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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-07-21
SCHOOL AMI CHURCH.
The Bible is being translated INTO q

The Bible is being translated nto the
Filipino dialects.
Long before school boards were es.
tablished in England Canadian children
were instructed free of cost between
the ages of seven and ~.
DR.. Mandel Creighton, the bishop Of
London, rarely has time to prepare his
speeches carefully. and many of them
are thought out while in his carriage.
School teachers in Iowa have to be
content with small salaries. Their in
comes are lower than those of instruct
ors in any part of the middle west, ex.
cept Ohio.
Moons society for enclosing the
Bible and other books for the blind
has been instrumental in providing the
means of instruction for the afflicted
in 40 languages and dialects. Nearly
225,S00 embossed books nave been sent
out by the society to all parts of the
world.
An English school board has pre-
pared a circular on the evils of ciga-
rette smoking, which is to be distrib-
uted among the parents of the school
children. 1t points out that smoking
by boys impairs the eyesight. upsets
and stunts growth. Local doctors are
to be asked to go to the schools and
address the boys on the evils of smok-
ing.
Some Luther autograph manuscripts
have been discovered in the vatican IL
brary by Prof. Fiker. of Strasburg.
They are two commentaries on the
Epistle to the Romans, one on the text
and the other on the sense, and two
commentaries on the Epistle to the He
brews. They were written in 1916 and
1917, shortly before the mailing of the
95 theses at Wittenberg.
Pres Capen. of Tufts, pays New Hamp-
shire a high compliment when he says
that it is a community peculiar to it.
self, where the language and tradi-
tons of the English colonists are pre-
served in a purer state than in any
other part of the world. and where the
Shakespearean and biblical English is
still spoken in its pristine innocence,
uncontaminated by later mixtures of
races.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-07-21
MAMERTINE /
tiQuity and Historical
Interest.

This is a celebrated prison which is
an important scene in S~ienkiewics's
story. .Quo Vadis." 1t is located on
the slope Of the Capitoline, in Rome,
and. according to tradition, it was be-
gun by ANGUS Martius and later en-
Iarged by Servius Tuilius. Jugurtha
is said to have been starved to death
here. the accomplices of Catiline
strangled by command of Cicero. and
Sejanus. the minister and favorite OF
Tiberius. executed. Church tradition
has consecrated this prison as the
place where ST. Peter and ST. Paul were
confined by order of Nero. Historian
Hillard says of il: The Mamertine
prison is a hideous vault divided into
an upper and lower portion, scooped
cut of the solid rock and lined with
massive blocks in the Etruscan style
Of architecture. A more heart-break-
ing pl3ce of confinement il is not Easy
TO imagine. According to the tradi-
tons of the church. St. Peter was i'm
prisoned here by order Of Nero: and
the pillar TO which he was bound and .
fountain which sprang up miraculous
" to furnish the water OF baptism to
his jailers, whom he converted, arc
shown to the visitor. There is no rea-
SON to doubt that Jugurtha was starved
to death in these pitiless vaults. Here.
too. the companions Of Catiline were
strangled. It is a curious fact that the
chances Of literature and history
should have carved two such names "a
those of Sallust and Cicero on these
Cyciopean walls"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-07-21

One of the most peculiar courts of
justice in the United Kingdom is the
Beth Din, as it is called. over which
Very Rev. DR.. Adler. chief rabbi of
England. who completed his sixty-first
year on May 50. presides. 1t is held
once a week in n building near Leaden-
hall street, city. and there the Jewish
people submit their quarrels and cases
to the arbitration of DR.. Adler and
two others. 1t was in the same way
that Moses used to adjudicate upon the
differences Of the children of Israel!
OF course, the decisions of the Beth
Din are not legally binding. but all who
come before the court are asked to
sign a form accepting the decision Of
the judges as final. DR.. Adler was
born in Hanover. and has been chief
rabbi since 1891. when he succeeded
his father, who had held, the position
for 46 years. He was educated partly
in England. however. and was at Uni
versity school with John Morley and
the late Sir Julian Goldsmid. the Jew.
ish millionaire.-Golden Penny Naga-
dine.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-07-21
STARFISH AND OYSTER.
The Singular Method by Which the
Former Makes Prey of the
Latter.

