Sedalia Weekly Conservator

Sedalia Weekly Conservator. RACE DOINGS of OUR STATE. Here, There, and Everywhere. STATE FAIR SPEED EVENTS. The Missouri Grand Circuit---- $80,000 In Purses. The Missouri Grand Circuit, offering $800,000 on speed events, is the largest racing circuit in the world, except the Eastern Grand Circuit. It will furnish twelve weeks of continuous racing over the best tracks west of the Mississippi river, and with members that have earned a reputation for fair treatment of premiums. These favorable conditions, together with the liberal purses offered, will encourage patronage from the best horse men and secure entries of the speediest turf performers. The Missouri States Fair is a member of this circuit, and with her excellent mile track, modern barns, each supplied with water, and other convenience, should give the best race meeting ever held in Missouri. No bookmaking or pool-selling will be premitted on the State Fair Grounds. Racing events are clean contests of speed and endurance. The State Fair management opens these purses with a view of improving the great American road horses, and for the entertainment of visitors, but under rules enforced by an efficient police, prohibits all discernible features. The high character of turf performers entered with the State Fair, and the splendid track, assures the breaking of track records, unsurpassed entertainment for visitors, and a week of royal sport for the admirer of the horse, and those who enjoy speed contests. A Surprise Party—Marshall's Elite The Mount Calvary Free Baptist educational society give a very pleasant surprise July 20, in honor of the Rev. J. Patton McDonald of Alabama, and Prof. William Hobbs of Hannibal. The evening was spent in innocent amusement and an excellent program was rendered under the supervision of Mrs. Geneva Huston and Miss Mattie Williams. The Revrend McDonald, after recovering from the effects of the sudden surprise, arose amid great applause and modestly thanked the good people for their kindness. Thus social event took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Presley, two of Marshall's most highly respected citizens. The guests were, Misses Mattie Williams, Sadie Lee, Carry Williams, Laura Freeman; Mesdames Edna Kennedy, Sarah Lewis, Sarah Walker, Julia Presley, Geneva Huston and Mr. Earnest Kennedy and Prof. B. W. Kennedy. Grand Lodge Delegation of K. P. Grand Lodge Delegation of K. P. Friday afternoon, at 4:10 a delegation of 100 K. P., men and women, passed thru our city in two special coaches, handsomely decorated. Grand Chancellor Lloyd and his able assistants declared this session of the Grand Lodge, at Joplin, to be the best, in the history of Missouri pythianism. That this organization is doing excellent work for racial advancement, may be known by a careful study of their quarterly reports. Brother Lloyd was reelected Grand Chancellor and stated that he was hot after a committeeship from the republicans at St. Joe. Good Offer Declined. Prof. J. H. Kenner, principal of Marshall's colored schools, recently received a good offer from Mexico, Mo., which we are pleased to say he did not accept. Marshall can illy afford to lose so capable a man. Marshall Rep. Head of Ticket Changed. The executive committee of the Negro Liberty party met in St. Louis Wednesday and removed the name of W. T. Scott from the head of their ticket and put in its stead the name of Hou. Geo. E Taylor of Ottumwa, Iowa. Mr. Taylor is an honorable man of affairs who has lived for many years in the great state of Iowa and possesses considerable ability. --Sentinel. Corporation Defunct. The Virginia Passenger and Power Company, which operates "Jim Crow" street car lines in Richmond and in several other cities in that state, has been placed in the hands of receivers. For the past three months the selfrespecting colored people of Richmond refused to ride in its "Jim Crow" cars and the result is that it is unable to pay its debts. Broad Ax. The Alabama Federation of colored womens clubs, have closed a successful annual meeting held at Mobile, Ala. By a letter of greetings from the Minister's union of Birmingham, to the womens Federation of clubs, we learn that this union employs a probation officer at a salary of $10 per month. Who is recognized by the criminal court, says the Mobile Express, to look after the boys who are arrested. By agreement between the ministers and the court, all boys under 14 years of age are turned over to the probation officer who looks after them and secures homes for those who have none. About 200 boys have in this way been saved from prison and the chain gang. The report of the treasurer a balance on hand from last year, $116.12. grand total collected from reformatory purposes only is $694.77. The Federation will meet at Greenville Ala., next year. Thruan investigation occasioned by protest sent up from Negroes thruout the United States, the 1st. Leijut, 4th. Cav. U. S. A. military sec. has resigned by request from higher authorities. The letter he wrote to Col. John R. Marshall, of the Col. 8th. Inf. I. N. G. which caused the belief that Negroes were discriminated against at the World's Fair, was the cause of his resignation being demanded. The Democratic convention of North Carolina, killed by an overwhelming majority the resolution demanding a division of the school funds between the race, on the basis of taxation, thus putting themselves on record as favoring the education of the Negro. —Broad Ax. New Enterprise Muskogee, I. T. is to have another Negro enterprise—a clothing store. The colored people of the Territory are quite progressive. The firm name is Bruner and Anthony, the somer, a creek native the later a South Carolinian. SEDALIA, MISSOURI, FRIDAY, JULY 29 1904 George R. Smith College. -Departments-- College, Academic, Normal, Commercial. Art Music, Elocution @ Industrial. CATALOGS FREE. Fall term opens Sept. 20. I. L. Lowe, D. D. Ph. D., Pres. Sedalia, Mo. Christian School. in. Expenses Low. institute. For Colored Youth. A High-Grade Christian Thorough Instruction, Expenses Lincoln Institute. Missouri State School For Col Missouri State School For Colored Youth. DEPARTMENTS— College, Normal, Industrial, Domestic. COURSES— Classical, College, Preparatory, Norfolk Model Training School, Music, (Instructor Drawing, (Fine Arts and Mechanical), (Working, Blacksmithing, Machinery, Shooflining and Gardening, Printing, Typewriting, Sealing, Laundering. ADVANTAGES— Good Location, Free Tuition, New Modern Improvements, Buildings Heated by are licenses to teach in any public school in TERM begins on Monday, Sept., 5th. reasonable. A few deserving students see they can earn their way. For Catalogues write to BENJAMIN FRANK PRESIDENT. Jefferson City, Mo. Opening Dedication of The A. M. E. CHURCH at HIGGINSVILLE PROGRA SUNDAY, AUGUST 7 1st—10 to 11 o'clock, Congregational Sing 2nd—11 o'clock, Sermon delivered by Rev A. A. Gilbert, 3rd—3 o'clock, Sermon will be delivered by Rev F. J. Peck, K. 4th—8 o'clock, Sermon will be delivered by Rev Wm. Alexan Rev J. D. Barksdale, P. E., Rev L. Marshall, Mo., and J. H. Allen of In Mo., will assist in the services. Fare from Kansas City Round will be Reduced to $1.5. One Fare from Slater and MEXCURSION FROM SEDAN Committees will serve Breakfast, Dinner the ground. Everbody will be invited to a day. We hope everybody will bring us as we desire to raise the last dollar of shall endeavor to make it pleasant for all. TRUSTEES: Jake Greenwood, Fred Barton, John Smith lin, Arthur Groves and George Lindsay. REV. J. Laboratory, Normal, Sub-Normal, Music, (Instrumental, Vocal), Mechanical), Carpentry, Wood-binery, Shoe-making, Farming, Newwriting, Sewing, Cooking and Education, New Dormitories with Kids Heated by Steam, Diplomas public school in the state. Sept., 5th. BOARD very students secure work by which JAMIN FRANKLIN ALLEN, A. M., May, Mo. Dedication The HIGGINSVILLE, MO. GRAM AUGUST 7, 1904. Regational Singing. Delivered by A. A. Gilbert, Lexington, Mo. Delivered by F. J. Peck, Kansas City, Mo. Delivered by Wm. Alexander, Sedalia, Mo. E. Rev. L. L. Bean, of Allen of Independence, Services. Us City Round Trip Need to $1.50 Water and Marshall FROM SEDALIA. Bakfast, Dinner and Supper on be invited to Higginsville that will bring us liberal donations last dollar on that day. We pleasant for all. Barton, John Smith, Perry Davis, Al Frank REV. J. F. SAGE, Pastor. Classical, College, Preparatory, Normal, Sub-Normal, Model Training School, Music, (Instrumental, Vocal), Drawing, (Fine Arts and Mechanical), Carpentry, Woodworking, Blacksmithing, Machinery, Shoe-making, Farming and Gardening, Printing, Typewriting, Sewing, Cooking and Laundering. ADVANTAGES Good Location, Free Tuition, New Dormitories with Modern Improvements, Buildings Heated by Steam, Diplomas are licenses to teach in any public school in the state. TERM begins on Monday, Sept., 5th. BOARD very reasonable. A few deserving students secure work by which they can earn their way. For Catalogues write to BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ALLEN, A. M., PRESIDENT. Jefferson City, Mo. 1st—10 to 11 o'clock, Congregational Singing. 