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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-01
A LiRhtnfng Rod Story.

The lightning rod agent is no re-
specter of persons or colors. A cor
respondent of the Texas Farm and
Ranch tells this story of a little log
house: "a negro's family occupy it.
At one time this negro's note was
good for as much as $50. About that
time a lightning rod agent came
through the county. He ascertained
that said negro's note was good for
100 feet of rod and he sold it to him,
charging him $50, taking his note in
payment. The negro paid the note
and has never since had that much
money. It's rather an incongruous
sight 10 see q $50 lightning rod on q
seven-dollar house; still it furnishes
another instance of how much some
people love to humbug and others to
be humbugged."
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-01

A Detroit man, whose wife was coming to
San Francisco on a visit, accompanied her
as far as Chicago and put her on the overland
half of a five dollar bill that he had torn in
two, telling the man that his wife had the
other half and would give it to him at the
end of the journey if she were properly
looked after. When he got home he found
half of the torn bill, and a few days later he
received a letter from his wife reminding
him of the fact, and saying she had torn a
dollar bill in two and given half of it to the
porter. Somewhere along the line there
of two worthless bills in his possession and
q firm conviction that he has been worked
by some sort of a new him1am game. Mean.
while, the Detroit man is anxious to find out
what sort of reasoning his wife used when
whole of that one dollar bill.-San Francisco
ArQonaut.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-01
Cheerful Information.

A party of Stanford professors under.
took, for a scientific object, to penetrate
into the depths of In old Toulumne
mine. One of the number relates the
following startling incident: On his
ascent in the ordinary manner, by
means of a bucket, and with a miner for
a fellow passenger, he perceived, as he
thought, unmistakable symptoms of
weak places in the rope. How often do
you change your ropes, my good man?"
he inquired, when about halfway from
the bottom of the awful abyss. 1--WE
change them every three months, SIR"
replied the man in the bucket; "and we
shall change this one tomorrow if we
get up safe to day, sir."-San Francisco
Wave.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-01
GOOD THING TO HAVE.
Description of ScaldinR Trough and
Steamer That Can Be Used for
Variety of Purposes.

Have any of your readers ever used
. scslding trough having boards for
sides, sheet iron for bottom and ends,
and found that it was a great saver OF
labor? l have one which / made %
years ago and am still using. 1 cook
beans and potatoes or steam anything
l wish in it. Besides, it is used for
scalding hogs at butchering time. Fol-
this purpose it is ahead of anything ]
ever used. The largest hog can be
scalded easily. To get the hogs out,
I use a rope and roll them out as ]
would roll a log on a sleigh. Two mel
can easily scald a compound hog. This
trough is light, cheap and easy to make.
and car be set up wherever you wish &c
use it.
For making, select two Pinch pine
boards (a) each 6 feet long and 2 feet
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-01
HELPED b CHEF.
How . Loyal Engineer Did His Broth
er Great Service.

Meadville, Pa, Nov. &c, 1900.-(Spe-
cial.)-The Loyalty of the Members OF
the Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers is proverbial. A circumstance
occurred in this city some days ago,
which emphasizes this feeling.
Frank ]. Zeller is Chief of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
No. 143. He is extremely popular
among his fellow railway men. and
one of the best known Engineers rum
ming out of Meadville. When the an
nouncement was made a short time
ago that Frank was pretty sick, it
caused a great deal of regret among
the boys. Soon he was missed from
his engine, having had to "lay off,
on account of his back. A brother of
the brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers, who had been i'll with similar
symptoms, some time before, and who
had been pulled through, called to see
Mr.. Zeller, and in a brotherly way,
took with him a box of Dodd's Kidney
Pills, the Remedy which had cured
him. He advised Mr.. Zeller to try
them, with the result that after seven
boxes had been used. he was entirely
we'll, and able to work.
In an interview Mr.. Zeller states:
Il had suffered for four years with
this affection. being often kept awake
at night with pains. and at times un-
able to work. 1 tried several of the
advertised remedies, and found that
they did me no earthly good. Finally,
a member of Order, who had been
cured of Kidney Disease by Dodd's
Kidney Pills brought me a box, and
asked me to try them. I had little
faith in them, but as a drowning man
grasps at a straw to help him, so I
took the Pills. 1 used seven boxes.
and am to-day as well and strong q
nan as there is in Pennsylvania"
Naturally, MI. Zeller feels very
grateful, and his complete recovery
has delighted his many friends. and
none more than the good Brother.
who feels that he was instrumental
IN saving the life Of the Chief.
Dodd's Kidney Pills never fail to
curt Kidney Trouble.
Sold for so cents q box, all dealers.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-01
Gain Fame While Young,

