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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09
AMONG THE POULTRY.

POULTRY like apples and they are
good for them.
The value of 4 pullet as a layer is
uncertain until she has been tried.
THOUSANDS of chicks die because they
arc permitted to become chilled. They
are very tender things.
THE house and fence about a poultry
yard should be substantial, if not orna-
mental Build both to stay.
ALMOST anybody can devote a por-
ton of their time to the poultry bust
ness. The farmer should do it by all
means.
ONE trouble experienced by begin
ners with ~incubatOrs is that they have
never given their poultry any attention
and they practice this sort of negli-
gence with the incubator.
MosT people who sell eggs Is a bust
ness, for setting, try to have them good.
They must do that if they expect to con-
tinue in business. AS a rule, therefore,
when eggs fail to hatch. we should care
fully investigate the conditions before
blaming the man from whom We pur.
chased them.-Farmers' Voice.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09
Experiments with Timothy.

Prof. Hopkins,o of the West Virginiaex-
pertinent station, has been making test
with timothy, and finds hat there are
marked varieties of this grass. some of
them early, some of them late, and
others showing great differences in size
and productiveness of seed. In a paper
read before the society for the promo
ton of agricultural science at its late
meeting at Springfield Mass, he showed
that if pure seed of the early variety
could be secured it would be of special
value TO grow with red clover, since it
would be at the proper stage for cut
ting when the clover would have the
highest value for hay. There is evil
IDENTIFY very much of practical value to
be learned from the study of grasses
and grass seed.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09
As Good as She Sent.

\ good story is going the rounds at
the expense of a well-known society
woman who doesn't live a thousand
miles from Rittenhouse square. The
lady in question has just returned
from a visit to friends in Washington,
where she attended quite a number of
functions. 1t is related that at a re-
ception she was presented to n of
the attaches OF the Russian legation.
Feeling in a quizzical mood, she ex-
tended her hand to the Russian, at
the same time eNelaiming: How do
you doski?" Not to be outdone, the
gentleman from the cars domains
promptly and tersely replied: "Bullo-
vitch". And the Philadelphia lady ad-
mitted hat the laugh was on her
Philadelphia Record,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09

20 the top on the outside with earth
get Il good sod all about the house to
prevent washing. The floor inside is
cemented. the cement being carried up
onto the wall rocks. If the woodwork
above such a wall is covered with heavy
sheathing paper, both on roof and walls,
and then shingled, one may bid defiance
to outside cold. The windows should
be only in the higher wall, facing the
south, or better, the southeast, for in
this position the fowlsg get the sun quick
er in the morning. The door should en-
ter above the wall of stone, with steps
down on the inside. If the door goes
to the bottom, as i'll an ordinary house,
the floor will not be as warm, as o
or less air will come in about a door,
make it as tight as n can. a per-
spective view of the house complete is
also given herewith.-Webb Donnell, in
y. Y. Tribune.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09

omy and warmth An expensive poul-
try house is u great piece of folly, but
a carefully built N is money in the
end. Whether poultry pays depends
largely on whether the fowls lay well
in the winter. To secure winter lay
ing, a warm house is absolutely neces-
sary, together with good management
to feeding, exercise, etc.
The accompanying diagram shows a
section through Il winter poultry house.
where fowls will be comfortable on
the coolest days. \ dry spot of ground
is chosen and a foundation of rough
stone laid below its level. \ rough:
stone wall is then laid for two and q
half or three feet above this and banked
to the top on the other side with earth.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09
SHUTS IN GRAINS.
How the Different Varieties Can BE Treat
edNery EfectuaIiy.

