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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-01-23
REQuEsTS BY A HORSE

DoN'r ask me to back" with binders
on am afraid to. s 20 ----,
DON'T lend me to some blockhead that
has less sense than I have.
DoN'r think because I am q horse
that iron weeds and briars won't hurt
my hay. ~
DoS'r be so careless of my harness as
to find a great sore on me before you
attend to It.
DON'T run me down a steep hill, for
if anything should give away might
break your neck.
DoN'rthink because I go free under
the whip I don't get tired. You would
move on if under the whip. -p:s
DON'T whip me when ! get frightened
along the road or ! will expect it next
time and maybe make trouble
DoS'r put on my blind bride so that
it irritates my eyes, or so leave my fore
lock that it will be in my eyes.
DON'T hitch me to an iron post or rail-
ing when the mercury is below freez-
ing. need the skin on my tongue.
DoN'r keep my stable very dark, for
when / get out into the light my eyes
are injured. especially if now be on
the ground.
DoS'r leave me hitched in my stall all
night with a big cob right where Unjust
lie down. am tired and can't select a
smooth place.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-01-23

Among the committee who appeared
on the Alhambra stage the other night
to test the extraordinary powers of the
Lady Magnet was AL unexpected ad.
d~ition-Charlie Mitchell. the pugilist
When requested to lit the Lady Mag
net from the floor his essay was
watched amid a breathless excitement.
The Little Georgia Midget covered her
arms with her sleayes, placed them
close to her side, aud Charlie Mitchell
lifted her high in the air like the
veriest feather-weight. Smiling. size
descended. barred der arms, and again
placed them closa to her side. Then
Mitchell graspeo them, exerted all his
strength, grew red in the face with the
strain. but nevor lifted her feet from
the floor. She stood and was immov-
able, but by his great strength he sac
cecded in forcing her arms from the per.
pendicular, and that was all He could
not lift her, and this he at once owned
Pail Mall Budget
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-01-23

onto his other paw. This left-han.iet
work was a little awkward for me. o
course, bat Il mighty sight more so 10,
him.
1t fired him up again, with new en-
thusiasm, when the hatchct started in
on a fresh spot; and for a minute OF
two, things were about as lively as
when the ball opened.
but he soon tanned down. and his
snarls and growls grew weaker and
weaker.
we're daubed and drenched with blood,
and SO were my clothes.
when the old chap had grown Sc
weak that he could hardy hold up his
end of the dance. | concluded that he
would find it still harder work to
travel. So | lit out for the spot where
I had dropped my gun.
The PEAR started to follow me. but
found it too hard work to walk on his
stubbs of fore paws, and sat up on his
launches again in so pitiful a plight
that was almost sorry Tor him.
Picking up my gun | took off the
cap to the 'wormer' of the ramrod.
which was made specially sharp and
strong, and with it drew the stuck slug
out.
Then ! carefully reloaded. stcadied
my aim against a tree-fOr the excite
ment had made my arms rather shakey
and shot him through the heart as he
stood licking his paws
After skinning him ] hurried to
camp, got my tote sled and hauled all
the best of him back to camp with me,
and it was no small load either, for he
was the biggest bear ! cvcr had any
track with.
But, you see, ! never would have
had such a scrape getting him if | had
had a modern repeating rifle instead Of
an old muzzle-loader."
FORREST CRIssEY.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-01-23
LA GRIPPE.

The grippe is raging in the west no,
to such an extent as in the east, but
still the mortality in this section is great
enough in all conscience. The best
medical authorities unite in saying that
the proper treatment for it is a stimu-
liant. In Europe they prescribe brandy.
Some physicians here give whisky and
quinine, and some anti-pyrine. Whis-
ky and q%uinine will result in deafness,
and ultimately in insanity. Anti
pyrine is liable TO affect the heart dam
gerously, and should therefore be used
with great Caution. The best remedy
for this malady is REDS GERMAN
COUGH AND KIDNEY CURE. II
does not affect the brain iniuriously,
nor the heart, but it will assist the
stomach in maintaining its normal
tone, and it will exterminate all mi
crobeS. 1t soothes the lungs, and ex-
cites the Kidneys TO action. If taken
when the grippe makes its first appear
ance it will absolutely stop it. Ii has
been tried in thousands of cases and
has never failed. Get it of any dealer.
SYLVAN REMEDY CO., Peoria, Ill
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-01-23
FOR EVENING WEAR.
Some Points to be Remem bered by We
- -

