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Stock Indicator, its § ecial Farmers’ northeast quarter of southeast quarter of the ? See Te Pen cae anaties of the sortheset_anarter institute Editions an e Poultry | west halfot seutheset quarcer of northeast ef 4 ae McFARI.AND BROS, YWorth of 30 J NEW MUSIC Postpaid $1.00 For In order to Introduce it to the public, namely: Ons copy Lake Park Sehettieche price tq | that ureatent of all jewels, health, bal Last year the average price was 826] oroccines receives considerable hanes One copy Enraptured Waltz, price we |Tuined in the strenuous efforts to} per ton. ttom, Mr. Wotker attributes the One copy Vapor City Two-Step March,price 5 make or save the money to purchase | It is a,fact that railways in foreign | lar proportion of. accidents in One copy Weltmer March, price Ne y .f ‘ , ie adh apt | America to “almost general absence One copy Kaylor Bros’. Schuttiache, price “soo | them. Tf, a woman will risk her countries may buy” rails from the er tic “Gini, GEA Ke ate fa One copy of the latest song, entitled, ‘If | health to get a coveted gem, then let | United States Steel Trust at the price | ree annbek Wie ta naliier Only the Right Step is Taken,’” {0 her fortify herself against the insid-| we formerly paid; since the trast can | quid nor maintained in the nt For $1.00 we will send to any aitireas, fous consequences of coughs, colds' still sell them profitably at the old | manner usnally adopted by the Reit- postpaid, the above music. It Is all brand) ang bronchial affections by the reg: | ji-| ish railways.” in the new, between third and fourth grade, Your money back if not satisfactory, Address all orders to ]. H. KAYLOR & CO., Music Publishers, Nrvapa, MO, ORDER NOW. Vernon Co, 48-40 LOW RATES TO ST, LOUIS via the Missouri Pacific Railway, A count Fall Festivities, The annual Horse Show will take place in the Exposition Coliseum from November 3rd to 8th, inclusive, In addition to these attractions | d base ball games between teams of the American and National Leagues on their respective grounds, An excellent opportunity will be offered to see the World’s Fair site and the progress made on the build- ingsfor the great international ex po- sition of 1904. See local ayent for detailed infor- mation as to rates tickets, ete H.C. Townsenn, Gent Pase’r and Ticker Ss ’ LOW RATES T0 ST. LOUIS via the Missouri Pacific Railway, Ac- count Fall Festivities, Which include the Great St. Louis Fair, which gives $80,000, in premi- pageant; Strect Fair and Carnival; : g horse races daily by the best thor- oughbreds in the country and base /todl games between teams of the Aimerican od National Leagues. Allevents direg Oeteber and tl first week | owen ber, j Ask reus \oavent for detailed def ramation acd vei the: World's Ho, LowvsEenn, gt A A Most Liberal Offer. All our farner readers should tak advantage of 1 ie unprecedented club- bing offer we this year make, which includes With this paper The Live Farmer. These three publications are the best of their class and should be in every farm home. To them we add, for local, county and general news, our own paper, and make the rice of the four one year only $1 2°. ‘ever before was so much superi r reading matter offered for so small an amount of money. The three pa- pers named, which we club with our own, are well known throughout the West and commend themselves to the reader's favorable attention np- n mere tiention The Live Stock ¥ndieator is the great agrieulturai and live steck paper of the West and Southwest; The Poultry Farmer ie the mort practical noultry paper for the farmer. while The Special Farn - era’ Inatitute Editions are the most ‘al publications for the promo. tion of. zond farming ever publishad fake advantage of this zreat offer asitowill hold good for a short tire only. Samples of these papers may he examined by calling at thie offive, 5 am . HARRIET FREDERICK, OSTFOPATHIST, All classes: treated. Consultation andexamina ov free. Oftiee over Postoffice ery Mo. . CG. FLEENOr, eneral Auctioneer. Live Stock a Specialty. me before making date. ~ t