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

IN several organizations, as veil ss his genial
fty, serving to make him most popular. He
was born in Utica. N Y, and with seven broth.
ers enlisted in the service of his country. He
was a member Of the One Hundred and Seven
teenth New York volunteers. and for brave
and meritorious service throughout the war was
mustered out with the rank OF captain. He was
severely wounded in the leg. which made him
slightly lame always sfterward. Capt. Miller
cam TO Washington during the war. and en-
Tered the government service. Five OF his
brothers are still living one being postmaster
at Utica, n. Y. where his hody will be taken
for burial. Capt. Miller was a member Of Kit
carson Post, q. A. r.. and Benjamin b. French
lodge of mason. which organization will attend
MS funeral at his late residence on Sunday
afternoon.
Mulicly- Michael T. Louisiana. No details.
Nelson. Burrows. Of Virginia, age unknown,
resided at SD New Jersey avenue. wife and
family. or all the horrors Of yesterday mono
are as sad as the death Of DR.. Burrows Nelson.
lie was a dentist. and practIced his profession
in the odd hours left him from his desk duties.
His family was large, and he found double work
necessary to make 10th ends meet. A widow
and five little children survive him. His wife
Is upon the eve OF her sixth maternity. He
leaves nothing. his profession and his position
being all that he had. His was the last body
recovered. II was taken from the ruins
at 10 p. IN. so covered with dust and blood
that II was unrecOgniZable. His family were
anxiously inquiring for him all Of the day. but
were under the impression that he had taken a
day on and gone fishing. Fer some reason he
had vacated his desk and gone TO the lower
hoor before the crash came. Had he remained
seated The probabilities arc that he would have
been uninjured. as the desk was located in n
part of the building not affected hy the
cave-in. Dr. Nelson has been in Wash
inSton over twelve years. He was
one of the original faculty of the Columbia den.
tai college, and was for a long time EMPLOYED
In IN" Office OF the surgeon general. His father
was a grandson OF one Of the secretaries OF the
treasury. and was universally beloved ty his
associates. His wife is nearly crazed hy her
loss. and insists upon seeing her dead hrs.
land. hut this has been forbidden by the ply
stefan.
Miller, Howard s.. OF Ohio, III Thirteenth
street. y. +. No details.
Schrieber. VIM. Maryland. lived at COLLEGE
Station. His remains were taken home to
Maryland.
Schulz. Emanuel Gates. of Kansas, aged n:
leaves n wife and child. He was horn near
Gettysburg. Pa. hut came here from Topeka.
Has. in October. 1890. His hody will he taken
10 Gettysburg for interment. His brave little
widow shows great fortitude in her sad bcreave.
ment. She has a little daughter to support.
Williams. Frank NJ. Of Wisconsin. unmar-
ried. He has parents living in Middletown.
Wis. He camc here in November. isa. He has
four ! rnih"rS and two sisters living at home
and elsewhere. His relatives have teen 70.
by telegraph To make arrangements as
10 the disposition Of the body.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-17
THE TANNING OF ANIMALS
kin Of the Ancfents In Subduing H1al
BeastS

heast-
mere are Few ocnehts which We owe
70 u forefathers greater than the end
less skill and patience with which they
IaIneo those animals whlch we all ut
.he Present Gay oomestic- IL
na'e .equired a steady perseverance,
~eAoenoing through countess genera
Non' 70 nave succeeded IN inducing
eucn esseh'raily via ana mistrustiui
animals 40 aus 70 lay ASIDE tneir umid-
IVY unu suspic'on anu 10 oecome the
ian.hiui ir'enus Oh man.
Peopie VINO accohPiiShed TINS
srea. oeheu' ior Pos'er'ty had'a accord
.ne 70 1ne academy more ,'is"re man
IiciT TcStleSS anu ueSccnu-
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-17
BUNDLE AT THE PEAK BROKE OFT.

