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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-02-26
BARKALOW BROS.
Something About the Railroad
Book and Newspaper Trade.

Few persons who travel in the cars and
purchase book or q paper from the train
boy, are aware Of the magnitude Of that
business. or the amount of capital involved
in it. When il il taken into consideration
that the exclusive right Of vending papers,
books, ETC., on road il sold to an individ-
ual or company, and that often one Of these
companies have the exclusive right Of
several roads, il will BE- seen that this BUSH
mess Is one Of considerable importance, and
one requiring both capital, experience and
business tact.
From a conversation q BAZoo reporter
had With Mr.. Newton E. Barkalow, Of the
firm Of Barkslov Bros. probably the
largest railroad book and news agency in
the West, We obtained some information
that nav he new to the general reader.
This 6rm Is composed Of three brothers
whose headquarters are located in Omaha
They have bought up the exclusive right Of
Eve diffcren, railroads, viz
Union Pacific, from Omaha to Ogden ,03:
miles.
Burlington 4 No. River r, r., from
Omaha to Kesrney, 800 miles.
Kansas Pacific, from Kansas City to Den
yer, 4S7 miles.
Colorado Central. 300 miles.
NJ, X. st. md branches, 7S6 miles.
Messrs. Barkalow Bros. have two man
ayers, Mr.. Geo. l.. Hall, At Sedalis, an
Mr. Samuel Walters, At Kansas City. Be
sides these, the whole attention of the thre
partners is given TO the their business, vhicl
they in.uguraied in 1868. ten years ago.
They employ 6fsy-four boys and youn
men to rnn on the trains TO sell their good
One rule Of this frm il, not allow any q
their employees to sell prize packages. Nj
Barkalov says il encourages gambling, IN
Invariably leads 10 the dissatisfaction Q
. purchaser and disqualification Of the ves
dom.
The Barkalovs do an immense boo
trade, for il il . noticeable fact that vhe
the average American i 1t home. which
only half Of his existence. be can nevs
J find time 70 read book bat when be a
ten . railroad car, be will read, like
: trausscts business. at the rate Of fifty mil,
: an hour, and devoun books and papen lii
: Unsuitable literary ogre.
3 This firm pays cash for all it, stock. ~
Z buying large lots at once, il il SAID Ii
, they can actually sell 70 Wholesale veste,
. book men (vho boy their stock on tim
e and make profit on their salea.
ri Besides buying stock. the bonus the NJ
o srs. Barkalow pay ior the exclusive right
b sale on thee Eve roads b IN immense su
% and il requires The NE Of . capital d
d would astooish men gagged in . more p,
}. teniious busineo. Their risks, too, q
large, but strict attention TO their busise
and fair dealing, he's enabled them 10
. ceive . veil merited return for their ex,
e, lions and the investment Of thesr money.
se The Barkalov Bros. are natives Of VI
v rem county. Ohio. and are good represent
20 tives Of young Aoesieas basisss quail
cations and enterprise.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-02-26

The rumor seems veil founded that
number Of prominent citisem Of Baltimore.
have resolved to erect . monument to The
memory Of the late Dr.. J. W. Bull, diseov.
ersr Of the vonderfnl remedy. D.. Bull's
Cough Syrup.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-02-26
THE HOG.
A Rerocious Midnight Attack BY .
Mad One.