AMSTERDAM, MO, there will be running races daily on | the mile track at the Fair Grounds | | ae | a Wagon flarnes $10 to $30; Single Harness $7 to $25; Second-hand Hurness $8 to $15; Saddles, all styles ani prices. Bugs, Tops, Cushions, Wagon Sheets and Bows. Our Vehicles are the latest in Jesign and painting. Come and sve us; get our prices and you will surely trade with Women and Jeweis, | Jewels, candy, flowers, man—that | , is the order of a woman's preferences. | Jewels form a magnet of mighty | power to the averagé woman, Even ular use of Dr, Boschee’s German | Syrup It will promptly arrest con- | | sumption in its early stages and heal the affected lungs and bronchial } tubes and. drive the dread disease from the system, It is not a eure-all butitis a certain cure for coughs, | anget Dr. G. G. Green's relieble | remedies at any drugstore, | Get Groen’s Special Almanac, | «-O°W | A Most Liberal Offer, The St. Louis Mirror is a twenty. | eight page paper, in magazine form, | edited by William Marion Reedy, as sisted by a staif of contributorscom prising the best writers and literary | authorities ou all eurrent. subjects, | social, religions, scientific. financial, | literary or artistic. | The Mirror is a weekly review of | men and affairs; a treasnry of short ' stories and good poetry; a paper in which the best books, best plave and best musie are ably reviewed, and all topies of contemporary interest are given careful attention — It is thenn- to-date paper for the merchant, the acher, the professional man,_the student, the politician, as well as for womanand the home. MeFARLAND BROS,, Butler, Mo, 0s Who Pays the Bills? The price of steel reils has increas- edab out ten de = per ton since the beneficent Dingley bill undertook the care and maintenance of the trusts, price. In slang parlance, the ta profit is “pure velvet” for the trusts olds and all bronchial troubles. You) blow at the rairoads is indirectly to, en | | So Says Expert, Who Has Been In- Another Plea By the President For vestigating American Railroads. Comparison of Figures Mr. Walk- -eksx to Show Human Life Re- celves Less Consideration Here | Than iu His Country, | The report of H. A, Walker, the expert sent by the London & No tern railroad to America in r to investigate — railroad conditions, here has been published. Mr. Walker sums up as follows: | It will be seen from the figures before you that the American com- panies have nothing to boast of in the safety either of their passen-/ gers or employes. On the cont human life seems to be considered of much ‘less importance there than here and I am of the opinion that in this respeet the British railway of- ficials have nothing whatever to learn from their American confer- ges.” Mr. Welker gives figures showing that twice many passengers are carried « » United Kingdom lines as on the rican, though the lat- ter hav times greater mile- age, whe American figures show ¢ mach larger proportion of accidents and fatalities to passengers and @n- ploves The large number of accidents at generality of : : tection at all at the level slugs. Tt may be maintained that, since} pe poetcy s tet railroad combinations are in the na-| t! ritation in Groat Neit- ture of trusts, the effeet of the Ding ain for the adoption of the antomatie ley Dill in this case ix only to protect | OMMENTS wee’ in Aimee a ed by i re old-fash- one trust.at the expense of anot! ' raw cinniiiion ol 3 and furthermore that to strike al smatter nereontage of aeeidents to hit all the trusts whieh patronize it)! ly enoug day But the tariff has no such effect upon | ‘ 2 ‘ : trusts generally }a ’ Be ener Railroad combinations are th i: letter f en Vehicles of trusts, are made in the inet} inovt W Te t! terest of trusts and ure dominated | ne A P ca an srstate by them. Diseriminations ia favor]... Pia ena dniiats : of trosts necessarily follow she a le in the num The railroads, having to meet in f accident ed there . } ene} nt creased expenses on aecount of the The that * ns are lost ’ ish s r tariff, are compelled to take the bulk Sa ' ' : ry oi bv tt ilure of the roads of