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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-15
Cure for Dysentery in Fowls.

The disease among fowls known as
~hysentery is Individual in its work, and
does not spread. TIE sick fowl be-
comes droopy, stands about with head
and tail lowered and passes a dark,
greenish and yellow discharge, very
thin ana watery. Treatment of ihIs
disease is at first canphorated spirits
that is. camphor dissolved in whisky.
Take a tablespoonful and put it in half
Il glass OF water and give the sick fowl
Il tablespoonful every four hours. The
second day dissolve a little sulphate OF
copper (blue stone) about the size If 4
bullet, in a quart of water, and let the
sick fowl drink all it will. During
treatment feed soft food seasoned with
a little red pepper. \ cure is generally
effected in three days with this treat
nent.-Dakota Field and Farm.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-15
SEMI-NEWSY

Lightning killed a man and injured
two women who were playing croquet
ear Walden, Miss.
a man with a knife and q woman with
@ pistol killed each other in q duel at
Admission, Ala.
At the Drummond Castle disaster
nearly all the bodies found had life
belts on. and yet only three persons
were saved.
Two sets of counterfeiters' dies for
fve-dollar. gold pieces were found in a
beaver hole by q Dog Creek, Mont, man
and turned over to the authorities.
Elk have been all but exterminated in
this country, and the report of a. herd
of IL having been seen north Of Mary's
peak, lea Corvallis, Ore, recently, ex.
cited comment in the far northwest.
\ series OF fetes, to take place in
Paris in October for the benefit OF the
POOR, are being organized. The munic-
ipal council has contributed S1O,444 on
condition that it approves of the pro-
gramme.
The Callam County immigration as
ISOLATION of Port Angeles. Wash, has es-
tablished 4 bureau at st. Paul, Mimi,
and is sending out whole families from
the central west to the newer far west
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-15

the bodice is cut quite low in the neck,
and in this case a square of chiffon
is laid in soft folds and arranged to
not only drape the neck, but to cover
the shoulders; a narrow gold belt or
rich girdle is at the waist.
Lawn, batiste, dimity, chambray AMI
French organdies are all in high fashion
at the summer resorts. Many of the
gowns are made with unlined round
waists, and the full skirts are also I'M
ined, but made with n view of yea
ing pretty silk or batiste slips beneath
them. The skirts are gored on the
front and sides, but are full and straight
at the back. One or two nicely made
slips or gored skirts and l~ow-necked
under bodices CT silk Will do duty for
any number of thin summer gowns,
and these are really much cheaper IN
the end than cotton fabrics, as they
do not heap up laundry bills during
the season. Very good qualities of
white taffeta silk can now be purchased
for so cents a yard. The decided reac-
ton against all heavy interlinings is
constantly increasing. Physicians have
loudly protested against all the extra
weight that these Innings, added to d.
ready heavy and widely-distended
skirts, produce. 1t was just this state
of things formerly that brought back
the hoop skirt into favor, which, ugly
though it was, and announcement, was
certainly al improvement on the heavy
Y:-..1 ,-oJ-,,,o,,c clinic +hof x-orn for
too weighty for either comfort OF
health.
Pretty evening dresses of diaphanous
white material, made with a deep hem,
full breadths, n tucked waist and
sleeves, the tucks alternating with lace
insertions about two inches wide, are
completed by sashes of wide RIBBON in
plain satin, lowered silk or in Roman
stripes. Although separate waists by
the dozen are counted among the sum-
mer outfit, being made of every possible
fabric, from bingham to satin brocadp,
still all forthcoming Paris styles are
decidedly against the waist which is
distinct in contrast to the skirt. Il it
differs in material, it must at least have
some affinity with the skirt in the way
of trimming or color. The elegant
combination of black and white appears
among some of the most elaborate and
elegant toilets worn at fashionable
watering places this summer. An in
stance of these gowns is a model hav.
ing a full gored skirt of white satin
with a bodice of black and white striped
satin, lavishly trimmed with white vc-
netian lace laid over plated black chif
fon. White and cream colored taffeta
silks dotted or striped with black are
trimmed with wide black velvet ribbon,
OVERLAND with white guipure or Honiton
lace insertion
KATE DUNBAR. ,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-15
Causes of Poultry Diseases

