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Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1899-12-28
DONGOLA.

Hiram Fowler of Cluhb's creek
was an our streets Wednesday.
/. r, Jones and family have NOV
ed ia our town from III.
Nj. Jones is the adopted son Of
our druggist, Mr.. A. Ii Jones and
isa pleasant appearing gentleman.
Our news carrier is still in good
health and the news is just as unre,
liable as ever.
Amos Murphy closed successful
term Of school at Goose Pond Hill
Saturday, Dec 10th. This is Mr.
Marp"y's second term of school,
both terms being taught at the same
place. He is u young man of prom
Use, and has wisely decided to spend
six or seven months at the Cape
Normal. He seems a little down
cast because some of bis patrons
didn't send their children as regular
as they should, but as he gets Older
he will learn that most people are
willing to travel heroad ofprogress
il some one will keep the wagon
moving while they ride, but inst ask
them to get off and roll "a wheel MP
steep place, and They viii jump off
and take to the woods. Ifthe grand
old state Of Missouri which has al
ways been foremost in providing
means for the education Of her
children would 60 step farther an
compel parents and guardians to
send the children to school she
would then be accomplishing her
purpose. Success to THE PaEss and
its readers. Raymond
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1899-12-28
His Mistake

She was not SO very old, but she was
intensely respectable, as anyone could
see. She was sitting on park seat
reading, and she had q little dog upon
her lap. Presently the dog wsaried Of
inaetion and jumped down to play with
a child who had drawn near, as an elder
ly gentleman sat down beside hor
He was lat and iusey, but talkative,
and when ho remarked on the weather
she pud very little attention bat went
on reading.
"Yours, ma'amf" no asked, indicating
the child.
Eyes" she saiq, thinking he meant the
dog
"Pretty little dear" he said.
sob, yes,' ehe said, looking W from
her paper
aAnd The image Of you, | can aeo,"
liz said arehIys
4 She sold nothing until ahe had anap-
ped up tho dag, and then with Il ii hor
arms ahe saiiad ofIzhgingi
f'youife aVnlgifs lnw-fuindoa. hofrid,
uely, iil-lnupestd, uHinaHuaesa, nn-
aeasiaH8gl5 heAss
And 81 Mi ii sAaHhflil Ehat HI aaa
alap an la9Hs
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1899-12-28
! Gets Ideas without Money.

"Ihere'S Il man who has twenty
clever fellows working for him;
they give him their BEST BRAN pow
er, and yet none otdhem haves ever
secured dollar Br 1t.
1t was 2 o'clock ia u downtown
restaurant and the. speaker nodded
toward u small, dark man who sat
ut table II few feet away The
little man is a writer of,short stories
ofa thrilling and dramatic character,
He is as prolific a writer as sold
Sluith," and makes big income
yearly with his pen. He lives at II
hotel down town, and while he has
no regular connection with newspa.
pers, his hours are those Of report,
err on a moralng Journal Twelve
O'Clock ut night finds him 10 some
of the newspaper Offices or at the
rooms Of the Press CIuo in friendly
chat with bunch OF "aIl pighters'
He writes his melodlamatlc stor.
les up to crisis, lays down his pen
aud wake over toa city room, where
Il dozen reporters are throwing the
last of o day's writing into the e0py
basket Everybody soon begins to
10 spin gafGs.
"GLfious thing nme nader my
notice a few days ago." begins tho
writer ni melodrnmatie tales. lie
sketches the pioi Of hip unfinished
rtofy up % lhe dlilenll point, which
has alppped him, Nov, what Do
Won enppose happened naxlGH No
ptliloaopbizee, IIIeklub tie ashes
from the end allls elei'r
"lfll bet 10 and M HAHntA one ul
Ihe boys
aRAhpN lhatA nal lliss nssu
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1899-12-28
What Joseph Was.

