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Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-10-14
Books are teachers whoseinfuence Is

Books are teachers whoseinfuenee is
peculiar to themselves. They speak
not to yon unless you speak to them.
You must go to them. or they will come
to you. They teachwhen other teach-
ers sleep. or travel, or die. Ia tie
silence ofthe midnight hour, or Isl the
seclusion of mountain or forest re.
treat, with none buty and your book, :
there youand it, in stiffness and soil.
tude like death, may converse togeth-
er. Not a sound shall pass from either
to the other, yet you and it shall talk as
though you had a Yertiable living per.
son by your side.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-10-14
stGN1NG TIE FARNARAE.
Fine old farm for hundred years kept in the family
Name;
cornfields rich with golden ears of the harvest
Came:

Fine old farm for hundred years kept In the family
Name;
cornfelds rich with golden ears OF the harvest
Came;
Crowded barn and crowded bin,
And still the loads kept coming in
Rolling in for a hundred years;
And the fourth in the family line appears.
Orchard covered the slopes Of the hill: cider-forty
Barrels, they say
Sure in season to come from the mill, to be tasted
Round Thanksgiving Day!
And they drank as they worked and ate,
Winter and summer, early and late,
Counting it as great mishap
To be found without "a barrel on tap
But while the crept along and passions into
Habits grew, .
Their appctites became as strong as ever drunkard
And they labored less, and they squandercd more.
Chiefly for rum at the village store,
Till called by the sheriff, one bitter day,
To sign the homestead farm away. .,tf
The father, shattered and scented with rum, the
Mother. sick, and pale and thin,
Under the weight other sorrows dumb, in debt for
The bed she was dying in; ~
OH saw the wrecked household around her stand
And the justice lifted her trembling hand,
Helping her. as in her pain she lay, ,sss, =, ,ir5
To sign the homestead farm away.
Ah how she wept. and the food of tears swept down
Her temples bare!
And5 tile father, already bowed with years, bowed
Lower. with dispaF. F
Drink Drink II had ripened into
For them and all they loved below,
And forced them, poor and old and gray,
To sign the homestead farm away.
o, many scenes have met In my life, aud many a
"a Call to pray; -N
But thcsaldest of all was tlie drunkarl's wife
Signing the farm away!
Home once richest in all the town,
Home, in that fatal cup poured down,
Worse than FIRE or foods dismay-
Drunkards signing the farm away.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-10-14

We notice it stated in the papers
that Cleveland, Ohio, has an ordi-
nance forbidding children under IA
years to be on the street unaccom-
panied by their elders after 8 O'Clock
p. IN. Some cities smaller than
Cleveland have similar ordinance,
but, is it enforced? That as the quess
ton. We suggest an amendment to
this ordinance, if Keytesville has
such one, said amendment to for
bid boys assembling at the front door
of the churches during religious SER
vices in the church and interrupting
the congregation by their talking and
laughing, the same boys having
their good mothers to believe that
they have attended church and be-
haved never so nicely
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-10-14

Deacon Smith is reporting about
town, Robinson, that you were out
cunning last Sunday. ''Well, Dea-
con Smith will get himself in trouble
if he doesn't look out It's a mis-
take" "I'm glad to hear you say SO,
Sobinson. i didn't think you were a
man to go cunning on Sunday" mo,
sir; I did not go cunning on Sunday,
and if necessary I've got the fish to
prove it. -
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-10-14
THE TOIcE or pEsPAtR.


| 1.-THE writer of the following was ,
man of brilliant talents, fine socia
standing, bright prospects, and hat
q lovely family. but who fell through
drink, and when near to his end ht
told his fearful story, and ended as
follows -
But nov tie struggle is over, ]
can survey the field and measure the
losses. Ihad position, high and no
ly. The demon tore from around
me the robes of my sacred Office,
and sent me forth churchless and
Goddess very kissing and by-word
among men. Afterwards I had bust
ness, large and lucrative; and my
voice in all large courts was heard
pleading for justice. mercy, and
right: But the dust gathered on my
unopened books, and my football
across the threshold of a drunkard' 8
Office. had money ample for all
necessities, but it took wings and
went to the Golfers of the devil which
possessed me. 1 had q home adoin-
ed with all that wealth and the most
exquisite taste could suggest. This
devil crossed the threshold, and the
light faded from It's chambers; The
fire went out on the holiest affairs,
ond leading me. through its portals,
despair walked forth with her, and
anguish fingered within. I had chill
dren, beautiful, to me at least, as the
dream of the morning, and they had
so entwlned themselves around their
fathers heart, that no matter where
1T might wander, ever it came back
to them on the bright wings of a
fathers undying love, His destroy
er took their hands In his and led
them away. 1 had a wife whose
charms of mind and person were
such that to see her was to remem-
Der, and to know her was to love.
For thirteen years we walked the
rugged dpath of life together, rejoic-
ing in the sunshine, and lsorrowing
in its shade. This internal monster
couldn't spare me this. l had a
mother, who for long, long years
had not left her chair, victim of
suffering and disease, her choicest
delight was in the reflection that the
lesson which she had taught at her
knee had taken root in the heart of |
her youngest son, and that he was
useful to his fellows, and an honor
to her who bore him. But the thun-
lerholt reached even there, and
here it did its most cruel work. |
Other days may cure all but this. |
All! me never word of reproach |
rom her lips; only tender caress
,nly shadow of a great and unspok-
IN grief gathering over the dear old
face; only trembling hand laid
more lovingly on my head; only a
,loser clingIng to the cross; only a
more piteous appeal TO heaven If her
up were not at last full. And while |
ler boy raved in wild delirium two |
thousand miles away, the pitying
lngels pushed the golden gates ajar,
md the mother of the drunkard en-
ers into rest.-Messenger and Vis-
tor.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-10-14

