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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-01-21
LOCATION OF SPRING.
Where the Water Vein Is Near the
Surface Changing 1t Requires
Little Labor.

1t often happens that a spring IS
just a trifie too low to permit water
,G be brought from it to a house or
barn by a pipe. 1t is sometimes posi-.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-01-21

She-"You played poker again last night
He (who lost all ne had)-"No, my dear: l
was merely an onlooker at the game
Philadelphia North American.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-01-21

Employer observation-disclosures that
bow He's never around when he is want
ed" Clerk-"I think it must be hereditary
with him, sir. His father is a policeman =
Golden DAYS.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-01-21

Moves the bowels each day. In order to
be healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on
the liver and kidneys. Cures sick head
ache. Price p and SOC.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-01-21
In Plain English.

Johnny-What does the paper mean, pa,
by saying that Mr.. Tomlinson bore the loss
of his handsome property by fire very philo-
sophically?
Johnny's Pa-Umph. 1t means that he
was insured.-Stray Stories.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-01-21
Sanitary Notes.

"1t seems to me, doctor, that your prices
are rather steep"
We'll, you must bear in mind that it is
not my own health for which | am running
a Observation-Disclosures journal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-01-21

Hereafter we shall be able to show our
teeth without having Europe act as if We
had Just cut t~hem.-Town Topics.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-01-21
Lanes Family Medicine,

Which is the harder. to make a million or
to die and leave it?-Town Topics.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-01-21

Deep as is the Seattle nerve, st. Jacobs
Oil will penetrate and cure Sciatica.
Fighting dogs meet their match.-Ram's
Horn
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-01-21
One of the Penalties OF Wealth.

If you are any mans rich kin, his
neighbors have heard all about ~you.-Atchi-
son Globe.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-01-21

The lead pencil is sometimes hard pushed
to make re-marks.-Chicago DAILY News.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-01-21

Go to work on Lumbago as if you intende
to cure it. Use St. Jacobs Oil.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-01-21

Sudden weather changes bring Soreness,
Stiffness. St. Jacobs Oil brings prompt cure.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-01-21

l believe Piso's Cure for CONSUMPTION
saved my boys life last summer.-Mrs. Allie
Douglass, Leroy, Mich, Oct. 20, "a.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-01-21

You can't preserve happiness in "famil
jars."-L. \. W. Bulletin.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-01-21

Bad, Worse, Worst Sprain. Good, Better,
Best Remedy-St. Jacobs Oil.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-01-21
FEMININE DAIRY WISDOM.

Much Of the profit during the winter
depends upon the comfortable quar-
tiers given the ows
Be sure to let the sunshine in the
Istable-it is sure death TO many dis
ease germs, particularly germs of tu-
lberculosis.
If possible, arrange TO have water in
the stable. so COWS can drink when
ever they wish. 1t pays, l know it,
Tor | have tried both ways.
Regular habits. fixed places and
dimes for milking and regular feeding
NTH an occasional change of diet. will
10 a great deal to keep your product
constant and even.
Invest in some boards and shingles
nd put the stable in livable condi-
lion. Col. Curtis said: 1T was cheaper
raise the temperature of the cow
IAN that Of the barnyard."
In every dairy barn there should be y
hail room where the mixers can
! lsh their hands before milking, and
! 18th n pail n sponge at hand the nd
t.Irs of the COWS can be washed il
by have become soiled. Without per-
- kt cleanliness there can be no good
itter.-Dororhy Tucker, in Farm
Hrnal.
mel Bad Roads Have Bad Effects.
of the population of the
states is concentrated il the
hr1es, and the country districts are be-
lie idesarted in proportion 10 their lack
for easy and cheap mean
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-01-21
Fl MARKETS.

