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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-22
THE UNSEEN WORLD.

"
Close at our door. but holden from our
Spreads out that unseen world to which
We go.
Its glories bathed in that celestial light
Which angels only and redeemed ones
know.
The lovei ones who now walk that world
unseen
Are nearer to US than they were before:
tere distances oft widely intervene.
Now they are but a few steps just be-
fore.
Sometimes We hear perhaps but thirk we
hear
a loved but absent voice, that thrills us
through;
Sometimes we feel a touch of some one
near.
And quickly turn to find 10 one in view.
say rot that those gone before do not love
still.
Nor walk with US, ordained as helping
ones.
That our fond fancies do but cheat our viii,
And our desire our reason but outruEs.
The love they CAV US when they sojourned
here
CLOVIS 10 less fervent in that world IN
seen.
They walk beside US. very. very near.
So near We feel their touch, their pres
enc cen.
They ara around about us everywhere,
These unseen. silent messengers of God.
Nor can We know while here how large a
share
They had in making smooth the way We
trod.
At times We seem to catch by inner sight
y partial glimpse. as through a door ajar:
To see the best ones robed in spotIess
white.
That reach IN serried, sun crowned ranks
afar.
Sometimes a note falls on the inner ear,
That with strange sweetness all our be
il" thrills,
For nothing born of Earth we ever hear
Can with such rapture all our senses ill.
All. how familiar TO our thought and sense
This unseen world grows with each pass
ing year,
As one by one our dearly loved go hence,
TIL Heaven holds more of them than
earth does here.
For yet 4 little WHILE and{AzraeI's hand
Shall loose the silver cord and give re
lease.
And We shall pass the veil that hides that
land.
To be with them forever. and at peace.
William q. Haeselbarth, in Christian
Work.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-22
A Jersey Cow.

II was not without reason that the
Greeks called Il beautiful woman cow
eved:" out though many a famous Jer-
sew cow has borne a Greek name. Hell
las. never saw COWS comparing IN pea'l-
- with the modern Jersey-so hne II
Trim in shape and SO dainty in color n
shading. or with eyes so large ana
liquid. For many years it was disputed
whether the breed were not a cross be-
tween the cow and deer. The Jersey as
much surpasses her ancient progenItors
in the richness and abundance OF her
milk and cream as in beauty. Vt the
worlds fair at Chicago, in 1898. the
Jersey, putting aside all question OF
beauty. challenged all other breeds for
quantity and quality of the butter and
was a triumphant winner over all COM
petitors.-Harper'S Bazaar.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-22
Length of Bird Life.

j. II. Quincy, in al article in the los,
has collected from various books and
papers a number of facts regarding the
age to which birds live. He mentions
an instance of a raven having lived CO
wears: a pair of eagle owls, one OF VI
is es and the other 80 years old; a Bate
leur eagle and n condor in the geological
gardens at Amsterdam aged So and 90:
HI imperial eagle of the age OF %. a
golden eagle of 46 and a sea eagle OF ~,
and many other birds of the age OF ~
downward are also recorded.-Chicago
Chronicle.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-22
HUMOROUS

"But the family hasn't the hall mark
Of ancient lineage. has it," No. Jsst
the dollar mark of present success. =
Clevland Leader.
He (indignantly)-"I hope l know
my own mind" She (sweetly)-"Yes!
You surely ought to know as much as
that!"-Stray Stories.
In Hot Weather.-"I almost envy the
~pickpocket." THE idea. Why2' Be
cause he takes things SO coolly."-
Philadelphia Bulletin,
u wonder why some buildings are
called fire traps?" said Mrs. Snaggs.
Because they catch fire." replied Mr..
Snaggs. - Pittsburgh Chronicle-Tele-
graph.
Then die. villain!" cried the hero.
MOI" shrieked the villain. Il refuse
except on one condition. And that
isl" THAT | have the center of the
| stage and the lime light."-N. \. Jour
nal.
An Awful Fling.-Mrs. Styles-"Td
have YOU understand that | know a
good MANY worse lutn tHdl my Nus
band.' Mrs. Myles-"My dear. YOU
must be more particular about picking
your observation-disclosures En-
quirer.
Henry. did you attend the lecture
last evening. as you expected" IN
deed, | did. Amanda, and | tell you l
had a great treat" Unless appear
ances belle the facts. Henry, you must
have had a good deal more than one.
Richmond Dispatch.
BiII-"Don't you think that mar
Daubs is a clever artist" Jill-"Hes
the worst that ever happened Bill
"Oh. yes: | know he can't paint any
.Iill-"And yet you call him clever:
Bill-"Why. yes: he sells some OF his
pictures.-Ionkers Statesman.
Hoax - Here's a professor VINO
claims it has recently been demon
, strated that the human voice Il utter
I e96 words Il minute" JoaN-"Thats
strange" Strange? Don't You be-
Iieve it," "Oh. yes; but | didn't notice
anyone but myself within earshot OF
nv wife when | came home late last
night."-Philadelphia Record.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-22

