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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-22
DISPUTE.
Proposed Joint Commission-Hope of
the British Government.

WASHINGTON, ID. c. February 10.
1t is impossible to obtain any con-
firmation from a source entitled to
credit of the statement that has given
rise to so much discussion in the Brit
ish newspapers to the effect that this
Government has signified its willing
ness to join in the appointment of a
joint commission with Great Britain
to ascertain the facts as to the Vene-
Zuelan boundary question as a basis
for the settlement OF the matter by the
ordinary diplomatic means \ care
full inspection of the correspondence
that has passed between the two Gov
ernments up to this time, however,
will, it is said. show clearly that the
United States has from the first been
willing and anxious to agree p O any
plan for the settlement of the boundary
dispute that held out any promise of
insuring the just treatment of Vene-
zuela.
Itnow appears that the British Gov
eminent is hating only in the hope of
obtIi ling a stipulation precedent to
the appointment of the joint com
mission, to the effect that provision
shall be made for the retention under
the British flag of such parts of the
territory that may be foundeventually
to be In Venezuela. as are now &C.
cupled by British ~colonists.
Meanwhile the Venezuelan COM
mission is proceeding with its wOr in
a n that seems to give the sup
position that it is no. expected to set
tie the bOundry question itself. The
work it has already accomplished Will
be of the greatest value to the succeed
ihg commits ioI, and to this Govern
ment in any event, save that of the ad-
justMeLt OF the whole question by
negotiations directly between Great
Britain and Venezuela,
The commission has already col
lee Ell. or Is IN the way to acquire,
nearly 300 maps. modern and ancient,
and almost. daily others are being
h I'D II. Members Of Congress and
tn gener ii puouc have been contribu-
to.o ~ tile collection, and some of the ,
abcient charts that have come into the
hands of the commission are of the .
quaintest character.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-22
St. Louis. Cape G~irardeau & TT.
Smith Railway.
NOTICE

All parties having claims against
the st. Louis, Cape G~irardeau & TT.
Smith Railway Company as we'll as
detached coupons against said COM
pany will please take notice that at
the January term of the Circuit Court
of Cape Girardeau County, State OF
Missouri, the following order was en-
tered of record, viz:
Leo Doyle, Trustee, Plaintiff, VS..
The st. Louis, Cape Glrardeau & TT.
Smith Railway Company, The Mer-
camille Trust Company, OF New York.
and Edward Hidden, Trustee, Defend
ants.
Now comes the plaintiff by Il. B.
Oliver, his attorney. and the defend
ants. St. Louis, Cape Girardeau *
Ft. Smith Railway Company by MIR.
Smith its attorney. ana the Mercan-
tile Trust Company by Elanelous
Smith its attorney. and Edward Hid
den by a. n. Edwards his attorney.
and the Court having saen and heard
the motion of plaintiff asking this
Court to fix the time within which all
claims. including holders OF detached
coupons against the st. Louis, Cape
Girardeau & Fl. Smith Railway Com
pany shall be presented to this Court
for adjudication and the Court now
being fully advised thereof, doth or
der and adjudge that all parties 10
which the st Louis, Cape Girardeau
& Fl. Smith Railway Company re
indebted, in any way, or on any ar-
count, including the holders Of de-
tached coupons, shall, on or before
the 18th day of June next, present and
file the same in this Court for proof
and adjustment. and if not presented
and filed on or before said 18th day
of June next, the same shall be for
ever barred.
And it is further ordered by the
Court that a copy of this order BE-
published, once a week, for four weeks
IN some newspaper published in the
cities of New York. ot. Louis and
Cape Girardeau, and that the first in
sertlon of said notice to be made
within twenty days. from and after the
10th day of January 1896.
And it is further ordered by the
Court that a printed copy OF this or
der be posted in each of the depots
belonging 10 the st. Louis, Cape Cir
ardeau & Fit. smith railway Jon
pany by the Receiver of this Court,
and within twenty days after the 10th
day of January 1896"
LOUIS HOUCK.
Receiver.
Cape Girardeau, Mo-. Jan. 18th. 1896.
jan30 1896 ni9l1.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-22
Harrison ON lxo No.nIIations.

