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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-01-26

The Chicago Herald. which recently
did so much t O advertise the Cotton
States and International Exposition.
in its issue of Jan. l1th contained an
editorial urging the Illinois legislature
to appropriate $4,000 for 4 state eX-
hibit at Atlanta. The Herald States
that there is IA fund which can be used
without leyying a dollar al tax. and
argues that the manufactured goods
O bought by the South from New
England could be furnished by the
manufacturers of the West just as
easily. With equal mail facilities and
an equal showing in freight rates. the
West and South ought to have as
large an intercourse as the South and
the East. Following the same line.
Business Leagues in several Illinois
and Indiana towns are taking steps to
have their manufacturing industries
represented at the Exposition.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-01-26
Come settle tn. .

| would respectfully request allthose
knowing themselves indepted to me
that the time of yearfor settlement has
arrived. | have accommodated many
Of you at Il time when you We're in
need and when no one else would ac-
cOmodate you. Now you IAN confer
a great favor on me in return by call
ing and settling up. | need the money
that is due me and | must have it. so
come along and settle up and save
yourselves trouble and cost.
Respectfully.
WILLIAM BURGESS.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-01-26
WiLLIE'S BAD LANGUAGE.
His Papa Declined to Explain to His
Teacher.

His Papa Declined to Explain to His
Teacher.
On n of the cold and stormy nights
last week Willie Brown and hs papa
were down town, says the Cincinnati
Tribune. The wind was blowing ter
ribly and Mr.. Brown telephoned home
that he and his son would wait until
the storm had partly subsidized before
they would venture out. Then Mr..
Brown dropped into his favorite club
and soon became interested in the ma
tional game while Willie pretended to
go to sleep on the sofa.
The next day when Willie went to
school his teacher, who is a charming
young lady, was ~instructing him in
arithmetic, and a using Il number
of cubic blocks for hepurpose. Willie
had put a number of them together in
certain form when his teacher asked
him if he wanted some blocks.
mo, 1 think I'll stand pat" said
the youngster.
"What?'' exclaimed the teacher. The
boy repeated the assertion and there
was a b%ewildered look upon the young
lady's face.
Where have l heard those words
before?" she soliloquized.
Vexed that size could not remember.
she said: That language is Greek to
me. If you use any more of it ] will
punish you"
In call that bluff" said Willie
promptly.
Now | shall thresh you if you per-
sist in talking what l cannot under
stand" said the teacher.
We'll, it's your edge" said Willie.
resignedly. as he Internationally held
up Il block with the number forty on
it.
What's my age: I'm not forty
said the young lady. nov highly in
dignant. who has been teaching you
to say these things. Willie: cant
understand you 1t all"
u think you're shy
Why, Willie. said his teacher in
terrupting him and ut the same time
blushing furiously at the Juveniles
compliment.
Il was going 10 say hat you are 4
chip"
stop right where YOU are: l shall
punish you For that" and without
further ado she administered a severe
whipping to the incorrigible boy.
That night Willie carried home the
following letter:
DEAR Mr.. BROWN was compelled
to-day 10 chastise Your son for using
unbecoming laaguagc. His meaning I
could only partially comprehend. He
was talking about bluffs" lagos"
and stacks of whites" nearly all the
day. Yours truly,
MISS $.
The following was Mr.. Browns re-
ply:
MISS ST you reallydesiretoknow
the meaning OF my sons remarks, |
would advise you to ask any of the
male teachers or any gentleman whom
you may know. At the same time l
warn YOU that ignorance in this ease
is bliss. and hat it may cost you all
the salary you arm if you find out.
Believe me, it has been the most ex-
pensive knowledge | possess.
Yours.
BROWN.
And. now that Miss ). : curiosity is
L. = - l.:rr - Il 49, I
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-01-26
SATURDAY. JANUARY %, 1895.

