Pike County Democrat, Volume 30, Number 20, Petersburg, Pike County, 22 September 1899 — Page 3

■ JOHR C HUBINGER. Btwirlukle Career of a Well-Know* Western Capitalist, Manufacturer aad Pbllnnthropist. '* Among the leaders of the progressive element for which the midle west is famous, Mr. John C. Hubinger, of Keokuk, la., reigns without a peer. As a manufacturer, as an enterprising capitalist and as a philanthropist his fame has spread over many states, and his financial enterprises have developed many obscure towns into progressive, thrifty and wide-awake cities. Mr. Hubinger, although but 47 years of age, can look back upon scores of commercial victories, each one of which has benefited mankind, for his liberality is as bountiful as his business sagacity is marvelous. He was born in New Orleans, La., his parents being of French and German origin. When he was four years old, his family removed to Kentucky, in which state young Hubinger received a public school education. Almost before reaching man’s estate he secured patents on a number of valuable mechanical inventions, thereby laying the foundation of his present fortune. By inclination and force of circumstances his attention was early directed to the manufacture of starch by improved processes, and in the cfinrse of time he became the head of a eoneern having an annual business of millions of dollars. But genuine ambition n^ver quite satisfied with existing conditions. works ever toward perfection, and after years of painstaking study and research Mr. Hubinger has made a __t

JOHN C. HUBINGER. discovery, which he considers the > browning event of his wonderful career, and which is embodied in a new article of commerce, known as Red Cross Starch (Red Cross trade mark.) He is planning to distribute millions of packages of thfs starch to the housewives of America, at a merely nominal price to the consumer, in order to make its merits known without delay. Thus, for but 5 cents two large 10c packages of Red Cross Starch may be had, together with two magnificent , Shakespearean views printed in 12 beautiful colors, or a Twentieth Century 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 $1.00. 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 Missisisppi Valley Telephone Co., with 10,000 telephone subscribers In Minneapolis and St. Paul—nor will bis augmented activity interfere with his social obligations and exercise of the splendid hospitality whiefi he dis- ,, penses at his palatial Keokuk home. Mr. Hubinger’s family, consisting of himself, wife and four children, is the pivot around which his activity revolves, 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 business or public cares.

Accommodated. At the end of his two M'eeks’ vacation, wanting a third week, he telegraphed his employer: “Very sick. Please hold my job.” . _ , _ s And back came this mystifying reply: "lake all time you want to get well. An°ther man is holding your job.”—PhilndelJMua North American. The Bratet “He tried to kiss me, judge,” said the ■male complainant. “Did he succeed?” queried the court. No, sir. “Five dollars’ fine!” thundered the court, turning, to the prisoner. “Be more Careful next fime.”—Philadelphia North American. PROGRESS. With time, comes progress and ad' vancement in all lines of successfully conducted enterprises. Success cornea to those only who have goods with superior merit and a reputation. In the manufacture of laundry starch foi the last quarter of a century J. C Hubinger has been the peer of all ethers and to-day is placing on the market the finest laundry starch ever offered the public under our new and original method. Ask your grocer for a coupon book which will enable you to get the first two large 10 cent packages of his new •tarch, RED CROSS, TRADE MARE brand, also two of the children’* Shakespeare pictures painted in tv.-elve beautiful colors as natural a* Hfe, or the Twentieth Century Girl Calendar, all absolutely frea. All grocers are authorised to give ten large packages of RED CROSS STARCH with twenty of the Shakespeare pictures or ten of the Twentieth Century ’‘Girl Calendars, to the first five purchasers of the Endless Starch Chain Book. This is one of the grandest offers ever made to Introduce the RED CROSS laundry starch, J. G. Hubinger’* latest Invention. ..Vi 4s

CHEAP FtRM CISTERN. QewrtpUaa of Oae That la l*ecallar> Ijr Ada|i ted for Rnrloioa 'Where Hcjr Suhaoll Prevails. Where clay subsoil prevails, and this (s 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 bottom is reached, when you will have a jug-shaped figure. Now inscribe a second circle five inches larger than the

A CHEAP CISTERN. irst, cutting it down two feet in depth, ns shown in illustration, which forms a shoulder upon which to build the brick top. This top is necessary in order to guard against frost ehipping the cement, and al$<y to allow a smaller focus ut top, which allows the cistern to be 'iept in a better sanitary condition. After the clay wall has become somewhat dry, take a mallet and chisel and chip numerous crevices into the clayi It is now ready to trowel on the cement. After the walls are well troweled down, ireet the brick top, laying each brick with good cement mortar, cementing and troweling down both inside and outside of wall until top is reached, then ?rect sewer tile as shown in illustration, cementing it Well. Fill excavation, mounding up slightly, and you have a cistern that is pure, clean and sanitary and will undoubtedly give you no trouble as long as you live. Make it large enough to hold a bountiful supply of water.—George W. Brown, in Ohio Farmer. FEEDING FARM HORSES A Canadian Farmer Telia of a System Which Ham Produced Very Sutlataotory Reunite. I have always believed that we farmers feed too much hay to our horses. Certainly \\e feed fully twice as much as our friends in the city, and only about half as much grain as horse-owners in1 the city feed. Since June I, I have been feeding my horses by a novel method, which 1 find eminently satisfactory. At the end of May, this year, I found myself without hay for my horses, and a large amount of work to do. I could procure hay from some of my neighbors, but of very poor quality. This kind of hay I did hot want. Up to this time the grass pasture was very poor, but along toward June it began to be fair. I therefore decided to get along without hay, and depend entirely on pasture and grain. On the evening of June 1, I turned my work horses to pasture. In the morning I took them up and gave them a feed of oats and . bran, about five quarts per horse. That is all they got for break