their profits from the individual at Britain te adent up-to-date patro.., A railway journal resiark- topliances, and concludes with that should earnings decrease with |<") “it the system in’ the : ; which is at) fantt. out a proportionate decrease in the $ 4 Pe a ‘ overnment toetake price of railway muterials, many] y.rjon the toute 40 Go roads would be hard put to it tof whet the Ar ns have done, make ends meet. “In that ays, “ean Unquestionably somebody pays |" \ hope for t + A shee I : frail Years to reep the undoubted advan- t hub vast increase in the cost big shia is, ind peeuniery benefits which and it is sufe to say that the individ-| long ago should have been their por-| tien nuls pay their own share and that of the trusts as well, [tis not merely a case of dog eat dog as between If you will send us 10e, in silver or stamps, we will mail the Mirror tc your address for ten weeks. : Tie Mirror. St T.onis, Mo Ty viet >a tol y Of ay exact tion for | fo ete desued 410 4 the office of thy clerk et the | jer aitcourt of Batee county, Mi- oart, return- ulle at he Novemrr term, 192, of ait court to me direeted=in favor «f B Blac man and j agninst J A Mathes and D Cuthrein, I have levied and erized upon all the right, title, interest and c:a!m of defen’ants, J A Mather and D Cothrein, In and to the fullowing de serived rea) estate jyirg and being situated in Bates county, Misecuri, to-wit: The west halfot heseutheast quarter-of the quarter, all in sectiontwenty (2'), also north- wes' quarter of n rtheast qnarter of section twenty nine (29) all in towneb'tp forty-two (42) of range thirty-two, I wll, on Friday, November 28, 1902, between the hours of nine o’clock in the fore- noon ard five o’vlork inthe afternoon of that dav, at the w. st front door of the court house, in the city of Butler Rates county, M'ssourt, sell the same or #0 much th: reot as may he re Spb at public vendue to the highest bidder jor cash to satisfy seid exeention and costs. JOE ¢, SMITH, 14t Sheriff of Bates County Mo. Sheriff's Sele. By virtue and authority ofa general execn- ti niseued from the office of theaerk «f the circuit coart of Bates county Missourt.return- able atthe Sovemberterm 902, of sald court, 10 me directed ip favor ot Phebe Ann Couns way and agains! Wm 8 Connaway, I haye levied and seized upon all the right, title in terest und claim of defendant, Wm $ Conn: wey, dito the following drecribed real estat ted i Bates county, Misrourt teswit: Let three (3), block ti'rty- five (35) and lot (2) bloc’ thirt,-e1x (5 )intown of Amoret. I wilt on . Friday, November 28, 1902, between the honre of nine o’c:ock In the tore- noon and five o’elocs inthe afternoon of that day atthe west front-‘oor ot the court house, in the city of Butler, Bates county, Missouri sell he same or +O much thereof as may be re- quired at public vendus to the highest bidder for cash, to satiefy salt exeention and costs Jue T SMITH ery Sherif of Rates County. Me, Sheriff's Sale, By virture and authority of a gen-ral exeoa- fiom {etued trom the office of the olerk of the eicenit court of Batee county Missouri, return- wb # at the November term, 1904, of anid court, | aguinst Mary P Lusk, I have levied and seized ‘pon elibe right, site, interest and claim ot eleodant Mary P Lusk im and vo the fol iowlog desorbed real cette eitanted in Bates . Missouri to wit: +. moDtheset- quarter of the southeast quar. er aid the rourh swenty ys J sores vu! the quarier of the southemst qnarter of Pighteen (18) in township thirty nine (4) of range thirty, (8) Twill om | © Friday, November t4, i902, vetween the hours of pine »’clock in the fore- acon and five o'clock in the afternoon of that slay) at the east front door of the court ly in the etty of But Hates County, Misseart, weil the sume oF 60 thereot as maybe re uired at pubiie Juv tO the highest ler for cash, to sutiefy said ier and costs, SMITH, Bi-it Sheriff of County, Mo, trusts. It is the innocent publi which is really hurt.