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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-23

and you see if the wilder and the IA
therless kin find anything in that
basket to tempt their appetites."
Half an hour later Uncle Ben reen-
tered the kitchen and marched through
to the sitting-room bedroom to see the
unfortunate widow.
Say, Nancy, I'm dog gone sorry fur
ye!" he said, as he wiggled out Of his
overcoat and flung his cap on the floor.
Here it is Thanksgiving day and
everybody gittin' ready to canter
round and stuff their stomnchs, and
you a-lyin' here with n broken leg! l
say it's n tarnal shame"
It's an unfortunate thing, Uncle Ben"
the widow replied, but l am going to
try and not worry over il. Who knows
but what it is all for the bcst?"
"Mebbe it's, but I'll be hanged il l
believe it! Aunt Martha sent her luv,
and | guess she'll be down about Satur-
day"
SHE is very, very kind"
And she said you'd hev to boss Han
ner more or less to make her step
around. Some folks hev to be sorter
driv, We know"
Hannah is doing very we'll. I'm glad
to say"
"How's the young 'un?"
"As good as pic"
That's nice. Some youngsters is all
the old Harry. Look 4 here, Nancy, l
hain't no hand to go pokin' my nose
into other peoples bizncss, as l guess
you'll allow, but thar's a matter I'd
like to ask about. You remember we
went to skule together, and the night
We had the spcllin' bee you'n ME was
the last ones up, L went down on dock
trinc,' and you went ahead till the
teacher was pretty nigh tuckered out.
| kinder feel as if l was related to ye,
We know"
Yes; what do you want to talk about,
Uncle Benz"
About that mortgage. In course l
know thar's n on the farm, fur l was
with Jim when he got the money, but
how about the INTEREST,""
Il won't be able 10 pay a shilling of
it when due"
You don't tell mel"
"On the first day of the month the
farm will probably be advertised for
sale, but l believe the law allows me
to stay on for a few months"
Has Squar' Potter bin up here
lately?"
He was here yesterday. He willtake
the place as soon as the law allows"
THE blamed old skunk, Excuse my
cuss words, Nancy, but when I'm eN-
cited they slip right out. If that old
skinfiint turns you outer house and
home I'll go down the road and take off
my coat and lick him till he bellers
like 4 calf"
NO. Uncle Ben. He lends his money
to live or the interest, and it is only
right that he should be paid. 1 was
in hopes to be able to pay him the in
terest, but this misfortune will pre-
vent"
Its a downright shame, and I don't
keer who hears me say so! Say, Nancy,
thar's a heap O. shelled corn on the
barn floor which orter be winnowe6
out and put away afore the rats lug it
Il was hunting for a box to put it
in when L fell and broke my leg. If
you'll go up into the attic, Uncle Ben,
you'll probably find something. Ibe-
lieve there's an old blue chest up there
with nothing in it, and it will hold the
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-23

d ACK the little coats and gowns
And make the house-piace neat
Put some cakes for travelling
beneath the wagon seat:
Give an extra mess Of oats
To good old Jim and Gray
We're going home to fathers house
For Thanksgiving day.
So oft we've lived the journey o'er
With the welcome at the end,
Sweet mothers kisses on our check,
And the hand-clasp of each friend;
And many a time the little ones
Have Travelled in their play
All the way to %Srandpa's house
For Thanksgiving day"
The dear home fields have yielded UP
Their grasses and their grain;
The bins and barns arc running Ger
From orchard and from plain:
And with the rich years discipline,
Its hours of work and play.
Some fairer things are harvested
For Thanksgiving day.
Our arms. so full of b~lcssedness
The years have helped US win,
Have opened wide enough to let
\ little stranger in.
For the first time two little feet,
From angel-land astray,
Viii toddle into grandpa's house
For Thanksgiving day.
We know the place is all astlr
With plans of goodly fare,
And mothers look and mothers voice
Are present everywhere:
And TO a neighbor dropping in
She DauSeS lust to saw.
children are all coming home
For THANKSGIVING day"
Mary +. Butts. in Harper's Weekly.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-23

