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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-09-10

The following extract is from In
dustries, a London trade and com
mercial newspaper, of July -, 1892
The points made are well worth re.
Numbering, in order to silence the
senscless yawp of the free traders in
the United States: "The workmcn,
it must be confessed, have not hithcr-
TO looked to the tariff in vain. They
have not only enjoyed a high rate Of
wages, but they also. have had an in
creasingly high rate TOR a number of
years past. Labor has nearly doubled
in value in all iroIfs and steel
works in the United States during
the last twenty years. Within the
same period there has been a general
in the price of commodities,
20 that labor has enjoyed the benefit
IF high wages and low prices. To
he latter there have been notable ex-
options, and especially in reference
o house rents and clothing, but that
las not been a sufficient offset TO the
generally higher range OF wages in a
emparison of conditions as between
he United States and the United
.ingdom, and the American work
has been justified in appealing
, his wages standard rs All evidence
t his general prosperity
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-09-10
Trustees Sale of Real Estate.

WHEREAS, George Ka<scll and Amelia {
w kasscll, his wife, Of the county OF Cape
Girardrau, State of Missouri. by their certain
deed of trust, dated the twentieth day of
August, eighteen hundred and seycnty-seven
and recorded in the Recorders Office Of the
rou!.ty of Cape Girardeau ia Book Il, OF trusts
and mort ga at page two hundred.and thirty
one esd. conveyed to the undersigned trustee
under the name of William Lohkamp the fol.
lowing described real estate or parcels Of land
situate, lyin. AMI beilg in the county of Cape
GirarIcau and State of Missouri, to-wit:
The northwest quarter "a of tine northeast
quarter "a, and the east half % of the north
east quarter "a of the northwest quarter "a,
of section eleven IN in township thirty-onc
fii), north of range fourteen 40 east, ~cOntain-
ing sixty lID acre: il is part of the real estate
sale on the 18th day of July \. u lNs. under
Partition between the heirs oi F.. Stausing
Also the east halt 90 oil the southwest
quarter "a of the southwest fractional quarter
liil j, north OF range fourteen IN east. contain
ing nineteen acres and seventy-tiree and 4 half
hundrcdtlis ~ 1Si:-lh0l of an acre.
Also the southeast quarter Tai of the south
west quarter & ct section two III, township
thirty-onC ISL, north OF range fourteen llil
east, cuItairiI e thirty-line L:sil acres, more
or less; which said conveyance was made in
trust 70 scrur.. the payment'o" IN" nr0missorv
note in said decd Of trust mentioned AMI des-
crib"i. ami
Whereas, said note has long since become
due and pavablc according to the true tenor.
date and effect of said rOtc, and remains I'M
paid, and
Whereas, George kasscl has departed this
rcSeHtatiycs have also failed to pay the said
note.
Now, therefore. |. the undersigned trustee.
at the request of the legal holder of sail rrtc
and by virtue of tn" power and authority in me
vested by said deed OF trust and pursuant to the
provisions OF said deed of trust, will, on
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-09-10

A few years ago the DEMOCRAT
undertook the job to burst up a Dem
ocratic court house ring that had ia
ken charge of and was running the
county, so far as electing officers were
concerned. We had a hard fight, but
bursted the ring, routed the ring-lead-
ers and finally turned the county over
to the Republicans. Now what are
VIC confronted with? We will not
say that another ring is formed that
is as strong as was the old Democrat
ic court house ring, but We will say
that there is a ring forming, the ann
of which is to run the Republican
party in this county. When we say
that a ring is forming we know
whereof we speak, and we propose
for the good of the party TO make
lite a burden to the little combine.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-09-10
THIS YEARS VOTE.
How Many Ballots viii be Cast I'm the
Union for Presidents.

