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

SAVAGE or half-civilized princes oft
en- prefer death to exile in n foreign
country. Malictoa, the king Of Samoa.
jumped overheard when the Germans
took him to the Gilbert islands, and
was not rescued with his own consent.
Three chiefs of the COmoro islands, off
the east African coast, were taken
away from home Il few months ago on
account of the revolution which they
headed against the French. They were
very unhappy on board ship, and at the
first opportunity tried to jump over
board and were placed in irons to pre-
vent further suicidal attempts.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-28

IN hereby given that letters OF administration
with will annexed upOl the estate of Harriet
NJ. Carroll, deceased, have been grartrd to
Grlcau CnGTt OF t0inmol Pleas of Care Girar-
dcau cou:,ty. Missouri, bearing date the 18th
day of i~ccrmDcT. lSD.
Al persons having claims against said estatc
are required to exhibit them to him for allow
alcP within one Year from the dat. of said let
tiers or they NAV be pr"clui",i from any benefit
Of such estate; ard if said claims be not ox..iD-
ted within two wears from tirc lat o. the pub
LEGATION of this aUtic" they will - forever bar
lCd. RICHARD CARROLL,
~noyIia23 Administrator dc bonis non.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-28
1892
HARPERS MAGAZINE
uIttCTPhTEn

The Magazine will celebrate the fourth Cent
enary OF the Discovery Of America by its re-
discovery, through articles giving a more
thorough exposition than has hitherto been
made OF the Rrcelt Unprecedented Develop
ment of our Country, and especially in the
Great West. Particular Attention will also be
gwen to Dramatic Episodes of American His
tory.
-Ihe Field Of the next European War will be
described in q Series of Papers on the Danube
From the SLACK Forest 20 the Black Sea. - by
Poultney BigelOw md F. D. Millet, illustrated
by Mt Miiiet ard Alfred Parsons. Articles
also will be given on The German, Austria, AID
Italian Armies. illustrated by L. de ThuiStrup.
Mr.. W. ID. towels will contribute a new
novel, "a World OF Chance" characteristics
ally American. Especial prominence will be
contributed by T. B. Aldrich, X. H. Davis, A.
Conan boy lie, Margaret Delald, Miss WoolsoD,
AID other popular writers.
Among the literary features will he Personal
"reminiscences OF Nathaniel Hawthorne, by his
college class-mate and lifelong friend, Horaiio
Eridse. and q Personal Memoir of the Brown
ings, by Annie 1hackeray Richie.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-28

A REMARKABLE feat vas performed a
few days ago by an aged lady of Prov
idcnce. r. |. The lady completed a
continuous journey from her home to
San Francisco, the remarkable part of
it being that she is ninety-oac years old
and acted as companion and nurse to
her sick son 1t was the old lady's sew
enth trip a-ross the continent
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-28
1882
EAR?ER'S WEEKLY
ILLUSTRATED.

H,urEr's WFENLY Ter the coming year will
lilcr illustrations. and O great number Of
articles OF I've intense. Interest than will be
found in aty other periodical. Among these
latter will BE- q series OF articles on the twenty
five greatest cities of the world. including five
hundred Illustrations. The Columbian ESpo-
sition, the Army aid Navy. great public events,
celebrated people OF the day will be described
and illustrated in an attractive and timely
manner. The Department of Amateur Sport
will continue under the direction Of Caspar w
Whitney. The best of modern writers will
Contribute short stories, and the most distin-
guishcd artists will make the illustrations.
The editorial articles Of MIR. George William
Curtis will remain as an especial attraction.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-28

A NUMBER Of new slang expressions
have lately come into s in England,
among which are the following: Dot
ty" is used as a synonym for crazy,
while ~"bosky" signifies tipsy. You
must be bosky OIL dotty" is therefore
the modern English. or at any rate
Londonese for: You must be drunk or
crazy" 'Oh, I sayI" with q rising in
Election, is an exclamation of astonish-
ment combined with unbcIief. 1t is an
equivalent of the elegant What are
you giving u.s." of this country. The
pure English is in danger OF becoming
obsolete altogether.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-28

OF the entire human race it is csti-
mated tat 50O.OO0.0OO are well
clothed-that is, they wear garments
of some kind; 25O,000,000 ha5itualiy
20 naked, and 700,O00,O00 only cover
parts of their body: 500,000,000 live in
houses, 100000 900 in huts and caves,
and 25O.OO0,0OO have virtually no
shelter at all.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-28

