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Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-04-21
Our Correspondents.
CLUBB's CREEK


Health is good.
Flowing for corn is the order of
the day.
Frizzell Eaker is working for
Thomas Club. He says he can't
rest of a night for mosquitoes.
Hiram Fowler has completed the
bridge across Clubb's creek, the
best one in the county.
Jesse Kern has his thirty acre
new ground about fenced.
Frank Fowler has traded his
grey eagle mare for shot gun, and
our sporting club met rec entity and
unanimously elected him captain
for the ensuing year.
R. L. Greenwood has sold his
farm to Stoke Ramsey of Zalma and
moved to Greenbrler.
Preaching at Clubb's creek
church every second Sunday, Rev.
Stone pastor.
Candidates are getting quite nu-
merous. We have one on our creek
for matrimony, subject to nothing
but matrimony. l wish you a sue
cess, Rufus,
Frank Fowler made q business
trip to Brownwood recently.
Hays Null is still chopping wood
for Judge Conder.
P. r. Fowler is making frequent
trips down the road now on his
grey eagle. lie is soaring high,
with one ofthe most beautiful birds
of America, the Robin, ha, ha, ha!
Noah Shell of Sylvan ridge is
turning the soil for corn on Thomas
Clubb's farm.
Jesse Kern, our champion horse
snapper, is going to ship two cars
of hogs in short time.
Hurra for The Press.
ALKAM IKE.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-04-21
ZALMA.

We are having a very backward
spring. The old saying, "Let Eas~
ter come when it will, COW can get
her fill," failed this time.
Log rolling and repairing fence
is the order of the day with our
farmers.
DR.. R. P. White is now located at
Drum to practice medicine.
Raney Sears has moved his fam
lily to his farm pear Zalma.
G. W. Hastings returned to his
home at Senath last week. ~-.~A
The brick layers are here at worR
on J. V. Slinkard & Co.'s store.
house. The building is to be 30x90
feet, two story high, and will be one
of the best houses in the county,
DR.. J. G, CubbEge csne~up from
Bloigett to visit his family last
week.
Sanford Hahn Of Lutesville was
here last week getting ready to do
the carpenter work on J. V. Stink
ard q Co.'s storohouse.
Andy Winchester and Jacob
Boyd went to Lutesvllle last week.
The young folks had a candy par
ty at tho residence of John Wood
last Saturday night. They report
a good time.
Married.. G. William to Miss
Della Deck, two miles northeast Of
here, at the brides parents, last
Sunday.
DR.. J G. Cubbage will move his
family to Blodgett this week.
Married-At Zalma, last Sunday,
Charley Arndol to Miss Ora Cobb,
Squire Gaines officiating.
Hon. Merrill Plpkin Of st. Fran
co.'s county and George Kurre of
Lutesville were on our streets last
Friday.
W. G. Brooks of Maiden was on
our streets Sunday.
J. V. Slinkard & Co.'s storehodse
and contents were destroyed by fire
on the night of the 18th, The fire
broke out about IL or l o'clock
Thursday night and the building
was very near destroyed before it
was discovered, They saved moth
ing except the books, papers and a
little money that was in the safe.
The loss is between $4,000 and 49,
900 with no insurance. 1t is thought
to be the work Of an incendiary. v
I~At the democratic mass meeting
here last Saturday j. W. Dixon, A..
~. McMinn and Isaac Sturgeon were
elected central committeeman and
instructed to vote for q convention.
|. We had a fair turnout and Hons.
Wandiver and Fox received a unan-
iiQous vote. ALLEN ARooN.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-04-21
The TENDING Habit.

