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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-10-06

at considerable expense to the town.
as it is a popular and pleasant drive,
has been made such a dumping ground
that, although the trees grow beauti-
fully on either side, one can hardly
find a spot of ground which is not COW
cred with back yard refuse. If these
people who consider the whole coun-
try free, would dig a hole and bury
such refuse out of sight, OF dump it in
doubtless nature would 500 conceal
their broken treasure. But at present,
it is not a pleasant sight for country
people or anyone else, and this prac-
tice should be discontinued. There is
very little to encourage country peo-
pie to beautify their roadsides. For in
stance, there is a case very near home
of a farmer having about half a mile
of land fronting a public street, who
has taken a certain amount of pride in
picking up all the stone and smooth
ing off the land by the roadside SO that
it is green and level. Too level. in
fact. SO that people viii turn down on to
it and drive right straight up through
past the front gate, cutting deep ruts,
not only during the s%pringtime when
the roads are muddy, but in the warm
weather if the roads are a trife dusty.
of course, the people who do this have
their own roadsides dug out in holes
from which they cart soil to the barn
yard, or covered with heaps of stone
picked up from the farm. The road is
always kept in good repair, but there
is a certain lawlessness about such
things in the country that is discour-
aging to improvements. and exasper-
ating to would-be improvers.-Alice E.
Pinney, in Rural New Yorker.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-10-06
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 to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due tc It's presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; effectually 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 it is perfectly free frorn
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC 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.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-10-06
The Care of Young Trees.

Train the trees young. The best au-
.horities say that only the pocket
knife should be used for training and
pruning apple trees. This is only an
other way of saying that the pruning
should be done early, before the
branches have attained any great
growth. Discover whether the limbs
need to be cut off before they have
reached the size of the arm. Prune
the young trees so that they will form
an ever head, giving the heaviest
amount of shade on the south side to
shield from the hot sun. Use a col
ored glass with a ~magnifying power to
discover the insects on the limbs in
broad daylight, and then clip off the
twigs with the eggs OIL nests of them,
tn burn.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-10-06
SCIENCE.

EXPLORERS declare that no Towering
plant has ever been found within the
Antarctic circle. In the Arctic circle
seven hundred and sixty-two different
kinds are known.
THE perfume of flowers is more clear
ly perceived just before or after q rain,
because the air, hen laden with a
moisture, better conveys the essential
oils that contribute the odor.
UNTIL now the depth of four and a
half miles, sounded off the coast of
Japan, has been the record for deep
sea soundings; but this is now beaten
by a sounding in the South Atlantic of
seven thousand seven hundred fathoms,
or nearly nine miles.
PROF. ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL, the
inventor of the telephone, is now at
work on the problem of seeing as well
as talking through a wire. He firmly
believes that we will soon be able to
see the people we are talking to by
telephone, although hundreds of miles
away.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-10-06
HOME HINTS AND HELPS.

Peach Cream: Six pints of fruit
tix OF cream and three of sugar. Cut
the fruit up, sprinkle with the sugar,
and let it stand for an hour or two,
then mix with the cream and freeze
Good Housekeeping.
-Turnips should always be pared,
I'M boiled from forty minutes to one
hour. Season with butter, pepper and
salt and mash fine, or, what is far bet
ter, put them through a vegetable
masher.
blackberry Jam: Take four pounds
Of fruit, pat into a kettle with two
pounds of good coarse sugar, and set
over a slow fire, gently boiling it fog
one hour, occasionally stirring it to
prevent burning. When done put in
jars and seal.-American Farmer.
-Beets, potatoes and such vegetables
as do not require to be pared should be
scrubbed with a small vegetable brush,
which will quickly remove the dirt
without breaking the skin. Cabbage,
c~aulifiower, spinach and such vege-
tables as vermin often frequent, should
be carefully examined, and washed in
salt and water.
Crisp Cookies: One cupful of but.
ter and lard mixed, one and a half cup
fuls sugar, three eggs well beaten, one
teaspoonful soda, two tablespoonful
water, one te%aspoonful lemon extract,
-four to form a soft dough. Roll very
thin, spread with sweet milk, sprinkle
with sugar, and bake a light brown in
a quick oven.-Detrolt Free Press.
Baked Apples: Wash and core
sour apples; place them in a baking
pan; fill the hollow of each apple with
sugar; put a bit of butter on the ugar;
fill the pan to one-third the depth OF
the apples with water, and bake until
tender. Remove them carefully to the
serving dish and dip the strip over
them. Serve cold, with sweetened
whipped cream spread around them.
Stuffed Potatoes: Six good-sized
potatoes, one gill hot milk, two eggs,
one tablespoonful butter, one teaspoon.
full salt, n dash of pepper. Bake pota.
toes till done, cut in halves, and. with
a spoon, scrape ont the potato into a
hot bowl. Leave sufficient potato in
the skins to keep them in shape. Mash
the potato fine, add the butter, hot
milk, salt and pepper. Beat until very
light, then stir in carefully the beaten
whites of the eggs. Fill the skins with
the mixture, heaping it up. Brush
over with yolk of the eggs and put in
oven till golden BROWN. Y. Oh
server.
Fish Ragout: Dissolve a piece Of
butter in a stewpan and put into it any
uncooked fish, well cleared from skin
and bone and cut into small dice. but
not mashed; add salt and lemon Juice
and stew very gently till done; her
have ready a sauce composed of the fol.
lowing ingredients: Some good gravy,
a glassful of white wine, a little cav.
enne pepper, grated lemon peel, ginger
and nutmeg. Thicker the sauce with
-four and butter and stir until quite
thick; then put in the fish and stir in
the yolks of three eggs and a little sar-
dine butter. Put this ragout into seal
Top shells, with a covering of bread
crumbs and Parmesan cheese. Pour q
little oiled butter over and bake to a
pale brown.-Pittsburgh Chronicle.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-10-06
A Misfortune.

