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How Many of Us Arc OF Foreign
Parentage?

In the last extra census bulletin pub
lished by the Department of the Interior, an
attempt Is made by Mr.. CARROLL d. Wright
TO show b proportion of the inhabitants
OF the United States in 1890 were OF foreign
extraction, In the sense OF having one or
both parents OF foreign birth. The results
OF similar inquiries in tina censuses of 1870
and 1880 were defective. but four years
ago much greater pains were taken TO &C
quire trustworthy information; and, al
though the conclusions arc not pn. forward
As exact, they undoubtedly represent an in
struotive approximation to the truth.
That We may keep in view precisely what
Il means bJ foreign parentage, We repeat
that the term Is used by thecompiler ofthese
statistics to include all persons, whether
themselves OF native or foreign birth, who
had either ons or both parents foreign born.
OF foreign p~arentage, thus defined, Il ap-
pears that In 1890 there were In the United
States eo,e7e,o 46 persons. or 80. Os per
cent Of tbs whole population. The foreign
parentage element was, however, very I'M
evenly distributed. Ii constituted, for in
stance, in North Dakota rs. 90 per cent.
ami in Minnesota as. az per cent. Of the
6tr;c's population. In Wisconsin the
same elsu.ent contributed nearly three
fOuFths aud in Utah almost two-thlFds
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He Moste Finden wordss Nsws.

Can places still DO found In New York
city where prices are given In shillingsi
Thirty years ago the use OF the word was
universal. Now IL Is a mark of age, or at
least Of middle life; but 1t cannot have dis
peared entirely. The question arises from
the list Of inquiries made by Prof. HEMPL of
the University of Michigan in the current
number OF American Dialect Notes, with
the view Of collecting materials for a map of
American speech and customs, showing the
centres and currents of diversity of usage.
SIS the word shilling in use ?" he asks.
#" II SO what Is its ~valuei Is levy, bit, ftp,
~fourpence, OF ninepence used where you
live, and what is 1t worth J" Some
OF Prof. HENPL's questions Etartle US
by the thought that any one uses such
words, others that any one does not Do
you call the pipe that conducts smoke from
the stove TO the chimney a stovepipe or q
funnel Do you call a wooden vessel for
carrying water a pail or a buckett What
would you call a similar tin vesself Would
you call a covered tin vessel with a swinging
bail for carrying a dinner, a pail, a bucket, a
can, . billy, q bliek or bliekey, or = kettle
What Is the name applied TO furnishing .
child by striking him on the palm, the
finger tips, or the knueklesI Do you
say dOWa town or down tOG1R or both
In calling to a person do you usually prefix
or Do you often say yes. indeed" 81
Which IS most usual, papa, papa.
pap or pa, and does the a sound like
the a in art, in hat, or In alli Does
stOoP mean to you 3 porch, a story In =
building, or a horseblOck' Do you say
h~AEmoniea, mouth organ, or French harpl
Do y0a sDszk Of the forenoon and the after
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How 10 Examine - Witness.

There are O number of law schools in this
city at which young men are taught the sci,
enoe and practice Of the law. Among them
are the Law School Of Columbia College,
the University Law School, the Metropolis
Law School, and the New York Law School.
At all Of these institutions an effort IL
made not only to instruct the students in
the principles Of the law, but to give them
practical hints and suggestions as to the
course Of conduct most likely to lead to pro-
fessional success and distinction.
For the lawyer who intends to devote
himself to the trial Of cases in court, it Is
obvious that the requirement of skill In the
examination Of witnesses is a matter Of the
first Importance. He must be acquainted
with the rules Of evidence, and be quick and
ready in applying them and he must never
forget that he owes the duty of civility to
the witness who is Intercepted, what
ever be may think in his heart about the
character or truthfulness of the witness,
Just as the witness owes the duty Of civility
to him. He may tell the court or the jury his
thoughts when he comes to the argument Of
the case on the facts, but counsel has no
more right to insult a witness on the stand
than q witness has to insult counsel.
49, tt-.--
As"h AusiHsiono INV hos examine
o witness, these law schools would do well
to print and frame where 1t could be read
by all their students, the following extract
from the report Of the proceedings of the
LBxow committee on Thursday:
.Io.x,u wxu a.,r.,.rx n, N. c.,,,. x....u..
Mr.. WIKI, IA the French internret,r IN he Th,rd M.
trict Civil Court He explained an .n,rv In IN. az
cie,ys books, .s7s. policemen, by explaining that
that wa. Tor IN. spnn.r, a, ..vsr,x Mn. noIto.ma.
on duty at one OF the French balls.
.mrso.e srs.ai's ala not saasrsh M. GOT who
Kicking ~
This witness replied: I did no. SEQ any police
kick high The laugh that followed irritAtsd kr.
. ~.,, a', ,'sfea y = witness. you .niaa you are
n, a standing dissrse. to New Yorsr ~
ut Is not. sir; 1t Is a. respectable As any society In
New York
Vnnon. you Know sna' us annual balls are
"o.~1re .sey =. Ie.pe,tabls Al. III. Charity Rail ,
Al never attended a Charity Rail-.
"e.-As tho Arion and Iisdsrkransi Aust As
"sSso'.o'e
,nssc.n, nro.,,,u,s. =, y. rpsnca S,u. na" a \
Al have never seen them.
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staaps On : LI,tIa aIrl a. Co..

