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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-06-24

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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-06-24
MIXED UP.
v~erythin of Local Form TO be
Found That is of Interest.
MONDAY.

News reached here TODAY that there
are several cases OF small pox at
Commerce. The doctors. we under
stand. say the disease Is in a mild
form.
Otto Hanny Is now travelling for
y. Bauer X Co.. wholesale liquor
dealers. Chicago. Illinois. The firm
is one of the best in the country and
Mr.. Hanny will treat his customers
right. Being a home young man our
liquor dealers mere should give him
a liberal share Of their patronage.
Dou't forget if you use Putnam
Fad"le-- Dyes you don't have TO send
for a package for wool ana Il for
cotton. Each package colors all
fber,. Sold by w. H. Cocrver. 1t
\. lon. as every steamboat that
lands at our wharf continues to pat
of farm machinery here our farmers
will remain poor. Thousands of
dollars worth OF machinery comcs 10
this city every year.
N it, mcetin" tonight the City
Council ehould take some steps 70
quarantine against the towns IN this
section OF country where the small
Don i raging. We have troubles
enough Of orr own and We cannot
afford 10 let the small poN pet 4 hold
on H..
What j. it: \ cure Tor Coughs,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-06-24

mar>Esi by the City Council at Its
meeting last Monday night.
The saw log hauler- are playing
smash with the Rock Levee. The big
log wagons are cutting that road all
TO pieces.
Not one person ont OF every fifty is
free from Catarrh. rheumatism or
Throat Disease or Lung Trouble. Try
the Ga>co-Chemic treatment at the
Institute one door west Of Mayor
Cocryrr'< drug store.
TIN vas Il mean trick and he i
>Uro4 " "aean coon who would steal
Abe Bya~ spring chickens. .Nbe had
fourteen nice. large. fat Young SPRING
er- .n. wa> saving up Tor the Baptist
preacher and some wicked Niger rot
in to Abs hen rou-t last night and
walked OF with Abe'- chickens. hopes
and all.
Earhr. pruentr i having an addi-
ton built 20 the German Catholic
church parsonage.
Hr.tIl precautions often prevent
gr"..- m~i~rhicf~. DeNViti's Little Early
. l;i~-r~ az very small pills in size. but
are most effective in ~prrvcntin" the
most ,erioue form, Of liver and etom-
ach troubles. They cure constipation
and headache ANA regulate the bow
ell. VIM. II. Coeryrr.
The citizens Of "Donnybrook" are
! complaining OF the crowd of tough
young boys that frequent the Cycle
track. each afternoon and nights. and
indulge in profanr and ugly language.
varying The monotony Of the occasion
by having free fights. The people up
there are getting mighty tired Of this
thing and propose 10 take the matter
in their own hands. if they cant yet
relief otherwise.
The mills IN thi- city viii be able 20
.Hsn%'. all the wheat raised in thi-
county Ihi- year.
~..v-lst barl-u- py l-.l- 3i.la rd
Uor.aounG Syrap. It arrest the
.coa-h, aIIay~ irritation OF the throat.
ana believes CONGESTION Of r." lungs
In "a day. It : -sf- aa- Pheasant Il"
take. and @,y.r at~ary.n.~.
81 cents. i..;.a- Ml.'""- md
Their. .-.. -,.., u.pu.n Who ALWAYS
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-06-24

vt III meeting last night The t'tE
Council passed 4 resolution "r0'rIng
Lurimicr street graded ana G'aTeIcd
from Thrmis to Independence street.
DAN. .
Inc Pc"P'' y. -! "
'i'H'I7 Laa.tan
about one month a." nay '"''",
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A. We M'CUNE.

constituted authorities, is sufficient. It
is an unusual thing. for a religious or
der to require an oath from it's mem
bers, but the Mormon theocracy does
this, and part of that oath is treason to
the United States government. Apos-
tates, who have become Disguised at the
hypocrisy and oppression of the church
of the. so-called "Latter-Day Saints"
uniformly state that the initiation oath
is one of the most revolving nature.
