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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-02-26

ENGINEERS AND FIREMEN. send
1Oc and receive by return mail, pamphlet
containing all forms of questions asked
by state board of examiners. necessary to
secure n license. Boston Book Co., 1lOJ
Washington street, Boston, Mass.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-02-26

Custom coat maker wanted. Steady
work and good pay. II. Il. Whitcomb.
Livermore Falls, Me. feb2Gdlw*
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-02-26

LACE CURTAINS. I am now opening
the finest line of curtains, and at the low
est prices ever seen in Augusta.
CLOTHES WRINGERS, SIPS, S1.45 81 60.
CHICkERING PIANO, worth $50 90.
sell for $500.
MUSIC BOX. 20 tunes. Cost $4,000 sell
cheap.
BEATTY ORGAN. nearly new, great
bargain.
WASH BOILERS, No. s, copper bot
tom, Is cents.
BROOMS! BROOMS!. 1919 and Is cts.
Carpets and Draperies lower than ever.
New parlor suit, pieces, worth $50. 90
sell for
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-02-26

People to know that I have moved my
dressmaking rooms from q Court street
to Water street in old Allen building over
Nasons. Mrs. Eva Chadsey.
feb24d1W*
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-02-26

Commission statesmen carrying line of
mill supplies to take on u line of mechan-
zeal rubber goods Standard goods aud
prices that will sell. People acquainted
with paper mill, saw mill and hardware
trades preferred. Harrison G. Frost &
Co.. l16 Bedford street, Boston.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-02-26

Custom coat pants and vest makers
{. II. Mason. Merchant Tailor, Augusta,
Me. feh23d1v
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-02-26

A capable girl for general housework
In a small family. Apply to Mrs w. G.
Boothby. corner of Elm and Bridge
streets, Augusta. feb22dtf
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-12-18
FARM AND GARDEN.
EXTRACTING WAX.
How to Perform This Sometimes Nee.
esSary Operation.

How to Perform This Sometimes Necs
essary Operation.
Although bees are o kept in this
country for the Wax they make, it some
Times becomes necessary to extract the
wax, and the best way to do it is set
forth in an exchange, the name of which
has been lost.
lie up the pieces of comb in a piece
OF old cotton cloth. Then take an or
binary baking pan and fill half full of
water. Across the top of this place two
slender sticks and on the sticks lay the
cloth containing the wax, being sure to
so place it that the wax will drip into
the pan and SO as to prevent the cloth
from touching the water.
Now place the pan in the oven of the
stove and keep up a moderate heat.
Watch it that the water does not boil
nor the cloth scorch, as this denotes too
high a temperature. As the wax be-
comes hot it will drip through the cloth
and rest on the top in a fluid form, al
lowing any impurities in it, such as dirt
or propolis to sink through and fall to
the bottom of the pan.
When the wax ceases to drip remove
the cloth and stick, and shut the oven
door, letting the fire in the stove die
out and the oven become cold before re-
moving the pan. If the stove must be
used, take the pan out very carefully
and cover it with a pot lid or piece of
board and cover this with a blanket OF
other cover, tucking it around the pan
to prevent the heat from escaping and
allow it to get thoroughly cooled before
disturbing it. If this is done the i'm
purities will all fall to the bottom OF
the pan and the cake of wax, pure and
clean, may be taken from the pam. II
allowed to cool too quickly the cake OF
wax will crack. Any wax that may stick
TO the pan may be removed with gaso-
line without trouble.
Usually the best place to sell wax i.
TO some manufacturer of foundation, as
they require ffrst-class wax and pay the
best prices for it. Often there may be
a local demand for it that will make a
good price for it. If not. it will keep
until a price can be secured.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-12-18
DECEMBER
JUNE
YOU CAN'T STOP 'EM.