TO iAH EDHoA % Tue sUS-SlT: some months szo
wrote TO IHE sUS asking your readers TO send 20 INV
pooI, mounerissl little ones some children's rsadins
n-'~1O picture oooks, - my poor wife vas IN the
iAaAhs Asylum- The rsspOnse 90 my request -. M
sr@- sAd "As much appreciated By my two dear ehIL
urea ihAss no reason 20 AK more books ana paper.
a thess seat u last spring are stin good, but thers 4.
~ ~ soela "a tor NJ llttls sirl-thAG II any
ieas saneelled American postage stamps for her eot
oh Psth&ps dlueFent denomlnauOnA Of ColnN.
stAnps and othsrs conVenienG Wshias III
OF the season hLmsAL
Po box ss. Aiansdosa. ashi,5a5sIS IcenE
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At the outdoor sportsin which the students
at our women's colleges indulge. there are no
such rough manners. savage struggled, or horse
play as there are at those In which the students
at mems colleges indulge. The stalwart young
fellows Of Princeton and Yale would gain In
struction by observing the athletic sports and
games Of the gentle young damsels Of Wellesley
and Vassar and Smith. We don't want the
boys to be girls, or the girls to be boys; but We
desire that the boys shall be not less regardful
Of the amenities than are their sisters.
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Iadiessa for Using Biblical Quotations.


From the Cierstand Plain neaLer.
COLUMBUS, O., Dec b.--An unusual thing IN connao
aon with the court Is tho holding by the United states
Grand jury that s~cripturaI quotations may be- Thai.
louA II. A. Busby OF Means Harrison county. Va. In.
dlcted for writing letters and postal cards 20 paytd
hAndiey OF this city. On the envelope OF the letter.
sers the Quotations; "ove No Man Anything"
Let Va Walk Honestly" and Many Years Thou
SHALT Be Troubled" He was indicted on four count.
on the ground that the language used vas libellous
and calculated TO inJurs the character OF Nj. H.nsIsv
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A very comprehensive scheme Of reform
has received the approval Of the delegates to
the Albany County Convention of the Woman
Christian Temperance Union. After examining
q number of petty measures THAI bad been sub
mitted TO them. they came TO the large con-
clusion that the real duty 10 be undertaken was
Ito fight sin in general" Now. that is the right
kind Of a programme. That is the true policy
for the union reformers. That is tho way 70
reach results that promise TO DO lasting and
satisfactory.
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Tratk Il Eternal


From the Richmond DIspafcA,
In compliance with the request Of snumhar n, ii.
itoH. the Rev, JOha Jasper has consented % DTs.eA
hs famous sermon on " The sun Do Novel; tha
sixth Aount Zion Church Sunday nonlns a. N
oe1eA' This sermon has not been preached in RIsA.
mono nov Tor several years, and the Rev. Jaspsr viii
certainly have an lmmsnss eonErszatIon 20 49,
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the usrIEp Pexss and MY, YoaE Assoc1lrED. PREss
IL At II to W Am street. All Information and docu-
meats for public uss instantly disseminated 20 the
press Of the whole country.
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SroHp 4 quickly relieved. ana 1hooplpz eanuh
SfssuI helped. ahd it duration shonsnkI g. f6Sgeh
sssSAs al SaE a II4ss : IIsss zssss Iss
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Y s~r Hts-as wAs 1-Uor ps pTA mdaVscrfp.s Sor
FssNeastsn ,ctsA 10 hsvs r,jscted ayfcis' rsfptrsi,
sSr -ua N sH raves scrd Stamps for iaa, purpOs,.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-22
The Spirit of Living.

