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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-27
Peace to his ashes.
A Simple Method Of Testing FlouI

4 simple Method OF Testing Flour
There are various methods Of test
ing flour, but this is one of the
simplest. Take some -four in the left
hand, add a little water, and with the
right fore-fnger mix a rather stiff
dough in the hand. If the flour Is
good the dough will become sitter
and dryer with working and have an
elastic mulberry feeling, If 1t Is OF
inferior quality the dough will be-
come soft and sticky under protract-
ed working. Flour that Is cfs ckalky
or BLUSH white shade, or that feels
soft and salvy, aud when balled to;
gether in the hand remains in a lump
should be avoided.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-27
A Geustous firni.

We are informed that The pro-
prictors, Messrs. A. T. Ordway & Co.,
recently sent three dozen of their re-
liable medicine, Sulphur Bitters, to
the Catholic Home for Ages, which
highly appreciated by the directors
and inmates. "As We SOW 80 shall ye
reap."-Ettitor Catholic Union.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-27
asuse and Let for Sale.

L offer my house and lot for sale.
The property is located on Middle
street, near Broadway. The house is
a new seveu-room dwelling. The let
is in size 56xIS0 feet and besides the
dwelling house It hes on 1t smoke
house, large stable and buggy house
I want to leave the city about the
first of April. or the first OF May al
lsteet, and will sell ut 8 bargain.
HENRY BREIDE.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-27

-rliuoi. farmers are hauling their
,.rn ia this market. We noticed
several wagon loads come Oh tne
ferry beat to-day.
There will be three or four new
houses put up on Good Hope street
this year.
John Hueber, son OF Peter
Hueber, died at his home in Randoi
township Tuesday evening, February
Esd.
Robert Hit and Miss Annie
tJnpsrstall were united in marriage
by Rev. Father Prueuto In the Ger
man Catholic Church yesterday morn
Ing,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-27

Joe ('rummye ghost has arrived
in the city and ia taking in the town
1t is 4 ghost that cats, and it is bother
ing the saloon-keepcrs who dish ~
lunch every morning.
Our business men are nst In tht
pash Just now-that is, in tile way ot
advertising their business. They art
waiting for something to turn up:
Sly, the Glendale train robbei
was sentenced 10 twenty years in the
penitentiary yesterday. He plead
guilty and was expecting q light
sentence.
There is q Hest cottage howe be.
ing erected on the corner of Frederick
and Independence streets.
Ground was broken yesterday
for new residence building up Oh
Good Hope street.
This must be a great country for
the sale of painas and organs. Nearly
every boat that lands here puts of a
10; of these musical instruments.
Ed. O'Brien, at one tine an en-
ploye of the st. Louis, Cape Girar-
deau & Fort Smith Railway, came to
the city Tuesday evening to be treat
ed for injuries he recently received
while getting of q moving tram on
the Iron Mountain railroad.
THAT line of neck wear at Fcntge
& Woods should be seen by all.
We understand that John Rey-
nolds purchased the Mat Thomas
property ON Morgan Oak street to-
day.
"A big transfer boat, the property
Of the Virgins Ferry Company, pass
ed up the river this forenoon OIL her
way TO st. Louis.
Mr.. Theo. Mc.her, representing
the celebrated Stcinway Pianos, is IN
town on business with Mr.. T. L.
the piano dealer. We will
no doubt, see some fine Steinway
in this town in a few weeks.
There was not a large crowd at
the Parochial iIall last night, but the
ladies of the parish cleared about
twenty dollars for the church That
was good, considering the bad wealth
er.
The pictures of the steamers
Idlewild aud Cherokee painted by
Otto Holm for Tony Wingerter are
splendid picture. and they show that
was a master painter handling the
brush when they were made.
That line of spring dress goods
ut Fientge & Woods is an attraction.
See thera.
Louis b. Houck went to Kennett
TO pay of the hands on the
Kennett read. Young Mr.. IIouck is
one of the brightest young Inc in
part of TIC country. lie is full
of energy as well A. business and the
railroad employees all have every con-
fidencc in him as q railroad man who
thoroughly understands his business.
Otto Holm, our artistic decorator
and painter, took a contract yesterday
tn paint and decorstr a house for
Mr.. Wright at Poplar Bluff. Mr..
Holm is a real artist with the brush
and when he is through with Mr..
Wright's house that gentleman will
have a job that ha can well afford to
be proud of.
Mr. John Armint, OF Chlcago,
sold Mr.. Z. E. Clark . cer load of
taose famous Chicago Cottage Organs.
The organ business must be pushing.
They were measuring off the
ground to-day for the new Sturdivant
Bank building. Next week they will
~excasstlns for the foundation.
Otto Buehrmanl owns some fine
building lots which he is offering for
sale. See advertisement elsewhere in
paper, and then if yoa want a
nice building lot call and e Mr..
Bnehrmann at his Office in the Lori
mier Mills.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-27
Tuesday.

