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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-24
THE FARMING WORLD.
FARM s PONDS.
How to Make Them and How to TAX,
Care OF Their Inhabitants.

How to Make Them and How to Take
Care Of Their Inhabitants.
The carp is one of the most easily
accommodated of fish 1t does not ask
for spring water, a running stream, d
low temp crature, or wen for any feed
ing. Give it a mud hole with water in
it and some aquatic plants, and il will
live and give quite a useful supply OF
excellent food; but let it have n clear
pond dug out of a swamp, with g
spring or two in the bottom to furnish
cress with sedges and other water
plants to furnish the suitable food, and
it will contribute abundantly to the
provision of.the farmers table.
A range of carp ponds may be made
in this amer: 1t is Indispensable
that the bottom should be soft and
muddy. The carp is a alternating
fish. and lies through the winter at the
bottom of the water. with its head
stuck in the mud at the verge of a
spring or in Il deep hole where the wa
ter Is the warmcst. For this reason
the ponds are the better for being
made in springy ground 1t is desir-
able to plant water cress on the edges
made shallow for the purpose, and to
encourage the growth of such plants as
the marsh marigold tCatha ~paius'risl
and the duck weeds and the pond
weeds and other similar vegetation.
The fish feed on these and where they
abound nc feeding is required. A few
water lilies are doubly useful as az
fording food, and for their beauty.
The ponds may be of any length, but
it is desirable to have them narrow, as
the fish must be taken with dip nets,
and will rarely take a hook, although /
have known them to take 1 bait of stiff
flour paste quite freely at times. My
ponds were too wide-16 fcet-and IL
feet is bett r, but only on this account
/ was vcr-y much surprised, after 4
heavy rain which raised the water to
made the ground quite wet, to see the
fish taking French cave and going by
scores to the stream across the wet
ground, n distance of 800 or 400 feet,
and a large number escaped before l
cou'd fence them in with some boards.
This. | was told, was a habit Of this
fish. and one of my @ a bohemian,
vino has been used in his native coun-
try to the care Of carp ponds, said he
had known ponds to have been COM
plctely enp:ied in this way. 1t is there
fore necessary TO fence in the ponds to
cvadc this curious habit of the fish.
1t is quite easy to capture the fish,
when it is desired. by tanning them by
occasional feeding with the dough or
small balls of we'll boiled .and adhesive
cornmca. mush. which they take eager
~. and are thus easily dipped out with
cDo net. There are two kinds of
carp. the scale" and the leather
carp, but there is no choice between
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-24
HUMOROUS.

