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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-04
NeWspapcr Abuse .

The following from the Missouri
Editor is something that some publish
ers might read and reflect:
Many editors have owed their sue
cess to abuse. 1t has stirred all the
manhood and ampition and energy
that were within them and led them
to overcome seemingly insuperable
difficulties. 1t is often a needed spur
to bring out the best that is in man.
If yOu want to be of the greatest pos
sible benefit to your rival abuse him
You will thus enlist sympathy for
him and Idislike for yourself and if
it is possible for him to get the best of
you he will do it. An editor who re-
lies upon abuse is almost ceatain to
be failure. An editor who has the
self-control and sense to endure abuse
exhibits the qualities necessary to pro-
fessional success. 1t is an evidence
of manhood to submit to abuse. 1t is
not an evidence of physical or moral
courage to resent it. 1t is the little
fellow who hits back. Every big ed
itor has been abused. most of them
have been called everything in the
vocabulary of vituperatives. Their
assailants. as a rule, have passed into
oblivion and ended in failure.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-04
"PATRIoTIc SONS OF AMERICA. +"
An Organization With Peculiar
Views on the Financial Ques-
tfOn

! WASHINGTON, D. c., March 81
The patriotic Sons of America. an
organization recently formed in
Washington, and the national head
quarters of which are here, has some
very astounding purposes. The
President of the order, DIR. Marion,
claims to be direct descendant of
Gen. Marion, OF Revolutionary fame.
Besides the President, the order has
/ 800 Vice-Presidents. These officers
are the organizers, and they have
been appointed in every State. 1t is
the duty of the Vice-Presidents to Or
ganize lodges and secure signatures
to petition and protest"
The petition will set forth to Cong
ress that there is no money in this
country, and that the workingInen are
every day getting poorer. 1t will
recite that the per capita circulation
is less than $40, when it ought to be
$50. 1t will ask Congress to pass bill
authorizing the Secretary of the
Treasury to issue $1,000, 100000 of
greenbacks and to coin all the silver
and gold bullion in the Treasury,
and to grant free coinage to every
thing and everybody. The protest
will allege that the Secretaries of the
Treasury, aided and abetted by the
Presidents, have for years deliberate
ly taken piles of greenbacks and
burned them to keep them from cir
culating and to make the people
poorer.
1t is proposed to get 100000 sig
natures to the petition to Congress.
The members of the order say that
Congress could not resist such a
large number of the people of the
country. If it did SO, the members
say, there would be another invasion
of Washington by gigantic army of
men hundred times larger than that
of COxey.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-04
THE TAYLOR BOYS MUST HANG.
The supreme Court Af1rms the
States Case,

JEFFERSON CITY. Mo-. March 30
The criminal division of the Supreme
Court to-day affirmed the case of the
State against George Z. and VIM. P.
Taylor and sentenced them to be hang.
ed April 30.
| VIM. TaylOrwas a banker at Brown.
ing, Linn County, and his brother
owned a farm in the neighborhood.
They were implicated in an arson
case, and to escape conviction they
murdered Gus Meeks, his wife and two
children and left third child, f.
year-old girl, under the belief that she
was dead This happened May 10th,
1894. The bodies were hid in an old
straw stack on George Taylor's farm.
and next morning the little girl re-
covered sufficiently to crawl from un-
der the straw and make her way to a
neighbOr's house and tell of the af-
fair.
The Taylors fed and were afterwards
"a BAOLNt III III oNlHS ~ llltlE
wealth they made bitter fight for life
and succeeded once in hanging jury.
They were tried at Carrollton. and are
now in Jail at that city.
The opinion was filed byJudge Sher-
wood.
Several persons supported the de-
Tense of alibi set up by the Taylors,
but the Court considers it overweight
ed by the affirmative evidence of their
guilt. The Court finds no reversible
error in the rulings or instructions of
the Judge.
All of the Judges concur except
Burgess, who does not express an
opinion with reference to the refusal
of the Court to allow Mr.. Proctor to
testify. The attorneys for the defense
claim errors in the trial which involve
Federal questions, and the case will
be appealed to the United States Courts
for review
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-04
DOCTOR MIXED THE BABIES.
Queer iComplication in n PennsyI-
venia Household.

