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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-28
Graceful Proposals Abbreviated
in This Age of Electricity.

Rapid communications corrupt good man.
ners. In this age of steam and electricity
there Is not time for the graceful, If long
wlnded. proposals of our forefathers.
We are becoming as short. prosaic and to
the point as was the celebrated physician
Abernethy. He wrote to the lady of his
choice. Miss Anna Threlfali. that he would
like to marry her, but as he was too busy
to make love she must entertain his pro-
posal without preliminaries. and let him
know her decision by the end of the week.
Still. however busy he may be. Il certain
amount of time spent in wooing Is owed
by every man to the girl whom he thinks
worth asking. And wise woman VIII an
sist on this. as did Scotch girl to whom
her lover proposed too abruptly. She an
swered: Yes, Jamie. I'll marry you: but
you must give me my dues of counting for
all that
Proposals Of marriage have been sent
much oftener by post than by telegraph
for. as ar acquaintance of mine SAID, when
dropping one into a letter box. ITS only
penny-hit or MISS" a man should have
his mind well made up however, before
sending a proposal in letter, either regis
tered or unregistered. 1t Is not always an
advantage to be able to see both s'des OF the
question. A clever man known to the writer
had got into the habit of arsuing for and
against different courses of action at every
crisis or turning point OF his life until he
became almost mad. When he began to think
of r,atrimony he was perpexed in the ex-
treme-should he marry or should he not?
At last. not being any longer able to bear
the painful state of uncertainty. he pro-
posed by letter to lady and dropped it
into pillar letter box. No sooner had he
done this than all the arguments which he
thought were dispelled forever returned with
new force. and the wretched man tried to
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-28

was continued by his sons until a few
years ago.
Mr.. Ellis's first wife died on July Il. 1854.
after having borne him five children, and
on May q. 1865. he was married to Mrs.
Mary Jacobs. who lived until May "a. 1893,
Mr.. Ellis's children are Mrs. S. A. Christian.
Peter Ellis and William o. Ellis Of Boone
County. Mrs. G. ". Godlove Of st. Louis
and James A. Ellis of Jefferson City. He
has been member Of Salem Baptist Church
since 1870. has never used tobacco, and Is
temperate in all his habits He is in full
possession Of health and vigor, and many
OF his friends prophesy that he will round
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-28

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
One OF the stanchest of Boone County.
Missouri. citizens and Democrats is the VEN
cradle Elisha Patterson Ellis. who is now
near the close of his eighty-fourth year.
He has been Democrat since he became
voter. rixty-three years ago. and has been
a reader Of The Republic for forty years.
Mr.. Ellis was born in St Louis County.
near quaint old F1orissant. on September
II. 1871, his parents being Peter and Eleanor
PATTERSON Ellis The following year his
father and mother moved TO Boone County.
and there Mr.. Ellis has resided ever since.
H hos saen his parents and his nine broth
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ELISHA PATTERSON ELLIS.

ers and sisters pass away. leaving him the
sole survivor of a once large family.
On November 3. 1Si5 Mr.. Ellis was mar
ried to Miss Mary ]. Shelley of Galloway
County. and in the same year moved to the
farm given him by his father near Ash
land. Boone County. two years before.
There he became one of the most prosper
Gus farmers. slave owners and mule traders
of that section of Missouri. He sunplied
mules To many of the big planters in Mis-
souri,. Arkansas. Louisiana and Texas CT
course. the wars ravages depleted his for
tune. but he again built it up. and afte.
his retirement his business as mile trader
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".
PROPOSING.

Our ancestors used to make quite study
Of how to propose to their future wives N
a graceful way; it was with them a fine
art. Look here. Fanny" said mother TO
a daughter. you must make haste and
marry one of your suitors. for the carpet
Is getting quite worn by men going on their
knees to propose to you" l am afraid that
this sort of thing is going out of fashion
in these unromantic days; irGeed. l live in
terror Of hearing of some wretch proposing
by typewriter. typewriter proposal
would be dreadful: it would look as if it
had gone round like a circular. 1t is not
impossible. however, to send romance and
poetry over the telegraph wires. A military
officer known to the writer was sailing for
India. He became not seasck but love sick
as he thought Of the charms of the girl
he had left behind him. so when the troop
ship stopped at Malta he wired: 'Will you
marry me? Yes or nor Yes" was the
answer which the current of love and cleo
tricity returned. and he came back from
India as soon as he could get leave and
married her. And yet animal magnetism,
rather than telegrapl.y. was the medium
of the great electrician Ediscn's proposing.
One day. as he stood behind the chair OF
Miss Stillwell. a telegraph operator in
his employe, he was not a little surprised
when she suddenly turned round and said:
'Mr. Edison. can always tell when you
are behind OF near me-" 1t was now Mss
Stilwells turn to be surprised. for. with
characteristic bluntness and ardor. Edison
confronted the young lady, and. looking her
full in the face. said: I've been thinking
considerably about you of late. and il you
are willing to marry me l would like TO
marry you" They were married a month
afterwards
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No Excuse for WidOwers
Proposing in an
Awkward Manner.

