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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-06-04
Lost or Estray.

ONE small red COW, with white hind
~ legs Durham stock, with sharp small
horns, has been missing since Thursday the
18Th ult. A liberal reward will De paid
for information leading to the capture OF the
same A. WMNN,
June aunt MeConchie, Md.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-06-04
ATTENTION LADIES OF CHARLES COUNTY.

Ladies trimmed Hats Worth SlOO
Ladies trimmed Hats worth $3.50
Ladies trimmed Hats worth S2.00
Misses trimmed Hats worth SIPS
Misses trimmed Hats worth 50. 90
Children's trimmed Hats worth I
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-17
FEEDING FOR EGGS.
Why Green Bones Should Be Used
Much More Extensively.

Much More Extensively.
The profit is always sure when every
detail is correct. Cheap food must not
be estimated by the price paid for it
in the market. The cheapest food for
the poultryman or farmer is that which
gives him the largest number of eggs.
1t matters not what the food costs, SO
long as the eggs correspond. 1t is the
product by which we should measure
and estimate.
Green bones are not used as extern.
sively as they should be, because grain
can be obtained with less difficulty and
at a low cost, but as reproducing ma
terial the bone is far superior to grain;
nor does the bone really cost more than
grain in some sections. The cutting of
the bone into available sizes is now
rendered an easy matter, as the bone
cutter is within the reach of all. Bones
fresh from the butcher have more or
less adhering, and the more of such
meat the better, as it will cost no more
per pound than the bone, while the
combination of both meat and bone is
almost a perfect food from which to
produce eggs.
If the farmer Ear get two extra eggs
per week from each hen in winter, he
will make a large profit. We may add
that if the product of each hen can
be increased one egg per week only in
winter, that II egg will pay for all
the food she can possibly consume, and
it therefore pays to feed the substances
ALn@ u-sI ,~I,r1A thn AA,- q lou Tf
the hens are consuming food and yet
are producing no eggs, they will cause
a loss to their owner; and this happens
every winter on a large number of
farms. The hens receive plenty of
food, but not of the proper kind.
A pound of cut green bone is suffi-
cient for 16 hens one day, which means
that one cent will pay for the bone for
that number of fowls. If one quart of
grain be fed at night to 16 hens, and
one pound of bone in the morning, it
should be ample for each day in WIN
ter. In summer only the bone need
be given. Such a diet provides fat,
starch, nitrogen. phosphates, lime and
all the substances required to enable
the hens to lay eggs. AS an egg is
worth about three cents in winter, it
is plain that it is cheaper to feed bone
than grain, as the greater number of
eggs not only reduces the total cost,
but increases the profit as well.
The bone-cutter is as necessary ia
the poultryman as his feed mill. 1t
enables him to use an excellent and
cheap food, and gives him a profit
where he might otherwise be COM
PEELED to suffer Il loss. 1t is claimed
that a bone-cutter pays for itself in
eggs, and really costs nothing. Bones
are now one of the staple articles of
food for poultry, and no ration should
have them omitted. They are food,
grit and lime, all combined in one, and
the hens will leave all other foods to
receive the cut bone. If cut fine, even
chicks and ducklings will relish such
excellent food, while turkeys grow rap
idly on it. To meet with success re-
quires the use of the best materials,
and green bone beats all other SUBJ
stances as food for poultry.-Rural
World |
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-17

the whole pipe of water, and the time
and trouble required to fetch the
pump" will make the thing practical
ly a failure. To overcome this a well
pump must be used, bringing the cyl
inder near the bottom of the cellar.
Then let the suction pipe turn upward,
as shown in the illustration, and pass
out through the cellar wall a little high
er than the top of the cylinder. This
will cause water always to remain in
the pump and hui secure the pipe from
becoming empty. With this arrange
ment water may be drawn under
ground to where it is needed from a
distance of ten or twenty rods without
difficulty, except that it must be from a
point not more than 25 feet lower than
the pump cylinder. If the kitchen is
subjected to freezing temperature in
the winter the pump may be protected
by making a small hole at "a," thus per-
hitting the water to escape down to
that point when the pump is not in use.
E. Benton, in Practical
Farmer.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-17
To Destroy wasps' Nests.

