Sedalia Weekly Conservator

Sedalia Weekly Conservator. VOL. 11. PRESIDING ELDER'S REPORT TO THE SEDALIA DISTRICT CONFERENCE. Dear bretheren and members of the district conference-Greetings:—With gratitude to our Heavenly Father for His loving kindness and tender mercies, of which He has shown us in abundance. It is our great and high privilege, after the lapse of another year and, after having been permitted to labor together in His vineyard, we have met to transact business for the great Church of Christ. The condition of the work on the district, in many instances, is most excellent. Not-with-standing the draw backs with which we all had to content during the beginning of the conference year, namely, constant rainy weather, sickness and deaths, among the pastors and laity, a majority of them are untiring and faithful in their work for the church of Christ, which He has purchased by His Own blood. In this very busy year of commercial rush, political agitation and the excitement engendered by the World's Fair at St. Louis, calling the attention and the presence of the people by the hundreds and the dollars by the thousands thank God, through all of this, many of the preachers and the laity, are no less true to their oaths and obligations in giving their time and money to the support of the gospel and to the various benevolent enterprises of the church. Beloved, I try to live the example and also teach the people that the church should be our first consideration in all things pertaining to its highest good and its greatest success. I have visited all of the quarterly conferences and meetings on the first round with the exception of two and a number of them on the second round. I have tried to be to the quarterly conferences, to the churches, and to the pastors what the church expects me to be, and that is, to be helpful to Christianity and Brotherly to one and all. I have striven to preach the gospel as best I could and to inspire the people to the extent that my own heart and life had received inspiration from our Lord and Master. I make it a point to urge upon the bretheren in their quarterly conferences and upon all of the laity, the necessity of taking the benevolent collection in full. Dear bretheren, I am striving in the name of Him, who hath loved us and washed as from our sins in his own blood, and to see that no stone is left unturned in order to bring to the church of God, success. I earnestly entreat you, bretheren, to plan for Dear bretheren, I am striving in the name of Him, who hath loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood, and to see that no stone is left unturned in order to bring to the church of God, success. I earnestly entreat you, bretheren, to plan for revivals of religion in your respective pastoral charges and see to it, by the aid of the Holy Spirit, to have souls brought into the Kingdom of our Lord, this conference year. Dear Bretheren, both ministers and laity, let us stand together in the work of the Lord and His great church. Let us be harmoniously and christianly joined together in lifting up, Christ to the lost ones. One minister in the district has fallen asleep in Jesus. Our bro. Rev. J A Dorsey, departed this life May 2nd. He has outrun us and gone to his reward, and to an innumerable company of angels, to the General Assembly and Church of the first born, which are written in heaven and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect. Our little girl Lethia A Smith, 6 years, 8 months and 1 day old, closed her eyes in death Jun 2nd., and she sleeps in Jesus today. She went to the spirits land to see the Great King in his beauty and to be with mother. "Asleep in Jesus blessed sleep— From which none ever wakes to weep. A calm and undisturbed repose— Unbroken by the last of foes." And now bretheren I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified and may the peace of God abide in your hearts. Respectfully submitted by your humble Servant, W. H. Smith, P. E. Sedalia, Mo. BLACKWATER Misses George and Elizabeth Bush returned home Wednesday, after a weeks visit with their friend, Miss Ethel Davis. Mrs. Delia Walker and Miss Nealie Martin are the guests of their Sister Mrs. Albert Smith. Mr. Johnny Adams passed thru our town accompanied by his brother Prof. I W Adams on their way home, at Arrow Rock. The Misses Bush Smith and Ethel Davis took in the picnic at Nelson and was accompanied by several of their friends home that evening. A very pleasant time was afforded them. Messrs Johnny Adams and Feilden Switzer made the Smith family a pleasant call on monday night. Misses Nora and Cecile Smith returned home from Boonville, after a week's visit with friends. Mr. Feilden Switzler of Arrw Rock and Mr. Lucius Booker of Marshall spent the Sunday with the Smith family. Messes Nora and Cecil Smith entertained quite a number of friends on Monday night in honor of their friend Miss Marie Toliver of Boonville. WARRENSBURG Mrs. Annie Miller and daughter returned from Kansas City recently. Miss Fuel has returned from Kansas City and will leave Thurs day to attend school in Jefferson City. Mr. Artie Harris spent a few days last week with friends and relatives in Hustonia. Mr. Kinchen March, of Sweet Springs, was in our city a few days ago. Rev. J W Patton and sons, Earl and William spent last week with his mother in Kansas City. Prof. Reynolds and Mr. Woods of Warreensburg, who are on business in Kansas City, spent Sunday with their wives, returning on the night train. Chas. Bowman has returned from St' Louis where he has been attending the World's Fair. Mrs. Woodrought, Misses Eva Morgan and Vine Blair of Centerview spent Thursday in our city. Prof. N S Harris left Thursday to open his school at Roechport, Mo. Charley Jones the eight year old son of Grace Suttington was sent to the reform school Thursday morning. W G Goins opened his school at Mt. Olive, Monday Sept. 5th. Howard school will open Monday with Prof. H F Thompson, Principal; J W Cooper and Miss Mation, assistant teacher. All Warrensburgers owing for subscriptions to this paper, please pay some to Artie Harris at once. LEXINGTON By Special Scribe. Monday was Labor Day and nobody worked. C M English spent Monday and Tuesday here looking to the interests of the Conservator of the which he is half owner and manager. SEDALIA, MISSOURI, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1904. Assemblyman, John H. Bothwell, Sedalia's Most Honored Son. M. H. For more than a quarter of a century no man in Sedalia has done more for her advancement than John H. Bothwell, Vice Chairman of the State Republican Committee. He has been constantly in advance of the most progressive of our citizens and today, the State Fair and the Missouri Pacific shops, are achievements in which he contributed no small amount of effort. Sedalians, as a unit, love and admire John Homer Bothwell. Dr. J D Bail and estimable lady Sundaved out at the home of Miss Carrie D Walker. School opened here with quite a large enrollment of pupils. Prof Green is principal with the Misses Graham, Johnson and Carter, over the grades. Rev. Mills and wife were in Marshall Saturday. Mesdames Sarah and Maggie White and A M Van Buren were in Arrow Rock Saturday. Rev. C R Smith filled his ap pointment here Sunday preach Prof. H L Billups will lecture at St. John's Chapel Sunday night. Revs. A A Gilbert of Lexington and J F Sage of Higginsville have out bills advertising a Celebration at Higginville Fair grounds Sept 22 Go! C M English Spoke before the Epworth League at St. Johns Chapel Sunday eve. Mrs. Susie Blackburn of Kansas City spent Sunday here with her sister Mrs. J B Epps. Mr. English spent Sunday afternoon with Miss Carrie D Walker. As a Matter of race pride and race development, every one should trade at the Hunter Grocery and Racket store. See to it. Our Baptist brothers are improving the lawn and putting in new walks around this beautiful church. The service of Mrs. J D Ball have been secured to report news from this community to the Conservator and to look after it's circulation. All courtisies shown her will be well appreciated by the management. Tell it to Mrs. Ball the news. Give it to her—your subscription and boom your town. A lawn social was in progress Monday night in East Lexington for the benefit of the A M E church. Dr Ball took Mr English for a ride over the city Monday and George kicked. UNION HILL Rev. C R Smith and wife drove over from Arrow Rock and took dinner with A M Van Buren, Thursday. Chas Smith and A M Van Buren returned from Chicago Thursday morning. A heavy rain fell here Thursday night. Rev. Mills and wife were in Marshall Saturday. Mesdames Sarah and Maggie White and A M Van Buren were in Arrow Rock Saturday. Rev. C R Smith filled his