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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-01-30
The Recent Bank Failures.

A Louisville, KY, banker calls at
tention to the significant fact that not
6 siagle one Of the recent bank kfailures
was due TO 4 run, TO a depression IN
business, or to any other Of the gener-
al causes of such misfortunes. In
every instance, the source of trouble
WAS within and not without. That is
to say, thefailures were brought about
by mismanagement, and nothing else.
II will also be noticed, he points out,
that every national bank that has re-
Gently closed was closed by bank ex-
aminer; they did not voluntarily as
sign or go into liquidation. The ex-
PLANTATION, We are told, lies in the fact
that in 1893, when financial crashes
were so plentiful, the Comptroller oi
the Currency, in order to alleviate the
situation as much as possible, per-
mitted . number of banks that were
skaky to continue in business, believ.
ing that they could stand the strain n
the time and eventually gain salts
factory strength. Some OF these con
Germs did pick up and are now in ex'
cellent condition; but many others did
not, and the Comptroller is now weed
ing them out before his term of Office
expires, so that his successor may finG
the banking system in an entirely safe
and healthy state. This seems reason
bile, and is probably true, at least il
a measure.
Another fact worth noting is tha
nearly all of the recent failures havs
been those of banks, and not OF big
mercantile establishments. In som,
cases the collapsed banks have pulled
commercial houses down with them
but the aggregate of such failures hal
not been large, and has not disturbed
the general business of any com
munity. These things 60 to show. be
youd any doubt, that the result of th'
presidential election has improved tn
prevailing tone OF affairs, that til,
sentiment of confidence is stronger
than it has been for several years, anC
that We are steadily approaching al
era of better times for all interest,
and all classes. The Bryani:,s ar,
disposed to treat the recent failures a,
indications OF q contrary kind, bu
there is no justification for such d
view. Failures sometimes serve q
beneficial purpose in the way of eli
minating illegitimate and dangerous
influences from the situation. The
banks that have lately collapsed have
all been OF kind that can we'll be
spared, and theirdisappearance leaves
the banking system as whole more
stable and trustworthy than it was
when they were part of it. This is
the logical and practical way to look
at the matter, and there is no reason
to consider it in any other light
Globe-Democrat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-01-30
The Pending Postal Reform

The reform proposed in the Loud
bill as regards the carrying of books
through the mails is eaily understood.
The postage on books is &c per pound.
No book which is professedly a book
can be carried for less. But as the
present postal law is interpreted, il
the cloth and bond covers are removed
from books. paper covers substituted,
and the books fare issued with the
title of serial publications, and sent
out'as often as once in three months,
regularly, they can be carried for 1c
a pound. 1t is not at all necessary
that they should be serials in any,
thing more than name. These books
Lave no connection one with the other.
They are as essentially;books as those
for which eight times as much post
age is asked. The books sent at this
lower rate are nearly all novels, and
many of them are not at all high-class
novels. The Loud bill proposes also
to put stop to the circulation of So
called newspapers that are issued for
advertising purposes and sent at the
lower rate. Mr.. Loud showed a
sample of one of these in the course of
his speech which sent 1,250, 900 copies
through the mails of each issue, and
yet had no bona fide circulation. Its
copies purported 70 be sample
copies. Boston Herald.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-01-30
UTILIZING OLD TIN CANS
Copper and Gold WASTE Reclaimed
New Industry in Colorado.

Copper and Gold Waste Reclaimed
New Industry in Colorado.
DENVER Colo, January 27.-A
new industry of interest to every
large city mas originated near Denver,
and there is promise &f extensive
works being erected for s5isposing of
old tin cans and other dislocated
joints of domestic economy At Ida
no Strings, thirty miles from here,
some miners have discovered that
that they are able to accomplish with
this refuse what has baf5ed science
for years. The old cans are thrown
in to tanks designed to catch the flow
from the puMps of the Chicago Belle
mine. The water is highly impreg-
mated with copper and gold, and much
money has been wasted in chemical
tests that would save the values. All
failea, but the old-can process proves
sure winner, for the first shipment
made to the smeiter last week gave a
return that represented profit to the
owners far in excess of theirmost san
guine expectations. The cans gather
the copper from the water in it's pass
age from the pumbs, and the gold is
precipitated in large quantities in tho
interstices and jagged edges of the
refuse material. When the accumula-
tors have lain for a sufficient length
of time they are shipped to smeiter
and reduced, the gold and copper be-
ing separated and the precious metal
saved. The first shipment last week
yielded at the rate of $500 per ton, the
copper alone running S25. The smelt-
ers prefer the new departure, for it
gives them fuxing combination that
can hardly be beaten, for old ii cans
with their solder and iron serves to
flux mineral of a refractory nature.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-01-30
LADY MINSTRELS.
Thein First Appearance.
The Best show Ever Witnessed In the
Opera House in This City

