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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03

The twenty-ninth annual gathering
of the American Humane society met
in Cleveland O., on the 2sd. The sec
r~etary's report showed hat during the
past association year 27,5O7 reports of
cruelty to children were received, 2s,-
495 were relieved and 4,791 prosecu-
tions against abusers were conducted.
1t also showed "a, 746 complaints of
cruelty to animals, 102, OPS animals re-
lieved and 2,942 prosecutions. The
grand total of special Investigations
was 9s, 49l.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03
FOUND A DYNAMITE BOMB
Whose Failure to Go on Saved the Concha
Bridge-Other ridge Blown Up.

HAVANA, Sept. 27.-The police of
this city rave discovered a dynamite
bomb weighing IA pounds under the
Concha bridge On the outskirts of Ha-
Vana. 1t is supposed that the bomb
was intended to cause the destruction
OF the bridge and that for some unex-
planned reason it failed to explode.
There is no clew to the person who
placed the bomb where it was found.
Rebels have blown up the Yaguasa
bridge ON the Western railroad IN the
province of Pinar del Rio. They have
also destroyed two c~uiverts near Her.
radura and Peso Real, in the same.
province.
Three more sugar estates in Matan-
Zas have been burned
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03

The anti-Turkish speech delivered
by Mr.. Gladstone at the mass meeting
held in Liverpool, on the cath, to pro-
test against the Armenian atrocities,
was wired to the sultan at Constanti-
uople.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03

THE steamer Doric, arrived at San
Francisco from Japan, on the 22d,
brought news of 4 series of catas-
trophies that had befallen the Mikado's
realm, caused by wind and rain,
earthquake and flood, and resulting
in the destruction of thousands of
houses and nearly three thousand hu-
man lives. During an earthquake in
the Rokugo district, on the LIST, the
hill at Senya cracked, fires broke out
here and there. and water gushed out
in many places
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03

GEN. SIR ". II. KITCHENER, COM
handing the Egyptian expedition to
Dongola, wired, on the oath, that he
had captured 900 prisoners and that
his cavalry was pursuing the enemy,
several of whom the pursuers had
killed.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03

The London Globe insists that the
visit of the czar and czarina to Balmo-
IA. must be wholly of a private nature
and devoted to quiet enjoyment. The
paper condemns any attempt to induce
the czar to intercede in behalf of the
ArmenianS,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03

FAILURES throughout the United
States, as reported by r. G. Dun Il
Co. for the week ended September %.
numbered 3l5, against PIC for the cor
responding week last year; for IAN
ada the failures numbered %, against
80 last year.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03

The Dublin Daily Express says that
the police have discovered large guam
titles of dynamite and a pile of de-
tonators at Marlin park, near Galway.
The explosives were found in a dis
used house situated on the seashore.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03
B. II. ADAMS, Publisher.

A DISPATCH from Constantinople, on
the oath, said: Reports have been re-
ceived from Turkish sources that 1000
Armenians at Kemah, near Erzingan,
have been put to death"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03
ROb.ved n

During the absence of the family Of
Rev. W. j. Cole. of Lexington, from
home the residence was broken into
and diamonds valued at $500 stolen.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03

GEN. CARLOS RoLoFF, who is accused
of aiding flibustering expeditions to
Cuba, was held, on the 25th, by United
States Commissioner Alexander at
New York, in So, 800 bail for the grand
Jury.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03

The Hessian fly is so called from the.
fact that it was brought to this country
in straw, used in 1776, when the Hessian
cavalry was imported to fight the
Americans. 1t made its first appearance
on Staten island. near the stables of the
Hessian troops, and soon Travelled over
Connecticut. spreading throughout
New England and the west, at the rate
of 20 miles a year.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03

1t cost William C~allison, a stockman
of Versailles, an ever So, $50 to run
from st. Louis to a fire at East St.
Louis. He was robbed of that sum by
a clever pickpocket on the Eads bridge.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03

