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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-24
NATIVE
After Having Been Grnzed Closely
They Should BE MANFRED.

They Should BE Manured.
There is quite a diversity of opinion
among farmers and stock raisers on the
question of manuring native pasture
lands. Some have obtained excellent
results by manuring, while others
seem to have had quite the opposite ex-
]perience.
The soil of the western prairies is
very rich and under ordinary circum-
stances will give fair returns without
the application of fertilizers of any
kind. Nevertheless, it is certain that
better returns may be had if more avail
able food is placed within reach of the
grasses. Anyone who has observed 4
piece of grass land so situated as to re-
ctive the wash from a barnyard, will
have found that near the yard where the
supply of fertilizer has been great the
grasses have become thinned out to a
few species, while where the supply has
keen moderate the grasses are much
more evenly developed and the yield
decidedly plain. a too plenteous APP
plication of fertilizer will thin out the
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at least for the first season or two, since
many species will not sta-d such treat
ment. On the other hand, a proper
amount of fertilizer will increase the
yield. 1t is quite possible to use too
much fertilizer fo- any crop, and the
native grasses seem to be more sensi-
tive in this respect than the ordinary
cultivated species.
Any pasture which has been grazed
closely for ONT time will be benefited
by an application of a thin t~op-dress-
ing of wcll-rotted stable manure, fol-
lowed by a thorough narrowing. 1t
is doubtful if much is gained by putting
coarse unrotted manure on the pasture;
it can be used to better advantage OF
cultivated land. Ashes usually have a
beneficial effect upon grasses on soils
not too plentifully supplied with alkaIi,
Dakota Field and Farm.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-24
Irrigation on the Farm.

In laying out Il system of bitches fol
irrigation purposes good care and time
should be observed. Ditch lines should
be run as much as possible cn the high
parts of the farm, and the grade should
be light, about four feet to the mile be-
iEg about what ordinary soils will best
stand. The ditch should always be
larger than is apparently necessary.
Both ditch and hank should be built
broad. and particular care given to
prevent the liability of a little stream
of water starting out from the side
somewhere and cutting away both
ditch and bank and inundating the
ield.-Dakota Field and Farm.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-24
Corn in Place of wheat.

The difference between the prices Of
rorn and wheat during the past year
has led to a larger use of corn in place
of wheat rs bread. Not only has its use
been increased directly in the familiar
form of cornmeal, but indirectly by
blending the corn product with wheat
flour. This blended flour is made both
for the home market and for export. To
what extent the blending practice has
been carried is not known accurately, it
being in some sense a trade secret. 4
reliable trade journal estimates a re-
duction of eight per cent. in the ON
sumption of wheat flour in this coun-
try.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-24
The City and the Farm.

The city and the farm are dependent
one upon the other. The people of the
city look to the farm for the necessities
of life, and the farmer looks to them
for a market for his produce, for his
clothes, and the implements with
which to carry on his work. In their
dependency they are equal, with no
shade or sign of antagonism between
them. Each fulills its special mission
in the industrial life of the country;
therefore, respect your calling. and
cast no e~nvious eyes upon the ether. Do
hat which lieth before you, and do il
well.-Eural World.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-24
RUFFS, TABS AND BOWS.
They Make the Necks of the Newc.
Waists Very Ornate.

