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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-02
NY FOE

ut from my foes without bull those within,
Ipfay to be protected hou by hour,
For that aggressive self. that leads TO sin
And lures to pleasure with seductive power,
Stands ever by the portal OF desire,
And moeks my spirit when It would aspire.
From that most subtle foe, disguised as friend
need be ever on my guard, and when
tcease for one brief moment to defend
The castle Of my soul. he seeks me then
In some unlooked-for way. with mien SO fair
And voice 50 sweet the while he sets his snare.
With honeyed words and rophistries and lies,
He argues on the pleasures OF the sense.
de pictures duty In a hideous guise
And laughs at labor's paitry recompcnse.
Let billiards toll. he cries thine is the right
To gather all LIES blossoms OF delight"
Again. In mask Of teacher he appears,
And cries. '"Why seek 10 lift another's load.
Each soul th1t Journeys down the yale Of tears
Must carry his own burden o'ef the foad.
Accept thine own, but let all others CO."
Despite his mask, I know him as my foe.
My base foe. self, which envious OF the goal
1t cannot reach, since formed OF dying clay.
Would hinder and oppose M striving soul
That longs and lsbors for the better way.
And with this foe my spirit must contend
BY prayer and vigil. even TO the end
Ella Wheeler Wilcox, in n. Y. Independent
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-02
A Beautiful House Gown.

A beautiful house gown is made with
a tight fitting back. This close-ftting
extends around as far front as the sec
ond dart. Falling from the half-low
rourd-neck, is a full, soft front. This
fullness is shirred at the neck and
again about three inches below, into n
band of embroidery about one and a
half inches wide. Falling away from
the neck at the shoulder are frilis six
or eight inches wide. These are grad
mated in size till they reach the waist
line, where they terminate in a point.
They fall away from the tight-ftting
portion their entire length, leaving the
fullness to fall in graceful folds. The
princess portion of the gown is
trimmed with two narrow rufies about
three inches apart The full portion
ends in a plain hem. The sleeves are
very full puffs terminating in a band
at the elbow, where they are finished
with a broad fall of lace.-St- Louis
Republic.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-02
FOR WORK..
Unemployed Poles Create n Series of Riots
In Detroit. Mich-The Mobs Dispersed
by Police.

Unemployed Poles Create n Series of Riots
In Detroit, Mich-The Mobs Dispersed
by Police.
DETROIT, Mich, Aug. CA crowd
of Polish laborers clamoring for work
filed the corridors of the city hall.
The board of public works had no work
for them and the crowd repaired to
Grand River avenue AID attempted
to force the laborcrs employed on n
paving contract to suit work SD they
could go to work themselves. The mob
made demonstrations with their shovels
and many personal encounters took
place between the members of the two
factions. One man was struck OF the
head with a shovel and seriously hurt.
A squad of policemen at the point of
revolvers finally managed to disperse
the mob on Grand River avenue
Then the mob started for Montcalm
street, where another gang of PAYERS
were working. At Grand Circus park
the police and mob came together
again. The policemen were largely
,outnumbered. but a liberal display of
revolvers by the officers overawed the
mob. Clubs were freely used, and some
of the mob were roughly handled be-
fore being dispersed. More trouble is
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-02

There was reported recently the
discovery Of an ancient copy Of the
Syfiae Gospels. Another biblical manu-
script Of great interest to scholars has
been brought to this country by Rev.
William Scott Watson, of Towerhill,
n. J. II Is a codex of the Samaritan
Pentateuch, which he discovered in
Palestine II gives the Hebrew text of
the Five Books Of Moses in the old
Samaritan characters on 5Ss pages Of
parchment and eleven pages of paper.
A cryptogram found in the parchment
portion states that it was written Try
abraham, the son Of Israel, the son of
Ephraim, the 10 of Joseph, the prince,
king of Israel" Sin the year six hun
bred and twenty-nine of the Kingdom
of IshameP This manuscript, which is
unique in America, is 1874 years older
than the earliest dated Samaritan man
uscript in the British museum.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-02

