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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-26

Three years ago the first bicycle made
It's appearance in Il small town in the
Transvaal. The wheelman passed
through at night, and the next day two
young Beers, early abroad in search of
stray cattle, saw the "spoor," or track,
of the wheel in the road. With the GU
riosity of their race, they followed the
track for some miles, being anxious to
"see the man who could trundle a
wheelbarrow so far without rest" After
an hours tracking one remarked, sage
ly: The fellow must be a thief; let
us tell the magistrate" Accordingly
the worthy Dutch magistrate was soon
on the scene, accompanied by a of
nrmed Beers, and the whole party fol-
lowed the path taken by the cyclist.
Suddenly one farmer exclaimed: Look
here, If it was n barrow, where is the
track of the man hat wheeled it?"
'My goodness" said the magistrate, Il
never thought of that. Let's see-ves,
here is the wheel, right enough. but
where is the footprint? 1t is-it must
be ghost With that the whole party
turned and fed in alarm, and for a long
time that portion of the road was not
traverscd by any of the Boers.-G3lden
DAYS.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-26
REMARKABLE r
q Fish Story Bearing Every Appearance
of Truth.

Mr.. Jones had come home very late
after a day and n good part of a night
on the river. He awoke very late the
next day and had a lumpy feeling about
his head and an indistinct recollection
of the ann in which he had got
home.
wonder if my wife is onto me- was
his first thought, and it was the feeling
hat he must keep up appearances be-
fore his family that induced him to
shake off his disposition to remain in
bed.
The countenance with which his wife
greeted him was not reaSsUring.
Il congratulate You on the unusual
good luck you had on your fishing AZ
cursion." were her first words.
Mr.. Jones was not sure whether she
meant to he sarcaStical or not; and he
had not the slightest idea whether he
had brought home any fish. but on
the chance that he might have done $
he answered:
Yes. luck was pretty fair"
"Fair. Why. MIR. Jones. did you
count the number of your fish,"
40" said Mr.. Jones. weakly, II
didn't; did you?"
81 did. There were just 43G of them"
Mr.. Jones' eyes stuck out. Could
it be possible? Yet it would not do for
him to show surprise. Still, there was
some citation in his voice when he said:
beauties. aren't they?!'
oh, yes. they're pretty enough" said
Mrs. Jones. but why did you go to
bed without taking your fish out Of your
pockets"
Out of my pockets!" echoed Mr..
Jones in amazement.
Yes said Mrs. Jones, sternly. is
il possible you don't know what youdid
bring home? Look here"
And. taking him into the kitchen, she
showed him a pan heaped full of dead
miunowS.
"Where did those come trom?"gasped
Mr.. Jones. rs he looked at them.
II found them returned Mrs. Jones,
"in the pockets of the clothing you
0 yesterday. Every pocket was
stuffed full. ] suppose that they are
your catch. Shall | have them fried for
Your brcakfast?"
Its a trick of those ~ccnfoundcd
boys" vas the only explanation Mr..
Jones could give, as he seized his hat
and fled from the house.-Buffalo EN-
press.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-26
r IN AM ERICA.
1t Is Based Largely on the Teachings q
the French.

the French.
There is. no doubt, Il deal of nonsense
talked and written about Americanism
in art. If we could get the real thing
it would certainly be very welcome, but
it cannot be produced to order, it will
have to come as the slow result of ma
tional growth. Not only is all the
teachings of our art schools. academies,
leagues and clubs conducted on the old
established lines borrowed from Eu-
rope, but the result of the teaching and
study, as shown in our annual exhibit
tons, differ only in degree, not in kind,
from what we see in Paris and Munich.
Of late years our painters have been
freely admitted to the honOrs of eX-
hibition and reward in all the chief art
centers of Europe, notably in Paris;
but it is plain that these distinctions
are conferred on account of the sue
cess with which our artists have fol-
lowed the accepted methods and ideas
of the foreign schools. We are natu-
rally pleased when we hear that our
Americans-Sargent, Abbey, Cecilia
Beaux, Frank Millet, Mary Cassatt and
others have been treated by French
iuries with honor equal to that accorded
to their own artists. The success of
these artists stimulates all their artist
countrymen to work for a like success.
There is no reward that we at home can
offer them to compare with Il place on
the line at the Salon or with that crown-
ing glory, the purchase of Il picture by
the French government to be hung in
the Luxembourg gallery. From a world
lv, from Il professional point of view
there can be no doubt of the value of
these honors, o can it be denied that
they are bestowed for substantial
reasons; as painters these artists de
serve the distinction they have gained
in the chief art centcrs of the world,
and from the only judges whose opinion
is final. as to technical excellence. But
proud as we may justly be of their sue
cess. it must be admitted that it has
been gained not as Americans, but as
observation-disclosures Cook, i'll Chau-
tauquan.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-26