According to Prof. Halleck over so
per cent. of the greatest musicians, art
lists, poets and scientists became ia
nous before the age of 80. "In the case
of the vast majority" said the professor
in a recent lecture in Philadelphia, "the
brain attains its maximum weight by
the age of Is. Examination of sections
OF the spinal cord have shown that be-
tween the time of birth and the age of
Is there has been 100 per cent. increase
in the number of developed nerve cells,
while an increase of only 4.6 per cent.
has been shown after 15.-Chicago Tri-
hume.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-01
Time to Go South.

For the present winter season the Louis
vile & Nashville Railroad Company has i'm.
proved its already nearly perfect through
service of Pullman Vestibuled Sleeping Cars
Louisville, st. Louis and Chicago, to Mo.
bile, New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, Thorn.
%asville, Ga, Pensacola, Jacksonville, Tam
pa, Palm Beech and other points in Florida.
Perfect connections made with steamer
lines for Cuba, Porto Rico, Nassau, West
Indian and Central American Ports. Tour.
list and Home Seekers excursion tickets on
sale at low rates. Write c. L. Stone, Gen.
eral Passenger Agent, Louisville, KY, for
narficulars
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-01

toms, and no woman should allow
herself to reach such a perfection of
misery when there is absolutely no
need of it. The subject of our por-
trait in this sketch, Mrs. Williams of
Englishtown, NJ, has been entirely
cured of such illness and misery by
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Conc
pound, and the guiding advice of Mrs.
Pinkham of Lynn, Mass.
No other medicine has such a record
for absolute cures, and no other medi-
cine is "just as good" Women who
want a cure should insist upon getting
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound when they ask for it at a store.
Anyway, write a letter to Mrs. Pink
ham at Lynn, Mass, and tell her all
your troubles. Her advice is free.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-01

Aches and aches and aches. Every move.
ment hurts. Standing, lying, sitting, walk:
ing, always aches. You may have relief il
you will. Science knows why your back
aches. Science has given the world Dodd's
Kidney Pills. They never fail. Thousands
who have doubted Just as you do now have
tried and proven them. Their evidence you
have. They say they have been cured. Many
had tried everything else and given up hope.
Many had been given up by the doctors.
They say that they have been completely
cured by the use Of Dodd's Kidney Pills.
You, too, may be cured. Do not suffer a
moment longer. Be sure you get the gen.
uine Dodd's Kidney Pills.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-01
The CenAua of 1000,

A booklet giving the population of ali
cities of the United States of 25,0N and
over according to the census of 1900, has
lust been issued by the passenger depart.
ment of the Chicago, Milwaukee 4 st. Paul
Railway, and a coftE of it may be obtained
by sending your address, with two-cent
stamp to pay postage, to the General Passen.
ger Agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul Railway. Chicago, III.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-01
HOw'D ThiSf

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. j. Cheney & Co., Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F. j.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac
tions and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To.
ledo, o.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bot.
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials
free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-01
scALD1NG TROUGH IN POSITION.

