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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-15
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Prof. Dubois Raymond, the physi-
ologist, who is now n years old. is about
to resign his place of perpetual secre-
tary of the Berlin academy of sciences.
Cardinal Melchers' death. following
closely on those of Cardinal Persico and
Bonaparte, will keep alive the supersti-
tion that cardinals always die in threes.
Foreigners who are not bachelors
of arts or science are to be excluded
from the Paris medical schools, as the
laboratories are overcrowded, and even
enough subjects for dissection cannoi
be obtained.
"A number of prominent citizens OF
Philadelphia will give a banquet to
Prof. Edmund j. James, of the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania, before he leaves
tc assume his new duties at the Univer-
sity of Chicago.
A Christian Labor union" was re-
Gently organized in Milwaukee, the OBJ
ject of which is ito furnish a bond of
reciprocal sympathy and information
between the church and working men
in their organized movements"
The Congregational church of Sc
dalia, Mo-, is going to make a grand
effort to bring the old sinners int the
fold this year. Young women are to
act as ushers in place of the young
men hitherto acting in that capacity.
Presbyterian vigor in invective has
not degenerated in Scotland. A Glas-
gov minister. who opposed total alb
stinence, was described lately in the
pulpit as a white-chokered bias
phemer engaged in raising a signpost to
hell"
Some people have been making \
count and find that not one OF the state
governors in the United States is IA Ro-
man Catholic. There are no Roman
Catholics in the cabinet and very few
in the senate, lone in the supreme
court, and there never has been n in
the white house.
Miss Ella Wilcox is the highly ef-
fcient janitor and sexton of the church
of the United Brethren in Marcellus,
Mich. She has full care of the church,
Keeps it in order, rings the bell on Sun
DAYS, and attends to ali the other du-
ties of a sexton "in every way better
than any male %janitor ever has," the
church-goers say. She is good-looking,
as well as accomplished; doubtless an
other point of superiority over the male
janitors.
A class in ethics is one of the novel
educational features of the Massachu-
sets state reformatory. 1t is conducted
on q plan devised by President Hyde, OF
Bowdoin college. About $50 of the
more intelligent prisoners are MEM
bers of the class. The usual procedure
OF the class consists of a lecture by the
instructor or a paper by some member,
followed by a general discussion of the
topic. The debates arc said to be spirit
ed and earnest. and the effect on the
prisoners excellent.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-15
I SOON BECAME DEEPLY ABSORBED.

had never seen before. He sat upon
the fc"r, and held my head across his
knees, while he wiped the blood from
my cut forehead with a pocket hand
kerchicf, which every now and then he
would squeeze out N a basin of water
at his elbow.
don't suppose there was ever a more
terrified young man upon this earth of
ours. Imagine an ~inoffensive young
intimate friend lived, coming in on the
very train that taxes this intimate
friend out. Imagine the intimate frIcad
cordially inviting the newcomer to his
house, telling him there was nobody
in it, but that he could put up there,
make himself lord and master, fird
plentJ to eat by foraging around and
get d good bed. Then to make the
thing complete, give him the wrong
keys BY which to let himself in.
Imagine this newcomer booming about
town until II O'Clock, then striking out
for his friends abode; overtaken by
the rain; at last 20 arrive at his in
tended abiding place TO discover he has
the wrong keys, which necssitates his
climbing into the house like 4 burglar.
Imagine him piling into the first bed
he comes to, very soon sinking off into
the untroubled slunber of the inno-
cent st heart, to be awakened at the
peep of day by a something tumbIing
down the chimney. Not a hobgoblin-
hat we're hetter-but Il young women,
despatched and GRIM. but still Q
young woman and n probably more
dead than alive. Imagine it all, if you
can, for that is what happened to the
misguided young man, who held me
across his knees and wiped the blood
from my broken forehead On that
memorable St. Valentines morning.
Imagine it. and tell mt if men through
stupidity don't cause half of all the
trouble in the world. We explained it
all to each other as bes: we could, for
I was really i'll, and quite ready to SO
off iElo another swoon.
When the servant girl came he went
for the doctor, and Mary got r1c to bed.
Dick came ut noon, and was horrIiied
at wrat had happened. But the doctor
had pronounced me more frightened
than hurt; and really, but for the
dreadful cold / caught, and my wound
ed forehead, it did not mount to any
thing, and soo became a tremendous
joke.
And it turned out that this friend of
Dick S. whose acquaintance / made in
such an unconventional fashion, was
the vc-y client whose money 1 de-
Tended.
And it also came about that-that
he-that THAT we have-ws have
grown to know each other very we'll;
and Dick-Dick is 10 look out for an
other cooperator before ext fall; be-
cause well, for reasons best known to
myself.-Bessie Totin, in Detroit Free
Press.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-15
HUMOROUS.

