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Another Pee Gee Rumor.

's York. July Alt was again re-
Es,.ea In Wall street today that the
aso Terminal Transfer company had
MI ea under the control of the Chicago
bni,. ZION syndicate. Rumors of the ac-
nj nn ,',a OF the Kansas City, Pittsburg
[inue 'allroad by the same men con-
Eerested. ai'noush indirectly In
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LADIES CAN WEAR SHOES

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,URFSIDE HOTEL,

yELASCO BEACH,
100 Yards from surfs Edge,
kty Miles from Houston on /. and q. n.
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ODen from June Is to Sept. is.
be Most Delightful Summer Resort on the
Gulf Coast.
KCELLENT BATHING AND FISHING.
COOL. INVIGORATING GULF BREEZE.
Now is THE TINE TO SECURE ROOMS.
For further particulars. please address
MURISON & MALIN.
Hotel Bristol. Houston. Texas.
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An Error Corrected.

I'VE have special wagons for collection of
kGGAGE from PRIVATE RESIDENCES Tor
| outroing trains; also for delivery to pri-
ID residences in the city. We are on duty
| ali hours WE NEVER SLEEP. Tele-
kone orders from private residences receive
Iscial attention. Phone IS.
HOUSTON TRANSFER CO.
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ing willing. Mr.. Mccabe's proposition


went
Chairman Reagan remarked that after all
the talk that had been INDUCED In the
commission had been left Just where II
was at the beginning in so far'as informa
ton in the matter under discussion was
concerned. Somebody was accused of Sc
cretly cutting rates. but nobody would
give the name OF the culprit and nobody
seemed interested in suggesting a remedy
for the decentralization of interstate rates.
The railroads complained that the COM
mission diminished their revenues, but
whenever it undertook to prevent such d.
minlshing by the interstate rate cutting
route not one of them seemed disposed
to help il in the premises.
Mr.. Lovett of the Southern Pacific in
sisted that his line had not been guilty
of rate manipulation in reference to the
cotton tie rate. Ii had openly and legally
advertised it's participation in the 42-ceat
rate from Chicago and should be COM
mended instead of punished for having
done so. The rate was a legal one and
il 1t had been brought about by manipula-
ton the Southern Pacific was not RESPONSE
BILE for said manipulation, 1t had not
brought about the conditions which forced
the rate, Il had simply met them. He In
sisted that 1t would be absurd to say that
the first line publishing reduced Interstate
rates cut them. No line, he claimed, pub
fishes reduced interstate rates until 1t
has good grounds to believe that some
other line IL moving traffic on said rates.
Circumstances 90 as far as anything else
in satisfying one railroad that another rail-
road is manipulating rates. Did not be-
lieve there was n single Texas line guilty
of rate cutting In the movement of cotton
ties. Their interstate connections were
guilty of the offense and ii was practically
impossible 10 locate the offenders. To
punish the Texas lines in this case would
be to punish them for making an unlawful
rate lawful.
Mr.. Murray of Galveston, representing
the American Manufacturing company Of
Brooklyn. asserted that there are 500 car
loads of cotton bagging In the State await
ing the commissions action in the matter
of rates on mixed cars OF bagglng and ties
to be moved He also asserted that be
had information to the effect that the bag
cling rate is being manipulated through st.
Louis and that a rate Of 30 cents from
that poini TO Texas would soon be put In.
and furnished the commission with let
ter from certain ST. Louis jobbers TO back
up his assertion.
Messrs. Brian and Steere OF San Antonio
complained that outside jobbers are dis
trjbuting less than carload shipments OF
groceries In Texas at less than carload
rates. Special complaint was made against
the Rock Island which was charged with
having doubled the number of articles In
the pickle line II is mixing In cars. Nc
Cabe alleged that this had to be done TO
protect points on its line against ST. Louis.
The Southern Pacific announced tnat IL
would not participate in this and the meet
ing adjourned until tomorrow morning
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1899-11-16
Faithful Married Man.

