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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-15
A WORD OF WARNING.
Why Care Should BE Exercised in the
Purchase of Hay.

"hN SLTc SEOutu be exercised IN the
Purchase of Hay.
The London Live Stock journal
offers = word OF warning that may de-
serve attention in this country as well
as abroad:
More care is commonly taken by horse
owners as to the quality OF the oats
than of the hay they purchase. Yet
there is Il greater difference between
good and inferior hay than between
the best and, say. third or fourth-cla
oats. Hay varies greatly. not only in
the quality Of the heritage of which it
is composed. but in the conditions III
der which it has been harvested. and
in how it has cured in the stack. Hcrses
rarely suffer from eating bad oats, while
much disease in the stable is attribUta-
BILE to the quality OF the hay they con-
sumo. 1t has been estimated that
about so per cent. of the eases
of collie which occur in large
stables are due to the hay with which
the horses are provided. Owners of
large studs frequently experience an
outbreak OF collie among their animals
with the purchase and consumption OF
Z fresh consignment of hay. Hay poor
in quality and badly stacked is 4 most
extensive fodder, from hedisease tire
quently engenders, as well as from its
low consuming value. Great care should
be exercised in the purchase of foreign
hay.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-15
LIVE STOCK NOTES.

Grade up your stock, for both home
and foreign markets require a better
quality of meat than ever before.
\ eve should o he required to
move about much for Il few hours after
lambing. If her teats are closed against
the efforts of the lamb, squeeze them
out with the wctted fingers.
i eve which disowns her lamb or
one which is required 10 adopt another
should he confined alone with i Ill a
dark place, and out of hearing of other
sheep. and she should be held several
times Il day for it to suck.
In order to secure the many desira-
bic good qualities which go to make
Ut a first-class flock OF sheep, great
care is taken in the selection of Il buck
with reference to the particular flock
of ewes with which he is to be put.
Before sheep are changed from hay
TO grass in the spring they should be
carefully looked over, and all horns and
boofs that threaten to be troublesome
carefully removed. The hoofs a be
taken off with pruning shears, but a
fine saw is needed for horns.
There is real economy in feeding
straw and corn fodder. There is 10
question but that stock can he wintered
as well upon these as upon high priced
hav. When these are fed with bran,
having a higher albuminoid ratio. they
enable an animal to digest and assiml-
late better than when corn is fed with
tEem.-Farmer's Voice.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-15
THE MATCHING PROCESS.
How to Tell Perfectly Fresh Eggs from
Unfcrtile Ones.

Infcrtile Ones.
Il is Il common practice for those buy
ing eggs TO hold them up 10 the light.
and such as have had any experience
can in this way easily tell whether an
egg is fresh or stale. \ perfectly fresh
EGG will have d comparatively clear
look, with the air space of only moder-
ate size: whereas a stale egg will not
lave such 4 clear look. and TIE air space
viii be larger. according to the age Of
the egg. In addition 20 this there are
other indications, such rs the appear
ance of the shell. which, in the old egg.
loses that bloom so striking in new
ones. Unfertile eggs are always clear
no matter now long they have been sat
upon There are tho4e who say that
the sex and fertility of the egg can bc
told before they are set. All sorts OF
plans have been put forth and declared
to be sur" and infalIiblc tests as to the
SEX OF chickens. such as the shape OF the
Egg, the time of day it is laid. etc. but
rrr>c haze I,cen found. when tested. TO
ue unreliable. or at any rate not suf-
~ficiently reliable to be accepted. That
the fertility OF the egg nay he proved
before 1t is set, We are 10 prepared to
rleny. as we have known persons TO pick
out fertile eggs by breathing on the
broad end. and must acknowledge that
they have proved to he correct in Il
large number of cascS We have never
heen anlc to diSprove this test. and
have often found it to be correct, but
rct sufficiently 50 as to rely entirely
and unreservedly upon it. When work
ing an Incubator there is no need for it.
Tor we have always been abl" to dis
cover GO hours after they have been put
into the machine whether the eggs were
fertile or not; and as the quality OF
larren eggs is then unaffected in any
way, it is rot worth running any risk
with the other tests.-Prairie Farmer
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-15

