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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-21


Brice, but not like that central belt The
southern people will be surprised at the
good times which are coming to them.
They have an undeveloped empire, with
mighty possibilities, and the growth of
their section will be for them phenomenal
1t will not, however, compare with that of
the region have referred to-"
Handling Millions.
Senator" said I, you were a poor boy.
you have had to hustle, and hustle hard
for the dollar. Now, wonder how it
makes a poor boy feel to handle and control
Millions"
There is no difference between handling
millions and handling cents" replied Sem
ator Brice. "It takes no more exercise Of
brain power to do great things than to do
little ones. l exercised just as much
thought on my small operations as 1 do
now On MY large ones, and 1t was fully as
hard to succeed with the little as the big
1t is much like driving a horse. You may
drive one worth 500 or one which is worth
100000. 1t takes no more muscle nor care
to drive one than the other"
Some Secrets of Success.
You say. Senator, you are not a presi-
Dental candidate, and that you prefer to
devote yourself to business. Have you a
great ambition to succeed in this way?
What is your highest ideal? What do you
hope to do? What is the end?'
II don't know that I have any ambition
in that way" replied Senator Brice 81
have never planned far ahead. never set
point to work for, and striven with all
my force for years to gain It, My life has
been very FULL and 1 have always aimed to
do what was in front of me, with not
much thought for the far future. That is
what am doing today"
That is probably one of the secrets of
your great success, Senator is 1t not?'
Yes, I suppose so.'' replied the million
aire. 81 have concentrated my efforts on
the things before me- and have thus been
able to throw all my force into the work
Had my energies been frittered away on
schemes for the future, l might have done
worse"
But, Senator" said I, "can you hold
yourself in check, and keep to the present?
Have you, in short, always perfect control
over that entity which you call yourself?'
can think of my business or not, as /
office. l never worry. 1 have passed
through several financial panics, and have
seen things looking very dark at times. 1t
has never affected my mental equilibrium.
I have just gone ahead, doing the best /
could with the things in front of me- and
have always come out not much the worse
for the wear"
Then, l suppose, you sleep well, SEN
ator?" said l.
Always. and that when 1 please. I
could lie down on that table now and go to
Sleep"
New York Men Not Giants.
How about New York business men,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-04-06
Last Years Gown,

A style very useful for renovating
;he bodice of a last years gown is to
cut it in a low square front and back,
filling in this open space with some
new bright contrasting fancy silk or
satin material. To conceal the joining,
use is made of twisted ribbon, a row of
pretty jetted gimp, or a band of velvet
with rosettes and shoulder bows for
additional lining. If the sleeves are
not voluminous enough for present
fashion, large puffs may be added,
matching the silk or satin guimpe. using
the best portions of the old sleeves for
the forearm parts of the new sleeves.
or a very full ruffie of lace may be set
above the original sleeve. thus pro-
ducing a distended appearance from
shoulder to shoulder. Many other de-
vices are resorted to for changing
sleeves that are not wide enough. such
as pointed insertions of piece velvet or
insertion bands of gimp jet, lace or
ribbon producing a stripped effect; al
so Hungarian caps, shoulder-capes,
epaulets, and narrow puffs set in full
at the top of the sleeve and tapering
to a point at the elbow.-N. y. Post.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-04-06
To Light the Dinner Table.

Candelabra are very pretty things If
there be any in the family, but they
are expensive to buy, and Jour silver
candlesticks are. on the whole. more
useful and ornamental. NOWADAYS
there are candles in the market war
ranted not to drip, and made not who'll
ly of wax, but of some composition
which burns brilliantly and slowly.
They average eight to the pound, and
cos something like twenty-five or
thirty cents a pound. No light is so
satisfactory or SO becoming as candle
light. When the great question of il
Elimination and flowers is settled, there
remains n more opportunity for in
dividual taste. for bonbons, sailed al
monds and olives may be disposed here
and there in small dishes of cut glass
or silver. Perhaps these are too luxuri-
Gus for human natures daily food in
your household or mine, but now and
then when we have company we may
indulge in them. philadelphia Press.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-04-06

