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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-01
Harper'S Magazine
IN 1895,

! The SIMILEToNs. a new novel by Thomas
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pected to arouse enthusiasm not infcaiOr in de-
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"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

The childish miss resents a kiA
and runs the other way; but when at
last some years have passed, it's differ
ent, they say.
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SOLD by Druggists, or sent postpaid on receipt Of price.
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HUMPHREYS NED. CO., III Ais vIInaa St., Eev York.
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Poorest Community in the World.

"The poorest people as community
in the world, probably, are the fisher
men of Newfoundland-and, for good
ness sake, don't call it Newf-un-lan, as
30 many ignorant people outside of
the province do"-said F. G. Loomis,
OF st. Johns, at the Ebbitt. "For
time immemorial the fisheries have
been controlled by few persons, who
waxed rich and powerful from them.
The fishermen are employed by them
during the season, but they do not
get paid in money. The men who run
the fisheries also conduct stores at
every town where fishermen reside,
and the latter are given orders for
supplies on these establishments,
where they are charged from two to
four times as much for an article as
they would be if they had the cash
and were able to deal somewhere else.
Formerly, when the fishing was good,
this system did not result in absolute
want to the victims of it, but now,
when each year, almost, brings a
failure, the destitution Is something
terrible. The law which forbade the
soil of Newfoundland to be titled was
repealed years ago, but the men who
have the blood of long lines of fishers
in their veins are the hereditarily in
capable of farming, so they exc out a
miserable existence on the water, and
hundreds of them starve each year. -
Washington Star.
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NOVELTIES IN HEADGEAR.

Art, as far as millinery is con-
cerned, is in advance, far in advance,
of nature this season. Not bud, nor
blade of grass, nor the faintest allur-
ing suggestion Of spring is out-of-
doors, and indoors in fashionable
shops a perfect riot of blossoms in
triumphant profusion proclaims the
news that spring millinery has arrived
from Paris and Vienna. What elegant
perversions of last years modes daz-
zle one. Last years small. unimport.
ant flowers are magnifed into large
editions in strange colors. Already
clever observer has sdiscovered that
everything in the millinery line runs
in q trio this season. OF course a
chord of three notes is necessary for
harmony in music, and in red, yellow
and blue makes a perfect chord in
color and certainly in the queer twists
and shapes and oddly interviewer
straws, and the variety of materials
that are conspicuous features of head
gear now, there should be harmonic
ing element. Three is the magic num-
Der that preserves accord in what at
first glance appears startling discord.
Feathers come in lunches of three;
colors are massed in triple shades,
flowers are arranged in threes and the
brims of hats form three distinct
pleats or three terraced effects like
that shown in the illustration. 1t is a
most springlike combination, being of
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lace will be 80 ubiquitous through the
spring and summer that the many
fingers are already busy over their
preparation.
Very pretty and generally becoming
are the lawn collars which turn over
at the throat, and cuffs to match
which turn back at the wrist. For a
slender throat the three-cornered
pieces which turn over beneath the
ears are the most becoming.
A group of fashionable collars is
pictured, the upper one being made
of gauze muslin in a pointed yoke
outlined with an insertion of silk en-
broidery, from which falls founce
to correspond. The yoke OF the Sec
ond collar is of fine muslin laid over
a colored silk foundati on, and bor-
dered with band and frill of stiletto
embroidery. The third collar of the
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CHILDREN'S WEAR.
PRETTY COSTUMES SUITABLE
FOR SPRING AND SUMMER.
Suggestions Valuable to Mothers
Materials and Styles That Will
Be in Vogue-Some Stylish
Neck Garnitures.

~ ROWN-UP members of the
community do not entirely
II monopolize the pretty things
of the season. Never were
the little ones more gracefully or ar
tistically clad. The blouse waist is
seen everywhere. developed in all
sorts and varieties OF material, and for
tots whose ages range from two to
eight years skirts barely reach to the
bend of the knee. Sleeves are large
-puffed, shirred and rosetted quite
as elaborately as those worn by the
mammas and big sisters.
In hats the Kate Greenaway styles
are still in favor. They are always
gathered on to wires and trimmed
with lace-edged frills or bows of rib
bons.
Black and red combined are popular
for little girls, and solid colors have
almost driven the "mixed effects"
from the field.
Small boys and girls--those who
need nursery gates-have fortunately
an abiding fashion in their clothes.
Both sexes dress alike, in white nain-
sook, until three years, when the boy
gives the first cold shoulder to frocks
by getting into kits of pique, serge,
or flannel, with blouse waist of the
same and REFER jacket for outdoor
wear.
Girls of three years attest their ad-
vance from babyhood by wearing
much shorter dresses of nainsook,
with others of chambray, fine ging-
hams, and dimities. The little misses
of this tender age are SO attractive in
themselves that they are superior to
dress, and it is the wise mother who
max the little frocks of very simple de-
esign for general wear. If the small
gingham and cambria morning dresses
are made open in the back, to be but
toned to the hem, their laundering will
be much simplifed, point worth con-
sidering when half days wear, some
times less, sends each to the tubs. For
the pique, chambray, and nainsook
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Every bee has two kinds of eyes;
the two large, compound ones, looking
like hemispheres on either side, and
the three simple or single eyes, which
crown the head. Each compound eye
las one would naturally suppose from
the term which designates it) is really
an immense aggregation of eyes, each
being composed of $500 facets, which
means that every object seen has its
image reflected $500 times in the bees
tiny brain. Every one of these facets
is the base of an inverted he1agonal
pyramid, whose apex is fitted snugly
to the head. Each of these pyramid
facets may be termed a perfect eye,
for each has its own iris and optic
rve.--Chicago Times-Herald.
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Pulling the Tooth OF q Corpse.

