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Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1905-06-16
Total. ST, ,058, 1856
Regular Teachers Examination.

Regular Teachers Examination.
The regular June examination
for teachers certificates will be
held at Keytesville Friday and
Saturday, June % and "a. Ex-
animation begins each day at 8
a. m. The following will be the
order of examination and all
should govern themselves ac-
cordingly:
Friday forenoon-Geography,
grammar and algebra.
Friday afternoon-SpelIing,
language, arithmetic and litera-
ture.
Saturday forenoon-Reading,
civil government. u. 8. history,
agriculture, physical geography
and physics.
Saturday afternoon-Physio,.
ogy, pedagogy, ancient history,
modern history and English
history.
Since there will be no other ex.
animation till late in August, all
who expect to teach should at
tend this examine alton.
If there is any doubt about
former grades being in force,
teachers should come and take
examination again.
Most Respectfully,
J. W. TAYLOR. :.
County Commissioners.
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Live Stock Market.
Special to COURIER.

Special to COURIER.
| KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Tuesday,
June 13, 1905. Smaller cattle
receipts this week have relieved
the situation considerably, but
toppy beef steers are about all
that show any Improvement in
prices; they are 10 to Is cents
higher than last week. Fairly
liberal runs of quaran tine cattle
have appeared at all the markets
again this week, but nothing
like the enormous supply of last
week. The glut of southerns
| last week was the main cause
of the decline, although the::..hot
we ather lately has also cut down
consumption of meats, and de-
CT eased the orders Of the pack
ers. However, traders here are
still bullish on strictly dry lot
cattle, out no material improve
ment is expected in the short
FED steers or those fed corn on
grass. No strictly prime steers
were received here last week,
although there were a number
of shipments which sold at $3.50
! to $50. The best drove of
steers seen mere in one week areI
here to-day; they sold at $500,
10 or Is cents higher than Fri
days market. Bulk of the steers
sell at S4.65 to $3.50, not much
different from the close of last |
week; heifers and yearlings
1915 to S4.90, COWS 1926 to
$3.50, bulls S2,35 to $3.50,
springers around $3.50, veals a
quarter higher this week, $3.50
to S5.75. Stockers and feeders
are scarce, demand a little bet
ter. Feeders sell at 1915 to
$3.50, stockers 1925 to $3.50,
stock calves mostly between
So and S4.
Hog prices made a small net
gain last week, but fluctuations
have been most mild for two
eeks past, majority Of hogs
selling right around at $3.50 most
Of the time. A big run to-day
at all the markets is selling five
cents lower, with a top of $3.50
for medium and light weights;
bulk of sales S5.25 to $3.50,
weights above $50 selling five
ents below the top. Demand
h as been good and market ac-
tive.
The sheep market advanced a
quarter last week, and has added
LIZ W ~ JULIUS ulOEC IllIS WOOh 81 |
far. Spring lambs are an ex-
ception and are 25 to 80 cents
lower than last week, selling
at S6 to S6.75. Clipped lambs
bring 1918 to S6.25, native
wethers up to S5.25, ewes S4.25
and upwards, yearIings S5. to
$3.50, all clipped, of course.
There is quite a demand here
for country grades of sheep, ma.
tive ewes selling at 1925 to 1918
to go to the country, good class
Ewethers about the same.
J. A. RICKART,
L. S. Correspondent.
NOTE.
F. F. Harmon of Bynumville
was on the market yesterday with
a carload of hogs.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1905-06-16
10 lbs.
Best Granulated Sugar f
$ 100
Good Coffee.

Every grocer in America will
tell you he has good coffee.
Every grocer in Keytesville will
tell you this. But no merchant
will look you straight in the eye
and say his coffee is better than
Blanks Coffee. He may muster
up courage and say his coffee is
'tjust as good," but he stops
right there. You cannot buy
Blanke's Coffee in any other
store in town except mine. 4
pounds for 81.
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s. NJ. WHITE.
Phone 26,
Keytesville, Missouri.
New Store Building.
Cupid's Conquests.