The Sabbath school teacher had
been telling the class about Joseph,
particularly with reference to his
coat Of many coIors, and how bis
father rewarded him for being a
good bay, for Joseph, she said, told
his father whenever he caught any
Of bis brothers in the act Of doing
wrong.
"Can any little hoy o. girl tell
me what Joseph wasY' the teacher
asked, hoping that some of them
pad caught tho idea that he was
Jacobs fayorite.
u know, one Of lho little airls
satd, holding up her hand,
What was heyr
"a ialiletniele was he reply
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1899-12-28

SUPPOSE England gets whipped III
her effort 80 STEEL the Boer gold
mines, says the Valley Democrat
What then will become OF
the gold standard? oh9 h"d reached
"A point where 1t was necessary 7or
her to possess the boef'S g"'a l."
order to-'sustaIn the standard, and
(hat was lhe c#aSe III t''e wal
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1899-12-28
Missouri Ttnraday. Deoenber %, 1898.

several vines had not been conn nect
ed in some natural or unnatura
manner. He became convinced
In the mooth of September sixty
pumpkins were counted on this vine
and subsequently others grew on it
Mr.. Frank will save the pumpkins
from this vine and replant the seed
He says SO far as he knows it is sim
ply the common variety. He rails
es a great many pumpkins 10 feeC
to the stock, even feeding the mule,
on them,- Memphis Commercials
Appeal.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1899-12-28


Referring to the President 5
recommendation of the new bond
selling, bank trust bill, Mr. Bryan
says:
Then the increasing volume of
debt will be diSchargrubie IN gold
alone, and the creditor class will
-, be given still larger control over
the property and livelihood Of the
debtor and producing classes. Il
we chain ourselves to gold alone,
our financial system will be disturb
ed by every panicln the gold nsint
countries Of Europe and our stock
ofstandard money will be subjected
to an additional drain every time y
new nation adopts the gold standard.
Our nation will become more and
more dependent upon foreign fnan-
oiars and less and less able to huye
anindependent American policy on
any question.
The truth Of this prediction IS
male painfully apparent by the
almost daily panic in Wall street IN
sympathy with London's financial
troubles. A few more B er victories
will create It universal panic in
England and Amerlca, and demon
stratc to every thinking man the
folly Of this country being merely
q tail to the English kite IN fnan..
cial matters or anything else.
Valley Democrat.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1899-12-28

lunchroom q little too often during
Xmas.
w. 8. Smith visited his brother
Lafayette at Oak Ridge during Christ
mas.
We are sorry to learn that D. B. Fill
is going to leave our neighborhood, as
Mr., Hill is one of our best and most
prosperous citizens. But we hope he
win make q success in his undertaking,
as 1t is understood that he is going to
take charge Of the Paass, the only demo-
crat paper in the county.
/ win now close wishing the Press and
its many readers merry Xmas.
R. ELF.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1899-12-28

Pa says they amt no spo35s at all, Nj
s'pose ha ought toa1ow,
Cause he knows nearly e5 rything worth
KNOWN, here below;
He says 'at only fraidy calf believes
they's ghosts around
For people can't git back or earth when
you put 'em underground.
I don't believe in splits when the sun is
shinin' bright
And I can hear f5fks talk or they's a
livin' thing in sight,
If they is jist cat or dog around me I'm
prepared
Fer anythin' at comes along, and ain a
bit a-scared.
But sometimes l come home from school
when mas away, and then
l go a-sneakin' up the stairs, and then
sneak down again.
And think m find the doughnuts or the
raisins or the jam
And then hear somebody stop--or
door shuts with g slam.
I l1nowas well as Tin alive they 9in'5 no.
body there,
Bat shf7ors creep a1ong my blcE, and l
can feel my hair
Raise right straight up and stand as stiff
as briatlas on my head
And believe in ghosts in spite ofall pa
ever said.
I dassent turn around and look, for I'm
afraid III see
Some big, white thing without no head
a-standin' back Of me
But after while I whistle Or else I sing,
and then
Go out and run around tAo yard and sit
bracod up ag&in.
And when it's d@7l, at night, and wake
up and lay ia b91,
I can't keep ugly tholah5s OF ghosts
from Git"n' in my head.
And thaa hear pa saoria', and my
bloc %tts &ozo, almost,
Forovory sn5ee so@aly like the groan Of
aom2 4oos s,4as@'a ghost,
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1899-12-28
A Chance TO Make from 80 TO S6 a
Day All Winter.

