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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13
New Bak cry Firm.

Il. J. Martens, having purchased a
half interest in the Bakery business
of the Hanichen Bakery. will continue
the business at the old stand. The
business will be conducted under the
firm name OF Martens X Co. \ de-
livery wagon will make the daily
rounds as heretofore aud the firm will
do all in Its power to merit the trade
of the public. We would he pleased
TO retain all the Old customers and we
assure them We will treat them with
courtesy.
Those knowing themselves indebted
to the old firm will accommodate us by
calling and settling.
MARTENS * Co.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13
Ills SECRET OF .

John Wanamaker. the great Phila-
delphia merchant. said in Il recent in
terview: - never in my life used such
IL thing as ii poster or Il dodger or
handful. Ny plan for twenty years
has been to buy as much space in a
newspaper and fill it up as | wanted.
| would not give an ad in Il newspaper
of 900 circulation for 1000 dodgers or
posters. | deal directly with the pub
Usher. | say to him: How long will
YOU let me run ii column OF matter
through our paper for 500 or 500
a. the ease may be-" [ let him do the
figuring. and if | think he Is not try
inc to take more than his share | give
him the copy. | lay aside the profit
on Il particular line of goods !OI ad-
vertising purposes. At first | laid
aside $1,000: last ycarI laid aside and
/ spent $40, 600. | have done better this
year and shall increase that sum as
the profits warrant. | owe my success
to newspapers and to them freely
give Il certain profit OF my yearly
hu>.IeSs.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13

a man in Gainesville, Ga, Rev.
Sam Jones town !, has purchased the
gallows on which a man was hanged
and built a hennery of the lumber.
He has never had a chicken stolen
from it, and it is said that the colored
brother won't go within a block of it
if he can possibly avoid doing so.
We'd like to know if Brother Jones
put hat fellow on to the gallows
racket FIX.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13
List of Mail Matter

Remaining uncalled for in the post ONCE Of
Cape Girardesu, county of Cape Girardesu,
State OF Missouri, for the week ending
November 8, 1887.
Bledsoe, VIM E. (2l Forest, Mrs. Bell (2)
Himmelberger, Jno w Hans, Miss Laura
H8rvay, Orb (2J Kelly, Mr.. Pet
Louis, Elizabeth Mayos, John A.
Murray, L. W. Metz, /. J.
Munger, Mrs. Mary S. Mider, Elmer
Mccarthy, Patrick Rolly, Osker
Seabaagh, Matilda Thompson, VIM
Nilom, Don W%etinRer, Miss Minnie
Whitney, Miss Lizzie
Persons calling for any of the above letters
will please say Advertised" giving date OF
the list. If not called for within two weeks
they will be sent to the Dead Letter ONCE al
Washington City. W. V. LEIGH p. VI.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13

Iowa railway companies must pro-
vide all their rolling stock with safety
automatic brakes and safety couplers
not later than January l, 1898, or be
held in contempt OF a law passed by
the last General Assembly. This re-
ouiremeut. long the subject OF agita-
ton. was made by the Legislature
without the extension of time to 1900
hat was in the minds of some. The
24th General Assembly passed a law
giving the Railroad Commissioners
authority to extend the time to 1900 if
they thought such action necessary,
but he extension aid not get into the
law. Heavy penalties are attached to
violations of the statute.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13

1t is a common idea. frequently eX
pressed, that anyone a run L news
p When pat 70 The test. how
ever. the folly of the assertion is es-
tablished. The Prison Mirror, a paper
published in the Minnesota State Pris-
on, at saltwater, has come TO grief
owing to the fact that the institution
does not contain either Il printer or a
newspape man. Preachers, lawyers,
doctors, bankers, farmers, merchants
and representatives are there, but nc
one who can run Il newspaper.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13

The Illinois Central Railroad Com
pany has purchased the Gale farm
about two miles above Thebes, Hi
nois, paying for it the sum Of IS, O43.
The ueeds were filed for record at
Cairo last Tuesday. The Illinois
Central seems to be preparing to give
Col. Fordyce a hypodermic injection
Of head-off cunning rivals.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13

