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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-29
BICYCLES ABROAD,
One Comes Across Persons iwheelfn
Odd Corners of the
Earth.

One comes across bicycles in the odd
est corners. Take Persia. the alleged
land of gaZelle-cyed damsels and limpid
streams and rose bowers. There,
around the city of Teheran, may be
seen EngliShmen and English girls hav-
ing a %jaunt, just as you might see them
en- the Portsmouth road. When the BIZ
cycle was first introduced into Persia,
the late shah, Nasr-i-Din. while u rid
ing n day, met a traveller on q bicycle.
He was immensely amused and insisted
on having 4 race. Then he borrowed
the bicycle and had it taken to the pal
ace. He insisted that his ministers Of
state should ride. 1t was more than the
head of n grand vizier was worth to re-
fuse, so the poor ministers jumped on
and fell off. tried again and then came
| troopers, and altogether were obliged
to supply his majesty with half an
hours amusement. The Persian dearly
loves this sort of uncomfortable prac-
teal joke.
Says 4 writer: 81 had an experience
myself at Ispahan. in central Persia,
! with Zii-i-Sultan. brother of the present
shah. | was spending an afternoon at
the palace, and the prince. whose in
clinations are chiefly military, asked
me a lot of questions about the useful
ness of bicycles in warfare. Unfor-
tuuately, my knowledge of warfare was
a minimum quantity. and | could only
speak generalities. In the grounds of
the palace | rode up and down. just to
give his highnesS an idea of how easy
bicycling WAS. Then he asked me to
ride down Il particular path as fast as l
could. didn't see the CLEAN in his eve
as 1 set OF. | was going at Il tolerably
swift speed. when. to my horror, |
spied Il wail-like drop in front of me. I
Was oil the machine in Il trice. and just
saved both neck and bicycle from stimuli
tancouS breakage. Turning round, |
saw the prince bent double. crimson
faced and nearing apopleNy from laugh
ter. | do really believe he would have
enjoyed Il smash-up. Since then | have
sometimes thought that if only | had
broken my skull he might have deco
rated me with the Order of the Lion and
the sun.
"Burmah is n country You conceive
to be chiefly made up of thick jungle
and %pagodas. Yet there is plenty OF cy-
cling in the land of the LCrd White Etc-
plant. There IS Il good little club at
Isangoon. and it has runs round the
lakes and occasionally up to Pegu,
some 81 miles away. I'll always re-
member my surprise when | reached
Mandalay after a sloppy journey along
the jungle paths. | was Il little eager
to see this famous city. Suddenly the
rough road changed Il a good level
macadam; there were cabs rafting to
the station, and there was a pretty
checked English girl. in blouse and
straw hat, on her bicycle. 1t seemed
strange 10 find Il girl cycling away in
that corner of the world. And vet there
are many English cyclists in Man
dalay.-Chica"o Evening News.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-29
SCHOOL. AND CHURCH

Of $4,000 children in Edinburgh
schools 10000 are connected with Bands
Of Hope.
The graduating class at Yale has
voted strongly in favor of compulsory
attendance at chapel.
Trenton On. j. Methodist ministers
have inaugurated a crusade against
Sunday ice cream and soda water.
BY the system of combining weak
schools and conveying the pupils to .
central school, one town in Iowa Is
saving S4s6 a year for each discontinued
school.
The vogue in the west of Greek letter
college fraternities is shown by the
fact that at the University of Mime
sofa alone there are chapters of 25 fra
ternities. Eight of these societies oc-
cupy handsome clubhouses of their
own.
y church society in Islington, Lon
don, has established n public laundry,
where any poor woman is supplied with
soap and every convenience for &C
complishing a big wash, at a cost of
five cents. The clothes are dried quick
ly by steam.
Some German cities are considering
the question of appointing physicians
to have charge of the health of school
children. In Charlottenburg. a suburb
of Berlin, five have already been ap-
pointed, each having in charge from
1880 to 1000 children.
The largest Sunday school in Lon
don, numbering about 1000 scholars, is
connected with the Tower Hannlets
mission, Mile End road. At a recent
anniversary celebration +. n. Charring-
ton, the superintendent, entertained
about 1000 members at tea.
In connection with his church work
a pastor in Leavenworth, Kan., has or
ganiZed a peoples evening college,
which has n faculty of ten professors.
There are classes in German. Spanish,
shorthand, music. telegraphy. book
keeping and arithmetic. About sixty
students are in attendance.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-29
WOES OF -STENCGRAPHERS.


