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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-09-29
Respiration of Plants.

NJ. Anton ANN, who has been en-
gagged in making Investigations on the
intra-molecular respiration of plants,
has communicated the results of his
researches recently to the French acad-
envy of sciences. Carbonic acid. it is
found, is produced in the function of
respiration below freezing point, a sig
nificant amount of gas being given off
at o. c. AS the temperature rose intra-
molecular respiration also gradually
increased; but the increase was not pro-
portional to the rise in temperature. In
both wheat and lupinc seedlings the
optimum was reached at 4Oe c., which
comedies with the optimum for the nor
NAL process. The relation bet ween the
amounts of carbonic acid formed in the
normal and intra-molecular processes
was found to vary with the temperature,
and it also varies in different stages of
development of one and the same plant
the fraction increasing with increas-
ing development. Fresh confirmation
has been supplied by NJ. Amm's inves.
legations of the fact that by the with
drawal of oxygen production of car
bonic acid at once sinks in amount and
remains constant for a long time at
the lower level, but rises again immedi.
ately to the original amount when oxy.
gen is again furnished to the plant.
The results show that the different or.
grams of a plant-that is flowers and
leaves-give an almost identical rela-
ton between the normal and intra-
molecular respiration, while the organs
of different species show quite a DIFF.
ferent relation.-N., Y. Ledger.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-09-29
She Wrote in Her Sleep.

A most remarkable last of somnani.
bulism is reported ten miles north OF
Sedalia, Mo. Miss Susie Sterlin,
daughter of a wealthy farmer of Pet
tbs county, has been taking music les
sons from Miss Mary Wiley. of Soda,
liza. The term having expired, the
teacher visited her pupil to secure
her attendance for another year.
Miss Sterlin's parents were absent
from home, and when they returned
they gave their consent to the ar.
rangement. About midnight Mrs.
Sterlin heard her daughter leav.
ing the house-an unusual circum.
stance. Mr.. Sterlin was apprised and
followed the young lady. He was as
founded at hear ing her call her broth
er to wake and mail a letter she had.
Investigation disclosed that Miss Ster-
lin was sound asleep, but she mad. in
er possession a very Ineligible letter
that she had written while asleep and
addressed to her teacher. apprising her
of her having gained the consent Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Sterlin to continue he
musical studies.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-09-29
SUMNER FRIENDS.

~
q. 'no oe0cn' IL was morning. ana
light.
1 bowed ana she smiled. and We chatted
awhile.
And the whole day took on the sweet look Of
her smile.
Sno was eo"heo 70 pefiection-l notice sucn
tuinss-
wings.
Airy chiffon she wore, and most ravishing
ehour,
That finished her toilette and quite finished
you
nc iee' "ere encaseu IN most oeautIul Doots'
In canvas or satin or simply in tan,
Those small feet were meant for the conquest
Of man.
whatever she did was done simply and well;
Sne ooa.eu' sne oanceo' anu sne nirteo-uons
ten!
neaon occasion she snohe ike a star,
anu men hoVereo near the great moths tnat
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Record.
He Was No Singer.

