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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-10-08
HUSKING HORSE.

Is put down so the ears of corn will
not catch when pulled forward. Corn
husking makes lame backs and ore
hands. The horse will help the back
and the following recipe will help the
hands: Take white wax, o~ne-quarter
ounce, spermaceti, one-quarter ounce;
almond oil, m unce: %glycerine, two
ounces. Mix, melt the wax and stir in
the oils until they are perfectly mixed
and still continue to stir until cool.
Apply to the hands two or three times
a day. Wash the hands in warm wa
ter and apply the salve while the hands
are still quite damp, and rub them
until dry. 1t will keep them from get
ting sore. The prescription only costs
20 foringredients.-Ohio Farmer.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-10-08
Fresh Mater Troops at Sea.

When the Michigan regiments went
east a few weeks ago to embark On the
Yale for Cuba they imagined they were
to have a gay summer voyage. The
fame of the luxurious ocean travel had
penetrated the Michigan pineries, and
the Yale was known to be one of the
finest liners" So the lads piled
aboard and made for the cabins with a
rush. But here they were confronted
with fierce-looking marines with fixed
bayonets. Repulsed at this point, the
Michiganders went about to find their
staterooms. They raced about the
decks, plunged down the hatchways
and thronGed every entrance that gave
promise of disclosing one of those
luxurious little rooms. But the same
grim marines headed them off at all
points. Finally the order came for each
man to deposit his blanket and KNAPP
sack in regular order upon the two
decks. That meant that each mans
stateroom was on the hard deck just
where his blanket lay.-San Francisco
Chronicle.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-10-08

end make a hole through which you
can put a strip of leather, whereby to
attach a piece of rope to the stick.
The rope should be about four inches
Ehorter than the Irvine. A quarter
inch rope is the best size. At the out
er end of the rope fastep a ring just
big enough to slip over the stick cas-
lily. In use proceed as follows: Take
the handle and ring in one hand, reach
around the shock, pass the ring into
the other hand, and then slip the butt
end of the handle into the ring. Now,
shove the ring along the handle down
to the leather, turn the handle out
away from the side of the shock, and
it will stay there while you deliber-
ately put the Irvine around and tie.
Throw the handle back, release the
ring, and go to the next shock" Mr..
Amstutz believes that he is the orig
inator of this device, but he is willing
that others should use it without
charge.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-10-08
When Horses Have Heayes.

There is no cure for heaves; it can
only be ameliorated or lessened in ex-
tent by feeding On nutritive material
in small bulk, and nor frequent ra-
tions. All yoluminous and coarse food
should be avoided, such as timothy,
millet and clover hay, and only the
best wild hay given in small quantities,
preferably finely cut, mixed with mill
feed or steamed food. Feed every
thing wet. Food and water should
be consumed at least an hour before
an animal is used for work. 1t is but
natural that such a horse will be-
come weak and faint when driven or
worked hard all day, for such a one
is only capable of performing Sow
and light work, and it is cruel to use
him otherwise.-Rural World.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-10-08
HELD UP A TRAIN.
There Were Some Amusing Incident s
In the Naval Work ut
Santiago.

