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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-08
HOME HINTS AND HELPS.

-F:uit cakes and plum buildings arr
better if baked several weeks before
they are 10 be cut for the table.
In roasting meats and fowls, when
u is necessary to urn them a spoon
sloulG be used instead of a fork, as the
lGttec pierces the meat and lets out the
Juice.
Here is a dish which wiz delight
the children: Bake several pancakes
ds large as a plate. Butter and cover
them with maple syrup. Pile them one
On another and cut like a pie.
Don't throw away lemon or orange
peel. Instead keep it for kindling the
fire. Tut the peelirgs under the stove
n tin cans and let them stay there IN
L thoroughly dry, and then they are
ready to kindle the fire.
The skillets and pots in which fish
IT onions have been cooked must be
carefully cleaned before more delicate
dishes are prepared in them; the best
plan * to boil soap and water in them,
then thoroughly rinse.
Apple Sauce.-Pare, quarter and
core tart apples. Put sufficient sugar to
sweetcn some into a agate or earthen
pudding dish; dissolve with hot water,
add the apples. cover closely and lake
until tender but not broken. Cook
rather slowly.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Boiled Ham.-Soak the ham over
night; drain and set on the fire with
enough water to completely cover it;
Ldd one bottle of sherry or sweet
cataw5a wine, and some rosemary.
When done, skin, sprinkle with sugar
end burn with a salamander.-Harper's
Bazaar.
"A Breakfast Dish.-Take two cups
Oh bread crumbs. one cup OF lean boiled
lam, chopped fine, a small piece of
butter, salt to taste, and enough stock
20 moisten the whole. Put this mix.
lure in a deep pie dish, cover the top
lightly with crumbs, and bake about
half an hour.-N. Y. Ledger.
Sick Headache.-One of the most
effective remedies known for sick head
ache is to place a pinch of salt on the
tongue, and allow it I dissolve slowly.
In about ten minutes it may be followed
by a drink of water. The actual mo-
ment when the cure begins is not so
accurately stated. but presumably very
soon after the drink.-Live:pool Mer,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-08
A IN A NAME2
Two Men Who Suffer from ComIcal Cog
nomens.

Two Men Who Suffer from ComIcal Cog
nomens.
There are three sensitive men in town
whom a great many people know. Two
of them have names hat delight the
punster. The other ones name is not
peculiar. He is mentioned with the
other two because he has a spasm every
time anybody calls him III OF his name,
which is Whitfield.
1t is on the same point that Mr.. On
yon and Mr.. Coffee are touchy. These
three gentlemen do not know each
other, but each has had the same ex-
perience, and on similar matters each
has the same bent of mind.
Mr.. Coffee says that ever since he
can remember some smart alGck at his
table in q boarding house or hotel has
laughed heartily at this alleged with
cism:
Mr.. Coffee, are you fond of tea?"
1t is a joke that makes Mr.. Coffee
tear his hair. He says he never gets
into a boarding house or out of it with
out having it sprung on him. If it is
HOl loulld III tudI 4OILl IL SOLneS IAIs
way:
EDO you take coffee?"
In countless other ways Mr.. Coffee
hears chestnuts roasted as brown as
the coffee bean on his name every hour
of his life. During the rage for pun
ming a few years ago, when some peo-
pie really thought it witty, Mr.. Coffee
was nearly driven to suicide. AS it is
he acknowledges that his temper has
been ruined and that n large portion of
humanity fills him with disgust.
Mr.. Onyon refuses to take any jests
about his name calmly. He usually
cuts ~pleasantries by telling the man
who asks him if he likes them, or says
something about their pungency, that
he is a fool, and at such times Mr..
Onyon is always ready to fight. No
body who knows Mr.. Onyon ever ven
lures to take liberties with his name.
II increases Mr.. Onyon's anger to re-
fleet that his fathers name was De La
Onyon; that the old gentleman dropped
the DE La" to be more American, and
that the Americans changed the pro-
nunciation of the final word from on
yone TO plain onion.
Whitfield has just b~oycotted a we'll
meaning but, as Mr.. Whitfield says,
wholly brainless man who first ad.
dressed him as Whitlock, next as War
lock and finally wrote him a letter
which was actually addressed to Mr..
Warpath.
These three cases typify a class Of
men whose names are q constant source
Of irritation TO them; and, as for their
t~ormentors, they are of n class that
bores every sensible person o. earth
n. Y. Recorder.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-08
STUDIO FACTS AND FANCiES.

