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Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-21
The Molten Was Beaten.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.--In the house
today Cockran's motion to recommlt the
urgent deficiency bill with instructions
to strike out the appropriation for the
income tax was defeated. Yeas, 40; nays,
16S. Blackburn moved in the senate
this afternoon that when the senate adj
journs todayit be until Monday. Friends
OF the N~icaraguan canal bill rallied and
the motion was beaten q to %.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-21
Hanged Until Dead.

New BEDFORD, Mass, Dec. l4.-Dan-
iel H. Robertson was hanged here this
morning. Robertson was 46 years of age
and was a carpenter. On September 9,
1893, having been released from the house
of correction earlier in the day, be went
to his wife's house and cut her throat
with a pocket knife because she refused
to send him money to pay his fine.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-21
The Rope Penalty.

WINDSOR, Ont, Dec. 14.-Joseph Trus,
key was hanged at Sandwich today
Truekey's crime was the murder on May
3 OF Constable William Lindsey. Trus.
key had been arrested o n Lindsay's com
plant aud fined for the want0n killing
of q horse.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-21
A Statesman Dead.

New YORK, Dec. 13.-A special from
Managua, Nicaragua, says that ex-
President Vicent Caudra is dead. He
was an able statesman, his administra-
ton being noted for the progress the
| country made.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-21
Demand Gold and Silver.

CHAMBERLAIN, s. D.. Dec. 14.-Word
reaches here from Yankton agency that
the Yankton Indians have refused TO
accept government checks in payment
for their land, and have demanded that
they be paid in either gold or silver coin.
These Indians are to receive 100000.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-21
To Reconcile France and Germany.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.-The Universal
Peace union has forwarded the emperor
OF Germany a petition urging his consid-
GRAFTON of the proposition that Germany
restore to France that portion of Alsace-
Lorraine whose occupants speak French.
Such action, it is stated, would result in
the permanent reconciliation of France
and Germany.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-21
Slashed Her Own Throat,

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 13.-Mrs. Amelia
Westerguard, widow of Lars Wester-
guard, committed suicide today by slash
ing her throat with a carving knife. The
deed was the result of excessive grieving
over the death Of her husband, who was
for many years one Of the most promi-
nent shipping men Of this country.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-21
YOrk's Heir Guarded.

LONDON, Dec. 13.-The Morning Times
states that directly after the birth of the
Duke of York's con on June % last a
letter was received at York house dis.
closing a plot to kidnap the infant
prince.
Since that time a detective has been
constantly on duty guarding the royal
| baby,
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-21
Blow at Patent Medicines.

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Dec. IA bill to
prohibit the sale in this state of patent
medicines unless the formula is given is
meeting with favor in the legislature.
The patent medicine men say they can
not afford to disclose their formulas and
lobbyists are already here to fight the
hill
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-21
posing

WINDSOR, England, Dec. 18.-The ar
engagements for the funeral OF Sir John
Thompson are completed, and at noon
the closed hearse drawn by four black
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-21
Formally in the Tolls.

CHICAGO, Dec. 13.-Defaulter Seeley
was formally turned over to the United
States marshal this morning. He will
| start for New York this afternoon.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-21
A New Mexico Fire,

gallup. N. NJ, Dec. 13.-Two-thirds of
the business portion Of this city burned
last night. Loss, $4,000. Partially in
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-05-05
LOWER AND HRU

