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THE PROFESSIONAL WORLD. $1.00 Per Year in Advance. Miller's Columbia Notes Buy your Millinery of Mrs. Adkisson, over Vanhorn & Mountjoy's store. Mr. Edward Henderson is erecting a home on 3rd street. Mrs. Mattie Reucker is home again from Kansas City. Subscribe to the Professional World, it is only $1.00 per year. Mrs. Matilda Harris is visiting per sick sister near Stephen's Store in Callaway county. The St. Paul's Hall has been recently repaired and is now practically a new building. Bishop C. T. Schaffer will visit Rev. P. C. Crews and his church on the 5th Sunday in this mouth. A reception will be tendered him while here. J. B. PARKER. Mr. J. B. Parker, the negro hero who knocked down the villian who shot President McKinley is making a tour of this state lecturing. He lectured in Moberly Thursday evening and this coming week will visit Boonville, Springfield, Nevada and many other points. Everyone should hear him. A Request. We will consider it a great favor if our readers will patronize the merchants whose advertisements they see in this paper. Capital Notes. Mr. Frank Alston was in the city Sunday. Mrs. J. H. Garnett has returned from St. Louis. Mrs Hill and son of Herculaneum spent Sunday in the city. Mr. Webb of Osage city is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. M. D Maberry. Mrs. M. E. Goins will organize a missionary circle in Boonville Saturday. Mr. William Spencer has been re-elected at Oak Ridge at an increased salary. Messrs. James Gibbs and D. Tramel are laying brick on the Maberry McMahan building. Prof. Chas. H. Brooks has returned from Sweet Springs, where he has closed a very successful school and was re-elected for another year with an increased salary. Agents Wanted. We desire to engage some good agents to solicit subscriptions for the Professional World. Liberal commissions will be paid and only one agent will be engaged for the same town, only persons of good standing need apply. Address, Professional World, Columbia, Mo. CASH OR CREDIT. Catalogue FREE. RY MF'G CO. COLUMBIA AND JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI, FRIDAY MAY 8. 1903. Schools and Teachers. The closing exercises of the Moberly school will be held May 22. Prof. T. A. D. Wright has been re-elected as principal at Frankford Mo. Prof. Chas, H. Brooks has been re-elected as teacher at Sweet Springs. Prof. James Williams and his assistant, Miss Carrie Oliver, have been re elected as teachers for the Centralia school. Commencement at Western College will begin Sunday, May 10th. The Baccalaureate sermon will be preached on that date by Dr. E. L. Scruggs who is closing his tenth successful year as president of the college. The commencement proper will be Thursday, May 14th. A large number of graduates are to be turned out from the different departments of the college. From the Huntsville Herald: The closing exercises of the Lincoln public school were held at the opera house on last Saturday evening, and the program, although very lengthy, was well rendered and showed that the pupils had made the most of their opportunities during the year and spoke well for the ability of Prof R. L. Logan and his assistant, Mrs A. B. Viley, as teachers. This school turned out six young women as graduates this year. A large crowd of white friends were on hand to witness the exercises. The order maintained throughout the evening was the best we have ever had.....R. L. Logan was re-elected principal of the Lincoln school and Mrs. Ambrosia Viley was also re elected as his assistant, as they both gave good satisfaction the last year and taught a very successful term. Huntsville Notes Mrs. James Yancy is seriously ill. Prin. R. L. Logan returned from St. Louis Sunday. Mesdames Georgia Robinson, S. E. Robinson and Nancy Tony returned from St. Louis Saturday. The annual sermon to the K. of P. Lodge was preached at Semple's opera house last Sunday afternoon by Rev. W. T. Osborne of Macon. The Services were well attended and Rev. Osborne believed an excellent discourse to the knights and ladies of the camp. Ten Acres Enough. In this era of high-priced land it is refreshing to hear how few acres are really necessary to make a good living. The Farmers' Tribune tells of a man who makes a good living and saves money each year on a ten-acre farm. He keeps a pair of good brood mares, which raise two colts a year, barring accidents; two good cows, three or four pigs, 75 chickens and a few stands of bees. Two acres are devoted to small fruit, three or four to potatoes, an acre to broom corn, an acre to onions and the balance of the ten acres grows corn. He works the broom corn into brooms during the winter months, and also has a large plum orchard and a big asparagus bed. He ploughs deep, fertilizes heavily, cultivates well, raises big crops and is making money. His experience demonstrates the truth of the assertion that "ten acres are enough." It will pay you Write for Free Catalogue. MENTION THIS PAPER. DEP'T 910. East St. Louis, Ill. ELECTRIC LINE. $4,000,000 Has Been Secured to Build the New Road. From the Brookfield Argus. Engineer W. B. Cauthorn, chief engineer and assistant general manager of the Brookfield-St. Louis electric railway, was in the city this week in the interest of clearing up the right-of-way through Linn county. Nearly eighty per cent. has been secured along the route and the remaining twenty is the only thing keeping back the actual construction work now. The contract has already been let for the engraving of the $4,000,000 of bonds so that no time will be lost in pushing the work just the moment the remaining twenty per cent. of right-of-way is secured. So, Mr. Farmer, it is up to you. "The proposition is just this," said Mr. Cauthorn. "The financiers in the East would not loan $4,000,000 until they had something to loan it on. The only thing they now ask is a clear deed for a farm 100 miles long and 100 feet wide, and when that is done the money will be coming forthwith. In other words," said he, "the money is looking out of the window in Boston for the proposed electric line." The Boston capitalists who have interested themselves in this big enterprise by furnishing the money to build it are anxious to get all the details completed at once. Even one day means much to men who deal in millions, for if one proposition lags, there are hundreds of others waiting for its place. So what is done in Linn county should be done at once. Time is a big object to the promoters, so, Mr. Farmer, cut down the barb wire and say "come on we are with you. It will be the best one day's investment you ever made. Statistics in those states where electric lines have been built bear this fact out. It will be equally true in your case. The loss of the electric line would be a calamity to everyone in general. To Have Summer School. A summer school is to be held at Lincoln Institute during the summer vacation, beginning June 15th. It will be similar to the one held last year. Fred Douglas School Closing. The closing exercises of Fred. Douglas school were held last night at the Second Baptist church in Columbia. The program though lengthy was very entertaining throughout and the different numbers were heartily applauded by the vast audience present. The children showed that they had been well drilled, and went through the different exercises without showing any embarrassment or forgetfulness, especially was this true of the smaller ones. There being no hall available the exercises were held in the church auditorium, which was packed with friends and patrons of the school. There were no graduates as another year has been added to the school course. This closes the first year of Prof. J. B. Coleman's principalship in Columbia, which has been a success. He was re-elected weeks ago and the citizens of Columbia have every reason to be proud of their public school principal. The other teachers of the school will be