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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-07-04

Dilby-Alas, this world is full OF
change.
Dedbroke-Yes; but confound it, the
only trouble with me is that L can't
seem TO get hold of enough of it to &C
halfway round.-Town Topics.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-07-04
Onr Nations Birthday.

James G. Blaine once said that Amer
lea is the only country with a known
birthday: that Gil the other countries
began they knew not when and grew
into power they knew not how.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-07-04

state house at Philadelphia, famous
ever since that day rs Independence
hall. There are sc. the representative
men of the colonies, the great land own
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-07-04

Was little Tommy Bunker's Fourth
of July celebration a success?"
Il guess 50. l see the Bunkers have
called three doctors in already."-Ex-
change.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-07-04

ePlIcDEl dkCE GAlt
ninetcenth-century way
To celebrate the glorious date Of indie
pendence day;
Or let him toll and strain and strive in
some athletic game,
Or else beneath n broiling sun sit down to
watch the same,
Or join the hot, ~pcrSpiring crowds on an
excursion boat
That think they must be happy just be-
cause they are ~afloat;
Or let him do a thousand things that eager
minds invent
To lare the wary dollar and corral the nim-
BILE cent
OF the patriotic citizen who tries hard to
be gay,
Because" thinks he. Il ought to be"
but doesn't know the way.
But let me rather steal away to some Sc
Guided spot,
Where, lost in sylvan solitudes. with ali
life's cares forgot,
Unmoved by moss grown custom, or by
what the n~eiShbors say.
III celebrate, at any rate, my Independence
day.
H. G. Paine. in Harper's Weekly.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-07-04

17j7 he went TO England,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-07-04
INDEPENDENTS
rMDAY=

him, who will,
burn powder, ring
bells, and make a
noise.
And list to windy
orators, II that's
what he enjoys
And leemG a sane
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-19


Ruth Ashmore. addressing herself tc
"That Boy OF Mime in Ladies' Home
Journal. writes that his personal ap.
pearance should DO good. You owe
that to yourself. And whether il is nj
the Office or when You are ont visiting
You should be q clean, wholesome
looking young man. Cleanliness does
much toward godlipcss, and clean
body aids u clean soul Il may not be in
your power to possess dress suit. but
II you should not don't borrow one and
don't hire one. Brush up the best clothes
you have, make them immaculate and
then enjoy yourself and forget your
clothes. Your linen can always be fresh
and clean. and your tie can be in good
style and properly Eno;ted. Never wear
u loud scarf and never wear imitation
Jewelry. Gentlemen select plain gold
buttons. and simple gold links. and
scarfpins If tho most modest pattern.
II You can afford dress clothes. remem.
Der never to appear in them until
after dark. You may wear, ms you like
best, either lawn tie or black satin
one. but the stiff little bow should be
looped by yourself and not bought ready
NADIA ~
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-19
EARTHQUAKE SCIENCE.
The Internal Fires Of Earth and tho Crack
ing Of tho Upper Crust.

The Iusernal Fires Of Earth and tho Crack.
ing Of the Upper Crust.
It has long been the popular belief
that volcanoes were the cause of earth.
quakes, and many scientists have held
to this theory, but Professor John
Milne. +. r. s., who has recently beer
investigating tho causes Of earthquakes
in Japan. in connection with the Uni.
versity of Tokyo. made the statement
III lecture that most Of these shakings.
probably % per cent. were caused by
fractures of the earth's crust.
He explained that the earth q crust
was in perpetual molten. and the tremor
was either SO slight us TO be impercepti-
BILE Or so great that it might plainly be
felt. 1t is not, he said, necessary to &c
to japan CT South America to study
earthquakes. for IN earthquake in one
part OF the world can, by proper insiru.
ments, easily be recorded in another.
The inside Of tho earth is hot" said
Professor Milne. land the crust 10 con-
stantly breaking downward, and as il
accommodates itself to what is under
meath, the surface OF tine earth's crust
becomes puckered up, and mountains
and hills are formed. When any inter.
ruption takes place i'll the process of the
internal crumbling Of the crust of the
earth, there is u subsistence producing a
violent shaking, which is called an
earthquake. II big shaking takes place
in any part Of tho world. the motion is
sufficient to be propaga;ed over the
whole surface Of the earth.
I'm countries where there are yolca-
noes earthquakes arc most frequent, but
they are not all directly attributable to
the volcanoes. When the ground open
ing upward Is near the ocean or other
great body Of water, volcanoes are
found there, for volcanic action is due
to steam from water ia heated rocks,
the water having soaked through from
the surface.
In Japan earthquakes, great or
small, ere of such frequent occurrence
that people there do not talk about the
weather, ms they do almost everywhere
else in the world. but you are asked
what you thought Of the last earthquake,
and there is much guessing and betting
On the earthquakes that are to come.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-19
WHAT ALLIED M'cUE,


