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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-04

We printed bills to-day for a con-
tractor on the Gray's Point and Delta
railroad. The contractor wants teams
to work on the railroad dump at
Delta.
y patron and friend of the Normal
called at our Office and reported a
good hard kick this morning. He
says the management has neglected to
have the weeds cut along the plank
sidewalk and that it is impossible for
the ladies to use the walkwithout soil
ing their dresses. He further reports
that the east side of thecampus has as
many weeds growing on it as l. found
in the average pasture. Shame. Cen
tlemen. Have those weeds cut and the
papers OF last June taken up at once.
1t doesn't matter much whether sick
headache, billiousness. Indigestion
and constipation are caused by neg
lect or by unavoidable circumstances:
DeWitt'5 Little Early Isisers will
speedily cur them all. For sale by
J. Maple Wilson. Druggist.
Ex-Sherif Cooper Cracraft i in the
city to-day. Mr.. Cracraft is one of
the fellows who had fits over VIM. j.
Bryan. He is cured now. Mckinley
prices for wheat cured him.
Mir. Stonebrcaker. representing the
Geo. D. Barnard Printing Co.. of ST.
Louis. is in the city. Mr.. Stonebreak-
er resides in Springfield. He has been
with ;hc Geo. d. Barnard Company
about eighteen yeaIs ana during that
time has visited nearly every town in
Missouri.
y party Of Cape sports went ont 10
Jackson yesterday evening to do bust
ness with the Jackson saloons. They
did business and they came home this
morning loaded down 10 the guards.
Jackson whisky mixed with goose
creek water was too much for them.
Many a days work Is lost by sick
headache. caused by indigestion aud
stomach troubles. DeWitt's Little
Early Risers are the most efTectual
pill for overcoming such difficulties.
For sale 10y J. Maple Wilson. Drug
gist.
lie wa> = thin, fragilcyoun@ preach
cr. but not 80 hopeless as he looked.
He could see and hear what was going
on even during the last prayer. Just
before The very closing of the services
he said calmly. with Il good deal of
impressivencss to the square inch.
These of The congregation that did
not -et their things On during the
prayer. can DO so while / pronounce
the bcncdic,ion." During which. how
ever. the audience could hear each
others watches beat.-EX.
Dr.. Sawyer:-Dear Sir: ! can say
with pleasure that | have been usin5
your medicine. ana viii recommend it
to all suffering ladies.
-4isi. ~ w VI T. llf.iNotiE-I'
Augusta. Ga.
Sold al !. Maple Wilson's drugstore
y Michigan editor. after reading in
an exchange that bathing suits this
season would be away abovepar said:
We are not we'll enough posted on
the scientific anatomicaltcrr~ TO know
just where par is situated. but it is to
be sincerely hoped the suits will not
shrink above last season startling
standard"
Evil after effects never follow the
Use ci DR.. Bells Peppermint Chill
Tonic. /; Is Il pleasant liver laxative.
It makes rich. red blood. Ii makes
stout. sound bone. 1t makes flesh. Ii
makes rosy cheaks. All of this cures
chills so they stay cured. Dealers
guarantee it.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-04
AssiSnre's Notice to Creditors.

Notice is hereby given that |. the
undersigned assignee Of Stein Brothers.
do appoint the 9th day of September,
1897, as the time. and the Cape City
Mills on Broadway, in thecity OF Cape
Girardeau, Missouri, as the place.
where | will. between the hours of 9 a.
m. and 3 p. m, on the above named
day and the two succeeding days. be
il attendance to receive, adjust and
allow demands of the creditors of said
Stein Brothers against the trust fund
arising from the sale and disposal of
the goods and effects assigned to me
for the benefit of the creditors of said
| Stein Brothers. the assignors.
WILLIAM REGENHARDT,
aug14-n2400. Assignee.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-04
Sold at J. Maple Wilson's drug stor
THURSDAY.