enter the car and lock the door. Tay-
lor rose Immediately to his feet and
demanded to know why they were being
locked in like a lot of prisoners.
Everybody keep their seats!" cried
the brakeman.
Unlock that door Immediately" de-
manded Taylor.
"Pa-ardner. you'd better unlock that
door immejitly." drawled out the cow-
boy, emphasizing his request with a
flourish of an immense siX-shooter hay
ing an fS-inch gun barrel.
Tell us what's the matter" said Tay-
lor, who was looked upon by common
consent a. the spokesman for ali the
passengers in the ear. Tell us what's
the matter, and don't keep us here like
a lot of boys at school. We will do
what you want us to do if we are in
danger. but don't lock us in"
Tell us wha-at's the matter. pa-ard-
ner," echoed the buckskin-clad giant of
the plains. without showing enough
| concern to remove his cigar from his
mouth or rising from his seat, but still
toying with his miniature cannon.
We'll. YOU see" explained the brake
man. were in a food. There's been a
waShOut around here and the track is
under water. The conductor ordered
me TO lock the doors so that the pas
scn@cH wouldn't crowd Out and make
matters worse"
well, YOU tell your conductor" re-
piled Taylor. that the passengers on
this train will take care to be orderly
and will not upset the ears. but we
won't be drowned here like rats in i
hole. 50 unlock that duor Immediately.
do YOU hear"
The brakeman hesitated between Il
desire to obey orders and a fear of the
battery trained upon his anatomy.
Unlock that door immeietly, pa-ard-
ner." put in the armed echo.
SO at last the door was unlocked.
Il think you'd better be u committee
o one. pa-ardner," said the cowboy to
the deputy sheriff. Ito prospect along
tO'ards the front an see what kind of
a deal they have put up on us. l;ut be
car'ful not to upset the cal, pa-ardner,"
he added. with IA merry twinkle in his
gray eyes.
When Mr.. Taylor got to the platform
he found that they were indeed in a
flood. and a flood of no mean proper
tons, although there was no current
and no immediate danger. The water
was deep enough to reach the level of
the car floor. and aS far as the eye could
reach on one side and for Il mile or more
on the other side there was a lake of
water without a sign of habitation. or
even IA tree or a hill TO give variety to
the scene. They were at sea in a rail-
way passenger coach. The conductor
announced that there WIS nothing to
do but wait until they could send a
man ahead to the next station. eight
miles further on. from which place an
other locomotive would be sent bach
to pull the shipwrecked train out OF
its bath tub. for the waters had rNtin-
guiShed the fires of the engine which
had hauled them thus far.
But what made the incident most
noteworthy. increasing the iudicrOus'
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-22
KITES AND THEIR PRICES
The Modern Scientific Flyer Has Be-
come q Considerable Item
of Trade.

