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Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1906-05-31
latin.

Crops are beng badly damaged
by the drouth.
Health is improving in our COM
munity.
Miss Babe Spiyy of Whitewater
is visiting Misses Lottie and Zettie
Kinder here.
Mrs. BIS, Sniderand children are
visiting relatives and friends here.
Will Finney of Kennett is visiting
relatives and friends in this vicinity.
Malahn Kegley Of Latin has o
position on the Frisco railroad at
Chaffee.
Robert Kinder and Lee Simpson
left home last Monday for parts un-
known to their parents. Boys
should know that they are right be-
fore they go ahead.
G. H. BIddie and son, John, are
working at Oran.
r. B. Eldracher will move into
the brick house on F. g. Clippard's
farm soon.
g. 3. Kinder is still improving
the roads in his district.
G.. H. Robinson has sold bis team
of fine mules.
Frank Lubbers will soon move
on his farm near Latin.
Rev. w. J. Poston, candidate on
the prohibition ticket for county
Judge Of the southern district, at
tended a call meeting of his party
at Marble Hill last Saturday.
.'Uncle" Dan Habs's mother, who
lives near Daisy, Cape county, is
reported quite sick. She is said to
be near 100 years old.
August Lubbers of Cape Girar'
deau is visiting in this vicinity. Mr..
Lubbers is Bollinger county boy
and is now engaged in the mercan'
tile business over at the Cape.
Some of our boys have been land
ing some fine cat fish with hook and
line.
Several persons from distance
have been in these parts recently
Hooking after some good horses and
mules. This is the place to come to
when you want good stock.
1t is reported that our restaurant
man, Mr.. Hydar, will open a meat
market In connection with his other
business.
W. F. Sadler, our clever black.
smith, is very busy these days.
G.. &. Kinder has the finest rock
quarry in the state which he desires
to sell or lease to desirable parties.
1t is located II miles from a ship.
ping point.
Don't get scared friends, but we
have . candidate for constable and
he will announce in due time. He
Is short; not long; and small; not
big. Guess who be is? You all
know him. Doggoua, A. B. c.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1906-05-31
Southeast News.

Poplar Bluff had the drummers,
celebration last week. New Mad
rid captured the next celebration.
Rev. T. A. Bowman, who sold
the Fredericktown Tribune q few
months ago has purchased the
Sikeston Herald and is again In the
newspaper business.
George Gordon was convicted Of
swearing falsely in the trial Of
McCaver, and sentenced to seven
years in the penitentiary by the
Circuit court at. Pennington last
week.
Elvins Labor Herald.
). L. Weiss, ex-postmaster ut
Esther was sentenced to nine months
in the Iron county Jail by the United
States court at st. Louis, Saturday.
Weiss was short in his accounts with
the government. He was taken TO
Ironton by Deputy y. $. Marshal
Williams, Saturday.
Ironton Register.
A brand new democrat arrived
in town last Saturday evening, May
12, 1906. He was in a hurry and re-
fused to wait for the 5:27 train, but
put in an appearance at 4:55. He
is stopping at the home of the jun
ior, and win call "Uncle Eli"
grandpa" All are doing well.
A class ofthirty graduates recelv-
ed diplomas at the closing of the
Cape Normal school last week. Our
friend, Prof. H. NJ. Aulsbury, late
Of Madison county was of the num-
ber. The new Normal building,
one of the finest school buildings
anywhere in this country, was ded-
icated, and the Cape had many dis
tinguished visitors and big time.
Ironton Register.
The Supreme court Of the United
States, Monday affirmed the decis-
ION ofthe District court at st. Louis,
wherein Senator James R. Burton
was sentenced to six months i'm
prisonment in the Iron county jail
and fined s2500 and costs. A motion
was at once fled by the defense for
a stay of execution and rehearing.
1t win probably be several months
before the Supreme court passes on
this matter, but it looks very much
like our iail is going to have a real
United States senator for a guest
before the year is out.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1906-05-31
Marble Hill, Missouri Thursday, May 81, 1000,


Charles Richards was down from
Flat River last week.
Jacob Bess Is reported to be inn
proving in health rapidly. 56,
aGrandpag Venable spent one
day last week with his son Abner,
fishing in Castor river.
Charles Rhodes is having some
work done on his barn. Roscoe Nc
Collum and Arthnr Greer are doing
the work. W
Hoadly Arthur and wife attended
church at Union Sunday,
R. +. Watts had the misfortune
to get one Or bis steers legs broken
last week.
How did the cold snap suit yous
BEssvILLIAN.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1906-05-31
3. YouNT,

MARBLE HILL DRAYMAN.
Careful and prompt atten-
tion given all freight, ex-
press and transfer busi-
ness. Prices reasonable.
When you have anything to haul.
5ust give me a cali.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1906-05-31
Bankers Exclude Liquors From
\ All Their Functions.

