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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-10-21
ME SCAREl"
The French-CanadIan Didn't Like the
Looks Of the Big Knife-

The French-CanadIan Didn't Like the
Looks of the Big knife.
Some of the uninitiated Canadians
bring with them into Maine a lively
apprehension of personal peril. Being
strangers in a new land makes them
nervous, perhaps. A Somerset county
farmer who lives well up on a hillside
tells a story of his hiring through an in
terpreter a Canadian who could speak
no English to work for him. The
farmer is rather a large, stern-looking
man and just after the Frenchman
arrived at his house he stepped into the
pantry and came out with a large
butcher knife in his hand whetting it
on a sharpener, as a preparation for
cutting some neat for supper. Ho at
the same time began to make some
talk in English to the Gaul, whose
eyes opened wider and wider in alarm
as he watched the whetting of the
knife. He evidently thought murder
was intended, for, as the farmer came
nearer him, he bolted out of the doors
like a deer and ran across the fields
and down the hillsideS His only
answer, as the farmer a after him.
endeavoring to call him back, was:
me scare. Me scare." The employer
had to go to town and have matters ex-
planned by an interpreter before he
could induce the Frenchman to return.
lie wiston journal.
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KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet.
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products 10
the needs Of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
Us excellence is due to its presenting
IN the form most acceptable and pleas
ant 30 the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
ative; efIectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and 1t Is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug.
gists in Doc and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute If offered
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The connection between the public
library and the public school should
be extended and utilized TO the great
est extent possible. During term time
pupils read books under the direction
of their teachers, upon history, geog-
raphy, science and literature. This
use Of the library should be encouraged
during vacation time. The pupil who
reads books that have a place in litera-
ture during the leisure hours of the
long vacation derives true enjoyment
from the pure well of English unde-
filed" and cultivates a refined taste that
renders it impossible for him to relish
cheap, hashy, low-grade books and
periodicals. with which the country is
flooded. Keep pupils in touch with
interesting books through the public
library and thus cultivate an a~pprecia-
ton of literature that is pure and ele-
waiting. The public library can do no
better work than this in supplementing
the work of the public schools--Bos-
ON Traveller. u.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-10-21

snbcrs, for the air seems chilly.
We JacksoDs are railroad men from
away back, and a better engineer than
my father never opened a throttle or
moved a wheel. He was employed on
what was then known as the Pacific
Short Line and pulled No. Is from
Packford to Denver, through a country
wildly romantic but thinly settled.
When No. is started on her regular
trip you could not imagine a prettier
train in those days. Cars all new,
Ian ps 1T windows polished and
the heat glowing with a brilliancy
that, as 1. uber it, was far ahead
of your mod Iectricity.
The road " just built and men
were scarce, so ne company practiced
economy by letting me run with my
father as fireman. 1t was a feather in
the cap of a boy of fourteen, and l ap-
preciated it
What pride l experienced in leaning
ont of the cab window and watching
the scenery as we flew over the coun-
tryi ! shall never forget how magnif-
cent it all seemed. Here and there the
road curved to the left or right, to pass
some deep glen filled with pines and
overhanging rocks; often a flock of deer
could be seen IN a plateau one hundred
feet below, quietly grazing. but ready
TO toss up their pretty, innocent heads
and fee at the slightest approach of
danger.
Sometimes we would dash into deep
cut and run more slowly while dark
ness reigned for a moment. Emerging
from this, we crossed a pretty noun
tain tream- The little rivulet came
bubbling and rushing down the steep
hillside like a silver ribbon, growing
suddenly wider and falling over q
precipice in CLASSY haste on Jagged
rocks below, where it broke into a bril-
liant mass of spray and dazzled the eye
with its form and color.
1t was a dreary afternoon in Deem
Der. We had been running extra for
hours, on account of the
heavy storms that had been raging for |
. week previous. / was so tired that ] |
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-10-21
German
Syrup"