A very simple and effective plan of
destroying the nests of the wasp con-
sists in saturating a piece of soft rag,
attached to a slender stick, in turpen-
tine, and then thrusting it into the
passage to the nest, stopping up the
hole with a piece of turf. 1t kills every
wasp, and there is no necessity what
ever for digging them out. Use thor
oughly good ~turpentine, for when 1t
has lost much of its strength it will
fail in it's action. Such n remedy as
this is safe, and quite as good as the
dangerous preparations so often adopt
ed. One or two tablespoonfuls of pull
verified cyanide of potassium put into
the nest at any time of the day forms a
good remedy. If quietly done the in
gress of the insects is not in the least
disturbed. They enter readily, but
never return.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-17
SAVE YOUR FIELDS.
II You Do Not Feed Your Land 1t VIII
Refuse TO Feed You.

II You Do Not Feed Your Land 1t VIII
Refuse TO Feed You.
why do you feed your horse?" If
that question were asked the average
farmer he would doubtless answer:
You are a fool; l feed him to keep him
alive and able to work" But if the
question were asked: why don't you
feed your land?" the average farmer
would not be so ready with his answer
Yet the n thing is no more important
than the other. If it is absurd to be
able to work and produce results hav-
ing no material to be converted into
strength, it is NJ less so to expect land
to produce crops continuously without
having new supplies OF plant food with
which to make them grow. No soil is
ineXhaustible.
While there are large accumulations
of plant food in some localities, con-
tinuous cropping and the teaching and
washing caused BY rains will in time
deplete and exhaust them. 1t is better
to feed the land before it is starved. 1t
is easier to keep a horse fat than to
fatten a poor one; and it is easier to
keep land productive than to take that
which is dead poor and make it so. A
horse that is still strong enough to as
simulate his food can soon acquire his
normal strength; he only wants a plen-
ty of good food. Land that will grow
crops of any le%guminous plant will, if
the same are plowed under or fed off
in the field, in a short time recover
enough toni to produce profitable crops
of other things. But if allowed to run
down so that neither clover nor peas
will make a crop, it cannot be economic
ally restored. A word to the wise is
sufficient; begin this year to feed your
land, so that it in turn may feed YOU
Rural World.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-17
1t Cured Her,

A well-known Louisville woman was III,
and her physician pronounced her in Z
critical condition. Among the sympathetie
~neighbors was a pretty widow who was
the husband and children. And It came to
pass that she began to ~sympathize with
them to such an extent that she spent most
OF her time at the house. When the wife
was thought to be sinking and the family
were beginning to fear the worst, the
""Ah, how 1 pity you, Mr.. and these
dear children. 1t will be awful if they are
to be reared up without a mother to care
for them" At this injunction the wife,
with a mighty effort, raised up in her bed
with the words: "Oh, you needn't be wor-
ned; l am not going to die. No, ] will not
die, and l can get along very well without
your assistance in the future" From that
time the woman rallied, and is now hale
and hearty.-Louisville Dispatch.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-17
HINTS FOR BEEKEEPERS.

The Italians stick closely to the
combs even when handled.
After the first swarm issues cut out
all the queen cells but one.
Do not keep a colony with a defective
queen. Kill her and give them a good
m
Wherever a farmer, dairyman or hor.
ticulturist can make a living a bee mar
can also.
One advantage with bees is that dur.
ing the greater part of the year their
feed costs nothing.
There are three classes of bees in 8
thrifty colony, nurse bees, wax workers
and honey gatherers.
Always have extra hives to save every
swarm that comes out; often a little
delay will lose them.
Give the bees plenty of working
room if you want to prevent small
swarms from coming out.
If you will go through each colony
nee a week and take out the queen
cells, q swarm will rarely come off.
While bee hives may sit out in the
sun all summer, it is better to shade
them on account of saving the honey.
Italian bees are generally admitted
to be superior to the black bees. They
are better workers and are more easily
controlled.
Especially in the middle of the day
when the bees are at work, approach a
hive from the sides or rear, so as not
to interfere with them in their flight.
Never leave a newly hived swarm
near the place where it clustered. The
safest plan is to remove it at once to
a stand somewhat distant whether the
bees are all in or moist. Louis Repub-
lie
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-17
BOOK NOTES..