The new convert swears eternal en-
nifty to the United States government"
to ''obey counsel without questioning
authority and to never reveal the
secret rites of the church, For yiolat-
ing this oath he agrees to forfeit his
life, by having his throat cut, in token
of which he draws his right hand across
his. throat, as the oath is read to him.
That this is true is evidenced by the
similarity of the statements of many
apostates. The mysterious death OF
number of them, in the manner indi-
Gated, adds weight to their revelations.
Soitwill be seen that Mormon, wheth-
er polygamists or not, is not only OPP
posed to democratic institutions by
the nature Of his oath, but is an enemy
to the United States governments. They
do not regard any oath, other than tina.
administered by their church author
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order rnat he nus nt be- abIss Il ~ vt,te,
alliof his talents and energies to the;
duties 81 the office.
y This official was once governor OF
Minnesota, and has long been promi-
nent: in state affairs, but he was not
known as national. character until
the president appointed him to He po-
sition which he now holds fter an
absence Of three weeks he returned to
Washington and found the trails of the
spoilsmen all over his new Office.
There were almost 1000 applications
for. appointment; and he only intends
to appoint about 200 clerks during the
first six months. He is now engaged
in the work of wedding out the prob
able incompetents and selecting those
who are: likely to prove capable of rem
dering efficient service. Applications
for appointment are coming in daily;
and it is estimated that he will have
about 10000 applications on file before
the close of this year. Altogether.
there will not be more than 5000 ap-
pointments made for service in this
city. The others will be appointed to
do local work in the cities, counties and
districts of the several
states, all of them near their own
homes. :, - u .s44EFtsg,5. 3,..3.> =. {
Although congress purposely ignored
the civil service commission, the
president of that body undertook to
induce Director Merriam tn select
civil service board to aid him in Sc
Letting men and women for the various
positions. Director Merriam recently
said: ''While I am not aspoilsman, and
while believe in the civil service law,
I cannot acknowledge the civil service
commission in making appointments,
because the congress did not acknowl-
edge the commission. Therefore shall
make all of the appointmentsupon my
own responsibility, justa the congress
intended I should do" r.
So you see, that, although the con-
gress ignored the civil service commits
sion, after a long struggle in both the
senate and house of representatives, the
civil service commissioners carried the
fight right into the census Office itself,
but without avail. Because of this state
of affairs, the statement was made at
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IRELAHDs LOST GIORx.


There is perhaps no feature Of Irisb
scenery more characteristic and de-
pressing than the almost universal ab-
sence IL those tracts of woods which IN
other countries soften the outlines Of
hills and valleys. The traveller gazing
on its bald mountains and treeIess
glens can hardly believe that Ireland
was at one time covered from shore to
shore with magnificent forests. One
OF the ancient names Of the country
was "The Isle of the Woods" and 70
numerous are its place names derived
from the growth Of woods, shrubs,
groves, oaks, etc, that las DR.. Joyce
says IF wood were now to spring
up in every place bearing name of its
kind the country would become clothed
with an almost uninterrupted success
MON OF forests" On the tops Of the
barest hills and buried in the deepest
boys are to be found the roots, stems
and other remains Of these ancient
woods, mostly Of oak and pine, some
of the boys being literally full Of stems,
the splinters of which burn like
matches.
The destruction of these woods is Of
comparatively recent date Cambren-
sis, who accompanied Henry m. into
Ireland in the twelfth century, notices
the enormous quantities of woods
everywhere existing. But their extir-
patton soon began with the gradual
rise of English supremacy in the land,
the object in view being mainly to in
crease the amount of arabic land. to
deprive the natives of shelter, to pro-
vide fuel and to open out the country
for military purposes. So anxiouswere
the new landlords to destroy the for
ests that many old leases contain
clauses coercing tenants to use no
other fuel. Many old trees were cut
down and sold for ~ cents On single
estate in Kerry, after the revolutions
OF 1858, trees were cut down of the
value of 100000. A paper laid before
the Irish houses of parliament de-
scribes the immense quantities of tim
Der that in the last years of the seven
teenth century were shipped from
parts in Ulster and how the great
woods in that province (s90,0oo trees
in ally were destroyed.
