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Loloa Boat Capture J Ly Confederates j ia ISit. There nvi.tbi a great rrany o'd soldiers vc: hv.ng in Missouri wao re member the capture of the steamer, a Missouri river packet, by Confeder ate soldiers at Glaow in 1S61, says the S:. I.cuis .V.'.V. 7 hi art was of historical importance from the fact that it was tl.c first Loat on the Big Muddy f.or.i v.!.?c!i the Conic Jeratc flag ever foa'cd. During that sum mer cf il'Ci General Tern Harris, an cmcmb:r cf the Mi:au:i legislature. had recruited some 5 ,coo or ( co men lor the Confv"!.r.V.c icrvicc in the counties north cf tc Missouri river. lie hcM r. co r nrtl-ion :" m the Cc: federate :i:t ri'io". :t Ki : m t:d a a briradiii --cr jra!. ar.-l :r.-nn the fu t that he w as a i f West i'ci: t and a i.-.an f - n i l-Mc mt':rrl ahilitv. : ci !'c tx ; -rr'.v.t thinrs cf . - . him. He v.a a cr..:s rr.v.-? ' Gener al (Iran:. Ii u:.. f . .il .us cotneidwi.ts c: v.-i :'i.a: iw, i.v.t rs C3ininar.:ers cf u. , to s: Ic? ;n trc:r 4 1 first skirmish ntar l.uriJa, in Monroe Ccn. C.rar.t spcr.!:s cf C.hn tl'C f.rst chapter of h.s n.c:..i.r. lurly in S.t ,c:-..h.r Ctn. Harris concentrated Us forces, in the vicinity of Glasgow. "tci:c;al 11 ice was at that time moving south. It was no easy matter l j p-t 5.000 or 6,000 . men across the Missouri. The I rol 1cm was disc.:; ed a! tl c l:ca 1 purters every hour, and various methods were discussed. Wc knew that there were a fen- s!car.iicits, but these loats kqt a sharp lcoio.it for us and h:!d to the middle cf the ricr. In soruc way in formation was ob'a'ned t at the Sun shine would touch at Glasgow. Joe Higby's company of infantry from Ralls county, a company of calvary commanded by Cspt. Davis, and the only battery wc had were j ushtd rap idly forward early one morning into the streets of Glasgow. The Sunshine moved slowlv towards th; bank, llcr huge pTanks had hardly touched the wharf before infantry boarded. There were nine Union soldiers and a cap tain cn the beat, but they did cot fire a shot. The soldiers surrendered on the boiler deck, but the captain hid, and was cot discovered for some time. I met the captain of the boat on the Toof and when he saw that we were Tebel soldiers he burst into tears and said he had barely saved the boat from being destroyed at I.exingtoa,aad that he had taken the "Union oath. As the boys were raising the Confederate flag to the jack-staff he asked me pitc ouslyifl thought our people would burn his boat, 1 assured him that nothing was farther ' from our inten tions. He grew more ' composed and informed me, in answer to some ques tions I asked him about the Federal forces at Ixxington, tliat he had taken the oath, but referred me to the stew ard as a man who had escaped that odious business and was in sympathy with our cause. We had some diffi culty in finding the pilot, and I am not sure that we cveT discovered him. Fortunately, wc had wiih us a Missis sippi nvcr pilot by the name of Ab Grimes, a man whom I often after wards saw in the Southern armies and whom I List met only a few years ago on the police force in St. Louis. I think it was John Melton who first called our attention to Grimes. Mel ton is still living in St. I-ouis, and I ahrays see his name prominently men tioned when the old veterans of St. Ixjuis have a jubilee. Grimes took hold of the wheel and wc cautiously felt our way across the river and found a good landing. During a pouring rain. r.ith lasted for several days, we worked like beavers, day and n;ght. and flnah'y landed the rear guard cf our little army oa the southern shore of the great river. God only knows how many brave fc!".ows