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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-03-14
A NEWTHEORY ABOUT THE HAIR.
Don't Cut 1t Often and You Save Yourself
from Growing Bald.

lTOh uFO lhS Gdlu-
You are getting very bald" re-
marked the barber. cheerfully and with
exquisite tact. 1T won't be many years
cow until you'll look a good deal like
ELL Nye in your upper regions"
The customer moved uncasily under
his tormentor's clutch, and tried inef-
f~ectually to get Il puff at his fast-eX-
piring cigar.
"Yes,'mused the barber as he fondled
the customers few remaining locks and
assumed the thoughtful and repOseful
mien so often observed in tonsorial art
ISIS, land you would hardly believe it,
Jut l am largely responsible for your
badness"
AT this the customer strove to rise,
but could not, for he was lying on his
lack, one hand was locked under an
Gpron, the other held a cigar, and he
could secure no leverage.
Yes, sir, / can tell you the whole
truth now" resumed the barber; "be-
cause this thing has gone too far to do
me any harm. l have beer cutting your
hair for Il years, on an average of
once a month. If l had cut it only once
in six months you would have twice as
much hair as you have at the present
time. And if / had cut it once n year
You would probably have a capillary
adornment equal to that of Mr.. Buffalo
Ell.
You see, the more the hair is cut the
weaker it becomes at the roots, and if
the cutting is repeated often enough
the roots will become so weak and de-
generate that they will no longer be able
to afford an anchorage for the hair. As
4 result, of course, the hair falls out and
you become bald.
There are not many persons outside
the medical profession who understand
this. Some of the BARRIERS do. but /
have never heard of their saying any
thing about it to their customers. And
7 only tell you because L feel hat yod
VII not wan your hair cut very often
from now until you die, for the power
fui eason that you have none to cut.
Each little thread of hair contains
c slender tube, like the pith cylinder
of q plant stem. 1t is by means of this
tabe hat the hair derives its nourish-
laent. Under natural conditions the
hair is allowed to grow to its full
length. Then the tubes do their work
properly. But when the hair and of
course the tubes, too, are cut off, every
few weeks, the roots are sure to become
weak. and eventually they will lose
their grip on the scalp.
1T is often said that cutting the hair
will make it stronger, just like cutting
grLss. So it will for a time. Repeated
cutting tends to make the hair coarse,
but it is just this sort that falls out
easiest and earliest. Women are seldom
bald, for they let their hair grow.
Did you ever hear of a bald Indian or
savage. unless he had been a victim of
civilization. l guess not."N. Y.
World.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-03-14
HUMOROUS.

fam so glad you had the doctor.
did he relieve you?" "Yes; of S2O."-
Boston Courier.
Out of Practice.-She-"Why don't
you talk to me as if you loved me?"
He (absent-mindediy)-'Im so horr;-
bly, out of practice!"-Detroit Free
Press.
-"You are the only doctor who ad-
vises me to stay at home. All the others
say L ought to go to a winter resort"
81 suppose they have all the patients
they want."-Fliegende Batter.
-Facetious Whip, to Cyclist-"Don't
look as if yer fed that there hanimal
O yours over WE'LL" Cyclist, on Pneu-
matic--"Quite mistaken! He had q
jolly good blowout only this morning."
Fun.
~ am going to propose to Miss jim
kles, said Whykins thoughtfully. Has
she given you any encouragement" IL
should say so. Why, she is afraid 1 am
spending toe much money for bouquets
and matinee tickets. "-Washington
Star.
ACTRESS (angrily)-"Dd you write
hat criticism which said my imper-
sonation of the abandoned Wife was
a miserable failure?" Critic-'Ye-e-e-s;
you see you looked so irresistibly beau
tiful that it was impossible to fancy hat
any man could abandon you."-T1t-
Bits.
-Pendennis-"If l had known that
you We're going to drop in on us so I'LL
cXpectedly, we should nave had a mote
elaborate dinner" Warrington (wres-
Ting with Il tough piece of steak)-
Don't mention it, old man; but next
time III be sure to let you know."-Tit-
Bits.
He was proposing to the Boston
girl, and IN the fervor of his plea he
leaned over her anxiously. Pardon
me-" she said, ARE you not getting a
trif1e too parsimonious?" "Parsimon-
ious::" ne gasped. YES" she said; "or
as the vulgar would put it, '~close.'"--
Philadelphia Press.
His Suggestion.-"William," we
said, you need a rev hat" do II"
Yes. And u new overcoat." 81 have
suspected that" And your umbrella
il ~shockingly shabby" ~ know it."
what are you going to do about it?"
81 haven't any idea," he responded
gloomily. And then, with the ANNA
ton which comes with a happy thought
he added: You might give a tea.
Washington Star.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-03-14
Warning of the Register.

