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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-03-13
ABOUT ADJOURNMENT.
The Legislature May Quit In About
Three Weeks.

Three Weeks.
JEFFERSON CITY, No., March g.
1t 10 generally predicted that the Log
islature will be in session only about
three weeks lsnger. Sessions are be-
ing held night and day, and there 10 q
general disposition to finish up the
more important business pending and
go home. A majority Of this Legisla-
ture is COMPOSED of farmers, and they
realize that complaining and oats
sowing time will soon roll around,
and this makes them msomewhstanxlous
And then, again, many of the states
men are here without "Betsy and the
children" and their domestic tenden-
cies cause them to be tired Of remain
ing away from home. All of these
circumstances combine to bring about
adjournment at the earliest possible
moment. Speaker Farris and some of
the other leaders, however, will insist
on remaining in session long enough
to secure the passage of all the more
important bills. Two of the more i'm
portant bills yet pending in the House
are the Bohart anit-cOercion bill and
the Dunn street railway reduction bill.
All of the chief measures relating to
railroads have already passed the
House.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-03-13
Callers and Ofice-Seckers.

Ex-President Harrison gives most,
interesting pen picture of "a Day
with the President at His Desk'' in
the March Ladies' Home Journal. .
The article is unique, as being the
first written by President OF life Id
| the White House, and in describing
the routine of chief executive. a
feature that he treats with directness
relates to thePresident's Interruptions
from callers and office-seekers 1T
is Il rare good fortune" he writes,
''during the early months of an ad-
ministration if the President gets one
wholly uninterrupted hour at his desk
each day. The Presidents time is SO
broken into bits that he is often driven
to late night work, or to set up a desk
in his bed room when preparing a
message or other paper requiring un-
broken attention. Thoughtlessness
is the root of all this. Il only want
five minutes: and if he were the only
one it could be spared: but his double
is at his heels, and the urgent public
business is postponed or done at night
with a jaded mind. 1t may be said
that untimely visitors should be ex-
cluded, and so they should, but
thOughtfulness on their part would be
a cure without smart" Regarding
the office-seekers' persistency in hav-
ing personal interviews with the Pras-s
ident, General Harrison asserts that
they advance their cause but little II
at all. But the feeling that some
thing is or may be gained by per-
sOnal interview prevails, and for the
first year and half of an admins
tration the President spends from four
to six hours of each day talking
about things he Will not have to act
upon for months. while the things that
ought to be done presently are hart-
fully postponed.
''If the President could make up
and publish an appointed docket, and
notify all persons haviag anything to
say in a. particular case to draw near
on fixed day, it would result in 4
great saving of money to the appli-
cants, who could remain at home M
til summOned'to appear. No p4pess
should be received after the snb1,i<-
sion of the case, and motions for Il
rehearing and for new trial Should
be barred"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-03-13
Wheat Fields Washed Out.

CAIRO, ILL, March 10.-Hundreds
of acres of rich farming land in this
county are now under water. and a
rise of | foot will work untold de-
struction. A "Globe-Democrat" cor
respondent visited the submerged dis
trict to-day. which includes all the
bottom lands in the vicinity OF Beech
Ridge. In Dog Tooth Bend the farm
ers have all fled to high ground and
taken what corn and stock they could
save. In three or four places above
Beech Ridge the backwater from the
Ohio is running across to tee Mississ-
ippi. washing out fields of growing
wheat and fences. Az the Ohio is
much higher than the Mississippi the
current is very swift. All the wagon
roads leading from this city into the
country are now under wa.er. The
levees surrounding the drainage dis
trict lust north of this city have sus-
tanned no damage fromthe high water.
They protect 5000 acles OF farm and
garden land. The Big Four had a
washout above Mound City this morn
inc which has since been repaired.
The Illinois Central is unable to run
its trains over its Mound City branch
on account of the water.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-03-13
Why ne FAILED.
He Made Barrels Of Money, bus HIS
Name Was Not on All Tongues.
at 10 strange that ysu have ceased

