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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-03-24
Dewey Starts South.

WaSENGToN, March ls.-Admir'al
and Mrs. Dewey left here Tonight fer
a "trip Sozth. They exPeot to Visit
Savannah, Macon. ST. Augustine,
Jacksonxille and Palm Bsech. The
Admiral and Mrs. Dewey probably
will not aeturn to the city until The
latter part of next month, at which
time, it is said, they will sail for
Earope, visiting the Paris Exposition
some time during the summer.
Mrs. Dewey has been made chair
man of the Battleship Committee il
aid of tae children's Easter festival
for the .Cubaa Orphan Asylum. a
meeting,o this society was held dur
ing AtlE.iral and Mrs. De~ey's stay
at Lakewood. at which tins the latter
consented 10 become the chairman.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-03-24
TWO Billions Per -sununl.

NtsSEING4YsS. D. -. hIarch 70
The month ds Februarv made tire
most s'emarksbble record OF any cor
responding month in the history of
our foreign commerce.
phe exports during that month, AZ
cerding to the Treasury Bureau az
Sta istics, averaged So, GOO. O0o fof'
every business day. The total eI-
pos:s were. ,zI9, 40. .6S or more than
% per cent greater than that OF :.s.y
preceding february. The excess of
exports over imports was also much
larger than in any preceding Feb
rEary, surprising those of 1898, by
nearly % per cent, and being more
then 30 per cent in excess of that of
ang earlier year.
The total expectation for the eight
months ending with February &-e
about s75. 900 greater than that of
the corresponding months of the fiscal
year, IS99, and makes it apparent
that our total exports in the fiscal
year ending June 80 will exceed those
of any preceding yeaz. by probably
Slo0, Geo. 900, and carry the total com
merce of the year considerably be-
You'd the S2,0OO,0Ge 600 line.-St.
Louis Star.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-03-24
BREwEBs ASK FOR REHEARING
To Get a Ruling as TO Validity of
Beer Inspection Law.

To Get Ruling rs to Validity OF
Beer Inspection Law.
JEFFERSON CITY, No., March l5.
That the Brewers Association will
fight the state beer inspection law to
finish, now that Judge Burgess has
declared the ac. unconstitutional, was
demonstrated to-day, when Priest,
Boyle l. Lehman, G. A. Finkeln
berg and Kehr & Tittman, counsel for
the association, fled q motion in the
Stale Supreme Court in banc for a
rehearing of the case that was decided
adversely by the court last week.
The motion is along the line of the
views laid down by Judge Burgess,
and asks that rekearing be granted
because. under the decision of last
week, there is no wsy to ge, the law
before the court for ruling as to Its
validity if rehearing is net granted.
The motion will not 6e disposed ol
until March p, which is the date for
the next meeting of the ceurt in banc.
Globe e-Demorat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-03-24
.AuRNsI Flower.

at is surprising fsct, says Proi.
Houton, that in my travels in all
parts Of the world, Cor the lass - ten
years. have met mere people hswina
used Green's Angus: Flower tharl any
other remedy. for dyspepsia, decanged
liver and stomach, and for eonstipa-
ton. 1 find for tourists and statesmen,
or Tor persons filing Office positions,
where hesdaches and general bad
fee!ings from ir@egular hasats exist.
thxt GREEN'S Augast Flower IS grand
r,s,aedy. 1t does mot injure She system
yts fregasnt use, a,nd is excellent for
sour ssOmacha and INDIGESTION. -
Sample bottles free At W Il. Coerver.
Sosd by dealers in al civilized
c,urtc:..S
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-03-24
Dan Rice,s old .ssExcels,or >,

Dan Rice's death recalls a local in
cident that may well be related. Fifty
years ago his show tent was pitched
under the river bank in the upper
part of town. In the afternoon a big,
barefoot, chubby boy rode a white
horse to the spring there for water.
Knowing Rice's weakness for smart
horses. the boy rode ais big white
horse up a cord-wood pile, ''just to
show him there were other horses, -
as he afterward said. Rice told him
to bring the horse inside the tent, and
there the animal showed, without
training, about all the feats of his
best horses. The boy-Mr. W. S.
Thomas, now cashier of our bank =
went home, and very soon Dan Rice
arrived to make q trade with his
father, DR.. D. S. Thomas, for the
horse. Another horse and $500 was
the price paid, and although excel
sior" soon went blind, he remained
in the ring for many years to delight
the American public. Though down
several times in life, Dan Rice never
parted with Excelsior" and when
the horse died it left a colt which fol-
lowed much in its same footsteps,
both in training and in the fact that
70 fnA hlsr1 IF
the invariable features of a perform
ance for the old horse to tell by nod
where he was from, and in a northern
State a wag arose in the audience and
said at this part of the performance
that he 'sbelieved that all the brains
of Hawesville were taken away when
that horse left. "-Hawesville, KY.
Clarion.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-03-24
Native Troops in Puerto Rico.

