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THE PROFESSIONAL WORLD. $1.00 Per Year in Advance. To Colonize Negroes. Jefferson City, Mo., January 12.—A joint resolution has been received by Senator Walker, of Boone county, with a request to introduce it in the senate, providing for the deportation of all the negroes from the United States and their colonization, something after the methods pursued with the Indians, except that the country to which the colored people are banished is to become one of the United States, with its own state officers, elected from among the negroes themselves. The resolution is signed by two residents of Cedar City, in Callaway county, just across the river from this city. Senator Walker has not decided what he will do with the document, but may introduce it, with the explanation that it is by request, for the edification of the upper house. The document itself shows that it was not prepared by a person of much intelligence and if introduced will probably serve only as a source of fun for the members of the legislature. It is in substance as follows: "Be it enacted by the forty-second general assembly of the house of representatives and the senate concurring in a joint session at Jefferson City, Mo., be it Resolved, That we as a legislative body hereby resolve that it would be to the best interest of all mankind to colonize each and every one of the African race (negroes) from among the whites in the United States. That wisdom in the sight of God demands that such a move should be made for the future happiness of all mankind. In approximate numbers there are about 6,000,000 people of the African race (negroes) in the United States. And we earnestly ask our sisters states, each and every one, to concur with us in this move." The resolution further provides that the government shall provide sufficient land for all negroes colonized, which is another evidence of lack of intelligence as such a resolution could only be effectively passed by the United States congress, and it is not at all likely that any further notice will be given the document. Suggested by Roosevelt. Washington, January 12.—William H. Lewis, a colored man, has been appointed an assistant United States attorney for Boston. The appointment was made by Henry P. Moulton, the United States attorney for the Boston district, but it is undertood that the selection was made on the suggestion of President Roosevelt. Mr. Lewis is a graduate of Amherst college and Harvard law school and was held in high regard by both the students and faculty. He took a high rank in his studies and was a popular member of the football squad. He is said to be a lawyer of excellent attainments. A Teacher's Agency. A teacher's agency bureau is being etasbilshed in Columbia in connection with the state university library. It will doubtless prove quite helpful to the teachers of this state, as it is to be a means of securing positions for teachers of this and other states. The readers of this paper will be furnished information concerning the same and full information concerning the agency will be published later. Auxvasse Items. Mrs. Nellie Dupee, after a 10 days visit with her sister, Mrs. S. M. Bradley, and friends, returned to her home in St. Louis, accoom panied by her neice, Miss Nellie Logan, of New Bloomfield. DIED—Smith—At the residence of her father, Mr. Jake 50 YEARS' EXPERIENCE PATENTS TRADE MARKS DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS & C. Anyone sending a sketch and description may be subject to a presumption of inventive use is probably unattainable. Communications strictly confidential. Handbook on Patents or securing patents. Patents taken through C. receive special notice, without charge, in the COLUMBIA AND JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI, FRIDAY JAN. 16. 1903. White, in Auxvasse, Mo., Jan. 12th, 1903, Mrs. Anna Smith, aged 22 years 2, months and 5 days. Her health has been on the decline for some time and her death was not unexpected. She united with the Baptist church 8 years ago and was a faithful member 'til the time of her death. She was united in marriage to Mr. J. M. Smith in 1899. Her funeral services were held at Pleasant Hill Baptist church, of which she was a member and was conducted by Rev. J. W. Sears of New London. Besides a husband, Mrs. Smith leaves a father, mother, 3 sisters, and a baby. In her last hours she told her mother all was well and there were no clouds between her and heaven. The funeral services were largely attended by relatives and friends of the deceased. New Bloomfield Notes. Happy New Year to the Professional World and all its readers. Mr. Johnie Murray and little daughter, Mary, have been quite sick, but are some beter now. Miss Estella Logan, who has been confined to her bed since the holidays is able to be up again. Miss Nellie Logan and her aunt, Mrs. Nellie Dupee, who visited homefolks during the holidays, returned to St. Louis last Saturday. Messrs. Joseph and Timothy Murray and Eula Baynham are home from Jefferson county. Mr. Eugene Reese is on the sick list. Mr. Moss Gatheright spent the holidays with homefolks and returned to Kansas City last week. turned to Kansas City last week. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Anderson Logan was the scene of a most enjoyable social last Thursday evening Jan. 8th, given in honor of their daughter, Miss Nellie Logan, of St. Louis. Those present were Misses Mattie Davis, Mary, and Lula Hill, Florence Reese, Gertrude and Mayme Logan, and Mrs. S. J. Hart, Messrs. S. R. Carter, Samuel Holt, Timothy and Thomas Murray, James Gatheright, Price Logan, Luther and Arthur Hill, Marvin and Eula Baynham, and Eugene Reese. Messrs. Carter, Murray and Holt furnished excellent music for the occasion. Huntsville Items. Rev. M. L. Clay passed through the city this week and preached at the Second Baptist church Wednesday evening. Mrs. Georgia M. Robinson is able to be out again. Miss Dollie Walker and Mrs. Clara Tolston, of Omaha, Nebraska, are visiting their sister, Mrs. Watkins. The Professional World is only $1 per year, order it now. Dr. J. S. Pey has removed to Moberly again. The news of the death of William Moss, who recently moved from here to Minneapolis, Minn., was received last Wednesday. His remains will be brought to Huntsdale for interment, under the direction of Harrison Lodge of K. of P. of which he was a member. Capital City Notes. Mrs. Bettie Hopkins is very ill. Mrs. M. E. Goins is on the sick list. Mrs. Edna W. Sears Hardin is in St. Louis. Miss Anna L. Williams is visiting her parents in Boone county. Prof. J. W. Damel has a tempting position as mail carrier for the Missouri State Senate. Colored men are not getting positions this Legislature. Mr. Al Thomas is in the city. Rev Goins has gone to Macon City on business. The Missouri Legislature is down to business. It is feared-by some of the friends of Lincoln Institute that the present legislature may fail to make a liberal appropriation for the support of that institution. The ladies of charity were around a few days ago hunting those that were in a destitute condition. We learned from them that a very few applications have been made for assistance. From the way that fuel has been jumping up in price we judge that these ladies will have much to do in the near future. The boys have at last moved into their new dormitory at Lincoln Institute. Many of the citizens of Jefferson City want to know what has become of the old soldier. They fear he is sick or dead. Schools and Teachers. Miss Laura Douglass has resigned her position at Wentzville to accept a position at St. Charles. The salary at St. Charles $50. per month. Of the 16,034 teachers in the public schools in Indiana, 1185 are graduates of colleges and universities, 1274 of state normal schools, and 1165 of private normal schools. The number that have had no training above the common schools 2718. There will be a summer term at Kansas university for the benefit of those students who wish to shorten the collegiate course, this being the expedient, which Chancellor Strong has resolved to adopt for this purpose. At the mathematical convention held at Columbia university during the holidays Dr. A. B. Cole, of the Missouri state university read a paper on "The Invariant Theory of the Convex in a Dimension a Space," which was considered very interesting. A great many Western professors were, present at the meetings. The teachers of New York city contemplate building a clubhouse, and for that purpose a committee of 100 members of the teachers' association has been appointed to interview the teachers and discover just what the feeling of the majority is in the matter and what amount can be raised. It is an odd fact that in the schools of Chicago there are fewer pupils enrolled in the grammar schools than in any other large city, there being 43 pupils for each teacher. In New York there are 50 pupils enrolled for each teacher; in Philadelphia, 53; in Boston, 50; in Baltimore, 51; in St. Louis, 58; in Cleveland, 44; in Buffalo, 47; in San Francisco, 42; and in Cincinnatti, 46. In Washington the number runs as low as 41, while in Milwaukee it is 46. Emancipation Anniversary. The 38th anniversary of the emancipation proclamation was celebrated at the Second Baptist church in Columbia, Mo., Sunday afternoon Jan. 11th, by the old soldiers and citizens in general. The meeting was called to order by W. W. Lampkins, who was chosen master of cermonies. After briefly stating the object and purpose of the meeting, announced the following program: 1. Song—by congregation. 2. Scripture reading—by Rev. A. A. Adams. 3. Invocation—by Gabriel Smith. 4. Song—"John Brown"—Ruby Mosley. 5. Paper—Miss Lilly Drew. 6. Address—Licut. Coleman. 7. Remarks—Rev. A. A. Adams. Sergeant Wallace Lilly and commander Tarlton Woods of the G. A. R. deserve much credit, their interest manifested by their arranging for the program. Catarrh Cannot be Cured with Local Applications, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood or constitutional disease, and in order to cure it you must take internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure is not quack medicine. It was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years, and is a regular prescription. It is composed of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two ingredients is what produces such wonderful results in curing Catarrh. Send for testimonials free. F. J. Cheney & Co, Props, Toledo, Ohio Sold by druggists, price 75 cents. Hall's Family Pills are the best. Thirteen Mustakes of Life to Avoid. Not to yield in immaterial matters. To endeavor to mold all dispositions alike. To look for perfection in one's own actions. To expect uniformity of opinion in this world. To measure the enjoyment of others by our own. To expect to be able to understand everything. To believe only what finite minds can grasp. To look for judgment and experience in youth. Not to make allowances for the infirmities of others. To consider everything impossible that we can not perform. To worry ourselves and others with what can not be remedied. Not to alleviate all that needs alleviation as far as lies in our power. It is a great mistake to set up our own standard of right and wrong and judge people accordingly.