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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09

men advancing across a field of
battle just before the charge;
the grigs chirping in the blighted grass,
making n drowsy interlude to the
moaning winds; below, beneath n
chestnut tree, a half wild, bony hog
n%;unching mast: far off, the sounding
of an AK as n mountaineer prepared his
winter fuel, or the sonorous twinkling
of cowbells. Absolutely nothing else
disturbed the solitude; and then 1ecks
of sunshine-feeble and red-breaking
with an effort through the rifted
clouds and falling on a sandstone slab,
fair, warm and cheerful, like the smile
of God.
On such an evening l was travelling
in the section of Georgia through
which Sand mountain runs, worn out
with the days hard work, for 1 was a
journeyman printer out of a job and
tramping through the country. Paus-
ing beside a zig-Zag fence and leaning
my arm thereon TO enable me to rest
in a standing position. my attention
was attracted to a tomb inside the field,
p~erceivable between the rows of brown
corn which waved in the wind, its
~rUstlings soft and regular as the heavy
breathing of one who slumbers. The
inscription, scrawled, l suppose, with
a penknife, was as follows:
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09

A story is told of a certain commit
tee meeting in which the proceedings
commenced with noise and gradually
became uproarious. At last one of the
disputants, losing control of his emo
tions, exclaimed to his opponent:
'Sir, you are, 1 think, the biggest
donkey that l eve had the misfortune
to set my eyes upon"
Order! order" said the chairman,
gravely. You seem to forget that
am in the room!"-Tit-Bits.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09
LOVING TOO LATE.
A Common Enough Story Portrays u Pa
thetic Moral.

n common Enough story IOrtrays q "a
thstic Moral.
Not long ago I met a young lady in
poverty whom | had previously known
in wealth, and this was, in substance,
the story she told me: Father died
suddenly in Washington, and the pro-
fessional skill! through which he had
coined money for us died with him. l
am not weeping because we are poor.
! am broken-hearted because none of
us saw that he vas dying. Was it not
pitiful that he should think it best not
to tell any OF us that he was sick?
And l. his petted daughter, though |
knew that he was taking opium
to sOothe his great pain, was SO
absorbed by my lovers, my games
and my dresses. that l just hoped it
would all come right. If l could only
remember that even once l had pitied
his suffering. or felt anxious abont his
life, l might bear his loss better."
The story is common enough. Many
a father, year after year, goes in and
out of his home carrying the burden
and doing the labor of life, while
those whom he tenGerly loves hold
with but careless hands all of hopor
and gold he wins by toll and pain.
Then Snine day his head and hands can
work no more. And the hearts that
lave not learned the great lesson of
unselfiSh love while love was their
teacher, mustnow begin their sad duty
when love has left them alone forever.
Amelia E. Barr, in Ladies' Home
Journal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09

Bluegrass caught a sucker the
other day that weighed a hundred and
eighty pounds.
Burbiu-Oh. come off. You fellows
that fish can't tell the truth.
But Tll swear to it. l sold him
hat old boss l got from you for one-
hundred and fifty dollars for two hun
dred dollars Detroit Free Press.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09
advice to a bridegroom.

If a bride has forty dollars of her
own left after buying her wedding
clothes, her husband should never SC
far forget himself as to ask to borrow
it. Under the spell of the honeymoon.
she will lend it. After the wane OF
the honeymoon, he will either refuse
or will not be able to pay it back. The
forty dollars will increase to four hun.
bred in her eyes in six years, and he
will hear more of it than if he owed it
to his w kin. -Atchison Globe
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09
An Artists Enthusiasm.

There is only one thing" she said
to her dearest girl friend, that makes
me doubt Herbert's affection for me-"
What is that?"
He thinks that some of the snap
shot photographs he has taken of me
are good likenesses-" Washington
Star.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09
The Whole Thing.

NO" said the prosperous gentle.
man, with the large diamond and both
feet on the a seat, you can hunt a
seat in another car. lam not going to
bother myself for a ham actor"
Sir" said Barnes former, with fine
courtesy, II would rather be a ham
actor than act the hog."-Iudianapolis
Journal
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09
A Jewel of n Juryman.

