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The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-10
Left Destitute!

Not of worldly goods, but of all earthly com fort, is the poor wretch tormented by ma. laria. The fell scourge is, however, shorn of it's thong in advance by Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, its only sure preventive and remedy. Dyspepsia, biliousness, constipation, rheu- matism, nervousness and kidney complaints are also among the bodily afflictions which this benefcent medicine overcomes with cer- tainty Use 1t systematically.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-10
Take the Air Line

To Louisville and Eastern Cities, B miles the shortest from St. Louis. makes quickest time, Pullman Sleepers, Parlor and Dining Cars. All trains leave from St. Louis Union Station. For complete information address J. R. Tapp, Travelling Passenger Agent, Kansas City, Mo. R.. A. Campbell, General Passenger Agent, St. Louis, Mo.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-10
Shake Into Your shoes.

Aliens Foot Ease, powder for the feet. instantly takes the sting out of corns and bunions. It's the greatest comfort discovery of the age. Aliens Foot Ease makes tight or new shoes feel easy. 1t is a certain cure for sweating, callous, hot, tired, aching feet. Try it to-day. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores, 25c. Trial package, FREE. Write to Allen S. Olmsted LeRoY. N. Y.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-10
An Oddity.

Funny thing" said the observer. Fall young fellow puppy or an old
 nn a brute and see how mad they'll N, But call the young fellow sad 1g and the old man gay old dog and 2n'll see 'em burst with pride. .'-N. r..
 @urnal.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-10
Not the same.

Laura-What terrible fashions the European nobility have for remember ing their ancestors.
 Nonie-What do you refer to-their picture galleries?
 Laura-No. I heard that every aris- tocratic house keeps a family skeleton in the t.-Pittsburgh News.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-10
Acting unon It.

Miss Elder have decided to buy hus- band
 Miss Tommey-What on earth do you meang one, and I have always heard that every man has his price. Judge.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-10
couIan,t Come Ont.

Mrs. Nexdoor-I haven't seen your parents for ever so long.
 Little Fannie-Mamma has got scar let fever, and cannot come out.
 Mrs. Nexdoor-And what has your papa got?
 Little Fannie-He's got six months. and he can't come out either.-Tit-Bit
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-10

When the baby cries in a crowd a mar ried man tries to do something for it. The unmarried man thinks it is nuisance Washington Democrat
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-10
Can They stand Thfsr

Lives of Boston maids remind us, As we wander down the pike, That all chunks of icy coolness, Are not found in the Klondike.
 Chicago NeWa
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-10
Caught in the Rain.

Bill-Were you ever caught in the rain Jill-Yes; that's where 1 was caught. was accepted while taking girl home under my umbrella.-Whim Whams.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-10
nur Children.

Mamma (severely)-Daisy, you have Zen at my work box againl I'm afraid Eat everything I tell you goes in at Re ear and out of the other.
 Daisy (aetat five)-Well, mamma, why An't you top one of gem up?-Pick fe Up.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-10

Tibbs-"She is not only fne-looking girl, but they say she has f50,000 in her own right" Nibbs-"What would you do if you had wife like that?" Squibbs-"N Moth ing g"-Judy.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-10
safion.

(Sedgeley's marriage wasn't happy E, was it?" Well, that depends on the point of |w." [Ihe point of view?"
 les, the neighbors had no end of i out of it. ."-Chicago Journal.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-10

An Uneventful Life-"Ever buy gold brick at half price, unce?" asked the fresh city ,boarder. No" said the innocent old ruralist, q never had no chance of that kind yit. Indianapolis Journal.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-10

Fits stopped free and permanently cured No fits after first days use of Dr. Kline Great Nerve Restorer. Free $2 trial bottle treatise Dr. Kline. 933 Arch st.. Phila., Ps
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-10
star PIug Is Strictly High Grade.

No expense is saved--no false economy i' practiced--in the manufacture of Star plug tobacco. It is strictly high-grade in every particular.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-10
Notable Purchase.

"ery time l see you. you are buy. s'hething for your wife. Do yor |s ., ouy anything for yourself, olo |ob vi yes. peace. ."-Detroit Journal.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-10
Grautng.
Cleveland

Visitor Cat the picnic)-The music Is rather indifferent. It isn't full band. is it?
 Chairman of Committee of Arrange rnants-No. but it's getting full.--Chi- cago Tribune.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-10
The old Man.