Mrs. Gertrude Atherton has almost
finished a dashing story of adventure
for boys. The scene of the tale is laid
in old California in the days before the
gringo came.
Miss Katherine Rearson Woods allowed
herself nearly five years for the COM
pletion of John: A Tale of King
Messiah" which is about to appear.
The volume is the first of a trilogy deal
mig with the social message of Chris
tianity to the first century.
In these days when the bicycle is para.
mount, it may be of interest to many to
learn that DR.. Ottolengui, the author of
San Artist in Crime, 1.-The Crime of the
Century," etc, is the junior consul of
the League of American Wheelmen. DIR.
Ottolengui worked very hard in behalf
of the bill which secured to wheelmen
the free transportation of their bicycles
on the New York railroads.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-17
FRANCE AND THE FRENCH.

In France q man can secure a divorce
from his wife if she goes On the stage
without his consent.
Kid gloves, the backs Of which have
fand-painted flowers on them, are con-
sidered q stylish fad in Paris.
NJ. Casimir-Perier, the ex-president of
France, it is said, will soon try to be
again elected to the French parliament.
Books bound in the skin of departed
friends are said by the London Figaro
to be the fashion now in Paris. So are
cigarette cases, tobacco pouches, pock-
etbooks and prayer books made of the
skin of notorious criminals.
Prince Auguste d'Arenberg, the
French deputy, who has just been elect
ed president of the Suez Canal company,
is a cousin of the German deputy who is
at the head of the Berlin Colonial So
.ciety since DR.. Carl Peters was
turned out,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-17
Causes of Swine Diseases.

AS the hog is the most difficult of all
farm stock to give medicine to. pre-
vention will be found to be the best
remedy in most cases. Almost all dis
eases of swine may be traced to neg
lect, insufficient and unwholesome food,
poor shelter, filthy, nauseous pens, ly-
ing in dung heaps, inhaling large guam
titles of deleterious gases, lying in cold,
wet beds and exposure to the inclem-
encies of the weather, permitting too
many to sleep together and breeding to
animals that nave been diseased, or in
and-in breeding. the feeding of smutty
corn, not providing clean, pure water
these are undoubtedly the principal
causes of disease in swine.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-17
TERSE AND TART.

A dead beat is nearly always a chron-
ic liar.
The dead are forgiven because they
are forgotten.
No fool like an old fool, or more gen.
orally talked about.
You hear a great deal about children
being spoiled, but there seems to be
such a thing occasionally as a spoiled
parent.
There is Only n way in which a
woman can get her revenge on a man,
and that is by marrying him. but it is
1T a terrible cost to herself.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-17
EARLS OF ELECTRA
Preparing for the Coming of Their
Queen.
Scheme for the Grand Pageant is Conn
plete-lt VIII Be the First of Its Kind
Ever Attempted In America-PIans
for the Trolley Floats.

In the parade that will celebrate her visit to
81 Louis, Queen Electra, Goddess of Light and
Queen Of the Electric Spark, has commanded
tnat the subject to be illustrated in honor Of
her coming be TO some extent set forth, in or
der that benighte1 earthIings be given oppor-
tunlty to study and be prepared to appreciate
That grand event To that end. therefore, her
mundane representative has decided, because
OF this m as well also as that the pa
geant is TO take a new line OF departure into
that field SO little xplored-electricity-to give
the subject to be presented as we'll as some idea
OF its treatment, as here set forth.
The Planets and Consultations" the sub
1ect chosen, Is best adapted to illustrate the
worship Of Electra, Goddess Of Light and Queen
OF the Electric Spark. Every float Of the pa
geant will be thrown into the field OF a strong
electric light by the footlights surrounding the
lower edge OF the floats. The power will be
taken from the wire by trolley, and running
over the street car line will present q scene Of
glory.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-17
The New Navy Rife.

