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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-09-21
TUESDAY.

The steamboat disaster that is men,
toned in the article we publish about
the life and death of Henry Hartzell.
father of j. n. Hartzell. occurred be-
tween this city and Grand Tower. but
it occurred so long ago that there is
probably no one now living in this
county who knows anything about it.
Tony Wingerter went to St. Louis
Saturday night on the steamer idle
wild.
The Common Pleas Court will con-
vene next Monday morning.
There will be a meeting of the Fair
Directors at the court house Saturday
at O'Clock p. m. A full board is
desired.
Hon. l.. +. klostermann. ID. n.
Glenn and DR.. POrterfield returned
home yesterday evening from Com
merce where they had been to attend
the funeral of Joseph T. Anderson.
Our doctors say there is considera-
BILE sickness in the country now but
most of it is chills and fever.
The funeral of John Gawronski
took place at I o'clock this afternoon.
The. remains were taken to St. Vim
cents church, thence to the Catholic
cemetery. The deceased had a large
circle of friends and the funeral was
4 large one.
The two ferry boats have been doing
a good business. There are more
wagons crossing the river since the
two boats have been running than
crossed when we had but one boat.
|. Ben Miller is having a stable
built on his lot on LOrimier street.
Deputy Sheriff Hopper returned
from st. Louis to-day where he had
been to bring George Gordon back.
The ST. Louis authorities had Gordon
in Jail and Mr.. Hopper brought him
along with him. Gordon is wanted
for burglary and for breaking Jail.
Robert H. Whitelaw is in New
York and he will not return home for
a week or ten days yet.
WEDNESDAY
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-09-21
Our Business Is Falling on.

Business is not as good as it ought
to be atthis season ofthe year-in fact
this cityis not getting the trade that it
was getting this time last year. Thecause
Of this falling off is the lack of energy
on the part of our merchants. The
trade that We used to get, or Il large
portion of it is going elsewhere-going
to towns that are reaching out for
business. =
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-09-21

Directory Of the Principal Business Houses.
The following is published daily for the
benefit of travelling statesmen, strangers and
the public generally. 1t cannot fail to prove
of interest to all who intend transacting BUSH
ness in Cape Girardeau.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-09-21
A OF MISSOURI,

COUNTY OF CAPE GRARDEAU. u.s.
l Henry A. AsthOlz Secretary, and JH. Rider Presidenteach onhis oath,
state that the above and foregoing statement is true to the best OF their
knowledge and belief as shown by the books and accounts of said assoSa-
ton.
J. b. RIDER, President
Attest: HENRY A. ASTHOLZ, Sec.
We and each of us Leon j. Albert, jr, and Thos. NJ. Williams are mem
bers of this corporation, but no officers or directors thereof, or oath state,
having examined the books and accounts, find the foregoing statements
correct, V the best of our knowledge and belief.
LEON j. ALBERT, JR.
THOS. M. WILLIAMS.
Subscribed and sworn t. before me, this 18th day of Sept. 1895,
BEJAMINE F. DAVIS, Notary Public
My commission expires August LIST, 1899.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-12-16
ruE LIFE-rERM CoNvICTs.

.Iife-termers" in our State Prisons
have petitioned Governor Budd to
adopt the custom of fixing upon the hol-
iday season as a specially fit time when
one or more "life-t ermers' may be par
doned-we assume upon the basis of
the highest percentage attained for
good conduct. The custom should not
be inaugurated.
The suggestion is a relic of the kingly
times when, as an act of royal Glenn
ency celebrating a declaration of peace
or a coronation, the monarchical power
struck off the shackles from certain or
ders of political and other prisoners. A
sufficient reason why this suggested
custom should not be adopted with us is
that no matter how high a percentage
of neritorious conduct may be attained
by life-termer, still upon the merits
of his case he may be wholly unworthy
OF clemency. People generally believe
that most of the Iife-termers in our
prisons escaped very luckily with their
lives and should be thankful to live,
even in prison While it is probably
true that there are some of the life
convicts who may some time be par
doned with wisdom and mercy, let all
such cases stand upon their merits
olc,,a regardless of season or occasion.
If men are to be forgiven their crimes.
let the mercy be extended to them
when it is due, regardless of holidays or
festivals, fasts or feasts.
Let there never be evidence of cru
city by the States Executive in re-
tanning in prison any man who ought
to be discharged, until certain sup
posedly suspicious day arrives. If mercy
is to drip from the Governors pen. let
it fall when it is fully ready to make
record upon the pardon page. and not
be withheld a single moment longer.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-12-16
AUCTIONS.
AUCTION SALE

