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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-12-30
COST OF OUR BATTLES.

THE cost of the Mexican war was
$50, OOO, 900.
THEcstimatcd cost to both sides of the
great civil war in this country was So
600, OO0, 900.
The destruction Of stores and cloth
ing by both armies during the civil
war is estimated at 500, 900. 900.
DURING the last few months of our
civil war the expenses of the govern
ment exceeded S., 900, 600 n day.
THE revolution cost the people of
this country Sl35. 1876, 7O3. The war of
1872 with Great Britain cost us Sl07,-
159, COS.
TIE expense of our war department
in 1sG2 was S59i. O00, 900; in 1868 wa
$500, OOO, OOO; in 1861 was $500, 900, 600; in
1865 was 81, O31, 900, 900.
THE cost of our navy during the
years of the civil war was-for 1862,
81, 900, 900; 1868, S63.C00, 900; 1864, $751;
000, 900; lSG5, Sl22. 900. 900.
DURING the civil war the confederate
cruisers captured or destroyed so
ships, &c briggs, 81 banks, 76 schooncrs
and $ other vessels flying the American
flag.
DURING the civil war the union
blockading fleet captured or destroyed
735 schoOners, 155 sloops, 2G2 steamers
and 10 other vessels that were at
tempting TO run the blockade.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-12-30
TranscasDiat EpffOn.

The production of cotton is rapidly
increasing in quantity in the trans
caspian provinces of Russia. Last year
as many as 72,565 IONS OF raw cotton
were transported across the Caspian to
Baku, andthcncc by the Transcaucasian
railway to Batoum AMI Poti. After re.
shipment at these places the cotton was
conveyed to Odessa and Sebastopol.
and thence to the weaving mills al
LODI, Warsaw and those in the Mos.
COW district. 1t being cheaper than
either American or Egyptian cotton,
which pays a very heavy import duty,
it may he that in a few years, when
the cotton crop of the transcaspian
provinces will suffice to furnish the raw
material required by Russian mills
American cotton will cease to be bought
II Russia Y. Sun.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-12-30

-Middletown, Del, was left by the
shifting of the peach belt with 1,5OO
inhabitants and no one considerable
business interest, so q few men of the
place got together IS, 900, built the
plant of a shirt factory, and turned il
over rent free to a large concern in a
neighboring city. The factory now, at
the end of two years, is turning out 600
dozen shirts a week, enough to clothe
every man in town many times over,
and employing at wages varying from
$3.50 to $40 per week, eighty young
women, or more than five per cent. of
the population. The concern to which
the plant was turned over takes the
entire product and pays out in wages
s25, 200 annually. Nearly all the en-
ployes are persons who heretofore
have earned nothing. The factory is
about to be extended, and the concern
operating it will pay for the extension
rent equal to the interest on the origi-
nal investment. The shirt factory is
the pet of the place, and when anyone
of the prosperous citizens who started
the concern meets one Of the factory
girls on the street. he takes off his hat
with the same elaborate courtesy he
would show to his peigtporIs wife.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-12-30
500 Reward, sIOO.

The reader of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able TO cure in
all its stages, ard that is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease. requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure ia taken internally, acting directly on
the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. thereby destroying the foundation
Of the disease. and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution
and assisting naturein dOingit its work. The
prOprictOrs nave so much faith in its cura-
tive powers, that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case thai it fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials.
Address, F.. J. CHENEY q Co, Toledo, o.
E- Sold by Druggists, 15c.
Halls Family Pills, y cents.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-12-30