Q
new woman make you feel fairly
mad?" Quiverful-"Yes; but shes not
so bad as a new baby."-Fun.
Why" demanded the court, did
you kill your wife," The defendants
head sank upon his breast. 1--WE YER
both opposed to divorce" he faltered.-
Detroit Tribune.
The Mean Thing.-He-"Don't you
wish every year was leap year," She
"Sir!" Then your birthday would be-
one day later in getting around, you
know."-Indianapolis Journal.
Mrs. Newed-'Is your husband a
domestic man?" Mrs. Henpeck-'IIe's
the only domestic we keep. 1 have
taught him to cook and wash dishes
very nicely."-Philadelphia Record.
-Winks-'I understand you have
lost your heart since you have seen the
beautiful Miss Bjones." Binks-"No.
sir. On the contrary, 1 have found it."
-Somerville Journal.
Old Quiverful-"And so you want
to take our daughter from us; you
want to take her from us suddenly
without a word of warning?" Young
Goslow-"Not at all, sir. If there is
anything about her you want to warn
me against, I'm willing to listen
Brooklyn Life.
His Quest-"And so your friend has
teen to Africa" she said to Derringer
Dan. That's what he has, ma'am."
Looking for diamonds" Yes, ma'am.
Diamonds er clubs err spades er any old
thing he happened ter feel the need
OF at the ime."-Washington Star.
The Illusion Dispelled.-Lady "a
widow)-"Do you know, my daughter
is quite smitten with you, Herr Null
ler?" Gent feeling flattered)-"Real-
~, now?" Lady-"A fact; she was only
snying to-day: L should like hat gen.
tieman for my papa.'"-Deutscher
S1ldatenhort
And you admit that you are a pub
Usher Of that pernicious form of read
ing known as the dime novel?' asked
the long-faced man; did you ever re-
feet, sir, how many have been ruined
by your publications." The man with
the large diamond lighted a big, fat
cigar. Pho" said he; ten cents never
ruined nobody" Enquirer.
"A Strict Formalist.-Mrs. Quigg-
"Of course, you have been in Europe,
Mrs. Prigg?" Mrs. Prigg-"Oh, yes! I
was there lawst yeah. and called on the
queen, don't you know" Mrs. Quigg-
Indeed! You intend going over again,
no doubt?" Mrs. Prigg-"Cawn't say.
II would hawdly be pwoper form for me
to do so until the queen has returned
my call."-Richmond Dispatch.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-15

because It was troublesome to do other
wise
I did not want any tea, so I let the
servant girl go early; and sat, neglect
ing e,en to light The lamps, before a
big oak fire in the sitting-room think
ing up" one of Dicks cases. 1t was a
murder case, that had a great deal of
circumstantial evidence leading in vari-
Gus directions.
1 soon became deeply absorbed: so
deeply that I presently went to sleep at
it, and in a dream saw our poor man
tried, convicted and actually sentenced
to be hanged, and was myself possessed
Of a frantic desire TO attend the hang
ing in person, my non-appearance being
wholly due to the fact that l could not
find my shoes, being separated from
them <or some unexplainable reason.
1 woke up suddenly, frightened to
find myself enveloped in darkness, re-
lieved only by an ~uncanny red glow
from the fast-dying Goals upon the
hearth. Everything was so still. Not
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-15

the sooty chimney with the agility Of .
finished chimney-sweep. and 1 kept
scrambling till I made a stronghold for
myself.
What went on down below / did not
know. In the cessation of the rain I
could hear the heavy tread passing to
and fro in n search, 1 knew, for that
money. But 1, from my lofty vantage
ground. could only thank Heaven again
and again for such q blessed deliver
ance.
1 was SO benumbed with cold and
fright that I think lost consciousness,
and would probably have tumbled
down the chimney but that l was 81
rigid and so walled in 1 could not.
The next thing ! remember was
opening my eyes and seeing the square
of wan light above NE. Then realizing
all, my strength gave way. and l fell
heavily, striking my head against
something which left ne senseless for
hours. When l came to myself, 1 was
in the arms Of a young man whom 1
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-15
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

