The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-08-16
"BARKlS" TALKS.
The Autumnal Festivities in the
Future Great-The Suicide
of Judge NOrmile-The
Municipal Needs Re-
forming.
ST.. L us AUGUST IL, 1892.

d0n't know whether l may be vel.
come or not, but l have come to the
conclusion that l would like once
again to talk to my old constituency
the Democrats of Central Missouri
and all other sensible "people on
earth who read the BAzoo thst they
may know what the rest of mankind
lie doing, especially those folks who
live and struggle for fame, fortune and
,, their daily head in the metropolis Of
Missouri and the Future Great City
of the world. Barkis is willing to do
his best to recount acceptably what he
knows and hears plainly and without
prejudice or malice aforetbought.
just now We in St. Louis are in the
hurly-burly of preparation for our an.
nusl exposition, which will open on
the 7th proximo and which We are de-
termined to make the
EVENT OF THE COLUMBIAN YEAR.
We are not wasting any time about
blowing OF what We intend to do
!, that isn't our style We are just
doing it.
The preparations for the street H.
Elimination, feature never surpassed
on either continent, are nearly com.
plete q d the arrangements for
gas and electric display are
such as heretofore the world
never saw. No expense has
been spared and all that an unlimited
supply of money, controlled by men
Of advanced ideas. progressive meth
ODDS and sound business expert, nee,
could effect has been done. The
principal streets in The center Of the
CITY as far west as jefferson avs nue.
will be b'sz. of lish; AMI grand ill.,
minated arches illustrated IN piciur-s
Of ire the d. eds of Columbus ard his
companious will be numerous ard .p.
pr"priate.
Work in the Exposition building is
being hurried night and day. All the
space was lorg ago taken up and
exhibitors (rom all parts OF the slote)
are getting ready to astoLish
THE MILLION OF VISITORS
who will come to st. Louis this fall.
Ample preparations have been per.
fected to take the strangers in and
accommodate them on the golden rule
principe. SO all readers OF the
"BAzoo" may be confident they will
be we'll cared for and should they
meet with snv mishap. it will be be-
cause they haven't read the Peoples
paper as they should or have pro-
cIiviries that the just man should not
he influenced by.
The event of the week was the
suicide Of Judge Normile. An inn
mense deal of sympathy" and
pathos hive been INDUCED in by some
OF the newspapers and those who called
themselves Normile's friends. l see no
reason to pity Normiie. He was
man who knew better than to commi,
suicide, his manner OF shutting of
this mortal coil shows more concern
for mans opinion than thought OF
God Almightys judgment and eternal
Justice. He died the death Of an edu.
Gated pagan-one who lived for this
world and died because he imagined
be had lost or was about to lose his
standing among his fellow men. Nor.
mile may have had the physical cour.
age Of ordinary men who pride them
selves on their contempt FIR danger
aud death, hut
HE LACKED CHRISTIAN FoRrTTUDE.
and sought the unknown because he
was . moral coward. knew him we'll.
God had given him every chance to
oe . noble msn-talen,s, fine
presence aud the opportunity
to reach plsce aud preferment
among men-yet, he forgot God-lhat
is be tried to and went 80 far as say
there was no such Being He knew
better. am sorry for N"rmile. bur
no man that ever lived, knew better
than be, the enormity of the crime he
committed when be took his
own life. Not his own but
the life God had given him.
There were five other attempts at
suicide on the same day Normiie died.
Two of them were successful.
THE POOH HOUSE INVESTIGATION
Which has been the subject of much
gossip and created such feeling that
murder may yet grow out Of j., shows
that public Office isn't regarded Is .
public trust by ode push which is
Just now running St. Louis. If
Mayor Noonan has any regard
for the opinion of bis constituents he
will say not "Let her g, Gallagher"
but let Gallagher 60.
lam a Ooo1 democrat and I voted