Frighessing shs Ladies.
Jim McCue, rancher, politician, phi-
losopher and horse doctor, walked on
the ferryboat with q crutch the other
day. He also had one arm in sling and
bis head bandaged.
whats the matter, Jim?" incurred
two or three acquaintance
"Tll bet any man in the crowd $40
he can butt harder and longer than any
ram or billygoat in the state, " respond.
Cd Jim irrelevantly, 'but ! guess I've
broken him of it,"
"You look as if you had been broken
some yourself" suggested one.
swell, to tell the truth, did get
canned around little. I've been break.
ing q ram Of the butting habit. This
ram was raised a pet, and that's what
makes him SO sassy. He knows who to
tackle too. He won't touch a man, be.
cause he knows he'd get Q fence rail
frazzled out over his head. but q woman
he will butt clear over into the next
pasture.
1.-THE other morning this ram jolted a
lady friend Of mine clear across the field
and through q picket fence, and I
thought it was about time to cure him
Of the habit. I put on an old calico
dress, tied ON an old sunbonnet, and,
concealing a sledge hammer under nv
apron, sauntered down through the field.
1.-THE minute the ram saw me Ina
dropped ell the business he had ON hand
and came over to have some fun with
me. He squared of. shook his head
and made a run for me. When stepped
to one side to get good swing at him
with q sledge hammer, the blamed old
dress tripped me, and fell down. /
started to get mp, but that ram was be-
hind me. and turned two somersaults
before hit the ground again. l didn' {
stand any chance ut all He Just kent
lifting me up until he got ne over
against the fence, and then he lit into
me. BE jammed me down against the
fence, then backed off and hit me anoth =.
er crack, and then another and another.
till he thought he'd broken every rib in
my body. Finally he jamrned me clear
through the bottom rail- and 1 managed
to crawl to the house.
"But got even this morning. I had
tho hired men take a green oak log, dress
it up in woman's clothes and set it
swinging from the limb. That buck lost
q horn the first time he hit it, and it
WASN'T long till the second Went the
same way. When I left it. he was meet
ing it half way every time it swung
back ut him, and wouldn't wonder if
he amt worn down pretty close to tho
tail by this time. San Francisco Post.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-19
1.-THE Christ Of the big Muddy

"The Christ Of the Big Muddy" also
known as Potter Christ" was a mis-.
guided individual who preached MP and
down the Missouri river about % years,
particularly in the vicinity Of Council
Bluffs, Ia. He claimed to be the Mes
senger of the New Covenant" as proph-
esied in Malachi, see iii. /; also 1.-The
Dcliverer," Romans xi, 90; "Everlast-
ing Father" Isaiah ix, 6; the second
Adam, the Lord from heaven, 1 Co
rinthians xv, AZ. Besides the above he
claimed several other divine titles,
among them "Shiloh," Morning
Star" prince Michael" eto He pub
lished book entitled Revelations
Given by Inspiration Of God For the
Salvation Of the Whole World" have
no record of what finally became Of
this eccentric individual Some author
tiles list him among the. False
Christs," but none that I have consult.
ed tells where he was born or when and
how he died.-St Louis Republic.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-19
NEW
PASSRUGERSERV
To the East via the
r. |. & p.

THROUGH CAR SERVICE
Lines east Of Peoria carry throuyi
cohches and sleeping cars en- nigh
trsins so principle c;s!es.
K. STOCkHOuSE,
Gen. Ticket Agent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-19

Send your address TO II. Z. Buck
lin d CO., Chicago. and get . fres
sample box Of DIR. Kings New Lif,
Fills. A trial will convince you o.
their merits. These pills are easy Ia
action and are particularly effcctiv,
In the cure Of consultation and sicl
headache. For malaria and livel
troubles they have been proved in
valuable. They are guaranteed to b,
perfectly free from every dcleteriou,
substance and to be purely vegetable
They do not weaken by their sction,
but by giving tone to stomach and
bowels greatly invigorate the sys.
TEN. Regular size rs cents per box.
Sold BY Hartz q Ullemeysr. drug
gists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-19
LITTLE CUT AMBER NOW.
A Pipe hIOuthpicce Three Ilchcs Lone
Worth From 112 to als.

