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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-11-07
Ill.

1t was about 10:45. and raining hedv.
lily. Phineas Peel, seated on a wal
overlooking the back of Rhyd cottage
with his duck gun laid across his knees
was beginning to feel uncomfortable,
The note said 1O:3O." ne muttered,
at must be after that time now. What's
that?"
Phineas had caught the sound of
heavy feet moving cautiously over the
gravel. He grasped his gun and Peered
into the gloom, but could distinguish
nothing.
Suddenly he heard voices. evidently
at the front of the house. He was about
to quit his position, under the impress
sion that Herr Schmidt was leaving by
the back windows was cautiously raised
and the 1.-THE form of the naturalist
dropped lightly TIC the ground.
Creeping along the side of the wall
on which Phineas lay. he presented an
excellent mark. Mr.. Peel, however.
could not bring himself TO shoot n man
down in cold blood. lie would give
him a chance.
"Stop, you scoundrel." he shouted.
The effect of the challenge was
scarcely what Phineas had anticipated.
Herr Schmidt darted forward and
seized the barrel of the gun.
He was much the stronger of the two,
and Phineas was pulled from the wall
in . twinkling. Lying Oh the brosd OF
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-11-07
IN THE SHADOW.

"
We walk within the shadow, and We teel
its thickcning fold
That wraps us round and holds US close. a
cloak against the cold;
Inc day is growing somber, and the Joyous
light has fed,
And beneath our feet the road is rough, and
clouds are overhead.
We sit within the shadow, and in that ST.
lence dumb,
To US in softened echoes remembered
voices come;
Dear eyes that closed in slumber once, dear
hands that Strengthened lie,
awaken tender warnings as the day wanes
slowly by.
We rest within the shadow, though the
hurrying people go
On errands swift for gold and gain, be-
yond US, to n fro;
We have no care for transient things; we
wish no more to strive
As once we did; We rest, we dream, we feel
but half alive.
Our resting and our waiting, and our plod-
ding on the way,
With the sunshine OF the past casting
darkness on to-day,
With no caring for the future, while the
heartache holds US fast,
With no thought for any pleasure-ah! it's
well these cannot last.
For the shadow always lifts, and the sun
light CLOVIS again;
There are sudden CLEANS of brightness,
sweet clear shining after rain;
And we grid ourselves for action, strength
ened We arise and go
From the sanctuary outward, where the
feet tramp to and fro.
&C. $1,000 -u. =.
the years that drift along
Touch the minor chords but seldom; there
are PAGES blithe with song.
Sometimes we must face the shadow,
where the wind blows keen and cold,
But the shadow fades at dawning, and the
east is tiecked with gold.
Margaret f. Sangster, in Harper's Maya
zine
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tons, and a man was dispatched with
a warning. Harper doesn't appear to
have received it."
Then Phincas began to understand
things a little more clearly.
Il suppose this will be it." he re-
marked, producing the note and hand
ing IL to his brother. You see, the
messenger left it in the wrong door.
and I-er-I thought l might as well
see the fun"
For some little time after Ph.neas
was of the opinion that he had rsadc Il
fool of himself. Lately, however, he
has taken 4 different view of the mat
ter, and is never tired of relating how
he literally dropped on" Harper. the
f"rrnr. alias Schmidt, the naturalist,
next Goor.-Casselrs Saturday Jour
nal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-11-07
Midnight Hot Bread Lunches,

"Do you KNOW" asked a policeman
"what that crowd of young society peo-
pie is doing at the bakery over there?"
1t was just before midnight in the West
end, and n group of young folks had
gone, chatting merrily, into the docs Of
a large bakery. They will wait
there continued the bluecoat. "rntil
the first batch of bread is taken ont of
the oven. which occurs about IL o'clock.
Iiot-bread lunches seem to be getting all
the rage among the swell set, for every
night about this time 1 see group after
group go up to the door of the bakery
and procure the freshly-baked bread,
so hot that it scorches the paper. They
take it to their houses. and there it is
eaten with plentiful spreading of but
ter and preserves. To be thoroughly
enjoyed it must not be cut, but pulled
apart with the f~ingers."-Washington
Times.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-11-07
Afraid He Would BE Rui,ed.

