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EE Beware fhe King Gander “ Never hear tell of a king pander I\s'pose? No, most fol bain, The sharps that write the bird books sey thereain’s no euch fhing. By I kpow better. I’ve seen one, “There aln’s never but one gander ata time.same’s a co | never bas bat one king at @ time, but a king gander’s a real that’s whatheis It ain’tjeat becaug, he’s the hggeat gander of @ny orth | knowin'st. It’s something mo | He's hind of a eacred gander, be jg! and there aln.t a wild goose thiat flieg | bas knows it. He'acaptain of'éin all, jena it’s ouly the pick of the freene jthat flee with him. He takes ‘em further North than any other gander : dares ro, he stays later than most at “em, an’ when be does start out for the South he @oes thousands of miley ataclip. “Nerthatato’t all neither, What do you s’pose became of that ble wander BI ahot? Ever hear of @ dead gander bein’ carried off by his flock, reatio’ on thelr backs and. them a-honken’ out a reg’lar burvin’ dire? Well P've said enough. Fact | le Peeesid'all I dare say, | “But T tell you this. It aver youhave ; A chanee to shoota king wander, don’t von doit, "Taint good luck, | Ityou den't believe ft, look at my j brother Bil, He killed one; least, ) Wars he shothim And then what happened? Only the Lord and Bill ; Hucktns knows, An’ Bill ll never tell, ) Why not? ‘cause he’s been as erary TAS A CONE ever since: yes ,sir,crazy as a coot!” HAMda Has stood the test for over 60 years. MEXICAN | 2 2 sc ustange Liniment FOR MAN OR BEAST. Cures sprains, bruises, burns, cuts, sores, lameness, piles, rheumatism, stiff joints lame back, etc. \ Revolt Is Spreading. | St. Peterarurg, Dec. 29.—The cor | tinued famine in Bees arabia is canal the rebellion to apread and offic are alarmed at the dimensions t revolt fe resuming. An ant!-Semith agitation has been etarted in Kate ead and the Jews are pantcstric . ’ Pe Seven Miles of Corn. New Orleans, La, Dec, 26.—Seven miles ef corn, 812 cars of grain— enough to feed Louisiana for a year —was received {n this port for export during the last week, breaking all records for a week’s receipts in New Orleans, Thes solid traina of corn came from Missouri river points, being drawn from Missouri, Kansas, Ne braska and Lilinoia, the ceutral ship- ping points being St. Louis, Kansas 683,521 bushels being stowed away during the last week, elevensteamers receiving cargoes for ports from Bel- fast to Aarhuus Four elevators will be in full operation within a fortnight. Recent indications are that the year’scorn receipts will reach40,000, 000,and the Frisco will come in Jar. 1, greatly augmenting the Southern movement of grain, By January 10 four great atore- houses for Western grain will be in operation Has Stood The Test 25 Years, The old, original GROVE’S 'Taste- less chill tonic. You know what you are taking Jt is ironand quinine in 4& tasteless form. Nocute, nopay. 50¢ The Benefit of Fairy Tales. Howard Pyle in Book News. It is very reas: nable to argue that no human fancy could lest as fairy Captured an Eagle. Andy Beard and several othere were out in the Philbrick neighbor- hood this morning bunting. They wentina wagon. In the course of thelr tour they discovered a grey eagle perched on a tree a short die. tance away. The bird was a bold one and permitted the men to drive near enough to his majesty for Mr, Beard to get a telling shot at him | with a 12 guage Winchester shotgun cloaded with No. 6 shot. The left metal by putting up a good fight j} When approached by the hunters. | The big bird measures more than seven feet from tip to tip of his out- spread wings, and hia beak and {talons are correspondingly large. He has a fierce, steady look in his eyes and would not make a safe | playfellow even in his captive state His broken wing has been put in splints and he is now enjoying his freedom at the end of a rope on the | Upper floor of the Griffith grocery store, where many visitors are pay- “| ing him homage.—Review. To Cure a Cold in One Day. Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUI- NINE Tablets. .All druggists refund the money if {t fails to cnre. E. W. Grove’s signatureis oneach box. 25c. President to Dine Cowboys. Denver, Colo., Dec. 26.—The cow- boys of Hugo, Colo.. served to Presi- dent Roosevelt & cowboy breakfast | Has Killed Nearly 1,600 Deer. | Dr. Todd Was on The Stand, Wilburton, I T Dec.24—Thelarg | Nevada, Mo., Dec. 24—Dr. J. T. est deer ever seen in this porton of Todd wasa witness in hia own de- Indian territory was killed this sea- | fence this afternoon in his trial for son by ©. N. Pleming of this place. ' the murder of Mr. Wall in Richards, The deer was a sixteen point buck {In giving his testimony Dr. Todd Mr. Pleming is GO years old, and. said: has been a hunter all his life | “Isaw Wallas he started to ride Despite his age, Mr. Pleming kills! past my odice on the morning of the running deer with a ritle, He believes shooting. My attention was attract. that he has killed more deer than! ed when, upou seelug me, he straight- any other man in the Southwest, | ened up and looked steadily in my lacking only four of an even 1.600, direction. He gave me a vicious, o ASTORI | ing him aud would pass on. Boars the The Kind You ian Mess Bugtt | “When be goteven with me Wall | Signature | turned in my direction and the look of Zar fA Lede | on his face territied me, He rode on TR kei ns rye , | about fifteen fee!—still eyeing me all A Missourian Killed by a Train. gisac—cna then checked hiv home. I St. Louis, Dec, 25.