A GREAT stir was created in Belle
.ontaine, o., on the 23d, by the action Of
the city aldermen in releasing all pris-
oners from the Jail for want of money
to pay the sheriff for their keeping.
The entire police force was discharged
for the same reason, and the city was
left without any protection whatever
save the mayor and marshal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03

A SPECIAL dispatch from Shanghai,
IN the 23d, said that Russian engineers
were supervising the work of repairing
the docks and workshops at Port Ar
thur and the storing at that place of
vast supplies of coal, and it was be-
lieved that the results of Ii Hung
Changes entente with Russia on behalf
of China would shortly be displayed.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03

Mrs. ELIZA GRIFFIN JOHNSON, the
widow of the late Gen. Albert Sidney
johnson, died in Los Angeles. Cal, on
the 25th,at the home of her son-in-law,
United States Attorney Denis. She
was "A years of age. Her former
home was in Kentucky.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03

GEN. MEXIA, chairman of the ways
and means committee of the house of
representatives of the Mexican con-
gress, died in the City of Mexico, on
the cath. aged Il years. He was re-
garded as the leading statesman and
fnancier of the Mexican republic.
The town of Mexia, Tex, was named
for him. He owned 10000 acres of
land in Texas.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03

John O'ConnJl died at his home near
Louisiana, at the age of los. He twas
. native of Ireland and had been a res
ident in this country for 90 years.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03

The Hessian fly is SO called from the
fact that it was brought to this country
in straw, used in 1776, when the Hessian
cavalry was imported to fight the
Americans. 1t made its first appearance
on Staten island, neal the stables of the
Hessian troops, and soon Travelled over
Connecticut, spreading throughout
New England and the west, at the rate
of 20 miles a year.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03

JULIA BRADLEY, an aged woman of
Peoria, Ill, has bestowed all her for
tune, estimated at s., 200, 600, upon the
University of Chicago, IN condition
that a branch school shall be built at
Peoria. Mrs. Bradley has planned for
the gift for Is years, but the fact has
only low leaked out.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03

Thomas b. Wright, nged SIS, died at
Boonvllle. He was a prominent citi.
zen, leading lawyer, member of the G..
A. f., and recently mayor of the city.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03

Albert Wright Dickinson, for several
years general superintendent Of the
Missouri Pacific railway, and we'll
known in Missouri, died at his home
in Seymour, Ind, recently. of paresis,
aged &c.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03

SIR CHARLES RUSSELL arrived atGray
Gables, on the 23d, to pay his respects
to the president. lie wasaccompanied
by Secretary Olney and two other gen
tlemen. The distinguished visitors
were received by the president and
Mrs. Cleveland.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03

The sugar cane vas introduced into
America o after the discovery, and
its cultivation rapidly spread over all
those parts of the new world adapted to
its growth
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03

John Seibeumorgan, who was a coun.
ty patient at insane asylum No. 3, Ne
vada, from Usage county, since the
opening of the institution in 1887, died
recently, aged nearly ninety.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03
Runaway Girls Captured.

Two girls, Lulu Russell and Maggie
Russell, aged IA and Is years respec-
lively, were detained at the city prison,
says a dispatch from Topeka, Has, on
messages from their parents, residing
at Sugar Lake, Mo. The girls, who
are not related to each other, ran
away from home and were found here
by a policeman.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03

GEN. McNULTA, receiver for the
Whisky trust, mailed checks, on the
cath, on 34S rebate claims, amounting
to $50, 45I. About six hundred more
remained to be mailed, amounting in
all to about 500, 900. These claims are
held in all parts of the country.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03

Capt. 7. ]. Wilson, northwest of Tip
ton, recently exhibited several fully
ripened peaches, which were of the
second crop on the same trees this
season. The peaches are of an early
freeStOne variety.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03
He Was ,%JealOus.

