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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-13

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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-13

This Holiday Number and the remaining issues OF
the year, FREE to new subscribers. beautiful Illus
to be published during 1899 will be sent with sample
copies Of the paper FREE to any address.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-01
HOMEMADE DRAINING LEVEL


the top OF the water IN the tubes al .
distant stake, with different heights
marked on it, one can get the figures
from whichto make calculations. Three
feet Is q good length. btt the longer It
is the more accurate. 4The same result,
may be attained by putting sights on .
long cafpenterssl lerel. Sights may be
made by driving two nails in, fling q
point on one and a notch in the other.
TO get the sights accurate. restthe ends
of the level on a firm support, and see
at what object the sights r directed;
then change the level end for end, and
II the sights point to the same object
as before they are properly placed. A
little experimenting will get them
right. By spending IS cents and doing
o little carefai work one may make {
good carpenters lesek Plane q scant
ling three or rnorsaeef long, ddezn true
A few cents win buy ofa hadfwsre deal
er & sealed level tube filed Hith alcohol
Set in place in the wood with wet plaster
of paris Then tack a strip Of tin with
a slot in It over the tube.-Marion Hays.
In Farm and Home.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-01

and bringing home spoils. At last. on
one of these expeditions, a Capt. Midi
yer found the print of a slender. naked
human foot in the sand.
There he said. "has passed the lost
woman" and he vowed he would not
leave till he found her. he and his men
now raked the island as with a comb.
Soon they came on an unfinished
dress of birds breasts, a beautiful
thing of wonderful workmanship. It
was II a basket of rushes hanging in a
tree. Near a spring dried fish and blub-
Der were hidden in the rocks. At last
Nidiver himself saw the woman. wear
ing q dresssaoE7necked and sleeveless,
like the one in The basket. when she
saw him she 1rst started to rrn then
stopped aud met him with frieudlfness.
Eoone could talk TO her, hut wfthfhe
most touching hospitality Sic set about
getting a meal for him ndhisIn men. She
had y~arions little neatpens and shelters
in different pieces. /.
The saddesf Thing is yet to be told.
When they took her "a the mainland
many Indians were brought to her, and
she scanned each face eagerly. but no
one who could even talk to her was ever
found. Her little tribe~xas scattered
and absorbed among other mission
Indians" as r%ain-drops are lost IN the
sea-
She was treated with all tenderness
by Capt. Nidiver's Spanish wife, who
kept her and would not allow her to be
made a show of; but when no human
soul could be found who knew evengher
tongue, she began TO droop.
She loved Mrs. Nidiver's children de-
votedly. and would tell over and over
by signs how she had looked and looked,
for her baby and never found it. She
thought the dogs on the island had de-
voUred II.
The lady came to love her much, and
when she grew weak she sent for seals
meat to try and tempt her appetite with
the food she was used to. The sick
woman patted her hands for Shank
you," but she would NOT eat II. Soon
she died.
Her beautiful feather gowns were
sent to the pope; the Nidiver family
still keep some OF her ~water-tight
baskets; several of her. bone needles
are treasured by a lady in San Fran
cisco. and the grave of this pathetic.
wonderful heroine is still pointed out
by the priests in Santa Barbara
Youths Companion
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-01
A Border state Passwora.

Kansas had . shibboleth in border
state days. In 1854, when the first tide
OF New England settlers began to drift
into the southwest, the Missouriare tied
a COW at each crossing Of the Missouri
river. When a new settler arrived at
the crossing he was sure to make some
remarks about the COW. If he said
cow" he was at onc permitted to
cross over to Kansas. But II he said
"kaow." he was hustled out of the
try as a hated abolitionist. To retaliate,
the Kansans tied q bear on their side
of the river. When q new settler said
"bear," he was welcomed with open
arms. But il he said abar,p he was
scoofed back into Missouri as a wicked
slavery adrocate.lSan Francisco Ar
gonaut.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-01

