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Russian Proverbs.

The czar occupies prominent part in Russian proyerbial looutions. Many of these remind us of similar sayings cur rent in western Europe. We give here some of tho most original specimens: ''The crown does not preserve the czar from headache. i" Even leprous czar is pronounced healthy" Even the dead body of the czar decays if it is not em- balmed :" tsThe voice of the czar finds an echo, even though there be no noun tains near ]" "A teardrop in tho czar's eyo costs the country good many pock- ct handkerchiefs. " "When the czar writes verses woe to the poets What the czar fails to achieve, time will bring to pass. Even the czar's cows bring forth nothing but calves. !" When the czar has the smallpox, the country car ries the marks of the disease. "If the czar presents you with an egg, he de- mands fowl i'll return. "--Kreuz- Zei- tung.
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The Arctic ocean.

Lieutenant Colonel Sabine has noticed striking resemblance in the topo- graphical confguration of the northern coasts of America and Asia, the simil- itude beginning at Boring strait, whence similar coast line is preserved, each having also an attendant group of islands, between which there is much similarity. These arc the Parry islands pertaining to the first mentioned couti- nent and tho New Liberian group be- longing to the latter Even as to lati- tude these islands preserve resem- blance.
 But what of the great interior of this polar ocean? This is all unknown. An opinion may be deduced from careful inspection of Q chart of the earth that this ocean has islands, and the fact that fowl arc seen to penetrate toward the interior in great numbers is explainable on the hypothesis that they there find subsistence to invite them. On the other hand, they may fly directly across the polar area to similar parallels on the op- posite side, and tho fact that with the coming of the polar winter they come from the polar district is evidence that the subsistence, if there be any, is not so abundant as to tempt them to remain. Again, only the nocturnal tribes would or could endure the long polar night and even if there wore polar islands bearing abundant subsistence common instinct and experience might impel all tho day fowls to leave. .--Pittsburg Dis patch.
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THE EARTH,s CRUST.
1t Is Said to Be In Constant state of
 Slight Agitation.

It Is Said to Be In n Constant state of
 Slight Agitation.
 According to Professor John Milne. the crust of the great globe upon which we live and have our being" is in a constant state of agitation, weaving in and out, up and down, like circus tent in cyclone. There arc earth move- ments that arc being experienced at all times and ill all lands, but they are so slight from month to month and from year to year that they generally escape detection. In all the countries of Flu rope and i'll many of those of Asia, most notably Korea and Japan, these fittings are so great as to be noticed eYen by tho unsoientifio and inexperi- eneed representatives of tho lower eastes Germany sooms to be the seat of great est European earth crust agitation, Ja- pan occupying similar position in Asia Of the above two countries Professor Milne says: Tn both Germany and Ja- pan tidelike movement, too great to be produced by lunar attraction, has been observed, tho ground being gently tilted oneo every 24 hours and some- bIIlCS bWiG6s III NuItI GdSO tHb IliHnb disturbance would be greatest, and in all cases buildings, trees, etc., stand slightly inclined, like eornstalks in @ gentle, steady breeze. In short. the earth is constantly breathing so to speak, the crust marking each respira- tion by gentle rising and falling, simi- lar to that of the chest i'll air breathing animals It is believed that certain per cent of this earth crust disturbance is due to conditions similar to those which bring about earthquakes. This is especially true as far as it regards Ja- pan, where it has been traced to tho con- tinual opening and closing of the broken strata i'll tho main range of mountains.
 Among other movements of the crust of our panting earth arc tho so called "mioroseismie" or "tremor storms, !" which are now defined as being long, flat earth waves, similar to thoso of an ocean swell There may also be occasional disturbances in earth levels caused by earthquake waves, which quite frequent ly extend entirely around tho world, al though inappreoiable to the senses of persons located only q few hundred miles from the 'teenter of radiationo of the seismic shock -St Louis Republic
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oy tho English makers.