The strongest shooting gun in the world
is the new Lee rifle made by the Winches-
ter Repeating Arms Co., New Haven, Ct,
iei a t uress mr. o. On t the Sreec S of 90 n 0oe no sne5e
to the square inch. To build a gun that
would withstand such tremendous strain
was a great undertaking, but the Winches-
tiers, with their vast and varied experience
and wonderful plant, succeeded in turning
out a gun entirely satisfactory in every way
to the Navy. Like all Winchester rifles
they shoot to perfection. work smoothly
and easily and are strong serviceable arms.
The Winchesters send a large illustrated
catalogue free upon request.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-17

summer Tours Via Big Four Route
To the Mountains, Lakes and Seasborek
Special Low Rates viii be In effect 20 Pc
Inlay, Islands of Lake Erie, Lake Chaufanp
qua, Niagara Falls, Thousand islands, Sd
Lawrence River, Adirondacks, Lake George
New England Resorts, New York and Boz
ton: To the Great Lakes, Cleveland, Ban
dusky, Toledo, Detroit, Benton HARDER, M
Clemens, Mackinac and Michigan ResortA
To the Northwest and West via st. Louie
and Chicago. For rates, routes, time e
trains and full particulars apply to s1S
agent big Four" or address E. o. McCok
mick. Passenger Traffic Manager "Rie
Cincinnati, o.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-17
Shake Into Your shoes

Aliens Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet.
It cures painful, swollen, smarting feet and
instantly takes the sting out of corns and
bunions. It's the greatest comfort discovery
of the age. Aliens Foot-Ease makes tight OF
new shoes feel easy. 1t is a certain cure for
sweating, %callous, hot, tired, aching feet,
Try it to-day. Sold by all druggists and
shoe stores, Csc. Trial package FREE.
Write to Allen s. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-17
THE FARMING WORLD.
THE FARM
How Water May De Pumped to I,
from a Distant Well.

from n Distant Well.
1t frequently happens that a farmers
family is obliged to depend for a water
supply upon well or spring at some dis
lance from the house. When such a
supply is on lower ground the labor of
carrying water is considerable. This
may be avoided by placing a pump in
the kitchen, to discharge over the kitch-
en- sink. Such an arrangement gives
good satisfaction, while it is new, but
a wearing of the valves, causing it to
leak air, be it ever so little, will empty
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-17
New Jersey Grocers sued.

Trenton, N. J., June "a (SpeciaD. sutk
has been filed here by The National Cab
Register Company of Dayton, Ohio, asainA
Edwards & Vreeland, grocers of Paterso4e
n. j., who use a Globe cash register, vhick
the National Company claims infringes -
patents. An injunction and damages ard.
asked for.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-17
COMFORT FOR POULTRY.

How to Enlarge a House Thnt Has
BecOm Too Small.
On most farms the poultry house is
too small for the stock kept. A space
of at least eight square feet for each
fowl is needed. The cut shows an eS-
cellent and cheap enlargement "a
shed-roof addition at each end of the
present house. Put a partition through
the center of the old house and let the
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-17
Enterprises OF GrentPith and Menen

Have, ere now, had their currents 'tturnea
awry," as Hamlet says, by an attack Of dyP
repsia. Napoleon failed to improve his Cd
vantage at Austerlitz in consequence, Il b
said, of indigestion brought on by some IN
discretion in eating. In order to avoid dyy-
pepsia, abstain from over indulgence, and
precede the meal by a wineglassful Of Hoo
than any dietetic in improving the tone q
the stomach: Liver complaint, chills and
fever, and rheumatism are annihilated b
the Bitters.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-17

A Kings Humor.-fWe have a long &C.
count to settle with Turkey" said Prince
Constantine, grimly. yes" said King
George, with a smile, "and it's a running ae-
count at that."5CleYeland Plain Dealer.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-17

No Such Thing.-'Five dollars!" ex-
claimed an indignant man, who had used the
ong-distance phone for as many minutes:
and yet they say talk is cheap Judge.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-17

ENLARGED POULTRY HOUSE.
ends into the additions. This will give
two large pens, SO that two breeds can
be kept, Leghorns and Plymouth
Rocks, for instance, thus giving one
eggs and meat the year about.-N. Y.
Tribune.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-17

Mrs. Newed-"Was I nervous. dear. DIM.
I'M, the ceremony" Miss Spitegirl-Wel.s a.
trife at first, darling, but not after Willian.
had said yes Truth.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-17

