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% : - AND GET - A PERFECT PAIR OF SPEX CTACLE F ONLY $1.50 **Perfect are the sed by every the reason Z very special you an, for a short Gold F. le nan one-third their 7 DNs OFF 3 d nir without is that they_can be nly— therefore necessary to fit you pass and mention y $1.50 a pair of the sersonally guar- d better than each, but Dr. Haux has as a souvenir (as long as So if you come in ir of spectacles before the cases are aii gone you will get a handsome i0-karat Gold Filled pair of Dr. Haux ‘‘Perfect Vision” Spectacles worth $5 and a fine Moroccin silver-tipped, plush-lined pocketbook spectacle case worth $1—-which together amounts to six dollars worth of value—for only $1.50. For sale only ate Clay’s Drug Store, ®UZLER. NOTE.--If it isn’t convenient for you to call at the above store just send $1.50 direct to he rs--The Dr< Haux Spectacle Co., 2921 Locust St., St. Louis, M mention~your age, and they will send you a handsome, perfect-fitting fivesdollar pair of the Dr. ‘Haux 10-karat Gold Filled Spectacles by return mail, also a fine one-dollar Moroccine, silver-tipped, plus ketbook case, free, asa souvenir, if you order within the n » The Dr. Haux Spectacle Co.is the largest mail order Spéctacle House in the world and per- fectly reliable, and they positively guarantee to return you your $1.50 in full (without any deductions whatsoever) if the spectacles they send you do not fit you better than any you have ever worn before, and you yourself are to be the sole judge. Highly Recommended by One of Our Most Prominent Citizens. : Judge Ben B. Canterbury, one of the most prominent citizens in our city, says: The pair of Dr. Haux “Perfect Vision" Spectacles selected for my eyes by AGE, are perfectly satisfactory, and I highly recommend them to any of our people needing glasses, Washington Once Gave Up then “Bucklen’s Arnica Salve com- to three doctors; was kept in bed for | Pletely cured me,” writes John Wash- five weeks. Blood poleon from a|ington, of Bosqueville, Tex For epider’s bite caused large, deep sores | eczema, bolle, burns and piles its su- $o cover his leg The doctors falled,|preme. 25c at F. T. Clay’s. The Rise of Brown, Section Hand. nt Willam © Brown, new- Pres made operating chief of the great.) railway system known as the New York Central Lines, once was Brown, section hand, not yet so long ago as so render him & man past the prime of his usefulness When Brown, W.C., was listed on the Ss. Paul's pay roll asa worker ona section he was paid a dollar a |day. That ts what he was paid. He earned more and wasn’t afratd to jive the company two dollars of ef fort for a dollur of reward i | This led to reward, as always ft! does, The system {s fnfaliible. A | two-dollar man never fs kept long on !a one-dollar job. After he had put his foot on the section boss rung, Brown climbed the ladder of his profession with assured steadiness, He didn’t go up too fast, | ‘but he never slid back. He had no ; “pull,” except fn that habit of his of | turning in two dollars of service for j every dollar in his pay envelope. But this was enough. | Alter awhtle Brown had climbed far enough to come within the view ‘of the bosses near the top. To his |ens rgy he supplemented brains. He jdisplayed exeentive quallty—not the ‘ewivel-chatr sort which grows up in ‘the genera! offiees—and isn’s halt bad fn tts way—but the sors which hustles catsle trains in out of bliz zurds, and keeps the Hne open, and has every difficult sltuation fn touch with the end of a wire at whose othe | end sata man whose speclalty was bo over possiblities Those were the daya when {f 18 hours wasn’t enough for the accom: plishment of a day’s work he put in 24, Now, Brown, still-fall of zeal and ideas, with abilitles trained by ex. | perfence and rounded by study, is at the very top of his trade, In she nar- ural working Ite whieh remains to him, the New York Central Lines pro- pose to expend in Lesterments as mucii more money as thelr present ' plant represents. And Brown {8 on | the job. ; Only the underlings who never alm to give more than & scant dollar’e worth of work fora doilar !n pay ‘contend thas in these days of con- centration of capital the man at the ladder’s foot has no chance. Youth ,and aspiration can reach up for. and pluck down, any prize for which they \strive. Even the dolt can pass the | slugward, Don't be a sluggard. Re- ‘member Brown, W. C., section