ceived a shock. It was intensely dark
in the shadows of the trees, and as l
sat at the root of a big oak some white
object glided swiftly and noiseless,y
just above the center of the road. 1t
made the cold chills run over me,
though 1 have no patience with those
who tell of visits or communications
with the departed.
Il was determined to enlighten my
self and secured a good saddle horse as
companion of my vigils. The second
night the ghost few by and l galloped
IN its wake at all the speed my horse
could command. \ mile ahead the APP
partition swerved to the right of the
road and ended our mad race. TYING
my horse in a fence corner | crept near
er. Slowly l made out that the ghost
was a woman of stately proportions
wearing nothing but q daintily rufIled
night robe. She leaned for a brief
time over the hollow stump that had
been her evident destination, and then
turning mounted her fy ing machine,
which was a modern bicycle, and went
'NO'NiiAS JAIL pNfI tHt tOuiSt Siit lotl
come. Again I followed and did not
stop until I saw her disappear in the
side door of the Denzil house. HASTEN
ing back to the hollow stump explored
the interior"
And found the stolen properly. %
course" interrupted a listener.
Not 4 sign of il. I could discover
nothing that did not naturally belong
there. Failing to find the thief in the
ghost l became Il member of the
npenzil household, Ostensibiy as his pri-
fte secretary. My first discovery was
kat the ghost was the beautiful Miss
}hZil. She was a somnambulist. and
|in utter ignorance OF the weird night
rides she had taken. But when told
of them the explanation was an easy
one. When she and her young lover
were children that hollow stump had
been the post Office where their ardent
missives were mailed and called for.
The memory of those days was a de-
li@htful one to her and the strange
mentor of her unconscious action
prompted her visits to the old spGt.
My next important discovery ".
planned the mystery | was employed ia
solve. Watching secretly in the hall.
ways, l saw old Denzil, with eyes wide
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-26

Denzil had elected to have as a son-in-
law. Even under the threat of diSin-
hcritance the girl would not Weld to
this mercenary arrangement, the result
being a strained state Of neutrality
which left both aspirants for her hand
without any apparent hope of getting
it.
"My caller went direct to business.
Tn 4 constant and heavy loser because
Of the theft of money ana jewels from
my own house. he told ne. Things
that are of the most value constantly
and mysteriously disappear. Now don't
start off with tie usual questions about
the servants. l have taken pains to test
their honesty for years and they are
above suspicion. am completely in the
dark, without any theories to cmbar-
Ass you or any explanations to help.
You have the whole job without a ray of
light thrown upon it, and if you ind the
thief there viii be no haggling over the
fee. 1t viii he worth much to me to get
this worry off my mind. burglars that
make no noise or marks and leave ones
house shut up as tight as a drum tend
TO shatter n mans nerves.
Il went at once into the country and
nci-hborhood where Denzil lived, pre-
tending 20 look fer 4 bit of land where
1 could build within easy reach of the
city. Iputup ut a little roadside tavern
much f~requented in the evening by farm
hands. l was soon interested in their
gossip about 4 ghost which they de
cla~cd had been seen at different times
and by different people. Their awed
tones and scared faces fitted the sub
jcct. and there seemed to be some sub
stantial foundation for the uncanny
story. On" husky young fellow who
did not look as though he would he
easily frightened told of his encounter:
al war a gittin' home kinder late of
n Sunday night, an iist as I kim 10 TIL
woods ayCnd ole Denzirs, mighty near
had a cerlission with III ghos'. It
-arn't no white cow er gray boss Ell
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-26
BRUSHING THE HAIR.
Why the Left side of the Head Is Better
Covered Than Is the Right side.

