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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-05

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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-05
NO RECORD OF THE VESSEL

Not Ltsted ~ Lloyds.
LONDON. Aug A--Lioyds has no record
of any British vessel named Florida beng
In Philippine waters.
A statement has been printed I'm a New
York newspaper to the effect that a Brit
ish steamer, F1ortua, from Hongkong. was
captured in the Gulf OF Lingayeu. June Is.
BY the United States hattIeship Oregon
and the guuboat Princeton, on suspicion
that she was flbuster, and that she
was taken To Manila for inquiry, though
her papers were found to be correct
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-05
COLUMBIA IN TRIM ONCE MORE.
VIII soon he Ready for . Race with
the Defender.

BRISTOL. II. T.. Aug t-~work was
rushed on the sails and rigging OF the cup
defender Columbia to-day. and At noon II
was expected that she would be ready AT
an early hour tomorrow 10 leave for New
pert 10 race with the Defender during the
day
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-05

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game se.fss srusn st iauis hitting suahog an
rv~e The field Chsists ard fet~sn wxrs renewed
fer ssss much argument With Empire aEassA Al.
tsasiknes, tsn sscses
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-05

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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-04-01
BAD DADS,
Against Township, in " hicb
They Had Lon. Existed.

Nicholas Hoffman. of White town
ship, Indiana county, Pa. n few days
ago obtained Il verdict of 1919 again<,
the township for injuries received by
being thrown from his wagon on IA
piece of bad road. The road was seven
feet wide. but large rocks projected
from either side 4 short distance apart.
In trying tC avoid one of these. Hotf-
MAJ drove over the other and was
thrown from his wagon.
In Clair county. Snyder township
will be mulcted out of s.. coo as the re-
suit of a defective public highway.
Mrs. Bessie Davis and her brothers.
Edward and Harry Kockler. instituted
a suit against tie township TO recover
damages for injuries sustained on q
highway Il short distance from Tyrone.
The three were driving along the road
in a carriage. when the horses plunged
over al ugly embankment. The jury
awarded Mrs. Davis $2.0G0 for he bod
ilr injuries She sustained. and 500 to
each of her brothers for the damage
done TO the vehicle.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-04-01
AS TO STATE AID.
'tfr from III. l. BudG, State Com.
missioner Of Public Works
for New jersey.

The workings of the law for state aid
10 ROADS have proved very satisfactory
n al Localities where the imnroye-
mentS have been made. and the interest
IN the roads, instead of suffering any
Abatement, is intensely growing. OPP
position 10 the law on the bart of farm
ers has been changed 10 so much en-
thusIasm COR it that 24O miles of good
roads NE been built. and more roads
are being applied for than can be built
IN many years under the limited state
appropriation, so that it becomes quite
4 problem TO select the ones to be first
improved. The farmers of many coun-
ties are grasping the idea that Irder
the state aid law they can easily ard
economically cover their leading thor
oughfares with stone. so no persuasion
IS now needed to induce farmers 10 avail
themselves of the state bounty. Though
at first they We're suspicious Of the
law Tor fear it would UNNECESSARILY in
crease their taxes. they nave found
py experience that it sits but lightly
upon them. and is 4 small expense
compared with the saving by the more
easy passage of their produce to mar
ket, and by the inducemcnt Il offers to
the city people to become visitors and
locatOrS upOn their lands.
County and state taxes be:n" as
sessed III the city as well As in the coun-
try, according 10 the value Cf property
owned. include the wealthy merchants.
manufacturers and Insurance com
panleS. Most Of the wealth of the state
being found in the cites. our system
successfully provides for the cunstruc-
ton OF improved roads without laying
nue. Of the burden upon the farmers.
not requiring them to contribute more
tina an equitable share of the expenses,
according 10 the wealth of zach m
dIv!GGIl taxpayer. The farmers IN
comes are small compared with those
II other pursuits; therefore at first they
heSitated to subscribe to the building
of these improved highways: but we
have demonstrated. by binding nu-
mcrouS highways under the state aid
law. that We can have good roads with
out overlooking them with taxes. They
are now finding il a. easy to 90 from
the country home 10 the school-huuse.
market. lecture room and church as it
: for the people to pass from their
homes liz the city TO the same places.
Thus they have all the delights of ru-
RAJ existence. and the advantages Of
fered by the towns. the daily mail. So
ia intercourse with IciGhbOrS. etc.
Thus. farmers less favored in the rlre
Of fortune are learning that by his
method they can obtain these sub
stant:al Improvements without sub
hitting TO al enormous tan. The Guc>-
tion OF keeping the present generation
on the farm by giving them better ,u-
cial advantages through free and easy
communication VIII probably be -clv,d
by this new movement.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-04-01
POINTS OF LAW.

