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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-17

which crePt over her at the recollec'
tion-he had been surprised by the
band of Blindberry, the most detested
OF all the tories in the neutral ground,
and unable to escape had been seized
by the men and hidden to give over
the gold which he was supposed to
have concealed somewhere about the
place. When the young patriot had
sturdily and steadily refused, his cap
tors had led him forth into the yard
and throwing a halter owe one of the
lower limbs of a tree had suspended
Him from it. Upon his repeated re-
fusals to reveal the hiding place they
at last left him hanging dead, as they
supposed, and departed. The grief
stricken young wife had cut down the
body of her husband. V once
thinking that he was still alive, but TO
her incxpressible joy she had discov-
cred 4 faint futtering in the heart,
and through her careful nursing he
was soon restored and more deter
mined than ever to do his part in de-
Tending his home and country against
the attacks of the Hessians and the
lawless bands which had been quick
to turn the struggle to their own adj
vantage.
And now Mistress Fisher vas again
expecting a visit from her husband.
1t was true, she had not received any
direct word from him, but it had been
long since she had seen him and some
how she could not shake off the feel
ing that he would come that very aft
Again and again she had left
her work and gone out on the low
piazza to gaze up and down the road,
but the sun had sunk lower in the sky.
the night would soon come and still
he had not appeared. She must be
mistaken. she thought. and resolute-
" strove to drive her fears and hopes
alike from her mind. But with all her
efforts she could not succeed. and as
the long shadows began to lengthen
she once more left the house TO take
her stand outside and satisfy herself
that no one was in sight.
As she passed through the doorway
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-17
For n Parcels Post.

A movement is on foot to have con-
rress pass a law admitting parcels of
merchandise to the mail at a very low
rate of postage. Among the arguments
used is the fact that in Great Britain
the postage on parcels is six per cent.
for the first pound and two cents for
each additional pound. up to IL pounds.
which is the limit, thus making the
cost of sending an 11-pound package
60 cents. The postal service of the
United States has a deficit now of
$1,000, COO n year for operating expenses,
and that deficit would be two or three
times larger if such n law was enacted,
and the people would pay the shortage.
An exchange thinks this a scheme of
the big department stores of the larger
cities to ruin the trade of the country
merchants.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-17

of the war it almost seemed as if
every mans hand was lifted against
his neighbor.
Stillyoung Mistress Fisher remained
alone in her home, cheered by the oc-
casional visits of her husband. and on
rare occasions fleeing to the shelter
of Coney hill with her neighbors when
it was reported that a larger band of
marauders than usual was approach
ing; but for the most part she stayed
behind to guard her few possessions
and defend her home. And she well
knew that her presence was demand
ed. At one time a force of red-coats
had carried away with them the oar
colt. which was her OWL special pride
and property; but. urdismayed. she
had mounted the other horse. which
had been left behind, and ridden
straight to the British camp at Nor
~risania. and with flashing eyes had de-
manded of the captain the return of
her possessions. The officer had
laughed, and, moved perhaps by her
very holiness. had granted her re-
quest. She had left the camp leading
the roam colt behind her.
OF late matters had become steadily
worse. The visits of the marauders
had increased, while those of her hus-
band were less and less frequent.
And. indeed, twice had he had such
an experience that, eager as she was
TO see him. the young wife had tear
fully begged of him not to make the
attempt again.
At one time he had been traced by
the redcoats. hoping to capture the
bold scout, and not long after he had
entered the house his enemies had
surrounded the place and boldly called
upon him to surrender. Mistress Fish
er. terrified but undaunted, had lifted
the rough boards of the kitchen floor
and concealed her husband beneath
them. and then, with an appearance
of boldness she was far from feeling.
had faced the soldiers and hidden
them search the house, search
which proved ~unavailing.
At another tiE-and tie young
wife could never repress the shudder
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-17
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
He Foresaw the Grand ossfbfIftie
OF the Republic He Helped
to Foun

