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FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

FOR RENT-For term of years, the coal
dump, located cor, LIST anu q SIS. me-:
Connected with Il. & O. tracks; the largest
dump i'll the CITY. and the one nearest the
city's center. Apply to THOMAS W.
SMITH, 1st and led ave. NV. ocl0-Inlo
TYPEWRITERS rented at re>-Sced rates
with privilege of purchase, standard
makes; preliminary nstruction free. NEW
MANS TYPEWRITER AGENCY, Gil 7th
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FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

FOR SALE-Riders, attentlonl By order
OF the different storage houses we repre-
sent, am offering all nlgh-grade bicycles
ana tandeius for ladies' ana gents at th~
greatest attractive Strengthening prices OF
The year. Advances made on these goods
must be collected and. therefore, above
sacrifices VIII he made. such hlgh-gTade
bicycles a. ; yTaCuSe, Rambler, Columbia.
Worlds, etc, etc. new and slightly used,
VIII be Offered at this the greatest bar
gain sale of the year. SundrieS and parts
viii be SOLD. alSO. and no Reasonable offer
VIII be refused. Bicycles hCHght outright
NEW YORK BICYCLE co., 43f 9th st.
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JUST think. first-ClaSs sewing machines
for only So, with all the attachments
and , years guarantee. FUNK : SEWING
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Open evenings until O'Clock. Oc30 stem
FOR SALE seas for eft extension
table; lounges, $3.50; cook stoves, SO;
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81 per week. cheap cash and credit RED
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FOR SALE Pest stitched carpet lining,
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FOR SALE--Sampie lot of fine shotguns at
sacrifice, call early and get bargain.
JULIUS COHEN, l1O4 7th st. NV.
oclo-u-em
FOR SALE-HouDds. pugs, fox terriers,
st. Bernard, bull terriers, collics, pup
pies, Maltese and AngOra cats SCHAfD'S
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WANTED A live young man, wit eNpen n
cnCe in butcher business Apply 10 r.
BRIGGS, l16 Center Market. no2-3t-eIn
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AND FEMALE.


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FOR RENT-One large fur. room, and one
large unfur. room, aud one fur hail
rom with first-class table board; S15.
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had 81 moderate price. Call or address
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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-15
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The great oratorical contest at ODER
lin college recently was won by Viii
liam Lee Washington, a colored sopho-
more from Lexington, Va
The late Julia Cooper, of New York.
left S150,000 to the Cooper union-a sum
which will enable the institution to re-
ceive 200 more pupils.
Rev. DR.. Bronson. of the First Pres
byterian church, Detroit, Mich, has
resigned his passionate to accept a call
to the Tenth Presbyterian church of
Philadelphia.
The late Charles Willard, a hermit of
Battle Creek, Mich, left $4,000 to the
public schools of Battle Creek for the
erection of library building, $4,000 to
the Young Mems Christian association
of Battle Creek for a building, and S40,-
900 to the Baptist college at Kalama-
zoo.
The library combination fever has
reached Cleveland, O., and an effort is
being made there to have the Case IL
brary and the public library housed I'M
der one roof. The Case library was en-
dowed by n of Cleveland's many lib
eral citizens. and is open to any resident
upon the payment of but one dollar an
nually. The public library, though not
of many years growth, already con-
tains more than 1901 900 volumes, and its
circulation last year ranked fourth
among the great libraries of the coun'
try
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-15
HUMOROUS

Young Playwright-"And what did
you think Of my climax?" Critic--t
was very ENTHUSIASTICALLY Life.
81 saw a man to-day who had no
hands play the piano" that's moth
ingl We've got a girl down in our fat
who has nc voice and who singsi"-
Yonkers Statesman.
-"Pa, who was Shylock?" Great
goodness, boyl You attend church and
Sunday school every week, and don't
know who Shylock WASP" cried his fa-
Their. go and read your Bible, sir."-
Tit-Bits.
81 don't like the way her hat II
trimmed" said the woman at the the
alter. "No," replied her husband, who
was Immediately behind the headwear.
ut was a great mistake not to trim it
carefully across the top with a pair OF
scissors."-Washington Star.
"A Possible MISUNDERSTANDING is a
remarkable boy" said the lads mother
to the eminent musician. HE remem-
bers every tune he hears" "Indeedl"
isn't that a valuable faculty." swell
1T may enable him to become a sue
cessful composer."-Washington Star.
How the Mix Up Began.-'T was
thisaway, jedge. Ye see, I doled de
cards, and Jim Brown he had a pSh Of
aces and a pah o kings" what did
you have?" Three aces, jedge, and"
what did Jim do?" Jim, he drew"
what did he draw?" HE drew a raz-
ger, jedge!"-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The new arrival joined the crowd.
MAY I ask what is going on?" he in
quired of a native. "You may. We're
hangin' a Teller for stealin' a wheel"
But don't you think that's a pretty
tough punishment for a rather simple
crime?" Simple crimel Why, good
Lord, stranger, it was a '97 model
Cleveland Plain Dealer,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-15
WORK OF SCIENCE.
influence of Sanitation and Hygiene
Upon City Life.