Some morning when brushing your
lair the thought may suddenly occur
to you that the left side of your head is
covered with Il more abundant hirsutC
covering than the right side, and you
viii wonder why it is.
But even while wondering YOU will:
conclude hat the difference is a mat
ter of small Importance, that the one
sidedness is more prominent in your
Imagination than it is in reality, and
that you are the only one who Will ever
notice it. And then you will think no
more about It. That is, not at first.
But after several months the scarcity
of locks on the near side of your head
viii become SO apparent that it will
compel you TO give it your attention.
Then, if you are wise You will straight
way seek the cause of the distressing
effect and 4 remedy therefor.
BY consulting competent advisers
you VIII in nine cases out of ten learn
the following:
The majority of ome do their owr
Embarrassing. and in brushing they find
it most convenient to draw the hair
down in 4 string over the left shoulder.
In that way the long strokes are given
from the hair f~olliclcs on the left side
Of the head 20 the tips of the hair. while
The right side. from which the locks
are tightly drawn. is given only stroke
and a promise rs 4 sort of peace offer
ing; consequently it is the glands of the
LETT side only that are strengthened, and
it is but a question of time when the
hair on rhe right side of the head will
begin to fall out and give evidence Of
the lack of attention.
The most effective remedy is to in.
augurate Il method of treatment dia.
mctrically opposed to hat hitherto
employed. Brush over the right shout,
der instead of the left and give the hair
on that side the attention IT deserves.
and it will not be long until you will
notice Il difference in it's quantity and
general appearance. 1t may be rather
awkward ut first for a right-handed per-
son, but the eXigencies of the ease de-
mand hat n lost charm be regained at
the cost of a little personal incon.
venience.-N. Y. Times.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-26
v LIVES LOST
BY the Wreck of the italian Bark Monte
Tabor.

IdDOTs
HIGHLAND LIGHT, Mass, Sept. b
The Italian bark Monte Tabor. with
a cargo of salt, struck on Peaked Hill
bars about midnight. Soon afterward
her captain, made desperate by his
situation, shot himself with his revolt
yer. The mate, fearing death by drown
ing, drew his razor across his throat and
dropped dead into the sea- When the
bark broke up, which she did in an
hour after striking, her crew of 12
men clung to the deck-house and went
over the side with it. Five lost their
hold and we're swept into the sea and
exhausted, and were taken to Peaked
Hill life-saving station and cared for.
The scene of the disaster is very neal
where the Italian bark Giovanna wa
wrecked in 1875 when out of a crew OF
IA only one was saved. The captains
name was +. Fellacassa and the vessel
sailed from Trapina July 81 for
Boston with a cargo of salt. The
Monte Tabor was a wooden bark
of 592 tons and hailed from
Genoa, Italy. The body of the mate
was washed ashore at Race Point at
nine o'clock. About 1920 o'clock two
other bodies were picked up on the
shore, one with the throat cut. This
makes two members of the fated ships
company who cut their throats.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-26
TIL MAINE ELECTION.

Fhs Vote Throughout the state Much
Larger than Expected-Clean sweep for
the Republicans by Increased PlurslitDes
In Every S~ection-The -Four Congress
men Reelected and Nearly All the
Counties Solidly Republican.
PORTLAND. Me, Sept. 15.-The cam
paign which eliminated yesterday in
the greatest republican victory ever
recorded in this state, has been the
most active known for years upon
both sides. 1t has been q speaking
campaign almost entirely, and the en-
tire state has been well covered.
There were five candidates for the of
fee of governor, who is the only state
officer chosen by the people, all others
being chosen by the legislature. The
name of one of these. William Henry
Clifford, of Portland, the nominee of
the sound money democrats, was not
upon the official ballot, and those vo-
ting for him were obliged to write his
name upon their ballots. The other
candidates were Hon. Llewllyn Pow
erS, of HoultOn, republican,; Hon. Mel
vim p. Frank, of Portland, democrat;
Ammi 5. Ladd, of Calais, prohibition
ist, and Luther C. Batemar, of Au-
burn, populist.
Congressman, county officers, state
senators and representatives to the
legislature were also elected.
The average estimate of the repub-
lican plurality for governor was 25,O 600
to $4,000, as compared with about 49,
900 in 1894 and 70, 500 in 1892, but the
vote to-day throughout the state was
larger than anticipated, and the ma
jority for Powers, the republican, is
larger than the most enthusiastic re-
publican dared predict, the latest re-
turns indicating that it will reach
nearly so, 200. In nearly every county
the county officers are republican by
larger pluralities than ever known be-
fore, and in some counties no candi-
dates were put into the field by the
democrats.
In all four of the congressional dis
tricts the present incumbents were re-
elected, with increased pluralities. In
the First district Reed S plurality will
be something over 10000, as against
s,Sl5 two years ago, while Congress-
men Dingley, Milliken and Boutelle
will go back to the next congress with
a much larger vote than two years
ago. The legislature will contain but
few democrats.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-26
SCHOOL AND U r