The record of earthquake shocks kept
at the Smithsonian Institution In Wash
ington shows that there have been more
of them this year, TINS far, than there
were in any previous year Of recent
times There have been numerous
slight shocks in many parts of this
country, and there have been heavier
shocks in Sonth America, Asia, Africa,
and the islands of the Pacific. When
the earthquake record of the world for
the year 1891 is made mp at the end Of
December it will be long and elaborate.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-28

Secretary Blaine is very and justly
proud OF the success achieved by his
eldest son, Enmons, who has been
appointed assistant TO The president
of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
with general charge of the Western
department of the road. Secretary
Blaine has never fully recovered from
the shock of his son Walkers sad
death, but his pride now ccntcrs in
his eldest SOL,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-28

ACCORDING to a certain pharmacist
there is a fashion in pill boxes the
same as in hats and bonnets and para
soils Some years the round pill box of
have the oblong box and the box which
has 4 drawer in it. There is a variety
OF shades in these boxes. Some sea-
sons they u TO one color altogether,
and there are customers who insist upon
their pills being put into the box which
is all the 60 Like the S~cotch!nan we
have heard of, they think more of the
dish than they do of the mush.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-28

THERE wa a time, within the recol-
lection of many o living, when 4 tin
candlestick was thought good enough
to carry q tallow dip in, bat now solid
silver candelabra. costing as high as
twenty-five Thousand dollars, are none
too good for the purpose. A pair valued
ut this enormous SUN are on exhibition
at the Metropolitan museum, E,ew York
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-28

Among the things stolen by a New
Orleans bank clerk who has abscond-
ed is a large lot Of lottery tickets. He
may turn up with the big prize at the
next drawing and recoup his fortune.
There would be no hesitation about
taking him back into fashionable
society in Louisiana if his "luck'
should take that turn.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-28
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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-28

The strong-minded mar often
thinks he cannot be upset by ~triilcs;
consequently he may not be as well
guarded against their effect as the i'll
ferior man, conscious ofhis weakness,
aud therefore more to be trusted
when in the nc%ighborhood of tritles.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-28
SG2,
HARPER'S BAZAAR.
ILLUSTRATED.

HAuPER's B,zAG is . journal for the homo.
1t gives the latest informant ~ with regard 10
the fashions, and its numerous illustrations
Paris designs, and patterr-shcct supplinic%ta
are indispensable alike to the home dress
maker aLd the professional modistc. No cN-
pcrsc i spared to make its artistic attractive
ne: of the highest order. Its bright stories,
amusing consoles, and thoughtful essays
satisfy ali tastes, and lis la I page is famous a.
n budget of wit and huInOr. In its weekly
issues everything is Included which Is of inter
est to wGm"n. The Serials Tor iSH2 will De wit
ten by Walter Bcsant ard william Black. Mrs
Dliphart will become a contributor. Marion
Harlasd's Timely Talks, ''Day In and bay
Ont" are Intended for niatroas, ard HCicl
i. y Higginson. III Women a..d Men, will
please I cultivated audience.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-28

An indianapolis paper is authority for
the statement that that city is not only
close 10 the cantor of population, but it
is the center Of the gum-chewing habit.
1t is quite the thing at ladies' dinner
parties to pass the gum after dessert
The ladies' chew gun n ! way to ds
light the heart cf . 3eIl&L
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-28

-Tlr1a-'; neal, that tnr Argioc CLUB
fellaws talk of cxpcl!ing Gauge Van
Leah fab cawwying n pawkagc on the
avenoo.' Cadicy-"Ah, but that off.
Y know. The pawkaec turned raj to
be Z sick fawX terrier rolled up i'll q
blawnket. TRUTH.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-28
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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-28

THE largest specimen of leaf or fern
gold ever found will be exhibited at
the worlds fair. It was found near
Walla Walla, Wash. 1t is valued at
three hundred dollars for the gold in it
alone. but to-day five times that
amount would not purchase it. The
delicate tracery of the fern is as fresh,
beautiful. and crystalline in appearance
as ever Nature turned out of her
laboratory. and It is fully a foot square.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-28

An excellent quality of "kaolin." or
porcelain clay. has been found in large
quantities in Union county. H., and
specimens recently sen to Sweden
have been made into dishes of a high
grade. 1t is the intention of DIR.
Lindahl, state geologist, to have a set
Of tableware made for exhibition at the
worlds fair.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-28

Tine volumes OF tine MAGAZINE begin with tic
Numbers for Tune and December OF each year
When no time is specified, subscriptions will
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receipt of oriyr. Bouad YalGmes OF HAaPsE's
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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-28

A WORLDS Fair Transportation Com
pany has been organized By 4 number
of mopcyed men in Maine for the par-
pose of transporting New Englanders
to and from the exposition and paying
their expenses while in Chicago. 1t
issues certificates payable in INSTALL
aents, and these, when paid up. are
transferable for round trip tickets to
the exposition, including all necessary
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-28

The Pennington Democrat has
again changed hands. John J. Cum
diff has sold the plant TO John c.
Wilson.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-28
1892.
Earp:r's Young People.
AN ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY.

