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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-03-30
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.
Clara Louise kellogg, whose S,

Clara Louise Kellogg. whose swees
voice once charmed two continents, il
living in New York in comparative
poverty. Once she was worth nearly
81. 0O0, 900, but it has all been swept
away by unfortunate business ventures.
The once famous woman has lost her
voice entirely, and has no way of re-
coupling her shattered fortunes.
Senator ]. C. P%ritchard, of North
Carolina, says that his father was a
Union man. but was drafted into The
confederate army. Senator Pritchard's
last recollection of him is seeing him
mounted on a horse, his feet and hands
bound, on his way to the front, where
he died, an unwilling conscript in a
cause in which his sympathies were
not enlisted.
-"Ill Hang My Harp OF a Willow
Tree" has attached to it 4 bit OF royal
romance. 1t was written by 4 young
nobleman. who became deeply enam-
ored of Queen Victoria a year OF SO be-
fore she assembled the English throne,
which event destroyed his hopes of
winning her hand. The words first
appeared in an English magazine, and
were set to music by Wellington Guern-
sey.
Not very long ago the duke of Nor
folk, while walking through the
streets of London, happened to see an
old lady in evident distress. She want
ed a cab and could not attract the cab
mans notice. His grace called a We
hicle and saw her into it safely. To
his surprise he found three coppers
slipped into his hand, and the old lady
said: There you are my man; go and
get yourself a glass of beer"
Mr.. Wilcox, the husband of the
poetess of passion, is a common n
business man, with one big piece of
sentiment in his disposition-that is
his love for his wife. On one occa-
sion, when he was travelling, he placed
six Or seven photographs of his wife
on the mantel of his in the hotel.
The pert chambermaid, whisking them
off with her feather buster, electrified
the loving spouse by exclaiming: MY!
What a lot of girls you've got!"
Prince Henri of Orleans, son of the
Due de Chartres, who was in Madagas-
car and is now travelling in Asia, was
recently provided with a conseil ju-
diciare by a Paris tribunal, on the APP
plication of his father. This is the
French method for saving the property
of ~prodigals who spend their money too
fast; it puts the administration of the
princes property in the hands of the
guardian appointed by the court.
Prince Henri is twenty-seven years old.
Edward Everett Hale's remark that
there has not been a good Phi Beta
Kappa poem at Harvard since Oliver
Wendell Holmes in 1885 is gener-
ally Endorsed. The Boston Herald
recalls Bret Harte's extraordinary
performance, approaching the ridicu-
lous, in this line, when, fresh from the
applause of Truthful James and All
Sin, he read some very frivolous verses
before his august audience. To ac-
centuate the absurdity, the poet wore
green kid gloves or the occasion. In
those days Mr.. Harte inclined to gor
geousness of attire.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-03-30
MOROUS.

Miss J.-"Does Mr.. Ponders be-
long to the smart set?" Miss K.-''O,
dear. no, Why, he's only a school
teacher."-South Boston News.
-He-'I don't believe you ever will
cook like mother did" She-"Well,
what of it? l don't a in the least"
He do; I'm everlastingly glad of it.
-Inter-Ocean.
-Uncle-''If you pass your examina-
ton l will pay all yours debts" Stu
dent-'So you want me to study SIM
ply for the benefit of my c~reditors?'-
Fliegende Batter.
The auctioneer's the queerest man
In this or any town.
He takes a thing and puts it up
And straightway knocks it down.
Browning, King & Co.'S Monthly.
But what can you do, young man?
Haven't you some special talent or
taste-some bent, as they say?" Appli-
can't (dubiously)-'No-no, not that |
can think ~of-except that l am a little
bow-legged."-Tit Bits.
Uncle George-'It is really absurd
" ii " Z Is AOA
the sake of getting a husband" Kate
Uncle George. when you sell any
thing in your business, don't you make
a time Observation-Disclosures Transcript.
The eldest of three little chaps was
sternly reproved by his mother for his
bad behavior. You are the oldest,
Cyrus" he said, land you ought to be
an example to Homer and Jack"
We'll, I'll be an example to Homer"
said Cyrus: but I won't be an exam
pie for both of 'em. Homer's got to be
it for Jack."-Boston Transcript.
why, hullo, Ranter! You stopping
here?" said Wilkins, meeting the actor
in the lobby of an expensive hotel"
Yes" Business must be good. /
didn't know you could afford a high
priced hotel like this" II can't, but,
you see, 1 haven't any baggage they
can hold for my unpaid bills, SO they're
holding me. It's a regular snap
Harper's Bazaar.
Here, old man, complained the
cashier at the restaurant, you are a
quarter shy" "a quarter whatT" asked
Uncle Reuben. "A quarter short.
Your check is sixty-five cents, and you
nave only given me forty cents" 'oh,
that there is all right. The waiter
said it was the custom to give him a
quarter for what he called a tipL"-Iu-
dianapolis Journal.
The worthy beadle in a rural dis
trict in Perthshire had become too fee
BILE to perform his duties as minister's
man and grave-digger, and had to get
an assistant. The two did not agree
well, but after a few months had
elapsed Sandy (the beadle) died, and
Tammas (his erstwhile assistant) had
to perform the last service for his late
partner. The minister, a bit of a wag,
strolled up to Tammas while he was
giving the finishing touches to the
grave and casually remarked: Have
you put Sandy weel down, Tammas?"
Il hev that. sir" said Tammas, very
decidedly. SANDY may get up, but he'll
be- among the hindmost" Halifax
Chronicle.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-03-30

