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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-10-11

Miss Lucy Board entertained the
Bachelor Girls iu a charming man
uvr Wednesday afternoon. \ full
attendance added 10 the pleasure ot
the occasion. Progressive finch
was the feature of entertainment,
quite a novel manner Of scoring was
introduced. Each score card had
tiny streamrr- OF pink aud greeu-
the club culurs-aud a. the player
progressed pictures Of men were tied
To the string. When the games were
called Miss Crudglugtun, who had
succeeded IN getting the greatest NUM-
bor Of "mou on her string was pre-
scented u dainty stock, the artistic
work Of the hostess. 4 hugh palm
leaf fan, with a set OF improved rules
for playing finch was awarded To
Miss Emily thomas. Sherbet aud
waters were served, after which the
club adjourned to meet with Miss
Boatwright next time. Miss Weed
on was guest Of honor.
-.
The Shakespeare Club met with
Mrs. w. \. Withcrs Ia her pretty
home near the graded school Thurs
day afternoon AZ o'clock and held
most pleasant aud profitable meet.
ing devoted to the reading and dis
cussiOn NJ Act ! scenes ! aud II OF
Julius Caesar. The questions pre-
pared by Miss Friend will be taken
up next. \ interesting feature 81
this club Tor the coming year will be-
"a quotation contest iu which Mrs.
". n. oliver and Mrs Floy Dausby
have Offered prize ~ the member
showing the greatest familiarity with
quotations. Tho contest will last
the club year, and has
Already awakened great interest.
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hospital, through whose wards the pres
ent generation of qualified women have
passed as students. There will be three
of the stalls entirely equipped by them
selves, one of which viii be held by
Mrs. Scharlieb, the senior physician for
the diseases OF women at the hospital.
and Miss Julia Cock assisted by Coun-
tess Spencer another by Dr. Liilias
Hamilton, who was for several years
physician to the late Ameer of Afghan
istan at kabul. and the third by the
present lady students of the hospital.
directed by the house surgeon. Then
there has been the publication of the
annual report of the School of Medicine
for Women, which is invariably inter
esting, and this year is especially so
from the number of public appoint
ments it records as having lately been
conferred on female practitioners
The list is by far the longest IT has
ever issued, and in addition to those
made at Royal Free hospital which, by
the way. was the first general hospital
to appoint ladies to its medical stan.
and the new hospital for women which
is entirely oficered by the sex. there
are a number of noteworthy positions to
W hich ladies have been appointed for
the first time. Miss Leney. for instance
is now oculist in the medical depart
ment of the London school board, which
also has two or three ladies as general
medical officers. Miss Bryson is resi-
dent medical officer at the ChamberWeu
infrmary, and Miss Colebrook is a med
ical officer to the Ancient Order Of For
esters among many more lately nomi-
mated to important posts But even more
striking perhaps IS the fact that Mrs.
Stewart Deacon has been appointed
government medical officer Of health
for the Gold Coast colony. position
which involves the inspection Of a con-
siderable number of towns and Miss
Sheldon Amos and Miss K Vaughan
are assistant medical officers in the
quarantine department at Port said and
Suez respectively
1t has lately been estimated that there
are some 80 women doctors IN London
alone.-London Telegraph
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declared. You said she was. and
didn't contradict you It's my expert
men"
Tristan leaned against the rail, a prey
to mixed emotions. Then he received
another start through the sudden sight
of King Mark coming aboard, thanks to
the stock he owned in that particular
steamship company.
Tristan felt suddenly that he hated
King Mark, and his security in the
knowledge that the next kiss Isolde
would be the recipient of would be in
sipid as compared to the last was not
the unlimited comfort that it should
have been.
Mark came up on deck. all smiles and
joy. He kissed Isolde, wrung Tristans
hand and then looked about.
Where is she2' he demand fmpa-
tiently.
She's walking UP and down the other
side.' Isolde said
Mark directed his steps to the other
sdie with a haste unequaled
Tristan looked stunned and startled.
"Auntie's engaged to be married to
felt it necessary to look the opposite way
for a minute.
Tristan drew one great breath, then
he seized her arm
And you're engaged to be married to
me- he said almost fiercely.
"Oh, yes" she answered daring to
smile in his face now. Z always
thought that that would be a better way
than the old fashioned ending to the
story -'-Tryntje Du Bois. in Chicago
Inter Ocean.
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tDurn my hide if I don't dabble my
hands in human gore gasped Mr.
Bowser, as Mrs. Bowser came to the
door to ask him not to kill any one
I'm going to paint these steps if we
have earthquakes. syclones and cata-
clysms by the dozen, and the next
thing on legs that walks UP 'em has
got to die"
Tt was dinner time before the work
was done Then board was nailed
across. the sign of Paint was hoisIed
into a conspicuous place, and Mr.
Bowser retired from the field with a
feeling of complacency- He changed
his clothes. ate his dinner and saunter-
ed out for an evening view of his
work
What he saw struck him dead in his
tracks. The board had been removed
and four tramps We're sitting on the
freshly painted steps in attitudes of de-
lection. As he appeared one of them
arose and said.
Please, kind sir, could you assist
four worthy but unfortunate men VINO
are on their way West to grow up with
the country
Mr.. Bowser couldn't. He leaned up
against the house and his cigar went
out and the night came down. and
when Mrs. BoWser and the cook
finally coaxed him inside, he glared
around him and his lips moved without
uttering words and it was plain that
some awful shock had upset his mental
system (Copywright, 1903, by c. B.
I owls
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grip caught during the winter, nothing
will increase the number of red blood
corpuscles and eradicate poison from the
blood SO quickly as DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. This Is a remedy
which has stood the test of a third of a
century, and has sold more largely than
any other blood medicine IN the country
during that time. A most stimulating
tonic because 1t goes to work in the
right way, assisting the stomach to as
simulate the food thus furnishing the
blood proper nourishment, which in
turn feeds the nerves. Neuralgia and
nervous break-downs are only vthe cry
of starved nerves for food . The proper
food for the nerves is good, rich, red
blood The Golden Medical Discov-
cry does not depend upon alcohol for
a stimulating effect. It is guaranteed to
contain not a particle of alcohol. It IS
safe for the most delicate system, as it is
an Alternative extract made from roots
and herbs. Although we know the germs
of consumption and grip are in the air
we breathe IN rooms, street cars, shops,
IN fact everyw 1ere, vet scientists have
not been able to hght these bacteria
very we'll. The BEST thing we can pos
sibly do individually at present is to
keep ourselves IN snch a state of health
as to enable us TO fight the bacteria
with our own vitality. The blood
through our veins ard arteries should
contain healthy, red blood corpuscles,
which are capable OF warding off the
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-20

