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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-19

We have all read of the discovery of
toads ain SOLID stratas of stone" where
food and air sufficient TO sustain life
could not have possibly been had. We
have not only read these stories. but the
majority of us have put them down as
Mulhatton yarns. which were written
to be believed. Now comes the scientist
NJ. Victor Lagroche, who says that h
has imprisoned toads in masses of mixed
plaster of Paris and found them well
fat and hearty after a lapse of eight
years" He argues that if such crea-
lures can live for years without air OF
light they "can continue 10 live On in
Hefinitely."IChicago Chronicle.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-19
DAIRY

\ good dairy COW should be trained to
stand quietly in milking, so that the
mixer can readily Use both hands.
1t is less work to wash the butter
milk out of the butter when in a granu-
lar form, and it can be done more effect
lively.
The rate of consumption of cheese in
America is about three pounds per cap
tia per annum.
Let one person do the milking, if
possible. Cows get used to a mixer,
and almost invariably hold up" their
milk when a new mixer comes Too
frequent changing of mixers has
ruined many a COW.
Practice and chemistry agree that
good clover hay is the best roughness
which can be used in the dairy; but,
remember that poor clover hay is poor
COW feed. The leaves are lost when
tumbled about too much after it is
dry.
Don't hire at any price a man who hsc
q bad temper; he Will ruin your cows.
Don't hire one who is not a good mixer;
he will dry off your cows. Don't en-
ploy a man or boy who is not willing
to learn to carry out your instructions.
Rural World.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-19
The Best Apple Variety.

The Baldwin is the most profitable
apple of the eastern states, but it is a
disappointment in the west, being gen.
orally a quickly decaying fall apple.
though last season, in common with
all other varieties. it kept much bet
ter than usual. a sesfling of the Bald
win, as good in all other respects and
a better keeper, would be e decided &C.
QUESTION. Rabbit, said to be a Bald
win seeding, is considered by those who
have examined it, TO be such an apple.
but it has not been widely tested yet
Rural World.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-19
AND CITY.
The Farm Laborer's Lot Is Not So Bad
as Many Imagine.

Those who work by the month on the
farm are apt to regard their circum-
stances with disfavor when they heal of
the wages which labor of no higher
grade commands in our large cities. But
they will find. if they investigate the
matter, that the farm lab0rer is usually
as well paid as his city brother, and
oftentimes a great deal better. In the
city of Pittsburgh al present all the car
penters and artisans of n similar grade
that are wanted can be had for two dol
lars per day. Many cannot find work at
that. Al over western Pennsylvania
good "commCn" labor can be had at
prices from one dollar to NJ dollar and
fifty cents per day. Those who have
contracts for public works, such as rail
roads, pipe lines. etc, are overwhelmed
with applications for work.
Wages like $50. 50, oil $3.50 per day
look pretty big to the man who the year
round makes out so cents i'll cash, but
they are not so big as they look. They
are often inconstant. \ good many
skilled laborers can work only Il part of
the year, but rem and other living eX,
penses must be paid all the time. The
city lahorer must pay cash for every
thing. including many things which the
farmland is either furnished or permit
ted to raise for himself free of cost. Tn
less a workman of the ~tw0-dollar grade
has constant employment in a city like
Pittsburgh he is very likely to find the
balance on the wrong side at the end
of the wear. If he has a family to sup
port he must often live in Cramped quar-
tiers, and must raise his children amid
surroundings u~nfavorabIc TO their ply
steal and moral development. Contrast
this picture with the MAJ on the farm,
who. If he has a family. is often fur
nished a house at little or no cost. is per
mitted 10 raise his vegetables, dairy
products and meat, and is paid wages be.
sides. Or with the single man who is
kept and if economical has most of his
wages ut the end of the year. The couE-
try lahorer who investigates the mat
ter thoroughly will he very slow tc
change his certain employment and in
expensive living for Il place where the
reverse is unfortunately too common
Nationa! Stockman.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-19

The Young man with longish hair
a gazing abstractedly out of the car
window when the fatherly old gentle
man came along looking for 4 seat.
Having settled himself in comfort. he
engaged his neighbor in conversation.
Been on a long Journey" he asked
Not very"
"On b~usiness?"
NO, sir. In pursuit of my profess
sion"
"Oh! Excuse me. Night I ask what
the difference is""
MY business. sir. is selling things
in a hardware store: but my profcs
sion is NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Star.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-19
ABOUT MILK FEVER.
Useful Hints on tho subject from the
Rhode Island Station.