The BestkshOw Ever Witnessed In tn c
Opeta House in This City,
The lady MINISTRIES hold forsh at
the Opera House Tuesday night and
our people were more than satisfied
they wei p surprised. The company
was made pp OF home talens, and for
= minstrel show after the old plan
tation darlSey style it vas crue to life.
They were kll young iadies-lsdieS in
every sense! of the Wocd-ladies who
are cultured, refined, @odest-ladies
whose walks in LIE are in the
best society. Ladies wao are possess
ed of the ed acatioa and brains to make
a success ef aay undertaking they
engage in. Fhey undertook to enter
tain our pee pie On rtfs particular &C
casion and ,.hey succeeded.
They repIeseased the female EEK ~
the coloreI race and their represents
ton was true TO life. The songs had
the ring of the cole Southern pEaaza-
tion darkiek Ubeir gags we're new
and to the point and their dancing
was equal TO ths+ OF a veteran aiAnc-
ing master
We canSct afford to give the names
of the young lsdies who took 4iavt in
this grand 'entsrtainment-In 'sact We
do not know ;aH who appeared ION the
stage-tEIt weUill say that each and
every oDe was a star-a Slsuk star
tor they we're so black that they
coald searcsly recognize themselves.
The Opera House was packed with
the best people of the city ars every
aAe pronounced it the best show they
ever witnessed in this city.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-01-30
OId-Fashioned Knockers Again.

There has been in recent years,
along with an increasing use of the
colonial style in architecture, a mild
revival of the old-fashioned door
knocker. And nowadays one may see
occasionally a knocker on the hall
door of an apartment in an apartment
house in this city. A visitor who steps
out of an elevator and proceeds along
hall to see, when he reaches the
apartment he seeks, a knocker upon
the door, may be little surprised at
it at first, but only for a moment: for,
despite its modern surroundings, the
door knocker stands here, as it does
everywhere to one who has been ac-
customed to seeing it, as the symbol
of home.
In at least one instance the door
knocker in use on the hall door of an
apartment in this city was brought
from an ancestral house in New En-
gland. In one apartment house in
New York door knockers appear upon
the hall doors of five apartments. and
they are all of different styles. 1t has
been found that friends who come to
doors that have door knockers upon
them are likely to knock, while
strangers and thosewho come on busi-
ness errands are morely likely to use
the modern electric bell.-New York
Sun.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-01-30
SOMETHING WRONG.
About The Title TO the Ground Re
Gently Conv"vcC 20 Illinois by
;HClc Saui.

;Rcle sam.
A few days ago reference WAS made
to the receip, by County Clerk Rector
of notice from the state auditor that a
certain tract of land in this county had
been fotaI7lly decided 10 this state by the
federal government. The piece of
land conprised two Qearter sections
in EasS Cape Girardesu precinct
1t r&nspires now that this tract OF
land has been in possession of num-
Der of different parties since 1854.
when it was entered by Thomas n.
Sherwood. 1t has since passed to six.
Ga eight different parties by deed duly
accorded in the books of the county,
and is now in possession of Mary
Schneider and Edward Edmundson as
shown by the books in the Circuit
Clerks Office
There is eTSslently something wrong
somewhere and the present holders of
the ground sre naturally much con-
cerned abost it, as appears from a
letter receised yesterday by ehe County
Clerk. TIE State Auditor and through
him the federal authorities will prob
ably be appealed to for an investiga-
ton aud nxplanatiOn.-S!airo Bulle-
tin
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-01-30
The PHILOSOPHY of Prosperttv,