Tristan felt outraged.
I don't believe you know ANYTHING
about caring Yourself" he retorted-
Maybe not" said Isolde. but that's
my loss if I don't"
mo one else's i" he said. daring his
way where he had never before trod
during their acquaintance
"Oh, Master Tristan she cried. "how
you do amuse mel"
Tristan felt a cruel longing to make
her serious-to make her care. He
ceased to think of King Mark or even
of Isolde herself. He only thought of
tuously within his hitherto light heart
They went back to their chairs. h
ceased to f1irt and entered upon the Sc
rious intentions of a marriage Bile
young man.
Isolde listened thoughtfully until Il
o'clock Then. when he seized her hand
under cover of the steamer rug, she re-
membered now late it was and that
she must go to bed. He persuaded her
to walk once around the deck, and un~
der the shadow of the bridge he kissed
her. When it came to kissing Tristan
knew exactly where he was and Isolde
had. something to blush about all the
time she was brushing her hair for the
night.
The next day they entered New York
harbor. The aunt appeared on deck.
muffled in great gray cloak and ven.
and Tristan and Isolde did her "declar-
ingv for her She was evidently p
dressy old lady on land, and her ten
trunks gave them an excuse for spend
ing most of the morning in the dining
salon Tristan was beginning to feel
very badly, and to wish that King Mark
might have dropped dead of apoplexy
during the time that they had been on
the high seas. He didn't dare mention
him to Isolde for he had come to re-
fleet that If she knew that he knew, she
must inevitably desDise him.
They made port about noon. AS soon
as the steamer was moored the aunt
shed her veil and cloak and revealed
herself as a beautiful young woman Of
some twentv-seven years.
Why. I thought your aunt was old"
exclaimed the dumbfounded Tristan
Il never said that she was old" Isolde
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-20

