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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-01-02
NocuLArED - SNAKE POISON
ExplanatfoA of the Immunity from Harm
Enjoyed by ''Charmers.

Enjoyed by ''Charmers."
AS a result of recent investigations,
It would seem that science had at last
lnearthed the strange secret of the
snake charmer. For years it has been
mystery how certain individuals could
handle the most venomous serpents
with impunity, suffering not the slight
est harmful effects, even if bitten re-
oeatedly. Some time since it was sug-
gested that this immunity from the
evil effects of the poison might be due
to the fact that the charmers have fire.
luently been accidentally bitten by
cobras and karits, and, having sur
gived the first attack, experienced no
Evil effect from subsequent bites. Much
attention has been directed in India to
he experiments which have lately been
made with view to determining the
value of this theory, and it has been
clearly shown that when the venom is
introduced into the system in gradually
increasing doses the subject need not
fear the vicious fangs of the reptile.
Cases of immunity from scorpion stings
are also we'll known A gentleman in
India, hearing of a Mahometan fakir
who had established a reputation for
himself in this respect, determined to
investigate the case and Danish, If pos
sible, all chance Of trickery. He there
fore dug up the scorpions himself, and
these formidable creatures he describes
as being from to inches long, with
claws like those of Holsters. These
scorpions the fakir was told to irritate,
but to avoid adopting the course usually
pursued by the fakirs for this purpose,
namely, by pinching the end of the tall
This is almost sure way of preventing
the scorpions from singing. By touch
ing them on the part of the body indi-
Gated, each one of them stung him
strongly enough to draw blood, but the
man was apparently none the worse.
There could be no doubt as to the
genuineness of the exhibition, and the
fakir was believed when he said that
he had frequently been the victim of
scorpions sting.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-01-02
1T Makes a Difference.

Johnson and Thompson were next
door neighbors. Johnson had dog
that parked a considerable part of
to Johnson:
"Look here, Johnson, we have always
been friends, and hope you won't take
offense if tell you that the barking of
your dog is driving me and my family
mad for want of Sleep"
Dear me!' said Johnson. That's
queer. I haven't noticed that Leo ever
barked any to speak Of"
Two or three evenings afterward
Thompson came home leading dog
the doggy string.
"Now, them said he to Mrs Thomp-
son, 1--WE will soon have a chance to
sleep. I didn't like to shoot the beast
while he belorge to Johnson, so have
bought him. Nobody can blame us for
killing our own dog. I'll get some
chloroform tomorrow"
month passed, and Johnson and
Thompson met.
''Well, Thompson,you haven't chloro-
formed the dog yet
NO." said Thompson. The truth is
we have become rather fond of the fell
low. He is so lively and playful
"But doesn't his barking at night an
noy your"
'I haven't noticed it.
''H'mr' said Johnson. HThe brute
keeps us awake half the night. don't
see how you can put up with it. Chi
| cago World.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-01-02
Lincoln,s Accounting.

From the Chicago News: A writer
says that in his earlier life Lincoln had
a very primitive method of keeping
books. At the time his law part
ner. the Hon. John T. Stuart, repre-
sented the Springfield district in CON
gress. Lincoln was forced, much against
his will, to keep an account of some
kind The plan he adopted was some
what remarkable When he received a
fee he divided it in halves. His half he
put in his pocket. Stuart's portion he
put in an envelope and labelling it "Stu-
arts half threw it into drawer until
Stuart's return from Washington.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-01-02
Fresh Fish Always.

A restaurant in Portland, Me-, has
an arrangement that should prove as
satisfactory to the customers as it is
profitable to the proprietor. The place
is on the water front, and the kitchen is
built out on piles over the river. In the
floor of the kitchen is trap door, and
through this fish lines are kept hanging
out on which considerable numbers of
fish are caught daily.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-01-02
Dog with False Teeth.

