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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-05
ODD FREAKS IN JEWELRY.
New Woman Adorns Herself with Kat
tIesnake Earrings and a Pelican Brooch.

The New Woman Adorns Herself with Kat
tIesnake Earrings and a Pelican Brooch.
In the selection of her jewelry the
new woman seems to have reached he
very climax OF grOtesqueness. The con-
ventional ornaments which satisfied
her mothers soul are Unfortunately
scorned by the follower of the more eN-
IRENE modes of to-day. One of the most
astonishing ornaments with which the
up-to-date young person chooses TO
adorn her tailor-made suit is the pcli-
can brooch. This is made of gold and
Jewels. and represents the pelican il all
exceedingly dandified guise, with mon
ocle, opera coat and all the accessories
supposed to he appropriate to a bird o.
his tastes. Why it should befa'l the
pelican to have his memory perpetrated
in the form of a woman's brooch IS a
mystery, except that the new woman
has chosen him.
There are sinuous young women who
delight in affecting SinuOuS motions
and other snaky characteristics, and
who are at present making Il fad OF
snake iewelry. Rattlesnake earrings
are, perhaps, the latest. These consist
simply of the little pendant groups of
dry, dun-cclore8 rattIes which were
once attached to the snakes own tail
and used to give warning of his deadly
approach.
Not content with initiating the
snakes rattle every time she moves her
head, the adoDter of bizarre fashions is
is also wearing q snake necklace. This
IS n costly as well as a unique affair, be-
ing made wholly of gems wound in n
double coil about the throat and ending
in an exquisitely simulated s~erpent's
head. The ornament is startlin@ly ef-
fective when made of emeralds with
brilliant rubies to represent the snakes
eyes.
One of the most sensible ornameT-.
worm at present is the identification
bracelet" which in case of an accident
removes all doubt of the wearer's iden-
tity. The bracelet is an absolutely
plain band of silver or gold, unOrna-
mented in any way. On te back are
plainly engraved the wearer's name and
address. This innovation is fast at.
tanning popularity.-N. Y. Journal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-05
DAIRY

Keep no more COWS than car be fed
and handled profitably.
Sweet cream poured into that which
is sour does not all churn.
If n cows attention is attracted, she
Immediately let's down her milk.
SO far as is possible discard all COWS
that develop Objectionable habits natu-
rally.
The real test of Il COW is her perform
unce after the first three or four
months in milk.
If milk is to be used for butter or
cream, deep setting and speedy sepa-
ration give the best results.
y heifer is valuable in proportion to
the smallness of the feed required by
her to make Il pound of butter.
There are three general faults in but
ter-naking, overripening of cream.
o~verchurning and ovcrworking.
i good quantity of good. rich milk
for ten months in the year is what
every dairyman should have from every
COW in the herd.
While fat cows may present rather
q better appearance, it is pretty GER
:ain that when the mich COWS are put
ting fat on their backs they are not
putting it into the milk pail.
BY selling ~giltedged butter a dairy
mar is not impoverishing his farm.
He is selling his crops to his COWS at a
Droft. and returning the manurial ele-
ments to the farm, which becomes
more productive every year.-Rural
World.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-05
QUEER THINGS m AMERICA.

In Brooklyn, n. Y, there ere SAC suits
pending against street-car companies
brought by persons injured in trolley
accidents.
\ prospector who, with 4 companion.
bought 4 claim at Goler, on the Mojave
desert, for $50, found Il few days after
ward a SG14 gold nugget in it.
y colored man of Indianapolis ha:
been arrested for the eighth time for
stealing oats. lie never steals anything
else, and he has come TO be known as
Oats Powell"
Watches are accepted as security foI
fines by the police courts of Knoxville,
Tenn, and 20 unredeemed ones, held for
two years, are 20 be sold at auction by
the city.
An orchard 90 years old is so uncom.
mon al Missouia, Mont, that a flourish,
ing Il in which there are 100 apple
trees, some with 12-inch trunks, is made
q subject of comment.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-05

