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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-15
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Dissolution of Partnership.

We, the undersigned, have on June
LIST, sold our interest in the Porter
Millinery Co., to E. II. Roskamp, who
will continue in the business under
the same firm style. NJ. Lowenstein
being interested in business in ST.
Louis, will however remain here for
some weeks yet, and be pleased to see
his friends at III Main street. Mr..
will collect all outstanding
accounts. Respectfully,
HENRY LOEWENSTEIN.
NJ. l.. PORTER.
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Take Notice.

All persons who furnished material
or labor to NJ. Doll, contractor, for
the construction of the Cape irardeau
Water Works and Electric Light Com
pany power house are hereby notified
to present their bills to the Cape Gil
rardeau Water Works and Electric
Light Company at the Office of said
company in the Sturdivant Bank
building on or before the first day of
July, 1885 for settlement.
c. G. W. w. & E. L. Co.
Per r. E. CANNON.
Manager.
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Notice to Contractors.

Notice is hereby given that the I'M
dersigned, Road and Bridge Commits
sioner of Cape Girardeau county. Mo.
will on Saturday. June 29th at J
o'clock p. N. at site of bridge on San
dy Branch on the Jackson and Allen
vile road near Binginghimer's farm
let contract for stone piers for bridge.
Commissioner reserves the right to
reject any are all bids.
June 10th, 1895.
JAMES I. MCLAIN.
by L. NJ. BEAN.
Dpt'y r. and 3. Com.
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Notice to Contractors.

Notice is hereby given that the I'M
dersigned Road & Bridge Commits
sioner Of Cape Girardeau county,
Missouri, will on Saturday, June
Doth, 1895, at 80 O'Clock a. m, at site
of bridge on Cane Greek on Jackson
and Millerville road, let contract for
a wooden bridge with stone piers.
The Commissioner reserves the right
to reject any or all bids.
JAMES F. MCLAIN,
by L. NJ. BEAN,
Depty. Road and Bridge Com.
May Goth, 1895. may22-n1707.
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DOLLAR WHEAT.

Fancy Price fol Democratic Times.
One dollar per bushel is a big price
for wheat with Cleveland in the White
House, but that is what Il a load of
Southeast Missouri wheat brought in
st. Louis Thursday. The wheat was
shipped from Charleston. Mississippi
county.
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To the Big show.

On account of the Barnum & Baily
show at Carbondale on the 18th of
June the c. & T. railroad will sell
round trip tickets from East Cape,
good for return on the 18th, for two
dollars and ten cents. They will also
run-an extra train on the 18th, leaving
East Cape at 4 O'Clock in the morning
and returning that night after the
how is over.
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Notice.

Notice is hereby given to all stock
holders of the St. Louis. Kennett &
Southern r. r. Co., and the Pemiscot
Railroad Company that the new stock
of the consolidated companies is now
ready.to be issued on the surrender of
the old stock of the said several COM
panies as provided by the articles of
consolidation.
THEOPHILUS BESEL.
Secretary.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-15

Sarah Ann: 'Pa, what on earth you
got mas clothes on for?:"
Pa: "Waal, l low if you're a-goin
to town rugged man fashion, I'm "a
goin to war these along to even
things up. rscribner's Magazine.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-15

why have you got such a bare
neck, Mummie?"
I'm going to a dance. darling. One
has to dress like this for L dance."
do the ladies dance in one room
and the gentlemen in another, Mum
mie?:"
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FARM FOR SALE,

! offer my farm containing eighty acres for
sale. The farm is located in the city limits of
Cape Girardeau and is in a high state of %cultiva-
ton. Good dwelling house and Outhouses on
Good orchard of apples and peaches. Perfect
title given For price and terms call on or
address MICHAEL SCHERER.
Cape Girardeau, Mo.
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Rose CoIds

v Fever and Summer Colds are
sly prevented or cured by DR..
arys' Specific "77.n For sale
druggists.
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Resolution of the City Council.

