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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-01-09
TANNER AND HIS BRIDE
Return Suddenly to Chicago to Look
After Ills Senatorial Fences.


After His Senatorial Fences.
CHICAGO, Jan. 3.-Gov.-Eiect Tanner
and his bride returned to Chicago yes
terday, and had been at the Great
Northern hotel several hours before
the news of their arrival leaked out.
They reached the city on the eight
o'clock Chicago & Alton train from ST.
Louis. Mr.. Tanners sudden return
o~ccasioned no end of gossip among the
observers of the senatorial contest.
When he left Springfield last Weunes-
day evening it vas given out that the
tour would be prolonged until Janu-
arv 2 or 10. Meantime he will be busy
arranging his prospective appoint
ments. The governors patronage il
expected to cut a tremendous figure il
the senatorial contest.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-01-09
You Want q Farm ?

Chesterville, the best tract In Texas. Land
high prairie, and well drained, abundant
rainfall, good soil, low prices and easy
terms. Don't fail to post yourself. Write
cad receive our book Fertile Farm Lands
free and information as to cheap excursions
and free fare. Address, Southern Texas
Colonization Co., JOHN LISDERHoLM, Mgr,
ITO Rialto Bldg, Chicago.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-01-09
KATE FIELDS
Arrive in Chicago aud Are Received b,
Miss Whiting. of Boston.

CHICAGO, Jan. 3.--The ashes of Kate
Field, the Washington Journalist.
were brought to this city Friday
from San Francisco by Gel. Chas.
Taylor. of the Boston Globe, and
delivered TO Miss Lillian Whiting,
a lifelong friend of Miss Field,
who will 60 with them to Boston.
There they will be Inferred III Mount
Auburn cemetery.
The ashes occupy an urn 12 inches in
in height. hermeticaliv sealed.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-01-09
CRAZEO WITH LIQUOR,
a Politician Attempts Murder and Com
mits suicide.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3.-Franli
B%rockman, a local politician, shot
Marguerite Hollis in the jaw inlict.
ing = painful wound, and at an early
hour yesterday morning. Then he
placed the muzzie of the revolver in
his mouth and blew out his brains
Erockman was crazed from liquor.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-01-09

Miss KEEDIcK-"What an awful talker
Mr.. Gilley is, and how little he says when
he speaks!' Miss Kittish-"The poor fell
low is troubled with an impeachment in his
thoughts."-N. Y. World.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-01-09

THERE are said to be three men in Atchi-
son who paid for monuments to the men,
DRY OF their wives first Observation-Disclosures
son Globe,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-01-09

PIso's Cure for Consumption has saved
me many a doctors bills. F. HARDY,
Hopkins Place, Baltimore, Nd, Dec. 9, '94.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-01-09

FRS stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use of DIR. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Free 81 trial bottle &
treatise. DR.. KLINE, 933 Arch ST., Phila., Pa.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-01-09

IT is O great mistake for the young to
despise what the old have learned by ex-
perience.-Ram's Horn.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-01-09

GUEsT-"This wine is really excellentr'
Host ito himself1-''This fellow is either an
ignoramus or ne is the rascal who sold me
that wine ."-Fliegende Blaetter.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-01-09

SEVEN out Of ten men who order raw oys.
ters do not like them.-Atchison Globe.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-01-09

THE reformer is a living declaration Of
war.-Ram's Horn.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-01-09

ADULL, racking pa~in-neuralgia. Its sure
cure-St. Jacobs Oil.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-01-09

NoBoDr says ''yes;" everybody says
ayeh."-Atchison Globe.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-01-09

WHILE there is nothing particularly soul
full about cook aprons and dish towels, no
woman ever had enough of them.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-01-09
SWEPT BY BILLIARDS.,
A General Storm PREVAILING
Throughout the Northwest.

Snow with a Falling Temperature
Throughout Minnesota and the Dakotas,
Where Trains are Delayed by Drifting
snow-Chtcago Inundated by Rains.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-01-09

ALL sorts Of aches and pains-nothing
better than st. Jacobs Oil. 1t cures.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-01-09

THERE are no excuses not to use st. Jacobs
Oil for bruises.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-01-09

C%AscARETs stimulate liver, kidneys and
bowels. Never sicken, weaken or grippe, 10c.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-01-09

TRUTH has nothingto fear from thefuture.
Rams Horn.
, 1897-09-01
A TRIED REMEDY FOR BILIOUS.

