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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-01

Mrs. Dunbar, looking up from the
morning paper.
"Y-e-s'm. l expect he wants help.
He looks kind of shabby"
HE is n a gentleman"
II should say not, ma'am, and he
isn't a tramp exactly-kind of be.wixt
| and between"
81 will see him." said Mrs. Dunbar.
and she laid aside her paper and left
the bright fire burning In the CRATE q
little reluctantly. She had laid aside
her mourning now that she was en-
gagged to another man, and wore q
pretty breakfast gown that was suit
able to e petite stature, and most
becoming.
When she entered the little recep-
ton room where the caller waited, she
saw a thin, emaciated man stability
dressed and bearing many marks Of
privation-and she saw something
else, a likeness in his profile that set
her heart to beating with an awful
fear. When he rose and confronted
her she fell back, and with whitening
lips gasped out the name:
Maurice Dunbari"
Yes! Maurice Dunbar returned
from the dead" was the cruel, sheer
ing answer.
Then she tainted, and mercifully
knew no more.
Again, Richard Lester, a bowed and
miserable man, was seated in his
Office alone in the gloom and de-
preston of approaching night, and of
his w unhappy thoughts. Before
him was the one letter he had re-
ceived from her since the cruel neces-
sity of parting had come upon them.
1t contained the ring with which they
had plighted their troth. He had
written a mac and hasty reply, in
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-01
THE LUNCHEON TABLE.
Dainty Ways in Which 1t May BE Dressed
with Fruits and Other Materials.

Dainty Ways in Which 1t May BE Dressed
with Fruits and Other Materials.
The dressing of the luncheon table
is a matter for the serious c~onsidera-
ton of the woman who entertains a
few guests every day in the week, and
whose luncheon table is quoted for it's
prettiness and good taste, as well as
its hospitality. There are a dozen diff
ferent ways to dress a table inexpen-
sively yet daintily; and upon each Of
these dozen ways many changes can
be played, so that there may always be
something a little new.
A young woman of great taste who
lives in a large house facing the park,
and who sets daily a luncheon table
for such of her friends as favor her
with a morning call, chooses now the
colors of the California grape for her
table. This, according to her idea, is
a wine color shading to green.
Over the top of the table is thrown a
thin lace spread, the work by the way
of her own crochet hook, and through
the meshes of the lace one gets
glimpses of the green China silk spread
beneath. At each of the four rne
of the table are punches of red-green
grapes catching the lace in festoons-
In the middle of the table is an enor-
nous dish of grapes; and at each plate
there is pretty sure to be a box con-
tanning a tiny favor, while a bunch of
real grapes is fastened on top of the
box. The whole setting of the table is
inexpensive, and the covers, both the
lace and the silk, are washable.
1t is just the season between fruits,
yet by the irony of things fashionable,
there must be fruit l~uncheons. Winter
apples may be arranged so as to
decorate a table prettily. The
cloth is first important. 1t may
be of the pale green damask, or
of white, with apples outlined in
punches upon it. The designer should
be careful to put only an apple or two
on each stem. andto let the leaves be
real apple leaves in shape. It is COM
paratiyely easy next to obtain jelly
moulds in the shape of huge apples.
And then it is simple to make green
and red apples and even apples of diff
ferent shades of red in jelly, blanc
mango, etc. The ices carry out the
same idea. For a fruit-dish there may
be the little love apples of holiday
fame, and picturesque pound sweets.
A very beautiful center-piece and one
highly appreciated by young people is
a long tray-like dish in which the great
apple-branches, with the apples hang
ing to them. Over the edges of the
dish droop the stems of the fruit, and
the privilege of picking affords as great
pleasure as the fiavor.-N. Y. Sun.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-01
A CASE.
A Woman Placed in the Tomb Saved by a
Sections Greed.