A son is surprised sometimes, when hi father unbends little, to find what goo, fellow the old man really is.-Somervill, Journal
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-10
Too Tr,,e.

or great men all remind us,
 Efhs. shelr pages OCT We turn, We re apt 10 leave behind us ! -ssssrs that we ought to burn. IN. Y. Journal.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-10

Some people don't care how worthless an article IS so it is expensive.-W Washington Democrat.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-10

A slip, a fall, a sprain-laid
 Up. St. Jacobs Oil the cure.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-10

An empty purse and misers heart arc two of the hardest things in the world te fill.-Ram's Horn.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-10

Bargains are never offered us until it i too late to do us any good. Washington Democrat.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-10

"Hades must be like big hotel in the crowded season." "Yes-without fire es- capes "-Harlem Life
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-10
Natural Interpretation.

|now is Mir. Levinsky to-day" asked
 man ut the door with solicitude. ne seems to be failing" was the re-
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-10

The worst? It is-sciatica's s pain. But St. Jacobs Oil cures it.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-10

|oi course,' said the man at the door;
 P' didn't ask about his business. 1" IS his health ?"-Chicago Post.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-10

When lumbago sets in St. Jacobs Oil Sets out to cure and cures it.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-10

Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally. Price 75c.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-10

From any cause bruise is cured By St. Jacobs Oil. Use it promptly.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-10
To Cure a Cold in one Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. A druggists refund money if it fails tot cure. 25
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-10-30
ON n Mode: i'opuIist Farm.

Crop report:
Considerable warmer during the
week, with no rainfall, but the con-
ditiOns have been favorable for har-
vesting.
Wire grass, pig weed, devils greens
and Russian thistle have made good
progress.
Cow herb is we'll filled, but the hog
bite is slightly damaged by the rust.
Considerable quack grass and skunk
weed have been secured, but a good
deal remains out.
Dog weed, sour dock, rag weed, bot
tie grass, hen bite, and bull nettle are
all growing finely.
Stink weed is in bloom and colt 5
tail is now earring.
Goose grass has not yet begun TO
seed, but jimson weed is podding fine
Ily.
Mouse barley has been gathered for
some time and the wild cotton crop is
ready for the pickers-
Purslane, pepper grass and SOW
thistle are large and vigorous, but the
tubers are small.
Buck horn, squirrel tail and snAcze
weed are fruiting finely.
Old fog, dogs tail, niger head and
poke weed are well advanced and
promise tlne harvest.
Flea bane is a trife late: some cut
ting has been done, but the harvest is
slow
Bug seed are plentiful, but are drop
ping badly.
Beggar's lice are in splendid con-
dition and are now being picked. The
cockle-burr crop is the finest ever seen
since the adoption of the Ocala plat
form.
Screw worms, pea weevils, pear-tree
slugs, currant worms, cinch bugs and
flea beetles are all doing as well as
could be expected without the aid of
the sub-treasury or something better.
Memphis Commercial Appeal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-10-30
A Texas Precedent.

One other incident in Mr.. Terrell's
trip to Washington is worth record
ing. When our handsome Attorney
General had concluded his business
before the Supreme Court he was intro
duced to half dozen Attorney Cen
erals from other states, among them
being Col. Grain, of Texas. They ad-
journed to soda water fountain in a
Pennsylvania avenue drug store and
discussed the attorney general busi-
ness from various standpoints, COM
pairing notes of their several exper-
fences.
There's one advantage of being At
torney General in Texas" said Col.
Grain, as he drank his orange phos-
phate, land that is the assurance of
being Governor afterward. Our last
three Governors were graduated from
that Office, and the precedent is now
firmly fixed"
Mr.. Terrell touched him on the arm
and led him aside.
Colonel" he said softly, what
will you take for the receipt"
lanta Constitution.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-10-30
Prices in 1864.

While at Sloan Springs some days
ago L. P. Payne handed us copy of
price lists of 1864 sent him by Kan
sas City wholesale house. The prices
are from New York quotations. We
copy the following from the list:
Prints, Meramec, per yard 80 cents.
Prints, Pacific, per yard 46 cents.
Prints, Cohos Falls, per yard %
cents.
Ginghams, per yard 40 to All cents.
Delainos, per yard 55 to So cents.
Apron checks, per yard 40 to 55t
cents,
Ticks, per yard So to IS cents.
Canton fannels, per yard A to 50
cents.
Brown shirting, per yard 47t to so
cents.
Brown sheeting, per yard so to -!
cents.
Linseys, per yard 50 to 87i cents.
Bleached cotton, per yard 434 cents.
West Plains Journal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-10-30
Changing the Natural Order.

