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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-10-27


-Ais ef4;eSs q ne -
eeen OF roofeo AAe,-A~' -
peen s.eesea o'e u se9 ~
ans 2! the ~,
eter CHOSEN " en1s o1ce
The late earl OF Char.enont, prior
70 1885, was 2 great eamlrsr o. az:
Gladstone, but after he oisunguAsnea
statesman changed IN his lrlsn policy
the noble lord had his statue - ho1'
borough castle painted black 70 mark
bis Misrepresentation OF the cnange
Mr. Herbert Gladstone, who mas
come to the fore in the political world
since his father's resignetions IS m
tensely fond Of the violin He devotesen
hour every morning to practice wheths
er he Is in town or country. His n
vorite recreation is lawn tennis, ale
though ne Is not . brilliant player.
Nero, who was ncarsighted. had .
small transparent jewel, probably an
accidentally formed lens, through
which he watched the sports in the
arena The principle Of the lens not
being known. the power Of the jewel
was supposed to be of magical origin,
and the gem was considered . very
wonderful talisman.
Rev. Edward Allen. Of Somerset. Il
the oldest Clergyman in England In
3 letter he says: II am the oldest OF
one Of the Oldest ciergymen IN England
1 was born on the 18th of January, f7e8,
at Theale, IN the parish OF Tilehurst,
Berks- am IN perfect possession OF
all my faculties and write al my let
tiers without the aid Of spectaclea"
i'm the island Of Islay. Scotland. ~
Gently q woman having three children
and q sick mother to support was sum-
moned before the sherifs court for
neglecting to send her eldest child,
eight years old, to school As she wa
unable to pay the fine she was sent TO
jail for three days. and, on her release,
tramped eighteen miles home to find
Tier mother dying through neglect.
The late Lord Tennyson wa NOT
credited with much admiration for pic.
torial art. Lord John Russell met him
on his return from Italy, and asked
how he endowed the pictures and works
Of art in Florence. ST liked them very
much.n said Tennyson; shut / was
bothered because I could not get any
English tobacco for love or one A
lady told me l could smueQle some from
an English ship If 1 heavily bribed the
custom house officers; but / didn't dc
that, and came away"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-10-27

"what's the Judge going to do now7-
asked the green juror, in q whisper.
shes going 70 charge the jury said
the foreman
s.Charge the jury? Charge us? What
for? We don't have TO pay nothin' fu
the privilege Of sittin' on jury. do wsY
-Harper's Bazaar.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-10-27

A party Of men were sitting around
the front Of . country store. when =
drummer, who had been selling . bill
inside, came out and joined them. One
mar got up and offered him 3 chair.
s10h, no" he protested, keep Il; III
sit here on . box
take Il. said an old fellow who had
the only other chair; hes . candidate
Ter onice and Is used to dom that sort
Of thing."-Detroit Free Press
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-10-27

shat my stethoscope is in its place.
used to be continually forRetting IL
and, though I'll be bound she knows
where I'm going. says not . word"
II am delighted 20 hear it." said
Lord Broadmoor. He had not watched
his sons correspondence, trusting
rasher to the watching on the other
side, and also to the fact that he had
never seen Guy read anything but .
sporting paper. or write at all. except
under c~ompuision.
every satisfactory, /" said Lord Broad.
moo recurring 70 the subject ten
months later. "An blown over and
ended"
He had been telling Or. PiIlinghan
OF IN excellent appointment In . gov'
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-10-27

