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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15

Wal an Uncertain Quantity.
"Never bet on a horse at a race or
anywhere else," said a nan who was
waiting for a clerk to stick the label on
q bottle of arnica. about two years
ago I began taking lessons in horseback
riding. Bought my own horse, and
after six months of equestrian tuition
I rode my steed about town. Rode him
in Broadway as far down as Battery
park. Rode him under the everlasting
clatter of the Sixth venue and the
Third avenue elevated structures.
Rode him across the bridge. Rode him
in the park. Rode him all around town
where there is noise and hubbub-that
means every place in New York. I had
him SO he would stand alone wherever
I left him.
To-day l rode him to the country for
the first time, and 1 wish I may die if
that horse didn't shy at a w~agonload
of wood he met in the road! Yes, sir;
and flung me. That's what the arnica
is fo-."-N. Y. Sun.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15
A SWEDISH DEcAp1rAT1oN.
Execution, ut Vesternas, Sweden. nj
Philip Nordulund, the Whole
sale Murderer.

Vesteraas, Sweden, Dec. 11.-Philip
N~ordlund, who, On May II last, as the
steamer Prins Carl, on which he was a
passenger, was passing Quicksund,
seven men and wounded
nve others, a woman and a boy, sub
s>quently escaping in a boat to Kop.
ing, and who was convicted and sem
fenced to death in June last, was be-
headed.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15
GOOD FOR CHRISTMAS MONEY.
a.terest Due, January 1, ON Govern.
nent Bonds to be Made Paya-
bic After December 20,

Washington, Dec. 9.-The secretary
Of the treasury has directed that the
interest due on January 1 on four
Per cent. 1907 bonds and two per cent.
1890 be prepaid without rebate. The
coupons will be received after De-
-eember Is and interest checks will be
payable after December 20. The to-
tai mount involved is about five and
. quarter million dollars.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15
Freight Brakeman Killed.

Newton, ILL.,, Dec. 11.-Vite o. Hub
bard, head brakeman on train 9s1,
east-boud, on the Switz City branch
of the Illinois Central, was caught
under the wheels at the crossing here,
Sunday afternoon, and killed.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15

"You have not gone to Europe, then, as
you expected" said Mrs. Fosdick to Mrs.
Spriggs.
NO" was the reply. at is so difficult for
Mr.. Spriggs to leave his business, and l
really couldn't go without him. And, then,
I read the Other day about a ship that
would be to be on a ship in the middle of the
ocean with her record broken."-Detroit
Free Press.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15
ssBobs, At Cape Town,

> Cape Town, Dec. 9.-Lord Roberts
arrived here from Port Elizabeth. He
was accorde a splendid reception. The
mayor, councillors, the citizens COM
mittee and thousands of sightseers
met him at the docks and escorted
him to government house.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15
LOOKS LIKE A
Possessions in the Attempt to
Save Themselves.

Manila, Dec. 10.-While the captures
Of supplies and the occupation of new
points are quite numerous, those in
solving actual fighting are compare
tively few. Apparently the insurgents
are falling back at all contested
points, sacrificing their possessions in
most cases, and satisfied to ave them
selves
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15
Our Insular Markets,

Washington, Dec. 11.-Experts from
the United States to Cuba, Porto
Rico and the Philippine, Hawaiian
and Somoan islands will aggregate
$4,000 900 in the year 1900, against
s41,O 0O, 900 in 1899, $4,000, 900 in 1898,
and SIT, 100000 in 1897.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15
Try Grafn-O! TRY Grnin-o.

Ask your Grocer to-day to show you a pack
age of GRAIN-O, the new food drink that
takes the place of coffee. Children may
drink it without injury. as well as adults.
from puregrains, and the most delicate stom-
ach receivesit " without distress. / the price of
coffee. l5c. and Csc. per package. Angrocers.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15

