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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-08-21

Arbor-al and Arbor-al soap for sale
by ". H. Coerver, W. c. Hannah, l
3. Miller and W. a. Trickey.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-08-21
The St. Louis
Weekly
POST +
Only so Cents a Year
Tf6 Great Fr66 Silver Pdp6

The Post-Dtspatch is the only Metro
poIItan Paper That Championed Il
Free silver Cause in advance OF the
Nominating Convictions. Ii
Pat for Free silver, for Western
Men ana Measures. for the People
Against Political Bosses. Pluto
Gratis, Combines. Trusts and Cor
poratIous oppressed.
YGu will lind the WEEKLY
PATCH Indispensable during the year 1881.
The year lSl7 is going TO be brimlui OF interest.
The incoming of the Mckinley Administration,
with a new Congress, elected upon a gold plat
Vitality interest every newspaper reader in the
country, and especially in the west and south:
Special attention will be paid in the WELL
POST-DISPArCE to this news OF q national
character, and it will be discussed ediiorially
from the point OF view of the West ard South
as cOntrasted with that of Wall street.
The campaign for free silver will 20 on
in 1897, and nothing can do so much to help
along the campaign of education as a news
paper like the WEEKLY POST-DlSPATCH:
This is shown in the fact that in Missouri and
PATCH has a large circulation, the gains OF
Democracy and free silver were of sweeping
character.
The POST-DISPATCH deserves the support
of all Free Silver Democrats because of the
great light it made in the recent campaign for
Democratic principles and the Democratic
ticket. Hence the Free Silver men everyWhere
should rally 10 its support by sending in their
subscription and inducing Others to subscribe.
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ton OF this color nIthe design has MADE necessary
the deepening of the blues and yellows In IL aiSo
q, order 70 preserve the original harmonious effect
Sometimes n color is changed. not because IL mas
he.n ,mnossiblo TO produce II. but because 1t was
considered not quite suitable FOR the style Of the
hook Thus there may be seen an original design
I'm pale old rose. accompanied by inc n'i''"e
oover in one Of the deepest and richest shades OF
chat color The artists idea In TINS instance was
o,,orod because 1t seemed rather too delicate ana
decorative for the volume In question
In the collection of covers shown by the century
corn,nv that OF Mrs. Bars new book, prison
.rs NJ conscience" stands out prominently from
enc others Upon the brown linen ground there Is
GET n window In a green frame. Through It's P'i'es
nav he seen an expanse of green waves. A
scboouer of the same tint is riding upon theH' ana
&c outlined against huge. salmon-coioreo sun
,rh BACKGROUND OF the sky Is OF gold. ana the
srcct OF so many colors Is extremely - IL
live I'm the poster style OF arr. nc ueabm -,
~ work. of "A young artist named ifadawhS,
and il is the first thing which ne , ras uo''9
Mrs f. \. Steels latest book puoiisneu, me-, ey
GarmiIlan & Co., Is an attractive, apoNtdi NJ
9 ~. ,h"ir exhibit II is bound IN biue cio t
- soft shade, neither DARK MOI MOI 10 nacora
,Inn I'm gilt represents tesscl ahIui h or Ed
uo ",a II # the work Of George W nii .Vi ~,
arda who Is one OF the most sucrcSS..H,' So 81
49, desirncrs Marion Crawford y Ioat h ~. ~,
Yesterday" IL another Mach,i,Ial wo 7, Ia ~ deem
H. Edwards has designed "A bindng' ~ s,,iLInp
MI, io,b with n geometric pattern inc r.a a.,
nodr, of which Is large, r hnSes NJ eilt
p s ean,,e of The front cover wo s, n ,ha rad
VIZ ned In working out THIS deslgh "Po' ,,,mos, a
sround. one Is fat and so dn'i hs 10 " ''"''
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be easily examined. tho productions OF each pub
fishing firm being kept together. All the leading
houses are well represented and the books Of the
Century Company Harper's. Charles Scribner s
Sons, Putnam's Lppincott's. Macmillan's, Apple
TONS John Lane Dodd, Mead q Co. Houghton.
Mif,in A. Co and numerous others rival one an
other in their pleasing appearance II Is interest
ing to comparesthe original design made In water
color by the artist with the finished cover as IT
finally appears. While the designers Ideas are
carried out as closely possible, there is often
a wide variation from them in respect TO color.
Frequently the artist paints his design in tlnts
which cannot be reproduced exactly in cloth.
There Is one cover shown the groundwork OF
which is a medium shade of olive green, while the
original design Is much lighter In hue The aitera-
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yellow while the other which brings out the nigns,
lights is brilliant and Is put on as 20 stan9
out In relief An edition Of Hamlet pupnnsne,ut
by Dodd, Mead Co. shows the same raiseo s"'
decoration upon dark red ,,. ~. ,h.
Among the Harper books Is THE Mistress OF VIC
Ranch" in dull olivegreen CLOTH Inc IRON.
is divided lengthwlse In half the right por.ioh
bearing a landscape, In which the snades vi sla's
sky and trees arc pleasing, although INC e u 80
that OF n lonely stretch Of country Ihe Squaiie
Of Sevens" also by the Harpers, has more su'cuy
pictorial cover than most of the other DOCKS IN
the sombre gray ground there is scene Done aler
table upon which are spread the cards with when
she is reading destiny. Her figure is in unrelieved
black which stands out prominently against
gold background OF wall behind ner. Al her side
sits black cat Watching the cards IntentiE VII, witn
its cleaning green eyes The story leuer
Pack by Stockton. which Is among the Scripner
books has an all-over conventional design OF Pa,e
blue and gold lines upon green ground. Inc ie'-
tering Is also In gilt.
The covers which have been provided for sheet
music have always been distresslngly and unneces-
sarIly ugly. and with the reform In bookbindlng
has come Improvement here also. Some OF the
music covers at the Adine Club are really beauti-
full resembling fine etchines and engravngs a
large number OF new and artistic posters are also
shown in connection with the book covers Ihey
by wel-known artists and their striking coiors
lend bright touch to the entire exhibition.
The cover OF The Secret Rose which Is mere
reproduced Is not among those at the Aldine Cup
II is an English book. published by Lawrence q
Buen, and the peculiar design OF the cover Is IN
Celtic STYLE symbolcal Of the heroic and legendary
tales of Ireland of which the volume Is composed
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COLD IN 4 FLOURBAG.
nA.roit Eree Press.

