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The record-union., 1893-12-21
PINBAPPLES
How They Could Be Successfully
Grown Here.

How They Could BE successfully
Grown Here.
The following communication to the
RECORD UNION presents a very curious
plan for the successful cultivation OF pine
apples in California
EDS. RECoRD-UNION The United
States leads the world in the production
OF the pineapple. 1t is mostly grown on
five little islands or keys at the extreme
southern point OF Florida. But little over
g square mile of land on the islands is de-
voted 10 this production, but u yearly in
creasing area is being planted and sue
cessfuly grown on the mainland adjoin-
ing.
The pineapple has no seeds, but is
propagated from slips or suckers. The
slips grow from the base OF the fruits.
Ten thousand plants are set upon an acre.
Two-tbirds OF these produce truit, max
ing yearly yield OF about 600 fruits per
acre. Zach plant produces single Irult
and then dies; the suckers from the base
OF tie dead plant produce fruit the next
year, while slips require eighteen months
IN which TO produce fruit. A field set
with slips continues to bear for five years,
though deterioratlng after the second
year. Settings OF suckers produce crops
for only Two years. Pineapple growing
eXhausts the fertility of the soil rapidly.
The Bahamas that once supplied the
world are now raising crops OF other
products less exhausting to the soil.
Thousands OF men have tried pineapple
growing in our State, and the one word
failure-covers the Whole experience of
ali of them-climate too dry: sunshine
too prolonged. \ ct I believe that we
shall rival Florida within the next score
of wears in producing this fruit. But
they will have TO be grown under shade,
and they will have 10 have not only irri-
cation but frequent summer rains. 4
thousand places in the lower Sierra foot
hills give the requisites TO produce these
conditions. 4 friend OF mine Is going TO
deveIop one of these places. 4 spring
400 feet above the valley will supply the
water, which will be piped to 'circular
surays'' on the top of tall poles set, say
fifty feet apart, among the pines" a
rough frame will be put up of posts and
poles aud he will cover the area set to
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TWO TOuGH TRAMPS
They VIII Sock the Seclusion Which
the County Jail Affords.

They VIII Sock the Seclusion Which
the County Jail Affords.
Michael Sheehan and John Morgan
were arraigned in Judge Buckley's court
yesterday for disturbing the peace.
Louis Stein testified that one of them
came to the store and asked him for some
money, and was told that he had none to
spare. The fellow called him a vile name
and went away. Shortly atterward they
both came up the street, when Sheehan
again called him a vile name and said he
would do him up He came into the
store and made a pass at witness, who
picked up club and struck him with it.
He still persisted in trying 10 strike wit
ness, who knocked him down with the
club, and as his father blew a whistle
both the defendants ran away and were
captured by Officer Naghel in Meister's
blacksmith shop.
Judge Buckley fined them SEQ each,
with the usual alternative.
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DIED.

this city, Decem ber goth,
William +. Eeidhardt father of Mrs. VIM.
+. Yuhre, Mrs. Chas. Schwartz and Mrs A.
Terrio), q native OF Hamburg. Germany,
aged s l years, IL months and Ia days
&9-tr1ends and acquaintance are respect
fully invited to attend the funeral services
Friday afternoon at O'clock at the resi-
dence OF his son-in-laW, Mr.. VIM. f. Yuhre,
1717 seventh street. lnterment private.
ABRAM-In this city, December goth, Mrs.
r. j. Abram, q native of Pennsylvania, aged
50 years, months and i days.
AS-tuneral notice hereafter.
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TOO MANY TARGETS.
How 1t was the Oroville Sharpshooters
Became Ratified.

became KatUieus
The great military shoot that took place
here last Sunday, and which resulted in
the defeat of Company f, Eighth In
fantry, is commented on by the OEoville
Mcrcu1y as follows:
'There is no reason in the world why
Company Z could not have come out with
flying cOlors had the men but kept up
their average. IN one or two instances
they completely lost their heads, and the
loss of points thereby was sufficient to
defeat them.
1.-The range is most miserable affair.
The targets are all irregularly placed, and
the light upon them was bad The num-
Der of men shooting at one time also had
a bad effect on some of our members,
while it was just what the city men are
used to.
''There is no doubt but that over sin
gle target range Company Il would have
been victorious. As it was they were de-
feated, but by a margin so close that their
opponents have small cause for boasting."
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pines roughly with brush for shade.
Then throughout the summer attend to
the water-spray it on any time when
needed. The shade should be six to
eight feet high. The water from the
spray poles' will drop through the
brush covering and will produce pre-
cisely the effect of warm rain. Coffee,
bananas, mangosteens, mangOes, bread
fruit and thousand other tropical lux
uries can be successfully grown in the
same way. w. a. SANDERS.
Sanders, Cal, Dec, 19. 1898.
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Foreclosure suit.