He Made Barrels Of Money, bus HIS
Name Was Not on All Tongues.
"It 10 strange that ysu have ceased
to love me-"
Young Montague vandervssr's
voice failed.
The beautiful maiden who sat before
him droopsd her eyes under his ar
dent gazs, but she said not . word.
II was not that she could not say
something IL she had wanted 70. and
she knew that h. tnew II, hnt she was
merely Turing MIN on, says the San
Francisco Examiner"
Last year you to;;:1 Ine," pursued
Montague, with the air OF q man who
has something up. his sleeve, ''that II /
would make $500, 900 cut of my inyen-
tions you would marry me. Dou syou
remember?"
The exquisitely lovely creature thus
peremptsrily addressed murmured a
faint assent, in a voice as sweet as the
cooling of turtle dove.
Il have done it, pursued Mon
tague, hinging his arms aloft, a Ia
De Reske. Il invented that famous
combination self-shavsr and lawn
mewer: the automaticstyloheliograph,
the device for paying your carfare
without taking the hands out of your
mutf, the great interchangeable rainy
day dress and ball gown for lhe use
of female detectives and all these
things have made me rich and famous
and yet you refuse to"
The dream of beauty in the red plush
chair found her voice at last.
''Rich, yes, Montague: but not fa-
NOUS. There is but one road to fame
nov and you have missed it, l still
love you, but prefer to marry the
man whose fame is in every ones
mouth.
Monta que had heard that tone be-
fore. He knew the game was up.
''And this man." hegasped. What
has he
She rose like a queen.
He mas Invented bicycle WITH am
automatic skirt-adjuster.
Montague Vandeveer fed oa5 into.
the cold world. 1t was all that he,
could do.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-03-13
Mrs. Annie Cunningham.

The funeral services of Mrs. Annie
Cunningham were held at the Episco-
pal Church in this city Sunday. The
deceased was a member ofthis church.
1t is with painful regret that we
have to part with this dear friend,
but the messenger that pays his re-
spects to all alike has called her
home. and We must bow in humble
submission.
She is not dead, but gone to that
school.
Where she no longer needs your at
tention,
For Christ Himself doth rule.
Y FRIEND.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-03-13
Wanted IL Divorce

The following comes straight: At a
session OF the Circuit COurt in
Charleston. an Irish lady and her
husband, Mike, had some small disa-
greement and as customary divorce
followed, in which tine lady posed as
plaintiff. and her attorney drew up
IT, ,atition in le usual form. alledg-
iug cruelty and drunkenness, etc.
When the case came to trial, plaintiff
was being interogated by her attorney,
when the court, as they usually do,
took up the examination, and says:
Mrs McCarty, you alledge cruelty;
in what way was Pat cruel to you:
did he ever whip you?" ''Oh, no;
your honor, he wasn't big enough. "
s.INeii. about drunkenness: was he n
habitual drunkard?" ''Oh, no: he
only took an occasional nip" Well,
now says the irate Judge. after ex-
hausting all pertaining to plaintiffs
petition, ''you have proven nothing
which is alleged in your petition. On
whatground do youeXpect divorce. y
''Well'' she says, Judge, | did not
want to be harsh or mistreat Pat, but
| have me doubts about his being the
father of me last child. Poplar
Bluff Herald.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-03-13
ItNsv DO as Much for You.

Mr.. Fred Miller, Irving, ILL.,. writes
that he had Severe Kidney trouble
for many years, with severe pains in
his back and also that his bladder
was effected. He tried many so called
Kidney cures but with out any good
result. About a year ago he began
use of Electric Bitters and found relief
at once. Electric Bitters is especially
adapted to cure of all Kidney and
Liver troubles and often gives almost
instant relief. One trial will prove
our statement. Price only 30 cents
for large bottle. At W. {. Haman :
drug store
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-03-13
The Bible Verse That Mckinley
Kissed.

The Bible Verse That Mckinley
Kissed.
The verse of the Bible which the
new. President kissed is mentioned.
Possibly the opening to it and sel9c-
ton were accidental, but it is more
likely that it was q matter OF deliber-
ATE choice 4nU actIViI, co AZ iLl@h a',ui.
be. It would be especially appropri-
ate for each President to touch his
lips to the same verse, namely. Sol
emon's prayer forwisdom whenhe, too,
was on the threshold of the highest
office in the land. 1t runs thus:
Give me now wisdom and knowl-
edge, that | may GO out and come in
before this people. for who can judge
this thy people, that is so great:'
In all literature could be found no
sentiment more appropriate for the
occasion than that inaugural prayer,
and why not make it by the law Of
usage, in the way begun, a distinct
and constant feature of all our subse
quent presidential inaugurations?
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-03-13
BuckIen,s .Arnica saIve.

