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The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-03-08

spectors creep along the tunnel and turn off their gas and water supplies With out a soul above ground being any or the wiser.
 We proceed westward and presently we see the names of the streets above us placed on the walls in exactly the same manner as they are in the upper ar.
 No policeman regulate the traffic m Holborn Circus No. g. Everything is as silent as the grave, and we are in the midst of perfect labyrinth of pipes ana
 wires We are shown the South African
 cables, which take the messages to the
 Hatton Garden diamond merchants; we are shown the hydraulic valve when
 helps to blow the City Temple organ,
 and the gaspipes which feed the lamps
 around the Prince Consorts statue.
 As we proceed, our guide minutely ex-
 plains every detail. Here's the Morn-
 ing Leader office he says And sure
 enough we have come to Stonecutter
 street. Just there, too, is one or the largest electric distributing boxes in ex- .istence. From it practically the whole of Fleet street is supplied. Bits of old London are brought to memory by the appearance of historic names on the walls, which have long since disappear ed above ground For instance. Pop Pins Court still exists here. So we go on until we find ourselves peerlng through a chink on the Snow Hill sta tion. We have come to the iron sub way bridge. and only piece Of sheet iron separates us from the lines Of the H.. c. & D. K. A little further and we see daylight once more.
 It is interesting to note that the tun- nels. which are marvels of engineering skill, were begun by Colonel Haywood in 1869, when the Viaduct was built. 50 valuable has the system proved that the corporation place similar subways under every new street they construct. There is no danger of explosions, as the tun- nels are inspected every morning With
 safety lamps before the gas jets are turned on.-London Leader.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-03-08

ms that thc atlctioneer himself has to stop and appeal to the buyers for infor- nation as to the men to whom certain lots were knocked down. There IS no more exciting auction sale in the Worid and no shreWder, quicker set Of buyers There's no time for cogitation. The man who knows just how long to wait and when to jump in91fke a flash Is the man who wins. He must note each mans buying. know the probable limit of each tirrn's demand gauge the prob able outcome of the sale from the fash ion in which the big buyers are bidding, calculate his chances of getting in at the bidders price when that bidders demand ceases and make up bis nina whether to wait on that chance or ad- vance the bid and so turn the guns upon hin,self. He musttbe able to figure what the denand of his firms trada will be at certain prices and how deep ly the firm will be willing to speculate.
 After the sales are over a general av- craze of price on each class of. fur IS computed. and the buyers settle down to figure out just where they stand II their total Of buying is below the aver age price they radiate self satisfaction and buy F.nensh hats size larger than the hats they usually wear. If their totals exceed the average, they retreat to hotel smoking rooms, where they sadly consume quantities of whiskey and soda ana compose propitiatory mes- saees cr addresses for the home firms. New York Sun.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-03-08
--------=-------- UNDERGROUND LONDON.

Tho Great Tunnels Where Gas and
 Water Mains and Electric Wires are Placed.
 Probably only very few Londoners are
 aware of the fact that underneath the city there are miles of subterranean
 passages, along which are placed the
 pss and water mains, electric wires and nost-ofTice hydraulic telegraph tubes and cables Down In these streets be- meath streets the various house connec-
 lions are made. so that the traffic above is not disturbed by the breaking up Of the roads.
 Thanks to the courtesy of MT. Ross, the city engineer, a Morning Leader re- preventative was allowed to tour through these wonderful tunnels on Sat- urday. T was met under the Viaduct
 bridge in Farringdon street by w. J.
 Liberty, the city inspector of subWays," writea our representative, and al though it was cold and foggy above, the atmosphere beneath was clear and the temperature pleasantly mild.
 | The first and only "house of call' was MT I4iberty's office. Some of the ornaments there are interesting. They consist of sundry half crowns, and other coins which have fallen through the gratings from time to time, together with a few empty purses.
 Duly provided with safety lamps, we begin our exploration of the streets of underground London. lit is necessary 1 to climb short flight of steps first of all. which brings us to nolDorn Via duct under the pathway. However, we have not far to walk before we come | to what looks like a huge pit which | leads us to the lower level. Here we l find ourselves under the roadway in a lmuch larger tunnel, along which run miniature train lines.
 The huge pipes tower up on our left, and ny means of occasional gas jets and our lanterns we discern numbers repre- senting, we are told, the houses and offices in the neighborhood of Holborn l Circus MT. Liberty showed how, when the occupiers of these premises forget to pay their rates and taxes, the in-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-03-08