Take the hog, for instance.
| No one would think that this usual
obese, good-nasured brute could be a ferc
ci0us ~ he Is vorAcious.
The main thing in hogs life 10 to g
something n eat, and By starting out q
daylight and working right ssraigh
through until after shutdown, they manas
to pick up square meal.
A hog is born hungry his whole exist
ence is one intense desire to eat something
He il steady board~r and knows ever,
lunch route in town.
The hog don't 60 much OF
beauty, aud his voice would
never get him FIRST class situation a n
opera singer; but he has . good ear 70
music, and can read the dinner bell b.
note.
A hog hasn't got as 6ne fur a. dog, bu
he lays way over him in 6eas, and he vii
tlee from dog every time.
The hog has got three handles, and tn
dog knows 'em ali by heart-ihe tail hol
is the last (but not lesst) chance.
The hog has an easy life, and the onl!
hard work he has to do is exercising in ,
garden patch, when he is chased arount
with a clothes prop. and forge,s where HI
got in ut.
We have seen \ learned hog play cards
And then again, we've seen unlearned hog
play cards, too.
A hog looks more true to nature when
he il sewn up in a yeller-kivered sack
and marked snsar-cured hams, than q
whole Landscape that hasn't got anything
to eat in il.
A hog amt proud Of his rich relations,
though the way some Of 'em curl their tall
is almost human. When they die, they're
buried according to their religion, in
salt. Some times their resurrection day GET
in ahead, and they rise from
the dead, brim full Of life and energy
People say its masgots-we say its resurrec'
ton.
But about the ferocious hog:
A night or two since, along in the wee sma
hours, when nearly everybody Vas asleep
except two or three brave young men who
we're going up Ohio street., an incident &C.
currd. As the two or three b. =. m. brave
young men) we're crossing Third street.
they saw . dark object lying ander the
stairs outside Of the undertaker's shop
Thinking il vas either drunken or muir,
dered man, they proceeded to investigate
As they approached, however, the dark
mass became animstei, and all nj once,
With prodigious snort, an immense black
SOW charged the party with intense fury
and the b. y. m. Immediately scattered to
the four winds Of heaven. In three seconds
two Of them we're at the top Of stairway
while another had succeeded in reaching
the royal iop-gallant Of lamp post.
The hog was charging all around the
premises,in column, squadron and by fours
Hearing . man coming down Ohio street,
she sounded the order to charge on her bu-
gle, and in two minutes had the man up on
top Of the NJ. f. Church steps hollering like
blue blazes to he let alone, while the old
sow vac just flying around at The foot Of the
steps trying to get at him.
The enemy at last retreate,l, and the dead
and wounded crawled Cd home.
And if you don't believe this il true
story, just ask Charley Gibson or Johnny
Cuiiom, who took the short hand notes.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-02-26

'-.'..., .,.. 10, 'eeo~p..;.a ..-
f. ~''''a II. .s d.. . watch .A.es 90. a.
! actly H. much dia 'on Of nv on,
Rep: How ''os.,h.. peni'entiary
experience Gust you r.. 81
Reno: In round figures y. o had
81, 900 in the Firss National bank at Sew.
mour when came here. and nos that. all
gone and $1,000 more, and I'm in deb, for
the $3.50 paid for the consultation.
Hep: Then you're not much afraid of
the Indian. Case, il you're 20 anxious to get.
back?
Reno: I'm not afraid If that at all. Nv
sister and brother Clinton will NEE. me as
the depot, and will hail NE out when &c,
there.
Reno stated thst his parents had Eve
boys and one girl. Four If the boys are
dead; his m",her died in 1868, and his
father in 1877 He wac born and r.i.~d
within mile Of seymour. Ind, and never
went to any but district school Farming
MAS his only occupation, and he WAS never
'rre~t~d till L.rry hazen xobbied him for
the express robbery.
As the rep'r,er left. Reno presented him
with a beautiful piece OF his handiw"rk,
which shows tina, he pro6,ed BY h,s lessons
j" stone-c~rvine At the p~ni,entiary. II ia
q Bible, cut out OF the Missouri white stone,
and handsomely ornamsn,ed.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-02-26
Answer to Problem.
A solution OF the ditch question proposed

