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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-03
First Chinese baby Show.

The first Chinese baby show in the
:-orld has just been held here. From
embroidered slipper to shavcn poll they
were arrayed in their best. They wore
satin blouses that shone in the sun
with a silvery simmer. They wore
embroideries of wonderful birds and
bees and flowers never seen on land or
sea. The little boys were shaver and
the little girls had their hair stiffened
and polished and dressed as though
for the grandest function, with little
bird cages and fringes of beads and
paper atop. There were great tinklings
Ct metal and much shining of green
ilde. \ new fashion in infant headgear
showed n halo OF stiff pompons that
rose above the infants somber eyes.
Others wore huge roscttes of sill: or
each temple, like a joss, and one little
girl had a name of black silk Queue
strings hanging down the back of her
lead. Even the baby compilations had
been looked after. On the smooth. yell
low cheeks appeared the most lovely
Patch of pink rouge, put on quite frank
~ in the Chinese fashion. The rosebud
rouths were touched mp and the mar
row brows beautifully penciled.-Pe.
uanp Gazette,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-03
BribIng Spanish omcers.

4 custom-house officer watched his
actions very closely, and this espionage
materially interfered with many profit
able little schemes which the captain
had in view. He walked confidently up
to the officer, and asked him If he could
see through q doubloon placed over
each of his eyes. The ready Spaniard
took the meaning at once and replied:
mo; and if you should put a doubloon
upon each ear I could not hear; and
put another on my mouth, and I could
lot speak," The sensible captain spread
his qualification accordingly. and did as
lie pleased. It is an insult instantly re-
sented to offer a bride to a Spaniard,
but the same thing under the disguise
Of a qualification is the magic key
which opens all doors in Spanish coun-
tries. Gen. Tacon was the only Spanish
official I wei knew who would not ac-
cept q bribe.-Jonathan s. Jenkins, IN
Century.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-03

Don't kick an Infatuated dog when
you have slippers on.
Don't think that an apology always
wipes out the offense.
Don't forget that the darkest hour is
only 60 minutes.
Don't attempt to judge a girls love
for you by what she says.
Don't act the fool. There are too
many people doing that naturally.
Don't sacrifice the certainties of to-
day for the uncertainties of tomorrow.
Don't be afraid to speak out loud.
The world is too busy to listen to whis-
pers.
Don't think because beauty is but
skin deep that all thick-skinned people
are handsome.-Chicago Evening News.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-03
a MOuIL-Ec Ounker.

\ gentleman who was travelling re,
Gently near Chester, Pa, came across
il farmer whom he took o be a Quaker,
and determined to please him by TALK
Jig to him in the Quaker dialect. AS
lie told the story afterward, this is
Low he succeeded: How do thee do.
sir? Is-that is-are thee meditating?!'
if he was delighted, he controlled his
emotion admirably. All he did was tic
cape and inquire: 'Hey?' The fields,
The birds, the flowers l pleasantly pur-
sued, are enough to bring thou dreams
i mean dreams to thou He wa
looking at me now, and critically. |
felt that my syntaX had been very id.
lotto instead of idiomatic, so, wipinc
the sweat from my brow and hat, /
eyed him calmly and observed: Those
cows, are they thy's-er-thee's-that
is, thou's durn it, l mean thine's?' 1t
was very unfortunate. He crawled
down from the fence, nibbled at a plug
of tobacco, and as he ambled away NUT
tered Indignantly: Go to Bedlam.
I'm Il farmer, but, thank heaven, I'm
not a loonatic.'"-N. o. Picayune.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-03
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The Y. NJ. C. A. in Germany has q
membership of nearly 100000.
This year chapel services in Cornell
university are held both Sunday morn
ing and afternoon.
A recent school census in Philadel-
phia showed that 10000 children of
school age do not attend school.
The children in the Chicago public
schools have contributed $4,000 to-
wards the Lafayette monument.
A university in Cairo is said to have
1900 students, more than attend any
other two universities in the world.
The income of the principal charita-
BILE institutions having their headquar-
tiers in London amounts to over ST.
100000 per annum.
Rev. T. II. Small, of Marion, Ore, IS
years old, vas one of the first clergy
men to preach in that state, whittier
he made his way in 1852.
Gen. Kitchener suggests that the
monument to Gordon, which may be
erected at khartoum, be a Christian
college and medical mission, as 4 fitting
memorial of the great Christian SOL
der.
1t is a notable fact hat ali the men
in the graduating class of Union theo-
logical seminary have had offers Of
places, and a large number are now act
ing IS assistant pastors of city
churches.
The government of the state of
Nuevo Leon, Mexico, has directed that
the pupils in all the official schools
shall be taught to write and perform
all manual tasks as well with one hand
as with the other.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-03
FISHING FOR N
How They Are Sighted and Brought
Up from the Water by
the Divers.

