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The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1896-08-08
Has London Reached Full Growthe ?


The result of the recent census shows
that during the last five years the popu-
lGtion has increased somewhat less rap
idly than it did in the previous ten,
1sSl-1S91. The number of people turned
out to he some $4,000 below the estimate
formed on the basis of 1891. The diff
ference is small, but important, as it
shows that the previous fall in the rate
of increase is maintained. The popula-
tion is growing at Il less and less rapid
pace. At the beginning of the century
it used to increase by more than 20 per
cent. in the ten years between success
sive cenSuses; in 1SS1-1S91 that rate had
fallen to 10.4 per cent, the lowest on
record; and now it is still less. The
movement is not part of general de-
cline; it is peculiar to London, and
seems to indicate that the huge over.
growth of the metropolis has begun to
cure itself. No town can go on growing
indefinitely, and even London-mon-
strous as it is-has not fulfilled the ex-
pectations of earlier statisticians. For
the four years 1S71-74 the average birth
rate was 35.2; for the four years 1s91-94
it was only 800. There has been
gradual and almost continuous fall from
year to year, which has not been coun-
terbalanced by the simultaneous but
slighter fall in the death rate from 22.7
to 1919. Fewer people die in proportion
is the population, but still fewer are
horn. This is explained by the increas-
ing disinclination 10 marry. The mar
riage rates for the two periods con-
trasted are 1916 and 17.3 respectively
st. James Gazette.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1896-08-08

ITO scrape an acquaintance" was
originated by Emperor Hadrian. Onco
when visiting the public bath he found
an old veteran seraping himself with
a piece Of broken crockery, in lieu of an
iron OIL copper scraper. Hadrian gave
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1896-08-08

Jasper-I wonder why Jones whistles
so much.
Jumpuppe--Probably to keep up his
courage. A man who whistles as badly
as he does is in constant danger Of death.
Truth.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1896-08-08

him sum of money to provide the nec-
essary materials for bath. and on his
next visit to the institution found 1t full
of veterans scraping themselves with
potsherds. "Scrape away, gentlemen.
but you shall not scrape an acquain-
tance with me-" was Hadrian's COM
ment as he went out.
The Mena weekly star., 1896-10-07
The rlena Timing Company.

Mir. $. M Edwards. from near As bury, Mo, who has been wholesallng hay and feed shipped here from his home, has closed out this business and organized the Mcna Mining Com pany for the purpose of developing a mine joining the Cossotot mine Being acquainted with the mines of Jasper county, Mo, Mir. Edwards after inwes- tigating the Cossotot mine and seeing the ore being taken out decided to or ganize company and commence min ing.
 He has associated with him Messr S Johnson, Scraggs. Clark, two McGanes brothers, and Kennedy and the com pany propose to go to work at once.
The Mena weekly star., 1896-10-07
A Catholic Church For rIena.

IL Shadel & Co.,, contractors and builders, closed con sract last week for the erection of a Catholic church here, and work has already been com menced on the building. It is to be e6x40 feet in size, and will be located on Mena street north of the court house square. It is understood that this is only temporary building to be replaced with fine stone or brick structure as soon as the town grows and the society becomes stronger.
 When the church is completed neat parsonage will be built for the resident Priest, and it is also understood that a Catholic hospital will be built here in the near future.
The Mena weekly star., 1896-10-07
The Germans are Coming.

MT. H. Shadel, secretary of the Ger man Immigration Society of this city, is daily in receipt of letters from his German friends inquiring about Mena. Among those who have become suffi- ciently interested to determine to lo- cate here is small colony of 15 or 20 from Sumner, Iowa, who have notified Mir. Shadel that they will arrive here on October 15.
 These are all substantial people who come to locate and engage in vari- ous pursuits and to get away from the rigors of the northwestern climate They will 5e welcome to Mena.
The Mena weekly star., 1896-10-07
Freight Depot Enlarged.