—St. Louis Re public. CASTORIA For Infants and Children, The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Ceci Utz Signature of sherill’s Sale, By virtue and authority of a Fanasitot «xeontion Issue fr m the «fice at the clerk of the circuit court of Bates Co, Mo., returnat'e me directe tn favor of R. Bryant awl Ss, A M Danielant against i. G, Shelov and BE, N. Shelby. I have levied and selzed upon all tne right, tide interest and c'aim of detends auts. B. G, Shelby ana «, Shelby. in and to the tollowing described real éstate sitnated In Rates county Mise onri, to- wit: The east halt of seciion sev n the weat half ot the northwert quarter and the seuth. west quarter of sertion eight. in township forty-one, range thir'y-two, elso the north- eas quarter of section seven, the northwest quarter and the west haf of the northeac quarter and the north half of che southwest quarter of section elxht, all tn township furts one, ra: ge twent; -nine, | will on Saturday, December 6 1902, between the hoursof nine o’clock In the fore- boon and five o’clock in the afternoon ef tha day at the wi at front door of the court house in the city of Batler, Bates county, Missouri sell the same or so much thereof as may be required at public vendue, to the highest bid- der for cash to satisfy said execution and conte. JOK T SMITH 2-4 Sheriff of Bates County, Mo. By virtae and authority of a general execu- tion issued from the ofttreot the clerk of the circnit court of Rates Counts, Miseouri, re- turnable at the Nov-mber term. 1% 2. of #aid court, to me directed in favour of EF. C Madd and against Joseph 8, 1 have i and seized opon all whe right, ti- tle. interest and clsim of said detendang Joseph §. Reeder, in and to the foliowing described tea! estate situated in Bates County Missonri. to-wit: lor between the hours of nine o'clock in the fore noon an five o’clock in the afternoon of that ay? at the weet !ront dour of the court house, in he cit of Butler, Bates county, Missouri, sell the sate, or e0 twuch thereof required 4t pablic vendue, to the hij der fur cash, to eatisfy jd execution an! ‘on oo EET SMITA, SOR. T, 24 Sheriff of Bates County, Mo. Admini-trator’s Notice. =” Notice ts hereby civen, that letters of aimty istration npon the estate » Wilitam W, Wails, deceased were gronte*? to ine undersigned on the usth ~ of October 1902, by the provste court Rates oonunty Misaoar! All pereons having olaims agninet sald a: bade. ate required to exhibit them for aliow snce to the aodmintatrator within one vax: after the date of said let! or they mar by predate: from any It Of Baldi eatate: ane if ench oli be not exhibited within tw date ofthis publication, the ISAAC WALLS, + BENJAMIN WALLS, Women of Flushing, VV. Or- anize ta Look After N iso Unmarried Men, en of Plust Teock where 1 We eless, The young women have threat pron Wednesday 1 their with re seeks and or ut g Workers, Now the young men of Flushing ripping off buttons and tearing holes in their s« G00) FROFIT SHOWN. eks. Sale of Stamp Books by Government Proves a Very Profitable Business, The post office department will prob: ably niake a profit of between $40,000 and 000 this year from the sales of been in use for a comparatively short period and have proven co profitable and convenient an article of sale that gonsiderable anxi department officials by the recent con- troversy with the bureau of engraving and printing regarcing the poor qual- ity of parafline paper used in the boo! which leaves and Nurmerens complaints were received at | Catarrhe the department and the sales of the books fel! off considerably. Now. how- ever. the burcan is furnishing a much higher gre of paper and the sales have largely inereased. Id Get Riches for Title, ber of a New York theatrical eampany, i to marry an actress. Hasn't is go the fool rord-Hey t there are enty of rich girls in this ecoun- | monthsanda half, and with the press | s . ! eae jally and with apparent humor, N jof other necessary legislation delay | no pros! “| steers they are of the finest ever pro- | BKITISH ARE SAFER.