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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-10

we're chill he got last week, which,
while not regarded rs serious at the
time, soou caused him TO be numbered
among the great majority.
Last Friday, a physician was called
in for the first time. and lie ordered
Mr.. Parneil to bed at once. AL his
skill proved unavailing notwithstand-
ing the best medical aid was sum-
moncd in consultation, as the noted
agiia.or sank lower and lower until
finally his life ebbed away while he
rested in the arms OF his wife, who is
utterly Frustrated by the shock.
Rumors Of suicide. were quickly
current, but they proved TO be with
out foundation.
The last time Mr.. Parnell appeared
in public was at Creegs, Ireland, on
September ~, last, when he delivered
a long speech upon the attitude and
alleged Inconsistencies of Dillon and
O'Brien. Upon that occasion he
stated he Was speaking i'll direct de-
tiauce of the doctors, who had told
him to keep to his o if he would
avoid fatal consequences.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-10
TAXPAYERS, Attention.

INIIE undersigned, Collector of the Rcvenu,
Il of Cape Girardeau county, Missouri. vii
meet The Taxpayers of said couaty al the fol
lowing times and places for the purpose Of IT,
ceivinr the taNcs for the year ISL, to-wit
Jacob W@idle'S, Wclch township, Mcnia,
and Tuesday. October 10 and ~.
strodcr:llle, Liberty township, Wednesday,
e W. ProGrr's, Liberty township. Thursday
October =
Gravel Till. Kinder township, Friday, Octo.
bJr -
Iiurrordville, Kinder township, Saturday, dc.
tober ~.
tx Ridge, Applecreek township. Monday,
October 20.
Daisy, AppIecreck township. Tuesday, octo.
Der -.
Friedhcim, Applccreek township, wcdnes-
day. October y.
Arnsbers, AppIecreek township, Thursday,
October -.
Appleton, Applccrcck township, Friday, DC
tobcr n.
kurrevillr, Whitewater township. Thursday.
November :.
Milleryillc. Whitew atcr township, Friday and
Saturday, November 6 and ..
Serly's Landing, Shawnee township, Tues
day, November 10.
Pocaiontas, shawnee tow rship, Wednesday,
November II.
.shawneetown, Shawnee township, Thursday,
November l..
New Wells, Shawnee tow nship, Friday. No.
Is.
Egypt Mills, Randol town ship, Monday.
Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov embcr IL, Il and
Is.
Cape Girarderu, Cape Cir arieau township,
Thursday, Friday aud saturday, November ~,
20 and ii.
Gcrd3nvilIe, Hubble township, Monday ard
November - and 20.
Ailenyille, Hubble tow nship. Wednesday,
=.
Dutchtown, Hubble township, Thursday,
&c.
Tilsit, Hubble townsh Up, Friday, November
q.
From ard after Decemb CT LIST. to January LIST,
lSrs, at my Office in Jacks on.
Notice is hereby givcu that all those who fail
% pay their taxes at the times and places, as
ibovc, may expect to ha We their property seized,
eYIed upon aud sold for payment Of same with
,osts. al desiring TO p ay back taxes will hud
he books at my Office in Jackson.
DAVID b. SEIBERT,
octj Collector Of Cape Girardcau Gu, No.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-10

Latest among the bulletins of the
Agricultural Experimental Station
of Cornell University is one that
gives a very interesting account OF
some experiments made on plants
with a view of determining the i'll
fiucncc of the electric light upon
their growth. TO that end a green
house was divided into two equal
parts by a tight board partition. On
one side, the plants are lett to the
ordinary conditions of growth, but
on the other side the vegetation was
treated TO the sunlight by day and 10
the electric light by night.
The result of these experiments
showed that the use of the electric
light at night fastened the maturity
of the plants. and the nearer they
grew TO the light, the greater the &C.
celebration. Lettuce, thus treated
was sold two weeks earlier than IFS
ucighbors on the other side of the
partition. although both were planted
at the same time. Equally successful
results were obtained with other
vegetables.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-10
The increasing wealth of the xari.

