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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30
The LAURADA REPORTS.
just Returned From a Successful Trip IT,
Cuba.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, May 23.-The
steamer Laurada entered the ba-
Thursday, and was met at quarantine
by J. A. Iiuau, agent of the Cuban
iunta, and 4 number OF friends OF
Cuba: The LauraIa's captain reported
that he had landed Safely on Cuban
Soil ninc-tenths of the munitions.
When about to land the last load
Smoke was seen on the horizon,
and fearing it to be from the
tunnels Of a Spanish man-of-war,
the steamer pulled up anchor and
started northward. After communi-
eating this information the Laurada
headed scaward, ostcnsibly for New
York.
The Three Friends cleared from this
port yesterday with arms and ammu-
milton consigned to Key West. The
ven cutter boat Well has been or
dered to see her across the three-milf
limit.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30
Nrhol1s H.. Car If Az the Russias.

-Njcho5Is IL. Car IF Az the Rnss11s.
After leaving the palace the car
was received b. the commander-in-
chief of all the troops at Moscow and
in its neighborhOod, the Grand Duke
Sergius, and then the latter, with Il
most brilliant staff, joined III the pro-
ceSsiOn.
When the cOrtcge entered the city 4
salute of II cannon was fired from
the top of the triumphal arch and the
ringing of bells was renewed.
Upon entering Moscow his majesty
was received by the encouragement
on horseback, escorted by his staff
and aids-de-camp, and they also joined
in the procession
At the shrine, their majesties were
received by the grand vicar of Mos
COW, who presented them with the
cross and spriDl1led them with holy
water. Their majesties entered the
chapel and knelt in prayer be-
fore the image, At the con
clusion of their devotions the
cza- remounted his horse aud
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30
ANOTHER SPANISH VICTORY,
But the Rebels Continue to Advance To-
ward Havana

HAVANA, May 23.-Col. Delgado re-
ports that his command has had an
engagement with 1000 rebels under
Aleman and other leaders near Cruces,
in the Cienfuegos district. According
to the official report the rebels were
dislodged from strong positions and
compelled to flee in disorder, leaving
% dead on the field. The troops lost
Is men wounded.
1t is said that the forces Of Gen.
Gomez continue to invade the province
of Matanzas and that they are ap-
preaching the province of Havana.
Three trains were sent to Artemisia to
bring troops from the trocha, but they
We're unable to reach hat point, the
rebels having destroyed the tracks.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30
LITTLE SAYINGS.

CAST no dirt into the well that gives
you water.
Few take wives for Gods sake or for
fair looks.
GET Z name to rise early and you may
lie all day.
A CANNOT sell the COW and have the
nilk.-Scotch.
CHARITY begins at horne. but should
not end there.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30
FIFTEEN YEARS IN PRISON.

rhe Sentence Imposed Upon the johann
%ueSburg Reform Leaders.
LONDON, May 2l.-A dispatch to the
Times from Pretoria, Trarsvaai, dated
May Is, says:
The executive council mas decided
that the punishment of Col. Francis
Rhodes, Lionel Phillips, George Far.
gar and John Hays Hammond (the
leaders of the reforners who were
sentenced to death) shall be Is years
imprisonment. The hope is enter
Gained that the sentences will be modi
&zed
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30
WON HIS SUIT.
The Issue Of Gold Funding Bonds En-
Joined.

LINCOLN, Neb., May 22.-Editor W.
J. Bryan yesterday won his suit in the
district court enjoining the city from
issuing something over $500, 900 in gold
funding bonds. Mr.. Bryan did not
question the legality of the bonds only
SO far as the gold provision was con.
cerned, he maintaining that coin
bonds were sufficient. Judge Holmes
sustained this view in SO far rs it re-
ferred to payment in gold, and made
TIE injunction perpetual.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30
THE SITUATION IN CRETE
Very Serious and Daily Becoming More
Threatening.

ATHENS, May 23.-The situation in
Crete is very serious and daily be-
ONE more threatening. A detach-
ment of Turkish troops at Yoxaris has
been besieged by the Christian popu-
lace for two weeks. and in the fighting
hat has occurred Is men have been
killed, and in a fight at Drazu 10 men
were killed.
The success of the insurgents has
caused a panic among the Turkish
rustic population.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30
SENATOR HARRIS
Wants to Hold a Star Chamber Investi-
CATION.

