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The Marshall republican., 1908-08-21

e NJ. Wright expects his
family back today from a sew
eral months visit to their old
home in Ohio.
The Marshall republican., 1908-08-21

DR.. J. Il. Dobyns and family OF
jackson, Miss, were guests at
Mrs. Meiora Barbee's Sunday.
The Marshall republican., 1908-08-21

j. VI Hatfield and family are
visiting in Kansas city. Mr.. Hat
field may locate elsewhere.
The Marshall republican., 1908-08-21

I. J. Mikels Of Salt Springs
completed his new eight-room
residence this WEEK.
The Marshall republican., 1908-08-21

II. l.. Hyatt returned Friday
from n visit to his sister, Mrs.
u. u. Hume, OF st, Louis county
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HALF CENT SOLD FOR $500
VARYING PRICES FOR THESE
LONG .DBSUSED COINS.

Issued for More Tnan sixty Years, Many
OF the Imprlnts Are COmmOn-RecOrd
PriCo Paid for One % l5o1-MAny
others That Sell for From Bl 20 500.
Three hundred dollars would sem high
value for q United States half cent copper
piece, and yet that sum was paid at the Elder
sale In this city recently for q coin Of this
denomination Of the date Of l700.
This is the record price FOR q half cent.
and the one sold was a fine. sharp impress
sion. showing q good deal Of the original
rcd II possessed when dropped from the
mint press only four years after the coinage
establishment OF this Government first be-
gan operations. IL is the scArcest half cent
Of the present time. even though In that
year nearly 100000 pieces were struck.
The half cent was one Of the first coins
considered by Congress. a COMMITTEES APP
pointed by that body having under consd-
Grafton as early a. 17sS, sight years before
the mint opened, a dollar and a coin which
should represent "one two hundredths
thereof The denomination was probably
determined upon a. an equivalent TO the
English Harthing.
One Of the most remarkable facts in con-
no records OF any patterns having been
struck at the mint, the frst designs that left
the hands Of the diemakers seeming to meet
immediate favor. and there IL no United
States coin Of less variety Of design.
The first coin Of the denomination was
struck in 1913. This showed on the diverse
q rather homely bust Of the Goddess Of
Liberty facing to the left. with flowing hair
Behind the head was a liberty cap and pole
Above the head was the single word lib
erty.' and below was shown the date. 'l7SS."
The reverse showed a wreath in which were
enclosed the words Half Cent" directly
underneath being 1900" while in the edge
was the inscription. Two Hundred for a
Dollar Around the border was United
States OF America The original weight
of the coin was iS2 grains, although an act Of
Congress OF 1Tos changed this to IOI grains.
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frequently does operate not alone the sub
way throughout its entire length but all
Of the elevated roads as we'll. In fact tho
plant at Seventy-fourth street. built for
the elevated and the largest constructed
prior to the completion Of the subway plant,
might be said to be a part Of this plant
now.
The two plants are connected by cables.
When travel is light, particularly in the
early morning hours one plant is frequently
used to operate the entire system Of sub
ways and elevated roads.
1t has been the rule heretofore to pay little
attention to ornate features in the construc-
ton Of a power plant. but in the case Of the
subway power house the design Of its eX-
terror is such as to make it Of architectural
interest. 1t is 6g2 feet long by 200 feet wide.
and in its ornamental features stands out in
contrast to the other buildings on the water
front.
Under the terms of the subway contract
the operator had to provide all the equip
ment for il. This equipment necessarily
included the power plant. The Interborough
officials have stated that the entire equip
ment cost the company in round figures
about s24 600 OOO but the cost Of the power
plant alone they have refused 10 divulgs.
II was away up in the millions.
l.. r.. Stillwell the electrical director OF
the Interborough, was Responsible for the
general design of the electrical work relating
to the power house and the system by which
the current is distributed. The building
was desi Rned by the company's former
mechanical engineer, John Van Week
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For MOndzys and TS.sdayis s.Nhs:
The prices qwoted these fine, serviceahle Shs from
2596 to 500 below their regular Valuations:
CoIored TActa Silks; striped and checked Ponxczs snd
printed Fouards IN dots Of navy bre Gndwe and hae
and-whfte;
At Soc I'd VafGes 75e and 65c I'd
Checked Taffetas, bue-andwhe and hAek-xndwhGtE,
Imported printed twled Sf1 bus-andIwhtte and hLa1
andwhitc polka dots OF vArtoU1 Sizes, Black TafetAS
At 75eyd VSfres 100 and t2SYd
Black Dress Taffctas and Fancy SaEu:
At 85e Yd Vafue I-S5 I'd
Imported printed Peas de Cant small and krapzr+ v
Of biue-andwhte and bIAek-and-whftes
At Csc I'd Vaf@ rs I'd
For walking, dress or cross-comtry wear
French patent lsash.s. and black Rnua eaff.ifaney
tops of and bukxkn. IN gray, brown and rupie.
At 500 Rcduccd from ZOO, 900, and 900
Patent leather, tan and Black Rta ezn: fancy tops,
tan tops" and regular height:
At 4.5a Rcduced frOm 600
'TAn Top Boots patent Ieat. txn Rruua eakEn Gnd
gaee kid lace and bottom,
At AIS Re6rcrd from 500
shteenth 10 Nineteenth Street, New York
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REAL FIREPROOF BUILDING.
Ancient Roman con st structIOn Stands; Mod
ern Italian Work Falls.