To cultivate American women in lib
aral arts at Paris and New York the
American National institute has just
been chartered at Albany, n. Y.
1t is said that in early life Du Mauri-
er'S greatest ambition was to become n
water-color painter. He did not then
expect that his pencil would make him
more famous than his brush. and his
len do more for him than either.
Jose d. Benjumca, a Sevillian, who
resides in New York, owns a Murilln
which is hung over the side altar of
st. Andrews church, corner OF 127th
street and Fifth avenue. The work is
probably a genuine example, and repre-
sents the "Martyrdom of St. Andrew"
\ society of men of art is being
formed in Paris, after the model of
the Societe de Gems de Lettres, to watch
over the interests of artists. At the
head of the movement are Tony Robert
Fleury, Dubufe, Puvis de C~havannes.
Bouguereau, Detaille and Roll. For
eigners will be admitted.
Among Americans who have made u
success IN Europe lately
is the artist Edwin A. Abbey. He has
been exhibiting a collection of paint
ings at the rooms of the Fine Arts as
ISOLATION in London, and society hocks
to see and admire them. Mr.. Abbey
himself is much sought after socially.
a decorative reproduction of the
deathmask of Gen. Grant, which was
taken 20 minutes after his death, has
been jointly designed by Karl Gerhardt,
who took it, and Walter Sanford, an
artist of Hartford, Conn. A number of
replicas of it will be taken for various
G. A. r. posts.
Verestchagin, the famous Russian
painter of battle scenes, lost tie fore
finger of his right hand by the bite Of
Q leopard, while the middle finger bears
the marks of a shot received on the field
of battle. The fiat part of the hand
is of abnormal formation, and the right
arm was broken some years ago while
the artist was sketching in the Stcppes.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-08
PACKING BUTTER.
a MetSad by Which the Delicate Flavor
Nav Be Preserved.


Good butter may be safely packed 20
keep six months or more if ia" right
way is taken. L used to be done years
ago, when it was the custom 10 keep the
surplus product for sale then. there
being no winter dairying TO SUPPLY tn"
demand. The butter must be naturally
good and sweet and worried quite free
from the buttermilk by thorough wash
ing. There need be no fear that fhis
will hurt the butter for il cannot TAX"
anything from I, the fat being wholly
insoluble in water. and only the bur
termilk will be washed ort of II. which
it must be, or it will be a d%etriInent to
the butter. as producing chang OF the
tat into volatile acids by which the but
ter is made strong and finally rancid.
The best packages for this use are
glazed carthen jars or sweet, clean
white oak or spruce tubs, painted or
vanished on the outside. The tubs
are soaked in brine, then scaldcd, then
washed in two or three waters. then
rubbed with fine salt inside. and while
wet the butter is packed n them. being
firmly pressed down SO az to leave nc
vacancies in the mass.
When the package is filled to within
half an inch of the top, a clean cloth,
or, better, some parchment paper, ic
fitted closely over the butter and half
an inch up the edge of the package.
Fine dry salt is tEen put in smoothly 70
the top, then a dry cloth. well washed.
is tied down firmly, then parchment
paper and then one more cloth. The air
is thus excluded, and the butter will be
as good or Il little better than when it
was packed, as it undergoes a ripenlng
process by which the fin. flavor of the
best butter is devcloped.-N. Y. World.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-08

