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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31
IVORY
SOAP
99;@ss Pure.
IHE BEST FOB EVERY PURPOSE
IHE BEST FOB EVERY PURPOSE

It is an old-fashion notion
that medicine has to taste
bad to do any good.
SCOTS Emulsion is cod
liver oil with its hsh-fat taste
lost-nothing IS lost but the
taste.
This is more than a mat
ter of comfort. Agreeable
taste is always a help to d.
gestion. A sickening taste
is always a hindrance.
There is only harm in taking
cod-liver oil unless you digest
it. Avoid the taste.
SORTS Bovss. Chemists. I,sSou;h 9Th Ave.se.
New York.
Your druggist keeps Scott, Emulsion Of Coz. liver
ol-all druggists everywhere do 81.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31
A LESSON IN PHILOLOGY.
How Some Domestic Words Hav. Lost
Their Original Specification.

How Some Domestic Words Have Lost
Their Original Specification.
The origin of worGs is an interesting
study even tn people who are not
philologists. Take the homely word
diaper" for example. To what depths
has il descended. 1t is like a high-born
~gentlewoman deprived of her broad
lands and fair towers and compelled to
do n scullion's work for a livelihood.
1t is, in short, like the Story of Cinderel-
In reversed. For diaper was a term
originally applied to Il silken fabric.
and is mentioned as early rs the
eleventh century Its special charac-
t~eristic was that by the arrangement of
warp and wool, both of the same tone
of color, a design could be produced on
the web which had the appearance of
being raised in relief above the seem
ingly dusky ground. Cloth of gold vas
diapered with designs in this way.
Exeter cathedral had, in an inventory
dated 1877. Il cope of white diaper with
half moons, and st. Paul's cathedral
one with parrots done in green.
The meaning of the word diaper
gradually widened, SO that it came to
be used when the pattern or ornament
was repeated, or when the pattern was
s%prinkled or powdered over the surface.
Embroidery TO initiate diaper in gold
was general in the middle ages. The
beautiful golden ground of the Opus
Anglicanum was usually dotted all owe
with a repeating pattern. This ap-
parently mechanical mothod was capa-
bic of infinite variety, and formed the
most effective backgrounds, and it is
remarkable that in different examples
of old work the same diapers seldom
appear.-Chicago Tribune.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31
CHARACTER.

-
The TASK OF musk held hidden in the hand
Is soon 70 sense revealed;
The hearts true nature can at no command
OF ours be long concealed
For whatsoever one Is within his heart
Will he be everywhere;
No grace can mere environment impart
No excellence impair.
The diamond In the mud doth still retain
Its own intrinsic worth;
The dust the winds lift heavenward all in vain
As dust 1t falls to earth.
The good man, like the pillarcd palm, tina
grows
rInheedins every weight
bound on its TOP, and every blast that blows,
Forever strong and straight,
Grows on, though every adverse circumstance
Against his soul may press,
With steady, strong, symmetrical advance,
In regal righteousness.
Philip Burroughs Strong. IN The Caautau
Quau.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31
THE FARMING WORLD.
PORTABLE WIRE FENCE.

-
1t Is Serviccabie. Looks Neat and Is Very
Ia lily Constructed.
Two years ago / built n parbed wire
fence around a f%our-acre clover field.
The posts were set deep and the wires
were stretched tight and placed close
together. / put SIX wires in a space
thirty inches high and although it re-
strained the hogs, the pigs and shoats
up to fifty pounds in weight would get
through. ! then measured off a plat
ten rods square in an adjoining clover
field, and with a post auger set 4 seven
foot post two and a half feet in the
ground at each corner, bracjng them
well. Two small stakes of Usage
orange. two and a half feet long and
two and a half inches in diameter were
fastened to each corner post by
bands of No. II galvanized wire, as
shown in the sketch. The wires were
Their stretched between the short posts,
making a panel on each side ten rods
long. a staple was driven around
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31
PHYSICAL
Injurious Effects of the Mctho Now In
Vogue.

