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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-10-15
Hunts Lightning OIL

Cures Catarrh, Neuralgia, Sprains
Cramp Collie, Diarrhoea, Cuts, Head
ache, rheumatism. Good for mau
and beast. Failing, money refunded,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-10-15
Working woman's Home Associa-

Working Woman's Home Associa-
ron.
u s. Peoria ST., Chicago, ILL.,,
Jan. II, 1896.
Our Working Woman's Home AS
sociation used Foley's Honey and Tar
six years ago, and areusing it to-day.
1t has alwas been a favorite, for while
its taste is not at all unpleasant its eff
fects r very beneficial. 1t has never
We disappointedus Washington all
possible success, sincerely yours,
Laura G. Fix on, Mgr. w. H. Coer
YER, dr. uggiN.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-05
A Thorough Cure.

There is no sentiment about Grizler. He is close aSld is not easily alarmed. It is not surprising, then, that the doctor assumed the utmost gravity when Griz- Ter called to present the case of his wife.
 "I'm greatly afraid" said the hus- band, "that her mental equilibrium is disturbed. She is not like other women and not as she used to be-"
 "What are the symptoms?"
 "You may regard them of negative character, doctor. To begin with, she never opens her fashion papers of late 7"
 "Badl Bad! Very badr'
 ''I feared as much. The woman who lives next door called last night and wore one of the most elegant hats I ev CT saw. You know that am not given to noticing such things. Mrs. Grizler never seemed to see it and said nothing about it after the caller had gone. "
 Awful, i" exclaimed the doctor, Jaw ful. I've known your wife, Grizler, ev- CT since she was born. No one ever had 8 brighter mind or happier disposi- tion. can't understand it. Used to be the life and beauty of every company she was ever in. Does she go out?''
 "No, nor entertain. Never mentions the theater, burns all invitations and is without the slightest interest in the so- cial whirl. Iwould give half Pm worth to see her the girl married.
 "Done," snapped the doctor. and he wrote out the StrangeSt prescription on record. It called for horses, carriages, fine raiment, jewels and a we'll filled purse. At the bottom was receipt ill full for $250, 900. There was no chance for Grizler to weaken, and now his wife is one of the most brilliant women in the swim. When she and the old doc- tor meet, he winks and she whispers, "You dear old soul. "-Detroit Free Press.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-05

Gen. Robert E. Lees birthday anni- yersary is celebrated with great eclat in some of the Southern cities, the movement being promoted by the Daughters of the COnfederacy and the Veterans Associations. There are req sons why the Southern people should admire Gen. Lee and cherish his mem ory. He was a great soldier and his tory accords him -enOwn without stint Northern as well as Southern history. It would be poor compliment to con- manders like Grant, Sherman, Sheri- dan, Thomas, Meade and Hancock to depreciate the military genius and fight ing qualities of Confederates like Lee, StOnewall Jackson, the two Hills, Hood, Longstreet and others, who had to be met and conquered before the Union could be restored. Honoring the memory of Lee and other Confederate chieftains who fought the battles of the Confectionery is all right. It would be creditable to the North to show the same regard for the memory of our own great military commanders who shed luster on the stars and stripes.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-05
AN UNFORTUNATE EDITOR.
1 Edison's Experience In Newspaper Mak-
 ing Was Not a Happy One.

Ed1son's Experience In Newspaper Mak-
 ing Was Not a Happy One.
 In her life story of Edison Mrs. Sarah A. Tooley relates the following con- cerning the Wizard:"
 Having been successful as news seller, Edison lost no time in becoming an editor and publisher, and like Gar rison:
 What need of helpf He knew how types were
 set.
 He had dauntless spirit and press.
 'True, Tom Edison's press only con- sisted of disused set of type purchased for a nominal sum, and his combined printing office and editorial sanctum was a dilapidated luggage van. but it possessed an advantage of which even Printing House square cannot boast-it was migratory. The van converted to this novel purpose was attached to the train on the Grand Trunk railway, and appropriately enough the paper was en- titled The Grand Trunk Herald.
 "A further venture was Paul Pry, in which, if any one may be excused a pun, the editor 'pried' into things in too free manner, and some individuals, incensed at his fun at their expense, dipped him into the river to cool his imagination. Further disaster followed when one day phosphorous bottle up- set ill his laboratory and nearly set the train on fire. The conductor promptly removed Edison and his apparatus, printing and chemical, to the platform at the next stopping place.
 ''It was a bitter moment, of which Edison cannot think without feeling over again the sense of utter hopelessness and desolation which Acame upon him when he saw the :rain whirling off while he stood alone and forsaken among his broken goods, his ear tin gling with a brutal box which injured his hearing for life"
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-05
Very Fine Writing.