the latter part of June, or else when
farm work is mainly finished in the
fall. Much of the time during the
yedr the cobblcstOnes remain on the
streets, drainage imperfect, but the
tax is worked out, and the road mUst
care for itself most of the year.
This method prevails in this city.
Road taxes to the amount OF $4,000
to $4,000 are levied to keep the out
Iin% streets that are not paved in
condition. This money, under our
Hunicipal arrangement, is parceled out
to some 20 councilmen to spend in tneir
wards, and twice n year, late spring
and fall, the councilman has some
clever man, IN whose charge is 4 num-
Ter of old men, who have done their
Lest days work long ago. They are put
IL work on the streets. and they have
al. easy time; the taxpayers get less
than p per cent. for their money. ard
The public gets disreputahle streets 10
pass over. One of the greatest mis-
takes, l am led to believe, is the want
Of knowledge on the part of those who
haze the expanding of the money APP
P-opriated for road purposes.
If the state or the general govern.
nlent, through the agricultural depart
ment, would offer Il few thousand dol
lars, say for five best methods OF build
ing and repairing roads, and then have
q congress composed of engineers and
other capable men to canvas these
propositions and agree on a manual
which could be formulated. with proper
illustrations, with all the questions
that wnuld be useful 10 persons who
might have the care of roads, it would
be of the first Importance. Then there
should be for each state or county d
hoard of engineers, who should each
year, under direction cf county COM
~Eiissioners, make surveys OF the roads,
presenting diagrams, which should he
fed and topics given to supervisors,
with proper instructions for caring
fer the roads.
Engineers and those having care OF
raiiroII beds understand that they
should be protected by thorough drain
age, but this is taken small account
OF in streets and country roads. Let
the civil service rules apply to super
riscrs and roadmastcrs, and TO ore Toe
[. united to act as such until he had
been examined by the board of county
engineers, answering fully all the cues
tons laid down in the manual, as
above, and his appointment approved
by the court. He should be required TO
spend the money appropriated for
roads in Il faithful me paying
The usual wages i'll the district, and to
employ able men to Go the work.
Proper penalties should be inflicted for
failure of duty on the part of anyone
Entrusted with the expenditure OF
money raised for road taxes; and all
taxpayers should be vigilant in see
ing that supervisors and roadmasters
are prompt in keeping roads in repair
oil the year instead Of one or two
uonths.-William II. Richmond, Scran,
ton, Pa, in y. Y. Tribune.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-08
NAviES AND ARMIES.

The navy department contemplateS a
complete rehabilitation of the Annapo-
lis navy academy at a cost of Sc, 100000.
Aluminium has proved n failure in
the Yarrow torpedo boat built about 4
year ago for the French government.
Water has so corroded the metal that
is can be penetrated with slight pres
sure.
In bidding for the new first-class
cruisers for the British navy there was
but one per cent. difference between
the bids of the three competing firms.
About $2,150,OOO will be paid for each
II, O0O-ton vessel.
\ French non-commissioned officer
OF hussars recently undertook on a
wage to ride PAS miles in 100 hours or
a 12-year-old troop horse. He won by
an hour and % minutes, rider and horse
showing little sign of fatigue.
4 Dutch c~ourt-martial has decided
that it is not insubordinate for n sol
der to refuse to wash his face when
ordered to do so by his commanding
officer. and the high military court of
the kingdom has confirmed the de-
Cision.
Candidates for promotion from the
ranks in the British army must be I'M
der &c years of age, must have attained
the rank of sergeant, have n first-class
certificate of education, n clean reg
mental record, and must be unmar-
ried. This is not encouraging for vet
Grams.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-08
TABLE MANNERS FOR CHILDREN.

Drink from the cup-never from the
saucer.
Teaspoons are left in the saucer, not
in the cup.
Making n noise, either in eating or
drinking, is vulgar.
Always cheerfully defer to older peo-
pie and to guests.
Eat slowly and do not fill the mouth
with large quantities.
Eat the food served or quietly leave
it on the plate without remark.
Avoid drumming with the fingers or
feet; it is the height of impoliteness.
If in doubt at any time as to what is
proper follow the example of others of
more experience.
Patiently await the coming of your
turn; do not follow with the eyes the
food served to others.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-08
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
It's excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevefs
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-08
SILVER KING BARLEY, 11s Blu.