VT wv - CurIlS, as ne
showed pack from the breakfast table
on Thanksgiving morning and wiped
his mouth on the nearest piece of table
cloth he could get hold of, this is reg
lar old-fashioned Thanksgivin' wealth
cr."
"Yes," replied Aunt Martha, as she
scraped the butter off her plate back on
the butter dish.
six inches of snow and cold huff to
freeze a dog"
Yes"
IL hain't got much to do this mornin',
and | guess I'll run down to Widdcr
Blacks and see what | can do for EN-.
It's a tarnal shame, the luck that wom-
an has had"
Some of us git along and soTe of lis
don't" drawlcd Aunt Martha, as she
Tut the meat scraps on a plate for the
dog.
burned if we don't"
"Bcniamin, don't cuss. y cussin'
man'ii never come to any good"
Who's a-cussin'? l said it vas q
tarnai shame, and SO it is. Jim Black
was a-gittin' along as well as any of lis
when that well caved in on him and
made his wife a wilder. 1t wasn't huff
that she was hard-workin' an econo-
mizin', but she must go n fall down
and break her leg, and her baby hain't
over q year old. Who's takin keer of
her?"
Hammer Bcbee. l meant to hev gone
down Yesterday, but them pigs feet had
to be taken keer of. Iguess I'll make
up a basket of stuff to send along. Ham
Ter Bebee is 4 purity good gal on pork
and beans and SIGH, but she amt no
hand to git up dainties. You give her
lay Inv and tell her she's got to be right
up and down with Hammer to git a full
DAYS work out o her"
When Uncle Ben set out he carried n
basket which contained jelly cake, tea,
Il pumpkin pie and other articles, and as
lie pursued his way along the frozen
road he drew his old fur cap down over
mis- ears and soliloquized:
"Eaas, darn my buttons, but I'm sor-
ry fur Nancy Black. On top of all the
ether hard luck comes that four-hun-
dred-dollar mortgage on The farm. and
it's my solemn opinion she'll never be
able TO raise it. If 1 was able I'd buy
and hold it, but ! hain't. I've got to
see Squar' Potter, the old skinfiint, and
toll hiEa he must give tina wilder and
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-23
Athletic Exercise,

Perley-Hullo, Jinx. going to take
Thanksgiving day off?
Jinz-Yes. Going TO devote it 10 ath-
letics.
Perley-Good. What kind? Golf or
football?
Jinx-Neither. I'm going to carve a
turkey 1 raised myself, for ten people.
There's exercise for you. - Harper's
BaZar.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-23
What 1t Is For.

Whats Thanksgiving for?" asked
q teacher of a primary grade of her
class the other morning as the subject
was mentioned. But the cries of
"Football," and Turkey" were so
mingled that the teacher hadn't the
heart to disabuse the little ones. So
she let it go at that.-1ndianapolis
Sentinel.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-23
His Last.

~Briggs-This is probably the last
Thanksgiving Biekerly will celebrate.
Griggs-How's that?
Briggs-It's the day he's going to be
married on~.-Brooklyn Life.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-23
Give Thanks for It.

UIVe ThanhS o tt.
II life Is worth Twin
Jest go ahead an strive:
Each day a big Thanksgivin'
That q Teller is alivci
Alive to feel the sunsnine-
Alive to breathe II air:
As man an boy. to feel the Joy
OF simply bein' here!
The day in darkness closes,
But the stars begin to glow;
The world is full OF roses,
In spite o. all the snow!
Washington Star.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-23

