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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-10-15
MISSOURI NOTES.

Missouri is going to build an
$4,000 barn at the agricultural farm
at Columbia.
An ordinance at Springfield pro.
hibits "girls, women and females
from lettering about the saloons"
The Jefferson City Tribune com.
plains that too much latitude is given
to "trusty" convicts by the warden
of the penitentiary.
st. Joseph Herald {: Kansas City
dressed meat will continue to be sold
in st. Joseph as usual. Kansas City
is not easily knocked cut of the box
except in championship games.
Warren Minis of Carroll county
sold his apple crop this year for $50
an acre. That pays better than
grain, but taking one year with an
other corn and wheat are safer crops
in Missouri than fruit.
Bob White of the Mexico Ledger
wants system of sewerage for Mex
leo, the state orphan school of the
Christian church and a big tariff re.
form meeting. No one would ever
suspect what a modest kind of
fellow Bob is by the size of his feet.
The prison population of Jeffer-
ION City is increasing rapidly. For
he past few weeks large delegations
nave been coming in from the various
in which fall terms of court
nave been held. The people of
Missouri are no worse than the people
If any other state, but the bad ones
always get caught.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-10-15
A Flying Bullet Photographed.

The war departments of the leading
nations have for several years been trying
to get . photograph of flying bullet, but
the greatest skill could not devise an ap-
paratus which would admit aud shut out
solar light quick enough to catch the fly
ing bullet, in fact, solar light itself seemed
too slow for the purpose. 1t had become
to be regarded as an impossibility when an
has overcome all difficulties and made 9
perfect photograph by means of electricity.
1t not only shows the flying ball, but the
movement of the air before and behind the
ball and disclosed facts in connection there
with, Lot only curious and heretofore un-
known, but of great value in the matter of
making projectiles. The man.
ner in which this remarkable
photograph was made is as
wanderful as the picture itself.
The camera was provided with an ex-
tremely sensitive plate placed in dark
room through which the bullet was made
to pass. The instant il was In front of the
camera it broke an electric circuit produc-
ing spark which Illuminated the bullet
for an instant, and the image was i'm
pressed upon the sensitive place. The
duration of the spark was almcs st in6netis-
imal and the plate was affected only dur
ing the continuance of the spark, but 8
well defined photograph of the bullet
moving 1t greater velocity than sound
was obtained. The picture shows the con.
dension of the air in front of the bullet
and the vacuum left behind it with the
eddies and currents produced by its mo-
ton in the surrounding atmosphere. The
photograph is of great importance to the
ordinance department of the army as it
affords information of great value in de-
termiping the shape 10 be given to q
projectile in order to reduce to a minimum
the resistance of the air and thereby in
crease Its range and effect. The photo
graph is the latest and most valuable dis
covary made in the new world opened by
the appliance of electricity.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-10-15

Mrs. c. P. Brown has returned from
her visit to st. Louis.
Miss Dora Cartwright, of this county
is the guest of Mrs. F. j. Mcclure.
Manager Jack Gibbs, of the depot
telegraph Office was on the sick list
yesterday.
MIR. Frank Kennedy has returned
from an enjoy able visit with friends al
Roodhouse and other points in Illinois.
w. NJ. Nordyke, of the wholesale gro
Gerry house of Shultz & Nordyke of Parsons,
was in the city yesterday on a business
mission.
John Bowers and wife, of Sedalia, who
have been visiting relatives In Marhhall,
left for their home yesterday.-Marshall
Democrat.
-Kennard Cobine left last night foI
Houston, Tex, to be present at the mar
riages of his sisters Misses May and June
Cobine rs hitherto announced.
w. r. Gickler, the noted fireman, and
Harry McNabb went to Otterville yester
day on hunting expedition. As they
took 500 shells with them their visit is
likely to be disastrous to the game.
MIR. E. E. Kockrill, advance represen-
tative of Gilbert 4 Dickson's "She' com.
pany, which gives performance at Woods
Opera House Thursday, October IL, was in
the city yesterday, making arrangement.
for the appearance of his company here
he is pleasant gentleman and thoroughly
understands the show business in all liz
features. Nh. Kockrlils company has been
meeting with marked success in the pre-
sentation of Rider Hsggard's famous work
and expects large attendance in Sedalia.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-10-15
NEWSPAPER HUMOR.

