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The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-01-15

hoofs raced with them to the bottom.
Sometimes when the swiftly moving
powders struck a horses hiEd legs, the
animal assumed a sitting posture which
it maintained until level ground was
reached. For the most part they tobog-
gained that hill. At the bottom was a
snake fence around a clearing. This they
crashed through. Jumping is not a
necessity in an Usage Hill hunter. The
ability to dodge stumps, trees and bowl
ders going at full speed is. The clearing
was studded with stumps, but the mule
never grazed one. Going at a gallop he
was amazing. Yet more amazing was
the way Mr.. Rithby kept his seat.
Across the clearing was another
snake fence. This, of course, would be
an admirable jump for a Meadowbrook
hunter. There was a good approach and
a chance for a horse to rise to it. But
the advantage of a good approach only
allowed a greater impetus to the mules
butt" He went through thatfence, not
over it. Main strength rather than
agility counts in an Usage Hill hunter.
They climbed another hill straighter
than the first. Another clatter along a
ridge. Another descent of a hill that
this time was terraced like a great stair.
The chase led towards the river and Mr..
Rithby could DISCERN 1t edged with great
sycamores in the bottoms below. There
was a %thunderous crash through a skirt
ing fringe of willows and dogs, horses
and mules were ~fioundering through the
oozy mud of a bayou when the paving
and kicking hunters deluged theil
riders with a Shiny shower. Then drip
ping with mud, mules and hoses clam.
bered up the slippery clay bank like
cats. The louder and nor prolonged
\ baying of the dogs in front told that tn.
fox was near his finish. Then thu
whoops of the hunters urged thu
~frenzied dogs to the final pittiless effort
They were racing along a strip OF bot
tom near the river. 1t was thickly tim
bered and the ground was strewn witt
fallen trunks. With his roman nos
stretched out in a horizontal line tn,
mule lodged stumps and trees and tool
fallen trunks in his stride without re
taxing his speed. To avoid a pile, O
drift he sweryed and ran underneath
dogwood tree from WHICH a thick brancl
grew straight out. It caught the i'll
/, fated engineer at the neck and stoppe
him abruptly while the mule preserve
the uneven tenor of his way. For a mo
j ment MI. Rithby remained suspended b
the chin like an enthusiastic gymnas
and then dropped In a heap to the dam
leaves below.
Then he concluded that the huma
organism is wonderfully held togethe
or the jolting OF a fox hunt as it obtain
I In the Usage Hills would shake it 4
! pieces. And it struck him as wonderf,
/. how even the rawhide physique of a Mi:
: souri, m~ountaneer can stand the repet
: ton Of the fiendish battering of a tkre
hours nocturnal run with his dol
2 through the brush and timber of h
/, bowlder-strewn and PERCEPTIONS hills,
IF. o,RYAN
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-01-15
CURRENT TOPICS.

Over 1,4o0 people were killed last
yea on Russian railway lines.
A nugget of gold weighing 80 ounces
has been found at Ballarat, Australia.
The paper bills of the United States
printing Office amount to $3.50, 900 a
year.
In 1880 the average New Yorker
took 1872 rides in street cars; last year
he took Ais.
In a year nearly 100000 persons
traverse the At miles of railway across
the isthmus.
For hosting from the 1,529-foot level
of the Kimberly diamond mine 40 Sec
onds are required.
Our total trade with Alaska for the
fiscal year was: Imports, $40 ,2SS,O00;
exports, $9,497,OoO.
Recent returns show that divorce
cases in Germany increased last year
from 4,675 to 5,27s.
In the Santa Clara valley, California,
five square miles are devoted to the
raising of onion seed.
The daily newspapers of the United
States use in a year $685. 1877 900 worfh
of paper; in weight nearly 100, 000, 900
pounds.
Rev. Ronald D. Sawyer is leading a
crusade against profanity in Boston.
He is the organizer of the Anti-Pro-
family league.
The Korean government has ordered
that all Koreans, without regard to
rank or class, shall wear clothes of a
blue or dark color.
Canada has reaped great profit from
this years apple trade. There have
been 254,40O more packages shipped to
England than last year.
The first equestrian statue erected
in the e world, which still stands,
is a colossal statue of Charles w. of
Spain, in the City Of Mexico.
The report of the auditor of the
state of iowa shows that there are
1900 telephone companies in the state,
as compared with 700 last year.
Ethnoaogists are Of the opinion that
when America was discovered there
were not on the continent of North
America any more Indians than exist
now.
N~orwegians and Swedes who live
far. away from railways. spend theil
long winter evenings dressing hides
and skins, and making homespur
cloths.
Corn has been bred to show that BY
intelligent cultivation the parts of the
kernel that yield the oil can be mini
mized, while those that produce pro
TEN can be developed.
A Chicago ex~perimenter has sue
ceeded in coloring diamonds severa
different tints by use of the X-ray, bu'
has not thus far added to the CONNER
cial value of the stones.
The largest oil ship in the world, the
Naragansett, has just been launched
in the Clyde. She will hold 10000 ton!
of oil, which can be discharged at tn
rate of 900 tons In hour.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-01-15

