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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-04-09

a pew together and sang from a single
book.
Now began, in the breasts of two in
dulgent and admiring mothers. a con-
GIct of emotions and a struggle so in
tense that music, sermon, songs and
prayers, and all the people but them
selves, were merged in a shadowy
dream of ~unreality, to say no word of
the puzzle in their brains. Then, to
add to their fantasy Of thought and to
set them whirling in a wilder field of
conjecture, those youngsters" max
ing a show of arranging the ~overcoat of
Jack, in their seat, at the end of a hymn,
turned coyly about and smiled the gey-
est, most knowing of smiles in the won
dering faces of their parents, doing first
the honor to one and then with utter
impartiality to the other.
The mothers were more than ever
amazed; but not to say that each be-
gan to entertain suspicious of some
thing unusual between their "chil-
dren" would certainly be to do no JUS
tice at all to that other sense in wom-
ankind, which is duly acknowledged
under the explanation that all possess
an intuitive faculty of finding things
out"
Slowly, very slowly, the face of Mrs.
Montague came squarely around. I'M
abashed, un-everything but quizzical.
Likewise the countenance of Mrs. Kap-
ulette, innocent of everything but dumb
though eloquent inquiry, turned delib-
erately about to hat of her friend.
Their chances met without q culver;
they scanned each others expression
for light on the mystery: then, playing
through the eyes of each, came CLEANS
of old-time merriment and sparks of
mischief, and over the face Of each a
flush of color from the heart In a sec
ond they were smiling Il spite of all
they could do, while the blossoms on
their bonnets insisted on nodding ana
bobbing across the space intervening
in q way that was nothing short Of the
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-04-09

year. The sun shone warmly from a
fawless sky of turquoise hue; the trees
wore freshest, fairest emerald leaves, OF
| pearl and ruby blossoms; the grass was
asparkle with diamond dew, and the
birds were chorusing in anthems as
clear and sweet as the crystal tfnkle,
tinkle rung from pebbles by the brook.
Mr.. and Mrs. Montague not only were
in harmony with all the scene, but were
really a part and parcel of it, as, with
faces gay with smiles, they slowly
walked the way to church. The bells
had never sounded half so musical and
liquid bright-that is, except on n &C.
casion, to which, indeed, Mr.. Montague
was moved now to allude.
Just such a morning as this" said
he, with 4 buoyancy in his voice, "that
we went to the chapel-so many, and
yet it seems so very few years ago.
What a day that was! And what q lot
of sunshine we have had ever since!"
"Oh, yes! And didn't the girls look
pretty-and Helen-Mrs.-Mrs. Kapu-
Letter"
I'D call her Helen-wouldn't you,
Fanny-to-day? Wasn't it odd that
Helen should have been the one to in
troduce us? What a lively pair you
used to make-you two!"
A glow had come in the cheek of Mrs.
Montague and an extra brightness in
her eyes. She felt a yearning toward
the girl who had been her chum-the
tall young lady who had found her mate
the matronly woman whom long she
had loved.
81 wish I could see the way" she
unused aloud; "but 1 know she wouldn't
meet"
What way, my dear?" said her hus-
band, when she paused. What do you
know-about whom? Who wouldn't
meet what?"
81 was just thinking what a lovely
bonnet that is on that lady ahead" She
chatted along admiringly-as well she
might, having really the prettiest bon
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-04-09