2nd—11 o'clock, Sermon delivered by Rev A. A. Gilbert, Lexington, Mo. 3rd—3 o'clock, Sermon will be delivered by Rev F. J. Peck, Kansas City, Mo. 4th—8 o'clock, Sermon will be delivered by Rev Wm. Alexander, Sedalia, Mo. Rev J. D. Barksdale, P. E., Rev L. L. Bean. of Marshall, Mo., and J. H. Allen of Independence, Mo., will assist in the services. Fare from Kansas City Round Trip will be Reduced to $1.50 One Fare from Slater and Marshall EXCURSION FROM SEDALIA. Committees will serve Breakfast, Dinner and Supper on the ground. Everbody will be invited to Higginsville that day. We hope everybody will bring us liberal donations as we desire to raise the last dollar on that day. We shall endeavor to make it pleasant for all. TRUSTEES: Jake Greenwood, Fred Barton, John Smith, Perry Davia, Al Frank lin, Arthur Groves and George Lindavy. REV J. F. SAGE, Porter Mr. Walter Finley, of Jefferson city a student of Lincoln Institute payed our office a visit last Monday afternoon. He was the guest of Rev. G. W. Ball. Mr. Finley left for Kansas City Tuesday morning, to spend the summer. All Fourth of August Stand Privileges must be taken before Saturday July 30th. Wanted—A girl between the ages 12-14 yrs; one who desires a good home. Apply by mail to Mrs. Maggie Brown(col). The picnic at Smithton attracted quite a crowd from Sedalia. --- --- ```markdown ``` DEPA TMENTS— A Musical. As we go to press, the famous 'Rag Time',music writer, Scott Joplin, is arranging a program of his own compositions and will render same at Liberty Park hall Tuesday evening. Mr. Joplin's music is played by all the leading musical clubs and organizations thru-out the United States. We hope the music lovers have given him a good audience, which will both show appreciation for, and given encouragement to him in his noble efforts. A Correction By a misunderstanding one of the local dailies advertised the Scott Joplin musicale for Whites only. Mr. Joplin wishes to state that it was an error, and should have read instead, "White friends invited". 116 W. Main Street. Higginsville, Mo. CENTRAL MISSOURI M. E. CONFERENCE, Sedalia District: The work in the North-west in our churches with a few exceptions is doing excellent. The Blackburn circuit—Bro. William Porter pastor, is succeeding beyond expectation. The people are rallying nicely to the work of the church in every department. The people are expecting to commence work on their new church building in a few weeks. At Pleasant Grove—Bro. J. W. Rhodes is doing good work. His Second Quarterly meeting was a success. Rev. G. W. Ball held this meeting and reports good work, among the members in the church. Salt Pond—Bro. Johnson, has recently assumed the pastorate of this church. The church is doing fairly well. The future outlook however seemingly is bright. Rev. William Divers officiated at the second Quarterly meeting. Waverly—Bro. C. Tayes, is doing a splendid year's work. The Second Quarterly meeting was held July 16-17-with good results. One joined the church and the collections were in advance of the 1st. Quarter. Wellington is one of our best of the smaller charges, Bro. Green Enyour is doing a good year's work. The benevolent collections are coming up splendidly along all lines, the church is spiritually alive. Odessa—with Bro. Monroe Dennie at the head is leading the congregation to victory with 32 members. At this point on the circuit their first rally on the second Sunday in July amounted to $75. Lexington, where Bro. R. H. Young is pastoring, the church is doing good work, the debt on the church for remodling is being cancelled. The second Quarterly meeting was a great success in every way. We held our Second Quarterly meeting at Marshall July 23-24 Rev. A. H. Higgs and his good people are doing successful work and success is always expected there. W. H. Smith, P. E. Rev. J. F. Sage, of Higginsville Mo, was in town Monday advertising the opening dedication of the A. M. E. church, of which he is pastor. He has us to carry the program for him, which indicates that if one wishes to get his advertising into the homes of Central Missouri Negroes, he must put it there thru the Conservator. The young people of the Free Baptist Church gave an excellent entertainment at the D. O. H. hall last Friday night. The leading features of the evening were three drills ably and well executed. Rev. Burns and his membership of heroic workers are untiring in their efforts to succeed. The U, B. F. and S. M. T. lodges, held a beautiful installation, jointly, last Thursday night, at D. O. H. nall. Dr. C. S. Walden was installed master of the U. B. F's. and Mrs. Vina Williams as princess of the S. M. T's. J. H. Williams, D. M. G. and S. T. Pettigrew, G. M., conducted the services. Rev. J. W. Summers, of Edwardsville, Ill., spent several days last weeks with his mother, Mrs. Winnie Taylor. Rev. Summers is an able pastor connected with the A. M. E. Church. The excursion which was billed to leave the Mo. Pac. Station for Knob Noster, on last Saturday, fell thru as there were not enough passengers to go the train was side tracked. Mrs. Francis Sande.s, of St. Louis and Miss Viola Perkins of Troy, Mo., were the guests of Mrs. Arris Abbott on west Morgan St., last week. NO. 13. Mrs. Shelton French departed Tuesday morning for St. Joseph, Mo., on a short visit. Rev. H. Green, of Marshall, passed thru from Clinton, Friday morning. He made his usual visit to our office and left one dollar for the Conservator. C. H. Robinson, of Mt. Moriah, attended the joint installation of U. B. F. and S. M. T. lodges here, Thursday night. Best Ice Cream and Confections available will be served at Coates & Wilhites' stand, at Liberty Park. Aug. Fourth. MT. LEONARD. A picnic at Mrs. Martha Allen's Saturday, all had a joyful time. Mrs. Samuel Clark entertained a number of young folks Sunday, and little Jowis and Pearl Steverson entertained some little folks. Mr. Lee Roy Huston, is convalescent from a recent sickness. Sunday's visitors and where they were entertained: Mrs Geo. Olliver, by Mrs. Agnes Shannon; Misses Fannie Roberson, David Allen, Fanny Allen, Messrs. Wm. Roberson, and Richard Allen, by Ester and Sadie Clark; Jas. Jones, at Mr. Jink Fletchers; Mrs. Minnie Reed and Mr Ed. Allen; Mr. Wm. Hayes, with Miss Leola Jones; Joe Matlock, with Miss Blanche Price. Mr. Bob. Steverson passed thru Sunday for Blackburn, returing in the eveing. Mr. A. Ham, of Malta Bend Sundayed here. SMITHTON PICNIC. The good citizens of Smithton enjoyed a very pleasant outing, last Saturday. Prof. J. B. Simpson and Gillie Lyles had arranged an old time picnic for every body. Many Sedalians were present as well as large delegations from Mt. Moriah and the surrounding country. The Base Ball fans from Sedalia, Mt. Moriah and Sedalia fanned a combination of two teams that played an excellent game of ball. At 8 p. m. W. H. Huston addressed the audience of the living issues of the day-after which many skipped the light fantastic until a late hour. SOUTH GROVE ITEM. We enjoyed a fine rain Monday evening which was much needed by the farmers. Sunday School is doing nicely here the pupils are interested and Prof. Steverson is discharging his duty his friends regret to know he will take his departure in the near future for Nashville Tennes see to enter Meharry Medical College to take a Doctors course his many friends wish him much success. Masdames. Birddie and Ella Shannon Mary Baker Malissia Jones Ella Smith Fannie Shannon and Miss Rosa Jones Messrs Henry and Edmon Shannon Harvy Smith Turner Baker were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Shannon Sunday. Mr. Eugane Jones, one of Lincolns Institute's bright young men, accompanied by his brother, Master Emmet, Misses Dora Pollard, M. Blackburn, of Sweet Springs. Mr. Thornton and wife, Mr. Wm. Austin were callers at the Steverson home Sunday. The M. E. Church is preparing for an afternoon and evening picnic for July 30th. Speaking will be had at the occasion. Mrs. Lizzie Guthrie, who has been sick for quite a while, we are glad to report her convalescent. The M. E. church rally netted $15.57 Sunday. Once more the grim visitor-death comes, and takes away from us, our beloved little Anna May Ealard, age 1 year, 4 month. She had been sick for a long time. Jas. Wilson made a quick trip to Higginsville Sunday. Mrs. Annie Warren was with her many friends here Sunday. SEDALIA WEEKLY CONSERVATOR. HUSTON & ENGLISH, Publishers. SEDALIA. MISSOUR. Circle G. and Circle J. By J. C. PLUMMER (Copyright, 1984, by Daily Story Pub. Co.) ETH HOPKINS, master of the bay schooler Alert, stooped, meditatively, over two boxes on either side of him. The one on the left to Parson George and the one on the right to Deacon job. He digged the brush into the pot and was about to make some cabalistic figures on the box lid when a rasping shout came down the companionway. "Dar's a big 'tree master comin' up de dock, capling, an' she'll scrouge us foh also." Capt. Hopkina placed the pot on the floor, and leaping on deck, by the prompt use of