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ing. such very young children perform the
contortions. In Yokohama, especially.
there are troupes of child acrobats, adorned
with cocks feathers and scarlet flannel,
who go about the streets throwing somer-
saults for visitors.
Goodbye, little Japs, who are said never
to break anything. (perhaps because there
is nothing in your homes to break) who
never hear a cross word from your parents
and enjoy your mothers milk until you
are nearly old enough to carry the next
baby; who look the cleanest and sweetest
little things imaginable on the occasions
when your heads are not running with
eczema or your noses with colds tyour
parents never attempting to stop either).
Day fireworks are mere smoke to the CLEANS
OF color which dart about the streets in
your clothes. and butterflies are less glow
ing and less substantial.
Never grow up! And may Japan never
grow up out of its old delightful status of
Nation at Play"
The same child that is lovely in a bright
kimono is ridiculous in an Eton suit, and
the good old Japan of Daimio days cuts
much the same figure when. in an ILL
fitting suit of foreign institutions, il poses
as a western nation. DOUGLAS SLADES.
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tlewood, the English walker, made 6css<
miles In six-day match. The man who
can beat that record in this one will get
S5,Vo In cold cash. Then Charley Rowell,
py means of his dog trot, travelled over the
space of $50 miles in twenty-four hours.
Inc man who can travel any fraction
OF mile more than $50 in the
match gets 81 600 extra for his powers
OF locomotion. Among the other
attractions will be the rowing matches
In the iandboats that have become
so popular of late and Wallace Ross, John
Lanyan, Fred Plaisted and O'Connor are
to be among the oarsmen who will give ex-
hibitions of skill in their line. Then in
addition there will be short distance rae
ing by professionals only In distances
ranging from one to twenty-five miles.
There were about fifty of them there
when called upon Manager Albert, and
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town is ripe for such an exhibition, and
they say that Albert would have made
money out of it if he hadn' t been too lavish
in his expenditures. As a sample of his
extravaganza it may be noted that Bob
Fitzsimmons, who, with Jennie Houghton,
the skater, will start the contestants, is to
be paid $500 for it. But when James C.
Kennedy took the post of assistant man.
agcr of the walk he cut down reckless ex-
penditures. He was associated with the
late Billy O'Brien in all old contests of
this kind, and knows the business from
the ground up. His tact carried the pro-
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THEMOSQUITO FLEET.
Rapid Development in Canoeing
in America.
MODELS AND SAILS CHANGED


NEW YoRx. March Especial Cores
pondence. lon the 18th OF March, 1885,
just five years ago, went to Bayonne, N.
j., where had bought the shadow canoe
Sioux, and hired couple Of negroes to
help me carry her from the cellar where
she was stored and put her in the shallow
water of New York bay. had never been
in a canoe before, and had of course made
the mistake of supposing that the tide
would commence running up when the
tide table book said it would. padded
YEARLY against heavy adverse current
for nearly two hours, making the shadow
of tall Liberty on Bedloe's island very
much disguised. Then the tide really did
begin to turn, and I went up along the
Jersey shore, lodging dozens Of ferryboats,
until nearly opposite where the Grant
monument is going to be--some day.
Sheltered under the Palisades, did not
know that a furious west wind had
arisen, and foolishly set my sail
for run across the river The white caps
were running high in midstream, the tide
was swift and strong, and big cakes of ice
were bobbing about on top of the waves.
Farther down the river the ferry boats had
broken them up SO that / had seen only
small fragments, and the surprise was as
genuine as it was unwcleome. To cap the
climax of discomfort, a heavy gust of wind
came when was half in the trough Of a
sea, which washed the deck at every mo-
ment, and somehow SO tangled the sail up
about the mast that could not free it, and
the boat began rapidly to drag to leeward.
l caught up the paddle, and after a few
minutes of genuine hard work succeeded
in forcing the disabled craft under the lee
of the long wharf where the boathouse
stood. Above the waist was wet to the
skin with the flying spray and the wash,
but the boat was dry inside.
Whenever 1 hear cdnoes spoken of as
cranky boats and liable to overturn easily,
J always think of the rough voyage of the
Sioux with its green crew five years ago.
Veteran canoeists,. who hear their favorite
craft slandered, remember that a skilled
captain once ran for ten hours on Lake
Ontario before fierce gale that would GER
tainly have swamped a steam launch of
considerable size.
The fact is that canoe is the safest boat
of its inches afioat, either under the paddle
or modest cruising rig of sail. She is COM
pletely decked, except the well in the CEN
ter, and can poke her mahogany nose four
feet into big wave and come up smiling.
Her center of gravity ID low, for the crew
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many boats for ladies wishing to paddle

