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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10

Few attributes of character are more
charming than the faculty of gracefully
acknowledging ones errors The man
who makes n blunder and sticks to it
is a person with whom argument or
controversy is impossible. The trouble
and time spent in attempting to con-
vince him of the truth are completely
wasted: for he will still believe that
what he has advanced must be right,
even in the face of actual demonstration
that it is wrong. On the other hand, Of
the action of one who will admit with
frank and ready courtesy that he has
been mistaken, it may be said that it
"blesseth him that gives and him that
takes,"-it covers his own retreat with
gracefulness, and gives his adversary a
pleasant memory of an encounter with
q generous foe.-Detroit Free Press.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10
CHEESE AND CHAMPAGNE.
sad Experience Told by Richard Mans
field in a Hart Luck Symposium.


field in a HarL Luck Symposium.
\ number of gentlemen of the acting
and writing persuasion were sitting in
the Nendome thu other evening OK
changing hard lU:k stories. Everyone
III the party had run up against grim
fate more or less violently at one time
or another. The saddest experience was
told by Richard Mansfield.
at was a good many years ago" said
Mr.. Mansfield, land l vas stone broke
in London. l had exactly a shilling in
my pocket, and | had not had Il meal all
day. Presently l met a friend of mine,
arrayed more gorgeously than Solomon
evidently bound for n dinner or a
theater. He hailed me with great JOY.
1t was n dinner he was to-a dinner
with Lord C~avendish, or some other
member of swelldom. In the flush of
anticipation my friend said to me:
81 tell you what we'll do; We'll go in
somewhere and have Il drink And he
guided me into one of the many Bodega
places about London. They sell Il good
glass of champagne there, you know,
en- draught for sixpence. They have Il
huge cheese out all the time that one
can help ones self from. That cheese,
you see, is the nearest approach in Lon
don to the American free lunch sys-
tenn"
Late lamented," interrupted one of
the newspaper men.
Eyes, well, I had the champagne, and
I did full justice to the cheese, which
was tremendously fine. All of which.
however, if you know anything about
mixing champagne and cheese, was
making me hungrier every moment. I
was just beginning to wonder how far
my shilling would go in appeasement
of the huge appetite l felt when my
friend said: Hang it ALL
"He was feeling in his pockets with a
perfect frenzy. Then he said:
81 say, old man, I'm awfully sorry.
but I haven't a penny about me. Would
you mind paying for that champagne?"
"And I handed over my last shilling
to pay for hat hunger-raising glass;
Y. Y. Journal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10
The People OF Seville.

The people were as gay as the town,
too gay, too commercial, too modern,
NJ. Maurice Barres thought Seville,
Spain. But, fortunately, I was quite
prosaic enough to delight at the time
in it's constant movement and noise and
life. The Sierpes during the day was
the center of their gayety - Seville's
Corso or Broadway or Piccadily. 1t was
here the hottest hours were spent. I'm
der its awnings it was like a pleasant
court; for, though peasants might pass
with their donkeys, nc cart or carriage
could ever drive through. In the clubs
on each side, their facade nothing but
one open window, rows of chairs were
always turned toward the street, and
always held an audience as entertaining
ms it was willing to be entertained. The
same people who in the evening filled
the Plaza Nueva, there to listen to the
music, sauntered in and out of the
shops, where you could buy the latest
French novel or the photograph of the
~favorite matador. But of this multi
tude of loungers, none seemed to have
anything to do except to become vio-
lcntly interested the minute J. tried to
sketch.-EliZabeth r. Pennell, in Cen
tury.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10
1t Was Auburn.