THE BUNDLE AT THE PEAK BROKE OFT.
flag. He fumed, ranted and swore, and
then fumed, ranted and swore over
again, with a few extra choice nautical
anathemas thrown in for emphasis.
This necessary operation over. he sent
ashore to the native sailmakers for a
British flag, the smallest to be had.
When 1t came aboard-it was about two
by four feet in size-Hobbs looked at it
askance, and ordered it put out of sight
until sailing day.
Sailing day arrived. and the British
flag was seen f~uttering quietly from its
proper place on the Humming Bird. 1t
attracted mighty little attention, how
ever, for the Alabama was entering
the harbor. She foated slowly along
and dropped anchor exceedingly close
70 the Humming Bird. About this time
the harbor master was seen in his boat
being rowed rapidly towards Hobbs
ship, and a huge bundle of bunting.
about the size of an old shellback's sea
chest, was rapidly i.auled TO the main
top of the Humming Bird.
The harbor master pulled up along
side the Humming Bird and yelled for
the captain. 1t could be seer that he
was angry about something. Hobbs
TO the rail in his plug hat and
long-tailed bottle-green coat, the Gus
tomary uniform of a skipper in those
days, and asked the harbor master what
he could do.
81 want You to take down that flag
Instantly, sir said the harbor master.
Guess not said Hobbs
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-17
AN INDsSTRUcTIsLE TOOTH.
A Wonderful story from the Mythology
of Iudin.

A Wonderful story from tho Mythology
of India.
At Yakadama, Japan. there is n costly
temple for the sole purpose of affordIng
a shelter for one of the grinders of an
This palace is known by the ~high-sound-
ing title of The Palace of the Sacred
Tooth" and Is a costly and elegant
structure in every sense of the word.
According to the mythology Of India,
the god who formerly owned the tooth
pulled it out to hurl il at a gigantic
cobra, when the irrevcrent serpent had
been so indiscreet as to make IN attack
upon his godship.
In the latter part of the last century
Europeans captured Yakadama, and
partially destroyed the tooth palace.
The tooth itself, which had been an OBJ
jcct Of heather alteration for centuries,
was ground into n powder and thrown
into the river. But the particles came
together, so the Hindoo priests say, and
again formed themselves into Il perfect
tooth, which was found after the siege
quietly rcposing in the bed of the
stream.
The temple has been rebuilt, and the
tooth, more revcred than ever since the
attempted destruction, is again en-
shrined as an object for alteration. IL
is kept in a gold box, wrapped in films
from the sacred white spiders web,
the first gold box being in eight others
of the same precious metal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-17

The natural conservatism of boys is
well illustrated by the persistence of
customs handed down by tradition in
long established schools. especially in
Europe. At the Great English public
school of Winchester there is n school
boy language in use which comes down
from generations of boys now q hun
dred years in their raves. 1t Is a lam
guage with names for all objects in COM
mon use, and even with many verbs.
The boys language, formed by the in
version of certain s~yllablcs of grown
up speech, is familiar to every n who
has not forgotten that he once was a
boy For generations no Eton boy has
buttoned the lower button of his waist
coat, and venerable old fellows of eighty
hold to the odd custom learned at
school.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-17

Hong Kong harbor. having orders to re-
main there from their owners, who
feared the Alabama. This arrange
ment did not at all please the captains
and officers, as many of MS were anxious
to go home and ship in the navy; but or
dcrs were orders. We could not leave
the ships, and the frequent visits of the
Alabama herself tn the harbor. forcing
herself into our midst, as the saying
goes, were very vivid reminders that
neutral waters were a pretty good sort
of invention.
although we passed the long weeks
and months as pleasantly as we could
with all kinds of arrangements for kill
ing time. both on shipboard and on
shore, there was, of course, n continual
and conce rtcd growl going up from our
little band of Yankee shippers; and old
Hobbs vas the star growler of us all.
Now. to attain hat distinction among
sailors n man must growl at the slight
est ~provOcation, vchemently and with
highly artistic fecling-not to mention
a generous flavoring of profanity. So
you can imagine the effect when Hobbs
opened out at something that displcased
him.
Ellis ship was the Humming Bird. O
brand-ncw clipper hailing from Boston.
The trip out to Hong Kong had been
her maiden one, and It was chatting to
Hobbs not very smooth temper to have
her lie idle so early in her career. Having
great faith in the ship'sspecd and in his
seamanship, he was more than anxious
to put to sea. and let Semmes catch him
If he could: but. like the rest of us, his
orders to remain were positive.
Occasionally a ship would manage to
clear by sailing under some foreign
flag; but, as it was a complicated
process involving fathoms of red tape.
and very often fell through just when
everything seemed favorable, it was not
resortcd to very often. When it was
tried, however, old Hobbs would 20 on
his beam end with wrath. He would |
fume and rant, casting aspersions on
the patriotism of the wner the |
agents, the officers, and even the Chi
nese crew. He was so intensely patri-
otto that to see a good Yankee craft
sail under false colors would keep him
boiling for n week.
You can see then what his feelings
were when one day he was ordered to
proceed To Sumatra under the British
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-17
"'It's a disgrace. sir, and an insult to
hoist such a fac as THAR