word work" Work, according to his
mind, meant labor among fields and
vegetation.
Work among Il few bibs an fuckers
don't amount TO much" he continued,
with a sidcwise glance at Faith, who
was buisly washing the supper dishes;
Il mean rcalswork that keeps n man at
1t arly an late"
Faith flushed. The bib and tucker"
shaft had struck home. She knew he
was thinking of Oscar Blake, n dry
goods clerk. She replied with Dr.
spirit than Difference.
Il suppose store work does fail some
times, and potatoes give out once in
awhile
This time her arrow found its mark.
for hadn't Mr.. Carson's potato crop
failed this year?
All the while Faith knew that it
really was not SO much city store
work" to which her father objected as
it was to the clerk. who two years ago
had passed a summer vacation among
the hills surrounding Cramp Hollow,
and who had formed an acquaintance
with Faith, much to Mr.. Carson's OBJ
lection He was afraid Faiths head
would be turned by new-iangled no
tons and she would want to leave the
old farm
Oscar Blake was not 4 dude. He was
simply a good, straightforward fellow,
who, by merest chance, had the oppor-
tunity given him to go TO the country.
lie did not even choose the place. lie
was sent there by an old city resident,
who, in his early boyhood, had lived
there.
A clerk, who was Oscars chum, had
been i'll a long time, and, us they were
friends in their poverty. Oscar had
tended him devotedly. and this. in ad-
dition to his clerical duties, had nearly
Frustrated him. BY some fortunate
discovery the chum had turned out to
be a nephew to Oscars rich employer,
and he, to show his gratitude, sent him
off to recuperate, with a promise of
promotion when he returned
Oscar found the woods and fields
charming, and Faith Carson he pro-
nounced more than charming-angelic
vas the word most frequently in his
thought But Mr.. Carson guarded
Faith very jealousy and suspiciously,
and when he wasn't guarding her, her
mother was. which was all perfectly
right and proper, only it didn't give the
lovers half a chance to be comfortable.
All know what becomes of girls who
are cautioned against falling in love
with particular somebodies; they gen.
orally 10 straight off and do it. And
Faith was no exception to the rule.
Although Oscar did not find opportuni-
ty to tell his love" yet it did not seem
to prey upoa his cheek," for it grew
plumper. fresher and browner every
day. Never 4 chance could ne get to
see Eth aioaa
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-12-30
A Re,oI.tIon That Could BE Ken,

They say that a wise little boy whose
Sunday-school teacher distributed slips
of paper to her scholars and asked each
to write thereon a New Years resolu-
ton, decided to make a resolve which
he would be able to keep, and to secure
the prize offered to the boy who, at the
beginning of another year, should have
come the nearest to keeping 1t. He
wrote: Resolve, that i vii tri too be a
year older by mex o years-"-The
YaieA
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-12-30
1s Worlds Fair Photos for One Dime.

The Chicago, Milwaukee 6 St. ram
Railway has made an arrangement w'tAA
first-class publishing house to furnish q
series of beautiful Worlds Fair pictures, OF
n large size, at the nominal costto the pur-
chaser of only ten cents for a Portfolio or
sixteen illustrations. Nothing so handsome
in reference to the Worlds Fair has befors
been published. The series would lie worth
at least twelve dollars if the pictures were
not published in uch large quantitiesS>snd
we are therefore able to furnish these works
of art for only ten cents.
Remit your money to GEORGE ii. HEAF-
FORD, General Passenger Agent, Chicago,
Milwaukee Il st. Paul Railway, at Chicago,
ILL.,, and the pictures will be sent promptly
70 any specified address. They will make
a handsome holiday gift.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-12-30
Keep Your Weather Eye Open.

Fraud loves a shining mark. Occasionally
spurious limitations spring up of Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, the great American family
remedy for chills and fever, dyspepsia, con-
stipatiOn, b~iliOusness, nervousness, neu-
ralgia, rheumatism and kidney disorder.
These limitations are usually fiery local bit
tiers full of high wines. LoOk out for the
firm signature on the genuine label and
vignette of 81. George and the dragon.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-12-30
KNOWLEDGE
Catarrh in the Head

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by moe promptly
adapting tho worlds best products 10
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health Of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
In the form most acceptable and pleas
ant TO the taste, the refreshing ard truly
beneficial properties Ct a perfect lax
alive; effectua!ly cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fever5
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has givel satisfaction 10 millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because il acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in soc and 81 hotties, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name Is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and beino well informed. YOU will no.
accept any substitute II offered.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-12-30

