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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-23
win Try the Raiders April Fl.

London, Jan. ga dispatch from Pre-
toria sd VS. IL has been decided that the trial
OF the persons in custody there for having
taken part in the raid into the South
African republic led by DR.. Jameson shall
take place April FL.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-23
Germany Orders Torpedo Destroy

Germany Orders Torpedo DeSfrOye rs.
London. Jan. 23.-The Daily News to-
day publishes dispatch from its
corrosro ndent at Kiel, aging that the
German government has decided upon the
construction Of twenty torpedo destroyers
with a speed OF thirty knots, and that
orders for twelve of the boats have al.
ready been placed in England.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-23
Heavy LOSS nv Fire i'm Tyrpne.

Tyrone, Pa. Jan. 23.-The house furn-
ishng store of s. NJ. Jones. in this place,
one of the largest in central Pennsy lvania,
was totallyy destroyed by fire at s O'Clock
this morning. The origin of the fire is
unknown. Loss S25, 0C0; insurance, $l2,-
600.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-23
Fast Driver Arrested

Fast Driver Arrested.
Addison Pencil. hustler, was arrested
last night by Policeman Stewart on the
charge of fast driving. He put up $40
collateral at No. 8 station, and was re-
leased
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-23
Daily Bargains.
General
Reductions
In Every
Department..

Spring goods are COM
ing in and we MUST HAVE
ROOM for them.
Every price has been
pruned extensively.
An imr1ense reduction has
been made on BANQUET
LAMPS. Remnants of CAR
PETS are down far below
cost. JAPANESE RUGS
at about half price.
Renovate your house
while you can do it at about
half the usual cost.
Wash. B. Williams,
Furniture, Carpets, Drarery
! 7th and D SITS. N. w.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-23

zoc. chickens free. .Johnstons. Page 8.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-23

40c. chickens Tree. Johnstons. Page Q.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-01
WHY DOGS ARE INTELLIGENT.
Stupid Member of the Family Were For
merly Eaten by Their Masters.

Stupid Members of the Family Were For
merly Eaten by Their Masters.
Pro-. y. S. Shaler, of Harvard uni
sersity, in his study of dOmesticated
animals, advances this theory in re-
gard to the dog, which explains ill a
large measure why the best traits of
the dog have been developed. The dog
of the savage could not have been Il
cultured creature. He had not been
long enough associated with man TO
sUbduc his native impulses. The dog
hunted for his master. When game
was plenty. man and animal had
enough to eat. But when game was
scarce the savagc ate the dog. To-day,
when in Il state of famine. EskiInos will
eat some of the pack. But choice is
exercised then. The strongest, or the
most affectionate. or the most intc!li-
gent animals would be spared. The
weaklings, the cross, the stupid dogs
would go TO the pot. On this way"
writes Prof. Shaler. for ages Il careful,
though unintcnded process of selection
was applied tn these creatures" and to
this we may fairly attribute. as many
considerate naturaliSts have done. a
large part of the intCllectual-indeed,
we may say moral-eleyation to which
dogs have attained.
In his clever study of the dog, Prof.
Shaler, looking more particularly tC
the instinctise traits of pointers and
settlers, ~speculates as to how long these
hunting animals have shown their
p~ecuiiarities when scenting game.
Some theorists have advanced the IDEA
that the actions of the dogs, as pointers
or settlers, can only date back from the
invention of the fowling-piece. 1t il a
mOoted question among those who have
carefully studied firearms which served
for sport whether Spain was not the
first country using the fOwling-piece.
Now, c~uriously enough. tradition seems
to indicate that the early pointer-the
dog with an exaggerated split of the
nostrils-was originally Spanish, and
that from Spain the breed travelled
Dorthward. If the idea be entertained
that the pointer appeared with he
use of the fowling-piece, the particular
specialization of the pointer only be-
gun in dogs removed by some 30 genera
tons from those OF to-day. Those who
advocate this ingenious theory do not
bear in mind the dogs which must have
been used in hawking. and hawking is
of the most remote antiquity.-N. Y.
Times.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-01
HUMOROUS.

