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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-03-28

that since then 1 have acquired a
little maritime skill"
"Oh! To a girl used TO the sea al
her life it was really nothing, Mr..
Lacy"
"YOu know my name, them he
blurted out, for he remembered that
his aunt had introduced only herself to
Fenella last year.
"Oh, yes" returned his companion.
Il just asked one of the fishermen.
wanted to find out"
What delightful righteousness, he
unused. What absolute freedom from
convantionality! Now, if she only
was very conventional, in spite of
certain advanced views.
by the way. Mr.. Lacy she went
on, II have often thought about you.
and l wondered whether you were
any relation to the short story writer
of the same name"
Il ana sort of distant connection -
said Richard. But surely you don't
admire that fellows work?"
Indeed, 1 do. Did you see that tale
Of his in the last yellow Bookr
thought it was equal to de Maupas-
SAINTS best"
The Yellow Book! De Maupassant.
He was not much moved at hearing
himself compared to de Maupassant.
The thing had occurred before, but
that the comparison should be made
by a girl such as he had taken Fenella
to be was certainly surprising.
He confessed to being Richard Lacy.
the short story writer. She laughed
with naive pleasure. They began to
talk books with great gusto. What did
she think of Henry James, of Flau-
bert, of Prosper Merimee? And what
did he think of George Egerton and
the other reyoitees? The air was thick
with views" Richard was enchanted.
Poor Dolly! She was a nice girl, but
Fenella-Fenella was a revelation.
How lucky he had not gone to Nor
mandy!
"That house there" Fenella said.
after a long argument upon w. D.
HOWells, pointing to an old farm-like
structure which stood near a tiny
hamlet in the valley below them, sis
where l have lived nearly all my life.
1t has a fine library, my fathers. He
is the local 'littery CENT?"
"Really!' said Richard. "And that.
[ suppose" pointing to an active figure
IN clerical attire which was rapidly
coming toward them up the steep path,
sis the local %curate?"
Fenella seemed amused. yes" she
laughed, "that is the local curate.''
The local curate approached and
carelessly raised his hat.
'Mr. Lacy" said Fenella, dryly, "may
| introduce you to my husband?
Charlie, this is the Mr.. Lacy I met
last year-yOu remember-iust before
u marriage"
Richard was up very early the next
morning taking a last look at quiet
uncbtrusive Port Erin and it's tiny
harbor. Hour by hour of the wakeful
night his rufied heart had gone out to
Dolly in Normandy for solace. Twelve
hours ago he was despising her, and
now the very thought of her was like
a soft pillow. He had finally decided
that he loved her. Presently he was
at the village postoffice writing out a
telegram.
'What's this?' said the postmaster,
who was also a grocer, pointing to a
! word in the address. Richard inform
ed him.
"What?'
"F. q. C, a, N. D."
And in IS hours he was there
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-03-28
KEEP A MERRY HEART.

No use to whine and worry
Cause the sun don't shine today.
No use to fume an furry
Cause shadows cloud the way.
The skies viii surely brighten,
The shadows all depart.
Jes' go on straight an learn to wait
An keep a merry heart.
There IS no use o grOwlin';
1t costs nc more to smile,
Tho winters storms are hOwlin'
Spring II be here after while.
There is 10 use o. kicken',
Jes' go on with your part;
Be stanch an true in all you do
AM keep a merry heart.
There is no use O wearin'
"A melancholy air.
The world is not a-carin'
Your grief an woe to share.
Altho' some grievOus sorrow
Should cause a tear to start,
Jes' let good cheer drive back the tea
An keep a merry heart.
William West.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-03-28
WYOMING'S DISASTER.
Fifty-One Widows Bereaved by the
Red Canyon Explosion.

Evanston, Wyo., March 23.-Ever
since the explosion at Red Canyon
mine work has progressed steadily.
gaining access to the mine, bringing
out the dead and caring for the be-
reayed families. Not one in the mine
at the time of the explosion escaped.
all being instantly killed. Salt Lake
and Omaha We're teIegraphed for
collins and the burial of victims will
occur as Dol as possible. The distress
of the bereaved calls loudly for aid.
Fifty-One women are bereft Of hus-
bands with families probably make a
total of three hundred left destitute.
There remains yet in the mine about
forty bodies.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-03-28

and III be back with the sucker in
fifteen minutes"
Then l kissed her and took a sneak.
All, she had the rosiest cheeks and
blueSt eyes and the sweetest DISPOSE
ton | eve saw: but. matte, I never
went back to see her. She lived In
Califat, up on the hill, toward the
bay, and they all stand together up
there."-New York Sun.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-03-28
SIEGE OF MUILUK INTENDED.
Serious Uprising Are Reported From
Several Chinese Provinces.