The glorious results of this seasons
harvest of golden grain will pour a stream
of sound money into the pockets OF every
Dakota farmer.
South Dakota has thousands of acres Of
choice farming and ranch land lying east of
the Missouri river, and within one days
ride from Chicago or Milwaukee, which can
now be bought reasonably cheap, but which
before the end of another year may be adj
vanced in price.
The stock raising industry in South Da-
kOta is profitable, and eastern capital is
now being invested in cattle and sheep
growing in that state.
Diversified farming, the growing of live
stock, and the products of he dairy, are
placing South Dakota foremo st in the ranks
of the successful western states.
Those desiring full information OF the
subject, and particularly those who wish to
seek Il new home or purchase land, are re-
quested to correspond with w. E. Powell,
General immigration Agent, 410 Old Colony
Building, Chicago, H., or H. F. Hunter,
immigration Agent for South Dakota, 2g5
Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-05

Even the mute animals in Meuch
Chunk bear inscriptions: Il want good
roads" We call the attention of the
borough fathers to this. According to
our way of thinking, with the amount OF
taxes realized. and the limited number
of streets to he attended to, the Swift
er1and should have streets that should
be a pride to every wayfarer. Had no:
our borough fathers better put on thei.
thinking caps and put more money int1
good roads and less in other improve.
ments?-Mauch Chunk (Ta.) Times.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-05
FARM AND GARDEN.
WORK FOR CONvlCTS.
Bad Men Can Be Employed in the Build
ing of Good Roads.

Bsd Men Can Be Employed in the Build
ing of Good Roads.
In n good many of the states the in
mates of penitentiaries are already en-
ployed, to a greater or less extent, in
improving the highways. and every
where the verdict is that good roads
have been secured where they would
not have been built for a century 70
come ii the taxpayers had been obliged
to initiate the work and bear the whole
cost of it. C%uriously enough, this most
excellent scheme has made most prog
ress in the communities where it is
connected with a prison system that is
strongly and justly reprehended. In
those states OF the south where they
have what is known as the Chain gang
SYSTEM" the idea of putting the prison
crs at work on the highways suggested
itself naturally. The convicts We're kept
in open-air camps with guards fur
nished by the state. and nothing was
more natural than to engage them in
road repair in the vicinity.
Where convicts are housed in grea:
'HiAbAhS' VI 1hO4iN anu " dlA "lINA-
they have been put to labor at me-
chanical employment, the transition Is
not so simple and natural. Still it can
be made to a certain extent, and tina:
without destroying or impeding the
work Of prison reform. In South Caro-
lima there are now said to be about COO
convicts at work on the highways, and
the value of what they have done has
produced such an effect upon the peo-
pie of the rural sections of that not par
ticulariy progressive state that county
commissioners everywhere are stirring
up the subject of systematic road cOn-
structi0n. Tennessee has a law that per
mits it, and New York has authorized q
similar experiment. It seems to us that
the New York law might very profitably
be adopted in Minnesota at the next SeS-
sion of the legislature. This contem-
plates the employment of only a por-
zion of the states convicts, to be selected
by the prison warden, probably with
the assistance and approval OF the state
board of charities and corrections. who
should be put to work on road improve
ment under tlc direction of experts
in road construction engaged by the
state.
1t is unqucstionably true hat the
work Of reforming the criminal, of
which we must never lose sight by eN-
alting the commercial motive, is en-
tirclv consistent with utilizing con-
Wet labor on the highways. There is a
very large percentage of prison popula-
ton for whom this would be the most
desirable form of labor. by iudicioUs
selection Of men, and by engaging
them in small gangs upon the highways,
it is probable that more wholesome in
tiuences might be brought TO bear upon
them even than in a well-conducted
prison itself. AZ any rate. here is IN
occupation which does not compete
with honest labor. which is available
for a great number of convicts to whom
mechanical pursuits are not naturally
adapted. and whose results would be in
the highest degree beneficial TO the
state. We believe that further expert
ment along this line should be made at
once. and hat our own community
should attempt it.-St. Paul (Minn.)
Globe.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-05
BACTERIA THAT SPOIL BUTTER.

