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Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-01

I Harriet f. Hall, Of Waynetown, Ind, says:
"I owe my lite to The Great South American
Nervinc. had been in bed for five months
from the effects of an exhausted stomach,
| Indigestion, nervous prostration and gen.
cral shattered condition of my whole sys-
tenn Had given up 81 hopes of getting well.
Had tried three doctors with no relief. Tho
first bottle of tho Nervine Tonic improved
me so much that was able to walk about,
and few bottles cured me entirely. 1 be-
liovo 1t is the best medicine In the world.
| can not recommend 1t too highly"
Mrs. NJ. Russell, Sugar Creek Valley, Ind,
writes: 81 have used several bottles of The
south American Nervine Tonic, and will say
l conside r 1t the best medicine In the world
l believe 1t saved the lives of two OF my
children. They were down and nothing APP.
poared to do them any good until procured
this remedy. 1t was very surprising how
rapidly they both improved on its use. 1
recommend the medicine 70 all my neigh
bOrs"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-07-25

Flower"

The Hon. J. W. Fennimore is the
Sheriff of Kent Co., Del, and lives
at Dover, the County Seat and Cap
ital of the State. The sheriff is a
gentleman f~ifs,-nine years of age,
and this is what he says: Il have
used your August Flower for sew
"eral years in my family and for my
own use, and found it does me
more good than any other remedy.
q have been troubled with what 1
call Sick Headache. A pain comes
in the back part of my head first,
and then soon a general headache
until | become sick and vomit.
AT times, too, 1 have a fullness
after eating, a pressure after eating
at the pit Of the stomach, and
"sourness, when food seemed to rise
up i'll my throat and mouth. When
Il feel this coming on if 1 take a
little August Flower it relieves
me, and is the best remedy l have
ever taken for it. For this reason
II take it and recommend it to
Others as a great remedy for Dys-
"pepsia, &c" o
G. G. GREEN, Sole Manufacturer,
Woodbury.. New Jersey, U. S. A.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-07-25

i" "' ~
womanhood. every Young girl needs
the wiscSt care. Troubles beginning
then may make her whole life mis-
| cradle.
But the troubles that are to be
feared have a positive remedy. DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription buil:s
up and strengthens the system, and
regulates and promotes every proper
function. It's a gcncrogs, support
ing tonic, and a quoting, soothing
ncrvinc-a legitimate medicine, not
4 beverage, free from alcohol and
injurious drugs. 1t corrects and
cures, safely and surely, all those
delicate arrangements, weaknesses,
and diseases peculiar to the sex.
A remedy that docs cure is one
that can be guaranteed. That's
what the proprietors of "Favorite
Prescription think. If it doesn't
give satisfaction, in every case for
which it's recommended, they'll re-
fund the mo.ey. No other medicine
for women is sold on such terms.
Decide for yourself whether some
thing else sold by the dealer, is
likely to be "just as good" for
you to buy.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-07-25
AMERICAN LITERARY PEOPLE.

JAMES Russell LOWELL will soon
make a visit to England.
GOODWIN SMITH suggests the forma-
ton of a club in Toronto where lit
erary workers can meet and fratcr-
nizc.
Mis-. JULIA WARD Howe began Greek
at seventy, and now at seventy-two she
has just read the plays of Sophoclcs in
the original.
Mr.. GEORGE KEENAN, has consented
to become editor of the paper called Fret
Russia, provided -. 600 can he raised to
remove the publication from London to
New York.
Miss KATE FIELD resembles in no wise
the conventional type of the lecturer
and the strong minded She
has Il keen, vivacious face, and she
dresses in admirable taste.
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES library in
his Boston home looks over the Charles
river and furnishes a supcrbview of the
distant spires and towers of Charleston
and Somcrvillc. Just at shutdown the
prospect is ideal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-07-25
X II.

