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Hy | PEL LRT for 25 cents. good! The pri ‘bake delicious and healthf Every can guaranteed by the that’s the secret of baking success. There is nothing halfway about BAKING POWDER Pure and wholesome, it produces a per- fect and uniform leaven every time | Why pay more and not get half as ce of K C is 25 ounces You save money makers. Your money returned if you are not delighted. JAQUES MFG. CO., Chicago. “Unwritten Law” Failed Her. Chicago, Dec. 16 —Mrs. Angelina Ansolone, the girl wife who shot and ’ killed Phillip Ferreo last August be- cause, she said, he hadslandered her, was sentenced to serve twenty years in the state penitentiary. The plea of “unwritten law” made by her law- yer failed to save her. for twenty years. fallen to the floor. Yes, He Made Half Dollars. that only experts could distinguls was sentenced today to six years | Sing Sing prison and stop shivering. nace doesn’t reach— you'll need a Just the thing for blizzard glowing heat makes The courtroom was crowded long before the jury handed the verdict to | the clerk. Clasping her baby in her arms the woman satin the witness chair awalting the verdict. She does not understand English. When the verdict was read the young woman, believing she had been freed, started to walk out of the court room. A baliff selzed the woman. She turned was to melt Mexican dollars and re- mold the bullion into counterfeits of United States 50-cent pieces. The counterfelter calmly admitted hav- ling made the coins and set up the defense thut his money was as good as the government’s and that conse- | quently no one had been defrauded. | He was making money, he satd, with certain that he had solved the prob- | lem of aerial navigation. Henze came East trom San Fran- tage on the outskirts of Suffern, N. doing. A Real Wonderland. which to build an airship, as he was cisco and began business in @ cot- Y. The curlosity which led several boys to peep through a window of she cottage recently proved his un- | Envelope Sole Means of Identifying Corpse. An empty envelope mailed at Clin- ton on July 16, 1907, addressed to J. R. Lowe, Neosho, Mo., and receiv- ed at that place next day is the sole means of identifying a dead body found in Charles Weatherly’s barn week, ul food. near Bentonville, Ark., one day last The envelope was one of the de- acriptive envelopes of Siloam Springs Ark., and had printed on {t the re- turn card of F. W. Bartell. Tho lat- ter is manager of the Clinton Chau- tauqua, but was not here until two weeks later than the date of mailing | the letter. However a relative of his The Negro and the Street Car.| | Ss. Louis, Dec —Prof. Arthur >. Langston, principal of the Dumas { publie school of St. Louis, in addres | sing the Missouri Negro Republican league delegates here afew days ago, | was erroneously reported as having) said that “no negro should occupy | a seat while o white woman stands, | and dirty negroes should not be al-| lowed on the street cars at all” In his address Prof. Langston said: “Colored people and whites assocl- | ate more intimately {n street cars than in other places; therefore it be- that we conduct ourselves properly in every way on street cars. Let the negro make the white man ashamed by never occupying a seat while a lady {8 standing. In this way the white man will be taught a lesscn and the ladies of the land will rally to the full appreciation of the color- ed man.” SN ett FARM LOANS. estate at a low rate of interest ABSTRACTS. tract books and will furnish and W. F. DUVALL, President. For Tough Meats. In the matter of cooking meats, it is well known, though the knowledge is not put into practice as often as {¢ should be, that the more slowly it {s botled, the more tender and tasty it becomes, A tough piece of meat, if allowed to boil briskly for half an hour to set thesurface albumen, then drawn back where {t will barely eim- ‘ Serpe i prod mer for several hours, or until