The great family life of America
does not represent opulence. If it
stands for anything it stands for COM
fort, but not for plenty. We can all
afford to recognize the Christ-like
spirit of Christmas, which teaches US
to remember by some loving token
those nearest and dearest to us. But
only a few can afford to follow the
present method of extravagant and
senseless giving. Generosity is a
synonym the world over for the Amer
lean; but rue generosity is of the
heart and of the heart alone. If one
has been more fortunate than the
other in the requirement of means,
and the will is present. then, 1 say, by
all means give largely and widely.
But let such giving be measured only
by true feeling and that spirit mani
Tested as it can be, SO that others, less
fortunate of means, shall not feel that
they are obliged to do what really they
cannot afford to do. 1t will not harm
us if, in this respect, we go back a lit
tie to the times that are past. No one
then heard all this talk about the
duty of giving at holiday-time. People
gave because it was a pleasure to
give; they liked to give, and they
gave what they could. A Christ
mas present then meant more than it
does now, in that its only association
was the day and the spirit of the giver.
Times were simpler, it is true, and
wants were fewer. But if we have
progressed, and presents are possible
to-day which were out of the reach of
our forefathers, the spirit can at least
remain the same. We need not depart
from principles as we grow. We
should adhere the closer to them if
anything.-Ladies' Home Journal.
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the man to reap a harvest amongst the
Io-@1--- - ---z-

the man to reap a harvest amongst the
democratic and anarchistic smokers.
The original and only train boy was
an interesting sight. His dependency
had e~vaporated. He no longer put me
in mind of a sick chicken on a rainy
day, unable to find comfortable shell
ter; his dependency had taken wings.
He no longer dropped, but sat erect in
his seat. His dough-colored face took
on a mahogany tint. The dull eyes
were sparkling with a new light. Hope
had given him back his manhood and
courage. He could appear before his
humble family in the character of a
protector and provider. He could re-
spond to the welcome home as every
true man loves to respond with some
new comfort for those he loves. He
would come home with good tidings for
Christmas; for the jolly Samaritan had
sold enough in our a to insure his
hopes.
But here comes Rube, returning from
his labors with an empty basket and
but two volumes of the disreputable
literature which forms the bulk of sup
ply for the trainboy-''The Mistakes of
Moses" and Nance" There is a smile
lurking beneath his mustache-I can
detect it by the dimples in each cheek
and there is sunshine in his eyes.
Six feet of you, Ruhe, and every inch
Of you a man! would like to shake
hands with you. old fellow, for there is
a big heart humping under your vest;
a heart in proportion to your great
body. No doubt you are a sinner, RUDE
1--WE r all sinners, for that matter),
but you are a saint on this Christmas
eve. People disposed to be critical may
deplore your lack of dignity and the
cynical may say you have made ar ass
of yourself; but that will not trouble
you, old fellow. Your face is aglow
with a brightness brought from heav-
emily places, that ridiculous cap on your
head is a crown of glory to you. Rube.
You have preached for me an eloquent
sermon, a lesson of uses. You have
shown me that sentimental emotion is
of no value or account. Benevolent
wishes are moral vaporings unless they
find their ultimate in doings. The gifts
you possess you have cheerfully laid on
the altar of charity, all unconscious of
having done anything for your own
glory, delighting only in the joy you
have bestowed upon your neighbor-a
Merry Christmas, RUDE, and a Happy
New Year.-Frank Beard, in Rams
H0rn.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-22
Man at Birth Not Free.

Man at his birth is not free in any
sense. He can squall and squirm, but
he is absolutely at the disposal of his
mother or of whoever else is in charge
of him. 1t may be said hat he be.
comes free, but that is equally ride.
ulous. He is not free to choose his
language, his habits, his standard OF
right and wrong. All these are i'm.
posed upon him by his surroundings.
To call men equal at their births, OF
a~fterward, is a similar Justification OF
facts. The maxim does not mean that
at birth men are equal in the total lack
of freedom. Therefore, it means moth
ing at all as regards men at the mo-
ments of their births. 1t is obviously
inapplicable to their conditions in after
life, in every stage of which the innate
inequalities of capacity and their re-
suits become more and more Marked
Quarterly Review.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-22
HUMOROUS.