elected Monday evening. Another St. Louis Case. St. Louis sends another case to Boone county on a change of venue. The case of Michael Claney vs. St. Louis Transit Company was recently sent to this county on a change of venue from the city of St. Louis. Mr. Claney claims that he was run over and injured by the street company's cars, through the negligence of defendant's employees, while he was working near the track. On account of severe injuries that he received, he claims $25,000 damages. Taylor R. Young repre- sents the plaintiff; and Boyle, Priest & Lehmann represent the transit people. We understand that N. T. Gentry has been employed as local counsel for Mr. Clancy, and that Murry & Murry have been employed to assist the transit company. The case will be for trial at the June term of circuit court. Extension of Walnut Street Extension of Walnut Street. A strong petition was presented to the city council at its meeting on Tuesday night, last, asking the extension of Walnut street eastward to Melbourne street. This has been a long needed outlet, and the council should make no further delay in the matter, but at once take the necessary steps to complete this extension in our street facilities. The general public convenience was already, surely enough to compell it, but now it develops that three or four additions to the city to the east of Ripley street depend on this outlet. The property holders to the east of Ripley street have agreed to donate the necessary ground for the extension of Walnut street through their property, on condition that this street is extended to Melbourne street by the council, as asked in the petition. This will then furnish an almost direct street connection clear to Hinkson creek. The progress and improvement of the city should not be so materially retarded for the want of an improvement so easily made, because several parties are ready and willing to contribute money to pay damages, if they can find what they are. Those who want to make the additions to the city, as referred to, will not do so as long as their additions can not be readily reached. Is Hog Raislag Profitable? It is difficult to see why the average farmer believes there is no profit in raising hogs. If one will go over the market prices for a dozen years back it will be found that the average price is such that a good profit can be made, taking the years as they go. There is scarcely a farm of thirty or more acres in the country where hogs can not be raised profitably. In hogs, as in poultry and other stock, quality counts for much on the market, and to obtain quality one must needs have the best breeds and then care for them properly. Hog cholera is a bug-bear too most farmers when they think of raising hogs on a large scale, but, if the proper degree of cleanliness is observed there will be little trouble in this respect.-Indianapolis News. Tit-ror-Tat At an annual dinner of the St. Nicholas society Ambassador Joseph H. Chote was down for the toast, "The Navy," while Senator Depew was to respond to "The Army." Depew began by saying: "It's well to have a specialist; that's why Choate is here to speak about the navy. We met at the wharf once, and I never saw him again till we reached Liverpool When I asked how he felt he said he thought he would have enjoyed the trip over if he had had any ocean air. Yes, you want to hear Choate on the navy." Choate responded: "I've heard Depew hailed as the greatest after-dinner speaker. If after-dinner speaking, as I have it heard it described and as I believe it to be, is the art of saying nothing at all, then Dr. Depew is the most marvelous speaker in the universe." Using Oil Saves For 45s. Oil as fuel is coming into use in California as a means of saving the forests. The drain on the forests for fuel in recent years has been alarming. Wherever coal was not available cordwood was the fuel and this was particularly the case with all the interior industries in parts of the state at a distance from seaports and other sources of coal supply. For these, as well as for domestic uses, oil has been found to be a good fuel and more economical. In the southern part of the state it is already employed and particularly in smelting ores. The smelting establishments of Shasta county alone have been using up something like 80,000 cords of wood a year. The number and size of these establishments have been increasing annually, and the tremendous drain on the forests may be imagined. There is a feeling that now the discovery and application of oil may save the forests. The World's Longest Bridge The longest bridge in the world is, it is recorded, the Lion Bridge, near Sangang, in China. It extends 51% miles over an arm of the Yellow Sea, and is supported by 300 huge stone arches. The roadway is 70 feet above the water, and is inclosed in an iron network. A marble lion, 21 feet long, rests on the crown of each pillar. The bridge was built at the command of the Emperor Keing Long. COST PER CAPITA FOR SCHOOL.S. The report of the State Superintendent of Schools for the year 1902, gives the followin as the cost per capita of maintaining the public schools in various cities of the state. Comparing Columbia with other cities of about the same size in the state, the showing for this city is good in the matter of economy in conducting her school, being slightly above the average, which is $23.97, for the 41 cities and towns shown below: Aurora..... $13.70 Boonville..... 24.10 Bonne Terre..... 23.35 Brookfield..... 32.41 Butler..... 11.78 Carrollton..... 18.40 Carthage..... 18.55 Chillicothe..... 18.67 Clinton..... 17.51 Columbia..... 24.93 DeSoto..... 12.64 Fulton..... 19.08 Hannibal..... 20.87 Independence..... 22.35 Jeferson City..... 13.83 Joplin..... 32.45 Kansas City..... 37.78 Kirksville..... 21.09 Kirkwood..... 31.01 Lamar..... 20.40 Lexington..... 25.74 Louisiana..... 21.63 Macon..... 12.19 Marshall..... 23.80 Maryville..... 16.65 Mexico..... 18.15 Moberly..... 19.19 Neosho..... 12.29 Nevada..... 20.73 Poplar Bluff..... 38.67 Rieh Hill..... 13.66 Richmond..... 25.31 St. Charles..... 28.55 St. Joseph..... 48.97 St. Louis..... 36.24 Sedalia..... 39.51 Springfield..... 23.48 Trenton..... 19.05 Warrensburg..... 24.01 Webb City..... 18.25 Webster Groves..... 40.67 The Virtues of Turpentine. After a housekeeper fully realizes the worth of turpentine in the household, she is never willing to be without a supply of it. It gives quick relief for burns, and I always' keep a bottle of it on my kitchen shelf for this purpose. It is good for rheumatism and sore throat, and it is the quickest remedy for convulsions or fits. Then it is a sure prevention against moths by just dropping a little in the bottom of drawers, chests and cupboards. It will keep ants and bugs from closets and storerooms by putting a few drops in corners, cracks and on shelves. It is a sure destruction to bedbugs, and will eventually drive them from their haunts, if thoroughly applied to all cracks and joints of a bedstead, and injures neither furniture nor clothing. A spoonful added to a pailfull of warm water is excellent for cleaning paint. A little in soils, washing days, whitens and purifies the clothes.—Metropolitan M'agazine. You Can't Get Away from the "PRICE!" It is Bound to Strike You. Any Child can Read the "PRICE" of PAPE'S Shoes VOL. II. NO. 27 SEE THE NEW SPRING CLOTHES AT JOE. & VIC. BARTH'S THE BIG CLOTHIERS. NOBODY KNOWS BUT MOTHER. In Probate Court. In the estate of Wm. D. Oliver, W. M. Oliver files petition alleging that he is one of the heirs of the deceased and prays to be so adjudged by the court. Set for hearing May 21. In the estate of Lincoln Nichols, Wm. R. Nichols was appointed administrator. Will of Mrs. Nancy Wilhite was probated this week. W. R. Wilhite is executor, of the will which was witnessed by P. J. Mitchell and A. G. Norris, and bears date Jan. 16, 1901. Education makes men more industrious, more trustworthy, more active and more sympathetic, more cheerful, more far-sighted, more economical, as producers and preservers of property. 