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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-16
TALONS.
The Very Clever Trick That Was Played
on a French Landlord.

The Very Clever Trick That Was Played
on n French Landlord.
The following clever trick was re-
French landlord by a poor, wretched
engraver who had g~otinto arrears with
his rent, says an exchange.
Give me more time, said the tenant.
Il have discovered a means OF paying
you everything"
Bah" returned the landlord, In
crcdulously. How, / wonder?."
The engraver took a hundred franc
note from a drawer.
Look here" he said, that is my
last piece of work"
Did you do it?"
Certainly"
You yourself-and not the bank OF
France
NO, it's my own WORK"
will you trust me with it for hall
an hour, monsieur"
Yes"
The landlord took the note and hur-
ried off to the bank. There they as
sured him that it was perfectly good
and finally cha nged it for him.
As he hurried back to his ledger the
wretched mans head fairly swan with
visions of untold wealth.
My good fellow" he cried, on reach
ing the house all out of breath, how
clever you are. Why don't You try
your hand at making thousand-franc
notes."
For the simple reason that ! have
never seen one"
That need be no obstacle-here is
one. Copy it. and | will be back here
in a week. We will share it"
AT the end of the week the landlord
made his appearance.
How does the note get on?' was his
anxious inquiry.
Your note?"
Yes. my note"
why, | spent it with two or three
friends, you vagabond," majestically
replied the clever engraver.
Spent it,"
Aye. sirrah!'
But, monsieur"
No noise. or I will peach"
The cngruvcr explained To his land
lord that he had outrageously taken
him in and that the hu~ndred-frano
note was perfectly good. He wound
up by advising him to turn his avari.
ciousness in another direction.-Chica
go News.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-16

The seed bed cannot be made too
mellow for corn. but making it loose
and pliable necessitates care not TO
put the seed in toe deeply. An inch in
depth if the soil is loose and moist is
deeper than is necessary. With the
drill the depth may he regulated. but
it is one of the disadvantages of drill
ing that when the field is narrowed
after planting this operation fills the
hollows in which the seed is deposited
and covers them too deeply. Where
the marker is used the more mellow
the soil the deeper is the furrow made,
and this, too, puts the seed grain
lower down. The corr roots. even in
midsummer, mostly run within three
or four inches of the surface, and when
the seed is planted their tendency is
to run nearer the surface than that
Colman's Rural World.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-16

In answer to an inquiry as to how tc
grow potatoes from seed balls, we
would say, in order to procure the seed
for sowing the seed ball should be
gathered when it is quite ripe and
dried. and the seeds rubbed III with
the hands. They should be kept in
some dry place until the next spring,
hen sown in shallow boxes of well
pulverized earth. When the plants are
four or five inches high they should he
transplanted into well prepared beds,
allowing about six inches space be-
tween the plants. Keep the beds free
of weeds and give them good culture,
and in the fall you will find at the ends
of the roots small tubers. These want
to be kept until the next spring and
planted. At the end of the second wear
some idea of their value can be OBJ
tained.-Farmers' Voice.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-16
HOW HE WAS SPOILED.
for the Evolution of a Neigh

Acoountfng for the Evolution of n Neigh
borhOod Terror.
"Bfliifer." said Mrs. McSwat, az
wish yon would drive those rude, noisy
children home that have been playing
on our front walk all the afternoon"
Can't you send them home, Lo-
beliaqs
at wouldn't do any good for me to
order them to 70. They know | can't
chase them. What they need is a good
scare, and they'd get it if | were a
man..
Boys. Numbered McSwat, appear
ing suddenly on the sidewalk about
five minutes later with a huge club in
his hand: "I1l give you just two Sec
onds to get away from here and if you
come back again I'll skin You alivel
Run, now! Scat! Get a move ON you.
Hustle, if you don't want every bone
in your rascally little
broken"
I'm getting ready for church as fast
as | can, Billiger, and you know it,
said Mrs McSwat. with her mouth full
of hairpins- Il wish you wouldn't be
so cross"
I'm not cross, Lobelia." he answered,
pacing back and forth and looking
impatiently at his watch.
You're not?"
NO"
II say you are"
81 say I'm not"
"Billiger," she said, slowly. and point
Ing her finger straight at him, you
have the reputation of being the cross
est, surllest man in the neighborhood.
There isn't a child within half a dozen
blocks of here that doesn't run as soon
ss it sees you comingr
And Billiger went out and sat on the
kitchen steps to cool off.-Chicago Trib
ure.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-16