"Let q mah once fall into the
habit of pottering, or tinkering at
his house, his body, his character,
and always there is danger that he
will become a confirmed oobbler,"
writes Robert ]. Burdette, of "The
Mending Basket" in the April
Hcme Journal. "Where he should
rip offa rotting roof from ridge to
cornice be will stick a shingle, a
piece of slate, scrap of TIN, amid
ever increasing leaks, dry rot and
general decay, He braces, and
holsters, and patches walls and
fences until his farm looks as
though it had a combination of
Saint Vitus' dance and dclirium
tremens. He tinkers at his poor,
perishing frame with cure.alls and
lotions, pills and plastcrs. lie
braces up his decaying virtues with
good resolutions, and poultices his
vices with good intentions. He
fences his follies with ccrtain--or
rather, Observation-Disclosures.
And, after all, he is tho same old
man. Decaycd and dcoaying, weak
hore and warped there; out Of
plumb, disiolnted and covered with
patches that do not renew him nor
mend him tall, but merely cmpha-
size his degeneration"
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-04-21
e Hill Missouri, Thursday. April p, 1898.
There Is No Death.


The following lines, written by J. l. Nc
Creery, were first published in 1863, but ap-
peared recently in the Atlanta Constitution.
They are well worth preservation.
There is 10 death! the stars go down
To rise upon some other shore,
And bright in heavens jeweled crown
They shine forevermore.
There is no death! the forest leaves
Convert to life the viewless air;
The rocks disorganize to feed
The hungry moss they bear.
There is no death! the dust we tread
Shall change, beneath the summer showers
To golden grain, or mellow fruit,
Or rainbow tinted flowers.
There is no death! the leaves may fall,
The flowers may fade and pass away
They only wait, through wintry hours,
The warm, sweet breath of May.
There is no death! the choicest gifts
That heaven has kindly lent to earth
Are ever first to seek agatn
The country of their birth.
And all things that for growth and joy
Are worthy of our love or care,
Whose loss has left us desolate,
Are safely garnered there.
Though life become a desert waste,
We know lis fairest sweetest flowers,
Transplanted into paradise,
Adorn imnortal bowers.
The voice of birdlike melody
That we lave missed and mourned so long
Now iningles with Tho angel choir
In everlasting song.
There is no dealhl although we gricve
When beautiful, familiar forms
That we. have learned to love are torn
From our embracing arms
Although with bowed and breaking heart,
With sable garb and silent tread,
We bear their senseless dust to rest,
We say that they are "dead"--
They are not dead they have but passed
Beyond the mists that blind us here,
Into the new and larger life
or that serener sphere.
They have but dropped their robe of clay
To put their shining raiment on;
They have moi wandered far away
They are not "losl" or "gone."
Though disenthralled and glori6ed,
They still are here and love us yet;
The dear ones they have left behind
They never can forget.
And sometimes, when our hearts grow faint
Amid temptations fierce and deep,
Or when the wildly raging waves
OF grief or passion sweep
We feel upon our fcvelcd brow
Their gentle touch, their breath Of balm
Their arms enfold us, and our hearts
Grow comforted and calm.
And ever near us, though unseen,
The dear, immortal spirits tread
For all the boundless universe
Is Life:-there are 40 dead!
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-04-21
Loss Of Lie In War.

The cival war cost 365,000 lives.
Of this number 98,099 were slain in
battle. The vast army which sue
cumbed to disease was no less than
lS4, 1881 while the remaining 10000
or so died Of wounds received, says
the Chicago Inter Ocean.
At the battle of Waterloo 1000
soldiers were in that struggle, and
it is estimated that one man was
ether killed or disabled for every
400 shots fred, counting both the
artillery and rife shots.
In the Crimean war 95,615 lives
were sacrificed, and at Borodino,
when French and Russians fought,
$4,000 men were left dead on the
battlefield. There were 250,000
in combat in that engagement.
OF the 976l5 men who perlshed
in the Crimea $4,000 were Turks
and Russians. In 1881 a great
uproar was caused because English
men took up all the skeletons
they could find, brougt them to En-
gland and converted the bones into
fertilizers. 1t is said that nearly
the entire $4,000 skeletons of the
Turks and Russians were thus made
into money.
Since tho birth of Christ 100000,
900 men have been slain in battle.
Before the beginning Of the Chris
tian era the losses cannot be esti-
mated, owing to the very indistinct
and inaccurate accounts that have
been given us. 1t is generally con-
ceded, however, that the numbers
said to have participated in the bat
ties Of the Greeks and other war.
ring nations of the ancient world
have been greatly exaggerated.
At Canea, where the Romans suf-
fered the worst defeat in their histo,
ry, it is said that $4,000 of their SOL
diers were slain. The Roman army
in this battle consisted of l46,000
men-the picked Drawn and sinew
of the empire.
In the Franco-Prussian war IL
900 Frenchman were killed. The
Germans fred 30,000,00O rifle shots
TO attain this result. During the
samo war the Germans fred 86b,-
600 artillery charges.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-04-21

