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The Greenville times., 1896-01-22

OTHERWISE UNNOTICED.

Alaska added $1,000, 900 to the supply
of gold last year.
Bernhardt Gillian, the noted cartoon
ist of Judge, is dead.
Kentucky breeders will make q
strong fight against antt.raeing legis
lation.
The naval department has adopted A
new automatic gun that fires 40 shots
minute.
Little May Bean, IL years old, com.
mitted suicide at Cincinnati by swal.
.owing stryehnine.
Coy. lsparhetcher, prineipAl chief OF
she etesR hati5d, indian territory, was
drowned accidentally.
Five Fort Wayne Qndl sports were
shot By an elderly lady whom they
pErsistsd IL ahncyIhg.
Miss Susan B. Anthony has beer
called on to settle factional fights II
the Equal Suffrage association.
A New yofh wohiati Bought d geost
for Sundays dinner and found a ~
carat diamond In its gizzard.
A band Of masked men at Centralia,
Mo-, took three dntdly tramps ffdIf
officers and horsewhipped them.
Gen. Weyler has accepted his ap
pointment as captain-general of Cuba
and will sail for Havana, FRIDAY,
iiouis Van skiver, who killed tive
strikers in riot at Wapakoneta, o.,
was found guilty of manslaughtef:
The miners at the willisville niiAe
at Percy, ILL.,, are ost on strike for ar
advance price OF two cents per box.
Uncle Sam proposes to fortify
Cleveland, o., SO as TO protect the city
in esso of war with foreign county
bishop Haygood, one Of the leading
divines Of the M. +. church, south
died at his home at Oxford, Ga, Sun
day.
The Pope glucose works at Venice
H., will resume operations in a few
days. They have been idle for some
time.
Brakeman Alfred Wren fell from q
Louisville & Nashville freight train al
Mascoutah, ILL.,, and sustained fatal in
juries.
Gen. Gamir, the Spanish governor u
Porto Rico, has died of yellow fever
Gen Marin has been appointed his sue
cessor.
The subcommittee OF the Republican
national committee is in St. louis max
ing arrangements for the national con
vention.
A negro was arrested for the murder
of Banker Witherell's daughter a
Parkersburg, W. Va, and may b,
lynched.
California has sent delegation b
Washington to oppose the passage o
the Pacific railways funding bill, nov
before congress,
Miss Clara Barton, president OF the
Red Cross society, will visit the sultan
of Turkey to secure permission to dis
tribute funds in Armenia.
The cruiser Baltimore has arrived ai
San Francisco from Honolulu. She en-
countered fair weather all the way ant
had an uncventful passage.
Eugene V. Debs, being interviewed
on the subject, said that under no con
dition of circumstances would he ae
cept the populist presidential nomina
tion.
The warfare between the secretary
of agriculture and those congressman
who resent their loss of garden and
field seeds for distribution still goes
merrily on.
Prof. Moore, head of the weather
service. is perfecting kite which is tc
carry barometers and thermometer,
two miles into the air, and register tn,
temperature and pressure.
The Greenville times., 1896-01-22
CHARGED WITH ARSON.
Arrest Of a Gang OF Alleged Gin Burners
In Arkansas.

NEWPORT, Ark, Jan. oo.-=Last fall
the gin of Robert West was burned at
Diaz, destroying large amount of cot
ton. 1t was supposed at the time that
the gin was set on FIRE, and great efforts
have been made to capture those
thought to be concerned. Six negroes
have been lodged in Jail here who are
xnown to have been implicated Itwas
strongly suspected that white man
was at the bottom Of it, but the negroes
refuse to give any information on this
an hiert
The Greenville times., 1896-01-22
THE IRaEPREsslBLE GOMEZ.
He Breaks Through a Spanish Line In
Plnar del Rio.

MADRID, Jan. 20. Conflicting reports
have been received from Havana re-
garding an engagement between Max
imo Gomez, the insurgent leader, and
Col. Galbio, commanding the Spanish
troops in Pinar del Rio Gomez was
reported to have been defeated in an
attempt to brenk through new mill
tary line near Batabano, but subse-
quent advices stated that he had sue
ceeded in this attempt, and was pro-
ceeding to Matanez to join his forces
with those from the eastern provinces.
The Greenville times., 1896-01-22
National Bank Dividends.

