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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-12-14
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A new counterfeit two dollar silver
certificate was discovered. 1t is of the
series of 1894, check letter c, plate num-
Der Il, ID. n. Morgan, treasurer, portrait
of William Window. The note is much
smaller in every way than the genuine.
The president nominated Rufus W.
Peckham, of Albany, n. Y, to be asso-
ciate justice of the United States SUI
preme court to succeed the late Howell
+. Jackson, of Tennessee.
At Il negro cake walk in Roseborough.
Ark, the negroes ate at their supper Il
portion of Il hog that had been fed by
its owner on s%trychnine and - died
and a half dozen others were danger
Ously i'll.
\ temperance congress was organ
lied at Minneapolis that IS intended to
embrace all the temperance %organiza-
tions of the country.
Charles c. Abbott and his wife were
discovered dead il their looms at Hol-
yoke. Mass, having evidently poisoned
themselves.
Stevenson, Alexander & Co.. boot and
shoe jobDcrs at Baltimore, made an as
signmcnt with liabilities of S15O.OOO.
The secretary of the treasury trans
mitted to congress the estimates of APP
preparations required for the fiscal
year ending June 50, 1897, which aggre-
late Sf1S,O91.O73. The appropriations
for the present fiscal year amounted
to $41S, 153,264.
The worlds records were broken by
Cheyenne CWyo.) bicyclists. John
Green rode a mile, flying start, in LES,
and Charles Erswell rode q mile, stand
ing start, in 1:40.
The Pennsylvania Investment COM
pany at Kansas City, Mo-, failed for
SSG5.OOO.
The presidents message, made pub
lie on the Sd, is devoted to TWO subjects
and about equally divided between the
two. foreign affairs and financial
affairs. In regard to other matters he
is content to refer congress to the de-
partmental reports with n general
concurrence in their statements of
facts and their recommendations.
Seven of the largest wholesale estab-
!ishments in indianapolis were de-
stroyed by fire. the total loss being
$500, 000.
Three highwaymen rode into Mon
teer, Mo-. and robbed the post office and
every man. woman and child they met.
While endeavoring to prevent Il fight
Rev. 7. n. Lucas, a prominent Baptist
minister residing near Montevallo. Ala,
was shot and killed by Robert Seals.
Pauline Hall, an actress, gave $4,000
Ioaves of bread to the poor in ST. Louis.
The Shelbyyille Qnd.) Cabinet COM
pany made an assignment with liabili-
ties of $4,000.
H. II. Morrill, and his ~14-year-old
daughter were murdered on the road
near Ash Springs, \. T., by Indians.
The biennial session of the Virginia
began at Richmond. In his
Gov. O'Ferrall recommends the
determination of the race track and
gambling evils in the state and says
lynching must be stopped.
The next national encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic will be
held at St. Paul September / to 4. 1896. |
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-12-14
is HARRISON A CANDIDATE2
For the Hand in Marriage of His Late
Wife's Niece, Mrs. Dimmock

Wife's Niece, Mrs. DimmOck.
New YORK, Dec. "a dispatch from
Washington vas published here ycster-
day morning stating that Mrs. Dim
mock. Il niece of the late Mrs. Bcnia-
min Harrison, would shortly marry the
eX-prcsidcnt. Regarding the report,
the Tribune to-day says:
Mrs. Dimmock lives ut 40 West Thir-
ty-eight street, in this city. When a
Tribune reporter called to see her Sat
urday she co~urteously begged to be ex-
cused. and. in reply to a query as -
the truth of the report. sent back word
that she was much distressed to think
that such Il report had been circulated
and that she must be excused from say
ing anything. \ member of the fam
lily supplemented Mrs. DimmockS re-
ply By saying that Gen. Harrison was
the proper person to be seen upon this
matter
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-12-14
SUDDEN RETURNING INSANITY
Results in a Horrible Tragedy Near Dex-
ter. Ia.

DEXTER. Ia, Dec. 9.-The Valentine
Hibbs home. foul miles northeast of
Dexter, was the scene yesterday at 1 3.
IN. of one of the bloodiest tragedies
ever enacted in central Iowa. Grant
Hibbs. aged 81 years. fired one shot at
his wife. then turned the 3S-calibrc re-
vOlver and shot himself twice through
the head. Then he grabbed Il knife
and inflicted twelve dangerous wounds
on his wife before falling from the loss
of blood. At ; p. m. last night Hibbs
was slowly dying, his brains running
Out of both wounds. The wife is in a
precarious condition, but may live.
Hibbs vas released from the Mount
Pleasant insane asylum as cured five
weeks ago, but his insanity returned
suddenly in a violent form.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-12-14
BOLD AVOWAl.
A Boat in the Ohio River Going to Cuba
with FiIibuSterS.

