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her hands. She was aroused into &C.
tivity again by a shrill bark, and y
scream in a woman's voice. Don had
reached the rock in safety. .~,
Only yard or two Of the twine re-
manned in the girls hand. This she
fastened securely to the painter of the
boat, which had meanwhile drifted in
and lay almost at her feet, throbbing
and trembling, as the waves broke
against its side.
Running cut wlist-deep into the
water, Margery showed the boat before
her; then, warned by wave breaking
over her shoulder and drenchinp her
to the skin, she fastened back to the
beach. For some minutes, which
seemed like hours to Margery, thryboat
remained stationary, and the pirrs
heart sank lower and lower. She
called herself wretched fool for not
having gone at once for help. She
started to run along the shore-where.
she knew not, only she could not stand
idly by while the water closed over
those she loved best on earth. It was
more than she could endure. Her feet
felt like lead, and she staggered as she
ran. She had gone but little way,
however, when, glancing over her
shoulder, she perceived that the boat
was moving from the shore. Dol must
have accomplished his errand of, kercy,
and have been understood. 4knelt
down on the sand and, with ssped
hands, prayed softly, while fol-
lowed the course of the frail vel
1t moved merrily on, now lncing
along with light, jerky movement,
now sailing straight ahead; but pres
entity the darkness of coming night
shut everything from her sight, and
Margery again covered her eyes with
her hands
Hours, dreadful, hopeless hours,
seemed to have passed, when her ear
was gladdened by the thud of al oar
against the rowlock! She dared not
believe it, but at last she ventured to
raise her eyes and saw the flash of the
dripping blades, and with frightened
gaze counted the dim forms in the ap-
preaching boat. One, two, three; an
impatient whimper announced the
presence of Don, the rescuer, the fourth
in the boat. Then the girls strained
nerves gave way, and she flung herself
upon the sand and wept as she had
never wept before.
A cold, wet nose was thrust against
her cheek, and she sprang to her feet
to find Don frisking about her, his
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DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

-RiceO0hans: Take . pint of sofs'
boiled rice; = teacupful Of fresh milk,
three well-beaten eggs, a tablespoon
full of butter, and as much wheat flour
as will make a thick batter. Bake In
muffin rings in the oven or on grid
dle.-Prairie Farmer.
Gems: Fill half a cup of molasses
with boiling water. Put one teaspoon
full of soda into half cup of hot
water, mix and add one and q half
cups of Graham flour and half tea
spoonful OF salt. Bake in gem tins
fifteen minutes. -Western Rural.
-Rhubarb Jelly: Stew about ono
pound of rhubarb till tender, with
enough sugar to taste. Pass it through
sieve, and add one ounce of gelatine
dissolved in half a pint of water.
Color with little cochineal, and pour
into a mold. This is very pretty
sweet when garnished with strips of
angelica and whipped cream.-Leeds
Mercury.
Cranberry Tarts: Stew the cram
berries in very little water until they
are well done. Rub them through a
sieve. Season them with plenty of
sugar while hot, add little spice if
the taste is liked, and let it get quite
cool. Line small plates with puff
paste. and put on a rim of the same;
fill the plates, and bake until the crust
is done.-Boston Budget.
-Foamy Omelet: Yollxs of five eggs
beaten stiff, add five tablespoonful of
milk, season. Take spider the size
of an ordinary tea plate, put in bit
Of butter; when it is hot and bubbling
pour in two tablespoonfuls of the egg,
or enough to cover the bottom of it
Cook two minutes. Place in the oven
to dry about minute. Put back on
the stove, spread one-half with two
tablespoonfuls of the whites beaten
stiff, fold over and serve.-Chicago
Record.
Fried Salt Pork: Cut in rather thin
slices, and freshen by letting lie an
hour or two in cold water, or milk and
water, roll in flour and fry till crisp Gf
in hurry, pour boiling water On the
slices, let stand a few minutes, drain,
roll in flour and fry-ss before); drain
off most of the grease from frying pan,
stir in while hot one or two ia blespoons
of -four, about half pint of new milk,
q little pepper, and salt if not salt
enough already FROM the meat; let boil
and pour into the gravy dish. This
makes nice white gravy when prop
erly made.-Farmers' Voice.
-Birdsnest Pudding: Pare and core
as many apples as will set in the dish,
fill the holes in the apples with white
sugar and grated lemon-peel. Mix as
much custard as will fill the dish, al
lowing seven eggs to quart of milk,
and season it with sugar and lemon or
peach water. Fill the dish quite full,
set it into pan with little water,
and bake it one hour Serve with cold
or wine sauce. It is very nice without
any sauce, but in that case it should be
made rather sweeter, or the apples
should be scalded in a little sugar and
water before it is baked.-Boston
Budget.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1895-07-09

