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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17

sort of work was not to her liking.
and in 1878 she was h~onorably dis
charged and took up" a ranch on the
Yellowstone river, near Miles City,
Mont, which. however, was not a bril-
liant financial success.
In 1854, while visiting in EI Paso,
Tex, she met Clinton Burk, to whom
she was subsequently married, and of
this marriage a daughter was born.
Her husband died in 1895, since which
time she has been quietly ensconced
on a ranch near the scene of her ear
lier and more exciting escapades.
She was, however, sorely tempted to
don her fighting clothes" last fall
when it was reported that the In
dams were on the warpath near Rose
bud, yet, she says, her intuition told
her it was only n scare" and while
awaiting developments of a more
definite character her insight was
proven true, and she did not GO.
Mrs. Burk's voice glows in praise of
Gen. Custer, whom she describes as an
absolute fearless, tireless and brave
man. and over whose untimely and
sudden end she has shed not a few
tears. From her front door may be
seen the tomb of Gen. Custer, and to
this fact may be ascribed the principal
reason of her residence there.-St
Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17

A baggagemaster of the railroad re-
lates n remarkable incident that oc.
Cured while making a run on his train
from Providence to this city the other
day. AS the train passed one of the
stations a passenger in a forward car
raised 4 window. and in an instant his
ticket was blown from his hand out
doors. The passenger gave it up for
lost, and was a much surprised man
when the baggagemaster handed ii
to him a little while later. 1t appears
that when the ticket flew through the
window a south-bound train was pass
ing. The suction of the train. which
was going at a rapid rate, drew the
ticket along with it. and as it passed
the rear end of the north-bound train
the ticket blew in through the door
of the smoking car, and was there
found by the baggagemaster upon the
car floor as he was making a tour OF
the car.-Worcester (Mass.) Gazette
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17
THE DUST ENEMY.
Il Ii More Thoroughly Removed by
Carrying Out Than by
Sweeping.

The floor being the lowest and
must collect the most dust. If covered
with a wooden carpet, the dust shows
less, but it is there just the same, and
cannot be so thoroughly removed as
from the smoothly finished wood. The
carpet also absorDs odors which reach
it in the form of gases from cellar.
kitchen or bathroom. The hard-fin-
ished floor, protected by rugs, which
may be carried into the open air to be
freed from dust and odors, requires
perhaps a little more daily care, but
that care results in a state of clean
ness which the carpet a never have.
Heavy, upholstered furniture, "tuft-
ed and fringed to the floor" is a store
house for dust, and, because of this,
will soon become the home of destruc-
tive insects. The maternal moth miller
knows well the advantage to her fu-
ture babies in the mixture of dust and
grease such furniture affords. She al
ways chooses dirty places in which to
lay her eggs, knowing there will be q
rich food supply.
Sweeping is a process for the re-
moyal of coarse dirt, not for dust, eX-
cept hat which clings 20 the dirt par
ticles. Thus a broom used upon a car
pet removes some dust, but because a
quantity of the nap is taken off to
which the dust clings. Sweeping is a
disappearing, more than a dust-ra-
moving, process.
busting should result in the removal
Of dust from the house, not in stirring
it up from one place to settle else
where. The feather buster will sweep
but cannot dust. Dust should be wiped
up and carried away on a cloth, not
spread about or shaken again into the
air. Less sweeping and more proper
busting will result in greater clean
ness.
The carpet which is often wiped with
a dry or slightly dampered cloth is
freed from dust without the sacrifice
of it's soft nap, ard the dust is not
driven by the broom among the fbers
or through the meshes to the floor be-
meath, to be raised again into the
room by every football. When the dust
collected by sweeping has been burned
and the cloths laden with the wiped-up
dust have been washed in hot, soapy
water and dried, when possible, out of
doors in the sunshine, the housewife
may rest assured she has vanquished
two detachments of the dust enemy's
forces.-S. Maria Elliott, in Chautau.
guam.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17
NOTES OF THE FASHIONS.
Various Items of Dress That Are Now
in Favor Among the
Ladies.