Texas Siftings "Pve had a great
many trials in my time," remarked
the veteran criminal sadly.
Boston Gazette There is no full
stop to the furnace in cold weather.
1t always requires the color.
-Kearny Enterprise The butcher
should be careful man. He always
has a great deal at steak.
Washington Critic The man
who ruined bis constitution drinking
saltwater is fizz-ical wreck.
Rome Sentinel A Rome girl
sent letter to an old flame the other
day. and the unkind man lit the gas
with it.
-Somerville Journal: 1t takes
a wise man to answer all of a child's
questions but a wise man will never
try to do it.
Baltimore American 1t must
not be supposed that because keeping a
man from eating makes him fast the
same rule applies to horse.
-Binghamton Republican Talk
about generalship IF Napoleon had
ever seen a girl climb a barbed-wire
fence he would have held the honors
of AusterntZ at nothing.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-10-15
MEN AND WOMEN

Gen. Mahome is hopeful of elect
ion. So was Boulanger.
The king of Siam has reached
Paris. He is slight improvement
on the shah of Persia.
The king of Portugal is paralyzed
from bis waist downward. He can
not live more than three weeks.
Historian Bancroft says that he
feels as well as he did sixty years
ago. Horseback riding, he asserts, is
the best elixir of youth.
The late Wilkie Collins left a
fortune of about 800, 900, including
the estimated value of his books and
pictures. His pictures and library
will soon he sold at auction.
DIR. s. Weir Mitchell, of Phila.
delphia, has been robbed of several
thousand dollars worth of jewelry by
a servant during the past few months.
He diagnosed her case and gave her
a very effective election.
"A close observer remarks that
among the noted men of the day
names ending with "son" are unusu-
ally numerous. Harrison, Edison,
Robert Louis Stevenson, Tennyson,
Murchisou and others illustrate the
the truth IF this.
WHO Knocks ?" will be the
title of the Queen of Roumania's
forthcoming volume of novelties.
The answer to her question will be
"the critic"
Frederick Douglass, United
States Minister to Hayti, will write
novel. He did not dare to announce
this intention until just before he
sailed tor Hayti.
Queen Victoria has sold her
Hereford bull Favourite, which was
the frst-prize winner at the Windsor
show. The Queen is a cattle-raiser
for revenue only.
Thomas A. Edison made q strong
impression in England through his
conservatism. He is not fond of
what is called 'society," and his re-
fusal to be lionized added to his dig
nifty in the eyes of exclusive British
ers. He came high, but they
couldn't have him.
Edward Dellamy, putative au-
thor of Looking Backward" is now
accused of plagiarism. The Cincin-
natl Commercial Gszette claims that
the story was published in its col
umns in 1SS0-81 as the narrative of
Vera Zarovitch, and extracts are
given to prove a clean steal. Alas,
whose literary reputation is safe in
these days Even Eli Perkins is
suspected.
Rev. Oliver Raymond, who re-
Gently died at Suffolk, England, was
the doyen of English rectors. He
had the living of Middleton, to which
he was instituted before the death of
George Ill, continuously for sixty
nine years. Mr.. Raymond, who was
years old, was graduated
at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, within a
few months of Waterloo, and was Or
dained deacon and priest respectively
in 1917 and 1913. ]
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-10-15

In order to still further in,
troduce this splendid water
proof boot, We will send to
any address in the United
States, charges prepaid, ON
receipt of price. This boot
is especially adapted for farm
ers, mechanics, laborers and
all men engaged in outdoor
work where a perfectly water
proof boot is needed. Try
them. We warrant the boot
and refund money when they
prove unsatisfactory.
Very respectfully,
CHAS. E. MESSERLY.
Second st. Oppo. Market House,
SEDALIA, MISSOURI.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-10-15
DR.. J. H. CODY,

The only graduate optician in the city
has charge of the optical department at
Townships jewelry store, 230 Ohio street,
Sedalis, Mo. Persons made to see who
have not been able to read for years, arti-
fetal eyes inserted, spectacles and eye
glasses adjusted and all errors of refraction
corrected. II your eyes itch, matter, burn
or feel tired after using them or you have
granulated lids frequent headaches or cross
eyed you should call and have them ex-
smined and corrected. I
Examination and consultation free.
Geo. w. TOWnSley.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-10-15

The following item from the college
department Of the CoIumsia Herald shows
that another Sedalia boy has been riding
the goat. Of course it is only college
goat, but it is a goat all the same:
aMorey, of Sedalia, and Edwards, Of Jeffer-
son City, are Zeta Phis BY recent initiation.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-10-15
Have You Rheumatism /?

II SOFA 2-cent stamp sent TO Hunnicutt Medicine
Co., Atlanta Ga, viii put ysu on the way to be
cured Their book will be sent containing won
derful accounts of cures effected by this remedy
by vell-known physicians, clergymen and Others.
Don't delay, but address them, With stamp, At
once. Get ii out of your system before your heart
becomes permanently diseased.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-10-15
The Grain Market.

The St. Louis grain market was steady
and dull yesterday. December wheat
opened at so 3-8c and declined to 70 7-Sc,
but reacted back to 80 lac when it closed
October, 78c; May Sale. Cash corn
closed at 2sac /; May, 80 Is. Cash oats
20}c May ~ l-S.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-10-15
Another Victory

Capt. w. A. McNulty's Sedalia bay won
he big race at Terre Haute, Ind, Friday.
There were eleven starters and Sedalia's
boys position in the FIVE heats was 10s111.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-10-15
Have we Horse Thieves Among ms.

Sheriff Smith has received letter from
Ell Dorado, Butler county, Kan, stating
that there is a stolen horse In that comfy
which they think belongs to parties in Pet.
tbs county. Tbs man who has the horse,
he saws, was in Pettis county about year
ago and / think made arrangements to
handle horses. We think herein fact al.
most know-thst he belongs to a gang of
horse thieves in Butler county, This horse
came from the east and was delivered to
this man by a man from Pettis county,
Mo. / can't tell just what part of Pettis
county he lives in, but know that he has
made three different trips from Sedalia to
Elk county with horses. l think if you
will keep your eye peeled little you will
Jump into . nest of horse thieves.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-08-15

fragrance of gratitude and affection.
Mr.. Ball did not live to see the COM
pletion of his work. He was unable
to be present at the laying of the
corner stone, and the first story was
scarcely finished in time to be draped
for his funeral.
He died on March 13, 1884. The
Galveston News of March 15 said "In
all the history of Galveston there has
never been more spontaneous and
fervent manifestation of sorrow at the
death of member of the community
than that which was given yesterday
upon the funeral of Mr.. George Ball.
The city wore Sunday-like appear
ance, and except that the scores OF flags
that were at half-mast told their own
story of the sorrow of the community,
conner to the city would have won
dered at the general quiet that pre-
vailed"
The Opera Glass of the same date,
said:
at seemed that every one was act
uated by generous impulse to attend
the last sad rites of the noble man who
had done so much to merit the love
and affection of the people,"
Although Mr.. Ball was not member
of any organization, his remains we're
followed to their last resting place by
various labor and benevolent societies,
to the number of some 700 men. Al
most every carriage and vehicle in the
city appeared in the funeral process
sion. Along the line of march the
sidewalks were thronged with people,
and at the cemetery there was a great
concourse III addition to those in line"
The procession turned out of Broad
way i'll order to pass by the partly fin
ished building which was appropriately
draped in mourning, and with all Of
the bells tolling and preceded by the
working men, whose friend he was, his
remains were taken to their last rest
ing place.
Volumes could be filled with the
many flattering outbursts of praise
that began with the knowledge of Mr..
Balls donation, and have continued
ever since. In a community that was
looked upon as nothing if not merce-
nary, one man did a noble and unselfsh
act, and at once his praises filled the
mouths Of all, and to-day Galveston
boasts of two other monumental build
ings-the John Sealy Hospital and the
Henry Rosenberg School, costing about
$4,000 each, and the end is not yet.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-08-15
ST. MARY'S ACADEMY.
Conducted BY THE SISTERS OF THE
HOLY CROSS-FOUNDED 1888.
CHARTERED 1885.
An Institution Where Young Ladies' Re.
ceive Thorough Moral, Mental
and Physical Training.

