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ee Bogus white lead Bogus | would "have no * sale did it not afford makers a larger profit than Strictly Pure White Lead. The wise man is never persuaded to buy paint that is said to be “just as good” or “ better” than Strictly Pure White Lead The markct is flooded with spurious white leads. The following analyses, made by eminent chemists, of two of these misleading brands show the exact proportion of genuine white lead they contain : Misleading Brand “Standard Lead Co. Strictly Pure White Lead. St. Louis.” lby venet of Zine White Lead 2 Less than 7 per cent, white lead. leading Brand “* Pacific Warranted Pure [A] White Lead.” Materials Proportions Analyzed by Sulphate of Lead 4.18 percent. Ledoux & Co., Oxide of Zinc 45.04 per New York. Barytes 0.68 per Ce No white lead in it. You can avoid bogus lead by pur- chasing any of the following brands. They are manufactured by the “Old Dutch” process, and are the standards: “Southern” ‘Collier ” “Red Seal” For sale by the most reliat paints everywhere. If you are going to paint, it will pay you to send to us for a book containing informa- tion that may save you many a dollar; it will only cost you a postal card to do so. NATIONAL LEAD CO., 1 Broadway, New York wt. Lous Branch, Clark Avenue and Tenth Street. dealers in Mirsouri Pacific Time Tabie Arrival and departure of passenger trains at Butler Station. Nortu Bounp Passenger, - = Passenger, - - Passenge’, Local t reight - Soutn Bounp | How an Au Old Hunter Sayed His! Life one Cold Night Sixty | Years Ago. | | | | Saving Venison by Killing a Pair of} | Voracious Panthers. Sedalia Bazoo. | EARLY DAYS IN PETTIS COUNTY. I always enjoy listening to the! | Stories of old people. In all locali- | ‘ties of our country you will fiud the| | hardy pioneer who in the early day s | of our history passed through tryivg | and often dangerous scenes in efforts ‘to found their No other} state can furnish more thrilling ad- yentures than Missouri, or surpass it in abundance of game and wild animals. It is a remarkable fact that the belt of country lying between what is known as Fiat cieek and Muddy, and extending up thrergh Johnson county, was, at one time, alive with game. These ridges and swales, now covered by fine farms and beautiful residences, were sowe- thing over half a century gone, the natural feeding grounds of vast herds of deerandelk The fi:st set- tlers, the proverbial wanderers of our race, depended upon tbe chase for substance. This region furnished excellent sport, in fact it was a “per fect paradise for the hunter.” Twen- ty five years ago I killed my last wild turkey in Pettis county, on the bluff below where the now stands. —the sumwmer, I believe following— homes. water-works About the sawe time DEACON BROS. & CO., Hardware, Groceries and Farm Machinery, esierssecs The congress summoned by Pres- , ‘dent Cleveland contain 444 mem- bers not counting the four territorial |delegates. Of the eighty eight sen- | Peculiarities of Congress. | publicans, three people's’ and two | doubtful. The youngest of them is | He was born in 1848 in Massachu- Osborne all Steel Hay Rakes, TOP BUGGIES, | SPRING AND FARM WACONS.|° DEACON BROS. & CO. |setts and isa lawyer by profession. The oldest is Justin F. Morrill, of Strafford, Vt., who was born in 1810 | jand is now a merchant. Moreove served thirty nine years. The rest of the senate is made up three journalis' manufactur two lumbermen, merchant, one railread official, one miner, one stock raiser, one car Ss, one builder, one doctor, two bankers, one planter and six quarrymen. The rest put them- him in the grasp of death. Imagine the borror upon discovering the true | state of the case. Inevitable death and of the most horrible kind. No friend to rescue me. Deeper and | louder grew the sonorous clamor of the wolves, as they approached nearer and nearer the apparently doomed man. He thought of first this, and tnen another device, whereby he might redeem himself.