It is said that a dog in Milliken,
Mich, possesses and uses daily full
set of artificial teeth. The dog is very
old, and it is family pet When it lost
its teeth recently its owner. according
to the story, had the local dentist make
the animal a full set of teeth, and they
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-12-10
Agricultural College,

The Agricultural college at the State uni.
versty is offering two practical short courses,
one for the farmer and stock breeder, the
other for the horticulturist, both beginning
an. 5th, 1867, and continuing twelve weeks.
No tuition is charged. These coutses deal
concusively with the practical phases Of ag-
riculture, dairyng and horticulture. and cover
he subjects of breeding, feeding and Judging
live stock, butter and cheese making, croH
growing, veterinary science, pastures apd
fertilizers, drainage, orchardinE, small frui.
growing, market gardening, methods Of com
batting injurious insects and destructive dis
eases of the orchard and field crops, and
training in carpentry and blacksmithing
Even experienced and successful farmers an{
horticulturlstS will ind many things Of great
value to them in these courses. This instruc
ton, however, IS of incomparably create,
value to The young man just starting out, The
man who is to be successful in farming in the
future must have precisely this information
and it can be secured very much cheaper and
easier and better at tie Agricultural college
this winter than on the farm through expen-
sive and painful experiences. 1t will prove
tremendous stimulus 10 every farmer in Mis-
souri, who can avail himself Of this nstruc-
lion. Don't neglect this opportunity to post
yourself on the best and most approved mod
ern methods of farming and gardening,
Write to Dean H, J. Waters, at Columbia,
for an illustrated pamphlet describing these
courses, and begin your preparation TO at
tend.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-12-10
PeriIs of Education.

"Speakin' bout eddecashun," said The old
mountaineer as we sat on log at his door
smoking our pipes, 'speakin bout this yere
eddecashun that yo' git outer skules and
books and papers, never could abide IT."
"Most people believe in education,p re-
piled.
'Bet 'em believe. That very bizness OF
book-larnin' is the cause of my hevin' sec
ond wife, this ole shackelty cabin, an of my
son Tom bein' the Lord knows whar'!!''
al would like to hear your story
"Wall, hain't no objeckshuns to tellin'
it, and mebbe it'll prove warnin' to go not
to try to be too powerful smart. Yo' see,
had son Tom, and he was SO cute that ev-
erybody SAID orter send him down to Knox
vile to be eddecated. was Jest fule nuff to
do it, and things turned out as might hev bin
expected"
"Did he go to the bad?'
'No, not that but he sent the rest of us
thar. Arter he'd bin down thar bout two
Vars he Gums home one day on a visit We
was livin' three miles up the road then.
had mighty good log house Jest at the foot
Of what we call Coon mountain. Way up on
the top of the mountain was thumpin'
big rock stardn' thar all alone
by itself Tom had seed that rock
dozen times before this day I'm speakir' Of,
but wasn't idiot 'nuf to meddle with it.
Wall, when he cum home hq begun to talk
about material science, nateral philosophy full
crnmsi levers and all SIGH, pnd ,bime-by he
said he was eddecalfd 'nuffto III that, bic
rock over. Sez e hiYA seq |. Tom, don't
be a.cTowin' over your Oh dad. Eddecashun
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-12-10
Mr.. Cleveland presented his mes

Mr.. Cleveland presented his mes.
sage. to congress Monday. 1t is very
lengthy and deals, in a way, with all
the questions that are agitating the
public mind. He expresses dissat;
isfaction with the conditions in
Armenia and Turkey, yet, the pres
ident says, Intervention must be
left to those powers that by treaty
have the right to interfere. Mr..
Cleveland says that it seems hardly
possible that the demand through
out the Christian world for ,eorrec
tive treatment will remain unan-
swered. He says the Cuban situa-
ton is little changed, save in the
loss Of life and property. We quote
from the Republic: "Grahting of
belligereht rights he puts aside as
out Of the question. Recognition
of the independence of the insur-
gents he considers at this time i'm
possible, as the Cubans have no
established civil government. Pur-
chase of the island is, he says,
worthy Of consideration. if Spain
should have any disposition to part
with Cuba in that way. The good
Offices of the United States in guar.
anteeing such terms as Spain can
make with the rebels have been Of
fered, but no definite reply has been
received from Madrid. In conclud-
ing that subject, the president says
that when it Is evident that Spain's
sovereignty in the island is lost,
and when the war has become a
useless sacrifice of human lives and
tho utter destruction Of the very
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-12-10
sCoPUs.
Christmas is coming.