farmers sing. With our new hardy
grasses, clovers and fodder plants the
poorest, most worn out, toughest,
worst piece of land can be made as
fertile as the valley of the Nile. Only
takes a year or so! At the same time
you will be getting big crops! Teo-
sinte, Giant Spurry, Sacaline, Lathyrus,
what a variety of names! Catalogue
tells you!
IF YoU VIII Q THIS OUT AND SEND it
to the John A. SalZer Seed Co.. La
Crosse, Wis, with lac. postage, you will
get free their mammoth catalogue and
ten grass and grain and fodder sam
pies (yyorth $1,000 to get a start). They
are fine, the editor believes. (k)
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-15
For Once,

"You told me to bring something
nome when l came this evening,
Maria" said Mr.. Billus, who had just
come in, "and I've forgotten it, as
usual. l have so many things to think
of during the day, anyhow" he went
on, with some resentment, that it's
an imposition to burden me with a
trifling commission and expect me to
charge my mind with it all day long.
Now know perfectly well there was
some little jiggumbob or kickshaw
you asked me this morning to bring
when | started for home tonight, but
l haven't thought of it from that time
to this. What was it? l might as well
take my lecture right now"
Il asked you, John" replied Mrs.
Billus, mot to forget to bring your
head home this evening."-Chicago
Tribune.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-15
OF a BEE.
The Most Wonderfully Constructed o. Al
Useful Insects.

Useful Insects.
4 bee is divided into three sections
head, IhoraX and abdomen. Il has five
eyes-three In the form Of a triangle
IN the center OF the forehead. and one
on each side OF the head. These. looked at
under a microscope, are very beautiful.
The antennae are the two flexible
bIack horns on The head; with these
bees recognize each other. and in them
are supposed 10 be located the eN-
tremeiy sensitive organs of smelling
4 hearing. They are to the bee vely
much what the brain IS TO man. :
bee deprived of her antennae loses
her power OF movement.
IN the head and thorax of the worker
bee are the nursing glands. which Sc
crete 4 milky food fed 10 the larvae.
These glands are very large in the
young worker while they act as nurses.
but reduced in the old bees of a brood
less colony. In the old bees they wither
more and more till they become shrunl-
en- and seemingly withered up. The
queen. when ~egg-laying. is also fed from
these glands. When honey is coming
freely, and the queen is well fed. she
has a very wonderful power OF pro-
ducing eggs, laying over 5000 per day,
or more than three times her own
weight.
In bees, as in all insects, the skeleton
that supports the body is not internal
as in animals, but mostly external. ana
is formed OF Il horny substance called
chitine, which is flexible and is capable
of being nodded into every conceivable
shape and appearance. 1t forms the
hard back of che repulsive cockroach.
h beautiful scale-like feathers of
the gaudy butterfly. the delicate MEM
brane which supports the lace-wing in
mid-air, and the black and yellow wings
of our native and imported bees. be-
sizes internal braces, tendons and ducts
innumerable.
The internal skeleton. hard for the
r,ost part. and varied in thickness in
beautiful adaptation to the strain to
which it may be exposed. gives con.
sistency of form to the little wearer;
Dut it needs, wherever movement is
Iecessary, to have delicate extension
joining the edges Ct the unyicldinq
plates. Here tie thick coat is reduced
to a thin, easily-creased membrane.
where by fieXioH Ole part is made 10
press Over the other.-table.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-15
A Peculiar Australian Storm.

A prize was recently awarded by the
Royal society of New South Wales to
the author of a paper on "Southerly
Buffers" This is the name given in
Australia to storms which begin with
violent %northerly winds, whitening like
the breath of a furnace, because they
have swept across the burning sands
of the interior, and bearing clouds of
~sutfocating dust. Suddenly, in the
midst of the tempest, the wind swings
round into the southwest or south, and
heavy rain begins to fall, driven before
chilling blasts from the ice-clad re-
gions surrounding the South Pole
Youths Companion.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-15
Cracked Corn for Fowls.