-Eroude passed seven years in col
Letting materials for and in writing
his History of England" He was
very careful in the selection of data,
and spent whole days in the effort to
verify a single fact or citation.
-Costaki Pasha Anthopoulo has been
appointed Turkish ambassador to the
court of st. James. Costakf Pasha Is
a Greek Christian who has had much
administrative experience in various
parts of Turkey and has occupied sew.
eral important posts.
of the II new stars discovered dur.
ing the last 800 years, Mrs. Fleming, OF
the Harvard observatory, has discov-
cred four-viz.: One in the constella-
ton of Perseus in 1887; one in Norma
in 1898, and one each in Carina and Cen.
taurus during the present year.
The eldest boy of the German en-
peror is a little bit of an enfant terrible.
One day the little row prince was be
ing laboriously catechised by the chap
lain, who continually impressed him
hat all men are sinners. Well" ex-
claimed the boy, impatiently, being
wearied of these admonitions, father
may be a sinner, but / know mother
isn't" :
Elizabeth Ney, daughter Of Marshal
Ney, famous in Europe for her delicate
work in sculpture, is found to be the
same woman who for 20 years has
worked quietly in Texas, where she has
been known as The Strange Lady"
Miss Ney-now Mrs. Montgomery-is
said to be a very beautiful woman, I'M
tiringly devoted to her art, and to have
accomplished wonders in the way of
raising the somewhat hazy aesthetic
standard of Texas. In the Texas build
ing at the worlds fair was a finely
wrought marble statue of Gen. Sam
Houston, the work of Mrs. Montgom-
cry.
A large wholesale bookseller de-
clares that, despite the multiplication
of editions OF SCOTS novels during
these last few years, the sale grows
automatically with the growth of popu-
lation. There is no parallel to the sale
of Scott. except the Bible. The very
best Christmas book of the year has no
chance beside Scott. Rev. John Wat
son clan Maclaren") expressed in a
recent lecture the fear that Scott was
being raised to the elevation of a classic.
That, he said, was the same thing as
taking a man out of the house of COM
mons, where he was an active figure,
and placing him in the stately seclu'
sion of the house of lords.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-15
MAKING CHRISTMAS PUDDINes.
an English Factory Turns Out Many
for .John nnII,s neIectntLon

an English Factory Turns Out Many
for John Bulls Dedication.
In England Christmas buildings are
manufactured on a large scale. The
largest Christmas pudding on record
was supplied to the English Mediter-
ranean feet last year. 1t weighed 200
pounds, measured three feet across and
was two feet deep. \ special basin
had to be constructed for the purpose
OF cooking it, and, taking into account
the time spent in stoning the plums
and scalding the almonds, it took close
upon three weeks before the gigantic
mass was ready TO be tent away.
Up to now no commercial genius has
had the enterprise to construct a build
ing for the special purpose, but such a
structure is likely to be raised in the
near future, in consequence of the
worldwide demand for the good old
English Christmas pudding. From al
most every country on the globe arrive
orders for Christmas buildings. One
firm alone sends yearly no fewer than
10000 Christmas buildings of various
sizes to different parts of the world.
f.Very september about 30 extra
hands are added to this concerns or
binary staff of 200 cooks on account OF
the stoning of plums having TO be lone
by hand, rs no machinery has yet been
devised for the purpose. Until No
vember is reached they are kept busy
at this work. Then the $4,000 pud-
dings are boiled, packed away in tins
and dispatched to their various desti-
nations. To see so women deity ston-
ing plums. and a still larger number
coating thousands of tin bowls with
dough, is a sight not soon forgotten.
Then, until Christmas time, the extra
hands are engaged in turning out y
tons of mincemeat, about 10000 BON
ions and hundreds of h~and-painted
fancy boxes, ranging in price from 4
shilling to 20 guineas.-Albany Argus.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-15
THE OlsMANTLED WHITE CITY.
Fate OF the beautiful statuary at the
Worlds Fair.

