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The Adair County news., 1905-04-12
Rolla Wells Reelected.

Although the bond issue of So, OOO, OCO
for municipal improvements proposed
by his administration is helplessly beat
en-, Roha Wells is triumphantIy re-
elected Mayor of st. Louis, and the
probability is that his entire ticket is
elected with him by pluralities estima-
ted at from 5000 to $4,000.
Judge John A. Tally, Republican
candidate, supported by the Butler
following, ran well in the downtown
precincts, but lost heavily in the South
west and North Side. Lee Meriwether,
the municipal ownership party's candi-
date, received very small vote, in
striking contrast with the big vote cast
for him four years ago, when his fol-
lowers claimed he was legally elected
and counted out" An analysis of
the vote shows that most of the Meri-
wether following having been Republi-
cans in the first place, slumped back to
the Republicans in this fight, while
enough Republicans voted for the Wells
business administration to return him
to power.
The defeat of the proposed bond is
sue will be severe blow to the friends
of the administration and the million.
aire club, which has for it's object the
increase of the city's population and
the improvement of the municipal in
stitutions. This result is explained by
the closeness of the contest, the ma
jority of those who voted against Wells
voting also against the bond issue.
1t being necessary to get two, thirds
majority for the bond issue, this result
ted in the defeat of the proposition.
Throughout the State the Democrats
made heavy gains to-day, nearly all of
the towns heard from up to midnight
reporting Democratic victories and ire
mendous gains over the Parker vote
last Fall. Jefferson City, the capital
of the state, elected Democratic
Mayor for the first time in 25 years.
Pennington and Salem also went Dem
ocratic. Springfield elected as many
Democrats as Republicans, thus allow
ing the Democrats to retain their ma
jority in the Municipal Assembly. Mo-
berly, Warrensburg, Clinton, Montgom-
cry. Charleston, Butler, Auzvasse and
Kirksville all report Democratic victo-
ries. Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Adair County news., 1905-04-12
His Last Quarter.

"Of all the trying experiences
in my life,' said the nervous
man, Il think the worst was that
of this morning. In my haste to
get downtown l rushed away with
only a little change in my pocket.
To be exact, when l boarded the
car found l had only 80 cents,
of which the nickel went for fare.
Il had to make a stop before
going to the Office and decided to
60 into one of those hurry up
restaurants for a cup of coffee
and a roll before transacting bus
mess. l had never been in one
of the places before and felt
rather sheepish as | entered. It
seemed that the waitress had x
ray eyes and could see that was
possessed of only Is cents.
Doughnutsercrullers : don't
keep rolls, she ratified.
so | ordered crullers and felt
myself growing red as she called
out the order to some invisible
person. Around me patrons were
regaling themselves with ham
eggs, sausages, chops and other
delicacies. | felt that everybody
was regarding me with pity.
That waitress had a megaphone
voice anyway.
Suddenly as l was munching
my crullers the thought occurred
to me: Wonder if l have the
the quarter. Perhaps I dropped
it in the car l made a wild
clutch at my pocket from the out
side and was relieved to find
the coin still there; tackled the
second cruller with lighter heart,
then got another nervous chill.
Suppose the coin should be bad
or plugged? The cashier will re-
fuse it. 1t will look as though l
deliberately planned the thing,
having no other money, and I
will be accused of trying to beat
the restaurant out of 10 cents
worth of food
my appetite deserted me at
the thought. l longed to take
the coin out and examine it, but
the waitress had her X-ray eye
on me, waiting to see if wanted
anything else, and, besides, the
table was we'll filled with patrons.
"Well, forced those two crul-
lers down, drank half the coffee,
took the check from the naughty
waitress and walked to the cash
iers's desk in fear and trembling.
First took out my. cardcase, as
though to change a bill, then pre-
tended to think better of it. 1t
was perfectly good in every re-
spect, and l went out with the Is
cents change, cursing myself for
my Internal nervousness
"You ought to consult a doc
tor said his sympathetic hear
er.-New York Press.
Clock Run By Radium.
The Adair County news., 1905-04-12

