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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-05-20

Mostly when a post rOts in the ground
it is just at the surface. where the COM
bination of moisture. air and soil makes
the conditions right for rotting. Often
both ends for two and a half or three
feet will be found sound enough to use.
Such posts can be made serviceablc by
cutting away one-half of each post,
leaving a fiat surface, and putting two
or three bolts and nuts through to hold
them together, and then setting the
posts in the ground again. y post thus
repaired will often last as long in the
fence as it did when originally set and
new. In most places. unless Il man Is
very handy with tools, the labor OF
splicing two old posts would be worth
as much if not more than the cost OF
buyinr a new one.-Prairie Farmer.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-05-20
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ABOUT Germ SLOWER.
no" 4" Avoid All Loss and Prevent
the Stalks from Being Tram
pied in the Mud.

In many sections of the country there
Is much loss of food due to irrational
methods of managing corn slower.
Corn allowed to stand until after frost
becomes poorer IN sugar and other
nutritious substances, is less palatable
and Is harder TO cure on account of the
development of acids from the natural
juices Of the plant. When cut and left
standing in the field longer than is
necessary there is more or less loss
from decay at the base of the stems and
III the center of the shocks. When fed
to the stock in the usual manner much
OF it is trampled in the mud or fouled in
other ways and the stalks are not only
Of no use but are often a positive
nuisance for months.
This may all be obviated as follows:
Choose an early maturing variety ard
allow it TO stand in the field until the
grain begins to harden and the lower
leaves turn yellow at the tips. Cut al
ways before frost or the leaves may be
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-05-20
AMONG THE POULTRY.
Keep al Young fowls dry.

Keep al young fowls dry.
Give the hens all the skim milk VOL
can.
A pair of geese should yield So worth
Of feathers in a year.
Keep fat hens on ground oats and
avoid corn and wheat.
Vary the food sufficiently to keep
the fowls in good appetite.
4 little salt in the soft food given to
the fowls Will be acceptable.
At this time it is poor economy to
stint the growing chickens.
As warm weather comes on lice will
increase much more rapidly.
One of the best remedies for over-
fairness is plenty Of exercise.
The pullet that begins to lay earliest
in life will lay the largest number of
eggs.
Young poultry of no kind should be
allowed to wade around in the wet
grass.
Nothing will prevent 4 hen from lay
ing sooner than an expensive diet of
cornmeal.
Give the hens all possible freedom
of range and there viii he less soft
shelled eggs
Foods rich in oil should not be fed
to hens except in small quantities, es-
pecially in warm weather.
Pigeons will thrive in small yards.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-05-20
The Profit Is Satisfactory.

Most of the experienced pOultrymen
estimate that each hen Will afford a
profit of 81 per year. This may seem
small to some, but it means after the
interest on the capital. food, and other
cash expenses are paid. 1t is really a
large profit, as o hens are not valued
at more than half that sum. and with a
flock of hens it represents the inter
est. of $500 at six per cent. When we
take into consideration the fact that on
most farms the actual capital invested
in poultry is very small. the profit from
hens is usually quite large. The sick
fowls, or those that do not lay, reduce
the average for all the members of tho
fock,--American Gardening.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-05-20
BEES IN BOX HIVES.
It Is Fest to Delay Transferring In
til T~wer,y-Gre Bays After
swimming

It is so much more convenient 10 do
ANYTHING with bees in movable comb
hives that it has been a common prac-
tee to transfer from box hives frtn
movable comb hives in fruit bloom.
There is n GROWN" belief. however, that
it is better To delay transferring until
81 days after the bees in the box hive
have swarmcd. Indeed. where increase
is desired il may be as we'll not to trans
fer at all. but to keep the old colony
in the box hive from year to year., 60
long as swarmS are desired. In ErC.
land many bees are still kept in the OLD.
fashioned straw skCrs, and the fOlloT
ing advice regarding them in the Brit
ish Bee journal may apply equally &c
box hives: by far the safest and best
way for Il beginner to increase from a
single skep is to allow the bees to
swarm naturally. If you prepare w
frame hives and nurse the bees TO in
dsce early breeding, it is nearly GER
tain that o Will lave two SwarTnS.
the first of which may, if fed for Il week
after hiying. give YOU some surplus
honey. Hive the second swarm cn
about five frames fitted with full sheets
of foundation. and it may easily make 4
good stock for ext year, so, with tie
skep still occupied, you may in Il goai
season and with decent management
increase Your stocks from one to THREE
and get a little surplus honey. Surely
this will be satisfactory, to say the
lp3St"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-05-20
Foot-Ease Trademark Sustained.