alone.
It's very different affair at regatta of
the American Canoe Association. or one Of
the larger clubs. Then you shall see q
tiny fleet of craft spreading huge sails to
the wind and fairly tying through the
water the skipper sitting on the windward
coaming, leaning back till every ounce of
his weight tells against the pull of the
wind, wet to the skin and grim eyed
watching the man ahead. This is the
most exciting sport known to civilization
except, perhaps, guiding fine horse at
full gallop in . steeplechase. The boat
leaps and bounds as ii it shared the ex-
every motion of the sailors body and
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tees and swarmed down upon Manager
Albert ..just to talk matters Over"
Ten thousand dollars are hung up in
prizes, and ali the old stars of the tan-bark,
with few exceptions, viii be on hand The
general plan of the match is drawn in this
way: The $1,000 in prize money will be
divided so that 5000 will go to the win
ner of the match. s.. so to the second map,
$500 TO the third. $50 to the fourth, $50
to the fifth and $50 to the sixth.
The special prizes are also offered. Lit
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Cigarettes Drove Him to Crime.
81 Inilis Sn.aseial

C. Rudd Smith, the forger, who was ar
rested at Memphis. on the steamer Z. P.
Schenek. for passing bogus check on the
ST. Charles hotel, New Orleans, is a brother
of Ballard Smith, of the New York World.
His real name is Palmer Smith. He has a
brother in this city, Huntington Smith, a
wealthy and prominent real estate dealer.
The latter thinks the prisoners mind
has become impaired through cigarette
smoking
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COMEDY.

They parted, with clasps OF hand,
And kisses, and burning tears
They met in foreign land,
After some twenty years.
Met as acquaintances meet,
smiling, tranquil-eyed-
Not even the least little beat
OF the heart, upon either side.
They chatted of this and that,
The nothings that make up life:
She il Gainsborough hat,
And he in black Tor his wife.
All. what a comedy this.
Neither was hurt. IL appears.
Yet once she had leaned to his kiss,
And once he had known her tears.
Thomas Bailey AidricA
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upon the piled-up cushions in the bow Of
the boat, but facing the stern and look
ins unut,eraoie Things into the eyes of the
man with the paddle. Anyone who has
ever taken out one of the suterabundant
summer girls at Bar Harbor in one of the
open canoes which ply there will appreci.
ate the situation. Once i'm a While
though, one will see woman womanly
plying her own paddle. either keen
ing stroke Win ner husband or propelling
light canoe all by herself. one Of the
best builders of canoes has a special size
ana model after which he has built : good
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each of them had trainer. Now the con.
ditions of entry are that each man must
put up $500 as an entrance fee and must
give evidence that he has been in active
training for at least three weeks
Then scores of ambitious pedestrians
swooped down upon the manager of the
walking match and assured him that they
did not need any training, and as for their
entrance fee-well, they would nav thas
out Oft the prize money that they would win.
However, here is the full list as passed
upon by the manager and accepted
1. f. c. Moore.
2. James Albert.
3. ]. G. Hughes.
4. William Reid.
5. +. Waldsauer.
6. /. Il. Burns.
Z. Steve Brodie's Unknown
s. Peter Hegelman.
Q. III. O. Messier.
10. Frank A. Hart.
IL. d. r. Bennett.
II. Happy Jacks Unknown"
13. John DAILY.
ID. St. Louis Policeman.
IS. George Tracey.
Is. Leon Fleming.
y. John W. Sullivan (The Bangor Ghosts
Is. Tim Curley.
10. A. N. johnson.
20. James A. Graham.
II. w. H. Burrell.
-. Unknown Spaniard.
%. Sam Adams.
"a. Happy Jack Smiths "Cowboy."
%. William H. Taylor.
rs. George Manning.
q. George Cartwright.
%. Steve Brodie's "Johnson."
%. Joshua b. Nicholson.
30. George Dufrane.
81. O. Cough.
80. Tom Walsh.
80. Gus Guerrero.
81. John A. Click.
IS. Peter Golden.
IS. George D. Noremac.
81. G. E. Hoffman.
SO. Jerry Hourihan.
80. s. 8. Wood.
40. George Connors.
Al. Henry Webb.
4 q. z. / I; Seymour ayupes
There will be many familiar faces on
that track when the word is given for the
men to start. Some of the men named
above will funk at the last moment, but
there are at least . dozen out of the forty
odd named who will be in tho race from
start to finish. The man who can't do SIS
miles in the six days had better not start,
for he will be outclassed.
The most confident man of all the band
is the man who has least chance of win
ming. He is the Bangor Ghost" I read
his letter naming himself as contestant
for pedestrian honors. It was frank, free
and open. He assured Manager Albert
that he would startle him and the world
in general, and establish worlds record
of 78O miles in 10 hours
The Ghost will not walk that fast to be
sure, but he honestly believes that he will.
Of course there are men in the list of en-
tries who can be depended on to make big
records. These are old seasoned hands
or perhaps it would be better to say feet
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Pure, chaste. rich cut glass is more and more
y.rsxsc for use and for ornament Dcrfiuger S
American Cut Glass stands unrissied az home or
abroad Every piece has their trademark label.
Inquire for il OF dealer.
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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-21
PROMINENT AMERICAN MEN.