The new editor of the scott County
Democrat. or somebody near his ell
bow, ncn Ink" '.a"ry O'Bryan. We
don't know what the trouble is. but it
seems 10 Us the attack on Judge
O'Bryan in the coiHmns OF the Demo-
crat was unca!lcd for
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13

That old sinner who has the cheek
to draw a pension from Uncle Sam for
being drafted in the army will learn
after a while that he is sure enough a
crank and a fraud. The editor of the
DEMOCRAT don't want an Office, and
if he did want Office he would not &C
cept office on the vote of a man who
makes his living fooling people who
are afflicted with the toothache and
drawing a pension from Uncle Sam
for being drafted in toe army.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13

If the counties composing the 22d
Judicial Circuit can't lind 4 a ON
petcnt for Circuit Judge Cape Cir
ardeau county III supply a man, We
keep an assortment of statesmen on
hand up here to ill most any Office in
the gift of the people.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13

The race for The Circuit Judgeship
in the 22d Judicial Circuit will be red
hot next year. There will De five or
six candidates before the convention.
The campaign mas opened out there
already and two candidates have an
nounced themselves in the newspapers.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13
Iiallard's snow Linement.

If you have a terrible pain in the
small of the back. get 4 bottle OF
Snow Linement. 1t will positively
cure it and at once. Try it and rec
omend it 70 your friends. Sold at
Wilson's drug store.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13
Now is the Time to
buy a Lot
AT HAYTI, MO.

1t is the most central town in Penn
iscot county. 1t is the most accessi-
Bile, as all roads lead to Hayti. 1t is
sure to be the county seat. 1t is back
from the river. 1t is above water
even should the levees break. 1t is a
huStling town
New enterprises now being started
at Hayti: y large stave and heading
mill: the largest cotton gin in Penis
cot county; a new bank: an electric
light plant.
I have 10 choice jOts that | will sell
for cash or on time.
w. E. TALLEY,
Hayti, Mo.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13

1t is a little early to begin to talk
about the next campaign, but in this
county candidates are already talk
ing. \ whole host of Democrats will
want offices in this county next year.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13

The enerprising business men OF
Poplar Bluff are making an effort to
get a window screen and door factory
established in Poplar Bluff. They are
raising bonus by private subscription
and they have nearly enough money
subscribed. There are some enter
prising people in Poplar Bluff.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13

Publishers should be careful with
the firm of H. T.. Bucklen x Co.,
Chicago, Ills. They do not pay their
bills. They won't even take the time
to answer a publishers letter when he
writes to them to remit. The DEMO
Graf has placed them on its S. a.
books
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13

YOU ought to know that when suf-
fering from any kidney trouble that a
safe, sure remedy is Foley's Kidney
Cure. Guaranteed ormoney refunded.
W. H. Coerver, druggist.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13
General Superintendent Peck passc,

General Superintendent Peck passed
up on the 5:4J p. NJ. passenger on
Thursday in his private ar. He and
Superintendent Hardy spent Il coupe
o. days this week in company With
the Cotton Belt officials in court at
.3eUton. NO. trying 70 settle with Hon.
Louis Houck FOR the right of way from
Delta east 70 the Mississippi River.
Houck has bought al! the land and
seems % have cut them off until they
pay sl50, 000 spot cash for the right OF
way.-DcSQtO Press.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13

If reports are true Judge Bland
of the St. Louis CourtOf Appeals paid
quite IA large SUM of his good money
for the Office ne now holds.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13

The flowing decision of the SUI
preme Court may be of interest to
business men: No town or city has
a right to give a man a license or per-
nit to sell any ware or merchandise
on the streets in front of the property
Of another person. The street in
front of a mans place of bus ness Is
held to be an appurtenance 10 the lot
on which his store is erected, and for
his business against all others, ex-
.cep: on!y the right To travel thereon"
Tx.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13
y short sad story.

y Cold.
Neglect.
Pneumonia.
Grief.
Had Foley's Honey and Tar beeu
used, this story would have had a
happier ending.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13

The Democrats carried Nebraska
and they also carried the price of
wheat down to SO cents per bushel.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13

