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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-12-16

New York Ledger.

rNcn l-cusci
A sal skin sacque is generally &C.
counted desira lie adjunct of Iady's
wardrobe. and our country WON en-
know that most of the seal skins sold
IN the United S ates come from Alas.
ka, but only after being pluea ed
dressed aud dyed in Londun. Few
people are cOnvcrssnt, however, with
the plucking process or unders ami
whv it is Indispensable.
The S, called cImUOn seals either
have no under fur at all, or so little
of it as to deprive their skins of any
commercial value as furs. The beut-
ii ul velvat like coats which are so
much .lued are the under far Of the
Ota ine which in untechnical language
are described sometimes as cared seals
and sometimes as sea bears. In ad.
d,tirn, b IweveT to til ir dense, s,ft
under fur, the cared seals have a
gu.ntity Of long,, loose exterior hair
which has to be carefully removed.
The removal is thus perform d !:
The roots OF the loose exterior hairs.
penetrating deeper into the skin than
those or the soft fur, can he cut by
pairing on the feshy side of the skin.
without touching the ROOFS of the fur.
The long hairs then drop OF leav.
ing the sheet of velvet like fur below.
Some of the habits of the Alaska
fur seals are well worth netting.
From The middle of April to the mid
die OF June the male seals resort to
thu breeding places and are allowed
by the fem lies, who give birth to one
pup each after lich the p airing Sc l.
son begins. The younger or bachelor
seais are prevented from landing by
The older, and have either TO remain
in the water or go TO the uplands,
where they are captured by the huut-
'ers. These seals are pOlygamous,
and the adult m ,les fight furiously,
the aggregate sound of their roaring
being compared to that of a railway
train. 1t is a remarkable fact that
during the pairing season, which lasts
three or four months the breeding
males take no food and are often re-
duced to half weight which when they
are s years old and in fu flesh ranges
from 800 to 700pounds. The females
are much SIN .ller ; they weigh from
so 20 100 pounds.
No females aud no adult males are
supposed to be killed for their fur the
hunters, taking only a certain pro-
portion of the young bachelor seals,
whose skins ars of q superior quality.
The finest seal skin. do not CINE
from Alaska, but from the South
Shetlands and other islands i'm the
Antarctic Ocean. But the number
of skins brought to the London en-
porium from this quarter is relatively
small.
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Its quite proable that Mr.. Ammi.
down will soon be on his feet agaiI,
Mr.. Ammidown is q man who never
konws when b, is down.
Senator Sherman is 6 feet 3 inches
tall but be weighs only 100 pounds.
He lsok, no older tibet be did fifteen
years ago and though now sixty-seven
his hair has just begun to turn gray.
Though Mr.. Gould hiss purchased a
salt well in Kansas it does Not follow
that he will lay pipe line into Wall
street and sprinkle the surperstiv ly
fresh people who comes inc that
thoughfare.
Miss Maggie Nc Dowell, one of the
bellies of Charlotte. N. c., bec,m-s
today the wife of a German mob eman
the Baron Won Maliz,hn. The Baron
recently passed though New York
on his way to Charlotte. He met
Miss Nc Dowell several We rs ago
during her extened residence abroad.
DR.. Chauncey M. Depew's dining
room is aspacIous apartment in which
forty gueats can easily be seated.
The wall. are in dark red TO match
the mahogany furni'ur and the irieze
about them is formed of appropri tie
inscription in Greek, La 10, French,
and English. A handsome mahogany
side board contains fine display of
rare china that is all Of historical In.
terest.
A Washington correspondent writes
that as Edmunds grows older he be-
comes holder he is a sort of lice, sed
free thinker not q genuine iDhdel and
scofier as Ingalls, is, for Mr.. Edmunds
COS to church every Sunday and
keeps a prayer book on the desk
which stands in the library of hi.
500, 900 aesthetic home in Washing
ton, but a Senstor Who says what he
pIeases about men and things 10 his
dry, rasping sardonic wav without
much fear of being taken to task.
The sin pie truth is every one is
q raid of him. He is like the cross
old bulldog loose in the yard every
one admires him but no one cares to
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Y'ht~tn } tais IA, a d one DAY 10 JsnuarS 1913,
ran an account in the Treune Of your CrTICUEA
REaEPEs- 1t described my case 20 eKa lily, thst
i thought as a last resort, To give them Irisl.
Wh-l I frat appl ed them WIS al. ras an bleed
Ing, fom scra ching myself, but 1 went asleep
ain st immediately, sOmCthI 1 had not done
fer year the effect was soft ing. I'm a'out Two
we * could stand siiaig {, nut not yak was
90 weak, h. my sores were nearly well As near
as can judge he CUTIcUgA REMEDIES c. To 4 me
in about six to eight weeks and up to this date
T.. G., from Jahu ny, 1870, to January, 1857 |
have not been sick in an y, have had the
least signs Of the disease reaPpearing on me.
W J. MCDONALD.
1892 DearborneS: ChicagJ, Ill. Ju re 80, 'SI.
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NEWSPAPER HUMOR.

