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sores. We had three different doctors.
Pieces of bone came out of the sores. The
last doctor said the leg would have to be
cut open and the bone scraped, before he
could get well. Howard became so low
that he would eat nothing, and one doc
tor said there was no chance for him.
Gone day, newspaper recommending
Hoods Sarsaparilla was left at our door.
We decided to try this medicine. Howard
commenced taking it the last OF February,
after having been sick for year and q
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SIX T HIS r E E T NJ E T n o D T
Church, between X and I-Preaching in
the morning at 10 :45, and in the evening
at 1880, by Rev. j. P. Macaulay. Sab
bath-schodl at 12:15; w. w. Lewis,
Superintendent.
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EMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH, COR
ner Twenty-fifth and N streets-Rev. A.
]. Sturtevant, pastor. Preaching at II
a. M and 1880 d. m.
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MONEY
SAVING
PRICES
MONEY SAVING DISHES
u MONEY SAVERS

Lunch Buckets, Coffee Pots, Cream
Pitchers, Oat Meal Bowls, Custard
Cups, Spooners, Plates, Dairy Pans,
Hand Basins. 30 each, or for 2oc.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-12
EMlR OF BOKHARA.
Cows Gracefully to the VIII of the Rus.
sian Government.

Cows Gracefully to the VIII of the Rus
sian Government
The emir of Bokhara is one OF the
most cautious and calculating of orien-
tails. who knows how to bow gracefully
. 20 the inevitable and to take credit to
himself for not batterin" his own ven
I cradle head against Il granite wall. l
! remember = striking incident that char
actrrizes his practical philosophy and
his iuborr Sa"acitv.
Some time ago the finance minister,
VI. Witte. determined to erect 4 custom
house III Eokhara. and TO levy duties on
all products and manufactures entering
into the country. 1t was generally be-
lievcd hat this innovation would dis
please the emir. who enormously sup
posed that the proceeds of the customs
would go to Eli the Russian eXchequer.
The finance minister. therefore, called
upon him with a number of statistical
documents and official returns. n care
full study of which would. he thought,
convince the emir of the advantages OF
the measure. but hat careful study
never took place. The minister began
the conversation by asking whether he
was aware of the nature of the proposed
change. The emir said he was. 1T is
in your own interest" remarked the
finance minister. "as you can convince
yourself from these documents" But
the oriental prince merely asked: rs
this being done with the knowledge and
consent Of his majesty the czar??" I'm
doubtedly it is" replied NJ. Witte.
'Then his maiesty's will he done" X
claimed the Asiatic ~potcntate, and the
conference came TO q sudden and salts
factory end.
The emir has made strenuous and
perSevcring efforts to Introduce Russian
civilization into his domains. and il
cannot he gainsaid that in this respect
his subjects of to-day compare most Ia
vorablv with their barbaric fathers.
This Is one Of the reasons why he is
liked and hOnored in Russia. He is q
very wealthy man, with simple tastes
and 4 passionate love of that species Of
shopping which in England is reserved
for the ladies'. His food differs in no
wise from that OF his suite. and n o.
the ever-recUrrin% dishes consists OF
cake fried in the fat of rams. and known
in the vernacular as ~parvanitshi, which
would give Pantagruel himself 4 fit of
indigestion. The emir knows the cost
Of every quality of silk. calico. chintz
and cotton stuff in every city of Russia,
ard he ha@gles for Il long time over 4
farthing in the price of the yard. He
never visits hat country without pur-
chasing large quantities of these stutTs,
which he. in his capacity as monarch.
can take home duty free. Then he sells
them ut 4 considerable profit to his ma
tive merchants. who enjoy no such priv
ileges. No mar is more careful of his
money than the prince of Bokhara, and
Vet on occasion he can be as generous as
the most prodigal.-London Telegraph
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-12
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Germany has 90. 200 university stu
dents this term. the law students out
numbering those studying in any
other faculty.
-Mashonaland being in revolt, it's
bishop has concluded to stay in Eng
land till the disturbance is over and
collect money for his diocese.
Public baths are not beneficial on
sunday. says the vestry OF Bow, Lon
don; II any rate. lot beneficial enough
20 make up for the attendants break
ing the Sabbath hy working.
Lord Kelvin. whose jubilee As pro-
fessor of natural philosophy in the
University Of Glasgow has just been
celebrated. was only - when appoint
ed 70 that position. Lord Kelvin did
much TO accomplish the laying of the
Atlantic cable.
y Canterbury pilgrimage started
from =. Ethelred's church in Holborn
q few days ago. passing through the
streets of London and Rochester 10
lis destination. II was I religious pill
gTimaTe of the Guild OF Our Lady of
Ransom.
ST. Au-uStine'S Benedictire priory
n Bams~are has been made an abbey
by the pope. being the first English alb
hey OF black Penedictine friars since
the reformation. The new abbot has
the old title of Abbot OF St. Angus
tines. Canterbury.
-OxfCrd'S AShmOIeOn museum.
where are kept the archaeological col
lections and the university pictures.
was struck by lightning recently and
set on fire. but the damage was con-
fined to the building. no harm being
done 20 the collections.
y Miss Pottle. who was school
mistress At a place called Ponder's
End. in England. was recently dis
missed for t~am2ering with the school
registers. though Il WAS pretty clearly
shown that the alterations had been
made by the board which dismissed
her.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-12
HUMOROUS.

