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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03
Flag Pole Raising.

The Mckinley and Lewis Club at
G~ordonville will raise Il Mckinley
ila@ pole at Gordouvilie on Cctoltr
9Th at | O'Clock p. IN. and AZ night the
club will give Il grand bail in Siemer's
Hall. Everybody i invited 10 both
the pole raising and ball. and q GOOD
time i Guaranteed.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03

will never r,gre sending three IN
stamps TO pay postage. To : =. Ord
way y Co.. Boston. Mass. for 4 copy
of Dir. haufmann's grea: Medical
WORK: 100 pages. colored illustrations:
OF great value to every family.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03

There is not a jury case in the Com
mon Pleas Court for the present term
and the jury was discharged this morn
ing.
The Board of Directors of the Fair
Association held a meeting yesterday
and agreed 10 give fifty dollars to the
Cap-a-ha fund.
Writing paper, pens and tablets at
Glenn's.
You will never have chills if you
take the old reliable and pleasant DR..
R.A. Armistead's Ague Tonic. Two
sizes 90 cents and $l.G per bottle.
John Sherwood will do business Oh
the Fair grounds again this year Mr..
Sherwood is a clever gentleman.
See Glenn's carpets and rugs
Rev. Marvin T. Haw left on the l:40
train for Charleston, where he goes to
attend the annual conference. His
congregation ard many others earn
estly hope to see him return to this
city for another year.
Pork hogs will not be worth as
much this year as they we're last year.
The price of meat has been declining
for some time.
The Democrats will not allow Cleve-
lands picture in the count house when
they have public speaking.
Buy your oil cloth rugs Tor your
stoves Of Glenn.
Hicks says w vii! nave i hot spell
of weather about the 18th OF October.
That will be good for our Fair.
Boys will be boys. but you can't
afford to lose any Of them. BE ready
for the green apple season by having
DeWitt's Cole and Cholera Cure in
the house. For sale by j. Maple Viii
son Druggist.
New clothing for men. boys and
children at Glenn's.
From now on till Fair week is a
good time for merchants to let the
people know what they have to sell.
Country people will be watching the
newspapers to see what merchants are
Offering the best inducements to buy
ers and they will get acquainted with
the merchantwhOse advertisement they
read in the paper.
Poison Ivy. insect bites. bruises.
scalds. burns. are quickly cured by
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salre. the
great pile are. For sale by J. Ma
pie Wilson, Druggist.
Fine soft ''downy' quilts az Glenn'<.
Our millers + paying t~ifty-eight
cents per busheI for wheat. As the
prospects of McKinley election bright
The price of wheat advances.
WEn\E'EnA Az
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03
Die speaking.

vt the Court House this evening at
30 o'clock me Hon. Ed !. itnz.er
will address the citizens OF this city on
the issue of the day. His reputation
as an eloquent speaker insrres an III
teresting discourse. Let every body
hear him.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03
THURSDAY

Henry Schultz, Of Gordonville. was
in the city to-day. Mr.. Schultz had
his name enrolled on the Great I;eii-
gious Weekly list.
Trimming silks, Persianand spangle
braidS at Glenn's.
DR.. Sawyer:-Dear Sir: ! can say
with pleasure that | have been usin6
your medicine, and will recommend it
to all suffering ladies.
MRR. W. w. WEATHERSHEE.
Augusta. Ga.
Sold at }. Maple Wilson's drug store.
Mrs. Ida Williams returned home
from Bloomfield this week where she
had been for several weeks.
New Overcoats for men. boys and
children at Glenn's.
John Kicker purchased the property
sold to-day at partition sale. The
property is located on Good Hope
street and Mr.. Kicker got it at a bar
gain.
At this season OF the year colds gen
orally effect the lungs worse than nj
any other time. DR.. Bells Pine-TaT-
Honey will break a cold in less time
than any known remedy. anditstrength-
ems and iDvigorat"s the lungs and
bronchial tubes.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03

Have you any silver bullion which
you could get coined into dollars under
free coinage? If not, would you not
have to produce something in order to
get the silver money which would be
turned out of the minis? And il a six
teen to one law doubled the price Of sill
yer, how would that make 1t easier for
you to get any Of it?
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03
WEDNESDAY

