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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-11
BRITISH BOOTS.
Some That Were Evidently Meant for
Cavalry, Not Infantry,
Service.

There is likely to be serious trouble
for somebody in connection with the
ignominious collapse of the boots fur
nished to the British troops in Sir Her.
bert Kitchener's Soudan expedition.
The matter has been ventilated so thor.
oughly in the press that il will be i'm
possible to avoid investigation. The
commanding officers of all regiments
have been asked to send in full reports
on their boots; but the facts are al
ready well known. In a word. As per
cent. of the boots of the British brigade
were worn out before they reached Der.
Der; and out of the 400 men who had
to be put in boats at and before they
reached Berber, the greater proportion
had to go by river, not because they
were sick, but because they had no
boots to walk in. This collapse in boots
took place after six weeks wear, and
was due to the soles coming away from
the boots on account of their having
been sewn on instead of riveted. Ii is
admitted that men had a great deal OF
route-marching before they started on
their march to kunur; but it is argued
that, however energetic a general may
be, he ought not TO be able to walk the
boots off his mems feet in six weeks.
Fortunately, the Sirdar was able to let
the British brigade have $50 pairs OF
Egyptian boots, and it is said that the
men liked them better than their own.
If Mahmoud had moved more quickly
than he did, and the British brigade
had been required, as was fully expect
ed, to march at once up the Atbara. IS
per cent. would have had Il remain be-
hind for want of boots or walk bare
foot.-N. Y. Post.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-11
HUMOROUS.

Persistency is the road to success.
The only known exception to this rule
Is the ease Of a hen sitting On a china
egg.-Tit-Bits.
A Remarkable Man.-Brown-"Is
Jones opposed to the sensational news
papers?" Smith-"He's not only OPP
posed to them, but he doesn't read
them."-Puck.
He-"They can photograph the voice
now" She-"Goodness, Hope I'll never
live to see a picture Of the things you
say when your collar button drops down
your back."-Art in Dress.
Avoid NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., these
flowers will look we'll on your hat; they
are a perfect copy of nature" Then /
don't want them; show me something
original."-Chicago Record.
Ways and Means.-"Dolphy, dear,
you know that lovely s%ideboard that
was so very cheap? Well, I've discov-
cred a plan for making room for it."
Eyes; how's that?" by taking a larger
flat"-St. Paul's.
dShtu tHe young WOLldH III lTOul VI
me to remove her big hat so thatI could
see the stage" did she do it?" NO;
she said that if she held her hat in her
lap she couldn't see the stage herself"
N. o. Nmes-Democrat.
Chicken Had an Alibi.-"Won't you
try the chicken soup, judge?" asked
Mrs. Small of her boarder, not noticing
that he had gone beyond the soup stage
in his dinner. II have tried it, madam"
replied the judge. THE chicken has
proved an alibi."-San Francisco Ex-
eminer.
Weggie-"They tell me you served on
the jury. How in the world did you
manage it? How did you know what
to do?" Bertie-"Didn't have to worry
at all, old man; blawsted nice chap
there told me exactly what to do and
gave me a flyer for doing it."-Collier's
Weekly.
No Comparison.-Naval Commander
give you the information you
ask, young man, would be premature,
and might cost US two or three battle
ships" Correspondent but, good
heavens, if I don't get that information
it may cost me my job" Chicago
Tribune.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-11

Make a plain cake with four ounces OF
butter, one-half pound powdered sugar,
four eggs, half a pint of milk, one pound
of the best flour and a teaspoonful and
a half of baking powder; beat the but
ter to a white cream, add the sugar, the
well-beaten yolks Of the eggs, the sifted
flour and the baking powder. and last
of all, stir lightly in the stifAy beaten
whites of the eggs; bake in small we'll
buttered patty pans for about IS min
utes; when the little cakes are cold pour
some melted chocolate over half of
them, and over the other half some
white icing; set them aside for a short
time to harden and then coat the white
cakes with melted chocolate and the
dark one with white icing. The result
is a very delicious kind of chocolate
cream icing-Boston Globe.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-11
v BY A
Beers Convinced That 1t Was Wiser
to Save Jameson and Send Him
Home Thar to Kill Him.

