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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-07
Postal Puzzles.

The parcels post treaty between the
United States and Germany took effect
October l. 1t is the first of the kind
between this country and another ma
ton. No doubt it will work we'll and
lead to others of the same kind. But
In looking over the provisions of the
treaty certain contradictions and de-
fects in our own postal service are
made clear. Under the treaty pos
tai parcel not exceeding IL pounds
can be sent to Germany at the rate OF
I2c a pound. But between points in
the United States postal package OF
merchandise is limited to 4 pounds,
and the charge is 16c a pound. A
package nearly three times as large
NAV be mailed to Germany at one
fourth less cost at pound rates. The
foreign rate is far more favorable than
the domestic, and the proper conclu-
sion is that the latter is out of ADJUST
ment. On an 11-pound package sent
to Germany the postage will be Sl.3z'
On a package of the same weight from
Germany to the United States the
postage will be SIC, with duties added
in both cases. Each country, OF
course, fixes its own rates, but 1t Is
striking circumstance that parcels can
be carried by mail to Germany SO
much more extensively and cheaply
than between two of our own post
offices.
It is we'll we'll known that the par
GELS post system is Immensely further
advanced in England and Geerulany
than in this country. In 1898 the
, English post Offices handled 61,GO0,-
coo parcels. The German parcel post
Ioo,-Nrs Austria also, and the charges
are Ge q M, md up to forty miles and
12c a pound for "rea'er INSTANCES
At Berlin $4,000 postat parcels
have been delivered in Z s"
gle day. In 1896 Germany
eleven million packages in the
international mails. and its parcels
business with other nations exceeds
: 500. .C00.GU0 Il year. No great postal
department in the world is run at a
loss except that of the United States.
Here is a subject generally demanding
the attention and speedy action of Con-
gress. Foreign trade, as well as do
nestle, is intimately related to the par
GELS post system thatis making great
strides in other parts OF the world
Globe Democrat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-07
A SARCASTIC LETTER.
Written by Louis Houck to the
Mayor and Council.

Written by Louis Houck to the
Mayor and Council.
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo-, Oct. 2, '99.
TO the Honorable Mayor and City
Council of the City of Cape Girar-
deau.
The undersigned, having heretofore,
together with his wife, signed petit
ton, asking that Lorimier street, be-
tween Themis and Independence, might
be graded so that the undersigned,
together with other property owners
on said street, might be assessed to
gravel and curb the same and also be
enabled to construct sidewalks on an
established grade, now begs leave to
withdraw his name and the name OF
his wife from the petition SO presented.
When the petition was signed and
caused to be presented by the property
owners on said street, it was supposed
by them that your Honorable Body
would cheerfully order that the small
amount of work necessary to grade
said street should be speedily done,
especially in view of the fact that in
part the work petitioned for would
improve a street in front of the public
square and the street petitioned to be
impra Ied being situated in the heart
OF ihe city and its present condition
being considered by all public spirited
citizens AN eye sore. But although
this petition has been presented over
three months ago. no action has been
taken in that behalf. your petitioner
! being advised that there were no funds
vsila BILE for stree improvements.
! However your petitioner has discov-
cred that since the petition for the
+! Improvement of Lorimier street has
been filed. great improvements are be-
ing made on more important streets
in this city, many teams being en-
ployed on the same, the streets so be-
ing improved being North street. one
OF the busiest thoroughfares of our
teity. and also Ellis street. Since
these important improvements will
cost great amount of money and
other important thoroughfares, as
Shin Bone Alley, are still to be inn
proved, and therefore the funds of this
city are certain not to permit the i'm
proyement of Lorimier street in the
immediate future, your petitioner
deems it but fair that he should with
draw his name from a petition asking
so unimportant an Improvement al
the grading of Lorimier street, one o.
the streets fronting on the public
| square, because such a petition may
tend to embarrass the action of you
Honorable Council.
LOUIS HOUCK.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-07
a Queer f.) Medicine.

There is Medicine whose pr o.
prietors do not claim to have dis
covered some hitherto unknown IN
gredient. or that it is . cure-all. This
honest medicines only claims to cure
certain diseases, and that its ingred'
tents are recognized by the most skill
full physicians as being the best for
Kidney and Bladder Diseases. 1t is
Foley's Kidney Cure.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-07
Leo II, TObler Dead.

