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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-11-03
A RARE CASE.
The Heroic Deed of a Bad Man in the
~outhwes

The Heroic Deed of n Bad Man In the
uthwe
1t isn't often that one finds among
the mountaineers of the southwest a
hero of the highest type, but they do
exist, and a year or SO ago I met one.
l had beeen in his neighborhood for
three months, and 1 knew that he
kad killed d man or two and had the
reputation of being the gamest man in
the mountains. He was extremely
handy with a gun, too, and everybody
gave him a wide berth whenever there
was a prospect of a row. One day,
however, he got into a difficulty with
a man from an adjoining county. and
when the shooting began he cut and
run like a whitehead, leaving the
field in possession of the other party.
Two days afterwards l met him on the
road and we talked about the late dis.
turbance.
81 was rather surprised at the way
you acted" 1 said as mildly as l could,
for even then I had no wish to stir him
up.
Il reckon most folks wuz," he re.
piled briefly.
II know they were, and they don't
understand it. Neither do l."
"Well," he said, half alphabetically,
II reckon 1 jist run. and that wuz all
thar wuz to hit"
There was more than that; you lost
your reputation by it."
"Mebbe 1 did, colonel and he swal.
lowed a lump in his throat; but that
thar Teller had seven little children de.
pendin' on him. an / kinder had a idea
jist afore 1 pulled trigger that mebbe l
could git along better without my rep
p%ertation than they could without ther
daddy, so l run"
He stopped as if uncertain what to
say next, and 1 took him by the hand
and shook it with a vigor that 1 knew
he appreciated by the look that came
into his eyes.-Detroit Free Press.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-11-03
FLAM ES.

A Half-Million- Dollar Fire Visits East st.
Louisa Freight Warehouse and Two
Hundred Loaded and Empty Cars
Burned.
ST. Louis, Oct. 29.-At IL o'clock last
night fire started in the warehouse of
the Bridge & Terminal railway in East
st. Louis. The fire spread to the mass
of freight cars on both sides of the
warehouse and burned itself out for
want of material. The scene of the
fire was half a mile north of the Relay
depot and in the center of a maze of
tracks filled with cars. The ware
house, $50 feet long, was filed with
hay, cotton and grain.
The local fire department and n
gines from this city hurried to the fire,
but found no water, as there is not a
plug within a fourth of a mile of the
scene. Over 200 loaded and empty cars
were burned. From the time the alarm
vas sounded freight engines and crews
were busy hauling cars into safety.
This alone prevented a much heavier
loss. The estimates of the loss range
from $500, 900 to $50, 600. The freight
in the warehouse was mostly consigned
to the Jacksonville & Southeastern
railway. The cause of the fire is I'M
known.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-11-03
POLITICAL ASSESSMENTS.
Commissioner Roosevelt Has More to Say
Regarding Them.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.-''In reference
to the charges of political assessments
at Philadelphia" said Civil Service
Commissioner Roosevelt yesterday,
''the commission finds, after investiga-
tion, that there has been very little at
tempt at assessment in either the post
office or customhouse SO far as the
classified service is concerned, the ma
jority of clerks, carriers, etc, being
left free to contribute to either party
as they wished. In the mint the Con-
dition of affairs was much the same as
at the Pittsburgh internal revenue
Office. Most of the employees were
men appointed for political reasons
from the rank of the dominant party.
These people have received circulars
asking them to contribute, and again
reminding them of their failure to con-
tribute if they did not do so at the first
request. Apparently there was no vio-
lation of the law committed in the way
these circulars were sen out, and there
vas certainly no duress exercised by the
head of the mint IN his subordinates
to make them contribute"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-11-03
IMPERATIVE DUTY OF LAWYERS.
The Obligation Which Rests Upon the
Legal Profession.