A machine has been invented, whlci is composed of exQuisitely graduated wheels rubbing a tiny diamond poin at the end of an almost equally tiny arm, whereby one is able to write up on glass the whole of the Lords prayer within a space which measured the two hundred and ninety-fourth part of an inch in length by the four hundred and fortieth part of an inch In breadth or about the measurement of the dot over the letter 'i' in common print. With this machine any one who under, stands operating it could write the whole 3,567, ,4SO letters of the Bible eight times over the space of an inch a square inch. A specimen of this mar velous microscopic writing was enlarg ed by photography, and every letter and point was perfect and could be read with ease.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-05
Graduates of Indian Universities.

think that the sorrows of child less wife in India are not nearly so great as Mrs. Steel describes them to be, simply because of that "curious res ignation, that impressive acquiescence, which, :" she says, 'does more to separate east from west than all the seas which lie between England and India, and be- cause, even if the barrenness of the first wife necessitates the marrying of a second (with view to the future per formance of religious rites), there can be no jealousy between the two, for to them marriage has for its object the preservation of the hearth fire, not the fire of passion, and the jealousy which is a virtue to the civilized is a crime to these barbarians 7" Mrs. Steel, 1 fear, has also fallen into the common error tit would have been a marvel had she noD of assuming that every graduate of an Indian university is prig.
 The Indian graduate is also the pet aversion of Mir Rudyard Kipling But both are wrong i'll their assumptions In the discharge of my academical duties, not so very long ago. came daily into contact with more than TOO undergrad uates of the Calcutta university, and ] did not notice ill them as class any particular priggishness, anything which would differeGtiate them in that respect, Sav. from English varsity men.
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with big winning in the stock market, and hence looks ar the world through rose-colored spectacles. Abstract pat riotism indOrses his sentiments, but there are some thousands of coal min CTS, cotton spinners and unemployed la borerS who may question it. Of course we live in the greatest country on earth. and we are free and independent peo- pie and, incidentally, to the pleasure of the trusts. We ought to be happy. as Mir. Keene points out. Yet all of us cannot rig the stock market, and there are some who may even be disposed to say that one can starve to death just as comfortably under an effete despot- ism as in an enlightened republic Opin- ions will differ concerning these mat ters.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-05
EDMUND BURKE,
An Able and Versatile Statesman Who
 Never Attained High Office.

An Able and Versatile Statesman Who Never Attained High Office. Though Burke never attained high othce his abilities were sOversatile as tn
 qualify him for any post which a cabi-
 net minister could fill. His practical
 wisdom was as conspicuous as his power
 of generalization. No one had clearer
 comprehension or firmer grasp of great
 principles of universal application; at
 the same time his policy in every de-
 partment of English politics rested on
 a wide and solid basis of information and experience. He was steeped in the history of the past, yet penetrated
 through and through with the reality of
 the present and ever and always mind
 ful of that future in which the specrl2- t1ons and measures of the day were to te tested and finally approved or con hemned. His prodigiOus activity in pub- lie affairs sprang not from an intellec- tual source alone, nor from his imperial patriotism. It was constantly fed from an inexhaustible store of moral energy. He was animated by detestation of all forms of oppression, whether by kings or governors, parliaments or peoples, which was i'll him a consuming passion, from which his noble nature could only obtain relief by denunciation of the op- pressor and the destruction of his power.
 cannot help thinking that Burke must have been stimulated, too, and sustained by delight in his studies and his work. It is impossible, without counting this as an additional incentive, to understand the amazing industry which he devoted to the elucidatiOn of all the great questions dealt with in his speeches and writings. How his method reprovcs the habit, too common in our day, as i'll other days, of debating Sub- jects affecting the fate of millions of our fellow creatures as if they could be dis posed of by echoing the chatter of igno- rance, or prejudice, or vanity, or self in- terest! When we read Burke's speech on Fox's East India bill, we say, "What great proconsul he would have mader" When we read his speech on concilia- tion with America, we feel that the greatest of colonial ministers was lost i'll him, and when we read his speech on economical reform we exclaim, ''Here is an ideal chancellor of the exchequerr'- J. O'Connor Power in North American Review.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-05

