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Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-07-16
AWomaa,s Wlla Deed.

Evansville, Ind, July {. S.-Details
of double murder and suicide at
Decker's school house, near Prince
ton, twenty miles from here, have
just reached here this morning. Asa
Turpin is well-to-do farmer Id that
vicinity, and has wife and two chill
dren, aged 8 and 5 5years. He left the
house early this morning for his
farm, leaving his wife in excellent
health and spirits. About 0 O'Clock
some farm hands near the house
were approached by a little girl, who
said, excitedly, that Allie Turpin
had her throat cut. They at once
started for the house, leaving one to
go for Turpih. A most pitiable and
horrible spectucle was presented on
reaching the house. Allie, the old
est child, was lying on the bed. with
her throst cut from car to ear, while
beside her lay the baby IN, the ago
MES Of death, while finger marks
about the little throat showedit had
been strangled. Mrs. Turpin was
not to be found anywhere, and search
was instituted for her, resulting in
the discovery of her dead body dang
ling to cross-beam In the barn. She
had taken a plough line, and, tying
it about her neck, had climbed on
a barrel and jumped off. Further
search of the house revealed 4 razor,
covered with blood, under the bed,
aud in the family Bible was found .
note to the husband, written by Mrs.
Turpin, stating that she was weary
of life's troubles and asked him not
to grieve for her. Her two little ones
she said, would go with her along
deaths pathway SO that in years to
come they would not feel the stain
and reproach caused by their moth
er's rash act. Mrs. Turpin is be-
lieved to have been partially insane.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-07-16

present case, seems to avail moth
ing, and so very few profiting by It's
lessons.
1t is superlativcly sad,- that IN the
full strength OF young manhood, with
devoted wife and family growing
up, be should III this manner be cut
off in moment, no note of warming
proceeding the final summons of the
dread messenger.
Emil Betzler was as good citizen
as lived in the city. A kind and in
dulgent father and singularly de-
voted husband. Upright and strict
ly honest, and none responded more
literally to the call of charity.
Everybody who knew Emil Betzler
liked him, and the sincerest sympa-
thy of the whole community goes
out to the near and dear ones he has
left to battle through life without
hIm.-CarrOllton journal.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-07-16
Rev DR.. Rush.

We clip the following letter, pub
llshed in the st. Louis Christian Ad.
vocate, because the writer thereof
/ has many friends and admirers in
the neighbcrhood of Forrest Green,
where we was well and favorably
known in the years preceding the
late war, and where he taught school
with good success. Some of his
friends there have frequently inquir-
ed of us: ''Do you ever hear from
Mr.. Riggln now! 20 The publication
of this letter will give them the latest
news from him, and they will read
it with pleasure:
"And so DR. Rush has passed to
his reward. Truly a gaeat man is
gone. To many of you he was an
old man. To me he is always young.
For when knew him he was in his
youthful prime, twenty-six years
ago. He was then great in the pull
pit, strong in debate, wise in coun-
sci, vigorous in execution, a man
OF distinction IN his Conference then,
and there were giants in Missouri in
those days. His name is signed to
a paper which 1 always carry in my
pocket. II is dated at Glasgow, Mo-,
July 16, 1860, and authorized me to
preach the gospel. From that time
until now l have felt toward him as
his son in the gospel.
Yes, was licensed to preach in
Glasgow, Mo. There l preached
my first sermon (such as it was),
April 8, 1860. Tyson Dines-O,
how loved sltting behind me
in the pulpit. L. Pulliam, j. o.
Swinney, and Fletcher Lewls-all
young men like myself-sitting be-
fore me in congregation of the best
people, think, have ever faced.
They are gone now, nearly all of
them doubtless, and none remember
that occasion but the speaker him
self, to whom it was a momentUus
one.
"And Eugene Hendrix is Bishop.
1 knew him in those days as little
boy. 1 recall one evening when l
was guest at his fathers house.
Bro. Marvin-plain brother then
was there and noted how the little
Eugene loved to sit at Marvin's feet
and silently listen to the good mans
words. have pictured him at Mar
WINS feet ever since, Now, in Mar
WINS chair. May the mantle of the
assembled prophet fall upon his dis
ciple.
II sat dowu to write you about
men and events in Arkansas, but
have been borne away into the past |
when was young and called MIS-
souri, my state. And now the men
and scenes of that time come. troop
ing up in my mind-all so interest
ing to me, and of no interest to 9TH
ers-and [ cannot write of the pres
ent nor of Arkansas now.
~. H. RIGGIN.
''Mineral Springs, Ark
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-07-16
Fatal and Unfortunate Accident.

