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Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-02-24

great cut hosiery especially in wooen hose of all kinds
We have made big reduction in hats and caps for
and boys also in trunks vaises nware and queensware
Boots and Shoes, Boots and Shoes.
Children loes size s. lace sale price 25c
Misses lace shoes sizes from to H. sale price 55c
Misses lace Shoes sizes from 13 to 2, sale price Csc
Ladies lace shoes, sizes from to 8, sale price 75c
Ladies' inc button and lace shoes, sale price Csc
Ladies fine Dongoa lace Shoes custom made regular price
$1.75 now $l.30. Ladies fine Dongola lace custom
made shoes, regular price 1926 $l25. Ladies
. fine Dongola lace custom made shoes, regular price
$3.50 50. Ladies fine Dongola lace custom mado
shoes, regular price $2.75 now 1925.
Mems fine Shoes all style oes lace and congress, regular
price $l75, S30. Mems fine shoes, lace and con-
gress regular price So rs, $l.75 Mems fine Shoes
lace and congress, regular price 49, $235. Mems
Mems fine shoes, congress and lace, reduced to $100
Mems heavy Shoes regular price $l45, now for $ll0.
Mems heavy shoes, regular price $l25, now for $1OO.
Mems heavy shoes, regular price $l50, for $l2O.
Mems boots, regular price $l.95 now for $l45 Boys
boots regular price $l50, now for $l20.
big reduction in childs school Shoes lace and button,
boys Shoes and all rubber boots artcs and ovorshoes
Remember have thousands of other articles reduced
but limited space prevents us to quote.
Groceries, Groceries!
Best green Coffee pounds for ST. good green coffee, IL 2
pounds for ST. best roasted coffee pounds for ST. Ar
buckles coffee 10 packages for 95 cents.
Light brown sugar. "a pounds for 81 SOAP 10 bars for 25c
or bars for &c. soda, ponnds for5c Spot Cash bak-
ing POWDER Sc per cam tomatoes Sc per cam rice, oc
per pound; hand picked navy beans 1-2c per pound
good brooms l0c each; extra heavy brooms zoe each
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-02-24

er of the dollar has been increased
but the possession of it by the mass
es has been diminished. More clear
" than in 1896 is it now to be seer
that the contention for the govern
ment of this country and the enjoy
menI of its advantages is between the
milnonalres aud the masses.
The continued demonstration OF
sllver-the oblteration of it as debt
paying money-is the pith of the
contest. Whether 1t shall be restor
ed to its former power on the basis
of Is to l or 90 to one is not and
cannot be the question until it is frs,
restored.
Mr.. Lincoln was once denounced
because he solmnlv declared that
he was in favor of restoring the un.
ion without slaves if he could or
with slavery If he must-but his
duty as chief of the nation was to
restore the union. The country
agreed with him. And so we de.
clare that the duty of the democratic
party is TO restore silver to Its con.
stltutional power and provlnce-lo
make it of equal rank, of equal po.
tsncy, with gold. When that is
done we can talk about ratios. No
body of men fit to be entrusted with
power would long refuse or hesitate
to change the ratio, if it were dem.
onstrated mathematically, as it
Eshould be, that l6 to is unequal or
or unjust. TO change it is to incur
an enormous expense, involving the
recoinage of thousands of millions
of silver pieces, but If the common
sense of the masses.-or what is bet.
ter, the judgment of the commercial
world-dicta.ed, it would be done;
but as necessary as dawn to daylight I
is the requirement that silver shall
first b5 restored.
The law made it and kept it for
forty years equel to gold at precisely
the Same stanard, aud at that stan
dard it should be established.
Those who think otherwise do not
belong wife the democratic party of
1896 ar of 1898.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-02-24
Mr., Bryan's Position.

Mr.. Bryan has written strong and
evidently carefully considered ar.
ticle to the New York Journal, which
we reproduce and unreservedly com
mend. Mr. Bryan believes in the
last national democratic platform
and it's major declaration that "the
standard silver dollar be made full
legal tender, equally with gold for
all debts, public and private, and
that, equally with gold, it shall
have the right of free and unlmit.
ed coinage at the present ratio OF
10 to l." says the Washington
Times.
A national platform IS the expires
sion of party's faith and principles
1t remains such until another nation
al convention adopts and promul
gates o new one. If 1t should hap.
pen that a false position has been
taken-nota frequent occurrence
or that changed national conditions
, render a declaration policy valueless
or detrimental to party interests, the
collected wisdom Of the organlza
tion when next convened may be
relied on TO correct it.
In the declaration quoted no mis-
take was made by the platform
builders at Chicago in 1899.
Every day since IL was oonsirnc'
ed and Mr.. Bryan was appointed Ia
expOund and defend and, II elected,
to execute II, has borno testimony
to ltu soundness aud applicability "a
the interepts--iho very necessities
Of the Amcl loan people,
True, the rich have grown rich
cr--but tho poor have ~ surely
grown poorer The purchasing pow
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-02-24

