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The times., 1898-08-02

BY the courtesy of Newton Feree, chief
of division in the Treasury Department.
the following interesting correspondence
from his son, Newton III. Feree, now in
Santiago. is given publication. The
writer is third sergeant in Company X,
District of Columbia Volunteers, and
his brother, Sheridan Feree, is first SER
geant in the same organization. Both
are well known in Washington:
'In Front of Santiago de Cuba.
July H. 1885,
The times., 1898-08-02

Mr. and Mrs. John w. Foster. who re-
turned to Washington Sunday to at
tend the funeral of the late Nine. Ro-
nero, are at the Arlington. but will leave
the city within the week.
The times., 1898-08-02

Bishop Hurst is among the notable
Washingtonians at Ocean Grove.
The times., 1898-08-02

Mr.. ]. V. Vosal. an attache of the
Mexican legation. is passing the Summer
at Atlantic City.
The times., 1898-08-02

slim. graceful, gray-haired. intel
lectual looking lady who attracts respect
full attention at the Brunswick. Asbury
Park. Is Mrs. Roger Q. Mills, of Texas.
Mrs. Mills bears a striking resemblance
to the late Frances willard She is ac-
companied by her sdaughter-in-law. Mrs.
Charles Mills, whose husband is with
Skaters army at Santiago de Cuba The
two ladies are inseparable and seem de-
voted to each other. Last evening moth
er and daughter were Joined by Mr. Mills,
still vigorous, though a little more bald,
little whittier and a little stouter than
when he framed the tariff bill which made
him famous.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-17
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.
Montana has 90 Methodist churche.

Montana has 90 Methodist churches.
The lutheran church has 112 institu-
tons of learning in the United States.
In France degrees and diplomas are
granted BY the government, and not by
the universities. as in this counu;.
The students of Princeton supp,.t a
foreign missionary, who is elected yrar-
~ by popular vote.
The Lutherans of Waynesboro, Pa,
have decided to adopt the use of indi-
vidual communion cups.
The will of James W. Keep, late of
Westfield, Mass, leaves the sum of S.
COO to Mortified seminary.
The number admitted 10 church men,
bership in the Universalist church dur
ing 1897 was 2,512. showing a net gain of
sos names, and. a total membership of
51,247.
In nearly 300 London churches and
ehapels on a recent Sunday sermon
were preached by clergymen of every
denomination on the duties of citizen
ship. Five years ago a movement took
shape to establish what is now known
as Citizen Sunday" those clergymen
committing themselves to the plan
pledging themselves to try on one Sum
day in the year at the time of the cleo
lions to inculcate the principles of good
citizenship.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-17
4 SOInce.

With the dreariness and desolation OF
cold and rainy nights in November
comes the comfortable thought OF
brightly lighted sitting-rooms, with
hearth fires and good books. There is
nothing more certain to make the heart
swell with cheerfulness than this same
combination. After a long day at work,
when the wind is bowling outside and
the rain is splashing against the win
dows, the flicker of the CRATE fire is
magnetic. One can scarcely force him.
self to get up and away from it, and a
book adds to the attraction. 1t is the
time when the stay-at-home enjoys
himself to the fullest.-Detroit Free
Press.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-17
IN CHICAGO.
Good Crops Are Gathered in the Parks
and Boulevnrds of the Great
Metropolis.

Haymaking in C~hicago's parks in
autumn recalls to many q city man the
experiences of his boyhood days. This
feature of rural life still survives in
the three divisions of the city A walk
along the boulevards and in sequestered
rocks of Washington and Lincoln parks
lately revealed a succession of nicely
stacked haycocks. representing many
tons of fine timothy hay. These small
stacks are being carted away now to
the park barns, TO furnish food for the
horses kept for service in the parks.
Seventy ton of fine timothy hay
have been harvested this season along
Western avenue and in Washington
park. BY allowing the grass to grow
long in some sections the rustic beauty
OF the pleasure ground has been en-
HANGED, and n considerable source Of
venue provided for park funds. In
all about 35 acres of hay has been har-
worth in the Eeighborhood of $500.
Hay enough is thus raised to furnish
fodder for the 12O park horses during
the winter. In former times. before the
big park meadow was improved for ath-
letic sports, the Washington park farm
ers harvested double the amount of
hay o gathered, and ~haymaking was
carried on with modern moving ma
chimes and presses. Now the grass is
cut with scythes, stacked in cocks five
feethigh. and finally carried to the barn.
In Lincoln park there are stretches
here and there where the grass grows
long, and is harvested within n few
blocks of the handsome residences on
the Lake Shore drive.
In the West side parks the grass is
mostly cut by lawn mowers. Scores
of women and children follow the
workmen and carry away the grass as
il is cut to feed their COWS or pigs or
chickens.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-17
The Death of Carlyle.

