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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-20
METHoDISTS AND THE BIBLE.
DIR. Buckley Caused a stir by Not Ac.
cept:n@ It's InfalifbIiity.

NEW YORK. February I5.-Dr.
Buckley. editor of the Christian
Advocate. created sensation to-
day at a meeting of the Methodists
ministers of the Metropolitan district
6y declaring that lie did not ard could
not accept the ;nfallibility of the
English Bible, and yet, after :. spir-
tied debate, his views were sustained
by the almost unanimous vote of those
bresent The discussion arose through
a paper which had been read by DR..
Curtis. Of Drew Theological Seminary,
on How Christian Men May Satisfy
Themselves that the Bible is a Direct
Revelation From God: As soon as
DR.. Curtis had concluded DR.. Buck
ley arose and in the midst of an im-
passi0ned speech said he did not be-
lleve there were four men present who
believed absolutely in the infallibility
of the English version of the Bible.
and that he most emphatically cid
not. DR.. Shaffer interrupted DR..
Buckley by shouting:
III you don't believe, We can get
along without you"
There was an instant uproar at this
and DR.. Leonard made a bitter attack
Ca Dr.. Buckley's position. The
4 -, =,
sonal remarks OF an unpleasant ma
ture Were freely 'indulged in. y gen
eral debate was expected, but no one
other than DR.. Sha fer seemed inclined
10 combat the views held by DR.. Buck
ley, and when the question was sub
mit;eG TO a vote his position was al
most unanimously sustained amid
much f4ubbab and laughter.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-20
How to Get II Public Office.

Many des irable offices are within
the gift of the new administration.
Those who wish to know what place
can be had and how to get them, can
obtain this information by sending 80
cents to Soule x Co., Washington,
D. c.. for the ~. 5. Blue Book,
showing all government offices and
salaries with Civil Service rules.
sample examination questions. etc.
Under present laws women stand an
equal chance with men for positions
that insure a comfortable income for
life. The blue Book" gives com
plete instruction for Office seekers of
both sexes, and is besides valuable
book OF reference much in demand.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-20
Letter From Hon. ;. II. BurforG.
SALEM, ORE, Feb. 9. 1887.


Ben II. Adams-Cape eGirardeau Mo.
Dear Sir and Friend:-Inclosed find
two dollars TO pay for the DEMOCRAT
for one year I owe and for another
year in advance. If you continue to
send me the paper after the time for
which | paid you may have to wait
another twelve months or more. for
confidence and good times have not
reached here yet. II you get more
than you need back there send us a
few train loads. Don't send it c. o.
D.. but pay the freight.
Why don't you. kimmel and Afford
and your other judges and Clerks of
election go on TO Tom Watson's dis
trict in Georgia, 10th. or some of the
other southern States. and learn the
science of election frauds right. You
need education in the business. | Gis-
ike 10 see my friends make such 4
botch of the business. You will bring
disgrace upon the profession. Try
and make better job next time.
Tell George if that Is the best job he
can up. or show as an election fraud,
he had just as we'll quit the practice
of law, for he is not sharp enough to
make a living at it.
l feel like | would like 10 be back
there a week. month or year to eX-
charge thoughts and ideas with my
old friends.
haYe been mad and prOfane much
of the time since last July, when my
party quit the bear chase and went off
after the silver tailed rabbit. which
would not have been worth skinning
even if they had caught it. The zeal
and rush of some of leaders. especial
ly of the northwest, for the Democratic
pie counter. was second only to the
hungry poor at Moscow, when they
we're given a free dinner. trampling
to death under foot in their
insane struggle to reach the food
table. Yours as ever,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-20
DUESTROW HANGED.
Faced Death Unflinching-
ly.
Declared He Was Gen. Branden bur%
but Asked Compassion for the
Soul OF Arthur Duestrow.

