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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18
HUMOROUS.

She (at the ball-"Don't you dance
too fast?" He-'Yes, 1 always dance TO
peat the band."-Illustrated American.
81 don't believe it's true that the
earth goes round" why nOt?" Be
cause 1 never got my share."-St. Paul's.
Hungry Tourist-"Waiter, two eggs,
please! Boil them four minutes"
Waiter-"Yes, sir; be ready in half a
second, sir."-Tit-Bits.
Allowable Epoch.-"What is time i'm
memorial Uncle Jim?" Time imme-
mortal is as far back as you feel posted
on ancient history."-Chicago Record.
He-"Don't let your father put in
electric light" She-"Why nov?" He
well. er, you can't turn it down low,
don't you see?"-Detroit Free Press.
Judge Ito wife of defendant)--So
you were present when your husband
broke into the girls high school?" "Of
course 1 was! Would your wife allow
you TO break into a girls high school
alone?"-Fliegende Batter.
An Affair of Honor.-Farmer SWEET
You say you belong TO the army of the
unemployed? Well, now, my friend, L
guess 1 kin give you something of a job
to-day" Toyle Knott-What! An
have me be a deserter from de army?
Ye don't know military ethics, do YEP
Puck.
The War Spirit-The two young
hunters had killed a rabbit. Let's cut
him open down the back" said Johnny,
land each take half" MY paw says
this is no time for splitting hares,"
sternly answered Tommy, the older Of
the two. III take al of him myself
Chicago Tribune.
According Il the nebular hypothesis,
a star is made by a nebulous particle
joining with countless other particles"
remarked the observer of men and
things, which, of course, doesn't ac-
count for the dramatic star. y dramatic
star is made by a nebulous particle
swelling up.'-Detroit Journal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18
THE LANE OF DREAMS,

OF all the nations, east or west.
Imagination is the best.
Its boundless realms are richer far
n all earth's other countries are.
It's azure eyes are more serene.
It's verdant fields a fairer green.
ana brooks sing softer music to
An ocean of diviner blue.
It's laughing, blossom-bordered riIJs
lance down from Hopes TRUMP hant hills
Dr pause in pools within the dale.
by the nightingale.
spring blooms eternal and the rose
makes fragrant every breeze that blows
anu fruits, with rounded cheeks of wine,
tians purpling on the tree and vine.
rms country is now pencilled on
me little maps that men have drawn.
II is TOO broad, too high, too great
FOR min of man to calculate.
And yet it is not far away,
but here and now where mortals NAV
with gods and traces, wander through
rms land where all our dreams come true.
NIXON Waterman. in L. a. W. Bulletin.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18
Strawberry ice.

Remove the stems from several boxes
Of strawberries, equal in weight to one
pound or more, mash them, mix with
them che juice of a lemon, one table
spoonful of orange flower water and
three pints of water. In the course of
four hours time strain the juice off the
Strawberries into another basin, press
Ing them to extract as much of the juice
as possible. Add to the juice one pound
of double-refined sugar and stir it until
the sugar has dissolved. Then strain
and pack it in ice for an hour.-Detroit
Free Press.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18
er who will want to be settled in life %