50 YEARS' EXPERIENCE PATENTS TRADE MARKS DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS AG Anyone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain in on opinion free whether an invention is pro-actively patented. 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Anniston Ala., (Special—It was learned today a negro hanged in Wedwee two weeks ago is now able to sit up and may recover. After the negro was pronounced dead he was cut down as usual, and shortly afterward he began to show signs of life. A physician applied restoratives and the man is now able to sit up. This was the first man ever hanged in the county, and it is thought the officials allowed him to be cut down before he was dead. CORBIN PUT TO ROUT. Mongrel Dog Bit Him and the General Beat Hasty Retreat to Hospital. St. Louis Mo., May 6—While Major General Corbin was inspecting the world's fair grounds today, a common yellow dog bit him in the leg. Corbin wheeled round and the dog seized his clothing with an avidity which put the warrior to rout. He outran the dog arriving at the emergency headquarters, where a physician cauterized the wound and assured Corbin the would not prove serious. HEADED OFF BY PICKETS. Efforts to Start Up Deering Works Frustrated by Strikers. Chicago, (Special)—Effective picketing headed off an alleged effort on the part of the management of the Deering Harvester works to introduce 150 workmen into the twine department of the plant just after dawn today. The men appeared with lunch boxes prepared to go to work. They were met outside by a delegation of strikers and turned away. Quiet succeeded this first feature in the program following the action of the management in closing the big factory yesterday. The efforts of the strikers are now being directed toward bringing about similar conditions at the McCormick and Plano plants. HARD ON "UNCLE TOM." Mrs. Stowe's Great Book Rued Out of New York School Libraries. New York, May 6—"Uncle Tom's Cabin" is on the blacklist. The new superintendent of the public school libraries, Claude G. Leland, does not intend to place it on the lists of books to be used in the class libraries, shortly to be established in the public schools. This announcement has caused no little discussion among the members of the board of education, who heard of it, and if the book is not placed on the list it is probable that the board will not adopt the list for elementary schools. The reason given by Leland is his opinion the book is not of such a character that should be placed on the list which he is preparing. WHITECAPPERS WHIP GIRLS. Break Into House at Bloomington Ind., and Beat Women. Bloomington, Ind., May 6—At 1 o'clock Sunday morning 38 masked men broke into a house on East Ninth street and whitecapped the Misses Rebecca and Ida Stephens, white, aged 18 and 16 years, and also whipped Joe Shively, aged 50 years. The Stephens girls lived with their mother in the same house in which Shively had a room. The negro was whipped with a barbed wire and was hit in the eye with brass knuckles. The older girl was whipped with barbed wire, and the younger one with apple switches, but neither is dangerously injured. Many of the whitecaps were recognized, and warrants will be sworn out for their arrest. President Ramsay's Return New York, May 6. —Joseph Ramsey, Jr., president of the Wabash railroad and daughter, arrived on the steamer St. Paul from Cairo, Egypt, where his older daughter, Helen, died recently. The body of Helen will be brought to this country and interred in St. Louis. MORE ABOUT THOSE SMUGGLING CASES International Anti-Alcohol Congress International Anti-Alcohol Congress A Settlement has Been Effected HEAVY BANKRUPTCY The Estate was One of the Largest in the History of Ramsey County Failures MINISTER IS ACCUSED The Death of Miss Agatha Reichlin is Beleived to Have Been Caused by Rev. Walser San Juan, P. R. May 6—A settlement of the smuggling cases has been effected by Treasurer Willoughby. He has recommended to Attorney General Harlan that the cases be dismissed from the district court. This has been done. The amount of the fines imposed is not known. John S. Hord, chief of the bureau of internal revenue, was asked to resign office because he instituted the prosecutions against those persons charged with smuggling without the authority of Treasurer Willoughby. "Mr. Hord tendered his resignation on April 22, the day after my return from Mayaguez," Mr. Willoughby said. "It was immediately accepted by me and Mr. Hord's participation in the work of the treasury department will cease April 30. This action arises from the fact that Mr. Hord, during my absence, caused information to be filed before a justice of the peace against Commander Mentz and others absolutely without my knowledge or authority to do so and without consulting in any way either myself—and I could easily have been reached by telegraph—or the assistant treasurer, who was in charge of the department during my absence." Governor Hunt sent a letter to Senator Fajardo asking for his immediate resignation. Fajardo is the mayor of Mayaguez, who has been charged with municipal frauds. Fajardo has been Bremen, May 6—One of the features of the international anti-alcohol congress which ended its sessions was the statement of Dr. August Forel, one of the foremost authorities in the world on brain and nerve diseases, that neither science nor experience furnishes evidence to justify calling alcohol a food. Prof. Forel's statements brought much applause. The present convention has been, in the matter of attendance and well-known persons present, the most remarkable of any session of the congress. The 1,400 delegates notable in science and in the service of humanity as university professors or for their heredity rank have come here from 15 different nations on two hemispheres. Questions of religion and politics were wisely ruled out of such a varied assemblage. The subjects discussed were the teachings of science concerning a moderate use of alcohol and the effect of its use on every phase of human progress. Two schools of thought were represented—the moderates, who called themselves "the temperate school," and the total abstainers, who called "the abstinence school." By common consent the congress passed no resolutions, but the applause for the testimony of science and experience on behalf of total abstinence showed the moderates to be in the minority. Prof. Berens, director of the German school of art at Dusseldorf, said that alcohol, by dulling the spiritual aspirations essential to the greatest work is an enemy of the highest attainment in art. EXPOSE BY LEE. The Former Lieutenant Governor of Missouri Tells What He Knows. St. Louis, Mo., May 6—John A. Lee, former lieutenant governor, has furnished Circuit Attorney Folk a long typewritten statement of his connection with boodling in the legislature, telling the story of how he was induced to enter the combine and giving the names of senators and representatives whom he knows to have ac charged by several municipal employees with carrying the names of nonexisting men on the police force as well as with other frauds against the revenues of the city. HEAVY BANKRUPTCY. Creditors of Dawson Estate Will Get Only 16. Per Cent. St. Paul. (Special).—Settlement of the William Dawson estate, valued at $1,750,000, was authorized by Judge Orr today at a special term of the district court. The creditors will receive about one per cent dividend, 15 per cent being paid previously. The heaviest claimant is the bank of Minnesota, which held $600,000, one-third of the claims against the estate. The estate was one of the largest in the history of Ramsey county bankrupts. Dawson was at one time the most prominent banker in the state. The failure of the bank of which he was president, and in which he was liable on the stock to the extent of $600,000 ruined him. He died soon after the wreck of the bank and his estate. ACCUSED OF CRIME. Sensational Developments of Bloodhound Test at the Reichlen Home Elyria, O.