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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-30
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Bankers and Dealers In Government Bonds
Deposits. Exchange Loans
Railroad stocks and bonds and all securities
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and Telephone Stock dealt in.
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pm; high tide. lis In and :43 pm
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them Briefs, and if they were not
satisfied with Brief printing not to
give any orders. They all
returned again--and regular
patrons, Lawyers Briefs. 9Oc. page for
80 copies.
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nc..-l4d
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make them TO order under the famous PhiladeI-
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he Varnum.
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DRINK WHISKY?

MIR. KELLER. THE SLATE WRITER,
is at .H5 II daily.
Meetings Monday. "Wednesday and Friday
nights nu2o-1Sts
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The Sun and Moo

Today-Sun rises, $50 am; sun sets. 4 80
pm.
Moon sets. IL :46 pm; moon reaches first
quarter, 10:14 m.
C,-n rSc 7.nA
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-27
HOW TO PREPARE PORK.
Timely and Useful Suggestions to the
Housewife.

While the pig per Sc is not a specially
attractive subject for prolonged study,
there are some points for the treatment
of his porkship, after he becomes such,
that every housekeeper can bear in
mind with advantage to herself. These
points, succinctly stated, are: That
western pork is better than the eastern,
because it is corn fed.
That in ordering pork for roast you
should always call for young pork.
That the eason ONE pork cooked
with beans cooks away to a sea of
greasy, crumbly fat is because it is
from an Old hog.
pork when buying is that salt pork
from young pigs or yearlings is firm,
hard and close in texture, and its skin
is thin and smooth, while that from an
cid residenter is rough, scaly and full
OF bristles.
That clear, white pork is better than
that with a pinkish or yellowish tinge.
That pork tenderloin alone is taste
less, and has to be treated with various
high condiments to be made palatable.
That in boiling a ham you should
add one cup of vinegar and one cup of
sugar. That the liquor in which ham
is boiled makes a good foundation for
pea soup. That is it much cheaper to
buy a fresh shoulder of pork and corn
it for yourself, allowing one gallon of
salt to fire gallons of water.
That pork drippings make one of the
best frying mediums for chickens or
fish. That apple should always
be an accompaniment for roast pork.
That cold roast pig, sliced thin, is
almost equal to the breast of turkey.
That the leaf lard from the kidneys
is best. That old or very salt ham
should be parboiled five minutes before
broiling.
That fried ham cooked too long will
become hard and dry.-Washington
Star.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-27
THE GOOD LANDLORD.

-
L sing to you about a man who memory
long should last;
Eis name was Hiram Morethangood. he
lived in Nottoofast;
m tho TO save his native land he never
drew a sword,
He was what all his tenants called a mighty
fine landlord.
Whenever a tenant CHANGED to break a name
or two of glass,
He never used to storm n rave or muir
muir out Alas"
But he would go and buy some more IN
sunshine or in rain,
Or if il was at zero, and have them Sc,
again.
NO matter If in room or hall the paper
should get torn,
He would not, as some landlords do, COM
plain from night till morn;
And II the paint got SCARED and soiled, the
first thing he would do
Was send and a " the painter come and
paint the house anew.
No matter If a faucet froze or if got clogged
a drain,
Il made no difference to him; he never
would complain.
And If a tenant short of wood should burn
the cellar stairs,
He always thought It sweet delight 70
make such small repairs.
And If a tenant should neglect to close a
swinging blind,
And 1t should be thrown from its place by
the fierce winter wind,
And tumbling to the walk below some
passer-by should kill,
He would not say one unkind word, but go
and pay the bill.
And ere the morning light broke forth he
from his bed would rise,
And not with thunder in his lone nor anger
in his eyes,
But with a rosy shade Of joy Upon his man.
ly face,
Would to the tenant go and give a full deed
of the place.
Thomas F. Porter. IN n. Y. Sun.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-27
A Phenomenal Island.