INTO a mouse! 1a-aS, thai S n same
old chist, and | LATED at Jim all the way
home for buyin' it. Come outer here
and downstairs and be sum good fur
sumthin'! Guess you'll hold all that
corn and a bushel or so more If Han
ner Bebee had bin the right sort of gal
she'd hev-"
"Durn my hind buttons and gosh-all-
fish-hooks! Hammer. whar be we!
Struck my hide if | hain't broke every
bone in my body and busted myself
all to flinders. Hammer. Hammer"
What's ~happened?'' shouted Han
nah from the foot Of the kitchen stairs.
This blamed old chist has wen and
gone and knocked me head over heels
down them attic stairs and killed me
as dead as a door nail. Hurry up and
git the burned thing off'n mel"
WHY, Uncle Benz" exclaimed Han
nah. as she reached the chamber floor
and found the old farmer doubled up at
the foot of the attic ladder and the old
blue chest holding him fast.
Cit it off n mel" he shouted. That's
Jest like a Bebce! The time your ia
theirs COW fell in the well he took two
hours to think of it and let her die!
Hang it, do We want to break nv back"
You'll soon be Il pirate if you keep,
on cussin'," said Hannah, as she pulled
the chest away and helped him up.
I'm a pirate now. and dog-gone me
if | don't cuss all the rest of the dayl"
shouted Uncle Ben. Thar, durn We,
take that-and that! Why, I'll bust
We all to smash and throw the pieces
into the fire."
1t is needless to explain hat he
kicked the chest instead of Hannah,
and that the busting and smashing
also referred to the ancient-looking re-
ceptacle. The bottom was turned to-
ward him. and the third kick from his
heavy cow-hide a portion of it gave way
and Hannah uttered q shrek of sur
prise.
"Lemme at it. Lemme bust it all
to kindlin's," shouted Uncle Ben, as he
danced around.
Look, Uncle Ben-see there"
"Money-gold and silver-dog-gone
my steers"
Yes, it was money-gold and silver
coins of Holland and Germany. There
was a false bottom to the chest. and
they had been hidden under it for q
dozen years or more. 1t was the chest
of a Holland immigrant. but how it
had gone astray and finally been sold
as unclaimed no one could have found
out, had they wanted to. There was
just seven hundred and fifty dollars in
the find" and Uncle Ben carried it
downstairs in his old fur cap and
poured it out on the bed before the eyes
of the wondering and astonished Grip
pie, and said:
Nancy Black, it's all yours-every
dollar of it, and thar's huff to pay the
mortgage and the doctor and leave We
sumthin' to boot"
And you found i" in the old chcst?"
That's whar' it was, but if the
hamed thing hadn't fell on me nobody
would hcv knowed about it. Nancy,
I'm doggoned glad!"
oh. Uncle Ben, the Lord has not de-
serted me. after ALL" 3he sobbed.
NO, | guess not, but if l hadn't got
mai and cussed and kicked you'd never
hev got it. The Lord sorter helped,
l s'Pose, but cussin' did the most of it,
and from this time on Martha may
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-23

blow all she's a mind to. hlt I'm goin'
to say all the gosh-ail-fish-hooks ]
wanter."-Detroit Free Press.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-23

busted it off with a bunch of herbs and
muttered:
"Whew! but how the dust does git
old chist, and | LATED at Jim all the way
home for buyin' it. Come outer here
and downstairs and be sum good fur
sumthin'! Guess you'll hold all that
corn and a bushel or so more. If Han
ncr Bebee had bin the right sort of gal
she'd hev-"
New-York tribune., 1895-10-25
Giertion Notife.