The report presented at the annual
gathering of the Catholic Total Absti'
nence Union of America shows a Won
organization. Last year it established
120 societies, with a membership of s.
761, and in three years a total member.
ship of 1882 has been enrolled.
The leading religions are represent.
ed by the following figures: Protestant
Christians, 100000, 900; Roman Catholic
Christians, 1915, OOO, 900; Greek Catholic
Christians, los. OOO, 900; total Christians,
500, 1000, 900. Hebrews, S,OOO.0 900; Mo-
hammedans, $50, OOO, 1000: heathens, s12..
100000; total, non-Christians, 1,OOO,-
100000.
-Awkcanpr Hazunobr, the principal
of a college for the blind IN Odessa
Russia, is making n tour through this
country TO examine the methods of
teaching used in the schools and col.
leges for the instruction of the blind.
He says hat Russia has nearly seven
times as many blind among her popula-
ton as the United States.
The oldest living English composer
has just been honored with a reproduc-
ton OF his portrait in the Strand Mu-
steal Magazine. He is Charles Salaman,
whose song, Il Arise from Dreams of
Thee was published 60 years ago.
Nearly 20 years have elapsed since he
made his debut as Il public performer
Oh the pianoforte. He celebrated his
seth birthday on March 3 last.
1t is reported that the publishers Of
the late Charles II. Surgeons ermon
have received from the Sturgeon Mem
orial Sermon society, which distributed
homilies as loan tracts, an order for
100000 ~discourses. The weekly pub
LEGATION of these sermons, which has con.
tined without n break for IL years, is
truly described as one of the amazing
literary successes of the century.
DR.. Samuel C. Bartlett. formerly
president of Dartmouth college,; DR..
Claudius Z. Webster, of Concord, y. H..
for many years United States consul AT
Sheffield. and Rev. DIR. Leonard Parker.
OF Cambridge, Mass. We're graduated nj
Dartmouth in 1886, and are the only sur
vivors of their class. They met last
June at commencement time and in
dul%ed in appropriate "reminiscences
and sentiment. This is the first in.
stance of such 4 gathering in Hanover
GO wears after graduation
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-26
SINCE MOLLY WENT.

row nieak and bare the blue hills seem
Since Molly went away!
Inc dark las lost the rosy dream
The sunshine left the day.
Inc pirds sing not as sweet as when
Ihey saw the roses stir
And looked and listened in the glen
For the dear steps of her.
1t seems that for the bird, the brook,
There's any May.
And that when Molly went she took
The world and all away,
1 sit here when the days begun
Ana feel the lonely place.
Ihc s~unfowers following the sun
Ana dreaming OF her face.
and wonder Why in shrub and tree
The sweetest birds are dumb;
While al the roses look at me
And whisper: VIII she Gomez"
didn't think 'twouid seem so
That any heart would break:
But how this world of God can change
For one dear womaa's sake.
One little woman. "Wm she Gomez
The rose says. day by day:
/ answer not. lily heart IS dumb
n Molly ven away!
-rfFank l. Stanton, in Atlanta Corstitu,
ton.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-26

sheep er nothin' else as war flesh an
blood. 1t whizzed by me jist like it war
flynn low an orful swif' on n broom
stick. \ feller's got ter believe his own
eyes, hain't he? I war never soberer
in my life, an never so skeered. bet
my footprints var 20 feet apart tn res
of the way home. fur | had a iGee that
thar pesky thing war a sailin' long jist
ahind my coat tails
Il heard like experiences from several
others, and in some way connected the
ghost with the Denzil robberies. For
w nights l stood a dreary watch in
the woods referred to without making
any discovery. The third night 1 re-
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-26
To Prevent the Introduction OF Infection,
Diseased from Cuba.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1s.-Surgeon-
General Wyman OF the Marine Hos.
pital service yesterday sent special in
structions to quarantine officers and
collectors of customs on the Georgia
and Florida coasts to prevent the in.
PRODUCTION of contagious diseases into
the United States from Cuba. All per-
sons and vessels coming from Cuban
ports will be submitted to the strict
est quarantine regulations. Yellow
fever and smallpox are also raging in
Cuba, and considerable ~uneasiness on
their account Is felt in southern porta
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-26
AN UNKIND FAREWELL.
Party Descending from Mount Hood
Showered with Rocks.