Rev Henry Langrd, the eminent Baptist divine, Of Weston. W. Va, has tmt e.
capped utter nervous and physical protato. He Is pastor Of four churches "Eor tn
years., he said, II have been nervous AND growing wose IL these years During he last
Tour or I've years! became so nervous could scarcely sign my name so it od 70 read
awhile.
Is VAST unable to hold my head steady In the pulpit, nor could I hold or handle my
booksa nd papers, without embarrassment owng to the trembling md weakness Of N
hands and farms l wasso nervous that I could Scarcely feed myself. In TACT my nervous
system was wrecked.
"Ihied many remedies recommended by physicians. but found M permanent relief
One dayI was in the store OF r {. Ogden at SadnL W. Va, and he said to l:
You take WI bottles Of DR. Gremes NervWa bod and nerve remedy ad II you say :
help you you need not pay forit'
" Itook to bothksd dsm incidence nd found so uhr relief that I bought Two more
bottles and now lam wonderfully improved in health an in strength Dr. Grenes Nr
vra blood M nave remedy lid it I can heartily nc tuthfuny recommend it to tho
sick Too much cannot be said in praise Of this splendid medicine Iay tdsf for the good
Of ot@r sufferers from ngyous and prosHqthng dssss whoc an Be cured BY his remedy
remedy. and for THAT it has done fol- men
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15
Made . Daylight Start.
NEWS RECEIVED FROM KNOX.
De Wet Has Trekked Northeast,
Pressed on All Sides.

Pressed on All Sides.
London, Dec. 9.-The war office has
received the following dispatch from
Gen. Kitchener from Bloemfontein,
dated December g.:
"Have just received news from
Knox, at Rockville, that De Vets
force. having failed to force Commas
sic bridge, which we held, has trekked
northeast, abandoning 500 horses and
many carts. His attempts on Cape
Colony, therefore, has failed. He is
being pressed on all Sides"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15
Extenuating Circumstances.

Tenderfoot-Did you folks lynch the man
who stole the automobile here last week?
Cactus Charley-Nope. We intended to,
out an investigator committee made some
experiments an concluded that the otty-
mobul stoled the thief, instead of the thief
gittin' away with it.-Baltimore American.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15
Not That Kind.

Angry Politician-Look here, I've a good
mind to have you arrested for libel! What
do you mean by p~icturing me as you have!
Cartoonist-But the picture looks like you.
81 know it does! know it does! But do
I look like a man who likes to look like him
self?"-Modern Society.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15

PUTNAM FADELEss DYES do not spot,
streak or give YOU goods an unevenly dyed
appearance. Sold by all druggists.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15

The Best Prescription for Chills
and Fever Is a bottle of GROVES TAsrELEsa
CHILL Tonic. tits straightforward quinineiu
atasteless form. No cure-no pay. Price,50 0
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15
SOUTH AFR|CA'S AOSBY.
The Boer General, De Wet, is Being
Hard Pressed on ALI Sides
by the British.
aIS ATTEMPT ON CAPE COLONY FAILED.
The Chase of the Willy Commander
Has Been One of the Most Excit-
Ing Operations of the War, and 10
Expected to Result, Ultimately, In
His Capture.

Aliwal North, Cape Colony, Friday,
ID ce.7.-Gen. De Wet appears to be in
. most dangerous position, and to
need all his strategy to extricate bis
force. With strong British columns
on three sides and two swollen rivers
barring his front, the British COM
manders begin to be hopeful that the
great chase by four columns, which
has been one of the most exciting OPP
e~rations of the war, will result in the
capture of De Wet.
De VETS Whereabouts.
Definite news of his whereabouts
was first received December 2. The
next morning Gen. Knox started in
hot pursuit, and Pitchers and Her
bert's columns were detached to make
a turning movement. After three
hours march Gen. Knox learned that
during the night De Wet had doubled
back past the British right, necessi-
Eating a complete change of plans.
During the night of December 3 Gen.
Knox encamped on the Carmel farm,
the site of the Boer laager, which evil
IDENTIFY has been recently and hurried
ly moved.
Made . Daylight Start.
Gen. Knox started again at day
light. hoping to corner De Wet while
crossing Karrepoort drift. but he ar
rived too late. The British expert
cnced very great difficulty in follow
ing De Wet, owing to the rise in the
river, but they succeeded in crossing
without the loss of a man or a beast,
From that time on the pursuit of the
Beers was taken up without baggage,
the troops being supplied by foragers.
enabling them to make more rapid
movements. and keep in touch with
the republicans.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15
Always In One.

Grimes-Is your wife fond of pets?
Harum-I should say she was. She is a.
most always in one.-Boston Transcript.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15

He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing
else.-Atchison Globe.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15
Was an Uncertain Quantity.