Injurious Effects of the Methods Now In
Vogue.
Concerning the modern methods of
training n leading authority says that,
paradoxically speaking, civilized man
is the only animal whose normal con-
dition is one of disease. For centuries
he has lived improperly, and seldom
| dies because he cannot live longer. 1t
is on this account that the regular proc
ess of training is always injurious,
and often fatal TO him. We're he in the
physical condition which, presumably.
the primitive forerunners of the race
enjoyed he would scarcely need it
A young Zulu. straight from his ma
tive wilds, whose father and whose
fathers ~forefathers died from IN
assegai or from sheer old age, might
be a fit subject for the sweating proc
ess of training, even if it would bene-
fit him, which is doubtful. But a nine
teenth century son Of civilization,
whose father died perhaps of apoplexy
brought ON by pate de fol gras, and
whose ancestors were probably con-
noisseurs in port wine. is scarcely pre-
pared by physical inheritance for such
a suicidal strain upon his system.
1t is comforting to learn that a few
of the more enlightened professional
trainers and athletes of to-day-and,
be it added. not the least successful
nave so far needed the warnings held
out to them a to adopt n more modi-
fled system of training. 1t is Il good
step in the right direction. In Il few
years, perhaps, the fast-increasing dis
semination of knowledge and the con-
slant instances Of evil results from
present methods. combined, will bring
about 4 much-needed reformation in
this respect, and physical culture will
be sought by means less barbarous,
less injurious. and without lowering
the present athletic standard Seattle
Telegraph.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31
FOR THE

THE heating of %tailors' flatirons, used
In pressing garments, is one of the new
applications of electricity.
\ DOCUMENT envelope that works like
l telescope, adjusting itself to one paper
or to fifty, is 4 recent invention.
CONNECTICUT last year took ont more
patents il proportion to population
han auy ether state 10 the ur;r
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31

Is PRIcKLY ASH BIrTERs good for any.
thing? Read what Frank Griggsby,. Of
Dodge City, Kas., says: "For three years /
suffered from a disease that my physicians
pronounced incurable. My friends had
given me up to die, when | was induced to
try y.iur remedy. l took it for three months
and nave gained 81 pounds in weight. Am
a well man and Prickly Ash Bitters saved
my life. l am under lifelong obligations to
this medicine, and will never cease to rec
ommend it."
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31
A POULTRY JUS

II Has Points of Advantage Worthy of
Serious Consideration.
We give, in this connection, a plan
and elevation of a house rccommen led
by Mr.. Fetch in his excellent work on
poultry culture. In this house a sun
and dust bath can be enjoyed in the
open air by fowls, and the rest of the
day the space ear be used as additional
house room. The front can be opened
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31

Are those of a diSOrdercd liver. But when
that organ is thoroughly disciplined with
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, the bile is ade-
quately secreted, diverted from the blood
into its proper channel, digestion grows
active, the skin and eve balls lose their bill
iOus tinge, pain in the vicinity of the liver
ceases, sick headache and nausea depart.
The Bitters is an incompatible preventive
of malaria, rheumatism and kidney com
plant.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31
The Only One Ever Printed-Can You Find
the Words

There is a 8 inch display advertisement
in this paper, this week, which has no two
words alike except one word. The same is
true of each new one appearing each week
from The DIR. Harter Medicine Co. This
house places a '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 or
samples free.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31

Do O want to enjoy the exuberance of
perfect health: Do you want your cheeks
TO he rosy, and your whole system thrilled
with rich. pure blood coursing through its
veins: Then use DIR. John Bulls Sarsapa-
rilla- 1t will do what no other medicine
will do. 1t will make you feel like another
person.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31

ALWAYS avoid harsh purgative pills. They
first make you sick and then leave you con-
stipated. Carriers Little Liver Pills regulate
the bowels and make you well. Dose, one pill.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31

"A new scientific instrument has
been gotten up by Prof. Bigelow,
which is called the aurora-inclinome.
ter. Bp extensive researches he has
found that the same law which under
lies the working Of electricity and
magnetism is operating on the sun, and
that sunlight IS a magnetic field in
which the magnetized earth rotates as
does the armature of a dynamo. The
instrument will he sent to Alaska,
where it will be used in the study Of
the aurora. as it ia there seen ~ The
best conditions
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31
An Old Fashion.