-AsHIxGToN. Jan. 20.-The comp
9cr Of the currency has declared a
dividend of 80 per cent. in favor
AZ ereditors of the First natioaal
8 of Ravenna, Neb.; second divi-
= of 81, per cent. on the First ma
Al bank of Texarkana, Tex, anl a
u dividend of Is per cent. on the
q national bank of Knoxville,
The Greenville times., 1896-01-22

NEW York, Jan. 2O.--A New Haven
Comm special says; The National
Folding Box and Paper Co. has just re-
ceived orders for 100000 cigarette
boxes for Liggett & Myers, of st.
Louis, probably the biggest tobacco
dealers in the United States.
The Greenville times., 1896-01-22

MILWAUKEE, Jan. 20. = The retail
shoe store of Smith & Stoughton has
been closed by Under Sheriff Armor on
a writ of attachment OF 1000, issued
in favor of Charles K. Phster The
firm is interested in shoe factory To-
Gated at Lynn, Mass.
The Greenville times., 1896-01-22

LONDON, Jan 2o.-The United Press
has ascertained, upon absolutely trust
worthy authority, that the chief com
handing officers of the new flying
squadron of British warships have
been supplied with special charts OF
North American waters, the West
Indies seas and the Mediterranean.
The informant has seen the charts.
The Greenville times., 1896-01-22
Communication with South Africa
interrupted.

IN YoRK, Jan. 9o.-The cable COM
Ii are advised that the Duban-
fon bay cable is interrupted. The
>hona- Loanda cable being also in
Hpted, all telegraphic communica'
With South Africa and places
II 81 st. Thoma on the west coast
The Greenville times., 1896-01-22

New York, Jan. 20.--A dispatch to
the Herald from st. Petersburg says:
Russia's policy at the present moment
is steadfastly to avoid being drawn
into any combination or complication
with Armenia, Germany, England or
Abyssinia, but to keep the oriental
question ever foremost
The Greenville times., 1896-01-22

OTTAWA. Ont, Jan. 20.--John Bryson
for the past IA years member of the
house Of commons for Pontiac county,
Quebec, Is dead. He was ~ years Of
age, He was lumheFman and did ~
kxtsnaivs bsslpesa,
The Greenville times., 1896-01-22

LONDON, Jan. 2O.-It is announced
from London that Lady Beresford, for
merly the duchess of Marlborough, be-
fore that Mrs. Louis C. Hammersley of
New York, and originally Miss Lily
Price, of Troy, Is soon to present Sir
Charles with an heir.
The Greenville times., 1896-01-22

MADRID, Jan. 2o Although Mar.
tinez Campos has declined the post of
president Of the supreme military court
Of justice, his appointmsnt will, never.
tAslessl be gassttsa,
The Greenville times., 1896-01-22

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2o.--The house
committee on invalid pensions ordered
a favorable report on the senate bill
granting pension Of s75 per month te
the widow of Gen. William Cogswell
of Massachusetts,.
The Greenville times., 1896-01-22

CLINTON, NO., Jan. eo,--James Nay.
lor, aged So, died here from the effects
Of blood poisoning, cauaea BY the W..
Of 0 corn cure,
The Greenville times., 1896-01-22
Return Of the Cincinnati.

NEW YORK, Jan. 2o.--The United
States cruiser Cincinnati, which for
some months has been cruising about
the Florida Keys on the lookout for
Cuban filibustering expeditions, passed
in at quarantine at II a. m.
The Greenville times., 1896-01-22

MADISON, lu9., Jan. ao.~-Mrs. Scovel,
widow Of q former president of Han
over college,, died sunday ut Wooster
o., aged %, The remains will hs tsriet
here,
The Greenville times., 1896-01-22

PARIS, Jan. 90. Cardinal William Re-
nsto Meignan, archbishop of Tours.
was found dead in bed at his palace at
Tours. lie was born in 1877, and ere
ated a cardinal in 1899.
The Greenville times., 1896-01-22

In the house joint resolution was
agreed to authorizing a change of plans
tor the public building at Blooming
ton, Ill.
The presidents reply to the house
.esolution calling for the correspond
snce in the state department rela-
tive to the speeches delivered at
Edinburgh, Scotland, and Boston, En-
gland by Ambassador Bayard, was de-
.ivered by one of the presidents sec
aries. The president transmits re-
port from the secretary of state, in ad.
1ition to other papers.
The Greenville times., 1896-01-22
VA an Eminent Clyll Engineer.

IIApEIpHIA, Jan, 20, john Allston
n2. sn eminent civil engineer, diet
~ at hia homie In West philsael
esd ~ yeAEa,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-12-05
PEOPLE AND THINGS AT HOME.