Scientific kites of one kind and an
other, such as within the past few years
nave engaged public attention, are now
articles of large sale. There is n
wholesale dealer in toys and kites in
this city who issues a 16-page cat
alogue devoted solely to kites and kite
requisites and appliances. Scientific
kites are sold not only all over this
country and in Canada, but in Aus
tralia. South Africa, England, Scotland
and the various countries of continent
al Europe: an order for 5000 box kites
was received in this city last week
by cable from Paris. There are a num-
Der of patents on these scientific kites,
which are patented also in foreign coun-
tries.
a box kite such as was sold two years
ago for 81 and last year for so cents is
sold this season for % cents. There
are. however. various sizes and styles
of box kites selling up to 81 each. All
the box kites either roll up or fold up
into small compass when not fixed for
flying. There is one called the umbrel-
la box kite, which can be opened ready
for flying Just as an umbrella is opened
ready for use. There is now sold a ship
kite, which is rugged like a sloop. with
iib. mainsail and club topsail. The box
kites nave no tails. The ship kite. as 1t
rises and floats in the air, is balanced
by an anchor suspended from the hull.
which moves along through the air
with the kite. Besides the box kites
and the ship kites there are other SCI
enNfic kites and airships, made in varl-
GUS sizes. and that are sold at from 81
to $40 each.
Box kites are often joined together
and flown in groups of two. three, foul
Or more. and these and other modern
kites are flown in tandem also. Flying
in tandem the modern kites are used
for floating flags and banners and Ian
terms. 1t is a familiar fact that CAM
eras are nov carried up by kites for TAX
ing pictures from midair. There are
cameras especially designed for this
purpose. There are sold kite line In
| various sizes and lengths suited to the
! various sizes and styles of scientific
kites. and there are also made nowadays
a number of styles of hand reels and
windlass kite reels upon which to wind
the kite lines.
These various kinds and styles OF
modern scientific kites are flown not
only by young people but by adults as
well. at lawn parties and at the sea-
shore, for outdoor recreation and
! amusement.-N. Y. Sun.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-22
Moving n City.

The Japanese town of Jeukchan was
recently discovered to be in an unsanl-
tary condition. consequent upon which
frequent epidemics occurred. The
japanese officials selected a spot in the
neighborhood hat could be well
drained. Streets and public places were
laid out upon it. Buildings were
erected. and the entire inhabitants OF
the city of Jeukchan. numbering 10000,
were removed to the new site. As the
buildings were slight wooden struc-
lures. the scheme was practicable.-N.
Y. Tribune.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-22
MOTHER ON THE STREET CAR
Trials of Street Car Conductors with
Children Who Do Not
Grow Old.

"Ihere, that's over with, and it's q
great load off my mind" said the street
car conductor as he got back TO the rear
platform and made vigorous use of his
handkerchief on his face and neck.
You mean collecting fares on a
crowded carr" asked a passenger.
81 mean the getting through with the
seven women and IL children | have
on this trip" he explained. Luck hap
pened to be with me. and I'm only hop
ing that l may get through the day all
right. I've been laid of for a week,
you know
For what"
For doubling a mothers word in re-
gard to the age of a child. I've got four
children at home. and most anybody
would say that | ought 10 be something
of a Judge. but I'm brought up with Il
round turn every trip. If it wasn't for
the spoilers I'd pass all the children as
being under three years OF age.
You have TO collect half fare for all
over that age. eh??"
Il have to try TO. and there Is where
the trouble m in. Not II mother
in 20 is willing to pay any fare at all
for anything under a boy who is just
ready to get out of knee breeches. vi
the IL children on this car all but two
| are certainly five years old. IL Vet
collected only three half fares. there
is a spotter on this car I'm booked for
! another lay OFF. but il was either that
or a row with .he mothers. When L
come along to Il mother who shuts Der
jaw and gives me the icy glare real
ize that her mind is made up. and its
| either let her beat me or have a row.
"But why do they kick"
For various aso When you
have dead headed a child for three
wears it's pretty hard to begin paying
fare. rs a rule. too, anybody will beat
d street car if possible and feel no
shame over it. The oma who got me
laid off had a son five years old with
her. She had been riding on my car for
months with that kid and passing him
off for not quite three years, when L
thought TO do Il smart thing for the
| company. | insisted oil her paying fare
for him, but | lost in the shuttle. She
went to headquarters and complained
of my impudence, and instead of col
Letting five cents for the company l
was SD out of pocket
And do mothers deliberately lie to
o to save Il fare?
Say. now. but You ought TO u a
car for Just one day. y woman who
wouldn't lie to u neighbOr on her life
will turn il conductor Town without the
least hesitation. 1t is not considered Il
sin to do that. | have Il brother who
was running Il car on this line up to q
! month ago. \ tried to pass Il
five-vear-old boy for nothing and he
insisted on half fare and got il. She
turned out to he the general managers
wife and. of course. the conductor got
the bounce. What is that old saying
about TRUTH"
That it is mighty and will prevail"
"IcS. remember. but the man who
got that off lived before the days of
street ears. I'm telling you. sir. that OF
the folks who travel by car. men or
M only about one in ten is think
ing of truth. and even he is wondering
how he can work off a plugged quarter
or a lead nickel on the ~condEctor.'-
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-22
IS A MONARCH A VAGABOND7
Curious Instance of Alleged Le1e
Majestic in the City Of Dnnt-
Zig, Germany.