The sponges of commerce and the
dried specimens of other species are not
the actual animals, but merely their
skeletons, or framework. That which:
constitutes their vital parts is removed
in preparing them for market.
Sponges do not have the power of mo-
ton possessed by most animals; they
are nearly always attached to sub
merged objects. Since it is impossible
for them to 60 in search of food, they
a grow only in places where there is
plenty of food such as they require.
They are more active in fresh than
in salt water. and die in a short time if
exposed to the air. The surface of a
living sponge is covered with minute
pores, through which water is imbibed,
carrying with it both the air and or
ganic particles necessary for the sup
port of life.
Sponges are distributed through all
ing to the structure of the skeleton.
The Mediterranean and the Red sea are
the sponging grounds of the old world;
the grounds of the new world are the
Bahamas, southern and western Flori-
ia, and parts of the West Indies.
The best sponge of commerce is found
in the Mediterranean, and is known as
Turkey, or Smyrna, sponge. 1t is OBJ
tanned by divers who GO clad in armor
when diving.
Sponges are usually obtained by fish
ing for them. When a sponge vessel ar
rives at the fishing grounds in the Ba-
hamas it is anchored, and the crew inn
mcdiately get ready for work. The
sponge fishers outfit consists of a small
boat called "dingey,"a long hook, and
a water glass. The sponge hook is a
thr~ee-pronged iron fork attached to the
end of a very long pole; the water glass
is simply n wooden water bucket with
a bottom of common window glass.
To use it. the glass bottom is thrust
into the water. the fisherman puts the
bail around his neck, and then buries
his head deep in the bucket TO exclude
the light. There are always two men TO
each dingcy, one to act as 'sculler'' and
the other as hooker" While the scull-
err propels the dingey along very slowly
the hooker. in u kneeiing position.
keeps his head in the water glass, look.
ing down in the water. When n good
sponge is sighted the hooker gives a
signal and the dingey stops.
Together the sculler and hooker
thrust the sponge hook down through
the water and run it under the SPONGE;
the roots are thus pulled loose from the
rocks, and soon the game is in the din
gcy. Thus the work goes on until a
boat load is obtained. and then they are
taken ashore and placed in crawls to be
cured. The crawls are built by stick
ing pieces of brush or stakes into the
sand Just out of the water or where it
is very shallow.
They remain in the crawls while IN
dergoing maceration, and the refuse is
carried away in the ebb and flow of the
tide. Usually they are left in the crawls
for q week; then the fisherman remove
them and give them Il beating for the
purpose of removing all chance impuri-
ties. After the beating they are thor
oughly cleansed and are ready for mar.
ket.-Philadelphia Press.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-03
GRIT THEIR TEETH.
Dentists Say That ChicaSonns Wear
Them Out Through Nerv-
sne

Did you know that n great many
~ChicagoaEs wear their teeth down to
the gums by gritting them?" the COM
rlunicative dentist asked of his victim.
The latter made no reply. \ mans ut
terance is not distinct enough coming
through a rubber dam. neither does lie
take a lively interest in curious infor-
nation while wondering which of the
instruments of torture on the little
round table the man a. his elbow Will
pick up next.
NO? It's a fact, though. I'm work
iTg now on Il set of porcelain crowns
for the three front uppers of a man
who came in here day before yesterday.
lie wore them off gritting his teeth
when he was thinking. He says-hurt?
It's all over now. l shan't hurt you
any more. He says that he has formed
the habit in late years. He can avoid it
al any time except when he sits at his
desk studying on some business propo-
sition. Then he grinds the lower teeth
against the uppers. These crowns that
I'm putting on for him are of 4 very
Eard material and will probably wear
away his lower teeth if he keeps up the
habit. eXpect-ah! did we touch that
pulp again? would put a little car
holic acid in there, but l don't like to
Kill the tooth. One live tooth is equal to
two dead ones. Oh, 1 expect this pa
tent around again in about four years
Ia have me make him 4 set of lower
rowns l have cured several men of
gritting their teeth. l make a little
continuance like this. It's an inven-
ton of my own. 1 believe no dentist in
Chicago makes anything similar"
Laying a long, hairlike nerve finder
on the round table, the inquisitor ex-
tracted from a tiny drawer a semi
circular object resembling n horseshoe,
fitted with half a dozen hollow metallic
teeth.
Those" he continued, fit over the
Under teeth; a piece of gutta peIcha
inside each of these caps prevents the
lower ends from pressing against the
gum. When the patiens grinds or grits
his teeth together, however, the gutta
Percha yields and the metallic ends
press into the gum. giving him a sharp
pain.
II cured a man of a lifelong habit of
gritting his teeth in his sleep by a con-
trivance similar to that. He used to
dream about his business. This thing,
however, always woke him up with a
sharp turn. 1t was, you might say, a
heroic remedy. genuine Spartan treat
Went, but he was 4 man of determina-
ton, and he stuck TO ii and was finally
cured. 1t was a matter of life and
death with him, you see. He had his
business on his mind to such an ex-
tent that he was in danger of giving
away if he couldn't at least get rid of
it in his dreams. Curing him of grit
ting his teeth in his sleep meant curing
him of dreaming about his business"
TO what do you attribute this habit
Of gritting the teeth?' asked the VIC
tim.
L nervousness and to Chicago bust
ness methods. In the first place, bust
ness here is usually q keen fight, in
which one mar is trying to get the best
CT half a dozen others. Some men chew
gum, some bite their finger nails, some
their mustaches, some crack their
inuckles, some grit their teeth."-Chi.
cago Chronicle.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-03
Peppermint on a Sewage Farm,