In a recent lecture on what sanitation
has done for human life Prof. Brewer,
of Yale university, said that no one
doubts that human life has been pro-
longed by the application of science
il The last so years. How much, mathe-
matically, this amounts to in years, in
per cent, is an unanswerable question.
We can never have the data in figures.
Even if we had vital statistics COM
pleted for that period men woulddiffer
as to the relative values of the several
factors in this problem. Our great
cities would not exist-they could not
eNist-without the aids of science. We
have had the ancient Egyptian and
Greek and Roman civilizations, which
were pagan, and later Christian civili-
~zation, and all were powerless to con-
vert practices. Between the epidemics
which ragged frot time to time and the
high death rate in the best years, the
population of Europe as a whole prob
ably scarcely increased at all for 1000
or 1000 years. This century came in
without O single city in Christendom
Will 1,OOO,UOO 1IhdDibfhtos LIE hoA
in $500 but 54S, 900; London and the
suburbs, in 1901. s64,s45. The other
English cities had less than 100000.
Great cities could not endure then.
First, the people could not be fed. Then
most of the food had to be produced
within 20 miles Of the place of con-
sumption. Science has now made It
possible to transport food half way
around the globe and has discovered
new methods of preservation as well.
City population was not self-perpetuat-
ing. Men died off; the death rate was
continually high, and from time to time
there was death by pestilence. Even
where there were sewers they were to
drain the ground of water rather than
to carry away sewage. Now cities are
made nearly as healthy as the country.
Mining and Scientific Press.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-15
Diving for n Wife.

In many of the Greek islands diving
for sponges forms a considerable partof
the occupation of the inhabitants. A
visitor to this unfrequented region de-
scribes the following rather startling
custom. He says: "Himia, which is a
little island directly opposite Rhodes,
is worthy of notice on account of the
singular method by which the Greek
inhabitants of the island get their liy-
ing. On the bottom of the sea in this
locality the common sponge is found
in greater abundance than in any other
part of the Mediterranean. The natives
make it a trade to gather these, and
their income from this source is far
from contemplate. Their goods are al
ways in demand among the Turks, who
use an incredible number of sponges
in the ablutions prescribed by the No
hammedan ritual. A girl in this island
is not permitted to marry until she has
brought up a certain number of sponges
and given proof of her skill by taking
them from a certain depth. But in GER
tain of the islands this custom is re-
versed. The father of a manageable
daughter bestows her on the best diver
among her suitors. He who can stay
longest in the water and bring up the
biggest cargo of sponges marTies the
maid."-Boston Post.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-15
FUNERALS OF THE HlNDoos.

Rites Observed in India by Relatives
and Friends Of the Deceased.
When a Hindoo dies the services Of
IN undertaken are not needed, as word
Is Immediately sent to the relatives
and friends of the deceased, who meet
at the house and attend to all the de
tails of the funeral. Some of them
buy at the bazaar the articles neces-
sary for the ceremony, such as a piece
Of linen, copper pots, pieces OF sandal
wood, one earthen pot, some "ghee,"
or clarified butter. rice, a few split
chips of bamboo and two strong bam-
boo poles for the bier. In rainy weather
some oil and resin to revive the flames
are added to the stock of -necessaries-
Asacred grass, the "durbhas," and some
'tulsi" leaves are spread over the bier.
1t is very necessary that the SON Of
the deceased should perform the cere-
mony. If he is absent at the time OF
the death the father OF brother of the
deceased or some other male member of
the family may take his place. When
there is no son in the family n Is
adopted for the purpose. The perform
err of the ceremony must first battle,
then shave off the mustache and battle
again. The priest constantly recites
the "muntras," or sacred hymns, from
the "Vedas." A sacred fire is lighted
in the earthen pot and the body, after
it is washed and bound about the waist
with a piece of cloth, is stretched upon
the bier and completely covered, ave
as to the face, which is left exposed.
The friends then carry away the bier.
The son, who lights the funeral pyre
and is the chief mourner, walks ahead
with the earthen pot in his hands.
Every mourner is bareheaded-it must
be so. I have frequently seen such pro-
c~essions in Benares and listened to the
sad funeral dirge: Ram, sri ram, ram
volo bhai RAM"
When the body reaches the burning
CHATS the mourners erect a pile after
this fashion: Four strong posts about
five feet high are firmly driven into the
ground, and between them the piles
are erected, so as to keep them from
falling apart while burning. The body
is placed upon the pile when half of it
has been laid. During this part of the
ceremony the "muntras' are repeated.
When the body has been placed upon
the pile some of the relatives and
friends scatter pieces of sandalwood
over the body. "Muntras" and prayers
are again repeated and the remaining
fuel is placed on the body. Then the
chief mourner walks around the pile
three times and fires it. Very soon it is
a huge flame, and in about three hours
the whole body is reduced to ashes.
The fire is o put out, every mourner
drops some water on the spot, in the
name of the deceased, and then all pro-
coed to the river or sea or one of the
many tanks that abound in India to
bathe. The poor are not forgotten, as
aims are distributed. Before the
mourners retire to their respective
homes they return to the residence of
the deceased to look at the lamp that
was lighted on the spot where the
body was kept.-N. Y. Times.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-15
Queer Thing. About Fishes.