VICE d year every IIleTCIldnC
takes account of stock. When
the work is completed the shop
keeper knows just where he
stands. If a certain department
in his store is losing money,
he plans on strengthening it or
cutting it our entirely. Ifanoth-
er department is making an un-
expected success, he specializes
upon it and features it. He has
what might be termed a CONNER
cial housekeeping. Now, / have
often wondered whether it would
not pay for those who work for
our living to take account of
stock at regular intervals, not
making an inventory of ribbons,
laces, shirt waists and hats in
our possession, but of talents.
The influence of business life
should tend to broaden and de-
velop the feminine mind; so
whenever | hear a business wom-
an mourn because She finds her
self in a groove, or, as most of
us put it, in a rut, wonder why
she does not stop long enough to
take account of stock. Perhaps
she will discover some talent
which will lead her into a more
remunerative and congenial occu-
patton. Elk.
Down at jacksonville the saloon
keepers and bar-tenders have done a
thing that can be most heartily COM
mended. They unanimously petitioned
the City Council to pass an ordinance
prohibiting any boy under twenty-one
years of age from going into any saloon
in the city unless accompanied by his
father or guardian. The saloon keep
ers said that they had no wish to vio-
late the law against selling to minors
that such an ordinance would be pre-
lection to them and the boys as WE'LL
The council very promptly passed the
ordinance and made it a fine from one
to ten dollars. Would not such an or
dinance he a good thing in Harrods-
burg -Harrodsburg Herald.
The Adair County News is the
place to get your Job Work.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-03-18
ASTONISHING MEMORY FEATs

Chessmasters Who Can Figure Out
Three Hundred Billion Conbina
lions. +
Imagine being pitted against a mind
that can visualize the positions of thir'
ty-two pieces of ivory on as many
squares, and every possible variation
therefrom, and, building one picture
upon another, can foretel not only the
end of the game, but the exact number
of moves requirqed to bring it about,
and, as Marshall did in London, pro
coed to accomplish it in spite of all an
ordinary player and his pieces can dc
to prevent.Just what this means may
be realized in view of the computation
that there are 1889 $4,000 ways OF
playing the first four moves on each
side of the board. Yet during the Cam
bridge Springs tournament saw Pills
bury take a hand In game Of whist
and at the same time play two games
Of chess and two games of checkers
without looking at any one of the four
boards. Mr.. Pillsbury sat at the whist
table, with his back to the chess and
checker boards, and the moves of the
players thereon were called out to him
and without interrupting the whist
game a moment he would call back the
name of his own pisce which he wished
moved in reply, specifying on which of
the sixty-four squares 1t was to be
placed In this way he won the chess
and checker games and helped to win
the game of whist.
Pillsbury performs these blindfolded
plays seemingly with comparative ease.
He has played against as many as
twenty-five different boards at one and
the same time, without seeing a single
board, and has won large majority
of the games. Seated with his back to
the other players and constantly smok.
ing big cigar, he is apparently able
to vizualize and to remember twenty
two different pictures, in each of which
thirty-two chessmen are being changed
about in an infinite variety of combi-
nations. At each Of those boards sits
an expert chess player with every fac
ulty concentrated ON his own game,
caring nothing for his neighbors' diff
uCulLlSo, pSilC ollly Uu UdILllllS [ne
memory of the man at the end of the
room, whose mind recurs to his partic-
ular game only once in every twenty.
two times. There is seldom any hest
tation on Mr.. Pillsburys part in recall
ing the picture presented on any given
board. The referee calls the number of
the board and the move made by the
player thereon, and instantly the reply
comes back from the master with a
request for the move ON the next board.
Before Pillsbury's time the record for
blindfolded play was sixteen games,
played in two days by Zukertort. In
Chicago in 1900 Pillsbury played six.
teen simultaneous blindfolded games in
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-03-18
WHY THE LEAVES TURN.