This is the time of veal when our
troubles begin and when we have TO do
some hard thinking in order To lessen
them remarked a young woman
steuographer i'll 4 large office, where
more than Il dozen young women who
play" the typewriter and draw Grow
tracks" in notebooks are employed.
She added:
1t is the hardest thing in the world
for us to find substitutes to do our
work while we are on Il vacation. 1t
isn't because there are not plenty of
women who are willing and anxious
to relieve us. Why, Il two-line 'ad.' liz
any paper would bring applicants
enough to fill each of cur places twice
over. but"
"Wouhln't they be likely to prove
satiSfaCtOry?" inquired Il listener.
"Oh. YES was the reply, IF they at
tended to business. If the sub is up
TO the mark in skill and looks after her
auties, all goes well, but four times out
of five such is not the ease. We select
our substitute and spend a couple of
days showing her how things should be
done. and then go away with a con-
tented mind. Before the end Of the
first week we hear all sorts of diScour-
aging reports from the office. The new
girl has been sick half of the time and
correspondence has had To lie over: or
the work has been harder than she eX-
pected. and she has asked to be relieved
of part of it until she became acQuaint-
ed with the routine.
If" continued the Young woman,
''she is punctual and willing to work,
it is not unusual to find that her serv-
ices are of little or no value. She per-
sists in spelling words with one when
two are needed, puts small letters
where there should be capitals. and
never makes more than one paragraph
to the page. OF course this state of
things makes it bad for the regular OPP
orator indirectly. If. for example. the
operator that relieves me for two or
three weeks this summer proves to BE-
q plug the chances are that next wear
| shall have to spend half the summer
looking for a competent relief or else
be deprived of Il holiday altogether
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-29
SWEETHEART,

Sweetheart, it's almost time for leaving,
here's a greeting and goodbye:
Inc deep sea pillows roar toward us and
We hear the sea-bird cry:
And tonight we board the transports lying
ready at the quay,
And I'm filed with dire forebodings and
with thoughts of yesterday.
Yesterdays hold all my treasures. all my
thoughts of home AID you:
we nave risked loves consummation for
a suit of army blue.
Drear to-morrows promise battles in a far
off alien land:
May God grant your soldier lover to come
back and claim your hand.
Last night in my army blanket I lay dream
ing meath the stars,
And / dreamed of my homecoming. my re-
turn from foreign wars:
And methought all worn and ragged, trav-
el-stained and battle-torn.
That sought you. little sweetheart, that
sought. ard found you gone.
On from town to town | wandered, seeking
for You far and near.
Just a tramp, OUtcaSt, forSakeE-hoW l
hunGered for you. dear:
And at last L found you, sweetheart, hid
den in a little town.
Where | stopped all sad and weary, too
hcartbroken to 60 On.
AL the town was wreathed with flowers.
pluckcd for decking soldiers graves.
And sought you. little sweetheart, mid
the tombs Of martyrci braves:
Sought you. but l did not find YOU, and.
o'c-c1ne with dark despair,
] stumbled to the little chapel, and sank
~fainting on the stair.
Suddenly a dainty football smOte upon my
listening ear.
And | recognized the echo, sprang erect
and saw YOU. dear
Both your hands OutStretchcd to greet me,
in your eyes traEsccCient bliss,
On your lips a smile Of welcome as they
met my clingins kiss.
With your little hand in mine. dear, with
my arm about your waist.
Forth We wandered thro' the twilight.
heart to heart, and face To face.
But twas all a dream phantasm; l have
first to face the foe.
And tonight l board tn" transport and the
morrow sees II" so.
What tn" future holds know We nOt-in
the farrell Philippines
When | wrap my blanke- round me, you'll
be with me in my dreams:
And yOuIl be my inspiration, and III wear
the army blue.
So that. when the war is ended. III be wOr-
thy, dear, Of you.
J. ". LEWIS.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-29
WON OVER BY A M
Her Gentle But Determined Words
Changed the Course Of a
Railroad Line.