London, March 23.-The Times Hong
Kong says an uprising occurred at
Muiluk in the southwestern part Of
the province of Kwang Tung. Similar
uprisings are reported from adjacent
towns. Troops were sent from Can
ton to quell the uprising. a siege Of
Muiluk is intended.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-03-28
Nora murmured..

NO" Nora murmured.
"WiI1 you have me dear? 1 don't see
why we can't make it up, now that the
lawyers have done their worst of it.
VIII you, Nora?"
Nora turned up a wet face, glorifed
by happiness.
"0h, divert" was all she said. but
it seemed to satisfy Mr.. Toogood vastly
we'll.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-03-28
SAFE BLOWERS GET LEFT.

Oshkosh, Wis, March 23-BurgIars
cracked the safe in Radford Bros
lumber office. They secured nothing,
however, for their pains. The COM
bination on the outer door worked
and the inner door was forced open
in a manner showing it to be the
work of experts. The robbers refused
to take y cents left in the inner vault.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-03-28

While Herbert Spencer bankrupted
himself by the publication of charts
to go with his philosophic books, a
French high-kicking concert hall singer
pockets $1,000 a week at a New York
place of amusement.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-03-28
PROPERTY
Wisconsin Central Arranging for Its
New Line to Manitowoc.

Manitowoc, Wis, March 23.-Phil.
S. Abbott, representing the Manitowoc
Terminal company, has filed condem-
nation proceedings with the clerk of
the circuit court against property in
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-30
Would Benefit the Wealthy Only.

Some of our states and very many
cities and counties and nearly all rail-
road and manufacturing corporations
who have outstanding bonds, together
with many individuals, have borrowed
money, agreeing to pay principal and
interest in gold. All of them who sur
vived the panic which would ensue
(from a drop to the silver standard)
would have to buy gold at a premium to
pay their debts.
Question.-Why did these states,
cities, corporations and persons agree to
pay in gold?
Answer.-Because by SO doing they
got money at a lower rate Of interest,
and in some cases could obtain the loan
in no other way.
Question.-Would the free coinage Of
silver help those in debt?
Answer.-It is certain that the great
majority Of persons who owed debts
would be ruined because Of an immedi-
ate demand Of their creditors for the
money due. A national bankrupt law
would speedily be passed If any debtor
could hold on until values were read
justed, he would pay off his debts in
silver.
Question.-Wha classes Of persons
would be. injured least and what classes
injured most?
Answer.-The persons of independent
fortune owing no debts would be injured
least. The persons owing debts and per-
sons who work for wages and fixed sal
aries would be injured most.-R. Weis-
singer in "What Is Money!"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-30
BUSINESS @

Felt slippers for ladies, misses and
children at Humans, lis Main street.
If you can't find the shoe you want
try Haman. If he can't suit you he
will make special order.
Go to Hanan's for shoe laces.
Mrs. John Thomas weaves rag car.
pets.
Canvas Leggings at Haman's.
Carried Observation-Disclosures
shoes.
Ice wool at Mrs. McCrea's, large
balls lac.
Fits anything but crime, Haman's
custom made shoes lis Main street.
Shoe brushes, daubers and blscking
at Haman's, lis Main street.
Over Caters from 25c up at Ha.
mans, 1l5Main street.
Hand made Ice wool shawls at Mrs.
McCrea's S1.25.
Get your baby a pair of rubber
sandals at Haman's. lis Main street.
After the rain come to Humans anG
get a pair of rubbers.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-30
Trustees Sale of Real Estate.