Poultry growing to be successful
must be conducted with great care and
attention. Fowls must have light,
warmth, ventilation, pure water, dry
floors (either of wood or earth), plenty
of room, protection from enemies,
sound, Wholesome food, at regular
times. and must be kept clean of ver-
MN. No amount of ventilation will
overcome the evil Of steaming filth in
nens.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-10-14

AS aremedy for the effect of lime
accidentally introduced into the eye,
the use of cold sugar-water has been
recommended, owing to the formation
of } compound of lime and sugar,
which is without any action upon the
eyed. A drop Of sweet oil is another
remedy.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-10-14

| Washington, Sept. 26.-]Specisl, ]
Gen. Rosecrans, the register of the
treasury, has discovered some pretty
loose bookkeeping; SO loose, in fact,
that it is said that a corporation here
owes the government great deal of
money, and the original TRANSACTION
dates way back in the thirties. Ac-
eording to the fact given to the Re-
publican's representative, it was about
the year 1880 when the, national gov
ernment, through the treasury depart
mert, went into a bridge scheme with
a private corporation to build a bridge
across the Potomac q river opposite
Georgetown. The scheme was arrang-
ed SO that the government should ad-
vance large sums ofmoney to the ca
nal and bridge company and the gov
ernment was in turn to receive stock
for the amount of money advanced and
beremunerated by sharing in the divii
dends of the concern. A bill was put
through congress authorizing the loan
by the treasury department and. the
company gotlduripg period Of three
years 100000, all told-$100,OO0
during the year 1887, $15O,OOO dur
ing the next year and $4,000 in 1886.
The company, it is alleged, has been
charging tolls right along and the net
revenues have been footing up hand
somely in all these years.
At the registers Office it is stated
that after careful investigation it is
discovered that the government has
never gotten its stock, and that the
bridge company if held to strict ac-
count owes the government in interest
and principal more than half million
dollars. The bridge is known as the
aqueduct bridge, and 9 portion of the
lower structure that embraces the ca,
nal flow caved in last week. It is used
for crossing the river to Arlington
and other points in Virginia, and the
tolls are quite heavy. Just what ac-
ton will be taken to square the governs
ment is not yet stated, but Gen. Rose
Grams says that there are a great many
old accounts with the government that
will be settled as soon as possible.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-10-14

J A stone building was discovered
eight feet below the surface at Kau-
kauna, Wis, which from its appear
ance and workmanship is thought to
have been builf centuries ago.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-10-14

Gen. Rosecrans has discovered that
WASHINGTON canal and bridge COM
pany owes the government a large
sum of money since 1889, which,
through loose book keeping. had been
lost sight of.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-10-14

The fair plaintiff in a breach Of
promise suit at Marshalltown, 10. +,
came to the conclusion that her pros
pect we're not so much damaged after
all. She compromised for a So bill.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-10-14

The late Baroness de Rothchild's
legacy of $4,000 to the poor of
Paris has been increased by further
contribution from her relative TO
$50, 900.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-10-14
TILE DRAINING.


