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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-08-28
by Cold.

Anyone who has ever picked up with
a pare hand a piece of intensely cold
iron knows that the touch burns al
most as badly as if the metal were red
hot. Indeed, the action of great heat
and extreme cold are so similar that n
Hungarian chemist has turned the lat
ter to account to prepare meats foT
food. He subjects the meat 10 90 de-
grees Of frost. and then seals it up in
air-tight tin cans. The result is tina;
the meat. which is practically cooked
by cold" will keep any time, ard car
be eaten with very little further prep
sration.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-08-28
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
Some bicyclists of Portland, Ore
wear pneumatic shoes

Some bicyclists of Portland, Ore
wear pneumatic shoes.
At Colon, Mich. a farmer found Q
gold ring in 4 potato hill
In a storm Il Marion, Ind, light
ming tore up 80 feet of thing five feet be
low the surface OF the ground.
Marriage atmidnight. the ceremony
being performed by a coroner. is the
last kansan e~ccentricity reported
The value of the house property OF
London is s3,365,OO0.oOO. that Of Paris
S1..30.0O0.O0o, that of New York SI,35S,-
100000.
A man and wife and their 16-year-
old daughter were arrested at Jackson
vile, Ore. for stealing vases and dishes
from a graveyard.
During the last especially hot SPELL
work was suspended in the granite
quarries al Concord. y. H. because the
;on had become so hot.
Near AIvord. Ia. a can Of stamps.
which were stolen from the post Office
at Lester, in that state. two years ago,
was plowed up recently
For assaulting 4 rva who was
alleged 10 have alienated her masters
sfec,ions, the masters spouse was
fined one cent at Mobile. Ala
While asleep in the woods a sawyer
OF Evansville. Ind. was bitten on the
chin by a spider. He died of the effects
Of the bite some DAYS later.
AT Jonesville. near Birmingham.
Ala. a young woman whose name used
10 figure in Birmingham's social chron-
icles has established a frog farm.
-Wyley Nusbaum, of M~iddlebury,
Ind. fell a victim 10 supstroke. and
there were 3es teams in the procession
that followed his body 20 the grave.
Philip Julius. of Rossyille. Ind,
tried to alight from a train before il
reached the station, and he struck on
his head and has been insane sincA
The airship craze is said 10 be near
" as strong IN Germany and or the con-
tinent as in this country. Prof. Hof-
man. an imperial councillor. has in
vented a machine constructed on the
principle of a dragon. with steam pro-
peIIers. which he is confident will work
all right,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-08-28
a BRIDES TROUSSEAU,
Clothes should he Chosen Suitable to
Her Position in Life,

Her Position in Life.
The girl who has a fortune at he-
command needs no suggestions. but
the girl who has to think out the wis.
dom OF every dollar spent on her trous-
seau is the one who asks for advice
Taking it for granted, then. that you
will live a more or less social life, hav-
ing your day at home and visiting your
friends. and going occasionally to hear
good music, you can decide exactly
what you will need. First of all. fresh
en- all the gowns you possess, then you
know their possibilities; then l would
advise 4 handsome silk dress, com
bincd, perhaps, with velvet, and hav-
ing, to go with it, two bodices-one
for wear when you are visiting, the
other to be used when rather more
elaborate dress is required. Have one
simple, but smart-looking, wool dress
for street wear; if required. you might
better omit your visiting costume than
this. A black skirt. either of MORE,
silk or satin, viii be useful. since with
it there can be worn any number of
elaborate bodices- Then you will want,
also. a comfortable wrapper, TO wear
in no place except your own room;
two pretty. well-itting house dresses:
a coat suited to the season; a wrap that
is a little more elaborate, if you can af-
ford it; but 90 not make the mistake
so often made. of buying clothes that
are not suited to your position in life.
or. what is equally as bad. of buying
such an elaborate wardrobe that il will
go out of fashion.-Isabel \. Mallor, il
Ladies' Home Journal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-08-28
How America Wn. Named.