They Make the Necks of the Newest
Waists Very Ornate.
No dressy costume is considered
either complete or correct without some
sort of trimming at the neck, such as
Medici collars, Stuart ruches, Josephine
fraises, Vandyke points, Queen Bess
rufus, tabs and bows of almost every de-
scription.
The smartest sort of collarettes are
being set up 10 wear with the spring
gown, and pretty, fresh spring hat,
which may be easily made at home if
one has ambition. First comes a wide
stock of ribbon, with ruches of NOUS
seine de sole sewn in at the top to set it
up very high at the back. Fur animal
heads + placed on either side, from
which are depended clusters of fur tails.
A more substantial shoulder covering
consists of double frills of velvet, made
in bias fashion so as to stand out well,
a trifle wider at the shoulder than at
the back or front. A frill stands up
about the face in ruche effect, inside of
which is n second frill of lace.
Flots of lace mingle with the velvet
On the shoulders, which are further
set off by thick tails of fur, as many as
a be gracefully arranged.
Achic floral collarette is made of loops
Of wide black taffeta ribbon mingled
with clusters of purple and white vio-
lets with their green leaves and long
stems. Such a collar may be fifty worn
with any smart gown with good effect.
Another smart neck fixing has a wide
collar of white linen, worn with a stock
of black satin, with a fetching bow al
the front, from beneath which falls i
jabot of white mousseline de sole.
These collars are pretty when made OF
stiffened white muslin, with a bright
colored stock.-Chicago Journal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-24
Shake Into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet.
Cures painful, swollen, smarung feet and in
stantly takes the sting out of corns and pun
ions. Greatest comfort discovery OF the
age. Aliens Foot-Ease makes tight or new
shoes feel easy. Is a certain cure for sweat
ing. ~callous, hot, tired, aching feet. Try it
to-day. Sold by all druggists and shoe
stores, 25c. Trial package FREE. Address
Allen S. Olmstead, lie Roy, n. y.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-24
STRONG CORN CRIB.
u Costs About $40 and Holds 1000
Sbelled,

1 will give my method of building a
crib that is cheap and strong. Set two
parallel rows of stone blocks 2h feet
apart in the row, the rows as far apart
as the width of crib. Then make the
frame in sections as shown in the cut.
The posts are PKG inch, M II feet long
and the other IA. The sill is 2x10 and 7
feet long. The cross piece near cave is
an inch boarl 6 inches wide. The rafter
is 2x4 inches. Make as many of these
sections as necessary for the size of the
crib, and set them on the stone blocks.
Nail them securely at corners and tie
across with 1x6-inch boards. Floor of
inch lumber. Size up horizontally with
1x4-inch lumber.
l built a crib z feet 4 inches wide, II
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-24

feet high at rear, IA feet at front, and go
feet long, using good lumber. oak frame,
pine roof, for $40. 1t will hold 1000
bushels of shelled corn. In siding up.
leave as many openings as desired for
filling in; cut the siding at the opening
with a inter and the Stats can be re-
moved one at 4 time, making cheap
openings.-Malcolm Crockett, in Ohio
Farmer
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-24

Soak a half loaf of bread a few hours
and press out the water. Then take
about six cooking apples, pare, r
and cut into dice, and mix these through
the bread. Sweeten to taste. Flavor
with q little cinnamon or nutmeg. Also
mix in a few raisinS or ~currants if
'Red. After mixing well, bake one
sur. It can be eaten with or without
uce. as preferred.-Boston BUDGET.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-24
An Appeal for Assistance.

The man who is charitable to himself will
listen to the mute appeal of assistance made
by his stomach, or his liver, in the shape OF
divers d~yspeptic qualms and uneasy sensa-
lions in the regions of the gland that secretes
his bile. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, m
dear sir, or madam-as the case may be-is
what you require. Hasten to use if you are
troubled with heartburn, wind in the stom-
ach, or note that your skin or the whites of
eyes are taking a sallow hue.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-24

Fits stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use of DIR. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Free 81 trial bottle
treatise. DIR. Kline, 933 Arch St, Phila., Pa.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-24

The public awards the pain. to Hale,s
Honey of Horehound and Tar for coughs.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-24

A milkman is the custodian of as many
family secrets as a doctor, or preacher
Atchison Globe.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-24

Every time a man runs across a real pref
ty girl he wishes he hadn't married.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-24

Nothing humiliates a man more than a
woman to find 1t necessary to take him down
a peg.-Atchison Globe.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-24

A man humps himself with lumbago. He
hustles when cured by St. Jacobs Oil.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-24

It is astonishing how many men there are
who can play the iddle.-Washington Dem
ocrat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-24

