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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-24

Herman Book has sold his house
and lot on SpFigg street to Henry
Nuessbaum.
On" Of the most entertaining of the
holiday entertainments in this city
will he the Christmas Tree and ball by
the Sons of Veterans.
Evi! after effects never follow tn
use OF DR.. Bells Peppermint Chill
Tonic. il Is 4 pleasant liver laxative.
Il D..s.cs rich. red blood. 1t makes
stoag. spund bone. Il makes flesh. 1t
makes rosy cheaks. al of this cures
chilis so they stay cured. Dealers
guarantee it.
Tn Western Poultry and Game
Company made a big shipment from
this ely to-day.
Tn. express business was so large
TO-DAY that it took a stake wagon to
delive. it. Hundreds of packages
cane here from the ST. Louis retail
merchants. The packages were or
GcreG by people who read the big ad-
v~arci-em"nts of the ST. Louis mer-
cha-'~ :" the St. Louis Sunday papers.
THURSDAY.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-24
FOR SALE.

One eight room slate roof brick
dwelling house, with all modern inn
provements, located on lots 7 and 8,
in range A., 60x180 feet in size, known
as the Morton house. Apply to
HENRY A. ASTHoLZ.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-24
MIXED UP.
verything OF Local Form 70 be
Found That is of Interest,
MONDAY,

Robert Wiehterich returned home
from st. Louis Saturday to spend the
Christmas holidays with his parents.
Superintendent Crowder of the Com
merce railroad a in the city this
morning.
Rich, Red and Pure Blood can be
had by using DR.. Simmons Sarsapa-
rilla. Only 50 cents per bottle and 80
full doses for an adult.
The Water-works company LEI the
contract Saturday for the excavation
for q settling basin for the water
works.
Christ Kruger is working for VIM.
Stotzer. Christ is a first-class butch
er and a good nan
A cough is an easy thing to cure Il
taken in time. It is dangerous to neg
lect one for any length of time. DR..
Simmons Cough Syrupis guaranteed.
Fifty cents a bottle. For sale by all
Es"uggists. .
~ Hill has a big boy at his house
and of CON-.
the river is abe> .s-taamhoati,c
the water is too'low for
Small precautions often Nv
great mischiefs. DeWitt's Little Es>
Risers are very small pills in size; bqt'
are most effective in preventing the
most serious forms of liver and stom-
ach troubles. They cure constipation
and headache and regulate the bow
els. VIM. Fl. CoerVer.
Mansfield, the young man who was
shot by Williams 1ear Jackson last
week, is still alive. and the chances
are he will recover. Williams i. in
Jail.
Henry Meystead, Jr.. has nos
salteo down nine hundred head of
pork hogs. He mas bought more pork
hogs this season than any other pork
packer in the city.
If You are bilious, try DR.. Sawyer
Little Wide Awake Pills, you wsu find !
them just what you want. Try = fire
sample. They do not grippe sold a
NJ. Maple Wilson's drug store.
The open season for quail shooting
VIII close ON the 3lst of December,
and the game warden should see Chat
the law Is enforced.
The stockholders of the Caps Cir
ardeau Fair and Park Associatioa
will meet on the 2Sth inst, to elect
officers for another year. !
Running sores, indolcnf uI,ers ana
similar troubles, eventhoHgb of many
years standing. may becuredby using
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Save. 1t
soothes, strengthens and heals. Il is
the great pile cure. w. H. Coer1er.
If they hit the market right IL pork
packers will make a pile of money :
this year. They have the meat if the
price is right for them. !
It is not too late for you to get your
Christmas advertising in the DEMO
Graf. I
fBallard'S Snow Liniment. There is c
20 pain it will not relieve, no swelling l
it viii not subdue, no wound it will
not heal, it will cure frost bites,
and corns. % and 80 cents.
I. Ben Miller. v
For the information of Jodie Flynn Z
we will state that the Western Poultry /"
and Game Company does not have to
pay a city license. The Company t
does no retail business in this city. I,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-24
HUNTS Lightning OIL

Cures Ca sarrh, 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, 1898-12-24
THURSDAY.

