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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-02-11
CAkNlBAL PLANTS.
They Are Sure to Languish When Deprived
of Their Diet of Meat.

1t has been proved time and again
that the SO called "cannibai plants" of
which the Venus fly trap is the type,
are much more healthy when allowed
their regular insect food than when
they are reared under netting or in any
other manner which excludes them
from their regular meat diet. The above
is an oddly Of itself. especially when
we consider the fact that there is certain
school Of botanists which teaches that
cannibal plants make no use whatever
Of the insect prey captured by them, but
il is nothing compared with the bold
assertion made by Francis Darwin.
That noted scientific gentleman bravely
meets the vegetarian botanist" with
the assertion that all kinds and classes
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-02-11
"The Christ of the Big Muddy

1.-THE Christ Of the Big Muddy" also
known as Potter Christ" was a mis-
guided individual who preached up and
down the Missouri river about 20 years,
particularly in the vicinity Of Council
Bluffs, la. He claimed to be the "Mes-
senger Of the New Covenant" as proph-
esied in Malachi, see iii, / /; also 1.-THE
Deliverer," Romans xi. 20; "Everlast-
ing Father" Isaiah *, 6; the second
Adam, the Lord from heaven. / Co
riuthians XIV. 49, Besides the above he
claimed several other divine titles,
among them "Shiloh," Morning
Star, !" Prince Michael" etc. He pub
lished book entitled Revelations
Given by Inspiration Of God For the
Salvation Of the Whole World" i have
no record Of what finally became Of
this eccentric individual Some author
ities list him among the False
Christs." but none that have consult
ed tells where he was born or when and
how he died. st. Louis Republic.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-02-11
MercuriAl.

The adjective mercurial. like many
others, came into ordinary speech from
the realm of sstrology. In astrological
language mercurial man was one born
under the influence Of Mercury, when
Mercury was in the ascendant, and
therefore possessed Of the mental quail
ties supposed to distinguish the heather
deity Of that name.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-02-11

soon found that she had real blood
remedy at last. She says: CATER tax
ing one dozen bottles of SIS. l am
perfectly we'll, my skin is clear
and healthy and l would not be in
my former condition for two thousand
dollars. Instead ofdrying upthe poison
in my system, like the potash and
arsenic, SIS. drove the disease out
through the skin, and l was perma-
uentIy rid Of II
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-02-11

specialist said he
could cure her, but
he filled her with
arsenic and potash
which almost ruined
her constitution. She
then took nearly
every so-called blood
medicine and drank
them by the wholesale,
but they did not reach
her trouble. Some
one advised her to try
S.S.S. and she very
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-02-11
Perfumes from Wood.

The United States manufactures ex-
tensively perfumes from wintergreen,
sassafras and several other woods and
herbs.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-02-11
Morning Advertiser.

Published every morning. pages. The
foremost lc. newspaper in the United States
Clean and fearless subscription price, 81 u
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-02-11
SCl'Ofula

Is deep-seated blood disease which
all the mineral mixtures in the world
cannot cure. SIS. guaranteed bN,Ply
vegetable } is 4 real blood remedy for
blood diseases and has no equal.
Mrs. Vt. Buck, OF Delaney, Ark, had
Scrofula for twenty-five years and most
of the time was under the care of the
doctors who could not relieve her
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-02-11
A Real Blood Remedy.

SIS. never fails to cure Scrofula,
Eczema, Rheumatism Contagious Blood
Poison, or any disorder OF tile blood.
DO not rely upon a simple tonic To cure
a deep-seated blood disease, but take a
real blood remedy.
Our books
81; &: ; 5::: IS 81; 8: :: g: S S S
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-02-11
Sunday Advertiser.

New fors's most popular and original sun
day newspaper. The only lc. sunday news
paper In the United States. All the news
and special features of surprising interest
and that will arIeal to every phase of human
nature. 1t is the equal of the high priced
sunday papers in every respect. Subscr Up
ton price, zoe. per year, 2jc. for six months
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-02-11

The subscription price of THE MORNING
and SUNDAY ADVERTISER together is 81 so
year. sl.SD for six months, aud 9Oc. for
three months.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-10-21
Paragraphs with Points.