The Midland Poultry Journal says:
To overlooking and the ravages of ver-
min are due three-fourths of the disor-
Jlers that affect domestic poultry. The
excessive feeding of foods rich in fats
causes indigestion attydegeneration of
both liver and flesh, apopleXy or vertigo
diseases commonly denominated as
choleraa and blind-staggers, and in many
cases the liver becomes an enlarged and
thoroughly rotten mass). NermIu also
open the way for Indigestion by dimin-
ishing the activity and vitality of the
fowl, IS well as open the way for colds
and roup. The other one-fourth are
due TO filth, feeding on stale ground and
allowing fowls TO drink stale or impure
water. There is profit in watching
these things.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-15

name, horse nettle, botanical Solanum
Carolinense, does not indicate that this
weed is closely related to the cultivated
potato, but the botanical name of the
genus shows close relationship. An eX-
animation of the flowers shows they
much resemble those of the potato. be
ing BLUSH or whitish in color. The
berry, commonly called the seed, also
resembles hat formed on the potato.
The leaves have large priclles on the
midrib and some of the larger lateral
ribs. They are also slightly hairy. The.
stem is bcset with numerous stout
prickles. Many of the related plants
OF this genus are ANIMALS, bur
horse net:le is a d~eep-rooted peren7
NAL, its roots often extending three.
feet or more into the SOIL
This fact makes it a very tenacious
weed, very difficult to exterminate. For.
this reason the weed grows in dense.
patches, which are carefully avoided
by stock in pastures. / would advise
blowing the land, allowing none of the
leaves to appear. The plant should be
kept down the succeeding year. Plow
the ground again next summer. Sow
thickly with rye and keep watch of the
nettle, allowing none to grow. Careful
work for two seasons should remove it.
Prof. L. II. Pammel, in Farm and
Home.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-15
Baling Hay from the Field.

In regard to baling hay direct from
the field, a writer in the Western Rural
says: So much depends upon the loca-
ton hat it is impossible to give an an
swer, without entering, to some extent.
into detail. In this climate and latitude
our experience has been that hay should.
not be baied until it has gone through
the Sweat" although, if intended to be
used without much delay, it might be
very loosely baled after it had been well
%sun-cured. In Texas and in some Of
the southern portions of the United
States, it may be baled very sat;sfac-.
torily direct from the meadow. In
South America, particularly in The Ar
gentine Republic, users of our machines
bale their alfalfa while it is almost
green, without apparent injury. We
are quite sure, however, that such a
course could not be pursued with any
but disastrous results in this climate
and latitude of the United States, as the
hay would be inclined to mold.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-15
MULES ARE PROFITABLE.
Superior to Horses in All Kinds of Or
binary Farm Work.

uAhhIy IdEHb "oIhs
There can be no question of the SUI
periority of mules over horses in all
kinds Of farm work in this country,
says the Canton Miss.) Times. This
is the verdict of all practical success
full farmers. 1t is useless for us to di-
late on this subject, for it is a fact too
well established to admit of discussion.
Our contemporary says: The horse is
being rapidly displaced by electricity,
bicycles and steam, and his production
must necessarily be restricted, as but
few, and those of the finest and for
special use, will be required in the near
future.
The mule. however, will for an IN
known time in the future be required
for farm work, which is the most eX-
tersive of all productive industries, and
must bring r~emunerative prices. 1t has
always appeared to us that it would be
a profitable business. The prejudice
against home raised stock, so unfound-
ed, has been one impeachment due, how
ever. in i great measure to the want of
proper production of first-class stock,
from the same sectional causes which
hold us back in so many other indus
tries, viz. want of thorough business,
care of production, and habits of gentle
manly leisure.
The south has paid enough for i'm
ported mules in the last so years to
buy every farm in every southern state.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-15
TWO POULTRY o
Faults in Construction Described and Ex-.
planned by Cut.

pIiIHVU DE NUI.
The first Gig. y shows how not TO
make a coop. 1t has two faults. The
front IS open to top. whereas it should
have a shield of solid boards one-third
of the way down to keep out the wind
and rain. If this shield was made in
the form of a projecting hood it would
be still better. The other fault is that
the floor projects outside of coop.
Rain will fall on this and run down the
roof ard sides and surely find its way
inside and thus keep the floor damp.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-15
PERSONALS.