Uncle had not been considered seri
ously i'll more than about a fortnight or
so before the end. The vial spark of
life towards the last days kept flicker
ing in 4 way so extraordinary that the
doctor declared he had never met such
teracity of life and vitality in the whole
course of his varied London and other
experience. Dear uncle, the good, true
end noble old man that he was. really
suffered little in the way of pain for
some weeks before his death. which was
itself little more than a gentle flicker
ing sleep. ending in a scarcely heard
last sigh of sound. While lying in a
comatose or unconscious state his mind
seemed to wander back to old AMMAN
dale memories of his ever loved ones and
their surroundings; his mother holding
her supreme seat surrounded by a
trooping throng of once familiar faces.
Totvery greatly less 70 him. He died
full of years, with all his weary task of
worlds work well and nobly done, and
leaves 10 mortal behind him who does
not love and reverence his life and mem.
ory.-John c. Aitken in Atlantic.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-17
TREASURES IN ART.
Spain Has Thousands of Beautiful
Paintings of Almost In
caIculabIe Value.

Spain has not been stripped of al! her
wealth. She is in possession of riches
that a rapacious conqueror like the
great Napoleon would have taken with
out ceremony. She has treasures il
books, manuscripts and paintings
which would e%minently grace the Ii
braries and galleries of the United
States.
For example, in the Royal picture
gallery in Madrid there are 1000 can
vases, among which are some of the
most beautiful pictures in the world.
There are ten paintings by Raphael, 46
by Murillo, Ga by V~elasquez, % by Van
Dyck, 62 by Rubens. 43 by Titan. IS by
Paul Neronese, and ten by Claude Lor-
raine. No one could hope to get to-
gether to-day such a collection. in
which there is scarcely a picture that
is not artistic work of the first class;
and the writer who estimated that the
1000 paintings are easily worth $780,
100000 spoke wisely and well within
reason.
The duke of Veragua. who came over
here in 1899 at the country's expense.
who was entertained in a royal man.
ner. and left with anything but friendly
feeling for the United States because
a popular subscription to pay his debts
was not raised. is the owner of books
and manuscripts relating to his great
ancestor. Columbus. which are almost
priceless. Among them are books that
were owned by Columbus himself. A
writer in the New York Times. in re-
viewing this subject, says with fine
irony. considering Veragua's character,
that possibly the duke might be pa
triotic enough to help his country by
.disposing of the correspondence of Co.
lumbus. which he prizes so highly"
These artistic and literary treasures
represent an immense sum of money,
and at n time during the war a Span
ish paper suggested that while the
treasury was practically empty it
might be supplied with money by dis
posing of these works.
But the suggestion was not adopted.
and Spain may congratulate herself or
the fact that she was not opposed by Il
grasping enemy. If she engages in
another war, and at its close finds her
self again in her present predicament.
she may expect TO lose her pictures and
literary Observation-Disclosures in
mirror
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-17
HUMOROUS.

