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Thc National RonspleI.

MILWAUKEE. Jan ~. 2.---Arrangement4
for the grea5 national bonsptel of the
curriers', which begins here liext Mon
day. have peea completed i'll such u
lGaalllle eI.- a.. q zla4us'is. agsccess 20 the
sport and pIaa5ant entertainment for
visitors and players There are now
30 sheets of good ice, all in fine shape.
and there is no possibility of its being
rendered unfit Tor play between now
and Monday
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Chic .so Grain and Provis,on.

Chic sgo Grain and Provision.
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CLOS Nc RICEs
WnEAT-January, IA /: May, sAc; July,
.9A
CORN-January, t9s1; May, 475sc: July.
.sscy
OATS January, Zs>6c; Febr uary, 29I4c; May.
gl55c
PORK-January, $1l g.: May, $Il. s
LARD-January, $6.S21k; May. $7O,.
SHORT RIBS january, $3.50; May, 5.97I6.
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was to give his bondsmen an oppor.
tunity TO realize ON his assets and arr
range matters.
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-T. Prices Cream Eaking Powdes
Most Perfect Made.
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Chicago Union stock Yards.

seceipts: Cattle ~ hogs, i.5D; calves. Is.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-09
A DIFFICULT TRICK.
For Once Even the Wizard Was Nom
plussed.

A good story is told of Hermann,
the magician. Atthe last matinee per-
formance of his recent engagement in
Chicago he called for some boy or
young men to come on the stage and
assist in the performance of some
tricks. The youth who responded to
this invitation was student from a
military academy. He wore gray
uniform. with the usual short, close
fitting jacket and wide striped trous-
ers.
Hermann pulled cards out of the
youngman s sleeve, handed him articles
which suddenly vanished into the air
and in other ways mystified the youth,
to the delight of the spectators.
AS the young man started to leave
the stage the magician said: "By the
way. give NE back that Si.
why, l haven't any 81" said the
boy.
"Oh, yes you have. What do you
call this in here?'
The magician tapped with his hand
on the outside of the trousers pocket,
and there was a jingle of silver. You
have 81 in there" said Hermann.
Il don't see how that can be. These
are military trousers and haven't any
pockets in them"
''Ah, but you have the money in
your inside coat pocket, said the ma
gician, and reaching inside the coat
he pulled out the four silver dollars.
Only few people heard the conver-
sation and observed the magician s
temporary embarrassment.
Even a great man such as Hermann
would find it pretty difficult to remove
81 from pocket where there was no
pocket.-Chicago Record.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-09
cHATTEL MORTGAGES.
Important Legislation Proposed in
Regard to them.

JEFFERSON CITY. Mo-, February 4.
MIR. johnson, of st. Louis County
has prepared a substitute which has
been adopted by the Committee on
Criminal Jurisprudence for all the
bills relating to chattel mortgages.
This will prohibit any person from
charging more than 10 per cent on
sums of less than $500. This applies
also to time payment houses. Nj
notes. bonds. or other evidence of in
debtedness secured by chattel mort
gage. shall be stamped on the face
thereof. secured by chattel mOrtga ge.
and made void if not so stamped \
fine and Imprisonment in iail of not
more than six months is Tho penalty
attached to the bill. The bill prohibits
any person holding chattle mort" re
from charging extra for any "ytenS ~
of time. Messrs. Henry Miller = Z.
NJ. Harrington. of Kirksville are hare
pushing the claims of the school of
Osteostophy, al that place for State
recognition. They ask hat the diplo-
mas from the school admit the holders
to practice the same as the diplomas
from other schools of medicine in the
State.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-09
a smart Woman.