Wfdowers have no excuse for not proc
posing properly. We do not know whether
our readers Will think that the following.
winch learned from clergyman, is IN
good form. 1t was sent I'm December 1875.
to a widow in his parish by a man to whom
she had never spoken:
pear friend. ] am widower with two
little girls. and / want some one to take
care of them. 1 think we could live very
comfortably together in this world, and
afterwards we could rejoin those we have
loved who have gone before. If you accept
tnIs please write and say so on the other
side Of this sheet. II not. please return this
letter. and don't make it public
A man of whom | have heard. who was
a widower for second time proposed in
IN s lugubrious way: Bringing to the lady
Il bundle of papers tied up with black ribbon
he asked her to read them. as they were
tie letters written TO him by his dead wives,
and would prove that he was capable of be-
ing good husband. Perhaps after going
through them you may look with favor on
my suit. but don't be in hurry or answer
now: / can watt
If there is an art In proposing there is
one also in refusing. and I'm gracefully TAX
ing a refusal. The Il shall be a sister to
you formula has served so long that it,
should retire and give place to something
more original.
That was nice way an Irishman took his
refusal. The lady had just engaged herself
ye had been twins so that could have had
half Of ye.' Another man. certainly not
Irish. was so philosophical that when he
died several years after. he left the lady a
handsome legacy as trifing acknowledge
ment OF her great kindness in refusing
him.
H-x xp.~L.
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TIE REMARKABLE DEVELOPMENT OF ESAU p CHIMPANZEE

Careful Training Has Him. to Outward
palanes1e Wears Clothes Takes His Bath Regularly
Pipe. Eats With Fork Otherwise COMFORTS
self as a Gentleman.
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THIS 0LD-FASHI0NED MISS0URlAN BIDS FAIR
TO ROUND OUT A CENTURY OF EXISTENCE


emo Nearly His
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Nszt Week: '.Ensass4a.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-24

Boer invaders 500 strong reached
Saldanha Bay, near Hopefeld, after a
march through Cape Colony.
The Bulgarian government refused
to enter into any negotiations to pay
ransom to Miss Stones abductors.
A plot of Samar rebels to surprise
and massacre the American garrison
was discovered and frustrated and so
natives were arrested. A vigorous
campaign was in progress to restore
peace to the island.
NJ. Santos-Dumont circled the Eiffel
tower in Paris with his airship and won
the Deutsch prize of $4,000.
Fire at Sidney, Cape Breton island,
destroyed 60 business houses and con-
tents. Loss, 100000
American agents are unable TO find
the abductors of Miss Stone in Bel
GUM in order TO pay her ransom.
The high protective tariff imposed
by Australia against foreign manufac-
lures alarms English shoe manufac-
turers.
Ocean island, near the Gilbert
group, has been annexed by the Brit.
ish government.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-24
THE SPICE OF VARIETY.

Less than half the area of st. Louis
is severed.
To commend anarchist crime in a
public place is punishable offense ac-
cording to French law.
Eggs and mulberry trees were sent
out to Georgia by the British govern
ment shortly after the settlement of
the colony.
The ink of the Greeks and Romans
was merely lampblack mingled with
gum in the proportion of three parts of
the former to one of the latter.
The sheets of steel for pen making
are, in their original condition, eight
feet long and three feet wide. From
these strips are cut wide enough to per-
nit of the cutting of three or four pens.
Iron stoves are coming more and
more into use in Bulgaria, having
driven out the tin-plated ones formerly
in great favor. Germany was the first
in the field with iron stoves, but has
found formidable competitors in Bel
GUM and England.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-24
MRS. DYER'S HEART.