A most phenomenal island is that OF
Bornholm, in the Baltic, belonging to
Denmark. 1t is famous for its geo.
logical ~peculiarities, consisting as it
does almost entirely of magnetic, and
its magnetic influence is not only very
well known to the navigators of those
waters, but also much feared by them,
on account of its influence on the mag
netic needles, which makes the steer
ing of a ship correctly a matter of much
difficulty. In fact, this influence is felt
even at a distance of miles, and, being
sighted by mariners OF the Baltic, they
at once discontinue steering their
course by the needle and turn, instead,
to the well-known lighthouses and
other holds to direct their craft. Be-
tween Bornholm and the mainland
there is also a bank Of rock under wa
ter which is very dangerous to naviga-
ton, and because of its being constant
ly submerged vessels have been fire.
quently wrecked at that point. The
peculiar fact in this case is that the
magnetic influence of this ore bank is
so powerful that a magnetic needle sus-
pended freely in a boat over the bank
Will point down, and if not disturbed
will remain in a perfectly perpendicu-
TAR hne.-Chicago Chronicle.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-27
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Since Madagascar was taken BY
France, Malagassy has been on the cur
riculum of the Paris school of oriental
languages with two professors, a
native, to teach it. This year there is
a class of seven students.
Sir John Mowbray. Bart, NJ. p.
for Oxford university, has just celebrat-
ed his golden wedding. Both his pa
rents and grandparents lived to cele-
brate theirs, the common married life
continuing in n case for 50, and in the
other for 81 years.
The HISTORIAN Christians have re-
solved, according to the London Daily
Chronicle, to adopt the doctrine and
discipline of the Russian Orthodox
church. There are 400, 900 of them living
on the borders of Turkey and Persia
and they hare determined on this step
TO ecure Russia's protection.
-Baden-Baden, having given up its
gambling tables, is offering stringent
Sunday laws as an attraction to visitors.
The police stopped two old gentlemen
who were buying flowers on Sunday
recently. One was the Oberburger-
meister. of Frankfort, the other Prince
Hohenlohe, the chancellor Of the EN-
pire.
Nine. du Bos d'Elbecq is believed to
be the oldest writer in France, as she
is the oldest member of the Societe de
lens Lettres. She is 90 years of age,
began to write for the press so years
ago. and has belonged to the society for
So years. She wrote many novels, of
which one. lie Pere Fargeau," still
sells.
-Pilgrimages through the public
streets are being revived by English
Catholics. In St. Mary's church at
Kings Lynn. Norfolk, a replica of the
House of Loretto, the statues carved by
Ober-Ammergau peasants, has been set
up in q side chapel, and to this 4 pro-
cession. with women in white wells and
priests in their robes, was recently
made through the streets. 1t is intend
ed TO repeat the procession annually.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-27
Five Arab MnXims.

Never tell all you know; for he who
tells everything he knows often tell,
more than he knows.
Never attempt all you can do; for he
who Attempts everything he can do often
attempts more than he can do.
Never believe all that you hear; for he
who believes all that he hears often be-
lieves more than he hears.
Never lay out all you can afford; for
he who lays out everything he can afford
lays out more than he can afford.
Never decide upon all you may see;
for he who decides upon all that he sees
often decides on more than he SEES
Detroit Free Press.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-27
Charity of Speech.

Charity of speech is as divine a thing
as charity of action. To judge no one
harshly, to misconceive no mans mo-
tives, to believe things as they e to
be until they are proved otherwise,
to temper judgment with m~ercy-sure-
ly this is quite as good as to build up
churches, establish asylums and found
colleges. Unkind words do as much
harm as unkind deeds. Many a heart
has been wounded beyond cure, many
n reputation has been stabbed to death
by a few little words. There is a char
itywhich consists in Withholding words.
in keeping back harsh judgments, in
abstaining from speech if to speak is to
condemn. Such charity hears the tale
of SANDER, but does not repeat it; lis
tens in silence, but forbears comment;
then locks the unpleasant secret up in
the very depths of the heart. Silence
can still rumor; it is speech that keeps
o story alive and lends it vigor.-De-
troit Free Press.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-27

Her Relations with treat Britain ana
Other European Countries.

Her Relations with Great Britain ana
Other European Countries. o.
The imperial statistical Office at Ber-
lin has just published a detailed &C
count of the commercial relations Of
Germany to foreign states in the year
1896. In hat year Germany's exports
to Great Britain, British India, Aus
tralia and Canada amounted in value to
sos, 00O, 900 marks, while the imports
from the same countries and from the
British West Indies amounted to 931,-
600, 900 marks. To Great Britain alone
Germany exported to the value of 49,
600, 900 marks, and from Great Britain
alone she imported 614,000,00 marks.
Very different are the statistics of Ger
man trade relations with British India
and with Australia. The exports to
those destinations amounted to 7S,000,-
900 marks, while the imports thence
reached a value of no less than 270,000,-
900 marks. In view of these figures the
conclusion is drawn that Germany
need not fear in the case of British
India and Australia any attempt to
hamper her export trade, as she is in a
position to retaliate with effect. In the
case of Canada, however, Germany is at
q disadvantage. Her imports from that
country only amounted to 100000
marks, while she exported 100000
marks worth of goods to British North
America. The results of commercial
treaties with Russia and Austria-Hun-
gary are strikingly illustrated by the
new statistics. In 1892 German exports
to Russia had reached a total value of
$780, 600, 900 marks. In 1898, during the
second half of which the tariff war
with Russia prevailed, the value of Ger
man exports to that country fell off to
the figure of 1851 600, 900 marks. After
the commercial treaty came into force,
in March, 1894, the rise in exports to
Russia was constant, and the past year
they reached a total of 364,O0O, 900
marks. To Austria the amount of Ger
man exports in 1891, the year before the
conclusion of the commercial treaty,
was 34S, 900 marks. 1t rose in 1892.
the first year of the commercial treaty
to 377,000,O00 marks, and last year to
Al, 900, 900 marks.-N. Y. Post.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-27
HUMOROUS