a modern application of Samson's
parable: "Out of the strong came
forth sweetness" is provided by the
district council of Sutton, in the coun-
ty OF Surrey, England. That body car
ries on a singular industry. 1t grows
peppermint on its sewage farm, and
manufactures peppermint oil. About
four and a half acres are given up to
the cultivation Of peppermint plants,
and grow luxuriant crops. The yield
Of oil is nearly $50 per acre, and the
price last realized was s6.12 per pound.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-03
A Deadly Weapon.

In an affidavit taken before a Missis.
sippi justice of the peace. on which a
conviction for assault and battery was
sustained, the affiaut declared that the
accused did willfully assault and strike
him with a deadly weapon, to wit, a
tobacco box in pursuance of chapter
90 of the Annotated Code of 1892, against
the peace and dignity of the state Of
ni-aissinpi."-Case and Comment
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-03
TexaA Culture.

They were at the opera.
81 like that song" said the girl con.
fdingly to her escort.
$50 do l." he agreed with her. That
girls a fine singer-a regular bella
donna"
And she wouldn't tell him why she
was so tickled.-Galveston News.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-03

The sun was setting over Holland,
and canal and mere and broad mead
ows were all tinged with his diving
glory. Old Piet Hops sat in his arbor.
putting ut a long clay pipe, and occa-
sionally taking a pull at n Jug of ale
which stood on the bench beside him.
while at the open door of the house his
wife sat at her knitting. Sue was out
at the back hanging red and blue pet
ticoats 10 dry on a line. when the gar
den gate opened with a hasty click. and
n strong decided step came up the little
walk. Good day. Vrouw KIops; where
is Suze?"
Good day, Jan, it is long since thou
hast been to see us. for an old friend
and neighbor. Sue is out at the back;
l will go and call her"
Nay, l will go myself" said the
young man.; and not waiting for the
good dame. he strobe out of the door.
and round TO the back of the house. A
pale girl was standing pegging gar
ments on to the line. Could this be his
blooming Sue?
With two strides Jan reached her.
and catching her waist from behind be-
fore she was aware of him, imprinted
n hearty kiss on both her cheeks. With
a little scream Sue drew away from
the bold intruder. but turning caught
sight OF JAMS happy laughing face, and
threw her arms round his neck.
What are you two doing so long out
there" inquired Vrouw Klops, as she
emerged from the back door shortly
afterward.
Mother" said Jan. leading up the
blushing Sue, 1--WE have only heen
putting a tangled skein straight"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-03
RECIPE FOR A HAPPY DAY.

A heart full of thankfulness,
A thimbleful Of care;
A soul OF simple hopefulness,
An early morning prayer.
A smile to greet the morning with.
A kind word at the key
To ope tn door n greet the day,
Whate'er it bring to thee.
"a patient trust in Providence,
To sweeten all the way
All these. combined with theughtfulness
Will make a happy day.
Arthur Lewis Tubbs, in Rams Horn.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-03
what Make. the See SAT-.

