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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-02-25
PERILS OF THE RAIL.
A Plea for the Neglected Brskemeu
and 0Witchmen.

There are men employed BY the railroads
whose interest and welfare are but little
considered. They ere the brakemen and
their mates. the switchmen. Their occups-
ton il Chased By the ineurasce companies
- "extrs hssardous," and il would take
nearly all their wages to pay for Insurance..
mans chances in var are better than IN
brak,ng and switching, - the following
will show: A road terminating in the State
Of New York had six killed and ten in
iured out Of force Of twenty one brake.
men. on seven trains, in six months. That
proportion in . ak months c.0paigu Of
an army of 1900 men would Be 5000
killed and 10000 wounded. The men mu.t
be picked men-young men, active, quick
and cool. Danger IL always With them.
A man running On the top Of freight
train going 1t the rate Of from twenty 10
forty live miles an hour Il il much greater
danger than men meet in ordinary occupa-
tions. and . swiichman making up
freight train is in more danger than Gen.
Grant, Sherman or Sheridan would choose
TO meet. There is no glory connected With
being crushed or crippled By freight car.
Often persons say. seeing . man 20 between
the cars to couple, II would not do that for
the whole railroad"
Railroad managers boast that millions Of
pssaengrs have bern carried without los
Of life or injury, - an induce0eat to the
public to travel o. their respective line.
and anything that will odd 70 the safety
and comfort Of tssvellem they will put 10
u.e. Passenger coaches have all the con-
veniences and are richly paiaisd; locooo-
tives are marvels Of nechanian, and in the
rep.ir shops and in the Offices no expense l.
spared for convenience and comfort; bat
in the connecting Of freight can
and the discoonecsing Of them
no improvement he's bern put
10 NE. The same link and pin that we're
iu uae fifty yea. ego il coupling cars ore
in use nov. Hundreds Of men srs injured
every year in coupling carr. In New York.
which he's {, 484 uiles Of railroad, in 1874
twenty-ihree railway employs wers killed
and TOO hundred and three injured in coup.
ling cars; in 1876 twelve we're killed and
one hundred and ih,r,y.svo injured, and In
1877 seventeen we're killed and ooe hundred
and tvrnty-four injured, making 10 asgre. |
gate Of 6ny-,vo peraons killed and four
hundred add 6fty nine injured.
Apparently, no effort 10 being osds TO
avoid the frighiiul smoeSt Of suffering and |
sorrow. Societies are foraed Tor The Pre-.
vention Of cruelty to sainala. and the o.
cupsnt Of the chief osgissrsses chair as |
Washinston bee enough consideration for |
the dumb brute il transportation n the sea- |
board to meniioa is in HE mesaes to co.,
gres; bat il sever osce has occarnd 70 bic |
mind that there i Large sueber Of human |
beinea 10 peril On Tie trains. taking The
csstle to market. By Sev Desess and .
little machinery shss men Of iss invessive |
senius than % Edison, Hove, q . Moess |
could producs IL shs sailvsy nasasen
soaid ok lor e. o.. - osy - heped, psf
l;e sessiosss nay 900 call Sos. can essld |
10 eoessessd aad dissoassessd vithost ,t
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-02-25
YESTERDAY.
It 10 the Only Substance We Pos

Yesterday, in truth-looking though it
may ike shadow and the phantom Of
itseIf-is the only substance that Ne pos
sess, the one immutable fact. To-day II
but the ssymptote of Tomorrow, that curve
perpetu.lly drawing near. but never reach
ing the straight line flying into in6nity.
To morrow, the great future. belong to the
heavens where it tends. Were il otherwise,
seeing the indestructible elements and the
two great central forces forever At their
work, We might fancy ourselves, in one
form or another, continual here on the
round world. For when La Place, through
the acceleration Of the moon, dropping her
ten seconds hundred yesrs towards On, dis
covered the change in the earths orbit
swinging % it does from ellipee TO circle
and back again to ellipe, vibrating like .
mighty pendulum-he taught Us that the
earth endures, and so that the clay with
which VA are clothed still makes part Of
the great revolution. Yet, since the future
is no possession of ours, but dole and pit
lance, We know that the earth does not en-
dure for us, but that when We shall have
to the conditions of eternal spirit;
yesterday, tomorrow and to-day must alike
have ceased to exist, must have vanished
like illusions; for eternity cannot b .
mere duration OF time. but rather some
state of being past ell our power Of cosni-
tion.
And though We are to inherit eternity YET
have authority nov only overthe period re
have passed, with what wealth then are the
aged furnished? Sweet must it be TO cit
with folded hands and dream life over once
again. How rich We are, how happy |!
How dear is the old hand 10 oun! Yesr
have added up the sum of all the felicity
that We have known together and carried il
over 10 to-day. Those that have left our
arms and gone out into other homes are
still our own; but little sunny heads BE-
sides cluster around the knees as once they
did. Not only have We age and wisdom.
but youth and gsyety - we'll. On what
light and jocund scenes We look on what
ueep and dearer bliss! We zee the meaning
Of our sorrows nov, and bless them thst
they came. With such firm feet Ne have
walked in the lighted way We gaze back
upon, how can We fear the Vslley Of the
have three score yean and ten hived away
in the past. can zee the high design Of
Heaven in their lives, and from the wrong
aide OF the pattern picture out the right.
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Immigration.

