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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-12-16
IT People Only Knew

That the Mobile & Ohio Railroad
runs through the best section OF the
South, where lands within a mile of
the railroad are $500 Al acre on long
time. and improved farms are only
$1,000 to $500 an acre, aud that two
farm crops or three vegetable crops
are grown every rear, each of which
will net more dollars per acre thsn
the same crop i'll the North 4; that the
weather in summer is cooler, and in
winter warmer, enabling the farmer
to wOfl: in the field all the year;
where one has better health and gets
mere pleasure in liring, makes a living
easier and gets rich fpsterthan he can
in the north, there would be srch a
rush for these cheap homes Is no
other portion of America has eve
seen.
The knowledge is spreading and
the boom is coming. Prices will
double every year. Now is the time
10 buy. IIalf-fare excursions will
leave st. Louis Dec. 18th and 10Th
and January 9th, and 10th. Full ir-
formation scnt by Z. +. Posey, Gen
cral Passenger Agent Mobile & Ohio
Railroad, Mobile, Ala.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-12-16

E. z, I. Gun sIuh's Enn Hunt.
Il is part of The constitution OF TIE
+. f. F. Gun Cab that its members
indulge III an annual hunt and game
banquet, and yesterday was The day
set for its first annual hunt.
II order that TIE DFHcCRAT's
readers ray understand the purport
Ct these festivities we give a few
points IS to how they are conducted.
Captains are elected who choose sides
(aS in a spelling match). y schedule
Of points is made of all scasonable
game, for iEStance-a iuai, u0Gnts %
p bints, a deer 100 points, Il aRiPe &c
points. etc. After the return from
the hurt the game is "ivca te thc
cooks and a banquet prepared for the
following night. Tie 81 lie scoring
the least number of points beats The
expense "C the supper.
FOR yesterdays Eurt, L. 5. Joseph
and l.. ]. Albert, .!r., were chosen
captains, and TIE following Is the
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-12-16

How many people know that it is
lawful in Massachusetts for a little
girl of II 10 become a wife? Who
could believe at first thought that
many little girls in short dresses have
been legally married here in Boston
during the past year, and that the
law. even in the hands of thoughtful
officials, was powerless to prevent III
The records of this year show fifty
seven marriages of girls of II Or less;
three of these were Is and one child
of IA. She was in the grammar
school and wore short dresses. When
her teacher sent TO see why she did
not come TO school, it seemed TO her
impossible that she was married.
Boston women have spent n good deal
of thought and time and money for
the child widows of India. There is
room for a good deal of endeavor in
behalf of the child brides OF Massa-
chusetts.-BoStOn Transcript.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-12-16
:

Joseph V. Hobbs passed through
the city to-day on his way TO his stock
ranch III the swamp. Mr.. Hobbs says
he had an experience last week with
dogs and a deer that was a mysterious
affair. Mr.. Hobbs owns some splen-
did deer hounds and while hunting
the other day Nj. Hobbs scared up a
deer that the hounds refused to follow.
This is a mystery that Mr.. Hobbs
cannot account for. lie has been
hunting deer with hounds for many
years and such thing never before
happened to him.
IfyOur appeuIte Is gone moth
irsS will restore Il moro quickly
tiian &C. c. &. Certain Chill
Cure. the great Tonic and
guaranteed Cure for Chills and
Fever. Price SO cents.
For sale by w. Ii. Coerver, druggist
The little chute through which
the transfer boat has to pass to get to
the railroad incline on the Illinois
side of the river is not over fifty feet
in width and it requires q center shot
10 keep the boat from getting aground.
So far she has only got out of her
path onc and then she was aground
two or three days.
"A. Yeager is closing out his 'ins
of heating stoves very cheap.
-Michael Esswine, of this city was
the recipient of a gold watch from
the Wellman-Dwi Tobacco Co., Of
Quincy, Illinois, obtained as a prize
by smoking the Sweet Lotus tobacco,
each package containing a number
which entities the holder to a prize.
The recipient of this prize buys his
tobacco from L. III. Gfsessle.
-V1rg P. Adams came up frsm
Bloomfield Sunday TO visit his family.
Virg is clerking in the big store of
Jones & Co, and he says that store is
selling lots of goods. He says they
took in yer four hundred dollars last
Saturday and from nov on till after
the holidays he says the merchants oil
Bloomfield will do an immense bust.
lsss,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-12-16