The engineer who lays out a railroad
di>likrS To move Il stake when il has
once been driven.
Once. whenthe present chief engineer
of Il western railroad was locating 4
line in Missouri he was asked TO change
the stakes and refused. After the
stakes had been set, a young. unshaved
man appeared and asked that the road
be moved over a bit
The read cannot be changed
promptly returned the engineer. this
is the best place for it,
The man went into the house. got a
rifle. came ont. and pulled up the
ed toward him, bur was intercepted by
an elderly mn
Cant you nov your road over a lit
lie piece. mister" She asked.
Il don't see why / should" responded
the engineer. My business is to locate
the line, and YOU can call on the com
pamy for damages. What does that
younw b~!ackguard mean ny sitting
Their" ON Il stump with a gum" he an
grily demanded.
That's Nip-hc amt no blackguard.
That's Nip. my SON."
We'll. I'll nip him if he gets funny"
oh. no. you won't. | amt afraid -
that" said the III What come
.oycr me when | seen You starting for
Nip wa that p'r'aps you had a mother,
nd how bad she'd feel TO have you
come home that way
What way"
We'll. if u persist in driving them
stakes there, you'll go home dead"
Look here. do You think I'm to be
biufIcd by that r%utfian:."
Nip amt no rut'ian." said the wom-
an. You see. we've always lived here
Nip was born here-an' when The
grurillas come an called ont paw AN
shot him, we buried him .iist whar lie
fell. an we've always kept it as a rescr-
vation. an Nip he's determined you
Shan't disturb it. that's all"
Then You don't object TO the rail
road:"
Lord o mercy. no. We want the
road. but we don't want you to disturb
paws grave
Come" said the engineer. lets &C
and see Nip"
When they had rome up to the stump.
the big engineer held ont his hand. Nip
took it. but kept his eyes on the
stranger.
Here it is" said the woman. touch
ing Il low stone lightly with her foot.
Il see" said the engineer. we can
miss that easily enough"
He moved a mile of road. From that
day forward until the road was finished.
and long after. The widows home was
tho stopping place for the engineer
Railroad.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-29
HEALTH NOTES.
What to Do for Nettle Rash, In
sect Stings and CutaRe-
Gus EruptiOns.

Some people are very subject to net
tie rash, and it will suddenly appear or
them when they are overheated or even
when excited. 1t often locates itself
between the shoulders and below the
napc of the neck and become very an
moving. The heat, itching and sting
ing sensations may be relieved by bath
ing the affected part with boraX and
water, or soda or lime water.
Ncttle rash is generally indicative of
nervous weakness and gastric disorder.
Weakly people who are subject TO this
disorder find that fright or sudden eX-
ertiOn will bring it on mom~entarily;
so will Il fit of indigestion. Simple diet,
Il quiet life, regular habits. bathing,
plenty of sunshine and fresh air are
necessities toward Il cure.
In ordinary eases of nettle rash some
error i'll diet causes the attack. y sooth-
ing remedy that helps some people is
composed of IL part carbolic acid to 80
parts of water with a little glycerine.
The cause of nettle rash, hives, or ur-
ticaria must be discovered and removed:
II NbAI'S u''oiNihS " III SuoJ''t hhu
the condition of the subject, and pre-
walls more in warm weather than in
cold.
The stings of mosquitoes affect diff
ferent people in different ways. Equal
parts of baking sod and comma salt
dissolved in warm water and well
rubbed in relieve the annoyance and
pain caused by insects bites or stings.
The eruption caused by contact with
poison may be cured by painting over
the part with fresh lime-water; or by
rubbing wet salt over the part; or by
bothing the parts freely with spirit of
inter. If the blisters caused by the
ivy are broken. one application Of inter
is generally quite sufficient.-Ladies'
World.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-29
Gowns for Young Girls,

For girls of from IA to 16 the flow
cred organdies are the daintiest and
most attractive things that can be
worn. These need not of necessity be
very expensive, for there is Il wonder
full range of designs in the cheaper
materials. 1t is best o TO make them
in too elaborate a fashion, although
they do require considerable lace and
ribbon. \ very attractive little frock
just finished is of pink organdie flow
cred with deeper pink. 1t is made up
over a lawn skirt, the skirt of the frock
itself being gored and trimmed with
bands of insertion and one ruffie edged
with narrow lace. The body of the waist
is full at the back. but the f~ullness is
drawn down under the belt. In front
it is full tibet fullneSs shirred in on the
shoulders, and is trimmed with inser-
ton, and on the other side of the in
sertion is 4 little edge of the same lace.
This little edging on either side of the
insertion gives a much softer look than
when the ordinary entre-deux is used.
The sleeves are small, but have some
fullness at the top, and are strapped
with bands of the insertion, with the
little edging on either side, the whole
way from the shoulder to the wrist
Uarper's Bazaar.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-29
Slept Four Hours a Day.

