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The Irish standard., 1897-05-22

all high hats and particularly that mon
strosity known as the theater hat, are
removed before the commencement of q
performance. Skull caps and lace COW
erings for the hair will be exempt. The
ordinance provides further that any
manager who does not enforce the Or
dinance in his place Of amusement shall
be subjected to a hne of $50. with an
alternative Of spending a like number
of days in Jail.
The st.. Anthony Literary society
completed the study Of John G. Whittier
last Tuesday evening. President Far
rell called the meeting to order. and
Vice President Quinn acted as CHAIR
man of the literary committee. Miss B.
Finn sang "The Harp That Once Thro'
'Tara's Hail." Miss M. McNamee re-
cited the Yankee Girl" and Miss Mary
Leonard read MAUD Muller" Miss
Anna O'Brien read "The Pumpkin" and
Miss Alice Prendergast an original pa
per on "6nowbound." The exercises
closed with an interesting address by
Father H. Prendergast suggesting how
the society could become more progress
sive. The next meeting of the society
will take place on Tuesday evening,
June 1, when an attractive program on
William Cullen Bryant Will be pre-
scented.
A new electric line will soon be built
from this city to St Anthony Park.
Tho snhabdtaaks oe. tha4 interuFban 1il-
lase hays hltt much sin-
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-11
c FOR

Good pasture, feed and care encour.
age early maturity.
1t is claimed hat the saddle horse in.
dustry IS looking up very rapidly.
If you feed hogs on corn alone they
will have less blood, smaller liver, kid.
neys and skeleton.
Farmers as a whole cannot be in
duced to look kindly upon professional
horse racing at fairs.
The silo simply preserves what is
put into it. 1t cannot add to the feed,
ing value of the ensilage.
The honey bee is a pretty lively kind
of stock, but under favorable condi-
tons it is a profitable one.
When cool weather comes the swine
will bunch together and this must be
prevented as much as possible.
The carcass Of a hog fed on corn will
have say a quarter less lean meat than
one that is fed on mixed rations.
Hardwood ashes fed to swine will
greatly strengthen the bone. and are
of high value when corn alone is fed.
There is a shortage of cattle of all
kinds, and we believe that the future
promises well for the beef producing
interests.
Where shorts, bran and corn are fed
- hogs they will grow more rapidly
and more economically than where ted
On corn slone.-Western Plowmaa.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-11
AN HEATER.

this is the smokestack proper, the other,
which is six inches in diameter, being
merely a sort of draught. This pipe
should be high enough TO come just
above the edge of the water tank, In
which it is to be placed. The whole
concern must be soldered absolutely
water-tight, and it can be made by
any timer at a reasonable price. Three
dollars ought to get a good one. There
must also be a cover made to fit over
the shorter pipe, but supplied with a
hole just large enough to permit q
slight draught.
The heater made, TAKE a kerosene or
one end far enough up TO have a small
tub ten inches deep inside measure
ment. Set this in the water tank, place
the heater in the tub. and make the lat
ter secure by a movable crosspiece,
which must press firmly or the tubs
edge and be held in position by projec-
lions on the inner side of the tank.
Next fill the tank, tub and all, full of
water. This will submerge the heater,
and it should always foe kept so while
there is a fire in it. To fire it, place
some live Goals in it, drop in some kind
ling and shaving, and then some short,
hard bits of wood or soft coal. Let
it get we'll started, and then put the
cover on the shorter pipe, and the fire
will burn slowly, but it will heat very
rapidly. in that there is not one par
ticle of heat radiated except through
the water.-Frederick o. Sibley, IN y
Y. Tribune.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-11
A Simmer Shower.

The wind that has been playing with the
tasseled heads OF grain,
Now sounds q sudden waning moan that
tells of coming rain.
And all the running, creeping folk, and
all the folk that fly,
Are filed with CONSERVATISM as they hear
the warning Sigh;
And into holes and crevices, IN frantic
haste ard fear,
They run and crawl ard hop and fly, and
quickly disappear;
The squirrels 20 their nests have gone.
the bees gone from their food,
And safe beneath a -huharb leaf q hen
has clucked her brood;
The butterflies havs left the air, the
crickets left the grass.
When like a breath the rairdrops fall.
and like a breath shny pass,
And then the golden sun returns n
drives the mist away,
And all the creeping, flying tolk come
back to work or play.
Frank II. Sweet. In ". Y. Independent
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-11
Absent Yet Present.

