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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-01-09
Grants Birthplace.

ULYSSES Grant was born in a cabin
home standing in little village or
the north bank of the Ohio River, at a
point about twenty-five miles east oi
Cincinnati. This scabin stood com
paratirely unchanged until about ten
years ago, when it was taken down
and removed to Columbus as a relic.
1t was one-story building of two
very small rooms, with an outside
chimney at one end in the manner OF
Southern cottages. In one room the
family lived daytime, cooking at the
big fireplace. and eating at d pine
table In tb other room they slept
1t was almost as humble in appear
ance as the house in which Abraham
Lincoln first saw the light. The vii
lage was called Point Pleasant. and
it was indeed beautiful place Be
low the door the Ohio River cTrEed
away into blue distance, and behind
it rose hills covered with tail woods
of oak and walnut and ash. AT that
time the river was the great highway,
and over its steel-bright surface the
steamers Daniel Boone and Simon
Kenton piled amid many fat-boats,
like immense swans surrounded by
awkward wafer bugs.
At this time Point Pleasant had
hopes .of being Il metropolis. 1t WAS
deceived. 1t is to-day very small
village. at whose wharf only an oc-
casional steamer coudescends to stop.
In 1920 it contained among other in
austries a tannery, and the foreman
ui this tannery. an ambitious, stall
waIt young fellow, called Jesse Grant,
had ben in business for himself some
years before'at Ravenna, and was
looking Tor chance to begin again.
Sickness had broken up his industry
and had swept away his savings
savings which represented the most
unremitting toll and the most rigor-
ous self-denial-but he was once more
accommodating money, and was nearly
ready for a second venture. Nc
Clme's Magazine
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-01-09
Webster and Lincoln.

A fine illustration of the careles:
writing on important subjects which
often appears in first-class magazines
is seen in the January number O.
''Harper's''. Prof Francis n. Thorpe
Il well-known and ordinarily capable
writer, in an interesting article in
that issue of that periodical on "A
Century's Struggle for the Franchise
in America mistakenly cites Web
ster and Lincoln as distinctively diff
ferent administrative types" and
says that mo trace of Webster's in
luence on Lincoln exists" and adds:
''Other public men of Lincoln's and
of later generation have made a
study OF Webster. 1t is not known
that Lincoln ever read a line of his
webster speeches.
Can it be that Prof. Thorpe never
read Lincolns Springfield speech of
1868. called out by his nomination for
the Senatorship? That speech opened
thus: If We could first know where
we are and whittier we are tending,
we could better judge what to do and
how to do it." Twenty-eight years
before that day. in the greatest speech
ever made by an American-prcbably
the greatest ever made by anybody
the reply to Hayne." Webster
opened thus: when the mariner
has been tossed for many days and
on an unknown sea. he naturally
arails himself of the first pause in
the storm, the earliest glance of the
sun. to take his latitude. and ascer-
tain how far the elements have driven
him from his true course.
Any one who reads these two selec-
tions. and Il sentence or two further
in each. will see Il trace several
traces-of the influence of the 1880
utterance on that of 1858 HerndOn.
in his Life of Lincoln, says ''Web-
ster's effort was carefully read by
Lincoln. and served in part as his
model. Herndon also says the re
ply to Haync. which Lincoln read
when he lived Ut New Salem. and
which he Away regarded q the grand
est specimen Of American Oratory."
was one of the works consulted by
Lincoln when preparing the inaugural
OF 1861. L would have been marvt-
ious. indeed. il Lincoln. who belonged
to Webstcr's party until that party
disappeared. who was - ycars OF age
Al STeb-,er's death. ana who was q
conservative ike Webster on nearly
ali issues. had never been infGenced
by him. or read line Of his
speeches. This was bold assertion
O. Prof. Thorpe in view OF the fact
that Webster, magnificent peroration.
~ h,u M eyes shall ha turleGto TO he
hol& for the last time the sun IN heay-
IN. etc. appeared in every american
school reader printed between 1880
and 1861, and which va. between
those two dates. read by more persons
than any other american utjerance
ever spoken or written IN that period.
Globe Democrat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-01-09
FOR His CREDITORS.
William Burgess Makes
an Assignment.
He Gives Up All His Property for the
Benefit OF His Creditors.