| did not have the bills to give out. He found it impossible to force him- | futile to draw| himself into the prison house. In this dilema there was but one thing to do—depend upon the power of the human voice; and, in the tones self ont of, aud as selves down as * tired.” Twenty of the senators served in the confed- erate army during the war aud six: The man with the longest term to serve is Edward C. Waithall of Grenada, Miss., who has been re-elected by the legislature of that state for the term ending 1901. The most senator is Henry Cabot Massachusetts, Small Notes Above Par. New York, Aug. 5.—Wall street coutinues to be worried by the scare- ity of currency and the business houses of the city are troubled almost as much on the same question. This morning a number of the big banks, when large checks were pre seated, handed out com and flatly refused to pay out bills because they teen in the unign army. cultivated Lodge of an author, artist, linguist, scholar aud society man. The handsomest is Charles H. Gibson of Maryland. The most sen- atorial is Alfred H. Colquitt of Geor- gia, whose father and grandfather who is When a check for $500 or $1,000 was handed in at the cashier's win- dow, a bag of gold coin was turned over to the presenter of the paper. Old amounts of a few dollars were paid iu bills or silver, but the banks National Bank, | of sixty-one lawyers, four capitalists, | The Best Salve in id for Cuts es, Sores, Ulcer am Fever tetter,Chapped t Chiblains d in Eruptions, and posi- or no pay required. It to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cts per box is guaranteed “BATES COUNTY BUTLER, MO. jhe is the Nestor of congress wes THE OLDEST BANK | THE LARGEST AND THE |ONLY NATIONAL BANK IN BATES COUNTY. | CAPITAL, - - $125,000 00 |SURPLUS, - - $25,000 00 } | |F.J. TYGARD, - - - | HON. J. B. NEWBERRY, 11.C.CLARK - - President, Vice-Pres. Cashier } j Lawyers, —ATTORNEY-AT LAW— Will practice in all the courts, Prompt attention to business. Office upstairs second door south ot Bates County Na- tional Bank. ARKINSON & GRAVES, . ATTORNsYS AT LAW. Office West Side Square, over Lans- ; } = ‘ tin the s f him. di ’s D S 5 an old citizen killed the last wild] of command, he forbid the brutes to put out as few cartwheels as pos- uaiewe is a ee na aie jown’s Drug Store Panes aie he ad ent deer that has appeared iu the ueigh-| approach. Luckily for him he foind | sible. . 5 om is ae nae ee So Passenger, - = -9t55 p.m. borhood. I gave vue dollar for the|that the hungry brutes hesitated The scarcity of currency was made San eee Cee ee DR. J. M, CHRISTY, 1:55 p.m. Local Freight - ecial excursion rates for the following oc- jons at Pertle Springs, Mo., have been de, State ‘teachers’ Association June 20 to Association June 27 to School Assembly and Epworth League convention July 10th to Isth. Junior Order United Mecharics, Aug sth Circuit Clerke and Recorders of Missouri, Aug, Sth Cumberland Presbyterian Sunday : August 1th to ouri State Bee-keepers association h to 20th, 1293. Summer Tourist tickets to Pertle Springs, Mo., at rate of $2 85 for the round trip, and to head of horns and presented them to our natural history society. These magnificent antlers can be seen in the rooms of the society in the base- ment of the court house. ABOUT SEVENTEEN YEARS AGO I met one of these old settlers and he told me about a hunting trip he when they Fainter and more distant appeared the din until, just asthe gray stessks of day were makin z their appearance in the eastern sky, and the cavaler te moved on and by the tim? the sun was up the whole forest was still as H a death watch. took one winter, soon after Missouri| not yet overcome. heard his commind. The troudle wa; No effort could | tion is never to say a word in the senate uuless he moved to adjourn. The richest, now thac Stanford is dead, would seem to be John P. Jones of Nevada, who bestows gold dollars on the beggars at Washing- ton. The most celebrated outside of his own country is Johu Sberman. The most abused is Matthew Stan- more marked to day by the endeay- ors of ail business and manufacture ing institutions that make wage pay- ments ou Saturday to secure bills of small denominations and currency brokers did a thriving business. One finn had an advertisement in the pa- pers offering $7.50 per thousand for siver dollars. Brokers charged HOMOBUPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Office, tront room over P. O. All call answered at Oflice day or night. Specialattention given to temale dis- eases. T C. BOULWARE, Physician and « Surgeon. Office