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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-07
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A Jewsier Who Believes There IL Sex

A Jeweier Who Believes There Is Sex In
Everything. Even In Diamonds
In the big show window Of n New
York jewelry store rested q small tray
that gathered a crowd of curious spec
tators to the window. Every time the
sunlight played upon the plate glass
the tray corr uscated with prismatic
hues of dazzling brilliancy. The tray
Is well known to the trade. 1t is de-
signed to display the remarkable varia
tons of the color of large African mine
diamonds, and contains examples of all
the colors known. 1t possesses great
interest for novices in gems, and the
jeweler is called upon half a dozen
times a day to explain the beauties of
the specimens.
ut took a long time to get this col
lection together" the jeweler said,
"and it is the only one in the town of
the kind nus arranged. You see here
the brown diamond, the absinthe, the
canary or yellow, the gem, the pink.
| the rotc. and the coffee and the green
diamond. The effect of these combina-
tions in the sunlight is enhancing.
Each predominant hue seems to impart
a distinct luster to the prismatic scintil-
~lations. When the tray is swung ia
and fro in the sunbeams it gives forth
as you see a perfect blaze Of rainbow
colors. These gems also illustrate diff.
ferent cuttings of the diamonds. Weri
they all set in a bracelet or a brooch OF
a necklace they would make n rarely
beautiful trinket, but it would cost a
heap of money"
The jeweler picked out n sparkle
held it forward in the show window.
This is a brazilian gen." he said
like which there is only one other in
the world, in Paris. and the French one
is not as pure or as large as this. This
is what is called a black diamond and
is valued at twenty-five hundred dol
lars. 1t weighs a trifle less than four
karats. Its beauty lies in the fact that
it changes its color in different lights.
In this strong sunlight you see it is al
most black, Tut it gives forth n pris-
matte radiance greater than that emit
ted by the best of the black gems. In
gaslight, you observe, the black hue
becomes n rich golden brown, and the
play of colors is changed, too. Dia-
monds of this sort are regarded by the
superstitious miners as gold stones
that is. gems possessing a power of inn
parting good luck to the owner in the
search for hidden gold. This stone was
secured in Paris, whittier it was brought
in rough for cutting by a Rio Janciro
merchant.
Here" continued the jeweler. sis
another curiosity" He picked up a
three-karat white stone with the tweez.
ers. 1T is q specimen that will prove
to you that there is a difference of sex
in the gems. This is what is called the
female, n multiplying diamond"
He held the gem under n strong mag
nifyiug glass and pointed to four or
five smaller diamonds, clustered about
one of the facets at the edge of the Ia
BILE of the tone. The male gem" the
jeweler said, sis sharp-pointed and
never gathers these embryo gems
There is a fine specimen alongside that
pink one 1t surprises most people
who see those specimens to be told that
they are of different sex as well as col.
ors, bu: such is the fact."-Jewelers'
Review.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-07
PERSONAL GOSSIP.

WHILE abroad W K. Vanderbilt haC
a marble bust OF himself made by Miss
Mary Grant, an English sculptor. which
he considers his best portrait
A AINFUL. accident befcll Edward J
Jerome. OF Sorwalk. Conn. While test
Ing some machinery his luxuriani
whiskers became entangled in the
wheels and were torn out by the roots.
A. NJ. IIoRBs. OF Shepherd, Mich
some seasons ago planted West India
coffee berries, and has used the same
each year in his family instead OF store
coffee. This year he harvested seven
bushels and is furnishing seed 10 his
neIghbors
SARAH RERNuARDr. while out riding
in Minneapolis. met several young
ladies' on buck boards returning from a
luncheon. and each unfastened a rose
that was a souvenir Of the occasion and
threw it at her. At the performance
that evening Sarah's corsage bouquet
was of roses
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-07
MILITARY DOINGS.