New York. Jan. il. 1899.
CATTLt-Native SteerS...S 1 10 a . %
tD1TbN-Middling 5000. go. a 5
FI.DCR-Winter Wheat.... > a ! Gu
The Worcester spy., 1899-02-01
BRINGING Il u. TIE DEAD

1t is a sad and memorable mission IN
winch the transport Roumanian sails
from New York, tomorrow. 1t is also
an undertaking Of no small proportions
to bring back even the Massachusetts
dead from Cuba and Porto Rico. How
many bodies are to be taken from their
resting place in what was till lately
alien soil and brought north, is actual
ly unknown. The Worcester men who
went to New York, last night, to ioin
the expedition, know of four Second
regiment soldiers and three Worcester
regulars buried at Santiago, but this is
not the whole tale.
The expedition is charged with tba
duty of bringing home all American
soldiers who died in the Spanish COL
onies. In Porto Rico at Santiago and
Havana and elsewhere the Roumanian
will collect its mournful cargo. At
Havana, the bodies of those twho nar-
fshed with the Maine will be taken
aboard, and when the ship's PROV is
turned homewardS, there will be hun-
dreds Of caskets in her hold. Consid-
ering the sailors traditional sunersti-
tion, this is indeed a gruesome freight
The government furnishes transnorta-
tion and delivers the bodies wherever
the relatives of the dead may desire
The local committees who go down
pay the ship steward s1.5O a day for
board
There are certain obvious difficulties
in the execution of this commission. NOT
the least of which will probably be
the imperfect army records, for these
records were very carelessly kept. The
graves of the unknown can hardly he
few Then there is the question NJ
identification, the inevitable confusion
and chance for mistakes 1t is in order
to satisfy the relatives that the several
local committees are allowed to tale
passage on the Roumanian. It is IN
be expected Jhat the graves of some of
the known dead will not be identified
and others of the dead will be name
less, Il is fact. also, that now and
then, relatives object to the return of
the bodies. preferring that these shall
remain in their soldier graves But in
all cases, the government insists upon
returning them, and IL relatives prefer.
their own dead may be buried in the
national cemetery, along with the un-
known. Fortunately the graves of the
Worcester men, have been marked, 10
far as is now known.
The Worcester spy., 1899-02-01
JUDICIARY.

Capt. Hiram Williamson of the Mas
sachusetts State Firemen's Association,
who lives in Worcester, was before the
Joint judiciary committee on the petit
ton of that body to provide for an al
lowance to families of certain persons
not f1remen, but who are killed or ia
tally injured while doing fire duty.
He explained that the law of 1894 pro-
vides for firemen, but does not cover
the case of members of protective de-
partmentS or private citizens who are
liable any time to be called upon to do
fire duty. Many small towns have no
organized fire departments.
Supt. Samuel Abbott, Jr. of the Bos-
ton Protective department explained
that the act of 1894 provides for the
payment of $1,000 to families of firemen
killed in performance of duty. The
money comes from the two per cent tax
on fire insurance companies. Boston and
worcester have protective departments.
They are liable to the same duty as
hremen and are already entitled to a
share of the $40 900 relief fund annually
given the Relief Association. In the is
years he has been superintendent of
the department, but one member has
been killed President E. E. Partridge
OF the department favored the bill.
The hearing then closed
The Worcester spy., 1899-02-01
Vote on Gypsy Moth
Appropriation.
A BARE MAJORITY.
Bigger Fight Expected on
the Regular Bill.
Especial Dispatch to The spyl

NopeCldl DlSpdlcn 10 Inc Spy.)
Boston. Jan. S1.-By a bare majority
of three votes. the House, after long
debate. this afternoon. passed the gypsy
moth emergency appropriation, the vote
on engrossruent being So to 81.
All the familiar arguments were gone
over. much to the edifcation of the
occupants Of the galleries, which were
unusually we'll filled, a large number
Of employees of the gypsy moth COM
mission being present.
There will be another fight on the
regular appropriation of 100000 when
it comes up.
The flood of new business reached
high tide today, it being the last that
such can be introduced All day the
clerk and assistant clerks were busy
and it will be fully day before all
the papers filed can be docketed.
For the balance of the week they will
be busy as bees, and the new business
will not all be read and assigned until
Friday
The Worcester county members will
banquet at the United States Hotel to-
morrow afternoon at o'clock. that
hour being chosen so as to allow the
members to get home as early as posi-.
bic. Senator Fairbank of Warren will
preside, and good fellowship, irrespect.
i've of politics, is anticipated.
The Worcester spy., 1899-02-01
Denholm g. McKav Co.

