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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-09-22
FARMHOUSE PIAZZA.

of the expensive permanent piazza and
avoids the disadvantages in the win
ter. The expense is so small that
everyone can afford it.
Build a platform or floor of length
and width desired, with or without
failing. Over this at the proper height
construct o light frame to be COW
cred with striped awning goods. The
frame should be of same length and
width as floor or platform, or larger
In many cases the awning and plat
form should cover the whole front or
side of the building. The frame should
be attached to the building by screws,
50 that it can be taken down in win
ter. Or it can be attached with hinges
aud made to elevate and drop, same
as awnings over windows, The frame
is made of light strips of wood, and can
be braced from side to side with small
wires secured to the house by small
screw eyelets. The awning should be
carefully taken down in the fall and
put away for the winter 1t must be
properly fastened to the frame by
small large-headed tacks to prevent
it from tearing in the wind,-Ohio
Farmer.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-09-22
CHAPTER XIV.


1t is necessary now to keep in mind
two orders of events. One is the slow
focusing of public suspicion about the
operations at Laran. The other is the
extraordinary relationship of the prin-.
cipal personages at the headquarters
of the conspiracy.
A week passes and men are strag-
Cling back to the Laran from all over
the country. They come in through
the woods at night singly or in little
groups. They arrive at the Wash
bayou, coming down from st. Louis
and crossing at night from the Ar
kansas shore; they come up from
Memphis looking for work and some
of them ride in from the mountains of
East Tennessee.
Hendricks watches the reassembling
with cool calculation and appears to
have been satisfied of the main re-
suits. About fifteen per cent. of the
men never reappeared. This was ac-
cording to his calculations. But the
rest. actuated by the fear of individual
peril, the esprit de corps of military
organization, or the desire to go on
\ with the war which a master-spirit
had planned, had, in great part, re-
turned at the end of the week. At that
time there wore by count five hundred
and fifty men of the regiment back in
the cave
Hendricks sat up all one night read
| ing the papers that had been brought
him from Memphis. lie went over all
/ the accounts carefully There was not
/ in any of them a surmise as to the
truth. The regiment had got away
and it had accomplished its purpose,
but the further away from the scene
the comments were, the less seriously
the newspapers regarded the occur
renee. In New York there was somg
kind of enormous western practical
4 joke suspected. "How, said one jour
nal, "a regiment of a thousand meu
can come and go without observation
can dismantle bank and then depart
with a million dollarsi in specie without
being detected or interfered with ol
tracked, remains for the imaginative
west to explain. It looks very much
at this distance as if the English
company had been operating in phan
toms to bear its own market"
An angry neutrality-suspicious. haC
taken place between the governor o.
! Tennessee and the governor Of Indiana
The town of st. Mary's and the city o
Paducah swarmed with newspapel
men and detectives. But il was plaiI
to Hendricks that fresh troubles at st
Mary's between the director and th,
men threatened TO draw attention
from the search for the soldiers.
Tro Br CONTnyrFD1
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-09-22
HEIGHT OF POLITENEss.
II Your Hostess skins Her NOsO It IL
the Proper CRper TO Skin
Yours Also,

Three young women who boarded o North
side cable ear the other day were evidently
dressed for a reception, and carried card
cases in their Frcnchily gloved hands. They
attracted much attention. which was not
surprising, as they were young aud would
have been handsome but for a similarity OF
facial misfortune-each one had prominent
red nose, which presented lurid and re-
markable appearance.
Fortunately for the peace Of mind Of the
other passengers on the car, a woman-als0
IN gala dress-knew them well enough to ask
with great astonishment;
What in the wor ID happened to you all?"
"Oh, haven't you heard? We are going to
Mrs. H. S reception"
so am |. But | mean what has happened
to your nosesY
Nothing; our noses ERE all right. But
haven't you heard about Mrs. H-W
mot a word, said their mystifed ac.
quaintance.
"Why she fell off her bicycle and skinned
her poor nose The cards were out already
for this reception, and she felt so badly about
her Disagreement that her dearest friends
decided to show their sympathy by wearing
the same kind of nose in the reception
oh, you sweet things! But why did yoW
not let all her friends know? / would have
been delighted to have got up my nose IN
the same style, but | suppose it Is too late
now"
They left the ear together, and two women
who had been listening with lend-me.your.
ears intenseness looked at each other with
| untranslatable meaning as one feebly
gasped:
"Well! Well | have heard say that
imitation is the sincerest hattcry. but don't
that beat the record| d|'-Chcago Chronicle.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-09-22