Kentucky is chuckling over the big
gest coon supply in several years.
At G. A. R. picnic at Searsport, Me.
q three-eighths inch pearl was found In
a clam pie.
The wife of q New Orleans carpenter
who was obliged to have one of her
hands amputated last spring has
brought the other one to such a state
of serviceability that she has succeeded
in making q dress unaided.
At Rome City, Ind, a Pittsburgh
travelling nan became acquainted with
a girl on a Monday, wired her an offer
of marriage on the following Wednes-
day, was accepted by return dispatch,
and the marriage took place On Thurs
day.
Primary pupils at M~achiasport, Ne,
have been earning money for the deco
ration of their schoolroom by prepar-
ing the wood for the stove. The boys
sawed-the teacher, a young woman,
helping them-and the girls carried the
wood to the shed and piled it up.
John Lyons wife has secured his par.
don from the governor of Tennessee
nine months after his sentence for ap-
preparation of funds. During the in
tervening time she walked all over
Blount county securing signatures to
the petition for pardon, and then
walked to the capital to present the pc
tition personally.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-12-05
How to Tell Fresh Eggs.

A correspondent of the Dakota
Farmer asks lis there any sure way OF
distinguishing perfectly fresh eggs
from tainted ones, or those hat have
been set upon by hens for several days?
Gambling is quite a sure method, but If
there is any other L would be glad to
know it." The following reply is
given: ITO the experienced eye the
roughish or %granulated surface of the
perfectly fresh egg distinguishes it at
once from the more shiny or polished
surface of the one that has been under
the hen a day or two. We can pick out
every fresh egg among a nestful OF
those that have been sat ON two days,
even in the dark. The secret is very
simple. Just scratch over the surface
with the finger nail, if it CRATES the egg
is fresh, but if the nail slides smoothly
the egg is old. A little practice makes
this a sure test"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-12-05
%POULTlCES.
Some Points of Value to the Household
Nurse.

Some Points of Value to the Household
Nurse.
The chief object of a poultice is to
supply and retain heat and moisture
for the relief of pain and internal con-
gestion. Other but less frequent uses
are for cleaning the surface of foul
ulcers and fastening the removal of
dead tissues.
Poultices are best made of ground
fiaxseed, but in ease this is not to be
had, bread, cornmeal or hominy may be
substituted.
In making a bread poultice, the crust
of the loaf should not be used, and it
should be remembered that such n
poultice quickly becomes our. When
cornmeal or hominy is used, salt should
be added to each application, to pevent
irritation of the skin.
The greatest benefit of a poultice
comes from its heat; therefore are
should be taken to apply it very hot.
The faxseed meal should be mixed
with boiling water in a receptacle placed
over the fire, and the mixture should be
constantly stirred until it is of about
the consistency of oatmeal porridge.
The batter should then be evenly
spread, about half an inch in thickness,
on a warm cloth folded in two or three
layers.
Over the surface of the faxseed a
piece of cheese cloth, white %tarlatan, or
n fine cambria handkerchief should be
laid; or, these failing, the surface may
be covered with a small quantity of
vaseline or sweet oil. This procedure
In no way interferes with the action of
the poultice; its object is simply to pre-
vent the faxseed from adhering to the
skin.
The poultice, after being applied to
the body, should be covered with either
oiled silk, flannel or cotton wadding, so
that the heat may be retained. Asseon
as the poultice cools it should be re-
moved and a fresh one applied.
In order to render a poultice more eff
fective in diminishing or relieving deep
seated pain, as in the chest and abdo-
men, mustard may be added to the flax
seed. Such a poultice is far better, for
ordinary purposes, than a mustard
plaster. 1t is rarely followed by any
unpleasant irritation of the skin.
The mustard should not be added in
the form of the powder, but should be
carefully mixed with a small amount of
warm water, and then thoroughly
stirred into the faxseed just before it
is spread upon the cloth. The amount of
mustard should be varied according to
the severity of the pain and the age of
the person.
The application of mustard in this
form is particularly well suited to chill
dren and old people, whose skin is easily
irritated.-Youth's Companion.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-12-05
AGRICULTURAL HINTS
HOG PENS.
Tnooe Who Have Tried Them Pronoun
Them a Great Success.

Thooe Who Have Tried Them Pronounce
Them q Great Success.
In order to be successful in wintering
swine, both old and young, it becomes
necessary for many hog raisers to give
the question OF sleeping quarters more
serious attention. Many a lot of nice,
thrifty shoats go into winter quarters
only to conc out in the spring having
barely held their own in weight and
growth, and perhaps are somewhat
stunted. Wintering hogs in large
droves and around strawstacks is not
conducive to best results. One great
objection to the practice of many
farmers in allowing large numbers to
nest together is that they pile up in
cold weather, in which condition they
generate a good deal of moisture.
What farmer but what has seen the
steam rising from n nest of swine?
When they come forth from such a
condition on a cold winter morning
they are very apt to take cold. When
they leave the nest wet and warm and
go OUT into exactly the other extreme
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-12-05
4 WOMAN
Both Physician and Preacher.
sas, Speaks Words of Praise for
DR.. Williams Pink
From the Neus, Hutchinson, Kan.