attack Of these germs if they get into
our systems. DR.. Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery is just what is needed for
such persons and it has received the
praise of thousands of people throughout
the United States.
"AbOut two years ago was a sufferer
from lung trouble 50 severe that could
not take a deep breath without great
pain writes Mr.. W. H. Collier, Of Flat
rock, Va "It was my right lung. It
would not expand when breathed long
or deep, the muscles of right breast
seemed all shrunken away. I had bad
cough which was at times very trouble
some. About a year ago began using
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
and with most pleasing results Ny
breathing got better, cough stopped,
appetite improved, and I gained IN
strength and in weight very rapidly. By
the time had taken three bottles Of your
Golden Medical Discovery and two
walls of your Pleasant Pellets, I felt
strong and well again This was about
one year ago and 1 have had no return
of the trouble since. My lungs seem as
sound as ever before, and believe your
medicine has entirely cured me and
saved me from consumption
The Common Sense Medical Adviser
is sent Tges on receip pit OF stamps to pav
expense of mailing only Send II one
cent stamps .or the book in paper covers,
or 81 stamps for the volume bound in
cloth Address DR.. Pierce, Buffalo, n Y.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-20
NEW DISCOVERIES IN
CHEMISTRY.
Recent Experiments.

a pin prick and drop of blood on a
glass slide will tell whether your blood
IS in a healthy condition or not Every
healthy man should have five million
red blood corpuscles to every square
nlillimeter of blood If there are too
many white blood corpuscles the person
IS said to be anenlic and run down. A
chemical test of the water from the
human body will tell whether the kid
neYs are in good health or not These
tests of health are conducted by expert
physicians and chemists every day
Such examinations are made without
cost. This is only very small part OF
the work of the staff of physicians and
surgeons under the direction of DR. RV.
Pierce, of Buffalo, N Y, the founder
and director of the Invalids' Hotel and
Surgical Institute of that city. To bald
up the body that has been weakened
BY an attack of grip. pneumonia or
typhoid, write DR.. R. Y. Pierce for adj
vice, giving all your symptoms, and he
will give you the best medical advice
possible to suit your case, and without
cost. For those who are weakened by
the after effects of bad cold, cough or
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hour without interruption, and it was
man and a dog who broke in upon
the harmony The Bowser cat had
come out of doors for a sun bath As
the dog came trotting along he espied
her and pushed open the gate. The cat
ran up the steps and the dog after her,
and both slid and slipped and came
rolling down again as Mr.. Bowser rose
up and cried out at the man leaning on
the gate.
by thunder. but if you let that dog
in here you ought to be rolled in the
road"
IT didn't let him in replied the man.
but you needn't get huffy about it. He
hasn't hurt your old cat any
But look at the front steps,
And look at my dog It'H take two
hours to get the paint OFF him. !"
If a policeman hadn't come sauntering
along there would have been a grapple,
but he kicked the dog and ordered the
owner to move on, and Mr.. Bowser put
in the next half hour picking hairs out
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TRISTAN And ISOLDE.

