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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-15
What shoppers Find.

Lovely bureau sets of Valenciennes
Light changeable silks having a
frosted effectfor the triumphant blouse.
Large fat corded effects in black
silk, in bayadere style, for odd skirts.
Draped bodice ornamented for the
front of round or coat-skirted waists.
Nailhead and small jet head trim
mings in straight and Vandyke edges.
Girls REFERS of bengaline. trimmed
with lace, for children of three to six
years.
Large round yoke collars of lace
having the pattern outlined with silk
cord.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-15
school Luncheons.

A couple of dainty sandwiches, some
crackers, dainty spread with jam. and
a little good fruit are quite enough to
sustain the small students through the
afternoons work. When they reach
home. if the dinner hour is late, cup
of chocolate hot milk, or a plate OF
bouillin and few waters will compen-
safe for the lack of something not to
drink at the school lunch. Sandwiches
of chopped meat will be found easier
for the children to handle than those
of sliced meat, and egg and sardine
sandwiches form a pleasant variety
from day to day. These should be
wrapped neatly in oiled paper, both to
keep the bread moist and protect the
other things, such as apples, peaches
or pears, from contact with it. a
neatly folded napkin should complete
the arrangements of the lunch basket
and should never be used to wrap the
lunch with.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-15
.sIIaYe Mercy on En-. .,


/ put up to stay all night at log
cabin in Knott County about two years
ago. After supper was over the imam
of the house" said he expected l was
worn out and would like leetle sleep. :"
So he'd hold family prayers. accord
ing to his invariable custom, then
we'd all pile in
He dropped on his knees in front of
a chair. and all followed his example.
He importuned the Lord TO send down
blessings on himself and family, all
his friends and the stranger within the
gates. ''An', yas, o Lord. oh, I'll AK
We. in all meekness and humbleness NV
heart, to see to my enemies. FLAX We,
o Lord, ter have mercy on 'em. Vas,
have" At this juncture an eight
pound rock came through the window
and thumpsd the old man square be-
tween the shoulders. ugh" he
grunted, and halted for few seconds.
Then he took hold of the strings of
his invocation again and yelled: "Yas,
dad bust 'em: have mercy on 'em. if
We kin, for darned if l do.''
Leaping up he grabbed his rife, ran
out and fired. The next morning the
limp body of man hung across the
yard fence.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-15
Hints to Business Men.

The men who wants to do business
these days has to hustle for it. but if
he hustles in person he finds it diff
cult-exceedingly difficult-to be. in
more than one place at a time. He's
not built that way! But an advertise
ment in a daily paper often talks for
him, and sometimes to better purpose.
in d thousand places at once.-Mark
Forrest.
Press your pants while you wait"
is q sign in a tailor's window on Col
umbus avenue, and is an announce
ment which fills the mind with specula-
tions. You can imagine row of
gentlemen waiting, all without their
pants, while the tailor puts the
proper crease into these garments
Boston Transcript.
The merchants place of business
must be known He must adYer-
tise in the papers. BY such ad-
vertising he raises his sign where twill
be seen by all the people, and thus he
makes his business known to millions
when otherwise it would be kaown to
few only.-New York Sun.
The merchant who tries to pack 200
words in a space only large enough to
hold fifty. exhibits false seal. \ crow
ded advertisement does not signify a
teeming store. Better have five or six
small readable ads than one big
crowded one that would tax an ANAL
gamator to separate the ideas.
Never make extrayagant promises
in advertisements that cannot be kept.
and above all do not misFepresent
goods. II the right persons are en-
ployed to do it they can write an at
tracoive and glowing description of
almost any article without misrepre
sentation.--Iron Age.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-15
ARELIGIOUS BOOK
So the Good Old Lady Carried ''The !
Heavenly Twins Away with Her.