He Gives Up All His Property for the
Benefit OF His Creditors.
William Burgess, one of the Oldest
merchants in this city, made an as
signment Saturday and made Virg.
P. Adams as assignee. The dull
times, lack of business and hard col
lections caused Mr.. Burgess to take
this course.
We have not learned what MIR. Bur-
CESS liabilities are, but we under
stand that the goods IN his store will
pay his creditors
William Burgess has been in busi-
ness in this city since 1864. He came
here from Commerce and brought
with him capital of some thirty
thousand dollars. He worked hard
and stuck close to his business but he
gave credit to too many people who
never paid. In other words he worked
for other people and now he gives up
his property to other people.
Mr.. Burgess is an honest and hon
orable gentleman and we hope he will
pull through all right.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-01-09
CREEDS OF PRESIDENTS.
Mckinley the Third Methodist-E Eight
Have Been EpiscopGiians.

Mckinley the Third Nethodist-Efght
Have Been Episcopsiians.
Foundry Church, Washington, which
was described to the readers of the
press" not long ago, will be the
church which Air. Mckinley will at
tend after his Inauguration. He will
be the third Methodist among the
Presidents of the United States. There
have been besides eight Protestant
EpiscOpalians, six Presbyterians, two
Unitarians, one Christian and one
Free Thinker.
Washington used to go to one or
another of the Episcopal cherches in
Philadelphia. John Adams was the
first President at Washington. He
was a Unitarian, and, as there was
not church of his denomination in
the capital in those days, he did not
identify himself with any place of
worship.
Thomas Jefferson believed with
Thomas Paine that man should be
guided by his own reason rather than
by the reason of others: therefore, he
didn't go to church. Madison went te
St. Johns Church Monroe evolved
some of his famous Goctine while sit
ting in the same pew Madison had
nsed. In 1919 St 9ohn's set apart
pew No. for the especial use of the
President of the United States.
John Quincy Adams, like his father,
the shoemaker, was a Unitarian. He,
with others, founded the Unitarian
Church whose congregation met in the
building now used by the Police Court.
Jackson went to the Presbyterian
Church on Four-and-a-half street,
which was built in his term of Office:
andto st. John s Church. Van Euren
went to st. Johnzs. William Henry
Harrison, whose grandson was also
President, went tS the F Street Peesby-
terian Church, now WiIliard's Hall.
The F street congregation has lost
its identity byjoiningthe York Avenue
Church.
Tyler went to St. Johns Episcopal
Church. Polk to the + Street and to
the FOur-and-a-nalf Street Presby-
terian Churches. Buchanan went to
st. Johns. The tall, gaunt figure of
President Lincoln was seen ON Sun
days in a pew of the York Avenue
Church. johnson attended St.JC hn's.
Grant made the fame and wealth of the
Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal
Church by his regular-attendance
there.
Hayes went to the Foundry Church.
Mrs. Hayes was active in all church
affairs. Her church life in Washing
ton was as plain and simple as it was
in her home out in Ohio.
Garfield attended the Vermont
Avenue Christian Church, and preach |
ed occasionally from its pulpit. |
Arthur went to St Johns. Cleveland |
has been q regular communicate at
the FOur-and-a-half Street Presby-
tcrian. President Harrison attended |
the Presbyterian Church of the Cove
nant in Connecticut avenue.-New
York Press.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-01-09
\ Public school In Germany

1t was s O'Clock. and school was
about to begin. At at signal from
the teacher the boys arose III their
places and With bowed heads stood in
! reverential silence while one of their
number recited short prayer. As
soon as the boys We're again in their
seats the teacher began the recitation,
and | began to gaZe about the room.
There were nearly fifty boys seated
en- ten plain board benches with the
same number OF equally long and
plain desks in front. an almost exact
reproduction Of the fnrnituro OF the
New England district school house OF
4 generation ago.
The teachers desk. which stood
upon Il high and very small platform.
was equally inexpensive and devoid
Of ornament. The walls and ceiling
of the room werr o: = soft brown color.
slightly tinged with green. while the
benches and desks. including tEat Of
The teacher. were stained a darker
brown. cZcep,iHg the tops ofthe desks.
which were painted dull black.
There Were windows on only enc side
Of The room. ANA tn seats wcr. so
arranged that The rays of taa light
fell upon the pupils books over tle
l..s shoulder Tier was oGlE one
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-01-09
RIVERSIDE CLOSED.
No Money in the Busi-
ness
Cause the Proprictors to Close the
Doors OF the Corner Building.