eous Irvine mat of hers Don pulled
out great piece of it. and stumbled
over Don while he was strangling him
self with the cord, and ripped out an
other row."
''That mat" said Aunt Dorcas, in a
resigned tone, twill be the death Of
me. shall steal it some day and
throw it overheard. would, indeed, :"
she added, ''only Barbara is too valua-
BILE servant to lose.'
At that moment broad-shouldered
German girl strobe from the kitchen.
She snatched up pair of oars which
we're leaning against a tree and ap-
preached the shore, her face black
with wrath. In the distance the wild
bowling of a small dog disturbed the
serenity of a peaceful day.
What have you done with Don?'
questioned Aunt Dorcas, meekly.
Il hat tied him to a string" replied
Barbara. grimly. dot tog, dot Don,
dot wicked hund! tear my fine
mat. It costen me one, two, tree toll
lars, already once. This time lick
him." She tossed the oars into the
boat with a great clatter, and numbered
in after them. AS she settled herself
on the thwart, Aunt Dorcas whispered:
Nov she will sulk all the way
to the landing. wish the boat
were large enough to accommodate
yo1, dear. I only hope you won't be
lonesome. Then she added, in still
more guarded tone: Don't unfasten
Don until we are out of sight, for he
would be sure to follow us; he always
does if he can, and Barbara would be
in towering passion. Poor fellow!
How he cries; he knows we are going
on the water. Once found him wait
ing on Cults Rock. He -'
Barbara threw the oars into the row.
locks with bang, and Aunt Dorcas
stepped quickly into the boat.
"You will have mother with you
when you come back" whispered
Margery, encouragingly.
Then she stood and watched the
small vessel glide swiftly from the
beach, the oars flashing angrily in and
out of the glistening water as the sui
len German woman bent to her task.
She waited until the boat slipped be-
hind Gull's rock. The ebbing tide left
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A Natural Curiosity,

Charley, dear" said Mrs. Hunni.
mune, Il don't think that l take
enough interest in things that men
care for. Won't you tell me something
about basebau?"
''Of course. Anything that can."
1--WE noticed that sometimes when a
club gets beat it's because the umpire
doesn't do right
Yes"
''And sometimes the weather isn't
right"
"Yes.''
And sometimes because the audi
ence doesn't do right
Eyes"
''Well. Charley, dear, what want to
know is what have the players to do
with the game?'-Washington Star.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1895-07-09
STYLISH BLACK GOWNS,
New Designs for Seasonable Dress Cos
TUNES.