generous dispositions and without finding
out that they had made lire-long friends.
But Miss Burnside and her sister have
mas been returned.
What privilege it must have been to
nave occupied stall in their stables and
been petted by theml
They always have had a dog of cboica
preed in their home. He never has had to
content himself, however with the crumbs
Sia Enlcn nave fallen from his mistresses' ta-
PIE, but, often sitting with them in a
chair, he has always been fully fed ter
derly cared for and fondled,
How many children there are who would
nave nay e, neen pee only too happy to have filled
the place of dog in their family!
ILhey nave been very public spirited, too.
~ never did for an impertinent driver to
crfnat crgat a morse p in anger. while. trying TO
was always entreated to be gentie-re-
monstrated with If necessary. Even a
poaHiceman was sent, for when needed
dlstributed by these ladies in their desire
| 10 lnduee Kind treatment of animals
MISS Burnside and her sister Inherited
enet1, enetr Iather,s love of knowledge and lit
efature. They We're fond of learning and
OF enloyIng nature by means Of travel and
by dwelling for few weeks at a time IN
beautiful scenes. Al
:. They had good library and they used
II. Ihey have always been Interested in
new intellectual developments and in new
bb99ks' ba1s IND In different languages. still they
nave clung with particular affection n
old English authors, and their convarseo
tion has often been enIivened Nv az u go, 80
Latin quotation -' "p'
Their enthusiasm respecting music has
otS oeSsn rsmasrkable. Neither lameness nor
other lndisposition has been allowed n
stand IN the way Of its enjoyment. The
musical festival always found them, II
possible. in their places They were us
patrons, and opened their house for the
Inospitable entertainment of artists and
their friends. A season of opera in Ros1
don mas found them at hotel in that citv
It is painful for Miss Elizabeth R,,rr.
sloe friends to part with her; they viii
aiWTays carry sweet memories Of her.
:, To her dearly beloved sister in her lo,o
liness, they extend to her their nrofo,,rd 1
sympathy. and express for her their sin.
4 happiness. alu
The Worcester spy., 1899-02-01
CALLS 1T BLAsPHeMY.

To the Editor of The Spy;
have just read in the Monday nlorR-
ing Spy the notice of sermon by one
of the Worcester pastors, in which a
gift of one hundred dollars from
friend for a trip to Florida, is claimed
as an answer to prayer for the recovery
of valuables taken by burglars.
BY way Of contrast, the incident re-
calls story of few years ago. A
fanatical fellow Cif / may be judge) one
evening attended the prayer meeting in
one of the churches. He took .an ear
~ opportunity to speak, and had much
TO say OF the wonderful way in which
the Lord had led him. He told of
losing a knife, and on praying for its
recovery. Presto! the knife was before
hlm. 'Hold!' interrupted the pastor.
we nave had enough of that non
sense. The Lord does not spend his
Tune in hunting up lost jack knives!"
But let me add, it is just as reason
able to believe that the Lord hunts up
Jack knives for us as jewelry and the
contents Of pocketbooks.
! wish further to add my conviction
that so long as there are honest men
out of work, and SC long as there are
oVerworked wives and mothers denied
the vacations they so sorely need, for
a glft Of money from friend that he
may make trip te Florida is an an
ssWer to prayer, is to make an accusa-
lion against God is simply and en-
phaticahy blasphemy.
Yours truly,
e T.. B. Haskell.
southbrldge, Jan 81 1899.
The Worcester spy., 1899-02-01
TO CHANGE LOCATION.

Mcmahon & Scannell, saloon keepers
at l5 Millbury street contemplate ask
ing the license commission to give
them transfer to Is Summer street
They applied at the Office of the license
commission at city hall yesterday for
a transfer blank. The members of the
firm say they are not doing business
enough at their present location to com
pensate them for the fee they paid the
city The reason is that there are too
many saloons in that locality, and all
Of them were established before they
located there. The established saloons
keep their trade and leave the new ones
no chance to got In.
The Worcester spy., 1899-02-01
THE HOUSE,

In the House, Mr.. Green of Boston
oilereu a Dill for assessment of abutters
Tor watering streets in cities; Mr.. 7 p
Mccarthy, of Boston, one to autborize
cities to establish death benefits ars
retirement funds for employees; Mr.
Dumond OF Boston, permitting the dis.
tribution of cards bearing the names
Oh candidates and delegates at caucuses
In the polling places; Mr.. Kane of Ros-
ton' repeating the habitual criminal
act.
~, eetltlons: or John c. Kennedy. that
Sne sne pSensIty Sa siy Tor Keeping an unlicensed
tee OF Fall River, that powers of ~
htical committees be more cleariv
The Worcester spy., 1899-02-01