HAEDY perennial rhloXcs are fine
plants for Il permanent garden.
y BED Of hydran-cas on the lawn or
in the background is very pretty.
CHINESE rinks are bienmials of easy
growth and their colurS the richest i'm
~aginablc.
If your Easter lily bloomed his
year throw it away. 1t will not amount
To- anything next veal.
Plant large trees if you can afford it,
though smaller ones are easier t. start
into growth after transpIantinS.
4 BRIER rose. though not desirable
for its flowers, which are single. spreads
fragrance all around through its
foliage.
PANsIES can be treated as biennials
if given a covering of straw in winter.
If the seed is sown now they will not
flower till fall.
SMALL. fruits are not profitable in a
small garden. There are any number
of vegetables that will give better re-
turns for the amount Of room.
START a rock-bcd il you can. In
Vulnerable varieties of plants can he
grown, hut the tall naSturtium will
give a grand effect with the least of
care.
Plant a few tuberose bulbs in Your
garden after danger from frost is past
and you will be delighted next fall
with their fragrance. Get them from
a reliable dealer. as the bulbs flower
but Once and You are Liable to he de-
ceived if you buy cheap ones
If you cant have a garden try YER
anda boxes Make them Il foot deep,
n foot wide and length to suit. You
can grow geraniums, ~begonias, pc
~tunias, naSturtiumS, mignonettc. To-
bella, wandering jew, German ivy,
sweet aly>sum. c%olcuS, abutilon,
fuchsias, h~eliotropcs. v~ariegated trade
scantia, oxaliS and SO on. Put those
that require the sun ON the sunny side
and you can find plenty that will grow
in the shade, if 50 situated
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-05-05

IENll.f-
board at Ludlow street Jail for awhile.
II you don't let up on Cuots, that man
is pretty sure to find you"
Il pass" said Temple, ruefnlly.
"You hold high cards and the pot is
yours"
One day Coots came to Daisy with a
strange look of mingled grief and joy
on his face,
Its awful" he said, chokingly.
Fathers dead Terribly sudden.
Heart failure"
He saw the sympathy in her eyes.
and he went on, before she could
speak:
"IIe was rich. you know, and his will
leaves onc-half of everything to me,
providing | give up the idea of going
on tine stage"
of course you will do that" she
said. You'd Ice crazy if you didn't"
YES. | shall give it up Idon't know
As ! was cut ont for an actor. after all.
| told you my luck would come back TO
me, and ! would not forget you then.
There is nothing in the will t" prevent
me from marrying an actress and back
ing her. If | want Ia do it Ii you'll
marry me. Daisy, I'll pat you out in a
new piece and at the head of Il first-claSS
company"
Won dear. good boy she cried, with
a laugh that was half a sob. Il
signed contracts for next season yes
terday. and | am To marry Sidney
Temple next saturday, w are going
out together in the same company"
Cont,' luck had truly come back To
him.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-05-05
history

In the sixteenth century no lady was
considered in full dress unless she had
Il mirror at her breast. 1t was oval in
shape, about four by six inches in size,
PAMPHLETS 1--WE their name to Pam,
phcla, a Greek lady. who left behind
her a number of scrap books contain,
ing notes, recipes, anecdotes and mem
oranda.
FROM 1854 to l7S6 the style of hair
dressing in Paris changed seventeen
times, and went from the extreme OF
short curls and Il skull cap to n ha.
three feet broad.
KENTUCKY is said to have been the
first state in the union to grant school
suffrage to women in 1915. Kansas
followed in 1861. To-day the women
of twenty-one states have this privi-
lcgc.
WHEAT was first exported from the
United States about 1850. The worlds
product in lSSS was estimated at -
27l, 900. 900 bushels. The crop of the
United States last year was $40, 1870, 600
huShPlS
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-05-05

Energy and mirth are contagious.
a drunkard is a beast minus the in
stinct.
Deceit is n cockatrice and its eggs are
suspicion.
IIealthful amusement is the oxygen
of the soul.
a man who is honest from policy is
not an honest man.
The more stupid a person the better
satisfied is lac with himself.
We generally hate a man who hits a
target that we have just missed.
II Is not unpleasant to hear tales
against those whom we have wrongcd.
As tendrlls to Il climbing plant 50 is
curiosity tn the vigorous intellect.
Few persons stop to reflect that we
always bore those who are boring us.
Human nature is not altogether bad.
Few people see others in distress with
ont wishing that somebody else would
help thcm-Mary NJ. Scott, in Judge.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-05-05
LATEST IN JEWElRY.

