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4 The relation between municipal or
ranization and municipal progress was was
Impressed upon me witt. .pecullli!a'Fr force
in the course OF q onference VIII ''ie
Charter Board of Kansas City. me
members b,s Of this Board known as = the 9
Board q Freehold rs. were elected acted Dy
{theiry acknowledgements TO frame u new y
char +, a Under the provisions 5sof n the
Missouri constitution all cities with y !
ipopulat Ion OF one hundred thousa nd nd or
over, ,nay4i frame !. their own charter
through the agency Of q local charter
convention, and such charters hen
accep tcd by the people take effect i'm,
tmedately without any, action: on ne
part of,tthe state legislature. The only
requirement Is hatsssucla charters 8 , shall
conform to%S the general laws Of the
state. The relation thus n established
between thes community and Its or
ganic \ law has exercised an influence
on the civic life OF the people which
carries a lesson to every one Int crested
in nun!c ipal4 government. The fact that
the responsibilty for the framing Of a
new charter rests, not with the State
I.egislatu re but with the people OF the
community has !. a. reused an intensity OF
civic spirit which makes ltnef felt IN
every department Of the city govern
ment, Il q h n. Z, !,
Recently every literary and scientific
Kansas CITY has been
discussing the question Of the new char
ter and the board OF freeholders TO which
was entrusted the function sof framing
this charter has received dozens, yes hum
dreds, OF propositions for changes In ex-
listing organization. Every municipal SER
vice has been subjected tn,the closest
scrutiny and through mis- dlcusslon theirs
is being developed o more definite as
we'll as higher standard of efficiency
which tho people OF the community are
prepared to require OF their officials. En-
Stirely independent OF the plan Of munich
nal organization shat may be adopted. the
manner of it, adoption illustrates how
governmental machinery may DO SO con-
structed as ito foster and develop cty!t
alertness, Y 4,
Z Although we have given llp-service tc
the principle that governmental mnchln.
cry reacts on civic life wa have failed
to observe 1t III the actual conduct Of
municipal affairs. In most American
communities the purpose seems to have
been to construct self-actlng mechan,
ism which will guarantee good govern
ment and secure honesty. BY pitting
sxeG 81 aka oae oH aY
control over another and by making Of
ticial terms as short as possible we have
beguiled ourselves with the illusion thai
Z It is possible to construct machinery
of government which only requires ths
/ attention OF the citizen body 4 at statec
"A Our statute books ere allea With de
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above tho pat OF the horizon where he
has seen the sun go down, he, will easily
detect n most beautiful. silvery- White
4 3 tar. This is the planet Venus, which
each evening will mount n little higher
Up in the sky, until finally 1t will become,
the most brilliant star OF the heavens,
From this month until next November,
Venus will remain the evening star.
OnaApril 1st, tho planet Will be IN tho
constellation Pisces, In tho position shown
int Figure /. It will thon set about one
hour after sunset. On April S0th IT will
pass under&t the Pleiades at Y, Figure !,
and by June 1st It VIII have moved en-
&tlrey across the constellation Gemln',
4 Venus will pass below Mars on May btu,
Tho two planets will then look like q
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VI f3y fnr the most interesting part OF tho
sAky this month Is tho rcgiot, toward tho
&west. iThe brightest consultations & ar
fthcrc all crowded together between, the
Sxe,itI, ana the ground. while the whole
eastern half OF the heavens liz filled With
Tho first Of the faint summer groups.
Tho milky wny also adds to the great
beauty OF the western Rky, stretching
along lust a little above the ground, all
8the way from tho north to tho south
points Of the horizon.
.a The Planets. "a
NJ nut the most interesting objects Will
doubtless DO the planets, the bright
8HWandcr,ng stars,"sas the nncients call
ed them which may be seen moving
rapidly among the stars Of tho bright
4 winter const ellation. BY the end OF the
month three Of them will hnvc drawn
y close together, their meeting place being
@theimost interesting par. OF the entire
z heavens. \ In one little region Of tho SKY
Y there may then be seen the beautiful
4 1iyndes, with the Tleiades Il sllortj DIS.
TANGO above them. while the three right
planets will lie nearly midway bet Ween
gthcsc two groups, stretching In q stril,Bht
line, from enst 10 west SO brilliant a
Espcctaclc Is quite unusual. The winter
4 sky; attains It's greatest beauty Just as
It'll leaving US. ~. \,
First OF MI. there Is the little, red,
planet Mars. whicl, has been with us
for 80 many months. On April 1st It
Emaysbe sccI, ttist below Aries, as show,
SIN Fig,rof1. and as the weeks go ~ u
Il viii move rapidly eastward. reaching
IN. Fig by April 3otllsa and Al loy June ,lii
list. It IS as IL Mars were running away
4 from the gun. to stay with lie as long as
Il possible. rho sun Is also moving TO-
I ward the cast. passing along the path
x s e, among the stars. but It moves g
little faster than Mars does Thus Mars
sets Il little earlier each evening: or
April list It sets Mt 1854 r. NJ. and or,
April aOth at $40 r. NJ. The sun Will not
& finally overtnkc and pass the planet IN
July 18th
Though Mars Is thus nicely visible for
J an hour or two after sunset, 1t Is each
evening drawing further away from the
y cartl,.5nn Is therefore growing fainter.
Ifsexamined witt, a small telescope, IT
will appear very far from round. ASH
u Figure 2. Possibly the bright little snow
II cap may DO seen. fsnd q few OF the
Il larger markings. but the planet s too
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Municipal Organization;
Municipal Progress.
81 Prof y. s. rowe, Of the University q Virginia.

