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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-09-17
QUAINT AND CURIOUS,

A map of Jerusalem in Mosaic. owe
1900 years old, has been found in Pal
estine.
A night-blooming leguminous plan
OF Trinidad ispollinated by the agenc,
of bats.
There are houses still standing il
Nuremberg, Bavaria, that were bull
in 1880.
A pen carrying small electric lamr
to prevent shadows when writing has
been patented in Germany.
Prisoners when arrested in Morocco
are required to pay the policeman for
his trouble in taking them to jail.
The Roman bride, when being
dressed for the wedding, invariably
had her hair parted with the point Of
a spear.
A pedestrian succeeded the other
day in setting foot, in the course of
tive hours aud forty minutes, in seven
otuiitu states.
Simla, India, is built on the side Of
steep hill, and the roof of one house
Is often ON level with the founda.
ton OF one in the next tier.
Grasshoppers attain their greatest
size in South America, where thew
grow to length of five inches, and
their wings spread out ten inches,
The japanese are curiously alike
physically. Recent measurements
taken OF an infantry regiment showed
no variation except two inches in
height or 20 pounds in weight.
. An A early Anglo-Saxon custom, strictly
followed by newly married counles
was that of drinking diluted honey
for te thirty days after marriage. From
this custom comes the word honey
moon, or honeymonth.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-09-17

The growth Of the railroad system
OF the United States has been marvel.
lous' Seventy years ago the United
States did not have a mile of railroad
track, while now her total railway
mileage exceeds that OF any other
country of the world. This mileage
is ll8, TIT, while the balance of North
America has $4,000 miles besides.
Europe has 155, 284 miles of railway,
Asia 26,79O, while Africa, laggard
though she is, actually now boasts of
8169 miles.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-09-17

The vegetarians are making O great
ado over the alleged triumph of their
theory in the long distance test of
walking endurance, seventy miles, in
Germany recently. The twenty-five
starters included eight vegetarians.
The distance had to be covered within
eighteen hours. The first six to ar
rive were vegetarians. The first fin
lshlng In fourteen and one-fourth
hours, the second in fourteen and one
half hours, the third in fifteen and
One-half, the fourth in sixteen, the
NTH In sixteen and one-half, and the
Skill In seventeen and one-half. The
two last Vegetarians missed their wav
and walked five miles more. All
reached the goal in splendid condi-
tion' Not until one hour after the
last vegetarian did the first meat eater
appear, completely exhausted. He
was the only one. Others dropped
OFF after thirty-fve miles.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-09-17
The Pioneers of Colonization,

The pioneers of colonization W.
pirates and marauders, fshernlea Y
navigators, hunters and traders Y
plorers and discoverers, missions.lssA
runaways, Adventures and consna
It is easier to rob others than 70 ppl
cure spoil or food where theyfoune y
reared it, and so privateers and =
rauding Adventures may have ~ y,
coded fishermen and hunters. y
earliest Greek and Roman colour
seem to have been founded oy "
such bands. The Spanish and Iolg J.
guese colonies of South AmSfica Wy 3
hardly more exalted in Their Orgy y,
The Dutch East Indies were colour.
by a band of landless resolutes ~ \.
the Tezel-disorderly youths (says !. I,
old chronicler), ''whose absence =
more desired" there "than Their p"
ence." The gentlemen advensu'qI..I
who founded Acadia, like the wv ~: s
Tours, the renegade Frenchmen y, y
De Castin and his half-breed son T. 4,
the forest rangers who "blaHea a.. Z
track" in Canada for future seiua Y;
Kipling's gentlemen rovers II.
'lost LEGION" Mr.. Cecil Rhode, - I.
self, when he seized Matabelelanai' s.. =
types of this class. The Jan,ls IS
raid was only the last of the aSl Il
burglaries by which anclens i, y
modern colonial empires have -. -
built up. -Appletons' Popular se's'N
Monthly.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-09-17

