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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-08-18
THE WAR IN SOREA.

Late News from Official Chinese SOU res
The Anomalous Position OF Ii Hung
Chang ->tripped of His Chief Honars Er-
cause of Ineiiicirncy. Yet Left H. Supreme
of the Army and Nary-War
News.
LONDON. Aug. l%.-Thc Shanghai
correspondent of the Central News has
been enabled to obtain from an official
Chinese source Il full confirmation "f
the report that Ii Hung Chang has
been reproved and degraded by the
emperor for dilatoriness in prosecuting
the war. The correspondent says:
The emperor expressed his displcas-
ure at the backward condition of the
soldiers. ccnsurcd Ii Hung for rcml>s-
ness and in a secret decree deprived
him OF the yellow coat and the pea
cock feather and reduced him in rank
three degrees.
Nevertheless, Ii Hung retains Of
fee. and inasmuch as he has been given
entire charge of the naval and military
forces, enjoys all the privileges of
viccrOy.
The correspondent says the incident
is entirely comprehensive to ANYBODY
conversanl with Chinese customs.
In british naval circles the Japanese
attacks on Wei-liai-Wei and Port Ar
thur are regarded as daring. The
rashncs> ami the pluck of the Japan
ese is praised unstintedly.
Wei-lIai-Wci and Port Arthur have
exceedingly strong defenseS. More
over. according to the testimony of
Capt. Lang and others %cOnversans
with the facts, the Chinese are expert
~t"rpedoiStS and gunners. 1t is as
sumcd that the Japanese attack is
part of a scheme to keep the Chinese
fleet i'll the gulf of Pc Chi Ii while
Japan pours troops to COrea.
Another dispatch from Shanghai
says: 1t is reported that twenty-six
ships were engaged in the attack on
Nci-llai-Wei. Whether or not all wer.
war ships is not known. The forts and
vessels exchanged about fifty shots.
The forts fired badly: their shells fell
short or vide. The attacks. it is
thought, We're a ruse t. draw fire il
order to ascertain the strength and po-
sitiOn of the Chinese guns.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-08-18
A NEW NAUTICAL VOCABULARY
ADDITIONS MaSs by Young Women FROM
"Fresn WATER REGIONS.

"Fresh Water Regions.
The yachtsTnan'S vocabulary is a Ian.
grage in itself. and the landsman Otter
runs afoul of it. He doesn't see WHY
one rop- should be called a sheet. an.
other a halyard. 4 third a downhaul
and a forth a clevline. One boat.
owner. whose hospitable decl; is trod.
den by many of his friends. has modi-
fed his terms to confirm with the sug-
gestions or mistakes of his guests who
are not expert sailors.
For instance. one %landlubber who
had gone below for a drink of water
was asked what he had done with the
cup.
Il hung it Or the post" he said, in
n%ocently.
Everyone roared at the idea that he
could be so green" as no to know
what the mast was called. but on that
yacht the mast is now known as the
post"
y pretty girl from a fresh water
district wa responsible for another
nautical word. The strips of canvas
N'So III ing up IiHC III VI Cdllcu
stops. Some one wanted the stops and
could not find them for the instant.
What are You looking FORE asked
the young I'M
Il am looking for the stops. They
were here a little while ago"
THE stops! Oh. You mean the tapes.
They're under this rug"
" -.,- IL. IL l- ~
tapes.
Another young woman from an in
terror state had read enough nautical
stories to have caught a few phrases
here and there. For one thing. she
knew that hard tack" was a staple
article of diet at sea. On a visit TO the
east this damsel went sailing. She was
anxious to learn. and when She heard
the man at the wheel say hard a lee"
she asked some questions, and found
out what it meant.
\ little later the stcersman said the
yacht vas going about. Some of the
guests were paying no attention. and
seemed in danger of being struck by
the boom as it swept over to the other
sike of the yacht.
Hard tack. hard tack cried OFT the
young eXcitedlv.
All managed to duck their heads in
time to escape the spar. if they didn't
know what the maiden meant by hard
tack" and another joke was added to
the yachts store of them."-N. y. Trib-
nae.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-08-18
VEGETABLE WHISKY SHOP.
Cup of Death That Lures the Unwary Bug
to Destruction.

