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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-07

UNTIL quite recently all of the author
ities concurred with each other in the
opinion that lightning fash was in
Simultaneous: late experiments show
that the fash is not infinitcsimal. bat
that it lasts a measurable period of
time. This interesting fact was ascer-
tained by setting a camera in rapid
vibration and exposing in it n plate so
as to receive the impression of the fash.
Upon taking out the plates it was found
that the impressions seemed widencd
out on the negative. showing that the
negative had been moved during the
time the fash was in existence. Several
tests proved the theory a correct one
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-07

RUSSIA is pushing forward that great
railroad enterprise, the Siberian rail-
road. and it is to he completed in two
or three years 4 writer familiar with
the country says 1t will he seven thou
sand miles in length. and the eastern
terminus will be but five days from
Japan. II will give Russia the trade of
Japan and China with Europe and en-
roads of America for the traffic now
derived from China, especially in the
carriage of tea, which loses its best
quality by sea transportation.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-07

GEN. SHERMAN used to tell that while
travelling in ireland he was once scre-
naded by local band in Cork. To his
surprise and delight the musicians
played. Marching Through Georgia. "
He inquired where they had heard the
tune. and WAS further surprised To hear
that it was very old Irish air. the
origin of which was lost in the mistS of
uDtiuuity
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-07

WASHINGTON. March 2.-The treasury
department public debt statement is
sued to-day shows an increase in the
debt of =, 994, 80 during the past month
of February. The surplus in the treas
ury is s6S, ,4i3,177. or a decrease during
February of about s6,50O.0OO.
Government receipts during February
past aggregated s29.611,3ls, or about
one million and a quarter less than in
February. 1890. Customs receipts were
SIS, s94, Is9, a few thousands more than
in February q year ago. while internal
receipts were 80. 4s9, ,629. or about half q
million less than in February, 1890,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-07

j. y. MORSE. young man well
known in san Francisco. has set up a
kingdom of his own on a little island in
the Pacific ocean. which he has bought
for 5000. lie has introduced a pnpu-
lation of South Sea islanders. and has
had them employed in setting out large
quantities of cocoanut and banana
trees. He is absolute ruler and mon
arch of everything i'm sight. His pur-
chase promises To hc profitable one.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-07

Vernon county is now in line with
half-dozen or more Missouri counties in
the matter of having Il lady candi-
date for public school commissioner.
Miss Adra Davis having announced her
self as candidate for that office. Miss
Davis has been teacher in the Nevada
public schools since 1850. and for the
past four years has held the position of
principal of Franklin school at Nevada.
She is handsome and about - years of
ace
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-07

IT is proposed to unite Ireland and
Scotland 10y tubular bridge of steel
containing a roadway, this bridge to he
sunk sixty feet below the level of the
sea and to he kept in position by means
of anchors. The length of the bridge
or tunnel will be twentv-four miles.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-07

PRESIDENT CHARLES X. ADAMS. of
Cornell university. has returned from
Europe, and says. after months study
of Oxford and Cambridge universities,
that they are not as well adapted To the
needs of England as our colleges are to
the needs of American
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-07

MILAN. Tenn, has l4-vcar-old elcc-
tric girl that can easily move tables,
bcdstcads and other wcighty articles of
household furniture. no matter how
heavily laden down with men. by
simply laying her hands thereon. The
tables. etc. move about and follow her
when she takes her hands off This
story is told by the Memphis CONNER
cial. whose editor dispatched a reporter
tn Milan to make due investigation.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-07

Father Tom. son of the late Gen. Sher-
man. who is studying To become priest
has been ordered to the Jesuit college
at st. Louis to complete his studies.
Heretofore he has hccn on the Isle of
Jersey. on the English coast, studying
in Jesuit college, but was called to
America bv the illness of his father.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-07

GEN. GRANT died at siXty-thrce, Sheri-
dan at tifty-Sevcn. Hancock at sixty
two. Meade at fifty-six. Logan sixty.
llo"ker sixty. Thomas fifty.four. Lee
aixty-four, bragg siXty-one. Pcmhertnn
sixty-three, IIardee fifty-fvc, Pickett
fifty and Gen. Sherman Seventy-onc.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-07

