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Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1899-06-22
Against
lanes Francis, defendant.

at this day comes the plaintiff herein, by
his attorney, W. K. Chandler, and files his
petition and affidavit, alleging, among other
things that defendant, James Francis, is
not resident OF the State of Missouri.
Whereupon it is ordered by the clerk, In
vacation, that said defendant be notified by
publication that plaintiff has commenced a
suit against him in this court. The object
and general nature of the petition filed is the
enforcement of the lien Of the State upon the
real property in the petition described, situ-
ated in said county, viz:
The west half Of section twenty-five (2s),
III township thrty-three (33), north of range
eight (8) east, containing three hundred and
twenty (32o) acres.
And that unless the said James Francis
be and appear at this court at the next term
thereof to be begun and holden at the court
house in the town Of Marble Hill, in said
county, on the second Mondayof September
next, and on or before the third day of said
term--if the term shall so long continue, and
il not, then on or before the last day Of said
term-answer or plead to the petition in said
cause, the same will be taken as confessed
and judgment will be rendered accordingly
And tits further ordered that copy hereof
be published, according TO law, in the Marble
Hill Press.
SAM J. McMINN, Circuit Clerk.
A true copy from the record.
Witness my hand and the seal Of the Circuit
~ court of Bolineer county, this 10Th
Is day of June, 1899.
|. ~ SAM ]. McMINN, Circuit Clerk.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1899-06-22
Contractors /.
and Builders
Take Notice.

Sealed proposals will be received by
the undersigned until Thursday, July s,
1899, at 5 o'clock, p. M, for the building
HOUSE, for School District No. 1,
Township 80, Range 10, to bo erected in
the town Of Marble Hill, in the County
of Bollinger and State of Missouri, the
cost, complete, not to exceed the sum of
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TREE-CLIMBING CRABS.
He's Not SO Very Pretty. but He's Not
Bad Eating.
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
King Ross of the Cocos and Christina
Islands is not the only person who is
troubled by tree-climbng crabs. Our sol
diers in the Philippines will find more than
enough of them after they begin to pene-
trate to the southern and eastern islands of
the group. They not only will become ac-
quainted intimately with them, because
they will find the crustacea in their tents
and even in their beds and boots, but be-
cause they will be fed on them if the gentle
native possibly can coax them to try the
dish.
But the appearance and the uncrablike
habits of the animal which has become
part of the American fauna are the worst
points in his character. His taste is not so
bad. 1t is not as good as bro1ied lobster,
but it is a great Improvement on army
beef. The favorite way of preparing the
paim-climbing crab for dinner is to roast
him in hole with red-hot stones. Another
good way to cook the creature is to spit
him and then broil him over the fire.
The tree crab is something like the her
NIT crab of the north Atlantic coast, with
the exception that his abdomen Is not soft.
and therefore he does not have to hunt for
a shell to protect himself The claws are
so powerful that the crab finds it pleas
ant and easy task to crack cocoanuts,
which are his chief article of diet. First
he strips the husk off, and then he inserts
his claws in the three little holes which
are in every nut. and either pounds it on
a stone till it splits, or, If the nut be par
ticularly hard, he climbs the tree with 1t
and drops it to the ground.
Crab hunting is carried on in many ways
in all the islands of the Pacific. In some
places the natives tie u bunch of grass
around the tree at a good distance from
the ground after they have made sure that
there are crabs in the tree. When the de-
Iuded creatures descend they feel the grass
with their feet, and, thinking that they
have reached the ground. let go quickly in
order to scuttIe away. But they don't scut-
tie. They fall rudely and sustain fractures
of the skull, or severe shock, or other
things that wait for persons and crabs that
fall from trees. Then the naked and hum
CRY native falls on the animal ties it to his
spear and bears 1t away in triumph to the
pot In other islands where the natives are
not so completely lazy, they climb after the
crusty prey, and there are interesting races
in the treetops, with fierce battles at the
finish, for the palm-ciimolng crap can get a
pretty good grip with those cocoanut crack
ers of his.
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Great Britafn's Claims.