The barley wonder. Yields right
along on poor, good or Indifferent soils
so to 100 bus. per acre. That pays at
20c. a bushel!
Salzer's mammoth catalogue is full
of good things. Silver Mine Oats yield
ed POI 1-3 bushels in 1895. 1t viii do
better in 1896. Hurrah for Teosinte,
Sand Vetch. Spurry and Giant Clover
and lots and lots of grasses and clovers
they offer. IS packages earliest vege-
tables S1.00.
IF YOU WILL CUT THIS OUT AND SEND it
with 10c. postage to the John A. Salzer
Seed Co., La Crosse. Wis, you will get
free ten grain and grass samples, in
Guiding barley, ETC., and their catalogue.
Catalogue alone &c. (K)
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-08
Thinning Orchard Trees.

Everyone ean and does take an in
terest in the fruit garden. 1t is a pleas
ure to see a well kept orchard, with
trees in a thrifty condition, for then we
may expect fine fruit; but without pay
ing attention to the trees first quality
fruit cannot be had. When the weather
will permit, the present Is 4 good sea-
son to thin out apple trees, pear
trees. ETC.; of curse. to thin them out
in q satisfactory requires juGg-
ment. In going around we often see
neglected trees with far o mucn wo9o
IN them; thin any such, thai the 1r,i1t
can get light and sunshine. 1t is bet
ter to nave one barrel of frst-class APP
pies than two or more of inferior quail.
ity.-American Gardening.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-08
HORTICULTURAL NOTES.

A well-known orchardist always
stops cultivating the orchard il July to
allow the wood TO harden up.
The growing of seeding apples is
not a very encouraging business. But
we need varieties in the west.
There are thousands of fruit trees
that have died from utter neglect.
Throwing away money when there was
no sort of excuse for it.
The demand for fruit and flowers is
constantly on the increase. Women liv-
in" ncar a large town could study fori-
culture and grow flowers with profit.
Among the failures OF apple culture
may he conspicuously mentioned
changc#ble winters, bad locations, u:'-
suitable varieties, indifferent culture
eEd insects.
1t is the opinion of an apple grower
that a noreast slope with a bowldeT
clay soil is the best place 10 plant an
ample orchard, but we carnot all get
that kind O: location or soil to plant Oh
Farmers Voice.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-08
AGRICULTURALHINTS
GOOD COUNTRY ROADS,
@ Popular Demand for Them Is Being
Created Everywhere.

" rs III
Created Everywhere.
Massachusetts has probably taken a
more advanced position than any other
state i'll apprOpriating money raised by
taxation for road purposes, and is aid
ing townships and counties with lib
cIai amounts, when equal ]appropria-
tons are made by them, and it is pos
sible that state has devised methods
and plans for constructing roads that
Will he tie nearest perfect. and also in
economy in spending money appropri-
ated.
With my acquaintance with country
roads and streets in the cities of north
ern Pennsylvania, more than 80 wears.
1t seems to me that n of the most
important problems, even when lib
n amounts OF money are apprOpri-
ated, is the question how to eNpcnd
the money to derive proper value. The
custom which prevails in our section
is to lay road taxes which ara worked
out by the lan~dholders, under super
HiSors or ~roadInasters, in an Indifferent
way and at their convenience, after
crops are in and the hoeing done, in
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-08
SPLENDID EARTH ROAD.
Sixteen Parts Clay. Twenty-Five Parts
Sand and Sfxty-Two Gravel.

"At6 IA WI
sand and Sixty-Two Gravel
Greatly improved results in road
building or repairing may be attained
by any device that will prevent earth
and water from mixing on the road bed.
and much may be done n the way &C
Improvement by a proper admixture
of suitable earthly material. The re
quirements of the material, says En-
gineer Eiaupt, are hat it shall not i,c
readily affected by moisture, temper
allure or pressure, which are the three
Principal destructive agencies. Clay il
very sensitive to water AMI temperature
and has Il high ratio of absorption.
Sand has little conference and Yields
readily to pressure. Gravel has great
mobility, due to its spl;eroidal form.
but by mixing these in the proportion
OF Is parts of cay. ~ of sand ard 90 Of
gravel, and impcrvious roofing may be
laid, which. if under drained, will make
an excellent earth road. The m2cadaEl
and tclford roads when correctly made
are excellent, but rs built by most
supervisors in this country they are
pseudomorphs, unworthy their names
When in the march of science the
time ONE for Segregating the alumni
mum contained in the clay road into
a hard, smooth, resisting medium COW
ering its surface. we will then have a
road metal, both in fact and name.
which will solve the problem of the
clay pit and give us Il medium OF trans
rOrtation which will surpass even the
railway in cheapness and convenience.
Missouri Roads improvement Jour
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-08

