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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-01

borderings, in widths from a quarter
of an inch TO three inches. On account
of the remarkably low price of silks
of fine quality, plain or in every imag-
Unable device, color and combination. .
silk season is before US. Silk for en-
tire costumes and evening toilets, silk
for separate waists and skirts, for
capes innumerable, for jacket bodices,
elegant redingotes with elaborate
shoulder effects for elderly women,
silk petticoats, Innings, foundations,
and wash silks galore for tennis lin
gerie and travelling costumes
The styles and effects in new capea
for the summer are literally endless,
and in very many cases indescribable.
All are extremely full in effect and the
majority are deliberately trimmed.
Corded silk, MORE, velvet, satin
duchess, also handsome fabrics match
ing the gown are chosen for capes for
present wear, with garnitures of lace
spangled GALLON, ribbon or iridescent
bead or jet passementerieS For sum-
me- wear will be brought to view some
French dreams of artistic manipula-
ton in lace, black, cream and butter
colored. These capes show considera-
BILE variety and some are greatly
elaborated, but in much simpler forms
they are designed as a dainty finish to
a pretty silk Or sheer muslin or silk
and wool church costume; in not a few
instances, the cape, parasol, hat, or
hat trimmings are formed of lace Of
D beautiful design in different
widths c. D T.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-01
REvERENCING HIS MOTHER.
A Story About the Famous
Premier, Lii Hung Chang.

A Story About the Famous Ex-Chines.
Premier, Ii Hung Chang.
A Chinaman, be he king or coolie, is
devoted to his father and mother.
When either parent dies custom or.
dams that the son shall resign all
honors and employments to repair tC
the ancestral tomb, and mourn there
for a long period.
Mr.. John Russell Young relates how
the Chinese premier, Ii Hung Chang
was prevented from punctiliouSly OBJ
serving the custom by an imperial de,
cree.
The aged mother of the great Chi.
nese statesman died. and he hurried tc
celebrate the rites at her grave, accom-.
panied by his brother, the viceroy at
Wuchang. Everyone was expecting
the premier's resignation, and his en-
forced retirement from all official posi-,
tions. His enemies thought that Ii
had gone finally; his place would be
filed by another, and his power become
a memory.
Suddenly there came a decree from
the throne, commanding Ii to lay
dSluS MOURNING III at bhN Nv Vi
three months resume Office. His broth
err was permitted to remain at the
tomb and do the flial reverence. The
decree was without precedent; but the
emperor was sacred, and his command
supreme. Ii Hung Chang returned &c
Tien-Tsin, his home.
When Mr.. Young saw the premier's
Yacht anchored in the harbor of Che.
Foo he went on board to pay his re.
spects. The premier looked like a
starving beggar. He wore the coarsest
raiment. His beard and forehead had
not been shaved, and his queue hung
down from a clotted mass of hair.
Lines of sorrow streaked his face, and
his hands were grimy.
The first man in the empire, noted
for his carefulness in raiment and
cleanliness of person, appeared as the
meanest subject, that he might, by pri-
walton and penance, do reverence to
his mothers memory, according to the
creed of his ancestors. A few days
later, when Mr.. Young met Ii at Tien-
Tsin, the beggar's mien had vanished,
and he was again the w~ell-appointed
oobleman.-N. Y. Recorder.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-01

for youthful wearers and some of the
yoke-skirted and princess dresses
fasten up the hack. The range in these
waists extends from a simple box
plated style on c~hambray, batiste, pink,
cream or blue linen, on through tho
list of foulards, shepherds check silks,
surahs, fancy taffetas, to the delicious
lace blouses for ceremonious wear.
Organdy, batiste. French and India
muslin toilets will be in high fashion
this summer, and lace by the league
will be used to further enhance the
charm Of these dresses, with a change
only of fascinating French embroi-
deries and insertions. Lace insertion
will be almost as much used as satin or
velvet ribbon for bands. edgings and
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-01

'God never forgets! He never for
gets" exclaimed the grateful old man,
when repeating the story. He has said
that even a cup of cold water given in
His name shall be rewarded, and now
He has fulfilled that promise to me-"
All! how many blessings go unclaimed
because of the ups of cold water we
fail to rive.-Belle V. Chisholm, in
United Presbyterian.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-01

