Cape Girardeau Weekly Argus 1864-04-28

              cape girardeau argus ypwos 7ciflff|;gh poetry one hundred years to come who'll press for gold this crowded street " , a hundred yeara'td come ? ' ><* '**"* *.* titho'll tread yon church with willing feat <* a hundred years to come s •'", t ■> < * pale trembling age and flery youth and childhood with iti tirow of truth ' ' ! the ri<ih and poor on land and sea * * l 1 > where will the mighty millions be "* • **. a hundred years to cpme ? j »., , , ,""" c ■ i jt * ' • we all within the grave shall sleep * ' "■ l '» r aliundrcd years to come * '** , no riving soul for u will weep ' j * f a hundred y«ars to come . .».-•;■; - but other men our lands will till - > i . k * and others then our streets will fill ■ and other birds will sing as gay -> and bright the sun shine as to-day v * i , a hundred years to come . !,' *' '' ~* \ i x • '■* 4 >•>■♦,». n v - ? good night >*•- : • , downward sinks the setting sun *«■.,• ' ,_ jsoft the evening shadows fall j %* , * ' *• • light is flying , j • ' ' "* * < ' i * - day is dying ' a — „ parkness stcaleth overall ,' , - » » • . - ' guqd night s j , ' , ■• * autumn garners in her stores * *" f - * season of the fading year * ' * < 5 p -\ * leaves are dying •'" . **^ ,"£'■<■ winds are sighing f \ „ * • i „„ whispering of the winter near , ■> . >• v roo4 night i youth i vanished manhood wanes v "" -• «. age its forward shadows throws , -*•--' day is dying ..,.„_ tears are flying *, "* life runs onward to its close • • ' ! >>' " **' ' ood night — miscellany . hugged . by 4 snake 1 was brought up nep,r the canada line in vermont where my father owned a larged farm * not far from , his farm was a quiet lake r where we used to enjoy ourselves fishing and sailing one afternoon i sa\y v a flock of black ducks fly over thejho'use and i was sure they lighted on the lake ; so i seized my doubble barreled shot gun and ammunition and started'off i 1 when i reached the landing i saw i the ducks a way off by the opposite shore lat once cut some green boughs with my knifo and having rigged up the * bow of a small flat bottomed scull we kept on purpose for such work i jumped in and start ed off i had^pt near enough for a shot and tad drawa tn'e scull and was in the act of taking up my gun when the - ducks started up as quickly as possible i drew one nan mer and let drive < i hit two of them but they didn't fall into the water — they fluttered along until they fell into the tall grass up in the covo the water was tery • low . and - the place was dry where they.were i pulled up as far as could and then got out and walked up j knew very near where one of the ducks had fallen and very goon had my eye on it as i ran'to'takes it i saw the head of a black snake pop out and catch it by the wing . i saw only the head and neck of the reptile and had no idea how large it was or if i had probably i would have done just as i lid for i had no idea of fearing such a thing—so i ran up and snatch ed the bird away i had left my gun in the boat and had nothing to kill the chap with j but as i took the duck i put ray foot on the thief's neck . „ . the ground was moist and slimy and as the snake had his body braced among the roots of the stout reeds he took his head out from under my foot about as quick as a man could comfortably tb.ink.~cl thought i'd run back to my boat and try and kijl the fellow ana i had just turned for that purpose when i felt something strike my leg as though somebody had thrown a rope about it i looked down and found i tha.fc the snake had taken a turn around my felt,leg with his tail and was in the act of clearing his body from the grass 1 i dropped the duck and gave a smart kick but that didn't loosen him j so i tried to put my right foot on him and thus draw my leg away - but i might as well have tried to put it on & streak of lightning ' >» , - . t i had forgotten the^croportionate size of the head of tnis species of black snake i had expected'-to see asnake four or five feet long but in stead of that lie was4iearly eight feet and a jjalf still i hadn't any v great fear for i suppose that when-1 4 g to put my,hands on him i could easi ly take him off for i was pretty strong in the arms in a few seconds he y had^iatb'ody all^clear and it was then that the first teal thrill shot through me there he held himself y the simple tuifit around my ( leg and w'itn his hack arched in and out he;brought ; his head on a level,.with mine i made a grab for him but missed him and then as quick as you cam snap your finger,',"he swept his head clear arpiin,d my hbclyyand then j straightened xrp and looked me in the face again ipade another grab at him and another as quick as'lcould but he dodged pie in spite of all i could do *■ * - -•.; . ? v v : ix*'hi '"> ' : 1 1 rrext felt the snake's body^work ing its way up the turn of ; the tail was changed'to my'^thigh.y.an the coil around my stomach begatf'tt to tighten by this timf 1 \ begaii?