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Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1904-12-09


Monday, December 5, 1905, aged
Is years. Mr.. Strothline for
merly lived in Charlton township,
and was admitted to the poor
farm in 1908.
SPoHN :-"Grandma" Cathe-
rine Spohn died of erysipelas
Monday night of last week at the
home of her son. in law, Geo.
w. Bartee of near Rothville, in
the 82nd year of her age. Her
remains were conveyed to Weau.
bleau, Hickory. county, Mo-. and
laid to rest by the side of her
husband who died several years
ago.
FIKE:-Mrs. Hannah jose
phine Fike of Mendon departed
this life Sunday, November q,
1904, after a protracted illness of
a compile alton of ailments, aged
68 years and 10 days. Mrs.
F'ike was the mother of eight
chile ren, six of whom survive
her. Her remains were taken to
Rothville, her former home, for
interment in the same cemetery
in which her husband was bur-
led.
VEATCH: H:-Homer Veatch, a
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan
Veatch who moved from Key
tesville to Kansas in the early
sos, died at Albuquerque, n.
M, one day last week. Homer
was carpenter by trade, was
aoout 46 years old and was
buried at Albuquerque with the
rites of the local Carpenters
union of which he was a member.
He was unmarried.
CoLLET:-J. r. Collet of 2 IA
miles northwest of Bynumville
oied Friday morning, December
2, 1905, at 1880 o'clock from the
effects of injuries sustained in
falling from load of hay
Thursday, November II. The
deceased was born in Adair
county, Mo-, October %, 1887,
and came to Charlton county
when about is years of age. He
was married to Miss Lucy M.
Smith of Bee Branch township,
this county, December 2, 1856.
His death occurred just 49 years
to the day from the date of his
marriage. Thirteen children
were born to Mr.. and Mrs. Col |
let, five of whom, three girls and
two boys, died in infancy. The
eight living children are: SW.
A. of Minco, l. T.; B. R. of near
Eccles; E. H. of Texas county, |
Mo-, j. A. of Keytesville; ssMrs. |
M. j. Decker of near Callao;
Mrs. l.. M. Kimery of Texas
county, Mo-, Mrs. r. j. Owen of
near Keytesville, and Mrs. VIM.
Moxley of near Bynumville. The
senior Collet united with the old
Bynumville Baptist church when
he was Is years old and was
ever a steadfast follower of the
meek and lowly Nazarine. He
was a man of the most rugged
integrity and was held in the
highest esteem by all who knew
him. Funeral services were
conducted by Rev. James Hise
at Zion church, near Bynumville,
Saturday, December 8, after
which interment was had in the
Thomas graveyard, one mile
west of Rynumville. The CoU-
RIER joins in sympathies for the
aged wife and mother aud the
eight surviving children.
Keytesville I. o. o. F. lodge
mo. Att elected the following
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1904-12-09
Calendars

The COURIER has..received 500
handsome new calendars which
we propose to give away to the
first 500 persons paying SUBJ
scriptions to the Great Favorite
Weekly, whether by old or
new subscribers. The first to
pay will be the first to get g
calendar.
Give us chance to ill your
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Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1904-12-09

Mrs. H. j. West of Keytesville
spent q few hours in Salisbury
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1904-12-09

Pickles, pipes, powders, pen-
,ils polish and perfumes al
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1904-12-09

We are going to close out the
balance Of our stock of mems
and youths overcoats at re-
duction of 20 per cent. First
come, first served.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1904-12-09
Deaths Decree.

STRoHLINE:-Rev. Ge org G
Stroh]ine, an inmate at the
Charlton county poorfarm, died
Monday, December 5, 1905, aged
78 years. Mr.. Strothline for.
merly lived inChariton township,
and was admitted to the poor
farm in 1908.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1904-12-09

Est. H. c. Hyde: On appli-
cation of j. W. Taylor on be-
half of the heirs of Fl. C. EHyde,
deceased, o. P. Ray. public ad.
ministrator, is appointed ad-
ministrator of the estate said
II. C. Hyde.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1904-12-09
Probate Pointers.
ALLOWANCES.

