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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-03-03

creased f1Dm So, 600 in T57J 10 600, OOL
in 1884. 1t has become the grain cen
! ter of the world, and the cattle and hog
market of the country. In 1873 the
number of cattle received was gu, 900;
IN 1888 il reports a receipt OF 800, oOC
/ head. The number of hogs taken into
. Chicago in 1873 was l,S0O, 900; in 1883,
! 100000.
Improved railway road-beGs, steel
rails and equipment of every kind have
made It possible to bring produce from
the, far West to the seaboard IS cheaply
as il could be carried a few hundred
miles twenty years ago. and the same
fact applies to freight carried West
Kansas City in the southwest and st.
Paul and Minneapolis in the northwest
are second Chicagos in their develop
ment, and with much greater proper
tionate increase.
With this great increase in those
things which 90 so far toward making
a nation prosperous, we have to record
the decrease in the public debt of the
UMueU STATES from I=,TU-,TUU,UOu IN
1873 to 81, 49S, 600, 900 in 1883. What
does all this prove but that the country
is prosperous beyond peradventure.
Over-pIoduction, whether of steel rails,
iron, cotton cloth or manufactures,
must be more readily absorbed to-day
than ten years ago. A shrinkage in
Wall street or panic can not affect the
country as disastrously in its present
strength and magnitude as it could
when the business of the country de-
pended more particularly on New York
financial quotations.
Wall street his had its shrinkaTe,
and it is time to stop predicting ruin
and hard times with the panic of 1873
as a text Real estate may decline i'm
value. and in all probability it will, for
with the increase of wealth will come
tine desire TO invest money whete it viii
net four per cent per annum.
With Government bonds netting less
than three per cent. it is natural to sup
pose that the time must soon come
when real estate Will no longer net SIX
per cent. and over.
In 1873 the Government of the United
States had on hand, of gold, silver and
greenbacks, $1,000, 900 legal tender.
In 1877 they had SlS3,00O,OO0. In
January, 1884, they had $40, 900, 000.
Each year they had obligations out of
interest accrued and certificates repre-
seDting portion of the money held by
the Government relatively.
Another point to be taken into &C.
count. In 1873 probably one-half the
public debt was held abroad. To-day
uine-tenths of if is held here.
1t is possible that stocks may 90
lower, but if so it will only be the shares
of those roads which are paralleled for
local business, being only few of the
trunk lines this side the lakes.
The above facts viii enable the pub.
lie to draw its own conclusions as to
whether the future promises disaster or
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-03-03

The big Roosevelt organs in the gal.
cry are run by Edison motors, which
are supplied with electricity from dy-
namo of the north end of the structure.
The current of fluid makes the arma-
ture revolve, to the end of which is fas-
tened q wheel, to which the belt of the
organ pump is adjusted. The Daft
motor is different. 1t has worm ar
mature, that is, it is threaded like q
screw. This prevents it working too
rapidly. Then the end turns upon 8
bur-wheel, which, in turn, further re-
duces the rapidity of the revolution and
contributes less motion to the wheel OF
the machinery motor. 1t is very ingen-
ious. The press which prints the ELec-
trjcGL World is run by one of these mot
orS. Few motors have arrangements
for regulating speed. A young man
named Moore has curious little con-
trivance for accomplishing this result.
anamaker has a tailor Stop exhibit,
the twenty machines of which are run
by motors. Upon the tly-leaf of each
machine Les little iron box about six
inches SQUARE, with wire running into
il. 1t has no motion and looks use'e<
iiOlIl us ACtt'l W Ia u W uIIN AiiC
ma hine at Il high rate of speed. II is
the Cleveland motor. Then. besides. q
shOe-sewing machine IS also run 10y one
of the little iron bn es. over in thee N-
hibit of the United States Company
great iron drills and planes are I'm bv
motors. The StrangeSt use to which the
electric motor has teen applied is tooth
pulling. \ dentist in Brooklyn has ar
ranged Il complete machine. which W II
lessen human suffering. A pair of
forceps protrudc from o nickel tube.
which is connected with wire The for
ceps are applied to the aching ivory; then
the operator touches spring, a spiral
arrangement within the tube winds up
in wink, draws down the forceps like
flash, and in an instant the tooth is
jerked from the jaw and cast upon the
floor. This Brooklyn dentist has pulled
as many as seven teeth in FIVE seconds.
He fixed an electrical forceps to each
grinder to be removed. Then he touched
the springs rapidly in succession, and
the patients mouth was as toothless as
. babes One use of the motors is
highly appreciated at the exposition.
That is when they turn fans. The build
ing was very warm on Saturday. Upon
the Edison parlor table stood an or
namented fan, which revolved between
1000 and 5000 times q minute and
created most refreshing breeze. -Pasl-
oaeiphiG Pres.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-03-03
A Deserved Reward.