Business is picking up. Everybody
says SO. andthe volume oftrade proves
it. Get ready for the crush when
spridg comes.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-01-26
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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-01-26

Congressman Arnold will return
home in time to prepare himself for
the April term OF the Scott county
Circuit Court. He will find clients.
too, waiting and ready 30 give him
business. a MAJ OF Mr.. Arnold's le-
gal ability don't have to drum for
business. The business will go TO him
as naturally as a duck goes to water.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-01-26

The editorof the jackson Book
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city nominating a party ticket for the
city election. This same editor was
opposed to all the Republicans Who
were nominated for county offices in
this county but they we're al elected
just the same, and the Republicans OF
this city will nominate a city ticket,
Notwithstanding the objections Of the
editor OF the Cash-Book.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-01-26
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The fOlloWif
BROWN.

And. now that Miss SIS curiosity is
excited. she is just dying to find out.
She may some day.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-03-16

went to the house to eat hot supper,
over which the men told stories OF
storms (the word ''blizzard" was not
common them. to which we boys lis
tened with consuming interest Dur
ing the remainder of the evening we
joked and sang and played games, our
merriment intensified by the commo-
ton outside.
Bnt when we went to bed at ten
o'clock, for one trembled with awe.
I had premonltlon that this was to
be something unparalleled. 1t APP
peared to me as one of those frightful
disturbances In the orderliness OF ma
ture which makes man to feel himself
the insect he really Is It did not
shape itself into these words, but an
awed silence came upon me. The cold
began to make itself felt, and the
winds voice began to send thrill OF
terror to the listeners heart, striking
as it did through our little house,
freezing our food within few feet OF
the stove.
thought the wind at that hour had
attained its utmost fury. but when
awoke in the feeble light Of the next
morning I realized how mistaken l
had been. No words of mine can de-
scribe the steady, solemn, implacable
roar of that storm. Imagine all the
roarings Of the lions of Africa. the
kissing OF wilderness of serpents,
the lashings Of great trees and the
walls Of a hundred women, all COM
mingled in one ceaseless. unfalterinQ
rushing, diffusive, all-surrounding roar,
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before. We youngsters enjoyed TIE
strangeness of it all. the impenctra-
bleness of the cloud Of snow, the dane
ing light of the lanterns, the whirl Of
the flakes in the red light which
streamed from the barn door, and the
brisk, excited talk of the men,
Teams went by with wood, the
shouting drivers sitting on the leeward
side of their load, leaving the horses
to find the road. just rs we were
about starting for tho house = team
drove into the yard containing three
persons
rs this John Bartle's?" called =
voice through the darkness.
mo; it's Robert Graham's; but you re
just as welcome. You're Arson Bond,
] take it?"
Yes What do yon think Of this?
Can we ever cross Wind prairie?'
Il should say not You just get out
aud stay ell night. They amt man
Twin can find his way across that
stretch o. prairie such night as this
Drive your sleigh to the door and put
your woman in the house and then
come back and put up your team"
They were neighbors who had SET
tied farther on to the north and across
. stretch Of prairie to cross which in
such storm would be almost certain
death. They wisely took fathers ad-
vice and soon We elosed the barn and
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swept away and the power Of the
lungs to inhele lost.

swept away and the power OF the
lungs to inhale lost
That day we mainly spent in keep
ing warm and feeding the stock in the
barn, which we reached by desperate
dashes during some momentary re-
lenting in the tempest We attempted
to water the horses and cows, but the
wind blew the water from the pail
and froze it instantly on everything it
touched In the house it became more
and more difficult to put q cheerful
construction on the outlook, notwith-
standing we had fuel in abundance.
oh. that terrible day! Hour after
hour we listened to that prodigious,
appalling, ferocious wind All day we
moved restlesslv to and fro asking
each other: "Will it ever end?' We had
the same sensations which the sailor
has when the reused ocean seems too
vast and too nngovernable to ever
again be spoken into quiet even BY the
Creator Himself It aid not seem to
me that God could control that storm,
for my imagination could not conceive
Of . power greater than this war of
wind and snow.
On the third day we rose with weari-
ness and looked into each Others faces
with sort of horrifled surprise. Not
the invincible heart Of father nor the
CHEEKY good nature d our guests could
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-03-16

