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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-09-03

The three Republican Clubs of this
city met in joint session Saturday
night to make arrangements for a
grand display of fire works, torch
light procession and illumination of
the city ON the night of September
9Th.
The Republican rally to be held
here on that day, when Maj. Warner
will address the people of Southeast
Missouri will doubtless attract thous-
sands of visitors TO our town.
We call attention to the request of
the Committee on arrangements that
the citizens of this city illuminate
their windows and decorate their
houses for this occasion.
1t is the duly of every citizen of
Cape Girardeau, irrespective of party
affiliations, to push our city to the
front. Let US show the people of our
vicinity that Cape Girardeau is the
largest, the most c~nterprising and
most hospitable city in Southeast
Missouri.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-09-03
A National Disgrace.

False reports have been published in
hundreds OF newspapers throughout the
land to. the effect that the worlds fair
b bankrupt Such stories, weare wen
sEsufcd, ere the emanations of ignorant
and malicious persons. and that they
should have gained circulation or ere
dence can but be regarded ss a disgrace
to the American people. These reports
arc still spreading and have already
done the fair untold injury. The fact
Is, according TO reliable authority, that
the exposition has now 100000 cash
IN bank and about q million MORE In
sight It has not had, at any time for
n year and o hnlf, less than a million
dollnfs to its credit In cash, and had as
narch rs S.. 00O. 900 at one time. During
tie last six thohths the money has nee
tssar;ly been expended rapidly fer con-
struetiEg the Grea; exposition build
ingA About thrce-quartcrs Of a mil
lion a month has been paid ont for this
purpcsa- A Ike expenditure will DC
necessary sor ss..rral months 70 come.
md Hcrc tnoroy VIII be needed by Oc-
to,af. The bulk OF the s~-'iiRe III the
k.:r from admission. et... vi, not hsgin
t. cone in. Of coura .nht;i the Fair opars.
II is in order To tfia the enterprise ever
until that time tset the gcvcrnmcn,
has been a.,,si 70 advance ss.-
600. 600. The mcst conservative cs-
timatc Of the fairs receipts md
expenditures places the Former about
q, COG. Geo II excess OF the latter. There
aecd ros te Ae cligh.cat fear of the
fair being bankrupt. or ever Of its be-
coming hard up" If the government
gives the aid which has been asked and
is confidently expected. Should
such aid not be given. the public ran
rest assured that Chicago itself. taeish
Il has raised almost al. 900. COO AMI
not to be expected to Go more.
will put Its hard deeper into its pocket
and will provide cpoasa money to car
= . faif through to tee grand sue
~CSo u - ttlCE E.liuctt II SHALL DC /
md which it certainly will be.
The fair Is not bankrupt and vii, not
be bankrupt. Tho only fatndntion fnf
injurious icport referred TO is the
fact that the national commission, OF
body. has expended all OF
he money which the government mp
'roPriatrd for its expenses for the cur
'ent year. That body dcss rot provide
he money for constructing the build
ngs. gathering the exhibits, or other
-isc putting the fair in complete condi-
ion for the inspection of tho public
This is doEc by the Worlds Column
,ian exposition" or local Chicago cr>
SoFattoh. The fair will be dedicated
md opened OF time, and all bills wiD
,e paid.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-09-03

"A little boy, aged nine years, son
Of Wiley Scott, fell FROM a gate yes
terday at Star Landing and broke his
leg just above the knee. lie was
brought here on the steamer idlewild
to-day TO have his broken limb attend
ed to BY DR.. Harris.
1T is being noised abroad as a
fact of natural history that q single
swallow devours 5000 flies a day, and
a society for demonstrating swallows
may be looked for at any moment.
viii not some one look up the bird
or beast that finds the mosquito just
to its taste and has an unlimited
capacity for that especial variety of
songster.
Advertisements are the inter-
course between The employers and
employees, between the shops and So
cieiy. between folks who want to earn
money and folks who wish to spend
it. That beneicent theory of govern
ment which declares us all free aud
equal Is excelleRtly maintained by the
ADVERTISERS. The poor man and the
rich, the famous and the obscure are
placed on q level in the republic OF
letters.
Married, al the residence of Mrs
Wray, the brides mother at 10 O'Clock
n. m, August 3Oth, 1892, Dir. Elmore
I. Apologize, of IIolcomb, Dunklin
county, Missouri, and Mrs. Maude NJ.
Skaggs, of this city, Rev. CT. Daniel
There was no formal
entertainment, but the friends gather
ed to witness the ceremony and the
OF the happy couple TO
heir future residence in Dunklin
The bride and groom left
Oh the 1910 train followed by the
best wishes of the many friends
the bride leaves in this city.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-09-03

