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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-24
mighty proud of her savings, l ten

mighty proud of her savings. l ten
you.
Time goes on and her daughter iz
growing up and getting gay. She
keeps the old folks guessing is to
what she'll do Eext, but the riother
sticks by her, oyerlooks all her bad
points and is proud of her dressing up.
although it kept both father and
mother on short rations. ! meets Mrs.
Murphy walking in the snow one
morning ana her feet was out in the
cold.
Hold on says she, when she no.
tices In going to speak. The daugh-
ter needs slippers more'n l do shoes.
and I've a dollar and eleven cents for
the curtain already
What could L say after that?
There'd eve been a bright thing in
her life; it was work, work, work all
the time, and here was the sunshine
of seeing her girl look sprig and of
thinking of getting that lovely cur
tain. So l held my tongue, and she
trudged on in the cold. Course the
daughter could have done different by
the old omar but girls are girls, and
not many of them knows what sacri-
flee means or sorrow till they've taken
the cup of motherhood and swigged a
big swallow out Of it.
II three years Mother Murphy has
saved all of two dollars. and the girl
is looking gayer, and having bows
every day, and the old lady is more
pinched and worn out, but always
with a smile ON her face for Murphy
and a bit of fire for the girl when she
comes in, cold, and it's late O. the
night. Six years rolls by, and there's
$3.50 for the curtain. and Mother MUIR
ply says to me:
"T1l have it in another 10 months
sure, Hoolihan.'
And she did. Twas nearly eight
years after she started to save that
dough that one morning she found
V dollars on hand. She claps her
hands, gives Murphy a hug of the arm
and she says:
1.-The curtain will be up tomorrow,
my man.
He blinks. cause he thinks it's a
woman's foolishness, and the old lady
goes on about her work. In her mind
she plans how she'll go to the big store
the next morning and spend half a day
finding what she wants. It's to be the
best, cause there amt a five-dollar
curtain hung up in a single window this
side of the She sings to her
self all day and blesses her girl and the
old man and the good God that let he-
so much money. Never before in
her life had she five dollars in one
lump. and it looks like a Kimberley dia-
mond 10 her.
"That night she's sitting by the fire
herself. cause of the to-mor-
when the daughter comes in from
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-24

having a walk with the copper, next
beat. She sits down hard in a chair,
and she scowls in her face, and she
says something hard under her breath.
All, dearie,' says the old lady,
what's troubling the heart?'
Nothing says the girl, looking
blacker than ever.
ting an arm about her, tell the mother
what's the natter
Hang it ALL says the girl. It's be-
ing poor all the time that troubles.
Here's the dance at Americus hall Sat
'urday night, and me with two invita-
lions, and haven't a slipper to put on
my foot ncr even a ribbon for my hair.
l wish l was u of this
Don't say that, dearie,' said the
mother. There's no better place in the
world for a daughter than right by the
fire her mothers set going for her.
There's no storm can hurt her there.
And what will the slippers and the rib
bon cost?'
Five dollars said the girl.
There was a long silence in the
room. The lamp wasn't lit, and the
girl couldn't see the mothers face, but
just once she thought she heard a sigh.
| guess perhaps it may have been only
the breath of the fire. Anyway, after
that Mother Murphy moved across the
room 10 a corner in the cupboard and
she got there a tin cup, and she comes
back and she turns into the daughters
lap what was in it. There was pennies,
dimes, nickels, quarters and one half
dollar, and when you come to add it all
up it was five dollars.
Go and get what you want, dearie,
said Mother Murphy, and then goes and
sits in a PARKWAY corner alone. As
for the girl, she was gone in a jiffy.
happy, satisfied. not thinking, for why
should she, unless she'd been one of
those kind of girls what they calls after
birds, a rary avis.
Murphy comes in and sees some
thing out of the way, but he is quiet
when the old woman takes his hand and
~ don't want the lace curtain, l
guess, Murphy. The daughters more'n
to me than the style. Murphy sit down
by the fire and warm yourself, for it's
glad l am to see you home.'"-Chicago
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-24
eOBBY'S