r-ro,, The Detroit Free Press.
when We borrowed money for our bank IN o'oen
times i'm Northern Arkansas. SAID n pdhh M, no
d n 90 TO the neighboring towns ana get INC
I'D Then | had to carry 1t by stage over tn ne
Fountains place: or course tpon nd hi n
,nnd car that no one should know ~ couq net.p
IL, ~ secret as possible what my reasons were
Co. Going TO the other town. taking ABOUT HUI
cages Investments, business matters anu e'e'''
thing except transporting s3u, ., cold ,us, as i,
uaa given TO me in the bank put IL on 'nc sea ~
the Stage place over u ana use " !9I p,, ~,
low endea voring to snatch nttIe Steep u.nnE
LONG night ride one day somehow ! gov nervous u,
oi gsess II was that mysterious sixth sense some
peopie talk about that worried me hnEH 9 w. ior
inst trembling all over when thought OF the JUL
and the gold So we re to et the e'
ontants and put the bag OF gold well into tho
centre OF the bag OF flour 49,. ,, hoo ~
aour Tor n pillow dozed off bit ! guess, ana
was rudey awakened by the horses being Je, ,her
no The next moment we-there were '"o o'"''
passengers-heard tha' u'e""'"'
I'VE didn't hesitate and up went our arms;
They went through US and got several noiars anu anu
couple Of watches, rho I har Ins remSied as they
I'VE H. nd the -four poured out To my JOY they
aid not examine ray bag further, rlnaly tnsy nc
parted and tied up my bag with iee'lnf s =, p ,Hd
found gratitude. FOR had they taken the so'u "o"
have been financially ruined al, o,o
You've lost some OF your flour. mister sa'u ONO
Yes" w said but they left the most valuable
cu hnd t trnly they left $1,000 In coin That was
the nearest | came to going under IN tne cary
banking DAYS. But for my unaccountape nervous
ness caused by premonilon. or whatever you may
call II which led TO the little device OF the hourbag
the robbers would have reapcd an unexpected mar
vest
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ELASTIC ADVERTISING RATES.
M. Chicago Times Herald.