Useful Hints on the Subject from the
Rhode Island Station.
Bulletin &. of Rhode Island station, is
an Illustrated pamphlet on milk fever.
This is a brain disease, caused By roo
much or too little blood. Many COWS, it
says, inherits n predisposition to milk
fever, the Jerseys being especially liable
TO it. Overlooking and want of eNer-
else are frequent cause of the disease.
The symptoms are chill, twitching of
muscles of head and face. stoppage of
milk and urine, padding" with hind
feet, staggering. grinding the teeth, and
sometimes violent tossing of heasl, and
believing. Treatment: Put the Gov
in a warm place, wrap the body closely
in a sheet wrung out of cold water. and
wrap several blankets over the sheet.
Blanket the neck, and rub limbs with
wisps of straw. After perspiration
starts change sheets every half hour.
Make the bowels act by injecting eser-
inc under the skin, or giving the follow
ing: One ounce powdered nuN vOmica,
two ounces tartar emetic, IS ounces
glauber salts, AZ pounds fine salt-all
boiled ten minutes in two quarts water,
and give o~ne-fourth of the entire guam
tity every half hour. If cow is down,
keep her propped up on brisket. If
she bIoats, puncture the paunch from
above the hollow just in front of
'haunch" bone. When sheet and blan-
kets are removed, cover her with a dry
blanket to prevent chill. Squibb's fluid
extract of ergot is a good preventive and
arra
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-19
EDUCATIONAL ITEMS.

Subscriptions to the fund for the new
museuH - asislce and art for the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania have been re-
ceived to the amount of S1SO,000.
The statue of Cardinal Newman
which the University of Oxford declined
to receive has been set up on a vacant
plct OF ground adjoining the cardinals
house at the Brompton Orutory.
The duke of Bedford has placed at the
disposal of the technical instruction
committee of the Bedford county coun-
ell 4 farm of 275 acres, 149 of which
are arabic land and the rest grass.
Twenty boys receive free scholarships
by the county council, emitting them
to two years board, residence, and in
%struction in the science and practice
of farming.
Official information has been received
in Washington by the Franco-American
committee, organized for the purpose
of securing fuller privileges for Ameri-
can students in the educational institu-
tons CT France, that in all probability
the faculties of letters will soon be open
TO Americans, as freely as the other
faculties hat have already been opened.
Awkcanpr Hazunobr. the principal
of 4 college for the blind in Odessa. Rus
sia. is making a o through this IL
try to examine the methods of teaching
used in the schools and colleges for the
instruction of the blind. He says that
Russia has nearly seven times as many
blind among her population as the
United States.
To maintain the Boston public library
cost. during 1895, a little more than
$4,000, and for the present year $225,-
600 has been appropriated by the city
council. Of this $4,000, about 100000
went for salaries, S2T. 600 for new books,
$4,000 for bookbinGin@. $500 for peri
odicals, over $4,000 for coal, and $500
for transportation between the central
library and auNiliaries.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-19
EARLY STRAWBERRIES.
Some of the Varieties Which Have Given
Satisfactory Results.