Some Points to be Remem bered by Well.
Dressed Men.
The linen collar of evening dress con.
tinues the straight up effect, the points
at the greatest eminence, where they
almost meet, and rising gradually from
the back.
The cravat of evening dress is OF
white lawn, one inch wide, without
stitching or embroidery or any adventi-
tion of a like character that may be
avoided.
The full-dress shirt has a wide. plain
bosom, with which are worn three white
pearl studs, or buttoned over three small
sewed on, ol~d-fashioned, small pearl
buttons, the latter the more distingue.
The gloves of full dress are of deli.
cate pearl, undressed, and with white
or self-narrow cording upon the backs
The handkerchief of full dress is of
fine white linen, with narrow hem.
stitch border.
The muller of full dress is of some
solid, deep color. and is in the form Of
an enlarged handkerchief. to be folded
to a width from four to five inches,
placed about the neck under the swal-
low-tail collar and folded across tho
waistcoat opening.
The boutonniere Of full dress is Of
white flowers always. Pinks. chrys-
anthemums, orchids, hyacinths, gar
de MAS or whatever may be the preva.
lent fiQwer-but always white. Cloth
Ter and Furnisher.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-01-23
ADJUSTABLE WAGON SEAT.
II Costs But Little and Is n Source oil
Conslderable Comfort.

II Costs But Little and Is n source OF
Considerable Comfort.
There are a great many farmers who
still stick to the old-fashioned wagon
bed with detachable sideboards, which
has many advantages over the other
kind on the farm. This nscessitates
working the rubber with a lever. which
is ready for use at all times, with bed
OF or on. II was this idea which
brought to my mind the adjustable
wagon-seat, which almost any farmer
al readily make. l have often thought,
when riding yer rough roads. of the
moving machine seat which is in use
only about two weeks in the year.
My first idea was to remove the bolt
which fastens it TO the machine and
bolt it to a bottom board of the wagon
bed, but / knew it would make a very
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-01-23
ON THE ISLAND CONTINENT.

Two BLUE gum trees in Australia
measure 435 and $50 feet in height.
A PARASITE which kills forty grass
hoppcrs an hour is TO be exported in
large numbers from Australia
THE government of Victoria has de-
cided to entirely prohibit the destruc-
ton of the Australian bustard or wild
turkey, on the ground of its usefulness
as a destroyer Of insects, particularly
locusts.
IT has been roughly estimated that
the amount of English capital which is
invested in land in New Zealand, either
by way of mortgage or by direct pro-
prietorship. does not fall short of $780,
600, 900.
No PART of Australia is so hot and so
unhealthy as to forbid white settle
mcnt, and if the strip of low lying coast
lands in the north be omitted there is
nc part of it yet colonized in which
Europeans or Americans cannot work.
THE Australian city of Melbourne,
which was founded less than fifty years
ago. has already a population of nearly
half a million, and stands fifth among
the cities of the British empire. 1t is
now a great shipping port, and its slum
quarter is small.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-01-23
Looking Toward the Sunaat.

The world has always treated mo
well, and every day l feel less and less
like scolding and complaining. But
yet / would not want to make this nv
eternal residence. ] love to watch the
clouds, and to battle my soul in the blue
sea of heaven: but l expect when the
armament is rolled away as a scroll to
see a new heaven, grander, higher and
more glorious. You ought to be will.
ing to exchange your body that has
headaches and sideaches and weak.
nesses innumerable, that limps with
the stone-bruise or testers with the
thorn, or flames on the funeral pyre Of
~fcvers, for an i~ncorruptible body and
an eye that blinks not before the jasper
gates and the great white throne. But
between that and this there is an hour
about which no man should be reck-
less or foolhardy. I doubt not your
courage, but 1 tell you that you will
want something better than a strong
arm, a good aim and trusty sword when
you come to your last battle. You will
need a better robe than any in your
wardrobe to keep your arm in that
place.-Talmage, in Ladies' Home Jour.
nal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-01-23
German
Syrup"

here IS something from MI. Frank
A. Hale, proprietor of the De Witt
House, Lewiston, and the Tontine
Hotel, Brunswick, Me. Hotel men
meet the world as it comes and goes,
and are not slow in sizing people
and things up for what they are
worth. He says that he has lost a
father and several brothers and SIS
tiers from Pulmonary Consumption,
and is himself frequently troubled
with colds, and he
Hereditary often coughs enough
TO make him sick at
Consumptionhis stomach. When
ever he has taken a
cold of this kind he uses Boschee's
German Syrup, and it cures him
every time. Here is a man who
knows the full danger of lung trou-
bles, and would therefore be most
particular as to the medicine he used.
What is his opinion? Listen! 81
use nothing but Boschee's German
Syrup, and have advised, Ipresume,
more than a hundred different per-
sons to take it. They agree with
me that it is the best cough syrup
IN the market" o
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-01-23
SANS SHOCKED SWEETHEART.