A Woman Placed in the Tomb Saved by a
Sections Greed.
Startling is the ease of Mrs. Erskine,
wife of Rev. Henry Erskine, an emf
nent Nonconformist minister of more
than two centuries 60. This person,
while the family was living at Money
laws, in the county of Northumberland.
to all appearances died, and was ac-
tually cotfined and placed in the family
vault. Mrs. Erskine wore a valuable
gold ring, which. as it could not be
easily removed from her finger, was
buried with her.
This circumstance being known tc
the sexton. he thought it a pity that
so precious an article should be left
among the moldering remains. Accord
ingly. he opened the grave at night,
seized the hand of the supposed dead
body. and tried to pull off the ring.
Finding it difficult to do so, however,
and fearing detection. the fellow whip.
ped out his jackknife, and was in the
act of cutting off the finger to secure
the coveted treasure, when. to his hor-
ror, the lady sat up in the coffin. As
may readily be imagined. the grave
digger quickly fed, and Mrs. Erskine.
thus restored to activity, returned
home to the Amusement but subsequent
delight of her husband and family.
The lady who is stated to have had
this extraordinary experience survived
many years and bore many children, in
Guiding Ralph, who was born in 1855.
The son entered the ministry of the
Church of Scotland, and, in conjunc-
ton with his brother, Rev. Ebenezer
Erskine, became the founder of the
Secession church. which, by a series of
amalgamations, is known as the United
Presbyterian church. Some doubt hav-
ing been cast upon the authenticity of
this remarkable story, a survivor of the
Erskines wrote a few years ago, stating
that the incident had been handed
down from one generation to another
in the family. and adding that herring
in question was in his possession
Newcastle Chronicle.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-01
A Mares Suicide.

1 owned a mare one that commit.
ted suicide. said a Cincinnati man re.
Gently. She had a colt of which she
was more than usually fond. One day
the colt fell into a ditch and broke its
leg. The animal had to be killed, and
its mother was i~nconsolable. She
would whimper and call for the colt,
and. when it failed to come, nothing
would induce her to eat. For several
days all efforts to induce her to par.
take of food were in vain, and ! was
afraid that she would starve. One
morning l saw her standing by a bar
rel of water from which she was in
the habit of drinking. Her attitude
struck me as singular, and going to
her I found that she was dead with her
head stuck into the water as far as she
could reach. There was no other con-
clusion possible than that she had de-
liberately drowned herself.-Cincinna-
ii ENQUIRER.
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away and went back to her w
rooms, where she could not make any
impression on the man in a drunken
sleep within. Then she walked the
streets until daylight, when she fell
senseless and was carried off in an
ambulance to one of the hospitals.
where she remained unknown and un-
claimed.
She was i'll a long time. After that
there was a tedious season Of con
valescence. She was in the city ward,
but everybody was good to her and
took an interest in the lonely woman
She sent a note to her husband by a
messenger who brought back word
that the house was empty. She never
intended to go back to him, but want
ed the few possessions she owned to
make her comfortable.
One day she was reading a news
paper when she saw her husbands
name among the killed in a marine
disaster. There could be no installing
It, for it was peculiar and the descrip-
ton justified her fears-or shall I say
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which he had urged her to fly with
him, and offered the devotion of a
lifetime, and she had come to him and
rebuked him with a broken heart.
do not make it harder for me-" she
said in hat brief final interview.
You can do one thing to help me, if it is
not wrong. This money really belongs
to-to-my husband, but 1 think God
has made me his almoner. AS long as
he believes the money to be mine 1 can
control him and compel him to live
like a gentleman, and perhaps help
him morally. If he has it he will go
to instant ruin. viii you help me keep
the secret? He shall have every COM
fort, but he must take all at my hands.
Can you do this legally?"
No, he could not, but for love of her
concluded to keep silence and let her
believe it was right. So he pays the
annuity regularly and asks God to for
give him if he does evil that good may
come.
A strange sequel to this was a call
on one occasion from Maurice Dunbar
himself. who, well dressed and cared
for. presented the appearance of a
gentleman, a moral phase of develop
ment which was the effect of his wife's
faithful labors-at first from a sense
of duty, but later from a revival of
the old love.
al have come" he said, as he fol-
lowed his card into the presence OF the
lawyer, ito consult you on a matter
of Importance upon which l require
legal advice"
He has heard of the bequest,''
thought Lester with a sudden fear. but
aloud he said, calmly: please sta te
the circumstances as briefly as posi-
BILE"
And he listened to another phase in
the complicated life of the woman he
loved.
Il wish to inquire" proceeded
Maurice Dunbar, whether a man
who marries under an assumed name
is legally married or not?"
Richard Lester made no outward
demonstration of a great joy that for
one moment filed his heart, to be fol-
lowed by a thrill of despair.
Yes" he said, after a moments
thought, yes, by the law of this state
a man who marries under any name is
legally married. Iassume, then" con-
tinued the lawyer, that you are in
terested in such a case?"
II am personally interested. The
name by which | am known, Maurice
Dunbar, is not my W name. l have
been troubled with some doubts. My
wife is a lovely Christian woman, and
I feared l had done her a wrong in mar
rying her under a name that was as
sumed as a matter of convenience.
There is no disgrace attached to it,
but when Irenounced my family l left
off the old name. ] shall keep the one
l have until l die"
He paid a liberal fee. and left the
stunned and dazed la of law with
another complexity to combat.
Richard Lester eve by any chance
sees Mrs. Dunbar, whose man of bust.
ness he remains; nor does he know
that to her he is only a memory asso-
ciated with a certain legal transac-
ton. which she believes she is justified
in keeping secret; for she realizes that
her husband is weak, and his present
goodness enforced, but she has saved
him from himself, and is satisfied with
her reward.
1t only remaint now for the real
Maurice Dunbar to appear and claim
his inheritance, which Richard Lester
will pay him, dollar for dollar. But
that is a contingency which may never
occur.-Detroit Free Press
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-01
The Bull.