net OF parade-but her undercurrent OF
thought was still of Helen, though she
PARTED the questions of her husband
with the lightest digressions.
Up the steps of the miniature ca
thedral the brilliant throng of Mayfeld
was swarming, faces turned-amid the
Sayety of dancing plumes and blooms
that courtesied from bonnet to bonnet
to note what their neighbors had
found or created to grace the happy oc-
casion.
Within, as Mr.. and Mrs. Montague
walked calmly up the aisle, the organ
was pealing exultantly, pouring forth
its thousand voices of praise in an ex-
uberant and swelling river of harmony,
as if itself were the fountain of melo-
dies divine.
They took their seats, and reached,
like children, each for the hand of the
other, to exchange a gentle pressure.
No sooner had Mrs. Montague COM
menced a rapid survey of the congrega-
tion-in which her. glance went fitting
from one exotic to another, like a but
terfiy in clover-than she found herself,
abruptly, looking in the face and at the
bonnet of Mrs. Kapulette. And Helen
in return was looking at her and hers,
and the gaze of each was suddenly held,
transfixed.
Well might the old-time friends open
eyes of amazement-their bonnets were
counterparts-precise reproductions
each of the other; the same moss green,
the same spray of feathers, airy and
filmy, the same mass of v~iolets, nodding
and smiling and tossing their perfume
kisses across the aisle and seats of the
chancel.
Both in confusion at last were glad to
divert their eyes to the hymn books,
held below the pews; but neither was
reading, nor praying, nor seeing a
thing but the twin of her bonnet, and
wondering with might and main how
this singular duplication had been made
possible.
Mrs. Kapulette was guilty of stealing
a peek" from the sides Of her eyes,.
Mrs. Montague was timidly attempting
a similar sortie. The glances met and
fell again to the books. The service
commenced, but nothing was heard or
observed, except In u dim, uncertain,
mechanical manner, by the two. They
were quite enough ~engrossed with at
tempts to flank the enemy.
In the midst of the battle of glances,
which had gone so far that each was
now feeling singularly humorous and
amused, their gaze was focused on a
striking pair of tall young people Gid
ing silently by and up the aisle side by
side.
They were Julia Kapulette, the daugh-
ter of Helen, and John Henry Monta-
que, the son of Fanny. And they sat in
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-04-09
HUMOROUS.

Natural History.-Teacher what
can you tell me about the rabbit?". Pu-
sil-"Its left hind foot is lucky
Puck.
Miss Gushington-"I, too, Herr Sic
vewski, should like to become a great
yiolinist. What is the first thing to
do?" Herr Slevewski-"Learn to play"
Harlem Life.
Poverty" said Uncle Eben, "am like
riches in one respeck. Whethuh it's
any disgrace or not depends a heap on
how you happens to git dar."-Wash-
ington Star.
81 don't think the members of your
church would be willing to sell all they
have and give to the poor" Hardly.
They might be persuaded to sell all they
have and invest the proceeds in some
thing else."-Puck. ,9-a@
Hard to Understand.-Ofice Boy
"The editorswants the proof of his edi-
torials." Proof Reader-"What for?"
Office Boyle wants to read EN-"
Proof Reader-"Humph! No account
ing for tastes."-N. Y. Weekly.
Mike-"How old are you, Pat?" Pat
-"Thirty-sivin next mont" Mike
"Yez must be older than that. When
were yez born?" Pat-"In 1861" Mike
81 have yez now. Sure, yez told me
the same date tin years ago!"-Tit-Bits.
"Will 1 have to be identified when I
come here next time?" inquired Mr..
Jagway. "No, sir" replied the bank
cashier. "Not unless you swear off in
the meantime. 1 should know that nose
again among a million. Chicago Trib-
une.
"Oh, OIL" moaned Mrs. Weeks, who
was suffering from q decayed molar,
''why aren't people born without teeth,
I'd like to know" "Why, my DEAR"
exclaimed the husband, "do you hap
pen to know anyone that wasn't?"-
Chicago News.
How He Won Her F~avor.-Boston
Lady-"If you will split that pile of
wood 1 will give you a sandwich"
Tramp-"Madame, 1 never split things
not ever infinitives." Boston Lady
ooh, you lovely man! Come in and have
tea with me."-Cleveland Leader.
Storm at Sea--It was terrible. The
tempest beat the sea into a horrid fury;
the waves were mountain high, and
they swept over the frail craft cease
lessly. "My flesh creeps," he cried.
"My complexion runs" shrieked She
For it is the lot of women to suffer most.
Detroit Journal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-04-09
AN EASTER S
The Spirit of Love, Hope, Cheer ar
Faith,

ASC oAo
Faith.
1t is ever the same, yet never the
same. This Easter, as all the Easter
days before, will set the bells a-swing-
ing, and will pile all the affairs high
with blossoms.
Think for one moment of the chorus
of praise that will go up on Easter
morning from all the churches in all the
lands of all the Christian world. And
that thought alone is enough to make
your w heart echo with the Easter
joy and praise. Think again of the
myriads and myriads of flowers about
the church affairs and in the homes Of
the high and the low. And remember,
how all through this beautiful spring
time they have been getting ready for
this festal day.
Look at the Easter from the universal
standpoint. Ask yourselves how much
of all the great worlds work and life
are due to love and hope and cheer and
faith.
We shall find leaning down upon these
qualities all that spirit which makes
our homes lovely. All that spirit which
has built our hospitals and our
churches. All that spirit which has
made u nation worth living and dy-
ing for. And then let US remember that
these blessed things, love and hope and
faith, come to US through that tri-
umphant life that swung wide the gates
of Easter and let the King of Glory in.
If we begin by looking into the sig
nificance of all that Easter means uni
versally we are far more apt to get
what it means individually to every
soul. Or, if individually, our hearts are
not yet in perfect attune with Easter
music and Easter praise, we have the
better joy of being glad that upon all
the rest of this weary world the Sun of
Righteousness has risen. Whether to
US it is or is not the holy day, our hearts
cannot fail to respond joyfully to the
fact that, since He is risen, it is the
worlds great holiday. Washington
Home Magazine.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-04-09