Interesting data about the occuna
lions Of the American people is giyel
in the bulletin of the eleventh censu,
recently made public in Mines and
Minerals. 1t shows that the totaI
number OF people engaged in occupa.
lions OF all kinds in 1890 was %. 735.
96l. Of the whole number of work.
Ing people the females form 1922 per
cent. DIVIDED by classes the work
Ing people of the country are as fol-
lows: Agricultural, fisheries and min
ln8' 9Ol3, 1856; professional, 944, 993.
domestic and personal service, $3.50, .
OFT; trade and transportation, 1926.
1872; manufacturing and mechanical
industries, 5,O9l, 1898. Considerably
more than four fths of the illiterata
male population of the country and
over one-fourth of the illiterate female
population are working. Over SO Der
cent. OF the workingmen are married
over Y per cent. single, over three per
cent widowed, and one-quarter of one
per cent. divorced. In manufactu req
and mechanics the carpenters and
Joiners, numbering Gil, 1872, make M
the greatest element, with dressmak.
ers and milliners following with 499,- |
69O' There are little over 1000. 600
bookkeepers, clerks and salesman
$50, 65S merchants and dealers, s, 291.- |
557 farmers, planters and oyerseers
and 3,OO4,O6 agricultural laborers
549, 592 miners, and only a little over
80, 600 fishermen and oystermep,
and teachers aggregatinp
347, 1874, form the most numerous Of
the professional classes. Physicians
and surgeons, 04,SO5, came next.
then lawyers, $1,000: clergymen, 49,
1O3; government officials, 70, 664: nm
'lcians, ETC., 62,155; engineers and
1929; artists and art
eachers, %, 1876; journalists, 21.s4o
md actors. 972S.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-09-17

The slaughter in the battles before
Santiago seems dreadful to US, unused
as this generation is to the butchery of
war; but it was trivial compared with
the wholesale destruction of life in
our Civil war thirty-fve years ago.
The inventor is steadily striving to
make war more deadly, but thus far
he tactician seems to be keeping
aead of him.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-09-17

Congress at its last session passed
bill enIisting army cooks which will
be welcomed by the troops every.
where. The measure has been adyo-
Gated for years, but the actual pres
nee OF war seems to have been need
cd for its enactment, thinks the New
York Sun. Commmisary General
Egan, in urging the bill, pointed out
that during the civil war the COM
plants made against the rations arose
largely from the fact that in each COM
pany one or two men were detailed to
cook them, and that these men might
be very imperfectly suited to the bust
ness. Under existing regulations, he
said, food supplies are issued for ten
days at a time, and through inexperi.
snce or unskillfulness in cooking,
these supplies are sometimes used M
by the seventh or eight day, and then
complaints are made that the govern |
ment does not furnish food enough
whereas what is supplied constitutes
a ration that is more ample than apv
other in the world, and fully sufficient
ii properly cared for and cooked, to
meet all the needs for nourishment
The new bill authorizes the enlist.
ment for each company, battery or
troop, regular or volunteer, of 60
competent person" as cook, who
should have the rank and pay of q
corporal, and should instruct other
men who may be detailed to assist
him. This step must have good ef-
feet on the health, comfort, and an.
IHrtainment of the troops in the field
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-09-17

Universities on the European model
are to be established in China unde,
the direct initiative of the Emperor.
The old exclusiveness of the Middle
Kingdom appears to be giving way at
oil points under pressure of the con-
Vlctlon that only in that way can the
national life and welfare be preserved.
The imported methods of scholarship
are to be introduced in land of
scholars, where learning Aourished
not only before such comparatively
modern schools as those of England.
France, Germany and Italy were
founded, but before art and letters
were taught in Bagdad or Allepo, or
Tor that matter, in Alexandria or
Athens. The Western graft of Gull
ture on the ancient Eastern stock
ought to produce a particularly valua-
BILE fruitage, and that is what it prom
lses to do, thinks the New York Tri.
bune.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-09-17

"Within twenty years." says
Charles DENLY, Jr., formerly secreta-
ry OF the American legation at Picking,
China, "there will be twenty thousand
miles Of railroad in operation in
China. The internal development Of
the Orient has just begun. Americas
footing in Oriental trade will be
broadeued, and our prestige in the
affairs of the Far East greatly in
creased.n
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-09-17

The impression appears to be gen.
eral among intelligent observers that
America is being discovered a second
time. Our kinsmen of Great Britain
are beginning to find us out, are just
learning the true inwardness and en-
terprising outwardness of Americans.
Evidently the idea that Americans are
but half-cultured people, intensely
provincial and largely rustic, is wear
Ing away in England. This is we'll,
for better mutual understanding
may pave the way for closer union
of hearts.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-09-17

A young woman in Elizabeth, N. J.,
recently broke off an engagement
which had been in force for eight
years, and the disconsolate lover
brought suit for $25, 200. Well, why
shouldn't he be reimbursed for the
ice cream and soda water ezpendi-
lures d?
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-09-17