What has become of the Pros
pecting aud Mining Company? When
that company was organized about a
year ago we expected to be digging
for gold or some other precious metal
within less than twelve months, but
we are not.
The gate to the city pound was
standing wide open to-day. That's
the way the court house doors will be
standing when the terms of office of
some OF the present city officials
expire.
If the river should freeze over
we will have a scarcity of coal in this
town before the opening of river
navigation. Better use the coal you
have on hand as sparingly as possible.
A pair of shoes for Xmas present,
Call and sec Haman's line of shoes.
The 18th of January is the day
set for an event that will make two
leopIe happy in this city.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-12-16

Bay a pair of Slippers for Nma'
present at i~iaI:IaT's.
DIR. W. ". Howard is visiting his
mother at M%il!ervIlle.
Maj. Brooks and Russell Ponder
left yesterday Cor Perry county to do
some Il. Il. surveying.
"A pair Of MINIS Slippers for papa
anl big brother. iiamau has them
for both.
Quite Il number OF our merchants
are receiving their goods now by rail
AMI the say the freight is about the
Sane is steamboat rates.
bly, voar wife 4 pair of shoes for
Xmas. ilaman has a nice line of
shoes.
Our commission merchants are
easy ;:mes since the close nf
river navigation. In the commission
Du>li;cs5 there !, nothing 20 DO.
Over CATERS al I!amaus Shoe
store. i
Whenever o Gre Offered some
thing for nothing. iookout; bat whcn
Hannah Offers you something at = fair
prize. look il.
a ~promissory note seems TO have
the power of making time fly. Don't
deal Oh credit. Deal at Humans,
cash onc-price store.
There will be wedding in this
before the holidays are over that
will aStori,A the Old settlers. The
contracting parties are of high stand
Ing in the community. They are
good people and have a host of
friends.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-12-16
Bnt-he-ed l7e Hogs in Five Hours.

EDITOR DENoCRAr-In your issue
of last Saturday appeared a local,
Boosting of the number of hogs
killed and dressed, loo, in one day by
a certain hatcher in Cape Girardeau,
Tie above referred to local, prompts
tre friends Of Henry Jahns TO say for
n" Information of that butcher and
others. that on yesterday in five hours
he and his men killed and dressed,
rot by steam. Int BY human muscle,
l72 head.
W.th Henry Jahns for the motor,
Jackson can beat the State killing
hogs. EYE WITNESS.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-12-16
.L-EAD-PENcIL JoTTINas
@emoranduL1s Made in tho Re.
porter's Wanderings,
MONDAY,

There will be some Christina
goods left over in this city This year
Our dealers have overstocked them
selves. When purchasing their holi
day stocks they never took into con
siderat:on the hard times and after
the holidays are over they will sec
their mistake.
There are lots of vacant house:
in the city just now-more in fact
than for several years and still prop.
erty owners arc holding OIL for big
rents.
Land in this section OF
the country who rent the land uut
did not make mGch money this year.
Ii is the custom in Southeast Mis-
s0uri with land owners 10 rem their
taad on tae share, that is tG say. he
landlord gets oHc-!hird of TIE crop
raised on the land Wheat is the
principal crop rsisct: and this year
the small crop sad the low piicc Ell
wheat left the land owner as well as
the tenant in the hole.
Call at the "Gcm Shoe Store" on
Broadway and see those Reindeer
skin shoes. w. II. IIntcr's proprietor
y good fit guaranteed.
DIR. Brown informs us that he has
purchased the Jack Afford farm about
five miles west of this city and will
move on TO it between Row and the
first of January. The farm consists
of seventy acres and thc Doctrr paid
ten dollars per acre for it.
We predict that this is going TO
be oEe of the coolest winters fer
liany years. Buy your heater from
&. icagcr aad You will have q cheer
fui fire while the storm RACES.
Hon. l.. L. klosiermann has had
a DOM finished of II Il style that is
quite novel Tor this section &c country
aid it is al the saline time the pretticst
piece of decorative work We have
cycr seen. The decoration is al
paper but it SO closely resembles
metal that a c!usc examination is re-
quircd to detect the deception. II Is
rustic work, covering the walls and
ceiling and is the h~aaIsomeSt decora-
tive work iii this city.
FT"G. g. &. Certain Chill C.i-eo
'F:i3l .:sG EG=s Fr;GatlY yer haze
Ger UscG fer EtlEEis ;.sEd s'c.ar
4I'sy T10nCy wiz DC reFUHtETA.
ti!ea>:;.ii 80 sake. EarGc bottles
50 cents.
For sale by ". II. Coerger, druggis
the owners of thc steamer New
Iilcwild certainly deserve mich praise
for their efforts TO take ARE of the
shippers between this city and st.
Louis. The river is too low for them
TO u their " boat. but they will
run q boat while there is any wafer
at all in the river. They have char
tered the little steamer Benton TO run
in the ldlcwild's place during the low
stage of the water and afterthiS week
that boat, with the Idlewild's crew
on board, will make regular trips on
the IdlewiI DIS days.
You can find a good line of base
burners at the verv lowest prices al
\. YcagerS on Main street. They
cannot be cXCclled.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-12-16
citizens OF POPLAR Bluff az

