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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-24
Keep Within Limits.

While it is eXhilarating to find en-
thusiastic Republicans from all points
of the compass indulgingin predictions
of the most ynheard-uf Republican
majorities in States supposed early in
the campaign to be pivotal. it i well
to iuterpose at tits stage of the cam
paign Il word Of warning against
spreading the richness too thickly.
This il evoked by the quotation of
figures during the past few days talk
ing of majOrities a. high as $50. 900 to
to POO. .OGO in Illinois. 100. 600 in Ohio
and Indiana. 1000 20 $4,000 IN Wis
consin. and 1000 in iowa. Minnesota
and Michigan. We DO not think that
such extremely halcyGn and iubilant
predictions are wise. This not so
much on account of the fear that the
talk may cause a cessation of effrrt
on account Of false security: for We be-
lieve that the sound money forces are
arousei to that condition OF effort in
Whlch iney WOu!H keep on working for
half-million maiorities if they were
thought possible But it incurs the
hazard that a very decisive and over
whelmin@ victory might, by falling
short OF these extremely sanguine
views. be 50 discounted is to give the
cheap money herc-E a grain OF en-
couragment TO attempt to prolopg
a miserable existence.
Il should be understood that ii plur-
alities OF one-third to one-half those
named by these enthusiastic estimates
are returned. the victory will De sode-
cisive a. to bury Bryanism.-Pi Pitts
burg Dispatch.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-24
The Farmers of Texas.

The joyous and well-dressed far
mers of Travis County, with their
wives and daughters on the streets of
Austin yesterday, did not look as if
they had been crucified on a cross of
gold or We're in the daily habit of
wearing crown of thorns. Quite the
contrary. they seemed to be as happy
and prosperous as they have ever
been. They drove as fine horses hitch
ed to as substantial vehicles. their
wives and children were as well dress
ed as they could desire. They were
dealing literally with our merchants
and exhibiting plethoric pocket-books.
We looked over the merry throng up-
on streets yesterday. and could not
help thinking Billie Bryan was vast
ing q great quantity of unnecessary
sympathy upon the down-trodden and
oppressed ~ people of this country.
and that his tears were crocodile tears.
shed to win votes. The free silverites
need not be uneasy about the farmers.
Austin Statesman.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-24
Republican Prospects in Missouri.

Repu bl1can prospects IN Missouri.
There is not the faintest cause for
doubt tina the Republican State ticket
will be victorious. The withdrawal of
o. D. Jones, the Populist candidate
for Governor, has evoked some ex-
pressions of delight from the Demo-
cratic press, but in reality that party
is still respondent There never was
the smallest chance for Lon V. Steph-
ems to win, and most of his Democrat
ic supporters discovered that fact
very soon after his nomination. MANY
of them found it out before his nomi-
nation, and therefore opposed him
In the Convention, but since the NOM
ination has been made these men have
been whipped into line and are talk
ing for him. and most of them proba-
bly, will vote for him.
Jones' withdrawal makes no sssan.
tal change in the situation. The Con-
vention which nominated Jones made
a strong declaration against national
banks, and this, OF course, was direct
ed against Stephens, who is promptly
connected with a national bank. On
position to him on this ground is fool
lsh and absurd, of course. but it
exists, and will withhold from him
many votes which he would otherwise
get. The antagonism of the average
Populist to him is greater than it is to.
Robert f. Eewis, the Republican cam
dldate. Jones' retirement leaves the
Populist vote lin the air. There is
the deepest uncertainty, even among
Popullsts, as to where the bulk of this
votewill go, but it is entirely safe to
say that very little of it will be cast
for Stephens.
Inc anti-bank feeling against Steph-
ems will count; among Populists and
the radical faction of the Democrats,
out he viii also be opposed by ele-
ments outside of the Republican,
party to which this prejudice will not
appeal These elements will fight him
because his convass has been tricky
ana coWardly to a degree surprising
mat OF any other Democratic candi-
uate FOR Governor ever put up in Mis-
souri,. His surrenders to Debsism.
his alternate stopping over among
the Prohibitionists and the liquor
men, and his attempts to plaeate all
sorts Of conflicting prejudices and
and sentiments have had the natural
effect of disgusting all sides. and
have transformed passive distrust in
TO positive enmity. BY his clumsy
acrobatics he has simultaneously
smashed himself on the Scylla and
been swallowed up in the Charvbdis
OF antipodal passions and interests
an achievement hitherto deemed to
be impossible in either the physical
or the political world. Stephens has
thus done glorious work in helping
to abolish StOneism forever in this
State. Robert f. Lewis will be the
next Governor of Missomi-GIobe-
Democrat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-24
Keep Yoxr Name fR the Papers.