THE barrel OF the Krupp gun is
fourteen feet long, and each charge
costs 5000.
ENGLAND has moro than two thou
sand generals On her army lists, an
average of one to every company of
soldiers.
RUDYARD KILLING is accredited with
saying of Irish soldiers that they fight
like fiends, argue like children, reason
like ONE and obey like men.
THE penalty standing against n Ger
man soldier or sailor of the standing
army or navy who left the fatherland
was n fine of 200 marks or forty days
Imprisonment. That has now been
raised to 1000 marks fine or imprison-
ment for four months
SECRETARY TRACY has annulled the
naval regulation which prescribes a
salute of nineteen guns to the secretary
of the navy when he officially visits a
war vessel or naval station And he
will be just as big a gun as if he con-
tinued the other nineteen's racket.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-07
THE FARMING WORLD.
HANDY BOX.

Dine Like Il Would BE Found Useful on
Every Farm.
"Say, Pierce, you have got a bay
window to your stable" was the re-
mark Of a friend. Yes" l replied,
excepting the window" 1t came
about in this way: In February the
barn was overrun with rats, and after
putting everything eatable out of their
reach they attacked the harness, which
hung on pegs in the US ual way near
the stable. The first I knew about it
a breast collar, single harness, was
about half eaten up, and the collars of
a pair Of work harness seriously in
jured. It at once became apparent
that the harnesses must have a closet.
But where? As doors and stable were
arranged there seemed no convenient
place. For three weeks l ''toted" the
harnesses to the house, to the disgust
Of tn, women and to my own discom-
fort and annoyance. was awaiting a
bit of leisure time to decide where to
build that closet, and how.
Finally l hit upon the plan illustrated
in the e~ngravings and designated by my
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-07

One OF the popular paintings at the New
York Academy of Design was q yard-long
panel Of Roses. A crowd was always be.
fore It One art critic exclaimed such a
bit Of nature should belong TO all the peo-
pie. 1t is too beautiful for one man to hide
away"
The Youths Companion, Of Boston,
seized the idea fnd spent twenty thousand
dollars 10 reproduce the painting. The re-
suit has been q triumph Of artistic Gelicacy
and color.
The Companion makes this copy of the
painting an autumn gift TO each Of its five
hundred thousand subscribers. Any who
may subscribe now for the first time and
requests it, will receive 1.-THE Yard Of
Roses without extra charge while the edi-
ton lasts
Besides the gift OF this beautiful picture
all new subscribers will ret Give the Com
panion free from the time the subscription
is received till january first, including the
Thanksgiving and Christmas Double Num-
beers, and for a full year from that date.
The price of the Companion is 81 a. a year.
Every family should take this brightest
and best of illustrated literary papers In
addition 70 its local paper.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-07

He not only sports a seven dollar
tennis racket and a forty dollar bicycle.
but he must have a suitable dress to 60
with them.
We used to have a good game of ball
in patched trousers and bare feet and
an old straw hat Now the children
can't enjoy themselves at all without a
uniform and glove and face COVERING
and real bag Eases
A fish pole cut in the woods was good
en- ough for us, int a split bamboo u
boys must have.
We used to get pretty hot doses of
birch when we deserved it but now
adays it has gone out of fashion in the
homes as well as the ~schools-and we
think it ought to, for all the whippings
we got never made us any better-but
the contrary. Spare the child and
spoil the rod" is the improved version.
A curious Transformation takes place
in the small boy after he has been
awhile to school.
He suddenly becomes sensitive to
wearing old clothes Instead of fight
ing against being washed he washes
himself often and nearly destroys the
%hairbrush in his efforts before the
glass. He must have a clean collar
every day and have on his best neck
tie. He becomes quiet and oh, SO
good about the house. He never is
late to school and always knows his
lessons
And he becomes furious whenever a
mention is made of the little sweet
heart who has won his boyhood's first
affections.
The little girl is very nice in her way,
but she can't hold a candle to the small
boy.
May lie never grow old.-H. c.
Dodge, in GoodalI's Sun.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-07
THE FREAKS OF NATURE.

A BALTIMORE mulatto is turning pink.
A COW with seven legs is owned in
Athens, Ga The extra limbs grow
from the top of her shoulder,
The Star Fair, at Lewiston, Me-, had
a drawing card for the natives in the
shape of 4 lamb five months old. with
five legs, ten dew-claws and eleven
hoofs.
A PECULIAR bird was captured a few
days ago nea Cheyenne, Wyo. 1t has
the head. bcak and talons of an eagle,
but its plumage is shaded green and
blue, resembling that of a parrot
S. W. FoLLANsBEE shot a white crow
lea his mineral spring in the Troy
silica beds, New Hampshire II Is
claimed that the crow wasf turned
white by drinking the mineral Ulster,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-07
TALK OF THE CHILDREN.

