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Sharp County record., 1890-11-27
MONTEZUMA'S BADGE.
A Strange Mexican Relic Contained In q
Vienna Museum.

Among the many articles OF interest
in the Natural History Museum at
Vienna, perhaps nothing has been more
discussed than an old Mexican relic
which is preserved with great care un-
dor glass Tho relic, which is now
known as the field badge OF King Monte
yuma, had lain for threo hundred years
IN tho Ambrose collection, where II was
at first catalogucd as q Moorish hat Of
long, heavy, glistening green and gold
feathers. One investigator held that
it was an Indian hat, another an Indian
apron; but in 1920 II was at last known
to be Mexican badge Of high rank, and
through Ferdinand llochstcttor, It was
proved TO be tho genuine field docora-
ton OF King MontcSuma, captured by
Cortos In 1920, after tho battle Of 0tum-
ba, This battle was followed by tho
wild fight OF the Mexicons and the rob
bng OF tho land by Cortez, who sent the
standard and wardrobe Of the King, with
much gold, to tho Emperor Charles V,
of Spain, Tho lattor gayo tho standard
TO Pope Clement VII, who sent II TO
Grand Duke Ferdinand OF Tyrol for tho
Ambraso Collection II Is shaped llko u
fan and Is made from toil.feathors of tho
bird OF paradise, which hayo aglittor
like gold over their rod, green and bluo
colors Tho moths had partly destroyed
IA. but OF tho nyo hundred original
feathers only forty'onc wore much In
lurod, and those have boon replaced by
new ones and the former beauty ls fully
restored. Vienna Letter
Sharp County record., 1890-11-27

Tho President said at Galosburg,
I'LL, that RESTRAIN IS should bo reserved
for tho turbulent and disordorly" That
was only q week after ho had signed
the Mckinley bill, which lays restraints
upon people who aro neither turbulent
nor disordcrly, but whose only orense
Is that they want to buy and sell In cor-
tain marketa Vet u 10 "the law OF the
isaA"
Sharp County record., 1890-11-27

Tho news comes from Rome that
the committee TO tako steps for tho
representation of Italy at tho Ch oogo
Worlds Fair has dissolved because thoy
found that In view of our new Tariff
law, few manufacturers or others we're
willing to send exhibits here Manu-
faoturers show their goods in order to
sell them; whore tariff makes sales i'm
possible o worlds" fair Is an absurdity.
We shall have bls Tn tied States Fair
Sharp County record., 1890-11-27
TO MY FRIEND MUELLER,
FROM HIS EVER FAITHFUL
MEYER

Let our proteotionists i'm tate Muel-
Ter and Meyer and then we shall have
Unclo Jerry's protection "alike to the
same extent" Otherwise tho former
will 20 on "roSting tho cradle for somo
OF these sx.foot whiskered infants,
while their infants don't got any rock
Ing &c all"
Sharp County record., 1890-11-27

In 1897 thu are' VA 4, ,,s,S'
was IS, sst. 5Ol acres ,', y, M
cd ~it to sls, al 400 oasas', sa,, IA
ysc, 400. During t,V ,hS "'r rar,t'
tho farmer enjoyed wv ."d bN'|
ings OF protection .0'a result
acreage was 81 oaS .NIsd, ID Dd!
Ind moro than avaD,, |. '',a d N
valuod Will at 1855 sis'y%., y, IaJ
BY Ssc, bis, iso ss ,. 'S'' Ssrs NJ
nsamber NJ iss OF bushels .,lI..s'.s S,.esaA !
Sssrs ys'r before ~'A'''''' |
Sharp County record., 1890-11-27

Meyer then buys a cane Of precisely
the same kind and costing the same to
penny, and he tremendously presents
1t to Mueller with this inscription on It.:
Sharp County record., 1890-11-27

The telephone has becn brought to
such perfection that by It's use II is not
difficult TO transmit the sounds OF music
many miles and give them forth 30 that
sets OF dances may move to tho mcos-
urcs. Successful experiments OF this
character have boon mado with Now
York M tho base 4 operations and Nor
ristown, N. j., and Saratoga as roooiv.
Ing points
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The brooks 40 abundant throughout
the White Mountains begin to show q
great increase In the number OF trout,
and thorc are hopes that tho fish com.
mission will In tho end coax thom back
v the point OF plenty
Sharp County record., 1890-11-27