Julia NJ. Beebe, by her attorney, Harry
@. Soule, has filed in the Superior Court
a complaint against Dewitt C. Smith and
wife to foreclose a mortgage on the north
forty feet OF lot 3, o and p, Eleventh and
Twelfth streets, given tc secure the pay
ment of note for s., 800 executed Janu-
ary s, 1891, with interest at IL per cent.
and for 500 attorneys fees.
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NotarIes Public.

Governor Markham has appointed and
commissioned the following as Notaries
Public:
J. q. Rhodes at Fresno: Robert L. Near
at Forest Hill, Placer County; c. A. Has
kin at San Luis Obispo; Blanche +. Por-
tai at san Jose and NJ. a. Marcuse at
MarysVille.
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~ paughter,s lie

Was saved by Hoods Sarsaparilla," says
Mr.. B. 3. Jones Of Alma, Maine. ''She
had seven running sores in different
places on her body, but since giving her
Hoods Sarsaparilla she has become well,
strong and heaithy.n
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Special for the Holidays.

Dressed turkeys, 1Sc per pound; fancy
mixed candy, pounds for 25c; fancy
mixed nuts, pounds for 25c; fancy con-
densed mince meat, 3 packages for 25c;
Christmas candles, 15c per box. All these
tan be found at Lynn's, Fourteenth
and O, Il
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NOTICE TO WATER TAKERs.-All per-
sons indebted to City Water Works are
notified to settle before January lst. NJ.
Coffey. Clerk of Water " orks.
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Again Victorious.

At the Worlds Fair. Chicago, the high
est possible award given to sewing ma
chimes intended for family use, dress
making and tailoring was given to the
Improved Domestic Sewing Machine. ,
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BEST California eggs, SOC dozen; fine
wines by the bottle and on draught from
soc a gallon up. Fabian Bros, Ninth
and J.
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FRESH ranch eggs, S5c; Eastern. 2T3c;
mountain apples, 81 box; turkeys for
Christmas at the lowest price. Simons q
Beesley, $40 X,
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FRIDAY and Saturday will long be re-
membered by those who call and inspect
the market of Odell IL Herzog.
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UNE OF inc IaIg6st uOgs 6N6I pIaceu on
exhibition, and a novelty in the way of a
dressed sheep, can be seen at the holiday
display of Odell & Herzog. Friday and
Saturday.
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THE SADDLE ROCK

RS-Acccommodations FIRST-CLASS Free
Bus to and from hotel
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Piano TUNING.-Paul Schoen of Oak
land Is in town. Hammers, so street.
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DoARD AND ROOM, 81 25 TO So PER
. day. Meals, 25 cents.
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Restaurant and Oyster House.

uTRsT-CT,AsS HOUSE IN EVERY RE-
spect. LADIES' dining-rooIn separate. open
End night. BUCKMANN & CARA
GHER Proprietors. No. 1919 Second street.
between J and K, Sacramento.
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STATE HOUSE HOTEL,
Corner Tenth and Sts., Sacramento
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-16
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