The best salvein the world for ef1s,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheuz1s
fever sores, letter, chapped hands
chilblains, corns, and all skin e7up
tins, and positively cures piles, or 40
pay required. 1t is guaranteed 70 xzrc
perfect satisfaction or money refunded
Price p cents per box. For sese s.
w. c.. Haman's. -
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-03-13
.nepubIican Committee Meeting.

The Republican County Central
Committee of Cape Girardeau county
will meet in Jackson on Friday, April
ID, to pass upon the applications OF
those aspiring for Government offices.
WILLIAM REGENHARDT, Chairman.
WILLIAM PAAR, Secretary.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-03-13
THEY ARE SAFE.
The Normal School is
Saved.

The eAnti.Normalites in the LeGisIa-
ture knocked Out.
JEFFERSON, CITY, No., March IL.
Tho Normal shools are safe. The
Hght in the Legislature ended to-day
in a complete victory for the Normals.
The fight was a hard one but when
the syas and nays were called there
were but forty-three members OF the
Legislature who had the courage to
go on record against the Normal
schools.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-12-07
Elegant Pullman Sleeping CNrs,

The Buckeye Route has placed
in service between the folio Ing
cities; Columbus and Toledo, Co.
lumhus and Chicago, Toledo snd
Washington, Columbus and BAi,t-
more. Some very elegant yAsh-
huled Pullman Perfected Sies pins
Cars which will run through BE-
tween the points named via ne
shortest line every day in the year.
The schedule of the trains carrying
these cars is arranged for ths soa-
venience of the Business Mas, ss-
nbling him to leave after sluos n
the days work and reach his tss.
tination in time for busInvss Asxt
day. Baggage checked thrssKh W
destination and every sonvssissss
accorded those travelling via Ne
Buckeye Route. For isrthsx Ia
formation call on Agents Cole al bss
Hooking Valley and Toledo hail.
way or address w. III. Fisher,H
Pass. q ticket agent Columbus, O,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-12-07
Alleged Gotham Dialect.

This contributor, however, is not
deaf to the dialect of the born New
Yorker. "The New York boy, city
born and bred, can be detected in &
moment by the peculiar way in
which he pronounces tho 'ur' sound
in such words as birth, bird,
earth and heard The
queer little twists that enter go
largely into tho language in marring
one of the cardinal sounds that com
pose it are thus expressed in Gotham
tongues: 'Ur-yith' is how a New
Yorker says 'earth;' hur-yid' for
heard, and 'mur-yid- der for 'mur-
der. Those OF us who were born in
New York have heard the public
schoolteacher insisting upon this
peculiar twist. Most of us, too, have
heard nice, careful little girls on
the way homo from school correct
ing careless companions by insist
ing that you mustn't say burd; you
must say it nicely, bur yid. "-Bos-
ton Journal.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-12-07

A gentleman who lived about 80
miles from London had been up to
town to a theater and was going
home by the midnight train.
1t was bitterly cold night, and
the ticket inspector who stood by
the train kept on stamping his feet
to keep them warm.
"You look cold" said the gentle
man as he came up. Won't you
take a nip of somethinga"
THANK you, sir, said the mai
gratefully.
"Then take a nip of this" hold
ing out the ticket, and the 2entle-
man got into the carriage cbuckling
over his little joke.
But he wasn't SO amused later on
when he found himself being swift
ly carried past his destination, the
inspector having put HIM into an
ordinary carriage instead of the slip
coach which stopped at his place.
He was landed 40 miles farther
on, on raw morning, with no pos
sibility of catching train home for
many hours, and his language was
most uncomplimentary.
But that was some one else's joke
Pearson s Weekly
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-12-07
HOmeseekers Excursions.

