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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-06-02
SenSeIess spe.ks of Skin,

Most people nave doubted their eyes
when at some conjuring performance
they have seen a man run needles and
pins through both cheeks. eyincing no
pain as he does so. In reality, every
person has hundreds of senseless specks
of skin all over his body. through which
be could run pins. or even cut them
out, without feeling any pain. says the
New York World. These dead spots
are caused by the minute nerves which
convey every sensation to the brain
being either absent in these particular
places or dead and ~senseless. But
shouldanyoneall owhimselfto be blind
folded. and then get one of his friends
to prod him very gently with a clean
needle. say all on one arm. ont of every
hundred pricks he will feel only about
60 or 20 at the most.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-06-02
ANCIENT AMERICAN PIPES.
The Varied Forms OF Bowls FOuni
In Indian Mounds and
Elsewhere.

The custom of smoking tobacco,
which Columbus and other European
pioneers in the invasion of America
found well established here. imparts u
peculiarly American interest to the
pipes which ~antiquarians have collect
ed. A special report on the smoking
customs and pipes of the aborigines of
this continent has been published by
the Smithsonian institution. 1t was
written by Joseph D. Mcclure. of Eli
colt City. Nd, and is c~opiously illus
trated.
The pictures. as one might expect, az
lord a good idea of the richest and
most curious finds of sundry tribes,
partly of stone or wood, partly of ter
IA Gotta and clay. a large number of
them having been found in the mounds
of the Ohio and Mississippi valleys.
The shapes of the bowls are of all de-
scriptions; some represent birds. heads
of birds. mice and other rodents. toads.
frogs, lizards. men in a recumbent, sit
ting or squatting posture. and human
hands and faces. The tubular shape
was widely in use in ancient America.
Mr.. Mcclure shows stone tubes with
bone mouthpieces. sandstone tubes.
pottery tube pipes. red pottery tube
and bowl pipes. steatite tubular pipes.
copper tubes, bone pipes and others.
There are also stone urn shaped
bowls. stone bowls with thong holes,
antler pipes. fossil pipes. various kinds
of trade pipes. brazed iron pipes. toma-
hawk and monitor pipes. The feath-
cred calumet pipe of the west looks
artistic and attractive. and the vase
shaped Micmac pipe has at least the
merit of curiosity.
A contributor to Science. who sup
plies some of the foregoing informa-
ton. adds:
The author has with consummate
industry collected passages referring
to pipes and smoking in the historians
of past centuries and given his ideas
about the formation of types in smok-
ing implements. There are but few
articles of Indian manufacture that
will give n clearer idea of the artistic
n or genius in ~fashioning ruder
material than pipes. although they all
manifest that they originated in the
stage of barbarism. Probably the ole.
est instance, historically ~traceable. is
the richly-dressed shaman or chief
represented upon the Palenque tablet
of Chiapas state. Guatemala. who
makes use of a long tubular pipe to
produce huge clouds of smoke issuing
at the wider end. and seems to enjoy
the smoking intensely, to judge from,
his very characteristic grimace. Thi,
bas-relief is reproduced in Mr.. Nc
CURES publication; he thinks that the
use of tobacco for snufing was peculiar
to South America. and the habit Of
chewing is but seldom and indistinctly
referred to in any part of this western
world"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-06-02
POISON PROOF POTATO BUGS.
put Paris Green as q Reg
ular Diet.

