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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-07-14
CROWNED HEADS.

PRINCESS VICTORIA of Wales, accord
ing to her father, can concoct n more
tempting Welsh rarebit than any other
woman in England.
TIE annual salary of the Queen of
England is ST. ,O00. The prince of
Wales gets s2OO,OO0, and the rest of
the royal family somewhat smaller
amounts.
MUIEY MAHOMMET has been impris-
oncd by his brother Abdul Azi2, sultan
of Morocco. Abdul holds that there is
room for only Il pantata in his coun-
try.
THE princess of Wales has SEN a
birthday gift in the form of a shilling
for every past birthday to Mrs. Sarah
Thompson, aged 10j years, the oldest
lady in Wales.
The best dressed woman in the world
is said to be Queen Margaret, of Italy.
Her wardrobe includes Il countless
variety of elegant costumes, and she
seldoms wears n dress more than once.
TIE 3OOth anniversary of the birth of
Gustavus Adolphus, king Of Sweden,
will be celebrated this year with great
pomp in that country. Invitations will
be sem to all other countries to take
part in the tribute to that famous ruler.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-07-14

thorough way and there is no thought
of slcighing under such conditions.
Wide-tircd wagons will press the
snow down firmly on the road and
o make good sleighing.
These roller wagons will improve the
roads instead Of destroying them.
Every load which is drawn over the
road will work out a certain amount
of road tax. The cost of repairing the
roads would be greatly reduced. If we
maintain n proper side grading toward
the bitches, so that the water will
easily run into them, and if we rake
the stones once a year ont of the road
the repairing is dime.
We have until now always thought
the only way to improve the roads
would be to use telford or macadam
for our country: but few have thought
where The root of the evil lies. Let
us above all things first improve
our vehicles. This will be the
proper thing To do. And then let us
also push forward to do every
thing in our power that tclford and
macadam roads may be constructed
whenever practical throughout u
country. But even these stone roads
are not able to withstand the abuse
which they have to sustain from mar
row tires as now used on our vehicles.
In Germany. France and Switzerland
the smallest tires are two inches wide,
the widest six inches, and there the
telford and macadam roads are re-
paired all through the year. They
have the very strictest laws concern
ing the roads and everything belong
ing To them, So that they may not be
torn up or spoiled, nevertheless they
have to keep repairing them constantly.
What damage would oHr wagons do to
those European roads?
Therefore. would it not be the cheap
est the best, the quickest and most
.conomi. nj way to reconstruct IL
wagons?
by all means let 1t be tried.-Rev.
George Buch, in Good Roads.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-07-14
HOME HINTS AND HELPS.

To make vanilla ice cream, boil to-
gether in a farina boiler o.ye-half
pound Of sugar and one pint of cream.
Stir rapidly for abou. ten minutes,
when remove from tie fire end set
away to cool. Add two tablcspoonfuls
extract Of vanilla, and when thorough
ly cold add an additional pint of cream
and freeze.-Ladies' Home Journal.
Through papers for pantry shelves
look very dainty when fresh. o~iicloth in
white or a light color is much better to
use in every place that is - come in
contact with the food. 1t can be wiped
as often as dusty or otherwise soiled
without injury. If n chooses, the
tissue-papers used for china closets may
be used on the edges of the shelves.
The floor of the pantry, unless of hard
wood, or even close and wall-painted,
should also be covered with oilcloth or
linOleum.
-Spiced Biscuit: Sift together one
pint of flour, n tablespoonful of sugar,
one ~teaspoonful Of baking powder. a
little salt and half n teaspoonful of
ground cinnamon. Rub into the mix
ture a piece of butter as large as a but
ternut, and add enough sweet milk 10
make n soft dough. Roll thin, cut with
a small biscuit cutter. rub over the tops
of half of them with soft butter. sprin-
klc sugar and cinnamon ovcr lay the
other half on top and bake quickly.
Serve hot.-Country Gentlemen.
Chicken Breasts: Trim the breasts
of some chickens to resemble trimmed
lamb chops. Stick a leg bonc the
joints cut off at each cndl into the end
of each outlet: pepper anil salt them,
roll them in flour, and Try them in a
granite pan with butter. Serve them
in a circle in 4 dish with peas, mashed
potatoes, caulifiowers, beans. tomatoes,
or other vegetable. in the center. They
are nicer lardcd on one side. choosing
the same side for all. They should not
be rolled in flour. These fillcts may he
served in 4 circle, with mushroom sauce
poured in the center. Anice course for
a company Observation-Disclosures.
Raspberry Trifle: Six small sponge
cakes. such as are sold for 4 cent apiece
at bakers shops; one quart milk. five
eggs. n cup sugar. one quart red raSp-
berries. n cup sweet cream; vanilla
for tiavoring. Make a custard of the
milk. the sugar and the yolks of the
eggs. flavoring with the vanilla. split
the cakes, lay half of them in TIE bot
tom of a glass dish. pour OYER them half
the cream. and strew thiclily with the
berries sprinklcd with sugar. Cover
these with a second layer of cake,
mOistcrcd with the rest of the cream.
and spread with the remainder of the
berries. Pour the ice-cold cuStard over
all: beat the whites Of the egg to a
stiff mcrinEuc with Il littlc powdered
sugar: mix in Il handful Of berries and
heap the mcringuc on top of the triflc.
-liarpcrs Bazar.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-07-14
o THE M