A young farmer named AL Gibson,
ten miles from Ava, Douglass county,
shot his wife and then made an IN
successful attempt upon his own life.
Gibson was jealous.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03
William Otis johnson

William Otis Johnson, an old and
highly respected citizen of Audrian
county, died at his home in Mexico,
aged 60. He had been a resident of
this state about fifty-seven years and
was widely known in that part of
Missouri.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03

Burglars entered the general mer.
ehandise store of E. o. Snow at At.
lanta, and the hardware store of Full.
MGR & Turner, and carried away S7Oo
worth of goods in a wagon.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03

The sugar cane was introduced into
America soon after the discovery, and
its cultivation rapidly spread over all
those parts of the new world adapted to
its growth.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03

There was an attempt made the
other night, at Washington, to rob the
grave of Miss Regina Buecker, who
died suddenly in st. Louis not long
ago, supposedly by asphyxiation.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03
Congressman Hubbard's Child.

The youngest child of Congressman
Hubbard died at Versailles. Mr.. Hub
bard was called in from his canvass,
and reached home q few hours before
the child died.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03

GEORGE F. CURTIS, the assistant Ii
brarian of the United States congress,
who was arrested at Grindelwald,
Switzerland, by detectives who mis-
took him for a criminal from Monte
video, and was subsequently released
only to be rearrested at Genoa and
again liberated, has made a claim upon
the Swiss government for indemnity.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03
In Hard Luck.

At Webb City attachments aggregat-
ing $1,000 were levied upon the plant of
the Victor Mining Co., composed of
residents of Toledo, O. The entire
works are new and estimated TO he
worth $40, coo. The Bank of Carterville
holds Il prior mortgage for S.. 900. \
few months ago the same company lost
its plant by fire.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03
Said He Wasn't Guilty.

In the trial of Childs Grimes, charged
with killing his son-in-law, Luther
Whitmore, near his home, five miles
east of Moberly, the jury declared
CRIMES mot guilty"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03

MINT DIRECTOR PRESTON was advised,
on the ED, hat 81, 500, 600 gold had
reached San Francisco from Australia
and would find its way into the treas
ury. The gold is in English over
eigns, and as foreign coins are not a
legal tender in the United States it
will be sent to the mint at San Fran
cisco to be recoined into eagles.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03

c. A. Crawford, aged %, a postmas-
ter in Pettis county, died of tubercu-
losi,. His predecessor In office, Ed
ward Crawford, died of the same
disease 4 few months ago,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03
State Board of Health.
Mission Chapel to BE Rebuilt.

The Soulard Market Mission chapel,
st. Louis, is to be rebuilt. The build
ing vas completely wrecked by the
tornado, and during the summer the
school has met in one place and
another. Therewere over /, 200 scholars
before the storm. and it was difficult
to find any place large enough for their
meetings. Supt. Markham, who left
early in May for a vacation in Massa-
chusetts, has nov returned. \ meet
ing OF the officers of the mission has
been held, and it is announced that a
chapel will be built, entirely new.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-03
MISSOURI A e w
Married Fifty Years Ago.

Rev. DIR. and Mrs. j. W. Cunning.
ham, of 1414 Lucas place, st. Louis,
celebrated the iftieth anniversary of
their wedding the other evening.
They were married in Germantown,
KY, and have spent the so yearS of
their married life in Kentucky and
Missouri. DIR. Cunningham has filled
pulpits in the Methodist Epis-
copal church during almost the
entire period, but has been connected
also with the southern branch of the
Methodist church. He is now a mem
Der of Centenary congregation, st.
Louis. and otficiates occasionally in
various churches as a local preacher.
He and his wife are in good health,
and neither appears to be much over
sixty.
State Board of Health.
Gov. Stone has appointed members
of the state board of health, as fol-
lows, each for three years from July
20, 1896: Alex. Mackland, of Richmond,
Ray county, for the Third congress
sional district, to succeed himself; J. +.
Cover, of Corder, Lafayette county, for
the Fifth congressional district, to sue
coed himself: W. Il. Wilkinson, of AL
tenberg, Perry county, for the Thir-
teenth congressional district, to sue
coed himself; W. J.. Roberts, of Oak
ridge, Cape Girardeau county, for the
Fourteenth congressional district, vice
z. y. Gully, term expired.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-03-01
MIsHAP OF A CORN cR1R