The love that is blind is usually
deaf also.
One flush in the hand is worth two
in the cheeks.
An accomplishment is the ability
not to do thing.
Every man who runs for Office ex
poets to win in a walk.
SPANS ultlmatum to Cuba will
be her ultimate reserve of troops.
The war feeling prevails generally
among people who do not want tc
work.
Debs advises the people against
inflammatory speeches. Now look
out for Satan TO denounce sin.
Its about time for King George
Of Greece to think seriously Of thai
castle IN Denmark again.
Pointing with pride and viewing
with alarm sum up the amenities ol
partisan politics inlAmerica.
Many man tells his wife that ht
would willingly die for her, bu
does not do IL 80 long AZ he cal
help II.
According to the advance sheet'
Of fashion, a woman's hat will no
be on straight this winter unless il
ia on crooked.
One man who comes back from
KIondyke with q fortune will max.
the public forget o hundred who will
never come back at All.
The Chicago Times Herald sayl
Lhal IN future pugilistlc encounter
John i. Sullivan would shiDe 10
bottle holder II would depend al
together on what happened 10 DO Il
The bolllc
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-10-21
Appropriation Of $4,000 for the Purpose Of
Building Jail---NO.

interest at the rate OF six per centum per
annum, evidenced by coupons thereto at
tached, numbered seratlm from one to
/ such numbeE4as will equal twice the
number OF years for which. said bonds
shall be issuedrespectively. and due and
payable semi i-annually In lawful money
Of the United States at. the Office Of the
county treasurer of said county; and the
court further finds that the said bonds in
the SAID sum Of eight thousand dollars
($8, ,OOO00) do not and will not, including
existing indebtedness Of said county, ex-
ceed in the aggregate ten per centum on
the value Of the taxable property Of said
county of Bollinger as ascertained by the
assessment thereof next before the last
assessment thereof for state and county
purposes, and that the rate Of the increase
of the tax levy in said county for said
purpose will be ten cents on the one hun
dred dollars valuation of the taxable
property. of said county, and the county
court shall, in addition to other taxes,
levy and cause to be extended upon all
property subject to taxationin said coun-
ty said increased rate Of tax so voted for
said purpose, said ten cent est nate being
based on the present assessed valuation
of said county, for five years next after
the date of the issue of such bonds.
And it is further ordered by the court
that the clerk hereof give at least twenty
days notice Of said election, specifying
therein the amount Of the debt, the length
of time for which bonds shall be issued,
the rate Of interest. the object and pur-
pose thereof, the rate of the increase of
the tax levy and the day on which such
election is to be held. (Jacob j. Conrad
dissenting as to the time Of holding said
election.)
STATE OF MISSOURI, =,
County Of Bollinger '''
|, j Monroe Robins, clerk of the Coun.
ty court in and for said county, hereby
certify the above and foregoing to be
true copy of the proceedings Of our said
County court, on the day and year writ
ten as the same appears of record in my
office.
In testimony whereof, have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the
SEAL seal OF said court, at office In
~ Marble Hill, this the 4th day
of October, A. D. 1897.
j. MONROE ROBINS,
Clerk of the County Court.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-10-21

eral bench in California to enter
President McKinley's cabinet there
was some agreement to the effect
that he would be elevated to Jus
tiee Fields place on the bench as
soon as the latter should tender his
resignation.
With the appointment of Attor-
ney General McKenna to the su-
preme bench there will arise at the
same time the necessity for appoint
ing some one else to the place made
vacant in the cabinet. Before that
emergency arises, however, it is
likely that President Mckinley
will be called upon to fill another
vacancy, viz: the one which the con-
templated retirement of Secretary
Sherman threatensto create. These
are matters, however, for the future
to develop, and what turn affairs
may take, cannot at this time be
foreshadowed.-Atlanta Constitu-
tion.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-10-21
Johnny Rebs Reunited.