The houses passed an act for the
planting of 100000 trees, but It was OF
no avail. and so denuded of timber had
the country become that large works
started in Eliza beth's reign for the
smelling of iron were obliged to be
stopped at last for want of charcoal
The present century has continued the
deplorable story of destruction. In 40
years, from 1871 to 1881, a, 600 acres of
timber were cut down and sold. Every
landlord cut down, scarcely anyone
planted, SO that at the present day
there is hardly an eightieth part of Ire
lands surface under imber-St, Louis
Republic.
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~AASN> AAS~sSA w O~H~o~S~~~
Last November)
sue. Those who understand the Nor
mon character for deception are not
misled by this statement that ''polyg-
amy has been Abandoned" Alormons
are told by their priests to misrepre-
sent facts, and even to swear falsely,
if necessary for the interests of their
church, or of any individual member.
This subterfuge was resorted to in or
der to gain statehood, and now the
same deception is used to get their
church agents admitted into congress-.
Having control of the state govern
ment, it is more difficult to convict a
polygamist than under the territorial
federal court system, and the Gentle
minority in Utah did not understand
the Mormon scheme" until after the
admission of the territory. The church
leaders will use, and are using, the
same diplomacy, or rather false state
ments, in sending polygamists to con-
gress. The Mormon policy is one OF
a close union of church and state, with
the church as the supreme power. This
has been the history of the church in
all of it's earlier settlements-Ohio
Missouri, Illinois, Utah and California.
Had it not been for the fortunate dis
covery of gold, and consequent over
whelming immigration, California
would perhaps to-day be Mormon
state. A shipload had arrived from
New York, and colony was planted"
in San Francisco, and they practical
ly controlled the town. Another col
ony at San Bernardino was striving for
the control of the southern part of the
state.
The same colonization scheme for
power is now being carried out in Arizo-
ma, and to alesser extent in New Mexico.
The same policy was adopted in the ter
ritories adjoining Utah before their adj
state of Idaho the Mormons may soon
have the balance OF power. Their num-
bers are largely increasing in Arizona,
Utah, Idaho, Wyoming and Montana.
That this rapid growth of a theocratic
power will ultimately prove a source Of
trouble to this free government is more
than probable, and it's nearness can be
estimated. by the large number of ig-
norant and superstitious immigrants
brought to these shores by the prose-
lyting agents of that church. 1t does
not matter whether or not these immi-
grants become polygamists upon their
arrival. The fact that they have taken
an oath of loyalty to the church, and it's
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ASASos so SOAAuAA& upon Inc CO00e1e009s
They deny the authority Of any church
or state, except their own, to administer
an oath. This is one of the cardinal
doctrines Of the church, and the priests
take especial care to strongly impress
lit upon their fanatical followers.
The Mormon church is a secret soci-
ETY., and has code of signs and pass
words by which the members recognize
each other in any part Of the world. A
purely religious denominati on does not
require this. Such an organization, 30
closely united, and composed mainly Of
ignorant fanatics, is q menace to our
government. Fanaticism is the worst
feature, for it does not listen to reason,
and seeks to convert the world to its
own darkness, or exterminate the 'sun-
believers" This is the Mormon ''code, !"
and it has not been changed since the
false prophet Joseph Smith, Jr., pub
lished the Mormon Bible" The lead
ers of the Church of the Latter Day
Saints have generally been designing
men, who left the states charged with
crimes, and naturally they hated our
government, and have SO taught their
dupes. When they were driven from
Nauvoo, ILL.,, this oath of hatred to the
government was added to their creed.
Driven from civilization, the Mormon
leaders,resolved to get as far from it as
possible, where they would be isolated
from the world, and could build up a
government of church and state, with
Polygamy as its basis. Here they
thought they could in time be sufficient
ly powerful to defy the United States
government, and for this purpose all
men capable of bearing arms were en-.
rolled in the militia, known as the
brothers of Gideon" or "Danites."
Here they sought to carry out the most
degrading social experiment that ever
poisoned the human mind. But for.
tunately, again, the discovery of gold in
California prevented the threatened
danger of the rising rebellious govern.
ment. The great Salt Lake valley was
on the direct route to California, and
the country swarmed with Gentiles
The immigrants stopped at Salt Lake
City for supplies, and many wintered
there, some being compelled to labor
for means to enable them to proceed tc
the gold fields. It was the industry OF
these immigrants mainly which gave tc
that country it's rapid growth, and not
that of the Mormons, as they so proudly
boast. Then came the trans-continen-
tai railroad, and the Mormons found
themselves hemmed in by civilization.
While the contact with civilization
checked the growth of polygamy, rail
road facilities have aided the mission
aries in gathering ''saints" from all
parts of the world. Immigration has
greatly increased and is still increasing.
At each semiannual conference, held
in April and October, missionaries are
sent to new fields, selecting those where
the greater degree of ignorance pre-.
vaAs. The immigrants brought to Utah
by. the Mormon church authorities are
mainly from the overcrowded cities o!
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the beginning of this letter that, al.
though the civil service law remains
untarnished, the politicians have come
out ahead in the wrangle.
The fruits of this condition are al.
ready apparent. One Of the older con-
gressmen to-day said: 'While don't
believe in the civil service law, I must
acknowledge that it has afforded me
much protection. Heretofore I have
been able to reply to Office seekers that
L could not secure appointments for
them, on account of that law, and it
was accepted as good excuse. Now,
however, they are all after me for ap-
pointments. Those who receive nv rec
ommendation and are appointed will
be my most helpful politicians at home;
but those who do not receive. appoint
ments will blame me, and become nv
enemies and opponents for all time.
Every congressman is now suffering
from this complicated condition of af-
fairs.''
Strange as it may appear, the Office
seekers would invade the white house,
if they dared to do so. Hundreds of
letters of application for appointment
have been sent direct to President Nc
Kinley by men from various, parts of
the country, who know him, and believe
that they are entitled to official recog-
milton for services rendered in securing
his nomination and election. It may
be said to all such that they need not
blame Mckinley for. not appointing
them forthwith, because the president
never sees their letters. There is a
clerk at the white house who opens all
such letters, and refers them to the di-
rector of the. census, where they are
put on file and placed in pigeon holes,
and where they remain unhonored. II
There is only one sure way of getting
onto the pay roll of the census Office.
and it may be a good thing for the office
seekers to have this pointer. If you
can get both the senators from your
state and the representative of your
congressional district to go to the di.
rector personally and ask your appoint
ment, you may prove to be successful.
II you have not and cannot get this
amount of political influence, you may
as we'll go about your ordinary voca-
tons, and lose no time and no sleep
chasing an ignis fatuus: of this char.
aeter. SMITH D. FRY. fl
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Europe, and are usually of the most
ignorant and degraded classes, whose
minds are clouded by the grossest SUI,
perstition. They are not the class who
in time, become loyal citizens, for they
are too deeply imbued with fanaticism
They know nothing of the principles Of
republican government, for the priests
teach only loyalty to the Mormon the
ocracy, which is opposed to both re
igious and political freedom.
The object in bringing these immi
grants to Utah is to control them in the
interests of the church government:
otherwise, they would be advised to re-
main where they are. Other mission.
aries do not believe it necessary te
transplant their converts to American
soil. The Mormons, however, are car
rying out their system of concentration
which gives them a despt,tic power
Elections are apparently fair, but those
who have abided with the, saints any
length of time know that the churcl
nominees are invariably elected, ex
cept in few districts where the
Gentiles are in the majority
To refuse to vote as directed is
''disobedience to counsel" and a viola,
ton of the initiatory oath. y Mormon
whether polygamist or not, always
votes for a Mormon, as against a Gen
tile, and he uses the same prejudice OF
juries.
