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The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-11-22
WOul1 kslI a Man.

Where two o.triches get to fighting
no ma dare trust his lie rear the
fgh erS. Exl erieu"ed keepers seld N
try IL interfere with the animals If
they do the confined anger Of b9th
birds is likely - ia. upon tie me 1dl.r
and end IL death. \ iGgle kick from
one Of the o>t-icaes would diem
bowel man.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-11-22
ITS ORIGIN.
II 1921 Gov. EraGfort Ordered the First
TleuES:iN ;nr D,S.

TH'UES..lN III. DIV.
so ar as history shows, the Jews
had the custom Of making thank en-
ing a f.. tn OF VIII ch wa the eating
OF tn meat iicred. This Gu tom
probably came f. ON the older rae S
with VIII Oh tie Jews were thrown.
The t;r, c1, and tn t,oman, lad feast
da;s. In 1913 the citt of It yden. in
Holland. held til nksgi ing On Get. !.
the anniversary Of the raj ing of the
siege tn city. nd few weeks later
the i'g i'm SOU hit rciuge in Holland,
and sailed thence for this cont eft.
In 10 G. ". br ord rdercd the first
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-11-22
Thanksgiving Joys.


The wHter,ne Ion days nave gone
Green apples are NJ more,
And pea hes ripe no lon9er gripe
The small boy, as o. yore.
The -in-er bottles put away.
And mother can now rest:
Her little son no LONGER has
That pain beneath his vest
THANKSGIVING Day is almost gone
And peace rei-ns overhead:
And mothers joT her own sweet boy
i trund ed of to ted.
ler what ara those unearthiy sounds
That uierce the Ia idni- hit air?
And whats hat throbhing noise We hear
Come rum bling down the stair?
1t Is our little household Pc.
Who losses UP on high.
And wares an equal fight
With turkey and mince pie
-TLm Mason, N Life.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-11-22
TURKEY AND OYSTER SAUCE,
Directions for Preparing Epicurean
Thanks giving Dish.

OF l. ED TURKEY V.
should he fixed cX-
actly like roast
TURKEY. Xce D t
that after being
trus Led it IS bound
in a white cloth
and boiled contin-
uously for from
one hour and a
quarter to one and
a half acrnr1inp
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-11-22
5ssfM
% ggWG- 0o1ED TURNKEY
n

Dis turkey Use been recknin' on,
TIL bout TO months or go.
Done br Ike is laig er H. in on my shaid.
He caught hit In de trough,
En- dea fell back was of.
En- lit on top oh pD' ole auntie's maid
We doc ah'ed i'm de be,' we could.
I'm let i'm hab is run.
10 Flick made i'm up a par OBJ ruiches
Bot e acts like we's ter blame
Fo' his fate er gOn' lame.
s. he tracks de stOop en- ebbery whar e
touches.
He seem ter pal; er roun' all right,
F., we'll : g did befO';
Hit might be dat is of him leg is painful
nate Ter sec i'm hObbie.
But, goodness Ian. his gObbio
Is mOnsus loud en- do SCUM so dtsd ain:uL
Wei, fixed IN up apartments whar
H. roam roun' by elf,
Whar nobody could fool wid i'm er ketch
i'm.
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ple of NcShinCtoa'S,

An anc ent cannon VS. recently
dredged up frg II the bot. n OF the
I~laware River
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-11-22
THANKSGIVING OBSERVATIONS

How the Day Is Observed in Out -of-tlle
way !teeS.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-16
JEWELRY AND SILVERWARE E.

THE return of pendants is conspicu-
ous
A PRETTY new slide is a Tyre set with
gems.
TINY alcohol lamps with ivory handles
are seen everywhere.
a CURIOUS novelty is a street lamp in
silver gilt and enamel.
THERE is n sudden influx of match
safes of silver in raised relief.
LONG silver brooches are of blue
enamel with broken edges of silver.
Ice cream sets are oblong salvers
with broken edges, and trowel-like
knives.
TIE mania abroad for paste in mil
linery, brooches and slides is COM
mented upon on every side.
ALMOST every woman now wears a
long slim chain of silver if not of gold.
The silver chains punctuated with en-
amcled beads are very pretty.
New silver brooches are in foliated
forms with bulbs of enamel set in the
interstices. These are intended to
look like Turquoise, catseyes and
pearls.
ORNAMENTS of frosted gold are seen.
The tortoise and the lizard are in the
lead. The lizard has a green Divine
streak down his back. The tortoise Is
spotted with jewels.
THE silver vases that are now
brought out are the most artistic yet
seen. They are intended for single
flowers. \ new form is a copy of the
shape known as the pilgrim vase
jewelers. Circular.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-16
LITTER.

