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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-04-13
LOVE.

Deep In the moving depths
OF yellow wine
swore I'd drown your face,
Oh, love OF minel
All clad In yellow hue.
So fair to see,
You touched within my cup
And laughed at me.
Twice DER a learned page
turned and tossed,
For ! { could not forget
The love | lost.
AL stern and robed In gloom,
You read IL too.
Icould not see the words
Saw only you.
Within the hungry chase
l thought to kill
You, love, who haunted thus
Without my will,
But in the gentle gaze
OF fawn and deer
Your eyes disarmed my hand
And shook my spear.
Beneath a maids dark lash
Iswore you'd drown
Sink in the laughing blue,
Give in, go down.
But, mol While bathing there
Right ioyously,
Out from her liquid eyes
You laughed at me.
Dora Sigerson in London Sun.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-04-13
Genius Appreciataa.

"Look here" said the editor to the de-
tective, "some fellow has been running
round the country representing himself
as a debt collector of ours. He has been
taking in more money than any two of
the men we have, and I want him col
Jared as quickly az you can"
"All right, sir. I'll have him in prison
In less than a week"
Great Caesar, man! I don't want him
put in prison. want to employ him
Brooklyn Life.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-04-13

here. This revelation-you are telling
me the truth. Bob?"
Honestly, to the best of my knowi-
edge, " answered firmly.
How awful" said he.
Surprised, are you, Why. any Of
the fellows at the club could have told
you the same thing"
Awful" be murmured. gazing al
me.
Come. come. said l, tits possible
to make too much of such a trouble as
this. When ones eyes are once open
ed And | ended with a shrug of the
shoulders.
Suddenly he held out his hand.
"Shake hands. old man." he said.
/ shuok hands. The poor fellow was
q good deal moved, and didn't wish to
appear cold.
II shall go straight" he repeated.
well, tomorrow morning will do"
"No. Tonight-the next train. And
you-you must stay here2"
"Of course | stay here" l answered,
staring in my turn.
He sighed heavily.
Its bad for me. old chap" he said,
laying a hand on my shoulder;''but. by
Jove, what must it be for you'll"
For me?" I exclaimed. What do
you mean?"
THAT woman!" he gasped. And
how you keep it upi One would think
to see you-well. we'll, its brave. 1t
would kill me in a month. It's brave,
that's what it isl"
What in the world are you talking
about? l haven spoken to her for three
years."
Except before strangers? Good heav-
ens!''
mot at all. haven't
"Hush-here she comesl IL can't
meet herl"
"She here? Boshi"
1 turned round-and beheld my wifel
With a gasp, | fell back a step. Jack
tore past Kitty and vanished through
the open windows of the drawing room.
"Well, was he reasonable?' asked
Kitty.
could say nothing.
II hope you were gentle with him,
Bob. He's a nice boy, though he's a
particularly silly one. He meant no
harm, Bob"
"Was-was-was he'll stammered.
What the dickens does it meanf"
Only" said Kitty, coming close up
to me, THAT he's quite forgotten Clara
Wilkinson, and"--
Welt"
THAT you've got rather a nice wife,
Bob" she whispered. Did you say
anything about me, Bob?"
l looked at her for a moment.
"Heavensl" l cried and rushed into
the house. That young man would go
and tell all the club shat my wife and |
oh, Lord!
Jack, Jack, Jack, you young fooli''
I yelled.
The butler appeared.
MIR. Vincent, sir, has just jumped
into the dogcart, sir-it was at the door
by your orders-and driven off like
mad. He said he was summoned to
town, SIR"
L sank down in a chair. Presently
Kitty came in. She was laughing.
"Oh, dear" she said, land | thought
you were SO nice and considerate in pre-
tending not to see it'll" And the silly
little oma went off into a fit of gig
Cling.
Then I told her the opinion of her and
of u domestic happiness which Jack
Vincent was carrying away with him.
That sobered her, and we began to send
kilograms. But the young ruffian-he
may break his heart next time, and vel
come-had gone straight to the club.
When I 60 there now, they ask me
alphabetically if matters are ANY
better" l know what they mean
Black and White.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-04-13
Victim of Habit.