Farmers Bulletin No. 10 of the
United States department of agri-
culture. prepared by DIR. Allen,
assistant director of the office
of experiment stations, discusses
the value of leguminous plants for
green manuring as compared with the
results to be obtained by the use of
these plants for feeding the stock. His
comparisons are strongly in favor of
the latter. provided all manure is care
fully saved by the farmer. His closing
remarks on the subject are as follows:
Grow more leguminous crops. They
furnish the cheapest food for stock
and the cheapest for the soil.
They do this because they obtain from
the air n substance necessary for plants
and animals alike. which costs in the
form of fertilizers and feeding stuffs
from fifteen to twenty-five cents u
mound
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-16

by local applications, as they cannot reach
thediseased portion of theear There is only
one way to cure Deafness, and that is bycon.
stitutional remedies. Deafness iscaused by
an nfiamed condition of the mucous lining
OF the Eustachian Tube. When this tube
gets infiamedy you have "a rumbling sound or
Imperfect hearing, and when 1t is entirely
closed Deafness is the result, and unless the
Inflammation can be taken out and this tube
restored to its normal condition. hearing will
be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten
are caused by catarrh. which is nothing but
an infiamed condition of the mucous sur
faces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness Caused by catarrh) that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars. free.
F. J. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, o.
0 Sold by Druggists. 1lc.
Halls Family Pills. p cents.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-16
FIG. l.-EI.EvATIoN OF sII.o.

the girt stuff for a silo in half n day.
Tine angles of the bottom pieces should
be exactly right, but the pattern for
the top pieces may be a little short, as
the inside edge is faced.
The sill. Fig. .. should be made true
to circle before the top pieces are
spiked toe solid. 4 strip of lumber as
long as the diameter, reaching from
face to face inside, will show where to
strike with the sledge To true up.
We dug the pit about three inches
larger than the sill, all round, gradu-
ally changing-to a circle at the bot
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-16
Bees Transfer the Pollen.

United States Consul German, at
Zurich, has transmitted to the depart
ment of state ID report of experiments
made in Switzerland to demonstrate
that the bee has other uses than a. a
honey producer. To ascertain whether
the bees injured fruit and vegetable
flowers by extracting their honey, the
experimenters covered part of the
branches of cherry and pear trees and
fruit bushes with fine netting to ex-
clude the bees. Nearly all of the flow
ers dropped off the protected branches
and there was no fruit on them. while
the uncovered branches bo.e lux
uriantly. The deduction il. that the
bees visits are necessary to fert.!i..l
the blossoms by transferring pollen.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-16
Do You Wish
the Finest Bread
and Cake?

1t is conceded that the Royal Baking Powder is
the purest and strongest of all the baking powders.
The purest baking powder makes the finest, sweet
est, most delicious food. The strongest baking pow
der makes the lightest food.
That baking powder which is both purest and
strongest makes the most d~igestible and wholesome
food.
Why should not every housekeeper avail herself
of the baking powder which will give her the best
food with the least trouble?
Avoid all baking powders sold with a gift
or prize, or at q lower price than the Royal,
as they invariably contain alum, lime or sui
phuric acid, and render the food unwholesome.
Certain protection from alum baking powders can
be had by declining to accept any substitute for the
Royal, which is absolutely pure.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-16

of one just 10 feet above bottom of
ceiling. The spaces in this lap-girt, in
dicated by the dotted lines at Y, Fig.
2, were filled by triangular pieces,
sawed in the inter box, so as to join
the two courses of ceiling, 10 feet and6
in n straight line around. The stay
ing poles were set up in pairs against
each corner, but staylathed together
and to the barn so as to stand indepen-
dent; and platforms put on as the
height of work required.
The pine ceiling, thoroughly sea
soned, was all u by measure to two
lengths, 10 and 6 feet for the two
courses. together % feet high; no piec-
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-16
Hidden Shoals Wreck Strong Ships.

The good bark health, with the brave
mariner hope 1T the helm, is driftin" on con
ccalcd reefs if you are troubled with m
activity of the kidneys. ShiityoUrcoursc by
the aid of HOstctter's Stomach BittcrS, which
will pilot YOU into the harhor in safety, and
save you from Bright's disease, diabetes or
drupsy. The Bitters checks malaria, rheu-
matism, dyspepsia and liver complaint
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-16

REGGY WEsTESD-'sHaven't seen you In
Lunnon lately" Pelham Manor-"Just
been down TO Chester for a few days. Duke
of Westminster's place, ye know" Reggy
Westend-'Yes, / know. Capital dinners
-Puck
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-16
Distinction with a Difference.