ROME, Jan. 1.-THE police have not yet
been able to ascertain whether the explo-
sion which occurred in the Stock Exchange
here was due to a bomb or to an escape OF
gas. The force of the explosion was great.
The walls and ceiling Of the main hall
collapsed entirely. and yet the eleven marble
columns surmounted by a heavy entabla-
ture, originally erected by Agrippa in khe
year 70 B. c., partially destroyed by fire
In A. d. 50, restored by Hadrian. saved
from destruction in the lime kiln estab-
lished within the boundaries Of the present
Piazzi di Pietra in medieval times and again
restored by the Papal Government. have
resisted the explosion 20 well that not even
o small fragment OF stone has fallen.
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Alb -. I'm l.n.., an INA ,l,anv.d A "a
IuS- S 1SsNt-. -...-s ..a~As - -,
gralns- AmS sASs nAn1S1 Nclkns NAS sOo-
nnued until thS dpnominaocD vas aoan-
doned.
Tha INA half osnk n not by any means
.. - :. th., oV throa v~HTu lHt.r h.,t
- @o -, = - ,,.,'.s-.,,..-s -.
nS mas ooen pAAo ION An unO1IO1lN1Oeu spocl-
men. The next year the design ives some
what similar to this, but the liberty head
Fanad IN sha rixhRy and an unolnCulaked
'-,..s...s.. a. .,,rth .l,o,,t th. .aU.@ ~, ~.
spooainoH '-0 "'-0
nrss named: ,.. ,-.-,- - -,
from ifSS 70 lLs. nctusVS TINS osoign
was USED o1C WIN paAn euSe' Ano un-
circuleted speolnenS OF A"o @nc l'S' nave
Drought 80 ana DO
Hall eenta Here poe coined IN lIOo ana
tIse. put ~ lSOO Sns oen9tnlnaSion reap
peared, showing nanoeomer Lberty
head. tho nperty cap omitted, ous wltn
-i-2OO' on the base OF the reverse. An
uncirculaped specimen OF TINS year haS solo
Tor N2:
In 1901 issue pi tneSe COINS was again
disoontlnued, out rom lyOz until 1903 they
were regularly coined OF the same design
as that shown BY the coin OF 1900, but after
loOS the -l-zOO was omitted, not 20 re-
appear again. None OF the half centa OF
the period Just men.ioned e rare, and yet
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The engine capacity Of the plant could
be increased easily at any time to 100000
horsepower. and space even then would
be left within the structure that would
permit of the installation of additional
generators giving from 10000 10 $1,000
horsepower more, so that the Plant as
constructed by the Interborough company
may be said to have a cara0ity Of $4,000
horsepower The subway is using to-day
only about $1,000.
There are only two power plants that
come anywhere near the one on the North
River. One is the plant at Seventy-fourth
street. which was built to operate the ele-
waited roads. and the other is a new plant
which the Edison oSgnrany is building and
which is not yet finished In it's mag
ntude, output Of power and general ele-
gance and completeness of its design, en-
gineers say that the power house that now
operates trains in three boroughs and
lights the subway as well outranks all
other pla nts in the world.
The engines that do all this work are
located in the northerly section Of the build
ing in what is called the operating room.
They are as they stand the greatest single
exhibit of steam driven electrical generators
to be.found anywhere. There are nine Of
these machines, each driven by an engine
of from 1000 10 IL 900 horsepower.
These generators turn out what the cleo
tricians call a high alternating current.
This current goes through great cables TO
seven substations. one Of which is now in
Brooklyn, and in these stations it is turned
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The fallen modern wall has laid bare the
ancient Roman construction, still solid as
when it was built, and the contrast between
the strength Of the portion built centuries
ago and the weakness of the modern con-
struction affords a significant explanation
Of the fact that despite time. fires. wars
and the hand Of man. so much Of old Rome
is left standing TO this very day.
The history Of the temple or basilica Of
Neptune. like that Of every stone in Rome.
is an old and long one. II was built to
commemorate the naval victories at MysR,
Naulochos and Actium. which earned
Agrippa the naval crown. and it served as
the seat of the Admiralty.
The surviving columns, much injured by
fire, have their substructures, once deco
rltsd with the figures Of the Roman prov
inoes. trophies and panoplies, buried deep
under the modern soil. and they are the
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makes a fine spsolHnen worth at last $50
From 1887 10 Iea9 inclusive no mopa hah
cents were coined.
In lSAO, and from that year to lslO in.
cluaive, half cents were not coined for gen
erh circulation, but q limited numbsr Of
proof coins we're issued nom the mint.
every one OF which is now very rare, I'm
circulated specimens Of the half cent dated
isAO 20 tSAo, tho lattsr with small nglros in
the date, have brought from $50 70 SIPS
which sum was paid at tho 9ttckney sale
for proof half cent Of tsG3 struck from the
original dies. At The same eaAs an original
proof half cent, OF which only oeven sped-
mens are known. brought 8lIS.
Tho half cont Of 1850 Allowing large ngures
In ths date is the neat regular issue and COM
unAnds no premium. Ths half cents oG 1850
and 1881 also aro quito common, but that of
is67, In which year only proofs were struck.
has brought e0e when in mint coalition,
From that year up to 1857, whon the de-
nominations VISA aholshed, half oents rsga-
larly Appeared, all Of which are sill very
plentiful.
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only ones left out OF the thirty-six which
originally formed the peristyle Of the
temple. In 1883 il was proposed to recon-
struct the temple on larger scale than il
is at present, but the proposal was opposed
by the State.
The building as it stands now is in the
same condition as when restored by Pope
Innocent XII. who turned it into a custom
house. In 1878 tho Italian Government
attempted 10 restore II. but the architect
int rusted with the work used by mistake
a cast of the cOrnice belonging 90 the temple
Of Concord instead Of the missing piece Of
that Of Neptune. which is still lying in the
Capitol When this was known all further
attempts at restoration were discontinued.
and two years later the celia of the God Of
the Seas was transformed into the Bourse.
The transformation OF twenty-seven years
ago Is now o mass OF ruins. while the columns
Of 20 B. &. are still standing, unscathed by
gas or bomb.
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CAUGHT IN A PRAIRIE blizzard,
How school Cnlldren eG . NebraaiEA Town
werD Helped 70 Thelr Homes.