Georges Carpenter, the Paris pub
Usher. has retired from the firm that
bears his name.
Egypt's khedive suffers from stomach
ache; he must go to Corfu ard then TO
Switzerland for a cure.
Leo Mi. has just received the pres
ent of an American typewriting ma
chine lnlaid with pearl and silver, with
the Papal coat-of-arms e~mblazoned
on it
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-15
FASHION Letter.

Something About ..Style.- .Govn. and
Manners,"-So Limit In Variety of Ma
~terials, Etc, for Summer Toilets.
Especial New York correspondence
The trite saying that gowns and
manners make the woman" should be
supplemented with another one to the
effect b a it is not the gowns which
give her the appearance of ladylike ele-
Fance SO much as the way she wears
them. That understandable something
called style" is invaluable to the wom-
Bn who is fortunate enough to possess
IL. 1t is God-given as surely as her dis
position or the color of her ewes. All
cannot attain it though they strive after
It, but most satisfactory results may
follow by not slavishly following every
fashion that prevails, by exercising
taste in the selection of becoming colors
md modes especially adapted to in
dIvidual requirements, and, above all,
TO the details of the toilet. Every wom-
an has to work out her own salvation
in the art of dressing herself-for the
finest and most experienced modesto
cannot aid her in this. She can plan and
select and fit for her patrons, but there
is a style-a "knack" they used to call
it-of putting on ones garments after
they are fashioned,
Fashions are extremely liberal this
year of 90. There is simply no limit to
the variety of materials, garnitures, col
ors and styles. Infinite changes may be
1ung on the possibilities of the summer
gown, which reyels in frills and laces,
and every form of daintiness so easily
made attractive and beautiful. Never
since dress became a subject of interest
have there beer more elegant and arts
tic trimmings and charming finishing
touches" to the gown, than we have
now. The great liking for waists in con-
trast to the skirt is an old m but it
continues in popularity for summer
dresses for certain uses, and lace and
chiffon and mouselaine de sole are en-
ployed for this purpose quite az much
as when the style was new. Embroid-
fred batiste and linen lawn embroider-
les this year make very effective and
pretty waists and sleeves with skirts
of the plain batiste or lawn; in silks
end ~organdies the elaborate Dresden
patterns are quite passe, the flower de-
vices nTe the merest b%outonniers or
buds in small detached sprays. and not
in spreading branches and large bou-
quets. The inevitable lace garDitures
appear upon toilets made of these silks,
but self trimmings or narrow beaded
gimps or velevt ribbon bands are far
more appropriate, wheI the dress is
designed to do duty on various occa-
sions.
Charming summer toilets are made of
China silk in white, green and violet,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-15
WHEN EGGS FALL OFF.
Two or Three Days Fasting Often Is .
Good Thing for Hens.

Good Thing for Hens.
The treatment of a flock of fowls
f:om which no eggs are obtained is
sometimes the reverse of that which is
correct. As soon as the hens cease to
lay they are given twice as much food
as formerly, when the cause of the diff
Guilty may be that they already have
had more than was necessary. # the
comb becomes pale It is considered a
disease of itself, when in reality a pale
comb simply implies that the bird is not
in laying condition. No matter what
the ailment may be, the comb simply
Serves as an Indicator and is not affect
ed in any ann When hens are
about TO lay they have bright red
combs. Any method of treatment
which serves TO retain the brightness of
the combs is correct. If the fowls fail
TO lay the first thing Il do is to observe
If they are not too fat, and if they have
water in the crops which does not seem
TO disappear and pale combs. it is indi-
gestion. If they have bowel disease it
may be due to overfeeding. The proper
method to pursue with sick fowls is not
to give remedies. but to withhold all
food for two or three days. There is
nothing hat shows to such good effect
with sick fowls as two or three days
fasting, and they will usually get we'll
with no medicine if fed lightly. making
lean meat and chopped grass the prin-
cipal foods, emitting all grains entirely,
With more eggs as the rcsult.-Mirror
End Farmer.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-15
Litter in Poultry Houses.