It has been found necessary to en- large the freight depot Tt this place to keep pace with the increase of busi- ness, and 24 feet has been added to the west end. This is pretty good indi- cation that Mena is growing town.
 The passenger depot is being pushed to completion us rapidly as possible. and will make a fine appearance when finished. The work is delayed some on account of not being able to get brick.
The Mena weekly star., 1896-10-07
FOR PARTS UNKNOWN.
(. s. Compton Departs Suddenly, Leaving. Victims to TIourn
 rlany Dollars Worth.

About two months ago a young man giving his name as c. $. Compton came to Mena in rather destitute condi- tion. He represented himself as a draughtsman and was given work in the Engineers office. He proved to be a competant workman and soon won the confidence of his associates.
 One day last week he notified his employers here that he had received an offer of work at higher salary in Kansas City, and having accepted it began preparing to go and in few days took his departure.
 1t now appears that among the pre- parations made was to induce c. NJ Ward to cash several person al checks drawn on the American Ma tional Bank at Ft. Smith, for $60, $70 and $1oo, respectively. It also appe ars that the day previous to his starting he was given letter to mail contain ing a check for 800, to be sent to a party by the company and this also was cashed by Mir. Ward, the endorse ment being forged, as the party to whom it was drawn never saw it. There are several other victims here but all for small amounts. Mir. Ward is making an effort to capture Comp ton and has gone to Kansas City in re sponse to a message announcing the arrest of man answering his descrip. tion
The Mena weekly star., 1896-10-07
Cheap Rates to Kansas City.

The Port Arthur route IS selling tickets this week to Kansas City and return for e5.o0. These are sold be- tween the i and T. good to return c t. 3. Also one fare round trip for SlI 10 from to 10, good to return nigh; Of October ii.
The Mena weekly star., 1896-10-07
First Fire in Mena.

Last Monday night fire occurred at the lumber and feed yard of A Banks, on Amsterdam street, burning two bales of cotton, 60 bales of hay, a quantity of corn, 15,ooo shingles and the store house they were in. It IS mt known how the fire originated.
The Mena weekly star., 1896-10-07

Only lifetime is there town located that has tribu country for fifty miles in every drectionalso diyo North South railroad the KANSAS CTYA PTTSBURG & GUILE building due south from Kansas C Port Arthur the Gulf of Mexico. This time it is MENA town in Western Arkansas.
 This railroad opens up the best agricultural lands West Missouri fruit and health belt of Southwest Missouri Western Arkansas.
Arizona republican., 1896-12-05
OBSERVATIONS.

The man with an alcohol-tinted nose seldom deserts his colors. A drunkard is a man who commits suicide on the installment plan A man may smile, and smile, and still be a temperance advocate. A passion for fancy drinks does not always denote love for the beautiful Liquor has peculiar way of getting }Fthe best of a fellow after he gets it down.
 Eve originated the serpentine dance when she waltzed out of the garden of Eden.
 Baseball pitchers, letter carriers and preachers are all judged by their de- livery.
 Some women can see nothing at tractive in this world without the aid of a mirror
 If man is only little lower than the angels, the angels haven't much to be proud of.
 A mans christianity has to stand a pretty severe strain when he steps on a banana skin.
 The woman with a baby and the wo- man without a baby are always sorry for each other.
 Any woman can sharpen lead pen cliff yon give her plenty of time and plenty of pencils.
 The rain does not fal1 alike on the just and the unjust; the latter always has the umbrella.
 A wise man never differs from wo- man except when she says something mean about herself.
 The powder-puff removes more teal stains from the average woman's face than sympathy ever could.
Arizona republican., 1896-12-05