As the nation which he fouuded grows
in extent, in wealth. in population. in
grandeur and in worldly Importance
the fame of Washington broadens and
takes on more and more the glow of
sublimity. 1t is only in looking back
from the immense present upon the
humble past that the vastness OF
Washington's work can be properly
appreciated. The foundations that he
laid still firmly support the mighty
structure that has risen upon them.
although it seems impossible that he
could have foreseen the immensely of
the results which were to follow his
efforts. But that he did see grand pos
siblities for the poor little republic
which, after patient effort and in the
face of heart-breaking discourage
ments he fathered, is clearly shown
in his public utteranees. Washington
was not N CT those who "builded
wiser than he knew" In his mind the
glory and the future power OF the
United States were certain. 1t was TO
speculation, no nothing-to-lose-and-all-
to-gain venture with him. and the
prophetic vision that he seems to have
had was no doubt responsible for the
firmness of the base upon which u
government rests.
1t is fitting. therefore, hat the ma
ton should do him honor. 1t is well
that schools should have special eXer-
cises on his birthday-that the chill
dren of the land should thus be i'm
pressed with the splendid character
of the man and the fitness of doing
him honor. 1t is well, DO. that COM
merce should in a measure be sus-
pended: that the public should see fit
occasion for patriotic demonstrations,
and it would be well if every citizen
could devote at least a part of the
day to a study of Washington's life
and achievements. No one could do so
without being better for it.-ChicaGo
Daily News.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-17
"A WOMAN'S
"A True Story Of the American
Revolution. .
Revolution.

nIRECTLY after their wedding day
~ young Mr.. and Mrs. Fisher had
gone TO their new home. 1t is true,
this was only a rude little building,
but it was better than most of the
houses in North Castle, and, indeed.
in all Westchester county, n. Y, for
the matter of that; and the young
wife had been supremely happy. There
was the same rugged aspect to the
country then as now, and the huge,
moss-covered granite powders. the
wooded hillsides and winding valleys,
and beyond all the glistening waters
of the. sound, provided a landscape
upon Which Mistress Fisher never
tired Of gazing.
But the young people were not to be
left to the peaceful enjoyment of their
new home. The war clouds which
had long been gathering broke in a
storm, and among the first to respond
to his country's call was Mr.. Fisher.
Enrolled il Maj. Paulding's band of
patriots, he speedily became n of
the most trusted of Washington's
scouts IN the so-called neutral ground.
But his young wife, left to herself,
was as bold of heart as her husband,
and SOC found many methods of dis
playing a courage and loyalty as
strong as his.
After the battle at White Plains she
had gone to the camp and nursed the
wounded continentals with a care
which endeared her to all the soldiers.
and when Washington himself had en-
camped near her home she had pro-
vided for his table in such a name
as to call forth the thanks of the great
commander in words which were long
after cherished in the family. When
The army had departed she returned
TO her home. but the stirring expe-
riences in the camp were TO be fol-
lowed by still more stirring expe-
riences in the neutral ground. Prowl-
ing bands of tories and Hessians sent
out from New York soon created a
veritable reign of terror. Possessions
were stolen, homes were burned. and
in the awful rage which was begotten
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-17
Cou,d Have Shot Washington.

at was once in my power 10 have shot
Gen. Washington,"saida British soldier
20 an American as they were discuss
ing the events of the great struggle
after the concluding of peace.
why did you no shoot him then?"
asked the American. You ought to
have done so FOR the benefit of your
countrymen.
"Tke death of Washington would
not have been for their benefit" re-
piled the Englishman. 1--WE depended
upon him to use u prisoners kindly,
and we'd sooner have shot an officer
of our own!"-N. Y. Herald.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-17