"It's peculiar fact, said a young
lawyer yesterday, ''that negro men
seldom fight over women, but it is the
negro women who fight over the men.
This is confirmed by the records of the
police courts. 1t is always the dusk
damsels who figure as belligerents in a
case of jealousy. The old saying is
that wherever any trouble happens
you are sure to be rightwhen you look
for the woman at the bottom of it. AS
to the colored people, this will haveto
be amended, and when there is any
love disturbance it will be we'll to look
for the man. New Orleans Times
Democrat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-10-30
Free Pills.

Send your address to II. Z. Bucklin
& Co., Chicago, and get a free sam
pie box of DR.. Kings New Life Pills.
A trial will convince you of their
merits. These pills are easy in action
and are particularly effective in the
cure of Constipation and Sick Head
ache. For Malaria and Liver troubles
they have been proved invaluable.
They are guaranteed to be perfectly
free from every deleterious substance
and to be purely vegetable. They do
not weaken by their action, but by
giving tone to stomach and bowels
greatly invigorate the system Reg
ular size 25e. per box. Sold by w.
C.Haman.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-10-30
Where Life is Longest.

More people over 100 years old are
found in mild climates than in the
higher latitudes. According to the
last census of the German Empire, of
a population of 55, 600, 900, only seventy
eight have passed the Tooth year.
France, with a population of 40, o,0OO,-
900, has 2l3 centenarians. In England
there are 146; Ireland, 578, and in
Scotland, 46. Sweden has 10 and
Norway %; Belgium, 5; Denmark, 2;
Switzerland, none. Spain. with
population of $4,000, 900. has 4Ol per-
sons over 100 years of age. OF the q
$50, 900 inhabitants of Servia, 575 per-
sons have passed the century mark.
1t is said that the Oldest persons lr>
ing whose age has been proven is,
Bruno Cotrim, born in Africa, and
now living in Rio Janeiro. He is l5O
years old. A coachman in Moscow
has lived 40 years. New York Herald.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-10-30
Sending Money by Mail.

The loss week or two ago between
Ogden and Chicago of a postal regist-
ry pouch which contained Sl4,0O0 is
something that is puzzling the special
agents of the Post Office Department.
The methods pursued by the depart
ment are supposed to throw every
possible safeguard around the hand
ling and transportation of valuable
property that is consigned to the
mails. The regulations require the
personal inspection and checking by
two or three men of every pouch con-
tanning registered mail, and in the
case in question ali these requirements
had been complied with. In spite of
all this, however, the package dis
appeared, and no trace of it has yet
been secured.
The incident suggests that there is
widespread error as to the response
bility of the government for packages
of money that are sent through the
mails. 1t is generally supposed that
if money so sent should be lost by
accident or dishonesty the government
is bound to make the loss good. This
is not the case. The system of regis
tration and receipting its value in that
when a package is lost it can be easily
traced over the route it has taken, but
is for registration alone.
and while the government takes special
care of registered matter, it does not
assume responsibility for its loss or
destruction. 1t would be well were
this borne in mind, especially when
there are methods by which large sums
of money or valuable property can be
sent other than the registration de-
partment, and that, too, with the
assurance that any loss sustained will
be made good. d.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-10-30
WARNER IS DlSGuSTED.
Says He VIII Ask Nothing More
From McKinley's decentralization.

KANSAS CITY, No, Oct. 22.-Maj.
William Warner gave it out this
morning that he had nothing more to
ask of the Mckinley Administration.
This is a tacit acknowledgement that
in his fight for at least a small por-
ton of the patronage for Missouri the
Major has been worsted. Every can
didate he has favored, barring his son,
who was given the snap Office of In
spector of Emigration, has been turn
ed down by thecombined work of Web
ster Davis, Assistant Secretary of the
Interior, and r. c. Kerens. The war
between Davis and Warnerdates back
prior to the election ofDavis as Mayor
of Kansas City. Davis is now evening
up. This sudden retirement of War
ner will have a direct bearing on the
pOstmastersnip and internal revenue
fights here.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-10-30
Couldn't Use Them.