A Sensational scene Stirred Up by n Sister,
silly Sayings and Somebody's suikinrss.
Shame. Sam Short" say Sans sis
ter Samantha "Such selfishness
seems scandalous. Surely, Sally's sor.
rowful signing speaks something"
"She's stupidity sentimental" says
Sam.
shes sensitive" says Sans sister
sheer sickly sentiment, sneers sam
"Still. she's Sans sweetheart
smiles samantha Sam scowls.
Somebody says Sally's sweet" says
Samantha.
sweet? Soft" saws Sam. spitefullv.
SANS sweet, surely" sarcastically
says Samantha
Sam stands sulkily silent Somebody
seeing Sam standing so still, so sour,
stops short, stays secluded-she's Sally.
sally says Seth Smiths stunning
says Samantha, slyly.
"Sally's silly" smokers Sam. Sally
seemed stunned; she stands sadly
shamed. surprised. Samantha, sudden
ly seeing Sally, stop, sam.
she's standing"
sally, ~stiffening, sternly signals ST.
lencc. Samantha signs. Sam, sup
posing Samantha silenced, stupidity
says: Samantha, Sally's stingy.
Samantha squirmsl. shes stuck-nr,
shrewish, soft, squashy: she's
Samantha shrieks; sally swoons
(Scene).-N. Y. Advertiser.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-01-23
FOOD FOB MIRTH.

SCuooL-TEAcuEE-"Bobby, you may
define profit" Bobby (whose father is
a Gruggist)-"Four hundred per cent
my hair" unused Van Smythe, as he
carefully consigned his two remaining
wisps to their appointed places, IRE
minds me most painfully of a fool and
his money."-Life.
LUCuLE-''Do you know, young Mr..
De Hopper said to me that ! was the
loveliest girl at the ball last night
Estelle - Gracious! Why, l didn't
know that young Mr.. De Hopper drank"
-Somerville Journal.
A TUMBLE.-"Seen Madge Morrison
lately?" '.Ycs. She's riding n bicycle
lately, isn't she?" Trying to, you
mean" "Oh. she doesn't get on very
well?" Hardly. But you ought to see
her get off."-Pbiladelphia Press.
NO" AID Briggs, Il can't play
poker. When l get a good hand !
can't help looking happy" "On such
an occasion" said Braggs, 81 can keep
my face straight by thinking of what
my wife will have to say to me when
get home."-Indiapapolis Journal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-01-23

Excuse me II I cannot stay-I think I'll hurry
on"
Shame cried the inexperienced knight: but
the older knight was gone.
So the young knight laid his lance in rest, and
his youthful heart rprose:
And he charged upon The monster. and just
touched his mighty nose;
And the monster reached out for him and with
ore tremendous thrust
lie knocked the good knight on his horse and
laid him in the dust;
And twenty minutes lat It that young knight
slowly woke
And lay accounting up the bones and things
that monster broke;
And as he wondered at the need OF brave
knight errantree,
lie saw the lady sitting on that horrid mon.
ster's knee.
She laid her dainty fingers. os she sat in loving
pose.
On a scratch. all but invisible, upon that mon
ster's nose:
Her tender. soothing accents had n sweet and
silvery ring:
" Did the Massey man scratch hubby nose, 90
pity itty sing
He was q Massey wicked man, to give her hubby
pain;
Just let his tweetums kiss the place, AMI make
IL well again"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-01-23