'It isn't really necessary" said King
Mark to the handsome young scape-
grace before him. She could get back
all right alone or they could, rather,
for, of course, she has a relative with
her. Still, if you're coming anyway
about that time, I'd take it very kindly
of you if you'd manage to join them
and relieve the monotony Of the
voyage"
"All right" said Tristan You give
me their bank address and III look
them uD as soon a s get anywhere in
their neighborhOod."
mo. you can't do that, because they
are planning Norway, Sweden. the mid
night sun, ct cetera, while you are IL
for Athens and southern Europe But
if you don't get Dotted in the Balkans
you may find out their plans any time
during August through Bear Bros. in
London, and the same steamer cau
gather you all in between Hamburg
and Lands End
How long has she been over
For two years" Then King Mark
OWNED what his friend was oroba bl5
thinking and laughed a little awkward
~ I dare say your impatience would
never have stood 1t. but she's young,
I'm busy. and the months have
stretched into years almost without our
knowing it. However. if you bring her
safely home. the wedding will follow in
short order"
Tristan laughed. He liked King Mark.
but he couldn't imagine what manner
of girl could be wildly impatient to
marry him. and on second thought Il
appeared that no girl had been wildly
impatient to marry him.
Mark King-his real name had been
transposed into King Mark because or
his royal manner of ruling the ups and
downs Of certain stocks-was big Of
heart, broad of mind, and admired III
many ways, but to Tristan unaccount-
able and often boring.
Tristan was blond blue-eyed smooth
shaven. adorable, irresistible, a Jolly
boon companion for men, and as a fe-
male pastime. beyond compare. Men
less wise in the markets, and more wise
as TO other things, would never have
sent such a one to bring home a pro-
spective bride but it was quite like
King Mark. 1t was also quite like him
that he never gave a thought to the re-
suit, not even as the summer months
wore away and August's end drew nigh.
The end of August brought Tristan
to Bremen for embarkation His one
trunk had become five, and the five
were hardly aboard when their owner
retired to his cabin with a precipitancy
dictated by feelings over which the
Channels chOppiness had more control
than himself.
He stayed there until after the Eng
lish port had been made and left. He
might have felt badly over his derelict
behavior in regard TO those who had
been intrusted to his care, but he felt
infinitely worse over something else,
and cared not whether King Mark s
bride was alive or dead until after the
Lizard had been left well behind, and
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IN two hours. and he would have
dawdled around for three days"
But you set out to varnish the front
door two years ago and"
And ! vanished it, A jealous mind
ed painter told me to mix ia castor oil,
and the door didn't dry for month,
but that was not my fault"
And last year you painted the front
fence and
And I made a good job of it. too.
Everybody brushed against it and I
had three or four fights but it's the
hest looking fence on the street today.
Its no use your trying to discourage
me can save FIVE dollars and have
little play spell at the same time. and
I'm going to do it, I'll show you a set
Of steps up which king would be
proud to walk"
That settled it. Half an hour later he
had got into an old suit of clothes and
was ready for business. His first move
was to paint a sign of paint" and
suck II up on the gate, and he had
z-ardiy begun on the steps when a man
came along and halted to say.
do not exactly understand. I see
no paint on this gate. Is it that you
intend to paint it later on2"
Don't you see paint on these steps %
asked Mr.. Bowser. as he rose up.
I do, but the steps are not the gate
] am naturally of connding, trusting
disposition, sir. but this is going too far
too far. If you really intend to paint
the gate I have nothing to say. but if
your object is to deceive people then, sir
then let me say that you are an old
seoundrel and pass on"
Mt Bowser got down to the gate as
fast as he could, but the kicker had too
much the start of him. He took down
the sign. however. and nailed it up on
the steps. and after brushing away for
fifteen minutes he entered the basement
for drink of water He came out to
md a knife grinder about to ring the
front door bell. and after one look he
yelled.
"Get out of this. you Internal idiot
Didn't you see the sign and the paint2'
You gotta no shears to sharpen, eh %
Queried the man. as he made new tracks
in the fresh paint.
twisted and lodged and made a bolt
for the gate.
The work then went on for half an
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-20
BOWsER. THE PAINTER.
he Takes half Day Off to Weld
the Brush.

Mr.. Bowser left for the Office the other
morning at the usual time without a
dinner hour. but shortly before noon he
reappeared carrying pot of ready
mixed paint and a new brush. In reply
TO Mrs Bowser's look of inquiry he eX-
planned:
When I went out this morning I no.
ticed that the front steps needed paint
ing. and being it was pleasant day I
thought I'd come home and do the job, d"
was going to, speak about it in a
day OF two and ask you to get a paint
err" she replied.
There is no call for a painter. I got
this much paint and this brush for
dollar and half. and that viii be all
the cost A painter would have charged
at least six dollars. I can do the work
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That man was marked for destruc-
tion. He had rung for the second time
when he heard a great clatter and
hoarse breathing behind him. but be-
fore he could turn around he was yank-
ed backwards down the steps and mop
ped over the spring grasss. He was a
the interest of a home for old cats. and
had been told that Mrs. Bowser would
MT give less than $40. but ne didn't
stop for the subscription He wriggled
loose while Mr.. Bowser was trying to
get a better hold and he didn't stop 10
say goodbye as he fed.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-20
WOMEN PHYSICIANS.
London Contains About Ninety Fe-
male Doctors.

