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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-16
FACTS FOR

Don't cultivate the corn too late.
You will cut the roots.
We would advise feeding calves from
tin or galvanized pals.
If the calf will not drink-and some
will not-starve it to it.
Cut the grass when the bloom is OF
and you will preserve the aroma.
When the rains cease be sure to cul.
tivate and make the surface fine.
The preservation of a good aroma in
hay makes it all the more palatable to
the animal.
Clover hay is a hundred per cent,
better than timothy for all purposes
in feeding stock.
It looks now as if wheat would be a
good price for the next crop. Don't
sell early if you can help 1t.
\ tread power, run by a big dog OF
calf, will do the churning, on most
farms, and save lots of labor.
The only way to buy binder Irvine i,
to club together and demand q reduc-
ton in price. The sellers OF binder
Irvine IRE getting rich of the farmers,
Western Plowman-
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-16

filled with joy at finding her mother. The
rest of the happening is best told in the
mothers own words. She said:
o the 2Sth of Sept, 1896, while in the
bloom of health, Beatrice was suddenly and
severely afflicted with spinal meningitis.
Strong and vigorous before, in five weeks
she became feeble and suffered from a para
lytic stroke which twisted her head back to
the side and made it impossible for her to
move a limb. Her speech, however, was not
affected. We caeed in our family doctor,
one of the most experienced and successful
practitioners in the city. He considered
the case a very grave one. Before long lit
tie Beatrice was compelled to wear a plaster
paris jacket. Prominent physicians were
consulted, electric batteries were applied,
but no benefit was noticed until we tried
DR.. Williams Pin: Pills for Pale People.
BUSY in my kitchen one afternoon | was
startled by the cry of Mamma from little
Beatrice who was creeping towards me. |
had placed her on an improvised bed in the
parlor. She became tired OF waiting for me
to come back and made up her mind 20 60 to
me. so her story My Pink Pills made me
walk which she tells everyone who ONE to
our house, was then for the first time veri-
fed She has walked ever since. She has
now taken about min boxes of the pills and
her pale and pinched face has been growing
rosy, and her limbs gained strength day by
day. She sleeps all night long now. while be-
fore taking the pills she could rest hu: a few
hours at a time" DIR. Williams Pink Pills
for Pale People are sold by all druggists.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-16
FOR BEES.
An with LOw-SprendinH
Trees Is Claimed to BE the Ideal
Place for an Apiary.

I have decided that the ideal place
for an apiary is in an orchard, where
there are low-spreading trees. If the
queens wings are clipped, there will
be comparatively little climbing after
swarms. Some prefer shade-boards;
but after having tried both, Tor the
comfort of the apiarist and that OF
the bees, l decidedly prefer the shade
of low-spreadihg trees. Grapevines
do tolerabIy well, but they do o pro-
tect the ~apiarist; and at the time OF
the veal when the shade is most need
ed. they are sending out shoots and
branches that interfere with the hand
ling of the hive; and grapevines do
require an excessive amount of trim
ming just at the time bees need the
most attention. The colonies at our
o%ut-yard are placed in groups of three
on the north side of the low-spreau:ng
bass woods. 1t is Il great comfort rs
well as n pleasure to work among
these bees compared with what it is
in the home yard of the grapevines.
Vernon Burt has his apiary in an apple
orchard, and the grass is neatly kept
down by sheep that are allowed to
Il among the hives at will. The
lawn-mower does not begin to COM
pare with them. - Colman's Rural
World.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-16
BOX FOR THE TROUGH.

II on securely, no serious difficulties
will be experienced. Have this part
hinged and fastened with a hook, as is
shown.
Each side should be open and fitted
with wire bars placed two inches
:. art, each end of these wires being
bent at right angles, driven through
the strips of wood and clinched. To
insert the food, simply raise the up
per portion or roof part, the semi-To-
tundity of which prevents the fowls
from roosting on it Thus the poultry
cannot get at the food with their feet
to poilute it, and, at the same time, it
is safe from any stray animals That
may come along, such as cats and
dogs. for which it is not intended
Fred o. Sibley, in Ohio Farmer.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-16
LIVE IN THE
On the Farm Is Where F=eeSom,
HeaIth and Perfect Happiness
Await Your Coming.