north side square, Butler, Mo. Diseasesof women and chil- en aspecialtv. was admitted as a state into the|releise him uutil near noon the sun | from 1} to 2} per cent for bills and ley, Quay of E snaylyanta-s Dba toee i Sweet Springs, MM » round trip, will be on sale unti Now is your time to visit the World’s Fair; rates $20.45, tickets good for return until Oct. ilat. Round trip tickets with same limit will be sold to St. Louis at rate of $12.55. Round trip tickets to Denver, Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Manitou and Trinidad, Colr® will be on sale until Oct. 3lst, d for retun. until Nov 5 ) and good 30 days from date of at rate of $21 60 except Trinidad, which will be $23.85. For further information call on or address W.C. BURRUS, Ticket Agent, Butler, Mo. Trustee's Sale. Whereas John Ringele and Elizabeth Ringele his wife by their deed of trust dated March 19,18g2, and recorded in the recorder’s office within and for Bates county, Missouri, in book No.102 page 40o conveyed to the undersigned trustee the tollowing described real estate lying and being situate in the county of Bates and state of Missouri. to-wit: Ail ot the south h of lots number seven and eight (7 and 8) in block num- ber one hundred and seventy-one (171)in the citv ot Rich Hill, Mo., which convey- ance was made in trust tosecure the pay- ment of four certain notes tully described ddeed of trust and whereas detault has been made in the payment of cne of the notes, which detault,according to the provisions of said deed of trust ren- ders the whole of said notes due and payable. Now theretore at the request of the legal holder ot satd note and pursua: to the conditions ot said deed oftrust,Lwill proceed to sell the above described prem aty UNEARTHLY DIN OF THE WOLVES | Union. He had been following a herd of elk all day and just before sunset he overtook them near what is known as Camp branch ford. It was exceedingly cold and threaten ing a storm. He had no blankets and the day’s tramp had tired him out and he concluded to spend the night on the bluff near the ford and at the spot where he had killed a large bull elk. After removing the entrails from the elk which is the first and proper thing to do, and eutting the throat and letting off all the blood, he concluded as the ear- cass of the brute was steaming hot to crawl inside and get warmed up before striking a fire and preparing for the night. the fatigue of the day, and the warm body encased him so comfortable, caused a deep sleep to Being overcome by} come cver him, which kept him uncouscious of his surroundings until arousec from his slumbers by the | and panthers that were evidently which grew warmer and warmer ver dollars. finally softened the frozen elk “Yo! | The sub treasury was busy all may rest assured” the old hunter re | motning paying out small bills. marked “that you didn’t catch me in| For pay roll use United States notes that fix again | iu denominations of $5, $10 and $20 were given. Gold was paid for checks on the United States Treasu- ry presented over the counter. The scarcity of currency has led to a peculiar condition of affairs in Shooting Affray in Ray County. Richmond, Mo., Aug. 9.—Details reached this city to day of a shoot ing scrape sixteen miles north of here that occuren yesterday about | Wall street 11 welock. The fight was between | two brothers, Jetf asd Charles Gen- try, on one side, aud Ed Hale and | A m ar incaw. tid Par aa hia\brother indaw, shd:Panl, onthe (Pini foe currency, sorthat the deus other. aiica qo cas i - tee 1% jally discredited money was it appears that Gentry had been | more than yellow metal. intimate with Hale's sister and Hale 2 ae had just learned of the fact. Armed Deafness Cannot be Cured with a Winchester he started in com | by local applications, as they cannot pauy with Paul to find Gentry. The Tjeach the diseased portion of the ear. rae ace There is only one way to cure deaf- parties met in the road and as Hale | ness, and that is by constitutional started to Charles Gentry | remedies. Deafness is causen by an .,, , inflanunable condition of the mucous grabbed the gun and the bullet Kill- | jining of the Eustachian Tube. When ed the horse. Jeff Gentry then shot | this tube gets inflamed you havea Sy een | rumbling