In hiS recent Boston address, Hon.
Sourke CoclIraN pointed out the gen
eral principles that govern the matter
of prosperity. Thereare certain fund
amensal rules ard essential obliga-
ltionS shat mus. be observed. he urged
or there can BE no success in the Huc
meaning OF tiewOrd. 1t is necessary,
in the first place. to discard thereon
eous and PcrniciOus idea-the sSesis
of Fopulisn that the government 'oan
make prosperity by phiisnthroPe leg
islation, and fill mems pockets with
meney in some miraculous fashion.
Wke most rthat the goyerHeent cain do
is TO keep. general conditions in good
order, to provide equal opportunities
fer all classes, TO pursue friendly
course tcEards business and indus
trial interests OF every sort This
means that il can maiutain \ sound
currency system establish a IRst and
fair tariff policy. ana so shape its
laws as 10 encourage the enterprises
that give employment to lasor and
develop she resources Of the country.
But it can not furnisi, The diligence
the energy. the coura @e and the per
severance that are Indispensable to
material triumph and progress. 1t
cannot produce the commodities which
represents prosperity and increase
the sum of national wealth and the
prevailing measure of popular oam-
fort and happiness. If il could do
all of these things, the millennium
would come to-morrw. and life in the
United States would be a perpeulal
picnic.
Those who expect the hard times TO
disappear in sudden way and
through some mysterious and benefi-
cent process of sorcery will be disap-
pointed; but they will not have any
reasonable cause of complaint. The
promised prosperity, as Mr.. Cochran
says, lis in the course of creation
There are hopeful signs in all direc-
tions. The situation is gradually
growing better, and the gains are sub
stantial and permanent. 1t is not to
be expected that a few weeks Ormonths
will suffice 10 restore depressed indus
tries to their former condition Of
healthy and profitable activity. to |
swell the volume of investment to the |
proportions of previous periods, and |
to put every idle laborer in the way
OF earning steady and satisfactory |
wages. These desirable results are |
all to be confidently looked for in the |
course of events, but common sense
suggests that they are not to be i'm
anticipated. The sources
Of misfortune will have to be removed !!
one at time, and this implies a duty
Of patience, of cheerfullness, and of
nutal helpfulness. All that the gov
can do will be done as soon
as the Repub ublicau party assumes con-
.rol of it, and the people will do the
rest, according to those slow but sure
which signify stability and
he kind OF prosperity that comes to
stay. Globe Democrat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-01-30
No Bicycle Race.

1t has been demonstrated recently
that the screwed-up condition of the
couptenance known as the "bicycle
face is not at all the result of bi.
cyling particularly, but is induced by
any violent demand on the muscles
An article on themuscularcontraction
of the face, published by DIR. A.
Fournier, in La Nature" illustrates
this fact by presenting picture of a
young man in the act of jumping
a hurdle During the jump the
doctor says, ''the entire body leaves
the ground. and for the time being
floats through the air like a project
lie. The effort of giving the impulse
provokes a contraction of the muscles
of the entire body: the trunk and the
extremities of the body form at the
moment of leaving the ground, but
one rigid unit. The picture shows the
body at that moment, and it repro
duces the full effort and the complete
contraction. As the jump was rather
high, the violence of the effort is well
accentuated in hejumper' sexpression.
He looks as if in great distress, and
as if he was about to break into tears.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-01-30
MIssoUR,ANs SEekINe OFFICE.
Five Hundred Applications for
Places Undcs' NcK1niFy's Admin
isIrniOn.