*t6 think there nlight be;t f ome serious vor and hiq quicker took the bx&fc*off;ihe better spt just grasped why not ? why not tear s it r offt l my*arms*were free^tmercy't rwb j tad i not thought vof this 7 before when my hands had strength themi yet i could try it i collected a}l jny remaining power for the feffort and jnadei the t attempt my trowsers were of blue "■ cotton stuff , an 4 very strong ■?. coulc]/vflfljb^tea^mt ; i thought 9f ; stitcliest^they might not be so ten^ciou^vir grasped the cloth on th inside of the thigh and gave my last item of strength to the ef fort the stitches j started they gave way this result gave me hope and hope gave me power " an other pull with.bqth hands and the pockot was lai4 m bare with all the force i could command with the hope of life of home of everything i loved on earth in the effort—l caught the pocket on the inside and bore down upon it there was a cracking of threads a sound of tearing cloth and—my knife was in hands 1 i i had yet sense to know that the smallest blade was the sharpest and i opened it with ne quick norvous movement i pressed the keen edge upon the tense skin and then drew it across with a dull tearing snap the body parted and the snake fell tq the ground in two pieces - - „* i i staggered to the boat reached it and there sank down ' ' t i knew nothing mqro until 1 heard a voice callirig me by name - my father stood over me with terror de picted , his countenance 1 told him my story s best as i could * he went up and got theduck'l had taken from the snake—the other he could not find and also brought along tho two pieces i h 4 ad made of my enemy he told me he had heard mo cry out and at once started after me to the large boat though it was a long while ere he saw my boat i-had lain there 1 over half an hour exhausted when he found me *;, < ' „ "; », i < when we reached home the snako we found to be eight feet four inches in length it was a month before 1 ] fully recovered from • the effects of that hunting j and to this day - there is something in , the very name of snake that sends a thrill of horror to my heart " „ * , ' h'im.-ag near as r possibly by < taking bold where he;ijs?a around»me-~rfor heicauldnft dodga that part yok know iv-^-and tried to turn jiimioffi but this only made it worse the fellow had how drawn himself up so high and stretcftedjiimself so that he whipped antther turn around me his tail was how under my left thigh and the rest of him turned twice around my body atie^of them being just at the pit of the stomach and th.e othery above it.j all this had occupied juß^abpuit half a minute frq.m fee time 7 he first got the turn*ar£u,n,d my leg zt '''"*' „ his he act i^as now right around fri fron ;< af my iace and he tried to make hius way to my mouth what his in tention was j , surely tell thoughj > haver always believed he thought he,could strangle ; me,that vvay he struck me one bloty in the moutht which jiur vme ; considerably and afveytfraijj got hint by the neck and there i meant to hold hint so that he should not strike again p | thcmo tnent i grasped the peck he began to tighten is folds about my body | *', j soon discovered that he'd squeeze the breath f out of niy body in that v way andje determined to unwind hiini^'he was wqu^d in this-way—the j turn wound the tbigh was : from left*to hgfcit then up between the legs to my right side and around my back'to my left side-iai|d sor oil with * the second bura—thus bringing his head up from tinder my arm i had th snake now with the left utiiti ilijd'my idea was to put its bead around my back until could reach it with my j"ight and so unwind him tfl x could press the feiv jo wv he&d ( d^a jinder r»xar ut i.pfet it a'rquna so as to reac it with my riglithand t could not i tried i put all'my powarln to that one but jt was ani impossibility tp do it • this morfient x had not-been really vt teryified.;v r l-|tad jupppsed^l could un wind ttie serpent whenl tried never dreamed what power he had l tried-it untit i knew i 6ould not do it and theii gave it up my next thoughjb^|,s of my 3acls-k*nife j but the lower coil of the felldw was over my;pockety and coultd not get tw * jji now for,the first'tiiaie called out eor^help i yeued ; rith all my mightj and yet iknew the irjal^was next to aseless/for no~bne"coald!.ea.p|ly gain the place whe^e j yas except witha boat yet i called out hoping against hope i grasped th &:;,. snakes by * the body and pulled j j tried to break his neck the idea presented a gleapi of promise but it amounted to nothing i might as well have tried to break a rope by bending it :-.