CATION
WASHINGTON, May EFT is likely
that the proceedings of the subcon-
mittee of the senate committee on
finance to investigate the recent bond
sales will conduct its hearings in Sc
cret. Certainly that will be the pro-
gramme ii Senator Harris, the chair.
man, has his way. He said yesterday
that his voice and vote would be
against an open session, for he did not
care to have the press discuss the mat
ter pieceueal
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30
HONORED BY THE MIKADO.
A Young kansan Summoned to Court t.
be Entertained.

De entertained.
WICHITA, Kas., May 2~2.-James
Wheeler Davidson, a young war cor
respondent whose father, c. H. David
son, is a prominent banker CT this
city, has been commanded to appear at
the court Of the mikado of Japan on
Friday of this week to be entertained.
Mr.. Davidson rendered distinguished
service to the Japanese army during
the recent war with China, and the
emperor decorated him with the in.
sigma of the order Of the Rising Sun.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30
EEL

Ing IS a positive proof of thin, weak, I'M
pure blood; for if the blood is rich, red,
vitaIized and vigorous, it imparts life and
energy to every nerve, organ and tissue Of
the body. The necessity of taking Hoods
Sarsaparilla for that tired feeling is,
therefore, apparent to every one, and the
good it will do you is equally beyond ques-
tiOu. Remember that
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30
= n lat

Extrcmc tired feeling afiicts nearly every.
body IL this season. The hustlers cease to
push, the ~tirelCss grow weary, tie ener-
gctic become enervatcd. You know Just
what we mean. Some men and women
endeavor temporarily ID overcome that
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30
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1 ] rec

Feeling by great force of viii. But :hi5 is
unsafe, as it pulls powerfully upon the
nervous system, which will not long stand
their nerves. and the result is seen in IN
fortunate wrecks marked "rervous pros
t~ration," in every direction. That tired
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30
THE NEW
Sketches of Chaplain McCabe and DIR. Earl
CranstOn.

CLEVELAND, O., May 2o.-Charles c.
McCabe was born October II, 1896, in
Athens, 0. He entered the Ohio con.
ference in 1850, and was stationed al
Putnam. In 1862 he became chaplain
n the One Hundred and Twenty-sec-
und Ohio volunteer infantry. At the
battle of Winchester, in June, 1868.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30
Rer, DR.. c. c. Cab

7hile looking after the wounded on
the field he vas captured and taken to
Libby prison, where he remained a
captive for over four months. After
his release he rejoined his regiment
at Brandy Station, but with broken
health, was sent back to the hos
pital at Washington. He was invited,
inter partial recovery, to speak at an
anniversary of the Christian commits
sion, and Geo. Il. Stuart, president of
that organization, asked Secretary
Stanton to grant him permission to
make the tom of the great cities of the
Union in the interests of that cause.
After the war he re-entered the regu-
lar work OF the ministry and was sta
toned at Portsmouth, o. In 1866 the
Ohio conference called him into the
service of the Ohio Wesleyan univer-
sity. In 1868, the board of church eX-
tension asked that he might be APP
pointed to aid DIR. kynctt in building up
that cause. For IL years he Travelled
the length and breadth of the land and
saw the work advance with unex
smpled prosperity upon every side. In
1854, he was reelected missionary sec
retary. Through his matchless in
SEPARATION and efforts, 4 cry of "a
million for missions" once Il prophecy,
is now II of the brightest facts in
the history of the Methodist Episcopal
church.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30

CINCINNATI, May 2N.-Dr. Earl Grams
ton was born in Scioto county, o.,
June -, $40. His education was OBJ
tanned at the OHIO university at
Athens,O. He was a fellow student with
Rev. DIR. David II. Moore, now editor
If the Western Christian Advocate of
Cincinnati. He became, after leaving
college, a travelling minister of the
Methodist Episcopal church, and
served in that capacity until the var
broke ont
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-06-25
RIDING FOR MILLIONS.
A Fifty-Miic Race for - Very Valuable
Mine.