We want two men TO work for lie DUR
ing the fall and winter In this county to
take subscription orders for The Prairie
Farmer. Big money can be made by
our special plan Of work. Many areInow
making from So to 81 aday and viii
double this after the subscription season
fairly opens up. Our plano work gives
i elaar fold, We want only two good
men for this county Tho fret reliable
application will get lhe work. Send re-
ference and write at oneo. The Prairie
FARMER has boon pahiiahod for near v
Rl9ty years ind Ii well known u every
good fuFner and Hlncls-miahf. NfitA a
oace. Aadgr li'Hf plsAiHir FAHMar.
lee A1sn t4ttl, Lhtffes
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1899-12-28

yet" was the response, go inside
m sit down and take il easy"
"Well, III be dinged, = the won d
be passenger to Reading ejaculated.
Then, as he turned al ound, his eyes
happened to alight on the big clock
1t Indicated 7:45. A look Of self
enlightenment passed over his coun'
tenance
Bet that blamed clock was a
wooden street sign - The saunter-
er overheard him mutter. Pm
going to see, just for my own salts
faction
He started out and the Saunterer
followed. The trip was only d square
and "a half long Sure enough, the
man stopped in front of a wooden
imitation clock. 1t was one, though
that was enough like the real thing
to have deceived almost anybody,
more especially fellow eager to
catch a train, Its hands pointedto
8:20.
After examining the spurious
timepiecc to his satisfaction the man
turned away in evident disgust.
"lo think that | should have
been fooled by thu" he exclaimed,
/ /
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1899-12-28

poses second "People under such
circumstances would have" and
he finishes The story
In fifteen minutes the romancer
has half a dozfn plausible seqQels
suggested to him He makes men
tai note Of them, stroIlS out and
over to his hotel with the rest of his
materials ready made without effort
on bis part
''ls that nan vampire or a
genius?"
"Neither one; clever, lazy
man" ."-Chicago Inter Ocean,
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1899-12-28
1 90 Much For the Clerk,

! y 1
speaking the other day 70 a numb Der
4 of men interested in. medical affairs
about human freaks.
''Do you know that the greatest
I human freaks 10 the country, in fact
in the world exclaimed the speak
IT, fbaVe never been exhibited IN a
Museum or numbered in circus
attractions? Have you ever heard
I Of tne lndta rubber boy, or Inc negro
| whose beart was on his right SIDE,
or the man with voice ike q
locomotive whistle? Perhaps you
nave heard OF st least the last great
parsonage? They were really great
personages' in their own estimation,
and seemed to be glad that they
We're freaks"
None Of the listDers had ever seen
or heard ofthe freaks,
"Don think for a moment that
The india rubber boy was made Of
rubber" continued the speaker, cor
mag ne roHia '"l%t himSet 'hlo Il
N1foI ne 'ooh90 ''Ne ii Sonoo'ooY
fie S"a're' 'F'n some ioFm o'
epilepsy, and when he had fit he
woulj boUnqe up aud down, That's
"nS VHe% 9'l''u nun the iNa'" I0o
per o"E'
io" "'S" o'o ne bounce! was
"fNro
l 'o'pA a0"0' SIX 'oet' o"''e
p3"P'o %7'' '"at T9 So'ne ''"''S
"o"iltT' '''',l.. ''| '''' w '"""' %
Dil "e Il We any con..o' over
N''l-e' "t'n Pe 'a4 d lI''
40 re meyer h"e" "nen OF
"n''e no "oo'" DC s'Ftchen, nu
every "'oe o' S'oP'y 0'o"ceo "N'll
u O '@c""'' '-t'"07'cu VI 0NcooScl.
Gus,
~ ''.''" nv "7e, 0"F an" Ihe
''"" WIZ t"e No't1 ''A9 d ioc"Ao
"N' "H'9,'0 u''' ''''e He9r'N l'2,' L
rhea TO oea'h d h'gh' cIerk ot a
'oe@' o'SP'ta' A young phySIeian
'"""e II ''0F o' 'Ns country some
SeaFS ago e%Hlo'0hg 10 medical
associations Tue 'n1Ia rubber boy
ana the man VIVID the peculiar
'o'ce, lHP PoyS,''"n i"ok dri'ght
~ haVihS luo al 'no expense OF ms.
friends he was wei! acquainted
with tAe c'orh ana ne selected h'm
az IA V'eu'n Tor one o1 ms pra4ks,
One nlght, at'er he bod eXh'HItcd
olS lrrHiI> before a medical society,
the poSsIelahS called at the hospital
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1899-12-28

