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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-21
WEAK KIDNEYS
The Result of Extra Work on tbo
Part of These Organs During Cola
weather Are Promptly Strength.
ened by Munyon's Kidney Cure.
IMPOVERISHED BLOOD

And Deficient Circulation Call for
Munyon's Blood Cure, the Bes,
Blood Tonic on the Market-It En-.
riches and PuriGes the Blood. Pro.
notes Appetite and Gives Renew.
ed Strength and Vitality.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-17
Guilty, Judge, and 1 Own the Crime
BY WILL CARLETON.

Dl " ILL NhElLE1ON.
Guilty, Judge, and l own the crime
| slipped away with sack of flour:
They nabbed me just in the nick O
time,
| had it home in half an hou,.
IOnly. the constable on the hill,
knew that l must have jumped the bill
Knew as we'll as he could, that l
Hadn't the money with which to buy
Larceny? that's the proper word:
| There's never a crime but Law car
name.
Only, | wonder ii Law has heard
That any one but the thief's to blame
Say: did the constable on the hill
Tell you about the closed up mill?
Tell you OF the men that must beg OF
steal,
To give their babies and wives meal:
Yes 1 have begged-and I'll tell you
how:
l walked the roads and the fields and
lanes,
And asked for work withia pleading
brow
And came back empty for all my pain!
Say: did the constable on the hill
Tell you the wheels of tradewere still?
Tell you, when work was dull or dead.
The wife and the child might go urfed?
Guilty, Judge-let the Law be paid;
But if you had children four or five,
AS pretty as God has ever made,
And lacked the food to keep them
alive,
Lacked the method but not the will,
Their cries of hunger to stop and still,
And then saw oceans of flood in view,
For Gods sake tell me, what would
you do?
Dollars by thousands stacked away
Harvests rotting in barn and shed
Silks and ribbons and fine display
And children crying forlack of bread.
Wealth and famine are hand in hand,
Making the tour of a heart-sick land:
Half of the country's future veal
Crushed by thePresident' s selfish heel.
Guilty, Judge-and 1 own the crime:
Put me in prison without delay
Only, please work me double time,
And send my family half the pay.
And tell my children if they ask,
That 1 was working my gloomy task,
Not for pleasure or money or gem
But for the love that l have for them.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-17
New Bills of Interest to Missouri.

WASHINGTON, D. c. April S.-Con'
; gresham Cooney, of Missouri, ha;
introduced a bin for the relief OF Ger.
tain officers of the Missouri State Nj.
litia. The bill provides that the boa-
etits OF the act OF March ), 1865, sec
ton /. and of the act OF July t.. 1886.
and OF the act of July 8, 1894. granting
three months pay proper to all
officers of volunteers who should con-
tinue in the military service of the
United States until the close of the
war, and to the heirs and legal repre-
sentatives of all officers of volunteers
specified therein, or who died or were
killed in the service of the United States
between the Bird day of March and the
10th day of April, 1865, shall be so
construed as to extend to and include
the officers of the Missouri State Mi
litia.
Congressman Cooney has introduced
Il bill to authorize the Secretary of
War to detail a regiment of artillery,
4 regiment of infantry and regiment
of cavalry 10 take part in the Wilson
son Greek reunion, to be held at
Springfield, Mo-, on the thirty-sixth
anniversary of the battle of Wilson
Creek on August 10. The bill carries
an appropriation of $4,000 for the ex-
pense OF forwarding the troops. The
purpose of the committee on arrange
melts is to have sham battle with
regulars and militia.
CONGRESSMAN Coorey, OF Missouri,
has introduced a bill to authorize and
direct the auditor of the War DepaJt-
ment to audit the claims of the State
of Missouri OF account ofexpenses in
Cured in the suppression of the re-
bellion, and TO report the result of his
examination to Congress with a conf
plete list of the claims and the name
of the claimant.
Senator Cockrell, of Missouri, has
introduced bill authorizing the Sec
retary of War 20 relieve i. T. Fleet
superintendent OF the Missouri Mill
tary Academy, at Mexico, Mo-, from
all money responsibility for SO much
of the ordinance and ordinance stores
issued to the aceademy under its bond
of August 13, 1892, as was destroyed
by fire September a, 1896.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-17
HIGHER GRONUD:
And Tney Must Come
Here.
The Rich Farmers IN the Overlooked
Country VIII Move to Higher
and Healthier Ground.