A BosroN boy recently defined a wed
ding as nothing but a prayer meeting
with a sociable after it.
WnILE-"Aunt Jennie says she has a
crick in her back" Susie-"Graciousl
It beats all how some people do per.
spire. doesn't it2"
"MEN are not born free in this coun-
try" said Willie. There amt no
worse bulldozed slave in creation than
my baby brother"
Ma FASeLE-"Why. Johnny. what's
the matter with you?" Johnny twho
had just dropped some macaroni off his
f~ork)-'lt has crawlcd off"
she OVERRIDE THE MATTER - ~
thought" said the boys mother. that
| told you ! wanted you TO stay where
] could put my hand on you?" Il
d-didnt know" he whimpcred, that We
wanted me to git across yer knee an
stay there Washington Post
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-07
SHE CREATED A SENSATION.
1t Wasn't Her Pretty Pace That Mad
the People Star 9 at Her.

1t Wasn't Her Pretty Face That Made
the People Star 9 at Her.
She was a rather pretty girl, about
as pretty as the average Brooklyn girl,
and, as she walked down Fulton street
on one of the hot days last week, she
attracted more attention than the two
headed woman would have. had that
oddly-constrncted being taken n no
ton to go shopping. 1t wasn't her
pretty face which mads people stare at
her as she approached, and Their turn
round and stare harder than eve at
her back as she disappeared down the
street; it was the fnarfully and Won
derfully made dress in which she was
attired which made of her the ''ob-
served of all observers"
The material was sateen. with adark
ground, relieved here and there by
some of those large spots which were
so very popular land so equally obnox-
iousl during the past summer.
From her neck to a point about half
way down to her waist, bot h back and
front, 4 large semi-circle space had
been cut out and filled in" with some
kind of ies h-colored silk. The effect,
even at a distance of a few feet, was
positively startling. The silk was
about the same color as her neck and
face. and. as she approached, her ap-
pearance made you feel like taking off
your coat and handing it to her to get
home in. walked down Fulton street
after her for a block or so. and the
comments made on that costume by the
passers-by would fill a couple of col
umns. THE idea of wearing a low
neck like that on the street." said one
old woman who hadn't her glasses IL
ats outrageous. she ought to be ar.
rested" Then as she drew nearer, and
the old woman saw that it wasn't cuti-
Gle she was looking at, she exclaimed:
veil, we'll: | declare. it's her dress
what Won't some women do to attract
attention."
The pretty girl swept on her way, as
if totally oblivious to the excitement
she was creating, and probably rejoic-
ing in the innermost recesses of her
little soul that she was the only WON
an on Fulton street that afternoon
who was really in it"-Brooklyn
Eagle.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-07
GREENHOUSE c
Two Kinds Each of Which Is Substantial
and Easily Made.

Two Kinds Each of Which Is Substantial
and Easily Made.
We present herewith e~ngravings of
two methods of constructing substan-
tial greenhouse benches. The first
shows the style of bench used in n
new range of houses at Richmond, Ind.
The rails used were light L rails such
as are used on some street car lines.
The rails were used on some line that
had ca::se to change to another style of
rail, and were purchased at Il low price;
they answered the purpose just a well
as new rails. As shown in the illus
t~ration. the cross pieces are of the same
sized rail only placed right side up.
resting on the top of the front cedar
post and mortised into tn other cellar
post at the back. The three rails that
run l~engthwise are placed bottom side
up, so as to allow a broId. fiat surface
for the Stats or other bottom material
to rest on. The rails are held in
proper position by pieces of board cnt
SO as to fit in the spaces between them.
But it is necessary to hold them in
place only long enough to getth. states
or other bottom material in position.
The cedar posts are sunk IS iachcs
in the ground and are placed feet
apart, but they might just as well be
II feet apart As $. The side board is
held in position by galvanized iron
strips which pass through w Sits in
the board and clasp around the outside
rail. These are placed 4 feet apart
This is the weakest point about this style
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-07
Q THE L