The following explanation of why
clergymen always veal black shows it
to be not only an old custom, but one
with a purpose. 1t is SAID hat in 1924.
when Martin Luther decided to lay
aside the monks costume and adopt
the fashion of the world, he chose black
as an appropriate color not only be-
cause the electors of Saxony, who
took an interest in him, often sent him
a piece of black cloth as a gift, but be-
cause he really preferred it to any
other. OF course his scholars thought
it became them to wear the same color
as their master. and SO vas set a fash
ion that has ever since been adopted by
cle,gymen Of all denominations
HarPeE's Young Pespls.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31

Some idea of the amount of carbon
which i%mprcgnates the air in cities, es-
pecially in those burning soft coal,
may be gathered from the investiga-
tons of an English scientist who has
been engaged in computing the amount
of SCOT deposited from London air. Col
lecting the SCOT deposited on a patch
of snow in Canonbury. about eight
inches in extent, he obtained from it
two grains of SCOT As London covers
one hundred miles this would give for
the whole area one thousand tons. As
the quantity measured fell in ten days
a IL ,nth's allowances would need one
Thousand horses to cart it off, and these
stretched in a line would extend four
miles
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31

Headaches and Fevers. to cleanse the sys
TEN eifectually, yet gently, when costive or
bilious, or when the blood is impure or
sluggish, to permanently cure habitual CON
stipation, to awaken the kidneys and liver
to II healthy activity, without Irritating or
weakening them, use Syrup of Figs.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31

"MISE is a patient watt" remarked the
young doctor as he sat lonely in his office
Baltimore American.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31

GIVE your children DR.. Bulls Worm De-
stroyers. These nice candies will never do
them harm and may do them much good.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31

glove levels all ranks" but not the rank
odor of an onion; that is too much for it,
Observation-Disclosures Press.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31

STRICTLY pure. Buy no other. "TEe A.
B. C. Bohemian Bottled Beer" made by the
American Brewing Co. of st. Louis.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31

"MY fall trade Is getting quite brisk"
said tho slippery peel as the sixth passer-
by yielded to the exactions of gravity.-Bal-
timore American.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31

"THOsE are capital letters" said the man
who wrote l o L in kE"=ledgment of a
much wanted loan.-Washington Star.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31

WHEN they say the brides costume was
n dream, do they mean to imply that it was
an illnsiOn:=BOSton Gazette.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31

WE tip the scales to learn our weight
and tip the waiter to avoid a wait.-Bing-
hamton Republican.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31

Flower"

Il have been af1ict-
Biliousness, led with biliousness
Constipation" Sor saeen rears.
Stomach "frst one and then
another prepare
Pains. "tion was suggested
tome and tried but
"to no purpose. At last a friend
recommended August Flower. I
"took it according to directions and
ats effects were wonderful, reliev-
ling me of those d;sagreeable
stomach pains which l had been
troubled with so long. Words
"cannot describe the admiration
Gin which 1 hold your August
"Flower-it has given me a new
lease of life, which before was a
burden. Such a medicine is a BEN
"efaction to humanity, and its good
"qualities and
wonderful mer- Jesse Barker,
"its should be
made known to rrinter'
Everyone suffer Humboldt.
ling with dyspep-
"siao or biliousness Kansas. 9
G. G. GREEN, Sole Man'fr, Woodbury,NJ ~.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31

MONEY talks. In America it talks cents,
and in France it is always franc in its ut
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31

DENTISTS are not all farmers, but they
live off the achers just the same.-Pitts-
burgh Dispatch.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31

by swinging the doors inward. throw
ing open a large space to southern ex-
posurc- The doors swinging in COM
plete the position which forms the lay
ing roo and roasting the open
place forming Il shed for the sun bath.
etc When the partition is returned To
the front the bnildinG becomes n house
entirely inclosed.
Mr.. Felch's plan represents n build
ing l3xa5 feet Farm Poultry changed
this to l5xS0, with perpendicular walls
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31