1t is not often that young people will
freely acknowledge their shortcomings
like the youth at a social party who
was asked to sing. He replied that he
would first tell a story, and then, if
they persisted in their demand, he
would endeavor to execute a song.
When a small boy, he said. he took les
son in singing, and one Sunday morn
ing he went up into the garnet to prac-
tice alone. While in full cry, he was
suddenly sen for by his father. This
is pretty conduct said the latter
pretty employment for a son of mine,
to be saving boards in the garnet on a
Sunday morning, loud enough to be
heard by all the neighbors! Sit down
and take your book" The young man
was unanimously excused from sing
ing the proposed song.-Golden Days
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raise; so all stayed in, and the specta.
tors around the table knew that some.
one was going to get hurt. From the
draw it could be seen there were no
weary hands out.
He drew one card and looked like q
man who was drawing to a ''bobtail
fush," for he knew his business and
did not propose to give his hand away.
Then he turned quickly to notice the
player on his right.
He, too, had drawn one carl nd the
face, flushed with drink, il ,licated
plainly to his keen eyes that ae had
filed the hand which, with a laugh,
he laid face downwards upon the
table. He knew that his hand was
worthless against the hand Of this
drunken player.
he did it coolly and deliberately. He
simply picked up a discard and
dropped it upon the hand lying face
downwards on the table, and then he
made a swell bet, so big that it looked
mighty like a bluff.
The two other players fingered their
chips nervously and tried to see in that
face a reflection of his hand. Was he
drawing to a Robert" two pairs,
three, a straight or a flush? But they
saw nothing there but a look of quiet
sadness-not too sad, but just sad
enough to lead them to believe hat he
was endeavoring to appear cheerful
under most trying circumstances. The
drunken player saw nothing.
The player opposite him was play
ing on his employers money and hav-
ing lost his head with his money was
desperate. He had too much in that
game to los now, So without waiting
for the betting to be up to him he saw
the bet on three queens.
The player on his left was rich, but
he knew the value of money, for he
had worked to make it; and he hest
tated. He saw the pale face of the
clerk whose trembling hands could
hardly hold the cards; he knew that
he had him beat. He only glanced at
the player opposite him, for no one
can tell what a drunken player will do
in this game, where all depends on
Judgment and GOODNESS. Then he
looked at the face of the man who had
made this nervy bet, but he could see
nothing there. Was he working a
bluff or not? Was that one card the
card he needed, or had he missed it?
Then he sized UP his own hand, and
he felt that he had him beat to go on
unless he had filed on that one-card
draw; SO he saw the bet on a flush.
For a moment nothing could be
heard in the DOH except the heavy
breathing of the players. Then the
man who made this nervy bet slowly
spread out his hand on the table.
They thought he was bluffing, but
they were mistaken. He had caught
the eight and filled his hand and made
a "%killing," for the man on his right,
with the ace full, held six cards, and
his hand was dead"
He rose to go, unmindful of the en-
treaties of the clerk to give him just
one more chance to win something
back, for in this world he neither
asked nor did he give.
He stopped only long enough to as
sure those who crowded around the
table of his belief in the innocence of
his friend who held the six cards, and
that it must have been 4 mistake of the
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-09-29
He was saved, but at what a price!

He was saved, but at what a price.
Never before had he done a dishon-
orable act, and now he was a common
cheat Mt cards.
No gentleman would be dishonor-
able, whatever might be his vices, and
he prided himself on his honor and his
family.
He thought over his past life. but he
could not recall a single instance
where he had done an unselfsh or
generous act.
He was honorable not only because
he was a gentleman, but also because
he thought honesty the best policy,
and temperate, to a certain extent,
for the same reason; but that was all
that could be said of him. He had
lived for himself, and himself alone.
lie thought of the talents nature had
bestowed upon him, and how he had
debased them: of his early ambition
for an education, and his college
career, and of the honors he had taken
and how little they had proited him;
Of his life in Parisan a night at Monte
Carlo when, having lost his all, he
walked from the roulette table out on
the stone balcony and watched the
ripping waves of the blue Mediter-
ranean at his feet. He could now hear
the whizz of the roulette ball and the
cry of the croupier to make your bet
while the ball rolled.
From this his thoughts wandered
back to his home and the girl he used
to love in her simple frock, and he
smiled-it was the same smile that
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-09-29
HUMOROUS.