HOLMES has his memoirs half COM
pleted. lie works on them an hour or
two daily. The manuscript will be con-
fided to his publisher, to be brought out
after his death. 1t is sure to exert ex-
t%raordinary influence.
WHEN DR.. Murray wrote to Brown
ing in the interest of the Pathological
society's lew dictionary, asking for the
significance of certain words as used
by the poet, Browning replied: Don't
know what I meant, ask the Browning
society"
REV. GEORGE d. BLACK, pastor of
Park Avenue Congregational church,
Minneapolis, has been giving his peo-
pie n course of weekly lectures, chiefly
on authors and their works. They have
given great satisfaction to large audi
ences.
LITERATURE was as uncertain In 1914
as now, for the Boston Spectator of
that date bears this witness: such Is
the caprice of the multitude, that what
at one time meets nothing but neglect
or perhaps apprehension, will at an
other command applause"
A wRITER in the Mount Holyoke re-
fcrs to n class Of grief-stricken and
broken-hearted college ~magazinists in
this unfeeling with little eff
fort we can picture them sitting before
a lone candle, the tears falling thick
upon their 'habiliments of woe"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-16
MUSICAL MATTERS.

The musical service at st. Pauls, In
London, is said to be the finest in the
world.
MASTER BRoNIsLAw HUBEBMAN, the
new ~ten-year-old violin prodigy, who is
now astonishing London, isa Pole, four
feet high.
MAsCAGNI is said to have made ninety
thousand dollars in profits from Cav
alleria Rusticana" down to the end of
last year.
IT may not be generally known that
Mr.. ]. l.. Molloy, the popular song
writer, is an English barrister. His
work is the law; his recreation, music.
The London stock exchange has an
orchestra, composed Of members of the
exchange, accounted one of the finest
amateur musical organizations in that
city.
The jewels of Nine. Tetrazzine, the
most famous prima donna in South
America, were recently seized for debt,
when it was found that all the gems
were made Of paste.
Miss FRANCES CROSBY, author of
''Safe in the Arms of Jesus and other
widely-sung hymns, is sixty-one years
of age, and has been blind since she
was six weeks old.
AUSTRALIA is sending another gifted
singer to England. She Is Miss Ada
Crosslcy, a native of Gippsland, Veto
ria. She is young, vigorous in physique,
and has a magnificent contralto voice.
THE secret of Paderewski's long hair
has just been casually disclosed by
some persons not remotely connected
with his enterprising managers. He
has weak eyes, and his physician thinks
hat cutting his hair would tend to
make them weaker.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-16
EXHIBITIONS AND FAIRS.

The site for the exhibition of 1895 in
Berlin has been selected, the grounds
covering one hundred and fifty acres
bordering on the Lichten See.
A RED-sKISSED fraud is being exhib-
tied at the Antwerp exhibition as sit
ting Bull" The genuine old chief, it
will be remembered, went to the hap
Ply hunting grounds many moons since.
An exhibition of gold pres and Of
precious metals and stones is being or
ganized ut st. Petersburg by the Rus
sian Technical society. The date of
opening has not yet been arranged.
ONE of the principal special features
of the international exhibition to be
held IN Paris in 1900 is to be a repro
duction, in the most realistic fashion,
of the famous palace Of the Alhambra-
THE first Egyptian National Exhib4-
ton of Art and Industry ever held was
opened by the khedive at Alexandria
on April 90. The exhibition is n very
fine INT of great and varied interest,
and is pronounced a big success
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-16
ne. The making and applying of the

ing. The making and applying of the
"'fat paint" to the ceiling, both sides,
tongues, grooves and ends before lay
ing, will be explained at another time.
Parallel plumb lines were drawn
from o o across all the girts to the top.
The tongue of the first 1e-foot ceiling
being shaved off ccd the edge beveled
and jointed to fit the angle at P o, was
nailed on the plumb line. This formed
the jamb casing to the doors, and when
the opposite enc was fitted to its line
all the doors were marked, beveled
and 1ointed to the same width.
The grooved edge of tie ceiling
faces to the right; two men on the
staging outside, and part Of the time
astride the girts, drive the tongue of
the next piece home with a jointed
hardwood block a foot long, and a
heavy hammer, keeping the top end to
the line before mailing fast. If it will
not go, it is forced with the block and
key, seen in Fig. 1 from the inside.
The block is nailed to the girt with
short. heavy wire nails, then alternate
blows on the key and the (other) block
soon make a joint. The block is
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-16
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
TIE value to health OF the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant O 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 j: 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, 1894-06-16
The SINGERS TRIUMPH.

