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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Homestead 7, n,ss:s 4 Application J, 10. 1897
Department. of the Interior,
Land VMte 1t' Tucson, Arizona,
- -. sFs~& Nov q 1n0n 80.

Notice is hereby given that the follow
ing named settler has He'd notice Of his
intention to make final proof in lS support
Of his Claim, and that said pro + will b;
made Before the CLERK Of the. District
Court 1t Phoenix. Arizona, on Monday,
December II 1900. viz Andrew J.Hous-
ton, Of Mesa, Arizona, for the SCI Sec
s, Tp ] S., E,G&SR B&M.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his Continuous residence upon and
cultivation of said lsnd, viz: Wesley W
Dobson. Wallace Macdonald, Freeman
7. Powers, and John Birchett, all Of
Mesa, Arizona. 80
MILTON R. MOORE,
Ellst pup NOV Register
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-04-21
MOTLEY Is THE MAN
The Republicans have Decided to
Put Up Against Vandiver.

! At the congressional convention
held in Poplar Bluff yesterday, the
! Republicans of the Fourteenth Con-
gressional District selected n. a.
Motley as their candidate to oppose
Vandiver for congress. or course it
is known that the Democrats have
not yet held their congressional con-
vention and have made no nomina-
ton, but it is generally conceded that
Vandiver will be the nominee and
that he is the man the Republicans
will have 10 beat.
Mr.. Motley led an almost forlorn
hope in this district some years ago,
and owing to some dissensiOn 10 the
Democratic ranks he beat his Oppen
ent, Arnold, and was elected to- con-
gress. He was the first and only Re
publican representative il congress
this district ever had. While the con-
ditions now are not Just the same as
they were when ne made the race be-
fore, there is feeling against Vandi-
yer that may lose him many Demo-
cratic votes in case he is nominated,
and Mr.. Motley will have much more
than fighting chance.
N. A. Moziey I; man of brains,
and one OF the best speakers in the
state; he always commands the re-
spect and attention of those who hear
him, and whether or not they agree
with his views, he gives them some
thing to think about. In his speeches
he appeals to the reason and good
sense OF his audience and causes even
the most confirmed old mossbacks to
do some serious thinking
This congressional district now has
Democratic majority of nearly 6OOO,
but if Mozeley cannot overcome it,
no other Republican in the district
can. The convention at Poplar Bluff
did just the right thing when it NOM
mated Norman A. Mozeley as the
Republican candidate for congress
frum this district.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-04-21
Words of Warning.

In commenting on the get-rich-quick
schemes recently shown up in New
York, the Globe-Democrat has the
following to say, and too credulous
people should cut it ont and paste it
in their hats where they can refer to
it without trouble:
Thousands OF people have fallen in
to these traps during the past year.
Some persons. by temperament, are
always looking out for astonishing
windfalls and are attracted even by
promise TO pay interest at the rate of
10 per cent week. Now, tae United
States can BORROW money at = per
cent year. The rate for other in
vestments OF absolute safety Is not
much higher. High interest is said
to be Synonymous with poor security.
When banker" offers to return
the principal more than five times in
the course of one year the bait would
seem to be too evident for human
credulity. But the fact is demonstrate
ed that a multitude can be cheated by
the grossest swindles, frauds that are
palpable on their face"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-04-21
WANTS TO SELL HIMSELF.
A Human Freak Looking for Some
One who will Buy his Body.