by G16 EilSllsn niaKGfS.
 Progressive English manufacturers and there arc few of them-are gradu- ally waking up to the fact that if they want to hold their own in the commerce of the world they will be compelled. through necessity, to employ tho later and more economical methods to pro- duce their manufactures To do this they will have to turn to the Ameri- cans, much as it may be against their inolinations. American furniture, made entirely with machinery, is now getting a foothold in England and attracts the admiration of English buyers not only for its beautiful designs and finish, but for tho superb construction, and lastly it can be obtained at moderate price. Other articles of wood for domestic vehicles, agricultural, building uses, etc, arc fast creeping in to the disad- vantage of the English manufacturer. Indeed wherein the American manufac- turer succeeds 1t is only through the use of machinery, and therefore the Eng lishman. i'll order to protect himself from enoroachment, must adopt the American idea by using American ma chinery, for is it not fact that tho Englishman is behind the times in get
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Itis curious fact that, notwithstand- ing the strong prejudice which the French entertain toward Britain and the British, the French gentlemen have q decided preference to British ladies when they mean to marry. An English man visiting Paris is surprised at the number of English ladies with French husbands whom he meets in society. If a British lady of passable appearance re- mains long unmarried in Paris, the pre- sumption is that the fault is her own.
 It is worthy of remark, on the other hand, that Briton resident in Paris very rarely inarries a French lady. French Letter uitti ss|
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THE SNAKES AT THE zoo.

An event has occurred at the zoo. Very high among marvels we rank it. There's reptile residing there who Accidentally swallowed his blanket But that story has now become old, And that feat surpassed by another. There's 0 snake still alive, we are told. Who by accident swallowed his brother. One would think such an odd mental fit Of abstraction-excuse the suggestion Would be followed up after bit
 By fit of acute indigestion. And, moreover, although one pretend To be free from internal sensations, Still rupture is apt to attend
 Such straining of friendly relations. But there's no such result we can find, Though the former has swallowed the lat
 ter,
 So we say it's . triumph of mind
 Or absence of mind over matter. Should there still at the zoo be snake Who may wish that the record be beaten, He must swallow himself by mistake And pretend not to know what he's eaten.
 70. J. Boden in Spectator.
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Remedy For chafed Surfaces.

An experienced mother recommends the following recipe for an ointment to be applied to ohafed surfaces, cuts and chapped hands: Take equal parts of beeswax, fresh lard and sweet oil. Melt the beeswax, measure it, add the same quantity of melted lard and oil and stir constantly until the mixture becomes stiff. Put it in box or wide mouthed bottle ready for use. Ladies Home Journal.
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Another Victim.

Collector-'See here, when are you go- ing to do anything on this account?
 Mudge-I don't know. l have been hypnotized so that I can't go through the performance of paying even when have the money. I'm awfully sorry, l assure you. Indianapolis Journal
 Muncy, Pa, was named from the Minsi Indians.
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HONEY.

Whom bees wend forth in black. continuous
 stream
 And steadily return unto the hive, When all the air with humming Is alive From early dawn to days last golden gleam. Then 1t bchooyes to work and not to dream Upl if your honey store you want to thrive, Ere hungry drones with robber bees connive, That you may gather all the blossom cream. 4et let me pause moment on the brink Between yon flower ealyx and it's spoil What labor intervenethl Only think. What you deem play to bees and me 'tis toll Yet labor, precipitation, many a sting. So I've the honey-cheerfully singl
 Kate Freilligrath Kroeker in Academy.
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ting up to date" wood working ma. chinery? If this statement is not cor rect, show us the fallaey of it. Maehin cry saves time and labor, consequently money. Cincinnati Commercial Ga Zette.
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An old and good remedy for nervous headache, which is felt at the base of the brain, is camphor. It is most effect i've when applied to the part and rubbed for few minutes
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CLEVER AMERICAN MECHANICS.

heir Ingenuity In Woodwork Attracting
 Attention In Foreign Countries. The mighty advance in wood worki
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-30
GARDEN AND ORCHARD.