—(Special).—Rev. Ferdinand Walser, arrested at Lorain today in connection with the death of Miss Agatha Reichlin, sister of Rev. Charles Reichlin, whose guest he was, declared that he is innocent. Blood-hounds taken to the scene of the crime today persistently led the officers to the room Walser occupied at Reichlin's home on the night of the murder. Later the dogs went directly to St. Joseph's hospital, where Walser spent last night. Walser persisted he was blameless and complained because Casimer Reichlin, the brother of Father Reichlin, was not also arrested. Both the brothers believe that Walser is innocent. VOLCANO ERUPTS. Storm of Ashes is Failing on the Adjacent Country. San Francisco, May 6.—The Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala has broken out again. The news was brought to this city by the steamer San Juan which left Champerico on April 17, the day the fresh eruption is said to have taken place. Couriers from the interior brought word that a storm of ashes was falling and that the inhabitants of the surrounding country were panic stricken. A paper on "Scientific Temperance Education in the Public Schools in the United States," by an American representative (Mrs. Hunt), led to a discussion in which 20 speakers took part, and nearly every one of them commended the extension of the American method for the prevention of intemperance. In compliment to the United States, Mrs. Hunt presided at Saturday's session of the congress. BEATEN TO DEATH. Cresco, Ia., May 6—The body of Gus Kreuger was found near the village of Granger, weighted down with a stone in the Iowa river near his farm. His head was terribly crushed and mutilated. His wife has been arrested, but protests her innocence. Mr. Carnegie and The Hague. Washington, May 6.—Andrew Carnegie has decided to place $1,500,000 at the disposition of the government of the Netherlands for the purpose of erecting and maintaining a courthouse and library at The Hague for the permanent court of arbitration. A trust probably will be constituted and administered by the government as trustee for all the other signatory powers of The Hague treaty. That Emporia, Kansas, girl who has made a vow that she will never marry until she meets a young man who is as handsome as those in the clothing ads. in the magazines, is doomed to scratch her own back all through her uneventful life. cepted boodle for the suppression or enactment of legislation in the general assembly during the sessions of 1901 and 1903. Mr. Folk declines to give Lee's statement out at present, but the circuit attorney is thoroughly satisfied that the expose is complete, the names and dates being carefully recorded, and it is believed that men who have not hitherto figured in the state steal will be found to be smirch-ed as badly as those already indicted. World's Fair Dedication Third and Last of the Day's Devoted to the Dedication. St. Louis. (Special).—Bright, sunny weather greeted the thousands of spectators who lined Lindell boulevard from Grand Avenue to the fair grounds today, to witness the civic parade, the first of the final day of the dedication ceremonies of the Louisiana purchase exposition. The pageant in which full thirty thousand men marched, was reviewed from a stand by the visiting state governors. At the signal the parade started, headed by a platoon of police followed by carriages containing the visiting governors and their staffs and the World's Fair commissioners from the states and foreign countries, who alighted upon reaching the reviewing stand. Then for hours there filed past bodies of marching men in the following order: Col. Eugene J. Spencer, Grand Marshal, with company of twenty five aides; United States Marine Band, Mexican war veterans, naval veterans, Grand Army of Republic, naval reserves, German veterans, officials of St. Louis municipal departments mercantile associations and business men, cadets of educational institutions, fraternal societies, Masonic organizations, Macabee, Knights of Pythias, Royal League, Traveling Men's Protective association, Woodmen of the World, Catholic Knights of America, other Catholic societies, German Turners, post office employees, Western Amateur Rowing association, cowboys and Indians from Indian territory and Oklahoma, colored men, employees of all departments of the World's Fair, and the general officers of the building trades councils with a float on which young women dressed to represent United States tossed "Good Luck" coins to spectators as souvenir. Former President Cleveland returned to his home this afternoon. Today was "State Day" and aside from the dedication of the various state buildings which took place in the afternoon it was surrendered to a magnificent representation of the arts of peace. Iowa Claim Staked Out. Shortly before noon the sites allotted to Iowa and Oklahoma territory were formally dedicated. Governor Cummins of Iowa was introduced by W. W. Whitman of Des Moines, chairman of the ceremonies committee, who presented the governor with a hatchet and a stake. Cummins said: "I will now stake out Iowa's claim," and with vigorous blows drove the stake deep into ground. After having driven the stake the governor said: "Now, that the state of Iowa has planted let no man uproot." He then made a brief address dedicating the site as the home of Iowa during the World's Fair Col. Lafe Young of Des Moines and others made brief addresses in concluding the ceremony. THEY CAN'T TALK. A Michigan Town Suffers from a New Germ. St. Joseph Mich., May 6—A peculiar epidemic of dumbness has attacked Traverse City. The doctors are puzzled over the disease, many victims having been stricken speechless. The most recent victim is Louis Strack, who retired in perfect health Friday night and woke up the following morning unable to speak a word. A number of persons have been afflicted in this manner of late, many of whom have lost their vocal powers for weeks. The disease is believed to be the same that puzzled Saginaw physicians a few weeks ago, when Dr C. W. Stowe, a well known veterinarian, was the victim. Failed to Pay $20,000. Milwaukee Wis., May 6—Arthur M. Kuehn, administrator of the Stolla estate, has failed to pay over $20,000 and Judge Carpenter of the probate court has ordered Rollin B. Mallery to begin suit against the United States Fidelity and Guarantee company to recover about $13,000 covered by the company's bond. It is charged that Kuehn is $6,000 short in the settlement of his father's estate and has failed to make an accounting in a divorce suit affecting his sister-in-law. Philadelphia Pa., May 6—A design for the Jefferson memorial building to be erected in Washington was adopted at a meeting here of the executive committee of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial association. The building will be constructed of granite and marble and be a partial representation of the Parthenon at Athens. Its cost will be $500,000. Sentenced to Death. Pretoria, Transvaal, May 6. Five private soldiers belonging to the Leinster regiment were sentenced to death in the supreme court in connection with a riot which took place at the barracks on March 28. When the military police attempted to arrest a number of drunken soldiers the latter, reinforced by some of their comrades, fired on the police. One of the latter, a member of the Leinster regiment, was killed, and 16 men were injured. A New Disease Called "Autojag" SUGAR TRUST WINS United States Circuit Court Files Opinion in Suit Against Revenue Officers IOWA PRISON REFORM A New Plan About to Be Inaugurated by Iowa County Attorneys' Association Denver, Colo., May 6—President John W. Springer of the National Live Stock association, said in answer to a question concerning the fight between the association and the proposed packers' merger: "Things are in such shape that the association could within a short time enter upon the building of a chain of packing houses throughout the East and West. The trust people know that we mean business." Over $25,000,000 has been subscribed for stock in the cooperative company planned by members of the National Live Stock association to get the beef trust in the event the latter successfully carries through the merger of the Chicago packing companies and allied interests. President Springer said if necessary eight times as large a capital as the combined capitalization of the packing companies could be raised among stockmen. SUGAR TRUST WINS. United States Must Refund Large Amount of War Taxes. Newark, N. J., May 6.