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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-07-21
Dissolution Notice.

The firm known as Stolzer X Aver
beck heretofore engaged in the butcher
ing business here has this day been
dissolved by mutual consent, both
members of the firm retiring from
business for the present. Any out
standing accounts may be paid to
either member of the firm.
Z. D. AVERBECK.
July 8, 1900.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-07-21
HOUSEKEEPERS, NOTICE.

tits generally known that the Groceries, Flour, Provis-
ions etc., sold by the Nicholas Scharff & Sons Grocer Co., of
St. Louis, give the best satisfaction to consumers of any
goods in the market. All of their brands are kept for sale by
w. Nj. Stone at most reasonable prices. This only enumer-
ates a few of their goods such as their
Bon Ton Hams. Bon Ton Breakfast Bacon, Bon
Ton Leaf Lard-strcty pure, Bon Ton Lye, Ben
Hr Tomatoes, Sylvia Syrup, Snow Drift Corn
Starch, Royal, pound ~package) Rice, Holiday Soda,
Little Giant Cheese-fuTl cream; Banner, Elmo &
@. G.. Java & Mocha Cofees; Triumph Brand State
of Maine Sugar Corn.
A reward is offered by the Nicholas Scharff & Sons
Grocer CO $4,000 to any one producing a can of sugar corn
to equal the Triumph.
In California canned fruits their Alpine Brands of extra
standards can not be equaled. They are simply luscious.
Call, try these goods and many others. Will sell them
at moderate prices.
Phone 239. w. NJ. STONE, Grocer.
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wound himself from the body of hi
fast-expiring antagonist.

wound himself from the body Of his
fast-expiring antagonist.
At this juncture the two fishermen,
tempted by the prospect of unlimited
fresh meat, decided to make an effort
to capture the big conger.
Moving the canoe as near. their in
tended quarry as was possible without
frightening it, one of the men delivered
a well-directed spear thrust, which
landed half a pound of iron and several
inches of seasoned wood shaft right in
the vitals of the mass of squirming
gray flesh.
The effect was magical and almost
tragical. To the great coEsternation
of the fishermen. the eel, on feeling the
prick of the spear point, made light
ning-like rush to the surface, jumped
full ten feet into the air and fell back
into the canoe, the occupants of which
were by this time thoroughly terrified.
Once in the boat, which had by this
time drifted into deep water, the infu-
rated monster kept the fishermen busy
avoiding his vicious attacks; time and
again ulU HIS DflstAAhS jaws tAOSr Win
fearsome snap in unpleasant proximity
to their arms and legs. With eyes fash
ing angrily and name erect, emitting
the while a hoarse kind Of bark, the
denizen Of the depths looked the incar-
nation of all that is evil and unloyely.
just as things were looking at their
worst for the two natives help arrived
IN the shape of canoe containing an
other fisherman, who. scenting the bat
tie from afar, had taken the precaution
of arming himself with meatax
Arrived on the scene, he made short
work OF the fighting conger, and, put
ting half the body in each canoe, the
party made for the shore.
The two pieces CT the carcas, on be-
ing placed together, measured ~ feet,
and the circumference was in places az
great as that OF grown mans thigh.
Inside the belly Of the fish were dis
covered a small tin of opium, some
she.Ifish and the partly digested re-
mains Of large cat.
This is the largest specimen Of the
eel genus known to have been met with
In the history OF the islands.
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WORLDS BEYOND NEPTUNE.
Made by Professor Lnu, of
Denmark.