pa 81 s Election District contain all that
west side Of Avenue from Avenue TO - EsTep
ha. sS part OF the city bounded by and lying north
eSSt Side as' of enh street from Avenue to Avenue b
EsSen!h fSe 4usn,s s,1sst and Tqmpkln. sauare,
hs; stSs par, q city bounded BY ' and lying @
north side Of from seventh street to Esn
that part OF bs sns rt Election District & shall an
slde SIDE Of Eighth street, from Avenue Avenue G. and
street sue OF Avenue from Seventh street to Eghth
part Of rhreh hs c Election District shall contain all M ha, at
from GsSs stree. Sy sna 10 ns Ninth street north side
The s'reet from Avenue to Avenue al tina,
par Of city 6oasdsG BY 1Ss'y and iyns Within
from from ksS street to Ninth east SIDE
part 81 h Election District shall contain all thss
OF Ninth street from Avenue to Avenue c, and east
The nooS S% Mph p.rc .hs all that
hn9s %, the city city bounded by and lying within west side Of
south south, SIDE Of Eas; Tenth street from Avenue to
The Thryfouth Election District shall contain all that
nn %, the city bounded by and lying within west sde Sf
north north side Of East Tenth street. from Avenue TO
The Thirtynnh Election Distrc; shall contain all that
Of East Eleventh street from Avenue to Avenue c. and
eas, side Of Avenue b. from East Tenth street to East
Da THE Of M Ess,sn District shall contain aO all as that at
East Eleventh street from Avenue to Avenue c. east
side OF Avenue b. from East Eleventh street to East
Twelfth street.
The Thirty seventh Election District shall contain AL
that part OF the city bounded by and lying whih soun
slde OF last Twelfth street, from Avenue TO Avenue
East Twelfth street
The Thryeghth Election District shall contain all that
part OF the bounded lying within north sde
Of East Twelfth street from Avenue 10 Avenue g. esst
side OF Avenue r. from East Twelfth street TO Last I
teenth
The Thirtynnth Election shall contain all that
part Of the city bounded within south sde
Of East Thirteenth street from Avenue B 70 Avenue
west side of Avenue C. from East Twelfth street 10 East
Thirteenth
The Fortieth Election District snail contain all that part
OF the city bounded by and lying within sonh sac OF
East Fourteenth street. from Avenue 10 Avenue an
east side of ANenu B from East Thirteenth street to Eas
Fourteenth street.
The Fortyhrst Election District shall contain all that
part of the city bounded by and lying within west SIDE
OF Avenue c. from East Thirteenth street 10 East -Four
teenth street north side Of East Thirteenth street from
Avenue II 10 Avenue c.
The Fortysecond Election District shall contain all that
part of the city bounded by and lying within East -FOUR
teenth street East River East Thirteenth street. )ry
Dock street. East Twelfth and Avenue Q.
The Forty-thd Election District shall contain all mat
part Of the city bounded lying within East Thir
East Twelfth street and Dry Dock street.
New-York tribune., 1895-10-25
rwrxrY-sEcoxD ASSEMBLY DISTRICT

, First Election District shall contain all that par. oe
,h city bounded iy and lying within East Thirty
meet second avenue. East Thry-seventh street and
IGa rd Election District shall contain all that part
Of the bounded BY ana lying WITHIN East IhlEty-nnt
Second avenue East IhFyegh'h street ana Ihlrd
b sird Election District part
street East river East Thrtyeghth street and Second
The Fourth Election District shall contain all that part
o. lne S rei nom East River to Second avenue East
Thirty street east ana %eas saes ., ss avenue
The Fifth Election District shall contain all that part oe
the city bsnsa by @ ana ns Senae TO seeona ayenas
east sid of second avenue from East Thirynn,h street
10 The has sixth Election District shall contain all that pa,s
Il tie city bounded hy and lying within East foreih
street Second East Thry-ninh street and Third
hs seventh Election District shall all that part
Of the city rdei by and lying within East Foretr
street third avenue East Thrty ninth street and Lex
Se Eighth Election Disre; shall contain all shs. part
ond Third avenue. East Fortieth street and Lex
fSs Sia,h Election Dsrc, SHAH contain all that part
~ the ety bounded and lying within East Forty
81 street @ second avenue East rortieh and Third
The Tenth pstrle, shall contain all that par,
OF the city bounded BY and lying within East Forty
street East Rs sh kai Ius ss iHe eosn al &
part OF the city bounded by and y.ns within East Fo.ty-
The Trei:ih Election District shall contain all that part
cad stree Second avenue. Eas, Forty-hrst street and
TIE thirteenth Election olsts: sAan contain all mat
Part cy bounded by and lying within East Forty
Fourth stree Third avenue East FcEysecond street and
Lexington avenue. .
The Fourteenth Election District shall contain all that
part the city bounded by and lying within East Fery.
third second EGs, Forty second street and
Third avenue.
The Fifteenth Election District shall contain all that
part OF the bounded by and lying within East Forty
third street East River East Forty-second street and
Second
Tho sixteenth Election District shal contain all that
part of the bounded by and lying within East Forty
fourth street River East Fo-iythd street and Sec
0nd
The Seventeenth Election District shall contain all that
~ la etfN "a ~ nj wi
fourth second Eas, For,yihrd street ~
Thlrl avenue
psr' ~ tognded by and lying within East Forty
Third East Forty fourth and
Lexington avenue.
The N,noieenth Election District shall contain all that
part Of c.ty bounded by and lying within East Fogs
New-York tribune., 1895-10-25
SIXTEENTH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT

The Frs, Election District shall contain all that part Of
80. nv bounded by lying within stanton street. Can
s. son street Riyington street and Columbia street
re second Election District shall contain all that part
-. bounded and lying wthih stanton street.
SIl,r11hia street RvingtOn street and sherH street
Third Election District shall contain an that part Of
the civ bounded by and Bins wtnin stanton street
sLa,,G street Rivington street and Wilett street
The Fourth Election District shan SIntae an ,ha par
- the cfy bounded b. and lying wtnm stanton street
W,iett street Riviagton street and PIT street - .
The Fifth Election District shai coht az 'nat pai p
M civ bounded by and lying within stanton street, PIT
loo, Rivirgton street and Ridge street - .,. !.
The sixth Election District shan con.A' al a, PAT ni
the city bounded by and lying within ses'" s'e idse
saraet PtylnCton street and clinton street ~ a.. -
& eYnfh Flection District shall contain AL that part
%, ,ne cltv bounded and lying with iaHt houston
.,r.c, Attorney street street
The Eighth Election District shan contain & M Ia par
- The c,ty bounded BY and lying Hiihn hast houston
street Ridge street stanton street anu ii ,a, sr, nj,
rbe Ninth Election District shall contain a. VA, :a
the city bounded ~ and lying wiihih M Mt.as. '' ''
PIT street Stanton and Rlise al ,h., n,r, 80
IT.. Tenth Election District shan epsa r. ,.,ac ,,..
city bounded by and lying VIII. ~, s1reet
Wlet street Stanton street and Pr sreea al ,ha
The Eleventh Distrct spa ssr,,d street
oar, Of the city bounded by ana & ,,sef Fast Houston
sheriff street Stanton street. Wile" S''r''' '' ~
tt.eet and Avenue q. - ..,,atc all ,hs, mar
The twelfth Election District shall contain a' A~' pA'
New-York tribune., 1895-10-25

, r, riectlon District shall contain all that part
~, ~. cv bounded by ana lying within East Fifteenth
street East East Fourteenth street and Avenue A.
81, ~. civ bounded by and lying within East sixteenth
~. t-ss, River East Fifteenth street and Avenue Il
r1,S Election District shall contain all that part
, he city bounded by and lying within south side u
~ -" s,s,s.nth street from Avenue u TO East River.
norm aide of East Sixteenth street from Avenue to
r., ptver and and west sides of Avenue G. from
Eas, stxteenth street East Seventeenth street.
The Fourth Election District shall contain all ihat part
, 49,. liz bounded by and lying within east side of Ave-
mn, II from East sixteenth street = East Seventeenth
street ana north side 4 East sixteenth street from Ave
% Avenue &. -, - -. .
The Fifth Election District shall contain all that part
Of the CITY oundef lying within south side u
East Seventeenth street from Avenue 10 Avenue H. ana
eide II Avenue B. from East Hx'eenih street 10 Ear,
Seventeenth street . .. .
OF the city bounded by and Eng within north side of East
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-06-18
SEATTLE, TUESDAY, JUNE Is.
MIR. BRYAN's ERROR