"It's a bleak day when bleeding Kan
sas can't produce something Il little
ahead concluded the old man. as he
buttoned his beard inside of his coat
before going out into the wind. re-
lates New Lippincott. Got all them
things in my wagon. Henery??"
"All but the shOe-polish. Mr.. Davis"
said the storekeeper. I'VE hain't much
call for shoe-polish in Waubunsee. and
we sort of let ourselves run out of
polish"
Hold on a minute. old man." inter-
rupted the drummer from St. Louis.
"What's Kansas done since Funston
happened?"
Wal! my boy. Webster has kinder
dabbled in science. you know. ever
since he got that ~ianitorship up at
state university. and he writes me that
uP there they've discovered another
thorn in the crown that's pressed on
our brows. as Bryan tells the pops
hereabouts. This time they've Giscov-
cred that u great state has got to
grapple with 4 potato bug that's be-
come poison-procf. 1t warn't so long
ago that every farmer could go out
in the morning with a bucket of paris
green and Il light heart and a sprinkler
and protect his patch. Every time 4
bug got Il dose of paris green. his lit
tie hands grew cold. his feet CURED
around his stomach, his tongue turned
black. and he was a dead bug. But
gradually, says Webster, the constitu-
ton of successive generations of green
fed bugs have become hardened to the
poison, till at last the bugs are born
with n craving for paris green and cry
til! they get it. Nowadays n bug wakes
up dull and listlcss. with jumping
nerves and a gone feeling In the Pit
OF its striped stomach, and hardly life
enough to crawl to where the farmer
has been sprinkling the morning poi
son. But one sip makes n new bug
Of him, and he gallops ncrrily around
the vines. eating where he 1isteth.
Webster, however. tells me- hat by next
season it will be fatal to the bugs to
stop using paris green, now that they
come to lean so on it. It's like a
man with the morphine habit-stop the
drug and he is n goner in horrible
agony. Some morning I am going to
lie in bed till nine o'clock, and let every
bug in the patch haze a fatal parox-
ysm."
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-06-02
PROUD TILLERS OF THE SOIL.
Something About the MeEabershir
of the Old-Time Farmers Club
of Pennsylvania.

One of the most interesting clubs
in the world is the Farmers club of
Pennsylvania, which was founded in
1855 by Gen. John Cadwalader, Rob-
ert Morris, the financier of the revo-
luton, Benjamin Rush and others
equally eminent. Its membership is
limited to - persons, and it meets
once a month at the residence of each
in turn to enjoy the hospitality and
talk about farming, says the Chicago
Record.
The present members of the Farm
ers' club are such horny-handed sons
of toll as Clement 4. Griscom. presi-
dent of the American steamship line;
Alexander j. Cassatt. president of the
Pennsylvania railroads; Elisha Packer
Wilbur. ex-senator j. Donald Cam
o Justice Henry Green. of the
supreme court of Pennsylvania, who
has n of the finest country places
in the world near Easton, Pa; Judge
Craig Biddle. of the same court, who
lives in Philadelphia; Frederick Fra
ley. president of the national board of
trade. who is 96 years old. but in
perfect possession of all his faculties,
with an excellent appetite and diges-
ton; James Logan Fisher and RI.
dolpn Ellis. The latest accession to
the club is Edward DeV. Morrell. who
married Miss Drexel, of Philadelphia,
and $50. GOO. 900. He expects to go
to congress pretty soon as the C
ceSSor of the late Mr.. Harmer. the
father of the house of representatives.
Each member of the club has his
month assigned to him. and his din
ner is always given IN the evening Of
Thursday previous to the full moon.
Mr. Fraley entertains at his country
place near Ogontz every January.
Mr.. Cameron gives his party at his
farm "Lochiel" on the Susquehanna
river near Harrisburg in February,
Mr.. Fisher in March. Mr.. Griscom in
April at his lovely place called "Dolo-
bran" near Haverford. In June the
club always goes to Chesterbrook
farm. where Mr.. Cassatt breeds car
riage horses: in July the dinner is
given ut Judge Biddle's residence at
Torresdale on the Delaware; in Au-
gust Mr.. MacVcagh invites them to
Erookfeld farm. near Bryn Mawr; in
September they visit Mr.. Ellis at
Mauch Chunk: in November Mr.. Will
bur is the host at his stately home
near South Bethlehem; and in Decem-
Der Mr.. Morrell gives the dinner at
Bryn Mawr.
All of these gentlemen are actual
farmers. although they do not literal
ly follow the pillow. They do their
manual labor by power of attorney.
and horses and has an opportunity to
brag about them at the monthly din
ner.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-06-02
SCHOOL N CHURCH.

WGfnen's colleges in England are said
to be filled to overfiowing.
The best teachers of humanity are
the lives of great men.-C. II. Fowler.
The state department of the United
States government spends nearly ST.
o O.OOG n year to protect American mis-
sionaries in foreign lands.
Every year a number of boys are sent
from Siam by the king to England t o
learn different things. One learns up
holstery. one learns typewriting, one
learns languages, one learns science.
and so on.
Sir William Muir, me principal of
Edinburgh university. his
approaching resignation. His tenure
of office will be chiefly memorable for
his strenuous and successful efforts to
obtain for women full privileges in the
university.
The sexton of a church in Denver the
other night found that all the movable
property had been carried off. He
traced il to a pawn shop, where it had
oCch ictt w ouiSidiS VIM IcplcSSHtcO
themselves as deacons eager to raise
funds for the church.
\ church bell cracked in ringing at
the village of Schleithein. near Schaff-
hansen. Germany. n few days ago.
When taken down it was found to be
of the year 1452. Accordingly it is old
er than the Schaffhausen bell which in
spired Schiller's poem.
y monumental statue of the la:e
Cardinal Lavigerie was recently dedi-
Gated at Biskra. on the confines of the
Sahara Desert. The cardinal is repre-
sented standing, his eyes turned to-
ward the desert. holding in his right
hand his pastoral cross, which he seems
to be planting in that desert. land to-
ward which went forth all his aspira-
tionS as bishop and coloni2er.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-06-02
HUMOROUS.