per- ¥ haa sad fectly tender, then left to cool in the water in which {t was boiled, will come out very tender, jucy and ap- petizing; while the same plece of meat, it kept rapidly boiling until it falle from the bone, then dished up, will still be tough, dry aud tasteless. Simmering does not mean boiling, : E. A. BENNETT, 2 Homer DuvaLL, * F, N. DRENNAN, We give your business prom: comes & matter of great importance, | DUVALL-PERCIVAL TRUST CO. CASH CAPITAL, $50,000. Farmers Bank Bullding, Butler, Missouri. Bates County and examine and perfect titles to same. INVESTMENTS. money for you, securing you reasonable interest on good secur- ity. We pay Interest on time deposits. | {svn DUVALL, Treasurer. ) PLL Farmers Bank, of Bates County. \¥ —I{0i— ; Butler: Missouri. | DIRECTORS, Crark Wx, Frank Houiann, J, W. CHoate, O. 4. HEINLEIN, ms commodation possible with safe banking. WE WANT_YOUR BUSINESS. AUCTIONEER! I am prepared to ery sales in this and adjoining counties on reas. onable terms. Satisfaction guar. anteed. Have been a trader and shipper of live stock 10 years, Am well posted im pedigrees and values. Four years experience as auctioneer. LYMAN HENSLEY, 2-tf AMSTERDAM R. F. D. g Telephone Line No. 2. C. E. Robbins, The Successful Auctioneer. and _ International We have money to loan on real with privilege to pay atany time, We have a complete set of abs- abstracts to any Real Estate in We will loan your {dle J, B. DUVALL, Vice-Pres W. D, YATES, Title Examine) ne WW 0 tu AU S LeRinaiin J 50,000 00 22,000.00 50,000.00 «. 475,000,00 J.J. McKer, W. F. Dovatt, pt attention and extend every ac- New and up-to-date methods, Grad. uate of the two best Auction Schools in the world, Member of both State Associations, Eightp-six successful esles in the ast season. Terms reasonable. Pure bred stock and farm sales a specialty, Call on or address me at Amoret, Ilo, i f in wonder. Then, quietly, an inter- | preter told her that she was convict: | ed and that she must go to prison} With a shriek | Mrs. Ansolone threw up her hands. | (ity, in the homeof Mrs. E. D.Clapp, But for a balliff her baby would have New York, Dec. 16 —Herman Henze | Clapp, “when I began giving Dr. who made silver half dollars so well; King’s New Discovery, the great his product from that of the mint. Henz’s method | 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free. Just scratch a match—light the Perfection Oil Heater— Wher- ever you have a room that's hard to heat—that the fur- PERFECTION Oil Heater“) (Equipped with Smokeless Device) any room but the water must be kept at boll- ing heat, and a very little ebullition will attest to the fact that it {s. Too much water must not be added at first, and much of {t may be allowed to evaporate, andin this way, the remainder makes excellent gravy. The potshould be kept closed, to confine the steam, and in this way the cooking will be much more even, Try this method with your next tough piece of meat, or old fowl. was here on about that date and it was possibla the letter was written by himand matledin one of Mr. Bartell’s envelopes. There were no marks of violence on the body. —Clinton Democrat South Dakota, with its rich silver mines, bonanza farms, wide ranges and strange natural formations, is a veritable wonderland. At Mound _a wonderful case of healing has lately ' occurred. Herson seemed near death | with lung and throat trouble. ‘Ex- | hausting coughing spells occurred ‘every five minutes,” writes Mrs. Here’s Good Advice. O. 8. Woolever, one of the best known merchants of LeRayeville, N. Y.,says: “if you are ever troubled with piles, apply Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. It cured me of them for good 20 years ago.” Cures every sore, wound, burn or abrasion. 