GENERAL LAwTON was killed on
the 18th in the storming of San
Mateo in the Philippines, He was
one ofthe best generals this country
has ever bad and his name will 90
down in history as one ef Amerlca's
bravest and most beloved officers.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1899-12-28
Fnol6d hH q EIgn.

lie rushed brcalhlessly into the
waiting room III The Terminal sta
tion Yesterday mornlngs made q
lrAnliudive for one ot The gntas
lending Ii the ouigplng trains and.-.
found Ii olosod and locked.
aWhsre y' gninIf' qnaned 4 unl'
formed man behind the quite.
Reading, replied The nan. he
tween aasus. asm Iiun lAtef Train
gunH. If auafatF
NOM aut t8eplY Ave minutes
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1899-12-28

THE war against the Dutch re
publicln South Africa is without
warrant or excuse, 1t may be
said however, to the credit of the
people in England, that that coun-
try has never engaged IN a war
which was more unpopular with
the people than the one now being
cnrrled on.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1899-12-28
carried on

Hon. A NJ DoCKERY will very
likely be the nominee Of the demo.
cratic party fer governor He is
endorsed by the party Leaders ali
over the state, much to h&a credit
Nothing can be said against his
record in Congress- He will make
a governor of whom the state Of
Missouri may well be proud.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1899-12-28
The Eaminina NnaerVar,

A ffty-cenI hat can be quite glo,
rifed by d twodotlar bat pin.
Cats love places rather than
people. That is WHY they usually
como back.
The person who WRITES the least
always has the most fault to find
with the pen.
The stout woman can never see
what man finds to love in any feni.
nine thinner than herself.
AS dainty as 1t is, a man never
appreciates being told by the girl
he loves that he is her bow knot.
1t is qnite fashionable now to
carry bundles-you Impress people
with the idea that yOn have money
to spend for Christmas presents,
How many of us are continually
looking at watches and clocks with.
out being able to tell the time il
questioned about it minnie
subsequently.
A woman is pretty sure Of happi-
ness in her married life when her
husband accompanies her when she
goes shopping and insists upon ber
paying more for articles and buying
more of them than she intended,
philadelphia Times.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1899-12-28

DWIGHT l. MtoDY, the famous
evangelist, died Dec. 22d at his
home IN East Mortified, Mass,
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1899-12-28

0 horrors! A mob in Pcnnsyl-
vania Iyncbed 'nlgger'' at Dun
bar. Sanford White, superintcnd-
ent of construction OF the w. J.
Rajnoy Coke CO.., was shot and
Filled by David Pierce, a negro
cmpIoye, The niger fled to the
Mountains, followed by an angry
mob which found him in hiding and
shot him to death; his body was
riddIed with bullets Death was
"instantor' Now lets hear from
those republican sheets who always
set up howl and cry ont "Soutb,
ern Outrage" Yes, sir, away up
in Pennsylvania, Il grand repubji.
can state, u nigger lynched, another
northero outrage. Can we south.
erners stand it?-South Missourian.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1899-12-28
XrEAG PRESENTS

In Silver novelties, Jewelry, Watch-
es Clocks and extra fine China ware.
You can buy presents from 10 cents
upwards. 1t wolEd Pay to come to
Jackson, Mo-, and call ON JeweEer,
GEO. c. HASSLlNGER,
All mail orders promptly filled.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1899-12-28
AsVfuT0RY SCORED,

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Maaar NV eyes are bad; Ican't read.
Agent Your children can read II to
YOU.
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Agaat.~ on, malam, kind flte haa
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Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1899-12-28

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A story is told Of the late ChiefJustice
Cockburn. He was once counsel for the
plaintiff in q certain case, and Mr..
B. was for the defendant. Cockburn
called a witness and proceeded to exam
inc him.
II understand" he said, "that you
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so?''
eyes" replied the man.
What did he say? demanded Coekburn,
MIR. b. promptly rose and objected.
The conversation could not be admitted
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point. They were absent fornaarly. .half
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his question
swell, whatdld he sayp" asked counsel.
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The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1899-11-24
Harvest Exercises.

