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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-08-28
BREvlTIES.

This New York club has tried a dozen
men In left field since it let Eddie Burke
go.
George Tebeau, brother Of the famed
Patsy, is playing a star game at first
base for the Columbus co. team.
1T looks as if Jim Callahan could
have a job in the Quilted when his
pitching days are over" says the Sport
ing News.
Tim Murnane says that at the pres
emit pitching distance no pitcher can
be at his best who works more than
two games a week.
Fred Tenney, the ex~-coliegian who
guards first base for the Beaneaters, is
a regular contributor of baseball arti-
Giles to eastern magazines.
Chris Won der Abe says he'll buy
every one OF his players a new suit of
clothes if they get put of last place.
and der poss president has pledged his
word that they won't be hand-me-
downs, either.
Mark Baldwin, the old ex-league
twirler, is now pitching for the Car
Eegie A. C. team of Pittsburgh. 1t is
said that the once famous twirler still
retains much of his speed and ability to
fool the best of the batters.
This year has been marked by the
success of many of the young twirlers
in the league. Lewis, Corbett, Powell,
Callahan and Dunn have all done re-
markably well, and their good work
has done much to knock out the theory
that a club must have seasoned twirlers
in order to be successful.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-08-28
RATIONS FOR HORSES.
Starvation Always SpOils the Shape of
n Growing Animal.

Starvation Always Spells the Shape OF
n Growing Animal.
We talk about the loss of the horse
business from one cause or another,
but the most mischief comes from the
want of proper food, says an exchange.
This means loss to the horse and
greater loss to the farmer. A good per
cent. of the horses seen on the streets
of any town show insufficient or I'M
balanced food supply. Horses hat
have been ill-fed when young are al
most invariably small, long-legged,
light-carcassed and narrow-chested.
Some of them have a great deal of
energy, but all are soon exhausted, I'M
fit for protracted eXertion. Grown-up
horses, when much reduced by def
cient nourishment, require more food
to put them into working order than
would have kept them for two or three
months in the condition they require
to possess when going into work.
When a horse is starved, besides losing
strength and flesh, his bowels get full
of worms and his skin covered with
lice. Very often he takes mango, and
sometimes he does not moult, or the
hair falls out suddenly and entirely
off. leaving the skin nearly bald for a
long time. The skin of an ill-fed horse
is always rigid, sticking 10 the ribs,
and their hair dull, staring, soft. dead
like. If not famlshed to death they re-
cover strength and animation with
good and sufficient feeding, but star
walton always spoils the shape of a
growing horse.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-08-28
How to Encourage the Bows.

Every boy on the farm should be
given a young animal to raise for him
self, he to attend to it and be induced
to take an interest in its progress. He
will thus early become fond of animals
and of farming, and will be more recon
ciled to farm life when he is grown.
The boy who leaves the farm for the
city is the one who has never had any
opportunities and looks upon farming
as drudgery. Labor becomes n pleasure
when there is something to strive for,
ard the early education of the boy on
the farm should be by giving him an in
terest in something. All children love
young stock and pet them.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-08-28
THE FARMING WORLD.
FATTENING FOWLS.
They Should be Separated and Pat By
TI,,aa

They should he separated and Pat by
Themselves.
Place six or eight together in a close
.oop without d roost, and just sufficient
ly large to allow their moving about
without crowding each other. The front
of the coop Or box only needs to be
lathed open wosk, and should be ar
ranged SO as to make it nearly dark as
oOn as they arc done feeding, since dur
ing the balance of their existence the
more quietly they can be kept the more
they will improve. They need no ex-
ercise. 1t must be borne in mind that
fat only is added by this process, the
lean or flesh must be made before, and
unless the fowl has attained the proper
standard IN this respect il is almost use
less to try to fatten it. Now give them
plenty of fresh water and all they will
cat for I'VE or three weeks in this kind
of coop, and at the end of that period
they will be better fit for the butcher
than they will ever be after that period.
The manner OF feeding and keeping the
fowls in this confinement is 4 very SIM
PIE affair, and we have found it eff
cacious as well rs feasible. Cooked food,
and all they will desour morning and
night, with cracked corn and
wheat at noon. will fatten healthy
poultry in less time than any
other feed that we have ever ex-
perimented with. The mash should De
composed of good corn meal TWO parts
and boiled potatoes one part. Into Il
pa;lful Of this meal and vegetable food,
well mixed, while hot, drop one pound
OF lard, tallow or pork scraps, and
nix this fat substance through the
mass. Feed this while warm, and give
only what the fowls will eat up clear
at a meaL.=Mestern PloWman.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-08-28
CHICKEN COOP AND PEN.