Frops As Dee MOisss Register and LSsdsY
Last sunday was the twentieth AnnIvsR-
sary Of the great blizzard Of 1888 In NebraakA
and Northwestern Iowa. said o. d. Riggs
the other day. Il was living In oNen. Neb.
At the time and bad Just left the once 10 -
horne for dinner when the blizzard struck.
Il started to cross tho street to q drus
store. but when ! reached the other side
found myself half way down the block from
my destination.
The nne wind driven snow flakes nIlsd
the air so that couldn't see my hand befors
me. l finally worked my way back 20 the
drug store. where a number OF other msn
had taken refuge from the stoSm.
School had just been dismissed for ths
noon recess and we knew that nearly SOo
children were out in the storm. Securing
long ropes the crowd started out to rescue
them. We found them huddled in doorway
and BY the sides OF buildings. The children
caught hold OF the ropes and were led 20
shelter By their rescuers. whose sense Of
direction gradually returned to them. Every
one OF the BOO school children In the town was
got home In safety.
But seven school teachers were frozen
to death in the country during the blizzard
and thousands Of cattle died. The thsrmom-
eter fell from about the freezing point q,
noon to 10 degrees below zero that night
n was the worst blizzard ever saw and I
never want to experience another like IT,
The sun., 1908-01-26

end to end. There are more incandescent
lights in the subway than would be required
to light any Of the smaller cities OF the
country.
The present equipment Of the plant rep
resents in engine capacity at normal rating
approximately IS 600 electric horsepower.
Those who have marvelled at the sire and
power Of the great locomotives which have
lately been turned out to pull freight and
passenger trains across the continent may
get a better idea Of how much power this
is by the fact that It represents the capacity
Of 200 Of these locomotives.
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into the direct current that is fed to the
third rail and moves tho trains.
Sandwiched in between the nine machines
that drive the trains are three turbo-alter-
matters, as they are called, each OF 1000
horsepower, which light the subway.
Normally the lighting plant is independent
Of the plant that operates the trains, but
ShOuld an accident happen to the lighting
plant the nine traction alternaters could
light and operate the subway at the same
time.
One Of the interesting features OF the
big power plant is the fact that it can and
The sun., 1908-01-26