No man is great whose aims are SMALL
Rams Horn.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15

write or call upon him at his office. IS West 18th Street. New York City. His
advice Is from his great skill and experience and will shorten the road to
health. Thousands come to him and write to him constantly. Do not pat OF
getting the right advice, II you are iii.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-07-26
PilkertOn Won the Race.

At one of the regattaS of the Nation
al Association of American OarSmen
during the early nineties James Pilker-
ton, for many years the champion soul
Ter of America, was matched to row
double against another team. He and
his mate were the champions. and the
general belief was that they would win
without effort. But the night before
the regatta public opinion suddenly
and mysteriously changed Mr.. Pill
kertOn knew that this was not caused
by any new development Of strength
in his opponent or any loss of skill on
his own part. After making some quiet
inquiries he discovered that there was
talk of his rowing mate having been
bought up by the other side and of an
arrangement to throw the race.
He didn't say anything about his SuS-
picions, but when the two men were
seated in the shell and were well out
into the deep water he leaned over to
his mate and said:
''Lcok her, you blooming cutthroat!
You've got to swim, drown or win this
racel You know me."-- He wOn.-Sat-
urday Evening Post.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-07-26
He Was Admitted.

Fortunately when red tape comes in
contact with common sense it is red
tape which goes to the wall. A good
story is told Of a military official who
devised a system which compelled ev-
cry one who went on business to Gen.
eral Banks to procure q ticket from a
member Of the staff, the presentation
Of which at the door gained his admis-
sion. One day a burly colonel came to
the door of the private Office at head
quarters and requested that his name
be given to the general,
"Have you a ticket?" he was asked.
ga ticketp' echoed the. colonel. with
scOrn. mo. sir. i haven't"
you can't enter here without one. /"
was the reply.
"Sir," said. the colonel, when Gen
eral Banks becomes a puppet show,
and | have 25 cents to spare, I'll buy a
ticket to see him. not.before" He was
c-iuoittod
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-07-26
Watch Strings.

The watch carried by the average
man is composed of 9S pieces, aad its
manufacture embraces more than 1000
distinct and separate operations.
HairSpring wire weighs One-twen-
tieth of a grain to. the inch One mile
Of wire weighs less than half pound.
The balance gives five vibrations
every second, 300 every minute, $4,000
every hour, $4,000 every day and 49,
6SO,OOO every year.
The value Of springs when finished
and placed in watches is enormous in
proportion to. the material from which
they are made. A ton of steel made
up into -hairsprings when in watches
is worth more than 1919 times the
value of the same weight in pure
gold.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-07-26
ma Ynn Ent ono or Ine

T. nun.ber go 7arsety OF knives
and forks that now grace a. well equip
ned and formal dinner table may well
dismay one. unused to such a variegat-
cd display of cutlery and silver. There
are forks for the oysters, for the fish
and for the roast and forks as well for
anything else that may be served.
There are also knives to correspond to
the forks that may be needed. These
implements that social convention de-
crees to be necessary to convey food to
the mouth are usually laid out in for
midabIe rows on either side of the
plate.
The other evening a simple western
maiden at her first eastern dinner sur
.yeyed her supply of knives and forks
with growing trepidation. Her conf
mon sense told her that they were laid
out in the regular order in which it
was intended that they should be used.
but nothing in her experience had
taught her which was the right end Of
the row to start in with. Finally, in
despair, she sought help from her next
door neighbOr, a prominent physician
''Say, doc" she questioned anXiOusly
as she pointed at the offending objects,
''do you eat out or in"-New York
Tribune.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-07-26
FREE BLOOD CURE.
An offer pr oving faith to Sufferers