The house is e~mpty-coldly. strangely still.
l go from room to room and hear no
sound,
No busy foot, intent on household task.
No clinch of needle in its tireless round.
n yet here lies the work, but yesterday
She planned to make SO perfect and COM
plete,
And here q page half written. with the
pen,
Beside q scrap Of verse. most strangely
sweet
These autumn leaves she gathered yes
terday
And massed their mottled beauty in 0
vase
With feathery grasses and cool, fragrant
ferns;
These asters lay beside her glowing face.
A ribbon here, a dainty kerchief there
Her very presence speaks from AL
around.
And yet I canno see her graceful form.
/ call her name, but cannot hear a sound
May Morrison, in Housekeeper.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-11
Mhen Cindy's Gone.

Eff Cindy's zone the shadders creep
An picture her the way she 'peared
When she was here. / jes' can't keep
From feelin' mighty weak an skeered
Fer fear she mightn't fin her way
To this OIL cabin meath the pine,
An aftah all the weary day
Steal into desc brack aims O. mine.
Eff Cindy's gone de mock-birds sit
An seem to NOPE de hui day long,
Dey jes' CANT set deb haht3 10 twit
Deb pow'ful sweet an lovia' song;
De chickens don act as dey should.
Deh's suthin lackin' sho's you bon,
An eben possum don taste good,
Ner hoe-cake. when my Cindy's gone.
When Cindy comes back home again
De banjo strings begin to twitch
A-waitin' fer her voice. an den
Ny fingers seem TO sort O. Itch
To press heb to my a h an see
De oil luv in heb bright eyes shine .
Ny own, my honey. still she be,
An rests in desc brack aims O. mine.
Farrell Greene, in Chicago Int
Ocean.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-11
FARM AND GARDEN.
MODERN CHICKEN cooPs.
The Old Familiar Lnths Have Given
Place IN Wiz Netffn1

the OIo FAMILIAR Lnfhs Have Given
Place to Wire Netting.
Men whose memories go back say 10
years will remember that in those days
when a man wanted to build a chicken
coop he bought a bundle or two of laths
and built it. There are mighty few
lath chicken coops built nowadays
Even the smallest chicken raiser. whc
keeps a few in his back yard, makes hin
coop, or runway, of poultry netting
The chicken house or shelter is made
of boards, often of two thicknesses
and with tarred paper between, for bet.
ter protection from weather, and with
openings at the bottom and under the
projecting roof for ventilation.
Laths are cheap, poultry netting is
still cheaper. 1t is made of steel wire
galvanized in various widths and in
various sizes of mesh. The netting
most commonly used is six feet wide,
with a two-inch mesh. The chicken
raiser sets up a frame and tacks the
netting TO it.
Narrow MEETINGS of smaller mesh are
used in various ways to keep in little
chicks. Sometimes a foot-wide small
mesh netting to run around at the base
OF the i~nclosure, the regular netting be-
ing set above it, thus increasing the
total height of the netting. Sometimes
the small mesh netting is run around
inside OF the regular netting. 1hus max
ing the lower part of the nettingdouble.
Sometimes il is uSed 70 make SeDarate
small Enclosures within the large run
way and perhaps to make a number of
small Enclosures to keepseparate broods
Of chicks apart. The narrow, small
mesh netting is made up to three and q
half feet in length.
There is nowadays a use for wire net.
ting in chicken houses. A netting with
a square mesh is laid on the floor OF
chicken houses to keep out rats and
mice.
There are now many large establish.
ments in the country for the raising OF
chickens for commercial for
market and for breeding. and there ars
as many men as ever who raise chickens
at home, from the many who keep a
few in the back yard, with n simple
chicken house and coop. to men who
raise many chickens and maintain an
elaborate plant for their breeding and
keeping. But under whatever condi.
tons they are raised chickens are rare.
" seen nowadays in coops made OF
laths, such as were familiar 40 wears
ago.-N. y. Sun.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-11
tongues.
something That Every HOusekeeper
Does Not Know.