3 4
Activity in Growth Gives Autumnal
Tints by Extracting chlorophyle
From Them. I.
When the leaves begin to turn most
Of the people who admire the beauty Of
the woods then and say, How wonder
ful!'' never wonder what it Is that
changes the green into the splendid,
glowing tints OF autumn.
Ask nine persons out of ten, and Il
they hazard a guess at all, they will
probably say that the frost has tinted
the leaves. But the frost has nothing
to do with 1t. Leaves colored by a
frost look quite different from the
leaves colored In the due course Of ma
ture.
The eoloring Of the leaves is due to
a genuine preparation for winter which
goes on among the trees and shrubs
Just as it does in the animal world.
The leaves, as you know, are the
feeders of the trees. Now, as autumn
arrives and the time approaches when
the leaves must suspend their func-
tons, there Is a great hurry in the ar
teries and veins Of the plants to ex-
tract all the nourishment that is left
dan to store it away deep in the trunks
and Branches, to stay there through the
time of frost and snow.
This increased activity, which sets all
the tiny pumps Of cells working from
root to crown, extracts the matter from
the leaves which IS known as chloro-
phyle, and which serves to give the
leaves their bright green colors. All
the albudnen and starches in the leaves
are changed into liquid at this time
and pumped easily into the storage
houses under the bark, where they are
preserved, safe and sound, till the fol-
lowing spring, when they furnish food
for new leaves and sprouts.
The most prominent color of an au-
tumn scene is yellow. This is caused
by waste matter-stuff that is left be-
hind as useless when. the little pumps
take in the material that makes the
green color; and crystals of lime that
were left when the chemical factories
of the plant turned the albumen into IL
quid so it could be pumped also help to
make yellow.
To change the starchy matter into
sweet liquid, another chemical process
is used, and as it does not succeed well
if the light is too strong, the plants
manufacture a curious substance
which turns red the moment it touches
any of the many acids that exist in al
most all leaves.
Thus, the red, yellow and orange COL
ors of the autumn woods are anything
except mere tricks of nature, intended
only to delight. AS everybody knows
these tints are especially powerful for
resisting the passage of the suns rays.
Furthermore, they have the property
of changing light into heat. This heat,
again, spurs all the plants cells to new
activity so the autumn foliage of the
woods is by no means sign of sleep.
1t is then that the chemical laborato-
ries are at their most feverish TOLL
Washington Post.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-03-18
GERANIUMs IN WINTER.

Recommended to Those Who Would
Have Blooms From January to
June.
All things considered, the geranium
is our best plant for winter towering
1t blooms freely and constantly, in
most instances, and adapts itself to the
conditions prevailing in the ordinary
living-room more readily than almost
any other plant ] have any knowledge
of. And it requires very little care.
It's ability to take care of itself is one
of the strong arguments in its favor,
especially with the amateur who is dis
trustful of his skill in the management
of plants that insist on having their
peculiarities humored. 1t has little to
boast of in the way of attractive foil
age,--though plant well set with Wig
orous, healthy foliage Is far from being
unhandsome,-but 1t has a right to
pride itself on the beauty of It's flow
ers. Some of the scarlet varieties are
so exceedingly brilliant that they ac.
tually seem to impart a feeling of
warmth to the observer. The little
child who declared that auntie's gera-
NUNS We're ION fire. was conscious of
this suggestion of heat in the intensity
of color which charaoterizes some Of
the most richly colored sorts. Others
are extremely delicate in color and
tint Some are pure white. All the
recently introduced varieties have
large, wide-petalled flowers, borne in
trusses of good size, on long stalks. A
'well-developed plant, symmetrical in
shape and properly furnished with foil
age to serve as background against
which to display its blossoms effective
ly, Is a magnificent sight when In full
bloom, notwithstanding the fact that
some persons sneer at the geranium as
being common"
All beauty is common in a sense, and
I would as soon object to the sky and
the sunshine because the beauty of
them is for the enjoyment of every
body, therefore common" as to seek
to disparage a flower because it was
one that everybody could grow and en-
joy. Any one can undertake the Gull
ture of the geranium with reasonable
certainty of success who can give it a
good soil to grow in, water enough to
keep it always moist at the roots, a
sunny location and freedom from frost.
Insects seldom attack it. 1t has
healthy constitution that gives it inn
munity from the diseases so common
to most other plants, and it will re-
ward you for the care it receives at
your hands by making your window
bright with bloom as few other plants
can. Therefore you make no mistake
in selecting it for your kindergarten.
But be sure to get plants that have not
been allowed to bloom during the sum-
mer. Such plants have exhausted
themselves and nine times out of ten
they will insist on taking a rest during
the winter months. The ideal gerani-
UNI for winter use is the plant which
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-03-18
oLD-TIME QUACKERIEs.
Curious Instances in Which Advantage
was Taken of Credulity.