An offer proving faith to Sufferers.
Is your blo)d pure? Are you sure OF
jtp Do cuts or scratches heal slowly:
Does YOUR SKI n itch or burn? Have you
Pimpies? Eruptions? Aching Bones or
Back? Ecztma? Old Sores? BOils?
ScrofulaP Rheumatism? Foul Breath?
0;atarrh? Are you Pale? If so purify
yonr blood al once with B. B. B. Botanic
BLOOD Balm). 1t makes the Blood Pure
and Rich. he ais every sore and gives a
lear. smooth, healthy skin. Deep
seated cases like ulcers, cancer, eating
cores Painful Sweliings, Blood Poison
are quickly cured by B. B. B., made es-
7,ociaiIv for I'm obstinate Blood and Skin
TronbIes, 3. B. B. is different from
other remedies because B. B. B. drains
The, Poisons and HumOrs out of the
BLOOD and etltire system so the symptoms
,.annot return. Give it trial. 1t cures
Tbon AL eIs. fails. Thoroughly tested
for 20 wears. Sold at drug stores at 81
Oor Iorge bottle, 81 re bottles full treat
13oant, S., So sufferers may test It, a
trial bottle given away aOsOlpp's
Write for it. Address BLOOD UT Mr;to To-
Ssv Describe trouble and free medical
advice given.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-07-26

: 49,
S.yely small flop BY the Germans
you'd q throw the victory to Bryan.
These Western Germans seem to have
peen greatly prejudiced by the speech
OF secretary Root, wherein he pre-
alcted that war with Germany was
inevitable, and whose threats against
that country were soon followed up
ny similar outcries from Senator
Lodge. who not only is the admins
cTatlon,S mouthpiece upon the floor
OF the Senate, but was also perma-
1ent chairman of the Republican
National Convention, an evidence of
1he confidence reposed in him by the
party managers. The result of the
study OF the situation is not encour-
aging for the Republicans. Not only
mas DIR. L. w. Habercom, who is per-
maps the most influential German in
the country, and who conducted the
German press bureau for Mckinley
dour years ago, declared for Bryan,
out ne has now accepted similar work
Tor the Democrats this year. Fur
ther, there have already been many
OBJECTIONS among the German news
papers OF the country, especially
those of the West, where imperialism
as admittedly the great issue and sill
yer Is not dreaded as it is in parts of
the East.
Major-General Macarthur has sent
from Manila strong protest against
withdrawing any troops at all from
the Philippines for service in China,
and, instead, has asked for reinforce
ments. He has urgently represented
to Secretary. Root that under the sys-
TENS of garrisons adopted, it is i'm
possible to rediStribute his force when
regiments are Withdrawn, so as to
properl y patiol the district from which
they have been taken. Secretary
Root thoroughly appreciates General
McArthur's views, but the urgency
of the situation in China is such that
he is compelled to detach regiments
from the Philippines and send them to
Taku. Thr ough reports and private
letters reach ng the officials here it is
becoming manifest that the suppress
sion of the Filipino instruction is a
work of yea s. This certainly is the
opinion of almost every army officer
in the Philippines.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-07-26
His Superstition.

A philanthropic lady Of Pacific
Heights. one Of the sort of superior
slum raisers shown up in FABLES In
Slang" met on one ofaher tours a lit
tie boy who was swearing roundly.
She seized him at once and gave him
a good shaking. adding: '.'You ought to
be ashamed of yourself! l never heard
such language since the day L was
bornp' The boy into whose desoIate
home she had just been bringing light
pulled himself loose. ''Yes'm," he said,
81 s'pose dere was a good deal o.
cussin de day you was born."-San
Francisco Wave.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-07-26
The Best Remedy for Stomach and
Bowel Troubles.

''I have been in the drug business for
twenty years and have sold most all of
the proprietary medicines of any note.
Among the entire list have never found
aaything to equal Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoeea Remedy for all
stomach and bowel troubles, :" says D. w.
Wakefield, of Columbus, Ga. This
remedy cured two severe crSes Of cholera
morbus in my family and have recon-
mended and sold hundreds of bottles of
it to my custamers to their entire salts
faction. 1t affordsa quick and sure cure
in pleasant form" For sale by Wight
& Bro. and all medicine dealers.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-07-26
Moon Views From the Grant Tomb

Moon Views From the Grant Tomb.
Persons of romantic temperament
have discovered that the best place in
New York from which to watch the
moon rising in the east is the porch Of
General Grants tomb. Standing, as it
does. away from all other buildings,
at the highest part OF the Riverside
drive, with the beautiful. Hudson river
flowing softly along a hundred feet be-
low, the noble edifice in which lies the
hero is as full of poetical charm as the
Alhambra itself. As the moon rises
one can see the rays touching column
after column of the mausoIeum, throw
ing into deeper shadow the recesses
and giving the whole building an ethe-
real aspect which is strikingly beauti-
full. Young couples who are stroIling
along the drive make it a point 70 go
up to the tomb to watch the moon rise,
and the idea is becoming so popular
that the charm Of solitude at least has
certainly departed.-New York Letter
In Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-07-26
REa Touching AppeaI.