Atthelr meeting at Wichita, KAN
May "a, saysa RepubIicspecial four
hundred bankers Of Kansas, north
west Missouri, northern Oklahoma,
and visitors from The New England
States burst forthln loud and prot
longcd cheers to-day when the as
sociation adopted d resolution I'M
dorsing prohibition and excluding
all Intoxicating liquors from all its
functions. Not dissenting voice
was heard.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1906-05-31

College commencement exercises
last week.
Wesley, little son Of Henry
Schreiner, was thrown from . mule
andhisarm broken several daysa ago.
Mrs. Ethel Tate and brother visit.
ed at Thomas Husksy's Thursday.
OBSERVER.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1906-05-31

snt of r. NJ. Wells,
q board of trustees,
ay6eld made appro-
) and presented the
also presented tive
ant gold locket to
nters, honor graduate,
watch to Bold Nay
interest manifested in
. drilling the cadet
ahAmburg then pre-
ID medal to Miss Hin
appropriate words.
m. music and all, was
be orations aud essays
hlIy prepared and we'll
as then literally show
sents and flowers.
81 was well pleased with
) entertainment and
icing done By viii
ge. 1t isaiI that cauId
Sd desired.
ths cadets had :
md sham battle on the
81 Nayfeld had offered
he cadet making the
n and Wit Atwood
son
.hsssss Rndssaght
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1906-05-31
aMENTS.
nnhpce
SMf1a+
pbgressh hirom the
District, subject 10
4bcratIc party,

.|I H. Z" NNN IfI HII NfNI
atuee made The
nice d fouF-year
As the collector
hew8omce. If
the stag who
Ai's ago ste re-
election they
Iprm offour years
.lofofice-holding
smocrat.
W |0 a. II t3lil I'm tiifoI udlfLa t.tll
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1906-05-31

Hui'
aliAte billas
sad BY the senate
tate Commerce
Investigate charg-
reasonable rates
.''.I. 81 are I. found, the
owered to fix q
maximum rate.
omission 60 into
ss and continue
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1906-05-31
college COM
uenf.

WsAN8N V
nenf.
II LAST WEEK.
icr Wednesday
th a piano duet
{ and Miss lola
highly entertain
Rudoldh then OF.
ion, after which
Vera Clippard,
Ella Fulkeron,
essrs. F. J. Hen.
ellis, Alva Jami-
lkerson, rendered
hon." Mrs. Hen
st.
graduates on the
bster Dayault, and
gers That Menace
Frank Fulkerson
The Reclamation
eseftsi "The De-
na,p by Win +.
and then Miss
1 Eendered an essay,
Miss lola Hlnkle
" which had won
offered by DR.. r.
The next on the
mroe NJ. Winters,
but owing to bis
Ne not able deliver
es aclass Prophecy"
ed by G Bold May
Winters then de-
aictory, bis remarks
|ate in the highest
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1906-05-31

closed The program oi the closing
exercises. "
Tue school has bright prospects
ior the future and will grow in use
falness md prosperity.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1906-05-31

iipOaaliAte billas
Wa BY the senate
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1906-05-31

tate Commerce
investigate charg-
sreasonable rates
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1906-05-31

4hasas Rhasyalsht
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-28
COURAGE OF RUSSELL sAoE.
Close Friend Sheds New Light on chaes
 aoker of Financier.

Twenty years ago few persona could get into the presence of Russell Sage without passing inspection by John B. McCann, who for long timo was MT. Sage's confidential clerk, says the Wall Stree Journal. MT. McCanm served efficiently in that position, but he had soul for poetry, and after ten years he left finance for literatures
 Now that MT. Sage has died, Mr. McCann contributes to the Journalist a remarkable tribute to his character. He speaks of him as genius. He says he was deeply religious man. who had often during Hull in the storm of business "muttered little prayer" and who in the panic of May,I 1884, when the universe seemed crashing about his ears, looked and acted like one in deep communion with the infinite" He declares that MT. Sage was true man and g gen.s tleman." While it was impossible for him to cringe. lie did not know how to offend deliberately. The proof of his moral courage was to be found in the fact that for nearly 34,000 days he insisted on, living his own lito in his own way, regardless of criticism. whereas a weaker man would have been made reckless spendthrift bya the ridicule to which MT. Sage was subjected because of the carefulness of his personal expenditures.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-28
Discovery of Coal.