Cup or Death That Lures tine tnwary bug
to Destruction.
The most curious of these freak
plants is what is commonly called the
whisky shop but which is labelled
more scientifically the ''Nepenthes."
This plant receives its nourishment
through large bulbs. resembling over
grown pea pods. growing OF its stalks,
rather than through roots. 1t is a
ca%rnivorous plant, very g~luttonous in
its appetite for flies and other unfor-
tunate members of the bug family
which happen within its reach. The
pods are half full of Intoxicating liq-
uor. calculated to give any poor crawl
err the most horrible jag" of his life.
and when the plant has its Ii
censc." the top of the bulb closes
over. disclosing the enticing fluid
within and a sugared lining leading
down to it. which Immediately attracts
the passing insect. who puts the fatal
cup to his lips and drinks until he falls
head over heels into the digestive
organs of the dreadful Nepenthes. and
no matter whether he be a hard-shelled
beetle or a tender mosquito. ne is
gobblcd up. bones and all. On the I'M
der side of some of the lids grow long,
sharp pins. which stab the unfortunate
bugs trying to escape. and on others
atu has paved the way to ruin by
laying out a sort of boulevard. fenced
in on either side with n hedge of thorns
which leads to the mouth of the cup.
To prevent adultcration of the liquor,
the lids close when a rainstorm is APP
pretended. affording in the wonderful
plant a barometer as well as a curiosity.
-~Indianapolis News.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-08-18
Japanese Movements in seoul.

LONDON. Aug. IA dispatch re-
ceived from Shanghai this noon ron
firms the Times correspondents state
mcnt that 1000 Japanese who were
landed at FuSan and 5000 more who
were landed at Gensan. are marching
toward Seoul. The W. forces will
meet at some distance from Seoul and
then effect a junction with the Japanese
troops already in the Seoul district.
This combined army is expected t.
operate against the Chinese army com
ing down the peninsula.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-08-18
SOULS OF SECLUDED SPOTS
Dim Temples Haunted by the Mystic
Spirit Which Outlasts All Ages.


The genius loci of the ancientS is not
altogether a myth. \ truer mysticism
than their mythology teaches us that
places retain for ages something of the
lives hat have been lived in them. an
echo of the voices hat have made them
musical, a ieeting shadow of the men
and women who found in them their
happiness or their sorrow. Those who
have spent much time in secluded spots
learn to feel that lonely places have
souls: and the sou of a place is indeed
its genius loci, its familiar spirit.
its peculiar essence as real a
thing as the scent of a rose or
the smell of the sea. There are rose
gardens in the east that are fair with
the accumulated happiness of past gem
erations. There are shady lex groves
in Italy wherein still dwellS the silent
spirit of contemplation: perhaps the
phantasms of tragic loves sigh out their
little day beneath the ancient trees. In
Italy, in Greece, in Asia, in distant In
dian glens. dim temples stand to this
day. haunted or blessed. perhaps by the
presence of that mystic spirit which
outlaSts all ages. And the market
place has its familiar genius also. the
busy center of the crowded city. the
broad ~thOroughfare of the great me-
tropOliS, silent for a few hours under
the summer moonlight or the winter
rain. Old castles. too, deserted villages,
uninhabited homes of dead populations
all have wraiths. the ghosts of what
they have been, silent to the many, but
more eloquent to the few han n hui
man speech can ever be. And besides all
these, there are spots where nature has
never been nodded by man, where she
is sovereign and he is subject-lonely
places by the sea. great sunlit silences
where man has not dared to dwell be-
cause nature there would give him
nothing. nor was he able to take any
thing from her. And the spirit of
those places is more lonely, and grander.
and mightier. than the genius loci of
the market-place. or of the deserted
Italian villa. where the red-star cracks
the ~Speechless statues" or v of the
shady cioister or of the wind-swept
temples of banished gods The song
of songs is still unwritten. though ma
lures music makes mans grandeSt
symphonies ridiculous. and sounds
night and morning in the ears of him
who has EARS to LIBERALIZATION Craw-
ford, in Century.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-08-18
The Powers Should Intervene to Prevent
the Extinction of Japanese Autonomy.

