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PRIZE ESSAY. | tew paltry blunders crush your ele —--eoe--—— forts? No, they s)ou'd not, d will Phe “Importance of Ovr Literary not if you «! a M6 ide : ua gs Society,” Published by Request of sarge oe eens W.E. Wells, Corresponding Sec- tions.”? There is treth in this saying retary ot the Hesperian’ | and if we make mistakes the best Literary Society. | thing for us to d» isto try and cor- | ea |rect them. As examples of men This subject may be of very little | who have triumphed over mistakes Wendell we might mention Oliver Phillips and Demosthenes, but you will say they were exceptional cases. But how do you know that you have not some of that fiery eloquence ot the Athenian orator or the powerful interest to many, yet if we maintain a literary and want others to join our aociety, it 1s necessary for us to ad- duce our reasons. We come to school for the purpose ot developing our minds—to gain by @ systematic course ot study that | invective of Phillips? Of course we knowledge essential almost to our | do not expect you to become a De- very existance. And it we gain this | mosthene-, but it he, as a stuttering knowledge and do not gain the art} lad, conquered the defeet, surely of expressing it, it may as well be] yuu, who have no such impediment locked up in the treasury at Wash | and have models in so many great sngton as in our heads. It is true, as | orators, can at least become a speak- Bacon says, that ‘‘Reading maketh | er good enough to tell whit you a full man,”’ but if he does not know | know. We think there are many how to express that learning, it will | who go down into oblivion, who never make him anything else, and | could become great orators, because he will he about as much use to him- | they fail to make the effort. self and mankind as a man made full Some will say that most ot these by drinking whiskey. Some say that | arguments do not app'y to the tf you can not express your learning | gentler sex, but I think they do; for you can derive good from it yourself ; | shall they, because they are ot a but this is not altogether true, and it | more modest disposition, be a class it were, shall man be so selfish as to | who can not express their thoughts? devote every energy ot his mind to | Certainty not; it is ot as much im- his own interest and none to the] portance that they know how to welfare of those about him? We | speak and read as itis for anypody. leave this question tor you to answer | They need a logical training as well yourselves. as men, and speaking is the best Another reason that we should| way in existance of obtaming a join the society is, it teaches us selt | logical mind. And in America we reliance; it gives us the tull measure | see that many ot our great reformers, of our power; it gives us the moral | and more especially im the field of backbone to express our sentiments | temperance, are ladies: and for these fearlessly and boldiy. What if the | reasons we invite ladies as well as advocates ot great retorin had given | gentlemen to join our society. way to the feelings that keep most And in conclusion I will say, tet men from the speaker’s stand; would }| Us make our society as interesting as we to-day be enjoying our excellent system of civil government? No. Ii our American orators had remained passive because of these drawbacks we would be to-day far in the rea = guard of civilization. Bat they did A Sudden Death not allow the golden opportunity to | from heart disease is now quite common. pass; they led the people vn, and Dr. Pierce’s “Golden Medical Discovery” . P : ts a certain remedy. Chronic irritation, their fearlessness in speaking had as | palpitation, excessive or detective action much influence in moulding the | vtthe heart, shortness ot breath, and destiny a hie sation... as did the Pains are removed by itina short period. Cannon’s surly roar, backed by mili- possible, that others may join us and learn toe art of telling what they know and knowing what they tell. Epwarp R. McCory. Tt also cures all the diseases relating to the liver, stcmach, bowls, blood and skin. dary genus. He who uttered the --- words, “Give me liberty on From the well known advertising give me death!’ never — fol- | house of George P. Rowell & C>,, lowed the people and said * on,”’ but he led the people and said “Come ou.’’ And so it is with ou great leaders; they are almost with without an exception good speakers, | very important information for ad- What is it that has made the British | vertisers. The list of newspapers Lion respected wherever the sun] given contaims only such periodicals shines? You may say it was the | as are on a sound tooting, and have army of England; but it is this army | circulations running up into the backed and maintained bv the 1. | thousands. The principal papers ot vincible, eloquence ot such men as [the south, north, east and west are Gladstone. | What is it that has | represented, and classified in a con- Meets even kings bow to the man | venient way. It has been the aim ot Mates of the Emperor of Germany? | the publishers to sift the wheat trom proprietors of the newspaper adyer- ising bureau at 10 Spruce street, New York city, has been issued a small volume containing much and Matis the terrible logic of Bismark | the chatt, and the book directs the am passing the laws there | attention of an advertiser toward “made. While the eloquence ot our | papers which he should and ought to Great leaders does not make them | use, and tends to intercept a portion any wiser in statesmanship, yet it 1s | of that Patronage which goes to the best method of expressing their publications which cost greatly in sentiments. Some claim they could | excess ot any power to benefit which write their sentiments without speak. | they Possess. It takes the general ing, vet they might shove the quill | ground, that the best 1s the cheapest. until they got baldheaded and not Prominent among the first journals accomplish halt as much as they | mentioned 1s the Butler Times, the would by speaking, for with how | best advertising medium in Bates q@uch greater torce do words strike county. the hearer if they carry with them those strong emotions which elicit @ympathy in the breast of mankind; for of how much greater torce is an @rator’s speech than an author's Ninety days without tood seem a long time, but Miss Mary Baker of Latayette, Indiana, has just comple ted a tast of period. Morphine 1s words, when you can see the orator’s injected into her limbs every four soul beaming from his eye. Low hours. ; anuch moretorciblethe words “Union | with a relemse from sce ene and liberty, aoe and forever, one ness which she had about a year ago, aad inseparable,” sound when ut- from which she never fully recover. tered by Webster than they read in ed. She fell asleep and slept for cold print. ; five days and nights, since which Aad again, we should join the time she has taken no nourishment socioty fad learn to speak because | or medicine. At uregular intervals in this tand ot free thought, where | she suffers intense agony, loccksion: Ge people.are sovereign and none | ed by spasmodic contractions of the ate slaves, we are naturally required | muscles, t know Something of the art of neck, speaking ; if we haye tree thought | perhaps the entire body, during fet us learn how to treely express | which time she 1s eT ae oak that thought. | aloud, She has gradually s But some say they can not Speak | #Way to mere skin and bone. wasted Miss ! before an audience, that they feel! Baker before her sickness was the | B“The ladies especially go into ecstacices | Over Parker's Hair Baisam,” writes Mr. j.H hike they were sea-sick and can not | belle of Monon V. Ret their mouths open. But what if you do make mistakes? Should a alley, and a most beautiful young lady, wath great in- | tellectual powers. ing they ever used.” -| Testores color, promotes growth. aE, tebtecmeeano s are spread o trer havi g humar di- mas of sick t the poor stomache 0 co Too much strong melt Bitters is rapidiy and ~ ve \ ge place of «Il this class of drugs, ans a curing all tne ills arising fro i order ed condition of the tis.i, hi nevs, -tor ach and bowels. 10 Feloniously Assaulted His Wife. C. T. Tracy, who resides at 1704 | | Oak street, quarreled with his wite last night over sone ttle difficulty which Tracy threw a glass at her struck her on the bead and cut # ldeep gash, Officer Liggett, whe resides next door, arrested Tracy }and preferred a charge ot felonious assault against him.—K. C. Star, Jan. 26, HOW ?:s 'THtis. We offer One Hundred Uollars Re- ward tor any case of (‘atarrh that can not be cured by taking Halls Catarrh cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Proprie- tors, Toledo, O, P. S.