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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-06-09
Musical.

Mother of an Amateur-What do you
think of my daughters execution. Herr
Wildbar?
Musician-Ach! Madame, de egsecu-
ton off your daughter should Gift me
vary moche Observation-Disclosures.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-06-09

A hotel keeper in a Brussels hotel was
obliged the other day to buy so Pairs of
shoes for his guests. The porter had
dccamped with that number placed in
his charce.-N. Y. Sun.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-06-09

E~},'dIlEJB&
BETTER THAN L E
1reiiiaes Made of Slender Posts and
Wire Netting Are Just the Thing
for Cranberry Beans.

Bean poles are not to be had in man,
localities, and their presence in many
gardens is objected to because of the
unsightly appearance of such as it NAV
be possible to secure. Get a strip of
Six foot wire poultry netting and set
two stout posts the required distance
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-06-09

Dairymen should make it a point to
Rave their stable in a healthy SAM
tary condition, with the honest pur-
pose of furnishing to their customers
q healthful milk supply.-Prairie
Farmer.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-06-09

Sagebrush Sam-What did the wild
der say when you told her we'dlynched
her OF man?
Cactus Charlie-She said she's ri:
even if she had TO marry the hull gang.
-Julre
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-06-09
The Practical Girl.

1:e-I would lay down ten thousand
lives for you.
She-You would do better to lay up
ten thousand dollars. - indianapolis
Journal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-06-09

Mars-Money gets a fellow into many
. scrape.
Apologies, but it also gets him Out
of then.-Ainslee's Magazine.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-06-09

Piso's Cure is the best medicine,we ever
used for all affections of the throat and
IungsaWm. o. EDdsley, vanburer, Ind,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-06-09

He (ardently)-I am heels over head in
love with you" She 1.-THE cruel coquette)-
How awfully upset you must be.f-Town
Topics. "
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-06-09

The Rest Prescription for ChiIls
and Fever is q bottle of GROVES TAsTELEss
CHILL Tonic. tits simply iron and quininein
atesteiess form. N~oc--e-po pay. Price, SOC.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-06-09

The man who can give no reasons for his
opinions is the hardest to change.-Wash-
ington (Ia.) Democrat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-06-09
Looked After His Fee.

Flim-Did you employ a good lawyer
in your recent real estate cult?
Flam-1 should say l did. He has the
lofe.-JPviSh Comment.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-06-09

Try Chill Tonic Dmproved).
A reliable Tonic; each dose has the same
proportion of medicine. Pleasant to take.
Price, 50 cents.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-06-09

The depth of feeling displayed by the
mosquito touches all mankind. - Chicago
Daily News.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-06-09

Pope says: "The minds the measure of
The man" Perhaps that is why some men
are SO hard to fnd.-Ram's Horn,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-06-09

When a man says he wants work, he does
not always mean that he is willing to do the
work he is capable OF doing, at tie market
price.-Atchison Globe<
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-06-09

S. r. Baldwin, Columbus, Ga, writes: !
occasionally give a Teethina Powder to keep
my teething child's gums softened.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-06-09

To Cure n Cold In One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-06-09
Hon. W. v. Sullivan, u. S. Senator from
MiSSiSSipDi.


Hon. W. V. Sullivan, United States Sem
ator from Mississippi, in a letter recently
written to DR.. Hartman from Oxford, Miss,
says the following:
"For some time I have been a sufferer
from catarrh in its most incipient stage, SO
much so that / became alarmed as to my
general health. But, hearing of Pe-ru-na as
a good remedy, l gave it a fair trialan soon
began to improve. Its effects were dis
tinctly beneficial, removing the annoying
symptoms, and was particularly good as a
tonic.
Il take pleasure in recommending your
great national catarrh cure, Pe-ru-na, as the
best l have ever tried
Wv. V. Sullivan"
Peruna cures catarrh wherever located.
Peruna has no substitutes-no rivals. Insist
upon having Peruna. Address The Peruna
Medicine Co, Columbus, O., for a free book
on catarrh.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-26