81 shall bring a guest home to din.
ner to-day, my dear" remarked Mr..
William Goat to Mrs. Mamie Goat, as
he combed his whiskers on the barbed.
wire fence.
"Who?" inquired Mrs. G.
Young Willie Goat from the coun.
try, my dear"
well" replied Mrs. G., ''there's moth
Ing for him except a part of a tomato
can saved over from yesterday, and half
Of a paper collar"
TOO bad, too bad" sighed Mr.. G.;
"he told me he was particularly glad
TO come because he needed a change OF
Iiet."-Detroit Free Press.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-10-06
SWEET
How to Garry the Tubers Through the
Winter In Good Condition.

How to Garry the Tubers Through the
Winter In Good Condition.
In common with many farmers who
save their own seed sweet potatoes, /
have had more OF less trouble in car
rying the tubers through the winter
in good condition. All of the usual
methods have been employed with va
rying success. The tubers have been
wrapped in tissue paper, and stored in
dark closets opening out of warm
rooms: yet many rotted, or started SO
much hat they would have been use
less for bedding. l have laid them in
rows about a chimney which vas in
daily use during the cold weather. and
often have lost half of them.
A plan of handling and a place of
storage used last winter gave me great
satisfaction. The potatoes intended
for winterlug were selected for their
good form and s~oundness, not one
which had the slightest bruise being
retained. They were placed as care
fully as possible in baskets, from which
they were taken one by one, and laid
carefully away in a closet under a
stairway, within three feet of the
kitchen range. Having had more than
were needed for seed in the spring, we
used what we wanted for the table
up to April, and the last one were as
good and well-favored as they were in
October. ALI were as plump as when
put away, and not a single tuber went
to waste. The closet was dark and the
temperature was quite uniform al
about sixty-ive degrees. l ascribe my
success in this instance, first, to the
careful selection of sound specimens;
second, to the carr used in handling
them, and third, to the uniform tenn
p~erature and dryness of the dark place
of storage.-Orange Judd Farmer.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-10-06
a IN EUROPE.
How They Impressed President Adams o.
Cornell University.

How They Impressed President Adams of
Cornell University.
To an American visiting Europe
there is nothing impressive than
the general excellence of the roads.
Their climate is more rainy than ours.
and their roads, under the same con-
ditions. would probably be even worse
than those usually met with in Ameri-
ca. But in England. in France. in Ger
many, and in Switzerland, everywhere
n goes, the excellence of the roads
is a constant source Of surprise to one
visiting those countries. During the
last summer it was my fortune to take
a long drive in the Alps. The party
was made up of six persons. A coach
was employed for the whole trip. We
were thirty-three days in the coach,
and during that time we ven yer
four of the great passes and travelled
nearly a thousand miles. But the nat
ter of chief significance to those in
terested in good roads is the fact that,
although we drove from twenty-five to
fifty miles a day for more than a
month in these mountainous regions,
the whole trip was done with one team
of horses No change was made, and
none was needed. More than that,
it was our opinion that the horses
were in better condition at the end of
August than they had been at the be-
ginning of the trip, a little after the
middle of July. Could there be any
more significant commentary on the
quality of the roads? What would be
the condition of a team of horses in
midsummer in America which had
been driven over mountain roads at
the rate of twenty-five to fifty miles a
day for six days in a week?-C. K. Ad-
ANS. President of Cornell University.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-10-06
Is Going South Nowadays.