Vespucci himself must not be held
responsible for the usurpation. The
unconscious criminal was a certain Mar
tin Waldseemuller. of Fribourg, an emil
nent cosmographer patronized by Rene,
duke of Lorraine. The duke probably
showed a letter of Vespucci's to his geo.
graphical friend, who incorporated its
contents with the treatise which he
was issuing under the assumed name
of "Hylacomylas," and, as these pub
locations had a wide circulation, the use
of the name America thus became prop
agated throughout the world-Scrih-
ner'A
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-08-28
The Depth of Sun.SpotS.

Within a few years the question has
oeen raised whether sunspots are real
ly depressions. or holes, in the suns
surface. as they have generally been
considered to be by astronomers. Prof,
Ricco. Of Catania. concludes, as the re-
suit of a long series OF observations,
o only that the spots are cavities il
the sun, but that their depth can be
approximately measured. He states
that the average depth of % sur-spot.
measured by him was about 64o miles!
Youths COMPANION.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-08-28
IN.

Some time after the foregoing events.
1 was sitting up awaiting the arrival
of nv wife and son, who were return
ing from London by a midnight train.
or, rather, an early morning one-reach-
ing Dean station at three a. NJ, after
which they had to drive the intervening
FIVE miles home.
1t was weary work waiting. 1 had
finished reading my novel, and was
lookingaboutfor something to do. when
/ suddenly thought of the plates we
had exposed on the night of the :Aun-
derstorm, and had lain uEdeveloped
aud forgotten till now. "The very
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-08-28

tarily blind Is and wiring from US .
fea-some and terrified oh" imprinted
the scene on the sensitive plate
I'm glad that's the IasF Plate said
Dora!6, when the 6eafening peal OF
;hua3er allowed him 10 make himself
heard. for 1 should not care 20 stand
~ lie window during another such
fash as that. Shall we develop the
plates tonight"
Not If l know IL" I replied. BE of
10 bed now. and wei do them the first
thing il the morning"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-08-28
True Musical Instinct.

Reilly-Conplings is a fireman with q
rue musical instinct.
Mccarthy didn't know he had any
talent in hat line.
We'll, he has. When the music store
burned yesterday Couplings played 90
six pia1os all al once"@udga
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-08-28

A Bath (Me.) man explains that he
wouldn't have minded so much the re-
cent loss of his wood-pile if the thief
hadn't waited until after he had cut
and sawed it into stove length
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-08-28
III.

III.
Doubtless the reader remembers the
, account OF the trial. which was pub
,ished so fully il the daily papers Of
the time. but in case he may not recal,
il 10 mind I might here briefly give
Merrilees' defense. In spite OF the
/ strong proofs Of his guilt ne persistent
II declared himself innocent ard
pleaded not guilty" He fully admit
ted the truth of the evidence OF The but
Ter Of Forest Hal" and his counsel
explained that he had that evening pro-
posed for the hand Of Miss DevereuX,
but had been rejected. upon which he
had accused her OF tayorinC the suit Of
So,enski. and when she admitted thai
she had that day accepted So.enski his
jealousy and rag oyerpowereG him
being a very hot-IemPered fellow
causing him 10 rush from the house.
mUcterirg the terribly terminating
threats rOv used as evidence against
him. After leaving Forest Hal" This
counsel conIinueG) reason gradually
prevailed. and he proceeded 20 go home.
his path lying across the common in
front OF my house.
EeirC anxious TO arrive there before
The threatened storm broke. and partly
20 cool his fiery temper. he ran: but. his
foot catching in the stump OF 4 fu-ze
bush. caused him &c fall heavily 10 the
ground. and with such force as 20 rer-
der him unconscious.
He declared hat his pockets u
have been riied by some malicious
passer-by. while he lay in that state.
for whereas he fell on his face. when
he recovered consciousness he was living
on his back. He reached home. too weak
and dazed to think or observe. but great
was his surprise the next morning I
find his pockets empty; watch. chain.
purse, loose cash. hunting knife (which
he always carried), and everything. all
gone.
Counsel dwelt strongly upon this
fact. and maintained that the accused
was not the rulprit, but that when lying
unconscious the real murderer robbed
him. taking, amongst other things, the
knife used with such fatal effect upon
SoleEski-whose pockets he also ritied
leaving the m%urderous weapon in the
dead mans breast, to divert suspicion
from himself to its innocent owner.
For further details, l must refer the
reader 10 the very full reports of the
trial which appeared in the local papers
at the time, merely ~contenting myself
with STATING that the iurV smiled in
that supercilious, superior sort of way
common TO the British juror. at the
paIpable weakness of the defense: but
having satisfied themselves as TO the
prisoners guilt. after short c~onsidera-
ton they returned their awful verdict
of Guilty" Gerald Merrilees was SEN
fenced to death.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-08-28
III