got upon a chair and in an excited
manner conveyed the information. II
was received with incredulous ieers,
cries of SERVED you right. We don't
believe it. You brought the soldiers,
etc" and the widest excitement
ensued.
The sheriff was paralyzed and lost
his head. He sent telegrams to Louis
Vile and Cairo calling on the author.
tiles to arrest all soldiers in blue shirts
and duck trousers armed with Spencer
rifles lie arrested the agents at the
Poducah railroad and held them for
collusion. Armed parties were sent
out on the highways and discovered
nothing but struggling men drawn to
the town by the news
Every other subject was now
swallowed up in the robbery of the
bank, and upon the arrival of the gov
ernor and his adjutant in the after
noon, there ensued a scene of in.
credulous indignation and fussy of.
ficialism The adjutant, an old-time
veteran with purely Kentucky pref
udices and Kentucky dignity, immcdi.
ately framed theory that there had
been raid from southern Indiana,
and was for calling upon the governor
of that state to make good the loss and
to return the raiders for punishment.
In Louisville, Cairo and Cincinnati,
the most extraordinary accounts were
published in the papers. One of the
sheets announced in its head lines:
THE English syndicate at st. Mary's
makes away with million and half
of money belonging to the working.
men,"
A paper in Louisville announced that
Kentucky had been invaded by an army
of Indiana free-booters, and its head
lines were startling Are we to have
another civil warp they asked.
"Shall an invading army desolate
Kentucky while our apathetic officials
are dickering with the bloated barons?
Let there be a call to arms"
One fact alone was clear to the
people of st. Mary's. The money and
the regiment had disappeared together.
That the astonishing circumstance
did not at the time betray to the coun-
try some of the real facts was owing
to the muddle which the incompetent
Mr. Matlock and the pig-headed sheriff
and governor had produced in the
minds of the people. There was a
widespread suspicion among the work.
ingmen that the superintendent was in
some way implicated in the removal
of the gold. and nothing could eradi-
cate from the governors head the no.
ton that the regiment was an exag-
Grated rusc which had been brought
about by a descent of invading villains
from southern Indiana
Hendricks had counted on this very
result. His motto was: "Audacity
that bewilders-and then, energy that
disOrganizes.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-09-22

Of strikes In order to understand Il
in its extraordinary details, il Is ncce5-
sary to explain the topography of ST.
Mary's.
The town is built ON the first and
second of the natural terraces and COW.
ers in a scattered way an area of per-
haps three square miles. To the south
west and overlooking the town is
what looks like a. portion Of q third
and larger terrace, but which is the
level of a long stretch of tableland
that extends south and west with g
steady fall for fifteen or twenty miles.
1t is a poor and sparsely inhabited
country covered with scrub oak and
gum trees and answers in many re-
spects to the southwestern land of
Kentucky which is still called the
"Barrens" There are few roads and
these are very bad. All local travel
skirting this region follows the
Clark river on the line of the Paducah
railway 1t is not at all inaccessible
from st. Mary's 1t is simply uninvit-
ing About a mile out there is an old
house standing half hidden in the gum
trees and brush near the one road 1t
was built ten years before by man
who manufactured potash and tannin
from the oak stumps and is said to
have done quite business there in a
drudging way. About six weeks be-
fore the troubles broke out at st.
Marys the place was hired from an old
negro into whose possession it had
fallen by man who gave out that he
was going to fit it up for the manufac-
ture of emery paper, a great deal of
which was used at st. Mary's and ma
terial for which had been found in a
crude state somewhere in the neigh
borhood. He had been receiving his
stock of machinery and implements
over the Paducah road.
On the morning to which reference
has been made, st, Mary's was in a
very demoralized condition. The news
had gone out over the country and
hundreds of strangers had poured in
across the Ohio and from Louisville
and Cairo. 1t was expected by every
body that collision would take place
| between the worlSmen and the colony
which the English company had
planted on the bank of the river. The
sheriff Of tho county had arrived, but
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-09-22


Was very untdy-you might say a sloven
She always objected TO dusting aud cleaning;
Towards brushes and brooms she had no sort
Of leaning,
1t fact It was said that the sight OF a dustcr,
Upstairs or downstairs, would simply disgust
her;
And broom to the room of this sad Miss Mac
Govern
Was as strange as a spiders web in q hot oven
Matilda Belinda Lucinda MacGovern.
OH what could have taught her to be such a
slovenl
The birds or the bees-show US anything
neaterl
The daises-Ah! what could be nicer and
sweeter?
Why, even the frogs don't grow careless and
rusty
And a toad on the road doesn't like to be
dusty;
While cats, with number Of delicate graces,
win wash with their paws their own wee,
furry faces,
But speaking Of cats once this small Miss
MacGovern-
We think 1t was mentioned that she was
slovcn--
Was told by her mother that 'ft was her
wishes
That her little daughter should wash up the
dishes"
She lazlly fingered; the cat saw its chances,
And cleared every plate, ere Il caught her stray
glanccs
She thanked Mistress Puss with delighted
carossings
And chucked "Oh, cats arc such helps and
such bessngs!"
George Cooper, in Our Little Ones
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-09-22
AIDED BY MRS. PINKHAM.