So the Good Old Lady Carried 1.-The
Heavenly Twins Away with Her.
She was little old lady, and she sat
poring over the list of books in the
public library. She had just finished
reading The Life of an African Mis-
sionary.'' and she was hesitating be-
tween Noble Deeds" and the Beauty
of self-Sacrifice.
1t was a busy day at the library.
There were schoolgirls writing original
essays from books of reference. there
were foreigners studying their native
papers. there were gray-haird scholars
looking over scientific works, there
were club women preparing papers"
on questions of the day, there were
loafers Willing away an hour, and
there was steady tramp of people to
the exchange counter.
A young women of the modern sort
entered and sat down beside the old
lady. She had an air of taking up a
great deal of room as she settled her.
self for a glance over the list of new
books. She carried under her arm a
copy of THE Heavenly Twins
Pretty soon the old lady's eyes
lighted upon the title. She half reach
ed her hand out for the book, and then
drew back. She nervously turned over
the leaves of the missionary's story,
and again her glance returned to the
young woman.
Gould you tell me the number of
that book? she finally ventured timidly.
think I'd like to read il. l have
heard of it. The Heavenly Twins
sound like good book. / am looking
for sound, religious work.
The young woman coughed to hide a
smile.
st is religious book. suppose:"
the old lady inquired. somewhat
obviously.
Not exactly" returned her young
companion, but 1 think you would
like it..
At any rate she took it home with
her.-Ex.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-15
4 Card.

EDITOR DEMoCRAT:-As the Judge
of the Common Pleas Court has been
censured by some, for granting the
ladies of this county permission to use
our we'll appointed court room, in
which to hold their Christmas Charity
Ball" fer the benefit OF the Higgins
vile Soldiers" l am therefore con-
strained to make simple statement
of some of my reasons for SO doing.
1t is very true, as they say, the use
of the court room has been refused for
balls and entertainments, neither of
which had coloring of the noble pur-
poses that underlay the one in ques-
ton. They were private. This is pub
lic-organized, managed and conduct
ed by commendable, charitable, pub
lie spirit, for the benefit of few old.
decrepid, manned Missouri soldiers,
who, from infirmity and wounds are
wholly unable to care for themselves
soldiers who were none tie less brave.
resolute and enduring because their
flag was unrecognizsd by the nations
OF the earth: but, who are still our
fellow citizens-children of the same
Father, creeping down thewestern slope
o. life to the brink OF that mysterious
river. which We must all. sooner or
latci' cross.
/; is truly gratifying 20 know that
no part OF that censu:ecCnes fromany
Of my comrades oi the Grand army;
nor irom any one worth the name of Il
true soldier: for it IS characteristic OF
those brave men to be not only just,
but generous towards those old men
they met so often on the field of SAN
guine strife. out who are now our
friends and brothers. Many Of our
OLD veterans well remember that. while
on picket duty on the bank OF some
narrow stream. the hail would come
across the water Halo Yank. toss over
hard biscuit: my teeth are aching to
smash something good. And in real
boyish style. over would go, one. two.
yes. all the biscuits in the havers ack.
regardless OF the morrow.
Can the afternoon of the 4th OF July.
1868. at Vicksburg, ever be forgotten?
When a thousand and more Missouri
boys. who had been living on COW peas
within The Qualifications, came to the
fleet and begged for bread, and we
hurried toheadquarters for permission
to issue them ratIons. What did oui.
dear old Commander. Gen. Grant, say?
''Yes. Ross, go feed them: l will ap-
prove all your acquisitions. And
he did. There are many living to-day
who witnessed that scene. These are
the acts that knit us together as one
people, and bind up the wounds of the
nation. Are we. in this day of peace
and plenty. less charitable to those
same soldiers: God forbid.
The people of this city and county
are noted for their iberality and JUS
tice. Then, to them | look for ap-
proval. The court house is yours, in
for a brief period. to my care.
Have |. in this case, misused that
trust: ALEXANDER Ross.
December 18th. 1894.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-15
Bank Deposits in Another's Name.

Placing money in savings bank in
the name of third person does not
necessarily make the money a gift to
such third person. That is the effect
of a decision of the Supreme Judicial
Court in the case of Joseph Booth
VS.. the Bristol County Savings Bank;
John Booth. claimant. The claimant
deposited in the defendant s bank vari-
Gus sums of money between 1886 and
1884, taking out book in the name of
his son, the plaintiff. Various sums
were also withdrawn during the time
mentioned. The plaintiff claimed that
the money was gift to him, which
was denied by the claimant. who testi-
fed that he had always kept the bank
book himself, that he had never given
any of the Withdrawals to his son, and
that the book was taken out in the
name of the son because claimant was
nervous and a poor writer" 1t was
admitted at hetrial that all the money
was originally the claimants. The
jury found for the claimant and the
plaintiff excepted. The Supreme Court.
in overruling the exceptions, says that
"a deposit in savings bank in the
name of another is not alone sufficient
to prove gift. Nor is the fact that
savings-bank book designates the de-
positor as trustee for another conclu-
sive evidence of the existence of the
trust The court holds that the Su-
perior Court rightly left the question
of gift to the son to the jury. .-Bos-
ton Transcript.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-15
The Next Presidential Candidates.