ly what anyone with my taste and com
plexion would be SURE to select-snd
Miss LIE Fevre's girl"
"There-there's Billings out at the
gate. Good-by, my dear. Give Jack my
love when you write-sorry he can't be
up for Easter. Good-by." Mr.. Mon
tague clapped his hat on his head, sa.
luted his wife, made a grab for his cane
and departed.
Then Mrs. Montague sat down tc
think OF the trials of that time, a little
less than a year before. There never
had been in the world, she thought, such
a long and beautiful friendship as that
between herself and Helen Kapulette
To think that after having gone to the
same identical school together-the
best of chums-they were married the
very same day-to travel in separate di'
rections later, to be sure-and both had
moved to Mayfield at last to live. Mrs
Montague recalled every detail of her
order for that fatal Easter bonnet; ex.
actly that delicate shade of yellow, and
what the trimmings were-and every,
thing. Then the changes she had or
dered; the eX~asperating slowness and
stupidity of Miss LIE Fevre; the crazed
despair, when, that Saturday night she
returned so late from calling with
Helen, to find that her bonnet had not
yet arrived. And her that awful time
on Easter morning, before the girl came
weakly up the steps and handed in
the wrong bonnet-a bonnet she had
never seen before-a horrid nightmare
of a thing in lavender and pink, which
she had to wear or stay at home-new
blue silk and all.
She wouldn't have believed that Helen
could have worn her own very bonnet
and with yelling over the yellow at that
and then be so hateful. She Won
dered vaguely if they ever would speak
to each other again. No, she didn't be-
lieve they would; she didn't believe that
Helen was half so ready to forget and
forgive as she. Well, she would just
let Jack get the bonnet in the city this
year, and let the people of Mayfeld stare
if they wished.
So at length she arose and went to her
desk to write to her grown-up "boy."
In the curse of time, and several days
before Easter, the bonnet from the
great metropolis arrived along with a
note from Jack deploring the fact that
he could not have carried it home in
person. It was really a jewel, a dainty
creation of airy. graceful feathers on n
moss-green frame and subdued with
violets that were poised with an ex-
quisite grace, where they nodded and
smiled and seemed to be tossing the
sweetest Of perfume kisses to all who
were gracious enough to behold.
But Easter morning! All, how it
brightly outjeweled all others of the
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-04-09
4 Good NefEhb0r.

There is large significance in the
phrase, "a good neighbor." 1t means
tact, generosity, thoughtfulness, SYM
patty, interest. 1t implies a nature
having the social quality coupled with
the quality of reserve. 1t speaks of an
ear deaf to those things that relate to
family privacy and an eye open to need.
1t signifies a tongue controlled by pru-
dence, a mind suggestive of pleasant
ways IF h~elpfulness, a heart impelled to
the doing of little kindnesses.-Detroit
Free Press.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-04-09
THE GUMS" WERE BULLS.
"A Joke on the TeleRrapher Who
Mixed Up His Dashes.