Grating plant lS probably turning out more
Juice. 40 the motormen call IL, than any
other plant in the world. and It is still far
from doing all that its present equipment
provides For. AS a matter OF fact, the
operation Of the subway trains in the under
river tubes has added little to the amount
OF current hitherto required. and It would
be possible to extend the present subway
many miles after Il has reached the At
lAntic avenue terminus In Brooklyn before
It could use all the power that could be
manufactured in the big building. There
II sven reason 70 believe that it could run
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almost as much subway again as has al
ready been constructed.
Virtually this power plant is two plants
in one. lighting and an operating plant.
Unlike the elevated roads and other electric
railways tho subway has 70 be lighted from
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EASY FOR SUBWAY'S PLANT
OPENING or BROOKLYN TUBES
DIDN'T WORRY IT.

MAwborOughs Power Plant stnI Far
From Having Reached Its limit Of
Capacity strength 0f roo Freight
r Locomotives HItched 70 the subway.
Probably few people who travel through
thS subway are familiar with one feature
- the work that has excited among gngi-
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neers fully as much interest and admira-
ton a. the tunnel itself. That is the power
houSe At Fifty-eighth street and the North
River.
With the opening Of the new tubes under
che river to Brooklyn this immense gen
The sun., 1908-01-26

At all times this store presents The distinct advantage
OF providing merchandise at low pesAs the thousands
who have puzehaSed here testify. Bot In pAre~lS
lost before stoek thing most emphatic values known
to dry-EoodS retailing IN New York offered.
Clearance Sales throughout the Etorc- may Be wei
member that goods of inferior quA1y find plaes
at Greenhut Co
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-07-23
Prefers Her $500 Salary As a
Clerk to 100000.

Washington, July 20.-Mrs. Anna
Cammack Hardesty, a clerk 5000 a
year In the Post Office Department.,
declined positively to act on the ad.
vice OF friends and counsel and con.
test the will OF her father, John W.
Cammsck, a retired florist, who died
IN June, leaving an estate of$3, 000,-
900. By the terms Of his will, the
late millionaire left his estate to his
second wife, step mother OF Mrs
Hardesty, and a child by that mar
riage, cutting off Mrs. Hardesty with
the income from $50, 900 for her life
time.
She had been advised that she
ldprobably secure nbout$1 .00O,.
900 OF the estate. She married
against her fathers orders, was az
forwards divorced, and he refused to
receive her back. The notoriety OF
the courts Is her objection to filing
suit.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-07-23
Stole the Money.

Rich Hill Review,
Henry Christman, who will estsb
fish a saloon In the old Heck stand,
had set five silver dollars in the sur.
face Of the new concrete floor which
IL being placed In the building.
The dollars we're placed just inside
the door and were very conspicuous;
In fact they looked so much like
ready money" that some one took
it upon himself to secure the five last
night
The thiei gained entrance at the
rear of the building and the prints Of
shoes was discernible In the newly
set concrete, The dollars were easily
secured, the concrete not having
hardened.
NJ. Ghristmsn did not regret the
loss of the money 80 much, but says
he would like to spend any amount
over that to land the thief in jail.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-07-23
Statement From Mr.. Bryan.

The following statement was made
by William j. Bryan July 10 when,
at 4:34 a. m, he received the an
nouncement OF bic nomination as she
candidate. OF the democratic party
for president:
''The presidency lie the highest
position in the world and no one oc.
cupying it can afford to have hi
views on public questions biased ~
personal ambition. Recognizing his
responsibility to God and his obligs-
tion TO his countrymen, he should
enter upon the discharge OF his du-
ties with singleness OF purpose. b.
lieving that one can best do this
when he lie not planning for second
term, l announce now. as l have on
former occasions, that il elected. l
shall not be a candidate for re.elec
tion.
This is nomination as purely
from the people as can be, and II
elected, my obligation will be as pure.
ly to the people. l appreciate the
honor the more because il came not
from one person or a few persons,
but from the rank and file acting
freely and without compulsion."
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-07-23
HE'D BLOCK WOMEN'S WILES.
A Georgian Heading a Movement
I to Protect Mere Man,