In 1867 the corn civp ~ p,'ls|
States, raised on IN S"s Ss'lr S.Al
amounted to 7OS, WV, NV ssa \
total value Of sOlO' ',.D,'Siooul
year protection Oesal, ~ "a, w,ss,pT|
tho farmer During ',' s,S Al nm
years tho farmer hS y. ''a ~'alIa \
Tho full protection 'Ss ,s,'s IA
Yot twenty years la%" DsSa b 4
acreage had !. ,,'sr,N1
acres and the crop 70 ), y ,v,Ip1
els, while tho assrsessII IID,,usI
Se77, toi, $50. Another amt, mi
benefits which do no, no.. vi V.'-'ttISa|
ar through protecuOn IA
Sharp County record., 1890-11-27

HHU UHeTb you urpI
That is the way German students give
presents to each other. Mueller and
Meyer each wants walking cano.
Mueller buys one for Meyer and has an
inscription put on 1t:
s''''''''''''''''' '''''','''...'s''s'''',
TO MY FRIEND MEYER,
FROM HIS EVER FAITHFUL
MUELLER.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-05-06
A New version of the Treasury rroub:e

Jehe ton City Tribune
European papers are never able &
publish straight account concerning
anything which happens to this coun
try. A fir sh samp.e such blunders
Is furnished in an article recently
published in the Nordd, utsch All. e.
mine Zeituug (the North German
Gazette), Prince Bismsrck's organ,
concerning the treasury deficit in this
state. The paper is published at
Berlin. Mr. NJ. Kotany, banker of
st. Louis, obtsined a copy of the
paper. and the report appeared
SO ridiculous that he ira stated it and
forwarded paper and all TO Gov.
Francs. following is the tran<Ia-
ton:
est. LOUIS: A few days ago The
doors of the treasury depa' tment of
The state were cosed during office
hours. As soon rs Gov. Francis was
informed of the fsct he sent for
Treasurer holland and asked for an
explains ton, and the latter in the
coolest manner possible, tod the f l.
lowing story:
"In order to pay the monthly bills
which are due to-day, drew from the
bank yesterday S37, 900. stepping
into The St. Louis club to get drink
of whisky, l found 10 my misfortune a
game of poker in prog ess and l con-
cluded to join it for half an hour. |
male a few small bets until | was
about 500 anead. Then a big hand
was dealt to me, three aces and two
kings, the bigg, st full Everybody
passed out viii the exception of one
man. He saw my bet and raised
me the same amoun'. 1 raised him
back aud he did tse same, and 30 we
kept TN betting until the VIII, lie $751;
600 was in the pot Imsgine my
surprise and morIific alton when l dis
covered that what cor sidered m al
most iuvincibe band was bsaten, as
nv opponent had four deuce. Now
ell me governor, do you blame me?
Would not you, tor, have ak,I al
your money on the SINE kind of a
hand ?"
"'Yes; my own money. but not
he money of he state repiei the
govern r, and ms ant y susp ndod the
reasurer.
"As the b ,ndsmen oftHe lstter a,e
r. sp ,nsible, the state will not lose
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-05-06
Gar6eld's DaughtcF.

Washing ton Letter to TIE st. Louis Rel ublie.
Mr.. j. Stanley Brown was private
secretary 20 President Gerfeld. and
s nee that has tried real esia e. / na-
irg md law, and finally taken d
scieut,fic Course at Yale and at n
German university, and now has a
position in The Geological Survey.
The Browns live in a little house on
Massachusets avenue, where George
KEENAN, u-ed to live. They are very
quiet snd retiring, are seen Very little
IN society, aud make no alt.myt 10
court it. Mrs. Mary Garfeld-Stau-
Icy Brown, as File styied nerseII Oh
The deed, has Lately purchased land
ON Washing ton or ka Drama Hei hts,
and will bui d a house there which
will also be the home of Mrs. Garfield
for the future, as soon as her &c onJ
SON is married.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-05-06
CHURCH RAFFLES.
said To BE No Better Nor Worse
Than Regular Sure Enough
Lottery.

