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

ELMER E., BHIR'S
TON SORIAL PARLORS
MARBLE HILL, MISSOURI
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-02-24

Clean Towels, Sharp Razors and
Everything Neat and First-Class.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-02-24
\. SCHW ERINC,
Merchant Tailor.

Warren Building, Lutesville, Mol
Respectfully solicits the patron.
age of the citizens of Marble Hill
and Lutesville and vicinity. He
will keep in stock a good line of
the best fabrics manufactured and
guarantees perfect fit. Give him
o call.
Cleaning and dyeing of ladies'
and gentlemen's garments prompt
ly attended to in the latest and
most improved manner.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-02-24

Thanking his friends for the liberal
patronage heretofore extended
him, respectfully solicits
their continued favors.
Next door to W. K. Chandler's office.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-02-24
State Normal School,
Cape Girardeau, Mo.

CoURsE OF STUDY
Complete.
PERSONNEL. Twelve teachers whe ere
thoroughly qualified.
HEALrH--lixcellent.
VooAL MusIo--'l'aught to all the pupils.
INSTRUMENTAL MUGo = Extra.
EoufPsERT--tiood.
TUITIox--Freo
Fall 'rem. 1907, opens Aug. 81.
For Particulars, Address,
JOHNS Moo ilEE. PGsa.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-02-24

Remember this sale will begin Saturday. February early
and bargains Bring your fu hides feathers eggs wool
etc. We pay the highest market prices
3. ROSENBLUM, The Leader
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-02-24
Dry Goods.

Cacoes good coors sold everywhere at &c. price &c
" indigo, blue, black white and best red, 90 sc
Best fast coors, light caicoes sale price 4c
Apron Ginghams, fast coors, regular price 74c Sc
Dress gnghams, Z" 64c now 4c
" best made, reg price 0c now 63c
Bed ticking regular price &c. sale price &c
Zoe, sale price 7!c
for feathers, regular price l5c, sale price Oc
" II l2c, sale price II l-2c
22 l-2c, sale price II l-2c
Unbleached domestic regular price Sc, now 3 4c
64c 1-2c
12c, now Sc
l-3c, Sic
Bleaced domestic, regular price SIC, now l2c
Z l-2o, Sc
1.3c, now &c
1Oc. now 71-2c
Cashmerc's all colors, regular price 30c, for 18c
All other cashmeres and fine dress goods in proportion to
the above prices.
Double width worsted regular price Is to Zoe, l0c
Single loo, now l.2c
We have made big reduction in red gray and white fan
nels also Canton fannes fowls and towngs flannel
cites, etc.
Ederdowns in white and fancy striped, regular price Soc,
reduced to Soc
Blankets, regular price Csc, now for 45c
81 " zoe
$t25, " SOC
Bed comforts, regular price 81, now for zoe
$l.55, now for sl.05
160, for =" $40
LIS, now for $l2O
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-02-24

shirtngs, regular price 1Oc now for 12c per yard
12c, for 7c per yard
l2c, now for &c per yard
lac, now for l2c per yard
The age-herald., 1898-01-01

spect than light sweet rolls, tea biscuits and similar bread foods If raissd with proper baking powder and they should be subs tBbuted dn place of yeast-a'aesed food wherever possible.
 The British Association for the Ad- vancement of gcience at its annual meet ing took up, among other things, the study of the structure of human beings. It comments upon the manner in which the human anatomy is putt together m oider to give grace and freedom of ac- ta3n. These peculiaTdties are to a great extent wanting in the lower animals. Ihs marked superiority of the hand over the forepaw of any creature is dwelt upon The brain comes in for special study It is said that the brains of boys weigh more at their birth than those of girls. and that men of great intelleetu- al power have brains that weigh fifty five or sixty ounces, while brains of im- bsc les may not weigh over thirty ounces. While this may be and probably is true, the question arises whether quantity is the thing to be sought after in the brain. Many of our intellectual gadnts have been exceedingly small men, with heads that could by no possibility contafn sixty-ounce brain. We live far above the bsved where power, ability and great ness can be measured with a potcke't-rule, a tape The or a pair of scales. Quality so far outranlxs. quantity that it is not to be mentioned in the same connection. By ingenuity, deftnes6 and forethoug;ht a man may perform prodigies of labor without the exercise of as much muscle as other men would employ in doing a tdthe eff the work.
The age-herald., 1898-01-01
Concerning Human Life.