looked liack from that shore and saw the land of .their birth fcr the last time. fvfcw before wc left, the Sunshine fig u:cd as zn ally cf the land forces in the oniy naval maneuver that ever cc cured on the Missouri river. About daylight the big Sioux City came ttramia? ur the river through the f jg. loaded to the guards with recnilts and supplies for General Mulligan's forces atYxv.nglon. A 1 2-poundcr was ro'J r i on the forward deck of the Sunshine. -n 1 ravalrv. wiih a five- lUlitkiJ rounder, dashed through the the bot toms expecting to open f.rc on the r-.rrort as soon as she came with.n range cf their guns. As usual at that (criod of the war, there was a blunder. A handful of stragglers on the north side of the river fired on ti c Si-;ux City at a point when she wa far beyond reach of the arms of tl.c main army. The soldiers on the Sioux City return ed the fire and the wheels were reversed. The Sunshine startcJ at her under a full head of steam, the 1 r-iounder thundered from her deck and the ball fell in the river not a hundred yards from the rounlc of the gun. The same thing occurred at the spare bat tery. The guns were inferior and the cannon balls did not go nurh farther than they could have, been thrown by an athlete. The Sunshine wuuld have soon overtaken the Sioux Ciiy but our pilot was not familliar with the current of the riwr and in a fe v i.orncr.ts wc were hard aground, and tl.c transport .hocd i:s her stern v; heel and steamed ranid.'y away UaraidSt. L0 2 s. When wc turned away to march to the battle cf Lexington we gave the Sunshine three hearty cheers and all expressed a hope that the boat and crew would reach St. Iu:is in safety, and there are vet many living who en tertain pleasing recoil iclio is of the kind captaia and his officers. T. A. lluiAN. Drysut th: Youngest. If clccteJ. ttryan will be the young est man who ever occupied the presi dential chair. Here are the past presidents with their rewxtivc ages: 1 George Washington, age 57. 2 John Adanis, age Cr. 3 Thomas JefTerson, age 5S. 4 James Madison, age 5S. 5 James Monroe, age 59. 6 John Quiney Adams, age 5S 7 Andrew Jackson, age 62. 8 Martin Van Harcn, age 55. 9 William H. Harrison, age 55. 10 John Tj ler, age 51. 1 1 James K. Polk, age 50. 1 2 Zachary Taylor, age 65. 13 Millar d Fillmore, age 50. 14 Franklin Picrec.agc 49. 15 James Ihichanan, age 66. 16 Abraham Iancoln, age 52. 17 Andrew Johnson, age 57. iS Ulysses S- Grant, age 47. 19 Rutherford H. Hayes, age 54. 20 James A. Garfield, age 49. 21 Chester A. Author, age 51. 2 a G rover Cleveland, age 48. 23 Iknjamin Harrison, age 55. 24 Grorer Cleveland, age 56. Bryan win be 37 years of age next March, being ten years younger than Grant when he was inaugurated. Sick stomach means sick man (or woman.) Why not be weuf Sick stomach comes from poor food. noor nourishment: means poor health. poor comfort. Shaker Digestive Cor dial means health and a wen stomicn. If wr could examine our stomach we would understand why it is that so little will put it out of order. IJut, unless we arc doctors, we never see our stomach. We only feci it. Wc would feci it less if we took Shaker Digestive Cordial. Shaker l!ccstive Cordial makes your stomach digest all tfee nourishing food vou cat. relieves all the symptoms of indigestion, acts as a tocic and soon makes you well ana strong agnn. The more you tave, the less you lee I of your stomach. At druggists. Trial bottle 10 cents. Kx-Senatok IUtAur.citr.of Augusta, Maine, now 94 years of ae, attended a meeting of the trustees of IJowdoin college last week and enjoyed the dance on the greca as rauch as any of the boys. lie sure to net Simmon's Liver Reg ulator for your Spring Medicine. It's the old reliable that dd the old loUs so much rood. Don't let anyone per suade you to take anything else instead. Yoa can always tell Simmon s uver Regulator by the Red Z on the pack- . . ... 