discover about all OF them. But it looks
rather as if this Brooklyn case could be
explained more easily. It seems to an
outsider very much like plain fraud, mixed
with generous amount Of credulity
Common sense would suggest that an
Indian ought TO be able to talk in his ma
tive tongue. in or out Of the body, but the
fact remains that as a general thing when
one OF these spirits undertakes TO converse
with anybody who is really familiar with
the rcd man he cannot be made to use the
tongue Of the Apaches. the Cheyennes, the
Sioux. the Cherollees. the Greeks. the
ChoctaWs The Seminoles. the Navajoes.
the Utes. or any other tribe ever heard Of.
living or dead His conversation is con
fined to gibbegish.
u is recorded that a Hindoo traveller
once rose up in q Spiritualist convention
and offered five hundred dollars to any
medium who should be able 90 address him
in his native language he did not say
iu>t what that language was. II hap
pcned 60 bee a Hudustan dialect Of come
completely Several mediums attempted
the task. one Of them managed TO put IN
few sentences In some Eastern patois,
containing some words which a NOLAN
medsu might use hut never iiindoo: and
the amused traveller kept his ave hundred
aoiiata
D, o. also saii ,hpj al another s"ance, Of
'Hu,h the -smr tape ss that Of the t'rook-
Na Incident "a .iscct urchin utrayed In.
su5 pefus o.. an cuquiring turu Of mind,
oaaraJ uas1 white robet ngurc ap-
..s'e,ass asn aad suddenly hit &c over the
r-at 05sr ~.ssk obtsn ne carried In cN'
n-ae-s.s-. s-eg Is Vae am over he said
s2s. -e ae5 a,os,s beard that GHOST
eoa-a re re aa,s saa he wanted 10 see
~ss .,ac Ii Ma. bcartlcss
rsvsvessss se3 aa,asa, SO she spirit hut
vas ssc7st 1e ghr rest et the people who
1-stc - De tet'c
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-26

not be member of the delegation but
there are also some who doubt that young
Mt Harrison Will run things with such
high hand as his press bureau is now
predicting. Since Harrisons fuke on the
gubernaiorial candidacy he has palpabiy
lost caste among the party leaders who
contend that he should have been willing
to make sacrifice of himself in view of
the fact that he had used his Cook county
machine to crush every other likely can
didate for Governor so long as it seemed
probable that John Riley Tanner would
make the way easy for the Democratic
ticket this year The truth seems to be
that Harrison is not nearly so strong as
he was few weeks ago and that his
strength continues to diminish daily. it is
stated that the reason he appears to be
stronger than Altgeld is that there has
been a change at the head Of the Demo-
cratic National Committees press bureau
beneficial to Harrison. Until a few weeks
ago Altgelds friends had control OF the
press bureau, but that institution is now m
the hands of a blonde little man named
Abbott. who used TO be an editor under
Harrison when the latter owned newspa-
per in Chicago. This it is said accounts
for the apparently low estate to which the
once all powerful Altgeld appears TO have
sunk in Illinois.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-26
THE MILLING TRUST SUED.
Mrs. Jewcu Demands the Return of
Her Securities.

NEW YORK. Feb. 25.-The suit brought
by Mrs Ora VI. Jewell, one OF the stock
and bond holders of the Hecker-Jones-
Jewell Milling Company. for the recovery
of her property from the Flour Trust. and
which is to be heard before Justice Dickey
in the Supreme Court Brooklyn. Wednes-
day. promises TO unfold a wonderful story
OF the methods by which great trusts are
formed and manipulated
The next legal step in what will prove
a most interesting fight will be to try TO
secure an injunction against the trustees
OF the United States Flour Milling Com
pany to prevent the disposal Of the plain
tiI stocks and bonds in further manipu-
lations' Of the trust
Mrs Jewell. whose late husband was
one OF the Jewell Brothers. pioneers in the
hour industry in the East. consented upon
certain representations. to give UP three
hundred and forty shares Of preferred and
two hundred and fifty shares OF common
stock and twenty-five mortgage bonds Of
the Hecker-J Ores-Jewell Company when
in 1898, the first plan OF flour combina-
tion was preached
BY the agreement signed by her George
II. Southland William A. Nash. and c. G.
Moller received powers of attorney to dis
pose of the certificates as they saw best. in
order 20 effect the combination, from which
large profits were promised.
The combination went through with a
rush. Practically all the -four mills Of the
East and the Northwest were absorbed. but
in this absorption all of the working capt
al was used up.
Financial difficulties arose. The embar-
rassment resulting led to the failure OF
the Produce Exchange Trust Company.
which had underwritten much Of the
United States Milling Company stock
Another reorganization was begun. by
which it was proposed to change the name
to the Standard Flour Company. That re
organization is not yet completed. Mrs.
Jewell demanded the return of her stock
and bonds.
They had originally been deposited with
the Franklin Trust Company. but later
turned over to the Central Trust Company.
She received no satisfaction. and alarmed
at the tossing about Of her securities.
brought the suit now pending.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-26
Ia SINH NfrIea.