The cheapest material for making the
mems lay is litter. Alargc poultry house
with ample room OF the floor, and with
4 plentiful supply of leaves or cut straw.
will be more acceptable 10 the hens than
anything else. Litter is valuable. be-
cause it makes the hens lay, and it.
makes the hens lay because it gives.
them an opportunity to work, and thus.
accelerates the circulation of the blood,
promoting warmth and increasing the
appetite. All the food that may be
given will not promote egg production
if the hens are kept in idleness and
given no opportunity to scratch and en-
10y themselves.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-15
American Hops In England.

The English trade journals discredit
the quality of American hops for brew
ing, but in spite of that fact this i'm
portant accessory to the beer manu-
facture went from America to the
breweries of Great Britain last year to
the amount of 17,523,3SS pounds, valued
at S~1,S72,597.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-15
EyDort of Oil Cake.

Oil cake went abroad last year for the
sustentation of European stock to the
amount of ~733,652,495 pounds, valued at
s7,165,5s7. Most of this was, of course,
the product of the cotton seed of the
southern states, which, under the
former system, was all thrown away as
waste
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-15
Best of All

TO cleanse the system in a gentle and truly
asaeficial manner when the Spring time
comes, use the true and perfect remedy,
Syrup of Figs. One bottle will answer for
all the family and costs only 50 cents; the
large size 81. Buy the genuine. Manufac-
tured by the California Fig Syrup Company
only, and for sale by all druggists.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-15

The object of the floor is to secure dry
ness, and this construction promotes
the opposite condition every time, ana
we know it. The floor should always fit
inside of the walls of the coop.
The second (Fig.2l illustrates a con,
venient coop for commo use. 1t may
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-15
FARM AND GARDEN.
The HORSE NETTLE.
Careful Work Should E1terminate h

Sareiui Hork should the
Weed IN Two Seasons.
h pest of many a good meadow
farm is commonly found from Connec-
ticut south to Florida and west TO Texas.
1t is very abundant in portions of the
prairie states, especially in Illinois and
Missouri, occurring not only in fields
and along roadsides but in the streets
Of cities and on vacant lots and too
often in cultivated fields, where it does
great injury to crops. Its common
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-15

be made from 2l TO 81 inches deep, the
three sides of the triangular frame be-
ing 30 inches. The construction is
shown by the cut, and does not need de-
scription.-Farm journal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-15

DR.. JALAP-"Let me see your tongue
please Patient-"O. doctor, no tongu,
can tell how bad 1 feel."-Boston Tran
script.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-15

FLANNEL next to the skin often produces a
rash, removable with Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
Hills Hair and Whisker Dive, 80 cents.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-15

FITS stopped free and permanently cured.
No tits after first days use of DR.. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Free 50 trial bottle
& treatise. DR.. KLINE, 933 Arch st. Phila Pa.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-15

"AN' so O'Flannigan was stint up fer
loife, We sez!' "Yis, but his friends do be
thryin' to get his sintence redooced tin
years."-Life.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-15

We think Piso's Cure for Consumption is
the only medicine for Coughs.-JENNIE
PINCKARD, Springfield, Ills, Oct. l, 1894.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-15

"THEY say Barrows has writer's cramp.n
"Well, l don't wonder, considering the
literature he feeds on."-Harper's Bazaar.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-15

FoREIGN-"I thought her husband wa:
French "Oh, no.. Broken English."-
Detroit Tribune.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-15

Halls Catarrh Cure
Il a Constitutional Cure. Price 75c.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-15

pink, cream and
reseda, and Ike
beautiful IN / X
lures of color.
Often the bodice
opens over n
blouse front of
lace laid over a
becoming color
and is finished
with 4 large lace
coll q I n c
sleeves are mod
erately full frorh
shoulder to ell
bow, ending in
very deep falling
ruffles of lace
like the vest. On
s o IN e n e W
French toilets
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-15

Mosr of us know a good thing when some
one else has it.-Life.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-15

something About STYLE" Gowns and
Manners,"-So Limit In Variety of Ma
~terials, Etc, for Summer Toilets.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-27
BALL WAS A GALA AFFAIR.
Attended by Hundreds Of Fair Women
and Gallant Sir knights.

