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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-10-01
TOLD BY THE OLD CIRCUS MAN
We Gives Some Details of Interest
Concerning the Greatest
of All Giants.

"I'ye never ventured to tell you just
low tall the great giant was" said the
old circus man, simply because you
never would believe it If 1 did, but you
can form some idea of his stature when
Itell you that we used to set his table
for him across the top of the bass drum
end of the band wagon, which was
about 16 feet above the ground. When
mealtimes came we'd draw the wagon
up for him to sit on. and he'd sit there
and eat away is jolly as you please.
Men used to carry his food up to him
on ladders.
"The only drawback to all this was
the tremendous expense of feeding
him. Talk about big eaters. Why,
gracious me! And all this time, as
often happens to men, we had a for
tune in this very thing, right within
our grasp and didn't know it. It's a
wonder the old man didn't see it, it's
the only thing 1 yer knew him to miss,
but he didn't, till somebody suggested
letting the giant eat his meals in the
ring.
WEI luCN Hdulcu luc ait "dSOH
in, the first night they tried Ibis and
left it there. the audience didn't know
what to make of it, and it was more
and more pulling to 'em when they
saw the men put together upon it the
platform that served as the giants
table. But when they'd seen this table
set, and the baggage wagon hauled in
1-I -IaaA1 1900 - g. -4- ~ III
seen the great giant enter the ring,
they began to realize what it all meant.
"The giant would walk across and
sit down on the roof of the baggage
wagon, and throw his feet out on the
ground, one on either side of the band
wagon, and pick up from the table a
folded tableclOth that had been put
there for him for a napkin, and shake
it out and lay it across his knee, and
then he'd wait for EN- to bring up the
first of his food, and then he'd begin.
He was a graceful eater. He took a
quarter of Il ham at a mouthful, but he
was just as dainty aboutit as could be-
DRAW? Why, we couldn't find room
for the people under the canvas. And
then was killed the goose that laid the
golden egg. We'd had that fortune in
our hands and hadn't known it, and
now when we had discovered it and
were taking in so much money that we
had to keep a man in the back end of
the ticket wagon stomping it down,
we added a meal and had the giant out
four times a day instead of three. The
result of that was the giant got dys-
pepsia. and for three months he never
showed at all, and we not only lost the
revenue that we should have gained
from exhibiting him, but the doctors
bill for d~octoring a man of hat size
was so big that it busted the circus."-
Y. Y. Sun.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-10-01
SCHOOL N CHURCH.

There are $4,000 Protestant Chris
tians in the Turkish empire.
Philadelphia has six Presbyterian
churches with over 1000 communi-
cants each.
The American Bible society has sent
$500 Spanish New Testaments to San
tiago de Cuba.
The Oldest university in the world
is that of Picking, which has graduated
$4,000 students.
The Canadian Presbyterian church
expended S131,S37 in its foreign mis-
sion work last year.
4 missionary now laboring in China
expresses the belief that there are now
fully 100000 Christians in the Chinese
empire.
Miss Margaret Geddes, the first
young woman to obtain the degree
of doctor of medicine from Edinburgh
university, followed up her gradua-
ton by getting married on the same
day to another doctor.
The new secretary OF state is the
third alumnus of Brown university to
occupy that post. William L. Marcy
was graduated in 1905 and Richard
Olney in 1856, Col. Hay taking his de-
gree two years later, in 1855.
The international Missionary union
enrolls more than 500 and has a regu-
lar postal communication with more
than 1900 missionaries at home and
abroad. This is the largest organiza-
ton of missionaries meeting annually
in the world, says its president, DR..
J. T. Gracey.
In all Cuba there is only one Prot.
estant church, ~Episcopalian, in the
city of Havana. 1t has been aided,
$1,000 a year, by the American Episco-
pal church. There is no rector there
now, but lay services are held for the
edification of the 90 members remain
ing. Most of the refugees belonging
to it have come to Tampa, Fla, where
Rev. Jose Duerta, of the Congrega-
tional Home Missionary society, con.
ducts services for them.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-10-01
GAME OF SLICED ANIMALS.
1t Is n Most Amusing Pastime and
Causes a Great Deal
of Sport.