-Megrimine is the only guaranteed
permenent cure for headache and
neuralgia Relieves in 20 TO so min
utes. A great bleed cleanser and
stimulant that in time positively cures.
Sample bottle free. The DIR. Whithall
Megrimine Co., South Bend, Ind.
Sold by druggists.
1T will soon be time to begin TO
yLk about tie city election. Ii is
true that only Councilmen are TO elect
this year, but eniy good men should
be chosen TO fiji, those Offices.
The river I, rising rapidly and
steam boat men are happy.
Our City Marshal has had the
white flag out ever since he got mar
ried. 1t is fair weather all the time
to newly snsrried.man.
A fine Shepherd dog, that is
very likely q runaway, is at DIR.
Peironnet's. and as he has no use for a
dag he would willingly turn the
animal over to the owner If called for.
JConrsd Lids livery stable on
Freiriek street win soon be COM
pletsd.
A prominent merchant says: a
have sold MegTimine for over a year
and guaranteed it to cure ANY head
ache without bad AMER effect. and
have not found a single case it did
not relieve. Sample free. The DR..
Whitehall Megrimiae Co, South
Bend, Ind. Sold by druggists.
The spring is coming and mer-
chants who have spring goods could
find no better means Of letting the
public know it than through the
columns Of the DEMOCRAT.
Mr.. +. W. Pott will go down to
Benton tomorrow to take some steps
toward settling up the partnership
estate of pott & Steck in the Benton
Mills.
We are pleased to know that
Frank Steck, whose funeral took
place here yesterday carried iHsur'
auce On his life to the amount Of four
thousand dollars. That sum will he
great help to bis widow and little
children.
Mr.. and MIS-. Frank Jones, had
two little strangers to visit them at
their house last night. Twin boys
Phil. Hafner, editor of the Scott
county Ne,csboy, is in the city. fhii
came up to attend the bali and Other
amusements and help the boys ceis'
brste washington's birthday.
We will issue a supplement Will
the Weekly DEMOCRAT this week
that will contain the financial state
meut Of the county. 1t will be inter
e.tiug reading to every taxpayer II
the county, and it should be prescfV'
ed by them for future reference.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-27
IIeredity shouId be Carefully Guard
ed Against.

The late Sir Msrell Mackenzie
wrote as follows about heredity:
"Readers will remember the horsc=
shoe vein of the forehead which Was
the badge Of all the tribe of Redgaunt-
let, and there is II well known family
in the South of Franco which for
more than three centuries has boastcd
Q white lock of hair. The Bourbon
nose and the thick lip of the Haps-
burg are other instances in point.
Consumption, govt, insanity aud
cancer are the diseases which show
the greatest tendency to run in farhis
lies. OF the hereditary transmission
of govt nearly every noble family in
Europe eau show the most conclusive
proof. With regard to cancer tile
Ease is not SO clear, but statistics
prove that hcredity tan be mere or
less distinctly made out in a consider
able proportion of those who fail
| victims 10 the disease.
The Bohaparte family furnishes a
remarkable example OF the hereditary
transmission of cancer. One of the
parent of Napoleon l.. died of cancer
| of the liver or stomach. He himself
died of cancer of the stomach, which
also proved fatal 10 his brother Lucicn,
and to his sister, the beautiful Pauline
Borghese.
A hereditary tendency tc disease
may not show itself till an advanced
period of life; as Professor Huxley, in
his charming photographed sketch,
has lately teld us that a peculiar
movement of the hands which was
habitual in his mother has recently
shown itself in him."
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-27
LEAD PENCIL 5oTTEqS,
8emoranduns Made in the BE.
porter's Wandorings,
Local ~SpIintsrs.
MONDAY.