When Spenser had finished his famous
poem, The Fairy Queen" he carried it
10 the earl of Southampton, the great
patron of the poets of that day. The
manuscript being sent up to the earl,
he read a few pages and then ordered
his servant 10 give the writer SEQ.
Reading on. he cried in a rapture:
Garry that man another geo" Pro-
ceeding further, he exclaimed: Give
him $50 more" But at length he lost
all patience and said: go turn that
fellow out of the house, for if I read fur.
tler / shall be ruined."-Chicago Trib-
iune-
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-11-07
New Passementeries,

Many of the new passementeries are
open patterned like the lace insertions
of the summer, and are, as a rule, with
straight edges, so that they can be ar
ranged as insertions owe bright satin
ribbon. jacket bodices are trimmed
with these passementeries and ribbons
with charming effect. The short jacket
effects still continue to appear, with the
much-liked variation of making them
double-breasted all or a portion of the
waydown. Many of these jacketsar part
of the waist, being attached to it per-
manently, and r most often of wool
over silk, with sometimes q plastron
placed at the throat covered with velvet
st. Louis Republic.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-11-07

his back on the gravel in u half-dazed
condition, he saw the tall form CT
Schmidt standing over him with the
gun raised.
Keep your tongue still, you fool,
he Kissed, 'or I'll brain you. Now,
9 tick, help me over the wall"
Phineas hesitated, but the threaten
ing attitude of the other induced him
10 rise. However, he had no intention
of giving in.
Obeying his instructions, he caught
hold of Schmidt's foot TO give him "a
leg up" Before the naturalist could
grip the top OF the wall, however, Phin-
cas- saw his opportunity.
Bracing himself for the effort. he
eNerted all his strength and pulled
Schmidt bodily from the wall. He fell
fiat on his face. and before he could re-
cover himself Phineas jumped on his
lack and seized him around the throat,
emitting 4 yell that would have done
credit TO a Sioux Indian.
The next moment Phineas was
dragged off from behind and found him
self in the clutches of a burly member
of the local police force.
Four or five others seized Schmidt,
who struggled in vain TO free himself.
what am I arrested for?" gasped
Phineas. There's your mani"
Phineas would no doubt have been
led off with the other prisoner but for
the timely arrival on the scene of the
last person in the world he had eX-
Pected to see-his brother John!
Here, what on earth is the meaning
OF all this?" he demanded, when, as
the result of John Peers interference,
he found himself free.
John stayed behind a minute or two
to explain that Herr Schmidt, the mat
uralist," and Edward Harper-the no.
torious forgcr who had defied New
Scotland Yard for the past six weeks
were one and the same.
1T was a smart dodge of Harper's,"
said John Peel, land he might have got
clear away but for hat clever wife of
Yours. Phincas. Mary suspected the
man from the first. and supplied me
from time to time with valuable infor-
nation. 1t is to her entirely that the
credit of the capture is due. Tell her
I'll call round and thank her myself to-
morrow. By-the-by, the gang of which
he Avds the head got wind of our inten-
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-11-07
THE DRAWING-ROOM.
How to Make the Company Room Cheer
full and Attractive.