It has been asserted by some scientists that the head of the bed should be placed ito the north, SO that 'the polar currerlt may strike vertically through the body toward the feet; others advocate a very low pillow, allowing the neck to remain unbent Many people however, prefer more upright attitude during sleep, and some sufferers from insomnia even go So far as to have the spring mattress slight Iy elevated at the top, so as to form a low inclined plane. The correct position to assume while seeking sleep Is on the right side, especially after eating. The breathing should be done through the nose, and the mouth kept shut If possi- ble.
 Bread Is now placed under the ban by some of our advanced scientists as the mostt faItal of the numerous foods which have lately incurred Ithe dIsapprobatfon of medical writers. Several experts. medical and lay, are advocates of the theory that the staff of life becomes the staff of death, and declare that we must avoid bread as the king evil of the starchy foods. An American writer on hygene maintains that bread causes in- digestion and obesity. pr. Evans of the Royal College of Surgeons concurs with the New York physician in his gloomy view of bread as a healthful food, The scientists should have explained that 1t Us the yeast which causes the trouble with the bread Most yeast bread, and particularly yeast rolls. mullins and grtddle-cake are not baked at a tenn perature high enough to kill the yeast germs, which are accordingly left to pass alive into the stomach, where dl1ey rap- idly multiply set up fermentation, pro- duoe ac.ddty, retard digestion, cause dys- pepsia and other ahlmentary tbls. There Is no food more hea1thful in every re-
The age-herald., 1898-01-01
The Armor-PIate Question.

correspondent of the New York Ev- ening Post is confident that the govern ment is wasting money when it buys Harveyized rolled steel plate. In Swed- en they are using cast steel, both in gums and in arnIor plate. It resists pro- jeetiles better than rolled plate. Even cast iron in the Gruson turrets resisIts artillery fire, and cast iron is. of course much weaker than cast etee1. At the recent expos, tion at Stockholm the Blu fors eiteel works exhibited specimens of cast steel armor plate that had been sub jected to the firing test, and that had withstood a test under which Harveyized rolled steel of equal thickness had failed.
 As to cost, the difference is very con- siderable. The cost of cast steel armor plate, in Sweden, would not exceed six cents a pound, or $120 a ton. The Penn sylvania combine demands $40O ton for rolled plate; and the Posts correspond ent thinks that the reason why cast steel plate is not given a chance in this coun- try, is because the profits per ton on the Harveyized arnlor exceeds the total cost per ton of cast steel armor.
 A government plant for the making of cast steel armor would not be very ex- pensive A lot of ordinary furnaces. is all that is required-a foundry in other words. In such an establishment the thickness of the armor would not have much to do with the cost of production, whereas the pgfce of rolled Steel is enor- nlously increased as the thickness Is in- creased.
 The strength of cast steel in armor plate deserves consideration by experts before the armor plate question is settled The Carnegie Bethlehem people have purchased the Krupp process for making rolled plates and they doubtless consider themselves in position % aleld up the gov- ernnent to almost any extent Con- gress should not surrender to the Penn- sylvanaa combine until it has ascerbained what the merts of cast steel really are. The Swedish representations should be investigated.
The age-herald., 1898-01-01
On the Verge of Ruin.