inches square. 1t is Slated with COM
mon lath placed far enough apart to a.
low the chicks to get out of the pen.
Only one end of the pen is closed, the
other being placed over the door of
the larger coop. The pen and coop are
fastened together by reans of small
chains. Set the coop upon wide boards
will cover a nice grass plot. a number
of these pens will be found handy, rs
they can be joined to almost any small
coop.-Marie y. Rigg, in Farm and
Home
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-08-28
Wet Reddinr XIII. Pigs

One of the most frequent causes for
mortality among pigs which are
thrifty at birth, but die after a few
days. in a wet bed. 1t will kill them
nearly every time. Many cases which
have puzzled the owner to ascribe a
cause for, might have been traced to
this. Rather no bed at all than a pile
OF damp straw to lie on. Dry, fine
straw or chaff is best, but do not neg
Iect to change it frequently, OF your
pigs Will dwindle away, and one after
another be found dead, until tie last
In gone.-Dakota Field and Farm
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-08-28
Use Only Level Roost..

The old-time step-!adder roost, with
one round four or five feet from the
floor and the others lower until the low
est is near the floor. takes up a large
share of space in the poultry-house, and
is unserviceabIe, as the hens will in
st:nctively go upon :he high roosts in
preference to the lower ones, some of
the fowls being forced down while 9th
ers are injured by jumping off in the
morning. 1t is to high roosts that
bnmble-foot and lameness may be at
tributed, and it is cheaper to have low
rocsts, all on the same level, than to
doctor fowls for lameness.-Farm and
Eiresidc.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-08-28
HANDY

Description of n Combined Chicken
Coop and Pen.
The coop and pen illustrated below
have been in use IN my farm several
years. The coop is made perfectly tight
except at one END. The lower two-thirdS
of this end is Slated and contains a STAT
door. This coop is intended for the hen
and her brood at night or during wet
days. A pen which will allow the hen
considerable exercise and sunshine on
Pleasant days is shown adjoining the
coop. The three pieces running hori-
zOntally are three feet long and twu
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-08-28
Try Allen,. Foes-Ease,

A powder to be shaken into the shoes. 40
this season your feet feel swollen and hot,
feet or tight shoes, try Aliens Foot-Ease.
1t cools the feet and makes walking easy.
Cures and prevents swollen and sweating
feet, plisters and callous spots. Relieves
corns and bunions of all pain and gives rest
and comfort. Try it to-day. Sold by all
druggists and shoe stores for 25c. Trial
package FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted.
LIE Roy. n. Y.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-08-28
venom InhaIed with the AIR.

And imbibed with the water of a malarious
locality, has still a certain antidote. FIX
perience sanctions confidence in Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters as a preventive OF
this scourge. All over this continent and in
the tropics it has proved itself a certain
termittent and renittent fevers, and other
forms of miasma-born disease. Nor is it less
effective for kidney troubles, constipation,
rheumatism and nervousness.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-08-28
CLEAN FEED FOR HOGS.
An Adjustable Rack Which Accom-.
plishes Its Purpose.

