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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-28

The writer of cheap stories does not feel
it at all degrading to live on his poor rela-
tions.-Boston Transcript.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-28

SINCE a bell is provided with a tongue it
ought to tell instead of being tolled--Bing-
hamton Republican.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-28

A LIQUID laugh may be infectious, but it
is not considered as stimulating as q liquid
"smile.u-Yonkers Gazette.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-28

ACTORS, Vocalists, Public Speakers praise
Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in ONE minute.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-28
Rack and Thumbscrew

SOME men get a reputation for bravery
just because they are able to conceal how
scared they are.-Somerville Journal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-28

WHEN there is work to be lone the buzz
saw is always willing to take a hand
Yonkers Statesman.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-28

WHO UFFER with his liver, bilious ills,
poor blood or dizziness-take Beecham's
Pills. For sale by all druggists.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-28

IT is, perhaps, q triie superfiuous to say
that recent failures in the shoe trade were
because Of inability to foot the bills.-Lowell
Mail,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-28
THE MARKETS.

ST. LOUIS Beer is the best, and the "a. B.
C. Bohemian Bottled Beer" The American
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-28

ToREGULATE the stomach, liver and bowels,
and promote digestion, take one of Carter's
Little Live Ills every night. Try them.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-28

No MATTEL how good a man may be,
when he ships as a seaman he gets into a
mess.-Texas Siftings.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-28

The farmer who closely packs his load Of
wood is sure to strike the popular chord
Lowell Courier.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-28

"AH, yes" said Aunt Sary, ~"Jennie's a
great singer. Some day she'll be a regular
belladonna !''-Columbus Post.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-28

MONUMENTS are not always erected to the
men who are buried in thought.-Detroit
Free Press.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-28

al BEG to disagree with you," remarked
the green apple to the small boy.-Augusta
Chronicle.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-29
A Timely Warning.

1t is reported that some one who is dis
satisfied with the route Of the water COM
panys mains Intentionally turned on the
full pressure of the current and burstcd
the pipes. II is also fact that some one
dissatisfied with the route OF the l.. & N.
Railroad maliciously put rails and other
Instructions across the track, endanger-
ing t,e safety of the train and the lives
Of the passengers,
The first otfensc is n trespass OK ser
ous nature, aud the wrongdoer is expos
ing himself to u severe penalty and
damages. The latter offense ID felony
and the offender, when prosecuted must
he sent to the penitentiary for term OF
years. Should death result from his at
tempts to wreck the train the law requires
that he shall hang.
1t is the duty of both the water and the
railroad company rs we'll as the duty of
the commissioned officers of the law to
bring these offenders to justice, and it is
only question of very short time when
some one will be taughta severe lesson.
No one can have any sympathy with a
person who wantonly endangers or des-
troys the lives of railroad passengers,
innocent of any wrong, merely to crafty
a private spite against the company who
constructs the road. Every member Of
the community should feel 1t his duty
as it is his interest to prosecute any one
guilty Of SO heinous crime. To mutt
late the limbs Of women and children and
innocent men, and probably destroy their
lives. to. ayengc supposed grievance
against corporation, is one of the most
atrocious crimes, and no judge or jury
can afford to show the least mercy to any
one capable of committing it.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-29
The Gold Shipment.