Tuesday evening Emil and Irvine
Betzler, Geo. Lindsey and Fritz
Teideman were on the south side of
Bowdry Slough target shooting, a
target rife. p calibre, being used
for the purpose. they were prepar-
ing to return, and just before start
ing, Emil Betzler fired at the target
and handing the rifle to his brother,
went forward to mark the shot he
made. While DOING this, the broth
er loaded the rifle, the muzzle point
ing toward and in direct range of the
target. From some cause unex-
planned, the rifle was discharged. /.
Irvine in whose hands il was, not
noticing the discharge, and the ball
entering the head of Emil on the
left side and Immediately behind the
car. He fell, and from the instant
that he was struck became uncon-
scious. He vas placed in the wag-
on and driven to his home in the
city, where he died about one hour
after, never having uttered word
from the instant he received the
wound.
It's doubly unfortunate, that only
a couple of years ago, the brother
who was the accidental cause of his
death, came near taking his own life
by the discharge of q gun in his own
hands. Experience, dear teacher
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-07-16
The Wheat Crop not likely tc be as Large
as Anticipated.

The following crop summary will
appear in this weeks issue of the
Farmers Review: The detailed re
ports from the spring wheat growing
states, together with the actual re-
suits from winter wheat harvesting,
indicate that the official estimates as
to the probable total crop yield viii
no he realized. The actual injury
to the crop in Minnesota is already
serious, while reports from Dakota,
Nebraska and Wisconsin and Iowa
indicate that many sections have felt
the blight and that the average
yield has already been considerably
lessened.
A thorough analysis of the prob
able crop yield has not been attempt
ed by the Review, but study of the
detailed reports which have covered
every county of the northwest dur
ing the past three weeks do not give
the promise of not to exceed Co.,
600, 900 bushels in excess of the final
figure made by the government last
year.
Both the oats and the fax crops
have suffered severely from the pro-
longued drouth in the northwest.
The prospective yield of oats will be
short of an average per acre.
Rains in Ohio, Indiana and por-
tons of Illinois have delayed harvest
and caused some injury.
In twenty-seven counties of Illi-
nois which return reports as TO the
actual results af the wheat harvest,
the yield has varied widely, from
five to eighteen bushels to the acre.
The range of the wheat yield is from
ten to eighteen bushels.
Reports from eleven counties of
Indicate that the present
wheat outlook does not promise to
exceed from one-half to three-fourths
of an average where the full effects
of the drouth have been felt. In
Fairbault, Sherburn and Chippewa
the outlook is declared to
be unusually poor.
The reports from Indiana show
that the wheat harvested is of excel
lent quality, though the yield will
fall short of an average crop. The
need of rain for all the growing
crops is indicated throughout Wis
eonsin. In Dakota the need of rain
IS again beginning to be felt through
put the entire territory. In Hughes
md Clay counties the drouth is Sc
7ere.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-07-16
Temperanee Camp MeetIag.

The. temperance camp meeting be-
gins at CarroIIton the 10th Of July.
Following are the dates and speakers
July 15-Rev. Green Clay Smith,
of Kentucky, and Miss Narcissa L.
White of Pennsylvania.
July 17-Gov. John P. st. John
and DR.. John A. Brooks.
July 17-Col. G. W. Bane, Of
Kentucky, and Prof. Emerson.
July 18-Hon. John Sobeiski and
Mrs. Clara Hoffman.
July 19-Rev. Sam Jones and Mrs.
Chas. n. st. John.
July 20-Mrs. Chas. Il. st. John
and others. F
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-07-16

The proprietor of the great Wes-
tesn Poultry Yard, Mr.. James E.
Goodkey, St. Louis, Mo-, is enthusi-
astlc in his praise of Red Star Cough
Cure, which cured him after all other
remedies failed. He says it neither
constipates the bowels, nor causes
sick headache.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-07-16
BenevoIent and Literary.