Coal was first accidentally discov- cred OH the summit of Sharp mountain (now the site of the town of Summit HilD, nine miles west of Mauch Chunk, Carbon county, in 1791, by a hunter named Philip Ginter. Ginter had taken up his residence in that sec tion of the country, supporting him self by the proceeds of his rife, which he exchanged for the necessaries of life at the nearest station. The story runs that on his return home in driz- zling rain after an unsuccessful day he stumbled over something which was thrown forward, and observing that the object was black and hearing of the many tales in regard to coal in that section, he picked it up and car ried it home, where he decided that 1t must be the stove coal spoken of ir tradition. The next day he took the specimen to,a Col. Jacob Weiss, who resided at place called Allen, now Weissport, and he in turn took it to Philadelphia, where the mineralogists' decision proved it to be anthracite coal.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-28
THAT'S WHAT HE MEANT.
Hubby Knew What He Was Waiting
 for, All Right.

The words "chiffonier" and "chauf- feur" look very much alike when writ ten. though in conversation there IS sufficient difference in the pronuncia- tion to distinguish very readily. Re- gently the following dialogue occurred in which the words were used, though one of the parties thought for while that his friend didn't know any bet ter:
 What are you waiting for, old man?"
 'Waitin' for my chiffonier. We are going driving in my auto"
 70, no; you mean you are waiting for your chaffeur-the man that drives your car"
 "Ncpe; I'm waiting for my chiffon fer" stubbornly replied the man.
 T beg your pardon" replied the other. "A chiffonier is a swell dresser, and a chauffeur is one who drives your car"
 That's all right" replied the one who knew, as pretty woman, hand somely dressed, came down the stair way and got in the machine. I'm waiting for 'chiffonier' all right"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-28
Effect of College Education.

It would be interesting to trace in detail, and after careful study of facts, to just how great degree the varsity bred man influences us in respect of dress, says Mems Wear. For instance, the knee drawer, which retailers could not get enough of during summer, is nothing more or less than the running "pantv of track athletics, as the jersey that is coming to be worn with them is the jersey of the gym" The turning up of the trousers to show fancy hose is an outcome of turned up tennis trou- sers, not for 'varsity's sake but for ex- pediency and comfort.
 So, the list of what we owe to col lege men in matters of dress might be heightened. The collegian is certainly a force to be reckoned with by makers and sellers of mems wear.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-28
Wave of Bees.

There are about 5000 species of thos wild bees, all with interesting ways of their own. Among them is a speciesl whose females are veritable Amazonsl and carry more and better weaponsj than the males. These are theI cuckoo" bees, which deposit theirl eggs in the nest of others, the progenyI of both living peacefully together un-l til maturity, when they separate. Thenl there is the tailoring bee. which cutsl leaves with his scissor-like jaws andI fits snug lining of the leaf material into his cave-shaped nest.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-28