A very pathetic incident that oc
CURED during the recent reunion Of
Confederate veterans held in this
city was related yestel day afternoon
by prominent state Official.
One night at late hour the man
ager of Que of the leading hotels in
this city walked into the rotunda Of
his hostelry and observed an old
confederate, who appeared to be
sleeping in a chair. He noticed
that he was assigned to that hotel
by certain badge he wore, and be-
ing himself an ex.Johnny Reb he de
cided to render the veteran serv'
ice by waking him and taking him
to his room.
As he touched the veteran he OBJ
served that he had spent some time
in worship at the shrine of Bacchus.
and at that time was just recovering
vigorous mentality. While this
scene was being enacted another
veteran, who happened to be pass.
ing, stopped close by, as did the
gentleman who .old the story.
"Hello, Johnny Reb; have you
secured a room?" asked the hotel
manager.
"Yes," replied the awakened man,
with apparent surprise.
"What Is your name?"
"My name is joe"
"Wbat regiment were you with?"
"l was with-Regimcnt and
fought with the Army of Virginia. !"
At this juncture the veteran who
was standing by approached the two
and asked the man:
"What did you say your name is?"
"My name is joe" again re.
plled the man.
"Where did you enter the army
from?"
II enlisted at, in >" replied
the now astonlshed man.
As he replied to the last question
the other man fell into his arms,
weeping, and said: "Joe, don't you
know meW
The veteran pushed him off, pre-
suming that he, too, was in a tur.
bulent state of mind, caused by i'm.
bibing drinks other than water.
The man would not be pushed off,
and in his sobs, said: "Joe don't you
know me? This is John"
"You are not John, for he was
killed at Manassas" said the now
thoroughly awakened and much as,
tonished man.
"Joe, am your brother John. ]
was not killed at the battle of Ma,
nassas, and ever since the war ]
have looked all over the United
States for you."
Convinced at last, the long,lost
brothers, locked in each others
embrace, stood and wept like chill.
dren. They went to room In the
hotel and doubtless talked all night.
All next day they were seen walking
arm in arm, with glowing faces, and
relating to everyone the story OF
their coming together after such a
long separation.-Nashville Banner
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-10-21
Our Correspondents.
soHEpERvILLB.

/ think our learned professors
have extinguished their quarrel, /
will try to furnish you the news in
future.
Health is tolerably good.
1t is very dry and dusty.
Mrs. Henry Killian has typhoid
fever.
DR.. Baily has left our town and
moved on his farm about two miles
south Of here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jefferson Bess are
visiting friends in Mclean county,
Illinois.
Henry Mansker has administered
on the estate of Jacob Elledge and
there will be large sale at the res
idence of the deceased on the 29th
of this month.
Let US build a jail and improve
our own county instead Of adjoin-
ing counties
J. W. Bess stepped on stick
which flew up and struck him in the
eye and put it out.
Lewis Null and Mrs. Paralee Ba-
ker married recently, and the even
ing following the boys gave them a
grand serenade, and it just happen
ed so that Lewis was we'll prepared
to entertain them very largely.
The "come-outs" held a weeks
meeting at Little valley recently
and certainly did teach the Bible in
| its purity.
Prof. j. W. Null was in town re-
Gently and stated that his school
down at the Stepp schoolhouse was
a success beyond doubt.
If it doesn't soon rain there will
be very small wheat crop sown in
this end Of the county this fall.
Prof. Hez Chostner, our efficient
teacher, is teaching us splendid
school.
Little Luther, infant and only
son of Mr.. and Mrs. W. L. Delling-
er, died very suddenly recently of
congestion of the stomach.
Rev. Durant Beatty of Zalma
preached few evenings last week
at Friendship church.
Tom Clubb, Jr., of Mississippi
county, Arkansas. is visiting reIa-
atives in this part of the county.
Wash Miller, our cattleman, will
60 to Tennessee in a few days to
buy cattle.
George W. Winchester, the "Na-
poleon" of Liberty township, was
at Sturdivant last week serving pa
pers on some parties down there.
Marcus Day, Of the fatwood
neighborhood, was in this locality
recently. SHARKEY.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-10-21


CHARLES ALEXANDER DANA, the
veteran editor of the New York
Sun, died at his summer residence
on Long Island sound Sunday af-
ternoon, 18th inst, aged 78 years.
He had been for many years re-
gardsd as the most accomplished
writer of pure and forceful English
in the United States, and his death
removes from the ranks Of journal
ism ripe scholar whose vacant
chair will be hard to ell. The
whole newspaper world, friend and
foe, mourns his death.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-10-21