We have been putting our gold upon
the waters at an unprecedented rate, but,
for the most part, with little or no con-
fidence that it would return. Every ship
ment has been watched with apprehen-
sion, and with constantly decreasing
faith IN the ability of the country to
stand the drain. The result has been
sharply reflected III the stock market, a
considerable part of the early spring ad-
vance having been lost, while the volume
of business has shrunk by more than two
thirds.
While this has been going on and while
the general sense of uneasiness here has
been really painful, England and the Con-
tinent have taken our gold with cores
ponding sense of relief, and have been
profoundly impressed with the ease with
which we parted with it, and with the ex-
ceedingly significant fact that it produc-
ed no perceptible disturbance in the rate
for money, and actually caused no i'm
portant impairment of our resources. We
have been able to send abroad some forty
millions Of gold more than the normal
adjustment of onr foreign balances re-
ouired, and the conditions in which we
have done it have conveyed, more than
anything else could have done, anidea of
the stability, soundness. and strength of
our position. Nothing else could equally
impress foreigners with the substantial
quality of our commercial status, and the
enduring prosperity Of our country.
The relief which we have afforded
abroad will he at once reflected in our
own markets. It is safe to say that
American investments will be looked upon
with degree of confidence far greater
than they have ever enjoyed before.
When the BAnlSGs failed, the, only securi-
ties that there was ready market for
were Americans, and now when the banks
Of the Whole Of Europe have had to
strengthen their reserves, there is only
one country able to GONE to their aid, aud
it is ours. These two facts should count
enormously in our favor in the immediate
future. They are substantial and cogent,
and their effect will not soon be impaired.
The general opinion of the large cx-
change houses appears to be thatwe shall
not send much more gold abroad ut pres
ent, the need Of il, according to their
advices, having been satisfied, or nearly
so. Even if we.should send ten or twenty
millions more, we can afford TO regard it
with equanimity as we'll as pride. We
have it, and we are the only people on the
globe that can spare it.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-29
CIV HOOK iorEis,'i.' L.
lrhs Hotesf Tennessee Gongrcsssn man ma ses
Fatal Ssista No and Drinks q rsenic
for Ice water

KyoxyIItr. May 26.--Judge Ho,ik vas
well and in good spirits yesterday ana q at
tended church iii the morning. III the
afternoon he vent TO Gray Cemetery ac-
mpanying his wife.
He returned home at ire O'Clock ana
after resting few minutes left the house
rennarking that he wanted some cigars.
he went to the drug store of a. Alien De
PFC. Mt the corner of Park and Crozicr
streets.
At the drug store the Judge procured
twenty-five cents worth OF cigars ara !, sa,
down on the outside to smoke. he talked
for quite "a while to q friend and finaiiy
arose and entered the store. he called
upon Phillip Lobenhoffer, the cIerk, ana
asked for drink Of ice water
Lobenhoffer asked the Judge to step
behind the prescription desk which ne
did. The clerk drew glass of water
from n cooler and sat il down on coun-
fer. The Judge raised the glass TO MS
Inns and drank several swallows. he
made some remark about the extremely
hot weather and the clerk went on win
his work of compromising prescription.
Presently Judge Houk went 10 ,he
clerks side and pointing TO glass ina.
sat on the counter under tin cover, ana !.
which contained q strong solution VI
arsenic, asked: =.
"What is that stuff in that glass. IT.
doesn't taste very good. Is it poison
"Great Heavens! you didn't drink from
that glass, did you? That glass contained
enough poison to kill half dozen mem:
The Judge was very much agitatcd ana
eagerly drank glass OF mustard ana
water which, obenhoffer had hastily pre-
pared for him. Lobenhoffer at once sum-
moned Dr.. J c. Cawood. That physician
soon arrived and took charge OF the case
In the meantime the mustard administer
ed Inv Lobenhotfer had acted as an emctic
and the Judge was vomiting heavily. Ut;
Cawood also gave The patient cmet'cs ana
when the vomiting stopped for few min
utes the Judge was placed in carriage
and driven to his home
He slept on until o'clock. at tnat
time Elmer was called to breakfast ana
before leaving the room bent over his
father and listened to his breathing,
which seemed regular and natural. Think
ing everything was all right, the young
man went into the dining room. he had
about finished his meal, when, suddenly
remembering that something might have
happened, asked the colored servant to
walk in and see the Judge and eelf he
was still asleep. The servant called
Elmer and told him his father looked
rather strange. Elmer rushed into the
sick chamber and was horritied to sec his
father gasping for breath. dc went TO
the bedside and spoke to the Judge, bnt
received no answer. Remembering the
DOCTORS instruction, he seized glass OF
medicine and poured quantity OF its
contents into his fathers throat
1t was too LATE Judge Houk was dead!
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-29

The old articles have remained among
the fundamental doctrines of the church
since the days of Calvin, and it is likely
they will undergo still more important
notifications than those now submitted
to the Prcsbyterys. In fact, the creeds
of all the churches are yielding to the
advance of modern thought and. SO re-
lentless is the work of historical invcsti-
CATION and criticism, it is safe to say but
few of those now accepted will be reccg-
nizable one hundred years hence.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-29
Protection in France.