Mr. Baahaw introduced bill in the House
Friday providing for the creation Of
. board Of immigration consisting Of three
persona, one OF whom sball reside in St.
Louis, the Office OF the board be~ituated At
that place The salaries of the members of
the board are fixed at 81 500 each, and the
bill provides for an appropriation of $l0.-
coo - contingent fund.
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FRANKIE LETCHER.
Her Death b. Suicide ct Denver,
Colorado.

frankie Letcher. or frankie Baleman,
- she was known lately, made IN attempt
upon her life 1t Denver, COL, lsss Sunday,
and Wednesday afternoon. 1t half pest
three o'clock che died. The sct ~ accom-
plished with pistol. the fatal bullet en-
tering the left bresss and passing clear
through the lungs, casaias her death after
nearly forty eight hours Of intense suffer
ing.
A few years ago frankie Lescher vas
one of the brishiest, .merrisse girls in Atch-
ison. Kansas, making her home With her
parents, . happy school girl, and IN obedi-
ent, dutiful daughter. Al the school girl
matured and her beauties ripened into II.
re.isiible charms. she fell . prey 70 the
machinaiioa.s and viles Of libertine. and
added one more to the long list Of those
Who slowed not wisely, but too WE'LL"
Once down, she pusued the broad road On.
Ill she became . leader among the most
dsshing of the dsmi-msade Who have 6gured
in the West. Beautiful - picture. dress
ing like . queen. and accouplished fer
beyond her clssa, she outshone them all.
held inperious sway, and none dared dis
pute her vail. A fev weeks ago, while
living In St. joseph. she married proies-
sional gambler named Frank Bsteman, and
together they left that city for Denver.
While At the last named plscs Baseman
abondoned her aud ran away. Il was this
that caused her to take her life.
There IL no one to sing frankie Letchers
virtues, for she had none. she apeos her
money like princes-knew not the value
OF it-and many . poor family we're reliev.
ed from want By her friendly aid. She was
slso active in warning other young girls
against following in her footsteps, and often
grew eloquent in expatiating upon the mis-
cries Of courtessn's life. Yet she va oae
herself. AID though poasersed Of many 6oe
qualities Of head add heart, abe he'd in the
eyes Of the world committed crime that 10
great above all others..
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stupidity in printing The noties. He
n,d. By way Of apology, that il vas
paid Tor - On adveftisement, Ind clip
ped in uabsknowo 70 The editoe. To
cay the least. the notice shocked the
moral and social sense Of Louisville
bat, - usual. the shocked persons Ill
vent and bought the Jo'0sai. Mr..
Haldermau, the editor Of the C6sss;sr,
the rival newspaper, next publishsd
Mrs. Wards private letters to her
daughter in Bosss'n, telling how much
paint and powder to use, and how 70
massage the Lawrences. These let
teri we're awiully funny; they set the
whole country in . roar. Then the
scandal beesme national. Il Was
Massachusetts, and the LaWrsoces 90
one side. and Kentucky ana the
Wards On the other. The Kentucky
aewspapers harped 90 the Yankee
meanness and petlansry. aud the
Massachusetts newspaper retailsd BY
throwing back the ePishets Of Ken
lucky ignorance, provincialism. and
female abandon. The Letters publish
ed in the Courier rau the circulation
up to fabulous numhsss, and Haldsr-
man found bic newspaper for the 6,e
time rival Of Prentice's Journal.
"What wss the result"
why. Kentucky Of courss sided
with Sallie Ward. Her case vent 70
the Legislature. in . special ses-
sion, granted her q divorce frem Law
renee"
"HOw long was she . widow :"
''For about six or eight years. when
she married DIR. Hunt. Who came
from . very rich and influential Ken
lucky family. Sallie Ward spent $780,
600 given her by DR.. Hunt. The
var and Sallie Ward finally reduced
him to poverty. and the Doctor finally
enlisted - private in the Cooieder-
ate army. Ssllie Ward has always
bad the interest ON $40. 900 worth Of
Louisville gas stock given her BY her
father, and she has that yet but,
when DR.. Hunt became . beRear. she
would not divide. She withdrew toa
little cheap house in Louisville. and
cootented herself with periodic splurg-
ing 1t Saratoga and at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel in New York. Finally.
three years ago. she married Mr..
Armstrong, . very rich pork-packer
in Louisvills-Dr. Hunt having. two
years previously. fallen out Of wind
ow and been killed in Chicago. Mr..
Armstrong. her third husband. gave
her about ga. 900. which she spent
and then he died, leaving her his en-
tire fortune. even cutting OF his own
children. Nj. Armstrong died about
eight months ago. Already Sallis
Ward Lawrence-H Hunt Armstrong has
taken OF her weeds Of mourning, ap-
pears at parties in the most brilliant Of
toilets, and. rumor says. IL nov en-
gagged to . Mr.. Donnez. who, BY
ifs Of industry and frueality. has laid
up few thousand for Sallis to spend.
She i now City years old. but dresses
like girl Of twenty. and think she
IL good for three or f,ur husbands
more"
"And Young Lawrence
"Oh! he died years ego. Il Va
the first time big scandal ever killed
the man. and gave the woman just
what she wanted-a national reputa-
ton - . dashing. fascinating woman. "
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-02-25
A Model Funeral Notice.