Mr.. Bryan, OF Nebraska. is in error
when ne says the struggle in the Demo
cratic party is TO determine whether the
goldbugs can use the organization as
vehicle for the advancement of plutoc-
racy or whether the party viii stand up
on Democratic principles. The struggle
really is TO determine whether Il will re-
affirm It's belief IN the financial doctrines
enumerated in its platform OF 1852 or
whether 1t will stand upon Populistic
principles. There Is nothing TO show that
the free and unlimited coinage OF silver
at the ratio OF l6 to ] IL a Democratic
principle. and that is the only principle
that Mr.. Bryan cares a rap about.
II IL were n great principle and an
abiding article OF faith in the Democratic
party, men VINO have left their party.
like Stewart and Jones. to join another
which IL the representative OF free sill
Yer. would have sought rest and solace
In the Democracy. But they didn't. They
came on, full-hedged Populists for the
reason, as they said. that the Populist
party was the only true friend of silver
and the only open and avowed advocate
OF its free and unlimited coinage.
When Mr.. BRYAN. therefore, talks about
free coinage being a great Democratic
principle he is in error. He says he Is
now and always has been a Democrat.
but will not follow the party II II adopts
the gold standard. all of which would in
dicate that his belief in the great car
dinal principles OF the Democracy have
been badly shaken and that a man OF his
watery political convictions ought TO DO
In the Populist ranks rather than in
party which has held firm TO its prn-
cipies for over century. and in the
midst of al sorts OF side issues. isms and
short-lived fanatical movements.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-06-18

rsons. 20 hois. by r-.er1 word juggling. that
the constitution which expressly excluded
ths governor elected by tFe people from
exercising any voice in legislation. permits
the accidental Incumbent. who tempora-
rily fills vacancy. 70 remain member
of tHa legislative body. with snare n
hs deliberations ard vote. Is directly
contrary 10 TIRE whole spirt: OF the instrl-
rnenr. and a construction entirely unwar-
rznted by any except The most narrow
and strained Interpretation OF its language.
The question which arises in Delavars
came I'd. in a somewhat different form.
fn the Federal government on the ac-
cees5on Of Tyler on the death OF President
Harrison. on April 4. tsii- II was a sub
tegt Of dispute as 20 whether Tyler be-
came president or simply acting presi-
dent" without further fornahties- Tyler
settled the matter BY taking The oaths
as president. and was duly inaugurated
as such.
The Federal constitution provides that
in case Of the death. resignation or disa-
tihty OF both the president and vice presf-
dent. congress may pass an act "declar-
ing what officer shall act as president"
Congress has provided that The members
OF the cabinet, in regular succession, COM
rnencng with the secretary OF state, shall
succeed in the event Of the higher Offices
becoming vacant. IN view OF the pre-
ca1ent In the Tyler case, followed also by
FILLMORE, Johnson and Arthur. there ccn
be no question that should the president
and vice president both vacate their CT
fees. the secretary OF state would sue
coed. not as ''actng president" but as
president. and II Is equally clear that by
so doing he would vacate the office OF Sec
rotary OF state. We think no one will dis
pute this latter proposition. which is pre-
cisely the Delaware case. and follows an
instrument substantially similar In Ian
guage 70 the Delaware constitution
On the argument, Col. Dupont's claim
TO a seat in the senate seems perfectly
clear and valid. Whether he will get the
seat is, unfortunately, another matter. The
Democrat and Populist senators. should
they combine unanimously for that pur-
pose. can prevent his taking his seat, and
partisanship Is never entirely absent when
such questions are considered in the sem
ate or any other legislative body in the
country