1t is rare, indeed, that any material
comes to the front with as much rapid
ity as linen has done during the past
Few easons. From occasional indul-
cence it has become a regulation ma
terial and is likely to increase in favor
as its admirable qualities become
known. A few women have always in
dulged in linen dresses, notably two
CT three who for years have not been
without a summer suit and house
dresses made of Barsley linen sheet
ing. This fabric is so deliciously COM
Portable in feeling that those who have
worn it express themselves with the
utmost enthusiasm. Linen of all
grades, colors and weights is used,
among the latest invasions being the
employment of heavy striped linen for
useful skirts and bicycle wear There
is also an extremely heavy twilled
linen that makes the most perfect
suits imaginable. AS a fabric for skirt
and Eton jacket or blazer there is
nothing that gives greater satisfac-
ton than this heavy twilled linen.
Carefully made up with regard to the
grain of the cloth, they may be laun-
dered until there is scarcely a frag-
ment left of them. In days agone some
practical women made all of their
small boys suits of this goods. It
washes as easily as an old handker-
clief, and. while it fades-or. rather.
b~leaches-it grows more l~ustrous and
beautiful with age. and the last wear
of it is more satisfactory than the
first.
Efforts to pOpularize overskirts dc
not seem to meet with any marked de-
cree of success. The trimmed skirt is
greatly preferred, and the general
opinion is that it will take a yeaS or
two at least to bring the overskirt into
prominence. Some of the most ar
tistic models made up in this way have
fallen completely fat and can find no
buyers at any price. Especially is this
the case with those that have any
marked peculiarities.
Among the new styles in shoes are
patent feathers with very fiat, broad
tees. The first sight of them gives one
a sort of shock, so different are they
from the pointed toes to which we
Lave become so accustomed.
Neck dressing is ultra-elaborate.
Yards and yards of lace are put into
some of these dressy accessories. and
ribbon, chiffon, silk, muslin and other
materials are in great demand for this
purpose.-N. Y. Ledger.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17

When Gen. Grant was quartermas.
ter in Mexico during our war with that
country he distinguished himself by
establishing a bakery. which not only
furnished wholesome bread for his
command, but added materially to the
regimental fund. Gen. Brooke, at
Camp Thomas, has followed this. illus
trious example, and established a
bakery which has an output ot $4,000
loaves every "a hours, and employs $50
men night and day. Since the bakery
has been in operation every man at
Camp Thomas has received a loaf OF
fresh bread every day. The bread is
of d very fine quality and wholesome
Cincinnati ENQUIRER.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17
GIadstOne,s FuneraI.

An additional estimate has been is
sued with the parliamentary papers
showing hat a sum of e2,2OO is re-
quired to defray the expenses con-
nected with the public funeral Of the
late Ri. Hon. W. E. Gladstone. The
expenses connected with the convey
ance of the body to London, and the
preparation of Westminster hall and
Abbey, together with the fees payable
to the earl marshal's staff, constitute
the principal items of expenditure
Westminster Budget.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17

upon returning to Fort Sanders, Wyo.,
N 1872, it was reported that the Nez
Perces Indians, in the musselshell
country, were on the warpath, and an
expedition under Gems. Custer, Miles,
Terry and Crook was ordered there.
1t was during this campaign that she
received her cognomen Calamity
Jane" Relating the circumstances
thereof, she said: Il was serving IN
der Capt. Egar. and while neal Goose
creek (the present city of Sheridan,
Wyo.), after having been on a three
days skirmish, during which the COM
pany had six men killed and several
wounded, we were ambushed about a
mile from our destination. Capt.
i Egan was n of the first to be shot
during the engagement, and l, happen
ing to be in close proximity to him. no.
ticed him reeling in his saddle. 1 was
able to reach his side in time to pre-
vent him from falling, and, getting
him on my horse, in front of me, bore
him to camp in safety. After he had
recovered, one day he l~aughingly
christened me Calamity Jane, the
heroine of the plains and even to this
Gay l have borne hat title among my
more intimate friends"
The NeZ Perces were subdued in
1873, and the early portion of 1874 was
spent in various minor engagements
in Montana and Wyoming, when. in
1875, under Gen. Crook, she was or
dered to the Black Hills of South Da.
kota, to protect the miners and set
tiers in that section, as the country
was overrun and practically con.
trolled by the Sioux Indians. After a
nominal campaign in that section
lasting until 1876, they were again or.
dered north to join Gems. Custer, Miles
and Terry on the Big Horn river.
During this march Mrs. Burk was
detailed as the bearer of important
dispatches, and although the trip was
one of 30 miles, the weather wet and
cold, and it necessitated swimming
the Platte river at Fort Fetterman,
she performed her duty willingly, but
at a fearful cost, as she contracted
pneumonia and was confined in a hos
pital for three weeks, and being too
ill to return to her company was
granted an indefinite furlough, which
in all probability saved her life, for
the next year witnessed hat fearful
massacre in which Gen. Custer and his
brave men were so wantonly butch
cred.
Calamity Jane" next found service
in the employ of the government car
rying the United States mai between
Deadwood and Custer, Mont, and al
though the route was considered an
extremely hazardous one, her reputa-
ton as an unerring marksman was
such hat not once did she have an op-
portunity to display her skill to either
the Sioux or highwaymen in behalf of
Uncle Sam.
While thus engaged she was present
in DeadwOod at the time William
Hickok wild BID was as~sassinated
by Jack Mccall, notorious desperate,
and was a member of the posse that ar
rested and confined him in a log cabin,
she having the honor of commanding
him to surrender, when ~cornered in a
butcher shop, with a meat cIeaver as
her weapon.
Her love for the army service was
such, however, hat she again volun-
teered in the Seventh cavalry and
helped build Fort Meade, S. D., but this
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17
LOOK UP.