ter who will want to be settled in life %
I! said 1.
The fact will probably be brought
under his notice" replied madame, look
ing straight at me.
The girl l alluded to mad turned
Slightly, and the three stood facing US.
! Lucille was French, the other young
lady merely fashionable; but the Eng
fish maid appeared to me the loveliest
1 had ever seen. They came in our d.
r~ectiOn a moment, until Lucille, laugh
ing, said something, and, as if by one
impulse, they wheeled with the grace
of startled deer and went towards the
marquee.
Il wish I could do that" said madame,
referring to the gesture of one, who had
passed her slim arm across her back
and had caught the other at the bend of
the elbow.
You can afford to say so" 1 observed.
"a Frenchman would lave done bet
ter" she remarked.
But 1 am English, you know" I re.
piled. "Veracity is the badge of all our
NIIDe' we idlClN bdStS bAe A4SH JOY Vi
being truthful and complimentary al
the same time"
But you thrive well on the priva.
tion," she laughed, rising. Now take
me to the show" and she slipped her
arm within mine. You really ought to
think of getting married." she contin-
ued. Marriage supplies a raison d'tere.
Did you ever map out a career?'
Frequently" 1 replied, but always
failed at reducing the plan of my i'm.
agination to the scale of my brains"
"A common fault" observed madame;
but a wife would show you how. \
good wife is" She paused, as if lis.
tening.
"A crown to her husband" said L
wishing TO keep the ball rolling.
Madame raised her finger and drew
me into the shadow of the clematis,
Approaching footsteps sounded on the
gravel. \ moment later Chedderstow
and Nine. de Believille appeared. His
arm was round her. his irOn-gray head
bert towards her OWL, still black as
midnight. They passed slowly, utterly
oblivious of our presence; nor did my
companion move until they had disap-
peared beyond a noble specimen OF
Glastonbury thorn masking another
path.
The first chapter in a middle-age6
romance" said |. 20, woman,"
The last, if you please" replied mad
anne; "a suivre was written nearly 81
years ago by that great shuffier of des.
TIMES, circumstance, and now it will
run on smoothly to the end"
"Then, you mean to say"
Madame lifted her graceful shout
ders. Did you ever read La Proven.
cale?'" she asked.
Il SKINNED through it once" said 1
impatiently.
Then, peruse it again." continued
madame. but substitute for the hero.
inc an English girl. When she was 1:
her family sold her in the usual way
to a Maj. de Be!leville. He spent her
money as well as his own and took HIM
self off on active service to Africa. News
of his death in Egypt reached her q
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18

"Why haven't you enlisted, john"
she asked.
MARY" he replied, 81 would have
done it long ago if | could have satisfied
myself on one point"
what is that?" she inquired.
"If l had any assurance that no in
ducements would be offered for BIZ
cyclists 1 would have jumped at the
chance. but I've been fearful that just
as soon as l enlisted I would learn that
they were organizing bicycle corps and
taking them to the front, and l never
could be happy again if l thought I had
missed the only occasion when walking
in Chicago might be comparatively
Observation-Disclosures Post.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18
Perfectly Plain.

1 overheard the following dialogue in
a back street in Observation-Disclosures re.
Gently:
Housewife crushing out of house.
seeing small girl playing)-Sally Ann,
come here. Had ava out the road and
get us a quater O. lang meat.
What did yer say?" queried the
youngster.
Had ava out the road and get us
a quater O. lang meat" retorted the
woman.
"Wey, ali divna kna what We meant"
exclaimed the youngster.
"Wey, We greet fule, had ava out to
the butchers and get US a quater o.
sassage!"-Scottish Nights,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18
THE BUILDING COLLAPSED,
Thirty Persons Crushed to Death
In q Collapsed Building.

CANNES, June IA four-story build,
ing at Blot, a village near here, col
lapsed. The full extent of the accident
has not yet been ascertained, but it il
estimated that 80 persons have been
killed. Troops were ordered to thu
scene, and at once engaged in clear.
ing up the debris and removing tina
bodies of the victims, many Of wish
were horribly msngled. aiTsi ~ 9
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18
A

Miss Prettysweet-So you have a par
rot, Mr.. Softleigh?
Softleigh (who stammsrs)-Yees,
and it's gr-great fun. I'm t-t-teachins
It tito t-t-talk. you know.--Detroft Jour
nal
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18
Mnre nrnnmentnI Thnn r.efnl.

Helen-Young Dudeleigh reminds me
Of a chrysanthemum.
Mattie-In what respect?
"Oh, he's nice to look at, but he hasr1
q cent"-Chicayo Evening News.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18

WASHINGTON, June 13--Immediately
upon receipt of information from the
White House that the war venue bill
had been signed by the president, Sec
rotary Gage issued the following cir
cular explaining to the public the pro-
posed bond issue:
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18

An important feature in floating the
new loan is found in the fact that Sec.
rotary Gage, for all subscriptions oil
$500 and less, will begin the allotment
at once. This fact should be borne il
mind by small investors.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-07-08

ing party of American blue jackets.
To-day it was his ship that sank two
Spanish torpedo boat destroyers and
afterwards received the Spanish adj
miral aboard as prisoner of war.
From his position on the bridge of
the Gloucester, Lieut.. Commander
Wainwright watched the flames
and smoke as they envclopcd the
decks of the three greatest war
ships of the Spanish navy, which
were soon to be reduced to nothing
but shattered masts and twisted smoke
stacks, protruding above the water,
similar to that other picture in Havana
harbor. 1t was not strange, that he re-
marked to his brother officers beside
him: 1.-The Maine is avenged"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-07-08