New letter racks have been produced
made OF graded circles in raised work
mounted on an inclined standard and
supported like a photograph frame.
A BoDICE decoration is a rose gar
land of diamonds that passes around
the waist and is fastened with a ro-
settle of diamonds, the center of which
is n huge aquamarine with diamond
pendants.
HARNESS is the very word that de-
scribes some of the decorations for
bOdices. One such is made of fine dead
| gold chains strung together brace fash
ion with cross pieces. All the points
of intersection are fastened by huge
pearls.
WORTH, the modiste, has introduced
a new ornament in jewclry, which bids
fair tn be a favorite. 1t is a diamond
triangle, with a flower or monogram
in the center, and may be worn as Il
buckle. n brooch, or n decoration for
the hair.
CONVENIENT and pretty r~eceptacles
have been brought out for holding the
matutinal orange. They are on a low
standard, tip titled, polished, with 4
raised and broken edge, and have a
rack at the back for supporting the
pointed spoon.
COLORED stones We're never more
used. Large oval blocks of aquamar-
inc and smoked topazes are preferred.
These are set in the high ~tiaras, in
decorations for bodices. in girdles,
sumptuously set with diamonds and
gold and silver.-Jewcler's Circular.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-05-05
WANTS TO BUT DuRsr NOT.

I never have to bottle, about what children
need,
I'm not obliged to furnish bread and other
things TO feed:
! never have 10 keep my eves upon the small
boys shoes.
1 never have to smile, say yes" or eloomily
refuse.
I never have tc foot the bill for little baby's
milk.
And no one sends an iiemized account OF
daughters silk:
I'm never told 10 call upon the corner druggists
store,
And order sent some soothing strip, q dozen 50
or more.
l never have 20 give my cash to buy the chill,
dren books,
And no one yet has dared TO say: He has his
fathers looks"
Nc Creature saw me push a gig with baby in
tie park
Although l watch the tots that trot between
the light and dark.
l never have TO do these things that men detest
and dread.
At least, so married men tell mel am alone
instead
And 80 alone, Id like to try and start my life
cnew
And practice things I've mentioned here but
now don't have 10 do.
H. : Keller, in Good Housekeeping.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-05-05
PEOPLE,.

THE Apache chief, Geronimo. for
some years past at Mount Vernon, Ala,
is said to have grown old rapidly, so
far as physical appearance is con
cerncd, his hair being as white as snow,
but he is still robust and hearty.
SENATOR GEORGE, of Mississippi. pre-
serves the primeval customs of the
plantation in Washington. lie goes to
bed not long after sundown-uSually
between eight and nine o'clOck-rises
in time for a six o'clock breakfast, and
otherwise regulates his habits by the
sun.
PREsIDENTC CLEVELAND, having learned
that the Young Mems Christian asso-
citation of Washington was burdened
with debt, inclosed his check for one
hundred dollars in a letter. in which
he observes that he is familiar enough
with the associations work to know
that il should he encouraged.
THE office of archpricst of st. Peters,
Rome. to which Cardinal Rampolia has
just been appointed, is considered the
most important office in the church
next t" the papacy; and the titular dig
nifty is designated by the Italians as
'Mczzn rapato." Cardinal Rampolia,
who is fifty-Onc years of age, was born
in P"lizzi. in Sicily, and is regarded as
the ablcSt of all the cardinals.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-05-05
when they reached the boarding-hous'
That night she was in all his dreams