Lawyer-Have you formed any opin-
ion on this case?
Juryman-No, sir.
DO you think, after the evidence on
both sides il all in, you would be able
to form an~y)opinion@'
mo. sir.f
"You'll DON. Y. Weekly.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09
The Fool.

"a girl" he observed with asperity,
makes a fool of herself when she
affects the masculine"
"Oh, dear me-" she rejoined. 81 am
sure you are o severe upon your sex.
Yes"
Really, it was such a chilly evening,
but-thank you-strawberry, if you
please. Detroit Tribune.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09

The latest addition to Americans
abroad is the smart saying of a New
York girl to an Englishman who took
her in to dinner. Il sometimes won.
der what becomes of all the peaches in
your country" he said. "Oh, we eat
what we can, and can what we can't
answered the ready-tongued maid
n, Y, Sun.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09
-Charles n Rose. the new America,s

Charles d. Rose, the new Americas
cup challenger, is remembered in Mon.
treal, where he nee lived, as n OF
the best runners of his time. He ran
some close races with the late c. D.
Armstrong, who had no rival in Cana
da at the time, and he was also n good
mile runner.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09

D'Auber-How do you like my new
painting. THE Breath of Early
Marn?'
De Tanque-it strikes me you
haven't got enough dark brown in Il
to be natural. Philadelphia Record
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09

1t is the privilege of posterity to Sc,
matters right between those antago
nists who, by their rivalry for great.
ness, divided a whole age--Addison.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09
AN OCTOBER ETCHING.
By WILL T. HALE.

LATE hour of an Oc-
b evening on Sand
mountain, the sky for
the greater part clear,
with o C c a S j o n a |
clouds like w b i E.
winged S h ip S scud-
ding across the upper
sea near the descend
ing sun, or, banked
t h e southwest,
dark ones moving
more slowly. lik e
of armed
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09

To be innocent is to be not guilty,
but to be virtuous is to overcome our
evil feelings and intentionS-Penn-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-05-15
Furnished the Nest Himself.
Philadelphia Record.

prominent merchant of this city, who has
country seat near Bristol, began some time
ago to raise fine breeds Of chickens. Plymouth
Rocks and the like. He was very successful
and his honneries are the admiration Of the
entire countryside. A short time ago car
penter who lived in the neighborhood. and
who had done considerable work for the
owner OF the farm, asked him for the loan Of
one OF his best setting hens. GIVE got about
dozen eggs" the carpenter said, "and
want 20 hatch them. II you will lend me the
hen / will be very careful Of her." The hen
was very generously loaned. and the owner
forgot all about her until nearly n month
later. Then he went 20 the manager Of his
farm and asked If the hens had been returned
" You don't mean TO tell me that you loaned. n
hen TO that mani" Yes" said the pro-
prietor; " he said he wanted TO set her on a
dozen eggs he had" " Well, you'll never get
her back" Whyf" Because happen to
know that he stole from you the eggs he put
under the borrowed hem"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-05-15

be the best interests of the respective
towns but what the respective towns
may ask. for. There Is good deal that
is more worth conserving in maintaining
this principle of home rule than is in
yolved in any measure, however good of
itself, looking TO a lettering of condi-
tions in the respective localities. We
may presume that this town or that
town doesn't know what is good for it,
but it is perhaps quite as we'll that the
State does not undertake to be too pater-
nal in the relationship between the gen.
eral and the local governments.
We think it something of pity that
no such general law as that defeated
yesterday can be placed on our statute
books, but if the end can be accom-
plished in the towns, as it has already
been in many of them, it will ba very
much better.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-05-15
A QUEER CONCEPTION.