\ San Rafael mother, with hair of {;
Titan hue, found it necessary TO cor
rect one of her little boys for some
trifing misdemeanor the other day. He
took his scolding with a very bad grace
and walked sullenly away mutterine
his opinion of red-haired people in gen
erai and his mother in particular. H
was called back and punished for hi:
sauciness.
"Now," said the mother, don't LEI
ms ever hear you say that 1 have rec
hair again. 1t is not red-it is au
burn"
Next day the lady asked another O.
her boys 10 go in the house and get hel
parasol.
(Which one, mammal he asked
The red one?"
"Ooh." exclaimed the younger broth
er. who had been punished. "Yor
mustn't say mammals red parascl.' Il
is mammals auburn parasol." Sar
Francisco Post.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10
TATMAN SAW HIS FIVE FRIENDS
LIMPING.

that they would be willing to wait I'M
til he came back.
Much obliged, gentlemen" and Tat
MAJ arose. "'Tisn't very often that a
Teller meets such kind friends as you
are in a strange city, and it's kin.ler
soorhin' ter know hat Il fellows leavin'
his money with honest people. Irecl-on
I'll be back in about an hour" And Tat
man once more thanked his friends as
he passed out of the room, closing he
door behind him.
Tatman did not leave the saloon, as
the men expected. By a clever dodge
he managed to slip the key of the door
in his pocket before he left the room.
He remained on the outside long enough
to silently turn the bolt in the lock,
after which he slipped into the adj
joining room. He did not wait long
before he heard one of the men say:
well, that was the easiest snap l
ever saw Silas recognized the voice
as that of Cunningham. Then Bloom
field answered:
Easy! Why, you could rob that
fool before his eyes and he wouldn't
know it. Hand up the granger's grip
sack"
Tatman heard the sound of the grip
sack striking the top of the table. Then
he heard them prying at the lock. Pres
emily he heard the clasps give, and in
another instant a piercing yelp rent the
air. Whack! Crash! Bang! The
chairs were upturned and the table was
was tumbled over in the mac scramble
for the door.
Then he heard some n say: Great
heavens! They're hornets and the door
is locked"
The bowls and yelps which followed
brought the bartender and the propri-
etor to the scene. The Bunkum farmer
seized the opportunity to slip out of the
saloon. and as he was passing into The
street he heard the door crash in as
one of the men on the inside dealt it
a blow with a chair. Over his shoulder
he saw Il stream of hornets sail after
the bartender.
Twenty minutes later, from his re-
treat in the alley across the street, Tat
mai saw his five friends limp:ng our of
the saloon to the ambulance, which
had been called, and which had backed
up to the curbstone.-Inter Ocean.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

DIR. Walsh, archbishop of Dublin, II
regaining his health by riding a bicy-
Gle.
Gen. Booth has pressed living pic
lures into the service of the Salvation
Army at the great exhibition in Lon
don.
AT the Central Presbyterian church.
Atlanta, Ca, recently, Rev. G.. b. Strlck-
Ter delivered his farewell sermon to the
| congregation he has served for the last
ID years.
Our friends will kindly not tres
pass" is the unusual form in which n
Mattituck, L. l., school authorities have
put the notice to the public at the n
trance to their unfenced schooihouse
grounds.
Commander Darlington Booth re-
Gently stated that the Volunteers OF
America have JOG organized posts and
800 commanding officers, while the Vol
unteers' Gazette, the organ of the force,
has a circulation of $4,000 copies.
"A gift of 81, 900 has lately gone from
Miss Caroline w. Bruce, of New York, to
the director of the Lick observatory.
This sum and a recent gift from W. w.
Low, of New York, will be devoted to
the purchase of needed apparatus, and
will make possible the continuance OF
certain important work.
The following persons have been
appointed on the committee to superin-
enc the building of the new Anglo
American church in Carlsbad: Her
Royal Highness Princess Christian of
Schleswig-Holstein, the lord bishop Of
Norwich, Sir Edward and Lady Cavern
dish, Sir Edward and Lady Thornton,
Countess Berkeley, and MI. and Mrs.
James Roosevelt, New York.
Mrs. Elizabeth H. Colt, who in 1863
erected as a memorial for her deceased
husband the Church of the Good Shep-
herd in Hartford, Conn.,, at a cost OF
$4,000 has recently erected a hand
some parish house in connection with
that church as a memorial for her son
Caldwell Hart Colt, who died in 1894.
No expense has been spared to make
the building beautiful as we'll as COM
plete in all its details.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10
A FRUIT DIET.
Very Often Prevents Recourse to the Use
of Medicines.