Lady doctors are claiming feminine
attention at this moment for two rea-
sons. There is, first. the splendid effort
they are making on behalf of the great
fete and bazaar which Princess Chris
tan and Princess Louise Augusta are
organizing on behalf of the Royal Free
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-20

Then he went around the corner to the
paint store to get a pinch of putty and
on his way back he saw man open
the gate and walk UP the steps and ring
the bell.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1903-04-03
Turn Your Back

on the grocer who says he has
better Coffee than Blankets.
He only wishes that he had
such Coffee. Remember this:
All / claim for Blanke's Cof-
fee is that it is at least as
good as any other brand on
earth. Many of my custom
ers openly say it is the best.
Probably they are right. But
this is a big world and there
are lots of good things in
it. Still there isn't a better
Coffee than Blanke's any
where south, east or
west. My way of selling this
Coffee is to give people their
money back if they don't
like it. The price is % cents
per pound.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1903-04-03
RENEWALS.
Cupid's Capers.

SIMS JETT:-J.C. Sims of Prai-
RE Hill and Miss Katherine Jett of
Moberly were married in Mober-
ly Wednesday, March %, 1908,
Rev. Geo. D. Willingham tying
the nuptial knot.
FLETCHER HALL: M It j n
Fletcher and Miss Ellen Hall,
both of Westville, were married
in the recorders office at the
courthouse in Keytesville Sat-
urday, March %, 1908, Fl. A.
Wheeler making the twain one.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1903-04-03
Chapman Case Continued.

When the case of the state
against Sam Chandler, Wm.
Mclean, Owen Woolfork and
Gilbert Turner, charged with be-
ing connected with the murder
| of E. A. Chapman, Jr., at
Browns Station, Boone county,
the twenty sixth of last Septem-
ber, came up for trial at a called
term of the Boone circuit court
the early part of last week, the
attorneys for the defense had
determined to ask for a change
of venue or continuance on the
grounds that the newspapers of
Boone county had prejudiced
the minds of the public against
the defendants.
The state objected to a change
Of venue, and finally a compro-
mise was effected between the
opposing counsel, by which the
case should be continued to the
June term, provided change of
venue would not be taken by de-
lfendants.
It will be remembered that at
the February, 1908, term of the
Boone circuit court, Allen Orear,
another of the dastardly murder
ers of young Chapman, was
tried by a jury, found guilty and
sentenced to the penitentiary for
10 years.
Because of the light punish
ment meeted >out to black
hearted assassin of a young man
of high character while in the
discharge of his duties as
agent for the Wabash railway at
Browns Station, small village,
eight miles northeast of Colum-
bia, the excoriations of the jury
by the various papers of Boone
county were of the variety
wherein the hide was taken off
and salt sprinkle' on. 1t was
these scathing criticisms of the
jury which caused the four re-
naming defendants to feel that
their necks would be safer if they
were tried outside of Boone coun-
ty for their awful crime.
The strongest eviden se against
any of the four defendants, who
have not yet been tried, is against
Sam Chandler, and which is said
to be even more positive than
the testimony upon which Alien
Orear was convicted.
Only circumstantial evidence
has developed 80 far against Nc
Lean, Woolfork and Turner, and
the state has little hopes of es-
tablishing their guilt unless some
additional proof can be obtained
between now and the time set for
trial.
E. A. Chapman, Jr., the young
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1903-04-03
KEYTEsvILLE TOWNSHIP ELEC.
TON.
Hurt, Ewing, Phillips, Tully, Han.
cock, Wheeler, Jared, Haskins,
Perkins, Webb and Morgan
the Winners.

The Keytesville township elec-
tion, held Tuesday, March 81,
brought its usual successes and
disappointments.
The floating vote was much in
evidence, and in most instances
held the balance of power. The
floaters were willing to be bought
and there were candidates who
were entirely willing to buy. It
was the same old story of cor
ruption that has existed in bat
ties for office for years-no bet
ter and no worse. Such things
will continue as long as many
who are permitted to exercise
the elective franchise allow them
selves to be collared and march
ed to the polls and voted for a
consideration ranging from a
drink of whiskey to few cents
or few dollars in cash. Oh,
what a woaful need of true man.
hood and self-respect there is
in our elections!
The time has come when no
man should be permitted to run
for office unless he is compelled
to put up a bond that he will not
use liquor, money or other prop
erty in securing votes.
Below we give the result of
the squabble for liquor, cash
and the emoluments office in
Keytesville township election
Tuesday: