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The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-03-10
EXPANSION.

Net feusr tothsr mOmn'-
Most amusIn' sort Of eussi
He'd a curcus style about him
Cert My couldn't be WIS.
I says: Where you I'm pardnerI
An he smiles in a Known way
An replies IN furrIn lingo
Porto Rico, q. S. A.
Seen a Teller down on Broadway
With shOclzin' head Of hair
An a lot Of tropic accents
An a most outlandish ain.
where's he fruHl7r a fellow shouted
But before he'd time to say
This ysre heather turned an answered,
''HOnOluIu, .. S. A.
Net a teller yere on Olive,
With a big sOmbrsrO on
Had a lot Of shaggy whiskers7
Nearly all his clOthin' gone,
Stoned an asked me for quarter;
SAYS: MY home Is far away"
where You 'front.' The varmint answered,
Santiago, L. s A.
Seen a fellow at the Southern,
With a heavy iron box
Overcoat was lined with deerskin;
Wore a dozen pair Of sOz.
Sized him up 70 be a miner
JEdged By his awkward way;
Seen him write In big characters
Dawson City, Z. s. A."
Seen a saddIe-coIOred heather,
Wearing earrings in his nOsei
Linen cuffs around his ankles
Most indecent lack Of cloths
'sWhers'd this heather guy yere spring frumI
inquired IN lofty way.
An he had the nerve 20 answer
From Manila, q. s. A."
Geei says 1 never heard Of
These yere cannybuls befOre-
Air these heathens yere all TOtersI
VIII We stan fur any mOrel
Next you know you ask a fellow
Where he frum an ne viii say
With a loudly kind Of flourish;
sAu creat'n, L. 5. A.
ua=r=-rz Rn-0rT-
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-03-10

Kansas should feel dOubly grateful
at present. The billion dollar congress
aud the dOnOthing state legislature
adjourned about the same time.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-03-10

The reports about Alger resigning
are getting very discOuraging- He says
such talk Is not a dream, but an old
fashioned nightmare.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-03-10

Walt Warmer Of Goodland has been
eanvassing this vicinity for the sale OF
a new kind Of anvil and grindstOne.
Miss Sarah Edwards was the guest Of
Miss Edith Corkil the other night
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-03-10

The senatorial deadlock in Pennsyl-
vsnia has reached the stage where 1t IS
said Quay will withdraw rather than
be beaten.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-03-10

About 5000 books we're published IN
this country last year. The waste
basket also has a burden.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-03-10

Fred and Burdet Hurd are both able
to be around after undergoing a seri-
Gus Illness
Mrs. J. A. CorkiI was calling on Mrs.
Hurd, Monday.
VIII Caldwell has his new house
nearly completed
The Bellview school Is making ar
rangements TO give an entertainment
the last day Of school
Religious services viii be held at the
BeIlTieW school house Saturday even
ing and Sunday morning at ten O'Clock.
The services viii be conducted by the
Rev. r Q. Smith.
John WolfrOm and son are hauling
Loo bushels Of corn to GOodland-
Farmers are busy s0TinE wheat
Nellie DooliDF. Ora aud Estelia Hurd
1sra callers - Lrs ~ - Lewis On
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-03-10

England Is complaining Of a deficit
Of s7,5OO,OOO. What would she do with
ours Of s2OO.OGOOOO?
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-03-10
Notice

There is money in the treasury of
Shermanville township to pay all out
standing warrants up to date, March 10,
1899. JOE s. WILLIAMS, Treasurer.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-03-10

1t is worth while for even well-tO-dO
men, who ordinarily might not feel the
burden Of taxation, to consider the
reverse side of this proposition. Up to
and including this 4th day of March
the total governmental receipts for the
fiscal year beginning july 1, have been:
Customs. .-......-... Sl3I ,299 2i62S
Internal revenue Isl lsS l30-3I
MlScelaneOus-------- $1,000 l6,OScl6lS-ll
-S32 195 sS4. IS
Compare the receipts with the auth
Orized expenditures and a bond issue
must inevitable come soon.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-03-10
Popular Pullman Tourist Cars

For full description Of this service and the
benefits given Its patrons, see your local ticket
agent. or address
JOHN SEBASTIAN. 6. A.. CHICAGO. Ill.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-03-10
Brewster.

The measles have been having a go
among a number of families in tn 5
vicinity.
The Tribune is authority for the
statement that J. II. LOOney will move
to Colby, and make that place his
home.
Brewster experienced a coal famine
during the late cod weather.
This has been the hardest winter ever
experienced by stOckmen in western
Kansas.
Brewster is drawing some trade from
the remote corners of Thomas and
Logan counties.
T. Kribbs Of NoberIy, No, accomp-
anied by his wife, mother and two
children. visited here recently with
John and Will Kribbs. Being quite a
sportsman, Mr.. Kribbs enjoyed his first
hunt by shooting several of the fleet
footed hares and sending them to his
friends in Missouri.
Mr.. Jordan of WinOna bought a car
load of corn of S. h. Dnlinger recently
and hauled it overland to that place.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-03-10

but before they succeeded in getting
them stopped Byron had his leg badly
hurt. At the same time one of J. A.
PaysOn's horses kicked over the buggy
pole, the result of feeding too much
barley mixed with grasshOppers, and
getting his leg tangled up in a tug, was
thrown down. After considerable work
everything was restored to order.
Albert Grimes went to Colby Thurs
day and returned Friday with a load
of lumber.
r. a. Smiths brother returned to
his home in Rocks county Friday.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-04

The following composition i said
TO have been written recently in one
of the little books that are now given
Out to Sunday school children. The
subject on this occasion was King
Solomon: kin" solomon wa 4 man
who lived ever 20 many Years agu,
and in the country that he governed
be was The "ho'e push. He was an
awful "is1 nan ana one Day tq;U wC-
men cane to him. each holding on the
leg OF Il baby, and both claiming it.
And King Solomon wasn't feeling
right well. and he said: why could
not the brat have been twins and
stopped all :his bother and he
called for his sword and was going 10
chop The little bal; IN t.yo. and give
each one & ri"cc Of il. Nhcr the one
who Wa ia" mother Of Tie baby said:
stop. Solomon: stay Thy hand. Let
that old hog have i. r. ] can't have
a whole baby ! don't want any Then
King Solomon told her 10 take The
baby home ana wash its face. for he
knew that it was hers. He told the
Other woman TO go and chase herself.
King Solomon built King SoICmons
temple and was the father OF all tie
MasOns. He had 100 wives and 3GO
la , y f..s,.n.4.. ..,,l ,t,4f -1-
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-04
TO BE MADE PERMANENT.
Acting Commissioners in Different
Branches of thC Service VIII in
IIeny Cases BE Retained.

During the war about @T5 line Off
GERS. 30 medical officers. 50 pay officers
and I55 engineer officers have been ap-
pointed 10 "atirC commissions. 1t is
found that lie uavy w require the
services g.. str-r of hose .:.tc,r in The
-pcrraa.eut establishment. This is es-
pec;a''v 50 in the engineer corps, and
Engineer IN Chief Melville has CON
n.euG,l that Il number of the 90 passed
assistant engineers and 81 assistant
engineers be retained in the navy.
MI Of the appointees to this corps
are either graduates of technical
schools or have had practical expert
nee in engineering work. They have
all proved themselves a~bundantly
mla!i'ied for their duties and be
retained in the service by act OF con-
rress without recourse to further eX'
animation. Il has been fearedin some
quarters that -I:ose officers, many Of
w.-.0 ara Grei~Cus Gf rcmairirTiH the
.. Interfere ". i thr Il
-,;:-.yat.i pans for amaigamatih9
l-c line ana engineer corps.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-04
OF unusual interest to every reader

OF unusual interest to every reader
of this paper is the advertisement
elsewhere in this issue of the st. Louis
Globe-Democrat, unquestionably Il
of the greatest OF American Lewspa-
pers. That peerless paper can now
be had by mail, every day, including
the big Sunday issue, for only six
dollars per year, and at that price. it
is certainly within the reach of all
who desire to read ANY daily paper.
The Weekly Globe Democrat is issued
n semi-weekly sections of eight pages
each. making it practically a LARGE
~SEMI-WEEKLY, and almost equal to
the average daily. at ONE DOLLAR
y YEAR. This issue is just THE
THING for the farmer, merchant or
professional man who has 0 the
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10 Keep promptly and thoroughly
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Der OF the family, not only &iving
ALL THE NEWS, but also Il great
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ing Co., St. Louis. Mo.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-04
NEW PENSIONS.
amber ,: Claims WY Reach 5c.o3t
=! Cast NE ~icat
SE-.GU6,0aJ Per Annurr