/ SHAMOKIN. Pa, March 3l.-While
Mrs. Hannah Foster. of Trevorton.
was at the bedside of her sick mother,
Mrs. Jane Morton. of Irish Valley,
at an early hour this morning, she
was taken i'll suddenly, and a few
moments after a physician arrived
each woman gave birth to child,
almost simultaneously. Both mother
and daughter occupied the same bed,
and in his haste to deliver Mrs. Fos-
ter's child the physician hurriedly
laid Mrs. Morton's newly born babe
in cradle near by. a moment la
ter he placed the daughters offspring
in the same cradle, and then busted
himself in attending to the two sick
women.
When each mother asked to be
shown her offspring the doctor was in
quandary, as he could not recollect
which child belonged to Mrs. Morton.
or which was that of Mrs. Foster
One of the newly born babes is a boy
and the other is girl, but the mothers
and the attending physician do not
know the respective identity of the
little ones.
After studying over the perplexing
question for several hours the matter
was given up in despair, and Mrs.
Morton poured oil on the troubled
waters by magnanimously declaring
that her daughter should take the boy
and she would take the girl. She ad-
ded that she could afford to be gener-
Gus as she has several sons and
really prefers having another daught-
er to replace Mrs. Foster, who was
married a little over year ago.
This arrangement suited Mrs. Fos-
ter in every respect, as she had been
earnestly hoping that she would be
able to present her husband with a
son rather than a daughter. AS
both babies are in good health, the
mothers appeared satisfied with the
present arrangement, and they vow
their intention of abiding by it.
AS the case now stands, Mrs. Nor
ton can not tell whether she is nursing
her daughter or her granddaughter.
and Mrs. Foster is at loss to know
whether she is rearing her brother or
her son. Friends of the family pre-
diet that Mrs. MOrton's wise decision
will avoid family friction unless one
of the babies should sicken and die,
but in the event of the latter misfor-
tune they emphatically decline to ex-
press themselves.
Mrs, Foster, who lives in Trevor
ton, was summoned to the home of
her mother in Irish Valley, about
four miles distant, on Sunday after
noon. and responded promptly. al
though she was soon to become a
mother. The jolting of the vhicle
over the rough roads, however proved
too much for her and caused the pre-
mature birth of her child.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-04
Now Goods In.

Mrs. II. ). Doyle has received and
opened up hernew spring stock of mil
linery goOds-the largest and finest
stock ever brought to this city. Mrs.
Doyle is an experienced milliner and
she knows what to buy and how to
make up goods for the ladies OF this
section. She has goods to suit all
rich ana poor. and her prices are az
low as the lowest, quality of goods
considered. She would be pleased to
have her lady friends call and see her.
She is certain she can please them.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-04

The stove advertised 10 be given
away by Eo-al s, Brunkhor~- to the
little girl turning in the largest num-
Der oieoupons clipped iromchc DAILY
DEloCRATwas awarded to Susie Num-.
She turned in 1863 coupons. Olive
ChappeH was next 20 susie. She turn
Cd IN ll2" coupons.
There were 3+73 coupons turned in
altogether. The stove is q handsome
little cooking stove, complete with all
the vessels belonging thereto. 1t is .
handsome present ana the little girls
worked hard for it.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-04
Marvellous Results.

From a letter written by Rev. J.
GenGerman. of Dimondale. Mich, ws
arr permitted 10 make the extract: y
nave no hesitation in recommending
DR.. Kings New Discovery. as the re
su.J- wer" almost marvellous in the
case Of nv wife. While was pastor
OF the Baptist Church at Riyes June
ton she was brought down with
Pneumonia succeeding La Grippe.
Terrible paroEyams Of coughing would
last hours with little Interruption and
II seemed as if she could not survive
them. ! friend recommended DR..
Kings New Discovery: i. was quick in
its work ana highly satisfactory in
results. = Trial bottles free at Blomey
er * Haman's drug store. Regular
size SOC and 81. 90.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-04
GRAIN WAS SHOCKED.
Could Not Appreciate the Joke the
Correspondents Played on Him.

