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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-01
EVILS OF THE CORSET.
Injuries the Muscles and Robs the System
of Air.

The evils of the corset are strongly
painted by a writer on "Hygienic
Dress She calls the corset an i'm
mense bandage of splints." Suppose"
she says, you splint your arm for six
or eight weeks, what would become of
its muscles? a heavily boned corset
would do very well to wrap around a
broken arm or leg until it heals, but it
is a crime to wear it over the soft alb
dominal walls which incase the most
wonderful system of organs, which
only in their full development can give
us a worthy race. Even with the
splints pulled out, this garment would
be hot and facilitating, and tightly
worn, it interfereS with the secretions
and eXcretions of the skin. If bones
must be in tie waist. they should not
run the wrong way of the body, but in
conformity with natures lines.
"Out of the harmonious lines with
the ribs, they throw a great many
muscles out of use, interfering with
the natural breathing, the powerful
intercostal muscles beneath the corset
become shriveled and partially para
lyzed; it becomes impossible to proper
" distend the diaphragm, and there
fore the proper amount of life-giving
oxygen is not inhaled.
The corset wearer makes her own
record in the misshape of her body; in
her inability to breathe correctly, and
in d~efrauding the system of oxygen.
1t is needless to say that the blood be-
comes impure, and that functional
action of important organs is inter
fered with. Digestion and circulation
are ruined. and the complexion de-
clares the folly and the sin as plainly
as Cain bore the mark of murder on his
forehead.
What is true as to tight dressing of
the feet and waist is as absolute truth
for the neck and the whole body.
Everything should be so loosely worn
that a perfect circulation of air feed
ing the system on its surface could GO
on at all times between the body and
| clothing."-Boston Commonwealth.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-01
HOME HINTS AND HELPS.

Soft Icing: Take ten teaspoonfuls
Of sugar to one egg. Beat for ten
minutes together; favor to taste.
Potato Cakes: Beat one egg until
light and stir one cupful of milk into
it. Add two cupfuls of cold mashed
potatoes, a little salt and enough -four
to make a stiff batter. Beat hard for
several minutes, then fry them on a
well-greased griddle Farm and Home.
-Sausage:Twenty pounds of chopped
meat, eight ounces of salt, two ounces
of pepper, one ounce of powdered sage,
one teaspoonful of ginger. When cool,
pack in pans, and first cover it thick
with lard, then with paper. When cut
ting for use, loosen a portion of the
paper and press it back again. Keep
in a cool, dry place.-Farmer's Voice.
Baked Lemon P~uddings: Finely
chop half a pound of suet Mix it with
half a pound of brcadcrumbs, six ounces
of castor sugar and the rind and Juice
OF a large lemon: also one egg careful
ly beaten. Make the ingredients into
a stiff dough; place the mixture in
small buttered tins and bake for three
quarters of an hour.-Leeds' Mercury.
Mashed Beans: Soak over night in
cold water, a quart of nice white
beans. When ready to cook, drain,
put into boiling water, and boil till
perfectly tender and the water nearly
evaporated. Put the beans through a
cOlander to remove the skins, season
with salt, put into a shallow baking
dish, smooth the top with a spoon,
and bake in the oven till dry and
mealy throughout, and nicely Drowned
over the tOp.-Good Health.
-MOlasses Cookies: Three cups of
molasses, twelve ta~blespoonfuls of hot
water, eighteen tablespoonfuls butter
and lard (melted equally; divided, or
all butter, thsee te~aspoonfuls soda
take n of the twelve to dissolve the
soda, one heaping te~aspoonful ginger.
Let the foam of the mixture subside
somewhat before stirring in the flour,
which should be lone quite stiff. with
a spoon. Let The ingredients cool be-
fore baking.-G. j. PixIey, in Orange
Judge Farm.
-Pilau of Fowl: Truss a fowl as if
for boiling, and put it into a saucepan
with three pints of cold water and let
it boil gently until tender. Wash and
soak a pound of rice in three waters,
drain it dry, and fry i in one-half
pound of butter until it begins to be
colored; then put it into the saucepan
with a dessertspoonful of whole cloves,
three bay leaves, a little salt and mace.
Put in the fowl and the water in which
it was boiled, and let it simmer slowly
until quite dry, place it piled on a dish,
with W. onions fried and stewed over
the top and slices of hard boiled eggs
around the edge of the dish. To fry
the onions slice them and soak them in
milk for ten minutes, drain and roll
them in flour and fry them in boiling
hot lard like doughnuts. They will
then be as crisp as Saratoga potatoes
Boston Budget.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-01