That the floods of 1887 will drive
many OF the well-to-do farmers out
OF that section of country is sure
thing. Men who have the means to
purchase property on higher and
healthier ground will begin to look
for homes where the mad waters OF
the treacherous Mississippi River
cannot disturb Them They will not
dispose of their fertile acres in the
land of milk and honey. That land
has made them rich and it will con-
time to add to their wealth, but they
cannot afford to risk theirlives and the
lives OF their families in d country
that IS made disease incubator by the
floods and they will seek homes where
they can enjoy life and educate their
children. Now Cape Girardeau is the
prospective point for large num-
Der of families in the lower counties
of this State They know-Care
Girardeau-the city OF schools
and churches-the city where health
is good-the city peopled with pro-
gressive, courteous, liberal c:tizens.
They can reside here without being
out of reach oftheirpossessionsin in that
country where they made their money.
We have heard from some OF the
wealthiest and best men in Scott,
Mississippi and New Madrid counties,
and we have heard too that they are
looking to Cape Girardeau as a place
for residence. They want to move
somewhere and Cape Girardeau is the
most convenient place they can see.
They like the city for its many advan-
tages as place of residence-as Il
place where they can enjoy health and
educate their children. We know
that there are a number of farmers in
Scott county whose lands are not sub
ject to the ravages OF the destructive
floods who want to make Cape Cir
ardeau their home and they would be
residing here to-day if they had di-
rect railroad connection with this
city. We have conversed with a num-
ber OF these people and they say they
are anxious 10 come here but they
do not want to give up their business |
at their homes. They want to continue |
their farming in strests in their cOun-
ties. The say that if Houck's Missouri
& Arkansas Railroad is extended
TO this city they could then reside
here and carry on their business at
their old homes without any inconven-
iace and with little additional alexperse.
These peoplewant to help us and we
should make determined effort to
open the way to them by doing every
ming in our power to have the Com
merce railroad extended to this city.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-17
My. Beecher's First Church.

1t mas been determined thatthe church
u which Henry Ward Beecher began
his ministry shall be torn down to
make room for buildings of up-to-date
design When Mr.. Beecher became
the pastor the church was the finest in
Indiana. His salary was $500, but at
the same time the governor received
only 81, 800, which included;pay for
his private secretary. Beecher is re-
membered by members of his first con-
gregatiOn for his wit, popularity and
sociability and as lecturer to young
men.
'Some persons were inclined to be-
lieve that Mr.. Beecher was little too
exuberant and fond of fun," said a
member of the church. 81 remember
that it was said that at lawn party
he took off his coat and rolled down
hill. Once, in coming from Terre
Haute in a stage at night, he found an
elder of his church in the stage. He
disguised his voice and inquired what
people thought of Beecher's church
and about Beecher. All this was
done in pure fun.
Mr.. Beecher was 26 years old when
he came here, and remained for eight
years. InIS47 he left to go to Brook
lyn.-Chicago Chronicle.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-17
a CRAZY WOMAN.
Mrs. LucreJia Do5son Found Wand
cring The Streets of ST. Louis.

Mrs. Lucre1ia Dobson Found Wand.
cring The Streets of st. Louis
! About three weeks ago Mrs. Lucr4Gia
Dobsen cane 20 this city from St.
Louis. she came down on the steam
er IdiewilG by maiE torce-that is oi.y
; got on tine boat al ST. LOnis and told
the officers OF the boa. that she was
coming 10 Cape Girardeau. She had
10 money but when the officers told
!!t-.. she could not trGve. or the boat
wtthO"t paying her fare s1e defed
them 70 put her of. She came here
and spent about two weeks with friends
whO knew her when she was q girl.
Her friends here we're rot long in
! finding that there was something
was wrong with the woman ana b-liev-
ing ,harshe vas r!entailav unbalanced
th5y were not long ir gettisg rid OF
h@r. She returned to St. Louis. Mrs.
Dobson is the daughter OF John Col
ligaa VINO once resided in this city
and was IN the wool carGiLg business.
The'frie.ds OF the %oman il this city
We're right in their opinion about the
woman being crazy as will be seen
from the following which We clip from
the Glohe-Democrat of Thursday:
Mrs. Lacretia Dobson, supposed 70
be insane, was found yesterday wan
Gering in the vicinity of Tamm and
Loyd avenues. and taken to the City
Hospital by IA policeman, where she
was placed in the observation ward.
She said that she had been divorced
from her husband about two months
ago and since that time had nc fixed
place of abode. A messenger was
sent to inform her husband of the wo-
mans condition. He is salesman for
a commission house, and said that he
had 40 interest in her, having allowed
her to secure Il divorce without max
ing a contest, and since then had paid
her alimony. At times the woman
was taken with violent spells, when
she talked wildly of the persecution to
which she had been subjected by rel
atives, while at other times site ap-
peared perfectly rational. About )
O'Clock yesterday afternoon Ger sister
visited the hospital anG had her re-
moved to her home on Easton avenue.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-17
Two Lives saved.

