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Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1903-12-25
Christmas Toys!
Christmas 7 oys!

The largest line ever brought
to Keytesville, and below we
mention a few of what we have
Windmills, Air Ships, Climbing
Monkeys, Toy Coffee Mills, Doll
Beds and Chairs, Wagons,
Wheel barrows, Doll Carriages,
Trunks, Banks, Iron Toys, Tin
TOYS, China Tea Sets, Tin
Stoves, Iron Stoves, Tea Sets,
Tin Dishes, Blocks, Doll Shoes,
Doll Stockings, Toy Sad Irons.
Automobiles, Laundry Sets,
Books and many things that we
have not the room to mention
Just come in and see for your
selves.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1903-12-25
Burglary at Brunswick.

Messrs. Wittmer & Shrubs
saloon at Brunswick was burg
larized Friday night. Three
pints of whiskey were taken and
S1.25 in small change was ap-
propriated from the money
drawer.
An entrance to the saloon was
accomplished by smashing a
glass in the rear door and then
reaching through and turning
the thumblatch. The rest was
easy.
On coming down to his place
of business Saturday morning
Mr.. Strub found the back door
open, and light in the door
broken. The three pints of
whiskey were missing from the
shelf back of the bar and the
! money drawer was found empty.
When Mr.. Wittmer, who was
last to leave the saloon the night
before, came down it was learn
ed that he had left about S1.25
ip the till.
A man who had the appear.
| ance of being a tramp, and who
sat around the stove for some
time Friday afternoon, is. sus-
pected of being the guilty party,
but he was not located after
ward.
We would not like for it to get
out, but there is some circum-
stantial evidence in the case thai
don't look we'll for the editor o1
the COURIER. We reached
Brunswick shortly before
o'clock a. m. Saturday morning
, on Wabash train from Kansas
City, and the burglary occurred
J the same night.
Coupling this with the fac
that Keytesville is now "dry'
2 town, we almost cringe over tn
thought of the result shoul
Messrs. Wittmer & Strub swea
out warrant for our arrest.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1903-12-25
Fined..$2O and Costs.

Mrs. F. M. Veatch of Keytes-
vile, char ed with disturbing
the peace by going to Edgar
Wilks' restaurant in Keytesville
the night of Dec. Is and COM
pelling young Wilks at the point
of a revolver, to roll a keg of
hard cider, of which her son,
Chas. E. had imbibed too freely,
out on the sidewalk, the head
of which she demolished with an
ak and poured out the contents
of the keg, had her trial by a
jury in Justice H. A. Wheeler's
court Tuesday, was found guilty
and fined $40 and costs.
The following gentlemen COM
posed the jury: W. M. Man.
rose, B. Reikstraw, R. D. Vim.
cent, j. w. Hughes, VIM. Hirscf
and w. 0. Foster.
Mrs. Veatch was represented
| by ]. G. Crawley and Prosecuting
Attorney L. N. Dempsey ap'
peared for the state.
The defendant appealed from
the finding of the jury to th'
February term of circuit court a
Salisbury.
So far as we have heard com
ments, the opinion prevails tina
Mrs. Veatch got off remarkabl!
cheap at her trial Tuesday, an'
many think she has acted un
wisely in appealing the case.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1903-12-25
Another Prospective Railroad.

Keytesville people have longed
lived in the hope of railroad
right through this town, and if
opportunities keep being pre-
sented and are given the proper
encouragement that hope, long
deferred, may not be in vain.
Our little city was visited
Tuesday afternoon by Judge
Walter r. Vaughan and Jas. P
Ward of st. Louis ana W. F
Perrine of Moberly, the latter
being assistant civil engineer o.
the Wabash railway, who helc
conference with number o.
our citizens in the rear room O.
the Bank of Keytesville.
Messrs. Vaughan, Ward ant
Perrine propose to run an eiec
trio line from Keytesville station
| to the Santa Fe railway on north
| and will also ask a franchise o
| this city to put in an electri
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1903-12-25
A Deadly Drink.