Mr.. A. E. Verril describes the ways
In which fishes sleep. They r very
light sleepers, and frequently assuming
singular positions; but the most re-
markable thing Is the change Of color
many of them undergo while asleep.
Usually their spots and stripes become
darker and more distinct when they fall
asleep. Occasionally the pattern Of
their ~coloration Is entirely changed.
The ordinary porgy, for instance, pre-.
sents in the daytime beautiful rides
oent hues playing over its silvery sides.
but ut night, ON falling asleep, 1t takes
on a dull bronze tint, and six ~conspicu-
Gus black bands make their appearance
on its sides. II it is suddenly awakened
By the turning up Of the gas in the
aquarium It Immediately resumes the
silvery color that 1t shows by daylight.
Mr.. Verrill ascribes these changes to the
principle Of protective coloration,"
and points out that the appearance Of
black bands, and the deepening of the
spots, serve to conceal the fish from
their enemies when lying amid eel.
grass and sea-weeds.-Youth's Com.
panion.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-15
FREAKS OF LONDON SOCIETY.

freaks of S~tinginess Prompt Prom
inent Persons to Do queer Acts.
No matter what wealth they may pos
sess; no matter how great their natural
generosity, there is in all rich people
n point where a touch of stinginess
lies, and in many cases it takes the
most ridiculous freaks. Then again
there are others who are the strangest
of c~ontrariety, as the following
instances and anecdotes will show. A
certain wealthy woman, who throws a
quart bottle of eau de cologne into her
bath of a morning, sends in next door
for the loan of a newspaper. Another
who pays a thousand a year rent will,
If anything is wrong with the carriage
horses, walk in her most elaborate frock
in hail, wind and storm rather thanpay
a shilling for a hanson or even apenny
in a bus. A lady who gives the most
recherche suppers in Park lane, and
whose stationary is noted for its beauty
and price, sends the footman round in
the dark to drop invitations in her
friends letter boxes because she won't
spend the postage. The youthful heir
to a title and 100000 q year delights to
steal into a dingy fried fish shop and
there discuss with the usual habitues
tvyopenny worth of the fare. A pretty
d~ebutante, the daughter Of a countess,
steals off her frienda' tables all the
sweets she can lay her hands on and
next day distributes them among poor
children. A certain foreign princess
has been a barmaid, a waitress and an
attendant in one of the theaters, and
tells her intimates that she was never
so happy as when INDUCING these
freaks. One of the most popular hosts,
who is constantly e with royalty,
keeps a little King Charles dog, to which
he is devoted, shut up ~perpetually be-
cause he won't pay the license.
A man who drinks two big bottles Of
champagne before dinner, smokes the
cheapest tobacco in London and was
never known to offer a friend a cigar.
A well-known young and beautiful
countess is never so happy as when over
a washing tub and is constantly to be
found in this position in her own laun-
dry. A famous @. c., who may often be
seer in the vicinity of the law coHsts-
in a sable-lined coat worth $1,000, de-
lights in buying roast potatoes in the
street and eats them walking down On
alley. These are but a few of the Pc
culiarities Of some conspicuous figures
IN London society.-Chicago Chronicle
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-15
THE FUR SEAL.
Its Breeding Grounds. Growth, Home
Life and PrOductiveness.