SU-c,y there should be some sort OF det-
aisc ucvs today from Natal and the Free
Syssc \ week ago nearly everybody on
both sides OF the water felt almost sure
thar Sir Redycrs Butler would he in Lady
smith hy yesterday. The day came without
notice OF the event Il is evident that
Butler has been lighting doggedly toward
his goal Late reports indicate a severe
engagement at Peters station midway
between Colenso and Ladysmith-probabiy
British attack from the east OF the rail
way. as the messages speak Of the Boer
fire from Bulwana Hill The American
reader Of South African war news this
morning may be given some satisfactory
story of last weeks events: but there was
little on yesterday upon which to pin an
intelligent opinion. Butler was yariously
reported as at Ladysmith. and as repulsed
and back across the Tugela River again.
Cronjc had escaped. as one rumor had it,
and was hopelezsly crushed according to an
other The only things of an assured char
scter which the anxious British public can
get hold Of are the casualty lists. which
are long and come in steadily day by day.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-26
THE EAGLE AS A SYMBOL.
Royal Power Indicated by II Noble
Birds IInuge.


Ancient Etruscans first took the eagle as
a symbol OF royal power and bore its image
upon their standards. The Romans adopt
ed the same custom.in 81 B. G. 4 silver
eagle. with expanded wings, poised on the
top of spear, with a thunderbolt held in
its claws. was adopted as the military
standard to be borne at the head OF their
legions. This image was made OF silver
until the time OF Hadrian, after which il
was made Of gold.
The standard adopted by the Byzantine
emperors was two-headed eagle. as a
symbol of their control Of both the east
and the west. From these early standards
come all the eagles on the standards OF
modern Europe. The double headed eagle
Of Russia was adopted on the marriage Of
Ivan | With a Grscian princess of the East
ern Empire; that Of Austria was first used
when the Emperor of Germany took the
title of Roman Emperor.
Russia's national standard bears a black
eagle that of Poland d white one. NapO-
leon took a golden eagle for his standard.
modelled of pure gold and bearing thun-
derbolt. after the pattern of the eagle Of
Rome
Our emblem used in the United States is
the large bald headed eagle. Il was in
favor here no doubt. because Of its con-
nection with the Romans those early
champions of civil liberty. The design Of
an eagle was suggested for national nag
but was abandoned for the simpler design
Of the Stars and Stripes. II has often been
used on regimental flags. The eagle was
first used on American coin in 1883. Oh
cents and half-ceuts issued from the
Massachusetts, mint. It was adopted in the
plan of a national coinage as a design upon
all gold coins and on the silver dollar
half-dollar, and quarter-dollar.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-26
THE EARLIEST CIVILIZATION.
French Scientists Discover Nacieai
cities in Persia