trough the whole length of cow-stalls
either followed out of wood or an irOL.
trough encaSed in lumber, as shown,
should be fastened on the board in
front. at a proper height and within
easy reach of the animal. This trough
should be inclosed with a cover on top
from end to end, with the exception
of where it comes opposite each cows
head, and at hat part a small hinged
lid. with a little more projection or
nosing than the rest of cover, enables
the animals to lift the lid up with the
nose, which they do very readily.
If the cattle are intended to be
watered at regular intervals, a tap
placed at one end, with an overflow
and wash at the other, is all that is
necessary. After the COW has drunk
its fill, the lid drops forward. and no
feed or ether materials can get n the
water.
If | were arranging the trough for
my own stable, l would have a ball
cock and cistern arrangement which
would enable the trough to be full at
all times. so that the animals could
then drink when they felt like it. |
am of the opinion that a handy man
could improve on the above arrange
ment somewhat. if it were only in bev-
cling the box at \ b. and it could be
made to adapt itself to any priced
stable, and not appear bungling in any
wav.--W. Ormiston TAFT, in Countr,
Gentleman.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-01
SLOW TRAVEL.
An Incident of Early Packet Days on Long
Island Sound.


BEFORE the advent of the palatial
now plying through Long
Island sound the passenger and freight
traffic between New York and the
New England sea coast towns was car
ried on by a line of sailing packets,
which made as notable trips then as
the Atlantic liners do to-day. The
packets hailing from the small towns
were usually of sloop rig, and build
more for freight than passengers. A
Journey from Westerly, +. l., to this
city in one of the old sloops sometimes
meant a trip of six or seven days, so
that the rural travellers of the town
would on their return have some yarns
to spin as lengthy as the trip. There
is a story told of a party who started
under the most favorable auspices to
visit the metropolis, but met with head
winds and rough water all the way,
and seemed obliged to appear in town
with boards of a weeks growth.
Only one man aboard was found to
possess a razor, and he absolutely re-
fused to allow it out of his own hands.
His unhappy companions then pro-
posed that he should shave them. He
agreed to this providing he be allowed
to shave one-half their faces at the
first round, and hen begin again and
complete the job. The crowd assented,
and soon they sat smiling and serene,
while the ~improvised barber strOpped
his razor for a second attack. sudden
" there was a splash, followed with
BY gosh, there goes the razor There
was a mad rush for the perpetratOr of
the joke, who might have followed the
razor were it not for a full-bearded pas
senger who came to the rescue.
The passengers failed, however, to
see anything funny in it, but it is said
that those who met them on their way
to the nearest barber-shop on arrival
in New York enjoyed a good laugh,
and that the e~xcursionists had little to
say about the trip when they reached
home.-N. Y. Advertiser.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-01

Black pepper which is generally
used in favoring, is quite an inferior
article to white pepper. Black pepper
is the ground pepper corn, including
the husk, while white pepper is ground
from the inner portion of the berry
after the black husk has been rejected.
White pepper is not only stronger, but
it is not so liable to adulteration as the
more COMMON article, which, in spite
of its ~cheapness. is quite often grossly
adulterated with dried leaves of vari-
Gus plants, black mustard and other
still cheaper articles. White pepper is
only a few pennies more expensive
than black pepper, and it is so much
stronger that a smaller quantity is
needed. The family supply of pepper
ought to be purchased by the pound
at some MISUNDERSTANDING place
4 large wholesale spice house such as
also do retail business to some extent
is the best place to buy pepper and all
spices. A quarter of a pound of pep
per corns ought TO be purchased at the
same time. IS these 'corns' are better
for havoring soup stocks and some
GAUGES than ground pepper.-N. y
Tribune.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-01
SCHOOL AND CHURCH

