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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-27

road stocks and hain't never spoke to
each other sence; and then their goin'
to another meetin', and Adeline get
tin so kind of high flynn; not but what
shes a real good woman and gives
away a sight"
She isn't likely to have much to give
away if what I've heard is true" This
was Hiram Tibbetts, Junior, a boy Of
seventeen, who had just come in with
the Importance of a possessor of news.
ats a secret; 1 overheard pa and an
other nan talking about it. Parkhurst
is in IN awfully tight place; they think
he'll fail; then his mills will be closed;
they say he's made an awful struggle
to keep 'em open all winter and-don't
you breathe it to anybody-but they're
afraid thereHn be a run on the bank
that he's president of; he hasn't done
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-27
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Swift made a special study of the
Latin satirist and initiated their style
and language.
Baxter read only the Bible. and
best enjoyed the prophecies of Isaiah
and the Psalms.
Wordsworth was fond of the poetry
of Burns, but said the latter was too
rough and uncouth.
Alexander the Great always slept
with a copy of Homer under his pill
low. His life was modelled after that
of Achilles.
-Byron's mother was an ill-tem-
pered, passionate woman, very indis-
Greet in her language. She called him
"a crippled brat" Her influence on
him was as permanent as it was bad.
Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson is liv-
ing in a house on Russian hill, Sam
Francisco, with Mrs. Virgil Williams.
widow of the artist who was one Of
S~tevenson's intimates. To Mr.. and
Mrs. Williams the novelist dedicated
THE Silverado Squatters-"
1t is said that the words, Reserve
the cots for the two most uninteresting
babies" always accompany the check
which Miss Gould sends each year for
the support of two beds in the babies.
shelter connected with the Church OF
the Holy Communion, New York city.
Ole Olson came to East Lynne, Ia.
from Sweden seven years ago and
bought a farm of 22O acres on time. A
few days ago he sold at an advance OF
SIS an acre. This, with what he made
on the crops, gives him about SIS, OOO-
and he and his family are going back
to Sweden to live in luxury.
Capt. Francis Martin, of Detroit
who has just passed his ninety-fifth
birthday, was present at the burial Of
Gen. Bonaparte in 1891. Martin was
coming from the East Indies on a
trader and the ship stopped at the isle
of st. Helena. The ex-emperor of
France had just passed away. and
Martin was one of the little group that
witnessed the interment.
An international list of anatomical
terms, "Nomina Anatomica," has just
been completed in Germany under the
direction of Prof. Koliker, of Wurz-
burg. The editor is W. Krause. 1t is
intended to secure uniformity in the
use of terms throughout the world,
and for this purpose will be revised by
a standing committee of the Anatom-
ical society, to which proposed changes
in names and new terms must be sub
mitted.
-Rubinstein's "Christ" has been per-
formed as a religious play" IN the
state of the Bremen stadt theater. It
is divided into seven enc with a pro-
logue and an epilogue. The prologue
represents the birth of Christ, with the
shepherds and the procession of the
three kings. The scenes selected are
the temptation in the wilderness, the
baptism in Jordan, the sermon on the
mount, followed by the miracle of the
loaves and fishes, the repentance OF
Mary Magdalen, and the raising from
the dead of the widows son. the puri-
fication of the temple, the last supper,
Christ before PLATE, and the cruciix-
ion. The epilogue is the victory
of Christianity. Raimund Won Yur-
mullen took the part of Christ. Care
was taken to carry out all the COM
poscr's ideas with regard to the repre-
sentation. 1t was artistically success
full and was received in a reverent
spirit by the audience.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-27
A NEGRo'S GRATITUDE.
An Instance Of Rare Faithfulness on the
Part of an Ex-Slave.

