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The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-06-22

When your trouble with tood-di.
gestidn seems 10 be Increasing and
various pains. like stomnchsache. head
sche. backache. etc. beset you. when
your bowels and liver seem oontinual.
~ out OF order. what you need Is DR..
CaldWeiis tlaxauvel Syrup Popaiu.
Il o. safe. pleasant and far superior
to all pills or cathartic waters Sold
By all druFEitta a. soc aud siQ0.
Money hack II IL fails.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-06-22

Il Is not a question how much a nan
knows. but what use be can make %
what he knows; not a question Of what
he has acquired. now how be has been
trained. but OF what he a do,
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-06-22

Every -housekceper should know
that n they will bay Defiance Cold
Water Starch for laundry use they
will ave not only time, because Il
never sticks TO the iron. bot because
each package contains Is oA-one full
pound-whiis All other Cold water
Btarehss are put up IN 4 pound pack.
ages, and the price IL the same. 10
centa. Then again because Defiance
starch q froa from al luxurious chem.
icaia. n your grocer tries 20 sell you a
1904 package Il Is because he has
q stock on hand which be wishes TO
dispose Of before he puts IN Defiance,
He knows that Defiance Starch has
printed on every package Ia large let.
terra and figures &c ozs.r Demand
Defiance and save much time and
money and the annoyance % the iron
sticking Defiance never sticks.
One stitch IN time Is better than
two In the side.
Write TO s. G. Warner. O. p. aud T.
A., Kansas City Southern Ry. Kansas
City. Mo-. for information Concerning
Free Government Homesteads. New
Colony Locations. Improved farms.
Mineral lands, Rice lands. aud Timber
lands and for copy Of "current Events"
Business Opportunities. Rice book. K
O. q. Fruit Book. Cheap round trip
homeseekers tickets on sale fret and
! third Tuesdays OF each month. Tho
: short line V the Land Of FulnllmenL-
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-06-22

Great and small have the same acci-
dents and the same yexations and the
same passions; but one Is at the cir
conference OF the wheel. and the other
near the center. and thus less agitat-
ed by the same movements.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-06-22

will have Defiance starch. not alone
because they Eet nne-third more for
the same money. but also because OF
superior quality.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-06-22

fdo not believe risos cure for Coasumpaoa
has an equal for coughs ana c~oid~-JoaS r
BoVEA Tunity springs, tud. Fvh. 10, teol
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-06-22

lie who boasts hat he never kissed
a girl may be telling the truth, but no.
body envies him.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-06-22

Tho surest way TO evade ~nelghhoriy
criticism Abont your new house IL
not 10 build H.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-06-22

Never judge a mans worth by what
a woman values him at In a breach Of
promise suit.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-06-22

When a man is financially embarr.
assed be Is apt 70 fell sorry that he has
friends who only feel sorry for him.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-06-22

A public library Il a place where you
lind hat the book you want Is usually
out
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-06-22

can be obtained Only BY using Dehancs
Starch, besides getting Or. more for same
m~0ney-nO cooking required
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-06-22

Occasionally a man earns 4 living
without getting Il, but more often he
gets a living without earning H.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-06-22

When You Buy Starch
boy Defiance and get the best, 10 o. koF u
cSasa Once used. always used.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-06-22

Quit thinking that all the good
chances and opportunities are gone By.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-06-22

Few women are wise enough 70 ren
der one little word sumcient.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-06-22

Hundreds OF tons OF Egyptian rags
are exported every year into the Unit
ed States to supply the paper mills.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-06-22

Il isn't much consolation 10 the
hOmely woman to know that every
mirror has a silver lining.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-06-22

An amlable bachelor says that al
most any miss Is better than a mile
providing she Is neither o old or too
young.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-06-22

Cktarris % he & and kidney Trouhie
shsiatsly carsa BY ur David ksnhaiYiH fsfafta
neaedg. Word faunuua Cor ever - ysafa tasls
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-06-22

How would a bridge whist player
go 10 Brooklyn7"
Give Il up"
why he'd take the train to New
York and then bridge H."
I'D rather make Il spades and stay
In New York Cleveland Plain Deal.
or.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-06-22