my darling" whispered the Chi
cago man. MY life" she murmured.
"You are the only wife 1 ever loved"
Detroit Tribune.
An artist being asked, SIS sculp-
ture d~ifficult?" answered.: "Why bless
you, no, You have only to take a
block of marble you don't want."-Tit-
Bits.
Mr.. Snifty-'My son, I see you
have passed the word work as in the
feminine gander; why is it?" Son
cause it tells On everybody."-Inter-
Ocean.
-Iowa-''My wife calls me Ducky
because l take to water" Kentucky
my wife calls me Camel because l can
go so long without it."-Philadelphia
Record.
IL wish you would mark down that
lot of ladies' shoes, said the merchant.
"Yes, sir" replied the experienced
clerk. I'm price or size?"-Washing-
ton Star.
-Jack-"Isn't your bathing suit
rather too loud?" Jess-"I don't know
but it is. Only yesterday l was mis-
taken for a bell buoy."-St. Louis Post
Dispatch.
Mrs. White-"Did Mrs. Grey make
her entree in good style?" Mrs. Brown
What are you thinking of? Her
cook makes all her entrees. Boston
Transcript.
You should have seen Dudell
when 1 told him you were going to
break his face" why, what hap
pened?" Nothing. only his counte-
nance fell. "-Buffalo Courier.
The Kind He Liked. -"Do you like
tongue?' inquired the talkative land
lady of the new boarder. Eyes, ma
DAM. responded the boarder, "beef
tongue."-Detroit Free Press.
JOSIE was taken for twenty-five
to-day and l I'm only eighteen" Julia
What will you be taken for when
you are twenty-five?" Josie-"For bet
ter or worse, 1 hope."-Scribner's.
-Seashore Morality.-Dan-"What's
the matter, old man? Can't you find
your bathing-suit?" Van-"Gadl I'm
not trying to. I'm looking for a bet
ter one."-Kate Fields Washington.
1--WE must part" he declared, with
quivering lip. The wife stood silent,
with averted head. 1T is impossible
for US to live together" he insisted, as
he fastened the only life-preserver on
board to his person. Then the vessel
foundered.-Pick-Me-Up.
my son." said the economical IA
Their, these cigars are better than I
smoked at your age" Father" re-
Piled the youth, lit pains me to 10 it,
but l am compelled to state that they
are better than the cigars you smoke
now."-Washington Star.
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was upon his face when he passed the

| was upon his face when he passed the
bar.
In contrast to this simple girl lie
thought of the queen he now vnor-
shipped in her beautiful home; and he
wondered how he could ever have
loved the other.
Then he thought of the clerk who
sat opposite him in the game-a good
friend of his-and how the monef he
had just won would save him; but he
felt no pity for the man he had robbed
by fouling his hand.
Such a poker player deserved none
in his eyes.
But he wished to lead a new life and
do good, and help others beside him
self, and wipe away this stain on his
honor; and surely now would be a
good time to start. The pale face Of
the clerk came before his eyes and
then the face of the girl he hoped to
marry; and he thought how much her
wealth and her fathers influence
would help him. He saw no reason
why he should not marry her now, for
the money he had won tonight would
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-09-29
THE EVIL OF GOSSIP.