The Obligation Which Rests Upon the
Legal Profession.
Iwish to call attention to an obliga-
ton resting upon members of the legal
profession, and which 1 think goes
quite beyond that which, under the
same state of facts, would rest upon
citizens in general. When, as we have
lately seen, so-called industrial
armies" dissolve into rowing vagabonds
and beggars, the a~bsurdity of their
claims and pretenses makes them the
subject of contempt and ridicule; but
if their mischievous doctrines have
taken root among any class of our peo-
pie, and their d~emoralizing raids upon
the industry of the country are likely
to be repeated by themselves OF others,
it is not by a thoughtless and con-
temptuous word that the mention Of
them can be wisely dismissed. Espe-
cially is this the case as regards the
members of the legal profession.
A special duty rests upon them
to give active and effective aid to
established institutions whenever rev.
dictionary doctrines are brought for
ward, or when the fundamental rights
we had supposed were made u I'M
der constitutional guarantees are in
vaded or appear to be put in peril. The
lawyer may very often more effectual-
ly support the constitution and laws
by assisting to build up a public senti-
ment hat shall continue an impregna-
BILE bulwark against those who through
malice or ignorance or withrevolution-
airy purpose assail them, than it would
be possible for him to do by personal
service as a soldier, or by aid in the
suppression of rebellion or of domestic
disorder. 1t is a low and very I'M
worthy view any lawyer takes of his
office, when he assumes that he has
nothing to do with public ignorance Of
the duty of subordination to the insti-
buttons of organized society, or with
breaches of law existing or~threatened,
except as he may be called upon to
prosecute or defend in the courts for q
compensation to be paid him.-Hon
Thos. NJ. Cooley, in Forum.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-11-03
GERMAN RETALIATION

Against the United States for DiscriInina.
ting Against German Beet Sugar In the
New Tariff Law Beginning to Make It
self Manifest.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.-The German
ambassador has formally notified the
secretary of state that in consequence
of the introduction of Texas fever by
NEAR of two shipments from New
York, the importation of fresh beef
and cattle from the United States to
Germany would shortly be prohibited.
In his official note Baron Won Saurma-
Jeltse adds, in regard to cargoes atioat,
that shipments made from the United
States up to the 2Sth of October will
be admitted to enter Germany only on
condition of being slaughtered immedi-
ately upon landing.
The department of state makes pub
lie the notice for the information of in
tending shippers of live cattle and
fresh beef intended for Germany, but
officials decline to comment on the
matter, declaring that they have no
further information regarding the
cause of this action of the German
government.
1t is thought, however, that this
marks the commencement of a policy
of commercial retaliation against the
United States on account of the dis
elimination against German beet
sugar in the new tariff law.
The department of agriculture,
which maintains a careful inspection
of cattle and meat products exported,
insists that it is impossible that cattle
affected with Texas fever or any sim
liar complaint could have been shipped
from New York, as claimed by the
German officials. No reports have
been received which indicate that this
disease or any other could have re-
Gently been exported from the United
States.
Cattle are not expected to arrive in
perfect condition in foreign ports after
the long sea voyage. particularly at
this season of the year, when vessels
are liable to have rough passages, due
to the stormy conditions which prevail
on the Atlantic. The fever thus pro-
duced by the sea voyage is what is
probably called Texas fever by the
German government.
No complaints have been received
from other countries. The note of the
German ambassador is the first intima-
ton that the Germans had any fault
to find with American expectations of
cattle. The department of agricul-
ture will be called upon to investigate
the complaint made by Germany, and
Secretary Gresham, it is expected, will
send a protest against Germany's ac-
ton to hat government through the
American ambassador at Berlin.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-11-03
CENTS ARE LEGAL TENDER.
In Amounts of twenty-five OF Under They
VIII Go w In This Country.

