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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-23

discovery, which he considers the
browning event of his wonderful
career, and which is embodied in a
Red Cross Starch Cred Cross trade
mark.) He is planning to distribute
millions of packages of this starch to
the housewives of America, at a merely
nominal price to the consumer, in order
to make its merits known without de-
lay. Thus, for but 5 cents two large
10c packages of Red Cross Starch may
be had, together with two magnificent
Shakespearean views printed in -
beautiful c%olors, or a Twentieth Cen
fury Girl Calendar; or for only 20
cents 10 packages of the starch and
the entire series of eight Shakespearean
views and one Twentieth Century Girl
Calendar-views alone easily worth
s1.Oo. Watch this paper for future
premium announcements, Of which
every lady will certainly want to take
advantage.
While Mr.. Hubinger will devote his
best energies to the manufacture Of
this new and wonderful starch, he will
not retire from the various financial
enterprises in which he is interested
street railways, electric lighting plants
and the Mississippi Valley Telephone
Co., with 10000 telephone subscribers
in Minneapolis and St. Paul-nor will
his augmented activity interfere with
his social obligations and exercise of
the splendid hospitality which he dis
penses at his palatial Keokuk home.
Mr.. H~ubinger's family, consisting of
himself, wife and four children, is the
pivot around which his activity re-
wolves, and while fond of promoting
great enterprises, he is still fonder Of
his home circle, where he spends every
moment of time not taken up by bust
ness or public cares.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-23
The Right Kind of Reef.

In regard to the kinds of beef which
the killer and eater demand a writer in
the Southern Planter says: Give spe-
cial attention to well-developed IONS,
backs and hips, for it is upon these OF
a fat steer the buyer puts the value OF
the steer when he stands in the mar
ket as beef. 1t is not simply the fat
ness of a steer thai puts the highest
price upon him in the market, but it is
the steer that is fat at the right places
on his carcass hat makes him top the
market. I once sold a car load of Short
horn grades in the Philadelphia market
which topped the market that day Of
10000 beeves, and the buyer took as
much pains in examining those cattle
as many people would do in buying .
horse"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-23
IN NEW YORK T

The paved streets would extend a
n to Minneapolis.
Five hundred thousand people enter
and leave this city every day.
A death ccurs every seven minutes,
and a child is born every six minutes.
The freight by rail exceeds one-third
Of all the shipments by rail in the
union.
The wharyes and docks in single line
from the Battery would reach New Ha.
ven, Conn.
Two-thirds OF all the imports and
two-fifths of all exports pass through
the gateways of this city.
This city contains 100000 Germans,
$4,000 Irish. 10000 English. 1906
Russians, 100000 Italians, besides q
big balance.
March all the people of the city in
single file day and night and it
would take nearly three months for
them to pass by.
The whole property value of New
York would buy one-third of the farms
in the United States. Portions of Wall
street and Broadway are valued at S.
900 a square foot, and yet Manhattan
island was bought for S24.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-23
SAGE OF SAWHAW SAYS.

A spasm of virtue is certainly a misft.
AL men really belong to the hire
classes.
The man who can't foot his bills
often has a lame excuse.
In the lottery of life your chances
are numbered.
Ghosts are supposed to have favorite
haunts.
Proud people are not the only ones
who have vain hopes.
In a thunderstorm the trouble is all
over.
Many n horse thief will never change
until he becomes a battered man.
Schemes designed to take men in are
generally dangerous TO carry out.-Chi.
cago Dispatch.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-23
JOHN C. HUBINGER.
Remarkable Career of a weIl-Know,
Western Capitalist, M~anufact.
urer and PhilanthrOpi,t.

Among the leaders of the progressive
element for which the midle west is
famous, Mr.. 0Chn c. Hubinger, of Keo-
kuk. Ia, reigns without a peer. As
q manufacturer, as an enterprising cap
ltaiist and as a philanthropist his fame
has spread over many states, and his
enterprises have developed
many obscure towns into progressive,
thrifty and wide-awake cities. Mr..
Hubinger, although but At years Of
age, can look back upon scores OF COM
mercial victories, each one of which has
benefited mankind, for his liberality is
as bountiful as his business sagacity is
marvellous. He was born in New Or
leans, La, his parents being Of French
n German origin. When he was four
years old, his family removed to Ken
lucky, in which state young Hubinger
received a public school education. Al
most before reaching mans estate he
secured patents on a number Of val
liable mechanical inventions, thereby
laying the foundation of his present
fortune.
By inclination and force of circum.
stances his attention was early direct.
ed to the manufacture of starch by inn
proved processes, and in the course of
time he became the head of a concern
having an annual business of millions
of dollars. But genuine ambition
never quite satisfied with existing con-
ditions, works ever toward perfection,
and after years of painstaking study
and research Nj. Hubinger has made a
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-23
CHEAP FARM CISTERN.
~ Adapted for Regions Where
Hay Subsoil Prevails.

