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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-12-23
dec9n3i

FINAL. ~SETTLEMENT.-Notlce is
hereby given to all creditors and
others interested Is the estate of
William Vorweg, deceased, taat the I'M
dersiened administrator OF said estate
intends to make final settlement there
of at the next term of the Cape Cir
ardeau Court OF Common Pleas OF
Cape Girardeau county, TO be hello at
the court house in the city of Cape
Girardeau. Missouri, OIL Monday,
January 22nd, 1900.
E. W. FLENTGE,
dec9n34 Administrators
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-12-23

The Salvation Army has abandoned
Jefferson City as a field of operation.
Harry Edwards says this is a compli-
ment to the Jefferson City churches,
as they occupy the field SO completely
that there was no room for the Saliva
ton Army.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-12-23

Cape Girardeau business men, Cape
Girardeau christians and Cape Girar-
deau politicians are learning that Il
is policy to 'stsnd together.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-12-23

in Saline county democratic candi-
dates are already officially announc-
ing their ambitions in the newspapers.
Saline raises as fine a crop OF demo-
Gratis as the world affords, and its
crop of candidates never fails.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-12-23
Have You Had the Grips

If you have, you probably need
reliable medicine like Foley's Honey
and Tar to heal yourilungs and stop
the racking cough Incidental tosthis
disease.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-12-23

The killing OF Gen. Lawton will
give the Democrats in Congress
another opportunity to make spread
eagle speeches against retaining the
PHILIPPINES.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-12-23
in Gold

Would b considered II suasii Sum 10 Pay
for N absoluts cure for Itching Piisi,
Ec.ema,S Salt Rheum, letter, FinpIes,sr
other eruptive and irritating skia diseases
On. HxsaA,sC xsorp will positivslycars
. nose diseases or money refundsd-Physaci
AIS and hospitals uss Dr.. Hebra's Ungeid.
They say it sill cure 20 out Of 10oeasss.
rice 50 cents. Sample sufficient b etvs
re;ief, for 4cents in stamps.
THE G. .CDirTNER CO, TOLED0y0
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-12-23

The Jackson court house is not
what it ought to be for a rich county
like Cape Girardeau, but there are
lots of men who would like to hold
Office in that old rookery.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-12-23

Gabriel will blow his trumpet to
warn the people of the end OF time,
but the tax collector of Cape Girar-
deau county don't do things that way.
He sends the constable of Byrd town
snip to swoop down on the poor devils
without any warning.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-12-23

FINAL SETTLEMENT.-Notice IS
hereby given to all creditors And
others interested in the estate OF
Eliza A. Dunn. deceased, that the In-
dersigned administrator of said estate
intends to make final settlement these-
of at the next term OF the Cape Cir
ardeau Court of Common Pleas of
| Cane Girardeau county to be held at
the court house in the city of Cape
Girardeau. Missouri, on Monday.
January 22nd, 1900.
l.. C~ARUTHEES.
O Administrator.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-12-23
Rock on Diseases OF Horses.

Book on Diseases OF Horses.
Book on diseases of horses, cattle,
sheep, dogs, hogs and poultry mailed
free by addressing Humphreys Veter
mary Specifics, corner William &
: New York.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-12-23

We are not going to .'hush up"
any longer on those Jackson chaps
who make q specially of fighting
every enterprise that we have in Cape
Guardian. Cape Girardeau put the
fat on the ribs of a number OF those
Jackson kickers. and Cape Girardeau
will take that fat off.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-12-23

The Beers are fighting for princi-
ple-for rightEfor liberty against op.
preston, and all Christian nations
are in sympathy with them.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-12-23

Judge Connolly, of Bloomfield,
says he is not a candidate for Con-
gress-don't want the Office. The
Judge is a modest man.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-12-23

Gen. Lawton was killed by Filipino
sharp-shooters while leading his
army in battle in the Philippines Mon
day morning.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-12-23

ssseventy-seven.- t:I1.'J
"7I" is DR.. Humphreys famous
Specific for the cure ofGrip and Colds
andthe prevention of Pneum onia. All
nggists-25c.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-12-23

Glad Tidings TO Asthma SufIersrs'
Foley's Honey and Tar gives quick
and positive relief in all cases.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-12-23
All Colds ara Tainted.