-.'; ;„, . « a-full minute had now passed from the time when i tried to pas»»the snake's head around my backv „ , his body had become so elongated by his gradual pressure around my body that he had room to carry his head around in a free ; symmetrical curve he had slipped from my grasp and when i next caught him i found that x was weaker than before x could jnot hold 1 ,. the ' excij^eiit 3 had prevented me from noticil^n;his until now ....,>.., • . ~, for a few moments i was in a per fect frenzy 1 leaped up and down — cried as loud as i could—and grasped itm'e snake with all ray might but it availed me nothing • he slipped his head from my , weakened hand and made a blow at my face this made me mad and i gave the inferna thing another grasp with both hands trying once more to twist ills neck the result was that x got another blow in the mouth "„■ v ' '„",•, but the moment of need was at hand i felt the coils growing tight er around.my body and my breath was beginning to result from the pres sure and i saw the snake would soori have length enough for another turn he was drawn so thightly that the centre of his body was no bigger than his head the blackish skin , was drawn to & tension that seemed its utmost and yet i could tell by the working of the large hard scales that he was drawing mmself tighter still stricken with absolute fright i gaspied,."what shall.l,do what could x'dot the enemy for whom i had at first so little thought was kil ling me-—killing me slowly surely and t had no hope t l r jir^stout strpng man was being actually 1 ield at the deadly will of a black snake $ my hand's and arms were swollen and my fingers were nuiabed.f t i ha jet go the snake's neck and he jiow car ried the upper part ah a-graceful curve i his , head yibr^tjrig from side t®/;side',with,.^a'iuiadutating mtsiion.of extreme gracefulness and fascination at length j staggjejed j was losing my strength rapidly and t,he pai^^of my body,had become"excruciating7-rr tire snake's skin.where it was coil^dj about me ? was s tight that it seem,^d almost transparent jstg had ipund me or i had found jiim7lo a state of hunger his stomach free from food aid life's muscular forces unimpaired i 4 a second time i staggered a.ncl ob v jects began to bw^m before • me f a dizzy sensation wen to my head ft faintness to my heart and a pain the most agonizing in my body *" he nad drawn himmelf pertainly s three r feet longer thanbefore /•, / -^ **!'.,' ". ;,«. f he had darted his head uiider my right arm and brought it up over my right shoulder and firmly pressing his under jaw down there he gave a sud den wind that made me * groan with pain 33ach moment was an age of agony^eactt^eoond-'wasjl step nef r er-to death j .*.. :.-.•'.',<- v vi.^l^-^.vt-v *"'■■ jg m knjfet.r'o ; vi/j fould'rea'cii;'lt.j heber kimball's wives doctor martin's pig - one day in the opera house in salt lake when the carpenters were lay ing the floor for the 4th of july eve ball heber and i got to talking of the potpourri of nationalities assem bled at utah rheber waxed eno tuously benevolent and expressed his affection for each succeeding race.as fast as raentionod * ' * i love the danes dearly ive got a danish wife " then turning to a rough looking carpenter hammer ing near by him " you know chris tiny—eh brother spudge v . - / oh yes know her very well !" a moment after the irish are a dear people afy irish wife is among the best i've got - .. • » ; again i love the germans . got a dutgh wife too ! v know katrine brothej spudge remember bhe k couldn't scarcely ' speak a word of english when she came—eh brother spudge v • \%* : , — brother spudge i remembered and brother hebor continued to trot out the members of his marital stud for discussion 1 of their points witlx his more humble fellow polygamist of the hammer but whqn it happened to touch upon the earliest jvlrs ilebsr whom i naturally thought he would regard as a forgotten fossil in the lower silurian strata of his connubial life and referred ttf the interview i had enjoyed with her on the after noon before entering the city his whole manner changed to a proper husbandly dignity without seeking corroboration from the carpenter ho gravely replied t „ „ ■ , r >•, yes that is my first wife and the best woman god ever made ' x t , , , i ( j t '- < good advicm.