a party of tired travellers sat around
the door of country hotel in Arkan-
saw. The proprietor, a gruff old fellow.
sat on cracker-boX.
What is this community mainly
noted forp some one asked of the pro-
prietor.
Ugly women" he replied.
What exclaimed a man who had
taken no part in the conversation.
''You don't mean it, do you?"
Reckon | do, podner. This COM
munity has got the ugliest wimmin in
the State"
Here, old man, take this ten-dollsr
bill and buy yourself present. Ihave
travelled all over the State and this is
the first neighborhood I've seen that
was not noted for its handsome women.
A truthful man should be rewarded /"
ArEdnsdU Traveller.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-03-03

In the foreground, at a distance OF
seven miles. was the city of Tunis, sit
uated at the head of the great salt lake
which separates it from the sea. It's
houses and long walls were dazzingly
white in the hot sun-a characteristic
which, taken In connection with its pc
culiar shape. spreading out, as it does,
between its two salt lakes, has given it
the name of "BOrnous of the prophet"
On the right was Cape Carthage, and
on the hills behind il were manv beau
tiful residences and palaces. with their
groves of oranges and palm trees. One
OF the most prominent objects was the
chapel erected TO the memory of st.
Louis, who died here at the time of the
last crusade. Near this spot were the
mounds indicating the situation of
Carthage. La front, on the low land
which separates the lake from the bay.
was the town o. Goletta, with its anti
quated fort, under the walls of which
was the water palace of the Boy, with
its white walls and green blinds.
10 the left were the barren hills
called the Lead Mountains. while in
the distance We're the blue SUBMITS q;
the LaUbOU1n RANGE of mountains in
iii atinp the p0siti0u of haifvwan. the
holy city of North Arr =. where the
hcar,, Oj Tie t,r,,pi,et = preserved In
the ba., which can haY1llv BE ctl cd =
har;Jor. cyro.,.:i - II : 10 all pnrt east
storms. wee = Fren..i, ,~,l.l-nnat AMI
S,v..rai steamer AMI slim Vessels II
loading into lighters. As gonr..ith o'lic-
=" answered our g.r,l W cnnrlule,I &c
look To- MIN. Acco- liar'v tie NJ. "
w:.S roueI ashore. pa~-.n2 ~ Ike n:r-
row I;a~Sag, Which Communicates viii.
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and even yarrwri ~ : In fhe rn..!ish
Chani.r - Ec c-;aa'ns al lie pc
sent century aiI he II IT,; ~ rt,rar,c
pal iriEuje 20 in. ii.v vi Tu7,S. t..-
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eight r':oTS nj IL J. - or secret SEP
vicc tycnt let IN eauunn> az 81 @
tw,.iyr. 30 -ic.n. EIGHT seven tanu~and
cannon balls: thee hundred qiint l. o.
gunp Jwticr; four hun,'rc,J ruin,a.s OF
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-03-03
A Finished Education.

Mrs De Jones-Your son is in Can
ada. | believe.
Mrs. Won Brownies, the dear boy
preferred the climate. lie has more
time TO study too.
Mrs. De Jones-He is very finely ed
ucated, | understand. Strange he ever
went into bank. Did he ever 90
through college?
Mrs. Won Brown-No. He went
through the bank-THe Graphic.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-03-03
Father II

Your roor wesried wife losing sleep
night after night pursing the little one suf-
fering frcn that night fend to children,
and horror to parents, GROUP, should have
a bottle of Taylor's Cherokee Remedy OF
Sweet Gum and Mullen, an undoubted
Group preventive and cure for Coughs.
Colds and Consumption. Sold by all
druggists al Csc and S1.00 bottle.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-03-03
Beautify Your Homes.