The ball and reception rendered to
the visiting Sir Knights by the local
Templars, which has been for a long
time past source of much specula-
ton and conjecture to the society-gO-
ing element of Scranton, and especial-
ly the lady contingent, was held in the
Frothingham theater last evening.
The entire event, in conception and
execution, displayed a rare good taste.
and resulted in a degree of enjoyment
to the guests which has been seldom
equaled and never surpassed in the
social history Of the city. 1t seems to
be peculiar circumstance that great
social functions possessing the pomp
and glamour characteristic of things
military. hold greater charm for the
participants than when the ordinary
somber hued civilian Is a principal ac-
tor. This idea was especially suggest
ed by the eagerness with which scores
of Scranton's society women eagerly
availed themselves Of proffered oppor-
tunities to attend this brilliant gath
ering though 1t would be dis.
courteous to our visitors and our own
Knights to intimate that their rich
uniforms and martial equipment was
the principal attraction to the attend-
ing ladies.
Brothers, fathers, husbands and init.
mate friends were eXpostulated with
and induced to assume the role Of gall
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-27
OVER 1900 MEN IN LINE.
Fifteen Hundred Knights and More
Than n Third as Many Bandmen.

The largest crowd that probably ever
thronged the center Of the city wit
messed the knights Templar parade
yesterday morning. 1t would have
been larger, too, but for the rain storm
which ushered In the day and kept
away the large delegation from the
nearby rural districts whose custom 1t
Is to make an early start by wagon.
The principal streets over which the
parade passed were guarded by ropes
which kept the crowds on the sidewalks
and gave the paraders clear street.
from curb to curb. on which to display
their marching evolutions. The entire
police force was pressed into service on
the parade thoroughfares and special
officers looked after the crowds on the
side streets. As a result of these pre-
cautions the paraders were not inter-
fered with In any way and accidents
were avoided.
BY 0 o'clock the weather. both over
head and underfoot, was perfection it.
self. It could not have been more to
ones liking II made TO order. AS the
day began to brighten the streets began
to fill up with sight-seers. Sir Knights
poured out pf their hotels with their
gloom dispelled and smile where a
short while before was frovtn. Bands
marched hither and thither tGtoin the
'rommanderies which they werti to lead
and everywhere was hustle ana hustle
TO make up for the time lost by MASON
Of the rain. At 10 o'clock the dl~f mt
divisions Of the parade vera Ii
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-27

fonte, Pa, Jan. %. 1856. At this time
Rev. Mr.. Stock was pastor Of the
Lutheran church at Bedford. Pa,
where he was the secretary Of the local
Masonic lodge and chapter. He was
also. and Is yet. chaplain of the Fifth
regiment, National Guard of Pennsyl-
vania, and his particular friend. Gov
ernor Daniel H. Hastings. being at
that time colonel Of the Fifth regi-
ment and eminent commander of Con-
stans commandery, will explain why
Mr. Stock went the long distance to
Bellefonte for Templar knighthood.
In 1887 Rev. Mr.. Stock accepted call
to become pastor OF the st. Marks
church, Hanover, York county. Penn
sylvania. He at once transferred his
Templar membership from Bellefonte
to York cOmmandery. No. q. Imme-
diately upon atIiliation with York COM
mandery Mr.. Stock was appointed pre-
late of the same, and has served in that
capacity to the present, except during
the year 1891. when he was elected emil
nent commander of the above COM
mandery Although living seventeen
miles from his commandery 1t Is Mr..
Stocks TemDlar glory that he has
never failed to be present at a single
meeting when there was work to be
done. When, early in 1896, Grand Pre-
late Morgan removed from the state,
the grand officers with great unani-
nifty requested Grand Commander