In one of the most frequented of
the haunts of men and the marts of
trade there appeared yesterday a
we'll known business man carrying
with firm grip an umbrella with a
slender, ovalshaped han die touched
with silver. He clearly had some
thing on his mind.
1t was the umbrella. Neither
cocktail, funny story, oysters on
the halfshell, cigars as your mother
used to make them, nor any other
of the seductive wiles ofthe electric
light contingent could Induce him
10 relax his hold on that umbrella.
Finally one Of the others, for there
were others. asked:
Hadn't you better put that UNI
brella down for a minutc?"
Not on your life,n said the mar.
ried man. ~ value my domestic
happiness too much for that"
"Your domestic happiness!' they
cried all together. "What's dom.
este happiness got to do with um,
brellas?n
Its this way responded the
married man. This is my wife s
umbrella, I've lost six of my own
in the past month, but I borrowed
this on the express condition that
| shouldn't lose ii, and | shan't.
No man gets this umbrella, except
over my dead body. You hear meY'
And they saw the reason Of the
strong grip.-PhiladeIpda Record.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1899-11-16
Vandiyer at FORSYTH.
w. L. CARRlNGTON,
State Supt. Public Schools.

Taney County Star.
Congressman W. D Vandiver
made telling speech for democ-
racy at Forsyth, Monday afternoon.
The large court room was we'll
filed by representative men from
all parts of the county and the clos.
est attention was given the speaker.
Mr.. Vandiver is AN earnest, force
ful speaker, and his words carry
conviction to his auditors. His plain,
matter'ot fact utterances give place
at time to bursts Of eloqucnce, and
at times his invective cuts through
the sophistry and speciousness of
the opdositlon like keen, edged
rapier.
The great issues of the coming
campaign, bimetallism, trusts, lmpe.
rlallsm and the position of the demo-
cratic and republican parties in re.
lation TO them were made so clear
that no one who heard him need
have any doubts In tho natter.
The money question was given a
new interest by the discussion ofthe
means which are being employed by
the republican administration to
place the country on u gold basis.
The speaker believed tho purity In
power would be successful In enact.
ing Legislation by the coming con.
grcss that would make gold the only
basic money, retire the grcenbacks
aud enable national bnnks to control
prices by controlling The money In
circulation.
The sahjees OF trusts was present
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1899-11-16

Many years ago a number OF Peoria
Indians organized show company and
made tour of the east. They were most
ly halfbreeds and all were thoroughly
educated in English, but it was stipulat-
ed by the management that they must
talk only in their native tongue, and
when they got their war togs on they
looked savage enough, indeed. Among
the company was Will Labadie, we'll
known in Galena, and one evening he
was standing in the corridor of an eastern
hotel, dressed in his chiefs robes and
looking every inch the savage man OF
fiction, when he was approached by an
elegantly gowned lady, and the following
ensued;
"How--"
"Ugh."
"You big chief in your own country?"
"Ugh."
"You go to Washington to see great
White Father?"
"Ugh."
"You cannot speak white mans tongue;
you no speak English?"
"No, madam, regret to say that do
not understand the language"
The poor woman was greatly surpris-
ed and embarrassed, but perhaps not so
much as a bevy of girls on later occasion.
In almost every town some of the audience
would remain behind to get better view
of the awful savages. One night Labadie
had taken his seat in the orchestra box
after the show and four or five young
ladies who were standing near commence
ed to comment on his personal appear
ance. Chow would you like to kiss him?"
said one of the maidens with a litter.
ooh girls! let's all do it jtst to see how
it would feel to kiss real Indian!" ex-
claimed one more daring than the rest,
whereupon Labadie turned calmly to
them and said:
"Ladies, nothing would afford me more
pleasure than to give you practical
illustration of the osculatory accomplish
ments of the red man."
There was chorus of little screams, a
swish of skirts and the theater was
empty.-Galena Republican.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1899-11-16
As True as Gospel.

Find a way or make one. Every
thing is either push or pushed.
Truth is the offspring of unbroken
meditations and of thoughts often
revised and corrected.
Good actions crown themselves
with lasting days; who deserve we'll
needs not another's praise.
We are generally too slow in our
arms, more anxious for safety than
sanctity, for place than purity.
Mushrooms, in their resolute
growth, will lift up large slabs of
stone-sucb is the force ofparvenus
in the vegetable world.
We should no. more let past mis-
deeds hinder the growth of our
future than the forest lets the shed
leaves hinder the spring grass from
growing.
What a new face courage puts on
everything! A determined man by
his very attitude aud the tone of
his voice puts d stop to defeat and
begins to conquer. "For they eau
conquer who believe they cam
There are two ways of attaining
an importent end-torce aud per.
severance. Force tulIs to the lot
only of the privileged few, but
sustained perseverance can be
practiced by the most insignificant.
lis silent power grows irresistible
with them.
The race Of mankind would per-
lsh did they cease To help each
other. We cannot exist without
mutual help. All, therefore, that
need aid have right to ask 1t OF
their fellow men, and no one who
has the power of granting il cnn ro
fuse without gnilt.
IL we desire 10 reduce mental nc.
tivlty II stands 20 reason that we
must attend 20 nothing. We must
lei tho mind drilt. We must not
attempt 10 exercise any control
whatever, hut let illsihonghis stray
MS ihoy will and iiliIew any linc Of
nssoelnilon that u \ line Of least no
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1899-11-16
Kruger's Boyhood Exploit.