McCarron, Mich, Oct. 21st.-In April
last the sensational case of Mrs. Sam
uel G. Dyer, of this place, was reported
in these columns. Mrs. Dyer has suf-
fered for years with a very bad case of
Heart Trouble and was cured in a few
weeks by Dodd's Kidney Pills.
Since then Mrs. Dyer has received
hundreds of inquiries as to her condi-
ton and many may be interested to
hear that she is at present enjoying
the best of health and has not had the
slightest return of the Heart Trouble.
Formerly she had to sit up in bed for
hours to get relief; now she goes about
as smartly as any lady of 62 years in
the State. Dodd's Kidney Pills have
made many friends in Chippewa Coun-
ty through their cure of Mrs. Dyer's
case, and have proven beyond doubt
that their cures are not only very COM
plete, but absolute and permanent.
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LATER.

The s-year-old daughter of Reynold
uudeman, living near Clayton, Wis,
was burned to death after rescuing two
little children, aged and 4 years, from
a section of burning grass in a field
near the homestead. Mr. Ludeman
had set fire to the grass and cautioned
the children to remain away from the
field.
The agricultural interests of the
country are trying to persuade General
Henderson, who will again be speaker
of the house, to appoint a new chair
man of the committee on agriculture
in place of j. W. Wadsworth of New
York They claim he is not friend
of the Grout bill to tax oleomargarine
and to forbid the use of coloring mat
ter in its manufacture.
Letters received from Panama say
the Colombian rebels lost heavily in
battle near there last Tuesday The
rebels are concentrating in a camp in
the neighborhood and both sides are
preparing for clash which, it is said,
will largely determine the fate of the
revolution.
A sensational robbery, which Melted
the perpetrators S74, 61O in stamps, was
discovered in the wholesale stamp de-
partment of the Chicago postoffice. A
rapid investigation developed that the
burglars had crawled under the floor
ing for about 300 feet, bored hole in
the bottom of the vault, secured the
stamps and escaped carrying their
booty in a wagon. They did not mo-
lest the cashiers vault, where there
was S35, 900 in cash.
A daughter of Peter Bell, of st.
Marys, o., was rescued from band of
gypsies, who had held her prisoner
for nine years.
The failure of the Boden Credit bank
at Oedenburg, Hungary, led TO sin
gular suicide. Manager Schladerer,
whose extensive defalcations caused
the failure, made a confession to his
wife, who handed him pistol and adj
vised him to kill himself, which he did.
His wife will be arrested as an acces-
sorry to the act.
Ex-Sheriff Harris and his son were
shot and killed in a street duel at
Waco, Texas. DR. j. G. Lovelace and
his step-son, u. T. Reynolds, are under
arrest for the crime
Lord Kitchener has wired an urgent
demand to the war office for more
trained mounted men.
James Saylor was sentenced to life
Imprisonment for the murder of VIM
Davis near Arcadia, Ok.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-24
PORTO RICANS ARRIVE.
Escorted About the Country by
Business Men.

New York, Oct ga delegation of
Porto Rican merchants arrived here on
the Ponce from San Juan. They were
met at the steamship by a committee
of New York business men and were
escorted to a hotel, where an informal
luncheon was given in their honor.
after which they will leave for Boston.
Other cities in New England and New
York state will be visited. including
Buffalo. October 20 and 80 will be
spent in Detroit; October 81 and No
yember probably in Chicago; Novem-
Der 2, 3 and in ST. Louis, and Noyem-
Der and 6 in Cincinnati. Pittsburg
will be reached November Z. Wash
ington on the Sth, and Philadelphia on
the 10th. Two days will be devoted to
Washington and Philadelphia. where
the tour will end.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-24
DETECTIVE SHOT DEAD.
Desperate Criminal Kills His Captor
at Cincinnati. But Fails
to Escape.

Cincinnati, Oct. 22.-Detective Cal
vim d. Grim was fatally shot Monday
by John Foley. Grim was in citizens
clothes going to a train for vacation.
He encountered Foley on the street
and recognized him as a recently re-
leased convict who was wanted for
picking pockets at funerals. Grim
placed him under arrest and started
to the station house. Suddenly Foley
drew a revolver and fired. sending a
bullet through Crim's body. Two other
policemen caught Foley Foley is also
known as Dan Driscoll and as The
Goat" Grim was the leading detec-
tive in the famous Pearl Bryan muir
der case. Last March he served as
personal guard for President McKin-
ley at the Inauguration.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-24
Personal AND POLITICAL.