The old notion Aat a hog prefers to
xallow in the mire is a great mistake.
The hog prefers clean water and food
the same as any animal, but his style of
getting it is at fault. This difficulty is
easily remedied by some such plan as
Illustrated below, where an adjustable
rack can be fixed for any sized pig or
hog so it cannot get into the feed
trough. The trough is made of two
inch plank, M plank seven inches the
other nine inches, and instead of being
nailed at right angles they are IA inch
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-08-28
In the White Mountain.

Landlord-Did they discover the identity
of that petriied body which was found in
the valley Yesterday?
New-Yorker- don't know; but l think
it was a man from whom one OF your walters
refused to take a tip.7udge.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-08-28

They were talking of golf, and she grew
enthusiastic. "Ah," she said, 81 infer that
you play" "Oh, yes" she replied, 81 play
the game, but / must confess that I dont
speak the language very fuently yet."-Chi
cago Evening Post.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-08-28
CHEAP EXCURSION RATES WEST
Via BurlingIingtan Routs.

One fare plus $500 for the round trip to
Nebraska, Kansas, st. Paul, Minneapolis,
Black Hills, certain portions Of Iowa, Col-
Der 9Th and 18th. Ask your ticket agent for
additional information. L. W. WLKBLHY,
General Passenger Agent, st. Louis, No.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-08-28
Quick Sale. Keep Stock Fresh

Judge & Dolph Pharmaceutical Co. Of St.
Louis buy in large quantities for cash, sell
quick, and one can always depend upon
getting fresh goods in placing orders with
them. Read their ad. on this page.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-08-28

A Doubtful Compliment.-The Count
"Ah, Mees Jones, how beautiful you are!"
Miss Jones You forget, count, that
beauty is but skin deep" The Count
Mon Dieu, what a thick skin you muss
hayei"-TFuth.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-08-28
WHY He Didn't Know If.

Barber-You say you have shaved here
before? l don't remember your face.
Extraordinarily not. 1t has healed
up since.-N. y. World.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-08-28

Fits stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use of DR.. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Free 81 trial bottled
treatise. DR.. Kline, 935 Arch st., Phila., Pa.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-08-28

Aunt-"Well, Bobby, what do you want
to be when you grow up?" Bobby s%suffer.
ing from parental discipline)-"An orphan"
-Tit-Bits.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-08-28

1 cannot speak too highly of Piso's Cure
for Consumption.-Mrs. Frank Mobbs, 2l5
W. 2d St, New York, Oct. %, 1894.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-08-28

Not the Popular Shape.-"Is your board.
ing house up with the times?" mo; when
We have watermelon they cut it in strips in
stead OF in wheels."-Chicago Record.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-08-28
Halls Catarrh Cure
L q Constitutional Cure. Price 75c.

Nobody is too worthless to think he needs
a summers outing.-Washington Democrat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-08-28

Reporter-"Are you willing to tell me-
your story::' Convict-"Yes; but In not
at liberty."-Truth.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-08-28

Keeping fowls on a hard floor win
frequently cause swollen feet and legs.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-10-14
FAYETvTE.

To Tho Iowa County Democrat,
The dance given by the young men
OF Fayette in the town hall Friday
night was u grand success. The mu-
sic was furnished by Nelson Bros, Of
Lamont, and the oyster supper by
Mrs. James Finley.
Miss Blanche Brineger returned
from Kansas city on Monday last.
Mrs. Elizabeth Moore, OF Darling
ton, was In Fayetto on Friday eve
ming In behalf OF her dancing class.
Mr.. Lee Worrcll, one of Fayettc' =
popular business men, left on We'd
ncsday last for u trip through the
West.
Mr.. James Tcrriif, of Portland,
Michigan, visited in Fayette last Sat
urdny and Sunday.
a much needed rain visited this sec
tion of the county last Sunday after
noon and the dust il laid for the time.
Mr.. Phil Parkinson visited In Min
cral Point Monday afternoon.
The school boys are trying to figure
out the mysteries OF foot ball.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence NanMctcr
attended the dance in the town hall
Friday night,
"Many have said thcir children
would have died Of Group, If Chamber
lnin's Cough Remedy had not been
given" write kollam Il Ourren, drug
gists, Senview, Va. People come
from far and near to get it and speak
of 1t in the highest torms." This is
equally true of this remedy IN every
community where it IL known. Buy II
bottle ut Vivian's drug store and test
IL for yourself.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-10-14
A Good Showing.