New Designs for Seasonable Dress Cos
tunes.
When fashionable dressmaker is
asked for astylish black gown suitable
for morning wear, both in town and
country, during the summer, she sug-
gests one that is not only extremely
chic, but is serviceable and practical
as well-a gown of black mohair with
a large collar of grass-linen and belt
of cream-white kid with a gold buckle.
1t is also further impressed upon the
purchaser that the mohair must be
very lustrous, and of the heavy yet
smooth weave, the thick threads al.
most forming basket squares, instead
of the fine, closely-woven surface ia.
miliar in alpaca. The collar of grass.
linen may be embroidered all over, or
it may be made Of many fine tuclzs with
yellow lace insertions, but it must be
very large, and of the natural ecru or
unbleached dark-linen color.
Among new designs for these gowns
women who are supplied with still
shorter jacket suits choose Paquin's
late model, a round waist with hol.
low box-plaits on an open blouse
front, and seamless back with
slightly-lapped fold extending from
each shoulder to the belt. The plaits
on the front are merely reversed box.
plaits, the box part turned in next
the lining, leaving the two edges
meeting outside. One such plat ex'
tends from each shoulder, to droop on
fha halt I'D 20
prettily decorated on the bust with
twelve small, smooth, dull gilt but
tons, six in q row down each edge,
quite near together. The open v space
from throat to belt is filled in with
plastron or chemisette of grass-linen
in fnely-tucked bands alternating
with half-inch insertions of yellow
Valenciennes, and finished around the
neck with a collar-band made Of siml-
lar tucks and insertion edged top and
bottom with narrow scalloped lace to
match. This collar is gathered in two
little frills in the back, and is hoolsse
there. A very large collarette faring
out on the sleeves and square across
the back, also of grass-linen, inser.
ton, and edgiug, continues as revers
down the open mohair front, show.
ing the plastron between. and com.
ing to a point near the belt. To dec.
crate the front further Hat bow Of
open loops in Louis Quinze fashion is
made of the yellow insertion neatly
applied on the mohair at the end of the
revers, two loops and an end being on
one side, with the same on the other,
making a complete tied bow when the
front is hooked. With this goes
white kid belt, unless the wearer pre-.
fers black satin ribbon folded on the
edge of the waist to make belt an
inch wide hooked in the back under a
very small simply-tied bow CT two
ends. The large-topped sleeves have
six gilt buttons at the wrist on the
seam disclosed by tucked batiste cuffs
basted inside and turned back. The
gored skirt five and a half yards wide
is lined and interlincd, the side
breadths folding forward in a narrow
lap on the front, and held at the top
by rows Of buttons.-Harper's Bazaar.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1895-07-09
JUST TO KEEP.
N. OAK.

Is got lot o. things ut my house
Just to keep.
rs got top ats busted,
An dog ats lost her hair,
An o doll ats made O. woosted-
But his head an tail amt therel
An got OF tin swistlc,
What my gromma give to mo,
An o regular shootin' pistol!
Yes. sir! Big as big can be!
Think such things amt good for souae:niu' 7
Well, like EN- just heap:
II they amt no good for nothin,
Why. got EN- just to keep.
tn other day. when it was rainin',
Bess an me played hide and seek,
An hid up in the attic,
Where heard somefn' 60 ''skreek!"
Bet Is scared! But 'twa'n't no COLLINS
Only my ma sittin' there
By OIL chest full O. f1Xin's
AT amt seen no one wear
Was lot O. little dresses,
All in pink an blue an white;
My ma she'd been cryin' on em,
An she Rugged me awful tight!
When I asked her why she's cryin',
What it was at made her weep,
She says: "Kothin', darlin', nothin';
Just some old things-just to keep"
m(-Charles f. Mcclure. in Chicago Post
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1895-07-09
BARBARA'S DOOR-MAT.
by JULIA X. LOTIN,

J n 7 D O R C A S
stood on the white
b e a c h, ne ar a
brightly-pa i n t e d
boat, tapping her
foot impatiently.
"W hat on earth
an k e ep t h a t
girl?" S h e co mi
planned. 1--WE shall
be late"
Margery laugh
cd. she is moan
ing over TAT hid
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1895-07-09

His Business. ought to see
that fellow strike balance" II sup
pose he's bool1keeper?' No. he's
professional juggler. '-Detroit Free
Press
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1895-07-09
A Doubtful Question.

Jack Uppers-Say, Scadds, could you
lend me hundred?
Scadds-That's not the point, don't
you know. could lend it, but could
I get it bacl1?-Texas Siftings
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1895-07-09

A lady of genius will give genteel
air to her whole dress by well-fancied
suit of knots, as a judicious writer
gives spirit to a whole sentence by a
single expression.-Gay
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-10-12
Cost of Egg Production.