Pillingham, "a note of coincidence
| from Lord Broadmoor the sympa-
| thetic outpouring Of q kindly heart"
"Dear Lord Broadmoor," said Lady
Honoria, smiling a. the old doctor
graciously as she opened it. How diff
ferent the courtly grace and dignifed
style of our day fromthe slsngy famil-
iarity Of the present time. She gave
a sudden gasp and sank back upon the
sofa. sThis from Lord BroadmoreT'
| she moaned.
The note fell to the floor; the com.
mercement, written large, caught his
eye at once
MY own little Dolly Daddlecums-"
ITO me of all people," gasPed her
ladYship.
Certainly not" said the doctor-she
/ would have turned the scale at nine
teen stone, so ..little Dolly Daddle-
Gums" vas obviously inadequate.
written in q foreign hand. and
meant for whom 1 know not" she
groaned. Poor Lady Broadmoor; but
stay, you must not read it,"
81 have read it." he said, putting II
in his pocket. 'and you may take II
from me. Lady Honoria. 1t was not
meant for you, and 1t was not from
Lord Broadmoor," and he bowed hur'
,riedIy and left the room.
sTake this to your mistress" he said
to the butler in the hall, putting on
his hat. "and say that Is the note
should have given her" and to his
coachman he said, sharply: "HomeF'
Ten minutes later Dorothy stood be
fore her father in his consulting-room,
plant and submissive, her hands folded
together.
..And how long, miss" he exclaimed,
"has this attachment been revived;
How many of these infamous missivei
have l borne in my hat to and from my
patients house?"
.It's q year since you said We must
break 1t of, father. q year yesterday
Won must have carried exactly" and
she made q mental calculation, sub
tracing your months holiday and the
day you wore your white hat unex'
pectedly, and allowing for leap year
674"
"And this" he exclaimed, was you
hlial solicitude. You have disgraced
my name"
81 changed it yesterday"
'Yhat?"
For the first time in twelve months
he saw her smile.
"Allow me-" she said. Ito INTRODUCES
Hon. Mrs. Guyde Wohing, and atleast
dear father" she added, .for q whole
year you have never gone out without
your ste Observation-Disclosures Tele
gram.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-10-27

7 was romantic.
but impossible.
She was IL e
fifth daughter
of DR.. Pilling-
ham, of Curzen
street. Mayfair,
and he the third
son of h earl
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-10-27

Manager-WeIl. have you the pro
gramme all fixed tor Sunday nights
~concert7
Assistant = The proRrsmme's all
right: but there's another row IN tks
company.
"5Shat are they quarrsling about
nouY4
"ADost whose turn Il Is 70 Be too N
70 nppesr-Puck
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-10-27

srnmsnt onsee whish he had obtained
for Guy.
II should mot have got him . billet
IA London continued his lordship.
I'll they had not forgotten ons an
other
Il hope he likes his work." said DE-.
Pllingham.
sits the first thing be has ver per
severed with. There be goes TO his
ofBce,r said Lord Broadmoor. Is tbs
front door banged loudly but he
ought 70 be earlier. all the same How
late It Isl You. too. must be later than
usual. doctor. ! think"
81 fancy I am said DR.. Pillingham.
SIS her ladYship ready TO e me2~
and he followed q powdered footman
out of the room When he came down
stairs Lord Broadmoor was standing
in the hall. "I should be obliged to
DR.. P~iliingham," he said, iii he would
take = hurriedly-written line from me
TO Lady HoDoria Shaucrotha to con-
dole with her on Sir Patrick's acct.
dent"
ba1u III Euiink noms
slipping the little three-cornered note
into the lining Of his hat Il will put
IL here. with one corner projecting; !
cannot forget It then"
.By the way" said his lordship. II
hope Miss Dorothy does not regard me
as q terrible ogre"
sTutl tut" said Dr.. Pillingham.
s.she has forgotten everything. and
we have restored her liberty; she has
been quite civil lately TO young DR..
McGregor. She never would speak to
him before. In fact. / really hope"
Quite 50 A very suitable connec
tion. Thank you" said Lord Broad
moor. as he reached his study, while
the footman closed the door on the
doctor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-02-06
GLOOMY FOR ENGLAND.
The balance OF Trade Against Hex and
Times viii he Harder.