The episode of the telegraph operator
whose name was Rath, but which cog
nomen, owing to the loss of a tele-
graphic dot from the letter 81" was
turned into Rats" has caused a re-
freshIng of memory among some of the
LEGAL men of the key and sounder. One
OF these relates that he had q some
what similar experience, only that the
trouble in this instance rose out of
dashes rather than dots.
Il was working in a yard office on
the Baltimore & Ohio" he said. land
one night received a message for the
yardmaster which read, as l copied it:
Look out for two buns in car No. S.
431, c. W. & B., and give them proper
treatment. The message was signed
by the division superintendent, at the
other end of the line, and we naturally
supposed that the conductor had COM
planned by wire of the tramps, and the
order from headquarters meant that we
were to yank the interlopers out, beat
them half to death, and throw them into
Jail. Tramps had been giving a great
deal of trouble lately.
well, the train rolled in about mid.
night. We had the crew of a switching
engine, ;he yard Waterman, two con
stables, and the car inspector, along
with the yardmaster and myself, lined
up to receive the unwelcome passengers.
1t was dark and fOggy, and the lanterns
gave scarcely any light, SO that we had
to do some accommodating to find the
car. At last we located it, a single
deck stock car, and the yardmaster
yelled through the fog:
Come on out of there. We've got
you surrounded and you can't get
away"
THE only reply was a contemptuous
sniff and the sound of movement with
in the car. We could not see past our
own lamps, so the yardmaster and the
foreman of the switching crew decided
to climb in from the trap opening in the
roof, not wishing to break the seal on
the door. The yardmaster went in first.
He had Il lantern, n link and a pick han
die in his hands, and as soon as he got
in he called to the buns to surrender or
he would beat their heads off. Instead
they approximation we could only
judge by ear-took to the far end of the
car.
Come on, Jake!' yelled the yard
master; we've got to make a fight of
it, So he threw the link in the direc-
ton of the noise.
Then came the most unearthly sound
l ever heard. 1t was like a moan and a
roar, and / was certain the yardmaster
had killed one of them, but suddenly
another yell, this time from him,
showed that there was life in the enemy
vet.
low! I'm murdered howled the
yardmaster. He had been crashed
against the side of the car like a tin
toy. Falling, he was stepped on and
rolled in the Sawdust bedding and his
lantern was knocked from his hand and
fell, broken into fragments. The fore
man was found by something mysteri-
Gus and powerful, and wallowed in the
muck. We outside knew the fight must
be a fearful one, for the planks of the
car creaked ard groaned as the strug-
glers pore against them.-Chicago Rec
ord.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-04-09
SYSTEM IN S~CRAPBOOKS.
When Compiling an art the
Results Are Sure TIC BE
Pleasing.

system is nowhere more necessary
than in making Il scrapbOok. Nothing
is more unsatisfactory, as a rule, than
the average heIter-skelter scrapbook,
but the art of compiling is not difficult,
and often under the hands of a clever
woman a scrapbook becomes u creation
of real genius.
Not long since a bright woman who
has done some very creditable news
paper work was asked by Il friend for
a set of her articles describing a trip
into new countries. The bright young
writer got n good-siZed scTapbOOk
covered in soft-brown leather. and in
this she pasted her chatty columns, not
in dull, regular rows, but i|nterspersed
and interminglcd with all of
suggestive sketches, pictures, head and
tail pieces, and marginal jottings, cut
from picture papers, catalogues and old
magazines.
With such nice discrimination had
she selected these pictures, so appro-
priately did they fill her text and with
such exquisite neatness did she perform
the mechanical work that the scrapbook
when finished actually possessed a very
considerable intrinsic value.
The same young lady desiring to
amuse a sick friend first secured n Sc
lection of new and good anecdotes.
These she made into a scrapbook, with
illustrations, and her little gift has the
charm of infinite variety which it will
take a great deal of custom to stale.
Children may easily be taught the art
and beauty as well as the value of scrap
books.-Chicago Chronicle.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-04-09
ImnnRaible.

Chollie-Your eyes seem to look right
through mine.
Miss Sallie-But they don't, you
know. You are too dense for that
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-04-09
A Mind

"My wife gave me a terrible shock
last night"
what was it?"
81 offered her money for an Easter
bonnet, and she said she believed she
would spend it on q new saddle for her
wheel."-Detroit FrsA Press.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-04-09
RaDid Transit,

If we moved our legs proportionate-
ly as fast as an ant, it is calculated VIC
could travel nearly 500 miles an hour.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-04-09

Mrs. Cobwigger[ never think Of Wis
iting my milliner's for a month or so
after Easter.
Mrs. Dorcas-Why so, my dear?
Mrs. Cobwigger-It really isn't a fit
place for a woman, because the men are
there swearing about their wives bills.
N. Y. World.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-04-09

oN
The mighty rivers run.
And twice ten thousand flowers,
And twice ten thousand more
Are waking in the lonesome woods
And by the cottage o
To count the Easter lilies
Is more than you oil 1
Can hope to do the long day
through
How hard soccer we try.
Every face is beaming,
Every step is light,
For DER the threshold Easter
slipped
At waning of the night,
And little birds are singing
Like mad for Joy of life,
And all the hours, in sun and
showers,
With trimming Joy are rife.
Uplift the songs of Easter.
Let none to-day be still,
When this great world Is like a cup
That flowers overfill,
When blossoms deck the orchard.
And boughs are pink and white.
And winds go by, like wings that fly,
From merry morn till night.
-MArgaret E. Sangster, In Youths Com
panion.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-08-23
COMMISSIONERS
Named by the Spanish Government
and Reported by m. Thiebout Yes
terday.