We learn through a private
letter from Mrs. Jas. F. Ringer
of Edmond, Okla, to her sister,
Mrs. Willie May Young of Key
tesville, of the death of Thos.
Lynch, farmer of near Edmond,
but who formerly lived near In.
dian Grove, this county.
Mr.. Lynch went to the house
one day last week, and, as was his
custom when he came in from
work, he took a drink Of whiskey.
He died in terrible agony half
hour later.
A portion of the remainder of
the whiskey,, from which Mr..
Lynch drank, was analyzed and
was found to contain strychnine.
The matter is being investi-
gated by the authorities in the
hope that the culprit who put
the strychnine in the whiskey
may be made to- atone for his
crime.
Mr.. Lynch was about so years
old and leaves a wife and a large
family of children.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1903-12-25
Candy, Candy.

The handsomest line of Can
Slv that has ever been offered in
town, running in prices from IL
cents to 60 cents a pound. Come
in and see our line before you
buy; we certainly Gao fix you up
right.
We also want all the eggs and
butter that we can get for which
we will pay the following prices
Eggs per dozen, 20 cents.
Butter per pound, 10 cents.
nncDEGnEIuI
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1903-12-25

range for a meeting between
Messrs. Vaughan, Ward and
Perrine and the directors of the
Missouri Central.
Mayor r. D. Edwards, Gen.
E. w. Price, Capt. j. C. Wallace,
j. r. Dempsey, o. B. Anderson,
H. P. Mitchell and c. P. Van
diver.
Until the result of that meet
ing is learned the COURIER deems
it advisable not to go into fur
ther details in regard to the new
project.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1903-12-25

John F. Crawford of six miles
southeast of Keytesville went to
Kansas City yesterday morning
on business. He was accompa.
MED by his son, Ercel, who con-
tinued his journey to Council
Grove, Kas., where he will re-
main week or 10 days visiting
his uncle, Dr. w. E. Crawford,
and family.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1903-12-25
PROBATE Pointers.

Est. Thos. J. Owen: Jas. c..
Wallace, administrator, presents
his final settlement, which is ex-
amined and approved. Balance
of $3.50. go is ordered distributed
to the heirs of Thos. j. Owen as
follows:
,Juliett Halliburton -. .S140.4 40
Ella Samuel Coates. ..... 1922
Louisa Egan. U.2l
Cash or trade paid for butter
eggs and poultry at ]. F. White
sides.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1903-12-25

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The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-07-30
Any Excuse in a storm.

"Only few weeks ago." said a man
who does collecting for a big business
house in the city, Il had to call on
delinquent. He was a man Of standing
l made bold to venture that he was
something like three months tardy. ]
noticed his right hand was in sling.
"Why,' he began, do you know !
am very sorry, but I've had an accident
to my hand and here he made great
show of his wounded member, and
haven't been able to sign any checks
lately
"Now, Of course" the collector contin-
ued. Il get all kinds of excuses from
all kinds of people. Some say they are
very busy, some say they are temper
arily pinched and eonfidingly plead for
mercy, but if any one had advanced
any such excuse as a wounded hand
I'd have taken it as a bit Of irony-had
| not heard the man and seen from his
face that he expected that the excuse
would be good. Well, 1t was good.
There was not enough of me left to
ask him If that hand had held him up
for three months from making pay
ments. At any rate, 1t detained him
three weeks more. Boston Herald.
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Gladstone,s statue.

A statue to Gladstone has recently
been placed In Westminster Abbey on
the spot marked for 1t years ago by
Dean Stanley. II occupies the last
vacant space for a standing figure in
the north transept. The London Times
describes the statue.
II was made by Mr.. Brook of the
Royal Academy, and is a marble figure
on q marble pedestal. which at pres
ent contains no inscription. On one
side Is the statue Of Sir Robert Peel,
on the other. that OF Lord Beacons-
field. The aisle lie called the States
mems Aisle" and is near the pulpit.
Gladstone stands In the robes Of a
doctor Of civil law Of Oxford, with his
face turned slightly to the left. The
likeness is good.
There Il no ceremony OF unveiling
monuments which, like this, are erect.
ed By the authority Of Parliament. No
display is necessary TO cell attention tC
the honor which the nation pays Ia
great men.
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Englishman and English army officer.