Under the protest of Venezuela at the
time Great Britain receded from the claims
made in 1S4l and pulled up markers OF the
Schomburgk line in 1912. Since then Great
Britain's claims have shifted about untli
the various lines proposed, when put on the
map in different colors, look like strands
of tangled yarn. A curious fact in the case
is that the Schomburgk line pubnshed on
maps from 1912 line first proposed
by him before he made a survey. His ac-
tual survey was of a line taking in re-
spectacle strip of territory to the west. A
map based on this survey was slowed away
in secret archives and not sprung on the
world until fortyfour years later, in 1856.
The Cuyuni and Mazaruni rivers, two
large streams flowing into the Essequlbo,
form the basis of contention in the IN
terror of the disputed territory. While the
original Schomburgk line had, in the IN
terror, cut straight across the Cuyuni, the
larger of the two rivers the expanded line
bent to the west so as to take in the entire
course of the river. Great Britain, 1t would
seem, had at first been too modest to make
public claim to the territory beyond the
original Schomburgk line, but now the 'ex-
treme claim of the British extends far
beyond even the Expanded Schomburgk
line taking in all the tributaries of the
Cuyuni up to their source, and to WITHIN
a dozen miles of the 0rinoco.
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hard to turn away all that good money!
more by token thai 1t would come in
handy for number of little frills particu-
lafiy desired at that time in connection
with the medallion. and sundry other vaui-
ties needed at the new club house in behalf
OF the Annapolis alumni (most of whom
being nothing but heroic defenders of heir
country are, of course, chemically hard
up. But, on the other hand. what right
had ne to part with the admirars check
IN such fashion without the admiraTs
consent? To write to Manila and get back
an answer would take month of Sundays
and be too late. And. finally. how was ha
TO decide between two OF the savages in
evening dress. each of whom asserted. ana
SWore TO II, that he was the rightful author
of the highest bid2
In his perpleXity Commander Dash nut
the check back into his pocket, telling the
excited bidders each and severaIIy to 20 10
Ine deuce. All OF which happened some
Gays ago. But the fate of the adratraTs
check isn't decided yet, Oh
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carried 70 Spain the means of maintaining
her long and Cruel wars. it was by set.
tlement in territory claimed by Spain and
while at war with that country that the
treaty of Munster in le4s after the thirty.
years war tp Europe. received grant
from Spain of territorial rights In Guiana.
What is now British Guiana was held for
166 years by the Dutch. By conquest and
treaty it was finally coded to Great Britain
in 1914.
Evidence in Three Languages.
The evidence submitted in this interna-
tional lawsuit Is particularly voluminous
for the two and half centuries since the
treaty of 1913, which gave no well-defined
boundary between Spanish and Dutch pos
sessions and thus started all the trouble.
There are Dutch documents, complete and
well connected from The Hague; Spanish
documents, incomplete, scattered gathered
with great labor from archives without in
deX, at Seville. There was a search also in
the Vatican at Rome among reports of the
Spanish mission settlements in the disputed
territory. Material, also, had naturally
been gathering in the Venezuelan archives
at Caracas. Then there were the English
blue books, supplemented in the research
on Venezuela's behalf, by unofficial publ
cations about geographical subjects and
travel not always in harmony with the Off
cial documents.
LII tOIumen.
All the documents in foreign languages
have been translated and the whole pro-
ceedings are in English. All the evidence
is in. Everything submitted has been print
ed, and copies of the many volumes have
been furnished to the five arbitrator and
the respective counsel. What is called the
case, or the opening statement of facts,
Tor Great Britain, takes up one volume,
with seven volumes of appendices or ex-
hibits The case for Venezuela takes up
one volume, with two volumes of appen-
dices. Each side also submitted with its
case an atlas of maps bearing on the
controversy. The counter of Great
Britain takes up one volume and a volume
of appendices, and the 'counter-case" of
Venezuela one volume. with two volumes
of appendices. Each side, with its counter
case, submitted another atlas. Then came
the printed argument, filling two volumes
or about 500 pages, for Venezuela, and only
one volume of about sixty-five pages for
Great Britain. Thus far, therefore TWEEN
ty-three printed volumes have been sub
mtted Further proceedings are to be by
oral argument, though such things as the
arbftrators may cali for will be submitted
in printing and the other side will have
leave to print replies
Assisting Gen. Harrison as counsel for
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Storing the, SUMS Heat.
From lie Monde scientifque.