Bot forget if you use Putnam
Eaaeiess Dyes you don't have to send
for 4 package Tor wool and one for
Gotten. Each package colors all
fbers. Sold by W. H. Coerver. It
Walter S. Albert, OF the Albert
Grocer Company, informs us that ne
received a telegram this morning from
Capt. Burton, stating that the steamer
Belle OF Calhoon would leave ST.
Louis Friday evening at / o'clock for
Cape Girardeau and would arrive
here Saturday.
! The Lodge of the Woodmen of the
w,..rld will meet tonight at Masonic
uau IA eject officers.
What is it? j cure for Coughs,
Colds, Group, Whooping Co"gn:
Hoarseness. Sore Throat, and ali
Bronchial Affections of the Threat,
Chest and Lungs. 80 doses for 30
cents. Money refunded if it fails to
give satisfaction: we mean DR.. Sim
mons Cough Syrup. For sale by all
druggists.
Died. in this city. December 2lst,
1895, Mrs. Wtlhelmine Roettger, aged
- years.
Miss Hattie Adams returned home
yesterday frem Shannon county. where
she is teaching music. She will spend
the holidays at home.
In a recent letter from Washington.
D. c.. to an old friend, 1Iajor G. y.
Studer, for twenty years United States
IConsul at Singapore. says: "While
att, Des,Moiues l became acquainted
with a liniment known as Chamber
lain's SPAIN Balm. which I found ex-
cellent against rheumatism as well as
against soreness of the throat and
| chest giving me much easier breath
liugl. | had q touch OF pneumonia
early this week, and two applications
freely applied to the throat and chest
relieved me of it at once lwculdnot
be without for anything" For sale
by l. Ben Miller.
The city council has passed an ordi-
nance assessing the property owners
Oh Got Hope street for the gravel
recent placed on that street.
TIL. ...s a funeral from the Lut! =
erant - this afternoon.
j. Il IONS has purchased jht
Clcrmoal Market on Main street
We understand he will close the
place Up.
She has her wedding dress al
ready and We understand the day i:
: set for the ceremony.
Cheatbam's Chill Tonic is peculiar
" adap.cG to persons in enfeeble'
health a:,G invalids. 1t assists di
I gestion and is q perfect s~trengthene
i adpetizer. Satisfaction or money re
! funded. Put up in both tasteiess an
bitter STYLES. 50-cent size.
FRIDAY.
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saThe Western Poultry and Game Co.
has paid out thousands of dollars to
the farmers of this county since it
started its branch in this city. The
prices paid for poultry since it estab-
lished here have been higher than ever
before.
See the advertisement of Bernard
Balm elsewhere in this paper. Mr..
Balm has been in the hardware bust
ness longer than any other man in the
city, and he always keeps a complete
stock which he sells at the lowest
living prices.
Are you lacking in strength and
energy. Are you nervous, Respondent,
irritable. bilious, constipated and
generally run down in health. If so.
your liver is torpid, and, and q few
doses of Herbine will cure you.
Herbine has no equal as a health re-
storer. l. Ben Miller.
Our doctors are complaining about
the hard times. They are getting rid
of their pills but the pay is slow
coming in.
B. T. Davis left the city last Satuu-
day for Milford, Delaware. He will
b. absent from the city till about the
first of January.
When you cannot sleep for cough
ing take Chamberlaiu's Cough REM
edy. 1t always gives prompt relief.
1t is most excellent fer colds. too, as
it aids expectoration, relieves the
! lungs and prevents any tendency to-
pneumonia. For sale by I. Ben
"%f ruggist.
ii met last night and
The city Gaah~ shed business of
finished Up the unah-
the regula f2eeting.
The country roads are So ms~
that the farmers 90 not bare TO eAtne
to town.
rabler,s Buckeye >fts oinanen,
instant relief. It aHsys inhams
and heals. 1t is pr1iopt II It's
action and positive in its etfe&E itl'
the kind that cures without pain y
discomfort. It IS for piles ~
Gently, tubes 40 cents. l. Ben Mile"
The river is rising. Capt. q
;nforms rs that there is o a fairly
good stage of water.
Walter Snrodes, agent for the l. c.
T.. :. has como home to spend the
CfI1stmas holidays. Walter 10 a
splendid young man and his many
frierds here are glad to meet him.
,Io7aents are useless if trlfed away
ind they are dangerously wasted /
consumed by delay in cases where one
Ninute Cough Cure would bring I'M
mediate relief. W. II. Coerver.
Lone Bowman of the steamer Grey
Is ole has returned home from Padu-
,aI,. Ky. where ne went with the a
- winter quarters. Lonzo is now one
II fl ,e engineers of the Eagle Packet
;ts&a AMY.
Non the DEMOCRAT 0on van
'e Ems 'udent, but those people MnU
49, q lristmas gifts for the editor
- r;,nr. ,sted to hand them in before
az k Saturday, Dec. 9th.
No., get if you use Putnam
y : y 'es you don't have to send
aueleSs y . for wool and one for
" 49, \ package colors all
A;e W W. H. COerver. 1t
DNESDAY
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-24