SECRETARY BLAINE's normal weight is
l9S pounds.
Bishop PHILIPS BOOKS speaks sl2
words a minute.
SENATOR STANFORD is said to receive
a larger mail than the president.
Ex-SPEAKER REED has a coon cat Of
which he has made a domestic pet.
SIDNEY DILLON, the president Of the
Union Pacific railway, commenced as
errand boy in the New York Central
railway.
Bishop HUNTINGTON has gone to farm
ing on the old homestead near Hadley,
Mass. He is now seventy-eight years old,
and is enthusiastic over his outdoor
work.
JOHN ARCHIBALD, one Of the Standard
Oil Cresuses, vas an office boy at Ii
tusville, Pa, not many years ago, and
is now reported to be worth fully
SIS, 900, 900.
II. ii. De You've, the California editor,
started his first newspaper in San Fran
cisco in 1865 on a capital of SEQ. and
that loaned him by a nor prosperous
acquaintance.
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poINes Of fHE FASHIONABLE.

BRAss-MouNrEp mirrors surmount the
newest dressing tables.
MOTHER Goose parties, 50 popular
last season, are still much In vogue and
promise to be frequent through the
coming winter.
A RECENT wedding in England was a
gray one The bride, past her first
youth, wore gray silk en- train. and the
five bridesmaids gray cloth costumes
with long costs and waistcoats Of gold
brocade.
A NEW notion for men who wear flow.
ers is to have a small elastic fastened
on the under side of the coat, in which
the end Of the boutonniere is inserted
and securely held. But It does away
with the necessity and the poetry of
getting your best girl to pin a flower on
for you
FRESCHwoMEN are showing a pro-
nounced tendency to g. revival of the
black patch. Why should it not be? 1t
is a bit Of palpable and harmless vanity
that is curiously becoming to some
women, and its indulgence is lot half
so discreditable as many other caprices
of beauty.
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FARM AND GARDEN.
PRUNING TIMBER TREES.
Hints for Those Intending to Mako Arti-
fetal Plantations

Hints for Those Intending to Make Arti-
fetal Plantations
An inquirer who intends to plant q
timber belt to shield his crops, and at
the same time to raise what may be-
come in future valuable for timber,
wishes to know If il will not be neces-
sary to keep the trees well trimmed to
prevent the growth of side limbs for
future timber trees. The answer to
this inquiry will be, keep the trees
standing near together, so as to shoot
up erect, and the shade will prevent
the growth of side branches along up
the trunks, and trees naturally
trimmed by this process will have the
work better done than can be per-
formed by the knife, saw or ak. The
shaded side limbs will stop growing,
die, and after awhile drop from them,
leaving little or no stumps; while by
doing the work artifcially scars and
stumps can hardly be avoided, which
eventually will make quite a differ
ence in the value of the timber. Some
Judgment and skill will be required in
planting the young trees at proper dis
tances to effect this purpose. Young
trees must of course stand neare to-
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THE WAYS OF SATAN.

The devil hates to have to look at
himself.
THE devil never falls out with a man
who is well pleased with himself.
THE devil never gets a chance to rest
in the neighborhood Of where a good
man lives.
THE devil never needs a man any
meaner than the man who is a tyrant
to his wife.
THE devil probably hates a good man
because the sight of him makes him
hate himself.
THE devil will help men to do almost
anything, if they will consent not to
lift up Christ
NOBODY knows any better than the
devil does Just how much religion peo-
pie ought TO have
THE devil never traps very hard for old
people, but how he does work to get
hold of the children.
II the devil didn't keep his cattle on
the jump he would lose the half of them
before he could get them home.-Ram's
Horn.
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The Value of Clover.