/ must say a word as to. the ef.
hcacy of German Syrup. I have
used it in my family for Bronchitis,
the result of Colds, with most ex-
cellent success. Ihave taken it my
self for Throat Troubles, and have
derived good results therefrom. I
therefore recommend it to my neigh
bors as an excellent remedy in such
cases. James T. Durette, Earlys-
vile, Va. Beware of dealers who
offer you something just as good"
Always insist on having Boschee's
German Syrup. @
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slept upon my cushion, while father
added my work to his W and piloted
our precious freight of human life
through the snow.
Old IS had seemed discouraged and
lsbored heavily under her buriens as
the climbing grew sleeper but father
stirred up her strength whenever she
shivered beneath the sleet that struck
her fiercely in the face and at ten
o'clock l aroused myself to learn that
we were at our terminus.
All. mel How YEARLY my poor father
staggered from the cab and how gladly
/ saw the groom" take possession of
the old irsn horse to rub her down and
put her in a stall TO rest.
But before we left the station for
home an order was given my father to
start in two hours on the night mail
and make the run to Denver in place of
the regular engineer, who was dam
gerously ILL He shuddered as he read
the order and put his hand to his fore
head in q feeble way, but there was no
possibility of getting rid of the trip
and ne did not complain.
Mother fretted about the effects of so
much anxiety and loss of sleep upon
him and vainly tried to tempt his ap-
petite at suppertime, but he talked to
her cheerfully and said he should be
all right, that Ned would take care of
him, and when this trip was over he
would have a rest.
We hurried to the 0,pot, where
was waiting, and i thought when
we came to the engine that it painted
and chafed as IL tired of the delay.
patted her sides as If she was a
living creature and said to me, with q
she is a stranger to me. Ned, but
she is strong and willing. With plenty
Of coal and water she will show steam
enough to take US safely through"
We had to- wait . few minutes for
the passengers to come boiling out Of
the depot with sheir arms full Of par
GELS and lunch baskets, but At last the
signal came and with . firm, gentle
hand father guided ms out into the
darkness Of the night
lwas Determined TO keep awake and
do my psrtsEe work, nd ] soon
that father Wa not rs well a.
whsn we started, Hs leaned heavily
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PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

-
-Kung-Chas-quan, the new Chinese
minister to England, il known in
Shanghai, where he began his career
as tmekeeperi in an arsenal, rs . genial
old man with well-developsd taste for
keeping q good time. Il may b said
without disrespect that he h 4 regular
cid Shanghai rooster.
The decoration OF the Royal Prus-
siah Red Eagle Ordef. of the Third
Class has been bestowed upon MI. VIII
liam Steinwsy, Of New York, and he ID
now entitled, if he pleases, to be known
as Sir William Steinway. The decora-
tion is of ivory and silver. and is in the
form of a Maltese cross.
DR. Daniel q. Brinton, the Phila-
delphia archelogist,' is supposed to
know more about Indian antiquities
and languages than anybody else in
America. He can converse with fluen-
cy in Choctaw, Muskogee, Matches,
Maya, Quiche, Arawack and other soft
sounding Indian dialects
Every American president has had
from three to t~hirty-two towns named
for him. There are thirty cities and
towns named after Alexander Hamil-
ton, thirty Clintons, twenty-four Web
sters, twenty Bentons, sthirteen Cal
houns, seven Clays, nineteen Quincys,
tw~enty-one Douglases and twenty
Blaines.
Prince George of Wales owns a very
curious book. In 1t are pasted all the
newspaper cuttings touching any part
Of the career of his life; the colored
portrait which appeared in Vanity Fair
In placed on the cover. The volume IL
handsomely bound and has solid gold
clasps which bear the dukes initials
beautifully engraved:
Pierre Lorillard. the well-known
turfman. and the only American who
has ever won the famous English Der
by, announces that he will retire from
the racing field in obedience to orders
from his physician. Whether he will
ever return to the turf will depend, he
says, upon his health. All of his "a
GERS will be sold at auction.
Congressman Everett's happy turn
of his error in addressing Speaker Crisp
as "Mr. President" the other day, into
a graceful compliment by alluding to
the possible propriety of such a title q
later on is now suspected to have
been a premeditated rhetorical trick.
1t is said that a distinguished ancestor
Of his was given to just such things
The duke of Edinburgh. by the
death of his uncle, has become ruler
the grand duchy of Saxe-Coburg-
and is likely to take up his per
manent residence in Germany. There
Is a reversal of the usual order in this.
good many German princes have
their matrimonial way to a
pleasant living in England.-Montreal
Recent statements to the effect
that President Shafer of Wellesley col
is the second, and the late Maria
Mitchell vas the first woman to re-
,eive the degree of IL. d., are said to
be incorrect The first degree of that
nature given to a woman since the
ages, 1t is said; was given in
1878 to Mrs. Caroline Healey Dali by
Alfred university, of Alfred, n. Y.
Seven women in all have received this
Rev. DIR. William H. Furness. the
ather of the Shakespearian scholar.
Horace Harvard Furness, is ninety-one
ears of age, and has been a Unitarian
for sixty-eight years. He is
Ia .1IaeN -.,I,,oto - sl.s Uo-&E& - 1
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-10-21
BRIGHT DAIRY CHA
Bits of Wisdom from the Experience of
Dorothy Tucker.