All Colds T
All colds are tainted with Grip
when Grip prevails. "77"breaks up
Grin and Colds that chang on;" 2oc
all druggists.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-12-23

So far Congressman Vandiver has
failed to let the melodious music of
his voice be heard in the present con-
gress.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-12-23

Senate will antagonize the
,ancial bill by one of its own.
,wever. has the gold standard
and the differences are OF
Importance. 1t will be easy IT, to
20 the two branches on this
A wise monetary measure
even If it has to &c
in the conference eommittee
hahn question, that of putting
!. standard beyond the reach o.
President, should one
rcted, which is decidedly I'M
Eli Republicans are agreed
finance bill a few week.
the Presidents signatur'
ever be any more douo
quarter as to the me1a
be the basis OF America
nd values pemo
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-12-23
G. & SON,
DEALERS IN =
LUMBER
a. ALL KNEES,

White antfSeflow pine, poDfx1, cypress, oaa.
gum, walnut. ash and CHEEKY. Also foor.pS
and ceilins-al grades. Finishing lumber.
iaths. shingles, mouldings,. window and Goer
castings. Window and door rames all siJes
made to order on short notaae. Delivered cav.
where inside Of city limits
SPANISH ST, CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-07-14
Mechanical Pacing Assured.

1t was pointed ont on this page a
few weeks ago that in view of the i'm
practicability of man pacing by reason
OF its expense. motor pilots would nee
essarily be the feature of middle dis
tance racing this season. It was not
known then how seriously those most
interested in this branch of the game
had realized this and that they were
already building the motor machines to
spring the inevitable innovation in the
pacing game as soon as the season
opened.
The propositions the leading track
owners and promoters have received
from the middle distance men so far
for matches and record trials have all
embraced the promise of the pace fol-
lowers to provide their.own motor pac-.
ing machines. 1t has now become al
open secret that the leading manufac-
turing concern using this branch of the
racing game as its main advertisement
has motor pacing machines now in
course Of construction, which will be
ready to be put in the places of it's big
multicycles for all the middle distance
riding that may be permitted. These
added to the private petroleum outfits
already in tk.S country, make motor
pacing an assured thing this season.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-07-14

practice to follow in this country.
Sooner or later We must adopt the
metric system here, and then our en-
tke record slate must be wiped clean
and started fresh. Our tracks as now
constructed for fractions of mile
would have to be resurveyed and
marked for kilometers, and two sets
of timers would be required to time
such big races, but neither is difficult
proposition. Track owners and pro-
moters Of big paced events should take
enough interest in reaping worlds rec
ords and advertising their tracts and
meets to go to such extra trouble, and
racing men and their managers are
short-sighted in overlooking the i'm
portance of it. International rivalry i>
keen and the French and English
watch our times closely, as American
names fill large part of the worlds
record slate.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-07-14
SOUTH AFRICAN HORSES.
Their Endurance Is Remarkabie-sorry



Nags to Look At.
One of the first things that strike
the wanderer in the great eXpanseS OF
the southern hemisphere IS the
strength and endurance of the horses,
says South Africa. He notes that.
though to look at they are the sorrl-
est scrags he ever set eyes on, yet they
appear to be possessed OF a power ol
getting over the ground that IS llttle
1sort of miraculous, and so astonlsh-
ing n its persistence as to seem auto
matte. \ striking instance came un-
der my uotice only few days after
landing in Cape Town, in 1863. was
sitting one Saturday afternoon on the
stoop of Parks hotel which occupied
the corner of Adderley and Strand
streets, when a dust-covered horseman
stopped and dismounted. His horse
was taken to the stables, and in the
course of conversation in the bar l
learned that he was a member OF the
legislative assembly for an up-country
district. There was no railway COM
munication with the interior in those
days, and he had ridden in from his
home, at Colesberg, in less than six
days, having started the previous Mon
day. Now, Colesberg is more than 800
miles from Cape Town, and the coun-
try is very rough going, much OF 1t
being heavy and other parts very
mountainous. No English-bred horse,
fed according to English methods,
could have accomplished such ride
as this, more especially when we con-
slider the temperature of the Cape Col
ony. l went to look at the animal on
which the journey had been performed
and found it to be little roam schlm-
mel, barely fourteen hands, and ap-
parently as fresh as paint. Another
very remarkable ride that came under
my notice was performed by Boer
who lived a few miles from Greytown,
in Natal. His wife was taken i'll, and
a particular medicine, not to be OBJ
tained in Greytown, was imperative.
So in the early hours Of the night he
started for Maritzburg, fifty-five miles
distant, through an extremely hil,y
country, and was back on his farm in
sixteen hours. The remarkable thing
in this instance was that the Boer
weighed over seventeen stone. In my
own experience many instances OF the
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-07-14
Organization of Our Fighting Forces in
and Out OF Action.