Part of an EI-Slave.
A wealthy slave-owher of the cotton
belt entered the southern army.
fought bravely and brilliantly, and
died in one of the closing battles OF
the war. His widow was left penni-
less, with large plantations incum-
bered with mortgages, and a hundred
or more emancipated negroes who had
ceased to be her property.
Her business affairs were misman-
aged by agents and lawyers, and she
lost plantation after another. Her
health failed. and in her old age she
became wholly dependent upon n of
her former slaves.
This negro was grateful to her for
having given him a start after the war.
Learning from experience that she
could not manage her plantations sue
cessfully, she had rewarded the fideli-
ty of a small group Of emancipated
slaves by deciding over to them out
right small farms. This negro received
in this way a farm of twenty-six acres
with a cabin.
He prospered from the outset. He
made a living out of his ground, and
saved every year a little money. In
the course of a few year he bought
another farm and doubled his re-
sources. Other purchases followed,
until he was a truck farmer with con-
siderable wealth.
He did not forget his old plantation
mistress in his prosperity. When she
had lost all her property, and there
was no other friend to take care of her
in her old age, this negro rescued her
from restitution. He became her most
faithful friend.
Both are still living. On the first
day of every month the negro farmer
draws a check for one hundred dol
lars, and sends it to the aged lady
whose slave he was in boyhood. At
first she vas unwilling to become his
pensioner, but he pressed help upon
her win tears in his eyes, telling her
that he would never have got on in the
world if she had not generously aided
him by giving him the first farm.
His bounty is now her only recourse,
and no millionaire in the land is hap
pier than he is when payday" comes
around, and he can send his check to
his kind-hearted ''old misses"
The other negroes whom she be-
friended after the war have been either
improvident or upgrateful. but one It
least had the energy and thrift re-
quired for making him a well-to-do
farmer, and the heart to take compass
sion on a friendless and unfortunate
woman who had once been kind to
him.
This is a true story. which illustrates
the tender feeling sometimes existing
between the negro and his former mas
ter, and the gratitude which good
treatment may inspire even in a de-
spised race.-Youth's Companion.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-27

leaves anu DIllIAduI
yellow blossoms. And the blows
carry me right back to East Macedony
and the pretty smells there used to be
there in the spring of the year. Seems
as if spring hadn't a fair chance here
in Potiphar City. Your father used to
like a mess of pork and greens"
''Oh, ma, | wish you wouldn't want
such dr~eadfully vulgar things" Addie
Luella, who was sixteen, had tears of
vexation in her pretty blue eyes.
"And l wish you could get over East
Macedonia. The Parkhursts came
from there, too, but who would think
it? They're the very first people in
Potiphar City and-and Augusta
wouldn't invite me to the Charity club
tableauX."
The reason for the little fine puck
ers that had been all day between Ad-
die Luella's brows had come out now.
Mrs. Tibbetts looked vaguely per-
picked and troubled; she dimly COM
pretended that to nave a mother OBJ
liviOus of grammar and of social aspira-
tions made life full of pin pricks for
.Addie Luella.
In Potiphar City one was nothing if
not stylish. Fifteen years before, the
city had been a strip of unreclaimed
prairie; now it was a great lumber
town with most of the appliances of
civilization and all the fashions.
Hiram Tibbetts, coming from East
Macedonia, in Maine, did his share in
reclaiming the prairie and made a for
tune in lumber. Pa" was quite a
magnate of Potiphar City; but of what
use was that, demanded Addie Luella,
with tears, if ma would be so common
and old-fashioned.
~ guess you'll have to do your social
climbin' without your ma" said good
Hiram Tibbetts, gazing with pride up
on his pretty daughter. PA" did un-
derstand a little.
1T don't seem a mite like Adeline
Parkhurst to get so stuck up" said
Mrs. Ti5betts, refectively. when we
was girls to East Macedony, there
want nobody so intimate as Adeline
and me-. and manned you for her and she
named Augusty for me. Enoch Park
hurst and your father are second cous-
ms, too, and it's a dretful clannish FAM
lily; they stick to one mother through
thick and thin. But your father and
Enoch had difficulty about some rail-
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-27
HUMOROUS.