"
The first shot fired by the Brooklyn
in the wal occurred three days after
we arrived off Santiago. in the night.
1t was a little after dusk, when the
Vixen, a torpedo boat destroyer, which
was lying we'll inshore, fred the red.
green, red rocket signal, indicating a
torpedo attack. At the same time a
small white light could be seen moving
down the coast to the eastward. This
looked like business-just what every
man had been wishing for a few min
utes before on the forecastle. Ship was
cleared for action with n rush and we
stood by our guns, peeping through
open ports into the inky blackness,
growing denser every minute, patient
ly waiting for orders to fire at the foe
dashed onto us.
The Iowa, lying astern of us, opened
up on the shore with her six-pounders.
This was too much for one of our or
dinarily cool-headed apprentice boys
and he let drive a port s~iN-pounder
without orders. 1t was our first gun.
Furthermore it came near being an I'M
fortunate shot, as it flew dangerously
close over the Marblehead's stern,
which, unbeknown to us, had run in
shore and broad of us, to the consterna-
ton of Capt. McCalla and his men. A
vigorous w~igwagging of lights made us
aware of the fact.
Still, there was nothing to be seen
save the light moving along swiftly, a
strange proceeding for a torpedo boat.
In order to be in it, the Massachusetts
fired a six-inch at the light, and it went
out. All hands concluded that this shot
had put the enemy out of commission,
and while securing the guns were hur-
raining for our consort. Shortly the
Vixen came alongside.
Il want 10 report TO the commodore"
sang out somebody on the destroyer.
WELL" answered the commodore,
who had come to quarters in pajamas
and was feeling chilly in the night air,
Tets hear it in a hurry"
Il wish to report, sir. that we have
been chasing a locomotive on the
beach, installing it for a torpedo boat,
and that the Massachusetts, fired her
shot as the train went around a curve
out of sight"
Everybody laughed at the incident,
and none more heartily than the COM
modore, who said that it was his first
experience in holding up a train. We
saw the engine make her trips on the
beach for several succeeding nights,
but were never fooled again.-Cor. Bos-
ton Herald.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-10-08

he came back a ghost of the self that an
swered to President Llncoln's call for 300,
900 more"
To-day he is an alert, active man and tells
the story of his recovery as follows:
Il was a great sufferer from ~sciatica rheu-
matism almost from the time of my dis.
charge from the army. Most of the time |
was untitled for manual labor of any kind,
and my spfferings were at all times intense.
At times l was bent almost double, and got
around only with the greatest difficulty.
Nothing seemed to give me permanent re-
lief until three years ago, when my atten-
ton was called to some of the wonderful
cures effected by DR.. Williams Pink Pills
for Pale People. l had not taken more than
half a box when l noticed an improvement
in my condition, and l kept on improving
steadily. / took three boxes of the pills,
and at the end of that time was in better con,
dition than at any time since the close of my
army service. Since then l have never been
bothered with rheumatism. DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People is the only rem
edy that ever did me any good, and to them
/ W my restoration to comparative health.
They are a grand remedy"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-10-08
Worlds Deficit in Grain.

A worlds deficit in grain for the
coming year is the forecast of the Hun
garian minister of agriculture. He es-
Inmates that importing countries will
need 115-OOO,OO0 to $4,000, 900 metric
centners, or, roughly speaking, 45O,-
100000 10 100000, OGO bushels more than
their output, and that exporting
countries will be able to send 1O1, OOO,-
900 to 100. 0 1000 metric centners, an
apporent deficit of 14,OOO,O 900 to 15,OOO,-
600, or say GO, OI0, 1000 bushels. This re-
port, emanatirg each year at this time
from what is known as the Vienna
grain congress, is made up from a COM
parison of official and trade estimates
of the worlds production and require
ments. The figures put forth are by
TO means final, MOI of any great value,
although interesting, as they seem to
reflect general conditions.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-10-08
CORN SHOCKING O O
1t Ii n Temporary Binder to Hold the
Bunch Together While 1t 1.
Being Tied.

r. B. Amstutz, of Birmingham, o.,
gives the readers of the New York
Tribune the benefit of a device which
he has tried with gratifying results
N shocking corn He says hat one
difficulty that is experienced in tying
with Irvine is that the shock is apt
to be bound too loosely, and then it
will not stand well. He aims, there
fore, to provide a way for getting a
good squeeze on the bundle before
tying.
Mr.. Amstutz says: Take an old
broom handle a foot shorter than the
length of Irvine to be used. At one
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-10-08
LAMBS FOR MUTTON.
Something About the Breeds and How
to Obtain the Most Satisfac-
tory Results.

Probably the latest sent to mar
ket are those obtained from a cross of
Merino and Southdown. They are
about as plump and heavy for their
size as any bred, although they are
not the largest, writes E. P. Smith in
the American Cultivator. They are
generally desired by good butchers,
and very often they will command
fancy prices. Their Southdown line
age will be apparent in their black
faces and legs, and most butchers be-
lieve yet, and with good reason, that
the "Southdown is the finest mutton
sheep in the world"
But the Merino contributes many
noteworthy qualities. The lambs get
their fairness and tenderness from the
Merino, and this greatly helps the
lambs in the markets. Altogether the
cross produces about as satisfactory
results for the general breeder of
lambs for mutton as any.
The lambs when two weeks old
should be taught to eat a little dry
food, and this can best be given to
them with the hand. Sometimes a
tempting dish a be made for the
lambs-a mixture of clean oats, corn
and linseed in equal parts, ground up
finely and then sailed and sweetened
with a little sugar. The taste of the
latter tempts the lambs. The ewes
should also be fed freely and with good
nourishing food TO keep up the flow of
milk, for it is advisable for the lambs
to have plenty of the mothers milk
In a short time the lambs will take
their dry feed from a box or pan, and
then feeding them will be greatly SIM
plitied. Ordinarily it is not necessary
to get them to take dry food, but where
it is desirable to force their growth,
and make them lay on fat rapidly, this
method will be found very satisfac-
tory. The lambs that grow vigorous
" from the first are the ones that pay
in the end, and it would not prove a
bad plan to adopt this method. even
though II has no idea of forcing the
lambs for an early market.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-10-08
HUMOROUS.

Dan OHara-"Oi war to a dog foipht
lahst noight." Pat Malone-"Did veg
win?"-Philadelphia Inquirer.
81 wonder what induced Miss Jubb
to go On the stage?" Her parents
started in by naming her Philomela.-
Chicago Daily Record.
First Politician-'The early boom
is builded on sand" Second Politician
Yes, and the boom that wins is
bullded on rocks."-Indianapolis Jour
nal.
Ella-"Where does Bella get her
good looks from-her father OF her
motherP" Stella-"From her father.
He keeps a drug store."-Household
Words.
Rural Ragges-"Say, Tatts, do YOU
think it's right to raise the price of
beer?" Tramping Tatters-'T've been
trying to raise the price of one fer a
week."-Life.
BE sparin' OBJ advice" said Uncle
Eben. EFF a man takes it an goes
wrong, he blames yer. An eff he takes
1T an goes right, he thinks he knowed
1t all de tim~e."-Washington Star.
Subscriber-"How is it that Won
have printed that long poem three
times in your columns?" Editor
We'll, really, 1 didn't suppose anyone
would find it out."-Fliegende Batter.
Hicks-"Bowers has been telling me
some Of his war experiences" Wicks
And 1 suppose you believed all his
yarns?" Hicks-"Oh, yes; they were
so uninteresting I'm sure they must
be true."-Boston Transcript.
Mrs. ~Riley-"And what trade does
your husband follow?" Mrs. O'Shea-
"Sure, an he follers a barrier at prisint.
When l married him he said he was a
brass fnisher, and he soon finished
every bit ; brass I'd saved."-Pick-Me-
Up.
Gadzooks-~What's become of Blue
blood, who used to bore everybody by
talking about his ancestry" POUNDS
20, he got married a year or so ago,
and now he is boring everybody by
talking about his posterity."-N. Y.
Tribune.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-10-08
CORN FOR CHICKENS.
Poultry Thrives Most ExceIIentIy
Upon 1t Until 1t Has Made Its
Full Growth.

Without doubt, the very best fee,i
for a flock of growing chickens is
corn, just whole corn fed TO them in
unlimited quantities. If the chickens
have the range of the farm they will
not eat more corn than they need. and
the more they can be induced to eat
the faster they will grow. They get
enough grass, bugs, weed and grass
seeds when running about to balance
the corn ration, and it is one of the
best FEEDS that can be given them.
The laying hens should not have so
much corn. so this advice should not
be taken without the hens can be kept
from eating with the growing chick
ems, for 4 laying hen fed all the corr
she a eat will soon get too lazy to
forage much, and in the end will get
SO fat that she will be inclined to take
a rest from laying and become an un-
profitable servant.
All the young poultry thrives on
corn until it has made its full growth.
There is nothing better for young
poultry than sweet corn from the time
ii gets to be good roasting ears until
the winter sets in. While this is being
fed the fowls will make weight in quite
u surprising way, and they are very
fond of it. There is no need to
II in any way. They will take care of
it if the ears are husked and thrown
20 them. If with the sweet corn a sup
Ply of sunfiowers is available the fowls
will not only grow but their plumage
will become glossy and their combs
red. and they will be pictures of health.
The MAI who raises poultry and fails
10 have a supply of sweet corn and
slntlower seeds for them is missing an
opportunity to provide the best iced
that can be grown on the farm
Farmers Voice.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-10-08
Sure Way.