| 1t is quite true that the farmers OF
Missouri have not done as much tile
draining as their fellow farmers OF
the state of Illinois but it is not true
as is commonly understood, that this
is because they could not improve
their lands and largely increase their
crops by so doing. They have gen.
orally supposed, and have invariably
argued, that on rolling land such as
is often found in this state there was
no necessity for drainage, because
all the surplus water is readily and
easily carried off, and If that was all
they wanted to do with the rains that
fall they would doubtless be correct.
But they are wrong for the simple
reason that that Is not what's wanted.
If that were true, then the sleeper
the hillside the better the crop. '''3
The philosophy of understanding
Is to prevent the surplus water re-
naming on the surface, and of carry
ing it off by percolation through the
soil to a dram below. But all the
water thus pereolating through does
not reach the drain; it is only the
over much water, the surplus, that
is crowded to it., A vast quantity is
left in the subsoil and remains there;
not exactly part and portion there
of, but remains there all the same,
very much as though it was. And
the more opportunity the surface
water has thus to drain through the
soil the more does the latter become
honeycombed to receive and absorb
it and the more this is done the
more water is laid up in store to be
attracted back to the surface when,
as in the case of a drouth, the sur
face needs it and calls for it, and the
forces of nature bring it back.
II then we can so honeycomb our
land as that the water, instead of |
running off, shall run into the earth,
and the surplus be carried off by a
process of tile drainage, and the run
ming into the soil and the evaporation
from the soil be kept up, it must be
evident to the most cursory reader
hat not only Will all surplus water
be carried away, but we will have
provided store in s. store room to
serve us in cases Of emergency. If
his would not render the land more
then we fail to see the
of tile draining rolling
and.
On our prairies tile drainage is as
necessary as on any other similar
arms, and here we know the farmers
ire gradually awakening to its i'm
,ortance. But even here it takes
inc upon line to awaken them and
,recept upon precept to fully arouse
hem; and then they must be given
lere little and there little practi-
al demonstrable evidence ere they
;an be induced to part with their
money to improve their own lands
Gould they but be convinced that
and'ordinarily producing but thirty |
bushels of corn could, by the same
methods of cultivation, be made to
Produced fifty bushels, they might
,e induced to undertake some under
as an experiment. and these
will gradually be exhibited to them
md the practice become general.
Is was said year or two ago in
hese columns, did the manufacturers
# tile and of ditchipg machines but
,yinee the same enterprise that the
Wholesale merchants do in selling
heir goods, they would very soon
make the system popular in the state,
,ery much 10 everybody's advantage.
Rural World.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-10-14

WoMEs are employed on the staff
of over two. ghundred newspapers IN
the United States.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-10-14

A farmer writes: As the hog chol-
era is so prevalent throughout the
country, 1 want to say that st need
never exist. It can be prevented.
Constructa long deep trought; keep Il
supplied with slack lime, with a rea-.
sonabIe amount of salt and attract the
hogs to it by stopping them there. If
this is kept up the hogs win never have
cholera, as l saved mine (and I had
several hundred), W hen my neighbors
lost all they had. 1 would not give
dollar for an insurance against my hogs
if had thousand, and if farmers will
pay attention to these suggestions hog
cholera viii disappear forever.
Southern L. s. JOURNAL
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-10-14
ECHOES FIR ON THE EARTH.
OHAKE 80.

OVuS u ING eAectS OF the recent
shocks of earthquake felt along the
. Atlantic coast from Charleston to
Savannah. having been d little bit
curious ifnot to say Interesting.
II An old negro woman, said to have
been ninety odd years Of age, and
helpless for the past twenty, leaped
from her bed and ran, quite q dis
tance, shouting that the end of the
world was at hand.
i A girl, deaf andsdum6 from her
birth, aged seventeen, 5 suddenly
1 found both hearing and speech, and
/ prayed fervently to the Lord to save
her family ssfe1 z
i Atthe second shock in Charleston a
merchant, in apparentlF robust
helath, fell dead on the sidewalk.
Three other men attempted to bear
him away, and while doing so one
of them went into eonvulsions and
died the next day. sses4 'f9s
Beside himself throag fear, q
negro was seen to jump into the bay,
swim vigorously ont for q quarter Of
mile, and throw his hands above
his head and sink ont OF sight.
Two fishermen, returning about
the time of the first shock at Charles
ton, got bewildered, put back to sea
again, although within q few hundred
yards of the wharf, and were never
heard Of afterwards.
A man, blind from youth, saw Q
great fame in the sky which looked
to him, he declared, "as IL some star
was burning up This story, While
not very well authenticated, has yet
been extensively published in the
newspapers, with the addition that
the man still retains his sight without
the least impairment. 81
+ A physician, at The bedside Of q
woman IN confinement, felt the house
rock to it's foundation, heard the
whole upper story crush down and
grind about as if coming through
the floor above upon him but he
stood to his post, saw the mother In
safety, and went out to minister unto
others all the balance Of the night. /.
Many instances Of superb personal
courage and daring might be men,
toned, together with a still larger
number of such incidents as have
been mentioned above, but these are
enough to show some Of the remark
able effects that fright, or dread, OF
horror, or whatever the feeling Of
terror may have been, will have up-
on the human system. Upon d0mes-
tic animals this feeling was one Of
intense uneasiness. Cattle lowed in-
cessantly, and ran from place to.
place as if hunting point to hide.
Hogs refused their food, and huddled
thrusting their heads under
whatever would cover their eyes.
Chickens went to roost long before
sunset, and crowed and FcackIed al
most without intermissIon through
out the entire night. In the coun-
try the dogs howled and moaned,
and strove to get into the houses.
One writer declares that for i've
days he never heard bird sing. -
In the atmosphere there was q pal
pablesmell Of sulphur, dense showers
of ashes fell in certain neighbor-
hoods, railroad bars were bent, fray.
ed or twisted as If subjected to the
action of intense heat, and In . very
few places chasms were opened Ia
the earth.
What an interesting study to the
every day reader as well as to the
scientists, all these occult or obscure
phenomena are going to be.
A 4 n -
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-10-14