The report of tho bureau OF statistics
Of our foreign trade for ten months
FROM July 1, 1901. to April 80. 1892,
shows that our foreign commerce ex-
banded In nearly every branch Thus
tho exports Of wheat and all other
brradstuffs not only greatly exceeded
the corresponding time last year. but
were about si4a. O0o, 900 larger than the
average for the last Eve years The ex-
ports Of cotton were about the same as
last year in quantity, but the value was
less on account of the lower prices pre-
vailing, although II is s~i3;00o;ooo more
than the average for five years The
outgo Of provisions fell below last year
but the value wa, nearly se;o0o,o 600 IN
excess Of Eve fears average. The ex-
ports Of ell domestic commodities for
the ten months reached the large agl
gregate Of kss4.oO0,0o0 Id round mum,
bers, which Is nearly sl25;0Oo,oOo more
than last year. and exceeds the five
years average about sa17, 900, O0a. This
IL anything but disastrous 70 this coun-
try, and we could probably repeat the
experience with great equanimity.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-09-03

This remedy is becoming SO well
known and so popular as to need no
special mention. All who have used
Electric Bitters sing the same song
Of praise-a purer medicine does not
exist and ii IL guaranteed to do all
that is claimed. Electric Ditters will
cure ali diseases Of the Liver and
Kidneys, will remove Pimples, Boiis,
Salt Rheum aud other affections
caused by impure blood. VIII drive
Malaria from the system aid prevent
as well as cure all Malaria fcvers. For
cure of Headache, Consumption and
Indigestion try Electric Bitters. En-:
tire satisfaction guaranteed, or money
refunded. Price so cents and $1.00
per bottle at Wilson's Drug Store.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-09-03
Cloud Formation.

One Of the mos. interesting ccntribu-
tons Of Late to meteorological discus.
sion is that on cloud formation and
movement, by Mr.. John Aitken, q noted
scientist lie finds, as In former obser
~vations, that fny is intimately depend
emit on the presence of dust particles IN
the mir, each OF the invisible gramlcs
forming the nucleus Of q tiny head Of
water, these vcsiclcs co&.stituting IN the
aggregate clouds, nists ard their kim
dred- At elevated situations tie air b
comparatively FREQ FROM dust, while
lower down It is full of 1t, but while
clouds are passing overt peak the num-
Fer Of particles varies considerably,
this, he discovers by ascries of casefllly
compiled data. IS due to the fact that
the air entering into the clouds has
forced itself up from the valley below
hence tho mountain air Is pure or i'm
pure In exact accordance with the
amount Of this lower world current
which has reached II, and, when the
cloud Sanishes, the ether resumes its old
composition Another curious fact
noted Is that the moment a cloud forms
1t begins I'd HiS-hargc its contents in the
of u steady shower Of minute
drops, not capable Of being appreciated
By tho unassi-;cd senses, but. by means
Ct the ''foS coGntcr." IN instrument in
vented By NJ. httkcn, the exact
falling On d given space can be
seen. Again. though the dir Is
In snch circumstances saturated with
it Is n fact that seats, stones, and
other large objects near the Garth nre
perfectly dr.. the drops being evapo-
by the radiant heat of the ground.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-09-03
Torch Light Procession.

Arrangements have been made Tor
a monster torch light procession
through the streets of Cape Girar-
deau on the night of September 8.
Citizens living on the line of march
are respectfully requested to illumi-
nate their Windows and decorate
their homes for the occasion.
The procession will start from Will
ler's Garden, corner Broadway and
Pacific street, east on Broadway to
Sprigg street, south OH Sprigg TO
Good Hope street; east on Good
Hope to Spanish street, north on
Spanish to independence street, east
on independence TO Main street; north
on Main past the st. Charles Hotel
to be reviewed by Maj. Warner and
stef, to Broadway, west on Broad
way to Garden.
THE COMMITTEE,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-09-03
Real Estute ror Sale,