Eiien-Habits are hard things to
break.
Maud-Yes, indeed. There is Minnie
Sereleaf. who formed the habit of being
% some years ago and has never broken
It yet.-London Tit-Bits.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-04-13
Kindly Directions.
pad-Hold ND y'r hands,

Footpad-Hold up y'r hands!
Lone Citizen-I haven't a cent with
me. Just loaned all l had to a friend.
Footpad lin disgust Go ahead.
You'll find the idiot asylum three
squares to the left.-New York Weekly.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-04-13
AQuery.

JohHny-Pa. is generals brave men:
Pa-Yes, my son, as a rule.
Johnny-Then why does artists al
ways make pictures of 'em standing on
a hill three miles away looking at the
battle through an opera glass?-Times
of India.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-09-01
SWEET SIMPLICITY THE RULE
Washable Gowns Made Up in Extrem
PIainness That Is Becoming.

Washable Gowns Made Up in Extreme
Piainness That Is Becoming.
The tendency to make up wash goods
according to the severity in vogue for
wool material is increasing. Linens.
ducks, chambrays. challies and all the
wash weaves of silk are made up with
strict severity, and the effect is charm
ing. A favorite design has a little
round bodice cut down to a point at the
waist in front to show a vest. and four
buttons are set almost at the waist line
in front to carry out the effect of an
overgarment. The vest is usually a
prim affair of MORE, even with wash
material for the rest of the gown, but
sometimes it is a dainty front of null,
sauze or chiffon, accordion plated and
gathered into a high collar. A pretty
finish provides the outer part of the
bodice with a Understanding collar, I'M
der which the collar of the front passes
as it extends to the back.
Black-watered silk and ~slate-colored
cloth are combined in the dress.
The underskirt is from the latter, and
the draped overskirt is ornamented
with two MORE ribbon rosettes, which
hold the folds in place. The bodice
fastens in the center and a plastron of
white mousseline de sole laps over. A
large directoire bow of the mousseline
is placed at the neck, and the revers
are attached to a turned-down collar,
both of the silk. The pulled sleeves
have epaulettes of Alencon point lace.
If one can not afford really fine silk
stockings then it is just as well not to
have silk at all, but to be content with
fine Isle. Cotton stretches. and after
the first wearing does not fit about the
ankle. Lisle fits as well and lasts
longer than silk. 1t is the proper thing
TO wear on the street with the ru sset |
shoes now in vogue. The shoe should
be so dark that a brown stocking suits.
Caters must not be worn unles they |
match the shoe. White uuck and brown
linen are shown, to go over shoes made
to order from the dress goods.-N. Y. |
Advertiser.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-09-01
RELIEF OF HEAvES.
There Are Several Ways OF Alternating
This Painful Disease.

There Are Several Ways Of Alternating
This Painful Disease.
Heaves, the common name for broken
wind in the horse. is susceptible of
great alienation by attention to the
character and quantity of food to be
eaten by the animal, as everyone
knows. If a horse suffering from this
disease is allowed to distend his stom-
ach at his pleasure, with dry food en-
tirely, and then to drink cold water adj
libitum, he is nearly worthless. But
if his food be moistened and he be
allowed to drink only amoderate guam
tity at a time, the disease is much less
troublesome. A still farther allevia-
ton may be obtained from the use of
balsam of fir and balsam of copaiba,
four ounces each, and mix with cal
cined magnesia, sufficiently thick to
make it into balls, and give a middling
sized ball night and morning for a
week or ten days. This gives good sat
isfaction. Lobelia, wild turnip, ele-
campane and skunk cabbage, equal
parts of each. Make into balls of COM
mon size, and give one for a dose, or
make a tincture by putting four ounces
of the mixture into two quarts of
spirits; and, after a week, put two
tablespoonfuls in their feed once aday
for a month or two. This remedy is
also good.-Farmers Voice.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-09-01
BOOKS AND

THE Petersboro On. H. public library,
numbering four thousand volumes, is
known as the oldest free library in the
United States.
The astonishing information is
vouchsafed by London Vanity Fair that
Rudyard Kipling has taken up his resi-
dence in Vermont of Central America.
OCTAVE THANET is greatly interested
in photography. She is going to use a
number Of the photographs she has
taken as illustrations in one of her
stories.
The manuscript complete of the first
Bible (Old Testament) was finished in
the year 400 b. c. 1t was first trans
lated into Saxon in 637 A. D., and into
English in 1884.
THOMAS e. STEVENSON, an old Edin-
burgh bookseller, who died recently
was an intimate friend of Sir Walter
Scott, Lockhart and most of the other
literary celebrities of a bygone time in
the Scottish capital.
story which has to do with the So
called miracle cures in the south of
France, has increased tenfold the cir
culation of Gil Bias, the French paper
in which it is appearing.
Mrs. Francis HoDGsoN-BURNErr is
deeply interested and an active worker
in a London charity that furnishes
comfort and amusement for little chill
dren who are incurable invalids.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-09-01
FARM AND GARDEN.
PROGRESSIVE FARMING.
why Draining Is Much More Effective
Than Open bitches.