whole matter of safe keeping Of public
funds. Elsewhere we print in full the
opinion of the Attorney-General 1t is
brief, to the point sharply, and is sim
pie and understandable by any one
This decision, with the action of the
Bank Commissioners already referred
to in these columns, settles the whole
question, and puts stop to the use of
county funds as private banking cap
ital In this issue of the Record-Union
will also be found the full text of the
order of the Bank Commissioners adj
dressed to the banks under their juris-
diction, forbidding them to receive pub
lie funds except as special deposits and
only then in compliance with the def
milton of a special deposit as set out
in the order of the commission.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-12-16
ruE oursrIoN SETTLED.

Attorney General Fitzgerald has de-
cided in the Sonoma County case that
money of the county deposited by the
County Treasurer in bank must be
so placed as a special deposit of a thing,
of identified money, to be returned in
original form and package: that re-
ceipt showing that the money is de-
posted to the order of the Treasurer
on return of the certificate and that
it is not subject to check. and which has
AN Endorsement Special Deposit of
Public Funds" is not special deposit
within the meaning of the County Gov
eminent Act, and therefore all such
deposits as have been made in Sonoma
County are illegal. This agrees pre-
cisely with the position taken by the
Record Union from the outset in this
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-12-16

If the later dispatches are verify,
then the Powers have concluded to sit
down and twiddle their thumbs while
the Turk exterminates the Armenian.
We will not believe it. 1t is simply i'm
possible to accept any such story as
true. If the Christian Powers should
do anything of that sort. we would
have good reason to expect the last
trump to sound. and the nations to be
called TO Judgment
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sneciaI Agencies.

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The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-12-16
chosen FRIENDS Election.

Friendship Council. No. 90, 0. c. f.,
has elected officers for the ensuing term
as follows: Past Councillor. William ).
Hustled; Councillor. w. Ii. Ambrose:
Vice. Councillor Mrs. NJ. S. Danioth: Sec
rotary, +. X. Tiel; Treasurer, +. ii. Kie-
fer: Prelate. Mrs. a. T. Monaghan; Mar
shal. Miss Lille b. Grader: Guard. Mrs.
NJ. i. Schardiu; Sentry, f. II. Schardin;
Trustees-F. ii. Schardin. Benjamin
schwartz, Mrs. Kate Futterer: repre-
sentaiives 10 Grand Council. +. II. Kie-
fer and L. r. Tiel; alterpates, Frank II.
Schardin and Alice NJ. Tel.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-12-16

MRS. WINSLCW'S SOOTHING SYRUP
has been used for over fifty years by mill
ions of mothers for their children while
teething with perfect success. 1t soothes
the child, softens the gums, allays pain,
cures wind collie, regulates the bowels, and
is the best remedy for diarrhea, whether
arising from teething or other causes For
sale by druggists in every part of the
world Be sure and ask for Mrs. Wins
lows Soothing Syrup. Twenty-Five cents
bottle.
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The RECORD-UNION and WEEKLY
Union are the only papers on the Coast
outside of San Francisco, that receive the
full Press Dispatches from all parts OF the
world. Outside of San Francisco, they
have no competitors, either in influence or
home and general circulation throughout
the Seafe.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-12-16

SHOE REPAIRING = 1913 Seventh
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to the Chicago Shoe Manufacturer. Strict
ly first-class work. Old shoes made to
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THE WEEKLY UNION

Is the cheapest and most desirable 19h n1
News and Literary Journal pupnsheu oii
the Padific Coast.
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These publications are sent ellhier s,, ~
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between j and X. Take our shoes to the
Chicago Shoe Manufacturer. Strictly first
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ones. Invisible joints on half soles; edges
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

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Carts, Buggies, Carriages. Phaetons, Balm
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Weather Forecast.