So II Does-Smith-"Seeifg is be-
iieving." Jones-"Not always. 1t often
depends upon what paper you see it
Chicago News.
Can you tell me what has become
Of old Capt. Saltwater?" "He's light
housekeepin'." "In Har1em?s mo, in
the lower bay."-Brook!yn Life.
-Mihgation.-Frst Citizeh-"They
say the snow is often 20 feet deep in
the Nondike." Second Citizen
"Heavensi But Of course, there are no
sidewalks."-Detroit Journal.
Had the Observation-Disclosures
ly, now, you don't believe the poor are
growing poorer" Mudge-"I know
they are. Look at me. l haven't half
the money I had OF pay day."-Indian-
apolis Journal.
"A Wish.-"My youth" said the pc
nurious man, was spent as a sailor"
I'D like to have known you then"
"Why?' 1T would have been a pleas
ure to see you pay out something, even
if it was only a cable."-Washington
Star.
Papa" said Tommy, little broth
er is a week old tomorrow, isn't he?"
Yes" Let's you and me give him a
birthday present" VERY well. What
shall it beg" Lets buy him a wig.
He needs that more than anything"
-Tit-Bits.
NO." said the ~impecunious gentle
man, 81 don't think l should like to be
a publisher. The little paper 1 issue
among my friends is an awful nuisance
to me. What must be your trouble with
the reams of paper you send out?"-
Boston Transcript.
She Appeals.-"John," said the
wife of the citizen who had just settled
his freak election bet like a little man,
"the next time you want to bet on an
election, just agree that, in case you
lose, you won't make a fool of yourself
for three months. 1t will be quite as
difficult as anything else you could uE-
dertake, and it will spare the feelings
of your relatives."-Puck.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-27
COURTSHIP IN ZUNlLAND.
Women Do the LovemakinG md Pop
the AlI-ImpOrtant Question.

The powers freely extended the wom-
en- of Zuni are many, being particularly
favorable to them in domestic matters,
and in everything pertaining to the
home. These peculiar liberties are
manifest before marriage as well as
after. for the alleged privileges of leap
year hold rule continuously in Zuni-
land. When one of the daughters of
the tribe takes an amored liking for a
young man, she very frankly confesses
it. and her parents are informed of her
choice of n prospective husband. II
they approve. the interesting iuforma-
ton is impaired, in due time. to his
family: and if the Is yet perhaps I'M
suspecting subject of the selection is
mutual parents, an engagement to Wis
it his admirer at her home. He is re-
ceived somewhat formally by the maid
en- and her family, when something like
the following laconic conversation en-
sues between the young people, while
the father and mother, with the other
members of the household, sit apart,
amiably pretending not to listen:
Thou CONTEST" she says.
YES; how be We these many days?'
he
Happy. Gather and sit" and she
motions him to a seat neal her.
As a never-failing hospitality on the
part of n hostess, when a visitor enters
a Zuni home she places food before him
and bids him loosen his belt and les
sen his hunger" But he appears pre-
occupied, and partakes quite sparing-
ly, to give the polite impression hat he
is a light eater-an important point in
the favor of a prospective husband.
Thanks; I am satisfied" he says,
after dining off little more than a birds
r~ations.
Eat enough. You must have come
thinking of something. What nave you
to say" she asks, encouragingly.
Il don't know"
"Oh. yes, you do; tell me-" she coyly
persists.
I'm thinking of you." in a whisper.
Indeed! You must be mistaken"
NO"
Then do you love me?"
Il love you!"
"Truly?"
Truly"
Possibly We shall see. What think
you. father?" as she turns in apparent
perplexity to the family group.
AS you wish, my child" her parent
replies.
She then appears to ponder the mat
ter for the first time. and after due con-
sideration of the momentous question,
consents to become his yi-lu-kiani-ha,
or 'his-to-be," and from that time on
they are as devoted t. each other as
are lovers in any clime.-Edward Page
CASTOR. in Woman's Home Companion.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-27
EDITOR WAS NOT SCARED.
Cncoiled Himself from Under His
Desk and His Visitor QuaiIed.