Wen commissioner OF Pensions Ev-
aas Was seen il regard 20 claims for
PENSIONS growing out &c the present
s.-r :; T,s learned that only ia ap-
, 10 ions have been filed. 1t is csti-
.r@;ca ;hat there will lie $4,000 app!i-
cations fled rs the catgrowth of
wnauGs Inflicted and disease contract
ca during the wa-. At IN average of
$50 par month, the estimated cost of
pensions will be $1,000, 900 per aRnum,
but the commissioner says it is diff
cut TO make anything IKE an accu-
rate estimate. Claims ROW on file rep
resent all parts OF the union, and as
the claims are not fled by states it IS
impossible to tell which sections OF
the country are represented. Forty
eight per cent. OF the claims now On
file are for invalid pensions and 81 per
cent. are made BY widows and minors,
Who lost their husbands aud fathers in
the fight for Cuban freedom.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-04

Prominent leaders Of Spanish poll
tics have taken occasion 70 Genounce
in bitter terms the generals whose
misfortune it was to be ii sacrifice to
Spanish folly. They have been bran
ded as cowardly by those who We're
safe at home. and who knew nothing
Of the real thing they we're up
against" In an unequal contest il is
often the better part % valor to sur
render TO Il humane enemy than to be
sacrificed for the sake of honor"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-04
-omc Popular Notions Corrected.

Some interesting facts about the
foods Of the nations are brought out
in an article in the last number Of
McClurcs Magazine. entitled The
Worlds Bill of Fare 1t is not
easy to believe the authors &C.. B.
Waldron, Esq first statement, says
the Indiana Farmer, the wheat is far
from being tho most important food
crop Of the world. He shows that the
potato ranks first IN the list of food
products. the annual crop Of this
popular tuber averaging more than
+ ttJ. 500 UJ bushels. while corn. which
comes next, averages only 2,0o0, OOO.-
Of bushels, and then CONES wheat,
300. 600. $40 bushels, followed by rye.
800, $50, 900, and barley, 400, 600, 900
bushels. Another surprise Is the fact
that among The nations, France is the
largest castumsr for wheat. using an
average OF JUv, OcU, 900 bushels Il year.
which Is i6I pounds. or :. bushels 10
each iuhab;tdGi. Canadians CONSUME
about t bushels: the people Of Great
Britain. 80 pounds aach: and or
people coin. "yX., u,nL 40 pounds.
a. .jsaels each: Il total OF about
3UJ. 900. 900 bushels. or the same as
France.
The Germans LIST only abou; )
bushels each making up the deficiency
with rye ana potatoes. russians are
very saving Of their wheat, their
average being oIiy /! bushels. but
they use , bushels OF rye each, ana
% pounds Of oats, yearly.
KS We had supposed the Irish are
the most liberal users of potatoes.
their average being Loo pounds, or
about - bushels each: or ! pounds Il
day: 4 pound IT each meal. man.
woman Nnu ch.iu.
Next to TIE Iri-hnan CONES .,=.
German a. Il potato lover. with uls
l.5U0 pounds u year, or d grand total
OF l.iIU. 900. 800 bushels for nc cGt."c
pCyu.ut-ou. tarir Sam requires
oil. &; a,'D. bushels. o. SOM ,.
bu5hui- Tor caci. OF u-.-MoEIhly
Review.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-04
SHIPS FOR RUSSIA.
Cramps to Build a Battleship ana
Cruiser for the Gar.
VIII Be Far Superior in Every Way
to Anything Yet Designed
for the Ameri-
can Navy.

Charles Cramp, the head of Cramps
shipyard in Philadelphia, is in Wash
:neton to consult the naval authorities
regarding the bids which are to be
opened for the three 1G-knot battle
ships. Mr.. Cramp has recently re-
turned from Russia, where he secured
contracts TO build a battleship and a
cruiser for that government, which are
10 be far superior TO anything yet de-
signed for the American nav. Speak
ing of these ships he said: We SHAH
begin to lay their keels some tue next
week. The battleship will be OF 1900
tons displacement, and must maintain
Z speed of IS knots for IL consecutive
hours, with all coal, ammunition and
stores aboard, and these stores, coal
and ammunition are 50 per cent. great
er than those carried on any ships out
side of Russia. This speed. "nderthese
..... 80 SO ..:'..,. mus! i1
made with ordinary natural draught.
The cruiser is to be Of ESQ ors and
under natural draGght 1aust maintain
- knots for - consecutive hours and
carry $50 tons Of coal and so per cent.
more stores of all kinds than has
hitherto Leen pat into any warship."
\ continuous test for Il hours Is
something wholly new for warships,
the practice in Europe generally being
20 rate vessels by the speed they at
tain in a squirt over single measured
miles.
Mr.. Camp. while at the navy depart
ment. told officials that he considered
ii Il great mistake to build slow ships
when the other nations were building
them faster and fastcr. lie intends 10
submit a bid for the b~attleships de-
signed ty tie department to duplicate
the Alabama. but it Is mor than likely
that he viii offer practically to dupli-
cate the Russian battleship for the
United States.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-04
THE ALMIRAIITE 0QUENDO.
The Wreck Of the Spanish ship n:
santiago Proves She VI:
Poorly Constructed.