Leo H. Tobler, brother OF Louie
Tobler and Mrs. L. +. Klostermann
of this city, died at his home in Jack
son this Tuesday morning, aged %
years.
The deceased had been sufferer
for two years with that dread disease
consumption. and his death was not
unexpected. He was a model young
man and his death is regretted by a
large circle of friends.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-07
Worktng Night and Day

The busiest and mightiest little
thing that ever was made is DR.. King s
New Life Pills. Every pill is sugar
coated globule of health, that changes
weakness into strength, listlessness
into energy. brain-fag into mental
power. They're wonderful in build
ing up the health. Only DC per box.
Sold by |. len Miller.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-07
TheBesI Remedy for Flux.

Mr.. John Matthias, we'll known
stock dealer of Pulaski, KY, says:
"After suffering for over week with
flux, and my physician having failed
to relieve me, l was advised to try
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy, and have the
pleasure of stating that the half of
one bottle cured me- For sale by /.
Ben Miller.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-07
shipped a Package of Rutter to His
Friend

While visiting in this city BILLY"
Snider of ST. Louis purchased billy
goat and shipped it to friend in St.
Louis. He wrote to his friend in the
city to keep look out for package
of butter. Mr.. Snider says there are
two kinds of goats-a mixer and a
butter, and it was the butter kind he
shipped to his friend.
The freight bill called for a pack
age of butter and when the billy goat
was delivered to the friend in St.
Louis there was a big time at his place
OF business. 1t was a huge joke
played on Mr.. Snider's friend and the
boys had high old time at the ex.
pense of the owner OF the butter.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-07
Scratching the GILT OF.

We don't exactly like the statement
that "Miss Julia D. Grant becomes a
Princess. She was a good deal bet
ter Princess before her marriage, an
American Princess in her own right,
than her marriage to Russian Prince
made her. A Russian Prince doesn't
amount to much, anyway. The title
there doesn't mean . great deal more
than ''Hon." does here. There are
Russian Princes driving hacks in St.
Observation-Disclosures Democrat and
Chronicle,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-07
How Unpleasant

it is to see a beautiful child's face
disfigured with vile humors, bursting
through the skin pimples, blotches
and sores, and sadder still, when thu
young and innocent are laughed at
and twitted in all such cases. Parents
should give them that good and pu
remedy, Sulphur Bitters, which wi ]
search and drive out of the bloc
every particle of humor.-Healt ,
Gazette.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-07
letter. salt-Rheum and Eczema

The intense itching and smarting
incident to these diseases, is instantly
allayed by applying Chamberlain's
Eye and Skin Ointment. Many very
bad cases have been permanently cured
by it. 1t is equally efficient for itch
ing piles and a favorite remedy ior
sore nipples, chapped hands, chill
blains, frostI.bites and chronic sore
eyes. 25c per box. For sale by l
Ben Miller, druggist. Ocl9-iy
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-07
The Eagle, King OF all Birds

9 ndei fa its..keen sight, clear and
distinct vision. So are those persons
who use Sutherland's Eagle Eye Salve
for weak eyes, styes, sore eyes Of any
kind or granulated lids. Sold by all
dealers at o cents.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-07
Ballard,s snow Linement.

If you have terrible pain in the
small of the back, get a bottle OF
Snow Linement. 1t will positively
cure it and at once. Try it and re-
comend it to your friends. Sold at
Wilson's drug store.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-07
.ss.v.n,v.seven." (s77.")

.s77" is DR.. Humphreys famous
s pecific for the cure ofGrip and Coids
andthe prevention of Pneumonia. All
nggists-25c.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-07
Crouo and wnooplnx Cough.

CrOuQ and W nOOPIHX OOuEH'
Ballard's HOrehOund Syrup will
promptly relieve Group and Whooping
Cough. 1t will cure the worst Cough
or Cold. 1t never disappoints. Try
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-07
WAR Is DECLARED.
The Boer Government

Declares War Against Great Britain.
LONDON, October 1-Kurger, the
head of the Boer government issued
declaration of war this morning
against England.
Now the English soldiers will have
an opportunity to do little fighting.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-07
A Life for soc.

Many people have been cured Of
Kidney diseases by taking Q SOC bottle
eoy's Kidney Cure
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-07

elaA Tfdlngs % AsShma Su4erers'
Foley's Honey and Tar gives quick
and positive relief in all cases.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-09-26
Notice of judicial Sale.