appointment here Sunday preaching to a large audience. Messrs J Poindexter and G Higins of Blackwater, Rev. Bruner and wife of Nelson, Chas Everth and wife of Napton and Mrs. Nannie Brooks of Orearville were Sunday visitors here. The sympathies of the community are with Mr. C Groves and wife in the recent bereavement of their little son aged one year and two months. Everything is quite since the accidental shooting of Anna Piper "too late to shut the barn after the horse is stolen." Rev. J P McDonnell will preach here on the fourth Sunday. BLACKBURN Miss Rosa Anthony of Pleasant Grove is the guest of her Aunt, Mrs. Annie Tibbs. John Guthrie and wife spent Friday night with his mother. George Clay and wife spent Sunday with George Seals and family. Mrs. Bell Miles spent Sunday with her daughter, Mrs. Howard in Alma. Miss Eliza Miles came home Sunday for a short visit with her parents. Rev. Porter and wife spent Monday here, on business. Mrs. Mamie Johnson arrived Monday morning and is visiting her parents. The trustees of the M E church have begun the work on their new church. Jessie Lucas of Sweet Springs is the carpenter at work on the new building. Tell your friends about the Conservator and persuade them to subscribe for it at once. Only One Dollar a year; Sixty cents for six Months. Send mony to C M English or W H Huston, Sedalia, Mo. This paper only $1 the year. Miss Lila M Hende son departed Tuesday for St Louis, Mo. Miss Frances Hicklin of Lexington changed cars here Tuesday. Rev J F Sage was in Kansas City several days last week. Misses Eva and Anna Britt are visiting in Independence and other points. Miss Ruby Martin of Sedalia, Mo., is the guist of Miss Lena Collier. Mr and Mrs Jenkins Work-cuff spent Sunday in Sweet Springs, Mo. Mr Isadore Workcuff of Mayview spent Sunday here. Mr Clayton Williams one of our industrious citizens is erecting another neat cottage near his present home. Mr Leslie Gillmore spent several days in Kansas City last week. Prof C E Johnson has just completed the erection of a beautiful cottage on Green St. Mr Arthur Groves purchased of John Omaley six lots joining his present property. Mrs J L Davis is on the sick list. Mrs Ida Thompson one of our ex-teachers passed thru Friday enroute to Louisiana where she is employed to teach this session. Mrs Lizzie Williams of Kansas City is here visiting her Brother G W Edwards. Mrs Mollie Beal of Springfield, Mo., came in Tuesday to visit friends and relatives. Miss A I Perry of Carthrage, Mo., came in Tuesday to spend a few days with friends, and from here she goes to Marshall, Mo., to resume her position as teacher in the public schools. Prof. Shelton French and lady returned from the World's Fair City, where they enjoyed the claims of the exposition, Wednesday on No. 7. Mrs. Jno. Jenkins, of Independence, Mo., passed thru Wednesday, returning home from the World's Fair. Editor Huston, and the quartette boys went to Sweet Springs Thursday morning, as did also Scott Joplin the "Rag time" King. The Williams house, occupied by C. H. Marshall, was burned to the ground Wednesday morning. Contents were saved. Hon. H G Phillips returned from a business trip in Washington City and other places, stopping at St. Louis on his return, to see the Fair. The Manager thanks Dr. J. M. Harris for a fine lot of grapes sent to him Thursday morning. Dr. J. M. Harris, and son Mayo, have returned from a delightful World's Fair trip. Miss Minnie Lewis, of Hughesville, left last Saturday for Guthrie Oklahoma, where she will teach, during the coming season. Dont fail to see J B Holdner, everybody's friend, when you wish good fresh groceries. He is jolly, honest and alright. Mr. William Buckner of St. Louis, after a 4 weeks visit with his cousin, R D Lewis, of near Hughesville, has returned home. Miss Ollie Haynes and Eugene Jones of Sweet Springs, passed thru our city Sunday, enroute to Jefferson City, to enter Lincoln Institute. Chas. Milton English, our esteemed partner and manager, is entering the field, now as a progressive Circulator. He hopes to place the Conservator in 500 homes before Xmas. Will you help him? NO.19 Always glad to 'show goods. Watches Sold on Weekly Payments. Queen City Loan Office. $5,000 to loan on watches HERBERT HAKAN, PROP. 111 W. Main St. NOTE—Fine Watch repairing. Miss Maud Lewis, of Hughes- ville after a 3 weeks visit in St. Louis, has returned home. Mesdames D Y Steele and C W Holiday have been enjoying a several days stay in the World's Fair City. Their "Hubbies" look a little lonely. Miss Ardonia Abbott, after a profitable visit at the St. Louis Fair, returned home last week. Her work, this season, will be with the good people of Windsor. Miss Abbott is a young woman possessing those admirable traits of character that will cause her presence in Windsor to be felt in the field of usefulness. Classical Entertainment by the Morgan Street Baptist Church. The Tambourine Drill and Musicale given by the Morgan Street Baptist church was a very creditable affair. Mrs Lillie Kinney well deserves many compliments for the beautiful poses and uniform execution that so charmingly pleased the audience. Each young lady did credit to her self and the solos, by the Misses Katie Guy, Emma Drake, and Anna Smith, were rendered with the most satisfactory results. Altogether this was one of the most successful church entertainments of the season. Rev Norris the new pastor of this church is taking right hold of the work and results speak for themselves. A Pistol Duel St. Joseph, Mo.—A pistol duel was indulged in Tuesday by ex-Minister, to Libera, Dr. J. A. R. Crossland and Dr. W. Marion, a rival practitioner, in which Dr. Crossland was worsted and is now lying at the point of death in the St. Joseph Hospital. Dr. Carion, who was not hurt, is in jail. Lots Of Fun AT- D. O. H. HALL. Saturday Night, Sept. 10, 1904 Scott Joplin will furnish the music....Fun Rain or Shine. Felix Warfield, Mgr J. B. HOLDNER, The Grocer. 116 W. Main Street. Call and see me for Good Groceries. at the possible LOWEST PRICE. Also Feed and Flour of the Best Grades. Phones, Bell 790, Q. C. 399. SEDALIA, . . . . . . . . . MISSOUR THE TIDE OF TIME the all the rivers run into the sea; yet the "sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come thither they return again." *Koelreisian 1.7 ...* The trout that lakes on Where sighs the rushes tremulous, Or laughs beside the flowered lawn, Or flaunts the spicy calamus. The rivers of the varied moods That sing across the singing plain, Or in the forest soides Chant measures in a somber vein— They, too, but answer that one call; Of north, or south, or east, or west The rivers journey one and all Down to the sea of peace and rest. And from the sea the rivers rise As from eternity the days— Within the heart of time these lies The rule of their appointee way; With the same each dawn And golden moon and twilight gray And every moment come or gone Has known its call to go or stay. So all the smiles and all the tears, And grief and joy live o'er and o'er, And on the bosom of the years Drift out from some eternal shore, Rise out of that eternity Which was, and is, and shall endure; And what has been and what shall be Knew, and shall know, that haven sure. All the rivers find the sea, And all the years, eternity. —W. D. N. in Chicago Daily; Tribune. The Humiliation of John Strong BY HOWARD DEVINE (Copyright, 1904, by Daily Story Pub. Co.) It was the trial of John Strong's life that his sister could not or would not keep more capable and slightly maids about the house. In a general way he admittedly inwardly and outwardly that Lavina was a most competent and comfortable housekeeper, but in the matter of maids he was peculiarly fastidious—placing the matter nearly as high in grade of importance as keeping the eait cellars filled. "It positively spoils my appetite, Lavina," announced John Strong, dogmatically, "to have my food served by such dowdy girls." John was just feeling the oats of his early old-bachelorhood. He was comparatively young as old bachelors go, but having lived at hotels and clubs and restaurants during the brief period between the death of his mother and the widowhood of Lavina—some three or four years—he had acquired the microbe of criticism which develops so readily and rapidly in the bachelor nature and moreover he wanted Lavina to understand thoroughly that he was no longer a kid brother, but had become a thoroughgoing man of the 1 HOLDING THE HAND OF A RATHER PRETTY LITTLE BLONDE GIRL world. In truth John had been glad enough to get back to the spacious and comfortable old home and have his comfort looked after by Lavina, after his years of servitude to landlords, stewards, cooks and other abominations of bachelor life. But he feared