"Only trif1e." you say; perhaps so, but it is best not to trif1e with it. That cough, if neglected, may result in some thing serious, such as bronchitis, pneu- monia, or even consumption. Sore throat, colds, coughs, hoarseness, diff culty of breathing, and similar disor- ders, though so common as to excite no alarm, should be treated without delay The continued irritation of the bron- chial tubes may result in a dangerous inflammation The best remedy to take is Ayers Cherry Pectoral. It is agreeable to the taste, only small doses are needed, and it is always ready for use. Actors, singers, preachers, teach CTS, auctioneers, and all whose vocal organs are severely taxed, declare they prefer this preparation to any other. It affords speedy relief, soothes and heals the irritated mucous membrane, and gives tone, strength and fieXibility to the voice. No other medicine is so prompt to act and so sure to cure as Ayers Cherry Pectoral To it were
 awarded medal and diploma at the Worlds Fair.
Arizona republican., 1896-12-05

There is not the faintest prospect of any legislation on the currency during the coming short session of congress, and the chance for the passage of a revenue bill cannot be regarded as promising, Under these conditions, it seems probable that the treasury will have to struggle on as best it may against a large deficiency of the rev. enue during the three months that re- main to the present administration, and for at least six months of MT. Me Kinley's term. What is more, on Jan uary 1, 1897, a date only four weeks dis tant, $9,712,0OO Pacific railway bonds will fall due. and the funds for their redemption will have to be taken from the treasury balance.
Arizona republican., 1896-12-05
ENCOURAGE SMALL SAVINGS.

The question of postal savings banks is attracting much attention in the United States. Several foreign coun- tries have this system and it is claimed that enormous benefits flow from it. A French writer says it is the savings bank which has taught the workman of France how he can become a capital ist in moderating his consumption to bring it within his production, and in amassing the excess, called savings, in fruitful place in complete security from the bank he learns how capital is formed and how it can be produced. The savings bank is, in fact, a school which seems to be created for the ap- premiership of industrial business. It teaches man to govern himself to re- sist bad, or useless impulses and so aids in building up sound discretion, which is the first success in life. The presence of facilities for saving and obtaining a small interest on ones accumulations affects the character as well as the wealth of the people. Not only is capital created and the rainy day provided against, but habits of so- briety and thrift, which are elements of moral excellence, are greatly pro- noted.
 Various public officials have at times urged upon congress the idea of util- izing the postoffice for the accumula- tion as well as the transmission o1 money, insisting upon it's utility in the
 agricultural districts, but so far con. gress has not deemed the matter ripe for action.
Arizona republican., 1896-12-05
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to be pretty sure death.-(New York Weekly.
 The Boston Transcript says: Miss Victorine Thomas ArtZ, the Chicago woman who gave $1OOOO to the Bos- ton public library for the purpose of forming Longfellow memorial col lection, never made her home in this city, nor even visited here Chicago knows scarcely more of Miss Artz, al though she has dwelt there all her life. She is hermit of her own wish, seemingly has no intimate friends, and scarcely dozen persons, including Metropolitan hotel, where she has lived for three years"
 The Malagasy language is to be added to those taught at the National school of Oriental languages at Paris Professor Aristide Marre will be the instructor He is the author of sev- eral books on Malagasy subjects, and commentaries on certain of the native works. It is expected that men will be trained under him to act as teach CTS in Madagascar, where the French administration requires the French language to be used by natives in the public service. Already a large num- Der of pupils have been entered for Professor Mares courses.
 The story that Carlisle might be of fered and would accept a seat in the Mckinley cabinet, was absurd on the face of it, and did not deserve to be dignifed by a denial However, he says that he wouldn't serve in that ca pacity under any conceivable circum- stances, and there is no doubt that he means it. He has not really been ex- posed to serious danger of being in vited to do so, though his efforts on behalf of sound money during the campaign are as highly appreciated among the Republicans as they de serve to be. He will go out of office with their respect and esteem as one of the faithful among myriads of the faithless in his now shattered party.
 The London Daily News quotes tht
 following description of Cape Tow1
 from a private letter: This place i!
 going ahead very fast, and all the bus mess streets are being rebuilt in tn, modern style, in several stories, witl ornamental fronts. Electric trans ar running in every direction, and WI
 are to have pier and an esplanade a
 last, like an ordinary British seaport
 AS for bicycles, their name is legion
 and there are several flourishing club
 of wheelmen and wheelwomen. But 5 alas! the dreadful cattle plague is ad , vancing rapidly upon us and cattle il
 thousands are being shot all over tn country How it will end God onl knows. It is by far the greatest mis :. fortune that has ever overtaken Sout 5 Africa. The government has alread l spent more than million sterling i
 trying to keep it out of the colony, as
 if it once gets a foothold here, it wi mean ruin to thousands of countr l people.
Arizona republican., 1896-12-05
CAMPANINI.