Schoolmaster-Now, can any boy
tell me what makes the sea salt?
Bright Scholar-Yes, sir; the blost-
ers.--Funny Cuts.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-03

When he reached the dwelling Of
Mevrouw Ten Bruggenkate, Jan was in
as bad a temper as it was possible for
a very good natured Dutchman t o be.
Opposite the house he caught sight of
the policeman Keppel strolling along
and occasionally looking up at the
house, and Jan felt vastly inclined to
give him a taste of his strong fists.
But remembering the dignity of his
master, as also that the policeman was
a larger and more powerful man than
himself, he prudently restrained his
wrath and went up the steps.
BETH opened the door to him with q
smile and a blush. Good morning.
Jan, it is long since you have been
here"
Yes, 1 have been very busy. How is
your honorable mistress?"
My honorable mistress is well. but
you do not inquire after old friends.
JAN"
"Ah, yourself. 1 can see that you are
well and rosy. How is Nina, the cook?"
Nina, the cook, is also WELL" an
swered BETH, demurely, but some one
else is not. Some enc else has gone
away sick"
Indeed said Jan, land who is
that?"
Can you not guess, Jan! You used
not to be so thickheaded. Why, Suze,
of course. She has gone home ILL"
Jan nearly dropped the basket in his
Consideration.
Indeed. | had heard nothing of il. I
swear to you, BETH"
NO? Oh. | dare say not. You have
been too much occupied with the rich
Widow Steene to remember old
friends"
The Widow Steene. echoed Jan. con-
t~emptuously; then. with energy, BETH.
dear Betji, tell me what it all means.
why, you see, Jan, you never CANA
here, and Sue got paler and thinner.
and paler and thinner till we all
thought she would go into a decline,
and so Mevrouw sem her off home,
thinking the change would benefit
her"
why" said the bewildered Jan. 81
thought l heard hat Sue had taken
up with the policeman Keppel."
THE policeman Keppel," cried BETH,
shrilly. mo, Mynheer Jan. the police
mar Keppel is counting me-"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-09-08
List of Petit Jurors

Drawn at the clerks office to serve
at the regular September term of the
Circuit Court for Iowa county;
Philip Baxter, Linden.
L. p. Lenahan. Mineral Point City, 2d ward.
J. p. Hnnkins,
Ole Paul, Wyoming.
Thomas Collins Mineral Point City, 4th ward
W. N. Cork, Arena.
A. o. Roberts,
James Trembling, Mitnn.
J. f. Reichert, Dodgeville City, Sd ward.
}. ". Toay, Mineral Point City, "a ward
W. II. Williams. Dodgeville.
Grifith II. Jones, Mifiln.
John Engels, Dodgeville City, 81 ward.
Anton Emmel, Brigham.
John Ruudell, Miiiiin.
Thomas X, Eagan, Highland.
b. J, Holland, Moscow,
Walter Wall, Highland.
Martin Edsmore, Moscow.
David Bowes, Eden.
James A. Hoare. Mineral Point.
O c. Gallagher Pulaski.
Henry Hugill, Jr Miiilin.
Frank Weidenfeller, Mineral Point City, LIST W
William V. Parkinson, Mineral Point
William Pearcey, Clyde,
Henry w, Freden, Mineral Point City, ith W
a, II Potter, Mineral Point City, ith ward
Arthur Peterson. Wyoming.
Edward Adding, Highland.
Robert f. Jones, Dodgevile
John Knight. Mineral Point City, "a ward.
Thomas Harker. Dodgeville City, 2d ward.
Charles Hendra, Mineral Point City, LIST ward
L.. W, Eastman, I'd ward
}. }. Heathoock, Linden.
THOMAS GlBBON, Clerk.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-09-08
NEfGHBoRING COUNTIES.