The Point of view.-Biggs-"Figg.
has the clearest head of any man I
know" Diggs-"That's right; there
is absolutely nothing in it."-N. D.
Times-Demecrat.
A Question of Livelihood.-"Sure.
Terence. if yez go to the front, kape at
the back, or yen be kilt. Oh know ut"
Terence-"Faith. an isn't that the way
Oh get my livin'?"-Punch.
Worthy of Fame.-"She's a remark
able actress, isn't she?" Very. Why.
she's been on the stage II years. and
never lost a diamond nor q husband
yet."-Philadelphia Bulletin.
Ritem-~T'm doing a great story. old
man. Scene laid in Kentucky. Been
down there for a month to get plenty
of local color" Hittem-"You seem to
have brought most of it home on your
nose."-Baltimore American.
What do you think of q man who
would sell his ote for two dollars?"
said the indignant citizen. 1T depends
on where he lives" said the cold-blooG-
ed politician. I'm some parts of the
country two dollars a vote is down.
right cheap."-N. y. Press.
Hungry Hawkes-"Gee whizz! i
wisht l wuz as rich as l look" Hither-
on Thither-"Aw, g'on! Wat kind of
bluff is dat?" Hungry Hawkes-"Dat's.
straight talk. A Teller down de road
here told me l looked like thoity cents"
Catholic Standard and Times.
A Yorkshire clergyman the other
day visiting a poor man who had just
lost his little boy endeavored to con-
sole him. The poor man burst int1
tears. and in the midst of his sobs ex-
claimed: "If 'twarna ag'n t'law A
should ha' liked to have t'little beggar
stoofed.'-San Francisco Argonaut.
"You can't get something for moth
ing in this life" said the philosophic
man. 20. l don't know" answered the
practical politician. at vas only the
other day a man told me he was going
t help elect me because he believed ]
was on the right side. His vote isn't
going to cost me a cent."-Ohio State
journal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-06-02
Greeley Promptly Answered.

Horace Greeley. the famous editor
had thrashed over the question OF
women's rights with an able repre-
sentative of their sex and wound ur
with the contention that in times of
war women were quite useless. What
would you do" he demanded. "in the
event of civil ware" Just what You
would do, Mr.. Greeley" replied his OPP
ponent. promptly. Il should stay in
my office and write articles urging
other people to go and fight"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-06-02
Sweetbread Salad.

Clean and parboil a pair of sweet.
breads. then drop them into ice water
for 4 few minutes. Remove the skin
and fat. cover with boiling water. sea-
o and let simmer gently for 30 min
utes. Remove from the range and
when cool chop. add one-half pint Of
chopped celery. pour over mi pint of
mayonnaise. and serve very cold on a
bed of lettuce leaves.-Good House
keepinp,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-06-02
THE CROAKER.

He croaked when the sky was blue
And he croaked when the sky was gray;
He croaked when the sun went down.
He croaked at the dawn of day!
He croaked when the wind was low,
He croaked when he heard 1t blow
When he had no job he croaked because
He was robbed of a chance to toll.
When ne worked he croaked against do
ing so
To induce the pot to boil.
lie croaked when his twins were born:
All. what an EXPENSE" he sighed
He croaked by day and he croaked at
night
When one of the little ones died,
And he croaked in another way,
On his wretched bed. one day
Yet. If he has gone to that realm above.
Where all is so rare and so fair,
I'll bet he croaks at the tunes they play
On their golden harps, up there.
Chicago Times-Herald.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-06-02

Johnny (entering parlor)-Oh. it's
you. is il? Why, T thought
Mr.. Softleigh-You thought what,
Johnny?
81 thought it was one Of them feliers
from South Africa"
What made you think that, my lit
tie man."
why. Sis said that she was going to
try to get rid of a Boer tonight"
And Mr.. Softleigh trekked soon aft
er.-Baltimore American,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-06-02
No Enad ar Mater.