Weather Forecast.
For Northern misunderstanding cloud
iness and probably showers in the north por-
ton; stationary temperature: winds shifting
TO southerly in the north portion.
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THE DAILY REC0RD.UNI0N

For one wear SO 90
1Tor CIV ,1on+hs 8 90
Fer fb,aa ,oon9bs 80
Subscribers served by carriers at I'll; = IL
teen Cents per week In all interior cIt l,
and towns the paper can be hao o. .ris
principal periodical dealers, neWshen aHu
agents.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-06-08
Thrifty English Tramps.

Two nights | slept in straw stacks,
and each time had fully u dozen com
panions. They called themselves "iree
dossers," and in one way they were
rather amusing, in fact. new species
of tramp; they were determined not
to spend Il copper of what they
begged.
1t seems that this sort Of fellows
start out from London early in the
spring, and chatter" all summer. In
the autumn they return to London
with their "swag," and spend the win
ter in some comfort. On their tray
els they either beg what they need or
go without If they cannot beg lodg'
ing they sleep in barns, bri"k-yards,
and straw stacks, and from early in
March till late IN September they do
not squandcr single halipenny TINT
comes in their way. ] had never be-
fore met this variety of tramp, and !
doubt very much whether they would
be allowed to associate with the real
American hobos; for the true tramp
likes more generosity among his fel'
lows, and when he meets stingy
brother he is likely to give him wide
berth. Century.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-06-08

The cool, calm resignation of women
was illustrated during the recent earth.
quake which shocked the city Of Mex.
leo. A correspondent of the Boston
Herald, writing from that city, tells
the story of how women accept the In
evitable:
Some Mexican lady friends were at
church praying for the rest of us, up
In the northern part OF the city, when,
as they relate to me. they felt faint,
and all at once heard the roof crack and
saw mortar falling all around them
while the great chandeliers swung back
and forth rs in steamer in II storm.
| asked them why they did not gel
IN and run, but they replied simply:
1--WE just shut our eyes, commended
our souls to our Maker, and went on
with our prayers for the city full ofpeO
l.,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-06-08

Charles Miller OF Tarrytown, n, Y,
trackman on II section OF the
Hudson River Railroad, had thrill
ing experience with blacksnake.
During the noon hour Miller and a
companion sat down beside the rail
road to eat their dinner. When he
had finished his meal he fell asleep.
He was aroused by connection in his
trousers pocket, and was Mortified to
behold the tail of snake rs the ami
nal disappeared into his pocket. lie
wore loosely fitting trousers, the pocket
of which was torn. Instantly he felt
the cold serpent coiling about his leg.
He screamed and attempted to free
himself from the snake by kicking
vigorously, but the snake chung the
tighter, and at intervals squirmed and
wriggled abont.
Nliller's companion ran to his as
sistancc, and by gentle manipulation
succeeded in removing the reptile,
which proved to be blacksnake three
feet and six inches in length. 1t was
killed by the trackman. Miller was
so terribly frightened that he could
not work for several hours.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-06-08
SELECT SETTINGS.

Chicago has minister who is a
garbage inspector.
The crown worn by Queen Victoria
weighs forty ounces.
The crocodile's egg is about the size
of that of the goose.
A Chinaman on bicycle is one OF
the sights of Eastport, Me.
John G.. White, n Cleveland author.
ity on chess, has library of about
5000 volumes devoted entirely to the
game.
The mud baths of OAK, in France,
have existed and been more or less
celebrated since the time of the
Romans.
Medical students at Harvard Col
lege attend a cooking class to learn
how sickroom delicacies SD Guild be pre-
edproperly.
Medical students in China study
copper models of men which are
pierced with l40 holes, which show
the location of an equal number OF
pulses.
"Uncle ST." an aged colored man Of
New York City, is said to possess won.
derful skill In surgery, which heprac.
tees gratis for the benefit of his poor
neighbors.
The Indian custom of scslping 9
slain enemy is one common to many
Nations in an early state of develop.
ment. 1t was practiced by the Scyth'
ians and other barbarous Nations OF
Europe in ancient times
That nursery tale which has charmed
generations of children and their eld'
ers, known as "Blue Beard" was
written by French author. The
original Of the character OF Blue
Beard was a marshal of France.
While there are no statistics avails-
BILE, careful estimates from all posi-
bic sources of information make il
probable that at the time of the dis
covery there were not more than 500,
600 Indians in all North America.
A curious numismatic relic Of the
epoch of Peter the Great has been pre-
sented to the Petroyiski museum al
Astrachan. This is metallic token
or receipt granting the bearer per.
mission to wear a moustache and
beard.
The ancient Egyptian cats were vel,
low, with reddish stripes, such as are
occasionally seen nowadays and called
by some Venetian cats, The cat wa
domesticated in Europe shortly after
the Christian era aud the first spec
mems brought into England were very
highly valued.
About 500 pounds OF the Holy Ter
ror rock was 80 rich in gold that il
was shipped direct to the mint from
the Adams Express Office at Hill City,
South Dakota. Parties that handled
the ore say that one bucketful wa
more gold than rock, and that i
would yield $4,000.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-06-08