In Amounts of twenty-five OF Under They
Will Go Anywhere In This Country.
There is n story so utterly ridicu.
lous that it seems incredible hat it
should ever have been printed, which
rounds of various newspapers of the
country annually. Look for it and you
will ooner or later see it crop up again.
This tale is always based upon the un-
popularity of the one-cent pieces in the
extreme west and southwest. IL its
most common form it tells of some east
ern traveller who attempts to dispose of
a hundred or so one-cent pieces. in San
Francisco, Ell Paso or some other place.
The tradesman is always represented
as looking at them c~uriously and de-
clining them.
The writers of these senseless tales
may have been in the west or they may
not. 1t matters little-their story is
pointless. They seek to brand the
mythical tradesman as of the same cat
egory with themselves.
The cent is a legal-tender in amounts
of twenty-five and less. If an eastern
man in San Francisco or anywhere else
owes a debt of twenty-five cents, and
tenders twenty-five one-cent pieces in
settlement, the courts will sustain him.
OF course, the coins are not popular
in the extreme west and south, but no
one need carry a hundred of them in a
cigar box or anywhere else as useless
metal. If you are in a city that has a
United States sub-treasury, go to the
post Office, dump in twenty-five cents
and see if you will have any difficulty
in obtaining stamps or postal cards of
like amount. If one is refused, a let
ter of complaint to the postal authori-
ties will oon work the removal of an
employee who would discredit United
States money.
1t is well to bear this matter of the
legal tender of a cent in mind. Nc
one for spite can make a person take
more than twenty-five of them in any
single transaction involving the settle
ment of a debt. One need have no
fear, then, of receiving n hundred
dollars in cents from some embittered
debtor.-N. Y. Herald.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-11-03
CAN'T PROSECUTE REPEATERs.
An Unlooked-for Result of the Repeal Of
the Federal Election Laws.

An Unlooked-for Result of the Repeal of
the Federal Election Laws.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.-The decision
given yesterday by Mr.. Draffen, the
Assistant United States district attor-
ney ut Kansas City, that he could not
prosecute repeaters in the coming
election in view of the repeal of the
federal election laws, was a topic of
interest at the department of justice
to-day.
Attorney General Olney said that he
had not looked into the question, but
from his present knowledge he be-
lieved hat Mr.. Draffen was correct in
his view of the case. There was no
doubt, however. said the attorney
general, that %repeaters could be
brought into courts other those of the
United States and punished as severely
as under the federal statute which
had been repealed.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-11-03
believed chat diamonds were

Plato believed that diamonds were
formed by a vitrifying quality impart-
ed to certain portions of pure water by
''star-shine." Pliney says that the
diamond is the hardest as well a the
most valuable of the precious stones,
and hat it can only be softened by inn
mersing it even days and sever nights
in goats blood! Booetius declares
that the ruby is a sovereign remedy
against the plague and all poisons; it
also drives away evil spirits and bad
Dreams" Serapius ascribes to the
diamond the power of healing various
eruptive diseases. and also says that
it insures the safety of the wearer in
time of great tempests. Babinet says:
Fer all maladies of a nervous charac-
ter the amethyst is the n and SOW
ereign cure"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-11-03
The Last First.

Childish simplicity sometimes looks
like d~eceitfulness without being it. 1t
was a perfectly honest little girl who
vas asked by her father:
well, Emily, have you got along
nicely with your knitting while I've
been away? Which stocking are you
on now?'
"On the second,
"Well, where's the osher??'
"Oh, l should have told you, papa. ]
began on the second one.'-Youth's
COMPANION.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-11-03
A Remedy for soiIed Gowns.

Here is a preparation which is excel
lent for cleaning soiled black dresses:
Take two parts of soft water to one
part of alcohol. or if there be paint
spots on the stuff, spirits of t%urpentine.
Soap a sponge well, dip in the mixture,
and rub a breadth at a time, on both
sides, stretching the material on a ia
BILE. Iron on the wrong side, or that
which is to be on the inside when the
stuff is made up. Sponge off with wa
ter, hot but not scaiding, before you
iren n. Iron while damp. This proceed
ing will make the material appear like
ne w. Y. World.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-11-03
He Would Live ALWAYS.