correspondents Played on Him.
The death OF Congressman Grain of
Texas recalls joke which was
played upon him once by some news
paper correspondents in Washington
1t was during the Fifty-frst Congress
that he was sitting in the Press Club
one afternoon, discussing politics with
party of newspaper men. To one of
them he remarked upon the fact that
when some men spoke all the cores
Pondents left the gallery and retired
to the lobby, while when others ad-
dressed the House they crowded into
the House to hear. He added that he
noted they always came in to hear him.
and he expected all of them to be pres
ent on the next day, when he expected
to make the speech of his life on the
McKinly tariff bill.
The next morning the press gallery
was crowded to hear the debate. There
we're several speakers to Precede Mr..
Grain. During their speeches the gal
lery remained full. but the moment Mr..
Grain took the floor every correspond
ent in the gallery arose and filed out
into the lobby. 1t was arranged on
the part of the correspondents as a
little joke on the Texan. The con
certed action of the correspondents
naturally had its effect upon Mr..
Grain. 1t annoyed him so that he
cut his speech short and quickly re-
sumed his seat. The moment he did
all the correspondents filed back into
the gallery and listened to the other
speeches. Though given to jokes
himself, Mr.. Grain could never real |
ize the joke of it. From that day to |
the day of his death he never deliv-
cred another set speech in the House,
and rarely eyer said anything on the |
feor. 1t was a shock from which he !
never recovered-Atlanta Constitu-
tion.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-04
The Race for the Candidacy.

According to the figures of the Phil
adelphia Press" which is not undu-
" biased toward or against McKinly,
the number of delegates to the st.
Louis Convention chosen up to Mon
day night of this week was 1896. These
are divided in their preferences thus.
as that paper figures: Mckinley. 205:
Morton. 65: Reed. 43: Allison. 80:
Quay. 20; Cullom, II, with l3 doubtful.
This estimate places McKinly so far
in the lead that there is so to speak,
no second. Not quite half of the del
egates to the Convention were chosen
at that time. and Mckinley had a
little more than half of these. without
counting for him any of the doubtful
ones, some of whom probably will
vote for him.
State Conventions are yet to be held
in Indiana. Illinois. Michigan. Mis-
souri,. all of the New England States
except Massachusetts and New Hamp-
shire. and in several States of the
South and the Rocky Mountain region.
Probably the selections in these
States willnot materially change the
relative positions of the different as
pirants. except perhaps in the case of
Morton. whose strength will be vir-
tually confined to New York. The
New England States yet to choose
delegates viii add to Reed : strength.
Pennsylvania will give twenty or
thirty more votes to Quay, and in the
South and West Reed and Allison
will gain a few more supporters Gull
lum is likely to withdraw before the
Convention meets. In all obability,
however, very nearly half of the del
egates yet to be named will support
Mckinley.
The result. of course, of the ballot
ing can not yet be foretold with con-
fidence. Much. perhaps. will depend
on the contests for seats. and these
will be more numerous than have
been known in any Republican Ma
tiOnal Convention in many years
Ever since the middle of March
everybody has seen that the struggle
would be Mckinley against the Held
Almost from the start the Ohio man
has had nearly or quite as many del
egates rs all his rivals put together
An effort Will undoubtedly be made 10
combine the forces of all these against
him in the contests for seats. On the
second ballot. if there is a second
ballot there will bc an attempt ut
concentration such a. defeated Blaine
in $50. It seems evident. though. |
that if Mckinley fails o; nomination
or the first ballot ne will not be nine
iy-threc votes shor, Of il. a. Blaine
Wa twenty years ago. and the diff !
Guilty OF concentrating cGercualiy vii .
consequently be greater than Il was
then. li0recvl-. tic incentive tor
such 81 course viii not oe a. -trou- as .
it y.&= il IS-5, for the auta-ouism 10 I.
in the state dominated 5r
-hg o.aer asy;.anJs j. .mmeasrr1b-- I
weaker chau was thar ahich was srau- .
L.s-.ea .owas- H.ai@e.-algoe Demo- F
ara;.
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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-04
WITH A KNIFE.
\ Deck Hand on the steamer Walton
Stabs the Mate.

A row occurred on the tow boat
Josie Walton at our wharf Thursday
night. The deck hand drew a knife
and plunged it into the side of the
mate inflicting wound that will
probably prove fatal. The deck hand
was arrested and locked up and the
mate was taken to the hospital, where
he lies in a critical condition. The.
man who did the cutting was taken to
the Jackson Jail and he will not have
a preliminary hearing until some
time next week.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-04
Annual Stockholders Meeting.