-Bray-''My dear fellow-two um>
brellas! What on earth is that forp''
Jay-"Why, in ease 1 leave one any,
where."-Tit-Bits.
-Inference.-''I think Bilkens must
go into very low society" ''Why?"
HE says he has been best man at no
less than twelve weddings. "-Detroit
Tribune.
-Takitin-"Artley had a perfect
picture at the academy last night"
Gadabout-'I didn't see it. Where did
principally. Truth.
-Casey-''P'hat made M~ulligan fall
off de ladder? Did his fut shlip?'
Reilly-''It did not. Oh told him a joke
an hour ago an sure he just now tum.
/ ed."-Philadelphia Record.
Our English slang Is very queer.
According TO report,
A6-foot-6 high bank cashier
In his accounts Is short.
N. Y. Recorder.
-Hojack-"The air seems rarer
than it used to be-" Tomdik-"Well,
perhaps it is rarer. You know that a
good deal is being used in pneumatic
bicycle tires now."-Harper's Bazaar.
An Illinois man, who has been trav-
cling in Vermont, was not favorably
impressed with the scenery. why,
b gosh" he said, thar amt a prairie
in the hull dinged state hat amt tilted
up to an angle of about forty-five de-
grees. Puck.
"A tiny girl spoke very scornfully
of babies. Don't speak that wayr' said
her mother; 1T isn't very long since
you were a baby yourself" 81 know
it." she said, looking what she felt,
land I'm ashamed enough of itT"-Bos-
ton Transcript.
Poor little c~reaturer" exclaimed
Uncle Allen to the mosquito hat was
buzzing about him. There's room in
this great world for both you and me-
Butyou shouldn't try to crowd
me-" he added a moment later as the
insect alighted on his nose. And hs
crushed it remorsele SSH .-Chicago Tri-
bune.
do you smoke much?" asked Pat
low. Three a day on an average"
said Dawkins. "Why, you've smoked
nine to my knowledge today" said
Patlow. Yes" said Dawkins. But
you must remember that ] didn't smoke
at all until 1 was fifteen. I'm catching
up on the average."-Harper's Bazaar.
You needn't tell me the women
have no sense of humor," said Ricketts,
to Fosdick. "Well?" II overheard a
suffering man propose onc He said:
4 l-l-love y-y-you d-d-devotedly,
mummy d-d-d-dear B-B-B-BIanche-
W-w-w-wi1 y-y-you m-m-m-marry
m-m-me?' And after the delivery Of
this declaration on the installmens
plan, the mink had the audacity to say;
oh. George, this is SO sudden'"-Tow1
Topics.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-27
She Wnnld Lnnk Ii LIN.

'Ah, my darling wife," said George
the week after his marriage, "if your
husband were to die what would you
do?"
II don't know, I'm sure, George"
said the wife, ref1ectively; Il never
thought of that. must look into my
Book of Etiquette and read the rules
for young widows Chicago News.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-27

Lady Morgan. the Irish novelist, was
good at a pun. Some n spoke of the
laxity of a certain bishop in regard to
Lenten fasting and concluded: II be-
lieve he would a q horse on Ash
Wednesday,"
And a very proper diet" said her
ladyship. 'if it were q fast horse
Wit of Women.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-27
Matrimonial Item.

81 understand young Briefiess Ia
about to marry the daughter of old
Bonds, the millionaire"
"Yes, so 1 am told. He will give mp
the law business and go into the SON.
in-law business. Texas Siftincs.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-27
Unnecessary Prescription.

Doctor should prescribe for you q
walk before breakfast.
Nh. Popleigh-Good heavens, doctorl
That's what's the matter with me now.
1 have to take too many walks before
breakfast-Puck.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-27

Pursue not a victory too far. He
hath conquered well that hath made
his enemy fly; thou mayest beat him
to a desperate resistance, which may
ruin thee.-George Herbert
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-27

Mrs. Figg-''Dear me! You never
come into the house without making
an attack on hat dish of doughnuts."
Joey-''Yes, nav; a home run doesn't
count unless a Teller hits the plate.
Won know
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-27

The mother of Alexander the Great
was said to have been a of great
natural abilities, strong willed and
sin, rularly impulsiye
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-27
C0WSLIP GREENS.
BY SOPHIE E

HEN l enjoyed my
victuals there want
nothin' that l thought
so much of as a mess
of cowslip green's"
said Mrs. Tibbetts,
plaintively, sur
ing a huge pan filed
with tropical-looking
leaves and brilliant
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-18
CHRISTMAS EXCURSIONS,

On account of the annual eXcur-
sions to the southeast from Texas,
extensive preparations are being
made by the NJ. X. & Z. R'y., (The
Katy to give it's patrons most
enjoyable trip. Tickets at one fare
for the round trip will be on sale
at all stations on December Goth,
DIST, and 22nd, good to return
thirty days from date of sale.
Conchos, chair cars and sleepers
will be run through the most i'm
portant points in Texas to Tonnes
see, Alabama, Georgia, Missis-
sippi and other states, for the con-
venience of those desiring to visit
their old homes.
On account of having the shortest
line and the fastestest service, the
quickest time will be made via the
"Katy." Consult your nearest
ticket agent and insist on going
via this line and have pleasant
time. w. G. CRUSH,
G. p. & T. A., NJ. X. & 7. R'y.
II lSt
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-18
THE IDEAL PANACEA