Colby University, which never was a
university in fact, has petitioned the
Maine legislature for permission to
change its name to Colby College. The
institution has always done and is do
ing good work, but it is a small college,
having 10 instructors and 22O students.
and the new name will be much more
suitable than the old.
The Worcester spy., 1899-02-01

Senator Gray fought Philippine an
nexation vigorously and persistently
enough while he was a member of the
Paris commission. Since the signing and
the homecoming, his course has wob-
bled conspicuously. What should have
SO changed his views of the infquity of
the expansion policy?
The Worcester spy., 1899-02-01

The Bank of Spain threatens to de.
velop into scandal Of the first mag
nitude at Havana. Considering that il
both farmed the revenues and loaned
money to the city, 1t stands in the
double role Of debtor and creditor OF
the government. 1t was the general
financial revenue agent, and when its
books mysteriously disappear and its
president refuses to testify before the
American commission, there is every
promise that the Banco Espanol would
be a fertile field to Lexow. Put the
rascals through.
The Worcester spy., 1899-02-01

For the most part, the Boston papers
minded their own business with COM
mendable diligence, regarding their con-
temporarys little $500 unpleasantness in
court. No doubt there is a kind of fell
low feeling in certain quarters. Coinci-
dently, be it noted a bill has been pre-
sented in the legislature for the relief
of unfortunate editors.
The Worcester spy., 1899-02-01

Pension Commissioner Evans of
Washington seems to have put Pen
sion Commissioner Parsons of Boston
on the defensive. If there is not an
official investigation, neither party will
get what he processes most to desire.
The Worcester spy., 1899-02-01

Mr.. Addicks knows the lubricatino
quality of good dinner with cham.
pagne' but he added theatre party tc
the attractions when he took the Della
ware republican members of the legis-
lature to Philadelphia to discuss GER
tain Weighty matters of state. Della
ware is a small bailiwick, but a sen.
atorship is about as costly there as any,
where.
The Worcester spy., 1899-02-01

Attention is called to the fact that
David B. Hill is about the only "states-
man out of job who has made no
oEer to the public of his views on the
question OF territorial expansion. This
need not excite surprise, as there has
been frequent occasion to observe that
Mr.. Hill does not talk unless he has
something to say. 1t is a lesson he
learned during his brief tour as a lee
turer.
The Worcester spy., 1899-02-01

Mr. Scates, one of HaverhilPs social
lst members Of the legislature, has a
bill ito permit operative employees to
leave their work for interviews with
persons who wish to see them" The
walking delegates will owe Mr. Scates
a debt of gratitude if he can persuade
the legislature to adopt this bill. 1t
would save them much personal dis
comfort, annoyance and humiliation. TO
say nothing Of giving them a handy
weapon for use against unaccommo-
dating employers.
The Worcester spy., 1899-02-01

The office now held by Hosea NJ.
knowlton will not go begging" remarks
the Springfield Republican. Certainly
not. If Worcester does not want the
attorney generals office. Lowell does.
Perhaps even Worcester has not put in
her last bid.
The Worcester spy., 1899-02-01

The Wisconsin deadlock is broken.
and one more senator is added to the
republican majority in the upper house
at Washington. For so much let US be
grateful-at least till we know better
the nature of Mr.. Quarles' republi-
canism.
The Worcester spy., 1899-02-01

This has been called railroad legis-
lature, but it looks as if the wicked
railroads We're in need Of friends, when
it is proposed to reduce fares to the rate
OF one cent mile. And that is not all
that friends of the people" are seeking,
either.
The Worcester spy., 1899-02-01

No doubt it is a laborious task to
write the life of Gladstone, and no
doubt John Morley is the right man for
the task Still, $4,000 cannot be consid-
cred small pay, even though the work
involves something more than the writ
ing of an obituary.
The Worcester spy., 1899-02-01