fntions OF maifeasance IN office, with
penalties for derellctions OF duty; all OF
which point to the fact that we are ~ a
people with unlimited faith In machinery,
in government as we'll as in industry.
IT Issnot surprising riiat this search
for self-acting machinery Of government
has proven fruitless, lids. an attempt 70
relieve ourselves 81 ian obligation which
We cannot throw Oft. In fact the history
Of municipal government IN the United
States has proved that one OF ING I'rt'
mary tests OF efficient municipal %orgnni-
zntion is the extent 10 which such organs
zation not only develops, but. demands q 5
Inc nlertness and watchfulness tof the
people, Any form OF government Wh!c!l
,irouses In the people the beliet tnat
they have constructed g selt-act!ns
mechanism, not only tends to- lower the s
government OF that salutary control o.
nublic opinion without which efficient
government Is impossible. . !.
Z Nav York city has advanced 70 q
c,enrer perception OF this truth than any
Of the larger cities OF the y hl0 o., ,I ! he
abolition OF the bi-carneral le glslatu!e ~. W.
concentration Of appt intive powereln tha
IN vor he relatively long term OF heads
of 'aepartments, have marked tho Auc-
oossive stages towards n form OF ORGANS
zation in harmony with modern neeas,
E-TIn -'this, process the representative us
sen,hlv az tho city has been reduced ia
f position relative insign.ficance and al
though we may critlclse the particular
form or government which has resuitna
liza instinct that has guided inc PUBIC
has been healthy ono, Under the pres-
ont form OF government the power vested
In the Mayor Is so great that the co''''
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JUDGE ALLEN.
RECEIVERS
, Sacramento tcal> News,

4 ttAfter a aerlous Illness Of over n year, Judge
u n, Allen OF this city has recovered and re-
CARDS himself most fortunate In successfully
battling with what is generally regarded as q
fatal malady. Brlgtts Disease Of the kidneys.
In speaking OF his case, Judge Allen said:
believe that the treatment given me by my
physician was In accordance With tho best
methods used In the regular practice Of medi-
cine. hut 1t afforded me no relief Hearing OF
the Fulton Compounds, went 70 San Francisco
to Investigate, and was soon convinced should
undergo the treatment, It was three months
before Isnoticed change for the hettnr, used
Z tho medicine faithfully for nearly q year, anu
call now ind mo evidence of the disease. and
am, satisfied 1t Ia entirely eliminated My apps
tite Is good, Il have gained seventeen pounds
In Weight. and Will be pleased to describe my
experience to any one who may call or wrlt = =
--Sacrawento News. -, ~ s
\ 3 The editor OF the News himself was the friend
who told Judge Allen Of the Fulton Compounds.
They are the only thlngs known thai. cure
Bright Disease md Diabetes. About 81 per
cont. Of I'LL cases recover. Send for free books
.S'' u OWENS & MINOR DRUG co.
49, 5ssss is{,ES tia{ Richmond. Va,
When Ia suspect Brlghts Disease: Weakness
Ids, bropsy; kidney trouble after the +. third
month";; urine may show sediment; railing
4 vision; gdrow s!ness; one or more q these.
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New Game at Pool Table.