The Thirteenth Volume of HARrER's YouNe
PEoPLE began on November 5, ISL. For the
coming year this best aGd most comprehensive
weekly In the world for youthful readers offers
j varied and fascinating Programme. In serial
fiction it will contain diego Pinzon," a story
of the first voyage of Columbus, by John X.
CG-yell: "COnCematcs: 4 story of the Florida
Reefs and Everglades by Kirk Munroe: au-
other story by one of the best Known and most
popular of American ~autiIOrS: and stories in
three and four parts by Thomas Nelson Page,
f. II. HOUSE. Angclinc Teal, Ella Goldman
Church. AID Mary s. McCobJ More than two
hundred shOrt stories by iavorite writers,
articles or travel. out-of-door sports. indoor
games, ard all subjects dear to the hearts OF
the yonns. besides huEdreds OF illustrations by
leading r ists, will combine to make Harpcr's
Young People for lS:t. an irresistible repository
OF pleasure and information for boys and girls.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-28

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

1t is a humiliating truth that there
is something in u common human
nature-original sin or brute inher-
itance-which makes us take a certain
enjoyment in other peoples troubles.
We do not really desire that any great
catastrophe shall overtake our fellow
men, but somehow a good many of
us secretly hope that if there is any
great catastrophe we may be there
undamaged-to behold it. There is a
curious strain in human nature which
makes most people interested in see
ing other people fight. Even in
drawing rooms. a certain considerable
proportion of the conversation deals
with the faults and follies and i'll
fortunes of the neighborhood.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-28

Reciprocity with Mexico is now
likely to be- concluded and proclaim
ed before January next However, it
is not yet determined which of our
exports Mexico will admit free, and
on which others the duty will be re-
duced. As Mexico's principal exports
to this country-coffee and hides
have been admitted here free of duty
for about twenty years, the negotia-
tions for reciprocity with it are on a
somewhat different basis han those
with other countries. But substantial
concessions are expected in our favor.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-28
TERMS: Postage Prepaid 30 OF Per
Year.

Volumes v. VIII and MI of HARPEE's
YoyaG PEOPLE bound it, cloth, will be sent by
mail, postage paid, on receipt OF IS 30 each.
The other volumes are out of print
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-28

1.-the best weekly publication for young peo-
pie in existence. 1t Is edited with scrupulous
care and attention, and instruction and enter
tainment are mingled in its pages in just the
ri rht proportions to captivate tie minds OF the
Young, ard at the same time to develop their
thinking power.-Ubscryer, y. Y.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-28

IT is said the natives of the Orkney
islands enjoy excellent health and live
long lives For these blessings they
are indebted in a measure to the brac-
ing climate and their hcalthful out
door occupations. but the fact of there
being no doctors on the islands may
bave something to do with it.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-28

HARPER It
New York.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-04-09
An African Statesman.

The new premier of Cape Colony, Cecil
Rhodes, is attracting marked attention
in England, where he is on a business
visit. His career in South Africa, which
has been one of the most romantic and
adventurous, has placed him in the fore.
most ranks of Anglo-African notability.
Within a few years he has achieved the
reputation of a statesman; the title of
"The Diamond King" and is generally
accepted as the leader of men in Africa
He is one of those who believe in settling
the Mashonaland troubles with the ma.
tives in peaceful manner, and if the
latter are not disposed that way to use
force, and he talks like man who would
be abundantly able to bring about an
arrangement either way. In appearance
he is much older than he really is, and
physically seems the embodiment of quiet
force. He is not prone to conversation,
but when so engaged is always inter
esting, from the fact that he never talks
but on subjects with which he is thor.
oughly Notwithstanding Dispatch.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-04-09
Went Cunning in Full Dress.

At II o'clock on Monday night party
of ten gentlemen, who had been spend,
ing the evening pleasantly at an informal
hall at the Jekyl Island club house, con
cluded they would have pig hunt be-
fore retiring. Without taking time to
change the dress suits in which they were
attired, they slung their rifles across
their shoulders and set out into tn
iungles of Jekyl in quest of Wild hogs
The agreement before starting was that
every rifle should be fired at the first pig
that broke cover. They had not pro
ceeded very far before one of the gentle
men had the misfortune to trip and tal
heavily through bunch of palmettoes
and into pool of water about foo
and half deep.
Sixteen shots were fired in quick sue
cession from the rifles of the other mem
bers in the direction of the noise. eacl
one thinking pig had been started
During the fusillade the unlucky sports
man was afraid to put even his nos
above water, and when, after the firinI
had ceased, the hunters rushed to tn
spot to find their game they discovered
instead of wild hog, their half drowne'
companion. The boys shouldered tn
game and carried it back to the clu
house, fully persuaded that midnight
dress suits and pig hunting didn't so Yer
we'll together. Brunswick (Ga.) Time:
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-04-09
A Bows Odd Misfortune.