The City Council wilImeet irregular
session ext Monday night.
Lae Joyce has moved to the Houck
farm at the north erd of the Rock
Levee.
Comforts. comforts and blankets at
Glenn's.
Three fingered Jack from Marble
Hill was in the city yesterday and to-
day. He rot so full of bng Juice to-
day thai a policeman had Il put him
to bed in 4 quiet place.
Blue H;bbon school shoes for boys
and girls II Glenn's.
Ii You have ever seen IA little child
in the agony of summer complaint,
you can realize the danger of the
trouble and appreciate the value of
instantaneous relief always atTored
by D.EVitt'S Collie and Cholera Cure.
For dyscn.ery and diarrhoea it is IA
reliable remedy. We could o afford
to recommend this d. = curc unless
it we're q one. For sale ny J.. Maple
wilson. Druggist.
Boys school suits at GIcnn's.
County Courthas been in session since
Monday. Vt this meetingof the cour,
the judges "f election will he selected.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03

- TVUET"VT > -"
Burris, Miss Eva Bust, Miss Emily
Baptist Minister Cob Bales, Mr.. Elmer
Carroll, Mrs. Mariah Davis, Mrs. Martha
Erwin, Miss Nora Grutcher, Mr.. Harry
Gibncy. Mr.. George Gretsclen. II. ID.
Hope, Miss Maria- Hit, Mrs. Amanda e
Hutchen. Mr. Ben Hesman Mr.. NOUS \
iIPrviIle, Mr.. Tom Heiser, Miss Mile
HUFFMAN. Edwin ;. Hartle, Mr.. John Ii.
Hopper, Miss Sallie McClain, Mr.. Annie
MintOn, Mr.. John w. Market, MIR. James
Miller, Emmet. More, Mr.. John
Nptterfield, W. { % Smith, Jacob Il
swan, Mr. Anthony Sickfelt, Mr.. August
sheppard. Mrs. Mary TAFT. Mr.. e.
Persons calling tor any Of the above letter
will please say Advertised" giving date %
the list. II not called for within two week,
they will be- sent to the Dead Letter Onicr n
Washington City. o. CIR AMER
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03

See To 1t That Your Salary Doesn't Shrink.
This represents the purchasing power
of the weekly wages of a man who earns
$1,000 a year under the gold standard.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03

Remaining uncalle't for in the post Office OF
Cape Girardeau, county of Cape Girarieau,
State of Missouri. for the week ending
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03

This is what his pay would buy under
free silver with the debased dollar as
the unit of values.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-14
Alive Four Months In a Grave.

Hari Das, the great Hindu fakir,
who lived in the first half Of the cen.
tury, is the only wonder worker Of mod.
ern times who has ever allowed himself
to be buried in the ground for months.
In the year 1889 Hari told General Ven.
tura that for certain fee he would al.
low committee to test the claims
which he made of being able to die and
remain dead for months and then come
to life again. When all was arranged,
Hari hypnotized himself to such a de.
gree that his circulation was wholly
stopped. When he was pronounced dead
to all intents and purposes, he was bur.
led in a garden and high wall built
around the grave. Guards were station.
ed on the wall so that interference OF
deception would be impossible. Fou,
months later Hari was exhumed accord
ing to agreement, and after few min
utes of vigorous rubbing of his body by
friends he opened his eyes and an hour
later he was well and able to walk.
The fakir was clean shaven when buried,
and is said to have come out of the
grave in the same shape, fact which is
cited to prove that vitality must have
been completely suspended.-St Louis
Republic.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-14

Although an Englishman, Leighton
was brought up abroad. and this is NO
doubt sufficient reason why his works
seem to stand apart from those of his
contemporaries of the English school.
Born at Scarborough ON the Sd of De-
cember, 1880, the son of a doctor, he
was taken abroad ut a very early age
on account of his mothers delicate
health. In 1910 the Leightons went to
Rome, where he learned drawing regu
larly under Signor Nell. They then
moved to Dresden and Berlin, where he
attended classes at the academy. In
1S43 he was sent to school at Frank
fort, and in the winter of the following
year accompanied his family to Florence.
1t was here that his future career was
finally settled. His father consulted Hi
ram Powers, the celebrated American
sculptor, who, in answer to the ques-
tion, ''Shall make him an artist:' re-
piled, Sir, you have no choice in the
matter; nature has done it for you. -
Cosmo Monkhouse in Scribner's.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-14
International Arbitration