"'It's a disgrace. sir. and an insult to
hoist such a flag as thatr
".What's the matter with the fisgg'
said Hobbs, surprised.
"'It's all wrong, sir; the proportions
are all wrong. The field is too long for
its width, and the rest Of it is too wide
| for its length. The crosses are wrongly
arranged, sir, and it is a vile caricaturo
| of an honored flag, sir! Remove it i'm
mediatelyr
"'Gucss not said Hobbs, again.
That flag was bought in a British port
and made by a British subject. He was
o Chinaman, but that is neither here
nor there. don't rare IL it is the flag
Of Patagonia, o long as it "a sold TO
me for that of England. Coco norm
ing.
THE harbor master had nothing
to say to this and started back; but
he had no sooner done so than the main
halliards were pulled, the bundle at the
peak broke out and in a second the stars
and stripes were waving before the
astonished eyes Of the harbor master,
Yankee shippers and Capt. Semmes, of
the Alabama. Indeed, SO large was
old glory in this particular case that
1t almost brushed the Alabama's decks.
the vessels being so near together. The
huge flag had been presented to the ship
at her launching, and to the excited
spectators on this occasion seemed
larger than the ship herself.
The harbor master put about, an
gricr than before. and demanded ex.
plantations.
What does hat flag mean, sir?
said he.
That's my hons flag said Hobbs,
the trade mark of my owners. do
not know whether that rcd one up
there is humpbacked and clubfooted or
not: but You can't give me any points
on the construction of that article up
there with the stripes on it. ! propose
to fly that flag how ] please, when l
please and where | please, whether il
be in Hong Kong or in hell! For the
second time, good morning" and Hobbs
went below.
THE house flag being technically
merely the insignia of the line or
owners, the harbor master could carry
the argument no further. Semmes,
however, was so angry ut having the
and stripes Haunted in his face
hat he swore to blow the Humming
Bird out of the water il he ever caught
her outside. no matter what flag she
sailed under. lie never did it, how
as this voyage hung fire as So
many Others did, and, as shortly after
the Alabama exchanged with the
kearsarge certain little civilities we all
know about, his blowing days were
ovcr."-N. Y. Sun.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-17
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and Improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly Used. The many, who live bet
Ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products 10
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to Its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas-
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties Of perfect lax
%ative; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ching them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale BY all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, bu. it is man.
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-17
ON THE N FE,

The California Express Held Tn In Kan
sas Five Men Commit the BOLD Deed
They Compel the Engineer to Break
Open the Express Car-The Messenger
Wounded They Secure But Very Little
Booty.
ToPEKA. kaS.. June 1I.-MeaCcr re-.
ports of the robbery of the eaSt-bound
express train No. : on the Atchison,
Topeka * Santa Fc railroad. just west
of Ciinmarron. have been received here.
The operator at Cimmarron in a brief
message states that either four or five
men entered the express car. after
stopping the train. They shot Express
Messenger Whittlesey through the
stomach. fatally wounding him. Just
how much money was secured by the
robbers is not known.
The messengers iron chest. in which
is kept the money for stations between
terminals was rlfled. 4 year ago this
month Whittlcsey was on the train
robbed by the Dalton boys at Red
Rock. /. T. He held the la ndits at
hay for half an hour. His car was en-
tered by dynamite after it was riddled
with bullets. One of the robbers
placed a revolver at Whittlesey's head
and WIS prepared to shoot. when Bob
Dalton knocked the gun from his hand.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-17
SOSS AND