Uncle Rube-'Say, don't electric
.ars kill people pretty often round
here?" ~Slopsy-"Naw; only oncet-"-
Cp-to-Date.
1--WE must part now darling. but 10
make the separation less abrupt. l am
going on 4 slow train Flegende
Blaetter.
AT this point she broke down and
Tept scalding tears" Dear me! She
must have been boiling over with rage"
Cincinnati Enquirer.
-Noses-"Dat ar is a likely-lookin'
mule. RaStus." Rastus-'Yo' find out
ae's mon likely ef you git neah m; he's
.iable."-Cincinnati Enquirer.
-Fuddy-'In a tight place, Ell? Not
positively stranded, l hope" buddy
No. not entirely; We still have a large
floating debt."-Boston Transcript.
Have YOU read that article How to
Tell 4 Lad Egg" No. I haven't: but
my advice would be if you have any
thing important to tell a bad egg. why.
break il gently."-Household Words.
-Dick-"But how do you know he is
a sign-painter?:" Harry-'Because he
wrote 4 sentence in which there were
six aYostrophes. and he got every single
one OF them in the wrong position
Boston Transcript.
-Stabiekeeper Creferring 10 robe)-
by the way. shall 1 put in a buffalo?
The ride over the mountains will be a
little stiff" English Blood-"Couidn't
YOU LEI me ave Il 'orse, you know? I'd
rather not drive a buffalo the first time.
YOU know."- Washington Evening
Times.
A Safe Bet.-'Is your mamma in?'
whats your Nance I'm Mr.. White
band. the new minister" Then I
guess mammals expectin' you-'cause
she's bet Il dollar you'd be sure to come
on wash daY."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-12
THE HUB.
Hhat Every Boston Nan Believes Of Hi,
CitY.

MAJ livery tBD-Ion III ibc3icNts OF III
CITY.
When the young fellow they cal.
John" in the "Aucucrat" accepts the
famous proposition that "HOSton state
house is the hub OF the solar system"
and adds that lou couldn't pry that
ont al a Boston man ii o had the tire
C all creation Strengthened cut for a
rrowaar." the Au-ocrat accepts the
'Satire of the remark" ard admits that
the axis Of the earth sticks out yisibly
through the center Of each and every
Town and city But he does not pre-
tend % conceal that the sentiment. out
raEeous if literally accepted. ticklcs
his fancy agreeabIy. When we drink
4 mans health after dinner we often
express an estimate OF his virtues
which We might sometimes shrink
from maintaining in cold blood. Yet
our sentiment may be essentially gen
uine. though We have dropped some
implied qualifications.
Holmes a a man shares the Young
fellows enthusiasm. though he wishes
Us 10 understand that he is aware in
cold blood that it is not quite the whole
truth. The little deformed gentleman
in the professor" gives a still more
vigorous m]outhpiece of the same senti-
ment: "A new race and a whole new
world for the newborn human soul
10 work in. And Boston is the brain
OF it ana has been any time these hun
Cred years. That's all l claim for Bos-
ton. that it is the thinking center OF
the continent and therefore of the
planet!"-in which respect its superb
Ority 70 Philadelphia and New York is
easily demonstrated. The little gentle
man is Il of Holmes most spirited
characters and makes 4 convenient or
gan for the Utterance of opinions not
20 be turned into serious do@mas-but
also not to be overlooked. Boston is
an ideal as well rs a real city: it repre-
scnts The American principle" what
ever that may precisely be. II Is the
1hree-hiiIed city rs opposed to the
seyen-hilled city. or reaSon against
Eome. Democratic America has q dif-
fercnt humanity from teudal Europe
land 50 must have 4 new Divinity"
Religion has TO he "A~mcricanized" and
Boston is in the van o. the struggle
National Review.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-12
SERVED HIM RIGHT.
4 Would-BelBurglsr in Jail with Broken
Limbs and Bruised BOdy-Accomplices
arraH