The Western Poultry and Game
Company has Introduced in this mar
Ike. the Colorado cantaloupc. 1t l. tin
most delicious melon raised in this
country and there is no other State in
tie Union where it crows with such
iiua .,;..r rs in Colorado. viii War
tcn l. ,.",..". agent for these melons
in t.. ..f!.
lug 5Hi|c,binc is fixing up his
saloon IL 10 nave = lunch room in
connection herewith.
DR.. !. i. Sdwycr:-Dear Sir: Mrs.
Hamburg induced me to try your Fam
liz Cure, I was greatly benefited by it
and | recommended it TO every lady
in poor health. Respectfully.
Mrs. ASHER.
Sold a, !. Maple Wilson's drugstore.
They are chopping out the right of
way for the Delta ana Grey's Point
Railroad. Cape G~irardeau is to be
left seven miles To tine north. but
Cape Girardeau will yet be Il railroad
town before all the old sinners here
pass in their checks and turn their
toes to the daisies.
Normal School students continue to
come in. There are now enrolled n
hundred and eighty and more expect
ed tomorrow. The Dingley law, ninety
cent wheat and confidence in the man
agemento of Governmentalatfdirs by the
Republican party are telling the tale
of prosperity.
II has been discovered that eye
salves and water containing sugar of
lead often produce lead poison-tatal
to sight. If not Ia hi. Iuu ran =
great IRISH in using II L preparations.
To effectuaily and specially and
permantly cur sore eyes. graduated
lids or styes without the possibility OF
evil after effects. Use Sutherland's
Eagle Eye Salve.
The Western Poultry and Game
Company in this city i paying eight
cents per pound for spring chickens.
The public school in this city will
have one teacher this year VINO Is
worth forty thousand dollars. The
building OF the Cotton Belt rail
road to Gray's Point will not affect
her.
Sutherland Eagle Eve Salve is new
and original in style of package and
medical qualities. 1t is perfectly
harmless, contains no lead and is 4
guarantee eur for granulated lids,
sore eyes or styles.
The tough beef we get in this marke
accounts for the number OF dentist, VIZ
have. Five or six dentists are KEEP
busy day and night repairing teetl
ruined on Cape Girardeau beefsteaks.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-04
Cnfortun.te People

are they who while suffering from
Kidney Diseases arepreiudiced against
all advertised remedies. They should
know that Foley's Kiddey Cure is no
a quack remedy, but an honest guar
anteed medicine for Kidney and Blad-
der troubles. w. II. COerver, Drug
piSt.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-04
RnlIara,s uorcnound syrup.

Is the best known remedy for Con-
sumption. Coughs. Colds and all
Throat. and Chest troubles. Every
bottle is guaranteed. 1t is the best
remedy for children. Sold at Will
sons drug store.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-04
To COnsumptives.

As an honest remedy, FOley's Honey
and Tar does not hold out false hopes
in advanced stages, but truthfully
claims to give comfort and relief in
the very worst eases. and in the early
stages to effect a cure. w. H. Coerver,
Druggist.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-04
List OF MniI Matter

Remaining uncalled for in the post office Of
Cape Gira-deau, county of Cape Girardeau,
State of Missouri. for the week ending
August 30, Is9T.
Arrey Pen Bare Mr. Ira
Blauenberg Wilhelm Butte Mr. Rossel
COwherd II C., Hon W 5 Fedrick Frank
GrOseclose Wm H. Keys Miss Bell
Kuelbe Mrs Christ MOreland Mr.. ii
Mcconnell Mr. Eliza McGhee Miss Caroline
Netter1eld W e Sacen Mr. Chan
Perren Mr. & Kenfroe Mrs Cinda
Robinson Mr. Damon storm Miss Bell
Swonny Mr.. Henry Underwood Mr. w NJ
White Miss Bride
Persons calling for any of the above letters
will please say Advertised - giving date OF
the list. IT not called for within two weeks
they will be sent TO the Dead Letter Office at
Washington City. W. V. LEIGH p. NJ.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-04