One of those bad Indians is nam
ed 1.-TWO Strike" Will somebody
please make il three ?-Washington
Star.
The Indians never harm an idiot,
Why not send out regiment Of dudes
to suppress the ghost -daocers Pin
dianspolis Journal.
Well Fitted-"What experience
have you had as q man servant ?" 81
was six years q private In the United
States arm Life.
-L4tego There is time, dear,
for all rhings. Mss Tootired gap
ing): Yes 1t appears as though
'tw' uld never come.-New York Her
aid.
-Dobbius Tell you what, Hob
bins, that was ine poem of yours in
the High FLYER. Hobbins (grati-
fed Think SO? Dobbins: Yes,
sir,el Tell you what, thers was more
truth than poetry in that.-West
Shore.
ibid you know that Miss Biones
was going TO m try young Smith J"
ST KIN w it but L cannot understand
how a girl as intelligent as she is can
consent to marry a man stupid enough
to want to marry er.-Life.
BE careful of that" said the
captain ofthe ship as be gave the
record of the day to the first mate,
Christmas night. lis 1T specially
percious, sir ?" asked the mate. eyes.
lis t only Yule log We have on
board Judge.
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The twentieth annual report of the
public schools of Sedalia, which has
just been issued under the direction
of Superintendent Smith is a splendid
showing Of what the schools are doing
and certainly proves that while other
institutions of Sedalia may call forth
pride, yet none have the same hold On
the popular heart as do the schools
because every parent and every child
have an interest which is near and
dear. The report states that there are
1857 pupils enrolled in the nine
schools, and that every department is
under the control of the most able
and skilled teachers.
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HALF RATE
Holiday Excursions.

The Memphis Route kansas City, Fl.
scott 4 Memphis; Kansas City, Clinton
& Spriusf Ii and Current river lines will
sell rounh trip ticksts to all points on the
system, west of and including Memphis
Tenn, on Dc. q, 25, 81 md Jsn. lst, With
eturn limit Jan. 5th, 1891, at HALF
RATES Zone fare for the round trip)
exec ut that no reduction will be made
where the regular round trip rate Is 80
cents or less
J. E. LOCKWOOD,
Gen'I Z ,ssereer Agt.
Kansas City, Mo-
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Rant, 10 be Clerk of the HOUSE.