When the typhoid fever epidemic
was at its height, when cases were be-
!ng reported daily and everybody ex-
pected that there would be many
deaths from the disease, one local fow-
er firm expected TO make n speculation
on death. 1t was figured ont that there
would he an unusual number of deaths,
and that this would cause demand
for ar unusual number of floral pieces.
In the manufacture of floral pieces
moss is an absolute necessity, and the
peculiar kind that is used comes from
Oregon and Washington. The firm in
question thought to make n speculation
by ordering a quantity of this moss
early and running a corner in it. The
moss has arrived and been placed in
storage. But out of all the cases of
typhoid fever the deaths have num-
bered less than twenty-five, and there
is one firm that has moss enough on
hand for several years.-San Francisco
Examiner.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-02
HOUSE FOR
How 1t Is Built, Ditchcd and Arranged
on the Inside.

How 1t Is Built, Ditched and Arranged
on the Inside.
This sketch is from the building of a
prominent breeder of white and brown
leghorns. The buildings are II feet
wide. with a good single roof, double
boarded and paper between. some with
floors of wood. some cement and some
with earth floors. The board floor
well bedded with straw or chat, Is con-
sidered by him as the best. As he does
not breed in large numbers. ten or
twelve in a pen, the pens are divided
up, zach 8 feet wide, each portion
boarded up 8 feet and wire or laths
above, laths preferred.
The roosts are 2x4 round off and they
are 9 feet over a drop board which
slants a little to the front with a 2-inch
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-02

distance from the ground to the under
side of the stills t~wenty-three inches.
The pipes set in three ranks of four
each. and the stills are two-inch planks
ten inches wide, on which the floor of
inch oak is laid, and the superstructure
reared On this. The capacity of the
fruit-room IS sixty three-bushel crates
In architectural appearance. this build
ing is much more pleasing than an or
binary s~traight-sided building, or the
common, narrow crib. The cost of ma
terial was SIS. The work included
seven days of skilled labor, and two of
unskilled. Access is gained tothe floor
by simple stepladders the width of the
doorway. which are hinged to the floor,
and are turned up and remain in be-
tween the door jambs when the doors
are closed. The.side pieces of the steps
are four inches wide. the same as the
studs on either side of the door,. b.
Pierce, in American Agriculturist
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-02
dead sentinel ! take off here in two

dead sentinel take on here In two
hours"
Private Myers shivered in his '
coat and wished himself far away. His
sense of isolation became oppressive;
the darkness harbored unknown dam
gers; thieves were lurking about; I'M
canny objects were ready to show them
selves
For Private Myers was a very new
soldier, and could not bear a soldiers
honors easily. In every way he was
untried and uniformed A good, square,
honest fellow, but with no force OF
character and little worldly expert
ence, he had enlisted because that way
lay an easy manner of life His
I.ature had nothing in common with
soldering; but rs yet he did not know
1t. He was out Of his element; but he
did not know what his element was,
Some day he might discover this, and
thereafter do that TO which his hand
hos naturally might turn. But now
he was no more than u man In embryo,
the butt of all the wags in barracks,
accepting these rather hard conditions
with humility because he did not
know what else to do. His life was
hard, but a ~redeeming feature was
that he himself did not know how
hard it really was.
With a sudden accession of courage
he marched to the head of his beat
As he went, something white f1uttercd
into sight between him and the moon,
and then wavered into the black
depths of the cut Again his courage
forsook him, and he threw forward his
rifle ready 30 fire; bat the whitcness
vas lost. and he was unharmed. He
threw open the chamber of his gun with
Il bold movement and took out the
cartridge.
'I1l be hurting somebody with this,
in such q funk as / am" said he; shaki-
ly, realizing how causeless his fright
was.
He knew a shot would bring the men
from the guard-house, and he did not
want to turn them out for q trifie. He
would cut a very poor figure before
them under such circumstances Some
what nearer than the guard-house was
the cottage in which Corporal Bond
lived. Women-folks were there, and
they would be frightened by the dis
charge. 1t was better to take au addi-
tional risk of danger than to be the
joke of the garrison for a week over a
false alarm.
lie approached the hayward. The
wind was rising, and was like an ice
pressure against his face, 1t walled
yet more and more dismally. lie
stopped To listen, not at all certain it
was the wind, and that only, that he
heard. There was a quality in it such
as he had never heard before. 1t vas
short-liyeG and intermittent, and not q.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-02
Here are the true names of some