The lady from the back tier of
counties was making her first visit in
Washington, where all social business
is conducted on strict rules, and one
day she happened on a card of a
Washington woman who lives in one
of the largest houses in the town. In
one corner of the card was the word
Thursdays, and she didn't quite
understand it.
''What is the Thursdays for?" she
asked the landlady of her boarding
place.
''Oh, that means she is at home only
on Thursdays, explained the landlady.
MY, N.Y. exclaimed the visitor,
''she must be a dreadful smart
woman to be able to keep that great
big house in any kind of decent order
and only stay at home one day in the
week. l don't go away at all, hardly.
and mine amt anything like so big
as hers, but it don t give me minute s
rest trying to keep it clean and tidy. "
Detroit Free Press.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-09
ST. LOUIS SCHOOL BOARD.
| Delegation at jefferson City to
Lobby Against the spencer Bill.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Feb. s.
President Brockman and Directors
Huttig, Holthaus, Wait, Cudmore and
Troll of the School Board and Supt.
Long, accompanied by ex-DirectOr
w. P. Macklin, arrived this after
noon.
They are here to oppose the Spencer
bill House bill 1871 providing for the
abolition of the School Board districts
and the election of the President and
eight members at large.
They are supporting the Drabelle
teachers pension fund bill.
The delegation is opposed to the
Spencer bill. creating salaried board
Of nine members elected at large. 1t
favors Lancaster's bill, providing for
a salried President. It has taken no
position on the teachers pension bill
or the reduction of school age. 1t
will have a hearing tonight by the
joint committees on municipal corpor-
ations. President Brockman says that
the board cannot accommodate children
at years unless another mill is added
to the levy making it five mills in
stead of four.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-09
After Twenty Years.

He was asking the old man for his
daughter in marriage. He was talking
tremblingly. hesitatingly, as you read
of in story books, and the scene was
full of color SO far as an irate father
and nerveless young man could make
it.
1t came the old man $ turn to speak,
and as he began his face was white
with passion and his voice shook with
excitement. You want to marry my
daughter?" he said. "Ah, now is the
time for revenge. Twenty years ago
your father crippled me in a stock
deal and l swore to be revenged. And
now my time has come. "
He paused for breath, and the aspi-
rant for the maiden's hand was about
to beat hasty retreat in the face of
supposed defeat, wheu the father
broke forth again.
Eyes, sir, l swore to be revenged,
and I'll now strike the father through
the son. Want my daughter, eh? Well
take her. and may she prove as ex-
pensive to you as she has to me"
The old man dropped into his chair,
worn out with the excitement OF his
plot. and the Young man fainted.-
Springfield Mass, Union.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-09
A MIRACLE.
II Was the Pastors Crown, but the
Honest Curate Gave Thanks.

It Was the Pastors Crown, but the
Honest Curate Gave Thanks.
A gOod-hearted curate, who firmly
believed that God was continually
working miracles to enable him to help
the needy. and who seldom had coin
in his pocket. though he was never de-
void of the fire of charity in his heart,
was accosted one day by a beggar
woman. He pleaded utter lack of
money, and sadly turned aside, button
the mendicant beseeching him to
search his pockets he hophlessly put
his hand into one, and to his amaze
ment and joy found five shilling
piece there.
"Another of Gods miracles" he ex-
claimed, and then, addressing the
woman, ''This coin belongs to you, of
right. Take it and go in peace. q" Hav-
ing told the story few hours later to
his worldly-minded parish priest, and
suggested that they should both go
down on their knees and render
thanks to God, a strange, unpleasant
light suddenly broke on the mind of
the shrewd pastor, who exclaimed in
accents not suggestive OF thanksgiv-
ing: Good God, are those my
breeches that you've on you?"-Con-
temporary Review
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-09
A SILVER BASIS.
That is What Must Come.
Able to Withstand the Continued
Gold Withdrawals.