—Exchange. All Over the Farm. Profit is the excess of selling price above the cost. Good sheep will not remain good long unless well cared for. The value of good feed is wonderfully increased by close attention. All bedding for hogs should be dry or rheumatism directly results from damp and filthy beds. If sheep are kept in flocks of not more than fifty, they will do best, especially if of the mutton breeds. Disease always lurks in filth. This being true the cleaner the stables and surroundings where the stock is kept the less liable they are to disease. Profit of sheep feeding depend largely on continued good times. Treble the number of sheep and lambs have gone on feed compared with last year. The value of any kind of farm stock is largely determined by its feeding the first year of its life. Breeding counts for much, but good feeding can not be overlooked. Make the bridle fit. It is grievously wrong to torture a horse with a headstall and bit that can not be worn with a degree of comfort. If the head and shoulders of a draft-animal are kept reasonably comfortable the work can be done with less strain. Horses that are given water with regularity fatten most readily. They can be taught to take water before breakfast, and this light drink seems to be worth a great deal to them. In an effort to put flesh upon an animal the water is as big a factor as the grain. There is nothing so sweet, clean and economical for the horses bed as sawdust, where straw is too expensive. Sawdust and tanbark mixed, also make a good bed. Both are good absorbents and do not injure land if lime is also applied, but do not mix them. They can be applied conveniently for top dressing or plowed in without difficulty. Let the small, weak pigs of the litter stay with their mother for two weeks after the larger ones are weaned. The increased supply of milk will make them grow very rapidly, so that in a few weeks they will often surpass the largest and best of the litter. In this way small weak pigs that would not pay for their keeping can be made to become large and thrifty hogs. Calves or veal may be started on whole milk, gradually shifted to skim milk, and finished off with whole milk for a week or ten days, to give them a smooth appearance and improve their sale. In a number of careful tests calves gained one pound in weight from ten to sixteen pounds of skim milk. Marketing should be done at a month to six or eight weeks old. —From the Ladies Herald. To Subscribers. When your subscription expires and you receive a notice to that effect and do not respond, your paper will at once be discontinued. A Request. We will consider it a great favor if our readers will patronize the merchants whose advertisements they see in this paper. You Will Always find a fine, fashionable stock of CLOTHING with us. The only difference between our suits and the made-to-order suits is imagination. As to fit, we allow you to be judge and jury-- Try us and be convinced. Your money back on any unsatisfactory article. We are bound to make a customer of you if low prices will do it. Globe Mercantile Company. 210 E. High St. - Jefferson City, Mo. MAYBERRY & CO., DEALERS IN Staple and Fancy Groceries. All Kinds of Fresh Lunch Goods. Woodland Coal. Prompt and Careful Attention Given to all Orders. Telephone 580. Lafayette St. - Jefferson City, Mo. ALL AT AN END. Tale Showing How One Can Jump at a Conclusion and Miss it. The young woman sat by the window looking out dreamily when her reverie was disturbed by an elderly woman coming in. "Oh," said the visitor, "excuse me, I didn't know you were absorbed." "Come in," responded the dreamer, extending her hand; "I am glad to see you." "But why are you so pensive? You look as if your best friend had died. What is the matter?" The young woman drew her handkerchief hastily across her eyes. "Ah," she sighed, "Harry and I—" The older woman dropped her hands in her lap in a helpless, despairing fashion. "Don't tell me," she interrupted, "that you and Harry have quarreled?" The girl sighed again. "The end has come," she said, "to all our moonlight walks, to the tender wispering beneath the trees, to the boxes of sweets and the baskets of flowers, to the sweet nothings in the conservatory as the dancers whirl in the ballroom, to the verses he wrote me, to the rivalries and jealousies of any sweetheart days, to the—" "Say no more," exclaimed the older woman, determined to set matters right; "what have you two done? Tell me anything." The girl came over and laid her head on the other's shoulder. "We were married this morning at ten o'clock" she whispered, and the older woman's hands fell helpless once more. —London Tid-Bits. C. A. Albright, of Lamar, Mo., a student in the engineering department of the State University, broke the hyoid bone at the base of his tongue on the 9th, while practising on the horizontal bar in the gymnasium. There are only 11 similar cases on record. The patient is in the Parker hospital and is doing well. From the Moberly Democrat.—The Missouri Press Association will meet at Columbia January 22 and 23. The citizens of Columbia know how to entertain and none are more hospitable. The full membership should be present. It should also be a business session. Columbia is a good place to meet for there is not so much to divide the attention of those in attendance, as in St. Louis. The members must all be in favor of the best and most effective educational facilities and should, therefore, be pleased to know as much as possible about the state institutions at Columbia. We believe every editor in the state would find it to his advantage to belong to the association and attend the meeting at Columbia. No man can properly and intelligently do his duty toward the institutions there located unless he has personal knowledge of these fast growing educational properties. In his account of the Edward Butler trial at Columbia, Lincoln Steffens, editor of McClures Magazine, who was an eye witness to the trial, refers in the following manner to Judge Hockaday: "This Judge, John A. Hockaday, also, is a remarkable man, and his conduct of the case so swift and yet so deliberate, is enough to make any American proud. "I wish this judge were on the supreme bench. You may have good judges there, too, but I would like to know that Judge Hockaday was to pass finally on the soundness of Mr. Folk's work." Mrs. Carrie Nation, who has been raising money in the East to establish a home for drunkard's wives, last week purchased the residence of S. N. Simpson in Kansas City, Kan. The price paid was $7,500. Mrs. Nation will spend several thousand in improving it. The public schools in Switzer land are operated by the government, and civil service rules are strictly applied. The teachers, who are mostly women, are very well paid, and never discharged except for cause. When they get so old they can not teach they are pensioned liberally. The result is that the country has an excellent corps of educators. From the Fulton Gazette:—Columbia, Fayette and Fulton are each without an opera house, and each is on the line of the proposed electric railway. If the three towns will build the road the opera house questions will settle themselves, for the increased population of each town will justify the building of theatres. On the 1st inst., Probate Judge Thomas B. Crews (D.) of St. Louis city assumed the duties of the office, succeeding Judge Wm. W. Henderson, (R.) formerly of Columbia. Do you know that horses cost money, but the night mare often comes to some people through a piece of mince pie? RUFUS L. LOGAN, B. S. D., Editor. COLUMBIA. : : : MISSOURL CONDENSED NEWS The State University building at Norman burned Wednesday. A blinding snowstorm raged at Owensboro, Ky., Wednesday. Business was almost paralyzed. It is denied in Mexico City that the plague has appeared at Acapulco or other ports than Mazatlan. George C. Perkins of California has been renominated senator to succeed himself by the Republican caucus. The total revenue of Cuba for December, including the November balance, is $3,372,558; expenditures, $1,537,676. A Caracas correspondent of the Martin says the Italian cruiser Carlo Alberto has begun the blockade of Coro. Mrs. Nicholas Murray Butler, wife of the president of Columbia university, died in New York city Friday of heart trouble. President Burt of the Union Pacific will next Sunday confer with trainmen concerning the demand for an increase in wages. It is said at the French foreign office there is no grounds for the report that France will join in the Venezuelan blockade. Robert S. McCormick, the newly appointed United States ambassador to Russia, and Mrs. McCormick, have arrived at St. Petersburg. The latest advices from Fez say that the pretender has re-established his camp at Elhillan, 12 miles from Fez, and that he is preparing to assume the offensive. D. M. Parry, president of the National Association of Manufacturers, denies the story of the organization preparing to blacklist strike leaders and agitators at Indianapolis. George Worthington of Shawnee, O., shot and killed his brother Alex. They quarreled over a game of poker. The murderer escaped. Several earthquake shocks were felt in the vicinity of Lapachula, Mexico. No damage was done, but the people were panic-stricken. The family of Archduke Leopold Ferdinand, brother of the crown princess of Saxony, has decided to pay him $500,000, provided he renounces all claims to his estates. The plant of the Peorla Glucose and Sugar Refining company has been closed for want of coal. Eight hundred employees are thrown temporarily out of employment. The officials of the Big Four stated Saturday morning that nobody was injured and only one man killed in the wreck on that road between Moro and Bethelto, Ill., Friday night. In London it is said that there is absolutely no foundation for the report published in the United States that Colonial Secretary Chamberlain has been assassinated in South Africa. Mayor Harrison of Chicago has appointed a committee to prepare plans for the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the permanent settlement of Chicago. It will be held some time in September. One man was killed and half a dozen injured in the women's wing of the house of correction which was partially wrecked by a nexplosion of several sticks of dynamite in the shaft of the new filtration plant at Holmesburg, a suburb of Philadelphia, early Saturday. At San Francisco Willard V. Huntington, one of the nephews of the late Collis P. Huntington, and brother of Henry E. Huntington, has deeded away practically all his real estate to his brother and the widow of C. P. Huntington. The nominal consideration was $1. The transfer is subject to a mortgage of nearly half a million. General William Booth, supreme officer of the Salvation Army, and chief of staff, General Booth-Tucker, arrived in Omaha Wednesday, and were given a hearty recognition. They went from there to St. Joseph and St. Louis. The spread of the bubonic plague toward the United States has caused such alarm at Tucson, Ariz., that federal authority has been asked to investigate and quarantine the ports. One of the large independent iron mining and manufacturing concerns at Duluth has made a deal for iron ore leases on the Western Mesaba near the Hawkins' mine involving the payment of bonuses to the amount of $500,000. Sagasta's funeral Wednesday was witnessed by great crowds in Madrid, Spain. The streets were lined with troops. The archbishop of Toledo officiated. It is announced from Berlin that Dr. Von Holleben, the German ambassador at Washington, has applied for a prolonged leave of absence on account of his health. Dr. William G. Gano, aged 74, dropped dead at his home in Springfield, Ill., after returning from the State house, where he had solicited a clerical position in the legislature. It is believed the committee on foreign affairs will undoubtedly report in favor of accepting the treaty with the United States and that it will be approved by both houses of the Cuban legislature. The Bank of Louisville, Neb., was broken into and robbed of $4,200 early Thursday. The robbers escaped. C. C. Warren, a well known Iowa attorney, died suddenly at Ida Grove, aged 73. At a meeting of the executive committee of the Western Passenger association held at Chicago an agreement regarding the issuance of half-rate tickets was reaffirmed. Crazed by pain attending his illness from typhoid fever, Thomas A. O'Donough