The Balance OF Trade Against Hex and
Times viii ne Harder
LONDON. Feb. 6.-The publication Of
government board "a trade returns for
1898 has produced a profound impress
sion throughout the country, and has
deepened the gloom caused by the pres
ent commercial depression.
The total imports last year were 400
O69,690 pounds, as compared with e429,
195,oS2 IN 1892, and 435, 1,264 pounds
in 1891
The value Of re-exp0rts of foreign and
colonial products declined last year by
nearly six million pounds. as compared
with 1892 Hence the country not
merely imported this for its own
consumption, but lost the handling of a
large amount as brokers and the usual
profit thereon.
The value Of British exports in 1898
was e215. 496,246 as compared with e227,-
O4l,053 in 1892 and e247, 800. 100 in 1891
The apparent balance against the coun
try was e127. 627 ,S52 in 1898, as against
e126, 409,52l in 1891
One Of the leaders of the social Demo
cratic federation declared today the pres
ent conditions would materially advance
the cause of radicalism and republican,
ism ia Great Britain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-02-06
ANTLOPTION BILL.

A Possibility That Senate VIII Pass 1Esa-
sure Making Option Dealing a Crime
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.-There is a pos
sibility that the senate viii pass the
George anti-optiOn bill which was intro
duced only short time ago and seeks TO
prevent dealings in options and futures
by making It a crime instead of taxing
them out Of existence, as provided for ia
the Washburn bill of the last congress.
Several senators have announced that
they are willing to give the George plan
d trial, even if they prefer the other
The principal objection made to the
George bill Is that the dealers viii either
evade it, or it viii be declared unconsti-
tutional. 1t is expected that Mr. Hatch
viii have fight on his hands to secure
the reference Of his bill to the committee
on agriculture, of which he is chairman,
instead of the ways and means commit
tee, where his opponents VIII try to send
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-02-06
FRENCH ATTACK ENGLISH
Another Engagement in Sierra Leone In
Which SIX Killed

L0ND0N. Feb- 6.-Ihe governor q
Sierra Leone has telegraphed d confir-
nation of the report Received at Liver
pool yesterday to the effect that there
had been another engagement between
the French and British forces on
the frontier of Sierra Leone and
that six men had been killed The gov
ernor ia his report says that several men
We're killed On both sides, that the
French attacked the British whose force
was entirely com posed of natives.
The Pail Mall Gazette commenting on
the latest news from Sierra Leone SAYS:
1--WE cannot have these things happen
ing weekly. No time should be lost ia
settling the affair with France
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-02-06
GRATEFTL 10 BENHAM.
Pefzoto Receives the American Minister
the EIrsL Time.

NEW YORK Feb. Ga World special
dispatch from Rio de Janeiro says.
President Feixoto viii receive u. s.
Minister Thompson on Wednesday, No
foreign diplomat has been received by
Peixoto since the breaking out of Tire re-
volt and the first exception IS now to be
made ia the case of Minister Thompson.
IT'D recognition of the attitude IF strict
neutrality which the United States and
IFS representatives have preserved during
the trouble IN Brazil.
1t is learned Admiral Benham is
about to send the cruiser New York to
Desterr0 ia the south. to look after
American interests there which are men
aced by the Insurgents.
All is quiet here despite the many
wild rumors that are being sent out all
most daily.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-02-06

The young lady entered a Chicago
book store hesitatingly. as if She were
uncertain as to her location. ssCan il
do anything for you. miss2" asked the
polite clerk s-Yes. 7 want YOU to send
four or five dozen books to our house
on Prairie avenue Here's the address
Send the bill with the books" ssWhat
books do you wish, miss2'' inquired the
clerk oh. any viii do 50 long as
there's enough of them. I'm going to
have a girl from Boston visit -ae, and
/ want to make her feel at home.a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-02-06
In POLICE COURT.


Today.
Clarence Wells was arrested yesterday
on suspicion of his room mates who
thought he had robbed them. There was
no evidence against him and he was dis
charged.
S. Spencer was fined s. for disturbing
the peace of his divorced wife, who works
at a millinery store at 213 Kansas ave-
nue..
George Buckner, who was with "Buck"
Sawyer on his big disorderly drunk in
Redmondville Sunday was fined $50.
He VIII appeal the case.
James johnson. who used a razor with
deadly effect on 1Ir Crumrine, on Sol
dier creek. was fined s. for carrying con
cealed weapons. He tried to prove that
a razor wasn't q deadly weapon. but the
court held that Il was.
A German woman who couldn't talk
much English, appeared Up court and
wanted a warrant sworn out for the arrest
Of IL. Kantrowitz who she claimed
swore at her. Tears were tia her eyes.
The desired warrant was Issued
Deputy Street Commissioner Eastman
turned $40 over to the city last month
for dirt sold
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-02-06
PREVENTS CORRUPTION.
Better to Allow a Deficiency In Courts
Than to Vote Full sum-