The postofice department of the
Dominion of Canada is rejoicing in q
surplus of not less than 1,OOO,O 900
for the year ended June 80 last. This
is new experience for the Dominion,
there having been previously a def
cheney annually since 1893 amounting
in five years to some Sc, 100000.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-09-17

I'm the harbor of Santiago de
Cuba" says Maturin NJ. Ballou in
due South" "a sunken wreck is
pointed out, partially visible at low
tide, not far from the shore. Only
the ribs and stanchions are still held
together by the stout keel timbers
and lower sheathing. This wreck has
laid here unheeded for years, yet what
a story these old timbers might tell,
had they only tongue with which to
give voice to their experience litter
ally the experience of ages" Refer
ence is made to the remains of the old
st. Paul, one of the ships of the great
Spanish Armada that Philip II sent to
England in 1888, being one of the
very few of that famous fotilla that
escaped destruction at the time. What
a historical memento is the old wreck
After a checkered career, in which
this ancient craft had breasted the
waves of innumerabIe seas and with.
stood the storms of nearly three GEN. !
turles, she was burned to the waters
edge here in the harbor of Santiago q
few years since and sunk, where her
remains now lie, covered with slime
and barnacles-a striking emblem of
The nation whose flag she once proud
y bore.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-09-17
The WILLOW eo,..

l know a bower made q, -.
rL Low leaning from the s' willie wlllo'El
The long leaves droopiasasa ssys Mi
Like lady's fingers trailed !, !.
With" ith the bower is never :.
Though flercest ravs seen tlss,
screen, assai Il.
An nLi save ave for lowing of the A.,
And tapping waves, the s' sil a1st,' !. \
Herein e. !. I sit within my ljtt,. ,
soft-cushioned as in 't ds, ooat
men; ufeams ii
And little reck that the
Is full nan Of care and str aS''a ., WIZ Y
With eyelids closed and n,,,.
hand, piilowed al
NJ, | dream the happy, idle b..
I'LL twilight comes and poe aoars avn
come, eo's' and ailI
And m, then nI I leave cave, my bower i.
May Belle Willis,in Bostou, 1s ANT
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-09-17
HUMOROUS.

"Do you regard loto :,
jurious?" ut certainlv - Inlas
days" 'n0ftea,
Judge-Don't let me- 81.
again: Prisoner-Whersa' ~. ya
you, Judge? 'uaa
Mine, miner, minusr 81
the general upshot of sneo,,.l
mining stock. ''u'a'al
Bob-saw Tom and hi, !,
wheeling yesterday. win i'll w w l
Bob-No; perambulator.
IA. Aunt t. - Harry, do you il. L
oaoy brother? Harry-WSs, /
use? He wouldn't know 4 " I II
A great many girls saw q, \
first; but like the photogiapbssss / /
Ao" w ietoucn their nessl
whats the matter, old n,s, \
look hot and excited" e.,Tas,
trying to dodge a cross.eved = 4. Il
bicycle. ~ w
He,-Poorman says he is co,l.|
nc now That ntI the world does 90 81
she-Well, he doesn't look q J, |; N II
got very much of it yet.
Mamma-Oh dear! Jimmy, ri
believe you know what il !,
good. Jimmy-Yes, I do. n,,I|
It's not doing what you want 4
Little Pitcher-I don't tAnb /
papa loves ME as much as he H.
mamma !. Mamma says papa tssa 1
fairy stories. He never tall y
me.
Clerk-How did you discoVa h
the man in IS was Slam, The NJ
detective? Bell Boyle bad MI
Tor some one to find the toTd
him.
Husband (angrily, after q son,I
heated argument with his belta h
DO you take me for a fooll NJ
!soothingly)-No, John! Butt
be mistaken.
"Pa, can I go to the circusaa
my son; if you're good .boy, H
won't want to go to the eI,s
"Then, I'd better go while In
to enjoy it, hadn't ~
II say" asked links, as be viii
into Blinks' store, sample eaa
hand, "can a cowhidesis 1 d
'tore?" Blinks WASN'T a. blIsws
No." he says, ''but. calfskin.
The Cabman Gimme YOU
ady, and I'll put it on top Of thsd|
Mrs. Oatcake las she gets in|-J|
hat poor horse Of yours has she
% pail. I'll carry it on my lap,
eff you had an apple, JOHNNIE i
'our little brother asked You III
'lece, you'd greet his request viii I
heerful smile, wouldn't your I'd
na'am, I'd give him the merry 4
Ia!"
Lady" began Mr.. Dismal Da|
on, "you see before You amanFhs|
anne is mud-m, u, d." Therein
e some mistake in your calculatioA1
eplied the lady. at takes Easa
lake mud.
Mrs. Mccall It's too bad d Jul
thel, to worry your mamni :
thel Jagged S, tearfully)--0h, I'd /
[rs. Mccall, if you'd lived With niiI
a as long as I have you'd know FlaI
..us was to blame.
He-I had a queer dream about N
st night, Miss Louisa. I wassbeaI
give you a kiss when suddenly VI
ere separated by a river that srda
ly grew as big as the Rhine. Shssl
nd was there no bridge or no boas
eff it wasn't for your father, y
g wrathful citizen, ''you would ~ y /
arved to death long ago.
vent sense enough to poundsanal.
daw," answered the chappie
d sense enough to be born Ina
'althy family, and that is mors y /
u had"
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-09-17