The person who does not love life Ia
the country has lost the best part of
his lature by being east out Of the gar
den of Eden at an early period Of his
life, to be artificially reared on the
sights, sounds and smells of the
streets, alleys and sewers of some city.
He knows nothing of real home life
cities have very little-as 4 rule,
only number so and so, such a street;
he has very little sense of home joys
and affections; the pure air and water
of the country; its holy q%uietudes: Its
gentle appeals to all the senses; its
solitudes, where tumult and mob
never intrude; its delightful woods,
its sports and pleasures; its loves and
friendships, undefiIed by the dust and
CRIME of the crowded tenements and
thronged thOroughfares; its sacred
privacies and seclusions; its leisure,
its freedom and independence from
the intrusions and demands of hurry
ing urban life and its sacred eXemp-
tions from the gross contacts and as
sociations of the bustling and shout
NNAAAS SRlNNAS All AlttSC- III IiOlc
akin to them. make the rural existence
a perpetual delight. undefiled by the
conditions hat attend the constant
pressure of mixed and crowded popu-
lation.
The farm is not a bonanza. but it
feeds the world. To one accustomed,
its lGbors are easy and healthy; its in
cidents interesting. its rests. changes
and relaXations, with exchanges of
visits, always full of recreation; its
crops engage continual rare and at
tention. with daily vicissitudes OF
weather hat eve destroy hope and
even cheer with promise of fruition,
and at last, with garnered crops. it
affords You plenty, with Il roaring fire
under your own roof-happy in being
monarch of all you survey. despite the
struggles for bread in the cities and
the never-ending exertions and woes
i~nseparable from style and its silly
rivalries.
Go back to the country. young man.
Go home to the farm. Seize the pillow
and become an Independent and happy
man. though you may miss wealth.
fashion and luxury.-Norfolk Pilot.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-16
DRAINAGE MADE EASY.
An Accurate and Practical Level,
Working on the Same Principle
as n Plumb Line.

One of the greatest drawbacks t.
successful farming operations on
thousands of farms is the absence of a
thorough system Of tile drainage, con
sequently the early preparation OF
ground, and the planting of crops, is
not only greatly retarded, but the sea
son for growth being also compare
lively less, makes them more suscept-
ible to early autumn frosts before ma
turity. Drain lowest depressions first,
and continue the work as circum-
stances permit and never attempt to
do a perfect job without the constant
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-16
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TROUGH MADE OF TIN.

1. Have it from two feet up to any
length desired, and six inches wide,
each half being three inches wide and
IL inches deep, with square ends SOL
dered on. Tin gives the best satisfac-
ton, as it can be easily washed and
kept clean.
Make a box such as is shown in Fig.
2. and set the trough inside of it. Have
this box, inside, of a length and width
TO correspond with the size of the
trough, and let it be at least a foot
high at the caves. 1t will take some
work, of course, to construct the oval
roof. but by rounding the end boards,
or peaks" and taking a thin but
tough piece of board of the requisite
size and steaming it, and then mailing
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-16
A TRAVELLERS TESTIMONY.
What He Carried on the Cars.
To Take when Travelling.

Every traveller knows that continuous
journeying on the railroad is very apt to
derange the system in some way. In spite
of springs and soft seats there Is a contin-
uous Jar and vibration, which acts upon
the nervous system. and produces results
VARYING somewhat. according TO the
st-eng Of the traveller or his predisposi-
ton to some specific ailmeut. The most
common consequence of continuous car
riding is constipation. And this condition
invariably produces headache, and tends
to biliousness. J. J. Converse, st. LOUIS,
Mo-. found a way to avoid the evil effects
of constipation, to which he was subject
when travelling. He carried with him
"the pill that will" cure constipation and
all its sequent s~ufferings. This is what
he says:
Travelling on the cars tends TO cousti-
patton with me, but by using DR.; J. {,
Ayers Pills moderately, my bowels are
keptin healthy action. They also prevent
headache."-J. J. CONVERSE, ST. Louis, Mo.
DR.. Ayers Pills are good for constipation
under all circumstance and conditions.
They have cured long standing cases after
avery other medicine had failed Rev.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-16
| VE|
ARHHGARDEN.
go =: kaJSS7G
o FOOD.
a simple Device Which Keeps l..
Clean No Matter How Greedy
the Chicks May be.