4 Would-BegBurglsr in Jail with Broken
Limbs and Bruised BOdy-Accomplices
Arrested.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Sept. Ida
Marsh, the ~16-year-old daughter of
William Marsh, a photographer of
Homestead, awOke about two o'clock
yesterday morning feeling a hand
clutching at her throat. She opened
her eyes and saw a negro standing
over her. He told her that If she
made an cutlery he would knock her
brains out. But she managed to shake
off the hand on her throat and scream.
Her father, who was sleeping in the
next room, went to her assistance
with a revolver.
The intruder leaped from the Sec
ond-story window. His foot caught
on an electric wire and he fell head
long to the ground. Both his arms
were broken, his right leg injured, his
head and face cut and he is now in tie
county Jail, along with three others,
charged with being accomplices. A
fifth mar escaped. The leader was
Isaac Mills, and the others were James
johnson, a Homestead barber; Henry
Armstrong, and an unknown colored
man. The arrests were made on in
formation furnished by a colored boy
who slept in an adjacent house, from
which an entrance Il the Marsh house
was effected.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-12
DIFFERENT STANDPOINTS.

IF I were but a farmer" sighed the mer-
chant; oh. TO be
From all these petty. dragging cares for
just 2 twelven0nth free.
mo books to keep. no trus. accounts, No
bills long overdue:
NO fret from fussy customers because q
thing Is new.
because a thing IS old or wrong. too
dear, or u~EGeTwCiGh-:
No worry 10 suit their tastes from early
day till late:
'But lowered fields. and loving kline. and
pleasant Ires.de chat
How gladly would I give his life if I could
change TO that"
aft I were but a merchant" sighed the
farmer: oh. to end
This lie Of tTuCzinc. dragging work which
makes the body bend
'To stoop Of = ere age has come. It's
p!oT, n plant, y reap,
And milk the cows and feed the pigs, and
mind the calves and sheep
"From morn til night. from year 70 year
and taxes ever high,
And children's feet that must be skod. and
childreE's clothes TO buy.
'No toil-worn hands IN merchant has, for
weather he cares not:
How gladly l would take his place and
think il a happy lot"
Mary c. Huntington. in Nationa, Stock
man.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-12
The Bravc Ms. Baker.

When Il desperate mutIny had arisen.
and Baker had knocked down the ring
leader. but only to gather a crowd round
him to rescue their comrade. Mrs.
Baker, though lying i'll of fever a few
yards OF, rushed OUT, dashed into the
middle of the crowd. calling on the
least mutinous TO assist, and made her
way up 10 her husband. \ sudden in
decision seized the crowd. and Baker
shouted to the drummer boy TO peat the
drum, and at the top of his voice ordered
the men 10 fall in. And fall in two
thirds of them did. as ii Cverpowered
by I mesmeric influence. the remainder
~retrearing with the ringleader. But
that was not all. The danger being
past. Mrs. Baker thought the victory
should be improved. and besought her
husband to say he would pardon the
rihgleader if he kissed his hand and
begged his pardon. The crowd APP
proved. and the ringlcader humbled
himself: and though we cannot say that
Baker and his men lived happily ever
after. the men We're quiet for a time,
and all through the tact and courage
of Mrs. Baker.-Blackwood's Magazine
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-12