In 1876 Adams and lie Verrier pointed
ont that The motion Of the planet
Uranus was disturbed in progressive
manner probably by an unknown plan
ct. The planet Neptune was discovered
in that year in consequence of their cal
eulations, as everyone knows.
The methods that they employed
have been perfected since that time and
the theory OF Neptune has been critic
ally examined by Prof. Newcomb and
others TO see II it yielded any evidence
for the existence Of unknown major
planets revolving about the sun in or
bits exterior 10 those of Uranus and
Neptune. Prof. Newcomb's coDcIu-
sions were that the evidence was not
yet decisive either way. The problem
has lately been attacked again by Hans
Lan, of Copenhagen, who finds evidence
that two such planets exist. At least II
the major planets pointed out by him
do exist the observations of Uranus
and Neptune which he has used 1890
1880 would represent the theoretical
motions of these planets better than
they are represented, supposing his
planets not to exist. His theoretical
planets have these elements, says the
Chicago Chronicles:
First planet--Distance from the sun,
AZ times the earth's distance; mass one
twelve thousand nine hundredths of the
suns mass.
Second Distance from the sun
II times the earth's distance; mass one
twenty-eight hundredthS Of the suns
mass.
Both Of these planets are thus exteri-
or to Neptune, whose distance from the
sun Is 30 times the earth's distance
The first planet has a mass somewhat
greater than that OF Neptune, the sec.
ond planet a mass somewhat greater
than that OF Saturn. The stellar mag.
nitude would be about tenth and hence
they are easily photographed. Prof.
Pickering, director of the Harvard col
lege observatory, has instituted a
search for them on the Photographic
maps of the sky which are In process Of
| construction at Cambridge. Such plan
etsas these would have a small, though
appreciable. disk, and would therefore
differ In appearance from the liked
stars in their neighborhood. II is like
| ly that If they veritably exist they could
be detected by. their appearance alone
in the great telescope Of the Yerkes and
Lick observatories.
The researches undertaken by Mr..
Lau are very delicate and it Is far from
certain that the data are sufficient for
the purpose. The method is adequate
and sooner or later will Lead to COM
pIete solution.
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EXIST ONLY ON THE MAPS.
There Are Wan, island. Thst Are
known To oroEraphers, Hut
M One Else.

One of the strAngest and most sue
eessful hoaxes ON record has lately been
exposed through report made to the
photographic ofiice-at Washington by
apt Buford, of the transport Grant,
plying between San Francisco, Honolulu
and Manila. Asa result Of the reports
received by the photographic Office IL
has been decided that Morrell and
Dyer islands, named after Capt. Morrell
and his mate. who discovered" them
in the whaling schooner Tartar, never
had any existence, but were simply re-
ported by the captain and his mate as
n means Of achieving the distinction of
having their names on the charts and
maps of the Pacific ocean, says the New
iork Sun.
Since 1926 the Two islands have been
charted. and nayigators and students
all the world over have accepted Capt.
Morrells report that they were where
he stated he had found them. Capt.
Morrell reported the islands 10 be In
north latitude 20 degrees and 50 min
utes, east longitude III degrees and ai
minutes. lie gave detailed descriptions
of the islands. which were duly put on
record, and the government charts
were corrected accordingly. The
whalcr stated In his report that
he had taken possession in the
name OF the United States and il was at
his request that they were named Nor.
rell aud Dyer, in honor of the captain
and mate.
II now appears that the report was
all q joke. The captain and mate went
through life without ever giving il
away. II II was, while vessel after vessel
lookout for two little islands that had
no existence. Capt. Morrell and Matt
Byer carried TO the grave with them Tho
knowledge that the government hat
charted islands lhot were only dream
The war with Spain and the anncxa
tion OF Hawaii brought the end of th'
international marine joke. Trnye
across the Pacific from San Francisco
| to Honolulu and Manila was snddenl,
doubled and treblcd. and quite a mum
ber of the steamers that took the direc
route 10 Manila without stopping n
Honolulu passed near where Morrel
island ought 10 have been, but Their
is no log in existence. barring that o
the whaling schooner Tartar, in whicl
call at Morrell island is mentioned.
Last February Capt. Buford. OF tn
army transport Grant, decided TO set
tie the matter on his return trip frou
Manila TO San Francisco. lie heade
straight for Morrell island. On Fehru
AIRY % he reached the locality where
was on the chart. There was no Ian
IN sight. Capt. Buford steered his shi
directly on toward the spot where h
charts showed Morrell island to be.
was { clear day and the lookout coul
have detected land anywhere within
radius of 25 miles. No land was seei
The big transport steamed right owe
Capt. Morrell's bit OF territory and th
water did not grow even shallow. Thl
settled the question finally.
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WIT AND WISDOM.