Justice Laughlin, in Supreme Court, Buff
falo, has ordered a permanent injunction,
with costs, and a full accounting OF sales,
to issue against Paul B. Hudson. mannfac-
turer OF DIR. Clark's Foot Powder" and
also against a retail dealer OF Brooklyn re-
straining them from making or selling DR..
Clark's Foot Powder, which is declared, in
the decision of the Court. an imitation and
infringement OF "Foot-Ease," the powder
for tired. aching feet to shake in your shoes,
now so largely advertised and sold all over
the country. Allen S. Olmsted, of LIE Roy,
y. Y, is the owner of the trademark Foot
Ease and he is the first individual who
ever advertised a foot powder extensively.
He will send a sample Free to any one who
writes him for it. The decision in this case
upho.ds his trademark and renders all par
ties liable who fraudulently attempt to
profit by the extensive "Foot-Ease" adver-
Using. in placing upon the market a spurious
and similar appearing preparation, labeled
and put up in envelopes and boxes ike
Foot-Ease. Similar suits will he brought
against others who are now infringing OF
the Foot-Ease trademark and common
law rights.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-05-20

blown a"ay from being made brittle by
being frozen. Save steps III cutting, as
shown in ut. Begin by cutting and
carrying hills into & in each Of the
courses a. b. e. d and shocking them at
y. In cutting follow the cours of the
small figures J, :, >, 1. ) to Is. Husk and
crib the ears as SOC after drying as the
condition of the weather will permit.
The stoycr may be treated in either of
two ways: 1t may lie stored whole or
cut. If whole always have it under
cover when possible. Where this is i'm
practicable use Il raised framework of
rails or logs. and lay the butts of the
stalks toward the outside OF the pile.
Protect the top with Il covering of straw
or poor hay. IL to be cut a sila@e cutter
IS not the thing. because the chunks OF
hard stem are likely to hurt the n
mails mouths if nothing more. Use a
corn shredder. This Will crush and tear
the stalks. thus overcoming the nbjcc-
ton mentioned. If Il shredder that also
has IA nuSking attachment be chosen,
much time. cold work and possibly
medicine may be saved. Slower man
aged in this way is easier to handle, oc-
cupicS less space, is more cleanly eaten
UP. suffers less waste from trampling.
and the pieces Of stalk not eaten &re
useful as bedding and absorbent mate
rial in the manure heap. Moreover
when so treated stoyer may be bale"
and sent TO market. But it must he OBJ
served that to keep well the stoyeI
must he properly cured in the field and
be perfectly dry when placed in the
stack or run through the shredder. II
this rule be followed, and the shredded
material be protected from damp, there
is 10 reason why it should spoil as some
persons claim j: does.
If corn is to be grown for dry fodder,
the sweet varieties must be avoided,
since they are very difficult, often i'm
possible, to cure. and when packed
away in the barn are almost sure TO rot.
They should be treated as ensilagc.
This difficulty should not arise. how
ever. except where corn is grown fol
the canning factorics.-N. c. kains, II
Agricultural Epitomist.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-05-20
A OF L

In the cut. This is strong and yet very
light. 1t can be covered with half-inch
boards put on "up-and-down.' with
the cracks battened. or it may be COW
cred with cheap cotton cloth that has
been dipped in linseed oil, then
stretched and dried. Such a house
should be pinned down to resist the
wind. and can be moved to new ground
occasionally, to keep all clean and
sweet. This house is also convenient
where one wishes to put by themselves
a few of the best of the flock to breed
from.-OranGe Judd Farmer.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-05-20
Lean Pork Tor Export.

In the foreign markets lean pork Is
nreferred, and there is a growing de-
mand for more lean pork ut home. Lear
porl< can be produced at less cost than
NAV be supposed, and the hogs will
GROW faster and give heavier weights
than when the pork is produced solely
from corn. 1t is done by feeding. in adj
dition TO csrn, skim milk. bran. shorts.
Iinseed meal, beans. peas. clover and
other heterogeneous foods, which not only
promote growth, but increase thf
,veicbt also-Prairie Farmer.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-05-20
Sb with Immense Tails.