As a matter OF TACT .he AlmiraDte
O1uendo and the I~nfarta Maria Te-
.esa seem TO have been poorly con-
structed. If they have a belt of Haf-
yeyized steel j. inches thick, as naval
registers declare. it is not easily dis
covered; but tGere arc shot holes,
some made by twc-iuch guns, all over
their sides. Probably the officers OF
government wLo we're ove~ae"rs of
the construction - these shiTs a.! not
fancy giving S2a.= good crusgT, 50
much = they faucicA putting ":"@1y in
their purses.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-04

Burn E,ltUiun. The family Safety Oil,
guaranteed EUt to smoke your CHM
or char your wick. Be sure
ana yet the genuine. F0c sHlc by the
dealers only:
". G. Pctack.
W. II. COerVcr.
L. II. Graessle.
J. \. Nandevcn.
W. &. Bergman.
Martin Nasterling.
Aug Kempe.
J. +. Sc~hwepker.
+. Osterloh.
J. T. Vogclsangcr-
NJ. y. Warren.
L. 5. Lilly.
Doyle Bros.
W y. Trickey.
L. Ben Miller.
Flcntge. Johnston y &c
+. w. Vogt.
j. st. Avit X son.
Tom Moore.
~. d. Slomeyer.
Hirsch Bros. Mere "a Prov. Co.
Vogel x Brunkhorst.
b. Balm.
II. L. Peironnet.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-04

Sgring is near at hand. One Of the
most infallibie signs is 20 learn of the
country newspaper advertising for q
printer. The o!d-time print" who
sonnt, he wind from IN south. and
looking .:,.r u4 -,,s .- a,,"" pie
and the water tank, lays down his
rule, Jumps his case ana takes his
clothes and goes. And the next issue
sees the adlet "Printcr Wanted" as
a sign OF spring it beats the robin
and the sore corn i'll a walk-over.-
New Madrid Nlissourian.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-04

ONLY sin days Of the life of the
present Congress remain, but the in
are that Eli the really ur-
cent work which is before either
brarci, will be TRANSACTED. The pas
SAGE o. the army hill is certain, and
there il no probability that any of
the appropriatiop bills will fail. A
/ oood deal Of obstruction has been
met with. In Tact there has peer more
copperhradism in the present Con-
grcss than in any other since the days
of the war Of secession, but it has all
| been overcome at last. The copper
headisIn began right at the start in the
war. when Bailey and his accomplices
held up the war reyenuo bill for many
DAYS, but the ohstructives have, one
after the other, all been whipped into
line. CockFell was the latest of them
t to be disciplined. but he, too, had to
. take his medicine. The renegades
know that the country is against
them. and hence they have to surren'
der whenever the popular wrath l:
: aroused. These are bad days for thu
HoaIs. Baileys, Vests. Germans
Rales and Cockrells. -Globe-Demo
crat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-04
Private sale.

I, the undersigned. will sell ut pri-
vate sale at my residence on Ellis
street, all my household and kitchen
furniture, consisting of parlOr set,
bed room set, carpets, stoves. kitchen
utensils, etc. All in ii~rst-class o
dition. Parties wishing to purchase
should call within the next two weeks,
as the goods must be sold within that
time. FRED PARE
feb23-d2t-w2t
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-04

Though born $50 years ago. the
poa' '""'hn "aw distinctly Tie in
54rr.-.. ID az .inrri,ou t~atg.uccan!c
canai ]. "au predicted that the United
States would control it. Goethe said
IN a CONGREGATION. - recorded hy his
fellow literary worker. Eckerman.
tnat N is,hm%iH canal Tor ships OF
the largest size would b. a necessity
for this country. One may ~forescc, -
Goethe remarked to a circle of friends
at dinner. '',hat that youthful conn
try. with its pronounced tendency to-
ward the West, will have seized upon
and pcoEicd, Wi:iiH G.irt.y or forty
years, cy,n fhr vide stretches of land
beyond the Rocky Mountains. One
may also forsSne that along all this
coast Of the Pacific, where nature has
already created The most spacious and
most seure .%harbors, there will grad
ually arise very important CONNER
cial towns, which will become the in
{ rJscdiarics of Il great Intercourse
between China and the East indies on
the one side and the United States on
the uticr." These words. spoken
eighty years ago. would be denounced
some in these days a. ~imperialis-
tic. though they are clearlysbut q calm
and disintcrrstcd estimate OF future
deyeln, rmcnt along natural lines.-
Globc-L 'cmocrat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-04