—jane eyre says i know that if women wish to escape ths s stigma of husband seeking they mus^act and look like marble oyjslay coid expres siqnljeiss^b,^q4less j fop every appear^hce feeling of j6y sorrow irieftdliness an'tipa'tih^'idmi r9.t|on disg\ikt^fi\9>lik r o&b&trji€)d by tße^(^|.d into th'e attempt to hook a husbaricj never mind 1 well mean ing woni^n have their own consciences to comfort them after all do not ib;erefore be too much afraid of show ing yourself as yoa are affee-sip;nate and good hearted do not too.harshly repress sentiments and feeling excel lent in themselves because you fear that some puppy may fancy that you are letting them come out to fascinate himj do wt p,ondei^it yourself tq ive only by^kajjes because r if you show ied tqcv much individuality some ! pragmatical thing in breeches might take it into his pate to i.magine that yoij designed to dedicatfryqur life to his insanity „ » l -: '< ''*•**■' .* •... >■ 1 j [ f '■"». „. t i '; a cape ann paper is responsible for the following a lady iri this town sent her husband to the btore lately to buya'dollaif's worth of su gar as the good wife was nearly out the sugar not appearing a few days afterward she asked her . husband what he had cjono with it he replied after a feiv moments hesitation and head-scratching that he must have put it in his other^vest pocket 1 an;-ifis;hthan caught a hornet in his hand^but dropped it and exclaimed : be jjabers hat kinj of teeth do you birds have.,in america 12 i i if^nyk.j'fesa-rsrago " f jdr;.^martin,1.?.0f louisiana was bragging one day at a grocery to his friend tom bucksbur of the superiority -> of his * berkshire swine and.in^a f|t q liberality he pronii^ed t se?id home an infantine epecimen to/ypm as a present tom said he would be delighted to raise so valuable,an anim,al and in due time the doctor's boy bob was with a covered basket containing a little grunter i now smith who kept the grocery and heard the arrangement was an inveterate wag and when he saw bob with his basket he called.him in and asked him where he was going - bob—lse gwiue to 3lassa tom with dis here little black pig as a present from massa doctor smith—come in bob and lot us take a look at him bob went in set down his basket and the ipig was duly , inspected asa matter of course bob-was askad tq take something to drink and while drinking the liquor smith contrived adroitly to extract the pig frora the baskot and substitute a black pup of about the same feight bob d|d not discover the cheat but trudged along with his burden until he came to buckshur's premises buckshur,re ceived the basket saying-^-is this the doctor's pig ? bob—yes massa and a berry fine pig he be too lifting 1 up the cover black as a coau to the utter astonishment of bob and buck shur there lay >» little • black curly puppy buckshur—why this is no pig but a puppy bo^)—br-ess de lord he be pig when i put him in de basket but he change to a pup !— buckshur—take him back and'tell dr martin that i don't want be fooled with h|s , puppies and if he don't want to give m a berkshire pig to say so bob star-ted bask and natu rally enough stopped t,t the grocery to relate his mishap to sam smith who heard him with a countenance expressive of wonder t the same time doing jiis best to control his in creasing desire to burst into fits , he again asked bob to drink and again changed the contents of the basket this time putting therein the genuine grunter - on arriving at home bob told of his reception and of the mys terious transformation of the pig into a pup the doctor was somewhat incredulous as to the truth of tho story when bob with a flourish of insulted veracity opened the lid of the basket when,|o i there was-the identical pig that he had started with bob stood transfixed and with eyes protruding and mouth open remark ed fore god taint no use massa he be pup or pig just as he pleases the matter was finally settled by the poctor riding over to buckshur's with the disputed pig,,but the mystery was not solved until gome timo aftpr when sam smith told the story and the doctor's pig became a by-word for miles around ; • , r o johnny i aid one little boy to another letus play fighting ! and you stand on the table;-that's the fort and i'll be the " enemy and undermine the fort and blow it up take the table by the legs you know and tip you over won't it be fun v johnny was doubtful