A Human Freak Looking for Some
One who will Buy his Body.
This story comes from New York
and shows up a peculiar method of
making little ready cash:
Walter Wentworth wants to sell his
body. He has done it twice already
in his life time, and now, although in
his 10th year, he is looking about for
another purchaser. If he finds him,
he thinks he hay a good chance of
surviving him too. Walter is what is
ordinarily called a freak" He is a
contortionist, and even physicians are
puzzled at the curious ways in which
he handles himself. 1t was d doctor
who first suggested to Wentworth the
idea of selling his body. This was
DR.. Grove of Detroit, who offered
Wentworth slOO for his body after he
had done with it, for dissecting pur-
poses. Wentworth jumped at the ofTer
and the money was laid. The doctor,
however, conveniently died within a
few months. Wentworth came to New
York FIVE years later and was able on
the trip to persuade Dr.. H. L. Wilder
of the Kings County hospital to take
stock in him at the same plice, a case
of getting in on the basement floor if
DR.. Wilder should live. This is
Wentworth's first visit here for
long time, and his first act was to
attempt to find out where he stood,
whether he belonged to himself or to
somebody else. He has inquired in
every direction and has come to the
conclusion that DR.. Wilder will be
unable to fill his part of the contract.
He is therefore anxious to find some
one else who will invest in him.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-04-21
ANOTHER RAILROAD.
Houck's Missouri and Arkansas TO
be Extended From Both Ends.

Louis Houck, the pioneer railroad
builder of Southeast Missouri, has
just closed deal for steel rails for
about seventy-fiye miles ot new rail-
road.
These rails, so the DEMOCRAT is
informed, will BE- used for the extern
sion of Houck's Missouri & Arkansas
road from Morehouse in New Madrid
county, to Kennett in D lnklin county,
and to extend the north END OF the
same road from Commerce, in Scott
county, to Cape Girardeau.
This will be greater benefit to the
Cape than any railroad we can get.
1t will open up comparatively new
section of country to us, and will
give us direct rail communication to
Kennett, New Madrid, charlottesville
and other points it has heretofore
been very inconvenient to reach.
Mr. Houck has had the question of
this Improvement under considera-
ton for some time. and has finally
decided to make the extension named.
The work of building the new road
will commence at an early date.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-04-21
Resolution.
JACKSON, Mo-, April II, 1900.

JACKSON, Mo-, april II, 1900.
Whereas, William Regenhardt, af-
ter forty consecutive years service as
a member. and thirtysix years as
chairman of this committee, has vol
UNFAIRLY, and over the protest of the
Republicans of this township, declined
reelection: and
Whereas, The sterling value of his
service as member is best known by
those with whom he has served.
Therefore, be it
Resolved, by the Republican Coun-
ty Central Committee of Cape Girar-
deau county, Mo-, that in his volun-
tary retirement this committee will
feel the loss of his prudent, wise and
conservative counsel, and the party
his positive, determined and success
full leadership. And be it further
Resolved, that these resolutions be
spread at length and in full upon the
record of this committee, and a copy
thereof be furnished the several news
papers Of the county for publication.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-04-21
stamp Tax RuIIngs.

Internal Revenue Collector Grenner
OF ST. Louis has just announced the
following ruling on the stamp tax ap
plying to loans secured by collaternal
pledges:
ANY promissOry note, whether Civ
en- for call loan or any other iadebt-
edness, and whether payable on de-
mand or on time, requires to be
stamped at the rate of &c for each slOO
of face value or fractional part
thereof.
Interests accrued or to accrue on
a promissory note forms no part of
its face value in determining the
amount on which the tax is to be
computed.
each renewal of promissory
note requires stamping, as the origi-
nal note, and payment of interest in
advance on natural note is consid-
cred to be renewal of the same.
Pledges of stock, bonds, ETC., as
collateral security for the payment of
loans are liable to tax under the pro-
visions of that paragraph referring to
mortgage or pledge" at the rate of
25c for each $500 or fractional part
thereof in excess of $1,000.
''No tax is imposed on transactions
where stock is hyposhecated as secur-
ity for the payment of money simply
by delivery of the certificates to the
lender or deposited as basis of cred
it without mortgage or some other
written instrument being executed or
made whereby the said stock is
pledged to secure the payment of II
definite and certain sum of money.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-04-21
4 Good Corn StOry.