The New York World. in a long
editorial on the next Presidential can
ditates, says:
The Democrats are perhaps fortu-
nately saved by their recent defeat and
somewhat demoralizid condition from
premature beginning of the canvass
for the next Presidential nomination.
He would be prophet indeed who
could name the two or three Democrats
that will lead the balloting in the ma
tional convention of 1896.
The unexpected success of the Re-
publicans in the elections has, how
ever, stimulated the rivalry of the am
bilious aspirants in that party to an
unusual extent. The friends of Harri-
son and Mckinley are almost as active
as ifthe nomination were to be made
next year. Ex-Speaker Reed is quite
openly forming alliances in Washing
ton. And Mr.. Plat notes with salts
faction the good health and fine op-
portunity OF Gov. ELECT Morton.
All this is perhaps inevitable, but it
is nevertheless plainly premature.
Issues usuaely decide candidates.
Who can tell what the issues will be in
1896? The political condition of i'm
portant States supplies the pivot upon
which nominations turn. Who can tell
what this condition will be next year
or the year after?
There is to be an election next year
in New York for the State officers other
than Governor and Lieutenant-Gover-
nor. for new Senate and for the
Judges provided for by the new Con-
stitution. There will be an election
fo1. Governor in Iowa. Ohio, Mary
land. New Jersey and Mississippi.
besides Maine. Vermont. Massachu-
sets and the other States that choose
a Governor annually.
Would it not be more sensible for
the politicians to wait and see how the
people feel next year? The result in
the States then to vote. representing
as they will. be more valuable poin
ter for the Presidential election than
the abnormal landslide of this year is.
1t will show whether the reaction has
spent itself. The new tariff will mean
time have had an opportunity to vim
dicate its value. The currency prob
lem may have been settled. Business
prosperity, already reviying. would
give the pendulum Il skarp swing in
favor Of the party in power. The DEM
ocrats have time enough in which 10
effect reunion. reorganization and re-
form. Even the Administration may
wake up and put itself il harmony with
the people whoput ii in power.
There is time for good many things
80 be done and 20 happen between now
ard 1895. On the whole. 10 not the
pushers of Presidential possibilities
perceive their prematurity:
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-15
Grating the Tomato @

Grating the Tomato on the Potato.
When the potato is grated on the
tomato. which can be done by reason
of the close relationship between the
two plants, the potato roots continue
to produce potatoes, while the tomato
grated on the potato stalk continues
to produce tomatoes. This is consid-
cred in some of the agricultural papers
as remarkable, that one plant should
produce two different kinds of pro-
ducts: but it is no more remarkable
than all other experiences in grating.
A pear may be grated on the ounce,
but the roots are still ounce roots,
although pears come from the grated
portion. There have been cases known
we're the graft will influence the stock,
but to such a slight degree as not to
materially alter its character
hans Monthly.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-15
The Percentage of wrongdoers.

| crossed on one of the big Atlantic
liners lately, with 800 other saloon
passengers. They were naturally peo-
pie of intelligence, and presumably of
easy circumstances. Yet at least half
of those people were planning to rob
our government of money by contriv-
ing plans to avoid paying duties truly
owed. To do this all of them had to
break our laws, and in mostcases had.
in addition, to lie desperately.
Many of them were planning to ac-
complish this theft by the bribery of
the custom house inspectors, thus not
merely making themselves thieves, but
bribing other men to do wrong. In
this city l can show you blocks SO
densely inhabited that they are an
election district themselves. Blocks
in which twenty people live and sleep
in a single room year after year, where
the birth of little life into the world
means that all must eat less and be
less warm. = But | cannot find
in the poorest and vilest parts of the
city any block where the percentage of
liars and thieves and bribe-givers is
as large as was that among the first
class passengers of that floating pal
ace. Each condition of society has its
own misdoings. and, believe, varies
little in the percentage of wrongdoers
TO the whole.-''The Honorable Peter
Sterling.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-15
SEPTEM MBER 10.
That is the Date Fixed for The First
Day ofOur Next Fair.