Directory Of the Principal Business Houses
The following is published daily for the
benefit of travelling statesmen, strangers and
the public generally. 1t annot fail to prove
of interest to all who intend transacting bust
ness in Cape Girardeau.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-05-06

JAS. Jones Of the drug firm OF Jones
4 CO. Cowden, HI, in speaking Of Or.
King New Discovery says that last
winter his wife was attacked with la
grippe and her case grew so serious
that physicians at Cowden and Pana
could do nothing for her. 1t seemed
to develop into hasty consumption.
Having DR.. Kings New Discovery in
store and selling lots OF it he took a
bottle home and to the surprise Of all
she began to get better from first dose
and half a dozen bottles cured her
sound and well. DR.. Kings New
Discovery for consumption, colds and
coughs is guaranteed to do this good
work. Try it. Free trial bottles at
Benefits drug store.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-05-06
Rheumatism Cured in a Day.

cystic Cure for rhe umatism and
neuralgia radically cures in one to
three days. Its action upon the sys-
tenn is remarkable and mysterious,
1t removes at once the cause and the
disease Immediately disappears. The
first dose greatly benefits. IS cents,
Sold by j. T Bennett ami Stone &
Hassell, druggists, Lancaster, Wis.
7 +. Anthony, Ex-Postmaster OF
Promise City. Iowa, says: y bought
one bottle of ystic Cure fer Ri eu-
matism, and two doses of it did me
more good than any other medicine
/ ever took. Sold bv j. T. Bennett
aud Stone ard Hassell druggists.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-05-06

Real auestion at Isaue.

He was pressing, but she hesitated.
She had had some experience and was
Inclined to be cautious.
You VIII be mine!" he exclaimed.
Say you will consent to make me the
happiest of mortals!"
She thought it sounded a good deal
as if it had been memorized from love
story, but she let that pass.
Can we afford to marry?" she asked.
lie looked startled.
I'm sure 1 don't know, !" he answered.
''Iow is your father fixed ?"-Chicago
Post.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-05-06
Tnousanas OF EIk Starving.

Cheyenne, Wyo., April 2G.-According
10 State Game Commissioner Schnitzer
$4,000 head Of elk are suffering from ?.
famine in Jackson's Hole, south of Vel
lowstone park. His deputy in that dis
trlct says that 5000 head of calf eIks and
about 400 grown animals of the entire
lot wintering there have already died
Of starvation.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-05-06

Cairo, IL. April ga severe earth
quake shock was felt here al exactly
ten o'clock Sunday night. II consisted
Of two distinct jars moving from the
west and lasted about 20 seconds. The
largest structures were shaken with a
swaying motion, and people rushed in
terror to the streets. No damage has
been reported
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-05-06
Episcopal Convention for milwaukee.

Milwaukee, April 26.-The annua
convention of the missionary counci
of the Episcopal church of the United
States win be held in Milwaukee, com
mencing Tuesday. October 10.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-05-06
Can. for Special Election,

Springfield, H., April 26.-Gov. Tan
ner has issued proclamation calling
for special election to be held in the
counties of Mclean, DuPage and De-
Kalb for county judges to fill vacancies.
Elections 10 be held June Z
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-05-06
weI-hnovyn Lawyer Dead.

Holiday burg, Pa, April 26.-Hon.
Augustus S. Lands, the distinguished
central Pennsylvania lawyer, died at
his home here Sunday of heart trouble,
aged 90 years
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-05-06

Badness is either hereditary or
caused by sickness. mental eNhaus-
ton. wearing tight-titting hats, and
by overwork and trouble.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-05-06
Cured by Baeo.Curo and Gained Thirt
Pounds