ETnT
WHEN the advertising agent OF one OF the great
oct ehows on earth-fOr In the circus pusin. 90 %
"oroatcst' is not a superlative term nj ai-Vlsicd
Imam Town in Kansas last summer ne chIIed
S,nom the editor OF the local paper ana INQUIRIES
,bpe cost of a double column display advertisements
I'm the next two issues ,uu >. ,.s tho .ply
!" ."I'wo hundred and eighty dollars was the rePF'
wdnUu, Scott Are YOU crazy?" cried the agent
"v'bat would you charge us for n fun page;
..r"n hundred and eghy-just the same a..
..Rmt how do you hgure IT, expostuated IN, me
c,,c l' man. Haven't you any settled rate ior
space advertising| os,,v remarked the ed
49, .J don't pay any attention 10 space IN ti!Is
Ill I'm, / do know just what nm adveItstinen.
~ his paper will cost you. You may nav IL
IN ai ,nS or page or the whole blamed pa, paper,
co corr w. YOU like There's mortgage Tor sZSo OF,
;hi s sbo5 and your circus has got 10 hclp me ou'
VII 81 IL IL doesn't. I'm goner thdt al, az,
Won mey move right In here and run tne w nr
gu % for a couple OF weeks 10 sun your
tS hnt we've got ante uo SZsJ DelOt. III NJ.
SSeIi,rg ga night Now then. are you friendiy
I15inn or are you a hostileT' -, ,, soa-
All the dates and extra posters ese Vest a' we're
soph,e9 in little one-horse newspaper oimce ~,
Kansas The paper is stu issued M ~ neace
with ali tho world and Ia r'esrsT'HS'
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HE HELD UP A TRAIN SINGLE-HANDED

From The Sacramento Bee.
James True the train robber. is In jail ne Is
accused Of holding up a train sngle-handed Inc
charge against him was made by the Cn'ted S!ates
authorities for the reason as alleged, that ne
robbed mailcar. 49, ,. -. 1-,,,oh
Jhe offence was committed last winter at Uintan.
Utah Newspaper readers will remember apou.
the holding up of train at that place. the IopptIy
of tho mail and express cars and the teIrotlzihe
Of the passengers AT nrst II Was oeSiaie u ri
Il zoe band OF masked men had attacked the traiH
and that hundreds of shots were nred 10 crca.o
The impression that there was a small army OF ROD
bers. . - ,...or I, ,,as oscar,ain cd
ma, the deed was tho work or one man. ne nt,u
gone staggering through the tram anu aioSs I
o6f ~ crying ont orders TO his men accompanying
oach order with a vicious oath and n pistol sho o.
Tho trainmen and the passengers conciuue9 lnat
q hand OF robbers had SURROUNDED them ana wore
ICING alongside the railroad track ready 10 SEM u
vnlley nj rife bullets into the train at the command
of the leader The robbcr is said 10 nave secure9
a ;ot nj rich booty from tho mail car put ne was
poble TO get into the safe of the express car ana
contnntcd himself with small articles.
hot search was Immediately mace Ior tne ROD
her through the mountains about uintah' pu1 VII
81, enccess Shcrirs. constableS ana detectives
Snsry abandoned the search, but Uncle sam men
neVer grew weary and il Is Claimed that s'ro"s
case has been made against true
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ALL on ACCOUNT o. THE WHEEL.
From The Clevelan nd Plain Dealer