Wheat is going to touch the dollar
marx tefore the first day of December
sure.
Peter Pets says the Gray's Point
branch OF the Cotton Belt road will
pass through has land IA distance of
about half a mile.
Cheatham's Chill Tonic is peculiarly
adapted to persons in enieebled health
ana invaliGs. Il assists digestion.
ana is Il perfect strengthen and APP
petizcr. Satisfaction or money re-
funded. Put up in both the Tasteless
anu bitter styles. The Tas,eless in 30
cents size. Sold by ali druggists.
y Kendallville man swalloweda five
dollar gold piece. Whtn his friends
asked him what physician should be
called. he replied: 90 never mind a
physician. Send for my wife. she will
answer the purpose" When asked
for an explanation. he said: If she
doesn't succeed it Will he the first time
she ever failed to get money out of
me.
Louie Keller Is in the city to-day.
Mr.. Keller says he has about eighteen
hundred bushels of wheat which be is
holding for the dollar market.
y % cents Iron Tonic. Pure Soluble
iron concentrated and pure .Amorph-
Gus Quinine is contained in Cheatham's
Tasteless Chill Tonic. making It the
most desirable Iron Tonic on the
market. 1t is Il true tonic. strength
ner, appetizer, toner up of the system,
and blood purifier. Only 30 cents.
l.. Ben. Miller. druggist.
Aunt Harriet McLain. aged eighty
six years. died ather HON. in this city
last Saturday. The deceased was one
of the olde-; of the old colored women
in this city. She came to this city
from Virginia with the late Eleazer
Block more than fifty years ago.
The little girls iates. composition:
Boys are men that have not got as
big as their papas, ana girls are
women that will be ladies by-and-by.
Man was made before woman When
God looked at Adam he said to him
self. Well. think | can do better if
[ try again. And then lie made Eve.
God liked Eve 50 much better than
Adam that there have been mOrc
women than men ever since. Boys are
a trouble. They wear out anything
bat soap. If mad my way half OF the
boys in the world would be girls and
the other half dolls. My papa is so
nice that ] think he must have been Il
little girl when he was a Little boy"
Dr.. y. i. Sawyer:-Dcar Doctor l
have used and sold your Family Cure
with excellent resouits. II cured me
of the rheumatism and now am 50
years old and have not an ache or
pain. Mrs. +. \. RHoADS.
Sutherland, iowa.
Sold at J. Maple Wilson's drug store.
rn~T-D.n,
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ernor, since he never went out of the way to do any mischief knowingly in his off cial capacity, and was really kind hearted. His only fault was that he eonfided too i'm. DHcitly in sort of factotum named Boris Razin and delegated to him at times toe much autkority That, however, is one of those things which right themselves even tually, as they did in this instance very finely.
 The generals distractions, to which al- fusion has been made, were, as he pcrsuad- ed himself scientific As everybody knows, tic news Fff3efs Of Russia are permitted to publish almost anything except news, and one that came every week from St Peters burg to the governor of Kabarda gave much of it's space to scientific export ments. Under the head of ''Electricits' it taught how to mako battery with shaving mug and very little flowcrpot;' unders Acoustics how tomake an Holi- an harp with threads in a window;" under "Chemistry 'how to make crystals of rock salt" under Natural Philosophy" ..how to balance u fork on the edge of wineglass; under Magic. a how to cook an omelct in Q hat, and so on. And the old general amused himself by doing all those things. The one that pleased him most was how to reproduce Dionysius' ear. It cost him q good many fubles te fix up pretty little room so that he, at his desk in another apartment 50 feet nway, would hear oven q whisper in thut reproduction of the fabled chamber of the Syracusan tyrant Luckily he kept tho knowledge of his triumph to himself and the one person who aided him, his charm ing adopted daughter Maria, the child of his friend Colonel Karatevnk, who, dying in his arms on the battlefield, bcqucathed her to his csrc.
 Only enc thing troubled the good gen erai--kc vehencntly suspected his nephew, Vladimir, and Maria of co. ,emplating marriage, to which he would Eayc offered no objection had they asked his permission before falling in love with each other, but which stirred all his antagonism when he deemed they had ignored him.
 If such important matters" he said to himself, '.are to be settled in ny own household without my tsnscnt CT even knowledge, God knows into what disorder and riot the rest of the province may plunge without even athought of me. It will be quito forgotten that 1 am governor
 And he grew exceedingly impatient, for the time was short fora certain programme he had outlined to himself
 My dignity" he reflected, twill not permit me to ask questions. 1 must seem to discover the situation by accident Then l shall be furious and punish them by q little wholesome terror-she of being sent 10 her agonizing cat of an aunt, he of be- ing shipped off for a years journey. But at our Easter Sunday feast l will forgive them and announce the betrothal. Yes, but it is Good Friday already, and know nothing yet Of the atfeir--oflicially."
 Just then Maria roked her pretty head in at the door of his study, where he sat smoking, and said timidly end hesitating- ly, May talk q little 10 yo@, dear father, of something privatc:'
 Aha" he thought, "the s'Fcet child comes to confess. l shall he good to her Now l will not even shake ct her that grisly terror, Aunt Anastasia. And, to
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THE EASTER BELLS.
WHEN THEY FIRST BEGAN TO RING
 THEIR INSPIRING MESSAGE.