Every good hOusekeeper knows how
to soak and boil a smoked beef tongue,
but a great many cooks treat 4 fresh
tongue in such a manner that it be-
comes as iavorless as gelatine.
Properly roasted or praised in stock,
a fresh beef or calls tongue is a de-
Iicious meat. 1t is not remarkable for
its nutritious qualities, but, like the
%Ienderloin of beef, the meat is of good
flavor if it is carefully cooked and
seasoned. and it is always of melting
tenderness.
Select a fresh beef tongue for roast
ing. Wash and trim it thoroughly, and
season il with salt and pepper. Wrap a
paste around it made of a pint OF flour
and a cupful of water. Roll u this
paste thin and wrap it around the
tongue. Lay it on a meat rack in 4
dripping pan, with 4 pint of boiling wa
ter. Roast it for about two hours.
Keep the surface of the paste from
driving too hard or from burning by
basting ii with the boiling water in the
bottom of the dripping pan. At the
end Of this time remove the paste. II is
of 10 further value. Loosen the skin of
the tongue and peel it off. 1t should
come off easily. Lay it back in the pan,
rub it freely with butter, dredge it
lightly with flour, and pour a little rich
brown stock in the pan under it to basic
il with. Roast it, basting it often, until
il is well brusvned. Take it up. Add
mushrooms TO the brown gravy in the
dripping pan. thicken it and serve with
the tongue. The mushrooms, of course,
may be omitted, but they add a great
deal to the flavor of the tongue Spinach
is a delicious vegetable TO serve with
roast tongue. Pickles and piquant
sauces are always appropriately. \.
Tribune.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-11
Waiting in the Wings.
(Amateur Theatricals.l

(Amateur TheatricalS)
[ stand behind a painted tree,
And watch my long-haired lover he.
From fearful ills that threaten him.
He is so handsome, such a lord,
By all the gazing girls adored;
For his SAX pretty eyes are dim;
But he thinks not of all these things,
But OF me, waiting in the wings.
And now behind the f%ootlights bright
I stand amid the dazzling light;
The people all applaud and shout.
A painted face bends over mine,
And calls me love" with raptures fine;
But let not my own dear one doubt
That it's to him my whole heart sings
To him who's waiting in the wings
And now together, hand in hand,
A robber n a queen We stand,
And gaze into each others eyes.
Though he's an outlaw bold and bad,
And I'm a queen dethroned and sad,
He has no curses, l no signs.
This is the joy the evening brings
Together, waiting in the wings.
Marion Evans, n Century
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-11
POULTRY ON THE FARM.
Prof. Hilbert Explains Why Ii Is q
Source of Profit.

source OF EEOht.
Prof. Gilbert, of Ottawa, Canada. il
answer to the question: Why is poultry
valuable TO the farmer? gives the fol
lowing reasons:
l. Because he ought by their mean.
to convert a great deal of the waste OF
his farm into money in the shape OF
eggs and chickens for market.
2. Because with intelligent manage.
ment they ought to be all-year revenue
producers with the exception of per.
haps two months during the moulting
period.
3. Because poultry will yield him a
quicker return for his capital invested
than any of the other departments OF
agriculture.
4. Because the manure from ths
poultry house will make a valuable
compost for use in either vegetable
garden or orchard. The birds them
selves, if allowed to run in plum or ap-
pie orchards, will destroy all injurious
insect life.
5. Because while cereals and fruit.
a only be successfully grown in GER
tain sections, poultry can be raised for
table use OF layers of eggs in all parts
of the country.
G. Because poultry raising is an en-
ployment in which the farmers wife
and daughters can engage and leave
him free to attend to otherdepartmenta
Z. Because it will bring the best re-
turns in the shape of new laid eggs
during the winter season-when the
farmer has most time on his hands.
S. Because to start poultry raising on
the farm requires little or no capital.
nder any circumstances, with proper
management, poultry can be made with
cost a valuable adjunct to the
farm.-Farm News,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-11
STICK TO THE FARM.
Agriculture Pays bigger Profit Than
StOrekeeping.


A friend of u owned a good farm
\ few years ago., about two miles from
q thriving city. He and his sons lived
on it and had a fine home and were
prospecting slowly. But they got it
into their heads that they could live
easier and do better by moving to town
and going into some business. And
they went, renting the farm. They
borrowed money on it, and put that
with what they had and started a gro.
Gerry store. He is Il man of more than
average ability. They all worked early
and late for success. Last year, how
ever, was too much for them. They
had to trust out too much. and the
laboring people had so little money,
ana there was so much competition
among the dealers to get that, that the
weakest had to go down. The sheriff
has sold the farm, and everything else
is gone. They have nothing. As they
are particular friends of ours, we feel
doubly sorry for them.
Now, my good friends, don't you
often think that farming is q poor
business, and wish you were out of 1t
and at something else? And you don't
know that the usual result would be
about as described above? You cannot
sell your farm and put your money
into any business to-day that is honor
able and legitimate and safe that Will
pay you as well. Let us look this mat
ter squarely in the face, then, and take
courage and go ahead and make the
best OF our business. There is no
chance to do any batter, as a rule, nor
as well, all things considered, with the
capital invested. 1 was talking the
other day with a shrewd old gentle
man, who has considerable property.
He remarked: II keep enough money
in farm land to support myself and
family well if everything else went TO
the dogs. 1 risk the rest in business"
There is nothing safer than a good
farm land. We have got enough, too,
to support us well, no matter what
comes. People must eat, and farmers
always live, on the average. a
put of debt, owning a good
farm, reasonably improved. are we'll
fixed in this worlds goods.-T. B. Ter.
~, in Practical Farmer.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-11
A Ruined Reputation.