full and Attractive.
The term drawing-room, formerly the
room in which company withdrew from
the dining-room, is a much more APP
propriate term in its origin than the
more common parlor, which was the
room in which the sisters of the old nur-
series met to gossip and parley. 1t has
been a practice of late to decry the
necessity of a separate room in an Or
binary dwelling house for the recep-
ton of company. In a large house,
where there are plenty of servants to
look after the house and control the
depreciation of children, there is really
less need of a special room than in a
palmer home where the mother and
housekeeper does her own work. The
plea which some such housekeepers
make. hat they must have one room
that is kept in order. free from the in
roads of dust, and which will always be
in readiness for the reception of the
casual guest, is founded on reason. 1t
is not possible for any woman with a
large family, and one who does her own
work, to keep every portion of the house
IN that ideal state of order which can be
attained with sufficient and capable
household help. She does not care to
display the necessary m~akeshifts of her
housekeeping to the critical eyes of
casual friends. 1t is not necessary that
this company room" should be so ele-
gantly furnished that the rest of the
house is bare and uncomfortable. 1t
may be simply and t%astefully furnished
at a comparatively small expenditure
of money. A simple mating. with a
few bright rugs of tastefully-chosen
rag carpet, makes a more desirable
floor covering than a gaudy tapestry
Brussels. Any carpet in an apart
ment which is not in general use is
likely to be attacked by moths. Cotton
draperies are now found in most at
t%ractive colors in "~velvets" and tapes
tries, as well as in sheer colored mus
Inns and Madras cloths in stained glass
effects.
These tapestries and hangings, in the
designs of the English art decorators,
are no more expensive than the snowy,
ch~eaply-made cheniiles. and will last
much longer, either as furniture COW
ering or as drapery.
An open fire is an agreeable feature
of a room of this kind. If one lives
near the mountains. pine cones and
knots of pine supply a beautiful fire,
readily kindled when needed. If one
lives near the seashore a supply of
driftwOOd can be easily obtained and
it is unnecessary to rehearse the beauty
of this opaleScent flame. A few simple
vases of bitter-sweet and fluffy swamp
grasses, ferns ripened to a golden hue
and bleached a ghost-like white, supply
the most beautiful decoration. Good
casts of masterpieces are even cheaper
than good photographs. and both are
to be preferred to inferior oil paint
'ngs.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-11-07
GUESTS SURE OF COOL WEATHER
Hotel at Spitzbergen Where the Thermom-
eter Never Rises to Fever Heat.

Hotel at Spitzbergen Where the Thermom-
eter Never Rises to Fever Heat.
l mentioned in my last article the
hotel that had been erected on the little
spit of land in Advent bay, and as a
hotel in latitude rs degrees north is a
novelty, it may interest some readers
TO have a description of it. 1t is, OF
course, built entirely of wood, and is
of the ordinary type of Norwegian
chalets, with a spouted dragon on the
gable in default of Il signboaTd. The
bedrooms are coy little cabins, with
portfolios for windows, for, as there is
no sun to let in during the dark
months, and ones ch.rf aim and OBJ
ject is to keep his rays out while the
sun holds all-night sittings, the smaller
the aperture the better. 1t only took
about a fortnight to put it up, and al.
ready, besides some of the members of
Sir Martin Conway's expedition, il has
had several staying visitors.
An enthusiastic Norwegian sports
man had made it his headquarters, apd
there were also some English ladies pat
roniZing it. Once a week the Nor
wegian company which put it up run
a small boat, carrying passengers and
letters. 1t has its w post office and
its own stamps, which, however, only
frank letters as far as Tromso. Those
who have stayed there report very IA
vorably as to the comfort and food,
and as the charge is only ten kroner a
day it is by nc means an e~Xtravagantly
dear place to stop at. The Norwegian
sportsman referred to had had very
fair sport, having killed two polar
bears, reindeer and a walrus; but the
walrus is difficult to secure. Unless he
is shot in the throat, a wound which
for some reason prevents him from div
ing, he disappears into ~fathomless
depths when mortally wounded. For
the Ornithologist Advent bay repre-
sents many attractions, and at present
the birds are by no means shy. What
the result of constant incursions of
trippers may be is another question.
The scenery all around us was very
grand, but the hotel, Haunting its Nor
wegian flag Spitzbergen, though
claimed by Russia and Norway, is real
ly no mans land-almost forbade the
belief that we were actually in the re-
gion of the pole, yet VT were then a
good deal north of the spot where
Franklin and his gallant crew died.
The name of the most conspicuous
mountain in view, towering over a
gigantic glacier-Dead Mans Ear
savored enough of romance and adj
venture to cancel, at least in part, the
incongruous effect of the neat little i'm
with its post office, and even the empty
champagne bottle which betrayed the
picnicker and tripper. There is coal,
by the way, in the neighborhood, and
n of the party secured a specimen OF
a demonstrating character. and peat
there must be in abundance, for the
promontory was of a very Irish bog
like description.-Norway Cor. London
Telegraph.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-11-07
4 RPDPEcpnt Lake.