sTbs greatest ,r,rnrh =, nr u,.,.
ef1eci soitiy said'
clty hospitai'
e''ue iair girls oed.
aThev call.d has .S,.... su.
V,pna ald alone
Mo.ner' sung on' motner' sinSr
WINS nef uhehoins moan
sTbe cr,e, fam. ha5 s,aras
-Twas
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-16
fsEr1runE GlRIMlM

knocked off. the nails driven back, and
it is ready for ext time.
The corners should be turned on tr0
Joints; IL the turn is all made on one,
in the corner, the tongue does not en-
ter the groove enough. If h ceiling
Is made of different widths, 8, 4 and )
inches, we can select in advance such
widths as to bring the middle Of a
ceiling over the corner The idea is
given in Fig. 3, where the edges of NJ VI
are equi-distant from the corner.
They are shown wider than the others,
but they should be as narrow rs prac-
ticable, as only the edges rest on the
girts. We supported them toward tine
bottom with wedges riveted from Pinch
lengths of ceiling.
Fig. 5 shows how TO make an air.
tight joint where the ceiling meets the
concrete. 1t will not do to- bed the
sill in mortar" when it is first laid; tie
after-hammering breaks 1t up. The
sill rests on the inch-squarc strips, and
to fill the space Is, between +, +, we
pushed the concrete in, from the out
side, with the end of a short board and
flushed it against the ceiling c, lamp
ing il solid to the outside. We filled
the cavity, A, under the top piece, ID,
from the inside. after the ceiling was
partly laid across it, by throwing con
crete behind it with 4 spoon trowel.'
The after two coats of cement at e.,
make the joist ure. VIII give fur
Their of drain. tile. floor. doors
and painting in another paper.-J. W.
Pike, in Ohio Farmer.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-16
FREAKS OF EIGU RES.
The Terms dozen" and Thousand ("
Have Several interpretations.

The Terms dozen" and Thousand ="
Have Several interpretations.
If an ordinary business man was
asked to state how much is one hun
bred and one dozen he would most
likely reply, without any hesitation,
one Thousand two hundred and twelve
Q,2l2). He might, without violating
the customs of the country, put the
figures at Loss or l.33s. \ dozen is
commonly supposed to be twelve single
things, says the Great Divide. A
bakers dozen is thirteen. A dozen of
cotton yarn is just one hank" com
posed of twelve cuts" 4 dozen of
fish in some localities is twenty-six.
and a dozen of pottery in the wholesale
trade may mean two or it may mean
fifty pieces, not depending on the ac-
tual number of pieces. but on the size,
weight, ETC., of the jugs, bowls, plates,
etc.
A printers 1000 is only go, but il
takes 1,200 slaves to make 1000 in
nine sizes that are made for export.
In many of the trades, the terms
Dozen hundred" and ''~thousandr
do not bear their literal English mean
ing. but a technical One peculiar to
each trade, as in stone work. lath,
shingles and cotton yarns. This tech
nical ~pcrversion of plain English ex-
tends to most of u weights and meas
ures. Thus a gallon may be 23l cubic
inches or it may be PCS. In the school
arithmetics four quarts make a gallon,
eight gallons make a bushel, but in
practice it takes forty quarts to make
a bushel of corn, beans, etc. That
is because only the liquid meas
IRE quart cup (231 cubic inches to tho
GALLON is in use, while the dry-measurt
gallon contains POS cubic inches.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-16