There was scene in big store the
other day that set all the force OF
clerks laughing. And the proprietor
laughed with them, thing unpreced-
ented in the history of the establish
ment. A bucolic gentleman arrayed
in blue overalls, check shirt, SLOUGH
hat, and compromise coat that must
have been manufactured just after the
war, provoked the sport without any
intention OF doing so.
What the doggone nationdo want
with that butterfly overcoat? 'Taint
no fit to start with, would't keep out
no cold, an it looks jest slough twas
made for dude, with all these colors
an ribbons an jim-cracks. I'd look
we'll now, wouldn't l, firtin' round
tn barnyard an tn fields with that
there kind of uniform?"
With that he brought the offending
garment down as though he were
swinging a fail, and there spread out
one of the daintiest little bath robes
of baby blue that had ever been sold
from the establishment.
'tThere it is now,'' half screamed
a pretty and stylish girl who had been
an amused spectator of the scene.
"That's the robe l bought and here's
what you sent me-" as she contempt
uously tossed to the counter package
from which she tore the string. In it
was a pair of brown jeans pants that
were Enthusiastically made for rough
wear.
"Yes, an there's them pants l s..
lected and paid fur. l guess they got
our goods mixed, miss, an we kin
jest fix tall by swoppin' back ag'in.
This here fowin' robe amt no earthly
use to me, an reckon you don't care
bout them other articles"
The girl had the good sense to ap-
preciate the funny side of the thing,
and the "swop'; was made amid gen.
eral hilarity.-Detroit Free Press.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-10-30
Bryaa's Coming Visit to Ohio.


We will welcome Mr.. Bryan. The
farmers will welcome him, and will
show him the mortgages which they
have been able to cancel by selling
their wheat at from 90c to 81 bushel,
under the gold standard, while the
value of the metal in a silver dollar
has fallen to 40c. The business men
will welcome him, and will show him
the busy factories which Republican
prosperity and good times have en-
abled them to reopen. The working
men in Cincinnati, Columbus, Toledo,
Dayton, Springfield, Cleveland and
every other city of the state will well
come him, and will tell him that after
William Mckinley went to the White
House they had no trouble in getting
work again.
What will be Ohio's answer to
BrFan's appeal that we elect free sill
yer candidates, in order to help him
gain the Popocratic nomination in
1900?
Ohio will answe~ him now as she
did year ago. The people of Ohio
will answer him by rallying to the
support of their financial honor and
their business interests. which he
seeks to destroy, and on November
they will bury him and his free silver
satellites by majority of 100, 600 for
sound money and honest government.
Commercial-Tribune
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-10-30
PRICED MOURNING GOODS.
The Mountafneer's Wife Wanted to
BE Ready for ANY Emergency.

The Mountafneer's Wife Wanted to
BE Ready for ANY Emergency.
The best-looking married woman in
that particular locality OF the Cumber-
land Mountains was BillMagee's wife,
and it was the constant wonder of the
entire section why SO much sweetness
had wasted itself on such an ornery
and doless desert as was Bill. In line
with this was sanotherwonderw why Bills
wife. Susan Martin, hadn't married
Jim Ferguson, as everybody thought
she should have done. But that had
all happened a year before came in
to the mountains, and it gave me con-
Germ whatever. Like any gentleman
of taste, l admired Mrs. Magee and
felt especially happy when, as it hap
pened sometimes, the clerks in the
company's storewe busy and l could
wait upon her. 1t was thus one day
that as she entered the store l hoped
around behind the counter like
youngster of 20.
What can 1 do for you to-day,
ma 'am?" l said, with a fine bow.
Got any mournin' good?" she in
quired. with a delightful hauteur.
Anybody dead:" asked, forget
ting that it wasn't my business to be
asking questions.
No." she hesitated, they amt
egzackly yit, but 1 thought l might as
we'll be sorter lookin' 'round''
What do you want to see particu-
larly:" 1 inquired, very curious to
know what she was after.
II reckon l might as we'll see the
whole shootin' match, fer eff l want
part I'll be wantin' all thar is
l three down two or three pieces of
mourning stuff and piled black ribbon
and all the other habiliments of woe
in the shop down alongside.
"Them's right nice," she said, after
taking good look at the display,
"but amt quite ready to take any
thing yit. You see it's this away,
Colonel Last night Billand Jim had
words Gaze Jim helped me acrost the
footlog comm from meetin' and this
mornin' Bill he took his gun and went
huntin' fer jim You know Jim and
you know Bill Colonel. and eff they
run acrost each other you know what's
goin' to happen. Thar's a chance
they won't meet up with each other,
and l reckon I'd better watt
Probably it might be better,7' 1
ventured.
81 reckon it would" she concluded,
moving slowly toward the door, "4but
you kin kinder hold back a dress pat
tern fer three er four days, can't
you?"
When l heard from there last she
was Mrs. Jim mFersuson--Washington
Star.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-10-30
Albert-StOQe.