Ny toil-worn brother, lift your eyes.
Look up and leave repining:
A golden sign is in the skies
The star Of hope is shining.
o weary ones. I bring you cheer,
The day at last is dawning;
The night is long and dark and drear.
But joy is in the morning.
My sisters, bowed with care and grief.
LOOK up, forget your sorrow;
For trouble there will come relief
And hope is in the morrow.
. souls cast down in bitterness,
Arise and cease complaining;
There Is an end to your Distress
Look up, for God is reigning.
not any creed but this:
That We should love each other;
That every Ian my countr is,
And every man my brother.
My heart goes out to you in love,
To make your burdens lighter;
To tell YOU hope is dreaming Of
\ future growing brighter.
All ye who suffer and repine,
My heart in pity old you:
And. if in mind, know by that sign,
Gods greater love enfolds you.
Look up. u Father, on the sky
Has set a bow of promise:
Look up! The clouds are rolling by
The night is passing from US.
The wrongs of old their race have run;
Men to the new are turning;
Above the yet unrisen sun
The clouds of morn are burning.
Look up. my brothers, look and pray;
Though now you wait in sadness;
The golden light Of the new day
Will flood your hearts with gladness.
The tyrant's reign is on the wane,
For plumber and oppression;
The hand of justice, Ger the main,
Strikes down a faithless nation.
To make a starving people free,
Our martial hosts are ~treading;
The happy light of liberty
To other lands is spreading.
There beams above the young day
A prophecy of better,
When tyranny shall pass away,
And crumble every fetter.
Look up and be of better cheer,
The morn is rising DER US;
The futures coming, golden year
More brightly shines before us.
y. A Edgerton, in Atlanta Constitution
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17
d O AND CHURCH.

There are six schools in Ireland
where Irish is taught.
4. colored Salvation Army corps has
been started in Boston.
The northern Methodists have adopt
ed equal lay representation by a vote
Of 3,27S ayes. 937 noes.
Among the 2s,7S2 studentsi in French
colleges, according to the latest fig
ures, only ST. were women.
The % Protestant missionaries re-
siding in Kiukiang hold a general
prayer meeting every Friday after
neon.
Prof. Otkniel c. Marsh, curator of
the Peabody museum at Yale, has just
received an election as a foreign mem
Der of the Geological society of Lon
don.
Seven thousand nine hundred and
sixty-six dollars and sixty-six cents is
the grand sum given by the Endeavor
societies of the Chicago union for mis-
sionary work.
Rev. Dr.. K. B. Fairbairn has resigned
the wardenship of St. Stephens col
lege, after more than IS years on
~tinuous and faithful service. The
trustees have accepted his resignation.
and have made him warden emeritus.
The American Seamen's Friend So
ciety is trying to keep pace with the
increase of the navy by supplying IL
braries as fast as the ships are put in
commission. 1t has in the past sup
piled more than 1000 loan libraries to
naval ships and hospitals, or some.
thing over $4,000 books in all.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17
ON ACCUMULATING MONEY.
The Best Place to Begin, MT. Gozzle-
by Thinks, Is Right Where
q Man Is.