"Iwouldn't do it again for amonth's
fees!" The speaker was well known
dentist of West Thirty-fourth street,
and he had been telling of a queer
case of tooth extracting he had been
called on to perform few nights
since. He was called up by a tele-
phone message from q prominent
Eighth avenue undertaker's and told
TO repair Immediately to an address
in West Thirty-s;sth street. The
dentist thought some jest was intended,
and asked:
"What do they want with me; to
work on dead man."
eyes, that's it exactly" he was
assured in reply. The undertaken
said he would meet the dentist at the
address given. A student friend had
called in on the dentist, and he was
asked if he cared to join in the strange
call.
The dentist was shown into the
chamber of death by the sobbing wife,
who indicated that she wanted the
right eye tooth extracted. As the
undertakes came in she left the room.
"What does all this mean?" asked
the dentist, who was thoroughly per.
picked. 1t was explained to him that
the deceased had insisted on being
cremated, and the wife wished to re.
train some souvenir of him before the
body was committed to the furnace.
A luxuriant mustache had just been
removed from the lips Of the corpse
by barber, who was told by the wife
to mount it and spare no expense. 1t
was when the dentist went at the task
of drawing the coveted tooth that he
had a queer time. As he gave the
tooth tug there was contraction OF
the muscular structure as emphatic as
if the most sensitive patient were
stretched in chair without even the
balm of gas to dull pain. When the
contraction of the cadaver took place
the undertaken and the student made
one mild plunge for the door. The
dentist was not frightened, but he
says there was something uncanny
about the whole thing. The tooth is
reposing in alcohol now, but is shortly
to be mounted on gold.-New York
Advel tiser.
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Burns From Extreme Cold.

At the last meeting of the Swiss So.
ciety of Natural Sciences, at Lausanne,
M. Raonl Pictet gave some particulars
concerning cold burns experienced by
himself and assistants during his in
vestigations of the lowest temperature
attainable. There are two degrees OF
burns. In one case the skin reddens
at first and turns blue the following
day, and subsequently the area of the
spot expands until it becomes nearly
double it's original dimensions. The
"burn," which is usually not healed
until five or six weeks after its occur
renee, is accompanied by very pain
full itching on the affected spot and
surrounding tissues. When the burn
ing is more serious, produced by long
er contact with the cold body, burn
of the second degree is experienced.
In this case the skin is rapidly de-
tached, and all parts reached by the
cold behave like foreign bodies. A
long and stubborn suppuration sets
in, which does not seem to accelerate
the recopstitution of the tissues. The
wounds are malignant, and scar very
slowly in a manner entirely different
from burns produced by fire.
On one occasion, when NJ. Pictet
was suffering from severe burn due
to drop of liquid air, he accidentally
scorched the same hand very serious
ly. The scorched portion was healed
in ten or twelve days, but the wound
produced by the cold burn was open
for upward of six months. In order
to try the effect of radiation in dry
cold air, NJ. Pictet held his bare arm
MP to the elbow in refrigerating YES
sci maintained at 105 degrees, when
sensation of peculiarly distinct char.
acter was felt over the whole skin and
throughout the muscles. At first this
sensation was not disagreeable, but
gradually it became decidedly so, and
after three or four minutes the skin
turned blue and the pain became
more intense and deep seated. On
Withdrawing the arm from the refrig-
orator at the end of ten minutes,
strong reaction was experienced, ac-
companied by superficial infamma-
ton of the skin.-Scientifc American.
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A YOUNG GIRLS TRIALS.
NERVOUS TROUBLES END IN ST.
VITUS' DANCE.