Worth From s1e to SIS.
''Is that real amber?" asked the man
as he held mp pipe before the dealer.
The pipe was a handsome brier wood one.
and it had q clear amber mouthpiece
nearly three inches long. The price mark
was So. so.
Eyes, it's real AMBER" said the deal
CT. THAT is, it's as real as any amber
you can get nowadays in pipe. It is
not cut from piece of amber, bat is
made by melting process. Ninety per
cent ct that mouthpiece is amber. The
other 10 per cent is a composition used
to harden it and make it stick together.
Some years ago amber was plenty, and
u pipe like that would have mouth
piece of amber cut from block and new
er melted. But the amber mines have
practically given out. and you can't get
any more big pieces. A piece of cut am
Der as long as that On the pipe you have
there would be worth from Sl2 to SIS,
and it wouldn't be bit better than the
manufactured amber. 1t wouldn't be SO
durable and would not feel any better
between the teeth"
Il was in England q year ago." said
Q man who had listened to the CONVEX
satioD, land one Of the largest Pipe
manufacturers there said that there had
not been q piece Of amber ms long rs
three inches in the market for five
years.
That's co." said tho pipe seller.
"You may get a pipe with genuine cut
amber mouthpiece in some stores in
New York, but if you looi- up its record
you will find it was made EIGHT or ten
years ago and has been in stock. This
composition is used today in expensive
meerschaums as well as in brier woods "
New York Sun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-19

healthy man. Germs go through the
healthy body without effect. They are
hurried along rapidly and thrown off before
they have time to develop or increase. Let
them once find Judgment or let them find a
weak spot, they will develop by the million
and the blood will be full of them. Instead
of rich, life giving properties, the blood will
be sluggish. putrid tide of impurity In
stead of giving strength to the tissues, it
will force upon them unwholesome ard
innutritious matter, and the man will
lose flesh. The more flesh he loses and the
weaker he becomes, the more susceptible
he is to disease. His trouble will become
complicated and serious consequences will
follow DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery is the only medicine that absolutely
and infallibly cures all blood diseases, and
almost all diseases are blood diseases. 1t
isn't Il medicine for some one particular
so-called disease. 1t is a medicine for the
aH0le body. 1t forces out all the germs of
disease, replaces impurities with rich, red
blood, feeds the tissues and makes strong,
healthy flesh.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-19
Origin OF the Term 81 Cs-d.s

here is an extract from letter OF C.
W. Ernst: Boston has added many
words to our mother tongue. A card
meaning personal statement in news
papers, is o Boston term and dates back
TO early times. when men paid their
compliments to Questionable crown
ministers by printing a card in the
newspapers. The idea took immediate
y. and is still popular. When Robin
son d Jones give their workmeu Q
Christmas turkey each. the workmen
are apt to put card in the local pa
per. This odd use Of the word originated
In Boston before the Revolution. Like
all Boston inventions. it is convenient
and real cute. Boston Journal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-19
THE old man xho

THE old man who
! looks out at the
world with clear
and healthy eeyes
cannot help feeling
great qualification at
the thought that his
children and his
children's children
have inherited from
him no weakness nor
tendency to disease.
! The healthy old man
is the man who has
throughout his life
kept his digestion
good and his blood
pure. Once in
a while you find such
a man who has never
taken any medicine.
That man has lived
a perfectly natural
life. Not one in a
thousand does do it.
So m e tim IS very
slight ind;scretions
or carelessness pave
the way for serious
sickness. The germ
theory of disease is
well authenticated.
and germs are every
, where. This need
make no difference
to tn perfectly
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-19
A WOman'S Quest.
After travelling over land and sea.
she finds the object OF her
search at home.

The story of this we'll known lady's quest
for health, is that of thousands. They may
not have Travelled SO far expended so
much money. but have searched Just as
earnestly. Thousands of women dying an
nually from diseases peculiar to the sex show
how futile is the quest of many. A brief ex.
tract from Mrs. Pratt's statement: Twelve
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-19