i-EYrEsvILItz EInEARY--E D. Kellogg, Librarian
a'uen from to IL M. aud FROM :. to p
wAREES LoDCE, No. "a, A. F. and A. Bi.-Jclil.
Ghlvers Master "a. N. Anderson Secretary. Regrt.
meetings SaturSBy evening preceding full mcoIl.
t'aAHITox I,ohes.. No. III A.. % o. VINO
D. Butler, NJ. W. Il. a. Tisdslc, Recorder. Regular
nsetinss 9d anil eth Tnes'lhy aveaing ut ocluck.
CHAEITas Co. MEDIcAL socIETY--AIeets tlle Fourth
Thursday in each month at salisbury.
SELECTs KNIaHTs, a. o. W.-Mects 2d and 4th
friday evenings in each month ]. J Moore s. C.
r. II. Tisdaie. r.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-07-16

An adjustable fnger-ring Is among
the latest things out. It is warrant
ed to fit any girls finger, and viii
supply long felt want in case q
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-07-16
State oRcers.

ioYernor-J John s. Mariuaduke, ST Louis.
lieut.. t.-GoSefnor-AlbeTt - Moreehousc of NOdaway.
Attorney-Sfeneral-Ba BaHton G.. Boone If Henry
Secretary Of State-M. X. McGratli, OF ST. Louis.
State AuditoT--JRo. Walker, of Howard
State Treasnrer-Phil L. thappeII, of Cole
5up't Public Scho0ls--W $. Coleman, OF Saline.
Register OF bands-Robt. Mccullough. pf Cooper.
Congressman {ths) DistrictJ. b. Hale, # carroll.
State Senator (this) 9Th Disirict-W. Halliburton.
udge (thisi IIth Judicial Citcuit-G. ID. Burgess
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-07-16
Corntv omcers.
Religious.

issEsstsrgKtAN Jtr scis--igYaclng irsI l.,d taird
S,siath. Rev irtstuf. Sabbath
.cii,i0 eSefy sal BATH morning NJ VI o'clock.
sfZFHuDIsT tHvRcR south )z-key. 1; W. iigTlry
.'nsts,rs Srricrs the fourth Sit6lats f Sgh Outi,
moraiiIsg aud evening sabbath sciioOF every Sab
IN nornigg al . O'Clock.
FIRsT BAFTIsT cHvHcH--Kcy.-- kcltner pastor.
ervices second sntl fourth Sundays Df each nth.
\. NJ X. GMuRcur-R7y.-P- A. Crockett pastor
ieryicns second and fourth Sabbatns month.
inOrnng .t stsing. Sabbath sehtio avery sabbath
- p. an.
BaPrIsT ctuEcil (coIorc,.l sabbath school every
ial,hath At 2 PEN
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-07-16

A popular air with the ladies'
tics...e
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-07-16
GENERAL DIRECTORY !.
Railroad Time Table.
Courrs

Courts.
OIRcUIT 0oUR Regular terms are held the first
Monday IN April aud third Monday in October.
PRosArEGouEr-RegnIart tcrHsare held the Second
Mondays Of February, May, August and November.
COUNTY C0URR -Regalar terms are held the mrs
hondaysin FetrUary, May, Augast aud November.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-02-19
MAGNOLIA, MISSISSIPPI FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1885,
Mahmoud wandered now Asseasohes.

Mahmoud wandered now AseestsoMte
1y about the city, vhinly endUAsoTing to
lind some familiar face or scene. But
everything appeared strange to Hin. and
there was not One Who recognized him.
AT last, he met an old man, whose bent
form aud snow white hair testified that
he must be very near the age of GEN.
tury. Of him, Mahmoud asked: .DDost
thou remember Ali, the son of Has
sanpn
The old man shook his head at first
II am his son Mahmona," continued
the young NAH, 81 am Mahmoud Ben
At that the old man pricked UP his
ears. II remember when was q boy,
of hearing my father tell about d young
fisherman named Mahpiotd Who disap-
peared one day very suddenly, and left
his aged parents to die of want. That
was many years before thou vast born.
Their graves T can show you, if you de-
sire to see them"
''Lead me to them," groaned Mah-
noud, feeling very sad and thoughtful.
He was conducted by his aged guide to
an ancient cemetery outside the. City
| walls. Age and decay seemed to have
| CHOSEN the place for their habitation,
| Everything was in ruinous state, and
there were his. parents graves with the
crumbling stone, which told that they
had been there already hundred years.
The young man fell down and wept
immoderately upon the soil that covered
the remains of those he had so loved and
revered. When he arose the old man
was gone.
sit is the work of that spiteful fairy"
he cried, wringing his hands. ''Ill was
the day l yielded to her Establishments.
She has used enchantment. Perhaps
this will revoke the SPELL"
He still held possession of the golden
casket, and he now took it and examined
it curiously. At last he inserted the
key.
II will do it, he muttered. "She
told me never to open it, but things can
not be worse than they now are. What
can happen more lamentable than my
parents death, or to be a hundred years
behind my timer Allah guard me from
worse.
So he turned the key, and opened the
casket. From it issued white .vapor
which enveloped him, and under its in
iluence the young man fell to the
ground. But he was young no longer
He lost his elasticity of limb, his hail
turned gray, and his form was bent al
with the weight of years. In a few mo
ments he died, clasping fast the colder
easket, whose contents had been 81
fatal. The Interior.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-02-19
THE RABIES.
An Impartial View of Pasteur's 6ystepa Of
Inoculation.

