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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-06
Proposals for Depository of City
Funds.

Sealed proposals will be received
by the undersigned, City Clerk of the
city of Cape Girardeau, Mo-, at his
office in the court house in said city,
for the custody of the city funds for
the fiscal year ending June Both, 1896,
from banking corporations doing
business in the city of Cape Girardeau,
that may desire to be selected as the
depository of the funds of the city.
Any such banking corporation desiring
to bid, shall deliver to me on Or be-
fore the first Monday in July, 1895,
not later than ! o'clock p. m. of said
day, the same being the date of the
regular monthly meeting of the Coun-
Gil, a sealed proposal, stating the rate
per cent upon daily balances that such
banking corporations offer to pay to
the city for the privilege of being
made the depository of the funds of
the city. Said banking institution,
upon being awarded the contract for
depository of the city funds, shall
execute a bond, to be approved by the
Mayor, in a sum equal to double the
amount of the of the city, and
conditioned for the faithful perform
ance of the duties of the depository
chosen. Said proposals or bids will
be opened at the regular meeting of
the Council to be held on July lst.
1895. at 100 p. m.
The city reserves the right to reject
any all bids.
TSeal. GEO. f. CHAPPELL.
City Clerk.
June Sth. 1885,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-06
No. 554.

An ordinance providing for levying
of the Annual City Revenue Tax, the
City Funding Interest Fund Tax, the
Normal School Tn'arest Fund Tax,
the Normal ScLoU4 sinking Fund Tax
and a City Funding Sinking Fund
Tax, for the fiscal year ending or the
Both day Of June, 1896.
Be it ordained by the Council of the
city OF Cape Girardeau as follows:
Section One ~. There is hereby
levied for the fiscal year. ending on
the Both day of June, 1896, a City
Revenue Tax of fifty cents soc on the
one hundred (S1O0) assessed valuation
on all property within the city limits
made taxable by law for State and
county purposes, and by ordinances of
the city, and not by general law
exempt from municipal taxation.
Section Two ~: There is hereby
levied for the fiscal year ending on
the Both day of June, 1896, a City
Funding Interest Fund Tax of forty
t40c on the one hundred dollars $500
assessed valuation for the payment of
the interest on the city funding bonds.
on all property within the city limits
made taxable by law for State and
county purposes and by ordinance of
the city and not by general law eX-
empt from municipal taxation.
Section Three (3l. There is hereby
levied for the fiscal year ending on the
Both day of June. 1896. a Normal
School Interest Fund Tax of forty
cents (40c) on the one hundred dol
lars $500 assessed valuation on all
property within the city limits made
taxable by law for State and county
purposes, and by ordinance of the city
and not by general law exempt from
municipal taxation. -
Section Four a.. There is hereby
levied for the fiscal year ending on
the Goth day of June, 1896, a Normal
School Sinking Fund Tax of five cents
DC on the one hundred dollars (S1O0)
assessed valuation on all property
within the city limits made taxable by
law for State and county purposes
and by ordinances of the city, and not
by general law exempt from municipal
taxation.
Section Five 81. There is hereby
levied for the fiscal year ending on
the Both day of June, 1896, a City
Funding Sinking Fund Tax of fifteen
cents 15c) on the one hundred dol
lars (S10O) assessed valuation on all
property within the city limits made
taxable by law for State and county
purposes and by ordinance of the city
and not by general law exempt from
municipal taxation.
Section Six (6), This ordinance
shall be in force from and after its
passage.
Passed this 9th DAY of June, 1895.
[SEAL. WILLIAM h. COERVER,
President of the Council.
Approved this Sth day of June, 1895.
WIELIAM H. COERvER, Mayor.
Attest: GEO. +. CHAPPELL,
City Clerk.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-06
INDIANS LOVE GAMBLING.
They Will Bet Big Sums, Even on the
Death of q Friend.

They Will Bet Big Sums, Even or the
Death of q Friend.
The gambling instinct among Indi-
ans seems rather to be increased than
otherwise by civilization, and more than
.ne Cherokee who drew at Tahlequah
recently for himself, his wife and his
children quite a large sun of money in
full discharge of his personal interest,"
In the Cherokee strip came near losing
every dollar of it before returning
home. One day when the distribution
was exceptionally heavy two very spec
ulative recipients were standing to-
gether lear the post Office. A boy was
seen coming along the street on :
bucking pony. For so young a boy he
held his seat well, but it seemed ex.
ceeding probable to the onlookers that
before he got the pony home he would
either be thrown or would have to get
Off. Ehe two Indians discussed the
proposition with much excitement, and
finally one man bet the other the en-
tire government per capita that the
boy would be thrown before he get
past them.
IN pCb NoS dSSSplCu WIN NiCLOuo
eagerness, and as they watched the
antics of the pony as it whirled round,
bucked, sat down on its launches, and
did everything else that was ever
known TO a trick horse. they almost
came to blows in the excitement of
their argument. Finally the horse,
~despairing Of any other means of get
ting rid of its rider, leaped in the air
and fell on its side, knocking half the
life out of the boy, and then rolling
completely over him. An alteration,
of course. followed a. to which had
won the bet. The QlUcly boy hung on
to the horn of his saddle, although ap-
parently fatally injured. He neither
fell off nor got off. but vas lifted off
the furious animal by half a dozen men
who rushed quickly 10 the rescue. Eff
forts were made to quiet the two In
dians, md the suggestion that the bet
be declared of was freely made. As
each man declined to pay the other,
this was the final outcome OF the at
fair; but the wagering of such 4 COM
paratively large sum over such an in
significant event shows that specuIa-
ton will always be more or less pop
ular with the average Indian.-St.
Louis Globe-Democrdt.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-06

