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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-08-04
e BIG JACKPOT,
Over Which the Judge Taught the Colonel
IA Costly Lesson.

u Costly Lesson.
There vas a big Jackpot. with all its
glowing beauty of red and white and
blue chips, reposing in the center OF
the table. 1t had been made for ttSen-
ty-five dollars for q starter. and eacho OF
the five players had sweetened four
times with Il 81 chip before there came
a pair of jacks wherewith to split il
open
After the fourth deal the colonel
picked up his hand carelessly and
glanced al the corners OF the cards.
He smiled a little and said. softly: III
bust that for fifty" The next man
passed out. So did the next. and the
next. and the next. The judge. who
was the last to have Il say. had looked
at his cards carefully. and an expires.
sion Of supreme disgust had settled on
his face. lie held the cards by the or
ner and made an involuntary motion
as if to throw them into the discard.
The coloneI'S hands twitched nerv'
ously. Ii locked as if it would be a
ease of showing breakers and raking
in the rich stake. The judge made an
other melton as if he were inclined tC
throw up his hands. Then the colonel
said: What are You going to do.
judge"
The judge went through his hano
again. The expression of disgust deep
ened. Amt afraid to play. are you?
inquired the colonel, tauntingly.
No." replied the judge. slowly. Il
guess I'll see what you are doing this
on. anyhow" and he made good the
ffty-dollar opening bet.
They drew cards. The colonel took
two and the judge. after much delibera-
ton. decided that one wa about all h<
wanted. The colonel bet another fifty.
dollar chip and the judge saw him
and raised him five dollars. The
colonel came back with an,
other fifty-dollar raise, and the
judge laid his hand down on the
table. pulled out Il roll of bills and
counted OFF three hundred dollars. III
tilt that two hundred and fifty dollars.
he remarked calmly. The colonel
grasped. He looked at his hand and
then at the great pile of chips and
money in the middle Of the table. lie
ru>tled around and got w hundred
and fifty dollars together and said
weakly: We'll I'll call you"
The Judge picked his hand up anG
spread it out on the table. He haC
four thrces.
The colonel gasped and showed VI
three queens. Why. you robbcr." hi
said. you had EN- all the time"
Yes" asSented the judge.
And You made a couple of motions
as if, YOU We're going to throw then
up"
My boy" replied the judge sol
EMMY. as he slowed away the wad o
bills. Il think it would be ii gooC
thing for You to go to some night
school where there is a cOmplet,
course in hat noble game known Il
dra w-poker."-BuffalO Express.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-08-04
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

"A man there was and they called
him mad; the more he gave, the more
he had.-Bunyan.
The country home of Miss Margot
Tenant NOW Mrs. Asquithl. and her
sisters used to be known among h
men who were entertained there as
Chateau Margot." The young ladies
exceled in walking on stills.
When Earl Ferras had been con-
victed of murder, great efforts were
made to obtain 4 pardon. or the ground
that he was insane. His mother being
applied to. and requested to write a
strong letter on the subject. answered:
We'll. but if | do. how am | to marry
off my daughters"
The engagement of NJ. Ernest Car
not. the second son of the assassinated
French president. to Mile. Chiris.daugh-
ter of the senator OF the AlpeS-Nlarl-
times department. is announced. Presi-
len Carnot had two other sons Sadi,
an officer of infantry. and Francois, a
pupil engineer in the Ecole Centrale, at
Paris.
In Kansas there is Il woman who
has a forty-three-year record in news
paper work. and she is only tifty-tive
now. She is Mrs. n. f. BrOnston. OF
Atchison. She began her extended
| journalistic career in her fathers office
in Newport. Ky. and since then has
been connected with half a dozen Kan
sas papers.
Rider Haggard has been suggesting
that journalism ought to be controlled
by regulations modelled on those which
govern the clerical. legal and medical
professions. Before becoming a jour
nalist a man ought to subscribe to
t~hirty-nine or more articles and pass
an examination. In the meantime a
few journalists might be made. while
Il lot of good newspaper men would be
starving to death.
Mrs. Zulme +. Hearsey, of Baton
Rouge. La. is one of the most success
full business women in the state. After
the close of the war. her husband be-
ing an invalid, Mrs. l1earsey opened a
large bookstore. which at once sprung
into popular favor. and to-day Is the
recognized headquarters for all stand
ard publications. as well as the
rendezvous of all bOOk-lovers and lit
terateurS. She employs a force of
thirty newsboys. She also manages a
large Horticulture trade.
Rev. John Jasper. of Richmond,
Va. the most noted of all slave preach
ers, is now over eighty years old, and
believes as firmly as he did in 1873.
when his famous sermon was preached.
that The sun Do Move" He recent
" gave an outline of that celebrated
discourse, which, he says. was COM
posed in order to set at rest some
doubts which had arisen in the mine of
Il young member of his flock.
The royalties of Europe patronize
the bicycle with as much energy as the
boys of America. The king of the Bel
gians exercises upon one daily, little
Queen Wilhelmina rides one when she
is at her castle of Het Loo. and the
czarowitz. Princes Waldemar and Carl
of Denmark and Princes George and
Nicolas of Greece are all cyclists. The
bicycle of the khedive of Egypt is d
gorgeous machine, almost completely
covered with silver plating.-Harper's
Bazaar.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-08-04
Another Wise Father.