The bicycle sundry business has reached vast pro-
portions. Every article needed by the wheelman,
and some that he'll never need, Is the subject OF
fierce competition. The competition not only covers
the manufacturer but extends 10 the retail dealer
as well Bicycle sundries can be found In all sorts
OF unexpected places Some OF the drygoodS peo-
pie mako q speciality OF them. and there are many
other concerns that carry them they would any
prime necessity. or course all this makes competi
lion fast and furious. al the regular bicycle stores.
Here is an Illustration Of the way the thing some
times goes: 49,
An cagle-eyed customer walked into Euclid-ave.
wheel depot last Saturday evening and asked 10 look
al locks lie was shown lock and chain and 10
quired the price lhe proprietor had sized him up
and was determined 10 make n sale. even II no
sacrificed profits 10 do u.
Ten cents" he replied.
A smile OF inefable contempt came over the cno.
toner's classic features He held the lock 10 the
light and vowed II at every possible angle.
Then no handed IL back to the proprietor.
"'Taint worth moron nickel he remarked.
The proprietor looked al him In sorrow.
III had known with whom was dealing" no
plaintively remarked, II wouldn't have put up thu
price on YOU. Here take II as gift
And the customer with grained smirk creep
ing around the corners OF his finely chisced NOUN,
pocketed the lock and went out into the night.
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THE LITTLE PATIENTS FIRST WISH.
A FA1R-HAIRED TEUTON WHO CALLED FOR BEER
IN THE HOSPITAL

A FA1R-HA1RED TEUToN WHO CALLED FOR BEER
IN THE HOSPITAL
patient was discharged from one of the Brook
lvn hospitals not long ago whose departure was an
occasion for universal regret the part OF the en-
tire house staff The doctors and nurses were not
the only ones who mourned hin e''her an MS
fellow-sufferers who occupied little white cots III
the same ward were dsconsolate when they had u
bid Claus goodby.
To MS tho little son of big, bluff German
ealoon- keeper whose grief when he arrived at the
bospital beside the ambulance In which Claus la!'
uos nitiful 10 see The child had been run over by
n trolley-car near his home. and both feet were cut
off at the ankles He was UNCONSCIOUS happii!' anu
did not come to himself until his wounds had been
dossod and no Law quietly in his bed In the big,
airy ward Several physicians and nurses were
watching him. and plying him the more, as people
will I'm such cases, because or MS beauty certain
" he was a handsome child, OF the true leu'oh'c
tvpe with a fair. pink-and-white complexion anu
bright golden hair Presumably his eyes were
blue but he had not yet Enclosed them, ana IL was
20 500 him do this that the group of persons stoou
around him with anxiety expressed In their faces
Presently he stirred slightly, gave QUICK Ialh'
little sigh and slowly raised his blond iashes les
his eyes were blue. but his watchers had scarcely
time to note this when the rosy lips hoVeu d" I"
the child wished TO speak.
what is IT, DEAR" asked nurse, bendinS 10"
70 catch the answer. But the boys voice was
stronger than would have been thought po Ss s
All those around the cot could hear MN as he eN-
pressed this single wish; ,
Beer. I-want-some-beer III. ,.o,. 81
Doctors and nurses alike were quite bereft OF
words for a moment. Could it be that this cheruo
~ actually asking for beer? Prosaic though II
might he there could be no mistake about IL. 10,
he had already repeated the word Tor the thru
time. ,,r, .,oloirood onn NJ
the young "internes." who was hrst 10 re.o.sd
from the shock And they did Beer Is n9t IN, me
usual restorative for patient In Causs condao ~
but rules were thown to the winds IN ordsr 10
crafty the within of this true little son Oh inc
Fathcrland. IT, =. Il. an bo
AS Claus grew better. and was able TO sit up, ne
proved 10 have disposition as sunny as ms nan
lie had thought at first that the nosptai uoeo oid
were going to put the feet on again. as ne saii
and was much disappointed when he 1ound I,.ae
this could not be done. When ne was well enouei !,
~ leave the hospital his father came for him., and
the brightest little figure in Ward NO. ! oisap-
pcared quietly II had come
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KEPT IN COLD STORAGE.
POULTRY AND GAME JUST AS GOOD AS
EVER AFTER SIX MONTHS