It's bicycle. bicycle, no matter which
way you turn" he growled.
The girl in boomers nodded.
81 chose a place for the SUMNER" ht
continued. where boating and fishing
were the only sports advertised, and
inside of 81 hours a man showed up
there with Il water bicycle"
"Of course" she returned.
There's TO be a bicycle sled on tbs
market next winter. too" he added.
Quite likely" she admitted.
Il suppose the cranks will be taking
the machines TO bed with them before
long" he said. sarcastically.
.'Only ore thing prevents it now
she answered.
whats that?" he asked.
"a pneumatictire that's large enouci'
to serve as 4 pillow. When some genius
irvents a tire that can be made into ar
airpillowI believe bicycles will even sup
plant poodles and pug dogs."-Chicagc
Post.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-12

Austria-IIungary is suffering from an
epidemic of skepticism that is proving
fatal TO travelling shows. Srcci. the
iaSter, was watched and found 20 be
eating at Vienna. 4 little while ago:
and row at EuGa-Pesth the Sleeping
Fakirs." whose performance was ac-
Cepted without question in London.
have been exposed as humbUgs. They
were put to sleep in glass collins by 4
hypnotist. remaining comatoSe and
taking no nourishnent for Il fortnight.
Two unbelievers pretended 10 he fig
ures in the waXwork show where the
exhibition was held, and saw them. at
night when the people had left. rise.
take 4 bottle of milk and provisions
from under their pillows. and. after eat
ing and drinking. light cigarettes. The
fGkirs agreed to pay a fine of 500 forins
if they were allowed to leave town.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-12

The British privy council. OF which
the cabinet is merely a committee I'm
known to the law. has entirely ceased
to hold meetings for purposes of de-
liberation and has become a body of a
merely ceremonial nature. So COM
pietely. however. have the functions OF
the two bodies been disscciated that
whereas the privy council cannot meet
except under the presidency Of the
sovereign the sovereign cannot cOnsti-
tutionally preside at a meeting of the
cnhinnt-Chicarn Chronicle.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-12
Fortunately of Italians.

Italians generally accomplish what
they set about. When Prince Philibert
of Oranges grave was found to be emp
" at Padua recently they began to
hunt for him. and have now presented
to the Dutch authorities a small casket
containing the princes ashes. 1t seems
thai his body was cremated in 1880,
after the siege of Florence.-Chicsgo
Tribune.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-12

-Tasso vas in love with Princess
Leonora d'Este, in honor of whom his
Jerusalem Delivered" was written.
me returned his affection, and, although
her relatives would not permit her 10
marry him, she steadfastly refused all
suitors and remained single for his
sake
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-12
Spiced Drop Cakes

Yolks OF three eggs. halt cup Of short.
eHing, cup molasses. one cup sweet
milk. three cups -four, two t~easpoonfuls
baking powder, spice with nutmeg.
cinnaman. cloves and flavor with lemon;
drop on bu:tered paper on tins and bake
Quicklv.-:letroit Free Press.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-12
VICTORY FOR WEYLER.
His Banana EdIct Causes the Failure Of
an Importing Firm.

New YORK, Sept. III. Dumers &
Co., shippers n commission mer-
chants and importers of West India
fruits, have made an assignment to
Henry A Kessell, without prefer
ences. Their failure is attributed to
the war in Cuba and the edict of Gen.
Weyler presenting the shipment of
bananas.
Their last statement to Bradstreets
In November, 1925. showed assets s6S0,.
200 aad liabilities. s25s.0Q
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-12