How Many Ballots Will be Cast I'm the
Union for Presidents.
From a recent census bulletin it ap-
pears that the population of the Uni
ted States entitled to vote is about
$4,000, 5000. This represents the full
strength of the American electorate.
But the actual vote falls some millions
short of the possible vote. In 1880,
with an electorate numbering 10000
900 voters, 100000 were cast. In
1883. however, the actual vote had al
most reached the possible vote of 1880.
Using these data as Il basis of compar-
ison it seems not improbable that not
far from $4,000, 1000 votes will be cas-!
this year for the various Presidential
candidates.
1t is of interest to note the complex
ion of this enormous electorate. OF
a total of 15.199,S56 white persons -
years old and over, including l.160.-
PA aliens, S,S07,22S were born of ma
tive parents, 2,15O.273 of foreign par
cnts, and 4,2l2,390 were foreign born.
If we deduct from the foreign born
the aliens we find that approximately
$4,000 voters of foreign extraction. 1t
is impossible to give these figures ac-
curately for the reason that there a no
information regarding the citizenship
of 10 per cent of the foreign born
males. The colored vote is l.7i0.i55.
In order to get at the actual number
of votes we have deducted from the
total number of males q years old
and over the number OF aliens and also
the number of those whose citizenship
is doubtful. The total number of
males of voting age is 16,940,S11, of
whom 12.591.s52 are native born. and
4,3l8,459 foreign born, the percentage
being 74.33 and 1861 respectively. OF
the foreign born males 2,546,037 are
naturalizcd, 236.O69 have taken out
first papers and the citizenship of
HOG. 800 is unknown. OF the aliens
3l.75 per cent do not speak the En-
glish language.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-09-10
Order Of Publication.


In the Cape Girardcau Court of Common Pleas.
ami state of Missouri.
Fred Baumann. Jr.. Plaintiff,
AGAINST
Minnie o. Baumann, Defendant.
Order OF Publication in Vacation.
NOW in this 9Th DAY of August IS,., comes
~ the plaintiff by attorney in the above en-
titled cause, before the undersigned clerk of
the CAPE Girardeau Court of Common Pleas.
within and for the County of Cape Girardeau
and state of Missouri in vacation, and files his
petition and affidavit. stating among other
things, that said defendant Minnie %. Baumann
is a non resident of the state of Missouri. IL
is therefore o dered by the clerk that publica-
ton be made notify ing her that an action has
been commenced against h. r by petition in the
Cape Girardeau Court OF Common Pleas in SAIL
county, the object and nature of which Is to
obtain a divorce from the bonds of matrimony
heretofore contracted between plaintiff and
defendant on the grounds of indignitics offered
by defendant As tn render his condition intoler-
able. and unless she be and appear at the next
term of said court to he holden at the court
house in the City OF Cape .G;irartcau, state Of
Missouri ON Monday, the 18th day of Septeni-
her, lSH. and ON or before the third day there
OF (f the term shall so long continue If not
then before the end of the term) said petition
will he heard and proceedings had accordingly.
1t is further ordered that q copy hereof be
published ia the Cape G.rar.lcaU DEMOCRAT, a
weeks successfully. the last insertion to be
at least fifteen iavs before the commencement
of the next terra Of this court.
\ true copy.
Attest: +. II. ENGELMANN.
a~ugsGSii Clerk.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-09-10

When George William Curtis found
himself free from debt which he
voluntary incurred at the time of the
failure of Patman's Aagdziae he had
earned from $4,000 to 10000 a year
for fifteen years, but had lived on less
than S4,000-his creditors getting the
rest. When about 1871 he had the
sum of money required to day off
the last of the notes he had given he
hunted in vain for the holder of the
note. He sent letters here and there,
but could find no trace either of the
man or of his family or heirs. 1t
worried Mr.. Curtis a great deal. lie
had been looking forward for fifteen
years to the day when he could say
he owed no man anything, and to be
thus batiied in his last payment be-
cause he could not find his creditor
seemed to him like the misery of hay
ing incurred a new obligation.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-09-10

For tAe,fact that there is so much
contempt of court, the courts alone
are TO blame. They have ample
power, in law, for. self-protection. and
if they are insulted time after time
it is because, for some reason or other,
they have not chosen to use their
power. Nearly all the attorneys who
resort TO the conduct that COMES in
the category of contempt of court
are mere bulIics; and if they were
given TO understand that unless they
kept their %propensitics under control
they would be made 10, suffer severely,
they would bow and cringe in the
presence of tie judicial -ermine till
their noses touched the court room
carpet. 1t is only a matter Ola few
800 fines unIemiticd.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-09-10


