"
Astatue OF Lord Byron. by two French
s~culptors, Chapu and Falguieres, has
been unveiled by King George at
Athens. The poet is represented adj
vancing with outstretched arms to meet
Greece. who holds out 10 him Il laurel
crown.
All the money for the beacon in mem
orv of Tennyson has been subscribed,
the monolith for the shaft has been
successfully quarried in Cornwall. and
the monument will be set up in the fall.
OF the $3.50 subscribed, $1,250 came
from he United States.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-04
TsSst5CSSa&

stones with which many farms are
strewn, and which every year have to
be removed and are generally piled
around stumps, or carted and dumped
in some out-of-the-way nook. y pictur-
esque dairyhouse may be made out of
these stones. The house may consist
Of II room, or the rear may he used as
an icehouse-a very desirable appendage
to a dairy. The building should not be
neal any outbuildings containing stock.
and should be shaded if possible. No
cesspOols should be neal n dairyhouse.
If an icehouse is not practicable, then
the house may be partitioned and one
part used for a cheese room. If wanted
for winter dairying or cheese manufac-
ture, an old-fashiOned fireplace, or stove
will be needed. The windows are to be
provided with screens in summer. 4
long table will be needed. besides
shelves, and the floor should be paved
with ton or brick. Here all the work
connected with the dairy can be done.
from Dreaming to packing for market.
If a stream of water can be conducted
into the house then the labor will be
very much lessered; and if possible, the
dairyhouse should be situated Eear a
well Or stream of water.-Mrs. a. c.
Mcpherson, in Country Gentleman.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-04
EARRING THE CURCULlO.
The Process Is Very simple and Requires
But Few Tools.

The iarring process is very simple.
Provide u tool as shown in cut, which is
an ordinary hoe handle. al the end of
which is 4 light, hardwood block, the
upper part of which is made cCEcave, 50
as to permit being filed with cotton or
deers' hair, and then tightly covered
with leather of some kind. 1t must be
rendered soft, so as to do no injury TO
the bark of the tree when used as 4
FOUNDER to jar it. No. = represents a
frame, hat may be made of 2hXlI-
inch pine, uotched and nailed together
az c, with a distance from i 10 Il OF
about nine feet, and from Il to d about
AZ feet. y cross bar of the same width
and thickness is notched and tightly
nailed at the points Il and d. Upon the
frame thus made stretch and tack Il
piece of factory cloth three yards long
and IL yards wide. Provide yourself
with two of these frames; have a boy
carry ne. and with the other IL your
own hands and the FOUNDER you are
ready for business. Drop the frames
under the tree with the sheet side up,
SO that the tree may be about opposite
the point (C) of the sheets. You then
have the ground beneath the tree Gov
cred for about nine feet in each direc-
ton.
\ sudden blow on a few of the larger
limbs, if the tree is large, or one blow
on the body, if the tree is small, will
cause the c~urculios to drop upon the
sheets, from which they may be picked
at once and destroyed. y few hours
experience will enable any eye to detect
them at once. Two or three minutes
will suffice at any tree, hence 4 large
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-04

number of trees can be run owe in a
day. The work should begin as soon
as the fruit is formed and be followed
for two or three weeks, at first daily,
or until it is evident that the number
of insects is being greatly reduced, so
that only a few are found, when it may
be safe to do it only on alternate days.
The insects usually begin their work on
the outside of an orchard, especially if
there be a nearby belt of timber; hence
we begin to hunt them first on the out
skirts.-S. ID. Willard, in Rural New
Yorker.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-04

preserving the size so the wedge will
be half an inch wide, and turn it at a
right angle in the same direction with
the edge of the blade. The length
ought to he about two inches so the
wedge" will be gradual.
To use this tool, the limb is sawed
off, the stump pared, the split made by
the cutting blade, which is to be at
once withdrawn; then drive in he
wedge so as to admit the scions. and the
tool has done its work. The cost of such
a grating knife ought not to exceed
25 cents. and it should last a lifetime.-
st. Louis journal of Agriculture.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-04
Roofing Cuttings in Sand.

Clean sand is the best substance in
which to root cuttings. The cuttings
should not be set more than one-hdlf
inch deep. The sand should be some
what compacted against it, The cutting
box or pot should occupy a warm, light
place. shading the slips if the sunshine
is strong. Enough water should be ap-
piled to keep the shoots from tagging,
and frequent %sprinkling of the foliage
is desirable. As soon as roots one-half
inch in length have been formed il is
time to pot the young plants.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-04
AMONG THE POULTRY.

Keeping too many fowls together does
GOT pay.
For the sitting hens o corn is a good
feed.
Keep fowls thrifty for laying, but
stuff them when ~fattening.
To have fowls tender and juicy let
them lie tattened quickly.
Turkeys 60 not thrive we'll when con-
fined. whether young Or old.
Lime is needed by old fowls for the
growth OF bones and for shell material.