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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-21
REFORM.
Arithmetic Losing Ground.

The reform in the public grammar
school course proposed by the AS
ISOLATION of Colleges in New England
is the most inspiring and hopeful sig
nal. note Of advance in popular edu'
cation ip. this country that has beer
heard for many a day. The changes
recommended r as follows:
/. The introduction of elementary
natural history into the earlier years
of the programme as o substantial
subject, to be taught. by deraonsira'
lions and practical exercises rather
than from books.
p. The introduction of elementary
physics into the later years of the
programme as a substantial subject,
to be taught by the experimental or
laboratory method, and to include
exact weighing and measuring by the
pupils themselves.
8. The Introduction of clcrtentart
algebra at an agc not later than L
years. 80,
4. The introduction of elementary
plane geometry at an age not later
than IS wears.
5. The offer of opportunity to
study French or German or Latin, or
any two of these languages, from and
after the age Or 10 years. -.
The main objective of this power
full and promising movement, too
long wa',sd for. is the dethronement
OF thai. cruel .Moloch, the clamoring
False Prophet Ct the Old-fashioned
common school cducation-Arithme-
tic. The substitution of algebra and
geometry will give The principles of
mathematics much more directly, and
save au untold amount of useless
lsbor and bcwillcrment to youthful
minds. This sa-iig on @sums" will
allow the rudiInentary study of Ian
guages in which the principles of
grammar arc at the same time much
more advantngcously studied than in
our own tongue. and a dip according
10 Judgment into the general fund Of
common knowledge. established by
science of the foundations of the
Garth and the universe of forces. We
hail this new birth of common sense
IS IS u much-boasted but disap-
pointing public 3chools with full ac-
cord. But we have no hope but that
arithmetic and its agonies will be
found to be ihroncd III the same sacred
worship by the largest classes of the
community that flogg'hs was a gen.
eratiGn GSo. The ferule and the
arithmetic should have gone TO-
Sethcr.-Bos!oa Erening Transcript.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-21
THURSDAY.

BEAD VanEtten & Ilsur's ndveT-
tiseincut and then go to their store
and buy your groceries. They have
everything they advertise at the prices
named in the advertisement.
Hon. L. f. Klostermann will re-
turn home from st. Louis this even
ing or tomorrow.
Mrs A. Kraft has received her
stock of holiday goods and she i'll
vites tho public to inspect and learn
prices before making purchases else
where. m
The St. Louis firms that were
burnt out last Tuesday morning have
all got into new quarters and opened
up and are doing business as usual.
English SPAWN Linimcnt re-
moves all Hard, Soft or Calloused
Lumps and. BleJnishes from horses.
Blood Spatin Curbs. Splints Sweeney.
Riug-Bone STILES, Sprains, Ill swollen
Threats, Coughs, etc. Save $50 by
use of one bottle. Warranted the
most Flemish cur ever known Sold
by. Rider 3 .Whichtericb, Druggists
Cape Girsrdeau Mo.
August Hnters, who has been
confined to his bed several days j.
improving.
Ill. S. Doyle. returned from tn.
lakes over in Illinois yesterday bring
ing with him 8 nice lot of ducks. III
left Tom Folkes at the lakes KILN.
lots of ducks.
Il -We are under obligations t.
Henry E. Bender, of Carlyle, Ills. 70
several cans of fruit put up By tn
: Carlyle Cannery.
, "A prominent merchant says: "
: hare sold Megrimine for over a yea
, and guaranteed it to cure amy head
5 ache without bad after effects an
/ have not found a single case it di
S not relieve. Sample free. The d
: Whitehall Megrimine Co, SOut
Bend, Ind. Sold by druggists.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-21
Facts For the People.

. Lemon Chin Yonic is more sener-
ally used, is more pleasant to take and
more certain to cure than any chill
tonic on the market. The proprietors
authorize the persons, whose names
arc to this article, to guarantee esch
bottle to do what is claimed for it or
refund. the mtncy. Instead of the
sickening stuff YOU had to give your
sick child, this is SO pleasant to take
that they look with pleasure to the
time tor another dose. For sale by
Miller & Wilson, Cape Girardeau and
Ben. Schwsb, Dutchtown, Missouri
april-i-1-y
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-21
The Tennessee River packet City

