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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-05-28
COLLOPS OF MEAT.
Properly Prepared Make n Very De.
IicIOus and Wholesome
Dish.

The term collop is applied tc pieces
VI meat cut in shapely circular form
from cold roast or boiled beef anc
warmed over in some species of sharp
or piquant sauce. The Monday before
Ach Wednesday was formerly known
as Collop Monday, and was a season
when collops of spiced or sailed meat
were served in very much the same spiri,
of fun and feasting that pancakes wer,
served on Shrove Tuesday.
Properly prepared, a collop is a very
delicious and wholesome dish, and i;
Cffers one solution to the question:
What shall we do with cold roasi
Eeef?" Cut rather thin slices from
cold roast or boiled beef or mutton
Prepare a rich sauce and heat the col
lops of meat slowly for about Is min.
utes in the boiling lux without let
ting it boil. After cooking them this
length of time in the sauce let it boi
up once and they are ready. Serve the
cUlfops piled in an even pile on a no;
platter, and strain the sauce over them
Any rich, highly-seasoned acid il
good for the purpose. n piquant Oh
sharp sauce is especially nice.
To prepare this sauce fry n teaspoon.
full of white onion minced fine in a table
spoonful of butter. add four tablespoon
fuls of good vinegar and let the vinegar
cock until it is nearly absorbed. Ust
a porcelain-lined or granite saucepan
fer this cooking. Now stir in an ever
tablespoonful of -four and pour in a pint
of broth or brown gravy. Let the sauce
boil very slowly for half an hour. Ado
the collops of cold meat and cook then
as directed before. Just before pour
ing the sauce over the collops on tn,
platter add a tablespoonful of minced
cucumber pickles.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-05-28
WHY HE WANTED TO FIGHT.
He Couldn't Fight the Old Woman
So He Thought the Spaniards
Would Do.

Il was down in the mountain region
Of West Virginia last week." said the
returned special agent of the internal
revenue department, "and | happened
upon one war incident down there
where you would suppose people had
enough lighting of their own to do WIKI
out going to foreign countries for it.
One morning as | was riding through
n Lonesome valley l came upon n house
at the turn of the hill, and as [ passed
d man came u and joined me, taking
the side of the road. as is common ofte,.-
times when there are a rider and walker
going in the same direction.
How far is it to Sam Morgan's?
was the first question that | asked.
"'Old Sans or young Sam's?'
~ didn't know there were two
THAR wuZn't till two weeks ago
when young Sam got hitched and rent.
ed the Mullins farm. It's two miles tc
the old MANS
"'Do l keep right on this way??'
''Ies. foller the crick, I reckon he
said. Then he went on: Thar is likely
TO be a war, hHln't thar"
THAT is what most people think
where / come FROM
"'Whar's that. mister?.'
"'Washington.'
"'WeIl. l reckon that's h~eaduaurters
and eff they think it thar. then tharTl
he some fightin',' and his face bright
Pned.
"tAre you in favor of ware
81 never WIZ till here lately. and
now I'm jIst eachIn' fer it
81 suppose the continued cruelty Of
the Spaniards toward those helpless re-
concentrates, added to the loss of the
Maine, is too much for you to bear?'
well, no. ne hesitated; faint that
/ reckon
"'Not that?' l said, in surprise.
"'NO, stranger and he glanced over
his shoulder at the house. You see
I've been married to John PressIer's
wilder fer about six weeks. and I've list
got to fight somebody er sumthin. ]
can't fight the old woman, and | don't
want ter fight any NV my neighbors
but I've got to fight. an I'd ruther fight
them dern ~Spainyerds thin anybody
else | knows Nv. G'ain't never beer
married, have yer. mister?'
II shook my head.
Well he said. with a Io~ng-drawr
breath, you don't know nothin' what
Bomever about the feeIin' a man has go,
sometimes. No wonder she was a wild.
der. She'll be another one eff this wa
gifts declared off, er I'm no jedge.'"-
Washington Star.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-05-28