Columbia, Mo-, Dec. 13.-J. Ed
Crumbaugh of this city has announced
his candidacy for the chief clerk of
the next Missouri house of represents
tives. He was assistant chief clerk
of the Twenly-third general assembly,
clerk of the committee on railroads of
the Thirty.four,h and journal clerk of
the Thirty.ffth. He is, of course, .
democrat.
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Of men, women and children, not tc
mention impossible angels. There il
a Madonna with an inefable sweet
ness upon her face. Yonder leans a
maiden as 1.-the as willow and as
pure as a flower, waiting at twilight
window for her blated lover be
cause, you know, lovers too heavily
laden with paint cannot travel across
the nsrrowest canvas, however ardent
their painted passion may be.
Tragedy as well as comedy
enters into the composition
of the Christmas picture.
For instance, there stands a broad
canvass on which is represented fair
girl peri,hing in a snow storm, but is
rescued by a faithful st. Bernard
barely in time to save her lite and to
transmit to his heroic breed another
story of canine faithfulness and forti-
tude.
To counteract this scene, may be
witnessed on the opposite side of the
gallery, group of jolly fellows who
ere bowling up on egg-nog and Tom
and Jerry. The win ~ blasts are
bowling withOut-we do not feel
them The boisterous bummers are
singing aud dancing delightfully."- away
we do not hear nor see
them; AMI al goes on as merry as
marriage be in the hymeneal month
Of Jhr;s.'s alleged IA ivity.
Eut however marvellous the variety
of studies treated by the portrait and
landscape artist may be, The cheapness
of pictures is qui'e as astonishing.
The humble old tar that ever sailei
the salty s'as, may buy him respect
able ship for the price of a glass of
grog, sud he supreme master of the
whole blue-j tcketed crew.
The poorest countryman in Pettis
county may come to SedaIia
any day and purchase for a
few pennies as pretty farm
as ever stretched bene nth the heavens,
with a handsome residence, barns,
ST OK and agricultural implements
re4dy to be used at his own sweet will
seemingly.
A man who hasn't money enough
to pay his fare to Fulton, may take
tour of all the Eur,peau capitals
every hour in the day aud every day
10 the year, by the simple investment
IF ten or twenty five nickels.
Tue hero who is afraid Of bullets
may revel in the wild triumphs of
battle, either by land or Sea, and
never run the risk of being punctured
by an evemy's ball-and yet draw
pension.
The bomeliest lover in all the land,
by an outlay of 1.-TWO bits" may win,
without wooing, maiden of angelic
face and queenly bearing. and he need
not to | to buy her a Christmas pres
ent or ever dpub. her fidelity.
Yes, pictures in these approaching
Christmas times, are amazingly cheap
md charmingly entertaining. Any
thing from a chestnut to q cherub, or
from a princess to painted pigeon
may be had almost for the asking.
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D.uxn,er. of Rebekeh Elec,io n

Noble grand, Mrs. Robert Lister.
Vice grand, Mrs. 0. p. Wilcox.
Secretary, Mrs. NJ. Miller.
Recording Secretary, Miss p. Crawford
Treasurer, Mrs. Milton Gossage.
Trustees, Mesdames Leach and Gossage.
Organist, Miss Sarah Lister.
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An Eczema II Years.
Cured in g Weeks. One or TIE great
eft Cures Ever Performed by the
Cuticura Remedies.

Al the aga of three month a rash (which SITTER
warts n -oye1 O eczemG salt rhe ny mad Us
app arance on NV zee. Pm Fsiei n after stefan
was called None of them ~ me aIy g cd a.
al hat MAZE N rse. TIL dis -sse cOntinu
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-12-16

was laid up entlr ] AMI from
O. ntinuallv sitting on 'he q. OF
on a iiloE, my limbs couuart-
I'd so thrt | lost all cOnIr,l OF
hem, al was atierl, helpless.
My mother would have To hft
Inc cut and into BID 1 G uld
> et around the 0use on my
hams and I, ct. bu, could hot
get ny cl"'h on AT al, ard
had TO wear a,rt RI dressing
: ow. Ny h-ir had sll mat
ted down OF fallen ca. AMI d v
he d, fare and ears were one
scab, The dis ase cont nued
in this manner unIIl I was
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HOW MY SIDE ACHES !

ENA How my ri ne ami Back, Hip Kidney
IS "Ud U rine Pains. and rheumatism
A retefvoa On one minute bE thr
NYb Cutfcura Anti-Patn Plaster, the
irst and only Instzntecus pain-killing, plaster.
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MISSOURI PATENTS.

M listening device for envelopes,
stc.-Clinton II. Burton, St. Louis.
Wagon stand >rd-Anthony Coble,
Montgomery City.
Cash register-Leo Ehrlich, st.
Louis.
Cultivator John r. Evans and F.
T, Levick, Duncan's Bridge, said
Levick a-siguor to said Evans.
Wash-hoIer-Ch 4rles NJ. Meow
en- assignor of one halt to J. b Mar
tin, ST Louis
H,rrow-Stephen Morris, Jerico
Springs
B'ick-kiln Louis Fl. Reppell,
KAnsa C. ty.
AID u-table binder for books, pam.
phi ts, etc. Augustus Ross, assignor
to III B. Wallace, So. Louis.
Underground electric conduit
Homer I'll. Young, Kansas City.
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STATB OF Quo, CRY OF TOLEDO,
IUcAG COIgyTY q