-She-"When is a honeymoon sup
posed to end?." IIr-'When the last
quarter is gone, | guess. "-Indianapolis
Journal.
-Jack-'You should never throw
kisses, dear" Ethel-"Why not?"
Jack-'They are too precious TO han
die so carclessly'" He was allowed to
help himself.
Il can not see why | do not get
along better. am not one Of those fell
lows who want the earth. either" NO;
what Won want is the sand."-Indian-
apolis Journal.
-Teacher-"Can you tell me why
same place." Boy-"Yes, sir. Because
there's nothing left of the place after
the first strike"
To be Continued.-'Mrs. Brown and
] never quarreled but once" What?
] heard You two weeks ago. and | heard
you again to-day" 1T was the same
old quarrel, sim. Y. Sun.
why didn't yez wear the blue silk
dhress at the parity lasht noight,
I!ridgct?" Sure an ri wanted to, but
the misses. bad cess TO her, she wore it
hersilf."-IIarper's Bazaar.
We'll have to offer extra induce
ments to that trout" said the old sport.
''The bait doesn't seem to please him."
Pull in your line and offer him a lib
eral rebait," said Waggles.-N. Y. Her
aid.
They had n regular fst-fight for
her. did they? And she married the van
pushed? ! should think she would have
picked the winner" ooh, no.: she want
ed a man she could handle. "-Boston
News.
-Hc-''The artists say that FIVE feet
four inches is the divine height for a
woman" His Darling (crossly)-''You
know | am five feet eight" He quick
lyl-"You are more than divine, dear"
-Binghamton Republican.
The Difference.-Mrs. TrOtting--
'Therc has been a great awakening at
church" Mrs. Dimlong-''We have
a great awakening at ours twice every
Sunday-just when the minister con-
cludes his scrmon."-Detroit Free Press.
No Use in That.-'.I'd like to 90
away for the rest Of the week. sir" said
the tired book-kceper. There is nc
need for You 10 do that, replied the
employer. Stay herc and the rest OF
the week will come to you."-N. Y.
Sun.
Fair Maiden Ia summer boarder)-
How savageIy that COW looks at me-"
Farmer-"lt's YOUR red parasol, num-"
Fair Maidcn-"Dcar me, | know il was
a little out of the fashion. but | didn't
suppose a country COW would notice
it"
Cyril lin the carbohydrates.
father! look out of the Window" Pa.
terfamilias quitting out his head)-
What a nuisance you children are
What do you want now?" Cyril with
a triumphant glance at his playfellow-
Johnnie Cope wouldn't believe you'd
got no hair on the top of your head
Canadian Tid-bits.
Trying to Please Bennie.-Actual
occurrence at one of the largest rail-
road centers during the busiest hour of
the day. Lady with handbook, um-
brella and a small boy to ticket-seller)
What time does the train go -?
Affable Agent-'1a:30, madam, and I
think this is the thirteenth time / have
answered that question for you" Fe-
male Inquisitor Yes. sir: but my boy
Bonnie here does SO like t o hear you
talk."-Utica Observer.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-24
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soon make a size sufficient for
use. When | first procured mine
they were seven or eight inches
long, and spawned the first year, fixing
the eggs to the grass which ovcrhung
the water and was submerged in it.
The second year they were large enough
for use, and made a most acceptable
addition to the domestic supply. But
they must be well fed to make n quick
growth. and the pond must not be
crowded. This will be prevented by
having the screens between :he ponds
of half-inch mesh, through which the
small fish a escape to the lower
ponds. The fish may be driven from
one pond to another through the gates,
and in this way the large ones may be
kept in the upper poad and the small
fry lower down.
My ponds paid all the cost of them
the first year by the ice they furnished,
and as the farm was run as a dairy. this
supply was quite valuable. Another
valuable return was the muck that was
dug out and used fer litter in the sta
bles and for compost. and still another
was the water crosses grow in the
shallow water of the lower pond. This
brought me - cents a peck basket in
the New York market. and Sl.50 per
basket in the winter from the part of
the pond which was protected by hot
bed saShes. Few farmers who nave all
these facilities take any ceoun of the
value of n water annex to the farm,
but such a part of n farm may be often
made 10 pay many times the value of
as much dry land.-H. Stewart, in
Country GentlemGn.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-24

and. giving herself plenty OF tine,
marches in q digniied, leisurely and
respectable ann to the station. Her
o%nly-fault, if it be one, is to reach that
place a good half hour before the train
arrives
/ will confess, however, that on her
home trip from the city she is not SO
successful, for she can never tell when
her shopping will be through and there
fore makes it a matter Of chance as
TO what train she will catch to return
On.
Still, her actions going to trains are
consistent with her higher apprecia-
ton Of order and good management
The only time she attracts attention by
an undue excitement and speed on the
street Is when she happens to be with
her always belated husband and hen
she is certainly not to blame.
running mate" following as best she
can tile man who. not being handi-
capped with skirts, keeps many feet in
advance and only turns to yell: Hurry
up" and other mean and provoking
things
I'd like t o see myself running after a
man. though. in hat fashion.
After witnessing the street race to
the train, I had an opportunity to study
the home part of it by spending awhile
with my married sister.
All the family except the husband
were seated comfortably at the break
fast table at seven o'clock precisely,
for That wes the hour insisted upon by
the head of the house. This gave half
an hour to enjoy the bountiful and
carefully prepared meal, and fifteen
minutes to walk calmly to the railr Dad
station. But John, the train catcher
was not at his place. The servant rang
the breakfast bell twice after we had
commenced las we had to by Johns"
explicit orders and regulations) and
my sister thrice left the table and
called upstairs that it was late. Final
ly one of the children was sent to see
if papa was awake and to mention the
time and came back reporting that
papa was just getting out OF bed.
Then commenced in the room above
n commotion that startled me-. though
lone of the others paid attention to it
Bare feet l heard running across the
floor first to one place then to another
a mans voice shot through the
hall wanting to know where his clean
shirt was and his collar and his neck.
tie and the Lord knows what else.
Then slams and bangs of doors and
sounds of drawers being opened and
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-24
Al orer