Englishman and English army officer.
"The colonies are younger over there,
said Betty to herself, "and they are
all of aristocratlc family, and, oh
well, EngIshmen are just too lovely
for anything"
The summer colony at Lowland Glen
was unusually large that season. There
were punches of swell doings, as the
slangy Yale counsln Of Betty would
put 1t. The army officers from Fort
Sherman were much in evidence, and
one young captain In particular was
very much In evidence In the vicinity
of Miss Betty Rawlins. Betty saw the
evidence clearly, and how she did wish
that the president would retire some
few hundreds of superior officers so
that Roy Lanyard could tack the alb
breviation Col" to the front part
of his name.
One day there was excitement at
Lowland Glen. Mrs. Calumet had In
yited two Engllshmen, one Of them an
army officer. to spend the month with
them at their summer home. The
news reached Betty the morning after
the arrival of the Calumet's two
guests. Twenty young women had
told her about 1t. Let the girls alone
for spreading news of this kind. "And
Betty" said one of her informants,
zone of the Englishmen is a colonel In
his majesty's service, and young and
good looking at that"
Betty's heart gave a thump. AT
last" she murmured to herself.
The next afternoon Betty met the
Englishmen at the Dexter Country
Club. Her heart futtered a little as
the younger of the two men-the other
was old and out Of the running-was
introduced to her. Colonel Reginald
Southcote was his name. 1t fairly
rang of aristocracy and militarism.
Betty knsw that he was a simon-pure
Engllshman all right enough because
of his name, his accent and his clothes
which didn't fit.
For the next week Colonel Reginald
Southcote was Betty Rawlin's shadow.
Captain Roy Lanyard looked on and
was miserable. Betty gave him two
dances and about three words during
the entire week.
mo show for one Of Uncle Sans
poor artIllerymen when there's one OF
King Edwards men with a drawl and
a monoele about" sighed poor Captain
Roy.
Colonel Reginald Southcote was NOT
long in finding out that Betty Raw
lins had pot Of money and that she
adored the military. Betty asked hin
one day what his regiment was, and
he replied promptly: Il am the eolone
Of the Royal Yorickshire Regiment,
he said.
Betty had heard tales about English
men pretending to be what they Wer'
not, but the colonel looked homes
, enough, and the girl was half ashamed
of herself when she went to a library
in the city and took down British
military gazette from the shelf and
looked for Royal Yorkshire Req
ment. She found IT all right, and witt
the nsme Of Reginald southcote Sc
down as colonel thereof.
From that time Betty was very cor
D dial to the colonel. She turned tn
conversation occasionally on the Boe
, war. expecting to hear some deeds Q
daring mOdestly told, but the eolons
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Further experience Of the res
storms of dust is told by the AfEIsz.I
mail steamship Borneo, which. nz
reaching Teneriffe, ran througha
rife sandstorm for thirty hour
The record of voracity beIoz
right to a stoat recently caught q
Pennyhill, Pa. During the night the
bloodthirsty little creature had killed
eleven turkeys, thirty ducks and TWEEN
ty chickens
Most people are aware" says the
Scientific American, 'of the power of
egg-shells to resist external pressure
on the ends, but not many would
credit the results of tests recently
made. Eight different hens eggs were
submitted to pressure applied extern
ally all over the surface of the shell,
and the breaking pressures varied be-
tween 400 pounds and 675 pounds per
square inch. With the stresses applied
internally to twelve eggs, these gave
way at pressures varying being thirty
two and sixty-fve pounds per square
inch. The pressure required to crush
the eggs varied between forty pounds
and seventy-fve pounds. The average
thickness Of the shells was thirteen
one thousandth inch"
The idea that alcohol or any other
stimulant can ever impart strength
must be abandoned, says a writer In
The Hospital A stlmulant has a GER
tain effect on the circulation, and this
may enable the person who takes 1t
TO exert more strength temporarily;
but the energy that he uses comes
not from the stlmulant, but from his
own blood and tissue. A similar mis-
take is made In the administration Of
stimulsnt to relieve feeling Of de-
preston or sinking. An injurious re-
action always follows. Alcohol is
harmful also In diseases of the kid
neys or of the liver, but 1t seems to be
good for disease of the lungs, and It's
effect on appetite and digestion may
be good when properly employed.
When "stimulants" put one to sleep
and quiet agitation; they are doing
good; when. on the contrary, they
raise the pulse-rate, and cause excite
ment and wakefulness, they are doing
harm.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-07-30