fast, in addition to what grass they had eaten. At noon they were fed no hay. only a feed of oats and bran — six quarts per animal, and nothing else. At four o’clock, as is usudl with ns, we took them up for tea, watered them and fed another feed of oats. At sundown, when we knock off w’ork, the horses were turned out to pasture. This has been and is still the “bill of fare” for my horses—grass during the night, and grain (about a half-bushel of oats, in three feeds) during the day. As a result, my horses are doing splendidly and gaining all the time. I am greatly pleaded with this method of feeding horses—hay or pasture at night, and grain during the day.—J. A.' Macdonald, in County Gentleman. The Right Kind ot Beef. In regard to the kinds of beef which the killer and eater demand a writer in the Southern Planter says: “Give special attention to well-developed loins, backs and hips, tor it is upon these of a fat steer the buyer puts the value of the steer when he stands in the market as beet. It is not simply the fatness of a steer that puts the highest price upon him in the market, but it is the steer that is fat at the right places on his carcass that makes him top the market. I once sold a car load of Shorthorn grades in the Philadelphia market which popped the market that day of 10,000 beeves, and the buyer took as much pains in examining those cattle as many people would do in buying a home.” It 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 a »afe distance between yourself and a cross hog. Pigs need little or no bedding ht rammer; a dry, shady knoll is far hah tar titan a board straw had. —

A STUPID REPORTER. Fke Editor Said Ht DMi't Ku« Beans Wkra the Baa Was Open. The city editor of the eastern nenespaper was a Kentuckian, and when it happened that a well-known Kentucky bachelor had discovered that the parents of the object of his choice objected to hint, he simply did as did the brave knights of old and as do the thoroughbred Kentuckians of to-day, to-wit, he caught up the lady and ran away with her and married her anyhow. It was a great story if the editor could get it; but the happy couple when they arrived in the east traveled incog., and it was difficult to find them. The editoT, however, received a tip and sent a reporter, an eastern-born man, to work it up. After three hours the reporter returned to the office. “Well?” inquired the editor, in that uncomfortably terse way editors have. “I couldn’t find them,” responded the reporter. “The clerk at the hotel said they had not had any people from Kentucky in three weeks and the only com-bination-that showed any signs of newly marriedness were registered from Kansas, lie said they were up in the parlor with some friends and I could »o up and ask the man if he w-as from Kentucky if I wanted to.” • “Well?” inquired the editor, as the reporter caught his breath. “Of course 1 wanted to, and I went right up and sent in my card. The boy took me to a seat in the corner, and the man said he would see me an a minute or two. The party were^over on the other side of the room talking. Finally the man came over, and when I asked him if-he was from Kentucky he said that he was not, but was from Kansas aud would be leaving for the west in half an hour. Then 1 got out.” “Um—er,” said the editor, drawing down his brows. “Did you hear what the man was talking about to the party he was with?*’

\es, he was talking' about horses. “Um—er, and the lady?” “Geeroosalem!” exclaimed the reporter, enthusiastsically, “she was the prettiest thing that ever came over the pike. Talk about beauty, why—” “Shut up!” interrupted the editor, savagely, “and get out. You don’t know beans when the bag’s open. You make me tired, you do. You had ’em right in your fist, and you didn’t know it. Great Caesar,, man, you wouldn’t know a corkscrevv from a gimlet. A man talking horse and a pretty woman and you thought they were from Kansas!” And the editor was too much overcome even to swear.—‘Washington Star. MAN WITH AN APPETITE. i He Caused a Sensation When He Fair* ly Got to Worlc with Knife and Fork. .. A man with a half inch of dust on his eoat and hat walked into a restaurant at the top of one of Chicago's high buildings the other evening, plumped himself down at a table commanding a view of the lake and ordered a table d’hote repast. It was brought, and went the way of all good things in remarkably, short time. When he had nibbled the last crumb of toasted biscuit and drained the last drop of black coffee he sallied the waiter and said: “Repeat.” The waiter looked puzzled'. “Yes, sah. You want—” “Dinner,” answered the man, laconically. The waiter’s eyes grew big as he said: “Another, sah?” The diner turned on him fiercely. “Why not, you fool nigger? Can’t a man eabmore than one meal here?” The waiter fled and the second dinner appeared. Fifteen minutes it, too, was but a memory. Again the waiter was beckoned for.