Probate Pointers.
I ALLOWANCES.
John A. Lowry, S24.55, against
estate of Lewis Lusher.,
-. 1 ...sl
Est. Anton Huber:: Michael
Huber, executor, presents inven-
tory and appraisement, which is
examined and approved. ..- ~ am. .;s.s.:
Est. Elizabeth Magee: Prop
erty of said3Elizabeth Magee is
ordered turned over to Chas.
Magee, her surviving husband,
without administrator.
Est. Jas. Heptonstall: O. P.
Ray, administrator, presents his
final settlement, which is exam
ined and approved. Settlement.
showing estate to be exhausted
the administrator thereofsis dis
charged.
-.
Est. H. C. Hyde: On appli-
cation of ]. w. Taylor ON be-
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1904-12-09

Now is the time to buy trim.
med hats for little money.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-03-03
Tricks of the IYnes.

A friend met Whitelaw Reid, the
veteran editor of the New York Trib.
ure, the other day and said to him:
II see you are on the advisory board
of Mr.. Pulitzer's new college of jour.
nalism at Columbia university. Do
you expect to put an end to the typo
graphical error?"
THE most we can hope to do" re-
piled Mr. Reid, is to mitigate it's hor-
hors. You can't abolish the typo
graphical error any more than you
can original sin. l remember when
the prince of Wales visited this coun.
try of writing an editorial on the
subject. l was young and ambitious.
and thought. said some clever things.
1t began: The prince of Wales is
making captivating speeches. The
next morning / picked up the paper
to enjoy reading it in print. turned
to the editorial page, and this met my
gaze: The price Of Nails is making
carpenters swear - Philadelphia
Post
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-03-03

Jerry's permission. Thank We, Mrs.
McDermott, and me arm-so."
The sheepish figures of the must
clans now leaned together for a mo-
ment. The violins walled in sad
search for the accord, the assistant in
strument less tentative. All at once
the slack shoulders Strengthened up
firmly, confidently, and then, their feet
beating in unison upon the floor, their
faces set, stern and relentless, the
three musicians fell to the work and
reeled off the opening bars.
A sigh went up from the assembly.
There was general shutting Of shoes,
a wide rustling of calico. Then, slow.
ly, as though going to his doom, Curly
arose from out the long hne of the UNI
happy upon his side of the room. He
crossed the intervening space, his
limbs below the knees curiously aft
fected, Jerking his feet into half time
with the tune. He bowed so low be-
fore the littlest waiter girl that his
neck scarf fell forward from his chest
and hung before him like shield,
May hev the honor, Miss Kitty" he
choked out; and as the littlest waiter
girl rose and took his arm with vast
air of unconcern, Curly drew long
breath. .....
In his seat Sam writhed, but could
not rise. Nora looked straight in
front. 1t was Hank Peterson, who
led her forth, and who, after the oc
casion was over, wished he had not
done so, for his wife sat till the last
upon the row. Seeing this awful thing
happen, seeing the hand Of Nora laid
upon another's arm, Sam sat up as one
deeply smitten with a hurt. Then
silently, unobserved in the confusion
he stole away from the fateful scene
and betook himself to his stable
where he fell violently to currying one
Of the horses.
"Oh, kick!" he exclaimed, getting
speech in these surroundings. Kick!
u deserve it. Of all the low-down
d-n towards that ever was horned
/ sure am the worst! But the gall OF
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solve this troubling problem Of Tn

