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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-06-03
Tender Words Go Astray
Stereopticon Lectures as the
Vel TO FlirtatlOus.

THE Brooklyn school-teacher STUN
bled through the darkness to a
seat in the rear right of the middle
aisle. guided by the usher's hand. He
had told her that it was impossible to
give her the seat her numbered check
called for, because once the stereopti-
con views began the theater WAS EN-
tireIy darkcncd. and must remain so
until the finish. The Brooklyn girl
didn't care. for she could see as well
frCm one part of the house as the other.
and she was vastly interested in the
subject of the lecture, The Grand Can
yon of Colorado"
\ beautiful view of n sandstone deS-
ert WAS disSolving from the screen as
she took her seat and the lecturers
voice sounded through the darkness in
a somewhat dreary monotone. as a
mighty cliff broke out upon the screen
with magnificent distinctness followed
by a low clapping of hands from the
audience
Here" said the lecturer. 1--WE see
one of those wonderful works of nature
before the majesty OF which we pause
aba<hrd and awe-stricken. conscious of
the littleuess of man, his aims. hopes
and accomplishments. This giant cliff
has calmly assumed its se%ntinelship
after som" upheayal of nature. maybe
centuries ago. Observe the"
Just then the brooklyn girl was dis
turbed by The sound of some n eau
tiou~ly making his way in herdirecti"n
She knew it was a man by the way he
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-06-03
HUMOROUS.

He-"And how many teeth have you
ieft?" Beggar-"Only one, and that
mas nothing to do for days at Il time"
-Meggendorfer Blaetter.
Just Girls.-Juliet Nawning)-"Dear
me. 1 feel 80 years old to-day" An
gelica-"Why. have you been taking to
reiuvenate yourself?"-Chicago News.
Surprising.-Mr. Gotham Here,
sir. is some whisky which | have had IN
my cellar for 20 years" Col. kaintuck
We'll: We'll. How did it get lost?'
". Y. Weekly.
Il would die for you" exclaimed her
elderly lover, passiOnately. oh.
don't" she answered. in alarm. Il
like your hair and mustache so much
better as they are."-Somerville Jour-
nal.
Ghosts and Society Ghosts.-"Arent
your Psychical Research club meetings
very duh. Miss Priscilla?" No: you
see. we always wind up with a pillow
case masquerade and dance.-Detroit
Free Press.
His Memory.-"Did you ever find that
when O stood uD to talk before an as
scmbla-e YOU forgot everything you
ever knew" No" answered Senator
Sorghum. 81. never was Investigated"
Washington Star.
Mr.. Epson Downs lseatel by a
stranger in railway carriagel--"What
time is it by YOUR watch. If You please?'
Stranger-'I don't know "Hut You
lust looked AT it" Yes: only wanted
10 see if it was still there."-Wasp.
My dear" said Mrs. Pitt to her
daughter. Il am so surprised to hear
you say that Miss Tenn is unladylike.
What do YOU mcaa?" why. mamma,"
replied Miss Pitt. she never adds Il
postscript to her letters. -Pittshurgh
Chronicle Telegraph.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-06-03
INSECT PESTS IN LAPLAND.
MosquitOcs and Flies Tint Wake Lie
in That Region Almost
I~nbearaDie.

AS though the mosquitoes were not
sufficient plague, we PASSED mo Il Bet
that WAS peopled b! SAIL more insect
horrors. Dragon flies iii millions rus
tied through the air, though these dld
not wurrN Us. Hut they were accom-
panied by loathi!y great h1rseiies Us
thick as u finger. and monstrous Ii
bottles which were maddeniEg III their
attentions. The b~.urnottle one could
bear and avoid: but the attack OF tie
horsefiy was stcaltny. The beast would
lily up without Il sound and aiight hks:
Ii piece OF thi>tledown, and II would
know noThin" of ii matter until Il
WIS bitten. they could 90 through u
coat as easily as one could push i'll Il pm;
even corduroy riding breechcS could
not impede them, and on the place OF
each bite there arose in the next half
hour a great wen. which one wanted to
tear out bodily with the finger nails.
That part of Lapland would be l lep-
idopteriSt's heaven: but for any orG--
nariiy constituted very near
TO being the other place. 1t MIST be re-
membered. too. that if we two foreign
ers suffered badly from this plague OF
flies, our carriers were ten times more
tormented.
\ mai with his hand free can thrash
about and. TO Il certain extent, i the
insects from him, unless he pcrishcs
with the cxertion: but TO Z carrier i'm
| peGed with a pack this form OF athlet-
| icisn is necessarily limited. Jul Laps
| JSIt calico cowls over their heads. which
covered all except their faces. and their
faces and hands they smeared with a
liberal ointment of tar, and yet they
suffered horribly. Still, for all that,
they made no complaint. Johann would
give out his great outlaws OF laughter
when things were at their worst. and
| the others would chime in merrily
! enough. They might be miserable. but
! they saw no reason to make themselves
unhappy about it.-C. Hyne, Through
Arctic Lapland."
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-06-03