A man who was deeply lin debt was
sick unto death.
"Ah," he sighed, "if I could only live
until I had paid off my debts"
"Humph!" sneered the doctor, blunt
ly, you want to live forever, do you?'
Texas Siftings.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-11-03
THE PEWAsIc MINE DISASTER.
Hopes Still Entertained for the Rescue
Alive of Some Of the Entombed Miners.

hopes Sill entertained Tor the Rescue
Alive of Some of the Miners.
IRON MOUNTAIN, Mich, Oct. 26.-It
has been ascertained to a certainty
that the ten men entombed in the
Pewabic mine by the caving in of yes
terday are all Cornishmen but two,
who are Swedes. The body of Frank
Gabardi, the Italian, who nearly
escaped has been recovered. At 6
o'clock this evening they had dug to
within eight feet of the men, and some
of them at least were still alive, as a
distinct tapping car be heard on a pipe
leading to where the men are en-
tombed. 1t is o thought probable
that at least some of ZEN will be
rescued alive. The relatives of the
men linger around the shaft hoping
against hope.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-11-03
LAID Low BY r

A Portion of the VIM. Deering Harvester
Works In Chicago Burned.
CHICAGO, Oct. 27.-The north half of
the mammoth brick warehouse, be-
longing to the Wm. Deering harvester
works, located at Clyburne avenue and
the north branch of the Chicago river,
was destroyed by fire at 8 a.. m. The
building housed a large amount of
hemp and completed machinery, and
its contents are a total loss. The loss
on the building is placed at SIS, 900 and
on the contents s175, 900; partly covered
by insurance. Origin unknown.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-11-03
He Went shortly After.

Miss Amy lat 1910 a. m, after Goslin
has related an anecdote)-That story
reminds me of you, Nh. Goslin.
Goslin Observation-Disclosures it
is bright, l suppose.
Amy-Not at all. Because it won't
go.-Detroit Free Press.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-11-03
In n Ouandary.

Mr.. Becker Ito colored servant)-You
do as l tell you. I'm the master of
this house.
Mrs. Becker-And I'm the mistress
of it, SO you'll mind me before anyone
else.
Rastus-Dat's all very well. I doan
care a picayune witch is de mas'r or de
missus. What 1 wanter know is, who's
de boss?-Philadelphia Press.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-11-03
An Inquisitive Young Woman.

$50 this is your studio, Mr.. Dobb?"
"Yes."
"And these are your b~rushes?"
"Yes."
"And where do You keep the trowe
which you lay on your color?"-
Judge.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-11-03
GEN. AMOS BECKWITH.
The Well Known Retired Army Officer
Dies In st. Louis.

Dies in st. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 2S.-Gen. Amos Beck
with died at his rooms in this city Fri
day night, aged 60 years. He was
taken Ill with pneumonia last August,
and, though better at times, never re-
covered from the attack. His brother,
John Beckwith, who occupied adjoin-
ing rooms, was with him throughout
his illness. The deceased was a
bachelor, and since his retirement
from the army, in 1889, had lived with
his brother
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-11-03
ACTIVE
Said to be Preparing for Another Out
break I'm Paris.

Said to be Preparing for Another Out
break I'm Paris.
PARIS, Oct. 27.-The Matin says that
information has reached the prefecture
of police that the anarchists are pre-
pairing for another outbreak. Accord
ing to this information the anarchists
have resolved that three of their num-
Der shall come to Paris from Poissy,
Lyons and Lille for the purpose Of
causing n explosion in the chamber Of
deputies, the police watch in the
vicinity OF which has been doubled ~
ords r to head it off.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-11-03
Learning a Lesson.

~:udge-You are charged with assault
rnd battery; what have you to say?
Prisoner-Not a word, yeronner. It
was sayin' too much got me into this
scrape.-Det-oit Free Press
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-11-03

We are, in our search for happiness,
like an absent-minded man looking for
his hat. while all the time it is on his
head.-Sydney Smith.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-11-03

Hoods PIIIs cure all liver ills. sc.
Evening journal., 1894-04-17
Trre.. Armv snllts Un.

