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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-18
MY WIFE AND I.

Hy wife and I, In the April weather
Turned from the parsons parting worn.
anu our hearts were as light as the downy
feather "N
That falls from the wing ~ -
bird.
And all our songs died out in laughter.
ana every sound into cadences fell
around our pathway, followed after
by lingering echoes musical.
tain ~
Future concealed each sob and SIGH
email time had we for lifting the curtain
In search OF sorrow-my wife and
an Ine sunny days of the summer weather
we toned onward hand in hand.
And In Efe's fallow-feIds together
Wrought at the duties we had MANNED
And children came unto us, leaving
Levels OF Joy around US strewn
by their little hands, so busily weaving
Ihe thread of their lives into our own.
"hat cared We II the blue and the splen-
OF heaven were hidden by clouds in the
sky?
For love had eyes hat were blue and ten
der,
And heaven enough for my wife and I.
In the days Of the mellow autumn weather.
Wnen fields and skies were growing gray,
We still Jared on. Indifferent whether
Inc END was near, or far away.
Our children now were men and women.
And round us. in ripened clusters. hung
Fruits of the faith that blossomed. dim in
The distant days when we were young.
Old hopes that had run the way before us
Stumbled and fell, and we passed them by
For the grasp Of the new ones, bending Ger
US
And reckoning onward my wife and 1.
And now we lave reached the winter
weather,
When nights are long and DAYS are cold.
The snow lies white on hill and heather;
And we are feeble and faint and old.
And so she nestles a little closer,
Holding me fast with a strange caress.
And l am content in the faith that shows
her
Regions of infinite happiness.
Out of the future voices call u.s.
Out of the past there comes a cry!
When will the present cease to enthralI us
AND throne US forever, my wife and 1?
o love that laughs at wind and weather!
o faith that fills all time and space!
Ye are the links that bind together
The rarest virtues of the race!
In your domain youth is immortal;
For through the wrinkles time hath run,
We see, just passing loves glad portal,
The same sweet face we wooed and won.
And all your paths lead up, till even
Before the end they reach so high
TITS only a step to the bliss of Heaven
From the bliss of earth for my wife and L.
ALFRED Ellison, in Chicago Record.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-18
irg winter they would not have come

irg winter they would not have come
oct.
These men are in earnest. They
know what they are talking about.
These warnings. too. they asked the
correspondent to write before they
knew half the story of the insane rush
to Dawson City.
When they reached Dutch Harbor on
their return and secured a few scatter
ins papers of late dates, the latest Au-
gust 5. the one topic of conversation
was what the situation would be at
Dawson and in the Yukon this winter.
When the Excelsior arrived at St.
MIchael's with her load of one hundred
and thirty-odd people and the miners
heard that the Cleveland would bring
15U more they talked strongly then.
They said that many people were going
in and that supplies could not possibly
hold out during the winter.
After leaving Dutch Harbor the par
tiaI extent of the rush dawned upon
them.
My God" said one man to the cor
respondent, what are they thinking
of? Are people crazy? There will b.
terrible, horrible times on the Yukon
next winter. Starvation will stare them
in the face long before spring"
From his w personal investigation
at St. Michael's the New York Worlds
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-18
HUNDREDS MAY a R
Gold Is Plentiful, Food Is Scarce,
in the Klondike.
-stop the Crazy Rush to the Gold
Fields" Ii the Cry of Returning
Miners "A Dishwasher's
Lucky Strike.

The treasure ship Portland which ar
rived at Seattle, WASH, recently brought
Sct only Ss5o,OOO in gold nuggets. but
alse a crowd of hardy miners who were
unanimous in advising g~old-seekers to
stay away from Alaska until next sea-
sen. One of them went so far as to say:
Warn people to stay out of Yukon
this year! Tell them it means starva-
tion! Telegraph to every paper in the
country that people will starve there if
more people go in!"
These warnings were repeated time
and time again by each and every one
of the Yukon miners who returned on
til. Portland. More than this, several
of these have frankly stated that had
they not realized there would not be
sufficient supplies in there for the COM
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-18