Platteville was raided by burglars
during the time of the Robinson
show street parade. Several houses
were entered, but the total losses
were light, s25 or $50 dollars in mon
ey and little jewelry seems to be
the extent Of the hauls made. Two
men were afterwards arrested on
suspicion, but it is not likely that
they can be convicted.
Five car loads of telephone poles
are received at Lancaster for the
Wisconsin Telephone Co. These are
for the "Metalic Circuit" extension
from GAINESVILLE, Monroe and Platte
and to Boscobel.
r. G. Fennel, of Bloomington, has
lost from seventy to eighty fine hogs
by hog cholera, and he looks for
more Of them to 60 in the same way.
Mr.. Fennel is not alone in this. Sew
eral other farmers have lost hogs by
the same means.
Geo. Marks presented the editor of
the Lancaster Teller with "A ripe
strawberry plucked from a plant in
his garden last Sunday. He says
the prospect is he will have ripe
strawberries growing in his garden
in September.
A distressing accident occurred at
the home Of August Kault, at North
Andover, on Tuesday evening of last
week. Their little child, Nellie, was
playing in the yard when Mrs. kault
went away for a few minutes to get
"A bucket Of water. When the mother
returned the childwas found with its
head down in II six gallon stone jar,
was drowned.
The foot bail season will be opened
during the next few weeks, and the
University Athletic committee,
which makes the rules governing the
Edlll'f va w 'VilI'l'itNi wv Ilth h'''o'
Arthur Camp, the noted author on
inter scholastic sports, says the new
rules will make the game more in
teresting to the spectators and less
harmful to the players than before.
One radical change noticed is in
scoring. The points will count as
follows hereafter: Touchdown 3,
goal from touchdown /, goal from
field ., safety 2.
Mrs. Mary DeNoe, of Argyle, died
suddenly Wednesday morning, Aug.
oath, of apopleNy. She complained
of feeling sick early in the morning
and went to her room TO lie down, in
few moments her daughter went to
see how she was and found her lying
ON the floor, dead.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-09-08
The Omaha Exposition.

When the Worlds Fair at Chicago
ceased to exist, it was supposed that
we should ne'er look upon its like
again However, the Trans Mississippi
Exposition at Omaha has effectively
reproduced in similarity all of the
buildings which made the White City
so attractive in 1893.
1t does not take weeks to wander
through grounds and structures and
then be compelled to go away with
a tumble of ideas, for the Omaha FIX
position people have proiited by past
experience, and have so improved the
arrangement Of exhibits that no more
than two or three days of time need be
consumed in admiration or inspection
of the marvellous resources ofthe West,
collected together in the chief city of
Nebraska,
Even the new Midway, is a repro
durtiou of the far-famed Street OF An
Nations OF 1893, with many improve
mcnt, upon the original,
The electric lighting Of buildings,
grounds and lagoon at nigh. makes a
scene OF enchanting beauty, alone
worth travelling a thousand miles to
see.
The means of communication be-
tween the city and the grounds are
ample. and the distance TO be trayer.ed
is short,
The ways of reaching Omaha are in-
Vulnerable. but chief among them is
the direct Chicago aud Omaha short
line OF the Chicago, Milwaukee \ ST.,
Paul Railway with it, electric-lighted
yestibuled trains Dining car service
EN- route.
Excursion tickets are on sale 1t
every coupon ticket Office in the United
states over the Chicago, Milwaukee
4 st. Paul Railway through Northern
Illinois ana Central iowa, or call on
the agent for further information.
Gro. H. HEAFFoRD,
2w3 Genl. Pass y Ticket Agent.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-09-08
Mr.. RICHARD FITzsIMMoNs and

Mr.. RICHARD FITZsIMMoNs and
daughter returned from a three
weeks outing last Saturday, during
which time they viewed the sights
of the Trans-Mississippi Exposition,
at Omaha, and trayersed a great
portion Of the state of Nebraska
Mr.. Fitzsimmons was well pleased
with the west, but says Wisconsin is
good enough for him, and is fully
contented to remain. He says the
oat crops is big in the west, but the
corn does not average up to Wiscon-
sin crop in "a poor season.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-09-08
for one or two terms.

for one or two terms.
+. w. Metcalf, of Dodgeville, and
Miss Lima Johns, of the same place,
are both candidates for the Office of
County School superintendent seek
ing nomination at the republican
county convention.
The Rebekahs, Of Linden, will have
a Conundrum Social on Tuesday
evening, Sept. 18th.
Samuel Poad and Ed. Coach have
started work again on the range in
the Elijah Poad field, Linden.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-09-08

FlFTY-Two dollars will buy,
a good substantial top buggy, and
$500 good single harness; freight
paid to Mineral Point with the priv
ilege to examine before buying.
WriS to Fitzgibbon Bros, Monroe,
Wis. for their 10 page catalogue of
buggies and harnesses. lOm6
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-09-08

IL you wish to secure enrolment
as u free student in the Mail Depart
,nent of the Sioux City Business
College send in your application ut
once. Their offer Of free course by
mail will be opened for limited
time only.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-09-08
Land For Sale.

100 acres good meadow ana up
land, in the town of Kendall, five
miles southwest of Mineral Point.
For terms and price apply to Roeth-
or Bros, Mineral Point City. 36-tf.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-09-08
For County Treasurer.

In reponse to solicitations from
many of my friends throughout the
county, hereby announce myself a
candidate for County Treasurer, sub
ject to the action of the republican
county convention.
JOHN b. WALLIS,