Mr.. BEENTHERE-'Well. l think marriage
at the best is but a lottery" Miss Yellow
leaf eagerly don't happen to
know where they sell tickets. do your
Chips.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-12-30

Mrs. PoRrLY PoNPrs-"What does that
young man do all the evenings he spends
with you in the kitchenF' BrIdget-""Sore,
mum. and what did Mr.. Pompus do when No
called on you before you were marriedf-
Texas Siftngs.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-12-30

Mrs. PEACHBLow-"Why does your hus.
band carry such Il tremendous amount of
life insurance, when he's in such perfect
health Mrs. Flicker-''O. Just to tantaliZe
mc. Men are naturally cruel."-Life.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-12-30

IoxcE asked my old darby the age Of tbs
| two boys hi left behind him in old Kahn
tuck ~Thoughtfully he polished ms Daid.
old skull a moment and then said: "Deres
one of EN- big enough to plow and 90
ndder's two sizes Observation-Disclosures.
Post
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-12-30

WIFE ito husband who Is in tatters and
badly battered)-"Why, dear, have you
been in an encounter" HusbanN"Worse
than that; it was a bargain ounter'-A-h
Journal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-12-30

CURE your cough with Hale's Honey of
HOrehOund and Tar.
Pixies oothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-12-30

.'YorR neighb0r sppears 90 have failed a
good many tines Just twenty.iour
times. The next time will be his silver
bankruptcy -Flicgende Blactter.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-12-30

THE motto of q business nan in Erie
county, N ", is: "All things come to him
who hustles while he waits
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-12-30
'Gepman
Syrup"

Ny niece, Emeline Hawley, was,
taken with splitting blood, and she
became very much alarmed, fearing
that dreaded disease, Consumption.
She tried nearly all kinds of medi-
cine but nothing did her any good.
Finally she took German Syrup and
she told me it did her more good
than anything she ever tried. 1t
stopped the blood, gave her strength
and ease, and a good appetite. l
had it from her own lips. Mrs.
Mary A. Stacey, Trunbull, Conn.
Honor to German Syrup. q
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-12-30

LArRA-'TeIl me, Uncle George, is that
deformed gentleman what is called u
crook" Uncle George-''No, indeed. he
is a bicycliSt Boston Transcript
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-12-30

AFTER all, it is the condition of trade that
regulates the fashions. Nearly all kinds OF
garments are worn longer in dull times tina
in prosperous oncs.-BOston Courier.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-12-30

WE met a man to-day with a string tied
around his finger. and he confessed that it
meant a pair of suspenders and a mouse
tran.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-12-30

Frnsr CITIzES-"Why should the English
people be so anxious TO capture the Amer.
tca's cup. It cost only about W huncfe9
aud fifty dollars In the first place" Second
Citizen-"But you forget that they nays
spent since ISL in trying to get TN Z.
Tribune.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-12-30

DEATH does not end all. Look at the
large number of contested will cases.
Texas Siftings.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-12-30

(E---WI kOuk hlu we'll
Oh. was II not his hand that brought
The springtime's wealth Of green
And flung into the lap Of May
Fit garlands for q queen:
And though among the blossoms fair
He dropped some sprigs of rue.
Well take him BY the hand and give
The poor Old Year his due
When summer held high carnival
Among her sylvan bowers,
Was not his hand the one TO strew
Her onward path with flowers?
And when, in billOwy harvest fields,
The reapers' song went round,
Did he not iOiter on HIS way,
TIL all the shcaves were oun
And II among The bearded grain
Some bliehted stalks there grew
Well wifnow out the gold and give
The good Old Year his due!
All vas he not DIR comrade still
Through many a glade and void,
When all the autumn trees were gowned
In crimson, dun, and gold,
And when his hair and beard grew white
With flakes OF wintry snow,
Did he not bring the Christmas Joys
To set our hearts aglow;
And il the trimming cup he held
Was mixed with sorrow, too.
Well drain 1t TO the drcgs and give
The kin Old Year hi due,
Helen Whitney Clark, in Leslie's Weekly.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-12-30

half-dOzen such houses.
Faith lived with her father and
mother. vino were farmers and came
from an old stock of farmers, n fact of
which they used to beast.
Farmers are the most independent
critters Twin" Mr.. Carson would fire.
q~uently say.
Il don't see as they are any more in
dependent than other folks" Faith
would reply. Seems to me we nave to
work for all we want, and then we
don't always get it"
'Of course we can't materially *
pect to git things without we work for
'rrn.'
Farmer Carson emphasized the
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-12-30