MONDAY.
Judge Leedy and Ben F. Allen
OF Benton, came up this morning te
attend the funeral of Frank Steck.
-JaN think of it! Here we are
not . gray hair on our head and We
are grandfather. 1t is a daughter to
Mr.. and Mrs. Park Adams. Surely
our circulation is Increasifg.
The funeral of Frank Steck took
place from the residence of Lis
brother Fred Steck ct 2 CLOCK this
afternoon. His funeral was conduct
ed by Cape Lstge A. O.. U. w, and
was attended by a large circle of
friends.
The biggest sale that has taken
place IN this city for several years
took place last Saturday when Otto
Buehrmann purchased the Lorimler
Mills. The news of the purchase
created quite a connection in the
city, for 10 n suspected that he
mill was TOR sale, and Mr.. Buehrmann,
knowing nothing about the milling
business his purchase was q Great
surprise.
"A large number OF the friends of
William Regcnhardt called ON the old
gentleman yesterday and as a token
of their friendship presented him
with q handsome gold-headed cane in
honor of Ais sixty-fourth birthday.
Mr.. h~sgenhardt was looking for a
call from his friends and he was pre-
pared to receive them and he proved
TO b. a geaefcEt host.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-27
The Riggin Fund.

Charles w. Riggin was one of the
Baltimors's sailors who lost bic life in
the unproroked attack upon some o.
her crew at VALPARAISO, Chile. The Unit
ed States has broughtChile to book fol
that insult to our flag and murder Of
our Jack Tars, and the cable informs
us that compensatory damages have
been demanded OH behalf of the men.
includins the demands by Riggin'.
re'a i es, amounting in the aggrc-
gs;e to S1,20O,0Oo.
The United States will present
these claims and compel Chile TO pay
what would be considered a reasona.
bic sum under the circumstances, and
will then turn the right proportion
of the fund over 10 The aext of kin Of
the murdered sailor, and directly to
the others who were maltrcated.
In this state of the case. and when
many claims r made fer cllarits-
Bile objects in our country, it does not
seem to be either necessary or proper
that personal appeal should be made
in behalf OF any OF those sailors: and,
if any such appeal should be answered
by the contribution OF any considera-
Bile sun of money, it would un9oubt-
edly have to be taken into cOnsidera-
ton before the tribunal of award Of
damages and thereby prove the cause
of the reduction of damages which
might be allowed in this particular
case. 1t is much better to leave the
whole case In the hands of the United
States, who will both know how to
collect . suitable sum and make an
appropriate testimonial of national
over the slain sailor.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-27
Chattanooga to ST. Louis-New Line
of TOc.Hoet.


The tow-boat Hubert, pushing a
barge, loaded with $50 tons of Ten
nessee pig-iron, from the Roam Iron
Cos. furnaces at lockwood, Tenn.
and the Dayton Coal and Iron Co. Of
Dayton, Tenn, ITO miles east Of
Chattanooga, tied up for the night
last night at the mouth of Sloan's
creek, at the northern limits of the
city. This is the first boat cut of a
new line of tow-boats that will make
regular trips between 81. Louis and
Chattanooga, TO carry TO market the
rich mineral wealth OF the mountains
of east Tennessee.
The Hubert started on The 18th
inst. from lockwood, Tenn, ITO miles
above or east OF Chattanooga with
two barges. On her way dswn she
took oil board 10000 staycs, at vari-
GUS points on the Tennessee river,
which she uuleadcd at Mound City,
Illinois. She left one barge at Goose
Island, and will proceed 10 Grand
Tower where she will leave the barge
she has and return to Goose Island
for the cue left there, then take the
fyyn tn ST IOuiS-
The Hubert is differed as follows:
j. p. kindrick, master; John Temp
son, mate; l. b. Allison, John Jackson
and Ed. Pcll. pilots; John Ryman, Isl
engineer; WIN. Tally, 2ud engineer
Jim Knight, w%atchniaa. The officers
are all Tenncsseeans except Ed. Pell
one Of the pilots, who halls from
Paducah.
These gentlemen from way up the
Tennessee river think the Mississippi
is a powerful big river. They like
the looks of our city very much, and
Capt. kindrick says il he was sure
that he could sell beef al the prices
asked him by one of Ouf butchers lac
would open a butcher shop and lie:
the steamboat business go TO Texas.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-27
Heavy Perker.