Here is a story of lese majestic In
Germany which.is the oldest yet. AT
Dantzig a barrack attendant named
Luka. whose functions were OF a me-
NAL description. was Mon
arcI by the soldiers. Elsewhere, no
doubt. such a cognomen would confer
honorable rank, even though no civil
list were attached to it by the state.
Among Herr Luka's comrades, hOw-
ever. and according to the phraseology
of the city of Dantzig. to be a monarch
is counted anything but an honor. In
various regions of West Prussia the
word denotes tramp, vagabond, lolterer
or yaurant. Herr Luka, although
doomed by nature to a humble post in
life. Indignantly refused to be dubbed
q monarch.
so far as l know" said Luka, " a
monarch is a vagabond.'
Some evil-minded enemy overheard
the remark. reported him to the agents
of the law as having ~insulted h kings
majesty, and Luka was dismissed his
appointment. On the case coming Up
for trial the public prosecutor demand
cd a penalty of six months imprison-
ment and one years loss of honor and
civil rights. Happily for the defend
ant, there was an astute Judge upon b
bench, imbued as much with common
sense as with knowledge of the law.
He pointed out the significance OF the
word monarch" in west Prussia. m
was satisfied that the defendant, I'M
der.tanding only this use OF it, was
merely indicating his w personal
honor. This was not lese majestic. He
therefore acquitted the defendant and
mulcted the prosecution in costs.-Chf
cage Times-Herald.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-22
A Hawaiian Temple of Refuge.

Kawaihae's one remaining point OF
interest is the ruins, back on the hill,
of a temple of refuge built by Kane
bameha the Great. 1t is the very last
of the Heiaus, where in the old days,
during strife, the peaceful sought and
obtained immunity from karm-for
into these temples a man might not
pursue an enemy. This ruin indicates
a very substantial structure, in parallel
ogram form. about 200 feet long by
100 feet wide. Entrance is gained
through a narrow passage between two
high walls, and the interior is laid off
in terraces and paved with smooth fiat
stones. The wall uphill is eight feet
high, and on the downhill side 30 feet
high, and both are ~ feet thick at base.
-Caspar Whitney. in Harper's Weekly.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-22
SEA WATER AS MEDICINE.
1t IL Not Pleasant to Take. But Its
Effects Are Good for
the Health.

When a Eather at Atlantic City the
other day accidentally swallowed a big
SUP of sea water and then rushed off to
get It drink of whisky to take the taste
out of his mouth a successful medical
practitioner who had witnessed the
performance said:
THAT man is either Il ~grcenhorn o.;
fool. Otherwise on such occasion he
would have taken merely Il sip or two
of lemonade and allowed the SEA water
TO do its work. AS Il matter of fact, one
of the most beneficial eatures OF Il sea
bath is the salt water inadvertently
swallowed by bathers. 1t is a wonder
full tonic for the liver, stomach AMI
kidneys. In many cases it will cure
birousness when all drug preparations
nave failed. 1t is peculiarly effective ia
ordinary cases of Indigestion. diso:-
dered stomach and insomnia, and has
been known to produce excellent re-
suits in many cases of dyspepsia.
"Glean sea water. such as is 10 be had
at any of our numerous fashionable sea-
side resorts, is full of tonic and sedatiye
properties. 1t won't hurt anybody.
Indeed. two or three big swallows OF 1t
would be of positive benefit to nine
bathers out of ten. 1t is not, of course,
a palatable or tempting lose to take,
but neither = q%uinine or calomel. You
seldom, if ever. see an old sailor who is
bilious or dyspeptic, or a victim to in
somnia, and why! For the reason that
an ocean of good medicine spreads all
about his sky. and he doses himself
c~opiouslv with it whenever his physical
mechanism becomes the least bit de-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Star.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-22

Nellie" said a mother 10 her little
daughter. Il wish you would u over
and see how old Mrs. Smith is. She has
been quite ILL.,"
In a few minutes Nellie came running
back and reported. "She said 10 tell
YOU it was none of your business"
'sWhy, Nellie" said the astonished
mother, .what did you ask her"
"Just what you told me to-" replied
the little innocent. Il told her You
wanted to know how old she was."->
Baltimore Sun
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-22

Dear Doctor-If you have anything
10 counteract the effect of your Won
derful Blood Boluses, please forward
at once. as they cured my wife's aunt
of a liver complaint that had kept her
occupied and happy for years. Now she
is a terror t o the neighborhood."-1n-
dianapolis Journal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-22
A Pessimistic View.