The sliced animal game is a unique
device for drawirg-room amusement.
From four TO ten can play at this game,
and if many take part a large table is
necessary. The box of sliced animals is
turned upside down on the table, and
each PLAYER takes four slices, the faces
being turned down.
The one who plays first lays out n
of the sections face up. The clever
player will make a blind lead-that is,
not giving away the animal by the
head. The next player looks to see if
he has any part that will add to what
the other has played. If not, he draws
from what remained in the center of
the table, and, failing to get a satisfac-
tory slice, he does not play, and the
next in turn tries.
Counters must be provided for each
person, a color for each. These will
need to be punched so as to be placed
on a file when the player has succeeded
in fitting a part to the animal. These
counters can be easily cut out of thin
cardboard. When the animal is conf
pleted the player who contributed the
most parts wins one point.
One animal being completed, anoth-
er is started. This sometimes becomes
rather uproarious, as the most gro
tesque errors are often made in trying
to fit the pieces.
The proper prize for such a game as
this would be some child's book on ami
mails or a Noah's ark.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-10-01
POOR BRITISH ROYALTIES.
The bad Financial Condition of the
Duke of Tcck and
His Family.

If the duchess of York looks gloomy
and unhappy do not put it down to any
misdoings of her hubby, but to a more
melancholy cause.-the poverty of her
family. For there are degrees of pow
erty, and the Tecks knew a good many
of them in days gone by. Marrying
an only daughter to the only son of
the prince of Wales should have bright
ened their financial condition, but it
had only a temporary relief, for in
less than three years the good duchess
died, and her annuity of S25,OOO a year
from the crown died with her. All
her belongings had to be sold to pay
her debts. Her husband and three
sons became as helpless as blind kit
tens. The eldest son, who is a pen
sioner of his father-in-law, the duke
of Westminster, might hand out a half
crown occasionally to poor papa, and
the future queen of England might pay
for his laundry, but the other boys
couldn't DO a thing, for they were even
worst off, having only the interest Of
their debts to live upon.
Inc OIu uuhS OI 1eCh, WHO WIS COLL-
pletely broken down by the loss of his
spouse and his penniless state, has
now become imbecile and requires the
constant attention of three nurses and
a doctor, all of which costs much
money, as everybody knows. What to
do with the father of the duchess of
York is 4 Notifying problem, which
the queen can solve if she chooses,
but she hasn't chosen to do so, owing
to one of the freaks that sometimes
aflicts her. For she does not like
the duke of Teck. When a woman
doesn't like a MAI that settles it. 1t
is not the poor, handsome dukes fault
that be was the son of a morganatiS
marriage. He married the most pop
ular princess in England, and with the
queens full consent, but there have
been ructions ever since between them,
and Queen Victoriascarcely treatedthe
duke decently, although she was per-
fectly willing his daughter should
marry her grandson. Now the scandal
of these poor relations poverty can
not be concealed any longer, and either
the duke must go to the almshouse or
her majesty must pension him off in
some secluded corner of the empire
Boston Herald.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-10-01
Where Life L. LOnReat.

More people ver 100 years old ar.
found in mild climates than in the
higher ATTITUDES. According to the last
census of the German empire of a pop
ulation of 81, 100000 only rs have passed
the hundredth year. France, with a
population of 40,0O0,OOO, has 213 GEN.
tenarians. In England there are 146,
in Ireland 57S, and in Scotland IS.
Sweden has 10 and Norway %, Belgium
5, Denmark .. Switzerlandnone. Spain,
with a population of IS. 200. 900, has 4O1
persons over 100 years of age. OF the
2,250,OCO inhabitants of Servia, 575 per-
sons have passed the century mark.
It is said that the oldest person living
whose age has been proven is Bruno
Cotrim. born in Africa. and now living
in Rio de Janeiro. He is $50 years old.
\ coachman in Moscow has lived 40
years.-Lloyd's London Weekly.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-10-01
R OF BISMARCK.
The Iron Chancellor Was Cool Even
When His Life Was
in Danger.