and you may rise half way to the real
ity Of that voice. 1t benumbed the brain,
it appalled, the heart as no other force
I have ever met could have done. The
sea itself in its mighticst moments
could not be more absolutely horrify-
ing.
The house shook and snapped; the
snow beat in mufiied rhythmic pulsa-
tions against the walls, or swirled
and dashed upon the root, like the
snarl Of the ocean on gravelly beach.
while the hurting streams of snow
gave rise 20 strange multitudinous.
anomalous sounds, now dim and far.
now near and all surrounding. produc-
ing an effect of mystery and infinite
reach as though the house were a
helpless ship tossing on a limitless
angry sea.
Looking out there was nothing to
be seen save the flashing of the wind
and snow. When we attempted to
face it and go to the rescue Of the
poor cattle, we found that the charac-
ter of the storm had completely
changed. It was no longer showing,
but the air was filled with an impene-
trable cloud of flying snow, fine as
powder and mixed with the dirt
caught up from the plowed fields by
the relentless blast which had now at
tanned the inconceivab.e velocity of
ninety miles an hour. It was impos-
sible to see twenty fee: save at long
intervals-indeed one could not see at
all facing the storm; the eyes would
have been destroyed. As we stepped
out into the wind the face was coated
with ice and dirt as If by a dash Of
mud, a mask which blinded the eyes
and froze the cheek in q few seconds
Such was the force Of the wind that
: strong man could not breathe with
his mouth unprotected. The mouth
being once open the breath seemed
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keep . gloomy silence from settling
down upon No Conversation was
scanty, and / do not remember that
anyone laughed during the whole Of
that day, rs we listened anxiously to
the wind tearing at the shingles, beat
ing at the door and sl,rieking around
the caves.
The frost upon the windows thick
ened and the room was dusk ut mid
day. 1t grew dark ut three o'clock
and the lamps wexe lighted. The
women sat with awed faces and wide
open mnsing eyes, fun of unshed tears,
their sympathy going out to the poor
travellers on the vile prairie or foun-
dering in the deep drifts of the gullies.
That night, SO disturbed had we be.
come, we lay awake till nearly mid.
night listening. praying that tho
storm might cease. waiting for some
sign to tell that the wind had reached
its height.
Shortly after midnight I noticed
that the roar was no longer so relent-
less. steady and high-keyed. There
were moments of lull, a distinct easing
away. and though it returned to its
attack almost Immediately, its fury
was plainly becoming spasmodic. /
heard an exultant voice from below
cry out: THE storm is, overt" and then
everybody sank into deep sleep from
sheer relief.
1t is impossible to express the Joy
with which we melted the ice from the
windows the next morning and looked
out or, the familiar landscape, peace
full. dazzling under the brilliant sun
and sl.-. We greeted 1t with sort OF
frenzy as il we had given it up for lost.
The wide plain ridged with drifts and
the far blue line Of timber looked IA
miliar but desolate. The ncighboring
cottages sent up q cheerful column Of
smoke as if to tell us tb people were
alive, but the sound of the wind
seemed with US still. so long and so
continuously had it howled in our
ears, that even in a perfect calm the
imagination was constrained to sup
ply its loss with fainter fancied roar
ing.
As long rs I live shall never forget
those days, and the sound of that wind
will never leave me- What it must
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-03-16

sold through druggists, at the price OF the
cheaper made pills.
Pleasant Pellets I" cure biliousness, sick
and bilious headache. dizziness, costive-
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take one each day after dinner. To relieve
the distress arising from over-eating, notli-
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They are tiny, sugar-coated, anti-bilious
granules. ANY child readily takes them.
Accept no substitute that may be recon-
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A free sample q to doses on trial. IS
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GUSTALoRY GREATNESS.

