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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-17

A new method of preserving pic
lures is being experimental with in
London. 1t consists of placing the
surface of the picture. he it canvas or
paper, in a vacuum, thus protecting il
from atmospheric action. The picture
is inclosed in a metal frame or case,
covering the back and sides and pro
iecting from the sides like an ordinary
frame. A plate of glass is inserted in
the edges of the case. just as in an or
binary frame. and Theoretically sealed
to the metal. The air is then with
drawn from between the surface of the
picture and the glass, and the painting
is in a vacuum. 1t is believed this
plan will effectually protect pictures
from the action of dampness. air. gases
and other causes that operate to destroy
paintings exposed or framed in tho or
dinary way.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-17

Tnk hadins medical authorities in
New York express themselves as of the
opinion that this country has nothing
to fear from cholera invasion.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-17

The last letter written by George
Washington was recently sold at auc-
tion in Philadelphia for eight hundred
and fifty dollars
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-17

THERE are reported to be 5000, 900
commercial drummers in this country,
only three of whom are women.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-17
CAPTURED in Kansas

Three negroes and one white man,
among the prisoners who escaped from
the Pettis county Jail, have been cap
tured at Oswego, Kas-
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-17

DIR. Joshua Thorne, aged 62, died at
Kansas City Of complication of dis
eases. He had practiced in Kansas CITY
for thirty-foul years
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-17
Took Arsenic.

Alderman Lee b. Kinder, of Lexing.
ton, attempted to commit suicide, tax
ing arsenic. Domestic trouble was the
cause.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-17

Last year the work of the foreign
presses of the American Bible society
at the different places was as follows:
At Beirut. 5000 Bibles. 5000 testaments
and - 900 portions in Arabic. At Con-
stantinople. 5000 Bibles in Bulgarian.
5000 portions in koordish, 1000 teSta-
ments in ancient Armenian. 5000 testa-
ments and 5000 portions in modern Ar
menian. 5000 testaments and $500 por-
tions in Turkish. At Bangkok, 80. 500
portions in Siamese and 1000 copies of
the gospel of Matthew in the Laos Ian
guage. At Bremen 5000 Bibles and
1O.5OO testaments in German. At the
China agency ls9,39S volumes. partly in
Shanghai and partly at Foo-Chow. in
cluding 1.4OO Mandarin Bibles. $50
testaments. $4,000 portions in Man
DARN. 81 800 portions in SOo-Chow col
loquial and 1,3is Bibles and 1900 testa-
ments in Foo-Chow colloquial.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-17

WASHISGToS. June lO.-Jacob T. Child. Of
Missouri. has been appointed by the president
Republic: THE salary attached to this place is
1850 year. with fees that will make il zoo
more. Mr.. Childs appointment was 10 large
extent due to Mr.. Dockery. although be had
very cordial support from the Missouri sena-
tors also. II will he remembered that Col. Child
was minister TO Siam under the former Cleve
llnd administration Il
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-17
Dropped Dead.

jefferson Argyle. formerly of St Jo-
seph. but recently of Denver, Col,
dropped dead at Maitland, Mo-, where
he was visiting daughter.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-17

ters of the Confederacy" appealed at
once to all who had suffered for that
cause. and the venerable Mrs. VI. 4. f.
Mcclure, then 50 years of age. was re-
quested to accept the leadership. Nine
ty-seven ladies responded to the call to
organize. and from that day to this
the work of the ladies has
gone forward to he crowned with
the success of to-day. But this
work was not to he done by the ladies
of st. Louis alone. and Mrs. Cassidy
was destined soon to see the orTaniza-
tion of which she was the founder
spread all over the state. At meeting
held at the home in July. 1891, Mrs.
Cassidy remarked that the ladies of the
state could raise $4,000 the first year
Her confidence in her sex was not mis-
placed, although many at the time
doubted the veriicatiOn of the predic-
tion. But they raised $4,000 that first
year. and the next year swcllcd the
amount to $24,O00. 1t was this money
that raised up the edifice which was
dedicated to-day. and which will ever
stand as a monument to the energetic
zeal of the Daugh ters of the Confcder-
acy of Missouri.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-17
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.