JUDGE Fox is u candidate for re-
election to the position he has so
ably and honorably filled the last
eighteen years. In all the great
state of Missouri there is, not
Judge who stands higher in the csti-
nation of the bench and bar than
James D. Fox. Elect him again.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-04-21

LAST Saturday the Senate passed
n resolution for the recognition Of
the independence Of the people and
republic Of Cuba, demanding that
tho government Of Spain relinquish
It's authority and government N tho
island of Cuba, and TO withdraw It's
land and naval forces from Cuba
and Cuban waters, aud directing tho
president of the United States 10
use the land and Bnyal forces Of the
United states 10 carry this raAolu'
sion into effect.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-04-21
Announcements.

We are authorized to announce HON,
WILLARD D. VANDIVER of Cape Girar-
deau county as candidate for reelection %
congress from this, the Fourteenth congress-
ional district, subject to the action ofthe dem
ocratic congressional convention.
We are authorized 10 announce HON.
MERRILL PIPKIN OF St. Francois county
as a candidate for judge of the Twenty-sev-
enth judicial circuit subject to the oclion Of
the democratic JUDICIAL convention.
Hon. James D. Fox of Madison county is
a candidate for reelection as judge Of the
Twenty seventh judicial district, subject TO
the will OF the democratic convention.
We are authorized to announce HON. c.
d. ANTHONY of Madison county candi-
date for judge of the Tweny-seve judicial
district, subject to the decision Of the demo-
cratic conycatiou.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-04-21

oldest and best citizens. This was
sad affair, as Uncle Jacob, as he
was commonly called, was only sick
very short time and many of his
friends did not know of his illness
until the end came. He was laid
to rest in the Cedar Fork church
yard.
Jacob Barks and wife and Joel
Hopkins and wife, all of Jackson,
attended the funeral of their uncle,
Jacob Barks. TooD AND ToDO.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-04-21

IT really looks y good deal like
a case Of "tho wish being father to
the thought" when it was told over
this county that Judge Fox was q
very sick man and unable to hold
his courts. Right then he was at
his post of duty in Perryvillc.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-04-21

The announcement Of Hon, e. d.
Anthony Of Madison county as a
candidate for judge of this district
will be found in to-day's PRESS. Mr..
Anthony is said to be q good lawyer
and q gentleman Of large experience
in legal matters. That he is a good
democrat goes without saying.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-04-21

A woman can sharpen penGl
about as quick AZ man can thread q
needle.
Evcry father who is the father Of
a bright son " firm believer Ia
heredity.
Writer'S cramp may affect either
the wrist or stomach.
False teeth are never perfect un,
lesA they appear imperfect, Chica
go News,
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-04-21

There are said TO be hty seven
frog farms in the United States.
The rcpublicof Ad0rra has just
rernodoled iis law court
More than 100000 series Of are
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-04-21

THE indications are that "Broth-
or" Pipkin won't have any official
duties in his way as "delegate to
the annual conference"
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-04-21

A SPECIAL to the Globe-Democrat
dated April Il, says: H. W.Hick-
man, ex-rallroad commissioner, WAS
accidentally killed at his home near
Puxico, Stoddard county, by a tree
falling on him as he was passing
along the road. A man with him
was severely injured. Capt. Hick,
man was railroad commissioner
from 1891 to 1897.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-04-21

THERE are now just titty-two can,
didates for the Off ce Of railroad and
warehouse commissioner Of Mis-
souri.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-04-21

WANTED-lmmediately, an An
drew Jackson or Abra ham Lincoln.
Address the United States congress,
Washington, d. G.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-04-21