Young Mother lat photographer's)-
How provoking that the baby should
fall asleep just when we want to take
his picture. What shall we do?
Husband-Put him in the dark room
a few minutes. He'll think it's mid.
night, and there's no danger Of his
sleeping then.-Tit-Bits.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-10-08

in tatters and a G
broken in body but
of dauntless spirit,
swung into line for
the last grand re-
view and then
quietly rched
away to begin life's
fray anew amid the
hills and valleys Of
the Keystone State.
Among the number
Asa Robinson came
back to the old home
in Mt. Sterling, H.,
back to the ireside
that he had left at
the call to arms four
years previous. He
went away a happy,
healthy farmer boy
in the first flush Of
yiporous manhood.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-10-08
When They Knew Him.

There are plenty Of women who would
be glad to get me" he said.
"Very. likely" she replied. pointedly, "but
none of them would care to keep you after
she once had you"
He went outdoors to say what he wanted
to say after that thrust. He felt that he
couldn't do justice to it in the house.-Chi-
capo Post.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-10-08
Declined with Thanks,

Mr.. Oldboy-Miss Younger-Clara-
from u first meeting L have loved you.
May l hope that you will return my
love?
Miss Younger-Certainly, Mr.. Old.
boy; I'll return it with pleasure; ]
haven't any earthly use for it.-Chicagc
Evening News.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-10-08
A Real

Bride Gust after the wedding)-
Henry, you promised to give me a sur
prise after we were married. What is
It?
Groom "a widower)-Tve got six chill
dreB, my pet.-Brooklyn Life.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-10-08
CORN-HUSKING HORSE.
Il Will Help Many a Lame Bnck II
You Conclude to Build One
Right Now.

The horse is made of light material.
The cut explains itself. The rung
3 should be 1H-inch stuff, put in with
shoulders cut down to one inch where
it goes through the legs. The rung
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-10-08
mistaken Confidence.

cts always, pretty safe to judge a man by
the company he keeps"
"Oh, | don't know. There are exceptions.
My Uncle Johns business makes it neces-
sary for him to associate with aldermen a
good deal, and still I'd trust him with every
dollar I've got in the world.-Chicago Even
ing News.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-10-08

Charming Widow-And what are you
doing nowadays?
He-Oh, amusing myself looking out
for number one. And you?
Looking out for number two."-
London Fiparo.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-10-08

Willie-I once knew a girl who neal
" died from ice cream poisoning.
Nellie-The very idea! I would
never have dreamed of such a thing
happening to a girl of your acquaint-
Ance.-Indianapolis Journal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-10-08
Assurance of Peace.

Teacher-I have been talking to 20,
Of peace. I suppose you all know the
meaning of the word?
Johnnie| do, sir.
What is it, Johnnie?"
ats what we have at our house when
pa goes OFF on one of his trips
Richmond Dispatch.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-10-08
Relieving His Distress.

you see, her father first soaked me in
the neck"
Every unkind."
"Nery. However, her brother kind
ty tried TO wiring it for me!"-Cin-
cipnati ENQUIRER
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-10-08