ment to the cows, but at the best they
are not wholly comfortable, and to do
her best a dairy cow must at all times
be comfortable. There is another plan
which is shown in the accompanying
illustration. The COWS are hitched
with chains that slide up and down
upon a rod. two cows in each wide
stall. or one in a narrow stall as
preferred. There is a solid partition
between the stalls and the cribs,
a hinged doc admitting the head
of each COW to her crib at feeding
time. When the ration has been eaten
the doors are closed and buttoned,
which forces the cows to stand back
until their hind feet come to the edge
of the gutter, and to lie down ais. in
that situation. When the doors are
upon the platform while the cows
have been standing ahead feeding is
scraped into the gutter, and the COWS
left until the next feeding.
Where the manure cellar is under
the cattle it will be found most con-
venient to have the nj traps in
the raised walk, as shown, rather than
in the bottom of the gutter, where
they are buried beneath the anu
and filthy to handle. Handy shelves
that are hinged and folded against the
wall when not in use are shown at the
rear of the raised walk. The doors
admitting the cows heads to the cribs
in front will be found exceedingly
convenient when feeding grain, roots
or ensilage. One can then put the
ration in the crib without molestation
from the horns or nose of the animal,
eager to get at its breakfast or dinner.
The door can then be unbuttoned and
allowed to swing in against the side
of the crib, when the cow can come
forward and eat The CRIB can be
made TO fold down against the outside
of the partition if more room is desired
at any time in the feeding floor
American Farm Journal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-04-06
GARDEN AND ORCHARD.

POULTRY for the plum and hogs for
the apple orchard.
TREES should never crowd one an
other in the orchard.
MAKE the garden long enough to
work handily with a team.
IN pruning remember that diseased
wood will never become sound.
ANNUAL manuring of the orchard
will help in securing annual crops of
fruit.
A Rec that has plenty of room to
grow naturally needs very little trim
ming.
IF a tree makes a slow growth it is
advisable to cut back the shoots a lit
tie in the spring.
SUNLIGHT is absolutely necessary to
the health and growth of the tree and
the production of good fruit.
IT is a mistake to set trees in or
around the garden. The vegetables
need all light and sunshine possible.
MORE benefit will be derived from
burying bones near grape vines, if care
is taken to break them up fine before
putting them in the ground.
ONE of the best and easiest ways of
propagating currants is by using wood
of last seasons growth cut into pieces
six or eight inches long.-St. Louis Re-
Dublic.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-04-06
Decline of Half Mourning.

Half mourning is no longer worn TO
any extent, lavender, and all the violet
shades, gray and black and white. be-
ing now used as out of mourning
colors too generally to give them their
former significance. OF course the
bereaved one does not change abruptly
from deep mourning to bright colars
She naturally adopts substitute colors
first and returns to ha5itual wearing
apparel by gradual transition, but the
hard and fast rules regarding the man.
ner of it is left to individual prefer
nce.-Philadelphis PrssA
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-04-06
HUMOROUS.
IA designing man Ihate!" cried Nell,
With Scornful head erect.
And yet within a year she loved
And wed an architect


And wed an architect,
N. o. Times-Democrat.
"A Great Risk.-He-"A little knowl
edge, don't You know, is a dangerous
thing" Shelves, l know. Have you
had your life insured?"-Detroit Free
Press.
Eff women" said Uncle Eben. Am
ez contrary ez some folks 'clah's dey is,
de bes' way ter git 'em out of wantin'
suffrage am ter tell 'em dey gotter
vote."-Washington Star.
-Wife-'I am afraid you are not en-
loving my dinner. What are you think
ing of" Husband-'I was thinking
that there must be misprints in your
cook-book."-F1iegen de Batter.
Its all nonsense. dear. about we'd
ding cake. l put an enormous piece
under my pillow and dreamed of no
body" "Well?" And the next night
/ ate it and dreamed of everybody
Life.
IT is astonishing what a poor
memory | have" complained the sad
faced man with the yellow goatee.
NUN, l. Can CNCH IChACAAbtl a SA@4Oh-
ing-room funny story."-Indianapolis
journal.
-Green-"I'm dreadfully troubled
with insomnia. l simply can't 20 to
sleep at night" Brown-"Why don't
YOU make up your mind that you have
to catch a midnight train and resolve
to STAY awake?"-N. Y. Herald.
-Meekly-"I think we will have
rain, nv dear" Mrs. Meekly livery
strong-minded)-"You presume beyond
YOUR province. When did 1 authorize
YOU to use the plural. l am going to
have some rain."-PhiladeIphia In
quirer.
-'sScribbleton Rimes has the Du
Maurier craze the worst of anybody
I've vet seem" said a young man.
What has he been doing?' HE asked
me Yesterday if l didn't think the feet
in his poetry reminded one OF Trilby's-'
Washington Star.
A barber, after applying some
sticking-plaster to a cash made with
the razor, prepared, nothing daunted,
to continue the operation. Customer
Il only fight up to first blood. The
duel is at an end; let us shake hands
II Motto per Riders.
Gentlemen, 1 can't lie about the
horse: he is blind in one eye" said the
auctioneer. The horse was soon
knocked down to a citizen who had
been greatly struck by the auctioneer's
honesty's. and after paying for the
horse, he said: You were honest
enough to tell me that this animal was
blind in one eye. Is there any other
defect?' 'Yes, sir, there is He is also
blind in the other eye" was the prompt
Fsply."-Tit-Bits.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-04-06
FOR COWS.
Making Dairy Animals Comfortable an
Keeping Them Clean.