she suddenly stopped and peered in
tently before her. Down the read just
where it left the woods she could see a
man running swiftly toward her house.
Her first thought was hat it must be
her husband. but why was he in such
haste? He was running desperately,
and the frequent glances he cast behind
thing coming from that direction. In
al agony of suspense Mistress Fisher
clasped her hands ard watched the
man. She was tempted to seize the L
gun in the house and go 10 his aid, but
restraining the impulse. as she realized
that the man was coming toward her,
she paused and waited. Once he STUN
bled and fell and 4 low Cry escaped
the waiting woman's lips. but in an
instant he had regained his footing and
dashed forward with increased speed.
On and on ran the man, still casting
occasional glances behind him, and
soon she could see that he was not her
husband, but a reighbor. Mr.. Butler,
one of the stanchest wings in all the re-
gion.
1t WAS evident. however. that he was
in trouble, and Mistress Fisher. relieved
as she was TO discover it was not her
husband who was being pursued. wait
ed with almost breathless eagerness for
him to approach. He was near now,
and she could easily see that he was la
boring under great excitement; the
perspiration poured in streams down
his face and his alarm was evident in
every movement. He was soon near
the house. and as she thought he was
going to pass without recognizing her,
Mistress Fisher called:
Mr.. Butler, Mr.. Butler! What is
it? What is it?"
The fleeing man glanced up, and in
stantly changing his course, darted into
the house after her.
What is it? What is it," repeated
the excited oma
"The tories! the tories!" gasped the
almost exhausted man. They're after
me. They're close behind me! They'll
get me sure, Mistress Fisher, If you
don't hide me-"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-17
HUMOROUS

OToane-"You get even with M
by paying that v you owe ne" BoE.
rows-"Even? Ha! that would b
odd."-Philadelphia Record.
Milligan-~Did yez convince Casey
thot he wor in the wrong?" Mulligan
-"Oi dinnaw if OF convinced him, but
Oh med him own up to it."-N. Y. Jour
nal.
"Say, 1 never heard two men hold
such exactly opposite views on the
same point. Who are they?" "Profes-
sional medical experts" Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
81 don't care for your poem, The
Song of the Lark" remarked the ed
itor. The poet sighed YEARLY. ITO
tell the truth" he replied, 81 myself
much prefer the lay of the hen."-Phil-
adelphia Record
"What is the name of the young noble
artist whom you will introduce to me
this EVENING"" won Hohenstein-Wald-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS." as he
distinguished?" mo; he has no name
us yet."-Fliegende Blaetter.
He-"This pie isn't anything like
grandmother used to make" She-"I
guess you mean like your mother used
to make" "No, 1 don't. I've often
heard father say mothers pie wasn't
like his mother used to make."-Yon-
kers Statesman.
Mrs. Peppers-"Don't you fret 80
about burglars. John. Any nan that
thinks he can steal into this house and
walk away with any of my belongings
don't know what he's got to deal with"
Mr.. Peppers-"If he did, Marthy, he'd
never try."-Richmond Dispatch.
81 see that somebody has invented
an alarm clock that rings a fire gong
every 20 seconds for Is minutes" "11l
bet you a figures bretzel that 1 can get
my boy up quicker in the morning by
simply yelling Pancakes than you
could do it with a dozen of those fra
elarm clocks.'-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-17
A MINERS HARD LUCK.
He Game Pretty Near to Making .
Big Strike On Two &C.
casiOns.

"It is mostly all luck in the mining
business" said H. A. Frederick, a Klon-
diker from Seattle, land that gold is
where you find it is a surer PROPOSE
ton than any specification of a mining
expert. Let me give you a couple of in
stances. In the winter of '97 1 was
working neal Gold Hill in the Ell Do
RADIO district and one Sunday 1 was at
the cabin of DR.. Carper, of my town,
who was treating a lame shoulder 1
had. After the professional part of the
call was over, the doctor and 1, who
were old friends, were talking of min
ing, he being in it himself more than
d~oe:oring, and 1 told him we ought to
go over on the opposite hill, next to .
claim worked by a man named Lancas-
ter, and stake off a couple of claims.
But he would not have it my way Of all,
and insisted that if there was any gold
there, somebody would have claimed
the territory, which did not have a
stake on it except Lancaster's. / listened
to him and we didn't stake a claim, but
in June following the doctor paid $1O,-
600 forfour claims, each leo feet square,
c1 the same site, and out of 80 square
feet of one of them he took 500, 900, and
he is still working them. The same
year at Christmas he was feeling pref
ty good, and the day before Christmas
he told his brother and a couple of men
who were working for him that he
wanted to give them a Christmas pres
ent, and they could go into the mine
and get a painful of dirt fo- whatever it
might be worth. The three took him
up and went hunting for the richest
dirt they could find. One of them did
not want to act the hog, he said, but
he overcame his scruples and got into
the richest ground, as the others did,
and when they had PANIED their selec-
tions, one man got $50, one got S113.
and the brother hit it for $164. Think
of that for a painful, when a man can
get rich at it if it pays him a dollar q
pan regularly. The pay streak in this
mine is seven feet thick and in places
the gold actually glitters in the gravel.
But Il am getting ahead of my story
On the following Sunday 1 was with
the doctor again, and 1 called his atten-
ton to another %unoccupied hillside
where he could stake claims, and again
the doctor turned me down. He in
sisted that l was throwing away my
right in the district to stake a claim in
that locality. and for a second time I
listened to him. On The same spot that
season a luckier man took S50,0OO out of
his claim and afterward sold it for $780,
OOo. The claim ! finally got did MOI lose
me any money. but didn't get any big
winnings. as l might have got if my
luck and my nerve had been with me-"
Washington Star.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-17
PARIS FROM THE TOWER.
scribed by the Author of "No.
3 John Street"