LAY Ol OuF Next falr.
The new Board of Directors of the
Southeastern District Agricultural
Society met at the court house in this
city last Saturday. The Board Or
ganized by electing Edward S. Lilly,
Treasurer, and E. II. Englemann.
Secretary. A motion was made and
carried to have Fourth of July races
the same as last Fourth of July.
After some discussion it was decided
to hold thenext annual Fair the second
week in September, instead of in Octo-
ber as the Fairs have heretofore been
held. The farmers claim that the first
and second weeks in October they are
always busy sowing wheat and cannot
attend to the Fair as they would like
to. The second week in September,
they say is too early for wheat SOW
ing and they can better spare the time
to attend the Fair than at any other
season of the year.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-15
IN Advertising story.

One of the most famous advertising
solicitors in New York used to tell
this story: The manager Of an old
house which had been in
business more than quarter of a CEN
tury was asked for an advertisement.
I'VE don't advertise any more. said
the manager. 1t would be Il waste of
money. We did all our advertising
years ago But people forget, =
said the solicitor. ''Theynever forget
that is SO we'll advertised as
our house has been" Don't they:
Who was the defeated candidate for
Vice President at the last presidential
election but one:'' The business man
reflected for moment. and then said
he really couldn't remember. well, p"
said the solicitor. ''only six years ago
he was one of the best advertised men
in America. and to-day you can 'trecall
his name. Probably there are hun
dreds Of thousands of people with
just as short as yours. The
business man saw the force of the il
lustration. and decided to change his
business tactics-W orcester Gazette.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-15
4 Hurried Official.

Binks: ''How did Winks get hurt?"
Jinks: ''He was run over by a city
official who was driving very fast
Binks: 'There is noexcusefor such
reckless driving
Jinks: SIN this case the official was
on public business.
'sBinks: "Well, that's different -
'sJinks: Eyes, he wanted to get to
meeting in time to push through an
ordinance prohibiting bicycles on the
public streets. New York Weekly.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-15
They are Coming this Way.

The movers that have been crossing
the Mississippi River here for the last
two months are nearly all looking for
homes in Southeast Missouri, and we
learn from our Southeast exchanges
that movers are also coming from
Southeast Kansas and Nebraska. We
have room for them all and we have
here in Southeast Missouri better
country than can be foundin any other
section of the country.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-15
Using Locomotives to Lay Pipes.

\ great engineering scheme made a
start toward success here to-day. The
plan is to lay an S-inch iron pipe under
the Detroit River TO bring natural gas
from Canada to this city. On the
American side is a trench running
down to the river.
This was lined with wooden trough
fabricated with soft soap. In the
trough lay the main. At the river end
of the main was a conical plug de-
signed to keep the water out and serve
as sort of plow-share for turning
aside the soft mud OF the river bottom
for the main as it is hauled across.
Attached to the end of the cone was
the great steel cable which had been
strung across the bottom of the river.
On the opposite side of the river was a
huge snatch block. through which ran
the other end of the cable. and was
then attached to three locomotives.
BY means of tug whistles the signal
for the locomotives to start vas made.
It took but moment TO hide 400 feet
of il in the river. This afternoon
second section of 800 feet was attached
and the engines again started, but they
had not gone far before they stuck.
Another one was then brought into
play. and the fourmoved along nicely.
The weight OF the pipewill be $50 tons,
or about twice the weight OF the aver
age locomotive.-Det Correspon-
dence of the Chicago Tribune.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-15
Life'S Philosophy

i-iiC - -tiAOsopHy
Life is real, life is earnest,
Aud the moments speed away
In a manner far too rapid
When We have note to pay
Detroit Free Press.
Lives of great men all remind us
They ha re failings just like ours;
And in line with them you'd find us,
five only had their powers.
Kansas City Journal
Take the road and keep the middle
Brave and true through time and chance
Then, when Fortune plays the fiddle,
You will be on hand to dance,
Atlanta Constitution.
oh, ever thus from childhood's hours
He'd seen his fondest hopes betrayed;
Whene'er he held diamond hand
The trump was sure to be a spade.
Chicago Inter Ocean
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-15
IN COWBOY FASHION.
Grant Edmondson and Ben Henson
Locked up for Carrying Conceal
ed Weapons.