The armies OF the living
Go forth TO greet the dead.
Around the graves they gather,
A hush on every soul
That listens in the silence,
While Memory calls the roll
From battle-stained Antietam,
From Missionary Ridge,
From Gettysburg ard Shiloh.
From mountain. plain and bridge.
They come who died as heroes,
They come from far or near,
And as the roll is counted
Each man makes answer: "Here!"
Not one f. OF the missing.
The ranks are fulfto-day-
In solid marching order
They stand. a close array,
Their faces lit with courage
As In that long ago,
when for the love OF country
They fell before the foe.
On every grave q garland
OF sweet May blooms is laid,
Till OF the sad Gods acre
a garden fair is made:
And ever with the living
BY glade or sunny knoll,
The noble dead are marching
AS Memory calls the roll
They cannot be forgotten
To whom their comrades pay
The tributes of affection
On Decoration day.
Still dear to those who love them
Each loyal, faithful soul
Will hear their answer Present"
When Memory calls the roll.
Helen Chauncey, in y. y. Independent
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-01

Collector-This is the twentieth time
I've called with this bill.
Gilded Eouth-Yes, and there are
forty more, just like You, coming in
day after day, to worry me. about their
miserable little bills. No wonder I'm
all tagged out. Guess I'll take a run
over to Europe to recuperate.-N. Y.
Weekly.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-01

"A man who understands nothing Of
agriculture, of trade. Of human nature.
of past history, of the principles of law
cannot pretend to be more than a mere
empiric in political legislation.-F. W.
Robertson.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-01

9 poor family by the name of Red
mond. A few months previous the
father had been injured by a mine ex-
plosion, thus throwing the burden OF
supporting the family on four sons, all
under twenty years of age.
Aftor the fall of Sumter the three
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-01

Why He Did It.-"Johnny, Johnny.
do keep quiet. You're talking all the
time" 81 knows dat, papa l wants
to learn how Is dess pwactisin'."-Har-
per's Young People
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-01

as they are use
full. There are
also so many adj
vantages n d
p o $ S i lities
about I h e S t
waists that it
will be n very
long time be-
fore they are
given up by
even those who
seek novelty in
dress; for both
in style and
fabric they are
constantly pre-
sentin new
effects and at
fractions. Many
of the waists
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-01
FASHION

What Women VIII Wear During Sumner
Months-A New English Cheviot-yariety
of Novelty Suitings-Fancy Waists still
the Rage-Sew summer Capes-
Especial New York Correspondence
Round waists continue to appear up
On costumes and toilets of every de-
scription, and very charming are most
of those made ready for warm weather
wear with their widespreading shout
der effects and pretty belt trimmings.
But these are not universally becom-
ing, and for those who prefer other
styles are offered the pointed cCrsage,
often made double-breasted. the plait-
ed Norfolk waist, the taut and stylish
jacket bodice. a style that is neither a
round one nor yet coat, but something
between the Understanding beyond
the waist line some inches, but not
wholly covering the hips This jacket
bodice has huge sleeves hat are out of
all sort of proportion to the size of the
garment, but this is a fad of fashion
which goes" Wide revers anda rather
deep rolling collar finish the bodice.
Handsome tailormade costumes are
formed Of a new stylish make of Eng
lish cheviot in beautiful color mixtures
finely blended. The skirts are about
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-01

most approved models have no heavy
lin1ngs in them, crinoline being substi-
tuted, of the lightest quality, and,
although immense in size, the sleeves
have a tendency to droop from the
shoulder rather than stand erect in
wooden fashion.
Notwithstanding the great number
of bewildering temptations in the way
of novelty suitings, crepOns, tweeds,
heather-mixed Meltons, etc, plain styl-
ish tailor cloths are still in demand.
The universal rage continues for
fancy waists. New varieties are con-
stantly produced by the mOdiste, and
the majority of them are as charming
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-01

four yards and q
half around and
but little stiff
ened. The jack
ct bodice is short
and chic in eff
fleet, and a num-
have round
fronted corners,
the closely fitted
vest formed vari-
ously of h heavy
C o T d e d silk,
ladies' cloth or
+ a C y taffeta.
The sleeves of
both gowns and
Jackets show not
the least pros
pect of a change.
The n c W e S t,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-01

Toilet ParIOrs Where Women Go to Have
Their Faces, Hands, Feet and Hair Over
han1ed-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-10
More Income Tax Idiocx.

The announcement that coal COM
panies which own their own coal land.
ormine under an absolute title to min
eral deposits, are exempt from the in
come tax, while companies which lease
coal on the royalty plan are taxed, sup
plies a new illustration of the beauti-
full consistency of this beautiful tax. In
the one case, wealth escapes; while in
the other, enterprise often not backed
by much wealth is made to pay. But in
either case, the owner of the land itself
goes free, although it is nowadays usu-
ally he who realizes the most lucrative
percentage Of the transaction.
The plan of BERTHE Vanalstyne, in the
play Henrietta" for gambling in Wall
street is simplicity itself compared
with the plan underlying the present in
come tax. BERTHE tossed up a coin; if
the date fell odd, he bought stock, If
even, he sold it. In deciding who shall
and who shall not pay an income tax
the government appears to have lacked
Bertie's lucid logic, and to have selected
for mulcting those upon whom its levy
ing would seem most unjust.
1t probably, however, does not make
great deal of difference how this tax
would operate, since there is abundant
reason to expect that the Supreme
court will, after the present rehearing,
knock it wholly senseless.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-10
Getting Excited.