How the different Varieties Can BE Treat
edNery ErrectuaIly.
The Montana Experiment station
sends out the following conclusions on
smut i'll grains: Sinking smut attacks
wheat only. Loose smuts attack all of
the small grains, but that of the cat is
O damaging. Clean seed, or that
eifcctually treated for smut, will pro-
ducc a crop free from smut, but an adj
joining smutty field may contaminate
this grain for next years crop. The
only safeguard is careful treatment be-
fore planting. The disease in wheat
may be entirely prevented by thorough
ly wetting the seed in a solution of cop
per sulphate. using eight ounces to q
gallon of water, but this will lessen in
some degree the vitality of the seed.
it may also be effectualIy prevented,
without any damage, by immersion for
Is minutes in water raised to a tempera-
ture of 151 to 1876 degrees Fahrenheit.
Dat smut may be completely prevented
by treating the seed Is MINUTES in water
raised to a temperature of 1927 to 1876
degrees Fahrenheit. This treatment
not only remove the smut but pro-
NOTES the growth and increases the
yield. 1t may also be prevented with
out injury to the vitality by immersing
the feed "a hours in a solution of potas-
STUN sulphide, made by dissolviug l
pound of the sulphide in "a gallons of
water. The copper sulphate treatment,
used for wheat, will effectually kill the
smut in oats, but will in some degree
damage the terminating power of the
grain
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09
HOW TO pRAir LAND.
Requirements of a Really Permanent
system Of Drainagc.

Requirements of a Really Permanent
system of Drainage.
Cnderdrainage works can, and, if
rightly done. will be, strictly speaking,
permanent improvements. The con-
struction OF farm buildings. roads. walls
and fences, though usually classed as
such are of n transitory and ephemeral
character compared witha well-planned
and thoroughly executed system of tile
drainage.
That Il drain may be permanent in it's
life and action IT must be so planned
and constructed as TO let the water in
and keep the silt OF earthly matter out.
An open ditch may do the first admir-
ably for 4 time but soon fills up with
the undermining and caving-in of its
banks, and by the ~in-washiRg of loan
0nd organic matter by the flow of sur
face waters into il. \ stone or blind"
drainmayadmi waters freely for u time
and conduct it fairly well where a con-
siderable inclination or fall 10 n suit
uble outlet is practicable, butwheR laid
las such drains usually must be- in
earth made up of fine particles, it is lie-
he to become clogged by the infiltration
OF silt.
Such drains can he made silt-proof
and consequently permanent by inclos-
ing or surrounding them with silt-ex-
Guiding materials. such as boards flor
afoundation). green brush, turf. old hay
or straw, coarse gravel. etc. according
to availability and other circumstances
which will readily suggest to the user
the best of such al at his disposal
Drainage Journal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09
POULTRY.
The Kin of CoOps Needed to Insure Sat-
isfactory Results.

The Kind of COOps Needed to Insure Sat-
isfactOry Results.
Country shippers ought to pay more
attention to the condition of their coops
before using. Considerable stock is
lost by shipping in WORKOUT coops,
which come apart in transit if roughly
handled, as sometimes happens. Every
coop should be carefully examined, and
all bottoms and cIeats securely nailed.
The coops should be strong, but light;
heavy wood is unnecessary if long nails
are used. They should mo- be so large
as to render handling difficult.
The coops should be high enough to
allow the poultry to stand easily up
right, and should not be overcrowded.
Too close packing and too low copps
nre cruel and cause loss by suffocation.
Hens and ROSTERS should be shipped
separately whenever possible. All
poultry for the New York market should
be well fattened, and should be fed
lightly before being placed in the coop,
if it reach it's destination the day after
shipping, as the New York law requires
that the crop be entirely empty before
killing. From more distant points pro-
vision must be made for feeding and
watering in transit. At the beginning
of their journey they should be fed
lightly, as o~verfeeding at such time
makes the birds sick and dumpish and
unfit for the fatigues of travel. After
the first day or two, when the poultry
have become accustomed to their new
quarters, the supply of food should
be increased. All these things should
be considered and every care exercised
to have the birds arrive in the best pos
sihle condition, so that they may sell
readily at the highest prices. 1t is
only good stock that really pays. The
shipper who does not get the best
market price for his stock should CON
slider seriously where the fault really
hes.-N. Y. World.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09
Numerous Uses of Feathers.