News comes from Attica, Ind, of the de.
struction, by fire, of the big laboratory and
office building of the Sterling Remedy Com
pany, makers of Cascarets Candy Cathartic
and No-To-Bac, the original guaranteed to-
bacco habit cure. The fire broke out in one
of the packing rooms on the third floor dur
ing the noon hour, and had made consider
able Roadway before it was discovered.
As soon as it became apparent that the
fire department would have difficulty in
combating the flames, the work of saving
the thousands of valuable documents, con.
tracts, files, millions of booklets and tons
of advertising matter was begun with the
utmost energy. The Sterling Remedy Com
rany is the principal industry of the beauti.
full little city of Attica, employing several
hundred people, besides being affiliated with
the Indiana Mineral Springs, the famous
Magno-Nlud Cure. Hundreds of men, wom-
en- and children We'd with each other in car
rying the contents of the burning building
to places of safety.
Meanwhile the proverbial energy and
and presence-of-mind of General Manager
Kramer, of the Sterling Remedy Company,
was displayed. He quietly walked away,
and secured a big show room near by, and
had all the office furniture, charred and d.
lapidated as it was, taken there. Before the
boxes had ceased burning, in which the fire
originated, orders were being dictated in
the make-shift office for new supplies, and
car loads of material were ordered by wire
while the streams were still playing on the
ruins. Several shipments were made the
same evening from goods saved, and on Fri
day morning, all departments were at work
in various rooms about town, while a gang
of men were cleaning away the wreckage
preliminary to rebuilding.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-12-18
Tobacco Stems and Stocks.

The stems and stocks of tobacco,
which are waste products in manufac.
ture, are rich in potash. These stems
give about Is per cent. of ash, which
may contain as high as eight per cent.
OF potash. 1t is not, however, advisable
to burn the tobacco waste in order to
obtain its fertilizing ingredients. In
combustion, the heterogeneous constitu.
ents Of the waste, which are also val.
liable fertilizers, are lost, although it is
true that both the potash and phosphor-
ic acid becomes more Immediately avail
able after incarceration. In order to
promote the absorption of the fertil-
izlng ingredients of tobacco waste, It
should always be finely ground before
applying it to the soil OF mixing it with
other fertilizing materials.-Western
Plowman.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-12-18

roFe running over B, pulls up six pounds
on the rope winding on the small.
spindle &C.. The crank (D) also multi,
plies the power by about three times, sc
that one pound of force supplied to
the crank lifts about IS pounds, theoret-
ically. OF course the friction cuts this
down somewhat, but the heaviest part
OF the pig killing is the easiest when
this machine is used. The large wheel
OBJ is easily made by saving out two
discs of hard plank and putting in
pins around the circle, spacing the
discs about four inches apart and put
ting the circle of pins about four
inches from the circumference.
A, in Fig. 2, shows the iron support
for a short cross-piece that holds up
the small end of the spindle on which
the weight is raised. The bend is
made so that the "gambrel Sticks"
which rest on the two stringers, may
be slid past the pieces(A) without be-
ing caught by them.
Mr.. Hess thought first of p~atenting
this idea, but afterward concluded to
give it to the American people. 1t has
more genuine merit than nine-tenths
of the things that are patented every
day.-oseph E. Wing, in Ohio Farmer.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-12-18
cro,ntnr without Rotation.

It is not alone because it is exhaustive
that successive growing of n crop on
the same land is bad practice. 1t Is
precisely the way to breed insects or
fungous diseases or to extend the
growth of noxious weeds. There is not
much successive cropping anywhere
now. The value of rotation 90 as to in
crease soil productiveness is better IN
derstood. Yet when settlers go to a
new country they almost always crop
soil that has virgin fertility with the
crop that pays best, which is repeated
sntil the crop begins to fall Almost
always the settlers on new hand are
poor. There are so many disadvantages
in removing to the outskirts offivilizs-
ton that only those go VIE e not
the money to buy farmSRAsels e.
sc~ultfssseE N
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-12-18
HINTS FOR BEEKEEPERS.

Moth worms bother Italian bees very
little.
Spring dwindling is the result of bad
wintering.
Bees require ventilation in the hive
during the winter.
Honey will ripen just as well outside
Of the hive as in it.
In wintering it is always best to take
away all but one queen.
The nourishment of the bee consists
of honey and pollen.
With good care combs may be made
to last a good many years.
The size of the cells does not deter.
mine the sex by any leans
A piece of ground taken up with bee
hives is of little value for anything else
except fruit.
Bees when building comb commence
at the top and hang in heavy clusters to
their combs.
Keep the brood as near the center as
possible, and the honey nearest the out
side frames.
DO not allow any drone comb to re
main in the hive except the colonies yor
wish to breed from.
The pure Italian bees show three vel
low or golden bands encircling the body
when the bees are filled with honey.
The hives should not be shifted
around from one place to another, as
the bees will get confused and it will
often incite robbing.-St. Louis Re
public.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-12-18