BY the destruction by fire of d small
frame dwelling in the northern part of
Sedalia the other morning. kizzie Du-
lin. eolored. and quite aged. and col
orcd child named Moses Haywood We're
burned to death. The woman was
lighting her pipe when spark of fire
ignitcd her clothing. which blazed up
suddenly, and before the neighbors
could be alarmed She and the child were
burned to- a mere crisp.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-07

lF You don't believe this is growing
Estate Record estimates that 1876. O0O.-
600 new buildings were erected in the
different cities of the United States last
year. and the Philadelphia Press puts
their value AT SI:;.! O00. 0Oo
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-07

William H. Scuddcr. who died at Hot
Springs, Ark. recently, had been for
many years identified with every pro-
gres,ive movement in 81. Louis. lie
was born in Macon county. Ky, in
June. 1880. and when a mere child went
to St Louis. where he had since re-
sided
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-07
heath of jackson II. Schultz In New York
fIty

NEw YORK. March S.-Jackson III.
Schultz died Sunday morning OF dia-
betes at the age of IS years For more
than forty years he was one OF the best
known business men in this city. Mr..
schultz was a member Of the conn
mittee of seventy which was appointed
in 1872, after the Tweed ring exposure
and finally reported a new charter for
the CITY. He was a commissioner of the
United States at the worlds fair in
Vienna. a very lively and aggressive
member of the chamber OF commerce,
and strong republican In politics.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-07

At 81. Joseph W. +. Kershaw. pay
master for K. l.. Mcdonald N Co., went
to a bank and drew 81 $50 with which
to pay a number of the firms employees.
On his return to the firm : overall factory
he was attacked, knocked down and
rob bed of the entire amount by rob
ber who stood at the threshold. The
robbcr escapcd
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-07
Want u Murderer Par,ioned.

\ petition signed by about 200 people
will he taken to jefferson City. asking
for the pardon of Louis Bulling. the st.
Joseph wifcmurderer. In the mean
time the sheriff of Andrew county is
proceeding with the preparations for
the hanging
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-07
The Judgment In the Case Of the Ma
yassa Rioters Confirmed.

BALTIMORE. Md. March 3.-The man
datory cases of George ;. Key, Henry
Jones and Edward Smith, the three
Navassa rioters who are under SEN
tence of death, was received from the
supreme court of the United States yes
terday by James W. Chew. clerk Of the
United States circuit court. The deci-
sion of the lower court is affirmed. and
the prisoners will now have to be
brought into court and re-sentenced to
he hanged. An effort will then be made
10 get the president to commute them
10 a life sentence.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-07

1t is charged in a suit filed at Sed;lia
that Theodore Plate and Albert
Schenck capitalists of st. Louis, have
made false entries ON the books of the
Scdalia Water Works Go. for the pur-
pose of defrauding the company of s9G.-
Onn
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-07

AT the annual banquet of the Ohio
society in New York Governor Camp
bell. of Ohio, described himself aS the
first governor of that state whose par
cntS were born within its boundaries
aud who had his own birthplace there
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-07

BAHoN lIIRsCH has already given
about Sl4.OOO,O0o to the Hebrew poor.
in addition To his recent gift of $500.
600. and i still worth sIGO, OOO. .OoO.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-07

A NOBLE prince, in fact n very nobls
prince. with blue blood and first-class
coat-of-arms. has just advertised in a
paper at Nice for an American heiress.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-07

The other night water began to flow
from the new artesian well being borec
at Clinton. when the drill reached Il
depth of so feet. This is the third
well of the kind in Clinton. The largest
one flows 1.2j0. 900 gallons every twen'
ty-fnur hours and is 500 feet deep.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-07

By actual count one hundred and
fifty young women have taken up tim
her claims in western Washington dur
ing the past six months. They prob
ably intend to marry experienced wood
chonnrrs
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-07