Here is q hog story that comes
from Delaware that beats them ali.
1t is from the Milford Neacs and
Advertiser, and is published as a
truthful bit Of local news for that
section Of the country, and reads rs
follows:
HMuch interest was manifested in
the Killing of a hog owned by Rey-
nolds Cook, proprietor Of the FELTON,
Hotel, at FELTON,, on Thursday. Oh ac-
count of its immense size. For some
time past there has been much specu-
lation as to its weight aud when it
was announced that It would be
butchcred On Thutsday, crowds flock
ed to witness the killing from all Part,
of the county and State. There wert
fully 600 visitors on the scene, wbeh
at 3 o'clock in the afternoon the hog
was taken from the pen to be killed.
A bullet was first put into its body
but did not prove fatal, so it was
thrown to the ground and stuck in
the usual manner. 1t was then scald-
ed, cleaned And hung ut on a heavy
block and fall. A guess box had been
gotten up ON its weight and over $50
g Iesses put in at fifty cents each.
When at $50 it was put on a pair OF
platform scales, Walter Harrington,
J. D. Eaton and N. T. Luf were
selected as judges, and the former
weighed the hog which tipped the
beam at LILO pounds. 1t measured
Q feet, 10 inches from tip to tip; s
feet, 2 l-2 inches around the girth,
and stood 8 feet, z 1-2 inchesin height.
When the guess box was opened
Joshua C. Raughley. of Willow Grove,
was found to he the nearest guesser
at 1,045 pounds. 1t was a good day
for the hotel keepers. Liquor flowed
freely. but Notwithstanding the large
crowd but one fight arose. Two men,
very much intoxicated, became en-
gagged in a quarrel and officers Dill
and Smith arrested one of them and
started off toward the lookup. The
crowd, however, rescued the man at
the lookup doer and he was not lock
ed up. Quite was soon restored and
no further disturbance occurred.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-27
The Mystical Seven.

Some mo1ern philosopher has given in these
eleven lines the summary Of life:
years in chiidhood's sport and play - !
= years in school from day to day --~i4
4 years at trade OF college life -----s
= years TO iEd q place AID wife-----.= ss
: Yeas to building upward giveu.-------&
: years to business har.ily orivcn------.---.s
years for some wild goose chase -----49
= wears for wealth and bootless race -------S
. years for boarding for your heir---------G g.
! years In weakness, pain and care----~--ie
Then die and go-you should know wh:re.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-27
List OF q Natter

Refnxnins uncalled for in the post once OF
Caps Girerdsau, county Of Cape Girzrieau,
stsss Of Miss,uri, for the week ending
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-27

STATE 0 6leeeuns iH So Nee
Feb. 3 lxs
Bra.saeld, FILLS Bartlett, Clias
pagneii. Barney Bright, Merida
Brown, Stephen Cafuthers, ) III
pu.an, SARAH Doyle. Theodore
French, Mary Deaf, Thomas
Hsbbo-l, Ms Periina Hall, Louiss
King, Mrs saiIie Langley, John
Lofts, Robert lide, Miss
Masters. Miss Rosa PTosscr. W P
Perfman. Nela Thacker. Alien
rooke. Cora weitzei, Louise
Woods, James.
Pe,soas calling fof any Of ne above les'
viii please say Advertised" giving da,so
this list. II not called for wihin 'nilsJ oS..
they will be sen: TO the Dead Lctter oncs -
YssAI,gtaS Ctr. a. ii. CkAAs1
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-27
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, 1892-07-30

NECESSITY FOR AFRICAN ExP1oRERs.-Mr.
Stanley, the African explorer, had been lectur.
ing in the town of Scranton, Pennsylvania,
and was just going through the usual reception
ceremonies. Among those who came up to
shake hands with him was a wealthy manu-
f~aoturer named Hendrick. Quoth he, after the
usual courtesies, "Mr. Stanley, one of the
things i'll your book, In Darkest africa, that
interested me most was your vivid account of
the sufferings Of your party in starvation
Camp; one thing I never could understand
When your men were dying for want of food,
why didn't they fish, since they were SO near
the river ?" Mr.. Stanley's face was a study.
he looked at his questioner as if dazed by a
blow. "Why," he exclaimed and then he he
stated, in evident surprise and con-
sternatlon, for several moments, 'why 1
don't believe any one ever thought of It'll" The
reply suggested to the American manufactur-
er the caustic remark-"Mr. Stanley, the next
time you form an exploring party, take a Yam
kee with you p
, 1892-07-30
Spectator. July End. J