The step which the United States is
taking 10 organizing another battalion
Of native troops in Puerto Rico seems
to h. wise. The attitude OF the Puer-
TO Ricaps has been more cordial TO
the United States than has been that
OF the Cubans or the Filipinos. Tn"
Puerto Ricans welcomed the United
States troops when they first landed
in the island, and their feeling for
this country has shown no abatement
since in the friendship. The United
States could undoubtedly raise, with
safety to American interests, several
thousand troops in Puerto Rico If it
should need them. Happily. there
will be no need of that sort.
Ordinarily it is unsafe for a nation
to enlist under its banner many OF the
natives of country which it has just
acquired. England made a mistake oi
this sort in India, and it cost her many
lives and millions OF pounds Of ex.
penditure in the Sepoy mutiny of 1851
Old Rome. after it had hired barbar-
Iians to fight its battles, found that the
barbarians had turned against theil
patrons at q peculiarly inopportnne
time for the latter. Holland, Spain
Russia and other countries which
have had colonies were beset in SINH
lar ways on several occasions. The
arms which they put in the hands o
alien soldiers were turned upon thcil
masters.
There will be 10 danger of anything
of this sort, howevet, in the case o
the United States and Puerto Rico
This country has already several hun
dred Macabebes under arms in tht
Philippines, and these have dons
good service in fighting the Tagals
The principal officers, OF course, o
the Macabebes are Americans. Ths
Puerto Rican battalicn. too, will hav,
American leaders. The battalion o
Puerto Ricans which was put in th'
lservice las: year has given goot
account OF itself, and this undoubted
ly suggested the organization of an
other force. There is no doubt tina
ir time these islanders will make ex
iceiient American soldiers. The con
ldiIion of their country will be i'm
mensely improved by annexation, ant
Its inhabitants will have good reasol
to fight for the nation of their adop
tion should fighting ever become rec
lessary.- -Globe-Democrat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-03-24
WE ARE ON TOt
For One of the Big Con.
ventions.
The J~Aicial Conventioa WILL be
Held in This Csey.

Senator r. B. Oliver receivedsa tel
egraen today announcing the fact that
the judicial conventioe to nominate a
candidate for Judge Of the St. Louis
Oeurt of Appeals wild be held in this
city on May 18th, 1899.
This convention will be next in size
60 the State Convention and will
bring hundreds of people to the city
who viii spend two or three days here
Now let US TO to werk and make at.
rangemen,s ia so entertain our guests
that they viii say that we have tlss
best little city on a,arth.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-03-24
TO EXTERMINATE RATS.
Bubonic Plague Precautions Taken
on the Pacific Coast.

Bubonic Plague Precautions Taken
on the PaciAc Coast.
WASHINGTON, d. c. March 49,
The campaign Of DETERMINATION OF rats
has begun on the Pacific coast. Sur
geon General Wyman, of the Marine
Hospital service, is in receipt of \
copy of the address issued by physi-
clans - the citizens of Astoria, Ore,
and vicinity. The address reads:
''As n matter of precaution, to pre-
vent the ba6onic plague getting q
footAold here, we urge upon you the
necessity OF poisoning all the rats
about your homes as soon as posi-.
ble. 1t has been found without doub,
that rats not only take this disease
themselves, but are the most active
agents.et spreading it abroad. In
the larger cities of Europe, as was the
case in ASH. ana China, a wholesale
CRUSADE against rats Is be&ag waeesl
at presrut: not becauss OF the pres
ence' 'ef the plague. but 30 prevent Sts
extension should cases uc-ur. Tiis
course is particularly urged by sh.
piry~icilns living in the p4a que ser@ck
eli countries And 50 considering lie
ra,lau eXten.ion of tiais disease ia the
>;;,u"wirn Islands xsa r.iier roun
s,J-s bordering oE tas Eacltu c"as
eH;-I,>l c,a-Itirc..sass. -'sSiutx.De Ia.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-03-24
Wants to Build 20 I'opIiIs- SiUf