George Gould has received no largo
measure of sympathy because of his in
ability to raise $40, 600. 900 in cash, but
we are informed that the family are in
no immediate need of contributions for
their support.
Senator George C. Perkins, OF Cali
fornia, was a native of Maine and ran
away from home when a boy to serve
before the mast on a common sailing
vessel. He went to California in the
early fifties- He has not been active in
public life since his retirement from the
yovernorship in 1883.
MIR. and Mrs. James Lynch, of
Muncie, Ind. recently celebrated their
golden wedding in the poorhouse in
that vicinity. Each was over ninety
years of age, and they were radiant
with happiness over "a special spread
which the superintendent of the insti-
tuition prepared for them.
Mrs. Langtry was one of the con-
spicuous figures at the Brighton racing
meeting, where she appeared attired
one day in yellow and the next in
black-and-white striped silk. The Lily's
years are advancing but she is said to
have looked younger and more attrac-
tive on this occasion than in some time
before.
While the king of the Belgians has
such an aversion to music hat when
ever the piano is opened he exercises
the royal prerogative of having his
own way and quits the room, his
queen is very fond of performing on
piano and harp, and is said to be skill
full in the manipulation of both instru-
ments. She has a thorough knowledge
of music, and has composed an opera,
Wanda.
The oldest surviving chaplain Of
the confederate army is said to be Rev
Thompson l.. Smith, now Il resident of
Denver. Col, where he is rector of EN-
manuel church. lie is seventy years
old, and with his long, white hair and
beard he presents an almost ~patriarchal
appearance. Mr.. Smith was appointed
chaplain in the volunteer forces of Vir-
ginia by Gov. Letcher in 1861, and con-
tinued his service through the war.
The house in which the artist Will
liam NJ. Hunt was born is still stand
ing in Brattleboro. Vt. 1t is n roomy
brick mansion on Main street. ur-
rounded by pleasant grounds, and had
been for some years before her death
(which took place last monthly the
home of Madam" Fisk, the step
mother of the notorious Jim Fisk. His
half-sistcr, Mrs Hooker, still lives
there. Jim Fisk himself lies in the
beautiful Brattleboro burying-ground
on Cemetery Hill, overlooking the town.
Lord Chicf-Justice Coleridge has
made known what, in his opinion, are
the ''bcst books" His list is as follows:
Poetry. Shakespeare, Milton, Words
worth. Gray. Shelley, Keats, Scott, Ben
Jonson, Massinger. Pope, Dryden and
Young: prose, Lord Bolingbroke, Lord
Erskinc. Burke, Bacon. Bishop, Hook
CT, Jeremy TAILOR, Sir Thomas Browne,
Cardinal Newman, Nathaniel Haw.
thorne and Sonthcy. Coleridge, he
said. was, of course, omitted, and Ten
nyson he excluded, because any csti-
mate which placed him below Shake
spcare was the mark of a Philistine.
Browning he had not been so fortunate
as always to understand.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-16
SUM INFER
Good Suggestions Regarding the Care of
the Bed Clothing.

Good Suggestions Regarding the Care of
the Bed Clothing.
Summer is a season of the year when
the bedding should be very carefully
aired. Not only is it subject to exces.
sive exhalation, through p~erspiration
from the human body, but it can not
be subject to the disinfecting powers
of the cold. as it can in winter.
The pest substitute for the cold is
the sunshine, which is almost as power.
full a purifier as frost itself. At least
once a week, besides the morning air
ing of the beds, the summer blankets
Or comforts should hang where the sun
and air will strike full upon them.
Housekeepers sometimes arrange a
temporary line in a to hang the
bed clothing on while it is airing, but
this does not serve as well in summer
as a line in the open air. The very
best summer mattress is undoubtedly
one of horsehair. Next to this n mat.
tress of wool is to be preferred, though
It is very uncommon in this country.
Where frugality is necessary husks
make a good bed, though a hard one.
There is an immense choice in husk
mattresses. When the corn husks have
been properly dried. and all the hard
pieces of the stalk and cob picked out,
they make a very comfortable bed, but
if they are roughly put together. as a
good many of the cheap one are, they
form too Spartan q couch to be CON
ducive to restful slumbers.-N. Y. Trib
une.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-16
DISEASE.
h Nature and Proper Treatment Of
Games in Fowls.

rhe Nature and Proper Treatment OF
Gapes In Fowls
This disease often destroys whole
broods of young chicks. 1t is caused by
threadlike reddish worms hat live in
the throat or windpipe of the poultry.
These cling to the walls, sucking the
blood of the parts. One worm will pro-
duce 1000 to 5000 eggs. The Matching
of the egg occurs only when it is kept
constantly moist and at a temperature
of about 8S degrees Fahrenheit. If the
temperature is below 60 degrees the
eggs will not hatch. but will retain
their vitality for a year Or more, pro-
vided they are kept moist When the
breath some of the worms are elected
into the water troughs where the fowls
frequently c~ongregate, evidently try
ing to allay the Inflammation in the
windpipe by drinking ~copiously. The
elected worms or eggs are greedily
taken by other fowls present or the
water containing them is drunk, thus
spreading the disease and in large
flocks producing a veritable epidemic.
4hO ocSt icAicu5 ID Pic'Vheioh-
Keeping fowls on dry ~permeable
soil Feed generously, including
chopped onions or garlic OCCASION
ally. Wash out the water trough Dr.
pan daily with boiling water. If gapes
is present among the fowls, separate
the sick ones, add to each quart of
drinking water four fluid ounces of a
solution of salicylic acid, made by dis
solving sixteen grains of the dry acid
in four fluid ounces of clear boiled rain
water. The pen IN which the sick
fowls are kept should be as dry as pos
sible, and the ground should be sprin.
killed. twice daily with water, to each
quart of which add four fluid ounces of
commercial sulphuric acid. Where only
a few fowls are affected q bit of cam
phor about the size of a grain of wheat
may be forced down the throat of each
and will by its odor kill the worms.
One drop of ~tc-pen.ine dropped into
the threats has given good results
Powdered asafetida, ten grains per
head, may be fed in a mash of cor
meal Chopped garlic or strong smell
ing onions will also be found beneficial.
Turpentine rubbed on the outside Of
the throat will sometimes cause the
worms to let go their hold The use Of
q small feather OIL hair loop, dipped in
turpentine and thrust down the wind
pipe of the sick fowl, is often effective.
The worms may either be withdrawn
or else coughed out by the chick.-Ger.
aid Mccarthy, in Farm and Home.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-16