Physicians Powerless---The Story Told by
the Child's Mother.
(From the Reporter, Somerset, Ky.)
Among the foot hills Of the Cumberland
Mountains, near the town Of Flat Rock, is
the happy home OF James McPherron. Four
months ago the daughter of the family, a
happy girl of sixteen, was stricken with st.
vitus' dance. The leading physicians were
consulted, but without avail. She grew pale
and thin under the terrible nervous strain
and was fast losing her mental powers In
fact the thought Of placing her in an asylum
was seriously considered. Her case has been
so widely taxed about that the report Of her
cure was like undermining miracle Of old.
To reporter who visited the home the
mother said:
"Yes, the reports OF my daughters sickness
and cure are true as you hear them. Her af-
fiction grew into st. Vitus' dance from an
aggravated form of weakness and nervous
trouble peculiar to her sex. Every source OF
help was followed to the end, but it seemed
that physicians and medicine were power
less. Day by day she grew worse until we
despaired of her life. At times she almost
went into convulsions. She got 30 that we
had to watch her to keep her from wander
ing away, and you can imagine the care she
was.
About this time, when our misery was
greatest and all hope had fed, read OF
another case, almost similar, that had been
cured by medicine known as DR.. Williams
Pink Pills. Almost in desperation secured
some Of the pills and from that day on the
wonderful work of restoration commenced;
the nervousness left. her cheeks grew bright
with the color of health she gained flesh and
grew strong both mentally and physically
until to-day she is the very picture OF good
health and happiness.
ut is no wonder that I speak in glowing
terms Of Pink Pills to every ailing person l
meet. They saved my daughters life and
am grateful"
The foregoing is but one OF many wonder
full cures that have been credited to DR.. Will
Jams Pink Pills for Pale People. In many
cases the reported cures have been investi-
gated by the leading newspapers and veri.
fed in every possible manner. Their fame
has spread to the far ends Of civilization and
there Is hardly drug store in this country
or abroad where they cannot be found.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
are now given to the public as an unfailing
blood builder and nerve restorer, curing all
forms of weakness arising from q watery
condition of the blood or shattered nerves.
The pills are sold by all dealers, or will be
sent post paid on receipt Of price $50 cents
box, or six boxes for S2.50-they are never
sold in bulk or by the 1907 by addressing
DR.. Williams Medicine Company, schenec-
tady, N. Y.
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Primitive Building Materials.

The natives of the interior of Ceylon
finish walls and roof with paste of
slaked lime, gluten and alum, which
glazes and is so durable that speci-
mems three centuries old are now to be
seen. In Sumatra the native women
braid coarse cloth of palm leaves for
the edge and top of the roof. Many of
the old Bhuddist temples in India and
Ceylon had roofs made out of cut stone
blocks, hewed timber and split bam-
boo poles. Uneven planks-cut from
old and dead palm trees, seldom from
living young trees--are much used in
the Celebees and Philippines. Shark
skins form the roofs for fishermen in
the Anadam Islands. Chicago Times
Herald.
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frocks pretty models are shown this
spring, which give to Miss Baby.
touch of her mothers breadth of
shoulder. These are little yoke or
guimpe dresses, with wide, pointed
cape collar of the material, edged
with embroidery from two to three
inches deep, put on just full enough
to keep from puckering this is fin
ished round the neck with plain
cord, and is hooked or buttoned with
a single button beneath the neck fin
ish of dress or gulmpe, as the case
may be.
Older girls who are we'll dressed are
simply dressed. So long as short
dresses are worn, there is not enough
of plain fabric shown to make back
ground for elaborate trimmings, and
much ornamentation of these small
dresses violates the canons of taste in
dress as we'll as gives undue
prominence to subject of minor i'm
portance to child. Especially does
the average American mother err in
this respect in preparing the ward
robe for her little girls for their sum-
mer vacation. Then, if ever, should
they have simple and serviceable
frocks; instead then, more than ever,
for materials are cheap and long days
give time for sewing, are they apt to
be over-dressed.
There are. of course, many pretty
models in tasteful designs for those
who do not care to confine the dresses
to severe simplicity. One illustrated
in the large cut is of printed duck,
white, with pin-dot of light blue;
the long, full sleeves are finished with
cuffs of blue duck, pin-dotted with
white, and folds of the same material
start from the armholes and are caught
down in the front Of the bodice by
two rows of round pearl buttons.
Another model illustrated is of ps.e.
pink pique, the chemisette trimmed
with rows Of narrow feather-stitch
braid, white, and wide ruffle Of en-
broidery, double-pointed revers OF
the pique forming sort of color,
which is tied in front with bow of
white lawn.
A model for cashmere or crepon
dress hes the skirt trimmed with long
lines of baby velvet ribbon of har-
monizing OF contrasting color; these
outline the seams of the gored skirt
and radiate from the neckband in
circular yoke effect on the round
bodice, each line on waist. The
sleeves and collar band are similarly
finished, and frills of lace drape the
shoulders.
The short French skirt, falling just
below the knee, remains in favor
among fashionable mothers for girls
from three to ten years, and is even
worn up to twelve years by girls not
full size. The skirts from ten to four
teen years now fare decidedly, with
full plaits in the back, quite like their
mammals gowns. The little women,
in fact. copy most of the effects IN
the older women's fashions IN big
sleeves, Dlrectoire sleeves, fchu and
blouse effects, and the rage for fronts
and crushes, as the stock collars are
familiarly called. Guimpes remain in
favor for girls of all sizes, though the
girls above twelve years usually de-
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4 MODEL $1,000 SUBURBAN HOME.
Plans for Its Erection, Interior Ar
rangements and Materials Used.
(Copyright 1895. }