"And you say" said the Sympathetic Per-
son, looking down from the elevation of the
doorstep upon the latest applicant for SUBJ
urban charity, that you have honestly
done your best to find employment"
Il have, madam"
You have a regular vocation?"
81 was formerly an expressman."
"In what city,"
"In Boston"
But, surely, at this season of the year
you ought to find work enough as an ex-
pressman in a large city like Boston,"
Madam, you do not, know Boston. You
have heard of the Bacchante? Yes? Then
1t Is only necessary to tell you that | am one
OF the expressmen who carried her to the
station"
But / do not see"
THE fact became generally known,
madam. From that moment | have ceased
to be respectable. There is no one in Bos-
ton who will now employ me."-Boston
Budget.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-11
WORK OF THE &



I built q palace by a troubled sea,
Broad walls Of spotless white and tur-
rets tall.
Great ~colonhades. the towers Of mine OWL
strength.
I did not dream my palace fair could fall
But, at the open gate, an angel knelt,
And, sorrow that I knew not of, bewailed.
Come. friend" I cried, rejoice In my
success"
It weep" was the reply. that thou hast
failed"
When months had come and gone I saw
the walls
OF my poor palace blackened by the
flame,
Its mighty towers in ruins at my feet.
Ny head was bowed in sorrow and in
shame.
And at its shattered gate I knelt n
wept.
Ny angel friend now stopped a palm to
press
Upon my brow. She bade me look above.
"Rejoice," she cried, in this thy first
success"
Pittsburgh Dispatch
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-11
JOPKlNS'
Cost Him q New Dress and a Pretty
Bonnet.


Bonnet.
Jopkins had read somewhere that if
q woman got hold Of a newspaper with
q chipping cut out of it, she would
never rest until she had procured a
complete paper and read the missing
item. h struck Jopkins as a very
shrewd and Machiavelian plan of ex-
posing this well-known weakness of
lovely woman, and he resolved to put
1t into practice.
So that night, when he went home
from the Office, there SYSTEMATICALLY
protruded from his coat pocket the
days paper, from which he had neatly
cut a paragraph referring TO the rings
OF Jupiter or some such matter.
He threw the paper TO one side in a
careless way, and after supper he noted
with an unholy glee that Mrs. Jopkins
had secured ii, and vas running her
eye over the bargain ads, and work
Ing her way, after the manner of her
sex, through the personals. marriage
notices, and back TO the telegraphic
dispatches.
Presently Jopkins observed a sudden
and suspicious frown overcast ner face.
She had come upon the hiatus rnade by
the waggish penknife. Jopkins reyeled
with internal hilarity, but preserved an
outward appearance Of innocent uncon-
seriousness.
MY dear" said Mrs. JopkiEs, laying
the paper gently aside, I'm going to
u over TO Mrs. Hopkins a minute. l
won't be gone long"
She went over TO the opposite neigh
boris. and while she was gone Jopkins
had lots of fun. She came back pres
emily, and Jopkins noticed she carried
another paper under her shawl. She
went upstairs and Jopkins leaned back
in his chair and shook all over with joy.
Best joke 1 ever got off" he said to
himself. Won't she be sold when l
tell her."
Mrs. Jopkins remained upstairs about
% minutes. and when she came down
she had on her hat and street dress. and
Jopkins felt his knees shake when he
looked into her eye
"Wh-where are you going?"heasked
Where am | going??" said his wife.
you want to know where l am going,
you deceitful, disreputable, underhand-
ed. depraved. vi~llainous, brutal. wicked,
u"nprincipled. scandalous, abandoned
monster? I'm going home TO my moth
err"
"Wha-what's the matter??" said Jop-
kins.
Look at that" said Mrs. Jopkins,
thrusting the paper in his face. Cut it
out TO hide il from me, did you? To
think that l should ever have married
such a r~uffian!"
Jopkins looked where her finger
pointed and read:
After the performance of The
Devils Auction last night quite a re-
cherche little supper was given TO the
leading lady actresses 10y a few of their
admirers. \ prominent merchant
whose name we withhold is said to have
cut up some rather high jinks on The
occasion. We wonder if his estimable
and charming wife knew of his where
abouts."
\ cold SILVER ran over Jopkins. He
was innocent, but he had neglected to
read the other side of the clipping when
he cut ii out. He began to explain, and
the milkman says he was still at it when
he called with his regular morning
supply of chemicals.
As Mrs. Jopkins was seen a week lat
er wearing an elegant new silk dress,
to say nothing of "a dream of a bon
net" il is presumed that the matter was
satisfactorily arranged.-Tit-Bits.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-11
HOW TO MOVE BowLpERs.

