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Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-01-22
The Best Kind of a Drummer.

An advertisement in trade paper
representing your line of business.
1t has most of the merits and none
of the vices of the travelling man,
besides many advantages that are
entirely Its own.
1t travels in all directions at once.
1t visits your customers every
week.
1t interests them in your town, and
is building up the general prosperi-
ty, while it is faithfully transacting
your particular business.
1t talks with thousands Of tongues,
and has the confidence of its hear
ers.
1t doesn't get drunk.
1t doesn't play faro.
1t doesn't bring in any supple
mentary fancy bill of Expenses.
1t requires no commissions"
1t never gets mad and threatens to
transfer its goodwill to a competitor
in business or rival town.
1t doesn't swell round on the cred
it and name of your house.
1t never sets up in business for
itself on the credit it has built up at
your expense. or has artfully fiIched
from you.
1t doesn't cost you many thousand
dollars q year-at most only few
hundred.
1t brings your customers to you,
and makes them your personalfriends.
journal of Progress.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-01-22

We do not believe that the world
is growing worse. There are some
good people who take gloomy view
of their moral surroundings and who
with elongated faces and lugubrious
tones are constantly lamenting the
evil times upon which we have fallen.
The only thing which gives any elias.
ticity to their spirits or even a sug-
gestion of cheerfulness to their
words is a reference to the good
''old times" long, long ago. They
tell us that the churches are not as
good as they nsed to be; that there
is sad degeneracy In the ministry and
that if things continue in their pres
ent state the whole world will shortly
go to ruin. We don't believe one
word of it. 1t is true that the forces
Of evil are more prominent and pos.
sibly more extended to-day than ever
before. But on the other hand there
are more good people in the world
now than have ever lived before, and
Christian efforts and achievements
are grander at the present time than
have ever been known. 1t is sad
thing when a man falls into such a
state of mind that he believes that
the Lord Jesus Christ is going to let
the devil have the victory. There
may sometimes and in certain
places seem TO be a temporary tri-
umph of evil but it is only tempor-
arY. The gospel is advancing. The
reign of Christ is extending and he
who will take the trouble to examine
into the facts and figures will find his
heart filed with joy. There is
practical side, however, to all this.
Society is composed of individuals,
and it is the duty of every man to
try as far as in him lies to make the
world better. Dear reader, would it
not be well for you to stop talking
of how bad other people are and to
try to make Yourself and them as
good as possible.-Central Baptist. |
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-01-22

SAYS the Journal of Eduaction ''In-
dustrial education In Its relation to
the public school has had fresh i'm
pulse given to it in Philadelphia,
New York, Baltimore, Boston and
other cities, by the lectures of Pro-
fessor Woodward, of st. Louis, who
has been on tour to the East, and
has for the first time presented his
views in his native state. Professor
Woodward's grand work at st. Louis
has attracted the attention Of think
ing men In all parts of the country,
while that work, as he suggests to
Professor Runkle's contribution to
American handicraft, obtained by
him at the Vienna Exposition OF
1873"
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-01-22

SARAH ALTHEA HILL, the noted
plaintiff in the Sharon-Hill divorce
suit, was married on Jan. 9TH to ex-
Chief Justice David S. Terry, of the
supreme court of California. The
man she married was her counsel In
the divorce suit. His age is 62 and
that of his bride 80 years.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-01-22

If there is anything which above
all else can soothe or dispel human
SORROW, dIssipate doubt and uncer-
tainty, solve problems, settle difiicu-
lties, turn fear into courage, and hes
itation into decision, 1T Is the prompt
per ormance of the nearest duty.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-01-22

The great industrial growth in the
South cannot be looked on as acci-
dental. It is only the beginning of
the wonderful advancement the
South is about to make in adding to
her own and the nations wealth.
Her surplus of full hundred mil
lions this year will fit her for more
than doubling that surplus next year,
and the next decade viii witness the
South closely pressing the North in
every channel available for her in
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-01-22

The yacht Brunhllde, which is
carrying an American pleasure pleas
ure party around the world, has al
ready been mistaken for a pirate in
the indian ocean. ALI American
ships are warlike in appearance.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-01-22