A hot August afternoon, and the
cage slowly mounts with a handful of
travellers to the top of the Eiffel tower.
We are not all sight-seers; at any rate,
1 can answer for one. The Paris plain
is so hot that the ascent is, with me,
a last despairing effort for a mouthful
of air. 1t has unexpected advantages,
now that 1 am on the o l see Paris
as l have never seen it before. There
is the exposition building of 1900. yet
to be in all its glory, and at present
only a skeleton of timber. The mon
strous litter of building-material fills
all the Champ de Mars and lines the
Seine on both banks. far beyond the
esplanade of the Invalides-a perspec-
tive with no terminal point. Paris is
once more being torn down. Were there
a speaking-trumpet at hand, one would
fain cry: "Why can't you let well
enough alone?" to the pygmies below.
This mood lasts until we reach the sum-
nit, when there is abundant evidence
that they set up faster than they lay
low. The Champ de Mars is covered
and well-nigh rooted. The banks, if
still a mighty maze, are not without a
plan. So the saving power is once more
in the constructive activities of this
marvellous race. They have wiped out
have left something better in its place.
The legacy of the last exhibition was
the permanent museum of the Troca-
dero. One legacy of this transforma-
ton is to be the cars bridge. The
first span is up, and its lines of red
coated iron, with the masses of ma
sonry on each side, show that we are
going 70 have n more of the finest
things in the world.
The bridge does one the service of
taking the view from the exhibition.
which is. after all, only a secondary
affair to Paris itself. There is the
everlasting spectacle. more grandiose
to-day than ever. From this eleva-
ton the city is manifestly outgrow-
ing its mere walls. as a healthy boy
outgrows last years jacket. But for
these walls Paris might enter into hope
full competition with London for pri-
macy among the largest cities of the
world. 1t stretches away in unbroken
lines of milk-white masonry at every
point. The inner circle. as one may
already call the space within the fort
ifications, has yet al innermost ring
the Paris of the foreigner. This Tar
tar city may easily be traced from u
present elevation, by taking the Round
Point as its center, and the Arch as
its circumference. Here are all the
braveries of the fair for the happy few
from many parts of the world-a null
titude in their aggregate. The Brit
ism are an ever-diminishing colony;
London is now their capital of pleas
ure for the whole empire. Good Amer
leans have a tendency to look for their
earthly paradise in the same quarter,
consistently enough, for the site of that
region is VIGOROUSLY a speculative
point. But the balance" of mankind
still seeks its cosmopolis here. Wealthy
planters and traders from South Amer
lea, the pick of the continental aris-
~tocracies, all flock this way in the sea-
son, and where they fail the French of
the same category are quite ready to
supply their place.-Richard Whiting,
in Century.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-17
Where the Hand-Organ Is n Favorite.

One place at last has been discovered
where the hand organ grinder is ap-
preciated. 1t is the Congo Free State,
and the people there are SO fond of the
music that the missionaries have turned
il to excellent account. When they
first went there they found that the ma
tives had a decided antipathy TO the
marital yoke, but they eitbyan
nouncing that at every wedding a hand
organ should play. The innovation was
accepted with enthusiasm, and the rush
to the hymereal altar was tremen-
dous. So infatuated were some couples
with the music of the ceremony that
they insisted upon being married daily
for several successive days. The Congo
Free State appears to be the orga4
grinders paradise, and il widesprezf
publicity is given to the fact. it may
induce an emigration in that directiofs
which will not only multiply Marriage
In that region, but relieve this ft2m
the tortures of the much-aborfhding
barrel organ.-Chicago Tribune %
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-17
journey, Around the Earth.