President Erb uf the Southern Mis-
souri, * Arkansas RailruaG wants Il,
build branch from some point on
the S. 81. * =. to Poplar Siu.T, aud
this is the proposition ne makes to
the people of Poplar Bluff;
The 5. Mo. & Ark. K. r. Co. PRO-
poses to extend its standard guage
steam railway fran some point on its
present line to Poplar Bluff, No.
which will afford "a mise route to
the Mississippi river, at Cape Girar-
deau, making connection there with
the river steamers and barge lines
and the Illinois Central r. r. and
the Chicago & Eastern Illinois L. E.
Extension to be in operation by Jan.
/, 1900
The company desires a donation of
terminals and .-ight-of-way through
Poplar Bluff, freight and passenger
certificates amounting to $4,000, 30
be paid in cash, one-half when the
road is completely graded and the
balence when the track is laid and
engines and cars operated thereon,
and to be subscribed by May lst,
1900. These certificates are receivable
in payment of freight and passenger
charges on the proposed extension
and the present line of existing road.
These certificates are assignable and
good in the hands of all persons, and
can be used to pay the holders freight
bills or fare of any person whom the
holder may desire. The certificates
are projected by the laws Of Missouri
and are first liens on the property.
NEWMAN ERB,
President Southern Missouri and Ar
kansas Railway Co. -
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-03-24
ToO'SlOw as Usual.

Cape Gi .rdeau could have secured
the Repu! ,ican Congressional Con-
ventios ju-7 as easy as To have said
the wersd. At the meeting of the Cen
trail Committee at Bloomfield on Mon
day just one vote was lacking to se-
cure the convention at Cape Girar-
deau, and not Republican ssul from
Cape Girardeau county was present.
The Committee really wanted to come
to the Metropolis of Southeast Mis-
souri,, bat there was no one at Bloom
field to ask it. Prof. McGhee, who
happened to be at Bloomfield Mon
day says, had he possessed a Repub-
lican badge and been entitled to wear
it, he is satisfied that the convention,
with its two or three hundred delegates
would have convened here next
month.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-03-24
Free of Charge.

Any adult suffering from Il cold
settled on the breast, bronchitis
threat or lung troubles of any nature,
who will call at W II. Coerver, will
be presented with a sample bottle OF
Boschee's German Syrup, free Of
charge. Only one bottle given to ore
perSsA, and none 10 children withovt
order from parents
No throat or lung reiaeny ever had
such sale as Boschee's German
Syrap in all parts nf the civilized
world Twenty years ago millions of
bottles We're given away, and your
druggists will tel; you its success was
marvellous. 1t Is really the only
Throat and Lung Remedy generally
endorsed by physicians. One 10 cent
bottle will cure or prove It's value.
Sold by dealers in all civilized.
countries ma20n5
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-03-24
Naming the Country Roads.

In many sections of Indiana the
farmers are planning to name the
country roads, as streets are named
in a city. The purpose is to erect
guide posts at every crossroads which
would direct stranger in finding his
way to a farm house with which he is
unfamiliar. Instead of numbering the
houses along the couotry highways,
it is suggested that each farmer at
tach his name near the front gate
This idea is carried out to same ex-
tent in the oil regions of the state,
where nearly every farm has Large
red barn on which is conspieuonly
painted the name OF the man who owns
it. The plan is worthy of wide imi-
tation.-New York Post.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-03-24
Morality and Newspapers.

Among the many peculiarities Of
the Topeka experiment was the as
sumption that something Of morality
10 lacking in the entire press and
that the want can best be supplied by
an editor unacquainted with the bus
iness. Mr.. Sheldon proceeded on the
theory that newspaper practices and
traditions are wrong and need to be
overhauled and purified, or possibly
sanctiied. He accordingly went to
work and produced something quite
different from a newspa per, bu. which
much resembled q denomina;ionaI |
weekly in a fustered condition, With
an air Of having gone to press wheu
only half ready. The amateur editor
did not hold the mirror up to curreL,
events, but to his own intellectual ten
denotes and preferences. Having ~
grasp of what news is or how to
handle it, he filled up his column,
With matter that could have waited
until next week, and which would no!
have been missed j: never prirtea q;
all.
Morality represents a large subi'H'
in the affairs OF nen, and it has a
wider development in the best news
papers than Mr.. Sheldon, in hi> re-
stricted knowledge of the business, il
able to comprehend. All the Iabors
of reform have been steadily carried
on in newspapers sInce they became q
living force. The light of advancing
civilization has shone steadily IL
their columns Against every abus.
OF power and privilege Dhey hav,
waged an Hecompromisins war. Tr,
| rule in every newspaper of the i,rs
\ order is that not a line or n wor,
| slsail appear that could injure III,
moral sense. There are newspaper:
o. another class, bu. they are not tllt
enes tha: influence the worlds pro
gress or give tone to diescsive socia
movements. That Mr.. Sheldon should
4 have missed these models, and :he,
4existed before this cep.ury began, i:
/ another proof that his views of tn
| press are exceptionally faulty
Globe Democrat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-03-24
Hcyv ,o Prevent Croup.