James L. Francis, Alderman,
Chicago, says: 81 regard DIR. Kings
New Discovery as an Ideal Psnacea
for Coughs, Colds and Lung Com
plants, having used it in my fam
lily for the last five years to the ex-
clusion of physicians prescriptions
or other preparations"
Rev. John Burgus, Keokuk, Ia,
writes: 81 have been Minister
OF the Methodist Episcopal church
for 80 years or more and have
never found anything so beneficial,
or that gave me such speedy relief
as DIR. Kings New Discovery"
Try this Ideal Cough Remedy now.
Trial Bottles Free at San Antonio
Drug Co.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-18

The weather prophets and the
end-of-the-world prophets can
shake dice for the belt, the contest
being as to which of them can miss
it oftenest.
There is no doubt that the
United States sheepfolds and their
owners are going to receive all the
consideration at the hands of the
present congress that Cleveland
will permit.
Beeville will blossom all over at
her winter fair which opens there
on the day after Christmas.
The American missionaries in
Turkey are under the protection Of
the troops, but the Armenians who
have taken arms against their OPP
pressors are in danger of extermi-
nation.
The festive turkeys are roosting
high, but within a week they will
be tumbling to the racket.
The weather clerk has forecast
Christmas at least a week. This
balmy weather should have been re-
served to welcome SantaClaus with.
He does get terribly tired of those
arctic billiards.
There is not a reason that will
hold water, why you should not
make your subscription for that
San Antonio cotton mill as Chris,
mas present to the future indus
trial prosperity Of this city.
Complaint is made that the
Spanish minister in Washington
is engineering news bureau Of his
| own where he doctors all the dis
patches from Cuba before he'gives
out any information to the public
Congress seems to have taken a
fit to speak its mind, judging from
the manner in which members
haul over the Goals the heads OIL
departments and the foreign min
listers.
Dan Stuart is in it again. 1
when done 1t were done forever
then 'twere we'll 1t were done quick
ly.
| 1t is to be hoped that some o
these days the truth will be known
about Armenia and Cuba. Sucl
knowledge at present is wonder
full, entirely too high for the ordi
nary correspondent to attain unto.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-18
The Sewer Estimate,

The eighth sewer estimate is
ready for the auditor with the ex.
ception of the figuring up of the
amount due on the classification
of the contested excavation of dirt
or rock, in the trenches on River
avenue. This awaits Engineer
Gray's decision on his return from
the City Of Mexico. II he decides
1t as rock it will make difference
Of very nearly $4,000 in favor Of the
contractors. The aggregate Of the
entire estimate will be nearly $780,
600, the largest yet made upon the
sewer work. The big siphon on
Navarro street takes up $500 Of
this.
Mr.. Gray is expected to return on
Thursday.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-18

The holiday excursion gets the
travel. In time the regular fares
will come down a peg or two and
then the travel will increase. Two
cents a mile on the trunk roads
will be about the figure after this
century closes, and at that rate the
railroads OF Texas will make more
hauling people than at present
rates. The magnificent distances
Of this state and the sparsley set.
tied sections through which the
roads run are heavy weight on
railway profits and serve to keep
freights up.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-18
EN- ROUTE TO MEXICO.
Ex-Governor, Brown, of Kentucky,
Passed Through Yesterday.

Ex-Governor, Brown, of Kentucky,
Passed Through Yesterday.
A party OF distinguished Ken
tuckians passed through San An.
tonic over the Southern Pacific
yesterday afternoon, en- route to
the City of Mexico.
The party occupied Louisville
and Nashville private car and
consisted of Hen. John Young
Brown, ex-governor of Kentucky,
Charles B. Poyntz, of Mays
vile, and Urey Woodson,
of greensboro, both railroad
commissioner of Kentucky, Mr..
Woodson also being proprietor of
~" Ow ~e"oro Daily Messenger ;
Lloyd Watsol,of Msysville, w. E.
W ..,els 49, j. NJ. Alsop, Of Owens
boro, and WILDER f. Browder, dis
trict attorney for the Louisville
and Nashville railroad, headquar-
ters at Russellville, Ky.
The party was at dinner when
the train arrived here, and while so
engaged was called upon by a
LIGHT representative who was re-
received most welcomely by the
governor and the other gentlemen.
The scribe was invited to take din
ner with the party and given q
seat next to Kentucky's former
chief magistrate, but as the train
only stopped few minutes the re.
porter had to cut his meal short
or miss an issue of the LIGHT and
take chances on his bicycle, which
was on the depot platform, wait
ing for him.
While the reporter gulped down
several mouthiuls of fine red snap
per, he fired questions in rapid sue.
cession at the Kentucky governor.
The latter answered them as best
he could with the exception of
those bearing on politics. He said
his term of Office has just expired
and his friends prepared this trip
for him for recreation. He said he
is going to the City Of Mexico,
where he will meet his
friend General Crittenden. He
said he has not retired from the
political field, but for the present
he is out for pleasure, and regard
ing his future plans, he said he has
not yet prepared them.
1t is the governors first trip
down this way, and he seems to
enjoy it immensely. He is looking
we'll as is also the balance Of the
party. They will remain in Mex
leo about three weeks, and return
by way Of Ell Paso, New Mexico
and Colorado.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-18
PERSONAL MENTION.