AMOUNT of power, unless much hano
digging is given beforehand. The sketch
herewith shows a way to lift the stone
as it is dragged out by a team of horses
Or oxen. The inclined stick can be
placed as near to the bowlder as is prac-
ticable and as it rises to the perpendic-
ular it of course lifts the stone. The
height of the prop will depend upon the
size and depth of the stone. The
krack of knowing how" to do such
things often saves a vast amount Of
work-0range Judd Farmer.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-11
Mere Bundles of Nerves.

Some peevish, luerulous people seem
mere bundles of nerves. The least sound
agitates their sensoriums and ruffies their
tempers. No doubt they are born so. But
may not their nervousness be a~meliorafed,
if not entirely relieved? Unquestionably,
and with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. By
cultivating their digestion, and insuring
more complete assimilation of the food with
this admirable corrective, they will experi
ence a speedy and very %perceptible gain in
nerve quietude. Dyspepsia, biliousness.
constipation and rheumatism yield to the
Bitters.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-11
where He Agreed with Him.

"What! What"
The irate old man choked with iDdigna-
ton
You want to steal my child from me, to
rob me OF my daughter? Why sirl-"
His rage got the upper hand of him, and
he gasped some more
Rascal is no name for you'll"
Tn young man was perfectly calm
"Iou bet it isn't" he said, slowly; "and IF
anybody says otherwise there's liable to b
trouble"
In the face of such sublime gall what could
the old man do:-Puck.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-11
Snfce Cookies.

Cream a cupful of butter with W
cupfuI of sugar. Stir into this the
beaten yolks of three eggs; whip it
well together and add a ~teaspoonful
each of nutmeg and cloves. Feat in
the whites of the eggs alternately with
two cupfuls of flour sifted twice with
an even teaspoonful of baking powder.
The dough should be just stiff enough
TO roll out. Cut into cakes, sift granu-
lated sugar mixed with a little cinna-
mon on top and bake in a quick oven.-
Detroit Free Press.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-11
ECONOMICAL HEATER.
Et Makes the Warming of Water foE
stock Comparatively Easy.

SIOcA OMpAEAtAStI Easy.
The warming of water for stock, es-
pecially for mich cows and animals
being fattened, is something which de-
serves attention in all sections where
the winters are long and cold. Many
farmers, however, neglect to do it, sim
ply because they think it is too expen-
sive.
The cut presented below represents
a heater which does the work effective
ly, at the minimum cost of construction
and running. 1t is made of gal
vanized iron, and a cylinder about 20
inches in diameter and eight inches
high, provided with two pipes. The long
er one is four inches in diameter, and
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-11
CHEAP EXCURSION RATES WEST


One fare plus 500 for the round trip to
Nebraska, Kansas, st. Paul, Minneapolis,
orado and Utah. September 9Th, 21st. Octo-
Der 5th and 18th. Ask your ticket agent for
additional information. L. W. WAKELKY,
General Passenger Agent, st. Louis, No
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-11

A Natural Inference.-"Did you hear what
Whimpleton's little boy said when they
him the twins?" mo; what wal
gettin' bargains again "-Tt-Bits.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-11

A Sundayschool interruption. Clergy.
man-"St. Paul made one error, nv dear
children" JuvenileA'Did it let in a rum"
Truth.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-11

Fits stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use of DR.. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Free 50 trial hottie &
treatise. DR.. Kline, 933 Arch ST., Phila., Pa.