Mrs. Grace Andrew, of Partridge, Kan
sas, is well known, having lived in Part
ridge for many years. In former years she
was q preacher in this locality. She is also
well versed in medicine. Although She
never took out a license as q physician, her
advice has long been sought in preference
10 that of the regular practitioner. For
these accounts she Is well known as she is
highly respected by q large circle. Mrs.
Andrew recently gave q reporter the fol-
lowing interesting interview.
-Four years ago l began suffering from
lumbago and muscular rheumatism, and for
the two years next following grew continu-
ally worse despite the best efforts Of the
leading physicians of the locality. In my
efforts for relief l finally tried a box of Dr..
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, and
from the first began to improve, and before
/ had taken two boxes was entirely cured.
I have never been bothered since, but l am
enjoying the best of health. The sharp,
piercing pains which were so painful in my
back are felt no more, and all the symptoms
are gone.
II am always ready to speak a good word
Tor Pink Pills, and have recommendation
10 many of my afflicted friends, who have,
without a single exception, been greatly
benefited or entirety cnred.
I'm one instance a l9dy friend had suf-
bred from female weaknessfo for many years,
during which time she was not able to do
my OF her homework II was practically
helpless. RECOMMENDED Pink Pills to her.
She secured a box and was soOn convinced
o. their superior quality and great value.
Se is now doing ali her own homework
aIn is strong and healthy, attributing all to
PINK Pills"
d.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
area specific fortroubles peculiart to females,
such as suppressions, irregularities and all
fornsof weakness. They build up the blood,
and nstore the glow OF health to pale and
sallow cheeks. In men they effect q radical
cure In all cases arising from mental worry,
Overuork or excuses of whatever nature.
They are manufactured by the DR.. Will
amsNedicine Company, Schenectady, N.
Y, ami are sold by all druggists at so cents
a box q six boxes for $3.50.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-12-05
MARKETING
Birds Medium Size and Weight Ara
n Best Sellers.


tAaB Best Sellers.
we n offer a pointer IN marketing
turkeyfhat undiscovered while buy
ing ohr(tmas turkeys in the city mar
ket, anS that is the superiority of
medlumtzed turkeys I've 20 to "a
pounderAas sellers. People. as a rule.
DO not wat enough turkey at one time
to lay a knquet spread, and conse-
quently tfE pick for something small,
or not eXtding medium in size.
The henturkeys always sell first,
SIMPLY becase they are more suited in
fize to the iants of the ordinary fam
lily. Then y smaller gobblers go. and
lastly the pfe of the hock-the big
gest tom in II Iot-and he usually goes
at a dlscounPf two or three cents a
pound less thAthe lesser weights.
A turkey thtweighs from ten to fif-
teen pounds fssed is plenty large
enough. The bple don't want a tur-
Key as big as a be-, but they do want a
fat turkey.
1t seems to us fat there is a good deal
of room for Involvement in breeding
turkeys for the tarket. That a bird
shorter in legs ant neck, and very full
in the breast, wort be more desirable.
One that would Hmeaty and plump,
and capable of talAg on a great deal
of fat.
The heavy weigh tall, rawboned
toms that weigh Is tt4o pounds may be
suited to a barbec4 feast, but they
are not the kind thahhe man with an
ordinary size markebasket looks for
when he goes to the eli market.
There would be me demand, and
better sale for turkek all the year
through, if they were gewn more with
a view to compact bodAmeat and fat,
than for large size and csrse structure.
H. b. Geer, in Midland Poultry Jour
nal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-12-05
EDGED ON THE DOCTOR.
q Napoleon OF Finance Meets Hi waite,
loo In New Hampshi-e.