THERE is no doubt now that Gen,
Eitzhugh Lee will be assigned to
an important position in the army.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-04-21

Is PRESIDENT MCKINLEY looking
for somebody that will hold him?
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-04-21

JUDGE Fox will hold tho Ste. Cen
evieve court next week.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-04-21
State Normal School,
Cape Qirardeau, Mo,

VT ~ NII1 IEI u ~tEIAi TKVe
O0uRSE OF STUDY
Complete,
pEasoSNGr-.-Twelvo tonchers who ere
thoroughly qualified.
lIEALTH--liScolIont,
VooAb MusIo---'raught to all the puplis.
INSTRUMENTAL MusIo--Istra.
EQuwuEST--Gool,
guirIoN~-l'roo.
Fall Perm 1897 opens Aug, 81.
For Parlleulars, Address,
JOHNS McGllliE, PseA.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-04-21

TEE New Madrid Missourian says
that "if G. 2. Hawkins said that he
did not make the remark 10 us that
we attributed to him in our issue of
March "a, then Hawkins states a
falsOhood, and he knows it. After
saying what he did to us, Hawkins
told others, in substance, what he
had said. Two of our most promi-
nent citizens will swear that Hawk
ins repeated to them his converse
ton with us, or the substance Of it.
And probably there are others"
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-04-21

Cape Democrat: John A. Snider
10 q candidate for the republican
nomination for congress. John
knows the ''ropes" in the race for
Office, aud he is>kaown as ono Of tho
best vote gathereis, IN southeast
Missouri. lie has hecnover all the
roads and travelled all the Ralis. In
plain lcugllHh he Is q hustler. lie
win 20 before tho convention with .
strong following,
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-04-21

First, Citigen--"Of course man
is entitled 70 his opinion"
second CitiEcn--"Of COURSE; aud u
hea a politician he's entitled 10 ~
many kiadu Oi opinion ~ he may
peed Ia hlA huSincsa,' r. Pack.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-04-21

NOTWITHSTANDING the attacks
which have been made upon Gov.
Lon. V. Stephens administration
by Il few disappointed pie hunters
and would be deputy governors, his
administration is popular one with
the masses and grows stronger and
more popular daily. The crafty
ing condition Of the party through
out the state, as WAS shown in the
recent municipal elections, is large
ly dNe Gov. Stephens clean, bust
ncSsliko and democratic administra-
ton Of state of affairs, says the JEFF
forson City Tribune. Up to date
the present efficient state admins
tration has been endorsed by the
democrats in the following coun.
ties: Stone, Douglass, Oregon, Car
ter, st. Francois, Cooper, Saline,
Gentry, Montgomery, Stoddard,
G charlton, johnson, Jasper, Cass
and Warren. No well-posted dem
ocrat believes for q moment that
the state convention will refuse to
give the administration the endorse
ment it has merited; and the dis
gruntled democrat who hopes the
state convention will be unfriendlv
to Gov. Stephens will find himself
the worst fooled man in America.
The Springfield convention will be
in the control Of Gov. Stephens
friends, and will be q harmonious
one, where a free silver democratic
platform will be built and a ticket
nominated which will be elected
by $4,000 majority this fall.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-04-21

The countles composing the Four
teenth congressional district are en-
titled to the following representa-,
tion in the convention that meets
at Poplar Bluff June %:
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-04-21

The democrats of the house acted
in Il patriotic manner Thursday in
voting with substantial unanlmity
for the majority resolution on the
Cuban question, after their own had
been rejected. The minority resolu-
ton seems to US better IN its square
recognition Of the republic Of Cuba,
and particularly in its direct ar
raignment Of the Spanish authorities
for the destruction of the Maine.
But the differences are not vital.
The resolution adopted will serve
to avenso the Maine and to secure
freedom to Cuba if executed at
once by the president. Now that
action by the government has been
at last proposed there should be no
more partisan divisions. 1t is no
time to make party capital when the
flag is advancing to avenge Tie
Maine and to free Cuba. The
presideat must and will have a
united nation at his back as be pro-
ceeds to execute the peoples will.
The National tribune., 1898-12-22