The home should be a. beautiful and
pleasant as it is possible to make It.
Home is the place of rest and pure en-
joyment- Ii is the refuge from care.
trouble, and all the tumults and tur-
mohs of life. 1t is the one spot where
the hearts pureSt affections garner
themselves and seek their chosen rest
ing-place. Ii is the woman's first duty
to make this dwelling place, over which
she Is the mother qseen, as CHEEKY, coy
and lovely IS she can. The first requi-
site for this desired contamination is
that she herself be happy, hopeful,
pleasant, and conientedly agreeable.
To become this she must live hYgien-
ically, she must eat proper food. wear
comfortable clothes, and not be OPP
pressed by too many cares and burdens.
If she is her own housekeeper she
should study TO do her work on the
most simple and easy plan. cook but 3
few dishes at a time, and have each as
perfect in itself as possible.
Woman has no more important duty
than that of making home pleasant.
Neatness and cleanliness are indispen-
sable to CHEEKY, cozy-looking room.
A plain room plainly furnished and
scrupulously clean is fsr more bright
and beautiful than more pretentious
one richly adorned with costly furni-
turs that is soiled, mutilated and al
WAYS in disorder A few thrifty. nice
ly-kept towering plants and trailing
vines are one of the most enlivenin~ al
:UnctS 10 living room. and shell e cd.
sunny " ndow i, far better for them, in
moderately cool weather. than the over
aeStcd and . ten dusty inside position.
and they are .uSt Is easily seen also. \
lew nice pictures on the walls are al
WAYS pleas ng; but 10 picture that
-hocks The ceilings should ever have
pa there. Pictures of war. murder.
cath bed scenes, animal fighS aDt
uIacr soui-harrowing views ought never
% be male nj al. and especial Y a.
owed within the sacred precincts ~
.;nme. Bright, gay. happy and inSrir-
= views alone s.io Id meet the gaZc at
Ie family c:rce e. Should there ne ur
g..:ly o. T. IN tia" room or rrcp<seS
.aai co3ia Il UNNECESSARY nj UactS IN
Oiio-t and cpnycn eucc, bright
- ~ s-i.-:.'l -. .c-?L say~l .,.i
Jew. AMI VIII OF ITSELF ;:,as" u ia -aGt
II nr-T.a"a or Tn e -. i,I.,i 1 3 bts
i ~ aS:"r.n :ail rom tie wall piece
. white muslin nn"r.v = I'll over tis-
I..c viii = Ia tie - cyts a,t'! - q al
the SOL - %: aId mp n.y. -
.;,..r. L. . I. .rsa.d wtTS one an veil
~ = .tJ ;.;!.l - tie .-eaHtirl. unit.
q hu.i..i..-t l;;ir .:U.uc n,Jy become =
~ bower II p.c2SantncSF AMI chscr-
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-03-03
-..Speaking of the difficulty forsigl

speaking of the difficulty foreign
ers experience in giving the proper ac-
cent to English" said Captain Boslum.
reminds me of the fact that when I
first came hither 1 could not speak
English. yet you can not detect for
cign accent" "Fo acquire such pen
fsceion must have taken much time,'s
replied lady. ''Oh, yes; it required
years" "Mnst have been young when
Tou came to this placer" ayes. 1 was
very young. In fact, Twas born here"
-Rosson Roeoley.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-03-03

The wealthiest man in the world Is
the Chinese banker, Han-qua, of Can
ton. He pays taxes upon an estate Of
$3.50 DOC, 600, and is estimated to be
worth Zoo. 00o, 900 taels, which in OF
money would be about 81, 4oQ, 00o, D0A
IN z. Tribune.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-03-03

Animals are not allowed in sleep
ing cszs; but Why do the companies
draw the line at this pointa Ii they ia
ended Insects, it would please patrons
het4sr.--Baston Courier.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-03-03

Leader sewing machines are the best.
Ills d1ml
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-03-03

In 1850 a Mrs. Freer. of Pleasant
Vallsy, Duchess County, y. Y, be-
came the owner OF goose by bequest
of her husband. The bird at that time
was by no means young. 1t continued
in Mrs. Freer's possession until after
her death, in 1870, after which it be-
came the property of her son, James
Freer, who is its present owner. The
goose has already neSted three times
this season, laying five. four and three
eggs respectively. Although she still
looks like a gosling. she must be up
ward of forty years old--Troy Times.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-09
An Enthusiastic Mass Meeting.