Our esteemed contemporary, The
News, OF Newport, remarks, too hastily.
1.-The General Assembly should not hes
itate to make liberal appropriation for
replacing the agricultural college build
ing. The school is one Of the most nse-
ful OF our public institutions. and should
not be treated shabbily even for day.
We look after the special interest of all
other classes of people, and should not
draw line against the farmers and
gardeners"
We agree with our namesake that the
State should be liberal in it's appropria
tion for replacing the agricultural college
building, but believe, first, that the As.
sembly ought TO be sure that they are
going to place the building in the right
place. The school should certainly
not be "trsated -shsbbily,,- but II
has been treated shabbily by the man.
agement ever since IL was started. The
institution, aside from its experimental
and bulletin features, is OF little use TO
farmers. little use to their children. and
little use 70 anybody save the professors
who draw the salaries
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-05-15
EDUCATION AND HOME RULE.
Which tempt the eye
But turn To ashes on the lips"

Some day, we have no doubt, the
school district system will be abolished
in the State of Rhode Island.
Yesterday the General Assembly de-
clined to do it, as its predecessors have
declined.
And yet the proposition is commend
able one. The district school system is a
back number system, and men who
devote themselves to educational matters
find in 1t stumbling block and him
drance TO educational progress. The
House Of Representatives has passed
upon the matter again and decided to
sustain the system for time longer
Most of those who voted against
the proposition to alb olish it are
men who neither act hastily nor
with any lack of intelligence. Indeed.
their vote did much to sustain princi-
pie. which nowadays is, perhaps.
quite as important as are our educa-
tional interests. That is the principle of
home rule. To take the Providence del
egation alone, no one would undertake
to say that Mr.. BARsrow.
Mr.. GRAY, Mr.. KniBALL, Mr.. LIPpITT.
Mr.. MUNRoE, Mr.. RooT and Mr..
ROUNDS, who voted against the bill to
abolish the system, are not ms broad
minded and progressive in their ideos
as disinterested and as faithful legisla-
tors, as are Mr.. STUDLEY, Mr.. CovFII.
aud Mr.. SMART, who voted for the bill. II
wasa peculiarly difficult question for leg
islators to solve. On the one hand was
the question Of progressive education.
the principle of which we have no |
doubt many of the legislators who
voted against the measure would
heartily have favored under
not embarrassed by another
question. That other question was the
question OF home rule. The State was
asked to make change in town
that many OF the towns
had not tusked for, Htthough, per-
haps, most Of their people who
had given attention to the subject. had
pronounced in favor Of il. But we think
i is perhaps just as well for the State
10 meddle as infrequently as possible
with local self-government and ITO main
ain ever in view. not what may seem to
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-05-15
A troublesome Creditor-

The poet Clement Marot, being In very
straitened circumstances, went TO the king
and ts,id:
II have come 70 lay before your majesty
a complaint against one OF my creditors,
whose claims have satisfied over and over
again, and yet he persists I'm dunning and
harassing me at every opportunity.
Who is the scoundrelS" the king I'm.
quircd.
My stomach, sire. Though I have
satisfied its wants time without number.
IL mover ceases TO torment, and am utter
ly Incapable Of meeting it's demands"
Tho king was pleased with the joke and
allowed the poet pension on the spot
Chamfort
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-05-15
JAMES HENRY sTooDART.
Tho Professional Career OF the Present
Dean Of the American Stage.

James Henry Stoddart, who is known In
every city In the United States and Canada
as n finished impersonator of old men, Is
now, since the retirement OF that other
veteran, Q. W. Couldock, Justly considered
the dean OF the American stage.
He Is the second son Of an actor Of the
Same name who was as we'll known by the
last generation Of provincial playgoers in
England as his son Is to the audiences of
America. The elder Stoddart, whose name
Is to be found In many historic casts and
In connection with many important parts
In the playbills Of the principal provincial
theaters OF Great Britain, was for nearly
90 years q member of the Theater Royal
(Glasgow) company under the eccentric
manager Alexander. In that city most of
the boyhood of his son was spent.
Born at Barnsley Yorkshire on Oct.
13, 1897, young Stoddart received gener-
Gus amount Of schooling, In the strict
Scotch fashion Of the time. He commenced
his theatrical career at the Theater Royal
by playing boys parts under the careful
tutelage Of his father At the age Of Is he
left Glasgow, and joining a travelling troupe
set out to carve place for himself in the
mimic world in which he had been almost
born. For eight years he acted In Aber-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-05-15
OH, MY. CRANSTON!