fenders and profanity managed to keep the sides of the Alert free from injury, then he returned to his task and carefully marked circle G on the box to the left and circle J on the one to the right, entirely oblivious of the fact that when he arranged the boxes he faced aft and that now he was facing forward. "I ought to have been a sign painter," exclaimed the skipper, gazing admiringly at his handiwork. When the Alert reached the landing on the Manunuky river, the skipper called Pete, the deck hand, aff. "How are these two boxes marked, Pete?" he asked. "Carcle G an' carcle J," replied Pete, who could read. "Good; now borrow a wheelbarrow from the store and take the box marked circle J to Deacon Jobe's. tell him I G J "I OUGHT TO HAVE BEEN A SIGN PAINTER." EXCLAIMED THE SKIPPER. sent it. Then go on up the road and take the other box to Parson George's, and tell him I sent it. See you don't get 'em mixed." "Yessah." It was about three o'clock in the afternoon, and the skipper was looking for Pete's return, when Deacon Jobe drove up to the landing in his gig, and that lean and mortified looking gentleman climbed over the rail of the Alert. Disappointment was proclaimed in every wrinkle in his face, and there were many of them. "Soth," said he, sourly, "I guess you've made a mistake in my box." "I hope not," said the skipper, anxiously. "Thar warnn't no bottle of hoss medicine I told you to get," snarled the deacon, "but this mistake was that," and he held up to view a somewhat warmly-tinted pair of pajamas. If the deacon had not been so sorely put out over his hoss medicine he would have probably rebuked the captain for his remarks when he beheld the sleeping garment waving before his eyes. "It's that blasted nigger," roared the skipper. "By Gum, deacon, the parson has got your hax." The writhles in the deacon's face now expressed alarm. "I wouldn't have 'im smell that that bottle for all the county," he groaned. "It'll ruin me." "And I wouldn't have him know I was smuggling whisky to his deacon for the Atert and her cargo," snapped the skipper. "It's an awful mess." The county was local option, and no liquors were allowed brought into it. The chief advocate of this temperance measure was Rev. Mr. George, ably seconded by Deacon Jobe, and as Capt. Hopkins had hopes of the parson consenting to his union with his daughter Annie, he felt that the discovery of his treachery in smuggling whisky to his trusted coadjutor must inevitably blast his hopes for ever and aye. "What's to be done?" asked the deacon, swallowing with difficulty. "Why," said the skipper, "there's only one chance, and that's a tight one. You've got the box with you; put in the pajama and nail 'er up. Then we'll drive as fast as we can to the parson's and try exchange boxes before he's opened his. The nigger is just about there now." To the skipper's constation the box was rightly marked. "It's my mistake," said he, with forcible adjectives. "I marked 'em wrong." The gig drew over the road, the two occupants too absorbed to talk, and when the parson's house was reached, finding the porch deserted. Capt. Hopkins hid the box under a chair, preparatory to slipping it into the house and making a quick exchange if the parson had not inspected his package. Miss Annie opened the door and informed them that her father had been absent all day visiting his sheepfold and had not returned. "A box just came for him from you, captain, she said. "You are very kind." "I suppose you haven't opened it yet?" remarked the skipper, with labored carelessness. "No; it's in the dining-room," replied the young lady. "You attract her attention." said the skipper, in a fierce whisper to the deacon. "and I'll try to slip in with the box and get the other one." This was self-sacrifice on the captain's part, for he was gritting his teeth at the wasted chance of a half hour alone with his sweetheart, but the emergency was great. The deacon, racking his mind for a subject, gazed stonily at Miss George while the skipper slowed at him. Finally Miss Annie suggested the deacon's examination of a favorite rose, and they walked down the porch. Instantly the skipper snatched up the fateful box and rushed into the dining-room. The room was dark, but he could discern the other box on the floor, and was just about to seize it when he heard the two returning to the front door. He rushed out on the porch, appearing not unlike a burglar interrupted at his calling, and scowled horribly at the miserable deacon. Miss Annie, turning her back on her recess lover, invited the deacon to have a glassful of milk. At that moment the deacon's palate did not crave milk, but the fiery shaft from the skipper's eye made him ascent at once. Miss Annie walked through the dining-room to the pantry, followed by the deacon, and he, stealthily, by the skipper. No sooner had the young lady disappeared in the pantry than the skipper snatched up the box and flow through the hall to the gig, "barely escaping Miss Annie, who was returning with the milk. The deacon swallowed a pint of milk, hastened after him, and with a hurried farewell the two conspirators drove away, leaving a very indignant lady behind. "Now," said the deacon, when they had reached his house. "I'll give my boss a dose of med cine." "You old hyporite," snarled the skipper, "I really believe you try to bamboozie yourself." "Seth," wailed the deacon, "you've brought back the same box. Hyar's that thar pesky garment." "By Gum," groaned the skipper, "it was so dark and I was in such a hurry. I picked up the same box I brought." "Et he smells it it I'm ruined," moaned the deacon. "Oh, he'll smell it and he'll smell a hypocrite, too," assented the skipper; "but it kills my chances." "Best Maryland rye," lamented the deacon, "emptied on the cold, unfeeling clay." "Best girl on the eastern shore lost by your blessed love o' whisky," growled the skipper. Morosely the deacon drove the captain back to his schooner, and sleepless was the mariner's night. Unavailably he threshed over every chance for explanation, with only chaff as a result, and went on deck in the morning sully as a hungry bear. At noon a letter was brought him. "Capt. Hopkins: Rev. George asks me to thank you for your present of a pair of pajamas, and will much appreciate them this winter. It seems odd that the giver of a present should find it necessary to act like a wild animal." "ANNIE GEORGE." "Did any one ever see such a knot?" gasped the mystified skipper. "Lettah, sah," said Pete, bringing another epistle into the cabin. The captain read: "Dear Captain: By an oversight the bottle of medicine was left out of Deacon Jobe's package and a pair of pajamas packed instead. We have forwarded the bottle securely packed by express, and apologize for our mistake Bundle & Bales." "Pete," vociferated the skipper, "borrow Mr. Gile's gib. I'm going to drive over to Parson George's this afternoon." TO MAKE ALL MEN WED Unique Proposition Submitted to Republican Convention by World's Congress of Old Malds. Before the republican convention at Chicago concluded its work it was called upon to consider the plaint that had been made by half a hundred old malds recently assembled in convention in the Salem (Wis.) opera house. Here is their sad and eloquent plaint epitomized: "There are, by many thousands, too many unmarried men in the United States; therefore, we, old malds assembled in world's congress here, deem it only right and just to demand that the state legislature disfranchise all men who have reached the age of 25 years and are still unmarried." This is the burden of one of a number of resolutions drawn up for presentation to the republican convention. As a result of a call sent out several weeks ago for a convention of the old maids of the world, 50 single ladies, ranging in ages from 25 to 65, assembled on the platform at the opera house. About 200 letters of regrets were read to the convention. A letter was read from a matrimonial bureau which is sending women to the Klondike. Several delegates addressed the meeting on the subject of equal rights for men and women, and paid glowing tributes to Susan B. Anthony and other women who had devoted their lives to the advancement of woman's rights. The Best Missouri News Oglesby wrote a good story. A picturesque feature of the democratic state convention was "Rubey Oglesby, a one-legged railroad brakeman, who was nominated for railway and warehouse commissioner. An unusual incident in his campaign for the office was the descent upon Jefferson City of 16 pretty young women from Warrensburg, including a daughter of Senator Cockrell, who pleaded with the delegates in Oglesby's behalf. The story of Oglesby and his long fight with a railroad corporation for damages for the loss of one leg is known throughout the state and has womin much sympathy. Oglesby was a freight brakeman on the Missouri Pacific railway 11 years ago when he was 17 years old. He left Kansas City one zero morning in December. At the head of the "Little Blue" hill, east of Independence, the train was late and started down the incline at a speed of 70 miles an