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Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-08-06
Letter from Col. Hale.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

NaSnlngIOn, D.C. July 20, 1000.
Judge A. 2. 7e,11U, Moberly, No.:
DEAR SIR:-I notice, by publica-
tion In your city papers, a few charges
made against me by the friends of
Colonel Mansur, to which l wish to
call your attention briefly.
One is my vote against what Is call
ed the 'river and harbor bill.' l did
this with full knowledge of the facts,
and believe did right. The bill ap-
propriated about SIS 700, 900 for the
alleged Improvement of certain bays,
inlets, creeks, and rivers in various
parts of the country. Not one dol
lar of the amount would have beDe-
fitted the people in our section of
Missouri.
OF the last appropriation for the
improvement of the Missouri river,
$500, 900, over 100000 was used in
protecting railroad propesty in and
around Kansas City, and absolutely
nothing was done for the improve
ment of the river and its navigation.
The bill has been so amended in the
senate as to include large appro-
prlation for what is known as the
Hennepln canal scheme, and 1 shall
feel it my duty to vote against 1T
when it comes back to the house. L
am and have been anxious to vote for
liberal appropriations for improve
ment If the navigation of the Mis-
souri, and Mississippi rivers, and
other leading channels and arteries
of commerce but the present bill is
combination of local interests
throughout the country, intended to
secure enough votes for its passage,
and would do the general public no
good. If passed, the general impress
sion is that it would be vetoed by
the president.
Another charge is, that during the
war, when or where it does not ap-
pear, some troops under my COM
mand, or belonging to my command,
killed man by the name of Bailey,
and that his widow was unable to
| find his body. / confess that l am
almost ashamed TO notice such a
charge, especially when it IS made
in the section of Missouri where l
lived and acted during the war. |
never heard of any such clrcum-
stance and know there is not a
Southern man in Missouri who knew
me during the war, that would for a
moment, believe such charge.
As to my vote against the so-called
s'Arbitration Bill'' think it is now
admitted by all the leading laboring
men throughout the country that the
bill was absolutely worthless to the
cause of labor. 1t has been allowed
by It's friends to die in the senate.
and no labor interest, as far as
know. is now asking for its passage
The cause of labor and the rights OF
laboring men, which it is the duty OF
every legislator to foster and pro,
tect, need stronger and more practi.
cal measures than this. This bill
would simply throw ali labor dis
putes before some district judge OF
commissioner, which simply means
endless litigation, annoyance ant
trouble to the laborlng man. 1 an
emphaticalIy in favor of every jus
; measure which will elevate, better
| and improve the condition of the la
boring men of the country, as labol
is the foundation of all our naticna
wealth and greatness.
Truly, your friend,
j. B. HALE.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-08-06

A little newsboy of Orlando, Fla,
being suddenly told of his fathers
death, dropped his papers and hurri-
ed home. A citizen, picking them
up, sold them through the town, tell
ing the circumstances. and realized
$40, some of them fetching So apiece.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-08-06

ssSam, you are not honest. Why
do you put all the good peaches on
the top of the measure and the little
ones below?" Same reason, sab, dat
makes de front of you nose marble
and be back gate chiefly slop bar'l,
sab. -
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-08-06

Too much rain here too Attlp.
there, they say, but the rule is thilt
the Industrious viii have plenty and
there will be millions upon uillioIis
of bushels Of gram for expOEiatiOn.
Divine Providence is doing better
for us than we are doing for our-
selyes.-Nashville Advocrte.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-08-06

Col. Mansur thinks it the sever
est Hale storm he ever encountered.
A careful examination of the congress
sionaI barometer indicates that there
is more disastrous storm due about
Aug. 11th, and if Mr.. Mansur is
shrewd he will remain indoors.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-08-06

Mr.. G. f. Readon, Baltimore, Md.
Commissioners of Deeds for all the
States, suffered for long time with
rheumatism, which yielded promptly
to st. Jacobes Oil.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-08-06
RaliRious.
Renevolent and I.itarary.