DR.. Williams Indian Pile Ointment
will cure blind. bleeding. liberated
and itching piles. II sbsorbs the
tumors: sliays the itching 1t once.
acts as = poultice. gives instant re-
relief. DR.. Williams Indian Pile
Ointment IL prepared only for piles
and itching Of the private parts. and
nothing else. livery box is guaran.
teed. sold by druggists. sent BY
mail for SO cents and 81 per box.
WILLIAMS M'v'e Co.. Props. Cieve
land. Ohio. For sale BY all Drug.
gists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-19

years 1 suffered all a
woman can and live.
Death would hayebecn
a happy release. l was
treated by the best spe-
cialistsin Canada, Eng.
land and at Z ome, with
out relief. Had inf1an1-
nation, liberation, ca
tarrh, retroversion and
hemorrhagcs. To pleas.
africnd 1 used WiIdOlive
and Myrtle Tonic. They
cured me permanently.
Not a sign left. Have
gained IL pound d."
MRS.MAUD A.PRATI
Interplay, Wash. A
full history of the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-19

pthcrs. sent on application The remedies
ised. are the priced formulas of a physician
\ no gave his life to the study Of diseases o.
.onen. Wild Olive is applied to the seat o
disease. Myrtle Tonic is taken internally to
,uild UP the system. Acting in harTr,o ny.
hey care cases that nothing else can reach
rice 81. caci, Samples oc both and val
iablc treats: FREE, of our agents, or b,
addressing. VICTOR MEDICAL ASSO
IATION, South Bend, Ind.
Mrs NJ. J. SARGENT, Agent,
iiis Th;rtyseventh st., RockJIsland
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-19

After an exposure. OF when you
feel . cold comi0g On. take . dose Of
Foley's Honey and Tar. Il never fails.
Sold BY n. 2. Bahnsen.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-11-18
WOman's Christian Temperance
Union Denies Responsibility
FOr"WOman's Bible"
A Resolution Regretting That
That Name Should Have
Been Given 1t.
Old Officers Reelected Without
Opposition Headquarters Re-
main at Chicago.

ST.. LOUIS, Nov. lS.-This, the next
to the last day. session of the 23d an
nual convention of the National w. G
T. u, was the most important of any
yet held, as officers for the ensuing
year were elected. After the usua!
early morning prayer meeting the TO-
lowing resolution was adopted without
much debate:
Resolved, That while we recognize
the right Of women to make comment
aries on the Bible, as men have done
we regret that the name
"Woman's Bible" has been given
to any volume, and we further dcplore
the misrepresentation of the press, secu-
lar and religious, in styling this COM
mentary on those parts Of the Bible
only relating to women, as a new ver-
sion Of the scriptures.
We further disclaim any connection
whatever of our society. or of or
national president with this work.
The final report, of the credentials
committee showed that As states are
represented i'll the convention, with 3&5
delegates and officers, consisting of al
of the general officers, many of the
department supcrintendents, vice presl-
dent, state organizers, national orga.iI-
izers and evangelists and editors of
state papers, etc.
Caused u Flutter of Excitement.
A delegate here arose and announced
that il was rCpOrted that the house in
Washington, i'll which Abraham Lin
coin died, was t o be turned into a
saloon. This caused a flutter of .ex-
element and a protest from many
present. AS a result. a resolution was
adopted denouncing this and memorial.
izing congress to take the necessary
action to prevent it.
The next order of business was the
election of general officers for the
ensuing year. Mrs. Stevens, vice presi
len at large taking charge.
While the ballots were being distrib.
uted and collected. Rev. Wilbur
Crafts of Washington made a short
characteristic address to the ladies.
There being no opposition, ali the Of
ficers were reelected as follows, with
headquarters in Chicago:
President, Frances Z. willard; vice
president at large, Mrs. Lii i'm M. \
Stevens, Name; CORE %,pouding secre-
tary, Mrs. Katharine Lente Stevenson,
Massachusetts; recording secretary,
Mrs. Clara c. Hoffman, Missouri treas.
urer, Mrs. Helen M. Barker, Illinois.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-11-18

Is the name OF the Northern Pacifc's
new tourist book for 1896. The cover
design will prove a happy surprise to
lovers OF the artistic, and it's illustrations
will be fully up to the standard of Its
predecessors. One Of it's principal char
acters recounts q hunt after the we'll
known, yet rare, Rocky Mountain or
White Goat. made by the author in
September. 1895, in the defles of the
Bitter Root Range. One at all inclined
to big game hunting will want to read
about that hunt. An account Of a trip
through Yellowstone Park on horseback
will also prove interesting. Six cents in
stamps sent to Chas. Fee, General Pas
seDger Agent, st. Paul, Mimi, will
secure the book
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-11-18

KANSAS CITY, Nov. 1S.-A strike or
lockout of all the union printers, feed
ers, pressmen, helpers and bo%okbinde:S
in this city, employed by firms who
are members of the employing printers
organization, the Typothetae, is threat
ened. The trouble arises over the T.
fdsaf-o~ the Typographical union to
call off its boycott recently declared
against the Hudson Kimberly publish
ing company. a non.union house.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-11-18
Claims He WIS Damaged.