Every person, male or female, shrinks
from badness. It adds to the appearance
of age and is a serious discomfort. The
cases are rare when the falling out of the
hair may not be stopped, and a new and
healthy growth,of the hair promoted. The
hair grows in the scalp like a plant in the
soil. If a plant f1ourishes, it must have
constant attention; it must be watered
regularly and find its food in the soil
where it is rooted. It's SO with the hair.
Neglect is usually the beginning of bald
ness. Dandruff is allowed to thicken on
the scalp. The hair begins to loosen. The
scalp loses its vitality. The hair, insult
fciently nourished. begins to fade and to
fall. The instant need in such a case is
some practical preparation which, sup
plying the needed nourishment to the
scalp. will feed the hair, give it strength.
and so produce a strong and healthy
growth. All this is lone by DR.. Ayers
Hair Vigor. the most practical and valua-
Bile preparation for the hair that can be
obtained. 1t tones up the scalp, does away
with dandruf, stops the hair from falling,
restores the original color to gray or faded
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-12-18
CAUSE FOR ALARM.
How badness begins.
How to prevent it.

hair, and gives an abundant and glossy
growth. Those who are threatened with
approaching badness will be interested
in the following voluntary statement.
made by Alderman S. J. Green, of Spencer
Iowa. He writes:
About four months ago, my hair COM
menced falling out so rapidly that !
became alarmed, and being recommended
DR.. Ayers Hair Vigor by a druggist, I
resolved to try this preparation. 1 have
been now using it for three months, and
am much gratified to find that my hair has
ceased falling ont and also that hair which.
had been turning gray for the past Eve
years has been restored to its original
color, dark brown. 1t gives me much.
pleasure to recommend this dressiug."-
S. J. GREEN, Alderman, Spencer, Iowa.
Those who are interested In preserving
and identifying the hair will do we'll to
for DR.. Ayers Curebook, A story Of
cures told by the cured. This book of 100
pages is sent free, on request, by the J. c.
Aver Co., Lowell, Mass
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-12-18
American Horse. I'm Enron.

A Washington dispatch says that
there is an increasing demand for a
high grade of American horses abroad,
as shown by the consular reports. In
Belfast, Ireland, recently Kentucky
bred horses, geldings and mares
brought from $3.50 to $1,000 per head
at public auction. They were n of
the finest lots ever imported and the
attendance the largest and most rep
resentative ever seen in the bazaar.
American horses also sell well in Ger.
many--thick-set animals of the Per
eheron breed. with short specially
heavy legs.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-12-18
THANKSGIVING NOT IN ART.
Americas Distinctive Religious Fes-
tiVaI Thus Far Stunned.

Americas Distinctive Religious Fes.
tivaI Thus Far Stunned.
Thanksgivingday, Americas distinct
i've religious festival of rejoicing. has
no place in art. Easter, Christmas, New
Years Gay, Fourth of July and almost
every other day of celebration have been
made themes for creative genius and
have furnished the world many of its
choicest eDgravings, paintings and
sculptures. But Thanksgiving, though
in spirit and practice 4 day of gladness,
stands gloomily apart with almost no
one to depict its significance and
glories.
This is the more remarkable from the
fact that in the east, which claims the
honor of originating the day and the
further honor of being par excellence
the home of American art. the festival
takes precedence of Easter, and New
Years. and other days of celebration,
save the Fourth of July. The festival
is 4 Puritan product and seems to have
repealed the lovers of the beautiful. as
did the stern-visaged sticklers for
plainness who landed at Plymouth and
overran the adjacent territory.
The Illustrated papers alone have
seen the day material for artistic dis
play. ard have for many years presented
in pictorial form characteristic features
of the festival. In these for the most
part the turkey has been adopted as the
symbol. if not the motive. as the lily
has been for Easter. and the holly aud
mtstletce have been for Christmas.
Even IN periodical pictures Of Thanks
giving church attendance and family
reunions there has usually been a
turkey in the foreground or back
ground. with its suggestion of death
and dinner.
Indeed. ii has been saidrthat if it were
not for the sorrows of the fowl. that
make them a mark for humor and carl
cature, Thanksgiving would scarcely
have broken into the illustrated jour-
mails. The serious pictures pertaining to
the day are declared to be a sentimental
modification of the humorous.
4 canvass was made a day or two ago
Of the leading art stores of the city, but
not a Thanksgiving picture could be
lOuDO. Al one store, the DeSIIney cOulO
do was to "offer a picture with a
turkey in IT." At another it was de-
clared that the festival had never been
made a theme for art, and that a quest
for Thanksgiving pictures would be
fruitless. At the other stores the re.
port was similar.
The day." said one art dealer, sis Pc
culiarly and exclusively American, and
not universal in Christian communities.
like Easter. Christmas. and New Years.
Hence it would fall outside of the sym
pathies of English and continental art
lists. 1t is a strange fact, though, that
American artists have ignored it. The
festival has nothing dramatic or tragic
about it. but it does offer an opportuni-
" for the depletion of devotion and
family happiness, with a fairly good
scope of humorous treatment. There
may be many Thanksgiving pictures
painted by artists for their own homes
or for individual patrons, but have yet
TO see the first d~istinctively Thanksgiv-
ing picture reproduced for the trade ard
finding its way into the art s%tores."-
Chicago Tribune.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-12-18
COOP FOR FATTENING FOWLS.