Sidney Temple belonged to the
''legit," but he was in hard luck; the
"Bowery Flower company, in which
he had played the heavy villain, having
stranded in Oshkosh, where they were
deserted by their manager and left to
get back to New York as best they
could. Temple had come in on his up.
pers, and he vas staying at the second.
rate actors boarding house until he
struck another engagement How he
obtained money to pay his board was
something of Il mystery, but it was no
ticed that he had become very friendly
with Coots, the two being together n
great deal. Daisy was the first to sus-
pect the truth, and, one day, she ac-
cused Temple.
You are playing Coots for n sucker,
Temple she declared, her brown eyes
flashing. Il know he has money from
his mother, and you are beating him
out of it at cards! You are encourag.
ing him to drink. too"
Temple laughed. We'll, what of it,
Little Spitfire? He'll blow himself
some way and I've got to live till | get
on the road again"
Its 4 shame" cried Daisy, warmly.
You are a scoundrel and he is nothing
but a boy"
at seems to me you take n remark
able interest in the kid. ] believe
yol're stuck on his bang
II don't care what Won believe. I'm
not going to see him beaten out of his
money"
How will you help it,"
Il know a way. There's a man or
Twenty-third street who would give
something to know where to find you,
and he saws he is willing TO pay VOW
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-05-05
ITEMS OF

INDIANS believe that mirages are
caused by evil spirits.
MANY years ago, in Scotland, capital
punishment was by drowning.
KNIVES and forks were not in gen.
eral use until the seventeenth century.
To OVERCOME the resistance of the
atmosphere, wild ducks and geese
usually fly in t~riangles.
A LIVERPOOL clergyman breaches
such drowsy sermons that lately his
feet go to sleep while he is in the pull
pit
A SPECIES of ape, closely resembling
the African gorilla, has been discov-
cred on the Mosquito coast, Mica
ragua.
RAILROADS in Holland are so care
fully managed that the accidental
deaths on them average only one a
year for the entire country.
THE largest shark ever seen on the
Pacific coast was recently caught at
Monterey, Cal. 1t is forty feet In
length and weighs about fifty thou
sand pounds.
JOHS WADE, the twelve-year-Old son
of n. S. Wade, of Wentzville, Mo-, is a
lad of promising growth. He is five
feet seven inches in height, and al
ready weighs two hundred and eighty
two pounds
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-05-05

There are some disadvantages which
attach themselves tn persons who have
become famous. These, however, often
have their ludicrous side. 1t is said
that at n time Henry Clay was trav-
cling in the west and stopped over
night in a little log cabin inhabited by
an old man and his wife. After break
fast the next mOrning his old host,
who had been iii Il flutter of excite
ment ever since lie learned who his
distinguished guest was, said he would
like to make one slight request before
the visitor departed. Couldn't ye,"
he said. with evident anxiety,
couldn't We jest make my wife an
me Il little speech before leavin' us?"-
Youths Companion.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-05-05

Letter to a Son at College.-"My
dear Son: ] write to send you two
pairs of my old breeches, that you may
have a new coat made of them; also
some socks which your mother has just
knit by cutting down SOM of mine.
Your mother sends you two pounds
without my knowledge, and for fear
you may not use it wisely, | have kept
back half and only send you one.
Your mother and | are well, except
that your sister has got the measles,
which we think would spread among
the other girls if Tom had not had it
before, and he is the only one left. l
hope you will do honor TO my teaching;
if not, you are an ass, and your mother
and myself your affectionate parents"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-05-05

John" said Mrs. Billus. what is
the salary IF an alderman"
Il think it's three dollars for each
meeting"
And yet there seem to be plenty Of
men willing to take the place at that
pitiful salary. How hard the times
must lie when strong, able-bodied men,
willing To work, no doubt, and capable
OF filling far higher stations in life. are
driven to the necessity of taking such
jobs. | am SURF we ought to be very
thankful, John, that you haven't felt
the pressure of the hard times TO any
such extent as that. and"
Maria said MIR. Eillus, looking
fixedly at her over his newspaper, you
make me very wcary."-Chicago Trib-
unc.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-05-05