The Tennessee River packet City
of Paducah was fast on q ssndbar be-
tween here and Devils Island yester-
day. She got of last night at 10
O'Clock and passed down the river.
She will not be likely to conc back
up the river till there is more water.
Just as We 20 to press we learn
that q young man by the name of
Albert Collins committed suicide at
the residence of j. W. Hit, three
miles west of this city, at n o'clock
this afternoon, by shooting himself
in the head with Mr.. Hits revolver.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-21
THE PISTOL ROUTE.
4 Young Man Takes his Own Life
by Shoo:iag Himself IN
the Head.


the Head.
At about II O'clock Tuesday al
tcrnoon the family ell. W. Hit, who
rc5ides about three ;n,lrS wet of this
city. WIS startled by the report of .
pistol in tile maiii reoiiI OF their build
ing. Mrs. Tilt, vi; was in the kitch-
IN when the pistol was fired, rushed
into tie roc,i f-otn HhcncstEq :clSo-t
came and Was Mortified to find living
on the floor bleeding from the mouth
Albert Collins. lie had shot himself
in the mouth. The ball had passed
up into his brain and he was Il dead
man.
Mr.. Hit .ras not at home when the
fatal shot was fred, but his wife sent
a messenger after him and when he
arrived and found what had happened
he came to This city AMI notified JUS
tice Kimmcl, who Immediately sum-
moned n jury and proceeded TO hold
m inquest.
Alter hearing the testimony of oil
the witnesses that knew anything
about the young man, the Coroncr's
Jury returned a verdict that the Dc
ceased came to his death from a pis
tol shot wound in the head from a
pistol in his W hands.
Young Collins worked for Mr.. Hit
u few weeks duriufH the summer and
was n hard working man and a good
hand, but he was addicted TO the
strong drink habit md spent all his
money for liquor. lie was q young
man, only about twcnty-thrcc years oil
age.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-21
what Is Life?

A little crib beside the bed,
A little face above the spread,
A little rroek behind the door.
A little shoe upon the door.
A little Ind with dark brown hair,
A little blue eyed face aud fair,
A little lane that leads to school,
A little pencil, slate and rule.
4 little b~t,hesome, winsome maid,
little bsryf within 1t laid;
4 little cottage, acres four,
Alittlc old tine household store.
Attic family gathered round.
AIittle turf heapcd, tear dewed monn3;
A little added to his soil,
Alittle rest from hardest toll.
A little silver in his hair. =.
A little stool and easy chaif, -,
4 little night of earth lit gloom,
little cortege to the tomb.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-21

The county Alliance of Boulanger
county, Mo-, will meetil Marble Hill
january 9Th. 1892. This will be the
regular session-St. Louis Honitor. 2
There is no such county in Missouri
rs Boulanger county. Missouri never
yet named q county after q. cranky
Frenchman. BolliIger county is named
from q pioneer Missourian-s man
who did more for the advancement of
his country than the dead Frenchman
after whom the Mort,tor wants 10 call
Bollinger county.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-21
Notice 70 ssoek

Notice is hereby given that the an
nual meeting Of the stockholders of
the Southeastern District Agricul-
tursl Society. for the election of a
President, Fice-President and seven
Directors for said society, will take
plsce at the court house, in this city.
OIL Saturday, December 5th, 1891.
The polls will be open from 1 TO ;
o'clock p. m.
e. II. EvuELMANS, Sec.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-21

Again the Lecture Bureau appears.
but only in a better course Of lectures
than yet here offered, Arrangements
have been consumn-ated whtteby a
course of lectures for this sehsou will
be presented which beyond doubt
must prove a successful one. The
Bureau opens its course of lectures
with j. c. Ambrose, the Chicago
humorist, November 2Sd, 1891. Don't
miss the occasion.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-21

The Shareholders Of the Cape Cir
ardeau Building and Loan Associa-
ton are hereby notified that an elet-
ton will be held for nine Directors
Oh the first Monday in December
1891, from 7:30 10 9 o'clock p. m.
HENRY 4. AsTHOLz, .
Secretary.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-21
FOOLED BY MOSeY.