hour. The train was running away. The engineer whistled for brakes. Only young Oglesby of the entire crew responded to the call. He crawled over iey box cars and set brakes. A car broke in two. Oglesby was thrown to the tracks and both legs were pinioned to the frozen ground. He was there for two hours before released, and then he had to help with the jackscrew to raise the car. He was in the hospital for months, and finally his leg was amputated six inches from the hip. He brought suit against the railroad company and was awarded $15,000 damages. The supreme court affirmed the case three times, granting rehearings as many times, and finally about a year ago reversed the case. In other words, after ten years' litigation the supreme court decided Oglesby had no case and forever denied him the right to ask for damages from the railroad for the loss of his limb, besides months of suffering. An editor in Warrenburg critically the supreme court in his paper. He was fined $500 for contempt. This fine was paid by public subscription. Maniac on Courthouse Dome. Manine on Courthouse Dome. Alonzo Haggard, an insane man, was captured at Liberty in the afternoon at three o'clock, after being on the dome of the Clay county courthouse since 7:30 that morning, during which time he performed perilous feats that caused the hundreds of spectators to fear he would meet death by falling from the great height. The officers dared not try to overpower him on the dome, as he is a powerful man, over six feet tall, and five men were required to hold him when he was taken charge of. Haggard was induced to come down from the dome by his sister, who was sent up on the courthouse roof. She pleaded with him a long time. He was afraid of men and said a mob was after him. While the woman had her brother's attention Sheriff Wymore and a deputy got out on the dome and slipped up behind him before he could run back up a skeleton ladder which he had come down. He gave little trouble in being taken down. While on the dome Haggard walked around on the rounded top, and several times climbed the Goddess of Justice, a statue 15 feet high. He would cling to a lightning rod, which the throngs on the streets expected to see bend and cause him to fall headlong from a height of 150 feet, and he would sit upon the goddess' shoulder and play with a weathervane. He was badly stung by bees, a swarm living in the dome. Dancing Master Loses Wife. E. A. Prinz filed suit for divorce at St. Joseph from his wife, Mrs. Hattie Prinz. The petition alleges that Mrs. Prinz eloped in May with Robert S. Kearney, a livery stable keeper of St. Joseph. Kearney is accused of being implicated in the robbery of a horse-trader two months ago. He was to have been tried at the present term of the criminal court, but forfeited his bond. He left his wife and two children. Mrs. Prinz also has two children, which were left with their father. Mr. and Mrs. Prinz conducted a dancing academy. Because Mother Whipped Him. Because his mother whipped him for running away, Marshall Sylvester, aged 13, of 1421 McGee street, Kansas City, attempted suicide by taking poison, but the dose was too small. **Judge Phillips to Resign.** It is said that John F. Phillips, federal judge for the western district, will soon retire, having reached the age limit. Republicans will urge Sanford B. Ladd for the place. **Aged Woman Killed by Fall.** Mrs. Catherine Lane, aged 67, was killed at St. Joseph by falling from a ladder, which she had mounted in front of a window for the purpose of removing some vines. Looking for Missing Man. Miss Lottie Elling, of Concordia, has asked the Kansas City police to find her father, Judge Elling, who left home July 5 for Kansas City. Indirect Method. Joe Dennen, who lives near Osage, shot at a squirrel and killed a horse. He got the squirrel, though, as the horse fell on it. Prohibition Nominee a Suicide. Daniel Rose bung himself to a tree near Golden City. He was recently nominated for county judge by the prohibition party. Killed by Electric Bolt. Newton McKee, a young farmer near Butler, was killed by lightning while taking refuge in a barn. Two Girls in Runaway. Miss Sallie Robinson and Miss Alberta Shannon were in a runaway at Slater which might have caused their death. Their horse was scared by some loose paper on the street and ran about a block, where they struck a telephone pole, upsetting the buggy and dragging them several yards. Both women were picked up unconscious. Miss Robinson was cut and bruised on her head and face and four or five stitches had to be taken on her left ear, also some on her right hand, which was cut to the bone by having the lines wrapped around her wrist. When Graves Named Oglesby. When Judge Walter W. Graves, of Butler, presented the name of Rube Oglesby, of Warrenburg, for railroad commissioner to the democratic state convention, the hevy of girls from Oglesby's town who were there to aid his candidacy waved their, handkerchiefs and cheered until many of the delegates took it up. Graves told the delegates that as an attorney for the Missouri Pacific he had offended Oglesby when the latter's suit for damages was on trial, but he now appeared to right any wrong he had committed. Moberly's Carnegie Library Open. The new Carnegie free public library building at Moberly opened to the public for the first time Thursday. The building, architect fees included, cost $21,000, of which Mr. Carnegie paid $20,000, the citizens paid $2,500 for the lot. The books number 2,500 volumes. The style of architecture is Italian renaissance. Mrs. Bessie Lee is the librarian and Miss Fannie Nise, assistant. The public school library books are added to those of the new library. Wilson Dies from His Injuries. James M. Wilson, aged 86 years, died at his home in Clifton City from injuries received by being crushed and scalded by a traction engine operating a thrashing machine. Wilson was one of the best known characters in Pettis county, being called the "Snake Doctor," having acquired the title from his habit when traveling over the country of carrying a live snake in a bag. New Missouri Railway. The secretary of state issued a certificate of incorporation to the St. Joseph, Albany & Des Moines Railroad company of St. Joseph. The company has a capital stock of $800,000 and is incorporated to build and operate a standard gauge railroad from St. Joseph to Des Moines, Ia., passing through the counties of Buchanan, DeKalb, Gentry, Worth and Harrison, a total distance of 80 miles. Ex-Senator Vest Seriously III. Ex-Senator George G. Vest is in a serious condition at his home in Sweet Springs. He appears to be growing weaker each day, and his vitality is very low. The senator has been exceedingly feeble for several months, and it is now feared he may not be able to survive the summer, owing to his present debilitated condition. Pushing University Claim: The federal court of claims and the federal government took depositions at the state university in their investigation of the suit instituted by the university against the government for damages to university buildings done by union troops quartered there during the civil war. The university claimed $14,400 damages. Ex-Missourian Dead In Oregon Judge John B. McBride, brother of Senator McBride, of Oregon, is dead. John B. McBride was born in Missouri in 1833 and went to Oregon in 1845. He was the second congressman from Oregon, being elected during the war. Later President Lincoln appointed him as Idaho's first chief justice. Former Athlete Now a Mentor. W. H. Hayes, of university football fame, was chosen superintendent of Columbia public schools by the school board at a salary of $1,200. Mr. Hayes graduated from the university in 1902 and was a prominent football player and held several university records in weight and field events. Good Thing to Stay with. W. H. Andrews, of Worth county, is only 59 years old, and he boasts that he has lived upon the same farm for 47 years. He hasn't had the fun and excitement of moving; but when a man gets a Missouri farm nailed down it's a good thing to stay with it. Train Struck Their Wagon. A work train on the Wabash railroad ran into the wagon and team of Samuel Craven at a crossing near Salisbury. Mr. Craven was dangerously injured and may die. The wagon was completely demolished. Phillips Wants to Die. Lee Phillips, 50 years old, tried to end his life at Lexington by shooting himself. He may recover. This is his second attempt. He drank laudanum several days ago. Ill health is said to be the cause. Estee Must Come Back . Gov. Toole, of Montana, has honored the requisition of Gov. Dockery, of Missouri, for W. E. Estee, who was indicted by a Missouri grand jury on a charge of killing Bertha Slaughter, and a negro named Johnson during a row at a dance. Crushed by Land of Hay. Matthias Shebel, aged 76 years, died at his home in Green Ridge from injuries received the day before by being run over and crushed by a wagon loaded with hay which he was driving. CASTORIA The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been in use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of and has been made under his personal supervision since its infancy. Allow no one to deceive you in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and "Just-as-good" are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children—Experience against Experiment. What is CASTORIA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paragoric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. 