To The Iowa County Democrat.
DARLINGTON, WIS, Oct. II, 1851
The annual meeting Of the Lafayette
County Agricultural Society was held
today, and the following officers
elected:
President-Geo. +. West:
Vice President---Paul Speth:
Secretary-W T.. Collins:
Treasurcr-M NJ. III. Michaelson.
When the old fair ground on the hill
was sold three years ago last winter,
the society was in debt several hum
bred dollars. 1t paid $22OO for the
present grounds; has expended twice
~ much in improvements, and now,
after three successful years, has one
of the best grounds in the state: an
excellent track, fine buildings, and
has assets in sight sufficient to pay
every dollar it owes. This is a record
to which we may justly "point with
PRIDE" and justifies bringing the fair
down from the mountain top to an ac-
cessiblc locality.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-10-14
NO FAIR EQUAL TO OURS.

A friend of The Democrat sends us
the following which we gladly publish:
Now that the season Of fairs Is over
It may be seasonable to make u few
comparative remarks on the subject.
1t is hard to find fair within n radius
OF forty or fifty miles without finding
some Mineral Point people in attend
ance, and Of course they always mem
tally compare each one with their own
and sometimes make the comparison
verbally. In making circuit this
season OF the meetings at Dodgevillc,
Mineral Point, Darlington, Monroe,
Lancaster, and Galena, found no
grounds ~ attractive in general as
our own. and no crowd M large In
numbers as we had on Thursday.
Some claimed to have taken more
money NJ the gate; but In that case we
must have had horde Of "dead-
heads" The track ut Darlington Is
superior to ours In having no grades,
and the fountain IN the Art HAL IL
attractive; Monroe has n convenient
toilet house for ladies with an atten-
tive attendant---a comfort much need
cd on our grounds; Galcna had II
whaleback merry go-round whichmadc
one almost sea sick to watch; and
other points might be enumerated that
we did not possess; but In convenient
buildings, M whole, attractive
grounds and accommodating manage
ment ! found no fair equal to ours of
1907
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-10-14
The wosld's output OF Gold.

William =. Bunbright q Go. of Col.
orado Springs say in THOR mining letter;
"Tho world is entering upon an era
of largely increased gold protuction--oi
this there can be littlo doubt Neyc,
has the search been carried ON with
such yigor over such wide areas or
with such general success Tho causes
which have produced this increased gold
thirst need not he stated here; that it
exists has been stri<inSly shown i'll tho
rapidity of the spread of the klondike
excitement and the eager exploration of
other new goldtields, MS well us in the
largely increased production OF the cS-
tahlished districts II should be possible
ut this timo To form an Intelligent osti.
mato Of the extent of this increase and
TO forecast tho output of tho current
year Barring some Calamitous occur.
renee, the product of the Cripple Greek
district will he fully $4,000, 600, II
gain of 81 per cent over our figures fer
1896. Colorado's output should reach
$50, 600, 600, which exceeds Director
Of tho Mint prcstons 1896 figures Ivy
"a per cent, or gain of 10 per cent for
the state outside Of the Cripple Creek
district Sixty millions of dollars seems
ut tho present time II very safe estimate
uf the production of the United States,
Tho worlds output of gold for lS96
was about $alS, 600, 900, From present
indications no very large increase is to
be expected from either Australasia or
Russia Tho South African increase,
however, promises to be notable Tho
Rand output for the first six months Of
tho current year exceeded that of the
corresponding period of 1926 by about
30 per cent, and while it is not likely
that this ratio will ho maintained
throughout tho year tho Increase may
very easily be 20 per cent, or about -,
600, 900. The highest percentage Of gain
will doubtless be found III tho case of
Canada and tho British northwest,
where the production is likely to jump
from 81, GOO, 600 III 1896 to IS, 600, 000
in 1897, tho result largely Of the phe.
nomenal output Of tho klondikc, Based
on these figures, the prediction may
safely DO mado that tho worlds gold
production for 1897 will appruNimat,
| S24o, 900, 900, a gain Of about 10 pei
cent over the preceding year.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-10-14
A LUCKY FIND.
Tale Of . Valuable Watch That Was Lost
on an Elevated Railroad.