Cause the Proprictors to Close the
Doors OF the Corner Building.
The Riverside Hotel. for three or
four years one of the leading hotels of
the city, closed its doors to-day.
Chauncey Mitchell, the business man
ager of the Riverside, says there is no
money in the business and it was not
thought advisable to continue the big
hotel at loss to the proprietors.
That part of the hotel known as the
MinEon corner will no longer be oc-
cupied as a hotel. The rooms over
the Palace however will be retained
ard hotel business carried on. These
are the best rooms in the house and
have always been considered the best
an the city. In that part OF the house
20 be closed the furniture wall be
sold next Saturday at public aEction.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-01-09
Gold Democrats and Mckinley.

Some Democratic papers are taking
exception to ex-Minister Phelps; re-
mark that it is the duty of the men
who voted for President-elect Nc
klnley to support him, irrespective
of party These papers say that
they aided Mckinley as a sound
money man. and not as a protection
ist. The answer to this is, of course,
that everybody who voted for Nc
Kinley knew he was "a .protectionist,
and that a prOtectionist policy would
be adopted if he and a Republican
Congress were elected. During the
canvass the money issue was at the
front, but now that the silverites were
beaten and the assault on the currency
repelled, the money issue drops into
| the back ground, for time at least,
and the tariff question becomes domi-
nant.
But there is a good reason why the
alliance of the honest money men of
all shades should be continued. Some
very sensible words on this matter
were uttered a few days ago by the
Hartford "Courant,'; Senator Haw-
ley's paper one of the leading Repub-
lican journals of New England. SIS
1t necessary or wise that they should
now be in haste to draw apart?" asks
that paper, referring to the recent
harmonious relations between the gold
Democrats and the Republicans.
May it not be that they are really q
great deal nearer together at this
moment on the tariff question than
mos OF them suspect: They may find
that the reasonable protection of
the Republican and the incidental
protection of the Democrat approach
each other very closely-so closely.
indeed. as to touch. There is a sug-
gestion mere which the recent allies of
the Republicans would DO well to con-
slider.
There never was Il time in all the
past history of the country when the
low tariff men OF all shades were as
tolerant toward the protective policy
as they are II this moment. They see
that the present tariff act is not what
the country wants, ami they are dis
posed 10 let the Republicans haze Il
lair opportunity to frame Il measure
along projections. lines. Not only
arc reasonable free traders opposed
to all iactious abstraction to Repub-
ilcan policy OF this sort, but thev are
inclined TO aid il IN a moderate degree
by their votes. The free traders re-
iarred 10 here are those who either
voted ior Palmer or who came oyeI. to
Mckinley. For this reason the
chances FOR the passage OF a tariff
bill in the next Senate. even if the
Eepu0ileaus come short Of having a
clear majority oi that BODY. are good.
Some OF the few honest money Demo
crats il the Senate are likely 10 glre
the Republicans "a hand in pushing
iheir protective measure, and thus
aid III overcoming the ObstructiOnists
on tho silver side -GIobe-Democrat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-01-09
TWO VIEWS ON PENSION.
Not Many Rich in Wars, Writes EA-
President Harrison.

There may be fair differences OF
opinion as to the extent and cUndi-
tions of pension relief, but there is
no room for doubt as 20 pension,
writes ex-Presidens Harrison in the
Ladies Home Journal-'.This Country
of Ours article. eleven dollars a
month for war service implies, al
least, relief in case OF wounds or
sickness for the soldier, and that the
public will care for his widow and
minor children. When the law of
pillage prevaild it was ortherwise:
and when our rich men take to fight
ing our wars we can abolish the pen
sion system, but thus far it is as his
torically true of the armies that won
our independence, delivered US from
the Indians and the British, and
saved the nation in the great civil
war. as of the kingdom of Heaven:
Not many rich.l
There are two views of the pension
questiOn-One from the Little Round
Top at Gettysburg, looking out over
a field sown thickly with the dead and
around upon bloody, blackeneG and
MANNED men cheering the shot-torn
banner of their country; the other
from an Office desk on busy street.
or from All endowed chair in a uni
versity, looking only upon a statis-
tical table. -
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-01-09
Protecting Fruit from Frost.