CHICAGO, Dee. "a special dispatch
to an afternoon paper from Evansville
Ind. says: For several days a strange
looking schoOner-rigged c~aft has been
lying at anchor here. Yesterday morn
ing it left the dry-docks at Paducah
and her captain. Samuel Belts, an
nounccd that the vessel was intended
as Il means Of conveyance of a fliOus-
tering party to Cuba.
Several young men from this city
will join the party, which will consist.
of yer 100 men. who will be Differed
by Il West Point graduate on landing
on the island. The boat is about sev-
enty feet long and well built. Belts
expects to land his party within ii few
weeks and without trouble. lie claims
that church money is behind the pro-
ject.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-12-14

Says a Washington dispatch: Two
members of the Missouri delegation
have daughters who are stenographers
and typewritcrs. They have decided
to appoint those daughters to the posi-
tiOns of private secretaries under the
law which gives each member Il secre-
tary at 500 Il month while congress is
in session. The members are Mr.. Tracy
and Mr.. Raney.
Mr.. Cobb retains the services of his
former private secretary, Mr.. Rogers,
of st. Louis.
Mr.. Mozely has appointed NJ. E. Ben
son, Of West Plains, his private secre-
tary.
Representative Clark has appointed
as his private secretary Bert d. Nor.
toni, a well-kuOwn young lawyer OF
Macon county.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-12-14

Ed ward n. Allen, aged IS, a pioneer
Of Kansas City for ten years president
of the board of trade and an ex-mayor,
died the other day. His father was
the late Josiah b. Allen, a man of
considerable prominence in Connecti-
cut and Ohio.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-12-14
Judge Sloan Takes Strychnine.

Judge r. NJ. Sloan, aged ST. who
lived 4 miles north of Carthage. conn
mfttcd suicide with strychnine the
other morning. Insanity, caused by
insomnia, was the cause. He came
from New Boston, ILL.,, in 1868, to JAS
per county, and was successful as a
farmer and cattle buyer, and had ac-
cumulated an estate worth 500, 600.
He mad large business transactions in
st. Louis.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-12-14
MurderousIy Assaulted and Robbed.

Frank c. Elliott, state organizer for
the populist organization in Missouri,
was attacked by a robber in Kansas
City the other night and his skull
fractured. The robber used a chunk
of coal tied in a handkerchief. He Sc
cured SIS.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-12-14
THE ASHANTEE CAMPAIGN.
Arrival of the First Detachment of Troops
at Cape Coast Castle.

NJ UP NUdHI NdSITts
LONDON, Dec. IA dispatch received
here announces the arrival at Cape
Coast Castle of the steamer Angola,
from Liverpool, which is conveying the
first detachment of troops for the
Ashantee expedition. The dispatch
adds that a tornado, accompanied by
Tiolent downpOur of rain, prevailed
Saturday. The town was flooded, and
the officers were forced to seek refuge
In the castle, their beds in many cases
ha wing been washed away.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-12-14
Poisoned His Sisters Lover.

The death sentence passed upon
Emile David by the circuit court of
Usage county has been affirmed by the
supreme court He poisoned Frank
Henderson, who was engaged to marry
DaVid'S sister.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-12-14
Bold Work of Robbers.

At Monteer, Shannon county, three
men, about ) o'clock the other after
nOon, robbed the store of Charles Nc.
C~lellan, the post office, compelled G.
ii. Davis, 4 school teacher, to hand
over SOS, and robbed Mrs. Mcclellan,
John Little, Joe Layton and another
man. Rev. Louis Dehls, Methodist,
was forced to hand over all he had.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-12-14
Want IA New High School Building.

The directors of the school district
of Columbia, Boone county, voted
unanimously to submit a proposition
to erect Il high school building. An
election is called for December 81 tc
consider the question, and all quail.
fed voters will have a voice in the de.
cisiOn. The board claims that the cost
of the building as proposed will in.
volve an increase of only ten cent tax.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-12-14
De Soto to Secure a College.