PARIS. Feb. 25.-The latest researches OF
the French Scientific Commission. which
has been engaged FOR two years in excavat-
ing the sites OF ancient cities Of Persia.
have brought 20 light evidences Of civ
ilizstion far exceeding that of Chaldea In
antiquity
NJ Jacques de Morgan the head Of the
expedition. in his report to the French
Government. expresses the opinion that the
pictorial euneiform characters on tablets
unearthed under the ancient city Of Suss
show eOnclusively that the Chaldeans were
not the inventors Of printed language. but
that it dates from a period much further
back into the neolithic period The latest
historical city is found at the depth OF
about twenty-One feet below the surface.
Here were found brick buildings. buf no
trace OF metals or writing while thirty
feet below this We End the earliest settle
ment with rude pottery and flint imple-
ments. II is. therefore. clear that we have
here evidence OF a vast antiquity
In the second OF the prehistoric settle
meuts NJ. de Morgan found an enormous
number Of the flint teeth OF Il kles -indi-
eating an agricultural and corn gro sing
population. These sickIes. Ike those -
OF the lower jaw OF the OK. which was in
all probability the earliest form OF this
useful implement.
The earliest records Of Chaldea refer to
the great corn producing character Of this
region OF Western Persia and indeed. De
CandoAe, the eminent hotanist regards
this region as the indigenous home of
wheat There is ample evidence OF a ne
olithic population in this region for at Te-
peh CUBAN. POnch-e KOuh and at Tepeh
Patak, on the right bank OF the Kerkna
prehistoric cemeteries and settlements
we're discovered.
Among the objects discovered were a
large number OF stone mace heads. con-
sisting Of round stones pierced in the CEN
ire. to take the wooden staff similar 10
those found by NJ. de Morgan al Nagadah.
and Prof. Petrie at HUI and Hieracono-
polls. Similar maces we're found by De
Sarzog in ChaIdea.
In the lower strata Of the mound large
quantities Of pottery were discovered but
all below the historical strata was hand
made the use Of the wheel as in pre-
dynastic Egypt. being unknown. The I'm
pOrtance OF these discoveries cannot be too
highly estimated as they undoubtedly shift
the birthplace Of civilization from the al
luvial plains Of the Tigro- Euphrates valley
further eastward. VI. de Morgan is con-
tinuing his work. and il is understood that
the expedition will extend its researches
TO Nal Amir and other ancient sites OF this
region. Still more important results may
he eypeefed
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-26
A ROMANCE ENDED.


FALL RIVER. Mass. Feb. 25-Mrs.
Jessie Amelia Barnard scully has sued her
husband Philip. in the probate court for a
legal separation. She wants the custody OF
her children and her fortune, out of the
possible reach of her husband These pro-
ceedings are simply a preliminary to di-
vorce which she will ask the court TO
grant.
This is the beginning OF the last chapter
OF a story in which Fall River society has
been interested for twelve yeaTs-the story
OF a girl who eloped with her coachman,
and who after years of tribulations, finally
came into the fortune left by her grand
mother.
The romance is part Of the society his
tory Of rhe city. IL began with the build
ing of a mansion on Frenchs Hill by Louis
L. Barnard thirty years ago. Barnard
made q small fortune, and his wife in
herited wealth. The Barnards had a son
Louis, who left a daughter Jessie. Her
grandfather and her parents died, and all
the wealth was in the hands of the grand
mother, to be held in trust for the pretty
grandchild.
Philip Scully was engaged as coachman
for the widow and her granddaughter.
Jessie Barnard was missing one day twelve
years ago. and so was the cOachman. P-itlp.
The old lady received a note few days
arterward from her granddaughter. saying
that she had married the cCachmau. Mr..
and Mrs Sculy wanted to make their res
idence with the grandmother
Mrs. Barnard refused to forgive her. Mr..
and Mrs. Scully went TO Providence. and
The young wife opened a boarding house.
Three children were born. Mrs. Scui was
hastily summoned by a friend two years
ago to come to this city and see her grand
mother before the latter died. She came
but Mrs. Barnard. it is said, never forgavs
her
Mrs Scully inherited a fortune OF S2e0 00t
upon the death of her grandmother. She
and her husband, with their children
moved here and occupied the mansion.
Fan River society is surprised at the
suit which Mrs. Scully began yesterday
through her lawyers. Mr. and Mrs. Scully
are each about thirty years old The hus-
bald is said to have left here for Missouri
several weeks ago Mrs. Scully in her
petition. alleges that her husband has been
unfaithful
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-26
ANGER AND ITS CAUSES.
4 Psychological study OF Two Thou
sDud Cases.