Bermunda is fast becoming the Nice of the United States. The little island. the land of the lily and the rose, is dis tant only two days journey from New York by steamer and the change from frost and ice to a summer cline is a most grateful one to those seeking rest and quiet and a mild climate in the winter season. That more tourists do not seek the charms of this Eden of the Atlantic coast Is probably due to the present inadequate steamer service and the rough seas which are nearly always experienced in the late fall and early winter. Once arrived, however, there is every inducement to relaxation and rest. There are perfect coral roads for bicycling and the lover of the wheel will probably vote it a paradise for his favorite sport. Within a few minutes after rain the roads are dry and in splendid condition for cycling and there are all kinds of quaint hooks and pie turesque places to visit. A writer in the Bicycling World says of these roads that they are simply perfection, while of the climate he adds: "The nights are soft and balmy and free from malarial horrors. One may smoke ones cigar on the lawn after dinner in the light of a bland round moon that comes shimmering up over the sea and indulge in pleasant mem- Ories of the past, just as though New York and Its frost were fifty days away, instead of two, and newspapers a thing of the imagination"
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-05

The modern moralists who think of ''business" as an interruptions scram- ble for wealth may profitably consider two events that recently occurred in New York within single week. In one case gentleman who of late years has prospered, paid his share-many thou sands of dollarS-of the debts of a firm that failed in 1861. In the other. a father volunteered to pay his bankrupt sons proportion of the very large lia- biliues of an insolvent partnership. These debts had already been regular ly discharged" by process Of law. No man-made obligation rested on the gen tleman who paid them. But the sense of honor Is higher and a finer thing than insolvency statutes, and it Is we'll to be reminded that the fierce pressure of commercial competition does not necessarily crush it out.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-05

The attention which the athletic com mittee of Harvard's board of overseers is now paying to Che matter of reform ing college athletes so as to bring them
 back to simpler and less objectionable form should result in correcting some of these abuses. College sports have their legitimate value and it should be the aim of the college authorities to res cue them if possible from the plane of the professional athletic exhibition, where quibbling and money-making are the most prominent features, and
 place them where they will serve a use ful purpose in the all-around develop ment of college young men and women.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-05
ATOnU YarISt;Ck

Chief Webster, of the Philadelphia Survey Bureau, confirms the statement that the entire city plan was laid out by Thomas Holme, PCnn'S surveyor, by standard which was three inches longer in 100 feet than the United States standard. The extension of the streets on the lines then laid down nec- essarily perpetuated this original error and extended 1t into the outlying dis trictS.
 The statute law of Pennsylvania pro- vides that ''the standard unit of all measure of length shall be the yard, to conform to that in use in the Common wealth at the date of the declaration of independence"
 When measurements of property, or city streets, are in any way compli- cated with materials measured by the United States standard, an allowance must be made for the difference in standards, the same difficulty arising as In the case of two standards of val ue. For this reason, when contracts with the city are drawn up by the sur yey bureau a clause is inserted calling the attention of the contractor for city work to this discrepancy of standards.
 No case of dispute has yet arisen as to property line in which the differ ence in standards of measurement has been brought in question. The courts have, however, decided that the loca- ton of mans property is fixed by its boundary. The street lines are fixed boundaries, and the property lines be tween them must be adjusted in rela. ton to them.-Philadelphi Bulletin.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-05