and so on, TO the boundary OF the
s~outhernmost part. Each policeman
was instructed to shout at the top Of
his voice as the motor car went by.
his part of the riot act, which never
amounted to more than five words, but
although the policemen did their duty
and duly fred off their verbal fen de
joie. Billy dashed through Yorkshire
and 50 on 10 London again.
Here Mr.. Chamberlain threw off his
coat ard said lie would resign his po-
sitioE il the cabinet if this thing were
not stopped. He mentioned with some
feeling that old man Kruger had played
4 good deal with him some time before,
but that this person McCabe was not to
take thar IS 4 precedent and think that
any TTansvaal nonsense vas TO be toll
Grated on the free land CO England.
This move was received with great en-
rlus.asw. and a cabinet meeting was
held n which it WIS determined 20
capture NicCabe a all costs. The min
;St-r % war then called OF, The British
army. and br this time NcCahc and his
motor car were speeding on his third
crip 70 Scotland. The British army
vas drawn across the island JUS on
me London side of the Scottish border,
The island being somewhat narrow at
that point. and with fixed ~havonets
they waited for NcCabe and his ma
chine. It was about four o'clock in
the afternoon when McCabe's ironciad
motor appeared over the Scottish hills,
and here for the first time the young
man caught sight OF the British army
drawn up in lire 10 stop him. He
PAUSED Al the top of the hill and was
seen 10 get Il and oil his machine in
sight of the British army massing
along the road. and it seemed to Sir
Garnet Wolselev that McCabc was fool
ISL in allowing the troops 20 concern
trate in this fashion. But Billy. on
The top of the hill. merely lit his pipe.
sat down or n milestone and calmly
smoked his tobacco. taking care that
there was no acetylsnc @as about. Hay-
ing finished his smoke and knocked the
ashes N of his pipe. he turned the ma
chine halfway round and gave the as
>cmbled soldiers an example of its
UNITS ne Hr'" GU a Few aeery-rhe
''''.'N d, 'n' next ma Inc hfiIiNh
any mum, an t!''"fu"he had taken
.i''S' Inc H-- disappeared IN me
dUsr. The army wa appalled, to no.
ice ma ne turned me motor ear TO-
H.I" '"'L! ana went INSIDE. II ma
C'.rr "-'H " '"'r d->cehi5d upon them'
m,'Nl": IKE me 'E!>'ai palace On
, H",S''"H Hi~"'' ruHh'h" away N'tA ali
'"r "'e"orhS gong. Nir Garnet HIM
sen Oh h~oFsepacN ara ms best 10 rally
az "i'i"' MY N"'' ih'F were ready
80 "-"' almost anything nut 'hey
".I' ''"' %"'H" e" >iaAi up I" what was
.'"7hI'F 4 section "i the internal re-
E'"nS It' loose 50 me army broke and
HIdIe I"r cover Whiie Billy triumph
"H"H 'o.E '"r""ea the space left By
me rdp-"iE-reir'at-r@ SoidlerS.
hon"oh was sent INTO a panic by the
|-"'I"s contents OF the evening news
P"tc'>' when came out WIN SPECIAL
y''',oie S,'""i"@ ho" Mc'ane haa put
me .Ii'.Sn army T" r"ut' Il was no"
earring MS HrfS'Stinie way down to
Loii"uh WINE me great c'ty lay de-
iehSe!eH> "ei"re nun : panlc-strlcken.
threatening crowd the
houses OF parliament. Government
Hastily convened. ana Ny. haifour came
10 the rescue. lie made some pleas
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-12

81 wonder why it is so many men ar,
opposed TO the advanced woman?'
They are afraid there won't be any
body left to make homemade pre-
cerves."-Eoston Globe.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-12

Tho word mile" comes from the
Latin mile" a thousand. \ thousand
PAGES Of a marching soldier made the
Roman mile
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-03-29
THE DEADLY C.iMERi.
Ar Observer Who Thinks that PhotoG.
rnphy Has D%ecrcnsed the supply of Ducks

An Observer Who Thinks hat PhotoG-
rnphy Has Decreased the supply of Ducks.
one of the most remarkable accusations
brought against the new photography is that
OF an 4mCricdn Field writer. who says; Il
think photography has done a great deal to
decrease the supply OF ducks. which" he very
porperly adds, will be news. no doubt" to
many of his readers. Sportsmen have been
saying that nothing but the general adoption
of cameras instead OF firearms will save the
game, and now to run UP against such a state
ment. As that is to say the least, astonishing.
1t appears that for the purpose OF perfect
ing the picture albumen must he used, and
this can I've procured only from eggs. Chicken
eggs are too valuable "a food, therefore the
Hebrides Islands OF Scotland, lodofoden Of
Norway. Labrador. Greenland. South America.
and in fact every conceivable breeding ground
OF wild birds are robbed ~ eggs by natives or
men from extensive sailing expeditions. This
Is especially hard on the ducks of various
kinds. particularly in Labrador, where they
breed In thousands of nests to III" square mile,
while ths scavenger birds OF the sea, the va
rious gulls and terms, suffer from these dep.
relations. The birds cannot stand this drain
long, and the question arises what will happen
when all the eggs are gOnef