solve this troubling problem Of TN
past.
There came shift In the music The
air swept from the merry tune into tn
minor from which the negro is nevex
unsteady free. Then In flash Frank.
lin saw it all. He saw the picture.
His heart stopped!
This music, it was the wall OF
trumpets! These steps. ordered,
measured. were those of marching
men. These sounds, high. comming.
ling, they were the voices of day
gone swiftly by. These two. this
one-this picture-it was not here, but
upon the field of wheat and flowers
that he saw 1t now again-that picture
of grief so infinitely sad.
Franklin saw. and as he gazed.
eager, half advancing, indecision and
irresolution dropped from him forever.
Resolved from out the shadows, where
in 1t had never in his most intimate
selfsearching taken any actual form,
he saw the image of that unformulated
dream which had haunted his sub
consciousness SO long. and which was
now to haunt him openly and forever.
The morning after the first official
ball in Ellisville dawned upon another
world.
Ellisville, after the first ball, was by
all the rules of the Plains admittedly
town. A sun had set, and sun had
arisen. 1t was another day.
To Edward Franklin the tawdry ho-
tel parlor on the morning after the
ball was no mere four-square habita.
ton, but chamber of the stars. Be-
fore him, radiant, was that which he
had vaguely sought. This other half
of himself, with feet running far to
find the missing friend, had sought him
out through all the years, through all
the miles, through all the spheres!
This wasj fate, and at this thought his
heart glowed, his eyes shone, his very
stature seemed to increase. He wist
not of Nature and her ways of attrac-
ton. He only knew that here was
that Other whose hand, pathetically
sought, he had hitherto missed in the
darkness of the foregone days. Now,
thought he. 1t was all happily con.
cluded, here in this brilliant chamber
of delight, this irraaiant abode, this
noble hall bedecked with gems and
silks and stars and all the warp and
wool of his many, many days of
dreams!
Mr.. and Mrs. Buford had for the
time excused themselves by reason of
Mrs. Buford's WEAKNESS, and after the
easy ways of that time and place the
young people found themselves alone.
Thus it was that Mary Ellen, with a
temporary feeling of helplessness,
found herself face to face with the very
man whom she at that time cared least
to see.
(To be continued.)
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-03-03
DOCTORS COFFEE
And His pauahter Matched Him.