wide. Round the lower corners OF
each as shown in cut, SO as to form a
circle 1 foot in diameter. Place
boards on edge, round Up.
Place a piece of sheet iron 10 feet long
and IS inches wide on the boards, and
commence mailing in the middle, nail
ing both sides along evenly, SO that
the iron will not be wavy. When done
mailing the sheet iron will extend past
edge of plank. Do not cut this off, but
place trough side up and bend the
sheet iron over top of plank and nail
securely. l drove nails every inch, not
in a row, but zigzag. 1 used No. 6, eX-
cept the last few, where the iron was
turned back. There 1 used No. s.
To set up the trough, dig a ditch z
or Sfeet long, 6 inches wide and 6 inches
deep at pipe end, and tajering a little
toward the end where the fire will be.
Enlarge to IS oil 20 inches wide for fire
box. Place the soil from ditch along
the side of trough so that it will when
leveled prevent any fire coming near
edge where wooden sides are. Put on
elbow and a few lengths of %stovepipe
at M end (b), and fire at the other.
The water in the trough will soon be
heated scalding hot and but little wood
will be required to do it. With tight
cover on, you a soc boil 100 gallons
of water. Ny trough holds nearly 200
gallons. BY adding an extra bottom,
some use this trough for their hog
feed. The extra bottom keeps the feed
from burning. A damper (d) before
fire to force draft under fire is a great
help to make it heat better.-J. A.. Nc
Pherson, in Orange Judd Farmer.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-01
Try Grafn-o! Try Grain.O!

Ask your Grocer to-dayt oshow you a pack.
age of GRAIN-O, the new food drink that
takes the place of coffee. Children may
drink it without injury. as well as adults.
seal brown of Mocha or Java, but is made
from puregrains, and the mostdelicat lie stom.
ach receivesit without distress. I the price OF
coffee. l5c. and 25c. per package. Allsrocers.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-01
DO YGJ FEEL LIKE THsp
Pen Picture for Women.

u am SO nervous, there is not a
well inch in my whole body. I am so
weak at my stomach and have indi-
gestion horribly, and palpitation Of
the heart, and | am losing flesh. This
headache and backache nearly kills
me, and yesterday l nearly had hyster.
les; there is a weight in the lower part
of my bowels bearing down all the
time. and pains in my groins and
thighs; l cannot sleep, walk, or sit,
and l believe / am diseased all over |:
no one ever suffered as l do"
This is a description o. thousands of
cases which come to Mrs. Pinkham's
attention daily. An infamed and ul-
cerated condition of the neck of the
womb can produce all of these symp-
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-01
For His FamiIy's Sake.

Texas Bill-Quick, Mandy! Help me
git inter them boots Nv mine!
His Wife-But the doctor says you
must not get up-that you are liable to
die at any time from heart failure.
'1That's jist hit! S'pose 1 dies with
my boots off? Won't Their boys all say
I've lost my nerve er turned prohibi-
zionist? An I amt Their man ter leave
that ter be throwed up ter my family"
m Y Post.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-01
Paving Stones of Grass.

Paving blocks made of meadow grass
are now manufactured. Their inventor
was a clergyman, and the meadow
grass, impregnated with oil. tar and
resin, is pressed into blocks and finally
bound with iron straps. The advan-
tages claimed for these blocks are that
they are noise.ess and elastic, resist the
wear well and are impervious to heat
and cold.-Chicago Chronicle.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-01
Judging by Appearances.

Dyer-Is that solemn-looking young mar
across the way an undertaken?
Gyer-Yes; that is, he is a grocery clerk
who has undertakes to support a wife on
a salary of six dollars a week.-Chicago
Evening News.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-01

Hawkins-"I see a man out west rescued
a widow from drowning, and she married
him in three days" Robbins-"What
caused the delay?"-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-01
A Mean Trick,

Hingso-Yes, 1 let my wife bowl all she
waets.
Jlngso-Why?
81 twit her about her strength and bet she
can't carry up the coal from the CELLAR
Syracuse Herald"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-01
Back Action.

''They say massage will cure baldness:"
Nonsense! / know men who got bald
trying to learn to pronounce massage
Indianapolis Journal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-01
Halls Family Pills are the best.

ABreach of Etiquette.-He"I notice you
don't speak to the Uptowns any more. What
have they done?" She-Done? Vulgar
things! Lost all their money!"-Philadel-
phia Bulletin.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-01
Wise Proprietor.