Fate Of the beautiful Statuary at the
Worlds Fair.
The court OF honor does o look 50
grand now as it did when it was sur
rounded with the white palaces or
when Illuminated at night with thou
sinds of incandescent lamps or tinted
with all the colors of the rainbow from
the electric fountains. The buildings
are gone. The beautiful peristyle, with
out statues standing u against the
eastern sky. is gone. MacNlOnnies'
grand work of art is gone. All is gone
save 4 lone Neptune and 4 shivering
horse or two, and, rising majesticaIly
above the ruins. unframed by the file
or winter. stands the statue of the re-
public. The monumental figure is in
white now, instead of gold, but with
only the sky for a background it
shows its proportions and lines TO beg
ter effect now than before.
Other statues gave not Jared so well.
Most of them were destroyed in the
various fires which laid waste the en-
tire central portion of the grounds, from
the terminal station to the lake. II
Columbus should come to Chicago and
take a train out to Jackson park in or
der to get away from his specter on the
lake front he could stroll all around the
court of honor, where in former days
he was so populous, and only find one
of himself. The only Columbus stand
ing is the ore in front of the Machinery
building, and inasmuch us this is head
less il is doubtful if the real Columbus
would recognize it. If he did he would
beg to be given a Christian burial or ar
least TO be taken to the convent of La
Rabida. in the bare rooms of which he
might find a more congenial atmos'
phere.-Chicago Chronicle.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-15
Had the Last Word.

Agroup of children were going home
to luncheon from school. They were
little girls between the ages of seven
and ten years, and, following the ex.
ample of their older sisters, were dis
cussing their clothes.
Il have a lovely new dress that I am
going to wear to church next Sunday"
said one of them.
"Pooh." said a little one with brown
eyes, I've got a new hat, and I'm go
ing to YEA it every day"
This was too much for the little girl
who was clothed the most stability in
the whole party, and she said:
II don't care; I've got heart disease,
anyway."1Cbicago Chronicle.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-15
How Treasure Is Transported In China.

III A0AsuA - hhspOElc IN SnlH8.
We have heard much, especially of
late, of the diyerting Of public treasure to
private gain by Chinese officials of all
ranks, and the pitiable evidence of it 10
the failure of the Chinese army and
navy to be ready for the inevitable
struggle with Japan is too recent and
convincing to be disputed; but on the
other hand, we "a only wonder at the
power of this law of responsibility
which, in such a land, enables the re-
notes province to transport it's dues
to Picking in solid silver, by the simplest
means, without loss by the way and
without the protection of a single
soldier. Nothing impresses one more
with the absoluteness of this power as
applied to transportation than to meet
a line of pack-mules, horses, or camels,
loaded with silver bullion. The silver
is usually confined in rough logs of
wood that have been split, followed
out. 2 4 then bound together. and zach
load marked with a little flag of i'm.
perial yellow, stating the amount and
destination. That is all the protection
there is except the ordinary drivers,
who carry no weapons, and are at
tended by no guard. In what other
land on the face of the globe could the
same be done?oProf. c. N. Cady, in
Century.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-15
LAND OF MIGHTY WONDERS.
Bewildering Beauty of the Sublime
Scenery in Iceland.

Bewildering Beauty of the Sublime
Scenery in Iceland.
To the botanist and geologist Iceland
presents a peculiarly rich field. The
flora is plentiful and varied. The noun
tains have many curious shapes and
forms; the outburst of volcanic energy
having occurred in closest contact with
the realm of ice bears evidence of frost
and FIRE having grappled in sternest con-
flict, writes Ruth Shaffner. In some
cases the nucleus in the basaltic mass
alone remains, and looks like monu-
1nents or cairns, and it is difficult to be-
lieve they are natural. Zeolites, en-
bedded in reddish clay, bits of agate
and fragments of chalcedony, are n few
of the treasures found strewn in the
paths leading to the fjords.
Nothing can be more delightful than
n horseback trip of 500 or 1000 miles
through Iceland. The traveller sees
thousands of mountains covered with
eternal snow, outrivaling the Alps in
grandeur; great geysers and innumer-
able hot wells; waterfalls, II of
which-the Gullfoss-is second only to
Niagara in size and beauty; crystal
streams and dashing rivers; lava beds
of fantastic figures, covered with moss
that glistens in the sun like hoar frost,
and as a %crcwning glory the atmosphere
Is so brilliant that objects so miles dis
TAM appear close at hand.
The effect of light and shadow are
the purest l have ever seen, and the con-
trast of color is truly astonishing; one
square loot of a mountain juts out in a
blaze Of gold against the flank of an
other dyed Of the darkestpurple, while
up against the azure sky beyond rise
peaks of g~listening snow and ice.
il within the domain of nature such
another region is to be found it must
be in the heart Of those solitudes which
science is Inyeiling to us amid the I'M
trodded f. csses of the lunar noun
tains.-N. Y. Mercury.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-15