"For a minute he grabbed his nose
in both paws and held it there just
long enough to let me pour a charge of
powder down my gun and fit a patch
and slug over the muzzle and whip out
the ramrod and start to crowd them
down.
"A sling, on account Of its conical
shape. requires greater cafe in loading
than a round ball. and unless its start
ed exactly right its liable to stick be-
fore you get it down.
My haste to get the second charge
into the wounded bear before he quit
nursing his nose and turned his atten-
ton to me, betrayed me into starting
the slug a little out of true; and by the
time l had rammed it half way down
the barrel. it stuck fast, ard / couldn't
bulge it to ave my life!
while / was ~crowding the ramrod
with all my strength, the bear dropped
IN all-fours and made a rush at me.
"a hurt bear can get over ground
about as lively as anything lin ac-
quainted with, and / had scarcely time
to drop my gun and take to my heels
before he was close in my tracks,
gaining on me at every canter.
II saw that it was no use trying to
outrun him. and that | must depend
upon some other shift for my life.
when the old fellow was close upon
me l lodged behind a big pine. and
jerked my hatchet, which was as sharp
as a razor, from my belt.
The bear reared up on his launches,
threw his arms about the tree. and be-
gan to hipi-ty-hop around after me.
Then the music began in earnest.
The tree was Il big one, and there
was just room enough for me to oper-
ate in, between the ends of his out.
stretched paws. into which ! piled the
keen edge of my Ratchet as often as cir
cumstances would permit.
This, of course, increased his fury
and the speed with which he hoped
around the tree after me. But | man
aged to dance our 'Ring-around-the
Rosy as lively as he did.
"How long we kept the jig up | don I
know-but it was long enough. / can
tell you that,
His left paw was hacked up into
mincemeat before he began to show
any signs of weakening, but l knew
that the loss of blood was bound to tell
on him, o or later. And it did;
for after awhile he began to lag a
little.
This gave me a chance to shift my
Ratchet into my left hand and play il
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-01-23

sportsman. to realize the dangers to
which the last generation OF hunters
were constantly exposed in the use OF
the ~old-fashioned muzzlc-loading rifle,
when the safety of life and limb often
hung upon the sure aim of q single
shot
Never was this feature of old-time
hunting brought home TO me so forci-
bly,, as when, a short time since, l sat in
a cabin on old La Pointe Island, Lake
Superior, upon a bootjack, laid across
the top of an empty nail keg, and lis
tened to the recital of an adventure. in
the forests Of the Upper Peninsula of
Michigan, by one of the last of the old
line of the American Fur Company's
trappers-
l will give it to you as it fell from his
lips:
YES" said old Capt Angus. Il did
have a scrape with a bear, once; and in
rather close quarters, too.
In them days our rifles yer all
muzzle-loaders. with ramrod under the
barrel and patch box in the stock.
Your round balls and pointed slugs
were usually carried in the pocket, and
the powder flask at the belt
l carried as good q gun as there
was in the woods; and what have to
tell you is nothing against that par
ticular gum, bnt its failing was COM
mon to its kind.
One morning I made the regular
rounds of my traps and had took up an
uncommon fine pack of Martin. otter
and beaver pelts
Maybe. as l trudged along through
the woods, I was thinking a little more
of my mornings good luck than l was
of what was going on around me.
AT any rate. when l looked up and
glanced a little ways ahead of me, !
saw as big a bear setting straight upi in
my path as ever I laid eyes on.
1t was SO sudden-like that when l
walked up to the situation it made me
feel SO sort o foolish and unstrung that
I'nost believe 1 would have stood stock
still and e e hat bear walk off and
leave me if he had offered to.
But he didn't show M symptoms
of that kind of weakness not TO
speak of! So I made up my mind that
the sooner l could get the drop on him
the healthier it would be for me
; Just as I drew q bead on him and
pulled the trigger he turned his head in
such . way that the ball tore through
his nose.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-01-23
FIG. q


The arms are 1Lxs inches, with the
end gate rod passing through the wild
est side at A Gig. q. so that the arms
are held fiat against the sideboard.
Festen the footboard NJ Gig. y on the
other end of arms with three strong
bolts OBJ, the IRON strap d Zig. 81
having been placed on both ends Of
bolts Now you are ready for the ma
chine seat Fasten Il on to the foot
board with one bolt having q very
large washer. or square iron strap, on
the underside of board. Fig I shows
the seat in position. is wagon brake.
E is the chain attached to seal for con-
v~enience. F, dotted line, showing cir
Gle the seat makes in reversing. g,
seat inverted.
It may be attached TO front end Of
bed for front lever, il desired, by re-
versing the machine scat and fastening
on the other end of footboard. and
passing . rod through front frame Of
bed Thomas G. Starbuck, in Ohio
Farmer.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-01-23
A FEW TOUGH KNOTS