Paul Kruger, who has been pres
ident of the South African republic
almost from its foundation evidently
became a hero in his Dutch-African
early life.
When II years old, Paula bare
foot boy whose father was too poor
to buy him shoes-was driving home
a borrowed yoke of oxen and cart,
when the animals took fright at
large panther aud ran away.
Paul's little sister, who had been
allowed to go with him in the cart
"for ride" was thrown out upon
the ground, and the panther, eavlng
its pursuit OF the oxen, was about
TO sieze her, when the boy rushed
forward and caught the beast by the
throat. In the struggle that follow
ed, he was terribly torn by the
panther's cIaws, but be kept his hold
with fierce determination until he
choked the monster to death-and
saved his sister.
Wounded AS be was and weak
from loss of blood, he carried the
frightened child home; but it was
long before he recovered the re-
markable strength which had been
so cruelty taxed.
President Kruger bears to-day
not only the marks Of the great cats
nails, but the character he first i'm
pressed upon his fellow countrymen
in that unarmed fight for another's
life. An English writer recently
said of him, "Like Nelson, Paul
Kruger never knew what fear
meant. .H-Youtb's Companion.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1899-11-16
ZALAiA.
We are having fine weather.

We are having fine weather.
Born-On the 9th of October,
a girl 10 Mr. and Mrs. Charley
Store.
Peter Stills and M, NJ. Dunn of
Wayne county were on our streets
one day last week.
Calvin Brown has sold his town
property to II. James and gone to
Cape Girurdeuu for medical treat
ment
Born.-To Mr., aud Mrs. IT. i
James, on the 2Sth of October, u
girl,
j, W. Sterp Of Grcenbrier was
on our streets on the 4lh circnlut
ing petition to raise money to
build u bridge across Castor near
Grccnbrlor
Born --0n Nov. |, II bouncing
hoy lo l6, TO Mr aud Mrs. r. A.
Rccf. Dick IL only tonehing the
high places now.
DIed.-On the ith, q miles south
west of zalmn IN Wayne county,
Miss Minute Ciubb, q stop daughter
Of Peter sillts.
,Iarrlesr-.Qne day laa week
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1899-11-16
Pointed Paragraphs.

Sometimes little white lie does a lot
of good
The well-read man isn't always the
pink of perfection.
Somehow badness is far more contag-
ious than goodness.
Half loaf is sometimes better than an
unpaid board bill.
Habit is seat of .chattel mortgage on
mans individuality.
The sleeping infant should always be
placed on the retired list.
Good fortune seldom travels around in
an automobile looking for you.
More good intentions would be carried
out if they didn't live forever.
A mans mind sometimes runs to the
contrary-a woman's always does.
The manager of an opera company
should not be blamed for putting on airs.
A little girl never gets too many dolls
and woman never has too many dollars.
A faultless complexion is thing Of
beauty but it will not remain a Joy for
ever.
Some people go through life looking
as if they were sorry they had ever start
ed.
Barring football players, the inhabit-
ants Of this country are fairly well civil
lied.
1t matters little if you are ignorant,
for you will meet people daily who know
itall.
just about the time you begin to think
your cup of happiness Is going to run
overit springs loals.
Tho feathers do not mako the song
bird, but many man made goose OF
himself with single quill.
The mysterious origin Of Cain's wife Ia
tho only excuse some men have for stay
Ing away from church.
The man who boasts Of being aclf-mado
probably believes that nm honest conios-
sion is good for the soul.
TIcworld may owe every man a living,
but ITO miner ~ the ono who digs down
into tho earth'a pocket and gota II.
a girl should never throw away her Old
allpporsi ,hoy VIII come IN handy ~ hor
woillug-iala much handler n after
yanrs.
When . gIFli, - leye bee Lbonahla AIs
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1899-11-16