matte flavor peculiar to fresh butter Of
specially fine flavor resulted chiefly
from the feed consumed by the cows,
and that the great difference between
winter butter and summer butter WAS
due to the difference between winter
feed and the fresh grass feed of the sum-
mer. This idea proves TO be wholly Il
mistake. The difference is due to the
varying species of bacteria that find
their way into the cream.
Having discovered this fact. the next
thing obviously was to isolate the bac-
terra that produced the proper flavor
and to make cultures of them. a..
multiply them in beef tea, gelatine, or
some other material on which they
would feed. 1t is found hat a ve:y
small quantity of such a culture, intro
duced into Il pan of cream, will effect
the desired result, the good microbes
driving out the bad ones. Thus it is
easily conceived how valuable to the
dairy farmer is a supply of a proper
culture, by which his butter product
may be made of a first-rate and UNI
form quality. To-day he is able to l.uy
the cultures. either in n liquid or III Il
dry state. in Theoretically sealed bottles.
The sealing is aIl-important. inasmuch
as the air is alive with bacteria OF all
sorts, and none not wanted must be
admitted.
There are Il good many kinds of Hac-
terra which are foes of tie dairyman.
They get into his cream and spoil his
product in the shape of butter or cheese.
Did you ever taste milk that was sour?
Probably you have. Well. the souring
is the work of a certain species of BAG
tcrium. But there are ever so MANY
other species which give a bad taste 70
the cream, even causing the butter
made from it 20 smell badly. Two Of
these are represented in figures 3 and
i accompanying this article. Figures
/ and . are the sort of bacteria which
make tirst-rate butter. Without such
as they you would probably forsai,e
that agreeable edible and take 10 cleo
margarine.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-05
ChurnInG mt Low Temperature.

The aim in churning, says Hoard's
Dairyman, should be to churn at as low
Il temperature as will bring the butter
in q reasonable length of time, and it
is an excellent plan to keep a memo
randum of the temperature of the
cream, the temperature of the room in
which the churning is done, together
with the length of time Of the churn-
ing. After such a memorandum has
been kept for awhile, one will be sur
prised at its usefulness. And, in fact,
unless one is blessed with a phenom-
email memory. a memorandum of the
dairy operations will be found to be OF
benefit.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-05
TIE GREAT LUMiNARY.

Sun sTots were first observed in the
year 1911.
Sun spots always travel from east to
west across the suns disk.
The largest sun spot on record was
seen in 1853. 1t was $4,000 miles
across.
\ writer in Nature says that the tenn
perature of the suns surface cannot be
less than $4,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
1t is claimed that the suns rays put
out fire by rarefying the air, causing i;
10 flow more slowly toward the burning
article.
In order hat the reader may make a
comparison, l will say that a bessemer
converter is never heated above 5000
degrees.
Should the earth be accidentally
moved to within a distance of 100000
miles of the sun, it would wholly dis
solve and pass away like vapor in less
than an hour.
The sun is over $780, 900 miles in diam
eter. The earth could be placed on the
inside of it, and the moon, 100000 miles
away, could still revolve around the
world, both the earth and the moon be-
ing on the inside of the great light giver.
Some astronomers, those who believe
in the "annular," or ring" theory of
creation, believe that the earth and all
the planets were once a part of the sun;
that the earth is one of the rings thrown
off by the great luminary. and that the
earth in urn threw off a ring which be.
came the moon.-St. Louis Republic.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-05
OPEN YOUR EYES,.
Go to the City and Get Rid of Conceit
and Prejudice.

20 to the City and Get Kid OF Conceit
and Prejudice.
The farmer who never leaves his farm
except when he goes to the cheese fac
tory, creamery, post office, grocery or
10 church, is usually the most con-
ceited and egotistical of all men; knows
the least about his business. makes the
poorest dairy product. and grows the
poorest and lightest crops. Ii he will
once 90 to the city and note the arrival
of his butter or fruit, compare it with
other arrivals, and note the comments
thereon, he will go home with a better
knowledge of his needs. The best ard
most profitable lesson l ever learned,
says a prominent writer in Farmers
Home Journal. was on such n trip. and
the conceit and seif-esteem | disposed
OF On that occasion would have filled 4
volume. Go some day and see for your
self. You will come home vastly wiser
and with a determination TO discard
prejudice and make butter. AS much
loss comes from using inferior pack
ages an1 poor products, ship only the
best goods, and in the most attractive
and neatest packages. You will fad
that small packages. If neat and at
tractive, sell for the best prices; there
Is no room for poor goods of any kind
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-05
The OLD STYLE White Shirt.