the other diggings are within 30 miles
of the town.
But it Is more than doubtful whether
these earnest and sincere warnings will
carry any weight with the gold-seek-
ing multitude now on the way to the
Klondike. In spite Of all protest, official
and private. hundreds of men. and
women too. are willing to brave the
dangers of an Arctic winter for the sake
of being the first on the field next
spring. They are possessed by the greed
for goid-a disease for which the medi-
cal fraternity. from Hippocrates down.
has not yet discovered a cur
The stories Of lucky strikes are more
potent than sober admonitions; and
one of the most romantic of these
stories was told the other day by Clara
Wilson, of Denver. Col, who went to a
little mining camp south of Circle City,
Alaska, a year and a half ago to serve
as cook for a number Of miners.
Miss Wilson does not have to wash
dishes for a living now. neither Is she
one Of the deserted ones in the presence
of other women. She is not a handsome
young woman as personal appearance
goes, but she is now the possessor of
that which makes her the loajstone
where eligible young men are present
and would afford her an opportunity
of taking her pick in ordinary COM
pany. In other words. the dishwasher,
Clara Wilson. returns to the United
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-18
WILLING TO WAIT.
Singular Exhibition of P~oIIteness
Witnessed in n Dentists Office.

Witnessed IN u DentfstS OHce.
1t was in the dentists office. Three
women, two girls and a man were in
the waiting-room, with uneasy express
sions on their faces. One of the girls
held her hand to her face, and was COM
forted by a companion. The man sat
grim as a sphinx. The women were ST.
lently m%ournful. In the front room
the dentist was working on a patient.
Yowls of Il more or less subdued char
acter issued at intervals from the spot
where he was plying his Jimmy" and
'ice tongs" and the women shivered and
looked toward the door. The girl with
the swollen jaw said to her companion:
"Oh, 1 do wish he would hurry up"
One of the women said to another of
her fellow-sufferers: Isn't it strange
that a person has to wait so long in a
dentists ~office?" The answer was:
ats perfectly terrible, amt it,"
Suddenly there was a louder howl
from the front room than usual. Just
then the Office door opened and a young
fellow came in with his hand to his jaw.
He took a seat among the mourners and
waited. In a few seconds the dentist
came out in the waiting-room and said
with a baleful smile: "Who is next?"
The man pointed to the women with
heroic politeness. The women indi-
Gated the girl with the swollen jaw.
Just then the author of the heartrend-
ing yowls from the front room made
her appearance. She was red-eyed,
and touzly as to hair. She had been
weeping. The waiting girl with the
swelled jaw turned to the young fellow
who had just come in and said:
Il guess you may take my turn for a
little"
The young man arose, and, with a
gesture betokening the courage of de-
spair, entered the lions den.-Chicago
Chronicle.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-18

he fulfills his contract with the man
who worked on the trail.
The first letter mail to be dispatched
from this country to the Klondike re-
gion under the new reciprocal arrange
ment with Canada, effected by estab-
fishing an international exchange be-
tween Dyea, Alaska, and Dawson City,
will be forwarded from Seattle by .
steamer leaving there September II.
From that time forward letter mail
will go over the new service regularly
once a month. The last opportunity
to send newspapers and reading mate
rial generally into the gold region until
next spring was afforded by the paper
mall" the last of the season. which was
forwarded by steamer leaving SsaS
Francisco September S.
A bit of good news for the miners has
just been bulletined by the Moth
American Trading and Transportation
company. It is to the effect that a full
quartz mill sent by them into the Klon.
dixie country had arrived at its destins
ton in excellent condition.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-18