Sec those young ones exclaimed a
little ~six-year-old. looking out of the
window to where some little girls
were playing in the soft mud of the
gutter.
Cant you say children" asked her
mother, in a correcting tone.
"But they are not, mamma" said the
child. The little girls that go to my
kindergarten and keep their faces
clean are children, but those dirty ones
are just young ones."-Youth's Com.
panion.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-16

"CAS a man serve two masters? inquired
the pastor of the mild-eyed deacon. sHe
has to, sometimes confessed the deacon.
II think not" You never bad boy twins at
your house, did you!" inquired the deacon.
softly.-Detroit Free Press.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-16

WANTED IT VERIFIEp.-He-"I heard a
fellow say the other night that he thought
almost anyone could kiss YOU She-.'The
wretch Did you knock him downl" He
'No. | thought l would call and see you
about il rst."-Brooklyn Life
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-16

They MUST GLEAM.-Starc Manager
"What is delaying the performance
Prompter THE villain is ont Of tooth
powder, and he swcars he will not go on
without being properly made uP."-Truth.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-16

SHE-"Why don't you propose to some
cirl:' He-'Tvc done tina twelve times al
ready" She-'Well. why not once more:'
Helm superstitious about thirteen."-
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-16

would be no more bald heads Customer
Il have tried a number of preparations and
they are all humbugs." My idea cant
fall what is it!' Wear q wig
Texas Siftings.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-16

RHEUMATIC Pains are greatly relieved by
Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
Hills Hair and Whisker Dye. 30 cents.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-16

Do o men in the dry west want 10 go
back and make hay as they do in Rhode Is
landi-Eural New YORKER.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-16

A company attitude is rarely any
body's best.-Miss Sedgwick.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-10-19
MONSTER sIEETINGs.

The vast Assem- blages which are greet
Ing Hon. WILLIAM l.. WILSON in the
Second District surpass any demonstra-
tions of the kind since the war. Mr..
WILSON'S meeting at PhiIippi last
Wednesday, which was addressed, be-
sides Mr.. WILSON, himself, by ex-Gov.
WILSON and Hon. FRED ]. NELSON. Of
Maryland, was attended by not less
than 5000 voters. Over 700 horse
men were in the parade and many 9TH
ers would have been had there been
room enough in the town. As it was,
we are Informed. the procession actually
had to go out into the country, let down
fence and get out onto Judge ICE's
farm before room could be found to
turn the parade around.
Old grey bearded men who had al
ways voted the Republican ticket were
in the parade wearing pictures Of Mr..
WILSON. There were a great many
former Republicans in the meeting who
declared their intention to vote for Mr..
WILSON.
His meeting at Beverly yesterday was
much larger even than the monster
meeting at Philippi and was attended
by citizens not only from every part of
the Second district, but from all over
the State and even outside.
a full and very interesting account Of
the monster affair will be found in our
dispatches this morning. The enthusi-
asm with which Mr.. WILSON is every
where greeted is unpreced ented and
augurs well.
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FOR sALE-REAL ESTArE
FOR SALE.

House two rooms and finished attic, McCk.
loci street Centre Wheeling SO
House OF SIX rooms, Fifth ward, on cav
terms, s2,UOO ia u,,a.,o II
proyements, lot 2jxl0O feet, Eighth Wa:d, cneaE,
'ii 8onse four.roomed brick aud four-roomee
brick in the rear Of Jacob street Ccntts heel'
inc. on easy terms. s2VU- .,o
House. eight rooms aud hall, 22d 81 1900
House.tsn rooms, with large lotl5th ST. ~ ~.
Uouge' double Eve rooms each, 18th 81 .tJ.Ov0.
House. five rooms.Jacob 81, sixth wato' SLOW
House i've rooms, 18Th stree, sl.ZW. 80
House nine rooms. Jacob street, centre
H Ioe.'n7 four rooms, Jacob street. Centre
Wheeling. slVJo ... t,.tv.a.,o ao,o
HoUss i've rooms aud ball lot lOJxi7a PARK
Iso5.s even rooms. new. hard wood finish,
woods street. Fifth ward, 81, 20.
Splonild house, hve rooms. LIND street BEL
Vicious House si SIX rooms, brick. Eos street, Fifth
"1 Ho.se six rooms. North Market street 1880
House seven rooms. Eighteenlh street, WITH
six .roomed house ia rear. iot "a ~ ss,1OJ-
Honss Of three rooms. Lind street. Belvedere
''I House Of six rooms, EoT street. between 22a
| aud "a streets. with fOar-roomed house IN the
'e Eoa a.. 81 SIX six fosms. ga street $1,000
| Tcuse OF fye rooms. go street, $50.
House of five rooms, ChaPliEe street, Cenir'
4 Whes Ing. S5.Jt9. -. - ..-.., a. 90
House OF i've rooms, Woods street bas
5 ts1 fest Of and fronting on AccolIoch An'
| Lind streets. a..
/ House OF seven rooms and ball, CnAphn'
street. Centre y beeling, ~ - -
| Nopev 10 loan on city real estate: 800, 800
| $50 $50, 500 sl.0lD, siEO0 aad sZcJh
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A POLITICAL SHEPHERD.