—Hall's Catarrh Cur is taken internaly, acting directly upoa the blood and mucus surface ot the sVstem. BaP Sold by all Druggists, 75 2:8 101m Algernon—I should like tewy much to go for a dwive with you, old chap; but I eahn't do it; | have te pwactice. Adolphus—Gwacious! Yot are not studyin; ae Ga are you? Algernon —No, deah boy; but I pwactre an hour a day twying w learn to ke@ my eye- glass in my eye.—Kambier. First fisherman—What's tle matter, old man, did you forget the lines and bait? Second fisherman —Confound my forgetfulness! Yes. Firstfisherman You remembered the cards md flask, it’s to be hoped. Second fiserman— Yes. First fisherman—O, wel. I guess we can manage somehow.— id-Bits. First dude—Aw, Charlie. have you two hawves for a one, don't yu know? Second dude (taking out his” jortemon- naic)—Awy cawse, Fwed. Hirst dude —Aw, I'm deuced giawd, ton’t you know. I'm tie one, Charlie, awnd Ili be beholden to you faw the loan awv them, don't you kuow.—ushinglon Critic. “Mr. Featherly,” said Bobly, ing hismother's signal to le “did you ever hear pa whistl®” Bobby,” Jaughed Featherly have had that pleasure.” “Well, you will,” went on Bobby. “Ha told ma that he lent you $5 last nightand that he expected to whistle for it"—New York oun. “Yes,” said the father of tie boy, “I want my son to learn the bueher ‘busi- ness, and if you will give hina job we won't say anything about wages for six months.” = “Do you think be is fitted for the business?” asked the butcher. “Fitted for the business? Why, just look at those hands. ‘They dpn't weigh less than two pounds a piee.—J. ¥. Sun. “No, George,” she said. “I cannot marry you. I shall always citeem you as a iriend, bnt 1 cannot be wur wife.” George hesitated. “Clara,” he said, brokenly, “will you grant meone favor ignor- nl, No, I never before I go away forever?’ “Yes, George,” she replied, kindly, “What isit” “Please put your refpsal down on paper. I'll feel sater."— Harper's Bazar. . _ Artless little thing (prowl of her linguistic acquirements): “1 do hope you didn’t catch what I was saying just now to Mrs. Simpson, Sig. Gavueti. We were talking scandal—in Italian. | had no idea you were so close. Could you hear?” Sig. Gavanti: “Yes, 1 could "ere; but it is ali a-right. I did not know you were speakin’ my lang- uage. Professor—“That man across the Street isa remarkable thonghtful-look- ing person. i should say he would be successful.” Friend—“There is no doubt about it What is his business, pray?” *O, he drives a dray, and is just thinking on a new plin for ob- structing a street crossing er running over some children.” — Pittsburg Dis: patch, Active, Pushing and Rehiable. John G. Walker can always be relied upon to cary in stock the purest anc vest goods, and sustained the reputation otf being active, pushing and reliable, by recommending articles with well estab- lished merit and such as are popular. Having the agency tor the celebrated Dr. King’s New Discovery for consumption, colds and coughs, will sell it on positive Quarantee. It will surely cure anv and every affection of the throat, lungs, or chest, and in order te prove our claim, we ask you to call and get a Trial Bottle Free, MONEY TO LOAN AT SIX Per Cent. interest, on long time with privilege ot paying before due if desired. We do not send borrow- er’s applications away for approval, but decide on them here without de- lay, and furnish the money at once. We have a large amount of money sometimes of the hand, arm, | 09 hand to be loaned on land. Par- face, lower extremeties, or hes wishing to borrow please call and | get our terms. | money at once. We can furnish the The Warton & Tucker Land Mortgage Co., Butler, Mo. | Decker, druggist, ut Findlay, Chio. “They sa is the must elegant cress- Stops tailing hair, 8 2t { cos $1.25, and we will send Pall Perfect Hair 3 a natural and healthy condi- alp, and of the glands hich nourishment is obtained. When, in consequence of age and dis- ease, the hair becomes weak, thin, and gray. Ay Hair Vigor will strengthen it, restore its original color, promote its rapid and vigorous growth, and impart to it the lustre and freshness of youth. I have used Ayer’s Hair Vigor for a long time, and am convinced of its value. When I was 1 ars of age