GRnT> PLNN--t. COW stalls: ~ sheep shed
Z. corn rib: D. tools. +. Granary: +. main
floor; T.. COW house: n, manure shed; !, horse
stalls.
\ door from main barn opens into
The sheep shed. The latter is l. by -
feet. is open on the south this opening
ing is covered by extension of manure
she'd. with large double doors taking
up the entire north end. 81 that Il
wagon can he driven through, to put
corn into crib and remove ann
and is II by 40 fcet. fitted with stalls.
feed boxes. managers and stanchion> fer
fourteen cattle. Five openings or win
flows and one door. between sheep and
cattle sheds. are arranged 81 as To en-
able us to get feed to cattle from main
barn. The windows in the cattle
shed arc placed at convenient distances
for throwing ont the manur The
space left 10y extension Of m she'd
is utilized by building a cow house
that will accommodate two cows and
calves.
Thi. barn | built three years ago at
a cost of about $50. exclusive of cattle
shed and GOV" house: the latter i built
myself. with help of a farm hand. out
of material taken from an old barn
which we tore down. except thu
stanchion-, which | paid a carpenter -
for making. The barn is made through
out Of hard wood ,~unplancIJ. princi-
pally beech. II has proved convenient.
aud meets the requirements Of ! I" Il
horses. - To 30 sheep and Ii cattle: il
also is not too cXactin@ on Il slender
pursc-Cuuntrv Gentleman.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-07-25
THE FARMING WORLD.
CHEAP AND CONVENIENT.
A Barn That Can lie Built for Two O
Three Hundred Dollars.

A Barn That Can lie Built for Two or
Three Hundred Dollars.
send plan Of a cheap barn, combined
with sheep and cattle shed, with base
mcnt omitted. The barn proper is IS
by 40 feet, posts 20 feet, which gives me
ample room for storing away hay, etc.
The lower barn floor is raised q. feet
above the floor of the horse stable.
There il no partition between the main
barn and the horse stalls. The horses
face the centerof barn, with feed boxes
and hangers placed conveniently for
giving them feed and water. A double
door on hangers opens into the main
barn, arranged 50 that a wagon can be
driven into the barn. An open manure
she'd on the south side next tn the horse
barn is II 10y 10 feet: the manure from
horse barn is thrown into it through
windows conveniently placed. a large
corn crib occupies the space in north
west corner of min barn. i double
granary, with bins for bran. etc, occu-
pie, the northeast corner. The space
between corn crib and granary is used
for storing reapcr. drill, hOrse-rake,
plows. etc. The upper floor extends the
entire length and width of the barn.
Hay. etc. is thrown down through an
opening left for that purpose.
In the suhjoincd plan, clear openings
are doors. openings with one line across
are windows.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-07-25
SHORT TALKS ABOUT PEOPLE

THE president of Mexico has Indian
blood in his veins and is proud of it
Mrs. CORNELIUS Vanderbilt is said
to use one thousand calling cards every
season.
EMPEROR WILLIAM is to go to Norway
after his visit to England to fish for
whales.
a wELL-KHowS circus has for its hon
tanner a descendant of Daniel Boone,
the pioneer.
TTiE house which Lord RevelStoke
was building previous to the Barring
failure Is now Baron Hirsch's.
THE oldest surgeon in the world Is
said to he NJ. W. Salmon. of Cambridge,
England. lie was born in March, 1890.
Revue Scicntifquc.
LEOPOLD H., king Of the Belgians,
prides himself on being a workingman.
He rises at six and does two hours
work before breakfast.
WILLIAM W. CLArP, for twenty-five
years connected with the Boston Jour
nal. has retired from the editorial and
business management of that paper.
CARDINAL MASNING's dwelling in
London is a plain and u~npretentious,
though large house, which looks more
like u school than a private mansion.
Mrs. HENRY CLEws is considered by
many people the handsomcst woman in
New York. She has Il lovely face. with
brilliant eyes, a fine complexion and
shining dark hair
CHARLES EMORY SMITH says he did
not try to learn the Russian tongue
while he was at 81. Petersburg. for all
educated people there speak English,
French and German fluently.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-07-25
THE VALUE OF WHEY.


men sweet IL Makes n hpte-Dtne ARA
Excellent Food. 4
Whether or not whey is worth an,-
thing as Il Stock-foud is Il question often
asked. When fed sour. there can h.
hut one answer il Is worthless or
worse. With sweet whey il i quite 4
different matter. Prof. Henry. of the
Wisconsin experiment station. has
published in bulletin No. - an interest
ing record. of which the following Is n
brief summary:
Four trials were conducted at this
station during the fall and winter of
lS?0-?l. for the purpose of asccrtaining
the value of sweet whey for pig feed
ing. The results of these trials show:
/. We were not successful in main
tanning pigs 81 whey alone.
>. Pigs fed on corn meal and shorts
with water required 3D. pounds of the
mixture for 100 pounds of the gain.
3. When whey was added to the corn
meal and shorts mixture. it produced
a marked saving in the amount of grain
required for good gains. This was
true for mixtures varying from two
pounds OF whey To one Of gram. up to
ten pounds of whey to one of grain.
!. 1t was found when using whey as
a partial substitute for grain. that 100
pounds of whey effected a saving Of 100
pounds of corn meal and shorts mix
turc.
= Using these figures, if corn meal
and shorts are valued at Sl2 per o1,
then whey is worth eight cents per
hundred pounds; at SIS per o for "
meal and shorts, whey would be worth
ten cents per hundred weight.
Il. Shorts. pea meal and oil meal, or
like feeds should he mixed with whey
for growing animals. Some corn NAV
be fed ut all times. the proportion in
crcasing as the animal approaches ma
thrifty
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-07-25
Tho Leading Story of the August
Wide Awake,