A fifty-mile race over mountain trails
for a S2,000,00 mine was an exciting
adventure participated in by two
miners recently in connection, with the
opening of the Colville reservation in
eastern Washington, says the San
Francisco Chronicle. The necessary
notices were posted. first by John Nc
Cool, representing the Coleman syndi-
cate. composed largely OF federal office
holders. 1t includes Hugh Wallace,
national democratic committe eman;
Judge Brinker, federal district at
tclney here; F. C. Robertson. his as
sistant: federal office-holders at Port
Townsend and Spokane. besides John
j. Malone and other prominent Tacoma
democrats. Judge Coleman lives at
Port Townsend. Some time ago Cole
man became interested in the lie Fleur
copper and silver claim, on the Colville
reserve, fifty miles from Marcus. on the
Spokane & Northern railroad. lie
Fleur is Frenchman. who discover
ed the claim years ago. and he has
been watching it ever since. Coleman
filed eight claims on the property. but
the Russell syndicate, headed by Col.
j. N. Russell OF Spokane, promptly
filed claims over his. A contest en-
susued, which is now in the courts.
The Coleman syndicate prepared bill
FOR the opening of the reservation and
sent influential democrats to Washing
ton to push its passage through con-
sless 1t passed Feb. 10. Coleman
Immediately went to the mine. The
rights of the 'sooners" being question
ed, it was decided that man must be
stationed at Marcus to receive the news
of the presidents signing the bill and
| then ride as fast as he could for the
claim. The other morning McCool
was at Marcus awaiting such a tele-
| gram from Washington. The Russell
syndicate. equally clever, had Mark
Gilman at Marcus to perform SINH
lar service. Early in the afternoon the
expected telegram came. McCool and
Gilman started at a break-neck pace
on their lonely 1ifty-mile race
Each covered the distance in less than
| five hours. Gilman got there first, bu,
he did not post any notices. Judge
Coleman was in possession. He had
with him an Indian and an Irishmar
and they were prepared TO use artillery
if needed to keep unwelcome visitors
away. Gilman is quoted as stating
that he did not post any notices. be,
cause he did not wish to get shot
McCool soon came up and immediatel,
put up notices. The LIE Fleur claim !.
situated on Fourth of July creek and II
said to be the richest claim in the re
gion. 1t is estimated to be worth 81,
100000 as it stands.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-06-25
ONLY ONE LOVED HIM.
NXpOleons Foster Mother Had II True
Affection for Him.

NapOleon's Foster Mother Had II True
Affection for Him.
Mason states in his memoirs of Ma
poleon that the Little Corporal bit
terly regretted that no woman had ever
really loved him. Even Nine Vale
wska married as soon as NAPOLEON was
sent to St. Helena. proving cOnclusively
that her course of action was prompted
by the love Of her country. and not for
any tenderness that she may have felt
for the great general. Nevertheless, If
Napoleon was failure as clover and
husband" according to Mason he sue
ceeded in retaining the alteration of his
foster mother to the end. The deepest
affection existed between Mammnccia
| Caterina and her nursing. She came
| to Paris to see him crowned emperor
! and when told by Napoleon to ask him
| for any favor. begged that she might
be introduced to the pope. The old
| lady so amused his holiness with ac-
counts of her "garcon,' as she was won,
| to call the emperor. that he forgot in
her society the difficulties of the situa.
ton. Mammuccia Caterina nearly died
of grief when she heard Of her garcon's
! downfall. And nothing could be more
forcible than the terms with which she
denounced Marie Louise for not follow.
ing Napoleon into exile. Mammuccis
| Caterina, despite her great age. was
preparing to go and comfort her gar
con at ST. Helena when she died. Dur
| ipU hic procreritv NanOleOO haacof
favors upon her and her family. To
day her descendants bear the title O.
barons and aye received in the bes
society of Paris. Their family name i.
| Saverias
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-06-25

Here is an obituary notice of the
Pittsburgh kas., Daily Tribune. which
appeared in that papers last issue.
"Died-The Pittsburg Daily Tribune,
Sunday. March Is, aged months and
l day. The remains are now reposing
in the journalistic morgue on Fifth
street, surrounded by group of heart
broken, penniless reporters. compost
tors and Office boys. The interment will
take place in the circuit court room in
Girard under the auspices Of a large
concourse of profane creditors that will
assemble from all parts of the country
and Joplin avenue. The pallbearers
will be Frank Anderson. city editor; !.
f. Osborn, city circulator; c. E. Craig,
pressroom A. E. Goodspread. jobroom.
Office boys, each wearing a rosette made
from cast OF rollers. The remains will
be placed in the automatic hell box,
which will be draped with unpaid bills
and other appropriate emblems of
mourning. In this journalistic funeral
procession will be a trio of weeping
lady composit0rs, who will sing in
dulcet strains that sad, but we'll known
him. Down Went McGinty to the Bot
tom Of the Sea- At the conclusion of
the interment the Office towel will be
set at the head Of the grave properly
inscribed with the stains of unreqiited
labor and a job lot of mortuary no
tees. perpetuating through all time to
come the short but meteoric life and
| career of the deceased. The ceremon-
| les will close with the song, Amt Got
| No Money but VIII Have Some in
which the entire audience will join and
the remains will be lowered into grave
of it's own construction. Thus ends
fair young life that promised every.
thing and paid nothing
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THE CLEVER WOMAN.
Two Kinds OF Clcverness, but Only Ono
That Really Pays.
I wish | were clever"