Mrs. VANDERBILT rejoices in the pos
session of the most beautiful cat in the
world. 1t cost one thousand dollars.
TEE widow Of Gen. Boufanger In
tends, it is said, to spend the remainder
of her life in the French colony al
Tunis-
QUEEN VICTORIA is said to be a very
bad speller and addicted to the habit OF
writing illegibly to hide errors in or
biography.
A PORTRAIT of Emily Bronte, the only
one known, has recently been discov'
cred and will soon be engraved for
publication.
BELvA LOCKWOOD is sixty-thrce years
old. She began teaching school at the
age of fourteen and was married four
years later.
NEXT to her dolls, the little queen of
Holland values most a collection OF
wax figures sent from Batavia and clad
in the picturesque peasant costume OF
the Javanese.
LADY CONSTANCE LYTToS is one of the
able woman journalists of to-day. She
inherits her love for literary work and
qualifications for writing from her IA
Their, the late Earl Lytton.
Miss Dr.. HAMILTON, of England. who
is d~octering the ameer's family in
Cabul, has n guard of natives to look
after her. The Indian government has
disowned all responsibility for her
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-07-14

Published accounts state that some
English purchasers of American APP
Piles became badly frightened by re-
ports that a child had been poisoned
by eating American fruit. 1t turned
out to be as groundless as the absurd
reports of a year or more ago. Tho
government had analyses made. and
the government analyst could I'd
nothing. A portion of the Baldwin
apple which was asserted to have poi
soned the child was fed to a mouse,
but no effect vas produced. A small
mouse, it will be observed, is only a
~thousandth part of the weight of q
child, and therefore a mouse would de-
tect a thousandth part of the poison
which would affect a human being.
The report was probably started to de-
press the market Of American fruit
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-07-14

Bacon and poachcd eggs, if correctly
cooked and served make n breakfast
dish which will tempt even the most
capricious appetite. Care should be
taken in selecting the bacon. Choose
bacon of medium size, with the fat and
lean quite distinct in coloring. The
lean should be pink and the fat white.
II the lean looks streaked the bacon
will probably he hard or tough. In cut
ting the rashers from a piece of bacon
cut in the same way as slices off a loaf.
A sharp knife or a small carver should
be used. and with a little practice the
rashers can be cut with unerring pre-
cision from top to bottom of the joint,
fat and lean even slices. 1t is much
better to do this yourself than to have
it cut at the grocer's. The toast be-
meath the eggs should be extremely
thin and well Drowned and the eggs
poached according to the individual
fancy. They SHOULD be served on a
small platter, with the thin slices of
bacon resting upon a bed of water
crosses. Prepare this dish for break
fact some warm morning and see If
thi. members of your household viii
not appreciate it, Chicago Times
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-07-14
THE FARMING WORLD.
PLEA FOR WIDE TIRES.
Why 1t Would Pay Our Farmers TO Re
construct Their Wagons.