The native sheep of South Africa have
tails weighing as much as 20 pounds
and some with tails weighing as much
rs 50 pounds have been recorded. The
usual weight varies from 6 to i
rounds. This curious appendage, which
is broad and fiat, consists chiefly OF fat,
which is sometimes used as a substitute
for butter. They are a hardy breed OF
sheep and easy to please in the matter
of grazing
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-05-20
The Best Prescription for ChiIl..

and Fever is a bottle of GROVES TAsTELEss
Hi Tonic. II is simply iron and quinine in
q tasteiess form. NJ cure-no pay. Price, SOC.
Sometimes you hear of a perfect man. He
is the fellow your wife could have mar
midtown Touics-
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-05-20
SUMMER COLONY HOUSE
1t Gives Absolutely Free Range to
Fowls and FIocks Don't In
terfcre with Zach other

Il is an excellent plan where large
numbers of fowls are kept to put them
of in the summer in colonies of - each
in fields and pastures. This gives free
range and the tiucks do not Interfere
with each other. The house can be
very simple.
Make a frame of strips of inch boards,
three inches wide. after the plan shown
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-05-20
The Giving o. 1t.

Lension-The bride was given away by
her father.
PIatt-And it was the newspapers, l be-
leve, that gave the coun: away.-Philadel.
phia North American.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-05-20

HAAH
W. II. i. Williams. publisher of The
Farmers Industrial Union, in a recent
l~etterto DR.. Hartman says: Il have used
Pe-ru-na as q family medicine for sew
eral years. l find it OF especial use Tor
myself. 1 have had several tedious
spells with systematic catarrh and be-
fore using Pe-ru-na | had tried several
other remedies with little or no success.
But in Pc-ru-na / found a prompt and
sure cure. 1 always keep the remedy
which promptly relieves Sny attack Of
the same malady.
MY wife also uses Pe-ru-na. She finds
it of especial use for severe spells. to
which she is subject. We always keep
it in the house as n family medicine.
We think it an excellent remedy for
the various ills 10 which children are
subject. especially climatic diseases.
Address DR.. Hartman, Columbus. Ohio,
for a free book on family medicine.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-13

KINGS DAUGHTERS MEET.
Delegate to the Convention at i"r"y
Chosen Yesterday.

At the annual meeting Of the King s
D,urh.,rs ard Sons he'd Wednesday at
the Young Mems Christian Association
building. Miss Florence Tyler was APP
pointed delegate To the State Convention
which will meet I'm Luray Va, on the
18th Of October.
Miss Tyler WAS instructed 10 make an
effort 10 have the convention meet IN
Richmond next year.
The following officers we're elected Tor
tho ensuing year
Chairman-Mrs 81 G.. Patterson
Vice-Cha'rmau-Alrs r. w Pemher-
ton.
Recording secretary-Mrs. w u.
Tatum
Corresponding Secretary and Ireasur
er-NIrs. Lula McPhail.
The secretarys report was read snow
ing an enrolment Of twenty-five circles
and I'VE hundred and twenty-five King
Daughters.
\ pathetic letter from MEMBER oil
one of the Circles said that It was no I'M
usual thing for laundering, sewing and
necessary homework 10 be done at night.
and even on SUNDAY. by those confined
by long working hours I'm the factories.
The Union decided 10 endeavor TO inilu-
ence the merchants 10 close their places
e. business at . o'clock Saturday after
noon.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-13
PROSPERITY IN
POLICE COURT
Prisoners Pay Their Fines and Few
Go to Jail.
STREET CAR COMPANY REPORTED
A Generator Burns out and Curtaiis
Their Capacity-Doing the Best
They Can, Claim the Officers.
Jackson goes To Grand jury