Everything was all ready to be city
of Cranston except the disposition of
the citizens.
In our minds eye we had observed
the new city hall rise in stately majesty
from the public square established by
the public spirit of contiguous real es-
tate boomers, and whereon would
doubtless some day stand a
monument erected to the mem
ory of the first Mayor of Gran
ston. We had observe d new life in the
various industries, already so thriving,
under the impulse of being the product
OF city, and in our minds eye we had
pictured the blue jeans of the citizens
transformed into the tight and we'll
creased trousers that bespeak
an advanced civilization. We had
looked forward with friendly interest to
the growth of our new, if premature,
contemporary, the Cranston City Times.
to an advanced position in Rhode Island
Journalism, alongside THE PROVIDENCE
NEWS. We had dreamed of an apotheo-
sis of the pickle and the horse
radish, the admiration and the wonder
OF two continents, and all to the glory
OF the City of Cranston, State of Rhode
Island and Providence Plantations.
But, alas, as these have all been
things OF an over-sanguine mental
vision, so they are today, simply,
''over the left" There will be no City
Of Cranston-not much and not yet.
Dur neighbors out there don't want TO be
city folk. and we must ever respect the
sentiment of home rule in Rhode Island.
No one would care to make Cranston a
'ity If Cranston doesn't want to be O
,ity. Our dream is dissipated and gone
With the wasted eloquence Of our friends
Judge BoswoRTH, f. G. PIERCE, Ut al.
nto the misty vis,as of nothing
less. 1t was pleasant dream
While it lasted, and we shall not COM
lain because the awakening was rude
nd violent. Who knows but some
ay we may dream again?
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-05-15
Lots Of Eggs.
Atlanta Constitution.

John b. Drake, the famous hotel manager
and proprietor. asked the question once of a
guest If he could name the sin gle article that
aggregate cost of which was the greatest.
The reply being in the negative. Mr.. Drake
astonished his friends by mentioning eggs
This may surprise most persons, but little
reflection will show that the eggs are an
article OF almost universal consumption.
There are few persons who do not eat them
In one form or another, and most persons con-
sume them twice day at least, and every day
in the year. As an article of food the egg is
both wholesome and strengthening. Now let
US glance at statistics. A journal devoted
specially to the egg has been started in Iowa.
and an article contributed by Edward Atkin-
son undertakes 10 show that there are laid in
the United States annually TO- 500, 600. 900 eggs.
How Mr.. Atkinson obtained his figures we do
not know; they may DO accurate and they
may not, but everybody knows enough to
know that the production is enormous, and
yet the supply Is not always equal to the de-
mand and eggs are so largely imported that
the United States has placed a duty on them
for the purpose Of protecting this branch OF
agricultural industry. Mr.. Atkinson also as
serts that the value of the egg crop reaches,
on an average, the enormous sum Of $40, ,0OO,-
600 annually, while the average value Of pig
iron produced is from s75. 000 900 to $50 600 CO.,
and OF wool from $4,000. 600 to $50, 900, 600.
These figures, whether strictly accurate or
not, arc sufficiently enormous to show the i'm.
portance of the hen.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-05-15
Will il BE Hawaii's Turn Next?
New York Sun,


IL appears that sundry British residents
at Honolulu have claims against President
Dole's government for damages TO their per-
sons or property received during or since tho
revolution that overthrow the monarchy.
The British government is expected to look
after these claims.
IL does not appear that any consular or
other officer OF Great Britain mt Honolulu al.
leges that an affront was put upon him, and
in this respect the case of Hawaii would be
unlike that Of Nicaragua. Yet so potent has
England found the device Of landing troops
and soizing forts and custom houses, that she
might well be inclined to extend it to Hawaii,
Honduras, or any other little republic where
her people have claims upon the government.
In fact England would do well TO clear up as
many OF these little pecuniary affairs as DOS
siblo while the Cleveland Administration re.
mains in power.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-05-15
THE NEWS COLUMN
HON E-MADE POETRY.