Valuable farm lands, city lots,
houses and farms for sale by Reed &
Astholz, Real Estate Agents, Cape
Girardeau, Mo-:
A fine two-story brick dwelling
house, northeast corner of Independ-
ence and Fountain streets; City of
Cape Girardeau, Nc.
A good frame house and lot, south
cast corner of lot No. "a, range F
60x127 feet in size, 4 rooms, 9 kitchens,
cellar, smoke house, well and cistern,
stable and corncrib, all kinds of fruit
trees, City OF Cape Girardear, Mo.
House and about two acres of land
in north part of the City of Cape
Girardeau, Mo.
Lots 9 and 10, block 1 of Giboncy-
IIouck's End subdivision to the City
of Cape Girardesu, Mo.
House and two acres of land on
north Sptigg street, Cape GiraFdeau,
No.
Lots z and 8, block 1 of Giboney-
Houck's md subdivision to the City
of Cape Girardeau, Mo.
A nice one story brick house OH lot
No. 25, in range A; City of Cape
G~irardeau, Nc.
800 acres of bottom land in section
p and 16, range IL, township 81,
Stoddsrd county Mol 1-s miles from
Ardeo. 4 ON the Cotton Belt r. r. and
Poplar Bluff Il r.
800 acres in section IS and Is town-
ship %, range ~ east; near Cotton
Belt n. n. and c. G., st. L. & F. S.
II. R. Cape Girardeau county, Nc.
120 acres of section 9, township IS,
range s east, in Greene county, Ark,
above Gainesville, house, barn and
orchards bargain.
For q limited time s lots in Nc
Cleans addition to the City of Cape
Girardeau, Mo.
Also lots ], 2 and 16 of Henderson
addition to the City of Cape Girar-
deau, all fronting on Sprigg street.
A 4 room frame house, stable, smoke
house, c~istern, a good orchard, about
two acres of ground.
For terms sec Reed & Astholz,
Real Estate Agents.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-09-03

IT Is next to certain that The date Of
dedication of the worlds fair buildings
will be changed from October IL to Oc-
tobcr 81, the latter being really the
4ooth anniversary OF the landing of
Columbus, allowance being made for
the correction In the calendar made in
the time Of Pope Gregory. The senate
has passed q bill making the change
referred to. hrd It is not doubted that
the house Of representatives will take
like action. The change was requested
by the worlds fair commissioners OF
New York, the Legislature Of which
state had provided for q Columbus cclc:
bratioa on October IL. I. Irds Thought
that The two celebrations. il held stimuli
tsncously, would detrnet from cnch
Other.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-09-03
what They sf0ld I'm.

The able editor of til Los Angeles
Times is deeply interested in red sus
penders. lie says the girls down
there swear them i'll the outer walls
but neglects to state what they hold
up.-San Jose Mercury.
In masculine rainments ali history
teaches
That ~suspenders are used to hold up
the brooches,
And analogous reasoning Will show
at a glance
That woman's suspenders should hold
up her. Chance
Only, or accident, really can tell
Tie secret 5uf sisters have guarded
so well,
For no man who loves them will ever
allow, sirs,
That susperdefs alone prove the pres
ence of trousers.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-09-03
building ASSOCIATIONS.

Much can be said in favor Of tho COO
crativs scs.em of buying all building
honcs which is gaining wide popularity
in this country. Thch i.-epcrly con
Quoted there Rs no more profitable In
restmHnt thaf, shares in q building and
loan association.
The man who is always going to savc
money, but never sa.es any, Ia Well
known 10 everyone. Generally there
has been I'D Ssoti reason why he should
not have saved moncy-e-ccpt that no
hos merely been going to save It." Per
haps he has started 4 savings-bank book,
bit hns lad notNo need Of money. and
has d-awa oat his account If this
."going - save" person hail invested
Sven a very snail monthly share of his
earnings in onc of those excellent insti-
buttons, loan and building associations,
~ cooperative banks as they are called
in some states, he would have been
compelled 10 make his fcghlar invest
mcnt, or uDdt7eo q email fae each
month. md would have had In addition
thc strong motive q possessing an oct-
ual share IN n Profitable business
Tbcsc associations offer great Id
vantages to those who wish to own n
homo or to invest their money. In the
opinion of prominent fnnncicrs they
Enable tho man who trisHes to build ID
borrow money. when, perhaps hat fer
Elch an association he could not borrow
ut all, md to IN amount nearer to the
value Of h. Property lhnn he can get in
any other way. II he Is al Investor,
he has IN assurance that his money Is
earning larger profits than It would
earn in an ordiuary savings bank.
TO economy and the principle of
cooperation in the manSgcIaent ~ the
association.
It is said that more than onc-sixth Of
the real estate in the city Of Philadcl-
phia is owned by members of these co;
operative banks. This fact is n good
demonstration OF the valus 10 the pco-
pie of the principle of cooperation In
money and buying homes
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-09-03
TUESDAY