and suggested that charley stand upon the tabl«/or else he must decline playing - ' j * old jiowe kept a htjtel,,where he used to say one could get anything that was ever made to ea,s one day in came a yankee who asked old rowe what ho giye him for din ner • \.. „;,., >' „',.' " anything bir from a pickled ele phant to a canary bird's tongue ," wail said the yankee eyeiog leowe i guess i'll take a piece of pickled ebphant ■' - ' ...,, . well we.ye got env all ready right here in the house but you'll have to take a wholes un cause we never cut'em ' < : - * .. < ? the yankee thought he would take some codfish and potatoes - ,' _*-, "■> a man lately made application for insurance on a building situated'in a tillagel wiiere there was no fire engm-e ! in answer to tw>q%estito what are . ihe facilities for extinguishing fires ?"'- he ■ wrote/'-""it rains some times • - *■ ■■"■■" | thenamie of go,difl;spelle#i horn letters in;almost every language thais in latin deijs dieu greeks theos j oermap gott scandinavian odin swedish coddjadeq^syrian adijpftrsiian syra \ tartarian idgaj spanish dia j east indian megi or zeni).turkish > adi j,egyf)tianv aumn or zen ; japanese zaini peruvian lian wallachian zene y jeturian chur irisif dich ; arabian alfa \ a^certam editor ijaink^^en a single gentleman cannot'?';piissi'a clothes-line without all t&e long stockings it is a sign he should get married and the sooner the bet ter "■-. ■ *"■■' ■ v " '-■ ,* ~- < , . /;.'■,».,.,-! v ,' j m i '.■.'■ „> -§ i in paris rittt.lp.ng since an > artist painted a portrait of mr a j , who was rioted for jiis frequent.-libations t^e.i artist invited the friends to see v and they inspected it and pronounced it excellent - one of them who was i-ajthe i*e^r sighted complained of the * light and ap proached jlfc to change its position when the , artist exclaimed don't togch it it isn't dry v 3so use look ing at it/then replied the gentle & man it can'fc bo my friend x r if it.isn't drj ,„ f . „„-..• '•.-•*• 1 ru|gs fpf t^e pres<sryation of health > flyash yonrfelf now and then p ■< i'j change,.your : inner garments qpca sipnally t v ■' --■•'" ■ -';",*' '■-•■ : i chew'your meat eschew greasy gravies i . ,- ~.-\ - , pn'ti e^e^r your tobacco v , ; f v ' j drink as little as you choose ? ; \ : . ; don;k eat much more than your stomach will hold '•'•* '[} keep your teniper^s ? -.*• if temper your keep - " " if a soldier don't rest upon your laurels until they have been well-aired i\4yoid falling ftul about trifles - - ifali outof windows as-soldom as possible " ' v , .| if your constitution requires fyou to sleep during the sermon see that the sextqa has an airod night cap for you i and a hod of hot bricks tq put to your feet 1 , .„..,'.. * v keep your mduth shut'on dusty days * " * ' r - ' never open your mouth in frosty weather .- •;. . * *.; . w v - , i close-your mouth very tight when the wind blows from tho east ' ' if your business compcls'you to go out before breakfast have some break fast j3rßt s .>>.-. *~\ a - «, if it is wet under foot house your poor feet *.*•—«».-- ...„., .. jßevrare of th 6 ices of summer and the snows of winter i>q not swallow too many telo grarns ' ' < \ ; r keep out of the street when gold is falling ' ' * y if the silver of advancing years is on your head don't change it for papes , . let your cirftulatioii slacken especially if you are a-newspaper man - : , - / use tooth powder instead of gun powder ,', "', l . v , t , " neither sleep ia,iot rooms nor eat mushrooms * -' . - * * - live on'sis nickel cents a day but don't earn them as some wretch e4 speculators re doing now ' partake sparingly of wild fowl particularly of the,/'canards which come from the army * violate persistently all the sanitary rules insisted on by ilalps journal of health *-'_, „,, - - s j,i ilf you capnofc account for the milk in the'eocoanufc do not hesitate to make free use of it ~ a * never eat iyour own words unless you are madly desirous of giving an additional flavor to the cup of bit terness 1 ; j should your thermometer indicate an extreme degree of cold or h^?it immerse it in cold or hot wafer un til it arrives at a proper sense of its duty -; > , i . . . -, ilf you are subject to swelling wear kid gloves next to your skin „, , ♦ * eise early bofore you are twenty ( five if possible - '„ ; x 1 \* ; * don't let your physique go to the dogs ... , 1a 1 <- „ j i i always dreqs,yourself with care \ never dtess your salad with cod liver oil ♦• > how to make money i t jjet the business of everybody else alotrei and attend to your own „- ; * | don't buy what you don't want * use every hour to advantage and study to make every leisure hour use flil # .