Bits of Wisdom from the Experience OF
Dorothy Tucker.
As a rule it is better to have the heif-
ers come in when two years old. As q
rule they will make better cows, IN
less they are very small and have not
been well fed. If allowed to run until
three years of age they are inclined to
become beefy, and a whole year is lost
II is a matter of al and proper food.
A well-bred and well-raised calf
makes the cheapest COW that a be
poor or ordinary COW. 1t will not pay.
The best is always the cheapest in the
end, and the most profitable.
II you have not already begun to
fatten the improbable animals, do it
now before cold weather begins. This
is the time to push things in the fat
tening stables and yards,
Do not change the feed too suddenly
from poor to rich or from green to dry.
Any change made in feeding should be
made very gradually and then there is
little danger Of sickness
Get the stables ready now for the
stock. Make them nor comfortable
than they were last year and pay par
ticular attention to the ventilation.
1t is best to color butter with Jersey
cattle, and the cheapest in the end
Buy the bull that has proved his ability
to get deep milking and gentle heifers
with teats well set and q certain uni
formity running all through the lot.
Such bulls can be bought occasionally,
because their owners can no longer
breed them in their herd. An animal
of this stamp is far better for the poor
man building up a herd than the most
highly p~edigreed but untried young
Never mix sweet and sour cream II
will not churn alike. And there is
to be a loss of butter in the but
termilk.
It is the petted cow that ill the pals
and the pocketbook--Farm Journal
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H FARMING WORLD.
a DANGEROUS WEED.


Bow the Eatiag a. L0eo Affects cssslA
and Hogsss.
The most poisonous Of the various
,siocos" inhabiting our country Is said
TO be Astrsgslus mollissimus though
Urytropis Lamberti possesses the same
principles in q lesser degrees. The ex-
ternal differences In these two families
of plants is bat snail Stock. and
more especially horses, that eat these
weeds seem to lose their senses and be-
come crazy, hence the common name
crazy weed" The 'loco habit" like
the tobacco. opium and liquor habit Of
man, fastens itself to its victim, caus-
ing a continual craving for more, until
the whole system is disorganized BY
the poison. and the poor animal dies .
miserable death; though often lfnger-
ing, q pitiable object for months and
even years before death relieves it from
its sufferingS
I have never, in my own experience.
observed stock to partake of Oxytropis,
though cows are fond of the nearly re-
lated Astragalus ~caracocarpus, ground
plum, or buffalo bean. SO common over
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-10-21