-He-"Darling, will you love me
when I'm gomez" Shelves, if you are
not too far gone."-Tit-Bi Bits.
-Customer-'What have you in the
shape of oranges?" .Grocer-"Well, we
have Observation-Disclosures Life.
-Jimson SIS jackson making
money!" Billson-'I guess so. He has
begun calling his customers his eli
entele."-N. Y. Weekly.
-Tom-''DidMaud tell you the truth
when you asked her her age?" Jack
Yes" Tom-"What did she say?"
Jack-"She said it was none of my
business Yankee Blade.
Mrs. Parvenoo-'And what does
your husband do?" Mrs. Heavyplate-
HE chaises silver" Mrs. Parvenoo-
$50 does mine, but be never seems to
be able to catch iS-'-Syracuse Post.
-"What is his profession?" said one
girl. Hes a capitalist" replied the
other. He looks like an artist" ''Oh,
he is. He makes the capital letters
that begin the magazine articles
Washington Star.
"A ulluulc uCOISId Iudu TcCc1tlY
smashed the globe of an arc lamp in
order to light his pipe. He had never
subscribed to a newspaper, but his
funeral notice appeared sin print just
the same.-Electrical Review.
$50 she told you mo- when you pro-
posed" said the sympathizing friend.
Yes" replied Willie Wibbles, with a
sigh. sit worries me a good deal, too.
1 hate paradoxes." ''Was this one?r
81 should say so. You wouldn't imag-
inc that anybody could be so positively
negative. Washington Star.
Lady of the House.-"Listen, Char
lotte, am going to give a party, sup
per and a dance. Now. you will have
to show what you can do, so as to keen
up with the credit of my establish
ment." Cook-"With pleasure, ma'am,
but l can only dance the waltz and the
polka You will have to excuse me
from the quadrilles. "-Lustige Batter.
Mrs. Guf-"What might be the
matter, Mrs. McDuffer? Shure and We
look moighty puzzled" Mrs. McDuf-
fer-"And am that, Mrs Cuff. want
to buy a quarter of a pound of tay and
a new glass ~butter-dish, and by this
and by that l don't know whether to
buy my tay at the shop where tIey give
away the butter-dishes. or to purchase
my b~utter-dish at the shop where they
give away the tay.-Half Holiday.
My good woman" said the learned
judge, You must give an answer in
the fewest possible words.of w~hich.you
are capable, to the plain and simple
question whether, when yon were
crossing the street with the baby on
your arm, and the omnibus was com.
ing down on the right side and the cab
on the left and the brougham was try.
ing to pass the omnibus, you saw the
plaintiff between the brougham and
the cab, of whether and when you saw
him at all, and whether or not near
the brougham, cab, and omnibus, or
either, OF any two, and which of them
respectively or how it waA."-Philadsl.
phis TimeA
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your basket, and give me your cap"
With this he snatches the official cap
from the small head of the news vender
and places it on his own large Uranium.
Nothing could be more comical than
the effect OF the train boys cap perched
on the zenith altitude of the prema-
turely bald head of the jolly CONNER
cial traveller. while his own ~capacious
derby almost settled on the shoulders
of the train boy.
Rube stood up fully six feet in his
shoes, and I should judge would turn
the scale considerably beyond two hun
dred pounds. All of which added to
the absurdity of the situation, and
without more ado, beaming with joility
and good nature, off he started on his
expedition of charity.
The weary and homesick travellers in
our immediate vicinity at first stared,
then smiled, then seemed to awake
from their melancholy reveries to an
interest in something that bid fair to
relieve the m~onotony of the tiresome
hours of travel.
Seated behind me was a Young man,
arrayed in a brand new ready-made
suit of clothes of rather loud pattern,
all the creases of which were pain
fully conspicuous: a young man evil
IDENTIFY from the rural districts, but he
seemed to be on his guard and wore
an expression of dignity and gravity
which he probably deemed in harmony
with his apparel. A faint, indulgent
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-22
I began to feel a languid compassion

began to feel a languid compassion
for the fellow-not, / confess, the sort
to do me any creditor my pity was
not entirely free from a feeling Of con
tempt, q spurious pity. barren of any
result; a sort of speculative pity, lead
ing me out into mediGations on the
diversities and propo-tionate response
bilities of humanity. The wretched
fellow made me feel uncomfortable.
What right had the authorities to tor
ment the travelling public by introduce
ing such 4 factor into their service? A
train boy is always a nuisance at his
best, with his impudent and constant
annoyance, his utter lack of delicacy,
his trespass on time and patience,
his presumption and intrusion on our
privacy. And by what law of equity
should I have my sensibilities panied in
a fretful sympathy for a supposiEtious
misery? couldn't help it. What could
l possibly do for the fellow even
though | were to make an effort?
The half-smothered sigh of the train
boy seemed to attract the attention of
one of the commercial travellers; either
that or the lugubrious expression on
his face; for the traveller Immediately
accosted him in a way peculiar to
knights of the road in addressing an
employee, with whom all drummers and
railway men assume a familiar ac-
quaintance.
Hey, Jimmie! brace up! What's the
with you? You look like you'd
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-22
Personal AND LITERARY,