Accosding to Prof. Forel. of Lau-
same. the Lake of Geneva. lying in the
deep valley between the Alps and Jura
mountains. performs a remarkable
work for the benefit of man. During
the summer its waters store up a great
quantity of heat. which is slowly radi-
ated into the air in the courSe of the
following autumn. Thus the freezing
currents descending from the snow
topped mountains around are warmed
and tempered. and the atmosphere
along the shore of the lake is main
tanned at a moderate temperature. The
excellence of the grapes which produce
the celebrated white wines of this re
gion is thought to be largely due to the
influence of the lake upon the condition
of the atmosphere. But the remote de-
scendants of the present inhabitants
will experience quite a different state
of affairs, for Prof. Forel says that in
$4,000 years the river Rhone viii
have turned the lake into a broad plain,
by means of the soil it is constantly car
Tying dow from the Mountains
Youths Companion.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-11-07
OLD BUILDINGS IN SARDINIA.
The Mystery of Their Construction Non
Yet Penetrated.

For centuries past the ingenuity OF
learned men has been exercised on the
Noraghe of Sardinia, but to this day
they have no more been able to discover
the origin of these famous buildings
than had the Romans before them.
They were unable to say whether they
were used for tombs or fire temples. for
trophies of victory, for o~bservatories,
or merely for human dwelling places.
More than 5000 of them nave been
counted in Sardinia, standing on arti-
fetal mounds so or 60 feet high, and
measuring at the base 100 to 500 feet
in circumference. They are usually
in the shape of towers, built with i'm
mense blocks of stone roughly hewn
with hammers. No cement is used in
their structure, nor is there any in
scription to indicate their origin.
A low entrance at one side leads into
a long and lofty passage, communicate
ing by a very low door with a domed
chamber beyond. On either side of this
small cells have been formed in the
walls. a spiral staircase rising steeply
from the dome leads to another but
somewhat smaller chamber above. and
again beyond this to the broken tor
of the Noraghe.
Nothing has been found within these
buildings, and to this day their exist.
ence is a mystery.
In the same vicinity other buildings
have been discovered which are no less
pulling to antiquaries. The general
opinion is that they were built for the
purpose of burying giants.
The most interesting archaeological
mysteries of this country are the Denes
of Essex and Middlesex. They are per-
pendicular shafts sunk in the earth.
with lateral caves at the bottom. but
the purpose for which they were dug
out has never been discovered. It is
possible. however. hat they might
have been used rs granaries or even as
places of refuge in time of trouble.
The Rathes of Kerry form an inter
esting study. the only conclusion that
has been arrived at. however. being
that they were inhabited at some re-
mote age by a race of dwarfs. The dis
trict is covered with hundreds of green
mounds. beneath which. when the earth
has been removed. it is seen that there
are tiny underground buildings.
A small opening, through which a
man is barely able to crawl on his hands
and knees. gives access to the inclosed
and walled-in space beyond, which is
divided into several smaller chambers.
Each one communicates with the other
by a small hole. a similar aperture be-
ing made in the outer wall for the pur-
pose of ventilation. \ rude fireplace is
sometimes found in a remote corner,
but no outlet beyond the holes for ven.
~tilation is provided for the smoke.
Very little more than this is known
about these mysterious habitations.-
London Tit-Bits.
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a plain, everyday sort of fellow as the
diminutive Phineas Peel was always u
mystery to her acquaintance. Ths
wedding was an accomplished fact be-
fore her relatives had recovered from
the shock caused by the announcement
of her engagement.
Mary appeared to be happy enough,
too. Phineas, taken as a whole, was
not a bad sort of fellow. He was jeal-
Gus, that vas true, but his wife came
to regard that as an extra proof of
his devotion.
Had the proposed tenant of Rhyd
cottage been an aged, decrepit, broken
down old man. Phineas would have
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-11-07
ScallOped Mushrooms.