a Dangerous Element In the Social Circle
The good old word gossip" has been
badly abused in the changes inciden,
to the progress of the language. II
originally meant the interchange OF
light talk on subjects of neighborly in.
terest, which wen in the present day
and among all sorts and conditions OF
people will remain as interesting q
matter for conversation as any other.
The trouble with the word gossip is
that it is now understood to refer al
most entirely to ill-natured and mali
cious scandals about neighbors. And
with such an Interpretation it should
deserve the unstinted reprobation of
all.
When a neighbor gets n reputation
FOR going around and insinuating all
kinds of unpleasant things about all
the other neighbors, making indirect
references to things of which she would
not speak out in plain terms, and al
ways yelling her meaning by an air of
regret and of a pretense of sincerity,
she becomes more dangerous than a
snake, and she should be avoided with
exactly the same sense of loathing that
snakes are usually avoided. The
listener should always remember that
the same gossiper will be very likely to
speak in almost the same terms of her,
should she be able to find a listener.
and should therefore, if only as a mat
ter of self-protection, discountenance
and dismiss her in an unmistakable
manner Thus chiefly may the gossip
be rooted out. A league to discourage
gossips should be formed in every little
~communitv. 1t would probably be an
uncertain kind of association for
awhile, because, strange as it may
seem, there are many gossips of even
the most bitter character who do not
recognize themselves as such, and who
would in all honesty hold the character
of a malicious talebearer and scandal
monger as one of the worst in the
world. One of the difficulties of
graduating this evil is this fact, but a
lesson or two in a league or association
would be very sure to turn their eyes
in upon themselves, and produce an
amazing revelation in many eases.
There is gossip and gossip. Some of
the news of the neighborhood as re-
told by many ladies is a revelation of
kindly hearts and of an inborn sense
of the sweetness and civility that many
people have affirmed goes with gentle
birth. All the pretty things are told
with pretty comments. If there are
unhappy things to tell, there are kind
ly and womanly ways of putting them,
and usually some suggestions made to
relieve them. There are the happy
gossips, but the misfortune is hat the
line can not be sharply and distinctly
drawn, or always with safety applied
at all. There is a French authority
that says that a is much given to
taking pleasure in the misfortune of
his neighbor, and so long as this is
pretty much so, there is always to be a
great degree of care taken in the dis.
cussion of neighborly matters at all
n. Y. Tribune.
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mad gone against him and he owed
everybody, including the club. In the
morning the directors met, and then
came expulsion and social disgrace,
which meant ruin to his cherished
scheme of a marriage which would
place him on his feet and give him
what he most desired.
He thought of all this as he walked
up the club steps, and he wen straight
to the card room. where he knew he
would find a game. 1t was his only
chance, but he was dead game and n
good, smooth player. The game was
poker and the stakes were as high as
d cats back, but he wanted quick
action, for he knew that he had to
make a killing" tonight or the game
was up with him.
He had no difficulty in getting a
seat at the game. Besides standing
high in his profession he ranked as a
social leader, made so by great au-
-dacity, backed by talent and much
policy.
The game as played at the club was
gentleman's game-that is, ones
check went as money, and such a
thing as a player doing a dishonorable
act was not we contemplated. He
knew this, so he drew his check for the
chips handed him, though he knew
equally as well it would be dishonored
if presented; but he was desperate to-
night and had determined that no such
event should happen at any hazard.
He played carefully and coolly, as he
did everything, for he had always
looked on life as game, and as nature
had dealt him a good hand he had
lived ION velvet" and had succeeded
in getting most of the good things that
came in his way.
There were six around the table
when he took a hand, but the game
soon grew too hot for two, SO they
dropped out. after dropping their
money, and the game went on.
1t was getting late and he was deep
in the hole, but he sat quietly and
waited. He had determined when he
first entered the game to draw only
on check. He had three ont now and
still losing, but ne had not lost his
head. He drank only what the others
drank until they changed off to cham
payne; then he stuck to his brandy
and soda and took but little of that.
They were all forced into a jack pot
and it had been sweetened until it was
enough to go broke on. The cards
were run again and he picked up three
kings, with the seven and eight as side
cards: but he looked sad and thought
ful, for he was an artist and his face
was no index to his thoughts. The
plav passed around to min. No" he
yawned, II can't open it." He knew
that the time had come to make a
'~'kIlling."
The player opposite him opened the
play for what it was worth, and then
the man on his right quickly ran out
his stack and raised it for as much
more on the outside, for there was no
limit to this game but the ceiling.
1t was his say next, but he stopped
just a moment. for he saw by accident,
or otherwise, three aces in that hand
ahead of him, and he knew his kings
were beat to go on; but it was only a
moment he hesitated and then saw the
raise. But his face was CHASTITY pale.
The other two players also saw the
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The Up-to-Date Method.


L.
Gladys Martyr was an heiress. She
was the idol of society. Men flocked
about her. She loved but one-Haro1d
Simpson. He was poor, obscure. Fami-
ly pride restrained her. She concealed
her feelings.
CHAPTER II.
son, say the word!!" implored Harold,
clasping her jeweled hand.
Would you win my hand?" said she.
'Then go and do something. Be IA
nous. Become a worthy sutton"
Il will" he replied, with a ring of
manly resolve in his voice.
CHAPTER III.
Gladys Martyr glanced at the news
paper in her hands. What is this?
Harold Simpson-operation-apnen-
dicitis?' There was a two-column pic
ture of Harold and a page description
Of the operation. ?
"He is-he is famous" she exclaimed,
bursting into ears.
CHAPTER ".
"Gladys!"
"Haroldr-Chicago Record.
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A father placed his o with a res
taurant-keeper, to learn the trade OF
waiter. Some weeks later he called to
inquire what progress the boy was
making.
Excellent" answered the proprie-
tor, enthusiastically. "He charged a
gentleman seventy-five cents too much
to-day.'-Truth.
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Dealers; and to the man himself, now
sobered by his loss and the suspicion
resting upon him, he expressed his re-
grets that he had overlooked his hand.
Then he quietly walked from the
room, passing the bar where a crowd
of young candidates for remorse were
begging for a last drink before the
club closed for the night, and he
smiled a smile of contempt.
He went straight to his apartments,
drew a chair before the fire and began
to think.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-09-29
Pocket Philosophy.