Officers Wolford and Mckenzie ar
rested Grant Edmondson and Ben
Henson Saturday night in this city
for carrying concealed weapons.
When searched pistol and large
knife were found on each of the young
men. They were locked up to await
trial. This morning they were taken
before the city Recorder and a fine of
fifty dollars and the costs was the re-
suit of the trial. Not having the
legal tender on hand to satisfy the law
they were returned to the city jail.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-04-16
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
ISAAC BURT ATTEMPTED TO HANG HIMSELF
MARTINS FERRY,
But Was Cut Down in Tims-Arrested for Beating
Woman-A Mill Man
Badly Beaten.

Just after midnight yesterday morn
ing, Isaac Burt, who had been arrested
by Officer Och, of the Martins Ferry
force, for drunkenness, made an attempt
to end his existence, in the Martins
Ferry lookup. by hanging himself
When Burt was first placed in the CELL
his conduct aroused suspicion In the
minds Of tbs officers, and his suspendsrs
were taken from him as precautionary
measure. After being locked up for a
time, he asked for the suspenders,
but his request was refused. Burt
then took off his coat, tore it into strips,
manufactured q rude rope, and with
this he attempted suicide, placing one
end around his neck and attaching the
other TO the top of the cell. Just about
the time he suspended himself, and was
beginning to catch faint and uncertain
glimpses of the other world, Officer
Och discovered what was going on and
cut him down.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-04-16
SMALL TALk.
Minor Matters OF Iatersst Briefly and
PithIly Told

Minor Matters OF IatsrsH Brisay and
PlthIly Told
Is YOUR name on "that little list?"
THE Stamm hotel Office is fitted up
with as fine lot OF chairs rs could be
desired.
THE street car company had two OF
its summer cars on the line yesterday.
Some of the employees appeared In their
new uniforms.
A WATER pipe at Thirty-eighth and
Eoff streets bursted yesterday after
noon and the water flowed about over
that locality. Late last night the break
was not repaired.
JOSEPH ZIMMER, clerk at the Stamm,
has Q neat attraction In tbs form OF 3
piece Of artistic work representing an
angel. He will send the beautiful
picture TO his mother in Europe.
A PICKED Aine defeated the Hubs
yesterday afternoon on the Tunnel
Green, the score being IS 10 1. Nsu
and Miller, battery for the picked nine,
and Lucas and Stevens, for the Hubs.
THE Ladies Sewing Society OF the
Wesley M. +. Church are 10 give novel
event next Saturday evening at the
church. 1t is to be called coin birth
day social, and every one who goes will
be expected TO bring cent for every
year he or she Is old.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-04-16
TO MEET TIE BISHOP

And Cardinal Gibbons - Catholic soeie-
ties TO Turn Out Saturday.
1t was announced at the morning SER
vices in eli the churches yesterday that
a meeting of representatives Of the
different Catholic organizations would
be held at ? o'clock in the Afternoon in
the basement Of ST. Joseph's Cathedral.
In compliance with this request OF Very
Rev. Father Park, there was well at
tended meeting in the afternoon. It's
object was TO make arrangements for
turning out to greet Ri Rev. Bishop Z.
J. Donshue and Cardinal Gibbons upon
their arrival from Baltimore on Saiur-
day Of this week.
The train bringing the distinguished
dignitaries to Wheeling, is due about S
a. %. Father Park extended invita-
tions to the captains of military So
cieties aud presidents of other organiza-
tions, TO meet at tie Cathedral Tues
day evening, 20 complete arrangements
and choose staf for the parade. If
Bishop Donshue came alone, il would
be his desire to have no formal demon
stration, but since the Cardinal accom-
panies him, he will probably waive his
own desires. The different organiza-
tions will probably meet the visitors at
eight o'clock. at Ford's crossing. and
escort them to the Cathedral
Il has been decided that only those
holding tickets Of admission will secure