Farm laborers are so scarce in some
parts Of the West that they find ready
employment 1t SO per day. No man
should go out there looking for work
unless he is willing to take it.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-09-17

Sunday will go into history as naval
sinking day. Montejo's and Ceryera's
fleets were both sent to the bottom on
that dav-
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-09-17
CoLDENROD.

Spring Is the morning of the year,
And Summer is the noontide bright;
The Autumn Is the evening clear
That comes before the Winters night.
And in the evening, everywhere
Along the roadside, up and down,
see the golden torches fare
Like lighted street-lamps in the town.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-09-17
TIE :. TRUE : DEMOCRAT.
Published Weekly at
ST. FRANO1sYILLE, LOUISIANA,

Michigan cast four million barrels
OF -four on the waters of traffic last
year.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-09-17

Alphonso cannot be blamed if he
sets down all illusions to "happy
childhood days" as rank nonsense,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-09-17

America practically supplies the
whole world with clocks, nearly every
civilized country importing them.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-09-17

think the butterfly and bee,
From distant meadows coming back,
Are quite contented when they see
These lamps along the homeward track,
But those who stay too late get lost;
For when tho darkness falls about,
Down every lighted street the Frost
VIII 80 and put the torches out
Frank Dempster Sherman.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-03
To Whom 1t Nav Concern.

The undersigned. at the September
Term of the Cape G%irardeau Common
Pleas Court Of Cape Girardeau county
and tn. State OF Missouri. and on the
eighth day o. said term, was appoint
ed referee in the cause of George G..
Thilcnius, plaintiff, against the South
East District Agricultural Society and
George D.. kimmel, President of the
Board of Directors and Trustees of
said Society. defendants, 70 hear and
report. both as TO law and fact, on all
claims against said defendants. there
fore, in pursuance Of said order and
appointment, l do hereby notify all
persons having claims against said
Association. that | will ut my Office in
the FOugen Building, in the city of
Cape Girardeau. Missouri, on the 13.
l4th and 18th days of December, 1898,
proceed to hear all claims of what.
ever character which may then and
there be presented against said de-
PENDANTS, and all claims against said
defendants not so presented will be
forever barred.
SAM NJ. GREEN, Referee.
Oct %, 1898. Observation-Disclosures
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-03
The Toledo Weekly Blade.

Every intelligent family needs in
addition to their local paper, a good
national weekly. The greatest and
most widely known general family
newspaper is the Toledo Weekly Blade.
For thirty years it has been a regular
visitor in every part of the Union and
is we'll known in almost every one of
the 10000 pOstotfices in the country.
1t is edited with reference to a national
circulation. 1t is a republican paper,
but people of all politics take it, be-
cause of its honesty and fairness in
the discussion of all public questions.
1t is the favorite family paper, with
something for every member of the
household. Serial stories, poetry,
wit and humor: the household depart
ment, best in the worid). Young
Folks, Sunday School Lessons, Tai
images Sermons, the Farmstead, the
Question Bureau which answer ques-
tions for subscribers !, the News of
the week in a complete form, and Other
special features. Specimen copies
gladly sent on application, and if you
will send US a list of addresses, we
will mail a copy to each. Only 81 a
year. If you wish to raise a club,
W lie for terms.
Address, The BLADE.
Toledo Ohio.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-03
lola A DEGENERATE.
So Say French Scientists, and the Fn-
nous Author IN Said to Have
Admitted 1t,