1 , 1.. age. I kmj 1 lorgex inc wxxu ixcguuuur -Simmon i Liver Kezslator 'oettcr tlian anything c!e, and sure to do you ood. In Missouri it requires a vote of a majority to move a school-house nearer the center of a district, and of two-thirds of the voters to move it away from the center. Mr. f amks Pf.rdox. an old soldier residing at Monroe, Mich., was severe ly afflicted with rheumatism but re ceived prompt relkf from pain by using rhambcrlAins IVra Ilalm. He says: At times mv back would ache so that I could hardlv raise un. II I had not gotten relief 1 would not lc here to write these few lines. Cham berlain's Iain llalm has clone me a rr?t deal of eod and . I feel very thankful for it.' For sale by W. C Gaston. FUKXIA VEGETABLE. m,'r 24dv A Krcr. At. Srrtirrc f .11 dilMM ci iba Liver, b(ucLib RriUi tic Liver dJ tTrrcot Chill D I (TLB. ALAI-m- IkVIBV Iiwte 1 ivrt.AiKT Rrn-i-im, Jal-kc AD NttA. NVK'nr Im o nJra&at. ooK.is n tnmtnow. ead Lrr-uh ; abii ia MAfir Ty a tnm lrc t'tmat. h. anJ raa I k cx iy crtt led if to wid tI 1 ivtm ku.ixtioi. ! tut Brglcrt o ur a rrBtct!v l I.Tj rrui.jT, J-vrJ-r. It will iW tai(-(wc uj ..c,cociwK;a Ai.J tocral hcAka. If rm trany ver f-rtire rf.ty f er dir. ma Vine tSt a b-trrWa an4 rx'-t-ioj rxnsm- 1 ---iirr, owing lo lV tkrt u.ir.it.4 t-"M V"t trlf rt ready I iSc ka iUt-nM A-iy -oc at ' l n. (yMctAat. cl y lb rrmrtiv ihat lv prtniAOCiii!y tared ta. Sm'-v l im k iw tl" it no drAaUC, CON-.Tir.lTIOti 5ll.VM r.-t tre 1- rJr-l t a l-l"..p i:url- o le t, rtture t'r.'.-'i . lie c:tn.t rV;-4:.' ly tT 'S? K . a-1 j."V -vm:i- Urn I hti r, uJt, f. it IA a r.Tiv-a.y ! r-rr.nro a ' -.,::'. L t. h -r!t a .! i4 t c J J t 1 K i'-t - I :.: r;r:: i:r...;).u Tfc- irof !- - l t'i-' itr; Irjta tt Tr, -s v ...t.'.l ..: r.. . .; v-cc '.a ra d rtn.t : i . - Mi : r.s. J.ri. ZUiIN' i CO.. J--Jl?tia.Pa. 1 iv k ho;:ing pigeons were recently sent to the express agent at Jefferson Gty from Cincinnati. They were set free from the capital at 6:.; 5 a. m. and at 4:47 p. in. the same clay they were in Cincinnati again, having covered the distance of about 500 miles in a little over ten hours Twkvtv-six Kansas women have undertaken to collaborate the great American novel. The worst feature of the enterprise is that the Kansas women have a terrible lashion of ac complishing what they undertake There is just one hope for the trcm bling public that thev will quarrel about which one of the twenty-six the heroine will resemble. A tickkt-skllkr in a theatre once ovrr.ptl a tarrot that was uuick at . learning to repeat the phrases he heard Thus among other things, he was soon able to exclaim, "One at a time gen tlemen! one at a time, plcascr for this sentence was constantly in the mouth of his master. The ticket man went to the country for a summer vacation and took the educated parrot along with him. One day the bird Bl Sp of his cage and disappeared, ffts owner searched all about for him, and finally toward evening found him de spoiled of half of his feathers sitting far out on the limb of a tree, while a dozen crows were pecking at him whenever they could get a chance. And all this time the jwor parrot, with his back humped up. was edging away and constantly exclaiming, "One at a time, gentlemen! one at a time, pleasc!n llarftr' x Round TaVU. Bryan a Wioaer. Iwis C. Rernard, the Democratic political ruler, of Hamilton county, Ohio, declares that Bryan and Scwall will cany New York and !e elected by an overwhelming vote. He thinks Maine will also go Democratic. I Iere are the states that will go for Uryan he says which give Rryan 224 votes, enough to elect: Alabama 11 Nevada 3 North Carolina 11 South Carolina 9 North Dakota. 