An Impartial View of Pasteur's 6ystepa Of
Inoculatfon.
Pasteur's system of incubation by
which he cures rabies, has brought to
light the fact that hydrophobia is much
more common aflliction than has been
generally suspected. The great French
savant has announced to the world that
he will and can neutralize this dreadful
poison without money and without
price, whereupon literally hundreds OF
people from different parts of the world,
bend their steps toward Paris. 1t is
settled beyond all peradventure that
there is no danger of hydrophobia if the
bite Of the dog is two years old, but
there is no certainty within the two
years. The incubation of the poison
may take from one to six months, and
this is why the afflicted hasten at once
to France, and place themselves under
the care of the man who has immortal
lied himself by discovering an antidote
for hydrophobia. Curiously enough,
this great discovery is meeting the fate
of Jenner's cow-pox inoculation to
neutralize the smallpox poison. Vul-
gar and ignorant people say it is flying
in the face of Providence to attempt to
cure this dreadful disease. Rochefort,
the famous French Radical, is leading
the attack on Pasteur and his hydropho-
| bia remedy, but facts are stubborn
things, and if those who are bitten by
mad dogs are saved from rabies by
Pasteur's discovery, it will rebound to
his glory, and the confusion Of his ene-
mics. --Demorest's $ Monthly,
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-02-19
THE NEWSPAPER.
An Educator Whose Powers for Good are
Not Fully Appreciated.

An Educator Whose Powers for Good are
Not Fully Appreciated.
t. V. Powderly General Master
Workman of the Knights of Labor, says:
"If every laborer and every manufac-
turer would read a good paper and keep
posted on the topics of the time feal
certain there would be less trouble"
Indeed therewould, and the compliment
to the press may be accepted without
the smallest blushing. The first bust
ness of the newspaper press is to give
the news, and that every man ought to
have. The next is to make such COM
ment on the news as seems to be just,
and we venture to say that in nine out
of ten cases this comment is based upon
honest and intelligent opinion. The
opinion, moreover, is usually formed
by men who have no personal interest
in the matters at issue. 1t is the bust
ness of these men to judge and to be
| fair in their Judgment. While they
have not the official authority of the
bench, they at least have its impartiali-
| ty, and in many cases its ability as
well. The press gathers to itself cx-
POI 10 ~ Low. az PhiioooPhJs III ooiOhSO,
in theology, in art, in the drama,
and in all the lighter pursuits of life.
| The time will come when it will de-
velope all these specialties to far
greater degree than it does now; and the
time will likewise come when the man
who does not read the paper will be
looked upon with the contempt or pity
that now belongs to the individual who
can not read at all. An employer with
out newspaper An employe without
oneP So much for few cents, and yet
man or a woman so villainously ig-
norant that they choose not to buyq
The newspaper is volume of informal
ton. The man who reads it gets for 9
few cents the work of the best writers o.
all kinds, of the best theotists, the bes
detectives, the best artisans in news al
well as thought. The great trouble
with the newspaper is that it is giver
away. A good newspaper ought to cos
more than cigar OF glass of beeg L
is flung in the face of ignorance and in
telligence alike, and neither gives il
half its value.-N. z. Graphic.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-02-19