Previous to the outbreak of che
Spanish war the permanent military
establishment Of the United States was
comprised in ter regiments OF cavalry,
five regiments of artillery and twenty
five regiments OF infantry, with their
necessary adiuncts of the staff bureaus.
altogether aggregating 2,16i officers
and $4,000 enlisted men. BY law it's en-
listed strength was limited to 25,0O0
men. not including some hundreds OF
general service clerks, hospital attend
ants. etc. So that, with slight fluctua-
tions in the official personnel and these
subsidiary corps, the aggregate
strength of the army had ranged for a
number of years around $4,000. In 1898
in the forty regiments of the line there
were 23,310 enlisted men, or an aver
age of $40 in the cavalry regiments, so
in the artillery regiments and 52l in
the infantry regiments.
On April %. 1898, Congress passed
an act to provide for temporarily in
creasing the military establishments Of
the country in time Of war. Three days
later an act declaring war against
Spain was passed, reciting that war
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-07-14

over it knew that large bodies 81
troops would be required to preserve
order in Cuba, Porto Rico and the
Philippines, yet the law compelled a
reduction of the army. Subsequently
the outbreak of the Filipinos added to
the gravity Of the situation. The plan
adopted was to muster out the volun-
teers gradually, and depend in future
solely upon the regular army, which
the military authorities proposed to
Congress to have permanently in
creased to 100000 men,
To this there was strong opposition,
but what was known as the Hull re-
organization bill was passed by the
house in the last days of January.
Although 1t was called the Hull reor-
ganization bill it carried no changes
of moment in the organization of the
army. 1t simply provided for its per-
manent increase to 9S,763 officers and
enlisted men, for an increase of three
major generals and six brigadiers, five
regiments of infantry and two of cav
airy, and for "a corps of artillery"
dropping the regimental organization
in that arm. 1t also provided for a
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-07-14
Origin of the Word News.

It is popular to say that the word
"news" is derived from the initial let
ters Of the four points Of the compass,
arranged in a device in the form of a
cross, and placed at the top of some
of the earliest news sheets to indicate
that their contents were derived from
all quarters, but it is easy to show that
this is purely fanciful. The earliest
English newspaper dates from 1862,
yet we find the word news" exactly
in it's modern sense in Shakespeare,
who died fifty years earier-namely,
in 1916 Thus we have in Macbeth"
How now? What news?" In WIN
ter's Tale" But let times news be
brought" In King John" Even at
that news he dies" This list, which
might be much prolonged, effectually
disposes of the popular theory.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-07-14
large increase in line and staff Off

large increase in line and staff Off
GERS.
When the Hull bill reached the SEN
ate it was strongly antagonized by the
opposition on The old ground of dis
like and fear of large standing army.
A compromise measure was forced up
on the administration in spite Of
threats of calling an extra session. A
bill known as the CockrellGorman
substitute was adopted, and was sub
sequently passed by the house and ap-
proved by the President. Neither was
this reorganization bill.
1t provides for the muster out of the
volunteer army, in accordance with the
original act OF 1898, and permits the
President to retain in service the
present regular army at strength not
exceeding G5,000 men, and, in addition,
to raise new force of $4,000 volun-
teers, to be recruited from the country
at large or in the new colonies, as pre-
ferred by the military authorities. 1t
authorizes the President to appoint or
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-07-14
Seven at II Birth.