One expression in Gen. Harrison's
letter of withdrawal will attract some
attention apart from that given to the
general subject matter of that deliver
anca. 1t is this: The Republican
party has twice in National Conven-
ton given me It's Endorsement, and
that is enough. | think the voters of
our party are now entitled TO have u
new name" II is cl.ar by this that
the eX-President thinks two nomina-
tiOns are all that tne average Presi-
don't or Presidential aspirant should
get. Possibly ne thinks that two
nominations are enough for even the
greatest and best OF a~spirants, wheth-
er elected once Dr. not. At any rate.
many persons hold this view on both
points. The question of giving three
nominations to Il single candidate.
however, seldO neXCiteS much concern.
Very few persons have ever received
three nominations, OF have had the
faintcst chance OF getting them.
jefferson was 4 Presidential candi-
date three times. ana 80 was Jackson.
each being defeated in his first can
VasS and successful il his second and
third. But national delegate on
ventions We're nOt Thought of in JEFF
ferson's third nomination. Moreover.
at the time of Jackson's first candi-
dac5 he was The nominee of only a
fraction of his party. The element of
(which vas the larger element of
the only party in existence at that
time, and which soon atterwari form
ally and finally took the name De-
~mOcracy-had n more candidate be
sides jackson, William II. Crawford.
Of Georgia. ut the time that Jackson
made his first race for the Presidency.
Clay received three nominations, but
only two of them were by assemblages
on the present plan. Grover Cleve-
land is the only man who ever re
ceived three nominations from a ma
tional delegate convention OF a great
party.
The question. therefore. OF whether
anymanshould be allowed three nomi-
nations is not likely to become a burn
ing issue often. 1t is one of those
questions on which no rigid rule can
reasonably be laid down, but ought to
be determined by the conditions in each
particular case. If such a require
ment of exclusion had been applied in
1892 the Democracy might have been
beaten in that year, for Cleveland I'M
questionably received many votes in
every State which would have gone to
no other candidate. Precedent in the
Ease of nomination as in that of cleo
ton counts for much. If Washington
had accepted a third election, perhaps
Jefferson would have done it. Both
unquestionably could have had it, and
if they had taken it there is q posi-
bility that Monroe and Jackson would
have done likewise, although both, ac-
cording to the best contemporary evil
dence, were glad to step down when
their second terms ended. However. |
men with such ascendency in their
party and in the country must always
Observation-Disclosures they were in the
past. As the country grows in popu-
lation and diversity of aims and in
terests the contests in national con-
v~entions must increase in vigor, and
the tenure of leadership and power by
any single individual must shorten.
@Globe-D Democrat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-22
PatronIzc uome manufactures.

It is as rue OF Kansas City as OF
are not patronizedmore generally than
they should be. the movement TO III
duce the people to support and build
up !Ocal industries Is therefore rs per-
tinent as 1t IS sensible. Every dictate
OF local pride and every consideration
Of local interest suggested he patron
age OF home manufactures III prefer
cnce 10 those OF other cities. it is
0nly the protective principle applied
locally. There are countless articles
which Kansas City consumes but does
not produce. But as to those OH +
countless articles which are produced
here. G"hy should the manufacturers of
other cities invade the market and
crowd the home manufacturers:
There are many staples which are
manufactured in enormous quantities
in Kansas City. Nor does the local
product suffer in comparison with tie
best made elsewhere. Why then should
We send abroad for merchandise which
is produced in as good quality and as
cheaply at home? The home manu-
facturer employs home labor: he
spends his profits here; he is identified
with he city and all its interests: he
helps to build it up. BY virtue of all
these facts. he is entitled TO the sup
port of the community instead Of be-
ing forced to witness the extensive i'm
portation OF the very articles which he
himself manufactures, especially when
the imported articles are no better
than the domestic. Kansas City Jour
nal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-22
jan25 IS96n3S.
Ass1gnees Notice.
TO all whom it may concern:

TO al Whom u may
Take notice that Charles A. Nc
Donald, assignee of 7. ]. and E. L..
Juden, has filed in the Cape Girardeau
Court of Common Pleas, Cape Girar-
deau city and county. Missouri, the
statement of his account and final set
Element thereof, and will present the
same for approval in open court at
the court horse in said city on Mon
day, the 24th day of February, 1896,
and he will then and there ask fer his
final discharge.
Attest: Z. b. ENGELMANN,
%febl5n41-2t Clerk.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-22
Notice to Contractors.