stumbled over his feet. and she put out
her hand instinctively to prevent him
from stepping or sitting upon her.
Suddenly she felt her hand grasped con
v~ulsivelv. and a boyish voice. husky and
mufied. sounded close in her EAR.
Great Scott. Jessie. I've had the
most dreadful time finding this seat in
the dark, The usher said it was u
that Dcople who came in late had to sit
wherever they could. You can imagine
how | felt after sending You the check
for the seat next mine. | told him |
had 4 right TO meet somebody. and he
said that was all right: | could meet
them after the lecture. He wasn't on.
You see. Gee. Oh. Jessie. I'm so glad |
found YOU, You don't know
Hush" said the Brooklyn girl. She
realized that he had made a mistake
and took her for some one else: but
she was not going TO whisper eNplana-
lions in a Young mans ear. and II she
talked loud it would disturb everybody.
Resides, if this imPetuOus youth found
that it wasn't really Jessie. he would
climb over the whole audience looking
for her. So she said Hush" and he
clasped her hand more tenderly.
\ beautiful view of Il river Seething
between two rocky walls burst into
view.
Here" said the lecturer. "the great
torrent. imprisoned in its rocky cell
hundreds of feet deep. bursts into sight.
boiling in a whirlpool of light and color
and life ere it leaps into the under AN
yon. The small speck of yellow light
in the lower left-hand corner Of the
view indicates the last view of the same
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-06-03
CHILDREN BORN IN A TREE.
Brought Up in II Tree Trunk
in Tennessee.

1t is not an ancestral mansion. though
II has been some 500 years in building.
The beginning of it was Il sturdy sap
ling. standing in n tiny cove high on
the side of an east Tennessee noun
tain. By and by the Sapling became n
big, hollow tree. Notwithstanding the
hollow was so big Il tall man could lie
stretched ut length in it, there was an
outer shell of sound wood and plenty
of vigorous leafy boughs for shade.
The hollow itself was rain and storm
proof. so a couple took up their abode
in it.
They did not bother about furniture.
There was no room for il, even in Il hol-
low tree measuring seven feet across.
The man put down n floor of punch
eons-that is. rough slabs split from
smaller tree trunks. For a bed they
bad dry leaves. and for a covering skins
Of various animals round about. The
woman knew how to dress them Indian
fashion, : o they served in large part
for clothes as well as cover.
An Az. a rifle, a bullet mold. 4 pow
der horn. a hunting knife. an iron pot,
a water pail. Il Jug. two or three big
gourds, Il bread tray and a meal bag
Slammed up the family's movable pos
sessions. Cooking was done gypsy
fashion at Il log fire some little way
off the entrance to the tree. Generally
the pot sat beside the fire. simmering
and stewing. The only bread was ash
II H., -, -, . lara xxn- n rhnipa
of sassafras tea. unsweetened, and
I moonshine whisky.
The man. of course was a moonshin-
er. He was also Il dead shot-particu-
Iarlv in the case of Il revenue officer.
He was able thus to feed his family by
! working about half the time. His wife
! looked after the clothing. exchanging
surplus peltry twice a year for coars"
cloth, salt and snuff at the nearest
crossroads store. Is miles away.
Eleven children were born in the hol-
low tree and grew mp into strapping
mer and women. One of the boys stood
| six feet nine inchcs-when he could be
persuaded to stand at all. Usually he
| carried himself in rather the shape of
Il crescent. Eicn OF TIE II WIS cidui'u
in the half of Il smaller hollow tree.
I snloothed out inside with the AK and i'm
beGded with leaves. 1t did not need
rockers, rocking itself at the slightest
touch. AS the big tree became crowd
| ed. hollow logs were sought, n for
each child. chopped TO convenient
/ lengths and dragged close about the
! fire. Into their open ends the bigger
/ children crept, feet foremost. turned
their heads to the fire and slept snug
through all sorts of weather. OF course
the logs were only for storms and Sc
we're weather. When it was fine the
! whole family slept outdoors. 1t was
presumably Il happy family. and GER
tainly Il healthy one, though it went
barefoot the veal round, and never so
; much as heard of hygiene. The whole
brood grew up innocent of contact with
doctors, ministers or schoolmasters.
As the owne of Il summer cottage
down the valley said upon discovering
them: The truth is, they don't know
enough even to be sick."-N. y. Sun.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-06-03
NO PROTECTION NEEDED.
Sea Fish Will Propagate Rapidly In
spite Of Constant
Travelling.