BY virtue of a decree of the Circuit court
of Calhoun county, rendered at the June
term Ct 1899, in the chancery cause of J. G..
Schilling and Walter Pendleton vs.. J. ".
clubhouse and Others, the undersigned
special commissioner, appointed for the pur-
pose, will offer for sale at public auction,
to the highest bidder, at the front door of
the court house of said county, on the
llTH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1899,
that being a court day, the real estate de
scribed i'll said cause and decreed to be sold,
viz:
Forty-six and one-fourth acres of land,
situate on Saufs fork of Beech in Lee dis
trict, Calhoun county, said land being more
fully described in the papers filed in said
cause, to which reference is here made for q
more accurate description.
TERMS OF SALE:-One half the purchase
money cash in hand and the residue upon a
credit of six months, taking from the pur
chaser note or bond with good security,
bearing interest from day of sale, for the de-
ierred nstallment of purchase money.
w. 5. BLIZZARD, Spec'l Comr.
], x. w. Hall, Clerk of the Circuit court
of Calhoun county, do certify.that.the bond
has been given as required by decree in
above cause Teste:
r. WtHALL Clerk.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-09-26
judicial Sale.

BY virtue of decree of the Circuit court OF
Calhoun county, rendered at the June term.
1899, in the chancery cause of Mary J. Duff
! field, Administrative of W. A. Dufield. de-
ceased, against James Tanner and Others,
the undersigned Commissioners will, on the
10Th DAY OF OCTOBER, 1899,
sell by public auction to the highest bidder
at the front door of the Court House OF said
county, the following described real estate
to-wit:
certain tract or parcel of land, situate
IN the counties of Calhoun and Clay on
Hicks run, branch of Stinson, a tributary
of the West Fork of the Little Kanawha
river, containing IA acres, more or less, and
more fully described by metes and bounds
in deed from Sarah Tanner and James
Tanner to Nancy Tanner, dated on the 18th
day of January 1899, 4 certified copy g
which is filed with the papers in the said
chancery cause.
Terms OF SALE:-One third of the pur-
chase money cash in hand on day of sale
and the residue upon credit of one and
two years, taking from the purchaser note
with good security, bearing interest from
day of sale.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-09-26
Autumn.

G. w. Richards and wife were in
the burg Saturday.
A good drunk and free fight j:
what some men call having a good
time.
The Gilmer county Fair maintains
its reputation for weather and a few
fights.
Fairs may be all right for some
people, hut they almost disorgarize
business.
Mrs. Osburn, Of Burnt House, is
here the guest of her daughter, Mrs.
DIR. Blair.
--latest style trimmed hats from 25
cents up at Mrs G. II. Craddock's.
next door TO Want & Bars.
A fellow with a great big gun
buckled 10 his side in this the land of
civilization carries the badge of
cowardice.
Attorney S. f. Boggess and
Miss Baily, daughter of the late DR..
a. G. Baily, were married at Spencer
last week. They have our best wish.
es.
A. ID. Bunner and bro, who have
been in the mountains at work i'm a
lumber camp for some time, returned
home last Saturday week to spend
the winter.
Rev. c. Z. Powers and family have
been here several days the grrests of
Rev. E. Yoak and family. Mr.
Powers goes to ST. Adams, Kanawha
Co.
Since the Arm oldsburg Fair and
the Baptist Association, going to and
from which more people travelled over
the roads than will travel for the next
II months, the surveyor has worked
the roads from Arn"ldsburg to the
head of Milestone waters. 1t looks
like it had been done for two reasons.
First, on account of the fall rains
setting in and that the work done
could he of no advantage to the pub
lie. And second, that his crew NAV
be able to beat in some time at the
expense of the taxpayers again next
year. 1t is very unpleasant for us to
administer nauseates to surveyors of
roads, but until they quit the present
high handed way of spending the
peoples money they must take the
dose.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-09-26
MT office of judicial Sale.