Where clay subsoil prevails, and this
Is found on nearly all Ohio farms, there
is a good opportunity to build cement
cisterns very cheap and durable. In
starting the excavation a circle should
be struck the desired size, and after
thrown open several feet in depth the
circumference should be lessened one
spading each time until an abrupt bot
tom is reached, when you will have a
jug-shaped figure. Now inscribe a Sec
ond circle five inches larger than the
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-23
Accommodated.

At the end of his two weeks vacation,
wanting a third week, he telegraphed his
employer: Very sick. Please hold my
job"
And back came this mystifying reply:
Stake all time you want to get well. An
other man is holding your job."-Philadel-
phia North American.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-23
THEY GATHER CIGAR ENDS.
A Queer Partisan Clan That Proposes
to Form n business
Syndicate.

Every visitor to Paris has observed
the ragged individuals who perambu-
late the boulevard and peer in among
the tables and chairs in front of the
cafes in search of cigar and cigarette
ends, which they deity harpoon by
means Of bent pins on the end of a stick.
The megottiers, as they are called, are
now trying to form a mutual protect
ing syndicate. Their reason is that the
police interfere with them too much.
considering that they are p%eaceable
folk, and that the craft. never a lu-
crative one, is thus rendered almost i'm
possible. Such, ii appears. is especially
the case in summer, when the streets
are clean and the best customers of the
megottiers pick up their own tobacco.
The fact hat this is the bad season
probably accounts for the present little
agitation.
This singular trade occupies three
classes of persons-the picker, the
cleaner and the salesman. Everybody
has seen the picker at work, and OBJ
served now he combines begging there
with. In the evening the pickers meet
at low wineshops in the Fauberg de
Temple. where they find the cleaners
awaiting them. Newspapers are spread
on the table, and the cleaners set to
work to undo the cigars and cigarettes.
Meanwhile the pickers eat their bread
and sausage, and by spending two half
pence on a glass of wine obtain the
right to sleep in the establishment as
best they can until two o'clock in the
morning. At that hour the wineshops
are closed. But they open again at
three, when both pickers and cleaners
enter, and by taking another glass Of
wine may sleep till the morning.
During this interval of closing and
opening the tobacco. put up in packets.
has been handed over TO the salesman.
who disposes CT it in the w~orkingmen's
quarters like the Place Maubert as the
men pass on their way TO work. The
purchasers consist chiefly of masons
who all come from the country districts
OF Limousin and Grouse. and are de-
lighted to get a large packet of tobacco
for twopence. There exists. moreover,
real tobacco shop keepers who purchase
the vile stuff and mix it with good
tobacco, the profits derived therefrom
being naturally considerable. This
practice does not, however, exist to any
great eXtent.-Pail Mall Gazette.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-23
His First Thought.

No one can say how it began. The
first the loungers on the bench saw was
his body borne ruthlessly aloft on the
crest of the breakers, where it was
twisted for a moment in giddy gyra-
tons and then dashed violently to the
beach and pounded and pummeled, buff
feted and worried by the merciless
waves.
Eager hands sratched him beyond
reach of the brutal breakers and ap-
piled restoratives. For a long, lung
minute hope struggled with fear; theL
the blue lips painfully parted. and he
gasped, while his eyes slowly unc!osed:
Quit now, Maria. quit. Darn it. I'd
get up in a mirute:"-N. Y. World.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-23
The Hrutes

ale tried to kiss me, judge" said the
female complainant.
did he succeed?" queried the court.
mo, sir
give dollars fne!" Numbered the
court, turning to the prisoner. BE more
careful next time.'-Philadelphia North
American.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-23

1t is quite a remarkable fact that the
bite of a pig is dangerous; although
comparatively rare, it takes a much
longer time for such injuries to heal,
than those of the horse or dog. Keep q
safe distance between yourself and q
cross nog. .
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-23

Pigs need little or no bedding ir
summer; a dry, shady knoll is far bat
ter than a board straw bed.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-23

writing to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn. Mass.
Mrs. CORA gibson. Yates. Manistee
Co., Mich. writes:
dear Mrs. PINKHAM-Two years ago
l began having such dull. heavy. drag
ging pains in my back. menses were pro-
fuse and painful and was troubled with
leucorrhea. 1 took patent medicines
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-23

\ CAPABLE mother must be a healthy mother.
The experienced fraternity shouldn't be approached
without careful physical preparation.
Correct and practical counsel lis what the expectant and would.
be mother needs and this counsel she can secure without cost by
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-23

unable to become pregnant: but since 1 have used it nv
health is much improved. and I have a big baby boy, the low
and pride of our home"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-06-02
NEED OF MORE MEN.
Present Force Inadequate to Garri-
son Towns Taken in Philippines.
AGAINST CONCILlATORY METHODS.
Army OHicials Dissatisfied with the way
the Commissioners Are Conducting
Peace Negotiations Jolo Is
Occupied 10y Americans.