There is no patent on trouble. yet
lots Of men have been arrested for
making e.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-06-22
DOS.r FoRaEr

large 2-oI package Red Cross Han Blue. oniy
Ncenta The Russ Company, south Bend. Ind
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-06-22

The Santa Re 10 resump-
ton Of is luxurious Colorado Flyer"
June I 1908. leaving Dearborn sta.
ton. Chicago. s 20 a m. Kansas City
Union Depot s 20 p m. and daily
thereafter for the summer season
Starts from Chicago Only Q night
on the road. As hne as The Calif0r'
MIA Limited. Carries United States
Government Fast Mail Runs on
dustless track. protected BY block
signals.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-06-22

One stitch In time is better than
two In the side.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-05-19
COVERING UNSIGHTLINESS.
How Unlovely Place in the Yard May
Be Transformed Into Delight
with Flowers and Vines.

On many farms there are objects
which render unsightly an otherwise
beautiful situation, such as tumble
down fences and walls, old buildings,
etc. 1t is of the treatment of these
that would speak.
To cover an old stone wall or fence
that cannot be removed, nothing Is
prettier than the Virginia creeper. 1t
grows rapidly, clings closely, and is
hardy in almost any locality An old
building can be converted into thing
of beauty by training this vine over
it, and at its base planting a row of giant
sunhowers. In front of these plant a
row of dwarf sunflowers and then row
of dwarf nasturtiums.
On our farm we have used hollyhocks
and sweet peas for hiding an old stone
wall of remarkable height few rods
from the back of the house. We use the
double variety of hollyhocks, which are
beautiful in midsummer. When their
beauty begins to wane the peas are
ready to blossom and, being in shell
tered situation, continue in blossom
long after the first frosts.
A lady of my acquaintance had a
novel way of disposing of old rubbish.
When she cleaned the yard in the
spring, she heaped all the rubbish, save
the twigs and branches which had
fallen from the trees, on barren place
in the back yard Over this mound she
spread a thick coating of good soil in
which she sowed seeds of the climbing
nasturtium. The twigs and branches
were then laid over the top, serving the
double purpose of protecting the plants
from the ravages of the chickens, and
furnishing support when the branches
began to cling.-Farm and Home.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-05-19

Because ! believed somebody above
Mr., Bigelow should know" replied the
clerk, significantly.
Questioned by the surprised director,
who thought the matter trivial, the
clerk said;
Il was told to enter the amounts of
our cash accounts in the Chicago
pEuks. 1t was part of my duty. AS
sisrant Cashier Henry Coll stopped me
aud said he would attend to it. Mr..
Coll has taken charge of other work
OF mine and changed entries. Mr.. Bige.
low has turned certain other men on
my work."
On Saturday Pfister personally di.
rected a hasty examination of the
books identified by the suspicious
clerk.
The false entries were quickly ap.
parent. Other clerks each declared
President Bigelow responsible.
Staggered by his discovery, Pfster
ran back to the presidents Office, burst
through the door unannounced, and
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-05-19

However much prejudice there may
appear to be at times against bankers,
our business is of the utmost useful
ness and Importance and the right pur-
suit Of 1t, in its broader and better as
poets, requires all the courage and all
the conservatism we can demand"
Then he recited Robert Louis Stew
enson's prayer:
To be honest to be kind; to earn little
and to spend little less; to renounce when
that shall be necessary, and not to be en-
Filtered; to keep few friends, but those
without capitulation above all, on the same
grim condition to keep friends with himself
here is task for all that man has Of
fortitude and delicacy.
To-day he stands self-confessed to
having done all that his utterances of
last year forbade.
Then he quoted the old lines:
Our little systems have their day;
They have their day and cease to be,
Now for the Reckoning.
His System has had its day and
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-05-19