II your register sends forth a blast OF
ashes every time the furnace is raked
you have proof the most positive thar
there is a leak in your firebox; other
wise the ashes could not reach the hot.
&ir pipes. This should be remedied al
once, since it is mo- only a frequent
cause of the unsatisfactory fire. but il
inevitably introduces coD gas and Gel.
lar air into the house. ANY odor from
the combustion of foreign matter IL
tie furnace should not rise through the
pipes; if it does, the lesson Of the ashes
is but repeated in another form.--Phil'
Hdelphia ledger.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-03-14
Coffee Making.

Many persons who are unable to
drink coffee that has been boiled or
made by putting the coffee directly in
boiling water and cooking at or above
the boiling point for a certain number
of minutes, are able to drink without
any disagreeable consequences, either
present or future, coffee made by per-
collation., that is, by inclosing the
coffee in a bag of some kind or in q
wire gauze strainer and pouring the
boiling water upon it. This method OF
coffee-making should always be used in
households where the members break
fast at different hours, and where only
one pot of coffee is made. In France,
where chicory is often added to the
coffee, ~percolated or drip" coffee that
is quite strong is often made and
tightly bottled or sealed so that it's
aroma cannot escape and kept in a
cool place for several days. AS it in
wanted it is heated and served with
hot milk, and, if you want it absolutely
perfect, heat your cup also. Percolased
coffee Is considered more econnmiaa1
than bojled.-N. Y. Post
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-03-14
Had Tried Everything E;ss.

Sympathetic Caller-I am sorry youI
rheumatism doesn't get any better. Did
you ever try Il curse of calisthenics?
Sufferer with languid interrst) -
l think not. but | couldn't take them if
they tasted nasty. My stomach is all
poIc cu..-Ghicaro Tribune
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-03-14
No Remnants.

"Ah. life is maze up of fragments"
Yes; and death is one long peace.
Judge.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-03-14
STORY OF ENGINE 10Y.
Finished on Friday, She Was AL
ways Getting Into Trouble.

.Her Twin, 100, Was Finished on Thurs
day, and Ran True, But Io7
Was -Four Times Wrecked and
Finally Killed Her Man.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-09-25
Populist Convention.

Pursuant to call the populist county
convention met at the courthouse last
Saturday afternoon for the purpose of
placing in nomination a county ticket
and to elect Legislative delegates.
There were about fifty delegates in
attendance and it was representative
gathering of the populist party The
call was read and on motion duly
seconded and carried, John Hogen-
son. of Romness, was elected tempo-
rary chairman, and Halvor Arestad,
of Hannaford, temporary secretary.
Moved and carried that chair ap-
point committee of five on credentials.
Chair appointed w. T. McCulloch, +.
Erickson, Gilbert Olsen. j. H. Mulroy.
VIM. Howden.
Moved and carried that chair ap-
point committee of five on order of
business. Chair appointed Rier
Lunde, Ole Bakken, G. Pratt, Ole
Thorn. Dan Erickson.
Moved and carried that committee
of five be appointed on resolutions
and platform. Chair appointed F.
Greenland, M A Ueland, G p Bolkan,
Knud Thompson, FL Atcheson.
Moved and carried that committee
of five be appointed on permanent
organization. Chair appointed Duncan
Sinclair, Magnus Lynner, Joseph
Hoggarth, James Boutwell,, Jens
Thinglestad.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-09-25
Bold Burglary.