Why 1t Would Pay Our Farmers TO Re
construct Their Wagons.
By the use of vehicles as they are
now constructed the roads are spoiled
even in dry seasons, as the narrow
cutting wheel will grind the surface
of the road to dust. Wheels with tires
ten and twelve inches wide cannot
grind the road, therefore not make so
much dust. and the little dust which
will be created will, with every rain,
be pressed upon the road like a layer
of asphalt.
Every rain and every load will help
to pack the surface of the highway
more firmly. The farmer will be able
to draw his loads at any time of the
year and not depend half as much on
the weather as he now does.
The meanest roads we have in win
ter, when after a spell of rainy weather
a frost sets in. Then IL roads are a
veritable torture ID man and beast, all
the natural consequence of our present
fashionable vehicles. If they only had
a reasonable under carriage with
wheels wide enough and arranged as a
roller in sections, we would not have
to endure such awful roads.
Very often in winter we have rainy
weather turning all at once into snow.
BY the use of wagons as they now are
and mud are mixed in the most
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-07-14
ABOUT HAM
They Form Fart of tho Summer Girls Far
aph-rnalia How 20 Hang Them.

aplI-rnalia How 20 Hang Them.
There is science in the hanging of a
hammock both for comfort and grace.
The hammock should be six and a quar-.
ter feet from the ground at the head,
and three and thrcc-quartcrs above
ground at the foot end.
The rope at the head which fastens
il should he onc foot. and ut the foot
should measure four feet. 1t may sound
as though this made the hammock very
high, but it is just right. as our women
have found out.
For convenience and effect. Il hassocls
is used on which our fair one steps and
swings herself in place from the foot
end. In this way there are no tucked
up" skirts, and ones shoes are not more
conspicuous than ones head.
The hammock paraphcrnalia is now
as important an addition to the sum
mcr girls outfit as tennis racket OF
parasol. and it requires infinitely more
careful thought.
The hammockS themselves are bean.
tiful, being wovcn of strands of col.
ored silks. A brunette chooses n vel.
low and black N with heavy fringes
while a blonde takes a soft baby blue
and white one. One black-eyed belle
has packed a gorgeous crimson one.
With the hammock go the pretty va
ried colOred silk blankets ard down pill
lows made of white linen and cmbroid-
cred witt the owners monogram. Has
socks may be made of straw. grass or
any other appropriate material. These
hammOcks r swung on piazzas ant
across halls quite as often as on the
lawn.-N. Y. sun.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-07-14

A well-known fire insurance mar
was placed in an embarrassing posi-
ton on a Fourth avenue car the other
afternoon. He always had a fondness
for babies, especially the fat, Growing
kind, and when a lady carrying a
child OF this description boarded the
car and took a seat in front of him he
began smiling and c%huckling to attract
the child's attention. He was getting
along finely, when suddenly the kid
~puckered up it's lips and began crying.
There, there, don't cry, my precious
lamb" said the mother, in a soothing
tone. Seems to be afraid of me-" OBJ
served the gentleman Yes, sir, he
do, and ! can't make it out. | had him
out in the country last week, and he
saw hogs and horses and cows right
along, and never seemed to care about
EN-" 4 giddy young woman across
the aisle began to giggle, and a man
standing up and hanging to a strap
uttered a gruff 'Tiaw! haw. haw..' and
slapped his leg. The gentleman
flushed up and looked hurt in his feel
ings, and seeing another giggle and
another haw, haw! haw. on the way
he rose up and went out oL the plat
charlottesville Post
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-07-14
ATCHlSON

MARRIED men are always preferred
as workmen. They are more docile;
they know what it is to be bossei.
WHEN we meet n proud person we
wonder what it is about. We never
knew anyone who had reason to be
proud.
THE first face n child secs is full of
kindness. and the last to bend oycr him
when he is an old man and dying is
full of plying tenderness. 1t is the
faces he sees in between that cause him
his troubles.
THERE is n young man in East Atch-
ison who is always in love, but he says
il would never do to get married, rs
the pleasure of the thing would end.
He prefers to tell his girl of Il vine-cov-
cred cot, with two hearts inside beat
ing as one, at the same time knowing
that he will never have to buy any
such place, or take care of babies.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-07-14
BREAD-EATERS OF THE WORLD.
Some Queer Facts Concerning the Dict of
Various Civilized Countries.