THE real estate Spectator is rarely sat
isfied with his lOt.-COlumbus Post.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31

CHECK Colds and Bronchitis with Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31

ANY one can take Carriers Little Liver
Pills, they are SO very small. No trouble to
swallow No pain or gripping after taking.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31

The jockey manages to live luxuriantly
on back pay.-Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31

A. scratching room u. roost platform. witt
perches above and nests below. c, dust box
j, feed trough. f. water basin. |. oyster shell.
box. II, swinging doors.
The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1891-01-30
Marine Disasters.
(New Berne Journal.)

The schooner Chas. c. Lister, Capt.
J. W. Coverdale, owned by ex Governor
Jas. F. Hall, of Frederick, Delaware, on
her way to Wilmington with cargo Of
fertilizer, encountered the storm of last
week aud was driven ashore at South
Point, off Hatteras inlet. The vessel
and cargo is total loss; the crew were
saved.
The three-mast schooner Nathan Lank
which we have already reported lost at
Klnnekeet last week, twenty miles from
where this wreck occurred and the Cap
tain downed, also belonged to ex-Goy-
ern Hall.
The schooner Melvin, Captain Sem
Rowland, left the West Indies over
month ago for New Berne with a cargo
of fruit. Three weeks ago she was dis
| abled by a storm and her sails were
nearly all blown away, but she succeed
ed in getting to the mouth of Neuse
river and was there met by the revenue
cutter Winona going down for cruise.
Being signalled by the Melvin, the cut
ter went to her assistance, supplied her
with water, which had given out on the
Melvin, and then towed her to New
Berne. The cargo, with the exception
of 5000 cocoanuts. spoiled and had been
thrown overheard.
The Winona thus proved of great ser.
vice, and this assistance rendered helps
to show the necessity for having such a
boat in our waters.
The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1891-01-30
n HOW INGALLS, TAKES DEFEAT.
The West and The South Embrace
Each Other.

TOPEKA, kan., Jan. Ex-senator In
gals takes his defeat philosphically. 1t
is admitted now by those who stood close
to him through the fight that he was not
surprised but that Oh the contrary he
felt certain ever since his arrival in the
city that there was nc hope for his cleo
ton. Defeat did not unnerve him. He
remained in his room at the hotel while
the ballot was being taken, accompanied
by three or four friends, and when the
news Of defeat came TO him, he gave no
evidence Of disappointment or feeling,
but took 1t as matter of course. He
will leave tomorrow for Washington.
The Alliancemen Happy.
When the announcement OF Ingalls,,
defeat was made in the House shout
went up from the Alliancemen that will
never be forgotten in Kansas. Hats.
| coats, papers and handkerchiefs were
thrown into the air and shout after
shout went up in honor Of the great AL
lance victory.
The West and the South Embrace.
There is great rejoicing among ALI
ancemen and Democrats tonight over
the grand victory.
The Kansas Democrat, the leading
Democratic paper of the State, in its
issue this evening, says:
Ingalls, is defeated. The west and
South embrace in bonds of mutual sym.
pathy aud love. The enemies howl and
gnash their teeth in inpatient rage The
demons Of discord, tie furies of hell ar
stricken down. One flag, one country
one COMMON acme and glorious ambition
''our country's welfare" is The rallyin.
cry of all freemen. The shades Of dark
ness have passed, the bright glare Of tn
coming century finds Kansas, like th
gladiator, stripped 20 the waist battiin
for hope Of humanity, and thousan,
years Of peace. Farewell, Ingalls,, fare
we'll strife, farewell hate, farewell bigot
ry, prejudice, ignorance and spite
| Welcome the grander modes of lif
, with sweeter manners and purer laws.
The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1891-01-30
A SAD DEATH.
A Paralytic Burned to Death While
His Wife was Absent.
Especial to STATE CHRONICLE.l

