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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-11-27
l.. B. KEHN, Agt.,
Experience OF A Railroad Man.

| had sciatic rheumatism one year. My ply
stefan pronounced il incurable. Could get no
relief except from morphine. Six bottles of
Hibbards Rheumatic Syrup cured me.
JOHN n. MAXWELL. Salisbury, n. {.
The above is correct, and Hibbard's Rheuma-
tic Syrup has cured great many of our Gus
toners. STEERE, WELLS Co.
Wholesale and retail druggists, Salisbury, n. c
Sold by b VauDenBurg.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1891-04-11
THE HEROISM OF A CHILD.

In the Bodleian Library at Oxord
is most touching record Of heroism
and self sacrifice on the part of a
child.
The lower door of St. Leonard's
Church, Bridgeworth, was left open
and two young boys wandering in
were tempted to mount to the upper
part and scramble from beam to
beam.
All at once a ioist gave way The
beam on which they we're standing
became displaced The elder had
just time to grasp it when falllrg,
while the younger, slipping over his
body, caught hold Of his comrade' $
legs. In this fearful position the poor
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1891-04-11
AN AMUSING MISTAKE.

1t is an amusing thing-this mistak-
ing a stranger for some one you know
or it is amusing to see some one else
do SO.
And did you ever notice the differ
ence between men and women in the
way IN which they get around the mis-
takeP
A man will go up to another one and
say:
"Why, how do you do?'
As he puts out his hand the other
man takes it and gives 1t cordial
shake and says:
GLOW do you do' How are your
1t is fine day. Let me see-where
have | met your"
When they come 10 compare their
mental notes they discover that they
never have met anywhere, but they sit
down and discuss politics and religion,
or anything else, with the same freedom
as if meeting was an every day occur.
renee.
A woman will bow to another, think
ing she has met her before, and unless
the one is taken completely off her
guard she will draw herself up in the
haughtiest manner and say, "You are
mistaken" The first one bushes and
apologies and settles down thoroughly
convinced of the enormitY OF the crime
of making a simple mistake
Ii one is taken unawares, however,
and thinks possibly she has met the
very cordial greeter somewhere, she
evinces much more tact than does a
man under the same circumstances.
She returns the cordial handshake and
lets the other woman do the talking
until something is said BY which she
can recall the former meeting, or trusts
to luck in not letting the woman dis
cover her mistake.-Chicag9 Herald.
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lads hung, crying vainly for help,
tor no one was near.
AT length the boy clinging to the
beam became exhausted. He could
no longer support the double weight.
He called out to the lad be'ow that
they were both done for.
Could you face yourself if | were
to loose you, replied the younger
lad.
| think could, returned the elder.
Then good-by, and God bless you!
said the. little fellow. loosing his
hold.
Another second and he dashed to
pieces on the stone floor below.
His companion clambered to a
place OF safety.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1891-04-11
GREAT MEN.

a Senator from one of our new
Western States, who had little expert
ence in legislation, was asked by a
brother Sentor, standing IN a group Of
Senators in the Senate chamber at
Washington. What were your impress
sions of the United States Senate when
you first came here? He answered: |
wondered how | ever got here. Well,
continued the questioner, what are
your impressions now? | wonder now
how any Of you ever got here.
George Francis Train says his good
old grandmother used to tell him about
the great men down at Washington,
but when he went to Washington, and
saw the great men there, he concluded
that his good old grandmother had
been humbugging him. With all due
respect to our lawmakers, the thought
sometimes comes up: Who are the
really great men of our naion?
What place shall we give to the men
who plan, build and direct our great
systems of transportion-to the men
who keep the wheels of our great
manufactures moying-to the mer-
chants who gather from all parts Of e
earth the merchandise we use-to the
men who direct those great monied in
stitutions on which our prosperity so
largely depends7
What place shall we give to the
architects who plan and build these
great American business palaces, twelve
and fourteen stories high, now going up
in Boston and ofher cities?
What place to the inventors of ma
chinery that moves our railroad trains,
our great ocean steamships, the won
derful looms of our factories, and
prints, 1t may be, half million copies
OF our newspapers in single night2
What piiaes Place to Ericsson, whose Ia
vention at a critical period of war saved
Norfolk Navy Yard, Fortress Monroe,
Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia,
and perhaps the unity of the naiionsP ?
What place TO is almost super human
Edison2 What place TO the poets and
writers who touch the hearts OF mil
lions? What place to the astronomers
who measure the distances, size, and
orbits of the heavenly bodies.
Come to think of il, there are lots Of
great men outside the halls of legis-
lation and, while we would no! de-
tract from the fame of honest and wise
statesmen, it may be quite we'll to IN
struct the youth in our public and prl-
vate schools that they may become
great men, and good men too, without
going to Washington.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1891-04-11
TANNING A FLOCK OF QUAILS.
Buckwheat and Gradual Advances Con-
quer the Wild Birds.