One Of the speakers at a gold rally
in Chicago, the other evening, after
Justify denouncing as "demagogues"
and "fiatists" all who believe, with the
last national Republican platform, in
the use of both gold and silver as stand
ard money, proceeded to paint the fol-
lowing prophetic picture:
If. in November of next year, the calam-
ity OF an election declaring In favor Of free
coinage of silver should befall this coun-
try, II would take at least six months be-
fore the mandate of the people could be
formed into q law. Every debt due on de-
mand, or which falls due during that time,
would have to be paid in full No cred
itor, in a position to demand payment in
full, would renew his debt and risk pay
ment in 50-cent dollars. All bank de-
posit accounts are payable on demand.
Every depositor would ask immediate pay
ment. The banks In the United States
generally hold reserve in currency equal
to no more than 30 per cent. of their de-
posits. Their reserves would therefore be
unable to pay 70 per cent. of their de-
posits. In other words, an election in IA
vor of free coinage would Immediately re-
suit in the bankruptcy of every bank in
the country. There is not one that would
be strong enough to weather the storm.
What this means can better be imagined
than expressed in words. Europe would
send back our bonds and take all our gold,
and good deal Of our silver. There
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-10
The Bar BANQUET.

The annual banquet of the Lacka-
wanna County Bar association at the
Hotel Terrace last evening. like all the
festive occasions conducted under its
auspices. was enjoyable, both physic-
ally and intellectually. Such pleasant
ries and such good fellowship soften the
asperity of professional rivalry and
ease the routine of the daily struggle
for subsistence. And even the more Sc
rious features of banquets such as this
are remembered and put to profitable
use long after the conviviality itself
shall have passed into oblivion.
We have no doubt, for instance, that
man will survive its immediate occa-
sion, because it strikes at a vital de-
feet in our entire judicial system.
The eXaltation of precedent over
equity, of statute over justice. natural
to medieval ages, becomes odious
in an era of public intelligence, and
constitutes, in the Judgment of grow
ing minority of thinkers, a serious
III, mish on our present judicature. We
cannot add force to the many examples
which Mr.. Amerman cited, some close
to fome, wherein, under existing forms,
the execution of law has been synony-
NOUS with the official perpetration of
gross injustice; but we can say to the
Bar association of Lackawanna coun-
ty that the attorney who does not con-
stantly strive to promote justice, re-
gardless of technicalities, is not an
ornament to his profession, and will
one day discover that that profession
has left him behind.
The time is ripe for vigorous up
rising of the progressive element of
the legal profession in favor of re-
formed methods and smplified codes.
OF all the vocations, that which the
lawyer follows lags farthest in the rear,
is most burdened with the accumulated
barnacles of outworn tradition and life
less precedent, and offers the finest field
for intelligent publication. 1t will not
be presumptuous to expect that in the
inevitable work of reformation, Lacka-
wanna county will perform, as usual,
an honorable part
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-10
Reasonable Dissatisfaction,

| We doubt If it is fair in any news
satisfied with the present condition Of
this governments currency are trying
to prevent the recovery of trade or have
any wish to retard the forward progress
of prosperity. We should be extremely
reluctant to believe that any consider
able number of persons in the United
States would deliberately seek to rob
creditor or cheat debtor by legisla-
tive enactment Hence we deprecate
the use, by any person, of narrowing
rhetoric tending to reflect upon the
morality of the American people.
| If those who advocate a single gold
standard wish to make converts, we
suspect that they will have to offer con-
vincing proof % that there Is enough
gold in the United States to serve as a
safe basis for our currency, and (2) that
that gold will preserve a comparatively
stable commodity value, neither appre-
ciating or deprecating to any percepti-
BILE extent. over long period Of time.
We do not believe that they can make
| many converts simply by calling tho
other side names. On the other hand,
friends of silver will do well to confine
their remarks to proving, IL possible,
| hot ~ ,,;,
gold standard will mean a less stable
and therefore a less honest standard
than bimetallc standard would af-
| ford, wherein the two metals, gold and
silver, operate each as check upon the
| others tendency to 1uctuate. They
| will not win many adherents by the
| employment of offensive epithets.
At time when the governments re-
| ceipts are so much lower than it's ex-
pcnses that the government has to sell
bonds so as to get gold to do business
with, dissatisfaction is to be expected.
The American people would be lacking
in spirit If they should fail to evince
marked dissatisfaction over so anom-
alous condition of their fiscal affairs.
They have right to expect balance
of trade in their favor. They have
right to expect sufficiently ample and
elastic volume of sound currency to rem
der 1t possible for them to transact
business with a reasonable chance for
profits. And when these things are both
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-10