The water board Gf Boston Is at a
loss to know how 80 get rid of the
thousands of wricgiing eels which in
fest the city's water pipes. The cells
pass through the intake strainers
when young and small and grow to
great size. obstructing the flow of wa
ter in small street mains and some
times stopping it altogether in the
house service pipes.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-04

What is home without q ne"s paper;
o.La3 an exchange TO which another
rcpIied. sit is a place where old hats
arc p}aeed into broken windows whcre
N wife looks like = bag OF wool with
a string around the center where the
husband has Il tobacco panorama
,~,in.ed on his shirt front, andshc
neglected children grow up in isncr-
ancc and wipe their noses on theif
Jacket sleeves. Ask us something
hn,.lnr
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-04

The Oldest postmaster in the United
States died last week. His name a
John Logan: he a appointed post
master at Cross Roads, Pa, during
the administration OF President Van
Buren, in the year 1887, and has held
the Office continuously up to the time
of his death: he was s. years old.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-04
The EagIe.:King:ot aIi:Birds,

: ME for lis keen sight, .clear and
distinct vision. SO are those persons
who. use Sutherland's Eagle Eye Salve
for weak eyes, styes, sore eyes OF any
kind or graduated lids. Sold by all
dealers at p cents.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-04

Representative W~hi'ee"tt''n COM ;,
nos to- stir up q ma.s III he -esisl
tnwo MIR. Whiteco.ton Gor't like Ia
nresent State Administrations lie has
rant Il in" for speaker Ward and
Governer Stephens, and he j. giving
tho Governor and his friends any
amount OF trouble.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-04

Pem,s..t county viii send another
mar 10 Jefferson City TO i'll the "a
,"luey ia the Legislature. occasi0ned
BY q. ouath Of Hon. John T. Averill.
Mr.. Ay.r;li was Il good man.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-04

T . are some small potatoes in
eyot'y patch as we'll a.s in the different
polit eal parties. Ia Southeast Mis-
sonri We have some awful scrubby
scrubs D. both ~jaes Of the 1.'ncc.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-04

Pcmiscot county Will eiec L Irpre-
sentative 70 he Legislature on tn 18th
inst. 20 I'll the ~~arancy occtsjcred by
th" deash %. John 7. Aycrill.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-04

Thr Democrats "a. making faces at
ea1 ,aag = o. Legislature. Eor
this ;nnr an we dollars Per
DID, o. u, f-,+ .:iGI"t.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-04
AMWOUNCSM :NTS.

For COUNTY SCHOOL COMMISSIONER.
We are authorized to announce
f. Z. MCCULLOUGH,
PRINCIPAL Of Lorimier Public school,
asa candidate for the u+;c@ a. County
School Commissioner.
We are authorized to announce
c. y. MACON
AS a candidat: for County Schuo!
COMMISSIONS IT he April school
election.
FOR CITY MARSHAL.
We are authorized 70 announce
BEN. +. HOLLADAY
as an independent candidate for the
Oft, - ':-v Norehal.
We are d~u,nU..E-u o aHnouHtt
FRED =. Kahn
as a candidate for City Marshal. sub
icct to the city Republican nOmina-
ting convention.
FOR CITY TREASURES.
We are authorized Ia aAnounc"
HENRY =. AsTHoLZ
As . candidate for the Office OF City
Treasurer II he ensuing city election.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-04

The end-of-the-century dispute
caused Just as much trouble one hum
dred wears ago as it is doing aow.
among those people who prefer to
drure cut q theory rather than aseef-
tain the fact. The Le~avenworth Times
has discovered the following bit oil
dogrerel, written on the morning OF
January /, 1901. The yersilier solved
the problem correctly, and rhymea his
conclusions Us follows:
Precisely At twelve O'Clock last nlSh'
The eighteenth century took its hight
Full many an aching head
Has racked its brain, its ink is shed
To prove by metaphysics fine
That one hundred means but ninety
nine,
While othors at such wisdom wondeNe'
But took one cor to make a hundred
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-04

When The III, uGg. Legislature aG-
iourns There won't be money enough
left in the State treasury 70 pay for a
setting OF duck og@~.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-04

\ man who has been defeated for
Compress : no bigger than any other
ordinary man.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-04

Speaker Ward Of the Missouri ley
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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-04
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