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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-05

Several wagon loads of wate,
Melons arrived in town this morning
before breakfast time.
John Foley, manager of the Pho
neer Kegs Works at Brownwood is in
;he city to-day.
Did YOU ever know a Legislature
TO adjourn without some newspaper
saving il hal done nn:hing ofvalu"::
That's the difference between a l.gis-
turc and Hannah. lie CLOSES u? ever.
night after Il record Of good done
people.
Many new features are to be III
troducrd at our Fair this year which
promises to be good drawing cards.
Read t!ia catalogue carefully and see
i. there is anything in it that interests
you.
The book agen, that Is in the city
is doing an immense business. People
get too Gll to read.
We could moi improve the quality
il paid double the price. DcWitt's
Witch Hazel Sa!ve is the bes; Save
that experience can produce. or that
money can buy. l. Ben Miller, Drug
gist.
Mr.. W. V. Evans. Secretary of
the Southern Illinois Fair ASSOCIATION
at Anna, Illinois, WAS in the city yea
terday and he gave the DEMOCRAT
Il friendly call. The Anna Fair will
be held August 20, 81, 81 and Sept.
LIST, 1898.
-Houck's Missouri and Arkansas
Railroad, which runs from Commerce
TO Morley is handling more freight
than any short line railroad in the
country. 1t is not 4 very long rlroad
but it runs through the finest farnl-
ing section of Scott county.
Adam Hoffman, and wife of
Jackson are in the city to-day.
If you can afford to be annoyed
BY sick headache and constipation,
don't use DeWitt's Little Early Risers
for these little pills will ure them. l.
Ben Miller, Druggist.
Last Tuesday was Mr.. Edward d.
Engelmann's birthday and Tuesday
night lie was presented with a fine
gold headed cane and several other
presents.
William A. Penney, Superinten-
dent of the Street Railway, informs
that he is contemplating a change
in the running of the cars that will
make the service more convenient for
the public. His plan is to put three
ears on the line and rI:n them all one
way, thus having q car pass each
street crossing every ten minutes.
ALL that honesty, experience and
kill can do TO produce a perfect pill,
las been employed in making De
Little Early Risers. The result
s a specific tor sick headache, bilious
less and constipation. l. Ben Miller,
Druggist.
james Walker will give his an
lual barbecue and celebration at Ben
ION on Tuesday, August 18th. Mr..
Walker has been giving these celebra-
ions for several years and they are
enjoyed by the thousands of
who attend them. y
We understand that one farmer
who brought 4 load of wheat 10 town
yesterday refused to take forty-iour
cents per bushel for it and hauled it
back home, declaring that he would
iced his whole crop TO his hogs before
DC would sell it az the present market
price.
The Fair Grounds are being put
IN good condition for the coming Fair.
Now if our merchants and business
men will only take some Of their goods
and make a nice display at u Fair
his year it viii help improve it in
many ways. There is a small induce
ment offered for all and we would like
&c see each and every me represented
here this wear The question is, will
you:
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-05

Of the Superior Court writes: From
mental exhaustion, my v sys-
tenn became shattered, and l was
utterly unable TO sleep nights. Sulphur
Bitters cured me. and my sleepi is now
sound, sweet and refreshing.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-05

Mt. and Hrs Christ, Hirsch, a Cir
Christ. is looking as happy as a larl
to-day.
-Yon nay exPec: bargaina 8
Flentge e. Woods clearance sale
8 commencing August the 9TH and con
tiuuing one week.
:. Misses Lucy Leech and Nellie
Moore left yesterday for Pennington
where they go to visit Mrs. N. r
Smith.
Lawn chairs and settee's at A
Walthers.
-Robt. Alternately (colored) was
tried for common assault in Justice
kimmers court this morning. He
plea | guilty and was fined in the sum
of 81.
We have a large line of Ward
robes, al prices that will surprise
you. y WALTIIER.
Two Scott COUNTY boys q%uarreic:I
and fought ahout 4 girl. au;l Ii OF
them has to pay a fine AID co..s 10 The
ainoum of 1880.
Lookout tor ilrntgr & Woods
clearance sale, commencing on Aug
the 9TH anu continuing one week
only. july25
Titan, a government boat. passed
down this morning with three barge.
loaded with rocks.
C;iil6rcn like TO cake &C. c..
Certain Ci,iii (:Urc.' the pleas
ant and guaranteed cure for
Fever, igEc ::I&i MG.i;i ia
Price so cts.
For le by W. II. Cocryrr, druggist
The Prescott ilnus, Annex is orc
of the finest saloons in the city. Every
thing in it is new and is bright and
clean as n new dollar from the mint.
Advise for these Lays Of alarm:
keep cool. be- prudent but not In penu-
Deal with ilamau. Thus YOU
will escape disaster.
so far all the boys fnat hav, been
arrested for shooting craps have plead
and paid their fine.
Folding beds at A. Walthers.
Some of our farmers who have
been shipping their wheat TO ST. Louis
nave been getting their heads bump
ri. The freight and commissions
eft them less for their wheat tn az
what they could get for it in the home
market.
Our banks. thank fortune, are
anil IIaman continuns 10 ac-
checks on them in excl tnsc for
{
in r. :ard TO the escaped convict
in this city last night or that l
IL is now hiling anywhere near here. {
Gems TO Us Ia De rather more fanriful :
han true, from the fact that his be- =
ng shrewd enough to escape the '
'tatc prison through a sewer, smoke
take, key hole OF otherwise would ;
faturnlIy lead any thinking pcrsol 10
that he has too much IL to , ,
top nrar a place the size OF the Cape. !
he most plausible idea 10 lis is that
took tn, shortest cut for the Mis-
our si-lc and that he is sharp enough
u keep avn frpn s'IaiI a public {
A. In. M;S,ipri river AMI all t
where there is likely TO he any y
wires. r
-Ifyon need ANYTHING III ihc fur :
iiur' line call at y. Nalihar's on n
il will pay van .,
"A writ of prohibition issued by u
G!gr BLACK OF the Supreme Court Ii
{ Missouri WAS served upon AlrXan- :
Ross, Judge of the Cape Girar- +,
eau Court of Common Pleas. which
further proceedings in the mat 4
n of the r~eccivcrship of the st. II
ape Girardcau K Fort Smith Rail 81
Dad till the Ssh of October. If Judge n
-oss Obeys The writ there will be no
ack pay certificates issued TO pay of
le employees until after the case is =.
gain heard in the Supreme Court J.,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-05

TIE BEST SAL.vE III the world for
Cats. Bruises, Sores. Ulcers, Salt
Rherm, Fever Sores, letter, Chapped
hanIs. Ckilblain5, Corns, and all Skin
E;upIions, and positively urcs Piles
ar no pay required. Ii is guaranteed
10 give satisfaction, o r money refunded
Price p cents Per box. For sale at
WILSON'S DrG1 StOro
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-05
NOW IS THE time

To secure the greatest bargains that
have been or will be offered in seasOnable
goods. Greatest slaughter sale ever start
ed and will be kept up until all summer
goods and remnants of all kinds are dis
posed of.
10 pieces Scotch Lawn price cents now S cents.
10 pieces Irish Lawn double fold price IS cents now 10 cents.
S pieces India silk finished null price IS cents now 10 cents.
S pieces Dotted Swiss Mul price Is cents now 10 cents.
pieces Printed Jaconet price IS cents now s Is cents.
5 pieces Dotted Swiss Null price IS cents now IS a3 cents.
? pieces Dimity Mulls price IS cents now 10 cents.
5 pieces louisiana Satnes price IS cents now 10 cents.
Indigo Blue Calicoes prize 7 cents now S cents.
Good Apron Check Ginghams price Is cts now S cts.
Good Bleached Domestic S cents.
20 Dozen Handkerchiefs I cent each.
Do not wait for some one else to give
as good bargains as we will, for at that
time you will be too old to appreciate them.
Now is the time to get some Of the most
stylish and finest goods i'm the market at
a great bargain. Terms Of this sale, Spot
Cash. -
pFIR0NNFT
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-05
Hiss 0G Mail Mater

Rsmssrisz uncalled for In the post osce
Caps Girardeau, county Of CAPE GirgTd,a
sssss q Missouri, for the week end.
July 81, 1888.
Dizzic Belcher, Mary Duh
Rowera KIemme, 2, MARY Mccormick,
Mary Phillips, Mrs c Phillips,
Annie Ramthn, NJ NJ Richardson,
] u Sniier.
Persons calling for any of the above letter.
will please say Advertised, - Z ring date o
this list. II not called for within two weeks
they will be sen. to the Dead Letter Oahcc a
Wa,aia-t.u City. -. CRANER,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-05
rs fear o. r, C.