~ hear the colonel is a hard drink
err" HE? He's the easiest drinker I
ever saw in my life."-petroit Tribune.
Maud what n fool you were
makinsof yourself in imitating Charley
Spooner." Ethel-'WiIl you tell me
how l could initiate him in any other
manner?"-Boston Transcript.
"A maiden writes: Can you tell me
how to change the color of any hair,
which all the young men tell me is
redo" Certainly we can. Get rich;
they will then call it golden or auburn"
Erie Messenger.
misunderstanding mammals little
boy hurt his darling head? Come
here and let IN kiss it and make
it Well" That's got so it don't cure
any more, mamma. Put on come
arnica."-Chicago Tribune.
A health officer recently received
the following note from one of the resi-
dents of his district: Dear Sir-I beg
to tell you that my child, aged eight
months, is suffering with measles, as
required by act of parliament lid
Bits.
Mr., Keep Cash - "0id you write
that nan who advertises to show peo-
pie how to make desserts without milk
and have them richer?" Mrs. Cash
'Ies, and sent him the dollar" "What
did he reply?" Use cream" West
Medford Windmill.
Il think I've got pretty good story
here" remarked the occasional con.
tributOr, MS he seated himself and
lighted n of the EDITORS cigars. The
editor glanced over thH story. YES"
he said, 81 think this is a pretty good
story. l tell it mysel: occasionally."-
Chicago Times-Herald.
-"Micky," said Mr.. Dolan to his son,
"Oi do be afraid ye're gettin' to be a
dude" "Thope not" We'll, Olive no.
ticed yez wearin' yer Sunday clothes
the week trough, an that We gave up
yer job in the blacksmith shop. Oh
want to say, widout barrum till any,
body's feelin's, that it'll do ycz no hurt
10 be rollin' up yer sleeves MOI an yer
trousers less."-Washington Star.
-Executor-'Pray. sir, what do you
charge for a funeral sermon?" Rev.
MIR. Canter-'1 always charge, my dear
brother, in proportion to the property
left behind. Couple of guineas for a
poor man, five g'Iineas for 10000, and
so on" Executor-"Well, NY friend
has left $4,000, so that would be s25,
but it seems a good deal" Rev. Mr..
~Canter-"But, my dear brother, think
of the strain on my conscience!"-Ally
Sloper's.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-01
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

AT the annual meeting Of the
French academy the highest prize
for literary work done during the past
year was awarded to VI. Jusserand for
his Literary History of the English
People," the authorized American edi-
ton of which is in course of publication
by the Putnams.
Miss Dora Zahn, a Frisco girl,
claims the proud distinction of being
the first American or English woman
who has ever reached so degrees north
latitude. The event was marked by
planting the Stars and Stripes on the
island of SpitZbergen, amid the enthu-
s'asm of 81 European scientists.
The privilege of carrying the zu-
chetti to the new cardinals is reserved
exclusively for the members of the
Noble guard. The memberso of that body
guard who has been deputed to per-
form this service for Mgr. Satolli is
Marquis S~acripanti, who is of an an
Gent and ~aristocratic Roman family.
The empress of Austria intends Civ
ing up much of the violent exercise
which she has persisted in for so many
years. Her majesty at one time boosted
o. a waist of only 20 inches in circum-
fcrence-the smallest in Europe-and
claimed that it was not the product of
u corset, but of swinging by her hands
from a trapeze bar.
Admiral Lord Clarence Paget,
uncle of Lieut.-Col. Paget. who married
Mrs. Paran Stevens daughter, and
of Mr.. Almeric Paget, who recently
married Miss Pauline Whitney, is now
81 years old and has written his mem
oirs, which will be published soon. He
served in the Crimean a and was sec
Ietpry of the admiralty under Lord
Fnsmerston.
French papers announce the offer
for sale of the library of Renan. The
Hbsary is divided into two parts, the
first including the oriental library, to
whose collection Renan paid great at
tentlon, and containing books on the
philology and history of the oriental
languages. The second part contains
books on general philolOgy, classical
studies, the middle ages, etc.
H. ~ Pillsbury, the Brooklyn chess
champion who is winning new laurels
at St.Petersburg, maintains his wonder
1ul control of his nervous system by
great care in his habits. He eats meat
but once a day, never drinks anything
stronger than milk, is abstemious in
the use of tobacco, and always sleeps at
least seven hours out of the "a. He is
an advocate of bicycle riding in 4 limit
Ell amount.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-01
SCHOOL N CHURCH.