Little Grace-Tve heard about the
American eagle and British lion and
Russian bear, but / never heard what
animal Japan has
Little G~eorge-The bull, of course.
Everybody mas heard Of the bull in the
China shop.-Good News.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-01
Overcoming Temptation.

The baby was donbled up with the
cramps, and yelling at the rate of q
mile a minute. The father and mother
stood over the crib with the laudanum
bottle between them.
you pour it out, Robert; your hand
is steadier."
NO, Lucy" he said, gently but firm
ly, '.you pour it out; that child is grow
ing so much like your mother that I
can't trust myself."-Texas Siftings.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-01

i'm his annual report Commissioner
Of Education Harris points ont the
great educational influence of news
papers and magazines
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-01

The smallest bird is a species of
hummirg bird common inMexico and
Central America. 1t is not quite 20
large as ahlue-bottle fly.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-01

"a some one to see you, maiam,"
announced the rosy-faced housemaid Of
the widow one morning d few weeks
before the wedding day.
Some one on business, Julia?' asked
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-04-28
Entertainments Tonight,

The third anniversary of the San
Antonio Philatelic society will be
celebrated at the residence of Ma
jor G. +. Dutton, U. S. Arsenal.
Major Dutton is president of the
association.
The 10Th anniversary of the or
der Of Odd Fellowship is celebrated
at Odd Fellows hall.
The Gilt Edge Social club will
enjoy a ball at Mission Garden
hall.
The Polish Young Mems Union
will have their annual spring ball
at st. Albert's hall.
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ELECTROPOISE
TRADEuMARK9
Four Hours Sufficient for Inflama-
tory rheumatism.
Hazel Green, Ky, March 10, 1894 .

Hazel Green. KY, March 10, 1894.
Gentlemen: Through the kindness of Mr..
Spencer Cooper, editor of the Hazel Green
Herald, | was offered an opportunity to try
the efficacy of our "Electropoise,' and !
must say il acted ike ~magic-almost a mira
to me. ] was taken down with intam-
matOry rheumatism on the 9th instant, and
in twenty-fOur hours my legs were most I'M
bearable. l had no use for my elbow, hips,
knees or feet, and in the helpless condition l
continued to suffer until the 9th, when Mr..
Cooper came ana offered to use the Electro
poise. | had no faith whatever, but, like a
ROWING man catching at a straw, consent
ed to it's use. In four hours the p1tn left my
leg to which the 'Poise was attached, and /
continued to grow better until the following
Monday, when | was able to sit up all day and
had not a pain about me. To-day, 49, l re-
sumed my business and feel as well as / ever
did. should add that just two years ago l
was confined to my bed four months by a
similar attack that the 'POise might have
cured in our DAYS. | believe now, and
hope all who are afflicted ms l was, will try
the same remedy. Gracefully,
F. N DAY.
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Rev. Chas. Ghilsen, of West Vir-
ginia, is in the city, and will preach
his first sermon in the First Pres
byterian church tomorrow morn
ing.
DR.. James w. Bell, of Philadel-
phia, is visiting Thad Bell, his
brother, in this city.
E. 1. Coyle, the well-knOwn jour-
nalist and church zealot, is in the
city on business, regarding a South
west Texas colonization scheme.
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Notice of Filing Final Account.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, N GS9nty Court pp0Tat in
COUNT IF M NJ