1t is we'll understood that the great de-
sideratum for the successful working of
apparatus dependent upon the suns heat
is that the sun should shine uninterruptedlv
upon it. through air devoid of all moisture.
With this in view q machine is proposed
for realizing this requisite, by storing the
suns heat. This consists of large conf
cally shaped reflector of highly Furnished
copper which has located in it's center a
boiler made of heavy glass. The heat OBJ
tanned is stored in reservoir of sand. sur
rounded by heavy wooden covering, which
Is said to effectualIy prevent the heat from
radiating while retaining it in the sand
until it is required; and the reflector NAV
be moved backward or forward in a hori
zcntal plane by means of a lever while a
pair of cog wheels running in a toothed
rack enables It to be elevated or depressed.
In operation. the confcahy shaped funnel
is set at the proper angle facing the sun.
and the heat converging upon the reflector
from all directions is transmitted to the
reservoir of sand; engines and dynamos
may thus be operated under this arrange
ment by simply drawing on the heat thus
stored up
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II you want work read the want columns
Of The Star.
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ADMIRAL DEWEY'S CHECK
Is Worth Good Deal More Than Its
Face Value.

From the New York Sun.
Admiral Dewey's check a New York
bank for the of SO has occasioned no
end of perplexity to perfectly well-mean-
ing citizen. The check is regularly drawn
and was issued in the ordinary course OF
| business. Nobody doubts that there are
ample funds in bank to meet II. There are
no compiled ions of Endorsement, identifica-
ton anything of that kind. In word,
everything is right as right can be- and
yet the holder of the check can't make up
his mind for the life of him to deposit the
paper and get the proceeds as he ordinarily
would.
1t befell in this way: The holder of the
check is officer in the navy and q mem
Der of the University Club. His name is
neither here nor there. He is a member OF
the committee of alumni of Annapolis APP
pointed to raise the money which is to
pay for carving the crest of the Naval
Academy on one of the marble medaihohs
, that are to adorn the facade of the new
University Club building in 9th avenue.
There is one of these medaiiions for each
college whose alumni are eligible to MEM
bership in the club, and the cost of cary
ing is borne by the alumni of the respect
i've institutions.
Commander Dash, which is not the name
of the officer in question, wrote TO Adiniral
Dewey at Manila, apprising him oil the
medallion scheme and lntmatlns thdt tne
admiraPs assessment was 81 ana some ouu
cents By return post the committeeman
received a nice letter; likewise the admlral
inclosed his check for $40, sending nttie
more than was asked for, because-"ell,
apparently because that's the kind OF good
fellow Admiral George Dewey Is
Commander Dash opened the letter in the
smoking room of the University Club one
evening, and, as there were several An
napolis men present, he read 1t aloud
There was the most respectful silence until
| the reader came to the passage, Il inclose
my check for $40, which, etc., when some
fellow broke in with
Say, I'll give you $50 for that check!'
Fifty devils I'll give you hundred"
Hundred m fiftyi"
Two hundredr' Three hundredP' -Four
hundredr'
Rattlety-bim bang! And SO on, until, In
less than jiffy. the bewildered commander
found himself the center of an eager gang
OF amiable savages in evening dress, every
manjack of them bound to own that check,
and deuce take the expense.
1t was exactly at this point that the
commanders perplexities began. 1t was
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From the Washington pa Reporter.
Peter SteInholtz nearly froze to death tho
other day in a tree, up which he had
climbed to escape from a black hear IIa
was chopping wood on Dfngman run in the
western part of Potter county. His tpncb
basket was about stones throw AWAY
from the log on which he was working
ne mao lert part Of his dinner untouched.
reward evening his attention was attracted
py growing A good-sized bear had
Iouhd the basket and was trying to force
uhe I'D on. Steinholtz started for the bear
thinking that the animal would scamner
away. But instead of running away Bruin
started for him. With his ak raised Stain
hoftz waited, and when the bear came
WITHIN reach struck at the beast. But the
pear was too quick. Steinholtz saw that
MS only chance to escape was 10 climb a
Tree He managed to shin up a small W hite
OAK resting IN the first limbs about twelve
rect above ground. The bear tried hard 10
follow, Out his short. clumsy legs could not
embrace the slender trunk so he finally
contented himself with travelling round ana
round the tree, constantly keeping his eve
nxed on the captive Steinhohz Finally
Stelnholtz lost consciousness, and when he
came to he had fallen from the tree. IL
was the FALL probably, that Jared him bacl,
to consciousness. 1t was dark as pitch
but there was no sign or sound of the
bear. so the woodchopper hobbied off home
Both feet and both hands were frozen.
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ANOTHER CHICAGO PARK.
Statistics That Reveal Shocking Ig-
nOrance in the Western Metropolis.