Manure should be applied to tie
grape vines in the fall, so that it may
leach into the soil during the winter
1t will also act as a mulch.
Handle the fruit intended for long
keeping rs tenderly as possible, and &c
more than is strictly necessary. Pick.
ing into bushel baskets will make the
handling easier.
One advantage in manuring the
orchard late in the fall is that the
manure will begin its work, and early
next spring, just when the trees viii
most need it, it will be there.
In packing apples for market un.
usually large, fine apples should be kept
separate, and form an extra fine quality
to sell at fancy prices, preserving uni.
formity in size as much as possible.
The object of pruning a vine is to
concentrate the growth and productive
capacity of the plant upon the fruitins
of a comparatively few buds, and not
spread it over a great length of vine and
numerous buds.
When the ground is frozen an inch or
two deep is the best time for putting
mulch on the strawberry bed. 1t is not
necessary, nor eve desirable, to cover
the leaves completely, but to cover the
ground around and among the plants
st. Louis Republic.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-30
HOME HINTS AND HELPS.

delicate Cream Biscuit: Add to two
quarts of flour one teaspoOnful of but.
ter or lard, n large teaspoonful of
sugar. n small teaspoonful of salt
n two tablespoonful of yeast. Let
it rise over night and in the morning
knead lightly and bake in a quick oven.
Ladies' Home Journal.
Fruit Salad: Any leftover fruit,
either canned or fresh, may be used.
II two or three kinds all the better.
Place a i2yer, say of peaches cut fine,
then one OF bananas, pears or other
fruit, with a sprinkling of sugar for
each layer. Sprinkle the top with
grated c%ocoanut; pour over the juices
of the fruit if any. Prepare the night
before. Farm, Field and Fireside.
-Stewed Figs: Wash one pound of
figs, place in a china-lined saucepan,
and add enough boiling water to cover
them, a te~aspoonful of treacle and a
t~easpoonful of finely-chopped lemon
peel. Cover over the saucepan and let
the contents simmer till tender; serve
cold. The common figs do very nicely
for this dish, for they improve in size
and quality by stewing Leeds Mer-
curry.
Pork Cake: One pound of fat pork,
freed from any lean and chopped fine.
Pour over the pork one-half pint Of
boiling water, two cups of sugar, one
cup of molasses, one pound of raisins,
one-half pound OF currants, one-half
pound of %citron, n teaspoon of soda,
one-half teaspoon each of nutmeg.
cloves, cinnamon, allspice, two or two
and one-half cups of flour; bake one
hour. -HOusekeDer.
flashed Cold Meat: Take your
bones and stew them in a little water
with an onion, some salt and pepper.
and, if You like, a little savorv herbs;
when the goodness is all out of the
bones, and it tastes nice. thicken the
gravy with a teaspoonfGI of corn
starch, and if it is not very strong,
put in a bit of butter, then place your
s~tew-pan on the hot hearth and put in
your slices of meat. Warm, but not
boil. Serve with toasted bread.-Farm
and Firesi3e.
Potato Croquettes: Wash eight
large potatoes and roas them in the
oven. When done take out the insides
and mash them light and fine. Add
an n and Il half of butter, and
stir in a seasoning Of salt and white
pepper, a little nutmeg and a sprig of
parsley minced. Mix it well together
and bind with the yolks of two or
three eggs and the beaten white of
one. Make them into balls or cro-
quotes, roll in fine bread crumbs
twice and fry in boiling fat. Drain
and serve. boston Budget.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-30
LOSSES IN
Setting Milk in Open Pans the Cause of
Many n Dairy Deficit.

DoAS cANA
Not long ago, says the Practical
Dairyman, we made a little investiga-
ton into just what the loss was
through setting the milk in open pans.
A herd of II cows was in milk, and Civ
ing about $50 pounds of milk a day. The
pans were set in a cool room and al
lowed to stand from Sc to As hours. or
until the milk began to thicken. The
skim milk was tested with the Babcock
test, and it showed that nearly all the
cream rose in the first IL hours, no diff
ference being shown between that set
II hours and that set sc hours. But the
amount of butter fat which was lost
was somewhat appalling. amounting
as it did to eight-tenths of one per
cent, or about one-sixth of the whole
amount of butter in the milk. This
loss is not surprising to one who has OPP
p~ortunity to make such tests, and il is
going on every day on hundreds and
hundreds of farms in this country. In
this case it amounted to two pounds of
butter per day which brought % cents
a pound to a private trade. Fifteen per
cent. of the entire production, or over
S175 per year; who says that the loss
does not amount to much?
More han half this loss can be saved
by setting the milk in deep ans and
putting them in cold water, and nearly
all of it by the use of a hand separator.
Where one has the facilities a creamery
is very good, out ice or running water
below IS degrees must be at hand, and
this is not convenient on many farms.
But a creamery costs less and is less
work to wash and care for than a sep
arator, although, as a rule, it does not
raise quite as much of the cream.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-30
DRESSY WAISTS.
Plaid and Striped Silk May BE Used to
Good Advantage.