The time required for a journey
around the earth by a man walking
day and night, without resting. would
be 42s days; an express train, 40 days;
sound, at a medium temperature. 32h
hours; a cannon ball. 21A hours; light.
4 little over one-tenth of a second, and
electricity passing over a copper wire.
. little under one-tenth Of . second
chicago Tribune.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-17

While We gaze with
d h on a
structure s o
grand,
Let us honor the
builder who drew
out the plan
And added. through
c a of infinite
care,
Small stone upon
stone. firmly fix
ing them there:
And though this may
be but a girls
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-17

Let US give credit where IT is certainly due.
And pluck from his laurels one leaf for an
other,
So three cheers for our George. and fou- for
his mother.
Margaret S. Underwood, in Youths Com
panion.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-17
Tart INT TINE.

Until individuality is enabraa q u,
sumo the mantle of greatness il es1E
probably do as much to maize q fahyA
popular as any other one dAalyE
Pnck. e."
New-York tribune., 1900-07-01

YORK publishing house OF Dodd. Mead & Co. has
opened his breezy cottage. In Knob Park and the
Kew Dr. Batten. who supplies the pulpit Of Trim
t'y EpiscopaI church here each summer. has a
cottage near by @. A. Wright OF ths Internal
revenue Department has his family at Meadow
SIDE. W A Macy. Of the Hoboken Land and I'm
provement Company. has his family IN his cottage
az Meaqowslde, built this year. EIwood BonsaU
the Philadelphia banker. opened his summer CO..
t@age @ this week, and. with his family will remain
6ew-Yorkers are registered as follows.
,Focono Mountain HoUse-Hernan Burr NJ Burr
rs W = l. aJTIL r D HURT, Miss Salisbury n 3
I an 9usen W j. Bowe. s. Hopkins n NJ smith
MSS Mlss smith, MI and Mrs. G. r. NichCls M ana
MIS- q campbell, c. A Stadler James PacL(er
Mss MSS y; d Thompson. NJ, and Mrs CsarIes o.
1oHpklns MIS-. W. Smeer NJ. and Ms Ear-v -
Towns. Mr.. and Mrs. John 80 DavItI Nrs : A
- SSLaytont Mr. and Mrs James 5. IaIsl.-u I'd
Meadowside-Mr. and Mrs A E Scott. "
SS SSoIt X A saunders, Mr.. and Mrs. @ W Wright
Mss wright. Miss E. Wright. Mr. and Mrs r r
44reeGweI- Nj and Mrs. John Parker Miss Parker
Misses Cartright. ~ ZIG
New-York tribune., 1900-07-01
TIE PRINT CLOTH MARKET

FAN River. Mass. June 30 (speciaD.-Brokers re-
port that business very dull during the week
in the local print cloth market The feature OF the
week was the reduction from SIS cents 10 rs cents,
made IN hope that II would create more healthy
demand for cloth II has not done SO for the de-
uand was lighter than Il was last week In cutting
the price the Selling Committee materially weak
ened It's position. for some men who were about
ready 10 buy last week holding OF for
further reductions The sales are estimated as be-
tween IS 900 and 000O pieces. all odds. on the new
basis No regulars were sold. as the buyers ap-
peared 70 have for them at any price.
Brokers say that there is market for the
cloth. and some manufacturers whose contracts
have expired p!ling up their production at the
rate OF 900 pieces a week. Such conditions can
not be maintained very long, and some OF those
who are ready to show the white feather az the
first opportunity are howling They talk OF curta1-
rnent or q cut in wages. Neither IS a probability.
although the former action Is remote possibility
The operatives VIII not stand a cGtdoWn Just yet,
and were made there would oe strike The
cooler among the manufacturers VIII direct
affairs FOR the present, and II Is believed that
everything can be kept IN operation until there IL
demand for cloth. Few can and any cause for
alarm here when there Is cry rom other places
which doing better The market remains
nrm at 27s cents for regulars, and odds selling
the same basis