Perhaps the most effective of the elect
ton addresses, certainly the most effective
written by any man who has held the posi-
ton Of a statesman, though Mr.. H. NJ. Stan
ley's is quite as effective from it's special
point Of VIEWS Lord Randolph Church
hills. This we acknowledge ali the more
emphatically because We consider Lord
Randolph Churchill much more dangerous as
friend and ally than he is dangerous az q
foe. In his address to his electors of South
P~addington, his terse summary Of the i'm
possibilities Of solution 10 the Home-rulo
problem, is as remarkable a piece of English
asany we have read in a pretty long political
life:-"The insanity of a scheme to create an
independent Parliament in an island in
habited by two races controlled by two reli-
gions separated from each other by an i'm
passable abyss; the insoluble problem raised
by such a scheme as to the representation
or misrepresentation of Ireland in the Bri-
fish Parliament; the impossibility of qua
ranteeing effectually under any such scheme
Justice 10 the Protestant minority mainly
residing in Ulster; the endless and bitter
conflicts which must arise again, as they
arose before, between the Irish aud British
P~arliamenus, in addition to those which must
surely arise between Irish and British Adj
mIhIsIraCiousi Cno conseltuCioual ImposslDlllty
of establishing any tribunal to pronounce
authoritatively on the validity of laws passed
by either Parliament: the certain divergence
of commercial and financial policy TO be
followed by Ireland and Great Britain re-
spectively,-all this Himalayan range of
obstacles appears more utterly insuperable
the closer it is looked at. the more attentively
it is studied" Pity that the man who can
sometimes write 60 we'll should plsy the
will .o'.the-wisp in practical life,
, 1892-07-30
NEWS.

The weather for the past fortnight has
been favourable for the planters inasmuch as
there has been more sunshine, which, after the
heavy rainfall of the previous fortnight, has
proved very beneficial to the growing crop.
The rain last month retarded sugar-making.
Hence there are still a few estates with canes
on the land to be reaped. Altogether, the crop
season this year has been attended with MANY
drawbacks, not the least being the excessive
rainfall last month, which some old livers saw
exceeded any previous record for June. We
, 1892-07-30

In the Voice of St. Lucia, a correspondent
makes q statement regarding the conduct OF q
village priest, a Frenchman, that goes to shew
the reverend father to have been out of his
senses at the time he misconducted himself.
1t was during the celebration of the feast Of
Corpus Christi, at Soufriere, during a process.
sion OF the people who were keeping holiday,
that the scene described in the annexed extract.
took place:-"There were a number of stream
es and flags about. A little distance of,
there was hanging by a rope stretched across
the street a banner of rich bright purple vel
vet on which the Royal Arms Of England were
emblazoned. Upon catching sight of this
banner the Revd. Father Rosseau was seized
with a sort of rage like that of the bull
which perceives a scarlet object. He rushed
at the banner, thrust his umbrella through it
and tore it to pieceS,-I cannot look on those
animals, he exclaimed, abiding to the sup
porters of the Royal Arms, they are the
cause of all the rain to-day. How dare you
put this out to-day? Do You not know that
this is a feast Of the Catholic Church and not
apagan festival? This is the fag Of an an
tagonistic religion andI will not have it set
up i'll my parish The people stood by in
sorrow and anger. Sorrow that a priest of
God should do this act Of intolerance. anger
az the insult offered by a foreigner to the flag
of their country. 1t is because we are a very
law abiding people, with boundless reverence
for our pastors, that WI did not forget at that
moment the respect due to his sacred char
acter. Forto us this banner is peculiarly the
emblem of liberty, the standard Of the god
and gracious Queen whom we revere, and the
unconquered flag of the great and glorious
British nation Of which we form a portion"
Those who regard Sir John Gorrie as a
beaten cock had better bide a wee. We have
reliable authority for stating that Sir John
fully intends, as soon as he has recovered his
strength, to turn upon the Commissioners.
when he hopes to rend them.
, 1892-07-30

individual citizens in the performance Of
their public duties in relation thereto.
With regard to the first two heads of
charge we do not attribute to the Chief JUS
tice any unworthy motives. We see no rea-
son to doubt that Sir John Gorrie was &C.
tuated by a desire to do justice. With re-
gard to the last head of charge we must
leave the language used and the character of
the imputations made to speak for themselves.
We also think it our duty to state to Your
Excellency our opinion that the administra-
ton of justice in the Colony cannot be placed
on a satisfactory footing unless means are
taken by which all classes can feel confidence
IN the Supreme Court and its chief. We re-
greet to think that such confidence does not
now exist, and the evidence brought before
us has, led us to the conclusion that this want
Of confidence is well founded.