RICHARDsoN-LUsHER - Milan
Richardson of Prairie Hill and
Miss Ida Lusher of Salisbury
were married at the residence of
B. Hill in Salisbury Wednesday,
June Z. 1905, Rev. J. P. Rice
uniting their future lines.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1905-06-16
kEYTEsvILLE MISSOURI FRIDAY, JUNE TO- 1905
my case" she answered.

my case" she answered.
Mrs. Myers has always claim
ed that her husband was killed
by negroes who came to their
house for the purpose of rob-
berry, but she evidently failed
t. make the jury believe her
story.
She was utterly Indifferent to
the jury's verdict and is, no
doubt, quite Or even more cold.
blooded than she seemed.
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Just One "Best." ="

Every city and town has one
best doctor, one best lawyer, one
best grocery. There never
were and never will be two
t'bests" in anything. When |
say my grocery is the best in
Keytesville I do not make the
statement in a boastful spirit. l
do not mean to brag. merely
state facts. This store is the best
because it's stock is the best.
Because people are treated fair
ly and squarely. Because prices
for high class goods are often no
higher than the second grades
cost at other stores. | am to get
your trade oy deserving it.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1905-06-16

NEwsoM- -TIMPKE:-M. 0. New
som and Miss Olga A. Timpke,
both Of Brunswick were married
in that city Wednesday. June Z,
1905, Rev. Ward McKim Baker
adjusting the matrimonial yoke.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1905-06-16
Baseball

Forest Green and Rockford
crossed at Forest Green
Sunday afternoon, and Forest
Green was victorious by score
of 81 to II. Rockford says Forest
Green can't do it again.
-
The Carrollton and Salisbury
teams decorated the diamond at
Salisbury Sunday afternoon, if
a Sunday baseball player can be
called "decoration," and Car
rollton was defeated, the score
standing: Salisbury, 19; Car
rollton, IL.
Emboldened by their victory
from Carrollton Sunday after
noon, the Salisbury boys came
over to Keytesville Tuesday to
try conclusions with Keytesville
for the second time this season,
but the Salisbury laddies were
not long in discovering that they
were clearly outclassed, and
while they had nine innings in
which to win they only succeed
ed in making two rims to Key
tesville's 10. The Salisbury
pitcher was under the influence
of the weather, or something else,
and had to retire in the ninth
inning.
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CORN FOR SALE.
| have 400 bushels OF
good corn for sale.
VIM. e. HILL,
Keytesville, TO.

Go to T. A. LaGrass, Sails.
bury, Mo-, for first-class white
pine beegums.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1905-06-16
MRS. AGNES MYERS GUILTY.
The Jury COnvicts Her of Murder
I'm the First Degree for
Killing Her Husband.

The jury which tried Mrs
Agnes Myers at Liberty, Mo-.
for the murder of her husband,
Clarence Myers, found her gull
ty of murder in the first degree,
and she will be hung unless
she can escape the gallows by
some le gal hook or crook or by
executive clemency.
She was in ''love" with q
young man named Hoffman,
who was seven or eight years her
junior, and they planned and
executed the murder of Myers at
his no me in Kansas City. The
murde ress was tried at Liberty,
her case having been taken
there on change of venue.
Hottm an was tried first at
Kansas City and convicted
of murder in the first de-
gree, but was used as witness
against Mrs. Myers before
sentence was passed upon
him.
Mrs. Myers case was given
to the jury at 4:3O O'Clock Sat-
urday afternoon, and a verdict
of guilty returned at $3.50 o'clock
Sunday morning while Sun
d ay-school was in session in
the circuit courtroom.
Just after her conviction the
folio wing conversation occurred
in her cell between Mrs. lIyers
and newspaper reporters:
"What do you think of it?''
was asked.
''I was surprised. 1 didn't
expect it,
"Well, you didn't show sur
prise. How did you sit SO cool
lv2"
"Because l am innocent and |
know that it will come out right
some time. I will be acquitted.
I have hopes of new trial. I've
got more witnesses that ought to
have been put on
est looked strange to see
you 80 cool to-day after you
wept so yesterday"
WHY MRS. MYERS CRIED SATURDAY.
"Yes I felt pretty bad yester-
day. But the papers made one
mistake. l read all the papers.
You said I cried when my law
yer talked about the scaffold
and rope. That wasn't what
made me cry. 1 don't care for
that because l don't expect to
ever see it. I cried because the
lawyer was talking about my
home and how happy we were
before Clarence was killed.
That's why 1 cried. [ tried to
keep the tears back, but I
couldn't"
''Do you weep sometimes
when you are alone?"
''I'm not much of a hand to cry,
but when Clarence was killed I
cried till I couldn't cry any
more. I don't see why you
thi nix that because I don't cry
a great deal I must be guilty.
I suppo Sc you think if was in
nocent I'd sit up and cry and
cry all the time, and because I
don't do that | must be guilty."
Mrs. Myers said that the police
misrepresented her in one mat
tor.
"They say l told them 1 was
robbed of my jewelry and then
they found it in the organ. Now
that isn't so. That morning
they came into my bedroom and
asked if I had any money or
jewelry. I told them I had S25
in my pocket book in the side.
board drawer and that my jewel.
ry was either in the back of the
dollhouse or in the back of the
organ. always kept it there.
Mary Schultz knew that and
cOuld d b ave testified To it.''
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1905-06-16
Probate Pointers.
ALLOWANCES.