The citizens OF Poplar Bluff are
going to tax themselves to put in g
water works plant IN that town.
Black River runs through the center
of that town and a water works plant
will not cost more than onc-half the
money that would be required to put
water works i'll Cape Girardeau, and
yet we expect to see water works
here-if We 1--we long enough.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-12-16
ssCI,OTHINGS

In this line we will offer SONIC bargains that will create
a sensation.
Chld's Wool Suit, 5 to IL years, worth sI25 and $3.50,
go at SIoo.
Chilis Wool Suit, ) to = years, worth s2.oo and s.. 50,
go at $3.50.
Chlds Wool Suit, 5 to Ie years, worth S. 90 and s. $50,
so at $2.75.
Childs Wool Suit, 5 to IL years, worth 500 and $500,
go at s5.75.
Chiids Wcol Suit, 5 to L. years, worth $500 and $500,
go at $3.50.
In Boys 5-piecc suits, Mems suits Odd Pants, there
will be the same reduction made. II Overcoats we vii.
make still greater reductions. So don't fail to call and see
for yourself.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-12-16

The banquet will be enjoyed to-
night by the members Of the Club
and their lady friends, and toasts,
congratulations. etc. viii be INDUCED
in to the satisfaction Of all.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-12-16

Face cured. Sulphur Bitters will
cure the worst case of skin disease;
troIn a common pimple on the face TO
that awful disease scrofula, it is the
best medicine to use in all cases OF
such stubborn and d~eep-seated dis.
ease. Do not delay; use Sulphur
Bitters and drive the humer from
your blood.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-12-16
Notice.

II. Steinbach desires TO inform his
customers that he has the patent
right for manufacturing the Cork
Faced Collar in the following counties:
Scott, Bollinger, Stoddard, Perry and
Cape Girardeau. Call and examine
this new patent collar. WIN
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-12-16
IT YOur Skin

Is rough and pimply, or covered with
blotches and sores. and you want q
clean. smooth skin and fair complex.
ton, use Sulphur Eitters. The best
medicine in such cases | ever Sold
c. E. Schegyer d Co, Druggist, Lac.
renee, MdSs.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-12-16
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.
Last Call,

Notice is hereby given to all per-
SONS indebted for State and county
taxes that | will be at the court house
in the city OF Cape Girardeau, Deem
Der 20, 81, % and %, to collect the
same. PETER LEHSER,
Collector.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-12-16
&GROCERIES%

We have on hand now an elegant line of Staple and
Fancy Groceaes, and as we have put in a delivery wagon
we will deliver both dry goods and groceries to any part Of
the city. Our driver, Mr.. Stone, will be glad to call at your
home and secure your orders. We have some of the finest
California canned fruits at IS cents. Tomatoes 10 cents a
can, Corn 10 cents a can, Fine Potatoes 90 cents a bushel,
best Rio Coffee q I2 lbs for 81, Fine Prunes and Raisens 10
cents a pound: In fact we have everything that is kept in a
frst-class grocery store. Call and be convinced that we are
deserving of your patronage. Once more thanking our many
friends for their very liberal patronage, and hoping for a
Of the same, we are
Very Respectfully,
FLENTGE & WOOD,
Leaders,.Of Low Prices, Cape Girardeau, Mo
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-12-16