II wish l were clever
The woman was charmingly dimpled,
wore French gown, was the mistress
of a luxurious establishment and was
dispensing tea to afternoon callers in
cups Of priceless faience, says the New
York Herald.
Women who write" had been the
subject on the taps. and the remark
was delicate compliment to the wom-
an to whom she handed the tea. She
was successful writer-successful to
the extent of making good income
as the fruit of unwearied industry. She
had never known the delights of da-
| monds or her own carriage. or IA box
at the opera. She sometimes spent a
hardearned S. for drive, but there
was neither luxury in the carriage, nor
swiftness in the steeds, and she was
conscious all through the drive that
when she went back to the office she
| would write something about the coun-
| try in the spring or the flotsam of fall
| foliage and flowers with which the sub
urban resident could decorate his house
/ and table.
If she took 81 seat in the opera
| house she rarely lost herself complete
| ly in the music as she would have
| liked to do, because skeletons Of para
! graphs on theater hats and theater
! manners. on lovers who make love in
the stalls as we'll as on the stage and
a thousand other things for the next
| days paper fitted through her mind.
She never had French gown: on the
| contrary, she walked ten blocks and
| climbed seven stories to find dress
maker who would make. though at the
same time mar, her one gown for $40
Her modest house was pretty and she
| soupers, a; which one sometimes met
eminent and always delightful people
but only herself and her one maid knew
at what cost of perspiring brow and
smutched fingers and aching back those
dainty little dishes were evolved.
So there was almost reverence in heI
tones as she replied:
MY dear, you are the clever woman
you are far more clever than George
Eliot. The really smart woman is moi
the one who makes her own daily
bread. even though there be Nessel
rode pudding thrown in now and then
1t is she who, without raising hel
hand, can cause all this luxury to bt
laid at her pretty satin-shod feet. Il
is like eating a Delmonico dinner ant
lamenting that you are not the che
who cooked it. Not the woman who
works but she who gets all there is il
life without working, is the reall!
clever woman.
May there not be two kinds of clev
crness?" said the woman who came tt
make her adieux
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-06-25
Crawford Marley.

English papers say that Crawford
Marley, who recently died in New Zea-
land ut the age of So, was the last sur
vivor of those who had y ride on Ste
phenson' No l engine when the Stock
ton and Darlington railway was frat
opened. 1t was about thirteen years
Of age at the time, and, with two other
boys, he went to see the iron horse.
which was brought from Newcastle on
dray by eight horses. When the 10.
connective had been placed on the line,
George Stcphenson's brother Joseph.
who was in charge of it. asked the lads
To run to u farmhouse for some buckets.
and the boiler was filled from spring
near at hand. The fire having been
lighted and steam raised, the boys, in
return for their assistance. were in
vited to have a ride
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-06-25
SOME RECENT PATENTS.
A keyless bicycle lock.

A keyIess bicycle lock.
An improved sanitary corset.
A bottle that cannot he reiilied.
pipe for blowing soap bubbles.
sion table.
A new alternating electric motor.
by Nicola Tesla.
A machine for ornamanting glass
dishes, by which the dish is both
scalloped and crinped by one motion
or operation.
A machine for the manufacture of
wire glass" by whicA Il network of
wire is imbedded in the glass, adding
to its strength and flexibili:y.
A self-Ciler for journals Oh the prin-
ciple of capillary attfaos.on. A wick
lays alongside the journal and extends
down below into an oil receptacle.
4 pineapple knife. with a tubular
9uill-pen-shaped point adapted to
gouge out the eyes o. the apple: a
umb-piece guide. which can be set
so as to gauge the depth OF the cut.
An amusing toy. IN wnich the whale
swallowing Jonah is depicted. A metal
lie whale rests in tank of water, in
which Jonah" has been cast. pow
erful magnet inside the whale attracts
the metal Jonah" and draws him into
its open mouth.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-06-25