"and don't see how we are going to
work the tread-mill for the churning."
"Why, said Mr.. Beniow, well let
Tommy run eight or ten miles on IT.
1t win do him good and improve his
wind
So after breakfast Tommy walked ON
the treadmill until he thought he would
drop.
ssWe'n make cowboy of you before
long, said Mr.. Benlow, as he entered
with smile to see how the butter was
progressing; $50 cheer up, and don't
feel homesick, for have something Tor
YOU to do that you may enjoy"
"What is itP' asked Tommy.
ssIt is to break pair of yearlings to
the yoke. We will yoke them and hftch
them to sled, and you can drive az
fast as you like
.That will be fine," said Tommy.
So after dinner the steers were
brought forth, and yoked and hitched
| to the sled, upon which Tommy stood
| as a circus-rider stands on horse, and
started them.
"We'll make cowboy of you yet"
rang out on his ears as the yearlings
started off at full speed. First they
4
| other First Tommy was in the snow,
and then back on the sled. for the year
lings jerked it in every direction, and
praneed on their hind-legs, and
whisked his hat off with their tails, and
tried to jump fences and drag the sled
after them. Tommy thought there was
more snow inside of his clothing than
there was ON the ground, and when he
was completely upset-in more ways
than one-by the yearlings, he sat
down in the snow and cried, while the
yearlings seem to melt out ofsight over
the rim of the horizon.
The Benlow boys, who followed,
caught the runaways and drove them
home.
At four the next morning Tommy
Miggs was altogether too sore to arise
at milking-time., He was also too sore
to go down to his breakfast. Tha
night, to make a long story short, hi
| was back home, and has not been AVA.
since. 1t makes him very angry whel
called Texas Bill, because he has givei
up his dreams of cowboy life. Tomm,
is now studying bookkeeping, with
: view to entering his fathers store. IL
wouldn't be cowboy if he could; am
5 now the wax doll goes unscalped, tn
! toy babies unmurdered, and the cat
and dogs in his vicinity unassoed.-h
X. Matnkittricb, in HdrDer's Yoln'
/, Pe0pIe.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-02-19
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INSECT MiMiCS.
Butterflies That Protect Themselves By
Their Stimulation to Leaves.

Butterflies That Protect Themselves BY
Their Stimulation to Leaves.
IT, says a California naturalist, we
look among insects we find a remark
able display of mimics. Perhaps you
have noticed in the woods how often
butterflies dart up where you have not
noticed them. They have been pro-
tected by their stimulation to the leaves
and flowers, and the birds that prey
upon them are equally deceived In
the southern part OF this State wonder-
full examples are seen in the walking
sticks and the mantis. The former
seem to be actual twigs, endowed with
life; the body is straight, seeming
twig, while the legs are like branches
from it, and with its slow methodical
movements it would hardly be consid-
cred a living creature. Some Of these
in South America attain q length Of
eight inches. An allied form, in Gem
tral America, found by Belt, the natur-
alist, so mimiced moss-covered twig
that even close examination some-
times puzzled the observer. The leaf
insects are particularly interesting, rs
they are almost exact in their resem-
blance to dead and living leaves, so
much so that they even deceive the for
aging ants that rush over them, not sus-
pectng that the fallen leaf is the willy
mimic they would fain capture Among
the plume moths are many of such deli
cacy that they resemble the down of
plants in their flight through the air,
and when alighting on a flower their
animal nature would never be sus-
pected. One of the most beautiful cases
of protective mimicry is that of the
orange-tipped butterfly. When open it
is very plainly seen, its wings being of
white, black and orange, and, flying
about, is quite conspicuous; but as soon
as it alights upon q favorite plant, and
closes its wings, it becomes at once an
exact mimic Of the white blotches of the
under surface.
These animals, continues the natural
ist, YOU see, generally mimic plants and
twigs, but there are others that are more
| remarkable, from the fact that they
mimic animals that from their poison.
GUS qualities are safe from attack. Thus
it is well known that birds do not es
pecially care for hairy butterflies, so il
Central America, Belt found curiou,
beetle that was a tidbit for the birds
clothed in a coat of long brown hairs
closely resembling the thick, hair,
caterpillars. In the same localities
spiders have been found that looked ex
actly like ants, and were thus enabled t,
creep upon their prey, the real ants
Wallace observed butterfly that
though an acceptable morsel to th,
birds, deceived them by mimicing til,
flight of poisonous butterfly. If birt
chased it, it at once assumed the curious
and laborious flight of its poisonou
model, and the bird, noticing its eviden
mistake, would always give up the pur
Suit.-San Francisco Call