No game has more variations than
pool and the latest one to make its APP
pea rance IL .'yIxty-six." It has a vogue
in the leading clubs and Is popular. It
calls for skill TO be played we'll, but
appeals more an ~ source Of fun
The usal pyramid OF fifteen balls Is
used. The corner pockets arc number
ed /, 2. 3, and "a raEpectivey-tllat If, an
object bail ;drop!ng g any Of those poek-
as tho case may he, y Each side poke (
counts ton points. BSfore the start the
little balls arsSTolled out Of the bpttle,
the amount represented on the little balls
being an unknown quantity except to tho
holder thereof, as 5ln3PIn pooi Including
the hidden number, The first player to
total sixty-slx wins, bHts IL 10 goes, over
sixty-six he fhusts9 aaldI has TO begin
all over again,-N y ork Sun. s, n Il
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FIGURES MAP OF We NUS AND THE EARTH.

Taurus Like Mars and Venus. It Is
moving eastward, but so slowly that both
OF these planets are rapidly overtaking
1.-THE swiftly moving Venus will pass
Jupiter on May 11th Jupiter being then
one degree south OF Venus; similarly,
Mars Will pass It on May 10Th. Jupiter
being one degree, six minutes south OF
Mars. The interesting eastward motion
OF these three planets will we'll repay
observations, fIs
Neptune is in the constellation Gemlni.
in tile position shown In Figure l. This
body Is also moving eastward among tho
stars, but as 1t occupies 1G5 years In
making the Journey around tho celestial
spheres, It's position hardly changes APP
probably during single month.
FL The c Consultations.
BY Q o'clock In the evening" the large
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ABINGDON, VA
ERIC D,ovo:L1TTLE.

4 Ysnecial to rho Times Dispa tch.)
ABINGDON, VA, March Si.-N1lss
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far away for the fainter details to be
Visible. 1t will be remembered that Mars
Is more nearly like the earth thanES y
\ OF 1.-THE other planets Yet 1t is II 38ach
smaller; Its diameter Is only about ALI
that %of the eurth.} On this acco,1 " It's
attraction for bodies on Its surface IS
much less "A man who weighs $50 pounds
on the earth would only weigh 81 pounds
on. Mars; II he could jump five feet high
here, he could jump fourteen feet on this
Il other earth. Il
s The Planet Venus.
3$8 II the observer willHturn toward the
west soon after si,nset, and look q little
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-01
#FlouRE n The CONSTELLATION Az z. M, MARCH 1sT

McQuown, OF California. is visiting her
sister, Mrs. NJ. r. Crabtree.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter re tertson. from
Wise Courthouse, is here on visit to
Mrs Robertson's father s3i5
z Captain John G.. White. prominent
citizen, is quite sick. en-
Miss Barnard. OF Minneapolis, Mimi,
Is here to spend some weeks with her
cousin, Mr.. William Whiting.
\ Mr.. William Y. C.White and SOM, Of
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-01

bright double star to the naked eye,
while IN h small telescope they may botl,
be seen close together In the field. The
sight wifi not only be Il beautiful ones
tbutiit will afford q valuable opportunity
to compare tbe lustrcs and colors OF the the
two planets. Il. ,5 n VI \, X Is q *
Mt1f examined With the telescope. the
Sslnnet Will look ms III Figure 8. as II he
f,Enths 50 OMIT will approach the crees-
cat phase. becoming half full, MS In Fig
iurec !, on September goth and q very mar
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-01

summer group. Virgo, is entirely above
the ground In the east, while tho two
bright stars Of Libra. or the Balances,
are Just rising, Above Virgo, the gro.lp
Bootes, or the Driver, stretches all the
way from the equator to the pragoni
while below Bootes in the Nnortheast the
beautiful and delicate Northern Grown
has now appeared. The Great Dipper
lis nerly. overhead, and north Of THIS
Sthe long, faint constellation OF he
Dragon Is now lii excellent pos!tio Tor
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-01

sCowan, assistant surgeon OF the Nor-
folk g. Western Railroad, who has been
dangerously Ill from blood poison, Is now
cense Il, gGl-r. G, Brig hARoP z . MFDH
making, rapid strides toward conYa-
tlescence. though 1t will be q long time
until his arm Is we'll, DR., Cowan is an
accomplished musician and a leader in
musical circles. He was formerly orr
ganlst at Monumental Church, Richmond,
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" The Heavens III April...
Wandering Stars Snow CAP Mars Visible Cause Of
e Chances IL TIE pparen size and Shape Of Venus, etc
Rv PROF DOOLTTLE Astronomer University Of Pennsylvania
Astronomer Of the University Of Pennsylvania

tracing QUE. 1'l,e observer should D'l not fall
3 IA examine tho little cluster OF stars
called tha praesepe, at 3, Figure !, nor
ING double cluster III Perse,is at g. Both
az ~ these clusters are beautiful objects in
q SIN sfrla'l 'clcscoi's' IA rrR1c pooL1TTLE.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1906-02-03
REWARD.
500
500