y prominent merchant in express
ing his opinion on advertising, says:
while | think that q newspaper is
the best place for legitimate advertis-
ing. / also think that It can be iniu-
diciouely used For instance some
merchants will advertise for Il portion
of the season only. and if the business
Stacks up fora brief period out comes
Ii" ad. the expenses are cut down.
clerk nirc reduced. and he j. eager to
talk panic TO any and everyone. He
does not realize that he is doing the
worst possible thing- taking his name
from the eyes OF the people. nave
found that the greatest success lies in
keeping my business constantly before
the public. and no better medium is
offered than a good display ad in a
newspaper. When business i good
my ad continues: when trade Is dull.
l increase my newspaper space, for it
! in duh times that people are look
ing for bargains. I have found this
to be system that has never failed
to bring good results.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-24
The Ideal panacea.

James l. Francis. Alderman. Chi
cago. says: Il regard Dr. Kings
New Discovery as an Ideal Panacea
for Coughs. Colds and Lung Com
plants. having used it in my family
for the last i've years 70 the exclusion
OF physician : prescriptions or other
preparations.
Rev. John BurguS. Keokuk. Iowa.
writes: I have been a Minister of the
Methodist Episcopal Church for 30
years or more. and have never found
anything so beneficial. or that gave
me such speedy relief as DR.. Kings
New Discovery. Try this Ideal
Cough Remedy now. Trial bottles
free at Haman's drug store.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-24
Gel. Il. {. X Grams for United states
senator.

In the event shat the Republicans
cary Missouri and the chances are
thsy will. there y no mau in Missouri
nor" fitted for : nited Senator than
Gel. II. {. Ket1ns. Than Mr.. Kerens
there is no man.Ln the West who tas
worked harder S9d contributed zaOre
for the success of RepUblicaRism.
He ba- been IN IL" field ever since the
cam Taign op.neL Torking early. Wl'' k
ing late and working hard for Mc-
hiaIey and the Republican party. He
has not only giveu his time but he
hascontributad literally of his we3lth
for tn" furtherau"e of the Republican
paris. Mr.. herenS is identified with
the bla mess men.ef St. Louis and the
whOI- country Ii" is Il man of bra aias
He Is man of integrity and he i a
business man. He has influence with
ini!TeGsial men ali over the country
and il Mckinley il elected President
of the Enited States Col. Kerens viii
deserve as much credit for bringing
about bis election as any other man
in the coantry.
II the Republicans carry Missouri
this year the DEMOCRAT is for Col.
r. c. Kerzns for United States Sena-
tOr
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-24
Business Men Politics.