Now the Confederate 0ssriiia Gss
the Federal Password.
.The man With tho coolest nerve l
ever metz said Colonel A. Z. SeiieTt,
who was in a reminiscent mood, to q
New York Herald reporter, recently,
-was Colonel John S. Mosby, late c.
S. A. 1 was = hith private at IIar-
per's Ferry when that pl&ce vas
captured by @Stonewah' Jackson in
1862. After waiting for somc time
for our exchange we were ordered
down. to Fairfax Court House, Va,
where We wsre on the lookout for
Mosby.
One cold, clear night in February,
1868, 1 was on picket duty on the
Warrenton: road. l had post two. I
was walking my pos, almost on
the double quick, trying to keep
warm, when l heard a troop of calvary
coming down the Warrenton road at
a quick trot. They were stopped by
The man on post n all right, and
then came down on my post.
"When they came close enough to
me l halted them. IL,
".Friends with the countersign,'
was the answer TO my challenge.
@.Onc man dismount AND advance
with the countersign,' was my next
de,naad. ..- !
IA well dressed officer dismounted
and advanced to the point Of my
baypnet and gave the e~ountsrsigr
jamaica
".Countcrsign correct | shouted,
pass on
sThere were about three hundred
of them; q motley crew in appearance,
but they were q jolly hot, singing,
talking and laughing. They passed
and in due time l was relieved and
soon was sound asleep.
Early the next morning the ser
geant of the guard reused, me up and
told me | was wanted at headquarters.
In charge of an orderly ! went. When
| got there, the man who was on post
one was ahead of me. lie was usher.
ed into the presence .pt, General Alex
ander Hayes, our commanding officer,
and when he came out l went in.
9.You had post two at-last
demanded the general
al had SIR :.
@erai INC about th5 troop of cavalry
that passed your post
81 told him what had happened.
".Well,' he said grimly, you played
hell and he dismissed Inc.
Il discovered pretty 500 that the
men had passed were Mosby's COM
mand with Mosby, at their head,
They had ridden through the entire
camp, taken the tent of n of the
general officers, mounted him OH q
mule and escaped with him to the
Confederate lines.
GLOW did he get the password?
found out that afterward. At
one of the outposts was the rawest
kind of a raw German. While he
was on picket duty a man dressed in
captains uniform with the red sash of
the officer of the day across his breast
approached him. lie challenged and
the officer responded.
".Oficer of the day, with the
cou%htersisns
Advance did Give the counter
=. IT.
sThe officer advanced and gave d
word which was not the correct one.
".That's not right said the sentinel,
and you can't pass
AFTER considerable wrangling, the
officer insisting that his word was
right, he exclaimed, angrily, what
word have you gotS The man siad.
The sergeant of the guard gave me
the word Jamaica and nobody can
pass without it,
The officer wss no other than
Mosby himself. He had all he wanted,
and, waiting for night, got his men
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-21
E

Three of the largest retail dry
goods stofAs in ST. Louis were de-
stroyed by fire Tuesday morning.
They were: Famous, Sonnenfeld's and
Penny 4 GentIcs. The loss is not
yet known but the st. Louis papers
say it will run up into tht millions.
Circuit Clerk Lefwich, OF, Benton.
is in the city To-day. Mr.. Ie:wich is
one of the best Circuit Clerks in
Southeast Missouri.
The Owl Club will meet tonight.
and as there is business of Importance
TO be transacted all members are re-
quesicd to be OH hand promptly at
7:30 o'clock.
j. a. Weber :e!urncn from Ben
ton yesterday and left again this
morning. Mr.. Weber is one of the
most popular of al The drumucrs
who visit Southeast Missouri. lie
has a fine trade in Southeast Missouri
which is growing all the time.
Pie Board of Pension Examiners
is examining old veterans to-day.
Louis IIouck, President of the
st. Louis, Cape Girartlcau AZ Fort
Smith hallway: has bcen in Chicago
this week.
THO Farmers Institute mot at
Jackson to-day, and we are informed
that there was a large attendance.
-Thos. f. Clark IF to-day TO visit
Charleston and several other South
east towns. lie will be absent from
the city three or four days.
An employee of the ST. Louis. Care
Girardcau & Fort Smith Railway will
be married TO q Commerce belle this
month.
Hon. l.. f. Kl0,termann has been
in ST. Louis several, DAYS buying new
goods for II. big teo:storc.
Last night was another cold
night. and this morning the small
boys found good skating on the
ponds.
Flank. licil is now clcrking in the
grocery Stare of Henry Stra,man in
This city.
i. Ben Miller. of the firm OF. Mil
Ter e Wilson, druggists. will return
home from ST. Louis this evening
where he has been LAYING in Il new
stock Of goods.
"A lev rrars an there wire hall
a dozen vacant ROOMS on Main street.
but to-day there is not one. This
goes 10 show that the busincS, of the
town is growing.
John Fienz2l. the Mali! ::ice;
stove dealer. rcttated the finest range
Yesterday ever brought 10 this city.
The stove was ordered for VI. \.
Scott and will be srt up in the cook
room of SCOTS European Hotel as
soon ss THAT building Is completed.
The ''c'iinGci county counter
~fciicrs who were tried i'll the L. :.
District Court at ST. Louis last week
were sent 10 the pc%ui,entiary for II
year. Calvin Green, the leader Of
the gang, who is. eighty-one years old
and who ras sentenced TO two years in
the pen. is still in the hospital where
he will probably die.
seem. 10 us that it is about time
our merchants were telling their els
toners what they have in the way of
attractions for the holidays. The COL
umns of the DEMOCRAT are closely
scanned by its thousands of readers
who want 90 know where TO go to
purchase something for the holidays.
We regret 10 have to state that
August Ilutcrs is very sick.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-21