The increasing wealth of the vari-
ous nations is somewhat remarkable.
During the last ten years, the Bank
of France has more than doubled its
reserves. The Bank of Germany, in
1891, held about $40, OOO, Zoo, in 1889
it held $lSO.OOo,OOO.
In June, 1870, the amount Of gold
coin and bullion in the United States
Treasury was only S75,000,0O0, in
1889, it had risen over S300,000,00O
In the various national banks, il stood
at $3.OO0.00 it has risen to $4,000
In Silver, there is a still more remark.
able increase.
1t will be seen that among Tho
above. England stands the lowest OIL
the list. This can be accounted fol
in two ways. There being no issut
of notes under the value of $25, il ne
cessiiatcs al immense quantity o.
gold being kept in circulation. Sec
ondly. the commerce of Great Brit
tain with other countries being st
enorlnous, and its lending powers Sc
great, II perpetual drain is the incvi
aiablc result. Russia. Italy. ant
spain have little or no financial iuilu
cntc. They are constant borrower
from more wealthy nations, but lend
crS. never
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-10

The new dress reform movement
promises good results. 1t has been
taken up by Chautauqua, Endorsed
by Miss Willard and the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union and in
other ways demonstrates that it is
co%nscrvatively planned. 1t prescribcs
neither boomers, divided skirts nor
other anomalies. Ii is aimed at the
core of prevailing abuses in women's
dress. 1t taboos the corset and says
artificiality must cease. 1t does not
make war on skirts, but it demands
that these shall be healthful and arts
tic-heightening, not degrading.
natures triumps in the human form
divine. 1t is the latter feature that
betokcns success for the new dress
reform movement. American women
r TO be taught Greek ideals, not
Partisan fashion plates. The health
of the body, the development of the
mind, are TO be helped, not hindcrcd,
by the clothes a woman wears. The
dressInakcr of tho future is TO
be an artist with an artists soul.
Raphael and Michael Angelo are to
have their countcrparts in the modistcs
that will make American women liv-
ing models of csthctic grace.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-10
Trustees Sale of Real Estate.

WHEREAS, Elisha Thomas and Amanda
w Thomas. his wife, OF the county OF Cape
Girardeau, State OF Missouri, by their certain
deed OF trust. dated the nineth Gay OF February,
eighteen hundred and eighty. and recorded In
the Recorders Office OF the county OF Cape Gil
rardeau, in Book II OF Trusts and Mortgages,
at page one hundred and seventy, conveyed in
trust to Christian Hoffmeister. the following
described real estate. situate, lying and being
IN the county OF Cape Girardeau, and state Of
Missouri, to-wit
That portion OF the northeast fractional quar-
ter OF section number three. t) In township
number thirty, CAD north OF range number thir-
teen (l3l east, Joining on the east Of land FORM
criy occupied by William J. Hopper, and now
lat the time of the eNecut on of said dec'l OF
trustl owned by Jacob Graden, or his &c,
containing fifteen tl5l acres, more or less. 1t
Is the same Zeal estate purchased by said Eli
sha Thomas from the executors OF the estate OF
Henry d.. Brenneke, deceased. which said cor
voiveyance was made in trust to secure tho
payment OF the lrcmissory note fully described
In said deed of trust And.
Whereas. Said note has long since become
due and payable, according to the true tenor
date and rffect OF said note. and remains IN
paid ; and,
life OF over nine months ago, and his legal rep
rssentativcs have also failed to pay the SAID
note; and,
Whereas, Z the conditions OF said deed oi
trust, if is 81 - a.rrJsi, that in case Of the alb
scncJ. death. refusal to act. or disability ia
any wise Of the trustee. Christian uOnineistcr,
tn carry out the provisions Of this deed of tru-t,
then the tthehl acting Sheriff OF Cape Girnrdeau
county. Missouri, at the request OF the legal
holder OF said note. NAV prOcrcd to sell thu
property hrrcinbefore described, In accordance
| with said deed OF trust; and,
Whereas, The said Christian Hofncstcr,
trustee as aforesaid, refused to act, Eow, there
fore. J., August Bierwirti, Sheriff of the county
Of Cape Girar lean. Missouri, at the request OF
the legal holder OF said note. and by virtue ol
| the power and authority in this cm'r sclcy ia
me vested by said deed of trust, aud Pursuant
to the provisions OF said deed OF trust, | will
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-10
missouri FOR CHRIST"
PARNElL NO MORE.
Death Kobs IreiRnd-s C~ncrOwncd
King of HIS en- Sceptrc.