she regarded him still as a sort of small boy and it required some energetic complaint and a great deal of dignity, assumed or real, to maintain his position as a seasoned man of the world. And Lavina—well Lavina always worshiped John as the king who could do no wrong—but, nevertheless, as the boy who was to be cared for and looked after, and she regarded his criticisms and his alms and graces much as a big Newfoundland dog regards the barking of a diminutive rat-and-tan. "Which girl is it that offends your nosthetic sense, Johnnie?" inquired Lavina, sweetly. "The Johnnie" settled it. The one thing Mr. John Strong could not stand was to be addressed by the pet name of his boyhood. "All of 'em, all of 'em," he declared warmly. "Take this freak you have now as a dining room girl. In the first place nature never intended she should be seen outside a kitchen or laundry, and in the second place her method of getting herself up is positively disgraceful. She may be clean—but I doubt it—and it is a fact that the way she fixes her hair and dresses herself is a positive disgrace. It spills my appetite to have her around, to say nothing of the thought that she handles my food." "Why, I thought Nellie was a particularly neat and tasty girl," repiled Lavina, sweetly. "Mrs. Terwillerig-Jones was remarking the other day that she was altogether too pretty a girl to have about a house where there was a young man. She said she would not have her about her house when Robert was home—and I'm sure Nellie dresses very nicely." John had gone purple during this speech. "Mrs. Terwilliger-Jones," he shouted, "And so that old gossip is mixing in our affairs and offering advice about how a gentleman should live. I suppose she cannot recover from the low-born associations of the period prior to her marriage to Terwilliger-Jones. I don't wonder Bob prefers to travel than to live in such an atmosphere. Please do not mention her name to me again, Lavina. And as for this girl I insist that she be replaced immediately. Of course, I do not want to interfere with your domestic arrangements, but I positively refuse to eat in the house again so long as she waits on the table. Why, you should see the dainty girls they have to serve at the Mecca and at Bernick's. Pretty as pictures and dressed so dainty as to make it a positive pleasure to receive the dishes at their hands." "But how is one to get these fair waitresses?" asked Lavina with a quizzical smile. "I'm sure it's hard enough to get any sort of help." "Pay 'em, pay 'em," answered John, decisively. "That's how Bernick gets 'em. We do not have to economize, Lavina, how many times have I told you. Do I ever complain at the bills?" Then John arose and stalked out, nor did he return for several days, telephoning that he would return when the objectionable person had departed. Some days later Lavina and her friend Mrs. Terwilliger-Jones were downtown shopping one afternoon and decided to stay down for the theater. So the went to Bernick's for dinner. They occupied one of the cosy little boxes or private dining rooms, which lined both sides of the great main dining room, with its palms and music and glistening marble and noisy clatter of tongues and dishes. Presently the tones of a familiar voice struck Lavina's ear. They came from the next room, which was separated only by a low partition. Evidently Brother John was also dining at Bernick's. "Here, Thompson," send that new girl to wait on me—the pretty little blond who looks so neat. I can't endure a dowdy girl to wait on me." This in John Strong's most dignified and authoritative tones. "Yes, slr," replied the usher deferentially. Some moments later John's voice rose again. "Ah, there you are; and prettier than ever. Come, stop your blushing and look here at what I've brought you." There was a feminine exclamation of surprise and pleasure and then John's voice again. "Come, now, don't I deserve a kiss? Yes I do. What? Well, if you won't give it to me I'll just have to take it." There was a slight sound of a snuffle and a smothered scream. Lavina looked very severe and Mrs. Terwilliger-Jones inexpressibly shocked. Again John's voice, "Well, if you are afraid people will hear, why don't you keep still. Yes, I will give you my order in a minute. But look here, you're altogether too pretty and dainty a girl to be waiting on a table in a bloody old restaurant. It's too hard work for you. You look all tired out. I'll tell you what. You join me at the X street entrance to the park to-morrow afternoon at five and we'll have a nice little supper and take a boat ride afterwards. What do you say?" "I don't get off until nine o'clock," replied a feminine voice. "Pashaw, that's easy," replied John. "Just tell 'em you sick and have to lay off. If there's a row I'll fix it with Bernick." When she heard the sound of the girl's voice Lavina looked puzzled then she smiled expansively. She whispered to Mrs. Terwilliger-Jones. A moment later both ladies stood in the doorway of the adjoining room. A most scandalous sight met their eyes. John Strong sat at the table with hair slightly ruffled and holding the hand of a rather pretty little blond girl, who stood by his side blushing profusely. Before them on the table was an open jewel box, containing a handsome ring. Mrs. Terwilliger-Jones raised her lorgnette to her eyes and stared coldly. Lavina voiced a quick little giggle and said sweetly: "Good afternoon, John, I thought it was your voice. Why, Nellie, how do you do? I didn't know you worked here. Do you like it better than in a private family? I must remember it and have you to wait on me when I come here. Why, John, I thought you could not, did not like to have Nellie serve your meals." Then both ladies retired. John Strong's face was a study. "You don't mean—are you—did you—that it—dem it." "Yes," replied Nellie. "Your sister discharged me last week. Didn't you recognize me? Why, I thought you did and that was why—" But John had reached for his hat and fled incontinently. Nor did he go outside the doors of his club for a week—and he resumed his home relations only upon the most solemn promise on the part of Lavina that the restaurant incident never would be alluded to. Nor has John ever expressed himself on the servant girl question since. In the Market Stella—Did you buy a nobleman while you were abroad? Bella—No; merely shopped—N. Y. Sun. Happenings in Missouri. State Auditor Allen's Report. State Auditor Allen made his monthly report to Gov. Dockery, showing the receipts of his office and the disbursements during August. A summary of the report, showing the funds into which and from which the money was paid as follows: RECEIPTS. RECEIPTS. County collectors..... $87,846.68 Incorporation tax..... 9,635.00 Fees, secretary of state..... 469.25 Fees, state auditor..... 100.25 Notarial commissions..... 530.00 Sale of laws..... 30.00 Interest on deposits..... 5,338.88 Fees, excise commissioner..... 7,364.20 Sale of beer stamps..... 41,827.74 Foreign insurance tax..... 110.06 Fees, land department..... 50.25 Refunded amounts..... 139.45 Sale of school for blind..... 25,000.00 State interest fund..... 9,986.97 State seminary fund..... 149.00 State seminary money..... 4,647.63 Insurance department fund..... 1,311.94 Escheat fund..... 53.30 Earnings, penitentiary..... 19,698.22 Hospital for insane No. 1..... 7,282.80 Hospital for insane No. 2..... 25,592.08 Hospital for insane No. 3..... 9,882.49 Hospital for insane No. 4..... 3,941.43 School for deaf and dumb..... 639.60 Training school for boys..... 4,919.49 Industrial school for girls..... 1,500.53 Federal soldiers' home..... 2,321.06 Colony for feeble-minded..... 367.25 County foreign insurance tax ..... 110.06 Bank inspection fund ..... 1,817.50 Building and loan fund ..... 89.33 State fair fund ..... 4,375.50 Factory inspection fund ..... 587.00 DISBURSEMENTS. State revenue fund..... $ 141,093.00 State sinking fund..... 22,286.12 State school money..... 1,253,660.77 State seminary money..... 4,774.00 Insurance department fund..... 1,150.76 Escuechs fund..... 40.00 Earnings, penitentiary..... 18,614.23 Hospital for insane No. 1..... 8,949.50 Hospital for insane No. 2..... 12,481.54 Hospital for insane No. 3..... 11,014.96 Hospital for insane No. 4..... 3,941.43 School for blind..... 48.55 Training school for boys..... 3,999.16 Industrial school for girls..... 1,175.74 Federal soldiers' home..... 1,385.19 Colony for feeble-minded..... 565.15 Bank inspection..... 1,067.72 Building and loan..... 15.00 State fair..... 14,175.00 Factory inspection..... 507.65 Board of health..... 908.30 Board of osteopathy..... 