The season of the year has ar.
riv, d when Il trip to the South will
well repay the visitor. To accom-
modate residents of the North who
may wish to make the trip, either
for pleasure or with q view Of iocat.
ing, the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad Company will on the 6rss
and third Tuesdays Of Novembsr
aud Dece mbtr run excursions II.
points in Kentucky, Tennessee,
Alabama, MISSISSIPPI. Georgia and
Florida. Tickets will be good on
regular trains Of these dates, start
ing from Cincinnati, Louisville,
Evansville and st. Louis, will bt.
sold at about one fare for the roupl
trip, and will be good for return
within twenty-one days from date
Of sale. Tickets will allow st0r.
over AT different points on the souih
bound trip. II your local Nskes
agent cannot quote you rates FOR
these excursions write G. p. A..
more, General Passenger Agent,
Louisville, Ky.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-12-07
The OId song

or the grasshopper and Senator
Pfeffers whiskers, always end ed
tin Kansas" And while speaking
of * KanassJust remember the Home.
seekers Excursion to Kansas, Me-
braska, Iowa, Colorado, Dakota,
Minnesota and other points in the
west, to be run via the popular
Buckeye Route-Columbus, Hook
ing Valley & Toledo R'y-Septem-
ber 7th and 2lst, October 9Th and
10Th, November End and 10th, De-
cember 7th and 2lst, at The low
rate of one fare the round trip, plus
$500 Write for particulars to w.
Fl. Fisher, g. p. & T. Agent, Column
bus, Ohio. dec2i
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-12-07
Evenly Divided.

She had been scoldin9 him for
something like 20 minutes, but she
suddenly stopped to inquire:
What are you thinking about
nowf"
II was thinking that things are
pretty evenly divided in this world
after all, >" he replied.
"In what ways"
why, man can make more
noise than a woman when be tries,
but he has nothing like her ondur.
ance. "-Chicago Post.
Introducing Himself.
An English traveller coming to
Tabriz, town near the boundary
between Persia and Georgia, had
great difficulty in finding lodging
for the night. A German merchant
of the place came to his help with
happy result Aftor good deal Of
doubt and delay on the subject, 1t
was finally settled, toward evening,
that we should take up our abode
with HISTORIAN Christian who had
been employed as dragoman by sew
eral embassies going to Teheran,
and who was said to speak English.
We were greatly amused by our
future hosts manner of introducing
himself:
"You come with me, all right.
You know me7 Lazarus. Find me
John ri, in middle chapter; all mis-
sionary gentleman know me, all
right. Youth Companion.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-12-07
Hsu - Dry Films.

0soeSs l. Ainott says in the New
Yesk HAIL and Express: After
aiRss hs7s hssn developed. fixed and
put through the giycsrin bath, pro-
essd ~ iellows, take board about
a fsot wide and feet long (this is a
convenient lengthy and cover II with
heavy hlotting paper. Pin the films
by their corners square with the
board: stand board 30 that all sur
plus glycerin. ETC., will drain in one
direction-that is, toward the low
est corner of each film. AS fast as
drop Of water gathers, the blotter
will absorb it and even hasten the
drying 1t also prevents water from
one film running down over another
which has dried faster. All films
don't dry alike. For this reason
offer the above without claiming to
be tho originator. II any amateur
tries II and finds good thing, push
it along -
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-12-07
poaR Vaughan.

In speaking OF the late Dean
Vaughan OF Llandaff The World of
London says: MRS. Vaughan is
probably ths only person now hv-
Ing who could disclose the number
Of bishoygics which her husband re-
fused between 1855 and 1868. Lord
Fa}merston is said to have at one
time offered DR.. Vaughan every sec
which became vacant, and the queen
and the prince consort were most
anxious that he should accept a
bishopric, and so also were divines
OF such very different church views
as Archbishops Sumner, Longley
and Taft, Bishops Wilberforce, Ions
dale and Hamilton, and Deans Mil.
man, Wellesley and Stanley"
In Ireland IL belt of a woman a
hair is placed about child to keep
harm away, and garlic, salt, bread
and steak are put into the cradle OF
a newborn baby in Holland.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-12-07
Unlike the Rest of Them.