Pursuant to decree made by the Circuit
court of Calhoun county at the June term
thereof, 1899, in the chancery cause of the
State Of West Virginia, plaintiff, against d.
c. Casio and others, defendants, ! shall pro-
coed to sell at public sale, at the front door
ofthc court house of Calhoun county on the
llTH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1899.
the following tracts of land decreed in said
cause to be sold, towit:
\ tract of lGl : acres on Philips Run in
Center district, decreed in the name of J..
NJ. dolt, also a tract Of % acres in Sheridan
district, decreed in the name of John Davis
and j. F. Gaskins; also tract of 81 acres
in Sheridan district decrced in the name of
w. w. Munday; also a tract of 30 acres i'm
Sherman District and dccreed in the name
of John p. Bell; also tract Of IS acres in
Sherman district and decrced in the name
of John y. Bell; also n tract eff 10 acres in
Sherman District decrced i'm the name of
John p Bell; also tract of 10 acres in
Sherman District, decreed in the name of
Pat Rafferty, heirs; also a tract If % acres
in Sherman district and decreed in the name
of Pat Raflerty's heirs; also a tract Of PSI
acres in Sherman district and decroed in the
name Of Pat Rafferty, heirs; also tract of
] ] acres in Washington District decreed in
the name OF Thomas McCumbers; also a
tract Of p acres in Sherman district decreed
in the name Of Rachel W. Barr: also tract
Of - acres in Sherman district dccreed i'm
the name Of Waitman f. Burrows: also a
tract Of % acres ia Lee district decreed i'm
the name Of Worth Barr; also tract Of 81
acres in Lee district dccreed in the
name Of A. J.. Jones; also tract Of 1875 acres
in Lee district and decrecd in the name of
A. J.. Jones; also tract Of 80 acres i'm Lee
district and decrccd in the name Of s.. J..
Jones; also tract ell acres in Lee district
and decrced in the name Of a. j. Jones: ~
( 20 q tract of 90 acres and dccrecd in the
name Of Manth Jones; also tract Of 23J
acres in Ice district and dccrccd in the
name Of !. j.. Mccunc; also a tract In Sheri-
/ dan district dccrced in tire name Of James
Kebaugh's heirs.
/ All Of which said several tracts are TO be-
sold for the benefit Of the School Fund.
and upon the following terms and conditions
I that is to say:
One third Of The purchase money must D.,
paid cash in hand and the remaining two.
thirds shall be upon a credit Of one and two
. years respectively, and for said deferred
payments the purchaser shall execute hi
. two several notes for one-third of said pur
chase money each, payable to the State o
West Virginia ono and two years from Oh,
date thereof bearing interest from date Will
good personal security ON each of said note
and the legal title to said tracts of land an,
/. each Of them that may be sold shall be re
tanned as a further security for the said de
ferred purchase money.
BRUCE 3. TERRELL,
Com. School Lands, Calhoun County.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-09-26

Beautiful nights.
Beautiful weather.
Bring III new subscriber.
Gas bills will soon be high.
We are little overworked.
Don't bet on another mans trick.
The Pathfinder was sicsSA(akHask.
ID. ID. Barnes has corn for sale this
year.
Breck. Elliott is working on the
parsonage.
The Gilmer County Fair usually
brings rain.
Miss Belle Stevens was shopping
here Friday.
The CHRONICLE force must have a
rest this week.
Miss Ethel Cunningham was in
town Thursday.
People have to climb to reach our
temple of Justice.
The business outlook for this lrcal
ity is fattering.
Capt. Norm Williams keeps an eye
on the weather
Rev. j. w. Taylor and son were
in town Friday.
Rather chilly for the loafers day
or two last week.
Robert Hamilton attended the
Gilmer county tair.
Hugh and WIN. johnson were in
the burg last Wednesday.
We know it will rain for Anthony
."Hole in the bake" said so.
Work on the parsonage in this
town is progressing rapidly.
Subscribe for the CHRONICLE
while at the fair this week.
Uncle" Perry Stump was quite
sick Il day or two last week.
Scott Peninger was on the streets
Of the great gas city Friday.
Roscoe Hardman returned from
Clay county few days ago.
Since the weather began to cool
the air, the gas supply vas thin.
Loman Kelley, one Of our good sub
scrIbers, was i'll TO see us Friday.
Whiskey on the inside of quarrel.
some man always creates trouble.
The regular term Of circuit court,
If Clay Co., was in session last week.
1t really sounds encouraging to
hear 50 many tools OF iron in active
use.
The rain prevented a good many
folks from attending the fair last
week.
There is well beaten path up a
certain Leaf Bank mountain. Ask
DR.. Geo'ge.
We are Informed that Miss Mittie
Silcott will leave the irst Of October
for Adrian, Michigan.
This will be a good week to keep
your stables and pasture fields locked.
Nearly every fair some one loses
horse.
Elias Hatfield, whose arrest gave
Governor Atkinson so much fame
as a detective has been sentenced to
twelve years in the penitentiary.
r. y. Francis has been putting
lumber on the ground for DIR. Dye
for several days. The DR.. will soon
commence the erection Of a dwelling
Our telephone lines in this country
are all right until you want to use
them in a hurry, aud then they are
usually all wrong.
We are informed that handful of
corn aud a sharp toed shoe played
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-09-26
county, on the
llrH DAY OF ocronrR. 1899.