A most interesting account of thu
manner in which the lives Of Jameson
and his men were spared after the sur
render to the Beers comes from the
NEWS Van den Dag, Amsterdam:
The stern old Beers, when they had
Jameson and his fellow officers in their
hands, determined to execute the lead
ers of the band at daybreak. The meet
ing took place in President Krugers
house, 20 being present, of whom the
great majority, wild with indignation
at the sudden inroad into their terri
tory, were for shooting the British Off
GERS at once.
President Kruger opposed this SUM-
mary plan, and used all his ~eloquence
and all his influence on behalf of the
prisoners. For a long time his efforts
were vain. 1t was four o'clock in the
morning, and the presidents opponents
were still for execution. The lives Of
the foreigners hung by a thread.
Atlength Gen. Joubert, one of the few
who agreed with the president, had re-
course to the old-time Boer methods OF
convincing his hearers. He made use of
a parable.
"Friends," he said, will you not lis
ten to my voice n more? Suppose
that close to my farm lives a bad neigh
Dor, who keeps fierce hounds in his
house, worrying my sheep exceedingly.
and also killing ONT. What, then,
would you have me do? Should l kill
the hounds to be free of this worry?
Truly my neighbor would say unto me:
Thou hast killed my hounds, yet their
vauie is greater than the value of your
sheep. Pay thou mel Is it not better
that 1 should take the hounds, and, go
ing into my neighbor's house, say:
These are thine; now pay me for the
harm they have DONE"
There was silence, and the general
continued: "We have caught the pack.
L 1t not better to send them to the
British government with demands OF
r~epaation lest the British government
send more hounds to worry us anew?"
The old form of argument proved sue
ceSsful. The wisdom of moderation be-
came apparent, and the council OF war
accepted the advice OF their Chiefs
Literary Digest.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-11

.ner with the slightest basis on which
her jealousy could work, but he never
did. With the exception of his wife
women bored him. | believe she did
once or twice try to make a scene for
some preposterous reason which was
no reason at all, but nothing serious
came of it, and there was never a real
quarrel between them.
On the death of his wife, after a pro-
longed illness. Pyrwhit wrote and asked
me to come down to Ellerdon for the
funeral and to remain at least a few
DAYS with him. He would be quite
alone. and l was his oldest friend.
hate attending funerals, but l was his
oldest friend, and l was, moreover, a dis
tant relation of his wife. l had nc choice
and | went down.
There were many visitors in the house
for the funeral, which took place in the
village churchyard, but they left i'm
mediateIy afterwards. The air of heavy
gloom which had hung over the house
seemed to lift a little. The servants
~{servants are always very emotional)
continued to break down at intervals,
noticeably Pyrwhit's man, Williams,
6ut Pyrwhit himself was self-possessed.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-11
Exchanging Eyes.

There is a new Partisan fashion in
pledges of betrothal. The correct en-
blem is the exchange of eyes. THE en-
gagement eye is framed in gold and
painted on ivory and is set round about
with precious stones. 1t must be an
exact reproduction of the human and
individual window, not enlarged or
beautified, but painted as it is. Every
model must give his or her artist at
least three sittings before the right
shade and the perfect expression can
be transferred to the little ivory con-
vex. And perhaps not ven then. The
ox-eyed Hebe will suffer injustice and
refuse to become an emblem for a watch
guard. Moreover, the custom will lead
TO misunderstanding, as, for instance,
when the betrothed may say with a
spiritual meaning: Eugene, l have got
my eye upon you,' and he, being ma
teriai as well as absent-minded, may an
swer: Not upon me, bien aimee, but
somewhere in ore of my pockets.'"-
Boston journal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-11
A MATTER OF PROGRESS.
Here Is n Little Story with a Moral
About the Folly of BOr-
rowing Land.

