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The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1894-01-18
Drag Him Down.

No matter how hard a man may struggle to do
right there is always some Snealling scOundrel.
some lOathSOme reptile some pimple on the face
of nature, some wart on the hand of destiny.
trying to drag him down. Many man fails not
for the lack of merit but for lack of appreciation
by his fellow nan. Great hearts are full fSym-
pathy; and what man does not require the sympa-
thy and support of his fellow man? Failure in
life is not always loss of capital in luckess bust
ness venture. Such things are accidents that
are apt to be met with by ALL Failure in life is
loss of self-respect. loss of confidence in ones
own character. When you see a fellow faltering,
take him by the hand and help him up when
you see a man climbing, cheer him on, that he
may reach the top and stand upon the summit
of success.-MarShall News-Messenger.
A good politician makes very poor friend
-EX.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1894-01-18
THE BAZAR::
We would

We would
respectfully draw the attention Of
the readers Of this paper to the fact
that we are in a position to sell all
kinds of Merchandise as cheap as
any concern in the United States
or Canada. Our connection in the
Eastern market places US on an
equal footing with the largest con-
Germs in the country, and our ex-
penses for selling and handling
Merchandise are far less than most
concerns of our size that are To-
Gated in larger cities. Samples
cheerfully sent to any part Of the
United States or Canada.
Respectfully,
A. G. SHUTTINGER.
Saltwater, Mimi.
THE BAZAAR.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1894-01-18

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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-29
A Test of Character.

An election is sometimes spoken OF
as a test of character. Certainly q
nan whocan run the gauntlet.and come
out unscathed in reputation must have
a straight record. The unfairness of
the election test lies in the fact that it
is the bad qualities of the candidates
rather than both their bad and good
qualities that are held up. Such
kinds of tests are elevating neither to
the public nor to the ordinary political
life. The writer always liked the re-
ply of an old darby who was ~unfortu-
nately sentenced to imprisonment by
the police justice for some petty Of
Tense: well, Sambo," said one who
attempted to console him, adversely
tries US and develops our better quail
ties" "'Twan't dat away at all wild
me, sah," replied Sambo lugubrious-
ly. 1T wasn't adversely what tried
me, sab, but a ole fool judge; and he
developed all OBJ my bad qualities and
none OBJ my good ones."-Boston Bud.
get.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-29
p DECEMBER
A MIRACLE IN TEXAS
Investigated by the TezaS
tian Advocate and
for by DR.. O. II. Souoneo
bury. cans-
from the Texas Chri