A short time ago, by request, Uncle
Isaac came to Waco and sat for his pic
ture. In his hand he held a stick cut
from the grave of General Andrew Jack
son, which has been carried by him ever
since. Mr.. Brock is a dignified' old gen.
tleman, showing few signs of decrepi-
tude. His family Bible is still preserved,
and it shows that the date of his birth
wa written lis years ago.
Surely a few words from this remarka-
BILE old gentleman, who has had 115 years
of experience to draw from, would be
interesting as we'll as profitable. A
lengthy biographical sketch is given OF
this remarkable old man in the Waco
Times-Herald, December 4, 1898. A still
more p%retentious biography of this, tbs
oldest living man, illustrated with q
double column portrait, was given the
readers Of the Dallas Morning News
dated December II, 1898, and also the
Chicago Times-Herald Of same date
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-01-15
dyy,g MssN.

For a FREQ book on catarrh. address
The Peruna Medicine Co, Columbus, O..
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable adj
vice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-01-15

as ferociously as the rest. Take your
feet out of the stirrups," yelled some one
who rode near him. He did SO. After
wards he was to be thankful for the
advice.
The trail led downhill again over
ground strewn with roiks and bowl
ders. In obedience to the laws Of gravita-
ton these where loosened by the horses
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-01-15

ton, Denver. Col says:
You are at liberty to
repeat what I first stated
through our Denver pa
pers about Doan's Kidney
Pills in the summer OF
1899, for l have had no
reason in the interim to
change my opinion OF the
remedy. I was subject
to severe attacks Of back
ache, always aggravated
If / sat long at q desk.
Doan's Kidney Pills abso-
lutely stopped my back
ache. ] have never had
81 ~ ~
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-01-15
In the oIden Times.
Nebuchadnezzar was eating grass.

Nebuchadnezzar was eating grass.
Pretty soon the small boy living in the
house next door, where the people haven't
any lawn mower, was seen coming up the
walk.
Mrs. Nebuchadnezzar," he said, with
confidence, my father sent me over to see
if you would lend him your husband for a
vile journal.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-01-15

The New York Central Lines have decided
to put on fast and luxurious service for the
Worlds Fair and trains of the most APP
proved pattern are now being built for this
purpose. The train will be called the
Louisiana Purchase Limited"
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-01-15

Wife-"Now, don't you think my new hat
is a perfect dream" Hnsband-'Well, no.
10 be a perfect dream the bill attached TO
it should also be merely a dream.'-Philadel-
phia Press.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-01-15

Refinement creates beauty everywhere.
1t is the grossness of the spectator that dis
covers anything like grossness in the OBJ
iect.-HaZlitt.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-01-15
R A T

Eugene E. Lario, of 751 Twentieth
Avenue. ticket seller in the Union Sta
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-01-15