Alexander Won humboldt. the great
German philosopher and traveller.
rarely spent more than four hours in
bed, and. On the testimony OF Sir James
Sawyer. was frequently content with
two hours: and Littre. who lived to he
81. thought that to spend more than
five hours Il day in bed was shameful
Self-indulgerce. Although his inyaria-
bic hour Of rising was 5 o'clock. he
scarcely ever left his desk until 3 in
the morning. or until sunrise warned
him that a new day mad dawned. Many
of England'S greatest men have scorned
the delights of bed while living "labori-
Gus days" Brunei. the great engineer.
who lived To be 81. rarely spent more
than four hours in bed at any tine
of his crowded life: and Sir William
.Arrol. the engineer of lay and Forth
bridges, and the Brunei of our day.
rises earlier than\any of his employees.
and will frequently crowd 20 hours
work into II day d1ring the progress
OF his great enterprises.-London Mail.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-29

Il don't believe in girls a-dressin' in
stiff clothes durin' the hot weather."
said the adiposc elderly lady with the
large diamond earrings and finger
rings, at the boardi2g-hOuse breakfast
table the other morning. Il make my
two daughters dress in negligent cos
tunes all summer, no matter where
they're a-goin'."
NAV" said her daughters, warm
ingly. from the other side of the table;
and the fox terrier pup turned a fit out
in the basement misunderstanding
ton Post.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-29
THE BEAR AND X
* THE REPORTER.
ut HI funniest bear hunt | ever had
By Everett Mcneil.

1T HE funniest Dear hunt | ever had
took place nigh ~ years ago"
said the old hunter. as he poked Il fresh
bowlful of tobacco down into his pipe
with his finger. and resumed his smok-
ing and his story telling. I'm them
days these mountains an valleys We're
covered with Il heavy growth of timber
an full of bears an wolves an wild cats.
an such like critters with long CLAWS
an sharp teeth. | lived over on Dog
mountain. just across Il fras valley
from here. in as mug q little log cabin
as YOU would want TO see. an used 10
earn more'n enough to keep me in to-
bacco an powder am balls guiding 1he
hunters. who came up from New York
an Bostin 10 kill bear an deer. But
they weren't no real hunters, leastwiSe
not many of them; an if they got Il
bear or deer it was usually my old rifle
what killed it. Eut | suspect they
didn't tell it that way when they got
back to the city. IN as they always paid
me well | kept mum. But that amt
my story.
'H~ ANN - 4 '"' III :" 49, NO'
of the door of my house. shaving the fat
off Il bcar skin, | heard some Il ycllin'
down in the woods.
Hello. there the yell said.
".lIello, YOURSELF l shouted back.
"'Come down to the road. I've got 4
guest for your hotel an then | knOwed
il was old Dave Utter. who sometimes
.Ir,Y-n fl,a hnptnrS nm IN " l. plDrp from
Cats Eve Mills. nine miles down the
valley. lie couldn't come no nearer to
the house because of the trees an the
rocks, SO he yelled.
Il went down to the road to see what
Dave had brought me.
Heres a Teller that's after bear.
Can You take hirl?' Dave shouted, the
moment he caught sight of me.
81 reckon. Let him jump out with
tiS vaiuablcs.
The man was a tall, thin specimen
o. a city chap. with an uncommon large
mouth an Il long. thin nose, a-lookin
up between w high cheek bones. He
Narn't old. not more'n - at the most.
Are you Luke Jones, the bear
hunter?' he asked. Iookin' at me.
"'That's my name l answered, an
] hunt bears
Can you find a bear for me to kill?.'
81 reckon.
".All right. Help me with my traps
up to your place
lie had IA great hand bag weighing
about a ton, containing am'nition
enough to kill all the bears in the state
of Pennsylvania, an the first magazine
rifle | ever saw. y big horse pistol an
n long knife were stuck in 1 long belt
around his middle. Sure, an he was
loaded for bear.
Within ten minutes he had told me.
cunfidentially, that he was a reporter on
a big New York daily, an had run up
Just to kill a bear, so as to tell his
readers exactly how it was done. soon
discovered that he knew more about
bears in one mint than / had learned
in all my trampin' up an down the
woods. Leastwise he thought he did.
an l don't care, for it gave him a whole
lot of satisfaction, an l knowed that
was a-comin an l Il in
mind .he identical old she bear l would
turn him loose on.
THAT night, after turnin' in. he
cleaned his rifle at least a dozen times,
pud every time he told me lust how he
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-29
Badly Out of Gear.

