The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-06-23

Don't forget if you use Putnam
Fadeless Dyes you don't have to send
Tor "A package for wool and one for
Each package cOlors all
fbers. Sold by W. H. Coerver. 1t
Jack Williams, the man who manu-
features a sure cure hog cholera med
icine is in the city.
Geo. Rodenmayer, OF the Dutch
neighborhooL is in the city. MIR.
Rodeomayer says the bad weather
has not injured the wheat in his Sec
ton and that the farmers are busy
gathering it in.
Judge Millar, of Bollinger county
is in the city on business. He is
chairman of the Republican Central
Committee OF that county.
Men who want work need not be
idle now. The farmers need help to
harvest their grain and they need it
badly. This is not only the case in
this county, but across the river as
we'll.
Some one who may know just what
he is talking about says: THE bril-
liant star seer in the western evening
sky is Venus. Few people are aware
that this star is now visible to the
naked eye any clear day. At 3
O'Clock in the afternoon stand in the
shade and look directly overhead you
will easily see Venus with a pale white
light.
A father who was somewhat disgust
ed at the craze for athletics recently
wrote an officer of one Of our colleges:
How much should | have to pay for
the education of my o at your uni
versity: Let me know if shall have
to pay more in case my son, besides
rowing. should wish to learn to read
and write"
There will be a celebration at Dutch
town on July 4 to which everybody is
invited. Races, games. music. re
freshments. etc. Go out and enjoy
yourselves.
There are still one or two little mat
tiers to be settled between the Cape
Girardeau Transit Company and thu
Amalgamated Street Car Drivers As
sociation, but these will be arbitrated
Mark Hanna and Grover Clevelant
have been selected as two OF tn
board of arbitration and these vii
choose a third.
From what the Cairo papers say
Al. orney Reid of DuQuoin. ILL.,, mus
have a wonderful pull with Governo
Tanner. or else he is full of prunes
Reid defended Lewis Thomas. the ne
, gro man killer now under sentence O
death at Cairo. and according to IN
Cairo papers Reid has boosted OF nj
pull with the Governor and has offel
= ed 20 bet his client will never hang.
In response to inquiries from uneH
ployed street a men in st. Louis
: Cincinnati. Cleveland and other cltle'
/, the DEMOCRAT will state that it is us'
: less for them to come here as OK
strike has been settled and they coul
a not secure employment.
: The neighborhood OF Tarkio. Mo
has been visited by the worst VIII
and hail storm it has seen for year
Thousands of acres OF corn and whe
/ have been destroyed by the hail. Il
Z storm-swept district Is six miles WI
II and about fifteen miles long.
A painful circumstance attends t
o death of a married gentleman. viii
a occurred last week. says an exchang
IL Last winter he made an agreeme
with his wife to the effect that shou
: she kindle the fire mornings for :
i months. he would do it tor the san
length of time. She had just compi'
=, ed her part of the contract when
-, died. II was a very sad affair.
The S. NJ. X a. Company is havi
a substantial stone wall built on I
- river side of the ground where its n
: passenger depot will be built.
The American Lumberman OF Ju
;. Is. contains this item: "Leming a
Lamson. manufacturers and who
salers of hardwood lumber at Ca
Girardeau, Mo-, have on sticks abe
1000, 900 feet of dry lumber. WI
H. orders have been a little slow for
g last two months. the firm has
reason for complaint. Stock IN t
SIS locality is rather scarce n
sts smaller mills are closing down.
The new fair grounds will be a thi
as of beauty. and the people Will hi
something to be proud of when
vs. work is finished.
ut. FRIDAY.
Cheatham's Chill Tonic is pecuI
a " adapted to persons in enfeeh
L.,I,h an5 ipra1ids II assists