When soft poultry food is thrown
on the ground or even on a board. it
is quickly trampled and befouled SO
that it is unfit to eat. Especially is
this true in n wet, muddy time. To be
sure, it may be placed in a shallow pan
OIL trough, but even this does noG help
the matter any. What is\ wanted,
rather, is a covered pan or trough so
constructed that it will permit the
poultry to obtain the food and at the
same time keep them out of it with
their feet.
For small chicks make a double
trough of tin, such as is shown in Fig,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-16
Francis B. Harlove. of Atlanta, Ca, fur
nishes a case in point. He writes;

Francis 3. Harlowe. of Atlanta, Ca, fur
nishes a case in point. He writes;
"Fo some years past, I was subject to
constipation, from which / suffered in
creasing inconvenience, in spite of the
use of medicines of various kinds, until
some months ago, when i began taking
DR.. J. c. Ayers Pills. They rave entirely
corrected the costivc habit, and vastly
improved my general health."-(REy9
FRANCIS B. HARLowE, Atlanta, Ga.
Constipation is. perhaps, the most seri-
Gus physical evil of to-day. 1t is like the
Octopus. that grapples its victim and
fasteus its teutacles on trunk and limbs
one after another, until at last, incapable
of longer resistance, the helpless being
succumbs to his frightful foe. Constipa-
tion is the beginning of many of the most
murdcrous maiadies. the clogged system
becoming charged with poisons that affect
the liver and kidneys, and PROSTATE
the entire being mentally, morally, and
physically. DIR. Ayers Pills will cure
constipation. If you doubt it send for Dr..
Ayers Curebook, free. containing the
testimony of those cured by this remedy.
Address J. c. Aver Co., Lowell, Mass.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-16
Not in Rage.

He ground his teeth.
Yet there was nothing to indicate that he
was angry.
Still he continued to grind his teeth with
great persIStency.
The grinding was done with one of those
patent buzz saws that dentists use. and every
now and then it seemed as If the patient
would swear if it were not for the rubber
dam in his mouth. And at that there was
something in his gurgles that seemed to in
licate that the dam was not all rubber
Chicago Post.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-16
Dark and Light Eggs.

In the New York city markets the
white eggs seem to be preferred. but in
Boston and Philadelphia consumers
have a preference for dark eggs. The
color of the shell does not Indicate
the quality of the egg. In sending eggs
to market it will always be an ad.
vantage to sort them as uniform in
size and color as possible. Endeavor
to please the customer and better
prices will be obtained.-AmericaI
Gardening.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-16
Nerves Ont of Tune.

Just as the strings of a musical instrument
get out of tune through lack of care and
break out into ear-tOrturing discords when
touched, so the human nerves get out of
tune, and make everybody miserable that
comes in contact with them. Every tobacco
users nerves are out of tune more or less,
and the real tobacco-slave's nerves are re-
Taxed to the utmost. No-To-Bac is the tun-
mickey which tightens the nerves, makes
them respond quickly to the emotions. re-
sulting in the happiness of all. No-To-Bac
guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
men strong. We advise all tobacco-users to
take No-To-Bac.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-16
PLUMB LINE DRAINAGE LEVEL.

nse of the level whenever any doubt
exists as to the required grade OF the
ditch. The accompanying illustration
shows a very simple, accurate and
practical level, working on the princi.
pie of n plumb-line. 1t is 1914 feet
long. so that by raising either end one
inch and marking the variation in the
plumb one a easily tell when the
grade is one inch 10 the rod. This level
can be slid along in the bottom of the
ditch. thus keeping a uniform grade OF
any desired fall.-American Agricul
turist.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-16
Reduction in Bicycle Prices.