SPEAKER Hustled of New York as
sembiy stated In his opening speech
that although it was only eight years
since he was before elevated to the
same Office, not single other MEM
ber who sat in the assembly then was
a member of the present body. This
shows how few members Of the leg
lature manage to suit the people.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-01-22

WHETHER young or old, think it
neither too soon, nor too late, to
turn over the leaves of your past
life and consider what you would do
if what you have done were to do
oxer again.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-01-22

SEVEN editors are members of the
present house of representatives.
They are Boutelle of Maine, Beaks-
dale of Mississippi, Hayes Of New
Hampshire, Pulitzer and Merriam of
New York, and Scranton and swope
of Pennsylvania.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-01-22

SYSTEM always accomplishes as
much in housekeeping as in anything
else. II is great help to have a
plan for each day thought out tine
evening before, or quite early in the
morninO
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-01-22

Or New York's thirty-six repre-.
sentatives in congress, eight are col
lege graduates. Among the SEN
ators John Alexander Logan is re-
corded as having taken a degree al
Louisville university.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-01-22

Jor is a prize unbought, and is
freest, purest in its flow when it
comes unsought. No getting into
heaven as place will compass It.
you must carry it with you, else it is
not there.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-01-22

A ST. PAUL saloon.keeper has .
dog that will drink nothing but beer.
1t will drink heavily and go of for .
nap. On awakening it goes straight
to the trough under the spigots and
laps another swig. 1t is growing fat
and unwieIdy and is an incorrigible
aid filsffer
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-17

In every part OF the civilized world,
uneasy indeed is the head that wears
the crown. Monarchical power IL hay.
ing much trouble. Kings, queens,
Czars and potentates are trembling on
their thrones. While the United
States was engaged iu civil war war
that menaced tSe permauency OF the
last experiment OF republican gov
eminent, instituted by the people, for
the people-despots were happy in
the belief that free government was
failure, and that the people could only
be ruled by hayonets. When the war
between the States was first inaugu-
rated, dissolution of the Union
seemed imminent, and the imperial
rulers Of the world were strength
ened in their power. But the
people Of the United States
triumphantly passed through the
terrible ordeal, and the Union and our
republican Institutions are stronger
than they have been since the orgaui-
cation OF the government. On the
other hand the governments propped
up by bayonets are tottering to their
fall.The despotic government Of France
has been supp'anted by tina rule
of the people. The King OF Bavaria
committed suicide on Sunday last and
the people are growiog tired Of the
rule OF lunatlos. England practically
rests upon powder magazine which
is likely TO explode at any moment.
Home rule, the etsance OF American
democracy, the fundamental principle
on which the Union is founded and
the life Of every free republic, will
soon be adopted in England, which
will be the beginning OF the
end of despotism and the COM
mencement Of a liberal gov.
eminent In imitation OF our own.
Toe Gar Of Russia is wrest-
ling with a mighty volcano. Only a
few years sgo his father was hunted
down and murdered like a dog, and in
his fate the son reads his own. Only
a few days since he was prevented
from making an Important journey by
the discovery Of a plot against his life.
Sooner or later the fatal fuse will be
fred and the present Gear, like his
father viii be blown into eternity,
and sooner or later the people will rise
in their desperate power end sweep
out of existence the government which
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-17
THE TURNER BUND.
The Labor Question Discussed at
Length.

BosToN, MASS, June 16.-At the
fourth days session OF the North
American Turner Band to-day the
labor question was discussed at con.
siderable length, and it was finally de-
cided TO declare simply in favor CT a
shortening OF the working day for the
industrial laborer, leaving the
exact length of the day for
the decision OF those concerned. The
convent on resolved that children uu-
der fourtesn years of age should not
be allowed to work in factories. A
platform was adopted declaring that
the sovereignty of the people is in
aleUabls and cannot be transferred
either to legislative bodies or an
executives; that the people must
hold their representatives directly re-
sponeible, removing them for wrong
doing; that they make proposals and
confirm or reject the acts of their
legislators; that the present govern
ment Is too complicated, and should
be reduced to a single chamber,
with an admins rstive COM
mission, both dr city resp,n-
sible to the whole psople;
the Senate aud the Presidential Office
to be abolished as mouarchioal in
form deals with the labor quest ton as
above indicated; declares that public
lands must remain inaienably in
the possession of the poop o
and let for use merely TO agricul-
turists only; that all education be
at public expense, the convention
pledging itself to labor for the intro
duction tf the German system OF
teaching. favors a progressive income
and property tax, and the handing
over to the government of all
existing means of communication
such as railroads and tele-
graphs; opposes the exemption of
church property from taxation; the
appointment Of cheplains to military
and legislative bodies, or proclama-
tons for religious observances by the
President or Governors; oaths on the
Bible, religious notices on coins;
pledges in opposition to the importa
ton Of Chinese coolies.
The next convention will be held in
Cincinnati in 1889.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-17
Friends of OIeOmargarine.