Several weeks ago Mrs. D. n. Snyder,
of Jefferson township, Lacawana county
Pa, saw lot OF quaiIs busting them
selves under some currant bushes in
the back end OF her garden. The binds
looked SO happy that she thought 1t
would be TOO bad to disturb them so
she returned to the house without pull
ing the weeds out OF patch of onions
that she had gone there for the pur-
pose of doing. In an hour or Sc the
qualls had disappeared in the tall
timothy of the adjoining meadow, and
Mrs. Snyder scattered some buckwheat
around where they had been wa'lowing.
On the following day the birds came
there again, gobbled up the buckwheat,
and had a good time. Every day for
a week or so Mrs. Snyder scattered
grain among the bushes TOR the quails
10 feed on, and the birds soon got so
that they looked for food in the garden
as regularly as they did for a resting
place at night out in the woods, back
of the big meadow lot.
One morning the Kind-hearted wo-
man forgot to throw the buckwheat,
but the quails reminded her OF her
negligence by appearing at the usual
hour and making great fuss and noise
because there wasn't any grain In the
garden for them TO pick up. Mrs. Sny-
der let the birds hunt for other kinds of
food that day, and for several mornings
after that she didn't fail to give them a
good feed of buckwheat. Then she
missed a morning on purpose to see
how the qualls would act when they
didn't md any grain near the current
bushes, watching from q second story
window for them to make their ap-
pearance.
Promptly on time the whole flock
crept under the garden fence from the
meadow, ran among the bushes, and
began to dodge and fiutter about where
they had been in the habit of finding
the buckwheat. When they had search.
ed long enough to learn that no grain
had been put there for them, the birds
piped in low tones, fiuttered uneasily,
scattered into the vegetable beds, and
appeared to be very much disappointed.
In little while the quails gave up the
search. assembled under the currant
| bushes, and went to busting themselves
in the soil. Mrs. Snyder counted four
teen in the flock, and then she went
down stairs, got basinful of buck
wheat, and tiptoed her way into the
garden. When she had got as near to
/ the qlalls as she could get without
soaring them, Mrs. Snyder flung a
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have so that fellow travel, h
know they were just married. Sh
before reaching -Ssss>
IS. s i, ,liis -1i.,-h howee M were sitting
IN the drawingroom car, Carney's aRec-
lion so far got the better of him that he
kissed his wife.
Everybody in the car smiled except
the bride. She got angry and bitter
quarrel ensued. Alter some harsh
words the bride took a seat in one
corner of the car and would not no.
tice the sulklng groom in another cor
ner. When the train pulled into the
Union Station the bride took cab up
town. Wishing to get her trunks, and
not thinking of the publicity that would
come, she asked to be directed to a
Justice of the Peace's office. She was
taken to that of James McCafrey. At
her request Constable Benjamin Brady
made out replevin papers. He tried
hard to persuade her that 1t was not the
proper action, but the angry woman
woul not listen to argument.
"Didn't he" she began, her eyes
swapping with anger, kiss me right be-
fore all the people and make me the
laughing stock of the travellers just
won't stand it"
The papers were made out, and
Constable Brady got into a cab with
the bride and started for the station.
During the ride the BRIDE of only few
days broke down and began to cry.
The constable told her that her husband
had not meant anything wrong, but
was overcome by his love for her.
This consoled her to some degree and
she began to inquire if it were not pos
sible to recall the replevin. "Certalnly,"
said Mr.. Brady. That was just what
he wanted. Getting on the south side
of the station Mr.. Brady heard the lady
exclaim: "There he Is !" and sudden
ly leave his side and hurriedly hasten
to that of gloomy looking gentleman
who was trying to punch hole in the
blanks with a small cane.
"Tohn "Snsie y
The people in the immediate vicinity
heard the exclamatiol IS, and looking
around they saw young woman sob
bing with her face on the shoulder OF
fine booking young man. The hus-
band paid the constable, the writ was
destroyed, and the couple drove to
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1891-04-11