posed of laths, set edgewise, one-quar-
ter inch apart. This secures cleanli-
ness. If the strips are too thick they
will retain a portion of the filth. II
the openings are too wide the fowls
will perch instead of squatting on the
floor, the latter being desirable. Let
the feed trough be outside, that the
feed may be kept clean. A piece of
cloth should be used to keep the coop
dark when the birds are not eating
or drinking. A door in the rear (ajar
in the illustration) is of obvious use
Farm and Home.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-12-18

Just what it is that induces poison
IVY to play its injurious pranks on some
people at some times and not at others
is still Il profound mystery. One thing
is certain, that the number of people
susceptible to the poisoning influence
must be extremely few, from the fact
that in the vicinity of Philadelphia b
highways and byways are overrun with
the plant to an enormous extent. II is
frequently impossible for people to go
by without brushing against it. and
If it is the vapor or some dat
from the plant which causes the trou-
bic thousands Of persons must be I'M
der the influence to every one who
suffers FRONT it. The writer of this para
graph knows of a tract of land on which
the plant grows profusely and on which
many scores of 1aborers are employed.
These laborers are frequently set to
wedding and pulling out the plant by
the naked hand, and, so far as the
writer knows, none of these men were
ever poisoned by it. The cattle eat it
greedily whenever they get an oppor-
tunity. It seems to have no injurious
influence on them.-Meehan's Monthly.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-12-18
HUMOROUS,

"A woman's place for a key is in the
door, after it is unlocked.-Washington,
Democrat.
-Actor-"Now the plot thickens."
Voice from the Audience-"That's good:
it has been pretty thin so far."-Tit-
Bits.
1t is always surprising what people
get into exclusive secret orders when
they move to a strange town.-Washing-
ton Democrat.
PA, what is the difference between
a violinist and fiddler ?" Pa-"Anywhere
from One to five thousand ayear."-Bos-
ton Transcript.
When a number of women emerge
from a store together, one of them al
ways says to the others: Now where
are you going?"-Atchison Globe.
why is it, Pat. that so many Irish
men are democrats?" Faith, l don't
know, unless it's because so many demo-
Gratis are Irish."-Cleveland Leader.
-Boarder-"This chicken SOUP seems
TO be rather weak" don't
see why; 1 told the cook how to make it.
but perhaps she didn't catch the idea"
Boarder-"Perhaps she didn't catch the
chicken."-Chicago News.
-Cnsportsmanlike.-"I hyabs tell
dat football is a pow'ful rough game"
said Miss Miami Brown. Deed it's"
replied Erastus Pinkley. "Dey's gettin'
so dey ain satisfied wifi buttin' haids
like gemmen; de las game 1 wusin dey
got to kickin' shins!"-Washington
Star.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-12-18

and describe it. 1t is very cheap and
easily made, and any bright boy can
put it together in a day. By its use
a boy can easily raise and hang a hog
that weighs 400 pounds, and the frame
will hold six or more, after being
dressed, and six 4OO-pound hogs is as
much as any ordinary family ought to
kill and eat in one year in Ohio.
Fig. 1 shows the side view of the
frame. 1t is made altogether of oak,
two by four stuff, and the legs are bolted
on so that they are easily taken off to
tor and carry about. They are SET
staggered, as shown at the end view,
Fig. 2. The large wheel OBJ is about
two feet in diameter, and the spindle
on the same axle (C) is four inches, sc
that n pound pulled down on the
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-12-18
The Last Man on Earth