Anxious Mother-I am so afraid lit.
tie Johnny is going TO be worldly and
frivolous. lie was wishing to-day that
he was a prince.
Father-What does he know about
princes?
lie was looking at a picture of one"
What sort of a %picture?!"
1T was some prince or other with a
dog by his side"
Il see what's the matter. I'll get him
a dog.-GOOd News.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-08-04
In Its Native State.

The family was discussing the use
of cotton in rheumatism, when the
teacher. who boarded with them. spoke
up:
YES. cotton is very effectual if you
bind the limb with it. And they say
the cotton just as it is sheared from the
sheepi is best"
She does not know yet why a smile
went around the able.-Indianapolis
Sentinel.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-08-04
More Practical Suggestion.

The stately steamer plowed its way
through the blue waves of Lake Michi.
gan.
20 Horace" moaned the young bride
who a moment before had paced the
deck with smiling face and lovelit eye.
the happiest of the happy, Il feel sc
queer. Let me lean On your shoulder"
No. dearest, don't do that" sx.
claimed Horace hastily. Lean owe
the side of the steamer .-Chicagf
Tribune.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-08-04

do you mean to tell me. said the
soulful young m that you have
never met the woman whose presence
and touch thrilled your whole being in
an utterly indescribable manner??"
Only once" said the weary young
man. 1T was when was in the hands
of a woman dentist indianapolis
Journal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-08-04
Too True.

Visitor-How can you stand being
stared at by crowds of people every
day.
Ossiied Girl (resignedly)-Well, it
was trying at first; but this sort OF
thing soon hardens one.-Puck.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-08-04
Not Tn Be Found.

Cora-This is a dreadful place. I
haven't seen a man yet
Madge-It's as bad as looking under
the bed for one.-JudQe.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-08-04
HALFWAY There.

Mamma-You'll soon catch up to
Tommy Larkins. won't you. Johnnie?
Johnnie-Sh'd think | would. l car
u.6re n half lick him now.-Judge.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-08-04
Where He Is At.

How Is De Fer, financially"
"All at sea-"
"Eh?"
He says he is gcing to pay up every
thing when his ship comes in."-Truth.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-08-04

L was born way back at tn end o tn road.
Twas there my remembrance OF things first
was.
An there lived. MAYED. worked III, croHed.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-04-26
FOX oLOTHE5