J. A. Hooper, note for S289.3O
against estate of S. R. D. Dig
ges.
Annual settlements of estates
presented, examined and ap-
proved as follows: L. T. Sears.
Louisa N. Sears, administratix,
1st; H. Lingenfelder, A. Sem,
guardian and curator, 9th; VIM.
Sem, A. Sem, guardian and
curator, 9th.
Julia A. Digges shows to
t he court that a ssle Of the real
estate of her deceased husband,
s. R. D. Digges, has been made
by O.. P. Ray, administrator,
which said sale was made with
the express agreement and
understanding that she should
be paid the present value of her
dover interest in the net pro.
ceeds of said sale, and said
do wer interest amounting to the
sum of $500, and said Julia A.
Digges being now IA years of
age, said dover interest is
ordered paid to her by said ad-
ministrator, the net proceeds of
the sale Of said real estate by
said administrator being 1851. 80.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1905-06-16
Kank DEPOSITS.

The following shows the money
on deposit in the various banks
of Charlton county at the close
of business May %, 1905, accord :
ing to the several official state
ments published last week:
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1905-06-16

SALISBURY.
Savings Bank. ... .S164, ,250. AZ
Peoples Bank. ...... 146, ,6S9. 1S
KEYTESVILLE.
Farmers Bank. .S149, ,607. .72
Bank of Keytesville.. 93,441.47
BRUNSWICK.
Elk change Bank. -. .S1f6, Az. SO
First National. ...... LOS, 1886. .05
MENDON.
Bank of Mendon -. s. SO. 1867
ROTHVILLE.
Bank of Rothville :. S 53,572. .06
DALTON.
Bank of Dalton IS 30,220.8O
FOREST GREEN.
Far mers' Bank. -. S 1862. is
SUMNER.
Exchange Bank. s. 40,901 "a
TRIPLETT.
Farmers Bank IS 58,5O5. II
Total. 81, ,058, 1876 SO
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1905-06-16
Roll of Honor,

The following friends have be-
slowed financial favors upon US
during the past week by either
becoming new subscribers or by
renewing their subscription to
the COURIER. May heaven bless
'em:
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and vending their way toward surnmer-house
In shaded nook. The Countess of Valletort,
ghmpsing them, smiled pleasantly. She wondered
what Newport society would say if Lady Ermyntrude
Grandson became princess. Yet these two for
the moment, had words of love- Prince Boris
eyebrows, had anyone suggested the possibilities
of that garden stroll on a summers day. The
opal already was attached to its gold chain which
he had bound together temporarily until a skilled
craftsman welded its broken links. She was loud
in her admiration of the everchanging beauty of
the stone though like others, she really did not
perceive why the Prince should value it so much.
Where did you find t?'' she asked.
Il did not find it myself" he said lightly, though
not without quick glance at her Your young
friend the Indian lancer discovered it in neghbor
ing field"
Mr. Armstrong;" Her surprise was genuine
Il thought he had gone to town early this morn
ing"
1T seems that your brother brought him to my
assistance"
How fortunate that Jimmie did sol" she cried
and apparently Menikof was pleased by her care
less comment.
The fortunes of my house bound up with
this OPAL " he went on. " 1t is tradition founded
on l know what, that when, if ever it is broken
line ceases to exist. I am the last of my
Naturally, l wished to see if my taEsnan was in
tact or not"
do you believe these old-world tales?" she
said
NO. l do not. But so oddly at variance are
the heart and the intellect that I admit feeling
of great relief, now that the stone is restored to
me undamaged"
They had reached the creeper-covered arbor, and
the sun was hot
'Sit down there" said Ermyntrude, pointing to
a chair and tell me all about this queer affair.
Are you the object of Nihilist hatredl They say
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SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS


Elm
in
Lord
lecture at the Anarchst where they a a
at AscotA
securing n
oneso ehn
alsman that Arm
srongfo a1andw curou to note it
o pyramidst h o a
al the to
all be kepse HI At
al tiont Russian at the andcc
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CHAPTER Ill.