8 Oregon 4 Arkansas .... 3 California.. - o Colorado 4 Florida 4 (Borgia 13 South Dakota. 4 13 5 3 12 6 4 3 Idaho 3 lenncsscc Indiana 15 Texas Kansas 10 Utah Kentucky 13 Virginia Ixuisiana S West Virginia. Mississippi ... 9 Washington . . . Missouri 17 Wyoming Montana 3 Nebraska 3 Total 224 Si 00 Reward, SI 00. The readers of this paier will be pleased to learn that tncre is at least one dreaded disease that science has . a . been abl-j to cure in all its stages and that is Catarrh. Hail's Catarrh Cure i th onlv nositive cure now konwn to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Ca tarrh Cure is taken internally, acting direcly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, tncrcuy destroy- ins the foundation of the disease and giving the patient strength liy budding ui the constitution and as?u. un nature in doing iu wxrk. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative ivowcrs. that they oler One Hundred Dollars for any crz that It fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address, F. J. Ciiknlv &Ca, Toledo, O. Sold by Druggist, 75c A MiSANTiiRorsc father one time brought up a son in "entire seclusion from all womankird. When manhood approached he led the boy out through the world on a tour of observation and described to him the various creatures they met. . As they w. nt there came a tripping along the path a sweet younjr girl, swinging her hat and smuhng from the very existence. "Fatiicr," said the startled jouth, "what animal is thatr -My son," said the father -that is a very silly and dangerous creature called a goose." Wh.cn this r.ijthieal tour was completed the father was cur ious to know uhich creature the boy would hkc to have for a pet. I ! in stantly blurted c-t, "Father buy r.:e a goose!" Love and poverty are cle.-'.'.ily fu-s. At times sympathy bero-ne twin brother to rovkery. Affection r.-tehs gild int r?' p. and once in a. while copper i:it:i j-jM. The man who c;-.n fa'! dvn ener n liacana ikin and n t swear, has reach ed tlic highest innaclc ot Iiusnan plulosophy. . What some pcrsans call -..iinjo;ay is stmply iJt:c cg'.i jm. The love of a v iiio.v s always in creased by a favorable comparison witli tl:c ckar departed. llcgrct is the weakness of immature minds. A IIoon county man, named James Turner, has capped the climax of vil lainy, by stealing a suit of clothes in order to make a j;ood appearance at his own bantimg. lie was caught in the act and sent to jiil. fZ.x. of. Spirits so common In summer-time, accompanied by loss cf energy, kick of thought-power, means a deficient supply of nourish ment. The vital force is lost. It Isn't aquestlon of muscle and sinew, but of resistance and endurance. At any age, but -Orisk of lung disease. Loss 0f flesh and a cough are threat- ening signs. of Cod-liver Oil, with the hypo phosphites, meets these cases perfectly. It tones up, fattens and strengthens. In Scott's Emulsion the taste of the oil is fully disguised, making it almost as palatable as milk. Far al at ac. a 4 hr at! itrnrrist. Sarr bowKUs. Clfmta, K Yark A boy can sit still on a sled six inches square, tied f a sleigh going 8 miles an hour, when he couldn't sit on a sofa five minutes for a dollar. A man will sit on the edge of an inch board of a fence and talk jolitics for three hours; put him in a church pew forty minutes and he is nervous, twists. turns and goes to sleep. A man wDl riD his mouth with filthy tobacco until the jaicc of it runs down his