SrATB OF ONO, CRY OF TOLEDO,
LUCAS COUNTY.
TRARK j. CHENEY makes oath that bs
is the senior partner of the 6rm of F. j.
CBExET & Co., doing business in the City
of Toledo. County and State aforesaid, and
that said firm will pay the sum of ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and
every case Of CATARRH that cannot be
cured by the use of HALLS CATARRH
CURE. FRANK J. CHENEY
Sworn to before me and subscribed in NV
presencs, this 9th day Of December, A. ID
1886
- A. w. GLEASON,
srAl so,.r, Public
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and acts directly on the blood and mucou:
surfaces of the system. Send for testimo.
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FL CHENEY & CO. Toledo, O
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Higdon d Higdon, patent attorneys
and licitors of American and foreign
p,tents, IT. Louis, No., Odd Eel
| 'w's building, and Washington, ID.
c., LeDr-it Guiding, report the fol-
lowing list of patents allowed daring
the past week Send for book Of in
struclions free of charge.
The morning call., 1890-06-27
BOOK PIRATES.

Publishers who reprint foreign books
without payment OF royalty are by incon-
siderate persons designated book pirates.
There are, however, side issues growing
out Of the international copyright pTopo-
sItlon which it may be well to consider.
The bills which have been before Congress
were not bills to enable an author to collect
a royalty on his work, but bills to enable
publishers to obtain exclusive rights to
print foreign works. The opponents of in
ternatioDai copyright proposed an amend
ment or substitute for the bill recently de-
feated in the House to the effect that
publishers in either country should acquire
the right to publish a book by payment to
the author or his legal representatives of
certain percentage of sales. Only such re-
prints would be legal as bore the stamp of
the author. For example, an American
publisher desiring to reprint an English
work would buy of the author stamps equal
in number to the copies of the book he pro-
posed to publish. The value of the stamp
would be made to correspond with the price
to be charged for the book. If the publisher
proposed cheap reprint, say to be sold at 90
cents, he would buy scent stamps If he pro-
posed to issue more expensive edition the
denomination Of the stamp would be raised
corresp0ndingly. But the publishers did
not meet this proposition with any degree
of favor. The only kind of copyright they
were interested in was one that would give
the foreign publisher an exclusive right to
the work he might desire to reprint. The
effect Of such copyright law would be to
increase the cost Of books out of proportion
to the royalty paid the author. There could
be no more competition in the repubIica-
ton of foreign works than there now is in
the publication of an American work pro-
tected by copyright, We often see an
American work sold at bookstores at five
times the price that would be asked for a
foreign book of like size and general de-
scrption. The public must not suppose
that the author gets this difference. In
most cases he gets or cents on the dollar.
His book, If a reprint, would sell for per-
haps 80 cents; being protected by copy
right it sells for 81 30. OF this 81 so the
author gets perhaps ~ cents and perhaps
10 cents II he is an author of note and
corresponding popularity he may get a little
more. Now if the international copyright
craze should take the form of bill reQuir-
ing publishers in foreign country desiring
to reprint book copyrighted in the coun-
try Of original publication to buy of the
author or 10 cent stamps, according to the
selling price of the proposed publications,
corresponding with the number of the
edition the publishers proposed to issue,
the principal objection to copyright would
disappear. The native author would then
stand on the same terms as the foreign, the
publisher in both cases being required to
pay the author royalty. But this plan does
not meet the views of the men who are
making the life of Congressman a bur
den on account of the international copy
right scheme.
The morning call., 1890-06-27
FALSE PROPHETS.