Coffee drinking troubled the family
of physician Of Grafton, w. Va, who
describes the situation briefly:
Having suffered quite while from
vertigo, palpitation OF the heart ard
many other arrangements OF the ner-
yous system and finding no relief
from usual methods Of treatment,
thought to see how much there was
In the Postum argument against COT
fee.
80 I resorted to Postum, cutting
of the coffee and to my surprise ara
satisfaction have found entire RELIEF
from all my sufferings, proving con-
clusively the baneful effect OF coffee
and the way to be rio of it.
81 have found Postum completely
takes the place Of coffee both In flavor
and In taste. 1t Is becoming more
popular every day with many OF our
people and is having great demand
here.
my daughter, Mrs. Long, has been
a sufferer for q long time from at
lacks of acute Indigestion. BY the
dismissal Of coffee and using Postum
in it's place she has obtained com
plete relief.
II have also heard from many 9th
ers who have used your Postum very
favorable accounts of its coed effects.
Il prescribe Postum in place Of cof-
fee in a great many cases and J be-
lieve that upon its merits Postum viii
come into general ur." Name given
by Postum Co., Battle Creek. Mich.
Look for the famous little book
"The Road to MELVILLE" In each pkg.
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stranger, who was too startled to
reply. The ladies bowed to the wife
of the section boss and to the others
as they came in turn. Then the three
passed on a few seats apart from and
beyond the other occupants Of that
side of the house.
There was now much tension, and
the unhappiness and suspense could
have endured but little longer. Again
the accordion protested and the fiddle
wept. The cornet uttered faint note
of woe. Yet once more there was q
pause in this time of Joy.
Again the door was pushed open. not
timidly, but flung boldly back, There
stood two figures at the head of the
hall and in the place of greatest light.
OF these, one was tall and very thin,
but upright as a shaft of pine. He
was clad in dark garments; thus much
might be said. His waistcoat sat high
and close. At wrist and neck there
showed touch of white, and bit OF
white appeared protruding at the
bosom of his coat. His tread was
supple and easy as that of boy of
twenty. Ned, me boy" he whispered
to his companion as they entered, I'm
feelin' fine the night; and as for yer
self, ye're fit for the court O St James
at diplomats ball"
Franklin, indeed, deserved somewhat
of the compliment. Dressed in the full
uniform of a captain, he looked the
picture of the young army officer of
tho United States. Simply, easily,
much as had the little group that i'm
mediately preceded himself and friend,
Franklin passed on up into the hall,
between the batteries which lined the
walls.
Any emergency brings forward It's
own remedy. The times produce the
man, each war bringing forth its own
generals, its heroes, it's solvers of great
problems. None had chosen Batter
sleigh to the leadership. There had
been no election for master of cere-
monies, nor had Battersleigh yet had
time to fully realize how desperate was
this strait in which these folk had
fallen. 1t appeared to him merely that,
himself having arrived, there was
naught else to cause delay. At the
center of the room he stopped. near
by the head of the stern column of
wpmanhood which held the position on
the right as one entered the hail. Here
Battersleigh paused, making deep
and sweeping bow, and uttered the
first open speech which had been
heard that evening.
Ladies and gintlemen," he said in
tones easily distinguishable at all parts
of the room. I'm pleased to meet We
all this evenin'. Perhaps We all know
Battersleigh, and hope yell all meet
me friend Captain Franklin, at me
side. We claim the introduction OF
this rcnf. mo good friends, and we wei
come everybody to the first dance at
Ellisville. Ladies', yer very dutiful
servant! It's well ye're lookin', Mrs.
McDermott; and Nora, gyurl, sure
yere charmin' the night. Kittie, darl-
in, how do We do? Do We remember
Captain Franklin, all of We? Pipe
up, ye naygurs-that's right. Now,
thin, all hands, choose yer partners
fer the grand march, sure, with
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that Teller Peterson! An him q mar
ried mani"
When Sam left the ballroom there
remained no person who was able to
claim acquaintance with the little group
who now sat under the shadow of the
swinging lamp at the lower end of the
hall, and farthest from the door. The
grand march" was over, and Batter
sleigh was again walking along the
lines in company with his friend
Franklin, before either could have
been said to have noticed fully these
strangers, whom no one seemed to
know. and who sat quite apart and I'M
engaged. Battersleigh, master of GER
cmonies by natural right, and COM
Portable gentleman at heart, spied out
:hese three, and needed but glance
to satisfy himself of their identity.
Sir said Battersletgh, approach
ing and bowling as he addressed the
stranger, 81 shall make bold to intro
JUICE mese,f-Battersleig of Ellisville,
sir, at your service. If I am not mis-
taken. you will be from below, toward
the next town. l bid we very good
welcome, and we shall all hope to see
We often, sir. We're none too many
here yet, and a gintleman and his
family are always welcome among GIN
tlemen. Allow me, sir, to presint me
friend Captain Franklin, Captain Ned
Franklin of the til, Illinois in the
late unplisantness-Ned, me boy, Colo
nel-ye'll pardon me not KNOWN the
name"
my name Is Buford, sir" said the
other as he rose. II am very glad to
see you gentlemen, Colonel Batter
sleigh, Captain Franklin. l was so I'M
lucky as to be of the Kentucky troops,
sir, in the same unpleasantness.
want to introduce my wife, gentlemen,
and my niece, Miss Beauchamp."
Franklin really lost part of what
the speaker was saying. He was gaz-
ing at this form half hidden in the
shadow, figure with hands dropping,
with face upturned and just caught
barely by one vagrant ray of light
which left the massed shades piled
strongly about the heavy hair. There
came upon him at that moment, as
with flood-tide of memory, all the
vague longing, the restlessness, the
incertitude of life which had harried
him before he had come to this far
land, whose swift activity had helped
him to forget. Yet even here he had
been unsettled, unhappy. He had
missed, he had lacked-he knew not
what.
The young woman rose, and stood
out pace or two from the shadows.
She turned her face toward Franklin.
He felt her gaze take in the uniform
of blue, felt the stroke of mental dis
like for the uniform-a dislike which
he knew existed, but which he could
not fathom. With a strange, half.
shivering gesture the girl advanced
half a step and laid her head almost
upon the shoulder of the elder woman
standing thus for one moment, the
arms of the two unconsciously en-
twined, as is sometimes the way with
women. Franklin approached rude
ness as he looked at this attitude of
the two. still Duzzling. still seeking to
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chesp Excavations to the South.