tar saying.
The more the recent decision o.
Judge Ryland, of SedaIis, is exam
ined The be; ter it appears. In his re
cent charge to the grand jury he IN
structed them TO indict any one proven
guilty of playing progressive euchre,
high five or engaging in a church IA.
he. The latter is particularly to the
point. The church rattle is a lot cry,
pure and simple. 1t is permitted to
flourish ard churches of nearly all
denominations engage in IT. The reg.
u'arly advertised lottery has to face
thu combined power of the federal and
sta'e governments. One cannot be
right and he other wrong, as both are
exa tly alike. Our lawmakers have
have played the hypccrite
too long in this matter.
Let the ban be removed from the regu
lar lottery, or let it be put upon the
church rattle. Ordinary public de-
cency demands Inst the man who
invests a dollar or two in a regular
lottery must not actually or by infer
ence be deemed guilty of an oaense
when the same act in pursuance Of a
device set up by church authorities
lets him go free. 1t is true that the
s atute makes The setting up of a lot
terry as an avocation felony, and it
is true that a church lottery is not set
mp IS IN avOcatiOn. What fair
minded men wani is to have the
church rattle and the lottery placed in
the same position toward the law,
and as a tentative effort i'm that d.
reclion the decisi of Judge Ryland
meets their effort.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-05-06
Tailors Strike IN Kansas Ci:y.

Kansas City, Mo-, April 2S--A
strike # union tailors was ]! augurated
to-day. Thirteen men in tie employ
of Ed FL. Howe, at Ten'h and Main
stree 9, walked out because he would
not sign scale of prices presented to
him Satu day. He did not object to
the scale, as in several instances it was
lower than he is now paying, but he
did object t. the clause wLich COM
PEELED him TO hire none but union
men. The bill has been presented to
other merch mt trilors, but they lie
fuse 10 sign u"le the rOn-union
clauses are stricken GU. The work
men employed by Mes.rs. Ha'sen Il
Sch pAofen walked out four weeks
Ego, when the firm proposed makir e
q reduction.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-05-06
Cuba's Tobacco Decline.

new Orh
"Tobscco RAISING is yet one of the
chief sources of veal b in Cuba, said
Senior Don Nicolas Card, q rich
land owner and planter OF The great
Spanish colony, while in this city .
couple of days ago on his wsy to
Europe.
"It is not carried on upon IS great
scsle as it used to be, however. For
a | nc time il was supposed that the
c.lebiaed Vueta Ahajo region,
which is situated between The 22d and
23d degrees # latitude, was the only
spot on earth where the best grade of
'obacco could grow, but lately there
has been a strong competition from
different par.s of Spanish America,
where just as good 'oharco rs ours Can
be ga hered, il properly planted and
cared for. The first cOndi ion that
has TO be fulfilled is that of proper eli
mate. Tobacco thrives best in the
temperate chimes, for its period of
vegetation lass only THREE months,
aud requires the average temersture
of IS degrees during the development,
of the plant. The HDvaua species,
which is so appreciated throughout
the world. is so delicate that it per
i.bes whenever the temperature falls
below 60 degrees, which however, hap
p ns very rarely in Cuba.
Tobacco does not require much
water, two or ihr,e showers
being quite sufficient for Its growth in
Cuba but. then dew in our climate
is quite copious. and the moisture is
received by the leaves and runs along
them to the UPPER ring of roots. Be
it on the acco mt of this or climatic
emit ions, our tobacco is emit ely diff
ferent from that of Norih Carolina,
Virginia or Kentucky; but | see hit
much of The weed is sold here under
the name Of Havana is far from be.
ing genuine. and in many instances
the tobacco is grown in this country
or South America, and nobody is The
wiser, SO ong as The people have The
satisfaction OF thinking they smoke
the imported article"
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-05-06
More Chicago Strikers.

Chicago, Ill, April N.-Fully
1000 packing house men, by an unan-
imous vote, decided this afternoon to
90 out On a strike Thursday unless
their request for an eight-hour day is
complied with. The announcement
of The vote Was followed by dea 'ening
cheers. Frank O'Neill, president OF
the Packing Laborer's Union, acted
rs chairman of the meeting. The
first speaker, John Mccullough, said
that the packers owned the laborers
soul and body since the last str Ike,
aud now when an effort was being
made to shake the tbs that bound
them they should take advantage of
their opportunity and enforce it
quickly. He hoped the men would
win the issue; that this time there
would be no Piukertons to intimidate
and murder them. He cautioned
them not to resort to any deeds of
vic ence, but rather keep away entir-
ely from the packing houses. Among
the her speeches was one by Lawyer
Richman, who promised the men from
whom money forfeits have been ex-
acted by the different packing estab-
Iishments that they would not lose a
cent of the forfeit by the strike.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-05-06
THE ELECTROCUTION.
How Kemmler Was to Have
Been Executed.