While New Workers have organized a
fishing in the vicinity of the metropo-
lis, it may be timely to call attention to
the result of a gigantic experiment on
the of the sea which the
Scotch authorities ave been conduct
ing for nearly Is years. 1t had been
alleged by commercial interests that
the netting of SEA fishes by trawling, in
the North sea and up and Town the
Scotch coast. was destroying all the
spawn or the bottom, killing immature
fish. and running the sea fisheries. y
commission built gigantic Enclosures
within which sea fishing was forbidden
for several wears, and the whole of the
Scotch waters within the thrCe-mi.e
limit was closed by law against the
traw!crs of 1>~9. The fisheries board
from wear To year examined the waters
to discover if the fish had become more
abundant, and after Il series of rNperI-
1uents. spreading over a nuHbe OF
wears. they find that there are no more
or less fish on the preserved ground
, than when the travis We're daily
dragged across the bottoms of the hay.
They have proved that the balance of
nature in the nrighboring sea is stead
liz maintained. and that there is need
for no anxiety concerning the continu-
ance of every species of good fish: that
life in the sea is not dependent on What
. takes place near the shore. and that it
is difficult TO destroy sea fish 10y mis-
chief done near the coast, rs the pelagIc
eggs are shed in deep water and tioatin
untold millions out TO sea.-Leslie's
{ Weekly.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-06-03
Dnd's Way.

Teacher-One should be thoughtful
in dispensing favors. For example, sup
pose your father. Johnny. was in a
crowded street car and two ladies, M
old and the ether young. got in, which
Of them would he give his seat to?
Johnny-Guess you don't know dad.
He wouldn't give it to either.-Boston
Transcript.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-06-03

1T appears that Mrs. Sloane parted
with a husband worth $9.oCG.0O0 for one
estimated at s.. NG0.0o0."
SAY. if she keeps that up shall mar
ry herself into the poorhouse."-1leTe.
land PlEin Dealer.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-06-03
4 Fire

1t is well to keep Il bottle of ammonia
handy at all times. as it is one of the
very best of fire extinguishers. In case
it is not possible to get close enough to
the fire to pour it on, throw the bottle
20 tn at it will break in the fames.-Da-
troit Free Press.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-06-03
Might Have Been.

Doctor believe you nave some sort
Of poison in yoUr system.
Patient-Shor!in't wo2der. What
was that la: stuff vo@ gave ne?--
Sra Moments
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-06-03

young maj next the SlTi III
a lower and hoarSer one thai before.
You are so unlike yourself to-day. IL
you knew how hard it was for a fell
low to get seats since the boys got on to
this, Why. there's a bigger rush for
tickets than if it We're a Gale-Princeton
game. This house is full of Columbia
men. | can smell Boardman's cigar
cites right around here somewhere. He
paid - for two seats and"
"Sh." said the BROOKLYN girl. "Idon't
know what you mean | cant hear the
man. Keep still" She muttered what
she said in Il whisper so low that she
didn't know her W voice.
"Ila. ha," chuckled the Young man.
Just as though o. cared for the old
lecture. just az though any OF liz
cared, Do You think Goat Baxter m
acre for the lecture? iIa. ha!"
what does he come for. them
whispered the BROOKLYN girl. curiosity
getting the better of her. She won
dered why anyone should come and sit
in the dark for an hour and "a half if not
for the lecture.
why. didn't | tell YOU how he dis
covered this game? Goat EaNtcr.l?1l.
i the Columbus of Columbia. Hes en-
gagged TO a Barnard girl, only her folks
don't know it: neither do his. She's
not allowed to speak TO any Of the fell
lows: that is. walk home from school OF
ANYTHING. Well. HaNter's father gave
him IA course ticket for these things
And Bax didn't do Il thing but buy an
ether and get the seats together Then
he sent her the others. They meet here
and sit and hold hands and plan how
they'll eIope. The hoys-
Now. ladies and gentlemen" began
the lecturer. Il will ask YOU to step with
me into the lower valley of the Red
river. Notice the curiously colored
powders rising at either side of the
stream. which here seems clear ana
| placid. although its depth is over 1.0oC
feet. Here to the right you see the
celebrated Dead Indian rock. where
YOU will notice the perfect outline OF an
Indian stretched at full length. as
though upon a bier. While we do not
pretend 10 reproduce faithfully the
wonderful tintS that Artist Nature mas
so lavishly spread upon this scene. you
can get a very clear idea OF the gIitter-
| ing sulphurous yellows. the emerald
greens and the diamond-hke CUNTS OF
white in these stones. the like OF when
are not to he found the world over
solitary horScman that you see looking
across the landscape as thosTh l"r
some friendly glimpse OF a Euliah-
Jessie" said the voice in the ear o'
the Brooklyn girl. 1t was IL command
ing whisper this time.
"Sd!" she whispered back. "he
quiet"
Passing on to this peaceful camp
where We stop for the night under the
friendly stars OF the far-off sky
sounded tn, lecturers voice.
Jessie"
"What? Sh. Stop"
you're not wearing any ring? WHAT
does that mean? IIay" YOU taken 1t OIL.
Have YOU ceased to
Ssh. Keep still. want to listen
..Nou,rr eyaGiur my question. be
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-06-03
Bank of England Notes.