NEW YORK. Feb. 25.-Results of a spe-
oial study of anger are published in the
current annual volume of the "PsychOlogi-
cal Review. showing material collected
from the reports of reliable observers ex-
tending over several years. The collection
Of experiences comprises more shan 1900
cases and includes curious confessions Of
trivial causes OF vexation.
Many persons confess to personal anti
pathies to certain physical characteristics
in others. such as freckles, peculiar laugh
ter, red hair, bad teeth OF personal habits
such as smoking or eating in a slovenly
way.
The thought that one is sighted or gos-
siped about rouses furious anger in some
cases. Others are provoked to rage BY
overwOrk teasing. ridicule. injustice, or
Jealousy.
In all of the cases reported on there we're
physical sensations accompanying the men
tai sense of anger.
Eighty-seven per cent experienced flush
ing and p per cent pallor as a characteris-
tic of their anger. Several cases OF death
from heart disease, due TO fits of anger
are chroncled, and in all the heart Is
found to beat rapidly.
The report is published by G. Stanley
Hall. Primitive man had no regularity
of meals. working hours. or occupations,
but days and weeks of idleness. alter
mated with and prepared for by periods OF
excessive strain in hunting and migration
and warfare" he says. Into such life
rhythms. criminals, and degeueTates tend
to lapse.
The sounds Indicative Of anger are in
terestinc as passing from the mOnOtO-
nous cry of infancy. through the animal
like noises OF childhood, to the threats
and oaths of adult life. In many cases
paralysis Of the heart is reported. aud ina
bility to speak above whisper. or with
out crying or trembling but in the greater
number making a noise seems TO be
natural expression of anger
THE tendency to bump and butt with
the head. so noticeable in childish fits Of
temper, may be related to previous ply
letic experience, when early yertebrates,
both aquatic and terrestrial. accumulated
an ancestral experience Of moving head
first breaking their way through water
and obstacles.
Biting and scratching as a relic of ami
NAL hatred is common in childhood, and a
strong jaw is considered a sign Of force.
compared TO the weak passionless charac-
ter of a person with weak jaw.
In general temper decreases in the viO-
lence and frequency Of its outbursts as the
child approaches adolescence, but il IN
controlled develops into great Feasibility
with old age. The expansion Of the mind
and the reason. the work of the day. con-
science. and religion seem TO tone down
the violence with which the body seems to
relieve itself OF its tension by giving vent
to anger
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A Bogus Appnrition.

Some thing which happened at a spirit
ualistic seance in Brooklyn the other day
rsused considerable mIrth among the un-
cody. A gentleman went to the seance to
Investigate 81. There have been cases in
which such investigators have been con-
verted 50 the faith which they sought TO
aenounce. but this was not one Of them.
One OF the alleged spirits called up was
that Of a Winnebago Indian. who spoke
the usual broken English interspersed
with grunts That was the time for the
Investigator to talk and he began. He
baid that if the spirit was a Winnebago he
could doubtless converse in Indian, and
inquired what might be the Indian word
for buffalo" Accounts OF the subsequent
proceedings differ slightly. Some say that
She noble savage replied "Ugh,''-a mon
nsyllable which, by the way. the real In
dian seldom uses-and some aver that he
did not say anything that could be under
stood The fact remains that he did not
say buffalo" in Winnebaso so that his
interlocutor could understand that that
was what he meant The seanco broke up
ia an argument
Il is impossible 10 say positively Just
how much or how little there may be in
the manifesto lions and theories which are
generally known as spiritualism. II is alb
solutely certain that there is an immense
amount Of fraud mixed up with the whole
business. public and private There are
some honest mediums. and iunumerabIe
honest and intelligent believers. Prof
William James. Of Harvard. and other psy-
biologists who have investigated such
matters have all found phenomena which
they could not explain by any known law.
Il does not follow from this that there is
no law which can explain such occur
sences. nor need 1t be inferred that the
spritualist's theory o; the universe is
correct The matter is one in which il
VIII not do 70 jump to conclusions
Some Of the manifestations recorded as
happening at seances with reputable me-
aiuns can be explained by the theory Of
thought transference. and some NAV be
the result of hypnotism or animal mag
pe;igm. u is little more than half a cen
tury since these things began to be snves-
iigatea, and there is yet a great deal to