Peel a quart of button mushrooms.
put into a saucepan with half a tea
cup of butter. a teacup of cream, half
a teaspoonful OF salt and tablespoonful
of pepper, thicken with cracker meal
and let boil down. Put this mixture
in a ba~king-dish, cover the top with
grated cracker and bits of butter. Set
in the wen until brown.-Ladies' Home
Journal
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and now. llSten IL
NE. 1 have accepted Herr Schmidts
offer, and he will enter the adjoining
house as tenant tomorrow"
Not if l know it, madam" shouted
Phineas, jumping from his chair and
bringing his fist down on the table.
"Do you think l am going to have Rhyd
cottage turned into a menaGerie, and
my garden into a bowling wilderness?
The house may remain tenantless for
ever, but Herr Schmidt and his non
strosities shall not enter there"
Herr Schmidt, my dear, is merely a
naturalist"
Il know it," stormed Phineas. I've
heard of these plaguey naturalists be
fore. I've no desire to come down
stairs some fine morning to find a ring
tailed monkey sitting on the window
sill, acting as referee while the kanga
Dos and crocodiles play leapfrog over
the flower beds. No, madam! No
n]aturalists for Phineas PEEL"
Pretty Mrs. Peel never allowed her
temper to get the better of her. She
laughed softly at her husbands fears,
and did not alter her determination in
the least.
Has it slipped your memory, Phin-
cas-" she asked, that Rhyd cottage is
a portion of my property? If 1 choose
tc let it to a naturalist-even though
lie be a foreigner-I am perfectly JUS
titled in doing So"
This was true enough, and PhineaS
Gained down.
Herr Schmidt's collection of mon
strosities,' as o call it." went on
Mrs. Peel, probably contains nothing
more dangerous than 4 deaths head
moth in a bottle. Anyhow, L have no
Intention to disappoint him"
But /"
"You will treat him with the respect
due from one gentleman to another,
Phireas," broke in Mrs. Peel. "And
now dear, We'll dismiss the subject"
Phineas Peel was-though at times
he doubted it-a lucky fellow. He had
carried off a young and handsome wom-
an from a host of suitors.
Why Mary Marsden had chosen to
bestOw her hand and fortune on such
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-11-07
Another Mother and Man.

The truth of the aGage about the
hand that rules the world being the
enc hat rocks the cradle is again eN-
emplified. but this time not in the
world of craftsmanship, but in that of
science. Nicola Tesla. who ranks with
Edison in electrical invention, was. as
a boy in Montenegro, full of mischief,
and also under the guidance of Il re
markable woman-his mother. He
once went by himself TO a chapel in the
hills back of his native town, and man
aged TO get himself locked in it at night.
\ search was made for him, but there
was no clew until, clear and sharp on
the night air, rang out the tones of
the chapel bell. Nicola was cold, nerv-
Gus and hungry when found. On an
other occasion. when up to some boyish
pranks, his mother suddenly appeared
on the scene. He was so startled that
he fell into a kettle of fresh milk, spoil
ing the milk and his clothes at the
same time. Like many other men who
have become famous along one line of
usefulness, young Tesla was started in
life at another line. His father want
ed him educated for the church. but
his mother encouraged his scientific
tastes, and finally had her way. She
was 4 woman of unusual ability. force
Of character and ingenuity. This last
characteristic was developed in her en-
b~roidery, which was of artistic and
original designs, and made her famous
all through the part of Montenegro IN
which she lived. To his mothers love
and influence Tesla attribute; much OF
his manhood's success Uarper's
Round Table.
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Account of His Iuiury.

Fogg-The train at the time was GO
ing at the rate of 60 miles an hour. !
WINS brushed off by a porter.
Fenderson-Were you injured?
"To the amount Of q quarter."-RoA
tor Transcript.
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THE NEW TENANT.

OW, Mary, 1 have
~spoken!" Mr.. Peel
threw h j m S e | +
back in his chair
asifthat settled the
matter once for
all.
Il heard you,
dear" sweetly re-
sponded Mrs. Peel:
land now. listen IL
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stretched out the right hand of fellow
ship. But alas! Herr Schmidt was
young and handsome-far too hand
some, Phineas thought.
Very well, Mary" said Phineas, tax
ing his hat from the peg and making
for the door; you have overruled me
as usual, and must be prepared for the
consequences. In less than a week We
Shall have the house and garden over
run with every conceivable variety OF
reptile-from the beastly lizard TO the
boa constructor"
AND Phineas stalked Indignantly
forth with the merry laughter of his
wife ringing in his ears.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-11-07

Good gracious" circulated Phineas,
after reading the note for a third time.
I'D no idea matters had gone so far.
Oh. yes. Mr.. Schmidt" he added grimly
I'll meet you at 1890 sharp"