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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-04-16
promptly cured."-x. MORRIS, Menphis,

promptly cured."-X. MORRIS, Memphis,
Tenn.
The question: as consumption cura-
Bile ?" is still debated, and still d~ebatable.
II is easy to say that this was not a case of
consumption. Yet the physicians said It
was. They should know. AS a matte.
Of fact, Dr. Ayers Cherry Pectoral has
wrought 50 many similar cures that il
seems 10 argue the cuTableness of con-
sumption. in its earlier stages, by the use
Of this remedy. There is no better medi-
cine for pulmonary troubles than DR..
Ayers Cherry Pectoral. 1t gives relief in
cases of Asthma, and Bronchitis, where re-
lief has been heretofore urattainable. 1t
promptly cures Coughs and Colds, La
Grippe, and all affections of the throat
and lungs. Heretofore, Dr.. Ayers Cherry
Pectoral has been put up in full size
bottles only, at SIoo per bottle. To meet
a worldwide demand for a smaller pack
age the remedy is now put up il half size
bottles, at half price-so cents. Write for
DR.. Ayers Curebook free and learn more
of the cures effected by DR.. Ayers Cherry
Pectoral. Address J. c. Aver Co., Lowell,
Mass.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-04-16
A Remarkable Book.

A Comic History of Greece, from the Ear
Hest Times to the Death of Alexander the
Great. BY Charles NJ. Snyder. Philadel-
phia: j. B. Lippincott Company.
The author OF this work has set himself
the task of making a truly serious set OF cir
c~umstances, exceedingly funny. He has
unquestionably succeeded, as he expresses
it. He wrote the book for the purpose Of
getting even with the myths and heroes Of
antiquity who caused him such anguish in
school days. The Comic History of Greece
is witty and humorous, without being vul.
gar. About $50 illustrations illuminate the
lines from the pencils of a half dozen artists.
The book is a truly tickle tonic for the mel
sncholY.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-04-16
"MY WIFE'S LIFE"
How [ was the means
of saving it.

When the lungs are attacked and the
OF consumption appear, then
begins the struggle between affection and
That destroying disease which Stays its
thousands annually. 1t is a happy issue
to the struggle when disease is Conquered
and health restored. Such an issue does
not always end the struggle, but it did in
the case of MI. K Morris, Memphis, Tenn,
WHO saw his wife wasting and weakening
and physicians helpless, and then sug-
gested the simple remedy that wrought
b cure. He tells the story thus:
Seven years ago, my wife had a severe
attack OF lung trouble which the ply
sictans pronounced consumption. The
cough was extremely distressing, espc-
cially, at night, aud was frequently
attended with the splitting of blood. The
doctors being unable to help her, I in
ouSed her to try DIR. Ayers Cherry Pectoral
and was surprised at the great relief it
gave Before using one whole bottle she
was cured, so that now she is strong and
quite healthy. That this medicine saved
my. wife's life I have not the least doubt.
! always keep DR.. Ayers Cherry Pectoral
in the house. Whenever any of my family
have . cold or cough We use it, and are
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-04-16
A CHEAP TRIP.
Bemi-MonthIy Excursions to the
Sunny south.

Sunny South.
The opportunity to visit the Southern
States afforded by the semi-monthly ex-
cursions OF the Louisville d Nashville Rail
road i. one that should be taken advantage
of by every one interested. These excur-
EIons are arranged for the first and third
Tuesdays ri April. The tickets are good OH
the regular trains Of those dates leaving
Northern terminals, and can also be pur-
chased through from agents of connect
ing lines. Tickets are sold to many
points in Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama,
the Carolinas, Mississippi, Georgia and
the western portion OF Florida. They
are good for return passage on any Tuesday
or Friday within twenty-one days, and al
low fifteen days on the going trip to stop
of and examine the country. The cost for
the round trip is about the regular one-way
rate, and on same dates one-way tickets are
sold at about two-thirds OF the regular rates.
For full particulars write to c. p. Atmore,
G. P. A, Louisville, Ky, or George B. Hor-
uer, D. p. A, st. Louis, Mo.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-04-16
The Heaviest Farm Tax.

A read supervisor in northern New
York says that it costs the farmers in
his section one-half as much to haul
their produce three miles to the railway
as it costs them to send it 500
miles by rail after it is placed in the
cars. This bad road tax could easily be
reduced by one-half.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-04-16
BREVITIES.

The first city organized in America
was New York, when in 1852 she re-
ceived her charter as New Amsterdam.
In 1915 congress admitted California,
the first state on the Pacific coast,
which was then like o new world TO
Americans.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-04-16
Made Him Sick.