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Going up in the elevator the necro stared constantly, dignified man, dignified man, black face, was wreathed in smiles, and the boy said: "Sense me, boss, but ain't you de gemmen dat inverted dem 'Ouah Justice cigars?" This reminds one of the man who was recalling famous persons who "parted their names in the middle," he said, "there is 'E Pluribus Unum,' the man that makes the bass drums." SCOLDING SET TO MUSIC. Aud It Took the Wagnerian Brand to Do the Jawing Full Justice In one of the big One Hundred and Twenty-ninth street beer gardens a brass band was playing what purported to be a Wagnerian selection with positively daffening effect, relates the New York Times. The good-natured people around the tables had wisely abandoned all effort at conversation. Not so with one woman, a shrewish-looking person, who was leaning over a table snaking a finger at her husband and doing beer to her. She was evidently hurting at him. Suddenly, with one grand blaze, the music stopped, and the woman's voice, pitched in a veritable scream, was heard: "You bald-headed, sour-faced idiot. I'll—" Checked by her own strident tones she looked about her in consternation. Not so the husband. He was calloused to abuse. Picking up his stein he looked at his wife and saying, "Shut up till the hand starts again." A Japanese postcard has been published showing a Russian admiral standing on the beach in divers' costume, with the inscription: "Going down to review the fleet." Columbus Evening Dispatch. The college graduates who have learned to hustle and to stand on their own feet will find room and a welcome where the mea with the scholarships are not admitted. Philadelphia Press. We hate walloped England in war, outsailed her on the sea, beaten her at rite practice and wrested the golf championship from her. Now, does England play marbles?—Newark News. A Chicago man wants a divorce because his wife has been in the habit of hitting bums with books. But if she chose new fiction there could not have been anything heavy enough to hurt—Denver Republican. The story of the sweet girl graduate who became confused and informed the audience that "Beyond the lips lies Alaty," should be accompanied with a piece of blue ribbon as an evidence of good faith—Kansas City Journal. Politics makes strange bedfellows. A Kansas delegate awakened the other morning after a party escusus and behind a red box constructor and a purple shippodopus playing pingpong on his coverlet.—Laramie (Wyo.) Boomerang. A dog 11 years old, fat, intelligent and affectionate, was seized for the first time with convulsions, without loss of consciousness, when sharply reprimanded by his master. After tuns the animal was taken with a similar attack whenever his master entered his room, the convulsion taking place of his customary manifestations of joy - Albany Argus. Begin to Blab. When society women fall out common people get some inside information. District 10 Corrected. Willie Peebles—The horse was gum'— Geez, forget your g, j "Geez, forget your g, j Heading Him Off "Now, if I were only an ostrich," began the mean man at the breakfast table, as he picked up one of his wife's biscuits, "then, if you only were," interrupted the patient better half of the combine, "they might get a few feathers for that old hat I've worn for three or four seasons." — Gigi natti Enquirer. They Meet. "Who are, you?" demanded the **boll** weevil. "My scientific name," said the red ant, "as nearly as I can remember it, is Selenopsis Deblis Texana." "For a name like that," retorted the other. "you present a most unimposing and commonplace exterior." "And your interior any better," the red ant said, proceeding at once to fulfill its mission.—Chicago Tribune Proved Beyond a Doubt Middlesex, N. Y., July 25—(Special)—That Rheumatism can be cured has been proved beyond a doubt by Mrs. Betsey A. Clawson, well known here. That Mrs. Clawson had Rheumatism and had it bad all her acquaintances know. They also know she is now cared. Dodd's Kidney Pills did it. Mrs. Clawson tells the story of her acquaintances. "I was an invalid for most five years caused by Inflammatory Rheumatism, helpless two thirds of the time. The first year I could not do as much as a baby could do; then I rallied a little bit and then a relapse. Then a year ago the gout set in my hands and feet. I suffered untold agony and in August, 1803, when my husband I could not ride to the garden. "I only took two boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills and in two weeks I could wait on myself and saw my own wood. I dug my own potatoes and gathered my own garden last fall. Dodd's Kidney Pills cured me. That Rheumatism is caused by uric acid in the blood. Dodd's Kidney Pills put the Kidneys in shape to take all the uric acid out of the blood. Overdid It. Hewson—That man Scalper has a natural bent toward annihilation. Hume—Yes, and the last time he bent too far and went broke—Town Topics. G. A. R. National Encampment, Boston August 15-20, 1904. Very low rates via the Nickel Plate Road. A splendid opportunity to visit Boston and its many historical points of interest. Elegant Dining and Sleeping Cars affording every accommodation. Meals served on the Individual Club Plan, also "a la carte" service. Coffee and sandwiches served to passengers are not off at Château tauqua Lake and Niagara Falls will be allowed on return trip. --- To the list of dying words of famous men must be added the exclamation of Governor General Bobrikoff, of Finland, when he was shot by the Finnish patron, Schaumann. As he sank to the pavement he exclaimed: "I see my Finnish!" - Utica Observer. Very Low Rates to Boston and Return via Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Ry Less than one fare for the round trip. Tickets on sale August 13, 13 and 14. Return limit may be extended to Sept. 30. Tickets will be sold via New York if desired. Full-information on application to L. F. Vosburgh, G. A. P. D., Stl. Clark St. church, or C. F. Daly, Chief A. G. P. A., Chicago. If a man could slide easily through the world because he happened to have curly hair and a dimple, he wouldn't develop as much sense as a woman does under the same circumstances—N. Y. Times. Shake Into Your Shoes Allen's Foot Ease. It cures painful, swollen, smarting, sweating feet. Makes new shoes easy. Soil by all Drugists and Shoe Stores. Don't accept any substitute. Sample FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. A man's idea of economy is making his wife wear her last year's bonnet, white he doesn't cut down on his cigar supply. Baltimore American. All Aboard for Boston G. A. R. N ntional Encampment. 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Isaac Hoffman, 83 Years of Age, Lives in Serene Comfort with Dumb Companion. In a snug frame house on the banks of the Delaware between Frenchtown N. J., and Milford lives Isaac Hoffman in serene contentment and happiness with one dumb companion—a large doll. The little home is a perfect picture of neatness and comfort and the old man is very busy in his garden, arranging flowers and watching the vegetables. Hoffman lost his wife several years ago since which time he has lived with his inanimate companion. He has three grown daughters, who pay him occasional visits, but his joy and solace are centered in the quaintly dressed doll and the little playhouse of unknown age. In a corner of the scrupulously clean room which serves the old man as kitchen and dining-room at once, in a closet containing chinaware, many pieces of which have marks showing more than a century of use. When he dines the old man has Bessie, his dell chum, beside him. On the table is a model of his old homestead, made of paper, and the old cover on the table his mother weaved a century ago. Over the table hangs the old mahogany mirror a century old. Hoffman always plants two patches of potatoes in his front garden, and when asked to explain why he does so says: "Well, if one falls, I have the other to fall back on." Hoffman is now 83 years old, but he is in fine physical condition and says he expects to live, some years yet. He served all through the civil war as a member of Col. Ellmaker's One Hundred and Nineteenth Pennsylvania regiment of volunteers. Canada's Attractions. The Dominion Exhibition is one that attracts hundreds of thousands each year. This year it will be held in Winnipeg, Manitoba (Canada), and with the material assistance given it by the Dominion Government, it will be one of the most successful ever held. Besides the number of special attractions that will be offered, there will be brought together an exhibit of the Agricultural and Industrial resources of Canada such as is rarely attempted by any country. Visitors will be there in large numbers from the United States, owing to the low rates offered by railways, connecting with the Canadian roads. It is expected that Hon. Clifford Sefton, Minister of the Interior, will be there on the opening day to declare the exhibition open. A splendid opportunity will be afforded by this exhibition to meet friends. Hotel accommodations will be quite ample. More New Fangled Things. In one Illinois county the farmers are organizing to pipe gas for heating and lighting at their homes. Such improvements, added to free rural delivery, remarks the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, will tend to keep the boys on the farm, unless they pine for harder work. Just think of a farm without the old, reliable woodpile! M. "DEAR MISS. 