Many people neglect to save the
feathers of their poultry. thinking
them of but little value. Such persons
will be surprised at the following uses
to which they are put. The quilts from
the second and third joints of the wing
of the turkey + used for making
feather busters. Large quilts of both
geese and turkeys are used for feather
bone. Dry chicken feathers are used
for cushions, and the feathers from
the large Pekin and A~ylesbury ducks
are mixed with those of geese. Feath-
ers are also valuable as fertilizers and
will pay for the saving. Feathers for
market should be clean and free from
blood. Any of the commission mer-
chants will receive them on consign-
ment.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09

but ample underside box plaits directly
in the center of the back, and still
again are seen skirts with a large box
piait directly down the front of the
skirt, widening toward the bottom.
Not one skirt is made with stiffcning
its entire length if this is insisted
upon the modiste uses soft English
morecn, which keeps it's firmness, but
is not at all stiff like many of the lin
ings that have been used. Hair cloth
is favored, also mOreen put in to the
depths only of from eight to fifteen
inches. \ good substitute for silk is
the rustic percaline. Gowns lined with
this l~ustrous material hang well, and
have the desirable swish of silk-lined
skirts.
There are no radical or remarkable
changes in dress or jacket sleeves.
Melon-shaped styles are exceedingly
popular. Draped puffs appear on the
tops of sleeves fitting the arm very
closely from waist to elbow. and one
of them. the Josephine" has the full
puff plated into the sleeve about
four inches below the armhole. At the
wrist the Gala lily point appears, this
quaint shape making Il deep V that falls
over the outside of the hand. This is
edged with lace, and is particularly be-
coming to a hand that is large.
The newest jacket waists are made
without the ripple" skirt, some show
ing a position back; others have mere
" the easy fiat effect of an ordinary
jacket, neither full nor scant, but fall
ing gracefully over the top of the dress
skirt. Round waists are still very much
Ia mode, and collars for even simple
bodices are being deliberately decorated.
Some of the dressy round waists have
yokes made of fancy satin or taffeta
with glimpses of the yoke fabric show
ing on the slashed pulled sleeves.
Plaided waists are worn by the stylish
Young women of New York's four hun
dred, with skirts of black, brown or
green crepon, satin, or peau de sole.
Another pretty waist is made of silk,
with very broad bands of ribbon velvet
put on to simulate box plaits. Narrow
fur edgings are, if possible, more in
vogue than ever for trimming gowns,
wraps and stylish hats and bonnets.
The new fur coats have the elegant
additions of collarettes, fichu shaped
trimming, or deep Vandyke or rounded
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09
When Wrinkles Seam the Brow,

And the locks grow scant and silvery, in
firmities of age come OIL apace. To retard
and ameliOrate these is one of the benign ef-
fects of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, AIMED
icine to which the aged and infirm can re-
sort as a safe soiace and i~nvigorant. 1t
counteracts a tendency to rheumatism and
neuralgia, improves digestion, rectifies bill
iousness and overcomes malaria. A wine
glass before retiring promotes slumber.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09

WRONG AND RIGHT WAY OF LAYING FILE
as it would be were the grade changed
as shown in the upper diagram. Here
there is Il slackening of the current.
and any silt in suspension in the water
will in part, ut least. he dropped at the
point where the water in the drain be-
gins TO run more slowly.-American
Agriculturist.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09
AGRICULTURALHINT
WARM AND COMFORTABLE.

Diagram and Perspective View of a Wiz
ter Poultry House.
Now is the time 10 get in readiness
for the poultry house that will keep
fowls warm when the mercury is rang
ing below zero, and the price of eggs
ranging from forty to fifty degrees
above zero. 1t won't do to wait before
thinking about hat house. If Il new
one is to be built. it is worth while to
plan very carefully to secure bota econ
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09
o LAYING TILE.

This Article Tells How TO Do the Work in
the Right Way.
In using the drains it is sometimes
absolutely necessary to change the
pitch of the drain, but in locating the
drain in the beginning such a selection
should be made as will permit the
change of pitch from a slower to Il
faster current as shown in the lower
diagram of our sketch. In this case
sediment will not be deposited at the
point where change of grade is made,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09
RIDGEwAY, Mo-, Aug. j., 1895.
THE PIso COMPANY,
Warren, Pa
Gentlemen:

Gentlemen:
Six years ago last Spring I took a severe
cold, which settled on my lungs. l cOughed
and spit blood until my husband was
alarmed about me. l told him to go to the
drug store and get me a bottle of Piso's
Cure for Consumption. He did so, and by
the time l had taken its contents according
to directions ] was very much better. He
then bought two more bottles, and they
cured me.
In fact, we could hardly keep house with
out Piso's Cure for Consumption. My hus-
band is subject to O cough every Winter,
and he says nothing land he has tried every
cough medicine on the market) helps him
as does PisO's Cure.
You may publish the above if you so de-
sire.
Very truly yours,
Mrs. DELLA LOTT.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09
A Rare Norman.