, The general activity of business men
in politics is one of the remarkable
features of the present campaign.
Heretofore they have. as q class, kept
/ out OF such contests to a considera BILE
extent, on the theory thS1 they could
| not afford to antaguniHr either side,
as their customers We're OF both sides.
But this year they find the conditions
compulsory in the Sease that their in
tSrests as business mfn are directly
and vitdlly involved. The free silver
menace has materially reduced their
I trade, and they beliere that the adop-
! ton of the cheap nGney policy would
bring the worst OF calamities upon
them. They see Taat if they expect to
continue in business and to regain the
prosperity that aaS been lost. they
must defeat this scheme of confusion,
depression and destruction 1t is a
prevailing impression among them
based upon Tangible facts and logical
foresight, that tko election of Bryan
would clOse most OF the manufae tsLr
ing esta blishmcnts. throw tens of
thousands %. men ont of work and
practically Eaalyze the operatiesEs of
commerce. such Il prospect i calcu-
lated to- pu; them in fighting Eaood
agatnst the forces and influences thus
tending to 1neir personal injurE- They
car n0t .hes it;tte aboat taking sides
and pertaining energetic and effec-
tive service when the situation - one
ths t,c0ncsrFnsthem inthis scriqzts way:
aSa. they are surely making their
power feE all over the caunt,T
There X one thing desired Shove ali
others ir the United States at present.
aad th3ttS the restoration of good
tGanes. According 10 the Judgment of
E,an whe.are best qualified 30 speak
IN Such.s case. there i nothing needed
10 bring about that result except a
definite and complete assurance that
the gold standard will he maintained
and The various threa tened foliies and
evils .Cf the Bryaaites sapeventhd.
This everlasting agitation of the
measure of values. sav1 Charles
Francis Adams ina recent litter. ''ha
done and Is now doing. and 80 long
As it,cCrtinues. will do iEs,nlculahle
injury. Stated markedly. the prope-
sition Re 10 make 4 short cgt TO pros
perity by monkeying witR the cur
eencN, .hutI have Yet to discover a /
single instance in all recorded his
tory where any nation ever .attemp;ed |
this experiment with results benellrial
so itself The present cQEditiun of
The ,c0uH"y. be goes on tG say. il (
like that Of "a man Of naturallv /
strong constitution. who has zone /
2 long and violent illness |
and been greatly redUced. but who il AT !
Last in a,rOurSe of natural recovery.
\ II that iS required To effect Il perfect .
eore If 4 Gr'hance for natural forces TO |
do their legitimate work. But it |
will not come. Mr.. Adams declares,
so long AS reviviuT confidence is
shattered 10y this inceSsant agitation
IN favor % a resort To quack nos
TRIMS. i i, easy to underStana-
therefore. Why the business men are
la rucipatipg 50 much in political
& aisirs. They want peace an3 rest
safety ana stability. and that i the
explanation Of their earnest and viz
OrG2s opposition to the Chicaga'piat-
fplrn and tict-et-Giloba-D Democrat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-24
= Much-Murried Woman.

Mrs Fowler. Of this city, was mar
ried last January to her sixth hus
band. and strange as it may seem.
five of them died exactly two wears
from their marriage day. Her pres
ent husband has been sick Tor the last
four months with chronic jaundice.
and was given mp by four of our best
physicians: as a last resort he began
using Sulphur Bitters, and yesterday
told our reporter that they had saved
his life, smilingly saying that he
Mrs. Fowler would be
unable to take a seventh better half
for some time to ome.-Exchange.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-24
SuckIen.s Nrnica SaIyc.

The best salvein the world for cuts.
bruises. sores. ulcers. salt rlcum.
fever sores. letter, chapPed hands.
chilblains. rns.ard all skin erup
tins. and positively cures piles. or no
pay required. It is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded
Price - cents per box. For sale
". c. Uaman's.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-24
> 900, 900 SoEnd Money Democrats

3,OOo, 900 ~OEnd Money Democrats. g.
The estimate of 2.0O0. .Gnn honest
money Democrats. made by some of
the leaders Of the Palmer anG Buck
ner ticket. would not be unreasonable
in an ordinary election. SO far from
being too large it would probably
be too small. But this year it is
doubtful if even 20 irreproach2ble a
ticket as Palmer and Bucknes. will
poll so great vUte. for all intelli-
gent Democrats apd patriotic citizens
we'll know that its election is impOs-
sible, and that the only safe way to
sustain the cause 0f honest money is
to vote for the electoral ticket of Me
Kiuley and Hobart. That is the only
honest money ticket which can win
against reputation.
Are there 2.OOO.GG0 honest moRey
Democrats: There are 1900. 600 of
them. not man less. and there may
be many hundred thousands more.
But will there be zoos. 900 votes for
Palmer and Buckner? Not this year
All honor to the sturdy candidates on
the blue and gray ticket. Honor to
the old warriors. gallant Democrats
both. Vote for William Mckinley,
New York Sun.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-24
Land for sale.

10 acres. S. ". ! of y. ". section
%.
40 acres, y. E ! of y. ". ! section
%.
10 acres, y. w. of y. w. section
y. All in Township % Range II.
This land Is located )! to / miles a
little north of west from Egypt Mills,
and can be bought cheap and on easy
terms. FIRG. p. ADAMS.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-24
Doctor Yourself

and save money. and perhaps your
life. send three 2-cent stamps to pay
postage 20 \. 2. Ordway X Co.. Bos-
ton. Mass. and receive copy of Dr..
Kaufman : great Medical Work. 100
pages. elegant colored plates.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-24