lTo Ss cssslsssll
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-28

the touchhole and fired. A cheer and 1, then a groan went up from the eager l watchers. The charge had struck the surface close to the mark and dashed such q shower of water over 1t that for an instant 1t looked as If 1t had been sunk. The next moment, however, the l splash subsided, and the canoe shot ] away uninjured save that one of the rowers had dropped his paddle. while ! his head fell forward upon the back of { the man in front of him. The second gunner sighted the same canoe as 1t came abreast of him.
 It was a beautiful shot. The whole charge took the canoe about six feet behind the bow and doubled her up 1, like an eggshell. Before the smoke had cleared she had foundered, and the second canoe had paused to pick up some of the wounded men. l "Quick, quickv' cried the seigneur. Load the gun! We may get the sec ond one yetr'
 l But 1t was not to be. Long before they could get it ready the Iroquois 1 had picked up their wounded warriors and were pulling madly downstream. As they shot away the fire died sud 1 denly down in the burning cottages, and the rain and the darkness closed in upon them once more.
 l My Godv' cried De Catinat furious ly. "They will be taken! Let us aban- i don this place, take boat and follow l .hem! Come, come! Not an instant Is to be lost"
 T do not think that they will be caught saiA Du Lhut, laying his hand soothingly upon his shoulder. Do not fear. They had long start, and the women here can paddle as well as the men. Besides, these canoes of the Mo hawks are not as swift as the Algon- quin birch barks which we use. In any case, 1t is impossible to follow, for 1 we have no boat"
 "There is one lying there."
 "Ah 1t will but hold single man. It is that in which the friar came."
 "Then am going in that! My place is with Adeler'
 He flung open the door, rushed out and was about to push off the frail skife when some one sprang past him and with blow from a hatchet stove in the side of the boat.
 Tt is my boat" said the friar, throw ing down his ax and folding his arms. T have found you and you shall not escape me again."
 The hot blood flushed to the soldiers head, and, picking up the ax, he took q quick step forward. The light from the open door shone upon the grave, 4harsh face of the friar, but not mus !! cle twitched nor feature changed as ] he saw the ax whirl up in the hands i of a furious man. He only signed himself with the cross and muttered q Latin prayer under his breath. It was that composure which saved his life. De Catinat hurled down the ax again with a bitter curse and was turning away from the shattered boat when l in an instant, without warning. the great door of the manor house crashed inward and flood of whooplng saw ages burst into the house.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-28

"So! You have not escaped me-" said he. We have caught the evil seed be- fore 1t had time to root" 8
 What do you mean. fatherT asked the seigneur. You have made some mistake. This Is my good friend Amory de Catinat, of noble French family"
 "rhis is Amory de Catinat, the here tic and Huguenot" cried the monk. T have followed him up the St. Law renee. and I have followed him up the Richelieu, ind I would have followed him to the worlds end if I could but bring him back with me-"
 Tut, father! Your zeal carries you too far" said the seigneur. "Whither would you take my friend. then?''
 "He shall go back to France with his wife. There is no place in Canada for heretics.'
 Du Lhut burst out laughing. By Ste. Anne, father" said he, If you could take us all back to France at present we should be very much your debtors"
 And you will remember" said De h Noue sternly, "that you are under my roof and that you are speaking of my guest"
 But the friar was not to be abashed.
 Look at this" said he, whipping a paper out of his bosom. "It is' s'signed by the governor, and calls upon you, under pain of the kings displeasure, to return this man to Quebec. But I have you now and shall never leave you until I see you on board of the ship which will carry you and your wife back to France"
 De Catinat could but admire the en- ergy and tenacity of the man.
 Tt seems to me, father, thnt you would have shone more as soldier than as follower of Christ" said he, S'but since you have followed us here and since there is no getting away we may settle this question at some later time."
 A great brown cloud had overspread the heavens and the night had fallen so rapidly that they could hardly see the gleam of the river in front of them. The savages in the woods and behind the captured stockade were quiet, save for an occasional shot. Suddenly a dull red glow began to show above one of the roofs of the cottages.
 "They have set 1t on fire" cried Du Lhut. "The canoes must go at once, for the river will soon be as light as day. In! in! There is not an instant to be lostr'
 There was no time for leave taking. One impassioned kiss and Adele was torn away and thrust tto the smallest canoe. which she shared with Omega. two children and an unmarried girl. The others rushed into their places, and in few moments they had pushed off and had vanished into the drift and the darkness. The great cloud had broken and the rain battered heavily on the roof.
 Thank God for this stormw mur- mured Du Lhut. Tt ..ievent the cottages from blazing up too quickly"
 But he had forgotten that, though the roofs might be wet, the interior was as
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-28

dry as finder. He had hardly spoken before a great yellow tongue of flame licked out of one of the windows. and again and again. until suddenly half of the roof fell In. and the cottage was blazing like pitch bucket The flames hissed and sputtered in the pouring rain: but. fed from below. they grew stIll higher and fiercer. flashing redly upon the great trees and turning their trunks to burnIshed brass. Their light made the inclosure and the manor house as clear as day and exposed the whole long stretch of the river. A fear full yell from the woods announced that the savagcs had seen the canoes.
 They are rushing through the woods. They are making for the waters edge" cried De Catinat
 They have some canoes down there." said Du Lhut
 But they must pass us.- cried the seigneur of Ste. Marie. Get down to the cannon and see if you cannot stop them"
 They had hardly reached the guns when two large canoes filled with war riors shot out from among the reds below the fort.
 Jean. you are our bcst shot.- cried De Ia NOue. -LAy for her as she passes the great pine tree. Lambert. do you take the other gum
 The two wrinkled old artElierymen glanced along their guns and waited for the canoes to cone abreast of them. The fire blszed higher and higher. and the broad river hy Ike . sheet of dull metal with the tvo dark lines vhich markei the canoes sweeping swiftly down the center One was fifty yards 10 frouf of the otber. but in ezch the In dI.ns were bending to their padihes and pulling frantscslly. vhile their comrades from tze wooded shores vhcopei then a to frezh exertious The fu<ifIves had alre.dy dis&ppeared arrund the h<Df of tbe rivsr.
 Al fhe frxf ca1s> cane abreast of tke isver of the tro su.s fne Casa- Gan uale the ssQ q the eyQ srG
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-28