a contrivance for generating smoke
and steam in orchards, as described
in the Pacific Rural Press is said
to have elevated the j ii. m tempera-
ture 10 degrees at Il tria2 recently
made. The outfit is simple and cheap.
A piece of ordinary chicken-wire
screen 1 feet square is fastened at the
corners to four stakes set or driven in
the ground, the screen being about >
feet from the ground. Six inches. in
thickness of Wet leaves or straw is
placed on the screen, with can of
crude petroleum underneath the leaves
or straw When the oil is lighted Il
dense white smoke arises which soon
fills the orchard, and so heavy that
it does not rise much higher than the
treetOps. There is an entire absence
of the sooty smoke which. in expert
ments in years gone by. proved unfit
for use, because of the injury to the
fruit. but in its stead is white smoke.
1t is claimed that twenty of these
baskets are ample for a ten-acre
orchard. Florida Times-Union.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-01-09

D. ". Fuller, Of Janajoharie. y.
y. says that hc always keeps Dr.
Kings New Discovery IN the house
and MS family has always found ;ac
very best results follow its use: tina.
ne would not be without it. if procur-
able. c. =. Dykeman Druggist. Ca.-
skill. New York. says Jhat Or. King >
New Discovery j. undoubtedly the bes,
Cough remedy: that ne has used il in
his family for eight years, and it has
never failed to dc all that Is claimed
for !: Why not try a remedy so long
tried and tested. Trial bottles free =;
W. {. Humans drug store. Regular
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-01-09
a SPIRITED WOMAN.
Claus Spreckles' Daughter Who
Married Against His VIII, DeeGS
Her property TO Him.

d
Married Against His VIII, DeeGs
Her property TO Him.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, Jan. st
is currently rumored that Mrs. Emma
Spreckels-W " atson has decided to her
father the bulk of her property volun-
tarily, making herself, comparatively
speaking, a poor woman. Mrs. Wat
son consulted her husband about the
step before she took it, and he gave
his unqualified consent.
1t is said that before the wedding
took place Miss Emma Spreckels in
formed her father that she wished to
marry Thomas Watson. Claus
Spreckels would not hear of it,
and upbraided his daughter when she
told him she intended to marry Mr..
Watson whether he liked it or not.
Mr.. Claus Spreckels is credited with
having resorted to taunts, chiding his
daughter for her ingratitude and
pointing out how much he had done
for her.
Yesterday Mrs. Watson told her
husband that she thought she ought
to deed back to her father all he had
given her, including the Unit9d States
bonds to the amount of 81, Zoo, 900 and
the property on Market street known
as the Emma Spreckels building.
With characteristic force Mr.. Watson
is said to have told his bride to do
what she thought right in the matter;
that he had not married her for what
she had, and that he wouldha mar
ried her long ago if she had been a
poor girl and he had been ableto sup
port her. This occurred at noon
Within an hour the property had,
changed hands.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-01-09
OLiCC.

CAPE GIRARDEAU. Mo. January ;.
IS97.-A meeting of the stockholders
of the Kennett y Osceola Railroad
Company will be held at the Office OF
the company. in Cape Girardeau. on
Saturday, March 18th. 1885,. at
o'clock p. m. for the purpose oi
authorizing the executor OF 4 lease oi
the road Of this company to the 81
Louis. lennett X Southern Railroad
Company and for the purposeof auth
orizing the issuance OF eighty thous-
and ,$so.0J0j dollars bonds OF this
road. and the execution eta mortgage
upon Inc property Of the company 10
secure said bonds. and such further
business as may properly come before
said meeting.
y. y. BLoIEVER. President.
N0LIIN 3. ANDREWS. Secretary.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-01-09

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C the reli"' and cure OF all Fema'o
Complaints. cZerting wonderful
direcc influence n giving strength and
tone TO the organs. Ii you nave Loss
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Painting Spells. or are Nervous.
SIeeyIess. Excitable. Melancholy o.
troubled with Dizzy spell. Electric
Bijt2rs is the medicine You need.
Health and Strength are guaranteed
by lis use. Large bottles only nifty
cents 1T u {. Eaman's drug store
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-01-09

To our friends and neighbors l wish
to extend the thanks Of myself and
family for their kindness 20 Us during
the illness and at the funeral of our
dear wife and mother.
FRANK WHITE AND FAMILY.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-01-09
Narrow Escape of Normal Schoo
Girls.