The inventor of the folding bed was one James A. Johnston, a Western man, to whom patent No. T,2S1 was granted on May 12, 1857. No provision was made in the bed for storing of the mattress,s pillows, and bedclothes, as is common in the folding bed of to-day; also5 unlike. the modern contrivance, which when folded resembles a bureau, chiffonier or other similar piece of furniture, che folding bed patented by Johnston made no pretense of looking like anything other than just what it was.
 A company manufactured the John- ston patent, and it had quite q vogue in it's day. Little by little improvements were made on the bed. and within the past score of years the piece of furni-3 ture known to-day was evolved and there are several hundreds of varieties patented.-N York Sun.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-03-08
CATHOLIC NUNS IN SOUTH
 AFRICA

Sister Mary Rose of the Order of St.
 Dominic Relates Her Experience
 With the Boers.
 The Catholic Transcript of last week publishes a long letter from Sister Mary Rose. a nun of the Order of St. Domi- nic, relating her experience with the Boers in South Africa. The letter first appeared in the Irish Catholic. The good sister, judging from her letter, is in entire sympathy with the British. She makes statement which shows that the Boers wantonly destroy Catho- lie places of worship and emblems of devotion. The letter is interesting. The pressure on our space will allow us to only publish a part of it. Sister Mary Rose says:
 sWe do not forget that in the early days of the order we were called the Militia of Jesus Christ and therefore we should indeed be ashamed to grum- ble or complain, to be sad or dejected under the hardships and privations of war. In truth the situation leaves us little room for lsef-pity, or selfish thought, since suffering and sorrow are broadcast. We think of the wailins mothers here and across the seas, who, like Rachel, refuse to be comfofted be- cause their loved ones are no more. Long before now you have heard of the battle of Dundee, where the gallant young Irish soldiers fought like heroes; of IIlands Laagte, where theN Gordons and English soldiers distinguished themselves by their lion-lil courage and daring, and of the many other en- agreements, where, under immense dis advantages, our men-English, Irish and Scotch-fought, bled and died side by side for the cause of right and empire. But at what cost these victories were
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-03-08
THE FIRST HOLDING BED.

"No invention of modern times so fill- ed the proverbial long felt want as did the folding bed" said the head of the model rooms in the Patent Office in Washington.
 The particular model to which he re- ferred was a crude form of collapslple bedstead. But that rude bed cut in sections and hinged so that 1t might fold into compact form contained the germ of an idea, and to that is owed the useful cabinet folding bed of to- day G8M
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-03-08
THE SYMPHONY CONCERT.

The programme for the next Sym- phony concert on March IS will include the Schuman concerto for cello and or- Achestra. The soloist will be Leo Schulz, a New York musician, well known here There are few who excel him on this beautiful instrument. He will also play
 a serenade by Volkmann-Suide, for strings and cello obligato. The orches- itra will give Gades "B Flat Symphony for the first number on the programme.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-03-08
To Use Electricity.

Boston, March 7.-Electricity will take the place of steam at the motive power for rope making at the Charles town navy yard next week. This is the first time electricity has ever been util- ized for power in such work and the operation of the plant will be watched with much interest.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-01-06

Ex.Congress Bynum has shown q
good example to all the gold Demo-
Gratis in coming squarely over to the
party. The larger end OF
the Democracy is determined to keep
the dishonest dollar in politics until
it gets one more crushing defeat.
Silverism will be one of the planks of
the Democratic party convention this
year. There can be no doubt on this
point now. Nearly all the leading
spirits in that party have said so.
The place for all honsst money men
under these circumatanees is in the
Republican party. The campaign OF
1900 will finish the silver madness,
but the way to render this -certain Is
for all the opponents Of that funscy
to vote the Republican tickst.-Globe-
Democrat. :.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-01-06
Of Publioat,on.