This I did aud filled them while the
hiues were green. anu when dry they
had Bhfunk - the potatoes were 10 com.
pact that thUy would uut shake, anu
they got through all sound. This Il
what seeded Uiah with potatoes. / had
about "a bushul that 4 could not vet in
these taahidu sacks and gave thom 20
thc brethren. Inriu was hut Que nf
thum over got n sound potato through.
Then We got over on the MohHvc,
about any miles from the ranch,
i0ry .fvr 0i our cows got away aud
went back. We sent 90 William; he
did not want 90 gather them again aud
endorsed tunt amount ON tho note.
have no language to describe the toll,
labor aud hardship that Il took 10 get
those cattle ACROSS lrsoris. When /
think Of Il now u makes me shuidur.
gOt back tho lOth oi May, anu Was
offered 500 Tor one bushri OF my
potatoes. | refused and said wanted
10 have 20 Ur 800 mon plant them, some
WHO got eight potatoes raised Que
buahol and half from them.
While / was gone ON this mission
Brother John Evfets and wife, who
crossed the plaina with me as one OF
my family, sOwcd 1--WE acres 10 wheat
north u CITY Creek aud we raisul
only twcnty.Jno bushels. We had 90
pull the most u Il by hand. 10 was the
only way We could save u. We
knew nothing about Irrigation then.
We put la ten acres Ot wheat anu
corn and q patch u potatoes Out on
MIL Cfuuh, anu tho crlckots destroyed
all tho wheat except that We sayud six
bushels. AZ Tor The potatoes, tho
cflCkuis hal eaten the tops Oh % the
ground Aaron gnl L9un Fart
proposed q take up the foota anu
plnut them down on the side Of the
creek whore they could keep the
crickUlB Oh and give me one half Of
what they could raise. They did no
aud rblsru number OF bushels. uav.
lug our crops destroyed By tho cfickots
caused good deal Of suilrung those
two yeam.
was one Of the minute men com.
maudud by Colonel WIN. iSimball 10
guard against and subduc the Indians,
and was out ON several excursions;
one time We were Out three months.
| went with tue late President John
Taylor 10 New York CITY % assist 10
publishing the pAper called The Nor.
mon. THIS was In the year 1854. /
went to UinlAh valley on an exploring
tour with jesse w. Fox aud other,
ami To the Los VEGAS, New Mexico,
In 1855, was called Ia 1861 10 20 10
Dixie, which was the last but not the
least have Hgent thirty two years on
this mission. since Joiued this
Church l have owned anu lived In
sixteen different houses and reared
nearly Thirty children, tho youngcst
three years old.
ELiJAH X. FULLER.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-04-26

Having ongaood export Wigmaker now ready
10 wholesale retail curly
bobs cto; hair Of all desorp Ions worked and
bought theatrical boards, etc, stock for rcn
masquerade osillty Salt Lake
Consuming House OF b. st South, door TO Thoatlr
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-19

Nowhere IN the world is there a place
where the modern woman has had and
has such enthusiastic support IN all her
ventures as here in America. and the
modern woman has not been slow in
improving the opportuni ties offered her
1t is hard to mention any field into
which she has not entered to compete
successfully with the sterner sex, and
in some professions she has completely
dethroned man from lis former I'M
questioned supremacy. There is perhaps
no profession to which the emancipation
of modern woman is more inclined than
the medical. 1t is little hard to tell
why she should evince a prediction
for saving bones or regulating sluggish
hvers. One would naturally think she
would prefer some calling having less
disagreeable features about it; bat. as
the song has it. we didn think sEe
would do 10, but-she did
America is certainly the EIdorad0 OF
women physicians. They are now to be
found in almost every town, snail or
large. 1t is estimated that there are at
least 2, 300 women doctors now practic-
ing in the United States, and their mum
Der is largely augmented every year.
This is exclusive Of the numerous fe-
male dentists, who of course call them
selves doctors. Most every one Of these
women have earned their diplomas with
high honors, and the world at large is
much the gamer by these feminine prac-
titioners. Let no man beguile himself
into the belief that they have but su-
perficial knowledge Of their calling
Women doctors or dOctOresses are, taken
as a class and considering their nurQber,
far more painstaking and closer students
than many Of the men in the medical
Chicago Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-19
WOMAN'S WORLD.
THE cENTLER SEX or BOSTON -
EXTENSIVELY IN BUSINESS