OHt queer FatIS tOncerntnC tne D1Ct OF
Various Civilized Countries.
Reports recently received from sew
eral American c~onsuls give some in
tercsting data in regard to the bread
consumers of the world. They show
that while n Portuguese worries
through a year with an average bread
supply of 17G pounds-about half a
pound a day-a Spaniard. Just across
the border. requires 4l3 pounds per an
mum; and Spain can lot be regarded as
a wheat-grOwing country either. In
Hungary, where waving fields of grain
are COMMON in the wheat-growing sea-
son, Sol pounds a year on an average
supply a native, while an Austrian.
who also raises more or less wheat,
gets along with Isl pounds a year.
Only 143 pounds of flour is required by
a German in a year, l65 pounds by a
Dane, while the Russians, the greatest
wheat-growcrs in Europe. eat but 99
pounds per annum per capita. A native
of Belgium consumes 31s pounds and of
America 49, pounds while the Switzer
eats AS pounds per annum, an Italian
so, a Dutchman 2S3, an Englishman
352 younds.
The greatest flour-eater in the world
is the Frenchman. He consumes nearly
two pounds n day, or 705 pounds year.
This enormous quantity consumed by
a Frenchman, when compared with
the fifty-six pounds per annum
which a Scandinavian requires. r~evives
the old theory that climate influences
have more TO do with the demands of
nature than education. In the ex-
IRENE northern climates, where cold is
severe. flour does not seem to be the
fayorite article of food. There is not
SO much combustion in it as in oils and
animal food. The L~aplander. who eats
no flour at all, is sometimes known to
consume : pounds of whale or seal blub-
be-. at one meal. A Russian, who only
eats 90 pounds in a year of the fiour he
raises, is popularity supposed to make
M the deficiency by swallowing tallow
candles and any kind of rich, fatty sub
stance that happens to come to his hop
per. no matter what the fiavor.-Cin.
.;,Dati Star.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-07-14
SILKS AND
How to TcE:ovc TnsiSht!y Spots ard u
.nNA-.

How to Remove rnsiSht!y Spots and Dis
colo-atic1s.
Clean colcrcd silks in a mixture made
by boiling to Il pulp old kid gloves as
near the color of the silk as q can
get. Place tn. gloves in a new tin pan,
in cold water: when boiled. strain the
pulpy mass, add a little not water and
ammonia. Wash the silk ribbon in
this and put Il little boraX ana spirits
of camphor in the rin,ing water
about half a ~teaSpnnnful If each to n
quart of water: do not iron. but LEI the
pieces hang until dry. Clean black rib
bons in the manner described for black
silk. 1t is said that when the color
has been taken out by frni; it may he
restored by ammonia. and that when
colCr has been destroyed b. a strong
acid il may be restored by wetting the
spot with a strong soap lathcr. to
which a pinch of salcTatas has been
added. Never try any cleansing fluid ON
a gown unless you first experiment
with a piece of the goods. fer cclCrs
ere curious many times when 50 treat
cd and act in an unexpected manner.
rom an old recipe book | CLEAN that
ribbons may bccasily renewed ifwashcd
in n suds of cold water and CASTLE soap,
and ironcd. while damp, with a cloth
between the iron and ribbon. Colorcd
ribbons. neckties. drapcry. silk s~carfs,
etc. are easily and quickly cleaned by
immcrsing them in Il bowl of naphtha,
but remember how explosive it is and
also that it chaps the hands. silk en-
broidcry upon fancy-work CT dresses
may he cleaned with IA camclS-hair
brush dipped in SHIRTS of wing. Many
stains may be removed from light silks
with clear water, rubbing spot dry at
nee SO that the water will not run into
the dust on the edge Of the spot and
cause a light ring CT shading.-Ladics
Home Journal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-07-14
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 il the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of q 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
news, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
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, 1894-07-14

To make n homemade evaporation,
according to one who has tried it, first
get four strips of board about n inch
thick and three inches wide. Nail these
together in the shape of a box just
large enough to cover the range. Then
take a piece OF wire screen cloth such
as is used for window screening, just
large enough to cover the box and
come up on the sides about one inch,
then fasten it securely with tacks- At
each corner Of the frame make holes
large enough to insert very large wires,
which will answer for legs so the box
may stand firmly upon the top of the
range. The wires or legs may be just
as long as one wishes. In warm
weather there may be shorter ones
used than in cooler weather when the
fire is hotter; eve inches is about
about right.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-07-14
On to Washington.