honored and successful financiers; To-
day as he walks the streets by virtRs
of a bail bond, he is pointed out as
the man before whom the black walls
of the grim prison are slowly rearing.
Others Involved.
And as we ask the questions we are
reminded that Banker Bigelow is not
the only one who is playing part in
this startling drama. On the stage
with him there appears at least one
of the bank clerks, Henry G. Coll, as
sistant cashier, who helped to falsify
the accounts to cover the defalcaticn.
We say he appears on the stage! We
must qualify that statement and say
that figuratively speaking for the puc-
poses of this story he appears. But the
fact of the matter is that he has dis
appeared, and the police in every city
in the United States and Canada are
looking for him, and it is not known
how much money disappeared with
him.
Disastrous May Wheat Deal.
The May wheat deal, in which it is
said that John w. Gates, the manipu
lator of the attempted corner, die
and did not lose a fortune, figures
a good many million bushels, it is
thought, in the story of the banl
losses, either by the direct plunging o.
Banker Bigelow in his frenzied effor
to make good the millions lost il
Wall street, or the plunging OF his son
Gordon Bigelow, whose financial back
err re has apparently always been
The latest story is that Gates got on
Of the deal with q whole skin and s
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-05-19
WHEN WASHING PAINT.
Use Dissolved Borax for Cleansing
and DO not Rinse lTnvarnished
Surfaces with Cold Water.


Never use soda for this, and do not
scrub or rub it over hard, or the sur
face will soon be bare. Dissolve two
tablespoonfuls of powdered borax in
little boiling water, and when thor
oughly melted add enough cold water
to bring it all to a generous three
pints. Now dust the paint thoroughly,
sponge it well and gently with the
borax solution, rinsing this again with
tepid water and finally drying and
rubbing it up well with clean soft
cloths. This is all unvarnished paint
requires, but for vanished paint, er
enamel, you should, after drying 1t,
rub it up with very little good fiI'-
niture cream, finishing up with a poll
ish with an old piece of silk. For
white paint, especially if enameled,
nothing beats fine whiting made into
cream with water, and applied in the
same way, A flannel dipped into
either whiting or benzine will remove
finger marks and greasy stains direct
ly, and needs no rubbing, a great ad-
vantage with delicate paints; but it
must be well rinsed off with clean
water. N. B.-Outside doors, when
very dusty and dirty, should be well
busted all over, and then rubbed up
with a cloth dipped in paraffin. This
cleanses and freshens the surface, be-
sides preventing the paint blistering in
hot sunshine
In washing unvarnished paint, re-
member that for rinsing warm (not
hot) water should always be used, as
cold water would harden the soap and
make it sticky and dust trap. Only
wash small piece at q time, rinsing
and drying as you go, for If the water
trickles down it is sure to leave ugly
marks. In washing large surfaces
begin from the bottom and work mp
wards. When using soap for paint.
see it is of good quality, for that con-
| tanning oyermuch soda is sure to dam
| age the paint. Also bear in mind that
no cleansing can be properly done
| save with plenty of clean water and
| plenty Of clean cloths. This may seem
| an elementary necessity to most peo-
| pie, though not 10 those who have
watched the proceedings of many
charwomen, to whom water is water,
be it never so dirty, and who willy, in
| consequence, complacently wiring their
washing flannel out in the soapy water
they have just used for Che primal
washing, blissfully ignoring the fact
that they are depositing back into its
original position the bulk of the dirt
| they have just removed, with the uddi-
| ton of various smears, which will
subsequently vex the housekeeper's
eyes. What some people consider an
nxtravagant amount of water end
cloths, flannels, etc, is sine qua non
| if the spring clean is to be satisfactory.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-05-19
0RSON SMITH ia. FORGAN. "a. HAM
IHIIHCD .6HAHZR5 mn NM
~ RESCUE NF ElP57I471UNHZ INK.