Greenville Sun: A Pennsylvania
man travelling through Kansas recent
ly heard a great many tall corn
stories, and thought he would tell
some of them in letter home. This
was how it was done: "Most of the
streets are paved, the grains of corn
being used for cobblestones while the
cob5 are followed out and used for
sewer pipe. The husk when taken off
whole and stood on end makes nice
tent for the children to play in. 1t
sounds queer 10 hear the feedman tell
the driver to take dozen grains OF
feed over to Jackson's livery stable.
If it were not for soft, deep soil here
| don't how they would ever harvest
the corn, as the stalks would grow up
in the air as high as a Methodist
church steeple. However, when the
ears get too heavy their weight presses
the stalk down in the ground on an
average of ninety two feet. This
brings the ear near enough 10 the
ground to be chopped Off with an ak.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-04-21
RepubIlcae County Connen,ion.

Repub11caR County Conraention.
The Republican County Convention
net in the caRrt house in jackson at
l-30 p, M. April IA, 1900. pursuant to
the call of the County Central Com
nittee, and was called te order by
Capt. William Regenhardt, chairman
ef the Censral Commitsee of the
county, whs stated that w. H. Haupt
lad been selected for chairman and
i 5. Cobb tor secretary of the tenn
porary organization, also the object
Of the meeting. Mr.. Ha.zpt made a
splendid lirle speech and thanked the
convention for the honor conferred
and asked the pleasure of the conven-
ton. Mr.. .Iotn A. Snider moved that
a committee OF one each. from each
delegation he appointed oz commit
tee: /, on credentials: =, on permanent
organization, 3, on resolutions, 4, on
delegates carried. The committee on
esedentials reported those entitled to
seats in the convention whose names
appeared liz the DEMOCRAT after the
Townships conventions on the eth.
The committee on permanent organ
ization reported that the temporary
organization be made permanent,
which was done. The committee on
resolutions endorsed President Nc
Kirln stpa 70
souad money, expressed congratula-
tiops on the prosperity of the country
and The bill just passed which retains
15 per cent. of the Dingley Bill on
Puerto Rico, etc.
The committee on delegates report
ed the following delegates to the state
convention which meets in Kansas
City May Is, 1900: John A Snider,
F. J. Tacke, Ed. F. Regenhardt, Hon.
G. c. Thilenius, Al. f. Leming, J. NJ.
Randol, ). H. C. Kerstner, G. w.
Setback, Z. w. Flentge and j. S.
Cobb.
Judicial convention delegates: John
A. Snider, Fred f. Kies, E. II. Engle-
mann, Judge Joseph Koehler and
James F. Brooks.
Senatorial convention delegates:
B. H. Adams, C. d. Sedwell, J. r.
DeWese, NJ. L. Haupt, John G. Putz,
Ernst Moeder, Charles G. Kiehne, A.
d. Meyer. Emil Thilenius, John NJ.
Mabrey and Jacob Cravens.
Congressional convention delegates:
E. F. Blomeyer, J. E. Cotner, John
A. Snider, Fred E. Kies, Fred Regen-
hardt, E. W. Flentge, B. S. Schwab,
Henry kiehne, W. H. Haupt, G. W.
Setback, Henry Pulls, VIM. Misenhim-
er, Ed. D. Hays, F. j. Schoen, Henry
Bruihl, VIM. G. Schneider, VIM.
Paar. Rudolph Balm, ]. F. McLain,
Fred A. Kage, Blucher Sperling, r.
NJ. Tirmenstein, Walter Bradley, NJ.
E. Leming and H. C. Phelps.
j. S. COBB, Sec'y.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-04-21
Cat,,s Thieves at Work.