WASHINGTON, Feb. "a deficiency
appropriation ot p4Ousp91 Tor the eNpen-
ses Of United States courts, which has
been asked by the attorney general, is
being considered by the house appr0-
priation committee. and VIII probably be
granted. 1t lis not customary to appro-
pirate in the sundry civil bill the full
sum estimated as necessary for the Uni
ted States courts, because II is impossible
to estimate In advance the witness fees
and other expenses for the year.
The committee usually thinks that 10
will tend more to enforce economy upon
the Judicial department to allow it to
create a deficiency than to give Id large
sum to draw upon Whenever money rs
appropriated say the congressman, of
hcials manage TO use It,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-02-06
UNION PACIFIC BEATEN.
Its Application to Have Petitions Against
u D-.-nl.aea wa. Denial

DENVER. Feb. 6.-The Union Pacific
cases came up for hearing be-
fore Judges Riner and Hallett
in the United States court
today. The application of the Union
Pacific made yesterday to have the petit
tions of the Gulf system regarding the
Julesburg cutoff and to compel
the Union Pacific to pay the interest
OH the Colorado Central bonds dis
missed, was denied. and the argument on
the original application for a reduction
Of the wages Of the employees began.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-02-06
SEND POLICE no HEAVEN.


LONDON. Feb. Speaking al meet
ing of the unemployed on Tower Hill to-
day. Williams, the organizer Of the labor
demonstration on Saturday last, made a
violent speech, during which he said If
the police struck the unemployed again,
the latter were determined to use chem
icals and send the police to heaven by
chemical parcel post
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-02-06

Americ'n Sugar Rely. 1885. AtchisOn.
49,. o. b. 81 o.. 1913. Erie. 1914: ID. 81
d.. 458l. Missouri Pacific, 227a, Read
inc 2056; New England. 1873: Rock
Island G71I. ST. Paul. 583I; Union Pa
cifc. 49, Western Union, s454; Chi
cago Gas, 90.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-02-06
WANT REVENGE
Silver Senators Can't Forget
Last Falls Defeat.
Are Forming Little Party of
Their own
TO FIGHT WILSON BILL
This May Make Them Masters
of Situation.

~-7.7 +,--..,- tF,e ts,fff situation in the
1891 II --,.ol, +ss -~-ssk rs++la ie now
80 go,
transferred rs eiAe ~
of the silver hepl olleans q tne wes0 %
help those of their Denaocra1lc 1rleAu~ VINO
voted with them III the struggle over silver
last fall The Florida senators are much
exercised over the cut ia the tariff on fruits
and they will make a vigorous effort TO
amend the bin is that particular, being
aided ia this by the Callfornians. ln this
effort they viii have the cooperation of the
silver Republicans. So VIII the Alabama
senators when they seek TO change the IRON
ore schedules. i'm which the people OF their
state are so much interested
The two Alabama senators were among
the stauchest friends Of silver last ran,
and this IS 10 Pc their reward ~ r. no1
likely the silver Republicans WALL nelp LIe
West Virginia senators 1o restore The duty
GA coal. Both of che West Virginia sena'
tors voted last fall to repeal the purchase
clause Cf the Sherman law, and the silver
men are said % lie glad Of a chance 70 show
that they remember their enemies as Wen
Is tnelr irenas-
"A Good -'olIfica1 pleasure
Today it is the determination OF the silver
Republicans. OF ~ least some OF them to
do everything They can to make their pow
ea. felt OBJ the tarih They are able TO do
this without deserving the Republican par
ty for that party i'd the senate has no def
mite policy unless lr be the negative one of
simple opposition to the Democratic tariff
bill If the silver Republicans part COM
pany at all with their party friends, PIT Will
pc only as 70 tie wisdom 81 helping the
Democrats nmend their own bill The be-
lief of the Republican leaders is that as
political measure the pending bin is as bad
as it can be-to Wit, IS good for them-and
they do not propose TO be of assistance in
making it better Undoubtedly the silver
men know what they are about Their
best play is not only 20 rememo Der The
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-02-06