| think how we're goin' to do it, but do
it we must. Can't one Of you think out
some plan?"
A little conference of mother and
daughters was being held in the kitch,
en-. They wanted clothes, and that
soon. Here was summer coming on and
| all of their thin clothing was worn out
long before the last summer was over.
Something must be done o step this
%ravenous legal monster that was de-
vouring them.
II don't know as it'll work." replied
Mary, the youngest, but anyway We
might try it"
Try what?" cried MA" Walker.
You know, ma, pa and Uncle Josh
always go to the cemetery Decoration
cay to fix up Uncle Charley's grave.
That's one of the last requests Grand
ma Walker made before she died. She
said Charley was her baby and she
wanted his grave always kept nice.
Before this lawsuit pa and Uncle Josh
always went together on Decoration
day to trim the bushes and fix the sod
and put on the flowers, but now they go
by themselves. Pa always goes in the
afternoon and Uncle Josh in :he morn
ing, and each takes are of one side OF
the grave. Maybe if we could get them
10 go al the same time, and have them
meet there without knowing it the re-
membranes might cause them to make
up again"
Il just believe it would, Mary, if we
could only do it, but your pas so set in
his ways that he wouldn't go at any
time he thought Uncle Josh would be
there, and Uncle Josh wouldn't go if
he thought he'd meet your pa. l don't
see how we could work it, Mary, they're
both that contrary" and Ma" Walker
shook her head over the problem.
But, ma, couldn't we make Uncle
Josh believe pa was going in the morn
ing, or make pa believe Uncle Josh was
going in the afternoon" put in Jane.
Now l never thought of that" and
"Nfa" Walker beamed on her two daugh-
tiers. 1T takes young heads for new
ideas, don't it. I'll just leave it for you
two girls to fix up. You've got a way
of gettin' round them two men 1 never
could get
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-05-28

At the window, with my crutches, as the
daylight fades away.
l sit and watch the shadows meath the
hoary naples play;
It Is then / hear the music of a bugle loud
and shrill.
And the long roll in the twilight seems to
COME from yonder hill;
But awake or dreaming ever ! can see the
old blue lines,
and again the army marches-marches
underneath the pines.
With a tread tina echoes ever in the vet
Grams heart to-day,
Marches still that grand old army, 'mong
the trees so far away;
And l see its banners floating proudly
'gainst the azure sky.
Just as though beneath my window 1t to-
day were passing by;
l can recognize the comrades touching ell
bows is of yOre,
With a beautiful devotion that will live
forever more;
And the sun in cIoudless heavens upon
blade and bay'net shines,
And the breezes stir the pennons Of the
army in the pines.
Sitting here l count the marches one can
never more forget,
1 can see the cleaning camp-fres when
the stars their watch have set:
4OnCer rlGeS the BrdyDearQ COlOIelp Win
a comrades smile for all.
That morning in the wilderness, he was
the first to fall;
I remember how we laid him meath the
dark green branches low,
And turned to meet the charges Of the ever
valiant foe;
I seem TO hear wars thunder as II rolled
along our lines,
Waking not the dear old colonel. sleeping
sweetly 'nesth the pines.
But my crutches oft remind me that our
battle flags are furld.
THAT where We fought the angel Peace pro-
claims to all the world
That love cementS the sections and that,
brothers true to-day,
Beneath the starry banner fair stand both
the Blue and Gray:
The roses bloom in beauty where we heard
the mad shells scream,
And southern lilies grow beside the squad
ron guarded stream,
And everywhere, this sacred day, love
gratefully entwines
A fragrant wreath in memory of the army
in the pines.
The sound of music thrills me; they are
coming down the street.
1 plainly hear upon the wind the tramp
of many Feet;
With natures treasures beautiful they
march again to keep
Memorial day and crown the boys where
side by side they sleep;
They see me at the window and salute me
as they pass,
I lift my hand and smile on them. but very
soon. they pass,
My old. old eyes grow misty and I cannot
see the lines,
Though I seem TO hear the army once again
among the pines.
There's another army marching meath
the heavens soft and blue,
Its leaders are not many now. its privates.
too, are few:
Ops by one they cross the river to the camp
where all Is still,
Wnefe drums TO battle never beat and
bugles never thrill;
Memorial day grows sweeter as the long
years glide away.
And loving nature yields her gifts alike for
Blue and Gray;
And soon where the last veteran sleeps
will creep the summer vines,
And evermore will silent be the camps
among the pines.
IT. c. H~arbaugh. in Ohio Farmer.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-05-28

The morning OF May So was as bright
and clear os anyone could ask. The
country people in the part of the coun-
" where the Walkers lived always made
the day a holiday-a day devoted to the
memories of the brave men who fell in
the civil war. Many of them had friends
and relatives buried on the battlefields
of the south, but there were but few
soldier graves in the little ~churchyard
cemetery at home. What few there
were, however, received the oferinEa
of the entire community.
As Hiram Walker came in from the
barn after doing the chores of the morn
ing his wife asked how soon after din
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-05-28
The Veteran Reads the War News.