on an Elevated Railroad.
"This watch in itself is valuable
one, said New York business man as
he took the timepiece from the peculiar
looking fob in which he carries it, "but
1t had an adventure last week that gives
1t a still greater value to me. The fob
is an heirloom, and, as you may see,
would be apt to attract attention any
where.
Zone afternoon last week was 60
ing up town on a crowded train on the
Sixth avenue elevated. The train was
so crowded that l was compelled to
stand OH car platform close to the
brake wheel. AS the train was round
ing the curve out of West Third street
took my watch from my pocket, re-
moved it from the fob, and, after not
ing the time, showed it back into the
fob and returned it, as l thought, to
the pocket. Instead of getting it into
the pocket, however, it was on the out
side, and as I let it 60 it fell. The
guard saw it as it fell and reached out
his foot to save it from going between
the platforms, but failed, and down it
went
II got off the train at Eighth street
and ran back as fast as l could to the
spot where the watch had dropped, hav-
Ing, | may of course say, not the
slightest hope that the watch would be
anywhere to be seen. When | reached
the place, my heart almost jumped out
Of my throat, for there i'll the street,
conspicuous among its surroundings,
lay the fob. picked it up. TWAS emp
ty. No watch could I find anywhere.
"'Some one has found it, was natu-
rally my conclusion, and that was the
last ever expected to hear OF see Of it.
but as l walked back toward the
Eighth street station got to thinking
about the matter differently. If any one
had found the watch, why should he
have left the fob? The more | thought
of it the moro made up my mind that
the watch hadn't been found. board
ed train at Eighth street and went up
town to tho railroad headquarters.
There | told of the singular thing that
! had happened to my watch, and the Of
ficer in charge told me that after tho
commission hours We're over for the day
the track walkers would start from
Fifty ninth street down the line, max
ing their regular inspection of the rails
and roadway, and he would instruct
them to keep an eye out for the lost
watch.
But, said he, smiling, 1 guess
you will have to come to the conclu-
sion, after all, that some one else will
tell the time by it hereafter if it hasn't
been smashed to pieces by the fall.
Next day | Went to the office. My
watch was there. A track walker had
discovered it by the light Of his torch
mt midnight lying snugly on one Of the
girders or braces of the iron roadway
beneath the track. The ring was sprung
out of It's fastening i'll the stem, and
the watch was open. There was a dent
on the case ut the hinge. In falling the
watch had struck in some mysterious
way so that it had been forced from the
! fob, which went on down to the street.
Beyond the tritling damage ! mentioned
the watch was not injured in the slight
est. If there ever was luckier find
! than that, never heard Of it. New
] York Sun.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-10-14

Few men in this country are better
or more favorahly known to the drug
and medicine trade than Mr.. +. j.,
Schall, buyer in the proprietary medl-
cine department of the Meyer Bros,
Drug Co., st. Louis. He says; My
boy came home f ON school with his
hand badly laceratcd aud bleeding,
and suffering great pain. dressed
the wound and applied Chamberlain )
Pain Balm, freely; all pain ceased,
and in a remarkably short time, i
healed without leaving n scar. For
wounds, sprains, swcllings, and rhen-
matism, know Of no medicine or
prescription equal TO 1t. consider u
a hous hold necessity Sold Il
Nivians Pharmacy,