Eight hundred people live on n Oh
the West India islands, where there is
no water nor food, nor towns nor VIII
lagos. Anguilla is the name of the is
land. and the government has to send
food to the inhabitants every year to
keep them from starving. The only
water they have is tainted by the sea
and not fit to drink.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-06-02
Relaxation,

Casev-There's throuble over at
Clancy's.
Costigan-Phwat is ut?
"a family foight."
"Shure. thot's not throuble; thot's
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-06-02
She Was q Dream.

Tom-Do you believe in dreams?
Dick-I used to. but Idon't any more.
"Not as superstitious as you were.
eh?"
20! 1t wasn't a question of super
stition. / was in owe with one once.
and she Tilted me-" - Philadelphia
Press.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-06-02
Dire Vengeance.

She-I heard about the elopement.
Has her mother forgiven them?
Hell think not. I understand she
has gone to live with them.-Collier's
Weekly.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-06-02
The Real Victim.

"Your husband seems to be a victim
Of the tobacco habit"
"No; I'm the victim. He thoroughly
enjoys it."-What-to-Eat.
New-York tribune., 1900-06-24
THE OUTLOOK IN KANSAS.
SENATOR HARRIS ADMITS THE REPUBLICAN
TICKET IS STRONG. BUT DOESN'T
THINK IT WILL WIN

Washington June % (SpecaD.-Senator Harris. OF
Kansas is ex-Confederate Demo-POpulist. and
his views on political questions usually inter
esting. II may fairly be said that they especi-
ally so at this time. when the Republicans feel
hopeful that the Sunfiower State. after wandering
for eight years In the wilderness of -Populism,
will return to the Republican fold next November,
and when the Bryantes are exceedingly fearful
that such will be the case
Senator Harris OF the Presidents callers
to-day, and before he left the White House he
pressed himself follows respecting the RepUbli-
can National ticket and the political outlook:
The ticket Is strong and the platform is adroit.
Rooseyet @ Is picturesque figure and is very popu-
M Many ny men who are not committed to party
connection with the ticket At the same time / do
not believe the ticket will win. The people not
to be deluded into the idea that the existing pros
perity is the product of the Republican Admnistra
ton We are having prosperity IN the West but
and sef-denial Unfavorabe conditions elsewhere
ever even now are advancing the price Of wheat. which
West, but these unfavOrable conditions were not
brought around bv Republican Administrations
The people throughout the country understand the
reasons for these things. Further than this. the
trusts of all kinds all they asked for. They also
recognize that Congress absolutely refused to do
irrespective OF party. such as an amended inter-
state law. antitrust legislation, reduction Of the
taxes, providing for the Nicaragua Canal and
other things. If the Democrats wlfuly pledge
income and election of Senators by the people.
at the same time nominating a good man for Vice
a man In whom the country will have the same
confidence Bryan. and I do not know better
ford 20 straddle by having a man on the ticket
holding views antagonistic to those Of Mr. Bryan
% to Offset e the ookedfor enthusasm that Roosevelt
may give to the Republicans.
Senator Harris appears to be confident that the
soldier element IN the DemCPopulist Presidential
ticket will be sufficiently represented by that mill
tary hero, Colonel William j. Bryan.
New-York tribune., 1900-06-24
BRIGHAM II. ROBERTS SENTENCED.
MAN ELECTED CONGRESSMAN FROM UTAH
FINED FOR PoLYGAMY.

Salt Lake City, Utah. June % (SpeciaD.-
Brigham II. Roberts. who a few months ago
stood at the bar of the House of Representa-
tives pleading for recognition as a member OF
that body, to-day stood before the bar of JUS
tice. He came up for sentence "a convicted
criminal His crime polygamy, or unlawful
cohabtation as II is called in the statutes Of the
State of Utah. Judge Morrell sentenced him
to pay fine OF $50 or be imprisoned in the
county jail for $50 days. Execution OF the
sentence was stayed thirty days. as to give
Roberts chance TO appeal. He still hopes to
escape in the Supreme Court on technicahty.
Roberts was convicted on last Thursday by q
jury containing four MCrrnons. When he came
up for sentence to-day Roberts sat mute. His
attorney, ]. II. Moyle however. made plea
for leniency. Il think Your Honor should take
into consideration the fact that the defendants
marital relations, resulting from his religious
convictions, have deprived him of one Of the
most important offices in the gift of the State
he said. ITO say nothing OF It's emoiuments-
That itself is far greater punishment than the
Court can infiict."
County Attorney Putnam contended that the
Court should make an example of Roberts
Roberts was asked later 10 make statement
II made a statement at length on the merits
OF the case to the people of this country when
my case was up in Washington" he said; to-
day my attorney has done the talking for me-
1 have nothing to add to his statements"
New-York tribune., 1900-06-24
GAME FOR CHARITY IN NEW-ROCHELLE.
HOME RUN.
HOME RUN.