overheard some of the talk of the boys
from his hiding place, which had
turned the intended joke of the young
sters on themselves.
When the situation became under
stood and the laugh went up, Ted Ban
mister was a sicker boy than when he
wanted to get to Jail a minute ago, or
expiate his supposed crime on the gal
lows.
You may have a chance to go to
Jail yet" said a sympathetic by
stander; 1.-TWO of you. at least, for it
was a clear case of burglary, taking
that wire in the way you did. And,
besides, Tom claims it as his. and Mr..
Bannister is as mad as a hornet about
it. It's worth two dollars to say the
least"
What the boys did do was to agree to
pay for the wire themselves, and the
next day Tom came and sold it back to
MIR. Bannister for n dollar and a half;
and now there is not a boy in the lot
who would not rather give more than
the price out Of his pocket money, than
hear anything said about a dead wire.
I'VE ought to have known better"
they say to one another. when the
temptation to kick themselves is
strongest; for didn't we take the
pains to tie it under the cable with a
silk cord, instead of passing it over??"
Yes; but 1 tell you these jokes don't
pay, anyhow"
And it was sure enough this one
didn't.-Golden DAYS.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-03-30
DIET AND DIGESTION,
Effects of Lack of Exercise Is Counteracted
by Care as to Diet.

by Care as to Diet.
Lack of physical exercise always, Or
nearly always, brings on trouble with
the digestive organs, and this is natur-
ally the most common ailment in
cities. 1t has therefore become a habit
with many city folk to restrict them
selves to a particular course of food,
known as dieting" Every prudent
person wishes to know what will best
agree with him, and it is the expert
ence of almost everyone that all sys-
TENS of dieting fall short of perfection.
Few persons, at the beginning, inherit
digestive organs of perfect functional
activity. Hence, a careful and proper
method of eating is a necessity for
most people of the nineteenth century.
Quantity is an important element of
the question. Nature requires a GER
tain bulk of food material. In health,
a person must at times eat other things
besides the most nourishing, or the
diet will be too much re-
stricted. A variety of food-the
greater the better, within reasonable
limits-is better than too much or too
frequent indulgence in a few articles
Thorough mastication is essential to
good digestion. This is conductive to
deliberate eating, as well as to a bet
ter preparation of the food for subse-
guent digestive action. Mr.. Gladstone
is said to have enjoyed his long-con-
tinued good health by having adopted
early in life a habit of taking twenty
five bites to each morsel of meat.
Those whose digestive organs are en-
feebled derive the most nourishment
from milk, or from a diet composed of
ground beef, toast, or thinly-sliced
bread and hot water. Proper supple
mentary exercise should be added by
the physician. 1t should always be
understood, however, that a perfect
diet includes more than a mere atten-
ton to foods and drinks. 1t involves,
for instance, regular out-of-door exer-
else as a stimulation to the action Of
the stomach.-Philadelphia Press.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-03-30