Very few white shirts are made nova
days with plated bosoms fastening
with buttons and buttonholes, as al
most all shirts were made 40 years ago.
Occasionally such shirts are made to
order, usually for a man of mature
years who has always been accus
toned Il wearing them, and who clings
to them from force of habit. And 4 few
fine shirts with plated bosoms are made
for southern customers, who, however,
are likely to buy themselves also shirts
of modern style.-N. Y. Sun
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-05

For the past half dozen years Warmers
Safe Cure has not been advertised in the
weekly press, the city papers having been
exclusively used. The Company manufac-
turing the old and reliable kidney and liver
medicine have, however, come to the con-
clusion that the country paper is read more
thoroughly han the city daily and better
results can be obtained by returning to the
weekly. In this they are correct, and we
hope our readers Will prove it to them by
reading the new advertisement of the War
ner's Safe Cure Co. which will he found in
another column of this paper. and acting on
the advice there found.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-05
DAIHY!NG MYSTERIES.
Improving the Butter Flavor by Certain
Kinds OF Bacteria

Kinds OF Bacteria
Among the most remarkable of re-
ent discoveries is the fact that bac-
terra ere responsible for the flavor Of
butter and cheese. After all, the pop
ular notion that these organisms are
enemies of mankind is a mistake. Near
~ all OF them are harmless. and sOTie
are exceedingly beneficial. 1t is onl." a
few eccentric species hat have adopted
parasitic habits. and, feeding on The
body tissues of mankind and other ami
mails. produce thereby unpleasant dis
eases.
The United States patent Office has
just issued 10 Wilhelm Storch, a citizen
of Denmark. n patent for certain lac
terra cultures" which are designed <oI
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-05

CUsrOMER-"I would like to nave a nice
gown to wear around the house" Sales
man-''Size of the house, please!'-Phila-
delDhfa Record
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-05

Road experts agree that the estrcaa
for country districts is 4 harrow. stona
road. with an earth road alongside.
Such a road, according TO loclity and
the difficulties of construction. may b..
built for from $1,000 to $4,000 per milo.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-05

USE Piso's Cure for Consumption both in
my family and practicable. G.. w. PAT
ERsoN Inkster, Mica, Nov. 5, 1894
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-05

There IS 4 point beyond which medication
cannot go. Before it is too late to mend,
persons of a rlleu1 attic tendency, inherited
or acquired, should use that benignant de-
tense against the further progress of the
approximations malady-rheumatism. The
name of this proven rescuer is Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, which, it should also be
recollected, cures dyspepsia, liver COM
plant, fever and ague, debility and nervous
ness,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-05

FITS STOPPED free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use of DR.. Klire's
Great Nerve Res orer. Free 50 trial bottle
q treatise. DR.. KLINE. 1913 Arch ST. f'hila Pa.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-05

OUTCLAssED.-S he-''I fear your love is
growing cold" He-"Not q bit. 1t only
seemsc cold in contrast with this weather"
Indianapolis journal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-05

AGooD REAsoN.-Nora-'Is Moike going
't'th' funeral!;' Bridget-"Indatehe isn't"
Nora-"An' phoy!" Bridget-"Shure he
WIZ at tn wake lasht noight.n-Truth.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-05

On THE RooF.-Jawkins-"Why do you
applaud that rotl' Hogy-"Hang it. if you
would 90 the same it would help you not to
hear Truth.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-05

"DoEs your husband spend much at the
racesl' mo. GsOrge doesn't draw a very
large salary."-Town Topics.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-05

WHEN WRITING TO EzkzzD
please state that you saS aha sa5serSSss-
mcnt In this paper.
Tombstone epitaph., 1896-08-09
GOLD AND SILVER.
We are Able to Establish and
 Maintain Our Own Policy.