Estimates have placed the lost of
one dozen eggs at as high a figure as
lie, but some e~xperimenters find the
cost to be &c. At the experiment sta
tons, where every pound of food is
weighed, and but little waste mate
rial can be used, the cost is greater
than the average on the farms. 1t
has long been accepted among poultry
men that five pecks of corn or wheat,
or the equivalent thereof, will main
tain a laying hen n year At pres
ent prices this would be about 65c a
year. We do not believe that the
cost is so much when hens are on
ranges, as they need little or no feed
in the summer. The prices of all
kinds of grain of course regulate the
cost of eggs at present prices for feed,
provided land that is the main point
the hens are good layers. should not
exceed Sc. This does not include
shelter or labor in caring for the
flock. If the hens are Indifferent lay
ers and the egg production Is small.
the cost may reach as much a. I5c 4
dozen. but such is q seldom orrur-
renee. Hartford Times.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-10-12

FOR SALE.-Fine four room brick dwelling
u with cellar, Summer kitchen and out
buildings. Good cistern and fine orchard. Lot
l2xls0 situated on corner of Sprigg and North
Streets. Title perfect. For further informa-
ton call on H. S. Deane. Real Estate Agent,
Cape Girardeau, Mo.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-10-12
NItssouri's Bic Products.

St. Clair county will have Yer 100
900 bushels Of apples for sale.
An early rose potato ten and one
half inches in length has been dug
ont of a garden in Springfield.
In Benton county you can raise 400
bushels of onions to the acre and they
sell at twenty-five cents a bushel.
Charles Lundstrom brought to the
editor of this paper a fine sweet pota-
to. 1t weighed a fraction over 43
Ounces-not quite four pounds Rich-
land Cyclone.
The lead and zinc mines in south
west Missouri are turning out over
one hundred thousand dollars worth
of II weekly and at prices that make
mining profitable.
One of Missouri's most truthful pa
pers tells of a farmer who recklessly
made a hole in one of his potato hills
last week. A bushel and a half of
potatoes ran out before he could stop
the hole.
Another specimen of Galloway
county corn was brought to this Of
flee by Mr.. VIM. Rice, Sr. The stalk
is so extraordinary that we hesitate
o report it, for fear of being accus-
ed of extravaganza. 1t, however, has
seven fine ears grown upon it and
four nubbins. Cedar City Chronicle.
The half has not been told of old
Buffers fruit crop. John Richard
son told the editor about some very
large, yellow free-stone peaches that
measured nine inches in circumference.
and that twelve o~rdinary-sized peach
es of the same variety, picked from
the ground just as they fell, weighed
four and a half pounds. Poplar Bluff
Citizen.
\ stalk of corn sixteen feet in
height and eleven feet to the second
ear, a sunfiOwer sixteen feet high and
an a of orn fourteen inches in
length, a watermelon weighing forty
one and three-fOurth pounds. a squash
weighing n%inety-four pounds and "a
quantity of immense beets and pump
kins are among exhibits at the fair.
kriksville Grarphic.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-10-12
AHLETS.

FOR S~ALE-Twenty acres of good land in
Il high state of cultivation, inside of CITY
limits, located on good county road. For price
and terms apply to Mrs. Victoria Beaudean at
the old jacob Beaudean farm. ml4n5-6mw
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-10-12

"ANTED:-An honest, active gentleman or
w lady to travel for established, reliable
house. Salary $50, payable SIS weekly and
expenses. Situation permanent. References.
Enclose self-addressed stamped envelope, The
Dominion Company, SS Omaha Building, Chi
cago.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-10-12

"ANTED-To borrow eight hundred dollars
w on improved town property in a live little
town in Southeast Missouri, at eight per cent.
interest. Property is worth SllOO. 90 For fur
ther information address this office.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-10-12

FOR RENTING nice residence h~Ouses-al-
Il most new and located on q good street that
is graded and graveled. For further infOrma-
ton call on John st. Ayit, ST., at John st. Avit
4 Sons grocery store.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-10-12