In 1866 Bismarck was returning to
his home from the palace where he
had been to see the king. While pass
ing through the street called Inter
den Linden, and quite near the place
where Hoedel and Modelling afterward
attempted the life of Emperor William,
he suddenly heard Il shot fired close be-
hind him. He turned sharply around
and saw 4 young man who, with a
smoking revolver. was aiming at him.
He strobe up TO the man at once and
seized the arm that. held the revolver,
while with the other hand he grasped
the throat of the would-be murderer.
The latter, however, had had time to
pass the weapon into his left hand,
and now fired three shots in quick sue
cession. Bismarck felt himself hurt
in the shoulder and in one of his ribs,
but he held his assailant fast until some
soldiers came up and took hold of him.
Then Bismarck walked home at a
brisk pace, and reached his w house
long before anybody there could know
what had happened The countess had
some friends with her when her
husband entered the drawing-room.
He greeted all in a friendly
and begged to be excused for n few
minutes as he had some urgent bust
ness to attend to. He then walked into
the next room where his desk stood
and wrote to inform the king of the oc-
currence. Having attended to this
IY+r no ra4,rrn1 20 Tho lra wi n-rnnm
and made one of his little standing
jokes.
well, are we to have nc dinner
to-day? You always keep me wait
ing" He sat down aud partoOk
heartily of the dishes set before
him, and it was only when the
dinner was over that he walked up
to the countess, kissed her on the fore
head, wished her In the old German
way ~"Gesegnete Nahlzeit" (may your
meal be blessed), and then added:
You see 1 an quite Well" She looked
up at him. We'll" he continued. you
must not be anxious, my child; some
body has fired at me, but it is nothing,
as you see"
In 1850, when the tide of political
passion still ran high, after the storm
of the preceding years, he went n
day into a Rathskeller in Berlin to
take a glass of Gunthaler beer; a man
near him, feeling himself supported
by the presence of his friends, began
to abuse a member of the royal family.
Bismarck looked at him and said
quietly:
"'If you have not left this room be-
fore I have finished my beer I'll break
this glass over your head" which he
proceeded to do accordingto his prom
Use. calmly paving for the broken glass
afterward and walking leisurely away.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-10-01
Charity which Is No Charity.

Going blindly into charitable work,
for the simple sake of being charitable,
works far more injury than good. Too
many there are of such charities which
seek to apply the help at the wrong
end. No practical results ensue from
such work; on the other hand, antag-
onism is aroused and positive injury
IS effected. Awell-intentioned charity
is useless except where it is intelligent
~ directed and comprehensively ap-
piled. Mere organization counts for
nothing. Conditions must first he
studied. 1t is not to be wondered at
that the needy often refuse the chart
ties offered them. 1t is not hat they
are unappreciative. But they do resent,
and justly so, the charity which is no
charity at all, the charity which is mis-
applied, which shows its ignorance of
their true needs, and which, well in
tentioned though it be, emphasizes
their lot in life instead of alternating
it.-Edward W. Box, in Ladies' Home
journal,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-10-01
HUMOROUS.