June Sth. 1895.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-07-19

Nature has mn 10 ample provisions
for healthy human race, anl it is
the disgrace of that race that tho dogs,
swine aud even wild beasts enjoy per-
feet health when mans bliehting hand
is not lnid upon them, while he him
self wastes under manifold diseases.
Animals maintain health by following
their instincts. Mans reason takes
Inc place OF instinct and whatever
sounl reason commends should be
donc, and whatever it forbids should
be avoided. These two rules should DO
applied to eating, exercise, Hlecp, rest,
work, dress, worry and other rnctors
affecting human health. In eating,
renson says, adjust the proportions OF
foo | md its quantity to the laws of
body growth. Nun does nothing of
the kind but simply entsns it happens.
Renson Gays. cnt ouly when you aro
hungry, but man ca!s Mt menltime
whether hungry or not. REASON says
few and simple vands only, aud man
multiplics their number aud complex
ity 10 the utmost Of his skill. When
the stomach is ovcrworked it needs
ieSt' 'h'h Soaus IL Will btlmulunt3
and bitlcrs and makes it work on. In
the matter OF dress, reason would
clnthe only for decenoy, adequate pro-
lection and such adornmeut rs is not
deleterious to health. Tho Chinese
crmmp the feet OF their females an |
disable them for life. Civilized Nations
less sensible, cramp their womens
waistslnto disiiguremcntand their vital
organs into permanent invalidism.
Wealth is valued for tho means Of en-
joyment that it gives. Yet health fur
nishes greater variety OF keener and
moro lasting enjoyment than any
other human possession. American
Agriculturlst.
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II Helps Cow Thieves.

A curious plant is the milkwcoI,
which abounds in the arid regions OF
both Texas and Mexico. 1t is humid
some bush, with its parti.colored
green md white leaves, the two colors
being very delicntely and gracefully
traced, the ono upon the other, nnd il
is beginning to find its way as an or
namental plant into some OF our Esst-
ern gardens and greenhouses. Upon
its native henth it grows to consider
able size, reaching frequently to the
height of six or seven feet, and, of
course, shows to the best advantage
then.
When tho stem of this plant is broz-
en- there flows from it nm abundant
stream of milk, which is sufficiently
strong to burn into the cuticlo If it is
allowed to touch the flesh, creating
an unpleasant smnrting sensation.
This quality makes tho plant much in
demand for marking cattle, MS tho hair
is removed wherever the milk is ap-
piled, and no further harm is done to
the animal. In this way it Is boon
to cattle stealers, as an application
can be made with it much castor than
with the branding iron and the same
purpose is served. 1t would be i'm
possible to form an estimate OF how
many COWS change hands every year
through the use of this plant, yet tho
number is by no means uncomfortable.
San Francisco Examiner.
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Music anil Snakcs.

Noises of every kind have peculiar
attraction for water snakes, and incl
dentally it mny DO stated water moe
casins of tho Dismal Swamp region
are noarly or quite rs deadly in thoir
bite rs the land family of moccasins.
l pistol be fired two or three times
over pond, creek or any still body
of water, the reptiles will suddenly
appear from every quarter, seeming
to DO evolved out of thin air, so rapid
is their coming. and they swim about
for several moments in great agita
ton. Sometimes their numbers will
swell to several hundred, aud it is be.
lieved by the natives that on such oc
casions they are especially dangerous.
The same result is attained if Any mu
steal instrument be played Along shuro
or in II boat, except that the reptiles
are less demonstratIvc, remaining
nearly still upon tho surface or hang
ing around upon the bushes that over
lup the waters edge.
The multitude OF snakes to be seen
in certain localities Is SO great that
verify no man can number them. This
is especially true after heavy rains,
when the swamps are overlooked AMI
they nro driven to the higher places
Removed from tho regular haunts,
they appear to be gregarious, hui-
ding aud crowdiug together, slug
gish and Indifferent to everything, MS
though utterly overcome by home
sickness. Yet they are easily aroused
and excited Mt the approach of man,
when, seemingly inspirol OF courage
through numbers, they decline TO get
out of his path and will show fight ii
he attempts to modest them. Chicago
Tribune.
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An Iowa I'ru,Iigv.

Considerable interest ID manifest in
Crcston. Iowa, over the wonderful pro-
clivities for learning OF little Dale
Slough, tho six-ycar-old son OF MIR.
and Mrs. G. Il. Slough. Little Dale's
retentiye memory and his capabilities
for learning ARE extraordinary.
He first began to develop these pow
ers Mt tho age of two years, when hrs
fnther bought him set of alphabet
blocks. These he learned rapidly aud
upon some of them being lost told
which blocks were missing and the let
tcrs upon them. He started to go to
school last September. and his rapid
advancement was source of consid-
erable worry to his instructors. Pro.
motion followed promotion in. q lick
succession, md finally some of tho
teachers went to tho parents and com
PINNED that he outstripped his class
mates so quickly, ns to mako almost
impossible to grade him. Dalo is at
present reading Tho fifth reader and
studying history Mt home. lie locks
horns with almost anyone in spelling
contest. Take tho first rcadcr, in
which his earlier studies were, and
pronounce words from it Mt random
mud hc will you the page and lesson
where the word is found, and if you
should introduce n strange word to en-
trap him he will know It,
MIR. Slough, his fntbor, is n railroad
man. and his time table is of great in i.
tcrcst 10 Dale. Early III the morning,
before his parents nro awake, lie will
he sitting up in bc,l dcciphcring tho
meaning of the intricate column of
figures.
Some time ago Mr.. Stongh hnppcno
to allude to the dntc the pay car wonld
arrive month or two in nlvn1cr, and
named certain duto that lie figured
it would arrive. Dale instantly de-
MED this on the grounds that the dnto
mentioned would he Sunday, AMI OK
animation proved him right. Iowa
State Register.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-07-19