There are some cattle thieves oper-
ating in this neighborhood and If
they were little smoother they might
be able 10 do some business.
Last Thursday, Joseph Sittner who
lives at the Rock Levee was ap-
proached by man driving cow
who asked if he was buying any cat
tie. Sittner told him that he invested
occasionally, and asked what he had
to sell. The man offered to sell the
COW he WAS driving for so. Mr.. Sit
ter was not willing to pay that much
and offered $40. The seller signified
his leadiness to close the bargain at.
that price, and then Sittner said he
would go to town and get the money.
He came to the Cape, secured the
funds and returned home. The cow
was there in his lot. but the man who
wanted to sell the animal was gone.
Mr.. Si..er still has the COW in his
possession.
L; is likely .sheu Mr.. Sitter started.
to toSn the other man decided he was
going after an officer and concluded
it would be wise for him to skip out.
There is no doubt but the COW was
stolen. The same animal was offered
to MIR. Anderson over in Haarig and
he said he would purchase, but before
he could close the trade, the man and
cow both left. People should keep a
watch on their cattle.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-04-21
Our Candidate For sheriff.

People al! over Care Girardeau
county will be pleased to learn that
Bernhard Gockel will be candidate
for reelection to the Office of Sheriff.
Ben is a young man, is personally
known to everybody in the county,
and it would not be an extravagant
assertion to say that no man in Cape
Girardeau county has more friends
than he.
The Office of Sheriff is very i'm
portant one, and it should be filled by
man who is honest, intelligent. of
good business abilities, and one who
is prepared at all times to carry out
the mandates OF the courts and do his
duty regardless OF friend or foe. Such
& man is Bernhard Gockel. While
no man is more approachable, more
Jolly or congenial, yet when ques-
ton of duty comes before him, that is
all he knows.
During the two years that Mr..
GOckel daS been S1erl1. tne duties or
the Office have been attended to with
commendable zeal and promptness,
and this may be taken as an example
of what She people may expect if they
give him another term. During the
administration of Mr.. Gockel it be-
came his duty to execute condemned
criminal. and he performed the un-
pleasant duty without fin ching. And
bv the way this was the first legal ex-
ecution the county has had for fifty
years.
If faithfulness and devotion to duty
count for anything with the people,
then Ben Gockel should have another
term.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-04-21
stockholders, Meeting.

The annual meeting of the Southern
Missouri & Arkansas Railroad Com
pany will be held at the Office of the
Company, northeast corner of Inde-
pendence and Spanish streets in the
city of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, on
Tuesday, May Sth, 1900, at 9 O'Clock
in the forenoon, for the purpose of
electing Directors for the ensuing
year and for the transaction of any
other business that may properly
come before said meeting.
e. Z. BLohsEYER, NEWMAN ERR.
Secretary. President.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-04-21
AN ENTERpRlsING DRUGGIST.
By Use of Chemicals He Turns Out
Chickens of Any Color
Person Wants

New YORK. April III. G..
Wischer, druggist of Brooklyn,
turns out fancy colored chickens at
will. He has had for several DAYS in
the front windows of his store dozen
chickens whose downy plumage is
tinted with all the colors OF the rain
bow.
1t was clear to some of the women
of the neighborhcod that the drug gist
had col0red the chickens with some
deadly chemical.
The story went to the headquarters
of the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals. and a committee
was sent to make an investigation.
Mr.. Wischert explained that he had
inFented a process of treating eggs,
by which. be was enabled TO hatch
ctsickons of any and all colors. He
took the committee to the rear of his
store and showed them his incubator
He explained that by painting the
eggs d certain color with a chemical
dye, Invented by himself and DR..
George Everson, the eggs would pro-
duce chickens of sianilar color.
Tbs druggist paints his eggs and
places them in the incubator and after
q days the chickens are hatched- He
says he has been working on the pro-
cess two years and this is the first
time his efforts have been successful.
Tbs colors are not permanent, howev-
er. and as the chickens grow older
they shed their coats of many colors.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-04-21
Flentge for Collector