The committee appointed by the
Christian church of southeast Missouri
have decided to locate their college at
De Soto. Bloomfield presented claims.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-12-14
state Horticultural Society Officers.

The State Horticultural society, at
its Neosho meeting, elected the follow
ing officers: J. C.. Evans, North Kan
sas City, president; n. II. Murray,
Oregon, vice-prcSident; L. \. Good
man, Westport, secretary; A. Nelson,
Lebanon, treasurer. Numerous awards
were made. Several barrels of apples
We're sent from the NeoshO exhibit to
the Kansas state horticultural meet
ing at Columbus: also several to the
Illinois meeting at Kankakee.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-12-14

The people of Shannon county are
enthusiastic over the farmers insti-
tute held at Birch Tree. Those who
are lecturing under the auspices of the
state board of agriculture pronounced
the display of apples, corn, potatoes
and wheat n of the best they had
disease of live stock" n. f. Murray,
commercial horticulture" and as this
is the heart of the land of the big, red
apple, a large audience greeted him
and followed the lecture with closest
interest. He was followed by John
Patterson on clarifying" Col. &. w.
Waters talked on "tillage" and Mr..
Patterson discussed farm wastes"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-12-14
MISSOURI a NEWS
A Story About Spirit Pictures.

The new sergeant-at-arms of the
house, Mr.. Russell, says a Washington
dispatch, is developing a reputation as
a story teller. He sat in Il group of
congressman and told this, vouching
for the character of the parties who
furnished him the information.
J. b. Mercer, Of Cndine. Washington county,
Mo-. recently went tOa photograph gallery with
his family to have a family group made. There
are seven in the family. The artist arranged
them properly before the camera. WheD the
plate was developed there were nine persons
in the group, including two children Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Mercer that died several years ago. One
OF the dead children is pictured in a crouching
position at its mothers knees. The other ap-
pears in its fathers arms, rs it was held when
it died. One OF the photographs is now in the
possession of a well-knOwn attorney of that
section. a. L. Farrow. The pictures Of the
deceased children show for themselves. The
artist can not explain the addition Of the two
children to the group The whole thing is q
mystery.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-12-14
Adjustment of a Missouri Land Grant.

There has been pending for a long
time an unsettled agricultural land
grant to the state of Missouri
A bill has been prepared for a final ADJUST
ment in the matter, and will be introduced in
congress. The land grant act passed in 1862.
II was to provide colleges for the benefit Of
agriculture and the mechanic arts. Missouri
selected about 5000 acres along the survey Of
the Atlantic & Pacific. now the 81. Louis &
San Francisco railroad. That land was sup
posed to be more valuable, ny reason of the
railroad survey. and it was put to the state at
double minimum price. on that account. When
the road was built, it departed from the sur
yey. Much OF the land was from s TO Il miles
of the road, and yet the state had been chlrEed
double value for it In 1850 all lands along the
road were reduced from double minimum to
single minimum. Missouri had 2j.5-0 acres
which has been charged to her as 49.IsO acres.
The bill for adjustment authorizes the state 10
select from the government lands within Mis-
souri,, 2i.E0O acres for the benefit OF the agri-
cultural college.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-10-26

widening the doorwnys, excepting
those which connect with the kitchen.
To improve first floor that Is too
near the ground. the entire frame Of
the house may be raised and the new
underpinning may be introduced from
the grade line TO the sill without much
expense.
A narrow vcrnnda Il nuisance that
may be abatcd by simply building out
the floor 10 any width desired, cover
ing the ncwly-inadc open veranda with
IAN awning.
Bay windows are effective and use
'ful. A bay gives 90 room often the
slight enlargement that Is needed 90
make Il comfortable.
The cuts given here illustrate re-
modelling that was fairly successful.
All tho conditions were unusually fa-
vorable 1hc old frame was as good as
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-10-26

The Senses Drop Into tho Arms of MOI
pheus Ono by Ono.