Mrs. Novice-1 would so love to go
with you for a spin, but I just SEM my
wheel to be repaired. You see the
hanger crank got out of order and
something got the matter with the
racket wheel. so that the chainless ends
kept catching on the paddles or what
ever YOU might call them. Isn't it pro-
voking?-Chicago Chronicle.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-29
Test of

Gladys-I am afraid you aren't a
pretty as nurse.
Mamma-What makes You think sof
"We've been walking in the park q
whole hour and not a single policeman
has kissed you.-Boston Traveller.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-29

Longchump-Did she give any reason
for refusing you?
Hardit-Reason? No, that's the
woman Of it. Simply said she didn't
love me.-Philadelphia North Ameri.
can.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-29
To Pick the Winner.

The only sure way to pick a win
ner is by his hilarity after the race
Chicago Daily News.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-09-17
HON / WOULD BEGIN
Should England and the
TranSvaal Go to War.
PEACE ELEMENT ACTIVE
Queens Shilling" CircuIat-
ing at a Lively Rate.

Copyright, 1899, by the Associated Press.)
London. Sept. 16.-Speculation regarding
the events that would Immediately precede
and follow hosdaties with the Transvaal
continues to occupy public attention. 1t
appears that no declaration of war iss
necessary. The process, according TO good
authority would be a proclamation by the
British high commissioner, Sir Alfred Mil
ner, stating that the convention Of Lon
don is annulled and that Queen Victoria
has resumed the government Of the coun-
try known as the South African Republic.
The general commanding the British ex-
peditionary forces would the nbe instruct
ed to occupy the Transvaal nd hold it IN
til a fresh government is established
When the country is pacided commits
sion, doubtless representing all classes Of
the inhabitants of the Transvaal, would
be appointed TO draft a new constitution.
That all this is easier said than done is
quite palpable, even to the most enthusi-
astic EuglLshman. Estimates Of the
strength of Boesr widely diverge. Mr..
John Morley referred to them IS able 10
put an army of O,000 men in the field, while
the war office officials seem to think that
5000 is all they could muster. As mat
ter OF fact their strength entirely depends
upon the assistance they receive from the
Orange Free State and the natives, which
is impossible to gauge. The present at
mosphere of war has enormously stimula-
men surround the offices and daily large
patches take the queens shilling.
At the Manchester peace meeting last
night the Right Hon. Henry Courtney
liberal. formerly deputy speaker of the
house of commons, read letter received
from Herbert Spencer, protesting against
tn idea that the national honor would be
enhanced by attacking a weak nation, Ia
menting that age and ill-health prevent
him from aiding the peace movement, de-
claring it is undeniable that the Jameson
raid was an attempt to usurp the Trans
wall, nd asserting that what the Outland-
ers' bullets failed to do then they viii
hope to do by vote. Continuing, the letter
read: 1T is sad to see our government
backed by those whose avowed policy is
expansion, which, less politely expressed,
means aggression, and for~Ehich there is
p still less polite word which is readily
guessed"
Correspondents of leading London
papers start for South Africa today, in
GLIDING Messrs. Melton Prior, Stevens and
other well known newspaper men. Cen
eral Sir George Stewart White, V. c., for
mer quartermaster general, whose APP
pointment TO the Natal command was
gazetted last night, also sails today with
his staff
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-09-17
existence; that it has the
ability and integrity to prop
erly settle and adjust the
relations of capital and labor
in the interest of the people.
Spices at Romtg & Howard,s. 1o5-1t
SCHOOL OF ELOCUTlON
Program Commencement Exercises
y,ar nsI,

FROG m C0U1 IN nee meHC Exercises
September 2Ofh
The ninth annual commencement Of the
Western School of Elocution and Oratory
occurs at the chapel of the Friends uni
versity next Wednesday night, September
%. The following program has been ar
ranged:
Invocation .............. President Stanley
string Music ....................... Selected
Laura Sickner AIable Sickner, Miss
Brown, Miss Mcdaniel, Prof Lee,
Mr. Shields.
Recital-John Adams Plea for the
Declaration of Independence. Webster
Clarence Copeland.
Recital-The Chariot Race. Lew Wallace
Gail Sutton.
String Music ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Selected
Laura Sickner, Mable sickner, Miss
Brown, Miss Mcdaniel. Prof. Lee.
Mr.. Shields.
Recital-The Lifted Veil.......A Anonymous
Mamie SHEPARD
Recital-The Police Court (Aaadpted
................ Victor Hugo
Mrs. W. c. Beck.
Vocal Solo
Ca) MY Savior First of AIl' .sweeny
lb) my Little Boy Temple
Mrs. Byrd Shults-Ford.
Pantomirne- Sandalphon....... Longfellow
Gail Sutton, Mamie Shepard dn costume).
Presentation Of Diplomas ............
Principal of the School