hand, ; who. always was fisting himself for | the job) just above the one he had, | In the house of representatives Jack Linns was honored. Repre- sentative Boutell, of I!lfnoie, address- ing the house said: ‘Mr. Speaker, I rise to & question of personal privi- lege. During the lust two days we have been reminded once more of the perils that beset those ‘that godown | to the sea in ships,” and do business ingreater waters. The accident that befell the steamers Republic and | Florida last Saturday found herves ready for the heroic work demanded , of officers, men-and passengers, 1 | belleve that every one who read the accounts of the collision and the jeopardy in which occupants of the | two ships were placed, and the way tue ditliculties aud defy {m-} Hospitality. fh Missouri State Bank NEW YEAR GREETINGS To its Hundreds of Customers and Friends: people sre able to offer her; but one should not be foolish and let false pride eat urea, been vse she, hereel!, gives more pleasure than jshe know of. Hospttailty is to give what you have—that Is, what we are oureelves, aud not to give whatsome | one else has; a08% to live up to some | other persou’s style of living. Ifyou} {live {rn a small house, even of but two} }roome, thas ts no reason why you! should not ask some oue who lives tn | ja big house with lots of roome to| come and see you. Ten chances to | one, she will envy you, and you would probably give such a one afar pleasanter time than she can afford jto give you. Just show her your) alde of life, and how you take it.) The people you will have trouble | with will be some narrow-minded wo- | man who can nos see further than her own noge, and-who does not un- deretand the best part of Iiving. Mee women—women “worth while” —will gladly come, for they will get jmore than they can give, Oneshould | nos see only she country shat Ites| junder the eyes, but should scan she | \faraway horizon, and see what lies jbeyond, The very best gift one can give is one's sel! —Judish Lloyd, in| | Ladies’ Home Journal. vher plea: At the close of our Twenty-eighth Year of continuous and successful business we are glad to say that, notwithstanding Butler had but two banks during the year 1907 and now has three banks, the gross earnings of the Missouri State Bank for the year 1908 Were $2,173.09 Greater and the net earnings Were $1,220.92 Larger than they were for the year 1907, In fact the year 1908 was the BEST year for LARGE BUSINESS and GOOD PROF- ITS we had during the twenty-eight years. ‘Lion Tears Trainer in Presence. of Big Crowd. Albany, Ga, Feb. —With both arms | broken, the back of his neck torn to iribbons and his body fearfully gash led, Capt. Cardo, a wild animal train. jer, Is {n'a hospital here at the point | |of death as she reeult of a savage ate | | fack on him by a mad lion. | We assure you that we appreciate your friendship and liberal patronage, and hope by strict attention to your wants to merit its continuance, We will in the FUTURE, as we have in the past, furnish you with an ABSOLUTE- LY SAFE BANK TO DEPOSIT YOUR MONEY IN, and always be ready to furnish the Cash for SAFE LOANS, MISSOURI STATE BANK FARMERS BANK OF BATES COUNTY. | Caps. Cardo fs here for Carnival; ‘Week with an animal show, In an | jextibition and in the presence of a | great crowd he went Into a cage and |made the lion go through {ts act. After the act was over Cardo was feeding the snlmal raw meaty he tripped and fell, re go Non sprang on the trafner and began to tear him. The spectators were thrown {nto a panic and many wo: men falnted. One man alone, Samuel Farkas, a leading merchant, retained presence of mind. Farkas ran from the audt- ence to the cage and began jabbing the Hon in the ribs with a heavy walking stick. The animal wasdriv- en away from Cardo and the man was dragged from the cage. Doe- tors say he can hardly recover, The same iion killed a woman six weeke AKO. Just after Cardo was attacked a puma {n the show sprang on its trafner, ripped open his forehead and destroyed the sight of one eye, A Race Row in the Senate. Bde Gi Jefferson City, Feb. —A negro, who tried to talk to & white woman clerk of the senate, has Stirred up five times as much partisanship around the legislature to-day and to night 48 the contest over the leutenant E. A. BENNETT, Pres. governorehip. A negro employed on f W. F. DUVALL, Cashter, the doorkeeper’s torce of the house Was sent 60 carry & typewriter from the statehouse to a private residence. Capital ee coe 50,000. 