THE attack on Prince Melnikoff's life lifted him
to the heroic in the eyes of Ermyntrude.
There is nothing strange in this. Any woman
likes to man courageous, undaunted IN the
face of DEATH especially when he escapes.
Had the Russian shared the fate of his horse, the
girl would have been shocked inexpressibly. The
memory of his fine appearance and polished manners
must have become merged in the horror of tragedy
As it was, she Involuntary surrounded him with
halo of romance; he presented striking and I'M
posing figure amid the extraordinary sensation of
murderous outrage in quiet place like Ascot. By
chance she not present when he discovered
the loss of the opal amulet, did she hear of
the paroxysm of rage which possessed him
that occasion. That such a COOL self-possessed
parsonage should indulge in frantic vtuperations,
must have perplexed her. She spared the
discovery.
He reached The Cedars long before the return of
Lord birmingham from Windsor Station. Ermyn-
trude-who heard from her mother that his high
ness had lost valuable jeweEalive, too with
all a woman's interest in aught concerning gems
ran out to the porch to meet him, as he de-
scended from the motor placed at his disposal
by the who first to his help in the
early morning.
Have you found it?' she asked enthusiastic
ally.
"Yes. My lucky star happens to be in the
ascendant
LET me see it." she said, eager to examine
article to which he attached such value.
He made gesture. of laughing protest. 9 Are
you devoured by curiosity?" he cried.
Indeed, am! My mother said that you priced
it exceedingly. l want to see what it is that
can treasure so highly"
She offered fine picture standing there amid
the wealth of flowers and plants that adorned the
veranda. The summer SIN had Drowned her fresh
young face and the bright sky was reflected In her
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woman threw the-the thing that nearly killed
you. Why should anyone seek to take your
life? You don't interfere in politics. do your
and surely you cannot be cruel ruler of your
people?"
Her ingenious candor delighted him.
We Russians queer nation, or collection
of nations" he said with pleasing gravity. I'VE
dwell in country of vast distances, of solitude, of
extremes. Sometimes the extremes meet, this
morning, for instance, and there is an explosion.
know no more than you what inspired some person
persons to try and take my life l am the NOM
inal head of a province as large as England 1t
contains towns, forests, lonely hills and steppes,
while two huge rivers, the Volga and the Don, run
through it. Perhaps there has been collision be-
tween my authority and some individual or COM
munity. l am held responsible. How l read
the riddle?''
1.-The nominal head?' she repeated eff 1 were
a man, should not tolerate that word nominal
l am half an American, you know, and the trans
atlantic strain in revo1ts against the idea"
What would you have me do?''
Her eyes looked dreamily out the sunEt
vista. 1t is easy for nineteen to theorize In
Ascot garden.
IF were you" she said 81 should abandon
this life of idle fashion. What poor creatures
to become slaves to it! Are there still serfs
in Russia? Anyhow, you have the term, and what
is the round of what call society but serfdom
of fine clothing, expensive food and smiling make
believe? Nominal! What is more nominal than
a career which says you must live one-third of the
year in town, mostly talking scandal; one-third in
the country mostly Staying poor creatures bred to
be shot; and third at Monte Carlo, futtering
between the Casino one two cook-shops, and the
gun club?"
Prince Boris observed her narrowly. "You
destroy; but you do not build" he said. Again
l ask: What is the alternative for me?"
You have told in your words. You
have Province as large as England. Rule It'll"
He bent nearer and had she
G been watching his face, she would
have something of the fire
, ,ntimate know- which eaped into his eyes.
or rta va hi IF Il thirty" he said, and
nartv attended have had my surfeit of pleasures.
: audience AT 1t is odd but your young mind
ce Boris Melnkof has OWNED something of my own
AIRED not aspire to inner thought. Only yesterday
ikoff, who escaped I saw in one of YOUR English
t ne wore. Arm newspapers clever article
gooeh ranges pils which, by curious accident laid
.red sn;o,,s that bare great truth about Russia.
trono encountered l have the cutting here.
He took some letters from his
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blue eyes. Prince Boris thought
there was none SO beautiful, so
candid, so delightfully."- uncon-
scious of her own charms, among
the countless pretty wol zen he
had met in society.
He sent away the car with a
polite message to the owner, to
be conveyed by the chauffeur.
Then he turned to Ermyntrude.
Come into the garden" he
said, and l will not only show
you my opal, but tell you its
story"
She needed no second invita-
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woMEN's WEAR IN WARTIME.
Homemade Cloth of Many Kinds
Scraped Horn for Hats.