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However slow the world may be to act upon the suggestions given by this friend of human- COUNT TOLSTOY'S rebukes of governments in general and of his own in particular, do not fall upon unheeding ears. However slow the world may be to act upon the suggestions given by this friend of humanity, at least close attention is shown his messages, and they are pondered over by many people of many lands. A careful student of the life of Tolstoy, Mr. George H. Perris, says that hardly a page that Tolstoy has put forth in the last 20 years has not contained some scathing indictment of the falseness, the cruelty, of the social forms maintained by imperial authority about him. Utterly fearless he has been in his denunciations of Russia's wickednesses and weaknesses, and his fearlessness has not abated with old age. A short time ago the London Times devoted ten volumes of an issue to "Count Tolstoy on War," a most impassioned arraignment of the Russo-Japanese conflict. Count Tolstoy—who so consistently endeavors to follow literally the teachings of the Bible—takes for the text of this article a Biblical passage (Luke xxil. 53): "This is your hour, and the power of darkness." Just exactly how tyrannous Russia is able to stand such freedom of speech, such daring words as the prophet here COUNT gives utterance to, is indeed a mystery. Tolstoy, instead of inciting his countrymen to "patriotism" speaking to them of the glory and honor of war, thus apostrophizes the Russo-Japanese war: "Again war. Again suffering necessary to nobody, utterly uncalled for; again fraud, again the universal stupefaction and brutalization of men—on the one hand—Buddhists, whose law forbids the killing, not only of men, but of animals; on the other hand Christians, professing the law of brotherhood and love). Among numberless pregnant phrases, we quote some others illustrative of the author's daring: "The greatest crime in the world—the murder of one's brethren." "The cruelty, futility and senselessness of war." "The Russian tsar, the same man who exhorted all the nations in the name of peace, publicly announcing that, notwithstanding all his efforts to maintain' the peace so dear to his heart (efforts which express themselves in the seizing of other people's lands and in the strengthening of armies for the defense of these stolen lands), he, owing to the attacks of the Japanese, commands that the same shall be done to the Japanese as they had commenced doing to the Russians—i. e., that they should be slaughtered; and in announcing this call to murder he mentions God, asking the Divine blessing on the most dreadful crime in the world." Then the prophet, gathering momentum as he goes on, ridicules and denounces the different Russian classes and government departments that are aiding and abetting the war. To the question: What then should be the action of the Russian soldier, tsar, and private individual in the present crisis? he answers thus: "And, the work of my life (your life) has nothing in common with the recognition of the rights of Chinese, Japanese or Russians to Port Arthur. . . . If there be a Ged, he will not ask me when I die whether I retained Chimanpo, with its timber stores, or Port Arthur, or even that conglomeration which is called the Russian empire." "To love one's enemies—the Japanese, the Chinese, those yellow peoples toward whom benighted are now endeavoring to excite our hairred—to love them means not to kill them for the purpose of having the right of poisoning them with opium as did the Eng- --- lish; not to kill them in order to seize their lands, as was done by the French, the Russians, and the Germans; not to bury them alive in punishment for injuring roads, not to tie them together by their hair, not to drown them in their river Amur as did the Russians." This is surely strong language, revolutionary; but listen to the following: "For other people's land, to which the Russians have no rights, which has been criminally seized from its legitimate owners, and which in reality, is not even necessary to the Russians; and also for certain dark dealings by specialtors, who in Korea wished to gain money out of other people's forests—many millions of money are spent—i.e., a great part of the labor of the whole of the Russian people, while the future generations of these people are bound by debts, its best workmen are withdrawn from labor, and scores of thousands of its sons are mercilessly doomed to death. More than this: the war is being managed by those who have hatched it so badly, so negligently, all is so unexpected, so unprepared, that, as one paper admits, Russia's chief chance of success lies in the fact that it has inexhaustible human material." Tolstoy does not think the people will stand this indefinitely. He inquires: "When will this cease, and the deceived TOLSTOY. people at last recover themselves and say: 'Well, go yourselves, you heartless tsars, milkados, ministers, bishops, priests, generals, editors, speculators, or however you may be called, go you yourselves under those shells and bullets, but we do not wish to go and we will not go. Leave us in peace; to plough, and sow, and build, and also feed you, you slugrands.' Religious to the point of fanaticism, Count Tolstoy is not in the least what the present day calls orthodox; and without ceasing denounces the superstitions and dogmas that characterize the Russian Orthodox church, the Greek Catholic. He declares the church false to the principles of Christ, and thus holds it up to derision: "Orthodox religion brings to my mind only a lot of long-haired men, who are very arrogant, without instruction, clothed in silk and velvet, decorated with ornaments and jewels, whom ors calls archbishops, and metropolitans, and thousands of other men, with hair uncombed, who find themselves under the most servile domination by a few individuals, who, under color of dispensing the sacrament, cheat and rob the people. How can I have faith in this church and believe, if to a man who asks from the bottom of his soul it replies only by the most miserable deceptions, by insanities, and affirms that no one has the right to make any other reply to these questions?" Repetently in the last few years has Count Tolstoy given open expression of his judgment of the ruler of the Great Russian empire. He holds him well-meaning but misinformed; spends of him as "this unfortunate, entangled young man, recognized as the leader of 120,000,000 of people, continually deceived and compelled to contradict himself." The story goes that the czar, on his way to The Hague conference, sent a carefully-worded invitation to Tolstoy to meet him at one of the stations, and when the latter appeared, clad in the peasant garb, he was received with as much honor as would have been a brother king. Nicholas asked Tolstoy what the latter thought of the coming conference; to which, so the story goes, Tolstoy made characteristic reply that he could not believe in the czar's project until the czar should set a practical example to other nations. KATHERINE POPE --- DISEASE IN SWILL BARREL. Carelessness Which Is the Direct Cause of Immense Loss Among Hogs on the Farm. The more closely swine diseases of the ordinary character are investigated the more clearly it appears that they result almost exclusively from improper feeding and care. It has been discovered that the ordinary swill barrel is a breeder of germs that carry diseases of varying character to the animals that consume the swill. It should surprise no one that this is true, when the contents of the average swill barrel are inventoried. In contributing to that receptacle no thought is given to anything but the disposition of some waste of the house in a quick and easy manner. The swill barrel is located to tempt deposits of everything that no other use can be made of, regardless of its character as food of heal h or nutrition. So into it go meat scraps, partially decayed fruits, vegetables cooked and uncooked, all the table scraps, greasy, sour and sweet combined, coffee and tea grounds, milk in all stages of acidity; soapy and unclean dishwater, the vilest ingredient of all; and not infrequently a drowned chicken spices the conglomeration. The