Thu Old Friend-"I don't beiieve you
,ealize the dignity of your position"
The New Millionaire-"Don't have to.
I've a butler hired for that."-Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
"Chollie told me he was burning with
patriotism, but, between you and me. 1
think he is too green to burn" "Yes,
Chollie might appropriately be called
a freproof f1at."-Indianapolis Jour
nal.
No Romance About George.-"George
is so methodical.""Yes?""Yes He pro-
posed to me by mail on office paper, and
inclosed a self-addressed stamped n
velope for reply."-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The bugle's strains fioated in through
the open window. That is taps is it
not, Miss MARSHALL" he asked of the
generals fair daughter, 'and signifies
lights out" "Yes," she answered,
YEARLY, cor light out" He lit. A.
W. Bulletin.
A Chance to Make Money.-Mrs. Peck
-"Henry, I've been talking to you for
20 minutes and III bet you don't know
a word I've said" Mr.. Peck-"Say, go
and try to get somebody outside of the
family to take that bet, will you?"-
Chicago Daily News.
Mrs. Orrisson-"You must not en-
courage the attentions of young Mr..
Rolingbroke any more, my dear. Your
father tells me he CANDLES" Clara
But, mamma, he has already won
enough from father for us to be mar
ried on."-Philadelphia North Ameri-
can.
Mrs. Bowser-"Harriet, you have
been having company while 1 was out"
Harriet-"Yes, mother; Carrie" Mrs.
Bowser-"There, Harriet, don't pre-
varicate! 1t was not a woman; it was
a man Who ever knew a woman to
crease a tidy like that?"-Boston Tran
script.
der ain'tno justice in dis world, any
way" said little Tommy Thompkins as
he came out of the house wiping his
eyes. whats the matter, Tommy?'
inquired a neighbor. "Why, pa went
knocked a nice vase often the stand
dis mornin' an smashed it all ter pieces,
and then fused at ma fer hayin' it
settin' round in TIL way" Yes" can
then, cause I broke a durn little oil
at dinner he licked tn stufin'
outen me fer bein' so careless."-Ohio
State Journal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-17
HEIR TO ITALY'S O
The Newly-Born Son of the Duke of
AOstn Is n Likely Successor
in the Line.

Another prince has just been added
to the already large male element in
the house of Savoy, which for half a CEN
tury-that is to say, from the birth of
Queen Margherita-has had no daugh-
tiers, with the exception of the child Of
the duke of Genoa, also called Mar
gherita, born in 1896. The prince is an
important addition to the family, as he
will, if the present order of things con
tinue, n day sit on the throne of
Italy. He is the first child of Prince
Emanuel, duke of Aosta, who, three
years ago, married at Kingston Princess
Helene of Orleans. AS the duke and
duchess of Aosta had been married a
relatively long time without children,
and as it is asserted that the crown
prince, married two years ago, may
never have issue, the enemies of the
house of Savoy, especially the clericals.
had diligently spread the idea that the
wan of q direct heir after the prince of
Naples was the curse of God for the
"usurpation" of the papal state.
1t is known that certain anxiety was
really felt in the royal family itself.
and his relatives were busy choosing a
wife for the count of Turin, the next
brother to the duke of Aosta. The little
prince who has just entered this world,
has, however, put his rosy little foot
down on the prospects, which thus lose
their pressing Importance. Another
lease of bachelorhood, too, is given to
the count of Turin. which he is popular
ly supposed to prize highly.
The duke of Aosta, to whose branch
of the family the Italian throne will
pass should the prince of Naples die
without an heir, is the son of Prince
Amadeo, that brother of King Humbert
who died when only IS, and about whom
the king in the depth of his grief ex-
claimed: II have lost my best friend!"
His mother was a princess of the noble
house of Della Cisterna, and not, there
fore, of royal birth, but such was her
cleverness and superiority that she took
her place with great dignity and grace
as daughter-in-law and sister-in-law Of
kings, and as queen herself when for
five years her husband sat on the
throne of Spain. In Madrid she con-
tracted the disease which killed her,
n year later, at the age of 90. Eng
hshmen will certainly not forget the
sensation caused by the second mar
rage of Prince Amadeo with his niece,
the beautiful Princess Letitia Bona
parte, daughter of his sister Princess
Caltilde and the celebrated "Plou
Plon."-Pall Mall Gazette.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-17
SMART SKATING COSTUMES.
A Plain Skirt, with Vivid Bodice, Is
HI Graceful and BecOm-
ing Thing.

All these gay colors of cloth make
a forid and not ineffective show on the
ponds and in the Kinks. where the whirr
of steel on the ice rises on the frosty
air. 4 plain skirt. ankle long. with a
vivid flannel or velveteen bodice. is Just
about the most graceful and becoming
thing n skater can assume
Cancels hair serge is what the skirt
is made of, and the most startling COM
binations in color prevail until the
Kinks resemble carnival gatherings.
The biggest and brightest buttons flash
on upper as well as neither garments.
and some of these are huge polished
pewter buttons, such as are made and
worn by Dutch men and women on the
frozen canals of Holland.
Pretty skating costumes from Paris
are resplendent with fur or fancy braid
and gay with silver buttons that are in
reality tiny bells, tingling out fairy mu-
sic at every movement of the wearer.
The skirts of such suits are cut close
at the hip and somewhat full below the
knees. enabling the wearer to move
with freedom. and adding greatly to
the sum of grace. Turbanso of astrakhan,
broad tail and Persian lamb are
what the smart skaters wear. These
are round c~ap-shaped things, with a
tuft of bright feathers like a shaw
ing brush sticking up in front and held
by a pin of Russian silver.
very other woman, whether her frock
is silk or serge. has depending from
the real OF her basque n species of tail
which is bound to excite interest, if not
applause. 1t was fully ten years ago
that basques resigned their rear APP
pendages. but. like Mary's little lambs,
they are back in fashion. every m
with its tail behind it. Sometimes the
tail is a mere bunch of ribbon ends,
scarcely larger than the sort of thing
a rabbit wears, again they are beetle
wing-shaped and fall nearly to the
knee. Coatee, habit, postillion and
swallow tails are the species most fire.
quently seen at present. and whether
they are pretty or not is another mat
ter; the tailors say they have come
&c stay.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-17
4 Queer Point in Law.

All the judges Of England, after con
sidering the question for more than a
year, were unable to agree on a defini-
ton of what a "place" is, and now the
London county council is obliged to ask
legal advice as to the meaning of street.
The council recently summoned a man
before n police magistrate for laying
out a street on his property without
obtaining the councils permission.
His defense was that it was not a street.
but a courtyard for the use of HIS
tenants, and the magistrate said that he
could not decide the point tiI the cour-
ellis lawyers obtained an accurate
definition of a street from a superior
court.-Albany Argus.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-17
Church.

There is a colored peoples church in
the country near Troy, s.. C., named Set
Back, from the character Of the discip-
line of its members. THE Amen cor
ner" is occupied by those in a high state
of grace. and from there on to the door
the spiritual value of the seats grad
ually decreases. The vilest sinner sits
by the door till an improvement in o II
duct gives him promotion. The cardi-
nal vices are fighting and bad Ian
guage; so quick-tempered Jane never
knew the delights of the amen cor
ner." Miss Iizbeth, l 'clar ter gra-
cious, 1 bin up ter de stove five times
h~an'runnin', when dat hypcrit Nancy
Gaze me ter be sot back! Eber time
she sees me git most up ter her she low:
Jake been roun' our way a heap lately!
He don't seem ter set ez much sto'
by you. Jane. ez you think fur-en so
OH till l jes bless her out fo' kin think.
en- Brer Banks sets me back. Eff could
kill dat Niger out my way, l could
straight ter de gloryseat!"-
Truth.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-17
nits of BrOidery.

The turned-down points of fine hem
stitched or hand-embroidered linen
lawn that comprise the fashionable col
lars to wear with the silk waists are
made by hand. and it is fashionable for
women TO make them for fancy work.
1t is the revival of an old fashion and
many 4 grandmother's treasure chest
has been ransacked in search of the
old tambour work and the embToideries
that have so long lain away. This line
of white about the neck is almost all
ways more becoming than the plain
rihbcn.-Albany Argus.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-17
a SECRET
IIIHEN Doris married l -arranned 10