WASHINGTON, d. c., January 81
The Treasury Department has sreceived
the most convincing evidence of the
widespread boarding of gold. The
condition already borders on panic.
Usually when gold is withdrawn for
export the reports to the Treasury
show that it has been taken out by a
few persons. Several millions might
be withdrawn and the returns to the
Treasury would show only three or
four firms acting. But within a week
dergone great change. Yesterdays
Withdrawals made a list of names
which would fill half a col mn in
newspaper. The sums take "anged
as low as $4,000. There was no uni
formity about the amounts. and few
were large. 1t was evident at glance
that capitalists with ready money were
rushing to the Treasury and drawing
out gold to hoard. But very small
part of the millions withdrawn yester
day was for export, and the Treasury
officials recognized the fact as soon as
they saw the list.
The determination of the Democrats
in Congress was made plain yesterday
and to-day. The conviction is forced
on the Administration that the Treas
ury must go to a silver basis. The
President expresses the greatest appre-
hension. He declares that he will do
Sall he can to avert this. He has even
gone so far to-day as to hold out the
olive branch to the silver men. He has
let them know he is willing to accept
some favorable silver legislation if
there is coupled with itauthority which
will enable him to maintain the parity.
Yet the overtures seemingly are with
out effect. Silver Democrats in both
Senate and House and silver Republi-
cans in the Senate actually court
silver basis. The Presidents appeals
to members of his party have been of
the most earnest and patriotic charac-
ter. If what he has said to his callers
to-day could reach the people of the
country tomorrow therewould be such
a manifestation of public sentiment
against the course of certain Demo-
Gratis in Congress as has not been
known in time of peace.
AS has been said, the President and
Secretary Carlisle are to-day for the
first time fearful that the Treasury will
be forced to a silver basis. They are
working in every way they can think
of to bring Congress to a realizing
sense of the situation, but with appar-
emily little effect. This general rush
of capitalists to get hold of gold is the
new and most alarming feature. 1t
makes a sale of bonds just at this time
problematical.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-09
HORSE SHOE TRADITION.
Not Its shape or Its Use, but the Iron
fnI Brings Good Luck.

Not Its shape or Its Use, but the Iron
in 1t Brings Good Luck.
In Morocco iron is considereda great
protection against demons. Hence it
is usual to place a knife or dagger
under sick mans pillow, his illness
being attributed to demoniacal pos
session. In India the mourner who
performs the necessary but somewhat
dangerous duty of putting fire into
the dead mans mouth carries key
or knife in his hand to keep off the
evil spirits.
In short, bit of iron is a very USE
full thing to have about yon at any
time if you desire to escape the unfa-
vorable attention of the ghosts, the
trolls. the fairies and the demons gen.
orally. This is a good reason for
buying pocketknife. 1t is also a
reason for mailing up a horseshoe.
But why horseshoe in particular, :"
you ask, more than any other old
piece of iron?" Well. primarily the
good luck depends more upon the iron
than on the special shape or function
of the horseshoe as horseshoe.
But there are also many reasons
why the superstition should happen to
fasten itself more particularly upon
horseshoes. In Europe, at least, it is
the cattle. the horse and the domestic
beasts in general that are specially
liable to the hostile attacks of ''the
little people Now if you want to
nail up a bit of iron as protection
against the fiery darts of the evil ones
on your stables or cowhouses (which
is the place where one oftenest sees
them nothing is more likely to come
handy to your purpose than cast
horseshoe. Besides, it has obvious
congruity for the place and object,
and it can be readily picked up in the
roads almostanywhere. Furthermore,
it is provided beforehand with con-
venient holes.-Cornhill Magazine.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-09
TENNESSEE CONTEST.
The Involved Effort to Keep Evans
Out of Office.

Out of Office.
Nashville, Tenn, February 5.-The
General Assembly met in general ses-
sion here to-day for the purpose of
opening and publishing the returns of
the late gubernatorial election.
Hon. Fl. Clay Evans was present
with his counsel and the galleries
were packed. After the resolution had
been read calling for the joint session,
Senator Butler Republican, present
ed a protest in which he attacked the
constitutionality of the contest bill re-
Gently passed and insisted that the re-
turns be opened and published in ac-
cordance with the Constitution. The
protest was ordered spread on the
minutes. The call of the counties was
taken up and the returns read. A
number of counties were objected to
by both sides and under the new law
the returns from such counties cannot
be published until after an investiga-
ton.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-09
The Burr-Hamilton Duel.

Among those persons living who
remember seeing Aaron Burr is Mr..
Samuel Shaw of the Cooperstown
Freeman's Journal II is said of
Burr that he never showed the slight
est compunction or regret for his
killing of Alexander Hamilton. In
reply to this statement, made by a
public lecturer. Mr.. Shaw tells the
following story: AT the close of the
war of lSl2-l3, Burr and few army
officers dined with my grandfather.
My mother, then about l3 years of
age, was present, and she said that
while the gentlemen tarried at their
dessert, the subject of the celebrated
duel was introduced, and one of the
gentlemen present asked Mr.. Burr, if
not disagreeable, to briefly narrate the
circumstances attending it. This he
did at once, showing no emotion until
he closed by saying: when | shot
Hamilton he seemed to me to Jump
nearly his own height. Then he at
once quit the table, went out upon the
piazza and walked up and down it
till the party broke up. He appeared
to be deeply moved. This was eleven
years after the duel was fought. -
Harper's Weekly.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-09
PSYCHlCAL RESEARCH.
Case Cited Where a Mans Soul Left
His Body and Subsequently Re-
turned.