In the month of July, some four or
five years ago, / was out shooting fori-
can with a friend of mine in Guzerat.
We had had fairly good luck. and as we
were making our way to the railway
station to catch the early train back to
Ahmedabad 1 noticed my friend who
vas shooting in line on my left sudden
ly point his gun at something on the
ground and fire, and On asking what it
was he said it was a large black cobra,
and hat he had shot it in two pieces,
the head portion disappearing down a
hole. As we were in n hurry to catch
the train we went on. but very soon
heard one of the beaters calling out,
and looking back saw him running to-
ward us with the head portion of the
snake following him with the hood ex-
banded. 1t appeared that he had re-
manned behind trying to dig ont the
cobra, and the result vas that it came
out of the hole and went for him. OF
course the snake could not get much
pace on him, and was quickly killed
Journal of the Bombay Natural His-
tory Society.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-03-30

"Oh, l don't care what they do with
Us! ] can't stand it any longer. am
going to father and confess, and then
they can take me right to the Jail. l
want to be shut up where I can't see
anything or hear anyone say a word
about this. Oh, it is dreadful! Who
would have thought that wire could
have got the current? Oh, my"
And no one would have thought the
same but a pack of jabbering idiots"
sounded the voice of Mike in the boys
ear. Faith. and why hasn't it killed
the horse? Wake up, Toni" he shout
ed, in a loud voice. '.And that's a
mighty fine bundle of wire the boys
have been giving you."
The people stared at Mike as if they
thought the dreadful calamity had
driven him mad, except a few who had
heard and needed his remark about
the horse. They noticed that all the
phenomena did not just accord with
an electrical killing, and some of the
cooler-headed began to shake their
heads, and creep back from the front
ranks, as if not DESTROYS of being
caught in too conspicuous positions.
And they were none too soon about
1t, for that minute Tom responded 20
the of Mike as if it had been
a preconcerted signal, and sat up in
his wagon and began Keeling in the
new wire, after giving it a stout jerk,
to disengage it from the cable overhead.
Then busy tongues began to fly, and
it was not five minutes before every
one could tell glibly enough how he
had understood just the nature of the
hoax from the first, and had only
stayed around to help the joke on.
But the truth of the matter was, no
one fully understood it but Tom and
Mike, and it was the pointer the former
had received from the latter, after he
had seen Mr.. Bannister's bundle of wire
disappear from the alley window and
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-03-30
HOME HINTS AND HELPS.

Corn "Slappers:" One quart of
creamy sour milk, a scant teaspoonful
of ~saleratus, one beaten egg, pinch of
salt, and n tablespoonful of wheat
-four. Then make with cornmeal the
thinnest batter you can manage to
turn on the griddle, which should be
very clean and well CREASED. Drop in
small cakes.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Chicken Consomme: Take a chicken,
cut it into pieces and put it into q
saucepan with two quarts of cold
water, and let it simmer gently until
the scum begins to rise. Skim until
every particle is removed, then add
salt, a carrot, an onion and a turnip
chopped in a little celery. Boil gently
two hours, strain and serve.-Boston
Budget.
Baked Apple Pudding: Beat two
eggs, add one cupful of sugar, and
beat it well. Add one cupful of milk,
alternating with two cupfuls of flour
in which has been mixed two scant
teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Then
add two tablespoonfuls of melted but
ter. Pour this mixture into a buttered
dish, and covered well with sliced ap-
pies. Sprinkle sugar over, and a slight
grating of nutmeg. Bake one-half
hour in a quick oven. Serve with egg
or lemon sauce.-Good House
keeping.
-Beefsteak pudding is always a ia
vorite dish on a cold spring day. Line
a good-sized pie-dish with thin suet
crust. Cut up two pounds of rump
steak and half a pound of beef kidney
into thick, short pieces. Mix a tea
spoonful of pepper. half ditto of salt.
with three dessert-spoonfuls of -four.
Dip each piece of meat in this, then
arrange in the dish and add some good
gravy. Cover the dish with the remains
of the crust, tie a well-foured cloth
over, and boil slowly for over two
hours. Care must be taken that the
water in the saucepan boils before the
pudding is plunged in.-Leeds Mer-
curry.
Heirloom Indian Pudding: This
pudding might well be termed "a sur
vival of the f~ittest," as it has been in
use for more than fifty years, holding
its place IN spite of the competition of
more modern dishes, and always well
coined whenever it appears. Two table
spoonfuls of cornmeal, one cup of milk.
Boil the milk and pour on the meal,
then add half a cup of molasses, a pinch
of salt, one quart of milk (cold), a heap
ing tablespoonful of butter dotted over
the top in bits. Bake three hours in a
moderate oven.-Harper's Bazaar.
Ginger Nuts: One quart of New
Orleans molasses should be seasoned
with a tablespoonful of grated CHINA
mon, the same of black pepper, a tea
spoonful of ground cloves, and the
grated rinds of two oranges and a
lemon, stirred well together and let
stand a day. Then mix with it flour
enough for a stiff batter. four tea
spoonfuls of baking powder, and a
large spoonful of lard. Roll into strips
as thick as your finger, and cut into
nuts half a n inch long. Bake brown,
and keep apart so that they will not
Standardization Inquirer.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-03-30
THE CASTLE FAME.