Congressman Peel, Of Arkansas, has
been engaged as general attorney for
the Chickasaw nation at Washington,
to succeed Gen. Paine. The Office is q
fat one, paying twenty-five thousand
dollars per year and ten per cent of all
claims and moneys recovered.
Helene Vacaresco, the young maid
of honor who vas the heroine in the
sensation at the Roumanian court sew
Sylvia, tried to make her the bride Of
the crown prince, was m; rried recently
to a Roumanian gentleman of wealth
and good family, while Bucharest was
celebrating the birth of the crown
princes first baby.
Louise Grouse, a full -blooded In
dian girl twenty years of age, is now
working her way through the normal
school in Oswego, N. Y, by doing sew-
ing, scrubbing, washing or anything
else. Her mother died years ago, and
her father is a drunkard; but she has
worked steadily on in spite of many
privations, and is now struggling to
earn money to educate a sister. After
completing her normal college course
she hopes to take up medicine, and thus
fit herself to work helpfully among
her own people. She has given some
lectures on life among the Indians, and
is a very clever teller of stories.
1T was on September 26, 1927, at
the Walnut Street theater, Philidel-
phia,'. says Mrs John Drew, ''as the
little Duke of York, in Shakespeare's
play OF Richard ILL., and with Junius
Brutus Booth, the great elder Booth
crook-back tyrant, that I began my
stage career; and as that was
sixty-seven years ago and as l
have been continuously before
the footlight ever since, 1 may
justly say that 1 have had a longer
stage career than any of my contempt
raries. Though so many years have
passed, 1 remember my first perfor-
nance as we'll as though it had taken
place last night. The performance Of
the elder Booth as Richard made a
most powerful impression upon me-
His dramatic force and magnetism
were like a giant whirlwind, sweeping
all before it."
-"Oliver Optic" CMr. William T.
Adams) is now seventy-three years old.
He has lived in Dorchester, near Bos-
ton, for thirty years. during which
time he has written a hundred and
twenty-six books and a thousand news
paper stories. 'Some time before the
war;" he says, there was a play at the
museum in which there was a bur-
lesque character named DIR. Optics.
The name struck IN as appropri.
ate. and to some doggerel verses
which l wrote shortly after for
a weekly society paper 1 signed
the name Oliver Optic, NJ. D., member
of the Mutual Admiration society. !
then applied the name to books, which
had a great sale. l had gotten tired
of the name, and asked Mr.. Lee, my
publisher, if he couldn't get rid of it.
No, he could not think of that, it had
become too popular. My assumed ma me
had gotten the start of me, and 1 had
to hang to it."
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-22
A POINTER FOR SANTA CLAUS.

A little lady, quaint and small
(She's five years old and growing tall)-
About these short December days,
When each shop window is ablaze
With gorgeous toys nj colored lights.
INDUCES in strange fancy flights.
h said to me the other day:
when Santa Claus comes out OUT way
How do you think he'll get his pack
Down thro' our narrow chimney stack?
I'll write to him the day before
To come right in at our front door.
you see. he never could bring down
That lovely doll in silken gown
We saw at Smith's-and then her bed
And furniture upholstered red,
Why-he woul have an awful time
Attempting on our roof to climb!
And. then. just think of all those toys!
I'm sure they'd make an awful noise
As he dropped down, and that would wake
Us up, while to his heels he'd take
For, don you know he is so shy
He will not come where folks may spy.
I'll just address a letter now
To tell him what to bring, and how,
And, then. for fear the post might miss,
II you're down town please tell them this:
When Santa gets to our house that
He'll find the key beneath the matt"
George E. Bowen. in Inter Ocean.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-22
Lying In Walt for Him.

A man going home from his work a
a late hour at night, noticing that the
occupants of a house standing flush
with the street had left a window up,
decided to warn them and prevent a
burglary.
Putting his head into the window he
called ut:
"Hulloa! Good Poop
That was all he said. whole pail OF
water struck him in the face, and, as
he staggered back, a woman shrieke6
out:
Didn't 1 tell you what you'd git if
you wasn't home by nine O'clock?'-
Chicago Times.