l.EvTEsvILEE LIBeARY-E b. Kellogg, Librarian
fIenI 70 ~ Al and frcru .. to4 p.
wAnnKS LoDaE, No. "a, A. F. and A. M.--Jobn
Hhivers. Master; n. n, Anderson, Secretary. Begu-
meetings Saturday evening preceding full moon.
G,maRrr0v LoDGE No. III. A. o. o. VINO.
d. Butler, ~. W.: u II. Tlsdale. Recorder. Regular
.einss 81 ApI 4tlr rsiesay evening At o'clock.
CHAKiT9S Go. n EpTc NJ SocfsTT.-Me Meefsthe Fonrth
Thursday ia zach month at Salisbury.
SELEcrs KNIGHTS. A. o-U w.-acets I'd and 4th
vriday evenings In each mouth. J Mcorc s. G.
r. II. Tisdale. r.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-08-06

Light weight and out Of condition
packages from, 75c. to 1.50 below
these quotations. 4s
EVANS Bros. Tobacco & Warehouse.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-08-06
PAT Es VT $

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O5tained, and all other business in the U.
s. Patent Office attended 20 for MODERATE
FEEs.
Our office is sopposite the U. s. Patent
Office, and we can obtain Patents in less
time than those remote from WASHINGTON.
Send MoDEL OR DRAWING. We advise
as to patentability free of charge; and we
make no CHARGE UNLESS WE OBTAIN
PATENT,
When patent is granted a drawing Of
your invention, with claims, your name
and address, viii be published in the Unit.
ed States patent Office Gazette, apaper Of
immense circulation, AND The ONLY ONE
THAT PUBLISHES THIs FREE.
We refer here, to the postmaster. the
Supt. de Money Order Div, and to officials
Of the u. 8. Patent Office For circular.
adv,se. terms, and reference to aetnal eli
aieis, In your own state or county, rite to
q. a. SNOW & CO..
einnosife Patent 0gice, Washidgton, ID. G.
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GENERAL DIRECTORY
Railroad Time Table.

Courts
OtEcuIS iOUg.-Regnlars terms ARE hcld the first
Noh iayia April and third Monday in October.
PRoBArEcOuRF-RrgulaFt termsHre held the second
Mondays Of Februsrys May, August and November.
COUNTY GoURr Regular terms held the mrs
n.''adays In February, aIay, Angus, aud November.
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Science for the Sick.

e. #. Andrews. in Popular Science Monthly.
Invalids, as a rule, have great deal Of leis-
ure on their hands-more of it than they like
and to fill this time pleasantly is question in
volving good deal more than mere amusement
The Importance of mental distraction to invalds
is fact too universally recognized to call for
comment here. my object in this paper being
merely to suggest a mode of distraction that in
my own experience, has not only been attended
with the happiest results physically, but has
proved source of intense and never-failing
pleasure. / allude to the study of botany-not
the tiresome, profitless study of textbooks, but
of the woods, and fields, and meadows
The beauty of this pursuit is that it takes the
student out of doors, aud throat and lung
troubles. as has been truly said, are house dis
eases. am speaking, of course, to those who
have begun to fight the enemy before he has
captured the inner defenses, and who are sup
posed to be strong enough to do reasonable
amount of walking and some solid thinking,
for botany, though the simplest of thesciences,
cannot be mastered without some effort You
are met right at the threshold by that fearful,
technical vocabulary which must be conquered
before advancing a single step-a labor 10
formidable and repeliant when undertaken ac-
cording to the old school-book method, that do
not wonder so many have shrunk away from It
in disgust or in despair
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The Senate VIII Probably Take Cognizance
of Certain Charges Against Him.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, April Alt is probable that the
Senate will take cognizance of the charges made
against Commissioners Black and the Civil-service
Commission, and that an Investigation will fol-
low. The charges referred to first appeared in
the National Republican of this city, and are to
the effect that of the seventy recently
appointed special examiners of the Pen
sion Office seventy three were Demo
Gratis OF course this large proportion
Of party men could not have been selected with
out collision with the Civil service Commission
ars. The Republican charges that. for the pur-
pose of giving the Democrats an extra chance to
f,ass an examination, the standard of perfection
vas reduced from 65 to so per cent on this one
occasion, and that, instead of certifying four
Eames for each vacancy. the Civl-service Com
lmfssioners and the chief examiner sent over the
whole list of eligibles from which General Black
made his selections that he appointed no
one until he knew to a certainty how far
with his own, ard that when certain Democratic
Congressman wanted men appointed who had
not passed the examination of the commission
and were not named in the list of eiigibles certi-
fed, they were called to Washington, pushed
through a special examination and appointed at
once These charges are of the most serious
character, and, if they can be proven, those
guilty of violations of the law should be SUM
Inarily dealt with. The offense under the Pen
dleton act Is a serious one. and the penalty pre-
bcribed If enforced would be sufficient to guar
pntee that other officials will not follow the
tourse laid down by General Black in this mat
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Beginning Grants War Papers.