Manila. May 27.-The events of the
past week have emphasized the need of
a much larger army here, without
which, according TO the best authori-
ties in Manila, il would bee attempting
the impossible TO expect TO establish
American supremacy in The Philippine
islands. The inadequacy of the Amer
lean forces is said TO be responsible for
the large total loss in the number of
small encounters, without material re-
suits as compensation. Most OF the
fighting had been in territory which
the Americans had swept. but had been
compelled 20 abandon because they
could not spare troops TO hold il.
The forces commanded by Gcn. Mac
Arthur and Lawton held two Important
lines of communication and commerce,
the railroad to san Fernando and the
Rio Graudc river. But much of the
country they have swept, including
score, of the smaller towns and some
of the larger ones. have been left un-
covered, simply for want of men TO
hold them and the inSurgeut, have re-
turned and are occupying the towns
the Americans abandoned and are
camping in the Jungle, and woods out
side others, on the watch for chances
To haraSS the garrison> and stack
scouting parties or detached companies
with greater forces, This is the kind
of warfare they prefer 90 regular bat
ties.
1t appears that the Filipinos who at
tackled the Third regiment between
San Miguel and Baliuag were part of
Rio del Pillars army. They came from
the south across the mountains. pre-
sumably TO meet wagon train which
Gen. Lawton expected along the road.
Thev.also planned TO capture several
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-06-02

supreme law called the constitution.
Our dear and respected represen-
tatives will in a short time give us
more Flaws of the most just character,
therefore in the name of the people
| thank them. From this day we
all commence to be republicans. We
ali extend our best wishes for the
prosperity of the new government
and that the country may be con-
Quoted along the broad road of the
common welfare, of honorable labor
and pacific progress.
Long live the Filipino Republic
Government.
EMILIO AGUINALDo.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-06-02

large attachments and were placed in.
ambush at different points. They fired .
from the jungle at at distance of 200
yards and gave the Americans one of !
the hardest fights experienced in the f.,
campaign. The Filipinos lost more
heavily than the Americans i'm all thei
recent encounters. The insurgent gen-H
erals take the loss Of arms more toI
heart than they do the loss of men.
Foreigners who have arrived here
from the insurgents country uuderl
the recent order or expulsion, say theA
cemeteries in all the towns are filed
with fresh graves. a majority Of the
Filipino wounded die because the in-e
surgent hospitals are inadequate, med
icines are scare and they have few sur
pcons. except Spanish captives who
have been impressed.
AGAINST CoNCILIAToEY METHODS.
Cincinnati, May -. - The Posts
Washington special says
There Is n feeling among the high officials OF
the war department against The action Of the
Schurman Philippine commission. which has
taken a hand in the peace negotiations. The
Conciliatory methods proposed by Schurmau
and his civilian colleagues do not meet their
approval. They stand by Gen. Otis In his de-
ciSion that unconditional surrender must pre-
codo all other propositions. This feeling pre-
walls not only in army circles. but men in
nu walks OF Ike have taken up the
| cry ana President Mckinley is beginning 10 be-
lieye that his commission is running contrary
% public opinion in this matter 1t has even
been suggested to- him That 10 would be well to
recall the commission altogether and leave the
Affairs solely iu the hands of the military nuthori
tics He has been told that Dewey would not
...Tt
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-06-02
Boards of Education Meets.

The board of education met at the
secretary's Office Saturday night and
passed on the question of Il superin-
tendent and principals for the three
buildings for the ensuing year. The
election resulted in the choice of Miss
Clifford Mitchell as superintendent
o schools and of Loren >. Minckley
as principal of the high school; l.. II
Wishard as principal of the north
school and George Freeman as prin-
cipal of the south school. Mr.. Wish
ard is the old principal of the north
building and bis retention is recog-
milton OF his excellent work. George
Freeman Is IA graduate of the lola
schools who has won an enviable
reputation in the work which he has
done since. He has taught several o
the country schools and won reputa.
ton as hard worker and competent
instructor. Mr.. Mnckley il a
stranger to lola people. He is IA New
Yorker who has spent several years
in Kansas At Baldwin and with rela.
tives near Lone Elm, this county.
The board adjourned without fiji.
ing any OF the vacancies in the
grades, but it is probable that about
the same corps OF teachers will be re-
tanned for the ensuing year
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-06-02