\ delightful "Reminiscences of L~afayettc's
last visit To America, is contributed by
Sarah o. .Jewett: it is entitled Pegs
Little Chair" and has a full-pagc illus
tration 10y Garrett. The Bride Bod
quet' Is II charming story of a good
deed, and The Silent Lie is an admira-
BILE school story. 'Pokcberry Juice
and Mullen" by Kate Epson Clark. is
Il little tale that reveals some of the
funny toilet secrets of country girls a
generation ago. MIR. Browns Play
fellow" by J. Loxley Rhees. "Shells of
SEA and Land" by Will NJ. Clemens,
THE Poppy Bee" by Mrs Hall, and
How to Dry Starfishes,' by Louisa
Lyndon, are good short articles for the
lovers of natural history. How the
Cossacks Play Polo" is 4 terrible and
dramatic story of a Russian tield-sport
indalged in by officers of the Imperial
Guard; it is by NJ adame de Meissner of
the Russian legation. What Seven
Indian Boys Did" is n true account of
some notwithstanding Alaska boys,
by Francis c. Sparhawk. Margaret
Sidney's Peppers" serial in this num-
Der has all the interest of a good novel.
Miss Matilda Archambeau Van Dorm"
the serial by Miss Cummings. is full OF
amusing developments. "Maricttas
Good Times" are really good times.
Men and Things pages abound with
original anecdotes. The poems are by
Kate Putnam Osgood, Maria Johns
Hammond, Eli Shepherd, Jane Ellis
JOY and Richard Burton. Especially
good things for veranda reading are the
Margaret-Patty Letter, by Mrs. Will
liam Claffin. and the fine ballad by Mrs.
Harriet Prescott Spofford, "PoPes
Mother at T~wickenham."
Wide Awake is 81 40 a year; 20 cents
a number. A specimen back number)
will he sent on receipt of 5 cents. ID.
Lothrop Company, publishers, Boston
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-07-25
RAPID CHANCES ABROAD.

RUSSIA has a European area of 2,o95,.
504 square miles
THERE are five prosperous colonies
of Mormons in Mexico.
A PERSIAN carpet has been in use for
200 years in the main hall of the shah's
palace in Teheran.
NOWHERE in England can he found so
extended a line of perpendicularly
broken rock as at Cheddar.
GERMANS production of silver in
1890 was 10000 pounds, about . per
cent. of the worlds product.
THE Persian gulf is called the Green
sea from a remarkable strip of water of
a green color along the Arabian coast.
THE ministry on roads of i~ntercommu-
nication will build Il bridge across the
Vistula, near Warsaw, to cost $500. 900
rubles-
THERE is room on the ground floor of
the new Scotland Yard, on the Victoria
embankment, to assemble three thou
sand men.
THE most extraordinary freak of cx-
travagance is an Eitfel tower in dia-
monds, one meter high, recently sold in
Paris for Si4, 900.
THIS years sale of the queens year
lings brought an average of 3i5 guincas,
compared with rs last year. The
highest price was G2,4OO for a colt by
st. Simon.
The e5 and 81 pieces struck in the
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-07-25