Washington tar.
When Roswell Smith started the series of
articles in the Century. he applied first, OF
course TO General Grant. 1t SO happened that
the period was that of the beginning of Grants
illness. and of his financial reverses. Mr.. Smith
visited him at his home and opened the subject
to him. He did not at first think favorably
of it. He feared that the public would not
care to read anything he might write upon his
battles.
'.What would you suppose" said Mr.. Smith to
him, would be the feeling of the public if they
should be able now to obtain two accounts of the
battle of Waterloo, written by Napoleon and
Wellington, respectively!
II think they would command a great many
readers" said Grant
'.Well." replied Mr. Smith, IAN account from
you Of the great battles in which you partici-
pated would command many MORE
This favorable view from one in the habit of
feeling the pulse of the public seemed to incline
General Grant for the first time, to engage in
the work. He was in mood, too to seek occu-
patton and distraction from his troubles. He
asked Mr.. Smith if he expected to obtain contri
buttons of the same kind from others. with
your example there will net be the least diff
Guilty, was the reply. Then the point was made
what the Southern combatants should be called,
in writing of them.
II propose to call them confederates," said Mr..
Smith.
II have been in the habit Of thinking Of them
as rebels" was Grants reply
what should you call them If you had in
vited them to your tablet" was the rejonder.
81 think then the term confederate would be
admissible" said Grant.
Well" said Mr.. Smith, 81 propose to invite
them to our literary table," Grant smiled, and
this difficulty was settled. He engaged to do
the work. and the war papers were assured
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MIR. powDERLYs DIFFICULTIES.
Intrigues to Disrupt the Knights of Labor
Crisis in the Affairs of the Order.

Intrigues to Disrupt the Knights of Labor-A
Crisis in the Affairs of the Order.
New York Tribune
reporter had talk with gentleman well
versed in all the phases of the labor movement
in this country and Europe, and whose sympa-
thies lie entirely with the trades unions and also
with the knights of Labor. When asked about
the recent railroad strike he replied
"At the moment Mr. Gould declined to arbi-
trate Mr.. Powderly should have done one of
two things. He either should have ordered the
men back to work, or have moved the whole or
der to the front. The first would have been the
wiser act. because Of its justice. Thestrike was
an illegal one. The man Hall was discharged
for good cause District Assembly No. 10I
recognized this fact But for reasons best known
to some of the leaders out West, they seized the
opportunity to order general strike on the
Southwestern system, and tried to support their
illegal. if not treacherous action by a bill of
grievances which they presented as an after
thought, and to company having no direct con-
troll of the road on which the trouble had its
origin. Mr.. Powderly's sense Of justice recog
nized all these facts, but it seems that he lacked
as on other and similar occasions the courage to
holly confront the disturbing elements in his
organization. To order o general strike on all
the roads In the country was out of the question,
and for convincing reasons. First, public opin-
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said Mr.. Tobleman, tive are boycotted.p To the
reporters inquiry how that could help trade. he
shrugged his shoulders and said: 81 do no The
Union fellers begun the boycott about two weeks
ago, and last Saturday they sent three men to
distribute circulars before my store door, inform
ing my customers that was not q nnion baker
and that they must not patronize me- They
even spoke to some people who were coming this
way with baskets, and urged them to go some
where else; but it didn't do any good. The old
customers came all the same, aad also new ones
had never seen before Some wealthy people
who had heard of the boycott came too, and my
wife and daughter and are hardly able TO wait
upon the people. Fact is, that was the biggest
days trade we ever had, and before o'clock in
the evening we hadn't loaf Of bread left, and
had to send people away with empty baskets"
swell, interposed the reporter, do all these
people see coming in now know that you are
boycottedT
"Why, yes" he replied ''thats what they
come for. Why, do you know" he added, sthat
we pay our three men what is equal to So week
more than the union bakers do2 How is thatf
Why, I'll tell you; we board and lodge our men
cheaper than they could get the same accommo-
dations anywhere else"
YES" chimed in Mrs. Tobleman, 1--WE told
our men we would allow them So a week to get
board somewhere else if they wanted to go, but
they said they would rather stay heres This
morning the nnionists came again and gave out
circulars before the door, and il seems as If q
rush of business begins soon as they appear.
Our men don't want to join the union neither
does Gustave, and don't know why we should
be boycotted for that. We bake good cake and
bread, and always have it fresh, aud we tend to
our own business and | don't know why we
should be interfered with"
At this point in the interview the reporter
bade the thrifty couple goodbye and left Boy
eotting, therefore, is sometimes benefit
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PUBLIC pRINTER ROUNDS.