E"s Ofts
your sufTerings from Catarrh.
That is, if you go about it i'll the
right way.
There are plenty of wrong ways,
that perhaps you've found out.
They may relieve for q time, but
they don't cure.
Worse yet, they may drive tho
disease to the lungs Yen can't
afford to experiment.
But there is a right way, and 4
sure way, that does u Thou
sands of otherwise hopeless cases
have proved it. It's with DR.. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy. By its mild,
soothing, cleansing and healing
properties, it permanently cures the
worst chronic cases. Catarrhal
Headache, "Cold in the Head" -
everything catarrhal in its nature,
is cured as if by magic.
It's e way so sure that the pro-
prietors of DR.. Sagc's Remedy
offer, in good faith, $500 for q
ease of Catarrh which they can
not cure.
If it's sure enough for them to
make the offer, it's SURF enough
for you to make the trial.
They risk $500. What do you
risk?
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-24

shut mingled with angry CALCULATIONS
and more rushing about.
Then the cyclone sounded nearer and
into the dining room popped Mr.. John
fastening his necktie on his unbuttoned
collar and trying to pull his cuffs over
his wrists.
lie glanced at the clock and-'Why
didn't you call me before? Don't you
know it's after train time" etc. etc,
he savagely asked.
Without waiting for q reply and mel.
ther expecting any, he jumped to the
table and half sat on his chair. Give
me my coffee quick. Where's the bis
cult? Pass me something only got
five minutes" he spluttered and then
began ranming things in his overloaded
mouth, boiling them till he chokcd,
and finished by scalding himself well
with the hot coffee which pleased me
immensely.
His breakfast (?) took four minutes
by the clock.
Then up he jumped with: where's
my hat?-whO took my coat? Find my
umbrella" When they were handed to
him by different members of the upset
family out he bo~unded-as if fired from
a cannOn-ncver saying ''good-by," and
off he rushed to join the rest of the
train chaserS
1t was an hour before the household
was restored to peace and q%uietness
again.
lin glad | am not married. / would
soon be made crazy by such goings on.
| think a man ought to have more
sense than to make himself and his
family d~yspeptic and nervous just by
being too lazy to get up in proper time
III. c. Dodge, in GOodalrs Sun.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-24
s AND LITERARY.

The reader for a London magazine
says that as a result of nine weeks
reading he accepted Just twenty-three
out OF 1,aa7 poems offered to the maya
zine for publication.
The late head of the well-known
publishing house of Tauchnitz, who
died q few year, ago. is to have a me-
mortal erected in his honor at Leipzig,
the cost of which will be betrayed by
the citizens.
-Vice-President Morton is loved in
Washington for his calm temper and
lack of af~fectation. Some n who saw
him when he first heard of the accident
70 the Shoreham says that his first
question was: us anybody hurt??"
Mrs. Fannie Falkenburp, who cele-
brated her one hundredth birthday in
New York a few DAYS ago, is a native
of Germany. and can perfectly recall
seeing Napoleon at the head of his
troops, on a black charger. at the time
he invaded Germany.
Frank Stockton claims TO work
with n deliberation which would hard
ly prove financially profitable To writers
less known. lie dictates to n stenop-
rainier. and sometimes. he he
waits IN bour for the RIGHT word In
this way he turns out about n thousand
words a day.
The late countess of Cbambruu.
who WAS one of the few surviving
great ladies' of the French empire. had
an inspiration to be a poetess. She
wrote plays. also. in blank verse. and
used 10 send them repularly to the
Coincide Franchise, but none of hem
wa ever accepted.
A queer sight to be seen almost apy
day upon the streets of Danyille. Ind.
is that of Johnny Craig. the I,,rpest
man in the world, wheeling along his
six months old baby in an ordinary
baby CARR q Craig weighs s23 pounds.
while Young Master Craig, Jr is not
above the average six-months-old child.
One of Prince Albert's wedding
gifts to his bride attracted much atten-
ton. 1t consisted of an entire railroad
train of sleeping cars. boudoir. saloon
and dining cars. eight carriages in all.
gorpeousIy appointed in ever detail.
Indeed. it is regarded as the finest pri-
vate or royal railroad train in the world.
,5,;r.I co-r, 81 ,h,. rr,,,h
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-24