"The mate dived below and camo mp
again with tie seasickest looking fell
low in tow | ever see.
THE fellows legs were like a shoe
string. and his face was white as a new
topgallant sail.
Would you believe it, but we'd not
only shanghaied the wrong fellow,
but shanghaied the one that had hired
us to do the shanghaing, and it was
too late to get back and do the job over
again.
when young Campbell got well
enough to talk he gave us a piece OF
his mind and he tried 10 get the cap
tain to put back with him, but that
wasn't no use and he had to take the
eight months run with us-not much
fun for a masher like him, ! al tell
you.
1T turned out that the way we
came TO make the mistake was because
he and young Kingsley roOmed in the
same boarding house. and ones room
was No. b and the others room was %.
Bob got the numbers turned
round, and we'd gone to % instead
of 81.
And when we got back in port, if
there wasn't a bit of news.
Young Campbell's disappearance
had caused al examination of the
books he Was keeping in the same
warehouse, and it was found out that
he had been stealing from the firm.
lie hadn't been on shore three
hours before the police had him locked
up.
THE young fellow had proved that
he was straight as a gunbarrel to
every ones satisfaction, and in a
old paper, dated about when the Nancy
was two months out of port, was a no.
tice of Fred Kingsley's and Elsie Hor
tons wedding."-Boston Globe.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-16

A good deal of disturbance has been en-.
eted and some scolding has been INDUCED In
by those who in the competitive exhibit of
tneir goods at the Worlds Columbian Eek.
position won medals or diplomas and who
now lind by q strict construction OF the law
under which the prizes were awarded they
are liable to Imprisonment in the pepiten.
tary II for the Information of the public
they publish pictures of the diplomas or
medals which they have won.
The law as it stands was drawn at the suo>
gestlon OF Director General Davis, who had
no other idea In making the suggestion than
the preventing Of exhibitors who had won
no distinction by their exhibits from Claim
ing medals or diplomas, and thus deceiyinp
the public. He had not a thought of depriy.
ing any honest and successful exhibitor of
me use and publicity Of his advertise
mentsOf the medals and diplomas which the
merits of his wares had gained.
Sut In drawing the law the mistake was
made OF .depriving the prize-winner of
whatever benefit his diploma might he 10
him in advertising his manufactures. He
can have his diploma framed and hung up
In his parlor and can keep his medal locked
up in his safe to show to his friends. but
nothing more. Such is, at least, the con-
law.
1t is outrageous to impute any criminal in
tent TO those who have used for advertising
purposes the recoCnition. their goods have
won. Such use has followed each exposi-
ton that has been held, ana it is right and
proper that the public should know whose
goods entitled their maker to such recopui-
ton. The crime, if there be any, is only the
technical violation Of a clause in a law which
was put there through an error. 1t is quite
likely that the law will be amended so that
those who won prizes may let the world
know 1t, giving such evidence of the fact
as may fairly be demanded.-Chicdgo Record,
May -. 81
Touching this matter, q neat circular has
been issued by the Whitman Agricultural
Co, of St. Louis. This Company received
the Worlds Columbian Medal, the highest
possible award, on baling presses and a
total of twenty awards on other entries. but
are of course, under the law, restrained
from giving proper publicity to the fact.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-16

1t is time now that humanity SHOULD
lift its voice in thunder tones against
the barbarous practice of washing
sheep, for it is certainly cruel To drive
sheep several miles on Il hot day
and plunge them into a stream and
then return carrying u heavy load of
wet wool on their backs. The proper
value of wool can as well he determined
without the so-called wash, and it
would seem even more cas- to give 4
proper estimate of the value. for the
writer has seen wool in a worse condi-
ton after the ablutiOn than before.
If the practice was abandoned sheep
could be shorn as soon as the weather
would permit and do away with the
discomfort to the sheep carrying their
fieeces until dry enough to bc shorn.
Sheep will do much better with fleece
off in hot weather.-R. q. Logan, Sec
rotary Merino National Sheep Associa-
tiOu-
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-16
PIG. 8.

man on the sill with a plumb line and
another in the pit with a heavy ham,
mer soon bring the studs to a perpen-
dicular.
An iron pin driven in the clay holds
the bottom from slipping inwards.
Use green lumber, surfaced, for the
boards behind the studs, 10 or II inches
wide; the ends should not quite meet
where they lap behind the edges of the
studs, so they can he raised rs the con-
crete and stone are filled in behind.
More about the wall, tile and cement
floor in next paper.
When the wall is built up to the sill,
rest the sill, level. on 6 or s-inch square
strips of wood laid across. To build
the girths, lay the corresponding pieces
exactly above those of the sill and nail
them together. We sawed props
pieces of old rails) to space the girts,
the lower ones IS, the next above 30
inches, and so on to 3 feet at the top.
For staylath we set up fence boards 10
feet long and securely staynailed the
grit both sides, faces and
plumb above those of sill. The sec
ond grit was nailed together upon the
other, raised upon next set of props,
nailed to staylath, as before, and so
OF to the top. Girts were SO spaced
as to bring the center of lower pieces
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-16