142.05 Total ..... $1,506,995,97 Please State Color: "State color" will be inserted in the next advertisement the school trustees of Belmont cause to be printed for the public school. By correspondence, they engaged a man in Ohio. He was to have arrived Friday, and several trustees went to meet him. Three women and a large negro were the only persons to leave the train. The trustees returned to their homes, believing the new principal had missed connections. However, he had not. The negro was the new principal and board had been engaged for him at home of a leading citizen. Hugh McPeeters, secretary of the board of trustees, who had the correspondence with the negro, was called upon by the latter later in the day. Realizing it would be best not to let the facts be known, and impressing the negro with the gravity of the situation, Mr. McPeeters drove him to a near-by town, where he took a train for the north. Growth of M. E. Church. South. In an address before the Missouri conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, at Columbia, Bishop E R. Hendrix, of Kansas City, reviewed the growth of the church in the 18 years in which he has been bishop. Eighteen years ago there were 4,406 traveling preachers, now there are 6,620. The total membership then was 990,994, against 1,556,828 at present. The number of churches has increased from 10,950 to 15,090, the value of churches from $13,835,140 to $26,604,777. the number of parsonages from 2,020 to 4,216, the value of parsonages from $2,247,288 to $2,164,915. Warning to School Boards. State School Superintendent Carrington has issued a letter to Missouri school boards declaring that he will enforce the school book contract made in 1897. The law makes it a misdemeanor for school boards to permit the use of any book in place of the adopted book, and forfeits the bond of any publisher that fails to supply books at contract prices. Wife Revealed Terrible Crime. Alfred Boister, colored, aged 72 years, is in jail at Niobrara charged with murdering his child with a saw last month. His wife says she has been afraid to reveal the facts because he had threatened to murder her if she did. Against a Home Man. The republican central committee of Boone county voted, without a dissenting vote, to address a letter to the congressional committee of the eight district, protesting against the nomination of N. T. Gentry, of Columbia, for congressman. Incendiaries at Jacksonville The catabose at Jacksonville was set on fire recently and soon afterwards the Jacksonville grist mills were burned down. It is thought both fires were of incendiary origin. Given Little Credence. Another chapter has been added to the most sensational murder case in the history of southwest Missouri. It was in the shape of a confession made to ex-Mayor Flowers and Prosecuting Attorney Davis, of Pierce City, by Mrs. Anna M. Schwinn, now serving a sentence in the Colubus (Kan.) jail for the illegal sale of liquor, to the effect that she witnessed the crime. On Sunday, August 18, 1901, Miss Gazelle Wild, daughter of a prominent farmer, living 11½ miles west of Pierce City, was murdered while on her way home from church. Miss Wild and her brother started home about one o'clock p.m. Her brother stopped to talk with a friend and Miss Wild walked down the railroad track toward home alone. Her brother followed about 15 minutes later, and in crossing a bridge over a small stream was horrified to discover the body of his sister lying under the bridge with her throat cut and life almost extinct. A crowd soon collected and parties started in all directions hunting for the criminal. Two negroes were arrested and placed in the city jail. That evening a mob broke into the jail and took the negroes out with the intention of lynching them. One of them promised to turn state's evidence and was sent to Mount Vernon and placed in the county jail. The other, William Godley, was hanged to the awning of the Lawrence hotel and his body riddled with bullets. Before the mob dispersed a shot fired from an upstairs window of a house in the negro quarter of town precipitated a battle in which Peter Hampton and Frank Godley, colored, were killed and two white men were wounded. Four houses belonging to colored people were burned and all of the negroes were driven from town. The opinion has prevailed that Miss Wild lost her life in the defense of her honor and that four negroes were connected with the crime. Until this week nothing has happened to cause a doubt of the correctness of this presumption. Mrs. Schwinn claims to have witnessed the murder and names a well-known person, who, she says, was with her. She further states that it was a white woman dressed in male attire who cut Miss Wild's throat, and that two white men assisted her to drag the body under the bridge, where it was found by Miss Wild's brother. She also gave other information, which, for obvious reasons, can not be made public at this time. While the people of Pierce City and vicinity place very little credence in the story of Mrs. Schwinn, the officers will make a complete investigation. Same Prize Banks: A New York financial publication has notified the banking department of the secretary of state's office here that it is about to issue its annual roll of honor of state banks and that an endeavor will be made to "eliminate everything except commercial state banks doing a regular discount business." It inclosed a list of 30 Missouri banks, asking the department to revise and return a list of the banks in the state, whose surplus and undivided profits are in excess of their capital stock. The list, showing 80 such banks—trust companies are not included—was forwarded with the information that of the 785 banks in the state, there is but one savings bank organized under the savings bank law, all being commercial banks, and that the private banks are identical with the incorporated banks, except that they can do business on a capital of $5,000, while an incorporated bank must have a capital of not less than $10,000, and that the entire fortunes of the owners of private banks are liable for the debts of the banks. Particular attention was called to the bank of Joplin, which has a capital of $5,000, while its surplus is over $226,000, a proportion of surplus to capital said to be the largest of any banking institution in the United States. Of the entire number of banks whose surplus is in excess of their capital seven are located in St. Louis. The aggregate capital of these is $2,650,000, while their aggregate surplus and undivided profits is $5,634,638. The figures forwarded show an aggregate capital stock of $3,200,000 and a surplus aggregating $7,396,495, while for the private banks the capital is $113,000, with their surplus equaling $385,876, or a grand total of $3,222,000 capital and a grand total of $7,782,371 surplus and undivided profits, or a sum considerably in excess of 100 per cent. Says He Obeyed Mother. Obeying the command of his mother, it is claimed, Jerry Cooper, 17 years old, shot and fatally wounded Mrs. Wright at St. James on August 6. Thursday she died. The Coopers and Wrights are farmer folk. They are on hostile terms, and when the two women met on the date mentioned trouble occurred afresh. Mrs. Cooper and son are in jail at Rolla. His Forty-First Election. The Missouri conference of the M. E. church, south, at Columbia, elected John D. Vincil, of St. Louis, secretary, for the forty-first consecutive time, Mr. Vincil said that he was the only member present at the conference of 1883 who was attending the one in session last week. Missouri Suits Him. Robert Lyle, of Bates, who drew a claim in the Rosebud land lottery, says the newly opened country is no good. He will not file on his land. Not long ago an old colored woman, of Virginia, visited a doctor and informed him that her husband was seriously ill. The doctor hastened home with her, and upon making a diagnosis of the man's case informed the wife that he had a hopeless case of gastritis. "Dog gastritis!" ejaculated the old woman. "Do you knows I don't know how he ever got gastritis, 'cause I don't burn a thing but coal and lie in dis house, an' but powerful little of that. — Philadelphia Lezger. Get the vacation habit. Drop your work and take a trip to some of the Famous Eastern Summer Resorts so easily and quickly reached by the Nickel Plate Road. Stop over allowed at Niagara Falls and Lake Chautauqua on all tickets. Three elegantly equipped trains made up of modern Day Coaches, Dining and Bedroom accommodations, Et Wt. Water Cinemas, Buffalo, New York, Boston and intermediate points. The Dining Car service of the Nickel Plate Road is up-to-date, inexpensive and as good as the best. Individual Club Meals are served at prices ranging from 50 cents to $1.00. Meals are also served "a la carte. The Passengers using the facilities of the class of ticket held, may be assured of the most courteous treatment by our Colored Porter in Uniform, who are instructed to give every attention to the welfare of our patrons. Tickets via the Nickel Plate Road are from 50 cents to $3.00 lower than tickets of the same class between the same points via other lines. All trains arrive at and depart from the same station. Full information regarding tickets, rates, routes, sleeping car reservations, etc., call on or address J. Y. Calahan, General Agent, No. 11 Adams St., Chicago, Ill. "Dat kid," remarked the first boy, sneer- ingly, "goes to Sunday school, an' likes it." "How dyer know?" demanded the other. "Cause he calls it 'Sabbat' school.'"