When Ecbby learns to whistle
There's music in the air:
You hear his notes diffusirg,
Here. yon ard everywhere.
He whistles in the morning
Before he's out of bed;
He whistles all the day long,
And in his sleep, it's sail.
OF tunes Bob knows not many
In fact, he knows not one;
But just to whistle. whistle,
To him's sufficient fun.
And tunes are but restrictions
Are paths ones muse to lead,
And Bobby is a rover
In Whistledom, indeed.
While Bobby learns to whistle
His mammals nearly wild.
She says in all her born days
She ne'er saw such a child.
And grandmamma gets nervous
AID says: 'Oh, me! Oh, myi
That child viii drive me crazy;
/ feel that | could fiy!'
Why. even al the table,
He'll pause and try his skill,
And through his puckered lips he
Emits notes sharp and shrill.
His father cries out Robert"
And BOBBY hen will cease,
And for the next ten minutes
Perhaps he'll hold his peace.
When Bobby learns to whistle
There's one thing that's made clear
That is, whate'er his hearts in,
In that he'll persevere.
And SO, although distracted
Almost by all the noise,
We smile Il say, b~enignly:
"Oh, wei, boys will be boys"
Arthur j. Burdick, in Chicago Dali!
Record.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-24
WHERE O L GROWS.
Localities Where Fresh Deposits Of
the Precious Metal Crop Out
Every Year.

There are localities where gold may
be said to grow every year, or, in other
words, where fresh deposits of The
precious metal are to be found an
nually.
One such district is in the Edmonton
country, in the Canadian northwest,
where, after the spring floods from the
same banks and benches" of the Sas-
%katchewan river, there are taken every
year considerable quantities of gold by
a few diggers, who make their living
out of the business.
But the most conspicuous ard inter
esting case of this sort is to be seen
near Ichang, in the province of Hupeh,
in China. For many centuries pasteach
banks of coarse gravel on both sides
of the River Han, and in the midst of
the auriferous district there is an an
cient town called Ulkutien, which
means "Gold Diggers' Inn." Its inhabit-
ants subdivide the gold-bearing ground
among themselves annually, stalking
out their claims with partitions. They
pay no royalty and appear to earn no
more than a bare subsistence, but this
may be doubted, as John Chinaman is
an ADEPT at "layin' low and sayin'
muffin"
The annual river floods bring down
millions of ions of mud and SAND from
the mountains, and this mud and sand,
which is charged with gold, both "fne"
and in flakes. is deposited to a depth
of six inches or more on the banks Of
gravel. 1t is in the winter that the
gold is washed, and it is said that sew
en- men work about 20 toni of the pay
dirt" n n day.-London Answers.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-24
Feud.l sy.tem IN Sweden.

There is a special class Of farm Ia
borers in Sweden who are given so
many acres OF land for their own use.
in consideration for so many days'labor
during the period for the owner of the
farm. They are a sort Of fixture to an
estate, and their like exists in nc other
country.-N. Y. Sum-.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-24

Mrs. Hix-I don't take any stock in
these faith cures brought aboa: by the
laying on Of hands.
Mrs. Dix-Well, 1 do. I cured my lit
tie boy Of the cigarette habit In that
wav.-Chicago Evening News.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-24

After five years of strenuous effort
to establish the lyceum system In the
southern states. gratifying success has
been attained. The larger, and many
of the smaller. cities Of the south now
have their lyceums.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-24
ADuPOUPfate.

neutrality-suspicious. is your nam..
my good man?
Tramp-Biled Cider, sor.
"My, my, how peculiar. How did you
ever get such a name? Your parents
didn't give it to you, Hope"
"No. sor; the man 1 had my first job
with give it to me He said I was that
because I wouldn't work"-4St. Lsris
Repubiic.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-24

Scotch and English miIkmaids be-
lieve their lows will go dry" IL they
forget to wash their hands when
through milking.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-24

In the London meat market has
been sold a consignment of frozen
kangaroo tails. which are said to make
a soup more savory than oxtaiL
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-24

There are 10000 miles of railway now
in operation or under construction in
Africa.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-24

Love Not Blind.
Love isn't blind; it usually sees
double.-Chicago Daily News.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-24
A Mothers Sacrifice
Ey Mr.. Hoolihan.

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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-03-23
THREE-CENT FARES DON'T GO.
The City of Detroit, Mich, EnjOined
by Judge Swan In the United
States Court.