my hair began to turn gra: I commenced using the Vigor, and was surprised at the good effects it produced. It not only restored the color to my hair, but so stimulated its growth that I have now more hair than ever before. — J. W. Edwards, Coldwater, Miss. Ayers Hair Vigor, Sold by all Druggists and Perfumers. IF YOU ARE SUFFERING from debility and loss of appetite; if your stomach is out of order, or your mind confused; take Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. This medicine will restore physical force and elasticity to the system, more surely and speedily than any tonic yet discovered. For six months I suffered from liver and stomach troubles. My food did not nourish me, and I became weak and very much emaciated. I took six bottles of Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, and was cured. — Julius M. Palmer, Springfield, Maes. Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, Prepared by Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. Bold by Druggiste. Price $1; six Lotiles, §5. 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IH Fee, incloding MPrastion observation om Noein Desity and en ical Exha: Eee te are ae Gauieeene TRASE'S SELECTED SHORE IN PAILS. {f your Grocer does not Express, prepaid, to the nearest Railroad TRASK FISH CO. SAINT LOUIS, MO. VALUABLE INFORMATION TO WEARERS OF arance of goods mace from old Re TT ag amall pereentage of new, are rubbers the genuine goods, but the wenrer the same 2 {i too late finds the dificrence the former soon crack and arc ¥ less. Any personofcommonsers willingls (if necessary pay atritic Sect ade withont ol er orshoddy. Thisyoucan bes. of by buying only where the 47% 2icAN RURBER co Bost he stamree. a a shanks Sr ha shoes: A COMPLETE ¢ Line of these Superior GooDs CABRIED BY ANY wit J. M. McKIBBEN. Sheriff's Sale. Sheriff's Sale. y vi uthority ofatranscript exe Ry virtue an 1 authority ofa Whey c Gatton loan tral the office of the Ss of she i ae Sees sae rey i office of circuit ¢ 7 D y Missouri return- | clerk of the circuit court o! ea circuit court of Bates county Sorakanbin ab the irabcunry pel ian & onan to me directed 5 favor of ‘he Bd, * Lumber Company an net Kaqese deg 1 have levied eed seize upon the title, interest and claim of said def d to the tollowing described real Bates county, Mo., to-wit: Fourteen } off of the north side of the east balf of-te three (3) in block No. nine (9) of ‘Little's dition to the town of Hume, I will, oa Thursday, February 17, 1884, 1 between the hours of 90’clock in the and 5 o'clock in the afternoon of that the east front door of the court house in g of Butler, Bates county, Missouri, sell ry / or su much thereof as may be required, af lic vendue, to the highest bidder for he*ebruary term, 1857, of said court t Gaeciirecsed in iavor of UO. F. Kenick aod against Wu. A, Evans, I have levied and seiz- ed upon all the right. title, interest and claim of said defendant, of, in id to the following described real e~ , in Bates county, Mo to-wit: Beginning at a poiut + feet north of the northwest coruer of block No. ¥, in Wil- liame addisin to the city of Butler, thence east f-et, thence north 135 feet, thence west 132 feet, thence south 135 feet to place of begin- ning, being part of the horthwest qua teroft northerst quarter of section 22, township dv, range 31. Twill, on Thursday, February 17, 1887, between the hours of 9 o’clock aa she foreeoo 5o’clock in the afternoon 0! day, tho vast front door of the court house inthe city tisly said execution and costs, x of Butler, Bates county, Missouri, sell tne | @ nd costa. same or 80 much thereof as may be required, 2 G. G. G Lt . at public vendue, te the Slee acer for cash i y i i sts -_— to satisfy said Soo rk coat ge BROOK. | 9 Sneruf Bates Co. Sheriff's Sale. By virtue and authority ofaspecialex or mochaaie 's lien iseued from the effes Shenff’s Sale. clerk of the circuit court of Bates county, suuri, returuable at t q é February By virtue and autority of a special execution | orga Y court, to me directed in fat for costs issued from the office of the clerk of | y urley Lumber Company and the circuit court of tates county, Missouri, re- | sicCutchen, I have leviea and seized uj turnable at the February term, 1x87, of said the right ti le, interest and claim of court, to me directed in favorof J H. Hines, fendant