"wall, I reached the diggtngs, final
". and located @ claim ct Gold Hill,
and in six months laid away quite a
pile. ] wasn't much on drink then,
and / didn't hev the red nose / ha'
now.
''One day a letter rom tellin' Ire the
| governor he'd dropped all he owned in
the loss Of three ships. This didn't
bother me much. Bout three months
skipped by, and another come which
made me wild. The letter was all full
of love and tear stains, and said that
the man who had saved the governor
from complete ruin wanted to marry
her. She objected. o course. and the
old man coaxed and stormed. and the
new lover waited, wistful Ike.
Il was fer gvin' home, but Mary said
no, ct Il spoil my chances
wall. the end come at last. She
married him. rha>hcws dazed ct first.
fer | couldn't get It through my head.
Then | left the diggings for nowhere,
and ended up-well, / finally jined a
party of scouts, and wandered over the
western country fghtin' lniuns.
Two Years later | was one of a party
of ten ~prcspectin' in the Wahsatch
mountains. in Utah. We he'd settled
fer camp one evening in n natural cave
no far from a precipice, from whar we
could look in the valley and over about
W. miles to the ~stagc-coach trail,
windin' in an out tween the noun
tainS.
Il was standin' on n rock lookin' at
the valley underneath. when ! saw the
stagccoach way up on the trail, rUund
in the bluff. called Tho boy to come
and see ct. fer ct was somethin' to see
in them days. We squinted through
our glasses at the coach, and waved
our hats, though we knew they couldn't
see. Suddenly one of the boys said in
an excited way: Boys, they're goin tC
Ice attacked; see them forms dodgin' in
an out round tibet bluff Sure
enough said the whole crowd. but
how are we goin' to warn thcm?' We
stood thar hcsitatin' until we saw the
coach stop; then we all made a rush
together fer the trail.
Took Us over an hour to get thar,
and VIC found the women huddlcd
against the cliff, the driver and two
men shot, and one woman gonr.
They'd been attacked by Molva. a Mex
lean half-hrccd. and hi. gang of cut
throats. The men, healed by the hus-
band of the woman Molva had stolen.
had followed the band in pursuit.
The husband of the woman, the
women said, was about crazy wi
grief, ard said he'd fini her il he he'd
to blow the mountain sky high to do it.
Capt Watson heaied our party. and
he knew every nook in the range.
"'Ill bet my boots said the captain.
tibet they've gone over to Boar's head
canyon; eff We can't find them thar,
we'll look in ct the cave on the western
slope
I'VE didn't see nothin suspicious ct
the canyon, and, after n hard pull.
reached the cave. We were climbin'
along the top o the bluff when the
captn suddenly whisp red a halt, and
we all laid low. Twas n starry night.
and the capt'n had run across 4 hole
in the turf where smoke was comm
out in clouds. This was the chimney
of the cave, fifty feet below in the
bluff.
The womcn said thar was fifty in
the party. we lowed they were mis-
taken. After some parlcy the capt'n
hit on a plan which might work. Thar
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-07-25
THE OLD HOME.

rs.cal into the old. old home,
With silent, solemn pace,
For the dwelling Of my childhood days
Is nOw a haunted place;
And the memories Of by years
Stand forth before ms mind,
With shadowy fingers beckOning
To what IS left behind
list for sounds where all Is still
For voices that are gone;
But / only bear my ecnoed tread
And the brceze's hollow al
Iseek for forms that are no moro
Amid the twilight gloom;
But ! only see my shadow DARK
Flung wide across the
And as ! wander sadly on,
A Thousand fancies throng;
] sec my mothers angel face
That's vanished now SO long.
] see the forms of those I loved
Old friends OF happier years;
And as ! gaze my aching heart
O'erfiows in flooding tears.
oh home. old home-thou art not here!
Thy shadow only stays:
Thou art o in these silent rooms
Thee lone. deserted ways.
But whore the friends Of other days
Have gathered, bright and fair
Where smiling forms OF those | loved
Are waittng-HOme is there.
Arthur l.. Salmon, in Once a Week.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-07-25