When Postmaster Jilneson came
down to the postoftice early Wednes-
day morning he discovered that his
safe had been blown open and that
he was out about $500. An entrance
was effected through window at the
rear end of the building. Tools be-
longing to Samuel Sansburn were
found lying around the store. The
burglar or burglars had sized up the
premises pretty we'll. They had
effected an entrance into Sansburn's
blacksmith shop and helped them
selves to what tools were necessary.
The knob of the combination lock on
the safe had been cut off with chisel
and gunpowder forced through the
hole in the door where the knob had
been and then the powder had been
fired and blew the door off the hinges.
A ducking coat had been used to
muffie the blows of the hammer, and
gunny sacking had been put around
the safe to deaden the noise of the ex-
ploslon OF the powder. In their haste
to get away one sack in the safe, con-
tanning some silver and notes, was
overlooked. The money drawer in
the store was forced out and about a
dollar in change taken. There was q
light in the store all night and the
watchlnan, who patrols the town every
few minutes, heard or saw nothing of
the robbers. Roomers in the next
building say that they did not hear
anything during the night to awake
them. The party or parties under-
stood their business and did the job
up in first-class shape and got away.
They are probably the same fellows
that cracked safe at Northwood
few weeks ago. No clue to the rob-
bers has yet been discovered.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-09-25
free coinage

Now I. G. feels justified in asking
us to vote with him in asserting our
independence. If he is in as earnest
as we are in our belief, if he thinks as
we do, that this is as great a crisis as
the country was ever called upon to
face, then he will admit that we are
justified in asking him to answer the
following questions before we promise
to help him fight for his independence.
If he answers them satisfactorily and
proves his answers by facts, not as
sertions, then we will join forces with
him
No. /. Did we have 3 times as much
money in 1887, when our wheat was
worth $1.20 than we have now? Twice
as much in 1891 when wheat was 90c?
Was it volume of money that made
fax bring $1.35 in 1893 and SOC in
1896?
No. 2. Has any nation, under free
and unlimited coinage, permanently
maintained the parity between gold
and silver at a ratio that did not ap-
proximate the commercial ratio?
No. 3. Previous to 1884, while the
legal value of silver to gold was as
to 15 was not gold at a premium and
did it not go out of circulation?
When in 1884 the ratio was changed at
16 20 1, did not silver go out of circu-
lation? Has not the cheaper metal in
variably driven the dearer out of cir
culation? and do you know of any
special providence to enterfere with
gold going out of circulation if we
now return to free coinage at 16 to 1?
Would this not place us on strictly
silver basis, and wouldn't silver
monometalism be as bad or worse
than gold monometalism?
No. 4. You clamor for cheap
money. Is not the cheapest money
obtainable in gold standard countries? ?
In England money can be borrowed
on good security at 2 per cent, while
in silver countries it commands 10 to
u per cent.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-09-25
The Aneta Panorama, issued

The Aneta Panorama, issued
by Messrs. Stewart & Pepper. is
the latest candidate for journal
istic favor and a copy reached
the Courier office last Saturday.
The Panorama is a four page six
column folio all printed at home
and is "chock" full of live locals,
etc. It will be a great help
towards building up Aneta. and
by the way business men patron
ize it, we feel sure that it will be
success. Long may the Pano-
rama float, and as the little
journalistic craft floats down the
stream of time may it encounter
many fowery islands, etc.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-09-25

silver at 16 to l. Prove to us that
our premises in the foregoing ques-
tions are wrong, and we will be with
you hand, heart and head. Will
work with you until our yoke of
bondage shall rise like the mist of the
morning. Otherwise if we shall choose
between gold and silver our choice is
voiced in the following:
sYes, gold is the money of monarchs.
And monarchs are We in our right
OF American manhood only.
We settled our rank by our might.
Since then we rank with the greatest,
Walk royalty, equal and free.
Shall we who have made labor tregal
Make silver. slaves pittance, our fee?
Yea pops go make it your gospel
That gold is the money of kings.
We will rise to its level aud use it
AS the tribute our labor brings.
True! we hold as freeman and noble.
Not for the base labor of slaves;
Well have gold who can royalty bear
it,
Give silver to towards and knaves.
We changed the old order of BIRTH
right,
Shall we sink to the lower plane?
If our lives cling to life's lower levels.
Is our nations great work not in
vain?
For look We, hold it a maxim
That the right which by birth is our
due
Is not to drag down the higher
But to rise to the highest in view.
There since we rank with the monarch
We claim, too, ''the money of kings"
Give silver to slaves who pine for it,
We take as our right royal things.
If must be, let Mexican peon
Or the weak Indian ryot be told
That silver is all he is good for,
But give the American gold"
H.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-09-25
Free Coinage of Iron.