Last Saturday, May p, rs Jake
Hinkle and Frank Barth were going
home from town, just west of the
Brick Plant few rods, the outside
trace of the Off horse came unlocked
and as the horses would naturally
pull on ahead, the free end of the
singletree was pulled into the wheel
and the noise it made by striking ev-
cry spoke as the wheel revolved
frightened the horses and they began
to kick and run, breaking away from
the rig. Though the kindness of
John Mealy who was just coming up
the road, they were caught before
they got very far. The boys were
not hurt much but the vehicle was
broken and bent considerable. They
were delayed while in getting re
pairs but through the kindness of Mr.
Deleplain were soon on their way.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-06-02

Washington, May 2G,-Gen. Guy V.
Henry, who has just been superseded
as governor general of Porto Rico by
Gen. Davis, called on the president to-
day to pay his respects, Gen, Henry
talks enthusiastically of the island. lie
believes it has a prosperous future and
that the people viii eventually make
good citizens,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-06-02

Madrid, May 26.-Senor Don Emilio
CASTELAR,, the distinguished republican
orator and statesman, who had been
suffering from an attack of pulmonary
catarrh, contracted last winter. is dead.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-06-02

A Santa te passenger train ran into
some coal cars at Gallup, N. NJ, over.
turning an engine and piling up the
tender and mail and baggage cars.
Several passengers were injured.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-06-02
Hoods Pills

On retiring, and tomorrow your d.
gestive organs will be regulated and
you will be bright, active and ready
for any kind of work. This has
been the experience of others; it
will be yours. HOODS PILLS are
sold by all medicine dealers. rs cts.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-06-02
"oh. It's About 100000 :"

"Oh. It's About 8.OOO,OOO !!
Fred Horton had grand opening in
the south part of town saturday. He
opened up gas well which flows in
the neig h borhood OF 100000 cubic
feet every twenty.four hours. This
well was drilled on Elm Creek just
east OF the Pancoast place by the
lola Commercial Club and it consti-
tutes the only bonus which the club
will give to the immense Portland &C.
ment works which are to be construct
ed just south OF town. The gas sand
was struck at a depth of about S05
feet and the drill was sent fifteen
feet into the sand, opening up a
strong flow. 1t will he remembered
that the Cement company sank well
on their land southeast of town and
failed to find gas, but the volume of
gas which this well puts at their dis
posal together with the other land
which they have acquired in sure
territory means that they will have
all the gas they will need for years
and years to come.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-06-02
THE PEACE CONGRESS-
The Question Of Revising the
Geneva Treaty Discussed.
WONEN'S RESOLUTIONS FOR PEACE.
An Album, Accompanied by an Address,
Presented by Madame Selenka to NJ.
de Staal-Gcrman View About
Arbitration.

1 ne IluHuts May bOlI NtNllbho
of the committee on the laws of war
fare of the peace conference met sep
arately yesterday and began the eX-
animation Of the subject submitted TO
them. the Red Cross section, discussing
paragraph five and paragraph six. of
the circular of Count Muravieff Rus
sian minister of foreign affairs, and
the Brussels conference section dis
cussing paragraph seven. Both sec
| tions met subsequently and discussed
che question of competence as regards
che scheme for the revision of the Ge-
neva treaty known as the NJ orgnier
| scheme.
The Morgnier scheme comprises modi-
fications on the Geneva convention in
connection with wounded and sick
prisoners, members of the military
! hospital service. conveys for the
wounded. ambulances, hospitals. prop
erty belonging to neutralized persons
religious and medical stats and kindred
subjects. The scheme applies equally
to land and sea warfare. II was pro-
posed TO submit the scheme to another
committee for discussion and the ques-
ton was then raised whether the con-
ference was competent to deal with
the matter. Those taking a negative
view argued that the conference had
decided in principle and all the govern
mcnts represented had agreed that
nothing should be submitted to the
conference leyond the eight points in
the circular of Count Muravief. They
contenoed that if the conference once
infrinFed this rule a precedent would
be created. leading to numerous diff
culties, including probably the spring
ing of the Armenian. Macedonian and
similar questions upon the conference.
II was also pointed ont 10y the OPP
ponents of the proposal TO refer that,
inasmuch as the Morgnier scheme
dealt mostly with the wounded and
with hospitals it would be IMPOSSIBLE
to discuss the proposed notifications
effectively without the cooperation of
doctors. who alone would be capable
of deciding many of the points in issue.
As matter of fact, there is no man of
medical training among the delegates.
The committee finally adjourned with
out reaching a decision.
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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-06-02

These pills specific of Rheumatism Loeomotor
Aax Paralysis and other diseases of the blood and
supply elements build the blood
and strengthen this that the pills effect
many of apparently widely different character