An kinds of poultry have very strong
digestive organs. provided they have
the gravel with which to ali their ,xiz
Yards and have enough exercise to keer
In vigorous health. They r positiseIy'
injured By having the bulk Of tier
food ground. noistened or cooked 90
~ to make its digestion easier. Yorna
ehickA are most apt to be injured n
this way the popular idea being that
az they are very small their gizzards
cannot digest hard-substances. We i
rays began feeding young chicks viii
cracked wheat, giving IN addition soms
milk curd pressed hard. which II quite
81 dif5cult Of digesfion as the wheat
They win not eat much wheat at fsrsk
and q q best they should not. Lihfls
ant often nhoald be the rule with IN
youex sninzzzz, chicks Ia1ludrd.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-01

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"'srn mar mas pefenfee yzair
aess<2 Wnicn congresses <F =
.oseo g esrry q grain, recely149 70
S - sne eu1
.ne g1a1 10y
Pips snc iolset Win s1'S 7+z y
nv soP " inc sies
hand Straps Q stree cars are 70 Dc
az the END on an arm wnicn y
attacneo 70 the rod now ~ use 70 swing
me strap down INTO position 9 :
snort person 20 use "a armlys1gn
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-01
AN ANGRY COOK.
He Was Hotly opposed to R-evol.ao--
ists.

He Was Holly Opposed I'd R~evoiueson-
lists.
Volney was one of those French phil
osophers whose attitude toward Chris
tianity displayed that antipathy TO re-
ligion which seramps and distorts the
mind. While travelling in the United
States, volney became engaged in dis
cussion with DR.. Priestley, an English
man, the eminent natural philosopher
who discovered oxygen gas, and whose
Unitarian theological views and radical
political sentiments had driven him
from England to Pennsylvania. Dr..
Priestley, with more bitterness of feel
ing than courtesy, called Volney IAN
atheist, an ignoramns, a Chinese and a
Hottentot."
In the autobiography of Chevalier de
Pontgibaud, recently translated under
the title of "a French Volunteer of the
War Of Independence, = the chevalier de-
scribes a scene of which he was an eye
witnesA- at Philadeiphia, during his
third visit. to the United States. He
writes:
"Marino.w who had formerly beena cook
to, Chevalier de Capellis, lived in Phila.
delphia and was known as an excel.
lent pastry cook. One day the chew
elier was in Marines shop when a
stranger entered. He was a French
man, and ordered a pate. composed Of
the choicest delicacies; he was going to
invite a scor Of persons to dinner.
The pastry cook asked the customers
name and address.
"Volney," said the stranger.
"yolneyi. roared the cook, who was
3 royalist and hated the reyolutionists
whom volney had been identified
voineyi"
Quitting his saucepans, he came for
ward, with the white cap on his head, |
apron tucked up. and a big knife
stuck in his belt, and in q loud, trem-
bling yoice-for he was angry-cried:
Get out of here, you scoundreIi Get
'ut of my kitchen, you accursed atheist.
You revolutionisti You have robbed |
of my property / don't work for
people of your kind. My stove shall
never get hot for youi"
Volney was fairly drawn from the
'hop.-Youth's Companion.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-01