AS L a1lTru"4A llt SITUATION. We are Drought
face 10 fa-c with the following conditions:
Tn lawful government of Hawaii was over
thrown without the drawing OF 4 sword or the
firing of 4 shot: by = process. every step OF
which, il may safely he asserted. is directly
traccanle TO and dependent for its success upon
the agency OF the United States, acting through
its diplomatic and naval representatives.
But for the notorious predictions OF the
United States minister for annexation, the
committee OF safety. which should lie called
the committee OF annexation, would never have
existed.
But for the landing OF the United States
forces upon false preteNtS respecting the dan
ger to life and property. the committee would
never have exposed themselves IN the pains
and penalties Of treason 10y undertaking the
su5vcrSion OF the queens government.
But for the presence OF the United States forces
in the immediate vicinity and in position to
AFFORD ali needed protection and support, the
committee would not have proclaimed the pro-
visiOnal government from the steps Of the gov
eminent building
Finally. but for the lawless occupation OF
Honolulu under false pretexts by the United
States forces. and but for Minister Stevens
recognition Of the provisional government
when the United States forces were its solo
support and constituted its only military
strength, the queen and her government would
never have yielded 10 the provisional govern
ment, even for a time ami for the sole purpose
OF submitting her case TO the enlightened JUS.
iice o: the United States.
TIE TREATY WILL NOT BE REsCRMIrTEp.
Believing, therefore, tRst the United States
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-12-30

ord work" Work, according to his
nd, meant labor among fields and
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-12-30

It is unnecessary TO set forth the reason
which. in January. 1891. led n considerable por
ton of American and other foreign merchants
md traders residing at Honolulu to favor tho
annexation OF Hawaii to the United States. Ii
is sufficient TO note the fact ana To observe
that the project was one which was Zealously
prompted by tho minister then representing
the United States in that country. lie cvi
IDENTIFY had an ardent desire that it should he
come a fact accomplished by his agency and
during his ministry. and was not announcement
TO that end. On November ~, iss2
nearly two months before tho first
overt act tending toward the sub,
and the attempted transfer of Hawaiian terri
tory TO the United States. he addressed a long
letter 10 the secretary Of state. in which the
case for annexation was deliberately argued on
moral, political and economical grounds. He
refers TO the loss OF the Hawaiian sugar inter.
ests from the operation Of the Mckinley hill.
and the tendency 10 still further depreciation
OF sugar property unless some positive measure
OF relief was granted. He strongly luVeighs
against the existing Hawaiian government.
and emphatically declares for annexation. lie
says:
In truth the monarchy here is al absurd
anachronism. 1t has nothing on which it log
icaliy or legitimately stands. The feudal basis
on which 4 it once stood no longer ext sting. the
monarchy now Is only an impedimsnt to good
govcrnmcnt-Rn obstruction 10 The prosperity
and progress Of the Islands,
Hef further says: Asa crown colony OF Great
Britain or a territory OF the United States. the
government notifications could be made
readily. and good administration OF the law Sc
cured. Destiny and tn vast future interests
Of the United States il the Pacific clearly in
dictate who at 4 distant day may be responsible
for the government OF these islands. Under u
territorial government they could be as easily
governed as any of the existing territories Of
the United States.
Hawaii has reached the parting of the ways.
She must now take the road which leads to
Asia or the other which outlets her in Amer
lea, gives her an American civilization and
binds her to the care OF American destiny"
He also declares: Ono of two courses seems
TO me absolutely necessary to tie followed,
either bold and vigorous measures for annexa-
ton or q customs union and ocean cable from
the California coast to Honolulu. Pearl hartor
perpetuaily coded to the United States with
an implied but not expressly stipulated Amer
lean protectorate over the islanCs. l believe
the former 10 be the letter. that which Will
prove the more advantageous TO the islands
and the cheapest and least embarrassing in
the end 20 the United States. II 1t was
S&e iF the United States through sssre-
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-12-30

Mr.. Carson approached her and looked
at it through hastily adjusted specta-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-08-03
Lieutenant lotion and the Mil.
IenniUm.