On February l6. March / and Is.
the Kansas City Southern railway will
offer to the public the extremely low
rete OF $1,000 for the round trip to all
points on the Port Arthur Route. In
Guiding Beaumont. Port Arthur. Lake
Charles, Shreveport, Texarkana, Fort
Smith. Mepa, De Queen and all inter.
mediate points. The return limit on
these tickets will be twenty-one days
from date Of sale, with stopover priT.
leges at all points south Of Kancas
City on the going trip. Any informa-
ton desired by the public relative to
these cheap excursions will be cheer
fully furnished upon application TO s.
G. Warner. q. p. and T. A., Kansas
City, Mo.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-03-03
HORSES FOND OF BEER.
Brewery Mays Insist en- Their Share
of Firms Product.

of Firms Product.
Fully one half of the horses used
by the brewers of Washington" said
fat and rudy driver of one of the
big wagons, ARE beer drinkers, and
there are, horses belonging to our
company which will not leave the de-
livery yards until they have had their
bucket of beer in the morning and at
lunch time. They have acquired a
taste for the beverage, and they re-
fuse to do their work until they have
been supplied.
Now, / say the horses acquired a
taste for beer, but l guess | am wrong
about that, for it Is my candid opin-
ion that horses naturally love beer
1t that hogs have for mash and beer
from the stillhouses.
1T is well-krown fact that in run
ming down and locating Illicit stills
in the mountain districts the revenue
officers are frequently aided in their
work by watching the hogs, the razor
backs rif1irg the mash for O dis
lance of two miles.
Our horses fatten on beer, and It
Is q noticeable fact that the ones
drinking the most beer keep in the
best physical condition and can do
the most hard driving.
''The horses draw the line on stale
beer, and one of them will have to
be powerful dry in the throat before
he will drink it. But give him a
bucket of fresh beer and it will soon
disappear, and he will neigh for more.
Drivers helpers and horses are al.
lowed liberal supply of the fluid by
the company, and would do without
r.sv mugs before would see my horse7
go thirsty. Post
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CHAPTER xIII.--ccntlnued.

CHAPTER xlII.--ccntinued.
The hours grew older. At the head
OF the hall the musicians, manifested
more signs of their inexorable purpose.
A sad protesting squeal came from the
-accoI dion. The violins moaned, but
were held firm. The worst might be
precipitated at any moment.
But again there was transfer of
the general attention toward the upper
end Of the hall. The door once more
opened, and there appeared little
was fixed regard SO steadfast and
SO silent that it might well have been
seen that they were strangers to all
present. OF the three, one was tall
and slender man, who carried him
self with that ease which, itself uncon-
scious, causes self-consciousness in
those still some generations back of
1t. Upon the arm of this gentleman
was lady, also tall, thin, pale, with
wide, dark eyes, which now opened
with surprise that was more than half
shock. Lastly, with head up and eyes
also wide, like those of a stag which
sees some new thing, there came
young woman, whose presence was
such as had never yet been seen in the
hotel at Ellisville.
Astonished, as they might have been
by the spectacle before them, greeted
by no welcoming hand, ushered to no
convenient seat, these three faced the
long, half-lit room in the full sense Of
what might have been called an awk.
ward situation. Yet they did not
shuttle or cough, or talk one with an
other, or smile in anguish, as had
others who thus faced the same ordeal.
The three walked slowly, calmly, de-
, liberately down into what must have
been one of the most singular scenes
hitherto with essed in their lives. AS
they reached the head of the social
rank. where sat Mrs. McDermott, the
wife of the section boss and arbiter
e!egantiarum for all Ellisville, the gen.
tleman bowed and spoke some few
words, though obviously to total
stranger--a very stiff and suspicious
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Couldn't Forget His Pet Theme.

Down in Virginia, says Thomas Mel
son Page, there was an old darby
preacher who had preached about in
FAINT baptism morning and night until
his congregation couldn't stand 1t any
longer They told him to preach
something else or they'd have to find
some one who would. He promised,
and the next Sunday announced his
text, adam. where art thou?"
dis, bredern, can be divided into
fouh heads" began the dominie.
First, every man is somewhat. Sec
ondly, most men am where they amt
got no business to be. Thirdly, you'd
better look out or you'll be gitti1'
there yourself. Fo'thly, infant bap-
tism. Now, bredern, ! guess we
nights well pass by the fust three
neads and come immed'tly to the
10th, infant baptism"