1t is claimed that one she'll killed 100
men on the Vizcaya, ralling the vessel
fore and aft.
OFF SANTIAGO DE CUBA, July 4, 6. p.
M, via Kingston, Jamaica, July g.
After a chase of 60 miles to the west
ward, the Brooklyn, closely followed
by the Oregon, overhauled the CriSto-
bal Colon after she had run ashore and
had hauled down her flags. Capt.
Cook, of the Brooklyn, went on
board of her and the commander
OF the Spanp;h armored cruiser came
forward to surrender and was taken on
board the New York, which came up
an hour after the Brooklyn and Oregon
had completed the capture of the Girls
tobal Colon. The latter was not seri-
ously damaged, though She was struck
several times by shots from the Brook
Ign and Oregon.
During the chase a clever vancouver
of Commodore Schley in heading due
west to Cape Caney, while the Cristo-
bal Colon had taken a more southerly
direction with much greater distance
to cover rendered the Spaniards es-
cape impossible There seems to be
no doubt that the Cristobal Colon, and
perhaps the other three Spanish armor-
ed cruisers would have escaped
had it not been for the prompt action
of Commodore Schley. The Brooklyn,
his flagship, alone was in a position to
attack the Spanish vessels as they left
the harbor and the commodore steamed
directly towards them and engaged all
four cruisers, inficting great damage
upon them.
The Oregon was the first to join the
Brooklyn, and afterward the Iowa, In
diana, Texas and Vixen closed around
the Spaniards, all pouring in deadly
fire, but from the beginning to the
end of the fight the Brooklyn, Oregon
and Gloucester took the most import
ant part in the destruction of the
enemy.
One man, George Henry Ellis, was
killed on board the Brooklyn. His
head was blown off by a shell.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-07-08
OUR LOSSES.
Seventeen Hundred Men Lost in the Two
Days Fighting Before SantiaSO-The
List of Wounded Very Large.

BEFORE SANTIAGO, July s, via Kings
ton, July 4.-The fighting during the
last two days has cost the American
army ZOO men. This estimate is made
by the surgeons at division headquar-
tiers after careful figuring by the sur
geons at the hospitals.
The list of wounded, as made up at
division headquarters, is very large in
proportion to the list of those killed
outright.
Probably less than 100, all told, OF
the number of wounded have died,
making the total number of deaths in
the neighborhood of $50. The re-
mainder of the wounded will probably
recover.
Considering the fact that not over
IL, 600 men were engaged on our side,
and that not all of these were actually
under fire, the percentage of loss is
very heavy. The slaughter was brought
about mainly by the gallantry with
which our troops advanced into the
open ground in the face of heavy fire
from the Spanish entertainments and
rifle pits
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-07-08
THE MAINE AVENGED.
The Destruction of Spanish Ships Remind.
ed Commander Wainwright of
Similar Scene AT Havana.

OFF SANTIAGO DE CUBA, July 5, via
Port Antonio, Jamaica, July s, via
Kingston, Jamaica, July 6.-The first
and only statement concerning the re-
cent naval battle made by the Spanish
commander, Adm. Cervera, was to a
correspondent on board the battleship
Iowa. 1t was as follows:
Il would rather lose my ships at sea,
like sailor, than in harbor. 1t was
the only thing left for me to do.
PORT ANTONIO, Jamaica, July 5, via
Kingston, Jamaica, July 6.-For hours
after Adm. Cervera went aboard the
Gloucester the Infanta Maria Teresa,
Almirante Oquendo and Vizcaya con-
tinued to burn, and every now aad
then deep roar, accompanied by
burst of fame and smoke from the
sides of the ship would announce the
explosion of more ammunition or an
other magazine.
AS the flames shot higher and higher
above the. decks of the magnificent
vessels that had composed Adm. Ger
vera's fleet, many of those who wit
messed the scene felt it had a strong
connection with the destruction of the
American battleship Maine in Havana
harbor five months ago. Lieut.. Com
mander Wainwright, the commander
of the Gloucester, was executive
officer on the Maine at the time
of the disaster and, although
he remained in Havana harbor
two months after the explosion, he
lived on board the dispatch boat Fern
and steadfastly refused to set foot
within the city until, to use his own
words, the time should come when he
could go ashore at the head of land
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-07-08
Coal Miners Strike.