The use OF cracked corn is more
largely employed among those who
breed the smaller breeds of poultry.
yet some use it with all varieties. II
way would be to buy smaller kernel
corn OF plant a dwarf variety that
would avoid the necessity of cracking
it at the mill. In doing so you get just
what is wanted and avoid the trouble
of having TO pay for a great deal OF
meal made in grinding the corn. which
is net eaten by the flock anG permitting
It L lie in the feed biEs long brings
the meal worm about and makes the
ent:ee grain musty and unpleasant 10
Aar,tle.-J. ". Caughey, in Farm and
Home.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-15
How's Thic ?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that can not be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. j. CHENEY & Co, Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F.. ].
Cheney for the last II years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able TO carry
put any obligations made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAX, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo, o.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly mon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price Toe. per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials
free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-15
Ration for Cattle or Sheep.

Glover. hay, bran ard wheat straw
make up Il complete ration in growing
castle or sheep. 1t makes a cheap food.
1t VIII bring a little better result if III"
straw and clover could first be run
through a feed-cutter and then the
bran be added. But, if this cannot be
done. the next best plan is to feed the
straw and clover in rackE Or manSera,
and the bran in boxes or troughs.
There will be much less waste in this
way than by allowing the stock 10 run
in the stacks and help themselves.
What is left in the racks or managers
can be used for bedding, and in this
wav be converted into a valuable fer
tilizer.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-15
yev Awkward Indeed.

This is precisely the kind of mistake Z
man makes if he turns OUT on the wroue
side of the road when a vehicle comes to
ward him. No less absurd is the error Of
thei individual who takes drastic medicines
to relieve his liver. That organ is on the
right side, and the road to its relief is Hos.
letters Stomach Bitters, a medicine also
adapted to the relief of dyspepsia, constipa-
ton, kidney and rheumatic ailments and
malaria.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-15

kide-and lay the dressed fowls in it,
no one touching another. Fut the bcx
dn a cold building or on a hack piazza
and let the fowls freeze solid. Chicken
meat a then be had at II time dur
are eating their heads off."-Farm and
Home
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-15
The WAY

Commends itself to the well-informed, to
do pleasantly and efiectually what was
formerly done in the crudest manner and
disagreeably as well. To cleanse the sys-
TEN and break up colds. headaches, and fe-
vers without unpleasant after effects, use
the delightful liquid laxative remedy, Syrup
of Figs. Manufactured by California Fig
Syrup Company.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-15
AGRICULTURALHINTS
AoeROUSE AND YARDS.
a Striking Novelty in the Line of Cor
yenient Pi1peries

a striking Novelty in the Line of Con-
yenient Piggeries.
The accompanying illustration rep
resents an easily-constructed hoghousc
and system of yards which l ind to
he quite convenient. Fig. l is an ex-
terror view of the house, only a por-
tiCn being shown, which is covered with
boards and battens. The outer posts
are 3 feet high; the rafters are 81
feet long, and meet at n common point.
Fig. . shows the ground plan of the
house and yards; 4 u, etc, are ix4 posts
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-15

1--WE have no use for bear stories" said
the editor. "Our readers demand some
thing spicy" WELL said the man with
the manuscript. this story is about 4 Gin
ramon bear "-Sports Atield.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-15

FRS stopped free by DIR. Kline's Great
Nerve ftestorer. offs afterfirstdav's use.
Marvellous cures. Treatise and 81 trial bot
tie free. DR.. Kline, 93l Arch ST., Phila., Pc.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-15

"CHAH'TT," said Uncle Eben. will kibber
er multitude of sins, an yit most OBJ US
loan seem ter haO much mo- daull go
roun' foh our " p1s'nal uses.'-Wash-
ington Star.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-15

reaching from the ground to the roof;
b b and c c are doors TO each pen. The
sizes of pens and lots are represented
H. the cuts. For roofing l used KIP
boards; 1886 feet were required. To
avoid waste in cutting, get one-haif of
this in 16-foot lengths, o~ne-fourth in H.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-15