There is an old story about a bow who
was hoeing corn one hot day In his father
held. He ddn't feel much like hoeine
and so he hurrowed his bare brown toes
in the warm soil and watched for stray
Hads' He had already killed four or five
and 1t was much more fun than hoeing
corn Suddenly he saw an unusually largo
one wriggling almost at his feet lie
struck II a hard blow with the hoo and
INC next instant ne was curled up on The
ground. bowling with pain. lie had mis-
taken his big toe for a toad and cut 1t
almost off. 'e ~
Inc story was called to mind by the
accident that happened not long ago
TO u little girl who lives In Southern Illi-
nos She was playing around her fathers
corn crlh one afternoon, when she con-
cciyed tho idea of climbing 10 the ton
ana seeing what the crib roof was like
so up she went, using the logs in the
crih az ladder rounds When she yyos
almost up she found difficulty In pettin,s
over tho caves, so she thrust her ar,,, Ne
tween Two of the logs clasping n as far
around as possible. Then she raised her
read Within two inches of her heod sbn
saw several snake-like objects craWl,n,
toward her from between the lors WIZ
a shrek she let go, and down she fo,I -,
the ground, humping her head mn, snra,n "
ING her wris,. And the snake like c"an
lures she had seeu-she was very n,ttch
AFRAID of snakos-we-e only her ill.,
PACK fingers reaching around the orib
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-03-01

under the limb to make the nest stronger,
More twigs are then brought and all are
interlaced with each other. This work
OF putting on twigs Is continued until
the nest assumes proportions satisfactory
TO the Industrious little carpenters. The
nest liz then papered and carpeted with
wool, little scraps OF cloth or anything
else that the knowing builders consider
nice enough and can get. l once FORMED
an acquaintance with two mocking birds
the door. I reckon they afterward de-
cided that that place was not very safe,
for they deserted 1t and their four blue
eggs with brown speckles on them. Some
little thicket of crane myrtles farther
away from the house. a strong wind
blew the myrtle about. overturned the
nest and left the eggs a broken mass
on the ground. / think II very likely
that these two little birds will ever af-
ter build their nests in large trees. The
never been in t'urope. He also prefers
the South to the North and does not
visit New England. He is found mostly
IN the South, Mexico and the. West In.
dies. In the last named place he is
called the nightingale. We all have reason
to he proud of the hummming bird, an
Other purely american bird. Waterton
slys IF sn so@ of the least bum IN me BIRD
entities II to the first place IN the list
Of the birds of the New World. It may
truly be called the bird of Paradise, and
had il existed in the Old World IT would
have claimed the title instead OF the bird
which has now the honor to bear IT."
As q general rule the humminE bird lives
no farther north than Texas. though two
species nhaht the States to the north of
Texas, while they are very numerous in
Mexico and Central America. They make
dainty little nests Of wool or cotton and
sometimes cover them on the outside
with moss. The American eagle which
e the emblem Of the United States and
Is found throughout North America.
usually builds its nest In high tree
and matches its eaclets in the same nest
every year also charging the nest each
wear so an old eagle nest Is very large
think We should select club song next
Then when the meeting of the Happyham-
mers takes place at Houston we can get
a band to play the club song Your friend,
Georgia Wells
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-03-01