Here is funeral notice taken from the
MesiIla, N. NJ. Ladspesdent. which ought
to s.tisfy the most bitter tetotaller; We
give il verbatim:
FUNER.L.
The citizens Of Lac Cruces are respect
fully invited to attend the funeral OF J.
F. Neifer TO take place from the bakery At
4 o'clock this afternoon. Turn out, every.
body, and give him good send Of.
February 9th, 1879.
Deadl Dead! Dead!
Dead to usefulness and humanity.
Dead to al honor and self res, .ect.
Dead to all but liquor and it, environs.
Thus wsa wrapped the m"urning cloak
about him; and little he'll wreck il they'll
let him soak on and enjoy the stimulus
aicokoi affords him.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-02-25
FUNERsL.

DO not poison your little ones with any
soothing remedy containing opium, NOR.
phis OF pareGoric. DR.. Bull's Baby Syrup
10 waer.sted not 70 contain any opiates OF
anything injurious to the infant system.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-02-25

"A verdans youth from the rural districts
wanted 20 70 to wsco yesterday BY rail,
without buying . ticket. Some heartlesa
vsg advised him 70 apply 10 the b.Rssss
msster and have himself checked through
- baggage. He applied to that Official o.
directed and the baggage sumber "s0s. "
in large figures vss duly chalked on his
back. A hs walked aroand the depot
waiting for the train he made good deal
Of fun for the "boys." but the innocent
traveller himself had no idea that hs vas
. victim Of . practical joke and looked
% solemn - Q tomb stooe.-Dnisea Ness.
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CHANGED aBR MIND.