"How NICE to get such a hearty encorer'
she said, as the half-back was called back
after an S0-yard run.-Harvard Lampoon.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-15

foot. and the remainder 12-foot. Fer
partitions and yards, use 16-foot fenc-
ing. Feed bins can be made over each
pen.-American Agriculturist.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-15

If your farm is too small for you,
go deeper and get more. Subsoil, and
bring more land into cultivation.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-15

"BLrKINs has his own way In his house"
But his wife always tells him wha.
It IS going to be beforehand. Washington
Star.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-15

"%JABBER's son, they say, could talk when
only two weeks old" That's nothing.
The Bible says Job cursed the day he was
bcru-"Judge.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-15

"WHAT is the most convenient and eco
nomical way to travel in American IT.
CURED the visiting Euglishman. ION 4
pass" replied Trotter, dryly.-Harper's
Rayar
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-15

"BRowN's BRONCHIAL TRocnEs' will
quickly relieve Bronchitis, Asthma, Catarrh
and Throat Diseases. Sold only in boxes.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-15

HIT makes no difference how hard he
MAY try, | doaIt beliebe dat a red-noSed
man can look coldly intellectual.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-15

HCsBAND-'Dr. Foot, the c~hiropodist. will
dine with us to-day" Wife-"Al right:
I'll order corned beef"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-15

An exchange heads a local item: "He
pants for the bloomer girl" That's what
they are-"he pants"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-15

BEECHAM's PILLS for constipation 10c and
pc. Get the book free at your druggists
and go by it. Annual sales 600, 90 boxes.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-15
So. az -

Since 1861 I hare been a
great sufferer from edtdrrh
/ tried Ely's Cream Balm
and to all appearances am
cured. Terrible headaches
from Hhtch I had long stf-
fered DIRE Hitch
cock, Late Major o. 5. Void
Il. A. Cen, Buffalo, ". 7.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-15

He that resolves upon any great and good
end has by that very resolution scaled the
chief barrier 10 it.-Tryon Edwards.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-15

HALE's Honey of Horehound and Tar re-
GeveS whooping cough.
Pixies ToOthache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-15
~PROFITLESS POULTRY.

Kill 1t OF, Dress II and Put 1t Away In
II Refrigerator.
Dc2't keep a lot of useless poultry
through the winter. If in good flesh
have all the old fowls and the cockerels
dressed. Have such Il box as is illus
trated-l dry goods box with hinged
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1896-03-17

Gates rs TO England's motive it
cannot be obscured.
In the forty years precedent to
the Act of demonetization, Eng
land had been engaged in wal
more than three-fourths Of that
time. Our own war Of Independ-
ence, long, expensive and humili-
ating to England was soon follow
ed by the mighty commissions Of
the French Revolution and the
Wars Of Napoleon. During these
wars England was constantly Dor
rowing money and when she saw
her great enemy a prisoner on the
Helena the records of her treasur-
err showed that her outstanding
Observation-Disclosures TO eight
hundred sixty-fve million pounds.
Now the men who had ability
enough to amass such vast amounts
of money and were brave enough
to loan it to England also saw that
if England ever paid the debt it
would be necessary to collect
more than one-half of the metallic
money of the world. And as all
the appearances Of Europe in 1916
promised many years Of perma-
nent peace these shrewd bond
holders and money lenders saw no
prospect of loaning very much
more money. Still 30 long as no
one national treasury was CON-
PEELED to collect all the money of
the world it could not be cornered.
But by destroying one-half and
holding England strictly to her
contract-"the bond"-the worlds
supply of metallic money would
be cornered. And at the behest
of these bond-holders, when the
was on a paper basis,
with neither metal in circulation,
when every nation on earth, civili-
zed enough to know silver from
iron or lead, was using silver as
money and with equal quantities
of both moneys in the world, with
national debt so large that all
the gold upon the face of the earth
would not pay it, in the interest of
the classes against the masses,
demonetized silver.
SUBSCRIBER.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1896-03-17
SHORT TALKS ON ADVERTISING.