The First Church Bell Ever Made How
 It Revolutionized Church Architecture
 and Implanted a New Ceremonial In
 the Rites of Che Church.
 There is nothing moro expressive of Easter joy than Easter bells. Even more than the chaste and modest beauty of the lily, or of vernal flowers massed around altar and chaneel do their thrilling, exult- ant tones typify the gladsome spirit of Christianity's chief festival proclafning the glorious tidings of Christ triumphant over death, the inspiring message of eternal life forcyermore. A henison, a psalm of thanksgiving, an anthem of victory, peals forth from Raster bells in every cline, cir cling the earth from pole to pole and softly fluttering heavenward to the great white throne
 When and where did the first bells ring out at Eastertide? What manner of folk were the first worshipcrs who listened with rapt attention to their commanding and elamorous call? Was it in Palestine or Egypt or Greece CT the farther western countdcss Many times have thoughtful Christians asked themselves this same question, and great is the number who would be glad to know the answer. To learn it VIC must take 9 leok backward oyer nearly 16 centuries, before the great schism of 729, when tke Christian church was ono and undivided
 About the year 43l when 1seples was a settlement of Roman villas in tho luxu- riant plains of Gampania, there lived in Nola, q considerable city of that province, one Paulinus, HOW duly canonized saint of the Roman church. He WAS not only bishop of Nola, but also the abbot of a hourishing community of monks, monastic lifo even at that carly date having ob tained firm foothold in tho primitive church. And he was bishop of consider able note, whose name and fame have been handed down to us both by history and tradition
 Besides that, he WAS q church builder. In Nola the seat of his bishopric, he erect cd a basilica, or church modelled after tho style of the Roman courts of justice, many of these structures having hcen handed over by Constantine to the carly Christians as places of public worship. Paulinus dedicated his basilica to St. Felix, in celebration of whose virtues he annually composed an ode, calling him his patron, his father, his lord
 Now, it happened that in the monastery ruled by Paulinus small hand bells were rung to notify the flock to bctake them selves from the refectory or tho dormitory, as the case might be, to their lectures and prayers, this usage of the bell being de- rived from the ancient Romans, who wero summoned to their public baths by these little tintinnabulators, and they were used in their public processions as well. Ob- serving their great convenience and noting further the great carving power of their tones, Bishop Paulinus conceived the idea of utilizing this effective instrument Of sound to notify the monks and the neigh boring worshipers at the shrincof St. Felix of the times fer holding the church sery- ] ices.
 It seemed to him q more appropriate as well as a moro orderly call to prayer than many Of tho rude methods then in vogue
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UNIQUE CEREMONIES.
DISTRIBUTING THE aRoYAt MAUNDY''
 TO TIE POOR IN ENGLAND.

His Holiness the Pope sun washes the
 Feet of Twelve Poor Old Meu--solemn
 Observance ef Eastertide ct the Vatican.
 A Touching Ceremony.
 Nowhere is Easter celebrated with mora pomp and ceremony than nj tho various courts of the old world, even tine Protes- tant rulers retaining many of the quaint obseryanees that originated in medieval times with the fathers of tho Roman Cath olic church. Sinus i'll England the old GUS tom of distributing to the poor what is known as the royal maundy" takes place in Westminster abbey on each Thurs day of holy week, on which day the off eial celebration of Eastertide may be said to begin all over Europe, Royal pageants of hundreds of years ago arc dimly sug- gested when the bishop of Winchester, clad in his episcopal robes and acting in his capacity of lord high almencr to the queen, attended by Che dean of Westmin- ster, us well as by tho chapter and the choir of the abbey, and escorted by a com pany of yeomen of the guard in their quaint costumes of Che reign of King Hen " VIII, marches upgthe nave and enters the choir of the grand old fane. Seated in rows on either sideare the persons cho- sen is recipients for tho royal bounty. As soon US divine seryice is over and the anti-
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nearer or farther from the equinox.
 In thc prayer book of the English church the following is given us il rule to find Easter Easter day is always tho first Sunday after the full moon which happens upon or next after the 21st day of March, and if the full moon happen upon Sun day Easter day is the Sunday after.
 About the year A. D. 15S a controversy arose as to the date of Easter which divided all Christendom This difference arose originally between the churches of Asia Minor and the then so called churches of the west, the former insisting on keeping Easter the samc day as the Jews kept their Passover. Toward the end of the century the discussion became so violent that Victor, the bishop of Rome, issued an apostolic canon dccreeing that if any bishop priest CT deacon celebrated the holy feast of Easter before tho sernal equinox, ,is the Jews tio, let him be de- posed '
 ln the fourth century matters had gone to such length that the Emperor Con stantine thought it his duty 10 allay tho controversy. So he got an ecclesiastical canon passed that Easter should be ob served on one and the same day, but the controversy continued until 4. D. 6G4 when Oswy, king of Northumbria, deter saned to take the matter in hand and called a conference, ut which he himself presided. Colman, bish9p of Lindisfarne, represented the British church, while Agilbcrt, bishcp of Dorchester, headed the Romish party After much discussion the king finally de- cided the question ill favor of the present existing method of keeping Easter and from that day to this the date of Easter has depended upon the moons changes.
 All the movable feasts and lasts of the year depend upon Easter. The nine Sun days before and the eight after depend upon it, and form, as it were, q sort of body guard to this queen of religious festivals
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DIONYSIUS' EAR.
BY J. II. coNSELLY.
copyright. 1897. by tho Author. l