of, in and to the following anu against J P. Hubble I have levied and | p04) estate, in Bates county, Mo., to wit: — seized upon all the right, title, interest and | Commencing at a point 14.07 chains east claim of said J. P. Hubble of, in and tothe ful- } 1.) chains south from the center of eertion lowing described real estate, in Bates cou teen (15), in township No. 40 of range No. Missouri, to-wit: The east half of the nortl- | Rates county Missouri, thence runnit West quarter of section thirty-four Jt] in tow i6 chains, thence ‘east 3.16 chati ship No. thirty-nine, range thirty-three. I) north 3 io chains, thence west 3.16 will on place of beginning, | will, vn Wednesday, February 23,1887, | ‘Thursday, February 17, 1887, between the hours of 9 o’clock in the forenoon | hetween the hours of 9 o'clock in the and 5 o’clock in the afternoon of that day, at | and 5 o’clock in the afternoon of that the east font doorot t ourt huuse in the ci the east front door of the court house in Missouri sell the same of Butler, Bates county of Butler, Bates county, Missouri, selith@ or so much the eof as may be required, at pub- | or so much thereof as may be required, at lic vendue, to the highest biduer for casi, to | 5 . tothe highest bidder for casi sagis'y said execution and costs satisfy suid execution and costs G. G. GLAZEBRYOK, G. G. GLAZEBROOK, Sheri! Bates Co. ry Sheriff Bases Order ot Publication. Order of Publication, STATE OF MISSOURI, Yes County of Bates. Ee In the circuit court of Bates count in vacation. January ith, 187. Missouri at the relation and tothe use 8. Catron, ex officio collector of the of Bates county in the state of Mis plant, vs KF. G. Powers, defendant. Civil action for delinquent taxes. Now at this day comes the plata herein her attorneys, before the undersigned clerk the circuit court of Bates county in the i nd files her gst amed defendant, F. G. is a non-resident of the state of Mi Whereupon it is ordered by the said vacation, tnat said defendant be publication that plaintiff has comt against him in this court by petition and davit, the object and geaeral nature of is to enforce the lien of the state of M the delinquent taxes of the years 1382 amounting in the aggregate to the $4.90, together with interest, costs, u fees, upon the'following described id situated in Bates count STATE OF MISSOURI, les Cousxty or Bates, | hag In the circuit court of said county, to the June term, Ise7. 0. J Goodwin, plaintif, vs. Bessie E. Goodwin, defendant, Now at this day comes the plaintiff. his attorney befure the undersigned cl t circuit court of Batescounty, M n vacation nd files his petition and affidavit, alleging, among other things, that defendant, Be: bE Goodwin, is not a resident of the state of Misronri: Whereupon it is ordered by the clerk in v: eation that said defendant be notified by publi- cation that plaintiff has commenced a suit | ‘ainst her in this cvourt by petition and affidavit, the obiect and general nature of which is to obtain a decree fof divorce from the bands of matrimony heretofore con- tracted with said defendant upon the grounds that defendant has absented herself trom the bed and board of plaintiff’ without a reasonable cause for the space of more than one year, and that unless the said Bessi- E Goodwin be and appear at this court the next term thereof, to be begun and porn the a acoeene ne } city of Butler, in said county .on the six’ jay o} June next, 1887, and on or before the sixth day | to wit: Lot No. nine (¥ ie : of said term, ifthe term shall so long continue | (14). in the west side aoe : d ifnot, then on or before the last day of | Butler, Mo., and that unless tl pip id term—answer of plead to the petition in | be and appear at the nee ee srmetien said cause, the same will be taken as confessed | b¢ begun and holden in the city o Lo ~ . and judgment will perseners accorlingly. : cue Missouri, on the Hey 0 And be it further order that a copy hereo! UJ be published, according to faw, in the Butler | the term shall so long continue. 1 ree Weekly Tinxs,a weekly newspaper printed and | before the end of the term.) an bleed te published in Bates county, Mo., for four weeks | Petition accordin: sede b Bigger! successively, the last insertion to be at lenst pp ner sottorg ncaa Ree — G . Soar weeks before the Orst jay ot Cys. |" ™.