Five Hundred Applications for
Places Undo NCEjnlFy's Admin
isIraItOn.
WASHINGTON, D. C., January 20
The Missourians who are seeking fed
eral appointments under the Mckinley
administration are numerous. The
total number OF offices outside of the
civil service within the gift OF the in
coming President is less than 20C0.
Up to date the Missouri members have
received close to 5oOspplications from
constituents who are anxious for Of
fee. This, OF course, does not in
clude the applicants for country post
Offices.
Judge Burkholdsr, Of Trenton, Mo-,
is a candidate for Auditor Of the
Treasury, c. B. COburn, OF Pike
County, desires to be Assistant Com
missioner Of the General Land Office.
Gen. Arbuthnot, OF Brookfeld, and A.
B. Castleman, of Washington, Mo-,
formerly of st. Louis, are applicants
for the place Of first deputy of the PEN
sion Bureau. A. Haney, of Clinton,
would like to be Marshal OF Alaska.
Congressman John P. Tracy, OF
Springfield, who was defeated for re-
election, will make try for Commas
siorer of Internal Revenue. Joba B. -
Higdon and William M Ecciss,, Of
ST. Louis, have solicited the aid Of the.
ST. Louis congressman to secure Tor
them the commissionership Of patents.
+. NJ. Sterrett, OF st. Louis, and Con-
gressman Treloar, Of Mexico, are an
nounced candidates for Fourth Assist
ant Postmaster General.
Congressman Hubbard, ofVersailles,
who will be succeeded in she next Con-
gress by Richard Parks Bland, has
announced his candidacy for the va
cancy soon to be created on the Inter
state Commerce Commission. J. Siis.as
Harris, of Kansas City, has fled fis
application with the Missouri delega-
cation for Minister 10 Liberia. Ex-
Associate Editor Haarsen, OF the
"Westliche Post" and Wellington
Adams, of st. Louis, would like to
receive the appointment Of Consul
General to Mexico. Webster Davis.
OF Kansas City, has solicited the sup
port OF the Missouri Congressmer for
Minister to Mexico. For United
States District Attorney for the East
ern District of Missouri, the candi-
dates SO far announced are: Marshall
T. McDonald, f. A. Wind, ID. p.
Dyer, Eugene McQuiiIln, OF ST. Louis,
and Normal =. Mosole!, OF D,A er,
the present Representative in Con-
gress from the Fourteenth District OF
Missouri, and John A. Snyder, of
Jackson, Mo. For Marshall of tine
Eastern District, the first in the field
are William Morse and Ex-Marshal
Buchanan, OF st. Louis.
For Collector of St. Louis, the can
didates so far heard from are James
o. Churchill and Fred Schaurte, both
of st. Louis. Frank Ridgley is the
only candidate for the post-mastership
of st. Louis who has as yet announced
his candidacy to the st. Louis Con-
gressmsn.
The Congressman from all parts of
the state have been receiving letters
by the bushel basketful from doctors
who want to be pension examining
surgeons. All these places have been
put under the civil service. Those who
pass the best examinations will secure
the coveted places.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-01-30
IrMay Do as Much for You.

Mr.. Fred Miller, Irving, ILL.,, writes
that he had Severe Kidney trouble
for many years, with severe pains in
his back and also that his bladder
was effected. He tried many so called
Kidney cures but with out any good
result. About a year ago he began
use of Electric Bitters and found relief
at once. Electric Bitters is especially
adapted to cure of all Kidney and
Liver troubles and often gives almost
instant relief. One trial will prove
our statement. Price only 80 cents
for large bottle. At W. c. Haman s
drug store.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-01-30
BaIlard,s Snow Ltnement.

If you have terrible pain in the
small of the back, get a bottle ot
Snow Linement. 1t will positively
cure it and at once. Try it and rec
omend it to your friends. Sold at
Wilson's drug store.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-01-30
For Six Cents

wewill send yOuDr. Kaufmann's great
Medical Work: 100 pages, colored
lates from life. The most valuable
pdviser ever published. To any ad-
aress on receipt of three 2-cent stamp.
to pay postage. Address A. P. Ord b
way & Co.. Boston, Mass.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-01-30
Ballard's Horehound Syrup.

Is the best known remedy for Con-
sumption, Coughs, Colds and all
Throat, and Chest troubles. Every
bottle is guaranteed. 1t is the best
remedy for children. Sold at Will
sons drug store.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-01-30

Ballard's snow Liniment VIII Cure
Neuralgia. 1t will also cure Lame
Back, Sore Throat, Wounds, Sprains,
Bruises, Cuts, old Sores. Ladies, it
will cure your back-ache. Sold at
Wilson's drug store.
The oasis., 1897-02-13
Articles Of Incorporation
 OFTHE 1.-The Duqucsne & NOgaleS Telephone & Telegraph Company"