1t was only through mere chance-a
miracle, some might say-that the
party of mountain climbers that made
the ascent of Mount Hood the other day
was not buried beneath an avalanche of
rock and ashes. There was an eruption
as the party. consisting of 81 persons,
were making the descent OF the noun
tain. The earth trembIcd and smoke
and steam were seen issuing from the
towering cliff directly above them. Be-
fore there was time for flight a shower
of powders came tearing down thu
mountain side directly toward the
mcuntaineers. One of the largest stones
struck Miss Fax KiIlingsworth AMI
knocked her into q crevasse ten feet
deep. She WAS badly injured. The
rest of the party escaped with a few
scratches and bruises.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-26
A SUNDAY RIOT.
Bloody Shooting ARRAY in q Kentucky
Ehurrbyard-

Bloody Shooting ARRAY in q Kentucky
C~hurchyard.
LOUISVILLE, Ky, Sept. ia whole
sale shooting ARRAY is reported to
have occurred Sunday at Long Branch,
a village in Martin county. Accord
ing 10 the reports. Adam Harmon
~quarrelled with his brother, Henry, in
a churchyard during the meeting Of
the Mountain Baptist association and
shot him. Friends of the two men
then took up ,he quarrel, and over
one hundred shots were fired. Several
persons were wounded, and it is feared
some of them will die. Several officers
were on the ground, but they were
powerless to quell the riot. Further
trouble is expected.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-26

"My dear. that waist doesn't fit you in
the back at ALL"
1T doesn't matter" said she. 'Peo.
pie in front of me can't see it, and I
don't care what they say behind my
back"
The feminine reader is allowed the
choice of two solutions: Either the
woman who didn't care about the fit of
her waist was fibbing, or, what is more
likely, she never existed.-Indianapolla
Journal
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-26

Allow three and GSe-half pounds OF
sugar to five pounds of fruit. Put in a
muslin bag four t2blespoonfuls Of
ground cinnamon and two tablespoon
fuls each of ground Glove and mace
Boil foc one-half hour and keep in q
stone iar.-Good Housekeeping.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-26
Claim for Salvage Against the Broddic
Castle.

LONDON, Sept. ia dispatch from
Cape Town says a claim of $4,000 sal.
wage has been made against the OWN
ers of the Broddick Castle, Capt. Fer
guson, from San Francisco, which
grounded at the entrance to Cape
Town harbor on September 6, but was
subsequently towed off in a damaged
condition.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-26
GOOD-BY, IL.
The Chinese yiceroy Take Passage ~
Vancouver for Home.

The Chinese Viceroy Takes Passage ~
Vancouver for Home.
VANCOUVER, b. c., Sept. 15.-Li Hung
Chang sailed on the Empress of China
for home yesterday. The viceroy oc-
cupied the forenoon in giving au.
diences to the board of trade, the city
council, the consuls of the various
countries resident at Vancouver and
the lieutenant-governor of the prov.
ince.
The Empress of China sailed at 2:3G
p. IN. in Il fusilade of Chinese artillery,
rockets and firecrackers, and the boom
ing of cannon from her majesty's ship
Comus.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-26

Physicians in England continue to
write their prescriptions in Latin be-
cause they imagine it to be better for
their patients not to know the uaturs
of the drugs they are taking.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-26
An Impertinen Question

Investigator tat Spiritual seance)-
Do they raise vegetables il the Summer.
Land?
Materialized Spi-it-Wky do you ASA
that question?
Il thought 1 detected the odor o!
onions on your breath"
Spirit dematerializes rapidly, the cur
tains of the cabinet open and close rap
idly. and a munching sound, together
with a Glove aroma is detected by the
astute observers of spiritual phe-
uomena-Buffalo Times.
The tortoise sometimes attaina thL
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-26

The tortoise sometimes attaina thl
aCe Of 400 yeara