States the multi-mflIionairess, Mies
Wilson, and all through her W efforts-
Miss Wilson was educated in the
public schools at Scranton. Pa, but her
parents moved to the western country
before she had an opportunity to get
above the grammar grades. At that
time her father had considerable
means, but he exhausted it in an en-
deavor to locate gold in Colorado and
California. Miss Wilson was 16 years
old when her father died and at once
determined to make her own way in the
world. She wen to Seattle and found
employment as a domestic on a steamer
bound for Alaska. She found her way
to Circle City and became the cook and
general housemaid for q number Of
miners.
Miss Wilson was not satisfied with
this kind Of a life. She had had some
experience in mining while accompany
ing her father on his pilgrimages and
she crossed lots" in Alaska on her own
account. The result was that she To-
Gated a copper mine which is now being
worked and which is said to be panuing
out as prolifically as any of the gold
mines that are making the Klondike
fields famous. Miss Wilson had no
sooner staked her claim than her pos
session was disputed by a number Of
men, but besides mining she had
learned from her father how to use
rifle and revolver and for days she sat
the sole guardian OF her claim.
Her possession was finally recognized
and several of the men who disputed
her right of occupancy are now work
ing with or for her, and it is estimated
that she is not worth less than 81. o00.-
600. The young oma said recently:.
II was in Chicago five years ago after
father died. Then | was a COM
monp!ace restaurant waiter or dish
washer and no one cared for me. NowI
am worth perhaps $4,000 600 in money,
and am being constantly followed by
young men of good families who would
be glad to take a wife. | might as well
say now that am not marrying at this
time. l do o know when l shall go
back to Alaska. l may never go back,
for l don't mind saying that l have had
an abundance of the kind of living they
have in that country. My mother and
l can live now wherever we see fit. andI
want to tell you that we shall not have
our rooms facing in alleys, as we have
been compelled to since father died.
"The copper mine in which 1 am the
principal owner was all my W find.
The funniest part Is that 1 found it less
than a quarter of a mile from where We
making u headquarters. There
indications that others had dis
covered the presence of copper ahead
of me. but the gold fever must have had
full possession of them because they
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-18
THEIR IDEALS.
eesSSsSsssss&
Characters: A pretty girl and a nice fell

Characters: A pretty girl and a nice fel
Scene: The grounds of the Crystal Pal
ace; a shady walk just outside the glow
lights where the ban is playing.
Time: A summer evening.
TIE-Shall we sit here? It's out o.
the crowd, and we can heal a bir
OF the music.
Shelf you like. You'll find it dull
(They sit DOWN.
He-Why should 1? Do you NEAR
you won't talk?
She-O dear no! ALWAYS do. Ican't
help it, you know.
He-We all like to do what we dc
well, naturally.
She-That is why you choose to be
sarcastic.
He-I see you mean to quarrel. Now
we shan't be
She Cpetulantly)-For goodness sake,
don't!
He-"Dull," 1 was going to say-'pon
my honor.
She (sarcastically)-I didn't think
you had so much humor. Pray don't
exhaust all your stock on me.
He (airily)-I can afford to. 1 can
use it all over again when l get a SYM
pathetic audience, you know
She drawing lines on the gravel with
her parasol)-Such as Bessie Newton.
He-Yes, Bessie would do nicely. (She
losses her head.) Though l don't know
that she's exactly my sort.
She-Was hat why you paid her so
much attention last night?
He Cbitterly)-Did L? 1 should have
thought that you were too much en-
crossed with Capt Bland to have no
ticed.
She (enthusiastically)-O, you've no
idea how interesting he is. He told me
all about India and all sorts of places.
It was quite like Kipling!
Helm! 1 didn't know kipling was
exactly the thing for ladies. (Twirls
his mustache savagely.)
She-I think he is charming.
He-Which?
She-Kipling, Of course; but 1 meant
Capt. Bland. (Thoughtfully) But
[ don't know that he's exactly my ideal.
He (eagerly)-I should like o know
who is.
She-He's some abstract person at
present-my ideal. 1 don't suppose 1
shall ever come across him. (Sighs.)
He-What would he be like?
She-Well, 1 can't describe him pre-
cisely; but he'd certainly be fair
light hair and mustache and blue eyes.
fHe was dark.)
He-Uml He'd look rather woman
hh, wouldn't he?
She-O, dear no! He'd have to be big
and tall-about six feet two. (He was
Eve feet nine.)
He-Haudsome, Of course?
She-Well, not exactly. Big. irregu-
ar features and very commanding. (He
was regular featured and quiet man.
nered.)
He (neariy swapping his stick across
his knees)-I see
She Observation-Disclosures be a sol
dier, or a sailor, or a traveler-some-
thing bold and daring. (He was on the
stock exchange.)
He-And clever, 1 presume?
She-Not particularly. 1 don't care
for a mnn to be clever. (He was.) They
talk such a lot. (He did,
He-He would take you BY storm. /
suppose?
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-18
Raw Potato DumplinRs.