From the Detroit Free Press.
 ''Trading stamps?' snorted MT. Whimply as he paid for a box of cigars. NO, sir! Never suggest them within my hearing!'
 "No offense, MT. Whimply."
 "But it is offensive, sir, very offensive. For forty years I've struggled night and day, you might say, to make a comfortable home for my family and leave them some thing when I'm gone. Now it looks as though these same trading stamps were going to set me back about where I start ed. My three daughters are all after them and so is my son. They get up at all hours of the night in their rivalry to reach the market first. Three pounds of steak make liberal allowance for us, yet there are from six to twelve pounds brought into the house every morning by these young stamp fiends. .E
 "They buy groceries enough for hotel. We have dishes that I never heard of be- fore, and always have pounds left where ounces are eaten. Each one of the girls has she has no more use than have for Cat ling gun. Their mother has been seized with the contagion and purchased an ex- pensive watch as a present for me, just to get the trading stamps that went with it. The boy is going daft on the subject I gave him a check to meet his Christmas expenses, and he went to thirteen banks raising a row at each one because it would not give him stamps with the money h. stead of trying to economize they are all figuring on what they can buy, and really think they are Napoleons of finance when they manage to get 10 cents or cents, or whatever it is, for dollar Never say trad ing stamps to me again."
The age-herald., 1898-01-01
The Railroads New Rival.

The president of the Lake Shcre rail- road company, one of the largest in the country. declares that difficult prob tem has been solved. As rule the pas senger business and the freight business of a railroad rise or fall together, as the times are prosperous or depressed; but railroad managers have for year at least been puzzled by the fact that while the freight business has been in creas ng, the passenger businegs has been languishing.
 President Callaway, of the Lake Shore road, says the conclusion has at last been reached by railroad managers that the long distance telephone fs responsible for the new discrepancy. Busin ss men are using it more and more; every village with it, and 1t is cutting down passen- ger receipts to an extent that railway managers do not admire.
 For example, John Smith, of Toledo, wants to have plain talk with James Brown, in Cleveland. Instead of taking the neXt train, he calls the cen- ral office, and, after indulging in some extra and uncalled for profanity over the slight delay, he is put in communication with his friend Brown, and at once pro- ceeds to talk him blind. If he forgets any point he desires to cover, he calls him up again. And in the end the rail- road has lost two fares, and the te6e- phone company has gathered in more dividend money. Nine-tenths of the business that formerly seemsd to demand personal visits, can be transacted over the telephone wires. It is a marvel ous revolution in business methods, and the end is not yet. The telephone even les sens the receipts of trolley lines. The grocery and other stores are in that way connected with the dwellings,. It is in fact the most intrusive and omn.present agent that the ingenuity of man has eyer placed in the homes, offices, factories and hotels of a busy and -appreclative people The rail1uad men are right. The people are using the wires mere, and the trains less. How far this fashion wM be carried is aus yet problem.
The age-herald., 1898-01-01
Cheap Pig Iron.

In the Engineering Magazine for Jan uary MT. J. Stephen Jeans, in the course of an article on the supremacy of the cheap-iron-making nation, says:
 It needs no argument, or parade of fig- ures, to make clear the fact that the na- tion that can produce the cheapeSt pig iron is likely, ali other things being ap- rroximately equal, to be able to secure the feading position as a manufacturing country The production of cheap pig iron involves and implies the production of an ample supply of cheap coal, the command of abundant resources in rea- sonably cheap iron ore, efficient mecllan- ical equipment, and last, but not least, relatively economical, though not neces- sauily fow-paid, labor. The command of cheap pig iron carries with it the com mand of cheap materials of construction generally, cheap ships, cheap railways, cheap buildings, cheap tools, and cheaD implements of husbandry; and these, agatn, mean cheap transport by land and sea, cheap food, cheap dwellings,, and the command of material comforts gen- sjrafly at a relatively low price,
 This not only fits this country as a whole at the present time, but it fits like a glove the Birmingham district. Tor this district llas cheap coal, and cheap iron ore lying almost side by side; tits mechanical equ.pmenit, so far as 1t gioes, is efficient, and 1t has an abundance of cheap labor. The district will soon make cheap structural iron. The cheap ships are cotton ships; the railroads of the district are reasona ble. All the rest of the lis. is within reach, except one, and that one Is "cheap transport by land" Congress will soion decide whether or no this district is to have that also. With a waterway to the sea Birmingham could soon command all the conditions of su- premacy that MT. Jeans names. He considers that all would follow in the wake of cheap pig iron. So perhaps they would. but congress and individual efforts can hasten their coming.
 Let us at the outset of the new year have faith in Birmingham. There is more capital in Pittsburg. but the ores Of Pittsburg bear royalty charges, and Transportation charges for well-ndgh one thousand miles. The cheapest pig
The age-herald., 1898-01-01
Southern Operatives.