Jinks-l never saw a house where
everything ran so smoothly as at
Broadgrin'S
Minks-Yes; lucky fellow. Broad
grin He's got a wife who knows how
to keep the servants amused while she
does the work.-N. Y. Weekly.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09

A oUPLE of jailbirds were drinkingt To-
gether when one of them took out his
watch. BLESS me-" exclaimed his aston
ished companion, you've got a watchFo
Looks like it." "And how much did il
cost your ''Sfx months
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09

III wonder what makes those but
tons burst off so?" Dora petulantly ex-
claimed. David looked at her tight
fitting dress. Force of habit, proba-
bly, he said, after a thoughtful pause.
-Rockland Tribune.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09
From Now Until Sprin1

Overcoats and winter wraps will be in fash
ion They can be discarded, temporarily,
while travelling in the steam heated trims
of. the Chicago, Milwaukee q st. Paul Rail-
way. For solid comfort, for speed and for
safety, no other line can compare with this
great railway of the West.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09
The Skill and knowledge

Essential to the production of the most per-
feet and popular laxative remedy known,
nave enabled the California Fig Syrup Co.
To achieve a great success in the reputation
of its remedy, Syrup of Figs, as it is con-
coded to be the universal laxative. For sale
by all druggists.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09
Very truly yours,
Mrs. DELLA LOTT.

WISE men will apply their remedies to
vices, not to names; to the causes of evil
which are permanent, not the occasional
organs by which they act, and the transit
tory modes in which they appear.-Burke.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09

three husbands deadi She has had a ter
rible experience "Yes, but then she has
a brother who is an undertaken, and he al
ways gives her q good deal otf."-Boston
Transcript.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09
Halls Catarrh Cure
Is a Constitutional Cure. Price 7Sc.

PEACE AT LAsT.-'There is nothing now
to ma our happiness" as Bass remarked
when his wife's mother took her departure
Transcript.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09

WHEN a new paper is started in this SEQ
ton of the country, it is reported as an
other yarn mill in full operation.-Texas
Siftings.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09

SORROW has not been given to US for sor-
rows sake, but as a lesson which we are &c
learn somewhat, which once learned ,
ceases to be sorrow.-Carlyle.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09

DoRA-"Mr. Spooner says he always feels
like q fish OUT Of water when heis with me-"
Cora-"Then you've hooked him, haven't
youl'-Harper's Bazar.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09

BEECHAM's PILLS fer constipation 10c and
25c; Get the book 0rcel atyour druggists
and go by it. Annual sales 100000 boxes
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09

THE saddest things in life aremen without
manhood, women without womanLood and
children without childhood.-Young Mems
Era.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09

l HAvE found Piso's Cure for Consump-
ton an unfailing medicine. +. r. Lorz,
1895 Scott ST., Covington, KY, Oct. 1, 1904
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09

DoS'T Neglect a Cough. Take Some Hale1k
Honey of Horehound and Tar instdntcr.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09
FASHION, LETTER.
Latest Fail and Winter Novelties Re-
ported from Pars-StylIsh Gowns
and Wraps.

AASr8S N NOvelI1Gf R0
ported from ~Parts-StylIsh Gowns
and Wraps.
Special New York Correspondence
The return of designers and importers
from Paris brings to view the latest
fall and winter novelties from French
a~teliers of note, and settles beyond
doubt the fashions for months at least
TO come. Gowns and wraps for every
age and occasion are shown, and young.
m~iddle-aged and elderly women find at
tractiye and appropriate models from
which to make their choice.
The new skirts are as full as ever. but
of many different shapes. There is no
one model made t. the exclusion of
others, and there is variety enough to
enable the dressmaker to fit and 10
please every patron she has, be she lit
tie or large, tall or short, stout or
slender. Some of the skirts are slight
~ less narrow at the top. In the back
the breadths are gored and plated into
eide plaits. Again, they have narrow
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09