According to the minutes of the
Primitive Methodist conference. recent
ly held in England, the number of
members of the society were 195, 0s7, an
increase of 1,559; there are 1,1l2 trav-
cling preachers, 1859 local preachers
and I, 56S class leaders The Sabbath
schools, numbering ASH, show an in
Of IS; the teachers 61,44s, an in
crease of 49,, and the scholars A, 1858,
an increase Of 1888
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SE
that dead body: kissing and caressine
the quiet face, but at last his words:
run her through on time" anne tc
me, and, laying him reverently back on
the cushions, I clambered down,
opened the furnace and filed it with
coal. l soon had a full head of steam
again, and, taking my place close. by
my fathers side, l grasped the throt-
tic firmly and asked Heaven to help
me to stand by the engine in obedience
to his dying command
Daylight looked in upon us to put .
seal on the bitterest nights work q boy
ever knew. The storm ceased to beat
upon BUR windows and the sun aros
to usher us promptly into Denver.
When l saw that we were not a mo
ment behind the regular hour l felt n
couraged to believe that out of my sor-
row l might begin a life that would
always keep the name of Edward Jack
son as bright as my father had left it
Like him, l was determined to be a
railroad man ION time."-Chicago
News
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PRIZE HEREFORD cow.

HNew Years GIft,- Recently Imported
Into the United States
Our illustration, which we reengrave
rom Mark Lane Express, represents
the Hereford cow, New Years Gift,
bred by John Cave, Wall End, England.
She was recently imported to the
United States and will add another
prize Hereford to the number already
owned in this country. She has taken
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-10-21
Tn. Msnurins Of Ro.es.

Roses are heavy feeders add cannot
have fertilizers too ris6L Cow msnure
Is the best IL mixed with rotted sods,
but is not objectionable If applied pure
and mixed well with the soil around
the bushes Manure them very liberal
Y and cut out 80 the old wood; cut
back the bearing wood and the bloom
will be larger and sweeter. There are
q few old standby roses that are very
fine and should cheer every home.
They require little care. Plant them
and enjoy their bloom II requires no
great variety to make q magnificent
show. They can be grown in hedges,
large clumps. bowers, skirting fences
and covering low walls and buildings
with good effect as wei as singly ON
the lawn or in the family garden Plant
few hardy roses and take care OF
them.
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4 number of prizes in English show
rings and is certainly q very attractive
COW. This breed has met with much
favor with breeders of beef cattle in
this country for many years and their
good quality and attractive appearance
have given them a high rank in show
rings and slaughter tests, while the
practical stockman will attest their
hardness and ready response 20 good
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-10-21

possibility. and liable an unpleasant one.
Now give examples Of both" Smart Scholar
There is likely to be good skating to-mor.
row, and we are liable to miss 1t by having
to 70 to school"LYankoe Blade.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-10-21

HALL's CkTARRR CCRR is q liquid and is
taken internally, and acts directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces Of the system.
Send for testimonials, free. Sold by Drug
gists, &c.
F.. CHENEY & Co., Proprs, Toledo, o.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-10-21

This can easily be done. First use the
fnestnervine and tonic in existence, Hostel
ter's Stomach Ritters. Next give up opiates
and mineral sedatives, which ruin the stom-
ach, and soon cease to ave an sheet. except
in dangerouslylarge doses Dyspepsia Is the
parent to insomnia and nerve weakness.
The Biaers remedies indigestion and the
two symptoms named. i also cures ma
larial, liver and kidney complaints
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me RAGE % NON

over TO good health and the system ren-
dered impervious 3 disease when the blood
is pure and the liver active. For the liver
Is the sentinel which permits or forbids the
germs Of disease to enter the circulation or
the blood. To o congested, torpid and dis
eased liver can be traced many dangerous
diseases affecting various organs
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-10-21