WASHINGTON, June 16.-Prof. Bah
cock of the Boston Board of Health
to-day addressed the Senate Commit
tee on Agriculture on the subject of
oleomargsrine. He said that in the
great majority OF cases in Massa-
chusetts the law wss enforced requir-
ing oleomsrgarine to be sold under its
proper name He believed it a health
full prepare ion.
Mr.. George H. Webster, OF the firm
of Armour & Co. of Chicago, thought
the discovery of oleomargsrine had
increased the value of each head of
cattle So by reason of the increased
value of the fats utilized in the manu-
fActure OF oleomargsrine. Should q
tax be imposed it would inure wholly
to the benefit OF oleomargarine manu-
facturers in foreign countries with
whom the United Safes had to COM
pete. He did not think it right that
OLE omargar ne, which was a pure and
wholesome product, should be taxed
because 1t came into compe-
tition with another article. He
had a right to manufacture it and
the consumer to eat it without re-
stIictions as TO fax. 1t should of
course be sold under its true name,
Butteline differed from oleomargarine
in that it was manufactured from
neutral oil prepared from refined lard.
The manufacture of butteiiue in
creased the vslue of each hog slaugh-
tered about 124 1snts, or about $780,
600 for the number slaughtered in
Chicago during the past year. He re-
spectfully urged the appointment of a
committee to exam ne various oleo and
butterine factories.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-17
At THE MERCY OF ROUGHS
A REIGN OF TERROR AT EAST
ST. LOUIS.
Murders aad Brutal Assaults OF
Hourly Occurrence RObberies
in Open Daylight.

ST. LOUIS, NO., June l6-The
threatened reign Of terror in Eat st.
Louis, incident upon the suspension
of the entire police force Of that
city, has begun, and peaceable citizens
are daily being robbed and assaulted.
Some time ago j. W. Kirk, reporter,
charged in his paper one OF the
city authorities with various illegal
acts, among them being maladminis-
tration of Office and misappropIiation
of the public funds.
ATTEMPTED MURDER.
1t transpires now that on last Mon
day night he was attacked by three
men with revolvers and knives, who
evidently intended killing him, hav-
ing been employed to do the work, it
is said, by the official whose crimes
he had exposed. Last night Henry
Steinert, a nephew Of the late ex-
Mayor Bowman, who was mysteri-
ously assasinated last December, and
who was active in the exposure of the
municipal frauds, was attacked ard
seriously beaten by two men and aft
erwsrd robbed. His condition this
evening is serious.
BRUTAL.AssAULT.
This evening ]. D. Miller, reporter,
who to-day wrote for his paper &C
counts Of this occurrence, as he was
about to cross the bridge on his way to
the city, was assaulted, brutally
beaten and left for dead. He was
found some time afterward in an I'M
conscious condition and taken to the
hospital, where he now lies in a pre-
carious condition.
OTHER CASES.
Besides these, the most fragrant as
saults, several minor affairs Of SINH
lar nature have occurred This morn
ing stranger in the city, while walk
ing past saloon, was asked by the
spokesman OF gang of tougbs 10 pay
for the drinks for the crowd,
He refused, YVES attacked by
the crowd, who carried him
into vacant lot near by, rifsd
his pockets aud proceeded to treat
themselves. Ladies have been stopped
on the strests in broad daylight and
requested to give up their purses by
thieves, who, whenever met with
a refusal, snatched the money
anu made away with il,
their escape being made
easy by the fact that there are no DO
licemen to make arrests. Women and
children fear to be on the streets at
night at all, and men only venture
out when fully armed and prepared to
resist an attack.
PETITIONS FOR POLICE PROTECTION.
Extensively signed petitions have
been presented to the Mayor to rein
state the police, or at least appoint a
few patrolmen, in order to make the
safety of the citizens more certain.
His honor can do nothing, however,
without the consent of the city coun-
Gil, VINO refuse to act in the matter on
the plea that the bankrupt condition
of the city treasury will not warrant
incurring the expense. In the mean
time lawlessness prevails.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-17
MEMPHIS APPEAL.
THURSDAY, . JUNE IL, 1885.
FUNERAL REFORMS.