In the Cape Girardeau Court of Com
NOR Pleas. within and for the county
of Cape Girardeau and State OF
Missouri.
SEPTEMBER TERN, 1893.
Monday, September Is, 1895, first day
OF said term.
Estate of John II. Sanders, deceased.
John A. Vandeven, Executor.
Order of Publication.
Now at this day comes John A.
Vandeven, Executor of the last win
and testiment of John H. Sander, late
of said county, deceased, and pre-
sents 70 the court his petition, verified
by affidavit, praying for An order for
the sale of the real estate of which
said John A. Sander died seized and
possessed, to pay the debts of said
estate, which said petition was accom-.
panied by the accounts, lists and in
ventory - required BY Law, showing
that said estate 10 indebted and that
said debts are unpaid, aud that
there 10 not sufficient assets on hand
to pay the samN. o. examination
thereof, It 10 ordered by the court that
all persons Interested in the estate OF
said deosased, b notified that sppli.
cation ~ Af0resaid has been made,
and that unless the contrary be shown
ON or before the first day OF the next
term thereof of this court, to be began
and held ut the court house 10 the
city Of Cape Girardeau, Cape Girar-
deau County, Missouri, on the fourth
Monday in January. 1900, an order
will be made for the sale of the real
estate in said petition described, or
SO much there of as shall be sufficient
for the payment Of said debts, and
the expenses Of said debts and ex-
peDses of such sale.
It is further ordered that this notice
be published in some newspaper pub
llshed in said county OF Cape Girar-
deau for four weeks prior to the next
term of this court.
A true copy of the record.
z. H. ENGELMANN,
D~ec23-nS6-4w Clerk.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-01-06

The Capitol City journal, published
at Jefferson City. is out for Joseph
Flory for Governor. So Joe F1ory
wants to be Governor of Missouri!
he is in the hands Of his friends-the
big railroad corporations. Seems 10
US that this man Flory, who in the
capacity Of Railroad Commissioner,
made a tour of the Southeast some
two years ago, is the same Joe Flory
who made all kinds of fun Of our
little railroads when he returned to
Jefferson City. Southeast Missouri
Republicans will not break their
necks rushing to the support Of Joe
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-01-06
Order OF Publication.

In the Cape Girardeau Cont of Com
mon Pleas within and fop the county
of Cape Girardeau and State of
Missouri. January Term, 1900.
IN VACATION.
Marrisa Lee, Plaintiff,
against
Simon Lee, Defendant.
Order of Publication.
At this day comes the plaintiff here
in by her attorney, before the clerk
of the Cape Girardeau Court Of Com
mon Pleas, in vacation, and files ber
petition and affidavit, alleging among
other things, that the defendant,
Simon Lee, Is not 3 resident OF the
State of Missouri. WhercupOn 1t is
ordered, by the clerk Of said court.
that said defendant be notified, by
publication, that plaintiff has com
menced . suit against him In this
court, the object and nature Of which
10 to obtain . decree of divorce from
tho bonds Of matrimony coatracted
between plaintiff and defendant, on
the ground Of abandonment and cru
city, and that unless the said defend.
ant, Simon Lee, Be and appear at this
court At tho next torn thereof, to DO
begun and holden ut the court house
in the city of Cape Girardeau, In said
county on the 2sdn day Of January
next, 1900, and on or before tho fourth
day of the trem. il the term shall So
long continue, II not, then on or be-
fore the last day Of said term, answer
plead to the petition in said cause,
the same will be taken as confessed
and judgment will be rendered accord
And it is further ordered that a
copy hereof be published according TO
law, in the Cape Girardeau Demo-
Graf, a newspaper published in the
county of Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
for four weeks successfully the last
insertion to be at least fifteen days
before the commencement OF the next
term of this court. A true copy.
Attest: f. H. ENGELMANN,
decI6n35 Clerk.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-01-06
THE 81. LOUIS GLoBE-DEMo-