Americas Modern Women-Judee shep-
ards Warning Socks For Women Not
Observation-Disclosures OF Women-A Sue
cessfuI woman Pastor.
People will be surprised when they
find out how many lines of industry and
business women have invaded, among
them being the manufacture Of arti
fetal flowers and false teeth, basement
floors, cotton gin. the dealing IN button
holes, chalk lines, complexion tablets,
bungs, mittens, galvanized cutlery etc
They have even gone into the electrical
field Havre street has a woman funeral
supervisor, East Boston two women
druggists, South Boston a fair harness
maker. the Back Bay three gentle den
fists. Up on Washington street, not far
from the ?, GOO mark, one may find two
women tailOrs. and a stones throw from
the old public library two women scuIp-
tors Dorchester has an insurance agent
Near the Adams house IS woman who
manufactures whalebOne. Upton Court
has q milkwOman.
In the piano district is a woman who
makes piano stools. Opposite the COM
mon, on fremont street, may be found
a woman carver, while Penberton
square has four female lawyers and
lON1b ntEGCty Opposite TIE C40 COULt-
house, the woman printer The family
hotels shelter two interior decorators of
the gentler sex ComnOnwe alth avenue
harbors woman Optician, and Temple
place a fair umbrella and parasol man
ufacturer- The business women do not
Turk behind corporate signs, such as the
Universal Wringer company, but put
their names boldly on the Outer wall.
One woman, who is in business in East
Boston, has over her door, Mrs Blank
& Sons. = although the boys are under
stood to have desired it to read, *. &
Y Blank & Mother. - she to be a silent
partner
Chelsea has a wide awake woman
pharmacist. There is q woman shoe re-
pairer on fremont row and a woman
wholesale boot and shoe dealer in West
Roxbury. fremont street has a woman
crockery merchant Adjacent to the
Colum bia theater are the mixed ward
robe parlors Of a woman who supplies
either sex with secondhand finery One
woman drives bargains for artesian
wells, and another sells fans on commits
sion--Boston Transcript.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-19

and she only gets over this horror when
she remembers that she is wearing
socks. OF course socks are uncolafort
able. They do not cover the leg suffi
GENTLY, and if they are anything like
those Worn by men they are constantly
slipping down and have tendency tc
accumulate about the ankles. Then they
must be pulled up. Think of a fashion
able woman stopping in the streets to
pull up her socks. And yet this is the
fashion. Even the pretty garter has to
be sacrificed to this new and absurd fad
of fashion.
The discomforts of the sock might be
overlooked if women were foolish
enough to wear them and punish their
children with them. but this is not the
worse difficulty. They are chilly, Of
course, even in summer weather. This
new and ridiculous fashion Is likely tc
reach this country about the same time
as the winter winds, slush and snow do.
and it viii be interesting to see how
many American women viii adopt it,
and thus be exposed to colds. which arc
sure to end in pneumonia, grip, diphthe-
ria or kindred affections. This new sock
fad means death to very many of our
women and children if it is adopted
Philadelphia Call.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-19

Woman ; influence in politics Is no
longer a matter of speculation It was
shOwn-proved conclusively and abso
lutely=at one of the minor conventions
held recently The woman IN the case
and she was present in the line Of her
duty. She sat at the reporters table and
worked as hard and steadily as any Of
her male ueighbors, but as events show
ed she had more influence than any OF
them. Her presence alone counted foa
something.
just as matters were becoming in
teresting some action was taken that
did not meet with the approval Of some
of the delegates III the front row. One
of them said so, and his remarks were
harsh and decidedly strong. Then he
glanced toward the reporters table and
saw the young lady She was apparent
" very busy with her pencil and paper,
but he felt uncomfortable nevertheless.
He stopped talking and took his seat,
while the color mounted to his face. A
moment later he went over to the re
porters' table and said deferentia1ly:
Excuse me, but did you hear ms
swear?''
Yes, !" she replied quietly.
t'Well, didn't mean to, = he explain
ed 4 forgot, you know. and will
you excuse me?''
Certainly, - she answered
THANK you," he said and went
back to his seat. And after that tempers
We're kept in check. Chicago Post
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-19
Helping indian widows.

According to a vernacular paper in
India, a movement in aid of the remar-
riage of widows among Mussulmans was
started two or three years ago in Kala-
nam, III the Gurdaspur district. The
Mohammedan religion does not prohib bit
the remarriage Of widows, but long res
idence in India and contact with the
HindOO has made many Mohammedans
look down upon remarriage of widows
Considerable opposition was at first
shown, but it has been overcome. "A
widow remarriage association has been
formed and publishes a fourishing
weekly paper which disseminates news
and information on the objects of the
society. Over so widows have been re-
married within the last three years,
and the fund started to aid destitute
widows on their renarriage exceeds 20, =
600 rupees
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-19