- i was LCdbS IN
Ecart-broken 20
care what became of me. Still, l had
TO be disposed of in some way, so 1t
was decided that I go to live with my
brother Richard.
I had always lived with my aunt,
had known no other mother, there
fore her death was the greatest blow
possiole to me. And this brother, 2lch-
ard, I knew only slightly, and that
when l was q mere child. If / had been
IN a state of mind to care about any
hing, 1 should have hated the idea
of goirg very much. AS it was, 1 went
without n murmur. i took the journey
alone. almost clear across the CONT
nent, and subsequently, after many ups
and downs, arrived at Dicks town, a
aueer little village in South Carolina.
Dick is a moderately young bachelor.
He is an attorney-at-law, and has a
very fair practice Indeed. Anterior to
Inv a1vent, he had lived by himself in
q pretty cottage on the prettiest street,
and was rather a central figure, and
was quite the most eligible young man
Gbout town. He was not spoiled,
though. l found him to be a very dear
old fellow, and determined in my heart
10 be &c him such 4 faithful cooperator
and satisfactory housekeeper, that he
would never need or desire any other.
We got on famously together. SO
famously that in all probability the
last cnapter would have found us still
there, he a grizzly old bachelor, I a
grizzled old maid, had not something
occurred which brought abouta change.
It all grew out of what happened one
st. Valentines eve.
On this day, memorable above other
days, just about an hour after dinner
Dick received a telegram to go up that
evening to A, Il city so miles away.
10 meet an important client. He did
not have time to come home. for the
train was then in sight, but he scrib-
pled me the following note, which I
I'D net get until nearly night, because
the ofice-boy neglected to bring i: IN
Ill that time:
e:Iop m.
Dear Girl: Have 70 leave on next train to
meet a man in A.. Probably won't get
home till tomorrow noon. Spend the night
with the Ancient "a dear old LADY friend OF
mine). Be sure to put hat money in the
bank before 1t closes at 4. Don't fail.
DICK.
It was such a bore to lock up at that
iste hour and go out for the night. 1t
had been such a gloomy afternoon. and
looked like it would rain. Altogether
I did Lot feel like It. l was not afraid.
though I had never stayed alone all
Light in a house. And the money
several thousand dollars collected for
a ~clicnt-surely l could not at seven
put money in a bank that closed at
Four. 1 could not very well Gerry it
with me to the Ancient's, and 1 certain
Y could not leave it.
l hFd never heard of any burgIaries
IN tia village, sc / made up my mind
that , would stay OF home that night
and take the risk. if there were any,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-15
New Light OF the Diamond.

An expert in gems lately called at
-fention to a property in the diamond
which has not hitherto been fully APP
preciated. In a paper by Robert Boyle.
published in the transactions of the
Royal society. mention is made of dia.
mond that became phosphoresccnt
simply by the neat of the hand. alb
sorbed light on being held near a candle
and emitted light on being briskly
rubbed. The observations of Mr.. Kunz,
the gem expert, confirm Boyle's state
ment that diamonds become p~hOsphOr-
escent in the dark after exposure to
the sunlight or electric light, but they
also show that all diamonds emit light
by being rubbed on wool, cloth or
metal. This property is an important
one, and it will enable the non-eXpert
to distinguish between the true dia-
mond and other hard stones, as we'll
as paste, none of which exhibit this
phenomenon. This property is evil
IDENTIFY not electric. as is clearly shown
by its being visible when the gem is
rubbed on metal.-London Tit-Bits.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-15
Ny yalent ne
ny Nalent ne.
It lies before me on my resk,

It lies before me on M resk,
All framed in paper Ia ses fine;
I found it in my mornings mail
And knew 1t for a valentine.
Oh, hazel eyes. so deep and wise!
Oh, rosy lips that dare not laugh!
What valentine could equal it
Ny littlA daughters photograph
/ kneel and kiss your dimpled hand
Oh. wiusome little maid of mine!
To think. of all your blithe young world
You chose me for your valentine.
2. Barry. IN Our Little OneA
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-15
His Disappointment.

"Git any Valentines" ASKED Tommy.
NO! Didn't git nothin' at our house
'cept a baby" shifted Johnny. Girl,
too!"-Chica9o Tribune
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-15

Does Fewcads owe you money!"
"Yes; why do you ask?"
~ thought he owed you money; he
goes about abusing you like q pick.
pooket."-DaIlas (T%x.l Siftax.