THE 81. LOUIS GLOBE-DEAo-
Graf 10 uuquestionably q OF the
greatest of American Nswspapers. 1t
has correspondents everywhere and
covers every aeld Of News, foreign
and domestic. It is strictly Republi-
can In politics, but is, above all, A
NEWSPAPER. and ought to be in
every home during the important
presidential Campaign of 1900 The
price by mail, Daily, including sun
day, is Six Dollars per year. Daily
without Sunday, Four Dollars per
wear. Sunday only, Two Dollars per
year. Weekly, issued in SEMI
WEEKLY Sections, One Dollar pei
The latter edition is 4 BIG
w PAPER, almos'
equal to the average Daily at the
price of the average Weekly. 1t mo-
only gives ALL THE NEWS, bu'
also q great VARIETY of interesting
and instructive reading matter fo'
every member of the family. Writ
for Free Sample Copies TO the Globe
Printing Co., St Louis, Mo.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-01-06
Administrators Sale of Real
Estate.
Dec23-nS6-4w

1, Albert H. Poe, public ~administra'
tor and as such having charge of the
estate of Hiram Hampstead. deceased.
hereby give notice that I WILL. by
virtue of an order of sale TO pay debt
of deceased, made of record by the
Gaze Girardeau Court of Common
Pleas of Cape Girsrdeau county, Mis-
souri,, on Tuesday September 18th.
1899, and on the second day of the
September term of said court, on
WEDNESDAY, THE 24TH Day OF
JANUARY, 1900,
sell AZ public auction to the highest
bidder for cash in harS, at the court
house 6sor in the city of Cap Cirar
dean, Cape Girard= aus county Mis-
souri,, in order to pay debts Of said
deceased. the following described real
estate, situate in the city of Cape
Glrardeaa and State Sf Mi3sC'sr,,
to-wit:
AL that fractional part Of subdiyis-
ion eight Isl of Out Lot number IN
(lO) in HeadersOn's addiction to the
city of Cape Girardeau and, BOUNDED
as follows: Commencing at the norm
west corner OF Independence and
Hanover streets as laid down on the
map of the. city Of Cape Girardeaa'
made by N Conner, said point %
thirty (:0) feet more or less from tia
southeast cosner' Of said Subdivision
eight (8) He1ders0o's addition, thence
north along The west side Oh Hanover
street two hundred and seventy six
and thr~ee-tv.slfths 1915 3-12Ai feet to
the beginning point Of that fractional
part hereby conveyed, thence west
parallel with Independence street one
hundred and .orty-tour '144k feet to
alley of twelve al2) feet running
and s1ath through said SUBJ
division sever ILl and eigtSl. thence
res'th along the east side of said ally
fifay (50) feet. thence east parallel
with Independence street n hundred
and forty-fosr' GJ4s) feet to said
projected Hanover street, theEea south
wroa said Hanover street fiftr feet TO
tfe. place Csf beginning, SAID part
conyeyed' l. known on the
city map made by n Conner % part
of lot num1br. sl~Aty-6ve t65) in
range c. ALERT H. 4OE,
aec3On3i Phhaic Administrator
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-01-06
SATURDAY. JANU AIRY 6, 1900.

The old maid stood on the steam
boat deck, whence all but she had fed,
and calmly faced a kissing bug, that
circled overhead. The maidens
shrieked, the matrons swooned and
the men all swore amen, but the game
old maid like . hero stayed and
whispered ''come again" There was
q buzz a thunded sound, the old
maid, was she dead? Nay, still she
stood and cried for more, but the
kissing bug had fod.-ExchAnge.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-01-06
Sheriff's Sale OF Real Estate in
Partition.