Under the auspices of the Woman's s
Christian Temperance Union a large
assembly was gathered in the hall of the
House of Representative on last Wed
nesday night. Practical and eloquent ad-
dresses were made by Rev. Mr.. Hunni-
cutt, Judge Alcorn and Rev. DR.. Gallo
way. The special object OF the meeting
was to prepare the way for the ladies to
enter the petition field on the next day
to solicit signatures to document pray
ing the Mayor and Aldermen to grant
no license to retail spirits for twelve
months from date. The addresses were so
full of convincing facts and figures, were
so pathetic and withal seemed to make
such fine impression upon the audi
ence, that it was deemed good time for
the ladies to try their prentice hand'
in seeking signatures, so the committees
appointed by the w. C. L. U. passed
through the audience and obtained the
signatures of about sixty voters to their
petition. Several gentlemen who up to
that time had declined to sign an anti
whisky petition yielded to the fair solic-
itors and enrolled their names. The
ladies were inspirited for their work
and fine impression was made for the
Temperance Cause.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-09
Hancock,s Courtesy to Gordon.

Gen. Gordon related an incident of
his experience in New York which ap-
peared to have touched him very deep
ly. He was complimented in the first
place by being invited TO act as aid up
on Gen. Hancock's staff. When he
called to report for duty he was hand
ed an order which directed staff officers
to take their positions in the line ac-
cordinc to their rank. Gen. Gordon
was embarrassed when he read this.
He had held one of the highest offices
in the confederate army. but under the
existing order of things he had no
rank. So ne solved the yexed question
of his position by going modestly to
the end of the line below every one of
the regular army officers down to the
humblest. But he was not permitted
to remain there. An aid from Gen.
Hancock came galioping up and dl-
rected Gen. Gordon as the ranking oiii-
Ger to take his position at the head of
the staff next to Gen. Hancock himself
This recognition OF his old grade deep
ly touched Gen. Gordon, not that he
cared anything for the position itself
He is too much man OF the world to
be moved about tribes. but the spirit
of courtesy and friendliness that die
tated the offer stirred his chiyalrous
nature to its fullest depths. Again at
the tomb Gen. Gordon fell back. decid-
ing to yield the place to some OF Gen.
Hancoek's regular military associates
But even then be was foiled by the
watchful courtesy of Gen. Hancock.
Word came quickly to Gen. Gordon
that he was out OF position, and ne was
directed TO move up above Gen. Roger
Jones and hold his place to the close OF
the ceremony.-N. l. Worsd-
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-09
20 Don't Send Ne Away

1t was pathetic scene. A thin-faced
woman, whose eyes were red with
weeping, stood at the prisoners railing in
the Tombs Police Court one morning.
4 stalwart loDgshore-man, her husband,
tried to appear unconcerned as ne told
his story to Justice Duffy, but there was
d tremor under his chin, and he vigor-
ousIy cleared his throat now and then to
cover up a gulp, Until recently his
wife and himself had lived happy
together. They had two fine children, a
boy and girl. But some women had got
his wife into the way Of drinking beer,
and now their once happy home was =
hell upon earth. The children run
about the streets ragged and dirty. Often
when be came home TO his evening meal
be would find his wife stretched upon
the floor in drunken stupor. the
scant money be had been able to give
her gone and nothing in the house to
eat. Time and again, kneeling, she had
kissed the prayer-book and tearfully
promised she would do better. But
her cronies would come again, she
would weakly give into them and once
more relspse into her old ways. He had
lost hope for her, and for the sake Of
their children, Who were becoming
demoralixed by her example. be wanted
her nut away. The woman threw her.
self upon her husbands breast when be
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-09
Ladies Co-operatire schemes.

Ladies are beginning to practice CO.
operation in a small way. and they find
it pays. We have heard of party of
three or four, who wear the same size
of gloves, that buy a dozen pair at q
time and divide them around. They
also buy stockings, handkerchiefs.
towels. sheeting, muslin, underwear
and other things wholesale, and in this
way they save the dealers profit. This
is hard on the middlemen, but in these
days of reductions and shrinkages of
incomes it would seem TO be measure
of legitimate economy. We hear talk
among them, also, of the Utopian fell
city of living SO near together that they
can further economic in the way of
help by hiring one-first-class cook to
do the cooking for the four families.
In this way they could secure better
living than now, when each family
whether of two or ten, has each a
middling cook of no ability beyond the
common. This strikes us as an adj
mirable idea 1t is just as easy to
cook for six as two, or for dozen as
six. If things were so arranged and
they certainly coCld be-as to cooper
ate in cooking, laundry work and
other matters, housekeeping might be
so simplified as to become business
combining comfort and pleasure in
stead of toll and task beyond the
mental and physical ability of most
women to conduct in the best manner.
The bureau of housekeeping combined
with the care of children, their cloth
ing and all the thousand and one other
thIncs together. are the cause of the
breaking down of most women Mod
ern ideas and demands are SO far in
advance of those of our grandmothers
that the brain of Minerva, combined
with the strength of Hercules, could
hardly be equal to the task, let alone the
average woman - ffftsbasrg Dispatch.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-09
Hugh Conway.