While the bees take their winters
nap. the spiarist should be awake and
active II he can handle tools and has
q shop to protect him from the inclem-
encies Of the weather, he can manufac'
ture his own hives and have them in
xsadinespsfer5he busy season.tH<
Nptfss1K cad tbe done with bees IL
the zxinzezs Z the<1 1zE< beehf f6eassy
cared Tor - the all fhe best thinfy is
simply 70 let them alone. In sssru
days when they are inclined to fy, the
entrances should be opened up and
cleared f~rofndead bees.@o On such days
those that are suspected to be gettlHS
short oz supplies An be fsd with sd !
eandy. IN
"A the winter months are suitable
for reading and storing the mind witt
knowledge, / wiz gise here aie1ggs5.
ton that may be Of advantage toman4
It is Id reference I AWHat are called s.ter-
tile workers. This phrase describes
bees that have gotten out of their
spropeE sphere. like crowing hens ana
Mhisfliag maids. All worker beeszare
~undeveloped females capable under
certain conditions of laying eggs like
q queen. Their eggs viii hatch, but
win only produce drones, or male bees
Of small size. Such fertile workers
only appear in colonies that have lost
their queen. Their presence can read
lily be detected when the combs are ex-
amined. There will be. in worker cells
from two to six eggs, an9ff they hare
been in existence for some time, sealed
cells raised above those Of the workers
viii appear detached from one another
and not of continuous elevation as regu-
lar drone cells are. When such = condi-
ton exists, fertile workers are pres
ent, and the regular queen is absent
The main question then is to know how
to get rid OF these pests. They cannot
be detected, for they are just like com.
mon workers, unless you catch them
In the act OF laying their eggs. There
may only be one or several. When their
existence is discovered it is useless to
give them a laying queen. as they viii
not accept her.
"oy Aka u tAC4A - 70
remove the stand to a new place In the
apiary ata considerable distance. Place
an empty hive where the colony foruner-
" stood, then go to some strong hive
and take out two frames eontaining
eggs and sealed brood (be sure you
have not the queenl, with all adhering
bees, and put them in the empty box
Then go2to the hive containing the fer.
tile workers, take out each frame, shak-
ing or brushing every bee of, and place
It in the new hive. Do this with every
frame anti you have your box full.
The worker bees viii fly back to their
old stand and the fertile workers will
be left in the old box. The new coll
ony will soon begin to raise qzAens by
constructing queen cells. II laying
queens on hand, one can be intro
duced In the usual way.lWilliam Bal
lantine, In Farm Journal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-01
SCIENCE IN FARMING.
rhs rAsafty Farmer Of the

The Thrlfty Farmer Of the Fuszre
Must BE . Student.
The 6oliowipg Ia IN editorial which
appeared In the Chicago Record. It
shows that TIE Dress of the country II
swaking to the new forward and up
ward movement In agriculture:
Secretary Wilson. of the department
Of agriculture, in his address at Tuske-
gee, Ala, did well when he laid stress
upon the increased opportunities
which viii open to the farmer when he
takes the pains to devote himself mcrs
thoroughly to a scientific study Of the
ways and means of increasing his crops
and making the most of his advantages
Two things have hampered the develop
ment Of the American farmer material
ly-they are . failure to profit by the
Information gained by science as to
economical production, and, second, the
failure to Study the agricultural mar
ket.
I'm neither Of these particulars has
the farmer himself been TO blame. He
has done the best possible with the
means At hand. Now, however, that the
virgin aelds In many states are losing
some Of their native fertility the need
becomes more and more pressing for in.
teIligent and systematic methods. As
Secretary Wilson pointa out. 8 great
deal IL to be gained simply from a study
Of soils and soil conditions. Certain
lands may be made to yield a rich profit
In one product, while the same lands
would be i'll adapted to another. Scien-
tifc investigation is now determining
what characteristics Of soilsmake them
better for one crop than for another.
THE day Of ~haphazard, try-is-forluck
has disappeared. and the sue
agriculturist of the future win
be the maa who studies his fields the
most carefully and orders everything In
accordance with the principle Of econ
maximum Of result with the /
of expenditure. The Ameri-
farmer no doubt has been years
ahead of his European rivalin adopting
advanced methods, but he stin has far to
70. The man who makes q success Of
'arming in the coming century win be
who devotes to his business the same
method and Judgment which business
N professional men apply in Developing
heir own best interests.s
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-01
c FOR

Save the best ears Of corn for seed.
Carp make the bottom of the pond
muddy.
Cattle willeat sweet potato vines with
profit
Have good safe lantern. or two o,
three Of them.
Moldy corn. the Kansas station af.
firms is very dangerous to horses.
An exchange says that corr can b.
raised for six cents bushel. Nit. Not
for twice that.
Small quantities Of seed corn can b
dried in the kitchen. Larger quantities
in the smokehouse.
The watch dog Is not much needed
On the farm. AL things considered
the shepherd Is the best farm dog.
II you have . good farmland keep
him. His kind is notnumerous enough
to warrant You in letting him 60.
Fall blowing, on the whole, Il adviss
bic. It ~expedites spring work and ID
with the health Of insects
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-01
indian MOth6r..
the COAST Of southern 9
BY Vio1a Roseboro.