copyrighted by Charles Austin Bates.)
The chances are that a one-timc
advertisement, or a very small adj
vertisement will not pay. 1t is
only continuous, persistent effort
and effort that is strong enough
to make an impression, that will
be found adequately profitable.
Once in a while the one-time
advertisement on a special occa-
sion will bring good results, but
not one time in a hundred, unless
the advertiser has been fairly we'll
advertised In the community be-
fore.
If the pier of q bridge is TO be
built in the middle of a river, the
builders commence by sinking
stones for the foundation. IL they
dropped the first stone and quit
because they could not see it, the
pier would never be built
IL they dropped a dozen stones,
one on top of the other, and quit
before the pile was big enough to
stick ont of the water, they would
lose their time and their stones.
But il they go on, put in q good
solid foundation and build up
from that, they will in time
raise a pier that will DO strong
and permanent, and that will hold
up a useful and necessary bridge.
II Is Just 50 with advertising.
The FIRST ads. you drop in serve
only as a foundation-they do not
serve as anything if Jon do not drop
in enough of them-but If you
keep on plling one on top Of the
other, in the end you will have a
pier which will sustain the bridge
Of business all the rest Of your
life.
The water of competition will
waste away some Of the stones
and they viii have to DO replaced,
but once the pier il built the re-
pairs viii not b very expensive.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1896-03-17

The SOUTHWEST SENTINEL has
too much respect for the good
name of Silver City and the better
element Of society in Grant county
to print the proceedings and Incl
dents of the republican primary
held at Newcomb Hall last Thurs
day night Il was q reprOach
upon our enlightened civilization.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1896-03-17

II the delegates in the republic
can county convention next We'd
nesdRy show as much"horse sense"
as did those well trained animals
in Prof. Bristol's equescurriculum,
the proceedings will be an inn
provement upon those Of the Sill
yer City primary.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1896-03-17
synopsis OF Judge BantE' Opinion In
the DOnA Ana County ELECTION
Contest Cases.

The opinion was handed down
last Monday a week ago. It will
be remembered that the republi-
can newspapers have taken occa-
sion to complain of what they
termed Judge Bantz' delay in de-
Gliding these cases. OF course,
these criticisms had to be taken
without reply. It now appears in
the review of the record that on
the 14th Of December, 1894, the
court ordered the testimony to be
taken by both sides with all con-
venient speed, but instead of doing
so the attorneys on both sides al
lowed the case to drag on, and
held sessions for the taking of tes-
timony, only two days in Decem-
Der, six days in January, nine days
in March, not a single day IN
April and thirteen days in May;
on some of these days nothing
was done but adjourn. The case
was argued a number of times on
incidental motions, but was not
argued upon the merits until the
latter part Of December last, and
the attorneys did not file their
briefs until after Christmas. A
three weeks term of the United
States court was held in February.
The decision Is in favor of three
republicans and four democrats.
The principal contest arose over
the return from Dona Ana pre-
cinct. The return made by the
judges of election certified that "a
votes were cast in this precinct for
the democratic ticket and none for
the republican ticket The repub-
licans claimed that go Of these 81
voted for their candidates, but
that the ballot box had been tam
pered with and that some one had
fraudulentlY abstracted the go re-
publican votes and substituted in
place of them 60 democratic tick
cts. This was in reference to the
vote cast in the forenoon. AS TO
the vote cast in the afternoon, for
which q separate return was made,
there was no controversy. The
opinion states that the evidence
shows that at the noon hour when
the judges took q recess for dinner
the ballot box, containing the "a
votes, was placed on a table Oppo-
site a door leading into the dining
room; that during the meal, while
some bread was being taken from
a cupboard, situated behind the
door, the door was closed for q few
seconds, but when it was again
opened the ballot box had disap-
peared, though no one was seen TO
enter the room; a search was made
and it was found in an adjoining
room aud upon being opened con-
tanned no republican ballots at all
all Of them we're democratic. Ex-
actly how many republican bollots
were fraudulently substituted by
democratic tickets was not shown,
but the court found that ct least
ten Of the "a voters, voted the ro-
publican ticket and that this was
sufficient 10 change tho result Of
the election. The question was