Springfield (Nsss.) Correspondents Boston Herald
A sewing girl in this city he's had .
romantic experience, which u worth
the telling. Several months ago Q
man 1t Dubuque, L., advertised in
IN Eastern Massachusetts paper for .
wife. Amonga swarm Of answers
which be received were two from Two
girls in this city. Who replied just for
the fun Of the thing. One Of then
represented herself ss . young widow.
and her lively account Of hsrSslf and
her circumstances was very largely
6ctilious, especially that which told
very incidentally. - If IL were Of no
consequence-of the snug SUN Of
money left her By the dear departed
She never expected to hear Of The
matter again, but that was the one
letter out Of all the advertiser received
which struck his faecy. He wrote 10
the supposed widow" (who. in fict,
had never been married, and Who w.
then earning her living With her
nssdls); phosographs were exchanged;
The letters grew moro and more sf.
iectionats. until the young woman.
realizing that The afhir ~ no longer
q Joke, wrote U her neW-found Cd
mirsr and told him frankly Of hee
humble circumstances
OF course Be s4oirsd her al the
more. and st lase b came hoa
Dubuque h this city 70 claim hss for
biz bride. Insesad of tie s)eek and
insslligsnt-looking and manly isdivid-
ual whom sbs had expected from his
letter and biz Photograph. What was
her vexatioo 70 80 . Psrsoo Of
decidedly sssdy appearance. wearing
IN old slouch lat. and appearing IL
together unaetrsctive. Well, she
refused him, and b. Gliding her
bitterly i6s 70 dsisg after Ill the paine
be had taken 70 yin her, returned
alone 70 Iowa. ] suppose hs hadn't
left the house before she Ne sosTy-
sach i Tie flexible charaesss u female
aAectios-snd il y eersainly true that
che Ne very sorry, indeed. befoss 10
bad put Q thousand milee bstWeea
them. He wrote no more, bot the
DISTRESSED yvaog WOMAN wsoes. q gos
friends 70 write, 70 he PASTOR Il tie
church b attended. and 70 various
pessons in Duhsqus. - find ont What
sort Of Q man this Was-so0ething che
ought 70 have thought Of IN the 2sse
piscs. The replies were unifesDly
complimentary, and every oss ealy
her regret that -, . poor
,:.iss:si''' h'd refused . good
Never Q veed came from him, and
1t last she swallowed her pride,
the eusrsspoadeuce hessslt,
md told him how sks haa niejudgsd
him and how sorry shs waS tbas
,he had. Pfe0pGly cane Q manly
reply. iron which Shs discovered that
wbsn hs visited hsr here, b hod IN
made hinssh - usattssc-
live - possible, from . roosntie
notion that shs osght 70 take him
lor what - ~ and not ior what b
wore. OF course. they we're married,
md The poor ssvisg-girl be- for Der
husband one Of The leading cisissns a
Dubuqus, and fos lsr hons eas Of
lie finest nasAioas u Duhsqus. The
lrus story ought 70 have . moral Of
Ihs sesstivs sost-naosly. that yesne
Rirls are net % infer iron i that Il .
NE for them % ansWe1 natsi0ooial
,dvsetissmsats. foe. whore 90 GO Of
his ssss -. iks Thu. . happy issue,
'hses ass tss vh,eA lssa - Sahappi-
~ q ssosshis0 . Sssd dsal vessa
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-02-25
HATTIE COLLINS.
A Short Talk With the Prisoner in
Her Coll.

A Tsme reporter went down to the county
jill yesterday after noon. and had = chat
With Matte Collins. who shot md killed
her broiher-in-lav, John Dark, one bright
sabbath morning not long since. The
girl vss found in her cell engaged in the
perusal Of come periodical. which sas
put out Of sight - the reporter came up.
She has changed very little s,nce her
Incarceration. although there il . look
about her eyes th.t d not natural, and her
bright and pert remarks aud pleasant man
oer appean forced, and not - on the day
Of her arrest, when she chaited 20 freely
With any one. She stated that every
thing possible va being done for her
comfort and that Jsilor Farrell waa
very kind. Il do not expect
things - agreeable here ~ At hone"
abe asid. "but I'm not going to stay long"
She receives letters from her sister every
iev daya, and is told that ell are praying
for her return. To stransen che Is -
cheerful - can be, bat when alone indulGes
IN good long crying spella, like any Other
women. Her trial IL to take place at the
coming term Of the Criminal Court, q
Enthusiastically 1Snes.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-02-25

The Van Petten Mem Triumphant

Four hundred and one votes we're cast st
the primary election held yesterday in this
township to choose sixteen delegates to the
Democratic county convention which will
be held tomorrow for the purpose Of put
ting in nomination . candidate for School
Commissioner. The following are the
mans of the gentlemen selected. al Of
whom are said to favor Gen. Van Petien:
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An exchange says: with the re estab.
lishoeos Of the vhippins-poss. and tax On
brains. Missouri will Be . delightful state
to ,omigrais from" A. our coatsmpoary
hss ~ brains 70 speak Of be sesd hsvs no
fear sboss the tai. and il b. vill keep biz
hasds OF thiass that doa's belong to hin
- ssed sos fear he whipping post
0lsnSis 0alGnaA.
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Notice.

The seiaiis Cooperative Society has sold oil
ts goods. wares. Axtures, franchIse and Assets Of
every kind 70 G. B. Norton. sho has assumed the
payment Of al. dehes and obligations ofthe Society
in sccordancs with his bond gwen to the trustees
Of the stock holders.
Mr. Norton oil continue the bussssss st the
old stand and deserves the hearty support Of the
former patrons Of the store and the community ~
large. !. WRIGHT. President q the Society.
have sold ouo-half interest in the store pur.
chased - shove to c. u Green. for seven years in
the employ Of the Society. and the business Of
selling honest and fresh groceries TO the good
people oGSedalia, for the lowest living cash price,
vill be conducted 1t tAs old stand b. the firm Of
Norton Green. q. B. NORTON.
have associated myself in business nth @. B.
Norton, - shove sGased. aud ] hope that lave
easued the esteem Of all The ftiesds a the seala
Society By my seven JEAN sxper.
issee In their employ. and shas our old and fFie.d-
y busnsse ssladoss viii eoatisue 70 cur mutual
profit CO. GREEN.
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William Hill NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ..-.3O2
e. NJ. Hogue. ...... ......... .....29S
TX. Y~sier.. .........20 %
]. q Edwards. go
Ed. Harley
w. f Middleton go
G.. M. A. Chaney 289
7. s. Shirley 2H0
/. W. Milis. .289
R,ht Morton :88
J p. Selsor. .2S8
"A F. McNees. ..286
lam. Glass 288
David Levy.......... ...........-Soo
J. r. Thatcher. .........-.. .........2S1
" Gamer ..2S7
Rod. Gsllie .286
NJ. C. Nichols. ...............-..--2S4
If,hn Ev,ns SS3
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Every one Who hss used Il prooouncea
d.. Bull's Baby Syrup the best remedy
known to the conplsinis Of early child
hood. Il contains no opistes.
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0oCAL CHAT.
V00AH's aJaRm.