John l.. Miller is sole agent for this
rare and famous article. Twenty
cents a drink-:wo dollars per bottle
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-05
Wants, For Sale, Lost, Etc.

So.ices Inserted Iod~r this head not exceed
Eve lines for ten cents.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-05

7 OST-k pair o: spcctaslos. Finder will be
h<rcwardsd By leaving Same at this Office.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-05

"ANTED-.A tngSy and saddle horse OF
w msre IS IL Ia lis haads high, ) to =. years
old. Apply to X. F. Giboncy.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-05

EOg SAI.E--A full-blood Jersey ball calf,
Il about two months oli-s real beauty. VIII
sell cheap. For full Particulars call at this
Office.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-05

a CHANCE for farmers. We have some fine
LApure brci Bull calves for sale cheap or will
take In exchange corn, wheat or oats. Hol-
stein Dairy. Iwd Inv,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-05

LOR SALE-Iha have two good work mules and
Il two good brood mars with colts, and I want
to sell either the mules or the mares. For
particulars call and sec me at my farm near
tie Fair Grounds. Al. OSWALD.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-05

GEM twelve cents in postage stamps to
- COrcoran Building, Washington ID. c.,
aad you will receive four copies OF Kate Fields
Washington, containing matter of special in
tCrrst. Give name and address, and say where
Won saw this advertisement
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-05

WANTED Clothing Sales agent for Cape
w Girartical and vicinity. Liberal COM
missions paid, aid We furnish the best AID
h0use. Write at once for terms. Send refer
eacrs. wauamakcr & Brown, Philadelphia.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1893-09-07
ANOTHER YEAR.
Mayfield-Smith "A Acad e my
Opens TNHay.

Mayfield- Smith academy
opens its tenth session to day
TIE attendance promises to be
large. as the interest is above
anything it has been heretofore
The sets of books and all Incl
Dental supplies for the com
mercial department are ready
stamped with the name of the
academy.
The building has been repair
ed and greatly improved. The
belfry will be elevated abont 20
feet. Prof. Graham has r-ceiv
ed assurance from the asSocia-
tion that he will have an indif-
mite tenure of the school This
session promises to be an TN,
usually successful one.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1893-09-07
PLEASE PAY Up.

Many of our readers are be
bind with their subscription,
several a year some few two
wears. This should not be.
You have read the paper, and
it is surely worth a dollar. You
will Re in at circuit court next
week. Don't forget to come ill
and see how you stand with the
paper. If you are not able to
pay all. pay what You can
Keep as near even as possible.
If you live in town come in and
see about the matter. This is not
meant for our country readers
alone. We need the money, and
will appreciate it if you Will set,
tie youl arrears.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1893-09-07
eff To st. Louis.

John w. Kevelle of the firm
of King & Revelle, Lu.esville, is
in st. Lonis buying a heavy
invoice of fall and winter goods.
afr. Revelle is a careful buyer,
and vou can rest assured that
their sock will be the fullest
and best assorted in the county.
Special attention will be paid to
clothing, shoes, and heavy dress
goods. All the latest styles and
patterns. They will begin to
arrive next week. Be sure to
see them
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1893-09-07
Appreciative Prof. Graham.

MAYFIEED-SMITH ACADEMY.
September 6, 1893.
Mr.. Tow ALLEN.
My Dear Sir:-f esteeraed it pc
culiarly unfortunate that the three
days session of the Press association
should occur on the identical days
selected, year agn, for the meeting
of the St. Francois association. Ii
would have given me pleasure to
have met the representatives of the
press, some Of whom ] know, and it
would have afforded ME profound
satisfaction to invite their at cnt:oir
to our academy, which, l believe,
will become the pride of Southeast
Missouri.
But though unable to be pres
myself, am pleased to learn that
your toast at the banquet you &C
plimented the Academy in wo
more h,lv chosen than I could b;
empfoyel. | beg to assure yon t
Your interest in the INSTITUTE
awakens the gratitude of mvs,
aud collea CUES, an II we sla|l esteen
1t not only duty but prlv,iege t"
rcciprocale whenever we can. With
many thanks, | am etc.
E R. ,GPAHAN.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1893-09-07
Don't NlsiWttwe,