A solution OF the ditch question proposed
recently in this paper for solution.
Let x what A gets per rod.
Then Y 25= what b gets per rod.
As each one gets $50 or 5000 cents
5000
- what A must dig.
X
5000
And x,,, what B mutt dig
5000 5000
Then -+-=loo rods; whole ditch.
X MS
This question cleared of all fractions
condensed, transposed and each term divid.
ed BY 100 gives us IS follows:
X-75x=la5O.
And X-75x. 5 - 1850. 1906, g By
completing the square.
Then X-S,S52,5l, $3.50 BY evolution
Transpose and ve have X. 9,O3SS=
what A gets per rod.
And Ss,o3ss, 25-ll4,o3ss=vhas B get
per rod:
Nov substitute these values Of X in tn
original equation, and We have -=
S9.03SS
56,l552 rods, what A must dig, an
5000 43,S48S
--- --rods, what B dig
llA03SS Proof lOO, 10000 rods.
e. ID. BARRETT.
Thu above question Was proposed BY /
d. Barrett, for solution, bnt no solutic
appearing, sufficient time having been Civ
en-, he felt himself in duty bound to Civ
the solution, which be has q above.
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looking ahead for . young lady Who answer
your description.
Mrs. M.-Did you hear that?
R.-Yes, q gentleman who came in frou
the south this mo rning said he was coming
and the gun vas loaded to the muzzle will
giant powder and slugs.
Mrs. M.-Yes, that's all very veil; bu
pa amt coming.
R.-Won't your big brother come!
Mrs. My big brother amt at home
I have four brothers.
R.-How old are they?
Mrs. M.-George IL - and Ed. will be II
in March, then I have q little brotheI
younger than myself. am
THE ONLY DAUGHTER.
This closed the interview, and the report
er was about to withdraw from the room
when the little elf raised her right hands
pointed her index finger At him and said:
"Now don't you forget to save me some
papers. Oh would like to know what
tie LaCygne paper has had to say abou,
CHARLIE AND NE"
And the reporter took to himself of, and
faded away in the busy throng, meditating
upon women in general, aud runaway
brides in particular.
About half -past-eleven o'clock change
and Marshal Kelly came DER the spirit 81
their dream. This was occasioned by that
official receiving
LETTER FROM PAPA.
LACYcNE, LINN Co, HAS.
Febrprry IL, 1878.
Chief Paics, !Seddiid, No.:
Please arrest and hold runaway party
Charles Morton. lie Is a email person,
black curly hair and mustache. The girl Is
tall and slim, with red hair, sometimes
curled, and sometimes done up. She wore
a white fur cape when she left. Notify,
w. ii. EARLY, NJ. ID.
When informed that he would be placed
under arrest until the matter was cleared
up, Morton said, tapping the Marshal On
the shoulder, "when you arrest me, you ar
rest $4,000" But Morton and the So, 600
went 10 the police Office, and he was placed
under surveillance until the Marsl,al went
10 the telegraph office and notified the
anxious parent, that
THE FUGITIVE BIRD,
were here, and Morton MAS under arrest.
That they claimed to he married and FUR
Their instructions were necessary.
Ii Was not long before an answer came.
It Was short and sweet and right 10 the
point, resding something like this:
''See il they are married, and II they are.
tell them To come home "
The Marshal asked Morton TO "perduce
the documents, Josiah !" aud the young hus-
band took him Of TO some secluded spot
and showed him his marriage certificate.
Whereupon Kelly gave him his blessing,
and the yonng Benedict hicd himself on
swift wings to his lady love. And they
were just as happy as
TWO MICE IN NEAL BARREL.
Morton is an intelligent, good looking
young man, and the girls parents are en-
inently respectable, DIR. Early being well
known druggist in LaCygne.
This runaway business seems to run in
the family, for TIE Doctor himself, who was
an actor, ran away with his in
tended and was married in Keokuk.
But alrs we'll that ends we'll, and We
think that our readers will agree With liz
that this tale has ended ~ all tales should
end.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-02-26
InRenious Mechanism.

Mr.. s. C. Young, a skillful machinist a,
Barley Bros foundry, has completed a
small one-horse power steam engine. 1t il
perfect in every part. handsomely finished,
and works like charm. 1t was placed In
the BAzoo press room Saturday, and an at
tachment made to the boiler, when it started
right of like . thing of life, and worked
With the rapidity of lightning, while its
more ponderous neighbor pulled with in
dignation and establishment.
Mr.. Young is very skillful and ingenious
mechanic, ard the excellence and complete
ness of this evidence of it, is another exhi
tion of the rapid progress Of Sedalia's arti-
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-02-26
A Strange Meeting.

Not a week ago drummer from m
Eastern city vas in Joplin in the interest
Of the firm he represented, and one evening
he fell in with party Of friends and be-
came somewhat jolly, as frequently hap
pens. Late at night he and several OF his
friends started out to see the town, and
among other places visited was a we'll
known den Of infamy. While seated in
the room drinking wine. door opened and
q woman, once beautiful, but showing the
marks Of dissipation through the paint
and anamel that covered her face, ente ed
from a side door. She had taken but a
couple Of steps into the room when, with a
cry OF agony, she suddenly turned and
sprarg back through the door which she
had entered. The men did not see her face
and being curious 10 know the cause Of hes
strange actions determined 10 bring her
back. Two of them started in search oI
her, leaving the commercial man in the
room. They found her sitting on the back
doorstep crying bitterly, and being hall
intoxicated, they carried her back into the
room in spite Of her exPostula,ions 10 the
contrary. She persisted in keeping heI
face covered with her hands, although the
drummer struggled to get a glimpse Of j,
Becoming apparently desperate she tool
her hands down impulsively and looket
the man square in the face. One glanc'
was enough, and intoxicated a. he was, h
staggered backwards and sinking into
chair bowed his face in his hands, In
form quivering with emotion. lie remain
L in that position for several minutes, ant
when he raised his head every sign Of in
toxication had passed from his face. Il.
stead, there was look which Shove,
plainly that great trouble lay on hi
mind. Turning TO his comrades he said
Boys let's CO." and as they we're leavinI
the house the woman who had acted -
strangely slipped into his hands beautiful
gold locke,. lie would give no explAnz
ton to his friends regarding this singula
scene, leaving them to wonder whether tn
unfortunate woman was sister. wife, ar .
one time sweetheart.-Jopiis Mining Men
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-02-26
THE LAST RITES