The only section of the country where the
farmers have made any money the past year
is in the South. If you wish to change you
should go down now n see for yourself
The Louisville & Nashville Railroad and
connections will sell tickets to all points
South for trains of October2, November 6
and December 4, at one fare round trip.
Ask your ticket agent about it, and # he
cannot sell you excursion tickets write to
G. p. Atmore, General Passenger Agent,
Louisville, KY, or
GEO. B. HoRNER, d. P. A., st. Louis, Mo.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-10-06
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
PRETTY R~oADsIoEs.
A wlde-Awake Woman Offers Several
SenaihlA SuC1exfiona

A Wlde-Awake Woman Offers Several
Sensible Suggestions.
Now that the ne wspapers are agitat-
ing the subject of good roads, would it
not be advisable to say a word in re-
gard to roadsides? The city people ad-
vocate good roads, especially the bicy-
Gle element which is rapidly ~increas-
ing. What shall we do with those who
disfgure our roadsides by dumping all
the refuse of their back yards and pam
tries, consisting of broken crockery,
old tinware. tin cans, etc, blythe coun-
try roadside without cave or license?
One of the beautiful mountain roads
leading from the neiglboring city,
which has been w;dened and improved
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-10-06
FOR BEANS.
A Tabi by Whose Use the Labor L
Greatly Lessened.

A Fable by Whose Use the Labor L
Greatly Lessened.
AL beans, before they go into the
hands of the consumer, are supposed
TO have been hand-picked; that is,
carefully looked over and all the
spotted, injured and slit ones re-
moved. This work is usually done
while they are in the hands of the
grower. 1t is a slow, tedious opera
ton. as. some years, the beans are so
badly damaged in the field that it
takes a very active person to carefully
kand-pick four bushels in ten hours
time; while with a crop secured in.
good condition. four times hat mount
is fitted for market in the time men
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-10-06
Are You Going Abroad

For health, pleasure or business, and
wouldnot have your voyage marred by sea
sicknesss Then take along with you Hos
letters Stomach Bitters, and when you feel
the nausea try a wineglassful. 1t Will enect
a magical change for the better in your in
terror, and a continuance of it will save you
from further attacks. AS a means of over
coming malarial, kidney, dyspeptic. nervous
and rheumatic troubles the Bitters is IN
eQualled.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-10-06
An Architectural Defect.

Mrs. Goandsee-What n lovely new
home you have. 1t appears to be per-
feet in every detail.
Mrs. Howlingswelle-Yes, it is in
deed very nice. and we enjoy its COM
forts, but the architect made one serious
blunder.
'Indeed. What is ito"
'Why, it is not arranged so the
neighbors car see my elegant new side
board from the street."-Chicago Rec
nrI
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-10-06
More EnIipbtenm.nt Needed.

The roads ami highways of many
of the states of the union are in such
a wretched condition hat the general
prosperity of the country is actually
impeded thereby. The whole subject
is one of which there is SO much igno-
rance that any scheme for a more COM
prehensive knowledge leading ulti-
mately to better roads and highways
is welcome.-N. Y. Recorder.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-10-06

SCENE, government ofice.-Chief Ito in
dustrious clerk)-''Why didn't you dot the
Il in the last word of your report last
nightl" Industrious Clerk-'I beg pardon
sir, but you see the clock struck four just at
that point, and I didn't care to work over
time" Chief apologies, and writes to the
secretary in regard TO allowance for extra
time.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-10-06

STERN ~Employer-'I hear you were at the
ball game yesterday afternoonf Office
Boy-'Yes, SIR Stern E~rlployer-"1 sup
pose you were on the qui v.vefn Office Boy
mo, sir. i was on de fence.n
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-10-06
In the SanctCm,

Editor-You say you wrote all these
.okes yourself?
Would-Be Contributo--Yes, sir!
Editor-Then you must be as old as
Eethuselah.-Life.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-10-06

THERE is advantage in making a good
start in life, but the young man who goes to
the bat with the sole ambition of knocking a
sky-scraper will likely get caught out ON q
fy.-Young Mems Era.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-10-06

THERE would be fewer high monuments
we had to buy them ourse,ves.-Syracus
Courier.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-10-06

CURE your cough with Hale's Honey of
Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops cure in one minute.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-10-06

PEOPLE are usually willing to do their
duty, but they do not like to do too much Of
is.-Atchison Globe.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-10-06

AMAN's domestic relations do not trouble
him as much as the relations of his domes-
tic.-Truth.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-10-06

DINKLE-"Strange you should be over
come by the heat" Dankle-'Great Scott,
mani I lost ten dollars on it-"-Buffalo
Courier.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-10-06