— Philadelphia Press. Kansas City Southern Ry. Special Excursion Sept. 13, 20 and 27, Oct. 4 and 18, 1904 to Arkansas, Indian Territory, Louisiana and Texas, very low one way and round trip rates. Other information, write to S. G. Warner G. P. & T. A., K. C. S. Ry., Kansas City, Mo. Mother-Elise, would you please stop playing that "slumber-song," for a little while? Your poor old grandfather is trying to take a nap. -Cassell's Saturday Journal. Fits stopped free and permanently curled. No fits after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. Free $2 trial bottle & treatise. Dr. Kline, 031 Arch st., Phila., $4. Every cloud has a silver lining, but the trouble in clouds never comes to us inside out. -Chicago Tribune. Do not believe Piso's Cure for Consumption has an equal for coughs and colds. -J. P. Boyer, Trinity Springs, Ind., Feb. 15, 1900. Most men who are looking for snaps are lacking in ginger. -Chicago Journal. Russian ikons do little good against such notorious gonstals as the Japs. Rock Island Way To Colorado "The Rock Island Way" is to give you information intelligently concerning the trip, where to go, what to do and how to do it, after you get there. "The Rock Island Way" carries you direct to or from Colorado Springs or Denver. No other line has this advantage. Round Trip $1 August 20, 23, 27, 30; September 1, 6, Missouri river points and any point on R. Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma. Low other dates until September 30. Let us send you our new book on Colorado illustrations and list of hotels and boarding day or week. Try "The Rock Island Way" to JNO. SEBASTIAN, Pass. Traffic Mgr., CHICAGO, ILL. trip $15.00 number 1, 6, 10, 13, 17, from point on Rock Island lines in oma. Low excursion rates on on Colorado containing over fifty and boarding houses with rates by d Way" to Colorado. J. A. STEWART, General Agent, KANSAS CITY, MO. August 20, 23, 27, 30; September 1, 6, 10, 13, 17, from Missouri river point and any point on Rock Island lines in Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma. Low excursion rates on other dates until September 30. Let us send you our new book on Colorado containing over fifty illustrations and list of hotels and boarding houses with rates by day or week. THE DEAF MUTE HUSBAND. Had One Advantage, He Didn't Have to Look When His Wife Scolded. At a social gathering some time ago, a number of deaf mutes were present. Refreshments were served during the evening, and in handing a small glass of wine to one of the guests a deaf mute gentleman happened to spill a few drops on its wife's skirt. The wife, relates the Philadelphia Public Ledger, is also a deaf mute, and it was evident that she took the mishap in a rather irritable way. She wrenched up her force, once more, a series of remarkably swift movements with her humble fingers. The husband, looking exceedingly apologetic, made a few motions in return. One of the guests, who had noticed this little by play, slipped out a bit of paper and penciling something on it, handed it to a friend. This is what the letter read: No matter how badly afflicted, woman can feel. The friend scrambled in return: "Yes, but in the present case the husband is luckier than the average. He doesn't have to look." VISITING THE PRESIDENT. Humorist Wilder Had Many Interesting Things to Say, But Forgot Them. Marshall P. Wilder, the humorist, enjoys telling of his first call upon a president of the United States. This occurred during the administration of President Harrison, and, according to Wilder, his interview, quite different from what he had imagined it would be, took place about like this: "Taken in by Mr. Halford, the president's secretary. Were introduced: "Mr. President, Mr. Wilder; Mr. Wilder, Mr. President." "How do you do, Mr. Wilder." "How do you do, Mr. President." "Then we looked at each other for perhaps 30 seconds, during which time I totally forgot the fine speech I had prepared to give the president. First, I gasped out: Er—good day, Mr. President." 'Good day, Mr. Wilder,' was the police response. "When once outside, I turned and said: "Mr. Halford, will you please kick me?" Shy Lean Year Maid "Yes," said the egotistical youth. "I have been called a mechanical genius." "What's a mechanical genius?" asked the innocent girl. "One who can make almost anything." "Oh, how lovely!" she exclaimed. "And could you make me a proposal?"—Columbus Dispatch. Can You Guess It? Pat- Shute, Or can't remember, 'h' name iv it, but it's that thing 'h' doctors cut out ov ye whether we've got it or not. —Judge. The Ohio woman that survived a stroke of lightning is not pleased with the experience. Under no circumstances will she be a candidate for office. —Indianaapolis News. Almost any married man will freely admit that in the choice of a life partner his娶ment was superior to his own. —Chicago Journal. 50-CENT CATALOGUE No Gas. Going East This Summer? Sure Sign. Ironical. FROM MISERY TO HEALTH. Prominent Club Woman, of Kansas City, Writes to Thank Doan's Kidney Fills for a Quick Cure. Miss Nellie Davis, of 1216 Michigan of 1216 Michigan Ave., Kausas City, Mo., society leader and club woman, writes: "I cannot say too much in praise of Donn's Kidney Pills, for they effected a complete cure in a very short time City, Mo., society leader and club woman, writes: "I cannot say too much in praise of Donn's Kidney Pills, for they effected a complete cure in a very short time when I was suffering from kidney troubles brought on by a cold. I had severe pains in the back and sick headaches, and felt miserable all over. A few boxes of Donn's Kidney Pills made me a well woman, without an ache or pain, and I feel compelled to recommend this reliable remedy." (Signed) Nellie Davis. A TRIAL FREE—Address Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. WOMEN SEE SEA SERPENT. Devil's Lake, N. D. Campers Are Thrown Into Panl Oer Discovery of monster. Campers on the Chautauqua grounds at Devil's Lake, N. D., were thrown into consternation one night recently by the appearance of what is thought to be a sea serpent in Devil's lake Mrs. Edgar La Rue, wife of a prominent newspaper man; Mrs. F. Craig, wife of a banker of Leeds, N. D., and Mrs. Carr Cleveland, wife of a prominent business man of this city, were strolling along the beach when their attention was attracted by a great disturbance in the lake about a mile from the shore. Securing opera, glasses, they behold the head and body of an enormous animal swimming toward the north shore, leaving a trail of foam in its wake. Its head was large and snake-like and apparently of enormous length. Its body appeared thickly covered with large black scales. The women were terrified and went in search of their husbands. Parties armed with rifles are patrolling the shores, but nothing more has been seen of the serpent. A party of Indians later reached town and told of seeing the serpent earlier in the day, thus confirming the story of the women. Sad Law for Bald Heads. The new scheme of street advertising in Paris, by means of baldheaded men exposing pates with advertisements painted thereon met with serious complication at the hands of the authorities. The law required all advertisements of this kind to carry the government stamp, which, after being stuck on, must be struck with the official seal. How the baldheaded bearers of these inscriptions are going to undergo the ordeal of affixing the stamp, then of being hit with the obliterating seal, is not quite clear. Aluminum shoes for Horses. In the Russian army aluminum horse shoes are said to have been tried with good results. A few horses in the Finland dragoons were first chosen, and shod with one aluminum shoe and three iron shoes each. The experiments showed that the aluminum shoes preserved the foot better than the iron ones. Refuses to Admit It. Colombia, having monkeyed with a buzzsaw and lost a leg, now makes faces at the surgeon and refuses to acknowledge that the leg is gone. BUILDING FOOD To Bring the Babies Around. When a little human machine (or a large one) goes wrong, nothing is so important as the selection of food which will always bring it around again. "My little baby boy fifteen months old had pneumonia, then came brain fever, and no sooner had he got over these than he began to cut teeth and, being so weak, he was frequently thrown into convulsions," says a Colorado mother. "I decided a change might help, so took him to Kansas City for a visit. When we got there he was so very weak when he would cry he would sink away and seemed like he would die. "When I reached my sister's home she said immediately that we must feed him Grape-Nuts and, although I had never used the food, we got some and for a few days gave him just the juice of Grape-Nuts and milk. He got stronger so quickly we were soon feeding him the Grape-Nuts itself and in a wonderfully short time he fattened right up and became strong and well. "That showed me something worth knowing and, when later on my girl came, I raised her on Grape-Nuts and she is a strong, healthy baby and has been. You will see from the little photograph I send you what a strong, chubby youngster the boy is now, but he didn't look anything like that before we found this nourishing food. Grape-Nuts nourished him back to strength when he was so weak he couldn't keep any other food on his stomach." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. All children can be built to a more sturdy and healthy condition upon Grape-Nuts and cream. The food contains the elements nature demands, from which to make the soft gray filling in the nerve centers and brain. A well fed brain and strong, sturdy nerves absolutely insure a healthy body. Look in each pkg, for the famous little book, "The Road to Wellville." FASHIONS FOR AUTUMN DAYS How to Make a Dainty Coat, a Pretty Dinner Gown and a Neat Cloth Suit. ROTCHBOLL A HOUSEHOLD WOMAN'S VARIOUS CHARMS A Clever Definition of Some of the Most Captivating Characteristics of the Fair Sex. Animation, brightness, vivacity are some of woman's most captivating charms. A tear may move pity, but it is a smile that commands admiration. Even a witty woman must not be forever sparkling—that is monotonic and wearying; the perpetual flashing of diamonds tires the eyes and the brain. She must have her sober moments, if only to throw into higher relief the moments when she is gay. A woman is most charming when she is tender and sympathetic. She may dazzle when she is merry, but when she is gentle and full of sympathy she enchants a man's heart. When her voice takes a softened tone, and her eyes look words that her lips hesitate to say—then, if she only knew her power, it would be a time of peril for the world at large! She could do with it what she chose; only she never knows it. Probably she charms the most when she is most unconscious of her power. The very unconsciousness is a part of the charm. A woman is always charming when she is good-natured. Bad temper never charmed. Sarcasm may amuse when it is directed against some one else, but it does not win anyone's heart. Good temper is an attraction even in a plain woman. When a woman has that in addition to her other qualities—when she is natural in her manners, unconscious, lively, tender and gentle—then, indeed, she is charming to all the world. Sometimes she possesses a quality known as fascination, which no one has ever yet been able to define—a quality outside of and beyond all the attractions above mentioned, and independent of them to the ordinary eye. But with this fascination a very good substitute may be formed from the qualities already enumerated, and many a woman can cultivate these graces and make herself charming in the eyes of all who know her.—N. Y. Weekly. A Scrapbook of Real Value. To devote a scrapbook to one subject makes it much more interesting and valuable, and when you begin to gather material on any one theme you will be surprised at the amount which will come to hand. Suppose that you want to know all about some famous person, either in the public eye at present, or some one of past times. From magazines and other sources can be collected articles, portraits, perhaps poems in relation to the subject, etc. When matter is clipped, the scrapbook maker may copy it neatly with a pen into her book. The educational value of such a book is something worth while, as well as the satisfaction of having gathered oneself so much information on a single subject. FASHIONS FOR How to Make a Dainty Coat a Neat C The garments here illustrated were designed by Mme. Baker for the American Dressmaker. Fig. 1 is a coat for fall. Gray broadcloth with shaped pieces of the same laid over bands of cloth braided in rows, with gray soutache. Fig. 2 is a dinner gown of white louisiane with narrow bands of gold and silver passementerie and all-over lace under opening; insertion forms yoke; white silk stuff bows. Lace shawl for mantle. Fig. 3 is a fall suit TWO HANDY CONTRIVANCES Little Things That Add to the Comfort of Travelers Cooped Up in Hotel Rooms. When traveling around the land and particularly when taking a vacation jaunt in summer, the average individual does not expect to enjoy all the comforts of home at the hotel or boarding house by the shore or inland. The increase in numbers of the traveling public has in these later years brought about a diminution of discomfort for the tourist, and ingenious mortals rack their brains and sit up nights evolving contrivances that shall help to make the traveler's way more agreeable and pleasant. Scarcity of closet room is the cry all over the land where summer tourists seek temporary quarters, and the coat hanger devised for the use of the traveler fills a special want. The most placid minded, even-tempered woman does not view a crumpled frock or jacket with equa- HANDY FOR TRAVELERS nimity, and the traveler's coat hanger therefore meets with approval. As shown, it is fashioned just like the ordinary hanger, except for a slide arrangement in the center which permits of its being reduced to one-half normal size for packing purposes. Six of these nickelled hangers constitute a set and they come in a neat little leather case and will tuck away in a corner of a trunk without the least bother. Another little contrivance which the traveler is pretty certain to find of service is the twine ball holder, also of leather, with a small pair of scissors, held in place on the outside of the case by a narrow strap of leather.—Brooklyn Eagle. Bran Bags for the Toilet One of the best things for the skin is the regular use of bran or cornmeal bags for the bath. To make them fill a bag of thin cloth two-thirds with bran, oatmeal or cornmeal, bits of soap and a little pulverized orris root if you like the fragrance. The bag should soak in the water for some minutes before the beginning of the bath. Good All-Around Cosmetic. Cucumber cream is an excellent cosmetic and may be made at home at less expense than it can be bought. While it will remove sunburn, it is one of the best toilet aids for all times of the year. AUTUMN DAYS t, a Pretty Dinner Gown and loth Suit. of cadet blue cloth with redingote and plain skirt; cuffs and collar of cloth stitched and outlined with darker velvet folds. Full ruffles down front of blue liberty silk. It is worth mentioning that the garments here described will be exhibited at the semi-annual display of the National Dressmakers' association, which will be held in Chicago from September 12 to 17 and at St. Louis from September 19 to 24. WINNING OF A DIPLOMA. Heroic Endeavor of Colored Girl Student to Earn the Honors of Her College. Booker Washington's story of Anna Davis, a Tuskegee student, is good to read and remember. Because of some misunderstanding about her studies the young woman could not graduate. She accepted her own failure without whimpering, and determined to make the most of what she had, relates Youth's Companion. "I have some education, Mr. Washington," she said to him, "and I will go where it will be useful." Then the people at Tuskegee lost sight of her for awhile. But her deeds did not lag behind her intention and her speech. She went into the "black belt" of Alabama and picked out the most hopeless community she could find. She took the wreck of a log cabin which was occasionally used as a schoolhouse. The men were poverty-stricken and illiterate, and unable to use to advantage what little they had. They mortgaged their crops every year to pay the rents of their hovels. It was a situation to appeal the stoutest heart. But Anna Davis installed herself in the miserable log school-house, and first won the interest and sympathy of the children. Next she induced all the parents to meet there. She taught them enough arithmetic to know the value of their earnings and to appreciate the folly of their mortgages. She