81 don't know who is the more stirred
by all this talk of war and wal prepara-
ton, the movement of troops and YES
sells, and so on" said a civil war veteran,
"the younger men who have grown up
since the days of 81, to whom it is all
new, or the men who fought in the civil
war, and so know what war is; but I
rather think the veterans are. The vet
eran knows that first thrill, too. It
came to him in 'G1, and every drumbeat
nov stirs a thousand recollections.
There isn't a word of the news, no
matter what it's about, that doesn't
move him. Fascinating as it all is to
those to whom it is new, it strikes him
with even greater force. Everybody
reads the wal news, but it has, 1 fancy,
the most absorbing interest for the men
who have already fought."-N. Y. Sun
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-05-28
Satisfy.

Scrape and wash a dozen satisfy roots,
co~er with slightly salted water and
cook until tender. Take up, cut in
pieces, return to the saucepan with a
teacupful of cream or rich milk, a
tablespoonful of butter and seasoning
to taste. Stir over the fire until hot.
and serve al once--HousekeeDer.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-05-28
In War Times.

Drummer-Is your business affected
by the war talk?
Shaving Soap Manufacturer-No. We
are doing a larger business than ever.
well, come to think of It, there's q
reason for that"
what is ito"
"Why, most men wear longer faces
these days."-Brooklyn Life.
Why He d See London.
"And is London a handsome city,
Oawson?"
Don't know. Didn't see it."
"Didn't see it? Why, man, you were
here ten days. Sick?" .
"Nope. Foe."-Harper's Bsxar.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-05-28

When the old folks died the farm of
more than 200 acres was left to Hiram
and Josiah Walker, to be divided equal
ly or worked together, as the brothers
might choose. For several years they
farmed their land together, and then
Hiram married. After hat the land
was divided, Hiram taking the part on
which the home stood for himself and
his bride, and Josiah was to make his
home with them.
Added to the ties of blood were the
ties of ~comradeship on the battleiields
of the south, and they seemed INSOFAR
able. Nothing, it seemed, could come
between them. They assisted each 9th
er in their work, they shared each 9TH
er's earnings; they made it a point to
plant at the same time; they reaped
their crops at the same time, and they
sold the products of their farms to the
same men. Their lives were the happy
ones of peace and good will.
And then came a time of doubt, of
hard words, and all the ~comradeship of
the past was forgotten.
1t was in the winter time, and both
brothers were fattening hogs for mar
ket. The pens in which their hogs were
kept adjoined, and day after day they
had stood together and remarked about
the condition of the stock. One morn
ing as Josiah came out to the barnyard
he found his brother counting his hogs,
and as he reached his side Hiram turned
to him and said:
Josh, there's a board loose and one
of my shoats has worked its way into
your pen. l think it's the spotted one
in the corner there"
Guess you're mistaken, Hiram;
that's my pig; this old sow here is his
mother. You'll have to look again, Hi
ram, to find your shoat."
But 1 guess 1 know my shoat when
I see it, Josh, and l tell you that spot
ted pigs mine. I'll git in an catch it
and put it back in my pen"
You'll do nothin' of the kind. That
spotted pigs mine, I tell you, an you'll
let it alone where it is. Idon't believe
you've lost a shoat, anyway"
And so the quarrel started. A pig
that either would have gladly given the
other had he asked it was to come be-
tween them.
'Aj his first onnortunity Hiram car
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-05-28