II the reports lately printed in a New
York newspaper, directly charging a
member of the war investigating com
mission with assisting the agents Of
the Chicago meat packers, in an en-
deavor to discredit the testimony Of
witnesses and establish the excellence
or the meat supplied to the army are
untrue, there is first rate ground for a
libel suit of large dimensions. To he
sure, the charges would be of more
significance if they came from some
other source, but nevertheless. the ev-
ldence purports to be explicit and cir
cumstantial, even to the reproduction
OF telegrams in fac-s,-ni.e and without
doubt has obtained vide publicity. and
very likely it has h2en received with
credence. The person or persons IL
beled might therefore reasonably con-
tend that his or their reputation had
been actually damaged. Furthermore
II there exists a conspiracy to traduce
the honor of the board and minimize
the influence Of its report, it is for the
advantage of the board and the good
of the country that the public should
know it.
The Worcester spy., 1899-02-01

Now Mr.. Mellen and the others may
have a chance to hear what the Iegis-
lature thinks of a trunk line sewer from
worcester to the sea. Perhaps it is
worth s25,o0o to obtain the information,
but the prospect is not over encourage
ing,
The Worcester spy., 1899-02-01

Secretary Alger's sudden visit to
Cambridge to see his invalid son, Capt.
Alger, who is luxuriously housed in
Beck Hall, one of the most elegant of
the private dormitories at Harvard,
must have departed with a variety of
conflicting emotions. The newspapers
treated him civilly in their interviews
but lambasted him in caricature
The Worcester spy., 1899-02-01

Substantially, the same syndicate
that bought the Havana street rail-
way system has now got control of the
sagua railroad, which runs through a
rich sugar district of Santa Clara prov
ince, in Cuba. New York, Canadian
French and English capitalists are rep
resented as interested. The purpose is
said TO be general union of railroads
The Worcester spy., 1899-02-01

throughout the island. making one of
the strongest combinations of capital
in the province. The rapidity with
which the consolidation or trust"
principle has been applied in Cuba is
one of the most striking incidents since
the cessation of hostilities
The Worcester spy., 1899-02-01
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The Worcester spy., 1899-02-01
WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 1, 1899.

Whatever may be done in other Mas
sachusetts cities, the police think they
can prevent boxing matches in Bos-
ton. They even shut off the show in a
variety theatre.
The Worcester spy., 1899-02-01

a bill has been introduced into the
New York legislature providing that
within three months from the date of
passage, every elevator in the state
snail be enclosed by walls of brick, iron
or stone, and that staircase of one of
these materials shall be built around
each elevator. No doubt the man who
drafted this bill meant we'll. but the
execution of such law would involve
the practical reconstruction of a great
many high buildings, and in many
cases there would be no Improvement
IN point of safety. The measure under
taxes too much or too little. Build
lngs should be so constructed as to
make it impossible for the elevator
shafts to become roaring chimneys
with walls at white heat, or the stair
ways should be at safe distance from
the shafts. 1t would be folly to bring
the two means of escape together ex-
cept in buildings so constructed as to
make the control of fire a comparative
ly easy'matter.
The Worcester spy., 1899-02-01
FOR HOSPITAL,
City Received $1,000 from Estate ot
Lewis Barnard.

Lewis Barnard.
city Treasurer Fred w. White re.
ceived yesterday check for $1,000 from
Mary F. Barnard, executrix OF the will,
OF her father Lewis Barnard. Accom-.
panying the check was note which
stated that she sent it in accordance
with the sixth clause of the will in
which Mr.. Barnard left a beuuest OF
$1,000 for the city hospital
The Worcester spy., 1899-02-01

Secretary Long AYERS that ex-Minfster
Woodford is mistaken when he saws
that the United States had not powder
and shot enough to provide the navy
ana coast defenses with two rounds of
ammunition, three days after the Maine
was blown up. Whatever may have been
true of the Notifications, the secretarv
brings testimony to show that not a
snip IN the navy had less than the regu-
lation requirement of forty or fiftv
rounds, according to the calibre of the
guns. A month before the Maine disas-
ter the navy department found that its
reserve OF powder had run low, but it
was promptly replenished, SO that bv
rep. l5' the navy had 100000 pounds in
reserve. and more was constantly accu-
mulating. Deweys ships used I'm about
a third of their allowance in the battle
of Manila bay. That is what the navv
was DONG, but Secretary Alger testifes
that he had no thought of war and
therefore no preparations whatever
were made in the war department.