Christmas is coming.
Scopus was on a boom last week.
Rev. Beshear preached at Coles
chapel Sunday.
w. R. Farrar and wife went to
Marble Hill Saturday.
Lee Cole and family ofnear jack
son were visiting here Saturday
and Sunday.
Judge Burton was in our village
last Sunday.
J. J. Long and wife visited near
Patton Sunday.
D. NJ. Newell has moved his stock
of goods back to lis old store.
Miss Della Stevens has typhoid
fever.
Our merchant, II. B. Cole, says
he did a land Office business last
week.
Constable George H. Robinson
and wife visited in our little burg
Sunday.
The election is over. and now
come the petitions for road over
seer.
Squire Lincoln is doing some
carpenter work for Mr.. Jenkins.
The Squire is considered a mechan-
ic as we'll as politician.
A DEMOCRAT.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-12-10
OUR CORRESPONDENTS
TRACE CREEK.

1RACE ShELh.
The weather is looking fine at
present.
J. R. Sitzcs went to Marquand
Friday.
G. q. Underwood has been Oh the
sick list for the past few days.
Emerson Underwood has gone
to Shetley's creek for the rest Of
the winter.
Roosevelt. son of Lawson A.
Sitzes, has been very sick, but is
better at this writing.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. F. Sites visited
the parents of the latter at Bess
vile Saturday and Sunday.
Tray Shell is still hauling ties
He says be would like to engage
enough tie makers tc keep him hard
at it.
Died-Dec. 3, Grandma Salace
aged SO years. Her remains were
inferred at the Trace creek ceme
terry. She leaves a son and daugh
ter to mourn her loss. We sympa
.thize with the bereaved ones, and
mingle Our prayers and tears with
theirs. ZIP.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-12-10
To Southeast Missouri Teachers

You are respectfully Invited and
earnestly requested to attend the
next meeting Of the. Southeast
Teachers association, to be held at
DeSoto, Dec. 20 and 30, 1896
Never before have the teachers in
our state been more enthusiastic
The leaders are forging ahead and
beckoning to the others to follow
The teacher who neglects to or re.
fuses to attend. some Of the many
meetings held in different parts Of
the state will soon find that he is
behind, in the dark, and soon lost
He must give Bis place to those who
are progressive and retire fro,n the
ranks, lie mrst finally quit the
profession as unworthy of it. This
Is natural lazy. Come to DeSoto
ald make our associetion second to
none in the state. The people Of
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-12-10

can't tip over rocks no mo- than it kin raise
con stalks twenty feet high"
"But it can" said as he shook his Sead
and sighed heavily.
yes, l found out that she could. Tom he
talked ill he got me riled up, and Jest told
him that lfhe could tip that rock over with
his own hands'1'd gin him mewl colt He
grlns and chuckles and says he'll 'stonish me.
and Pm free to say that he did. The onery
critter toted his fulcrums and levers and nat
eral philosophy up the mountain and went to
work on that rock. One arternooa, when I
was hoein' CON and cussin' the poor quality
OF the sile, sunthin' happened.
"Ihe rock moved l presume?''
"She did. stranger-she did Nateral phil
osophy was too much for her, and she rolled
over and took start. She was Jest in line
with the house, but we hadn't thought O.
that. | heard a noise like the heels of ten
thousand nevis a-kickin' on a barn door to
once, and | looked up to see that ole fifty
toner a-comin'. The ole woman was in the
cabin a-singin' Happy Day and patchn'
my trousers and she didn't hear me holler.
The rock made bee-line fur the cabin.
smashin' and crashn' and maxim the airth
tremble, and when she struck it was like the
fall of fifty big trees to once"
"And your wife--?''
Never even found piece of her! Every
thing was carried across The road into ra.
vine fifty feet deep. and could never be ex-
actly sartin of the spot whar the cabin stood"
'And what became of Tom.'
Run away. and I've never sot eyes on him
sence. Dasn' face me arter that, reckon.
though | got over my madness arter bit.
had to,build this yere cabin, git spliced to
that al woman inside and lose my only son,
all on account of what they calls eddecashun,
and yo' can't wonder I'm agin it Yes, I'm
powerful down on eddecashun. Stranger, be
yo' one Of them dedicated critters?"
II can't say am"
Then lis all right, and you kin hev the
best bed in the house and roast chicken fur
breakfast Ifyo' was eddscated. however,
I'd be bound to say you'd better hitch up
and movs, cn.'-netroi Free Press,
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-12-10