They considered it a great disgrace
that one of their tribe should have
been scalped. have been told that
the Crows, at one time, had several
houses which they called the scalDed
men houses, and in them lived In
dians of the Grow tribe who had been
scalped in wars with the Sioux.
That scalping is not necessarily
fatal is proved by the case of Mrs.
lane Jones. This woman was scalp
ed, in Florida, by Indians, and sur
vived. The physician who attended
her reported
| measured the extent of the skull
divested of its natural covering, and
found it nine and one nalf inches
from above one ear to the ear on the
opposite side of the head. Only a
few hairs had been left above the
forehead and at the back OF the
neck.
This was certainly a bad case OF
sealping, still the woman lived to a
good old age From this il will ap-
pear that, while being scalped by an
Indian is a decidedly unpleasant
operation, it is not necessarily fatal !;
and that, while In dians scalp their
enemies, they do not do it for the
sake OF cruelty, but to prove to their
people at home they have been brave
in battle by overcoming foe. The
Milky Way in the sky is the Indians
road to the Happy Hunting-G Grounds,
and all who die in battle go there
Immediately, riding on the + ponies,
which the Indians kill to accompany
them on their journey.
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handful Of buckwheat toward the quiet
little flock. 1t fell among them, and
they all scampered under the fence
and went out OF sightln a hurry.
Then she threw some more of the
grain on the ground where they had
been, secreted herself behind a row of
pea vines. Presently one OF the birds
ventured to crawl under the fence into
the garden. 1t soon found the buck
.wAsat, and set to filling its crop, and
->Ns--lAs>birds, took courage,
A9ng places. and went
to-. zine gram as though each
bed to get its share.
OF conceaIment Mrs.
SnEQt - S2ndful of buckwheat
into> it fell into the midst
OF { cared the birds lit.
tie, quickly resumed their
feediF Mrs. Snyder began to
whistls aem, finglng more grain in.
to the ali as she whistled. That ey
cited their curiosity just enough
make them look up for moment,
Mrs. Snyder emptied the basin
stol. away, without letting the bir
her. She fed the quails in this
few days, gradually got them
her whistle and voice, and let t
sight of her by degrees. 1nsid
month from the time she first
birds in the garden she had
well tanned that they anttered
meadow whenever she called
in her presence, and did not
fear her at all. Since then Mr.
has taken a good deal of conf
her strange little flock, and
the other day that the confd
birds have in her pays many
for all the trouble she has
self in getting the wild littlet
be as tame as they are.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1891-04-11
THE LONDON CABBY.
A Unique Specimen of an Interesting Class
of Bread Winners.

By no means the least interesting
feature of London life is the cabby,
as he is called, the driver on the han
som cab. These cabs are so numer-
Gus that the city seems actually to
swarm with them, and it is easy to
believe the statement of the guide
books that there are 10, 900 of these
vehicles in the town. OF course,
there is great variety in the
drivers, and it has more than once
happened that the sons of families of
considerable position have passed the
better portion OF their lives on the
box of hanson.
An American who was in London
during the past summer encountered
rather an odd specimen OF cabDy, a
man who had in some way evidently
come down in the world, unless
mounting box be regarded as a
rise. The stranger took a cab for q
drive one afternoon and, having no
very definite idea what he wished to
do, told the driver to take him to
some place that was worth seeing.
The cabby looked him over, ap-
parently making up his mind what
manner OF man he had as passenger,
and then started off in a direction
which was not in the line of the
Americans previous explorations,
although he had been in England a
number of times and knew London
tolerably well. The passenger poked
up the little trap-door to the roof OF
the cab and asked where. they were
going.
Along apiece, the driver returned.
Do you see, sir, that crowd on the
corner? he added, pulling up.
The American looked in the di-
reCtion indicated and saw a crowd of
people gathered about the woman
who was turning the crank of a
barrel-organ. She was rather a
pretty woman, and appeared strange
ly out OF keeping with her occupa-
ton.
That is Lady Linton. he said, and
by subsequent inquiry the American
found that this was not a mere trav-
eller's tale, designed to besuile him,
but that the organ g inder was really
member of the nobility cast off by
her family.
The hanson was started up again,
and pretty soon the driver announced
that they were in Chelsea.
That house, he said, pointing it
out, is where that old crab-apple
Carlyle lived. Further up the street,
he continued waxing more commu-
nicative, there is a funny fellow
named Whistler. He's a painter,
and the papers pitch into his things
like blazes, and he gets as mad as a
halter and answers them back.
They say it's great fun for them that
is in it.
You do not follow it up yourself,
then, the American said.
No, sir, the cabby said. l like
better to give my time to flowers. |
have a place that is pretty to look at,
il | do say it and I've taken a very
tidy lot of prizes, too, sir. | 60 il
for chrysanthemums just now. That's
the go, and / can make something
to help me on with in the green
houses and get the missis new
gown now and then.
The Cabby who cultivated flower!
for amusement and drove a casua
passenger out to see the house o
Carlyle could hardly be looked upor
as a type, but as a variation he wa:
at least interesting.
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FUSS OVER A ks
4 Husband Gets Affectionate
and the Bride Objec