of New York, treasurer of the O'Donough Coffee company, sprang from a window of his room on the seventh floor of his house to the sidewalk and was killed. Three Denver women attempted to hold up a man on the street early Saturday morning, and when he resisted one woman shot and probably fatally wounded him. The would-be holdups were captured. The injured man was a waiter named W. C. Thompson. Among the bills in the Minnesota legislature is one for a constitutional convention and another directed against bucket shops. DOINGS OF CONGRESS. In the House. The house passed the Philippine constabulary bill Thursday, Jan. 8, as it was reported from the committee, except for an amendment limiting the number of assistant chiefs to four. The measure was discussed by Messrs. Fitzgerald (N. Y.), Maddox (Ga.), Hull (Iowa), Jones (Vn.), Patterson (Tenn.), and Williams (Miss.), against the bill, and Messrs. Crumpacker (Ind.) and Cooper (Wis.), for it. A roll call was demanded on the third reading of the bill, which was ordered, 101 to $3. The bill then was passed. The resignation of Mr. Lanham of Texas, who has been elected governor of Texas, was laid before the house. The resignation is to take effect Jan. 15. At 4:35 o'clock the house adjourned. Resolutions were adopted in the house on Monday, Jan. 12, for a session Sunday, Feb. 8, for paying tribute to the memory of the late Representative Salmon of New Jersey. The diplomatic corps and consular appropriation bill was then reported. Mr. Grosvenor (Ohio), from the committee on rules, called up the resolution of the committee on merchant marine and fisheries providing for an investigation by that committee into the coal situation. It was adopted without debate. Mr. Moody (Ore.) then announced the death of his colleague, Representative Tongue, and offered the customary resolutions of regret, which were adopted. The speaker appointed a committee to attend the funeral services. Then, at 12:10 p. m., as a further mark of respect, the house adjourned. In the Senate. A house bill was passed Thursday, Jan. 8, by the senate, amending the internal revenue laws allowing all distilled spirits now in bonded warehouses, or which may hereafter be produced and deposited therein, the same allowance for loss from leakage or evaporation which now exists in favor of distilled spirits gauged and deposited prior to Jan. 1, 1899. Mr. Aldrich (R. I. (then addressed the senate on the resolution offered by Mr. Vest (Mo.), directing the finance committee to report a bill removing the duty on anthracite coal. He declared that the proposed resolution would fall of the proposed end, and that it infringed on the constitutional rights of the public in respect to revenue bills. He said that a Democratic senate in 1894 had failed to vote to put a duty of 40 cents on coal, and that the same senators favored free coal, except on the day when they could have voted for it, Mr. Vest, in reply, asserted that Mr. Dingley, the father of the tariff law, had stated that the high duty was placed on coal in order to negotiate reciprocity treaties. He read a statement from a newspaper to prove his assertion. Mr. Hale (Me.) doubted the correctness of this statement, and paid a feeling tribute to the memory of Dingley. The resolution finally went over until the next legislation day. Mr. Nelson (Minn.) continued his remarks against the omnibus statehood bill. A few minor bills were passed, and the senate adjourned until Monday. Mr. Mitchell (Ore.) submitted on Monday, Jan. 12, the report of the committee of the senate on its investigation of affairs in the Hawaiian islands. The Vest resolution directing the committee on finance to report a bill to remove the duty on coal was called up, and Mr. Aldrich (R. L.) asked that the bill go over, announcing at the same time that there were strong hopes that action for the removal of the duty would be taken elsewhere. Mr. Vest (Mo.) objected, declaring that to allow the resolution to "go into the uncertain and nebulous future" would be equivalent to its defeat. Mr. Vest also called attention to the action of the legislature of Rhode Island in asking the removal of the duty on coal, and referred to his recent remarks regarding the attitude of Mr. Dingley in regard to the duty. Mr. Carmack (Tenn.) supported Mr. Vest. Mr. Aldrich referred to the resolution passed by the legislature of Rhode Island understood his position on the tariff question. Mr. Nelson (Minn.) continued his remarks on the omnibus statehood bill. A number of private pension bills were passed by unanimous consent. Mr. Mitchell (Ore.) announced the death in Washington Sunday of Representative Tongue of Oregon, and offered the usual resolutions expressing the sorrow of the senate. The president pro tempore appointed Messrs. Mitchell, Perkins (Cal.), Dolliver, Turner, and Dubois a committee on the part of the senate to accompany the remains to Oregon, and the senate at 5:15 adjourned. Annual French Ball. New York, Jan. 13. It was rumored about the Tenderloin today that Capt. Miles O'Reilly, the new police captain of the district, would take a "peek in" on the French ball at Madison Square Garden tonight. As a consequence it is likely that the hilarity will not reach the usual high pitch, though the managers of the affair promise that the function will be fully up to the standard of previous years. A Good Rule. Chicago, Jan. 14.—Notice is given by the Chicago & Alton Railroad company that beginning Jan. 15th, the usual rule of loaded cars are to be held at the order of shippers or consignees five days before charges begin until car service regulation will be changed. After the date named cars loaded with coal must be unloaded within 48 hours from the time they arrive at the destination, and if not unloaded within that time car service charges begin. Charged With Wrecking a Bank Charged With Wrecking Bomb Boston, Mass. Jan. 14. The postponed case of George M. Foster and John W. Dickinson, charged with complicity in wrecking the South Danvers National bank of Peabody, was called for trial today in the United States district court. The trial was commenced about a year ago, but had to be postponed because of a criminal charge being brought against one of the jurors which resulted in sentence. Alabama Legislature Meets Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 14.—The legislature of Alabama met and organized today for its biennial session. Owing to the fact that the new constitution calls for a great deal of special legislation the session will probably be a very busy one. NATIONAL BOARD OF TRADE At Least 50 Commercial Bodies Are Represented in the Convention. Many Important Matters. Washington, D. C., Jan. 14.—The Nation Board of Trade began its 33d annual meeting heretoday. About 50 commercial bodies were represented by 200 delegates. The program of the meeting, which will occupy three days, contemplates the discussion of a wide range of subjects. Among the many resolutions advocated by some one or more of the constituent bodies for discussion at the meeting are the following: Favoring a 1-cent rate for letter mail locally addressed; favoring a cheap parcel postal system; favoring legislation by congress so as to permit railroads engaged in inter-state traffic to enter into pooling arrangements under the supervision of the Inter-state Commerce commission; favoring the creation of an executive department of the government, to be known as the department of commerce; favoring improvements on the Ohio river and channel at the mouth of the Mississippi; declaring that commercial expansion is a necessity for the people of the United States; favoring legislation giving the Inter-state Commerce commission full control over rates and power to enforce its rulings and decisions, subject to review by the United States courts; urging the repeal of legislation which limits the retirement of national bank circulation to a total of only $3,000,000 i nany one month of the year. BILL FOR ELASTIC CURRENCY. Fowler Asks That His Bill Providing For Currency Reform Be Made Special Order in House. Washington, Jan. 14.—Representative Fowler, chairman of the house banking and currency committee, today reported to the house a bill to provide an elastic currency introduced before the holidays and drawn in accordance with the view of the majority of the committee. It has been made public heretofore and Fowler has asked for a rule making the bill a special order for Thursday. FATALITY AT A DANCE. One Man Killed, Another Fatally Slashed and Another Wounded. The Disturbers Escape. Cairo, Ill. Jan. 14—At a dance at Moorehouse Mo. last night James and Dolphus Hill of Johnson county, Illinois, created a disturbance and Marshal Dan Lance and Deputy Marshal John Taylor were called in to restore peace. Dolphus Hill shot and instantly killed Marshal Lance, while James Hill fatally cut Taylor. The Hill boys started to leave the house when Taylor shot and wounded one of them, but they succeeded in escaping. CHAMBERLAIN AND THE BOERS Chamberlain Tells the Boers What They Must Do and What Great Britain Will Do For Them. Johannesburg, Jan. 14.—Colonial Secretary Chamberlain and leaders of the mining community here have arrived at an agreement in the matter of financial settlement. Under this agreement the Transvaal war contribution will amount to $150,000,000. A guarantee will also be given for an imperial loan of $150,000,000 which is to be expended in reproducing public works in the Transvaal and Orange River colony. Understanding was also reached regarding the labor question. It is believed the imperial government will consent to importation of Chinese laborers for the mines. THE BIG RUSSIAN BUDGET. It Costs Money to Run the Great Russian Empire—American Laws on Russian Sugar. St. Petersburg, Jan. 14.—The budget estimates for 1903 places the ordinary revenue at $848,516,329, ordinary expenditure, $940,202,614; among the extraordinary expenditures is $10,460,511 for building the Siberian railway and $72,597,290 for other railways. In the official statement accompanying the budget Finance Minister Witte says he can give this year for the first time in a long period, assurances that the condition of Russian economy shows an evident sign of a change for the better. Minister Witte's attitude in the matter of the Russo-American dispute regarding sugar bounties has not been changed by the decision of the United States supreme court that money paid by Russia on sugar exported is a bounty. Inquiries made by the Associated Press on this subject have been answered by reference to Anglo-Russian correspondence. LA FOLLETTE IS IN CONTROL Adherents of Badger Governor Organize the Assembly and Divide Honors in the Senate. Madison, Wis., Jan. 14.—In the Republican caucus this evening the LaFollette, on the administration element, commends the organization of the assembly, and in the opposition permitted the honors to be divided. The latter will be presided over by J. J. McGillivray of Jackson county, with T. W. F. Golden, Janesville, as chief clerk. In the assembly J. L. Lenroot of Superior was chosen speaker, and C. O. Marsh of Antigo, chief clerk. What Methodists Will Sing Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 14.—The joint commission to select a commun Hymnal for the Methodist Episcopal Church North and South which has been in session since Saturday, adjourned today to meet in Boston July 9. The commission selected between 400 and 500 of 800 hymns to be agreed on and the remainder will be chosen at the Boston meeting. Springfield, Ill., Jan. 14.—At the annual meeting of the state board of health today Dr. G. O. Webster of Chicago elected President Dr. Jas. A. Egan of Springfield secretary; Dr. J. C. Sullivan of Cairo, treasurer. THE ENGINEER OF TRAIN IS KILLED. Several Residents of Rock Island Are Injured—The Rails Spread and the Train Running at a High Speed Went Into the Ditch—List of the Dead and Injured. St. Louis, Jan. 14.