The real obstacle in the way of inter.
national arbitration is not SO much q
lack of efficacy in the method as the
lack Of disposition to try it. The sys.
tenn Of arbitration necessarily presup.
poses that nations desire an amicable
adjustment of their differences. Such
an adjustment may be prevented either
by willful opposition to it or by the
adoption Of a style Of controversy that
will render argument impracticable.
Against such obstacles it is difficult to
contend, since their direct tendency and
effect Is to bring about a collision be.
fore an arbitrator can intervene. It is
obvious that arbitration can no more
afford an absolute safeguard against
such contingencies than can system of
municipal law absolutely prevent men
from attempting to settle their differ
ences by fighting i'll the street, if they
desire thus to revert to primal condi-
tions. Yet severe penalties, strictly en-.
forced. may reduce such chances to q
minimum. and IL is conceivable that a
scheme of international action might be
devised 30 comprehensive as to render q
resort TO war exceedingly difficult and
hazardous The Possibilities Of Per.
manent Arbitration" in Century.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-14
What the Editor Heard.
AsToRY FROM CAYuGAco., NY.
suas Pennel1, OF Eiles, n. r., Tells Of Q
Miracle OF the Nineteenth
Century.

(from the CayuGa Co., ". T.. Independent,
Hearing through Messrs Allen & Burch.
druggists of Niles, that Mr. SiRs z. Pen.
nell, respected citizen of that town had
been cured Of bad ease OF sciatic rheuma-
tisn, by the use Of DIR. Williams Pink Pills
Tor PaIe People, the editor of the Cayuca
County Independeat determined to Know
the truth OF the matter and went out to
Miles. M. Pencil is a farmer and has a
neat and comfortable home near Niles. We
asked Nr. Penneil IL u was true that be had
oeen cured q! had ease Of rheun,aiisr l., by
DR.. Wiiiianis' Pink Pills lie said that
thrre years ago in August 1891, lie was
seized with severe pains in the hip. Just
where the .ciatic nerve is, which gradually
ran down his leg making life a misery &c
him but not preventing him from doing
some work on the farm. Soon after he u Is
loading hay when he slipped of the ,uad
and hit his hip ON the wheel. After this
ne was worse, suffering great agony, and
for some time was unable 20 do any work
He took such medicines as his pIysician
prescribed and improved somewhat 20 that
nc could help some around the farm rcain.
About Thanksgiving time he was help.nC ia
put away come barrels of cider which he had
made. when he strained h.mself and arair
became helpless. lie then tried arc,ler
physiciaa who felt confident of curin. him
BY the NE IF the electric battery md ric,ii.
zines which he prescribed. But fai,u:. wss
the re alt, he get no better, and another
physician wGs tried end treated him for
s..n, tine. BY this tine his whole body
vas affected. Sharp pains would start in
MS hand or foot, run up one side Of his
body, over his shoulders and then down the
.,h'r SIDE end then Pass Oh for n short tine
These pains would return regularly. acct.
N. his whole body. and nothing seemed &c
relieve him and he began to despair If eve:
being we'll. In the spring of 1s.2 n relative
~ another county read Of case very nj.
iar u Nr. Ponrcll's. which had been cured
~ fins Pi,is, ard sent the article To- him.
skin. IL il DID not suit his case Wa,
very similar and he determined 10 try H., m.
iir c,ri'neEcci taking Pink Pills and ston
cit better, the pains became less violen,
.sith longer intervals between them. lie
fclt encouraged and persevered in IN. ir use
;nd soon became able to work On the f., m.
mi in April or May he felt 20 free f.. N
pain that b, considered himself a well nan
t-s.n. lie says lie has probably taken &C
BOXES and abe to do as good a days work as
NV other man, and we can say that he
looks like hale and hearty man who had
never known sickness.
DIR. Williams Pink Pills contain all the
elements necessary to give new life end rich.
ness to the blood and restore shattered nerves.
They are for sale by all druggists. or may be
bad 10y mail from DR.. Williams Medicine
Company. Schenectady. N. Y, for Soc. pey
box, or six boxes for $3.50.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-14
DEATH RESULTS IN OKLAHOMA.
Woman Killed in the Ruins of Her Hous
and Other Fatalities RumOrct.