(From the Texas Chrii
Our representative ha stian Advocated
v~estigation of the H. 5 made a careful IN
LonTyiew. which is b 2. Spaulding case at
first nine. and which here published for the
interest," by medica, will be read with great
reply to;the ChS1@ men everywhere. In
Mr. SnaAId0 Tristan Advocates questions
while ri ling said: About eight years ago
s.iatic ginning a locomotive 1 contracted
nv ~ rheumatism in my left side from
and 7ip down. 1t came on slow but sure
tirez Fin a few months 1 lost control en-
&C. Fly of that member, it was Just the same
y if it was paralyzed, I was totally unable
b move out of my room for a year and q
half, six months of which time 1 was bed
ridden. l tried every remedy suggested,
and had regular physicians in constant at
tendance on me. l was bundled up and sent
to Hot Springs where 1 spent three months
under the treatment of the most eminent
specialists, all of which did me NO good,
and came back from the springs in a worse
condition than when l went. came
home and laid fat on my back and
suffered the most eXcruciating agonies,
screaming in pain every time any
body walked across the room, the only ease
I obtained being from the constant use Of
opiates. After three months of this kind
OF agony, during which time my entire left
leg persisted away to the very bone, my at
tention was called to a new remedy called
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, by
Mr.. Allison who is now train dispatcher at
Texarkana, and who was relieved of loco
motor ataxia of twenty years duration. At
his urgent and repeated solicitation 1 CON-
scented to give them a trial, after taking a
few doses / Begin to improve / continued
taking the pills and kept right on improving
until 1 was finally cured. Ny leg is justine
same size now as tle other one, and / an
sure that Pink Pills not only cured me but
saved life.
The reporter next visited Dr. C. b. STAINS.
bury, a graduate of one of the medical
schools of Kentucky, and q man who en-
joys thee confidence of everybody in Long
view. He said: II KIN ow that MIR. S~paulding
had q terribly severe attack OF sciatic rheu-
matism Of which / tried to cure him; used
everything known to my profession in vain
and finally recomm ended him to go to Hot
Springs. He came back from the springs
worse than when he went and ! thought it
was only q matter of time until his heart
would be affected and he would die. l also
know that his cure is the direct result OF
the use of DR.. Williams Pink Pills.
THAT is rather an unusual statement for
. regular physician to make, DOCTOR
Il know it is, but a fact is q fact, and
there are hundreds of people right here in
Longview who know what / say is the
truth. I also know Mr.. Allison and know
that he was relieved of a genuine and severe
case of locomotor ataxia Of twenty years
standing"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-29
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 ID
The needs of physical being, will attesk
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due tc .ts presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
alive; efectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and feverx
and permanently curing constipation
l. 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
ching them and it is perfectly free froIu
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufacuured 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, 1894-12-29
ABOUT OLEOMARGARlNE.
Science Shows That the stuff Ia Almost
Indixestible.

Science Shows That the stuff Ia Almost
Indi@estible.
1t is a favorite saying with the adj
vocates Of oleomarEarine that it is just
as digestible and wholesome as butter.
This is not true. and in the nature Of
things cannot be true. First as to its
digestibility. Butter melts in the
human stomach at 500 to 81. 40 degrees
and passes readily into pancreatic
emulsion and digestion. AS will be
seen this is at a point below the nat
ural heat of the human body. There
is no gastric or nervous strain neces-
sary to expel it from the stomach. for
it is a substance designed by nature
for food in its own unchanged state.
Oleomargarine melts ct los to los. 32
degrees. The heat of the human body
is not sufficient to emulsify it and it
remains a dead, inert substance. and
causes severe nervous tension and a
forced gastric action to expel it from
tie stomach. This fact alone will
show that it is not as digestible
some. Invariably butter advertises its
own condition. No man or woman
need be deceived thereby. Any adj
mixture of deleterious elements is told
at once in a loss of flavor. 1t is com
posed of what are known as the basic
fats, stearine, %oleine, palmatine and a
number of other delicate H~avoring oils,
all highly conducive to digestion. Oleo-
margarine is composed of stearine
and palnatine mainly and in a eondi-
ton Unfit for digestion. 1t is rendered
at q low temperature, not ADORE 12O
degrees Fahrenheit, and any man
to know hat this is not enough
to destroy any germs of disease or iu-
lection which quite naturally might
to it. from its slaughter-house
surroundings. We admonish people
to cook their ham and pork most
thoroughly to avoid the danger OF
trichina and other diseases. Such
cooking subjects the meat from 2l2 to
$50 degrees of heat; yet we are told
that oleomargarine is wholesome COM
ing from the same derivation and rem
dered at u temperature that little
more than warns it-Hoard's Dairy |
man.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-29
SAMPLE OF A COUNTRY ROAD.