The power OF a judge to suspend the
execution of a sentence imposed in z
criminal case is denied in Neal vs.. state
(Ga.), 40 L. +. \. 100, and the words sus.
pending sentence are held slrplusage.
y policy emitting the usual suicide
clause and containing an absolutely
tncontestable" clause. is held. in Pat.
terson VS.. Natural Premium Mutual
Loan Insurance company (Wis.). 40 l..
Il. 4. 253, to cover 4 Ease of death by
suicide.
The right of a political convention to
delegate its power to a committee Tor
the nomination of candidates is sus-
tanned in White VS.. Sanderson ,Minn.).
L. L. a. 231. and the certificates OF lom.
ination are held properly executed by
the chairman and secretary of the COM.
mittee.
The authorities which deny a right
of action for mere fright or nervous
shock are reinforced by Braun VS..
Craven 1ll.). 10 l.. r. 4. 100. which was
a case of fright resulting in st. Vitus'
dance. caused by violent conduct OF a
landlord suddenly appearing at the
door of n room in which a woman was
packing goods for moving.
Misrepresentation by a proposed
buyer TO d commercial agency. respect
ing his financial condition. is held in
Poska VS.. Stearns (Neb.). 40 l.. Il. 4.
427. a sufficient ground for resembling
a sale made by one who relied on 4 re-
port of the commercial agency. where
that report included other matters be-
sides the statement of the buyer.
\ stipulation that a life policy is in
contestable after three years from date
and the payment of three full yearly
premiums is held. in Massachusetts Be
nevolent Loan association vs.. Robinson
(Ga.). - L. Il. \. 2G1. to be valid and
applicable to Il defense based upon mis-
representations or ~warranties. whether
fraudulent or otherwise.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-04-01
SOME CURIOUS PATENTS.

\ novel idea in the tea and coffee line
recently patented consists in placing
enough of the article for one brewingin
4 small porous sack and attaching it
TO n metal weight, which sinks to the
bottom of the pot when dropped in.
An Ohio M has patented 4 tea
kettle attachment which Will prevents;
from swinging around against the hand
when tilted to pour out the water. a
piece of wire being secured Il the side
Of the kettle and extended to the han
die.
Fish are easily caught by the use of
a new spring hook. comprising a single
piece of wire bent to form a spring at
the center, with barbed hooks at the
ends, the latter being crossed when
the hook is set and spreading apart
when taken by the fish.
A Frenchman has patented Il COM
position for closing p%unctures in pneu-
matte tires, consisting of gutta-percha.
a balsam. birdlime. ]turpcntine. u sat
urated solution of celluIoid and i SOW
ent to prevent the mass from harden
ing inside the tire.
\ Georgian has patented a driving
bit which can be used to give medical
treatment to the animal, the center of
the bit being hollow. with screw-thread-
ed ends, TO which flexible bulbs can be
attached to contain 4 medicament, dis
charging it into the horses mouth.
Flies and other insects are exter-
minated by q Missourian's unique de-
vice, a small lamp being suspended over
q tub of water, with vertical screens On
opposite sides of the flame against
which the insects strike as they at
tempt to circle around the light, falling
into the water and drowning.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-04-01
Beware Of ofntn,ents for CatarrA
That Contain Mercury,

q. mercury will surely destroy the sense Of
smell and Completely derange the whole sys.
tenn when entering it through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never be
used except on prescriptions from reputable
physicians. as the damage they viii do il
often ten fold to the good you can possibly,
derive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure.
manufactured by +. ]. Cheney & Co.. Toledo,
o.. contains no mercury, and is taken inter.
NALL, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. In buyin2
Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get the gen
uine. 1t is taken internally, and made in
Toledo, Ohio, by +. j.. Cheney & Co. Test,
ponials free.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c per bottle.
Ealfs Family Pills are the best.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-04-01
sE~CURELY-ERACED GATE.

suggested in the sketch. The gate is
braced to the top OF its own post and
that is kept firmly in place by a wire
stay extending down to a stake IN the
ground, or TO a big rock. if one hap
pens TO lie conveniently near. There
are so many uses for stout galvanized
wire. No. l.. or Stouter. that a supply
should be kept constantly on hand.
For mending fences and for making
many other repairs it is exceedingly
sonvenient.-Orange Judd Farmer.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-04-01

MS N"- X n o when fS
has it. Agreat many people think they
are suffer-. y from something else and
have tried any medicines in vain,
when if they cCu;d realize that it is
catarrh and take Pe-ru-na for it they
would improve promptly and soon re-
cover entirely. There are no substi-
tutes. Let no n persuade you there
are other catarrh remedies just as good.
Winter Catarrh' is a book written
bv DR.. Hartman. Columbus, Ohio. Sent
free to any address.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-04-01
Colonel Hamilton. Of Columbus. o.