But we didn't; for we were awakened
early by 4 violent ringing of the bell,
and upon going down in my dressing
gown and opening the door I behe!d the
village constable. with white. haggard
face. or which fear was strongly marked
in every line.
oh. sir" he gasped. will you come
over on the common with me? There's
the corpse Of = a lying there. and 1
fear he's been murdered. for there's q
knife stuck in his breast. I want you
20 come as q witness before I touch the
body
Lying or the common. Murdered.
ImpoSSib.e," I said. But wait a mo-
meut till I have dressed and I'll come
with you"
The constab,e's tale was only 700 true,
for there. lying on the damp grass-his
hair and Clothes sodden with last
nights rain; with ~upturned face. and
with the blade Of q large knife buried
deep in his heart-lay the corpse OF
Ivan Solenski. the handsome young ten
ant OF The Hermitage" and sutton for
the heart and hand Of the lovely Marie
DevereuS. of Forest Hall" While the
constable guarded the body I hurried
for the doctor. who upon his arrival de-
clared that life had been extinct for
some hours.
Good heavens" he calculated. this
knife belongs 10 Gerald Merri,ees! See.
here are his initials," and there. on the
si.ver-mounted handle, were the letters
&c. NJ"
That evening Gerald MerriIees. the
handsome. well-built young owner OF
The Home Farm" and So!elski's rival
for the affections Of the beauteous
Marie Devereux. was arrested on Z
charge Of murder. upon the sworn in
formation Of the butler OF Forest
Hall" who depoSed that on the pre-
vious evening Merrilees had had I
stormr interview with Miss DevereuS.
in which Solenski's name was men
toned several times. and that Nerri,ees
had suddenly dashed out OF the house.
mutter!ng: I'll Kill him. II XII,
him." Upon this evidence and tina;
OF the knife found in the dead mans
breast Nerri,ees was committed for
trial al the Forthcoming a~ssizes about
TO be held at the Guildhal. Winchester.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-11-05
Mckinley and ascent wheat.

The free silverites last year made sun
dry bold statements about contracted
currency; that there was not enough mon
ey in the country with which to do busi-
ness, and that the only way out of it was
by the adoption of the free and unlimited
coinage scheme. This would fix things up
all right, but unless adopted, many terri
BILE things would happen; wheat would
drop to 25 cents bushel, mortgages
would be foreclosed, men could find no
employment, and general gloom would
settle over the country, such as had never
been seen before. 1t will be remembered,
however, that the free coinage proposition
was not adopted by the voters Of the coun-
try, and yet in spite Of this fact the circu-
lation of the country within year has
increased nearly 500, 900, wheat has
gone up to the dollar mark, mortgages are
being rapidly paid off, men are employed
everywhere, and the only gloom observa-
BILE in the country comes from the fac
tory smoke.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-11-05
Our Farmers Will Profit.

Estimates made by the Government sta
tisticians of the United States and Aus
Hungary place the deficiency in the
worlds wheat supply for this year at 2O2,
100000 bushels The total crop of last
year fell 13O,OOO,OOO bushels short of the
average, so the net deficiency of the two
years aggregates 332,0O0,O0O, or more
than one-sixth Of normal years supply.
This is sufficient to account for the ad-
vance in prices, when taken in connection
with the fact that the consuming popula-
ton is constantly increasing. Reports
from the wheat exporting countries of
the Southern Hemisphere promise a good
average yield from the next harvest, but
the outlook for next years American win
ter wheat is bad enough to more than bal
ance the good promise of Australia and
Argentina. On the whole, the outlook is
for no better supply next year than this,
including Indis.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-11-05
An Eminent Mans Views.