The lie is going the rounds of the
Democratic press that Hon. Thomas
c. Plat, of New. York, OWNS the coal
mines in Tennessee where the con-
victs have been employed on contract.
The truth is this: The ,mines are
q. owned by.a compapy-of which Cal
: Win $ Brice Is a member: Mr.. Flatt
was chosen president of the company
at the last annual meeting: the con-
/ tract was entered into by the previous
president; and Mr.. Plat, on his elce-
ton. applied TO the Tennessee state
authorities 10 be released from the
contract for roHyicts, which request |
was refused by the Democratic guy-
crBer aud state officials.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-09-10

If the Advisory Committee of the
Homestead strikers have said or done
anything discreditable the public
will soon know it all. Jack Clifford,
one of their number, with the charge
of murder hanging over him has
made confessions in hopes of shield
ing himself; and the alarm in the
ranks of leaders of the strike indi-
Gates that we shall soon know who
was responsible for the wrongs at
Homestead.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-09-10

1t is gratifying to observe that while
a lot of college managers in this
country are haggling W. the ques-
ton CT admitting women TO higher
educational privileges on the same
basis OIL which men arc admitted
many managers of German UNIVERSE
ties where the utmost conservatism is
expected r declaring themselves as
unqualifiedly in favor of placing men
and women on the same educationa,
footing. Here and there may be
found an exception to this position of
course. Notable among the great
institutions to recognize the malien-
able right of the gentler sex to ac-
'quire all the knowledge there is to
be acquired is the great University
OF Gottingen.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-09-10

The returns from the South Caro-
limo Congressional primary elections
indicate the victory of the Alliance
candidates over the streight Demo-
Gratis in five districts out of the seven.
In view of this fact the Democracy
may well feel alarmed at the prospect
in that State for its national ticket.
If the Alliance men vote for Weaver
and Field, Cleveland and Stevenson
cannot get the electoral vote of the
Palmetto State.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-09-10

After all, success and failure must
necessarily be comparative. and de-
pend largely on environments rs well
as on, natural gift. Probably the
ability of each m to help the world
is more limited than is generally sup
posed. While our attention is directed
exclusively to n evil, others, per-
haps worse than it, demand our care
as well. The man who can do some
thing for mankind, and do as little as
possible for human injury does wei.
Even a cup of cold water, if given in
the right spirit, shall not lose its
reward.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-09-10

The people of California will vote,
at the next November election, on an
amendment to the state constitution
providing that every voter must be
able to write his own name, and TO
read any section of the constitution
of the United States in the English
language. The drift of opinion in
this country seems to be in the direc-
ton of making a reasonable degree
of intelligence aud education a fun
damental requisite for citizenship.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-09-10

Mr.. Blaine is engaged in writing
a public letter OH the issues of the
campaign, in lieu of the hoped-for
speeches, and no one who knows the
man and has noted bis genius tor
hitting nails on the head in time of
crisis can doubt that his ringing
words will make a profound impress
sion, aud greatly help the party of
Republican principles, to which his
life has been dedicated.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-09-10

1t will be noted by careful OBJ
servers that the contributions to the
Cleveland charity fund consists large
" of good wishes. 1t is a good deal
like giving a tract on the doctrine of
generalization to a man whose most
pressing need is for a cheese sandwich.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-09-10

but I couldn't help it. Everything
went wrong with me, and thought
| i hadn't a friend in the world: Gys-
caused this. and for months |
couldn't eat anything, and just suffer-
ed in misery till | used Sulpler Biltcrs.
Three bottles cured me.-D LeUis, ~
Street Boston. MaSs.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-09-10

In Kentucky the public school
teachers are not paid a fixed salary,
but receive so much for each pupil.
This plan has one good OBJECT, that of
stimulating teachers to secure schol-
ars, and thus extend the benefits of
education, bnt some have been found
making false returns.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-09-10
JAMES CARROLL. Guardian.
A DMISIsTIAToR's NOTICE Notice i,

A y ATDR'S NOTICE Notice is
IA hereby given that letters Of administration
upon the estate OF Catharine BertliBg, dcceas-
ed. have been granted to the undersigned by
tho clerk OF the Cape Girarleau Court of Com
Imoa Pleas OF Cape Girar.eau county, Missouri.
bcari.,g date the 9Th day OF September, lNs.
All persons having claims against said estate
are required to exhibit them TO him for allow
ance within one year from the date OF said let
tiers or thTy may be rrccluded from airy benefit
of such estate: and il said claims he not eN-
hibi;cd within two years from the. date of the
publication of this notice they will be forever
barred. LEWIS BERrIING,
septl0ni4 Administrator.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-09-10

Reed 4 Astholz Real Estate Agents.
The South half of the North east quarter and
the West half of the Southeast quarter of Sec
tion Is, Township y, Range Il. LOO acres.
The Northeast quarter OF the Southeast
quarter of Section ID, Township -, Range IL
East.
Also Lot ; OF the Northwest quarter. Lot OF
the Southwest quarter, Section Is, Township
~. Range II. East on Cottonbelt Il. X. and
Cape q. st. L.. & +. S. Il. Il. Cape Girardeau
County, Missouri.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-09-10
Notice of Sale.