Sheriff's Sale of Real Estate in
Partition.
John J. Miller, Katie Miller and Cas-
per Miller. minors, by their guard
ian Joseph Miller and Louis Brenn-
eisen. Plaintiff,
against
Amelia Banks, Mary Banks and
Theresa Banks and John D. Meinz,
Defendants.
By virtue and authority of a decree
for partition and order OF sale in the
above entitled cause made by the Cape
Girardeau Court of Common Pleas. in
and for Cape Girardeau County, Mis-
souri,, on Monday the sixth day Of
November, 1899, the anne being the
sixth day OF the September term, 1899,
of said court. a certified copy OF said
decree and order vas issued from the
office of the clerk of said court, dated
the l4th day of December, 1899, and
delivered to me, 1. the undersigned
sheriff OF Cape Girardeau county,
Missouri, will, on
TUESDAY, THE BIRD DAY OF JANU-
AIRY, A. d. 1900,
At the court house door in the City of
Cape Girardeau, county of Cape Cir
ardeau, Missouri, between the hours
of nine O'Clock in the forenoon and
five o'clock in the afternoon Of that
day and during the session OF the Cape
Girardeau Court of Common Pleas,
sell at public auction to the highest
bidder, for cash in hand, all the right,
title, interest, claim and estate Of the
above named plaipti6s.and defendants
In the above entitled cause, of, in and
to the following described real estate
situate in the County Of Cape Girar.
desu And State OF Missouri, tO-wit:
The southeast fractional "a quarter
and the north az half Of the southwest
fractional ~ quarter of section
dred and thirty-sight (23s) acres more
or less: and the fractional section
twenty-five t22l, containing twenty
Toy acres more or less; and that por.
ton of land lying on the north side OF
Cape La Croix Creek, in Cape Girar-
deau County. Missouri. conveyed by
Thomas Byrne to Benjamine Horrell
and Maxiiillian Horrell, which said
land was confirmed by William Lemon
and Hodge. containing seventy TO-
acres more or less. Alse all that par
or survey number two hundred AND
seventy.one (27l), that lays north O
Cape La Croix Creek, in Cape Girar
deau County, Missouri, containing
one hundred and fifty (l50l acres
more or less. All of the said land,
being situated in township thirty t3O)
range fourteen l14l east
dec23n36 BERNHARD GOCKEL,
Sheriff OF Cape Girardeau County
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-01-06
Order Of publost,on.

Order Of Publcatlon.
In the Cape Girardeau Court of Com
mon Pleas within and for the
county of Cape Girardeau and State
of Missouri, January Term. 1900.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1899.
America v. Fry, Plaintiff,
against
Edward A. Fry, Defendant.
At this day comes the plaintiff here
in by attorney before tho Clerk of the
Cape Girardeau Court of Common
Pleas, in vacation, and files her
petition and AFFIDAVIT, alleging among
other things that defendant is a non
resident Of the State of Missouri;
w~hereupon it is ordered by the clerk
of said court, that said defendant be
notified by publication that plaintiff
has commenced . suit against him in
this court, the general object and
nature of which Is to obtain 3 decree
Of divorce from the bonds of matri-
mony contracted between the plaintiff
and defendant on the grounds Of
abandonment, and unless the said
defendant b and appear 1t this court
Ut the next term thereof, to Be- begun
and holden Ut the court house in the
city Of Cape Girardeau in said county
on the End day Of January, 1900 next,
and on or before the third day Of said
term II the torn shall 50 long continue,
and II not, then before the last day Of
said term answer or plead to the
petition in said aus the same will
ha taken aa confessed. And Indictment
will be rendered accordingly. And It
is further ordered, that q copy hereof
be published according to law, in the
Cape C~irardeau DEMOCRAT, a news
paper published in Cape Girardeau
county, for four weeks successfully,
the last insertion to be at least thirty
days before the commencement of said
term of court. A true copy.
Attest: E. II. ENGELMANN.
nov25n32 Clerk.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-01-06

Tbr advance in wages which have
been taking place all over the country
in the past few months, particularly
in November and December, made the
holiday season especially joyous for
the United States this time. Not
since 1879, when the Republican act
which brought all the country's cur
rency up to the gold level went into
operation, has there been so many
advances of wages in any one year
as took place in 1893. Now, as then,
too, the Republican party brought
this good fortune to the country.
Globe Democrat.