Here are the true names of some
sumed signatures: Charles Egbert
Eraddock" is Miss Murfree, THE
Duchess" is Mrs. Hungerford, ALAN
St Aubyn" is Miss Frances Marshall,
of Cambridge, England; miss NJ. E.
Braddon" is Mrs. Maxwell, Lance
Falconer" is Miss Mary Hawker. Ora
ham X. Tomson" is Mrs. Tomson,
julien Gordon" is Mrs Van Rensselaer,
Cruger, Octave Thanet" is Miss Aida
French, John Oliver Hobbies" is Mrs.
Craigie, and John Strange Winter is
Mrs. Arthur Stannard.
-D-. Timothy Stone Pinneo, author
OF Pinneo's grammars and the ~reviser
of the McGuffey readers, died at Nor
walk, Conn.,, in his ninetieth year. He
was n Of the oldest living alumni of
Yale. He entered that college at the
age Of sixteen, and was graduated from
the classical and medical departments
with high honors. For a time he prac-
ticed medicine in the south, but failing
health obliged him to abandon this
field and accept the professorship of
bellies lettres in Marietta college, Ohio.
The last years of his life were spent at
the head of a school in Greenwich.
Officer Ito a young lady at the baID
-ss6uadiges, Fraulein, if you do not
reciprocate my love l shall throw my
self out of the window this very day!-
Ladr-Achis Herr Lieutenant, you live
onsthe ground noor, l presumew-Flie-
gsnds BlatteF.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-02

eleat on the front to keep the drop
pings from falling off. Under the drop
boards or on the ground in front of
them are boxes filled with hay or straw
so it can be carried out any time and
cleaned. The doors between pens are
hung all the same way and swing with
pulleys and weights, so they will al
ways shut, with a hook to hang them
back to the wall when needed. Yards
are as long as the land will permit,
with a gate in the end of each yard so
a horse and pillow can be used to stir up
the ground. When yards are large
enough potatoes can be grown with
good success. The fencing for leg
horns is boards . feet high and wire 6
feet above that, or 8 feet in all for the
larger breeds, 2 feet wood and 8 TO 4
feet wire is all. Houses are built high
and ditched on each side 2 feet deep to
take up all the water in spring. 1t
will, of course, do for any kind Of
fowls.-John W.. Caughey, in Farm and
Home.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-02

that. They are always hanging around,
picking off billets here and there. It's
a piece of your business tonight to
stop thst-to catch 'em or kill EN-
and they know 1t well rs you do.
They'll be keeping q sharp watch out
for you in the dark corners.
Got q cartridge in your piece? You
are likely to need one. This amt any
play-soidiering, Myers; this post isn't
any snap. You're earning your pay
It's night. It's a long dark beat, and
o good step from any support. I'm
most sorry it fell to you, for you amt
the man I'd choose for such a ticklish
job. But don't get scared. All / say
Il keep your eye peeled, ~ it'll be {
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-02
THE FARMING WORLD.
FRUIT AND CORN HOUSE.

ct-- a--.. Cc-sS,i,~ Conven.
p..n,,
r.s ..rI milf :, co;nb;ned corn
a L,,s. ,vh;ch bas .ome al.
a.n,.aas - oanr.n;sncs and be.ntv. Al
.rn IL - :. 60 60 and the s;aes
..o to.,s ;.,h.s a, the
n,a,as Ths s;dss are sX feet high.
Ns -. : ri. n;,oh IL 10 Al.
- n.ross r,;,h . n,rt;t;on and the
- La,t has , hin for corn on each
- - a. door The north half has a
$780, e.. - .bo loyer t1oor and
nN, = sa.o..5 - ,ha s,or,ga ~
- 80 and c-.,es The lower
80 - g.. t.mnor.rr stor;no Of
- - othsr frr;t To MANY NOT
y ~ 20. t,s;noss :, nav hs neyvs In
.un - 49, .,d m;cs are onite
eaiu 80
49,, $50 - l. 90 irnortart n have
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-02
AN ODE TO THE HEN.