Many incidents have occurred dur.
Ing the past fow months telling of n
coming entente cordiale between
France and Germany. and the CO.
operation in the Japanese.C Chinese
tmbroglio was but one of these. But
nothing quite SO significant has vet
happened as that speech the other
night on the occasion of the centenary
tete of the Eoole Normale in Paris
when DR.. Schwartz. of Berlin, in the
name OF the Berlin Academy of
Sciences, spoke on tho theme !:
Science Knows No Country" sophus
Lie, OF LEIPZIG, and Professor Fuchs.
OF Berlin, also delivered addresses.
And all this in Paris and in 1895,
marvels the Chicago Record.
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Washing Fruit.

There seems to DO popular preju.
dico against washing fruit. First
class hotels put upon their tables or
anges that IRE covered with black
specks, with the precise nature OF
which tic public is unacquninted.
These specks nro tho shells OF small
insects TINT feed upon fruit anil vege-
tables, and should be removed. Drop
tho fruit in n pan of water M hour or
SO before it is eaten, anil let it remain
for some minutes. Then with small,
rather stiif brush scrub the fruit
thoroughly, aud set 1t away in cool
place. When required for the table
twill TIC fresh and crisp. nnd will havo
almost the appearance of being gath
cred i'll the morning while the dow is
on, which Is, as all epicures admit,
the most perfect condition in which
fruit cam DO served. Apples shout |
be thoroughly washed before they are
sent to the table. 1t is not unusual
to see either of the fruits mentioned
served in such n why rs to offend deli
cate taste, rather than adj to tho
pleasure of the meal. New York Dis.
patcl
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Opening for American Goods Abroad

Mr.. German, the American Consul
Mt Zurich, Switzerland, reports to the
State Department that there is m
opening in Switzerland for the sale of
American woodworking machinery
and tools. He expresses his opinion
that American manufacturers of these
articles could also find market for
them in Germany, Italy, Hungary.
France, Austria and England. Mr..
Kemmler, our Consul ut Horgen,
Switzerl Ind, report officially that the
best American feathers might find
market in that country if they can
compete in price with Swiss, German
and English articles. He says:
"What is wanted there is tho best
quality of sole, upper and harness
feathers, while oak-tanned betting
leather of the highest standard might
also find market, if it can compete
in price with the domestic, German
and English article.
"Sole, upper, harness and split
feathers are being imported already
IRON the United States in consider
able quantities, but it appears that
the quality received has not always
been satisfactory"
These are only samples of number
OF recently reported Indications that
the export trade of the United States
IN manufactured products can now be
Immensely increased IL our manufac-
turers will cater for foreign markets.
They hnvo had free hides and skins,
raw or uncured, since 1890. The eff
feet of the new tariff has been to re-
duce the cost OF production consider
ably in almost all American industries.
With our boundless resources and the
diminution of customs duties on i'm
ported raw materials effected by tho
Wilson tariff our manufactures ought
now to make new and large conquests
In the foreign field.--New York Her
old.
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Signs of the Times.

Purely rs recognition of tho i'm.
proved condition of business and in
waiver of its rights under the existing
contracts with its workmen fixing tho
rate of wages for 1895. the Carnegie
company has notified its employees of
an advance of ten per cent. to oil tou-
mage, day and turn men. This notice
includes the employees of tho Edgar
Thomson Furnaces, Edgar Thomson
Steel Works, Lucy Furnaces, Key
stone Bridge Works, Upper Union
Mills, Lower Union Mills and Beaver
Falls Mills, and will take effect on
June /.
That this increase is not exceptional
and that it is not due to any special
prosperity of the Carnegie company ia
shown by the simultaneous announeef
ment from the Moorhead Brothers
Vesuvius Iron Works of IN average
increase of fifteen per cent. in wages
to their employees, tho increase affect
ing every employe.
While it is gratifying to record such
evidences of increased presently, and
while it ia especially gratifying to
think of the improved welfare of the
wage-worker, the most satisfactory
feature of the situation is that the in
creases are based upon stable condi-
tions and represent a permanent bet
terment.
They dispose of the tariff question
by proving conclusively that tho
manufacturers look for no changes in
tho existing duties and need none.
They ought also to have soothing
influence on tho currency sharps who
have insisted that no relief from our
troubles was to DO expected until We
remonetized silver ut tho old rate
New York World.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-07-19