ed in such manner that there was
no room for doubt as to the position
of the republican party on that
issue.
Mr.. Vandiver dwelt more fully,
however, on the subject OF imperial
ism. He traced the events leading
up to the war with Spain and later
with the Filipinos, and the way in
which he punctured the pretensions
of the president as exemplifed in
such cant phrases as benevolent
assimila tion,'' "christian civiiza-
ton" and the like would have done
credit to John J. Ingdalls iu his
palmy days.
After the conclusion of Mr.. Van
Divers speech the audience listened
to a Republican speech by Judge
Gideon of Springfield,
The judge is fluent speaker and
a master of anecdote and repartee,
and the members of his party in the
house gave him the encouragement
offrequent applause. But the judge
was pleading his case like a lawyer
and not like an impartial judge, and
bus arguments in many places were
open to attack.
Mr.. Vandlver again took the floor
and puuctured the special pleading
of his opponent in dozens of places
and carried the audience by storm.
tbs safe to say that Mr., Vandiver
will succeed himself as congressman
of the 14th district, and that his pop
ularity as legislator will grow
with the years commensurate with
the labors he is faithfully eXpendiug
for the people.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1899-11-16


Whisky and pure cussedness, says
the Charleston Enterprise, were the
cause of two killings in Mississippi
county last Saturday night: At the
little sawmil town of Whiting,
where regular Saturday night fam
dango takes place, several bncks
from East Prairie had attended,and
as they were leaving the town, spur
red their horses through the streets,
gave two wild war, whoops and fired
their revoIvers in approved border
ruffian style.
Among the inhabitants startled
from their sleep by the enearthly
noise at this late hour was widow
Henshaw. She raised in her bed,
which stood ny the window, and
pulled aside the curtai6to look out.
AS she did so the movement was
stayed by II bullet from the pistol
of Il man in the party by the name
of Lewis, The ball struck her in
the templel and she sank back life
less. M. x. Parks, aged about 81
years, married, and sawyer ut
Birds mill, near Birds Point, was
shot from ehind by some unknown
person while drinking at Lee Beck.
with's saloon at the latter place.
He lived several minutes, and ac.
cused two or three parties Of doiifg
the deed.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1899-11-16
An Old Favorite.

THE STORY OF THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT.
Behold the mansion reared by daedal
Jack.
See the malt stored in many plethoric
sack
In the proud cirque of Ivan's bivouac.
Mark how the rats felonious fangs |
invade
The golden stores in Johann's pavilion
laid.
Anon with velvet foot and Tarquin strides
Subtle griinalkin to his quarry glides-
Grimalkin that slew the fierce rodent
Whose tooth insidious Johann's sack
cloth rent.
Lo! now the deep-mouthed canine foes
assault,
Thatvexed the avenger of the stolen malt,
Stored in the hallowed precincts of that
That rose complete at Jacks creative
call,
Here stalks the impetuous COW with
crumpled horn
Whereon the exacerbating hound was
torn,
Who bayed the feline slaughter-beast
that slew
The rat predacious, whose keen fangs
ran through
The textile fibers that involved the grain
Which lay in Hans inviolate domain.
Here walks forlorn the damsel crowned
with rue,
Lactiferous spoils from vaccine dugs
who drew
OF that corniculate beast whose tortuous
Tossed to the clouds in fierce vindictive
The narrowing hound whose braggart
bark and stir
Arched the 1.-the spine and reared the in
dignant fur
OF puss, that with verminicidal claw
Struck the weird rat in whose insatiate
nav
Lay reeking malt, that erst in Juan's
courts we saw.
Robed in senescent garb that seems in
sooth
Too long prey to Chronos' iron tooth.
Behold the man whose amorous lips in
cline,
Full with Eros osculative sign,
To the lorn maidon whose lactalbic hands
Drew albu-lactic bovine wealth ftom lac
teal glands
Of that immortal bovine, by whose horn
Distort to realm ethereal was born
The beast catulean, vexed of the sly
Ulysses quadrupedal, who made die
The old mordacious rat that dared devour
Antecedaneous ale in Johns domestic
bower.
Lo! here, with hirsute honors doffed,
succinct
OF saponaceous locks, the priest who
linked
In Hymen's golden bands, the torn un-
thrift,
Whose mean exiguous stared through
many rift,
Even as he kissed the virgin all forlorn,
Who MIXED the COW with implicated
horn,
Who in fine wrath the canine torturer
skied
That dared to vex the insidious muricide,
Who let the auroral effluence through the
pelt
OF the sly rat that robbed the palace Jack
had built.
The loud cantankerous Shanghi comes
at last,
Whose shouts aroused the shorn ecclesi-
asst,
Who sealed the VOWS of Hymen's sacra-
nhent,
To him, who, robed in garments INDECENT,
Evosculates the damsel lach y nose,
The emulgator of that horned brute mo-
rose,
That tossed the dog, that worried the
cat, that kilt
The rat that ate the malt that lay in the
house that Jack built.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1899-11-16