Pare IL medium-sized potatoes and
soak them one-half hour in cold water.
Crate and at once squeeze out all the
water possible by putting into a coarse
bag; remove when well squeezed and
pour a little boiling water over. Take
two slices of bread, cut in diamonds,
and fry a nice brown. after which stir
them into the scalded potato; salt to
taste, form into a round ball, and boil
or steam one-half hour.-Ladies' World.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-18

A very delicious salad dressing for
those who do not like the taste of oil
is: One beaten egg and n teaspoon
full each of sugar. salt and mustard
rubbed smooth. Add eight teaspoon
fuls of vinegar, and cook in a double
boiler TO a thick custard. After taking
from the fire thin to the proper co.,
sistency with cream.-N. Y. Post
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-18
ADiRerent Case.

what nonsense they print nova
days." said Mrs. Nuwed, wearily laying
down the novel she was reading.
"Howg" inquired Mrs. Spitely. who
had dropped in for q minute about an
hour previously.
why, all this about men making love
on their knees, and all that nonsense.
What man ever does that in real life7
When my husband proposed to me he
didn't get on his knees"
MOP" replied Mrs. Spitely. with .
surprised air. why, he did when No
proposed to me."-N. Y. Journal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-18
The Great Constantine.

Constantine the Great was not a saint.
He murdered his wife, n or two OF
his sons, a considerable number of his
other relatives, and was guilty of a
score of assassinations and murders.
He was a Christian only in name, and
seems to have known little or nothing
of the religion he professed.-Csicasa
Inter Ocean.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-18
Napoleon was married to Josephine

Napoleon was married to Josephine
BY the civil form, alone SLOWED In
France. on March Q. 1796. There wero
witnesses to the ceremony. he was sk-
yorced from Josephins in December.
1900. by the senate Of the empire, snd
married Maria Louisa In March, 1910
The cardinals. WHOM Napoleon had
brought to France with the pope, wsre
all present at the civil ceremony, out
were absent from the religious cese-
mony.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-18

Another Thrust. = She-Nor@
listen here-the average woman has .
vocabulary Of only 5000 wordsi" He
Eyes; but remember-she uses thsm an
every day.FSDetroit Free RVesA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-09
An Unworthy InsinuntfOn.

TIE more the Canadian pretext for break
ing up the conference between Great Bril-
tain, Japan. Russia and the United States
On the fur seal question is examined the
more trivial does it appear. The suggestion
that is put forth by the dominion govern
ment as an excuse for the withdrawal of
the home government is that in such a con-
ference japan. Russia and the United
States would out-vote the British interests
This plea ignores the fact that the pro-
posed gathering was rot intended as a
congress. governed by the rules affecting
such asst mblages.s with power to create or
destroy agreements, but a mere conference
of interested powers. planned to bring about
better understanding between them as to
situation of common interest to all. Such
conference. as was briefly noted in yes
terday's Star, would bind no one of the
participants. IT, percharce, as it was
hoped, all four nations could come to an
agreement upon some point involved in the
controversy. or perhaps upon all the ma
terial issues. steps could then be taken to
embody sucn agreement in a treaty
Otherwise. the effort to create practical
results would fail and the conference would
be Dnere experience meeting" There
fore the talk that has originated in Cana
dian governmental circles about comb:na-
lions of the votes of Japan, Russia and the
United States has been based either upon a
misrepresentation OF the circumstances or
upon a deliberate intention to deceive the
world. The Salisbury government will
doubtless seek to cover this weak point in
the case Of Great Britain by standing upon
the tOp-loftical ground of the lack of any
right on the part of Russia or Japan to en-
gage even in the discussion of the fur seal
question. but this proposition is untenable
In the face of the large sealing interests of
those countries. The suggestion about a
preporderance Of votes in the conference,
which implies that the United States has
resorted to a trick to entrap Great Britain
and Canada. is unworthy Of the govern
ment at London.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-09
Lesisle cnncella,,on st.mp.