st. Mary's Academy was founded in
1878. by little band of the Sisters OF
the Holy Cross, sent out at the re-
quest of some of the people of Austin
from the long established and famous
school of their order at st. Mary's,
Notre Dame, Ind.
Its beginnings were small and un-
pretentious, as befitted new school
in a town of few thousand inhabi-
tants, just rejoicing in the recent ac-
QUESTION of its first railroad, and
where the field was already occupied
by rivals of no mean attainments.
But the principles that guided its
founders were as intelligent and far
seeing as those that prevailed at the
widely known and prosperous "Mother
House" from which they had come,
and, under such circumstances, the
success of the little school was a fore
gone conclusion.
Through the wise management of
that masterful and intelligent woman,
the beloved, lamented Sister Mildred,
aided by her little band of devoted as
sistants, the new academy grew in
reputation and, as consequence, in
numbers, until the house which they
had secured at the opening of their
undertaking proved, in spite of re-
peated additions, too small to accom-.
modate the requirements of the rap
idly growing school, and in 1885 a
new and much larger building was
erected on the most desirable and
suitable spot the city afforded
the block of ground set apart for the
president of the republic of Texas
when Austin was surveyed in 1888.
The historic little white, frame cot
tage that had done duty in those
early days as the executive mansion,
was torn down, and in few months
there rose in its stead the IMPOSING
stone structure now known as ST.
Mary's Academy.
The beautiful hill upon which il
stands, lifts it above the level of the
adjacent housetops, so that the win
dows of the Academy command an
unobstructed view of the city, the
river and the hills beyond and through
its bright, roomy apartments and its
long corridors the gulf breeze from
the south sweeps without hindrance
The building is plain massive edi.
flee, four stories high, constructed oI
the white limestone found in the vi.
cinitv of Austin The block of oround
surrounding it is artistically laid out
green lawn gently sloping toward
the main entrance, thicket of vines
and trees offering seclusion and shade
on one side, vine-clothcd arbor on
another, fountain bubbling amidst
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-08-15
BALL HIGH SCHOOL.
A PRINCELY ENDOWMENT FOR THE
EDUCATION OF GENERATIONS
OF BOYS AND GIRLS.
History Of the School and Brief Sketch OF
the Noble Philanthropist Who
Founded It.

Worthy of note as the first large
gift to any cause in Texas, matter of
pride to the citizens of Galveston
as the deed of one of those most
thoroughly Unidentified with the his
tory and growth of the city, conspi-
cuous as the precursor of the many
other similar gifts that have added so
much to the glory and renown of the
Island City, the Ball High school,
upon whose corner stone are the words
"George Ball to the children of Gal
veston." should be of interest to all
who honor large hearted liberality and
public spirited munifcence.
Scarcely had the second year of
the public school experiment begun
in Galveston in 1881 drawn to close,
when the community was filled with
astonishment and delight to see in
the News of June 5, 1883, letter to
the mayor and city council from Mr..
George Ball, senior member of the
firm of Ball, Hutchings .& Co., an
nouncing his willingness to give $780,
600 to erect building for the public
schools of the city, conditioned on the
donation by the city of suitable site.
Mr.. Ball asked for one quarter of
block 321, the block bounded by
Winnie, Avenue H, Twenty-frst and
Twenty-second streets. This was
granted at once and at the request of
the committee on plans afterwards
increased to the entire south half of
the square. The excellence of this
location will be appreciated when it is
stated that within radius of one
block are Artillery hall, Turner's hall,
Baptist church, Jewish Synagogue,
Eaton chapel, ,TrinityEpiscopal church,
st. Mary's cathedral, Harmony hall,
Presbyterian church, the courthouse
and fremont hotel. 1t is connected
with all parts of the city by street cars
that pass by the building.
The block has been raised about
two feet, and bricked in next to the
street. A handsome coping has been
put on the property line just lnslue
the sidewalk. There are openings in
this coping at convenient points for
entrance into the grounds. The entire
block is owned by the school, although
as yet only the south half has been
formally decided by the city author
tiles.
Two rows of trees are to surround
the block, so planted as to make a
covered archway over the sidewalk.
After making his donation and its
acceptance by the city with the appro-
priation of the site just described, Mr..
Ball appointed Mr.. Oscar Gareissen OF
the school trustees, and Mr.. III. Lee
Sellers of the corps of teachers, as a
committee on plans and architects
and for a committee on contracts and
construction, he selected Messrs. John
Sealy and w. H. Sinclair.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-08-15

