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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06
Resolutions.

Brother Edward Randol, who was
called from labor to reward, ON Janu-
ary II, 1897, was born Augustl5, 1' A
in the city of Cape Girardes 4, Mo.
He was, at the date of his cath. aood
10 years, months ar ae aavs He
was an active me. ..aher of Harnanv
Lodge NO. H. -, +. anti A. N. Dur
ing his membership he occupied all
sta .ons OF honor in the lodge and
served with fidelity and satisfaction to
thecsaft Heleaves wife, four children,
Two brothers and a sister to mourn his
untimely loss.
Now, therefore, since it was the
pleasure of the Grand Master of uni
verse to sound the gavel and sum-
mons brother Edward Randol from
labor to refreshment at time which
ne thought to be the meridians of his
existence and the maturity of manhood
to quit the scenes, duties and activities
ot this life and enter into the grave re-
sponsibiIities of the life unknown to
US, be 1t therefore
RESOLVED, That Harmony Lodge
has lost an active member who met all
the requirements enjoined upon him:
his wife faithful husband, his child
rem an affectionate father, his brothers
and sister dutiful brother and the
community good citizen. While we
submit cheerfully to the will of the
Eternal, we deplore his great loss to
his little children, which are at that
age where they directly need parental
care. Be it further
RESOLVED, That we extend our sim
cere coincidence to his stricken family,
in this their sore berea avement, and of
fer the hand of sympathy to them in
every time of need, and page of our
record be set aside to his memory, and
that our hall be properly draped with
its jewels and implements, and that
each brother wear badge of mourn |
ing for the space of 30 days, and that
a copy of these resolutions be publish |
ed in some newspaper and a copy be |
furnished the family.
JEFFERSON WILLIAMS,
WILLIAM II. BROWN. Com. |
JOHN S. COBB,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06
Card of Thanks

To the voters and managers OF the
Parochial Hall.
When came to the Parochial hall
last night did not anticipate to be
caned, If had, it might have scared
me away as am not used to public
demonstrations of that nature. But
since the Gaming came from such
friendly hands and was for such a
noble and good cause 1 could not but
accept it with the greatest regard to
those who voted it to me and the
managers of the Hall.
l therefore desire to return my
grateful thanks to each and every
one of the voters and the managers
for their interest they have taken in
voting the cane to your humble
servant. w. 81. CoERvER.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06
At Maiden, Mo.

MAIDEN, Mo-, January 31.-At 3:3C
O'Clock this morning two brick bust
ness blocks were destroyed by fire
which originated in the Register
printing Office, and is believed to have
been started by tramp printer named
Raymond, who is under arrest. The
Dunklin County Bank and all the other
adjacent houses narrowly escaped.
Several persons were injured. and
others narrowly escaped strangulation
from the dense smoke, which suddenly
filed the rooms. The principal losers
are T. C. Stokes & Co., Ashcroft
Bros, city drug store, Watkins Bros.
barber shop, the Central Hotel, Wat
kins & Grimes livery stable, Drs.
Vancleve, Scruggs & Dalton and the
"Dunklin County News: also, Mrs.
McGivery and the Register" office.
The total loss will amount to about
s2l, 900. with perhapss1O, 900 insurance.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06
A SPLENDID DONATION.
The Brewers of st. Louis Give SEQ.
O0O for the Relief OF the Poor.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. January 80, 1897
Mr.. r. NJ. Scruggs, President st.
Louis Provident Association: Dear
Sir-In response to your call the
brewers of the City of st. Louis here
with hand you for the suffering poor
of our city the sum of $4,000.
1t is evident that the same cause,
depression in business, has served to
increase legitimate demands for assis-
tance, and to decrease the amount OF
voluntary contributions. This general
result, aggravated by very inclement
weather, has served to present to every
citizen the picture of real want and
hunger.
No doubt the situation in st. Louis
is better than in some other large
cities. But while a relatively small
amo unit would meet the emergency, the
present situation is, nevertheless, so
grave that as matter of common OBJ
legation all citizens should look to its
immediate alleviation. Approaching
your general purpose and knowing
your facilities for aiding the deserv-
ing and for discriminating between
them and the undeserving, the brewers
are glad to make the above contribu-
ton; and unhesitatingly call on all
other industries to promptly sustain
in a similar manner our city;s reputa-
ton for self-reliance and self.help.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06
Vaccine as a Cure Tor Diphtheria.