BARNUM. Mimi, Nov. 1S.-Thomas H.
Marten. auditor of this county, has
commenced suit against Asa Paine of
Carlton, claiming that ,he latter Sian.
dercd him by circulating a letter the
day before election, III which it wa
alleged Marten removed from the tax
list several thousand acres of land
owned by the st. Paul and Duluth Rail.
way company, thereby injuring the tax
payers of this county. He places his
damages at $l5, 900.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-11-18
tn CITY.
local ~BKEVlTREa.

- Es~
Chas. Birr OF Lakeview is getting quite
low with dropsy.
Frank Fox returned from Howard on
the morning train.
Mrs. DAILY. mother of NJ. W. DAILY, re.
turned to Cresco, Iowa.
Weather report: Fair tonight land
Thursday. Cold wave tonight.
Regular meeting of the Masonic lodge
to- might. A good attendance is desired.
"Hack, to any part OF the CITY," may
now be heard at the depot on the arrival
of trains.
+ Willis White, formerly OF this city,
who has been visiting friends here, re-
turned to Dodge Center, Mimi.
The Boy and Girls club of the Presby-
Ferian curch give their entertainment
)ne week from to, night in the church
and promise an attractive program.
The ladies and gentlemen interested in
he Eastern Star entertainment, are re-
luested to meet at Mrs. Coon's rooms
or rehearsal this evening at 80 o'clock,
BharL.
A colony OF eight persons left this city
his morning for Louisville, KY, among
he number being Albert Freiwaldt and
bride, Gus. Kruger, Albert Gatzke and
amily, and others. .
Mrs. G. Sterling, sister OF Jas. Barrett
Il Franklin, departed for Usage county.
Kansas, where her father lives. Her
husband will follow as soon as threshing
n this locality ceases.
A necktie and apron social will be held
t the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Rounds, six miles west OF Madison, on
Friday evening, the Goth inst. A cordial
Invitation 10 extended to the young peo-
Ile Of Madison, and to the friends of st.
'aul's mission generally, to attend.
There will be service in Grace Church
~ext:Sunday, both morning and evening,
nd thereafter regularly on each alter
late Sunday, at the hours of 1890 a. m.
nd 1880 p. m. Sunday school immedi-
Itely after Morning Prayer, at noon.
Nervices in the Leonard Jones' school
house will be discontinued until next
bring.
The Benaunesey entertainment though
eirly we'll attended was not a very lu-
Irative undertaking for the band; but
he music and lecture were highly graft
hing to the audience. The band will
live a concert entertainment OF it's own
u no distant date which will be q better
Irawing card and no doubt more liberal
rewarded.
Messrr. Van Glider, A. L. Rankin and
Erbor Greene who have been selling
pples in this and adjoining counties OF
outh Dakota for j. B. BALDWIN OF
aitland, Mo-, have been ordered south
hd departed this morning, the two
Srmer for Omaha and thence south
Trough the southwestern states to
Iexas. The last named goes to Oklaho-
Aa city.
Miles Mcleod, a pioneer resident OF
kSVinfred, died at 0 O'Clock this morning
ter an illness Of severalyears. Deceas-
"a came to Lake county from Canada
bout Is years ago, and until his health
liled was q prosperous business man.
bling engaged in the hardware business
Wiufred and also operared extensive
~ a - #- ~ E+
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-11-18
G. ay Elected From Georgia.

ATLANTA, Ga, Nov. lS.-Alexand y
Stephens Clay of Cobb county, chair
man of the Democratic state committee
and ex-president of the state senate.
tor to succeed John 3. Gordon, by the
Democratic legislative caucus The
nomination was made on the 3lst bal
lot. The vote was: Clay, 90; Howell,
40; Lewis, Is; Norwood, 5; Walsh 3
Garard. 2.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-11-18
GENERAL PETTUS CHOSEN.

Succeeds Pu:h rs United States Senator
From Alabama.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Nov. 1S.-On
the first ballot in the Democratic eau.
Gus f. w. Pettus was nominated for
senator t o succeed Senator Pugh. The
vote stood: Pettus 81. Oates rs. Gen
eral Pettus, the nominee, was born in
Littlestone county, Ala, in 1922, there.
fore he is now "A years of age, but is
still vigorous. mentally and physically.
He is an ardent free silver man.