-
Why Draining Is Much More Effective
Than Open bitches.
Drainage is being studied now by
m as never before, and in all Sec
tions of the country it is becoming a
matter of first Importance. There are
very few farms upon which more or
less tiles could not be used with great
profit, and as a rule the farmer who
begins to drain his farm will be so
fully convinced of the benefits derived
therefrom that he Will continue put
ting in drains until he has finished the
work on the whole farm. A heavy CLAW
soil can never be farmed to the best
purpose unless it is drained and except
for special crops, most of mucky and
low-lying lands IRE benefited by a
thorough system of drainage. A very
few sections of the country have a sub
soil that is in such condition that
drainage is not necessary. These are
the sections where the soil rests on a
stratum of gravel that allows the sur
face water to pass away through un-
foreground channels. In some places a
stratum of clay lies above the gravel,
and this must be cut through before
the water can reach its outlet. These
places are so few and limited in
area that in comparison with the
whole country or that part of it where
drainage is needed. that they are of
little Importance in considering the
subject.
Drainage acts in two ways. 1t al
lows the SurDluS yyatar 70 RIM ,yav
quickly, leaving the soil in n shape to
be titled in a short time after heavy
rains, and paradoXical as it may SEEM,
1t keeps the soil in a condition to re-
tain more moisture than it would
Il undrained. A hard, compact clay
soil that in dry times will become
baked and lumpy if not drained. will.
when a proper system of drainage is
in operation, become loose and friable
and retain moisture enough to with
stand a drought hat will wither crops
on low black lands. This is because
the drains running through the land
are not only pipes for carrying off wa
ter, but they also allow air to pene-
trate every part of the soil and this
air carries the moisture with il and re-
suits in benefit to the growing crop.
1t took a long time to convince farm
ers that draining was cheaper than
open bitches and much more effective,
but in these days there are few who
will dispute the fact, and these few
are among the unprogressive who do
not read the papers. = American
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-09-01
LEAVES AS FODDER.
Interesting and Valuable Tests Made by
French Farmers.

Interesting and valuable Tests Made by
French Farmers.
About a year ago NJ. Girard created
great interest in agricultural circles
by his strenuous advocacy of tree
leaves as cattle food. He held hat
the leaves of trees, as compared with
other folders. showed Il high nourish-
ing ratio, whether fresh or dried. and
hat certain tree leaves are not sur
passed as fodder by the products of
natural ~prairies or pasture lands.
European farmers. among whom the
French have taken the lead, have been
Systematically testing NJ. Girard's
ideas by placing their cattle on a tree
leaf diet. The results are said to be
most encouraging. The leaves after
being picked are spread on the barn
floor to the depth of 3 or 4 inches, and
are turned once a day. The process of
drying takes from three to five days,
according to the weather, and when
dried the leaves are piled up ready for
use. 1t is found advisable to prepare
each days supply twenty-four hours
beforehand, when a small quantity of
chopped turnips is mixed with the
leaves, and the whole is left to fer
ment. Mich COWS thrive surprisingly
on this fodder. The degree of nutri-
ton afforded by different trees varies
considerably: in fact, some trees were
entirely rejected. The final selection
of the French farmers was narrowed
down to the leaves of five trees, the
hazel, aspen, ash, elm and willow.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-09-01
LIGHT POULTRY CRATE.

ience in handling. Straw should be
placed in the bottom, and plenty of
oats or wheat scattered into it. If the
birds are to be shipped but a short dis
tance, no water should be placed in
the crate, but if sent a long way a tin
cup should be provided, and notice
pasted IN the outside that the fowls
within are to be watcred by the express
messenger. If food is provided for 4
long journey it should be placed in
some receptacle SO that the birds will
not soil it before it is all eaten. Do
not crowd birds that are to be shipped
a long distance If they are to be on
the way but t~wenty-four hours, or
less, some little %crowding will not in
jure them.-American Agriculturist.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-09-01
PERSONAL