ROOMS IN WHICH FILM or FROST COVERS
EVERYTHING IN sIGHT-wHERE THE
BIG GAME is KEFT IN PILES.
Progress In the art OF cold storage mas maze IL
possible for those people who can afford to pay for
the luxury to have their table supplied win any
thing in the way OF game at any time OF tne !eh'
IT Is often a matter OF wonder to the patrons Oh
large restaurants how certain food articles arc pro-
cured In large quantities out OF season, but WISH
to one Of the cold storage places where tho preser
walton OF such articles is the chief business VIII
explain the matter.
The keeper Of a fashionable restaurant said that
the cold storage business had done wonders for his
branch Of trade.
1--WE have customers from all parts OF the coun'
try" he said. land peoples tastes are In Keeping
with the places from which they come IL mat
tiers little where O man comes from nowadays or
the season Of the year when he comes 10 us-we
can give him his favore dish at any time. and
as good as he can have It at home. People from
abroad who had heard of our game used to troupe
us by asking to be served with birds out OF season.
but they can have them now. when they please, ana
they are always good the fresh article
One Of the mos; complete plants for the preser-
walton Of poultry and game Is connected with the
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WORRIED BY A "SNOWBALL"
Az ENGLISH CALCULATION OF WHAT CHAIN
OF LETTERS WOULD COST IN POSTAGE.

AN ENGLISH CALCULATION OF WHAT CHAIN
OF LETTERS WOULD COST IN POSTAGE
From The St. Jamess Budget.
,rho committee OF the Prince Of Waless Hospital
Fund haye had 70 ,Sose Worrying bali con-
tributions to aid their efforts some missu no
friends IL SpPeaTs siaried an take it. the old
SNOWFALL dodge. with the difference that you re
of couple of letters wa 30 uner the that
the most absurd and was,efa method OF collection ag
y {, still sickers on among those good people who
have evidently never multiplied to the power OF
saiso on detre Of when Mas "a desire 70 provide
ward Hn,sysd Haynr6h the nS
dyen can only be taken in the mems and women,s
and this practise Is Wery yerrbe
Of things although one has never heard OF Hints
v nro Sna o MORN a m upon I'm, kind
friend has promised that II one million used stamps
be sent him he w aSs iSr tnS Win be
build such ward All ann Sssea eS 10 d iSem n 10
T n who T % the sef the
first received together Win ten or more nseu
H YS Al is described as being sSSncy but
sydney Is not Curious n !Ae name as More in
than in anger the letter points 9Ht ha az
cSnlyy should return the letter to the lady of the
curious name. and although this may seem siaaii
'nnEt 10 serious eG loss to the Snderakers
quite imagine that. With several "snSwba,is IN
In So the hands OF the undertakers be
Very indeed on the Other VIA mot e
wolyc serious loss upon the local undertakers
This particular chain or SNOWMAN was 10 Paoseea 20
three IN Now. II were to multiply three by three
eighty times this page would not hold the figures
liar calculations and have found that there would
be three OF four hospitals to every person on tue
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ARTISTIC BOOK COVERS.
THE ATTRACTIVE EXHIBIT AT THE AL
DINE CLUB.
CHEAP AS WELL. AS EXPENSIVE BOOKS MAY BE
HANDSOMELY COVERED NOWADAYS
SOME Striking DESIGNS