oe@ S9s2Us
The night 70 vake. when others s,ssp,
The night to watch. the right to vesp;
The night 70 comfort u Distress;
The night % sosehs. he right to h,sss;
The right the widows hsars To cheer;
The right % dry the orphsn's tear:
The night to feed and cloths The poor;
Ths right to teach thsm to endure;
The right. When other frieads have aovn
And left the sufferer all alone.
To knssl that dying couch beside.
And meskly point to Him sho died
The right happy homo to make.
In any cline. for Jesus saks;
R'shis. sochss 'hess. are Ill - crave.
Until our isss-a quiet sr.vsr'
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BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE.

Not drum WAS heard
because the drummer was not feeling very
we'll, and asked to be excused
Nor funeral note
Of any kind,
As bis corse to the rampant We hurried;
not Q single, solitary ron Of q gun OF
Soldier discharged his farewell shot
Ger the grave where the
remains of the late Mr.. Moore we're de-
posted. The farewell ehot business vas
omitted on account of the great scarcity Of
ammunition.
we buried him dark,y At dead Of night
and did the best job We could under the cir
cum.tances. We could not borrow, Deg or
steal pick or shovel in the entire neigh
borhood. end we're obliged to turn
The .ods with our bayonets,
which, ~ the way, vas the first thing that
had been turned By said bsyonets since ws
were drafted. We did this all
By the struggling moonbeams' misty light
And the lantern dimly burning,
with just about half enough oil in il, and
q strip Of an old flannel shirt for wick.
Few and short were the prayers we said,
the chaplain being on furlough. and no
one With forty miles to take his place
And ve spoke not . word Of sorrow,
our time being limited, - the enemy were
not far distant and advancing with gigantic
strides.
We thought as we followed his narrow bed,
And smooth ed down his lonely pillow,
with . c.nteen,
That the foe aud the stranger would tread DER
his head,
And We far away on the bllow.
You bet! The enemy outnumbered rs
two to one.
Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone.
and wonder where they can get another
flask filed with the same:
And Ger his cold ashes upbraid him.
knowing, of course, that be is in no condi-
ton to defend himeelf;
But little he'll reck ifthey let him sleep on
10 the grave where Brfon has land HIM,
snd not bother him to get up and take out
Q burial permit or ask him to pay ground
rent. We wish right here to correct the
impression that
Slowly and sadly we laid him down.
From the field Of his fame, fresh and CORY
We did no such thing. The corpse was
washed and put in good shape, and We defy
any living msn to show that there vas .
drop Ct gore about him. II il true that
We carved not line, and We raised not a stone,
because there Was no stone mason At hand
who would do the job At reasonable figures.
About this time
we heard the distant and random gun.
Which the foe Was sueniy firing.
30 We adjourned the funeral, left the de-
ceased
alone with his glory,
and made ourselves scarce 10 that vicinity.
Woman Suffrage.
The delegation of the Misonri Woman
Suffrage Association haia very respects-
BILE hearing before the committee on con
siitutional amendments At Jefferson City
Thuraday afternoon. Mrs. Hazard made
IN address that WA listened to With mark
Cd attention. and seemed to produce pro-
found suppression. Mrs Dickinson follow
Cd with short address, which Was very
poin,ed and effective. and Vas listened t.
with great interest. The ladies were
rested With great Difference and courtesy.
and feel hopeful Of getting bill through
the Legisl sture submitting the question Of
woman suffrage to the people.
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This notes. pablished in the Jssr.
nal. set Louisvills o. Ere. Every.
body knew 6allie, and The aetice W.
tie one thsos u svesyhedys mouth.
The nszt aessieg. 0essys D. Pee-
t;es cane cut and apo)eGissd lae hi