Deception has ever been the practice
of Mormon officials in their dealings
with our government, and their state,
ment that polygamy has been aban.
doned should not be relied on. How.
ever, it may be in the most populous dis
tricts, but the power of this theocracJ
is steadily growing stronger, and will
no doubt, in time, become more trouble
some to this government. 49,,
. J. NJ SCANLAND.
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THE messages between Milan ana
Switzerland, by way of the Simplon
pass, pass over telegraph line with
stone poles of gray granite about ten
inches square and rs feet high
The turkey was first discovered in
America and was brought to England
in the early part of the sixteenth cen.
tury. Since then it has become ac-
climated in nearly all parts Of the
world. -
The queen is the possessor of one Of
the best toned pianos in the world-it
is q magnificent Georgiana, made Of
B Amboyna wood. There are in all 90
pianos in her various palaces.
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THE CENSUS Blu kEAJJ.
Thousands Are Now Seeking Work
Under It's Director.
How the Politicians at Washington
Have Managed to Give the Civil
Service Law and Commits.
sion . Black Eye. - -
Especial Washington letter.

Especial shington Letter.]
The civil service law has been HAYS
ing hard tussle with the politicians.
The law remains undimmed and un-
furnished, but the politicians have, new
ertheless, come out ahead in the
wrangle. 1909 -. K.
To tell the truth, the civil service law
never was popular with the politicians
and if the senator's and representatives
had voted according to their convictions
the original bill would not have become
a law. Scores of the alleged statesmen
voted for the Pendleton bill, in Janu-
airy, 1883, who disliked to do so, but pub
lie opinion was in favor of the scheme
and the congress enacted it into law
People who believe, or imagine that
the law has always been honestly ad-
ministered are mistaken. It has been
violated in both democratic and ,repub.
lican administrations, and it is not now
administered with absolute exactness
There are various ways of violating the
law, and all sorts of schemes have been
devised to make it imperative.
For example, it is possible to secure
the temporary employment of IAN ex-
pert" in various branches Of the public
service, with the consent of the civil
service commission; and such an ap-
pointment is good for three months.
This is admitted to be palpable
stretching of the law, but it is done.
After a man has been in the service for
three months as IAN expert he may re-
ceive permanent appointment without
going through the regular civil service
cbunnels by competitive examination.
In every congress during the past ten
years some sort of effort has been made
to get around the law without repeating
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The Japanese torpedo boats have re-
ceived names entirely out of keeping
with their destructive purposes The
following are examples: Dragon Fly,
Full Moon, Moon in Clouds, Sea Beach,
Peewit. lightning, Thunder, Dawn Of
Day. Clustering Clouds, Daybreak,
Ripples, Evening Mist, Dragons Lamp,
Falcon. Magpie, White Mapped Crane
and White Hawk. ~. FIX
ACCORDING. to high authority, cold
water is valuable stimulant to many,
if not all, people. Its action on the
heart is more stimulating than brandy.
1t has been known to raise the pulse
from 76 to over 100. 81
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Patience and Courtesy Pay.

Good nature, Or cheerfulness, or q
willingness to oblige, or whatever you
choose to call it, has always been of use
in social life. Now it seems it is q
factor in business, and actually has .
commercial value. A few months ago
man came to Boston for the purpose
of establishing headquarters for the
sale of speciality in underwear. When
he was ready to engage his salespeople
he just made tour of the large Depart
ment stores; he would go to . counter
and ask for some triding thing, appear
ing very hard to suit all the while. H
the saleswoman attending him got in
different or impatient, that settled Il:
he walked away and she had, without
knowing it, frowned on her own GOOD
fortune II, on the other hand, he
found clerk patient and courteous to
the end, although he bought nothing,
he ut once set about securing her serv-
fees for his store, offering her salary
considerably in advance of the one she
was then receiving. - Boston Tran
script.