John 5. Pillsbury, governor of Min
nesota from 1876 to 1882, and one of
the foremost citizens of the state,
died in Minneapolis, aged 70 years.
Mrs. Edwin II. Conger, wife of Min
ister Conger, left Des Moines, Ia, for
China.
Gen. Wlter S. Payne, former com
mander in chief Of the Sons of Veter-
ans, died in Austin, ILL.,
Gen. James 4. Walker, eX-member Of
congress from the Ninth Virginia dis
triet and brigadier general in the con
federate army, died at his home in
Wytheville, Va.
Rear Admiral Francis NJ. Bunee, re-
tired. died at Hartford, Conn, aged
60 years.
Speaking at the opening of the Ohio
republican campaign rally at Della
ware, senator Hanna announced that
he would not retire from politics or
resign the craftsmanship of the ma
tional committee.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-24
FOREIGN.

Mussolino. the famous bandit, was
captured after a desperate fight at
Urbino Italy.
Students wrecked the government
house at Kitchener. Russia, and
fought the police, who killed II and
wounded 30 of them.
The Philippines were swept by a
typhoon and 20 persons were killed
in shipping disasters in Manila bay
and many vessels damaged.
Gen. Chaffee cabled the president adj
vising against n reduction of the force
now in the Philippines as proposed by
Gen. Corbin.
United States senators and congress
men who have been touring the Philip
pines sailed for home on the transport
sheridan.
The Beers have occupied Malmes-
burg, about 40 miles from Cape Town.
Don Carlos, the Spanish pretender.
has been ordered to leave Italy for fear
Of compromising the government with
Spain
Rich deposits of gold and precious
stones, thought to be the long-.ost
mines of the Pharaohs. have been found
in Egypt.
To cheek encroachments of Ameri-
can packers British capitalists have
formed company TO build large
meat plant at Bristol
lsmail Hudjo, who claimed to be the
Oldest man in the world, died at Kruti.
Albania, aged 100 years.
4 tobacco trade war was begun in
England by the American trust re-
dueing the price of cigarettes.
The Josephine Ann, fishing vessel
belonging "a Fecamp, France, was lost
NJ sea with her crew OF 30 men.
In a fight with bolomen on the is
land Of Samar, in the Philippines. ter
American >oldiers and 100 rebels were
killed.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-24
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

Kansas City is troubled with gang
OF female footpads.
Senator Hanna's secretary says that
since 1896 500 children have been
named after the senator.
GOV. Wood notified the secretary of
war that the Cuban presidential cleo
ton has been set for February "a.
Arrests for drunkenness in l2g
cities of the United States are said
to aggregate $4,000 during the last
fiscal year.
At the close of the fiscal year 1900
there were 1868 post offices in the
United States. or one 10 every 1000
inhabitants.
John d. Rockefeller gave Barnard
college in New York 100000 on CON
dition that the trus tees of the col
lege raise like amount by January
/, 1902.
Walter y. Dimmick, formerly chief
clerk in the San Francisco mint. has
been sentenced to two years impris-
onment for misappropriation of pub
lie funds.
\ noted French critic predicts re-
form in the dress of women, saying
that short skirts are to become the
fashion and that corsets and wells
are to go.
The New York Bar association
adopted resolutions declaring Mayor
Van Wyck conspicuously unfit for the
judicial Office for which he has been
nominated by Tammany Hall.
English electricians declare they
have discovered sure method of
transmitting electrical energy with
out wires and are able to control sub
marine torpedoes with certainty.
Miss Helen Gould has been selected
by the federal commission to be a
member of the board of lady man
ayers IF the Louisiana Purchase ex-
position to be held at st. Louis in
1908.
Estimates of English. French and
Hungarian authorities on the worlds
wheat crop of 1901 agree that it is
90 So tu"A NldV oi el'neT o. tue tWu
preceding years, the principal in.
crease being in America.
President Roosevelt told a delega-
ton Of South Carolina republicans
that he would like TO succeed himself
as president. but did not care for the
nomination if he had to cater TO any
political clique, combination or move
ment.
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prencher Kills n Wan.

jacksonville, Ky. Oct. 22.-At an
early hour in the morning Rev. Eu-
gene Harralson, pastor of the NJ. Z
church, south. here, shot and killed a
negro named Jim Lewis. Mr.. Harral-
son heard some one trying to break
into his house and the fatal shot was
fired only when the preacher had
given up his search for the supposed
burglar and again heard the man try
ing TO get into the room of Mrs. Har-
ralson. The jury at noon returned a
verdict of iustifiable homicide.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-24
STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
SUGAR.