"Mystic Cure" for rheumatism and
Neuralgia radically cures in l TO 8
days. Its action upon the system is
remarkable and mysterious. 1t re-
moves AT once the aus and the dis
case Immediately disappears. The
first dose benefits, IS cents. Sold by
Rider & Wichterich, Druggists, Cspe
Girardeau, Mo.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-21

TIC s~toteroom on Spanish street,
known as the Ladies' Dazaar, is now
for rent. The location makes it . very.
desirable. place for a retail store Of
most any kind, and especially for q
notion store. For terms, ETC., apply,
to Mrs. r F. Wheeler, who resides in
.ccond story of building.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-21
Atr0nE Evidence.

.You say your son John weat
down South and started q news.
papers"
.Yes." ..i.. =. =.
dis he making himself felt in the
commuuityT
"You bet he is. He has been tarred
and feathered twice."-New fork
Press.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-21
SupersItIions OF Brides,

SuPcrSkkhlOuB VI ErhOS
One of these is expressed imam old
rhyme which is familiar to us all:
Change the name and not the letter.
You change for the worse and not for the
better.
Another is that the day must be
fine, in accordarce with the old-timc
saw:
HAPPY is the bride the sun shines on.
Blessed are the dead that the rain rains on.
There is still another superstition
POLITICALLY rendered that a brides
wardrobe must contain:
Something old and something new.
Something borrowed, something blue.
1t is considered very bad f"ftine
for a bride to make her own wedding
cake or to have anything to do with
it; and, strange as it may seem, it has
been observed over and over again in
unhappy marriages that the bride
had stirred the wedding cake.
To lose the wedding ring in the
irst month Of marriage augurs great
misfortune. To lose it at any time is
supposed to predict a calamity. There
is an explanation of this superstition
which is Of the sarnn theory that time
will cure all ills:
AS the wedding ring wears,
Sc wear away lifc's cares"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-21
Found Almost Dead.

This is the condition many persons
were in when they commenced tile
use of the Lemon Chill Tonis., But
thanks TO its magic power the same
people have been restored to trrHct
health-chills entirely broken; appc-
tite restored, the blood enriched, the
old ,anquid and tired feeling gone.
And while pleasant to take is certain
10 cure. Each bottle is guaranteed to
break the worst chill and with guard
ing the 7th and nth days, will pre-
vent their return: Srld bv Miller &
Wilson, Cape Girardeau ami Ben.
Schwab, D%utchtown, Mo. l
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-08-13

Camp Douglas Burned.

New LISBON, Wis, Aug. 1O.-Camp
Douglas is in ruins. At Q p. IN. the cry
of fire was raised. 1t seems that a
lamp exploded in McGuire's saloon, but
the flames had been nearly smotnered,
the proprietor left the building. The
fire took new start, and in about ten
minutes was beyond control. 1t
spread rapidly through several houses
till it reached Camp Douglas Hotel. 1t
then crossed the Omaha tracks and set
fire to the Commercial House and the
depot.
Although all this happened in a very
few minutes the soldiers at the camp
had been notified and they had assem-
bled and succeeded in saving nearly all
the goods in the hotels and stores. be-
sides the whole of the business part of
the village. Many dwelling houses
were burned, there being nothing left
but a few residences in the southwest
ern part of town. The wind blew from
the south and kept it burning so rapid
ly that the fire engines from Mansion
had been sent for as soon as il was evil
dent that the fire had good start, but
reached there too late. Total loss esti-
mated at about $4,000
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-08-13
The News Of the Week.
BY TELEGRAPH AND MAIL
FRoM Mn-niNdToN.


