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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-10

found that what he thought hair wa
only hundreds of valentines, and wher
he tried to take them off her head sh,
suddenly turned into a plump biscuit,
and the establishment awoke him, tC
find that the sun shone, and also that
his head ached.
81 wish you'd go over to the mills
this morning and see about that grain"
said Martha, when he came down COM
i planning OF such a dismal headache.
The airn do you good, and you can
take Ruth along. You go right by
there"
Ruth's eyes were red when she came to
the door, Tor she had secretly shed tears
that she had not tried to learn bread
making, SO as to have had her dozen
with the rest which she knew must be
reposing OF the pantry shelves i'll the
Jennings house. She had told herself
a hundred times she didn't care, but it
didn't alter the feeling in the least, and
she knew every time she repeated it
that deep in her heart she did care a
good deal Yes, she would go. and as
she pinned on the jaunty black hat
with its red wing, and tucked her
hands in a wee muff, she thought to
herself there might be some chance to
explain why she hadn't done as wei. as
the rest of the girls
There had been little snow this year,
and the ground was hard and smooth.
Only a few drifts Dy the roadside and
in the fields. and these were fast going
in the bright sunlight. The black
horse was in high spirits, the air was
clear. JOS headache drifted away,
Ruth was so pretty to look at, and his
mother liked her so we'll
"You haven't heard 9 word ] saidI"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-10

rough-looking black woods SO much
name of Vigones. Six yards Of this
wide material make a stylish gown. A
handsome shade of Venetian brown of
o rudy tinge appears among some OF
the h~andsomest fabrics of the season.
1t is made great use of by ladies' tall
ors for elegant dresses of ~bengHline,
v~elours and velvet-striped cloth. A
favorite style of making is with a
pointed, double-breasted bodice and b
long Grecian overdress caught up at
one side to show a real or simulated
underskirt of channels cloth braided in
brown and gold.
Nearly all the lew dress costumes
of velvet and cloth are accompanied by
q velvet cape to match or else a cloth
cape with deep collarette of velvet. Tan
and russell skirts will be worn under
long overdresses and French redingotes
of various rich spring fabrics. Waist
coats, revers and cape collars to match
are added The princess walking coat
without the arching hip seam will be q
fsvorite model for youthful wearers.
Cords, pipings, milliners' folds, and
rows of gimp or velvet ribbon are used
by fashionable modistes for skirt and
bodice trimmings. Blouse waists and
folded serpentine bodices come up
again for high favor. Bonnets are
striving for their old time favor. but
hats and to9ues are still in the major
tn KAy1 DURAN
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-10
SIDE REMARKS.

USEEsPOSsTvE.-Jack "Nhy dom
you call on Miss Swellery any morc?'
Fred-"She won't respond"
An ESIGMA.-Hc-"I love you" She
well, what are you going to dc
about it? You've got no money"
THEIR KNowLEDGE.-Mr. Keper-''T've
known that fellow time out of mind
Mr.. Lender-''I've known him money
out of pocket"
\ BAD HABIT.-Kittie-"I heard to-
day you married your husband to re.
form him." Sarah-'I did" Kittie-
why, l didn't know he had any bad
habits" Sarah-"'He had one; he was
a bachelor"
He HAD HIS REAsoNs.-Higgins-
MY daughter is the best pianist in
town" Wiggins-"Does she practice
much?' Higgins-"Six or eight hours
a day" Wiggins-"Thank you. was
about to rent that house next to yours"
Detroit Free Press.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-10
LITERARY DOINGS.

Mr.. HOLMAN Hunt is occupied upon
his new book, which will treat of the
pre-Raphaclite movement in England.
A oPY of the sixpenny pamphlet edi-
ton of Gray's "Elcgy," printed by the
author in ISL, sold lately in London
for three hundred and seventy dollars.
The interesting announcement is
made hat an authorized memoir Of
the late DIR. Francis Parkman will be
prepared under the direction of his
family.
WITH the seventy thousand dollars
left to Yale by the late Judge Billings
a chair of English literature is to be
established. 1t will be known as tho
Emily Sanford prufcssOrship.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-10
100 Bushels whes. from Two Acres.