Auburn y. Y. April 30.-In sn inter
he de- allied the preparations be had made
for the execution of Kemmlsr before the
writ n j been served upon him. Tuesday
morning the belt was put Or the dyaamo
and the engine run several minutes
to test the bel'ing, pulleys, etc. The
machinery was found to be In per.
feet condition. The story that he had
eyer Intended to 90 on with the execution
Tuesday morning was utterly without
found .lion. His Invitations TO WITH les
did not ask them TO report until $50
Tuesday evening. He had made up his
mind to have the execution occur Between
that hour and ESQ Wednesday morning if
the final te-t pr'v-d successful. This test
was m ade al $50. after the writ had been
served, for his own satisfaction Ten of
the invited witnesses we're present. A six
weeEs old calf. weighing l60 pounds wes
the subject. Ii was laid on the hoUr of
the CHI mber of death with its legs tied
The electrodes were placed at lhe b al and
base of ire spine and The dynamo
started. When The volt meter registered
100 The fatal switch was thrown into
position and the calf surrendered its life
with but one perceptihle tremor of one
leg. Des,h Was as Instantaneous as by a
lightning stroke.
DIR. Fell w-s present, but considered
ii useless 10 experiment with his resuscita-
ting apparatus. The scientists who were
bidien TO witness this event and all but
half a dozen newspaper CORES pendent
departed on the evsning trains.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-05-06
Epoch.

The transition from long. lingering and
painful sickness to robust health marks 90
epoch in the life of the individual. Such
q remarkable event 10 treasured in the
memory and the agency whereby the good
health has been attained is gracefully
blessed. Hesce it is that 20 much is heard
in praise of Electric Bitiers. So many
feel they owe their restoration to health to
the use of The Great Alternative and Tonic.
II you are troubled With any disease oil
Kidney, Liver or Stomach, of long or short
standing you will surely 6nd relief BY use
Of Electric Bitters. Sold ct SOC and 81 pei
betlls. as Merits 4 Hsls's Drug Store. -
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-05-06
The Pulpit and the Stage.

Rev. f. VI. Shrout. Pastor United Breth
rem Church, Blue Mound, Kan. says: at
teel il my duty to tell what wonders Dr.
Nv Lungs vere badly dieeaoSJ, aud my
p,rishioners thought could live oely .
few weeks. took FIVE bottles of DR.
Kings New Discovery and am sound and
we'll. gaining 20 lbs. in weight.
Arthur Love, Manager Loves Funny
Folks Combination writes: "Afrer a
thorough trial and convincing evidence, j
am confident DR.. Kings New Discovery
for consumption, beats 'em all, and cures
when everything else fails. The greatest
kindness / can do nv many thousand
friends is to urge them to try it, Free
trial bottle at Merits q Hs!e's Drug Store.
Regular sizes Soc and ST. 90.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-05-06
Mrs. Cleveland and Her Pictures.

0sAceo my sSS'AaA -'SN &e'e 'SN'N'
There are women who look like
their pictures; there are Others who
would never be recognized from them.
Mrs. Cleveland belongs TO The later
class. The other evening | Sat within
a few feet of her for three rather long
hours. The wife of the ex-president
has none f the brillisncy of eyes or
coloring which is suggested by her
photographs. She is rather pale,
though the pallor does not indicate i'll
health, and her face is ordinarily a
quiet one. The sparkle and lie which
the camera suggests are only occasion
ally apparent. but the couutenance
has . sweetness and sensibility which
are not in any of the pictuns. She is
Q less handsome woman than the print
shops would have us imagine, but q
more refined and attractive one. She
is very quick of motion and turns the
leaves Of her hbretto with nervous.
ness which one would not expect from
her genial bearing.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-05-06
CT His Throat.

Columbia, Mo-, April 30.-T. T.
Montrief, real estate agent. aged 81
years, committed suicide to day by
cutting his throat. He had been a
resident of Columbia for about four
years, coming here from Sturgeon.
He was found at noon to day in pas
ture north of town dead, his pocket
knife, with which he had killed him,
self, lying under his head. Near his
body was found a short note, which
declared life a failure. and deplored
his poor health. He leaves a widow
and three children, ard property
amounting to about 81 900.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-05-06

Mexico Inte'ligeEcer.
The people of the Second Judicial
CT cult are to be congratulated upon
the appointment of Gen. John A.
Hockadsy to succeed Judge Burck
hartt. The Int ligencer predicts 9
brilliant record for Judge hockaday.
The Lexington Intelligencer says
Gov. Francis has appointed Hon.
John A. Hockaday as circuit Judge,
vice Judge Geo. H. Burckhartt, de-
ceased. No better appointment
could have been made. Gen. Hook
aday was an acceptable attorney gen.
erai. is an able lawyer, a clean, pure
man, and will make most excellent
judge,
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-05-06
EUGENEFIELD'S WRISTBANDS
What They Contain and How
They are Used = Editor
Stones Discoveries.
Kansas City Globe.