e-a~~ ------ -A-'--
CHICAGO. teb. CIV heat was weak to-
day on larger Baltic shipments. lower
cables. very large northwest receipts and
the mild weather. Gable advices from
Paris also said that winter wheat there is
ia excellent condition May opened &c
lower az 6534, advanced IS, lost a and
reacted 18 70 0514. hecelpfs today t,lol
bushels: shipments, o4f bushels; esti-
mated receipts for tomorrow, IA cars.
Corn was easy IN sympathy with
wheat. May opened unchanged at 81 s
and declined &c to Btu. Receipts tor
day. 33s, $50 bushels shipments, 10000
bushels; estimated receipts for tomor-
row. 59O cars.
Oats steady. May S91s. Receipts to-
day, 234 ,4lO bushels. shipments, 5o,S44
bushels; estimated receipts for tomorrow,
l04 cars
the nrices for live hos ~ Tie Yards.
Nav pork oDenad s cents lower ~
sI2.77iS. declined rs s12.75 ana reacted
f8 s12 81.
Nav lard $685.
CHICAGO. February wheat opened 59l<.
bioh 5985 low 5s5s closed 5s5
closed Yesterday 595s. Nav opened
88l< 81 bigh 6335 low 655I closed
e98 closed Yesterday CAS-. Jnlv
oDened 64l<. high 648<. low 6355. closed
as. - closed Yesterday e45I Febrnarv
corn oonened s48<s 6ioh s48< low
84Is. closed s415. closed yesterday 348t.
NAV oDened ST. hf0h 31lL. low b.
closed 37l5. closed Yesterday 87l5-5
July opened 8SI1. high 8sI4-sS. low 877S
s.. closed 8774 $50. closed Yesterday 1884.
February oats oDnnad 2771 hfrh IS low
278/ eIosed 2785 closed xesfeTdav 277S
So d
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-02-06
TO-DAY,s MARKET REPORT.


Furnished by wv. Il. Feder1nan Broker ln
Grain Provisions and stocks. Room 81
Columbian building.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-02-06
sprIgs " vEIllow.

Among the people of Vienna there
is a firm belief in the power of those
early messengers Of spring. sprigs Of
the willow They are taken to church
to be blessed. and are then placed
over the beds of the children and over
the images Of saints in the living
room The common people make their
little ones swallow three of the small
shoots to preserve them against dam
ger of all kinds. The children are
metiDes near suHOcat ting during the
experiment.
Orrr l-stchas hainu On Hon annwa On
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-02-06

500 70 5000 to loan. Benedict q GO.
Subscribe for the DAILY STATE JouRaA1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-02-06

Our kitchen being On floor above din
ing room You get no unpleasant odor
from same at Whittier Sc GO.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-02-06

1n aJoritv in the S &
silver men are
balance of power
plan to cut loose
lican fold they an
ward indepcnden
Dminous and p0l
have 3 great deal
III law by STAN
tween the two ps
turn the tide OF
then anorher.
can be formed :
silver in The futu
THAT they viii be
BY the same a
Florida AND Calf
decline To help I
actmenr of the ts
without either ID
VIII be a very /
planters of Louis
time in about hal
terest has not had
the other form
differ as to svhett
Louisiana win be
OF the new law, b
that one result s.
popularity and BE
deal ruin Of the 8
This viii be more
appears az ir pr
but for their opDo
the Louisiana sen
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-02-06

KANSAS CITY. Feb. @WHFAT-
No. red Gle: No. hard, 5716c.
C0RN-No . white $3.50; No. 2 mixed
3031c.
0Ars-No. .. 2Sc.
RYE-No. 2. 47c.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-06-19
Mercy 10 The feminine gender of justice.



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