Making Dairy Animals Comfortable ana
Keeping Them Clean
Clean cows and comfortable COWS
the two factors go together in making
the dairy business profitable. 1 have
worked hard to keep cows clean in
their stalls, but could never succeed
until l had them hitched on a plat
form at least eight inches above the
bottom of the gutter, and arranged so
that their hind feet would come just at
the rear edge of the platform. Then
no manure falls upon the platform and
the COW is always dry and clean.
1t requires some skill, however, to SO
arrange the cows as to stanchions. or
ties, that they will stand naturally,
and for most of the time, with their
hind feet just at the real edge of the
platform The upright stanchions will
accomplish this, and where they are
made to swing from side to side they
allow considerable freedom of move.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-04-06
VEGETABLE.
A Description of Endive. and When an,
How TO Grow It.

A Description OF Endive. and When and
How TO Grow 1t.
What is endive and how is it grown?
we are asked. Its leaves make a SPLEEN
did salad when properly blanched, and
one that is very useful, as it comes in
after lettuce is gone. 1t may be grown
at any season. but is usually grown for
use late in the fall. For an early crop
SOW in April, in drills Is inches apart,
and later on thin out to IL inches in the
rows. 1t can also be sown in beds and
~transplanted to the above distance after
attaining sufficient size. The main
sowings are made in June and July.
Ordinary good soil and cultivation is
all it requires. When nearly full
grown it is blanched in the following
manner Gather up the leaves and tie
them by their tips in a conical form,
thereby excluding the light and air
from their inner leaves, which then
blanch to a beautiful yellowish white.
This process takes two to five weeks,
according to the temperature, bleach
ing fastest in warm weather. An
other method is to lay clean boards
right over the plants which excludes
the air and light. Tie up at different
times as it only keeps a short time
after blanching. For winter use take
up with earth and store in frames or a
dry cellar. One ounce sows 100 feet of
drilL-Farmers' Voice
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-04-06
Beware OF Ointments for Catarrh Tha:
Contain Mercury,

Beware Of Ointments for Catarrh Tha:
Contain Mercury,
Is mercury will surely destroy the sense OF
smell and completely derange the whole
system when entering it through the mi
cous surfaces. Such articles should never
be used except on prescriptions from rep
utable physicians, asthe damage they will dc
is ten fold to the good you can possibly de-
rive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure man.
ufactured by F. ] Cheney & Co., Toledo, C.,
contains 10 mercury, and is taken inter.
nally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. In buying
Halls Catarrh Cure be sureyou get the gen.
uine. It is taken internally. and made in
Toledo, Ohio, by F. j. Cheney & Co. Test.
monials free.
Il Sold by Druggists, price &c. per bottle.
Halls Family Pills. Is cents.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-04-06
HOME HINTS AND HELPS.