A prominent merchant saysi 81
haves sold Megrimine for over q yenr
and guaranteed 1t to cure any head.
ache without bad after effects and
have not found q single q s 1t did
hot relieve. Sample free. The DIR.
Whitehall Megrimine Co., South
Bend, Ind. Sold by druggists.
The Normal school opened this
morning with a good attendance for
the day.
L. ii. Datis has sold nearly all
his property at jackson, and we un-
derstand that he will soon move to
Alabama.
Cooper Cracraft was in town to-
day. Cooper says he is glad he is not
In The race for an office this year.
The contract to furnish ink and
crayons for the public schools was
awarded to Ernst Osterloh at the
School Board meeting last night.
Father Weldon and abotit twen-
tv.6ye of the seminarians of st. Mary's
College, at P~erryville, came down yes
terday on q visit to st. Vincents Col,
lege.
The Democratic candidates III
this county are very uneasy since the
Republicans put their ticket in the
field. The Republican nominees are
all good men and this is troublesome
TO the Democratic candidates.
The most remarkable benefit of
advertisements 10 the general public
consists in their function as q uuiver-
sal encyclopedias a catalogtie,s hand
book, an indes, q summary, 8 com
plete and unabridged dictionary Of
all the o and blessings that flesh
is heir to. Ii man has stains on bis
clothing or his reputation, pains in
his head or his heels; if he wants to
learn anything or teach anything,
here is the fountain head to which he
must 60,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-09-03
IL Shouid be in Every House.

j. b. Wilson, 81 Clay ST.; Sl.aeps-
burg. Pa, says lie viii mot be without
DIR. Kings New Discovery for Con-
Sumption, Coughs and Colds, that it
cured his wife who was threatened
with Pneumonia after an attack of
ia Grippe" when various other
remedies and several physicians had
done her no good. robert Barber,
of Cooksport, Pa, claiInes DR.. Kings
New Discovery has done him more
COED than anything lie eve used for
Lung Trouble. Nothing like it: Try
1t. Free Trial Bottles at Wilson's
Drug Store. Large bottles SOC. and
$1.O0.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-09-03
sensib,e Address.

l SenBlDIe A00fc8Bs
Not long ago Mr.. Carl Schurz, Nj
Henry Willard (ne Hilgard1 and few
other German-American Mugwumps
issued an address to the German
American voters, setting forth whai
they are pleased to consider as reason.
for voting for Grover Cleveland fol
President. We have got used to
this address. There are "peculial
reasons" every four years WHY MIR
schurz and Mr.. Willard wish to vote
for the Democratic candidate, and
there are peculiar reasons" also why
they arrogate to themselves the office
Of leaders of the Gerr,an;American
vote.
A more important address than the
one mentioned has just been issued
by the German-American Republican
Union of Illinois, which should be
placed In the hands of every voter
who IS OF German decent. In this
address the authors point eHt several
salient reasons, lac force of which
must Be recognized by every one.
why Gcrmah-AmericaHs should vote
the Republican ticket. In the first
place, the Democratic party has taken
an attitude of unreleutiag hostility
to the system of proteetion-a system
which has enabled tens OF thousand
of German Americans to better their
condition enormously ID th,s COUNTRY.
In the second place, the Democratic
party has not only in a great measure
supported in Congress the free silver
coinage swindle, but has also in its
national platform declared itself in
favor Of abolishing the 10 PEI cent.
tax upon State bank notes, and thus.
in blind disregard of the best inter-
ests of all clsssess of our people,
without distinction of party, proposes
to pave the way fof the reissue of the
wildcat notes which, before the re-
form of the currency instituted by
The Republicans over thirty yrafs ago
wefe daily cheating the people Of
thousands of dollars.
German Americans have always
been conservative finaaciers. They
arc for honest money and solvent
They are hardly likely this
year to respond to the appeals of a
party which would have made this
country, if it dared, the dumping
ground for The silver OF the world at
65 cents on the dollar, and which has
declared itself in favor Of Wild
cat banks.
Our German-American fellow
citizens are us Jealous of the honor
and dignity of the United States as
any ina; whose ancestry runs back to
The Mayfower. The majority OF
hem. therefore. in the future as in
The past, are likely to support the
party of progress, of patriotism, of
and of protection.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-09-03
Sunday n. the Worlds Eair.