—A St. Paul passenger train on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy road was wrecked this evening by spreading rails five miles northeast of Alton, Ill., killing the engineer and injuring six persons. No passengers were seriously hurt. The dead: ENGINEER FRANK HORN, Beards ENGINEER FRANK HORN, Beards town, Ill. The Injured: Mail Clerk G. L. Mitchell of Rock Island, leg crushed. Mail Clerk E. W. Ebery of Manchester, Ill., leg crushed. Baggagemaster Chas. Pollard of Rock Island, head cut. Conductor A. H. Pollard of Rock Island, bruised. John Francis, Chicago, student at the Western Military academy; badly cut, E. C. Thornton, Alton, leg injured and body bruised. The train was thundering down the grade when the engine left the track, and the whole train followed, running 250 yards off the rails. The engine toppled over and down the embankment, burying the engineer under the debris. The fireman jumped and escaped. Four cars turned over, but the passenger coach contained only a few passengers and these escaped serious injury. Conductor Pollard, who was in this coach, was badly bruised, but despite his injuries ran two miles to Wood's Station and telegraphed for a relief train. This was sent from Alton, and the passengers were brought on to St. Louis. REMEDY AT COMMON LAW The Wabash Railroad Beats a Fellow Who Sued It For Failure to Deliver Corn. Springfield, Ill., Jan. 14—Judge Kohlsaat of Chicago in the United States circuit court here today in the case of William T. Roberts of Decatur, who sued the Wabash railroad under the interstate commerce act for damages sustained by alleged negligence of the defendants to promptly deliver a carload of corn shipped by him from Decatur to Salem, O., when similar products were delivered for other parties along the same line, held Roberts could not sue under the interstate act for mere negligence, but the complaint must allege that the defendants had delayed delivery for the purpose of discrimination against the plaintiff, and that he had a remedy at common law. ATTACKS THE BEEF TRUST President Springer of Cattlemen's Association Makes a Sensational Speech at Convention. Kansas City, Jan. 14.—President Jno, W. Springer's attack upon the beef trust, so called, and passage of memorials to congress urging that laws for a betterment of livestock conditions be enacted, were features of the first day's session of the sixth annual convention of the National Livestock association. President Springer after declaring that "the American stockman proposes to take care of himself" observed that those interests "must receive protection from the congress of the United States just as long as finished products made from our raw materials are heavily protected." The sentiments were received with applause. A memorial was telegraphed to Senator Frye urging the necessity of passing the house resolution giving the secretary of agriculture authority to inspect livestock being transported through the United States. Another memorial was addressed to Chairman Payne of the ways and means committee of the house and urged that the Grosvenor anti-shoddy bill, now being held up by the committee, be reported at once. An address by Hon. L. C. Boyle of Kansas City upon "The Mortgage Law as It Relates to the Livestock Industry" aroused lively discussion. Boyle told the stockmen they do not exert the influence in legislation their wealth and power should exert. He advised that a lobbying committee be appointed and instructed to visit the legislature of every state and territory to secure uniform legislation affecting livestock paper. The suggestion was indorsed by the delegates, who discussed the subject and it was referred to the committee on law. Several resolutions affecting stock raising were passed. WAR ON THE TOBACCO TRUST Meeting of Retail Cigar and Tobacco Dealers Are Holding a Convention in Chicago. Chicago, Ill., Jan. 14.—Independent cigar and tobacco retailers from all over the country met in convention in Handel hall today to discuss ways and means of fighting the tobacco trust. Preliminary steps were taken for the formation of a strong national association, which will have headquarters in Chicago. The plans of campaign calls for a close combination with the trade unions, particularly the cigarmakers and tobacco workers' unions. A fight against the retail branch of the tobacco trust is to be inaugurated simultaneously in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Buffalo, Indianapolis and other cities where the trust has attempted to obtain control of the retail trade. After Anarchy Indianapolis, Jan. 14.—A bill was introduced in the senate today aimed at anarchy. It provides the death penalty for any one taking the life of the governor or any officer entitled to succeed to office of governor. Commercial Travelers Gain. Berlin, Jan. 14.—The Tagleblatt today announced in a dispatch from St. Petersburg that Finance Minister Witte had decided to reduce the yearly tax on foreign commercial travelers from $325 to $100. BENEFIT FOR GEORGIA CAYVAN The Theatrical Profession Remembers in a Kindly Way an Actress Who is Reported Hopelessly Ill. New York, Jan. 14.—All New York was interested today in the benefit to Georgia Cayan, who for several years has been confined in a sanatorium at Flushing, N. Y., hopelessly ill. All of the leading managers, actors and actresses co-operated in the arrangements for the benefit, and the Broadway theater was selected for the performance. Weeks ago every available seat has been occupied by $15,000 while subscriptions poured in from other sources, including $400 from Mr. and Mrs. George Gould, $200 from Joseph Jefferson, $200 from William Gillette and $200 from Henry Miller. Among the prominent players who contributed their services to the monster performance were James K. Hackett, William Faversham, E. H. Sothern, Mary Mannering, Mrs. Langtry, Ethel Barrymore and Fay Davis. Until her present illness overtook her no woman on the American stage was more widely or favorably known than Miss Georgia Cayvan. When Daniel Frohman initiated the Lyceum Theater Stock company, destined to share the honors of dramatic production with Augustin Daly, Miss Cayvan was the stellar attraction of the fine playhouse. Because of her splendid talents and her personal charms in private life Miss Cayvan has been called the "Mrs. Kendall of America." Miss Cayvan was born in Bath, Me, and is now about 44 years old. AMERICANS ARE GOOD SHOTS. Wing Shots From the United States Carry Off Prizes at Canadian Shooting Tournament. Hamilton, Ont., Jan. 14—The Hamilton shooting tournament opened today with a large attendance of wing shots, including several from the United States. Among the latter are: A. Tell, Detroit; J. L. Head, Peru, Ind.; R. J. Armstrong, Flint, Mich. Tell divided with ten others in the $200 event, all with straight kills. In the 10-bird event for $100 Tell scored nine kills, Head eight and Armstrong six. LORD BERESFORD VISITS U. S. Says United States Must Either Annex or Make South American Republics Pay Honest Debts. New York, Jan. 14.—Vice Admiral Lord Charles Pereford, who arrived today said his visit had nothing to do with the international Marine company. Regarding the Venezuelan affair, Lord Charles said: "It will teach Great Britain a lesson of extreme danger of perhaps international complications by allowing unlimited trade credit to bankrupt and unscrupulous republics like Venezuela, and then trying to collect bad debts by coercion. I, personally, am a strong advocate of the Monroe doctrine. These South American republics, however will be a menace to the world's peace as long as they persist in their unscrupulous commercial dealings with foreign countries and it must be left to the United States to lift them from their present corrupt state or annex them entirely. The Hague court is the proper place to arbitrate the present dispute." WANT RECEIVER APPOINTED. Stockholders of the Union Gold Mining Company of Arizona Sue Board of Directors. Houghton, Mich., Jan. 14—Papers were filed here today in a suit brought by 11 stockholders of the Union Gold Mining company of Arizona against the board of directors. The stockholders, headed by John Duncan of the Calumet and Heica company, charge of the board of directors, W. J. Rainey and N. P. Nagle of Detroit, Stephen Carkeek of Houghton and William H. Hosking, the postmaster at Calumet, with misapplying $60,000 of the funds of the company. The appointment of a receiver is asked. SECRETARY MOODY INJURED. While at Annapolis a Team Becomes Frightened and He is Thrown to the Pavement. Annapolis, M. D., Jan. 13.—Secretary of the Navy Moody was seriously but not dangerously injured in the naval academy grounds today by a runaway accident. Accompanied by Senator Hale, chairman of the senate naval affairs committee, the secretary arrived here at 2 o'clock to inspect the buildings being erected in the naval Academy grounds, being driven from the railroad station in a carriage. During the reception the horses became frightened at the salute being fired and ran away. The river in an effort to stop the team turned them into a vacant lot, and as he did so Moody opened the carriage door and leaped to the pavement. He landed on his face on the pavement and was rendered unconscious by the shocks. The secretary was picked up and carried to Superintendent Brownson's residence, where he shortly recovered consciousness. The slight cuts and bruises on his forehead, nose and face are thought to be the extent of the secretary's injuries. Neither Senator Hale nor Lieu. Power, who was also in the carriage, were injured as the horses were brought up against a wall soon after making the turn into the lot. Secretary Moody and Senator Hale will spend the night here. Wants Few Laws. San Juan, J. P. R., Jan. 14.—Governor Hunt personally delivered his message at a joint session of the legislature today. He recommended but little legislation and no radical changes so as to better and more fully test the laws now in operation. Fuel for the Poor. Chicago, Jan. 14.—A train of twenty-five cars of coal for Chicago's poor arrived today and will be distributed by city wagons. Tomorrow 400 wagons ordinarily occupied in removing garbage will move the fuel into needy homes. PROBING FUEL QUESTION SOME DAMAGING EVIDENCE IS PRESENTED. One Dealer in Chicago Swears There is a Strong Combine—He Was Boycotted Because He Would Not Rob His Customers—Other News Notes Touching the Fuel Question. Chicago, Jan. 14.—Proof of how the large coal dealers sought to compel small dealers to sell coal at prices quoted by the alleged combine reached the special grand jury this afternoon, when Henry Peterson, one small dealer, testified. According to Peterson, he visited a large coal company some time ago and was given a price list. He had been purchasing coal from this company and was instructed, he declared, to sell coal at $10 a ton. He had a number of customers whom he knew could not afford to pay such prices and he sold them coal at cost price without deducting the cost of hauling. As a punishment for doing this, Peterson claimed the company refused to sell him any more coal, and he had not been able to buy any since from any other large dealers because of word sent out that he would not keep up prices. Lack of Cars the Trouble. Pana, Ill., Jan. 14.