Ten years ago the man bought a lo-
away out" because it was cheap, and
with the aid of a building and loan as.
ISOLATION put up his modest house and
laid a line of boards through the mud
to an inhabited street. His friends Wis
tied him once a year or so.
The man, in his wisdom, thought he
would be thus solitary and alone for
all time, and he liked it. He used all
the land about him for his gardens and
his pastures, and on the lots adjoining
his house he planted an orchard, first
writing to the nonresident owner for
permission.
As the years went by the houses went
up here and there on adjoining streets,
and II morning he was shocked to see
a load of lumber coming down his own
street. 1t was piled up two blocks be-
low him, and soon a house went up.
The next year TWO more houses were
built on the same street, in his cow
pasture. Last year the street had few
lots and had been paved with asphalt,
but the lots next to his house were un-
touched.
This spring the trees in his orchard
bloomed, and the man looked out of
his window on the non-resident's ad-
joining lot and saw the buds on his
vines and the flowers in his strawberry
bed, and was glad. He could hardly re-
alize that he did not own the land.
nno lou he ,r;ra ,ta L.. oas.o
very much excited, and told him of the
strange actions of some men in his or
chard. The men had queer instru-
ments, through which they looked at
pointed poles, and they had driven
stakes right in the midst of their best
trees.
The man was awakened the next
morning by the sound of AK blows, and
the clapping of boards thrown one on
another. He rushed to the window.
Men were chopping down his cherished
trees. The famous winesap was down.
and the early Richmond cherry tree
vas being attacked. \ load of new lum-
Der was being piled on the corner of the
lot.
The man dressed and went out and
watched the loving care of ten years
being destroyed that a new house with
green shingles on its sides might be
built in its place.
The only moral in this story, 1 sup
pose is: Plant your vine and fig tree
on your own land, that the s%peculator
may not raze them.-N. Y. Sun.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-11
NO SENSE OF THE N
John Augustus Thomas Didn't Know
How to Interpret His Lady
Loves Action.

The fair girl chung to him despairing-
y. Her golden tresses swept over his
manly chest, and her blue eyes, filed
with tears, glistened in the dim gas
light.
You must not &c. Don't go, Regi-
nald," she pleaded. His name was John,
but she called him Reginald. 81 don't
want you to 60" She unclasped one
hand and began to smooth his hair. 1t
had always worked before this, she
murmured to herself. Don't go,
pleased"
His voice shook, but he was firm.
DUTY calls me. 1 must 60" he said,
huskily, not daring to meet her eyes.
"Oh, you horrid thing, you never
think of me. It's always that horrid,
horrid duty" She looked at him mar
rowly. His glance was directed sternly
at a still life picture of oranges, fish,
cigarettes, and ice water. She made az
effort, and tears welled in her eyes.
IF you CO." she choked, "if you go-Tn
And
she buried her head, with its mass of
golden hair, on his broad chest, while
her shoulders heayed convulsively.
What could he do? What could he
say? He looked helplessly at the fsir
young girl. Then he faltered: Don't
cry. Eli, I'll do anything-TT-Iprcn-
ise-I won't go. Don't"
The mood of the burden in his arms
changed. You won't go?" she stiffensd
in his arms. why, John Augustus
Thomas, you horrid, mean thing! You
won't go? You just will go!-so there.
Why, Blanche Creston's fiance, Bob
Somers is going, and she's just made a
red, white and blue sofa pillow to use
in camp, and I've started for you,
and all the the girls will laugh at me.
oh, you must 60" This time she was
crying in earnest.
An hour later John Augustus Thomas
departed a sadder, wiser man. He will
enlist. And the fair girl will weep again
when he marches away to the 'front.'
Philadelphia Times.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-11
Case Of Vincent Pyrwhit
By PAIN.

THE death of Vincent Pyrwhit, J. P,
of Ellerdon House, Ellerdon, in the
county of Buckinghamshire, would in
the ordinary way have received no more
attention than the death of any other
simple country gentleman. The cir
cumstances of his death, however,
though now long since forgotten, were
sensational, and attracted some notice
at the time. 1t was one of those cases
(which is easily forgotten within a year,
except just in the locality where it &C.
Cured. The most sensational circum-
stances of the case never came before
the public at all. l give them here sim
ply and plainly. The p%sychical people
may make what they like of them.
Pyrwhit himself was a very ordinary
country gentleman, a good fellow, but
in no way brilliant. He was devoted to
his wife, who vas ONE Is years young
er than himself, and remarkably beau
tiful. She was quite a good woman, but
she had her faults. She was fond of ad-
miTation, and she was an abominable
firt. She misled men very cleverly, and
was then sincerely angry with them for
having been misled. Her husband never
troubled his head about these firta-
tions, being assured quite rightly that
she was a good woman He was not
Jealous; she, on the other hand, was
possessed of a jealousy amounting al
most to insanity. This might have
raused trouble if he had ever provided
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-11

Six small rolls, one-half pint OF
chopped celery, o~ne-quarter pint Of
~mayonnaise sauce; allow one roll for
each person; cut from the top a neat
round about the size of a half dollar;
carefully scoop out all the soft crumb;
select good, crisp, white celery; see It
is not stringy; chop it very finely and
mix it with the mayonnaise sauce; sea-
son It well. Fill the rolls with this mix
ture, allowing it to show in a little heap
above the opening. Serve on a lace pa
Per. garnished with parsley.-Philadel-
Dhia Press.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-11
B. III. ADAMS, PGbIisher,
THE OLD HUNTSMAN-