why, say" said Mr.. Gozzleby, ."the
more l think of it the more 1 think
that the place for a man to begin is
right where he is. 1 don't see how
going west, or going south, or going
any other place, is going to keep him
unless he's got it in him. Even in fast
growing places with a tremendous
boom on, the bulk of the people work
for days wages, just as they do here;
The people there don't all get rich, by
a long shot, and the comparatively few
hat accumulate wealth get it by the
exercise of the same qualities that
command wealth everywhere, namely,
ability to recognize opportunities and
promptness to seize them.
Opportunities exist everywhere,
but the number of really great oppor-
tunities is always proportionately
small, and these are always taken up
by the men who have not only brains
but courage. Luck may strike a man
occasionally, but the chances are mill
lions to enc against it, and it never
strikes a man who waits for it. Money,
"a OuIsC, gives d 1ldL greatly duOSu
power; the rich man can seize oppor-
tunities that the poor mar can't
touch. But pretty much all the rich
men in this country were once poor.
They made the money themselves, az
every man has the right to do for him
self. 1t may be put in here that it is
a mighty good thing for a man to have
a few hundred dollars laid by; it may
come handy any time. Get ahead a
little.
"As to the place to begin there Is
none any better than right where q
nan is. He sees the difficulties there,
familiar as he is with his surroundings,
but it's just the same fifty miles or a
thousand miles west. There, where
everything is new to him, the condi-
tons might seem easier and more ia.
vorable, but in reality they are just
the same: the great majority of men
there are plugging away for a mere ex-
i%stence, and here. as in his own town,
the men who are making the money
are the men of brains and courage and
enterprise and frugality.
I'm other words, it is not the place.
but the man himself, that counts.
Any place will do; the great thing is
to make the beginning.'-N. Y. Sun.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17
Sponge GInrPrbread-

Into two cupfuls of molasses sift two
t~easpoonfuIs of soda and one dessert
spoonful of ginger and a teaspoonful
of powdered cinnamon. Stir to a
cream; then add four well-beaten eggs,
one-half cupful of butter and one-half
cupful of lard, melted, one cupful of
sour milk, in which is dissolved three
fourths of a teaspoonful of soda. Mix
all together; then add -four to the
consistency of pound cake.-Bingham-
ton Leader,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17
ONLY A PRIVATE SOLDIER.
Pathetic Picture of a Fond Mother
Who Read Her Death Warrant
in a Single Line.

OOIu AutSI sun, pIlhdlSS III
fantry; yellow fever"
That was all. Just a line in small
type in a newspaper. But it meant so
much, oh, so much, to her. The line
was in a list of dead cabled from San
tiago, and the paper was wet with
tears hat trickled through her poor,
worn fingers. He was her only boy,
and the picture of her husband, dead
these many years. Now he, too, was
dead, her little Johnnie, who but yes
terday was playing at her knee, and
whose childish rrattle had nerved her
for that fearful struggle with the
world which had been so hard and I'M
profitable. To be sure, he had not al
ways treated her right. He had been
wild and had fallen into bad company,
and instead of being the help she had
fondly counted on his escapades had
cost her all her little savings. To be
sure, neighbors had told her he was a
graceless, selfish, ne'er-do-well scamp,
and she was & fool to slave for him.
To he sure, she had thought a little bit
terly herself, at times, when, i'll,
weary and heartsick, he had failed to
give her a helping hand or ever to come
to her, or betray any interest in her
existence. She had never seen him in
his soldier clothes. He had been sta.
toned not far away, but had not taken
the trouble to come to see her. After
the war began, when she had seen regi-
ments march by, she had imagined how
brave John must look. and wished she
might have seen him in the uniform of
his country.
But that brief, epigrammatic notice
of his death struck her to the heart as
keenly as eve did the loss of the most
model boy to the most loving mother.
He was her boy. Upon his life she had
built her every air castle. AS long az
he had lived she had never lost hope.
He was sowing his wild oats. He
would come back to her some day, and
be her comfort and her joy. She had
chung 10 the idea with an intensity
that stopped little short of mania.
That hope was all that enabled her
frail body to hang over washtubs by
day and her trembling fingers to ply
the needle by right, all that enabled
her dim eyes to see the work before
her, ali that kept the fires of life burn
ing with the scant food and little sleep
she allowed herself. True. he had fur
nished little grounds for such hopes in
later years. But she had still hoped.
To have given up that hope wouldhave
been insanity. suicide. death.
But it was all over now. John was
dead. There was nothing more to
work for. to sacrifice for. Through her
binding tears she did not see the form
of the man clothed in the blue uniform
down in Cuba. but a pretty. bIue-eycd
boy in dresses. And in her ears rang
the prattle of a childish voice.
Johnnie was dead; dead and buried
in a foreign soil. while she could rot
have even the poor comfort of mourn
ing over his grave. The paper dropped
from her lap. She leaned her tired
head upon her threadbare sleeve and
wept as only those who know a great
sorrow weep. Her cup of bitterness
was full.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17
How n Witness Took the Oath.