A dead Congressman is an expensive
sorrow. A Washington correspondent
Gays that the vouchers on file in the
Senate and House for expenses OF
funerals OF deceased members show
such outrageous extravaganza as to
provoke the demand for more mod
crate OUTLAWS. The matter has been
alluded to several times in the course
OF the pending debate in the House
on the legislative, executive and Judi
Cial appropriation bill. Why, indeed,
the public Treasury should be made
TO bear the burden OF the funeral ex-
penses OF members Of Congress any
more than other officials has not been
ascertained. The sum OF 1895 was
paid for the funeral expenses Of the
late Senator Anthony Of Rhode Island,
Sl26S for the lsts Representative
Herndon OF Alabama, and $3l45 for
the late Representative Haskell OF
Kantas Then, after paying such'ex-
penses as thefe, the family Of the
deceased are. presented with a
years salary at the expense Of the
public. AS has been shown, these
funeral occasions are made regular
pleasure excursions for the Senator's
and members who 20 on the commit
tee OF attendance. They eat and
drink-ths best of everything, travel in
parlor cars, have private parlors at the
hotels aud carriages constantly on
hand to drive around and sec the
sights, and bring back with them one
or more pairs OF kid gloves. The
burial OF member OF Congress can
be appropriately compared TO an Irish |
wake. There is no more solemnity on
such occasions than Ia observed by an
excursion party on its way to witness
a prizs fight. Such funeral services
are a mccksry. There is nothing 30
iarcioal and hypocritical as
hired mourners at a, funeral,
and tbs respect to the memory
OF a deiunct member of Congress paid
by hired Congressional Committee,
whose expenses are liqu dated by |
the government, is mockery, a cheat
and fraud. When member of |
Congress kicks the bucket the coun-
try understands that there is funeral |
fun ahead-a waving of Grape and
flowing Of wine-grief laughing in it's
sleeve. Respect paid the dead is ar
rant deceit and hypocrisy when paid
for or inspired by the slavery to Gus
tom. Congressional burials have be-
become 30 Rro,esque that people de-
mand reform.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-17

they abhor. Everywhere regal power
is trembling on its thrones. A strange
commentary this on the fruits Of des-
potism and the fatal obtuseness OF
despots. Sunk, as the greater portion
OF the Russians are, in ignorance and
poverty, they sigh for liberty, freedom
from that cruel despotism which sends
them for a lifetime to the terrible
mines OF Siberia, for daring to utter a
free sentiment The Gar will surely
perish II he continues the policy of his
father. But the means OF safety are
in his own hands. Let him briug
back from the ice bound deserts Of ST.
IBERIA the thousands OF innocent men
and women whose lives have been
wasted and homes desolated for no
cause save that Of imaginary disloy-
atty; let him unmuZzle the press and
act 30 as to deserve its appreciation;
let him remove the hand.cuff which
his laws pace upon every subject; let
him admit the people 10 conferences
wherein the question OF their
own welfare is discussel and abb.
tIated, adopt liberal principles,
a kind of home rule, and break the
thrall OF savage ancestral tradition,
and he will hear no more OF plots
against his life, Of nihilism, riots and
diecontent. The people OF England
begin to see that the government will
be made stronger by home rule, that
justice which wins the affections of
Ireland. And if the Gar Of Russia
will substitute homo rule for the rule
at Siberia there will be that happiness
which gives peace, that hope which
kindles love Of country, the educa-
ton which makes men respect law
and order, and the liberty which in
duces men do right by choice rather
than through cnmpulsion.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-17
THE IRON MANUFACTURERS.
The Scale Of the AmaIEamated Con.
VentiOn signed.