Vaccine as q Cure for Diphtherfa.
OAKLAND, CAL, February Am
intereting problem is suggested to the
medical world by Iecent experiment
of DR.. F. H. Woolsey. He was called
to treat two children suffering from
the fever which follows vaccination,
and while they were under his care
both developed diphtheria, from which
they recovered very quickly. The
physician is now almost convinced
hat there was clash between3
the two foments in the blood and that
the virus of the vaccine vanquished
the toxin of the diphtheria. He
watched the cases very closely, and
he felt SO certain Of the correctness of
his conclusions that in the note of
the cases which he sent to the health
officer he announced that the diphthe-
ria had been lightened by vaccination.
The patients are now strong and we'll
at time when such sufferers are usu-
ally weak from the effects of the dis
ease. In discussiugsthe amatter DR..
Woolsey said:
The thought suggested 'by T. los,
recent cases Of mine in the ar t..n.
nism of one disease for anothr r Na.e
erysipelas to cancer, is an an.sreI .
new idea as applied to dinb,seria
Il -
"netner are not 1t Will grove of any
practical value Is a eessfon upon
which L feel rather aSSetful, but it
- ne'er'neieoS Of gTeatinterest scien-
incaliV' anu shrews newlight on such
eue 1t may incidentally be a
poin' vantage for experiments in
e'ne difecuons.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06
Bucklen's Arnica SaIve,

The best salvein the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum.
fever sores, letter, chapped hands,
chilblains, corns, and all skin erup
tins, and positively cures piles, or no
pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded
Price 25 cents per box. For sale a
W. C. Hamanis.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06
Marvellous Results.

From a letter written by Rev. j.
Genderman, of Dimondale, Mich, We
are permitted to make the extract: 81
have no hesitation in recommending
DR.. Kings New Discovery, as the re-
suits were almost marvellous in the
case of my wife. While was pastor
of the Baptist Church at Rives juno
ton she was brought down with
Pneumonia succeeding La Grippe.
Terrible paroxysms of coughing would
last hours with little interruption and
it seemed as if she could not survive
them. A friend recommended DR..
Kings New Discovery; it was quick in
its work and highly satisfactory in
results" Trial bottles free at W G.
Haman's drug store. Regular size
Soc and S1.00.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06
Electric Bitters.

Electric Bitters is a medicine suited
for any season, but perhaps the more
generally needed in the Spring, when
the languid exhausted feeling prevails,
when the liver is torpid and sluggish
and the need of tonic and alternative
is felt. A prompt use of this medicine
has often averted long and perhaps
fatal bilious fevers. No medicine will
act more surely in counteracting and
freeing the system from the malarial
poison. Headache, Indigestion, Con-
stipation, Dizziness yield to Electric
Bitters. Only fifty cents per bottle a,
W. C. Haman's drug store.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06
THE COLD WINTER"
Some Recollections of Life in Mis-
souri, sixty-Seven Years Ago.

souri, siIty-seven Years Ago.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo-. January .21.-
The present "cold spell" hat again
induced the old citizens OF Springfield
to exchange memories OF historic Mis-
souri, winters. Judge NJ. ]. Rountree,
who came to Southwest Missouri
with his parents in January, 1880, a
few months after the founder OF
Springfield, John P. Campbell, had
built the FIRST log cabin on the pres
ent site of the metropolis of the
Ozarks, tells the following story of
that memorable winter.
Our family left Tennessee in the
fall Of 1880, and reached the Missis-
sippi River about the 1stof December.
The winter came on early, and by the
time we got to Massey's iron works
the snow was so deep that our teams
could not make the usual daily dis
distance. We expected that the snow
would soon meltand pleasant weather
return. but the temperature kept fall
ing trom day to day, and the sky con-
tinuedt cloudy and threatening.
The country was an unhxoken
wilderness, with only here and there a
wagon trail made by the home-seekers
who had gone before us to the West
ern frontier. When the snow reached
"A depth of Is inches our situation be-
came extremely uncomfortable and
perilous. The Uackless waste then
all looked alike, and more desolate
scene was never heheld in this latitude
by homeless wanderers We could
travel but a few miles aday, and were
in constant danger OF getting lest.
| should Judge that the mercury was
down as low as zero most of the time,
but we had no thermometer to measure
the cold. The country was full of
wild beasts. ard packs of hungry
wolves hOwied around ourcamp every
night. Fortunately Tor US, we fell in
with party of Canadian furt aders
and Indians whe were coming into
the Ozark country, and they became
our guides through the snow-covered
wilds of Southern Missouri. But for
this good fortune | do not believe we
could have completed our Journey.
The Indians knew the country well,
and they guided rs from dav to day
slowly through 1he deepening snow
drifts.
Now and then the sun would shine
through tare br0ken clouds. but the
faint rays shed but little warmth on
the frozen earth. Sundogs always
in the heavens when the sky
was clear and q biting frost filled the
air every cloudless morning. BY sthe
middle OF December the snow was
nearly , feet deep, and our wagons
could hardly be pulled through some
of the drifts
"Sman game persisted from star
vation, and became food for larger
animals. Villa turkeys died by
and wolves devoured the
dead birds. Whole fioeks of turkeys
would drop from theirroosts at night,
exhausted by hunger and cold. Very
few quail survived that terrible win
ter.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06
AProtest from DE Soto.