NEW YORK, January 31.-The meet
ing of the New York section of the
American branch of the Society for
Psychical Research was held last
night in Hamilton Hall, Columbia
College. The room, which is one of
the largest in the college buildings,
was crowded, a large percentage of
the audience being women. Richard
Hodgson, of Boston. was introduced
as the reader of the paper of the eve
ming. Mr.. Hodgson announced as the
first contribution of the session a pa
per on THE Apparent Sources OF
Supernormal Messages, by young
English woman. who was much inter-
ested in thought transference. The
paper was made up of carefully tested
and recorded experiences of the writer,
to which were appended her own ex-
plantations of the same. 1t ended with
plain statement from the writer that
none of her experiments had acted
upon her mind or body to their detri-
ment.
The second paper was composed of
extracts from +. w. H. Myers third
paper on The Experience of w. Stain
ton Moses. The reader supplement-
ed the experiences of DR.. Moses by
reading accounts of parallel cases
which had been received from time to
time from various sources. Among the
most interesting experiences of DR..
Moses which we're read was one in
which ''he or his soul seemed to de-
part from his body and view it from
the outside. Two parallel cases OF
this sort we're also read, in one of
which the man was declared dead dur
ing the absence of his spirit by a
practicing physician and the surgeon
of the hospital in which he was staying
at the time. After he had been restor-
ed by the physician. who through
friendship continued 10 work on him,
he said that although his body was
apparently dead, he had been conscious
of the efforts made to restore him,
because he was sitting on the mantel-
piece watching the treatment and de-
batting whether he should leave his
body for good or should return. He
was influenced to the latter course by
the anxiety of the doctor, who was a
friend and neighbor.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-09

Is the Word "America'' Peruvianf
DIR. John Murray has made most
interesting contribution to the discus
sion of the origin of the name
America. AS this name is a personal
matter, it may prove interesting to
our readers to know the Doctors po-
sition. He points out that the Oldest
but one of the maps of the New World
bears the name Tamarique upon it.
Even to-day the title "Sierra Amer
rique" is given to a mountain range
in Nicaragua, once inhabited by a
tribe called Amerriques. The sacred
books of the Peruvians show that the
national name of this once important
race was Amarca, or America.
Tamarique is, therefore, supposed
to stand for Terra -Amerique the land
of America |.
In the day of Vespucci nicknames
abounded. They were given to nearly
all, on all manner of pretexts and for
Hduy rSdSOnS. 1hc Vii Io1idL hethiO
of Vespucci was Amerigo. What
could have been more natural than
the slight alteration to America Ves-
pucci? And the scholarly DR.. Murray
believes that instead of his giving his
name to the Western Hempisphere, the
hemisphere's most ancient title was
bestowed upon him by ALTERATION.
We have often felt sad for Colum-
bus sake. His contemporaries show
ed the Genoese scant courtesy. And
one has wondered that even his name
was not given to the land he discov-
cred. But if America is older than
he or Vespucci, this reproach is re-
moved. New York Ledger.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-09
LETTER FROM MRs. LINCOLN.
The Death of Her Husband Seemed
Like a Terrible Dream.