Desk and HIS Visitor QuaiIed.
Col. James Plum, who used to edit q
little daily paper in one of the western
Pennsylvania oil towns, always had a
habit of sitting in such a way as to
allow a large majority of himself to
repose under his desk.
He was one of the most fearless men,
too, that ever grasped a pen, and peo-
pie who knew him generally contented
themselves with merely considering
the source" when it pleased him to
write uncomplimentary paragraphs
concerning them.
But one day a new driller came to
town and celebrated his advent by get
tingdrunk, which was common enough,
but distasteful to Col. Plum. So the
latter wrote a half-coluEn article. in
which he held Bill Magee, the new
conner, up to public scorn
Magee, by the way, had been pre-
ceded by his reputation as an all-around
bully, and people who read Col. Plum's
remarks about him began gathering in
the vicinity of the office of the Daily
Force Pump as soon as the paper con-
tanning the article had been read, for
it was generally understood that there
would be some excitement as soon as
Magee got sober enough to understand
the situation.
Along late in the afternoon the driller
was seen approaching the newspaper
Office, and the crowd Immediately be-
gan to CLOSE In"
Col. Plum was busy at his desk, in g
little room hat opened upon the street.
He sat almost upon his shoulder-blades
and appeared to be wholly unprepared
for a call of the kind he was about to
receive.
Magee didn't stop to knock, but
walked right into the sanctum. Hold
ing out the paper containing the ref
erences to himself. he fiercely asked:
Are you the editor of this sheet?"
Col. Plum picked his teeth with his
p%enholder and nodded in the affirma-
tive.
Ibid you write this here article about
me? My names Magee!"
The colonel slowly uncoiled himself
and rose up as if he had been a me-
chanical continuance of some kind,
made to be heightened out after the
manner of a telescope. When he had
attained his full height the top of his
head was six feet three inches above
the floor.
He weighed 23O pounds, being largely
made up of bone and muscle.
After he had taken a careful survey
of his caller he replied:
Yes, 1 wrote the article and / ex-
pect to have another in the paper about
you tomorrow"
Well" said Magee, I'D like to have
you put me down for a years subscrip-
ton"
He then paid the price and walked
out; but in spite of the fact that he was
a pretty decent sort of a citizen when
sober he never really succeeded in win
ming the respect of the people of that
town.-Cleveland Leader.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-27
Sea otter becoming Extinct.

The sea otter. it was stated recently
at the Smithsonian institution, is an
animal which is fast becoming extinct.
So precious are their skins that the
otter has been hunted with vengeance,
and only a few, comparatively, remain.
There is n fine specimen in the Ma
tional museum which is mounted il a
most lifelike manner The institution
bought the skin and paid $3.50 for it,
which is not deemed an extraordinary
price. In a few years, it is thought,
they will have disappeared altogether.
-Washinrton Star.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-27

A Hudson On. " lady recently took
into her household a 12-year-old girl
who had been brought up in the Brook
lyn orphan asylum, expecting to train
her for a servant. The child had been
told that whenever she answered the
door bell and was handed a card to re-
ceive it on a small tray which was al
ways at hand on a hall table. A few
days ago, a friend coming to luncheon.
Martha answered the bell, and, grasp
ing the tray, opened the door far enough
10 thrust her thin little face out, at
the same time demanding, in a sepul.
chral whisper: where's your ticbetf~
Brooklyn Life.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-27
Old in the Service.

How are you getting along with
your new servant girl?" asked the
caller.
Our new servant grill" replied the
hostess with some indignation in her
voice: "Why. she has been with M Tor
fur days."-Bnstr- T-avsIeF.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-27

as your honor hurt?" asked the anx-
ious citizen when the banana peel had
taken a fall out of the judge.
NO, sir. my honor is not hurt.
Never touched my honor, sir. But /
do feel as though my backbone had
been driven up an inch or two."-De.
troit Free Press.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-27

The desire OF some men to wobbls
around in a big place rather than fill
a small one accounts for many Of ife's
failureS-Chicago News.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-27

81 want a dollar, Jones, and I want
It bad" "All right; take this counter
feit."-Harlem Life.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-27

There, there. dear, Don't excite
yourself" said ,drs Rising.
BY George. Emily. have you gone
daft shouted Mr. Rising.
3lrs. Rising only regarded him 81
lc1t,y and shook her head.
Well Why any woman in her
senses should talk that way about the
United States buying Cuba is more
than j can tel" ~. Rising fairly
hovicd
"Ch. Johns it the United States
that want 20 buy il? ! thought it was
Won. Yourself and Mrs. Rising gaze
huge sigh OF relief.
Nj Rising without q word. turned
CIT the hall ecz and went upstairs 10
bed.
Ms. Rising. as she folded her work
neatly. preparatory 10 following him,
said 10 herself.
L wish l never + ID heard that John 5
great aunt HalGale went crazy and
thought she vas queen Of the Gambia.
Islands. On the whole / think the Ben
Day.ses arc best TO eat. and the north
ern spies TO bake. Chicago Times
Herald