Judge Shepard, one of the professors
of the Chicago Law college, which re-
Gently graduated two fine students in
Miss Foskette and Miss Platt, remarked
at the alumni banquet, after commend
ing these young ladies for their cOmpre-
hension of the application of the law:
Il have observed since have been with
the College of Law a cloud, no bigger
than a mans hand, but one that you,
the majority Of this gathering, must at
tend to- There is a danger. About >
year ago or a little more, just preced-
ing the opening of the World S fair, I
had the pleasure Of being at Il gathering
emit who was here to represent the affairs
Of the Chinese empire at the fair, and
the question Of the power that women
We're exercising, the prominence that
they were assuming in the affairs Of this
country, was under discussion. He said:
Gentlemen, you will have to do right
here just as we did in China I, 600 years
ago. Our women were up to the same
thing They were studying law and
medicine and were coming to the front
III all those things, and we were in dan
ger, Just as you gentlemen are. We con-
clnded the only thing we could do was
to tie up their feet, and we did, and
they have been IN subsection ever since.
Now, gentlemen, 1t may be a good thing
TO tie MP the feet Of the women that be-
long to the Chicago College Of Law, but
I assure you Of one thing-you men must
look out, or these big Drained. large
footed women Of Chicago viii run you
down -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-19

Brosey, a blacksmith of Hamilton, O.,
was an employee. Lately he established
a place of his own at some little dis
lance from his home. Work was not
very plentiful at first, and Mrs BrOsey
brought her husbands dinner every day
at noon, thus enabling him to stay in
the shop all day and attend at once to
any orders that might come in. One
day not long ago John was in sore need
of the helper he couldn't afford to hire,
and his wife, who had just arrived with
his dinner, offered to handle the sledge
hammer John laughed, but Mrs. Bro
sey picked up the sledge and surprised
her husband by the ease and accuracy
with which she handled it. Since then
she comes to the shop regularly when
her husband needs help and now boasts
Of being able to turn a horseshoe alone.
She is a we'll developed woman, strong,
healthy and Of attractive appearance
and is fond Of working IN the shop. Her
husband, however, has about reached
the stage when he can afford to hire a
man to help him and hopes ere long to
call on his wife's aid in this way for
the last time.-Chicago Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-19

The reports submitted at the annual
meeting of the Women's Industrial and
Educational union of Boston show that
it is in a Furnishing condition All its
varied lines of activity have been sue
cessfnlly carried on during the past
year. The work of the befriending com
mittee has been of great value in afford
ing assistance locally and also to suffer
ers in other places. such as the Sea is
lands Of South Carolina. The registered
number Of workers seeking employment
was 1916; Of employers, 5.279. A spe-
cial effort was made to secure places in
the country for applicants for work, but
few persons would take these places
when found. The food department en-
ploys liz people and has a horse and wag
on for the delivery of goods. More than
8, 900 orders have been filed, the re-
ceipts being 933, 453 and the expendi-
lures $31, 197. The receipts during the
year from the lunchroom We're $13, COG;
the expenses, $40, 429 The irst mort
gage Of SIS, O0O on the property owned
by the union has been paid with money
received by the Eequest of Catharine F.
Perkins, and the income from the rented
part of the building will now pay all
expenses of taxes. water rates, etc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-19

Mrs. Eva D. Kellogg, editor of The
Primary Education Of Boston, is said to
be the only woman in this country edit
ing an educational journal She has
edited it for two years, during which
time it has attained large circulation
= Remarkable Acnievem emit Gn Rail-
road A fairs
Was the running of the Exposition flyer.
the famous twenty hour train between
Chicago and New York, via the Lake
Shore route. in service during the Worlds
fair A handsome litho- water color OF
this train may be secured by sending ten
cents IN silver TO c. K. WILDER, Western
Passenger Agent, Chicago
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-19
Her View OF Marriage.

Fraulein Alice, the popular actress Of
Berlin, announces her coming marriage:
ITO all my friends and acquaintance:
L desire herewith to make known that
I am about to appear in a new character
which have never yet performed. The
drama is called Marriage ('Die Ehe).
The part of the hero will be taken by
Herr Hans T. Upon him depends
whether the play viii be a comedy or a
tragedy. It will certainly not be a farce,
for we are both Of us terribly in ear
nest. Besides all my married friends tell
me that III Marriage there is nothing
to laugh at -