Married, at the residence of the
brides mother, October 9th, 1897, by
Rev. Father Linn, William NJ. Stone
and Miss Emma J. Albert.
The wedding ceremony was witness
cd by enly the relatives and close
friends of the contracting parties.
William NJ. Stone is the son of J..
c. Stone, travelling salesman, and his
bride is the third daughter of the late
Judge Sebastian Albert. Mr.. Stone
is book-keeper for the st. Louis, Cape
Girardeau * Fort Smith Railroad
Company, position he has held for
several years.
After the wedding ceremony was
performed the guests were invited to
the dining room where an elegant
breakfast was served.
The young couple, after receiving
the congratulations of their friends
took the ll:30 train for st. Louis.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-10-30
Men. Women and Hats.

4 German professorhas been study
ing that article of masculine apparel
which the irrevent call a "stovepipe, !"
and has found in itproof of mans su-
perity to woman, says the New York
Times. Time was. he says, when men,
like women now, ornamented their
hats with ribbons and feathers more
or less beautiful and wore garments
of the brightest colors they could find.
This was all ''plumage d amour" it
indicated no intellectual superiority,
and no moral worth. 1t tmerely repre-
sented the superiority of the peacock
over the peahen. Now men have molt.
ed. Their headgear has become the
unplumed "stevepipe, their habit the
inexpensive frock coat. 1t is woman,
the professor points out, who wears
the ''plumage d. amour" to-day, in
her hat and elsewhere.
Nature, he explains, means some
thing by every evolution or revolution
she permits. What she means by this
one is that fine feathers are best suit
ed for the feather Drained. The plum
ed hat of woman is symbolical of her
fall, the plain "stovepipe" of man, of
his rise in intellectually. Mans
moral worth, in short, has become
zuch that he can lose plumage 10 the
inferior animals. If this isn't ''iust
like man for all the world" nothing
ever was.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-10-30
PAID TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS.
J r. f. Allen Created n Big Excite
ment In Louisville, Kentucky.

ment in Louisville, Kentucky.
The man j. r. F. Allen, who aston
ished the natives here Fair week by
purchasing and paying one thousand
dollars for five thousand Fair tickets,
has created big sensation in Louis
vile, KY. He telegraphed the Secre-
tary of the Louisville Driving and
Fair Association from st. Louis that
he would give him two thousand dol
lars for twenty-five hundred tickets.
The Secretary answered him that he
could haye the tickets but didn't be-
lievc the man wo2ld show up. Allen.
however, showed up and paid the cash
for the tickets jush as he did here. He
gave the Secretary IL thousand dollar
treasury note and Il draft on st.
Louis bank for amuihcrthousand. The
officers of the Association were so as
tOnlshed that they GOT drunk and they
have not sobe.ed up yet.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-10-30

VINITA, l. T., Oct. 27.-Judge John
r. Thomas of the United States Court,
now in session here, made a very i'm
portant and far-reaching ruling to-
day. Judge Thomas held that the pub
lication of warning notices to nonresi
dent defendants in diverse proceedings
was null and void and that actual
service must be had on such defend
ants. The decision, if sustained in the
higher courts, to which an appeal will
be taken, will set aside any number
of marriages contracted by parties.
who have obtained DEGREES of divorce
from the courts on default of nonresi-
dent defendants.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-10-30
Our Flag Not There.

OF the 648 ocean steamships which
entered the port of Buenos Ayres dur
ing the firsteight months of represent
year, not one sailed under the flag of
the United States. Yet those vessels
carried thousands oftons ofour goods,
the freights on which went into the
pockets of Europen ship owners. The
growing commerce ofArgentina, which
might be largely controlled by Ameri-
can enterprise, is passing into the
hands of Germany and England, and
will continue to do so until our ship
ping laws and commercial policy are
revised on terms that will enable US to
compete successfully for the South
American trade.-New York Mail and
Express.