A Montana woman Is said to be
wandering about the country look
ing for her affinity" but she seems
to be handicapped to certain ex,
tent by the fact that the only thing
that she is absolutely sure Of is that
her husband is not the man.
The experiment of heating cars
by electricity has proved a most
gratifying success. Evidently it is
an economical plan or it would not
be followed by well managed street
car companies. So far as the say
ing of DIRT is concerned, it is the
ideal heat for Offices or dwellings.
Says the editor of the BilIville
Banner; eve 1eave for conference
tomorrow to report on the minis
ter's salary. During the year he
got one black beaver one pound
party and 40 cents in change. Our
duty is to ascertain how much Of
the latter should 60 to the heather
abroad"
The big football teams viii Be
after the Alabama man who was
resuscitated after being hanged for
murder. A 200-pound. man who
can survive q drop on the scaffold
ought to be able to stand consider.
able hard usage on the gridiron.
In New York the board Of alder
men have adopted arcsoIution pro
hibiting the carrying Of infants Oh
bicycles This throws tho wheeIerS
back on. ,their pet dogs, and in New
York dogs are moro popular IN fasE
ionable society than babies,
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-12-10

Wheat was dull and lower Mon.
day and no sales. No. 2 red was
offered at 903, with S94 bid. Corn
was stronger and in fair demand at
FL l-8c. There was but light de.
mand for oats, and none offered at
the price bid, zoe. Hogs, $3.1O and
S3.l2 IL. Cattle, S2.40 to $3.50, as
per grade.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-12-10

TIE PRESS is in receipt of a we'll
written, bright, newsy communica.
tion from Glen Allen, but unfortuu-
ately the writer failed to append
his name. 1t would have been per-
fectly safe with us. Without it we
must decline his communication.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-12-10

subject matter Of the conflict, then
the United States must put an end
to the struggle. He reminds con.
gress that this time may come. No
recommendations are made in re-
gard to the governments finances.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-12-10
Vol. 16.

The WidOwer's Thanksgiving.
Just seven yeals ago today
Sweet Alice said that she
For better or for worse would give
Her win some self to me.
All, well! 1t seems an age ago
That we stood proudly there,
And people said they'd seldom seen
A better favored pair.
But bitter days and bitter tears
Have come to me since then;
And |, alas! can never be
A careless boy again.
For out upon the hillside stands
A slender stone that tells
The story of my life and where
My alter ego dwells.
But stay. There fall upon my ears
Sweet sounds of baby glee,
And here another Alice comes
To lavish love on me.
So let me render thanks today,
Although l am bereft;
The Lord did give and take away,
But see what he has left.
cleveland Leader.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-12-10

DeSoto are noted for their hospital.
ity and will not fail to make our
stay in their town pleasant one.
Come, and bring some one with
you. J. Fl. MALUGEN, Pres.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-12-10
The FaVOTito Home RGn6GQ.

For all diseases caused ny arrangement
of the Liver, Kidneys, and Stomach.
Keep it always in the house and yoJ
will save time and Doctors Bills, and
have at hand an active, harmless and per-
fectly safe purgative, Alternative and tonic;
lfyoufeel dull; debilitatedj have frequent
headache, mouth tastes badly, poor appe-
tite and tongue coated, you are suffering
from torpid liver or biliousness, and SIM
MONS LIVER REGULATOR will tpIe you.
If you have eaten anything hard to
digest, or feel heavy after meals or sleep,
less at night, dose OF SIMMONS LIVER
REGULATOR will relieve you and bring
pleasant sleep.
If at any time you feel your system
needs cleansing and regulating without
violent purging, take SIMMONS LIVER
REGULATOR.
j. H. ZeiIin q Co., Philadelphia.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-12-10

Fitzsimmons whipped Sharkey
Dec. 2, at San Francisco, but
Sharkey. got the decision on an al
legged foul. The Australian had
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-12-10

the best Of it all through the eight
rounds.
The herald., 1896-08-29
REPUBLICAN COUNTY CONVENTION
The Call Printed and the Country Member Pu. 8
IN n Large-Sizcd Kick