De SOTO, Mo-, January 2S.-Pe.
titions and resolutions againstthe pro-
posed reduction of passenger and
freight rates are being forwarded to
DR.. C. H. Williams, Representative
from this county at Jefferson City.
Last week numerously signed petit
ton was forwarded, signed by De Soto
business men and railway shop men.
Later strong resolutions from the
local lodge of the o. r. C. were pass
ed and forwarded, and this week the
brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
Railway Trainmen and Brotherhood
of Locomotive Firemen will forward
as strong resolutions of pro-
test, which they are preparing. The
resolutions state that the railways are
giving good service, and are paying
wages that, if their earnings are re-
duced, it will force a cut which they
state the men are not prepared to
stand, and further that the companies
in this state are now carrying freight
and passengers at equally as low
rates as more thickly populated
states.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06
death of Mrs. IAfsher Brown Travis

death of Mcs- IAEthen Grown Travis,
We chrOnScfsd some days ago the
death of Mcs. Althee Brown Travis
wife of DR.. Geo. W.. Travis, OF this
city. At the time Of her demise Mrs.
Travis was -sixty-Une years old She
was born &n this ,peEnty and passed
her life in this city. She was q
daughter sof the KITE DIR. Wilson
Brown. aIFl his wife, Amanda Gibo-
ney, who now atlthe age of eishtysiV
bewaiis her loss. Ger father Was no,
only a beading physician, but elsO
active III DusIDesssnd political affairs
and enSsyed wiSe popularity. al
one dmstne was .SZditor of State, ard
when he eldied, ir 1855, he Was Lieu
tenant tS0vern0- of Missp2ri. He
gave his daughter the advantages OF
a thorough. education and she was his
cherished idol. IN days loog before
railroads traversed every portion OF
the State she OfteK accompanied him
in his social. and political travels, and
so early in life net many lsading.a..;'
prouinent men, and acSuire6 that
ease End grace. al manner which ,oan-
tact zzith the word alone can give,
and thus to d character naturally
amias,e and a1feole added charm
whief. all experienced coming within
its Influence. FeE ladies had wider
acquaintance ORG more devoted circle
of friends. Size 'sever forgat any one,
nor &.Ose amenities which .adorn So
ciety- She neglected nOTre OF tngse
attentions within the sphere of her
life sifiich captiyIte the mind, nor
any Of those kindly offices that Sub
due ta,e heart in times wher dark ,a2d
somiSer clouds Gang over our path
way. She possessed a nzind richly
stored with information and a reten-
tive Demory In conversation was
both thoughtful and brilliant. She
was ever considerate of the feelings
of others. Sheshad a heart overflow
ing with kindness and sweetGharity sat
enthr0ned in her soul. Through e
long and lingering illness, which for
manynonths sheknew would terminate
fatally, with meek and christian res
ignation she prepared for the inevi-i
table ea1d. Mrs. Travis Was twice
married Her first husband, Samuel.
Sloan died during the war, and she.
leaves a son, Prot Albert B. Sloan
by this marriage and DR.. Geo. W.
Travis with whom she internarried
some twenty years ago to mourn her
loss. All who knew her sincerely
lament her death.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06
A BLACK BEAR
Roaming the Woods
Within Five Miles of Cape Girardeau
"A Gentleman Saw His Bear
ship With q Pig in His ARMS

Within Five Miles of Cape Girardeau
"A Gentleman saw His Bear
ship With a Pig IN His Arms
Mr.. Pulley, who resides on the
Bourger land in the swamp, saw q
large black bear near the Morrison
place about five miles from this city
last Monday. Pulley was on his way
to this city and to shorten the distance
was coming through the woods. When
about half a mile from the Morrison
place he heard pig squeal a short
distaRcs ahead of him. He walked on
and soon he walked up within forty
yards of big black bear. The bear
had a small pig in his arms which he
had about squeezed the life out of.
Wken the bear discovered Mr.. Pulley
he grabbed the pig in his mouth and
ran off through tisewoods.
Pulley says the bear has been in his
neighborhood killing pigs for some
time but this is the first slime that he
mas caught sight of the a.aimal.
Hon. Louis Bouck says he will give
twenty dollars for the hide of this
hear.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06
Long-Atsent Husbands's Return.