Mrs. W. e. PAXTON, youngstown,
North Dakota, writes about her strug-
gle to regain health after the birth of
her little girl:
"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM:-It is with
pleasure that l add my testimony to
your list, hoping that it may induce
others to avail themselves of your val
uable medicine.
AFTER the birth of my little girl,
three years ago, my health was very
poor. had leucorrhea badly, and a
terrible bearing.down pain which
gradually grew worse, until could do
no work. Also had headache nearly
all the time, and dizzy feelings. Men
situations were very profuse, appear
ing every two weeks.
"Itool medicine from good doctor,
but it seemed to do no good was
becoming alarmed over my condition,
when I read your advertisement in a
paper. I sent at once for a bottle of
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
ponnd, and after taking two-thirds of
the bottle felt so much better that j
send for two more. After using three
bottles l felt as strong and well as any
one.
81 think it is the best medicine for
female weakness ever advertised. and
recommend it TO every lady / meet suf-
fering from this trouble"
Maternity is a wonderful experience
and many women approach it wholly
unprepared. Childbirth under right
conditions need not terrify women.
The advice Of Mrs. Pinkham Is freely
offered to all expectant mothers, and
her advice is beyond question the most
valuable 70 be obtainod. II Mrs. Pax
ton had written to Mrs. Pinkham be
fore confinement she would have beer
saved much suffering. Mrs. Pinkham
address IS Lynn, Mass.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-09-22

Place four pounds of unslacked lime,
one pound of salt and one ounce of
cream of tartar in an earthen jar, then
add three gallons of boiling water, stir
we'll and let the mixture stand for
two days. Collect the eggs fresh each
day, carefully examine them to see
that they are free from cracks, lower
them with care into the liquid, and
put them into a cool place where they
will not be disturbed, The liquid
should stand above the eggs to a depth
of two inches. Look at them from time
TO time to see if the water has not evap-
Grated. If it has, add little cold
water, One who has tried it says that
eggs will keep perfectly good for IL
months when put up in this way
journal of Agriculture.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-09-22
Feedlne ontmcaI 10 ChieIss.

theoretically, and judging by analy
sis, oats and oatmeal ought to be the
best feed for hens or their chickens.
But whole oats have too much chaff to
he proftably fed to hens. Their crop
is limited in size, and the chaff of
oat, besides being itself innutritious,
IS soft and interferes with crushing the
grain. The same objections apply to
feeding oatmeal, either dry or wet, to
young chicks. Even if fed without
the chaff, the oatmeal is liable to com
pact in the chicks gizzard. We believe
that meal for chicks should always be
cooked, and the harder the cakes made
from it the better. Crush these cakes
into small bits and fowl will eat them
greedily.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-09-22
vnccInatIng Loo. In Frnnee.

The French minister of agriculture
has decided that all breeders of swine
shall provide themselves with the
swine fever vaccine, and treat the ami
mails themselves and on their own re-
sponsibility. The application for vac
cine has to be made to the mayor Of
the town, who forwards IL TO the
prefect. This only applies TO villages
where there is not veterinary prac-
titioner. The inoculated animals have
to remain under the supervision Of
the sanitary officer for IS days, and
the owners will not be able to obtain
possession Of them unless for imme-
diate slaughter
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-09-22
FARM HOUSE PIAZZA.
One Like That shown In the Cut CRn
BE Built at an Expense Every
one Can Afford.

Many houses have no shade trees
rear them, and piazza or yeranda is
almost a necessity in the summer. A
permanent porch, deep enough to
forrl the necessary shade in summer,
is Objectionable in the winter, as 1t
shuts out the light that is then needed.
Resides all this, the expense in build
ing permanent veranda is beyond
tie reach OF many, and altogether un-
necessary in any case. The illustra-
tion shows how to make a summer
veranda that has all the advantages
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-09-22
HE WAS NOT GLADSTONE.
Which Was just why She DID MOI
Care to Listen to His
Gentle Flow.