King Of His Broken Sceptrc.
London. Oct. 7.-rarnell is dead:
Such is the startling news that is echo
ing throughout the United Kingdom.
About noon to-day, word was
brought to aclub house that the noted
Irish leader had passed away last
night in the arms of lis wife at
Brighton. The fact has often been
commented Oh of late, since his un-
welcome notoriety gained in the
O'Shea divorce suit, that he had per-
ceptibly aged in appearance, but the
announcement Of his death following
so closely on that yesterday of Hon.
William Henry Smith, comes in the
nature of a thunderbolt.
Later news states that he expired
asst night at 1850 at his home Ill
Walsingham Terrace, Brighton. His
death is supposed to be due to a Sc !
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-10
I'll M0RLD,S GOLD.

The Bank of England, which is the
great depository of bullion in the
realm, holds at ordinary times in its
vaults, $l25, 5000.
The Bank of Germany holds $500,
900, 900 Of bullion in silver and gold.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-10

Whenever a calamity bowler tells
YOU of the iniquity of the new tariff
law III increasing the duties on i'm
ported goods, you can shut him up
very time by challenging him to
make out q written list of the retail
p-ices of staple manufactured goods,
sHch as are bought by the farmers
AID workingmen of this country. and
10 show, by the prices compared with
those a year and a half ago, that the
people pay more for them than they
lid six months before the new tariff
law went into operation. They can't
do it, because the fact is that these
articles are no dearer, and many of
them are cheaper.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-10

While legislation docs little for its
reform, nevertheless there is a steady
decrease of the drink habit. The New
York Erening Post testities that mel
ire growing more temperate, not be-
:ause the law says they shall not have
a chance 10 get drunk, but because
public sentiment impresses upon them
The conviction that they cannot afford
to get drunk. 1t is by strengthening
his sentiment that the work of tenn
lerance reform is TO be chiefly prose-
cuted. Tell a man the law a V he
shall not get drunk, and he is quite
likely to do it out of spite; convince
him that sit don't pay TO get drunk,
and no law will be needed"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-10
THE FACETIOuS STYLE.

She will be careful how she tread
on banana skins hereafter. She didn't
know il was loaded. bat il fired her.
II is only a broken leg: not mucl;
comfort 10 her. but Il good thing for
the surgeon. There's money in il.
People who throw away banana skins
should be careful to So throw them
that they will land with the slippery
side down. unless they are in leagne
with the bOne-setting profession. In
that case, of course. it is different
Boston Transcript.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-10
ruE BE.

The Detroit Free Press argues the
Chinese trouble with the Springfield.
Qll.) RcFrjlicm Il, follows:
The Springfield RcpHJlicaa manu-
lectures what looks like Il snug little
dilerna. when it asks what the censc-
qucncc would be if China "takes Il
leaf from Mr.. Blaine's book and says
that il cannot guarantee the safety OF
our citizens residingssin that country"
But it is only an apparent dilema.
L; is true that Mr.. Blaine told the
Marquis I,Gdin;, after the New Or
leans lynching>, that if Italians can.e
here they must take their chances and
that the government could moi under
take 10 guarantee their safety against
mobs. or even 10 punish the mobs.
But fortunately for this country in
any controversy with China on this
point, Il different rule has been laid
down with respect TO that country.
When Il mob attacked and killed sew
cral Cinnamon in Seattle. the goveri,-
ment did not expressly concedc its IL
ability, but an Indemnity was paid
which was tantamount to such Il con-
cession. 1t is not likely that China
will overlook the precedent in her
own case to avail herself of one made
in the cast of the Italian brigands.
The alleged reason for the differ
cncc in treatment of the two cases,
was. that it WAS impossible to make
the Chinese government, made up as
it is of hcathcns. comprehend that
this government War not responsible
for the murder of Chinese subjects in
4 state or territory of the United
States. The Italians, on the other
hand. being Christians, and familiar
presumably. with the doctrines which
obtain among Christians, could be
told very plainly that the govern
mcnt had nothing TO do with the mat
Ter of lIumberts murdered subjects.
Each case was treated, not according
TO Justice. or the requirements of our
own national dignity. but according
TO the assumed intelligence of the ma.
ton with which we were dealing:
and it is not unfair to assume that as
China was ircapablc-through the
density of lis heathenism-of comprc-
hending the Christian doctrine laid
down in the Italian case. and was not
therefore. asked to comprehend it.
she will be too unintclligent and too
hcathcnish TO apply the doctrine in
1ealing with the present exingrncy.
Ii is simple justice TO the heather
10 say that the doctrine laid down in
the Italian case and which it was as
stunned would be understood in Christ
ian Italy, was not understood there.
or at any rate was not accepted any
mor intclilgently, promptly. or heart
lily than it would lave bccn if it had
been laid down in the case where the
heather were to be dealt with. This
again strengthens the conviction that
there is IL o danger that the -hcathcn
Chinee" will undertake TO cmbaFrass
Mr.. Blaine by asking him any such
conundrnm as the Springfield Re
puGiicdH suggests.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-10