—The coal mines in this locality employing 900 men are idle half the time because of the lack of cars. The miners blame mine operators and the operators blame the railroads. A walk-out is possible in one of the old shafts employing 350 men. Prices Advanced at Peoria Peoria, Ill., Jan. 14. The local coal trust today sprung a surprise by advancing the price of coal three cents a bushel, making it 15 cents in load lots. This is the highest price ever known for coal in this city. The Strike Commission. Philadelphia, Jan. 14. It having occupied for nearly three days calling witnesses to testify in opposition to the demands of the miners, the Delaware and Hudson company closed its case before the strike commission this afternoon and the commission's attention was then called to the conditions existing in and about the collieries operated by the Erie company. One of the principal witnesses called before the committee today was Thomas F. Torrey, coal sales agent of the Deleware and Hudson company at New York, who testified the company he represents is deriving no benefit from the present abnormal price which the public is paying for its fuel. Among other witnesses were two physicians who gave testimony tending to show that the occupation of a mine worker is not so unhealthful as physicians for the miners have stated. An employee of the Delaware and Hudson who made an investigation of wages paid to bituminous miners showed their pay under that of anthracite miners. At the conclusion of the Delaware and Hudson case, the Erie company opened its side by having Major Everett Warren read a brief opening statement of what the company intended to prove. This was followed by the examination of witnesses. Cause of High Prices Washington, Jan 14—Before the senate coal famine investigation committee today W. A. Ball, a local dealer, declared it was the indpendent dealers who caused the high prices. An official letter was received from President Cassatt of the Pennsylvania company, in which he said among other things that after the strike the company's agents began selling coal at only 50 cents a ton above the price prevailing before the strike. Individual operators, however, protested strongly against this, holding that agents were bound to sell their coal at the best obtainable prices, and after consulting counsel it was concluded their demands would have to be acceded to. Miners Refuse Bloomington, Ill., Jan. 14.—The miners of Coal Shaft today gave a negative reply to the request of the coal commission of the Business Men's association that miners work ten hours instead of eight in order to relieve the fuel shortage. They said the Chicago & Alton railroad had 12,000 tons stored at Normal and declared there was no occasion for additional labor. MARKET REPORTS. Chicago, Jan. 14.—Butter—Market quiet and steady. Creamerals, 18@27%; dairies, 17@25c. Eggs—Market firm at 28c. Poultry--Market quiet. Turkeys firmer at 15%17½c; chickens easier at $@12c. Closing quotations: Rye--May, 5¹c bid, 51½c asked. Flax--Cush, N. W., $1.24; S. W., $1.18; May, 1.21 b, $1.24 s. Timothy—January, $4.25. Chicago, Jan. 13—Trading on the board of trade today was under the quotations given below: Chicago Live Stock Chicago, Jan. 14.—Cattle-Supplies continue too large, prices favoring buyers, the market ruling largely 10g/15c lower than its old last week's price. Today's supply was too large for Tuesday, with prices dropping to 9g/12c the day left over to swell the offerings. Trade was slow, prices weak, and very few good cattle were on sale. Good to prime steers, $.25@.60, poor to medium, $.25@.50; stockers and feeders, $.25@.40; heifers, $2.00@.50; calves, $3.00@.75. Hogs—Today's supply was $0.00 head, up from last night. Packers were less eager to load up, not carving to maintain the recent upward tendency, and the sales showed a reduction of 5@15c. Mixed butchers, $.25@.60; good to choice heavy, $.70@.90; rough heavy, $.25@.60; light, $.60@.90; bark sales, $3.00@.60. Slow. The demand demand continues active at decidedly better prices. Receipts, 10,000 head. Market strong at $.25@.62 for sheep and $4.00@.60 for lambs. St. Louis Live Stock. St. Louis, Jan. 14. -Cattle-Receipts 5. - 000 head. Market steak. Beef steer, $4.70 @5.70; stockers and feeders, $2.70@3.90; heifers, $2.50@4.00; Texas steers, $2.5@4.90. Hogs - Receipts. 9,000 head. Market steady; range. $1.10/6.90. Minneapolis Grain. Minneapolis, Jan. 14.-Wheat-May. 75% @75%; July. 76%; on track. No. 1 hundred, 76%; No. 1 Northern, 75%; No. 2 Northern, 75%. Do You Want to Buy a Farm? 240 Acres Located one mile from a good town of about 1,20 inhabitants, Large elght-room house, lathed and plastered; good cave: ‘well and clstern at the house, ‘Two good barns, one 56x70, built about 12 years ago, Baloted and in good repairs the other barn @xo, for hay and cattle, built. two Years ago, aiso painted and in ood ree Dale.” Good grancrs Implement shed and Carriage house, ‘The farm is fenced and forons-fenced, feed yards fenced with wov- en wire and gates are on hinges. Good Steel tanks invall feed. vards, water sup- Diled trom good wells by windmill ‘The Gand lays well, just rolling enough to drain ‘without washing ditches, ‘The land Is in Zihigh state of cultivation, having been tised for grazing purposes for the last 1 years, the owner having been engaged in raising thoroughbred cattle and hogs. A large part of the place is fenced hog-tight and itis ail in tame grass at present ex- ‘cept about 40 acres which was tn corn last summer. ‘There are about 3W tons of hy fon the place now, ‘The farm has carried, this year, 100 head of cattle, No timber of Waste land on the farm, Plenty of trult This is considered one of the best farms fn Cars county and Cass county is one of the best counties in Missouri. Remember this farm is only about 60 mites from iantas City, © good raltroud town of about 1,2 {nhabttants and. a school Rouse, located lees than one mile from the dwelling. this farm was located In towa’ or Titinol It would sell for over $100 per aere. It can be bought, if taken soon, at $6 per acre. Purchaser can secure a loan of $1,000, I desired, for five years at 6 per cent annuat interest with option to pay $100 or any multiple ‘thereof any Interest pay day. So cash and. balance Maren ist, 189: For further particulars write to G0. HALL, Creston, Towa. 320 Acres Near Clarence, Shelby county, Missouri. Well improved,” good house and. barns, fenced and cross-fenced, Good grain and Stock farm. Price #8 per acre. 260 Acres Near Clinton, Henry county, Missourl Good house, large barn: farm fenced into five aifferent ‘elds; soll rich and produc- tive: no waste land; 80 acres pasture, 0 fcres meadow ‘and ‘balance under plow. Price 4 per nere 120 Acres Four miles from Deepwater, Henry county, Missourl. ‘This farm te well trie Proved’ and noariy ‘all nice. and, Good Ouse of five rooms, small barn, Forty eres second bottom land in cultivation, bout 40 acres in pasture, some. timber fnd balance in meadow, Price $97.60 per acre 480 Acres Near Clearfield, Taylor county, Towa, ‘This farm is well improved—one’ of the Dest inthe county, Price $80 per acre if taken ‘soon. 80 Acres Near Conway, Taylor county, Towa. Pasture land. about hait_in timber, no bulldings, fericed, Price 6 per acre, A large list of farms in northeast pare of the county at from $5 to $90 per acre, ‘Write for list. 80 Acres Near Lenox, Taylor county, Towa Splendid land, but cheap buildings. Price $0 per acre. Eighty near by at $55 and ‘another 80 at $9 per acre. 560 Acres Near railroad town and about ten miles from county seat of Clarke county, Towa Two hundred acres nice level land, bal nce gently rolling, Farm well improved, Improvements worth over $6.00 The farm is fenced into severnt telds and pastures. Abundance of water, which is pumped by windmills into tanks In every. fleld on the farm. School house within one-half mie, church three miles. Price 48 per acre. 240 Acres Located within two miles of a ratiroad town, and five miles from Buuer, the county sent of Bates county, Missour! One mile to school and church, ‘The land lays nice and level; good soil, fenced and crose-fenced; good wells. and springs, fine orchard and all kinds of frult, 160 acres tn euitivation and balance good tame grass, Good house of five rooms, large barn and @ number of outbuildings, all'in wood re- Dain. ‘This is a very desirable farm: Price ‘0 per acre. 480 Acres Near Clearfield, Taylor county, Towa. Large house with good cellar walled with Drick. Two ood barns. one #xS4, “and cattle barn @xe, Buildings new. and. in food condition. Scales, windmill and other Saluable Improvements. Ail upland, and lays well,, No Umber of waate land on the farni, Good. black. soll, Abundance of Water, About 100 ucres cultivated and bal ance tame grass. Price $10 per acre. Not for sale after February lst, 100. For further particulars write to C0. HALL: Creston, Towa. 340 Acres Near Garnett, the county seat of Ander- fon county, Kansas. All bottom land ex- cept about’ % acres where buildings are located. Creek and timber on land. The bottom is all cleared and no better land anywhere. Thirty acres timothy and clov- er meadow, 15 acres alfalfa. Twenty acres ef clover plowed up last fall and put in wheat; also 9 acres adjoining in wheat, making @ acres now in wheat, which {s in fine condition, ‘The improvements are wood, House 20x22 with 9 ft. studing, wing 16x36 with 14 ft. studding: two large porches, good cellar, good cistern and pump on porch, House well painted and insured for $2,600. Big horse barn, tool house, chicken house, hog pens, 25 with shingle roofs, Large hay barn with sheds on each side, equipped with carriers and room for machinery. Spring runs into a trough breast-high for stock, located be- tween house and barns; water also runs through cement trough for cooling milk, eto, There is a tenant house of six rooms, barn and sheds. The alfalfa will pasture ‘two head of cattle elght months each year. Price $0 per acre. For further informa- tion address =. O. HALL, Agent, Creston, Iowa, NEW WORK FOR THE BLIND. ‘Will Be Able to Excel Those Who Are Enabled to Use Their Eyes. “A brand new occupation for the blind, and one in which they will ex- cel the seeing, is beginning to be taught in the asylums,” said a physician. “This is the occupation of the masseur. ‘The blind, with their delicate sense of touch, with their soft supple hands, take to massage as a duck takes to wat- er, Massage, you see, doesn't require ‘eyesight, for the masseur’s busy hands READ CAREFULLY Are one of the things that the human race is heir to—it makes men and Wo- men trouble—it is a horrible disease and brings sure death and a painful one, but it can be cured without @ knife or drugs, at Prof. J, F, Whitson Institute of Magnetic Magnetism, And once cured always cured, because it takes out roots and all, A ie = ey a ag iN i Oe ee ae hy 2 = ZN = ae ey — ES Rs , ae Ze ANI \ Swe ee WRESS =a SSS Ze» SQ) bt / ES WS) °°25 = =F J. F. WHITSON. To the Editor: Kindly allow me space in your valuable paper. I wish to tell the suffering humanity what tor- ture I have endured for years, Three years ago I came to this city from Clarence, Iowa, to have a cancer cut out of my left thigh, from which I was a great sufferer; after undergoing the operation I was told that was the last ‘of my cancer. I would need suffer no more, but it was only a few months until the cancer made thelr deathly erip on my right thigh and abdomen, Again suffering almost three years— could not sleep or rest in bed at night; used to groan and turn in bed, and then get up and set in a chair the remainder ‘of the night, I finally resolved to un- dergo a second operation with the ‘knife. Giving my wife and children ‘good-bye, telling them life or death must come soon, I took the train for Davenport, the 29th of October. Find- Ang a good friend of mine, telling him ‘of my torture and intention of under- going the knife again, then my dear, Kind and noble friend said to me: Why not see Prof. J, F. Whitson, the suc- ‘cessful magnetic healer, who uses no drugs or knife. I soon resolved to see him, Going to his Institute, finding it full of suffering humanity who were getting well, After waiting for my turn the Professor gave me twenty minutes of his valuable time, telling me what ailed me without one question, and telling me he could cure me as he had