of the Cape Girardeau, Bloomfield
and Southern railroad, with capi.
tai stock of $65O,D00, and will be
extended to Car hpbell to connect
with tho St. T., K. & S. r. r.
Louis Houck, president, is now an
assured fact and our section will
blossom as the rose under the new
impetus thus given us.
What we wants now, is lot of
hardy, progressive farmers to come
in and inspect the fine lands that
Mr.. Houck has ma ade 80 accessible to
the outsideworldAl Hands as fertile .
can be found and that can be pur-
chased now on terms to enable one
to make his payments out Of the
standing timber.
Now is the time to strike, for in
year or two prices are sure to ad-
vance ,and the man who purchases
these lands now will get the benefit
of the enhanced value.
The foregoing are only a few
facts in regard to this section. To
be entirely satisfied they are not
overdrawn one should come out and
visit our farms and villages and see
the improvements that arc already
being made, not to mention those
that are ready to shoet-up IN the
early spring. A. 9. KING.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-02-24

AT tho session of the Grand lodge
of the A. O. U. W. on the 10th the
following officers were selected:
William II. Mill of st. Louis re-.
elected grand master, over r. T.
Stevenson of st. Louis; Phil Arnold
Of Joplin defeated DR.. Bohannon
Of st. Louis, Marsh Arnold of Ben
ton WAS chosen grand foreman, H.
Meyer Of st. Louis won the office
Of grand recorder on the third bal
lot, defeating William r. Bohn of
St. Louis; John Vincil of st Louis
was elected grand receiver, DR.. G.
". Burril of Kansas City, grand
medical examiner; A. II. Burkan
holder Of st. Louis, grand trustee;
William F. Bohan of St Louis, DR..
T. =. Williams of Hume, and
Charles F. Wenneker supreme rep
resentatives. W. F. McEntire of St.
Louis, T. P. Nulkey, st.. Louis, and
4. V. Tillman, Libertyville, finance
committee. The salaries were re.
duc0d as follows Grand master,
from $2500 to $500; grand record,
sr, from $2500 to $500; grand re-
osivsr, from $1,000 to 5000.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-02-24

I read an account not long since
of a religious meeting and, among
other things, the writer said: "We
were sorr0w-stricken to find that
during the year so many of the min
listers had died, and l prayed that
the Lord might put it in the heart
ofsome of the young men there to
offer to fill the gap, and to my sur
prise, after the prayer, four young
men came forward to offer them
selves to the work" To his "sur-
prise" Was not that the very
thing he and others prayed for?
Why, then should he have been sur.
prised? But is not that just the
way with us? Are we to be sur
prised that God answers prayer
when He has promised to? Don't
you remember of reading Of the
prayer meeting held in the interest
of Peter in the days of old when he
was in prison; how they prayed for
God to deliver him? And, you
know when their prayers were
heard, and Peter came to where
they were to tell them of his deliv.
erance, the girl was so surprised she
shut the door in his face; and when
she ran back and told the disciples
that Peter was at the door, they
were so surprised at the news that
they forgot entirely what they had
been praying about and said "it
was his ghost" We laugh at the
old lady who prayed for the remov
81 of the hill from before her win
dow, and the next morning upon
seeing it, said: "Just as I expected"
But how many of us do any better?
/ don't know how many of us are
actually surprised to see the bright
start Mayfeld Smith academy is
taking, and the exceedingly bright
outlook for that school, and yet we
prayed for that very thing. Many
are surprised that sach a man as
Prof Dobbyn should consent to
take that rundown school; that be,
a man Of such qualifications, should
come to such small town." and yet
we asked God for just such a man,
and just such an outlook and pros
perity for our school. To tell the
truth it seems that if tho Lord were
to answer our most earnest peti.
tions it would take our breath away
or knock us off our feet. To most
Of us the expression of our Lord is
appropriate, '"oligapistai," 20 ye of
little faith" 1t is no wonder that
our Lord asks the question, "When
the Son of Man cometh, shall He
find faith on the earth?"
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-02-24

twenty four years, been 80 thor
oughly committed to this standard,
partly by law and partly the usurp.
atoms of the executive branch of
the government, that its effects are
seen and felt on every hand; wages
are reduced; work is hard to get;
the weight of the debt is doubled;
the value of land and other proper
ty is reduced one-half or more, un-
til the lives ofthe people are made
bitter with hard bondage 1t is cer-
tainly not in the interest of humani-
ty to have this condition of things
more thoroughly established. The
continued rise in the value of gold,
or which is the same thing, the
continued fall of prices, must inevi.
tably transfer the property of those
engaged in active business, the act
ual creators of wealth, whether by
hand, brain or capital, to those who,
avoiding the risk and effort of &C.
tive business, only draw interest.
The increase of 145 per cent in
the value of money, caused by its
increasing scarcity, from 1909 to
l849, as admitted by leading .advo
Gates of the gold standard, found
expression at that time in extreme
ly low prices and conditions Of un'
parslleled distress.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-02-24
For THE PRESS.
This and That.

Ihio uhu Ahots
At the recent convention of the
University of Chicago, President
Harper said: Hundreds of stu
dents in the University of Chicago
are living upon a diet which does
not properly support brain work.
Many are literally starving. The
university is turning out men of
strong intellect and of weak body;
some of these moral and intellect
ual dyspeptlcs will do far more in
jury in the world than good. Of
the five deaths that have occurred
at the university in five years, three
may be attributed directly to star
vation." President Harper's con-
cluslon is, "The duty of the trustees
is clear. Provisions should be made
for university dining-rooms for men
as we'll as women" 1t is a very
sad commentary upon our civiliza,
tion that at the very close of the
nineteenth century the president of
the richest university in America,
and one of the richest in the world,
located in one of the largest, most
thriving and most enterprising
cities in the world, should have to
say that three students of that uni
versity have died from starvation in
the last five years. We do not think
that the conclusion of President
Harper entirely meets the case.
Not only "provisions should be
made for university dining rooms
for men as we'll as women" but
some provision should be made al.
80 by which the men should be able
to pay for their board in these din
ing-rooms. The income of the uni
versity amounted last year to $780,
600, which was 100000 less than
the expenditures, which deficiency
was made good by Mr.. Rockefeller.
But where has all this $4,000
gomez Could not a few dollars of
it, at least, have been used to save
these three men from starvation2
We may hope, however, that only
their bodies starved. Yet, in all
these facts, dark as they are, there
is a moral and great truth, e. e.:
Beware of flourishlng city univer-
sites. Send your sons to old May
feld4Smith academy, where the
longer they stay the fatter they be-
come; and so plentiful is everything
in beautiful Marble Hill none need
ask, "what shall we eat or what
shall we drink. or wherewithal shall
we be clothed?"
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-02-24

with less expense to the county
than to send them to Fulton. This
county pays annually about $2,5O(
for the expense of caring for its in
sane patients. We believe the move
is good one and hope the court
will put it to test.
Jackson Cash Book: The Su
preme court yesterday refused Louis
Horck's motion for an injunction re
strainlng the Cotton Belt railway
company from building the Gray's
Point road. The little giant, as we
stated few weeks ago, got first
blood IN the Supreme court, but the
other side is on top now, it seems
Mr.. Houck is bothered great deal
by other railroad people; but he has
heretofore brushed them all aside,
not without some annoyance, how
ever, but with the same ease as a lion
would brush a blue tailed fly of
its nose with its paw
Benton Record: Rev. Martin
Scherer died in St. Louis, Feb l6,
where he had gone for treatmen,
for injuries sustained last Christ
mas by fall. Father Scherer was
born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1890.
He was reared and educated there
and came to America in 1854 as a
Catholic missionary, locating at La
porte, Ind, where he remained until
1868, when be came to New Ham
burg, which pastorate he retained
until the accident. Father Scherel
probably did more to advance the
interests of his church than any man
in southeast Missouri-the churches
at Charleston, New Madrid, Kelso,
Sikeston, East Prairie and Oran be-
ing oganized from his pastorate.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-02-24