The following interesting article is taken from the Banner, published at Sonora, Caliiornis, and was written by Judge James s. Robinson, who lived in Tombstone for many years. and is well kno Sn to all old timers:
 Since the clo-e Of the late civil war ! have been a faithful and ardent R, = publican. contributing my mite to the psrty's success, believing the results accomplished to be the most conducive to to the welfare of the country, until the recent national Republican con- ven'ion, held in St Louis, nserted in the platform Of principles the single gold standard doctrine. which read cut O the party thousands of k publican-, including myself. All lthe time have been and am now a double standard man, believing in the free coinage of gold and silver at the hints Of the United States at the ratio of l6 tU in- dependent Of any other nation on earth and of any international confer ence on the subject.
 "The United States is a grea. nation and capable of asserting and main tainiDg its own monetary policy and currency without the aid or Gictation of any nation. II we are thus able, then we are independent, otherwise, not. Englsnd, Germany, Russia. Aus tris, France, and all other independent us,ions. dictate their own monetary policy and neither one, nor all, consult the United States in reference thereto, as to whether they shall adopt gold or eilver, or both, or what ratio, II any. shall have. Whys Because they are in lepe dent na,ious and like them for it. Why should the United States impiore other nations Tor an interns- ,ipnsl agreement sbout our own mon etary policy and currency? Let the people of the United States make their own monetary policy and regulate their own currency to sui. themselves, and if other nations don't like 1t gay in the language of Bismarck. mind your own bu-inees." Of course, l shsll cooperate with the party that believes fully in the double standard, or in other words, in the free coinage of go and silver at the ratio O lG to l, and I shall plead earnestly for protec- ton for the money of the people
Tombstone epitaph., 1896-08-09
GLITCH HAT.
The Quality of Pie Discussed
 by EDicuIiahS.

The following is taken from the Prescott Conri.r:
 Colonel Herring. $ nator D ran and Dr. Vickers, comprised party of three tHasssyamper) Arizonsns, who were enjoying dinn.r at the well known Hotel Burke. When the tune came for servingShe desert. Colonel Herring ssys: "I'Il have fruit" Sem stor Dorsn says, "11i have some kind of pie" and Dr. Vickers said. Give me some rhubsrb pie"
 Twill, after rejecting" says Colonel Herring, m have rhubarb pie also" "
 Well" says Senator Dorau, make it rhubsrb pie all round"
 After the pie was served, Dr. Wick ers who is noted for his epicurean knowledge. says: "Gentlenen, this is no, the kind of rhubsrb pie that our mothers use to make"
 "No," says Senator Dorsn, "it's not  like a pie know of."
 "What kind of a pie is thstf" asks Colonel Herring.
 "why" remarked Senator Dsran, "it's Ysvs-psi"
 But that is on sccoun, of it's not having an upper crust" responded Colonel Herring.
 "There Is kind of pi. that ought to be made thicker" says Senator Doran.
 "Wha, kind of pie is thar asked Colonel Herring.
 Why" replied Senator Doran, "it is 'msls-ps,
 "Now senator" says Colonel Her ring; "senalo,, any person who perpe- trates such sa joke on such unsus- pecting persons a. the doctor and myself, ought to Wollop-ied.'
Tombstone epitaph., 1896-08-09
 AN ARIZONA BONANZA.
The Underground Workings of
 th, Copper Queen.

A correspondent gives the follow ing interesting d-sc,ipiI"n ot Ei-bee the larg. st and liveliest town in G. chise county, in the Tucson Star o' last Thur.dsy:
 "Bisbee in point Of population is probably the third town in Arizona. The numt CT of its inhabitants is arriv- ed at by & process oi guess work, but the population may be very safely estimated at $500, of whom 300 are steadily employed in the minss, mills and smelter Of the Copper Queen Con- solidsted. whose operation uever stops for night or Sunday. The immensity of this gigantic mining enterprise may be understood when it is known inst ii one were to traverse the drifts of all the mines on all tho levels he would walk a distapce Of not less than sixty miles.
 "The average depths et the shafts is JpU feet. Obc WOuIu Dt dstOulsucu ht the amount of dead work that has been necessary to reach the ore. Mile after mlle has been done for no other purpose than 10 reach ore bodies. Much ot the drif ing has been through s"lid 70 k, 20 .lowly that two men wo. king on the face of the 9iit have thought they were making 2 lad head WAY at the rate of two feet dsy.
 "The 'stahons' and many sections of the dnf,s are lighted by electricity, bat for the meet part .hose who visit the mines must carry candles, of which each visitor is given three or four on entering. In the strong draft by which ventilation is secured candle will last about an hour.
 "A part of the duty which sffcix'. snJ foremen are hired for is to keeI their mouths tightly closed, presnm- ably as a precsution agsins. the sul- pl,ur ladea atmosphere which per vaies all Bi.bes."