Casual Diners WHO Had Their AppetStes
with Them.
81 don't like to be inquisitive," said
the man who was paying check at
the cashiers desk in . night restau-
rant, but I'd like to know how much
that man ate. I've been watching him
for awhile. and must say never. saw
xnything like it before"
THAT was a fairly large check for
one man." said the cashier, al he
pulled the slip Of paper from the hook.
lie handed over the check, which
showed the following:
sirloin steak.
2squabs-
orders OF wheat cakes.
8 cups of coffee
orders Of baked potatoes.
isn't an order like that something
unusual?" was asked.
That's rather large order for one
man, but we have had much larger
ones. It's very common thing to
have a man come in and order q double
porterhouse steak. with potatoes and
coffee, and consume everything that
ID placed before him. I'll show you
the champion order. One night u big
fellow who had evidently been sharp
ening up on cocktails came in here and
sat down at 4 table. and the first thing
he did was to drink pint bottle of
Worcestershire sauce. Then he began
ordering. As soon rs the walters
would bring him one thing he would
order something else. Here is the list
of what he actually ate and drank be
fore leaving the table"
1t was as follows:
l pint Worcestershire sauce.
spring chicken.
prairie chicken.
dozen hard-boilcd eggs
2 orders potatoes.
Equals
! cup of coffee.
1 sirloin steak.
IF / remember correctly the bill
was about eight dollars" said the
cashier. 1.-THE big fellow paid it in
an off-hand way as If there was nothing
remarkable in his performance."-Chi
cago Record.
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$500 FOR a NAME.

This is the sum we hear the Salzer
Seed Co. offer for a suitable name for
their wonderful new oats The United
States department Of agriculture says
Salzer's oats is the best of 800 varieties
tested. A great many farmers report
test yield of 200 bushels per acre last
year, and are sure this can be grown
and even more during 1895. Another
farmer writes US he cropped lie BUSH
els of Salzer's Marvel Spring wheat on
two and one-half acres. At such yield
wheat pays at 3Oc per bu. One thing
we know and that is that Salzer is the
largest Farm Seed grower "a the world
and sells potatoes at $3.50 per barrel.
If you WILL CUT THIS OUT AND SEND 1T
with Toe postage to the John A. Salzer
Seed Co, Lacrosse, Wis, you get free
his mammoth catalogue and pack
age of above $500 PRIZE OATS. Xxi
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been on the open plain was awful to
think of. Those prairies SO bright
and beautiful in t:ae summer that you
seem adrift on a flowery sea, under
skies Of perpetual blue-those wide
wastes when the norther was abroad
in his wrath. were Is pitiless and de-
structivc as the Northern ocean. Moth
ing lived there Enhoused-all was at
the mercy Of the north wind. whom
only the great Lord SUN could tame
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-03-16

SYMPATHETIC PLAIN FRIEND to inconsolo-
bic young widow)-"Th last time met your
dear husband he stopped and spoke to me
with such sunny greeting that was the
happier for it all day long' Young Widow
tstill oblivious to everything except her loss)
Yes, that was just like dear David.
There was no woman so humble, or homely,
or unattractive, or dull. but that he could
find something pleasant to say to her, and
would take pains to say it, Life.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-03-16

Two PASSENGERS on q western train be-
came involved in a controversy, which
waxed SO hot that one Of them called tho
other q liar. whats that, q liar" and he
was on his feet in an instant. Eyes, .
liar" was the emphatic response, .'or my
name ain't John Smith, OF Snithvillc.h
ssWhat, the hardware mcrchantr' The
same" MIR. Smith, / am delighted to SEQ
you. represent Mr.. Sharpcdgc & Co, Of
New York, and can show you q line Of sam
pies that will make your fortuDa"-Texas
3ftingA