THE main features of the Cuban tariff
which the President has established by
executive order, are heavy reductions o.
the Spanish tariff all along the line, to &
point where the revenues will be suffi
Gent to provide for the Governmental
expenses of the island. Coal, oil, agri
cultural implements and paving stone;
have been put on the free list The last
are important, in view Of the contem.
plated sanitary improvements Habana
Hemp, manila and jute have been put
on the free list, in the interest of the
planters. The duties on cotton and
paper manufactures have been reduced
from 80 TO II per cent. Lumber dutie,
have been reduced 80 per cent, so as tc
provide cheap materials for rebuilding
The oppressive tax on cattle has beer
zednced TO 81 head, and that On horses
sheep, pigs, etc, to nominal rate. The
maximum duties on coffee and tobacco
have been retained, III order to encour
age those industries. The changes can
not help being in the highest degree
beneficial to the island.
The National tribune., 1898-12-22

status in the eyes of the United States
than riot or the Chicago railroad
strike 1t is pretty late now to give it
standing in Court on the strength of
a Presidents sympathetic words to his
hospitable hosts. The people of the
country may care for the Confederate
cemeteries by popular subscriptions,
Congress may even pass laws making
certain plots of grounds in which num-
bers of rebel dead are buried public
cemeteries. 1t would be proper to do this
if there were anywhere extensive buria!
places Of those who died from yellow
fever or were drowned by an inunda-
ton. So doing cannot in any way legal
ize the rebellion, or give it different
status from that which it has held since
Appomattox. 1t cannot pension ex
rebels, or admit them to the Soldiers
Homes, because those are peculiarly re-
wards for military services to the coun-
try, and cannot be given on any other
condition or consideration. The whole
theory Of the war was strenuous
denial That the rebel soldiers fought
even for their States. From first to
last it was held that all their acts were
without any more legal authority than
Debss riot.
No vital principle is involved in an
act of humane respect to the graves of
those who mistakenly sacrificed them
selves for a false and dangerous idea,
but to put the survivors on the pension
rolls or admit them to Soldiers Homes
would be subversive of every principle
upon which the war for the preservation
of the Union was waged.
The National tribune., 1898-12-22
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w ork of the Pension Office,

The report of certificates issued for the
week ending Dec 10 shows
Army invalid: Original, AZ: increase and
additional, 3f7; reissue, IS; restoration and
renewal, a.; duplicate, IS; accrued, 12i:
total, 5S3.
Army invalid fact June 81, 1S9Ol: Original,
AIS; increase. 271; additional. 50; reissue,
81; restoration and renewal, IA; supple
mentaIs, S; duplicate, 81; accrued, 12S;
total, ,G83.
Army widow. etc.: Original, 81: reissue,
I; duplicate, 10; total, 49,
Army widow, etc. tact June 81, 1901:
Original, $50; reissue, I; renewal and
restoration, 2; supplementary, 2; duplf-
cate, Z; accrued, 3; total. 245.
Navy invalid: Original 1; increase and
additional, 2; restoration and renewal, /;
duplicate, I; accrued, 3; total, s.
Navy invalid (act June q. 1920: Original,
II; increase and additional, 3; restoration
and renewal, 2; accrued. 2; total %.
Navy widow: Original 2; reissue, 1;
total, ).
Navy widow, ETC. (act June 81, 1890:
Original, S; reissue, L. total, g.
Navy Widow-War with Spain: Origi-
nal, /.
Indian Wars-Survivors Accrued, 8
Indian Wars-Widows: Original, 8.
Old War-Invalid: Accrued, 2
Mexican War-Survivors: Original, fl
reissue, l.; accrued, 2; total, H.
Mexican War-Widows: Original, II; du.
plicate, /; total, IL.
Totals: Original, s67: increase and adj
ditional, $50; reissue f02; restoration and
renewal, SO; supplementals, Z; duplicate.
61 accrued. 276. Grand tai. 2.07i.