THE STATE OF TEXAS, N CG9nty y, Court in
0oONrf OF bENAR' To May Term, 1894.
TIL ate of Texas to all persons interested
Q administration of the estate of John
Guhmann, deceased.
G. Schneider, administrator of the estate
of John Guhmann, deceased, has filed his final
account in the County Court of BeXarcounty
which will be acted on at the May term, A. d.
1894, of said court at the courthouse thereof
in the City of San Antonio, after this notice
shall have been duly published for twenty
2O days in some newspaper printed in BeXar
county, Texas, at which time all persons In
terested in said estate may appear and
make objections thereto, If they see proper.
Witness, Thad. w. Smith, Clerk OF
the County Court of Bexar County
IL. ST. and Seal of said Court, at my office
in San Antonio, this 10th day of
April, A. ID. 1894.
THAD. W. SMITH,
Clerk County Court Bexar CounGy.
Issued same day.
BY X. {. S~YMINGToN. Deputy.
Came to hand April Goth, 1894, at l.25 o'clock
a. m. and publication of the above Citation
ordered made in the San Antonio LIGHT.
join p. CAMPBELL,
Sheriff BeXar County.
By JAS, NJ. Ar RIPPER, Deputy. 4A 2lt
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Religious Events.

Tomorrow morning a large class
OF children will be administered
first communion in st. Joseph's
Catholic church. In the afternoon
there will be confirmation services,
Bishop Neraz officiating
Today is st. Paul's day and to-
morrow st. Peters, in the Catholic
calendar.
Bishop NeraZ has confirmed a
class OF twenty-five children at
Honey Creek this week.
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CHEAP FARE
offered by the Southern Pacific
Railway.
Pacific

offered by the southern Pacific
Railway.
For the General Conference Of the M.
E. church at Memphis, Tenn, tickets will
be sold at one fare for the round trip, via
Houston, April both, May lst, End and
3rd; limited to return May 31st. @
For the international Regatta at Aus
tin, tickets will be sold at one fare for the
round trip, May l4tb, 18th, 10th and nth;
limited to return May Goth.
For the Spring Races at San Antonio,
tickets will be sold from Houston to Del
Rio, inclusive, May 2nd, Bird and 4th, at
one fare for the round trip; limited for
return until May 9Th.
For the Southern Baptist association at
Dallas, tickets will be sold at one-fare for
round trip on May 9th, 10th, 11th and
18th, limited to return 80 days from date
of sale.
Remember, low round trip rates are
still in effect to California, account Mid
winter Fair"
For grand excursion to Monterey, ac-
count 5th of May celebration, round trip
tickets will be sold May 4th at one fare
for the round trip, from stations, Houston
to Del Rio inclusive. Tickets limited TO
return to May 10th.
c. w. BEN, 7. M, L. J. PARKS, a. e..
P. & 7. A, Houston, Texas. All 2wkS.
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PERSIMMONS.

The largest pole reaches. We
had the pole and you have the per-
simmons; if you like rs dozen
Gents negligee shirts made by the
Brockaw Mfg, Co., and sold in this
city today at $3.50; 1t is your Per-
SimmOn at
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Hermann Breuslng, Notary Publ.

Pension certificates adjusted.
Internal revenue application
blanks on hand. Many years Of
experience have made me familiar
with this work. Office, San Anto-
MO DAILY LIGHT Printing House,
l04 East Commerce street.
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CITY c NEWS.
On. Won KoEHRINe, ART.