TO Cant. +. A. Rogers, the Dead
Sherif.The Attendance 1t the
Presbyterian Church, Boonville.
Honors to the Deceased.
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Boonville mourns the loss of one OF he
best citizens, IN account OF whose dealt
was published in the SUNDAY MORNING
BAzoo. namely, Capt. F. A. Rogers, Sheriff
Of Cooper county.
Capt. Rogers has been in failing healtl
for the past eighteen months. All that the
skill of eminent physicians, all the atten
ton that loving friends, and all the means
of relief that money could give him in the
benefit of different climates, wac OF no avail
the great destroyer came and took him
from dea. family and from the people
who had thrice honored him with positions
Of honor and trust.
THE DECEASED
arrived home from Texas six days before
his death. He came home to die. He
said when he FIRST arrived that probably he
might live . month.
On Friday he told his friends he was
dying. He told them that he had an indie
scribable feeling and he was aware that the
hour Of dissolution was fast approaching.
He sent for his friends and during
Friday held . regular Ievee in his room.
He talked to his neighbors and asso-
ciates of the past,-of the present and the
future with great clearness. He gave d.
rections regarding his business, and up to
within two or three hours before his death
signed his name TO checks. lie talked al
most necessarily during Friday. He was
VERY WEAK AND SLEEPY
near night-but he refused to 60 to sleep,
saying that eff do. lear that I'll never
awake"
He expired on Saturday morning at 100
o'clock. He went to sleep an hour before,
and true were his words, he never awak-
ened.
THE FUNERAL
took place At l:30 p. m. Sunday. The
burial ceremonies were conducted by the
Masonic and I. o. o. F. fraternities, of which
he was an bonored member. Speciai
train were run over the NJ, X. & +. from
Fayette and over the Boonville Branch
from Upton to accommodate friends who
might desire to attend the funeral.
The following named lodges were repre-
scented in procession:
MASONIC.
Howard Lodge, Fayette. No. 4; Fayette
Lodge. No. AZ; Wallace Lodge, Bunceto'
No. 456; Upton Lodge, Upton. No. Sc
w. ID. Muir Lodge, Pilot Grove, L. d.;
Cooper Lodge. Boonvil!e, No. Sc; Pleasan;
Grove Lodge, Otterville, No. l42. Deputy
Grand Master N. NJ. Givan. Of Harrison
willie. and District Deputy r. c. Clark, OF
Fayette, were present and took part in the
ceremonies.
ODD FELLOWS.
Fan West Lodge, Boonville, NJ. 4; Olive
Branch Lodge, Boonville, No. Sc; Boon
Encampment. Boonville, No. z; Howard
Lodge, No. 10; Boonsl,ck Lodge, New
Franklin, No. 81.
PAIL BEARERS.
True v. Hickox, A. Eckhart,
e Chalfant, JnO. Darr,
JnO. 1. TlSOtt, James AuOuSOu.
The beautiful casket containing the re-
mains of the deceased was covered on
top with boquets and garlands Of fowers
Hastily arranged by loving hands.
The church would not hold half the
people. such an immense throng were in at
tendance. The funeral services were con-
Quoted BY the Rev. o. w. Gauss, Of Boon
willie. assisted BY the Rev. DIR. ChambIes, OF
Kansas City, after which the mortal re
mains of the deceased were inferred a,
Walnut Grove cemetery.
Capt. Rogers was forty five years Of age
He leaves q widow and three children to
mourn his decease.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-02-26

"A stitch II tine raves sios." A bot
tls d d. Bsllb CoosA Syrup Will often
save lssgs doctor bills. Keep Il Aasdy, fos
il eosas oaly . esasA
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-02-26
TrAmpus 0obbleus.