SAMPLE OF A COUNTRY
Highways, so-called. like this depopulate our
rural districts In the east as well as in the
west
them. 1t means q ready exchange
within the country districts, Of coun-
try produce.
1t means the ability to at any mo-
ment deliver produce or seek a market
for it by team.
1t means the lordly independence of
the farmer because it promotes barter.
1t mean making the country at
tractive to visitors, who will seek re-
tired hooks for quiet, assured of de-
lightful drives in getting there.
1t means in the country parts a freer,
more delightful interchange of social
life.
1t means happiness and joy where
now reigns the dreary monotony that
kills.
Then the old-fashioned taverns may
come back without the old-fashioned
drinking, for they may be places of
statesmen, still in the green state,
may put up their teams and enjoy the
contest of talk and brighten their
wits for higher triumphs.
Dirt roads will solve, the monopoly
of the railroads The farmers will
cluster about busy centers, content
with smaller farms Busy %centers,
therefore, will increase. A back coun-
try that is handsomely accessible is
the very life of the busy center, and
its support.
Then, railroad managers, in order to
maintain their expensive equipment of
men and material, will SO conduct their
roads, with a view to local traffic, as to
tickle the farmer with q victory never
be fore achieved.
Railroads are desirable. but they ~
most desirable and at their bestAEhen
they serve the people best s1efair
profit to the corporation, and kthis can
soonest and best be compf1led when
the country is gridiIG With the best
dirt roads knoY6 - modern means
Crane, in Good Roads.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-29
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
REFORM U S COME

Good Roads Considered In the Light Of
. Clvilixer.
Modern taste will not 90 back to old
systems of country living.
The backwoods will do for adventure.
or in which to fell the timber for
farms, or till the virgin plains, but the
country as q whole wants more of
country air in the cities, and of city
comforts in the country, and the good
road is the civilizer that will soonest
make this interchange of blessings
possible.
When the country was new and the
cities small, culture pioneered,
charmed with the glory awaiting
Cities like magic grew. and the
farmer became the banker and remained
the farmer still. He was a legislator
and a farmer still; but the country dis
trict has not kept pace with the city
development. chiefly from the want of
good roads, and the country can easily
account for loss in population and in
caliber as 70 culture, while the cities
acquire the best the country affords.
A good road means a fine breed of
horses and money in the breeding of
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-29
v LARGE NAPLES.
An Operation Costing Considerable Time
Care and Money.

An Operation Costing Considerable Time,
Care and Money.
To a correspondent who asked how
to move and prune large maple trees,
six or seven inches in diameter, the
editor of Garden and Forest replies:
In removing trees the roots are gen
orally injured to a greater or less ex-
tent, and those which are bruised
must be cut away; it is good practice
to prune in the branches to a CORE
spending extent, SO that there will be
not more leaves than roots can supply.
Norway naples of the size indicated
cannot be removed without the loss of
many roots, and pruning will be neces-
sary. Such pruning will be perfectly
safe, as these naples ore not injured
more than any other trees by this
operation. A great deal of this prun-
ing can be effected by thinning out
the inner branches. bat there should
limbs where this seems necessary.
When the ends of the branches are
pruned they should be cut back toa
limb, the wounds shonld be covered
with coal tar, and no stubs should be
left to decay. In removing such large
trees it is good practice to Prune the
roots back by digging q trench about
the trees, say five feet from the trunk.
and if this trench is filled with good
soil new feeding roots will start out
during the next year, SO that h tree
will be in excellent condition for re.
moving in a year from the coming
winter. Large trees can be removed
with success, but it costs time and
care and money. Persons who do not
choose to go Il the extra expense.
however. can console themselves with
the reflection that, as a rule. it is best
to plant small trees, and that a tree
ten or twelve feet high will probably
be as large in ten years as one planted
at the same time when it was twenty
five feet high. 4
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-29
FEED STUFF
Convenient Arrangement Seen In an Oni'
Dairyman's Barn.