Mrs. Phoebe, Thomas. of Junction
City. ILL.,. was told by her doctors she
had Consumption and that there was
no hope for her, but two bottles DR..
Kings New Discovery completely
cured her and she says ii saved her
life. Mr.. Thos. Eggers. 139 Florida
ST. San Francisco. suffered from a
dreadful cold, approaching Consump-
ton, tried without result everything
else then bought one bottle of DR..
Kings New Discovery and in two
weeks was cured. He is naturally
thankful. It is such results. of which
these are samples, that prove the Won
derful efficacy of this medicine in
Coughs and Colds. Free trialibottles
at Haman's drug store. Regular
size SOC. and S1.00.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-17
Eranklin's Loan.

We often learn by sad experience
that it is very urwise plan to give
money to the poor. 1t is much wise
either 10 loan or to require ,scme
slight return in work. This plan
tends TO raise the respect of the recip-
lent, rather than to form the easily ac-
quired habit of begging. In an old
English magazine we find the following
letter from DR.. Franklin to some un-
known beggar; it is amusing as we'll
as instructive:
april %, 17S4.-I send you here
with bill for ten Eouis-d 'or. l only
lend it to you. When you shall re
turn to your country you can not fail
of getting into some business that will
in time enable you to pay all your
debts. In that case when you meet
with another honest man in similar
distress, you must pay me by lending
this sum to him, eujoining him to dis
charge the debt by like operation
"HSH AO ohhil OC dDlC anu oHdIl hIOcb
With such another opportunity. hope
it may thus go through many hands
before it meets with knave to stop
its progress. This is trick of mine
for doing deal of good with q little
money. | am not rich enough to af-
ford much in good work, and so am
obliged to be earning and make the
most of little. .-Harper's Round
Table.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-17
"'Johny" and "Yank -

Every little while new story is
told which illustrates the nonchalant
way in which the soldiers of the Fed
eral and Confederate armies used to
| talk across the lines during the Civil
War. One of the grimmest speeches
that has ever been reported is told of
by correspondent who is relating
war "reminiscences in the Times Herald
of Chicago. During the days, he
says, when Sherman's army was op-
Grating in front of Atlanta. Hood s
Confederate command had been thrown
again and again upon Sherman's left
wing, only to be hurled back each
time torn and bleeding. One morning.
after this had been going on for sew
eral days, the outpost of the two
armies found themselves within talk
ing distance. and began 10 converse
as usual.
Hello. Johnny" said Federal
sergeant
Hello, Yank.''
How many of you rebs are there
left?''
Dunno, Yank. Bout another kill
in, I reckon!i
Who can doubt that this brave
American soldier of the south would
have marched TO the next ''killin ="
with perfect composure, even though
it had really finished Hoods com
maud.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-17
THE AlRSHIP.
what Rev. IrI Hicks Has TO say About

II.
I well. I am .tindeed greatly sur
prised 10 see hos densely igroranttht
majority OF TIE people seem to be il
regard to the workings OF the heaven
/ II bodies. Do think it is an air.
ship: Most emphatically' no. # the
night was not cloudy l would show
yUu tic 'airship, and it is none othei
than that beautiful and interesting
p.&aet Venus
TO begin with, all this hubbub =
entirely uacalled for, and if the peo,
Pie were properly posted as to the
movements of me different heavenly
bodies it would be different. Venus
viii he cut OF sight in the evening
time. Through the telescope at pres
eGt it has the appearance of cresen;
and mas horns proruGing frora the
sides Gf the planet. At the present
time it Is fast approaching the earth.
or overtaking il, and on the 2Sth of
April it will pass between the earth
and sun and then the airship Venus
will be- out of sight in the evening, and
about May 10 the airship Venus will
be beautiful, mysterious sight shGr;-
ly after sunrise. It did not appear
tonight because it was too cloudy.
However Venus plowed along at a
terrific rate just the same. The direc-
ton taken by the 'airship' is exactly
the path of Venus. which is in west
and northwesterly direction. L is
visible shortly after sundown. and
shoots away about $50. Now this is
in regard to Venus, and, according to
all the reports of the 'airship' or as
l am positive, Venus, it takes the
same course, SO there You have it I'll
in nutshell. This excitement and
sensation about an airship originated
in the mind of some wise sche ming
advertiser who started the thing by
bogus reports, and then. OF course.
people who never noticed the heaven
ly bodies commenced star gazing and
as consequence they could see moth
ing but airships, balloons, etc. The
schemers have worked it admira bly,
and when Venus disappears, they
will spring their game. Why l have
received hundreds Of letters from all
parts of the country for over a month
since Venus commenced to get near us,
about mysterious lights. and in the
April issue of Words and Work. Il
published an article explainin. the
wonderful apparition as being none
other than Venus. Some said il had
the appearance OF Il balloon with
electric light attachment and that the
light suddenly disappeared. Why.
it disappeared just as Venus
does regularly every night In clos
ing the Professor said he defed any
nan to dispute his statement that the
lirship exists only in the neimaginations
Of the people who saw it. and that
what they saw was and could be moth |
ng but Venus
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-17
-RTa9T Ar -aHia SzszloeMENT.
-tii-:.=c: inveEto:- .ts::s -. space at
the omaha Exposition.