For half a century the whole
Christian world has taken a deer
interest in the Biblical prophecies
which announce the second coming
of Christ and the millennium
Many learned and pious men have
entered into these discussions
Lieutenant Totten, graduate Of
West Point, and military instruc,
tor at Yale College, has been pub
fishing the results of his investiga.
tims for several years. He is a
careful student of the prophetical
writings, and he is an earnest
cot hscientious man. He is not
alone in his opinion. Many devout
persons believe that all the signs
of the times point to a new dis.
pensation of some sort.
Lieutenant Totten says:
We are at the termination OF
the "times of the Gentiles," and
the period of judgment has
actually begun. Things will not
get better, but rather worse. In
March I pointed out the sounding
of the tenth stroke of the midnight
hour and announced the June
solstice for the eleventh. I now
reiterate the statement that was
made, to-wit:. That the autumnal
equinox will mark the twelfth
stroke. Thereafter it is Glow
twelve' fully come, and the con-
sequences will follow in an orderly
and chronological manner. 1t
would seem that every man and
woman, at least of my own race,
Israel, would reread, and that
right carefully, the parable of the
wise and foolish Virgins in this
connection. 1t would then be
seen that tits by no means the
end of the world that is at hand
that I am SO often misrepresented
as expecting, but far different
matters.
We are approaching the crisis
which must precede the millennium.
The optimistic's day is over, and
the scene of facts drown the whis-
tie with which he seeks to keep
his courage, up. These troubles,
which are matters of common con-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-08-03
HOW TT WORKS !:

If a person, aged 35, pays three
years. premiums upon twenty pay,
ment Life policy and then discontinues
payment, the policy will be continued
years and 257 days longer; if he pays,
five premiums, and then discontinues,
the insurance will continue 7years and
I; 357 days longer. I.
10 the policy is q twenty year en-
:doWment, same age, three years pay
smen6s Wif III teBsionsofs9y yeara,
and 0ldays; five years ayment q:
I years, 500 days. If the pclicy is s 70
Year Endowment, ($1, 600 Jsame age,
three years. payments will secure in-
surance to the end of the endowment
period and $13.88 in cash if insured
lives till that time, and in like manner
ten years. payment secures insurance
for the full 15 years and $592.17 in cash.
These extensions vary with the age
of the insured, the class of policy, and
the number of payments made; they
are stated in each policy, in years and
days, for each number of payments, so
that the policy-holder knows at a.
glance exactly what he is entitled to if
he discontinues his payments at any
time,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-08-03

The Maine Non-F Forfeiture law pro-
tects polices from forfeiture by reason
of default of payment of premiums.
1t provides that, after three years. pre-
miums haYe been paid, failure to pay
any subsequent premiums shall not
forfeit policy, but it shall continue
in force for it's full amount until the
reserve (less small surrender charge)
upon the policy is exhausted.
The reserve lisa sum made up of por-
tions of each and every premium paid
upon policy IN anticipation Of its
maturity. Beg. ming with q small
portion of the first premium, tits inr
creased eacn year by the addition Of
each subsequent premium, and grows
larger year by year, until, at maturity,
it exactly equals the face of the policy.
When policy is discontinued there
fore. there is in the hands of the COM
pany reserve greater or less, accord
ing to the character and age of the
policy. Instead of permitting the COM
pany, upon non-payment of premium,
to confscate this reserve, the Maze
Nom Forfeiture Law requires the Com
pany to continue the policy in force
until the policy-holder receives an
equivalent for 1T in extended insur-
ance.