Especial to STATE CHRONICLE.l
AsHEBoRo, n. O., Jan. 80, '91.-Peter
Humble, a paralytic, fifty years of age,
living about three miles southwest of
here, was burned to death yesterday.
Facts as near as we can ascertain, are
these It seems that his wife was away
from home, and his son, small boy not
over twelve years old, being the only
person near the place, was busily engaged
in the yard when he discovered smoke
issuing from the doors and win dows,
and going with all possible haste, to the
house and finding it to be on fire
spared no effort to save his invalid
father; he succeeded in getting him Oft
| the bed and dragging him to the door,
but seeing that his struggles were of nc
avail and that in further attempt to save
| his father both Of their lives would be
| lost, left him there to be roasted in the
flames. His own life is despared of now,
however, from injuries received in his
heroic and manful determination and
| efforts to rescue bis helpless and stricker
father. The terrible and untimely death
of Mr.. Humble is great shock to tht
whole vicinity He was, before his al
fiction, we'll known for his integrity ant
fair dealing and was regarded as mode
citizen. His affliction was indeed severe
not being able to move in his bed with
out assistance for nearly fifteen years
or speak a word intelligiblY. AS ther
was 10 one living nearer than mile, c
course nothing was saved.
The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1891-01-30
TIE NATIONAL CONGRESS-.
THE APPORTIONMENT BILL
PASSES THE SENATE.
Minnesota, Missouri, Arkansas and
New York Get Another Representa-
tive--Sectfonalism in the House.
1Rv TTOitad pracc
lBY United Press. !

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 29.-The
Senate after morning business took up
the apportionment bill. The amend
ments providing for an additional Rep
resentative from the States of Minnesota,
Missouri, Arkansas and New York were
read and the bill passed as it came from
the House.
The army appropriation bill was
then taken up. 4 proviso in the bill
that no officer shall receive pay as an
officer on the retired list while receiving
a salary as a government official was
stricken out. The bill went over without
action.
Mr.. Allison gave notice that he expec-
| ted both the army appropriation and the
| tortlhcatlon bill to be passed tomorrow.
After a short executive session the
Senate adjourned.
| WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-After the
! Journal had been read and approved in
the House to-day, Mr.. Dingley, chair
man Of the silver pool investigating COM
mittee reported to the House the failure
Of J. A. Owenby to appear before the
committee and asked that a warrant be
issued and the Sergeant alarms be di
rected to bring OHenby before the bal
Of the House to show cause why he
should not be punished for contempt
After some discussion the order va
made.
The House then went into COMMITTEES
Of the whole on th5 military Academy
appropriation bill
During the debate the murder o
Matthews. the postmaster of Carrollton
Miss, was brought up by Mr. Kelley, o
Kansas, in speech in which he criti
cized some remarks make by Mr.. Lewis
of Mississippi. He denied Gas stated b
Mr.. Lewis that the murder of Matthew
was attributable to other than politica
causes.
MIR. Lewis, in reply, said that Will
, the people Of the whole country were eI
ioying the privileges Of constitution;
liberty, the stentorian and strident voio
of the gentleman from Kansas was hear
crying murder murder murder Y
The self accredited and swift witnes
in every killing that had occurred
Mississippi and Arkansas, the gel
: ! tleman from Kansas, had sougl
u to create the impression that tt
people of those States were in +
Q rebellion against the constitution an
;, laws Of the United States. 81 want
! say to him that he is in revoluti(
: against the mandate Of the people,
pronounced at the last November ele
~ ton, against his own constituents, WI
have relegated him to to the shades
private life; against the people of Ka
~ ~ sns who have just spoken and who
"a voice has filed the Cathedral of Il
ia hemisphere, but which has fallen u
needed npon his deaf ear"
u Mr.. Kelly said that he was defendi
70 the character of the Republicans of t
~ South, who had been killed because th
were Republicans. He was sorry tt
"a Mississippi could not furnish man
"a this floor with enough Of justice in
:. to save him (Mr. Kelley the trouble
W doing SO.
ne After further discussion the commit
10 rose and reported the bill to the Hou
Noquorum being present, the Hou
le without disposing of the bill, adjourn