Much noise is being made over the
opening OF tho Baltic Canal, and
rightly 20, admits the Chicago Record,
Tor that canal joins two important
oceans and makes Germany once moro
the arbiter of the Baltic Sea. Besides
1t has cost the trihing sum of 81 ,OOO,.
ooo. But it may be we'll to mention
that the foundation stone to another
important German canal. joining the
Eioe and the Trave Rivers, or Hmm
burg and Lubbock. will be laid MAY 81.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-07-19
No Orphan Asylums in Australia

Australia has no orphan nsylums.
Every child who i'll not supported by
parents becomes the ward of the State,
md is paid pension for SUPP ort and
placedin nprivate family, where board
anc clothes aro provided until tho
fourteenth birthday. After TINT no
may be able to so to work, in which
case the pensinn is placed to his credit
until the age of eighteen, when he he
comes II citizen with balance duo
him from the State 10 begin life with.
This inculcates humane and charit-
able and responsible spirit in all resi-
dents, decreases the chance of pauper-
ism, and places every young man on n
fair and square footing with tho
world. Chicago Times Herald,
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Tho beginning Of Writing.

The most ancient modo of writino
was, we are told, on bricks, tiles and
oyster shells.
The vulgar, indeed, still write upon
walls, but nothing of an edifying
kind. a.. :
Inscriptions on trees are now done
FYith, y pocket-knife, and are generally
only {h tho initial stage, but both
bark and leaves formed the stationery
of our fqrefathers.
In the British Museum are several
Bibles entirely composed of palm
leaves.
In the Book of Job mention is mado
of writing on sheets of lead this
could not have been light literature,
and its postage must have been ruin
Gus.
We read OF Relf-made men in some.
what exceptional cases of poverty
writing on shoulder -bones--not their
own, rs "smart" youths write on their
shirt cuffs, but on those of Sheep
but these were the usual materials for
tho chronicles of the Arabs, who after
ward hung them up with string-a
sort of literary butcher shop.
The Romans used the stylus to writo
upon tablets overlaid with wax till it
was forbidden by tho law. They could
not resist prodding one another with
this dangerous instrument; and, in
deed, certain schoolboys killed their
master with it. who had probably at
tempted to tench them Greek.
The disadvantage of most writing
materials of old WAS that they necess:-
tated tho employment of n desk, n
difficulty now removed by the "block"
system, which cnn be used MS easily in
recumbent position rs any other.
illustrated London News.
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Baloyna by tic Furlnn-

The revival of the trades after tho
long stngnation which followed in tho
wake of the crrsa.les was Responsible
for many fantastic procession freaks
i'll the larger towns of Western
Europe. For M instance, says the
St. Louis Republic, we are told that
in the Councillors procession, which
took place ut Nuremberg in 1887, tho
bakers of the town exhibited II loaf OF
bread weighing I'LL pounds, anl thas
in the same procession II cheese
maker exhibited 'star-shapcd cheese
which put three horses on their metal
to pull it through the streets mounted
on II goodly drny" The old account
further says that this brca'l and
cheese, which was distributed free OF
charge amont the merry makers, "was
dinner sufficient Tor upwards OF 5000
persons. In tue New Years pro-
cession at Konigsbers i'll 1858 II
bologna sausage exhibited by tho
''butchermen" was 622 Feet in length
and was carried on tho shoulders of
siXty-seven men and boys. The ono
exhibited in the same city in the year
1888 was over 1909 feet in length and
weighed 43l pounds. But the ginnt
of all sausages, and perhaps tho lar5-
est thing OF the kind ever made, was
exhibited by the Kouigsberg butchers
on New Years Day in 1911, when they
paraded the streets with II bologna
1850 feet in length nnl weighing
nearly 1000 pounds. 1t was carried
on the shoulders OF 1S7 men, the first
and last in the column each hayin { it
wound around their necks.