LONDON. Aug. 13.-The Daily News
recommends concerted action by the
European powers to stop the war be-
tween China and Japan. 1t says:
China and Japan respectively en-
body conservative and innovating
forces. 1t is. therefore. natural
that western nations should sym
pathizr with Japan. If her
ultimate victory We're probable or ven
within the range of practical POSSIBLE
ties. there might be plausible argu-
mentA against intervention. But the
permanent defeat of China is almost
impossible. and the result. unless the
powers intcrpOSc. will probably he the
extinction of Japanese autonomy ant
Jealous exclusion of foreign devils
from Japan as well as from China.
If mutual jealousy prevents the Euro
pean powers from acting. there re-
mains the alternative of possible ac-
ton 10y the tnited states. That may
he contrary To II aspect of the Mon
roe doctrine and opposed To American
IDEAS. hut the situation is exceptional
enough to Justify Il departure from
precedent and usage. The fighting
cannot continue without seriously in
juring the trade of the world"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-08-18
Another PhIlanthropist.

Inventor-I've got the model ola ma
chine here that will do the work of fifty
men.
Capitalist-How many men does il
take to run it!
Two"
Then every machine you build
throws forty-eight men out of employ.
ment. What's to become of those?!"
Capitalists Daughter-Why. papa,
lot them go to the seaside. They're
needed there awfully.-Chiqago Tr,b'
uIle.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-08-18
GOING AGAINST THE RECORD
Harry Stanw God Trying to Break the Chi
cago-New York Wheel Record.

CHICAGO. Aug. 12.-H. L. Stanwood,
of the Illinois Cycling club. of this city,
started from the city hall at l p. IN. in
an attempt to lower the Chicago-New
York record of 10 days. / hours. 80 min
utes. made in June. 1898. Stanwood
will ride a wheel weighing nineteen
pounds. lie will take the northern
course. when takes him through
northern Indiana, Ohio and through
Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Al.
bany-
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-08-18
Lively as a Trout

Is the individual who after a long siege finds
himself liberated from the close blockade of
the enemy, constipation. Many persons of
a bilious habit are troubled with construction
OF the bowels. They always find relief, and
that speedily, without gripping or trouble of
any sort, from Hostetter's Stomach Bitters,
a remedy also for malaria, ~dyspeptic, rheu-
matte or kidney affections.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-08-18
a BLOW AT PULLMAN.
The ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of Illinois Charges
thar the Pullman Palace Car Co. Has
Forfeited Its Franchise.

Chicago. Aug. 11.-At 1:2Oo'clock this
afternoon Acknowledgement Moloney
appeared in the office of the circuit
clerk of Cook county and filed Il petit
ton covering sixty pages Of typewrit-
ten legal cap for a bill in
equity against the Pullman Palace
Car Co.. calling upon it to show cause
why it should not be prohibited
from furthc: doing business under the
laws of the state. The f"tition set
forth hat it has violated the franchises
conferred upon it by the state in
numerous particulars, and lays stress
upon the fact that it is conducting a
hotel business and a real estate bust
ness. without warrant of law.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-08-18
CHOLERA.
Fourteen Cases of the Disease Reported
on ~ Vessel just Arrived at New York.

EOufteen Eases Of the Disease reported
ON ~ Vessel just Arrived at New York.
New YORK, Aug. 11.-Fourteen eases
of cholera are reported OF 4 vessel just
arrived in port. She is the Z. Garland
and is from Rotterdam. As soon
as her signals asking for a med
zeal officer were recognized the
authorities sent a staff of physicians
on board. Fourteen steerage passen-
gers We're found to be suffering from
A>iatic cholera. The vessel is detained
at quarantine off Hoffman island. on
which is situated the state crematory.
If any - the victims die they will be
crcmatcd at nee As they were during
the scare and forty days of publication
two years ago.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-08-18
Were ION Ever south n summcr.