Whereas, 1t is necessary that Mid
die street, from Broadway to Themis
street. should be graded and graveled
for public use. Therefore, be it
Resolved. That said Middle street
from Broadway street to ThemiS
street. should be graded. grayeled and
otherwise placed in condition for pub
lie Use in accordance with the Law.
and the city clerk Is hereby instructed
to publish this resolution in the news
paper doing the city printing. for
two consecutive weeks. 10 the end
that said work may be done.
Signed. II. q. DEMPSEY.
! certify that the above and forego-
inm resolution was presented, read
and adopted at a regular meeting Of
the City Council of the city Of Cape
Girardeau. held on Thursday evening,
June 9TH. 1885.
Seal. GEO. +. CHAPPELL.
City Clerk.
lime Srh. 1861.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-06

and runs the other way; but when at
last some years have passed, it's differ
ent, they say.
How doth the little summer girl
Employ with great dispatch
Each moment Of the passing hours
To make another catch.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
my dear" said a fond wife, ''wher
we were engaged 1 always slept with
your last letter under my pillow"
"And l." murmured her husband, st
often went to sleep over your letters"
An Edged Temper.-O'Kief-"How
did Bill contract hat terrible habit of
swearing?" McEll-'He shaves him
self, and his wife has corns, and there
is only one razor in the house,
Brooklyn Eagle.
Overheard in the Chicken Yard
II don't see, Chickabiddy," said the
bantam, why you stand up for that
spring chicken. He's awfully tough.
You're not his mother" No. but he's
one of my set," said Chickabiddy.-
Judge.
Beauties of Advertising.-Fair Wis
tor-'So you have really decided not
20 sell your house?" Fair Host-"Yes.
You see, we placed the matter in thu
lands of a real estate agent. After
'eading his lovely advertisement of our
property. neither John nor myself
'ould think OF parting with such 4
wonderful and perfect home."-Pitts-
urgh Bulletin.
During the rehearsals of Romeo
md Juliet" at the London Lyceum,
Mrs. Stirling. who is the most venera-
Sic of actresses, took occasion TO re-
mark that the nurse was not necessari-
v old, that she should be represented
Is ~middle-aged, etc. and she appealed
o Mr.. Irving. My dear Mrs. Stir
ing" said the manager, with delicate
attire. you may make the nurse just
IS youthful as you can"
-Ferocity.-Spatts-"I tell you,
Wally Weams is 4 perfect demon when
he is awoUsed.' Sapsmith-"Iwantah.
know.' 'Yaas, bah Jawve. he is. The
0thah night he came home unexpected.
" and caught Algy Spoonah kissing
his wife. and flew at him like a tigah.
He stwuck Algy IN the mouth with his
glove thwee times, bvoke his umbwel-
la andcwied Shat he hoped TO goodness
1t would vain veal hahd as he was 90
ing home."' My stahrs.,"-Truth.
A veil known professor of archeol.
ogy at Harvard was recently talking
with a junior about the wonders of this
wonderful land. Il wish you could
see our town of Pokerville, professor"
said the youngster; lit is 4 most inter
esting town-only twenty years old
md with fifty thousand Inhabitants"
"Ah-yos-very interesting, no doubt"
replied the professor, dryly; ''but,
strange as it may seem, 1 should my,
self prefer a town fifty thousand years
old and with twenty inhabitants"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-06
PERSONAL AND smpERsoNAl