Descanting upon the value of a frui,
diet on account of its antiscorbutic &C.
ton, a medical writer offers some sug-
gestions and makes some statements
which may well be repeated and en-
phasized. He says: This lemon-juice
cure for rheumatism is founded on
scientific facts, and having suffered N.Y.
self from acute govt for the last IL
years, l have proved over and over
again the advantages which are OBJ
tanned from eating fruit. Garrod, the
great London authority on govt, adj
viSes his patients to tax oranges, lem
ons, Strawberries, grapes, pears, etc.
Tardieu, the great French authority.
maintains that the salts of potash
found so plentifully in fruits are the
chief agents in purifying the blood
from these rheumatic and equity poi
sons. Perhaps in our unnatural, civ
ilized society, sluggish action of the
bowels and liver is responsible for more
actual misery than any other ailment.
Headache, indigestion, constipation,
haemorrhoids, and a generally miser-
NUT COlIilllOH dIc Dul tOO Olltn lIlc tN-
p%erience of the sufferer, ard TO over
come it about half the drugs in the
world are given in all sorts of COM
pounds. But bring in your fruit and
the whole scene changes. If we 90
through the back streets of our large
towns how many pallid-faced, listless-
looking people and children swarm
about us, and they have, as a rule,
plenty of food.
"As a medicine I look upon fruit az
a most valuable ally. When the body
is in that breaking-up condition known
as scurvy, the whole medical profess
sion look upon fruit and fresh vege-
tables as the one and only known rem
edy. / believe the day will come when
science will use it very much more
largely than it does now in the treat
ment of many of the everyday ailments.
Impure blood means govt, rheumatism.
skin diseases, ricketts, and other
troubles. As it is proved that fruit viii
purify and improve the quality of the
blood, it must follow that fruit is both
food and medicine combined. In fevers
I use grapes and Strawberries, giving
them to my patients in small but fire.
quent doses-Oranges and baked ap-
pies, if the others are not obtainable.
For rheumatism plenty of lemons are
invaluable. White girls with miserl-
bic. pallid compleNiOns want a quart of
Strawberries; where these are not OBJ
tainable, bananas. which contain much
iron. are Il good substitute. Probably
of all fruits the apple stands unrivaled
for general purposes in tho household;
either raw or cooked it can be taken
by nearly everybody, and it contains
similar properties to the mere delicate
fruits. To my mind the pear is more
easily digested than the apple, and for
eating uncoOked is superior to it. Dried
fruits should be used when green car
not be obtained. If soaked for a few
hours before cooking, they make n cap
ital substitute for fresh fruit, and they
come cheaper to the consumer.".Good
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10

talk with a friend what he amt seen fol
nigh on to two year" This was just
what Cunningham wanted.
"Oh, yes" said he, in his softest tone.
81 know just the place. It's not over
q block from here"
Then l reckon we might as well go
II you're sure it's safe walking through
the streets with as much money as I've
got in this here satchel."
At the word money Silas detected an
expression of eagerness and pleasure
on the scoundrel's face, and the fell
lows fingers seemed to itch as the two
walked along.
Amt you afraid" said he, "of be-
ing robbed?"
''Woll, you just bet your sweet life
the fellow who opens old Silas Tatman's
valise will be sorry" and the Bunkum
farmer smiled inwardly.
Here Cunningham turned on a little
eide street. leading his friend by the
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10