had learned something of the business side of agriculture at Tuskegee, and she taught them that. Then she went from cabin to cabin to teach by example a better way of living. The result of that single-handed courage was seen by Mr. Washington when he visited the community a year ago. There was a frame schoolhouse on the site of the old log cabin, and all the children were going to school eight months in the year. The crops had increased; the men were out of debt; small, decent frame cottages had taken the place of the tumble-down shanties, and were owned by the occupants. The people had scraped and saved and put up the frame schoolhouse before they thought of bettering their own homes. It had been done in four years, and Mr. Washington asked his old pupil how she had done it all. "I will tell you how I did it," she said, simply. Then she showed him an account book with the contributions to the school building fund. There were some small cash contributions, but there were more contributions of eggs and chickens to be sold for the school. Beside this they had a little cotton plantation of their own. The children cleared a piece of land behind the schoolhouse and worked on it every day after school. They raised two bales of cotton a year, and that kept them going. After telling this story Mr. Washington said he wanted to add that "Tuskegee has since done what it should have had the wisdom to do before. They gave Anna Davis her diploma." Riding a Turtle London is always looking out for something new and its latest sensation has been in watching a Frenchman named De Rougemont ride astride a turtle. The feat has caused great interest in scientific circles. M. De Rougemont is versed in the science of animal magnetism and succeeds in making his strange charge do exactly as he pleases by the power of hypnotism. Five hundred dollars per week was the sum received by the Frenchman for his original and amusing trick. —London News. Drug Stores in Japan. According to the Chemist and Druggist, the native drug stores in Japan are still largely stocked with dried snakes, toads, lizards, crabs, etc., infusions of which are the popular household remedies throughout the country. Various "secret remedies," which are supposed to be as universal and potent in their curative effects as many of our western patent medicines, also abound. Magic plasters are much in vogue, and massage is largely practiced, the operators being chiefly blind people. Face paints and powders may also be seen on the shelves. THE GENERAL MARKETS. Kansas City. Sept. 7. CATTLE—Beef steers. 31 09 @ 5 35 Western cows. 2 25 @ 4 25 Western cows. 1 49 @ 3 00 HOGS. 4 00 @ 5 00 SHEEP. 3 15 @ 3 50 WHEAT—No. 2 hard. 98 @ 9 0 Western cows. 1 02 @ 1 04 CORN—No. 2 mixed. 48 @ 4 45 OATS—No. 2 mixed. 33 @ 3 23 RYE. 74 @ 7 75 BRAN. 89 @ 8 9 LAY—Timothy. 9 00 @ 9 50 Prairie. 7 00 @ 7 25 POULTRY-Hers. per lb. 88 @ 9 Springs, per lb. 104 @ 114 BUTTER. 140 @ 163 EGGS. 175 @ 184 POATOES. 50 @ 60 ST. LOUIS. 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Of all the diseases known with which the female organism is afflicted, kidney disease is the most fatal. In fact, unless prompt and correct treatment is applied, the weary patient seldom survives. Being fully aware of this, Mrs. Pinkham, early in her career, gave careful study to the subject, and in producing her great remedy for woman's ills—Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound—made sure that it contained the correct combination of herbs which was certain to control that dreaded disease, woman's kidney troubles. The Vegetable Compound acts in harmony with the laws that govern the entire female system, and while there are many so called remedies for kidney troubles, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is the only one especially prepared for women. Read What Mrs. Weisslitz Says. "Dear Mrs. Pinkham:—For two years my life was simply a burden, I suffered so with female troubles, and pains across my back and loins. The doctor told me that I had kidney troubles and prescribed for me. 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LIVE STOCK AND MISCELLANEOUS ELECTROTYPES IN GREAT VARIETY for sale at the lowest prices by A. N. Kellogg Newspaper Co. 401 Wyandotte St., Kansas City. A. N. K.-D 2038 WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS please state that you saw the ad- vertisement in this paper. Published over a Friday morning and entered a Sold at Post Office as see on Class in ter. For Year (in advance) ..... $1.00 $ x in month (in advance) ..... $0.00 $ angle Copy ..... $0.05 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. REPUBLICAN TICKET. National. For President. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Vice President. CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS. Congressman 7th. District. John Welborn. State Ticket. Governor— Cyrus P. Walbridge Lieut. Gov.— John C. McKinley. Sec'y of State— John Swanger. Auditor— Henry Weiler. Treasurer— Jacob Gmelich. Atty. General- Herbert S. Hadley Railroad and ware house Commissioner— Frank Wightman. Supreme Court Judge— Henry Lamm. Kansas City Appellate Court Judge— James M. Johnson. Senator, 15th. Senatorial District— L. D. Hicks. County Ticket. For Circuit Judge LOUIS HOFFMAN. For Representative E. J. STEVENSON. For Prosecuting Attorney C. C. KELLY. For Collector W. S. SCOTT. For Treasurer T. T. VIETS. For Sheriff BEN JENKINS. For Coroner GUY TITSWORTI For Assessor C. D. BROWN. For Surveyor H. O. MOSS. For Public Administrator W. E. CONNER. For Justice, Sedalia DAVID KINSEY. For Constable, Sedalia T. J. ROBB Over in Saline, we see that they have nominated a very worthy citizen, in the person of T. C. Andrews, of Sweet Springs. Mr. Andrews is one of the most progressive citizens of that city. He is also, an untiring worker for the republican party and we feel sure that if he joins hands with Mr. J. J. Witt, the fearless and aggressive editor of the Marshall Republican, the Democratic majority in poor old Saline will be greatly reduced. Republicans thru-out the state should see to it that there be no neutral grounds this year, but their leaders should see that active assaults be made on Democracy in her strongest strongholds. Especially is this true of Saline and, with such men as Mr. Andrews and Witt, results may be assured. THE question is, do you mean to continue to carry all of your trade to those merchants, who persistly refuse to advertise in your papers or to employ your labor? Can you afford to do this, when there are other enterprises that afford you these opportunities and privileges? If you do, you are simply a fool, pure and unadulterated. The time has come, when we as a race must begin to do that that brings something back to the race. Trade, where your trade will give directly or indirectly something to your own people. Quit being fools or acting foolishly. We are glad to note upon our share ticket the name of the honorable Henry Lamm. Mr. Lamm ranks with our best throne-out the country. His knowledge of the law fits him most pre-eminently for the position of Supreme Court Judge. To change the political complexion of our Supreme Court would be a God send, and no man is better fitted to bring about laudable results, than the Hon. Henry Lamm, our distinguished townsman. ```markdown ``` E. J. Stevenson means to run well all over Pettis County. And he means to do patriotic service in the General Assembly, when Mr. Walbridge begins his much needed reform of the state W. S Scott is a man, who believes in standing by his convictions. He is a republican thru and thru, and the good thing about it is, that he doesn't care who knows it. In what respect does the Republican State and National tickets over-balance the Democratic? They have more densely convoluted brain matter. WHAT is a politician, when the people fail to follow him? A big bluffer threatening to do the impossible. We wonder if they are thru "picking the bark" off of the Honorable Jos. W. Folk yet. Louis Hoffman, the friend of all good men, is in the race this time to win. Our Most Dangerous Enemy Here are two sentences stating two vital truths that we ought never to lose sight of: "All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest, with a Bonoparte for a commander, could not by force take a drink from the Ohio or make a track on the Blue Ridge in a trial of a thousand years. . . . If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be the author and finisher." Lincoln wrote these sentences. That does not make them any truer; but his name serves them as the Government's stamp serves the five dollars' worth of gold. Saturday Evening Post. A ROOSEVELT SONG Scores of poems set to familiar airs drift into the Republican national state headquarters these