Mrs. y. Bader's dress-makerhas re
turned after spending some time in St.
Louis. and Is now ready TO wait on
all customers who will favor her with
their patrO mage. p3dwlm.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-24
DR.. Bells Pfne-Tar-Hone
and Cures Quickly.

hlehJ OF All Cough, Lung and
Bronchial Troubles. 1t cures
and Cures Quickly.
Absolutely harmless and pleasant
to take. 1t cuts loose the mucous and
allows it to bespit off withoutexertion
or straining and stops the cough at
once by healing the inflamed parts:
gives vigor and vitality to the respir-
atory organs andprOduces a condition
IN which all the functions are exerted
with regularity and harmony.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-08-07
THE RICHEST MANS WIFE.
Some Amazing Truths About MarchIoness
Ii and Her Home.

OF the wife of Ii Hung Chang. mil
lionaire of millionaires, a writer in
Pearson's Weekly says: Marchioness
Ii is very beautiful, and, compared with
her fellow oS-couutryNomen, an exceed
ingly learned lady. Her age is more
possibly a great deal more-than So,
yet she looks 80, or even less.
The wife of the richest man in the
world. she spends royalty, although noJ
without keeping a detailed account of
her expenditures. In her magnificent
home on the banks of the Pei-Ho she
lives in great splendor, surrounded by
song birds, peacocks, aquaria, pottery.
gems and botanical collections.
One Thousand attendants and serv-
ants answer her beck and call In her
wardrobe are guarded 1900 coats, l.20O
pairs of ''trouserettes" and 500 fur
robes. made from the finest skins. Her
feet have been compressed until theg
are quite inefficient for the original
purpose, and the marchioneSS i unable
to walk more than a few yards Al II time.
Twice a day she batheS in oil of
orange and acacia blooms and after
ward takes an airing in the coolie sedan
Finally she dresses her hair in 81
ways, each more miraculous and a more
perfect example of the coifreur's art
than the one that goes before.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-08-07
POISONED AIR.
What Produces Discomfort I'm a Crowded
Room


Room
very important investigation into
the nature of the substances contained
in air expired by human beings, SAYS
the London Graphic. has Just been
completed by two prominent men OF
science in America. DIR. J. \ Billings
and DIR. 5. Weir Mitchell. As a result
of their extended researches they de-
clare that the discomfort produced by
crowded. ill-Ventilated rooms. in per
sons not accustomed TO them. iS NOT
due TO the excess of carbonic acid. nor
10 bacteria, nor in most eases 10 dust
of any kind. The two great causes Of
such discomfort, though not the only
ones, are excessive temperature and
unpleasant odors." But though the
air actually expired by healthy men
and aDimals contains no more poison
Gus substances than carbonic acid gas
experiments on the air in inhabited
rooms and hospital wards are said 10
show that an important source of con
tamination i the minute particles of
dusts. in which there are micro-organ-
isms, and il seems probable that these
are the only really dangerous elements
in the air These views. and the con
clusion that the presence of carbonic
acid gas is not d trustworthy criterion
of the existence of other and more poi
sonous eNhalations, are likely TO lse
questioned by many students Of ventila-
tion
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-08-07
SUCCESS OF THREE SISTERS.
Reserses In Fortune Induce Them 10
Open Lunch Room.

open - Lunch Room
The city of Cincinnati possesses a
striking example of what can be don..
by woman's pluck when accompani,.d
by practical common sense. Twelve
years ago the Misses Stewart. thre,.
young women who had been reared in
wealth. were by business failures
thrown upon their own resources.
They secured a room in a business
Hock and established a lunch-r,-om.
where they made a speciality of home
cookery. Most OF the work they did
with their own hands. and the excel
lence of their supplies soon created "a
demand. The little lunch-room became.
a success, and at the end OF fiyc years.
when the great Chamber of Cominerr,.
building was put up and there WAS 10 H.
a large restaurant connected with IL.
the Misses Stewart boldly applied for
it, They were backed 10y many of the
best business men of the city, who hal
known them in their DAYS OF wealth
and been impressed 10y their ability aS
business women. Their bid was az
cepted, the Misses Stewart assumed
charge of the ''Glencairn' lunch-room.
and have conducted IL without a break
or failure for the last seven-yearS.
The clientele is very large For rent
and services alone the yearly expenses
are $4,000. The prices charged for
food are very reasonable, vet the sis
tiers not only paid all - penSes. hut live
in comfort and are-becoming wealthy.
They have never lost social position by
going into business. and during their
entire career have never had 10 borrow
a dollar
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-08-07
DRAMATIC COURT SCENE.
Confessss . Crime Through Fear of
Ghsstly Accusation