Washington, August 22.-The State
department received a call to-day from
NJ. Thiebaut. secretary Of the French
embassy and in charge during the abb
sen0e of Am bassador Cambon, who
bore a notification from the Spanish
government of the military commits
siopers for CUba and Porto Rico. I'm
der the peace protocol each government
was to name its military commission
ers within ten days, the meetings TO
begin within so days. The ten days
was up to-day and accordingly Spain
gave the official notice OF the appoint
ments. They are as follows:
For Cuba-Major General Gonzales
Parade, Rear Admiral Pastor y Land
ero, Marquis Montereu.
? For Porto Rico-MaioT General Or
tega Y Diaz. Commodore of First Rank
ValIarinc Cassasco. judge Advocate
Sanchez Del Aguiia Y Leon.
The foregoing official list differs
from some of the lists given in press
dispatches, which have included Ad-
miral Montijo. General Blanco. Cen
eral Macias and several other promi-
nent Spanish officers. Considerable
significance attaches 10 the naming Of
Marquis Montero on the Cuban com
mission, as it Indicates a purpose on
the part Of Spain TO go into the future
government Of Cuba He is the only
commissioner, Spanish or American,
taken from civil life. He is secretary
of the treasury Of the Cuban auion-
omous cabinet. and all his interests
arc cennpctnd with tho government Cf
Cuba. He is named, it is believed, in
order to carry out spains desire TO
have an understanding as 70 the fu-
ture government Ct the is'rd he heirg
intimately familiar with the questions
Of the civil administration o. Cuba.
AS secretary Of the Cuban treasury ne
is also very familiar with questC ls az
fecting the Cuban debt
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-08-23
ONLY FOUR DEAD.
The Sharon Railroad Accident Not Sc
Serious as Was at First Supposed.

Sharon, Mass, August PIN the
excitement and confusion attending the
clearing away of the wreckage caused
by last nights collision on the New
York, New Haven and Hartford rail-
road, it was reported that seven per-
sons were killed, four of them being
given as unknown. To-day it was
learned definitely that the total number
killed was four as follows:
FRANKLIN NJ WATERS, of Som
eryille, book-keeper, Boston, aged
about 25.
MRS. MARY FITZPATRICK, of Bos-
ton, widow, aged 10.
MRS. C. H. FRYE, wife of C. H.
Frye, of Revere.
Unidentified woman, thought to be
Mrs. c. H. Bristol of Winthrop.
The bodies of the victims were re-
moved to Stoughton to-day. The iden-
tification of the body of Mrs. Frye and
the woman thought to be Mrs Bristol,
was delayed and rendered difficult by
the fact that both Mr.. Frye and Mr..
Bristol were among the injured and
were taken to Boston last night.
The number Of injured is still I'M
determined, owing to the fact that
lldIN VIII NSiS lul MtlC dDAS " So ~
their homes for treatment, while
others who received medical attend
ance near the wreck were only slight
ly injured. 1t is thought that not more
than twelve or fifteen can be included
among the seriously injured. Seven
of them were taken to the Boston
hospital A list follows:
Edgar S Bristol. age fifty-three,
Winthrop, left leg crushed, amputation
probably necessary.
James Fitzpatrick, age fOrty-two,
Charon, right leg crushed, amputation
probably necessary.
Charles F. Frye. age thirty-seven,
Revere, previously reported dead
through an error. back and spine in
jured; probably fatally.
Della V Vernon. age twenty-six,
South Boston. lacerated scalp, severe
internal injuries.
B. J. Crockett, age twenty-five,
Somerville, multiple injuries.
Mary n. Crimshaw. age nine, SCmer-
vile. multiple injuries.
: James S. Murray, of East Boston, leg
badly crushed.
All the other injured are being cared
for at their places of residence in
Sharon, Waltham and Boston.