—Judge Andrew Kirkpatrick, in the United States Circuit Court today filed an opinion in the suit of the American Sugar Refinery against the revenue officers of the New Jersey district. The refinery sued to recover $200,000 colected as war tax during the operation of the act of June 14, 18999. Plaintiff claimed that the tax was illegally assessed, the material taxed not being subject to Chicago, May 6—Automobiles are responsible for a new disease. Medical men have diagnosed it and it is pronounced "autojag". It is compared to the craze for liquor and, like the drunkard who reaches a certain point and cannot restrain his appetite, so the chauffeur when he attains a certain speed finds his brain bent only upon going faster and faster without regard to consequences. The disease was discovered in Paris and has its uses, for it explains the wild eyes and the excited brain of the modern chauffeur and reveals the secret of the fiendish glee with which he pursues and runs down the hapless man or woman who stumbles in his path. But those afflicted with an autojag are not all residents of Paris. They may be found in Chicago according to the observations of several physicians who are attending the meetings of the Illinois Medical society. "The new disease may be compared to drunkenness," said Dr. H. C. Campbell, a specialist of Jacksonville, Ill. "The speed with which the machines are sent over the roads creates a mental disturbance. The excitement is intense, sometimes like that of a drunken man. Everybody realizes that after a certain stage has been passed an appetite craves for more liquor. So it is with the automobile. The brain is centered upon acquiring a higher speed all of the time. The brain cannot be satisfied. It's craving is even worse than liquor. "The action of the brain is not healthy. There must be one grand finale. That comes when the chaufeur runs over somebody. For a moment the brain is sobered. It has been satisfied and there is no more trouble until the next spell of intoxication comes on." Those, too, were the sentiments of Dr. Wilson of Joliet. But he went further. "Notice the behavior of the automobilists who are arrested," he said. "What kind of men usually run automobiles? Ordinarily they are well educated and of high social stand- taxation under the law. The decision favors the refinery and the tax collected must be returned. Other companies have similar suits pending for amounts aggregating more than a million dollars. IOWA PRISON REFORM. A Committee is at Work on a Plan With That Object in View. (Sioux City dispatch to Des Moines Register.)—A movement which contemplates the conversion of the Anamosa penitentiary into a state reformatory for short sentence criminals and making Fort Medison penitentiary a state prison for the hardened class of criminals is about to be inaugurated by the Iowa County Attorneys' association. U. G. Whitney, county attorney of Woodbury county, is a member of a special committee of this association, which is to make a report at the coming annual meeting of the association, to be held probably in June in Des Moines, with reference to a new law concerning pardons, paroles and remissions of fines and penalties. Mr. Whitney is in favor of the classification of the men who are convicted of crimes in a way that will keep the person who is not a criminal at heart from coming in contact with the natural, hardened criminal, who has neither instinct nor ambition to do right. The special committee mentioned was appointed at the meeting of the association held last year. It was named at the suggestion of Governor Cummins, who came before the county attorneys especially to ask that they take some action to secure the enactment of a law which would provide a better system of pardons, paroles and fine remissions for the state than that in vogue under the present laws. The county attorneys appointed W. H. Killpack, of Council Bluffs; W. L. Smith, of Onawa, and Mr. Whitney to take the matter in hand, and after thorough investigation to submit recommendations to the 1903 meeting of the association. Mr. Whitney has been gathering data from various criminal institutions in the country and procuring copies of the pardon and parole laws of other states. He has just written a letter to the governor of Indiana for a copy of the parole law of that state, it being understood that Indiana maintains two separate prisons for its criminals. The Michigan City prison is maintained for the long term men, usually hardened criminals, as well as those sentenced to be hung, while the Jeffersonville prison, formerly a penitentiary for men of all classes, is now maintained as a reformatory only. To the latter prison the men convicted for short terms and for the first time are sent. If their conduct justifies they are paroled in a little while, with the unexpired terms suspended over them. The committee of the county attorneys' association will probably have a meeting some time in the near future. ing. But when they have been unfortunate enough to fall into the hands of some policeman how do they behave? Their language and their demeanor fall far short of their social position and their education. It simply establishes their temporary alienation. And the disease of swiftness is responsible for the brutal displays which are sometimes complained of by the victims of the chauffeurs." SALMON II. ICE. They Are to be Frozen Alive and Then Thawed Back to Life. Tacoma, Wash., May. 6.—A. local company proposes to freeze live salmon in blocks of ice, ship them to New York, and then bring them to life. It is claimed experiments have demonstrated that freezing of live fish in this manner is possible, providing the temperature of the fish is not far below the freezing point and certain rules are compiled with in resuscitation. Further tests are to be made this summer on the Alaskan coast, and, if successful, shipments of fish in this manner to Eastern cities will be commenced next fall. An expert who has been conducting experiments in Oregon says that salmon can be frozen solid and thawed back to life if not exposed to the sun or allowed to get more than 14 defrees below the freezing point. It is well known that Alaska rivers and lakes which freeze solid from top to bottom during winter are filled with fish every summer. The fish they contain are frozen and remain in the ice during the long winter. This fact forms the basis of experiment now being conducted. Eliza Boyle O'Reilly, second daughter of John Boyle O'Reilly, will publish a book of poems some time next fall. She is said to have inherited good deal of poetic fire from her tinguished father, who is generally garded as considerably the best poet of the last half century. 