WHEREAS, John r. Allen and Catherine
w Allen, his wife, of the county of Cape
deed of trust. dated the 18th day of April. 1891
and recorded in the Recorders Office of said
county, in Book r, at pages 30 to go, conveyed
in trust to the undersigned trustee the following
described real estate, situate, lying and being
in the county of Cape Girardeau and state OF
Missouri tO-wit:
The north one-third of lot number thirty-iive
ISL in range "H'' in the CITY of Cape Girardeau
described as follows: beginning seventy-four
| and twO-thirds "a 1873 feet north from the
southeast corner OF said lot lumber thirty-1ve
1851 in range ''H, E" thence running north along
Fountain street thirty-seven and one-third
(37 l-3l feet, thence running. west one hundred
| and eighty flS0) feet to an alley, thence south
thirty-seven and one-third t37 l-S) feet, thence
ginning. Subject, however. to two prior deeds
of trust recorded respectively in books IN, -
page 426 and ''P'' page 523.
Which said conveyance was made in trust to
secure the payment of the prOmissory note full
" described in said deed of trust, and
Whereas default has been made in the pay
ment of said note and the same has long since
become due and payable according to the true
tenor, date and effect Of said note and said deed
of trust and remains unpaid; and
whereas, said John r. Allen has been dead
more than nine months.
Now, thereforefore, /, the undersigued
trustee, at the request of the legal holder OF
said note, and by virtue Of the power and
authority in this emergency in me vested by
said deed of trust. and pursuant to the provis-
ions of said deed of trust, ! will, on.
Saturday, the Both Day of November,
A. D., 1895,
1t the court mouse door in the city of Cape Cir
srdeau, county of Cape Girardeau and State Of
Missouri, between the hours Of nine O'Clock in
the forenoon and five O'Clock in the afternoon of
that day, proceed to sell the above described
real estate, at public vendue, to the highest
bidder, for cash in hand, to satisfy said pOte
and interest, together with the costs and ex-
penses OF executing this deed oftrust.
nOv9-no2S EDWARD s. LILLY,
Trustee
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-30
Ordinance No. 564.

An ordinance providing for the
grading and %grayeling of Middle
street between Broadway street and
Themis street in - city of Cape Cir
ardeau, Mo.
Whereas, The Council of the city of
Cape Girardeau, Mo-, on the 9th day
of June, 1895, in regular session, de-
clared by resolution that it was neces-
sary to grade and gravel Middle street
between Broadway street and Them1s
street in said city; and whereas, said
resolution was published in the DEM
oCRAT, a newspaper doing the city
printing, for two consecutive weeks,
and no remonstrance having been
filed with the city clerk, by the resi-
dent owners of the property liable
to taxation, within ten days after the
publication thereof. Therefore,
Be it ordained by the Council OF he
city of Cape Girardeau, as follows:
SECTION ONE ~, That portion OF
Middle street between Broadway
street and Themis street is hereby re-
quired to be graded according to the
established grade thereof; and when
thus brought to grade and the road
bed shall be thoroughly settled, the
same to be determined by the Street
and Wharf Committee, said street
shall be graveled eighteen i18) feet in
width and in the depth hereinafter set
out, to-wit: The gravel shall be four
al inches deep at the outside lines OF
gravel and gradually increasing in
depth to the center of the road bed or
street where it shall be ten 10 inches
in depth: said road bed shall be twenty
(20) feet wide. The gravel to be used
shall be of good quality, subject to
the approval of the Street Commits
sioner.
SECTION Two (2), The City Engineer
is hereby required to make estimates
of the cost of the work herein and file
the same with the city clerk: and if the
same shall be approved by the Coun-
ell, the city clerk shall thereupOn ad-
vertise for proposals for %graveling
said portion of Middle street, in the
manner and with the material now
provided by this and existing Ordi.
nances, said advertisement shall be in
the usual form. the last insertion to be
at least ten (10) days before the time
advertised for receiving said bids. II
any bid shall be accepted the city
SLdll enter lUIO COlIFdCt Will Tic SUI
cessful bidder for said work, subject
to all the conditions, limitations.
stipulations and bond required
by this and existing ordinances, and
if no bids are accepted, the City Coun.
Gil may. by resolution. instruct the
city clerk to readvertise. If said work
be constructed by contract or other,
wise, the cost of graveling the same
shall he apportioned, assessed, taxed
and collected as is nov provided by
existing ordinances: and the duties OF
the City Clerk, City Engineer and
Stree Commissioner. in relation there
to, shall be in conformity Herewith.
SECTION THREE (3). This ordinance
shall take effect and be in force from
and after its passage.
Passed by the Council November
18th. 1895.
tSEAL. WILLIAM H. CoERVER.
President of the Council.
Approved this November 10Th. 1895.
WILLIAM II. COERVER, Mayor.
, Attest: GEO. +. CHAPEL.
City Clerk.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-30