OF robin and bluebirc and linnet sprine
poets write page after page; their praises
are sounded each minute by prophet sooth.
sayer and sage; but not since the stars sang
together. not since the creation Of men, has
anyone drawn a goosefesther in praise Of the
patient old hen
All honor and praise to the singing that cheers
up the wildwood In spring: the old ~recollec-
tons oft bringing JOY. childhood and that sort
of thing; but dearer TO me than the twitter Of
robin. or martin. or wren. Is that motherly
cluck when q litter Of chickens surrounds the
old hen
And her midwinter cackle, how CHEEKY, above
the new nest she has made; 1t notifies hearts
all a-weary another fresh egg has been laid:
and when the old bird waxes heavy and aged
and lazy and fat well cooked with light dump
lings and gravy. there's great consolation In
that
-Nebrnska State Journal
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-02
August
Flower"

My wife suffered with indigestion
and dyspepsia for years. Life be-
came a burden to her. Physicians
failed to give relief. After reading
one of your books, I purchased 9
bottle of August Flower. It worked
like a charm. Mywife received i'm
mediate relief after taking the first
dose. She was completely cured
now weighs I65 pounds, and can eat
anything she desires without any
deleterious results as was formerly
the case. C.. h. Dear, Prop'r Wash
ington House, Washington, Va. o
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-02

NEW YORK, Aug. s6.-Stories of loss
to life and shipping by Thursdays
storms are still coming in. Stephen
Cooper, of the pilotboat Thomas d.
Harrison, reported that when 20 miles
off the Highlands ut o'clock Thurs
day afternoon he picked up a man
clinging to the mast head of a sunken
wreck. He proved to be the only sur
vivor of the schooner Narragansett,
Capt. Chase, bound from Fhiladelphia
for Waltham. Mass, coal laden, which
founderded during the hurricane. The
crew of five men were all lost. and the
survivor was for seven hours on the
mast before being picked up
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-02
HILL ON SILVER.
The New York Senator Presents
His Views.
fhs Hases Leading Up to the Prevailing
Monetary Crisis Reviewed and
the Permanent Remedy
Prescribed.

WASHINGTON. Aug. S.-At the close Of the
routine morning business. Mr.. Hill tdem., N.
~ addressed the chair and was recognized,
but yielded to Mr.. Vest dem, MOI who had
the clerk read a communication to him tMr.
Vesp from the director OF the mint. giving
statistics of the purchase. cost and coinage OF
silver. Mr.. Vest said thai he assumed from the
zeal manifested by the advocates OF the uncondi-
tional repeal of The Sherman act that the
great thing - re decided In the interest Of TIC
American people was a parity between the two
metals and that the commercial ratio ehbuid
be as far as possible the same as the ratio es-
tablished by statuts. The ial ratio
had been up to within a few days Is to 1. while
The legal ratio was IS 9 10 to {. and he took IL
for granted that IL there was TO be an attempt
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-02

Whoever looks at q Geld of growing
corn will see in the way its leaves shed
the water how and where cultivation
and manure are needed. AL tn rain
that falls on the corn Is conducted by
It's leaves outside the hill, and after the
plant is eighteen inches high into the
middle Of the row. Here you will find
nearly all the feeding roots, and Il
there are frequent rains they will be
neal the surface. Hence to run . shovel
pillow through the rows breaks up this
feeding ground of the roots, and places
it where no rains can reach il, and
where there are comparst'vei~ few
rootA-Rural World
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-02

CHICAGO. Aug. Cot is found that
the injuries Of Mrs. Francis Colburn.
who lived 1T I59 Ninety-first street
nav PROVE r. tai. Mrs. Colburn hao
safely escaped from her house, but re-
turned to get her pocketbook. After
securing the book she started to run
from the blazing building and ran
against the door frame. Stunned by
the shock, she fell fainting to the
ground, where she was discovered by
some neighbors a few moments later.
She is suffering from extreme nervous
prostrat;on and the inhalation Of
smoke, and It is feared will not recover
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-02

-Minnie-'I never could bring my
self to marry a man who had been
divorced. UGH" Mamie-"He'd be
lots better than a widower, anyway.
He couldn't be Dragging about his first
wife all the time."-Indianapolis Jour
DOL
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-02

formented with dyspepsia, you could not
give him better advice than TO adopt and
stick TO q course Of observation-disclosures Bit
ters, finest and safest of tonics and regula-
tors. This Is no barren assertion. Expe-
rience has proved, physicians and the public
certify to It. No less emphatic is their IN
dorser1ent Of it a q remedy for rnalarial
disease, constipation, rheumatism, kidney
disease, govt snd neuralgia Use 1t with
persistence,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-02