AS good deal has recently APP
peared in print regarding the con-
sumption of sugar, and as the inn
portance of this article as a food, in
which every individual is concerned,
is apparently not sufficiently under
stood, the following facts and figures
furnished 20 US by the well-known
sugar statisticians, Messrs. Willett
and Gray (91 Wall street, New York;.
who are the publishers of the weekly
Statistical Sugar Trade Journal.
must necessarily be Of great inter-
est to all our readers;
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-24
Indians Arc neheIIion..

solway. Mimi, Oct IA. L. Kaiser
of the bank of Fosston, and T. Burke
Of the So.way Mercantile company, ar.
rived Monday afternoon from Red Lake
agency with dispatches from Agent
Mercer to the Indian commissioner at
Washington. The Indians refuse to
accept the annuity payment unless the
money due from logging operations
last winter is also paid at this time a,
II = claim it was promised them by the
department The excitement al the
agency is intense.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-24

r. G. Dun & Co.'S review of trade
says that business this year will ex-
coed all previous records.
Five men were killed and two in.
jured by a fall of rock in the rapid
transit tunnel in New York city.
j. b. Burdett won an automobile
race over the 40 miles from Chicago
to Joliet in hour 40 minutes and 10
seconds.
The steamer State Of Michigan was
wrecked by broken shaft and sunk
off White Lake, Mich. No lives were
lost.
Two employees of the Merchants na-
tional bank of Lowell. Mass, disap-
peared after embezzling an amount
that may reach 100000
The department of state denied
that the United States had offered to
arbitrate between Venezuela and Co
lombia.
Lieut.. Col. William Auman, now in
the Philippines is to succeed Col. Van
Horne at Fort Sheridan, Ill.
Anarchists are said to have threat
ened in letters received at Petoskey,
Mich, TO kill 100 society women if
Czolgosz is executed.
Col. Brodie, of the rough riders,
has been appointed governor of Ari-
IONA
Dollie Richards, who was kidnapped
ten years ago in Brazil, Ind, is to be
restored TO her parents. The woman
abductor in Chicago confessed.
The frs monument erected at Valley
Forge in memory of the revolutionary
soldiers who died there during the
winter of 1777-177s was unveiled.
Yale university began the celebra-
ton of the two hundredth anniversary
Of the founding of Yale college in New
Haven, Conn.
Fire destroyed the New England
building at the Pan-American exposi-
ton in Buffalo.
At Barbourville. KY, James Meridy
was divorced from his thirteenth wife
and married his fourteenth one hour
later.
\ lunatic who declared his mission
was 10 kill President Roosevelt was
arrested in New York after desperate
struggle.
According to Or. Allen, of the agri-
cultural department, farm products
can thrive in Alaska.
An epidemic of bank robberies in
northwestern Ohio is believed to be the
work Of tramps.
Admiral Dewey, as presiding officer
of the Schley court of inquiry, has
created favorable impression for his
impartiality, business and promptness.
Prof. Hill, of the geological survey,
reports that Texas is fairly flowing
over with prosperity as a result of oil
discoveries.
The steamer John J. Albright and
tug Christian collided near Detroit
and Capt. Harlow and the cook and
one sailor of the steamer were
drowned,
The isthmian canal commission will
estimate the cost of the waterway at
100000, 900.
The steamer City of Cleveland, car
rying 176 passengers, struck a sunl1en
anchor in the Detroit river and sunk,
all on board being rescued.
The Pacific Mail steamship Siberia,
the largest vessel ever constructed in
America. was launched at the New
port News (Na.) shipyards.
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Additional, people taxed
annually and pay to
provide the 40 millions
for revenue
sS6,OM,m

Remove duty and the whole $s4,-
9S1,060 accrues to the public. On
October s, the quotation for Cuba
Centrifugal sugar, &c per cent. test,
free on board Cuba, was 1876 cents
per pound, and the duty on same
amounted to 1855 cents per pound,
which is equivalent to sc per cent.
ad valorem.
(Signed) WILLETT & GRAY,
81 Wall street, New York.