A woman really has no good luck in mar
rying unless she marries a man on his
deathbed and he leaves her his life insurN
ance.-Atchison Globe.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-17

Queen Victoria always looks so solemn
You'd look solemn if you had had the
prince of Wales for a son all these years.
Record.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-17
"StRr Tobacco

As you chew tobacco for Pleasure, use
Star. 1t is not only the best, but the most
lasting, and therefore the cheapest.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-17

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an A Ne
l Asthma medicine.-W. r. Williams, An
tioch, Ill, April II, 1894.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-17

Every evening we make resolutions about
up earlier, and break them the next
m~orning.-Washington Democrat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-17
VERY Natural.

He-They tell mt your husband is q sreae
artist.
She-That he is. He painted a picturs q
ome onions for the last exhibition, and
them on the top line, so that the people
wouldn't smell them.-Yonkers Statesman.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-17

The stupid son of a stupid father mizhA
be called a chip of the old blockhead.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-17

1t is poor economy to store good white
honey in unclean vessels.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-17

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is a Constitutional Cure. Price 75c.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-17
A HEALTHY WIFE
L. q Husbands Inspiration

A sickly, half-dead-and-alive woman,
especially when she is the mother of a
family, is a damper to all joyousness
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-17

The costumes will be entirely new and built
especially to meet the requirements Of their
novel parade. In truth it will be in all its
splendid features n magnificent surprise. and i
calculated to arrest attention at once and bring
The record-union., 1897-07-09
SPIRITUALISN.

MADAME JOHNSON, CLAIRVOYANT
and test medium. has returned Advice
given on business, location of mines a
speciality Sealed questions answered
Room 81. 609Ia | street.
The record-union., 1897-07-09
Resolution Of Award, No. S5S.

RESOLVED, THAT THE BOARD OF
Trustees of the city of Sacramento,
having in open session, on the 9Th day Of
July, 1897, opened, examined and publicly
declared all sealed proposals or bids
offered for the following work, to wit
That Eighteenth street, in said city, from
the south line of the alley between B and
9 streets to the north line of Il street,
from the south line of h street to the north
line of q street, from the south line of G
street to the north line of II street, from
the south line of II street to the north line
of / street, from the south line of I street
TO the north line of ] street, from the south
line of j street to the north line of K street.
from the south line of K street to the
north line of l. street, from the south line
OF NJ street to the north line of N street.
from the south line of n street to the north
line of Q street. from the south line of O
street to the north line of Z street from
the south line of p street to the north line
of q street, and from the south line of @
street to the north line of r street, be i'm
proved by grading and macadamizing,
constructing redwood curbS where no curbs
exist. placing existing curbS on true line
and grade replacing decayed curbs with
new redwood curbs, constructing redwood
round corners where no round corners ex-
list, placing existing round corners on true
line and grade, replacing decayed round
corners with new redwood round corners,
filling in behind the curbs with earth for
q width OF eight % feet, constructing rock
cutters three 60 feet wide, laying granite
crossWallxs at the alley intersections and
at the street intersections OF c, D, and F
street intersections of c, D and F streets,
and constructing Oregon pine plank APP
rons at the street intersections of c, D and
+ streets.
Hereby rejects all of said bids except
that next hereinafter mentioned, and
hereby awards the contract for said
work to the lowest regular responsible
bidder. to wit: To w. w. Chaplin, at the
prices specified in his proposal on file for
said work.
The Clerk of this board is hereby 1i-
rected to post notice of this award con-
spicuousiy on the bulletin board near
the chamber door of the office of this
board. for five days, and the Record
Union" daily newspaper published and
circulated in the city of Sacramento, is
hereby designated as the newspaper in
which notice of the adoption of this reso-
luton Of award shan be published for
ADOPTED July 6, 1897, by the following
vote:
Ayes-Trustees Wachhorst, Kent, Davis,
Mckay. ToZer, Devine, Pennish, Leonard.
AbSent-TruStee Bentley.
CHARLES z. LEONARD,
President of the Board of Trustees.
NJ. j. Desmond
Clerk of Board of Trustees.
Approved July z 1897.
1yS-2t G. II. HUBBARD Mayor