Born before the United States WIS
formed. !
Saw II Presidents elected.
Pe-ru-na has protected him from
all sudden changes.
Veteran of four wars.
Shod a horse when SO years old.
Always conquered the grip with
I Pe-ru-na.
Witness in a land suit at the age
! of no years.
} Believes Peruna The greatest
{ remedy of the age for catarrhal
( diseases.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-01-15

7 sAAC BROCK, a citizen of McLennan
county, Texas, has lived for 115 years.
For many years he resided at Rescue
Falls, eighteen miles west of Waco, but
now lives with his son-in-law at Valley
Mills, Texas.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-01-15
,rth AlI ID Wou1d Cost.

worth All 1t Would Cost.
The Wife-Ithin we ~oughtto have Lncy's
voice cultivated. John. if it doesn't cost too
much.
The Husband-It can't cost too much, my
dear, if it will improve it.-Stray Stories.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-01-15

Grace, can you tell me what is meant by
e cuhic yard 5s2A.I dent knew exactly but
guess its a yard that the Cuban children
play in."-Boston Christian Register.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-01-15

JUST SEND 10c IN STAMPS TO THE
John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse
Wis, and receive in return their big
catalog and lots of farm seed samples.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-01-15
Usage HILL LETTER
Description of a Wild Nocturnal
Fox Hunt in Missouri.
A NEW Workers. EXPERIENCE
Lawrence e. Rithby Rides n Big, Raw
Boned Mule, But Is Not In at
the neath-A Desperate
Sport.

S A GAME of ping-pong
compares with the charge
of Balaclava, so the re-
fined chase OF the Mea-
dowbrook Hunt club com
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-01-15

Moneybags-''That cashier must be pretty
well off by this time" Witticus-Yes, he's
in Canada."-Columbia Jester.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-01-15

Foster-Milburn CO., Buffalo, n. y.
For sale by all druggists, price so cents
per box.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-01-15

one nh so sM0 {or 4 tons lood hsy p and t Ge e oahef
30 tons green fodder per acre. Grows
everywhere, so does Victoria Rape, yield
ing 10000 lbs. sheep and swine food per
acre TX II,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-07-14
THURSDAYS SESSION.

Following the speech Of Congress
man Champ Clark, who was chosen
permanent chairman, the National
Democratic Convention adjourned
shortly after o'clock Thursday even
ing until 10 o'clock Friday morning.
The adjournment was made necess-
airy by the inability of the sub-com-
mittee of the Resolutions Committee
to complete it's report,
The first test of strength of the
factions was shown by the vote on
William Jennings Bryan's motion to
adopt the minority report on the con-
test in the Illinois delegation.
After a mighty appeal by Mr. Bryan,
who spoke for thirty minutes in behalf
of the Hearst Harrison delegates, the
roll call showed SAT votes against and
2g9 for the adoption of the report for
which he had vainly battled.
Permanent Chairman Clark, in his
speech accepting the honor conferred
by the convention, discussed national
tissues, scored Republicanism, declared
President Roosevelt without policy and
pronounced him an oppOrtunist, who,
he said, is letting things drift to the
deuce"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-07-14
ST. LOUISAN AND FIVE
OTHERS BREAK JAIL
William Kelly Leads Successful Es-
cape at Jefferson City.

Jefferson City, Mo-: A wholesale Jail
delivery occurred here at o'clock
Monday morning, six prisoners making
their escape by saving their way to
freedom through the iron bars and
cage. One of the seXtette is a ST.
Louisan named William Kelly, who
was held on the charge of highway
robbery, committed just a few nights
ago, when, with E. L. Hampton, the
pair is alleged to have held up six men
in the Missouri Pacific yards here.
Hampton went out with him in the
break for liberty. The others were
Buddy Jones, charged with horse steal
ing. Clarence Williams, with burglar
izing the Elks lodgeroom and rob-
bling the till, and John Hall and John
Moore with robbery. The fugitives
helped themselves to slliffs Monday
morning and made their way down the
river. They are supposed to have
abandoned these, however, and to have
secreted themselves in the brush
Efforts were made to reach Gov. Dock
cry who was in st. Louis, to ask him
to supplement the reward of $25 each
which is offered by Sheriff Smith
for the apprehension Of the men. Of
ficers have gone down the railroad to
intercept the men should they under
take to make landing from the river.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-07-14
WITNESSES CLAIM
SWITCH WAS OPEN
Railroad Men Declare that the Lock
Lay on the Ground.