“Do it again,” commanded the man with the dusty coat. This time there was no hesitation shown, and a third repast was brought. By this time every occupant of neighboring tables was gazing in fascinated wonder at the man with the colossal appetite, and their own dinners stood neglected. At length a1 rotund gentleman at the next table, unable to longer restrain his curiosity, leaned over confidentially and observed: “Wager?” The man with the dust on his coat looked up and said; “Nope.” “No? Thought perhaps— In the professional line?” “Nope.” “Wife away from home?” “Nope; just got here.” “Indeed!” The other stopped at a loss for further conjectures. “Well, do you mind telling me why—” “Not a bit, stranger. But first just let me ask you one question.” “Certainly.” - “Did you ever travel through Kansas and Iowa on a one-horse railroad with a convention on board with you, and have to get off the train for your meals?” “Never, sir!” replied the curious one. The man with the dust on his coat waved his hand at the grinning waiter. “Well, I have— Repeat! ”—Chicago Inter Ocean. The Applies. Indignant Citizen—Oh, yes, yon arrest a few newsboys for shooting craps for pennies, but you let the big gamblers go unharmed—I almost said tintouched. City Official—Have you never heard of the proverb about taking cere of the pennies and lettingthe dollars take tare of themselves.

ARE NOT MERE BUTTERFLIES. Mra. Herman Oelriehs is a practical cook, and could run a school of that art. ' Mrs. Van Rensselaer Cruger, wife o! a millionaire, is a hard-working literary woman. ^ Mrs. Harry Payne^Whitney, who ia a Vanderbilt, could easily give lessons in fencing. Mrs. Russell Sage can manipulate stocks with a skill approximating her husband's. > They say Mrs. Clinch-Smith, of New York, who was Bertha Barnes, of Chicago, can do coon songs better than May Irwin. Mrs. George Gould, if disaster came, could go back on the stage, where she was popular, and co~ naand a handsome salary. She makes shrewd investments, it is said, with4»er liberal pocket money. Alt a Rockefeller,4bv her father’s wish, was taught the typewriter and shorthand. Besides this, she could turn to account her fine musical education, and it is said she does teach several young women of talent who cannot afford to pay for lessons. * Mrs. Willie K. Vanderbilt, Jr. (Virginia Fair), and Mrs. Clarence Mackay (Kittie Duer) design their own gowns, sending the modiste a rough water color sketch. If need be, they could make money by doing this for other women. Helen Gould is a first-class lawyer, and were it not for the fact that‘she | has a horror of masculine or pushing I women would have made a success in Lsome public career. She has a good ! business head, and often advises her I brothers on some Wall street tangle. Elsie Clews, daughter of the Xew York millionaire, has just been appointed school inspector. To be sure, she gets no salary, but the appointment proves her ability. Miss Clews’mother wished her daughter to devote her time to society, but the young girl insisted on going to college, and has always been Interested in questions of the day, at W»ll an «fti>rT>fM\n test* _

THE MARKETS. New York, Sept. 18. CATTLE—Native Steers^.,.* 4 50 6 15 COTTON—Middling . d* 6* FLOUR—Winter Wheat. .. 3 00 dt 3 75 WHEAT-No. 2 Red. 72%Cn 74* CORN—No. 2. <l6 40 OATS—No. 1. 26*di 26* FORK—New Mess. 9 00 $ 9 50 ST. LOUIS. COTTON—Middling .. BEEVES—Steers. Cows and Heifers. CALVES-tper 100i. HOOS—Fair to Choice. SHEEP—Fair to Choice— FLOUR—Patents (ne x):— Clear and Straight. WHEAT—No. 2 Red Winter CORN—No. 2.. OATS—No. 2... RYe-No. 2. TOBACCO—Lugs .1. « Leaf Burley.... HAY—Clear Timothy mew) BU1TER—Choice Dairy.... EGGS—Fresh ... PORK—StandardMess(new) BACON-Ctear Rib. LARD—Prime Steam........ CHICAGO. CATTLE—Native Steers.... HOGS—Fair to Choice. SHEEP—Fair to Choice.... FLOUR—Winter Patents... Spring Patents... WHEAT—No. 2 Spring. No. 2 Red.... 4 25 2 50 4 50 4 00 3 50 3 40 2 75 3 80 4 50 9 00 16 4 30 4 15 3 50 3 50 3 40 71 6 6 15 4 40 7 00 4 70 4 00 3 55 3 25 70* 32 ^55 S 50 12 00 11 50 18 14 9 00 6* 5% 6 50 4 75 4 25 3 60 3 70 71* CORN-No. 2.... ^ OATS—No. 2. PORK—Mess (new)... 7 KANSAS .CITY. CATTLE—Native Steers. .. 4 HOGS—All Grades. 4 WHEAT-No. 2 Red. OATS—No. 2 White. CORN-NO. 2..... NEW ORLEANS. FLOUR—High Grade. 3 CORN—No. 2. .. OATS—Western . HAY—Choice .14 PORK—Standard Mess. BACON—Sides . COTTON—Middling . .. LOUISVILLE. WHEAT-No. 2 Red. CORN—No. 2 Mixed. OATS-No. 2 Mixed. PORK—New Mess...... 9 BACON—Clear Ribs. COTTON—Middling .

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