Intelligence from Egypt indicates that the
followers of FL Mahdi are beginning to
question his inspiration as prophet. The
reasons given for this decline in faith are
such as would appeal to the average Cau-
casian understanding. One is that the
Mahdi has Permitted a famine to spread
Itself over the land. Another is the cruel
methods by which he seeks to hold his I'M
willing followers true to his cause. If he
was true prophet he would have foretold
the famine and provided against it. And if
he possessed any attribute of divine power
he would inspire his followers with will
ingness to die for him. Out of Egypt peo-
pie never have had much confidence in this
particular prophet. Ii he was in any es-
pecial sense the coming man he was slow
about coming. He has been knocked about
by adverse fortune very much like other
men. 1t has been with him a little success
one day and disaster the next. He has
never gained ground and held it. In this
age people are becoming little Skeptlcal as
10 prophets. Every person who claims TO
possess divine powers does not succeed in
making the claim pay. There is small
percentage Of almost any population who
prick up their long ears at any suggestion
of the marvellous. but the great body Of the
people let prophets severely alone. 1t is
not exactly true that a prophet is not with
out honor except in his own country
Those who call themselves prophets are
without honor at home and elsewhere. They
are regarded as more or less clever and I'M
scruDulous persons who play upon the
credulity Of the more ignorant part of the
people. Where is the mighty power which
thirty years ago held the community of Salt
Lake in willing obedience? In a little
more than n quarter Of a century it has
been so broken that now it is but a feeble
superstition. There was, perhaps. time
when the assumptions of superior men to
be especially favored by the Divine Ruler
worked good to the people. The I'M
tutOred mind was caught and held by its
superstitions as 1t never would have been
by its reason. Teachings valuable in them
selves derived especial authority from the
belief that they had been received by the
teacher from divine source. But the day
for prophets, even in Egypt, is past. Peo-
pie expect SO much of these prophets that
the failures incident to human effort cause
distrpef
The morning call., 1890-06-27
BY THE BAY ROUTE.
Another Unfortunate Ends His
Life by Drowning.

Between 8 and 4 O'clock yesterday after
noon man, whose identity is at present
unknown. committed suicide by jumping
into the bay at Section of the sea-wall.
At the time mentioned number of dock
sweepers employed by the HarbOr Commits
sloners and some teamsters in the employ
of Charles Warren were working on Sec
ton 8. when a welldressed young man
walked down, stepped on the stringer,
raised his hands, shouted out "Good-by,
boys!' and Immediately jumped into the
bay. The men at once raised a cry and ran
to the bulkhead, but could see nothing of
the man. His hat. however, was seen float
ing in the water.
When the cry was raised boat was put
out from the steamer Maggie Ross, lying
close by, containing Captain Miller aud
Steward Doolan. They pulled around, but
saw no signs of the suicide. They picked
up the floating hat. which is of stiff black
felt, with a band Of Grape. The brow
leather band is gone, but inside is blue
silk lining bearing the vendors initials,
IL. K. & Co.," and trademark.
Teamster Waterbury states that the sui
eide was well dressed in suit of black
clothes. with stiff hat, and seemed to be
about 35 years of age. He walked quickly
down the wharf from Lombard street, and
said nothing until on the stringer to make
his final plunge.
The morning call., 1890-06-27

rant recourse to such methods. The people
are as competent to elect United States
Senators as to elect Representatives to the
lower House of Congress. The trouble is
that the people have no voice in the mat
ter. In this State they elect 100 men to the
Legislature, and these 100 men elect the
Senator. The Senatorial elector is not
bound by the action of a convention as is
the case with Presidential electors, but is at
liberty to vote for any Senatorial aspirant
who maintains nominal connection with
his party. The 81 members-more posi-
bly,, but not less-who really elect the Sen
ator hold a valuable franchise. which has
more often been used for their individual
profit than for the good of the State. Let
us try electing Senators by the people, and
if it does not work we can then proceed to
abolish the Senate.
The morning call., 1890-06-27
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FARMING IN GEORGIA.

The Atlanta Constitution has made an
examination of official records which show
that two thirds Of the farmers gained
ground handsomely in the last five years
while one-third lost a little. The gamers
gained on an average 30 per cent, while the
losers only lost 16 per cent. OF list Of
1891 farmers, the gain was 81 1913, the
losses S384601. leaving a net gain Of
sos, 712. There are In round numbers
100000 white farmers in Georgia, and If
the ratio of gains and losses holds good
throughout the State, two-thirds of the
whole have gained S64, 100000 and one
third have lost about $40, 900, leaving a
net gain of $44, 100000 Assuming that this
calculation is correct, the average gain Of
Georgia farmers for the five years is $40
for each farmer The Constitution winds
up its showing with the conclusion that
the lot of the Georgia farmer is not so bad
after all. In five years, with capital Of
about $4,000 for each farmer, they have
added $40 to the average wealth of EACH
The showing can hardly be called brilliant,
but as it covers the whole State and quite a
period of time, it is respectable. Steady
profits, If small, produce better average
results than the ups and downs of trade
and speculation.