That marriage is a lottery cannot be
an old saw. for it never has been a
favorite with the j~oiners.
The self-made man shows prentice
work, but the rolling stone evidently
was produced by a journeyman.
Common sense is the steam engine
of mental mechanics, talent the cleo.
trio motor and genius the theory Of
perpetual motion.-Kate Fields Wash.
ington.
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Ibid that fellow who was hanged
die in the hope of a better life, like
the most of them?" 81 am MOI right
sure about that" returned the minis
Ter; ''he made his breakfast entirely Of
ice cream. He seemed to have some
donbt that there would be any of it
where he was going. -Indianapola
Journal.
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save him and give him all he desired,
but he could see nothing but the face
of the clerk-ruined, but dead game to
the last.
And the only way he could save him
and save his honor was to give up the
money he had won by such a trick.
He got up and walked to the window
and pulled back the heavy curtains.
1t was almost day. The newsboys
were calling the papers in the street
below. The first electric car flashed
down the street and passed away in
the distance, and still he stood and
thought.
Slowly the sun appeared above the
housetops and a new day had begun.
Then he turned from the window.
He had decided.
He was tired. awfully tired, and he
seated himself at the center table and
looked at his white, drawn face in the
cheval glass opposite.
He had lived too fast, and had gone
the pace that kills, but until tonight
he had been honorable.
He poured out a drink from a decan-
ter on the buffet and waited for the
reaction to come; but the liquor
seemed to have no effect.
Such a life like his was not worth
living. With the new day he should
begin a new life, and he took from his
pockets the money and checks he had
just won and put them in a package
and carefully sealed it. He started to
urr,4, , nanoa ,1an - l,t thn nan fa11
from his hand. He had often suffered
from remorse before. but the pain that
suddenly shot through his heart
keener than a knife was not emorse
1t vas a physical pain!
He staggered to his feet and started
to the room where his servant slept,
but stopped. Alone he had lived and
alone he would die.
Why should he call anyone to help
him now?
Would it not be better to die to-day
than to face the morrow with its un.
certainties?
He had enjoyed all the pleasures OF
this world, why now live to suffer its
hardships?
Let the new life begin at once, and
he turned back to the table and
grasped the pen that had fallen from
his hand.
And SO they found him, with the pen
still clutched in the long, tapering
fingers that had so often deity dealt
the cards, and on the package before
him was written the name of the
clerk, while on his face was a smile
never seen there before-for it vas
glorious in the light of the new day
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ALL known chemical elements are
represented in sea water. They are not
always capable of being detected By
chemical analysis
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No snake. frog, toad or lizard has ever
been seen there.
Katolik. (Winona, Minn.) 1893-1895, 1894-02-01
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Wagr6wcu zesz}a z
tego swiata, w sam dzieh
Nowego roku 1894, kilka-
krotnie ]opatrzona S.. Sa-
kramentami iona P. Apoli-
narego S~chermana, bratowa
zacnego rodaka naszego P.
Antoniego Schermana W
Chicago. .
Zmar}a, cd Wielkanocy cier-
piala ma nieuleczalna chorobe,
raka z~o}adkowego. Przeczu-
wajac bliski zgon,. zawo}a}a
dzieci, n~apomina}a, lak sic
maja zachowac i pob]ogosla~
villa kazde Z osobna. Wreszcie
rzekfa do p}aczacych mad }o*em
bolesci: ME p}aczcie, zoba-
czymy sic wszyscy ma drugim
Swiecie. 80. zostahcie Z b.
giem.... To by}y jej ostatnie
slowa.
Konanie hy}o bardzo lekkie
i szybkie.
Oby Pan Bog przyja{ dusze
tel dobrej, przyk}adnej matki
do swojej chwaly!
Katolik. (Winona, Minn.) 1893-1895, 1894-02-01
Wystawa
" ST.. Francisco.

Otwarcie wystawy sr6dzi-
mowej W St. Francisco odbylo
sic W dniu 26 StYcznia.
Budynki wszystkie SO gotowe,
lecz przedmioty ]wystawowe
jeszcze ME wszystkie uporzad.
kowane. UroczYstosG otwarcia
rozpocze}a sic parada uliczna.
Generainy dyrektor wystawy
wYpraw'} ola komisar2y "a
granic1nych bankiet. Podczas
bankieiu przygrywala kape.
la milicyi Stanu Iowa i
wiedenska orkiestra praterowa.