MISS WINNIE DAVIS.
Tlif I :i tighter of the CoritiMlpraev'
iiri'l I!t Hmki-n Eii-iirim-iit .
New York, Oft. 15. The engage
ment of MinH Winnie Davis, "the
daughter of the confederacy," and
Mr. Alfred Wilkinson of Syracuse is
definitely liuk.-ii. The prince; ul-i
themselves authorize this announce
ment. To u n-jioi ter, who met her
in Mrri. George Cust-r'ri npartineiits
sit the Fifth Avenue hot 1, Miss Ihi
vis said: "I do not cure. t talk about
the hieakiiiy of my engagement.
Sufiice it to hay that no mercenary
Motive iromiited me in the coursa
I tlfci.l'-I l Wm: Mr. WilkiiiNon
arid I fevered our i
it:
illUlll
al w'i ( eiii' i.t. '
Tn re'unl to tii" rei :'.. i ;d-ut her ;
- - - - r
delicate health Mis Uivis declared
that, while not robust, -h'- i by no
mean mi invalid. "My trip al.ro'id
did me a world of g oed, said blie.
'My travels are not over yet, either.
This winter my mother and I pro
pose to make an extended tour
through South America. I was there
with my father when a child, and
my recollection of the country are
very pleasant. My mother and I
have rooms at the New York hotel,
but I have been spending most of
my time with relatives ami friends.
In a few hours I leave for Mississip
pi and I have been away bo long
that I really yearn to get home.1'
Keturniug to the subject of htr
secret engagement, Miss Davis man
ifested some signs of pique. "All
this chatter about Mr. Wilkinson and
myself is exceedingly annoying." she
exclaimed. "Mr. Wilkinson is an
estimable young man. I think a
great deal of him and his family.
That's all there is to it. As for my
friends influencing me, that is ab
surd. The decision was left entire
ly to myself. Many of my relatives
in the south were particularly fond
of Mr. Wilkinson. But," said Miss
Davis, checking herself and biting
her lip, just perceptibly, "I don't
think such matters are for the pub
lie. I prefer to keep personal af
fairs to myself. My reasons for
adopting the course I have chosen
concern mv immediate family alone.
They are perfectly satisfied with my
conduct."
After Miss Day is and her mother
had taken their departure, Mrs. Cus
ter gave it as her opinion that the
rupture of the much talked about
engagement was due to personal
reasons solely. "Miss DaYis," she
explained, "is very self-willed, and
likes to have her own way. She has
been the idol of every aristocratic
southern family since her birth and
has formulated some very decided
notions concerning the late war,
which she never hesitates to express.
I believe, although I have no right
to asser), that Miss Davis and Mr.
"Wilkinson agreed to disagree.
"There is great disappointment
among Mr. Wilkinson's friends over
the result of his noted engagement,"
contiuued Mrs. Custer. "Many of
them refuse to accept such reasons
as I have detailed and persist in be
lieving that Mr. Wilkinson's finan
cial misfortunes are at the bottom
of Miss Davis' refusal to marry him.
Mr. Wilkinson himself is too high
minded to cherish such ideas for an
instant."
Trnt Price to Foreigner,
st. Lonlt Rc-ntilic.
When a merchant has slow sales and
a large stock he booms bis business
by putting down his prices and invit
ing his customers to come around to
stock up with what they need and
he does not. That is business le
gitimate business.
Wheu a protected manufacturer's
trust is in the same condition; when
it has a large stock and trade is dull
because prices are high, it never
give its regular customers the ben
tit. Instead of doing so it ships to
foreigners just enough of what it
has on hand to keep from being
obliged to lower prices at home.
And in every case where the tariff
enables it to charge higher prices to
its regular customers, it sells cheap- j
er to foreigners. Thus foreigners '
get the benefit of all the "drives" !
and "special bargains'" given by our !
protected trusts. "
This is nccesari:illy true because
wheu they offer goods to foreigners
they meet competition in open mar
ket and sell at reasonable figures or
not at all. When they get beyond
! our custom house lines it takes two
I to make a bargain. Th'-y cannot
s iy to the consumer "Pay our price
or r'o without." They haw to trade
with him instead of dictating to him
In our lists of trusts in over 50
lines of manufacturing, published
last week, we gave a brief his
tory of the axe and edged tool
trust. It was formed last March.