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The upper jaw Deck of anOid Wi valer/ 7p] fae - Odd and Interesting Truths Gathered From Many Sources === of the old-time American whalers, gives these as the dimensions of a right whale yielding 250 barrels of oll: “The blubber of such a whale,” he says, “is half a yard thick and if put together in a strip would be 66 feet Jong and 27 feet wide. The upper jaw would make a room 9 feet high and 20 feet long. The lips and throat of the brute, with the supporting jaw- bones, will weigh as much as twenty- five oxen of 1,000 pounds each. The tongue alone will often welgh as much as ten oxen. “The spread of the lips is 30 feet. He can take in fifty barrels of water at each mouthful. When feeding a whale, a whale as big as that, sifts a track of sea a quarter of a mile long ‘and 15 feet wide in one run, Then he raises his head, forces his mighty tongue into the cavitiy of his whale- Done sieve, and drives the water out ‘with immense force. “The tail of a right whale 1s 25 feet broad and 6 feet deep, and the point of junction with the body {s about 4 feet in diameter. In it lie tendons as big around as a man’s leg. “The greatest blood vessels are more than a foot in diameter. The Dlood that is forced through them by a heart as big as a hogshead runs in torrents heated to 104 degrees, “The wind pipe is more then @ foot in diameter. The rush of air through {t fs as noisy as the oxhaust pipe of a thousand horse-power steam engine; and when the fatal wound is given, a cataract of clotted blood is spattered over the hunters, so hot and nauseating that the crew of a whale oat often becomes helplessly sick.” So many American whalers are go ing to seek the big “fish” in the Baffin bay waters this season that the Cana dian government has decided to char. ter a sealing steamer to cruise there to prevent the Yankee from “violating Canadian customs laws.” It looks as if the “prostrated American industry” were about to awaken to something akin to vigor. Years of more or less desultory whaling have given the sea giants a chance to recuperate. And that they were not guilty of race suicide during that time of rest is proved by the fact that whales are plentiful in all the seas again. For the rich American, eager to try real sport, there is a great chance now. Whaling, one of the oldest forms of big game hunting known, is the one field which has not yet beer fittingly exploited by the amateut sportsman. In a time when lion and tiger shooting are mere routine sport ing affairs to hundreds of wealthy men, the whale should appeal with great force. The Nantucket Sleigh Ride. ‘To the man who has exhausted over the delight of the sixty-mile-an-hou automobile, there is an unlimited field The chances are that if he once get: an opportunity to teste the unbridle: and terrifle pleasure of a “Nantucke sleigh ride” he will view his auto ma chine as a tame thing ever afterward ‘The Nantucket sleigh ride is sc common an experience with whaler: that they are prone to speak of it in disappointingly matter-of-fact lan guage. But, for all that, there isn’ an old whaler of them all whose nos trils will not dilate with zest when he thinks upon {t, And the landsman whc ever has had the rare fortune to ex perience one {s not likely to find any thing else in the rest of his life that will not seem tame compared with it Few landsmen ever have the oppor tunity. When a whaleboat lowers tc fight a 60-foot whale the business 4 soDanen amen ate Truth should be either beautiful in the nude or cleverly masked. A woman should never run after a man, She might catch him, ‘When the undertakers go on a strike, why should the spirit of mortal be ud? Millionaire Invents a Floating Battery « aes. as bo ae tea HF ie | Pe 9s on 4 v) aa oo ~ GPT ee Gehan <7 LEO ee Nn ees. z Nad: a ae 2S Fi <n era Nree et Sage Tans IG So fe ER ge Foe seed! hie Pua Pe eS a ee | ieee Ci eee too important to encumber the craft with unskilled passengers. And not many landsmen would really care to go into the whaleboat, even if they could, when they behold, wallowing in the sea, the huge thing that is to be attacked. As long as the whale runs fn a fairly straight course the boat will hang to him like a bull terrier. He may champ and bite and hammer the ocean into acres of froth with head and flukes and tail and never shake it off, The only chance for _retalia: tion is to run or to “mill.” “Milling” is the act of turning sud: dently and so bringing the boat within the reach of flukes or jaws. Now, if the harpoon is well forward in the whale, the boat hangs in a pre carious but sufficient are of safety, for the swinging tall hammers the ocean behind it, and the sweeping jaw unavailingly seerch: es the sea in front. Wild Running on the Sea. He at once lays back on the line and holds fast with all his might. And immediately the boat, dragged like a railroad car by that mighty living lo comotive begins to run parallel wit! the side of the whale and just a few feet away from him—being prevente: from running right on top of him by the oblique strain on the line, The ride begins after the whale has been harpooned, and when the boat header considers it time to draw uy alongside and begin lancing. The first thing that is done is to haul in upon the harpoon line until the boat is brought as close to the running whale as is consistent with the ex: tremely delicate margin that the whaler allows for safety. “Safety” to Like the upper part of a huge sphere afloat is the appearance of a new coast-defenge floating battery just pat. ented by Anson Phelps Stokes, the well-known millionaire, who has a scholastic attainments, It is believed that Mr. Stokes’ invention will go far toward setting the difficult question of providing a suitable floating bat- The advantages of this battery, siaiedd Cataiammsmacmasti interesting Truths ( Repentance is often only the humil- ane of being found out, | Of course silence is golden and (sometimes commands a pretty good price. ‘The glorious dreams of ambition often end in a startling nightmare, the whaler really means to remain just about an inch or two beyond the reach of the vast flukes with which the big beast is beating the sea, Having hauled as far up on the whale as possible, the boat-header reaches over the bows and lifts the line out of the chocks. Swiftly he brings it around outside of the boat and passes it to the bow oarsman, who has faced around on his thwart so that he looks forward. ‘The harpoon line goes hissing out— a serpent of rope far more dan- gerous than any cobra, for let it but kink in the least and catch a man and he will fly overboard with it anc out of sight as if he were a more splinter of wood. ‘Then it 1s “back,” sometimes for dear life, A whale may take his death so quietly, so passively, that it is pitiable to see so mighty a swimmer killed thus easily by man. Or he may fight till the boat seems only a black atom in the sudden uproar that smites the ocean and sends tons of water rising till they seem high enough to wash the sky, ‘The boat-header braces himself in the bows until he is based firmly as the stem-post and begins to polse hia long, keen, razor-edged killing lance, waiting for his opportunity to thrust it into the whale, vitals. Sometimes the opportunity comes within a min- ute after hauling up on the big “fish.” Sometimes it does not come until the boat has been towed for many miles. It does not require very much time to tow a mile when a 60 foot whale is doing the towing. Hauling Up Close. Often the boat is hauled so close on a harpooned whale that the har- | briefly stated, are in spherical shape above water, which renders It Imper- vious to armor-piercing shells, inas- much as they will slide off when they strike; its immovable gun, doing away with the expensive and exposed gun- carriage; and the additional stability afforded by the spherical form of most of the vessel. It will be protected with the heav- lest armor that can possibly be made, something thicker and tougher than ee ‘ >athered From Man ane tment ante |. Some people who like hops drink | and others eat frogs’ legs, Three pairs of Siamese twin fishes have been hatched at the New York acquarium, You can't say of cattle that they should be seen and not herd, pooner leans over and steadies him- self by resting one hand on the butt of the harpoon that is sticking in the great sea mammal, while with the other he drives the killing lance. Again