Don't Judge a man bv his
clothes; likewise do not judge
goods by the appearance Of
the house in which they are
kept. You should examine the
goods. You will not have to
pay for something Won do not
get when you trade at A. h.
Clippard's.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1893-09-07
L AM IN LIT.
The Banqnet Did Not Eurt
NO

Iae.
[ am just through with the
Press association banquet, and
it was fiilt edged affair. But
it did not turh my head at all.
| am now prepared to, tackle
the rush at circuit court. | can
feed a hundred as well as I can
feed one. I can prepare you a
dinner that will surprise you,for
tie money. All of the latest
dishes, and every variety of lem-
perance drinks.
When you are in at circuit
conrt don't fail 10 call on me;
You know where yon have al.
ways gotten youy best meals;
You know where yous can get
them again. Call at Il. Mayors
in the New Famous.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1893-09-07

Many OF The phpIls a, hoo.
will need lnnch baskets. You
can get the neateSt, bes; All
cheapest at A. Mayors.
WANTED. a girl to do cooking
and general house work. Apply
to E. r. GRAHAM, Marble Hill.
Mo.
Miss Blanche O'Br'ne a-1
William Wilkinson oi .,tii.
Vile were married at VIII O.,
water yesterday
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1893-09-07
Happy Children,

The pnhilc schools opened
Monday with Prof. Leolfipr aud
Miss Caldwell in Charge at
Lutesyille and Prof. Farrar and
Miss Finney at Marble Hill, The
honses have been substantially
repaired.
Apparently good work is be,
ing done. The enrolment at
Lutesville was 81 aud at Marble
Hill about 80.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1893-09-07

Miss Josephine Kaufman ar
rived from Philadelphia last
Tuesday, and will remain with
Der father. The other members
pf MIR. Kauffnan's family are
expected in Il few days.
Anton Hass of Kelso, will en-.
Ter his daughter at Maytield.
Smith academy.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1893-09-07
Send The Children To School

But don't tet them go uDpro,
vided. 1t hinders their success
full study. They need pens,
pencils. tablets. states and pa.
pei. See that they haveit. You
can ger the best and cheapest
from Biggs & Smith.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1893-09-07

Buy your chiid en s school
supplies from BigSs & Smith,
You can Go better there than
elsewhere.
j. +. Sander, formerly bnsi-
ness manager of the PRESS is
now III Sample and kinder's
clothing store in Lutesvine.
The best brands Of pens and
pencils at Biggs g. Smith
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1893-09-07
Ei1ngsst a Ss,0D.

After Severa! years absence in
various states in the wesl, Rob-
erl Phelps and family have re-
turned to Lutesville and will To-
cate there. he has bought
Frank Parker's shop near the
Magnolia mills.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1893-09-07
Mrs. MayfieId Dead.

Mrs. Peggy Mayfeld died at
her home near Kurreville in
Cape county Angus, 2l, at the
age of 80 years. She was the
oldest woman in that county.
She was born in North Carolina,
and was married at the age of
l8. living ever since at the home
where she died. She has now
living so grand children. She
was a great aant of the editor of
this paper. and has many
friends, relatives and acduain
tances in this coul.ty. Her hns.
band. Stephen Mavfeld, was
found dead in bed about eight
Years ago. at the age of 9S.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-03-15