Where the pools are bright and deep.
Who're the gray trout lies asleep,
Up the r1ver and DER the lea,
That's tho way for Billy and me.
Wherc the bIackhird sings the latest.
Where the hawthorn blooms the sweetest
Where the nestlings chirp and flee.
That's the way Tor Bnly and me-
Whore the mowers NOW the cleanest
Whore the hay lies thick and greenesf
There to trace the homeward bee,
Thuts the way for Billy and. me.
Where tho hazel hank is steepest,
Where the shadow fails the deepest
Whore the clustering nuts fall free,
That's the way for Billy and me.
Why the boys should drive AWAY
Little sweet maidcns from their nlav.
or love TO banter and fight So well.
Thats the thing | never could tell.
But this I know. love TO play,
Through the meadows. among tho hay.
Tn tho water and DER the lea
That's the way for Billy aud me.
james Hogg
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-03-01
TOMMY'S HEAD.

Perhaps some of you--even though you
read the papers carefully--do not under
stand how these pictures are made. In
deed. no one In the world except a clever
German experimental named Professor
Roentgen, knew anything about them
few weeks ago. And when Professor
Roentgen told of his discovery everybody
grew interested at once and other expert
mentors began to work on 1t. One doctor
In Chicago succeeded in photographing a
bullet on the inside of mans hand so
that he could tell just where to cut to
get 1t out.
1t is simple process after ALL You
know how ordinary photographs are made
by drawing the reflected rays of the
sun from certain object through a
glass lens and allowing them to repro
duce the object ON a sensitive plate. Sun
light does not go throug Opaque objects
1t is reflected from them--and so no one
has ever been able to protogrph the in
sides of things But this fact did not
discourage Professor Roentgen. He
thought 1t might be done and so he went
to work to find some kind of light
that would shine through substances. lie
took a glass tube something the shape
of bologna sausage &C in the cuD and
pumped the air all out of 1t, leaving 1t
vacuum. Into each end OF this
tube wire led and these wires
Were connected. as shown in the
cut with a battery (E) and with an
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-03-01


I have such pretty doll. such very
pretty doll,
All over golden curls Is her head, head.
head
She has smiling big blue eyes. blue as
summers morning skies,
That shut IN when darling dolly goes 10
bed. bed. bed,
She is such a pretty doll, such darling
baby doll.
And she's got pretty Jacket with a
hood. hood, hood
And some pretty frilly frocks ard the
sweetest baby socks.
That I LET her wear sometimes when she
is good good. good.
oh. love my darling doll; she's my dar-
ling baby doll.
Do you know that very soon she'll really
talk talk talk
Yesterday che said Mamma" and to-day
she said Papa"
When took her IN the garden for
walk. walk walk
have such q pretty doll. such very
All over golden curis is her bend head,
head:
She has smiling big hlue ewes. blue rs
summers morning skies.
That shut IN when darling dolly goes 10
bed bad, bed
-Frnnk I.eslle's Pleasant Hours
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-03-01
BETTY PROVIDES BROTH.

=" neat cottage on n side street lived
MI AT, ana Mrs Calvin Slocum ana Betty.
w men they had been in better clrcum-
s coinreSS MI, and Mrs. slocum had kept n
b b"ioieu man named Bob to help about II. o
n ior,. o !i now Mr. slocum had been sick
,radns NE ne ana unable to work at his
nrHeuc' BESIDES beng well along in Years
rn mvr p nit'e savings had been spent, and
leeno n oSn; VINO loved the old couple. had
i'm i'm, ootisen 20 go elsewhere for work.
WR SiEhs h Ssh Sos only Betty tame ehiesen
like folks" '"ey al said' Jus
,6 Sne eonld stand on one foot and shonl-
ger wooden musket with The other n,oire
a Ro oSs s eovere believe dead jump through
MAN. MAN balancing pole in her Uni, and
Tie ola cn,i,, shings. at Bob's command
Of T BoSS a Rne p whether they We're more fond
To 90 ~ Mas' betty remained and Bob came
cd doir mem m every day after he had tinish-
on H. s, pau Jobs such as he could pick up
'as' Nr' sloeum seemed to be i'm