The Mailing Of Women Follows the Hat
tie at Lemont. Dragging the Canal
for Bodies Found RIddled With hui
lets.
Chicago. June II. Following the
turmoil and bloodshed of Friday quiet
has fallen on the town of Lemont, and
snbs and grOans of sorrowing women
and suffering men replace the
sounds of Fridays strife. This morn.
ing added another to the list
Of dead. George kiskia. who was shot
through the right lung. expired at 8
o'clock. On the ground. beneath a
huge oak tree at Section 10, covered by
a gray woolen blanket. lies the body
of another victim of Fridays trouble.
His name is not known. He was prob
ably a Pole, and it is supposed he came
from Romeo or Joliet.
Men are dragging the canal for the
bodies of those supposed to be drowned.
The body of another victim of yester-
days fight was found this morning near
the county line, fairly riddled with bull
lets. He had run or walked nearly half
a mile from the scene of the trouble be-
fore succumbing to his wounds. A
search of the remains showed nothing
which would indicate his identity.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-17
Do You Wish
The Finest Bread
and Cake?

1t is conceded that the Royal Baking Powder is
the purest and strongest of all the baking powders.
The purest baking powder makes the finest, sweet
est, most delicious food. The strongest baking pow
der makes the lightest food.
That baking powder which is both purest and
strongest makes the most d~igestible and wholesome
food.
Why should not every housekeeper avail herself
Of the baking powder which will give her the best
food with the least trouble?
Avoid all baking powders sold with a gift
or prize, or at a lower price than the Royal,
as they invariably contain alum, lime or sui
phuric acid, and render the food unwholesomc.
Certain protection from alum baking powders can
be had by declining to accept any substitute Tor the
Royal, which is absolutely pure.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-17
AS SHE is SPOKE ON BROADWAY.
Comments That Followed the Failing Of
Two Horses.

That Followed the Failing OF
Two Horses.
The voluntary comments of an aver
age crowd, aroused to temporary exclte
mcnt by some trifiing incident in the
street. afford food for reflection on
Murray and Goblet "as they are
spoke"
A poorly-shod horse attached to big,
numbering brewers wagon fell down ut
Twenty-third street and Broadway. In
c~ndeavoring to get the frightened ami
NAL to its feet again the driver of the
wagon contrivcd to throw the other
horse down also.
The two powerful animals soon be
came involved in an apparently mex
tricablc tanglc. They were sprawled
ont across the tracks in such n manner
as to block both the Broadway cars and
the Tw%cnty-third street cars in the
busiest hour of the afternoon.
The crowd that jostled about on the
heaps of M surrounding the frantic
animals, offering w~ell-intended sug-
gestions TO the equally frantic driver,
was. presumably, as representative a
crowd as could be gathered anywhere
in New York. The policeman who takes
care of the crossing. or prctcnds to,
opened the ball
What WAS you thinkin' of" he said,
angrily. Look what you've did. A
man like You is amt fit to drive cows"
1T amt the fault of him. Them
shoes is a disgrace to any man what
owns a horse" This remark from a
wcll-dressed. intelligent-looking man
who had emerged from n ncighburing
restaurant and was industriously assist
ing the driver to undo the harness while
other people talked
Keep away from there if you don't
.Gnt to get your legs broke came
from q prospe.crslooking man with a
book and two or three newspapers in
his hand. who alighted from one of the
cars going uptown in order to ascer-
tain the cause of delay.
What: is my legs TO you? Keep your
advice until it is asked for" was the
pert rejoinder of the lad to whom the
remark was addressed.
Poor creatures: can't anybody do
something for them? They'll kill them
selves" said a sympathetic woman.
LESS said and more done the bet
was tine scntcntious reply of a
who was Juggling away with all
his might at one of the wheels.
Put blankets under their feet" sup-
a man who was driving by in a
light wagon. II done that with nv
horse yesterday and he was up in a
blankets he blowedi" said the driver,
irritated; where will | be get
ting them?"
BY this time the crowd numbered
nearly two hundred people and the poor
was driven to distraction with
the chorus of ad vice hurled at him by
inpatient people. In the course of
minutes a stalwart porter ran
across the street from tie Fifth Avenue
hotel. 1t was apparent at once that he
accustomed to horses. He called
Two or three car-drivers to his assist
lnce and began a plan of campaign. In
i've minutes NOR the horses were on
heir feet again, dragging their load
through Twenty-third street.
Them fellers are q nuisance" re-
a fashionably dressed Broad
way lOunge-, who had been an inter
'sted spectator from the beginning.
Yes" assented the policeman. But
t amt no good having their names
ook. You can't get people to appear
n court against 'em."-N. Y. Times.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-17
..Sunset''-A Prose- Poem,