lie Who complains of his medicine is
not anxious 10 be cured = Rams Horn.
The lawyer aud the tailor are alike IN
one respect--they both spend a great
deal of time in pressing suits.--fhila-
delphia Call.
Wise is the man who Is attentive &c
what is going on in his own house, but
blind 10 what occurs in the house of
his neighbor.--Cnieago Daily News
Had Right To.-Cable Car Gripman
Ito eonaueter)--"Look out. Jim, they
say an old man just fell of at the rear"
Conductor Bringing upl-"fhat's all
right. lie paid his fare. STRAY sto-
ries.
The agician--"Now, allow me 10 ex-
plain, sir. 1fa man holds i've aces and
there are only four in the pack. that
would be magic" Amber Pete-"lt
would be suicide in these parts. ~. o.
Times Democrat.
Too FaStidiou<. -"Aud may | ash
you Why you left your last place.
"certainly. mem. It's nothin' I'm
ashamed of. You see. was in the habit
of leavin' my bisiekle in the kitchen
over night, an the family objected to
tn smell of rubber tire in h'yittles. -
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Atthe Resort Minnie (writing let
teri 4-'sAnd, oh. Annie, there are lots OF
mon here. I've seen three this very
day" Ncttie-"But that isn't true, you
know. We saw only two" Annie
"Three. including the seareerow in tho
field. In case of this kind, you know
we must take advantage of all our re
sources. Boston Transcript.
Youthful Strategy. ~ Jones - "sec
those boys throwing one Of their mum
ber into the water, And ne doesn't
seem to mind it bitl" Jims-"Ol
course mott His mother told him not
10 go in the water. aud he's having his
gang throw him IN. SO he can tell hei
whole lot o. bad boys got hold of hin
and threw him in Stray Stories.
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TERRIBLE OCEAN DUEL.
In n Fight he tween n Monster Eel md
n shark the Former Came
Out Victorious.

A report comes from Waikiki, near
Honolulu. TO the following effect: Early
Saturday morning two fishermen in a
native canoe were pursuing their call
Ing in the shoal water of the coral reef
near Diamond Head. They had fshed
long and caught nothing, and were on
the point of returning home when n
strange thing happened.
The water near where they were
moored suddenly became agitated-so
much so, in fact, as to cause the fish
ermen's craft to roll unpleasantly.
Peering into the ware 70 ascertain
the cause of the disturbance, the two
natives saw singular sight. A huge
eel of the conger variety and ham
merhead shark, which had apparently
by some strange mischance drifted in.
to the domains of the sinuous monster
were engaged in mortal combat.
Which was the attacker and which
the attacked it is impossible to say, bui
when observed the eel had coiled him
self round the selachian's anatomy il
an evident effort TO squeeze the life ou
of him, while the hammer-headed one
by frenzied rushes back and fortl
among the coral, was endeavoring II
relieve himself from the incubus VIII
was so pressing in his unwelcome at
tentions.
At last the shark, mortally hurt, gay'
up the fight, and the eel slowly un
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which is his way ofchewing. When /,
is all chewed he thrusts it into his
mouth and swallows it.
Some people call this old fellow the
horseshoe crab, because his shell house
that he carries on his back is shaped
Just like horse shoe.
In June Mamma King Crab digs hole
in the warm sand and lays lot of eggs
in 1t. She doesn'tsit on them or even
stay to watch them, but scrambles of
to enjoy herself as soon as her task is
finished.
The sun keeps them warm and the
waves keep them wet. which is all they
need. When the little Kings come out
they are only quarter of an inch long
and have no tails. As soon as they have
grown little they throw off their o.d
clothes and new suit grows on theii
backs with bit of a sharp tail.
Every time they have new suits theil
tails grow bigger. At last every KinG
baby has grown intosa fine young fel
low with tail as long as his papa's.-
Orange Judd Farmer.
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THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE.
ITS Members, ReprescntIng the yari
Gus states, Elect the President
aud Vice President.

The electors, IS the name implies,
elect the president and vice president,
and it is interesting to note how their
number has grown since the adoption
of the constitution.
When the first election was held,
the electoral college numbered 81 votes,
but New York, with eight votes, had not
completed her electoral system; North
Carolina, with seven votes, and Rhode
Island, with three, had not adopted the
constitution, and there were fonr va
cancies, two in Maryland and two in
Virginia. This left 60 votes, which were
all cast for George Washington. The
electoral college for 1792, which again
unanimously elected Washington, had
1872 votes.
In the table given below the strength
of the electoral college is given from
1888 to the one which will meet at the
respective state capitals on the sec
ond Monday of January 1901:
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ouR HEROES.