One of the noticeable features to
one who has visited the courts of law
is the manner in which different wit
nesses take the oath that they will tell
"the truth, the whole truth, and moth
ing but the truth" in the case involved
Almost as striking is the manner used
by the clerks in administering the
oath, with various degrees of sincerity.
Ore clerk, who is a church member.
binds the witness with q high degree OF
seriousness, while the less spiritual
clerk rattles off the words without any
especial meaning. \ witness a day OF
so ago was greatly impressed with the
solemnity Ct the trial in which she was
concerned. To her the court was an
oracle, and the lawyers unapproach-
able dignitaries. She east furtive
chances about the courtroom. in anX-
iety lest she might overstep the rules,
When the Judge told her to arise to
receive the oath her discomfort was
complete. She listened attentively to
the words of the clerk, and at the end
of the ceremony responded, with much
feeling: Observation-Disclosures News
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17
The Cheerful Idiot.

"The Spanish army" said the tire
some boarder, "exists largely on pa
per"
"Reallyr' said the cheerful idiot.
THAT can hardly be as nutritious a.
mule."-Indianapolis Journal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17

Baby carriages are changed into
cradles by a new device, consisting OF
a pair of rockers connected by cross
bars, with slots cut in the bars, in
which the wheels of the carriage are
placed to prevent them from turning
while the carriage is being rocked.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17

Many persons use the phrase "in q
tHce" who have no conception of its
meaning. \ trice is the sixtieth part
of a second of time. The hour is d.
vided into 60 minutes, the minute into
90 seconds, and the second into &C
trices, or thirds, from the Spanish tris
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17

Mrs. Parvenue-That picture in the
:orner is by an old master.
Mrs. Swartleign-Indeed! 1 would
never have guessed it.
"Yes, the mar l l bought it from gays
ne a written guaranty that the paint
r was past rs before he done a stroke
on it.".-Chicago Evening News
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17

The greatest bay on the face of the
earth is that of Bengal. Measured in
a straight line from the two inclosing
peninsulas, its extent is about 100000
square miles
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17
One Tortoise Shell.

A large turtle affords eight pounds
Of tortoise shell.
The Florence daily tribune. (Florence, Colo.) 1898-1903, 1898-04-29
SPANISH FLOTILLA SAILS
At Last it Leaves Cape Verde Is
lands and Sails South

ST. Vincent, Cape Verde Islands
April 29-The Spanish squadron
finally sailed at $50 this morning.
The destination of the feet is not
known 1t sailed in a southerly
direction. This might bring it TO
Porto Rico or the coast of South
America, where the American bat
tleship Oregon is ON her way to
Key West, and might be inter
cepted.
The Spanish squadron consisted
of all the cruisers and torpedoboat
destroyers. Only three small tor
pedo boats remained behind. The
Vizcaya and Oquendo led the
naval procession out of the harbor.
Later-The torpedo boats weigh
ed anchor at $50, and with two
transports sailed in northerly
direction, presumably for the Can
aries.
The Florence daily tribune. (Florence, Colo.) 1898-1903, 1898-04-29
POWDER PACK TRAIN
BLOWN TO ATOMS
Mexfcans and Mules Scattered
Over the Landscape
NEAR vINcENTA, MEXICO


Eel Paso, Texas, April % The
news reached here this morning of
an explosion of powder carried by
a pack train, which blew forty men
and a number of mules into small
pieces.
The train was going to Candle
laria, in Mexico, and was near
Vincenta, in the province of Sina-
ola, ON April "a, when the disaster
occurred. 1t consisted of ITO
mules and 40 Mexicans, and car
ried 2lS boxes of powder and
10000 caps for use in the mines.