n
UNION. Mo-, February 16.-At ex-
actly l O'Clock this afternoon the
double murderer. Arthur Duestrow
was hanged. He shot through the trap
and his body dangled in the air for
fully twenty-five minutes. and thus
ended the final act of the Law III a case
that has been national in importance.
Duestrow died with smile upon his
face: that is to say. he died as Gen.
Brandenburg, and when the black cap
was drawn over his head he seemed
70 be calmer than the calmest man in
the crowd of witnesses.
The town of Union, from an early
hour in the morning, bore the appear
ance of a holiday fete. Crowds gather
ed from the surrounding country, and
it is estimated that at least 1000 people
came to the town to be in the atmOs-
phere of the hanging. Sheriff Puchta
deserves credit for the manner in
which he conducted the execution. 1t
was a success in every particular.
No matter what his hopes had been
regarding respite, Duestrow faced
the hangman' ; moose with nerve. That
man never lived who received legal
punishment as calmly as ne did. He
made no stage play; to the few
privileged characters who saw him
fall through the trap. There were
many pathetic scenes during Dues
tr)w'S last moments on earth. In the
first place the Sheriff attempted in
every possible manner to induce him
to go to the gallows with a religious
advisers. The doomed man positively
refused - receive any person who
would not promise beforehand not TO
broach the subject of religion. In
this respect the execution was partic-
ularly unique. In Union nobopy
seemed to think of the murderer other
than as the central figure in the last
chapter OF bloody drama. But there
was nothing about Duestrow during
his last hours on earth to indicate
that he was a tiend. His character
had reverted to meekness that was
pitia BILE. One could not help but pity
him, and yet. while pittying, all be-
lieved that he was receiving his just
deserts.
DuestrOw was creature of the mo-
ment. One moment he sunk his in
dividuality INTO a character as Gen. f,
BranGenburg. and the next he was
Dnestrow again. Those who we're
around him during his last hours at
test that he was good prisoner. He
was mild in speech, accommodating. |
and unwilling 20 give anybody trOu-
BILE. He realized that Governor |
Stephens would not interfere, andthat |
the eminent legal circle about him
could not drag him from under Sheriff |
Puchta's : fatal moose. Under these !
circumstances he yielded, and when |
he Went to the gallows it was as a |
man not only ready to die, but as one
resigned to his fate.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-20
THE SOUTH AND THE NEGRO.
The Latter Is safest and Best When
Controlled by Ills Home Folks.

MS ElCL1t oIhS-
3 The world sbonld have been giver
clearly to understand that the whit,
people of the South. as we'll as theil
brothers OF the North or the East ol
the West. always intended TO rule
and if there were just cause now te
believe that the negro would still vote
unitediE, ana thus menace the South
with Eegro domination. it is safe tO
ASSET that these states wUGlG rama;!
a solid South 20 the end OF time.
History clearly demonstrated this
truth. HAT 80 long as AnClo-SaXon
blood feeds Anglo-Sa&on hearts, 50
long will AHglo-SaXon intellecc and
AHglo-:SaXon will dominate interior
PAGES. We believe however. that the
danger Of negro rule now really ex-
lists only in the distempered imagina-
tiOns OF political dcmagogues. No
one can produce any array OF facts
to convince the unbiased oGserverthat
the negro vote Will be any more
UUnited in future elections than the
white vote This race has made won
derful strides in recent wears. and
they have siezcd upon every oppor-
tunity to better their cOndi'ion. They
have been given the best schools. col
eges and unIyeTities. and have not
neglected their advantages. Their
moral and intellectual Improvement
has been little less than marvellous.
Il is unprecedented in the history of
any people. They are fast becoming
qualified to act. 10 think. and TO vote
for themselves. The time has passed
for them TO ever again consent TO be-
come the mere tools of INSCRIPTIONS
and designing Office seekers. They
carefully and conscientious!y study
the issues which are involved in every
political canvass. ana in many in
stances thoroughly understand them.
Their leaders READ political econU-
my, and neither the tariff nor the cur
rency question is 4 stranger to them.
The property interests which are
possessed by this race III the South
already exceed SD. .OOO,000. They have
mastered many trades, become pro-
ficient in the Industrial arts.
and sometimes prominent in ;he pro-
fessions. They need not now be told
their welfare is inseparable from the
welfare of lhe South. and the time
will soon come, if it has not already
arrived, when they will suppor. Nth
their suffrage only those measures
which their matured judgment conTin-
ces them will most certainly promote
the prosperity of the section in which
an all-wise Providence has cast their
lot. They have come to realize that
the r,r~o," Z r.. 'r.--, ha'n -r- l".mcnt.
who annually pay @2O.00U,0o0 taxes
that their Children NAV be educated,
who make it possible for them to live
in comfort and ease, and often in lux
ury and refinement. who labor side
by side with them in the field or in
the factory, are their best friends.
With returning confidence and affec-
ton. they will be influenced as the
weak are always Influenced by the
and they will be founa sup-'
porting the party which tueir employ
ers support, because they viii learn
that the interests of the employer and
employe are one.-North American
Review.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-20
Bill TO Prevent Making Preferred
Creditors