thousands of others without knife or drugs, and I_at once gave the Professor my case and I thank God I did, I took ten weeks’ treatment and he has taken the cancer entirely away; now T am a sound and well man. Not only the can- cer is cured, but my limbs from my knees to my ankles were as black as ink, and scales like fish upon them; they gave me excruciating pain day and night, scarcely able to walk; the doc- tors told me, after having ‘given me medicine and salve, that my limbs were incurable, now they, too, are all right; no more pain, nor restless, long, dreary nights, but sweet peace and rest from seven in the evening until seven in the morning. Sunshine prevails by day and night, I could scarcely eat one meal a day, now I could eat five meals a day. It is a joyful story to get among his many patients that come to his Insti- tute daily for treatments, and hear them tell of all the suffering they have gone through and how delighted they now are over their being helped, not one word of complaint, all seems’ sun- shine and happiness, and all have a word of praise for his wonderful power of healing, when all others fail, No bit- ter drugs nor horror of undergoing the knife, but sweet soothing only as na- ture has been given from on high. Kind readers, I am going home this Saturday to my beloved wife and dear children, @ sound and well man, No tongue can tell what a sufferer I have been for over three years, and now am the hap- plest man in the land. Do you want to get well and happy, if so do as I have done, and many others I have seen at his Institute in the short time T have been there. It is Impossible for me to express my gratefulness to Prof. J. F. Whitson, I am an old settler of Clarence, Cedar County, Iowa, ‘Yous respectfully, W. KLINE. THE SCIENCE OF CURRENT MAGNETISM TAUGHT AND ALL DISEASES TREATED SUCCESSFUL- LY AS ABOVE AT 2 9, Prof. J. F. Whitson’s INSTITUTE OF MAGNETIC MAG- NETISM, ABSENT TREATMENTS GIVEN Davenport, Iowa. Correspondence Solicited. An odd reason is given by the New York correspondent of a Philadelphia paper for the refusal of the New York stock exchange to admit Lawrence ‘Waterbury to membership. Mr. Wat- erbury is credited with having made $300,000 in the speculation recently. “As a matter of fact,” says the corres- pondent, “it is thought that his dis- position is to be a little too reckless {n speculation,” and for this reason he was kept out of the organization, ‘That $500,000 to suppress the foot and mouth disease could all be profitably spent on our football and baseball flelds. hide from him what is doing it; it re- quires just those qualities that in the blind are developed to an excess—an ability to see, as it were, with the fingers. I know a blind masseur who Practices in New York. His work is a revelation. No seeing man or woman I bave ever met could come anywhere near him. The massage, as you know, is becoming more popular daily. We are getting more and more masseurs, ‘and soon, T am glad to see, a good pro- rtion of these men and’ women will e the blind.” —Philadelphia Record. MEN WHO ARE YOUNG. Learn to Live and Then Refuse to Grow Old. Is old age to be made a crime? It is a question that comes with the @scharge of old railroad men; with the attempt to remove the old cap: tains of Cleveland's police force; with @ pathetic incident in New York where a police inspector, old in years, was made to turn flipflaps and thn the-cat” in order to prove that he was entitled to remain on the force, Any law or regulation that fixes a rigid business age limit; that forces men to retire when they have lived a stated number of years, is bound to be ‘unjust. It also makes liars, The man who looks 40, feels 40 and is 60 isn't going to be an idler the rest of his days, simply because somebody with a tairst for young blood in busi: ness has fixed an age limit. Age cannot be a matter of years alone. It is a matter of correct liv- ing, of temperament; yes, of determi- nation. ‘There are old men at 30 ond young men at 70. There are grandfathers who can endure more and do better work than their grandsons. At 80 Gladstone was working off his superfluous energy felling trees, and -Plato is said to have wrestled for the sport there was in it at 83. Jem Mace was the most famous fighter of his day, and at 76 he was sparring. John Ericsson wanted to prove his soundness in wind and body, and so engaged in a tug-of-war with two young men. He pulled them of their feet wita ease. Yet their com bined years did not equal his age. He was 80, ‘There isn’t any end to the list. Broken-down men are usually men who never learned to live; men who never knew the real value of health and who insulted their bodies. The rules that are made for them should never apply to the old oaks whitecrested and unbending, who re- fuse to measure their lives by years and who ask no odds of the busy world, and would be men as long ag there is work to be done.—Des Moines awk ALWAYS TOOK HIS THAT WAY. Hoosier Thought Consomme Coffee and Put in Sugar and Cream. ‘The hotel registers showed the effects of the excursions which were run into the city on a number of the railroads. Scores of people who came in to spend the day in the state capital dropped in- to the leading hostelries for dinner. At the Grand a story was told on one of thevisitors which illustrates the native Hoosier wit and ability to get out of a tight place through a small hole. ‘Two couples of young people from a Northern eity were there for dinner, and when they were seated in the din- ing room it was evident from the gin- gerly manner in which they fingered the menu cards that they were not ac- customed to course dinners, However, they managed to give an order, with the Kind assistance of the waiter, and got started in fair shape, Then’ the trouble started, One of the young men ordered consomme, and when it was brought to him in a cup he looked at it & moment ag if he thought it a poor article of coffee, then deliberately drop- ped a couple of lumps of sugar into the cup and started to pour in some cream. “Why, suh, that ain't coffee, sub; that's ~—" protested the waiter, who was dismayed at the break. ‘The young man never turned a hair, but went on pouring in the cream. “That's all right, I know what it is, and that’s the way I always take it,” was the curt answer.—Indianapolis ‘Aearnal: Chinese Medicines. “| have always h/ .rd thet Chinese medicines are very Jowerful,” said the city salesman, ‘ ‘but I never had any idea what a tremendous effect they were capable of producing on the sys- tem till T saw a Doyers street China- man take a pill the other day, and then 1 realized that one dose of a celestial ‘compound, can safely be warranted to Kdill or cure, Never in my born days did I see such @ pill. How on earth the fel~ low ever got it down is a mystery, It was fully as big as @ pigeon’s egg, and, go the patient told me afterward, fear- fully bitter, Upon inquiry, I found that that was a fair sample of most Chi- nese remedies. No matter what the na- ture of the medcine, it is generally made up into enormous pills, whose naturally bad taste is modified by nothing but a little licorice, These pills are inclosed in wax capsules, which preserve them from the air and keep them from being broken to pieces be- fore thelr time. Aside from’ the pills, the only remedies used by orthodox Chinese in New York are a medicinal oil which they rub on the temples to cure headache, and a liquid made by boiling down the leaves, stems, seeds ‘and roots of certain plants in a quanti- ty of drinking water. According to my Doyers street authority, this fluid med- icine is even worse than the pills, for it has to be cooked till it is almost like a strip and drunk scalding hot.”—New York Times. Convincing Bvidence. In a secluded corner of one of Phila- Gelphia’s clubs the other evening: a number of physicians were comfortably ensconced, and the talk turned to tales of their profession. One of the doctors present related the following at his own expense: “On a chilly morning last winter, as I return ed to my office after several early and important visits, I asked of my servant, “Thomas, did Mrs, S— get the medi- cine I ordered for her yesterday?’ ‘I suppose 80,’ replied Thomas, ‘I see all the blinds are down this morning.’” ‘As the gathering recovered from their laughter one of the fraternity re- marked: ‘That is as good as the story of an old classmate of mine who sent in a death certificate with his name signed in the space reserved for ‘Cause of Death.’”—Philadelphia Ledger. As a result of the operations of the Soctety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children during the last 12 years in Cardiff alone, out of 12,580 children that have been dealt with 8,386 of them came within the scope of the society owing to their parents’ indulgence in drink—an enormous proportion for 80 small a place as Wales, with so large a hody of earnest and energetic ministers. Confidential Beauty. “My dear Mrs, Angel, let me congrat- ulate you on your beautiful and clear complexion, causing you to have so youthful an appearance. I mention this fact abruptly vecause those two gentle- men friends of yours that just passed up the avenue remarked as they pass- me. ‘by Jove! isn't Mrs. A —— stylish? Such beautiful skin—her complexion. 1s perfect, and she don’t look over thirty;' and more, but I could not hear what ft was. This is pleasing to ourselves, as you know; now g.ve me my reward by telling me why and how it is—what is the secret, my uear friend? We are the same age, forty-one, so you can easily understand why I am so Interested to know the secret of your youthful love- liness,”” “You are the dear, good friend of my life, Clara; we ladies do like admira- tion, espectally from those we love, may be from the opposite sex—so for this bit of pleasantry I will give you my se- cret. For seventeen years I have used Dr, T. Felix Gowtraud’s Oriental Cream, the greatest preventative of those blem- {shes that causes premature appearance of age. It is my treat, my Angel, and here is Sherry's.” MONEY IN TEXAS PECANS. from One Ranch This Year. (Austin, Tex,, dispatch.) More than 27,000 worth Of pecans have been marketed from the ranch of Ike Pryor this year. This ranch embraces about 100,000 acres and fs situated in Uvalde and Edwards counties, The Nueces river flows through the ranch and along this stream pecan trees grow in large numbers. ‘The yleld of nuts in that locality was unusually abun- dant this year, A few months ago Mr. Pryor, who 1s.a live stock commission merchant in Kansas City, sold the pe- can crop on the trees on his ranch to a San Antonio speculator for $800, This man employed a large force of Mexicans to gather the crop, and they have been employed for several weoks thrashing the nuts from the trees and hauling them to the tiearest shipping point, 20 miles distant, The work is now almost finished. The cost of gath- ering and marketing the nuts Is about $2,000 exclusive of the $800 which was paid for the crop. As the speculator will realize about $7,500 from the crop he will have a profit of more than $4, 000 on his investment. ‘THE MARCH OF SCIENCE. Oolitic, Ind, January 12th.—That Oolitic is right abreast of the times in the use of the most recent discoveries in Medical Science is shown by recent cases in which those dreaded Kidney Complaints that cause so many deaths have been completely cured by the new Remedy, Dodd’s Kidney Pills. Many’ people in this neighborhood tell of aches relieved and pains depart ed because of the use of Dodd's Kidney Pills, One of these is W. A, Terry, the well known Grocer. Here is his story: “T suffered for four months with Kid- ney and Bladder Trouble and was so bad that I was almost confined to my bed, I could get no relief until 1 com- menced using Dodd's Kidney Pills. “T could notice an improvement the second day I took the pills. 