There are unmlstakable signs Of gen.
eral prosperity in connection with the
Police Court. Old habitues are missed
and they are reported to be at work. It
IS only the idle who regularly visit the
Court and the size OF the audience is
unusually small.
There IS less crime i'm Richmond than
there has been for long time. Satan
finds something for idle hands to do but
he must be Devil of a fellow to make
those work that have resisted employ
ment so long.
The most striking sign OF all Is the
universally with which prisoners pay
their fines and the few that 80 to Jail in
default
VARIETY.
Variety was the spice OF life in the Pc
lice Court Yesterday and the short
docket presented to- the Great Dispenser
bad as many phases as the cOlors on a
ladys hat.
The Great Dispenser. having disposed Of
his Old friend. Dan Shelly, for the winter
season, felt that great load ~ responsl-
bllity had been lifted from his shoulders,
and he tackled the knotty problems be-
fore him with heart a. light as q school
girl with her first beauX.
Dan was back in twenty-four hours
after being turned out of jail for the
same old offence and was sent down
again for sN months 10 insure that the
frosts of winter should not overtake him
out of doors IN his time Of helplessness
and add him to the large number of tho
Old offenders who have recently Joined
the great majority in the vast beyond.
DOMESTIC INFELICITY.
Joseph Tolker, n carpenter more enam
ored Of drink than work. was charged by
his wife, Mrs. Herriana Tolker, with be-
ing drunk and dsorderly and threaten
ing 10 kill her, and stated that she was
in fear Of bodily harm from him.
lie nailed up the house, shutting her
and three childrea out of doors and then
threatened to kill her if she tried to get
in.
Justice John agreed to let her fix the
punishment. and said he would do any
thing TO Tolker she said. except hang
him.
Tolker was very repentant and willing
10 promise anything on earth II he was
forgiven Woman-like, she softened and
said she only wanted him punished lit
tie and suggested two weeks in jail.
Justice John made It thirty days and
promised 10 let him out sooner II she ask
ed IT,
Tolker will get sober In Jail. clean ana
respectable looking. and viii be very re
pentant
HOW IT WORKS.
Mrs. Toker will come to see Justice
John and beg him of, and Tolker will be
a wiser. II not a better. man. and the
love Of woman Will continue TO stand as
q depth which no human line has ever
fathomed.
sam Lewis, colored was charged with
assauitlng ana cutting with knife, Chas
Goodman They Quarrelled about change
for a quarter, and Charles thought he
did not get his full share. He claimed
that Sam cut him in the forehead, but
had no mark 10 show OF the blade.
II was a clear case OF criminal prose-
cution to collect . civil claim. and they
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-13
THE WHEELS GO ROUND.
Bits of News From Various Branches
of Industry.

of Industry.
The Underwood Stemming co. which was
organizoc under New Jersey laws some
months ago, has completed its organiza-
ton. The capital stock is $l.O00000 all Of
one class IL owns exclusively the pat
ents for this country and Europe of the
Underwood tobacco stemming machine.
which IS now I'm use in several factories,
Including the LOr'lard factory in Jersey
city. All machines are 80 under
royalty plan at $1,000 a year.
The officers Of the company are as fol-
lows: President. William Gray Rich
mond, Va. Treasurer, George NJ. Hard.
New York; Directors. William Gray.
Richmond. Va, T. J. Maloney. Jersey
city. n. j.: George NJ Hard, New York:
Edward S. Savage. Frank Y. Dobbins.
New York.
The following extracts are from a re-
port 10 the United States Treasury De-
partment. by Consul Murat IIalstead. OF
Birmingham, who summarizes a trade re-
port IN an English trade journal;
1.-The apprehension excited by the crisis
IN connection with the Trmsvaal affairs
s. exercising z depressing effect I'm sew
eral departments of trade and finance.
The holidays and the hot weather have
caused some restriction Of production IN
several Of the Woodworking branches.
and there has been a lull IN export orders
for goods OF this class. owing chiefly TO
the recent great advance In prices.
II IS stated on the authority Of James
Evans. one OF the London officials OF the
Westinghouse Air Brake Co. that the
Russian Government has been unable 10
place orders. either In Europe cor IN the
United states. for locomotives. which are
required Tor the Trans-Siberian Railway
All the great railway engine builders
arc 20 busy that no firm could undertake
20 deliver this huge order within a time
which the Russian Government consider
"a reasonable.
The Maryland Steel Co. will ship 1900
tons Of rails by direct steamer every
month 20 Vladivostook. and by special
steamship every month 500 tons Will be
forwarded 90 that pace.
The rails are intended for the Trans
Siberian Railroad. The contract calls Tor
some 1000 tons. These shipments will
continue III next fan.
The CHATTANOOGA Southern. owned by G.
r Huntington and Russell Sage. and rum
nlng from Atlanta 20 Gadsden, Ala. f. to
Be extended 10 Montgomery, Ala. and a
branch built 20 Birmingham from the
main line 45 miles south ~ Gadsden. The
extension VII be rs miles long and IN
volye an expenditure Of $i.5oooo.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-13