arm. About half way down the bloch
shey turned into 2 dark and dingy-look.
ing saloon. Cunningham spoke famiI.
iarly to The barkeeper, who directed
them to a wine-room in the back of the
place. The two sat down at the table
and were Joined presently by three
ether men. One of them was a fat man,
who tried to get Tatman to play cards,
lust for fun"
Another one of the men wore a white
rest and a polka dot necktie. He did all
the talking, and after Cunningham had
whispered a few words in the fellows
ears he could hardly keep his eyes oft
the carpetbag. He was introduced to
Tatman as Thomas W. Bloomfield, the
board of trade man.
at seems, Mr.. Tatman," said Bloom
field, that you are very careless with
your money. Mr.. Cunningham tells me
that you carry it in your satchel."
You bet have got a lot of none in
that ere old carpetbag. 1 was kinder
thinkin' of speculatin' with it."
Perhaps you would like to nave me
invest it in wheat. 1 think you could
make q big stake"
Pm kinder 'fraid of losin' IL"
"Oh, not at all; not if it's well in
vested. People only lose their money
through carelessness. But of course
some n has to lose money to keep the
stuff properly in circulation"
"Well, l hain't got much money to
lose, and I'm feared if | was to open
that ere bag that mine would get 10
circulatin', and you bet it would circu-
late mighty dern fast"
well, if you did lose it it would
stick to some ones fingers"
"You bet your blame life she would,
and she'd stick purity gol darned fast"
$50 you don't want me to invest it
for you?"
I'm a little bit scary bout putin
it in wheat"
NO risk whatever" said Bloomfield.
"Why, l tell you. Mr.. Tatman, II good
spectator a pick money off the trees
here in Chicago"
Bloomfield's expression tickled Tat
man. He laughed uproariously and
hen said:
You can pick it off the trees in Bun
kun, too, but you can't keep it long.
cause it circulates too dern fast"
By this time the men were growing
impatient, and Tatman noticed that
they looked more frequently ard lonEer
at the carpetbag. lie thought it about
lime TO take his rpyPnop- so he said.
well, gentlemen, l reckon I'd better
be a-goin'. and I'd like to leave hat
ere money with you, so as it'll be safe
while l hunt up a stoppin' place"
The men were perfectly willing to
accommodate Farmer Tatman. They
assured him that the carpetbag and its
contents would be perfectly safe, and
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10
Mush Gems.

Pu5 half a pint of milk and same of
boiling water over the fire. When hot
add one cupful of corn meal. Stir and
cook ten minutes. Add two teaspoon
fuls of butter and Il te~aspoonful of salt
and set aside to cool. When cold add two
eggs beaten separately, first the yolks.
then the whites. Bake in geEl pans in
a moderate oven 90 minutes and serve
warm. A teaspoonful of baking powder
should also be used. These are very nice
made either of white or yellow meal
Ladies' World.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10

When Silas came to town Saturda,
he came with the avowed intention o
revenging himself on a sm%ooth-spokeI
young man who had met him on :
former visit and had relieved MIN of
carpet sack containing the visitor:
money and return ticket. He did no'
expect to encounter the same fellow
but made up his mind to administer e
the first man who claimed to know hin
the warmest reception the scoundre
had ever met with.
Tatman came from Bunkum. Bunk
am is not on the map, and one could &C
to the place with a repeating rifle ana
shoot all the inhabitants without re.
loading. But. small as it is. it can boast
Of a citizen who outwitted four of the
cleverest con men in Chicago.
Bunkum is also renowned for its
large hornets nests and the warlike
and "grouchy" disposition of their oc.
'cupants. In Tatman's hog lot hung onG
of these nests from the limb of a locus.
tree. 1t was a gigantic specimen and
the terror of the neighborhood.
The morning before Silas left for
Chicago he went into the hog lot very
early, before the hornets were astir. He
took with him an old green carpet bag,
and this he opened and slipped careful
~ around the oblong nest, closing the
clasp quickly without losing a hornet.
When he took the train later in the day
ne smiled with delight when he thought
of the narrowing scene that would take
place when the carpet bag vas opened.
When Silas arrived at the depot. in
stead of going to the hotel, he sat down
in the smoking room and waited. His
mission was similar to that of the con-
fidence man. He was in guest of 4
stranger who would cultivate his ac.
quaintance only to rob him of his hor-
nets and regret it to his dying day. De-
~casionally Farmer Tatman would look
down at his carpet bag. As he did so
he shook with glee.
The Bunkum farmer had not been
seated five minutes when he was APP
preached by a fellow with a sharp, III
quisitive nose and n checked suit.
"Ah, hal" thought Tatman, as the
stranger extended his hand, Give go;
you"
81 believe I know you" said the
sharp-nosed individual. Let me see.
you are from"
'Runkum," replied Tatman.
ITO be sure; Bunkum. And your
name is"
'Tatman."
why. of course. How are you, Mr..
Iatman?"
~"Tolerable," and Tatman looked
down at his hornets and chuckled.
MY name is Cunningham" went on
the stranger, grasping one of Silas'
hands in both his own. "You remem
Der 1 was visiting in Bunkum a few
years ago with Banker 4. Oh,
never can remember names You know
who I mean, though. He was the prir-
cipal banker in your town"
There never was a banker within
twenty miles of Bunkum. But Farmer
Tatman was playing a hand, so he said:
know i'm. VOL, 1 should say so. Do
you mean old Squire Jones?'
Jones. of course. Ha, ha. hal
Strange neutrality-suspicious.
"Ha, ha, ha. Twas kinder funny"
and Silas fairly danced with Joy. 81
reckon thar hain't a nice quiet litrle
place somewhere where a teller can
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10
UNCLE EPH AND THE cYcLIsT.
Not Hard for One Used to "Toting Bar
reIs o Sugar"