PNEvILLE, Ely, July GAIL miners
at Bear Creek coal mines, which are
being operated by Michigan capital
lists, are on a strike, and are leaving
for Americas, Ga, mines. The cause
of the strike was over the company
discharging a union man. About $50
men compose the strike. The sheriff
has attached several of the miners
household goods who are leaving the
state, and this has delayed the miners
from leaving, but they settled with the
sheriff Tuesday afternoon and will go
away at once.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-07-08
The Best War News.

THE Louisville Courier Journal is now
publishing the fullest, most accurate
and most reliable war news of any paper
in the South or West. 1t is devoting all
its energies to making reputation for
its war reports, and is certainly succeed
ing admirably. The Courier Journal
has subordinated all other issues to that
of the war. Politics, money, civil SER
vice, the tafiff-all are out Of it now.
The war is the one topic discussed by
the people, and they want the news OF
it fresh and accurate. The Courier
Journal realizes this, and it is supplying
the demand as no other paper can do.
The Twice-a-Week Courier Journal
prints the cream of the daily news. 1t
is issued Wednesday and Saturday.
The price has recently been cut from 81
to 90 cents year, making unquestion-
ably the cheapest, as we'll as the best,
paper published anywhere. You get
1O4 six or eight-page papers for 80 cents
By special arrangement. the Twice
a-Week Courier Journal and THE BoUR-
BON NEWS will be sent one year for
only 81 10. slight advance over the
price of this paper alone. Subscriptions
under this offer must be cash, and must
invariably be sent direct to The BoUR-
BON NEWS Office, Paris. KY. (tfl
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-07-08
Valuable Race Horses Burned.

ST. LOUIS, July 6.-At $50 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon fire broke out in
the stables of Dr. Bernays at the fair
grounds, just as the first race was be-
ing called, and within an hour five
valuable race hor.ss and six stables
had been consumed and seven othe"
stables badly damaged. DR.. BernayS
lost Equitome, Anonyma and Rey del
Corsa, and Glenn Creveling lost Ace
Fashion, Fastus and FerG Owen. Sew
eral horses received injuries in the
stampede. Two fremen were injured
and conveyed to the hospital.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-07-08
Triumph In Photographic Art.

THE Carbon Photograph will stand
the test of time and atmospheric in
hCences. Made in all sizes, ard is dur
able. The likeness is always preserved
IN mlnntest detail, and can be made
from any old picture. invite all who
are interested in large pictures to exam
inc this wonderful picture before giving
your orders for any copying and enlarg-
ing of old pictures. / make your sit
tlEgs free when yOn desire a large
picture from life and guarantee salts
faction. Very respectfully,
l.. GRINNAN, Artist,
(29mar-tf) Paris, KY
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-07-08
Trouble Brewing in Spain.

LONDON, July THE Madrid CORE
spondent of the Daily Chronicle says:
Trouble is brewing. The excitement
here is great. 1 myself saw Senior
Silvela hooted little while ago. He
took refuge in the Hotel Roma, from
where he drove home in a cab.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-07-08
The Strike q Failure-

CHICAGO, July 6.-For the first time
since Friday morning the Tribune,
Record, Chronicle, Times-Herald and
nter-Ocean were issued Tuesday morn
ing. A sufficient number of outside
non-union stereotypers have been i'm
ported into the city to make this pos
81 hle
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-07-08
New Orleans People on the Boursosne

NEW ORLEANS, July THE only
New Orleans people known SO far to
have been aboard La Bourgogne are
Mrs. Jules Aldige, ST., her daughter.
Mrs. DR.. Robert Borde, and the latter's
little girl. Mrs. Aldige and her daugh-
ter are well-known in New Orleans So
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-07-08
CERVERA'S SORTIE.
Scheme of Escape From the HarbOr
Well Discussed by the officers.
The Capture of the CristObaI COIOn-The
Vessel Not Seriously Damaged, AL
though Struck by Several Shots
-Schley's ManeuverinS.