The readers Of this paper will be plea
sed to learn that there is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been
able to cure in all its stages. and that Is
Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure il the on
iy positive cure now known to the medi-
cal fraternity. Catarrh being a cOnsti-
tutional disease. requires constitution.
al treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is ia
ken internally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the sys-
TEN, thereby destroying the foundation
of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitu-
tlon and assisting nature in doing its
work. The nroprie;ors have SO much
faith in its curative powers that they
offer One Hundred Dollars for any case
that it fails TO cure.
Send for testimonials free.
FL. CHENEY IL CO., Toledo. o.
Sold hy all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
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First Hospital Car.

The Southern Pacific will pro-
badly station one of their new hos
pital cars, which are now in pro-
cess, of construction, On this divi-
sion. 1t will be several. months
before these cars are completed.
The cars contain every conve-
nience for the care of injured, and
are to be used in case of wreck or
accident. 1t will be possible to
perform operations on them while
moving, and they will be kept in
readiness at all times. -PICAYUNE
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the ambulance surgeon, be did no}
complain of any pain. He only
begged the doctors that his legs be
not apputated. l conversed with
him for few minutes ct indiffer-
ent things, and to all my questions
the child answered with perfect
accuracy. Suddenly he looked at
me and said:
"How good this isr'
What? | asked. Nothing re-
piled the child, but feel all over
my body something that lis very
nicep i.
"And he died"
1t is known that the sensation
felt by a mortal wound inflicted
with rife bullet is that OF a light
blow.
ln many instances when the
wound, while dangerous, is not
necessarily mortal, the blow is felt
in another part of the body. The
writer himself WIS shot in the IL
YER in one of the battle Of the Gu
ban revelation and felt the pain, a
very slight pain. under the right
eye. 1t was only after several
hours that he discovered his mis-
take.
Death by hemorrhage. accord
ing to the most famous medical
authorities, IS delicious" AZ is
death by hanging.
Button declares that death is b
spectre that looks from the dis.
lance far more horrible that il
really is.
Lucano's last words weres "If
men only knew how good it is die
they would not struggle so hard
to live"
The famous Jesuit Francisco
Suares, of Lisbon, said just before
he died:
81 never thought how sweet
death was"
William Hunter one minute be-
fore his death said to his friend
Combes, who stood at his bedside:
IF | had the strength to hold
the pen l would write about the
sweetness of DEATH"
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Must Be Quick.

Pains III IN. stomach and attacks of
the collie c"me on so suddenly and are 80
extremely painful that immediate relief
must be obtained. Th,re Is no necessity
OF sending FIR doctor in such cases il
bottle of chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
ana Dierrhoea Remedy is al hand. No
doctor eau prescribe a better medicine.
For safe by I. j. Liable.
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NOTICE.

l have taken upon my place two young
mares. one 30 years old. the other IA
months. The mare is bay. the FLY sor-
rel. no brands, the horses seem gentle.
The owner can prove his property and
pay costs.
AMBROSE JEAN LOUIS.
Jan 13. near ST. Martinville In
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1906-02-03
NOTICE.

The public il hereby warned that
hunting and trespassiEg is positively
prohibited on st. John. Banker and Ca
tahOnla plantations and all my places
occupied by tenants. yiolators will he
prosecuted to the fullest extent of law.
j. b. LEVERT.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1906-02-03
The Key That UnIocks The Door tt
Long Living.