MAYHEM Doris married | arranged to
w allow her a couple of hundred a
year, on condition that she kept it a
secret. l am blessed with a number of
other nieces to whom l have no de-
sire to allow anything. They are all
nice girls, i'll their way, and I've no
particular fault to find with them;
but they aren't Doris. She was always
my favorite, from the time she began
to talk. No doubt it was artful of her
mother to teach her to say: Nice
uncle" before she could toddle. but
she did. and hat settled the question
of favoritism.
Doris is n romantic young person,
with a weakness for writing poetry.
and all that sort of thing, and she had
some scruples about keeping a secret
from her husband; but l insisted.
"Of course, if Harry should ever be
hard up, you'll have to tell him and
go shares" 1 said. but if he has a
fault"
HE hasn't" she assured HE.
When they had been married about
Is months she called at my office one
afternoon. She kissed me three times,
and termed me Dear old uncle" twice;
so | knew she had come to propose
something preposterous.
We'll. madam" 1 inquired. crossing
my legs and folding my hands judicious-
ly. may l ask the real purport of this
demonstration"
She traced the pattern of the car
pet thoughtfully with her paraso!. 1T
is getting rather worm" she said, land
the pattern is too small. l should nave
a warmer color next time if ] were
you; and-O! L come to propose some
thing"
Yes, my dear" I said, calmly, Il
could have told you that"
Il was going TO say that you were
quite right about that allowance of
mine. Il is kind of you, uncle, really"
She touched my arm with her tiny
gloyed hand, and l patted it.
81 trust Harry hasn't been plung-
ing?" / asked. with alarm.
20, dear. no." she cried. How could
imagine such a thing?"
Then how is my wisdom proved??"
u am going to explain. You-you
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-17
THE ENGLISH l P
It Il q Myth, Being British in Name,
But American in Manu-
facfure.

Bring me a nice pipe from London.
An American line steamer was NOV
ing gracefully away from her berth
people on board, and others on shore
were waving handkerchiefs and hats
~"good-by" and 'pleasant journey
were shouted all along the line, anG
above the din could be heard the order
half pleading, half imperative: Dom
forget the pipe"
As the crowd turned back a man who
had witnessed the inspiring spectacle
and heard the order said: Isn't il
strange that a real English pipe should
be one of the first things that a man
thinks of bringing back to this country
from abroad, when in fact there is nc
such thing as an English pipe?"
1t is true that the pipe is more pop.
ular in England than it is in this coun.
try, and that the shops keep large sup
plies and a great assortment of the
goods, but neither the English people
nor their visitors from the United
States know that the pipes of the
purest English pattern are made in
France. The dealers in the United
States are better posted than the con-
sumers, and to them the term English
pipe has loEg been known to apply to
the French article, and of recent years
to the superior homemade pipe. An
English trade journal of recent date
sayss another of our industries is
nroOtico11- th-aofanal With a-+Inoffn-
on the other side of the Atlantic. This
is the trade in brierwood pipes, which
used to be imported to a very large ex-
tent into the United States, either from
England or France. Now, however, the
brierwood pipes used throughout the
states are almost entirely made there,
and that not only in the cheapest butin
the best qualities"
Before the large pipe manufacturing
concerns were established in this coun-
try Vienna was the market for meer-
schaum and Paris for brierwood goods.
The pipes were made in small shops and
in the homes of the pipemakers, andde-
livered to central offices and ware
rooms, where they were assorted,
packed and shipped. This method is
still in vogue to a great extent in Euro
pean manufacturing towns. Women
and children do the work, which is fin
ished later by skilled workmen and
mounted with tips, metal, etc.
The brier root which is used in the
manufacture of the goods comes from
France in crude blocks. These blocks
are cut in pipe-outline shapes, and are
made into plain and fancy goods. OF
these pipe blanks" about $4,000 gross
are used in the United States every
year.
In scientific circles the material from
which the pipes are made is known as
the roo of Erica arborea, or white
heath. This is a shrub usually of
stunted growth, but often growing to
a large size. It is found in the south of
France and in Corsica. After the earth
has been removed from the roots and
they have been sawed into pipe blanks
they are placed in a vat and subjected
20 a gentle simmering for about 12
hours. This process makes the wood
perfectly clean, and also gives it the yell
lowish brown hue which is most desir-
able in good pipes.-N. Y. Tribune.