The annual meeting of the Stock
holders of Houck's Missouri X Ar.
kansas railroad will be held in the
office of the company in Cape Girar-
deau at nine o'clock a. m. Monday,
April 18th, 1896, for the purpose oi
electin@ Directors for the ensuing
year, and also - submit 4 PROPOSE
tion 10 increase the capital stock Of
the company and to amend the char
ter for an extension O. the lire. .And
for >1ch other business - maE come
before said meeting.
LOUIS 3. HoCCE.
President.
The morning times., 1896-01-02
Tnn Heroic Symnhnnx.

A work of art requires no explanation
But the very title Beethoven gave the He-
roic S symphony provokcS question, and there
have been many endeavors TO explain il.
Wagner tried less to explain its -nea ming
than to explain it away. Chained to bis
one idea, he asserted that Beethoven hero
was not military hero, but young man
OF complete spiritual and physical endow-
ment, who passed from mere brute delight
i'll life and his strength through tragic suf-
feriug to a high spiritual satisfaction in
love: that is to say, he asserted that Bee
thovcns hero was Parsifal or Siegfried.
Now this much OF Wagner theory is true,
that Beethoven would not worship mere
human butcher any more than he would
worship n pork butcher as hero. On the
other hand. BeetbOven's hero was UHCoubt-
e,Ily a military hero. Napoleon Bonaparte.
we know that the symphony was originally
dedicated To Napoleon, that the dedication
was altered when Napoleon (as Beethoven
thought turned traitor and became emperor;
we know that when the news of his death
came. Beethoven casually remarked that
he had already composed the music for
that event
or what parts, then, OF Napoleon's career
The morning times., 1896-01-02

wedding party went to the home of the
brides sister, Mrs. T. N. Mudd, where
collation. was enjoyed, and congratulations
received from the immediate 1rleDus and
relatives who took part. After an ex-
tensive Southern tour, Mr. and Mrs. LAWN
will reside in Ocala, Fla, where the groom
practices law successfully. Among the
many valuable presents received was
diamond pin, the gift of the groom.
Capt. Patrick Henry of Henrico, Ark,
returned from New York last evening,
and is at the Ebbitt.
One of the most popular places in the city
yesterday was the headquarters of the
Legion of Loyal Women, where from IL
o'clock, Mrs. Fanny Pomeroy, president;
Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey, Mrs. Maria
Harlan Weisner, Mrs. Nellie +. Prentice,
Mrs. Rose E. Ferree, Mrs. Albertine 8.
Odell, Mrs. Lizzie W. Calver, Mrs. Adelia
s. Perham, Mrs. L. V. Mccullough, Mrs. Z.
X. Temple, Mrs. Mary Young, Mrs. j. G..
Houston, Miss II. E. Matthews, Mrs. NJ.
II. Tanner, Mrs. l.. A. Crandall, Miss E.
Stoner, Mrs. N. G. Boyce. Mrs. E. s. Hort,
Mrs. M. A. Houghton, Miss Curry, Miss
Holmes, Mrs. L. L. Rosenberg, Miss A. Fl.
Weiss, Mrs. E. s. NJ. Chisholme, Miss A.
Payne, Mrs. A. j. Hughes, Mrs. A. Perkins,
Mrs. E. A. Hilton, Miss Jane Gibson, Mrs.
E. E. Myers, Mrs Annie Ganson, Mrs. s. A.
Boyden, Mrs. A. c. Gotwold, Miss Cox, Misses
Annie and Jennie Manning, Mrs. Helen A.
Engle, Mrs. E. II. Klein worth, Mrs. E. E.
Smith, DR.. Caroline Burghardt, Mrs. J. c.
Osborne, Mrs. E. E. Hunt, Mrs. NJ. E. Cutter,
Mrs. E. A. Cleaves and many other members
of the Legion cordially welcomed the
crowds Of friends, ladies as well as gentle.
The morning times., 1896-01-02
AN ECONOMICAL IDEA.
\ Stylish Way of Rejuvemiting Old
Fur CnpeS and Circulars.