The men of eighty five and ninety
years Of age are not the rotund well fed,
but thin. spare men who live on a slpn-
der diet. Be as careful as he will. how
ever, a man past middle age. will occa-
sionaIly eat too much or of some article
Of food not suited to his constitution,
and will need dose of Chamberlain s
Stomach aud Liver Tablets to cleanse
aud invigorate his stomach and regulate
his liver and bowels. When this is done
there Is no reason why the average man
should not live to old age. For sale by
T. j. Liable.
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Is DEATH PAINFUL?
RARISIAN SPECIALIST ANSWERS IN
THEsNEGATIyE

DEATH, LIKE SLEEP, is AN ABso
LUTELY INCONSISTENT AND
PAINLESS ACT, HE SAYS.
4 DO we suffer to die?
La Lecture, the famous French
paper, puts this question. and DR..
Z Necker, the eminent specialist OF
the Partisan hospitals, answers
( with a big round No.
Il have observed ard noted with
the greatest attention and care"
he says "all the phenomena of
that, the most important act of
life that is called death, and 1 can
affirm that.it is painless. Sensi-
billty, that compound action of
the brain, nerves and muscles,
which produces all our feelings,
both physical and psychological,
is the first thing to die. 1t be-
comes extinct, before the animal
life ends, and consequently there
is no pain in death.
death, like sleep, is an abso-
iutely inconsistent and painless act.
Nobody can remember the exact
moment he fell asleep, and DO one
has notion of the exact moment
when he dies.
I'm some cases. when the brain
is clear enough to permit the pa
tient 10 think and reason, the man
about to die realizes his position,
but even then he is only able to
have a very faint and nebulous
idea OF what happens to him. His
mind is too confused to make de-
ductlons that would necessarily
cause intense moral pain.
"As to physical pain, there is
none.
when person becomes SO i'll
that he is about to die, no matter
what the direct cause of his condi-
ton might be-in other words, |
when man is about to die a ma
tural or violent death, the atrophia
OF physical sensibility is SO CON-
plete that he would not feel any
pain even il he be pinched or
slashed or in any way way hurt.
lit is logical, therefore. to think
that If previous to reaching the
agonlc or preagonic period he was
suffering from any pain, it had
disappeared, for there can be no
pain where is an absolute absence
Of sensibiiity.
Il am acquainted with the case
d man who jumped overheard
from a steamer in midocean, with
he object, as be afterward testi-
led, to find out what the feelings
IT drowning man were.
HE struggled desperately for
wo or three hours, and during
hat time, he said, his sufferings,
10Th physical and moral, were in
ense; but then, with the approach I
+ death. all feelings disappeared. |.
Lis brain worked still, but i. bad
cen SO weakened that. while he 4
al notion of what happened, it
as so faint aud Imperfect that he !
'uld not fully realize his posi-
on. He was picked up and saw /
when he was, in his own opi-.
on, more than dead II
"A little child had his two legsiE
t of oy a train. He was brooght |
The hospital and, according TO
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Penitentiary Inventory.

An inventory Of the property Of
the Louisiana State Penitentiary
for 1905, now being taken will
shcw an increase Of about $1aO, 600
in the value of property under
charge OF the Board of Control
This increase is due to the pur-
chasing of the Monticello Planta-
ton last August and the increase
10 additions made on the several
plantations. The inventory of thu
States property for 1905 shows
the property of the State Peniten-
tiary to be worth about S6O0,00
The appraisemenk when compile
ted this month will show the pro-
perty 10 be worth about $4,000.
The inventory of the property at
Baton Rouge will be taken by John
Murphy, assistant bookkeeper at
the Board of Control office, and on
the several plantations it will be
taken by the captains and mana
gers OF the places. Every article
OF any value is listed for what it is
worth. Products from the farms
are not listed in the inventory.
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FOR SALE

FOR SALE
At a Bargain Property of
Mrs. P. DUPRE, on rlain
Street, for $500 for cash
or on terms. apply to
Mrs. p. DUPRE.
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LOST

Between my residence and the SprOule
Canal a pair Of glasses in a small black
boz. the finder will be rewarded by re-
turning same to
FRANK T. GUILBEAU.
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Town Council.

Specia meeting Of the Town Council
held on the 18th day If Dec. A. d. 1905,
On motion OF Mr.. O. p. Resweber Sc
conded by Delahoussaye and carried
'ae schedule of the probable expenses for
the year 1906 be, and is hereby establish
ed as follows viz:
pIrnG I.Mr Or, L.. r,r,.-rr,c. No.,
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1906-10-05

Henry +. Jones 1T Tampa. Fla.
writes: II can thank God for my
present health, due to FoIey's Kidney
Cure. / tried doctors and all kinds
OF kidney cures, but nothing done me
much good till | took Foley's Kidney
Cure. -Four bottles cured me. and
have no more pain in my back and
shoulders | am % years old, and
Kidney Cure | am well and can walk
and enjoy myself Ii Is a pleasure to
recommend it to those needing q kid
ney medicine"
]. l.. SHE'LL & Co.