No material American Interests are threatened by the dlsmemberment of the Chinese empire. It Is a question of territorial extension vitally concerning the land grabbing European powers, bu not directly affecting the welfare of this continent and far from calling for restraining action on the part of Uncle Sam. When this Government shall have taken steps to effectually guard American interests already established in China, matter of minor importance as affecting the larger phase of the sit uation. 1t will have done all that is nee essary in the premises.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-05

competent witness, connected with a State board of charities, lately said that thirty years of close official contact with the Legislature of the Common wealth in which he lives convince him that the moral tone of legislators and legislation is improving and not deter lorating. The legislative corruption which actually exists Is a menace to the republic, but 1t does not help matters to exaggerate the evil and fancy 1t where 1t does not exist. Some people believe every evil report they hear. Ac- cused persons should be presumed to be innocent until they are proved guilty even such maligned creatures as judges, Senators and Congressmen.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-05
safeeuards for Navioafors

At the present time there are about forty lighthouses and beacons erected and maintained by the Newfoundland government. There are also fog slg. nals and bellbuoys at the most danger ous points round the coast. These warnizgs cost about $45, 900 8 year.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-05

One of those minor consequences that generally follow the formation of a trust, only incidentally, of course, has already materialized from the new cracker trust-that Is to say, the price of crackers has been advanced.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-05
It will be remembered that Police Judge FalcOner, of Lexington, Ky, last

It will be remembered that Police
 Judge Falconer, of Lexington, Ky, last l-.g -gGitted prisoner arraigned be-
 fore aim on he charge of murder, bas-
 ing his action upon ''the higher law
 which permits a man to defend the
 honor of his home" The defendant
 had shot to cath neighbOr whom he
 suspected had invaded his family cir.
 cle. There was no proof that the man
 who was shot had been guilty of any
 serious misconduct. The killing, how
 eve was deliberately planned and
 coolly carried into effect. Judge Fal- coner held that jealous husband could legally make his own feelings the ar
 bitter in any case affecting his family
 honor, and if he felt that he had been betrayed was justified in staying the object of his suspicion. It is pleasure to note that this view is not indorsed by the people of Kentucky. The grand jury in Lexington has returned an in- dictment for murder against the pris- oner acquitted by Judge Falconer, and he -lIl have to stand trial for his life. The former course would offer a pre- mium for assassination and make the passion of a jealous man the sole guide to his actions. That the mere suspicious of such a husband be regarded as sufficient warrant for murder is proposition so startling that no community could safely indorse it. Kentucky acted wisely in repudiatiri the action of Judge Falconer and order ing a prosecution according to law.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-05

It seems to be the fashion in certain quarters to laugh at young William Ho- henzollern, but 1t will also be noticed that in China he Is getting there consid- erably ahead of the procession.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-05

A Massachusetts man has succeeded In making lightning, a bolt of which would knock a man down. For many years New Jersey las been turning out brand of lightning which not only knocks a man down but keeps him down until the patrol wagon comes.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-05

There can be no objection to a bill prohibiting the use of the United States flag for advertising purposes. The beer brewers and laundry soap men and the like have employed the emblem to bruit their wares about long enough.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-05

to the conversation explained, ''is a more or less elderly person of the gen tier sex, who is afraid to ride alone and attaches herself to parties of young folks that they may take care of her."- Cincinnati Enquirer.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-05

A Philadelphia contemporary notes a "great demand for $20 gold pieces" There Is also a pretty lively demand hereabouts for all other United States coins
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-05
Eav0ud Him.

Customer-You know that prescrip- ton you filled fer ne yesterday. I want copy CT 1t.
 Druggist guess you'll nave to get 1t from the doctor, never could read his handwriting Life.
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fair damsel, "the time you have taken up has been Of no value to me what ever, assure you
 Then he went forth into the night and wandered slowly down the street, wrapped in a heavy mantle of thought.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-05

Kansas has a 7-year-old lawyer and Georgia has a 3-year-old preacher. Yet there are people who continue to won der what is the matter with Kansas and Georgia.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-05
AIwoys Fu1l.