Partially Reduced Scale.-"Is Hrs.
de Stout's new portrait full length?"
Full length, but only about two
thirds width."-Detroit Journal.
Identiied-"So you discovered that
female burglar in your house?" "Of
course; she stepped on q baby's rub
Der doll, and thought it was a mouse"
Detroit Free Press.
A student in the city schools who
has recently taken up grammar says
he likes it bully, only he hain't got
SOS be can work the examples very
good yet.-West Union Gazette.
The Sweet Things.-Maud-"When
1 get engaged 1 don't intend 10 have
any mystery about it," Marie-"I
don't see how you can help it, dear.
Everyone will regard it as a mystery"
Brooklyn Life.
What's that extra about? Contra
diction hat the Yale was captured?'
NO; that was an hour ago. This is a
contradiction of the contradiction
hat there had been any contradiction
of the report."-Yale Record.
Hope for Him Yet.-Tenor-"When
I gave my first concert four people
had to be carried fainting out of the
hall" Friend-"Oh, but since that
time your voice has considerably i'm
proved."-Fliegende Blaetter.
Knew What He Wanted.-Irate Pa
rent-"Tell that young Softleigh that
he must cease his visits here. l forbid
him the house" Daughter but,
papa, he doesn't want the house. It's
me he's after."-Chicago Daily News.
Playwright (excitedly)-"They are
calling for the author. What shall 1
do?' Stage Manager (who has seen
the crowd)-"You'd better slip out
of the stage door and make your es-
cape while there is time."-Boston
Globe.
Dick Dashington-"1 wish 1 knew
something about law" His Friend
want to break a will?" Dick Dash
ington-"Not that; but I would like
to know if I could get an injunction
preventing old Bondclips from inter
fering with my attentions to his
daughter."-PuCk.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-10-01
SHADES OF
A Profitable Discussion As to What
Is Implied by Various For
malities in Writing.

81 never have been able to get il
through my head" she said as the
lights burned low, (which is the more
formal in beginning a letter-.Dear' or
My Dear OF course, 1 mean preced-
ing a name"
1T depends upon circumstances to
d large extent" he replied.
But dear is unquestionably a term
of endearment," she protested.
And yet" he asserted, Its absence
may make an %endearing phrase-a love
message, if you will-doubly signifi-
can't"
II fail to see how" she returned,
blushing prettily merely because of
the course the conversation was TAX
ing. Il should say rather hat it be-
anne the more significant as one APP
preached the s~uperlative degree"
in q measure it does" he admitted;
"hut much depends upon the circum-
stances and the persons involved. If
an old gentleman writing to you adj
dresses you as Dear Miss Brown that
is distinctly formal, while if he says:
My Dear Miss Brown it seems a
trifle patronizing and fatherly, and to
that extent is more friendly. But if
a young mar uses Dear and My Dear
tie conditions seera to be reverse"
81 don't see how"
"Then let me illustrate" he said.
suppose 1 should address you as My
nnor Civil , That ,-or1l eoo- .o+La-
patronizinS, would it not. as if 1 were
about to point out some little error or
bit of foolishness? But if l should say
Dear Girl how about that? Does it
not mean more than the other in my
case?"
while you are about it," she sug.
gested, again b~lushing. why might
you not say: Dearest Grip"
THE superlatives are used so much
by some Americans" he said. that
they lose much of their force and often
do not seem to have the strength
found in lesser degrees. As love
terms Dear Heart and Sweetheart
lave stood the test for years, and any
attempt to put them in the superla-
tive, as Dearest Heart and Sweetest
Heart instead of being more effective
would be simply farcical, and would
detract from rather than add TO their
significance"
But how about Withdrawing the
word dear entirely?" she asked, for.
being 4 woman, it was only natural
that she would wish to make a study
of the intricacies of these terms.
you spoke of that, you know"
Certainly" he answered, "and !
a prove the truth of what l said.
again let me illustrate with you. I
say to you: My Dear Mamie 1t may
mean much; it may mean little. 1t
depends upon circumstances. 1t may
seem patronizing or it may not. That
also depends upon circumstances and
The to4e. But we take away the word
dear and then 1 say to you: My
Mamie What do you say to that?"
"Why, I-I-guess / am" she re-
piled, blushing a deeper red than be-
fore. "but you might have found out
whether 1 was or not without adopt
ing II such roundabout method"
Nevertheless, having proved his
cas- and accomplished his purpose. he
proceeded TO take possession.-Chica-
60 Post.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-10-01