JEFFERSON CITY. Mo-. Feb. 16.-
The Senate Committee on Corpora
tions other than Railroads met last
night and decided to make a favorable
report on Senator Klene's bill which.
if passed, it is claimed, will afford
relief to creditors. The bill provides
that insolvent corporations shall not
dispose of property and make prefer
red creditors. y heavy penalty is
provided for violation of the terms of
the bill.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-20
AUousehoId Treasure.

D. ". Fuller. of Canajoharie. y
y, says that he always keeps DR..
Kings New Discovery in the house
and his family has always found the
very best results follow its use: that
he would not be without it, if procur-
able. G. \. Dykeman Druggist, Cat
skill. New York, says that DR.. Kings
New Discovery is undoubtedly the best
Cough remedy: that he has used it in
his family for eight years, and it has
never failed to do all that is claimed
for it. Why not try remedy so long
tried and tested. Trial bottles free at
". c. Haman's drug store. Regular
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-20
S. Il. BURFORD.
The Legislators and the NormaIs


Prof. VandIver returned from the
State capitol last evening. He spent
three days in jefferson City in the in
terest of the State Normal schools by
invitation of the members of the Leg
islature. The bill to abolish the
Normal schools was never dangerous
because too radical and was virtually
abandoned. But the bill to refuse
State certificates to Normal graduates
was before the committee last Thurs
day evening and was defeated by a
vote of four to three. But the three
members may introduce Il minority
and it is very doubtful what
the result will be. Another bill to
regulate the admission of students to
the Normal schools is a very dan
gerous measure as it would cut out
perhaps nine tenths of those who first
come to enter the Normals.
The Warrensburg people have a
man at Jefferson City all the time to
look after their school and give in
formation about it. 1t is important
that Cape Girardeau should have
some one there while these matters
are up for consideration. The Board
of Trade should look after it imme-
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-20
To Blot Out TWO Hours.

GALESBURG. ILL, February b
Great intcIcs: is being taken III rail-
road circles here by the attempt of the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy to
make the fastest long trip between
Chicago and Denver ever attempted.
Il Is an emergency case. i wealthy
New Yorker. named Mayhan is pc
ing conveyed to the bedside Of sick
son at Denver. The distance is 1925
miles. and the schedule time for the
train is twenty hours. but the officials
desire 10 cut il 1u"l - eighteen
hours. The train left Chicago at 10
o o'clock this morning, and reached
here at l2:55 p. IN: Engineer Varien,
of Aurora. was in charge. Buriing-
ton. 20j.S miles from Chicago, was
covered in three hours and forty-eight
minutes, or at the rate of II. Ii miles
an hour. At Burlington engine No.
2j9. with Engineer Maxwell in charge,
took the train. In order TO accomplish
the run the train must make lifty-seven
miles an hour.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-20
MISSOURI DRoUTH SUFFERERS.
Failure OF Crops III Taney and Ad-
joining Courttcs-RcIIcf ASKED.

Failure OF Crops III fancy and Ad-
joining COurttcs-RcIIcf Asked.
Relative to the drouth suffering in
fancy County. Col. y. S. Prather.
Representative from that county, said
to the ''Globe- Democrat correspond
ent this afternoon:
For the past two seasons sectien
OF country beginning at the AIississip-
pi River and embracing the northern
tier of equities in Arkansas and
Southern Missouri. as far north as
Christian County, including Howell.
Douglass. Ozark. fancy. Stone. Bar
ry and counties 20 the west. have suf-
fereG from severe drouth. The corn
crop was almost complete failure.
while other crops were seriously in
iured. The potato crop in fancy
County was less than 800 bushels last
year. The fruit crop was an entire
failure. There is not enough corn in
fancy County to bread the people.
The emigration TO Taney County from
the diouthstricken egions OF Ne
braska and Kansas has been large.
Farmers took homesteaGs in the land
of the Big Red Apple to recuperate
their fortunes and to make homes for
themselves without the &ppendage of a
mortgage. These people and many
others are nowin a destitutecondition
and must suffer if immediate aid is
not given. Several petitions 10 the
Governor asking him to do something
were sent to NE as their representa-
tive. They were referred to the Gov
ernOr, and he has indicated that he
will call the attention OF the Legisla-
ture to this matter in special mes
sage. | have introduced bill APP
propriating $1,000 for the relief of
fancy County. which Is now before
the committee on appropriations
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-20
RuckIen's Arnica SalYe.