Rev. s. 1. Mclaughlin left today
to take charge OF his new congre-
CATION at Fort Worth.
Mr.. Joe Lee Jamison, secretary
for the Southwestern Insane asy.
lum, is spending his holiday vaca-
ton at his old home in Waco.
Ex-Governor Hubbard is in the
city from Tyler.
Rev. r l.. Selle, the new pastor
of the Trinity NJ. E. church, has ar
rived from Denton.
DIR. Worsham, Of the Southwest
ern Insane asylum, has returned
from the Atlanta exposition.
Hon. II. j. McMinn has recover
ed from a recent illness.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-18

The cold has come down upon
that Atlantic coast region like de-
struction upon the democratic
party in a night. The weather
clerk is also threatening this re-
gion, but San Antonio never be-
lieves in the possibility Of cold
weather until the frost is in the
air and the norther is bowling
around the corner where the shorn
lamb has forgotten to hang him.
self out.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-18
RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
/. & q. n. RAILROAD.

NORTH BOUND.
Leave for Austin and the North 9.45 am.
S.00p.m.
ARRIVE FROM THE NORTH.
Arrive from Austin and North. $50 am
SOUTH BOUND,
Leave for Laredo and Mexico. .9.45 am
ARRIVE FROM THE SOUTH.
Arrive from Laredo and Mexico 7.3O m.
M. X. & T.-FROM l. & G. N. DEPOT
TRAINS LEAVE DAILY.
Leave for Waco, st. Louis and
Kansas Clty. ....,... SOO p. m
TRAINS ARRIVE DAILY.
Arrive from Waco, st. Louis
and Kansas City,. 49,. $50 a.5m
SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD.
EAST BOUND.
Leave for Houston, Galveston
and New Orleans. u.20 am.
Leave for Houston, Galveston
and New Orleans. ............ 1000 pm.
ARRIVE FROM THE EAST.
Arrive from New Orleans, Gal
weston and Houston. 7.25 a. m
Arrive from New Orleans, Gal
weston and Houston. ........ 4.25 p. m.
NhoI bOONDs
Leave for Eagle Pass and Mex
leo. ............. go. ........ 4.45 pm.
Leave for Ell Paso and San
francisco. ......... .......... 7.5Oam.
ARRIVE FROM THE WEST.
Arrive from Mexico and Eagle
HaSS. IL. w am
Arrive from San Francisco and
Ell Paso ............. ....... 9.30p.m.
S. A. g. A. P. r. EMISSION ROUTE
TRAINS LEAvE..DAILY.
Leave for Cuero, Houston, Gal
weston and Waco. $50 am.
Leave for Beeville, Rockport
and Corpus Cristi. ............ 2.15 pm
TRAINS ARRIVE DAILY.
Arrive from Cuero, Houston,
Galveston and Waco. 6.55 pm.
Arrive from Corpus Cristi, Bee
vile and Rockport. ........... l.30 pm
LEAVE DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY
Leave Daily, except Sunday, for
Kerrville, Boerne and Comfort 3.45 pm
ARRIVES DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY.
Arrive from Kerrviile. ....... 10 Is a. N
LEAVE SUNDAY, ONLY.
Leave for Kerrvllle ........... 900 q. m
ARRIVE SUNDAY ONLY.
Arrive from Kerrville, Sunday, 100 p. N
s. A. & GULF SHORE R. R.
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY.
Leave San Antonio. ............ 900 a. NJ.
Arrive San Antonio....... ..... 200 p. m.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-18

There is little or no sympathy in
Texas for the trusts. What is need
ed, however, is a judicious discrim-
ination between a trust and legit-
mate association for business re-
suits. War upon the former, or
what is designed for such war, is
too frequently made upon the
other.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-18

The Cuban insurgents are max.
ing no friends at home or abroad
by their policy Of incendiarism. 1t
is not the destruction Of the indus
tries of Cuba that her people
should aim at, but the destruction
of a system of government that
puts all Of her life in pawn to Span
ish exactions and taxes.