This remarkable yield was reported
by Frank Close, Minnesota, on two
acres of Marvel Spring Wheat. Speak
ing of this wheat. this new sort takes
the cake. It is the greatest cropping
spring wheat in the world. Farmers
who tried it in the past eason believe
seventy-fve to one hundred bushels
can be grown from n acre, and are
going to get this yield for 1894. At
such yield wheat pays at SOC a bushel.
Salzer is the largest grower of vegeta-
Bile and farm seed in the world. III
If YOU VIII u THIS q AND SEND IT
with &c postage to the John A. Salser
Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis, you will get
free their mammoth catalogue and a
package of above spring wheat. [Kl
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-10

are designed for the Lenten fitting of
the tired out buds and bells to recuper-
ate from the seasons fatigue in south
ern orange groves or in sunny France.
These costumes are plain in effect, and
still rather masculine in finish.
A tailor gown of rough-surfaced cloth,
interviewer with every shade of tan
color, and with here and there n sug.
gestion of red and powder blue, is made
with the usual circular skirt. machine
stitched At the hem, with Il coat, en-
suite, that is cut away in front, over q
double-breasted vest of pale antelope
colored cloth and braided with cash
mere braid, whose colors repeat those
Of the dress fabrics. At the left side
of the skirt it is slashed, with an in
serted piece of braided cloth match
ing the vest, and the cape collar and
close portions of the pulled sleeves
are OF the same.
The s~till-favored umbrella skirt has
In some models five, and in others seven
cores, and is made with a slight train
for the house which, however, is easily
shortened. The front and side cores
are very narrow, but flare very much
from the knee down, and the organ
plated back is so deeply laid that the
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-10
FASHION LETTER.
4 Season Of Great Activity In h Fashion
world-Novelty, Variety and Originality
New and Tempting sprinx FahrIca

4 Season Of Great Activity In the Fashion
worid-Novelty, Variety and Originality
New and Tempting Spring Fabrics
Especial New York CorrespondenceI
The opening season gives promise of
being one of great activity, merciless
In Its demands for novelty, great varie-
ty and originality. Already the shops
are overlooking with new tempting
spring fabrics, and women are clamor-
ing to know Just exactly how things
are going to be made for spring.
OF course, the first gowns thought
about are the tweeds, cheviots and fine
woolens, embracing the handsome cam
els hair fabrics and English serges,
which come this year much lighter in
weight, but softer and even more beau
tiful in quality and coloring than those
imported for costumes and coats last
year. The novelty in some of the rich
silk and wool mixtures is decidedly in
the weave, and, their coloring, influ-
enced by Louis XIV. ideas, is more deli
cate and less pronounced, and in many
cases more try ng than that of the fab
RIGS of last spring. Mango of these gowns
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-10

w
schoolhouse was filled with the boys
md girls of the town, February 18th
was as great a holiday as could be
made of it with school in session, and
somebody had n party, Or some one got
up a ride, or there was a grand pop
corn frolic. In fact, there was always
something going on that day, If all
other days in the year should be dry as
dust, though that could never be the
case with forty girls and boys to make
them lively. The excuse for this extra
fun on the 18th was that it was 10 Jen-
nings' birthday, and they must celebrate
it; and when any of the parents tried to
demonstrate the ready argument was
that they didn't celebrate other birth
days, because nobody was ever born On
a day they could celebrate, and with
such a good reason what could be said
further? All the girls sent him valen-
tines, and all the boys wished they
could change places for just that n
day. As he grew older the custom re-
manned the same, for he was, and had
always been, a great favorite in the
town. The mail bag which came in on
the stage that night fairly bulged with
the number of missives directed to J. j..
Jennings. To he ure some of the girls
had married and left the town, but all
who remained kept up the custom.
Everybody called him 10. and as he
came back year after year seemingly
unchanged in his love for the old home,
and just as cordial with all the old
friends, they decided that travel could
never make him other than the kind
hearted friend he had ever been.
Always impartial in his treatment of
the young ladies of the place, he took
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-10

If l searched the world over, oh, where could l
find
A dainty wee blossom so much to my mind
From the bright sunny head TO the little pink
feet;
So perfect, so precious, so winning and sweetg
OF rose leaves and dew her cheeks seem TO be
made,
And a tint from the skies on her soft eyes is
laid,
Her hands like the petals OF lilies so white,
And her voice like the lark's in a morning
bright
Oh, hopeless the search! but I'll tell some
bright bird,
An the dearest and sweetest things ever were
heard,
And he'll fly TO my darling though winter
blows cold,
And whisper the message more precious thar
gold
Elizabeth A. Davis. in Detroit Free Press
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-10
WoMAN'S GOSSIP.
OF the one hundred medical mission,
Z, -.ae - Nh,ro GffrLiv ara woman