The best salvein the world for cuts,
bruises, sores. ulcers, salt rheum,
fever sores. letter. chapped hands,
chilblains, corns. Sand all skin erup
tins. and positively cures piles, or no
pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded
Price p cents per box. For sale a
W. c. Haman's.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-20

iutions were referred 10 the Mayor
and City Council. and that they be
respectfully requested to take i'm
mediate action il reference 20 the
same.
On motion Of Mr.. Eaudiver the
meeting adjourned.
DAVID y. GLENN, Chairman.
GEO. E. CHAPPELL. Secretary.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-20
Great DangerfnIa1 a1yhs.

y neglected Cough is source OF & :
mident danger to all. Ballard s He.
hound Syrup is guaranteed to cure {,
worst cough. Whooping Cough, Sc
throat and all other coughs. Sold at
Wilson's drug store.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-20

On motion OF Mr.. Davis the report
of the Committee was received and
unanimously adopted.
On motion to print 800 copies of the
said resolutions was amended by Mr..
Porterfield so as to permit the Com
mittee to use its discretion in the mat
ter of printing same or not.
On motion of Mr.. Albert said rsso-
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-12-27

ished in numbers by being captured
and given to museums.
Some New Zealand dairy farmers
contemplate the adoption of a new sys-
tenn of placing butter on the London
market. The idea lis to send home
frozen cream, which is to be churned
nto fresh butter on it's arrival in LOU
don. An experimental shipment was
successful and a company is being pro-
jected to carry out the idea on a large
scale.
The Arabs of the Nubian desert sup
posed they knew all about their coun-
try, but an engineer recently bored a
well seventy-fve miles from the Nile
and 1000 feet above the river and
found an abundant supply of water at
the depth of fifty-six feet. When the
we'll was begun the Arabs stood by and
would reach water when he got down
to the Nile level.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-12-27

symptoms. To be quite sure of it's
purity the camphor should be MADE at
home. Melt three ounces of spermaceti,
one and half of pure camphor, and
two tablespoonfuls of sweet almond
oil in an earthen jar. placed by the
side of the fire or in a cool oven. When
dissolved and still warm pour the mix
ture into small pans or molds, and
turn out when set.
To clean observation-disclosures Of
torture though horsehair upholstered
dining-room suites may be, many per-
pie, obliged to cast themselves upon
the tender mercies of the ordinary
lOdging-house or furnished apart
ments, will find these terrors in their
rooms. They may be suspicious
rightly so-of their entire cleanliness,
and should a complacent landlady per-
nit, would perhaps like to clean the
horsehair in some expeditions and
satisfactory manner. For this pur-
pose let them dissolve a pennyworth
of rock ammonia in quart of boiling
water, permit the water to almost COOL
and then apply it to the sofas and
chairs by means of a stiff brush.
To remove ink stains from silver
Carry wishes me to tell her how best
to remove long continued ink stains
from silver writing appliances. She
will need to take small quantity of
chloride of lime, and make a paste
Of it with cold water. This must be
rubbed ON the stains till they disap-
pear, and then the silver will only
need to be polished with chamois
leather
To waterproof a dress.-Mix two
ounces of powdered alum and the
same amount of sugar of lead with two
gallons Of rain water, and when suf-
fciently amalgamated pour off the
water from the sediment which will
necessarily settle. Soak the garment
in the liquid for about twelve or f1f-
teen hours, and when dry it can be
ironed and considered ready to with
stand the rain. 1t will of course be
wise to subject only fast colors to the
treatment, and very fine fabrics would
be better left alone
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-12-27
DRIFT OF THE DAY.