The senses Drop Into the Arms of Nor
phcus Ono by Ono.
Now physicians and psychologists
come to the front with the astounding
statement that man goes TO sleep
piecemcal instead of altogether and
simultaneously, as IL were. That Is, the
senses do not lull themselves unitedly
and at once into n state OF slumber,
but cease 10 receive impressions gradu.
ally, one after the other. At first the
sight ceases and next the sense OF taste
loses It's susceptibility TO outward inn
preston.
Even then, the individual being al.
most I'm a state of Inconsistencies,
three senses still remain In a condition
of activity smelling, hearing and
thought Gradually the sense OF SMELL
ing goes, then hearing and finally,
with the lapse Of thought, the entire
body becomes completely asleep.
The Psychologists have gone even fur
Their than this, and they say that tho
senses sleep with different degrees Of
profoundness. The sense OF touch Is
the most easy TO arouse, next that OF
hearing, then sight, and taste and
smelling last.
Sleep steals on the body gradually,
certain parts OF muscles beginning TO
sleep before others. Slumbcr COM
mcnccs at the cxtrcmitics. beginning
with the feet and legs. That Is why IL
Is always necessary to keep the feet
warm.--N. Y. World.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-10-26

This back row will be the front row
one OF these days" said Senator Petit
grew, OF South Dakota, when the adj
mission in four new states IN 1850 made
It necessary 10 add a row back OF the
seats on the republican side of the SEN
ate, TO accommodate the eight new SEN
ators from those states.
we must sit here and listen TO our
betterB." said senator Pettigrew. "of
course we are all senator's here. and of
equal rank before the law, but the older
senators are running Affairs and we
new senator's must keep silence before
them. But. never mind. we will sit
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-10-26

Fitttric Cars IN rgypf-
Visitors can soon trolley from g
10 the Pyramids
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-10-26

new, the foundation walls were per
fet and of sufficient height, the ar
rangement of rooms was satisfactory.
and very little In the way OF new trim
and decoration was required for the In
terror.
The only new wall built was for q
wing on the right side, indicated on
the floor plan by black lines. As shown
by the plan, the wing provided for a
square hall, a staircase with landings
and library.
But the intelligent student Of plans
will note all the changes readily. II
seems necessary TO say only that the
wing, the veranda, the bays and the
high slatedroof. which provided for four
new bedrooms, supplied the additional
accommodation required, and that the
owner was satisfied with the new ex-
terror, and with the amount expended.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-10-26
The HUMAN HAND.
II Grows Old In Forty Years and Loses
Most or It's Cunning.

IL Grows Old IN Forty Years and Loses
Most or Its Cunning.
The actual amount of dexterity In the
human hand has been measured with
more or less accuracy, and its value In
mechanical employments traced from
youth 10 age. How the hand grows old,
gradually losing its skill, has been de-
scribed by Sir James Crichton Browne,
the British labor student, who has made
a long course of investigations In the
English rural towns The high period
of skill and endurance, this authority
says, is from 30 TO 80, the hand after
that beginning 10 lose its muscular del
icacy and its suppleness.
Between the ages of II and IS the
hand of boy grows into the hand of a
man and first becomes valuable from a
commercial point Of view. If work.
man is temperate and industrious and
continues TO improve in his trade his
hands dexterity increases until he Is so.
After 40 the muscles do not respond
nearly as readily and certainly TO tho
orders of the brain, and the quality and
quantity OF the work done begin TO fall
off. While man In especially fine
health, and one especially dextcrous can
often keep up his degree of skill long
past the age Of 40, such man Is an ex-
ception. This comparatively early aging
of the hand Is an interesting and re-
marlxable fact, as 1t Is after 40, as rule,
that carefully used brain becomes the
most valuable. Practically, no British
statesmen OF the highest rank are under
40; most of them are above 90, and often
10 years older than that In the trades,
on the other hand, the highest paid
worlxmen, with hardly an exception,
arc under the age of two score.
The scale of wages in the button
trade, for example, is a good indication
of this tendency of tho hand TO grow
old so early in life. At his very best,
In his prime, slSillful button maker
can make 6,240 ivory buttons day on
his lathe. For this he receives 45 shil-
lings week, or about $11.25. At As
years OF age it is only the exceptional
man who can make more than 20 shil-
lings a week, on $3.50. When the
workman is 65 years of age he can sell
dom make more than 90 shillings, or
about S., this providing that he still
enjoys sound health.
OF course, this is only the case in the
trades where one hand Is used continue
ally and systematically. A Sheffield
knife forger, for instance, strikes some-
thing like $4,000 blows with his ham
mcr daily. An enormous amount OF
muscular and nervous force Is required
for this, and II is no wonder that tho
strain ION the nerve centcrs and the
muscles becomes visible in a few
years. In farming or the seafaring
life, or some other vocation in which
the energy Is moro equally distributed
over the entire body, the hand does not
lose its cunning SO early. Oftentimes
IL retains its skill until the faculties
generally commence TO give way.
1t is the sedentary occupation that
tells, and the only remedy for it Is
such exercise as viii divert the nerve
current from the already overtaxed
hande.-N ". World
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-10-26