People who are railing against the Unit
ed States courts and their methods would
do we'll to read what retiring Justice Field
said of that highest Of all United States
tribunals, the Supreme Court, after more
than thirty years opportunity to observe
the court. In his letter announcing his
retirement, he said, "As 1 look back over
the more than a third of a century that
have sat on this bench, am more and
more impressed with the immeasurable
Importance of this court. Now and then
we hear it spoken of as an aristocratic
feature of republican government, but
it is the most democratic Of all. 1t car
ries neither the purse nor the sword, but
it possesses the power of declaring the
law, and in that is found the safeguard
which keeps the whole mighty fabric of
the government from rushing to destTuc-
ton. This negative power, the power of
resistance, is the only safety Of a popu-
lar government"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-11-05
Political Bird Shot.

Reports from the farming regions show
that the corn is shocked. So are the free
silver advocates who note its advance in
value.
Those dark clouds that hang over every
manufacturing town nowadays are not of
a dangerous character, except to the ca
lamity howlers.
The Bank of England is becoming
alarmed at the outflow of gold from its
Golfers to this country, and various meas
ures are being attempted to stop it. But
it still continues to come.
The Democratic newspapers are bewail-
ing the fact that the deficit of the second
month Of the Dingley law was over three
million dollars ($3,OOO,OOO). They prob
ably did not notice that the deficit of the
second month of the Wilson law was over
100000.
Mr. Hanna is the owner of mine in
Michigan. 1t is the only one in Michigan
where the miners own their own homes.
In this mine they are getting better pay
than at any other mine in the State.''-
Statement by A. w. Wright, ex- Member
Board knights of Labor.
The Philadelphia Record says that the
Dingley law comes laundering down the
line in the second month Of it's operation
with deficit of three and half million
dollars. What noise there must have
been in the second month of the Wilson
law, when the deficit was thirteen and a
half million!
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-11-05
Compares the TWO Laws.

e The American Economist contains an
instructive comparison between the first
two months Of the Wilson tariff and the
Dingley tariff. The figures show that dur
ing the first month Of it's operation, Sep
tember, 1894. the Wilson bill yielded a
revenue Of $22 ,621, 800 and during the see
ond month SIS, ,139, ,24O. The Dingley bill
produced $19,O23, ,615 during the first
month of it's opera ton and $21, ,933 ,O9S
during the second. The point of contrast
is that while the Wilson bill showed a
large falling off in the second month the
Dingley bill shows large gain and $2,-
793, 1853 more than the total revenue re-
ceived during the second month of the
Wilson bill. From another point of view,
covering expenditures as well as receipts,
the deficit during the first month of the
Dingley bill was nearly $7,0OO,O0O greater
than during the first month Of the Wilson
bill, while in the second month Of the
Dingley bill the deficit was over SIC, ,OOO,-
600 less than in the second month Of the
Wilson bill. The Wilson bill deficit grew
as the bill got older and continued to in
crease, while the Dingley bill deficit was
ST 100000 less in the second month than
in the first, showing the superiority of
the Dingley bill as producer of revenue,
while as producer of prosperity there is
no room for comparison. The Wilson bill
destroyed prosperity, while the Dingley
bill is restoring it.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-11-05
Populists Dropping 1t.

The Populist party is rapidly abandon
ing the free silver proposition. The To-
peka, Kan, Advocate, a recognized Off
cial organ Of the Populist party, in a re-
cent editorial. says: THE principal differ
ence between the orthodox Populist and
the Republicans and Democrats on the
money question consists in the fact that
he believes paper money Of the right sort
is as good as gold or silver, and does not
need to be redeemed in either metal
He knows that the fat or the law written
on the coin Zone dollar) is its commission
and gives it its legal value, and he cares
nothing about the value Of bullion. =
There is no more room in the bimetallic
theory for the fat idea than there. is in
the monometallic theory"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-11-05
CANT MAKE TIN, CAN'T WEI
Old Free Trade Argument Knocked
Into a Cooked Hat.