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION WITH
~ WILL ANNEXED. Notice is hereby given
that letters of administration with the will an
nexed upon the estate of Richard Thomas, de-
ceased, not administered upon by John s.
Cobb, late executor of said estate, have been
granted to the undersigned, Jaspar Alternately,
by the Cape Girardeau Court of Common Pleas,
of the county of Cape Girardeau, State of Mis-
souri,, dated the seventh day of February, 1885.
The authority of the said John s. Cobb ceased
on the sixth day of February, 1895, BY resigna-
ton. JASPAR ALTERNATELY,
Administrator with the will annexed OF
Richard Thomas, deceased.
November IL, 1895. novl3nlS56
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-30

A DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.-Notice is
"a hereby given that letters of administration
upon the estate OF Caroline Steimel, deceased,
have been granted to the undersigned by the
Probate Court of Cape Girsrdeau county, bear
ing date the 2Sth day of September, 1895. All
persons having claims against said estate are
allowance, within one year from the date o,
said letters. or they may be precluded from
any benefit of such estate: and if said claims be
not exhibited within two years from the date OF
the publication of this notice, they will be for
ever barred. AUGUST kAEMPER,
oct 2Tn26 Administrator
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-30
OninIons Of a Travelling Man.

Weary Walker-They tell us prices is
goin up. That's nothin to us. We got
nothin to sell. Silver must be free be-
fore we can get any. Put it in yer plat
form free an unlimited, free for ev-
er'body, an it ketches ever jay on the
road. Give everybody a barrel of money
IN a bung starter. -Goldbug.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-30
Working Farmers Versus Land Spectators.


The promise that the selling price of
land would be doubled by the adoption
OF free coinage is one of the main argu-
ments on which the silverites rely to
capture the votes of the farmers. With
ont stopping to consider whether higher
prices would help them, some farmers
have allowed themselves to be drawn
into the free silver movement through
their desire to see a boom" in farm
lands. But a little study will show them
that the initiation of farm values by
cheapeDing the currency would not be
of the slightest benefit to the working
farmer.
Suppose that the silver standard was
adopted and the price of farm lands
doubled. This would enable q farmer
who wished to sell his property TO get
more money for it, but not more value.
If he wished TO buy another farm or TO
engage in any kind of business, he would
find that the price of his farm would
buy no more than it does now. The
great majority of the American farmers
expect to retain their land and get a
living by working on it. The fact that
farm was nominally worth more would
not make it grow more grain, cotton or
vegetables. Its increased price would
lead TO higher tax assessments, but as a
means of getting a livelihood its value
would be just the same as it is today.
The only men who would be benefit
ed by inflated land values due to cheap
money would be the small class of spec
ulators who do not farm, but hold land
out of use for a rise. The interests of
this class are directly opposed to those
Of the real working farmers, who should
not allow themselves to be deluded into
voting for q scheme which will make
farms harder to get by the men who are
seeking homes.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-30
A DEMONSTRATORS NoTICE.-Notice i

DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.-Notice is
IA hereby given that letters OF administration,
with the will annexed, upon the estate of
Maria Schultz, deceased, have been granted to
the undersigned by the Cape Girardeau Court Of
Common Pleas, of Cape Girardeau County,
Missouri, bearing date the 18th day of septem-
Der, 1896.
All persons having claims against said estate
are required to exhibit them to him for allow
ance, within one year from the date OF said
letters, or they may be preluded from any
benefit Of such estate; and II said claims be not
exhibited within two years from the date OF the
publication OF this notice. they will be forever
barred HENRY SCHULTZ,
BoyIlulSA Administrator
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-30

BaIIard.s snow Linfment VIII Cure.
Neuralgia. 1t will also cure Lame
Back, Sore Throat, Wounds. Sprains,
Bruises, Cuts, old Sores. Ladies, 1T
will cur your back-ache. Sold at
Wilson's drug store.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-30