-Monsignor del Val, the son of a
well-known Spanish diplomat, is at
present the fashionable preacher in
Rome.
Mrs. Hearst, widow of the Cali
fornia senator, has given S175,0OO to
erect a girls school in connection
with the Protestant cathedral in Wash
ington.
M. Felix Faure, the new president
of the uneasy French republic, is a
Protestant and deeply interested in
Young Mems Christian association work
in France.
II. c. Bulla, for seven years clerk
in the record and pension Office at
Washington, has resigned to become
the pastor of a Methodist church at
Roanoke, Va.
Miss H~oneybus, a West Virginia
school teacher, had a big boy pupil
chastised for kissing her without her
consent. The boy probably wanted to
earn whether kiss by any other name
would taste as sweet.
Rev. L. V. Evans, rector of Trinity
P. E. church, st. Augustine, Fla, has
fallen heir to the title and estates Of
of that relative, and has gone to En-
gland to assume possession.
The Church of England Zenana
Missionary society has twenty-eight
ladies from England and Ireland en-
gagged in mission work at their own
charges, and there are seven native
ladies at work without salary.
"A floating society of Christian En-
deavOr has been organized on board the
receiving ship, Wabash, at the Charles
ton navy yard. The members on board
the Charleston, now at Japan. sent a
letter of greeting to be cad at the first
meeting.
Rev. DIR. 0. a. Bartholomew turned
the first sod the other day for the
foundation of a new church in st.
Louis. 1t will be the seventh which he
has built in that city. The reverend
gentleman draws the plans, orders the
material and superintends the con-
structlon himself.
Cardinal Steinhuber publishes a
history of the German-IIungarian col
leCe at Rome. The German college was
founded by Ignatius LOyola in 1852: the
Hungarian college was added to it fifty
years later by Pope Gregory NH. The
graduates include % cardinals, A. arch
bishops and $50 bishops.
The gifts of the women of the
Presbyterian church to home missions
from April l, 1894, to February l, 1885.
were sos, 500. These gifts were used
in the support of schools and work
among what is known as exceptional
populations" Spanish and Mexicans in
the territories, mountain whites, etc.
The American board receipts for
March are S47, OO9, against s53, 734 for
March, 1894. The total for seven
months has been S363, 421, against S3s2,-
S2l for the first sever months of the
last financial year. The receipts for
the month show an increase of 81, 916
in reglar donations and of Sl,S69 in
donations for the debt, but a falling
off in those for special objects and in
legacies. The total receipts show:
Decrease i irregular donations. Sc, s27.44;
decrease in special donations, S2Gs.G7;
decrease for the debt, S22. l2s.4s; in
crease in legacies, SO, 1923. SO; net loss,
SIS. 900. 06.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-01
FARM AND GARDEN.
MAKING GOOD A
Some Valuable and Sensible Conclusions
Reached by Prof. King.

Reached by Prof. King.
One authority on the subject of road
draining claims that in prairie sill a
good road can be obtained for eileen
months in the year by simply putting
in a good system of tile drains. re,
slightly rounding the road Led
and sowing grass seed so that the
DOT may aid the drainage. If the
road surface is to perform the serH ice
of Il roof it must be protected from the
action of narrow wagon wheels. a
sharp turn is always in better cOndi-
ton than the straight portions of The
road. A little thought shows at once
hat this is due to the fact that the
front and real wheels do not follow
each other and therefore do not form
ruts. 4 slight difference in the length
of the front and rear aXles of wagons
with the use of wide tires would ac-
complish more for roads. considering
the expense involved, than any other
one thing. 1t is hard to change a GUS
tom, and probably nothing but legis-
lative action can introduce a change.
This change need not prove a hardship
to anyone, and the arguments against
such action are comparatively unim-
portant.
Prof. King las reached the following
conclusions: BY careful study of local
conditions determine the cost of bad
roads. Pay this cost as interest on cap
ital borrowed for making the needed
Improvement. Substitute the cash sys-
TEN of paving road tax for the labor
system. Thoroughly drain all roads
and keep the drains always open. Do
away with narrow tires and aXles of
the same length. Macadamize wher-
ever the traffic will warrant after full
filling the above conditions. Keep the
road as clean as you would the roof of
a house. thus affording no chance for
water to collect and destroy the SUI
face.-Earmer'S Voice.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-01
TESTING THE COWS.
A Simple Method of Determining the Per-
Torrance of Each.