UNITED STATES TREASURER MORGAN
low owns the table upon which Presi
dent Lincoln signed the proclamation
OF emancipation.
Mrs. CATHARINE SALISBURY, a sister
Of the Mormon prophet, Joseph Smith,
who was killed by q mob at Carthage,
Ill, June 81, 1874, is still living near
Fountain Green, Ill.
WAsHINGToN's second inaugural ad.
dress contained but 134 words. Lincoln
used the personal pronoun st" forty.
three times in his first inaugural and
only once in his second.
THE Louisiana legislature has voted
an appropriation to erect a handsome
statue to Thomy Lafou, NEGRO philan-
thropist who died at New Orleans a
few months ago, leaving nearly all his
fortune $500, OOO) to charities.
THOMAS WIcKEs, the vice-president of
the Pullman company, is an English
man by birth and is forty-eight years
OF age. He came to this country In
1866, and two years later entered the
employ OF the Pullman company as an
assistant ticket agent.
JUDGE HENRY CRAFT, who died re-
Gently at Memphis, was an intimate
friend of the late Judge l.. Q. G.
Lamar. They were born in houses a
stones throw apart in Georgia, went
to school together and at the same time
moved to Mississippi to practice law.
Judge Craft settled in Memphis after
the war, becoming one of the leaders
of its bar
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-09-01
PEOPLE ABROAD.

PROF. BLACKIE, of Scotland, is s.
years of age and is vigorous and ener
getic.
THE khedive of Egypt, Abbas IL, is
engaged to ErmIne, youngest daugh-
ter of the late Sultan Abdul Aziz, who
was murdered in 1881.
LADY RANDOLPH CHURCHILL is no
longer the beauty she was. Her i'll
ness has not been overcome without
impairing her once lovely complexion,
and a woman past thirty without a
complexion has met her Sedan.
ANOTHER lord has drifted into trade
the earl of Harrington, known as an
enthusiastic collector of s~nuff-boxes,
who has opened a fruiterer's shop in
London. 1t will be supplied from his
gardens, which are among the finest
in England.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-09-01
AMONG THE POULTRY.

The brooder should not be dark.
Light is essential.
IT stands to reason that raw corn
meal is not as good for young chicks
as cooked meal is.
AVOID high roosts, If you would not
have humble foot, especially if the
fowls are large ones.
IT is both cruel and injurious to pre-
vent fowls from having all the water
they want in hot weather.
WHEN feeding whole grain to fowls
scatter it well. If thrown to them in
a heap they will gorge themselves.
TUBERCULOSIS in poultry is a new dis
covery. 1t is said that feeding too
much corn produces the disease. We
are inclined to doubt that, however.
CONTINUED health will be found in
pure water. good food. clean quarters
and in not overcrowding. Neglect
these things and likely your fowls will
sicken and die.
WHEN fowls go on the roasts with
wet legs in cold weather, the feet may
be frozen. Some remove the roostsss
under such circumstances. and let the
fowls rest on straw.-Farmers Voice.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-09-01
When Serving Pears.

When serving pears for breakfast,
select only ripe, mellow ones; wash
and polish with a soft cloth; orange
i'm a basket On a bed of pear leaves, or
they may be pared, sliced and sprin-
killed. with powdered sugar. When bak-
ing pears, take the large, sweet ones;
do not remove the stems. Stand them
in an earthen baking dish, pour in a
cupful of boiling water; add half a
teacup of sugar; tie dIsh, and
set in the oven to bake slowly until
the pears are tender, basting OCCASION
ally with the strip. When cold serve
with creaIn.--Toledo Blade.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-09-01
The s-erpent,s frick.

The power of continuing m~otionless
with the lifted head projecting for.
ward for an indefinite time is one of the
most wonderful of the ~serpent's mus.
cular feats, and is one of the highest
Importance to the animal, both when
fascinating its victim and when MIN
licking some inanimate object, as, for
instance, the stem and bud of an aquat-
ic plant; here it is only referred to
on account of the effect it produces on
the human mind, as enhancing the SER
pent's strangeness. In this attitude,
with the round, unwinking eyes fixed
on the beholder's face, the effect may
be very curious and uncanny.-Fort-
nightly Review.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-09-01
Q CELLAR STAIRS.