Old Free Trade Argument Knocked
Into Cooked Hat.
Everybody remembers how the free
traders scoffed at the idea of making tin
plate in this country, and how long they
denied that it was being made at ALL Now
we are making tin plate enough to supply
our own markets and ship some abroad,
and we are making it better and cheaper
than the Welshmen did. London Hard
ware of Sept 16 says, referring to the
Welsh makers: TT is not their fault if the
American works, brand new in all their
appointments, turn out plates little
cheaper than the Welsh mills. Besides,
the Americans get their tin bars cheaper.
Of course the loss of the Ameri-
can trade is a great disaster, but it came
in the natural order of things, and must
be accepted patiently" There never was
a greater triumph. for the protection prin-
ciple, or II pla;ne. demonstration of IT'S
effectiveness, than the establishment Of
the tin plate industry in this country, and
appreciation of that fact was one reason
why the free traders fought it so malig-
ignantly.-Louisville Commercial.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-11-05
"Money Power" Again.

Is it that terrible money power ttla:
is destroying the crops all over the world
for the purpose of giving American farm
ers higher prices and thus showing them
the falsity Of the wheat-and- silver theory !?
There is just as much sense in assuming
that the money power could control the
wind and weather and grasshoppers and
other causes of foreign grain shortages
as it was to assume last fall that hand
full of inanciers located in some mysteri-
Gus secret chamber in London or else
where could control the legislation Of the
greatest and most intelligent nations of
the world in behalf Of the gold standard,
as was asserted from day to day and
week to week during the entire campaign
of 1896.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-11-05

Iacture TIN plate successfully in America? :?
treasury officials now have no doubt
that the Dingley law will produce ample
revenues after it gets fairly at work. The
earnings of its second month exceeded
those Of the second month Of the Wilson
law, and are steadily growing.
Secretary Wilson says the beet sugar
manufactures in the United States will
be quadrupled in number in the next
year. Is this due to famine abroad''?
OF course the Dingley law must not be
credited with it.
Prof. Wilson is so busy with his new
duties that he hasn't had time to explain
why farm products and prices Of labor in
creased as soon as the Dingley law went
into operation.
The Democratic New York Journal says
that gold Is on its way to New York and
the tide of domestic manufacturing inter
ests rises higher each day. The railroads
are blocked up with the crush of business
all along the line.''
1t will be noticed that the total loss on
the value of the farm animals Of the Unit
ed States during the years 1898, 1894,
1895 and 1896 reached the enormous iag-
gregate of $2,560, ,422,968! That is the
loss in the value of farm animals alone
during the past four years.
These are vitality important facts to the
farmers of the nation, and they are only
another link in the chain Of official proofs
prepared by free trade officials-that the
farmers Of the United States lost over
five billions of dollars by the decreased
consumption and decreased values of their
crops during the four years of free trade
government and free silver agitation. The
readers should constantly remember that
the statistics given here are not Register
lies" but are taken from the official re-
ports OF the free trade Secretary of the
Treasury and the free trade Secretary of
Agriculture of President Cleveland's last
administration.-De Moines Register.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-11-05
Wilson Dingley
Bill. Bill.
Expenditures 1858 ,O36,O ,O5o $5S,956, 1868
Receipts 41,76o, ,46e. 4o,956,713
Deficiency i. .s21, ,275,5so $4,000, $50
Unduly Exercised.

Henry Watterson, the Louisville philos-
opher, has been viewing with alarm again.
He sees evidences that the French revolu-
ton is to be revived very soon on the
American stage with Altgeld, Tillman and
Henry George cast as Robespierre, Dan
ton and Marat respectively. AS mat
ter of fact, there was never less danger
than now that we are near to conflict
with the forces of disorganization. The
American people are better fed, better
housed, better clothed, better educated,
and more contented than any other people
in the world, and if they should conclude
that any political or social changes are
necessary or promising they will make
them peaceably through the ballot box.
Mr.. Watterson should cheer up and -
turn for season to those mild Swiss
WI -Elye
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-11-05
Trade Revival Not Threatened.

The same sort of reaction which has
occurred in the stock market in the past
two weeks took place i'll the latter part of
1879, the year Of gold resumption, and
many persons predicted then, as they do
now, that the 'boom has burst" The
very same influence which caused the re-
action then causes it now-wild specula-
ton. Prices went up too fast at the be-
ginning of the trade revival then, as they
have done in the past few months. Bust
ness expansion was not checked in the
slightest degree, however, by the tempo
rary drop in stocks in 1879, nor is it in
1S97.-St. Louis Globe-D Democrat.