stood excitedly confronting Bigelow at
his desk.
"Bigelow, You Are Defaulter."
"Bigelow, you are a defaulter!"
Pfister shouted, excitedly.
"Oh, my God" he cried. 81 am
ruined, ruined, ruined!"
Bigelow seemed about to faint.
Neither man spoke for several mo-
ments.
Il have fallen with the grain mar
ket," said Bigelow, finally.
"How much?" asked Pfster. "Tell
me ALL"
"One million two hundred thousand,
as well as know" said Bigelow.
Pfster rushed from the bank to his
hotel and issued hasty messages sum-
moning every one of. the bank direc-
tors to a meeting in his hotel that
night at eight o'clock.
His face twitching with emotion
Pfster faced the men and announced:
Gentlemen, a defalcation of over
$1,000,000 has been discovered at our
bank"
"Who is guilty?" was finally asked
Frank G. Bigelow," responded
Pfster, impressively.
The directors were literally struck
speechless for moment Then sew
eral expressed disbelief, and asked
what proof existed.
"Mr. Bigelow has confessed to me
himself" declared Pfister. "He says
his shortage is $1,200,000"
A meeting of the directors, with
President Bigelow present, was hastily
arranged. The defaulter seemed re
lieved by the discovery, and appeared
before the directors and calmly spoke
his confession.
Another story has it that William
Bigelow, vice president of the looted
bank, and brother of the defaulter, ex
posed the shortage, although at thu
time he suspected other officials of the
bank instead of his brother.
| When the extent of the defalcatior
became known, naturally a run wa!
started on the bank and to meet tn,
emergency and restore confidence
more than $1O0O0,O0O in actua
money was raised within two days tt
stop the run of frightened deposition
and save the greatest bank of Milwau
kee from being swept from existence
The panic was stopped by the formid
able array Of money, but to accomplish
this there was the most Remarkable
rapid assembling of cash in decades.
Chicago bankers contributed $1,000
900 of the total, the metropolitan finan
ciers being first to go to the rescue o
their imperiled brothers of Milwaukee
Another million was furnished b.
the Milwaukee clearing house. In ad
dition the other banks of Milwaukee
called in $2,000,000 of their reserv
funds for emergency purposes.
The II directors of the robbed ban
contributed total of u ,635, 900 by pei
sonal pledges from their private fol-
tunes, which aggregated more tha
$20,000,000.
Only last September in addressing th
American Bankers association in th
Waldorf-Astoria, New York city, Ranl
er Bigelow, who at that time wa
looked upon as one Of the tights an
authorities Of the banking world, sait
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-05-19
Looting OF First National Bank of Milwaukee.
by President Frank G. Bigelow.
SPECULATION and RECKLESS SON BRING RUIN
Man in Whose Hands Had Been Placed Vast Trusts
Proves Faithless and Is Self-Confessed Defaulter
to the Amount of Mlons-May Wheat
Deal Figures in the Crash.

handsome profit to boot, and that the
heavy losses caused by the breaking
OF the corner and the dropping of the
price OF May wheat from $121R to
9S1s cents, fell on the tailers whose
holdings in some cases were enormous,
as is evident from the fact that one
line of 100000 bushels for an outsider
was bought at $1.19, nearly the maxi
mum price reached. And it is more
than likely that Bigelow was caught
for big sum, and it was this loss
which precipitated the exposure. If
John w. Gates made by the deal, there
are those who are firm in the belief
that Bigelow's losses helped to cover
the Gates losses and leave the latter
handsome margin. And so the
sensational May wheat corner, which
is story OF fascinating interest by it.
self, figures in this drama from Mil
waukee. 1t is one of the side lights
that throws in fresh coloring and gives
increased dash to the scene.
The Lessons.
And then the clerk that uncovered
the steal, the directors that brought
the transgressor face to face with his
crime, the frenzied public which
stormed the doors of the bank to re-
cover it's money, the fight of Chicago
bankers with millions to the rescue of
the imperiled bank, these all play
their thrilling part in this remarkable
drama Such it is as it has been
played on the stage of life Perhaps
some playwright will here catch the
inspiration which will enable him to
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-05-19