80 49,
OFF the coast Of southern CaIifornis
~ lie the Santa Barbara islands; they
look very near the mainland on the
map, IS If it would only be a pleasant
afternoons work to explore them in a
rowboat, but in fact they are far
enough away from the homes and
haunts of men to have been the scene of
a history stranger, Ionelier and more
pitiful than the one Defoe ~made up
about Robinson Crusoe.
These islands have been long unin-
habited, visited only by grazers who
keep sheep on some, and by trappers
after otter and seal; the sea-lioDs in the
CincinnatiZo algardens andin the
New York aquarium were lassoed here.
But Indians used to make their home
on the larger islands, and it was when
the last of the tribe were being removed
to the mainland that an accident oc-
Cured which caused a woman to spend
on San Nicholas IS years utterly alone.
In 1885 Spanish missionaries were
busy in southern California civilizing,
teaching and converting the Indians
not such degraded beings as are now TO
be seen on the western coast, but a skill
full people who learned well how to build
and farm. The fathers had done much
with the cgast Indians, and now turned
their eyes to the little tribes on the
rocky islands put at sea They made
arrangements to bring them, one after
another, to the mainland. The Indians
seem TO have come willingly. but in one
case the embarkafion was effected wish
much difhculfy, on account Of a storm.
A schooner under the command of a
Capt. Williams had gone to San Mich
oias-San Nicholas lies 20 miles out at
sea-to bring away the Indians, about
- of them, who lived there. A tempest
fen upon the island as the schooner
drew near, and TO land was very diff
cult; all was wild hurry and confession;
the vessel was In danger, and the Indi-
ans were making a Sitting" for life.
So it was not remarkable that, as they
were putting out to "a, one young
mother should find her child had been
left behind She thou i Il had been
brought aboard in q spfss arms.
When she discovezd the truth she
frantic. She prayed the captain to
turn back. but he said the storm was too
they might all be ship
wrecked and drowned. The poor girl
grew desperate, and she did what many
q mother would be driven to do in like
ease; she jumped overheard.
She could swim, snd the last that was
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-01
Cearss Manure for Clov.r.

The farmer who sows clover largely
may well use much coarse manure APP
Piled as fan top-dressing to land where
clover Is to be sown the following
spring. There Il probably no better
use Of coarse manure than to apply it
thus The larger the clover grows,
the deeper its roots extend into the
subsoil, and the greater its value in de-
seloping soil fertility. By all means
the winter grain to be seeded with
clover should be fall top-dressed. II
win very probably pay much of the cost
of the manure in the increased grain
crop. Il Is sure to do so IN the clover
crop. and the increased fertility which
the clover win produce In the land IN
after yeerss-Rurzl World.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-01

seen OF her she was striking out brave
", making her way back to her deserted
home and her baby. But only q moment
was she visible.
No attempt was made to rescue her.
The schooner landed its exiles at San
Pedro. At that time vessels were very
few on the coast, and the schooner was
engaged for two trips which, 1t was con-
sidered. must be made before she could
return to look up the lost woman. On
the last Of these trips she was wrecked,
and there vas nothing bigger than
canoes and hshing-boats left on the
lower coast. Seventy miles in an open
boat no man cared to undertake.
Some said both woman and child
must by this time be dead; some that
the mother never could have reached
the shore. Father Gonzales. however.
one person who was not satisfied
but = years passed before be could ret
1aythlnz done.
1hs 5e<aii< q tie <earc5es msds esn-'
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-01
HOMEMADE FEED cUrrER,

(a) IN made Of . v-shaped eavestrough
with legs attached, one leg (b) being ex-
tended q few inches on a line with the
edge of the trough to guide the knife.
Drill a hole in the end Of an old scythe
blade (c) and nut it 70 a stake to be
driven in the ground. The blade should
have free play against the leg (b).
Clover hay and other green or dried
feed a thus be cut easily and quickly,
J. Noble, in Farm and Home.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-01