Curious Instances in Which Advantage
was Taken of Credulity.
'There is doctor in Mouse Alley,
near Wrapping" says Steele in 1.-THE
Spectator of July 80, 1712, who setsup
for curing cataracts upon the credit of
having lost an eye in the emperor's SER
vice. His patients come in upon this,
and he shows the muster roll which
confirms that he was in his imperial
majesty's troops; and he puts out their
eyes with great success" The eigh'
teenth century was a golden age OF
quackery; but, naming no names, we
may be allowed to hint that the race
is not extinct. The same article tells
us that little billets" were thrust into
the hands Of all who passed by in the
street; now thew are more often thrust
into our letter boxes. Time has
changed little; there is still the vaunt-
ed cure-all, which makes it appear fool
ish to suffer from any disease whatev-
er; there is still the credulity that, Of
ten deceived, is willing to believe and
hope again. But there was more SUI.
perstition in the credulity of two CEN
turtles since; persons then believed in
the magic power Of a childs caul, or
the superhuman abilities of a seventh
son. In 1.-THE Evening Post" or Au-
gust 6, 1717, we find an advertisement
of CDR. Benjamin Thornhill, seventh
son Of the seventh son." who met pa
tients daily at his lodgings, in West
Smithfield, having cured fifteen hun
dred people of the kings evil, and sew
eral hundreds that have been blind,
lame, deaf and diseased. God Almigh-
ty having been pleased to bestow upon
him such TALENT he thought it wrong
to hide the gift under bushel, but ''if
not durable he will not take any one in
hand, If he might have five hundred
pounds for reward" The last sem
tence proves that DR.. Thornhill was
really clever man. Another ouack of
the day was lucky enough to do some
thing for Queen Anne's eyes, and re-
ceived from her knighthood in return
as well as the appointment of court oc-
ulist. In his own advertisement land
his own spelling) he professed that for
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-03-18
THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL.
Few People Know How Useful 1t IL In
Preserving Health and Beauty.

4 Nearly everybody knows that char
koal Is the safest and most efficient dis
infectant and purifier in nature, butt
few realize its value when taken intol
the human system for the same cleanse
ing purpose.
Charcoal is remedy that the more
you take Of 1t the better: it is not a
drug at all, but simply absorbs theI
gases and impurities always present.
tn the stomach and intestines and carr
ries them out of the system.
Charcoal sWeetens the breath after
smoking, drinking or after eating onions
and other odorous vegetables.
Charcoal effectually clears and in1-I
proves the complexion, it whitens the
teeth and further acts as a natural and
eminently safe cathartic.
1t absorbs the injurious gases which
collect in the stomach and bowels; It'll
disinfects the mouth and throat 'FRONT.'
the poison of catarrh.
/ All druggists sell charcoal in one
form or another, but probably the besti
charcoal and the most for the money Isl
In Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges; they areH
composed of the finest powdered Willow
charcoal and other harmless antisepticst
lin tablet form or rather in the form OF
large, pleasant tasting lozenges. the
charcoal being mixed with honey.
/! The daily use Of these lozenges will
soon tell in a much improved condition.
of the general health, better complex
ion, sweeter breath and purer blood.
and the beauty of 1t Is. that no possibleI
harm can result from their continued
use, but on the contrary, great benefit.
/ A Buffalo physician in speaking OIL
the benefits of charcoal. says: Il advise
Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges to all pa
tients suffering from gas in stomach
and bowels, and to clear the complex
ion and purify the breath, mouth and
throat; also believe the liver is great
ly benefited by the daily use OF them:
they cost but twenty-five cents boxt
lat drug stores, and although in some
sense a patent preparation, vet believe
III get more and better charcoal in Stu-l
arts Charcoal Iaozenges than in any
~ 49,. aSdinaru ahanconl tablets.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-03-18