Noah Brooks, who was war cor
respondent, and was on terms of init
macy with Lincoln, contributes further
"reminiscences of wartime scenes in
Washington to the Century" for
February. After recounting the death
of DR.. A. G. Henry, by the wrecking
of the steamer Brother Johnathan,
Mr.. Brooks says:
The tragical episode that marked
close of the career of DR.. Henry, Lin
coins good friend, may best be con-
cluded here with letter from Mrs.
Lincoln, in which touching reference
is made to him and to her husband.
Imay as we'll explain that the claims"
referred to in Mrs. Lincoln's letter
were certain shares of wildcat"
stock, sent to her in her days of
prosperity. and which the poor lady
thought might be sold for a small
sum. This is her letter:
CHICAGO, May IL, 1S66.-Noah
Brooks, Esq, San Francisco: My
Dear Sir-A few days since l received
a very sad letter from Mrs. Henry, in
which she vividly portrays her great
desolation and, dependence upon
others for evrey earthly comfort. l
am induced to inclose you the Nevada
claims, and also petroleum claim,
hoping that you may be able to secure
a purchaser for them, in which case |
will most cheerfully give Mrs. Henry
some of the proceeds. l am aware
that l am taxing your kindness very
greatly, yet the remembrance of your
great esteem for my beloved husband
and DR.. Henry would excuse the in
trusion upon you. | wish you were
not so far removed from us-true
friends. in these overwhelming days
of affiiction. l find to be very rare. l
find myself clinging more tenderly to
the memory of those who, if not so
remote, would be more friendly.
1 hope you will be able to visit Mrs.
Henry the coming summer. l some
times, in my wildness and grief, am
tempted to believe that it is some ter
rible dream, and that my idolized hus-
band will return to me. Poor DR..
Henry. he who wept so truly and freely
with us in our great misfortune, how
soon he was called to join the beloved
one who had sorecently 'gonebefore."
In my own great sorrow, how often l
have prayed for death to end my great
misery.
My sons are we'll, and great com
fort to me. Robert and Tad
die remember you very kindly. hope
you will write to us more frequently.
1 am we'll aware of the deep sympathy
you feel for us, and the great affection
and confidence my husband cherished
for you draws you very near to us.
With apologies for troubling you
as am now doing, remain always
sincerely your friend.
MARY LINCOLN.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-09
NORTH NIEDNER.
Well Known i'm This City.
He Once Published a Newspaper at
Jackson in This County.

IC ohCC oohbhC1 a NC"ePoPNh 90
jackson in This County.
Moritz Niedner, who recently died
in st. Louis at an advanced age, at
one time lived in Cape Girardeau
county. Before the war he published
the Southern Democrat, an ultra pro-
slavery paper, at Jackson. From
Jackson he was transferred to st.
Louis by the all powerful pro-slavery
Breckenridge party of the State and
secured one of the largest and latest
jobs that ever fell to the lot of a poor
printer by contract, all the
legal printing was given to him to be
published in special journal devoted
solely to legal advertising. This fat
Job was, however, to enable him to
start in St. Louis daily Breckenridge
paper. The st. Louis Republican was
then ION the fence on the slavery
question as it is now on the silver
question, and of course disguised the
rank and file of the Democrats. Med
ner started the State Journal and it
was n very able paper, but when the
war began the Journal was suppressed
as well as Niedner's legal journal.
Niedner was an able man and one of
the best printers ever in this State.
He was a German and over fifty years
ago in this city married the sister of
the late Hon. George H. Cramer. He
is remembered by many of our old
citizens all of whom speak in the
hi phe st terms of him
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-09
Violin Instruction.

Violin classes are now under con-
sideration, forming at the Spanish
street Conservatory Studio, for young
gentlemen and young ladies especially.
Nothing shows off the we'll formed
figure of the latter (if she has any)
than standing erect gracefully holding
her violin artistically and using her
bow to perfection to ''catch a beau. ("
This is the highest ideal of musical
accomplishment for a young Lady
Other branches of music taught,
PROF. DECIMAL. D. N.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-09
Ono dollar for Two Legs.

The jury in the damage case of the
colored man against Frank NJ. Will
Jams, in the Common Pleas Court Fri
day of last week returned a verdict in
favor of the colorsd man and assessed
his damages at one dollar. The colored
man had both of his legs broken in a
silica mine that belonged to F. M.
Williams.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-09
FOUND SILVER.
1t is the Genuine Stuff.

Thomas Howell Has Discovered Sill
yer Near Arbor in this County.
Thomas Howell has found a fine
quality of silver one in the hills near
Arbor in this county and several men
are now at work getting out the pre-
cious metal. Specimens ofthe ore have
been sent to an expert essayist in st.
Louis and pronounced fine quality
of silver Mr.. Howell believes that
the large hill he is now tunneling is
full of the precions metal. The mine
is located about a mile from the st.
Louis. Cape Girardeau, and Fort
Smith Railroad.