1t is said that western capitalists are on
templating the organization of a great hi
cycle company. which hopes to make first
lass wheels and sell them as low as so.
Whether this be true or not, the fact re-
mains that Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is a
frst-class remedy for the stomach, liver and
blood, and the price puts it within every
body's reach to be well and strong. For
fever and ague it is a specific.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-16
Many People Cannot Drink

,ofee at night. 1t spoils their sleep. You
can drink Grain-O when you please and sleep
ike a top. For Graln-O does not stimulate;
1t nourishes, cheers and Feeds. Yet it looks
and tastes like the best coffee. For nervous
persons, young people and children Grain-O
is the perfect drink. Made from pure
grains. Get a package from your grocer to-
day. Try it in place of coffee. 10 and Csc.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-16

A Georgia lady writes: "Since first using
and seeing the value of DIR. NG6ettS TEETH
INA tTeething foudeTSD in all troubles incl
dent to childhood, | have never been without
them in the house, and would advise all
to give them" TEETHINA Aids Di-
Regulates the Bowels, makes teeth
ing easy and keeps the baby in a healthy con.
dition.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-16

Fits stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use of DIR. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Free 81 trial bottle &
treatise. DR.. Kline. 933 Arch St, Phila., Pa.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-16
The Home Rulers.

What ia a board of strategy papa
HIM: Welt never thought of it in hat
light before, hut it must mean your mother
and your grandmother" - Detroit Free
p-azs
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-16

Every newly married couple is DESTROYS of
going where they are not known for a few
weeks. and all their friends are DESTROYS OF
having them.AAtchison Globe.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-16
Freedom Assured Them.

Clancy-Casey?
Casey-Gis.
Don't yez wish thot OireIand belonged
to Shpain?"-Puck.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-16

A man isn't mighty because he never falls,
but because of his ability to rise when he
tumbles.-Chicago Daily News.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-16
Ready to Correct All Errors.

Old Skinfint fgrafiyl-Fifteen dollars for
opera glasses cant see it. sir.
Optician Oblandly)-PerhapS | should first
you with a pair of my SIS gold spectacles.
Weekly.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-16

Piso's Cure is the medicine to break up
,hildren's Coughs and Colds.-Mrs. N. G..
Blunt, Sprague. Wash. March s, "a.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-16

Love makes the young man on TIE rear
seat of the tandem male the wheels GO
round.-Chicago Daily News.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-16

If people who are conceited almost to the
exploding point enjoy themselves. why need
anybody ob~ject?-Washington (Ia.) Dems-
crat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-16

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is a Constitutional Cure. Price 75c.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-16

People are beginning to admit that many
men are looking for work who do not want
it.-Atchison Globe.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-16
Have You a Son, Brother,

Husband or Lover in the Army or Navy?
Mail him TO-DAY a 25c. package of Aliens
Foot Ease, a powder for the feet. All who
march, walk or stand need it. 1t cures ach.
ing, tired, sore, swollen, sweating feet, and
makes hot, tight or new shoes easy. Feet
can't Blister, get Sore or Gallons where
Aliens Foot-Ease is used. 10000 testi,
monials. All druggists and shoe stores sell
it, DC. Sample sent FREE. Address Allen
s. Olmstead, lie Roy, y. Y.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-16

To Cure n Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quininc Tablets. Al
druggists refund money If it fails to cure. 25c
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-16

Turning
quickly
she saw
creeping
t o
h her
fOur-year-
olddaugh-
ter, Bea-
trice. The
C h d
m o V e d
over the
floor with
a n e f.
fort, but
c 4
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-16

When a man begins to go down hill he
finds the law of gravitation and the encour-
agement of his friends help him along.-Chi-
cage Daily News.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-16

"Bike'-chloride of sunshine is a good
spring medicine.-L. A. w. Bulletin.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-16
A STARTLED MOTHER.

From the Freeport Qll.) Bulletin.
While busy at work in her home, Mrs.
William Shay, corner of Taylor and Han
cock Avenues, ~Freeport, Ill, was startled
by hearing a noise Just behind her.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-07-16
Farm and Garden Notes.