RICHMOND, KY, Feb. Twenty
years ago James p Gooch, a farmer
of Wayneshurg, Lincoln county, de-
serted his Eife and family and went
20 Texas. Nothing was heard of him,
and he was given UP as dead. Last
week, however, Gooeh, who is now 73
wears old, aad almost blind, returned,
Begged his wife's forgiveness, and
was taken back into the bosom of his
now grown-up family. Gooch is the
father of Hon. E. G. Gooch, and the
family is one of the best-known in
that section.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06
A Bill to Largely Increase Their Sal
aries.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Feb. g.
Senator Anderson of Boone County
introduced in the Senate to-day a bill
increasing the salaries of the Circuit
Judges of the State from 5000 to
SO, 500 per annum. The bill will not
apply to the CircuitJ Judges of the City
of st. Louis for the reason that they
now receive $500 per snnum, $4,000
from the State and $500 from the
city.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06
Wages of European Policemen

London pslicezsen or roundsmen
are paid from $3.50 to s12 week and
constables or patrolmen from S6 to
SS. In Dublin the wages are half q
dollar less. In Glasgow the highest
pay for a constable is Sc. ia, for a SER
geant IS, an inspector gets s7OOa year,
and a superintendent from 81, 200 to
81, 800. The st. Petersburg chief of
police draws 81, 500 year. a sergeant
from $500 to S4O0, and a patrolman
from $50 to 1920 year. Paris pays
ss-25 to $3.50 to patrolmen iagents)
and 81 to roundsmen. Patrolmen get
from 1925 to $3.50 year at Vienna,
from $3.50 to $500 at Amsterdam, from
$500 to 1920 at Brussels, where detec-
tives may rise to $3.50. Turkish police
men get SO a week and the native po-
liceuen of Calcutta from 81 to $3.50 a
month.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06
Prof. Vandfver to Resign His Posi-
tfOn in the Normal.

Hon. Louis Houck, President Board
of Regents Sir:-As my term
of office as Congressman will begin
on the 4th of March next, and as it is
probable that my duties in that posi-
ton will require my time and attention
at an early date, 1 think it proper to
inform you of my intention to resign
the Presidency of the Normal school.
My annual report will be handed to
you before 1 leave. Permit me only
to add that my interest in the Normal
school shall not die with Perseverance
of my connection with it. but shall
continue and l shall be glad to rem
der it any service in my power.
Very Respectfully,
w. D. VANDIvER.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06
Croub and whooping Cough .

Billiards. Horehound Syrup will
promptly relieve Group and Whooping
Cough. 1t will cure the worst Cough
or Cold. 1t never disappoints. Try
it. Sold by Wilson Drug store
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06
bicycling and women,s Feet.

1t is curious to see how the bicycling
craze has already altered the size O
ladies' boots. Year after wear doc.
tors have been preaching against the
high heels and the compressed toes oI
the French shoe. They have preached,
but they have not been listened to: and
all soLts OF little limps 'and shuffies
have got to have a kind OF vogue,
and girls have treated their toes as
disrespectfully as if they were their
waists. And now comes the bicycle
and sets things right. The myth of
the very small foot is being exploded.
Indeed, it was almost inevitable it
should. When you see almost level
with your eye a thing you were ac-
customed to look at far beneath it you
get true idea of the size. A girls
foot on a pedal, now common way
side object, shows that good-looking
girls have gederally fairly proper
toned feet. There has come a reac-
ton against the Chinese deformity,
and sympathy with nature. You
can not pedal with a foot like the
castor of a pianoforte. If you do
you risk your life, or, what is more
thought of, your appearance. And
so fashion rushes in where physicians
may not tread. But the doctors bear
no malice. Indeed. they order the
bicycle for their patients. many of
them being surgeons as well as ply
sicians. Westminster Gazette.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-07-08
INTERIORS TOOK Ar OAkLY.
Three Favorites Got Noses Under the "ire
First.