Notice is hereby given that the I'M
dersigned Road and Bridge Commits
sioner OF Cape Girardeau county. Mo.
viii on Wednesday. March 18th. 1896.
at 10 O'Clock 4. M, at site of bridge.
let contract for the building Of an iron
bridge with stone Piers across Byrd
Creek, near the residence of Jack
Crump.
Commissioner reserves the right to
reject any or all bids.
JAMES F. MCLAIN.
by l.. NJ. BEAN.
Deputy Il. & B. Com.
Feb. 10, 1886.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-22
Cure Yourself.

Don't pay large doctors bill. The
best medical book published, 100
pages, elegant colored plates. will be
sent to you on receipt 'of three 2-cent
stamps to pay postage. Address i.
p. Ordway & Co., Boston, Mass.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-22

ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that letters o,
administration upon the estate q
Christian RitgerOtt, deceased, have
been granted to the undersigned by
the Cape G~irardeau Court of Common
Pleas of Cape Girardeau county.
bearing date the 9th day of January.
1896. All persons having claims
against saiG estate are required to eX-
hIDit them o the undersigned for al
Iowance, w than one year from the
date OF sal. trrs Or they may lie
precluded It.I any benefit OF such
estate: and i aid claims be NOS cX-
Riblted wIIh,i $50 years from the dale
of the pub eaIIon vi this notice. they
will be fUrc,rr EarrSd.
WILLIAM REGENHARDr.
ianlSn3I Administrator.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-22
Motto, to Contra ,tors.

Notice Is hereby given that the I'M
GersIgned Road and Bridge Commits
sIOne OF Cape GIrardeau County,
No. will on saturday the 10Th day of
February. 1896. at 10 o'clock a.. m. at
site OF bridge let contract for rebuild
ing bridge across branch on Clark
Avenue. Piers to be of stone with
wooden bridge. Commissioner re-
serves the right to reject any or all
bids.
JAMES +. MCLAIN.
by l.. NJ. BEAN.
Deputy X. and b. Com.
Feb. 9Th, 1896.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-22

Antf-Horse Thief Association Meet
ing.
The members of the Anti-Horse
Thief Association will meet at the
court house in Jackson, February
29th, 1895, at one o'clock p. m, for
the purpose of electing officers for
said Association for the ensuing year.
F. A. KAGE,
President.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-22
Notice to Contractors.

Notice is hereby given that the I'M
dersigned Road and Bridge Commits
sioner of Cape G~irardeau county,
No. Will on Tuesday, March the
18th. 1896, at , o'clock p. m, at site
of bridge, let contract for the building
of an iron bridge with stone piers
across Hughes Creek. cal the resi-
dence of Henry Bruihl.
Commissioner reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
JAMES F. MCLAIN
by l.. NJ. BEAN,
Deputy r. & B. Com.
Feb. 10, 1896.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-22

L. Jas. G. Reynolds. hayc this day
sold out to John. +. V~o@eIsangtr the
hardware business known as the VO-
~"elsauger x reynolds. John +. Vo-
gelsanger II all liabilities and
collects all accounts due the old
firm except the accounts in Illinois.
JAS. g. REYNOLDS.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-22
Great Danger in Coughs.

y neglected Cough is source of i'm
mincnt danger to all. Billiards.
Horehouud syrup is guaranteed to
cure the worst cough, Whooping
Cough, sOrr throat and all other
coughs. Sold ut Wilson : drug store.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-22
\ Generous Firm.

We are informed that the propric'
t. :, Messrs. y. p. Ordway " Co.,
re;ently sent three dozen of their re-
liable me1%lcine, sulphur Liyters, &c
t c Catholic Home for the Aged, which
Is highly appreciated by the directors
and inmates. AS We SOW so shall
We reap."-Edltor CathOii: Union.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-22
JAMES F. MCLAIN.

Feb. 9Th, 1896.
The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-24
London PostofHce Cats.

1t may not be generally known that
a considerable sum of money for cats
meat appears annually as an item in
the postoffice estimates. This meat goes
to the support of whole colony of cats
at st. Martin's-le-Grand. How they
first came there no one seems to know,
but the general impression is that their
ancestors belonged to the private offices
which were demolished when the pres
ent G. p. o. was built, and that they
became "strays" about the ruins until
the rising walls gradually shut them
in, and thus provided them with
home.-Animal's Friend.
The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-24
vegetarianism Carried to Extremes.