How the starfish eats an oyster is
told by H. W. Conn in st. Nicholas.
The oyster when at home lives in
a hard lime shell which ricely pro-
tects him from the attack of enemies.
Man, with his tools, can open the shell
and remoy the soft animal. but be-
sides man the oyster has few foes.
Oddly enough, his greatest foe is not,
as might be expected, an animal with
powerful jaws and strong teeth, but
one wholly without jaws. II is the
common starfish. so common every
where at the seashore.
Now, the starfish is a soft, flexible
creature, very sluggish, seemingly
helpless, and utterly unable to at
tack such an animal as an oyster. Its
mouth, which is in the center of the
disk, has no teeth or jaws. How can
such a helpless creature open the for
midable oyster shell. and get at the
animal concealed within?
Its method of doing so is odd
enough. 1t first clasps the oyster in
its arms. wrapping its five arms
around the shell tightly. Having thus
seized the oyster. it quietly waits.
Just exactly what happens next even
our scientists do not exactly know.
The two shells of the oyster are held
together by a hinge which is opened
by a spring. The spring is so adjusted
that the shells will De pushed open
unless they are held together by the
muscles. Some scientists tell US that,
after the starfish has held the oyster
for awhile, the oyster opens its shell
in order to get food. and the starfish,
that has been waiting for this. 10
i~njects into the shell a little reddish
liquid. This acts as a poison, paralyz-
ing the muscles and thus making it
impossible for the animal to close its
shell. Others tell us that the process
is simpler. and hat the starfish sim
ply holds the shells tightly together
until the oyster is smothered. As
soon as it is stupetied by the suffoca-
ton. the muscles relax and the shell
opens.
whichever of these two account
is true. it is certain that after 4 little
the oyster shells fly open. Now comes
the eldest feature of all. The stom-
ach of the startsh is very large and
elastic. and it is now thrown out of
the animals mouth. much as n
would turn n bag inside out. This
stomach is then thrust within the
oyster shell. and wrapped around the
soft animal. beginning at once to di-
gest 1t. The starish does not take
the trouble even to remove the oyster
from its shell. digesting it in its w
home, and eventually crawling away,
leaving behind the gaping, empty
she'll"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-07-21
WHERE THE FARMHOUSE STOOD,

When I'm feeling old and weary,
And the world seems rather dreary,
And the sun don't shine as brightly as 1t
should;
Then my thoughts will often roam
To my boyhood happy home;
And recall loved scenes of childhood
where the farmhouse stood.
: hear the rumbling mill,
Nesting low beyond the hill,
By the river in the shelter of the wood:
And see the shady lane.
Winding past the fields of grain,
And the sweet wild roses blooming where
the farmhouse stood.
There's the gnarled old apple tree;
How the favor comes to me
or the golden-russet apples that always
tasted good;
And the fiag-root still must grow,
In the meadow wet and low.
As when | played in childhood where the
farmhouse stood.
There's the schoolhouse painted red,
Where the master-long since dead
Taught us the love of learning and of
good,
And the little old white church,
In the shadow of the birch,
Whose Sabbath reached US
where the farmhouse stood.
In the quiet churchyard lies
Meath kindly summer skies
The sweetheart of my childhood, so beau
tiful and good.
Though she's slept so many years,
! can scarce keep back the tears,
When her spirit seems to greet me where
the farmhouse stood.
When death closes memory's door,
And my weary work is DER.
I'd like to rest beside her in the church
yard near the wood.
When the angels harps shall ring,
And the hosts of Heaven sing;
Hand in hand once more We'll wander
where the farmhouse stood.
Maitland Leroy Osborne, in National
Magazine.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-07-21
Women with Boards.

There is q barber in New York who
makes a speciality of shaving m
He has 4 number of regular customers.
One of them is a wealthy Cuban wom-
an. who spends a great deal of time at
the Fifth Avenue hotel. None of them
is young. In speaking of his custom
ers he said: "They don't want depila-
tories. They want to be regularly
shaved. just like a man. They have
naturally heavy growths OF beard.
They like the sensation. l have shaved
one woman three times a week for ten
years. She won't let ME touch her
with any but the sharpest 2 To
look at her no one would imagine that
she could grow n beard that would put
many q man to shame. Her complex
ion is smooth and clear and her skin
fire and firm. She could have her
whiskers permanently removed by a
preparation or by the needle. but she
prefers &c be shaved."-N. Y. World.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-07-21
HUMOROUS.