The measure introduced by the govern
ment in the Chamber of Deputies the
other day increases the French duty SS,-
000,0 francs with the minimum tariff
and 49,, COO, 0s0 with the maximum tariff.
Perhaps no country has tested the mer-
Its of the protective system more thor
oagliy than France, though one rarely
hcarsein the discussions Of the question
in this county, an allusion to the results
Of that experience. Mazarin, the sue
cessor and pupiliof Richeliea, was the
great father of the protective tariff in
I that country, or at least he carried the
principle furthert than any other French
Statesman previous to the 18th century.
By its aid only could France have horne
the burden Aof the exhaustive wars Of
Louis XIV; and French Statesmen since
have not been slow to adopt the same
system after few experiments in the
opposite direction:
The proposed Increase of the present
duties, which are already very high,
shows that principle has lost none of its
popularity in q country which has surpass-
sed all others in brilliant financial achieve
nentssand in the solution Of perplexing
economic problons, Indeed England Is
the only government oil the FIRST class In
a,
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-29
The Business Outlook.

The fact that $50,OGo,OO0 of gold has.
been shipped from this country to Europe
since Jan. j, has had depressing effect
upop securities in this country and served
TO prolong the stringency in our money
markets.
This is q natural result it is true, but
there is no reason to apprehend any
serious danger fromit, while there ismuch
reason Co believe the ultimate result Will
prove beneficial.
The monetary situation in Europe IS
fsyerish though not dangerous. Russia
il preparing to meet her Dutch obliga-
tions. which are just now maturing
and has been gradually Withdrawing her
heavy deposits from the banks OF beriln'
Paris and London. This, coming on the
heel of the panic in South America ana
the embarrassment Of the Barings, tended
20 aggravate the conditions. All this mas
been followed too by panic in Italy ana
still more recently by o crisis in Portugal
The result has been that over $lOo, Ooo'-
600 of American securities have been re-
tnrned To us fron, abroad, and half that
amount of gold taken from us to Strength
en- the reserves of European banks.
The fact, however, that the United States
have been able to meet these demands
without more serious difficulty than a
tightening of The money market, speaks
volumes in our favor and must uitimateiy
40 strengthen our securities abroad that
they will be in greater demand than ever
before. There is every reason to believe
that the gold we have lost will not only
soon come back to us, but we shall be able
TO mace much larger amount OF our Sc
curities in the European money centers
than those which the necessities OF for-
eign capitalists have compelled them TO
return.
The wheat crop promises to be the
largest in our history; and, as people must
eat and the crop in Europe has been cut
short. there will he ready demand for all
we can part with and at good prices. ne
tnrns from our cotton crop, which bias
fair to reach the enormous number OF
s,5Oo,OOo bales, are now being received
so we may feel assured that the severity
of the strain is over or has reached It's
climax.
If this calculation is correct we shall bei
amply compensated: for the recent ana
present suffering in an increased demand
for our securities abroad and at advance
prices, and by thc speedy return OF our
gold for che use of which We shall be well
paid. Europe will for the first time real
ize the strength Of our financial resources
and capital, instead of following the
perilous channels to South America and
other countries where it has hitherto gone
will be concentrated in this direction.
Unless we are mistaken in the belief
that the strain is about over, the next TWO
years will prove q period OF une1ampleo
prosperity
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-29
..rne peonie,s Party"