EFFINGHAM, Ills, April l7.-General Frye
and his commonweal arrived in this city,
$50 strong, General Frye being in charge.
They went into camp on the outskirts OF
the city and will remain until tomorrow tc
rest and clean up. The men are intelli
gent and well behaved. Major Arnold, in
behalf of the city, has provided them with
food. Last evening General Frye address
ed an audience of 1000 from the courthouse
steps and was attentiveIy listened to.
At Vandalia half Of the army left the
general command and will proceed &C
Washington along the line Of the Balti.
more and Ohio railroad General Frye
with his command, will proceed from here
along the old National road TO Washing
ton. The army seems to be losing strength
and numbers because of the long and tire
some march. They are provided with
tents. blankets and cooking utensils and
depend upon the people for food, which is
cheeriully given.
Evening journal., 1894-04-17
can on nreol,inrIdee to RetIre.

LOUISVILLE, April 1.-THE Post Demo
craticl, commenting editorially ON the
downfall Of Breckenridge, says that 'the
one service he can now render to his friends
and his party is to accept the verdict Of the
Washington jury as a verdict Of eternal
banishment from the public and from the
public service and act accordingly. lie
should retire now and leave the Democrats
of the Ashland district free TO choose rep
resentative who will bring NV aad better
influences into politics They should go to
some man of worth and character in pri-
vate station whose career has exhibited
those virtues and devotions ON which An
glo-Saxon civilization rests, and send him
to Washington as Kentucky's reply to the
accusations brought against her by her
own sons -
Evening journal., 1894-04-17
GREAT NORTHERN STRIKE.
Eonunion Railroad Mon Reported Hanged
by strikers.

DN strikers.
ST. PAUL, April l1.-The Great Northern
strike has reached within one division OF
this city, and it is probable that it will be
nearer before night. On Sunday the city
Of Grand Forks, y. d.. was the most east
ern point OF the strike but since then Il
has extended to CrookstOn, on the Fergus
Falls division, and to breckenridge on the
Breckenridge branch. East Of these points
there YVES no interruption to traffic, and
west IL was a complete tieup.
At Grand Forks the officials wanted 70
get out train and swore In 20 deputies 70
protect them, but 800 men assembled at
the depot and declared that no train could
be made up there. Trouble is feared be
fore the day is over. Another attempt was
made at DEVILS Lake TO take out a train
but IL failed as had both previous at
tempts during the last three days There
was no riotng, but the 100 strikers at chat
point stood their ground, and the train
was not started.
One train was moved at LarimOre, y. ID, a.,
but no mails have arrived since Saturday,
and everything is srid TO be tied up. A re-
port has reached Great Falls from kalis-
pell that a scab who WAS i.rung up on Sat
urday night in order TO scare him was Al
lowed TO hang too long and did not sur
vive. The report has not been verified. al
though said 20 have come from a reliable
source in the first place. Superintendent
Currier of Helena has called on the sheriff
for protection at Great Falls
The only change in the situation is the
Endorsement Of the strike by the assemblies
Of the knights of Labor located in that
city. Mr. Hogan, who ordered the strike,
Is at Butte and declares that the disap-
proval of the brotherhood officials cuts no
figure in the strike. lie intimates that the
railroad has pulled OFF, those leaders aud
expresses the belief that the strikers will
be victorious. Nearly all the brotherhoods
are represented in this city by officers.
Vice President George Howard Of the
American Railway union is here and has
been studying the field thoroughly. lie
denied emphatically that there was any
trouble between the union and the broth.
erhoods and insisted that the railroads
were trying ~ keep the two organizations
apart. He added that there would proba.
bly, be no strike on the eastern division OF
the Great Northern, but there would be
one unless the demands of the men are
complied with. Apparently the strikers
| have gone out, then sent a notice OF their
demands TO the railroad and now are wait
ing for the railroad officials to call on them
| and ask for "a conference. just what the
outcome will be is yet unsettled, and SO
far as any announcement is concerned the
railroad has not yet made any attempt tC
start trains. just when or how they may
try to ill the places Of the strikers is un
! certain