Here's a hand TO the boy who has cour-
ige
To 10 what he knows to be right;
Whsn he falls In the way of temptation.
II has hard battle to fight
WAC strives against self and his COM
rades
Will cope with a powerful foe;
All honor to him If he conquers--
A cheer for the boy who says No"
There's battles fought daily about us
That we can know nothing about:
There's many a brave. unknown hero
Whose valor puts legions to rout.
He who battles with wrong and DER
comes It
Is more of a hero. / say,
Than he who leads soldiers to glory,
And conauers by arms IN the fray
Be steadfast. my boy, when you're tempted,
To do what you know TO be right
Stand firm by your manhood. my hero,
And you will oercome In the fight.
The Right be your battle-cry ever,
AS your share In the battle of life,
And God who knows who are the heroes,
VIII strengthen your arm for the strife.
--Eben e. Rexford. in Golden Days.
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ARE QUEER FELLOWS.
King Crabs Have Funny Ways rsd
Habits, and 50 Have Their wives
and children.

Rattle, clatter. clatter, sounds a GU
rious noise close by the rocks on the
beach. King Crab Is scrambling round
in search of something good TO eat.
He has many teeth on his legs, some
times as many as $50 of them, and his
mouth. instead of being In his head,
as yours and mine are, Is in the midst
of his legs. suppose this is SO as to
make 1t easy for him to eat.
He is very fond of solt seaworms.
andns these wise fellows know 1t they
hide away under the sand. King Crab
doesn't mind that at all, but goes to
work and digs down after fhem. Myl
how the sand and mud fly when he digs
with AL his ten legss Il doesn't take
him long, can tell you.
When he has grabbed his worm he
holds 1t with his two hind feet and
tears II In bits with his sharp teeth,
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At certain country manor in Der
byshire there lived many years ago q
jocund squire, noted as much for his
love of good joke as for his sporting
propensities. Being ont hunting one
day he rode so well that the only rider
in front of him was his servant, Sam.
my. He, however, soon disappeared, as
in yaulting hedge he dropped into an
old disused quarry on the other side.
The squire, close on Sammy's heels, i'm
mediately followed. He found Sammy
shov.iDg warning as hard as bis lungs
would permit. but he stopped him
with: SAM Sam! Sam; tha' silly fool;
ho'd thy noise and let few more come
ln."-London Spare Moments.
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street to meet and greet them and
they talked pretty busily and con-
stantly until they got to the house.
There Johnny was made as much OF
as any proud parents heart could
have desired. Knox admired The in
fant unresersedly aud Mrs Knox went
into raptures over him and the shade
ow passed for the present from Helm
ick's soul.
After dinner Knox proposed to
HeImick that they should have lit
tie walk and "leave the women to yis-
it." Helmick did not take this sug-
gestion altogether in good part, for
his wife was at this time relating n
very interesting incident of Johnny's S
checkered career. lie was rather a
sensitive man, but he vent, neverthe-
less.
As they closed the garden gate
Helmick said: "My wife didn't finish
telling yon what that youngster of
ours said to his Aunt Libbie. Libbie's
beau was IN the room at the time
and that made the joke all the better.
He started to climb up on her knee
and"
Look over there" said Knox, indi-
eating with his thumb. "There's the
property you threw away like the
chump that you were. Look at il now,
Do you know how much values have
advanced in Laurelhurst since you
left? Fifteen per cent.--not a sou
markee less. If you had hung on
you'd have had something to show
for your money by this time"
who's in there now?" asked Helm.
ick, rather sulkily.
"a man by the name of Titus. He
seems to be a rather clever sort OF
fellow, but he plays a poor game OF
whist. Do you notice that new block
of houses down there? That's the
half-acre you said wouldn't be built
up inside of million years. They've
got the avenue now and before the
summers out they'll be sprinkling
lawns where Hoaglund's farm was
when you were on earth. / saw Wen
dell, the real estate man, yesterday
and he told me that you couldn't rent
house in the town for love or money
That's the kind of pearls we tried tc
feed you and you go back to your
| husks and cornmeal in town. Come
and see the new village hall we've just
got up. There's building that AIM
| so bad for a one-horse suburb"
He dragged Helmick along with
him, discoursing thus and pointing
out the mproyements--th addition t,
the Methodist parsonage, the new res
idence of Linn Masmer, the three
story brick on Main street, and finall,
wanted to entertain his visitor will
the sight of the plans for societ.
hall and opera house which were il
Wendell's Office. From time to tim
he glanced sidelong at the absen
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UNTIDY TRAVELLERS.
Mnny Excursionists Are noth Had
Tempered and Dusty In
Hot weather.