a Napoleon of Finance Meets His Wstsr.
loo in New Hampshi-e.
An itinerant corn doctor took nos
session of the public square in Charles
ton, N. H., a few evenings since and
proceeded to transact a business which
was of land-ofice dimensions while it
lasted. But he closed up early.
Eggs were flying at him from all d.
rections and he was a s~orry-looking
sight when he reached the friendly
shelter Of the hotel.
he had imposed upon the confidence
of the unsophisticated and the shower
of eggs was their way of expressing
their righteous indignation.
The doctors" modus operandi was
something like this: He had a corn
ealve that was unequaled and unap-
proachable in its virtues; he wished to
advertise it and would, for ten cents.
give a sample of the salve and a check,
on the presentation of which later he
would give a present.
The present" end of it caught many
whr were old enough to know better,
n several children, but great was their
surprise when Oh presenting their
checks, they were handed Is cents as a
present.
This was making money very fast.
Each purchaser had realized so per cent.
on his investment. The doctor had
article No. 2 to advertise and would
also give a present to every purchaser
who would pay 25 cents for a sample.
Those who had bought one package
of No. 1 took two and three of article
No. 2 and were given checks as in the
thought this man who gave them Is
cents for ten cents would certainly give
them at least IS for %.
But he didn't.
lie probably thought he had gone the
limit and when the spectators pre-
serted their checks they were given a
bit of taffy candy by the smiling doctor,
who said: Il told you 1 would give you
a present, and 1 have done So" and
while he continued to give them the
laugh they began to see the Joke"
Several of those IN the outside of the
crowd got their heads together and
then weut 20 a nearby provision store
and invested all the money they had in
eggs, and the less modern they were
the more desirable for their purpose.
When they returned the voluble doc
tor was telling his audience not to feel
bad over the matter. He had, he said,
Travelled a great deal and had got il
in the neck himself and never COM
planned.
Well, just then he got it in the neck
and in the back and on the head and in
several other places. There was a per-
feet shower of eggs.
The doctors smile vanished, and he
did not stand upon the order of going
but got quickly. He made five or six
dollars. but he will need a new suit of
clothes.-Boston Globe.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-12-05
WINTER HATCANG.
EVERYTHING Considered, Theras Not Much
Money in 1t.

EVERYTHING Considered, THERE'S Not Much
Money in 1t.
Eggs are too valuable in tinter to be
used for Matching purposes bless one Is
confident of securing good Atches and
of raising the chick, says thehiryor and
Farmer. To use a dozen egs from
which only six chicks comeand then
lose three of them, means al expendl-
ture of -four eggs for Il child and no
one can afford the cost in thaaespect.
The heaviest loss of chicks is With hens
not with i]ncubators and br9ders-
and this fact should not be overlooked.
1t is admitted hat in the sprHg and
summe when the hen has everything in
her favor she will be more servRabIe
than the brooder, but in the Mter,
when cold winds, ice, now and bins
prevail, the hen has a difficult undeaak-
ing to care for herself instead dat
tempting to raise a brood, and as a nle.
the hens are fortunate if they raise nc
half of the chicks hatched.
When a hen becomes broody make kr
nest in 4 warm place, and when 81
brings off her brood have a place pc
pared for her, under shelter and whey
the sunlight can mt BE careful that
the chicks are not exposed or becons
chilled, and aim to raise everyone oil
them. In that case the chicks will pay
because the expense of the eggs used
will be reduced by reason of the larger
number of chicks marketed.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-12-05
Wonderful Work OF Bees.

Bees must. in order to collect a poUnd
IF clover honey, deprive 62,O09 clover
blossoms of their nectar. To do thi,
the 62,OOO flowers must be visited by an
aggregate of 3,75O,OOO bees. Or, in
other words, to collect its pound OF
honey one bee must make 3,750,0oO
trips from and to the hive. The enor.
nous amount of work here involved
precludes the idea of anyone that L
bee ever lived long enough to gather
more than a fraction of 4 pound of nee
tarine sweets. AS bees are known to
.Sy for miles in guest of suitable fields
81 operation, it is clear that a single
ounce OF honey represents millions OF
miles of travel. ], is no wonder that
these Industrious little insects have
earned the reputation of being busy
bees.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-12-05
BOX FOR MARKETING EGGS.

carrier, with n handle and fitted draw.
Frs, each drawer being fitted with paste.
board egg filters. a drawer of eggs can
thus be taken from the box and carried
into the customers house, the box itself
being left in the wagon. The bottom of
each drawer may be covered with coarse
bran, and the p%asteboard filters placed
on this, thus providing a soft resting
place for each egg.-Prairie Farmer.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-12-05
ScrrE Stnck Means Loss.

If there ever was a time, says al eX-
change, when the farmer who is hard
pressed financially could not afford to
keep poor stock, it is at present. The
poorer the farmer is the more neces-
sity there is for keeping only the best
stock, because it is the only kind in
which there is any profit. Only rich
men can afford to keep scrubs. ii re-
quires a bank account to maintain a
farm on which scrub stock is kept. and
if ,he farmer does not hive a balance
to his credit. he will have to borrow
frum those who have