--.•/ ■ , € ... , 1 think twice before you throw away a shilling—^remember.,you wiir have another to make for it * *,**''♦. ? find recreation in looking over your business • , f i . i t buy low sell fair and take care of the profits .--\. ** , -* . - c ; look over your x books regularly and if you find an errpr trace.it out ; should a stroke of misfortune come upon you in trade retrench work harder but never despair value of a greenbaek dollar i t sokio people imagine that when gold is worth 50 cents premium or is rated in the coin market at l h^ql ' th^t a greenback dollar is worth only 50 cents when it actual value is 66 2-3 ceota—7that is papsjf is worth two thirds as much asf gold ' a [ simple but arbitrary rule toi i j|n4',ilie value of paper at mf stage f the marlset is as follows *:„ divide j 10,00q cents by the value of a gold dollar in cents to illaetrate gold is worth 169 to day and 10,000 divid©4,by this niira b^r.gj.vei 59 cents and a fra^tip%|h y e value of a,p^er dollar the same rule with its reai||n is expressed as f0110w5 divide tha quantitj con sideyed as the per centage greenback 4t>llin?5sby ne p.ervenft bf tibt u^nti ty on which the per centage is to be reckoned valu ; of a.^gold dollai and the quotient wilt be the ppr^centi illustration .%. t goldstawdf;at"2oo one p^ir cent oif'this is 2 cents—one dollar or 100 cents divided by 2 gives 50 cents the valae of a paper dollar when gold stands at 200 .;" '* . . * v \ on,qq prefaced his sermon with fmyrfriends l^ti/us lay a;few,wqrds before we.,begin.'?^>tkis is about equal to the man who took a short nap before he went to sleep ', » \ an irish * witness in dq.iirv f justice being asked what kind of ear-marks the hog in question had replied •«-«•»•*»*«..-,»**-. - -^—» | etc had oo particular ear-marks except a very short fail v rjj --..-; i i . i - v *• 1 i fyou look said a*wag to a pale haggard smoker as if = tou had got out of your to bgijt.your cigaff and wouldn't v ypulf ; back attain h>~v , ■-?# r's v 1 „. the seven ancient wonders of the world 1 the brass colossus of jjhbdes1 . 120 feet high built ' by cares a d =; ' 288 occupying twelve years in inak c * ing "^ it-stood across the harbor of > v ijhpdes thkty-six *, years ari<s • was t 4 thrown down by an earthquake , it / was bought by a jew from the sara ~ cens who loaded 900 camels with th j ' brass l ' • - • ■ 4 *.***. *"* 2 the pyramids of egypt th 6 * \ largest one engaged 360,000 wqrkmei ». " * thirty years in building and has ndw .. stood at least three thousand years '\ 8 the acqueducts of koine in vented by appius claudius censor * 4 1 the labyrinth of psammetiortsj j -/" on the banks of the nile z containing ;, t wihin ono continued wall 1000 houses ,_ 4 and 12 royal palaces all covered with marble and havin'g 1 only-one en ' trance the building was said to"c"ori **■ •* tain 3,000 chambers and a hall built r of marble adorned with statues of f.^fc ofthegods \. ' , ' \. ( f „ •*,,,, 3 5 the pharos of alexandria h io\v \ * ■ er built by order of ptolemy philadsl \" * phus in the year 281 b c it was * •** erected as a light house and conlainv '-? od,anag«ifipenfc galleries of marble—r • > < large lantern at the top thes light ok *- which was seen a hundred miles off ' mirrors of enormous size were fixed *"•** s abound the galleries reflecting every * * v thing on the sea • a comrnqn to^er x t is now erected in its place > ♦•,. . s < . 6 the wall's of babylon built hf otfdar of senliramis or jstebuchadnez f v zar and finished in one year by 200 '** 000 men they wero of iracaepsq ''** thickness ?■ ,- -•, k >' :;.•■> "* 7 the temple of piiiun m ephe fc sus completed in the reign of sorvius sixth king of 1 rome it was 450 feet long 200 broad and supported by • 226 marble pillars 70 feet long thrf * beams and doors were of cedar tho , t rest of the timber cyprus it 7»3 t . destroyed by fire b c 265 • , „' j t * i pleasant words 1 they don't cost much \ tliey;com \ bubbling up in a good-natured heart like the freely girsliing waters of &' fountain ' it is as easy to speak as ** naturally and as easy from the lips in •>*> kindness 3 the rays from the eun - i v t . 2 they make the man happier wh^o uses them they react upon him e'oi words make tho user's wrath hotter,5 ,* so loving words help to make a pare - ~ loving heart .• „ . i %,. : , a '" 8 kind and pleasanfe - words touclr ,-* r other people's hearts and make them •-.