The IptclItgcnceri is too late In quoting
Political Wool Shepherd Judge LAW
RENEE, Of the National Wool Growers
Association Every item of current
history regarding the wool growing in
dustry or the wooden trade-the unpre-
cedented boom in wooden manufacture
ing and the consequent large increase
in prices Of American wool, under free
wool, give him the lie.
Judge LAwRENCE's political nonsense
might have made votes before the pass
age Of the free wool bill, but it won't
go down with the wool grower now in
the face OF the present advance in
prices all along the line. His state
ment that foreign wool is not necessary
to our manufacturers for mixing with
American wool is fatty disproven by
all the statisucs OF woOIen manuravtur-
ing. If the manufacturers can get
along with American wool, and do not
need foreign wool for mixing to produce
the proper grades Of cloth for this mar
ket why have they bought so many mil
lions Of pounds of it despite the duty,
which made it cost more, sometimes
double the price of American woolP
Why did they not use altogether Amer
lean wool, which was so cheap that 1t
was in some instances less than the duty
levied to protect" it?
1t has been very clearly demonstrated
that the low price TO which American
wool fell under McKinleyism was III
rectly due TO the duty on foreign wool.
The manufacturers were compelled to
have the latter at any cost, or shut
down, and those that continued to run
were forced to largely use shoddy instead
Of American wool to Offset the excessive
prices the Mckinley duty compelled
them to pay for foreign wool.
Judge LAwRENcE's old time stock
wool arguments for the 6. o. p. won
bear the light of the rising sun Of Dem
ocratic free wool.
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McGraw and Nelson at Newburg.

Snecfat 10 ms Register
NEwBURG, w. VA, October lS.-Ine
Hon. Fred ]. Nelson, of Maryland, and
Hon. John T. McGraw, addressed the
largest Democratic meeting al Aliens
Hall last night that has been held IN
Preston county this campaign. The
hall was packed. The speakers were
introduced by DR.. VIM. Nj. Dent mem
her OF the Congressional Committee
in neat and appropriate speeches
Mr.. Nelson made a very able plea In Ia
vor of the common people OF the coun'
try and showed conclusively that the
Wilson bill would give TO them cheaper
fuel, cheaper clothes and cheaper all
the pecessaries Of life, and give steady
wages to the working man. HIS eulogy
OF Hon. w. L. Wilson was grand burst
Of eloQuence.
Mr.. McGraw received quite an ova'
zion. He proceeded TO dissect the po'
lltical career Of Stephen B. Elkins.
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on the census of 1900 will be nearly com
pleted by the year 1900.
The Glddy Ola Man of TOgus.
LsscisrOn Journal.
Tosus boasts Of veteran Of 60 who is
just learning to waltz.
ABOUT PEOPLE