ECoDyr1ght, loJf, py tue AutAOr.
 coneral Oleg GedeonoT was huge old
 His body was immense, his limbs lna.l' tremondous, and his head-with it's Nea 'r,,,re wealth of grayish hair, big beard i'la,as - rraat raustachc-see1ned simply vast. lllu aIn ,sas so large that, even at distance, t,nie tls felt a sensation of being iostled if pegp ,s tn sight. When he eonversed. the ls lp,nnay.5 rt.ttied; when he sneezed people Hlnlff snr off exclaimed God bless us!'' and "is isen he saored remote neighbors who ''ao,v ~. not the cause of that awful sound ,1aaed runs and sat up all night. In ig .horf nature had evidently made him to ,a,1 ha z governor, and the ear, in recognition of his long and gallant service in the on,,,v o appointed him to rulc over the prov ;, ;nce of Kabarda He was styled general haco,ise that was his last rank in the army. end indeed he looked as if he never had Snpn anything else, as if he had been born q general.
 Few if any persons vcnturcd to affirm +bat Kabarla was not dull, But General gedeonoff did not complain of it. He cared sothing for social life, had distractions of his own and probably would have been eantented in any place whore he could be governor. And he was a pretty good gov
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tar when the candles arc lighted and the priest blesses the cakes Then and there in the holy presence you will promise to be my wife. If you do not, you know what I shall do.
 q do not"
 "I shall send Feodor Daniloy to Siberia.
 q do not believe you. You cannot. He is guilty of nothing. Tho governor will not condemn him without reason.
 et1lhe governori I can wind him about my finger Reason sufficient will be found. !"
 II shall go to the general and tell him all.
 "It would do you no good I shall sim ply whisper to him that Feodor is n1hil- ist and show some proof 1 have ready. Then, pfwit, our little brother Feodor will go to Siberia for life And it will be you who have sent him there by refusing me.
 The girl burst into tears, and he glided away. turning back at the door to hiss to her Remember at Easter maths you save or ruin Feodor Presenting himself in the governors study for orders as was his daily duty, Boris found there his mas fer and Maria. who frequently served aj the general s confidential amanuensis. She was writing, and the general made nm Il sirn to wait a moment In few mo- mcnts she stopped and gave to the old man what she had written. He read 1t over, smiled, put it iii ;in envelope. which he se- cured by Il great blob of wax stamped wlth his oyyn seal and then gave it to Boris, saving pleasantly, keep this carefully and bring it to me tomorrow after the Easter matin service.
 E
 The last glorious chords of the triumphal Raster matin music floated away over the heads of tho congregation crowding the church. Worshipers exchanged the = KISS of pcaec' ard the salutation "Ghrlst Is riseni@ Candles lighted at those upon the altar spread their flame to others until eyerywhcrc were the twinkling lights. The nriest bestowed his blessing upon the cakes offered by the devout The joyous turbu- 1nce preyailed which distinguishes the observance of this the greatest festival oI the Greek church.
 Threading his way through the throng, cursing in his heart those who detalheo him at every step with their salutes, Boris Bazin sought Natalia. At length he found her. not before tho altar, but near the door. going out.
 ssChrist is risen !' he proeiailiaea' plac- ing himself before her
 .sHe is risenl'' she responded, suDinlg- ting with n shudder to his kiss of peace sNatalia, what is your answers ut
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 At the Ecar9ing House.

"Yes, Mr Jones, at this Easter season l always provide for the inmates of my humble home a diet largely of cggs-not from motives of economy, syou insinuate, but because of their appropriateness to the season. J
 You can't convince me, madam, that last Easter's eggs are appropriate this Easters dinner. That's all I'm kicking a ahnlit y