The following new postmasters of
the fourth class have been appointed
for Missouri:
Anu,t. Dent county C. p. Hedrick, vice T. A.
Leonard. resigned.
Bartlett. Shannon county. Mrs q. V. smith,
vice w ID. Bansett. resigned
Bertrand Mississippi county, c. 4. Fox, vice
lnez Fox. resigned.
DuHgan. Wright county, $. Il. Bray vice w.
H. Owens. resigned.
Phillipsburg I.a-lede county. T. J. Mansfield.
vice G. II. IIeih removed.
Warren. Marion county. Madison Payne, vice
e Y. Davis. resigned.
ElmOnt Franklin county. Rufus p. Eon, vice
A. J. Rodgers. resigned.
Cover. Clinton county. Hugh G. McCnntock,
vice b. F. Poe. removed.
Jenkins. Barry county. NJ. A Galloway, vice
W. F. Galloway. resigned.
Jonesburgh- Montgomery county. N NJ. Ed.
wards, vice H. c. Begemann. resigned:
Lancaster. Schuyler county. W. NJ. McNulty,
yice J. NJ. Shoemaker. resigned.
Luray. Clark county, G. W. Butler, vice James
T1nsman. resigned
Morrison. Gasconade county. Nicolaus WOLF.
ST.. vice NJ. D.. Schoeppel. resigned.
Peculiar. Cass county. J. F. Davis. vice a. s.
Gibson. removed.
Philadelphia, Marion county, o. d. johnson.
vice L. Preston. resigned.
Stahl. Adair county C. E. Morelock, vice A.
O. Moore. resigned.
Unity. Scotland co unity. T. E. Pipe, vice C. F.
Nultn. resigned.
Queen City Schuyler county, Jas. Bennett
vice J. r. Roberts. resigned.
Wilson Mills. Crawford county. r. F. Vaughan,
vice J. NJ. Sanders. resigned
Merwin. Bates county. Samuel Stewart, vice
f. Henderson. removed.
OFallon. ST. Charles county. ]. p. Wild
berger. vice y. kreckel. resigned.
Portage Des Sioux. st. Charles county. Fan.
ME Hopkins. vice &. Wunch. resigned.
RathhOne. Phelps county II. Heinig, vice G.
w. Coppedge. resigned.
Carlow. Daviess county, Gnbe May. vice l. H.
Grain. removed.
Clarksdalc. De Kalb county G. W. Earring
ton. vice ID. Is. Todd. removed.
Edgar Springs. Phelps county. Mrs. n. J. La
mar. vice +. G. Curtis. resigned
Freedom Usage county. y B. Miller. vice II.
F. Niewald. resigned.
Latin. Bolinger county. b. s. Snider. vice A.
Clippard, dead.
NEW POST OFFICE.
Knobview, Crawford county, Anvil A. Bcesly.
postmaster.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-17
Rroke the Divorce Record.

Sixteen divorces in thirty-two min
utes was the record made by Circuit
Judge Slower at Independence. This
breaks the record as reported so far.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-17
Francis Whitaker B Sons Embarrassed.
The well-known pork packing firm
= .l.....
The Town Hog Defeated.

The city election at Lexington the
other day was very exciting.
Several months ago the city council passed
an ordinance prohibiting stock from running
at large and the candidates, ut the erection
held the other day. ran on the ticket OF hog OF
no hog. The no hogs have gained n decisive
victory as I heir candidates won by an over
whelming vote in every ward in the city.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-17

Jesse Brooks was sentenced to the
penitentiary for five years in st. Louis
for manslaughter. lie pushed a man
from street car, causing his death.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-17
Cau.ed by Failure of the Wheat Crop.

The mill and elevator company OF
Charleston has failed for $4,000, the
banks refusing to carry them on ac-
count of the failure of the wheat crop.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-17
HOW THE HOME WAS ESTABLISHED

In the summer of 1889 a number of
members of the Southern Historical So
ciety of st. Louis felt that the time
had nearly arrived to build home for
their destitute comrades. A committee
of seven was selected to secure a
charter and formulate = plan
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-17

The Launching of the Great Battlc-shiP
Massarhusetts at the Cramps Yards-A
sister ship of the Indiana and Oregon
4 Powerful War Engine.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-26
A POINTER FOR THE BOYS.