Woman Killed In the Ruins Of Her House
and Other Fatalities Ru,norcd.
ST, LOUIS, May IA special to The
Republic from Perry, o. T, says: Yester-
day and last night Oklahoma was visited
by cyclone. At Marshall, twenty five
miles southwest Of here, Mrs Jones was
fatally injured by the wind blowing down
her house. Ten miles west of Saltwater a
terrific cyclone raized a dozen houses in
one community and hurt several persons
badly. but not fatally. Growing crops
were badly damaged in its path. 1t made
its way to the northeast and caused de-
struction as it went. This was about 8
O'Clock at night, but the path of the cy-
clone being forty miles east of here no
further news can DO obtained.
RumOrs are that several persons were
killed near Dawson and Jennings, thirty
miles east of saltwater. but the reports
cannot be verified. Parties arriving from
White Rock township, in the northwest
part of this county, report that very de-
structive wind, hail and r;I:nstorm visited
cast Of Grant county at Sclock at night
and did great damage to crops. Wheat is
nearly up and corn two feet high, and in
the path Of the storm it was completely
beaten to the ground
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-14
SUGAR MAKING IN CUBA.
The Crude Methods That Were In Us
Twenty Years Ago.

The Crude Methods That Were In Use
Twenty Years Ago.
Twenty years ago, III those times of
slavery and high prices, but little atten-
ton was given to machinery or cngi-
neering. Planters were content to get
what tonnage of cane they could from
an acre of land
The cane was brought to the sugar
house, where the laborers slowly put it
on the carrier, passing it to the mill,
where it was rolled or ground between
the rolls Of three roller mill to extract
the juice, getting an extraction Of 55
per cent out of possible IS or SO per
cent of the whole weight in the cane.
The cane was brought to the sugar
house train which was set Of four
or five kettles set in brickwork. having
strong fire under the smallest or
strike" kettle. The flames passed un-
der and around all the kettles, the un.
consumed gases escaping through a
chimney. The combustion was SO imper-
feet that at night flames could be seen
many feet high, coming from the top of
the chimney.
The largest of these kettles received
the raw juice, and there it was lined
and skinned as the impurities rose. 1t
was then ladled to the next kettle in
succession, each time being thickened in
density and reduced in bulk by evapora-
ton until it arrived at the strike"
kettle, where skilled attendant knew
the exact point at which to stop the fire
and ladle out the mass into the crystal
LIKING pans, in which it was allowed to
COOL
In a few days it was firm enough to
be taken out, placed in hogsheads and
allowed to drain in the storehouses,
losing at least one-sixth in dripping mo-
lasses The hogsheads were then repack-
ed and placed ON carts and drawn many
miles to the railroad for shipment to
the merchants stores at the seacoast,
where they were again allowed to drain,
were repacked, reweighed and sold. thus
piling up an expense account that made
the profits look slim; but, as sugar was
selling at a high rate. these expenses
could be borne. "A. W. Colwell in Cas-
sier's Magazine. -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-14
me Terrible African Fever.

During 1882 we built Kimpoko and
Gobila stations. explored the Kwa and
Mimi rivers, and discovered Lake Leo
pold II, but on returning from this voy.
age / was attacked by violent fever.
1t was my second experience Of the dan
gerous hematuric type. was uncon
scious for days, and on recovering my
senses found that my legs had swollen
to an immense size. For month after
ward it appeared to me as if quarter
Of q hundredweight of mercury had been
injected into each leg.-Hsnry n. Stan
lsy In Century. s
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-14
FRESH WATER UNDER The SEA
obtained by Divers From Springs Over.
laid by Salt Water

laid BY Salt water.
The hottest region en- the earth's sur.
face is on the southwestern coast of Per.
STA, on the border Of the Persian gull.
For 40 consecutive days in the months
ct July and August the mercury has been
known to stand above 100 degrees in the
shade, night ard day, and to run up as
high as 1870 degrees in the afternoon.
At Bahrein, in the center Ct the most
torrid part of this most torrid belt. rs
though it were natures intention IN
make the place as unbearable as possi-
bic. water from wells is something I'M
known Great shafts have been sunk to
n depth of Ice, geo, 800, and even 500
feet, but always with the same result
no water.
This serious drawback rotwithstapd.
ing, a comparatively numerous popula-
ton contrivss to live there, thanks TO
cOpiCrs springs which burst frcni the
bottom of the gulf moro than q nile
from the shora Tie water from these
springs is obtained in most curious and
novel manner. Machadores (divers).
whose sole occupation is that Of furnish
ing the people Of Bahrein with the life
giving fluid. repair to that portion of
the gulf where the springs arc situated
and bring away with them hundreds of
bags full of the water each day. The
water Of the gulf where the springs
burst forth is nearly 200 feet deep, but
these macnadores manage to fill their
goatslsin sacks by diving to the bottom
and holding the mouths of the bags over
fountain jets-this, too, without allow
ing the salt water Of the gulf to mix
with it. The source of these submarine
fountains is thought to be in the hills
of OsmOnd, 400 or 500 miles away. Ee-
ing situated ut the bottom Of the gulf,
it is mystery how they We're ever dis
covered, but the fact remains that they
have Teen known since the dawn Of his
tory.-Public Opinion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-14
FOCAL Life LONE A~o-