From the Chicago Tribune.
A great park is to be built in that sec
tion of the city where for years the need
of such a breathing place has been felt
most keenIy The garden spot is to be
nlanted In the heart of the region where
dwell the great majority of the stock yards
and rolling mill workers. The legislature,
as one of it's last acts, gave the power to
the South Park commissioners of Chicago
to establish another park along the line
OF the boulevard system and within the
limits of the South Town. This perms-
sion was asked because of the denseiy pop
ulated section. Many OF me peopie $50
live whereabouts are too poor to aHoro
every Sunday the nickels necessary TO take
all the members Of the family 10 Jach-
son or Washington park. Which les lal "
the east Western avenue Is bouleVaTueu
through this part of the city, ana every
fair spring or summer day the grass phls
bordering the boulevard are SO cIowueu
with the inhabitants on the uas.lie. nc,
is ma rely possible to pick ones way throush
the throngs. For the last Two years VaCa-
ton schools have been conducted IN the
sections of the city which Will be TRIBUTARY
tn the new park. In the course OF the SEES
go ~ these schools some facts were
brought out which show strtklngiy the need
of Just such place as the SCUM Ia an
hoard Intends to establish II was es,l-
mated that there were 25,0oo chidren IN
Chicago over four years of age VINO mad
never been in a city park. and that large
percentage of these children came from
that part of the city now under discussion
tbat there was any bird other than the
English sparrow. The limit of knowledge
az most Of them about the animal kindom
was an ability to name the horse, the dog,
and the cat In one school, though it was
not in this section of the city. half the
Youngsters did not know what a COW was,
and beyond the cart of the vender were in
utter ignorance of the source of the milk
supply.
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BOUNDARY QUESTION
Dispute Between Great Britain and
Venezuela.
10 Be SETTLED BY ARBITRATION
Most Famous Jurists of the World
to Take Part.
RESUME OF THE AFFAIR