They Can Be Constructed So That They
Will Last Many Years.
As usually constructed, the outside
cellar stairs become very much dilapi-
dated after a few years of use, and
many serious a .cidents occur by falling
or slipping from and upon the decay
ing steps. If stones of the right length
can be obtained, they r the best pos
sible material for the steps. the next
best being plank, though neither can
be depended upon unless the whole
space underneath the steps, down to
the level of the cellar floor, be laid up
in masonry. Where only small stone,
either round or fat, is at hand, lay up
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-09-01
SMILES BETWEEN SERMONS

YACHTING gloves are the latest fad.
They are worn chiefly by people who
can't afford to keep a yacht.-Boston
Transcript.
WHAT does Barlow mean when he
speaks of his ancestral halls?" 81 dun.
no. Maybe his father was a truck
driver."-Life.
A BARBER in Detroit was knocked
speechless the other day during a
thunderstorm. Lightning's mighty
Observation-Disclosures Ledger.
BnDECK-'I saw the doctors car
riage at your house yesterday. Any
thing ~serious?" Gasser-'I should say
SO! He wanted to collect his BILL
Brooklyn Life.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-09-01
DURABLE CELLAR STAIRS.

the stairs of this material thoroughly
imbedded in mortar. making the steps
OF the needed height. When this is
done, cut a plank step of the proper
width and length for each step, and
place them on top of the stone step,
as shown in the accompanying illus
tration. Upon each side fit a retain
ing board. and the result will be steps
that are durable and generally salts
factory. If possible, make the steps
from two-inch pine plank, covering
the whole with folding doors. in the
usual n American Agricul.
furiSt
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-09-01
LIGHT POULTRY A
Some Valuable Hints Relating tn tn
Shipment of Live Fowls.

Some Valuable Hints Relating to LII
Shipment of Live Fowls.
Express charges on live poultry be
ing double rates. it is desirable to
make the crate in which poultry is
shipped as light as is consistent with
strength. The illustration shows what
is perhaps the best framework for
such a crate. An empty grocery box
of the requisite size may be sawed in
the middle. making the top and bot
tom of the crate. though if the box is
at all high some three or four inches
only, of the top and of the bottom
should be taken. The corner post of
inch and a half pine should be well
nailed to the box. and the sides and
ends then covered with burlap or cot
ton cloth. The top may be of Stats or
Of boards. as shown in the sketch. If
OF the latter, a hole should be cut
both for ventilation and for conven-
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-09-01
Don't Tread on Me,

Vibrates the rattle snake with his rattle.
Sensible people take alarm at the chill which
1shers in chills and fever. If they don't
Enow they should, that Hotsetter's Stomach
Bitters is the preventer and remedy. Nor
shc>1ld they forget that it remedies dyspep-
STA, liver complaints, nervousness, sleep
Nssness and debility, and is a general tonic
without equal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-09-01
Oats as q Food for Hens.

Oats are highly recommended as an
reproducing food for hens. Oats
contain more Uncertainties and less
starch than wheat or corn. and for
that reason they should enter into the
ration, not only BY wayof varietys but
because theywfli aid in supplying the
hens more completely for producing
eggs. Ground oass, sifted.amakezsthe
best food for littt. chicks and NAV be
fed dry. Our farmers do not feed
enoughoats and thus ettfieif hens
too fat by allowing them corn and
and wheat in xcess. A change OF
grain will be beneficial and highly rel
ished. Gazette.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-09-01
Pure and wholesome Quality

Commends to public approval the California
liquid laxative remedy, Syrup of Figs. It
IS pleasant to the taste and by acting gently
on the kidneys, liver and bowels to cleanse
the system e~ffectually, it promotes the
health and comfort of all who use it, and
with millions it is the best and only remedy.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-09-01

NEVER A ANYTHING ELsE-Bradford-
II wonder where Biggs acquired all his
knowledge about women's hatsln Robin
son He used togo to the theater frequent
Iy."lTruth.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-09-01
Highest Of all in Leavening Power-Latest US Govt Report
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ABSOLUTELY PURE

"BoY, is your father in?n 81 guess 30.
Heard ma call somebody a Ounce lust now.
'Twant me, coz / want there. She wouldn't
a dared to call the cook such names; so I
guess it must have been dad."-Boston
Transcript.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-09-01

WHEN the shoestring of a girl thirty-seven
years old IN united you may be very
sure that it was by accident: also that she
will have to tie it up herself.-Somerviile
journal.