One of the Finest Collections of London
Antiquities Said to be Owned by a
whitechapeI electromagnetic Au-
thority on vineyards in England
Small Value of Amateur Collections
of Minerals and Insects.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-03-18
INTERESTING LETTER
WRITTEN ByANoTABLEWoMA
Mrs Sarah Kellogg Of Denver, Color
Bearer OF the Woman's Relief Corps,
Sends Thanks to Mrs. Pinkhan.

The following
letter was written
by Mrs. Kellogg,
of 1928 Lincoln
| Ave, D env err,
Colo. to Mrs. Pink
|ham, Lynn, Mass.
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
!" For five years I
was troubled with q
tumor, which kept
growing, causing me
infoflsa onnnv and
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-03-18

great mental depression. | was unable to att
tend to my house work and life became bur-
den to me. Twas confined for days to my bed,
lost my appetite, my courage and all hope.
could not bear TO think of an operation,
and in my distress ! tried every remedy which
/ thought would be Of any use to me, and
reading Of the value OF Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound to sick women decided
to give it trial. / felt SO discouraged that /
had little hope Of recovery, and when began
to feel better, after the second week, thought
it only meant temporary relief; but to my
great surprise found that kept gaining,
while the tumor lessened in size. 9sass
"The Compound continued to build up my
general health and the tumor seemed to be
was entirely gone and a well woman. am
SO thankful for my recovery that ask you
to publish my letter in newspapers, so other
women may know Of the wonderful curative
powers of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound"
When women are troubled with irreg-
ular or painful menstruation, weakness,
leucorrhea, displacement or liberation
of the womb, that bearing-down feel
ing, Inflammation of the ovaries, back
ache, fatulence, general debility, indi-
gestion and nervous prostration. they
should remember there is one tried and
true remedy. Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound at once removes such
trouble.
No other medicine in the world has
received such widespread and unquali-
fed endorsement. No other medicine
has such record OF cures of female
troubles. Refuse to buy any other
medicine:
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women
to write her for advice. She has guided
thousands to health. Address, Lynn,
Mass.
Health is too valuable to risk in ex-
perirnents with unknown and untried
medicines or methods of treatment.
Remember that tits ydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound that is curing
women, and don't allow any druggist
to sell you anything else in its place.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-03-18

has been kept steadily growing during
summer, but has had every bud re-
moved as soon as seen. Such. a plant
will bloom profusely from January to
June.--Eben e. Rexford in, Lippin.
colts. T., -
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1905-06-17
Mlstrlal In The EiSon Case
Jury Could Not Agree in Case
VI Constable Charged with
killing n Negro Man.

The jury in the case of tho
State VS.. julius II. Eison, who
was on trial for killing of Inn
Long, colored, failed to agree
Yesterday and Judge Gary order.
ed a mistriaI. 1t will be renem-
bercd that the defendant, a dis
pensary constable. killed the me-
gro while he was attempting to
escnpe from police off fi;er. The
Coroner's jury exonerated the
constable, but he requested that
$ true bill be brought against him.
E'son was not arrested and on
tuesday the presiding Judge is
sued a bench warrant and Eison
was taken in custody by the
Sheriff. The case was called for
trial yesterday, and after hear
ing the testimony the Jury retir-
ed' Twice they came into the
court room and announced tbot
'hey were unable to agree on n
vel dict. After the statement of
the Jury that thero was no
possibility of an agreement, the
Judge ordered mistrial. Eison
was released on $4,000 bond.
1t was rumored about tre court
house, that the jury stood seven
tor acquittal and five for convic-
tion.-The State.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1905-06-17
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