The circumstances were not favorable
for conversation.
You may be sure that Capt. Byron
left nothing undone for the comfort
of the people so fortunately brought
under his care; and in their part they
were loud in their praises of his kind
ness and bravery.
On the third day after the wreck an
/ other steamer was sighted and sig
nailed. 1t was decided to transfer the
passengers and crew of the wrecked
vessel TO her and let her take them on
| to New York.
In the meantime the captain had
learned from Agnes that her father lad
died in Europe nearly a year before.
"And So" said the captain, when
preparations were being made for the
transfer to the other vessel, W part
here again"
That is for you to say" she replied,
with downcast eyes.
1T would not do for me to take you
on with me alone"
Not if l were an officer, Tracy?"
An oficer:@
ares. n mate"
Capt. Byron acted on the hint.
Among the passengers there was an
old clergyman-they had all learned
about the former relations of Agnes
and Tracy. and this good old man did
not need much coaxing to perform the
marriage ceremony for his gallant
rescuer.
And so Agnes Byron remained for
that voyage on the General Scott, and
as the boats left the snip the passen-
gers cheered the captain and his mate,
and wished them God-speed and Il hap
Ply Toyage-as do we.-N. Y. Ledger
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-10-01
Polish for Shoes

To make a quantity combine a pint
of soft water with two of best vinegar,
and stir into these a quarter of a pound
of glue, roughly broken, and a quarter
of an ounce each of powdered and sift-
ed indigo, isinglass and soft soas. Let
these ingredients boil over the fire for
ten minutes or n quarter of an hour,
then strain and bottle for use. To be
applied by meal of a small sponge
attached 10 the end of a piece of thick
wire.--Cincinnati Commercial Trib-
une.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-10-01

view by ordering Tracy Byron fr,n
the house and warning him, if he val
ued mis- life, not to attempt to enter it
again.
The captain left the house, wrote the
particulars of his meeting with her
father to Agnes and asked for n
more meeting, but she made no reply.
From this time on Tracy Byron was
a changed man. He heard the follow
ing year that Agnes had gone to Eu-
rope with her father, but his pride
prevented his inquiring into the mat
ter.
Nearly six years after his last meet
ing with Agnes Hayne the General
Scott, still commanded by Tracy
Byron, was bound for Dantzig, with
a cargo from Baltimore. They had
been out of port about ten days when
the forward lookout shouted down:
~ steamer on the port bow flying
signals of distress!"
Glass in hand, the captain sprang
into the rigging, and he saw in the
direction indicated a transatlantic
mail steamer, her decks crowded with
people, while through the rigging
there rolled a black smoke that did
not come from the furnace tunnels.
THE ship is on fire!" shouted the
captain, and he looked at his watch
and saw that there were only two
hours of daylight left.
The course of the General Scott was
altered, and as the ships peared they
exchanged signals.
From these signals Capt. Byron
learned that the steamer was the City
of York, from Southampton for New
York, with a general cargo and 120
passengers on board. He further
learned that the steamship had en-
countered a terrific storm and that all
her lfeboats were washed away.
Capt. Byron at once gave orders to
get one of his own lifeboats ready
he could not spare men to manage the
second one-and at once the work of
rescue began.
1t was quite dark before the first
boat load of women and children
reached the General Scott, and they
were at once transferred to the cabin,
the captain leaving this to the steward.
BY the light of the burning steamer,
boat load after boat load was EAR
ried over the waves till all the passen-
gers and crew were transferred from
the wreck to the deck of the clipper.
The sailors gave up their quarters,
and the matches were opened to make
room among the cargo for those who
could not find accommodations in the
regular quarters.
But the people were so happy at be-
ing rescued that they did not mind the
inconvenience.
Captain" said the steward. after he
had served coffee and distributed
blankets, there is a lady in your DON
that wants to see YOU"
The captain had been too busy res
cuing the people to attend to the de-
tails of their care, but he went at
once to his own stateroom, and stand
ing in the door he saw a beautiful lady
dressed IN mourning. whose features
he could not well make out in the in
distinct light.
Tracy" she said, "have you forgot
ten me?!"
Miss Hayne!"
agnes Hayne," she said, reaching
out her hands.
Thank God, Agnes, that 1 came on
time"
That was all the captain said then