HEALTH, comfort and happiness abound
in homes where "Garland' Stoves and
Ranges are used.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-10-06
TAKE STEPS

coverv, even after the disease has pro-
crossed so far as to induce repeated bleed
ings from the lungs, severe lingering cough
with copious expectoration Including tu-
bercular natter, great loss of flesh and ex-
IRENE emaciation and weakness.
Do you doubt that hundreds of such cases
reported to us as cured by Golden Med
zeal Discovery - were genuine cases of that
dread and fatal disease? You need not take
our word for it. They have, i'll nearly every
instance, been so pronounced by the best
and most experienced home physicians,
who rave no interest whatever in mis-
representing them. and who were often
strongly prejudiced and advised against
a trial of Golden Medical Discovery"
but who lave beer forced to confess that
it surpasses, in curative power over this
fatal malady, all other medicines with
which they are acquainted. Nasty cod
liver oil and its filthy "emulsions" and
mixtures, had been tried in nearly all these
cases and had either utterly failed to bene-
fit. or had only seemed to benefit a little for
a short time. Extract of malt. whiskey,
and various preparations of the hypo-
phosphites had also been faithfully tried
IN vain.
The photographs of a large number of
those cured of consumption. bronchitis.
lingering coughs, asthma, chronic nasal
catarrh and kindred maladies, have been
skillfully reproduced in a book of 100
pages which will be mailed to you, on
receipt of address and six cents IN
stamps. You can then write to those VINO
have been cured and profit by their ex-
perience.
Address for Book, WORLDS DIsPENsARY
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-10-06

THERE is no prettier flower for gar
den or window than the geranium.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-10-06

Some One Had Numbered.
What's the price of these goods?"
Eighty cents a yard. madam"
"Why, that's quite reasonable"
"Oh-er-I must have made mis-,
Akev'-Puck
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-10-06

A F sees just as well when he leaveshis
specs behind him.-Press.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-10-06

HaiTs Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price 75c.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-10-06
Home-seeker,, Excursions.

On Sept. II, Sept. % and Oct. 9 the Bur.
fngton Route will sell excursion tickets to
all points in the Northwest, West and South
west, at one fare for the round trip, plus s..
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-01-25
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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-01-25


Oregon, n. c., Jan. 10Th, '94.
Mr.. EDITOR Enclosed find $1.00
to renew my subscription to The
CAUCASIAN. | can not do without
1t. 1t is the best paper | have ever
seen.
Our..Alliance is doing finely. We
have initiated over 20 members since
las election and Their are now Others
to be initiated at next meeting. We
are taking on new life. We see the
necessity for the Alliance more every
day. We vii be ready for the fight
next fall and in 90.
Yours, &c, ". D. WALL.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-01-25
AND
NATURALIZATION
BY
ARCHBISHOP WALSH.
ON
DUBLIN. IRELAND.

Owing to the great demand for
Archbishop Walsh's pamphlet uu
recommendation and its ruinous effects
W the land TENANTRY Of IRE
LAND we have reproduced il on cls.-
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tanning 80 pages, 1t is one Of the
most logical, practical, Illustrative
and convincing arguments in favor
Of BIMETALLISM that has ever
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having a wide circulation aud should
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ted States. 1t has attracted the AZ
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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-01-25
LITERARY NOTE.

The second edition Of the Deem
Der Worlds Fair Cosmopolitan brings
the total up to the extraordinary fig
are of 100000 copies, al urprece-
dented result in the history Of maya
zines. -Four hundred thousand CO.
pie5-20O tons-ninety-four million
pages-enough to fill 200 wagons
with 1000 pounds each-in a single
line, in close order, this would be a
file of wagons more than mile and
a half long. This means not less
than 100000 readers, scattered
throughout every town and village
in the United States. The course of
The Cosmopolitan for the past twelve
months may be compared to that of
a rolling snowba /; more subscribers
mean more money spent IL buying
the best articles and best illustra-
tons in the world; better illustra-
tons and better articles mean more
subscribers, and so the two things
are acting aud reacting upon each
other until it seems probable that
the day is not far distant when t. e
magazine publisher will be able t.
give so excellent an article that it
will claim the atten ton of every in
telllgent reader IN the country.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-01-25
CHILDRBN'S CORNER.


Mr.. EDGToH-I would like toJgiu
the childreu's column aud ak and
answer some questions. ] viii an
swer Annie HooJ'- question Ia.
Mammoth Gave Of Kentucky is ta.
largest and most beautiful cave ln
the world; it contains ii iaAeIn whose
waters fish without eyes are found
Ny papa has been ,ubscrtJsr q"
your noble paper ever since the HON.
Marion Butler has been it, editor.
and We all like to read it.. ! have
learned something about the t"o old
political parties. ] am on.g II year.
old and with THE CAy'H-lA~ 20
guide me | think I sill be- q T.. J.
when | get to be man. Ilus-aa
for the cause Of Reform.
Iygy /. OHca.