From hundreds OF testimonials, the
originals of which are on file and open
to inspection, the following is pre-
sented:
claytor, Nevada Co. Ark, Jan as. 1895.
EureG "a Chemicals Mfg Co. La Crosse
tobacco in all its forms. For TWENTY-FIVE
wears of that time l was a great sufferer
lrom general debility and heart disease.
For fifteen years tried to quit but / could
rot. l took various remedies among others
No-To-Bac," the Indian Tobacco Antidote y
Double Chloride of Gold etc. etc but none
Of them did me the least bit of good Fin
ally. however. l purchased a box of your
Baco-Curo" and it has entirely cured me
OF the habit in all its forms and / have in
creased thirty pounds in weight and am re
leaved from all the numerous aches and
pains OF body and mind. Icould write a
quire OF paper upon my changed feelings
and condition
Yours respectfully, P. II. MARBURY
Pastor G. p. Church CLAYTON Ark
Sold by all druggists at 81 90 per
box; three boxes (thirty days treat
menD $3.50 with iron-clad written
guarantee or sent direct upon receipt
of price. Write for booklet and
pre- is, Eureka Chemical & fg. Co.
La( sse, Wis and Boston, Mass,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-05-06
Delinquent Tax Sale

tOFFICIAL}
STATE or WISCONSIN
COUNTY OF GRANT
Treasurer once Grant County. Wis
Lancaster. AprilI4 1857
Notice is hereby given to al whom it may
concern. that viii on the third Tuesday.
being the
Eighteenth day OF Nay, 1871
at the county treasurer ONCE in Lancaster
the county seat OF said county, between the
hours OF O'Clock a. m and clock p N. OF
said day and the next succeeding days there
after sell al public auction or 50 much Of
each Of the following described tracts Of
land. and town. village and city lotssituated
in Grant county, as may be necessary fer the
payment OF taxes. interest. costs and charges
thereon for the year 1895 which may remain
due and unpaid on the third Tuesday OF May
1897
LAMENTATIONS { east. ne northeast, sc
southeast " west NV northwest, sw south
west q north. south, com commencing,
bg beginning. m running. acres DIX DioCk.
fl feet ks links, chs chains al addition
prt part adj adjoining ex except, und undi-
yided. cor corner. frac fractional. bd bound
ed. tn thence.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-05-06

Borts Adaiuon % Csu ofIancaster
.a cat u side
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-05-06
VILLAGE OF LAFAYETTE. T >. r.
TOWN4 !. RANQE 3 LANCAsTER.
TOWN 5 RANGE 3, LANCASTER.
rnMNI RANaEA CITY IA IANrAsrER-

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The Mena weekly star., 1897-09-22
-7--77-777-77--7777-77777-7-7 Coal Period Trees.

The approach from the south to La Grange, Ala, is marked by the fine view into the valley of the Tennessee river. 300 or 400 feet below, which 1t presents, and by the masses of sand stone lying around the village, where it has been precipitated from the cliffs above by the wearing away of the lime stone under them But the most inter esting and remarkable feature of the locality, says Henry McCalley in his geological report of the valley region, and the one for which La Grange will always be distinguished, is the profu- sion of the remains of fossil plants. Nowhere can one gain better ideas of the magnificence of the flora of the coal period than at this place. Trunks of lepidodendron two or three feet In di- ameter lie buried and protruding from the debris of the sandstone. These trunks have in general preserved their form and are not at all compressed, whereby they show that they stood erect in the beds that inclosed them. Although stripped of their bark, the scars are plainly impressed on their surface.--Popular Science Monthly.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-09-22
PERSONAL AND iMPERsoNAL.

There are at present living Il cx- governors of Vermont, including the venerable war governor, Frederick Hol- brook
 --Rammin, the originator of the Moor ish palace at the worlds fair of Chica~ go, committed suicide in the forest of Keopemek, near Berlin, not long ago.
 Miss Mary Abraham, recently ap- pointed superintendent of factory in- spectors in England, is q very beautiful woman of the most refined Jewish type. She was formerly private sseretary to Lady Dillxe.
 Queen Amalie of Portugal has been devoting much of her time to an at- tempt to discover an anti-fat pill, in order to stay the tendency to extreme corpulence which has been threatening to disfgure her husband.
 Miss Marie Barbara Senn was the first girl born in her home town of En- tefprise, Kan. She is of Swiss parent age. At presenet she has charge of the department of domestic science in the North Dakota agricultural college at Fargo.
 --Some time ago the supreme court of Ohio decided that Miss Nellie c. Robin son, lawyer of Cincinnati, could not be appointed notary public. She has now applied to the supreme court of the United States for a decision on the question, and the case will be consid- cred by Justice Harlan.
 Miss Winnie Simpson, of Garfield, Wash, makes quite snug amount of pin money by shooting squirrels. She handles gun to better effect than many of the men of that region, her average being 30 squirrels day. She has also distinguished herself lately by winning the first prize in an oratorical contest open to both sexes.
 III. A. Latimer, an amateur pho tcgrapher Of Boston, has just heard that eight of the pictures submitted by him to the international salon compe- tition of the Belgian Photographic so- ciety of Brussels have been accepted. One of the eight will be included in the edition de luxe album of 2s pictures selected from 23o0 submitted from all countries
The Mena weekly star., 1897-09-22
Nh Inve fin HandeI.