The average life of Il note of the Bank
of England is a little less thai 20 days,
Notes are never reissued.
Connecticut western news., 1899-08-03
L Ak RNKLI e

Mrs Louise Merritt went to a hospital in New York city last Mon"ay to under go an operation. Dr Se'lsw of Sails bury accom- panied her.
 Prof. f. K. Sanders of Y.le Univer. sity, who is spending his vacation here with his family and is the guest of Dr G. H. Knight, delivered very interest ing address at the M. E. church last Sunday evening. Subject: "The light thrown by recent discoveries upon the Old Testament Rev J. c Goddard and his congregation were present which filled the church to overhowing
 Last Saturday evening at 8 o'clock a team of horses without a driver or car riage ran through Main street and were not stopped until they reached Salis- bury. Upon inquiry it was stated that Myron Hamlin, who lives near Spencer's s Corner, is the owner of the team. Mir Hamlin drove to Millerton and while there one of the pole straps broke which caused the horses to run, ,and in turning the corner of a street upset the carriage, threw out the occupants, two ladies and the driver. and then became detached from the vehicle and ran towards Lake, ville. It is rumored that the two ladies were severely injured.
 A four horse load of boarders from the Interlaken Inn. across the lake. took a ride to Ssge's ravine last Tuesday.
 Miss Mary Tupper. who broke one of her hip bones last April by filling from stepladder, is able to be out doors but cannot walk yet without q cane.
Connecticut western news., 1899-08-03
The Reform Movement in China.

The American people in common with all the nations of the globe, should be vitally interested in the progress of the Reform movement in China, tend ing toward reorganization of the gov ernment along modern line3 and the sncourag ment of foreign intercourse.
 Rang Yu Wei, the distinguished statesman and head of the Reform movement, is imbued with deep re, gard for many phases of American pro- gress; and when the obstructions placed in the way of the movement by the Dowager Empress and her supporters shall have been removed, what more natural than that China will turn to us for help in developing the vast re- sources of that empire. Indeed, have authentic information that Rang Yu Wei purposes in the near future to visit President Mckinley upon diplomatic mission, and with intimate relations once established our government should grasp every vantage point to the end that when the "New China" shall have become an established fact we may be first upon the grounds and reap the spells of peace.
 With the proposed system of govern ment once firmly established, there will be vast possibilities for American enter prise in the way of railways, telegraph and steamship lines, as well as in the development of the great natural re- sources of the empire.
 / The ultimate success of the move ment is assured from the fact that though the usurping Dowsger has strong ally in Russia, yet England must set limit to Russian aggression in order to protect her interests in h. dia from invasion; while Japan, reaiiz- ing fully that as Russia's power extends in China, the same aggression on Japan will be more likely, stands as one of the dethroned Emperor's strongest allies.
 The situation is frought with great interest for the thoughtful observer, who sees in the movement an indication that the antiquated empire is strug- gling to get in line with her modern sisters. Just as the mpregnable wall along her borders is to be torn down 50 will the barriers erected by centuries of ignorance and distrust be swept away. M. L o.
Connecticut western news., 1899-08-03
NORFOLK.