1 take this means of notifying the
public that am going over the county
and buying up all the old iron of any
kind that 1 can find and if Bryan is
elected 1 shall ask him to have the
United States stamp and coin this
iron into dollars at 16 to l. OF course
ne cannot refuse. for the same reasons
exist for free coinage of iron as there
is for free coinage of silver.
Parties having old iron for sale can
leave their name and address at
Stevens & Enger or G. j. Lucken.
Iron dollars will be issued from the
iron as soon as Bryan and can get
them coined.
S. K. NoRGARD.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-09-25
Gold and Silver Part Company.

IOlQ ana silver Fart Company.
The first coinage act deter
mined that gold and silver should
work together in our monetary
system; but the relative value of
the two in the markets of the
world had to be determined as
an ounce of gold and an
ounce of silver were not worth
the same. TO work together in
the currency system one coin
must be as valuable as another
in proportion to the metal in
them and no more. To find how
these two metals were related to
each other in value necessitated
a study of the market of the
world. This study was taken up
by Jefferson, Hamilton and
others and pursued exhaustively;
and, finally. it was concluded
that one ounce of gold was equal
in value to about fifteen in silver.
Hence ratio was fixed upon be-
tween them of fifteen to one.
This was necessary if they were
to be standards of value and cir
culate together. 1t was the
commercial value of the metals
which decided the value of the
coins. 1t was not the legal value
of the coins, settled in an arbi-
trary manner by government
fat, which controlled the value
of the metals in the markets of
the world. This is contrary to
the cause which the silverites
would pursue today. The COM
mercial value Of gold and silver
is somewhere as thirty to one;
and they would coin silver in un :
limited quantities on the basis of
valuation of sixteen to one.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-09-25

Geo Pratt.
While the committe were fixing up
the list of candidates o. G. Majors
made lively speech to the convention.
The committee reported the follow
ing names to be balloted on for the
different offices: For treasurer, Ole
Balslsen, Knud Thompson. Bakken
nominated by q vote of 26 to II.
For register of deeds, H. Arestad,
G. P. Bolkan and John Fosholdt.
Arestad nominated receiving - votes,
Bol1an IA and Fosholdt 4.
For sheriff, Jens Thinglestad,
Duncan Sinclair and VIM. Howden
were nominated. Thinglestad re-
ceived 25 votes, Sinclair 16, Howden
Z. Thingl estad declared nominated.
Rules were suspended and P. A.
Melgard was nominated for auditor
by reclamation.
Rules were suspended and Andrew
Sinclair was nominated for superin-
tendent of schools by acclamation.
r. S. Lundc, Thos. Graf and c. j.
Lucken we're nominated for clerk of
court, Lunde being nominated by
vote of % for Lunde. II for Graf, 6
for Lucken.
DR.. Bergstrom was nominated for
coroner by acclamation.
M. A. Ueland was nominated for
surveyor by acclamation.
c. II. Johnson and VIM. Stewart
were placed in nomination for county
judge. johnson won out by vote of
43 to 4. 81
Rules were suspended and the fol-
lowing we're nominated for constables:
A. H. OVERLY. Joe Ebentire and Alex.
Park.
Rules were suspended and D.
D. McDaniels, Mark Curtis and Louis
Berg were nominated for Justices.
Moved and carried that the central
committee be empowered to fill va
cancies on ticket.
On motion the following we're elected
to attend the legislative convention to
be held at Cooperstown on Sept. 26th:
F Greenland. John Hogenson. NJ A
Ueland. W T McCulloch, CP Bolkan.
Moved and carried that the delegates
be not instructed.
Hon. Julius Stevens was nominated
for commissioner of the second
district.
Convention adjourned.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-09-25
Helena.