We have determined to close out our entire line above
goods, if prices will move them; everything in the way of
boys and childrens suits; also overcoats. We will
sell at cost for twenty days. This is no advertising dodge
but facts, SO if you want any CT the plums you had better
call early. Note a few prices:
100 Mems Suits, were S22oo, now $1,000.
IIS Mems Suits, were sos 50, now S11. so.
e8 Mems Suits, were SIIoo, now S $50.
81 Mems Suits, were $1,000. now S 700.
II Mems Suits, were S $50, now S 3.75.
400 Childs Suits at a big bargain.
$50 Mems and Boys overcoats as advertised.
50 pieces of Jeans reduced from IS to IS cents.
So pair of Grey Blankets sI.75 to SIoo.
81 pair of White Blankets at cost.
We will also, during the above sale, sell everything in
our stock, consisting of Dress Goods, Furnishing Goods;
Shoes; and the best line of Carpets in the city at greatly re-
duced prices. We mean what we say, all goods 90 as adver.-
tised. Don't forget the date and place.
DAVID A. GLENN.
; I Main Street.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-12-16

ADVERTISING RATES.
Pms tnth one week. -.-r.....s LOO
6een aCNuttoahl insertion. 30
Sne iaen one month $50
an tnteo months. ..r-.. 100
~ SIX mouths 5.oO
ooe year 800
Sne quarIef coiuInn, three months ....... B.0
( six months...... q. 90
one ycar..--.. S.. 90
Snc nan ooIunn, tnrco months. ...... $50
N,.u six months. .......... IS 90
one year ....... &c. 90
S1s column, tnree months ........ Is 90
h Elk mooths.. .-........ 80. 60
~ one year .--.-.-...... 100 co
Local notices 10 cents pcr line ench insertiob.
,keading noticr9 on editorialPsge p cent.
esT line. each insertion.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-10

nous until he forsook the pulpit for the
destinations of Nine. LoySord. He
undertook to establish what he calls the
Gallican church, but his own ''last will
ana testament" recently published is
the best evidence of his colossal failure.
AN EVENING SCENE.
Visions of the Latin quarter, where
a stovepIpe hat is never safe. arise be-
fore the youthful mind when one
speaks of an evening scene in Paris.
Mention scene in San Francisco and
the young American at once makes a
mental picture of Chinatown. Similarly
does the mind of the travelled youth
reach to the haunts and habitat of the
callow student Of Paris. | do not mean
that the Latin quarter has the
pronouncedly Objectionable feat
ures of Chinatown, for If there
be much mischievous mirth among these
sallow-faced students, there is also
much harmless horse play. Grossness
is often entirely absent. But the scene
to which | wish to call attention is
quite another. Walk through the chief
streets OF Paris when the lingering
loneliness of the last days of a Partisan
spring is gently gliding into the mellow
beauty of soft Southern summer, and
you will see the happiest and the most
light hearted people in the world.
Young people sit around neat tables
stretching out on the broad sidewalks,
their few wants are supplied by grace :
full walters, they listen to the most eX-
quiSite music, and i'll the intervals they
discuss with easy elegance the chief
topics of human interest. Paris is the
paradise of cities.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-10
CLOTHING FOR THE POOR.
Secretary Hutchins Appeals for
More Apparel.


More Apparel.
The appeal, printed below, from Sec
rotary Hutchins, of the Relief society,
speaks for Itself, and it is earnestly
hoped that it will be met with a gener-
Gus response. 1t is undoubtedly true of
many very charitably disposed persons
in the city that if they knew just
where to send articles of clothing
for which they have no further use,
they would gladly send a parcel down
To the relief society very frequently.
Mr.. Hutchlns makes business of in
Vestigating these cases, and conse-
quently he has the best opportunity to
know who are the needy ones.
During the coming winter this will
be especially true, and it is to be hoped
that those who have things to give
away will allow the proper people to
distribute them where they will do most
good and are most needed. Following
is Mr.. Hutchins' appeal:
WC are very much In need, at the re-
lief society. of children's clothing and
shoes, as at present there is large num-
Der of poor children that need what the
better class OF citizens can spare in the
way Of cast-off clothing for their chill
dren. We make this appeal because we
believe that many have been clothed
anew for the schools, and the cast-off
things will be very acceptable to the
poor children.
Let US nave generous response at
once; we also need clothing for our
WOrkipgmen that are seeking EMPLOY
ment. Respectfully,
NJ. l.. HUTCHINs, Secretary.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-10
TRADES UNION NOTES.