i
Lines Suggested on Seeing q Cherry
| Tree In blossom.
o! the cherry tree blossoms are hanging low,
And they cover the earth with their "beauti
ful snow."
They fall from their Eden. the old gnsrlod
tree.
And while on the ground. in spirited glee.
pluck spray Of the pure white blossom,
And feel that on earth my Kingdom has come,
For look ON the sky that Is blue and fecked
With white feecy clouds. like the cherry trees
cover,
And say in my bliss. that Is caught from old
Nature.
Is aught fairer than this botanical feature9
When ! sought the sweet flowers and wisdom
and truth.
And feel that the springtime is bringing
these thoughts.
That I'LL me with Pleasures Incompatible
draughts:
And would that all minds could take in the
delight
That feel as ! gaze on this beautiful sight
The cherry tree blossoms, the grass and the
sky,
And the great golden sun that shines from on
high;
o! this shall live in my minds best chapter.
Like friends, that dwell in the silent Here
after;
Whose lives are as perfect and pure and white
As the cherrytree blossoms that now greet
my sight.
o. who would be fettered and gloomy today,
When the world is so bright In its costume of
May9
Better turn away care and all thoughts that
annoy.
And be children again. the girl and the boy,
And HE TO the hill, the valley and plain,
Seek God in His grandeur, His homo and
domain;
For everything speaks Of His bounteous hand.
His goodness and love that is spread DER the
land;
From the babbling brook TO the murmurous
sea,
There still is the story Of old Galilee;
Men fishing and reaping and pitching their |
tent.
Some lives full of honor, and Some lily spent: |
Some are crowned victory, I know not for |
what.
But so the world gives, and question II not. |
All-all is mystery. darkness, confusion.
Then, why try to explain what may be de-
lusion?
Only one thing is certain. Death knocks at my
door.
yield to his presence, pass out forever more.
For was ever sign or token given.
From one who had come from that place
called Heaven?
Reproduction in Nature around me see.
In the fresh budding bush the grass and the
tree;
Then how can soul of invaluable cost,
ink down to the dust and be utterly lostp
]. @. EATON.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-05-15
y. II. sTODDART.

deem, Dundee, Manchester, Liverpool and
less important English cities with incroas.
ing though only local reputation and
success until in 1853 he emigratcd to
America.
HCjoined tho company of the elder Wal
lack upon his arrival In New York and
for several seasons played tho usual round
of character parts advancing steadily In
the favor of the audiences Of that historic
house. In 1866 lhe opened with Lanra
Keeno at the Olympic theater, whore his
Wallack popularity received extensive con.
flrmation. When Dion Boucicault opened
tho Winter Garden theatcr, in 1850, Mr..
Stoddart was one of tho members OF his
company. In 1861 he returned TO the
Olympic theatcr, whore he remained under
the management Of Laura Kecno and Mrs.
John Wood until 1867, in which year he
Joined the company Of Lester Wallack,
with which he remained until 1874. Aft.
or two seasons Of travel Mr. Stoddnrt be-
came member OF the Union Square com.
pany.
Since that time Mr.. Stoddart was with
A. NJ. Palmer's stock company Nntil, al
tho beginning of tho present season, that
organization, famous for 40 many years.
was disbandcd. Then Mr.. Stoddart Join.
cd "Thc Fetal Card" company, with which
he Is ut present.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-05-15
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING.
A Greater East Greenwich.

hhoue islanu Gendulutn.
1t is pretty well understood fact that the
next city charter legislation in Rhode Island
will be for the Pawtuxet Valley villages in
tine town of Warwick. The movement in that
direction has long been agitated and there
are sound reasons why those rapidly growing
villages should solidify under a city charter.
When the legislation for this city charter
comes up in the General Assembly there will
be presented an opportunity for that body to
do the proper thing by this town Of East
Greenwich In annexing to this town that part
OF Warwick not incorporated in city limits.
There will be no good reason for adding to
the number Of towns. The State Senate Is a
large enough body, and as the number Of
members OF the lower branch is limited by
the constitution, IL will be decided leglisla-
tive advantage for the country portion of War.
wick TO be annexed to East Greenwich. To
this town such annexation will be Of great
advantage by adding greatly to its taxable
property and permitting very desirable public
improvements that the present wealth and
population cannot afford.
Working for this legislation Is duty our
in the General Assembly owe
the town; and in no surer way can the future
Of East Greenwich be made inviting to our
people. while TO the population that would be
annexed there would also be advantages in
joining the county seat instead of sustaining
a separate town government
There is chance for East Greenwich 70
DO city before many years IL our nearest
Warwick neghbors will be good enough To
DIN in movement for geographical and
political consistency.