Those who suffer from disorder or in
~ctlCn Of the liver will never get the up
per hand OF the unruly organ so long as
they use UGH irritational remedies as
U.ua pill, caIomel and podophyllin. But
from the cried and popular medicine,
Hos,eoter's Stomach Bitters, they may
expect relief with a certainty of OBJ
aiming it. The influence Of the Bitters
powerful and speedily felt. The relief
afforded is not %spasmodic, but complete
and permanent. The ~sallowness of the
skin. furred appearance OF the tongue,
indigestion, costiveness, headache, nau-
sea, pains through the right side and
shoulder, in fact every accompaniment
OF the obstinate complaint are entirely
and promptly removed by a course OF
his inestimable medicine. in behalf Of
which testimony is constantly emanat
ing from every quarter, and from all
classes of society.
The lac DR.. McCosh first arrived in
Princeton On 4 sul,ry afternoon in an
Exhausted condition, md On his way to
ne college stopped at the inn and took
4 refreshment. When ne was received
by The faculty. one Of them expressed
I-grec that the day was so uncomfort-
able. Yes" said the decor, as he re-
moved the perspiration with his six
kerchief, 1t is hot-verra hot-and the
whusky at the public-house is vera
rod."
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, 1897-09-01

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else comes handy, for I've only got ros

else comes handy, for I've only got roas;
becs and c~hicken-saiad and a few terra
pin. and We wan 10 do this thing up ID
s,y!e. So, all small contributions
thankfully received IS ,h5 word, and il
we don't scare up JUS the nitt.est spread
on the this n.gh., then my name
tsn't Plat Riley. that's al"
Tbs metAol OF mining N that country
mas changed but little since Mr.. Munroe
described il in lnese words:
'S!uices can be worked only during
three or four months of summer-lme
then come the terrible eight or nine
months OF winter, when The mercury
thinks nothing OF dropping to 60 or 20
degrees below zero, and the whole world
SEEMS made Of ice. Strange as it may ap-
pear, the summer weather OF this re-
sa1n IS very hot-S5 degrees in the
shade and 112 degrees in the sun being
frequently reached by the mercury.
During the summer months, too, the en-
tire Yukon valley is as terribly intest-
ed with mosquitoes as is any mangruye
swamp OF the tropics. Thus the hardy
miner who penetrates il in his search
for gold is made to suffer from one
o. the ear
In spite OF the summer heat, the
ground never thaws to a depth OF more
than five or six feet, below which it is
so!idly frozen beyond any point yet
reached by digging. Under the dense
covering Of moss, six 10 IS inches thick,
by which the greater part OF Alaska is
Cverspread, it does mo- thaw more than
a few inches. Consequently, the most
important item of a Yukon miners
win,er work is the stripping Of this
moss from his claim in order that next
summers sun may have a chance to
tlaw it to working depth"
An idea Of the tedious passage OF the
Chilkot pass may be Obtained from this
account OF how one Of the party re-
versed the process by tobogganing
down a mountain side:
Thus saying. the plucky lad seated
himself on a snow-shoe, took Net-te,
still in the fur bag. in his lap. and
LAUGHED himself over the edge of the
cliff. For a moment the sensation,
which was that OF falling from a great
height. was %sickening. and a thick mist
seemed to obscure his vision. Then it
cleared away. and was followed by a
feeling OF the widest exhiliaration as
he heard the whistling backward rush
Of air and realized the tremendous
speed at which he was whizzing through
space. Ere it seemed possible thai he
could have one halfway to the tim
ber-line. trees began to fly past him and
he knew that the worst was over. In
another minute he was %f1oundering in
a drift Of soft snow, into which he had
plunged up to his neck, and the peril
Gus feas was accomplished.
Poor Serge arrived at the same point
shortly afterwards, head first, and dove
out Of sight in the drift; but Fortunate
" Phil was in a position to ex ricate him
before he smothered. The dogs appear
ed a moment later. with somewhat less
velocity, but badly demoraIized and evil
DENLY feeling that they had been sad
,y iil-treated. So the siedge-party had
81 rcI,- InSoarIoH in fy-N p,;p,Lo, , I;-
tance equal to that which they had spent
half a day and Infinite toll in ascending
on the other side OF the mountains."-
.Argonaut.
THE QUEEN STOPPED THEIR
rDHr
, 1897-09-01
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THE QUEEN STOPPED THEIR
GROG,

GROG.
Whenever a great man dies or some
historical structure is destroyed count-
.ess anecdotes spring up TO serve as re-
minders Of days thai are no more. Since
il has been announced that Queen Vic
;oria has decided to supersede that dig
niied old tub, the royal yacht Victoria
and Albert, by a vessel o. modern con-
%structi0n all SORTS CT paragraphs relat-
ing to it have found their way into
print. OF course, the most interesting
ones are those in which the queen fig
ures. as she does in this story.
On one Of the queens cruises along
he Cornish coast, while Lord Adolptus
Fitz-Clarence was in command of the
yacht, it CHANGED that her majesty and
several ladies' OF the royal party seated
themselves on deck in a place shelter
ed by the parrel-box. Some little while
later the crew were seen in earnest con-
versation. Presently an officer approach
ed and then walked away. The queen
was amused AMI mys5ifed, and when
Lord Adolphus Fitz-Clarence came on
deck she inquired if anything was the
matter, adding, with a smile, that she
hoped there was lot going to be a mu-
ainy. Lord .A.dolphus laughed and re-
piled that he did not know what Nigh,
happen unless her majesty would be
graciously pleased to remove her seat
a camp stool.
Move my seat?" replied the queen
why should I? What possible harm
can I be doing here?"
We'll. ma'am," replied the captain
"the fact is your majesty is unwilling
ly closing up the door where the grot
tubs are kept, and 80 the men can no
have their grog."
"Oh, very WE'LL" responded the queen
much amused: II will move on on
cmdftion-that you bring me a glas!
OF grog.'
This was accordingly done. and afte
tasting 1t her majesty remarked:
"1m afraid I can only make the sam
remark I did once before, that I thinl
1t would be very good II 1t were strong
er."-New York Press.
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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-12-30
NO OLD MAIDS THERE.