tried to pass him. but he caught at heI
arm. The next instant he Law Hat on
his back. and CootS was walking away
with her.
"Oh. | thank you, Coots.' she said,
with a catchy little laugh that was like
the gurgle of a brook to him. That
cad has bothered me for Il week. Per.
haps he'll keep away now he has got
sw:ped."
He did not mind the slang: he cx-
pected it. lie had found evcrvb body
talked slang at the boarding house, and
it sounded rather sweet and chic
from her lips, when he would have
thought it coarse from some other
III
I'm almost ashamed to think
struck him SO hard he said; but my
blood boiled when | saw him put his
hand on your arm, Miss Thurne."
"Oh. call me Daisy, Coots; that's
good enough for my sly lie"
Your style. You're too polcst.
You are fit to star. You will somcday,
too"
We'll. ! hope you're right. All
want is to get hold of an angel. I'll
work the duck for all he is worth.
Twelve dollars a week is rocky. but
have to do it or get off the earth.
Wait till my luck comes beck to
met cried Coots. "I'll back You then.
I'll have i piece written for YOU"
Won dear boy She laughed.
They did not take q car. She said
she had as lief walk. as it would save
the fare: and Coots wa, sure he had
much rather walk as long as she was
at his side.
Tell me, Coots-how did you ever
happen to get down to this?' she
asked.
Then he told her all about it. and she
called him 4 foolish fellow, but he did
not agree with her.
Mother sends me money every now
and then. without the governor know
ing it," he said. III get along all
right until | find an opening aud do
something to give me a foothold."
Coots never forgot that walk down
Broadway and the warm pressure given
his fingers by her plump little hand
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-05-05

There was about her a poise that
comes only from litigation. She was
not born yesterday, obviously.
George" she faltercd, and her rich,
mellow voice awakened a responsive
thrill in the heart which was pumping
blood in the arm about her waist, I'm
afraid To marry you" lie was only
human. why. my darling?' he de.
manded, InsjsteEtly. She shaded her
magnificent eyes with her curved lash
es as she had been taught to do years
cause. George she ~murmured. 'you
are the thirteenth, and | am supersti-
tious." But in time he convinced her
there was really nothing to fear.-De
troit Tribune.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-05-05

the projecting edge and here the grow
er can get at it. The early brood Of
moths appears IN the wing during the
fore part of June, n little earlier or
later, according tn the season. At the
time it appears the young apples are
already SIT and are about the size of n
hazel nut. The female deposits Il sim
gle egg in the eye of the apple, flying
from one tn another until her stock of
eggs, amounting to probably three hum
dred, is exhausted, when she falls To
the ground and dies. In about a week
the egg matches out, and the young
worm begins at once to bore in
to the apple, feeding as it goes.
but making its headquarters near the
core, says the Farmers Advocate. In
about three or four weeks the worm is
full grown, and shortly before this the
infested apple generally falls To the
ground. and the worIn makes its escape
out of the fruit through 4 large hole in
the side, which il has bored a few days
before for this purpose. and makes at
once for the trunk of Il tree, up which
it climbs and spins around itself 4
silkcn cocoon of Il dirty white color in
any convenient ~crcvicc it can find, the
crotch of the tree being i favorite spot
Here it transforms itself into a pupa,
and toward the latter part of July or
the fore part of August, bursts forth a
perfect moth. This insect is pretty Ger
tainly known to develop Two broods
each scason. This method of trapping
is one means to prevent the develop
mcnt of the second brood, but of course
it cannot save the apple crop as the
worms from the first brood do not leave
the apples until after they have ruined
them. Spraying with Paris green as
soon as the petals have fallen and when
the apple is about the size of Il pea is
the most effective means of killing the
tiny worms before they have done any
damage. Use one pound of the poison
To 200 or 225 gallons of water.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-05-05

The agricultural department has
issued P circular to be sent to all rail
road presidents Of the United States
offering suggestions for cooperation in
the Increment for improving wagon
roads. 1t is suggested that whenever a
general road improvement is under
taken the railroads carry materials at
cost The method of computing the
cost should be defined and a board
constituted for adjusting the rates to
be granted, in accordance with local
conditions. Such a concession would
be of grea. value to the public, and its
bare announcement would do more to
advance the road movement than years
of purely educational work.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-05-05
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