MRS PINKHAMS STANDING INVITATION.
Women suffering from any form Of female weakness are invited to promptly
communicate with Mrs. Pfnkham, at Lynn, Mass All letters an received,
opened, read and answered by women only. A woman can freely talk of hs1
private illness to a woman; thus has been established the eternal confidence be-
Out If the vast volume ofexperience which she has draw from, tits more than
possible thatshe has gained thevery knowledge that wilhep your case. She asks
nothing GIN return except your goodwill, and her advice has relieved thousands
Surely any woman, rich or poor, is very foolish if she does not take advantage OF
this generous offer of stance-LydaE E. Pinkham Medicine Co, Lynn, Mass
1.-THE present Mrs Pnkhams experience in treating female ilsis UNI unparalleled,
for years she worked side by side with Mrs Lydia E. Pinkham, and for sometims
past has had sole charge of the correspondence department Of her great bust
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-10-08

Use the best combs for brood nest
and the oldest and toughest on the out
side for storage.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-10-08

In making a start in bee keeping,
choose the best bees, the best hives
and the best implements.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-10-08

To make dividing a success, colonies
should be very strong and almost
ready to warm.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-10-08

White clover honey is the lightest
in color and is considered the finest
made.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-10-08
A SOLDIERS ESCAPE.

From the Democrat-Message, Mt. sterl-
ing, Ill.
When Richmond had fallen and the great
commanders had met beneath the historic
apple tree at Appomattox, the SD Penn
s~ylvania Volunteers, prematurely aged, clad
Griggs courier., 1898-08-25

TO Cure a Cold III Ore Day
Take Warmers White Wine of r.,
Syrup, the best cough remedy on
earth. IS and so cts. All druggi..s -
For sale by n. 81. Bateman 4 Go.
Griggs courier., 1898-08-25

DR.. Winsloe, the republican nomi-
nee for coroner, came pretty near
holding an inquest four months previ-
Gus to election. When he went to bed
last Wednesday evening he lay down
on a four foot snake that Sandy
Stewart had deposited in the bed.
Doc is used to snakes and didn't
mind it bit, so he very cautiously
put his snakeship into Druggist Bate
mans bed and when the genial drug
gist got into bed and the festive snake
commenced a smart promenade up his
spine and down the other side, Bate
man turned handspring into the
middle of the room that would make
any frst-class acrobat turn green
with envy, and then the whoop he let
out was enough to make old Sitting
Bull turn over in his grave. We
hope it is the last time that the boys
will have snakes.
Griggs courier., 1898-08-25

John Brandon and Steener Strande
got to blowing about how swift they
could pedal a bicycle last Sunday
afternoon and after arguing the ques-
ton for time it led to IL challenge to
ride half mile for a dollar. The
boys went down to Glass corner east
of town and raced to the Newell
House, Steener leading until about 20
feet from the wire when John made a
hot squirt and won by two feet and
pocketed a dollar. Steener will 60 in
to training now.
John Morris now sleeps we'll nights.
For twenty.three years he has tossed
on his bed and rolled around in q
restless manner trying to find a remedy
that would grow hair on bald head
or bladder of lard. While his brain
was working hard in the cause Of suf-
fering humanity the other night the
long sought remedy flashed like light
ming into his brain pan and he is now
able to put on the markets of the world
the only remedy that will cure dand-
ruff and grow hair on your head or a
fence post. Mr.. Morris new remedy
"Oxhide'' is without joking a fine
preparation and all bald headed men
and those who are becoming bald as
we'll as those afflicted with dandruff
should get bottle and try it. To try
it means to hang on to it. One dollar
q bottle.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-08-28
LISA WINNING TICKET.

The good people of all parties in Wake
county will be glad to know that the
Wake county Democratic county conven-
ton yesterday met expectations in put
ting out one of the strongest tickets ever
offered for the suffrage of the people
of Wake county. We say this will graft
fly good people of all parties because
assurances have come from them thai
if a ticket composed of conservative mef
of high character was named they would
help the Democrats to elect it.
From top to bottom the ticket is alright
1t is composed of men of sterling worth
and unimpeachable integrity. 1t repre-
sents the best sentiment in Wake county,
and will command the support of all
Democrats and others who are tired of
the rule of the court house ring and
of the elevation of the negro over the
white man.
The best judges say "Wake will go
Democratic this year."