* kind they fall like flakes of fire on the cold and , selfish hearts not to , scorch but to melt not to irritate but p to subdue a-nd shame people's eo}d ness and unkindness out of them ; •* t - 4 pleasant words beget other words j " like themselves to-other people we have been in a crbwddd omnibus a ' few snappish sulky words have mul tiplied their scope till post of th - 4 travelers have • shares in the sam i stopkj but let a genial soul enter—his s ~ kii^d words-get wings—they produce * " an epidemic growler^umw one and growler twp change v?oice itrid -\ visage the magic of a fe-w kincjl words has done wonders and good f nature keeps all things in excellent triml for tho rest of the trip • -, t " * duppel.—this place,.before*"which some desperate fighting was going * - on.,at last accounts is a fortress * which the danes have surrounded * with a series of ingenious aod nqvel z defenses tha first ; obstruction l r which its assailants will meet is an irregular line of masked ditches - j with sharp staked firmly fixed at the »* *■ bottom tor impale the unlucky maisj who may fall through j next come a » r line of chevaux defrise ; then another ..* of latge ■ man-traps ; and final fy 1 a j common wire fence the latter a simpl *• ■■ but 1 very effective impediment to both , infantry and cavalry -.: / , ■, t ■' not content with these lines of . circumvallation the banish engineers • | have crowned both scarp and counter i '\* scarp of the earthworks with palisades i ; crested with a bristling line of sharp , r ? swords an esperiinent borrowed ap } parently from the french defenses of the breach at badajos both witbim a " a^4 without the works are - fixed / % planks studded with long nails th points upwards and concealed by fe ' light covering of eartk wo mtist add to.theie amenities the•toirteathafe _^ underlie all jlbe assaijable part , „•. i y'.^-^-v .-. ,■,,, ■-„-''-;,.:,,:.;,.?. - „ ?*•■ j 4 \ fi®*a fremont daily newspaper 1a \ to be smarted in washington it will l be edited by geprge s m weston - ' formerly of the washington eepubli j ? \ ■■ ia -., l „', , : r . (;■■«* *■«*> •:?;, % » th4 mcgregor times says tha^t a young lady of that town/who lately . fell mm of their slippery sidewalks m passion&teiy exdaitned f j^eforethis i winter is over i'll ha>7q man.tjqt rj hang oato 7 see/f i don't 1 lm >' a prisoner having,been sentenced lj to the state prison last wejek it being % & the fourth time wfthln th last'tw.en ty-years he very co^oil^commenced j y singing home sweei'jpfpme ■*- i.«y y ■:, ■ -.■ -^-^ * —-•-, v'>vi \* h '■', '»•■ i * , the marriage of.johm sweet jap ann sour * out west suggests " lemonade business 1 i x'ft'l !• m 1 4 krs jp^.rtington says thxtjt ike mfno ha's'f justi retijr^e wiim t ivance/v f speaks french illte a parisliioneiv '*<* 4jj6 €* i . ■■'. > u i ■■!■ —; i i-,.tj is,irf • ? aeignoq thedo.or of a house iß^'fej j reads thus tv rums far j , .> serve god'and keep hie command 3 m published evert thursday by w m hamilton . *...."« proprietor * t wfcom all letterson business mustbe addressed 1 tv3 office j ovcf cluley & stcphenson caoinet shop on main street three doora be * low the st charles hotel ' - * - j terms of subscription t one copy 1 month 025 one copy>l year....s3 & tone copy 3months 076 five copies 1 year ii 21 one copy 6 months 1 60 ten copies 1 year 20 01 single copies atoff c or from carriers ejve cents ", in u cases the noney will be required before v nter a name on ur subscription book i and la oui rates for clubs it is understood that no name can b " added to a club a er the same shall have been sent in for the sake of tat reduction and further that f none 1 t>wt yearly subscribers will b entitled to the ben toj ' r club rates as a reduction for a shorter tiriie wiu ot pay us for acraujhing nd rei-wiuting pames '' , ' ba-teb'of'auyjsrtising " ' * i j&ne square eight lines or'les-s one wtek to one month '* twee 1 co i 3 weeks 2 00 « weeks ,».,,,. 160 l month „.. 3 co * ' oonthcts may be made for longer peiiods at the fol jowlwgretes #,*' =~* '.'*'- 4jt i , -. > 3 months 6 months 1 year onesquare .*. 5 00 j 8 00 16 00 two squares 800 . * " 13 oq 20 00 three squares 1100 r 15,00 5 00 ■ four squares - ...,,. 13 w ' 18 qq - 30 00 fourth ot coltuin 15 oq ;• 3 oa ? 35 00 1 half column 20 00 ' 35 00 60 00 three-fourths cf umn 28 00 42 50 80 00 one column .'.'. 1 35 00 60 00 100 00 * yearly advertisers will have the privilege of one hange of matter without additional charge in all other cases an alditional charge of twenty-iive cents per gquara will be made to cover the cost of composi tion *. . - t - ' ' «, m " ■ annouscixg castdii>ateb „ „„ for city offices 1 00 i for state offices m $ 500 county ofllce 3 oo confess „-. 