—The body of J. | Ose and as I did so he started to D Williams, son of Captain Samuel | seb a hand iz hiship pocket. Then Williams, @ well known newspaper |! drew my revolver and fired, after man, was found beside the Missouri | tbat I hesitated, thinking Wall would Pacific track at Tuxedo station, a | “esist, bat his energies only increas- suburb, to-day. It is supposed he was | ed, He tinal his horse toward me, killed by the fast mail, which was due | 894. it seemed to me, tried still hard- to pass the station at the time reg- | &F to get his revolver. Then T fired istered on his watch, which had stop- | three times in rapid succession. | Bears ys Aged Judge Breaks Down In Sen- | Fae ‘ ‘ | «@ f tencing Relative for Murder. | Meridian, Mise. Dec. 24—with | Letter to Mir. James Harrison. choking voice Jndge Coskonn, / Butler, Mo. white haired and pallid, today sen- Dear Sir: If it took 10 gallons to tenced his newphew, Daniel Moore, paint your house last time with to prison for a term of twenty-five somebodye else's paint, and takes yeard. Moore was convicted of man- (SISSASASABALALAAALABLIDA ‘ Md GAIAAAAD A Db ALS SS CL LGLLA OU WiLL fino Missouri Timothy and Flax Seed, Texas Rod Seed Oats, City, Omaha and Chicago * | wing of the atr-king was broken by | Before coming to Indian territory | terrifying loch. Isat still, but drew Webraska\Corn, i § The grain is being loaded on ships the leaden missels and be fell to the| he killed G00 in Tennessee. In two| my hatover my eyes, hoping that ] 88 fast as possible, by actunl count | ground in a heap, but showed his| weeks last winter he killed forty-two. | he would not see that I was observ- 4&rkansas Coal, Kansas Soft and Hard Uheat Fleur, Bran and Shorts. By Going to the Peoples Elevator Co, Feed your stock oil meal to make them sleek and fat. ~ GAO bd bil Medd CEPOL PLO —BvUwyT. eo ae be + 2 * © ee 2 2 ~~ ~ 4 ~ # ~ ~*~ - + ~ ) ae [Direct from the Factory Cut Out The Middie Man. 8 with Devoe,we save you $8 or $10; tales have lasted through no one | in May, 1903, when the chief execu- slaughter, having killed a friend in|top painting costa t . . knows how many hundreds and/ tive was on his western tour, In 4 quarrel over a girl. propo. enero —_— Nine tenths of the people are looking for this, thousands of years unless it was very | return the President has send an in- good. For that which is not good and not sound must surley die, and only that which is good and sound vitation to take breakfast with him at the White House to some of those Mr. Ezra Rathmell, Williamsport, Pa., alwaye weed 11 gallons of mix- ed paint for hie house; Devoe took 6. A kindly and humane act is thus told by the Rich Hill Review: Now we have the largest who participated. Judge C. H.|. “The Mo. Pac. switch-engine crew| pa, that jen! . ‘ Ae b, 7 shall last through the grinding of Miles, of Hugo, and John Ker.pel, the | picked up a small boy named Brown Bing ne Goer alk — ines arness an 6 . i the ages. cowboy cook who looked after the | near No. 8 mining camp, just south The paint that goes furtheat in ir. 3 So I belleve that parentsshould fill | predaration of the breakfast which of thie city this morning, who wae covering, wear best, too. } 2 their children’s imaginations full of | ¢he President a0 much relished, will | almost frozen to death, and teok All paint, tree paint, and fall In Southwest Mo. ee tairy tales if they would make those go to Washington, starting on Jan.|him to hishome. The child wander. measure, are on one side; part paint, : 23 ‘ -Imaginations strong and healthy. | 20, and enjoy Mr Roosevelt’s hos. |ed a half a mile from home, and was | a4 short measure are on ihe cline. and can duplicate any goods. ‘ As for that man or woman who has | pitality as representatives of thecow- only thinly clothed. Had not the! wre can you a? in] gta S 2 ki not these bright and joyous things | boys of Colorado. trainmen picked him up when they You. traly in eather line—offered by cat- + He. of fancy flying like golden bees —————_— did he would have no doubt been F. W. DEVOE'& CO. ‘alo; 4 + through the dim recesses of his mem-| Boys Confess Burglary frozen to death.” New York and Chicago. gue houses. So come and ory, Ican only say that! think his ries =a ‘ P.S.—Gough & Hess sell our paint. see us and let us show or her parents must have been neg- of Bank Cashier’s House.| Here'sa rare chance! We want a Keep your money at- home. lecttul of the earlier training of their Ivcal, and district agent for eae of the} Weet Plaine, Mo , Dee.25-In a pis- i Bred Ss child, and thatI am sorry forthat| Flora.Ill.,December 25 —Frank Gill | oldest and best life insurance Compa-| tol duel at Romance, Ozark County, We keep every thing that h ti * you! reas ee teed 50c in : it will be forward: d post - Dald by Paris Medicine CoB poor soul who has lostso much pleas- ure out of its life. ' A Guaranteed Cure Ror Piles Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protrud-- ing Piles. Druggista refund money it PAZO OINTMENT tails to cure any case, no matter of how long standing, in 6 to 14 days. - Firet ap- ion gives ease and rest. 50c. If d a gt i Paris aged 17,known as“Yellow”Gill,and ErnestMason,aged 19,both residents of thie city, were arraigued this morn- ing onthecharge of burglarizing the residence of Lew M. Little, cashier of the First National Bank. They con- fessed to having entered Mr. Little’s home and taking a number of articlea, which were parned. They were at once detected and arrested. A bond of $500 was required for their appear- Louis, | 880, and betng unable to furnish the nies in existance,Write to-day aad give Tefereaces. C. C. Courtney, State Agent, Maswachusetts Building, Kansas City, Mo. : trade them for new ones, We hi Store i home. th one in the douth cei our harness are Harness