The street railway employees, the
brewers, the bakers, the brIcklayers
and the steamfitters' unions held regu-
lar meetings last night at labor head.
quarters, without furnishing an item of
news Of public Importance
The painters union and the paper
hangers and decorators union will hold
a mass meeting at Labor hall Monday
night. The painters union has come
to the conclusion to raise the initiation
fee after the next meeting. The new
fee will be on par with that of the
paperhaDgers' union.
There were 119 votes cast last night at
Labor hall by the organized cigar work
ers for officers Of the Cigarmakers' In
ternational union. The voting was &C.
cording to the Australian system, and
the vote will be forwarded to the inter
national union. The voting began at
O'Clock p. m. and continued until 10,
when the following summary was made:
Fourth vice president. James B. Do
herty, Richmond, Va, 76; Herman
Kreimer, Philadelphia, Pa, 43; sixth
vice president, John +. Schreck, Eph-
rata, Pa, So; Samuel Goldwater, De-
troit, Mich, So; seventh vice president,
James Wood, Binghampton, n. Y, rs:
Henry Struckhoff, Springfield, Mo-, As:
treasurer, Gibson Weber, Philadelphia,
Pa, 81; William T. Jones. Mobile,
Ala, 60.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-10
WORKING TO RESUME.
Creditors ofNationaI German-Am-
eriCan Should Act.

While very large number of the de.
posltors in the National German-Ameri-
can bank have signified their willing.
ness to accept time certificates drawing
per cent, there are number who,
probably through inattention, have neg
lected to come forward. 1t is highly
important that they should respond at
once. The comptroller has only given
until the 1st of October for the reOrgan-
izatiOn, and if a receiver is to be
avoided, and the bank allowed to re-
sumo, the work must be rapid. 1t will
be long and slow process for the de-
positors to obtain their money through
receiver, while with resumption and
time certificates they can obtain nego-
table paper on which they can realize
at once. Every argument and self
interest is in favor of mutual CO.
operation and resumption.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-10
Choice Oficial Laneuape.

When the county auditor assailed ono
of the county commissioners at board
meeting recently with profane and vul-
gar language, because the commissioner
was proposing to have fair deal in let
ting the public printing, he betrayed
his interest in the matter. He expressed
his WEAKNESS at having lit rubbed in
on him." which was rather remarkable
unless he was all interested party.
At meeting of the county board last
week another scene occurred which has
not been recorded. Bids for certain
books for the county, eighteen In num-
Der, were opened. The printing office
formerly owned by the auditor, but
now, nOminally at least, in other hands,
bid $50, while the next lowest bid was
S64. When the auditor saw how much
lower his former printing Office had bid
than was necessary, he blurted out to
the manager present: You --
-, what kind of bid is that you
have put in?''
The remark was too profane and vuI-
gar for print. This III a public meeting
of county officials.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-10
THE MANCHESTER SEWERS.
Resistance Threatened to Collie c.
ton of Assessments.

ton of Assessments.
To the Editor of the Globe.
Will you permit me another word re-
garding the injustice and hardship it is
proposed to visit upon the holders of
property in Manchester by the collection
of $4,000 and IL per cent interest if not
paid, for sewer system not yet COM
pleted-Only just Degu-and impossible
of completion in much less than year
to come.
We question the legality of such
course. The right to collect such a tax
three months in advance involves the
right to collect six months or six years
before the work is dOne-a manifest alb
Surdity. 1t has always been said that it
is a good paymaster who pays when
work is done. Per contra, 1t is cruel
government that collects with a IL per
cent whip, in such times as these, as
sessments so long before any benefit
can possibly come to those assessed. If
such purpose is persisted in, our people
may feel compelled to resist the outrage
by an appeal to the courts.
We are not beggars; but the times are
not propitlOus for buying what we can
get along without, much less do they
warrant paving for such things before
we can come into possession of them.
The difference in time may be the differ
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-10
W. c. II. U. GATHERING.
Annual Convention OF Minnesota
Women Opens Tuesday,

The seventeenth annual convention
of the Wonen's Christian Temperance
Union of Minnesota will convene in
this city OF Sept. II, in Unity church,
corner Summit avenue and Wabasha
street. Between three and four hun
dred delegates from the state unions
are expected. Many subjects of inter
est to workers in the cause of temper
ance will be discussed at all the meet
ings, and for a special feature the adj
dress by Miss Jessie Alderman, "Why
the Y's?' at the Wednesday evening
session, is the most attractive. Miss
Alderman has travelled very extern
sively through all parts of the Orient,
and is thoroughly conversant with the
habits and mode of living of many
races of Eastern people. She talks
very interestingly on this subject.
and is also great advocate
of the cause of temperance. Thursday
evening Miss Alderman will give an
address, in delivering which she will
wear an Oriental costume. Many of