The speeches, resolutions and other
proceedings of the Third party conven-
ton that assembled last week at Cincin-
natl, remind one of reports of the per-
formances Of The gatherings in Paris just
preceding the stormy aud bloody days ana
nights OF 1850. There was less considera-
ton even than such bodies usually mani mani
fest for settled principles of government
and the vested rights OF citizens.
Ignatius Doansly, who gained some
notoriety a year or two ago by On alleged
:cypher which he claimed proved that
Shakespeare was not Shakespeare, had
much to do With framing.the platform and
iutrpduced d series Of the most remarka-,
Bile resolutions that were ever adopted by
any political party ii this country, except
perhaps that led by Herr Most and his
associates, manysof who,s we're hung at
Chicago. .s.a
s d letter was Grst read from y. Z. Polk,
The head Of the Farmers a Alliance, urging
that she formation Of new party he de-
ferred until lsssa, This letter was SUM
marty disposed Of. The work OF adopt
ing ) platform wac qaiekly performed, SO
quickly indeed that it % doubtful i 9
I dozen members Of the convention knew
whaa they were adopting. The platform
consisted of the worst faatarea Of enc
adopted at Isl. Louis ii 1883, Of aaother
d 0saia, TIA. III 1880, and yet auother at
omaha In 1854 by 30 called indnstrial
organizations.
The financial plank Is as follows:
Fhs right To make and issHe r.eaey 10 sovereign
power, ID he ihe people for the coIl-
nor, bs.seiif, hss,se ~s denal6 The sbolson Of na-
tiopas banks as N ISSUE a.id ss snbsiIsae
.es rssiona. bank totes demand that
treasury notes BE- issued III spc!ent veiems 70 araI
sacs lie bgssfsess country on Il caah bssis wit
sut sssna Of advantages 10 SASS or call
ins, sps Eosss u III seSai tender III e MI
debts. Public snd psisste and such nosss shena
bs Ne sali hs loa;sae 10 chem III net
NOR slna csns aaisunl
prssiucss. al aiIaestsd In the alss nl
stsos.yeal estate Nth sailon upon slsa
easiiliay 81 iaAa aNsl siEstilt os uisilsy
The con asisH AUD 4 saey {
III ttaasis Ions sesol lion aFs ssaaieient 81
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-29
KENTUCKY LANES.
Selected for Sacrifice by the Ruthless Re-
publican Convention at Lexington, Ky.

LExIseFos, ~, Nay 26.-The Republican,
State Convention closed its labors by nonlina.
ting the following TICKET:
Governor, A. Wopd, Of PIT: Sterling; At
torney General, L: J. Crawford, Of Newport;
Treasurer, Eli. Farmer, Of Somerset; Superin-
tendent Of Public instruction, 7. v, Dodge, Of
Berial Register of the Land Office, W. J. a..
Rardin.of Greenap; Clerk of the Court Of APP
;peals, E. R, Blaine, Of Lexington,
Resolutions were adopted endorsing presi-
dent Harrison's administration and tho new
Kentucky constitution and praying Congress
for an election law thatwill give every Ameri.
can citizen equalrights atthe polls.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-29

THE Commercial Bulletin of Boston, an old
and very conservative journal which is edited
with great care and ability, referring to the
Duke Of Marlborough article on the industrial
movement in the South, says:
The most promising place in the whole region on Is
Big Stone Cap which lies In the extreme Southwest
sern corner Of Virginia. The South Atlantic & ONO
Joins the Louisville Nashville there, and the hcn-
lucky UuIon Is building towards IT, There are but
two breaks In the Alegbanies where tunneiling can
be done without great expense: one isaear addles-
borough. where the tunnel Is already built, ana Inc
other is at Big Stone Gap, where preparations have
been made for its construction. The latter township
has the further advantage of possessing coal, iron
and limestone, all within its own borders, while n'os'
Of the Southern towns have to bring their coal from
considerable distance The coal mines at Big Stone
Gap are largely owned by the Thayer family Oh bos'
ton, and being above the water line on the mountain
side, drain themselves.
This is disinterested statement coming
from responsible and well informed writer.
It is what every person at Big Stone cap ana
every one else who has studied the ooufheril
mineral district knows to be true.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-29
Friday, Nay 80. 1891.

Tss merchants Of Louisville are begin
ming 10 appreciate the Importance ofestab-
fishing business relations with this new
and hitherto inaccessible section. They
realize that there will be an immense
trade for some city and they have com
mencea 10 advertise in the Posr in order
so.securo it. Cincinnati, Lexington and
Knoxville are neglecting their opp0r-
tunitics.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-29
The Peoples Party,
fcincinnati .Spccial !