"He asked Gotrox for his daughters
hand" what did Gotrox say?"
THAT he didn't intend to dispose of
her in sections."-Town Topics.
"There goes q well-known writer. yet
people don't seem to care to talk TO
him" Gilkins-"What does he write?"
Bilkins-"Insurance." - Ohio State
Journal.
That Is Different.-"Love laughs at
locksmiths." quoted the minister's wife.
But not at wedlocksmiths." amended
the minister. Pittsburgh Chronicle
Telegraph.
Il can't see how You can shoot an
innocent little dove" a girl said to her
guilty brother. Il just aim at it," the
boy replied. land pull the trigger
Atchison Globe.
Miss Readem-"There is a world OF
sentiment in Tennyson's lines: And
may there be no moaning at the bar
when / put out to sea-" Mr.. Wudden-
head-"Yes. / see. Didn't want the
lawyer to feel bad."-Baltimore Ameri-
con.
"Old Gayboy, I learn, has married a
charming young widow and settled
down" He didn't do anything of the
kind. He settled down something pref
" handsome on the charming young
widow, and then she married him
Baltimore Sun.
Hotel Attractions.-"Yes, he started
a hotel. and he's made a hit. too. You
know the old established place across
the street advertised itself as "a hotel
with all the comforts of a home?"
Yes" well. he advertised his place
as a hotel without the d~iscomforts of
home.'"-Phi,ade,phia Press.
Abundant Employment.-"My moth.
er will be glad to get this letter, It's
my first letter since leaving home.
She's said to me a hundred times,
'Gottfried.' she said. 'Gottfried. as
long as you live you'll never be able to
get work. and here in a week I've had
five situations."-Fliegende Blaetter.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-07-21
Trials of q Debutante.

"Her father and mother and two
brothers had coached and advised and
criticised her to a degree that she
couldn't cross a room without tripping,
she simply felt all feet and elbows.
She couldn't even speak grammatical
" Once there was a Mr.. Armatt, i'm
mensely clever. brought up and intro
duced to her, who casually remarked:
I was at So-and-So's last night and
what do you suppose she answered?
Was your Upon which he simply
stared and never came near her again.
probably taking it for granted she
couldn't make herself understood in
English. Just fancy-'was your
Lppincott-
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-07-21
4 Speedy Retribution.

Small Boy-Arf ticket ter Baker
street. pays and awaits delivery OF
ticket.)
Clerk-It's a shameful thing, a kid
IKE you smoking!
"Who are yer calm q kid? I'm IA"
"Oh. are you? Then you pay full fare
to Baker street."-London Punch.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-07-21
Wanted Her Whole.

Mr.. Muchcash-So you come to ask
me for the hand of my daughter, Ell?
Mr.. Plainsay-No, sir! I want your
daughter to be my wife. I'm no Jack
the REPRESENTATION Herald.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-07-21

No matter how hard times are en-
ployes CT minis manage to make mon
ex.-Chisago Daily News.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-07-21

Ella wouldn't marry a man I
Didn't love.
Stella-No. but you'd love any man
who proposed to you.-TowQ Topics,
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-09-15
NORTHFIELD.

The s2d academic year opened at
Norwich University last Thursday
evening. The Freshman class at first
roll call numbered thirty men. A few
more are expected within few days.
Nearly all of the old men have return
ed. Capt. Charles S. Carleton of Cum
berland Mills, Me-, who served with
the Maine Volunteers at Chicamauga,
is commandant. Prof. Carl V. Wood
bury Of Portland, Me-, takes the place
made vacant by the resignation of
Prof. Frank A. Balch and Prof, A. e.
Winslow, who has oeen an instructor
in the Rose Polytechnic Institute at
Terre Haute, Ind, has classes of Prof.
]. B. Johnson, who is taking a years
vacation. Considerable repairs have
been made on the barracks during va
cation and the prospects of a success
full year are considered good. The to.
tai attendance is about 30 men;
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-09-15
the PROJECT LAUNCHED.
The Citizens to Commence at Once q
New Telephone System.

The shareholders of the proposed
new telephone company held a meet
ing last night with Henry K. Bush in
the chair.
The first business was done by the
chairman, who announced that 200
shares had been tax en- up and 22l
phones subscribed for. A committee
of three was appointed to retire and
bring in seven names Of shareholders
to act in the capacity of directors.
They brought in the following names
which were accepted: E. w. Bisbee,
Homer Fits, d. M. Miles, Alex Cor
don, Donald Smith, B. w. Hooker and
George Lamson.
The meeting gave the directors
power to collect ten per cent OF the
subscribed stock on or before October
lst, and also gave them authority to
60 ahead and build a telephone syS-
tenn through the city and to Granite
vile and the quarries.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-09-15
THE BIG STRIKE
$4,000 Miners Out Of $4,000
Already Out
BEGINS ON MONDAY
The Lackawanna Operatives
Will Join in Strike.