There is a general but mistaken be-
lief that France is the only country
where marriages are ARRANGED" by
parents with little or no regard for
chlldren's feelings or wishes. AS a
matter of fact, this condition Of affairs
obtains to a much greater extent in,
Greece, where such a thing as a love
match is practically unknown. The
Greek father is particular that the in
tended husband must have an ample
provision to support a wife and family
For the girl a dowry is not so import
ant as in France, but a certain amount
of linen and household furniture is
generally required. The whole train
ing and education Of a Greek girl is
simply preparation to render her
brilliant in the society of the great
world. Her toilet is a subject of con-
slant anxiety. Hardly any greater
disgrace can fall to the lot of a Greek
woman than to remain an old maid.
Girls are often betrothed when they
are still babies. Although most Greek
girls are naturally very pretty, they
begin to paint and powder from a very
early age-cheeks bright red, eye
brCws and lashes deepest black, and
veins delicately blue. The result is
she is withered old woman at 40, and
nowhere are uglier women to be found
than beneath the blue skies of lovely
Greece.
Next in Importance to beauty come
languages. Every Greek family who
can afford it, keeps French nurse Or
maid, and French is universally spok-
en- in society. Painting and music are
quite unnecessary, but girls are care
fully trained in dancing, and drilled
to enter a room and sit down with ele-
gance. Lastly, household duties are
taught-how to make rose jam, Turk
ish coffee and various delicate sweet
meats similar to what we call Turkish
delight.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-12-30
RELIEF FOR CUBANS.
United States Solicits Contributions
to be Made Through Consul Lee.

Washington Dec. 26-The follow
ing appeal to the American people has
been issued:
Department Of State, Washington,
D. c., Dec. "a, 1897 BY direction Of
the president, the public is informed
that, in Difference to the earnest de-
sire Of the government to contribute
ny effective action towards the relief
Of the suffering people in the island
Of Cuba, arrangements have been
perfected by which charitable con-
tributions, in money or money kind,
can be sent to the island by the be-
neyolently disposed people of the
United States.
Money, provisions, clothing, med
icines and the like articles of prime
necessity can be forwarded to Gen.
Fitzhugh Lee, the CONSUL general Of
the United States at Havana, and all
articles now dutiable by law, so con-
signed, will be admitted into Cuba
free Of duty. The consul general has
been instructed to receive the same
and to cooperate with the local au-
thorities and the charitable boards
for the distribution of such relief
among the destitute and needy people
of Cuba
"The president is confident that the
people Of the United States, who have
or many occasions in the past re-
sponded most generously to the cry
for bread from peoples stricken by
famine or sore calamity and who have
beheld no less generous action on the
part of foreign communities when
their own countrymen have suffered
from fire and flood, will heed the ap-
peal for aid that comes from the des-
titute at their own threshold, and es-
pecially at this season of good will
and rejoicing give of their abundance
to this humane end.
John Sherman
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-12-30
CHAPTER xxx.

Locking back on the incidents of
those strange feverish weeks that pre-
cede6 my wedding-day, they seemed
to me like the dreams of a dying man.
Shifting colOrs, confused images, mo-
ments Of clear light, hours of long
darkness things gross. refined,
material, and spiritual were shaken I'D
in my life like the fragments in a
kaleidoscope, ever changing into new
forms and bewildering patterns. My
brain was clear; yet | often questioned
myself whether l was not going mad
whether all the careful methodical
plans I formed were but the hazy
fancies of a hopelessly disordered
mind? Yet no; each detail of my
scheme was too complete, too consist
ent, too business-like for that. A
mailman may have a method of action
to certain extent, but there is al
ways some slight slip, some omission,
some mistake which helps to discover
his condition. Now I forgot nothing
il had the composed exactitude of a
careful banker who balances his &C
counts with the most elaborate regu-
larity. l can laugh to think of it all
now; but then-then I moved, spoke,
and acted like a human machine i'm
PEELED by stronger forces than my own
! in all things precise, in all things in
! flexible
! Within the week of my return from
Ayellfno my coming marriage with the
! Countess Romani was announced.
/ Two days after it had been made pub
lie, while sauntering across the Largo
! el CASTILLO, l met the Marquis D'Aven-
court. I had not seen him since the
morning of the duel, and his presence
gave me a sort of nervous shock He
was exceedingly cordial, though I
ancied he was also slightly embar-
raised. After a few commonplace re-
marks he said, abruptly:
so your marriage will positively
axe placer"
Ma! certamente! Do you doubt
t?''
His handsome face clouded and his
manner grew still more constrained.
No; but thought had hoped
Mon Cher 1 said, airily, 81 per-
ectly understand to what you allude.
But we men of the world are not fas-