NO. remarked the. early morning man
in the car down from Mount Pleasant; no,
| can't say that / have my wife trained as
perfectly as | could wish to have her trained,
or that shall be so fortunate as ever to have
her 50, but there is coed deal Of pleasure
in trying to- 1t at least gives her an idea
that she is not perfect, and as long as man
can keep his wife in that state of mind It i
almost as much of comfort as it is to hayl
her Just what he wants her to be-
"Geehoolipins" exclaimed n little man
with pale blue eye and hdgety manner,
u wish could only get my wife to your way
of thinking"
"Did you ever try?o inquired the early
morning man.
did II" chuckled the little man, with a
profound internal convulsion not entirely
clear to the understanding of his auditors
81 should say | did. 1t hasn't been half an
hour ago. / had something to say to my
wife on the lines you suggest and was en-
deavoring to get an opening tor my re-
marks, but she was talking to such an ex
tent that | had no show at all. Finally
quite driven to desperation, but not wish
ing to do anything violent, ! merely gave
her a hint Of the situation by telling her that
when Mr.. Gladstone talked his wife always
listened in silence And did she take it as ]
had intended" he asked Of himself with an
other one Of those ambiguous chuckles,
"Did she?" inquired the early morning
man, with much interest.
"Wel, says she to me, I don't doubt II AZ
ALL but think who it was that Mrs Glad,
stone was listening to, and then she went
right ahead with her conversation as u j
hadn't been within ten miles. Washing
ton Star
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-09-22

Psducah end telegraphed to the gov
ernor that the English company's
pruperty was in danger and he de-
Tnardcd the protection Of the state.
At this juncturo large number Of
tie remaining worizmen who had
taken 10 pcrt in the strike protested
arafnst the action Of the director and
went ont with the others.
The whole town was now in fer
ment Of excitement, and that night
Wr. Matlock began to take measures
10 have his gold transferred.
The next day an event occurred
which Is unrrecedented in the histor-
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-09-22
FOrebnnded,

Little Dora is so thoughtful Of the future
that she never eats dinner, but what she
thinks of supper. She was taking her music
might learn to play the harp instead. at
win save me having to learn when I'm an
angel, she explained .-Pick-Me-Up.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-09-22
DeIicatcIy put.

He would not say that she painted, pow
dered and all that. He was too much Of
gentleman for that
"Still, / may as we'll confess" he said
Chat she impressed me as one who Think
she can improve upon the Lords haudi
work" Chicago Post.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-09-22

Remember that a horse must under
stand what y5u want before the ami
NAL can do it. II Is your business 10
make your wants plain.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-09-22

Husband-And are you happy, dar-
ling2
Wife-Yes, indeed; as happy as II ]
had ucvc- besn married. Halo.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-09-22

II YOU stack clover hay. co.er The
Top with boards or canvas.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-09-22
A SAD CASE.

Matilda Belinda Lucinda MacGovern
Was very untidy-you might say a sloveni
She always objected 10 busting aud cleaning;
Towards brushes and brooms she had no sort
OF leaning
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-01
uTAH,s COLONEL OF ENGINEERS.

The nomination of Captain Willard
Young to be colonel of the Second vol
upteer regiment of engineers is rec
ognition of the state, and will be pleas
ing to his many friends. Captain
Young is a native of the state, and was
appointed a cadet to West Point in
1871 by the late Captain w. II. Hooper
He graduated fourth in his class, and
was appointed second lieutenant of
engineers. After. spending two years
at the engineer school at Willet's Point
he was detailed as an instructor in
military engineering at the military
academy, the last two years being an
assistant professor. He afterwards did
engineer work at various places, hav-
ing been at the Cascade locks on the
Columbia when he resigned from the
army. In the U. N. G. he held the rank
of brigadier general.
Colonel Young, for such we must now
call him, is in every respect we'll quail
fed to perform the duties of colonel
OF engineers. He is a thorough soldier
and modest. retiring gentleman. He
will honor his state and justify the
presidents selection of him. 1t is a
notable coincidence that the two colo
nels of the volunteer engineer regi-
ments are members of the same class
that of 1S75-Colonel Eugene Griffin of
the First having graduated second.
Utah may well feel honored in the Sc
lection of one of her citizens to be
colonel of the Second.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-01
LODGES REVENUE BILL AMEND
MENT.

few days since Senator Lodge gave
notice that he would move an amend
ment to the revenue bill, providing for
the annexation. of Hawaii. When he
gave this notice he declared that hence
forth the revenue bill and Hawaiian
annexation would travel together never
again to be parted. Now the senator
announces that he will not insist on his
annexation rider. His second thought
is by far his best thought
His first announcement was a very
startling thing. and people heard ii
with amazement, for they regarded it
as threat, whose purpose was intimi-
dation. 1t was a declaration of an in
tent to block the most important meas
ure now before congress unless he could
have his way; it in no sense made
clearer the merits or dement's of
Hawaiian annexation, but merely be-
clouded the whole question, and in
creased opposition to annexation; the
thing was really scandalous, and no
doubt he has changed his plan, if not
his mind. at the earnest solicitation of
party friends. He had started out bent
upon committing huge blunder; they
have saved him in spite of himself.
What would Senator Lodge and his
party friends have said had some friend
of silver announced, with great -four