The queen of England has a large
hand. She takes seven and a half
gloves. Her fingers are extremely
short and out of proportion to the size
of her hands. The queen will wear
nothing but black gloves. She COM
menced to wear one-button gloves at
the beginning of her reign. To-day,
when no ~shop-girl thinks anybody a
real lady without six-button gloves,
the queen has only two to four. She
refuses altogether to conform to fash
ion. She wears only about two dozen
pairs of gloves a yeir. Each pair costs
SIS. Cd; in fact, the queen of Great
Britain and Ireland and empress of In
dia is decidedly economical in her glove
bill. There are a great many fashion
able women who think nothing of a
glove bill if it only to one hun
dred doIlarsa year.. Many women will
spend twenty dollars on gloves during
the six weeks of the season by wearing
two or three pairs a day.-Chicago Trib-
uDe.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-16
HUMOROUS.

At the Electrical Exam.-Examiner
What is the best insulatOr we know
off" Candidate-"Poverty."-L Sci
ence.
-.Iack-'I told her | would like to
take care of her always" Tom-"What
did she say?" Jack-'Takc care, sir
Vogue.
The Real Dcrivation.-First Crow
did you pull up Farmer IIoey's long
edge the corn."-Truth.
Did Travers take his photograph
into a session of the board of lady man.
ayers, as he threatened to do?' Yes.
poor fellow, and the machine broke
Chicago Record.
You must have perseverance" said
the young physicians friend. No"
was the reply, what / want is pa
lien ts."-Demorest's.
"A Brazilian recently saved his life
by carrying a roll of one hundred
pound notes inside his rest when a
bullet came that way. Yet there are
people who neglect so simple a prccau-
tion.-Tit-BitS.
-"Dwiggins is the kind of a mas
who never puts anything away for a
rainy day" .'Oh, yes. he has"
"What?' THAT ten-dOllar umbrella
you've been hunting for the last two
wecks."-Intcr Ocean.
DO you mean to say that there
are microbc in Rock crcek?" she asked
of the Young physician. Yes: it is
quite safe to make such an assertion"
Dear me. How do they ever survive
it?'-Washington Star.
-Willis-.'I'd hate to be as hard up
as Broker seems tn be-" Wallace
What leads you think he is hard up?"
Willis-"Why, he's been to see me ten
times this week, to get that flyer / Dor
rowed from him six months ago."-Tit.
Bits.
In the Cairo Notwithstanding
don't you like Egyptians, dcah boy?"
Reggy-"Why, dol't You know. they
ah called 'fellahs?' And one always
associates fellahs with high hats and
sack-coats, don't you know."-World's
Fair Puck.
He went out from a Chicago hotel
with three hundred dollars and never
returned" is the heading to a news
item in an exchange. The sensible
man who gets away from a Chicago
hotel with three hundred dollars is not
apt to return.
Now, dear" she said, as she stop
ped at the depot gate, you will see
hat everything goes right about the
house, won't yOu?" Yes, indeed" he
answered. you will do everything
Just as I would if / were there?" 81
WILL" he replied earnestly. IN dis
charge The servant-girl every morning
before | go down wn."-Washington
Star.
What are you standing on this
corner fore" queried the policeman OF
old Abner Brown. of Wayback. why,
l Jest put n letter in that box there for
my wife, an it's jest occurred to me as
how she amt likely to git it." ''Why
not?" because she amt comm this
way, an even eff she was, she hain'tgot
no key to git in the box ~with."-Har
per's Bazaar.
$50 you want to be an ofice-boy,
eh?" queried the merchant, good-na-
turedly. Yes, sir" What can you
do?" Anything" That's tine same
old answer" said the merchant. DO
you expect to be paid for doing any
thing?" 'You bet do" snapped the
boy. "You don't expect me to do any
thing without pay, do you? That's
what the other man expected, and ]
got out" The boy took the Job.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-16
IN THE WOODS.
link sings st the break Of day.