An old woman of a thrifty turn OF
mind lives in a village far away from
any town. Some time ago her husband
lay very i'll and the doctor had said he
had not nor than n week to live. The
old lady had to 70 to town to have her
husbands medicine made up. and,
thinking it would save her a second
long journey. she took the opportunity
of buying the cake and wine for the
apparently inevitable funeral. On her
return home the dying husband inter.
rogatcd her thus: What did We get in
tn toon, 'uman?" II got yer medicine
made up" An what else" inquired
the invalid. "Weel." hesitatingly, .'as
it's sac far to toon thocht | mlcht as
weel buy the cake and wine for the
funeral" Gle a taste, lass" She cut
a piece of cake and gave him a glass Of
wine. He liked them SO much that he
asked for some more. and, finally con-
Stunning all the cake and wine, here
covered. Edinburgh Scotsman.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-16

The remarkable addition to the
strength of metals by the fractional
mixture or alloy of other metals or
substances is n notable feature of mod
eru mctallurgy. Copper having a ten
sile strength of $4,000 pounds, by an
addition of 6 per cent of tin may equal
to $50 pounds, but with the addition
of l to- : per cent. of phosphate of tin
and copper its tensile strength is in
creased to S0,OOO pounds or more per
square inch. The addition of aluminium
to copper in the small proportion of l
per cent. largely increases its tenacitv,
and ut ~ per CEN aluminium is equal
to 60, 900 pounds, and a 10 per cent al
10y 1000 pounds per square inch. the
highest being n test at the Washing
ton navy yard of ll4,O0O pounds of
strength.-Scientific American.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-16

ON. A couple of joists laid across the
pit, and blocked up to the proper level,
supported the sill which was then
staylathed to the barn and n couple of
stakes.
For wall-guide studs. We used the
girt stuff, not yet sawed. one for each
inside corner half way round, and
when the wall was lone that side we
moved all but the end ones to the
other side. These studs we're set up
ON end against 1L-inch blocks at d.
not shown, tackled to each corner, and
the studs held to the sill by strips f.
tackled mails not driven homel to the
top of the sill and the side of the stud.
Section of the stud at +, shows the
position. After they are set up, one
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-16
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
PLANS FOR A SILO.

A Cheap Yet Desirable Structure-FuIl
Specifications Furnished by an Ohio Dali
ryman-Every wen-Managed Stock Farm
Should Have One.
The silo here described is 10H feet in
diameter, inside, and 27H feet deep;
81 feet Of stone and cement in the
ground, and for the other 90 feet a pair
Of perpendicular board walls with
girts, shown In Fig. 2, between. There
are no studding; the girts land sill are
powerful wooden hoops made by cut
ting 2xe-inch joists to the lengths and
angles shown in Fig. 2, and spiking
them together in two layers. The
lower pieces make the silo an octagon
outside, while the inner edges of both
the upper and lower pieces make it
sixteen-square inside. l cut the pieces
for the lower course of such length
that a 14-foot joist made three pieces
without waste, 4feet 9 inches NEARLY;
the same toist cuts four top pieces
every fourth piece being shorter ut one
end for the doorways at o o. For a
larger silo IL or 14-foot joists may be
cut to make tro lengths instead of
three, thus: 6-foot bottom pieces make
a 1b-foot silo. and SO on. Norway pine
takes nails better than hard wood.
The mitre-box for saving girt pieces
with a cross-cut saw will be described
in next paper. The mode of drawing the
patterns for any diameter of silo is in
dicated by the lines and angles A b c,
Fig. Q, the circles drawn from the com
mon center serving as guides. The
patterns were only used to fit a stop
against one end and the saw against
the other, in the bottom of mitre-box,
and until hard wood guides were
fastened to hold the saw in position.
No further marking is required; the
mitre-box lays out the stuff" Two
men with a saw in good order can saw