Colonel Hamilton. Of Columbus. o.
demonstrated in my family, | have a
number Of friends who have taken it for
catarrh and stomach trouble. and all
unite in praising it. As a remedy for
catarrh | can fully recommend it." Mrs.
Hamilton, wife of the gallant Colonel, is
an ardent friend of Pe-ru-na also. In a
letteronth the subject she writes: g have
been taking Pe-ru-na for some time, and
I am enjoying better health now than L
have for years. l / attribute the change
In my health to Pe-ru-na, and recon-
mend this excellent catarrh remedy to
every woman, believing it to be esFc-
cially beneficial to them"
The spring-time is the most favorable
time of the year TO treat catarrh. There
Is so much less liability to take fresh
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-04-01
Days of the Horse Numbered.

The greatest electrician in the world de-
clares that the days of the horse are num-.
bered, and that in a short time electricity
will completely supplant mans most useful
animal. In 20 years, he asserts, the horse
will he a curiosity. Diseases OF the stomach,
liver, kidneys and blood would also be a
curiosity if all sufferers would take Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters. There would then be
practically no dyspepsia, nervousness sleep
iessness. indigestion, constipation, malarial
fever or ague.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-04-01

cold that the treat
ment is %unimped-
ed. All old cases
of chronic cataTrh
should begin i'm
mediately 4 course
of pe-ru-na as di-
recteG in DR.. Hart
III rams books on
this disease. There
are so many differ
ent phases d
5 I c 5 of catarrh
: II on % hardly
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-04-01

The greatest drawback TO the bust
ness men just now is the poor country
roads. Avenues of trade are practi-
cally blocked Oh account of the roads.
l hope to see legislation so complete in
this respect that a man or woman can
go all over the country on a bicycle
Hon. Frank Clarke. Tampa Fla
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-04-01
SUPPORT FOR GATES
One of the Hest Ways TO Brace Z y a
Sagrirr Gate Is by Means
of Stout Wire

The average farm gate causes more o.
less trouble by sagging. even when
well and strongly built. One of the
most effective ways to brace up u gate
that has begun to sag is to make use
+ a piece of stout wire, arranged rs
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-04-01

She loves Chris, yet her love for him 10
dumb;
She can't afford to marry and repent.
She says he should be called Chris-anthe-
mum;
He's splendid-but he hasn't got a cent.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-04-01
Coughing Leads to Consumption.

Kemp's Balsam will stop the Cough at
once. Go to your druggist to-day and get a
sample bottle free. Large bottles % and so
cents. Go at once; delays are dangerous.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-04-01
Perils of the Arctic,

The Sweet Young Thing-I love to read
of those dear, daring explorers in the Arctic,
but should think scaling icebergs all the
time would become monotonous.
The Savage Bachelor-Part of the time
they were scaling fish.-Indianapolis Jour
nal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-04-01
Crescent Hotel, Eureka Springs, Ar
kansas.

Opens February %. In the Ozark Noun
tains. Delightful climate. Beautiful scenery.
UneQualed medicinal waters. Cheap ex-
.ursion rates. Through sleepers via Frisco
Line. Address j. o. Plank, Manager. Room
II, Arcade, Century Building, or Frisco
Ticket Office, No. l0l n. Broadway, St.
Louis. Mo.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-04-01
LACES FOR MY LADY'S GOWN.

Duchess lace is n rich guipure and
the rose figure in it is the great favor
lite. MechIin is a combination of deli
cate net and braid, something Ike
EalencienEcs.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-04-01
Cruelty.

"Oh, l knowed 1 would get it." said the
man who had been lined for selling tinted
butter, "and l guess / can stand it. But it
does seem kinder hard to have been fined by
a judge with dyed whiskers."-Indianap polls
journal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-04-01

One swallow may not make 4 summer,
but ore frog makes a spring.-Chicago Daily
News.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-04-01

If you want a friendship to last, you
must put a little money into it, and Keep
putting it in.-Atchison Globe.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-04-01

Stiff as a poker-sore as a boil: St. ia
cobs Oh viii relax, soothe, cure.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-04-01

Why suffer with Neuralgia? St. Jacobs
Oil will drive it all away.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-04-01
Cleared.

"Now," said Bunker, 81 can once more
face the world an honest man. The last of
my debts is outlawed Philadelphia
North American.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-04-01

A mixed pain has bru.se and sprain. St.
Jacobs Oil cures the twain.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-04-01
To Cure n Cold in One Day

Don't cover your neglected duties wit.
the cloak of excuse.-Ram's Horn.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-04-01
A A COLONEL
Recommends Pe-ru-na as a Fam
lily Medicine.
A Scientific Spring Medicine.