U, rolling hitch; V, timber-hitch and
half-hitch; ", Blackwall-hitch; Y,
fisherman's bend; Y, round turn and
half-hitch; X. wall knot commenced;
A A, wall knot completed; b Il, wall
knot crown commenced; C C, wall
knot crown completed.
The principle of n knot is that nc
two parts, which would move in the
same direction if the ror were to
slip, should lie alongside of and touch
ing each other. The bowline is one of
the most useful knots; it will not slip,
and, after being strained. is easily I'M
tied. 1t should be tied with
facility by every one who handles
rope. Co um-nce by making a blight
in the rope, then put the end through
the blight and under the standing part,
as shown in &: then pass the end again
through the blight and haul tight. The
square or reef knot must not be mis-
taken for the granny" knot that slips
under a strain. Knots Ii, h and VI are
easily united after being under strain.
The knot NJ is useful when the rope
fSS>o Oh wy az - hSAa ~
the knot, as it will not slip and is cas-
lily united after being strained. The
ti~mber-hitch : looks as though it
would give way but it will not; the
greater the strain the tighter it will
hold. The wall knot looks complica-
ted, but is easily made by proceeding
as follows: Form a bigh t with strand
I, and pass the strand . around the
end Of it, and the strand 5 around the
end of !. and then through the blight of
l as shown in the engraving z; haul
the ends taut, when the appearance is
as shown in the engraving A A. The
end of the strand l is now laid over
the center of the knot, strand 2 laid
over l. and 3 v ., when the end of 3
is passed through the blight of I, as
shown in the engraving B Il; haul all
the strands taut as shown 10 the en-.
----.--
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-01-23
THE FARMING WORLD.
SOME U o

Cssfal Knota, Hitehes and Bsnds sna
How to Make Them.
How many know how to tie q knot
that will stay tied? Not many lands
men, according to our observation,
though all feel the need Of such knowl-
edge The pictures Of knots. shown at
Fig. s, are taken from q little psmph-
let called MANILA Rope" In this
book we are told that these knots are
known by the following names: A,
blight of a rope; B, simple or overland
knot; c, figures knot; D, double knot;
E, boat knot; F, bowline. first step; g,
bowline, second step; II, bowline, COM
pleted; l. square of reef knot; J, sheet
bend. or weaver's knot; K, sheet bend
with q toggle; L., carrick bend; NJ,
stevedore knot completed; N, steve
dore knot commenced; o, slip
knot; p, Flemish loop; Q,
chain knot with toggle; R, half
hitch; 5, timber hitch; T, Glove hitch;
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-01-23

0G:
FIG. !.

low drivers seat, not much higher than
the sideboards. and would be of no use
when the bed was filled. ! will here
describe the seat which has the advan-
tages of being held more firmly in po-
sition than the ordinary spring-seat
and costing little or nothing, and when
thrown back is as little in the way as
any other kinds
For the footboard, take an S-inch
board of tough white oak or red elm,
saw it 4 inches wider than the wagon
bed-a Finch projection on each side.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-01-23
DONALD KENNEDY
OF Roxbury, Mass, Says:

Strange cases cured by my Medical Disosv.
ery come to me every day. Hero Is one Of
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the Grip. Now how does
| my Medical Discovery cure all these? I don't
know, unless II takes hold Of the Hidden Poison
that makes all Humor.
VIRGINIA. CITY, NEVADA, S>pt. 9Th. f9f.
Donald KsRHeiy-DeIr Sir: l will state my case
to you: About nine years ago I was parnlyzed In
my left side, AMI the best doctors gave me no relief
for two years, and I was advised to try your Dis
eovery. which did Its duty. and In q few months !
was restored TO health. About four years ago I be-
came blind In my left eye by q spotted cataract
Last March | was taken with Ia Grippe, and was
confined to my bed for three months. At the end Of
that time, as In the start. then Il struck mo that
your Discovery was the thing for me; so / got .
bottle, and before 1t was half gone I was able TO o.
TO my work In the mines. Now In regard to my eye
as I lost my left eye. AMI about SIX months ago N
right eye became affected with black spots over III
sight rs did the left eye-perhnps some twenty {
them-buts since I have been using your Discover,
they all left my right eye but ono; and, thank Co.
the bright light OF heaven Is once more making II
appearance In my left eye. I am wonderfully astoI
ished ut II, and thank God and your Medica
Discovery. Yours truly, HASz WHITE
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-01-23

Captain outward bound. to Passen.
ger)-"Are you feeling any better to-
day, sir?" Passenger tdiscouraged)-
mo; worse. if anything" Captain
''Oh, you'll be all right in q day or two.
so don't give mp the ship!' Passenger
NO, I'll hold on to the ship II I can,
but I've given up about everything
elseT-Demorest's Magazine.