ago, that we did so with fear and
trembling. We fully expected that
some one had exploded our argument
and rendered our position urtenetable.
Time passed and our courage rose,
and yet higher scared when we opened
our paper of two weeks ago and read
7. G.'s production. He makes light
of our arguments, but pays US the
highest possible compliment by not
even attempting to explode one of
them. We ask specifically if the
farmers of China, Canada, France,
United States. ETC.. receive prices for
their products proportionately with
their volume of money and he replies
that prices depend largely on the
volume of money, etc., simply a re-
hash of the old Greenback theory,
that as a pop we could mt swallow and
which has grown moldy with age. He
does attempt to upset our statement
that we have $50 of assets to ST of
debt. We may be wrong on the
money question but we are not demo-
gogue enough to quote actual debt
and assessed valuation, which is one
third of the real, and try to strike q
a ratio of assets between them. In
1893 our debt of all kinds amounted to
1857 ,876, 600 and our wealth was esti-
mated at $50, ,475, 900, 900. What is the
ratio? The census OF. 1890 shows that
only one-fourth of the farms in the
United States are mortgaged. The
average mortgage represents one-third
of the value of the farm, four-fifths of
the amount of debt was incurred to
buy and improve the property. An
other indication of bankruptcy?
We will pass over T. G.'s misquot-
ing us twice in his last article and
take up his statement that one ounce
of silver will buy as much wheat OF
cotton now as in 1870. This seems to
be quite favorite argument, will dc
for those in the nursery, but is easily
upset by the following table which al.
SO upsets that other statement-that
wheat has declined with silver. BY
examination you will see that while
silver declined. wheat advanced until
after 1883 and was 10 per cent higher
in 1892. The drop in the last period
can easily be attributed to the fac
that Argentine shipments increased
from 10 to 80 million bushels, and tina,
the difference in the per capita con
sumption between the years 1891 anc
1896 is 10, ,OOO, 900 bushels. Just thinl
of it. A yearly loss of home
market of 10 million bushels of wheat
Is not Mckinley right when he says
it is better to open the factories to
American workmen than the mints to
| fraa cOinauoo
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-09-25

No. 10. Is not your assertion that
there is only per cent difference be-
tween the Mckinley bill and the Will
son bill about the silliest argument
you ever used or read? Suspose we
put the tariff list into four classes.
Glass A and B to consist of articles
that we produce abundance of for
home use and for export. Glasses G
and d. to contain articles which we
must import and which can be inn
ported and sold in competition with
like American products. The G. T.
tariff levies q horizontal tax of SO per
cent on class A and B. The RI. tariff
a tax of so per cent on class c and D.
Would it be bright of US to say that
one should produce as much revenue
as the other inasmuch as the per cent
of the same. We know of some
German boys who were engaged in
the manufacture of pearl buttons in
Wisconsin. Under the Mckinley bill
they prospered, invested all the
money they could get hold of to in
crease their business which was al
ready supporting quite colony. The
Wilson bill reduced the duty on pearl
buttons 106.42 per cent. The result is
that their factory is closed. Their
capital gone and their workmen scat
tered. 1t might comfort them to know
that there is only one-eight per cent
difference between the bills, and it
might not.
To close: did you ever, my friend.
in all the years that you have been en-
deavoring to shake off your bondage,
did you ever know of the prospect of
q republican victory to paralyse busi-
ness, to close factories, to cause banks
to call in their papers and capital to
retreat to its safety vaults, or labor
to hang it's hands in idle waiting?
Did ever. in four years of republican
administration, the yearly consunp-
ton of wheat decrease II bushel per
capita? Prove to us that we can main
tain the parity between gold and
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-09-25
On motion a recess of thirty minutes

On motion a recess of thirty minutes
was taken.
Nesting again called to order and
committee on credentials reported the
list OF delegates entitled to seats in
the convention. On motion duly car
rled the report was adopted.
Committee on organization reported
IN favor of making the temporary
organization permanent. The report
was on motion adopted.
The report of the committee on
order of business was read and on
motion adopted
The committee on platform and
resolutions reported as follows:
We, the Independent Party of
Griggs county yinconventiona assembled,
do unequivocally indorse and support
the platforms of the national and
state independent parties as adopted
by their respective conventions, and
adopt the following resolutions:
Resolved, That we consider the
financial question as the paramount
issue in this campaign, and welcome
to our standard all citizens who re-
gard their country as more important
than their party, and pledge our al
legiance to that brilliant and patrio-
tic standard bearer William j.
Bryan.
Resolved, That we are unalterably
opposed to a bond issue in time of
peace and denounce the policy that
makes such bond issue possible, and,
Resolved That we consider it rs
highly dangerous at this time when
the people nre SO heavily burdened
with taxation to increase the debt
limit OF this state, and we as party
are opposed to such change, and,
Resolved, That we are opposed to
the proposed amendment to the state
constitution which disqualities as
voters all persons OF foreign birth un-
til they become full citizens.
FRITHIOF GREENLAND,
KNUD THOMPSON,
MARTIN A. UELAND,
JOHN III. ATCHEsON,
G.. p. BOLKAN.