cape collars, also made of fur of either
a matching or contrasting kind.
Oftener they are of n different color and
sort. The Stuart, Marie Antoinette,
and very deep sailor collars of the very
latest importation are made of two
different kinds of fur, the collar, for
instance, of seal skin, with full ruffle
around the edge of c~hinchilla, or a col
lar of otter, with Persian lamb frill.
These are elegant and dressy additions
to the toilet and take the lead in the
array of light wraps" that, if neces-
sary. can be put on above a closely
fitted jacket.
Corduroy in handsome winter colors
is used by fashionable tailors and mod
istes for making coats, redingotes, and
entire costumes, ~fur-edged, or made up
in simple, severe fashion. with rows
of machine stitching as a finish, the
only bit of ornamentation consisting
OF the double row of handsome buttons
on the jacket. KATE
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09

NEARLY every ugly dog is known a
t'Beauty."
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09

Miss MARION S. PARKER, h first
woman to graduate from the engineer
ing department of Michigan university,
has entered the Office of the resident
engineers and architects of the Astor
estate in New York city, upon precisely
the same basis that would have been
granted q young man.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09

THOSE who have fed ensilage to hens
in winter speak well of it.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-02-19
Piano, in excellent condition.
SMALL TkLA.
Minor MLsssr, - t1s,rss Drisly aud
PithIlY TolL


minor NLstsrt - t1-srsTs DrisB and
PithIIY ToIL
THE new bridge at the Central glass
works is about completed.
JOHN THOMAS SHEFFLTN ran of from
the City Prison yesterday.
EX-PoLIcE Officer James Menke-
meyer Is selling tea for the Chicago Tea
Company.
Work was resumed in the c. C. de-
partment OF the old Wheeling pottery
yesterday.
CHAs. MENKEAnLLER was again COM
PEELED to light his store with candles
last night.
LAST night was the warmest night for
over two weeks, the temperature being
above freezing.
THE Moss Rose Social Club gave a
dance at Menge q Howley's Hall, which
was pleasant affair.
THE bar mill at the Whitaker went
on yesterday morning. The puddlers
will be az work to-day.
ALFRED Headley and Joseph Daller,
two popular BARRIERS have opened q
shop at No. 14ll Market street.
THERE were fory-one cases in Police
Court yesterday morning, the result OF
Saturday nights raid. The usual lines
were assessed
Miss MARTHA NoLLER, OF Benwood,
will give an art exhibition and enter
tainment, 10 be followed by dance, at
Odd Fellows Hall this evening.
A LARGE number OF the workmen in
the clay department at the LaBelle pot
terry have been laid off until Friday
morning, there being no work for them
TO 90.
THERE was rumor current late last
night that several men had gone
through the ice, ia Back" river, and
that one of them had narrow escape
from drowning. The report could not
be confirmed,
A BANQUET lamp, to be given away
at the entertainment at Westwood' S
Hall, February 22d, by the Washington
Council No. l, 0. L. A. NJ, Is on ex-
hibition at viii Menke Hers pharmacy
on the corner Of Thirty-ihrd and EJif
streets.
HENRY SCHULZ, OF Chicago is in the
city for the purpose OF establishing a
branch OF the Consolidated Adjustment
Company, The business Of the COM
pany is the collection OF old accounts.
They have been very successful in their
efforts.
A MARRIAGE licence was Issued yes
terday TO Chas. Ed. SchenerIein, ma
tive of Wheeling, and Amelia NJ. Laue,
native OF Wheeling. also TO Thomas
! p. Teford, native Of SIste7sville, aged
%, and Nellie Coffee, native OF Mar
shall county, aged 27.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-02-19
PRINCE CARNITAL
AND HIS MERRY FOLLOWERS AT TIE ARI0N
LAST NIGHT.
The Annual Nasqus Ball of That Popular 0rgani
cation Complete Succsss-0thar
Social Entertainments.

y Arlon Hall last
night the merry mon
arch Prince Carnival
held a reception aud
his willing subjects
thronged the build
Ing. The hall was
a appropriately deco
rated for the fete.
Bright ribbons and
bunting hung upon
the walls In graceful.
festoons, and there