Scranton, Pa, Sept. 15.-There is
no longer any question as to general
If not complete tie up of the mines
in the Lackawana region Monday.
Already $4,000 of the $4,000 miners
are on strike; 81 of the 81 collieries
are forced into idleness. Every man
in the district will cut his last ton of
coal today.
The one thing that the operators
mainly based their hopes on was that
the Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern mines, numbering third Of the
whole district and operatering fifth
of the collieries, decline to obey the
strike order. These will all strike
now.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-09-15
OLDEST vermont MASON.
Especial to TELERGAM.)


Randolph, Sept. 15.-In the death
of Hon. James G. Cleveland, Sr.,
which occurred yesterday the town
loses one of It's most respected citi-
zens and the state the Oldest Mason.
He entered the order and took the first
degree over IA years ago. He was the
Oldest member OF Mount Zion Com
mandery, having joined on demit.
He received the order of Knighthood
in Vermont encampment at Windsor,
VT, November %, 1926.
He was also probably the Oldest
Mason in New England. He was an
enthusiastic Mason and manifested
great interest up to the time of his
death in the various orders with
which he was connected.
He was born in Bethel March 20,
1903, and was the son of Stephen and
Hannah Huntington Cleveland. who
came from Ipswich, Suffold county,
England. Mr.. Cleveland, married
Anna Huntington who died few
years ago.
He left two children, James P.
Cleveland Of this place and Elizabeth
Cleveland, principal Of the Ricon
grammar school at San Francisco for
the past IS years. She spent the
past summer with him. He will
have Masonic funeral Monday after
noon. He was member of Rising
Sun Lodge Of Masons of Royalton.
In all his long life, coming almost
9S yesterday years, he lived an up
right useful life and by his daily
precept and example, won the good
willard respect Of his neighbors and
tOWnSmen.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-09-15
RANDOLPH.

Z. w. Putnam very narrowly escap-
ed what might have been serious
accident Thursday by the breaking Of
the machine upon which he was at
work. A piece hit him in the cheek
cutting quite severe cash which re-
quired several stitches to be taken
when it was dressed. He was knock
ed down by the force of the blow.
Bert ,Fielders has finished work for
Bean & ingalls, and will soon enter
upon a similar engagement with Gard
Ashley at South Royalton.
Miss Maurine Thayer is in Barre
today.
Mr.. and. Mrs. John B, Drew went to
their home In Bellows Falls yester.
day,
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-09-15
CAPITAL CITY NOTES.

Montpelier, Sept. 15'--Hon. W. P.
Dillingham; attended the funeral Of
Hon. Harry Brigham at Littleton, N.
H., yesterday. Mr.. Brigham was one
Of the great men of that state. He
died Wednesday, aged 10 years.
The grand jury is finding lots Of
new business tn do. and will not re-
port till next week.
Frank L. Pratt and M. Malone have
purchased the tailoring business of the
late s. G. Wuolson.
Wilder's Orchestral Club is doing a
rushing business. 1t is booked as
follows: Oct. /, Calais; 2, Marshfield:
3, Groton; 4, Littleton, N. H.; s.,
Plainfield; 6, Morrisvi'le; 7, Norris
vile Sunday concert; s, 8, and TO-,
Burlington Musical Festival; Is, Cam
bridge; l6 to 20, towns in northern
Massachusetts and southern Yer
mont.
The Wheelock bridge is practically
completed and the first team across
passed over the structure yesterday
morning. The carriage contained
Superintendent of Streets G. B. Rob-
erts and Alderman Martin W. Whee-
lock, the latter being the man who
conducted the fight for the structure.
The utility Of the bridge is apparent.
dem onstratlng that he was right in
his premises when he met with strong
opposition, when the subject + build
ing the bridge was being discussed.
The structure has not yet been accept
ed by the city, and will not be opened
for travel for several days, and per-
haps longer. Argus.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-09-15
BARRE GRANITE
Largest Private Monument in
the State is Being Cut
Here for
EX-GOVERNOR FULLER
By the Firm of c. E. Tayntor
of Barre and New York. -,