do not care a snap where the nitro
gen comes from. or if ! will have to put
on mineral matter sometime in the fu-
ture. In the time of my great need
clover saved me this expense. Rightly
managed it will do it for thousands and
thousands of others. ] have done tho
same on tile-drained. poor (s~o-calledl
bowlder clay land, too, friends. Well,
no, not just the same. 1t will grow
splendid wheat and clover, but not po-
tatoes equal to soil that is a little lighter.
You may walk through my clover
fields and you cannot tell where the
clay land is. Let me dig down with a
spade and l will surprise you, as I did
my old friend, Mr.. A. L. Root, when he
visited me on the 4th of July. Very
few farmers are making all they might
out of clover.-T. b. Terry, in Prac-
teal Farmer.
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ers on the table. and we had all OF
grandma's silver.
Mamma told loot she mustn't talk,
and she said she wouldn't and she did
MT until we were half through dinner,
then she looked at Aunt Grace and
said: Aunt Grace, l wish you would
stay a hundred years."
do you, dear?" Aunt Grace said.
Yes, cause we can ford so many
things when you're here. I don't s'pose
we could have 'forded this tablecloth
and napkins AMI these dishes if you
hadn't been here. Nor this turkey.
And prob1y grandma wouldn't have
let us take her silver if we hadn't had
comp'ny."
Papa laid: '.Toot. here's another
slice of turkey for you" and every
body began talking about something.
She didn't say any more till they
were passing the pudding around.
Then she said: Mamma, will we have
plum-pudding at the wedding?' The
minute she said that, I knew what was
coming. and thought ! should die.
What wedding?" asked mamma.
Why, when Aunt Grace and Uncle
Jack get married. Is'pose that will be
the next thing we will have to see to.
/ didn't know they tended to be mar
ried til l heard Minnie tell Kittie last
night. Aunt Grace. what makes you
and Uncle Jack look SO funny? Oh
dear! hope you amt got mad at each
other again and changed your mind
bout having the wedding. / shall be
SO 'spointed if We don't have it
Kitty says people jump over the broom
stick when they get married, and l
want to see Aunt Grace jump. never
saw a fat woman jump. but l know I
should just Joy it Won't she look aw-
full queer, Uncle Jack?"
Mamma told loot to stop two or
three times but she didn't pay any at
tention to her but went right on. Papa
laughed so he couldn't say anything.
Everyone laughed but Aunt Grace and
Uncle Jack, and mamma and me. /
saw mamma so angry before.
She got up from the table and took
loot IN her arms to carry her out of
the room. loot screamed and kicked
and one of her feet hit Uncle Thomas
on the head and knocked his glasses
off. They struck a goblet as they fell
and broke. He tried to catch them
and tipped over a dish of gravy on the
tablecloth. and a lot of it ran down in
aunt Martha's lap on her new silk
drsas
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-21

A feeling Of d,a9ness,
languor, and depression means that
your liver isn't doing its part. That
means impure blood, to begin with,
and all kinds of ailments IN the
end.
But You can stop them in advance
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov-
cry invigorates the liver, purifies and
enriches the blood, and rouses every
organ into healthy action. 1t pre-
vents and cures all diseases arising
from a torpid liver or from impure
blood. Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Bill
iousness, Sc%rofulous, Skin and Scalp
Diseases even Consumption Tor
Lung-scrofula }, in its earlier stages.
all yield to it.
The makers of the Discovery"
claim for it only what it will do.
They guarantee that it sciH do it.
If it fails to benefit or cure, in
any case, they'll return the money.
Nothing else that claims to purify
the blood is sold in this way
which proves, no matter what
dealers may offer, that nothing else
can be "just as good" Therefore,
don't accept q substitute.
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and much of it is often wasted because
1t is frozen down so that it cannot be
gathered Again, it is frequently
necessary to go for it when the ground
is soft, and the wheels ard horses
feet do much damage to the fields; also
very small loads can be drawn. If
hauled to the barns and feeding yards
when the ground is dry and placed
under a shed. time and labor will be
saved, for larger loads can be drawn
and the fodder is in better condition to
handle. In putting it in the shed,
stand the bundles next to the sides (if
no side walls are providedl on the
butts. that the rain may not beat in
Then the remainder may be laid fiat to
take as little room as possible. and to
facilitate walking over them when fill.
ing the shed. Orange Judd Farmer.
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II scratching is important during the
summer. it is more so during the win.
ter, as it is by work and exercise
that the blood is kept in circulation
of leaves or cut straw on the floor OF
the poultry house, into which the
grain food should be scattered, will
keep the hens busy. Whenever you
visit the poultry house the hens should
be seen busily at work, and not idle.
The idle hen seldom lays. as idleness
on her part indicates hat she is out OF
condition for lsying.-Farm and Fire
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-21
Who WILL BELL THE CAT?

The Siberian petition that is to bs
sent to the Car from Philadelphia
weighs several hundred pounds and
when pasted together it will reach for
two and a quarter miles. The ques.
ton now is who is to deliver it? The
best thing that could be done for the
Car and his people would be to send
them REDS GERMAN COUGH
AND KIDNEY CURE. This great
remedy is a certain and never failing
cure for lung and throat troubles and
in the present distress that is prevail.
ing in Russia it is the thing that the
people most need. For all maladies
of the throat and lungs it never fails.
1t is a great remedy for children espe-
cially for those predisposed to Group.
While it has no equal for aged people
who suffer from pneumonia. For
sale by all druggists.
SYLVAN REMEDY CO., Peoria, I'll.