HENS require green food in winter.
KEEP enough fowls to buy the gro
ceries-
CORN and corn mesI are the best fat
tening foods.
A GOOD hen will lay twice her weight
in eggs in a year.
WHEN grain is fed throw on a litter
and partly it up.
On the farm, at least, the medium
sized breeds are the best
ONE fowl with scurvy legs is apt to
impart the disease to others
A COOKED mixture Of the table scraps
makes a good morning ration.
CLOSE to large cities broilers bring 10
more money than ANYTHING else.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-07

TO INTRODUCE n IN AMERICA, m MEDy
CAL REFORM SocIErY OF LONDON WILL SEND
An EXCELLENT REMEDY FREE OF CHARGE, 70
all who are bona fide sufferers from Chronic
Kidney and Liver Diseases, Diabetes or
Bright's Disease, or any discharges (Albu-
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body, also for DrOpsy, Nervous Weak
ness, Exhausted Vitality, Gravel, Rheuma-
tism, Sciatica, Dyspepsia. Loss of Memory,
want of Brain Power. The discovery Is
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remedy on earth, as found in the Valley OF
the Nile, Egypt. Send q self-addressed en-
velope at once, enclosing ten cents in
stamps, to detray expenses, to Secretary,
James Holland, s, Bloomsbury Mansions,
Bloomsbury Square, London, England.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-07
German
Syrup"
FOrIhrOat andLungs

FOrlhrOat andLungS
q have been i'll for
Hemorrhage about five years,
"have had the best
rive Years. medical advice,
land Itook the first
dose in some doubt. This result
ed in afew hourseasy sleep. There
was no further hemorrhage till next
day, when l had a slight attack
which stopped almost immediate
"ly. By the third day all trace of
blood had disappeared and l had
recovered much strength. The
fourth day l sat up in bed and ate
my dinner, the first solid food for
1.-TWO months. Since that time 1
have gradually gotten better and
am now able to move about the
house. My death was daily ex-
'pected and my recovery has been
"a great surprise to my friends and
the doctor. There can be no doubt
about the effect of German Syrup,
as l had an attack just previous to
its Isl The only relief was after
the first dose" J.R. LoUGHHEAD,
Adelaide, Australia. q
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-07
FIG. l..

friend as a bay window. / had n thick
ls-foot pine board, % inches wide.
This / marked and sawed as shown in
Fig. 1, the lines a and b being s inches
out of perpendicular and the middle
line c, being sawed on a diagonal go
as TO give q half-pitch roof. 1
then went into the horse
stable directly behind the stalls
in daily use, and sawed out
hat o:r. Of the nail f, Fig. ., where it
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-07

trav el G
cloaks, gowns
a n d jackets.
No particular
co'or predomi-
mates, but bril-
liant bit S OF
$ C a r l e t,
bronze, green,
gray and gold,
closely blend.
ed, can be dis.
C covered on
close inspec-
tion of the pat.
I e r n. 1t is
called heather
cheviot- The
same weaving
shows rough
stripes and
plaids. the lat
ter co m e
under the title
of a RIO u s
Scottish clans,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-07
ART GLEANINGS.

THE purchaser Ct Sir Frederick Leigh
ton picture. The Garden of the Hes
perIdes." is said to be an Australian
millionaire
Tux last report Of the director OF the
National Gallery of Ireland says that
~ .UOU persons visited the collection dur.
ing 1889
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-07

skirt, are very handsome in effect, when
trimmed with black silk braiding and
black fox fur. Jet and other colored
nailheads are still largely used as gar
nitures; black lace fiounces appear
again upon gowns and toilets. both for
full and demi-dress- Some of the tan
cloth fabrics with rough surfaces are
made with facings of green velvet shot
with dead-lelf brown. 4 vest OF cream
or white cloth is a pretty relief. pre-
venting n too sombcr effect The vest
should lie fastened with small buttons
in green and bronze metal. {. d. +.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-07