Incoming passengers o
Pacific train and the II
waltlng-room at the UniC
St. Louis, a dispatch fr
says, witnessed a serie
scenes IN which a brlo
were the principal actor
ney, son of a wealthy
near San Diego, CAL,
Mayber-y, for three y,
married her. They sta.
bridal tour. They had i
have so that iellow-travelt ,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-01

This is the condition many persons
were in when they commenced the
use of the Lemon Chill Tonic" But
thanks TO its magic power the same
people have been restored to perfect
health-chills entirely b'oken; appe-
tite restored, the blood enriched, the
old lanquid 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 9TH and 14th days, will pre-
vent their return. Sold by Miller Il
Wilson, Cape Girardeau and Ben.
Schwab, Dutchtown, Mo. l
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-01
A Pleasant Surprise.

This is the verdict OF Mr.. W. Fall.
32l Seventh street, Paducah, Ky, who
said that if his little girl had had
another congestive chill she would
have died. This is what he writes us:
81 have used your Lemon Chill Tonic
in my family and find it all you claim.
The medicine has no bad taste, but
is deliciously favored. My little
daughter, who suffered for some time
with chills and fever, watched the
clock in pleasant anticipation of the
next dose. Lemon Chill Tonic not
only does away with the bitter and
nauscating mixtures usually prescrib-
ed for ague, but effects a speedy and
permanent cure. livery gladly testify
TO the merit of a medicine which
have seer used in my family with
such signal success" Take no other.
Price so cents. For sale by Miller 4
Wilson, Cape Girardeau ard Ben.
Schwab, Dutchtown, Mo. l
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-01
Is nI.nOrnnce?

The other day we overheard two
farmers discuss the price of a piece OF
land one of them wanted TO purchase
After comparing notes as TO its con
ditiOn, soil, etc. t., the proposed pur'
chaser, said abruptly, 81 tell you T., il
is not worth a rent more than $50 pei
acre, and | won't 90 nickel over
that" Z. looked his man straight in
the eve. and in a slow deliberate way
asked his ncighbor: 81, suppose you
had the deed TO the farm. and had
spent three years of your improved
system of farming on the place, that
is. fixed up the fences, repaired the
buildings, and s%prouted, plOwed and
covered those old fields, for, say three
wears, what would you take for the
place.
Il. looked serious. scratched his
head, and after a time said slowly
"P., ] would not take $50 an acre fol
it, but don't say anything about that
This is a fair sample of land buyer:
around Cape Girardcau. Lands thai
are changing hands in the neighbor.
hood OF this city to-day at twenty
dollars per acre, cannot be purchased
five years hence at fifty. Lands arc
cheaper to-day around this city than
any other spot in the old settled west
and with the help of u local and
educational advantages, will double
in valuation within the next five years
Moral: Purchase now.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-01