To recklessly experiment upon himself with
trums for this malady are as the sands of the
sea, and, presumably, about as eficacious.
Indigestion, that obstinate malady, even if of
long perpetuity, is eventually overcome with
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, IN appetizing
tonic and Alternative, which cures constipa-
ton, fever and ague, bilious remittent, rheu-
matism, kidney complaint and feebleness.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-12-18
Try Grain-O! Try Grain-ol

Ask your grocer to-day to show you a
package of GRAIN-O, the new food drink
that takes the place of coffee. The children
may drink it without injury as well as the
adult. All who try it like it. GRAIN-O
has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java
but it is made from pure grains, and the
most delicate stomachs receive it without
distress. IA the price OF coffee. l5c and
Is cts. per package. Sold by all grocers.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-12-18
Made Free with Them.

Wizard yo' git dat load er lumber, Brer
Black"
Down ter de Healin' Ba'm church."
"Sho 'nough? Has dey tord de buildin'
down."
No, sab. Hits dar yit, but I hearn Par
son Blowhard say dat de pews wuz free, an
so / riz1 up arly dis mornin' an went dowR
dar an ripped up a par OBJ EN- an fotch 'ensI
erlong. "=Boston Courier.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-12-18
Chatter.

"May I borrow your umbrella for five min
utes?"
why don't you use the one you borrowed
last week."
"Tm keeping that to loan to you"
"Well, I'll be over in five minutes and get
"Then you won't let me take yours?"
eyes, take it along. I'm still two ahead o.
you."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-12-18
A COOP,

Handy Thing to Have on Farms
Where Poultry Is Kept.
To facilitate the fatteniag Of fowls
when the number is small it is often de-
sirable to have a small space in which
to confine the birds under as favorable
circumstances as possible. At almost
any time of the year it may be coz
venient to have a place for fattening
one fowl at a time. Such a coop is illus
trated herewith. The bottom is com.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-12-18
suTcHERINe MADE EASY.
A Convenience of Real Merit for HOG.
Killing Time.

Killing Time.
One Of the advantages of living at
Woodland farm is that in our village
there is a young butcher who well IN
derstands his business, and who makes
a practice of going about among the
farmers and killing their pigs for
them, or their beeves or lambs. This
butcher goes TO the farm, takes his
large kettle, his scalding barrel, his
hanging frame, his lard press and
sausage mill, and kills the pigs, scaldi
and cleans them, cuts up the meat
makes the sausage and renders out
the lard, and charges for it all, H
cents a head.
When at u farm recently 1 notice
the very ingenious arrangement he
had for raising and hanging the hog
and by his permission 1 here illustrate
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-12-18

that fearful cough-a danger signal. 1t is
sapping the vitality from your lungs. To-
day a bottle of DIR. Bells Pine-Tar-Honey
will cure it, tomorrow it may be too late.
This remedy will speedily cure a deep-seated
cold or a serious cough, and give strength to
The lungs. All good druggists sell it.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-12-18
A More Amusing Occupation.

He-There's no use crying over split
milk.
She-Of course not-there's plenty more
to spill.-Brooklyn Life.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-12-18

John Doe-"Is that long-haired poet still
the star boarder?" Richard Doe-"No, in
deed. He is not in it any more. He mar
ried the landlady."-N. Y. Journal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-12-18

would be greatly reduced if every home were
supplied with a bottleo of DR.. Bells Pine-1ar-
Honey. The great lung strengthened and
kidney affections. All druggists sell It.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-12-18

There is no happiness in having and get
ting, but only in giving; half the world is
on the wrong scent in the pursuit of happi
ness.-Henry Drummond.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-12-18
Coughing Leads to Consumption.

Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough at
once Go to your druggist to-day and get a
sample bottle free. Large bottles, so cents
and SI.00. Go at once; delays are dangerous.