Ex-senator Mcdonald thinks
Cleveland will not need the votes of
the mugwumps to rc-elect him.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-10-14

The Acknowledgement of fault is.
often more effectual than any deed Of s
atonement, and confession is speedily
followed by forgiyness. Words. which
are as thelittle secondhand of life, are.
often Of more consequence than deeds,
which comes round seldom, like the
hour hand. And in the artificial rela-
stions ofcultivated people, actions can
never atone for language.
The Indian commissioners who have p
been arranging treaties with the
Northern Minnesota Indians report
the Indians TO be in adeplorable cens
dition, owing to the wliskey trafid q
which has been carried on among them
by white men.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-10-14
Benevolent and Literary.

KEYTEsvILLE LIBzARY-E. b. Kellogg, Librarian
nOen from to 12 .. n. aud from 2. to 4 .. m.
wARREN LoDGE, No. "a, A. +. and A. M.-John
Chivers, Master "a. n. Anderson, Secretary. Regu-
ar meetings Saturday evening preceding fun moon.
CHARIT5N LOPEZ, No. III, A. o. U. VINO.
d. Butler, M. W.; r. II. TIsdale, Recorder. Regular
meetings "a and 4th Tuesday evening at o'clock.
CHARITos Co. MEDICAL SocTETY.-Meets the Fourth
Thursday in each month at Salisbury.
SELEcrs KEIsHTs, A. O.-U W.--BIeets I'd and 4th
fridAy evenings in each month. III. Moore, s. G..
3. II. TIsdale, r.
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PaEssrTEnIAN caUs -Prsaclling first aud third
Sabbatb. kev-1 - pastor. Sabbxth
School every SaBbath nIor orning at O'Clock
METHoDIsf CHUkc1k fSauth}-Rcv q W. Hurley
pastor. Services the fourth aba tbs Of each mont
morning and evening. Sabbath school every Sab
atkmorning at Q oclock.s
FJRsf BAPTIST AURcIs--ReF. - Koltner pastor.
jerviceB second and fourth Sundays Of each mcnt
A. d. y. CHuRcH-Rev. p. A. Crockett pastor.
Services second aud fourth Sabbatns eaIn month,
st2 PIN.
B1PfIsR euuRdH (colored)- Sabbath school every
labhath At Q n m. = =
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-10-14
VOLUME XIV.
GENERAL DIRECTORY. !
Railroad Time Table.
IA Iaava Ravfas.{Ila.s - f,,lio,.

Courts.
CIRcuIT CoURT-Regularter terms are held the first
Monday in April and third Monday in October.
PRoBATgCoURT-Regulart terms are held the Second
Mondays OF February, May, August and November.
COUNTY C0URT-Regular terms are held the frs;
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-10-14

Goyerhor-John S. Marmadnke, St Louis
Lieut-Governor-Aibert P Moreehouse OF Nodavvav
Attorney y-General-Banton G.. Boone Of Henri -
Secretary Of fState-A. K. McGrath Of ST. Io1fs
State Auditor--Jno. Walker, of Howard
State Treasurer-PhH Il. ChappelI, Of Cole
Sup't Public SchoOls-=W. S. Coleman of Saline
9egister Of Lands-lfobt. Mccullough, of Cooper
Congressman (thisl Distriet-J b. Hale Of Carroll
State Senator 0hfsl 9Th District.--W HaIliburtoD
Indge lthisI tlth Judicial Gin cutie. d. Burgess
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From the Bloody Ground.

TOLLESBORo, Ky.
DR.. S. B. HARTMAN & Co., Columbus,
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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-03-11

The Lake Charles Echo has enter
ed upon it's eighteenth volume, and
takes occasion to remind it's patrons
OF past usefulness and its hopes for
the future. The Echo is bright,
clean and newsy paper, and deserved
~ enjoys the confidence of the pub
lie. We wish the accomplished edi-
tor a prosperous year.