O,IA11A. Me-. -Apl4i 1.-THE mys;
ter O. the airs;..p' which reputable
citizens OF naGy p!:.rcs say they have
seen. promises to be cleared within "a
few &d-s through the medium of the
.T,'r';.gs mississippi Exposition. Either
IL ;;.r-h,D 5 reality or Il stupen-
d9H, aoaX Is 10 be perpetrated on the
e&ro=i,-4a authorities IN tee first
mail Yesterday Secretary Wakefield
received letter dated at Omaha. The
letter uas signed -. c. Clinton"
a., .a;-3 d. ID. follows:
'',lv the Exposition Directors: My
Identity up 20 date has been unknown,
brr ! Till come 10 the front now
i. -. if you guarantee me $4,000
square feet of space. am the famous
airship constructor. ana will guaran-
tee you positively OF this iact in
week. The airship is my own .inven-
ton, and am an Omaha man. | wish
it 10 be held Is an Omaha invention.
1t will carry safely t"cnty people 10
Il heign. OF IRON 10000 to 2O.O00 feet
l truly believe have the greatert in
vention and discovery ever made.
viii see yo9 April Il. 1897, at the
h"adQ quarters.
The letter was written on ii sheet of
plain white paper, without printed
matter of any Kind which would throw
light upon the identity of the writer
He gave no address and his name
does not appear in the city directory.
The amount of space asked for by the
writer uf this letter is nearly thirty
five acres. The exposition authori-
ties are greatly interested in the
affair
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-17
Bradstreet's Report.

New YORK, April 10.-Bradstree ct 5
says: THE situation as a whole
shows no gain. Staple lines are only
fairly active. Overfows. washouts
and floods continue 10 do great dam
age in the Mississippi and Missouri
river valleys, through portion of
which general trade remains practi-
eally at stand still. Rainy weather,
extending from the Central Western
to the Northwestern spring wheat
states has rendered country roads
almost impossible. with the natural
effect upon business. As the region
threatened includes the richest portion
of the cotton belt, the prospects for
delay in planting a second time indi-
Gates the possibility of a heavy re-
ductien in acreage this yer.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-17
Officers ind Committees of the City

Officers and Committees of the City
Government.
E. F. Blomeyer, President pro tenn
of the Council.
George.E. Chappell, Clerk.
J. B. Nesmith. City Engineer.
W. S. Albert, Port Warden.
Valentine Fisher, Sexton.
]. F. Swepker, Auditor.
Fred Brunke, Street Commissioner
II. L. Hume, Gustav Stein and
Henry Vasterling, City Weighers.
D. A. Nichols, Assistant Marshal.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
WAYS AND MEANS.
w. G.. Polack, f. F. Blomeyer, G..
g. Kimmel.
c. S. Givens, J. T. Campbell, II. G..
Dempsey.
STREETS AND WHARVES.
J. T. Campbell, F. Unnerstall, Aug.
Ruesskamp.
JUDICIARY.
E. f. Blomeyer, G. G. Kimmel, c. S.
Givens.
BUILDING.
G. G. Kimnel, Aug. Ruesskamp. ].
7. Campbell.
PROPOSITIONS AND GRIEVANCES.
F. Unnerstall, H. G. Dempsey, w. G..
Polack.
CEMETERIES.
Aug. Ruesskamp, C. S. Givens, E.
F. Blomeyer.
WATER AND LIGHT.
II. G. Dempsey, w. G. Polack, F.
Unnerstall.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-17
Golden wedding.