Italo Campanini, who died few days ago, was almost the last of the group of famous lyric artists that made Ital- ian opera for the generation that is now middle aged. For many years Campanini was the beau ideal of an It. allan tenor. His name was looked for lon a programme as that of Jean de Reszke is today, and as Patti's was in the days when she sang regularly three or four times in a week. He was the successor of Mario, after sing ing contemporaneously with him for years. Giuglini was not forgotten when Campanini stepped from the ranks of the Garibaldian army to the grand opera stage and showedf the world that new tenor had arrived to 1 take the place of voiceworn old favor | ties. CampaniniS wide range of char acters, his vigorous interpretations dramatically as we'll as musically and his ability to win personal friends, all
 combined in making him picturesque figure. The fact that he proved him.
 self on the field of battle to be brave
 and patriotic made him hero to his
 countrymen, while his contributions
 to the history of musical achievement. will give him as permanent a place il
 the memory of the world at large a!
 any vocal artist can expect.
Arizona republican., 1896-12-05

One who will take the trouble and time to visit the different departments at Washington can not help feeling that the country would be better off il a few hundred of the en- ployes were returned to pri- vate lifeg The civil service law admirable though it is, has thrown its mantle over good many long-haired scrubs who would better be hoeing corn down south.
Arizona republican., 1896-12-05
THIS BUSY WORLD.

Evidences of osperity.-Jaspar- Jones must be getting along better and making money now.
 Jumpuppe-Why?
 Jaspar-He owes me money and he dodges out of my way now, instead of meeting me brazenly as he used to. -(Truth.
 Within the Law-Wild-eyed Man l want lot of poison right off.
 Drug Clerk-It's against the law to sell poison to people who look as if they want to commit suicide; but I'll let you have a bottle of Dr. Black Sequin's Elixir of Life. That seems
Arizona republican., 1896-12-05
NONE BUT AYERS AT HI
 WORLDS FAIR.

Ayers Sarsaparilia enjoys the ex- traordinary distinction of having been the only blood purifier allowed an ex- hibit at the Worlds Fair. Chicago. Manufacturers of other sarsaparillas sought by every means to obtain a showing of their goods, but they were all turned away under the application of the rule forbidding the entry of patent medicines and nostrums. The decision of the Worlds Fair authori- ties in favor of Ayers Sarsaparilla was in effect as follows: Ayers Sarsapa- rilla is not a patent medicine. It does not belong to the list of nostrums. It is here on it's merits"
Arizona republican., 1896-12-05

California; s gold output this year will be about 1s,O00,OOO, an increase of $4,000,000 over last year But far more valuable than this to the state is it's majority for honest money and good government. It was obtained in the face of heavy odds and complete fusion of the revolutionary elements and so the name and fame of California stand higher than ever before.
Arizona republican., 1896-12-05
THEY CANNOT DO IT.