Doctor ION ocean steamer)-Your turn has
come, | see. sir. Allow me to
Sea-Sick Passenger ian old bachelor)-
No, no. doctor. lit will soon pass off.
at those--those bridal couples.-N. Y.
Weekly.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-04-16

fence on many farms to carry away to
the dairy each pail as soo as ii is filed.
The sketch shows a handy shelf outside
the cattle quarters. but reached from
within. AS each pail is filed the slide
Is pushed back and the pail is set out or
the shelf, where it is protected by tho
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-04-16


standing l am
sixty-hve
Y e ears old,
have a pleas
a mt h o m e
and o I h e
comforts, life
to me was far
from enjoy.
able, for all
other things
pale into in
significance
when you are
good
b e h. I
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-04-16
INSIDE VIEW.

top and the grating from cats, etc,
while it is surrounded by pure air. Fig.
/ shows the inside and Fig. 2 the out
side arrangement of this ventilated
barn milk-closet.-Orange Judd Farm
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-04-16
E P MILK E
Device for Protecting Il
Against Barn Odors Which In
lure the Butter Flavor.

in the stable quickly absorbs odors that
injure butter flavor. 1t is an incouven-
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-04-16

Fits stopped free and permanently cured
No fits after first days use of DIR. kline's
Great Nerve Resterer. Free s. trial bottle b
treatise. DR.. Kline, 933 Arch st, Phila, Pa.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-04-16

We see no use in a man and his wife stop
ping on the street to talk.-Washlngton
Democrat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-04-16

From st. Lawrence Plaindealer. Canton.
N, Y.

y. Y.
To suffer for years with a prevailing pain.
ful ailInent, which 0affled skillful medical
treatment, yet which was cured by a simple
household remedy, is the lot which befell
Mrs. George L. Rogers, OF West Main
Street, Canton, y. y.
Thirteen years ago." said Mrs. Rogers
10 a reporter, Il was attacked with iniam-
matory rheumatism and a complication Of
diseases. You can Judge somewhat of what
| endured, when you look at these hands.
They were distorted, twisted and swollen.
My foot, too, is so much out OF shape that
lie big toe lays across the others, he end
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-04-16

have found Piso's Cure for Consumption
an unfailing medicine:-F. X. Lott, 1905
Scott St, Covington, Ky. Oct. /, 1894.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-04-16
Her Position.

jacks it true that she is a countess?
Tom-Yes; i saw her myself at the cash.
ier's desk in an uptown establishment
Up to Date.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-04-16

When some men start to tell a story you
will save time by letting them tell it with
out trying to change the subject.-Washing-
ton Democrat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-04-16

When a fellow gets beat in any game, he
gets even by saying his opponent pays all
the time.-Washington Democrat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-04-16

When a girl suddenly begins lending her
wheel to her little brother she is getting
ready to ask her father for a new one.-Chi-
cago Record.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-04-16

We find that a first class book agent is no
account for anything else.-Wa shington
Democrat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-04-16

We wonder why any man wants to lisp.
II doesn't help his ooks.-Washington Dem
ocrat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-04-16
Something to Remember.

If you lend a man grass seed. he'll come
around later to borrow a lawn-mower.-
Christian Work.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-04-16

To marry for money, may turn out to be
like going to the hornet for honey.-Ram's
Horn.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-04-16

To Cure = Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-04-16

Kemp's Balsam will stop the Cough at
once. Go to FOUR druggist to-day and get a
sample bottle free. Large bottles . and 50
cents. Go at once delays are dangerous.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-04-16
THE SECRET OF A GOOD DISPOSITION.
Mrs. Pfnkham Says a Careful Regard for Bodily Health Makes Women
Sweet and Attractive to All.

The world is filled with sweet women who are held back from usefulness by
some trouble of the female organs.
Erettulness n rani5IE 5sstrnZs SWEET isposuions.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-04-16

ONS RNSoXS
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys
Liver and Bowels, clesnses the sys.
tenn ef~fectuslly, dispels colds, head.
aches and fevers and cures habitu1
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ao-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt IN
its action and truly beneficial in ito
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeables substances, it,
many excellent qualities commend 10
to all and have made It the moss
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50
cent bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand viii pro-
cure it promptly for any one whe
wishes to try it Do not acceptany
substitute.
CALIFORNIA re syrup CO.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL
LOUISVILLE. II. REw Yokk ~
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1898-12-10
St. Stanislaus College,
Bay st. Louis, Miss.

This well-known College pms its
next session, Thursday, September 18th.
Situated In healthy region. enjoying
continuous sea-breezes, this institution
affords every facility for acquiring so-
lid education. Its mathematical and
English departments are particularly
efficient while for practical business
training. it is unexcelled in the South.
A Classical Course is provided for those
desiring 70 adopt one Of the professions.
Medals was awarded to the College
both at the Paris and Chicago EXPOSE
tions. For terms and particulars ad-
dress President. A-20
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1898-12-10
FOR SALE.
ONE COUNTER AND BAR FIXTURES
.f GEORGE EAsTlN.
Texas Health Resort.