o. ETTY RAWLINS had a bank
ia account, and huge one al
that. But Betty had greater
fortune in her face, for she was as
pretty as spring beauty, and tnough
she was perverse and pouty when she
wanted to be she was ordinarily as
sweet as. a violet.
Betty lived in the summer time at
Lowland Glen, not many miles remoV-
ed from Fort Sherman, a big garrl-
ST. with enough young ofiicers OH
duty to fill the ranks Of a company
had they been forced to drop the sword
and shoulder the Krag-Jorgenson.
Betty loved the miltary-what girl
doesn't?-and IL the truth be told
Betty's heart was set on marrying INTO
the soldiery, but she had made up her
mind secretly that he couldn't think OF
looking at anything less than a colonel
and when she thought Of II she sign
cd, for the eolonels In Uncle Sam s
gulars were all so dreadfully old, and
Betty was only 10, mind you.
There was young Roy Lanyard sta
toned at Fort Sherman. He was
mighty good looking, Betty admitted
this to herself, and it wouldn't be a
bit hard to love him, but Roy was
only captain, and nothing but a
colonel would do. Captain Lanyard, to
get into the middle Of things at once,
was just as desperately In love with
Betty as a young soldier just oid
enough to know his own mind can be
He didn't care a rap about Betty's
bank account; in fact, he never gave 4
a thought. 1t was just Betty herself
that he wanted, but he didn't dare say
so.
Now Betty had another falling, not
uncommon among American girls moi
old enough thoroughly to understand
that Yankee husbands are the best II
the world, and that was firm belief
that the ideal cond ton In married life
would be that which would come from
husband who was combination Of
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-07-30
Tale of a Grateful Moose.

The moose and elk liberated In the
Adirondacks by the State Of New
York and William G. Whitney during
the last two years have played rather
odd pranks in the gardens Of the ma
tives and with loads of hay In tran
sit, but 1t cannot be said that they
are ungrateful animals, says a New
York Times writer. The home Of the
moose this winter has been in the
vicinity of the Browns Tract ponds,
and there on Saturday evening the
crew Of a freight train on the Rae
quette Lake railroad discovered q COW
moose In distress. The animal had
been walking along the shore Of a
pond and broke through the Ice and
plunged about in the hole for some
time, unable to help itself.
According to the story told by a
tralnman, he and his companions
looked on with varying emotions, but
finally summoning their courage. they
went to the animals assistance and
got 1t out Of the water with the aid
of boards. Instead Of taking to the
woods after its rescue the moose fol
lowed the trainmen about as a pei
dog might, ate all Of their luncheon
that they could spare, warmed itseli
at the side of the locomotive, got IL
the way of the train and refused to Il
even when the train was compelled t
move away. Its gratitude was evi
| dent
The elk and moose with which 1t Il
hoped to restock the Adlrondacks hav'
taken good care Of themselves dur
ing the winter. The killing OF a youni
bull moose near Newcomb has aroused
public feeling considerably.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-07-30
WHY NEW BREAD is HURTFuL.
Bakery Products Fresh from the Oven
Are Not Well Masticated.