and again the long weapon is buried deep in the black sides, until suddenly thick, black-red clots of blood well from the wound, showing that the “life” has been reached. ‘The position of the bow oarsman is no joy in a Nantucket sleigh ride. ‘The chauffeur in a racing automobile is in a paradise of ease and laxation compared with him. He must keep the boat In position by his unaided strength. From the time he gets the line until the ride is ended he drives into a smothering sheet of flying spray. When the sea is high every billow is hit by the boat with a smash that wrenches his arms. ‘The strain on the wet line cuts and burns his hande, And if he lets a foot of it slip he s disgraced. Once he is in it, he is in it for good, with no chance of help or relief till the wild adventure is done, |The danger from fighting whale is not Jonly in the whale himself, ‘The boat ‘is a perfect man trap of keen, deadly ‘tools. Lances and harpoons, cutting |spades, hatchets, knives and boat | hooks, all sharpened to the finest edge stone can give them, fill the boat. If the whale gets at it and hurls it into the air the men find themselves in murderous company when the weapons come raining down on them. So there are enough sporting chances in the whale to excite and content the most exacting of sports: men, And the size of the trophy, if he “bags” a whale, certainly leaves nothing to be desired any now in use, while the perfect globular shape of the vessel, or bat. tery, will make it practically impos: sible to injure her with projectiles, or even with torpedoes. Whatever mie: sles happen to hit her will glance off, deflected by the non-resistance of the spherical target presented, ‘The battery of the floating fort wil consist of one great gun, or possibly more, which remains immovably fixed. To depress or elevate the muzzle, the trim of the firing side of the battery itself will be raised or lowered by changing the position of movable bal- last, or counterpoises. ‘The Stokes battery will not propel itself, but will be towed to its post- tion, where it will ride at ease, se- curely held fast by a powerful mush. room anchor. ‘The greatest breeder and most suc- cessful fighter of game cocks in the United States is believed to be John W. Goodhart of Leesburg, Va., who pursues the business in a thoroughly practical way, with the result of swelling his bank account materially. When training birds to fight he marches them up and down steep hillsides to strengthen their legs and otherwise puts them through strenu ‘ous exercise, Generally his birds fight in Baltimore, where, as a matter of fact, such contests are contrary to law, but are quietly ignored by the au ‘thorities. Belgium's imports have exceeded her exports every year since 1831, ex- cept in 1854, | ‘The miners in the shafts of the Le: high Valley Coal company at Snow- shoe, Pa, have struck for check widghmen and for full recognition of the union. ‘STRIKES ON THE CANAL. Holland Dispute Being Watched for Lessons on Construction in Panama. The strike on the government rail- ways in Holland raises a question which we may have to face when the isthmian canal is begun, Holland has taken tho position that strikes are inadmissible, that is to say illegal, when the employer is the government, and when the netional business would be interrupted to the discomfort of the people and the possible danger of the State. ‘The United States government has had thus far little serious experi- ence in conflicts with its employers. The mild attempts of the walking dele- gate to delay work on a battleship now building are suppressed with hardly a murmur. If Mr. Cleveland's intervention in a local Chicago strike because it impeded the national mails was correct, naturally no more direct interference with government works would be tolerated, and no strike would be allowed to complicate or de- lay the greatest mechanical under- taking in our history. The labor in- terests involved in this task are so great that the unions will be under strong temptation to seek control of the work. It {s hardly likely that any government of the kind we have thus far had would recognize organized la- bor in such an undertaking, to the exclusion of all independent labor. It is possible, therefore, that the canal may be the occasion of bringing the labor question for the first time dl- rectly to a political issue. If one party should assert in its platform the right of union labor to build the canal, an issue would be raised much more stir- ring than the ordinary party differ ence, one which would affect the foun- dations of society, This ought to be one of the results most carefully con- sidered by those who seek to extend the sphere of government ownership. Labor has been wrenching from capI- tal a constantly greater share of the produce, and it has now the position of an equal and independent power. If extended government ownership ever led to a conflict of force, these steady gains of peace would come to a sudden end, and none would suffer more heavily than the laborer.— Collier's Weekly, Carrie Nation Cortooned Unwittingly There have been many pictures, some likenesses and some caricatures, of Mrs. Carrie Nation, of Kansas. Here is reproduced a caricature which, though not intended by the artist to represent Mrs Nation, has been pro- nounced one of the best cartoon rep- reesntations of the celebrated hatchet woman ever made. 8 ‘Fy Ng Si wh XE BARK tm a7 BF | (GARY | i INASP ete Uf L HAR An eastern artist drew this picture with no thought of Mrs, Nation, It who was angry because of the rough jokes in a play, directed against the peculiarities of her race. “It looks like Carrie Nation,” said the first man who saw it, and now the artist is wondering if such a thing as “uncon- scious celebration” is possible, Kegs Full of Coin, Philadelphia, Pa., April 25.—An ex- press train bearing a consignment of what will appear to be beer kegs cov- ered with red sealing wax and guarded by @ squad of United States soldiers equipped with rifles will soon leave for New York. Each of these kegs will hold $10,000 in silver coin for cirenla- tion in the Philippines, There will be 250 of these kegs, with a total of $2,- 500,000 n silver, At New York the kegs will be londed upon a government transport under a heavy guard of Unit- ed States marines. American Millions Spent in France. Statistics just compiled prove that during the last year wealthy Ameri- cans spent $5,000,000 on hats and cloths, and $4,000,000 on jewelry and perfumery. “I suppose it would be laughable if we could ‘see ourselves as others see us?” “Yes, and it would be still more laughable to the others if they could see US aS We see OUrselves.”—Stray Stories. COUNTRY MINISTERS, The Salaries They Receive Make Life @ Burdsn. & BUraom The Watchman, in Influential or- san of the Baptist church, has lately urnished a sympositm in which @ umber of Baptist pastors gave rea- ons why they desired to change heir pastorates. In one particular hey all agreed, namely, that it is very iMicult to feed and cloth and properly lucate a family on existing salaries the average salary of three-fourths Mt the Baptist pastors in three New tngland States is reported to be on- y $500. Perhaps the showing would ve quite similar in other denomina- fons. In our own church the average is slightly more. Small salaries unsettle more minis: ters than any other one thing. Ex- penses increase with the tcrease of heir families and the growth of thelr children, and it is but natural that hey should desire a change of pastor- ates for the improvement of their inances. Fifty years ago, though salaries Were as small as now, ministers were much better supported. Not only was he purchasing power of a dollar steater, and the demands on the purse fewer, but congregations found pleas- are in sharing their good things and heir prosperity with the pastor and uis family. So many provisions found their way to the dominie’s larder, and so abundant a