Litchfield, ILL.,: States Attorney L.
V. Hill and Coroner w. A. Gray Tues
day examined witnesses in the inquiry
into the cause Of the wreck here Sun
day night, in which more than a score
of persons lost their lives.
Harry S. Rubibs was the first wit
ness, but was unable to give much in
formation as to the probable cause
of the wreck.
John Berry, brakeman on the freight
train, testified that he had passed the
switch that caused the wreck a few
minutes before, while riding on the
pilot of the engine pulling the freight.
He saw the third section of Train No.
Ia go over the switch in safety about
twenty minutes before the wreck. G..
M. TedwoT, another brakeman on the
same train, gave about the same testi-
mony. The freight train was on the
siding at Honey Bend when the
doomed train passed them.
Fred w. Edwards of Litchfield, con-
tluctor on the wrecked train, testified
that trains seldom use the switch in
question for passing purposes; that
the switch was open when he saw it,
and the lock gone.
Charles w. Best of Decatur, con-
ductor of freight train No. 90, said
that his train passed through Litch-
field at 4:40 o'clock Sunday afternoon,
north-bound; that it passed within a
few feet of the switch where the acct
dent occurred, and he did not notice
anything wrong with it.
e. S. Lowtther of Beardstown,
conductor on the Burlington railroad,
testified that he was standing on the
Burlington track, near the coal mine,
when the accident occurred, and that
he was at the scene of the wreck with
in one minute. He assisted in carry
ing dead and injured passengers from
the train, after which he examined
the switch, and found it open, with
lock lying on the gronud under the
switch stand. He picked up the lock
which he presented to the jury. The
jury adjourned until Friday morning
without completing the taking of tes-
timony.
A. E. Shepherd of Hume ILL.,, cash.
Ter of the Hughes bank, died Monday
night, and an unidentified woman is
at the undertaker's. Shirt buttons
found near her remains in the wreck
are the only clue to her identity, as
the body is horribly burned.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-07-14
EDMUND BERsCH
GOES TO PRISON
Third Roodler to Enter Penitentlary
Walls from st. Louis.

st. Louis: Edmund Bersch was SEN
fenced to serve two years in the PEN
itentiary Friday and at o'clock Fri
day evening started to Jefferson City
to begin his term.
He is the third of the boodlers to
enter prison for his crimes. He plead
ed guilty shortly after the cases OF
Lehman and Hartmann we're affirmed
by the Supreme Court. Sentence was
deferred until Friday, that Berscn
might get his affairs in shape. He
entered Judge Taylor's courtroom Fri
day morning at 10 o'clock and con-
versed for half an hour with his at
torney, Thomas ]. Rowe.
When Bersch stood up to receive
sentence, Judge Taylor asked him If
he had anything to say. Bersch re-
piled in the negative, and sentence was
passed. Judge Taplor addressed
Bersch shortly. saying that he believed
the minimum sentence for the offense
was severe enough.
Bersch was Immediately taken to the
jail and placed in a cell with Charles
f. Kelly. At the time that Bersch
was committed Kelly was receiving a
visit from his wife, and the three
talked for a few moments.
Kelly and Bersch occupied the cell
IN which Lehman and Hartmann we're
lodged while in the city Jail.
Deputy Sheriff Joseph Dickman, Jr.,
took Bersch to Jefferson City. He
was not handcuffed and the officer and
prisoner walked together to the sta
ton. Bersch's depression had not left
him when he entered the train.
Besides the two years sentence
which he received Friday, Bersch is
also under sentence of FIVE years in
connection with the Suburban deal
This case is now in the Supreme Court.
The charge under which he was
sentenced to two years Friday was
accepting $4,000 for his vote in the city
lighting deal.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-07-14
TEN THOUSAND LOSE
HOMES IN KAW FLOOD
ArmourdaIe, Packing-House District Of
Kansas City, inundated.