TEz terrible disaster in Hav ana
Aarbor is yet the themo of conject.
are. Whether the destruction of
the Maine and the sacrifice of 260
lives was the result of atrocity or
scoidsnt has not yet been decided.
To say the very. .least,it is a m ost un-
fortunate circumstance-still more
unfortunate for Spain than for the
United States-that the disaster oc-
cnrsd when and where and under
the circumstances that it did. The
Maine was on . visit of special
amity at time when relations are
peculiarly strained between the
two nations. She lay peacefully
in a Spanish hsrbor. II her de-
Atruction was due to accident it il
peculiarly unfortunate that it oc
ourred at that time, in that place
and under those circumstances
livery one is waiting with impati-
snce for the result Of the investi'
CATION that has been ordered.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-02-24

From q Candidates Noteb0o k
AFTER his Election,)

I was elected by a majority Of
three. My majority would have
been greater, but | ran short of cash.
A dozen voters called on me to-
day, by appointment. was indis-
posed, and sent word that | didn't
wish to be annoyed by them.
Tho man who preceded me in
office was a shabby fellow. He
took all the funds with him when
he resigned.
There isn't much in holding office,
after all. The salary 10 $1,000 q
year, but it cost $4,000 to get with.
in reach Of IL.
promised my constituents that
! would reform the laws of the
state, but l drank so much "moon-
shine" during tho campaign that
I'll have to hunt up . law thatll re-
form me.
promised everybody IN Office
when ] got in, but I've wound up
by only getting ono myself
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-02-24

Jackson Hcrald' IL is reported
that an eight'ioot vein of hard coal
has been found in the northeastern
part Of this county.
John Bowman loft Tuesday for
Salem, Mo-, where no will take
charge OF printing ofilco,
A dispatch from Bloomfield to tho
Globc.Demoorat says that on Feb
10 at mass'meoting Of democrats
Of Castor township, held there,
j. Il. Fort was nominated for cir.
cult Judge. Tho vote stood 800 for
Fort and u for J, Perry johnson.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-02-24

Frcdericktown News: Judge
James D. Fox stated to the News
on last Thursday that he would
positively be q candidate for renomi
nation to the Office Of circuit judge
of this district.
Near Puxico, on the l4th, at o
party young man named Robert
Smith was killed by another named
Charley Rogers. Tho trouble orig
mated over tho refu sal of Rogers "a
loan u Frcnch harp.
Stoddard County Democrat,
Judge Edward Weber loft Sunday
for Fulton, Mo-, where he and ]
W. Garner went TO look after th.
Stoddard county patients In tho lu
matte asylum, and also 10 get plans
and specifications with a view oI
erecting building on the pOoi
farm suitable for taking care ofths
insane patients OF this county
Tho court 10 satisfied that these pa
tionts can be treated and cared lol
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-02-24

"I've often heard" she said "that
the widest colts make the best
horses. When l took Robby as an
orphan, and my own nephew, he
was as wild as March hare. That
boy was never still minute while
he was awake, and he used to
thrash around a good deal in his
sleep, for that matter. l really de-
SPARED ofgetting him trained down
to the requirements of civilization.
But look at him now. That let
ter's revelation to me. | feel like
telling my friends, but suppose it's
wiser to wait ard let them see for
themselves. Some ofthem showed
pretty plainly by their manner that
they thought he would never make
success at college.
"But that letter shows that they
are mistaken. He says he's in the
pink of condition. lean remember
when my brothers had to be con.
ditioned before they could even en-.
ter college. He's full back, and
1 noticed in the paper the other day
that Mrs Smiler's son was only a
quarter back. There's not young
man in the institution that can stand
before Robby with the gloves on
Just think what he would be if he
handled them without gloves. He
must have kind heart. He helped
to haze the freshmen. just like
him. Ny own opinion is that if
hazing had to be done the faculty
should attend to it. Robby shall
have every cent of my fortune. lie
says he is to be rusticated. l ven
ture to say that there is aotsnother
boy in this state that has the same
prospects. ! will increase his allow
ance, and | will send a little addi.
I tiOnal so that ho can do his share in
that poker cluo He says that O
full hand would have saved him O
great deal the other night. He
shall haven't" Detroit Free Press
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-02-24

A PYRAMID composed of corn in the
ear, made up ofcontributions of one
bushel each from the farmers in
Missouri, will be one of the tea-
lures of the exhibit from this state
at the Trans-mississippl exposition.
The pyramid will be built in
courses. Zach course indicating
the number of bushels annually
produced in the state, and the
highest and lowest market prices
which it sold at during the same
year. Each course will be sepArat-
ed by layers ofred corn. The pyr-
amid will be constructed on the
Egyptian order, and the figures and
prices cover a period of thirty
wears.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-02-24
PRAYED and Fought.