The recent reduction i price OF
aluminium has called renewed atten-
ton to the possibilities of the use Of
aluminium-bronze castings for qurs
poses in which the strength of forged
steel without its liability to corrosioa
are essential. Its price should aow 30
not much above that of ordinary gun
bronze.
Every good cook is careful to dis.
pose at once of the water in which
meat has been washed. Only a very
few hours are necessary to change IL
into a foul-smelling liquid if the tenn
perature is suitable. This change In
due to a little plant called bacterium
termo. A drop of this putrid material
under the microscope reveals many
thousands Of them, acting under a pecu.
liar vibratile motion.
Queen Victoria speaks ten Ian.
guages huently. The queens grand.
daughter-in-law, the German empress
is also clever as a linguist. She sur.
prised her guests at a recent court en-.
tertainment by talking Norwegian to
one of them who came froZ that coun,
try. She plays the violin very well,
and when she and her husband manage
to get a quiet evening together, they
generally devote it to music.
Il have read somewhere" Gaid an
early riser, that we don't eat hash as
much as we did, and I have no doubt
that is true, but we must still eat some,
for l hear occasionally, as l take my
morning stroll, issuing out of base
ment windows the familiar sound OF
the chopping knife-a sound, l viii
add, not unpleasant to me. for while
hash may not be an extremely fashion
able dish, 1 am free to say that good
hash 1 like."-N. Y. Sun.
-Dvorak's negro symphony, which
is made up of negro melodies and which
he wrote while ~rusticating last sum.
mer at the little Bohemian settlement
at Spillville, Ia, has been enthusiast
tically received in London. The great
composer says that in all that relates
to melody and to temperament the ne
groes are natural musicians, but that
it will take many generations of Gull
ture to develop their intellects to the
point of. approaching the higher and
larger forms of music.
Daniel Webster once sat Cor hi
portrait to the late G.. P. A. Eealy and
the senator's remark when he surveyed
the completed picture became one Of
the artists favorite anecdotes in after
years. Il think" said Webster, as he
looked at his counterfeit presentmeAt
that is a face l have often shaved"
Healy found Andrew Jackson a diss-
greeable and unwilling subject" and
he compensated himself by painting
Old Hickory with absolute fidelity -
NATURE, not CLOSING a single defect
The portrait gives Jackson al ugly,
savage and pallid face.
Sometimes a man who wants to
stop a street a snaps his fingers at
the driver or the gripman. 1t seems
a though the gripman would be ex-
atperated by that, but he doesn't ap-
pear TO be. Some people lift a hand
high in the air and hold it there, and
some people wave an umbrella or Q
cane; but the great majority Of people
have discovered that for all practical
purposes in stopping q a a toothpick
is as good as a fence rail. All that 10
necessary is to catch the drivers eye.
1t isn't necessary to shove a house On
the track in front of him.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-06
NOTICE to Contractors.

Notice i hereby given that the IN
dersigned. Road and Bridge Commits
sioner of Cape Girardeau county. No.
will on Saturday. June 2gth at ,
O'Clock p. IN. 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 70
reject any are all bids.
June 10th. 1895.
JAMES :. NOLAN.
by L. ". BEAN.
nGr'v =. and =. Com.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-06
Notice to Contractors.

Notice is hereby given that the I'M
dcrsigned Road and Bridge Commits
siOner OF Cape G~irardeau county.
Missouri. will on Monday. June the
18th. at 20 o'clock a. H.. al site Of
bridge on branch on Cape Girardeau
and E@yp- Mill road near the farm Of
LIr. otoll. let contract for wooden
bridge with stone piers.
The Commissioner reserves the right
10 reiec. any or all bids.
JAMES f. Nolan.
by L. VI. BEAN.
Dpty. Road and Bridge Com.
May 20th. 1895. mav22-nl1U1
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clothing thiefl-"Shoot i'm in deY
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We furnish the Best Bread and
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"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

The childish miss resents a kiss
and runs the other way; but when at
last some years have passed, IT'S differ
ent, they say.
How doth the little summer girl
Employ with great dispatch
Each moment Of the passing hours
To make another catch
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-06
Resolution of the City Council.

June Sth, 1895.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-10-14

A Philadelphia paper publishes an in
tervew with Thomas A. Edison, tn,
electrician, on the direct conversion o
coal into electricity. Il have been cX
porimenting." Mr.. Edison said, ''fol
some time on this problem, and have
found that it can be done. The hthcrt,
useless culm banks in the coal regiOI
can be converted directly into clectrici
ty, in the ordinary way. and transmittej
TO this city in the shape Of alternating
currents, and then transferred and dis
tributcd by means of local companes
for light, heat and power throughout
the city. 1t is only Il matter of timc
and the securing of sufficient capital tC
Dush the work when this scheme will b,
completed and in operation.
There is another plan now on foot t.
utilize the culm banks. w. S. Andrews,
If the New York Steam Heating Com
pany, has formed company with sever,
al million dollars back of it, which pro
poses to pump the culm to Philadelphia.
They are experimenting on the w0rt
now, and understand the experiments
have proved very successful.
The idea is to have a pipe line laid
from the coal regions to this city. The
eulm or coal dust will be mixed with
water and pumped through those pipes.
On reaching the terminal in Philadel-
phia the water will be drained off, and
the dust compressed into brickettes, in
the same manner as is now employed in
France. These bricks could be solo
much cheaper, and will burn equally as
well as coal"