The annual harvest exercises OF the
Congregational Sunday school will be
held next Sunday morning, at II o'clock.
A cordial invitation is extended to all
and it is earnestly desired that the pa
rents of our scholars will make special
effort to be present and get acquainted
with our school and what it is trying to
do. The following programme will be
given:
l. Song, Praise Ye the Lord, school.
2. Beatitudes, school,
8. Prayer, superintendent.
4. Chant, Lords Prayer, school.
5. Birthday offering and song, "Oul
Birthdays" school.
6. Memory verses, members OF school
7. Song, ''Sweet Sabbath Day, school
8. Recitation, November, Nellie
Rogers.
8. Song, Mary Armor.
10. Recitation, "In Clover" Claude
Thompson.
IL. Song, ave Blow the Fields,
school.
IL. Recitation, Autumn" Ruth
Coon.
Is. Exercise, Goods Gifts to U.s.
members of the school.
Il. Song, Bringing in the Sheaves,
six girls.
l5 Recitation, "Kind Deeds" Evs
Ellison.
Is. Song, "Cast Thy Bread Upon thu
Waters" school.
II. Recitation "God Made AL
Things" Hester HARRISON.
l8. Recitation, Everett Rand.
10. Exercise, Goods Gifts to Child
ren,' five little folks.
20. Remarks by the pastor.
81. Offering.
%. Doxology and benediction.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1899-11-24
Citizens Primary.

The citizens primary, called for We'd
nesday evening, met in the rooms of the
Hood River Trading Co. and elected II.
F. Davidson chairman and ]. B. Hunt
secretary.
The chairman announced that the
meeting was called for the purpose of
placing in nomination candidates for
the various offices to be filed at the city
election Dec 9Th, as follows: Mayor,
recorder, treasurer, marshal, and five
aldermen. Bell nominated F. G. Bro
sius for mayor and he was declared the
nominee by acclamation.
For aldermen, it was decided that the
three names receiving the highest vote
should be declared the nominees for the
long term and the two next highest for
the short term.
The following names were placed in
nomination and received votes as fol-
lows: G. A. Bell, Is; p. s. Davidson, IA
j. ]. Luckey, IL; A. S. Blowers, II; G.
7. Bonney, 10; T. G. Dallas, 8; Grant
Evans, 5; W. B. Cole, 5. Sixteen votes
were cast. Bell, Davidson, Luckey,
Blowers and Bonney were declared the
nominees for aldermen.
]. r. Nickelsen for recorder, Geo. p
Crowell for treasurer, and T.. s. Olingel
for marshal were declared the nominees
by acclamation. Adjourned.
j. B. HUNT, Secretary.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1899-11-24


pressing the company. Several patrons
Of the company had neglected or refused
to pay their water rent for the past sea-
son. Mr.. Davenport said hereafter no
contracts would lie made. Applications
for water will be filed and each GUS
toner charged for the season with the
number OF inches he orders. Applica-
tions for water will not be honored till
all arrearages are paid. The prospects
of the company were never brighter,
and Mr.. Davenport predicts that in FIVE
years the stock will be at par.
Minutes read and approved.
No further business offering, the
meeting adjourned.
The new board qualified and elected
Frank Davenport, president; M. M.
Davenport, vice president and manager
II. II. Bailey, secretary; Geo, p. Crow
ell, treasurer.
+. +. Newly is now among the largest
shareholders, having purchased W. IL.
Bishops SO shares. He also bought IL
shares Of c. l.. Copple, which with his
own shares, gives him 100, represent
ing &, 900 worth of stock.
Louis Steward now owns 55 shares oi
G. A. Bells stock.
+. X. Davenport, son of Frank Dayen'
port, bought II. L. Davidson's 40 shares
and five shares from J. w. Hinrichs
giving him As, representing 5000 worth
| az stock