THE first sewing machine was patent
cd in England in 1860. sixty years before
the birth Of Elias Howe, who is popu-
larly credited with the invention and
who first made it practical success.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-07

Little Mary Smith. aged , years. died
at st. Joseph. the other day. in great
agony from the effects of drinking a
can of embalming fluid.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-07

JOE BURKs, of Panther Creek. y. C.,
claims to have eaten 130 eggs at one
sitting He is great egg--ater or a
great prevaricator.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-07

Mrs Jane Chambers. the last suTviv-
ing child of John Mullanphy. the st.
Louis philanthropist, died at Ferguson
a few dayS ago
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-07

The Pettis county shrievalty contest
case was decided by Judge Field in favor
of Ellis r. Smith, contestee, who is the
present republican incumbent.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-07

PEOPLE who didn't know that Deodoro
da Fonseca was the name of the presi-
dent of Brazil might think it was the
name of some patent disinfectant
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-07

The movement for building home
for Archbishop Kenrick in. st. Louis is
said to have reached the point where
success is assured.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-07
Declared Null and Void.

A few days ago Circuit Judge Wallace
declared the local-option law of Laclcde
county, adopted at a recent election,
mil and void
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-07

TEXAS famous cattle queen. Mrs
King, of Corpus Christi. has just COM
pleted sale of herds which nets her
sSa, 900 profit for one years work. Tie
cattle queen finds the royal road to
success in her case lies ;hrnu-h the
cattle pasture
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-07

Murderer burlington. of Cooper coun-
ty. has exchanged letters of spiritual
advice with Murderer Williamson, of
Pettis county.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-07

Geo. Schlichter. of Kansas City. ate
ground glass in hopes of becoming a
glass-eating freak. The doctors had
hard work to save him
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-07
Assistant United states Treasurer.

Gen. Bcrn;,rd G.. Earrar was nonIf-
mated by the president, few days since.
to be assistant United States treasurer
at ST IOuis
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-07
THE HENNESSEY MURDER.

A Sensation Created in New Orleans by .
Confession or Damaging Admissions
Made by One of the Alleged Murderers
of Chief of Police Hennessey, which
will Come Out In Course Of the Trial
The Man Deserted by His Counsel.
New ORLEANS. March S.-The testi-
mony elected in the IIennessey case on
Saturday seems to have been quite as
startling tn the prisoners as it was to
the public. When the prisoners were
brought TO the bar Manuel Politz, one
of the men who has been identified as
doing the actual shooting. was found to
be greatly excited. His face had yell
lowish hue and his black piercing eyes
We're glittering like two sparks. He
talked in a loud tone of voice in his
native language and refused to take his
seat He was finally forced into his
chair by two deputies.
He arose again and addressed the
judge in rapid tones. He grew more
excited in manner, and finally Matranga
was requested by the court to ask him
what was the matter.
Politz answered in Sicilian. and said
that he wanted an interpreter, as he
had decided to say something To the
court. This announcement created in
tense excitement, not only among the
spectators in the court room, but among
the prisoners, who. however, under the
steady gaze of their lawyers, refrained
from showing whatever agitation they
might have felt. There being no inter-
prefer in court. one had to be sent for.
meantime consultation between coun-
sci was held. When the interpreter ar
rived. Judge Baker ordered Politz To he
taken into his private office. and him
self. the interpreter and counsel for
both sides followed. and whatever Po-
litz had to say was said in private.
When the party rc-entered the court
room. Politz was ghastly pale. he was
evidently frightened and whatever he
had said evidently affected him. After
his honor had taken his seat on the
bench, Mr.. Seminar. of counsel for the
defense. announced that they could not
longer represent PolitZ.
The court thereupon appointed coun-
sci to defend Politz.
When the prisoners We're remanded
back to the dock. PolitZ was afraid to
walk with them. He also did not want
to go into the same room with the
others. but he was assured by the sher-
iff that no harm would bcfall him. lie
went in very reluctantly. however.
While the counsel will not divulge
what Politz said. il is understood that
he made a confession of rtling
chafacter. This will he produced dur
irsr the trial
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-07

W. H. Guffey, of Kansas City. was ar
rested in st. Louis on charges of dis
turbing the peace. He had started out
to spend a big roll.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-07
Hon. James Ii. Prathrr.