Only few years ago exhibition OF book
covers representing the average standard Of work
OF the leading publishers would have been ex-
ceedingly monotonous and unnteresting affair. II
has been the general idea until comparatively
recently that It unnecessary TO pay any at
tention to the outside OF book, and the result OF
putting this theory into practice that all
bindings strongly resembed each other on n dead
level OF nsignncance positive ugness. The
exhibition of recent book with many OF the
original designs from which they were made, which
opened on Friday at the Aldne Club No. 10
Fifth-ave.. shows the rapid changes that have
taken place In this branch Of bookmakng.
The most striking feature about 1t is that 1t Is
a collection OF publications OF all kinds and not
merely selection of the most expensive volumes
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pECULIARITIEs OF THE ELEPHANT
HIS ANIMosITY DANGEROUS TO AhooSn AMI
NEVER FORGOTTEN-A HIGHLY DE-
yELOPED INTELLIGENCE.
From The St. James's Budget.

From The ST. James's Budget
uLn tho eIenhant chiefly for the intelligent exer;
-se or ire anger Its vengeance Is calculated We.
directed and usually most effective Wnne !. nn ~
oasNv stirred 10 wrath II its anmoslty ~ 1nco
sro,Ised lis memory IL tenacious. It's purpose n.s
lille The poor fellow who was killed IN sanse. -
his own destruction by some previous ac, on unxinu
mss or Impotence: and. as IL appeared oeIo,e sae
Rim Tor many months. the moment IL dia its ILL.,
burst forth and It instantly took terr1ae or,s,
factor in its organization 20 be counted upon aho
avoided As matter Of fact the ora,H s' m uan
iet ne saw OF some men: for, Judging by the com.
paravc display OF intelligence one w0ua a AZ much
Greater than ia keepers its body IL more pondels
Gus Its brain IL. however highly c o ed. IN
ire intellectual powers are Of a very high grace IN
deed as compared with the brute creation sene1ahS'
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put forth by the various houses 1t is now recog-
nized that no matter how cheaply book may be
got up in respect to its paper. printing, etc, 1t
may just as well have artistic and attractive
binding. Even the most trivial OF paper-coyered
novels now appear with original and often beauti-
full designs upon their outside pages, and it must
be a poor apology for a book indeed which does
not put forward some claim to merit on the
strength Of its outward form. Some of the most
gifted artists whose work has won renown for
them in other lines. have lately been content TO
devote large share OF their time 10 the designing
of book covers, and since then the work has been
raised out of the domain Of mechanism into that
of art.
The covers now on vor at the Aldine Club have
been arranged along the walls. that they may
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face of tho globe II one Of these chains vent q
its way unbroken need only point out tnss y U
this case there would be a33 persons concerned
and IL only the minimum Of ten were sent iS'sS4kU
postal arrangements at Hintsvie. Hayarth. WIZ
thor /, he In the United States Australia, wouIn
no hound to break down under the strain OF deiv-
cry II would coat az the least 70 20 sen mo-
,,resslcns as before II would cost fl45D - uzso.:
TO forward the 1913 letters In other WORDS. NAV
sum Will be handed to the Post once for 10
whatever.
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WHERE THE TAX WILL GO.

From The Chicago Times-Herad
The United States Senate seems 10 have dftermlneo
m add stand-up collar 10 all glasses OF peer ths
summar That beer tax will 20 into the oubolea.
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producing some Of his own compositions, and came
10 New-York In 1886. His second appearance In
this city was at one OF Henry Russelrs concerts
IN 1881 and one OF his pieces was a set OF varia-
items on American airs. 1t was the excellence OF
the performance Of the orchestra at concert given
Ia MS memory which suggested the organization OF
the New-York Philharmonic Society, in 1872