New York, July 20 - Major Cul,
pepper Pinckney, friend III Repre-
sentative Glenn, IL Georgia, who
drafted "A law 10 protect men from
she wiles and Establishments OF wo
men, arrived here Friday TO confer
sith women OF note In the North on
the Georgia enactment.
1--WE are not here TO cause women
any srouble," said Major Plnckney
IS he stepped ashore from the steam
ship, "On the contrary. sir, every
right minded woman will help us In
our fight against peekeboo waists,
cut bodies, open work hose and
elbow sleeves These rainbow stock
ings have seen, sir, are the most
terrible weapons woman can use
A man is not himself, sir, when he
looks at these rainbow affairs, and
many home has been shattered
merely because an otherwise good,
dusiiul husband was tempted into
gazing with mere than ordinary ad
mirstion at those brilliant hued
creations.
What the Glenn bill especially
aims TO prevent Is having a man
tricked into marrying woman with
great mass OF chestnut stresses and
peaches and cream complexion, both
o! which come off In the seclhsion OF
her boudoir, Nor does 1t seem fair
TO have man trapped into marriage
by graceful figure and curves, that
are the envy OF her women friends,
which In the solitude OF their new
home, prove TO be false"
Major Piuckney said he would see
and confer with such leaders as Mrs
Stanton Batch, daughter Of Mrs
Elizabeth Cady Stanton; Mrs Wells,
and Others who have the uplifting OF
womsnhood at heart. Major Pinck.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-07-23
Land of squirrel Shooter. "

Americas team, by decisively beat.
ing the British in the Olympic rife
contest, has shown that the great
American quality OF straight shoot.
ing has not deteriorated. at is only
the hits that count" has been the
national motto since the irigate vic.
tories OF 1912 and the defamation Of
Pakenbam's veterans by Jackson's
squirrel shooters at New Orleans.
With q feet that, as Admiral
Evans says, can shoot striaghter
than any other In the world, the sea
prestige will remain untarnished,
and with the American rife the
national reputation Is never likely
to suffer on land.-New York Ameh
can.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-07-23
Sheriff Riley Burns Road House
Saloon.

Coffeyville, Kan, July-Just at
dusk Sheriff Riley aud three deputies
from Nowats, Okla, after confiscat
ing ten barrels Of beer for evidence
and arresting the proprietors, set
fire and completely destroyed q road
house and saloon which was erected
just over the Oklahoma line few
days ago.
The action by the sheriff was taken
In response to his instructions to
carry out the application OF the new
Billups liquor law Of Oklahoma.
which orders that all saloons or
places OF the sort shall be destroyed
upon discovery.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-07-23
WOMAN WINS SUIT
FOR 100000.
Judge Dabbs Sets Aside Deed to
Fifth Interest in Carter
Estate.

Carthage, July-Mrs. Mary E,
Leslie, Of Skagwsy, Alaska, was vic
torious In the circuit court when
Judge Dabbs handed down a deci
sion setting aside the deed to q fiish
interest In the Carter estate, north.
west OF Webb City, In the long fought
case against her brother, S E. Car.
ter, and C. A. Byrd, Of Webb City,
bis son. in.law, In which she alleged
that the defendants through misrep-
resentation had induced her to sell
property valued at 100000 for
IS. 900. The decision includes roy
atty on the land from the time the
transfer was made until the present
time, but the exact amount will not
be known until the formal entry is
made on the judges docket when
court reconvenes August 6.
The Carter estate is said to be
worth $2,50O,OOO and two similar
cases now pending nay hinge upon
Tuesdays decision. They are the
case Of W. L. Carter, Of Jasper, vs..
s. E. Carter, now pending in the CIR
cult court, and the case Of George
Carter, Of Webb City, against 8. E.
Carter. As In the case decided these
cases are all alleged misrepresenta.
tion OF mining land said to be worth
$500, 900 In each case.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-07-23
BewiIdering.


From Puck.
Once upon q time there was q sub
urb where no man might buy lot
without proving, by rigid tests, his
social eligibility; and a pilgrim for a
foreign land, CHANGING that way, was
much astounded.
"How," quoth he, "can you expect
to rear your children to an adequate
notion OF real life, without q few un-
desirable citizens for them to 20 up
against"
"Childrenl" repeated the inhabit.
ants, exchanging glsnces Of bewild.
erment.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-07-23

ney also said that he would confer
with Legislators here to see il New
York could not be induced 80 second
Georgia's plan and pass an act sim.
liar In It's object TO that OF the Glenn
bill.