consent 10 penul dllOlllSI HlShGl III
Iawin'," and MIA" Walker gave her foot
a determined stamp on the polished
kitchen floor to signify that she meant
all she said.
To those who knew MA" Walker the
stamp she gave meant much. Her
mind was made up, and no amount of
coaxing and argument could change it.
She didn't intend to throw good money
after bad in a vain endeavor to get pay
ment for a four-dollar shoat for which
they had already mortgaged the farm
for more than they could pay in the
next five years.
But. Ma the lawyer says he can git
a Judgment in the next court, al then
l want to teach Josh that he can't have
everything his OWL way. The lawyer
says he'll only need $50 more"
Hiram Walker. you might just as
well quit talkin', for | tell you l won't
consent TO sperdin' another cent. l de-
clare to goodness, it's a downright
shame that two brothers can't get along
without spendin' all they make in law
in! It's bad enough for Josh, and for
you, what's got a family to care for.
it's st;lI worse. You had just better
spend that $50 in buyin' me an the girls
some new clothes. Goodness knows, we
need EN- bad enough; L haven't had a
new dress since this lawn business be-
gan, five year ago; neither has the
girls"
Again the foot of Ma" Walker struck
the floor with a tItump that was certain
~ impressive. ann her husband, finding
that he could accomplish nothing by
argument, left the house. If his wife
wouldn't conseAs he had Nd thought of
doing what be- wished against bs=
wishes, and, besides that, the money
chat he wanted was her own. the re
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-05-28

The lawsuit was settled out of court.
Ma" Walker and the girls got their
summer dresses, and abundant supply,
for they came from both farms, and Jo-
siah is back at the old home again to
live.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-05-28
SSNoEany.

Mahogany Is Eow very geEsEally sub
stituted for hickory in the manufacture
Of wagon wheels in France, it being
found cheaper snd quite n anrlbleA
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-05-28

ried out his intention of putting the pig
into his own pen, and in less than "a
hours afterwards he was arrested on
a warrant sworn out by his brother.
The case went through the justice
court with a decision for Josiah; when
appealed to the grand jury the decision
was the other way. At a retrial the de-
cision was again reversed, and then it
went to the state courts, where it was
tried time after time, until now it had
reached the supreme court, and Hiram
hoped to have the last decision against
him reversed.
During the progress of the case both
brothers had become heavily involved
in raising the money needed to pay
court and attorneys fees. Hiram's
farm had been mortgaged, his crops
sold to pay the same kind of bills. The
needs of his family had counted for
naught against this legal monster. His
boy had left school that he might take
the place of a hired man and so save
that expense, as well as that incurred
by his schooling. The daughters had
done without the clothes they were ac-
customed to. They and their mother
| had worked over their old ones until
/ they would bear no more, and then
came this plea for just $50 more. Every
plea of this kind had promised to be
the last one since the case was first
started, and MA" Walker had finally
rebelled.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-05-28

In the dark days of 81 three brothers
for troops. They came from a quiet
farm home in one of the northern coun-
ties of Indiana. All of them left home
for the b~attlefields with a mothers
Observation-Disclosures but the mothers
heart went out especially to the young
est, her baby" He was but a boy of 10
to whom the hard work of the farm had
always been more of a burden than his
frail body could bear, and for that rea-
Sol he was made much of by the other
members of the family. But men were
needed, her sons thought it their place
to go, and it was not her part to stand
in the way of their duty to their coun-
try.
Month after month wore away. The
mother watched ~anXiously for each
mail, and was occasionally rewarded
with a letter, always from her baby"
He told her of his brothers, of the army.
of their camp life, of their marches and
their battles, but of himself he told her
little except that he was as well as usual.
But the mother read between the lines.
The h~ardships of campaigning was
wearing away her baby's" health, and
how she longed for him.
And then one day a letter came from
Hiram. His brother, the mothers
baby" was i'll, and they would send
him home to her. She could feel al
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-05-28

most glad that he was sick for it would
bring him back. How carefully she
would nurse him, and by the time the
wal was over he should be well again.
But the mothers hopes were not to be
realized. Her baby" came home to her
only to be taken away again forever.
She watched beside his bedside; she did
all the many little things that only a
mother knows how to do, but without
success. Long before the wal was over
they had laid him in the little cemetery,
and his furlough was extended into
eternity.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-05-28

ceipts from her butter and egg sales.
No, the case would have to go over for
awhile, but he wouldn't give it up, he
would teach his contrary brother the
needed lesson in time.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-05-28