NOTICE is hereby given tia. | have this dar
~ sold my cutir' stock of goods. wares AID
merchandise. notes and accounts to Rosetta c.
aud Rosina SOeuinger. The business will be
contiEUed by the above named purchasers who
assume all liabilities for goods. wares and mcr-
chandise and collect ali accounts an notes
whatsoever due me.
Aug. -, lr91 HEEMAH NOENISGER
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-09-10
Notice of RESIGNATION,
To all persons concerned:

I u TVISUHS tVHVVIHtU.
Take notice that the undersigned guardian OF
Vincent Courtney Carroll, Emma \. Carroll
anu Ellen A. Carroii, minor, VIII, at the sep
Ccmmon Pleas, TO be held at the court house in
the city of Cape Girarieau. Missouri. on the
18th day OF September, Is9, apply 10 said court
for leave TO resign the Office aid Trust of guar
dian of said minors
August I'D, lS9l.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-09-10

The temper of the Alliance men III
the South is finely illustrated by all
occurrence in the Peoples party state
convention in North Carolina on
Tuesday last. Harry Skinner. a
member of the last legislature, was
nominated for governor by acclama-
ton, with great enthusiasm. He was
brought upon the platform to make
a speech. in the course of which he
remarked that he reserved 1.-THE right
to vote with the Democrats should
the Republican party divide the
white vote of the state" The con-
vention instantly was in uproar, and
Skinner was forced off the ticket,
W. Z. Exum being nominated in his
place. The Peoples party proposes
to have its candidates vote for its
own ticket and not for Democrats.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-09-10
Nstiee.

the Shareholders of the Cape Girardeau
Building and Loan Association:
Notice is hereby given that a meeting Of the
Shareholders OF The Cape Girardeau Building
and Loan Association will be held at the 'fiice
OF Henry A. Astholz, Secretary OF the Associs-
ton. in The City OF Cape Girardeau. Missouri,
on Monday, September 18th, lSGs, from y A. M
to Il ~. for the purpose OF voting on aproposi-
ton TO Increase the Capital stock OF said Asso-
citation from Two Hundred Thousand Dollars
to Three Hundred Thousand Dollars.
j. II. RIDER, President.
HENRS 4. AsTucLZ, Secretary.
Cape Girardeau, Mo July 18th, 1892.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-09-10

These are dog days, but the Demo-
cratic canine remains remarkably
quiet as the Republican procession
passes by. He has evidently choked
on that "Billion Dollar Congress cud
which he had in in his throat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-09-10
Take Notice.

My wife having left my house and home with
out cause or provication. l hereby give public
notice that | will not be- responsible for any
debts she mag contract after this late.
AUGrSr TIME.
Cape Girardcau, Mo. Au.utt 81. lNE.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-09-10
ADMrNIsTRATRIy NOTICE Notice

A DMfNISTRATRIX NOTICE Notice is
IA hereby given that letters of administration
upon tine estate Of Eva Catharine Doll, dcceas-
ed, have been granted to the undersigned by
the clerk of the Cape Girarieau Court Of Com
mon Pleas, OF Cape Girardcau county, Mis-
souri,, bearing date the 9Th day of September,
Is.1
are required 10 exhibit them to her for allow
ance within one yaer from the date of said let
tiers or they may be precludcd from any benefit
of such cstetc: and If said claims be not eN-
hii,itrd within two wears frnIn the date of the
publication of this notice they will he forever
barred. CHRISTINE WEl>S1NGER
scptinDtt ADMINISTRATIVE.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-09-10
Monday. the Nineteenth Day OF
Srnfrmbnr 4 ID 1909