NEW YORK, Nov. 26th.-A dis
was received yctcrday from Balti-
more announcing that Geo. ii. Bciscr,
of Bruuklin. had become heir TO Il
vast estate there, valued al 100000
The property am through relatives
who cmigratcd from France in the
days of the llugucnots. Mr.. Bci>cr
is an accountant in a Fulton street
clothing house. Brucc's Law and
Inquiry Agency, of Chicago, Ill.,
prosecuted his claim.-LouiSriWt
Courier Journal, Nor. 27.
We arc Mr.. Beiser's lawyers. and
by him seeing our advertisement,
became the agents of his good for.
tune. If your ancestors came from
the old country, write TO us and i'll
close 81 for our list of heirs. There
are more than half a billion dollars in
in Great Britain and Germany, I'M.
claimed. which rightly belong to
people in the United States.
BRUCE's LAW AND INQUIRY OFFICE
l6l and 166 Randolph st.
Chicago, ILL.,, L ). 4.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-01

Tie Waync County JJMR0l sizes
up two railroad men in The following
language:
at is reported now that lIouck has
purchased the St. Louis. Kennctt and
Southern railroad. llOuck is going
to be a railroad king if he continues.
At one time Jay Gould sent lIouck
word to come and see him and Gould
would buy tie ilouck road: but
Ilouck. much TO The Amusement ofthc
people. sent Gould back word that if
he wanted to purchase the llouck
road he had better come and see
lIouck. AT this junctuac the CONVEX
sation ceased. Everybody has been
of the belief that as soon as llouck
completed a line east 10 west that
Gould would @obble it. but it is pre-
scnting a different phase. lIouck
continues To build and Is buying
feeders" and Gould MAJ have TO
COM" and see Ilouck vet before he
gets the Southeast railroads under his
control"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-01
Found Dead I'm Bed.

Albert Looney. an old colOrcd man
residing in a little frame building near
the residence ofFrank Unnerstall. was
found dead in his bed at 2 o'clock
Thursday afternoon. His little house
was on the same lot on which Mr.. In
ncrstall's house is located and only a
few steps from Mr.. Unnerstalr's back
door. The old man lived there alone,
did his own cooking and did not
trouble the family tor anything. He
was always about his house and was
in sight of some member of Mr..
Unner>talrs family most all the time.
Wednesday, however, he was not
noticed stirring about and Thurs
day afternoon, Mr.. Unnerstall think
ing something was wrong with the
old man, went into his house
and found him lying on the bed cold
IN death. His appearance would in
dictate that his death had occurred
Tuesday night or Wednesday MORN
ing. lie had not complained to any
person of being sick or feeling bad
An inquest was held Thursday
evening.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-01
Once Nc Was Barefooted Jerry.

"Sockless" Jerry Simpson was
master of a vessel on the lakes back
in the Sos and 7O's. His s~Obriquet
while he was captain OH the lakes was
-Barcfooted Jerry He was quite a
dandy in his attire when on land,
wearing a silk hat, velvet vest and
patent leather boots, but when the
O es had been cast oil aud the vessel
was fairly under way, Capt. Simpson
would emerge from his cabin dressed
for business, aud always, except in
the coolest weather, barefOoted.
There are men on the lake vessels
who can to-day describe those feet as
accurately as q good lake pilot can
the Detroit River.-Doston Herald.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-01
THROUGH WHEAT FIELDS.
The So. Louis. Cape Girardeau and
Fort smith Railway Runs through
the Best Agricultural Section
i'm the State.

An ignorant scribbler Oh a Kansas
City paper states that the passage of
trains on the above road is interrupted
by mosquitoes, frogs and snakes get
| ting OH the track. He does not know
that the road runs continuously
through wheat and corn fields, the
average Weld of wheat being thirty
bushels per acre and orn not less
than sixty bushels per acre, and finer
| meadows are not found in the State
of Missouri. Mr.. IIouck, the builder
of the read, knew what he was doing.
1t was built through Il virgin country,
and the millions of ties hauled over
the road to be used in building rail-
roads over the treelcss and arid plains
of western Missouri and Kansas has
made the railroad a profitable invest
mcnt and the people along the line
ofthe road are rich, and since clearing
off the timber they have farms, the
fertility of which the variety OF pro-
duct!ons our fellow citizens and the
kansas border have no conception.
Our little ncighbOr. Scott county.
with not a town in il of 500 inbabit-
ants has more millionaires than Kansas
City and the rest of Jackson county
included. The road in lis IS miles in
length. crosses a lagoon of 100 yards
in width. but beyond that there is
not Il ward of land on the line of the
road that cannot be cultivated so tar
rs water is concerned.