satisfactory Results
The very early strawberry fighting
for life amid the quickly alternating ex-
tremes of heat and cold of early spring
IS apt I 0 be generally inferior to varie-
ties ripaning later and under more IA
Norable conditions. Laboring under so
many disadvantages from weather it
must have all the advantages that soil
can give to attain any d"gree of excel
lcnce. With all these advantages many
more early Strawberries prove failures
tkan any other kind. After many years
CXperienc" and the testing of many
hundreds of varieties, l find that the
Murray and the Improved Westbrook
pre- the Lest. l nave tested them fully.
Both ripan their fruit before Crescent
or such varieties called early-begin
TO ripen ut all. AS experienced growers
know, this is very early indeed. Both
are very prolific, of the most perfect
and brilliant red, and about the finest
and best shippers l ever saw Their
size is good averaging with Crescent.
Being pistillates they should have
Meek's Early planted every fourth row
as polleniZers. Eleanor | have not fully
tested, but experienced and reliable
growers pronounce it the earliest and
most valuable berry known. But Ike
all very early varieties the above must
have rich soil and clean culture. One
hundred bushels of cotton seed CT half
n ton of cotton seed meal, Ct $50 pounds
Of nitrate of soda. or 25 good loads of
stable manure 800 pounds dissolved
bone or acid phosphate and go pounds
sulphate of potash, or 1CG bushels I'M
leacned wood ashes per acre, thorough
~ plowed and narrowed il make splen-
did crops of them on almost any soil.
Fipening so early and being so firm and
highly colored they command very high
prices.-O. W. Blacknall. in Prairie
Farmer.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-19
HUMOROUS,

What is popular opinion to-day
may become unpopular opinion to-mor.
row.-Texas Sitter.
If the earth is so very old, as soma
scientists contend, why does it con-
tinue to run around so much at nights?
Texas Sitter.
dorothy has wonderful self-con.
troll" why do you think 500 "She
could tell lots of things that happened
80 years ago. but she never does
Chicago Record.
Mrs. KiEgslev-"I declare. 10 this
Gay my cook can't tell a piece of cut
glass when she sees it" Mrs. B.ngo-
"She has been with you for some years,
hasn't he?"-Detroit Free Press.
Il don't object so much to being
put off" said a bill collector recently,
"as l do to the old gag you are giving
me about wanting to keep the bill in
order to see if it is CONGRATULATIONS
Globe.
-Crummer-"Vokes seems to be
very angry at the deacon" Gilleland-
Eyes. You see he got mad at him and
called him a fool and the deacon in re-
plying addressed him as 'brother.'"-
Truth.
-Philanthropist-"You say you have
not a thing in the house TO eat, and nc
means of getting anything; but I
notice you have three fine looking BIZ
cycles. Money enough ought to be
raised uDOn them 70 keen Won in food
for a long time" Approximations do
you expect we can bear mp under our
privations unless we have our wheels
to occupy our minds?"-Boston Tran
Scrint
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-19

1t is useless to talk to the average farm
er whose barn is in this shape of what
ought to be done. if what ought TO be
done involves the building of new
cattle quarters. 1t is, therefore, o
sensible to plan how these old "tie-ups"
may be made more serviceable, with
some simple interior alterations. With
this end in view, two illustrations are
given herewith. the first showing the
arrangement of the Old-fashioned cattle
stalls, to be found so frequently at the
present day, and the other Il remodeleC
version of it. In the latter it will be
seen that the platform has been raised
andmovedf forward. bringingthc cattle's
heads up to the side of the feeding floor.
a part of the partition being hinged
to let down. so as to form a crib for hay.
Uprights four or more inches apart
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-19
TOOL FOR sCRAPING BARK.

With this an entire tree. even TO the
smaller limbs, can be scrapcd in a few
minutes. One sees hundreds of old neg
lected orchards about the country that
ought to have the trunks of the trees
thoroughly scraped, the suckers" and
superfuous limbs removed, the remain
der grated TO good fruit, and the sod
broken about the roots and fortified.
With such treatment, these old orchards
would soon be paying a profit instead OF
producing. as now, barely enough fruit
TO pay for gathering.-Conntry Gentle
man.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-19
FARM AND GARDEN.
NEAT CATTLE QUARTERS.
How to Improve Old-Fashioned Dairy
Barn Tie-Cps.