TIE result is not distressing TO the
eye. Very narrow wire netting is now
to be had, and this is capable of such
stretching as to make it lie very fiat
and close to the bark of a tree. The up
per end of the strip should be beveled
when in place, so rs to leave the top
of the wire even all the way around
Orange Judd Farmer.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-08
PROTECTING TREES.


It Can BE Done Ch"aply Without Dis
t.eSsing the Eye.
Shade trees along Il village or city
street are liable to damage from the
Snawing of horses hat are stopped
ear them, and sometimes even hitched
20 them. y high protection of stakes
and wooden Stats Is not attractive. The
illustration shows how shade trees can
be wound with the narrow lengths of
wire netting, and thus protected at
little expense Of money CT labor, while
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-08
Good Thing for Ererybody.

A good road enables the lazy farmer
10 loaf longer at the village store, and
it makes it possible for the thrifty
farmer TO 20 back and get another
Ioa!.--Good Roads.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-08

There is one satisfaction about the
new year."
What is it?"
ut brings us nearer to 1901, sHd
thatll rid us of the expression fin oe
siecle."-TOwn Tories.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-08

Never leave sections OF surplus honey
in the hives oven winter. Ifdone, il will
certainly spoil and be only fit for feed,
ing purposes.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-08

FRS stopped free by DIR. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. Motifs afterfirst days use.
Marvellous cures. Treatise and So trial bot
tie free. DR.. Kline, 93l Arch St., Phila., Pa,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-08
Tfne and Tide.

"Tfme and tide wait for no man." saith
the adage- but there are many other things
of the non-waiting kind which will not be
put of and ought not TO be Half the mis-
cry of the world is caused by delay, and
Rheumatism Is one of those insidious ills
which demands prompt attention, especially
In mid-winter, when the cold accelerates its
action andintensifies pain. If allowed TO have
Its way, 1t will wait for no man in its rapid
development of the chronic stage. When
this Is reached, then come troubles. not
J. IN Its misery but in many ways where
u helpless condition throws the sufferer out
of work and money. But whether in its
acute, chronic or ~intiammatory stage, don't
wait: The tide of pain will go on and so
Will loss of time. At the. same time we all
know that st. Jacobs Oil is made and sold
Tor the express purpose Of curing the worst
cases IN their worst form at any stage. 1t
has cured and will cure in nine cases out of
ten.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-08

"BROwS'S BRONCHIAL TROCHEs" are an
effectualremedy for all Bronchial A Affections.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-08

Mr.. x. (who has bow-legs, to the pho
tographer)-"For mercy's sake, hurry up, l
can't hold my knees together any longer"
IFliegende Blaetter.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-08

BEEcHAM's PILLS for constipation 10c and
2Sc; Get the book (free) at your druggists
and go by it. Annual sales 5000 O boxes.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-08

Bees wintered on summer stands will
require looking Gfter occasionally to sec
that the entrances do not get entirely
closed uu.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-08

At the death of the pope, it vas
formerly the custom TO break his ring.
This practice was discontinued in the
present century.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-08

To HAVE what we want is riches, but to
be able to do without is power.-G. Mac
donald.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-08

ZONE soweth and another reapeth'' is a
verify that applies to evil as well as good
George Eliot
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-08

PIso's Cure is the medicine to break up
children's Coughs and Colds.-Mrs. Nj. G..
Blunt, Sprague, Wash, March S, "a.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-08

Miss OLDUN tplayfully)-'Tm older than
you think l am Miss C~austique-"I doubt
it.n-Tit-Bits.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-08

"SoNE folks" said Uncle Eben, "gits de
reputation of bein' great leaders. when, ez a
matter er fack. dey is jes' bein' showed for
ward fun Observation-Disclosures Star.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-08

ALTERNATE rest and labor long endure
Ovid.