Bakery Products Fresh from the Oven
Are Not Well Masticated.
It is a commonly accepted opinion
that new bread is hurtful to people gen.
orally because of the gases it contains.
A well-known writer disputes this and
claims that bread fresh from the oven
is no more injurious than that which is
stale provided it is masticated as thor
oughly. He says stale bread when
broken between the teeth resolves Itself
into gritty particles, which, If they
were not softened with saliva, would be
next to impossible to swallow, conse-
uuently man thoroughly masticates
stale bread, and in doing so impreg'
mates 1t with saliva, which partially di'
gests and adapts it to the alimentary
tract.
But new bread, being soft and plas
tic. is more apt to be swallowed with
out mastication, or, In other words,
bolted. 1t is in this act, he thinks, that
the injury exists and not In the char
acter of the bread. Hot rolls would be
lust as digestible as stale ones If they
were properly masticated. He refers In
this connection to the dog as a teacher
of an important physiological lesson.
This animal bolts meat, but eats bread
because the mouth parts are able to do
little toward the digestion of meat be-
yond reducing it to convenient form
for swallowing. He, however, seems to
overlook the fact that the dogs teeth
are lily constructed for chewing, and
that is the most likely reason for his
expeditions boiling Of meat.
Another curious fact which he calls
attention to Is that stale bread is not
more dry than new This is shown by
submitting stale bread for short time
to high temperature, Under such con
ditions it became soft and plastic, re
gaining its newness, and this despite
the fact that some moisture must bt
driven off in the operation. He thinks
this is explainable on the suppositioI
that in new bread there is free watel
uresent. but that in stale bread, while
It is still there, it is in state Of tru'
chemical combination. In general, III
concludes, it is a sound physiological
plan to thoroughly masticate ever!
morsel of food before swallowing 1t.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-07-30

echo as he turned the massive key ID lne
lock- He stood aside a moment for her
to pass, and then she heard the neaVs
door close behind them. A feeling na'i
of fear crept into her heart She dared
not turn; dim consciousness OF wnat
was passing in his mind seemed to over
shadow her. One by one she gazed at Tue
portraits on the wall, at the beautitui'
gracious-looking women and the stalWart
men. 70 some Of whom the present MT
Hastings bore such a striking likeness
Presently she dropped her eyes from the
wall and turned to him. She began Q
sentence and then paused abruptly plooc-
red with confusion at the intensity OF MS
gaze. He put his hand on hers and es'
saved TO draw her toward him, put sne
turned sharply away, trembling ana
frightened.
ssMy love, my darlingp' he cried, In
deem. strong voice, "do not let us misun-
derstand each other any longer. You 10y
ed me once; you do love me STILL little,
I believe. Why should there be mistrus'
and constraint between usT
His words we're very sweet in her ears,
but the false pride that had tormenteu
her so long would not let her be happy
even now. at the crisis Of her life. She
drew herself away.
"You have seen the wives that all tne
former Hastings have chosen-some no
hle. all fair. / swear before heaven none
~ them have been loved and reyered az
Won shall be If you will be the last Of the
race! O, my darling! do not let raise
pride make all our lives one long bitter
ness"
Tears came into her eyes-large tears
that gathered and brimmed over, running
down the fair face and making 1t sad.
"I loved you once" she half sobbed-
s1oyed YOU with all my heart, as | could
never love again. was only poor lit
tie country girl then; you were nero
and A god to me, something different from
any one | had seen before, and because
| was simple and ignorant, 'and-lovlng
Won despised me, and you treated Miss
| Cbampion with honor and courtesy be-
cause she was fine lady, and-and you
thought | was only farmers daughter
And Winifred sobbed with passionate
indignation at the remembrance of hel
wrongs. Mr.. Hastings was fairly angry
Her tears moved him to impatience.
"Will you never cease upbraiding meT
he exclaimed. "Have not atoned to yol
enough? Have not humbled myself be
fore YOU as / believe in truth none of ou
race ever humbed himself before? One
for all, Winifred, win you take the low
offer you or do you reject me now ant
foreverW
81 reject your
He was gone even before the better i'm
pulse, surging quickly into her heart
moved her to call him back, crying:
81 did not mean it,!
She felt then she had thrown away he
own life, her own happiness, and sh
crouched down by the window utterin
great, gasping sobs of remorse and an
guish.
From that time Mr.. Hastings manne
70 her was changed. He was courteou
but in no wise different in his behavio
70 her than to the other ladies who visit
Cd the Court And when she though
he no longer cared for her, her love 70
him revived ten-fold and she almos
broke her heart for him.
CTo be continued.l