1 would recommend Dodd's Kidney Pills to all sufferers from Kidney Complaints,” A great step in the advance of Siam, says the British consul at Bangkok, will have been made when the govern- ment succeeds in substituting some oth- er source of revenue for the income tt at present derives from the gambling- houses, Most of the gambling monopo- lies in the country are held by Chinese, and the large profits that they make mostly go to China, thus forming a constant drain on the wealth of the country, Incldentally, the public rec- ognition and encouragement given to gambling of all sorts among a people only too Inclined to it by nature fosters improvidence and crime of every de- scription, It Is hoped that in the near future the reorganization of the taxes may enable the government to raise the necessary revenue directly from the lands instead of by the way of gam- bling farmers, ‘|data ‘ob Gants.) Cite ns itada. Lucas County-es. Frank J Cheney makes oath that he Is senlor partner of the firm of F. J. Chen- ty & Co., doing businers in the City of ‘Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and ev- ary case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure, FRANK J, CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subseribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A.D. 1858. (seal) A. W. GLEASON, Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure ts taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mu: cous surfaces of the aystem. Send for tea- timonials, free, F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0. Sold by all Drugeists, Tc. Hall's Family Pills are the best, Pedro Alvarado, of Parral, Mexico, said to be worth $40,000,000, has offered his entire fortune to the ‘government of the republic, the money to be used in liquidating the national debt, which now amounts to about four times the amount named, Senor Alvarado ex- plains that his wealth came from mines, title to which was given him by the government, and that, therefore, he can well afford to gratify his desire, Mothers will find Mrs, Winslow's soothing Syrup the best remedy to use for their children during the teething period, Sikend Wts o Damerwation. Mooney—Brace up, man! Troth, yez luk as if yez didn't hov a fr'nd in th’ whole wur'rld. Hogan—Oi hoven’t. Mooney—G'wan! If it ain't money yez wan ¢’ borry, Oi'm as good a fre'nd as iver yex had. A very comfortable job is that held by A, 8. Pratt, of Washington. He is the agent in the capital of 2,500 nation- al banks, and it is his daily duty on be- half of these institutions to see and count the bills of these banks which are sent to the treasury department to be destroyed—“macerated,” as they call it there. After carefully counting and keeping @ record of these bills he per- sonally sees that they are chopped up. ‘His fees range from $5 to $25 per an- num from each bank, and Mr. Pratt has become rich at the business, ZG SSy a S ‘The Kind You Have Always Bought has borne the signa- ture of Chas, H. Fletcher, and has been made under his ersonal supervision for ‘over 30 years. Allow no one Fo deceive you in this, Counterfeits, Imitations and 4 Just-as-good” are but Experiments, and endanger the health of Children—Experience against Experiment, Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare- Goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant, It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is it6 guarantee, It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness, ‘it cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic, It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children’s Panacea—The Mother's Friend, The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of ¢ @ ‘e In Use For Over 30 Years. TT SALARY OF THE PRESIDENT Contention That It Is Not Commen- surate With Dignity of Office. In most particulars it Is a distinctive gain that, as a people, we Americans &re conservative to a degree, and that our lawmakers, in their acts, reflect for the most part, our notions of safety and soundness. But these facts do not Justify the extension of a system, thir- ty, forty, or sixty years old into times like the’ present, that have obviously outgrown it. Reference 1s had to the salaries of most of our federal officials We came near to starving or bank- rupting half a dozen of our presidents on pay fixed for the position half a century and more before they were chosen to fill {t, and when the salary was doubled, not many years ago, it wasn't made large enough to fill the times; {t ought to be doubled, at least, before the term beginning on March 4, 1905, comes along. A correspondent of the New York Press at Bayonne discusses this matter both sensibly and forcibly. It is “dis- graceful,” he says, for this, the might- fest, the richest nation on earth, to offer its chief executive “but $50,000 a year.” Our wealth, he shows, is nearly equal to the combined wealth of Eng- land and Russia, or of Germany and Russia, and it nearly equals that of ‘Russia, Austria, Italy, and Spain com- bined. ' England's indebtedness is more than double ours, nearly a billion dol- lars more than ours. The national debt of Germany is nearly a billion dol- lars more than ours, and her population one-third less than ours. The national debt of Russia is more than double ours, and her population about one-half more than ours. Still, with all the facts against their policies as compared with ‘the United States, Great Britain pays ‘King Edward nearly $2,000,000 a year, ‘not to mention what goes from the ‘exchequer to other members of the roya' family; the president of France recelves a salary of $240,000 a year, the emperox of Germany nearly $8,000,000, the czar of Russia $12,000,000; the king of Greece, $200,000; the governor general of Canada $50,000. Even the lord chan- cellor of England recelves $50,000 a year. ‘And we pay our president a paltry $50,- 000 and our cabinet officers a pittance of $8,000 a year—which barely pays the rent of the right sort of a house in Washington—and expect them all to maintain the dignity of the nation on ‘such niggardly allowances!—New York Commercial, NEW METHODS OF REPORTING. Something of a Difference Between the Old Time and the Present Ways. In old times there were three ways to report testimony—the verbatim, the sketch, and the summary. Let us give an example: John Smith, sworn and examined by Mr, Jones: Q.~-What {s your business? A—I am a carpenter. Q.—How long have you worked at your trade? AI have worked at my trade for twenty years, Q.—Do you know the defendant? AI do. Q'—How long have you known him? A—I have known him for the last ten years. So much for the verbatim. Now, for the sketch: “John Smith, on being sworn, sald he was a carpenter. He worked at his trade for twenty years and knew the defendant for ten years, And the summary: “John Smith, a carpenter, knew de- fendant for ten years,” ABSOLUTE SECURITY, Carter’s Little Liver Pills. Must Boar panne ‘The yellow fever, however, has evolv- ed a new style of reporting. “John Smith, a tall and angularly formed fellow with bushy hair and flaming whiskers ,was sworo. He kiss- ed the book with ‘a resounding smack, adjusted his green necktie, sat down in the witness chair, ran his right hand through his ruby’ locks, crossed his legs, which were closely incased in blue and white trousers of the latest cut, and then looked straight into the eyes of Counselor Jones. In solemn tones the latter asked him his business: ‘I am a carpenter,’ was the humble reply made in a clear and high pitched voice, that was heard distinctly to the remot est corner of the courtroom, “How long have you been a carpen- ter?” asked Mr. Jones, with a threat- ening look in his left eye. ‘I have heen a carpenter, sir,’ sald the witness, with great dignity and fully appreciating the importance of the question, ‘during the last twenty years.’ ‘Then’ Mr, Jones drew himself up to his fullest height, and extending his right arm at an angio of 45 degrees he brovght it down again swiftly until his huge fist struck the table with a horrible dull thud. ‘Do you know the defendant” he shouted in thunderous tones,‘ I do,’ was the reply, made in accents pitched in a high Key, which contrasted strongly with the cavernous tones of the learned coum sel, ‘Then Mr. Jones, with flashing eves and clinched fist, colled himesif up Ike a serpent and hissed: ‘How long have you known him?’ "Ten years,’ was the answer, tossed back to the lawyer with lightning like rapidity.” Well, this method of reporting may be beautiful, but it makes tiresome reading, and in these days when few citizens can afford the luxury of read+ ing themselves to sleep, blatherskite re- ports of murder trials are much avold- ed.—New York Sun, In Tunis the average commercial value of grou aiseuae te eeaiaan ee te 15 francs ($2.90) per 100 kilograms (220.46 pounds); the value of dry al- monds is about four times as great, and the decorticated fruit brings 205 francs SiN.80 per 100 kilogram. “The stock on hands from the preceding harvest is in- significant—approximately 2,000 ktlo- grams (4,400.2 pounds). 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He is a son of Anderson Logan, a respected colored man of this place.—The New Bloomfield News. Our thanks are due the following named persons who have recently paid subscriptions to this paper, Mrs. Ida King, Jefferson City, Miss Victoria Sands, Mrs. Charlotte Williams, Mr. Perry Bone, of Columbia, and Mrs. Laura Watts, of Kewanee, Ills. It is now very much in evidence that Dr. Crossland's successor will not be named from Missouri, and it comes as no surprise to the most considerate. There are too many factions in Missouri just at this time for the appointment to be made from the state, if the good of the party is to be considered. The Professional World, published at Columbia, Missouri, comes to our desk this week with a new suit of clothes. It is full of news and bespeaks well for the management. Its local people should feel proud of it. It is a credit to the town and its inhabitants. The Western Enterprise (Colorado.) Williams, of Scott county a member of the present legislature of this state has introduced a bill providing for the "Jim Crow" cars in Missouri; while it is not at all probable that a majority of the members of the present legislature would ever vote such a measure, we regret to know that such a narrow minded prejudiced piece of creation as represents Scott county, sits in the legislature. It is not at all probable that Mr. Scott is annoyed by to have to train coaches with negroes, except on going to and from Jefferson City and that only during the legislature. GOOD MEN NEEDED. During the present session of the State Legislature, Gov. Dockery will name two new members of the Board of Regents of Lincoln Institute, and it is to be hoped that the Governor will consider the good of the institution to the extent that he will name two good men for these positions, if the management of the institution is to be taken as a criterion. 