"Can't teach. you to love me, Miss
'Genevieve" pleadingly asked the
young man.
81 fear not, AIr. SpoOnamOre," she
answered.
''Then WONT you please teach me
now to teat b you to love meW he in
sisted eagerly.
This appealed to the essentially mas
aculine or padagOgic element more or
less latent in every woman, and she
promised t. take it under considera-
ltion.-Chicag Tribune.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-07-26
SILVA AND Dew.
The Fearful Devil of the HindOOs
and His Principal Wife.

and His Principal Wife.
silva is both typical of destruction
and of reproduction. But the latter at
tribute was doubtless later addition
to the sum Of his qualities. The orig
inal conception of this deity was that
Of a power delighting in destruction,
in the achievement of physical evil and
wrong and in hurting death and devas-
tation upon the people and their land.
He is represented in sacred books
Of the. HindOos as ''the terrible destroy
er," ''the one who delights In the de-
struction Of men," But-in all this there
is no whisper as yet Of any moral quail
tiles of evil The conception is entirely
one of physical power, used with the
utmost maleVolence and injustice
against men.
Along with his principal wife, who
is variOusly called. .DeYi, Durga, Una
and Kali, he is portrayed as the incar-
nation of physical evil, wrong, inJus-
tice or misfortune. In the "PuranaS'
silva is described as wandering about
surrounded by ghosts and COLLINS, in
ebriated, naked and with disheveled
hair, covered with the ashes of flu
neral pile, .ofnamented with human
skulls and bones, sometimes laughing
and sometimes crying. Dew, his con
sort, is represented with hideOus and
a terrible countenance streaming with
blood, encircled with snakes, hung
round with skulls and human heads
and in all respects resembling a fury
rather than a goddess. The only pleas
ure which silva and Dew feel is wheI
their affairs are drenched with blood
which, of course, could not be she(
without the destruction of some form
of Westminster Review.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-07-26
The SIeenIess Seven.

"There were seven of the 12." said
one Of the discharged jurors in speak
ing of the matter next morning. "whC
didn't want to sleep themselves and
wouldn't let the rest Of us sleep. When,
ever we dropped into doze, they came
around and shook us till we were wide
awake again."
"And you had to submit, | suppose
for they constituted the majority?''
"Yes, they were the rousing MAORI
ty," said the hollow eyed juror, witt
a pensive attempt to be facetious.-Chi
cagO Tribune.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-07-26
= SERENADE OF WOLVES.

How One Was Started In the Ma.
tiOnaI Zoo Mt Washington.
In The Century Ernest Seton homp-
son, who used to be known as Wolf
Thompson from his familiarity with
this particular form Of wild animal,
tells how he started wolf serenade at
the National zoo in Washington.
While making these notes among the
animals of the Washington zoo used
to go at all hours to see them. Late
one evening | sat down with some
friends by the wolf cages in the light
Of q full moon. | said, Let us see
whether they have forgotten the music
Of the west" l put up my hands to
my mouth and hOWled the hunting
song of the pack. The first to respond
was a coyote from the plains. He re-
membered the wild music that used to,
mean pickings for him. He put up his
muzzle and zap yapped'' and howled.
Next an old wolf from Colorado came
running out, looked and listened ear
nestly. and. raising her snout to. the
proper angle, she took up the wild
strain. Then all the others came run
ming out and joined in, each according
to his voice. but all singing that wild
wolf hunting song, bowling and yell
ing, rolling and swelling, high and low,
in the cadence Of the hills.
/ They sang me their song of the west, the west;
| They set all my feelings aslow;
| They stirred up my heart with their artless art
And their song of the long ago.
Again and again they raised the cry
and sang in chorus till the whole moon
Lit wood around was ringing with the
grim refrain-until the inhabitants in
the near city must have thought all
the beasts broken loose. But at length
their clamOr died away. and the wolves
returned, skunk back to their denS, 81
lently, sadly. thought, as though they
realized that they could indeed join in
the hunting song as Of old, but theiV
hunting days were forever dora