Any and all devotional exercises II
the public schools of Missouri are de
clared illegal. They are now fighting
in Minnesota on the same lines.
People of Wapella county, Ia, have
engaged Evangelist Moody and two
other eNhorters to convert the town OF
Eddyville, which is noted for it's scep.
ticism.
Roy York, a 1~3-year-old boy
preacher, is conducting services in Mis-.
souri,. and is said to be stirring VI
much religious fervor and causing
many conversions.
David J. Hill, president of the
University of Rochester, has resigned,
The action is said to be on account
of the opposition to him manifested
by conservative Baptists who have not
favored his liberal views and manage
men of the university.
Dean Farrar of Canterbury thinks
it perfectly erroneous TO talk of the
failure of missions, when they started
with 12n despised Galileans, and when
now there are 12O, 900, 900 Protestants,
and they have in their power almost all
the of the world"
Henry Willard, the railroad mag.
nate, has given a large fund for the
State University of Oregon, made lib
eral donations to the University OF
Washington, endowed a hospital in his
native town, and spent a great deal
Of money on industrial art schools in
Rhenish Bavaria.
The international executive COM
mittee, representing American Sunday
schools, at a meeting recently held
Mt Ch%autauqua, voted TO send a Sun.
day school worker and organizer to
Japan. The SUN of 81 900 was raised
as n beginning, and a subcommittee
appointed to secur the right.
The London university conferred
the degree of doctor of literature upon
Miss Elizabeth Dawes, an Englishwom-
an. This degree reflects great credit
upon the scholarship of man or woman,
requiring as it does the broadest read
ing. The year '95 marked the first
time a woman had received it.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-01
HOME HINTS AND HELPS.

-Vaseline is said to be one of the besl
dressings for russell shoes, and spirits
Of turpentine the correct thing for
cleaning and Frightening patent
leather.
Apple Sauce-Pare, quarter and
core tart apples. Put sufficient sugar
to sweeten some into an agate or EARTH
en- pudding dish; dissolve with hot wa
ter, add the apples, cover closely and
bake until tender but not broken. Cook
rather slowly.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Cream SCULPTOR. any kind of vege-
table desired, fresh peas, lima beans,
asparagus, cauliflower, lettuce or
celery, in water, sailed. When done,
rub through n sieve. Put butter in a
saucepan, and stir in some -four, moist
ened with milk, remove the vegetables
Inc water. When serving stir in the
yolks of two beaten eggs.-Chicago
Chronicle.
ham flour; one teaspoon of salt; one
cupful of ~raisins, seeded and chopped
fine; one cupful of sweet milk; one cup
full molasses; one egg beaten light; one
teaspoon of soda, boil three hours
serve hot with sauce.-Mrs. PauliI
Smith. in Womankind.
Frosted Apple Pie.-Make an {
binary apple pie, leaving off the upI
crust. When baked beat the whites Oh
two eggs TO a stiff froth, add one table
fpoon pulverized sugar. spread over the
top of the pie, replace in the oven until
it has n delicate brown. Dried stewed
apples can be highly seasoned and used
the same way.-Housekeeper.
-Macaroni.-Take half a package Of
macaroni and boil it IN saltwater until
perfectly tender. In a baking-tish
scatter a layer of macaroni, and over
this a layer of grated cheese, alternat-
ing until The dish is iull. Season with
pepper, salt and butter. Cover with
milk, and bake until brown. Farm and
Fireside.
Calls Liver a Ia Observation-Disclosures
a thin slice Of liver and one of breakfast
bacon for each person; cut them INTO
little squares as nearly one size as pos
sible and place them OF skewrrs, a piece
of liver and one of bacon alternately
until the skewers are full. Dredge
with pepper, place them in a dripping
pan in the oven, urn them two or three
times while cooking, and when done
place the liver and bacon OF long pieces
of buttered toast already in a dish;
hold in place with a fork while you
6raw ont Tho SkayyerS then servo hot
If not possible to procure calf's liver
other liver will do, though net as good.
Chicago Record.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-01
Further Information Wanted.