combination is, as a rule, in a state of fermentation, and often too putridity, adding enormously to the unhealthful character of the nauseating mass. The pigs may get it, for the hungry pig is not fastidious, and he is not well enough up in hygienic lore to know that the stuff is unhealthy. But the feeder should know that it is not proper food, and should not prepare that sort of a banquet for his porcine guests. Rheumatism, swollen joints, skin diseases, sore eyes and diarrhoea are some of the alliments that have been traced directly to the alleged food just described. Swill is all right, and much of the offal of the house table may be used in it without danger. But it should be fed when fresh, or in the first stages of fermentation; and greasy, soapy, decayed and putrid articles should be kept out of it. Here is a place to prevent disease that is always difficult and sometimes impossible to cure—Indiana State Sentinel. GRAIN AND HAY BARRACK. It Can Be Built by Any Farmer at an Outlay for Roofing Boards and Nails Only. The cut shows a cheap and most serviceable structure for storing hay or grain. Any farmer with a woollot can build this barrack himself at an outlay for the roofing boards and nails only. As only 250 feet of one-half or grain. Any farmer with a woo- lot can build this barrack himself at an outlay for the roofing boards and nails only. As only 250 feet of one-half- inch boards are needed, and two or three pounds nails, the cost is small. Cut and peel four poles about five inches in diameter at small end and 17 feet long. Cut eight small sa- plings 14 feet long and three or four inches in diameter, and four small pieces, 12 feet long, to nail on top of the posts. Dig four post holes 12 feet apart and three feet square. Before putting down the posts, bore one and one-half-inch holes, 18 inches apart, beginning at small end. These holes are for pins for roof to rest on. Put down the 17-foot posts, set perfectly plumb, and nail on the 12-foot stringers, c. at or near top. To put on the roof take four of the 14-foot pieces, made smooth. Halve them at the corners, allowing frame of roof, of which these pieces are the sills, to come outside the posts one and one-half inches on all sides. This gives room for the roof to be raised easily from any corner. Take four small pieces for rafters. Place a small block at apex, a, and a small crosspiece at each corner, inside posts, b, for foot of rafter to rest on. The roof may be three feet higher at apex, a, than at sills, c. 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Peruna so exactly meets all these conditions that the demand is so great for this remedy at this season of the year that it is nearly impossible to supply it. Pe-ru-naContainsNoNarcotics. One reason why Peruna has found permanent use in so many homes is that it contains no narcotics of any kind. Peruna is perfectly harmless. It can be used any length of time without acquiring the drug habit. THE BEST EXPOSITION OF AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES OF CANADA EVER MADE. An aggregation of attractions never before presented at an exhibition of this kind. Ample Accommodation for visitors. Low Railroad Rates from all United States points. Particulars given by CANADIAN GOVERNMENT AGENTS or NEAREST TICKET AGENT. WANTED—A man whose perception of merit is unable to furnish appropriate, by address 1,800 and make $1,000 in six months. Address COLUMBIA ATD.-BANHCO, CO. 110 N. 118 W. St., Louis, Mo. WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISEKS the advertisement in this paper. W. H. Huston ..... Editor C. M. English ..... Manager Published every Friday morning and entered at Nedal a Post Office as second class matter. Per Year (in advance) ..... $1.00 Six months (in advance) ..... $0.00 Single Copy ..... $0.00 Payments may be made by P.O. Money Order, Register letter or Express Order Corporation含有 news of interest to the public earnestly solicited Agents wanted. Write for terms "Think for Thy Self one good thought; And know it to be Thine own. "The better than a thousand gleaned From fields by others sown. For President, THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Vice President, CAMLES W. FAIRBANKS. The CONSERVATOR will in all local political contests support for PUBLIC POSITIONS, only good and reliable men, irrespective of their political or business affiliations. We take this position, because we feel that we can best subserve the PUBLIC INTERESTS by maintaining this PATRIOTIC STAND. How may a man or woman, who aspires to leadership secure the confidence of the people? By showing to them that he or she has their interest at heart. How show this? By doing for the people those things that imures to their (the people's) good. An individual, who has the people's interests at heart and, also, aspires to leadership, will consider the people's well being first. Why? Because he knows that if the people see and know that their interests are safely safe-guarded by an individual, they will not let their benefactor go void of just consideration. You, who aspire to leadership, must do something for the people. PROF. J. W. Cooper, a graduate of Lincoln Institute writes an article on Emancipation, for this issue of this periodical. Prof. Cooper has been a contributor for several months. Among the many papers submitted by him, none give evidence of more thought than the present contribution. We appreciate our good friend's efforts and shall be pleased to have others contribute to our columns from time to time. ```markdown ``` We are pleased to reckon among our new exchanges the Mobile Weekly Press, of Mobile, Ala.; the Huntsville Journal, of Huntsville, Ala.; and The Sentinel, of East St. Louis, Ill. All are ably edited Negro Journals devoting their energies toward the betterment of the race along all progressive lines. We welcome them to our desk and will spend many happy moments in perusing their contents. YOUNG Negroes must cease anticipating so much from politics and rely more upon individual effort and manhood worth. It does not matter so much what a man's political beliefs may be, if he be really and truly a man of character and integrity. Greater stress should be placed on honorable manhood development than upon strict partisan loyalty. Be first a Man, then a Partisan. Will the citizens of Sedalia allow their cemetery to remain in its present ragged condition? This question should demand the thoughtful consideration of all --- enterprising Negroes. Our dead should be more highly honored. Their graves should be properly cared for. Some steps should and must be taken to arrange our cemetery more tastefully. AMONG the many enterprises that Sedalia loves, the State Fair has the greater share. This year the fair promises to be greater than ever before. Hence, we advise our people of these various occupations to spend not less than one day in attendance, because, it will be the cause of them receiving new ideas and bopes. We advise Sodalia church people to spend Sunday, Aug. 7th, in Higginsville. Then they will see a modernly constructed church edifice under the pastorate of brother Sage. May they not also resolve to do some improvement along the line of Religious building. THINK on it!! Rev. J. F. Sage, at Higginsville has raised more than $1400 already for the improvement of his church. If you doubt the good work he is doing up there, get on the train Sunday Aug. 7th. and go and see for your self. GRAND Chancellor A. W. Lloyd, of Missouri Pythianism is a hustler from "Way Back." We are always glad to speak a good word for him, at anytime, anywhere. THE nomination of Allen and Cook along with Joseph W. Folk, does seem a "leetle" funny. Missouri Democracy, however, is a peculiar entity. EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION. The celebrating of the Emancipation Proclamation always has a direct bearing on the Negro race as a whole. The proclamation marks the beginning of the real history of the Negro race, before that time his history was that of servitude and subjugation; it was a history of how he was brought from the dark continent of Africa and the dark days that he encountered in crossing the ocean and finally how he was sold and put to work on the plantations. In fact, it was not a history that was to remain permanent in the records of the world's advancement and progress, but only recorded by a few as most anything is recorded, imply as a happening. He remained in this state for two-hundred and fifty years, doing the biddings of his master and making a country rich by his labor, only receiving in return, something to wear and eat. But the tide changed and by the issuing of the Emancipation Proclamation, he became a free man and began to enjoy liberty, and the pursuits of happiness as other people. It was with his emancipation that arose the problem of his future. Before then, he was simply property in the hands of another, but now he is a citizen. You note the difference, he has his history and he has played his humble part in the construction of the government. What other nationality of equal number