For Whooping Cough, Piso's Cure is a sue
cessful remedy.-M. P. Dieter, 81 Throop
Ave, Brooklyn, n. Y, Nov. IA, 1894.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-24

Sore and stiff from cold; don't wait and
suffer; use st. Jacobs Oil and get cured.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-24

Opinions are good things to have in life,
but an extra pair of ~suspenders are often
of more practical value.-Ram's Horn.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-24

When a man runs for an Office, and is de-
feated, he consoles himself by saying it paid
him for the acquaintance it gave him.
Washington Democrat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-24

Calling a man hard names is often only
way of saying that he dares to
differ from you in opinion.-Ram's Horn.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-24

If there is nothing in a man, his "op
%portunity" never comes.-Ram's Horn
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-24

Be sure that all of the sheep are
properly tagged before they are turned
into the pastures.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-24

Cascarets stimulate liver, kidneys and
bowels. Never sicken, weaken or gripe, l0c.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-24

No woman in praising her children ever
said anything that was interesting or orig
inal.-AtchisOn Globe.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-24

When bilious or costiye eat a Cascaret,
candy cathartic, cure guaranteed. l0c, Sc.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-24

Nothing makes a man so mad as for you TO
keep cool when he is abusing you.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-24

Some very harsh things have been said
of the sin of loafing, but no one can success
fully dispute that loafing is very pleasant
Atchison Globe.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-24

Wrinkles come with neuralgia. They go
with St. Jacobs Oils cure of it.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-24

Too much sugar will spoil what might
prove an excellent dish.-N. Y. Weekly.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-24

They who have most of heart know most
IF sorrow.-N. Y. Weekly.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-24

You have no doubt remarked how effec-
tive a worthless man is in politics.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-24

Long and short-years with rheumatism
no time with st. Jacobs Oil-and a cure.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-24

What is a crank, papa?" "a crank, my
son, is a fellow who goes around with his
wheel "
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-24
s.Star Tobacco

As you chew tobacco for pleasure, use
Star. 1t is not only the best, but the most
lasting, and therefore the cheapest.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-24

For this occasion, which will occur April
%, 1897. the b. & o. S-W. Ry. will give a
Special Low Rate for the round trip, tickets
good going April % to %. Returning, good
until May 4. For further information, con-
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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-24

He always wanted something new;
At last he had his way
Rode home upon an open "a
And caught pneumonia.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-24

Special Low Rates to New York and Return
On Account of Grant Monument Cere-
monial.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-02-25
AN UNWILLING PRESIDENT.

Human nature seems sometimes per-
versely to prefer in public Office the
unwilling to the willing servant.
As regards the Presidency, the re-
ply of his contemporaries to many an
able man from Webster down has been:
"Oh, he wants it too much !"
1t is probable that Washington was,
of all our Presidents, the most unwill-
ing to take the Office. Heaven
knows" he wrote to Benjamin Harri-
son, that no event can be less desired
by me" than the nomination.
To Benjamin Lincoln: 81 most
heartily wish the choice to which you
allude may not fall on me. He con-
ceived himself, however, constrained
to accept" by his desire to reconcile
contending parties so far as in me lies.
To Samuel Hanson he wrote: "The
first wish Of my soul is to spend the
evening of my days as private citi-
zen on my farm And this was true.
He could gain no greater fame by ap-
pearing in civil life, he loved the
open-air life of country gentleman,
and he had a plain, strong man s
wholesome contempt for the lawyer
like quibbles and squabbles Of legisla-
lures, Of which he had already had
enough sad experience.
Integrity and frmness, he wrote
to Henry Knox, "are all l can prom
ice. He kept his promise and more.
For, besides integrity and hrmness, be
brought to the task common sense.
A President needs nothing more
than these.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-02-25