Scraped Horn for Hats.
We had enc cotton mill to spin
the warp. The people stood in line
to get bunch of cotton for warp. The
filling was yarn, cotton, fax and tow.
We got our dyestuff from the forest;
it was almost as bad on timber as
the tanbark trade is now. There was
great rivalry among the women to see
who could have the prettiest dress.
/ have quilt made of cotton and
linen, called a Confederate" quilt.
The clothing for every member of
the family was made from the raw
material, carded, spun, woven. dyed
and made with home-spun thread.
The tow linen cloth had one pecu.
liarity 1t was a great stretcher 1t
was often exchanged for other things.
A man and his wife started to town
with cloth sufficient to get some ar
ticles; on the way he remembered
he needed a gimlet also; he told his
wife. They decided to tie the ends
of the cloth to two saplings, he to
stretch gimlet out Of 1t.
/ took great interest in the silk in
dustry. We fed the worms on null
berry leaves, and such beautiful silk
we did have-a bright stripe in a
cotton dress made 1t very fine. A
family made gloves. beautiful silk
mitts, with bees embroidered on the
b,xk Nothing went to waste. The
thorn trees furnished US pins and
hairpins Our millinery was our
browning effort. Hats were made OF
cotton thread crocheted. put on
block, stretched very stiff and ironed.
then wired; we had homemade flow
ers and all kinds of material for trim
ming. A cloth frame made stiff and
covered with scraped cows horn was
much admired, If 1t did look like a
cocoanut cake.-Charlotte IN. CO.
Observer.
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it necessary for the pigs to foul their
bedroom. Try this plan Of pig rails
ing and see If the result is not a bet
ter class of pigs at NO more expense
than under the old plan.-Farm Stock
Journal
RATIONS FOR DAIRY COWS.
In order to vary the monotony of
eating for the COW it has been sug-
gested by the Department of Agri-
culture that a mixture of two or three
grains be given. II is also the expe-
rience of feeders that much better re-
suits are Obtained by feeding a va
riety of foods. Following are some
of the rations suggested by the de-
partment: One-third bran, one-third
cottonseed meal, and one-third corn
meal. One-fifth malt sprouts, two
f1fths corn meal, two fifths mixed
feed. One-third cottonseed meal, one
third flour middlings, and ene-third
corn meal One-half corn meal, one
fourth oat middlings or rye feed.
fourth oat middlings or rye feed.
Seven pounds is the usual quantity
to be fed daily to cows producing ten
to twelve quarts of milk. The richer
the milk the more feed needed. Many
feeders find it necessary to use but
five pounds Of grain daily and feed
maximum amounts of roughage.-
Weekly Witness.
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The Bachelor Girls Grief.

A girl who was a Bachelor Girl SAL
in her real masculine den and sigh
ed bitterly.
"Why do you sigh?" the Other
Bachelor Girl asked.
"Alas!" she moaned, and the bur
den of great woe was in the moan.
What is the natter"
"Alasi l never can attain my ideal.
Do what I may, one thing still must
be lacking"
sWhat Is still lacking?"
ITO he sure, l have much to be
grateful for" said the Bachelor Girl,
reflectively; nobody ever would sus-
pect that this den is not a mans;
wear a collar and vest like those of
a man; have cultivated a delightful
ly masculine swagger; l wear my
skirts as soant and brief as I dare;
am a jelly good fellow with the
other jolly good fellows. yet-alas,
My ideal for myself meets with one
insuperable obstacle"
What is it,"
do whatever / may-woe is mel
cannot conceal the fact that am only
a grill"
AS the Other Bachelor Girl recog.
nized the pathos of the situation.
they wept together.-San Francisco
Call.
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BARBED WIRE CUTS.

Experience has proven to me that
about the best thing to use on barbed
wire cuts is crude carbolic acid. 1t
keeps out proud flesh and flies will
not bother the wound. My brother
had fine young horze severely cut
on the front leg by the wire.
wrapped it with cotton muslin and
saturated the muslin with crude car
bolic acid. 1t was only short while
until the wound was healed. Next
to carbolic acid, like air slaked lime
for treatment Of wire cuts. Sprinkle
the lime on the wound once or twice
a day 1t acts very similar to the car
bolic acid. but does not heal as quick
ly.-The Ep tomist.
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A sPECIous PLEADER

He-Kissing is a sure cure for
freckles.
She-I have no freckles.
He-But 1t is fine preventative.
NOT EMBEZZLEMENT
Il hear your cashier Is in trouble,
said the first bank president.
YES" said the second bank presi-
dent, hes charged with stealing"
ooh, then he didn't get much, chr"