1neres a Keen n grim OLD huntsman
On a horse az white as snow;
Sometimes he il very swift
n sometimes ne is slow.
But he never is at FAULT.
FOR ne always hutts at view,
Ann ne rides without a halt
After you.
Inc huntsman's name = Death.
His horses name is Time:
He Is coming, he is coming
AS l Sit and write this rhyae;
He Is coming, he is coming,
AS you read the rhyme l write.
lou can near his hoof's low drumming
Day and night.
You can hear the distant drumming
AS the clock goes tick-a-tack,
And the Ginning of the hours
Is the music of his pack.
You may hardly note their growing
Underneath the MONDAY sun,
But at night o hear them bowling
AS they run.
And they never check or faIter,
For they never miss their kill:
Seasons change and systems alter,
But the hunt is running still.
Hark! the evening chime is playing.
ger the long gray town it peals:
Don't you hear the death hound baying
At YOU heels?
Where is there an earth or burrow?
Where a cover left for you?
A year, a week, perhaps tomorrow,
Brings the huntsman's death halloo;
Day by day he gains upon US,
And the most that we can claim
Is that when the hounds are on US
We die game.
And somewhere dwells the Masten
By whom 1t was decreed:
He sent the savage huntsman,
He bred the snow-white steed.
These hounds which run forever,
He set them on your track:
He hears you scream, but neveI
Calls them back.
He does not heed our suing.
We never see his face:
He hunts to u undoing,
We thank him for the chase.
We thank him and we ~fattcr,
We hope-because we must
But have We cause? No matter!
Let US trusti
"A. Conan Doyle, in the Spectator.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-11
Beefsteak

Make a good crust with suet. shred
fine with flour and mix with cold water,
season with salt and make it quite stiff,
let the steak be well seasoned with salt
and pepper, make same as an apple
pudding, tie it in a cloth and put into
the water boiling. Small buildings re-
quire three hours boiling.-Boston
Globe.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-11
WHY He Refused.

Sir Henry Hawkins, the famous jus,
tice of the queens bench, explains hi.
refusal to write his memoirs by say
ing: IF you begin by saying what a
splendid fellow you are they call you
egotistical. and as for saying anything
against myself, I'll be hanged If l will
Would Sou?"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-11

"Did you use condensed food in tho
Klondike?" asked the seeker after in
formation.
II guess So" said the returned gold
hunter; "at any rate, a big meal was
mighty small."-Puck.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-11
His e Wife.

"Ah!" sighed the poet, Il shall be
satisfied if 1 can produce but one line
that will make the world better"
SAY" said the poets wife, "just
come back here and try your hand at
stringing this clothesline, will your
Richmond Times,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-11
RHked RhUbaFb.

Cut the stalks into inch pieces. But
ter a deep dish, put in a layer of rhu-
barb and then sprinkle heavily with
sugar. Continue until the dish is filled.
Bake until soft in a moderate oven and
serve with cream.-Ladies' World.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-11
italian E,pre,. Tr.i,. SLOW

The speed of u fnstest ocean steam>
.rs Is now greater than that of express
trains on italian rai!~ays.-Chicacc la
ter Ocean.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-05-21
75TosATHs.

In this city, May 20. Mrs. Harristte M, For
syth.
Funeral from her late residence. 81 State
street, sunday, at Up. M. Frieuds are requested
10 pe present. Burial private.
Boston papers ease copy.l
IN THIS city. May 20, Lucy A., widow OF the
iaGe William Yorke, aged 50 years.
Funeral services Sunday, at 8 p. M, az ner
laIe residence. 10 Sherman street
III this clay. May 20, David r.. son OF Jeremiah
and Mary Bassett, aged 20 years. > m0ntns.
Funeral from parents residence, " Miodie
street, Sunday afternoon at 1.3Q O'CLOCK.
LServices at Cathedral OF the Imaihcaiato ooh-
cepti0n at 2 o'clock.
Massachusetts papers please copy
In this city May 20, Sadie u, o4ugnter OF
Catherine and the late Bartholomew foiey.
Notice of funeral hereafter
in South Portland, May ~. MARY NJ, WlooW
of the late Capt. Asa Liltle1ohn, aged 10 years,
INoties Of funeral hereafter
in Lowell. Mass, May lo'i FRANCES Aauie
Bowers, aged SO years.
At San Diego Cal, May !, Amasa F. Cum
minss formerly of Brunswick. aged rs years,
In WSatervilie, May lS. Mrs: Cornelia M. Mills,
aaed 20 wears: 18th, Mrs. Ellen G. Kicker
I'm ToG,is. James Cooker, aged 81 years.
In Winthrop. May l6. Albert G. Stevens aged
~ ~ yeWaEiH nslow, May l5, Mrs. Caroline Paine
Mills. formerly of Bangor aged SO years.
In Kenduskeag. May 10, Mrs. Harriet A.
hG in fBatn May 1s, Mrs. Elizabeth Brown. aged
10 years.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-05-21
Notice Of Foreclosure Of Mortgage.