Milwaukee, VISIT has been de-
clared that all the worlds stage and
every man as an actor in the human
drama of life plays his part. At the
present moment Milwaukee, the me-
t"opolis of Wisconsin, the great city
on the shores of Lake Michigan, second
only tc Chicago in it's financial and
commercial Importance, has shifted its
busy scenes to the center of the stage,
has trotted out in unexpected and
startling manner the star performer in
the person of the president of the First
national bank of the city, and has held
the public of the entire country spell
bound by his amazing manipulation of
the millions of other peoples money.
Now you see it and now you don't.
By Way of Contrast
Yesterday Frank G. Bigelow, head
of Milwaukee's largest financial in
stitution; to-day self-confessed de-
faulter to the amount Of millions, no
one seems to know exactly how much,
for each day brings to light some new
trust betrayed, some fresh amount of
loss to add to the startlingly large
total.
Yesterday he was the influential d.
rector in dozen or more different
financial and business concerns; to-
day they are dropping his name one by
one, and assuring their clientele and
the public that he no longer has any
connection with the business.
Yesterday Banker Eigelow was
pointed out with pride by the people
of Milwaukee as one of their most
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-05-19
RRElF22NXED2 AEZ 2l1N3E

/ come to the full light of the law-he
before the bar of justice; at home,
wet-eyed wife; on the streets, dishon-
ored friends; in the distance, the gates
ajar of prison.
A Friends Testimony.
Yet in his darkest hour a friend
writes of him:
HE was a humanitarian of the
broadcast type. He has made more
young business men than any man in
the middle west. He loved young men,
He loved children. Never yet have
heard of a worthy young man in bust
ness trouble being turned away by
| him.
His glorious smile would give a
CLEAN of welcome and hope to the
humblest of those seeking his aid and
with the smiles would go the help
needed. 1t is said here that he has
started thousand young men in bust
ness and that not one of them has
failed"
Has Sympathy of Many.
Then this friend adds:
THE law can have no pity, can
make no eXceptions but you who
judge this man, remember the other
side; remember that there are thou
f., sands of us whose hearts are bleeding
for the man we love, for this man who
has stood by us in our hours of trouble;
remember this and be charitable"
In the face of such tribute can the
psychologist answer why from Deem
Der last to April 81 of this year Frank
Bibelow, day after day, connived at the
Justification of the books of his bank,
made an assistant cashier and possibly
two bookkeepers criminals, and one
of these fugitive from justice
plundered his institution for nearly
$1,5O0,000 and then when self-con-
fessed says:
Il have NO excuse to offer for what
| have done; my family knew nothing
Of the condition of affairs"
Character Study of the Son.
The friend quoted above says OF
Gordon Bigelow, the son:
las young man he sowed his wild
oats and he sowed them thick and
plentiful, but though the oats were
wild they were clean there was nc
rust on them. The fathers heart bled
but 1t never hardened against his boy
Mayhap, as is the way with hearts, II
softened bit with the bleeding. AS
often as the boy would fall the father
would start him with a clean slate
He had done it for other boys. Could
he do less for his own? And the boy
became a man and put his boyish ways
behind him, but he was still masterful
still the leader of the gang. He took
dips into the stock market and won.
He invested in manufacturing en-
, terprises, and won. He bought wheat
and won. The week before the crash
, in Milwaukee they talked of Gordon
: Bigelow as broker who had arrived
Through it all the father hat
! helped him. but he had not guided
The boy was not that sort He worked
3 on his own initiative. The father saw
his successes, his level judgment, blk
foresight, his almost !Ituitive know |
5 edge of the game. He loved the boy
| this hoy who had made his heart blee /
; aud he was growing rgeud OF him.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-05-19
Handwork on Gowns.

Paris has gone in for handwork, and
is lavishing a wealth of beautiful work
on everything she turns out. And the
new styles lend themselves with won
derful grace to the exquisite needlework.
that not only Paris, but the world OF
women, is wild over. Smocldngs and
shirrings, puffings and tucks, fagoting
(there's new form and French knots
find their way on the prettiest of the
new gowns.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-05-19
Good Poise.

Physical poise every woman can at
tain. BY physical poise l mean the
ability to walk gracefully and uncon-
scously, to glide up and downstairs, to
sink, instead of to bounce, into chair,
to use her hands as though they were
part of her, and not merely attachments
at the end of her arms. The first thing
to learn in the acquisition of poise is
TO stand squarely upon the balls Of your
feet, not upon the toes, nor the heels.