DR.. John W. Bulls Pills are q sover-
eign remedy; theya are notlike ordinary,
cathartic pills thas violently purge the
bowels, but they possess specific, cura-
tive powers, which stimulate the ston-
ach, liver, bowclsand kidpcys, giving
them vitality, ,tonea4d hcaithful action.
II have used Dr. Bulls Pills for liver,
kidney and stomach diseases, and
found that they are the best and surest
cure for these ailments. I keep DR..
Bulls Pills in the house year in and
out, and my wife can not praise them
enough. Otto Korschel, l40l w. Main
ST., Laporte, Ind" Dr.John w W.Bull's
Pills (sixty in a box) cost but rs cents;
trial box, 10 cents, at all dealers, Or by
mail. A. c. Meyer G. Co., Baltimore,
Nd. Beware Of limitations.
Sold by F. HARRINGTON, Whole
sale and Ret"ii Druggist
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-12-07
Some Plain Facts,

Grave errors, injustice, wrongs of
greater or less degree, arise from lack
of knowledge of the truth, and more
frequently from deception.
The most infamous case on record
of deception and injustice is the at
tempt to demonetize silver as a money
of final redemption in the United
States.
There is no learned judge, skilled
lawyer, or court Of justice that is
capable of reconciling the effort with
the constitutional laws that govern
the issue of money in this country.
The people have been deceived,
officials in power, chosen to admins
ter justice under the laws, have
ignored their sworn duty, and given
aid to the scheme that has paralyzed
industry, reduced property values
one-half, and beggared millions.
There is no authority Of law, either
specific or by inference, by which
gold alone is made the only money
With which to discharge debts, either
public or private. The effort to
make it so is unconstitutional and a
national calamity.
Plain and ample information, facts,
and truth, concerning this almost Sue
cessful scheme to corner the wealth
Of the people, is now being printed
IN the Cincinnati Enquirer, news
paper which the combined power of
money has failed to muzzle or buy.
The Weekly Enquirer is only 75c.
year. The address is
Enquirer Company, Cincinnati, q
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-12-07
FALL or rAroHEsr MONARCH.
aawins Down Giant Pine Tree In Min
uosota Foreat.

nasota Forest.
W. s. Harwood contributes "The
Story of a Pine Board" to st. Mich
elias. tracing the wood from the fall
Of the seed In the forest mold
Through all the processes Of lumber
ing sntn II emerges from the pnill
HHishsd board. Mr.. Hsrwood says:
I he'd my eye on q grand old pine
standing fittle away from any Of
his fellows, a monarch in tho forest.
II must have been 140 feet, perhaps
moro, from tho topmost point In it's
g1osey green ooronal down to tho
dead soldenrod In the snow at its
bare. n was about feet in diane
ter at fhe ground, so tall, 80 strong,
so straight, noble tree indeed, in
very truth king Of the forest. n
was the result Of the life which
dwelt IN the tiny black winged seed
which was lost to view more than q
century and half before
while 1 was admiring the splendid
proportions Of the tree three men
came toward me. One was bright
syed fellow. short Of stature ana
swarthg Of skin, looking like one Of
tfrs Chippewa Indians whose homo
this forest had boon for nobody
knows how many centuries. He
looked tho tree over, stepping to this
side and to that, eyed It critically
from various points Of view, and
thea with small, sharp ak cut
keen cash IN the trunk about foot
above tho eop of the dead goldenrod
IN the snow. Flo was an undercut-
ter, 4 man whose business II rs to
cut int the tree ON the side on
which u should fall, so that it may
not be broken In the fall or lodge In
The crotch Of another tree The cut
on the side Of the free is the guide
for the sawyers.
The other men, bearing big saw,
began cutting down the pine, saw
ing steadily and powerfully through
the fragrant yellowish white trunk.
Now and then tho undercuttcr
would step up to them to see how
they were progressing. When their
saw had passed the heart OF tho
pine, he placed small, bright steel
wedge in the path Of the saw and
drove II In.
Look out there nowT" came the
call OF the undercutter as he looked
in my direction.
made quick scramble through
The deep snow, nearly tumbling
over hidden ios and grabbing my
Nmera ~ won't ] had no intention
ef ss~ytnS IN the Immediate vicini-
~, for / haA seen trees like this fall
heforA sHa l knew 1t wss a risky
tht1s to stand hard by. The best
directed tree will sometimes veer a
LITTLE in IT'S fall, and WOO to tho ono
who stands below it. Many sn ex-
pcrieneed woodsman has been killed
Ia 5ust such a place; many one has
been caught and pinioncd, perhaps
to ercape with only broken legs or
rfhs. IN A second more tho noble
pine came crashing down through
the branches OF tho other trees, fall
ing upon tho frozen earth with a
uoiss which drowned all the other
noises OF the forest--a roar which
echoed and re-eohoed through the
hong, Dim aisles Of the forest like
tho booming Of some mighty cam
hsaedM