The announcement of f. w. Flentre
as a candid ATE for reelection to the
office of Collector OF Cape Girardeau
county will ne found in this issue of
of the DEMOCRAT.
Mr.. Flentge needs no introduction
to the residents of this city andcounty.
He is a successful business man of the
Cape and is we'll known and univers-
ally respected.
This gentleman has filled the office
of collector for the past two years to
the satisfaction of everyone who feels
an interest in the financial welfare of
the community, and it is said that he
has collected the taxes closer than
any man We have had in that position
for some years.
When Mr.. Flentge was making his
campaign for this office in the fal, of
1893, people thought that as he had
demonstrated his ability to success
fully handle business of his own. he
might be safely trusted to look after
the financial affairs of the county.
They elected him to the Office he de
sired and he has shown that the con-
fidence reposed in him was not mis-
placed.
Mr.. E'ientge now comes before the
people again and asks for another
term in the most important position
of Collector. He has demonstrated
his fitness for the Office, his conduct
of the duties pertaining thereto is
above criticism, and the voters will
doubtless most readily grant him
another term. The re-electing of Mr..
Flentge will be a nice compliment to
worthy officer.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-04-21
MAY GO TO CAIEO.
The Chicago d Eastern Illinois
Looking For an Entrance to
That CITY.

According to the Cairo Bulletin of
recent date, there is q strong proba-
bility OF the G.. & L. |. road running
into Cairo in the near future. The
Bulletin says:
There have been several move
ments lately which indicate purpose
by the Chicago & Eastern Illinois
Railroad Company to run into Cairo
independently. Several of the high
officials of the company, including
President Carpenter, have paid the
city quiet visits and have made in
spectiou trips, on foot and in vehicles.
in the lower part and along the west
ern side of the city, to take a view of
the situation; and it is understood
that the company's operations at
Thebes are not being pushed with any
grea5 degree of energy. Mr. Carpen-
ter was here again yesterday, arriv-
ing on a noon train and leaving at
go p. m, during which time he had
a little conference with some of our
citizens. 1t cannot be definitely
stated that the company is looking for
an Independent entrance into the city,
and yet that would probably be the
only satisfactory arrangement for the
company. It's connection with the
Cotton Belt at The5es is sure to be
interrupted much of the time by ice
and other causes. Cairo and Birds
Point offer the only all-the-year con-
nection with that road, and Cairo has
another attraction for the company
in its heavy lumber and grain busi-
mss from the rivers. No doubt il the
&. & E, l.. wishes to come into Cairo
on line OF its own, all the way from
Thebes, or some point in the north
eastern part of the county, it could
gain all reasonable concessions from
the people of Cairo for right-of-way
through the city: for the road would
be a valuable acquisition to Cairo.s
already enormous railroad system
and would add to the city's power as
competitor for business.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-04-21
shippers Must Pay the Tax.

The Supreme Court of the United
States has decided cases involving
the stamp tax, as it applies to express
packages, the question involved being
whether the shipper or the carrier
shall pay the stamp charges on pack
ages. The opinion was handed down
by Justice White and was favorab BILE
to the express companies The opin-
ion was based upon the case of the
American Express Company, VS.. At
torney-General Maynard OF Michigan.
The case came TO the Supreme Court
from the Supreme Court of Michigan.
where the decision was adverse to the
express company.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-04-21
For sale.

a farm containing 50 acres in high
state of cultivation two miles west of
the city OF Cape Girardeau on the
Gordonville road. Good house and
outbuildings, barn 72x2I feet, two
good cisterns and a splendid orchard
of fine fruits. For further particulars
call on Louis Oswald. Cape Girar-
deaa. Mo iunl
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-04-21
Annual Meeting of stockholders.

The annual meeting of the stock
lders of Houck's Missouri & Arkan
sas Railroad Company will be held
at the Office of the company in the
City of Cape Girardeau, on Monday
the l6 day of April, 1900, at the hour
of 9 O'Clock in the forenoon for the
purpose of electing Directors for the
ensuing year, and transaction of such
other business as may come before
the meeting. aprI5
Z. F. BLoMEYER, /. B. HoUCK.
Secretary. President.