18th DAY or OCroBER, 1899.
that being court day, the real estate de
scribed in said cause and decreed to be sold
viz:
Twenty-Five and three-fourth acres of
land. situate on Sauls fork of Beech fork in
Lee district, Calhoun county, said land be-
ing more fully described in the papers filed
in said cause, to which reference is hereby
made, for more accurate description.
Terms OF SALE:-One half of the pur-
chase money cash in hand and the residue
upon credit of six months, taking from the
purchaser note or bond with good security
bearing interest from day of sale for the de
ferred installments Of purchase money.
W. 5. BLIZZARD, Spec'l Comr.
l, X. W. Hall, Clerk of the Circuit court
of Calhoun county. do certify that bond has
been given rs required by the decree in the
above cause. Teste: X. w. HALL, Clerk.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-09-26
A Letter from War.

In another column may be found a
letter from Alfred Price now doing
outpost duty in the Philippines.
We publish it for two reasons. First,
because he has many relatives in this
county. Second, because it is a
sensible letter, and the art of letter
writing is not possessed by all.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-09-26
NOtice OF Judicial Sale.

BY virtue of a decree of the Circuit Court
of Calhoun county, rendered at the June
term 1899, in the chancery cause of j. q.
Shilling and Walter iPendleton VS.. Laura
Hall, J. w. Burkhouse and Almeda McCul-
ty, the undersigned special commissioner
appointed for the purpose, will offer for sale
at public auction, to the highest bidder, at
the front door of the Court House of said
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-09-26

George Beverage will be at Grants
vile, w. Va, on the first and
second days Of the fair with n fine
line of spectacles and sewing machine
supplies.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-09-26
X. 9. LINN,
J. NJ. HAMILTON,
Commissioners.

commissioners.
/, K. w. Hall, Clerk of the Circuit Court
of Calhoun county, do certify that bond has
been given by said commissioners rs requir-
ed by the decree in said cause.
Ieste; Il. w. HALL,
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-09-26
Local Briefs.

No clothes.-the poor.
Come on with your mite.
Yes, we have plenty of oil
A "hot time" in town this week.
w. II. Ayers was in town Friday
Car Shafer was in the city Friday
Where will the next well be drill
ell?
The plu mbing business is again
active.
Time, only time, can tell some
things.
Every man has at least one chance
in life.
IN. Bell spent Wednesday night
in town.
Some frozen affections ought to
warm up.
Contractor Ward was about town
ali of last week.
Don Chapman, of Spencer, was in
the city Friday.
Farmer Frank Grim was on our
streets Thursday.
J.B. Polling and wife were up to
Mt. Zion Thursday.
Several Gases of typhoid fever
throughout the county.
Constable Lum Shafer, of Lee dis.
trict, was in town Thursday.
Charly Rlackshere was engaged in
plumbing some houses last week.
Okey Gamer, of White Pine, was
here last Friday locking handsome as
a rose.
DR.. w. r. w. Dye made a trip to
Minnora last Thursday aud Thurs
day night.
Sometimes, TO fool fellow (success
fully in your mind) is 20 presume
he is foul
There iS'more in some cases for the
coming circuit court than some pen
pie anticipate.
The cart will get hitched to the
right end of the horse sometime, and
then watch 'er 60.
Hog Knob is blessed with neat
lot of farmers and they nearly all
take the CHRoNICLE.
We are hardly able to attend to our
own business to say nothing about
the business Of others.
Thomas McCown, of Ravcnswood,
was here last week the guest of his
SON, DE-. John McCown.
NJ. II. Right and wife we're in
town Wednesday, They brought in
a pumpkin that weighed 5G pounds
There is a lot of good and profira
ole work going to waste in this section
for want Of some working men to d.
it.
b. D Allen, one of the greatest
horse swoppers that ever went down
the pike, was in toGn one night last
week.
5. NJ Ward completed 1000 panels
of brush fence for EN- Ball one day