The efforts Of the postmaster general To
secure the use by country postmasters of
more legiblc cancellation stamps Is worthy
OF the highest measure Of praise and sue
cess One Of the most conspicuous features
OF the American postal system for years
past has been the typical blot on the upper
right corner Of letters sent through rural
offices. These blots. sometimes made with
WORKOUT canceiling stamps. sometimes by
cork ends, and often suspiciously resem-
bling thumb-prints worthy OF study by q
Puddnhead Wilson, convey no information
whatever to the recipient OF such letters
The latter are entitled to know the starting
point OF their mail matter. the date Of its
posting and hence the length Of time re-
quired to transport 1t. In bushes especial
ly snch details are valuable. They may
bear directly upon important features of
transactions to which the letters refer. In
cidentaliy they serve as spurs to the dili-
gence of postmasters In forwarding mail
matter entrusted to them. and the efici-
ency OF the star route service that may be
brought into play In the transit Unless
the stamps serve all these purposes they
were better relegated to the scrap heap and
the postmaster given authority to use any
method Of cancellation that would merely
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-09
The sasasta "Reforms.,

The interest of the United States in the
Cuban question is more than that cempre-
hended in the mere pacification of the is
land at this time That is important and
desirable enough, for the war has been
very expensive to this country in several
ways. But whatever is done TO bring the
war to close should be done with a view
to preventiI the likelihood of another out
brsak- Cuba will continue to be our neigh
Dor, and will continue to trade with us. A
disturbance in the future there occurring
at any time will be felt here. 1t is of the
first Importance, therefore, that whatever
settlement shall be seriously discussed at
Madrid between Minister Woodford and
the new Spanish authorities should take
the future literally into account. The
present quarrel will not be wisely settled
unless pains are taken to eliminate for the
future all the causes which have contrib
uted to the bringing on of this quarrel
Spain offers autonomy to Cuba. But it
is Spanish autonomy. and that is not such
autonomy as Canada enjoys. Now Cuba,
although a Spanish colony. is on this side
of the water. and appraises matters accord
Ing to their meaning, and application, and
effect over here. Such autonomy as Cana
da enjoys carries a very liberal degree Of
build itself up and keep abreast of the de-
mands of the times. In other words, it has
been tried and found to he sufficient to in
sure good local government. But who NAV
safely say that this scheme of Senior Sa-
SdSta's. which he brings forward so conf
IDENTIFY as his solution of the Cuban diff
Guilty. would have any such effect? The
Cubans declare that it would not They
are familiar with the abuses which have
goaded them 10 revolt, and their Judgment
as TO the proper remedy must be consid-
cred.
There is also the point to be considered
that the Cubans have no confidence in
Spain's promises of any kind. She has
broken faith with them so fagrantly and
repeatedly, her credit is entirely gone. They
DO not believe that she would honestly de-
velop even the little benefit that may be
contained in the Sagasta reforms" So
that. in the opinion of the Cubans not
only are the reforms themselves of but
little value. but integrity of purpose on
Spain's part is not behind them.
1t Is of the greatest and most pressing
moment that the war in Cuba should he
stopped. but 1t is also of the greatest mo-
ment that it be stopped in a way to insure
against re-opening of it. Would anything
short of independence for Cuba accomplish
that end?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-09
Uncle Sam. Great and Good Friend

Queen Victoria's gloC miness with regard
to the future of the United States Is prob
ably born of grief rather than of anger.
She has hitherto given evidence of enter
taining kindly feeling for the young ma
ton, and 1t is Of record that on certain oc-
casions she has interviewed as a power for
good in determining the relations between
Great Britain and this republic. Her in
fiuence has. as a rule, been cast in behalf
of moderation ard fair dealing with the
United States. and IL Is impossible to con-
ceive that now. in her advar ced age she
has so changed as to feel bitterly toward
US a nation Her pessimism is easy to
understand and readily to be accounted for
under all the manifold circumstances and
there will be no resentment felt here be-
cause this nominal ruler Of the greatest
empire on earth has begun to fear for
the stability Of the American form of gov
eminent Her apprehension Is, in fact, an
evidence Of her friendliness. and it Is to be
hoped that her son. who has had a direct
view of American conditions and personal
contact with them. will also fall heir to
this sympathetic spirit when he fnherits
the throne.