Know all men by these presents that we tho undersigned. have this day voluntarily associated ourselves together for the purpose of forming corporation. under the laws of the Territory of Arizona And we hereby certify.
 fInsT That the name of said corporation is The Duqnesnc and Nogales Telephone x Telegraph Company.
 SECOND That the place where its principal business Is 10 bc transacted shall uC the Town of Nogale~, Pima County, Territory of Ari- 1OnH.
 TmiRD. That Inc general nature of ihe business to be transacted by it. is to erect construct. maintain and operate Telephone and Telegraph lines, plants and systems, in upon and between any and all points and places within fhe Territory of Arizona. where the same may lawfully erected, constructed maintained or operated; tO rent and let the use of tho same for hire. aud 10 purchase and sell such lines. plants or systems.
 FOURTH, That the amount ot the capital stock shall be Five Thousand Dollars divided into five hundred shares of the par value of Ten Dollars each, which shall bc paid In at the time ut Issuing the certificates thereof,
 FIf1H. That this corporation shall have its beginning at the date of the Hing of these ar- tcies In the office uf tlie Recorder of the C0un- ty Of Pima, TvFTifOfy of Arizona. and shall continne to exist for The fnll term of twenty five years thereafter.
 SIXTH That the highest amount of indebt- edncss or liability tn which this corporation shall at any time subject itself shall be Five Thousand Dollars
 SEVENTH That the private property Of the stockholders shall be exempt from its cor poratc debts,
 EIGHTH That the business of thls corpora tion shall be managed and controlled by a board of three directors. who shall be stock holders, and who shall be elected by the stockholders al each annual meeting. Said di- rectors shaH choose one of their number as president and shall choose and appoint such other officers ns the bgsines, of the corpora tion may ayrcquirc and may employ such ageAts ;,i;si .;;;;;. .s...s4 9 ihay may At
 NINTH. The annual meeting of the stock holders shall ho held on the second day of January of each year.
 TENTH. That these articles may be amended at any meeting Of the stockholders by a twO-thrds vote Of the stock then issued.
 ELEvENTH TNat the Board of Directors shall have the powers of making By-Laws, which shall be operative from the date of their passage, and until they are disapprOyed by a two-tairds vote of q regular meeting of stockholders.
 TWELFTH. That the first Board of Directors who shall hold their office until the first an- nual meeting of stockholders. and until ther successors are qualified, shall be J. x. Teb- bets of DuQuesuc, Pima County, Arizona; William Roy of Noyalcs, Pima Counly, Ar- zona, and Edward Titcomb of Nogales, Pima County Arizona.
 Tn witness whereof VIC have hercunto set our hands and seals this 22nd day of January A. D. 1897.
The oasis., 1897-02-13
MINAs PRIErAs NOTES.
An omcIaI Visit.


 Sunday tue great gold camp was visited by the party of Southern Pacific railway officials, returning from a trip to Guaymas, who left their special train at Torres and came up in the special car Of the Torres X Prietas railway. The party consisted of II. F.. Huntington, assistant presi- dent; J. Kruttschnitt, general man. ager; w. G. Curtis, engineer of main teoancc Of way; E. Randolph, superin- tendent of Tucson division: c. C.. Sroufe, resident engineer Tucson diyi- sion; C. w Peer, private secretary to MT. Curtis: B. A. Warrington, pri- vate secretary to MT. Huntington: J. W. Ensign of the Ensign Car Manu- featuring Co.,, of Huntington, w Va; E. J. Gibson. trainmaster Sonora rail- way: s. R.. Biggs, superintendent Of Torres X Prictas railway.
 At the depot the special car was de- tached from the train and taken around the switch back up the Anna rillas branch to the office of the Cres- ton-C Colorado Co.,, where. in the ab- sence of General Manager Howell IIinds the honors were gracefully rendered by Superintendents George Wyman of the Crcston-C Colorado Co.,, and Geo. McCarty of the Grand Gen. tral Co. After luncheon carriages were ordered and the distinguished party were taken to Minas Prietas where they were shown over the Cres- ton hsist. the great air compressor, and other points of interest. After making the rounds the party again took their special car and returned to Torres.
 I n Af..
The oasis., 1897-02-13

dollars "nd forty-cigIt cents. pen tlty seventeen cents. costs fifty ccntf. total sl Wllliams, ED his right. title md Inter- est in aud tn lpt J. block 70, improve. mcnt. on same. and personal prop rrty in Town Of Nugaics. and one sixth Interest ln smeltcr property. in Town of Morales amount siN dollars and twelve cents penalty thlrty-oIe cont,, costs one dollar. total e1 Webb Geo w. hi~ right. title and in- tcrcst in and tO personal property in the Town Of Nogalcs. amount ninety conis. penalty five cents. costs fifty cents, total Sl |
The oasis., 1897-02-13
FOR SALE.

Ono 20-Starp wot crushing silver mil com plete with one 2O horse power enaina and two sets of tubular boilers. standard size. Ono pumpiug plant, two Cornish pumps and enc surface pump engiue. l5 hnrs- power with one set of tubular boilers and five mlles Of f' piae. cdnTer~e lock foiut
 Apply r. cHHS. TdYLOE
 Hos aIes, Hriz.