Making an average of $842.7t per year for
said last four years. This statement includes
the guard fees and transportation expenses
of prisoners held by sheriff only No fees or
expenses of guarding by constables, nor for
board, clothing or doctor bills for any prison.
er are included in this statement. And we
are confident that there are more expenses
and fees for guarding and transportation in
each of the above stated years that we have
not been able to find or have overlooked in
our haste to get through the work, which
could be found were we required to make an
exact or certified statement of said expenses
and fees for guards and transportation. We
further find that in 1893 and in 1894 the said
expenses weresgreaty in excess of the expen.
ses in the years..ISqs and 1896. We are able
to give at least two reasons for said excess,
which are as follows;
/. In the years 1893 and 1894 there we're
more criminal cases or prosecutions and con-
victions than in 1895 and 1895.
2. In the years 1893 and 1894 the prisoners
worked out their fines and costs upon the
public roads and were guarded while so
working, which, in misdemeanor cases, run
the cost up in each case much more than in
1895 and 1906 when the prisoners were not
worked ann guarded.
We are wAll Satisfied that the average ex-
penses of guards and transportation alone
for prisoners Tor the last past ten years will
not fall below 5000 per year, which expense
was all incurred for lack Of Jail.
HENRY ELFRANK,
F. M. WELLS,
W. X. CHANDLER,
Committee.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-10-21
Justice Fields Retirement.

Justice Stephen J, Field has at
length confirmed the rumors which
have been afoat for several months
past concerning his contemplated
retirement from the United States
Supreme court.
Had it not been for strong de-
sire on the part of the aged jurist
to eclipse all former records on the
bench, his resignation would have
been rendered long ago. This am
Bitfon has steadily possessed him
in spite of the growing infrmities
of old age, and the natural craving
for rest which comes with the even
ing oflife. Never once. has he
thought of retiring from the bench
without gaining the object of his
desire; but now that Chief Justice
Marshall's tenure of service has
been eclipsed, the aged jurist feels
that he can lay aside the ermine
which he has worn for more than
thirty-four years and enter upon
the needed rest which his labors
have richly earned.
Justice Field received his COM
mission from President Lincoln in
1868. Though be has frequently
shifted his party affiliations since
that time, he feels himselfin honor
bound to restore his commission to
the same party from which he re-
seived it. This is another consid'
Grafton which has constrained him
in some measure TO wait for the re-
turn Of the republican party to
power before rendering his resi- gna.
tion. AS yet Justice Field has only
announced to his colleagues on the
the bench what his intentions arei
No will not formally submit his re-
sIgnation until congress assemblies
IN December.
FOR the place which Justice
yIsId's rstircmont from the bench
win make vacant, Attorney General
MoKenna IL said 70 be slated. u 10
understood shat whom Judge Mo
Keuua resigned bin scat On tho isd'
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-10-21

Doniphan Prospect News: The
hunting season will soon be open
for those who delight in killing
game. Quails are very plentiful;
squirrels are quite numerous, espec-
tally in the river bottom; and wild
turkey can be jumped almost any
where, several nice focks ranging
in the woods south of town q mile
or two. Deer are using in the fat
woods, east Of town, and they are
said to be plentiful in the hills
along the river above town. and
very numerous in the Wilderness
country. The river is full of wild
ducks and wild geese are easily
found. The cool weather has
brought the salmon out of the deer
pools and they are biting, and with
game as plentiful as 1t is reported
this year, sportsmen will certainly
have good time while the season
lasts.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-10-21
A Small Earn.

A little farm we'll titled is what
every young man, to be farmer,
should strive for. How much more
Independent is the man who actual
ly owns ten, twenty, forty or eighty
acres than he who holds hundreds
and pays high rent on them in
the form of interest on mortgage.
"Better be the owner of five acres
than the renter Of 5,000," said an
old farmer who began with nothing
and now owns three hundred and
twenty acres of as fine land as the
sun shines on. "Buy ten acres as a
nucleus, and add to it as you can
always paying cash for what you
buy" he continued. Don't spend
your money for tools and imple-
ments you don't need. Buy good
ones when you buy, and take the
right sort of care of them, and they
will last as long you do. I have
several tools and implements |
bought fifteen and twenty years ago
that are almost as good now as
when new. Many a farmer has
bankrupted himself buying imple-
ments to replace those gone to rack
and ruin through simply lack Of
care.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-10-21