As health resort, Fl Davis !Marfa) on
the line Of the Southern Pacifc-Sunspt
Route. is rapidly coming into promi.
hence. The climate is unexceiIed fol
those ailments where pure and whole
some air is prescribed.
In order to present an opportunity to
those wishing to visit this delightful
spot, the Sunset Route has announced a
rate of and One-third fare for the round
trip, good to return until October 3lst.
Call oD any local agent Of the Company,
or address L. J. Parks. A. G. p. & T. A..
Southern Pacifc-Sunset Route. Hous-
ton, Texas.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1898-12-10
Tottsr, Salt.3herm and Eczema,

The intense itching and smarting in
cident TO these diseases, is instantly al
layed by APPLYING Chamberlain's Eye
and Skin Ointment. Many very bad
cases have been permanently cured by
1t. 1t Ia equally efficient for itching
piles and q fav rite remedy for sore nip.
Piles. chapped hands. chilblains, frost
bites and chronic SORE eyes. 25cts per
hex. For saleby I. J. Liable.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1898-12-10
NV w NJ llIllIlIIllIl w W.

should, by disregarding that con-
stitution, shut out their own. The
party managers would do we'll to
give this matter the attention it
deserves and take no unnecessary
and unwarranted risks. Voters
who have reached the age of 60
years and over are exempted from
paying a poll tax as requisite for
the casting of a ballot.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1898-12-10
DISEASES OF THE SKIN.

The intense itching and smarting ircl.
dent to eczema, letter, salt-rheum, and Other
diseases Of the skin is instantly allayed by
applying Chamberlain's Eye and Skin
Ointment. Many very bad cases have been
permanently cured by it. 1t is equally
efficient for itching piles and favorite rem.
edy for sore nipples; chapped hands chill
blains, frost bites, AMI chronic sore ewes,
For sale by druggists ct p cents per box.
TryDr. Cajy's Condition Powders, they
arejust what hone needs when in bad condit-
ton. Tonic, blood purifier and vermifuge.
For sale by I. J. Liable. druggist,
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1898-12-10
See our prices for. JOB work.
SANDER.
Lafayette Gazette.


Judge DeBaillon has rendered
his decision in the Guilbeau-Ba
neaux suit. This suit was The re-
suit of certain statements made by
Sevigne Babineaux rejecting up
on the character, private and Off
cial, of Mr.. Octave P. Guilbeau, a
justice of the peace in the sixth
ward of this parish. At the time
that the derogatory remarks were
made by Mr.. Babineaux it was be-
lieved that Mr.. Guilbeau would
wreak personal vengeance upon
hisidefsmer, but he wisely refrain
ed from doing what men arc wont
to do in this country when SINH
larly attacked. He did what a
good citizen should have done-he
appealed to the court for redress.
The judgment of the court not on
" vindicates his honor, but inflicts
condign punishment upon the one
who has wronged him. According
to Judge Debaillon's decision Mr..
Bebineaux will be made to paw
$500 as compensatory damages and
81 900 as punitive.
The charges which had been
made by Mr.. Babineaux were of a
very grave character and had they
been permitted to 60 unrefuted.
were calculated to do DO little in
jury to Mr.. Guilbeau and family.
The trial of this case, the man
ner in which it was brought into
court. the severity of the punish
ment, will have wholesome effect.
People are entirely too prone to
speak i'll of others. Men, and wo-
men too, give too much freedom
to their tongues and often without
any regard for the good name of
their neighbor, say things which
are untrue, and even if there were
true, can do no good to the one
who utters them or the one against
whom they are uttered.
Let this decision given by Judge
Debaillon in the Guilbeau-Babi-
neaux case as lesson to those who
are inclined to wag their SANDER
Gus tongues, regardless of the feel
ings of others and the reputation
OF some man or woman who may
have unwittingly incurred thier
hate. SANDER against any one is
one of the most abominable crimes
of which man can be guilty, but
SANDER uttered to impair or tar
nish the reputation of virtuous
woman is the darkest of all infa-
mics.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1898-12-10
Poll Tax Suffrage Clause.
Picayune.