chin, but x hair in his butter kills him. Mothers will find ChaniTierlam's Coczh Remedy especially valuable for croup and whooping cough. It will give prompt rcef and is sale and pleasant. We have sold it for several years and it has never tailed to give the most perfect satistaction. i. v. Richards, Dupicsne, Fa. bold uy W. C Gastow It is worthy of notice that the at torney-general has given it as his opinion that the Missouri text-book latr is constitutional, and that the con tracts made by the sdiool lxok com missioner wall hold good until the law is amended or appealed by the general assembly. Teachers and school ofFi cm should make a note of this. The idea at first prevailed that the contracts would expire this fall, and that any changes desired could be made there after; but in view of this decision it wouM not be adv isable lor them to make any changes in the adopted books. The county commissioner has been advised that at least two of the companies who made contracts with the school book commissioner will at tempt to prohibit any changes afi'ect ing contracts Truy Free Jras. r Mo Six National Ltackn lor Financial Kefrrcocc, tiiotr&axxls cf Con Ia.Vicnia bU over ttut Uctu-l states toowrprfOtoMl 5Uit7. All bu3lacsed,jctyl on astrlctty profsst siuaal Isisanil8trlcvt7ooph.l(.nti. CBaMatiqcFrctoncocrtriaJL nTeatnEcaiscat cvcxjuLdtc trro r.-txaotocxTilkm. I.'o lntertcrcaoe wltbnaiTrya wtule csistf meclciDea. Vi I k j i.wvr. a . i Kn.i ... mu " - - fc,J u.-.V,'.,V- v-iiK' rr?nB.TCs.CivrflifAJiJniilI..raioI'Tiricr!crcre3. Yg mitZ r-H"r ilfirLK. f Vri Ifrrt Tt.o 0-ii I'tvau lit:-! Ka 0-iA l,n.-a :- lrrciKllc I J i :'i!r.ir.WMp;TMrrt ' tlili l.i J t ul vi.J .yi-.-r.-r t -lol-. iio. 1 lor A.ICC.; 5"-l V'v f-r V.'oircn: .V.3t"rMnl;.' i.r.e; k.4fc-rC"arrh. i I j,-J:e cAarcj Cfi cia- Um Ui irj cnjLiUuj tijc 1x&22e Sj-ccLts & de Unfied Stain. :ii'c:iES'm ess?, hathavay & co., . 73 Derttra St, Cor. ncr.do!p!i - CI;cco, !I "V- Vou arc jrobably wcjrkmg forioj or i5 per month. Vou spend all your yi;;cj. U'e arc not goin ; to rjuarrcl v.ith you as t lio v vou spend tlieni, for i little figuring. i irl. uh;itnrr vrvir rrf"il omense?;' Then, how much do you wantloj spend foolishly? Ilcncst now. So you make $i 20 a year. $50 ought to keep you dressed ia tij-top shape. (oukhrt jcu get along on $30 to spend lor things you did net need.' Tins would leave you $40 saved. With this you could buy an acre of land near town. The next year's savings would clear and fence it. The next year you could break it up and put it in apple trees. After this, $ao would have it culti vated and cared for. In five years from the time of plant ing, the orchard will pay expenses. and after eight years it will begin to ! return a profit. At ten years you can reasonably count the crop to average $200 or $250 a year, and you won't have to work half so hard to care for it as you do to earn $1 25 a year. This is too long to wait you say? j Young ritan, whether you plant the! orchard or not, don't ever be guilty of making that kind of a plea. Do you see that old man, poor in health, poorer in purse, tottering on the verge of the grave, and depending on his friends and the cold charities of the world for a living? He used to say, "it is too long to wait." He spent his money, his youth and his health, as you do now. Without care for the future, he laurched himself oa the tide of youth ful dissipation and improvidence. Ixok at him, and behold yourself, if you travel the same road that he has traveled. Rut wc did not start out to give you a lecture. What we intended to say was to plant an orchard. (let a piece of land and make you a home. It will pay. We have tried it, and the only re gret wc liave is, that we waited too long before wc started. IZx SwajBp-J&ot. Yoa can get Dr. Kilmer's Swamp- Root, the great Kidney. Liver and Bladder remedy, at J. A. Egan's City Dru Store. They are sole agents for Kcytcsvillc. Medium size, 50c Lakce size, $IJOO The Legal Tender Functions of oar filoaey. Gold coin is a legal tender in all payments, without any limit as to amount. The silver dollars of the act of 179? 