| above described real estate sold to eatiafy Cirouit Clerk. A true copy from the record. Witness my hand and the seal of the circuit Seaz,) court of Bates county, this 3d day (Seat) of January, 1847. J.C Hayes, Cireuit Clerk. the next term of said court. See A true copy from the record. Witnese my a 8 a ts A 4 s : _— id cou! ereunt “ Public Notice | }Suat { Done at office in Butler on thist# —e a y 1887. To lay ont aud establish a private road in Deer | th day of January, Uy es, Creek township. Bates county. Mo.. I hereby | 7 Cirenit Gerk. notify Isaac Van Meter, S, Van Meter, Lam- bard Investment Co., and A. I it and all others concerned or interested tha ee will, on the 28th day of Jannary, A. D. 1837, | deat & petition to the township board of Deer sreek township, Bates county, Missouri titioning them to lay ont and establish a private Toad in said township, which said petition is in words and figures as follows, to-wit: To the Honorable Township Board of Deer Creek Township, Bates county, Missouri: Your petitioner would respectfully represent and petition ,our honorable body: That heisa citizen and an inhabitant ef Bates See M souri, and that he is the owner of the foflowing | described real estate lots and tracts of lands to-wit: Allot lot one (1) of the east half of fractional section six (6), and the north half of the northeast quarter of section seven (7), all in township forty-two (42), range thirty-one (31), in Bates county, Missouri, and that he is now wt Se home, ~~: that Ro public or thoro ‘are passes thro: or touches said descri! nd, and that he = no outlet whatever from and to said premises; wherefore your petitioner pre @ your honor- able body to locate and establish him a private Toad his said premises to connect with \ Order of Publication. STATE OF MISSOURI, } gy . County or Bates, §% °° In the circuit court of Bates county. Missotity . in vacation, January 7th. 1887. The state @ | Missouri at the relation and to the use of § S Catron ex-ofiicio collector of the revenue Bates county, in the state of Misseuri, pli ve. Louis Geiser, defendant. Civil action for delinquent taxes. x sor stn bere the plaintiff bereis, Oy er attorneys, fore the a clerk § = cirenit Sourt of Bates county in the stete cation that pliaintif® has com! against him in this court, by petition davit, the object and general natare of some public road of this state and county. to enforce the lein of the state of Missouri Your petitioner would further represent that | the delinquent taxes of the years 1873, the following —— — os the best and i ae oo on censtins wits Intene ao pe bere feee hg Bagiauing eight or | commission an fees, upon the following east of the northwest corner of lot one (1) of { scribed tracts of land situated in Bates the east half of fractional section six (6), town- | Missouri, to-wit: Lot one (1) of block two® ship forty-two (42) ,range thirty-one (31) thence | of Christain & Condees addition —— aoeanicy. pale toed ta we SeeRTT fet Sider niia | aud Sppent atthe next term of thle oom rood running acioesiand peoupied by, ow i be —_ and helden — ony of Butler, Bae . Vanm county, Missouri, on jonday of Isaac on Monee s ven prt can peti | 1337, phe on or before the sixth day Thereok bard Investment Co. and A. L. Hamilton, | the term shall so jong continue, and if not orthat they have some interest in the same’ | before the end of the term,) snd plead to sakd Tad be ented aod FELT EDET nha | Eaten bo coaTosnal ond Judgment roeieas ail located an: ished on the _ above described route by yuur honorable bod: cording to the prayer of esp and bred and that you appoint three disinterested co: | above described rea! estate sold to satiefy out =r ‘and. se ee = ne 4 | **Xnd it is further ordered by the clerk sfore, owners of the land through which «aid road | said that acopy hereof be published in the Passes, as by law wes esc for whick your | Times. a weekly newspape: F ate 3% willin duty aad aR? | lished in a capone fe ‘o - } . successively. je last inse 3 = | four weeks before the first day of the next | Ofeaid court A true copy from the record. Witness my band as clerk aforesaid —~— , sea! of said court herennto aff }Seat { Done at office in Butler on this ——’ Tthday parse 1887. 3G. HAYES, 7 Gireuit Clerk, Celts are scarce, bet there who ertte to rimean & Co, Peetland, Matee.wil rece:ve