PITTsBURG, Pa, June 16.-The Con-
ference Committee of the iron manu-
facturers signed the scale of the Anal
gamated Convention tonight, and the
iron-mills throughout the country will
run another year without stopping
through labor troubles. The matters
not included in the scale assigned are
the naileIs' scale and the scale
for the roll turner's. 1t wss
agreed that consideration Of the
nailers' scale be postponed
until June 23d. The roll-turner scale
is left in the condition it has been in
in the past, though it was agreed that
the matter should be included 10 the
scaled work next year. The scale es
signed is that of the present year, viz:
SIS per ton for pudding iron, based on
2-cent scale for selling. Secretary
Martin Of the Amalg Imsted Associa-
ton, said tonight that the scale as
signed is Satisfactory to the workmen
and the manufacturers alike.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-17
The River and Harbor Bill.

WASHINGTON, June 16,-The river
and harbor appropriation bill is before
the Senate Commerce Committee and
will not be ready till the latter part of
June. Work on it has necessarily
been slow, almost as slow as the re-
duction of the public debt. Senator
Mcmillan, chairman of the committee,
SAYS he hopes to make some progress
this week. Explanatory notes setting
forth the necessity for the expend-
itures are to accompany the bill when
it is reported TO the Senate. New
York barbor is to be taken care OF, as
well as other points Of national i'm.
portance. If the President should
veto the measure instead of scaling
the bill the good and the bad will per.
ish together. The privilege of limit
ing expenditures to what the Secre-
tary of War and the President might
agree would be just. aud is one that
PIe,ident Grant and Secretary Cam
eron exercised in 1875.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-17
WASHINGTON NOTES.
Nominations Confirmed.

WAsHINGToN, June 16.-The follow
ing nominations have been confirmed /;
David L, Hawkins of Missouri, to be
Assistant Secretary of the Interior
John E. McComh, United States At
torney Eastern District OF Texas; r.
Kleburg, United States Attorney West
ern District of Texas; @. B. Pesrce,
United States Attorney Northern Dis
trict Of Texas; NJ. II. Maynard, Re-
Ceiver Public Moneys, Marquette,
Michigan; s. Hull, Register of Land
Office, Shasta, Gala. w. Foxen, Reg
lister of Land Office, Detroit, Mich, ;
j. Priest, Collector Customs, Yaquina,
Oregon; A P. Swineford of Michigan,
Governor of Alaska; William DAILY
Supervising Inspector Steam Vessels s,
Eighth District; H. F. Wild, assayer,
Boise City, Idaho; j. R. Wingfsld,
Consul, San joe, Costa Rica; L. 7.
Dupree, Consul, San Salvador; H,
Gilman, Consul, Jerusalem; 7. H.
Allen, Pension Agent, San Francisco,
CAL; G. w. Glyck, Pension Agent,
Topeka, Kansas; j. H. P. Voorhees,,
Surveyor of Gus oms, Denver, Col. /;
G. A. Hesson, Surveyor Of Gu stoms,
Memphis, Tenn; ]. V. Harris, Col
lector of Custcms, Key West, Fla; T,
M. Fayer, Collector of Customs, Pearl
River, Miss.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-17
The Freedom OF Commercial Inter-
course.

WASHINGTON, June 16 Senator
Dawes to-day introduced in the Senate
a bill to protect the freedom of the
comm ercial intercourse. 1t provides
that whenever the President shall be
satisfied that American vessels are de.
prived the privilege of purchasing
supplies or bait, or other commercial
privileges, in any part or parts Of any
foreign country, he may by procla-
nation prohibit the vessels CT such
country, or of any designated dis
trict, port, Colony or dependence
thereof, or any class Of such vessels,
from entering American ports or from
exercising such commercial privileges
therein as he may in such proclama-
ton define for such port as msy be
prescribed; and on and after the date
named in such proclamation for it to
take effect, if any master, officer or
agent of any such vessel of such for.
eign C untry excluded by such proc
lamation from the exercise of
sny commercial privilegs, shall do any
acls prohibited by such proclamation
in tbs ports, harbors, or waters of the
United States for or on account of
such vessel, such vessel and all goods
on board shall be liable to seizure and
to forfeiture,to the Uuited States And
any person opposing any officer of the
United States in tbs enforcement of
THIS act, or aiding or abetiinS any
other per, on in such opposition, shall
forfeit $500, and shall be- guilty of a
misdemeanor, aud upon conviction
shall be liable to imprisonment for
term not exceeding two years."