The contention is being made
by some chiefly politicians, that
the payment of the poll tax for two
years preceding an election, which
is requisite, in order to enable re-
gistered voters to cast a ballot,
does not take effect until after the
year 1900, and, therefore, it can
not be applied to the presidential
and congressional elections in
1900, but can only go into opera
ton two years after 1900, or in the
congressional election of 1902.
The people who are holding to
this notion are Democrats; while
the Republicans understand that
the law applies to the Federal
elections of 1900. The constitu-
ton says that the section in regard
to the poll-tax payment as a re-
quisite to the casting of q ballot
shall not go into operation until
after the general State election to
be held in the year 1900" Can
this mean that the section is to be
imperative until after the general
State election in April, 1900, or
until after the end of that year?
The general Louisiana State
election will be held in April,
1900. The election for President
OF the United States and for Rep
resenttatives in Congress viii be
heldin November, 1900 Taking
it for granted that the law means
what it says, and that since the
constitution was made to eliminate
as much of the negro as possible,
and the negro vote is more formi-
dsble in Federal than in State
elections, because the former are
held under the authority and con-
troll of the National Government,
it was designed, in framing the
poll-tax suffrage clause, to make it
apply to the Federal elections in
November, but not to the State
elections in the previous April.
Thus the poll-tax provision, while
it passes over the State election in
April, in all human certainty ap-
plies to the national election in
November.
At any rate. it will be very dan
gerous to disregard this view of
the matter should Democrats gen.
orally in 1900 vote for Congress
men without complying with the
poll-tsx requirement. The Con-
gressmen 80 elected wilr be GER
tain to have their seats contested, |
and they will be unseated by Con-
gress on the ground that they were
chosen by voters who violated
their State constitution, and, con-
sequently, had no right to cast
heir ballots in the said election.
This matter of unseating will be
in the power of Congress.
md out of that of the Louisiana
authorities. 1t would be an ex-
remedy biting jest upon the Lou
siana Democrats if, after making
constitution to shut out the ma
GRITTY of the negro votes, they
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1898-12-10
NOTICE.
Olivier, La, Nov. 9Th 1893

Olivier, La, Nov. 9Th 1893.
Notice is hereby given to the public
that will not be responsible for any
debts incurred by Angelo BOutta, my
wife, who refuses to return to my matri-
mODial domicile. ELOI BOUTTE.
Nov-12-S0-d.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1898-12-10
FOR SALE.

!. One nice farm Of IS arpents, near st
Martinville. on the Teche, will be sold
at reasonable price. half cash. balance
in one year. Address Messenger.
Noy.l9.l-m.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1898-12-10

/ Dr.. cady's Condition Powders, are just
what horse needs when in bad condi
ton. Tonic, blood purifier and vermi.
fuge. They are not food but medicine
and the best in USE to put horse in
prime condition. Price % cents per
package. For sale bv T. J. Liable.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1898-12-10
TOWN COUNCIL.

At regular meeting of the Town COun-
Gil. held November eth, the following
budget was adopted for the year 1899.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-18
All Sorts.

~HosE who are for the annexa-
tion of a lot of colonies to be APP
propriated by v government
fort out of a decision recently rendered
by the federal court Of appeals on an
issue which Alaska presented: all the
annexation newspaper-and there are
a good many OF them-are quoting this
decision.
The issue presented itself in this way:
The importation Of liquor into Alaska.
except for medical. mechanical or scien-
tinc purposes. is prohibited by law. Two
violators of this law were indicted by
the grand Jury In the federal court for
the district Of Alaska The offenders
upon which the prosecution was based
was unconstitutional because the gov
eminent of the United States can exer-
else only those powers conferred upon
II by the constitution.
The court decided. however, that all
the functions of government in territory
not under state government are within
the legislative Jurisdiction OF congress
and may be exercised through a local
government or through any scheme OF
government which congress may see At
to devise.
Thus IL Is claimed that the congress OF
the United States q power TO devise,
for the government OF our proposed
island conquests. n form of control
that suits It or that hts the islandera
On the Philippine islands we would be
compelled to govern some intelligent
people. some untamed Malays. an In
dian contingent and a good many Chi
nese. AT Porto Rico we would n an
entirely different lot of subjects to deal
with; on the Carolines a radically pc
| Guitar formation. and so on, through the
| list Of conQuests.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-18
Pittsburg News Philosophy.

Nest family trees are apt to b shady in
places.
Hope IL the only virtue that leaves be-
hind Its debts unpaid.
About the cruelest thing we cal do IL
TO ignore a self-made martyr.
The objection TO the man Of few words
generally Is that he Is so reiterative.
One-half the world doesn't know how
the other half lives on It's husbands sal
airy.
Never put on TIL tomorrow the good
thing somebody is willing to do for you
to-day.
There is nothing like the consciousness
OF his principle to enable q man to be
nigeardly.
II II only when a man IN the under dog
that he begins to think seriously Of turn
ing reformer.
When you ind a person who doesn't
worry you may be sure there II some one
who worries for him.
Human experience. X the stern-lights
OF a ship at sea. Eliminates only the path
that we have passed over.
II Is a good rule never to 20 Z anyone
for advice until you nave fully made up
your MIND what you are going to do
A bargain Ii something you don't want.
bought with money you can't AFFORD to
spend: eau you think H. is worth more
than IL cost.
A woman can max q n out OF .
molehiil. but II doesn't by any means fol-
low that she can make a hero out Of Q
husband.