A not infrequent cause of preserves
growing moldy is that the jars in which
they are kept r not perfectly dry
when the fruit is put into them. The
jars put away from last year will
necessarily be dusty and require wash
ing, and it too often happens that tho
jars r washed the same day the jam
: made. One may imagine they are
tried with Q cloth, but probably .
slight dampness remains, which Is
enough to cause the best boiled pre-
serves TO turn moldy, even II kept in .
dry place. Have jars washed in very
hot water the day before they are used,
AND. after drying with q cloth, put
down In trayfuls before the kitchen
fire to do away with the possibility Of
damp They should then be set aside
In the kitchen until the next day,
covered TO keep out the dust-st
Louis Republic
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New Through sleeping Car Line

From Chicago to Seattle via the Chicago,
Milwaukee q st. Paul and Great Northern
Railways, has been established and first
class sleeping cars will hereafter run daily
from Chicago It IL 80 p. n, arriving Al
Seattle 10:S0P M, fourth day. This is
doubleday the best route TO reach the North
Pacific Coast
For time tables, maps and other infor-
nation apply to the nearest ticket agent
or address GEo. b. HEArFoRD, General
Pass. Agent c., d. q St. ?. R,y, Chicago
Lii
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YER tired OF
I telling h C
story, did You
say? All. no,
boys; it is as
plainly stamped
upon my men,
Dry as if it hap
pened OILY yes
terday instead
of a great many
years ago. Draw
up your chairs,
and you, Tom,
THROW another
log upon The
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ON TINE.

a Roy Fireman's Trying Expert
enee on eh Engine.
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CHECK Colds and Bronchitis with Eale's
Honey OF Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-10-21

BEEcHAM's PILLS are q certain cure for
weak stomach and disordered liver, and are
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-10-21

PRoR. PorTERBY-'The body Of the frog
gentlemen, is composed almost wholly Of
wster.n Freshleigh-"Spring waterp'-in-
dianapolis Journal
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THEATRICAL managers may oct as though
they want the earth, but tits really the suaes
they are after. Inter Ocean
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Scraps of Elegance.

Elaborate little table covers of silk
and satin are made for handsome draw
ing-rooms, their color being chosen
either to contrast ~agreeably or to
harmonic with the color scheme of
the room where they are placed. One
made of pale-blue satin, soft and lus-
trous, has in the punches of
dark-purple grapes, with the leaves
and stems in their natural coloring.
The entire design is worked solidly,
the leaves having the silvery look that
gray green has in a certain light.
The cloth is lined with white China
silk and edged with q tasseled fringe
of silver and blue. A cover to be used
in a white and gold room is of cream
white repped silk, with an all-oyer pat
tern of scrolls and medallions, which
are done in shades of yellow and brown
and with a flower in each. The cloth
is lined with pale-gold colored China
silk and bordered with a band of dark
golden-brown velvet--N. Y. Post
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-10-21

SWEAT makes Mr.. Snapper so fond Of
the children next doorln Mrs. Snapper
because they cry most of the time"
'sThat's q strange reason" 'Oh, no, IL
isn't; 1t browns the voice Of the young lady
who sings in the fat above"
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TIE real reason why negroes i've % such
an ex,rene old age Is that they dout now
exactly when they were born.-rexzs sut
ings. ,
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e tee. CURE.

was taken sick With
congestion Of the liver
and the doctors could
give me no relief. but
after using i've bottles
OF Discovery" n.
gained my health and I
am now q well man
I weighed l0 ound
before taken sick, and ]
was reduced to l1
pounds in sixty days
dime. For any one suf-
fering With liver
trouble as was, i would
advise them to use the
Golden Medical Dis
covery" at once, before
Ii 10 too late
aOMAS ]. BENTLY,
C~dttaraugsis Co., N. =.
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-Bat. pspa.you said you were in
no hurry to have your girls married"
YES, my dear <Ra. was tea yssrs
500