Vanilla Waters: Once cup of su.
gar, t~wo-thirds cup butter, four table
spoonfuls milk, one tablespoonful
vanilla. one egg. one and a half tea
spoonfuls cream of tartar, two-third
teaspoonful of soda, flour enough to
roll out we'll: roll very thin.-Orange
Judd Farmer.
Brown Bread: One cup each of rye
meal and Indian meal, one-half cup of
moiasses, one ~teaspoonful of soda, a
little salt. Mix with cold water quite
soft. Put into tin pail, cover and bake
two or three hours; about half an hour
before it is done remove the cover in
order to dry off the top.-Boston
Budget.
dressing for Cabbage and Lettuce:
-Four tablespoonfuls vinegar, one table
spoonful salt, u tablespoonful mus
tard, one tablespoonful sugar. Put
into dish of boiling water and add
piece OF butter size of an egg. Beat
n egg stir into this. which makes
it thick; add cream to thin it a little
and a pinch OF cayenne pepper.-Orange
Judd Farmer.
-Fannie's Apple Fritters: Beat the
yolks of two eggs, add one tablespoon
full of sugar, add, slowly one cupful of
milk made a little more than milk
warm" then add two cupfuls of -four
sifted with one heaping teaspoonful of
baking powder and a little salt, and
lastly two beaten whites. Stir in tiny
slices of good sour apples. Drop in hot
lard. Serve with sirup.-Good House
keeping.
-Haddock Stewed in Milk: Dissolve
an ounce of butter in a frying-pan, add
a half pint of milk, stirring it to pre-
vent burning. Then take three dried
haddock, skin. and divide each into
two fllets. Stew fer about q quarter
of ar hour, or till the fish is thorough
ly cooked. Place the fillets neatly on
a hot dish, thicken with milk and pour
over. Serve very not for breakfast
Leeds Mercury.
Cream Cheese: Is much liked by
some epicures. Take sour cream. salt
it slightly and hang it up in a linen
bag to drain until dry. This takes two
days or more. Then put in a deep dish
still in the bag, and let it ripen for a
week, sprinkling it with salt daily.
Good for luncheon. These are but a
few of the many forms in which milk
may appear to advantage on the coun-
try table.-Lina Dalton, in Country
Gentleman.
-Minnehaha Cake: One cup sugar,
one-half cup butter, yolks of two eggs
and whole of one, two cups -four, one
half cup milk. one teaspoon cream tar.
tar, one-half teaspoon soda. This
makes three layers. Filling: Boil one
cup sugar with little cold water until
it will crack when dropped into cold
water, then remove from the stove and
stir into the white of one egg beaten
to 4 stiff froth, then stir in one cup of
raisins chopped and stoned.-Harper's
Bazaar.
Cabbage Salad: Have the cabbage
chopped fine and in a deep dish. Put
in a srew-pan, over a rather hot fire,
n cupful of thick sour cream. Stir
in while heating the yolks of three
well-beaten eggs. Add a half a tea
spoonful each of mustard and sugar
and butter the size of an egg, with a
dash of white pepper and salt. While
cooking, stir in half a cupful of strong
vinegar. This makes a smooth, thick
dressing, with a delicate creamy taste,
superior to the old method. Pour over
the cabbage while hot, and mix
thoroughly.-Prairie Farmer.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-04-06
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Preston E. Egleston, colored, tooh
The first prize in an oratorical contest
recently held at the University of In.
diana, his subject being Abraham
Lincoln" He is the son of a barber.
and one of two colored men in the uni.
versity.
Henry NJ. Stanley is about to pub,
lish a new book. MY Early Travels
and Adventures" in which he will give
h story of the campaign against the
Indians in 1867; his travels through
Turkey, Armenia and Persia, and the
opening of the Suez canal.
-Babu Pratap Chandler Rov. wnc
translated the Mahabharata into En-.
glish, died recently in Calcutta. Nine,
ty-two parts of his translation have
already appeared, and only eight re-
main to be published. The work is
eight times as long as the "Tliad" and
Odyssey" combined
Norman Mcleod, of Mcleod. for
sixty years chief of the clan, died re-
Gently in Paris, aged 50. He was TWEEN
ty-second in regular male descent from
Olaf Olors, king of Man and the Isles in
1881. Though Highland chief, he was
for many years director of the science
and art department of the South Ken
sington museum.
a copy of Dickens "a Tale of Two
Cities" in the original parts brought
S65 a: a late London sale. "Pickwick'
in the original wrappers fetched sci; a
first edition Of Robinson Crusoe" S2l5,
and Tales and Quick Answers"
tShaF espeare's jest book. the COPY be-
longing to Thackeray, with original
drawings by him on the margins. So.
-AriurralIman, ameer of Afghanis-
tan, Is one of the most interesting
despots in the world. He is over fifty
years Of age, a man of great stature
and colossal strength, with a broad,
massive countenance and brilliant
black eyts. He is a man of great in
tellectual power and of a wide range
of informa ito q. He is feared BIZ his
enemies ard adored By his friends.
-Du Maurier is writing another
novel, but he frankly acknowledges
that it will not make the hit achieved
by ''Trilby." Those who know some
thing in detail about the work upon
which he is now engaged speak of it
as a much more artistic story than
either of his former novels, but fear
that the tremendous popularity of
''Trilby" will operate to hurt the sale
of the new book.
Miss Julie Cooper, a niece of Peter
Cooper, is the one of the family on
whom the great philanthropist's man
tie has fallen, though the public knows
but little of her wide charities. She is
a handsome woman of the world who
conceals as far as possible her constant
good works. She supports a kinder
garten entirely at a cost of $500 a
month, and that is only one item in a
long list.
"A manuscript volume of five hun
bred folio pages, written in the seven
teenth century. full of poetry hitherto
unpublished, was recently discovered
in the library of Trinity college, Dub
lin, by DIR. A. B. Grosart. 1t contains
a Farewell to Fortune written by
Bacon after his fall, a New Years
greeting to the countess of Chester
field by Massinger. an Epithalamium
in the handwriting of Thomas Ran.
dolph, poems by beaumont and Cyril
Tourneur, and a great many minor
poets.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-04-06