dfsh On Endeavor's summit stands
The castle Fame. not made with hsads;
Where Perseverance meets renovn.
And Patience wears the victor's crewn.
Its rugged battlemerts are high.
Its ghttering turrets pierce the SKY;
And open wide its portal files,
When Genius worthily applies
But bold Is he who would ASSAY
To climb the steep and narrow way
That leads DER rocks and mountains bare,
Before you reach the castle fair.
Here giddy youth. with winged feet.
Awhile ascend. most gayly fleet:
Till. drawn aside by blooming bowers,
They fold their wings amid the flowers.
Some ~hvilcible in conceit,
Ne'er think OF possible defeat;
But failing in each trial vain,
Deride the heights they cannot gain
And hateful Folly's lustful brood.
Who plan the downfall OF the good.
Like owls and bats the shadows seek.
And dread the light that crowns the peak
But Worth tolls on with steady pace,
The certain winner Of the race;
And natures vain and vicious bands
Are left to tread earth's sinking sands.
w. Lightbourn, in N. Y. Mail and Express
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-03-30

al calendar oil
visions-from spring to summer, and
from summer to autumn, and fOm
autumn to winter-or that they phid
little attention to weeks and months,
but that they counted by holidays,
and especially by those holidays which
were of a jovial, hilarious nature in
their observance.
After the Fourth of July was past
they counted forward to Halloween,
and from Halloween to Christmas, and
from Christmas to All Fools day.
And a large part of their study and
planning between times was What
can we do next time that is new?"
They grew tired of all their old fun,
and it kept their brains on the stretch
to think up new and exciting sports
suited to the season.
And so they were racking their wits
now for some novel joke to perpetrate
on the unwary on the first day of
April. The ''unwary" meant, ADORE
all, Tom Doddridge, the junk man, who
drove a bony old horse to a tumble
down old wagon and piled a thrifty
business in bones, rags, iron and vari-
Gus other articles of barter in his line.
Tom was not overly bright, and the
boys were disposed to take advantage
of this, as they ought to have been
ashamed to do, and make him the butt
of their jokes.
They had striped his horse, and put
runner on his wagon, and crossed the
lines, so that his steed hawed when he
ought to have geed, and geed when he
ought to have hawed. So the natural
question was:
What shall we do to Tom this
timer"
Each boy shook his head and pom
dered.
Il have it." exclaimed Ted Bannis-
ter, after a painful silence, in which
new ideas were as scarce as blackber-
ries on Christmas day.
"Oh, some old trick of yours! We've
heard enough of them"
NO, honor bright, this is new. L
just thought of it. You know there
was a man shocked by the electric
wires the other day by touching a dead
wire that was hanging down, and |
heard Tom telling some of the boys
the other night that he just expected
that we would all be killed by this
n~ew-fangled way of sending lightning
shooting from one pole to another.
They say he will hardly buy a piece Of
old wire for fear it will be a dead wire
and 60 off or something and kill hin
and his horse. Now, we'll fix up
"'Sh!" from one of the boys, in a
loud stage whisper, suddenly inter.
rupted the explanation of the plan.
And the warning came mons too soon,
for Tom and his rig drove out of an
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-03-30
A FEAT.
The Marvellous Accomplishment of an In
ventiye Genius.