Many who knew Mr.. Fargus person
ally have to regret the loss of a gifted
and attractive friend. The far greater
number who were familiar with the
name and writings of Hugh Conway
will feel deeply the removal from con-
temporary literature of name associat-
ed with great success, and attended by
the promise of even better things.
There IS something profoundly melan-
choly in the thought that Mr.. Fargus
had for so many years worked on pa
tiently and persistently almost un-
known, until on sudden success and
popularity came to him, and gave to
him not merely money, but the posi-
ton and reputation which are far dear
er to literary man. Mr.. Fargus sue
cess was startling, but it was not nm
deserved. He could tell story to a
generation that were very eager to
have stories told to them, and were
beginning to get little weary OF the
purposeless and bloodless pamphlets
which had of late been usurpIng tue
,lace of romance. A useful. honor
able- and even brilliant literary and
dramatic career was opening out be-
fore Mr.. Fargus- His prose style was
maturing and improving, and his last
work. appearing in the pages of the En-
cfish Illustrated. was \ marked and
Striking advance on anything he had
hitherto done. We earnestly hope that
the story was completed before MI
Fareus' untimeIy death. We can re-
member few instances in which brignt
nromise was so suddenly aud 80 sadly
marred. - HssLsAalI Esrser
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-09
Prohibition Club.

just before the adjournment of the
Temperance Mass Meeting on Wednes-
day night, a proposition was made to
organize Prohibition Club, whereupon,
nearly all of the men and boys who
enthusiasm. They are to meet ON Mon
day night to perfect the organization.
The pledge they make is to do all in
their power to prevent the retailing of
spirits within our city. The movement
promises well; band of willing workers,
who will meet regularly to protect and
carry out the best methods for action
will surely be crowned with success.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-09

winnie wayered. After all. what
aid she care? He was married,
Haf an hour later. Tom Bradley.
leaning against the piano in the draw
ing-room. and listening to GEORGES
rendering of the latest popular air
was reused by the sound OF a footster
on the uncarpeted floor. and startled
oy Tue appearance of a graceful and
dress.
He was astonished at the familiar
smile She gave him: he was astonished
Al The way in which Georce wbirled
aooat on the piano-stool. and rrinued
"9hont Introducing them; and then.
- ne iooSed more closely at the pretty
startling truth.
gun to desert her. returned in fnll
toree' as The young man dropped
his eyes and studied the bare aoal IN
evident confusion.
she sank on the sofa calmly. ar
ranged the folds of her dress 6ecom-
lngiy. and begged her brother. sweet
~ 70 continue his song.
II Il let him know don care - she
said TO herself triumphantly. Mar
ried-the horrid thing!'
Are You as fond Of music as Of
COILS The young man yentured,
breaking the silence at last.
Almost, said Winnie. with a
laugh
And the conversation, with this
small start drifted on gayly.
Ii struck her, as they talked on.
that Mr.. Bradley. for married man.
was-well-not well-behaved.
lie kept his eyes fixed on her in an
admiring way; the tone of his remarks
half bantering, wholly compliments
ry-was highly improper under the
circumstances.
lie had edged nearer and nearer to
her. until there was no appreciable
space between them.
Winnie felt that something must be
done. She went 10 the piano hastily.
and played few meaningless notes
with desperate speed.
Mr.. Bradley followed promptly. and
leaned over her with an air of pro-
found enjoyment
docs Mrs. Bradley play?" said
Winnie, frigidly.
Mrs Bradley" her companion re-
peated, smiling inquiringly. and lean
ing rather lower.
Your wife said Winnie, severe
ly.
'oh. bat haven't one" said the
young man cheerfully.
Winnie looked up at him quickly.
and Immediately looked down again.
Il haven't one" MIR. Bradley re-
peated softly; but I've been thinking
for the last twenty minutes that I'd
like one immensely. il"
The recollection that she had known
Mr.. Bradley barely an hour and half
caused Winnie TO turn away from him
hastily aud commence noisy polka.
But when she got up to her room
that night, at rather late hour. and
sank on the edge of the bed. staring
with unseeing eyes at the white mus
lin, lying where she had left it in a
heap on the floor. the thought did run
vaguely through her mind that per-
haps she had helped. or hiudcred, her
mother for the last time
And Tom Bradley was of the same
opinion.