Arrangement Seen In an Oni~
Dairyman's Barn.
Many devices for the economicatan In
convenient handling Of feed SPURS
about the stables have been Frequent
ly described and illustrated, but the
accompanying sketch may be OF vfiue
to many farmers, especially dairyhen
who have silos. The principle upon
which these bins are constructed Is
such that their capacity can be en-
larged or diminished as desired.
The illustration was recently
sketched at the dairy barn OF Mr.. T.
b. Jones. 1t strikes the writer as a
most excellent idea to have the feed
bins on either side of the openings out
of the silo. with a box 9 feet deep, 2
feet 4 inches wide, and 8 feet by 10
inches long, into which the ensilage is
thrown from the silo and the meal
taken out of the bin standing at either
side and mixed with the silage. These
bins measure . feet 4 inches in hori-
zontal depth from front to silo, but can
be made any length desired. The
throat from the lower edge of the in
ward slanting board should be about
on a level with the hinges of the door
md an S-inch space allowed for heavy
meals and 10 inches for bran.
One of the chief advantages of these
bins is that they are "a feet deep and
the feed is raised to the top of the
5aTn by a rope and emptied into them,
thus saving q large amount OF area on
lower floor. The studding is made OF
gx4-inch material and sided up with
surfaced hemlock. which is cheap, rat
and mouse proof, and having the
edges beveled SO as to incline toward
the insil lie of the bin, is just as good as
matched material.
Such bins can be economically on
structed on the inside of two-story
barns, extended from the square to the
ground on lower story, with doors
opening at intervals OH the side. so
hat they a be easily filled with
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-29
GRIN AND FEED BINS.

grain at threshing ti2S. .na ,...r
after grain is out, 99Sed for feed stuffs.
without a8V6t such bins can be
more chePly built and more ecouom-
lcaLyAoofed than those which spread
oVerso much territory, with an ex-
'ra6gant waste at the top, besides
agaste of room for passageway, as
ne doors at base close up the open
tngs securely. SO that no extra expense
seems necessary to make them a COM
plete and successful means OF handling
grain or feeds in barns and stables
where horizontal room is a matter of
economy.-George E Scott, in Ohio
Farmer
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-29
If Santa Claus

Were bilious he wouldn't be the jovial friend
people are cross. They ought to take Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters and Danish the bile
from their blood and their tempers at one
and the same time. The Bitters is an in
fallible preventive of malarial, kidney and
rheumatic ailments, and triumphs over dys-
pepsia and nervousness. 1t regulates the
bowels without gripping them.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-29

a little now and then, with a gentle,
cleansing laxative, thereby removing Of
Tending matter from the stomach and
bowels, toning up and invigorating the
liver and quickening its tardy action,
and You thereby ENJOY the cause of a
multitude of distressing diseases, such as
headaches, Indigestion, or dyspepsia,
biliousness, piinples, blotclles. eruptions.
boils, constipation, piles, fistulas and
uialadies toe numerous to mention.
If people would pay more attention t o
properly regulating tile action of their
bowels, they would have less fire.
quent occasion to call for their doctors
services to subdue attacks of dangerous
diseases.
That, of all known agents to accom-
plish this purpose. DR.. Pierce's Pleasant
Pellets are u~nequaled. is proven by the
fact that once used. they are always in
favor. Their secondary effect is to keep
the bowels open and regular, not to fur
Their constipaie, as is the case with other
pills. Hence. their great popularity,
with sufferers from habitual constipation,
piles and indigestion.
A free sample of the "Peilets," 4 to :
doses on trial, is mailed to any address.
postpaid, on receipt Of lame and address
on postal card.
Address, WORLDS DrsPENsARy MEDI-
Ca. ASSOCIATION. Buffalo. N. Y.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-29
THAT even the kings who per

That even the kings who perse-
crted the Jews in the middle ages were
obliged to employ Jewish physicians is
well known. A writer in the BARGE
Iona Revista de Ciencias Medicas now
shows from the vatican archives that
the popes also employed them, and in
return protected them in holding to
their faith. Adgelo de Manuele, &
Jew, was appointed physician to Boni-
face IX. and the conclave of cardinals
in 1892. Julius II. had for his doctor
a.. Spanish rabbi. The popes of the
renaissance, Leo X, Clement VII,
Paul I'LL. all employed Jews. As late
as 1889 the religion OF the doctors was
kot inte.fer-ed With.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-29

SrRANeER-"Zum Donnerwetter, now yoR
have cut my chin n second time. II you
can't shave better than that, you win loso
all your customers pretty quick" BARRIERS
Apprentice-''Not at ALI l am not allowed
to shave the regular customers yet; l only
shave stranger '-Fliegende Batter.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-29
Poor Road. Keep Farmers Poor.