supply of fuel to the woodshed, and so much hay and oats to the barn, that is was not altogether untrue what was said of a certain church by a retiring pastor. “The salary may not seem large, but it means so much money and a living.” Anniversaries, holidays and other ac- casions, besides weddings and funer- als, were marked by gifts. All this has changed. The minister is expect ed to provide everything out of a salary, which is not only fixed, but small, and very often irregularly paid, —Christian Intelligence. THE CONGO FREE STATE. tured There True? Is there really detestable beating, and torturing, and mutilating of na- tives in the Congo Free State? Or are such stories circulated by the larger European powers, and particu- larly Great Britain, for the purpose of weakening the hold of Leopold Il, of Belgium on the center of Africa. The Congo Free State ought to be one of the happiest and most prosper ous parts of the world. It has an area of about 900,000 square miles. It has a population of about 30,000,000 souls, those of Bantus included. The trade of the Congo Free State has grown rapidly. Rubber, ivory, palm nuts, paim ofl,and queer mystic things Wke orchilla, gum copul, and cam wood are Congo products. The total value of exports and imports has in- creased from 23,000,000 francs in 1894 to 50,000,000 in 1898, the last year for which reliable reports have been is- sued, All this looks well, but in 1898 the missionaries who are at work in the Congo district began to make serious complaints with regard to the way in which the natives are treated by the foreign traders. In 1900 the situation became even worse. “An inferno of wickedness, a very abomination of desolation,” said the London Speaker, “a huge trading monopoly founded on forced labor.” In the Belgium legis- lature there was an interpellation, Why not investigate the charges? But the ministry explained that al- though Belgium had lent the Cong> Free State a great deal of money it had no right to meddle with the Free State administration. Leopold IL, of course, is king of Belgium as well as sovereign of the Free State, and he has bequeathed the Free State to Belgium at his death, Also, Belgium has an option on the Free State if it ever wants to annex it, This is by treaty arrangement with the Free State itself, Meanwhile, however, the only person in the world who seems to be responsible for what bappens in the Free State is Leopold. And Leo pold insists on it that be is doing his best to protect the natives. It is the traders, says he, who are doing all the beating and torturing, and mutil- ating. The courts are punishing such practices wherever possible. Also, the drink traffic has been closely re- stricted and the physique and morale of the natives correspondingly im- proved. Missionaries, correspondents, and English officers say that there are atrocities. The Free State authori- ties, however, say that the traders are responsible, and that the courts are acting as speedily and as vigorously as possible, There are only about 2,000 Europeans in the state. ‘They are scattered over 09,000 square miles, It is difficult to keop them in check, But perhaps Leopold {sa't the kind of man to keep traders In cheek. Perhaps the Free State needs the steadying hand not of a single indivi- ual, who happens also to be king of @ diminutive European ey ae ofa end ras nation wi a oat ae seh ee pf oe eh RUFUS L. LOGAN, B. S. D. - EDITOR TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. 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Oliver, who lives near Holt's Summitt, in Callaway county, and whose children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren on April 26, celebrated his 83rd birthday. He was born in Virginia, and has lived in Callaway county 71 years. He has been a justice of the peace for 40 successive years. It is said Squire Oliver can walk a mile about as quick as any of the young men of the neighborhood. MARSHALL'S WATER PLANT. The citizens of Marshall, Mo., have voted to accept the offer of the Marshall Water Works company to sell the city the water works plant and settle all law suits between the water company and the city at the election. The city voted $40,000 to buy the water plant and pay back hydrant rentals. Do You Want a Cut? If so send us your photo and $2 and we will furnish you a cut, guaranteed for twenty years and so return your photo. Notice: We have made a specialty of Piles, Flatula and Diseases of the Rectum for 26 years in Kansas City. We offer advantages in the treatment of such diseases which cannot be obtained elsewhere. We accept no money till cure is complete and our charges are always low. Examination costs nothing. Write for our 200 page treatise for men and our 100 page book for women—both sent free. Write to our old patients and investigate the merits of our work. Mr. Walter Scott, Genl. Act Home Fire Insurance Co. Kansas City, Mo. Writes: "Your treatment and my cure of the piles was eminently satisfactory. No fee or money was asked until your treatment had resulted in a cure." Mr. J. J. Swefferd, President of the Swefferd Bros. Dry Goods Co., Writes: "I was afflicted for years with piles and you effected a permanent cure in a short time without a day's loss from my business." See, D. B. Gray, Cashier of American National Bank, Kansas City, Mo., Writes: "Inclosed herewith find my check in payment of bill rendered and with it my sincere gratitude for the relief you have given me through your very thorough and effective treatment of my case of piles and fissure." Drs. THORNTON & MINOR, OAK STREET Kansas City, Mo Lodge and Church Directory. LODGE. S. M. T. Mrs. Ada Douglass, W. P.; Mrs. Lizzie Williams, W. S. LODGE. 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. 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. SECOND CHRISTIAN CHURCH. 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 extended to all. LADIES COURT. Golden Queen Court, No. 19, meets first Friday in each month. Mrs. M. E. Ridgway, M. A. M., Mrs. Lizzie Richardson, Secretary. O. E. S. Amos Chapter, No. 30. Meetings second Friday in each month. Mrs. Bessie Washington, W. M. Mrs. Annie Williams, W. S. FISTULA Mr. Chas, Dougherty, Spencer. Ia., Says: "I concluded to go to you after trying all the so-called curatives without any relief. You at once made the necessary examination and informed me that I had a bad case of piles, and you told me you cold cure me. You did just as you said you would." A. N. McClary, Mayor of Sabetha, Kas., Writes: "I must say that your treatment and cure of my case of piles and fissure seems now wonderful to me and that the treatment was a great deal more mild than I had expected. I am entirely satisfied and consider that I am completely cured." Wm. E. Barrett, of Barrett & Tucker Lumber Co., Grand Rapids, Mich., Writes: "I had piles for twenty years and was cured by you. I consider you the best doctor in the world and would not be back where I was when I came to you for any money." Emmet L. 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Once this is the opportunity of your life. NO MONEY T Joseph L. Sheridan, President of the Sheri- dan Stove Manufacturing Co., of Quincy, Ill., Writes: "My case consisted of piles, two fiss- ures and three- ulcers and I was practically dead on my feet when I went to you. Your treatment gave me no pain and I am at this time in perfect health and weigh heavier than at any time during my past life. You refused to accept anything in return until my cure was complete." Thomas W. Long, Cashier First National Bank, Hopkinsville, KY. Writes: "For five years prior to taking your treatment I had been a constant sufferer from plies, often having to leave my desk for hours and some time came almost a burden. Within three days after leaving your city I took up my regular work and have since continued without interruption or inconvenience." Mr. O. H. P. 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