Detroit, Mich, March 1e.-Judge
Swan, in the United States district
court, rendered a decision which de-
MES the validity of an ordinance,
passed some months since, by the city
council, requiring the street railway
companies to reduce rates of fare to
three cents. The court says there is
nothing in the charter of the city
which authorizes such an ordinance,
and allows an injunction to restrain
the city from enforcing it. Said Judge
Swan:
TO enforce this ordinance, would be
an act not of regulation, but of spoil
alton. The police power includes the
general management rs regards the
protection of life and property, and
the accommodation of the public, but
the legislature itself could not affect
the fares agreed upon. 1t might be
for the welfare of the public that
fares should be abolished altogether
but that would be confiscation and
could not be tolerated.
A contention of the city, in defend
ing the injunction suit, was that,
since the older ordinances provided
that rates of fare mot exceeding five
cents" could be charged, that the city
had power to regulate the rates at
Reasonable" figures. The court holds
that the substance or meaning of all
these ordinances permits five cent
fares, which privilege can not after
ward be annuIled.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-03-23
MUSIC IN DRINKING PLACES.
Managers of Two East side Resorts
In New York Held for TriaI-A
Test tn be AIAde.

New York, March 19.-The man.
ayers of two east side resorts, ,McGuirt's
and Little Buck" were held for trial
by Magistrate Flammer on a charge of
violating the music hall act, by hav-
ing music in a drinking place. Magis-
trate Flammer said that he thought
the music in these places was
the principal attraction, being used to
induce people to come in and drink.
The lawyers for the prisoners an
nounced their intention to test the
question whether it was a crime to
have music in restaurants on the
Bowery, and legal to have it in big
hotels on Fifth avenue. They would
send people TO the Holland house and
to the Waldorf-Astcria to see if the
music was not the principal induce
ment there as well as it is down on
the east side.
Magistrate Flammer agreed that the
matter ought to be tested to decide
Just where music becomes criminal
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-03-23
COMMONWEALTH NOT READY.
Cases of the Men Charged with Conn
pIicity in the GOebeI Murder
Laid over TIL Friday.

Frankfort, KY, March 19.--Caleb
Powers, John Davis and VIM. H. Gull
ton, charged with being accessories
TO the murder of VIM. Goebel, were ar
raigned for trial before Judge Moore
The commonwealth announced not
ready, and by agreement the trials
were set for next Friday,at which time
County Attorney PoIsgrove said he
thought he could get his witnesses and
not ask further continuance. Ex-
Gov. John \. Brown made demand
for a list of witnesses for the com
monwealth, but this was refused by
the attorney for the prosecution, on
the gronnd that publicity might cause
some of them to avoid being sum
moned.
Commonwealth Attorney Franklin
and County Attorney Polsgrove re-
fused to either affirm or deny the
story that Sergt. Golden has made an
alleged confession, of knowledge con-
corning the Goebel assassination.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-03-23
POLISH NATIONAL ALLIANCE
A Special Convention of the Central
Organization iu Session at
Chicago.

Chicago, March 19.-Delegates from
dozen cities and many towns, rep
resenting societies in the Polish Ma
tional Alliance of America, gathered in
Chicago to attend the special conven-
ton of the central organization which
began here and will continue through
out this week.
Among the more important subjects
for consideration is the new
constitution, which, it is said,
will unite the life insurance feature
with the educational and patriotic
feature of the old constitution. For
the first time in the history of the or
ganiZatiOn women will be admitted to
membership. They will be on an equal
footing with the men.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-03-23
CHARLES ]. STIFEL IS DEAD.
He Was "a Pioneer Brewer of ST.
Louis and One of the City's
WeaIthiest Men.

st. Louis, March 1S.-Charles G..
Stifel, pioneer brewer and one of the
wealthiest men in north st. Louis. died
at his home in this city, Sunday
night, after weeks illness, at the
age of 81 years. He had been in ex-
cellent health all winter, but contract
ed a cold several days ago. The ma
lady was not serious at first, but COM
plications set in which soon became
alarming. For three days before his
death he had been so low that the end
was expected at any moment.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-03-23
The Revolution In Venezuela.

New York, March ia dispatch to
the Herald from Port of Spain, Trini-
dad. says: IT is reported that the
Hernandez revolution in Venezuela is
progressing. Gen. Hernandez, it is
said, has effected an important STRAIT
egic movement by crossing the Orino-
co river and compelling Gen. Landa-
tea, with the government troops, to
retire. He is now, according to re-
ports, marching on Ciudad Bolivar.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-03-23
THE NEW BRITISH WAR LOAN.
1t Was as Popular as Was the Amer
lean Loan When We Needed
War Funds.