Emile lola. the famous French low
elist, now an exile for espousirg the
cause of Dreyfus. the prisoner OF
state: lola, the most widely-read
Partisan author, is a degenerate. That
is the verdict of scientists. who have
studied him, says correspondence
which comes from Paris. They say
this IS indicated by the thick ridge
of the ear. by the crudeness of the
lines in the finger prints.
All agree that he is abnormal. 4
pourOpath, one whose nervous sys-
stem yields painful rather than pleas
urabIe sensations. yet this quality IS
said to be the stimulus to the intellect
which marks genius. And. most OK
t~raordinary to relate. lola himself
has read this sad verdict of the scier-
lists AND eogfesses that it's aIItrus.
lola has been measured by The Bar
tillon system, like 4 criminal. He has
been analysed physically, like the sub,
ject before Il medical student clinic.
His finger imprints have been taken
and studied. His pulse beat and rs
piratiOn have been recorded by trac-
iEgs, and the conclusions are as given.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-03
Notice TO Tax PAYERS,

Notice is hereby given 10 all per-
sons indebted to the city of Cape Cir
ardeau for taxes. that the tax books
are now in my possession, and the
taxes thereon due. and l will be in
attendance at my office in the court
house during each day of the week
from 8 o'clock a. H.. to t O'Clock p. m.
to collect the same until the lst day of
January, 1899, and further. thatunless
said taxes are fully paid before the
lst day of January. 1899. they shall
become delinquent and bear interest
at the rate of l per cent. per month
for each and every month they remain
unpaid. after they become delinquent;
and their collection will be enforced
by suit to enforce the lien on real
estate as provided bf law. and the
seizure ard SAFE OF personal property
a provided by ordnance.
CHRISTIAN H!RSCH. Collector.
Cape G~irardcau, Mo. Oct. l.. IS9S.
oct26-lm
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-03
WANTS ITS OWN TERMINALS
to Handl the Output of Its
Plant at PEORIA.

The Glucose Sugar Refining com
pany which is behind the incorpora,
ton of the Chicago, Peoria d Western
railroad, means to eventually handle
its own output V lines which it will
own or control.
Difficulties with the terminal com
pany at Peoria. H., have forced the
glucose people to act, and it is said the
trust is now in a position 10 establish
its own terminal facilities within &
days. 1t will thus do away with any
connection with the Peoria d Pek;H
Union, which for years has controlled
the terminal business in thar city
When the terminals are established
and an agreement has been entered
into with one oi the Chicago lines for
the leasing of a right of way the trust
will be in a position to handle its i'm
mense output.
The same trouble has been expert
enced by the whisky trust and the two
companies will be allied in the now
deal. With the shipment of glucose
products alone The rus could support
its own railroad sy.tem. The rCssir;-
ties for the glucose Inc are great. Tor
it practically controls the handling Of
grain ard would probably secure the
shipment Of all spirits.
Negotiations are said TO be on wh"re-
by the trust railroad comEanyiS to or
ter into a dea! with the Chicago d Al
ton. the latter r ad to handle The bust
ness between Chicago ard Peoria.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-03
A NEW COUNTERFEIT.
ms Treasury Note and
Was Discovered by a New
York Banking House.

Another counterfeit has been turned
over to the secret service officials. 1t
is a ten dollar treasury note CT the
series of 1891 and was 1t 10 the treas
ury department by a New York bank
ing house. The work is fairly well
executed. and some difficulty may be
encountered by inexperienced persons
in detecting the sp~uriuusness Of the
note. The names OF J. Fount Tiliman.
register, and d. y. Morgan, treasurer
appear upcn the note. 1t bears the
portrait of Sheridan and a small seal
Hoped seal.
This counterfeit is printed from pho
to-mechanical plates of fair workman
ship on two pieces of paper between
which silk threads have been placed.
The general appearance of the note at
hand is good. The numbering IS dark
red instead of bright carmine. Anum-
Der of bare white spots appear CT the
face and hair of the portrait. In the
genuine note the heavy down strokes
of the " in Washington are crossed a:
the top by short horizontal lines sim
liar to the cross line of the small let
ter T, while in the counterfeit these
horizontal lines only show OF the left
side of the down strokes. The letter
T in Washington has a curled top in
the genuine, while in the counterfeit
the curl is missing. In the lower left
orrer on the face of the counterfeit
a spray of the ornamental work runs
into the check letter, but in Nhe gen
uine this spray just touches the edge of
the check letter. The period after
Series of 1884," lower left lace OF
counterfeit, touches the -" of the
registers signature, while there is q
small space between them in the gen
uine. The lathe work on the face of
the counterfeit is good, but that on
the back of the note is poor. The seal
is good as to color and workmanship
Green ink used on the back is darker
than the genuine.