WARRENSBURG, Mo-. January o.
Misses Lizzie Davis, Pearl Montrey
and Pearl and Fay Hendrix, four Nor
NAL students who have been spending
the Christmas holidays at Pittsville,
had a rough experience Sunday night.
The four girls, accompanied by James
Carter, started. in wagon to return
to Warrensburg. When they reached
Black Water Bottoms. nine miles
northwest, the land was covered with
icy waters and the stream was swollen
into a raging torrent. Notwithstand-
ing this, they decided to cross. Thcy
drove into the water, aud when about
half way across the water ran INTO The
wagon bed. Carter, realizing the
danger mounted the girls on the
horses, cut them loose from the wagon,
turned their heads back over the route
they had come and landed the girls
safely. Garter managed to reach tine
shore, and the wagon vas washed
down the stream.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-01-09

Eallard's Horehound Syrup abso-
lu.ely cures Bronchitis and all Other
diseases OF the Throat and Lungs. l.
gives instant relief aGd Will cure tn.
wOrst-cough. It Is Il guarantee Rem
edy. SOLD at Wilson, drugstore.
The times., 1897-12-15
In The MARKET
First Halt in Bull Control in Nearly
Three Weeks.
Decline in Union Pacific Because OF
Delny in the Foreclosure sale
of the Rnnsas Pacific.

New York, Dec. Il The stock market
moderated its pace today ana there was
a reaction in nearly all the active issues.
1t was not a great decline but it was
the first halt Of the bun ma Tket in nearly
three week 5 and attracted attention chiefly
for this reason. At declines there was good
buying OF stocks for outside accounts, hut
there was not the aggressive support
Of recent days and the market often
seemed tc drag in a tired fashion. Lon
don was strong and little higher than
our market but here the foreign sup
port was rot apparent, except in some
demand for st. Paul, when tie price ran
below Sc.
Among the more Otew Orthy stocks
were Sugar, the grangers, Northern Pacific.
Kansas and Texas preferred and Great
Western. ReaAsuring hints as to she
statement for the year TO be made 10y
the Jersey Central We're the occasion Of the
strength Of that stock At about the best
prices or yesterday,
The delay Of the Kansas Pacific fore-
closure sale for sixty ola VS. was the occ.
sion Of a decline fl Union Pacific, though
there is the best Of reason to believe
that the Union Pacific committee will
finally secure the Kansas Pacific property
IL may be stated with certainty that he
Union Pacific committee will not p
pear as bidder at the Kansas Pacific
sale if the Government continues in its
present determination TO become a bidder
for the subsidized portion of the line.
An effort was made to bid up Reading
first preferred Oh runiors of an early
dividend on the issue, but It met with a
great deal of stock ut slightly better
figures. The market In the afternoon
was active and a shade better than the
average prices of the morning. a little
covering was done in Jersey Central in
sympi thy with the rise in Delaware and
Hudson, but otherwise there was nothing
of special moment ia the dealings.
The market closed firm on buying OF
Northern Pacific preferred and general
covering Of shorts by the traders on the
floor.
The times., 1897-12-15
How to Prevent Pneumonia.

At this time of the year q cold is very
easily contracted, andifleft TO run its course
without the aid of some reliable cough
medicine is liable to result in that dread
disease, pneumonia. We know OF no better
remedy to cure cough or cold than Cha H.
berlan's Cough Remedy. We have used it
quite extensively and it has always given
entire Observation-Disclosures gah. Ind. Ter, Chief
This is the only remedy that is known to
be a certain preventive of pneumon ia.
Among the many thousands who have used
it for colds and la grippe we have never ct
learned of a single case having resulted in
pneumonia. Persons who have weak lungs
or have reason TO fear an attack of pneu-
monia. should keep the remedy at hand.
The 25 and 90 cent sizes for sale by Henry
Evans, wholesale aud retail druggist, 93s
St, and Conn. ave andS. st. NV; and 1923
Md. ave. ne.
The times., 1897-12-15

People who watch the trading In North ,rn
Pacific preferred and common say there
seems to be a disposition on the part of
leading bulls to encourage realizations.
When the general market is strong NOrtharn
racific stocks are left alone, but when other
stocks are heavy there is demand for North
err Pacific. People who know most about
the pTopertysay W hatever maybe the specu-
laCve position of the stock il the next
few months, the common is going to receive
dividends within two years from July next.
The New York Herald in its regular
weekly article is bearish on sugar. it
ridicules the idea of an extra dividend
and pooh-poohs the idea oI special meet
ings FOR the purpose of dividing surplus