An item is going the rounds Of the
state press which gives the number of
young men in the state prison from city,
town and country, relatively, showing
that a greater number of country raised
boys are incarcerated there than from
the cities and towns. The idea meant
to be conveyed in some instances-as is
shown by the way the statement is made
is that the preponderance of badness
exists among the country raised. This
we believe to be an error. The country
boy, while inherently no better, is GER
tainiy no worse by nature than the boy
raised In town or city. The writer's
notion is that the discrepancy against
the country boy in the statistics referred
to is accounted for by the circumstance
that many country boys who make the
mistake of leaving the farm and going
to town to hunt for easier job, come
under the influence of evil associations,
and being more impossible are led into
excuses and oftentimes are made the
scapegoat for others who are really the
guilty ones. There is point in this
that boys on the farm viii do well to
consider thoughtfully and seriously
when about to decide to leave the coun-
try home to seek an easy fortune in the
CITY
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-26

which form ore Of the richest features Of
the empire. The work Is embeiiisaed
with many ornamental nail heads and
strips Of fanciful metal work, producing
effects that are rich and impressive.
Within tho display is the handsoTncst
and most costly ever made by the Japa-
nese at any exposition. At Par4s four
years ago the empire did well, and at
tracted much attention. but the exhibit
there wac neither 50 comprehensive nor so
costly as that which IS 20 be seen here.
The Japanese do not surprise one with the
beauty Of their work. but With the infinite
variety Of ways IL which their native skill
has been shown Th.-c does not seem 70
be anything on earth too Officials for their
accomplishment. Ifthc truth were known
they are great iu1itators. They do not
actually originate cne-half the things fer
which they ara given credit Bat every
thing they take Up IS given tE.st al
their own, Is made 70 rartaks II t5s1. Ia
tional characteristics until is oEu father
would find = dia1cult TO recognize his off
spring IN is new g1iise. An example Of
this Is To be found IN their display Of al
versmithcTv. 4 few Tesrs ago = was said
the japanese did nothing in silver, hit al
the Paris exposition their arflsz1s picked
Up few ideas and her. they are with
number Of silver pieces which ara TerT
nearly ~ fire as tbs fiaest 10 lie sessa II
the building. Jasr Cs nj show many
piscss, but what they % show are sGIzair
s5le- One Is : to- koase II Jsr21sezs
boat. and Il seerzs u be worth tA< prics
asked for =, = 81. = pn.r < wages * en-
S0ssed silver art ss's-%2 S27st
One OF tbs mess noteworthy articles n
the sectas1 = . great .rcn eaE.s- Il sgas
carried VIII is13e@e-i0zbse izso- ard pa
tiencs Dy 5i1etsa-Ifao. q the YToTl1cs q
Kill an5 rs I~G< frs ysz-s a. .1e !ob
The bird hes ss~e-sl hundred feathers,
ard each feaths- Is as eslscasSiy cared "A
IL that WIS al tbs artisan Lsd - Co II
Some OF me feathers he s1ag-ifyI2z glass
shows thousands q minute !.ces, zts1
Shiagita~I.@o found that tie hard i-c-
k-solIezi his tools after ta-ee CT fG-- lsEazs
had been CIT. 50 iiz&S Il WIS reee@sz--T -
use 70 several k-nEZ-eG to0lz ie e1ttlSg
ems feather. TIE pTies Of t6ls So - Il sis,-
0C. ncs q Is-Es Szza eal.1z-cE.r2 ssS
amount ot sTegG put il u,r1z j.. 3 s1sSl-Er
eagle rus II sGs gzEas way 4 y-aSed 81
g. -, hs-a ss<s orc = Es-sliy drawn IN tAas
s.ss e1z,a Il elsTg.t SIX TIRES as t5g as TIA
beaz wiz ~ = zE--zss..is- - s.esszpJs1S
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-26
be wen initiated. Yet the price Is only

be wen initiated. Yet the price Is only
Sa,5oo.
Ii would take columns 70 describe even
the most noteworthy things which thu
Japs show here in profusion. They have
magnificent enhruideries on silk, done by
men, and worth hundreds of dollars thu
square yard. They show velvet tapestry,
about eleven feet square, which is priced.
and not exoTbitantly, AZ $500. They
show Il chamber set, bed, washstsnd aud
bureau, of such beautiful inlaid work that
one considers the price, sl.ooo. but Nero
bagatelle. They exhibit nobleman's par
Ter, in a little pavilion all its own, and
with faithful imitation Of all the details
and furnishings that would be found in
the apartments of "A rich japanese gentle
man. They have pair of screens painted
in embroidery with gold thread that IS
worth 81, 80, and occupied one man two
years in making.
The Japs contribute one of the most in
teresting exhibits in the Art palace. In
horticulture they show acres of roses and
other flowers. In the Agricultural build
ing they have splendid exhibit of their
surprising resources and preparations, and
in the Forestry building still another. On
the plaisance they have bazaar where all
the cheaper ware is for sale at moderate
prices, and on the shores OF the lagoon
they have set up tea house which Is ono
Of the most delightful features of the fair.
WALTER WELIAAN.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-26
HUMOROUS.