Oficen Gray and Smith made another
big haul this morning. about two O'Clock
gathering in seven tramps from the NJ. X. a
T. sand house. On the way to the calabooss
two of them made break for liberty
Gray held on TO the five, and Smith took
after the fugitives. A few shots from hi'
revolver brought them.to halt, and they
surrendered.
Their names were Frank Smith, Pau
Cruise, Richard Darlington, Peter Kerns
Stephens Rogers and Edward Singleton
They were arraigned before the Records
this morning for vagrancy, but it beinl
proved that they had worked on one Of tn
railroads, they were all discharged.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-02-26
A Marrow Escape.

About two o'clock last night Officer Gray
concluded To take look Al things in East
Sedalia. As he was making his rounds on
Third street, he saw dark looking object
lying in the mud in the street in front OF
Maj Morey's house. lie vent out to inves-
tigate it and found that it was man, lying
TO all appearances dead, and just literally
one mass Of mud. He turned him over and
saw that his mouth was full Of mud, also.
GRAY Immediately began course Of "hero
ic" treatment, and after extracting q good
sized handful Of mud from his patients
mouth and throat he found that there was
yet life in him. and what he had first taken
for the Colorado stone man, was \ real dead
drunk human. lie hanled him out into .
dry place, and began excavating to get
down through the mountain OF mud TO about
where he thought the man proper WAS en-
sombed. He took out his knife and COM
mencisg at the neck. slit down his coat
through the back and got that of, and then
he cut his boots of, which were full Of mud
and water. The officer then recognized him
and went after help and slirsalants. When
he returned the latter were administered by
being forced down the mans throat, and
after a short time the patient began to show
signs Of returning life. Dry clothing had
been brought and put on him, after which
Gray raised him on to his shoulders and
carried him TO his boarding house.
This morning he was better. though not
out Of danger. TWAS lucky thing for him
that Officer Gray took the round he did, or
this morning there wonId have been n sub.
j-ct for the coroner. The man was lying
perfectly dead in the gutter, almost strang
led, and had he not died before the storm,
which came mp shortly after, he would have
been drowned, "a the place where he lay
VS. flooded to the depth Of two feet by the
torrents that fell.
I
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-02-26

This weather Is death on railroad time
tables, and trains have hard work to get in
IN schedule time: The train from the
North on the n. K. h T. was delayed this
morning. and the train from the East on
the Missouri Pacific was some hours late
We are pleased to rec that the BAzoo's
suggestions have been needed and that rev.
eral have sown their blue graes in theiI
front yards. As ye GOV, 10 shall ye reap
and If you scattered turnip seed BY mistake
il u likely You will have IN excellent croE
Of pokeberries. Things are not always wha
they seem, and Of all the uncertainties of life
there are none more uncertain than the lsbe
On . package Of garden Sod.
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The First Road to Conform 70 the
Law.

Mr.. Bond, OF the u. K. d I. has notified
the State railway commissioners that be i
ready to comply With the strict railroad
Law Of the State in the matter Of passenger
rates. The Law (Which the commits
sioners are going to Try and enforce after
the first of April nexsJ prescribcs three
cents mile on the main line and four
cents on the branches. As soon - new
schedules can be made out the changes
from the present to the legal tariff will be
made. 1t il said that the cost of carrying
pasensen on the n, K. & I. has beea
259-l0O cents per mile, 20 that three cent,
will leave but . SMALL margin. Il l. also
aid that the n. K. T 4 T. h the 6rst road
that has expressed it, willingness to con
form 10 the Law.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-02-26
Hymeneal.

Tonight. in Otierville, Mr.. X. Brewster
will be married to Mis- Cora Hemenway,
Of Olterville.
Mr.. Brewster is an engineer on the No.
Pacific, in whose employ he has rendered
faithful and efficient service for frssty-fro
yoars. Miss Hemenvsy is an amiable and
accomplished lady, and the BAzoo wish the
happy couple all the joys that can fall to
the lot Of mortals to enjoy. After the
ceremony they will 60 to St Louis on the
night train.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-02-26

"A positive benefit TO your children
and infants" is the popular verdict for DR..
Bulls Baby Syrup. Sold everywhere at q
cents bottle.