MT. Jaggs (at breakfast)-I told you l only wanted a half-cup of coffee, and you've filled it full. Don't you know the meaning of half full?
 Mrs. JaggS-Not In your case.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-05

Political history tells us that when a bolt Is resorted to It's generally due to there being a screw loose somewhere in the machine.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-05
What Did He Mean?

Mrs. Halstead-I understand we are to have new policeman on the beat.
 Mir. Halstead-Nothing remarka ble about that, is there? If we should get one that wasn't then you might talk.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-05
As to Paveuents,

Harkins-They say tophet is paved with good intent'o-s.
 Dawson-And 1 wonder If they, too, have to rip up the pavement every time anybody gets ready to put in hollow promise?
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-05
Prince Bismarck drops down through his old age gracefully. He has a fair degree of physical ability and q head

that enables him to study affairs with out OvertaXing himself When he thinks of the old William and looks upon William, Jr., il must be a great satisfaction 10 him to reflect that he Is on the retired list and has no responsI- bility for the present administration.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-05
How Do You Walk?

Obstinacy is indicated by a slow heavy and flat-fOoted style of walk. Ing, while miserliness may be suspect. ed from short, nervous and anxious footsteps.
 Turned-in toes generally character ize the absent-minded and a stoop the studious and deeply reflective, whose thoughts are anywhere rather than with themselves.
 Sly, cunning people walk with a hoiseless, even and stealthy tread, re- sembling that of a cat. A proud per son generally takes even steps, holds the figure upright and the head little back and turns the toes out we'll.
 A gay and volatile person trips light ly and easily, in sympathy with his or her nature. Character is shown by all sorts of oddities in gait, but for grace and elegance no civilians walk will bear comparison with that of the men who has received military training.
 No two people walk exactly alike and the student of character finds as much to interest him in the way people walk as in any peculiarity they may have of feature. Quick steps denote agitation; slow steps, either long or short, sug- gest a gentle or contemplative turn of mind.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-05
She Haa .girneto Kill.

She Had Time to Kill. Il trust, Mi Cutting" remarked young Borem, ts he rose to depart after prolonged stay. that I have not taken up too much of your valuable ume."
 Not at all, Mir. Borem, replied the
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It Is more blessed to give than to re- ceive. Besides, the other fellow nova days generally likes that plan best. Try 1t.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-05
hid His Rnrf

I am told that Dinguss has made considerable of hit in society,"
 Perhaps. 1 know he has touched nearly everybody in It.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-05
SUPPOSE WE SMILE.
HUMOROUS PARAGRAPHS FROM
 THE COMIC PAPERS

Pleasant Incidents Occurring the World Over-sayings that Are Chee full to Old or EOubE-FunnS
 .ions that Every body Will Enjoy.
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Bacteriology is advancing so far that for those who thoroughly understand the science 1t is becoming exceedingly dangerous just to be alive.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-05
The Tools of the Trade.

The TCOIs 0f the Trade.
 Look, George, isn't that funny? See the man over there with an ax in one hand and a package Of books In the other? What do You suppose he is?' 'He must be q book reviewer"
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-05

Some will insist on looking gift horses ln the mouth. It appears there s a bit of satisfaction in 1t.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-03-05

hc HIS on 10 Her.
 Wife-Why, Reginald, these trousers have no pockets in them!
 Husband-I know, 1 expect to save enough by not having them to pay for the whole suit.-Judge.
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Germany, Russia and England seem to have determined to put the son or Heaven into a partial eclipse.
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Fresh Roasted.

"Oh, what are you doing, my pretty
 maid?" 'Im gathering 'chestnuts,' sir," she said And he smilingly watched her artful ca
 pers, As she clipped them from the comic pa
 pers.
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All Europe appears to have agreed upon a policy of international spoiia- ton for plunder only.