The Marvellous Accomplishment of an In
yentive Genius.
Jules Curzon, a Polish mechanic, who
was presented with a gold medal for
his inventions, performed a most ex-
traordiuary thing when he succeeded
in manufacturing a complete watch in
the space of eight hours, and from ma
terials on which any other matchmaker
would have looked contemptuously. 1t
appears, says Household Words, that
the car of Russia, hearing of the mar
velous inventive genius of Curzon, de-
termined to put him to the test, and
copper nails. some wood clippings, 4
piece of broken glass, an old cracked
china cup, some wire, and a few crib
bage-board pegs, with a request that
he should transform them into a time
piece. Nothing daunted, and perceiv-
ing a golden opportunity for winning
favor at the court, Curzon set about
his task with enthusiasm, and in the
almost incredibly short space of eight
hours had dispatched a wonderfully
constructed watch to the car, who was
so surprised and delighted at the work
that he sent for the maker, and con-
ferred upon him several distinctions as
well as granting him a pension. The
case of the watch was made of china,
while the works were simply composed
of the odds and ends accompanying the
old cup. Not only did it keep good
time, but only required winding once
every three or four days. This re-
markable watch Is believed to be still
in the. possession OF the Russian royal
family.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-03-30

alley close by just that minute and
were brought almost within hearing
distance.
But the boys hastily took themselves
to some more secluded spot and PLOTTED
to their hearts content against unsus
pecting Tom. 4
1t was soon all arranged to Their
complete satisfaction. though they tool
great pains to prevent anyone els
from overhearing them.
Are you sure you a get it?"-asked
one of the boys of Ted, just as they
were about to separate.
"Yes-that is. I'm pretty sure.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-03-30

Leave to attend his mothers tuner
al was thus applied for by a Lahore
baboo: by the vicissitude of time my
mother yesterday went to eternity,
and, as a rule, have TO attend her fu'
neral ceremon'es."-Household Words.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-03-30

FL guess Bliggins and Blaggins are
going to fight in a minute" exclaimed
the man who is easily excited. What
makes you think SOP They are both
telling each other that they don't want
to have any trouble with each other
-Washington Star.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-03-30

-He-'Dear Clara, will you be my
wife?" She Harry, L have tried
every sort of way to bring you to q
proposal. 1 have experimental with
the baby stare, reckoned by my friends
as particularly fetching; 1 have tried
the soulful glance, and also the down.
dropping lid; l have with apparent
artlessness led the conversation up to
a point where it seemed impossible for
you TO avoid asking for my hand and
heart; but all, all without avail. Har-
nv, / will not answe you at once. I
will think the matter over. i will
give you time. / feel that to accept
You at once were too sudden ."-Bostoa
Transcript
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1895-06-15
OUR ECHOES.

A new brass band practising is not
like brass band for there is no end
to it.
Nevada Jones' silver theories got
Bryan new coat of varnish in
New Orleans last Tuesday night,
there was Money in it, too.
The governor of Michigan has at
last acquired substantial fame. A
potato has been named after him.
Democrat Staf. He will evidently
be "mashed by all the ladies'.
The question which should be agi-
tated most in Bay st. Louis at pres
ent is how TO get (and hold it after
we get it) part of that S6eo 100000
which is circulation in the United
States.
One who has just returned from
Jordan river informs us that he saw
mills, herd cattle and was bar. red
from coming out of the river though
Its mouth is hundred or more feet
wide.
When the lines "What fools these
mortals be" suggested themselves to
Shakespeare he evidently had his
eyes on fellow-like great many
we have in Bay st. Louis-,who did
not patronize home industry.
Miss Belle Kearney, president of
the Mississippi w. c. L. U. has been
called to England to assist Miss
Francis Willard in Temperance
work. Star. 1t will be
common over there for her to see
folks as drunk as lords.
A recent editorial IN the New
Orleans Item among other things
about w. ]. Bryan said, "above all
there is in his voice ring of the
true metal" We raise an objection,
the dull thud of the $40 gold piece
enthuses best; the Hon Bryan was
too silvery.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1895-06-15
Five Cardinal Points.

1. There is not q free coinage
country in the world to-day that
is not on a silver basis.
2. There is not a gold standard
country in the world to-day that
does not use silver money along
with gold.
8. There is not silver standard
country in the world to-day that
uses any gold along with silver.
4. There is not silver stand
ard country in the world to-day
that has more than one third of
the circulation per capita that
the United States has.
s.. There is not a silver stand
ard country in the world to-day
where the laboring man receives
fair pay for his days work.-Ex-
change.