a statesman. Senator Pierce had been
governor OF Dakota territory, was a
splendid newspaper man. had been
elected TO the senate with q legislative
recommendation that the.lonR term OF
six years be given him. and he was
backed by some powerful corporations.
Nevertheless Senator Hansbrough was
elected and has since forged TO the
front until he is now one of the leaders
OF his party on the floor OF the senate.
lie made a splendid effort last winter TO
secure an appropriation OF 81 ,O00,0 TO
eradicate the Russian thistle from our
soil, but the condition OF the national,
finances was such TINT the house %
representatives declined TO allow the
appropriation. Senator lIansbrough
secured the passage of his bill through
the senate, but the house successfully
opposed n. Senator Hnnsbrough viii
take up that subject and press Il again
next winter. / do not believe TINT he
can accomplish his object on account Of
the condition of the treasury. How.
ever. men sometimes work for several
years on important measures before the
congress will permit proper legislation.
but n solid, steady, persistent worker
like senator Hansbrough ultimately nc-
compllshcs his ends. The senator will
bo chairman OF the committee on ter
ritories, position held for many years
by Senator Plntt, of Connecticut.
Innsmuch as the congress will con-
vcnc within few weeks, shall try 70
tell you something about soma others
OF the great senator's and representa-
tivcs upon whom tho eyes Of the coun
try will soon be fixed as they gather be-
meath the dome OF the capitol and pro
coed 10 lcgislatc for the people Of this,
great American republic.
s,nrn ID. Fnr.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-10-26

rrnsr FLOOR PLAN OF OLD HOUSE.
sufficiently assimilate the styles of the
old and the new.
But there are plenty of exceptions to
the general advice given above. One
Is when the owner has colonial house
of good design he may be advised to
repair and enlarge it, improving the
interior with modern plumbing and
conveniences, even celebrating some of
the exterior and interior ornamental
features. always being careful to pre-
serve the original spirit or style of the
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-10-26
rorou. ounIltr of chr.

That glass Is porous 20 molecules be-
low certain weight and volume has
been shown by recent clectrolytic ex-
pcriments mandc by Prof. Roberts Aus
ten, of the royal mint. A current was
passed through vessel containing an
amalgam Of sodium, separated by a
glass partition from mercury. After
awhile the amalgam was found TO have
lost n certain amount OF It's weight,
while the same amount had been added
60 the mercury. The same result was
obtained with an amnlgam of lIthium,
but with potassium, whose atomic
weight and volume are high, the glass
could not be penetrated.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-10-26

cause ssold association" features are
usually destroyed. When the heights
of stories must be changed the waste
of labor Is so great that the purpose
of remodeling should be dismissed at
once.
Where practicable, the most satis-
factory disposition Of the old house is
TO build new house in front Of it,
using the old house as rear extension.
inexpensive changes of its exterior viii
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-10-26
BUILDINGANDSCIENCE.
bne Instance In which the Operation
Proved satisfactory.

bne INSTANCES In Which tho OPeFHt'oH
Proved satisfactory.
corYmoHr. 1853.
Advice 70 people about TO remodel
cid houses: Don't.
Generally speaking. the cost OF re-
modelling and thoroughly improving an
old house equals, II it does not exceed
the cost OF building new one OF supe-
flor accommodations and better appear
ance. Labor Is the largest item OK cx-
pense. In rcmodeling much OF the Ia
Dor Is expended in tearing down be-
fore tho work of building up COM
mences.
For the sake Of ''old associations" 10
not = good reason for remodeling, be-
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-10-26

design. This Is called restoring and
enlarging, rather than remodeling.
An exterior that is profusely orna-
mented about the cornices with gig-saw
work copied from pantelet patterns
may be vastly improved by removing
the cheap stuff and substituting solid
verge boards with nodded edges.
An interior first floor with narrow
doorways from the hall and between
the rooms may be greatly improved by