DIR. Won hOEHRIN6, AhZT.
Office & res. 229 Garden ST., tel. 476. 6 Is II
MnUVun Furniture, etc. packing
MuvINh and repairing. j. B.
Olsen 307 Alamo Plaza, Tel. 48S. 1y
M. M. WngfeH, and H E%baimsF
Telephone AL. 90 E. Commerce St.
-Delfraisse is turning out *
cellent work at his new studio. l02
and 104 E. Houston street. If
F. M. Gloeckner s Wagon and Carriage
Shop is the place for fine repairing and
shoeing. u.
eNIGIIna Hsv 'vzBId QUERY GIG
"qsI4ueQ 'uosdmoQL s s 'I0-
-Sheern & Burnett, undertakers and
embalmers, 307 w. Com. st. Tel. 1l5. ly
j. Brann, NJ. D., Urinary and
Skin Diseases, 904 Milan so. Tel.
269. Hrs. 10 to II, 2 to 3 and Z to s.
tf*
Go to DR.. II. A. BLAIR, regular grad
uate and registered physician and sur
geon, pharmacist and chemist; Mgr. of
the BLAIR's POPULAR DRUG STORE; for
pulbd anu llCCh u hSSs NANhhlNhiSs PubNhb
medicines and toilet articles, ETC., 81 f.
Commerce. Tel. S97. 412m
DR.. F. O.. Norris, a physician
from Eagle Lake, is in the city.
Mems tan Oxfords, pump soles,
latest style, $3.50.
23tf SULLIVAN SHOE Co.
1t will be an agreeable surprise
to persons subject to attacks of
bilious collie to learn that prompt
relief may be had by taking Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Di-
arrh9a Remedy. In many in
stances the attack may be prevent
ed by taking this remedy as soon
as the first symptoms of the dis
ease appear. % and 50-cent bottles
for sale by F. Kalteyer & Sons,
Chas. Campbell and James Clavin,
druggists. tt
. keys again, $50 in gold, Sulli-
van Shoe Co. % tt
You should encourage the
Jockey Club, by attending the
races. 4 % tt
-SHILOH'S CURE, the Great Cough
and Group Cure, is In great demand.
Pocket size contains twenty-five doses,
only 22c. Children love it. Sold by Drug
gists. Sold by +. Kalteyer 81 Sons.
The police have been annoyed
a great deal recently by being
called on to kill animals that have
died before they reached them.
-Ye dude pay $1.5O.for a shirt
sensible men go to Wolff & Marx
and get two for the price of one.
IA st
Cut prices on bar iron, steel,
nails, horse shoes, wagon and car
riage wood, builders hardware,
mowers, reapers, binders, hay
rakes and other implements.
TIPS q Hartmann.
Cut flowers sold and boquets
made to order at 153 Goliad street.
Att
Tell your friends about the $50
in gold June 10th. 3 keys. A key
with every purchase.
4 IA If SULLIVAN SHOE Co.
We are agents for the finest
Cook Stoves in the world, the new
Lighthouse and Grand Sunshine
Stoves and Ranges. A. Heusinger,
Military Plaza. 32Ott
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Stockdale censures the refusal Of
San Antonio city council to the en-
trance of the Gulf Shore as pro-
posed by the company.
Heavy earthquake shocks in
Greece complete the destruction Of
Thebes and damage Pamia, Par
risa, Nolo, Chairs and Patras. Loss
Of life great.
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A Pleasant Surprise Party.

Any one wishing to receive same will
please call at PIT w. Commerce street
mex to San Antonio National bank,
where you will be made a present of a
fine RELIABLE PROCESS GASOLINE STOVE,
II we can't prove it to be superior to any
In the market. III. Schultze. Jr., means
what he says, avail yourself of this OPP
II
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CHANCE FOR THE POOR MAN.

can sell you 50acres or more, on
the Medina river, Is miles from
city, on two railroads, at $40 to SIS
me acre; easy payments.
j. A. DAUGHERTY, lO4 East Com
merce st. az 80 If, no.. 2
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Will Not Do Without Il.

II find Comet Pile Remedy such
a great relief that / would not be
without it at any price" S. T.
Brown, Maryland Hospital, Balti-
more County, Md. Sold by James
Clavin, druggist, IA West Com
merce street, corner of Navarro,
San Antonio, Texas. 6
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Notice of Administration.

All persons holding claims against the es
tate of r.. P. Coburn, deceased, are requested
to present them to the undersigned within the
time prescribed by law, and are hereby noti-
fed that G. L. Coburn, who y sides at PIT
Johnson street, San Antonio, BeXar county,
Texas, was on the 10th day of March, 1894,
duly appointed administrator of the estate OF
II. p. Coburn, deceased.
G. L. COBURN. Administrator Of the Estate of
- X. P. COburn, deceased. At 4w law
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THE MONDAY AIR cHURN

Makes the finest grade of butter in
from three. quarters to two minutes time.
You ought to have one. Office, corner
Water and North streets. 22S 3m
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NOTICE,

This Office is not responsible for the
private bills Of any OF its employees. And
paid unless. accompanied by a written or
der from T B. JOHNSON. Manager.
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Instruments rented to responsible persons.
For q fOrty-page descriptive circular of the
great curative agent address
W s.. SWIMMER
Agent for Texas, New Mexico and Arizona.
southwest corner 22d, and Strand st
Silly T-T-Sst Galveston, Texas.
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WARNING.

The public is notified TO pay 70 monies
TO any persons on account OF the LIGHT
except to our authorized collectors as
published In the paper, unless they hold a
written receipt, or endorsed bill from the
undersigned. 7. B. JOHNSON,
Manager SRn Antonio LIGHT