THE treasury department at Wash
ington reports that the total receipt.
from customs du ring the month of July
We're $. A.. 2S2 less than the receipts
duri.g the same month last year
The annual convention of the Cath.
Ollie Total Abstinence union of Amer
lea convened in Washington on the 5th.
The business failures in the United
States during the seven DAYS ended on
the 9Th numbered 23l. against pa
the preceding week and 2Os for the cor
responding week last year.
SECRETARY OF THE UNITED STATES
TREASURY FOSTER was advised that an
attempt was To be made during the
present month to rob the treasury by
an organized band of men.
THE commissi vler Of pensions issu ed
156. 49, original certificates last year.
which was more than twice as many as
were ever issued in one year before.
There We're stiIl 929. 4s6 claims on file.
Al the age of 100 years John Ducl1ett
(colOredl died in Washington.
A BULLETIN from the census office
shows the total number of communi-
cants Of the Catholic church in the
United States To be 6.25O.O45. The
church owns property valued at Sis
3sI.5.6.
The exchanges at the leading clear
Ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the Sth aggregated
81. 200, Pas, 367, against 1928. 93s. I56 the
previous week. As compared with the
corresponding week of 1890 the decrease
amounted TO .Oi.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-08-13

CHICAGO, H.. Aug. l0.-Alfred Down
ing. president and n. II. TOllman. vice
president of the National Capital Saw
ings. Building and Loan Association of
North America. were arrested by Post
office Inspector Stuart. charged with
using the mails for fraudulent purposes.
II Is charged that the men who have
been conducting this association have
swindled thousands of people from
every state in the Union and taken in
from S200. 600 to $500. coo and given
nothing in return. The victims hail
from Maine to California. and are num-
bered among the rich and poor alike.
AN investigation of the Office of the
city treasurer of Denver. Colo. for the
past ten years reveal shortage of
$40. 0O0
j. O. WINNIE. the business agent of
the Georgia State Alliance Il ever 500
600 short in his account. The Alliance
ran a business exchange at Atlanta
and il was in the management of this
that the loss occurred.
AT Amherst, y. H.. Mrs. Leila Room
son Sawtelle. member of the Massachu-
sets bar and authoress- die, on the
10th.
WHILE trying to arrest George Duhl-
meyer. wife-beater at Ch:Ilieothe. o..
on the 10th, Officer Hall was mortally
wounded.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-08-13
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

THE English parliament was pro-
rogued to October "a. Queen Victoria
in her speech cOngratulates the country
upon its prosperity and says measures
taken have resulted in marked abate-
mcnt OF agrdrian offenses in Ireland
and considerable advance in prosper
ity.
RECENT rains in the grain-producing
state of Vera Cruz, Mex, have dam
aged the crops to such an extent that
it was said that not onefourth of crop
would be harvested.
A THOUSAND families were rendered
homeless and there was much sickness
and fever among them caused by the
overflow of the river Yarra at Mel
bourne. Australia. The damage caused
by the flood amounted To - 600, 600.
A MEMBER of the British parliament
gave notice that at the next session of
that body he would introduce resolu-
with this country.
IT was said that Charles 5. Parnell,
the Irish leader. had decided to visit
the United States late in the fall and
conduct a campaign throughout the en-
tire country.
ANOTHER woman was murdered in
the Whitechapel district of London.
She is believed to be victim of Jack
the Ripper"
on account of the scarcity of corn the
government of Russia has decided to
prohibit its export.
PRESIDENT BALMACEDA. of Chilli, and
the leaders of the Gillian insurgents
We're said TO have appealed to the Span
ish government TO act as arbitrator and
end the war.
il Moscow the influenza has again
made its appearance and the reports
showed that on the average 500 persons
were daily FRUSTRATED by the disease.
ED HANLAN and William O'Connor
defeated Jake Gaudaur and William
Mckay in a double scull Smile race at
Hamilton, Ont, for the worlds cham
pionship. Time, Is minutes 26 seconds