not Haru Tor One lseu 10 "lOIlnS Il
reIs o Sugar
An athletic old colOred man, who in
lis youth was employed in Il sugar re-
finery in New Orleans, is now Il helper
in Il bicycle store uptown.
When he is not otherwise employed it
is his duty to give beginners their first
lessons. The school of instruction is in
the street, and almost every evening
Uncle Eph may be seen steadying the
wheel for some uncertain novice. The
work is not easy, and only Il very power
full fellow could stand it so well rs the
aged but well preserved darky does.
The other day there cam" fnew pupil
to the bicycle store. 1t was a lady past
40, still quite fair but undcniably fat.
She stated her case very ditiidently;
said she thought she was past the BIZ
cycle riding age, and that she feared
she would never succeed III mastering
the wheel, but the family doctor had
prescribed a bicycle. So there she was.
1t was Uncle Eph who was assigned
to give her the first lesson. No cavalier
could have been more gallant. He
showed her how TO noun and what 10
do with her haQds and feet. Then for
one Woodworking hour the mighty old
Hercules kept that wheel upright. %
the admiration of the streetful of pep
pie who saw him.
After the lesson was over the pupil
thanked him profusely I'm so heavy"
she said, apologetically, land you
I must have tired you dreadfully!"
Law. ma'am." said Uncle Eph, 81
amt n bit tired. You see, | ulster wuk
in New Orleans, an l got use ter totin'
barrels O. sugar."-N. Y. Journal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10

"Jobson, l do believe that if you were
given your choice between me and your
pipe. you would hesitate"
That's where you make a mistake,
Mrs. Jobson. a pipe soothes Gnd COM
fort IS a man in his old age."-N. Y. Her
aid.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10
Lack a Renufsire.

Nose johnson lat the club)-I say,
fellahs, let's get up a football 'leven.
We's all got big feet an could put up
a powerful strong team.
Sporty Jackson Observation-Disclosures a
rees:, dar; talk a reef. How's we gwine
to grow long hair?-Leslie's Weekly.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10

Edward l. was six feet two inches
high, and it is said that the tips of his
middle fingers extended below his
knees.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10

She-Alfred, there is nothing in the
house to eat.
He--Oh, well, let us have a bread pah
ding.-Detroit Free Press.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10

Constantine ". is mentioned by
contemporary historians as having the
most handsome beard in his dominipns
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10
THE FARMER GOT EVEN.
With Carpet-Bag of Hornets He
Was Equal to the Bunco Men.

HERE are four
men in Chicago
who will e v
forget Silas Tat
mans visit to the
city. 1t will be
many days before
these same men
will be able to
show up at the de-
pots again to prey
on the confidence
of rural strangers.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10

Economy is praiseworthy; penuri.
BUSINESS is despicable.-Chicago Stand.
ard