Westchester family whose house is now
the City Hall of Yonkers, during a
stay in New York, but there was a
Virginia love affair considerably ear
lier.
His first love was the charming Sal
ly Cary, one of that aristOcratic Vir-
ginia family of Carys, Of which Mrs.
Burton Harrison Constance Cary is
in our day member. To her he
wrote love poems, anonymous, printed
in the Virginia Gazette, and other love
poems, not anonymous, sent to her in
manuscript These rhymes described
his poor, restless heart, pierc'd by
Cupid's dart, and made use Of the
other rhymes of dove love, and
"above," not unfamiliar in every age.
With her, too, he danced at the festi-
walls of St. Tammany, the titular saint
of the Colonies.
But Miss Cary would not listen to
the suit of the long-legged frontiers
man, and married instead his dearest
friend and woods companion, George
William Fairfax. and went TO live at
Belvoir, the Fairfax seat When pret-
ty Sally Fairfax died in England,
years afterward, her Virginia heirs
found some of Washington's love let
ters, and these have been kept unpub-
lished ever since.
Until the war, however, Mrs. Sally
and her husband continued to live in
the Colonies. Five years after Wash
;ngton's courtship of her, when he had
become famous in frontier warfare,
he met at Mr.. Chamberlayne's house,
on the Pamunkey River, the Widow
Gusts, whom he afterward married.
OF course, the Belvoir ladies saw a
great deal of the mistress Of Mount
Vernon, and Virginia gossip, which
takes the harmless form of tradition,
has it that Mistress Martha Washing
ton never forgave Mistress Sally Fair
fax for having been her husbands first
sweetheart She was intensely human,
was Mistress Martha.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-02-25
LAST SCENE OF ALL.

Mr.. George Ticknor, who wrote
The History of Spanish Literature
and Life of Prescott remembered
distinctly the death of Washington.
He says in his diary
There never was a more striking
or spontaneous tribute paid to man
than was paid in Boston when the
news came of Washington death.
1t was on December II, 1893, a lit
tie before noon, and Mr. Ticknor says !:
Il often heard persons say at the time
that one could know how far the news
had spread by the closing Of the
shops. Each man, when he heard
that Washington was dead, shut his
store, as a matter of course, without
consultation, and in two hours all
business was stopped.
My father came home and conld
not speak, he was so overcome. My
mother was alarmed to see him in
such a state, till he recovered enough
to tell her the sad news. For some
time every one, even the children,
wore Grape on the arm. No boy could
90 into the street without il. ! wore
it, though only eight years old.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-02-25
HIS CURIOUS FALSE TEETH.

The peculiarly square and clumsy
look of Washingtons jaw in the Stuart
portrait and other late pictures ofhim
makes him look very unlike the slight
faced and rather handsome man shown
in his earlier portraits.
This curious appearance was due to
his false teeth.
The science of dentistry is only a
hundred years old, and at the first
false teeth were not only very expen-
sive but extremely imperfect. The
first dentist who ever practiced IN
America was lie Mair, visitor with
the French army in the Revolution,
though before that time jewelers. had
made few sets of false teeth, and, OF
course, physicians had extracted mol
ars whose usefulness was outlived.
Washington's teeth were made by
John Greenwood, of New York, the
first American dentist, who carved a
complete set of teeth out of sea-horse
ivory in 1890. The work Of making
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-02-25
A WEALTHY MAN.