"See here!" exclaimed the disguised guest,
"this meats simply awful. Where's the
proprietor of this joint"
Hes gone out to lunch, sir" replied the
waiter.-Philadelphia Press.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-01

Old Party-"Do you enjoy going to school,
my dear" Up-to-Date Kid-"Pretty well;
but l enjoy coming home from school a good
deal better."-Somerville Journal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-01
Jell.O, The New Dessert,

pleases all the family. Four flavors:-Lem.
on, Orange, Raspberry and Strawberry. At
your grooers. 10 cts. Try it to-day.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-01
sIeepers Via M, X &

Excursfon S1eepers Via NJ, X. q T. Ry.
Weekly Excursion Sleepersleav St. Louis
via Katy Flyer on. X. & I. Ry.) every Tues
iay at S:l6 p. m. for San Antonio, Los An
geies and San Francisco.
Weekly Excursion Sleepers leave Kansas
City via the NJ. X. & I. Ry. every Saturday
at 9:05 p. m. for San Antonio, Los Angeles
and San Francisco.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-01

You will never profit by your mistakes a,
long as you blame others for them.-Atch-
ison Globe.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-01

WILLIAMS MIC" CO Props. CLIvEiISD' ONO
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-08-28
Probate Court.

Private sale of the personal property
of Earl c. Pell, Of Canton, who recently
made an assignment has been ordered
by the probate court.
In the assignment of the Princess
Plow works, of Canton, private sale of
personal property has been ordered.
The final account has been filed In
the estate Of John Charlton, of Lexing-
ton township.
In the estate Of George F. Yingling,
Of Minerva, representation Of insolv-
ency has been filed and estate declared
probably insolvent.
An application for the appointment
of a guardian of Nancy Oberlin. OF
Plain township. has been filed In pro-
bate court.
A supplemental Anal account has
been filed In the estate of Blanch King
of Canton.
Ohio vs. o. M. Hendricks, In probate
court. application to admit to bal
granted. Recognisance nied and ap'
proved.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-08-28
ESCAPED INMATE
Captured Down In Pike Town.
ship and Returned to Mas
sillOn Hospital.

Infirmary Director Hardgrove and
Supt. Lichtenwalter brought Oran
Wolf to the police station Thursday af-
ternoon from Pike township. 1t ap-
pears that on Wednesday noon Wolf
and an inmate named Fulmer escaped
from the Massillon hospital and went
down into Pike township. They called
at several residences there and upon
learning where they came from the in
firmary director was notified and ar
rangements were made to return with
them to this city and then take them
to Massillon. When Fulmer heard Of
the arrangements he skipped out but
Wolf was held and brought to this city.
He said that he had gone to Pike town
ship to look after some coal mines
which he has in operation there. Wolf
sustained an accident some years ago
which resulted in his present demented
condition. He has a family residing
some miles distant from this city, who
own a large farm. Wolf was taken
over to Massillon by Messrs. Hardgrove
and Lichtenwalter.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-08-28
CAIRO CULLINGS.

Cairo, Aug. "a.
Miss Maggie Bishop, of Carton, has
spent her vacation at home with her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Adam Bishop.
Mr.. William Cocklin and family, of
Akron, spent Saturday with her par
ents.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Brouse and daugn-
ter, Flessie, spent Saturday and Sun
day with relatives in Cuyahoga Falls.
The Brumbaugh reunion was held in
Midway, Saturday. The attendance was
500 and all report a good time.
The rain on Sunday was gladly re-
ceived by the farmers.
Mr.. Erwin Richards, of Lake, Sun
dayed with Jacob Wagner and family.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cordier is sick with
typhoid fever.
Jessa Rogrick and family, Of Can
ton, visited in Cairo, Sunday.
Mrs. Sarah Brumbaugh and children,
of East Akron, spent few days with
her mother, Mrs. Shaffer.
Abraham Henney Is building an ad-
dition to his house.
The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs
George Grubb Is sick with cholera in
fantum.
Apples are good crop In this part OF
Stark county and Mr.. Lewis Werstlei
is squeezing the juice olt Of the croI
at lively rate.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-08-28
AKRON AND MANSFIELD
Mentioned In a Reference to the
Recent DOings In the
Two Towns.