The firm Of G. E. Tayntor & Co., of
Barre and New York, are at work on
what will be, when completed, the
largest private monument in the
state.
A special to the Messenger from
Brattleboro gives the following par.
ticulars regarding it, which have been
carefully corrected here:
Mrs. Abbie Fuller has contracted
with G. E. Tayntor & Co., of Broad
way, New York, for the erection If a
monument in memory Of her hus.
band the late ex-Gov. Levi K. Fuller,
which will be the largest private
monument in this state.
The monument will be erected dur
ing the month of November, on the
Fuller lot in the new Morningside
cemetery, and the body of the ex-
governor will be removed from the
Prospect hill cemetery to the new
cemetery.
The shaft will be 33 feet and four
inches high, and there will be three
bases, making the total height as
feet. The bottom base will be niue
and half feet square. The monu-
ment will be constructed of light
Barre granite, all fine hammered and
on the third base will be the name
Fuller in raised letters.
A bronze medallion of Governor
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-09-15

Berlin, Sept. 15.-The German
papers, discussing Mr.. Kruger's ar
rival at Lourenzo Marquee, interpret
it as tantamounl to the end of the
war. The National Zeitung says:
sit remains true, even if Mr.. Kruger
is only temporarily absent to make
efforts for the Intervention of
Europe
The VossiscLe Zeitung observes:
"The friends of the Beers must recon-
cile themselves to the fact that the
Boer power of resistance is definitely
broken"
Mr.. Kruger, it appears, telegraphed
to his wife to join him before sailing,
but she replied that her health would
not permit it.
1t is reported that Commandant-
General Louis Botha has resi- : ned the
chief command of the Transvaal forces
to Commandant Viljoen.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-09-15
AllARD FINED.

Burlington, Sept. 15.-Frank Al
lard, aged 10 years, was before the
city court yesterday charged with in
toxication and a breach Of the peace
for which he was arrested Thursday
evening". He was convicted of both
offences. He pleaded guilty of hav-
ing been intoxicated and was fined IS
and costs of 5000. The fine was or
dered suspended if the costs were paid
and the boy promised to do better In
the future. Allard was convicted and
fined S3 and costs of $10.79 for breach
of the peace.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-09-15
ROXBURY.

Mrs. Arthur Bradley of Maiden,
Mass, is visiting her mother, Mrs.
B. "A. Tilden.
Miss Maud Fletcher has returned to
her home in New York.
Geo. French had a valuable COW get
her leg broke in the pasture one day
last week.
Lizzie Bell of Manchester, N. H., is
visiting at W. B. Brigham's.
Chas. Rich and wife have just re.
turned from carriage trip to Chelsea
and vicinity.
Mrs. r. P. Bean is enjoying visit
from her brother of Ripton.
We are pleased to note that Mrs.
N. d. Rice is considered out ofdanger.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-09-15
HOTEL MAN IN TROUBLE.

St. Albans, Sept. 15.-George A.
Best of the Swaliton hotel was brought
into court yesterday afternoon, charg-
ed with a third offense of liquor SELL
ing. He entered plea of not guilty
and bail was fixed at $4,000. His
clerk, H. w. Carman, was also arrest
ed and his bail fixed at 81, 500.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-09-15
A MENANCE TO BUSINESS.

Boston, Sept. 15,-A special to the
Herald from New York says; 1t is as
serted at Republican headquarters
that a canvass just completed demon
strates that 95 per cent of of the bus
mess men of the country are strong
supporters Of the Mckinley admins
tration, and that they regard the
possible success of Bryan as catas.
trophe.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-09-15
TERRIBLE ACCIEDNT AT LAWRENCE.

Lawrence, Mass, Sept. Is There
was serious accident in the warping
room at the Atlantic cotton mill this
morning. The fly wheel burst in No.
2 mill, killing Mary Guimond, an oper-
ative, 2l, and seriously injur ng Ma y
Cotter, Annie Cotter, CLAM in Ac 'ttel,
women; and Do ent Gullette. a boy.
One fragment weighing 500 pounds,
crashed through room 100 feet long.
Eleven machines in it's path were
crushed to pieces. The loss is e>,i
mated at $4,000.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-09-15
PHINEAS PATTERSON.

The funeral of the late PhineaS
Patterson was held yesterday after
noon at South. Barre from the house.
The services were in charge Of Rev.
Anna Kimball, assisted by Rev. J. A.
Sherburne. There was singing by
Mrs. Beal and daughter. The burial
was in Elmwood cemetery.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-09-15

Fuller will be placed on a sunken
panel ia the die, surrounded by
wreath Of laurel cut in granite.
j. G. G. Hamilton, of New York, a
sculptor, and II. J. Carrick of New
York, representative Of Tayntor &
Co. have been in Brattle boro this
week, and submitted to Mrs. Fuller a
clay model for the medallion, which
Mrs. Fuller approved and accepted.
The medallion will be two feet in
diameter.