healthful, every condition being favor
able, the work of educating the future
women OF our state goes bravely and
successfully on, and the sphere OF use
tulness which st. Mary's Academy has
chosen for herself enlarges with each
year, until she numbers her students
now from every section of the state,
and occasionally also from the states
beyond.
The curriculum includes all the
branches considered necessary in a
thorough literary and scientific course.
In addition to these there are de-
partments OF music, drawing, painting
and elocution, ornamental needlework,
physical culture and domestic econ
omy.
Attention is given to such branches
OF business training as are consid-
cred practical and useful in course
arranged exclusively for girls, as, for
example, typewriting, bookkeeping,
etc. 10 seems to be the aim OF st.
Mary's to include in its varied list of
studies and occupations something that
shall address itself to every side OF the
students nature-to the mental, the
moral, the esthetic, the physical. Its
graduates come forth from the pleas
ant seclusion of their Alma Mater pre-
pared to be self-helpful, if need be, in
that bitter struggle for existence into
which our modern civilization drags
even young and tender women, COM
petent to fulfill the more congenial
duties of homs life, and at the same
time happily not lacking in that
grace and charm of manner and bear
ing which the social world demands.
But, undoubtedly, the highest value
attached to the training which schools
such as st. Mary's academy give, is to
be found in the earnestness OF purpose
and devotion to duty which is neces-
sarily stamped upon the character OF
those young souls who are thus
brought into hourly contact with
women like their teachers. Noble
conceptions of life must necessarily
arise from continual association with
those who, utterly forgetful Of self,
live but at the beck and call of needy,
suffering, or even vicious humanity.
The teachers at st. Mary's academy
have been ripened for their work by
years of experience, by the traditions
of their Order, gathered during gener-
ations of study and experiment. in the
educational fields of both Europe and
America, and by the peculiar circum-
stances of their mode of life, which
would seem to offer the most favora-
BILE conditions for the evolution of the
ideal teacher.
The school is generously supplied
with apparatus for use in the primary
and scientific departments, and with
many OF the latest educational appli-
ances. The students have access to a
carefully selected library, and are en-
couraged to read under the guidance
OF their teachers.
Austin is justly proud of st. Mary's
academy and ranks it among the first
of her institutions for the education
of women, in proof of which her citi-
zens have from the first given it their
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-08-15

Mr.. Ball chose the plan of F. Bau-
man. a Galveston architect, although
informed by his committee that 1t
would cost more than $4,000. The
lowest bid was given by the firm OF
George Locke & Co., and was tor
Ss6 900. This was accepted by Mr..
Rail, and work was begun at once on
the building. By October, 1884, the
building was ready for occupancy
although some work still went on for
% the first few months of its use.
Wy The building faces south and conse,
ouently every room receives the gull
5reeze 5 direct. 1t is two hundred feet
tuon, vr cast to west and has a depth OF
siU a;Utu feet in the wings and ninety feet
in the center. enoo,, too+
The main entrance hall, fifteen feet
,,;de divides the building symmetrl-
ooiiv " On the right hand as one
enters is the superintendants once
and trustees room; next to this are
tno tmo school rooms, after which comes
the th eastern wing which is the science
rnom' rl,1 On the left of the entrance,
opposite the superintendent once els Is Is
fP tba library, two school rooms and the
nSst une wing wing intended for calisthenies.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-08-15

desired. A steady stream of warmed
air is entering and the same amount
of air already breathed is leaving each
room all the time.
Built in such way that each room
receives its share of the never failing
gulf breeze which makes Galveston so
perfect summer resort, abundantly
supplied with water and gas, perfectly
heated and ventilated, equipped with
all the conveniences suggested by a
long experience in the school room,
the Ball building is on its own account
entitled to the praise it has received
apart from the many causes of a
personal nature making it an object
of interest.
SKETCH OF GEORGE BALL.
Mr.. George Ball was born in Sara
toga county, New York, May 8, 1877.