Three years ago, the only authentic map
of the Virginia battlefields was prepared in
the War Department for the Chesapeake &
OHIO Railway Co. 1t can with safety be as,
serted that it Q the most interesting maj
ever published; and 30 great was the de
mand for the first edition that 10000 were
soon absorbed. but it has been re-issued for
the occasion of the X. of p. Encamnnent
at Washington in August, ard VIII be
mailed free after June LIST, upon application
TO c. B. Ryan, Assistant General Passenger
Agent, C. & o. Ry., Cincinnati, o. In con-
nection with the map is also a description Of
the grand and varied scenery of the Nir-
ginias, and the delightful Mountain and Sea
Shore Resorts along the c. IL o., as well as
q sketch of the battlefield5.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-07-14
n TWO TOWNS,

Brother! you with growi and frown,
Why don't you move from Grumbletown,
Where everything Is tumbled down,
And life is always dreary,
Move over into Gladville, where
Your face VIII don q happy air
And isy aside the look Of care
For smiles all bright and CHEEKY.
IN Grumbletoru there's not o joy
But has a shadow Of alloy
That viii its happiness destroy
And make you to regret it.
In Gladyille they have not a care
But what It looks inviting there
And has about It something fair
That makes them pleased to get IL
It's strange how different these towns
c. ours are, Good cheer abounds
In one. and grewsome growlS and frowns
Are always In the other.
II you your skies OF ashen gray
Would trade for sunny smiles Of May.
From Grumbietown. oh, haste away;
Move into Gladville. brother.
Nixon Waterman, in Chicago Journal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-07-14
Weighs a Candida EIame.

Wonderful stories have been told
concerning the extreme dclicacy of the
scales used by the mints at Philadel-
phia and London. That at the first
named place is said to tell the exact
weight of a hair; the London wonder
shows a difference in the weight of a
card after a name has been written
upon it. The most accurate scale in
the world" is now being discussed in
England. 1t is so finely balanced that
it shows the weight of a candle taper
to be much less after the flame has
been extinguished.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-07-14

project sidcwise from the pail two and
a half inches and four inches across.
One end of support is soldered at top
of pail; the other, one and a half inches
below the top, thus allowing the pail,
when milking. to tip toward the COW,
while supported by the ears resting on
the knees of the man instead of by
squeezing the knees on both sides of
the pail.
There is no patent or charge on this.
Any reader is welcome to use it and
save fatigue in the legs.-Country
Gentleman.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-07-14
Peaches In Palatable Form.

When serving uncooked peaches, Sc.
lect very ripe, soft peaches; pare and
split; remove the stones. Place in
a glass bowl, sprinkle freely with
sugar, and set on ice until cold Serve
with rich cream. To make peach pyra-
mid. cut a dozen large ripe, firm
reaches in halves, peel and remove the
Stones. Make strip of a pound of sugar
and half pint of water, to which add an
ounce of gelatine dissolved in a little
warm water. Pour half the strip in
the bottom of a deep mould. Set on
ice until cold; add the peaches, and
nour over the remaining sirup. When
firm turn out of a fat glass dish. Ar
range a wreath of peach leaves around
the pyramid. This makes a very pref
ty as well as a very delicious dessert
Ladies' Home Journal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-07-14

Little is accomplished in this civilized era,
nut with the gentle laxative, HOstetter's
Stomach BitterS, the bowels are relieved
without a~bruptness or subsequent weaken
ing. Dyspepsia, malaria, rheumatism,
weakness and kidney trouble yield to this
reliable curative, foremost also among in
MIGRANTS and recommended by physicians.
Give this medicine n fair trial and be con-
WINGED.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-07-14

and yet thoy really do you moro good.
Their refined and concentrated vegetable
extracts act upon tho liver in c natural
way that lasts. They havo q peculiar
strengthening effect on the intestines. They
not only relieve, but permanently cure.
In every liver, stomach, and bowel disor-
der-ConStipation, Biliousness, Indigestion,
Windy Eructations, "Risings CT Food Sick
or Bilious Headaches, Sour Stomach-they're
guaranteed to give satisfaction, or your
money is returned