| Notice is hereby given, that on the first
day of June, A. d. 1892, Robert $. Robinson
of Westbrook, in the County of cumberland
and State of Maine, by his mortgage deed of
that date, recorded III Cumberland County
Registry OF Deeds, Book $50, Page l55. con-
veyed to Gorham Savings bank, a corpora
ton created by law, and having its Office in
Gotham, in said Comfy and State, the fol-
lowing described real estate, viz "A certain
lot of land with the buildings thereon,
situated in said Westbrook, and described as
follows, viZ:-Commencing on the easterly
side of q new street running southerly from
Pennell street, and called Maple street, at
a stake seyenty-six feet from said Pennell
street; thence easterly by land of j. L. Gill
patrick, one hundred feet, to land Of the
heirs OF Lorenzo Towle; thence southerly on
said Towle's land line, fifty feet; thence
easterly. parallel with the first line, one
hundred feet, to said Maple street; thence
northerly on the line of said street, fifty feet
to the olace of beginning, Intending to con-
yey the land conveyed to said Robinson Nv
Walter nj. Cram, by deeddated May II, A.
b., 1885, of record in cumberland county,
Registry of Deeds, Book or, Page 45S, with
the buildings thereon erected by said Robin
son. That Said Bank claims the said parcel
of real estate under and by said mortgage,
and that the condition OF and In the same
has been and is broken, by reason whereof
said Gorham Savings Bank claims tore
closure of said mortgage, pursuant to the
statute in such cases made and provided,
Gorham Savings Bank, by its Treasurer,
John A. Waterman.
Gorhanl, May 10th, 1898. My2ld1aw3wS
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-05-21
CRISP BACON.
He Who Did Not Write Shakespeare,
Plays,

IA mans nature runs either to herbs
or weeds, therefore,, let him seasonably
water the ons and destroy the other. -
In other words, cultivats your powers
and put aside the things which rob Won
of strength and energy, which can be
turned into money and fame.
or cour5e "the crowd float along and
don't care much what happens, SO thew
can deaden the body with narcotics like
whiskey, coffee and tobacco, but there are
those who have the Divine desire to
amount to something in this world, and
to such these words are addressed.
If you have constitution enough to
stand whiskey, coffee and tobacco, well aud
good. II not trade them off for success,
and that only comes as d result of energy
enough to apply oneself
II coffee interferes in tho least with
your digestion, nerves or heart, drop it.
Success is worth more than coffee.
Use the food drink, Postum. 1t has
much the color and taste of coffee but is
made of powerful pure food elements
that sustain and nourish body and brains.
ano the beverage is of most toothsome
character. Sold by grocers.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-05-21
BICYCLE PATH BUILDING.

Messrs. o. P. T. Wish, Abner W. Low.
ell, S. B. Phillips, Charles P. Steele and
R. H. Farnsworth, the Portland Wheel
Clubs special committee on bicycle paths,
made a trip over the Riverton road yes
terday, with Hackers path maker. They
were greatly pleased with the working
of the machine. 1t levels and rolls a
path two feet wide, at the extreme edge
OF the roadway. In places between Port
land and Riverton the clay is 90 hard that
the preliminary applications Of the ma.
chine made little impression on it.
To construct the path as 1T should be
will cost $500 or 1890. The committee ex'
poets to receive from bicycle riders con-
tributions sufficient to meet this expense.
Hundreds of bioyolists who freq uent the
Riyerton road will appreciate the i'm
prove ment and will be glad to contribute
their mites towards the expense.