Plans for Its Erection, Interior Ar
rangements and Materials Used.
Copyright 1850
There is mistaken idea very preva-
lent that small house that shall be
attractive enough for a man OF taste
cannot be built for less thar two or
three thousand dollars. Less than
half that sum is sufficient if II be ju-
diciously expended. Any amount of
money can be sqandered in non-essen-
tials and in decorations that are as
useless as inartistic. In the main, we
only require from house, as from
man, that it perform its duty well, and
do the things it was intended to, in
the best way, and be pleasing and
graceful in doing it. A model home,
if it be skilfully planned, can be
erected for a surprisingly small sum
in these days.
The inventiveness of Americans,
which has devised all sorts Of machines
for joining and carpentering to re-
place the expensive hand work, has
made this possible.
Wise men who look to the future
are gradually ayailing themselves OF
the present conditions. The nearby
suburbs Of all cities are being built
up with inexpensive houses, and the
effect will soon be felt in the problem
of municipal reform. The assertion
does not need proof that the house
holder is better citizen, in that he
is more keenly alive to the admins
tration of affairs, than the dweller in
rented house. He feels that it is not
q mere privilege, but duty as well,
to exercise the franchise and to give
keen scrutiny to the acts of the pub
lilo servants. He has personal inter-
est in the affairs of State-he is
householder and taxpayer. When
he speaks of ''home--a veritabe
home" as distinguished from the rent
ed house'-in his eye he has pictured
a pretty cottage something like the
one herewith illustrated.
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Cruelty to Gold FISH.

Sir Herbert Maxwell has written q
a letter to the London Times protest
ing against the cruelty of Illuminating
bowls of gold fish with electric lamps.
Fish, he explains, are SO sensitive to
light that some Of them TROUT, for in.
stance) can alter their coloring, ac.
cording to the ground on which they
swim. But the popularity that ren.
ders exposure to strong light intoler.
able to fish, is that they have no eye.
lids, so that to conine them in the
neighborhood of brilliant lamp is to
inhict upon them indeseribable tor.
ture.-Chicago Times
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To build this house would cost
about $1050.
General dimensions Width through
dining room and kitchen, % feet 6 in
ches; depth, including veranda, 93
feet inches.
Heights of stories: Cellar, 6 feet 6
inches; first story, s feet inches;
second story, s feet.
Exterior materials: Foundation,
stone and brick; first and second
stories, gables and roofs, shingles.
Interior finish: Two coats plaster;
soft wood flooring, trim aud stairs.
Interior woodwork painted colors to
suit owner.
Colors: Body, all shingles dipped
and brush coated in oil. Trim painted
white. Roof shingles dipped and
brush coated red. Sashes painted
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Highest Of all Leavening Power-Lae U. s. Gov Report
R3H!A!!!!!! g! RsktRs RskassE
ABSOLUTELY PURE
ARSOLUTEIY PURE
Politest People on Earth.

The Chinese are regarded by some
travellers among them as the spolitest
people on the earth. For instance,
in addressing perfect stranger, .
Chinaman commences his letter: my
eldest brother. The letter contains
such phase as, ttMsy all the bless
ings of life be showered upon you.
Such is the wish of your imbecile
junior" In speaking of his own;
family the writer says, eve ants.
The address on the top Of the letter
reads, "From my humble cabin to the
glorious palace of my eldest brother"
and the preamble is, ''To my excellent
and benevolent brother who asaends
the staircase of honor. New York
Dispatch. s5 T.
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first floor

bronze green; blinds Colonial yellow.
Veranda and porch floors and ceilings,
oiled.
The principal rooms and their sizes,
closets, etc., are shown by the floor
plans. Cellar under parlor and hall.
Loft foored for storage. Open fire.
place in the dining room. Double
folding doors connect parlor with hall
and dining room. Alcove off front
bedroom serves as dressing room.
This design is subject to many feast
bic notifications. Sliding doors may
connect hall, parlor and dining room.