Hon. James b. Prather, member cf
the state board of health, died at his
home in Maryville. after three months
illness, from cancer of the stomach.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-07

At Bowling Green the children OF
Walter Basye were poisoned by eating
heartily of colored candy. They will
recover.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-07
BEFORE THE GRAND JURY.

The Elliott Osborn shooting Tragedy at
Columbus. o.. Being Investigated by the
Grand Jury.
CoLUMBUs. o., March 3.-A special
grand jury has been impaneled to in
vestigate the Elliott-Osborn shooting
tragedy which occurred here last week.
\ large number of witnesses have been
subp,rnaed to appear before the jury,
which will meet at 10 o'clock this
morning. II is thought that the selec'
tion of jurymen has been exceptionally
fortunate from the fact that from the
twenty names drawn from the box,
twelve were the names of non-residents
of the city and they thus will not likely
be prejudiced.
There are some other eases to be con-
sidered by the grand jury hut the
charges against the Elliotts will be
taken up first and the investigation
will he concluded at the earliest possi-
bic day. The prosecuting attorney
will endeavor to have their eases
placed at the head of the docket and
disposed of within the next few weeks.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-07

As PRESIDENT Of the Drexel institute
of Philadelphia at $4,000 q year Prof.
MacAlister is the best paid teacher in
the United States.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-07

A 'oN e'N-
in this city, at 9:IO
o'clock last night.
He had been i'll for
a long time, and in
December last went
to New York City to
consult with DIR.
Charles =. Ward in
lregard to his eondi-
ton. The physi-
clan found that he
was afflicted with a
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-07

A movement has been inaugurated in
St Louis to erect a statue of Gen.
Sherman. Pro minent citizens are inter
ested.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-07
DEATH OF SENATOR HEARST.

The End Of . Long and Busy Life, Full OF
Varying Success, hut Crowned ut Last
with Abundant Material Reward-A Son
Of Missouri Who Made and Left His Mark
on the Pacific slope.
WASHINGTON, March L. Senator
George Hearst. of California. died at his
raSidape.. on Nayy HamDSbira avepue
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-07

sESATE-The senate was not in session.
HoUsE-Mr NcLin's bill reducing railroad
passenger rates to two cents and three cents
per mile on trunk and branch lines. respec
lively. was dcfeated-yeas.5s nays.ss. House
bill prohibiting persons from holding pub
lie office who refuse or neglect to pay taxes
WIS defeat ID. 4 number Of bills We're intro
duced and quite a number passed. Ad.
journed till the II.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-12-01
BURIED ALIVE FOR MONTHS.
Remarkable Power OF Indiana and
Persian Fakirs in simulate
Death

The powers Of the fakirs
or tsQueers, of India and Persia of
Stimulating death are marvellous and
almost Incredible. Several sects In
these countries regard the art of
apparent death as part of there re.
ligeous ritual, and practice it ASST
duOusiy. In their ancient books il
is described as puranayam, or stop
ping the death. Many cases In
which these Indian fakirs have
allowed themselves to be buried alive
for long periods, have been veri-
fled by kriIish officials in India, and
attested by evidence which dispels
all doubt of their truth.
This impersOnatiOn of death con-
tinues for "a long as six seven or ten.
months. The way the fakirs go 10
work to produce this condition, is to
have the little ligature under the
tongue cut, whereby they are enabled
to stretch this organ out to great
length. Then they turn it back, in.
serting the end ia the throat, closing
up at the same time the inner nasal
apeTtures The external apertures of
the nose and ears are closed with
"dA, huN NhO ~ Cs IOhOlCN W CACluIC
the light.
Long preliminary practice is how
ever, needed in holding the breath,
and a long course of fasting before
burial The fakirs than sinks into a
condition resembling death, and
the body is wrapped in linen, placed
in box and buried. When the box
is taken up at the expiration OF the
long continued death like sleep, and
opened, the faklr is found cold and
stiff; no pulsation can be felt; the
heart, the wrist, the temples are still;
the body is not cold as corpse would
be, but is colder than that of other
living men, except over the seat OF
the brain. All the secretions are
fully stopped; the nails, hair aud
beard, have ceased growth. After
being resuscitsted, the fakir feels
great dizziness, and for a few hours
cannot stand up without support but
gradually he RECEIVERS strength and
enjoys amazingly the wonder
he has excited.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-12-01
How Two Women Gave Ball.