MT F. M. Stilwell treasurer of the Sell ma cotton mills insists in the columns of the Selma Journal. that the employees of his mill receive good wages, and are not to be counted as 'poor folks" He describes his employees as people who who are American, naturally honorable. and industrious. They came from coun- try homes. He asserts that they are paid more money than they earned as farmers. even when cotton was worth eight cents.
 Alt this point in his letter Mir. Stilwell brings out the feature that is character istlc of cotton mills, namely. all mem bers of a family, except very small chEl dren, can find employment in them. In this respect they are very unlike a coal mine or blast furnace. Though a miner earn $2.50 day, yet there are fam lies in cotton mills that earn twice that amount day. Mr. Stilweu further says there are young ladies engaged in weaving in the Selma mills who earn
  more than do 'qthe lady clerks in Broad street,
 MT. Stillwell says in conclusion that some of the employees have money in the bank and all of them are comfortable, and none of thsm want any ones charity or pity; and he tells the people of Selma that unless charity be dispensed through the mills office, it Is hurtful to the dis cipline needed to keep the employees at work, and is really hurtful to the em- ploye himself.
 Now. here is a pretty how'de do. This is net the picture of overworl1ed, under paid south ,rn operatives that is pre- scented over and over again in New Eng land papers. MT. SItaiwell seems to know what he is writing about; if he does, the New England writer's certainly have drawn freely upon their imaginations. Mr. Stilwell asserts that the operatives in Selma are proud cf their wages, and are willing to compare them with those of amy ether DabofiDg class. Here is a expenses of Selmas operatives be com. pared with those of Ltowelrs operatives. Such a comparison would bring out the naked truth.
The age-herald., 1898-01-01
ODD AND ENTERTAINING.

It is claimed that no one has yet been found who, without consulting a diction- ary, can pronounce all these words cpr- rectly at first reading. Frequently ten to fifteen mistakes are made: "A sacreligious son of Belial, who suffered from bronchi- tis, having exhausted his finances, in order to make good the deficit, resolved to ally himself to comedy, lenient and docie young lady of the Malay or Caucasian race. He accordingly purchased a calli- ope and coral necklace of a chameleon hue, and securing a suite of rooms at 0 principal hotel, he engaged the head waiter as coadjutor. He then dispatched a letter of the most exceptional caligraphy extant, inviting the young lady to a matinee. She revolted at the idea. refused to consider herself sacrifcable to his desires, and sent a polite note of refusal; on receiving which he procured carbine and a bowie knife, said that he would not now forge letters hymeneal with the queen went to an isloated spot, severed his jugular vein and discharged the contents of the carbine into his abdomen. The debris was removed by the coroner, who remarked: The most fearful squalor could not so enervate q man. He was malefactor.'
 The minimum height in the mikados army is a fraction of an inch. over five feet. that in the Italian five feet one inch. As the height of individuals in Japan does not often exceed five feet four inches for males, it follows that there is wonderful uniforna- ity observable in the physique of the Jap anese troops, and this fact operates bene- ficially in long marches, very few falling out of the ranks What one can do all can do. The emperor is himself much above the average stature, and the empress is just as tall as the princess of Wales. Both are of square build.
 Very few persons are probably aware of the origin of the word "deadhead,' which is so frequently used in connection with theatrical representations It is stated to be as follows Many years ago in the time of turnpikes, the principal avenue of town passed close to the entrance of road leading to the cemetery. As this ceme- tery had been laid out some time previous to the construction of the road it was ars ranged that all funeral processions should be allowed to pass along the latter free of toll. One day as well known physician who was driving along the road stopped to pay his toll, he observed to the keeper, Considering the benevolent character of our profession think you ought to let us pass free of charge" 'No, nc, doctor,' said the gatekeeper. i've can't afford that: you send too many deadheads through as it is." The story travelled around the coun- try, and the word "deadhead" was event- ually applied to those who obtained free admission to the theater.
The age-herald., 1898-01-01
THE NEW KING!