The greatest number of children
born 1T a birth was seven. This case
is we'll authenticated. 1t occurred in
Hamelin, Germany, in 1900; and in a
house which is yet standing and bears
the following inscription: Here re-
sided citizen, Roemer by name. His
spouse, Anna Bregres, we'll known in
the town, when they wrote the year
1906. On January 9Th, in the morning
az three, bare two boys and five maid
ens at the one time. They having re-
ceived holy baptism, died blessed
death on the goth of the same month
at twelve o'clock. May God grant them
that blessedness which is prepared for
all believers"
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-07-14
NOTES OF THE WHEEL
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO DE-
VOTES OF THE BICYCLE.
Filming by kilometers 1t Is Believed
Would Improve the Records of Fast
Kiders-Country Clubs for Cyclists
An international Touring Association.
Country Clubs for Cyclis ts.

Attractive objective points have
much to do with the popularity of
cycling in various districts. With the
dying out of bicycling as fad We are
beginning to use the bicycle much more
sensibly as a delightful and conven-
lent vehicle of pleasure and utility. we
now ride less for the mere sake OF
riding at any cost and under all con-
ditions than in the fad era of the BIZ
cycle. Fewer enthusiasts now swelter
in the heat or buck the icy blasts OF
winter. When it is a pleasure or con-
venience and the weather conditions
are favorable, we use the bicycle. We
now ride largely to "get somewhere.
So it is that the districts having the
most attractive environments retain
the popularity of cycling to the great
est degree. Those interested in pro-
noting the popularity of wheeling can
do it most effectively and easily by
adding to the attractive objective fea-
lures of the surrounding country.
Clubs are especially interested in
keeping alive the cycling spirit of their
members, on whom perhaps the con-
ventional and time-wOrn club run mas
palled. Some of the rich bicycle clubs,
notably those of Philadelphia and Bal
timore, have finely equipped country
club anneXes as objective points for the
rides of their members. Few clubs,
however, can afford these luXuries. To
those that cannot, the cooperative
plan Of maintaining a country club
house is most practical. In the Berke-
ley Oval management New Workers
have found liberal promoters to take
all the responsibility and expense OF
their hands by the establishment of
proprietary cycle country club, which
has beautifully appointed house.
The members, of whom there are now
some 700 from all the representative
cycle clubs of the metropolis, pay SIS
initiation fee and $40 year dues. For
this they get a haven of their rides
awheel. where they can enjoy all the
cOnveniences of a modern club, that
surely will continue as a great incen-
tive to the use of their bicycles. And
with this proprietary plan comes the
suggestion that the establishment Of
such club houses offers a most excel
lent chance for pretty certain, remu-
nerative private investment in those
districts where the clubs cannot be in
duced to cooperate and undertake the
scheme themselves.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-07-14
Timing by KilOmeters.

IF the timers who clocked the great
hour record ride made by Harry Elkes
in Philadelphia August 6 last year had
caught his times by kilometers as we'll
as by miles, he would hold a double
string of worlds records which would
very likely stand through at least one
more season. The recent performance
of Tom Linton in Paris, where he d.
feated Walters, Edouard Taylor and
Champion, three of Europes best mid
die distance cracks, aided by motor
pacing, in fifty-kilometer race, break
ing worlds records from eleven kilo-
meters to the end, and yet would not
have come within mile of the record
set by the American, demonstrates
how unapproachable that record is.
Had Elkes' time for the kilometers
been taken Linton would not now hold
a string of worlds kilometer records to
his credit, and his great performance
would have resulted only in European
records. 1t is now customary in Eng
land and France to catch the times in
all such big events for both kilometers
and miles, and it would be an excellent
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-07-14