At the court house door, it the city of Cape Cir
and between the hours OF nine O'Clock in the
forenoon and five O'Clock in the afternoon Of
that day, proceed 10 sell the above dts-
crlb"d real estate Mt public auction,
to the highest bidder, for cash in hand. To
satisfy said Iotc and interest. together with the
costs and expenses of executing this deed of
trust. WILHELM LDIIkA
auE21nl2 Trustee
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-09-10

esissc.M 10.
-fkht'1cvcland's friends asser

EAS- ~, .aeht'1cvcland's friends assert,
Mr. ~ neither a reliable statis-
tician nor a helpful politician, then in
his appointment Mr.. Cleveland dis
played neither ability nor a%stuteness.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-09-10
Valuable Farm Land For sale.

100 acres bottom land, one half clear and un-
der cultivation. Running water. two springs
that never get dry. One and a half mile from
Arieola, on the Cotton Belt Railroad and three
quarters of i mile from the Bloomfield and Pop
lar Bluff Branch Railroad Being Section 81
and Ii. Township e, Range II, In Stotidard
County, Missouri.
RhEp 4 A~ruuLZ, Real Estate Agents,
Cape Girar,leau, Mo.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-09-10

Wallace Bruce, United States Con-
sui to Edinburgh, Scotland, is home
OH a visit. lie says that the election
this fall will decide the fate of many
Scotch and English industries. That
the people in the British Islands nre
Oh the side of the Democratic party,
there is no doubt. The, believe that
the success of the Democratic party
means the opening up of the markets
of this country to many products
from factories which must close il
the present state continues. Rather
than to close up, the owners will re-
move their plants to the United States
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-09-10
The Democrats in South Dakota

The Democrats in South Dakota
have Ignored the advise of the Demo-
crasic National Committee and have
refused 10 join with the Farmers
Alliance on the Presidential electoral
ticket. We are glad to see that there
is one State in the Union in which
the Democratic party makes some
prctense Of fighting for principle
rather than for Office, despite the
urging of their National Committee.
The age at which pupils arc allowed
to enter aud 10 continue in the public
schools differs greatly. OF the forty
nine States and Territories six admit
them at 1 years of age, nineteen at 5,
twenty at 6, three at Z and II at 8.
The States admitting them at 4 are
Maine, Connecticut, Florida and
Montana. The schools of Alabama
and North and South Dakota do not
receive them till they are I, and those
of Texas exclude them till they are s.
and only allow them to attend till
they are l6. Twenty-Five OF the States
and Territories allow pupils to attend
the public schools till they arrive at
the age Of 81. Of the remainder the
school age" terminates at 20 in nine,
at IS in seven, at 16 in three and at
Is in three.
In the first quarter of the nine
: teenth century, when Keats lived his
brief life, American literature was in
its dawn and the foremost figure in it
was that OF Washington Irving, the
stately and gentle New Yorker. whose
most charming books then made their
appearance. Contemporary with lrv.
ing were several American authors OF
distinction, like Bryant the poet.
Bancroft. the historian, Cooper, the
novelist. and others of familiar name.
men of character as well as authors,
and in every way unlike the vulgar
literary crowd by which London was
haunted in the time of Keats. Ever
sine. the days of Irving and his con.
tcmporaries. the chief authors of Our
country have been men of fine quality
! and proud nature. We can say this
, of the American authors of to-day
> as we can say it of those of the
; middle of the century, and as We
; have said it of those of the earlier
years Of the century.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-09-10
Railway Timetable.
ST. LOUIS & PADUCAH RAILWAY, ST.
LOUIS 4 CAIRO SHORT LINE, (ST. l.. \.
& L. H.H. X. COZ

This line now makes direct connection with
e T. 4 L. trains leaving Cape Girar,ieau nj
6:m a III arriving ut st. Louis at H.a3 a m.
Returning. leave st. Louis at . 20 a. m ar NV
ing al Cape Giraricau NJ : 10 p. m.
Gro. +. LNEN. Gen. Pass. !hgt st. Louis
GEu W. PARkER, Gen. Manager, st Louis
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-09-10
Gen. sickles told the Chicago Com

Strikes seldom occur in winter,
when expenses r heavy and work
is scarce, but in summer they have
become nearly as fashionable as straw
hats or mosquitoes. That is TO say.
the more prosperity the workingman
enjoys the more prone he is TO dis
cover imaginary grievances against
his employers.