The stately danes Of the court Of Ed.
ward Nv rose with the lark. dined at
II a. IN and retired to rest at 8 in the
evening Henry VIII went back to 10
Ill the morning for dinner and had
supper at 4 In Queen Bess' days her
maids of honor began the day with a
round OF beef OF red herring and fiagon
OF ale for breakfast at about 6 80 aud
dined at II. and then went to the play
house in the afternoon. not later than
2. sometimes as early as 10: 80. accord
ing TO the order Of the play and the day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-14
Long Drawn Out.

Private John Allen of Mississippi was
standing near the corner of Delaware
avenue and First street, when q man
who had his hand IN his stomach came
up and said:
BEG pardon, but you have the lcok
of a physician-an eminent physician. -
"Oh, I'm no doctor!' modestly re-
piled the Tupelo statesman.
''Sorry for that, but perhaps you can
give me some information. What are
the symptoms Of poisoning:''
Have you been poisoncd?' exclaim-
ed Allen, thoroughly alarmed.
s"Well, l have queer feelings in nv
stomach. - the man remarked.
''Is it burning scnsation?' sy1npa-
thetically inquired the Mississippian.
"No."
''Do you have spasmodic pairs?'
''Not yet"
"Feel shivery, with great thirst and
heat?''
'No, nothing like that I feel q ccm-
plete goneness for about foot no and
down here, and every time 1 think of
ham and eggs my mouth waters
why, it may be hunger" suggested
the private with much concern.
81 shouldn't bit wonder if it was,
being haven't eaten anything fer SO
hours"
"Humphp' muttered John Allen, as
he surveyed the man three or four
times and then handed him % cents,
saying:
my friend, better get some new
scheme. 1t takes too long to come to the
point in this. '-Washington Cor. New
York Tribune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-14
RAIN By THE TON.
st. Louis DeIuged by a Down.
pour Of Dampness.
WIND BLOWS A YOUNG TORNADO,

Sheets Of Water Take the Lightning Out
Of the Trolley and Stop the Street Car.
Two Men Drowned in the River and
Much damage Done to Property-Cy.
clone in Oklahoma That Is Fatal q
Well AS Destructive.
ST. LOUIS, May 14.-One of the most
terrific forty mile per hour wind and rain
storms that ever struck this city prevailed
yesterday afternoon between $50 and 6
O'Clock. During that time OBS inches Of
water fell. most Of it within five minutes.
Trees, signs. chimneys, smokestacks,
house roofs and tels,raph and telephone
poles with their burden of wire were pros
trated in various sections of the city. The
continuous and heavy streams of water
which fell formed connection between
the trolley wires and the ground, causing
the escape Of the fluid which resulted in
a stOppage Of ears all over the city during
the storm.
Two Men Drowned In the River.
Two unknown men in q skiff near the
Illinois side of the river were drowned by
the capsizing of their boat, and two more
who were thrown out of q yacht by the
violence of the wind had narrow escape
from death. At Fifteenth and Washing.
ton streets the large wooden spire of the
German Lutheran church was twisted 90
badly that its fall is expected momentarily.
The 25OfOot smokestack of the Anthony g.
Kuhn brewery was blown down. In fall.
ing it struck the corner of the brew house,
cutting 1t off clean to the ground. The
same storm prevailed throughout Mis-
souri,, Kansas, Nebraska, Arkansas and
the lower and central Mississippi velley
Much Damage in East st. Louis.
The wind seems to have been stronger
In East st. Louis, Ills, than anywhere
else in this vicinity. About GOO feet Of
wooden sidewalk on Missouri avenue was
picked up and blown across the street.
The planks were lifted so high that they
broke down the trolley wires, stopping the
street railway service. A large force Of
men was put at work repairing the dam
age.