The following harangue from the
Nebraska State Journal has very
personal.experience note in II: "Dis.
ease, according to Christian Science
theory, IL not q condition, but a
vagary. You are not III; you simp.
ly think you are. Carried to its
logical conclusion existence isimag
mary. We think we are, but a. d
matter Of fact we ore not. Tooth.
ache il about the only thing that
will make q a'solcntlat abandon the
philosophy loug enough 10 lot m
imaginary dentist extract the imagi.
nary tooth foran Imaginary compon'
naliOn, 40 ccnte."
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-10-21

The rescue of Miss Cisneros from
a Havana prison by the correspon-
dent of the New York J ournal and
at the request of Mr.. Hearst, the
proprietor of that paper, was as
daring and successful as any SINH
lar event recorded in the pages of
history. 1t was something more
than newspaper enterprise. 1t was
an oct of heroism. And now it is
amusing to observe how suddenly
the metropolitan contemporaries of
tho New York Journal have drop
ped the name of Evangelina Cisne-
ros from their columns. Before it
was known by what agency the es-
cape had been effected, they all
gave columns to the affair; but now
that Mr.. Hearst's newspaper has
acknowledged the deed, his esteem
ed contemporaries have dropped
all reference to the wonderful ad-
venture,
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-10-21
Popular Interest In Public School
Work

work.
The average parent in the country
knows less and cares less Of school
room work than he should. The
farmer hires men to feed his pigs,
to break his colts, to milk his COWS
and NOW his hay, but he would re-
gard himsslfa a very poor farmer,
indeed, if he did not keep a very
sharp eye on the goings on of the
farm, and see to 1t that all is going
we'll.
The merchant may employ buy
or to keep his shelves full, floor
walker to see that the clerks do
their duty, and bookkeeper to
keep his accounts, but if he is a
shrewd merchant he will often be
seen behind the counters, inspect
ing boxes and bolts of goods. He
will have an eye on the department
of his clerks; he will call for the
frequent balance sheets and will not
rely on hearsay evidence as to the
state of the cash accounts.
The manufacturer employs su-
porintendent and corps of foremen
to manage his establishment, but he
does not let months go by without
his visiting the plant, or does he al
low himself to become unacquainted
with any detail of the factory work;
on the contrary every employe
from scrub woman to superintend-
ent understands that the cold man"
knows what is going on and that
he is liable to put in an appearance
at any moment.
But when the farmer, the mer-
chant, the manufacturer, the bank
er, the lawyer, or anybody else
turns his children over to the school
master to be educated does he fol-
low the matter up and see to it that
they are reimbursed for the time
and amount Of money expended?
Does the employer ever trouble
himself to see to it personally that
the employe does his duty? I
don't believe, to take the country
over, that one father in hundred
has any just idea what q school
is or is not doing for his children.
Ask the average patron Of the dis
trict why he don't visit the school
and he will tell you that he hasn't
the time, that he knows nothing
about the work of a school teacher,
or that there is q board of directors
to look after the schools. With
the mothers it is not much better.
Those in society" have their time
taken up IN making calls or in at.
tending social functions. The 9th.
ers are absorbed in household cares
or in neighborhood gossiping. Is
1t any wonder that there is general
complaint That the schools are not
worth what they costY 1t will al
ways he so until the people them.
selves acquire lively interest in
and q better knowledge of educa.
tional processes and keep closer
watch on the schoolroom work oi
their children. No system OF gov
ernmont, or morals, or education
can safely bo left to run itself any
more than can a private business
enterprise.
Tho wonder Ia that tho schools dc
as well as they do.
Respectfully,
JIM Null
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-10-21

s. G.. TETwILER of Charleston has
revived the Southeast Review, a
well-printed 32-page monthly and
full Of interest to every southeast
Missourian. The initial number is
before us and we find the contents
very interesting.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-10-21

The one thing certain about the
Cuban question is that this country
does not want to free Cuba on be-
half Of certain eminent republicans
whs are just going to hold an elec.
tion in Ohio.