Nearly three thousand persons Of New-RocheNe
a match game Of baseball yesterday after
noon between the Mayor and Aldermen and the
city employees. The game was in aid Of the Day
Nursery, Of which Mrs. C. Oliver Iseln is presi-
dent, and In which Mrs. Frederick Remington,
Mrs E. w. Kembe. Mrs. Agar, Mrs. Francis Will
and other we'll known New Rochelle women
are interested The players arrived at the grounds
at O'Clock. riding in coaches behind a brasa band.
There great cheering when Mayor NJ. J. Dillon
and Alderman George Grab. both Of whom weigh
nearly four hundred pounds alighted from the
vehicles clad IN baseball uniforms Mayor Dillon
stood on the home plate and appealed TO the spec
tators TO contribute to the cause of charity. He
then threw ten-dollar note in the cap to start the
fund and made circuit OF the diamond. collecting
from the audience Nearly $500 received.
The game lasted nine innings, and was exciting
throughout Several times Mayor Dillon went on
TO the field to demonstrate with Charles H Coo,
the umpire and City Clerk Andrew j. Selz. Alder
man Archer. who is sixty years old, made a home
run. The Aldermen won the game by a score of
II o but it said afterward that their pitcher
and catcher were professionals.
New-York tribune., 1900-06-24
THE RECORDS.

The Tammany Hall tailenders and the Brooklyn
champions met in q battle at the Polo GrouhdS
yesterday. Several thousand people witnessed the
contest. the result being what might have been eX-
pected when two teams conducted in such vastly
different style meet in any sort of a combat Inc
New-York team played up 10 its reputation. ana
the BROOKLYN men won as they pleased of course,
outplaying the gift players at every point
The Homecoming of Croker did not have any
effect upon the Harlem hired hands. 1t was said
that Freedman. who has charge of baseball FOR
Tammany Hall up in Harlem. had sent word to the
players to spruce up bit in honor of the home
coming of Mr. Croker Whether ANDY did any
thing OF the sort not could not be learned last
night but no "sprucing up done, Croker or
Croker.
The champions outplayed the tailenders as Ethel
bert would outfoot crab. and won as they pleased
Doheny hit hard and often. and his support
was Of the sort generally given to budding young
graduate green diamond knights in their first sea-
son in the vacant lots. The champions played
faultlessy in the field. Jennings. Dahlen and DAILY
played in splendid form. The score:
New-York tribune., 1900-06-24
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MONTCLAIR-
MAYOR HARRISON AND A ROBBERY.
HIS FRIEND COMPLAINS TO THE POLICE.
But NO PARTICULARS ARE GIVEN OUT.

HIS FRIEND COMPLAINS TO THE POLICE.
But NO PARTICULARS ARE GIVEN OUT
A well dressed young man went into the West
Thirtieth-st. police station late yesterday after
noon, and, after a short consultation with the
sergeant, was told TO return later. He then
taken into Captain Thomas's private room, and
half hour consultation held. 1t was
learned that the young man was Arthur Hyman.
who lives in luxurious bachelor apartments at
No. % West Thirty sixth-st, and who says he
a schOolmate of Mayor Harrison of Chicago.
Hyman said he had been wit. Mayor Harrison
nearly all yesterday afternoon, and went with
him to the station when he started to return to
Chicago.
Hyman admitted that he had reported a rob-
berry TO the police. but was uncommunicative
on the matter. He was asked II there had been
any trouble, or If he had learned of the robbery
at the time he with Mayor Harrison To
this Hyman made evasive replies, and said that
he could not discuss the matter at present. but
that If the detectives at work on the case failed
TO report progress he might issue statement
in a day or two. At the police station nothing
could be learned.
Hyman said that at one time he lived In Chi
cago, but that at present he was in the broker
age business In this city.