We hare lwo children who are sub
ject to att;.ei,., OF Group. Wheneve,
an attack is coming on my wife gives
them Chadnberlain' Cough Remedy
an6Ait always pre-ents the attack. II
is household necessity in this county
and no msaser what else we TEN out of,
it would not do to be without Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy. More Of i,
10 sold here than of all other cough
medicines eombined.-J. M. Nickle,
o. Nfckle Asos., merchants, Nickle-
VILE, Pa. For sale by 1. Ben Miller
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-03-24

1t was during the campaign of 1896.
Former Gov. Stone spoke at Brook.
field one evening to large audience.
The Argus editor introduced him to
his auditors, and was of course proud
of the honor, for in 1886 former Gov.
Stone was looked upon as a big man
in the Democratic party. not only in
| the state but in the nation. Having
occasion to be in St. Louis the next
day, We took the midnight train, and
occupied berth right opposite Mr..
Stone. The Pullman conductor came
back for sleeper fare and transporta-
ton. The lights we're turned down
and former Gov. Stone asked me to
kindly look through his desk of ''an-
nuals" and get the Burlington Route
piece of engraved pasteboard, think
ing no doubt that an Argus-eyed edi-
tor could find it quicker than he. This
We gladly did. 1t wasn't an ordinary
quarterly signed by q superintendent
or general counselor: or an annual
signed by the general manager, but it
was an annual signed by George 3.
Harris, vics-president, and made out
in that very dattering style for the
recipient, "Why given, complement
tary." Being used to riding on a
railway pass, like all country editors,
we thought nothing at that time about
former Gov. Stone riding on q pass
or many dasses-except that he had
good many more passes in his desk
than we had in ours-that he held
fvll hand.
AS statesman, as a Democrat, as
a Missourian, Hon. William Joel
Stone is a man every Democrat-un-
less it be his personal enemy-ad-
mires. Even the country editors of
Missouri still admire him, notwith-
standing he has broken away from
them and located in the metropolis of
the state as corporation lawyer.
However, like the Argus, many are
getting weary of that bluff be is put
ting up of late about ''the vicious
railroad lobby being driven from the
state;" especially since he became a
lawyer himself. If he
has any personal.sspite against his
brother corporation lawyer, Col.
Phelps and wishes to turn him down,
it is Stone and Phelps for it. Both
are clever, iboth are adroia, both are
crafty.-Brookfield mo. Argus.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-03-24
-sIE7-7--7- -7--z-z-77----7--
Queer {: jNedfclne. /.

There is Medicine whose pr u
prietors do notS claim to have dis
covered some hitherto unknown in
gredient, or that it is a cure-aIl. This
honest medicine only claims to cure
certain diseases. and that its ingred-
tents are recognized by tie most skill
ful physicians as being the best For
Kidney and Bladder Diseases. 1t is-
Eolev-a kidney Cure.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-03-24
A Narrow Escape

Thankful words written by Mrs. Ada
E. Hart, of Groton S. D. "Was taken
with bad cold which settled on my
lungs; cough set in and finally termi-
mated in consumption. Four Doctors
gave me up, saying could live but a
short time. gave myself up to my
Savior, determined if 1 could not stay
with my friends on earth. would meet
my absent ones above. Ny husband
was advised to ge. DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, Coughs
and Colds. gave it trial, took in
all eight bottles. 1t has cured me,
and thank God, 1 am saved and now
we'll and healthy woman.' Trial
bottles free at I. Ben. Miller's Drug
Store. Regular size SOC. and sl.O0
Guaranteed or price refunded. i
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-03-24
letter, salt-Rneum ana Eczema.