10 00 to be paid invariably in advance •, , - 53-aiv ailvertisementa insertetj for a less period than six months must be paid in advance • yearly ad vertisements will be collected quarterly l 4 " v * v \ legal notices "- ' *-• "" <■ notices of publication for circuit conrts will be charged at the rates of one dollar per square for the first insertion and tift cents for each continuance notices of kesjfinat.ons final settlements admin istrator's ffouces and estrays will bechajged two j>ollar arid fifty cents each and must be paid for at the time of publication . ' v ,' n 4 all legal advertisements given by the courts or ty individuals aud not to be pa*4 for fe the court trust fee paid by the paity or parties that are inteiested be fore a certificate of publication is given this rule is necessary t secure ourselves and we bhall strictly adhere to it the parties and not us are the proper e/editors as will be seen by leference t the uh s of jth state •„ ' - , , private notices ' all perssns sending communications or requiiing aotices of fairs swrees concerts or any public en tertainments where chaiges are made for admittance of whatever length must remit tea cents per line with such notice to insure tl-eir appearance all no tices of private enteiprise or to promote individual interests and all editorial or local notices when re quested to be charged at the late of teu cents per line for each and every insertion ' i marriages and deaths inserted for 25 cents each when the latter are accompanied by obituary notices or tributes of respect c ten cents per line v/a be charged ' ..', y f ■* 1 ' stipulations '-' ' the privilege of annual advertisers s strictly limit ed to their owa immediate businessy and all adveitise ments for the benefit of other persons as well as all advertisements not immediately connected with their wn business and all classes of advertisements in length or otherwise beyond the limits engaged will be charged proportionately for such transient ad tertising bills will be separately rendered and prompt payment is debired , , t v -' r '• *'' itob printinfi i we are prepared to execute all orders jn this line that ay be entrusted to us ill a prompt and satislactory manner printing in coloi s gold silver or bronze of every description in a style equal to any esublinliment in the western states . ' ' - cape girardeav missouri *. -.-',< " 7 ' - ■* 1 th proprietor of'tb'sjssublishmcnthaviugrecently purchased and combined the two omces of the cape jirardwu eagle and sonth-east democrat befci'ies adding a large and excellent assortment o,f ; : job type -^ *•>..' , > „ ig now prepared to do j * jpi^i.vjr.vj oitjwiausjvtjtz wobk '" ' > - •' ' - . ■ jiana milt v > ' - by-i>«*c»i ' • totters . .< i mecetpts *■ <•• i jprog-rammtt ' , ctvtwcatei , - mil-heads * circular 2 < zabels * ' ' ';%' cards % * ' funeral j\'oltce ! jtall-^cicets ■ and everything pertaining to the printing btibiness in > 1 the very neatest style and for the v lowest prices i riniino in gold silver and copper brgkzeb bxeonted in elegant style ' * 4 v -' we guarantee entire satisfaction to all „ . t3t no work delivered until paid foil j 1c ;. at ef butt . * '•* \ jojii aoons v gbocjbbies d baler in staple and pancy dry goods and groce ries at wholesale and retail paintei's bow main street „ * t ' "• cie 18 . - i - cape girardeau jdo * lessons on the piaso « ' " .' ' and is <* > i > objtajitiijytjiii haib-bbaidijsg miss mi m cure an takes pleasure m announc ing to her friend's that she is prepared to give les . ons on the piano albd is braiding hair ornaments ■ nd other fancy work f i;r .<>- f~'i j -.- «.-:.,;■• 08 - it f j lf shepperd „ '/ i * attorney r j w and jyvtary public iollections maa'e p*omptly offl«e adjoining st j charles hote . t , * j 18 i _ \ .•;"-'"* mo 1 , 5 |,| joseph h.',btoreb,;v ff : jrvsticj3 ol>:"'tuk\'jpej[ce,'"ri .'■ kfandagentfor the connecticut mutual life ij.ijisdrance company collections made bromptly.^.-'i "> ff'^u-.t <-• i «. .■■-■;, ■ iyii-zxh • i . ..... „ n x , • : w : n7i vjj il,b'i;i,d ea n e y jt anp d^j-er in a^l kinds oi 1 i * foreign and d'ofta&ftic fi-uitsi » lobsters tciid staple 1 v j and fancy groeiehes rtnt mam street between jackson and themis •{ f 1 ***£*'■$•-**.•**?**' fr egf caar * |^ a tfewb : jy jacltsoß >^ j u j i^'-albtßt^^vi ' is .•>-■.-*>..■', „,* an "', }\ \ «■■-•* » j r w*iiing 9e(f'corateissioa--»lerctaiv *" tieais street bd:£evefe gavefytivk'tati ■'