The cattle quarters i'll most of the
barns some time built are objectiona-
bic for the following reasons: The old,
stiff stanchions are generally in use.
depriving the COWS of proper comfort
The platform on which the cattle stand
is o high enough to keep their fianks
out of the droppings. nor is there a
gutter in the rear TO hold the solid and
liquid manure the floor usually being
so open that all the liquid runs to waste
the best part of the dressing. There
is also no walk behind the COWS, but
one must pick his way through the
manure-a filthy condition of things
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-19
HAND BARK A

Every wide-Awake Orchardist Should
Make One at Once.
Hundreds of old orchards have the
tree trunks covered with loose. hanging
bark. that serves as breeding places for
borers and other injurious insects.
Such old loose bark should be carefully
scraped off. 4 most convenient imple-
ment for this purpose is the shank of
an old. worn-out hoe. GU off as shown
in the cut, and sharpen to an edge.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-19
a WORK OF ART.
sThe Texarkana Gateway to Texas an,
the Southwest"

the
Is the name of a handsome publication
recently issued by the Iron Mountain Route,
consisting of "a pages of descriptive mat
ter, ~interspersed with 600 beautiful half
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state of Texas, and is really a commercial
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tain Route, or may be had by addressing
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General Passenger Agent, st. Louis.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-19
A Singular Form of Monomania.

There is a class of people, rational enough
in other respects. who are certainly mono
mauiacs in dosing themselves. They are
constantly trying experiments upon their
stomachs, their bowels. their livers and
their kidneys with trashy n9strums. When
these organs are really out of order, If they
would only use Hostetter's S omach Bitters,
they would, if not hopelessly insane, per-
ceive its superiority.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-19

Ned-Nhy, l never saw a l~ovelier girl
than Miss A:lerton. and she seems to
be very fond of you. WI do You mean
by saying that there are weighty OBJ
irctions 10 your marriage?
Jack-Have you seen her father?
"Why, no."
We'll. he weighs2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
sille Journal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-19

Address d. J. Price, a. G.. p. A, /. &C. n.
r. r.. Palestine, Texas, sending seven cents
postage, for a 200 page handsomely illus
trated book telling all about Texas. Texas
is now attracting Il great number of settlers
by reason of cheap lands and mild climate.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-19

FRS stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use of DIR. kline's
treat Nerve Res Orer. Free 50 trial bottle
q treatise. Dr. KLINE, 1913 Arch st. Phila Pa.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-19

PIsO's Cure for Consumption has saved
me many a doctors Bills. r. HARDY,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-19

FIND the great thing in this word is, not
so much where we stand. as in what direc
ton we are moving.-O. w. Holmes.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-19

WHEN YOU loaf, remember the rights OF
busy people.-Atchison Globe.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-19

Success in life is not so much n matter of
talent or opportunity as of concentration and
perseverance.-C. W. Wendte.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-19

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price 75c.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-19
IL - iON NSEND,
General Passenger Agent, st. Louis.

FRIENDSHIP is a plant of slow growth. and
must undergo and withstand the shocks of
adversely before it is entitled to the appella-
tion.-Washington.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-19

PRUDENCE and industry are the best safe
guards against hard luck.-Chicago Stand
ard
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-19

IN the race of life it isn't the fast men
who come out ahead.-TeXas Sitter.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-12
HE LIKES GROVER.
Ii Hung Chang Says That He is the Head
of His Cabinet.

Ii Hung Chang Says That He is the Head
of His Cabinet.
Banff, n. w. r., Sept 11.-Dr. Horsey.
the representative of the Canadian gov
ernment had Il long interview with Lii
Hung Chang while en- route here.
In discussing financial affairs the viceroy
asked many questions and in turn was
asked for his opinion on the silver oues-
ton in the United States. He replied:
My opinion is no doubt different from
yours, because look at il from Chinese
standpoint. If a silver President is elected
in the United States it will benefit China
in that it will enhance the value of Chi
nese silver money and in like manner,
of course, it will benefit all the great sill
YER nations''
''Do you Think he was asked, ''that
the election of silver President would
make silver dollar worth as much as a
gold dollar?''
NO. but it would make it more valu-
able than it is now"
"What is your excellency's opinion of
all governments in respect to silver us a
currencys'
"That is the correct solution, believe. >,
answered the viceroy. ~ am in favor of
international bimetallism."
The viceroy was later asked by CORE.
spondent: "What did your excellency
think of President Clevelandin
The reply came quickly: 81 think he is
great man with much moral courage.
There can be no doubt that he is the head
of his cabinet
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-12
HOLDING A JUBILEE.
The Soreheads and the Boilers Will Have
n Love Feast To-day