Badly-lighted stables are the cause
Of eye troubles in animals, and badly
ventilated ones are the cause of lung
and stomach troubles.
As O colt or calf will not make q
good horse or COW without plenty to
eat and good care, neither will ayoung
tree develop into a good-bearing one
if it is neglected.
Trees, vines and hedges should al
be trimmed up, the brush and rubbish
cleaned up and burned up during the
fine days of early spring, so that when
plowlng-time comes you will be ready
to pillow.
A m fault in setting straw
berry plants is in placing them so
close together that they grow up
slender, soon coming together and the
fruit is thus too much shaded to de-
velop large size, good color or fine
flavor.
The cellar should be cleaned out
thoroughly. particularly if located I'M
der the house. The fostering masses
of vegetable corruption that are to be
met with in son1e cellars, even when
warm weather is at hand, are the di-
rect cause Of much disease apd death.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-07-16

asserts, however, that scarcely n O.
the many introductions of the last de.
cade can be termed pernicious. The
writer contends that the buttercups
and daisies now permitted to grow by
the millions in our fields and pastures
without special remark, are more per-
nicious to the agricultural interests
than anything is likely to be among
the new introductions of recent years.
The worst agricultural weeds to-day,
he contends, are old and well-known
enemies-the ~horsenettle (Solanum
Carolinense), the English lily (Convol-
vulus %arvensis), the Canada thistle
(Onicus a%rvensis) and the yellow eress
~lNasturtium Sylyestre). These are
pernicious because every broken piece
of root makes q new plant, and the
first breaking up Of the hoe or Guilt
vator mayadd to, rather than decrease,
the number Of these vegetable enc
mics. One has to ke.p hoeing the
livelong season to preveAt these little
pieces from making lea, 'es before they
will die o natural death. OF the new
corners, if one is smart enough to
keep tn" Notwithstanding implements
going before the seeds mature, they
are easily destroyed The axiom in
botanical science lat plants cannot
live without one season of healthy
leaves, is useful to those who have to
battle for weed Decentralization
York Independent.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-07-16
Hints For School LuncheOns.

A variation of the school luncheon
sandwich is made by using salmon
mixed with some sort of sauce or con-
diment. A bit of mayonnaise dress
ing left over may be used with it; the
fish to be faxed fine and rubbed into
a smooth paste. Cold boiled salmon
a be used, or a can of salmon freed
from the oil, and with hot water
poured over 1t to rid it entirely of the
the oily flavor, the fish being Sllowed
to get perfectly cool eing
used in a sandwich. 1t may be added
that this treatment of a can of salmon
puts the fish in excellent condition to
cream in the chatting dish for a night
supper. Brown bread is best for fish
sandwiches, as it seems to take away
any unpleasant strength Of the fish
flavor.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-07-16
Shades For the Table.

Silver and green make q lovely
combination for a dinner table. Use
silver or plated candelabra, green can
dies and shadeso of silverpaper. Green
shades will make the diners look like
ghosts. Use fern of the hardy, yet
feathery, asparagus variety in a silver
centrepiece. Let the china be white
and green.
Even if you have only the intermin-
ably long, %hideously narrow passage OF
the average fiat as entrance to your
domain, make it attractive. Break
the monotonous length, if possible, by
an easy sliding portiere or a brass
rod half way down the hall. IF there
is no room for a table on the floor ar
range o shelf above the swinging hat
rack, where you can put a bit of brass
or of Pompeian red pottery to brighten
the gloom.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-07-16
HOUSEHOLD
Cleaning Oil Paintings.

The picture should be taken from
the frame, laid fat and covered with a
cloth moistened with rain water.
This process should be repeated until
all dirt on the picture has been alb
sorbed by the cloth, or is so saturated
with moisture that it will be an easy
matter to take it off with the cloth.
After this the picture should be gone
yer gently with a piece of cotton
saturated with pure linseed oil. The
paint will then look like new. 1t
should never be washed or scrubbed,
and soap will spoil any picture. A
drop or two of spirits of ammonia in
the water with which the cloth is
moistened will not hurt.