The intense itching and smarting
incident to these diseases, is instantly
allayed by applying Chamberlain
Eye and Skin Ointment. Many very
bad cases have been permanently cured
by it. 1t is equally efficient for itch
ing piles and a favorite remedy ior
sore nipples, chapped hands, chill
blains, frost bites and chronic sore
eyes. 25c per box. For sale by 1.
Ben M Ter, druggist. oci9-ly
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-03-24
SAIS HE'S sCHI-Ar'ELr3.
Man nj Springfield, H., ai;iscs sone-
Wonderful Prediciicres.

Man nj Springfield, H., Ii;i,scs come
Wonderful Prediciicrss.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, March @.-Ar
elderly man, who claims that he is
Schlatter, the alleged divine healer"
who disappeared from Denver, wfiose'
bones, it is claimed, were ;iierward
found in New Mexican desert, is in
this city with an assortment of pre-
dictions about the Twentieth Century.
| He registered at the hotel as Doctor
Charles Mclean. which, be says, is
the name he has always used except
in his capacity of ''diyirc healer"
when Schlatier is substitL,>d os A;s
managers and himself.
| He does not 60 into details a. bout
his Whereabouts and career since his
disappearance from Denver, but
claims he was buried forty days in a
New Mexican desert. He was admon-
ished to this course, be claims. by the
Lord or account of some failures in
his heaiing business in Denver. He
will not tell where he was buried, his
redsons being that the spot would BE-
come shrine where the people would
resort to worship. During his
"burial" he says that he had Elimpses
Of heaven and of hell.
The former, he says, 10 spiritual
nature, whore souls fit from plsee
to place with the Quickness Of thought,
and communicate with each other by
heavenly telapsthy. He'll, according
to his vision, is simply place of
darkness and stagnation, no brin-
stone or fire, and no suffering except
mental anguish.
He predicts that the Boer war, how
ever it may result for the present bel
ligerants, will result in the downfall
of all England and the division of
the world into two great powers.
These powers will be Russia and the
United States, and all the rest Of the
earth will be under their dominion.
''All signs are ripe for the second
coming of Christ" said the alleged
divine healer. THE gospel has been
preached in every corner of the world
except Thibet, and the missionaries
are about to start for that country.
Wars and the rumors Of war prevail
and will prevail for the next few
years. I do not claim to be able to
say just when Christ will come, but
his appearance will be within the first
decade of the Twentieth Century. be-
tween the years 1901 and 1910. After
the second coming peace and harmony
will reign on earth for period of
1000 years. Republic.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-03-24
Erxs for Haschfne.

Marble City Poultry Yards (Chap-
pell's) has q limited supply of eggs
from high scoring Barred Plymouth
Rocks, for Matching. Fertility and
stock guaranteed. Have three grades
81 Plymouth Rock eggs, and the low
ct Il better than has been sold in this
county heretofore; also eggs from
sflyer Laced Wyandotts and Buff
co chins.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-03-24
Scholarship Free.

You may, by doing little writing at
yonr home, secure scholarship, free,
in either Draughon:s Practical Busi-
ness Colleges-Nashville, st. Louis,
Little Rock, Ft. Worth, Galveston,
Shreveport or Savannah. Best pat
ronized Business Colleges in the
South. For particulars address, The
illustrated Youth and Age, Nashville,
Tenn.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-03-24
werk Eyes Made strong,

dim vision made clear, styes removed
and granulated lids or sore eyes of
any kind speedily and efectually
cured by the use OF Sutherland's Eagle
Eye Salve. It's put up in tubes, AMI
sold on q guarantee by all good drug
gists.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-03-24
Have You Had the Grips

If you e, you probably need
reliable medicine like Foley's Honey
and Tar to heal your lungs and stop
the racking eough'.ineidental to'this
disease
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-03-24
i.<it.suIa DE LUX.

Dr.. ilutnphiwys' :s,cciii.; Manual nii
the care and iioatraent ui- ihe .:ic.t
hound in whire ana gold, vii! be
onaileu free. .Af,s!rs-;s lie ifzinphi,y>
Company. ..:,- AoctS.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-03-24
Hunt,s Cure

curos ~ 61in diseases in all its va
5rIous fofns. No internal treatment
Sn66ss6as1. Falling money1 returned
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-03-24
Crouo .nd Whoop,nx k;ough.

Billiards. HOrehound Syrup will
Sromptly relieve Group and Whooping
Cough. It will cure the worst Cough
.sr Cold It never aisappoints. Try
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-03-24

President Southern Missouri and Ar
kansas Railway Co. -