1t is sometimes said that Washing
ton was in his day the richest Ameri-
can. 1t would be difficult to prove
this and doubtless the stateme ent Is an
exaggeration, such as the common
country tale that Washington could
stand and Jump twenty-five feet 1t
is needless to say that no such record
of his prowess in this line has come
down to us
1t used also to be said that Washing
ton had once thrown a dollar across
the Potomac. Mr.. Eyarts' witty COM
ment that "a dollar would go further
in those days, YOU know, Is well re-
membered
Washington was not, however, the
man TO throw away a dollar He was
precise, careful and methodical. In
youth he was, and expected to remain,
comparatively poor as he was ayounger
son, and the family followed the Eng
li.h customs OF primogeniture-so far
at least, as concerned the family estate,
Mount Vernon, which was left to Law
renee Washington. Lawrence died in
1852, and his infant daughter shortly
afterward, leaving the estate to George.
His marriage with the wealthy
widow of John Parke Custis brought
him more wealth, and his investments
in Western lands were also shrewd and
profitable.
But, though an exact and capable
business man, Washington was no mig
gard. He entertained lavishly. 1t
was by his advice that the largest room
in the White House was designed for
state dining-room. Washington
never occupied tie house, and his sue
cessors have found the room much too
large, even for state dinners. The
dining-room in Mount Vernon, de-
signed by Washington, is also much
the largest in the house.
It's generally known that Washing
ton received no pay for his services in
the Revolution. Congress voted him
$500 a month, but he never accepted
it, charging only his actual expenses.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-02-25
AS 4 COLONEL.

In 176O Captain George Mercer
wrote to friend a description of the
personal appearance of Colonel
George Washington, late Commander
of the Virginia Provincial troops,
which ran as follows "He may be de-
scnbed as being straight as an Indian,
measuring six feet two inches in his
stockings, and weighing l75 pounds.
His frame is padded with well devel-
oped muscles, indicating great atstrength.
His bones and joints are large, as are
his feet and hands. He is wide shoul-
dered, but has not a deep or round
chest is neat wasted, but is broad
across the hips, and has rather long
legs and arms. His head is well
shaped, though not large, but IS grace
fully poised on a superb neck. A
large and straight, rather than prom
inent nose, blue-gray penetrating eyes,
which are widely separated, and over
hung by heavy brow. His face Is
long rather than broad, with high,
round cheek bones, and terminates in
good, firm chin He has clear,
though rather a colorless pale skin,
which burns with the sun. y pleasing,
benevolent though commanding gcoun-
tenance, dark brown hair, which he
wears in queue, His mouth Is large
and generally firmly closed, but which
from time to time discloses some de-
fective teeth. His features are regu-
lar and placed with all the muscles of
his face under perfect control, though
flexible, and expressive of deep feeling
when moved by emotions. In conver-
sation he looks you full IN the face, Is
deliberate, deferential and engaging.
His voice is agreeable rather than
strong. His demeanor at all times
composed and dignifed. His move
ments and gestures are graceful, his
walk majestic, and he is splendid
horseman.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-02-25
GEORGE WASHINGTON.

The Washington family held the
theories of primogeniture, which the
Virginian gentry had brought from
old England, and George as younger
son had his own way to make in the
world.
At fourteen George was shy and
awkward, but big and strong. People
began life early in those days, and the
Widow Washington suggested to Lau-
renee, her stepson and the head OF the
house, to see if his father-in-law, Col
onel Fairfax, couldn't suggest some
thing for George.
Fairfax and Laurence Washington
agreed that the British Navy was the
place for a strong lad with the mill
tary instinct, and to the British Navy
he might have gone, and become the
enemy rather than the deliverer Of his
country.
Just about this time Tom Fairfax,
Colonel Fairfax's son, fell on H. NJ, 5,
Harwicb, during fight with a French
squadron commanded by NJ. de Bour-
donaye on the coast of India. This
was l745, the year of the "rising' in
Scotland.
Tom Fairfax was only twenty-one,
and the pet of the Washington and
Fairfax families. Mrs. Washington
then began to think that the navy was
not quite the place for her George.
Her brother, Joseph Ball, also wrote
to dissuade her, saying that the boy
would better be apprenticed to a trade
than sent before the mast, where he
might be pressed from one ship to
another, "cut and beaten like ne
gro, and where promotion could only
be obtained by influence.
1t was at this juncture that the sixth
Lord Fairfax, whether crossed in love
or for whatever reason, came to live
in Virginia, and, as distant relative
of the family, took an interest in
George and solved the question of his
future by making the boy his survey
or, friend and companion.
The pleasure shown by the old cour-
tier in the young lads society bids
one think that George must have had
an old head on young shoulders.