1837, and 1S7S is a full legal tender to any amount. The trade dollar was a legal tender to the amount of five dollars, but has no legal tender quali fications now. All fractional silver coin now minted is a legal tender to the amount of ten dollars. Minor com is a legal tender to the amount of twenty-five cents. United Slates notes ('greenbacks") arc a legal tender ia payment of all , debts, public and private, except for , duties cn imports and interest oa Ihc public debt. thit is none of our business. I ff&ftftp i:ut we want to givr a little piece of i ( Qpn Kft'MPi advice. ig Wo have traveled over the same' ?AT $ir roa! that you have to go over. J J&PjpCA 2Z SsffiSnal Weakness asd SesusS Bs&illf y I TTIMjr.KT: jl i innrrisir'iciHw i Lf J9nisn:i .sine uio v ixwm, pnil iciirf iM TTcawicvi. toacri roA? i iiitMChcs on ttre 1 aw. TW.rtvt fclood 10 th brd. r-aie la lh baric. cmfc&c4 IdeiaucJ for rcHu'tios, basiila I H' vun tonrcoiTr. Vtof ryexoal powr-r low of ?ir!wl i"?K fi r rw Core. A fcj if Si-Vl TNi jrstert ibew Ml 1TE -v FAST E LEE E3 JUST AS GOOD FOR ADULTS. C A L ATI A , ILLS., N3T. K, 1323. Fcrla iToOlc'ne Co.. St. Lcuis, Mo. :pnrne-.: We t--ld lont -;r, RHP bottle cf CUOVirs TAKTEI-j-S ClllLX. TOXIC and fcavat tint hro eruvi ltnly this ynr. in r.ll curra rifiir if 14 je-rj, in thv Crusf bmtiKxi, ha-r nrrvraild nn srt:i!3 thc?nr nart njuveul ntr tsuLliun tj yvxix -mc. Xoars lrul7. jmtmY.CXBB. &Cob. KBtfs System SeEBiator. Cures Disease every day in the week. . . SOLD BY- TUE SfiUD DRUG CO. Gold certificates are not a legal ten der, but may be issued in payment off interest on the public debt, aod are , recciveable in payment ot customs, taxes, and all public dues. Silver certificates are not a legal tender, but are receivable for customs. ' taxes, and all public dues. Currency certificates are not a legal tender for any purpose, but may be counted as a part of the lawful money reserve of banks and may be accepted in the settlement of clearing house balances. United States treasury notes of i8jo arc a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, and are re ceivable for customs, taxes and all public dues. They may be counted as a part of the lawful reserves of the banks, and are redeemable in gold or silver coin in the discretion of the secretary of the treasury. National bank notes are not a legal tender except that they are receivable "or all dues of the United Stales. ex- Jfo.pt duties on imports, and from al debts and demands owing by the United States except interest on the public debt and in redemption of the national currency. Each national bank is required to receive at par, for any debt or liability to it, the notes of every other national bank. Banners That Speak. The following are some of the ban ners carried to Chicago by the St Louis Bland club last week; "Give us your hand." "We are for Bia..d. Silver is sound money." "Missouri greets Illinois.' "Free silver and free people." "We need no more gold cure., "We are right that's our campaign fund." R. P. Eland. "R'.and and the common people. "Vree silver and no panics." 'Farmer Dick is our choice." "16 to 1 and no straddle." "MtwMl The mr.npv ihf I Constitution." r?v feri? ''iS&L r2s?3 pi pa Ei m m jmi? a la hi kllssr To Ml C