sound or imperfect hearing Hale through the groin inflicting a/ and when it is entirely closed deaf- probably fatal wound. He fired a | ness is the result, and unless the in- | flammation can be taken out and this secoud time Yesterday a mouey brokerage coucern was at the same time offering 1 per cent premium for gold aud 14 aud 2} per cent pre- worth shoot and inflicted a scalp punctillious is Caivin S. Brice of Ohio, who changes his shirt three times every day. The most temper- ate is David B Hill of New York, who neither drinks, smokes, swears, gambles nor eats avy dainties The strongest is William B. Allison of Iowa, who could almost fell an ox with his fist —Globe-Democrat. Franz Bernhardt, Butler, - Missouri. Does his own Watch & Clock Repairing i } \ Sie SoU AA eNO i What a Prominent Insurance Man Says. 2 Il M Blossom, senior member of H M Blossom & Co., 217 N3d St., St. Louis, writes: I had beea left with a very dis- uessing cough, the result of influenza, which nothing seemed to relieve, until I took Ballard’s Horehound Syrup. One bottle completely cured me. I sert one bottle to mv sister, who had a severe cough, and she experienced immediate relief. I always recommend this syrup to my trien4s. John Cranston, aoS Hampshire street, Quincy, Iil., writes: I have found 3al- lard’s Horehound Syrup su ior to any| — ~~ a other cough medicine I have ever known It never disappoints. Sold by H L Tucker, druggist. Also Watches, Clocks, Jewelry and sil-| verware at | AGTUAL COST AND CARBLARE, | For the next twelve months. As & watch maker of 52 years experience can and will give you satisfaction. Fine Watch Repairing a Specialty. | | i a LS AT GO TO——- St. Joseph, Aug. -—Yesterday | afternoon at Maryville, Kan., August, Barney and Sophia Setro were mit He A. VAN HALL, drowned in the Big Blue river while \ ises at public vendue, to the highes' | preparing to appease their hunger tea Paul erat se ee pe einal ce naeiom| bathisg: They were aged 8, 13 and | bi for cash at the east tront dcor of e re t wound upon Paul. | he # e destroyer orever,; ae zo) a at aS i} —SUCCESSOR TO— i seaictietre in the city. ot Butler, | bY attacking the dead body of the c nine cases out of ten are caused by|11 years. The girl bad waded out) | cz county ot Bates and state of Missouri, on Monday. August 14th, 1893, between the hours of nine o'clock in the forenoon and five o’clocK in the after- noon of that day forthe purposes of sat- istying said debt, interest and costs. FRANK ALLEN, Trustee. Notice of Fival Settlement Sar eel ia es tee ay tors jtissues that clasped and held him; The principals in the conspiracy | archives of the pension bureau it has | rs Be Des os gh = = and al! others 1 2 estate : : : he aS Abigail France, deceased, that 1,/likea vice. His gun, shot pouch, | were the two Reeves brothers and aj just been learned that ex deputy | See Soe ere ee re J W Ennis administrator of said] Enife and hatchet were off some dis- | war estate, intend to make final settlement term of the Bates urt, in Bates county, to be held at Butler on t, 1893 thereof, at the nex county probate state ot Missor the 14th day ot Aus NNIS, 33 Administrator. Notice of Final Settlement. Notice is hereby given to all creditors and all Shere interested in the estate of Elizabetn elk. The old hunter said that he; didn’t apprehend any danger until | he attempted to free himself from his lodging place, when, to his sur- prise and horror, he found the walls surrounding him as firm as adamant jand with all his strength he could} |make uo impression on the frozen | tance at the root of a tree. What to do in order to release himself was ‘amystery. He had crawied in “feet | | foremost” and all parts of bis body was hidden from view except his |head. Those familiar with the habits of carniverous animals will readily see the danger that confronted the The Gentrys are under bond. \ catarrh, whi ais nothing but an in- | famed condition of the mucous sur-| faces. We will give One Hundred | Frankfort, Ky., Aug. 9 —Another | Dollars forany case of deafness (caus | : sonvieta °@ by catarrh) that cannot be cured daring attempt among the convicts . Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Send for} walls ilars free. F. J. Cheny, Toledo, 0. and escape was discovered by War- Sold by druggists, den Norman last night, but details | To Blow Up a Prison. to blow up the penitentiary Set Sse haiti ean i Pension tor Lost Teeth. were only made public this morning.( Washugton, Aug. 4.—From the| man by the uame of Millard, all des- | commissiouer Bell, who bas made! vA perate men who are serving terms of | numberous public statements se- thirty one years each for biowing up |verely condemning the a bank and attempting to burn the’ pension of Hamlin and others, was town of Tomkinville afew years ago. | himself in the same boat with the They had acted suspiciously for | pensioners now held up for public sone days and upon investigation scrutiny. To May 31 last Bell drew the warden found in their possession | ae of $12 a month for total two pistols, a buge quantity of dyna- | isability for manual labor for “loss |Barker of Taney county recently} disability ; WITHOUT THE too far and the boys were drowned | : 'F. BERNHARDT & CO. West Plains, Mo., Aug. 9.—Ed| while trying to save her. —FOR— PURE DRUCS —_ ee MEDICINES, TOILET ARTICLES, | TOBACCOS AND found a lot of buried treasure. gold} aud $1,500. The dates on the coins ravged from silver, amounting to BOW irixa) FINE CIGARS, 5 of teeth, indigestion and heart dis |... H Dixon, deceased, that I Charles Dixon execu- a a .| =< zi it asy to steal or ring watches from: i Dixon. vid catate, intend co make final settle- old hunter. mite, nitro glycerine and other com- | ease, alleged to be the result of his | "'5,S°" §9 Sale es Soe ARTISTS ee romaie coertia bates Seuntyentacs of THESE VOCIFEROUS BRUTES bustibles. They evidently intended ri, to be held at Butler, on the lth day aeeeecat: 18s. CHARLES DIXON, BH Executor began to scud their pray at about the place occupied by the head of DRS. KIMBERLIN & WOOD lour hero, so firmly encased by the }os iupominata, which had been dis-| | | military service. The decision of assistant secretary | Reynolds which placed able bodied | veterans beyond the pale of the pen | siovable was rendered on May 27. to make a death struggle for liberty after blowing up the prison walls. Ballard’s Snow Liniment. 2 i This liniment is different in composi- | tion from any other liniment on the | Four days later Mr. Bell addressed | hand, the chain in the ot sh quick jerk—the ri watch stem, and away go: ing the victim only the This idea stopped the watch, lea ain, |MATERIALS OF ALL KINDS . i jarticulated at the symphysis pubis) market. It is a scientific discovery, |a letter to the commissioner, in! a | Preseripti ——' ous z 3 | , fect : 2 : | escriptions Careful] SURGEONS. | to occupy the transvere and superior |are numerous white imitations, which | Garo rages —— mary peadact ister the | Alibera} Patronage of the eked 2 = g . may de recommended because they pay entitled to it uder the former deci | fits into the grooves, i eee pea EYE, EAR, NOSE, THROAT & straits, while his head rested on the the sellera greater profit. Beware of | son, but thought underthe Reynolds | 8'™1¥ Jocking , the i public is solicited. velvet eushion 0} e euteous | these and demand Ballard’s Snow Lini- | CATARRHE lvety bi f the gleut id d id Ss { A : Will be at Laclede mediue and maximus. Hotel the third Fri- day and Saturday ot ot each month. Glasses fitted, arti- ficial eves and ear drums supplied. While the flesh of the brute was! warm and elastic the position was one of comfort, but the cold biting wind of a December night had solid- ified his surroundings and pinioned = meut. It positively cures Rheumatism, | Eines he was no longer to draw | Neuralgia. Cuts, Sprains, Bruises, ; *2€ amount. i Wounds, Sciatic and Inflammatory Rhev- ; tracted Muscle, Stitt foints, old Sores, | = 3 =3: 5 Pain in Back, Barb all cuts. Sore Chest | ates ys a paige ee or throat and is especially Sbeneficial in | 1OF Dimsell was e, replied: “I i supposed that it would come out sooner or later. Yes, it is true. $3 aralysis. Sold by H. L. Tucker, Deputy Commissioner Rell being | Sold by all watch declers, without === matism, Burns, Scalds, Sore Feet, Con- asked if the statement about his! cst, on Jas. Boss Filled and other bow to the pendant, 4 so that it cannot be \ pulled or twisted of. & ‘V cases containing this trade mark— Ask your jeweler for pamphlet. Keystone Watch Case Co., PHILADELPHIA. oer