A Confederate soldier said the
men of Stonewall Jacksoa's army
always concluded that battle was
near when they saw the general
spending more than the usual time
in prayer. Jackson said of himself
once, with modesty; ~ have 20
liked the habit Ia my own mind
that never raised q glass of water
to my lips without asking Gods
blessing, ! never seal u letter with,
ont putting word of prayer under
the seal. ] never take q letter from
the post without brief sending Of
my thoughts hoayonward. | never
change my CLASSES in tho section
room without minutes petition
for The cadets who ~ out and who
como To-"
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-02-24

Grammar JONES, in his address
TO democrats, turns loose some
truths that tho voter should read
carefully. The following extract
10 oil We can mako room for; "The
present administration, called TO
power upon tho solemn pledge OF
the republican national convention
at 81. Louis to promote bimstallism,
has formulated and sent 10 congress
. bill, the leading purpose Of which,
,hs secretary ofthe treasury Ayowa
country more 10 TO commit the
thoroughly 70 the gold standard
Tue oouAlFy has already, for
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-02-24
Dear, aenerous Old LADY,

After the good old lady had laid
aside her glasses, wiped the mis-
from her sysa and carefully folded
the letter she had been reading
she followed The habit Of many old
people aud talked 10 herael(.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-02-24
All the dry goods equally as cheap as above.
Clothing, Clothing!

determined to close out our large STOCK or COthng
therefore are making the following inducements.
On all suits marked S. 90 and unwords will allow
6 discount of 80 per cont on the dollar during this
Clearing Sale. And on all cashmere pants and coats,
marked So and upwards, will allow 30 per cent
discount every 81; also all childs and boys suits
rs per cent the 81 will be allowed. On all
overcoas cut of 40 per cent on the 81 will be made.
Now is the time to invest while you get such re-
ductiOns in clothing.
Cashmere jeans pants, black and gray reduced to 95c
Half wool jeans pants regular price $ll0, reduced to 75c
All wool jeans pants, regular price $780, reduced to 95c
Ladies and Gents Furnishing Goods.
Ladies Feather Bone corots sold everywhere for 81 25
sale price 75c.
Ladies corsets, regular price 81, sale price Csc
75c, sale price SOC
Zoe, sale price 40c
40c, sale price 25c
Ladies corset covers reduced to 10 and 25c.
Ladies fasclnators and hoods at big reductions.
Mems heavy shirts, regular price G5c, now for 45c
/" wool Shirts regular price 9Oc, now for 65c
{" underwear, regular price 40c, for 25c
5Gc, now fgsn, 35c
white shirts, regular price $l.00, no ~ 75c
" $l20, no\ ~ 95c
" " " $K25, now >tof $1.0O.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-02-24

TIE late Simon Cameron is credit
ed with'saying. at is better to go
500 miles to see man than to
write him q letter." Minister De
Lone, we have no doubt, fully
akress with him.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-02-24

WILL some statistician of credit
and renown have the kindness to
inform US in what way the wheat
corner of oseph Letter beneits the
American farmer, baker, bread win
ner or bread-eaterl asks the JEFF.
ferson City Tribune. He is steadily
sending up the price Of wheat, and
as steadily decreasing the size of
the poor mans loaf. Does anyone,
Mr.. Letter excepted, got any ad-
vantage from the operation1 Is it
not fact that such speculation on
the necessary food of the people is
crime? 1t is merely an academic
question. Under the present re-
publican rule, it can never BE- come
anything else.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-02-24

Miss FRANoEs E. WILLARD, presi-
dent of the Worlds Woman's Chris
tian Temperance union, died in
New York on the 18th inst aged SO
years. She had devoted her life to
the cause Of temperance.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-02-24

TIE destruction of tho warship
Maine and 260 lives in Havana har.
Dor should certainly wake the ad-
ministration. Capt. sigsbee Of the
Name had cabled President AcKin-
10y to "ssnd no moro warships to
Havana. They are ready to blow
us up." The vessel indicates that he
was correct and no effort should be
spared in investigating the horrible
calamity. But we doubt whether
the facts will ever como to light.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-02-24

SERVICE THE PoLITEsr AND BEST.