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Good Advantage.
Plaid or striped silk may be used to
advantage on 4 round waist laid in n
wide center box-plait and a narrower
plat on each aide. The narrow plat
is studded with three small steel but
tons just below the shoulder and three
more half way to the belt. Then a
second cluster is placed in front of the
n on the plait. Square epaulettes
pointed at the outward corner are set
under the side plat, and passing over
the shoulder, are shaped in the back
as in the front. The crush scolIar
fastens on the side, having two frilled
ends meeting on each side. The crush
belt ties on the left side in a handker.
chief knot, which consists of two
pointed ends tied in a knot, with one
on top and the other down ~diagonallv
against the wearer. A perfectly
plain waist may be remodeled
by adding a crush collar and
belt of fancy silk, also a wide,
double boX-plait down the GEN.
ter, allowing it to drop a little over
the belt. On each side of the plat
place Il fan of lace eight inches deep,
one long edge running under the bot
tom of the waist line all around. leav-
ing the center front open so as to form
a V and narrow space below. The
fronts cut to fasten with n poiLted end
and buckled at the waist line and
three inches above the straps or ends
and buckles, and above them are large
revers and a rolling collar of brown
and blue striped silk cut on the bias
so as to bring the stripes diagonal. 4
crush collar and plastron shirred at
the neck are of plain blue silk match
ing the stripe, and shows to the waist
line. The sleeves are in Il full puff to
the elbow and close in fit below. The
skirt, of mixed blue, brown and black,
has the usual close-fitting front and
side that are fitted with a few gathers
in place of darts; it is five yards wide,
interlined ten inches deep, with ~stiffen-
ing, and laid in two box-plaits at the
top that flare toward the lower edge
Chicago Press.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-30
WORTH FIGHTING FOR.
A Hint or Two for Our Statesmen Gath
cred at Washington.

n IN "a " OhA OdbA-
cred at Washington.
The Legislators from the back coun-
ties who for years nave been trying to
make themselves solid with their con-
stituents by securing $1,000, 900 appro-
priation for the purpose of making
Mud creek navigable for ocean steam
ships now have something new and
worth while to work for.
The improvement of so-called water
ways has occupied a great deal of the
legislators attention and consumed a
"heap" of the peoples money.
Transportation by water is a right
good thing. So is transportation by
land. a few people desire to cross the
high sea. Most everyone desires to
travel the highways.
1t has dawned on the minds of people
that it is worth while to have good
means for getting about the country.
y splendid highway is n great artery
OF and pleasure.
The Legislators who do the most to
provide means for improving the raods
will come the nearest to the hearts of
their people.
There is nothing chimerical about
good roads. They are a practical, eco
nomical investment. The legislator
who succeeds i'll inducing the state to
spend money for improved roads need
have no fear of an uneasy conscience.
He can go TO bed and sleep just like a
lamb.
Let Mud creek dry up and blow away
If it wishes to. Or Bullrush bayou get
so dusty Il clam can't cross it. What do
legislators care! Good roads are the
things the people are after. And
they'll get them, too.-Good Roads.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-30

water or gas pipes or to make connec-
lions of same with houses. In these
days of engineering, it seems to me that
a continuous vault should be built I'M
der each street sufficiently large to az,
commOdate all these pipes and also a
p~assageway for workmen to get at
them. Manholes at proper distances
would permit ingress and. egress. If
built by the city,a yearly rental couldbe
charged which would be less expense to
gas and electric companies than the
constant tearing up and repairing of
pavements. Our electric subways IN
New York, l think, pay a good interest
upon the investment. And what good
streets we would have. Why not try
it on newly laid out thoroughfares be-
fore changing the old?-L. a. W. BulIe,
fin
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-30
R~ENOVATING CLOTHES.
Exercise of Care Necessary in Maxim,
New from Old.