The prompt and decisive action Of
the Texas Legislature with regard 10
priZe-fighting reflects great credit up
on that body and upon the State which
it represents. There is nothing what
ever to be said in defense or ~eXtenua-
ton of such contests. as they are now
conducted. They had a certain claim
to public indulgence in former times
by reason of being true tests OF skill.
strength and courage, with no other
object than that of determining the
relative merits of the combatants.
But in our day they have ~degenerated
into mere exhibitions of brutality for
strictly mercenary purposes. The
fighting is not done in the interest of
science or to decide the question of
superiority between the rival claimants,
but to draw a big crowd and secure
large gate receipts. 1t is money that
the fighters are after, and nothing
else. They are not animated by any
idea of professional honor or any
honest desire to see which is the better
man according to given methods and
standards. If they were thus minded,
if they cared only to meet and fight
out a difference of opinion in that
respect. they could easily find oppOr-
tunity to do so without interruption.
1t would only be necessary for them
to repair quietly to a barn, a back
room, or a nook in the woods. where
they could pummel each other to their
hearts content, and society would
know nothing about it.
There would be no prize-fights
if they had TO take place in
the presence of only a few friends,
with the money of the combatants
and their hackers alone in sight.
The present system involves the
idea of q great amphitheatar, filled
with spectators who have paid a snug
fee of admission, which is to say that
the affair is made particularly often
sive to the public sense of propriety
and decency. Texas has done well to
prohibit such disgraceful spectacles
within her borders. and to declare
participation in them Il felony: and
the few remaining States in which no
law of that kind exists should hasten
to follow her example. The prize-fight
OF Il period is nothing more nor
less than a device for putting money
into the pockets Of the fighters and
the spectators who cooperate with
them: and no soif-respectin@ commu-
nifty can afford 70 tolerate a thing 80
scand&loEs and degraded. There IS
no difference of opinion upon this
subject among mtelI;gcutxuu reputa-
bile people anywhere. Whatever the
prizc-rIn@ may have been in former
times. when 1t received the sanction
and patronage OF Tie better classes. iii
has nov become a auisaur. and an
ahominatioa. Tho moral sentiment
OF the age is decidedly ana uncoudi-
tionalIy against IT. and It mas no right
Of survival. Il is "a thing 10 be dealt
with IN "a spirit of relentless hostility.
as 81 relic of bavbari-u: and the fact
/, is generally receiving such
treatment signifies that it can not en-
dune much Ionger in any part OF the
rivtliy.E world -,r,E. I~.-r,.ar-
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-10-12

FOR SALE-Residence of the late Judge
David C. Hope, corner Independence and
Fountain street, Cape Girardeau, Mo, Apply
to .JNo. A. HoPE
Jackson, Mo.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-10-12
LOCALS.

The best is just what!syou need and
must have. Goods of that quality are
found at Haman's shoe store, lis
Main street.
September begins to show a revival
in trade. Hannah is doing a nice
business this month in Boots and
Shoes.
The shoe leather worn out by the
people of the United States annually
is worth $50, OOO, 900. Humans stock
is included in that estimate.
We don't hear as much about hard
times" as we did a year ago. Better
business is found and Hannah is doing
his share of it.
Currency discussions are on ever
more and Haman is beating them all
with his proof that a dollar goes as
far as ever.
Call ut Humans for your next pair
of shoes. is Main street.
School days once more. and school
shoes galore nj Humans. is Main.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-10-12
lIrs. Margaret Henderson Dead.


Died a. tho residence OF Judge j.. r.
Henderson, in Shawnee township, Mrs.
Margaret 3. Henderson, in the eighty
sixth year OF her age. She was The
daughter OF Col. Samuel 3. Mcknight
and widow OF Cyrus Henderson. both
OF whom were pioneers in this section
offNIissouri and prominent in its early
history. she a . member Of the
Presbyterian church for more than
sixty years ana leaves Il large circle
of relatives and friends with whom her
memory will eve be precious. Her
remains were inferred in the cemetery
It the Presbyterian church near Poca-
hOntas. Missouri. "
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-10-12
DUMAS GOLDEN RULES.
Prescription for Health, Wealth and
Wisdom.

AoNoAA
walk two hours every day: sleep
seven hours every night: go to bed
always alone if you need to sleep: get
up as soon as you wake: eat only
when you are hungry, and drink only
when you are thirsty: and eat and
drink always slowly.
Never speak except when it is &C.
essary, and eve say lore than half
of what you think. Never write any
thing that you cannot sign, and never
do anything that you cannot avow.
Never forget that others will count
upon you, and that You must never
count upon them. Value money at its
real worth. neither more nor less. It
i a good servant. but a bad master.
Keep away from women until You
are -. and avoid them when you are
20. Never attempa 10 produce any
tli1g without u thorough understands
inc OF what you undertake.. and de-
-.noy &s little - possible.
Think OF death every morning
-laa yoI sec the light. and every
evening on the approach of darkness.
When your sUEarings are treat look
your grief in the face: it will console
you itself and teach YOU something.