The Kansas Republicans publish ;
collection of Rallying Hymns, written
with little skill of song craft, but
some of them not without a certain
rude merit. One of these simple lays
celebrates the -IIowler,' the alliance
man who wccps and walls and calls
on the farmers to do the same. in
spite OF the fact that the crops of 1891
are among the richest ever grown in
the state. Here is a stanza from the
Howler Hymn:
'.He bowls OF woe, an' want. an poverty,
An the wolf that's at Our door:
He howls OF trusts, and great monopolies,
A-grinGia of the poor,
The Kansas corn was never taller,
And the wheat looks handsome, too:
The orchards hang with fruit in plenty
For this and ninety-two."
There are Howlers and Walters
outside of the Farmers Alliance.
IIowler Mills from Texas, is one of
them.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-10

The Dominion republic has abolish
ell its free list of imports for all
Countries except the United States.
IS its tariff averages 60 per cent adj
valorcm, this will practically give the
entire trade of The republic to the
United States: and yet there are
democrats so bcsottcd as TO say that
reciprocity is q humbug.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-10
Public Sale.

will sell at public auction. 10 the highest
bidder. at John II. Schaef-r's residence. six
miles west of Cape Girarteau, on Saturday
October -, ISL. the following described prop
crtv:
-Four mules, 1 milch-cOws, a lot Of stock
cattle, about ii head of hogs, . wagons, !
bu.gies. = self Binders, two mowers, what
drill, q lot of plOws AMI harrows, > good wheat
| fans, ! good hay rake household and kitchen
furniture, and about - or - thousand feet of
| good lumbcr-Ioplar, Oak and hickory.
TEH.S:-All sums under 81 cash in hand:
over 81 a credit OF ten months with approved
security. JOHN ii. St;HAEFER.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-10

Ilypnotism is a mystery, which, if
it has any real existence, is all about
lis, yet into which we have not seen
80 far as a fiuger's length. AS with
electricity, we call it by name, and
handle it with tcmcrity, without
knowing what it is made of. but un-
like electricity it has not brought us
any great gain so far, and has been
the instrument of deceit and robbery
rather than Of good of any kind. Its
tools are people of weak nature and
peculiar temperament, blameless as
murderers or thieves, perhaps, but
tools at the best. The hypnotizer who
desires the death of another does
not pick out a mau of much mental
force TO do his will: the weaker the
agent, the more likely he is to do the
work successfully.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-10

When Mr.. Fassett was nominated
by the Republicans for governor of
New York, he Immediately sent his
resignation as collector of the port
TO President Harrison. \ week later.
when Congressman Flower was nomi-
mated for the same office by the Dem
ocrats, he at once resigned his seat in
the national House of Representatives.
These two examples put Governor
Hill in no cuviable light. 1t will be
remembered that he was elected
United States Senator from New
York last winter, and that his term
began ON March 4 last. lie still cling>
10 both offices, and can draw the
salary of both.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-10


Farmers, as a rule, are well suppli-
cd with vehicles and horses. They
arc not welded to a life of solitude.
but love cheer and sOciability even
better than otter folks. They find
these denied TO them by the condi-
ton of the country roads during a
large portion of the year. This is less
marked in our prairie country than
it is in sections at the East and South
where the soil changes. under the in
fluence of rainfall, to a tenacious mud
that practically negatives all locOmo-
ton. But even here there is Il con-
siderable portion of the year when a
drive of from three 10 ten miles is
anything but q pleasant undertaking.
In the most unfavorably situated
communities, there are fully six
months when neighborhood infer
course is denied to all but pedestrians.
This is the great sacrifice which he
must make who decides to Try coun-
try life in the United States.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-10
-UCKAT

That little boom started for NJ. l..
lardy for Governor has created
ute u stir, and some of the news
cpers are saying some hard things
bout the corporation lawyer. II
hat these newspaper men say is true
IT. Ciardy's goose is cooked, so far
IS the Governorship is concerned.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-10
MISSOyRI-S MISEEiDING MOTTO.