Test your cows" is the advice con-
tinualIy given by dairymen and agri-
cultural papers, and, like most advice,
is needed least by those who need it
most. Many farmers, while admitting
its wisdom. excuse themselves from
following it on the plea that they have
no testing apparatus, and therefore no
mean of knowing the respective per-
formances of the cows.
To such l would say hat no scien-
tiic apparatus is necessary. The churn
is after all the most satisfactory kind
of tester. All that is necessary is TO
keep one cows milk separate for a
couple of DAYS. all the cream being
carefully removed. When the cream
has ripened it should be churned, and
the scales will give the product, both
of milk and butter. After each COW in
the herd has thus been tested. a COM
p~arison of results will tell which are
the most profitable COWS and which do
not pay for their keep. \ little Of-this
kind of testing would cause many a
farmer to change his opinion of the
merits of the respective members of
his herd. and enable him to weed out
worthless stock. Try it. The test is a
simple one: it is easily applied, and the
results cannot be disputed. Try it,
and you will never regret the bother
YOU have had in finding out the leak in
your profits.-C. ID. Bell, in n Y. World.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-01
Catarrh Cannot Re rured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot
reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a
blood or constitutional disease, and in order
TO cure it you must take internal remedies.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces. Halls Catarrh Cure is not a quack
medicine. 1t was prescribed by one OF the
best physicians in this country for years and
is a regular prescription. It is composed OF
the best tonics known, combined with the
best blood purifiers, acting directly on the
mucous surfaces. The perfect combination
of the two ingredients is what produces such
wonderful results in curing Catarrh. Send
for testimonials, free.
F. j. CHENEY & Co, Props, Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c.
Halls Family Pills, % cents.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-01

The route to Chattanooga over the Louis.
vile q Nashville Railroad is via Mammoth
Cave, Americas Greatest Natural Wonder.
Specially low rates made for hotel and
Cave fees to holders of Epworth League
tickets. Through Nashville, the location OF
Vanderbilt University, the pride of the
Methodist Church, and along the line be
tween Nashville and Chattanooga where
many of the most famous battles of the war
were fought. Send for maps of the route
from Cincinnati, Louisville, Evansville and
StL outs, and particulars as to rates, etc, to
c. P. ATMORE, General Passenger Agent,
Louisville, KY, or GEO. B. HoRNER, d. p.
A, St. Louis, Mo.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-01
THE BUTTER FLAVOR.
BY Freezing 1t Can BE Retained for Six
Months or More.

Concerning cold storage of butter,
we will say that there is only n
method that will keep butter so as to
preserve its first rosy flavor, and that
is by freezing it.
The old method of cold storage by
holding it at a temperature of IS to &c
degrees would keep the butter from
getting rancid. but it would soon lose
its fine flavor and show a sort of dead.
cold-storage taste. If refrigeratOrs are
constructed on a system whereby a
temperature of from l6 to 20 degrees
can constantly maintained, butter can
be held in a sweet rosy condition six
months. Recent experiments have in
dicated that it Is better to go down
even as low as S degrees above zero.
The butter does not lose its flavor
quickly when brought into consump-
ton. The sixty-pound package. either
in tubs or frkins. is probably the best
form of package for this work
Hoard's Dairymal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-01

81 tell you," said Mr.. Proudpaugh,
that boy of mine is a wonder. He
las the signs of extraordinary genius
stamped all over him in display type
Indeed? He must be a phenOme-
nom"
He is. He is only six years old and
writes a hand like Horace Greeley's
and sings worse than Trilby."-Wash.
inpton Star.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-01
A Dramatic Triumph at Last.

Lobbylounger-How was the play
last night?
Firstniter-Wonderful! Most artistic
and dramatic production seen in years
Held the audience spell-bound from
first to last. Why, sir, in some of the
thrilling situations there were times
when not a sound could be heard but
the hard breathing of Othello, the sup
pressed sobs of Desdemona and the
conversation in the boxes.-N. Y.
Weekly.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-01

Paintings" said the artist, fat
tered by the presence of the million
aire in his studio. Yes, sir. / shall
be happy to show you my best can
vases. Something a~llegorical? Or do
you prefer a landscape?" What I
want" said Mr.. Boodelle, the eminent
contractor. with decision, lis some
thin about a yard and a half long and
a yard wide, to cover some cracks in
the frescoin'."-Chicago Tribune.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-01
Toughened.