The Maid-Do you think the microbes
said to be in kisses ever develop into
anything dangerous?
The Bachelor-T'm afraid they do.
II least I've been told that marriage In
often a result.-Chicago Evening News
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-22
THE ILLINOIS A GOLD MINE.
There Are Over 1900 Men In
the Fish Industry of That
Stream.

Over 5000 men are employed in the
fish industry of the Illinois river. Each
year this industry expands and extends,
and it is but n question OF time when
that river will be accepted by Illinois
as one of the principal sources OF 1000
supply in the state. The big nshinS
point of the river, where the business
is handled in a wholesale way, are
Henry, Lacon, C~hillicothe, Peoria, Pekin,
havana. Bath. browning. Beardstown,
Meredosia, Kampsville, and Grafton.
The fishing seasOn-that is, the COM
mercial season, when the law permits
the use of seines in the river-opens
july 1 and closes April Is. During that
time the fishing companies with their
tug boats and smaller steam craft bar
vest the fishing crop, using seines which
vary in length from 500 to 1,5OO yards.
In Lake Peoria alone there are nine
seines. each 1000 yards long, INT last
wear in one haul over $500 pounds of
German carp were taken. AS the fisher
man received three cents a pound for his
fish "on the ground" that single haul
was worth $3.50. Near Beardstown a
single haul of the seine brought 10000
pounds of fish.
The fish are packed in boxes in $50
pound lots, slowed away in refrigerator
ears, and most of the carp and buffalo
are shipped to New York. Chicago
takes about 10000 pounds of carp a
week from Peoria in the season. Then
there is a system of live storage, by
which the captured fish are kept alive
until winter, when a better price can
be obtained for them. The fish are
loosed into pens, which are made by
driving stakes close together into the
bottom of a bayou or shallow bay neal
the point of shipment. Here h cap
tives thrive and fatten until they are
netted again and placed on ice for ship
ment.-La Sale (Ill.) Tribune.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-22

London Doctor-You will have to go
oct for a little fresh air. every morning.
Fair American ill in London)-How
IA up will I have to ascend. DOCTOR
Puck
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-22

ness of the situation by many degrees,
the sight of a large sign which
was fastened to a pole near where the
train had come I o Standstill ard which
appeared as the only thing living or
dead which held its head up out of the
surrounding waters. The sign read:
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-22
Keeps His Pledges.

The rawnbroker should not be cen
sured for keeping his pledges.-Chicagc
Daily Rews.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-05-02

Roy Brooks is worthy associate of
Jay Van Slyke, and it is appropriate
that he should be shut up with him in
custody of Sheriff Campbell. His Of
fence was beating his mother and
sister. The boy who would strike his
mother is not fit to live in Iowa, or
in America.
j. G. Webster bought recently at
Watertown 1000 tons (3,200,000
pounds) of fax straw at cost of two
dollars per ton. He goes to Winona
this week to purchase brake to send
out there to manufacture it for
market, for which purpose he will use
local power obtainable there and a
hay press tor packing ready for ship
ment. This is most fortunate pur-
CHASE as there is large demand tor the
prepared fiber, which has more than
doubled in the past year, finding a
market in every part of the habitable
globe.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-05-02

James Walker returned from Mil
waukee last Friday.
Lorenzo eager and wife have moved
into their new house on the Vernon
road.
u. Beeman and family have moved
into the Mahaffy house on the New
Oregon road.
Mrs. w. B. Ousley, of Lime Springs,
and Mrs. Manley OusIey, of Austin,
were visiting in Cresco last week.
Spscial prices made on Graduating
dresses, slippers, gloves, etc., at
Connolly & Fitzgerald's
Miller & Webber offer their store
building for rent, on the south side Of
Market st. Terms reasonable, and
immediate possession given.
We have a set of Encyclopaedia
Britannica, which we will sell cheap or
trade for other property. We have
two complete sets aud need but one.
Mrs. Moon received the sad intelli-
gence that her mother passed away
last Tuesday, aged about Sc years.
Her home was at Willoughby, Ohio.
My stock of Pianos and Organs will
be closed out regardless of cost-must
be sold by June 1st. Easy payment If
desired. GEO. H. KELLoGG.
VIM. DeCamp came in from Denver
Friday. He reports the mining very
prosperous for the precious metals in
the Cripple Creek mining district