Life and PrOductiveness.
The male fur seal, or ''beachmaster,"
reaches full maturity at the age of II
years. At that time his weight is about
400 pounds, being considerably heavier
when first in from the sea in the spring
or after feeding in the fall than in the
intervening period, when he fasts on
land. and grows gradually lean and
weak. The males vary considerably in
color, the general shade being black or
dark brown, with longer hair or
bristles of yellowish white. These are
especially long and numerous on the
thickened back of the neck. forming the
so-called "wig." The wigged males have
a rough, coarse coat, and their skins are
without market value. The animal
makes its home on the rocky shores of
the islands in large, closely-massed
bands. forming what r called rock
cries. 1t is extremely gregarious; in
dividuals seldom venturing far from
the main body while on land, though
wandering about singly in the sea- The
female fur seal is much smaller than
the male, and has soft, smooth hair of
varying shades of brown, under which
is the dense, short, brown fur. The
female bears her first offspring at the
age of three years, but her full growth
is not attained till two or three years
later. The average weight of the
grown female is about so pounds. The
young. or fur seal, called a pup, is born
soon after the arrival of the female.
Its weight at birth is about ten pounds.
The fur seal is polygamous, each male
capable of holding a place on the breed
ing grounds having from onc to n
hundred females in his charge, consti-
tuting what is known as a "harem,"
the average number being about 80.
But the size of each family is subject to
variation. depending not chiefly on the
strength of the male, but the prefer
ence of the female for a location and
on the topography of the ground. The
young male is very similar to the fe-
male. in color and appearance. He is
not permitted to enter the rookeries
in the breeding season. The old males
are very particular in this regard, and
the bachelors" as they are called, are
forced to herd by themselves on what
is known as the hauling grounds" To-
Gated near the bEeeding grounds, but
distinct from them.-Forum,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-15
The shah,s H.reu.

The shah has an exceedingly small
harem for an eastern monarch. There
are not above 60 ladies, and he has four
sons and % daughters. The only
occasion any Of the shah's wives
are to be seen is in the streets Of
Teheran when they pass in carriages.
When the ladies go out driving they
are preceded by a gang of farashes,
who caper ahead on their horses, shout.
ing: "Go and hide yourselves" And
all men have to scamper up side streets
or be Observation-Disclosures Enquirer.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-15
A Lonr-Felt Want.

Candidate-You are q workingnan,
re you not?
Workingman-I am, sir.
Candidate-Well, 1 am a candidate for
a position of trust and I wish to say
to the sons of toll
Workingman (who Is tired of tafy
and Disguised with its results)[ am
very busy now, sir.
Candidate was merely going to say
that if elected l shouldn't do any more
for the workingmen than for anybody
else, because 1 don't r a continental
for one class than another, and I
don't think there should be any classes
in legislation, anyhow.
Workingman (grasping his HANDY
You'll get my vote.-N. Y. Weekly.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-15

Mrs. Thompkfns-You really u
get another corner in the Office. mydearl
if it's so cold where you sit now.
Mr.. Thompkins-That wouldn't do
any good, love; the whole Office Ii cold.
You see, the new typewriter 10 trou
Boston.-N. !. Tribune.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-15
Al Good a. n1nrrfea.

First Sailor-No, Bill, yer don't really
know what life is till yer git spliced.
Second Sailor-W'y, shivef me TIM
bers, messmatei I've never been mar
ried, true, but I've had ya1ler fever and
cholera, I've been frostbit, drowned,
burned alive, eat by a shark, blowed up
at sea and operated on for ANGER. Wot
more does a reasonable chap want?-
London Answers.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-15

Mother@ohnny, how often have ]
told you that you must not bolt your
food?
Johnny-Guess t isn't no worse to
bolt my food than it is for you to turn
tho key On it when it's In the cupboard
-neaLoR Transcript
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-15

did you say that boy of yours WA
ambitious?"
"Ambitiousi Well, 1 should say!
Why, that boy does nothing but sit
around all day and think of the great
things he's going to do."-Philadel-
phia North American.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-15
She Recovered.

white-Did old Green recover from
that railroad accident yet?
Black-No; but his wife did-to ths
tune OF s1o,0o0.-Twinkles.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-15

III lit ldAls "LASh
seriousness.
When nv senses returned another
day had dawned, and 1 found myself the
center of an anxious group, from which
none seemed to be lacking. I was
living beside the little spring, and from
the surfeit of moisture in my hair I
concluded that some of its product had
been recently applied to my aching
craninm.
"We've been waiting for you to wake
mp, so you could help US to hunt up the
fragments of old Barney" said Hin
man, as 1 opened my eyes.
"Where are the Apaches?" I asked.
"Gone! The evil spirit, in the shape
of our blasting outfit, spit thunder an
lightnin' at 'em, an they pulled it for
the hills as fast a their ponies could
travel"
As nearly as we could ascertain the
facts the FESTIVE Barney had at last
broken the rope with which he was teth-
cred. and, in e~ndeavoring to ascend OK
descend the crater, had missed his foot
ing and been precipitated down the
slope, exploding his load in the fall
lust in time to save me from the knife
of the Apache.
The knife wound in my shoulder soon
healed, but I never see the e with
out being reminded how OPPORTUNITY
the spirit of the crater spoke to pre-
serve me from a more deadly applica-
ton of the steeL-Frank Leslie's Week
b.