Vegetarian boots are advertised in
London; the uppers are made of ''panus
corium," the soles of closely water
proofed flax betting. To show that
the skins of slaughtered animals are
not necessary the vegetarians say that
"lndia rubber, gutta percha, steel and
iron and brass nails, and brass caps,
cashmere and cotton, elastic and web
bing, wool and list, cork and straw,
silk and jutc, and even brown paper
and wax go to form the modern mys-
terry which still carries the old name
OF boot and Shoe" 1t is not meat that
man should ignore altogether flesh
and fowl food, but if he is crank he
viii do it, and may try to hear with
ears of corn and think with cabbage
head
The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-24
"Dying Out."

The Populists increased their vote
in Iowa over $4,000 votes-and as a
consequence is "dying out"
Populists carried the town of Car
yer in the good conservative state OF
Massachusetts at the last election
that also proves the party is ''dying
out"
The best posted men in the Republi-
can national committee cOncede the
Populist party increased the number OF
its votes pa per cent in two years and
frankly admit the party may cast
5000, 900 votes in another sign
the party is ''dying out"
Populists carried nearly everything
in Kansas last fall with Demorepubli-
cratican combine against it-''dying
out"
In 1892 the Populist vote of Iowa
was 20, 1872; in 1898, 23,3s0; 1894, 81,
907 and in 1895 it showed serious signs
of death by casting 40, 500 votes.
Four thousand votes were cast in
Boston for the dying" Populist party
last fall.
Colorado, computed by counties.
shows Populist majority of 1881 and
that. too, in face of the grand steal
made i'm Denver of three or four thou
sand votes to save the chief manipu-
lator of fraudulent votes-the county
clerk. 1t will be noticed the party is
dying out" in Colorado, too.
The Populist vote in three Nebraska
counties alone show a gain of over
1000 votes as compared with Hol-
combs vote. That's another sign of
decay.
Our freight train report indicates at
this late day that the associated press
lied about the Dakoto elections. The
Pops lost seven counties, gained ten,
and held their own in twelve. More
signs Of Populist death.
From everywhere the fact is gradu-
ally leaking out that the Populist party
did good work in the late elections
Ohio increasing its vote to 5S,000.-
Denver Road.
The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-24

Southern Cotton Mills.

In 1890 the average capitalization
OF southern cotton mills, nearly all of
them being small, was nearly $50 per
spindle, while that of northern mills
was about S25 per spindle. While
the northern capitalization has not
decreased, the south now has a largo
number of new mills which have no
superior in the world in their class,
and these magnificent mills have cost
less than SIS per spindle for steam
mills, while water-power mills of the
highest type are now being built for
$40 per spindle.
The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-24

THE AVERAGE MURDERER.
In Prison He Appears Happy and Grows
Fat.

In Prison He Appears Happy and Grows
Fat.
One Of the strangest of all the strange
phases of human nature is the cheerful
ness of the average murderer after
conviction and sentence. There are, of
course, exceptions to the rule; there
are murderers who await execution in
horror and dread, and occasionally one
dies Of this torment before the fatal
day arrives. But these are rare cases
and do not affect the correctness of the
proposition that the average murderer
is rather cheerful person, sleeps well,
has a good appetite, grows fat, and.
till his last hour, manifests a lively in
terest in such worldly affairs as occu-
pied his mind before he was caught,
Gagged and marked for the hangman.
Trouble of mind is not conducive to
the taking on of fat. A convict whose
day of death had been firmly fixed, and
who had no ground on which to base the
faintest hope Of clemency, might af-
feet cheerfulness, or even jocularity, in
no affecting a growth of adipose. The
man whose weight is increasing day
by day, even in the shadow of the gal
lows, is not in menIaf distress. The
mind and body are too closely related
for either to be tormented without the
full participancy of the other. Here is
an extract from a reporters account
or visit to Harry Hayward, at Mime
apolis, who will soon be put to death
for one Of the most cruel, cold-blooded
murders ever perpetrated:
"'Do you think you will hang?'
"'Yes, think I will, old man. Hay
ward replied. His face did not change
color, nor did he finch. Then he con-
tinued, laughing, "A fellow has to go
sometime, and it might as well be one
time as another. Only 1 wish it we'll
done and no bungling. But, by the bye,
what do you think about the Corbett
and Fitzsimmons fighter rather the
one that did not come off? l will tell
you what believe. 1 think "Fitz" was
was afraid of Jim. I would hate to see
Jim get whipped, for he is an American.
But the fight will never come off now
he added.
How is your health, Mr.. Hayward?'
"'Splendid. When I came in here l
weighed 100, but I have gained forty
pounds. You see, have nothing to
worry me, have slept well, and eaten
heartily and will continue to do so until
the end"
If this were an exceptional case it
would be Interesting only as possible
indication of lunacy. But it presents
nothing that is unusual. 1t is strange
only because it is impossible for the
average mind to conceive of such cheer
fulness, such indifference under the
conditions surrounding this man.
Washington Post.
The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-24
The Pace That Kills.
Fast Work and Fast Eating Make Three
Score Years and Ten a Ripe Old
Age in These Days
(From the Cincinnati Enquirer