-
Mr. ne
- -
1nsRlSs4171 t5@1- 5nI f*1ey &rsek.
The Exe5 #a2 taz181 Eitna ~
Ana @e-.--serH< es.,-.~e
H%s ff- .e%-.-
WIf4S1 va5t
IL co%r<51 80 c,oths.
lr61<5% <e- ssr.s
Perh411 he peculiar
AboHe - head ana feet.
Becan<e be Hsarr his hat weIl-brush,d,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-01

q Makes an Excellent wfaser Radon
for Poultry.
I have hnen surprised at the large
quantity Of clover a flock Of fowls will
eat especially since I rugged up 9 cut
ter from an odd scythe blade. The hone
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-01

xreEendsas Exodps 10 ~ xls1zzl1ss
Despite the warni1<s Of <A&s pa feYe
ben On the spot, "a predic< EIE<z46 i
the Klondike resion, skodszzaIs
furious Americans are HenGi1< *hSf 7xf
t~hitherward. Al Of them ss13 rPd
yidel with that medicinal s>fef&Ea14- <9
fers Stomach 8itters, vhith< <49Fnz<M5
nourishes the system, and p<e4<s# HEAiE
~rhermetisns, kidney trcnh}e, ts54@ 800
dying liver conplains, dyscepa@ Ne&sc
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-01
Taers Is q 7ci.ss 6 -

X There Is . Glass 81 <ra.zss y
Who are. Injured By the 1se Z esE>e =
Gently there has been PLACED !
grocery. stores q E ~preper<&<4 eelzsE
GRAINe0msde nf pure sf1i<s, ek1>1shzl
the place Of coffee. The most 6ezi<ats zkqnr
ach receives Il without distrsses &sd hu1
few can tel it from coffee. Is ion >ek
over as much Children may <rA1f5uk3
great benefit. Is cts. and IS r<s<H1k 1kk<%
age Try it. Ask fcz GRAH&.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-01

Clutches and cruel pains frum Scsskszs.
From Sc. Jacobs OH the cufe Il Il
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-01

A good thing gets { iittle b<<teF sse.r dssx-
z poor thing q little woz7&-Af1zis56'
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-01

An egg IN the CUP Is sor<h t.o Il u
nsst.-Chicaso News
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-01

Better times come TO an cured q 1ehss
And pains by st. Jacobs Oh !
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-01

bssebes ! tn struek oh& <s5c
s<Pseiess = Es<tis5fnan Hhtre zEEk ~
5en karnzd IS zhe pI1r during <n<kek q
sssn'ns S h.zss!f hetskeds fs3e z&he3
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-01

Ecu are slssys nezting pesps whe <zxfx
that they ssYs yen money. What bsco11cS
q ne money tke9 save yoa2zAkchs.s6
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-01

Check Colds and Bronchitis vith Esssas
Honey Of Horehcund and Tar.
Pike'E Toothachc Drops Cure = 80 Hz1ntes
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-01

Willy-.Pa, yhat kind e rIszzs "a
Papa-0hl . sort Of nopzz.ing ssars 8
most cases.-Puck. &
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-08-04

Saturday afternoon Grand Vale.
High Line farmer brought IN the frs,
ripe watermelon, gaining tho premium
offered-the Enterprise one year. B,
request we suppress his name for the
present, as publicity might attract toe
many OF the boys to a particularly early
patch.) While the office force was en-.
gagged in eating this melon, G. J. Sam.
pies came in with another ripe one. As
his melon came in almost simultaneously
with the first one We decided to award
premiums to both. Later in the evening
II. Tinney, an Oklahoma tenderfoot mel.
ongrower brought in the first cantaloupe
OF tho season. 1t was raised on sod
ground near Rocky Ford. 1t was small,
but Of good flavor.
-Donegnn & jacobs. recently OF Gold
field, are collecting a valuable dairy
herd. They will soon have 30 COWS, all
OF the Holstein and Shorthorn breeds.
They will sell milk to the creamery.
"A visit to NJ. Badgers orchard in
Grand Valley n few days since presented
uccumulative evidence OF tho resources
OF the Arkansas valley for fruit growing
His plum and prune trees were loaded to
tue fullest possible extent 1t looks ms
il many trees might no badly wrecked by
their burden Of ripening fruit. In peach.
es the same splendid prospects were not.
ed. Many OF Mr.. Badgers plum, prnne
and peach trees are bearing this year for
the first time, and steadily increasing
income therefrom may be expected in the
future