Under present arrangements grain
can be taken to the market only dur
ing a small part of the year, the usual
consequence of which is a c~rowding
down of prices by the plethora of sup
ply. so that the farmer realizes the
lowest figures of the twelve months
for most OF what he has to sell, in
stead Of having the choice of tiaes for
6isposing of his produce.-Chicago
Tribune
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-29

SURE TO HAVE A COOP TIME.-"Have you
received an invitation to the Bachelors
balli'' Eyes, indeed. Tn to be the only
girl there What" Eyes; really. You
know the bachelors only had an invitation
apiece to send out, and I've received one
from each. "-Harper's Bazaar.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-29
$500 to California

Is price Of double berth in Tourist Sleeping
Car from Kansas City on the famou!
'.Phillips-Rock Island Tourist Excursions.
Through cars On fast trains leave Kansa.
City Wednesdays via Fl. Worth and Z
Paso, and Fridays via Scenic Route. Write
for particulars to G. D. BACON, G. A. P
D., l06 N. 4th St, st. Louis. Mo.
JOIN SEBASTIAN, G. P. A, Chicago.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-29

The reason beer is often weighed
instead of measured is due to the fact
that when the beer is drawn the foam
makes an accurate measure impossible.
A pound and q quarter of beer is equiv
alent to a pint, although it would
measure much n.ore.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-29
From Commerc,a, view Point.

We recognize this good road move.
ment as n having in view results OF
the utmost commercial significance.
and our effort has been to do all that
was possible in the way of practical
assistance.-E. Reyes, Manager Stocks
Publishing Co., Chicago. Ill.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-29

Nor HIS WEAK PorNr-Aiax-"Wert thou
not wounded in the battle to-day, Achilles!
MethoughtI saw thee stricken by a Tro-
jan spear Achilies-"I was stricken,
Ajax; but, fortunately, Igotitin the neck"
Puck.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-29
Mothers. When Your Children

Take cold and are sick with q Cough or
Group, give them Aliens Lung Balsam; YOU
will be pleased with the result. 1t contains
no opium and its action is expectorant.
causing the phiegm to rise and the infiamed
membrane to heal rapidly.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-29

JUNIoRus-''The governor writes, in reply
to my last letter asking for money, that ho
is on the verge of giving up in despair.''
Sophomorocus-''That's encouraging. My
dad CURLY informs me that he doesn't pror
pose to give up at all."-Buffalo Courier
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-29

STocKLY-'I hear that your son wentintc
the Office to work this morning" lobby
"He went into the Office to work me. was
out, but I guess I'd have been outmore il I'd
been il. "-Philadelpllia Record.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-29

"YoU'D better discharge that new writer
he can't spell" "You are mistaken; we
have merely discovered Il great dialect ge-
uius. "-Auanta Constitution.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-29

II AM summoned to another climb sold
the bellboy as the indicator announced a
call from the top fcor.-Philadelphia Rec
ord
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-29

CoNDUcToR-.'How old are you, little
giril' Little Girl-'It the company doesn't
object l prefer to pay my fare and keep my
own statistics. Vogue.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-29
A word ABOUT Ro.d Foundations.

The action of sand is quite anal
agous to the action of water bott
must be confined to make q satisfsc
tory foundation
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-29

How MY THROAT HURTs!-Why don't you
use Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tara
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-29

Piso's Cure for Consumption has no equal
as a Cough medicine.-F. NJ. ABBOTT, SS3
Seneca St., Buffalo, n. Y, May 9, 1894.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-29

TEACHER -"Now, Charley, tell US whatyou
know about CrRsus!h Charley-"Dudes
wear 'em in their pants."-HarleM Life.