It is Mt. hotter n Tennessee. Alabama
CT Georgia than here. and it is post
tyely delightful on the Gulf Coast of Mis-
sissfppi and West Florida. If you are icoi-
ing for 4 location in the South go down now
AID see for yourself. The Louisville s.
Nashville Railroad and connections viii sell
tickets TO all points South for trains of Au-
gust 9TH at one fare round trip. Ask your
ticket agent about it. and if he cannot sell
you excursion tickets write to G.. i. AtmOre,
General Passenger Agent, Louisville, Ky.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-08-18
DROPPED TO A
Another Female Aeronnut Meets the Usual
rate.

NASHVILLE. Tenn. Aug. 11.-Madame
Loula Randle, an aeronaut of Detroit.
Mich, was killed here this afternoon
while making an ascension from Glen
dale park.
The lady had been making daily a.
tensions at Glendale park, a popular
resort, and had met with several mar
row escapes Yesterday she cut loose
her parachute while at a great height
and lodged in a tree, from which she
fell and broke her neck.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-08-18
Pure and Wholesome OualItv

Commends to public approval the California
liquid laxative remedy, Syrup of Figs. 1t
IS pleasant to the taste and by acting gently
on the kidneys, liver and bowels to cleanse
the system ef~fectually, it promotes the
health and comfort of all who use it. and
with millions it is the best and only remedy.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-08-18

HE-"You are the one girl amonga thous-
and" She-"I didn't suppose there had
been more than adoaen CT so."-IndianapoIis
Journal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-08-18

LETTER carriers may be seen collecting
letters at midnight. but this doesn't explain
why some late males don arrive till near
Observation-Disclosures Times.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-08-18

A FAIR lady becomes still fairer by using
Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
Hills Hair and Whisker Dye, 50 cents.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-08-18

SOME people are so constituted that they
can never see the bright side of anything
but i dollar.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-08-18

TUITION is high in the school of expert.
ence, but the instructor iSthorough.-Ralu's
Horn.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-08-18

IF matches are made IN heaven, let rs hope
some of our pugulists will get there, aud
soon. They Seem unable to make them here.
Puck.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-08-18
SURPRISE

Be careful how You go abroad in raiment
that is new.
Because L sudden little shower NAV get the
drop on you.-Truth.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-08-18

\ oHE-LEGGED man will never be troubled
with Wet feet.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-08-18

The amplest knowledge has tao
largest faith. WI
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-08-18

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is a Constitutional Cure. Price 75c.
Arizona republican., 1894-11-21
An Ancient Hunting Ground.

There is still deal of good hunting on the Delaware peninsula, although the region has been steadily shot over by a sporting population for the last two hundred and fifty years. Della ware has stringent game protective laws, and in the lowest county of the state there are great swamps that still harbor considerable variety of game. The same is true of several of the Maryland eastern shore counties, and the two Virginia counties have prob ably as good aquatic hunting as is to be found anywhere on the Atlantic coast short of few almost inaccessible points north and south.
Arizona republican., 1894-11-21
The Hair and Insanity.

It was formerly supposed that peo- pie of pale complexion, especially if the hair was a pronounced blonde, fine and thin, were specially liable to mental excitement and brain disorder. Statistics which have recently been compiled prove this to be, another of the grave errors of the old-time specialist" At the Kirkbridge (Eng. asylum out of a total of 265 pa tients only one has red hair, and only three either light hair or fair com plexion. In the New York, London and Paris hospitals for the insane the same proportion holds good. Exactly why dark-haired persons are more
Arizona republican., 1894-11-21
A COURT BALL.