The curious formation on the body of
the little three-year-old boy of John
Rock, of Rices landing, of which so
much has been said, caused the death Of
the child at last. In August last the boy
was playing in the yard, when he fell
down. He cried good deal and seemed
to suffer. Little attention was paid to
it, however, until a few days later a
strange lump was discovered on his alb
domen. 1t grew to an enormous size
and physicians declared an operation
meant death.
The boy would eat scarcely anything,
though he almost constantly asked for
food. When not watched he would eat
ashes and other hard substances. On
Wednesday he asked his mother for a
piece of cake, and three minutes after he
was dead. When the growth was re-
moved it weighed seven and half
pounds, and it was found it had COM
pletely surrounded the kidneys and
grown fast to the body. Its size caused
it to interfere with the action of the
heart, causing death. The lump is said
to be puzzle to physicians, who say it
resembles no humorous growth they ever
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES County Demo-
crat.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-04-09
THE P. A. CONVENTION.

A glance at the local columns Of
The STATESMAN this morning will
show that our citizens have at last
awakened to the realization that on
April 80 and May and 2, Austin is
expected to entertain the travelling
men OF Texas. Indeed it were high
time that our citizens did realize this
fact, and not moment must now be
lost in making such preparations as
will not only sustain Austin's reputa-
ton as the most generously hospita-
BILE city in all Texas, but we should
strive to surpass every past effort. We
can and we should make this enter
tainment a genuine record breaker.
There is great deal for Austin in
making this entertainment so thor
oughly enjoyable as to capture the big
hearts Of every travelling man in Texas.
We have invited them here, and it is
now our duty and should be our pleas
ure to give them, not only taste, but
superabundance Of the royal, open
handed hospitality of our city. Aside
from all other considerations, it is
business to do 80.
The travelling man is generous
manly fellow, quick to perceive and
quick to appreciate, full of energy and
patriotism, intelligent to a high de-
gree and the more you cultivate him
the better you like him. He is q
walking advertisement for every hotel
and every city in Texas, and the ad
vertisement is good or bad according
to the treatment received.
Austin is singularly fortunate cir
securing this convention and the cit
liens of Austin will make the mistake
of their lives in refusing to aid in
every way to make it an enjoyable oc
casion for the "boys."
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-04-09
Laughabie Newspaper Mistakes.

A Syracuse printer, in setting up a
book publishers advertisement, con-
strued one of Dickens works thus: Bar
ney, by Rudge, $l.50." Misprints are
sometimes very ludicrous in their sig
nificance. A country paper gives an ac-
count of an amateur concert in which a
young lady received well deserved en-
core by the exquisite taste in which she
sang Gan Angels Whisker." In DIR.
Waylands time IA meeting of the Amer
lean Scientific association was held in
this city. The doctor gave party to
the association. His friends were con-
siderably surprised the next morning to
find it reported in the newspapers that
DR.. Wayland had given a billiard party
instead of brilliant party, -Providence
Journal.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-04-09
UNCLE SAM AND TIE HIGH SEAS.

The late italian buster has called
attention pointedly to United States
need-a navy. 1t has gone this far
and further it has indicated what
kind of navy we should have and
how it should be supplemented. Itif
openly stated that Italy's huge iron
clads would be utterly useless to hel
in any attempt to come over here and
coerce us into her way of thinking
This is so, because they could not
carry enough fuel to bring them here.
operate them and then return them
home. Coal is a contraband of war,
and if a nation cannot serve herself
with this necessity other nations can
not step in to help piece out.
What then the United States needs
is the swiftest and most effective war
ships and coaling places, properly dis
tributed and permanently located.
When Uncle Sam starts in he wants
to get there in hurry and be ready to
whip when once there. Uuder present
appropriations of about $75,OOO,O 900
the United States will have within the
next two years forty-four of the most
modern and the fastest of war ships.
This, with our distance from all form
liable powers, will be very respeeta-
BILE navy. The next thing should lie
the securement of proper coaling sta
tons for all cases of need. Then, with
good coast defences as aided by a sys-
tenn of sunken torpedoes in our har-
bors and we will he as invincible on
sea ss on land. The United States
must be just that way.