By w. D. Hornle
 At twelve last might, old chaos claimed,
 By an unbroken tdrle's chain,
 As first of rulers right again, To crown assume, till king was ramedl "With infant heirs to crowns'' he said.
 "AH power in them we must constrain-s
 Till they're of age, let regents regn4 As regent then, I'll rule instead!' Now Father Time, with old gray head,
 WaB standing by, with gleaming bladA
 And one fe9l swoop, at chaos made Which clove from body then his head! A ferrymhn from stygaan shore.
 Claimed corps of chaos as has own
 Showed capias from old 6anta,s throne4 And quick away. old chaos boreI Old Father Time; said to New Year. For twelve months on. rule as your ow1 And tfrn I'll crown another heArls Bil m..i.slam, Jan. l. lS9&
The age-herald., 1898-01-01
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

From the Chicago News
 Burning kisses always result from sparks.
 The tenor of a singers conduct should never be base.
 The achers of the farmer yield the dent ist an income
 A first-class price doesn't always indl- cate first-class hotel.
 The only perpetual thing about perpetual motion is its failure.
 The man with a grienanve always proves a grievance to his friends.
 It's difficult for man to check his crad- itors unless he has a bank account.
 Woman's inhumanity to woman causes many men to live and die in the bachelor class.
 The young onion is a very seductive vege- table, but it invariably gives man away
 Improved machinery enables n man to accomplish almost as many things as q woman can with hairpin.
 Satan doesn't object to a man attending church on Sunday if he gets his services the other six days in the week.
The age-herald., 1898-01-01
He Found His Providence.

MT. Bryce relates an amusing anecdote which he got from missionary. A Basuto had returned to his native country from the diamond mines. He described to the missionary his experiences there. On one occasion his eyes had fallen on a valuable diamond in the clay he was breaking into fragments. While he was endeavoring to pick it up he perceived the overseer ap- preaching, and, having it by this time in his hand, was for a moment terribly frightened, the punishment for the theft being very severe. The overseer, however, passed on. And then" said the Basuto, "I knew that there was indeed a God, for He had preserved me-"
The age-herald., 1898-01-01
STORIES OF THE DAY.
When Banks Was Speaker the Interpreta-
 tions Were Liberal.

When Banks Was Speaker the Interpreta-
 tions Were Liberal.
 The statement that Speaker Reed has never called Galusha A. Grow lo the chair has brought forward various "reminiscences of ex-speakers on the floor, and incidentally the fact that it is in conformity with an unwritten law of the house of representa- tives. In the Fifty-first congress Nathaniel P. Banks, who had yielded the gayel away back in 1855, was a member of the house, but never was invited to the chair. Henry Clay, 1t is said, set the precedent by de- clining such a courtesy upon his return to tho floor after a period of absence, and Samuel J. Randall followed it. The dis cussion of the subject among a group Of old habitues of the capitol brought out this story of Banks the other day:
 At the close of the first session of the Thirty-fourth congress, on Aug. 1S 1856, both houses had agreed to adjourn sine die at 12 o'clock on that day. A tagging army appropriation bill was under consideration in the senate when it became high noon in the house. The roll was being called upon a joint resolution to prolong the session. when the hands of the clock pointed to 12. Banks arose, saying that as the house had fixed this day and hour for the termination of the session, the house would now ad journ without day. All this time Mir. -.Iill- son, of Virginia, was protesting. As Banks brought down the gayel and was gravely descending the steps, Millson rushed to- ward him, shouting: MT. Speaker, MT. Speaker, MT. Speaker, it is 12 o'clock until it is 1 o'clock
 That is very true sir" MT. Banks dig nifedly responded, "but 1t is 12 o'clock when it is 12,' placing strong accent on the word 'is." And the house was adjourned, necessitating an extra session, which lasted ten days.