the left leg as he sat at the table the
ball going I'm just below the knee and
coming out at the calf.
The shooting occurred several days ago
and Yet the negro had not had the wound
dressed. DR. Riddel. who examined the
wound at the request of the court, pro-
nounced 10 I'm "a bad condition. and Josh
was instructed TO see a doctor and have
il dressed.
A bench warrant was issued charging
Peter Jackson with carrying concealed
weapons and he was fined $50 and sent 90
Jail for thirty days.
on the charge of fel0niousy shooting
Josh Henderson he was sent OF to tae
grand jury.
BURNT GENERATOR.
The Richmond Railway and Electric
Company was I'm court i'm the persons 81
its counsel and officers 20 answer the
charge Of falling 10 maintain proper
schedule On the Clay-strcet line accord
ing 10 the city ord nance. the schedule
being only seven instead of five minutes.
Mr.. Traff0rd. the electrician Of the
company, stated that their largest gene
rator. a 50O-horse powor machine. had
burned out. that owing % the immense
amount OF work ON hand in ali the face
tories throughout the land 60 was imposs.-
bic 10 get a new machine under s'N
months: that they had made urgent eff
forts 10 get the machine repaired, bad
secured g. man from the mandatory In
Schenectady. New York WHO bad ordered
the material and that t would take $3.50
weeks TO repair the machine after tho
material arrived.
lie stated further that they were
operating an the cars They could
safely run with the power le'l
he entire reserve OF m per crr
having been lost in the breaking
down Of tho generator.
THE DOTS ON IT.
Mr. Meredith, counsel flr Tho company
exhibited copies Of kilograms to s1n"
that due diligence had been used to pee
pair the machine.
city Attorney Pollard asked for tr"
against the company 0u tae ground ihil
they should De- prepared flr -ieh emel--
encies.
Mr. Tranord being asked Dr. hc cou.d
maintain an the cars on tho Tine with the
present power said Doe might Poe able 90 DO
SO. but that it would ieopardize Che bale
ance of the machinery and other mae
chimes were likely to give out
The case was continued Tor Two weeks
On ei,,. time for repairs and the company
Instructed % take e. CAR from NE Main
efroef limo and place it on thc Ciay-street
lime This. 20 is understood. viii give q
sir-miuute schedule on both lines.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-13

Naltef b. Jenkins was arrested yesier-
dav. by Detective TomlinsOn and Hall.
on the charge of stealing coat and vest
Of the value of $50. from l.. X. Finnell
Jenkins is also charged with being a
SUSPICIOUS character.
Harold Vaugn-Lloyd was arrested I'M
der the charge of creating disturbance
and assaulting George Darkanian In the
latter S store.
John Finngan was arrested by Officers
Finnlean and Wiltshire charged with be-
ing drunk and interfering with people
on the street.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-13

sCHooL-CHILDREN. READ THIS

NlElulk, OCl. Hlu.
Extensive preparations are being made
for the reception OF The school children
from Richmond on Saturday to see the
squadron.
The school children Of Norfolk and
Portsmouth will visit The squadron on the
same day.
There will be six races between the
crews OF the squadron on Saturday.
Telegram from Norfolk oct. o
BOAT races at old Point SATURDAY. the
-ith. between . and { o'clock, between
crews of the Warshps
The school children's special train viii
leave g. and o.. Broad street depot, at
$50 A. VI. Saturday and will carry teach
ers. paren,s. friends Of the children also.
Those over T. years. ONE DOLLAR
round trip, under l. years, FIFTY CTS.
round trip Tickets can be purchased
Friday at c. and o. passenger office. 500
e. Main street on Saturday morning
they can be purchased at the depot tick
ct office.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-13
In the Operate Field.

Miss. Elizabeth NJ. Pattee. a well known
Richmond girl, is with the Wang opera
company this season.
Miss Pattee is the accomplished
daughter of Col. J. a. Pattee
the well-known building and loan
and life insurance man, who resided IN
Richmond for several years. Miss Pattee
graduated with honors from the Woman S
College a few years ago and has mauY
admiring friends in Richmond, who WIN
watch her progress with interest ana wish
ner every success.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-13

Mr. W 4. Rice the young salesman
for Mi Meyer Syce who disappeared
about ten days ago. has been located in
Powhatan county. where he Is HOW on "a
farm.
MI y. A. Holt. Of No 40 north Ninth
street. with whom Mr Rice boarded
while he was in the city, received letter
from him few days since. in which
Rice stated that he preferred living IN
the country.
Mr.. Rice is now on the farm Of Mr.
sam Palmore. who offered him home
I'm the country. lie states that Mr.. Rice
said he was tired of city life.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-13

The members of Trinity Church and
sunday-school Will celebrate their regu-
Tar autumn rally next sunday. An Inter-
esting musical programme has been ar
ranged for the occasion. Special music.
with Rotations and short talks. will b.
given in the school-room from SI5 A. NJ.
TO IL O'Clock, when the church service
commences.
Rev. DR.. Starr Will preach In the morn.
Ing and Rev. J. T. Rouitea In the even.
ing.