On May Il ex-President Benjamin Har-
rson will sail for Paris to take part in
the most momentouS and important law
suit of recent years. 1t will be held before
august international tribunal of arbi-
tratiOn- The parties at law are the gov
eminent of Great Britain and the govern
ment of Venezuela backed by the govern
ment of the United States. 1t will settle
the question that four years ago nearly pre-
cipitated an Anglo-American war.
Ex-Presideut Harrison. who is chief
counsel for Venezuela, after nearly fifteen
months devoted to a thorough investiga-
ton of all of the claims involved, has
come to the conclusion that England has
rights in only narrow eastern strip OF
the disputed territory. He will contend for
the Venezuelan government that the proper
boundary should be in the neighborhood of
the 18th degree of longitude west of Green
witch, whereas Great Britain has claimed
westward beyond the CID degree of longi-
tude west of Greenwich. taking a number
of exceedingly valuable gold mines in
which British capital is now interested
This contention of counsel viii come as a
surprise both to American and to British
interests. and it is 4 great source of graft
fcatiou to the Venezuelan government.
Refused to Arbitrafe
The cause of this most notable lawsuit
Of modern times was Great Rritain's per-
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less Importance. The Orinoco flows into
the ocean. by many channels of which that
commanded by Point Barima, on the Island
of Rarima, Is the southernmost. Schom-
burgk called attention to the fact that this
channel Boca de Navios, or ships MOUTH
was the only one which admitted vessels of
some draught and was often referred to as
1.-The Dardaneles of the Orinoco." He
spoke of the remains of fort having been
found at Point Barima. and of this being
evidence that the Dutch had controlled
this point. Venezuelan counsel now con-
tend that there is no evidence in the volu-
minous and complete Dutch records of any
forts ever occupying this point. Ihey refer
to evidence that the French traders once
had a stronghold there, and that If the re-
mains reported by Schomburgk We're really
found, they were probably traces of the
French occupation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-11

Perry's Toothache Wax. Get IT. not
cheap substitutes. Sold everywhere. 10 cts,
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Work on the Case.

From the date of his employment as
counsel for Venezuela, something over fif
teen months ago, until the present, Gen.
Harrison has given his entire time to this
great case. His law office in indianapolis
has not been used by him. and he has
worked at his home. Scarcely day has
passed on which he has not spent the usual
business hours of a lawyer, from to 4
o'clock on this case. Considering that he is
public man, with many urgent requests
for use of his time in politics and other
business affairs. he has led almost a Sc
cluded life. His sojourn in the Adirondacks
last summer was only change of work
shop. not a vacation.
In this boundary dispute the Venezuelans
and the British are the successors re-
spectively, of the Spanish and Dutch. The
controversy touches many points of his
toric and romantic interest, beginning with
the times of the Spanish discovery and
conqueSts in South America. The disputed
territory itself was the much-sought FL
Dorado of the Spanish and English adven-
turers. The Dutch, in the long struggle
of the Netherlands against Spanish
tyranny and inquisition, attacked their
enemy along these far away coasts and
cut off many of the treasure ships that
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Refused to Arbitrafe.

The cause of this most notable lawsuit
of modern times was Great Rritafn's per-
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Cash only. anil the narrowest margin
Of profit.

to enable all to get their houses
in shape to befttingly welcome
guests to the Peace Jubilee.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-23
WOMEN POLICEMEN.
queer Occupation of Crowd Of
Withered London Danes.

queer Occupation of Crowd NJ
W1thered London Danes.
London Mail.
LONDON has many queer things IN tho
huge extent of its area, but none oueareI.
than Its women guardians of the streets
Tor London, unknown. to most of tic IN,
habitants, has a police force the Ike ~
which does not exist In any Other citv
on earth.
In order to see, it work you must pet nm
very early on Friday morning and visit
CoYent Garden market. There .vo,, Mill
see such block of traffic and suoh a
crowd OF angry and unreasonable drivers
that you will notltb surprised at tha
Metropolitan police giving up the dirty of
Keeping order as an impossible ioh Rut
still you will .f1Ed that things come rignt
In the end, and ron looking to find how
this is brought about you will probah1v
be shocked at discovering that Covent
the shape Of someuhundred or so of old
women Theysdart in and out among the
cars, order the drivers to stop, or back
their horses. or move on. They shout and
swear and shake their fists and catch the
horses heads and, If necessary. shy tllr
nips or potatoes at the drivers. But thew
always succeed in having their own Wav
But for these women 1t Is believed that If
would be necessary to read the riot act
every Saturday morning In Covent gar
den. AS it is, the women police make a
comfortable living out of their profession
the drivers giving them daily tips. while
the proprietors pay them fair salary.