FOR SALE-A new seven-room frame house
l. with cellar, two stables, cistern and good
outhouses. All in good condition, situated on
Bellevue street, between Sprigg and Pacific
streets. Some fruit on lot For further in
formation apply OF DEMOCRAT Office.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-30

EOR SALE-Twenty acres of good land in
l. high state of cultivation, inside Of city
limits, located on good county road. For price
and terms apply to Mrs. Victoria Bealdean al
the old Jacob Beaudesn farm. ml4n3-6mv
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-30
ADLETS,

EOR RENT:-Two story brick house and
frame, all on Spanish st. Apply to f. E.
BurrOugh.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-30

"ANTED-To borrow eight hundred dollars
w on improved town property in o live little
town in Southeast Missouri, at eight per cent.
interest. Property is worth $I100. 90 For fur
ther information address this Office.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-30
FALLING PRICES NO EVIL.
Ralss and U.sound Pssitioa Taken by tia
Free Silver Advocates.

HaIss and Unsound Pssitioa Taken by the
Free Silver Advocates.
In all free coinage arguments it is
taken for granted that falling prices are
an evil, and that it is the duty of the gov
eminent TO take some action TO increase
prices, or at least maintain them at their
present level 1t is on this ground that
the silverites object to our present finan-
cial system and demand the adoption Of
q cheaper standard Of value which
would double prices as based on a dol
lar worth only so cents. It is this
promise of getting higher prices that is
the chief attraction in the free coinage
agitation for the farmers, who natural
ly wish to get as much as possible in re
turn for their products.
Though the delusion which underlies
the complaints against lower prices has
been exposed over and over again, is
still does dnty in all the free silver lit
erature with which the country is being
flooded. Yet a little reflection should
show the folly Of the idea that high
prices for commodities are beneficial.
The welfare and prosperity of the peo-
pie depend largely on the amount of the
products of labor which each can secure
for his own use. Since the dawn of civ
ilization men have been striving to pro-
duce larger quantities and better quail
ties of food, clothing, etc. All the i'm
portant inventions, the new machinery
and discoveries in agriculture, manufac-
turing and transportation, have had the
effect of making the production of
wealth Of all kinds vastly easier. In
consequence goods are now far cheaper,
measured by their labor cost, than ever
before in the history of the world. Who
is there who will say that this is a bad
thing, and that it would be better if
goods were still scarce and dear?
1t is noticeable that the pretense Of
higher prices is made only to the farmers,
the silverites being too shrewd to try to
fool the workingmen with a scheme
which would double the price of every
thing they buy. But free coinage would
not increase in the slightest degree the
real value of ever the farmer products.
It would merely double the nominal
price, but as it would also double the
price Of all labor products which the
farmer buys he would be no better Of
than under the present system. The
evils which advocates Of honest money
know would follow free coinage may
not be admitted by silverites, but If they
are honest they must acknowledge that
an attempt to make goods more valuable
through debasing the currency would
certainly fail of its purpose.
The confounding Of two entirely diff
ferent things, prices and values, is at
the bottom of the idea that low prices
are injurious. In so far as the money Of
a country measures prices it must effect
every kind of goods alike, and so a gen.
eral decline in prices hurts no one, and
as lower prices due to cheapened pro-
duction simply means that goods can be
obtained by less exertion very few per-
SONS will be found willing to urge that
it would be wise to go back to the old
conditions of hard labor and limited
production.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-30

7 LOST-A female pointer, called Queen,
- brown and white, evenly marked, will
I ii neared SatnrJsv 9th ,etUrn Of ~ ~,
dog to +. Z. Burrough will be rewarded.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-30

EOR SALE-Residence of the late Judge
L David C. Hope, corner Independence and
Fountain street, Cape Girardeau, Mo, Apply
to JNo. A. HoPE
Jackson, Mo,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-30

FOR SALE.-Eine four room brick dwelling
l. with cellar, Summer kitchen and out
buildings. Good cistern and fine orchard. Lot
I2xlso situated on corner of sprigg and North
Streets. Title perfect. For further informa-
ton call on H. s. Deane. Real Estate Agent.
Cape Girardeau, Mo.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-30

fSEAL. WILLIAM H. COERvER,
President of the Council.
Approved this November 10Th. 1895.
WILLIAM II. COERVER, Mayor.
Attest: GEO. +. CHAPEL.
City Clerk.