N out and our mer-
shed with business
chants are not RI
as a consequence.
e a concert at the
i' SoiHS ~" or the benefit OF
Broadway Theater
the Baptist cGnrch.
want to suffer
- i~patiOn. sich
with dyspepsia, const. TIoss of an
headache, sallow skin an, .,,iod No
petite. You have never 80,
Wits Little Early Risers ro hoo,
complaints OR you would l ,u crao
cured. They are small pills
regulators. Wn. e. Coerver.
a tele
L. L. hnseiHdnu rocei'eo Ere,
gram Seeueru"! evening from min
hoerr, OF Cleveland, ohlo' lnfor, lii
him of the death of bis daughter, 20
tie Cora Hoerr, aged about Ia
years. "
The steamer Belle of Calhoon vii
begin to Make regular trips next week
between this city and st. Louis-that
is, If the weather remains favorable. {
Uriah Jones, Hezekian Brown and l
John Peter Smith will testify to the '
wonderful curative properties OF DR.. :
Simmons Cough Syrup. Sample bot
ties free. Satisfaction or money re-
unded. For sale by allduggists. Il
J.. F. Schwepker, VINO has been con- IL
fined to his room for several days, is II
abte to be up and about.
E. w. Flentge. Collector-elect, CO
showed us the home-span goods this
morning for a suit of clothes he pro- st
poses to wear when he goes into Office. TT
The cloth was made in this county.
The ''Bicyclist's Best Friend" is a m
familiar name for DeWitt's Witch NJ
Hazel Salve, always ready for emer- :
gencies. While a specific for piles, it
also instantly relieves and cures cuts, .,
bruises, salt rheum, eczema and all -,
affections of the skin. 1t never fails -
VIM. II. Coerver.
The whiskey business must be good
in this city. A drayman rolled five nj
barrels into one saloon this morning.
Mrs. Cora E. Joyce of New Madrid ~,
will spend the Christmas holidays in
this city with her parents. =,
KIDNEY DISEASES are the most
fatal of all diseases. Foley's Kidney
Cure is q guaranteed remedy or money
refunded. in
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-24

ny Frank Sherwood was down today
it. for the first time since he had his tus-
zee sic with cholera morbus. He says he
drove thirty miles after he was taken,
and never came SO near dying in his
life. After this when he goes out in
the country he viii take a bottle OF
'hamberlain's Cole, Cholera and
I arrhoe Remedy with him-MissoUri
d. ley Iowa Times. For sale by I.
VA Miller.
~ p. i. Var Frank arrived ID
Col. yesterday and will spend the
he city with his daughter at the
holidays Hotel.
t'lVerVl~~ headquarters for fine box
We arc S. II. Kimmel & Co.
ahdles- l. Ben Miller when you
Don't forget chase your Christmas
tart out TO purs at you want.
he n"7 wiz he grandest Christ
Scott wi. Il seFvet city. See his an
mas dinner in the ~ column.
in Snothe
ny night.
Senter Pay ton Aond' -eddinp nres.
Christmas presents =" 'rench, Ger
The fin, sst line OF hina to Sc
nan. CARLSBAD l.J&panese c.
ect from at SONS.
JOHN 81. AVff O. rondo,
See Payton's big snow N
light. >,
Allegretti candI es-tne nhest
Iorld at I. Ben NJ HERS :.
Pure g~roundI.Sl olees ana Counai
age you can get a
SCHwEPKER 81 "ine bosson'
For genuine barga ans goso Noen-
ager's closing ousqss ats' !
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-09-24

- theNummeF, 60 where you win dnd a.
most, literally, . new world Such spot il
Yellowstone Park. There Is no place IKE II
inthe world. You will be astonished at what
you see and learn there. A months outing
In those mountains 1000 feet above the sea
level, in an atmosphere pure and invigor-
ating, would add years to your life. There
are four modern hotels, good roads-main-
tanned by the q. 3. Government-for rid.
ing, driving, or cycling; riding hoyses and
pack trains. Geysers, canyons, mud springs,
lakes, cataracts and cascades in large mum.
bers, are crowded into space 81 by 81
miles in size. II you can afford it, you
wrong yourself by not going there, especi-
ally il you are patriotic American. II
you cannot afford 1t, then go to beautiful
Leech Lake in Minnesota, a new and popu-
lar resort New hotels, fine fishing and
hunting, and good boating at reasonable
rates. Send Chas. s. Fee, Of Northern
Pacific Railway, st. Paul, Mimi, six cents
for Wonderland '9S, that describes by pen
and picture both resorts. Mention where
advertisement was seen.
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A schIey Coincidence.