As will be remembered the Chris
tian Endpavor Societies of the North.
west had their annual gathering in
st. Paul recently. As usual in con-
ventions the delegates wore badges
designating the States from which
they came, and upon them in addition
to this was printed some motto ex-
prcssive Of the society to which they
belong. Among others the State OF
Missouri was represented in the gal
axy of pious men and women and like
the rest, they also wore badges with
Inscriptions. y devout Republican
prohibitionist from Iowa met one of
the MisSourians with a white badge
eighteen inches long. and these words
printed il great letters stared him in
the face:
missouri FOR CHRIST"
"Oh, h-lr- exclaimed the Iowan in
disgust, forgetting his pious role and
relapsing into his natural un~ccnverted
state. Missouri for Christ. Pshaw !
1t gave Cleveland $4,000 majority"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-10

The New York Sun lashes Mr..
Mills savagcly for what it calls .the
long and bitter walls with which the
statesman from Texas is filling the air
of Ohio 1t remarks, apropos of the
Scriptural quotation, sMan that is
born of woman is of but few DAYS
and full of trouble" that if Mills has
been there. he would have said if was
because of the tariff. And then it
lectures Mr.. Mills thus:
Mr.. Mills is in the immovable
gloom of a crank On calamity. In
the United States, TO which every
civilized nation is looking with hourly
greater inteutness as the most pros
porous and blessed country on the
globe. Mr.. Mills hears ouly sounds of
wrechedncss and complaint. and the
"scourge that is driving contenlment
Out of SO many homes"
This is a sort OF NINA that will not
elect atDcmocratic President in 1892,
if that is what MIR. Mills is Interested
in. He may invite the country to GO
crazy with him, but the country won't
go. Mr.. Mills and companions in
pessimistic philosophy had better go
back to Texas"
When the fact is recalled that the
New York Sun is a Democratic paper,
the full %pertinency OF this scoring
will be understood.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-10
Saturday, the Seventeenth of Octo'
Der. 4. ID. 1891.

.it-the courthouse door in the city of Cape Gil
rardcau, County of Cape Girardcau, and state
of Missouri, between the hours OF nine O'Clock
in the forenoon and live O'Clock In the AFTERNOON
OF that day, proceed to sell the above described
real estate, at public vendu", to the highest
bidder for cash in hand, to satisfy said notes
and interest, together with the costs and eN-
penses of executing this deed of truIt.
AUGUST BlEIWIRTH,
Sheriff OF Cape Girarieau County, Mo.
cps;ni5
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-10
Trustees Sale of Real Estate.

WHEREAS, Ernest NJ. Hobbs and Lulu
w Hob his wife, and J. Frank Miic:iim a..t
Lille MI;chim his wife, OF the county of Capt
Girarlruu state of Missouri, by their certain
deed of trust, dated the seventeenth DAY o
March, eighteen hundred and ninety -One, al d
recorded in Book q, on pagr9 OF the Recorder
Office Of Cape Girarlrau cnrntv, Missouri, con.
veyc.l to the undersigned trustee the following
described real estate aiid premises situate, ly.
ing ard being in the county of Cape 1irarirau
ur.d state of Missouri. to-wit:
All of lots numbered nine tg) and ten (lO) in
range VI, in ln.ram's Addition to the city OF
Cape Girardeau a laid down on the plat of said
ritT of Cape Giraricau subject. however. to Q
prior deed Of trd5t in favor of the Cape Girar-
dean Building a:id I.oan Association. together
with certain other real estate III said deed OF
trust described. which said other real estate
has been heretofore released from said deed o!
trust.
Which said conveyance WIS male in trust "a
secure the payment Of certain promisspry noe
in aid decd OF trust mentioned aId described,
and,
Whereas, said notes have loag since become
huc and payable, according to the true trIor
date and effect OF said notes AID some of then
remain unpaid.
Now. therefore. !, tine undersigned trustee.
at the request of the legal holder OF said unpaid
notes and by virtue Of the power and authority
i ! me vested by said deed Of trust and pur.
suart t. the provisions OF said decd of trust
Will, on
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-10


Our poets of to-day are mostly city
bred. and their readers are cit
dwellerS, knowing nature only at the
summer resorts and viewing life in
the self absorbed, sophisticated, half
cynical mood in which art is not a
creed but Il diversion. Quite natural
ly therefore our poetry runs either to
dry scientific propositions, that are
not poetical, or TO petty fancies.
rhythmical experiments and graceful
lyrics for the drawing room, that are
often wonderfully clever, but are
quite as artificial as the conventional
classicism of the eighteenth century.