In Handel's life alone the tender pas sion appears to have had no place. He has been accused, and that on no sub stantial authority, of but one affaire du occur, and, if the story be authentic, it would seem that most of the senti- rnent and all the suffering were on the lady's side. Even us youth he had made up his mind to have no mistress but music. for it is recorded of him that. having journeyed to Lubeck to compete for the post of public organist, he unhesitatingly refused to enter the lists as soon as he learned that the sue cessful competitor was expected to take the retiring organist's daughter towife. Doubtless it was at least as fortunate for Fraulein Buxtehude as for himself that he declined rivalry in which he sssss likely to succeed. - Rlackwood B Magazine.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-09-22
ELECTING A PRESIDENT.
How the Electors Fill the Two Highest
 Ofices In the Land.

OIHces III tne tsanu.
 The aggregate number of electors this year will be AT, of which a ma iority is 224. These are divided as fol- lows: Alabama, II; Arkansas, 8; Cali fornia, Q; Colorado, 4; Connecticut, 6 {; Delaware, g. Florida, 1; Georgia, 13; Idaho, 3; Illinois, 24; Indiana, IS; Iowa, 13; Kansas, 10; Kentucky, B; Louisi- ann, 8; Maine, G; Maryland, &; Massa- chusetts, 15; Michigan, IA; Minnesota, 3; Mississippi, 9; Missouri, IT; Mon tana, 2; Nebraska, & Nevada. 3; New Hampshire, 4; New Jersey, 10; New York, 36; North Carolina, II; North -<alxota, 3; Ohio, 23; Oregon, 4; Pennsylvania, 32; Rhode Is- land. 4 South Carolina, Q; South Dako- ta, 4; Tennessee, 12; Texas, IS; Utah. 3; Vermont, 4; Virginia, 12; Washing ton, A. West Virginia, 6; Wisconsin, 12, and Wyoming, 3. The territories and the District of Columbia, which have representation in the nominating con ventions of both parties, have no voice in the electoral college. The electors of each state meet at the capital of the state lon the first Wednesday in Decem Der in the year in which they are ap- pointed" and east the vote of the state for the candidate of the party by which they were elected. In case no candidate receives q majority of all the electors the house of representatives shall elect. the vote being taken by states, each state casting one vote.
 When the electors meet in their re- spective states and cast their ballots for president and vice president, "they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as president and of all persons voted for as vice president, and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify and transmit sealed to the seat Of the government of the United States, directed to the president of the senate" On the sec ond Wednesday in February succeeding the meeting of the electors in the sev- eral states congress shall, in joint ses- sion in the hall of representatives, the president of the senate presiding, open the certificates, count the votes and de- clare the result, If either candidate shall have majority. In the event that neither candidate has been elected the house of representatives elects the presi- dent, being limited to the three candi- dates having received the highest vote of electors, and the senate elects the vice president, a majority of the whole number being necessary to choice.- Chicago Times-Herald.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-09-22
Moi a wtne propo-ttfon.

Prosperous Manufacturers think 1t would be we'll for us to do something for our employees to prove to them that we appreciate their services How would it do to give them a wine SUD- per?
 Associate--Tm afraid 1t wouldn't do at all.
 "Nhy not ?"
 We would have our hands full''- Up-to-Date.