In 1884, just after Commodore Schley
returned from rescuing the survivors
of the Greedy Arctic expedition, the
Massachusetts, Humane society pre-
sented him with handsome medal
for his achievement, and BENJAMIN w.
Crowninchield, one of the Bay states
great orators, was sent to Washington
to make the presentation speech. On
the way to the capital Mr.. Crownin-
chield fell in with an old and prom
inent resident of Boston, who took the
privilege of asking the orator what
his mission in Washington was. In
reply the old gentleman was shown the
medal and told what was to be done
with It. Strange coincidence" unused
the venerable gentleman from the
Hub. "Forty-four years ago, in 1910,
/ rode over this same line and met
Gen. Winfield Scott. / was as inquisi-
tive then as now, and asked him where
he was going. He said that a son of
his friend, Mr.. Schley, had been named
for him and that he was going to Mary
land to see the baby. Detroit Free
Press.
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OF the bog moss, sphagnnn there
are no fewer than 215 species, about COZ
varieties.
The silver production of this country
is more than one-third of that of the
entire world, being in 1896 SIC, O69 900,
coinage value, as against SETS. 463, roo.
coinage value for the world.
The diameter of the sun in miles is
estimated at 500, 400, Jupiter $4,000,
Saturn 1900, Neptune $4,000, Uranus
81 300, Earth 1918, Venus 7,7O0, Mars
1890, Mercury 5000, Moon 2,162.
The new city charter of San Fran
cisco contains provision that eight
hours shall constitute days labor
on all municipal work, with two dol
lars per day as the minimum wage.
A French boot and shoe journal
states that arrangements have been
made to open an American, exposition
in Hamburg, and that a special feature
will be display of American shoes.
The total number of sheep in the
United States on April was s5,671,-
Ola. On April 1, 1897, the total number
of sheep in the United States was a.
s4,2s7, a gain this year over last of
ss7, 627 sheep.
The Liverpool docks are the admira-
tion of the world. The attention given
to them in repair and extension is
shown by the fact that parliament has
authorized that $24, us, 1920 shall be
spent on them in improvements.
A French experimenter, Camille
Dareste, has found that the germ in
the hens egg is not destroyed by an
electric current that would kill an
adult fowl, but that the germ is so mod
fled in most cases that monstrosity
will be Matched.
Hydrogen, recently liquefied by
Prof. Dewar, is in that condition the
lightest liquid known, having density
one-fifteenth that of water. Previous
ly liquid marsh gas, whose density is
two-fifths that of water, was the light
est fluid to be obtained. m
An American scientist has invented
q new form of spectroscope, made by
building up steps of equal thickness of
optical glass. With 20 elements, five
millimeters thick, the resolving power
is 100000. or about that of the best
diffraction gratings. 1t is equally
good for the examination of single
lines, and the study of the effects of
broadening the shifting or doubling of
the lines.
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MORE THAN HE CAN SPEND.
Income II Estimated at
$25,OO q Month.