OF the plants used in manufacturing the
pleasant remedy, Syrup Of Figs, has q per-
maneutly beneficial effect on the human sys.
tenn, while the cheap vegetable extracts and
mineral solutions, usually sold rs medicines,
are permanently injurious. Being well In
formed, you viii use the true remedy only.
Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-02
Eighteen Lives o

PHILADELPHIA, Aug s6.-Assistant
Engineer Albert Smith gi the Reading
Railroad Co.'S steam colliery Panther,
which, with the barge Lixens Valley,
was lost of the Long Island coast
about 8 o'clock Thursday morning, ar
rived here yesterday. OF tie twenty
persons on the two vessels osly two
were sayed-Engineer Albert Smith
and a fireman employed on tn. Pan
ther. Mr.. Smith is not positive ~ to
the name Of the latter.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-02

III SCF-
poral Bond and
Private Myers
h relations
were strained.
This WIS an I'M
fortunate con-
dition. On h
face Of it, it
seemed that he
corporal had
taken an in
s~tinctivc dislike
to the new man;
for Myers wasa
recruit. and had
not had time to
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-02

'.fM getting tired OF this injustice" said
the trigger 10 the barrel ''You are the one
who gets loaded, and then / get pulled ON
account Of t - Indianapolis Journal
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-02

'IF there is one tune more than another"
says an experienced married man, when
a woman should be left alone, at is when a
line Of clothes come down in the mud"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-02

81 AN hard pressed for money" rs the
romantic heroine said when the ardent hero
Of the play Rugged her on the stage to earn
his salary. Baltimore American:
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-02

VINO was the first wheelmani Father
Time. From the beginning he has gone on
by Embellishments.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-02

1PooR Miss Nopenny looks miserzble.n
"Didn't the sea air agree with herf" 81
guess 50, for she's neither tanned Dor
freckled. and that Is what has made her al
most sick."-Inter Ocean.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-02

BRAcE-'f make it a point to give the
devil his due" Bagiey-"Yesi Would you
mind handing him that Eve you owe mef
IN. Y. Herald.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-02

"You say you wunst lived off the fat Of
the land" jeered Silas. "How dye cat it!'
s.Ett il with the forks of the road" respond-
ed Rufus.-Demorest'S
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-02

"WHAr makes the weather so un~certssaP'
said the man with his coat 5uttoued up TO
his chin. Il guess the thermometer must
have taken q drop too much,n replied his
friend, with q shiver. ~ Washington Star.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-02

Dr.. CRosBY's SWEDISH REMEDY new fails
to afford instant relief and cures where
nothing else will. SdmDle free By mail Cot
LINE Bios. MEDICINE Co., st. Louis, Mo.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-02

Mas. CUMso-'I thought the congregations
was deeply stirred by our pastors sermon
this morning." Cumso-"1 noticed q good
deal Of restlessness myself"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-02

MEDICAL science has achieved a great
triumph in the production OF Beccham's
Pills, which replace q medicine chest &c.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-02

FINANCE Ia the science OF creditably max
ing something OF other peoples money
Truth.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-02

J. A. JOHNSON, Medina, NY, says:"Halls
Catarrh Cure cured me-" Sold by druggists,
X oonta
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-02

MEN are like wheat-the ripper their wis
dom the lower they hang their heads
Rams Horn.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-02

'IDIDN'r know It was so late" said the
volcano, awasing from its long slumber.
81 must start my fire"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-02
A Certain Cure for Asshm.

WIZ Is the person suffering from the in.
iueuza likely to lose his sense Of touchl
Because ne does not feel well
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-02
If You had n Friend

"wHAr Is a house without q babyr, asked
O lady writer, and an old bachelor editor re-
Piled: SIT Is comparatively Quiet.n
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-02
THE MARKETS

PRovERB AND COMMENT. - He-"'Ian
proposes" She-"Yos; but he needs en-
enlargement"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-02

LADIES can permanently beautify their
complexion with Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
Hills Hair and Whisker Dye, SOC.