25c at F. T. Clay’s drug store. Hide Your Troubles. It you have trouble, your feelings are injured, your home is not pleas- ant, your friends do not treat you fairly, and things generally move unpleasantly, keep 1 to yourself. A smothering fire can be found and ex- tinguished, but when coals are scat- tered you cannot pick them up. Bury your sorrows, The place for sad, disgusting things 1s under the ground. A cut finger is not benefit- ed by pulling off the plaster and ex- posing the sore to somebody’s eye. Charity covereth a multitude of sine- Things thus covered are cured with- out ascar, but once published and confided to meddling friends there is no end to the trouble they may cause. Keep it to yourself. Troubles are tranelent, and when a sorrow is healed and passed what a comfort 1s {s to say,“‘No one ever knew it ’sill it was over.”—Ex. So Tv ASTORIA. Sensis UTE Signature of A Scott county man the other day ate his meal entirely with his knife. When he was nearly through he dis-| ever, the financial loss is but about covered he had no fork. “Say,” he| $20,000,000 to the Iowa farmers on sald to a traveling man sitting op-| this cereal. , posite, “that thar water neverbrung) The oats crop was disappointing meno fork.” “Well you don’t need | also and the crops generally are not one,” said the traveling maneerious-|eo flattering jas last year, though ly. “The dickens I don’t” sald the} Director Sage maintains they are Scott county man. What om I|well in keeping with the average of the State yield. - | medicine, that saved his life and |completely cured him.” Guaranteed ’\tor coughs and colds, throat and | A Dangerous Deadlock. D | jung troubles by F. T. Clay. druggist That sometimes terminates fatally is the stoppage of liver and bowel functions, To quickly end this con- dition without disagreeable sensa- tions, Dr. King’s New Life Pills should always be your remedy. Guaranteed, absolutely satisfactory in every case or money back at F. T. Clay’s drug store. 25c. Would Tickle a Bear. The Clinton Democrat believes the Mississippi bears have astrong sense of humor, also that General Emmett Newton was masquerading as a pri- vate citizen and had nothing on ex- cept his incognito when he fired the shot that put him in the Roosevelt class. The Democrat says: ‘‘Gen- eral Emmett Newton of Springfield, who has been hunting down in Mis- siselpp!, wires back that he has kill- eda bear. Ifthe bear had seen the general infull military regalia like some of us, it wouldn’t have been necessary to use arifle. He would have been tickled to death. lowa Corn Crop Decreases. Des Moines, Dec. 16.—Iowa’s corn crop fell nearly 150,000,000 bushels, according to the report of Director J. R. Sage, of the Iowa Climate and Crop Service Bureau, made public. Becauee of an increase in value, how- there - time or between seasons. Its genial cheerful and cozy. No smoke— i ts. Brass Ls eel os 3E: A. BENNETT, Pres. J. J. McKEE, Vice-Pres. mW. F. DUVALL, Cashier, HOMER DUVALL, Asst. Ci f, PIPL AAG AG OPA MISSOURI STATE BANK, BUTLER, MO. Established in 1830. STATEMENT OF CONDITION ON DECEMBER 19, 1907. Bills receivable, for money loaned. Bank building, furniture and fixtur in Cash on band and in other banks to our credit Stocks and bonds, s Total Capital...... ......... Surplus and profits Due Depositors TOCA cscs -.s0-seresessceeee Qresnised Be me jaw, oe4 ote examined by State Bank Examiners, issues drafts, a \° ce Weaning a oe ind does a generél banking business years successful experience we offer our patrons ABSOLUTE SAFETY for their deposits, and every accommodation that is consistent with sound banking rules, DEPOSITORY FOR BATES COUNTY FUNDS. DIRECTOKS J, B, Jenkins B. P. Powe Wm" k. Walton, 6. 8: Radford C,H. Dutcher, Wm,B Tyler, WE WANT YOUR BUSINESS, Walton, President, J,R. Jenkins, Cashier, Boul Vv 5 Cashier, AYO. Welton and Corbley Garard, Clerks and Bopitespers. , | RPL Pry RL LL PPA PPP POR RNG RO PAP PPL = Dr. T. C, Boulware, A. B, Owen, i areipale, John Decrwestany Dr. N. L, j N. B, MeFarlan: i Dr. J. M. Christ Frank M. Voris. Wm. KE. Dr. T.C, The Walton Trust Co. BYJTLER, MISSOURI. STATEMENT OF CONDITION ON DECEMBER 8rd, 1907.