The average man is bothered because
he hasn't money enough to spend, but
Mr.. James F. Burns, of Cripple Creek,
Col, is embarrassed for the very OPP
posite reason. To tell the plain truth,
it keeps Mr.. Burns-Jimmie, they call
him out west-busy devising ways to
get rid of his surplus revenue. He has
ever so much more money than he can
spend in any reasonable way. His in
come is about s25, 900 a month, and, be-
ing bachelor with modest wants, it
can be seen that he is actually suffer-
ing with a plethora of cash.
Mr.. Burns is an agreeable, pleasant
spoken man of about As years. and is
president of the biggest gold mine in
the world, the Portland, of which he
is also the chief owner. Last month
it's output of the yellow metal was
$685. 900, or just one-tenth of the entire
production of the Cripple Creek dis
trict.
II am here" said Mr.. Burns, purely
for recreation, and am delighted with
Washington, which will back with
big money to be the handsomest city
on this continent, if not in the world.
/ have lived in Colorado II years, and
before that was in Cuba for ten years
There is lots of gold down there, but
! spent fortune trying to get it out
Of the ground. The thieving Spaniards
won't let anybody prosper down there,
and they bled me to my ruin. There
will not be happier man in the United
States when Spain is licked till she will
have to beg for mercy.
Eyes, / also got my white hair down
there. I was sleeping on the ground
one night when boa constructor be-
gan to coil himself about my body. !
managed to get tight hold about his
neck and held him till companion
killed the monster. But / was in an
agony of terror, and the shock turned
my hair to its present color."-Wash
tngton Post.
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Gaspard never looked at the door
but faced the foe with calm and reso.
lutte courage that moved the sergeant,
who was near him, to admiration, so
that he cried out words of encourage
ment to him. Every time the foe made
rush he pointed his rife, and they
fell back before the determined-look.
ing soldier, and fired at him instead.
They were bad enough shots, those
dark-skinned warriors, and yet Gas
pard was bleeding from half a dozen
wounds when the sergeant shouted to
him: you've done your share, mon
brave! Run in"
Gaspard would not move, but stood
there few PAGES in front of the door
through which the last of his COM
rades was retreating until only he and
the sergeant were left.
"Now. Private Meudon, I'll cover
you," cried the sergeant.
Il wait for you, sergeant" and the
sergeant, seeing how determined he
was, made rush and got through the
door in safety.
Then Gaspard turned his head to-
ward the door, but in that moment the
enemy rushed in upon him with yells
of triumph, and he was lost to sight;
only struggling mass of black war
riors was to be seen, hacking and hew.
ing at something in their midst.
just an hour later reinforcement.
came from the village, and the Man.
dingoes were driven away with heavy
loss; and then they found what was
Gaspard.
The sergeant took up rife from
the clinched hand of dead native; he
knew it had belonged to Gaspard, and
he looked into the barrel. It was
bright, and had not been fred. The
sergeant unused for a moment.
"Ah! the poor Gaspard Meudon," he
said, he was an imbecile, look Won.
but he was also a man, and a brave
man!"-Temple Bar.
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knowledge of what the punishment
was for such unprecedented behavior.
Clearly, however, Gaspard had been
guilty of disobedience of orders while
in an enemy's country.
Gaspard was unmoved. 1t was evil
dent to the officer that this man was
no coward. and so he tried to reason
with him.
"You must have had some motive for
throwing away your rife. Come, out
with it, my lad!"
II have killed men," The words
came out slowly, reluctantly, and
Lieut.. WALTON laughed outright at the
answer.
"You know nothing, you fool.
These black pigs do not value life so
much as you value your cigar. If you
hadn't killed them they'd have killed
YOU"
"Then would have died without the
guilt Of murder on my SOUL"
YOU'D have died like q pig dies.
squealing a protest, that's all. What
were you before you Joined the ma
rines?"
"a poor fisherman, lieutenant"
Sand how many fish did you make
widows and orphans?" asked the lieu
tenant. ,f
Fish have no souls, but all people
have, even black people, SO the cure
used to say"
"But you haven't killed their souls.
mani"
NO; but in taking the lives of men
have lost my own soul"
"Pouf! I'll absolve you, mon en-
fant!"
ut is impossible, lieutenant"
Wharf.-The officer was angry at
the mans obstinacy now. "What?
Speak to your officer like that! Here.
servant, put this imbecile under ar
rest! We haven't any cells, but do
your best to make him feel what a
fool he is"
The sergeant grinned inteIligently
lend marched the prisoner OF to 8 M
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Tfe2tmemt OF OebtOrn IN Hawaii
In Hawaii they have one very unique
custom in regard to debt. Any stran.
ger can get credit almost from the
time he sets foot on the islands, but
90 long as he owes a dollar he is not
permitted to leave the country. A
man who gets hopelessly involved in
debt down there had as well make up
his mind to become a citizen for the
rest of his life-he can only escape by
uQuidstiug, chicaga Chronicle,
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How to grow wheat with big profit at 40
cents and samples of Salzer's Red Cross $50
Bushels per aere) Winter Wheat, Rye, Oats,
Cloyers, ETC., with Farm Seed Catalogue for
cents postage. JOHN A. SALZER SEED
CO.. La Crosse. Wis. bks x ,
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Piso's Cure for Consumption has no equa
as a Cough medicine.-vF M. Abbott, 80:
Seneca St., Buffalo, N. Y, May 9, 1894.
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When people find fault with everything
they hear, they ought not to complain il
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Everybody likes to tell sensational news
whether it is good or bad. Washington Qa.]
Democrat.
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A Masculine Accomplishment.

A man can carry baby in such fashion
that he can even delude its mother into the
belief that he is bringing home package oil
neat for dinner.-Chicago s-Herald.
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Cost Of England's Ordnance nap.
England's ordnance SURVEY map cost
SEQ, 100000,
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Cut the amount of money you expect e
get square in two-Atchison Globe.