OF the n hundred medical mission
aries in China, fifty-six are women.
CONNECTICUT, the ''land Of steady
habits" boasts Of six cities with po-
lice matrons and has a school suffrage
law.
THE Kentucky Equal Rights associa-
ton has petitioned the Kentucky legis-
lature to raise the age of protection
for girls from twelve to eighteen years.
THE first woman's gymnasium in CEN
trail Europe is the School of Minerva,
in Prague, founded in 1890 by Elisha
Krasnohorska, the editor of the Wom-
ans Journal in that city. 1t has eighty
five students.
CHICAGO has thirty police matrons
with a head matron over all. The w.
c. T. U. has n committee of women
who strive to keep out political in
fluence in the appointment of women
as matrons, and to get women who are
total abstainers.
THE association of women for rails
ing the moral tone of society in the
Netherlands has over four Thousand
members in the one hundred and nine
ty-seven places where it is represented.
Refugees for young women are main.
tanned very gener ally.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-10

During some disturbance the popu-
lace and the police came in collision
with n another very frequently, says
an English paper, with a result that
the latter became very unpopular.
In the course of q scrimmage of more
than usually serious nature one of the
policemen was unfortunate enough to
become detached from his party, and
be was seized by a muscular rioter,
who lost no time in wreaking VEN
geance on the haplcss man in blue.
Hi, Geordie," cried another insur-
gent, '.let l get a whack at him, too"
mo, you don't" said the other, as he
proceeded to belabor his struggling
captive. This is my peeler. You 20
and find D for yourself. Boston
Globe.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-10
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 tue
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 perfect lax
ative; effectually cleansing the system,
dispclling 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 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, 1894-02-10
German
Syrup"

just a bad cold, and a hacking
cough. We all suffer that way some
times. How to get rid of them is
the study. Listen-"Iam a Ranch
man and Stock Raiser. My life is
rough and exposed. l meet all
weathers ill the Colorado mountains.
l sometimes take colds. Often they
are severe. l have used German
Syrup five years for these. A few
doses will cure them at any stage.
The last one l had was stopped in
"a hours. 1t is infallible." James
A. Lee, Jefferson Col. O
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-10

Physicians are not inclined to recommend
Sc If medication to the laity. Yet there is
one need which they are almost unable to
supply. We refer TO the family laxative"
The family physician is able to prescribe
for the most complicated and obscure of
maladies and yet is often puzzled to know
Just what to give when asked for a remedy
which can be kept in the hO,iss for family
Use as Il laxative, that shall be effective;
free from danger, and not unpleasant to
take. When absent on u summer vaca-
ton we were askedby fourdifferent parties,
representing as many families, what we
thought of the Syrup of Figs" Not one
word did we volunteer on the subject, and
we were somewhat surprised to find that
there was this small token Of the very gen.
eral use of that preparation. These parties
said they derived more benefit from it and
found it more pleasant to take than anything
of the kind they had ever used. The simple
question with them was, is it q dangerous
compound! We informed them that its
active ingredient was a preparation Of SEN
ma, and that it was entirely free from Ian
ger. With this assurance they volunteered
the information that they should continue
10 keep it in the house.
The therapeutical properties of SIENNA are
so well known that comment on this seems
unnecessary. 1t might be well to notice,
however, that BartholOw says it is "a very
safe and serviceable cathartic," and that it
Is highly priced as a remedy for constipa-
ton" He also makes the important obser-
walton that its use sis not followed by in
testinal torpOr and constipation"
The simple truth of the matter Is, wehave
altogether too few preparations which We
can recommend To our families as effective
laxatives. But the California Fig Syrup
company has one of the most desirable com
binatiOns for this purpose with which we
are familiar. The Fig Syrup company gives
to the profession the composition of this
preparation, therefore there is no secret
about it; the persons who use this laxative
speak in the highestterms about it; and we
are pleased to notice that a large number Of
physicians are prescribing it.
Viewed from the narrOwest and most
selfish standpoint the physician will lose
nothing by recommending such a prepare
ton as Syrup of Figs to his patients; while
viewed from the highest standpoint of do
ing the best possible by those who place
themselves in our care, we would say the
profession cannot do better than give their
Endorsement to such a preparation.-Amer-
lean Analyst.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-10

The reader of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there Is ut least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure in
all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being q constitutional disease, requires O
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly on
the blood and mucous surfaces of the
SYSTEM, thereby destroying the foundation
of the disease, and giving the patient
strength BY building up the constitution
and assisting ~naturein doing its work. The
proprietors nave so much faith In Its IRA.
tive powers, that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails 20 cure.
Send for list of testimonials.
Address, F J. CHENEY q Co. Toledo, o.
sR5-SOld by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills, y cents.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-10
"sWelL. when I oct old and ,eeb,a 7