Up in New Hampshire the officers
of the law have just used with effect
shat very ancient test by which one ac-
cused of murder is suddenly and uneN-
pectedly confronted with some horri-
BILE proof of his crime. The oldest form
of this test was to take the accused
into the nresence of the corpse of the
murdered human being. The supersti-
tion was that if the accused was the
murderer the wounds would open and
blood flow out of them.
The latest example was in the court
room at Woodsville, y. H, where Milo
Gray was on trial for the murder OF
his wife.
This man Gray, farmer of dissolute
life, married widow, Mrs. Drew. As
ne was unfaithful TO her she took her
baby and ned from him. In September,
1891, she decided to go to California, ant;
her way came TO East Hayerhili-
where he lived to talk to him about the
child.
Late in the afternoon Gray borrowed
buggy from a man named Jeremiah
Barry to take her over to the station
at Bath and put her on the train. He
came back alone toward midnight.
Mrs. Gray's relatives wondered why she
never wrote to them. Inquiries were
made; Gray was suspected. But there
was no proof, and the matter was for
gotten.
October Is last George Brill, farmer
living on The road between East Haver
hill and Bath, found the skeleton of a
woman under a heap of rubbish in the
cellar of his house. With the skeleton
were the buttons of q dress, with bits
of decayed cloth hanging TO them, and
An abundance of dark-brown hair. Al
once the dead suspicion leaped TO life. II
was remembered that the Brill house
was empty in 1891, when Gray drove his
wife to the station. Berry positively
identified the buttons being lik--
those on her dress, and soon a complete
chain of evidence was wrapped around
Gray.
He pleaded not guilty and the trial
came on. At the proper time the pros
ecuting officer snstched dark cloth
from a mysterious, statue-like object
that stood within few feet of the Pris-
oner. Gray leaped back with shout of
lear and horror. 1t was the skeleton OF
his wife, its fieshless sockets staring at
him, its heshiess jaws opening sav
agely at him. He shouted out that he
would tell the whole story.
The story he told was believed by the
court and he got only 12 years in tie
penitentiary instead of the hanging he
would surely have got had he not con-
fesSed under just those circumstances
Chicago Journal
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-08-07
Bsrnato and His Landlord

South Africa naturally recalls Bar
ney Barnato. the diamond king, who,
within ten years, has risen from a circus
clown TO a many times millionaire.
When he was just beginning to amaSS
riches he rented house IN Natal and
spent considerable money in improving
it. But the landlord would not do his
share, so Mr.. Barnato decided to move
Before doing so he took means to get
even with his landlord by inserting this
advertisement in the local paper;
Wanted, 100000 black beetles, by a
gentleman who has agreed to leave his
dwelling house in the condition he
found it" Then followed his name and
address, and the landlords feelings
may be imagined.-Golden Days.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-08-07
A WAR NOTE.
Col John 4. Cockerilrs Happy ketort To
BoastfuI Britisher.


Representative Mercer, OF Nebraska,
met the late Col. John A. Cockeriii dur
ing his trip through Japan about a year
ago, says the Washington Post Cock
erill was then acting as war correspon-
dent for the New York Herald. Repre-
sentst:yes OF all nations gathered at
Yokohama, many OF them tourists and
others on business. 1t was at this time
that Cockerill ran across a cockney
Briton, who was boasting about the
great prowess of his country, and
making rather sighting allusions TO the
United States. His remarks aroused
Cockerilrs war spirit, and he told the
Englishman that inasmuch as the Unit
ed States had twice whipped England 1T
could probably do SO again.
"O-ah-my deah sahi" said the
doughty Briton, you ah mistaken, sure
ly. If L remembah the history of my
country we took yah capitol and burned
il, don't you know?"
Yes said Cockerill, you did take
the capitol. And if 1 remember the his
tory of my country you also took Bunk
er Hill. But you didn't take it very far.
You let go of both of them like red-hot
brick, and at last accounts they were
still in our possession But let me tell
you what well do next time we have a
war with You Wen go over there, tow
your snug little island across the At
lantic, and haul it up the bay to New
York for wharf"
The Englishman did not continue the
argument