days. Recently the mail brought a verse which the writer says should be sung to "Hail Columbia." It is as follows. R—aise your banners, hail the chief O—f our country, great and glorious; O—f our party, long victorious; S—trenuous always—pressing onward. E—ver watchful—looking forward. V—ote for him who is truly leading, E—arnestly all good causes pleading, L—est our nation come to grief, T—rust in him—our faithful chief. NATIVITY. Born to the wife of Wm. Alexander, Tuesday morning Sept. 6, a fine 9 pound baby girl. Both mother and daughter are progressing nicely. Dr. J. M. Harris was the Accoucheur. Miss Effie V West after remaining in St. Louis the greater part of her vacation, has returned. Sie resumed her school work at Dresden Monday, the 5th. Missouri State School For Colored Youth. College, Normal, Industrial, Domestic. COURSES— Classical, College, Preparatory, Non Model Training School, Music, (Instruc Drawing, (Fine Arts and Mechanical), working, Blacksmithing, Machinery, Shoof and Gardening, Printing, Typewriting, So Laundering. ADVANTAGES— Good Location, Free Tuition, New Modern Improvements, Buildings Heated I 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. George R. Smith latory, Normal, Sub-Normal,usic, (Instrumental, Vocal), mechanical), Carpentry, Wood-minery, Shoe-making, Farming writing, Sewing, Cooking and tion, New Dormitories with ages Heated by Steam, Diplomas tic school in the state. Sept., 5th. BOARD very students secure work by which JAMIN FRANKLIN ALLEN, A. M., , Mo. Smith College. 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. 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. on. Expenses Low. A High-Grade Christian Thorough Instruction, Expense Lincoln Institute opened Tuesday with the largest enrollment in its history. The enrollment last year was four-hundred and President Allen expects to make it five-hundred. The Summer School had an enrollment of sixty eight and a very fine corps of teachers. Lincoln Institute is better advertised today than ever and some of the best teachers in the country are in touch with the work. The buildings and grounds are in excellent condition and everything points to a very successful year. The central heating plant is nearly ready and all the buildings will be heated from the same boilers. The teaching force numbers twenty. In obedience to the request of friends, a large delegation of citizens met at the Conservator office Tuesday evening for the purpose of organizing a Straight Republican Club. After the object of the meeting had been stated by the leaders, Wm. Ruby was elected temporary Chairman and Geo. Williams was elected temporary secretary. A committee of five were appointed to report on a Permanent Organization. This committee reported the following gentlemen as officers: Vice Pres. Pearl Williams. Secretary, George Williams. Treasurer, Vest Witcher. Sergeant-at-arms, Wm. Gray. W H Huston, William Ruby, and William Smalley were appointed as a committee on Constitution Moerschel Brewer BREWERS AND BO Cor. Main and Missouri, Avenue. Private Orders Given Special Attention. W screwer's Beer, You will Be Patronizing a Home Brewing Co. AND BOTTLERS. ri, Avenue. Phone 214. ention. When You Buy Moer- izing a HOME INDUSTRY. : : : : : Moerschel Brewing Co. BREWERS AND BOTTLERS. Cor. Main and Missouri, Avenue. Phone 214. Private Orders Given Special Attention. When You Buy MoR- scner.'s Beer, You will Be Patronizing a Home INDUSTRY. DEPARTMENTS— THE HISTORY OF THE MUSEUM Knights of Tabor Picnic at Sweet Springs. The Kinghts of Tabor and Daughters of the Tabernacle gave a picnic at their hall in Sweet Springs Saturday, Sept., 3. Every one present enjoyed them selves plentifully. Music was furnished by the band. And W. H. Huston of Seda'ia delivered an address on The Living Issues of the Day. Finances raised by the lodges this season will be applied on payments for their new Hall and other improvements. Both committees men and women, deserve extra credit for the manner in which they are succeeding in making things and conditions better at this point. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY See the Daily Papers for Our Magnificent World's Fair Service 8 Daily Passenger Trains Each Way. Round Trip to St. Louis sold Daily Good for 60 days. $9.00 Round Trips to St. Louis sold daily good to Dec. 15th. '04 for return. Send in your locals that we may give you a mention. Lincoln Institute Notes. Straight Republican Club Organized. and By-Laws. Arrangements will be made by this organization to maintain permanent headquarters until after the Campaign closes. Warning to Colored Girls and Women. The greatest stigma that can be attached to a young Colored girl's name is the accusation of intimate relations with a male member of the white race, and for this reason Colored girls and women should studiously avoid the slightest things that give color to such suspicions. There is continually heard whispering here and there concerning this, and usually this form of gossip is directed against those of excellent connections and high standing. This is the most bitter portion in the cut of trouble which the negro man has to swallow. It oftimes loses for young girls good husbands and probably happy lives, and while they may remain within the pale of good society, because of the fact that the Negro code of social ethics is not stringent enough, they have not the full confidence of their fellow-being, but maintain their social position through the spirit of tolerance, of which the Colored race is too greatly possessed. The Negro race is surely growing stronger morally, and toleration because of worldly possessions, good looks and fine clothes is gradually lessening. Our woman should beware of all incriminating influences and condition, and take particular pains to let it be known that they stand strictly on the Negro side of the fence. From Hot Springs (Ark.) Weekly Echo. "Uncle Joe" Cannon says: "The Republican fences are all right. They are staked and ridered and we are ready to put two strings of barbed wire on top to keep the Democrats out, but they will not climb much this year. But we have got the barbed wire and the fellows to put it on if necessary." THE MKT AND MISSOURI, KANSAS & TEXAS RAILWAY. A SUGGESTION On August 9th, and 23rd, and September 13th, and 27th, the M K & T R'y., will sell excursion tickets from St. Louis, Hannibal, Kansas City, Junction City and intermediate points in Missouri, and Kansas to points in Indian Territory, Oklahoma and Texas at the extremely low rate of $15.00 for the round trip. Tickets good 21 days from date of sale with liberal stop-over privileges. You have friends in the Old State, you want them to visit you, or you want them to come and see what it offers. Why not write them and acquaint them with the low rate excursion? If you want literature to send them it will be cheerfully furnished by adressing; "KATY" Mrs. Richard Sanders For first class hair work Braids, Bangs, Pompadours, and etc. Shampooing, Dying, Bleaching the Hair a specialty. 0 Facial and Bust Massage. Hair Tonics. Massage Cream. Work guaranteed or money refunded. Write for particulars 412 N. Lamine St Bell Phone 734. J. M. Harris, M. D Physician and Surgeon. 116 W. Mait. St., Sedalia, Mo OFFICE HOURS 10:00 to 12:00 a. m. 4:30 to 8:30 p. m. Residence 236 W. Morgan St. 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. ICE CREAM & Groceries. Polite Service Best Bargains Strict attention given all orders. Your Money's Worth Always. WM. DIGGS 413 N. LAMINE St GROWTHER & SON. LIVERY MEN. The latest style rigs, and the Best groomed horses—The most courteous treatment accorded to all—Come and see us. TONSORIAL ARTISTS. Hair Cuts Shampoos Clean Shaves D. Y. STEELE 120 E. MAIN ST. MRS. NELLIE DAVIS. Full line of bangs, wigs, braids, pompadours, and the best brand of hair-oil, face bleach, whitening 104 E. Cooper, St. H. Pettis. Catorer 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 Clover Leaf Club Meets every first and third Wednesday of each month in regular session. Jessie Lucas, President* Sanford Fields, Secret'y. Sweet Springs, Mo. Beginning August 15th and continued until September 10th, the M. K. & T. R'y., will sell low rate round trip tickets to San Francisco and Los Angles, Cal. The rates from St. Louis, Columbia Fayette, Hannibal, Jefferson City, Moberly, Monroe and Paris, Mo., is $47.50. Sedalia, $48.65. Clinton, $46.15. Boonvilie, $45.40. Joplin, $45.35. From most other points, $45.00. On each Tuesday evening a tourist car leaves St. Louis running through with out change to San Francisco via"The Katy Flyer." This car passes thru the Territory on Wednesdays, and affords a splendid opportunity to make the trip to the coast in case and comfort.