The Soreheads and the Boilers Will Have
Love Feast To-day.
Louisville, Sept. 11.-All of the princi-
pal figures in Tomorrow notification GER
emonies have arrived except Senator
Gallery, of Louisiana, who is expected
tomorrow morning. General Buckner
came up from his home in Hart county
this morning iii order to be on hand to
welcome Gen. Palmer to Kentucky. The
Vice-Presidentia nominee, at his request,
was received without any demonstration,
being quietly driven with his family to
the Gait House. General Palmer got in
this evening. A reception committee of
3OO, comprising the local national Demo-
cratic leaders, met him at the depot. From
to 10 tonight the two candidates held
an informal reception at the Gait House.
Col. John r. Fellows, who is to make
the speech notifying General Buckner of
his nomination, is at the Louisville Ho-
tel. Senator Gallery will perform like
service for General Palmer.
Preparations have been made for a large
crowd mt the Auditorium tomorrow
night. 1t will seat 4, 500 people, and sew
eral hundred more than that number are
expected to be present.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-12
OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED.

z; Columbia, S. c., Sept. 1.-THE Demo
cratic executive committee met tonight
and officially declared Judge Earle the
Senatorial nominee, his majority over
Governor Evans being 3,34S The com,
mittee also adopted n resolution calling
upon the State board of coltrol and the
legislature to make most rigid and pub
lie investigation of the dispensary scan
dals and give the public the benefit of all
the testimony The board of control will
meet for that purpose on Tuesday next
The committee voted 5000 to the ma
tional committee for campaign expenses
and each member of the committee
pledged himself to raise from $50 to 800
in his county for the Bryan campaign
fund. There are thirt-ysiX counties in the
State.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-12
ON THE ROAD.
Mr.. Bryan Has Started On Another Cam
paigning Tour.

Mr.. Bryan Has Started On Another Cam
paigning Tour.
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 1.-THE silver
clubs of this city, headed by a brass band,
escorted William J. Bryan to the depot
this evening, where large crowd had
gathered to say goodbye to the nominee.
Mr.. Bryan started on his campaigning
trip through the South and East at 0:15
tonight, taking the Missouri Pacific train
for Kansas City. at Nebraska City it is
expected large crowd will meet and
listen to Mr.. Bryan, stop of twenty
minutes having been arranged for. The
party will arrive in Kansas City to.mor-
row morning at 6:15 o'clock and Mr..
Bryan will address the citizens of that
city at o'clock. AT 9:45 he will continue
on his trip to ST. Louis, making short
speeches from the platform of the car all
along the route. Mrs. Bryan will not
accompany her husband through the
South, but it is expected she will join the
party later
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-12
BIG. PREDICTIONS
Joe Marley of Maine, Has Something to
Say About Mondays Election.

Joe Manley, of Maine, Has Something to
Say About Mondays Election.
Augusta, Me-, Sept 11.-Joseph H.
Manley, chairman of the Republican
State committee, tonight summarized
the situation in Maine as follows:
eve will throw lin Mondays election)
the largest Republican vote ever thrown.
"We shall give the largest majority
ever given in Presidential year,
Mr.. Manley points out that the largest
Republican majority the Republicans
have had in September elections of Presi
Dental years was 1888 in 1884, and
shows how much smaller it was in other
years. He then says:
"If it is pleasant day, the Republi
cans expect to throw $4,000 votes or
Monday next. The combined opposition
cannot throw 10000, and the Republican
majority which Governor Powers will re
ceive over Mr. Frank will be the larges
Republican majority ever given candi
date for governor in Presidential year ;