An east ender. who has d siX-year-old
boy. was surprised by somewhat re-
markable question which the youngster
fired at him a few evenings ago.
Para" he said do you think this
has been a good winter for ice down
in the bad place."
The father looked at the serious lit
tie face and checked the impulse to
laugh.
My dear boy" he gravely remark
ed, why do you want to know"
Cause" the youngster replied,
"'cause Johnnie White said that when
they cut this winters ice down there
he'd pay me that nickel he borrowed
last week. cleveland Plain Dealer.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-06-25
strychn,n. for Prairie pors.

I will give you a recipe that is dead
shot on these pests Three parts corn
meal, part Of granulated sugar; mix
with water SO that 1t can be nodded up
in little pieces one-half as large a.
hulled hickory nuts. Feed these three
days, and the fourth day add one
eighth ounce of strychnine crystalliz-
cd. Prairie dogs have n taste for gran
ulated sugar. February is the month
to give this to them. gave one dose
to the dogs and picked up twcnty-six
outside of their holes at one time -
Kansas Farmer.
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The pearl fishery discovered off the south
,oast OF India is very rich

An able and suggestive symposium
under tina title of 1.-The Engineer in
Naval Warfare" is presented as the
opening feature of the May number Of
The North American Review, the con-
.ributors to it being such eminent au-
.horities as Commodore George w. Mel
lille, engineer-in-chief of the United
states navy; W. $. Aldrich. professor
If mechanical engineering in the Uni
Sersity Of West Virginia; Ira N. Hollis.
professor of engineering in Harvard
University; Gardiner G. Sims, of the
American Society of Mechanical Engin-
GERS; and George Uhler, president OF
he Marine Engineers Beneficial Asso-
,intiOn
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-06-25
Education.

haucation is not stutfing or cram
"ing process, but drawing out, a
developing Of what is in a person. 1t
IL mistake to fancy that large edu-
.a.'on Is only for tho professional man
why should not all persons want a
.enerous education? But unless educa-
'oh strengthens manhood it is fruit
.ess. Man is intended to do something
.oT the world. He must not be salts
"ea with ayes.-Bishop N. s. Rulisor.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-06-25

''l'm afraid tennis will not be as
popular as usual this year" said the
dealer in all that pertains to outdoor
sports.
~ think you are right" admitted
his chief clerk. 1.-The girls and young
women are losing interest in it,"
"Ani have n large stock Of tennis
goods on hand" sighed the dealer.
III we could only get the interest of
the girls
THAT might be possible, If
"Wcll?"
III you can devise bifurcated
tednis costume for them. Chicago
Post.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-06-25
Gown for a Girl Graduate.

A dress of white crepon made with n
fve-yard skirt interlined with stitfen-
ing to u depth Of fifteen inches Round
waist in back, pointed in front, large
leg Of mutton sleeves, belt and collar
of fve-inch taffeta ribbon bowed ut
the back. BoXplaid of the goods down
the center front of the waist Bretel-
les of ribbon from belt to shoulders,
back and front, with short bow Of four
loops and four ends ladies Home
Journal
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-06-25
Legislation.

Brass is not made gold by gliding it.
Reform by legislation is dream. Leg
islative DEGREES cannot make men other
than they are. The need is to make
men. and to make men brothers. So
ciaI happiness without brotherhood is
impossible. Brotherhood is not a prod
uct of the law. 1t is product of love-
Rev S. G. Nelson.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-06-25

Is not slender than n system liberated from
the shacklcs OF chiils and fever, bilious re-
mittent or dumb ague by Hostetter's stom-
ach Bitters, n perfect ant!dote to maiarial
poison In air or water. 1t is also an unex-
ampled remedy for bilious, rheumatic or
kidney Complaints, dyspepsia and nervous
ness II improves appetite and sleep aud
hastens convalescencc.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-06-25
Doing the ReAt,

Lady OF the Housc--What do 20,
mean by sitting there all the Afternoon
and doing nothing? Didn't you tel
me when gave you your dinner tina
had only to show you the wood pill,
and you would do the rest?
Weary Wraggles--Dats wot I said
and l been restin ever since, lady. -
New York Press