One Of the hardest tests given
applicants who go before the civil
service commission boards Of exam,
iners is in the form of printed mat
ter which is to be copied without
single change. is said to be sur,
prising to find now many intelligent
people find it impossible to properly
stand this test. They can frequent.
ly correct errors in language which
they cannot copy verbatim.
There was lately an applicant
who showed his attitude for this
work, He was given printed
page and told to copy it.
want it just like this?" he ask
ed.
"Withouta a change" the examin
er replied.
The man labored The printed
matter was on Il white sheet that
was spotEess, with the exception of
fly speck on one of its corners.
The sheet the student had was
minus blemish in that particular
spot, but when it was turned in there
was a wellimitated fly speck. There
was not a flaw in the work, and be
received a rating Of 100 on that
portion Of his examination and to-
day is one Of the best and most
trusted employees in the service of
the commission, where he was de-
taiued shortly after taking his ex-
animation Washington Star.
The significance Of life is doing some
thing.-Clrlyle.
There is no calamity like ignorance
Richter.
The promised land is the land where
one is not.-Amitl.
Step by step ono goes very far
French.
The small courtesieY saeoten life; the
greater ennoble it.--Bovee.
Some men are born anvils, some are
born hammers.
Revenge of n wrong only makes an
other wrong. g.-Spurgeon.
Sleep is TO man what winding up is
to clock. --Schopenhauer
Nothing is to mnn what has been
long forgotten. German proverb.
| fear nothing 50 much US man who
is witty al day long. Mime. de s;evigne.
The single saowilalse--who cares for
up But whole day Of snowflaHes--who
does not care for thatp Private opinion
Ia weak, but public opinion Is almost
omnipotentl
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1899-11-16
Southeast Missouri Medical Associa-
tion,

The .24th semi annual convention
of the Southeast Missouri Medi cal
Association met in this city last
Tuesday. The meeting was called
to order by the president, DR.. G.
M. Wilmer of Marble Hill. DR.. A.
S. Harrison acted as recording sec
retary.
After Invocation by Rev. 9. w,
Latham, the address of welcome
was delivered bv Mr.. Edward d.
Hays, which was responded to by
DR.. J. M. Finney.
Wednesdays proceedings open
ed with an address by DR.. J. M.
Flnney on Puerperal Sephcaemia.
DR.. G. W. Vinyard then read u
paper on The Progress in Obstetrics,
followed by DR.. r, L. Henderson
who spoke on The Best Splint for
Compound Fracture of the Lower
Extremity. Dr.. +. Kinsolving dis
cussed the subject, Continued
Fevers Dr., A. z. Brney treated
the subject, Differential Diagnosis
Between Chicken pox and Small
pox. DR., A, Bondurapt treated the
subject Of Endo'C 'Corvicitis, followed
by a Report on dynaocology by
DR.. A. A, Bondurant, and n Report
on Surgerv by DR. J b, Portcrdeld,
and Report on Genito' Urinary
diseases by Dr.. u. Haley.
"Wednesday night the president,
DR.. q, NJ Wilmer, delivered The
annual sddress, followed by ~ ad,
dress by NJ. 4. D. Hines ol lhis
city. This doae, the members of
ihe agaoelal,on were treated to
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1899-11-16
Frank Dive to Miss Lille Will

Frank Dive to Miss Lille Will
Jams.
Born--To Mr.. and Mrs. K. A
Gobble twins one day, last week.
Died-At the residence of W. H.
Williams 2 miles northeast of Zalma,
Aunt Annie Virgin, at the age of %
years.
Collector Yount filled his appoint
mcnt here on the 9th and 7th. Sam
Martin assisted him.
Died-One day last week, old lady
Sullins, 5 miles southwest of Zalma
aged 70 years.
A. W. Ashcraft of near Green
brier has rented farm near Buch.
anan and will move 10 it soon. Mr.
Ashcratt is a good citizen and a
true-blue democrat. He is opposed
to the treaty with the sultan of Sulu,
permitting slavery and polygamy
on American soil, and Imperialism,
as all other American people should
be. ALIEN ARooN,