more wild and excited and to increase
their speed so found it difficult TO fol-
low.
All at once ] saw close at hand the
railroad station with a train slowly
beginning to move away toward New
York. Then came the last mad scram-
bic of the men up to the station steps
and onto the platforms of the moving
cars.
Those who got aboard at the risk of
their lives ! saw fall exhausted in the
seats and commence to vigorously fan
themselves with their hats or papers
and to mop their crimJon and pcr,pir.
ing faces with their handkerchiefs.
Those who were left. locking madden
than hornets, Immediately pulled out
their watches and studied the hands ap-
pareltly amazed.
Without an exception each charged
the train with starting ahead of time
and vowed vengeance.
In a few minutes, however. they
cooled off, bought a paper, took a seat
in side. looked at the new; AMI mopped
their faces as dcnurely as could tie.
As for me, now understanding fully
the cause of the insane proceedings
which had puzzled me at first, ! just
laughed il spite of my efforts to look
solemn.
Luckily none of the sheepish look
ing commuters saw my unsympathetic
levlty or if they did they were ashamed
to notice it
On talking afterward about the af-
fair with friends who lived on that and
other streets and in other country
towns / was surprised to learn that
this mad racing and chasing occurred
every day.
/ was also informed that in winter,
after a fires sEow fall, these ridiculous
scenes were intensified and much more
amusing owing to the frequent tumbles
in the soft siuSh and frantic struggles
to get through the drifts after the loco
motives whistle was heard.
As | have remarked, l an a maiden
lady, and consequently was naturally
surprised at the remarkable and
way that men have il catch
ing trains
| knew very veil that when WON
an travels she plans ever, thing ahead
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-24
A "Pick-Me-Cp."

DID you ever try water as a pick-me.
up after a days outing or shopping,
when you know you are tired. hot and
frowsy. and that when some one comes
home to dinner for whose praise you
care he will find you looking your
homeliest? Pour ice-cold water over
your wrists, battle them in it until you
begin to feel cool. and then stop or
you may get a chill by lowering the
temperature of the body too much.
Wiring a cloth out of boiling-hot water
and lie down for five minutes, or ten if
you car get it with the cloth spread
over your burning face and tired eyes.
You will be surprised to see how the
tired lines will fade out, and how
brightly the dull eyes will shine
Christian Union.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-24

the BIZ city OF New 1OrR, tne Otner
day, was struck by a number of singu-
lar occurrences
As | passed along, happening to he
going il the direction of the railroad
station, / noticed that the front doors
of most Of the houses suddenly burst
open and that a man in a state of ex-
citement bounced forth from each, and
Immediately started on a run down the
street toward the railroad.
Some of them had their mouths full
of foo apparently a part of their
breakfasts-which they were painfully
trying to swallow: others carried coats
which they struggled to get into while
they were running: nearly all but
toned their vests while leaping down
the front steps, and several had neck
ties and collars in their hands instead
of around their Threats.
Many of these frenzied and wild-eyed
individuals were followed to the front
gates by women rushing after them and
frantically calling on their husbands,
as | supposed, TO stop. Some of these
women had letters in their hands
which were snatched and madly pock-
eted by tho,c of the men who were
stayed by their fair p%ursuers; others,
after catching their a quickly gave
him a kiss, the smack of which seemed
to me to be londer than necessary: and
not a few shouted the names of articles
used in the kitchen and sewing room
with the injunction added that they
must not be forgotten.
Some of the men never stopped at all,
but cOntented themselves by only urn
ing, for an instant, in their flight-just
long enough to wave their hands to the
girls they left behind them and get
back a kiss thrown from the ladies'
fingers or a salute from handkerchief |
or napkin. In most eases ! think it was
the napkin.
walked a little quicker to keep up
with the bursting doors and outbound
ing men. while stretched out before
me on the street was the string of red
faced and putting racers all running
a. if to a fire and eve increasing in
number.
Before | knew it / found myself skip
ping along also at a lively gait. for my
wOran'a curiosity was aroused and !
wanted to understand why these other
wise dignified gentlemen were in
such n frenzy and where they were rush
ing to.
The whistle of an approaching train
of cars caused the men to become
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-24
A GIFT to All Free.