There's no doubt about It, summers
very demoralizing time. II isn't
only that In warm weather we see the
people we once considered the pink OF
neatness, with hair uncurled and In
careless dress; II Is that both the
temper and the intellect are affected
by temperature OF 90 degrees In the
shade, says the Baltimore News.
II IL noticeable when one gets in a
crowd on such day that politeness
is at low ebb. Every body's as snappy
as cat. and the man who ordinarily
would smile pleasantly when fellow
sufferer apologized for accidentally
stepping on his foot now growls 0
'Why can't you be careful2" while he
looks at the injured member as IL IL
were disabled for life.
This is specially true en an excur-
sion boat or train where each indiyid-
ual's as tired and exhausted and irri
table as only person can be who's
been spending "long, happy day ir
the country"
Everyone is in everyone else's way
and the man with the dress suit case
and the woman with the telescope
who sit in the same seat of the rail.
way coach conflict as much as theii
luggage does.
An innocent-looking girl pokes .
strange man In the back with her nm.
brella entirely without meaning it and
receives such fierce look in return
that she shrinks under 1t, drops her
sunshade TO the floor and lets II stay
there tho remainder Of the trip.
Two young women who were trying
to find something on time table in q
car Sunday night amused the obgerv.
ers as much as anything could amuse
those weary ones.
One ran her finger down the column
OF the .rain she was looking up, while
the other ran hers across 10 meet il
In the column Of the station from
which they were 10 start. Both ran
off the track, however, or missed con.
nections in some other way SO fre.
quently that the young women finally
decided more careful method of dis
covery would be necessary.
They, therefore, produced any mum
Der of pins from various mysterious
portions Of their dress and marked
their progress with .dese. This time
they succeeded in meeting. but &c
their disgust the train thus discovered
with so much labor was morning
one. when they were looking for an
evening one; and so IL had TO be gone
all over again. and the flushed faces
OF the seekers bore witness to the
annoyance they felt.
The travelling public when IL reads
at all reads ftfully, and the lightest
sort Of literature; It runs TO necker-
chiefs rather than collars; 1t is hat
less and dusty and cindery, and bad
tempered and nnattractive generally,
and no one blames 1t at all; for every.
one else is In exactly the same condi.
ton.
Two months from now the woman
who travels viii be a picture in her
short skirt and neat little jacket and
hat. lust now she's anything but
pretty, and she knows IL and doesn't
care at all.
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Amn.lng fhe Gnest-.

The japanese have faculty for de
signing novelties that are beautiful.
They are not satisfied with simply
placing flowers in finger bowls, but
have cunningly prepared bits of wood,
which, when placed in water, expand
into oddly formed and gueerly colored
flowers. When the bowls are before
the guests the bits Of wood are put ir
them. and the diners are entertained
by seeing them expand into buds and
blossoms. The chrysanthemum. the
Japanese national flower, is tie favor
ite.--Nilgiri News.
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Electors.
Dian,t Know what struck Him.

A Vermont doctor, while driving
along country road. was overtakcn
by thunder storm, and was much in
terested in noticing a peculiar way
in which the lightning ran along the
telephone wire which was strung on
one side of the way. Suddenly he be-
came unconscious-that is, he has no
recollection Of being struck, yet when
he opened his eyes he found himself
hangingxeyer the dasher, while the
horse was standing By the buggy.
both shafts broken, and the harness
completely stripped of. He felt
dazed. but not in any pain, and as the
horse did not seem to be injured, he
munaged to rig up the harness and
continue his journey to village near.
by, none the worse for his adsen
turs-
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Musical Fi.h.

Many fish can produce musical
sounds. The trigia can produce long
drawn notes ranging over nearly an
octave. Others, notably two species OF
ophidum, have sound-produclng appar.
atus, consisting of smal. movable
bones, which can be made TO produce
sharp rattle. The curious drum
ming made by the species called um.
briyas can be heard from depth OF
20 fathomf.-N. Y. Herald.
The Scranton chronicle., 1900-10-13

During the decade which Is closing
the present century there have been
over dozen wars, and they have cost
more than 100000 lives and many hun
dreds OF millions of dollars. The most
important of these are the war be-
tween China and Japan in 1894 and
1895, the war between Turkey and
Greece in 1897, the war between Spain
and Cuba, the war between Spain and
the United States, the war between
the United States and the Filipinos,
and the war between Great Britain
and the South African republic. At
the present time several wars are go-
ing on and more are threatened.
Great Britain has not yet conquered
the Beers; the United States has not
yet conquered the Filipinos; Great
Britain is fighting in Ashanti and the
situation in China offers all kinds of
complications. The nations are spend
ing over billion dollars year on
their armies and wars.-Philadelph
Saturday Evening Post.