Chicago Record: The mob that ter
Ohio, causing the death Of several and
the wounding of many, was maiEly
composed of unreasoning fools and dis
reputable scoundrels. Processing to
seek vengeance on an imprisoned negro
for an assault upon child, its course
would have been reprehensible If 1t
had limited itself to hunting down the
when the leaders learned that the negro
had been taken to place Of safety
the continued attacks upon the Jail
gave unmistakable evidence Of the
brutal nature Of the men who were en-
gagged in the disturbance. They COM
mitted murder and arson, not to get a
wretch against whom their minds were
infiamed by sympathy for his victim,
but to punish officers who had per-
formed their duty. This characteristic
stamps the participants In the ARRAY as
toughs Of the lowest type. If Ohio is to
be cursed with any more such affairs
It will be due to the Indifference shown
by the respectable and law-abiding cit
liens who condoned the proceedings
that recently occurred at Mansfield.
Mob law In the south has been Sc
verely condemned by the press through
out the country In circumstances less
| Objectionable that those at Akron.
| While the criminal sought after was q
negro. 1t is probable that racial ami
mostly had little or nothing to do with
| the excesses. The criminal was out of
reach before the deadly work was
done. Ungovernable brutality. directed
against the officers Of the law, was the
salient characteristic of the Akron mob.
and the continuation Of It's work on
the second day indicates that 1t was
a gathering OF criminals and not an
assemblage Of impulsive good citizens
moved to wrath by a shocking crime.
Not until theS murderers and thugs
who defied the law In Akron have been
severely punished will It be possible
for Ohio to say much about mob rule
In other communities.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-08-28

ratio, 1s to I. The following lines tell
It:
Four years have passed and men and
things are better understood;
Imperial rule is manifest, and rev
gold bonds are good.
All which are opening peoples eyes,
and letting in the light
That will elect our Bryan in the next
November fight.
Bondholders have been cared for, and
trusts been favored too,
And former silver utterances some
have not kept in view,
But yet We must acknowledge that
the silver coinage done
Has been according to the law that
says 16 to /.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-08-28
SENSATIONAL CHARGES
Likely to Be Filed Against a
Former Well Known
CantCnian.

The Cincinnati Enquirer carries a spe-
cial from Columbus that makes refer
ence to Superintendent w. e. Seton,
Of the Mansfield reformatory. Mr..
Seton was formerly a we'll known Cam
tonian, superintendent of the Princess
Plow company and was at one time
president of the council, in which he
represented the Seventh ward. The
special says:
Charges of decidedly sensational
character are to be filed against the
superintendent and two or three guards
Of the Mansfield reformatory by Frank
j. Dildine, marshal Of Tifin. Dildine
was here the other day to see the gov
ernor, and it is presumed he thor
oughly acquainted him with the mat
ter. On August 15, so it is charged,
the police officers Of Tiffin captured a
quartet Of burglars, one Of whom was
identified as Charles owen. He was
received at the reformatory November
22, 1898, from Erie county for burglary
and larceny.
Last April he was paroled, but vio-
lated the conditions Of his release. A
reward was offered by the superinten-
dent Of the reformatory for his arrest
and dentention and when the superin-
tendent learned that he was in custody
in Tiffin he instructed the marshal to
bring him to the institution. The mar
shall complied, and upon his arrival
demanded the reward
The reformatory officials and guards
wanted him to deliver the prisoner to
them before the reward was paid, and
he refused. Then they tried to take
possession Of the prisoner by force. The
marshal resisted, and in the scuffle
which followed his coat sleeve was torn
out and he was obliged to draw his
revolver to defend himself.
When the officials found they could
not intimidate him they paid the money.
Now he is going to file charges.