Enoch Pratt, of Baltimore, who is il
| vigorous health at Sc, and the active
head OF several large corporations
wanted to give Baltimore library, and
so has spent 81, 300, 600 without troubling
his heirs with the business.
Joaquin Miller has a mile Of roses
growing on his California ranch, and
seems to be as proud OF his flowers as ne
was of his poetry.
Bismarck has fought in twenty duels
ana has been wounded once. And even
that was through an accidenb, his ad-
versary's sword flying from its handle
and cutting his face.
Atlanta, Ga, is being astonished and
delighted at the eloqueuce OF Charles
Gibson, 13-year-old colored preacher.
who halls from Gibbs, La, and has 4
force OF expression and clearness of
diction equaled by few pulpit orators.
The most prominent men in Congress
are great novel readers. The smaller
fry cudgel their brains, peruse heavier
literature and gorge themselves upon
political pamphlets
George Cham erlain, of Sioux Falls,
). d., has just entered upon his sixth
venture as a husband. He has been
again tied to the lady from whom he
was first divorced some forty years
ago. Since that time he has had four
other wives.
Sir Watkyn Williams Wynn owns
137,025 acres OF land in Wales, and has
manorial rights over 10000 acres more.
or the lands ne owns, $4,000 acres are
occupied by Welsh-speaking and %, 900
by English-speaking tenants. The ten
ants are PAL ia all. Among them "a
families have held the same land from
200 to $50 years each; three in one par
ish an average OF 333 years apiece; one
400 years, while the Foulkes family are
supposed TO have occupied Gartheryr
1000 years.
The Rothschilds smoke the most cost
ly cigars that are made-the Henry
Clay Sobranos," which cost nearly five
Shillings. These are wrapped in gold
leaf and packed in little inlaid cedar
wood cabinets. These millionaire
princes buy three cabinets at a time,
containing 40, 600 cigars, 90, 900 Havanas,
and one kind originally made for Mar
Snal rim as present Tor Napoleon
Ill, at a cost of 10000 francs. Each
cigar was tipped with gold at each end
and stamped with the imperial n in
gold.
Colonel l.. c. Weir, the new President
of the Adams Express Company, has
been in the employ of that com pany %
years, advancing rapidly through all
the lower grades till he had charge OF a
grand division, with headquarters in
Cincinnati. To that city he came in
1862 as a telegrapher, having just re-
signed as chief telegrapher on General
balleck's staff. He began life at the |
very foot of the ladder From a poor
and unknown boy he became famous |
among the business men Of the nation |
and probably has no superior as an or
ganiZer.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-10-19

Here Is the awful attempt the Intclli-
qencer made yesterday TO squirm out Of
its campaign lie about the laying of Of
27 Of the Pan-Handle railroads freight
crews Here is It's worse than lame at
tempt to get from under that deliberate
falsehood:
When the Tnteliigcnesr stated that twenty
seven freight crews had been been LAID OF,
il did so on what it. considered 10 90 COM
petent authority, and anybody who knows
anything aoOut railroad business, does not
have to have il explained 70 him that the
statement does not refer TO the Pewlkey
division of the road alone. II Of course re-
ferred to the Pan Handle system, which
embraces many hundred miles Of railroad,
stretching from Pittsburg to ST. Louis, and
of which the Pewiky is but a small part.
Ga, indeed! And so you meant the
entire Panhandle system OF the United
States, or, in other words, the great P.
C. C. s. st. L. Now. neighbor, let us
see whether you did or whether you are
telling another fslsehoOd TO cover up
the first One falsehOOd, you know,
to make it good, necess!tates the telling
OF innumerable others on top Of it. Lies
breed like rats. Here is what you said,
nelgh6or;
The Panhandle railroad, which enters
this city, has taken of twenty-seven Of its
sirty-SeUCn freight crslCS. This, Of course, is
additional evidence of great business re-
vivai To say anything else would be
"hOwling calamity"
Now, nelghbor, will the plea that
you didn't mean the Pswiky but the
great P, c., c. & st. L. bold good?
Has the latter great western branch Of
the Pennsylvania system, taking in
Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago aud st.
Louis, only strty-seUen freight crelos?
Fie on you, neighbor, Better have
stuck to your original yarn than told
another which but makes it much worse
and is an insult TO the intelligence of
the youngest among your readers.
Whichever way you put it, however,
the local branch, or the whole Pan
Handle system, the falsehood is equally |
plain for the business Of the whole sys-
TEN, as was shown in yesterdays REG
IsTER by the interview with President |
ROBERTS Of the Pennsylvania company,
so far from decreasing has increased |
aud is still increasing enormously.
We spare you further comment,
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MORE MARKETS FOR AMERICAN
PKOnUOiS

Even foreign lands are following in
the footsteps OF the Democratic party
in its tariff reform policy. The follow
ing from Washington explains itself:
The Congress Of Argentine. following
the Example of the United States, is now
considering bill looking TO a material re-
duction OF customs duties: Such bill has
been already reported from committee
The average reduction will be 10 per cent.
Included in these are duties on number
of articles of American manufacture, par
ticularly agricultural implements. Pine
lumber aud kerosene are also among the
articles to be benefited by the proposed
new rate.