BrilIiancy of the Scene as Depicted by an
 American Visitor.
 Never shall I forget the sight which greeted me as we entered, writes Win nifred Grant, in Home and Country. A long walk between two lines of people led to the further end of the room, where I saw a slender man, in the uni form of the Austrian hussars, and a sweet-faced lady in a court costume that fairly blazed with jewels, sur rounded by ladies and gentlemen in waiting, all gorgeously attired. The brilliancy of the countless crystal gas lights from the huge chandeliers, the superb uniforms, wealth of sparkling jewels on all sides, and the magnificent gowns, all completed picture of daz- zling beauty, never to be forgotten. l was dipnly aware of the fact that the countess had again given our names to some official, who repeated them to the master of ceremonies, handing him the cards. Not visiting cards, mind you, but huge things with our names so clearly written as to defy mistake. We had dropped our trains on entering the room, and they were immediately spread out to their full width and length by ushers with long wands.
 Then we slowly marched up the room, and after our names had been announced to their majesties, we each stepped forward and courtesied, or bowed, almost to the floor. Then we backed away, keeping our faces toward the royal party, until we reached the end of the room, where we stopped to breathe for minute. l had been pre- sented. and lived, and was grateful.
 Presently there was 8 movement in the lines of guests, and at the same moment hidden orchestra began a majestic polonaise. The guests moved towards the sides of the room, leaving the center cleared, and, headed by two ushers with slaves, the royal party slowly marched around the ballroom and then retired. His majesty's ball had been formally opened.
Arizona republican., 1894-11-21
CATARRH,

Catarrh is usually applied to a peculiar dis order of the nostrlls and adjacent parts, while in fact it may attack every organ in the body, containing muco us membrane, CataIrh may then be said to be disease of the mucous membranes of the body. The most prominent feature however is a morbid discharge from the head, either by the nostrils or a dropping into the throat. At first there is almost constant flow of clear anrid fluid, bat later on there is secreted an offensive, purulent, greenish or yellowish matter In others there is tough yiscid and offensive phleem. which collects be- hind and above the soft palate and which ad- hers with glueish tenacity.
 In some cas- S there is a thick viscid, slimy secretion which coats over the membrane of the nasal cavities and then putrefes gIvlng rise to stench sufficiently fetid to poison the at mosphere of a whole room. In other cases all secretions are suspended causing an unpleasant feeling of dryness, heat and feverishness in the head and nose condition known ss "Dry Cat arrh." The disease speedily extends to the air cavities of the bones of the head and face and down past the nasal cavity into the throat, causing frequent attempts to clear the parts of phlegm producing the sound "hem,'' more or less forcibly. In this manner the din rculty spreads from organ to organ invading the throat, larynx. trachea and bronchial tubes un- til it finally reaches the lungs.
 Thus Catarrh becomes the starting point of consumption development, the disease being eventually transmitted to the lungs, both by nervous connection and continuity of surface.
 So frequently has this fatal course been mo- ticed that all those who are thoroughly conver- sant with the subject now look upon Catarrh as 6 premonition and one of the very earliest manifestations of consumption. Every case of Catarrh is curable by our sy stem of practice.
Arizona republican., 1894-11-21
They COurted Years Ago,

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Nov. 20.-At the Plankinton house last night Miss Elida J. McCollum of Aberdeen, s. D., was married to E. L. Mcbride of Chi cago. The couple had courted several years ago, but had not seen each other for more than year until last night. The bride made the trip to Milwaukee alone. MT. Mcbride is an employe of Marshall Field X Go.
Arizona republican., 1894-11-21
liable to mental diseases than those of other shades of color has not vet been explained
Hungary's Thousandth Year.

The Hungarians are making prepara- tions on grand scale for millennial exhibition, and the government at Prague has addressed a prayer to Elm peror Francis Joseph, at Vienna, that he might lend them all the historic relics in his possession which may have any connection with Hungarian his tory. The emperor has granted the re- quest, and relics valued at two million florins will shortly be forwarded to Prague.
 Dr. Prices Cream Baking Powder
 Most Perfect Made.
Arizona republican., 1894-11-21
OUR MODE OF CURING CATARRH.

The applications are made to reach every paft of the diseat ed surface in the most direct and positive manner; instantly penetrating every cell and cavity of the head communicating with the nostrils. in this manner we have treated the most obstinate cases of Catarrh with com plete success, after all other attempts have failed. We care not howlong the disease may have continued, or from what cause it did arise. Every case of Catsrrh is curable.
 M. Hilton Williams, M. D., M. C. P. s. 0.
 Commercial Hotel.
 Consultation and Examination Free.
Arizona republican., 1894-11-21
Coin and Bullion.

SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 20.-Silver bars. per oz., 6S@631s; Mexican dollars, 52Lm53.