Colonel Arthur l.. Hamilton. of the
Seventh Ohio Volunteers. 259 Goodale
street, Columbus, Ohio, writes: Besides
having the merits of Pe-ru-na so fully
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-04-01

Some men escape the traps of others only
to get caught in their own.-Chicago Daily
News.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-04-01

A muddy street may look like "hasty
pudding" but it's hard to stir-about in
L. A. W. Bulletin.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-04-01

Piso's Cure for Consumption relieves the
most obstinate coughs.-Rev. ID. Buch.
mueller. Lexington, Mo, Feb. q, ~.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-04-01

When a hen gets on her perch at night is
she a rooster?-L. \. W. Bulletin.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-04-01

1t is usually easy to rob a busy man
Atchison Globe.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-04-01

Damp weather brings rheumatism. St.
Jacobs Oil brings the cure, promptly.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-04-01

There is money in many sports, hut base
ball has diamonds in til. \. ". Bulletin,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-04-01

Ever thus-heirs to aches and pains. St.
Jacobs OILS the doctor.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-04-01

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. &c.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-04-01

and Fever is a bottle of GROVES TAsTELrss
CHILL Tonic. 1t is Simply iron and ouininc in
9 tasteless form. No cure-Do pay. Price SOC.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-04-01

Some mel are so mean their best friends
don't like them very we.l.-Atch!son Globe.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-04-01

Compound is the overcoming of cases
of supposed ~barrenness. This great
medicine is so we'll calculated to regu-
late every function of the generative OF.
gans that its efficiency is vouched for
by multitudes of women.
MRS. ED. WoEoRD. of Lone Tree,
Iowa, writes:
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-04-01

"A MOTHERHOOD is woman's natural destiny.
IV Many women are denied the happiness of children
through some arrangement of the generative organs
Actual barrennesS is rare.
Among the many triumphs Of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Evening star., 1899-11-04

dust of the centuries? Fancy living models
trying to wear our clothes we sometimes
reproduce for artists the times of the
Greeks. If with our modern cast of coun-
tcnance those stately and simple garments
of beautiful people are most incongruous
what will be the effect Of shirt waist and
skirt when put on by a woman of g. future
so remote We can scarcely dream of it.
bounded, our imaginations are by our
own little day.
OF all the hideous combinations they will
think the loose shirt and skin-tight skirt of
the century 1890 to 1890 the worst. Per
hapS the skirt won't be worn in its present
fc1m for a century, but from present indi-
cations the shirt waist Will flourish vigor-
ously in our attire for quite that period.
There will be no one to tell our bewildered
descendants that the shirt waist depended
upon it's accessories for beauty and becom-
1neneSs. They will not guess that the man
Nor in which the hair was dressed, the cut
and arrangement of the collar. stock or tie
the ncatness and trimness of the belt and
the plainness and absolute freshness of the
whole attire were the only excuse for being
on the part of the long-liyed shirt waist.
Flannel in Light Shades.
Indeed our own IDEAS on the ethics of the
shirt waist are far more hazy than they
should be. To be sure, we have come to the
pass when we know that cotton shirt
waists are only permissible when fresh, and
even then won't do for any sort of festivity
except that connected with outdoor sports
But now the flannel shirt waist, which for
It's first few seasons confined itself to the
golf links, skating rink and bicycle devo-
tees, mas grown so very popular that it has
quite forgotten its pace. Confidently, l
predict that flannel shirt waists in pale COL
ors are being prepared In many quarters
for informal evening wear, and I would
wager waist of silk against one of flannel
that shirts of the latter material will flaunt
themselves at euchre clubs and the like
this winter and be not at all conscious Of
place.
Have by all means, If you wish, a deli
cate-colored waist of some very inexpen-
sive material for wear at winter functions
of an informal character and during even
Evening star., 1899-11-04

front of the shirt waist and has them but
toned to the left with three buttons, and
between these buttons the line of the waist
scallops. All of these variations are sim
ply an attempt to make little change in
an otherwise invaIiable garment. They
may be followed or not, as one prefers
The shirt waist to which one may pin ones
faith In the matter of fit and trimness is
the same old sixpence, a yoke in the back
with side or box pleats depending there
from. This yoke either ends at the shoul-
der or comes a little over the line of the
shoulder seam. The front has the usual
box pleat, with three or four buttons, and
the fullness is either pieated. tucked, gath
cred shirred into the shoulder seam
The favorite belts are of elastic black or
colored, and beaded with jet or steel The
chief thing about the belt, be 1t silk, leather
or elastic, is to have 1t neat at the waist