Josiah Walker was kneeling beside
the little marble monument clipping
the dead branches out of a rose bush
over his brothers grave, when he be-
came aware that some one was APP
preaching the grave from the other side
of the bush. CHANGING around he saw
it was his brother. AS he rose from
his position beside the bush Hiram
paused at the side OF the grave opposite
him.
why do you come here at this time?"
demanded Josiah, thoroughly incensed
at what he considered an imposition.
And why did you tell my girls that
you was comm in the afternoon" an
severed Hiram. Il came this morning
because you told them that"
Il never told the girls nothing of the
kind, and you know it. You come here
at this time to spite me-"
The whole scheme that the girls and
their mother had worked came to Hi
ram in a minute, and stepping a little
neare he said:
Josiah, the girls told me that, and
now l know why. They can't see any
sense in this quarrel of ours, and want
Us to forget it. They thought here at
Charley's grave would be a good place
for us to meet. Don't you think it is ?"
Without a word of reply Josiah ex-
tended his hand across the grave, where
it met that of his brother.
"Hiram," he said, 1--WE have quarreled
for many years. I thought l would
never again speak a kind word to you,
but beside the grave where our brother
and comrade sleeps our quarrel should
be forgotten for the time at least. Shall
it be?"
"Why not let it be forgotten for all
time, Josiah? Is n spotted pig worth
the mount of happiness it has cost
us?"
at was my pig, Hiram"
"No. it was mine, Josiah"
lets call it our pig, Hiram, as it
really was?"
That's best, Josiah. Now let's fix
up Charley's and mothers graves. and
then you must go home to dinner with
me, for suspect ma and the girls will
be expecting YOU"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-05-28

ner he vas going to the cemetery. say
ing she believed she would go with him.
Il guess I'll go this morning." he re-
piled. The girls tell me Josh has took
a notion to annoy me by goin' in the
afternoon, an 1 guess I'll let him have
his own way"
After the quarrel Of five years before
Josiah had built himself a house as
far from that of his brother as pos
sible, and at his place there was no sign
of his intention of varying his usual
custom of visiting the cemetery in the
morning. The girls had worked their
plans quite successfully, and the
chances were the brothers would meet
al a place where, for a time at least.
they must drop their quarrel over q
spotted pig.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-05-28

To deck, with flowers. the lonely s2o OF
earth
dead
Columbia comes; nor asks the place Of
birth:
They were her sons. In grief she vows her
head,
While from her heart she breathea to
Heaven the prayer
That al are Joined in love fraternal there.
Rams Horn.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-05-28

Il tell you, girls, something's got to
be done SOS your father and Uncle
Josh'n make up this senseiess quarrel
of theirs 1 can't, for the life of me,
The record-union., 1898-02-08
ATTORNEYS.AT-LAW.

CHEAPEST SOLING ON EARTH.
Gents, 45c; ladies, 35c, at 1011 J street.
The record-union., 1898-02-08
THROWN INTO COURT.
Suit to Prevent the Union B. and
L. A. From Doing Business.

A suit has been commenced in the
Superior Court by Attorney General
Fitzgerald. on complaint of State Build
ing and Loan Commissioners F. H
Gould and William A. Ryan, against
the Directors of the Union Building and
Loan Association TO restrain them from
further proceeding with the business of
the association pending the hearing of
the matters complained of.
The complaint alleges that the asso-
citation has taken property in payment
of loans until the cost thereof has. ex-
ceeded the sum Of S112.215 %; that
there are now outstanding loans on real
estate TO the amount of $50. n;
that the value of the property taken
for unpaid loans has since greatly de-
preciated in value to such an extent
as TO render the further proceeding
and conduct of the business hazardous
TO the public and to those having funds
en- the associations custody.
The court is asked-if il should deem
n expedient after said hearing-to ap-
point 6 receiver to take possession OF
the property and effects of the corpor-
alton.
Judge Johnson issued the desired or
der Yesterday, In which he cited the
Directors to appear in his court on
the 18th Inst. and show cause why the
Injunction should not be made perlna-
uent.
The record-union., 1898-02-08
DOCTOR WANTED.A FINE

tunity, a doctor wanted to occupy a hand
some suite of rooms over Hammers Drug
store, 40l *. Apply at store.