One of the pleasant events OF last
week in this city was the golden an
niversary OF tae wedding OF MIR. and
Mrs. Daniel Fritz, which was cele-
DRAFTED on Saturday last AZ their neat
and comfortable home on Broadway.
Mr.. Fritz is Il native OF Pennsylvania
and ne sprang from that sturdy race
Of Germans who only settled in Penn
sylvania and who have done so much
to make that state great and prosper
GUS. He is now IS years old. Mrs.
Fritz, whose maiden name was Sarah
A. Lindsay, was also born in Penn
sylvania. She is now &c years old.
She was child OF Scorcn-Irlsn par
ents and her father and grand father
were prominent merchants il Phila-
delphia for many years. MIR. and
Mrs. Fritz inherited from their par
ents the national characteristics of
their Scotch and German nraces-strong
bodies, vigorous minds, honesty, in
dustry and habits of economy.
They were married on April 10th,
lS47, at Ornysburg, Schuylkill county,
Pennsylvania. by the Rev. Mr.. Moyes,
a celebrated preacher of his day, and
about 1850 they moved to Missouri,
and about 1859, came to Cape Girar-
deau, where their honorable and
useful lives are known to most of our
people. Their married lives have
been blessed with two children, ten
grandchildren and two great grand
children still living with enough OF
this worlds good to make them con-
tented and comfortable and now their
old age is blessed with the concious-
ness that their long lives have been
usefully and honorably spent and in
this there is to them rmore pleasure
than there would be in the possession
of great riches.
MIR. Fritz was q gala Mt UniOu sold
ier in the late war and spent several
months in Southern prison. He is
a faithful aud devoted member Of the
Baptist church and she is equally
faithful and devoted as member of
the Presbyterian church and they are
very popular among the members of
their respective churches, as was
shown by the great number of Bap-
tist and Presbyterian ladies who visit
ed them on their golden anniversary
ant left numerous articles of utility
and beauty as meIRentoes of the oc
casion.
1t was a great pleasure to theirmany
friends to be permitted to call on them
on the 50th anniversary oftheir happy
marriage with kindly gifts and kind
lier congratulations. They kept open
house all day Saturday from early
morning till late at night and receives.
aconstant stream of visitors giving TO
each and all warp welcome and oen:
erous hospitality and receiving the
best wishes of their many friends for
their continued health and happiness
and many returns of their anniver-
sary day. g
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-17
Old People,

Old people who require medicine to
regulate the bowels and kidneys will
find the true remedy in Electric Bitters.
This medicine does not stimulate and
contains no whislIey nor other intoxi.
cant, but acts as a tonic and altera-
tive. It acts mildly on the stomach
and bowels, adding strength and Civ
ingtone to the organs, thereby aiding
Nature in the performance OF the
functions. Electric Bitters is an ex-
cellent appetizer and aids digestion.
Old people find it just exactly what
they need. Price fifty cents per bottle
at Haman's drug store.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-17
Death of Charley porey.

Charley Borey died at his home in
this city Wednesday, April the 14th.
1897, aged 81 years, 10 months and 10
days. Mr.. Borey had been resident
of this city for nearly thirty years.
He was in the hotel and saloon busi-
ness up to the time of his death.
He was kind and clever man and
had large circle of friends.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-17
LOSING ALL HOPE.
Planters See No Prospects of a Crop
This year.

This year.
GREENyILLE, Mss, Apr. 14.-As has
been outlined in The Republic specials
from this point. conditions grow
steadily worse in the central parts OF
this locality. Two and one-half to
three inches day is the regular rise
of the backwater. To-day, when the
Weather Bureau report of rainfall
land river stages in the upper streams
was given out, the lasthope of making
"a crop was shattered in the breasts of
even the most saguine. The silence
and decision OF some leading plant
ers upon the question of Government
rations, which heretofore prevailed,
is now openly criticized and emphat-
ically condemned by those who fore
saw the final outcome.
The wateragainst the protection levee
here began rising again to-day and
the river itself remains stationary at
a dangerously high mark both above
and below. Many complaints have
been made to-day to the effect that
there should have been a prompt and
emphatic call for relief two weeks ago.
The situation is growing desperate in
the interior and thousands will almost
surely suffer before sufficient Govern
ment aid can be obtained. All records
have been broken and the worst re-
suits imaginable are going to follow
The only relief nQw possible for this
valley is the certainty of breaks below
Vicksburg in the Tenas basin.