Kansas City, Mo-: Mayor Gilbert Of
Kansas City, Kan, is using all the
means at his command to care for the
hundreds of homeless people who have
been driven from the fiood-stricken
districts. Thursday night he sent the
following telegram to Secretary of
War Taft:
Ten thousand people have been
driven from their homes in Kansas
City. Kas., by food. l earnestly re-
quest that you direct commander OF
Fort LeaYenworth to issue ratlons we
may need. Please answer"
The Kaw overlooked its banks near
the Missouri Pacific bridge at IL
o'clock Thursday night, and the water
began spreading over the West Bot
toms, or wholesale district of Kansas
City, Mo. The water was feet deep
at st. Louis avenue and Hickory street,
three blocks from the Union Station.
The large steel bridges of the Union
Pacific and Missouri Pacific railroads.
near the stock yards, formed a dam
against which lumber and wreckage
lodged. The water, detected by these
barriers, was forced into the west bot
toms through the railroad yard.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-07-14
EIeaten pefles Militia.

Telluride, Colo: Harry A. Floaten,
manager Of the Peoples supply COM
panys store in this city, who has been
twice deported by the Citizens alli-
ance, supported by the military author
tiles, returned Monday. He was not
molested. 81 am going to stay here
and defend myself and my rights" he
said. Il have had the best legal ad-
vice and was told to stand on my con-
stitutional rights as a citizen, and not
submit to the tyranny and oppression
of the Citizens alliance" The only
accusation ever brought against Mr..
Floaten was that he transacted the
financial business of the miners union.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-07-14
WEDNESDAYS SESSION.

st. Louis Chairman ]. X. Jones Of
the national committee called the
national convention to order promptly
at noon Wednesday. The sound Of
his gavel brought forth a cheer from
the floor and galleries. Chairman
Jones directed the seargeant-at-arms
to secure order. He continued pound
ing the table with his gavel, but it
was some time before quiet reigned.
California's appearance with a huge
silk banner and silk American flags,
and a yell, California, California,
Hearst, Hearst, Hearst" caused some
cheering.
Again Chairman Jones demanded
that the convention be in order, and
at once directed the secretary to read
the call for the convention. Applause
followed the reading of the call. After
quiet was restored, Chairman Jones
announced that the convention would
be opened by prayer by Rev. John F.
Cannon, pastor of the Grand Avenue
Presbyterian church of st. Louis,
During the invocation the conven-
ton stood. Dr. Cannons voice was
entirely inadequate to reach even the
center of the hall.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-07-14
pEMocRAcYs PLATFORM.

1t omits reference to the currency
standard and the income tax, its franz
nrs agreeing that these are not isues Of
the present and may be left to future
legislation.
1t omits the negro question, holding
that the States should regulate in
ternal affairs.
1t deals vigorously with the tariff
and trust questions.
1t condemns the official corruption
Of Federal service and demands ex-
posture and punishment.
1t warns the country against the
erratic and reckless methods of Roose-
welt.
It states fundamental Democratic
principles in clear terms.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-07-14
Parker Nominated at
AH-Wight Session

on the first ballot Judge Parker got
e5s votes, six short Of a nomination.
Idaho and Nevada changed six votes
each to Parker and he was declared
nominated.
Gov. Doekery moved to make the
nomination unanimous.
At 5:4s a. m. Chairman Bailey an
nounoed that Judge Parker was the
unanimous choice Of the convention.
At $3.50 the convention adjourned un-
I'll 900 o'clock Saturday afternoon.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-07-14

New York: George w. Beavers,
former superintendent of the salaries
and allowances bureau Of the post Of
fee department, was rearrested in
Brooklyn Thursday under an indict-
ment found in Washington on October
5, 1903. charging him with having &C
cepted brides in connection with the
irtr. dGction of the Doremus cancel
ing machine into the post office de-
partment