which he uses successfully. Seta post.
a. in the fence line of any desired
length and stretch as many strands
of wire as wanted. Unreel the strands
to within a foot of the post and fasten
securely to a 2x4 scantling d. Two
long bolts. C, C, of 24 feet OF there
abouts. with long threads and burrs,
are placed through the center of the
post. The scantling may be kept in
place by resting on blocks After the
strands are securely fastened to the
scantlipgs. with a wrench twist the
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-04-06

bolt and draw the wires tight Two
sections may thus be frightened at the
same time, but numerous sections can
not be frightened as readily. as the
strain is taken up along the line and
the tension equally distributed unless
nailed.-Farm and Home.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-04-06
Ask Aid,

If you are troubled with malaria, coustira-
ton, biliousness, kidney trouble or dyspep-
STA, of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. audit
will be speedily forthcoming. Nervousness,
loss of appetite and sleep, and a loss of Wig
or, are also remedied by this restorative.
Physicians of eminence indorse it, a valu-
able confirmation of the verdict of the peo-
pie and the press. Take it regularly.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-04-06
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ABSOLUTELY PURE

knights Errant were exactly what
they are described by Cervantes in
Don Quixote'-wandering adventur-
ers, ready to succo the distressed or
engage in any enterprise that promised
a pecuniary or other reward.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-04-06

"DoN'r pull yer gun in this here court.D
said the Judge. You've got to respect the
dignity what yoh see lynn roun' loose here.
an if you kill a mar while courts in session
III tine you fer contempt!"-Atlanta Consti-
tuition.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-04-06

"SoMETIMEs," said Uncle Eben, when or
man tells you he's discouraged he doan'
mean muffin by it 'ceptin' dat he's bout
made up is min ter be good an lazy de res
Oh his life. "-Washington Star.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-04-06

AwRITER says that the sense Of humor very
rarely exists in children under twelve years
old. This writer evidently has never seen q
ive-year-old child prying open the eyes of Q
four-days-old kitten.-Texas Siftings.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-04-06

For Whooping Cough, Piso's Cure Is a
successful remedy.-M. P. DIETER, 81 Throop
Ave, Brooklyn, NY, Nov. IA, 'et.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-04-06

PIT 4 smile on your face when you go on
for a walk, and somebody will be helped
RAMS Horn.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-04-06
FENCES.

A P~eunsylvanian's Easy Way of Drawing
Wires Taut.
Wire fences are frequently difficult to
tighten. Edwin G.. Walker. of Butler
county, Pa, sends the plan below,