Say" said the deputy, 81 put No.
I'll On the treadmill eight hours ago as
a punishment, and I'll be dirged if he
amt goin' on jist as clipper and happy
as can be-"
why, of course" said the prison
warden, in tones of disgust. Don't
you know the Teller was sem here for
bicycle stealing? That sort of thing is
right in his ine."-Indianapolis Jour
nal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-01

out. and enrichlng and mellow cultiva-
ton given. Or. often still better, the
whole bush may he taken up. divided
and replanted. The great point is to
give rich. mellow and continued Guilt
walton. The annexed figure represents
the exact measured size of the common
red quarantine small bunch from a
neglected bush, and the larger from
one well cultivated and pruned.-
Country Gentleman.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-01

An old-time darby butler, such as
nay be found occasionally in Philadel-
phia, uses grander expressions the
older he grows.
He was helping a visitor the other
day to don her walking jacket, and as
he noticed that she was still struggling
to push in her rebellious big sleeves he
suggested. respectfully:
..P'r'aps you will hab de goodness TO
allow me to suppress dem putfS,
madam.-N. y. Tribune.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-01

Mrs. Wigwag-I started last week &c
make a collection of rare china. My
husband gave me two pieces to begin
with, and now l have nearly two hun.
dred pieces.
Mrs. Update-Your friends are kind
to you.
Mrs. Wigwag-Not exactly. The
servant girl is responsible for it.-Phil-
adelphia Record.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-01

"At last l understand" sighed Mr..
Homelat, YEARLY, as he put a Stat in
the bedstead and saw hat it didn't fit.
Understand what?" said his wife,
hammering the tack into the carpet.
AT last" answered Mr.. Homeflat, 81
understand the rue force of that
phrase, "a moving scene.'"-Chicagc
Record
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-01
Perple1ing Problem.

"Who is going to be the best man a,
your wedding?" asked Hicks of Gar
raway, who is shortly to marry a new
woman"
Il don't know" said Garraway, sadly,
"Niss Strongmind and l have not set.
tied yet which of US is to have that
honor."-Harper's Bazaar.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-01
To Prevent Smut in Wheat.

Place the seed in a barrel of water
and stir until all the grain is wet and
the smutted and imperfect grains rise
to the surface, when they should be
SKINNED off. Remove the grain after
Is to 30 minutes and place a half
bushel at a time in a vessel through
which water can penetrate rapidly.
A wire basket with - meshes to the
inch or gunny sacking will do. Then
immerse the seed in a barrel of water
at a temperature of 10 to 1@0 de-
grees. lift and immerse again, rotating
the sack. that every grain may be
roaked. Then immerse the sack in an
other barrel of water at 132 degrees,
at no time allowing the water to be
below 100 degrees or above 135. Re-
peat the immersion a number of times
in the scalding water. After the last
dip plunge into a vessel of cold water
and spread to dry.-Farm and Home.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-01
Conservative Little Bodies

Are those diminutive organs, the kidneys,
which in spite of their small size, rerformin
health a most important part in the mechan,
ism of the system. Out of order they breed
dangeroustrouble Renew their activity with
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which prevents
the serious and often fataldiseases resulting
from their inactiOn. This sterling medicine,
moreover, remedies malarial, rheumatic and
d~yspeptic complaints, and invigorates the
whole system.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-01
Well Up In the Requirements.

An Irishman recently applied for en-
,istment in a United States army re-
cruiting office.
DO you know anything about drill
ing?" asked the officer.
81 do" answered Pat Its twelve
and a half cents a yard at any of the
drv.roods stores. London Globe.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-01

Mrs. Brown have just had a ter.
rible quarrel with my husband.
Mrs. Jones-Well, l don't see what
there is in that to make you look so
happy.
Mrs. Brown-There is a twenty-dol-
lar hat in it when he concludesto apol-
ogiZe.-Puck.