(From the Cincinnati EnQuirer.)
The American people live too fast, eat
too fast and drink too fast This has
brought upon many OF us train OF nervous
and stomach disorders that are very diff
cult to manage. Investigation and chemical
analysis TO discover such compounds as will
help those suffering from such ills has re-
suited in the discovery of DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People, which has taken
very high rank as specific remedy.
II. L. Owens, travelling man thirty
years OF age, who is well known in this
community and generally liked because he
is bright, energetic young fellow, resides
with his mother at 1856 Central Avenue,
Cincinnati, Ohio. He has been a victim of
dyspepsia which took the form of continu-
Gus constipation, and, strangely enough,
his mother suffered from the same trouble.
Mr.. Owens testified TO the merits OF Pink
Pills in a most cntbus astic way, and said
to the Enquirer reporter:
IL am glad to say anything l can for DIR.
Will ms Pink Pills, because they did mo
great goo !! and other people ought to know
OF their virtues as medicine in stomach
troubles II was some time ago when L
felt a heavy feeling In my stomach, and
grew very constipated. did not consult
doctor, but having heard of the Pink Pills
bought box of them. In two or three
DAYS the heavy feeling in my stomach dis
appeared and my bowels were regular. l
did rct have to use more than a box of
them before 7 was well. Since that time L
have only occasionally been troubled with
constipation, and | never get worried, be-
cause know just what to do. Mother was
also troubled with indigestion and the
Pink Pills did the same for her they did
for me-cured her, didn't they, mother"
When appealed to Mrs. Owens answered:
"That is right. / found it was great
medicine, so easy to take and so quick and
lasting in its results"
Mr.. Owens continued: II believe that
these pills are also good for nervousness.
When had my stomach trouble l was also
quite nervous and that disappeared with
the dyspepsia. The Pink Pills were all that
is claimed for them. You can make any
use of this testimonial you see fit"
H. =. Owens has occupied several posi-
tions of trust in this city. lie was Tor
. time an empoye of the Commercial-Gaze.te
, He will 90 on the read in a few days for
prominent business house here Mrs.
Owens is quite as enthusiastic as her son
about the Pink Pills and her host Of lady
friends can verify her good opinion OF this
wonderful remedy if they feel disposed 10
do so at any time. Where the testimony
Is so general and unanimous as TO the ex-
ccllencies of Pink Pills as the Enquirer has
found it to be there is certainly good reason
to believe all the good things said-aDout
the safe and simple remedy.
DR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
contain all the elements necessary to give
new life and richness 10 the blood and re-
store shattered nerves. They NAV be had
of all druggists or direct by mail from the
DIR. Williams Medicine Company, Schenec-
tady, N. Y, .. see per box, or six boxes log
e2.50.
The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-24

The archer fish has q natural blow
gun. The animal possesses the Curl
Gus property of being able to shoot
drops of water from its mouth with ex-
traordinary accuracy for a consider
able distance. This singular faculty
is of use to the animal in securing its
food. A fly or small insect passing
over the water has very little chance
to ecapc from the deadly aim of the
archer fish. Thissfish is perfectly at
home in water. He never gets out of
ammunition, and is not one of those
unfortunate creatures who sees his
best game when he has no gun. The
archer is fly, and is always ready.