The call for the Republican coun-
ty convention, for the caucuses
and for TIE primaries has been
printed. The caucuses are to take
place throughout the county nextThurs-
day evening al pm, and the primaries
will be held on Saturday, the 9Th inst.
between Il noon and 5 pm.
The county convention will be con-
vened on the 10th at 10 o'clock am.
and then there will be some merry
scrapping for the few places on the
ticket that &c to be filed.
Among Ill. country Republicans q
great howl has gone up and it is daily
ircre easing. They claim that the CITY
bosses have taken snap judgment on
them in calling the caucuses and p1i-
maries so early as they have not had
time to fix things up and the conse-
qUerce is chat those who are in the cir
Gle have fixed everything just as they
wanted it preparatory to capturing tn,
works.
Then, too, the country Republicans
do not like the deal that was given them
in the matter of the apportionment of
delegates. They have been given 70
less delegates than they had two years
ago while the city's representation has
been increased 70. TIL country Republi-
cans have been placed in q minority
The herald., 1896-08-29

curing his election. OF course is is un-
6erstood that IL lSy refuse to do so they
ere very likely to md themselves out OF
@ Job at any moment. However, 1t Will
be found that there are MEN on the road
20 whom principle is far more dear than
the holding of good position, and the
public ought to patronize some other
road, even If inconvenienced thereby,
rather than lend the least countenance
to such action upon the part of the cor
poration 1t Is disgrace to free coun-
try that corporations should seek to in
timidate men in such fashion, and it
will not be surprise If the people re-
sent such totally unwarranted interfer-
ence with the men by giving the road
wide berth.
1t will be noticed that the gold bug
committee have placed the names of ten
Pasadena ministers of the gospel upon
the list of vice presidents who are to oc-
cupy the platform with the array of cor
poration talent imported for this great
and momentous occasion which is open
the fight in Pasadena. Some of this
same committee were greatly exercised
not long ago over what they called the
threatened invasion of the church into
politics, ''the union of church and state"
as they delighted to call it. Perhaps
they think now that the odor of sancity
they hope to bring into the wigwam will
be sufficient to disguise that other odor
of corruption which invariably accom-
panies anything with which the South
ern Pacific company has to do. But they
arem istaken. The people are not so
easily fooled. It's too old a story. Have
to try some other game.
The herald., 1896-08-29
CLEARWATER SILvERlTES
TIE Regular Meeting Of the Bryan Silver Club
Held Las: Night

CLEARWATER, Aug. 27.-The regu-
lar meeting of the Bryan Silver club
was called to order by the president
and routine business transacted. Mr.. S.
L. Fulton, who had been invited from
Los Angeles as the speaker of the even
ing, was then introduced. In his open
ing remarks he stated that he spoke as
one laboring man speaks to another
laboring man. He then took up the is
sues of the day and in a scientific, his
tcrical way he gave a complete resume
of the money question, showing conclu-
sively that it is in the interests of farm
ers and laboringmen to as quickly as
possible bring about the free and un-
limited coinage of silver at the ratio of
Is to ]. Mr.. Fulton defined the phrase
"16 TO l. as meaning that"siXteen ounces
of silver. coined into oney, is equal to
one ounce of gold. coined into money.
This definition is important, for within
that answer is conveyed the idea of
what money really is. His remarks
throughout were instructive and inter-
esting After the speech quite a num-
Der came forward and signed the roll of
membership and paid their club dues.
The goldbugs are. I am happy to say,
very scarce in this section of the coun-
try. The regular meetings are held each
Thursday evening.
The herald., 1896-08-29
POLITICAL NOTES
Brief Matters Of Interest Pertaining to the
CsmpMgn

Brief Matters Of Interest Pertaining to the
camp,ign
The Sixth ward Republican club met
last evening at Dalton hall. at the cor
ner of Washington and Central avenues.
and transacted routine business.
The second Bryan silver club was or
ganized in East Los Angeles last even
ing at Banquet hall, on Downey avenue.
The First ward seems to be practically
solid for free silver.
The league for better city government
has decided to adopt postal primaries
Any person can be entered as candi-
date and then every member of the
league can vote for who ever he pleases.
The man receiving majority of the
votes is nominated. If a majority is not
obtained then the league holds con-
vention to decide on nominee.
The Republican clubs of the city and
Strange elected as permanent president
The Fifth ward silver club held an en-
thusiastic meeting last evening at the
junction of Kingsley, Hoover and
Thirty-second streets. There was a
large crowd present, which was ad-
dressed by Democrats silver Republi-
cans and Populists. The club has
large and increasing membership.
Monday morning at $3.50 there will be
meeting of the executive committee of
the woman's suffrage campaign COM
mittee at their rooms in the Muskegon
block Later in the day there will be
an open meeting at the Y. NJ. c. A rooms.