The collection taken iu the Cong'l church July 23 for the benefit of Hamp- ton Institute amounted to S230.
 Burton Cobb is now at Camp Meade, meeting with many new experiences.
 The annual tennis tournament opened Tuesday on the gymnasium courts and some exciting matches have been play ed. The results of the contest will be given in next weeks issue.
 We welcome home our organist, Miss K. M. Tales, who has been absent at her home in Turner's Falls for two~weeks.
 Miss Margaret Taylor If Torrington visits Miss Annie Donovan.
 Noifolk enjoyed rare treat Wednes- day evening, namely concert given in the Corg'l church by MT Edward Null ligan. organist of the Fifth Avenue Col legiste church; Julian Walker. bass so- loist, Trinity church; Master Arthur Nash, soprano soloist, All Angels church, and the Reitzel String Guar. tette. The concert was given in behalf of the Ladies' Home Missionary Society.
 Dr and Mrs Conrad Wesselhoeft of Boston were guests at the Cong'l par sonage last week.
 Mrs Carl Stoeckel gave a picnic to her maids at Lake Wangum Thursday afternoon.
 Seventeen Norfolk people took advan- tage of the excursion to West Point last Thursday.
 The fini hing work in the new Stnsckel barn is being done by F. Viscsrdi and his painters.
 Rev Clark Wright, D. D of Pough- keepsie, N Y. preached in the Metho- dist church Sunday.
 A piece of land, adjoining tho Library, presented to Miss Isabella Eldridge by Mir Frederick Shepard of East Orange, N. J. has a frontage of ten f ct and ex- tends northward about 150 feet.
 Mir and Mrs G. E. Stevens gave a re- ception Saturday afternoon at their cot tage on Litchfeld Road. Messrs Sedg- wick and Gaylord furnished m isic.
 pr Rissmuller of New York, who has been staying at Mir Eugene Smiths had his knee cap sprained in runaway ac- cident and was obliged to prlong his visit here. Dr Rissmuller returned to New York Monday.
 The Harvey Johnson farm, consisting of one hundred acres of land. with buildings, and occupied by Mr and Mrs E D. Ives has been sold to G. D. Har- rison of Lakeville. .aa
 Sherman Cowles, a veteran of the civil war. went to Mill River, Mass, yesterday to visit friends and he expects to visit Warren Crissey at Great Bar rington before he returns to Norfolk.
 Halsey Roberts is the new mail car rier for South Norfolk, Granville and Goshen. ......
 Lieut.. Governor Mills and family are stopping at the Stevens House.
Connecticut western news., 1899-08-03
Labor Troubles,

The telegraphers in the employ of the N. Y. N. H. & Fl. railroad company are quietly working and strengthening themselves and will soon be in posi- tion to effectually demand what they consider just treatment, and will strike if necessary to get proper attention They are not the only employees who are dissatisfied, and the New Haven Palladium says:
 The situation between the Consolida- ted road and it's several classes of em- ployes who have made demands for i'm proved conditions regarding their labor, is growing in interest daily. On the one side are the employees advancing their claims step by step, through the prescribed channels of their organiza- tions to the point where the grievances of the individual orders will be com bin- ed in one general demand with but one alternative, general strike. On the other hand are the officials of the road, ersistently ignoring the demands of the men and refusing to treat with any of their organizations, and providing the road h the meantime with equipments to tide them over in an emergency.
 The equipment spoken of is system of telephone service, but which has never been successful in running trains as was demonstrated some time ago on the New England road.
Connecticut western news., 1899-08-03
W EST CuRNwA ALL.

Smith & Sons have broken ground preparatory to erecting a neat cottage on Railroad avenue.
 Miss Louise Taeker of New York is in town at George Beck's for her usual summer visit.
 George Brewster has been spending 6 few days ''larking" with friends in Woodbury and Bantam.
 Miss Laura Hall of New Haven is visiting frie- ds in town.
 William Oviatt of Bridgeport is al home for visit
 Miss Matte Hindle returned to heI home in Bridgeport on Saturday
 A. J. Hallock of Bethel is visiting at his brothers, Myron A. Hsllock's on Plainview.
 tion at Charles Miller's, taking care of everything in general. He wants to be near home.I
 H. M Doty, local editor of the Chat ham Courier, with his mother has been visiting for a few days at l. J. Kicker sons. .
 George Hughes of Bridgeport is visit. ing at George Beck's.
 Miss Clara Sedgwick gave a very in teresting report of the Detroit O. 10. convention on Sunday evening.
 MT and Mrs E.C. Baldwin of Duluth, Minn. are at Mir Baldwin's old home for few weeks.
 Miss Laura M. Hall of New Haven has been visiting friends here the past two weeks.