OFF SANTIAGO DE CUBA, July 4, via
Kingston, Jamaica, July adm. Ger
vera held a consultation with his Off
GERS before coming out of the harbor
of Santiago, and by a small majority
the move was agreed upon. The mi
nority said that destruction was sure,
as many of the firemen had mutinied
and the best men in the fleet were
worn out by serving the guns in the
shore batteries.
Early on the morning of the sortie
careful observations were taken OF the
sea, east and west Adm. Cervera de-
cided upon taking the westward
course with Manzanillo, CienfuegOs or
if possible Havana the port to be
reached. He would have gone east but
for the sighting of a large transport
fleet off Siboney and the assurance
that convoy of war vessels was still
with the transports.
Naval men here are sure that the
Spanish vessels could have disab led or
sunk the New York and escaped had
the eastward course been chosen.
1t was feared for a time by many
that some of the sailors and officers
who swan ashore from the Vizcaya,
the Almirante Oquendo and the Maria
Teresa were killed by the insurgents,
who were seen in the chapparel near
the beach. This could not be verified
at this writing as no accurate estimate
of the loss to the Spanish fleet was OBJ
tainable
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-07-08
Adm. camara Must Ger Ont.

SUEz, July THE Spanish feet COM
manded by Adm. Camara has arrived
here and has been notified by the Of
fcials of the Egyptian government
that it must leave this port within "a
hours. The government has also noti-
fed Adm. Camara that he will not be
allowed to coal here
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-07-08
TO THE FARMERS OF BOURBON
COUNTY,

AS agent of The Page. Woven Wire
Fence o.. am prepared to put up the
hest wire fence on the market 1t ia
guaranteed to turn all kinds of stock
and 10 give satisfaction. III 8
l have put mp fence tits season for
farmers who have had the Page Fence
in use for seven or eight years,
l am also prepared to put up the
bes' Chicken Fence on the market.
If Won are needing any ieIce give me
d call ~s-.--,' ~
o. W. MILLER, Agent,
PARIS, KY.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-07-08
Peace RuInOr.

LONDON, July THE Madrid CORE
spondent of the Daily Telegraph sent
a dispatch to his paper Wednesday
morning, saying: Il am informed that
peace Will be demanded to-day"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-07-08
THE
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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-07-08
Congress win Adiourn Soon.

WASHINGTON, July 7.-Senator ALI
son expressed the opinion Wednesday
that congress would adjourn before
the close Of the present wee
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-07-08
Death OF DIR. Herr

LONDON, July Or, Cornelius Herr,
of Panama canal notoriety. died at
Bournemouth at o'clock Wednesday
morning.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-11
COUNTY CONVENTION
Regular Onicial Call Made BY Chair
man Mccoy.

As per order OF County Central Commit
tee the following conventions are called:
County convention for the purpose OF
nominating.
1st- County Attorney.
End Probate Judge.
3rd. District Clerk.
4,h. County Superintendent
Primaries TO county convention 70 be
held az their usual places. IN county
from to 5 O'Clock. p. m, and IN city
OF Wichita from 10 p. m. on the sth
day OF September. at the usual polling
places. and convention in Garfield Hall
at II o'clock. September Sth. 1925.
There VIII be Representative conven-
ton held in Seventy Second district for
the purpose OF nominating one Represen-
tative. In West Wichita at o'clock. p.
m. on the 7th day OF September. Also a
commissioner in Second commissioner dis
trict al same place and time.
Seventeen Representative district TO
hold convention on the SIN day OF Sep
TENDER at 10 o'clock. in Garfield Hall.
Seventy-First Representative district to
hold their convention Immediately upon
adjournment OF county convention In Gar
field Hall.
The above conventions are entitled TO
the following representation. to-wit;
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-11
THE GRECIAN ART TABLEAUX
COrIPANY (BoStOn).

With their illustrated songs and read
ings is being negotiated for. In present.
ing the Grecian Art Tableaux Company to
the public for the sixth season, space will
not permit extended remarks, but suffice
1t TO say that the company varies its pro-
gram 10 suit the occasions. In one even
tng's entertainment they will exhibit some
thirty or forty tableauX, beautifully Il
iumined by the colored calcium lights, to-
gether with illustrated songs and illus
trated readings, vocal and violin solos,
recitations and approximations.