00 Surplus... ~— We are protected against robbery by insurance and our LABGE CORLISS SAFE, guaranteed by the manufacsurer to be Burglar §) Proof. ti DIRECTORS, ; CLARK WIx, J.J. MeKee, ALL, Frayk Hotnann, J. W, CHoaTE, F, N. DRENNAN, O. A. HEINLeIN,- W. F. Dovats$ Homer Dt WE WANT YOUR SUSINESS. J.J. MeKEE, Vieo-Pres, HOMER DUVALL, Aass. Cashier, ‘in which news reached the rescuers, jfelt that there was one allent actor |{n the tragedy whose name should {be immortalized. I refer to the Mar- coni operator of the Republic, who had the cool head and steady hand toeend forth on the willing wings of the air the message of disaster that saved hundreds of lives and the mes- sage of deliverance that relleved thousands of anxious hearts. His nameis John R. Binns. He isknown to several members of this house. Jack Binns has given the world a splendid illustration of the heroism that dwells on seas in many who are doing quiet, unnoticed work in life.” One Victory For Local Option. In an opinion written by Judge Elbridge J. Broaddug_agd {n which the other two judges concurred the Kaeneas City court of appeals on Monday affirmed the decision of Judge Nick M. Bradley in sustaining the demurrer of the attorneyefor the county court last summer ifn the lo- cal option case in which there was As his destination he spoke to a igre oncenpagaencnnineiantteaemeenteits cutie: seinen some oote! + LJUVALL-PERCIVAL TRUST CO. 2 and when she failed to answer spoke again in @ way that she thought as- CASH CAPITAL, $50,000. | Farmers Bank Building, Butler, Missouri. sumed @ social equality. FARM LOANS. We have Money to loan on real Some senate clerks took the mat- estate at 4 low rate of interest with privilege to pay atany time. terup and started comment which led to the negro’s being suspended ABSTRACTS. We have a complete set of abe- tract bookr and will furnish abstracts to any Real Estate in by the doorkeeper. Then the talk Bates County and examine and perfect titles to same. came faster until everybody was INVESTMENTS. We will loan your ‘dle talking about the negro and men who usually are careful of what they say wentto theextent of talking money for you, securing you reasonable interest On good secur- ity. We pay Interest on time deposits. \ W. F. DUVALL, President, J. B, DUVALL, Vice-Pres. about possible lynching. Others took hold of it asa way to attract ARTHUR DUVALL, Treasurer. W. D, YATES, Title ExamineF. { attention to the fact, that there are negroes employed by the Repubil- can house. The house has some ne- groes working as porters and one helping on the doorkeeper force and when the printed bills are ready there are to be negroes in the bill room to j pase out bills. ( ~w ee ene eh eh oh Ue ee Editor Forms New Partnership. Cc. FE". Bear d. Cass Co, Demoorat. Auctioneer The. editor of the Democrat has WELVE YEARS of successtul sellin ; formed a new partnership. Homer T Auctioneers’ Association. Have wide, pedi oe dh pet J. Clark and Miss Frankie Volle were farmers and stockmen, and thoroughly famillar with the price of an effort,made to upset the action of | Waited in marriage at the home of the county court tn the matter of the | *he bride’s mother, Mrs. Mary Volle, local option election and the subse-| 05 West Wall street last evening at quent evente naturally following the 7:30, Rev. L. F. Clark officiating. same. The decision of the court of| Both of these young people have appeals means shat the first case in-|Spent thelr lives in this city. The ‘oom was born at East Lynne and stituted, under the style of TN. pear have Ghd & tabd, Hota Haynes, et al, va the County Court] ,o, of the late F. A. Clark. The of Cass County, has been settled.—| pride was born and raised in this city Cass Co. Democrat. and has never resided eleewhere. Se ee ee se PAPAAAOAOOCeeewmaswee N your stock. Will get for you the highest porstble lor property. My record: the High Dollar anda Sauer Beal for oth seller and the buyer. Having made a mojority of the largest and best sales in the county, gives me a thorough knowledge of conduct ing large sales. It pays to employ the best,one-who -has-a-dozea- solid experience, which is certainly the very best of school- ng. Send or ask for free booklet of complete inatructlone on ar! ranging and advertising for» Public Sale. Terms reasonable, See. or write me for eurly dates at Butler, Missouri Phone.53. — ? eo B-tf Cc. E*. Bes *