r has been explained by Director
General Davis and other woflds fair
officials. who are Inclined to favor SUM-
day opening. that it is'not the intention
or desire that the fair should be opened
on Sundays in the wide" way in which
1t Will be on week days On the con-
trary. they would have the machinery
stopped, all manufacturing processes at
. standstill. and every description OF
work by employees reduced to q mini
Hura. Religious services and choral
and Other musical entertainments could
be held il the numerous halls and aud
ito-iuEs which the buildings will con
tain. The people could stroll through
she park, viewing its resplendcnt beau
ties OF nature and wonderful achieve
nents of mans handiwork; could enter
the buildings to enjoy the work of
painter and sculptor, and to learn ind
profit from exhibits Of ~innuncratle de-
scription- EcrJ few employees, COM
pGrativcly. would be required to remain
on duty on SuEday, and these chiefly
for watchracn uld guards. These would
not be required - work seven days In
tic week. 10 ere FOR the thousands of
visitors at the fair on Sunday would not
require more persons to work on that
day than would lie necessary were those
same thousands to go elsewhere Had
II been understood from the beginning
that the Sunday opening Of the fair
vUald TO cf the kind indicatcd-orderly
and educational instead of noisy and dc
moraliLing-it is believed that the pc
titions and protests against d Sunday
fair would have been far less numerous.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-09-03

THs BEST SAIvE in The world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers; Salt
Rheun, Fever Sores, letter, Chspped
hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin
Eruptions, and positively cures Piles,
or no pay required. 1t is guaranteed
to give satisfaction; or money refunded.
Priec % cents per box. For sale at
Wilson's Drhg Store
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-09-03
augs0nil


A pAuNfsrRAfosis Sorfcs. Sutic, ia
- hereby given that letters OF administration
upon the estate OF Mary Doretha sicmers, De.
ceased. have been granted to the undersigned
by the Probate Court Of Cope Girapisan coun-
ty, Missouri, bearing ta,e the 18th day OF july,
All pcrsops ha-ing Chains against said estate
are rrqu.red 70 exhibit them to him Tor allow
aDce Within one year from the date OF said let
ters OF they MAG be precluded nom any benefit
hibited within two years rom the date Of the
publication OF this notice trey will be forever
barred. GRORGE SIEMERS,
augi5nl0 Administrators.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-09-03
Tai. or IN. o..l

Il
The Ozark mountains Of MIST
present Q field for lovers of the cur.
lous which Is act to be found this
side Of Old Mexic6. This whole
country was at one time under the
domination of the Spanish, VIXEN they
first explored this part of Tie con-
tincnt, and their relics are to be
found on all the hills in the shape of
excavations and old mines, and in
many instances their very tools are to
be found Just where they left them 100
or 200 years ago, says the St louis
Globe c'n6crnt. But It is moi only
their relics and tools that are left as
reminder of the Spanish explorers,
they have left legends and stories
which have been handed down with
implicit faith from generation to gen
Grafton until they have become part
of the history of the country.
About eighteen miles southwest Of
GaIena Il an old Spanish mine which
is feputed to be rich with gold and
silver as well as with lead, aid no
man has ever had the temerity 10
work the mine on account of the story
which is attached to it, and the cer-
tain uncanny feeling which is said to
overcome any cae who dercs to pro-
fame the place with his presence.
The story is that in this mine great
riches were found by seven men who
were so overcome bv their good for
tune that they could not agree as 10
the division of the find, but each was
eager 10 have the whole fof himself
and the result was that one by one
they were killed by their companions
until bat one man was left, and then
it is related that during the night he
was set upon by the whole ehostly
band and was choked to death by the
of the men he had helped to
murder.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-09-03

"a'sstic Cure for rheumatism and
Neuralgia radically cures in 1 to 8
days. Its action upon the system is
remarkable and mysterious. 1t re-
moves at once the cause and the dis
ease Immediately disappears. The
first dose benefits, IS cents. Sold by
Rider & Wichterich, Druggists, Cape
Girardeau, Mo.