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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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velope at once, enclosing ten cents in
stamps. to defray expenses, to Secretary,
James Holland, s, Bloomsbury Mansions,
Bloomsbur-- Square, London, England.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-24
WHEN DAYLIGHT FADES.

When daylight fades
!. siicnce broodeth over all the land
The waves creep slowly up the glistening sand,
The roistering wind grows strangely still,
More swectly sounds the music Of the nil,
When daylight fades
When daylight fades
L ong shadows gather on the pine crowned
hills,
The messy wheel turns slowly at the mill.
The downy chickens seek their mothers wing.
The cricket in the long lush grasses sing.
When daylight fades
lien day light fades
The whip poor.will pipes forth his lonely call
The dewdrops giisten on the old stone wall,
And sunset skies turn dim and family gray.
While fire flies fash their lamps across the
way.
When daylight fades
When daylight fades
The flowers dropping. nestle in their beds.
And babies, nodding curly. drowsy heads.
Are pillowed on their loving mothers breast
All living things are touched to tender rest.
When daylight fades.
When daylight fades
Into deaths dreamless lethe dipped ~starless
night,
What fields elysian touched with unknown
light,
What sun kissed arching azure summer skies.
What flower gemmed world will greet our
waking eyes.
When daylight fades.
Agnes Potter Magee, in Chicago Saturday
Evening Herald.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-24

An acre of rye contains not only
green food for late fall and early spring,
but it is estimated that it should pro-
duce from fifteen to twenty bushels of
grain and a ton of straw. With the
price of rye placed at se%venty-ive cents
4 bushel for grain and $40 for the straw
the total value is over $50, which
should make rye a profitable crop
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-24

We are quite used TO cireuses that
q lvertise investments of from one mil
ion 10 three millions of dollars, but
there is another side TO the picture.
In the small railroad towns OF New Jer-
sey a circus made one-day stands, used
only two cars for its outfit and exhibit
ed only one horse and rider in its
ring.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-24
The Hat.

A new variety of autumn hat is called
the Brighton; hat with a cleft crown
being SO styled. In place of the fancy
open-work straw Of which the model
was first made, the Brighton is To-
produced in a soft, hairy felt, like
pressed camel's hair. The most popu-
lar are of fawn color, with a monde
script pattern. shading to brown, and
the hat is trimmed with simple brown
silk cord or brown velvet. A hat of this
class, when the shape suits, is an ex-
cellent investment, as it defes both
weather aud wssr.-Chioago Post
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-24

Something About the Weed Popularity
knnyrn . Enrnn lnlIer

Something About the Weed Popularity
Known : Germ inder.
This weed is common throughout the
flower spike is really pretty and were
it not for the large, oarse heritage
stamping it Enthusiastically as Il weed.
it might even claim a place among or
namental plants.
1t is propagatcd by underground
root-stocks As well as by seed These
root-stocks, which are really under
ground stems. extend a%ngularly from
the parent plant to a considerable dis
lance. sending mp a stalk from each
node; from this habit the young plants
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-24
You Needn't be a shaker

To have the shakes that are produced by
chills and fever or bilious remittent fever.
Prevent them and every other form of ma
larial disease with HOstetter's Stomach Bit
tiers, the grand ~fortifier and defensive medi-
cine of the age. Dyspepsia, kidney and liver
complaint constipation, rheumatism and de-
bility are also remedied by this bencsicent
medicine.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-24

Mr.. Secondtrial-But, my dear, when
Angelina was alive
Mrs Secondtrial-Just stop RICH,
there. This thing of drawing compari.
SONS between me and your first wife is
something l will not permit You had
better make up your mind to that at
once
Mr.. Secondtrial-l had no idea of
drawing a comparison / meant to
draw acontrast.-Indianapolis Journal