Since the election there has been considerable discussion of the proposi- tion that the state legislatures may, if they choose, make Mexican silver dol lars legal tender within their respect i've states. This proposition is put afioat at irregular intervals by men who have read in the constitution of the United States that no state shall make anything but gold and silver a legal tender, but have not read that provision in the same instrument that congress shall have the power 'to reg ulate the value of foreign coins" In pursuance of this power congress has enacted law which requires the sec retary of the treasury at stated inter vals to declare the value of foreign coin. No state can make any foreign coin, whether of gold or silver, legal tender at any other valuation than that announced by the secretary of the treasury in pursuance of the law re- ferred to. The values given to the coins of the various countries by their own laws have no bearing on their value ir this country. Congress can make ar English sovereign or a Mexican dollar legal tender for any fixed valuation
 and no state can make either a lega | tender for any greater amount.
Arizona republican., 1896-12-05

Eastern farmers who have wheat on hand stand a good chance of getting one dollar bushel for it. Pennsyl- vania farmers last week received nine tyfve cents a bushel The assertion made before election that the rise in wheat was purely a Wall street scheme appears to be not warranted by the facts.
Arizona republican., 1896-12-05

As Cleveland's forthcoming message will be his last one, he should not omit to express in it his grateful apprecia- ton of the Republican support with out which he might even have had diff iculty in getting an appropriation for his salary.
Arizona republican., 1896-12-05

Senator Gorrnan's friends announce that he will make fight for re-elec> tion next year. The Republican ma- jority in Maryland is now 92,00O, and the harder MT. German fights the larger it grows.
Arizona republican., 1896-12-05

The conference now going on at Can ton shows that Mckinley is not pig headed He will not, like Cleveland, ignore the men who brought about his election, assume to be greater than his party and eventually put it on ''the hog train"
Arizona republican., 1896-12-05

In about a week the delegates to the Irrigation congress will begin as sembling here. The local committee is we'll up with it's work and the out look for successful meeting is very bright.
Arizona republican., 1896-12-05

AS an emergency medicine, Ayers Cherry Pectoral takes the lead of all other remedies. For the relief and cure of croup, whooping cough, sore throat, and the dangerous pulmonary troubles to which the young are so liable, it is invaluable, being prompt to act, sure to cure.
Arizona republican., 1896-12-05
PHOENIX. DECEMBER 5. 1896.

It is unnecessary to explain that those eastern people who are creating a trust in trunk locks are not railway baggage men.
Arizona republican., 1896-12-05

The colOred brother doesn't seem to be getting there. The next congress will contain only one black man, and he is White.
Arizona republican., 1896-12-05

The New York Sun argues that Mark Hanna is a humbug. Campaign mana gers who tried to thwart his plans are inclined to regard Hanna as the real stuff.
Arizona republican., 1896-12-05

It is said that General Weyler can go thirty-six hours without eating. The rate at which he goes depends on how close he thinks Maceo is behind him
Arizona republican., 1896-12-05

Some of our Democratic friends act as if they are afraid Mckinley will get good cabinet. The major may be re- lied upon not to set up any freaks in his political family.
Arizona republican., 1896-12-05

If you are anxious to find the most reliable blood-purifier, read in Aver S Almanac the testimonials of those who have been cured of such terrible diseases as catarrh, rheumatism and scrofula, by the use of Ayers Sarsa- parilla. Then govern yourself ac- cordingly.
Arizona republican., 1896-12-05

passages of the head, throat and lungs, Ayers Cherry Pectoral will be found a specific. This preparation allays inflammation, controls the dis position to cough, and prevents con- sumption.
Arizona republican., 1896-12-05

For every variety and phase of the many diseases which attack the ai1
Arizona republican., 1896-12-05

Word comes from all quarters tha
 the neatest and most satisfactory dy, for coloring the beard a brown or blacl is Buckingham Dye for the Whiskers
Arizona republican., 1896-12-05
.fHE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN.
The Treasure TerritOry'S Chief Newspaper.
CHARLES 0. RANDOLPH,
 EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
The Official Citv Paper

MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Arizona republican., 1896-12-05

Publication Office: 3S Adams Street. Tele- phone No. 47.
Arizona republican., 1896-12-05

Entered at the postoffice at Phoenix, Arizona, .s mail matter of the second-ciass.
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