Ambassador John Hay will start on
his proposed Nile journey about the
middle of january, and will be ac-
companied by his wife and daughter.
Rev. Daniel L. Furber, D. D., of
the First Congregational church,
Boston, preached, last Sunday, the
same sermon he delivered in the same
church so years ago.
The calf, the white cow of Siam, the
hawk, the ape, the ibis, the cat, the
asp, the crocodile, dogs, beetles, frogs,
mice, and rats have all been held in
reverence in different parts of the
globe.
The monument in honor of Chris
tan Frederick Samuel Hahnemann,
founder of the homeopathic system of
medicine, which is to be dedicated in
Washington next spring, is almost
finished. The cost is SIS ,0OO
The rapidity of the development of
South Africa is hardly credible. Ten
years ago there was hardly a white
man in Rhodesia. Last month the
railway to Bulawayo was opened and
the town was lighted throughout by
electricity. Six hundred miles of
railway had been constructed in 10
months.
Boarding school girls near Topeka,
Kas, out for a lark ONE day, used a
haystack for a shooting the chutes
performance and succeeded in bring
ing down the top Of the stack ON
themselves, and with it the farmers
wrath. He took legal advice and
threatens prosecution for trespass and
suit for damages.
A paper bicycle has now invaded
the field One of them, owned by a
bicycle agent, is in use in London.
Paper fibre, similar to that sometimes
used in the manufacture of railway
carriage wheels, is employed for tub
ing, and is as strong as amy in use.
A factory is said to be contemplated
for the production of bicycles of this
sort.
According to the latest statistics,
the population OF Greece is increasing
more rapidly than that of any other
country, namely, at the rate OF .87
per cent. per annum. Compared
with France, which is only 0.42, this
increase will, if not checked, consti-
tute problem which will be as diff
ficult to solve as the reorganization
of the Greek finances.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-12-27
RURAL FREE DELIVERY

A subject that would stand more dis
cussion than it gets is free delivery by
the postoffice department in rural dis
tricts. It is not impracticable, and the
chief questions about it are whether
the farmers want it and whether it
would be worth what it would cost.
There would be some economics in it
resulting from the diminution Of
fourth-class postoff1ces, and some gains
in revenue from an increased postal
business, In thousands of districts it
would pay very well. The $10,000,O0O
or so that might be saved by some
wholesale amendments to the law
which governs second-class mail mat
ter would pay the deficit on a good
deal of rural free delivery .-Harper's
Weekly.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-12-27
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

To wash blankets.-When washing
these at home the laundress must pro-
coed in the following manner: Into
two quarts of water shred half a bar
of yellow soap, and pour the liquid into
tub of warm water, together with q
tablespoonful of liquid ammonia to
every gallon. Dip the blankets into
this lather and rub them thoroughly
III this. When clean, rinse the blan-
kets in tepid water, wiring out, and
hang to dry in the open air.
The care of embossed brass.-The
simplest means of Frightening brass
is to cover it with solution of oxalic
aci1 in soft water; made in proper
tions OF one ounce of acid to pint of
water When the metal is well covered
with the fluid polish it briskly with
wash leather. It must be noted that
this oxalic acid preparation is a
poison, and very strong in it's effect
upon the brass, so l do not advise
that it should be used too often, or be
Kept where irresponsible people could
reach it, The bottle should be labeled
poison"
To make camphor tablets.-Now
that the time for colds in the head is
at hand, we should be careful to carry
a lump of camphor about with us,
since this preparation, though it may
not altogether cure cold, will do
much to relieve its most distressing
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-12-27
A CHRISTMAS REVERE.

On winters evening long ago
Meath a graceful branch OF the
mistletoe- D.
Sweet Florence stood; and as our eyes
Met in a look of faint surprise,
While sweetest smiles played DER her
face
pressed my love in fond embrace
But now full many a winters blast
Has over my life it's sorrows cast,
Yet I see once more the CRATE aglow
And the doorway hung with the
m1stletoe,
And the beautiful Florence, tall and
fair,
Waits for a step on the outer stair.
The years roll on, and a fathers care
Has changed to grandfather's easy
chair;
And again the parlor ablaze with Light
Brings back the scenes of a winters
night,
And a grandfather's blessing I now
bestow
On the Florence there meath the
miStletOe.
Long, sorrowful years have slowly
sped
Ger the mound where Iieth my Flor
ence, dead;
Tho the silent grief have borne each
day
Has faded my locks to a silvery
gray,
Yet the memories hid in this heart of
mine
Are precious jewels to me divine,
And hope for naught but soon to go
Where Florence waits meath the
mistletoe.
Madisn, Dec. 10. Willard Fisher.