NWYHAT had occurred Is easily
 M explained. The watchers in vV the windows at the front
 found that it was more than ilesh and blood could endure to remain waiting at their posts while the fates of their wives and children were being decided at the back. All was quiet at the stockade and the indians appeared to be as absorbed as the Canadians in what was passing upon the river. One by one, therefore, the men on guard had crept away and had assembled at the back to cheer the shot and to groan as the remaining canoe sped like n bloodhound down the river in the wake of the fugltHes. But the sayages had one at their head who was as full of wiles and resource as Du Lhut him. self. The Flemish Bastard had watched the house from behind the stockade as a dog watches rat hole, and he had instantly discovered that the defenders had left their post. With a score of other warriors he raised a great log from the edge of the forest, and, crossing the open space unchal- lenged, he snd his men rushed it against the door with such violence as to crack the bar across and tear the wood from the hinges. The first intimation which the survivors had of the attack was the crash of the door and the screams of two of the negli- gent watchmen who had been seized and scalped in the hall. The whole basement floor was in the hands of the Indians. and De Catinat and his enemy the friar were cut on from the foot of the stairs.
 Fortunately. however. the manor houses of Canada were built with the one idea of defense against Indians, and even now there were hopes for the defenders. A wooden ladder which could be drawn rp in case of need hung down from the upper windows to the ground upon the river side. De Catinat rushed round to this. followed by the friar. He felt for the ladder in the darkness. It was gone.
 Then. indeed. his heart sank In de spalr. Where could he fly toi The boat was destroyed. The stockades lay between him and the forest. and they were iu the hands of the Iroqpols. Suddenly be heard voice from some where In the darkness above him.
 -GIve me your gun. lad" 1t said. "I see the loom of some of the heathen down by the wall"
 1t Is I, It Is I. Amos! cried De Catinat. Down with the ladder or I am dead man!-
 Have a care. It may be a ruse," said the voice of Du Lhut.
 ~No. no: I'll answer for Ii" cried Amos. and an instant later down came the ladder. De Cafirat and the friar rushed up 1t. and they hardly had their feet upon the runcs when . swarm of warriors burst out from the door and poured along the river bank.
 It was a very small hand who now held the lsst point to which they could retreat. Only nine of them remained the seirneur. Du Ihut the two Ameri- eans. the friar. De Catfnst. Theurief the major dotno and two of the censi- tzIres. he stone staircase ran straight up fron the kifckea to the main hall and the door vhSch lad been barric.d- ed across the lower part by tvo nat fre<ses ccnnzndei the whole fight nhe caris were sti1l laid cut at coe cd cf the table. win tbe tricks over hpping eacA sfker. e th<y had left orA Dst 0eFe vss eu4ezhi9g els
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-28
CHAPTER xxIIL

WN UT tbeir czse vas . very evii ore. Had the guns ben lsst.
 so that they might be turned
 upon the door. all further re sfssance vsuh have besn vain. but Du Lhufs presence of mind hsd saved sh<zn frun that danger. The two euns upan fbs rfve- face and the cxnses were safe. for they ve-e coun.nied by fhe vt1dovs sf fb> bo1se But Ger nunbers per< trribsy redDcsd and thpse whs wee b<ft vge veafy and vss.1si and spent KlBefeen bsd ~l.s1 e - bS @ hes eaS Se
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-28
Broao Classification.

What kind of an automobile dd you prefer?"
 T know of only two kinds," an. swered Mir Cumrox; those that are running and those that are out of re- pair."
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-28
CHAPTER XXIv.

NWYHAT had occurred Is easily ~ explained. The watchers in w the windows at the front
 ( vr,oo v,,ora than