see ~ Gnu ieeoie. 1
ieI,
amo. -. uS ~ Ioi 10y
80 " 10y eofH
~ sne ~ Sno "ouiu NOT
~ osain, u 10 seen 'ne
io'e III ms Eyes Wish sue oiu look, a
sne ueciueu lha' the view toward the
mis- was oet1er luz her than the one SO
near al hand.
=. Dld you Know L a u n valen'
tine this year, Win pecuiia; en-
pnasis on the one.
Dluh you nav more last year."
les year before last a twenty,
n IaSt year elgnteen. ana now TINS
year am narrowed down to one"
why, didn't the girls"
yes, OF them liz Six
teen thought | had got beyond the age
of romance and now ought to live on
the solids OF life, but the seventeenth
still thought might cling to a little
of the l am glad there is
one who still holds TO the old custom.
1t isn't nice to think one is dropped out
OF the old life"
"0h, ! am sure the girls didn't mean
-" she stopped, for though she might
explain the meaning of the biscuit,
could she explain the one valentine?
Cousin Albert told me ! shouldn't
always have so many valentines, and
he was right But it is only the end
of a lesson that I have been n long time
learning. Martha says a man a have
but n valentine. Now that l have
really come down to one, I find that l
have never had but one, That ! have
looked for yours first, and last night
when thought what it would mean if
you stop sending each year ! could
hardly wait to see you and ask if you
would come yourself as my valentine.
Ruth, love you dearly; l think l al
ways have"
Ruth still kept her eyes on the far
away hills. But her heart was as full
{, joy as her eyes were full of tears.
Now she could say what she had been
trying to ever since they started. Il
have felt so badly that / couldn't
send when / found you didn't like val
entincs-"
but 1 do"
We'll, you said you didn't s'pose one
of the girls could make biscuits, and we
declared we'd like to smother YOU in
them"
That explains it 1 couldn't think
what | had done to bring down a flood
of that kind. Well, | wa overwhelmed
if not smothered."
But l can't make biscuits and"
'If You could see the stacks at home.
sixteen dozen of them, you wouldn't
wonder that / say with emphasis, I'm
glad You can't!'
Ruth turned with laughing ewes:
Then | needn't apologize?"
NO, indeed. | like valentines bet.
ter than biscuits, but | guess it needed
Just that to show me that | did"
Sixteen dozen, What are YOU going
to do with them all?"
Take you home with me to help eat
them. You haven't answered my ques-
ton yet"
I'm too young" but a bright blush
was on the face turned again to the
hills.
10 laughed, liking her shy ways, vet
sure that he had seen favor in her ewes.
He wished he could surprise her into
turning this way again. "Yes, / think
| am too young. Why, I'm only thirty;
but we can both be growing older as
fast as we can, and by next June we
shall be old enough"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-10

plant that mikes faces yellow-liver
trouble. It's indicated by pains in the right
side and through the right shoulder blade,
by nausea, vertigo, sick headache, sour
breath and furrcd tongue. Hostetter's StOm-
ach Bitters remove it completely, as well as
constipation and dyspepsia, its associates.
Prevent malaria. rheumatism and kidney
complaint with this sterling remedy.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-10

PAT's Reply.-The butcher was shoveling
a big drift Of snow from the walk in front
of his shop when Pat came along and asked
for a Job. The butcher refused. Pat per
sisted. mo-" said the butcher. "How will
ing your meat" rejoined Pat, as he shout
dered his shovel and marched on.-Utica
Observer.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-10
You told the saint
! didn't know how
To make a good biscuit;
J,... tA,1- "a, tRg. n

Sixteen dozen biscuits in sixteen differ.
ent bundles We're spread on the table
before nine o'clock, each bundle con.
tanning a scrap appropriate to the day
and the unusual gift.
10 lay awake nearly all night trying
to think what could have brought this
avalanche of bread upon him, and
finally concluded it must have been
that little speech of his about the girls
not knowing how TO make biscuits.
But his mind kept returning to Ruth's
valentine, and by and by he decided
that a man didn't need but one valen-
tine, especially if he had plenty of
bread. So, toward morning, he dropped
asleep to dream of being shut up in n
tower and not allowed anything but
biscuits to eat or sleep on, and the only
thing he could see for miles were fields
of biscuits in all shades of brown,
which he was told he must eat as fast
as they ripened. Then he saw Ruth,
with her hair flying wildly about her
face, and, when he looked closely, he
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-10

As A SIMPLE TET EFFECTIVE REMEDY for
Throat Affections, Browns BRONCHIAL
TRoCHEs stand first in public favor. They
are absolutely unrivaled for the alienation
of all Throat irri.atjons caused by Cold Or
use of tho yciGe.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-10

AFTER the Ceremony.-GrOom-"I say,
will YOU see the minister for me- II qnitc
forgot the wedding fec Father-in-law-
Young man. YOU are beginning early. !
expected You back from your wedding tour
before this began