or corn looks like, have never seen a
meadow with cows and calves feeding
on it. nor Eve the blue sky itself. cx-
cept through the smoke and haze of a
big city. Imagine what the country is
for these waits. Picture to YOUR
self the sensation of the younl ,trr
who, after being allowed to dig a hill
of potatocs-the first he had ever seen
Erow;ng-offcred the farmer ten cents,
all the money he had in the woI Iii, for
the privilege of digging another hill,
Fancy the bliss of running in green
fields and climbing real trees for boys
who are used to the keep off the
gra.s' signs Of a city park. The
Country Week" takes these young
stcrs and, when invited. their mothers,
too. and gives them n taste of the true
country. Its methods are as simple
a. the good effects are far-rcaching.
Anyone having a home in the country
may become a Week worker by
observing the following suggestions:
First. - Make Il personal canvass
among your neighbors on farms or in
village homcs-that are just As good as
farms for the purposc-and persuade rs
many as you can to iHrte
Two little children: or
A mother and infant; or
A couple of working girls
TO each home for a two-wecks' visit.
.SecOHd.-Send to the Chicago Daily
News the names and post office adj
dresses of those who invite the Coun-
neutrality-suspicious. particularly
what class and number of guests are to
go to each home. State, also. the date
when the guests are to be sent and to
what railroad station. The date should
not he less han one week after the list
is sent, so as to allow time for all
necessary arrangements.
On receiving the invitations the
Country Week" management sees
that proper children are selected.
Only those who need the change of
air, and yet are not so sick as to lie help
less, are sent. A physician guarantees
them free from contagious disease.
While the limited of the fund
make it impossible to send children
further than $50 miles from Chi
cago. still there is work for all-the
money can come from anywhere und
in any sums. AS some u has happily
put 1.-THE ''fresh-air fund" is a joint
stock company, unlimited, with no as
sessments. no losses. no officers, no
salaries. no anything but big dividends
of happiness due Immediately after the
investment L. NJ. j.
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were ten o us, nine war to stay on the
bluff while the chimney was being
choked. while one. which war me. wa,
To crawl down Il the entrance % the
cave. and when the crowd rushed ont,
| was to skip in and grab the woman.
The boys above would fire on the
crowd and get thar attention to the,
point
The plan worked. / was all safe
behind a rock at the entrance when
four or five of the gang came out wi
thar hands to thar eyes. coughin'. The
boys on top began firm, and soon the
whole crowd come out in a hurry. Took
me about two seconds To get inside tine
cave. The smoke near Stifed me. hut
| crawled to whar could hear a woman
coughin'. Didn't take me long To get
her out. The woman was hangin' on
me-. half dead. and | was toilin' up the
side of the bluff. when all o n sudden
we u right agin the big Mexican. lie
grunted somcthin' in Mexican and felt
fer us. His hand touched the woman:
then we closed. ! tried to hit him with
the butt end of my revolver. but a
downward stroke of his arm knocked it
flynn. Then | reached fer my bowie.
and, while doing 50, got this wipe
across the face. | was about blinded.
but ! got in a lunge on him. which fixed
him. | lost my head then. and the boy,
found me lying right ON the Gre aser.
The woman vas gone: nc one had seen
her. The boys found her the mex. dav
lyin' ct the foot o the ~bluf-dcad.
Shed run off thar in the dark. was
lying in camp when the boys brought
her in, an must ha' been perty weak,
fer the minet caught sight o that face.
all bruised and cut. | tainted dead
away. 1t vas Mary. never told the
boys. Her husband carried her aEay:
but not fore | touched my sin-sta.ned
lips to hers. lie didn't suffer more'n |
did, fer he'd to hide my feelin'. Her
husband vas a wealthy mine owner.
they told me, and he'd taken his wife
w tn him on one of his business trips.
"All the money l he'd boarded up
went like mist arter that. Sometimes
I've been on my feet since, but not fer
long at a time. Luck's agin me. like
the life, though. I've been IN nan a
scrape. but allus come out O.. X. T"r-
haps | hevn't he'd enough trouble to
please fate"
Mind telling me the name Of the
mine owner" asked the drummer.
NO: Silas Larkin.' answered the
tramp raising his head from his hands.
.rOf Boston,"
Yes"
''One of the richest men of Boston,
know him we'll" remarked the drum
mer. by George. I'll write to him:
he'll put you on your feet in good
shape"
The tramp raised himself proudly to
his full heights
Partner, you may be a white MAJ;
so he |, and l don't want help from
tibet quarter; I'll starve furst."
lei Paso.r called the brakeman.
"Whar We be going to?" asked the
I'm maxim fer Orleans"
Boys, chip In. louisville Courier
Journal
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-07-25
How to Begin sheep Raising.

While very large crops of sheep are
handled successfully and with great
profit by such as understand the bust
ness, the beginner should he content
to experiment at first with only a few.
and to grow up with the business" as
he becomes familiar with its details.
With a large flock. should disease get
among them. the novice would be
wholly at a loss as to what course to
pursue, and would probably lose most
of his flock, and thus become dis
heartened with the business Sheep
require the constant care of some n
familiar with their needs and habits If
they are to be kept in large numbers.
But when cared for intelligently they
are probably more profitable than any
other live stock.-N. W. Farmer,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-07-25

swing hundreds of infants hammocks,
while at the shore end are grouped the
necessary offices, reception rooms, all
night wards, kitchens and laundries
and bathrooms. There the poor chill
dren of Chicago, especially infants suf-
fering from summer complaints. are re-
ceived free of charge and giventhe best
of food, medical attendance and trained
nursing. There are no fees of any
kind, the fund d~efraying all expenses.
The other branch of the fund, the
Country Week" will prove still ore
interesting to our readers as it more
nearly concerns them.
The Country Week" sends city chill
dren to the country for a fortnight's
visit, the city people giving the money
to pay the ear fare and the country peo-
pie offering their homes-the children
furnish themselves.
Few country people have any idea of
the delights of the country for the aver
age city boy or girl. They are pleased
with the simplest things. green grass,
growing crops, trees, cows, pigs and
chickens. Thousands Of city boys and
girls don't know what Il field of wheat