The "Nalley Of Death is on the
Island of Java. 1t is an oval shaped
hollow, near the summit Of n noun
tain, about thirty-tive feet in depth
and n half mile wide. The atmosphere
is loaded with carbonic gas, and
although not ut once fatal to human
beings, proves So either to dogs OF
fowls. The valley has not been eX-
plored much beyond the borders, MS
from there ii has been seen that the
surface of the ground is strewn with
bones of tigers, deer, aud all kinds of
birds and also Of human beings.
There is also valley known by a
similar name in the county of lnyo,
California, between the Parnmint
Mountains and the ArmNgOsa range.
1t is forty miles long by about eight
miles broad. and its bed in its deepest
parts lies $50 feet b low the level of
the sea. Every part of the valley is
desert. Its topography and climate
have never been accuratel " observed,
for human beings cannot live long
enough in its atmosphere to ascertain
the needed facts.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-06-08
UP dARRET.

What a world OF fun We had,
You lass and n lad.
Up garnet,
In the sweet mysterious dusk
Redoent of mint and musk,
With the herbs strung overhead
And the peppers stiff and red
And, half hidden by dangling corn,
Grandpas flask and powder-hornl
Such store OF treasures rare
We were sure Of finding there,
Up garnet.
Hats and cOats of pattern quaint;
Dark old paintings blurred and faint;
Spinning-wheels. whose gossp-whir
Might have startled Aaron Burr;
Old lace capes of saffron hue;
Dishes splashed with villas blue.
You in trailing silk We're dressed,
wore grandpa's figured vest
Up garnet.
So We stood up, hushed and grand,
And were married. hand In hand,
While the tnll-cascd clock beheld,
As 1t doubtless did Of old,
When at great-grandfather's side
Stood his blushing Quaker bride.
Furnished ready to our hand
Was the coy home we planned
Up garnet.
Chairs that any modern belle
Would pronounce "antique and SWELL"
Chests and dresses that would vie
With the grandest You could buy.
All! they didn't know 1t then
Save the little maids and men.
All day long in childish wise
We spun out life's mysteries,
Up garnet,
In the fragrant spicy gloom
OF that dear old raftered room.
Oh, that life in very truth
Were but sweet, protracted youth,
And We all might play our parts
With unwearied, happy hearts!
james Buckham, in Harper's Bazaar
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-06-08

Old bills of the Orange County
Bank, known in bygone years as
Butter money" are occasionally I'M
earthed, although nearly all that were
issued have long since been redeemed,
Justice A. b. Hulse, of Monroe, pre-.
scented one of $50 at bank Saturday,
and was somewhat surprised at receiv'
ing its face value in gold. The his
tory of this bill is rather singular
one. In July, 1853, forty.two years
ago, Jonathan Mapes, of Monroe, con
signed COW, which was sold for S25,
to Capt. Harrison TuthilI, who, III
connection with the late G. b, knight,
father of of II. b. Knight of Goshen,
and Supervisor G, I, Knight, of Mon
roe, ran freight line between Mon
roe and New York. The freight
charges and commission amounted To
~, and the balance Of $23, consisting
OF the bill above alluded to and $3
bill on New York City bunk, was
given to Mr.. Mapes. He wrapped
the money carefully in the printed
statement blank furnished by Captain
Tuthill, placed it in the bottom Of an
old chest, and the roll remained there
undisturhed until few days ago,
when it was discovered. New York
Tribune.