-'Hello, Jones, Just back from your
camping and hunting trip" Yes "
What did you get?'' rheumatism. .
--Tnter-Ocean.
Mrs eighbob-"Wby do you call
Jack The Fisherman Jess-"Be-
cause he never goes away withou, a
smack N Y. Times.
-'Takeiteasy. hear. 4, down with.
a slow fever. That's characteristic
Of him: that man never showed activity
in anything ~. Y. Press.
There - nothing that 50 increases
. mans desire TO work in the garden as
the discovery tha, his wife has mis-
placed the rale.--Atchison Globe.
The Blonde-''of course lie thinks
her an angel wings and all" The.
Brunette-'I guess be does. She told
me ne wanted her 70 fy with him. -
Troy Press.
Count Psresi-''Ha Y re Ie~s Pruyu
q dot?" Boud-fsShs had until her
father went short on Nay wheat
Count Psresi-''Ah, / rec; re do. stood
onlee for von p-erio4.--S Y Sun.
What causes the delay with your
copv?'' asea the city editor. "f@e gor
stuck on a poiut 81 grammar I don't
know jus. what % do about H." just
writ. IL IN dialect snd hurry It along
-Wasbington star
That was an awful mistake Tabet
made in writing mp The Jones party
"whv. he Told all about the dresses.
the refreshments. ruHzie.sie. " y know.
bus the party had bean postponed fer .
week 3--Inter-Oce&n-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-26
PERSONAL AND lMPERsoNAL.

| "A man was seen loafng about ,
building that was being painted at Bel
| fast, Maine, recently. When asked i
he wanted job he said that he wa.
only waiting for the men to be paid of
as he wanted to borrow a dollar.-Phil
adelphia Ledger.
| William d. Mccoy, United State.
Minister to Liberia, who died at Monro
via May IA, was native of Cam bridge
City, Ind, and about 80 years of age
| He had been a teacher for many years
prior to his appointment, and was one
of the most progressive colored men in
| the country.
Every spring the emperor of China
goes to 1.-The emperor's field" plows a
portion of it, sows it with several kinds
of seeds and superintendst the ceremony
while the princes and nine courtiers
perform the same act in honor of the
god of agriculture. The empress at
the same time gives her ladies lesson
in silk culture.
Mrs. Martha Raymond, colored,
who lives near Woodbury., n. j., claims
to be lis years old. She says she was
born in Virginia in 177s, and some of
the Oldest residents Of Woodbury. admit
that she seemed to be pretty old wom-
an when they were young people.
She has been living in that town for
about sixty years.
The duke of Newcastle's speciality
in amateur photography is to secure
portraits of rare wild animals in their
native surroundings. He travels in
quest of these with Gambler Fenton, a
member of the Royal Geographical So
ciety and well known as one of the
most expert amateur photographers OF
animals in the world.
Judge Mckinley, of Duluth, is in a
singular position. He is judge of the
circuit court, in which his own wife,
recently admitted to the bar, will prac-
tice. And yet he is probably the only
man in the world to-day who can pre-
vent his wife from having the last word
or fine her for contempt if she does not
stop talking when he tells her to.
1t is related of Edwin Booth that
he was at one time able to save the life
VI llOOCi ILlNCOIH DUN "CIC III
railway station, and Mr.. Lincoln had
inadvertently stepped on a track in
front of an approaching engine. Alb
sorbed in thought, he had not noticed
the vicinity OF the train, and would
have been struck down had not Mr..
Booth sprung forward, caught him in
his arms, and lifted him almost bodily
to place of safety. The engine was
so near that it actually grazed MIR.
Lincoln'S heels.
-Self-interest is not an inevitable
quantity in human nature. There is
bluff and hearty old Irishman who
keeps small book store in New York
suburban town, who expresses opin-
ions about the wares that he sells.
When boy inquiries for Daredevil
Dick, the Dead Shot" he says: "What!
Haven't you any better way to spend
your time than in reading trash like
that? Here it is. You ought to be
ashamed of yourself. Now, don't you
read it until you've shown it to your
parents A man who had ordered,
through him, number of works on
spiritualism and magic, was greeted,
on the delivery of those volumes, with:
Man, man! Time must be heavy on
your hands to want to be studying rub
Dish like that"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-26