The sun is deep in the west. Her
Heavenly bed is made. The evening
rcd. her old, old, true servant, has ar
ranged her purple pillows.
1t is a warm day and the sun is tired,
She prepares herself for retirement.
The pressing. heavy, gorgeous raiment
she has stripped of-she-i lis about to
grasp the last of her golden ringlets.
Now she stands there in the deepest
negligee, Unconsciously the blush of
shame appears upon her cheeks. A last
shy look in the world-had anyone
seer her?
And truly, there he looked asauInt,
already above the horizon, cautiously,
only a part of his face-the moon, the
iupudeDt moon!
He has always got to look; no one il
ever secure from him.
Suddenly, with glow on her face,
she throws him an extremely angry
look and jumps into bed. The purple
pillows close together over her like
flames.
Sleep well, Mime. Sun.-From ths
German.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-17
TO DEATH.
How a Drunken Cowboy Got Away Wit
His Antagonist.

HOW u drunken cowboy tot Away with
His Antagonist.
WINNEMUCca. New, June 11.-Train-
men from Carlin give details of a TRACE
dy which occurred near there last even
ing. West Heckcrson and George Rice.
two cowboys who had been partners,
spent the day drinking and then left
for the ranch where they were en-
ployed, quarreling on the way. Rice
was armed with a pistol and Hecker-
son. fearing he would use it. took il
away from him and threw it into
the river This SO angered Rice that
he lassoed Heckerson. jerked him from
his pony and dragged him fifty yards
at a full run. He then left his victim
lying in the road and fed. The in
Jured man was picked up shortly after.
wards and taken to Carlin. He lived
only long enough to tell the story.
Carlin is greatly excited ovcr the the
affair, and parties are searching for
the murderer to lynch him.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-17

EyGLfstfnAS Pardon me, sir, but where
do YOU come ffurBr' Paddy-'From County
Cork" EngIishman-"Then that accounts
for your brogue" Pdddy-"Nay 1 az you
where you come FRONT" EBglishman
rproudlyI "From Worcester" Paddy
Then that accounts for your sauco"-Tid-
Bits. e.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-17

certainly cure. II doesn't claim too much.
It won't make new lungs-n nothing can /;
but 1t viii make diseased ones sound and
healthy, when everything else has failed.
The scrofulous affection OF the lungs that's
caused Consumption, like every other form
OF Scrofula, and every blood-taint and dis
order, yields to the Discovery It is the
most effective blood cleanser, strength re-
stcrer, and f~esh-builder that's known to med
ical science. In all Bronchial, Throat, and
Lung Affections, il it ever fails to benefit
or cure, you have your money back
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-17

To the emaciaiel and dcbiliiatcd invalid is
the sense of returning health and strength
produced by hOsteitcr's Stomach Biticrs.
When that promoter Of vigor is tested by
persons IN feeble health, its restorative and
vitalizIng potency soon evinccs itself in
improved appetite, digestion and nightly
repose, the sole conditions under which
strength and nerve quietude Is vouchsafed
To III human system. Try it and be con
WINGED.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-17

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
Tor any case Of Catarrh that can not be
cured by Halls Cafarrh Cure.
FL CHENEY & Co, Props, Toledo, o.
We, the unders gned, nave known F. J.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
West & TruaI, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo, o., " aiding. Human & Marvin, Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure il taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system. Price, I5c per b~t-
tie. Sold by all Druggists Testimonials
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-17

Do you know what makes coffee deli
ciuus: Good quality and freshness. Ths
best grade, IL not newly roasted, will yield
a poor drink. MAIL POUCH coffee pos
sesses the quality, and, besides, is roasted
and packed fresh erPry day, in one pound
sealed packages only, by HASLEY & KIN
sELLA COFFEE n SPICE Co., st. Loais.
Getit at your grocer's.