The boboliuk sings at the break OF day,
The xhippoor-wil sings At night:
The chjckadee cbirps. and the branches sway:
md the songs are bright. and the songs are
gay.
And the shadows are put to flight.
For It's singing among the swinging boughA
Its singing among the grass:
n it's one sings high, and it's one sings low
And it's one sings fast and another SLOW,
With q trill and q rush Of eager notes,
That thrill as thsF pour from their ,ins shroats
As the hours OF summer pasl
The bobolink builds In q lonel.f lea,
The w~hip-poor-will makes no nest:
The chickadee builds in q hollow tree,
With q round little door that few can ser,
And he thinks his home the best
And it's singing among the swinging boughs,
Its singing among the grass:
And It's enc sings here and rs one sings there
While q moss-grown rock has a.mcrry pair,
With some Ia the grass and some on the trees
And a trili and a thrill hit stirs the breeze
As the hours OF summer pass.
Frank II. Syeei. In n. Y. Independent.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-16

Half the ills that women are heir to
come, so say doctors, from the fright
fully high pressure at which they live
nowadays. Sick headache DR. migrane,
as the call it abroad, is a universal
complaint and arises chiefly from over
strain. Nervous irritability, insomnia.
and hysteria are all on the increase in
the upper classes. There is a mania &c
see and be seen-to learn everything,
from political economy to clear starch
ing. In short, women of the upper
classes do too much. Perhaps they
can not help themselves, owing to the
exigencies of society. Look at the
women one meets who have been doing
the season. Are they not pale, worn,
anxious, highly strung? According &c
a great medical authority if women
would once in every ten days take a
whole days complete rest in bed they
would retain their health, spirit, and
energies much longer than they do.
OF course. this advice is only meant for
really Woodworking women of fashion
who are obliged TO keep late hours
Chicago Tribune.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-16

Their love had reached that stage
where she didn't care whether he
mussed her hair or not, such was her
trust in him. Her sun-kissed tresses
stood out in bold relief against mis- pink
shirt. in spite of which he had a not
anintellectual countenance. Wouldn't
it be lovely" 1t was the sweet voice
of the maiden that broke the stiffness.
III pa should lose all his money.
Then" She was gazing at his collar
button, fortunately. and she did not
sec him turn pale. my iovsy-dovey
would adore his tootssy.wootsey for
her own sake, wouldn't he7" He cleared
his throat Dearest" he said, 81
should like to inquire, before ! make
answer to you, whether Dr. not that is q
purely hypothetical question:" She as
sured him that it was. w~hereupon he
said yes, he would certainly love her
for her own sake under the circum-
stances she had outlined.-Detroit Trib-
une.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-16

In enc of the old castles of northern
England visitors are shown two rooms
which are connected with each other
by a singular met hanism. Each room
Is adjoined by al alcove. used as q
sleeping apartment, and the floors Of
the adjoining alcoves turn on a pivot In
the center of the partition wall. This
ingenious device WAS the invention Of
one of the ancestors of the present
proprietor, who was somewhat of a
wsg and found great pleasure in fright
ening and mystifying his guests. When
one had gone to bed in the green room
and the other in the blue the floors
were turned Oh their livots and on
awakening the visitor found himself il
strange quarters with clothes that
were not his own. 1t is said that this
fd~n-loving lord lost 8 rich inheritance
by thus disturbing the restful mo-
ments of a wealthy aunt. who never
forgave the trick her nephew played
upon her.-St louis Post Dispatch
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-16

When care is taken in preparing, this
is a handsome and sure dish. Three
eggs, half a cupful of milk, one and a
half tablespoonfuls of corn-starch, one
teaspoonful of salt, one tablespoonful
of butter. Put the omelet-pan and a
cover that will fit closely on to heat.
Beat well together the yolks of the
eggs, the cornstarch and the salt; beat
the whites to a stiff froth, add to the
well-beaten yolks and cornstarch.
Stir all together thoroughly and add
the milk. Put the butter in the hot
pan; when melted pour in the mixture.
cover and place on the stove where it
will brown, but not burn. Cook about
seven minutes, fold, turn on a hot dish
and serve with cream sauce poured
around it. If the yolks and cornstarch
are thoroughly beaten, and if, when
the stiff whites are added, they are
well mixed, and the cover and pan are
very hot, there can hardly be a failure.
N, Y. Ledger.