\ very devout gentleman of Boston,
who teaches 4 Sunday-school class of
bootblacks and newsboys the beauties
Of the Gospel, recently undertook to tell
n story of jacobs ladder. After he had
graphically pictured the wanderings
OF the sad old patriarch, his dream in
the eastern pasture, and the ladder on
which the angels were ascending and
descending, he paused and said:
Now, boys, if there is anything in
this story that 1 have not yet explained,
you may ask me any question you like
and l will answcrit."
Say. Mister Minister, did you say
dem angels he'd wings?"
Yes, my boy" replied the doctor;
"angels always have wings"
well, den, eff dey he'd wings what for
did they need Ladders ?"-Boston Home
Journal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-01

in accordance with what he had always
done, and the Apache is a creature of
habit.
The murder of the prospector would
of course, be discovered, and men would
come to hunt him. Jesus, from his
long experience, knew this, so he
manned and mangled the dead man
some more TO show his dsrision and
contempt, and went away. What he
found in the pack was welcome. He
got drunk, and he ate until he could
eat no more, but he did not celebrate
his triumph thiS way until he was back
in the high mountains again.
So Jesus lived alone in the mountains.
lie did not modest the ranches except
TO steal Il horse or q COW for food, when
he did not want to waste ammunition
on a deer. There was danger about the
ranches, and Jesus took no chance of
getting shot. lie killed 4 man whenever
he could do so safely, Lot because lie
cared about plundering him. but on
he same principle hat a man kills a
snake whenever he meets one.
One day he went out to the road that
led to the north. He waited among
the rocks and brush of the great canyon
until he heard the sound OF wheels, and
pretty soon a carriage came along with
a Mexican and Il lady and a baby in It.
And from his perch along the rocks
he shot the man, but he did not kill
him outright. The Mexican had life
enough to know that he was in an
Apache ambush and killed the woman
before a second shot from Jesus Win
chester killed him. That man knew
what an Apache was, and Jesus, in
revenge, mutilated the dead bodies and
killed the baby.
At last 4 regiment of Mevican cav
airy was sent to round him up. They
found his camp among the cliffs by
the Lake of the Virgin and waited fer
him, but Coyote saw the too numerous
tracks and only approached near
enough 10 see his danger, and then
went dway again to still deeper fast
nesses. And then came what Jesus
had so long waited for.
Halt a dozen Of his triEe, hard
pressed after the murder of d teamster.
crossed the line and reached their old
camp in the Sierra M1dre. lie found
them by the same instinct tina an ante
lope finds It's mates. md the MeNiCan
soldiers saw the trail, and knew shat
there was more than Coyote-Tl.at-
Dra@s His-Foot in the mcuntains.
There was no catching them by pur-
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-01
THE AVERAGE MURDERER.
In Prison He Appears Happy, and Ger
tainly lie Grows Fat.