CINCINNATI. O.. July Tracing at
Oakley to-day was confined TO large nelds
of inferior quality Three out OF SIX raw
orites succeeded in getting first past the
wire. Weather hot, track fast.
First race. five furlongs. French Gray,
q to 81 first: Allie Belle. q 10 ana 4 10
81 second Miss c., 90 10 Dthird. Iime'
1908. Mutuals paid sl2 for s..
Second race, seven furlongs-Assep' w
to ID first; Gov. Boies, q TO % second
Strathreel, C TO u third. Time, l;Sp L.
Mutuals paid $40 for s. on Governor
Boies.
Third race, four and a half furiongs-
Ed Farrell, 90 to ID first; McCleary, %
to l and to u second; Sound Money %
TO u third. Time, :56 "a. Mutuals PAID
SIS for s. on Field.
Fourth race, one mile-Booze. e. 10 %
first: Old Tar, 90 to and to ID second;
Raymond. a to u third. Time, 1:i5 IL.
Mutuals paid $500 for $6j.
Fifth race, one mile-Happy Hours, go
10 - first; Prince of India. $50 to and
to u second; Proteus. q to D third.
Time. l:A "a. Mutuals paid s2i for s.
FOR place. No pools sold on winner
Sixth race, one mile-Arlington, q to
u first; Viscount, Is to and to 81 sec
ond: Lufra. Is to u third. Time l:43 1-2.
Mutuals paid $40 for IS on Viscount. No
pools sold on winner.
Tame Races at Shcepshead.
NEW YORK. July IAN already
meagrs card was practically spoiled hy
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-07-08
MI " a Rh IT EICES,
The Races Satisfactory. but Attendance
SMALL VI. ID. Makes Good Time.

PETERSBURG. VA, July Especial
The list Of the summer races at the New
market race track came off this after
noon with about four hundred people in
attendance.
The first race was 2:32 trot-ore mile
purse $50, best three in five. The en-
tries We're Easter Lilly owned by Il.
VI. Hewitt. of Weyanoke Va; price
Cox" owned by VIM. l.. Bass, OF Rich
mond; NH ME Russell" owned by Or
iole Stables. Baltimore; Marion Craig"
owned by Thomas Anderson, Of Rich
mond; Lady Scott" Owned by Colin
Steele. OF Norfolk. won by Easter Lii
~" in three straight heats. Time, 2:29
Ii. 2:29 -. and 2:39 IA.
The second race was free for all best
three in five, trot and pace-one mile
purse. 500. The entries were "Whitby,
owned by r. NJ. Hewett. Of Weyanoke;
-. NJ. D." owned by Oriole stables. Bal
timOre. Albert G. owned by w. q:
Bryan. OF Richmond. BAY Wilkes.
owned by VIM. l.. Bass. Of Richmond.
won by u. VI D. in three straight
heats. in 2:2l. 2:l9 IA. and 9ls.
IL is said that the track at Suffolk Is
the only track In Virginia that mas a
record as fast as that made by u. Nj. ID.
in this race.
The entries for the running races-three-
quarter mile dashes-hest in for purse
OF SO were "Myer H." owned by w. \.
Taylor. of Lynchburg. and "Panway
owned by Enslekirr and Bryan. of Rlcn-
mOnd. won in two straight heats by Pan
way" Time, 1:20 and IN
The races have proven very satlsiac-
tory. but the attendance has not been as
large as was expected.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-07-08
Jefferson Will Not Retire.

xvbenever the weather becomes resly
bot az somebody remarked yes'siuua
Mad happened lately. some enld.se,u n ~
inyariabiv starts the report that 1VS.b
fefferson contemplates reurlns l.onn 80
STAGE we should feel lonesome WIZ t''.
some such yarn In TINS supei 10, ,hn 10
"a - does ms good 70 know mat the Pc
9 a." !. ,nodest Boston has come 10 our
~ 90 onre more. Just 10 keep things
- accustomed order the denial IS only
-, Lengths behind the mendaclons nyet.
Telegram received from Boston last
night runs as follows.
ssTbe report In Boston newspaper to-
dav that Joe Jefferson would rellre rom
.tbs stage at the close OF his engagement
in New York in the fall OF 1898 Is with
out foundation. The veteran actor SAID
to-day that he was unable 10 understand
how such false report got into circula-
ton
The report is certainly without au-
,horitv or foundation. said Mr.. Jefferson.
i have repeatedly said that | should not
retire from the stage unless my healtn
obliged me to, and as ENJOY my usual
good health at the present time ! nave
Certainly no reason for closing my pro-
fcssiOnal career
"In DENYING the report Mr.. Jefferson
also showed that he was much dispeaset
thar such a statement had been made in
relation 10 him. Mr. jefferson will open
his professional season in Boston IN Oc-
tobcr next.
IL IS pretty well known that Mr.. Jeffer-
son has enough 10 live on ana does not
require the $4,000 or SiC0, he can pick
un i'm a short season each year. Mr..
Jefferson tells his friends that he likes
TO earn this extra money lust 10 spend IL
on his sons and grandchildren. which he
does very freely.-Chicago Chronicle.