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"If all the ink used in the executive departments was poured down Pennsylvania avenue at one time the people would have to take to small boats, while the mucilage used would make a good-sized pond, for, in addition to that used in the business, all of the hundreds of millions of postage stamps annually turned out are gummed at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. "Millions of pins are used annually. If all the pencils and penholders were piled into a heap in the Wiite Lot they would make a fine big bonfire on a cold night. "The Interior Department is one of the largest in the city and it uses annually 14,6000 lead pencils, 6,925 gross of steel pens, 5,000 quarts of black ink and 2,500 quarts of mucilage." TO PROHIBIT FOOT BALL. The Jefferson City Tribune has the following upon a subject that will occasion a fierce fight in the general assembly: "There will be a bill introduced at this session to prohibit the playing of foot ball in the colleges under the state's control to such an extent that it absorbs the attention not only of the players but most of the student body for about three months out of each year. The habit of junketing around over the states with foot ball teams is not popular with those who make up the rank and file. Wholesome exercise is a good ting, and moderate out door sport is too universally recognized as an essential to the right training of the mind to be opposed by any man of common sense. But the extreme to which football in its brutality and nonsense has gone of late years has created a general public sentiment that is anything but friendly." The Fayette Adertiser says: "J. G. Slate, the Moniteau county representative in the legislature, has announced his attention of going before the committee on appropriations with statistics showing the fatalities of foot ball and to fight against giving aid to the schools supported by the state unless they agree to prohibit the game. Representative Slate seems to have a propensity for fighting all strenuous games. During a previous term of the legislature he became well known because of the bitter war he waged upon the department stores. Doubtless he has now decided that foot ball is fully as violent as a bargain counter rush." THIRTEEN A LUCKY NUMBER. Replying to the question propounded by a person in New York as to whether 1903 is to be a lucky or unlucky year, Professor C. A. L. Totten, formerly military instructor in Yale, says: "What is the matter with either Friday or the number 13? As to America it bears 13 all over its heraldry and Friday has been its chief day (discovery of America, Declaration of Independence, etc.) "We have thirteen letters in E Pluribus Unum, thirteen more in Annuit Coepits, both being mottoes on our great seal. We have 13 thirteen times repeated on that seal. Take out a new silver quarter, if you have one left, and count the 13 even on its obverse face. Dear me! Don't worry over the luckiest number that there is, a full baker's dozen is 13—i. e., one is for good measure, pressed down and running over. Manasse was the thirteenth tribe in Israel, and we are the people." RETURN TO ROAD OVERSEEKS. Callaway County Abolishes Road Districts and Commissioners for Oversees The Callaway county court, like Boone county, has abolished the present road district system and established in its place the old overseer plan, which was in vogue until about 1890. The Gazette says: "Authority for the change was granted by the last general assembly. Heretofore there have been forty road districts in the county, and in charge of each district was a commission composed of three men, one of whom was clerk at a salary of $10 per year. The other commissioners received $5 per year for their labor, and in addition the overseer of work received a daily salary. Now the county is divided into thirty-eight districts and road work will be under the supervision of one man in each district, and the $20 paid the commissioners each year can be used for additional work. The division of the road districts is so arranged that no district has both sides of the Auxvasse creek in it. THE OLD AND THE NEW. The New Year came to the Old Year's door When the sands were wasting thin, And the frost lay white on the Old Year's thatch, And his hand grew chill as he slipped the latch To let the New Year in. And the New Year perched in the Old Year's chair. Old Year's chan And warmed by the Old Year's fire, And the Old Year watched him with wistful gaze As he stretched his hands to the fading blaze And cinders of dead desire. And the Old Year prated, as Old Years will, Of summer and vanished spring, And then of the future, with grave advice, Of love and sorrow and sacrifice That the seasons' round would bring. And the New Year listened and warmed his heart In the bloom of the Old Year's past, But he gave no heed of the thorns that lay In the bud and blow of a coming day, And, nodding, he dreamed at last. The New Year came to the Old The New Year came to the Old Year's door And warmed in the Old Year's chair, And the Old Year talked till the New Year slept, Then forth in the night ae softly stepped Mrs. W. H. Bradley, of Milwaukee, who a few days ago was Miss Marie Meyer, a stenographer, is now the sole mistress of an estate valued at $12,000,000. Her husband, who was known as one of the most eccentric lumbermen of Wisconsin, died unexpectedly after a short illness. The marriage ceremony took place at the sick bed and a will giving the estate to the woman was at the same time made and acknowledged. Charles H. Dameron, one of Huntsville's most enterprising citizens, has purchased the Randolph Springs and premises, including in all 60 acres of land. He intends making the Springs the most attractive and popular in the state. After he gets the grounds fixed to his taste it is his intention to connect the Springs with Huntsville and Moberly by an electric car line. Col. John P. Reavis, of Warrensburg, Mo., formerly London correspondent of the New York World, and later a correspondent in the mining fields of the northwest is engaged in writing a history of the Civil War on the Kansas-Missouri border, which he will publish soon. R. H. Jesse, president of the State University, in behalf of the State Board of Charities and Corrections, has appointed the following committee to present the juvenile court bill to the legislature: Miss Mary E. Perry, of St. Louis chairman; T. L. Rubey, La Plata, President pro tem of the State Senate; Representative M. W. Hall, Saline county; J. H. Hawthorn, of Kansas City; and James L. Dawson, of St. Louis. A little house dog at Wellsville, Mo., was the means of saving a family from burning to death by jumping on the beds of the sleepers and awakening them in time to escape the flames. The board of curators of the Missouri university has endorsed Colonel William F. Switzler's "History of Missouri."—Kansas City Star. The Railroads. WABASH GOING SOUTH. No. 33. Arrive Columbia. 8:15 a. m. No. 34. Leave Columbia. 8:15 a. m. No. 37. Arrive Columbia. 8:45 p. m. No. 37. Leave Columbia. 8:45 p. m. No. 30. Leave Columbia. 9:40 a. m. No. 32. Leave Columbia. 9:40 a. m. No. 34. Leave Columbia. 4:10 p. m. A. M. No. 36 A. M. No. 38 P. M. No. 40. Leave: McBaine .... 6:30 11:53 4:05 Webster .... 6:33 11:58 4:08 Brushwood .... 6:38 11:02 4:11 Turner .... 6:42 12:06 4:17 Limerick .... 6:47 12:11 4:22 Arrive Columbia .... 6:55 12:19 4:30 TRAINS SOUTH. A. M. No. 35 St. Louis Express P. M. No. 37 Texas Express P. M. No. 39 Leave Columbia .... 11:00 3:10 6:30 Limerick .... 11:08 3:18 6:38 Turner .... 11:12 3:22 6:42 Brushwood .... 11:17 3:27 6:42 Webster .... 11:22 3:32 6:52 Arrive McBaine .... 11:25 3:35 6:52 Lodge and Church Directory. Mrs. Ada Douglass, W. P.; Mrs. Lizzie Williams, W. S. Meeting first Monday in each month at 3 p. m. U. B. F. Crispus Attucks Lodge,No. 62. Meetings 2nd and 4th Tuesdays in each month. Visiting members cordially invited. Caleb Hall, W. M. A. M. Schweich, W. S. K. P. Acme Lodge, No. 24. Meetings second and fourth Fridays in each month. W. H. Turner, C. C. and D. D. G. C. W. W. Lampkins, M. F. O. E. S. Amos Chapter, No. 30. Meetings second Friday in each month. Mrs. Bessie Washington, W. M. Mrs. Lizzie Richardson, W. S. LADIES COURT Golden Queen Court No. 19 meets first Friday in each month. Mrs. Annie Williams M. A. M. Mrs. V. L. Waldon Sec. ST. PAUL LODGE, NO. 12. St. Paul Lodge, No. 12, A. F. & A. M., meets every first and third Tuesday in each month. A cordial invitation extended to all visiting brothers. J. A. Mosely, W. M. J. A. Grant, Secretary. Rev. J. B. Parsons, pastor. Preaching Sundays 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesdays 7:30 p.m. Everybody cordially invited to attend. K. OF P. Harrison Lodge No. 12, Huntsville, Mo. Meeting the second and fourth Thursdays in each month. M. W. Tony, C. C., W. T. Ansel, K. R. S., I. A. Robinson, M. E. A. M. E. CHURCH. Rev. P. C. Crews, Pastor. Preaching Sundays 11 a. m.; 7:30 p. m. Sunday school 2:30 p. m. Prayer meeting every Wednesday eve, at 8:30; every body invited to attend. M. E. CHURCH Rev. J. Arlington Grant, pastor. Preaching Sundays 11, a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday school, 9:30 a. m. Prayer meeting Wednesdays 7:30 to 8:30; all are made welcome. SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH. Rev. A. A. Adams, Pastor. Preaching Sundays 11 a. m., and 7:30 p. m. Sunday school at 2:30 p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening, 7:30. A cordial invitation ex- tended to all. --- Lartonoix & Walendorf, ....For School Books and Supplies.... Fine Stationery, Musical Goods, Magazines, Etc. No. 222 East High St. - Jefferson City, Mo. The Columbia Grocery Co., Keeps constantly on hand a fresh supply of staple and FANCY G YOUR PRODU R·I·P Owing to close business, I suffer touch of indigestion to cause me in tongue was corpains around my erable. Through a friend I tried R after taking them obtained some n taking them, and they have cured OUR PRODUCE WANTS Dwing to close confinement business. I suffered from a ch of indigestion, so much so cause me intense pain. Lague was coated; had se ins around my eyes and felt able. Through the persuasio friend I tried Ripans Tabules, er taking them for two day tained some relief. I kept ing them, and can safely they have cured me. YOUR PRODUCE WANTED. RIPANS Owing to close confinement in business. I suffered from a bad touch of indigestion, so much so as to cause me intense pain. My tongue was coated; had severe pains around my eyes and felt miserable. Through the persuasion of a friend I tried Ripans Tabules, and after taking them for two days I obtained some relief. I kept on taking them, and can safely say they have cured me. AT DRUGGISTS. The five-cent price for an ordinary family bottle, six a supply for a year Read The Prof NEAT NEWS NEWS $1.00 a year Sen The five-cent package is end an ordinary occasion. mily bottle, sixty cents, con- supply for a year. The Professional W EAT EWSY EWSPAP oo a year Sent to Any Add The five-cent package is enough for an ordinary occasion. The family bottle, sixty cents, contains a supply for a year. Read The Professional World NEAT EWSY EWSPAPER $1.00 a year Sent to Any Address. Representative Thomas W. Crow and wife of Regal, Ray county, narrowly escaped death from asphyxiation at Jefferson City. On retiring Mr. Crow blew out the gas and when discovered next morning both he and his wife were in a stupor from which it took the services of a physician to arouse them. Mr. Crow is a prominent farmer and a member of the legislature. Moberly Democrat: Dr. Thomas Irwin, during his twenty-eight years residence in Moberly has officiated at no less than 50 births and is now bringing into the world the children of those whom he attended at their birth, when he first came to Moberly. In one family the doctor has delivered fourteen children. Is there a --- ROCERIES. CE WANTED. PANS e confinement in red from a bad on, so much so as tense pain. My stated; had severe eyes and felt mis- the persuasion of pans Tabules, and n for two days I elief. I kept on d can safely say ne. Professional World BY PAPER to Any Address. physician in Missouri who can beat his record? We doubt it. Owen McCarton, a rich recluse of Oceanic, New Jersey, died recently, aged 70 years. For 3 years he had not crossed the threshold of his dwelling between sunrise and sunset, because of an election bet. During the campaign of 1872 between Grant and Greely, McCarton was one of the latter's most enthusiastic supporters. He made a bet that if Grant was elected he would not leave his house, except during the night, as long as he lived. Mr. McCarton lived up to his wager. The Pautz family of four brothers have died within a year. They were Prussians.