London, March 19.-In the house of
commons the chancellor of the ex-
cheouer, Sir Michael-Hicks-Bea an
nOunced that the total number of ap-
EcatiOns for the war loan was 39,8OC,
and that the subscriptions were
& E$35,500, 900. The largest application,
he added, was for e 91O,OOO,OOO. Appli-
cants for 10000 and upwards would
get six per cent. of their application.
Below 10000 the assignments would
vary from six per cent. to an allot-
ment in full.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-03-23
Hox Lived n Centur

Dubuque, Ia, March 19-The oldest
woman in Dubuque, Ia, Mrs Christian
Lange, celebrated her one hundredth
birthday anniversary. She takes a
walk daily, is quite vigorous, and
reads without glasses. She was born in
Bavaria, and has lived in Dubuque 70
Years.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-03-23
CAPTURED AT QUEENSTOWN.
Nathan Muscher, Wanted in New
York, for Forgery. Caught ON
Board the Lucnnia.

Queenstown, March 19.-Nathan
Mrscher, the passenger from New
York by the Cunard line steamer Lu-
cania, who was arrested ON the arrival
of the vessel here, March 16, as the
result of information from the United
States, that warrant ehas been is
sued for his arrest, on the charge of
forgery, was brought into a police
court in Queenstown. Later, he was
handed over to a London detective,
ard will be held pending the extradi-
ton hearing.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-03-23
SEDDENS B. CO.,
.DEALERS IN .....--
WINES, WElsElES, CIGARS, TOBACCO, ETC.
Bolivar, Tenn.

w Sole agents for the celebrated
!. w. Harper and Old Continental
Whiskies.
Our stock compris.. Native and
Imported Wines from the best vine
Yards; Old, Mellow Whiskies from
the leading distillerieS of America;
different brands of Cigars and To-
bacco.
; Our rule is to deal iairly and hon
estly with our customers, giving
them the value of their money.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-03-23
FOR SALE.

A good farm of 1881 acres, within three miles
Of Grand JUNCTION. Tenn. Part of it is well tim
bered: has barn on the tract. Will sell for cash
or on time The farm is known as the Bette
Evans tract. For further information, prices.
terms, etc, write
E. L. PROPST, Charlotte, N. O..
Real Estate DealeR.
e~Real Estate Bought, Sold and Exchanged
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-26
The Good-Roads Question.

As an act of patriotism and devotion
to his birthplace Colonel John Jacob
Astor is now completing some two and
q half miles ofroadway between Rhine
cliff and Rhinebeck, which we are
asked to contemplate and admire as
being probably the best piece Of
road work in the State.
Colonel Astor has rendered a public
service for which he is entitled to
recognition. But at the same time it
is impossible to escape the sense OF
humiliation over the admission that in
the great and wealthy Empire State
the improvement of the public high.
way should under any conditions de.
pend on private generosity.
In this matter, so vital TO the " ell.
being and prosperity of the State, an
example has been set us by the I'D.
joining States of New Jersey and Mas
sachusetts. In these States private
citizens are not called on to improve
the public roadways because legisla.
tive intelligence has devised an of.
ficient plan of adjusting the relative
interests of State and local assessment
in providing for the cost OF such i'm.
provement. They have solved Che
good-roads problem with satisfactory
results, and year by year they are
bringing their country roads out Of
tho barbarism of neglect and impIov.
ing them up to the highest standard o.
real civilization. New York World
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-26
NEwsY cLEANINos.