anu
Many women have fur capes in perfectly
good condition, though of an ld-fashioned
cut. and they don't know what to do with
them. For these there is shown design
lately executed by clever girl from just
such an old cape, and you know ''what
woman has done woman maydo.' This cape
originally was one of the narrow, high
shouldered affairs of bear fur. 1t set up
in the hideous, humpy way at the shoulders
we all admired n long time ago.
The first move was TO cut the shoulder
pieces squarely Off, and the back and front
in sharp points as long as possible. Then
cut the several pieces in duh points to fit
over the shoulders without bit Of full
ness, and join in the way furriers do, by
setting the raw edges of the fur together
and sewing firmly with close back stitch.
There will be no visible seam when done.
In cutting the fur do not cut directly
across the face, shipping the long hairs, but
place the scissors close to the skin under
the hair and cut carefully. Before fitting
thelining put a frill of doubled golden brown
or black crepe de chene or taffcta all along
the edge, with the edge of the fur as finish.
The original color of tue cape may be left
on If it is in good repair; If not, comb il
carefully with a coarse comb and put full
ruche of the silk inside the collar to set
against the face.
A pretty finish to such collarette Is a
full bow of satin ribbon, with long ends,
placed at the throat.
The morning times., 1896-01-02
NEW YEARS EVE AT B1LTMoRE.
Magnificent Entertainment Given by
George Vanderbilt at His Chateau.
(Snacial fo Tho Tinae

Magnificent Entertainment Given by
George Vanderbilt at His Chateau.
Especial to The Times.l
Asheville, N. c., Jan. 1.-At George
Vanderbilt's Biltmore house, New Years
eve, the festivities began with dinner in
the banquet hail at O'Clock. The hall
was magnificent in its elegant appointment
OF statuary and tapestries. The tables
extended the length of the apartment and
were dressed with flowers. Three huge
log fires glowed in the western end of the
room.
At 8 O'Clock the gathering repaired to
the tapestry gallery where the time was
spent in playing cards and chess and listen
ing to the melodies of the "Meistersinger,"
''Pagliaccf' and "Cavalleria Rusticana."
After IL the call to dancing returned the
guests to the banquet hall, where mirth
reigned until the hour of IL was suddenly
announced by the musicians, who broke
from Strauss waltz into 'Auld Lang
Syne."
The loving cup was quaffed and toast
was offered to ''Our host.'' There was a
short response by Mr.. Vanderbilt and
dancing was resumed. II The Virginia reel,
led by Mr.. Vanderbilt and Mrs. Charles
McNamee, concluded thepleasures. Several
of the guests Will leave for home tomorrow.
but number will remain at the chateau
for further period Of recreation in the
mountains. fp
The morning times., 1896-01-02

The coming engagement of the TrOcadoro
Vaudevi.les, he ided by the peerless Sandow,
at the Academy will no doubt revive the
physical culture craze, especially among
the cyclists. who now, owing to the wintry
weather, can only make century runs in
dreamland.
As students of Greek history will know,
sculpture and the drama were the outgrowth
of the religious festivals given in honor OF
ZeIs and Apollo. It was for these festivals
the athletes were trained, and it was from
the study and contemplation of the latter
that the great sculptors got their ideas of
beauty and wovr them into groups and
single figures, the like OF which are not to
be approached by any sculptors OF our
boasEed civilization.
Al, hough Eugene Sandow has more OF
he Teulon than the Greek in his physical
ailrib1tes, he is none the less as splendid
u type of perfect manhood as ever con-
teSted for the prize of Olympus, aud If
modern men wish IL attain the same pcrfec-
ion in art that was Possessed by the an-
clients. they cannot do better than To cul-
tivate Herr Sandow's methods. and. like
rim. rpplemenI natural gifts by artistic
cndeavor.
The morning times., 1896-01-02

do the first and last two movements tell?
These are questions which can never be
answered: and, mere curiosity apart, it so
happens that it matters little whether they
are answered or not answered, so long as
they are not answered altogether wrongly
For whatever events Beethoven might at
any moment have in his mind, be never
tried to depict them, but only to communi-
cate the emotioIs they aroused. He hiIn-
self said as much. 1t is i'll the expression
of human emotion he is supreme. and to
feel Alright the emotions of the Heroic Sym
phony we need only have our minds clear
of story which Beethoven did not and
could not have had in bis Saturday
Review,