Candidates for His Place-The Splendid Rec
ord He Has Made in the Office.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, April AIS the day approaches
on which Mr. Sterling p. Rounds will have COM
Dleted his fourth year in the Office of Public
Printer, great deal of pressure is again brought
to bear in the interest of various candidates to
secure his place. 1t is understood, however,
shat the President has determined to allow Mr..
BOUNDS TO remain some months at least, and he
may even conclude TO allow him to retain his po-
sition indefinitely Rounds has made record
which is credit to the public service and in
spite of the fact that the amount of public
printing increases each year. he has so systema-
tized affairs in his department as to have de-
creased expenses from year to year, SO that for
the twelve months beginning July / next he
asks $242. 600 less than his estimates called for
year ago. There has been no complaint of the
publication of confidential work since he
sumed control of the Office, and this in spite Of
the fact that during the last year the work of
this character has been very much larger than
ever before. The most important work of re-
form. to Congressman at least has been that by
which Mr. Rounds, since he has been Public
Printer, has so arranged the details of his Office
as to insure the prompt delivery of the Congress
sionai Record every morning, and during the
four years of his administration it is said that
not single issue has missed the early mails.
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when Girls Want To Become Nuns,

Undertones, in San Francisco Chronicle
fancy there is time in every girls life when
she wants to go into a convent A girl always
once in her life falls in love with married man.
falls into a pure, fervent, holy love that is de-
liciously hopeless She sobs and signs, and
dreams, and weers and then the closter seems
to be the only place that can give her life it's
finish. This lasts week or 30, and then she
goes to ball, dances with young man of un-
prncipled ssntmentality. and. after that, they re
at the OPERA and the park and the Cliff House
in turn all the time. Then she's glad she didn't
go to the convert It's awfully lucky IL the
girl meets the married man early in
life. There are only a few men like
Charles Warren Stoddard who want to
be monks Nature predestines the monks, but
circumstances make thenun / have heard of a
young wcman who made up her mind that the
world, with its pomps and vanitles, was not for
her. So one day she laid aside all her fnery,
all her jewelry-the gauds that women wear and
men pay for-and knocked at the gate of con-
vent am not quite sure of the course of prep
aration necessary for being a nun; bnt this
young lady went through it up to the very last
ceremony. After that ceremony the world would
see her no more, and it was near at hani. She
could yet turn back. She did She left the con-
vent after dark one night, having declared her
desire to 90 So and next morning early her
friends met her walking down Kearny street in a
full blown Dnstle and bang and all the fxings Of
a belle Of the period.
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Labor Notes.