All the delegates will go home thoroughly
inbued with . deep hatred Of what they cali
the aristoerncy. which Is almost anarchistic in
Its intensity. Continued appeals have been
made to these feelings by the leaders Of the
new party. Every opportunity has been Inn.
proved for appealing to class prejudices, until
the farmers as much as the laborers have be-
come rank Communists in their sympathies,
although they would probably resent with
some indignation the epithets Of Socialist or
Anarchist,
No more effective appeal to these feelings has
been made than that in Ignatius Donnelly IS
speech at a ratification meeting last night
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-29
Shipping to rennsylyan!a:

pocshontas coke i pushing IFS way into ibs North,
as well as into the distant Wsss, The Cumberland
Valley rairoad isreportea as NOW carrying ;som 30
70 40 cars Of COKE daily, xhieh il delivers % The
Pennsylvania road at Harrisburg. this coke Is
hauled long astanca % Harrisburg takout sss
miles,, coming from the pocsharies region, on .hs
Norfolk & Nastern railroad.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-29

Ifnlssta III of tile operation Of the tariff IN.
fIstLis country, that tl.e greaf md uiipsss s.
faneIed prosperity Of the nited States 's 3
mainly due to the system of protective
flaws, = which has prevailed here daring
tfhe pnst twenty Eve syears.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-29
HIS SUCCESSOR,

AS to Mr, Houk's successor as con-
grcssman. 1t, is thought that if will be
either Chancellor Henry r. Gibson or
Knoxville, or j. T. Tarwatcr, OF Rome
county. Knoxville has named the con-
gresham for so many years that the dis
trict outside will unquestionably insist on
naming the candidate.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-29

WILL the Hon. Joseph Blackburn continue
to permit the bankers of Europe to buy our
gold and neglect our silver? If they continue
to do so, we shall be greatly surprised If the
Hon. Joseph does not go over, unjoint his jaw
bone and STAY thousands of the "dastard gold
bugs" Sampson performed similar feat
and with the same weapon.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-29

THE pew made the first movement against
cast iron creeds and now the pulpitis following
up the fight. Charges of heresY fill the air.
More ministers have been arraigncd for heresy
within the past ten years than during the fifty
wears preceding.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-29

Mr.. Sam FELTON,, President of the E. T. Va.
4 Ga. railroads., T am told, young man Of
uncommon abilities: He was educated at .
POLYTECHNIC school in Boston and has since risen
rapidly to the Presidency Of the fopr roads
which he now controls. He is hardly oyer
thirty-fve, but already ranks among the FIRST
railroad managers in the United States.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-29
I .T,hat 6 onfasalon Of Falth

The General Assembly of the n Northern
Presbyterian Church, which has been in
session at Detroit, had two important
question: to consider, one was The modifi-
cation Of the Westminster Confession,
which has hitherto formed the distinctive
feature of the Presbyterian Church, and
the other vas the determination of the
charge Of heresy brought against Prof.
Briggs of the Union Theological Semi
nary of New York. The committee ap-
pointed to consider the first matter, made
their report, and instead of adopting it and
then submitting it to the ratification Of
the various Presbyterys, as has been GUS
tomary, the Assembly determined to sub
NIT the changes to the Presbyterys first,
and then CONSIDERING question again at its
next annual meeting.
The changes are not very decided, but as
the subject is interesting to NIL Christian
believers as we'll as to all unbelievers who
have kept up with the discussion and
criticism of creeds SO actively carried or
within the past few years, we reproduce
the original articles Of faith by the side
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-29


3 IF Yirginia's resources are to be exhibited
at Chicago, it seems to us time to prepare the
exhibit. We had better do nothing than go
there with an oyster can full specimens. The
State should have an exhibit worthy of the oc-
casion and of herself. It will be the best ops
sportnnity of life time for advertising what
we have and what we need money TO develop.
-------- Co., .
Tue Richmond Dispatch, after referring 10
the Third Party assembIagc of demagognes
and Mathematics at Cincinnati as 81 Al repre-
sentative men, says athe railroad resolution
the Democratic party will not object To-. The
peapleef Virginia are abreast with the Cincin-
natl Convention on this subject. From such
limited attention as we have giyen The editorials
Of the Dispatch, VIC long since concluded that.
ia was edited BY school boys. This extract
would indicats, h,Nercr, that II is edited By
erailks, who ha xe never attended school. Al
,sayss pnrile, it seems now to be communists.
Hey is the GoYernnent to acquire the control
ara management and even the absolute posses-
sion of the railroads, except by purchase,
unless sasy are tsS be coaascateds And would
The Dispatch hare t6e Government bus the