| — witt appear For cua Reciprocity. Washington, Nov. 15 —President} Roosevelt will discuss the question of |‘ Cuban reciprocity in his forthcoming message to Congress. Mr. velt’s friends say he realizes that the enemies of reciprocity are prepared to make a desperate struggle to pre- vent the adoption of his reeommenda- | tions in behalf of the people of Cuba, | and that it is their hope that by de- lay and obstruction they may pre- vent action until the few weeks ofthe! session shall have passed. Roose- | It is be-| | ieved that the President has decided [924 small but rarely meet on ter to make a direct historical statement of the fact that pledges were made to Cuba and then appeal to the honor and patriotism of the Senate to keep faith with the island and ratify a treaty conceding ail that Cuba has | been promised, | There is every evidence that there) is to be a contest over the question , (thiswinter, Undaunted by thepopu- larity throughout the country of; Cuban reciprocity, as evidenced since Congress adjourned, the opposition | forces are planning a new campaign | of obstrnetion, It does not seem ‘that they can sneceed, but such a prospect does not discourage them | froman organized effort, Theactual| jeession will last only about two} of the} may prevent retification treaty, Henry T. Oxnard, head of the best sngar organization, who waged the} campaign against Cuban reciprocity | alllast winter, was here recently, and | joutlined to his friends something of | j his poliey. The programme as now | contemplated is a combination ofthe | cane and beet sugar growing inter | esta, with votes in several of the! Northern, states, These have de-| monstrated a willingness to work to-| gether, Their proposed poliey looks] Toa formal acquiescence in the Cuban reciprocity treaty, but with it will be A) han linked a props ition that ift Hreciprocity should he authorized he- conse itis an administration meas ure, the seven or eight other recipro- city treaties now pending before the Senate are, by reason of priority of negotiations, entitled to considern- ‘tion by the Senate first. What can come out of such an at- ternypt isa matter of conjecture, de- pehding upon the strength of the op- position forces and the tenacity with | which they hold their ground. Ifthe} plancan be inaugurated with some | foree, it would enable the opponents of Cuban reciprevity to use one of the} other reciprocity treaties asa clab} with whieh to kill that particular! treaty, as each one of the reciprocity | treaties has strong opposition from | states whose industries would be af- fected by the lower rates of duty pro- | posed. | There is probably no disease more distressing and annoying than piles. | Tabler’s Buckeye Pile Ointment is | daily curing cases of years’ standing | Cf itching and bleeding 4 The Lcure begins on the first application, a little perseverance makes the cure | complete. Price, 50 cents in bottles protection to trusts. the election jshocks the ear. Voters are be feared for a couple of jto Washington are tom leach other to declare amity wit apr famity with the trusts. “The gre jt {tion require sneha Made Doubly Sure. For a time preceding election lence was enforced upon the more rabid “friends” of protection while the Cabinet spellbinders were busy jallaying the uneasiness of Kepubli- » much can voters on the score of t« But pow that wit! has done awa necessity for silence the voices ‘friends” resonnd with a force thet not to ‘ ? i Republican Congressmen returning tection, which in this inst means of amity complete,” but this is atime when they do, and the meeting | marked by warm embraces These Congressmen, eubolder now that the party is temporarily out of danger, would seem to be mocking the voter, °W1 fe claims Mr. Warner, of 1 never heard tariff revision mentioned during the campaign’ —« statement that calls to mind Mark Lnauna’s saying that he had ever heard of a “Pil be drawn aud quarter ed,” says Mr. Butler, of Pennsy! i vefore PIL cast a vote forr Vision,”’ Senator | ofa determined fight against revi sion, vi eridges speals Equally positive is nasider rey Serato Seott. Those who will « sion at all speak of it only con but the “friends” shail undertake re vision in any event, they sin) There never has be could be any doubt as