would be a money famine. We would
have panic to which none in the history
Of the world could be compared. Credit
would be absolutely destroyed. Business
would be at a standstill Factories would
be closed, labor thrown out of employ
ment and, to judge from past experi-
ences, 1t would take many years before
commerce and industry would again reach
its equilibrium. In the eyes Of the world
we would be a bankrupt nation.
What perplexes us, in this connection,
Is to know how excited this speaker
will become in July, judging from his
state of mind in the mild month of May.
If the discussion of the silver question
is to degenerate into concerted and
indiscrimlnate calamity howl, then the
sooner 1t is ended, the better.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-10
ONE LAW OF NATURE.
crease, and No Artificial Effort TO Stop
This Decrease viii lie Effcctuni.

An extremely interesting comparison tf
the mechanical aptitudes of different ma
tionalities is given In an interview with
Hiram s. Maxim, published In the New
York Sun. Among some OF the deduc-
tions made by Mr.. Maxim, the Journal of
Commerce notes the following: The work
that the English mechanic used to have
monopoly Of Is fast going to France and
Germany, according to Mr.. Maxim, be-
cause the English mechanic Will not do a
fair days work. and the mechanics OF the
continent are willing to do that Once 1t
was necessary for the workman to hold
the iron turning lathe. OF course one
man could only tend one lathe. Now the
lathe is automatic. The article to lie
turned is automatically fed to the cutting
instrument, and except to change the cut
ting instrument which Is done quickly and
not very often, the man in charge has
nothing to do. Yet the labor unions will
not allow one man to tend more than one
lathe, while in France and Germany one
man will tend four or six. In the Maxim
Nordenfeldt factory the labor unions re-
fused to allow one man to tend more than
one milling machine, and insisted that only
skilled worllmen should be employed.
After having had strike In their shops
the company discovered that one unskilled
laborer could tend four milling machines
nerfectly we'll and in n French shop MIR.
ajaxim found n woman tending six mill
ing machines which were running about
twice as fast as the machines ran I'm
ENGLAND.
The English labor unions regulate the
amount of time that must be spent or
suuandered upon each piece of work. In
the mechanism of the Maxim gun is a
niece of metal called Glib. which weighs
but half nm ounce When the Maxim
guns were made singly this piece was
forged rough-shaped and filed to fit, and
the labor unions rated IL at the work of
one day and n half. When the guns were
made by the hundred the gibs were pro-
duced by machinery and required only a
little filing. Yet 1t was still rated at day
and a half. and no member of a union
dared finish one in less than a day and q
half. A German mechanic was set to
work on these things, and he made eleven
the first day and twelve daily thereafter.
When testing one of the guns in this
country a glib broke and Mr.. Maxim went
to a local machine shop to have it re-
placed. From the time the steel was cut
from the bar till the Glib was finished was
exactly two hours and n half.
Machine-made lace used to come almost
entirely from England: on account of re-
heated strikes and the interference of tho
labor unions much of this work has gone
TO France, where there has been no strike
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-10
ANNETTE.

With dimpled chin upon her hands,
Her elbows on the balustrade;
Upon the balcony she stands
And leans to hear my serenade.
Down In the dusk with my guitar,
/ sing with all my soul astir,
About q fiower-a bird-a star,
And how they all resemble her.
annette! Annette!!
My soul is set
To win you for my own, my pet!'
U think she smiles-.Oh, Cupid's wreath!
She smiles-I think see her teethD
All, might touch her tangled curls,
And put kiss on each blue eye;
All, could clasp this queen of girls
think I'd be prepared to die!
I know pair of other chaps
Who find in her the same delight;
And suspect that one, perhaps,
VIII call on her this very night.
But yet, but yet,
You can't forget,
That you are mine, my own Annette"
CTis thus sing, and thus conceal
The sad uncertainty feel)
III.
The darkness grows. but still thrum,
And with my song beslege my dear;
She rises up! All, will she come,
My rosebud girl, and join me here?
She rises up, and, half withdrawn,
She fingers, 10th to break the charm
1 wonder what she's leaning on
By George! It Is my rivals arm!
''Annette! Annette!!
You sly coquette.
My soul Is bitter with regret"
I'm angry, mortified, and so
I'll bag my damp guitar and go)
Howard 8. Taylor.