wonderful staying powers OF African
horses have occurred. To mention one:
In 1866 | had been appointed honora-
BILE secretary for the first athletic
sports held in the Umboti country OF
Natal. They were to be held in Grey
town on boxing day, which fell on a
Monday. All preparations, entries, etc,
were concluded early in December,
when | received an urgent request to
go to the Transvaal to look after
friend who was lying very Ill in his
wagon with no attendants but a couple
of raw Ka!firs. | rode as hard as |
could, and found him among the KEEP
jes of the Drakenbcrg, between Lyden-
berg and WakkersthoOm,v very bad with
fever, which he had contracted some
where in the low country to the north
west. | tended him for some days, un-
til he was clearly out of danger, and
then suddenly remembered that | had
to be in Greytown on Monday morn
ing. | was then sitting on the wagon
box, drinking nay morning coffee, at g
a. m. Saturday morning. Grewtown
was 220 miles away, but | was at my
post there at 10 a. m. and in addition
took a second prize, both in the run
ming and jumping competitions.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-07-14

had existed from April 21, 1898, and di-
recting and empowering the President
to use the entire land and naval forces
of the United States in the prosecu-
tion of the war, and to call out the
militia of the several states to the ex-
tent necessary "to carry this act into
effect" and the following day a bill
was passed "for the better organiza-
tion of the line of the army of the
United States" which authorized an
increase of the regular army in time
Of war to about $4,000 officers and men,
but provided that when the war was
over the permanent establishment
should be reduced to peace basis, and
that nothing contained in this act
shall be construed as authorizing d
permanent increase Of the commits
stoned or enlisted forces of the regular
army" beyond what it was before war
was declared.
When peace with Spain was restored
the administration was in something
of a dilemma. Although the war was
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-07-14

the number and location of the metal
plugs in the tire gagged to correspond.
The tire is thus securely held against
creeping tendencies. When it is de-
sired to patch puncture, about twelve
inches Of the tire is rolled off from the
rim and the nut on the plug bolt near
est the puncture is removed by means
of a spanner supplied with the outfit.
The plug is then pushed back into the
tire, string having been first tied to
1t that it may be afterward drawn back
into place. With pair of long curved
nose pliers the patch is placed in the
tire. The inventor says that extended
practical use has shown that the metal
plugs, when we'll tighteded, are proof
against air leakage.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-07-14
AMIN AIS


Prehistoric Times.
Most of the gigantic animals of ge-
illogical eras belonged to species which
have completely vanished, and of those
which have living representatives it
is difficult to say whether they have
undergone true change Of size or
whether the modern examples are
merely survivals of smaller contempo-
rary varieties. The larger animals
have tendency to disappear first in
partial failure Of food supply. Gil
gantic armadilloes closely resembling
those of the present day were for
merly abundant in South America
The remains of huge sloths are found
in Cuba and North America. Sharks
attaining length of more than 100
feet are found in comparatively recent
fossil deposits. Another fish which
represents larger prehistoric species
is the American bony pike, which is
one of the few survivals of the enor-
nous ganOids of the secondary strata.
The tiny nautilus of the present day
had kindred 10 or II feet long in early
times. Another small shell fish, the
pteropod whose delicately complex
structure is packed in an inch of shell,
is found in fossil remains to have
reached the respectable length of a
couple Of feet.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-07-14
An International Touring A

All Ihtcfhatioiial IOurInS Association.
Last year at Luxembourg there was
formed an organization known as the
international League Of Touring AS
sociatiOns. The delegates present rep
resented all of the great cycling asso-
Citations in Europe, among them being
the Cyclists Touring Club of England
and the Touring Club Ga France, and
Others of the strongest cycling bodies
of the old world. The object of the
new organization is the fostering and
encouragement Of international tour
ing, and to that end it is the purpose
to make all benefits of each of the as
sociations reciprocal with all the 9TH
ers, says The Pneumatic. The next
meeting will be held in London this
summer, and the League of American
Wheelmen has been invited to become
member and to name a delegate. So
important is this association considered
by the l.. A. w. that the executive
committee has authorized President
Keenan, to take the necessary steps to
become member, and he will attend
the meeting in person. The final or
ganization will be made at this meet
ing, and when it is concluded it will
so operate that member of the l.. A.
W., who is touring in any of the coun-
tries of Europe, will be entitled to all
the advantages of resident member.
This will include hotel discounts, in
formation from all local officers and
properly outlined tours. AS thou
sands of whee'men annually visit Eu-
rope from this country, the benefits to
be derived from such an alliance will
easily be seen.