If bench. The rest is Us solid as a rock,
and the benches will be just as solid IS
years hence as at present. The rails
cost 11I cents n foot. and while the
FIRST cost il very considerable, even
after having been in use for many
years, 4 good share of the amount can
be gotten ont of them by disposing of
them for thu price of old iron. For the
center benches the same system is fol-
lowed, the rails being placed at a
proper distance apart to suit the size
of the slate. etc, used. The second
illustration shows the style of bench in
some of the houses at Minneapolis,
MINI. Two pieces of large angle-iron.
about 3x3 inches, run lengthw Use of
the house on brick piers set down about
s feet apart, and for the bottom sort
boards are paced crosswise. The illus
tration makes the matter quite plain
American Florist.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-07

Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys.
tenn efectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and &C.
ceptable tc the stomach, prompt in
Its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in Soc
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal.
LOUISVILLE. ~. new YoRk. M
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-07

LOCAL applications will never cur boils,
carbuncleS, sores, pimples, rheumatism,
aching joints, etc. Blood impurity is the
cause of these ailments, and u remedy must
be taken that will restore the blood to a
healthy condition. Such a remedy is DIR.
John Bulls Sarsaparilla. Use it and you
will rave perfect health. You wrong your
self if YOU fail to Try il.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-07

length. Modistes make great use of
this bordsr to lengthen cloth skirts
that are too short for the present style.
In stylish black goods. Bedford cords,
Lincolnshire suitings and habit cloths,
camel's hair of different weights and
qualities, plain. or barred with shaggy
lines of the fabric: plain or diagonal
cheviots and the English priestlv
fabrics are all in high vogue. Black
feather bands, fiounces. ruches, bias
reversed hens, follj and black fur with
braiding are used v~ariously as decora-
tions for gowns of these fabrics. '.Uh-
Ian blue" is a norel and very lovely
shade of that color. Il appears among
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-07
BIis<'ul

Is the relief afforded by the laxative acton
of HOstetter's stomach Bitters in cases OF
constipation. There is none of the gripping
produced by it that i caused by drastic
cathartics. Not Cnly does the Bitters af.
ford unspeakable relief, but il tones the
bowels, the stomach and the liver. Beneti.
cent, to. is its action in malarial, kidney
and rheumatic disease.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-07
FASHION LETTER.
Something About the Moro Popular Fab.
RIGS and Styles for the Autumn Season.
IGnanin1 Nou Norl- Gorrosnondoraa

Something About the Moro Popular Fab.
rics and Styles for the Autumn Season.
Especial New York Correspondence
Some of the handsomest gowns OF
the season are made of faced cloth
which is shown in improved and
beautiful qualities. These fabrics
come in very light shades of tan,
mignonette green, blue, cafe au lait and
rose color, and they are made up with
feecy cumel's hair fabrics in shaded
stripes or bars A great deal of hand
some velvet is also used in combina-
tions with cloth and fine woods of
every description, and braiding and
fur rolls and bands are the most popu-
lar garnitures. Illuminated bouretteS
are used for entire gowns, and soft,
pliable vigognes, fancifully woven in
waved and chevron stripes, are made
up with princess backs and stylish coat
fronts hat are deliberately trimmed.
Some of the more youthful princess
dresses fasten in the back, and are
fitted without visible darts in front
A new and very rough weave of
cheviot is very popular Just now for
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-07
The Only One Ever P~rinted-Cau You Find
the wOrls

There Is a 3 inch display advertisement
words alike except one word. The same is
true of each new one appearing each week
from the DR.. Harter Medicine Co. This
house places n Crescent" on everything
they make and publish. Look for it, send
them the name of the word and they will
return You book, beautiful Autographs OF
samples free.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-07

With the possible exception of the
emperor of Austria, William is the
most betitled man in Europe. Besides
being German emperor and king of
Prussia he holds the title of prince,
duke or something else IN ffty.t~o
other places
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-07

1t is not enough to have
religion must have us, so that 1t
the shop as well as the shrine, they
life as we'll as the hour of devotion.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-07

"THIs is a regular sugar Loaf" said the
candy store clerk when business WIS dull.
Washington Star.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-07

WHEN it comes to wanting the earth the
mule will roll in plenty if he has a good