Had EX-President Harrison been less
a politician and had the good Of this
country at heart he would have refrain
ed from campaign talk at such time as
this and said something cheerful instead
of taking the pessimistic view of affairs
he did. The best minds OF this country
have failed to find an adequate cause for
the present condition of things, and the
least that prominent and influential
citizens can do is to try and dissipate
distrust rather than engender it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-26

Tillman, South Cardinals governor,
although elected by the Peoples party,
has at all times loudly proclaimed his
fealty to the Democratic party. In
strange contrast with that partv's
grounded hostility TO sumptuary lesisla-
ton. and especially in regard to TIE
liquor traffic, and all laws enacted TO
facilitate the enforcement of such re-
strictions, the same Tillman kicks high
and hard at the decision of one o. the
state judges barring the officers of the
state from searching premises and siez-
ing contrc5and goods; in other words
multiplying the search and Seizure clause
of the new liquor law. The Palrlettese
are great on nullification-its next 10
constitutional with them-and the
chances are the people OF that state Will
nullify their present chief executive as
soon as they get chance.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-26

Democratic members of congress, like
maggots in a rotten carcass, will fairly
tumble over one another to control the OIL
ces and will vote Cleveland instead of the
platform. IL ever there was an election in
this country that demonstrated the inca
pacity of the people for self government it
was the last one.-Emporia Republican.
Hold on, Colonel; don't make your
statement of facts quite SO sweeping.
Remember, the popular vote that sup
ported the present regime represented
but small majority of the whole. Also
remember that it is possible to fool all the
people sometimes, but not all the time.
Give them another chance before you
write them all down in such sweeping
terms,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-26
Andrew Lang takes occasion 10 -..

hutfENS i9dtif tss1@tS 'ptttSiuI w re-
mark in commenting on the Critic =
popular voting contest on the ten best
American books that with Haw.
thorne's, Poe's. are out of all reckoning
the best short tales in the language :"
Consequently he deplores the fact that
only twenty righteous persons gave
Edgar the Unlucly" vote. Concern
ing Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter"
which ranked second next to ''Einer-
sons Essays in this poll. Mr.. Lang
says: Probably English opinion would
place Hawthorne highest among the
imaginative writer's of America.
The oldest man and woman in PENN
sylvania. and probably in the United
States, according 20 their own figures.
are Mary Mcdonald, aged one hundred
and tweuty-eight, and John Gibson,
aged one hundred and twenty one. both
inmates of the home for aged and in
firm colored persons in Philadelphia.
Mary Mcdonald declares that she re-
members George Washington perfectly,
who patted her on the head one day for
her attention TO the comfort OF the con-
tinental soldiers CHARTERED at Valley
Forge, near the home of Reese Howell.
her master. where Cen Washington
was frequent visitor.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-26
A month ago President Cleveland set

A month ago President Cleveland set
the 7th of August as the time for COLI
gress to convene, and vet the financial
condition of this country has been grow
ing worse ever since the presidents
proclamation was issued. This is a
significant fact when it is SO firmly be-
.ieved by the gold bugs that the Sher-
man act will be repealed, and demon
strates that silver is not the main
disturbing element. The party in power
has no financial policy, which is the
thing needed to restore confidence.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-26

Lewelling's labor commissioner Todd
Is sending out circulars at the expense of
he state to everybody within the bounds
IF the commonwealth proposing to fur
aish labor on the one hand or employ
nent on the other to ali who will enclose
him two cent stamp. A barefaced
gwindle at the expense of the state. He
could do little or nothing in the direction
proposed even if he was so disposed, but
what harvest of two cent stamps he
will reap.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-26

with his taIors. Evidently The japanese
do not know much about bears.
IL iron these Oriental workers are very
skillful. Just outside the principal en-
trance to the pavilion you will see a pair
of enormous lawn-vasss in this material,
deliberately carved. Each is big enough
for chicken coop, and though we call
them vases the Japs say the are light.
houses, their use being to contain the
lamps which illuminate gardens. Patience
is big stock in trade in the Mikado's
country. Here is little bowl of silver
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-26

The editorial writers OF the Chicago
papers are devotiag a great deal of space
TO Kansas ana if any deductions can be
drawn from their twaddle they are
firmly of the opinion that Kansas is
hardly worth saving, from financial
standpoint. Their worry is all uncalled
for: there has been scarcely bank fail
ure in the state and the few that were
caught short viii resume. To man
from this point of view it looks as
though Chicago would have her hands
full to save herself. And again this
epidemic broke out III Chicago and the
country will be thankful if it don't
break out there again with increased
virulence.