has contributed more liberally its stability and wealth? It seems that the Emancipation lifted the cau from under which were intellectual, moral and physical principles only waiting a chance to grow. Thru all these lines, he has made great progress in the last forty years of his freedom. When treed, he did not have anything to rely upon except his physical labor, in order that he might pave the way for these other principles to come forth. Seeing his conditions, he begun at once and has been working steady along these lines. The Negro was left without a language and at first only a favorite tue would secure informacion The Fourth of August GREATER THAN ALL ITS PREDECESSORS. THREE GREAT ORATORS TO SPEAK. President Benjamin F. Allen, A. M. Lincoln Institute, Jefferson City, Mo., President Inman E. Page, A. M., Normal and Industrial College, Langston, Okla., and the Hon. George H. White, ex-congressman, Washington, D.C. Greatest Display of NEGRO INTELLIGENCE Ever Congregated in Central Missouri. All railroads entering Sedalia will give rates For further particulars, address H. G. Philips, or W. H. Huston, Managers ..... to read and write, but now they are far on the way of mastering the English language and its specific usages. They were left homeless, but now they own their millions of dollars worth of Real Estate. They were left in a very low stage of morals and manners, but now they have and are acquiring the very best of morality and manners. These are some of the conditions in which the Negroes were left after the Emancipation. But, when one takes a look backward and compare them with his conditions today, he is forced to say with the poet, "We may attain all the excellence of which humanity is capable while doing our simplest daily duties." While we may admit that there is not among us today any living Frederick Douglass, yet during forty years of freedom we can point to a Paul Lawrence Dunbar in poetry, to a Charles W. Chestnut in prose, and to one of the greatest educational reformers of our times in the person of Booker T. Washington. The celebration of the Emancipation Proclamation is not only an object lesson which reveals to the world the triumph of our courage and energy, and the glory of our material wealth, but it is the load-stone which attracts the people of every section hither and these great gatherings wipe away sectional lines and gives birth to a better and broader citizenship through out the length and breadth of our country. It brings old veterans of wars together to live over again the dark days that "Tried men's souls," and to tell forgotten stories which were once told around the campfires long ago. It brings the young together to talk about the happy tomorrow and the glorious years that are to come and to whisper to each other, not stories of war, but that other story which was first told in Eden, then handed dawn through all ages, "The old-old story of love." The glory of a nation is the blossoming of freedom and freedom sprang from the blood of heroes. No wonder, we twine the laurels and turn the air into music; no wonder we greet, with open arms and overflowing hearts our celebration when it comes. When ever we forget the sufferings they endured, when ever we shall cease to scatter flowers over their graves and wave garlands o'er the living; whenever we shall grow weary of honoring the scars of valor, and applauding the knightly courage of men, wno, for the sake of humanity, faced death at the cannon's mouth, our glory will fade and freedom will perish among its worshipers. Yet, as much as has been done in the past, we stand today at the dawn rather then the sun-set of human endeavors. At the close of forty years of mental growth and moral development, we are simply the advance guard of pugnies to the great race of intellectual giants which are to fellow. I thank God that the history of the past teacher that there is no aristocracy so great, so grand; so glorious as that of human intellect; and that no plutocracy no pride of doctrees, as unnerving as fate, as survival of the fittest in all the land. It does not follow that the mission of the Negro will end until every individual character that marks him as a distinct race, of whatever character, is entirely obliterated, and the Negro is fully prepared to take his place along side his Anglo-Saxon brother in all the walks of life, without fear of segregation, colonization or utter extinction. Whether the future has in store for the Negro sunshine or shadow, success or failure, hope realized or hope blighted, the wreath of victorv or the broken sword of the vanquished, we shall go forward bravely to face the duties and dangers that may confront us. —J. W. Cooper. All Fourth of August Stand Privileges must be taken before Saturday July 30th. See H. G. Phillips, 116 W. Main Street. Mrs. Richard Sanders For first class hair work Braids, Bangs, Pompadours, and etc. Shampooing, Dying, Bleaching the Hair a specialty. Facial and Bust Massage. Hair Tonics. Massage Cream. Work guaranteed or money refunded. Write for particulars 412 N. Lamine St. Bell Phone 734. H. Pettis. Caterer and Confectioner Soda Fountain now in. Cold Drinks, all Flavors. Own make Ice Cream. Best in the city..... I Serve Parties Upon Short Notice. Try Me. 509 North Lamine Street OTTERVILLE. Quite a number went to Smithton to the picnic Saturday. Mrs. Mary Outland departed for her home, Springfield, Ill., Friday. Mrs. Nora Garett visited parents and relatives here this week, returning home Sunday. Miss Emma Hogan returned home Sunday from a visit to the World's Fair. Rev. Richard Broadus preached here Sunday afternoon to a good audience. Miss Cynthia Cooper, of Joplin, Mo., is visiting relatives here this week. ```markdown ``` Moerschel Brewing Co. BREWERS AND BOTTLERS. Cor. Main and Missouri, Avenue. Phone 214. Private Orders Given Special Attention. When You Buy MOERS CHEL Beer, You will Be Patronizing a HOME INDUSTRY. : : : : : : : : NORTH SIDE MEAT MARKET. Ray & Holt Props. some great prices. Dry Salt Jawls 3 lbs. 25c Smoked Jawls a lb 10c Breakfast Bacon a lb 15c Dry Salt Bacon a lb 11c Smoked Hams a lb 15c Picnic Hams a lb 11c Fresh Fish Every Friday—Buffalo and Cat. Saturday Special Sale Day 4 lbs. Boiling meat 25c. Phones {Bell 419} Cor, Lamine & Pettis sts. Prompt Delivery, Q.C. 10 THE MKT MARKETING INTELLIGENCE WHEN YOU TRAVEL SELECT A RAILWAY AS YOU DO YOUR CLOTHES. KATY SERVICE (MISBOURI, KANBAS & TEXAS RAILWAY.) Suggests Comfortable and Convenient Trails. THE "KATY FLYER" AND KATY DINING STATIONS. Meals, Moderate in Price. Disurpassed in Quality and Service. ONE PRICE 50c POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. We are authorized to announce Thos. J. Robb as a candidate for the office of constable of Sedalia township, subject to the action of the republican party, We are authorized to announce Clemens Honkompt, as a candidate for the office of Treasurer of Pettis County, subject to the will of the voters of said 'County' We are authorized to announce Chas. D. Brown as a candidate for the office of assessor of Pettis county, subject to the action of the republican party. We are authorized to announce T. T. Viets as a candidate for the nomination for county treasurer subject to the action of the republican party. Money to loan; small sums; no commission. H. G. Phillips MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY See the Daily Papers for Our Magnificent World's Fair Service 8 Daily Passenger Trains Each Way. $7.50 Round Trip to St. Louis sold Daily Good for 60 days. Round Trips to St. Louis sold daily good to Dec. 15th. '04 for return. Subscribe for the Conservator and read good news. Money to loan: small sums; no commission; H. G. Phillips. MRS. NELLIE DAVIS. Full line of bangs, wigs, braids, pompadours, and the best brand of hair-oil, face bleach, whitening 104 E. Cooper, St. Moerschel B BREWERS AND Cor. Main and Missouri Private Orders Given Special At CHEL Beer, You will Be Patronizii J. M. Harris, M. D Physician and Surgeon. 116 W. Main. St., Sedalia, Mo —OFFICE HOURS— 10:00 to 12:00 a.m. 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Residence 236 W. Morgan St. H. G. PHILLIPS. LAWYER. 116 W. Main street SEDALIA. - - - - MO. Coates & Wilhite. Leave orders John's Lumber Yard. Phone 11. Plastering, Bricklaying, Concreting and General Repairing. All work given prompt attention. Polite Service Best Bargains Strict attention given all orders. Your Money's Worth Always. WM. DIGGS 413 N. LAMINE St TONSORIAL ARTISTS Hair Cuts Shampoos Clean Shaves D. Y. STEELE 120 E. MAIN ST. FORTUNE TELLER. The only reliable Phrenologist in the city who can tell your Past, Present and Future. Prof. Jack Duncan, 135 E. Cooper St. Sedalia, Mo. GROWTHER & SON. The latest style rigs, and the Best groomed horses—The most courteous treatment accorded to all—Come and see us. Clover Leaf Club Meets every first and third Wed- nesday of each month in regular session. Jessie Lucas, President Sanford Fields, Secret'y. Brewing Co. AND BOTTLERS. uri, Avenue. Phone 214. Attention. When You Buy MOER- ing a HOME INDUSTRY. : : : : : : :