tually burn, still a spark or flame will
only scorch it; it will not harbor lin
gering fire like jute. Neither does the
palmetto fibre stain like pine straw fibre.
The fibre felts readily, and can be spun
with use.
One ton of green palmetto produces
about one third of it's weight IN fibre, or
about 600 pounds. Assuming that
the cost of palmetto is $500 per ton and
the cost of soda and lime $1.00 per ton
the cost of the material would be SIS for
600 pounds Of fibre, or $50 per ton.
At the time that the patent was grant
ed for this process jute butts were SELL
Ing at $25 per ton leaying only mar
gin OF IS per ton for m4nufacturing ex-
penses and profit. At that time, while
it was technical success in every way,
it was commercially a failure.
Since then the discovery of the value
of palmetto for tanning purposes was
made, rendering the fibre a by-product
costing practically nothing. Thus the
only obstacle in the way of success was
removed, making the available margin
50 great that iute never will be able to
compete ii this new industry is once
thoroughly established. Even the cheap
East India laborers subsistingon a pint of
rice and one rat.tail day will probably
have to look for some other market than
the United States to dispose of their
product.
A number of causes within the last two
years have caused the price of iute to
rise very much. A short iute crop, alarge
cotton crop, new demands which have
been filled by jute, all have had their ef-
feet in raising the prices, and it is doubt
full if the prices will ever be as low as they
were some years ago. The repeal OF the
duty on jute would have some effect, but
the margin in favor of palmetto is so
great that there is practically no danger
OF competition in the future.
The supply of palmetto is so vast as
to be practically unlimited. The demand
for it's products, tannic acid and fibre, is
so great that no Cutting Of the market
is possible. The combination OF the pro-
ductiOn OF two staple articles at one OPP
GRAFTON is so advantageous that it is
bound to be highly remunerative.
There is no obstacle in the way neither
technically nor commercially, of the South
producing the covering for it's millions Of
bales Of cotton and bags for the phOs-
pilates it mines, with enough to spare to
furnish the Western farmer with bin
der Irvine and then Orthern manufacturer
with all the fibre he may require.
The South can produce enough fannie
acid from palmetto to supply all home
demands and still have large surplus
for export. The South has, besides the
great abundance ofraw material, cheaper
labor than anywhere else i'll the United
States. 1t has healthy climate, where
work can be carried on the year round.
1t offers to capital a very remunerative
and inviting field, and invites both cap
ital and skilled mechanics to join and and
help develop its great resources.-C. b.
Warrand in Manufacturers Record.
The State Teachers Association to be
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-03-15

The State Teachers Association to be
held at DeFuniak Springs on March 81,
%, % and oath promises to be the most
enthusiastic and important meeting the
association has ever held. The teachers
of South Florida should attend enmass,
as reduced rates on all railroads will
aff)rd them an opportunity to gain a
great amount Of knowledge. An elab-
crate programme has been prepared and
everyone is certain to have an excellent
as we'll as a profitable time.-Ocala
Banner.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-03-15
Palmetto, Substitute for Jute Fibre.

btIluI0 lOr JuCC WHICH VIII DE aDle, nOG
alone to compete in quality and price
but which can also be produced in suffi
Gent quantity to supply the demand has
been problem which is OF much impOr-
tance to the Southern cotton planter, TO
the Western planter and to manufacture
ers everywhere.
In order to find such a substitute it
must be grown so cheapiy that the cost
of production of the raw material is next
to nothing, so as to compete with East
India labor, earning daily wages of six
and one quarter cents; it must be from a
reliable source and abundant enough to
induce capital to provide the necessary
plants to put the raw material in mer-
charitable state; the product must be as
good and even better in it's leading quail
tiles; the raw material must be available
at all times Of the year. $50 as to avoid
storing expenses, fire insurance and loss
of interest, which all would swell the cost
OF production.
All these requirements could only be
found in plant of spontaneous growth
which is capable of reproducing the supply
from year to year without much care,
cost of cultivation orgrown on expensive
land. The saw-palmetto has evidently
all these requirements, and is strictly a
fbrous plant; it was left to human in
genuity and invention to render the same
available to commerce.
The majority of trials and experiments
we're made with purely mechanical means
and the result was either a.failure or the
production of some articles of secondary
or tertiary commercial Importance.
Plastering fibre, upholstering and bed
ding material, or ships felt and brush
fibre, were the results; which, as a rule,
paid the manufacturer handsome prof
it and aided to demonstrate the value OF
saw palmetto as a fibre plant, but they
failed to produce substitute for iute.
The writer took a very different view
from the majority, who tried to solve
the problem. To accomplish the decor
tication of palmetto by purely mechan-
ical means is utterly impossible, as the
amount of silcate which the palmetto
contains is too great to even produce a
flexible fibre or fibre which will felt and
which can be spun; besides the hard
glossy shield covering the leaf and stems
is so closely intermingled with the fibre
that the one cannot be removed by me-
chanical means without partially Destroy
ing the other.
1t was clearly a problem for chemistry
to solve before mechanical skill would be
of any avail. AS result Of numerous
experiments the caustic-soda process
seemed to accomplish all that could be
wished. BY steaming the palmetto in
caustic soda the silcate is changed to
silicate of soda, which is soluble, the
hard glossy shield becomes soft, gummy
soap which can be easily removed by me-
chanical means-passing the material
through rollers and maceration will have
the desired effect and produce an excel
lent fibre.
By satiating tie liquid part with
quick lime and boiling the same the sill
icate Of soda is chan 1ed to silcate Of
lime which is insoluble, and the
gummy soda combi 'ations also take