to lican party’s downright intention t “stand pat.” True, the expressions of Presi amipaig and other digui i d pa did in some measure can voters that subst form was the fixed and i tate tention, but those ex ions }drowned in the preset wk rank opposition te ais “ ton whatever Ip'tesize f shi for | Doos the abstract princi fprot ance? Certainty it jeun voter who requires th jhe relies on the tarifl }was promised; he is simply dazed b Obviously iwowials of friendship for “protection” re made for one purpose—to restore confidence—and it appears that the only things whose confiden ve needs restoring are the trusts been perhaps a trifle ofso heh campaign They ha sion. The trusts are sured, and for no one el re ance in ed. » Coal the Oil J Whieh the Presi t advertently disturb! vis Cine Witispeech, need pacifving, so do all the trusts, particularly the two hun- dred that receive open and direct p tection. The phrase ds of is rapidly us lmning known on trusts.” That has long beenits Tubes, 75 cents. —H. L Tucker, Hon, James Wilsun, secretary of agriculture was at the Kansas Cily live stock show one day last week. “Lhaven’t been here very long.” Mr, | Wilson sad, “but I have been here} long enough to go through the pa- villion and see some of the finest cat- tle ever ina show ring.” “Those duced. How were they bred? How ised the stamps to stick to the | dreaded disease that science has beer rendered them useless, | able to cure in all its stages, and that ir ni who is a mem-] strength by building up t hy follow found out, asks the | t curative powers, that they otter One were they fed? The farmer wants to know, The farmer ought to know. If I were ranning a show of this kind I would not give mortal man a pre- mium until he filed with the secretary for the benefit of the publie a detail- vd account of the breeding and feed- ing of every auimal exhibited. Then the newspapers onght to pub- stamp books. The books have only jJish it and let the public know how these things areaccomplished. These shows are for the education of the ¥ was caused tothe people. $100 Reward $100. Vhe readers of this paper will be pleas ed to learn that there is at least on tiall’s Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known to the meuicai traternity. Catarrh being a cunstitu:ion- al disease, requires, a Constitut) nai ieatment. Hall’s Ca varrh Cure is ker internally, acting directly upo.. the olvuoa and mucous surtaces of the! sye tein, thereby destroying the toundation. ot the disease, and giving the patient fe Constitutios ood assisting mature in doing its work Whe proprietors haye so much taith in Hundred Dollats tor any case that it iails tu cure. Send for list of testimon- ials Address F. J. Cumenry & Co, Cuiedo,O. g@PSold by druggis re eal meaning. Tt is muct i the avowals of these Repabliern Congressiien at the present time President Roosevelt may appoint forty committees to “study 4 tariff—indeed it is a most interestion thing to studv—and ro or mend” changes, but the indientior are that there will be nothing d ols in tariff legislation until after ¢ next Presidential election.—st. Louis Republic. For all fresh ents or wounds, eit! on the human suat-ject or on animals Ballard’s Snow Liniment is exeel- lent: while for corn huskers’ sprained wrists. barbed-wire cuts and sores on working horses, it cannot be teo highly commended. Prive, 25 and 50 cents, —H. L. Tucker. May Make it Warm tor China. Victoria, British Columbia, Nov 12.—The stenmer Empress of China brings reports that because the Chi- nese government has refused to mete severe punishment to military oft- cers concerned in the murder of for- ign missionaries in Hunan province the British minister has declined an invitation of the empress dow and four British war ships, the Phoe- nix, Rosario, Britomart aud another have been ordered to proceed imme dintely to Hankow. Admiral Bridye commands the fleet. oP Never try to coax 9 coll or cough, use the remedy that ants linely eon- quers | bot Boliata’s “Horehoudd Syrop is the preat specific for ail throat and lug troul.es Price, 25 aud 50 vents. —IH. L. Tucker,