Two Eastern women vino spent last
winter in Denver demonstrated once
more the ability Of the sex to circuI-
vent even tolerably large obstacles
They We're. though not invaIidS, forced
to leave husbands and families on nc
count of weak lungs, and, as both took
letters Of introduction to various Denver
households. they soon enjoyed the fa-
nous hospitality Of that city. What
puzzled the pair after awhile was how
to reciprocate the long list of festivities
TO which they We're asked. Returning
to their boarding place one day they
noticed a sign on house in their neigh
bOrhoOd which announced the premises
ITO let, furnished"
Let rs take this house" said one of
them, and give our return ball to Den
yer people.
They went at once to the agent, over
came his first scruples against letting
the house for a single week, and the
next day issued cards for reception at
their new residence. Yards Of pink
cheesecloth and some ported plants and
flowers Frightened the desOlation Of a
furnished" house, caterer and musi,
clans contributed Teasing and dancing
to the entertainment. and there was a
day to clear mp in before their week of
tenancy fYpirei.-Her Point of View in
New York Times.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-12-01
The Daily Eight.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER /, 1891.


What to a "hOrrid man" is but one of
the least entertaining incidents of the
routine of the business as it is carried on
in Vienna is the torture to which the
''modelS" are not infreQuently put by
their more favored sisters, the customers,
and the spiteful resentment which they
sometimes cannot kelp exhibiting IN
consequence. The models" of whom
every establishment of any pretensiOn
has from six TO twelve. are selected for
their symmetry of figure, and must be
the possessors of slender waists, slopins
shoulders and finely developed busts.
For the inspection of the patrons they
will display on their figures any particu-
lar costume which may be requested.
As YOU can understand, a patron who
has no idea of purchasing will often say,
Il should like 10 see how that gown
would look" etc. The unfortunate
model will, in the course of two or three
hours, have to put on and put off morn
ing dresses and evening dresses. be turned
around and around, and punched in she
rhs until her patience is completely ex-
haIisted, and she will certainly look dag
gers at the woman who is doing all this.
She is not unlikely, also, to give vent
in audible tones to her displeasure, when
satisfied that her prosecutor does not I'M
Serstand. | must confess that it was
with malicious pleasure | was wit
ness to a scene of this character, which
ended with the long suffering model
"going on strike" and dehantly de-
claring she would put on no more dresses.
The proprietor, who undertook TO re-
monstrate. failed to shake her determine
tion.-COr Baltimore. Sun.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-12-01
Post Office Department.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
THE STATE OF TEXAS, e
- =

THE STATE OF TEXAS, e.
COUNTY OF BEXAR. e
To the creditors of Fred. Kerble: You
are hereby notified that Fred. Kerb,e, of
the county of BeXar and State Of Texas.
on the 9Th day of November. A. ID. 1891,
executed a deed Of assignment, conveying
to the undersigned all of his property for
the benefit of such of his creditors as will
consent TO accept their proportional share
of his estate and discharge him from their
respective claims, and that the under
signed accepted said trust and has duly
qualified as required by law.
All creditors conserving to said assign
ment must within four months OF the
publication Of this notice. make known to
the assignee their consent in writing. and
within six months from the date Of this
notice file their claims prescribed by law
with the undersigned, who resides on
South Flores street, near Fest street, San
Antonio. Texas, which is also his post
Office address.
Witness my hand, at,San Antonio, this
18th day ofiNOvember,.A. d. 1891.
u-l2-lm SIMON FEST. SIR.