New YORK, April Alive hundred journey
men bakers last night determined to strike on
May for twelve hours work, five days of the
week, fourteen On Saturday, and to board where
they choose
EVANSVILLE, Ind, April 1.-The strike of
brakemen on the St Louis division of the Louis
vile e Nashville road has ended. The company
made no concessions More help was offered
than could be employed in place OF the strikers.
PITTsBURG, April AT meeting of second
and third pool coal miners at Schryocks, Pa,
last night, it was decided to strike on Wednes-
day unless the operators advance the rate for
mining coal shipped by railroads one quarter of
a cent per bushel The advance has been. prom
Used on May /, but the miners want il at once.
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The Infanta,s wedding Dress.

Lucy Hooper's Letter.
The wedding dress of the Infanta Eulalsa the
bride of Prince Antoine de Montpensier, appears
90 be causing her princely father-in-law good
deal Of annoyance. 1t was he who presented the
dress in question to his niece and daughtes-in-
law. 1t was an elaborate and costly robe Of lace,
the pattern presenting in its intricacies
a representation of the arms of all
the provinces of Spain. The Duke de
Montpensier ordered the toilet and the veil
from of the leading dressm akers of Madrid.
STIMULATING that every portion of it should be
manufactured in Spain, as he wished to encour-
age Spanish industries. The dress came home.
was approved Of and worn, and then the Duke
received the bill for it, am bunting to 323. 900.
Naturally considering that sum a rather excess.
i've price, even for the wedding-dress of Prin-
cess, he refused TO pay it The dress
maker sued the Duke and in tho course
OF the trial the fact was evolved that the lace
had never been made in Spain at all, but had
been furnished by a famous mandatory in
Brussels, and had cost just 81, 600. The Duke
has deposited 900 in the hands of the presiding
Judge of the court and has declared his willing
ness to stand suit to any amount rather than
pay such an ubiquitous demand, his indignation
at the overcharge being naturally aggravated by
the fragrant neglect OF his orders. There are
some places in Spain where very beautiful lace
is still made, though the celebrated factories
of Albufeoro ann Barcelona have lost their su-
premacy.
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RIVERS AND HARBoRs.
An Effort to Prejudice the President Against
Western Appropriations.

An Effort to Prejudice the President Against
Western Appropriations.
Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, April 4.-Some Of the Eastern
papers, notably the New York Sun, are en-
deavoring to influence the President against the
river and harbor BILL and to secure from him
veto in the event of its passage, on the alleged
ground that it is unfair towards the East, and
that the committee which formulated it was
packed IN the interest of the West and South.
The Eastern press forgets again, as it frequently
does that the Western waterways were
neglected for years. while the harbors of the
East were receiving millions annually from the
government 1t is but natural that the great
lakes and the rivers of the West shonld now
some In for a larger share of appropriations than
Is given to the seaboard harbor improvements.
Everybody who has looked into the details of
the bill reported to the House expresses salts
faction with its fair distribution of the total
amount appropriated. 1t is two years now since
the last dollar appropriated by Congress,
and it would be extreme folly to attempt to de-
feat this new measure on the ground of unfair
-sess when tits easy to see thata great many
,orks partially completed are0iable to great
{ mage If longer neglected. The bill WILL I'M
IeHbtedly, pass the House this session. and 1T is
ely that theseaboard will find friends in the
nate who will regulate any short -comings in
,.e bill when 1t reaches that body.
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raiment In the progress of their pleasing
rivalry Mrs A. gave grand reception, s.
which she appeared in a new gown Of very fine
and wonderful texture, which quite surpassed
anything that had ever been made into dress
for Chicago lady in the whole history Of that
remarkable town.
Everybody saw the incompatible dress and
marveled greatly thereat-that is, everybody ex-
cept the one unconquerable rival, Mrs. B., who
gave reception at her own house a fortnight
who had attended the reception of Mrs. Al. The
establishment of the latter may be imagined
when on entering Mrs. BIS drawing room, she
behelj all the upholstered furniture in the room
covered with precisely the same material as that
of the dress with which she had startled her
friends two weeks before. In the language OF
the street. Mrs. B. got away with herr that
time at least