New from Old.
Fixing over is what many women
call a knack, but it is really only the
exercise of care in sponging and turn
ing goods and making new clothes out
of old.
Black silk dresses will stand more
making over and ~rejuvenating than
any other, and sponging and careful
pressing gives new life to this fabric,
if it is really of good quality.
There are many recipes for doing the
work, but spirits of ammonia well
diluted is as good as can De wished.
Ale is also used, but you can seldom
gauge what quantity to take: the
least bit too much makes the silk
sticky and lends a very disagreeable
odor.
Black silks and all nice fabrics
should be sponged lengthwise on the
right side and ironed on the wrong
side, using a table or a board we'll
covered with flannel for the purpose.
Silks of ordinary coloring may be
washed with good soap and water,
rinsed without wringing half dried,
and put between sheets or thin paper
to dry.
Alpacas and mohairs should be
sponged in warm water, adding a tea
spoonful of borax to each pint. CASH
meres and wool goods of the same sort
should be washed in cold water, half q
teaspoonful of borax being added to
each pint and also a little good SOAP
n. Y. Mercury.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-30
THEFARMING WORLD
~PAvEMsNIs IN CITIES.
Wide Tires Would ProIong Their Useful
ness for Many Years.

H
Wide Tires Would ProIong Their Useful.
ness for Many Years.
WhenI studied rhetoric, particular
stress was laid upon Pope's rule: =
In words, as fashions, the same rule will
hold,
Alike fantastic II too new or Id:
Be not the first by whom the new are tried,
Nor yet thelast to lay the old aside.
wish to lay stress upon the fashions.
Our fashions are all set for US by those
who make our clothes, hats, shoes, and
what not.
We are all agreed that broad tires Tor
carriages, wagons and all vehicles are
best for good roads, but no one wants
particularly to set the fashion and be
fantastic" If makers of vehicles
would produce broad-tired vehicles, our
carriage friends would soon be in the
fashion and good roads would result.
II broad tires are heavier, why not try
aluminium?
A city street will be laid in granite.
asphalt OF macadam; but within a veal
it will be torn up several times to lay
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-30
Highest of all IN Leavening PoweI-Latest US. Govt Report
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ABSOLUTELY PURE

The Uses of Slag.-There is an ex-
cellent use found for Stag, that trou-
blesome material that was for such a
long time an incubus that nobody
could get rid of or turn to account.
Finally it was worked up into paint
and pavements, and now Stag bricks
are coming into favor. They are used
for building chimneys, and are about
half the weight of bricks of the same
size. A specially prepared cement is
necessary, as there must be perfect in
corporation without strengthening
bands or chains. If this experiment
stands the test of time. it will be of
great interest to scientists, and Will
open new industries, as well as furnish
a means of using an article that has
hitherto been of little value.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-30
COMBINATION MANGER.
1t Possesses Many Good Points, But Also
Some Disadvantages.

Some Disadvantages.
In the report of my visit to Crystal
Spring farm | spoke of the feeding man
ger in use there. 1t has some features
that are valuable. The sheep cannot
waste their. feed. nor can they get the
hayseed and chaff in their wool.
The accompanying cut shows an end
view, with the boards across the ends of
troughs and manager removed. The end
frames should be made of 3X3 sticks 4
feet long. Mortise them into each other
Is inches from the lower ends, making
the Manager angle IS degrees. For the
troughS use 10-inch boards IL inches
thick. Place the back trough board be-
meath the legs as shown in the cut.
They should join at the top, at the
point marked I. The outer wings of
the troughs can be put On as in making
an ordinary N-trOugh, only that the
lower edge of the one will have to be
beveled somewhat. Care needs to be
taken that the outer board of the trough
does not project far enough to invite
sheep to stand upon it and eat over the
top of the rack.
The manager is boarded tightly from
the top down to within 6 inches of the
bottom, this forming the feeding space
through which they must eat their hay.