swarms Of locusts have appeared IA
| Kansas.
Coal mine owners In England have In.
creased the price OF coal thirty per cent.
The Danish Government Is willing TO sell
the little island of st. John to the United
States.
new Bible has been published in Lon.
don In which the New Testament precedes
the Old.
The continued success Of American jock
eys In England has bewildered all horse
owSars there.
The butchers OF Germany and Austria
| proposet to organize in an effort to keep
out American meats.
The Department OF Agriculture contem-
! plates the establishment OF an experiment
station in PortoaRiSc.
Western railroad managers are discuss
| Ing plans for religious services on Sunday
on fast through tratus.
The German Government has adopted
thesingle tax system for Kyao Chau, China,
levyiug tax OF six per cent. on land value.
The Board OF Education Of Chicago has
Voted IN favor OF Fairgrounds for children
IN all future plans for new school buildings.
Whisk brooms have been placed in all
cars OF the South Chicago Street Railway
Company for the use OF dusty passengers.
gold mine has been located on one OF
thestreets OF Kes wick, Shasta County, Cal,
aud there are indications OF an oil vein In
another.
Lu7on Is now overspread with n network
OF telephone and telegraph lines A mill
ion words are daily transmitted In the
Philippines.
The Argentine Government has sent fifty
young men from the different provinces to
be educated in the agricultural schools OF
the United States.
st. Paul, Mimi, citizens are making
plans for convention hall and auditorium,
with a seating capacity of Il, 900, to cover
a space OF $50 by 15O feet.
The Park Board OF Baltimore, Md, has
forbidden the use OF automobiles in any OF
the public parks or pleasure places in the
city under control OF the Board.
The annual egg-rolling fete at the White
House on Easter Monday cost the United
States $ll4.23 That amount was spent in
cleaning up the litter left by the children
and in resodding part OF the White House
lawn.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-26
THE NATIONAL GAME.

Garvin, OF Chicago, is pitching in excel.
lent form.
The Brooklyn Club has secured the ser.
vices OF Third Baseman Lave Cross.
Springfield has sigued tho noted pitcher
Frank foreman, late Of indianapolis.
Hamilton and Collins, OF Boston, arc do.
ing some OF their old-timc stick work.
Garrlck appears to bo tue only pitcher
on the New York team who is in shape.
It's common thing this year for every
man on a team to get at least one hit in -
game.
SudhofT, OF st.. Louis, is tho llghtest
pitcher in the League, so Tar as weight Is
concerned.
Days continued disability has badly
broken up the Brooklyn's tnbeld and thelr
entire team system.
InManager Aliens opinion tho most dim
cult thing in the world is to Impress Young
players in the League with the fine points
OF base running.
According to Tim Murnane, the Boston
team seems wholly at sea. The plays are
not we'll understood and there Is too much
cross fire while In action.
Bradley, the Chicago third baseman,
fields his position in dne style, stopping
cannon ball drives and fielding them 70
lrst base in a clever manner.
The Brooklyn Club has EARNED" Catcher
Steelman to the Hartford Club OF the
Eastern League. As much rs $500 was re-
fused for his release, Hanlon says.
It is reported that each member OF every
National League Club is subscribing S5
monthly into fund to be paid into the
treasury OF union to be formed this fall.
There is a demand all over the country
for a return to the double umpire system.
Players, umpires and magnates seem to
agree that a mistake has been made in
leaving the work to one official.
Cincinnati writers already rate Scott
among the star pitchers. The most en-
couraging feature OF his work is that he
never gets ratified and always has perfect
control Of the ball.
The Montreal team carries on the trips a
number Of portable VapOr bath arrange
ments. The club has three OF them, and
they are in daily use by the players, the
iavorte time for their use being just be-
fore the men retire for the night.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-26

Among the inalienable rights Of
man, so our fathers have taught us,
are these three, Life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness" observes
Professor David Starr Jordan, in the
New York Independent. So long as
a man is alive and free, he will, in one
way or another, seek that which gives
him pleasure. But the pursuit Of
happiness is an art in itself. To seek
st is not necessarily to find it, and
failure in the pursuit of happiness
may destroy both liberty and life.
The basis of happiness is abundance
of life, and abundance of life is a real
thing, that cannot be slammed or
counterfeited.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-26
The Work in PennsrIvania.

What the Pennsylvania Division o.
the L. A. W. is doing in the matter
of supplying the wheelmen of that
State with good roads may be judged
by the result of the last meeting OF
the Good Roads Commission, of which
II. b. Worrell, the representative Of
the Il. A. W, is chairman. In dis.
cussing the work of the commission,
Mr.. Worrell said: "We have been
securing data from many sources and
have obtained much information from
other States. We are endeavoring TO
prepare a broad and comprehensive
plan which will be equitable in all dis
tricts. Equalization of taxation is
perhaps the most important element
of our work, and it is the intention Of
the commission to ask State aid in ad f.
dition to the taxation which is now
assessed by townships. Our labors
will not end for some time to come,
however.