Kansas City Globe.
Chicago, April 22.-Eugene Field,
the poet aud Photographer of The
News, who is now in London writing
letters and nursing bis dyspepsia, has
smooth fac, lirtie hair Oh Ills head,
and METHOD peculiar to himself OF
getting up copy. Ranged on his desk
at the office are Humorous ink tands
filed with writing find of various
shades and hues. Also pap"r and
peus that i've up" to the lux and
contrast and harmonic prettily.
When Mr.. Field is seated for the
days toll he lights cigar and muses..
He demands OF himself an answer to
these queries: How do [ feel? Am
l blue, am 1 gay, sad, sentimental or
humorous? Shall | Go something in
poetry, or confne my eff,rts to prose /?
Upon his decision deDends the sta.
tionsry he selerts. If his mood is
gloomy he traces spid' ry cha :: tiers
in midnight ink, on paper with
mourning border. Blue is always a
warning TO the edit,r-in Chief that he
may glance up some moment and
find Mr.. Field absent. Ii is used as
9 delicate hint thst the weather is de-
lightful, the skies unclpuded, the air
balmv, and that Scene" would pre-
fer the outside to The inside of the
Office Blue ink, well laid on with a
firm hand. also indicates that he is
going TO the theatre aud that nothing
shall stop him.
Speaking of the theater brings TO
mind story, cd, but unpublished.
One evening, some years ago. Mr..
Melville E. Stone, the then editor-ia-
chief of The News, walked in'o his
private office and rang the call be I.
He was in splendid humor and hum
med tune. The boy entered.
"Ask Mr.. Field to step here a
moment he said /;
Peas, sir, Mr.. Fields over to
der show"
"Ah. very well. Tel Mr.. Ball,n-
tyne, the managing editor, L am
ready to look at the editorial proofs
now
"Mr, Ballantvne left word as how
he wuz goin' 10 der Grand Op.ra
house and wud be back at 'leven."
"He did, eh, did be? Send in City
Editor Henders rs
"He went to McFicker's ter see if
de bslIy deere wuz immoral."
"Who in thunder is there here p
please, sir, me and de comps is on
deck"
Mr.. Stone didn't say much to
his lieutenants when they met, but he
started a movement which ended in
all the Chicago publishers discontinue
ing requests for or acceptance OF free
seats at the play house of the town.
F. G.. D.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-05-06

Kansas City Globe.

Missouri is one of the greatest
states 10 the American union and The
day is coming when she will be recog
nized as the best without qualification.
Ere this day comes, however, one re.
tarding influence must be removed.
That influence is mossbackism. Here
we have a state favored with every
gift that nature can lavish, and yet
handicapped and retarded in growth
by a collection of fossil democrats
whose one recommendation is that
they eft and bled" for the conf der
acy. By such antiquated relics is our
great state governed. If one of them
can show wooden leg or shattered
Jaw, gained in rebel ranks, it is
enough his fellow mossbacks prompt
" elevate him into a nice fat Office,
where he can indulge his appetite for
red liquor.
There is, for example, that demi-
god of the democracy, George Vest.
What has he done for the advance
ment of Missouri :? He struts about
In the senate chamber, making much
noise for so small an object, but his
achievements present piliful con-
trast to his innumerable speeches. 1t
Is admitted that be sat in the confed,
crate congress, but this completes the
list of little Georges qualifications.
How much longer will the progress
i've and enterprising and ambitious
citizens of Missouri carry this load ?
How many more hollands will be per-
mitted to indulge an itching for draw
poker at the states expense i? The
answer comes in no uncertain tones.
Old Missouri is growing weary of this
kind of thing, and before many
moons the disgruutled bourboDs will
find themselves unceremoniously toss
ed from the public crib, and the noble
commonwealth whose progress they
have so long retarded will come
grandly to the front and take her
proper place in the very first rank Of
the sisterhood Of states.
In short, mossbackism has had itt
d.y.