In Prison He Appears Happy, and Ger
tainly He Grows Fat.
One of the strangest of all the strange
phases OF human nature IS the cheerful
ness of the average murderer after con
vict;on and sentence. There are, OF
course exceptions to the rule; there
are murderers who await execution in
horror and dread, and occasionally one
dies of this torment before the fatal day
arrives. But these are rare cases and
do not affect the correctness of the
proposition that the average murderer
is n rather cheerful person, sleeps well,
has 4 good appetite, grows fat, and, till
his last hour, manifcsts a lively interest
in such worldly affairs as occupied his
mind before he was caught, Gagged and
marked for the hangman.
Trouble of mind is not conducive to
the taking on of fat. y convict whose
day of death had been finally fixed, and
who had no ground on which to base
the faintest hope of clemency, might
affect cheerfulness, or even POPULARITY,
in the presence of visitors. But there
is 40 affecting a growth of adipose. The
man whose weight is increasing day by
day, even in the shadow of the gallows,
is not in mental distress. The mind
and body are too closely related for
either to be tormented without the full
par%ticipancy of the other.
Here is an extract from Il reporters
nccountofav visit to Harry Hayward, at
Minneapolis, who was put to death for
one of the most cruel. cold-blooded muir
ders ever perpetratcd:
do you think you will hang?'
eyes, l think l will, old man. Hay.
ward replied. His face did not change
color, nor did he finch. Then he con-
tinucd, laughing: Il fellow has got to
go some time, and it might as well be
one time rs another. Only l wish it
well done and no hungling. But, by
the-by. what do you think about the
Corbett-Fitzsimmons fighter rather
the one hat did not come off? will
tell you what l believe. l think Fit"
was afraid of Jim. would hate to see
Jim get whipped, Tor he is an American.
But the fight will never come off, now,'
he added.
"'How is your health, Mr.. Hayward?'
"'Splendid. When l came in here ]
weighed 16O, but 1 have gained 40
pounds. You see, l have nothing to
worry me, have slept well, and eaten
heartily and will continue to do so until
the end"
If this were an exceptional case il
would be interesting only as n possible
indication of lunacy. But it presents
nothing hat is unusual. 1t is strange
only because it is impossible for the
average mind to conceive of such cheer.
fulness, such Indifference under the
conditions surrounding this
Washington Post.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-01
ARIsTocRSrio mENpIcANTs.
A Partisan Duchess Arrested for Solicitins
Aims on the Etreets.

Aims on the Streets.
Countesses lave been seen begging
on the public streets, and ever an Eng
lish peeress, the marchioness of Done
gal. has been arrested by the London
police for mendicancy and vagrancy.
But France enjoys the distinction Of
having produced the first duchess to
be arrested on a charge of begging. She
is the duchess of Albufera, whose hus-
band is 4 grandson of Napoleon's field
marshal, Suchet, and herself a grand
daughter of hat duke of Cambaccres
who, after acting as BonaParte's col
league in the directorate and in the
cons late. was afterward made arch
chancellor of the empire. She had
been specializing IN South African
mining stocks. and when the boom
collapsed the other day she found her
self with such heavy losses to face that
ruin stared her in the face She be-
cane temporarily insane, and, con
WINGED that she had reduced herself
and her family 10 absolute beggary,
she started out upon the streets to ask
aims. She is now under the care of
nurses. Prince Del Dargo, who was
here to attend the marriage of Miss
Anna Gould to Compile De Castellane,
is at length about to be placed in easy
circumstances. Of the SIS. 600. goo left
by his grandmother, old Queen Chris
tina of SPAIN all except 100000 has
been eaten up by the lawsuit in which
Hha Ia.~- ,..-,-,l L.. ~. =.
be divided between Prince Del Dargo,
old Campo-Sagrado and the duke of
Taranches, thus placing all three be-
yond the necessity of selling or pawn
ing family. jewels.
The duke of Tarances has in his
keeping a huge chest full of valuable
correspondence and papers belonging
to old Queen Christina, and which she
declared to be of so compromising n
character TO her contemporaries that
she insisted hat the box should not be
opened till the year 1910. 1t is possible
that when they are made public they
will throw light on those many mystic
riOus stories current in court circles
in times gone by with regard to her
secret marriage with a young English
painter while still princess of Naples
and prior to becoming the consort Of
King Ferdinand of Spain. According
to several of these stories. Empress
Eugene and her sister. the late duchess
of Alba. were the fruits of this secret
marriage and were cOnfided by Queen
Christina to Comptess de Montijo, her
first lady in waiting, TO bring up as her
OWL children. Queen Christina was
unable to write or even read when she
came to Spain, and her ignorance was
something appalling. But she rode in
the most superb fashion and excelled
in all athletic exercises. This was due
to the fact that she had as governcss an
English woman who, prior to becom-
ing gOverness to the three princesses
of Naples, had been Il circus rider and
was q sister of hat stable boy, Ward,
who, entering the service of the duke
of Lucca, rose to be Baron Ward, gen
eral and prime minister, his daughter
being the beautiful Marquisc Hervey
de st. Denis, now m of the leaders o.
society.-N. Y. World.