Fourteen of the axe and edge tool
factories in the county formed a siu
gle corporate Conspiracy under the j
i!ias of -the American axe and tool
company." They at once made an
advance in this market of from Si. 75
to S'i.'ij a doz'-n. Fully protected j
by the McKinley bill, they are j-in- j
ing the other trust:; in extorting I
hi'di'-r prices from th ir American
cu'-tomf-rc:, whil" at the same time j
they wete selling cheaper to foreign-!
ers.
We have their own adv rtUement i
in the South American edition of the j
Engineering a:i I Mining Journal in
evidence. They publibhed thee
advertisements of prices for circula
tion in Buenos Avre-s they advertise !
tuc;r first quality of bronzed axe.-, al
??ti.75 a dozen to these foreigneis
when their price at home is s7.7b".
Their bevelled axe is advertised at
7. I ill tut? VUibCU IJkailOj Uh. ' I X
in Buenos Ayres. Their No. 1
shingling hatchet is a Ivertised at
$4 5i a dozen to American custom
ers; at 3.8(J a dozen to foreign cus
tomers.
And so with the other trusts. Mr.
John Wancamaker is advertising
that his bargain counter will sell tin
ware and kitchen goods below the
present prices as he laid in a large
stock before the passage of the Mc
Kinley bill. The trusts sell a flat
bottomed kettle for 85 cents in
Buenos Ayres for which the regular
trust price in the "heme market" is
$1.40. A Buenos Ayres housewife
is offered an American griddle for 34
cents, which the American house
wife must 64 cents for. Table-knives
for this market are sold to dealers
at $ 4.3G a dozen, while dealers for
the Buenos Ayres market can get
same knife for $3.73.
The goods thus exported are not
a surplus left over after supplying
the home demand. They are gotten
rid of to prevent the home demand
from being so fully suppled that
home prices will fall. The trusts
do not export at all except to keep
from being obliged to sell cheap at
home They give their good bar
gains to foreigners in order that they
may collect at home the tariff tax
difference between home and foreign
prices. By selling cheaper to 1,000
foreigners they can thus go on sell
ing dear to 100,000 Americans. They
are afraid if they sold cheap once to
their regular customers here at home
they would have to keep ou doing
it. So they give foreigners the ben
efit of their bargains, and more than
make up for it out of the home mar
ket. The President's 3Iinl.
Washington, Oct. 15. The presi
dent has at length had his mind
definitely made up. it is stated, Dot
to call an extra session of congress
to pass the force bill. It was feared
that the nature of the business to be
done was such as to effect the com
ing elections unfavorably hence
the decision. It rests on a narrow
basis of party expediency, but it is
thought to be a verv good one. Is
the force bill now to be despaired of
is a question frequently asked.
Ihe next session will be verv
short. Three months, less the
Christmas holiday, afford little time
for anything except the regular ap
propriation bills. Senator Hoar af
firmed the report that the force
bill could not be passed the coming
session for want of time. A great
effort will be made. Possibly some
thing may occur between now aud
December to suggest to the leaders
of the senate that force bills are bad
politics.
Gen. Belknap, eeoretay cf war un
der President Grant,was found dead
in his bed in Washington City. Mon
day morning. He was alone iu the
room, his wife beiii" in ew verk
City. He was lateen alive Stur-!
d;iy evening, when he eppesred 'n '
excellent Lea'th. The corners i't. i
4ue.t showed th,t the immediate I
cause of Li death was inflation I
f the heart. I
It sounds a little droll, just after j
the passage of the McKinley tariff!
act, which was to send the country
forward like a catapult, on a new ca
reer of proi-perity, to hear that the j
tomato canning factories in Salem J
county, N. J., have been forced to J
suspend ope-yations bc-foie the close
of the feasor), on account of the in
crease which the act makes the pi ice
of ti?i crin. Thn t;'jv t.rfT !f-'rlv'
doubles the pice and the increase!
is something the trade cannot atV.-rd;
the factories, the; .-fore, ate cl re-d
several weeks earlier that; usual, and
hundreds of tons of torn :it are Ivft
rotting in the field. It seems a!
great pity but, after all, vegetable
raising and vegetable canning are
agricultural int rests. vh:ch the iv-
publican party is m-t concerned
about. Suppo-e all the cunning e-s- i
tablishments iu the country d suf
fer, and a fourth of them are broken j
up what is that beside th- c
ration of enabling three or four
Pittsburg capitalists iu tm.ke several
millions a year by manufacturing tin
plate and getting two prices for it?
(Jur home iuanufacturt-rs mii.-t be
protected, if every tomato raio-r in
New Jersey an 1 v ry coi n ra:s r iu
Kansas suffers bv it. St. J ii
i.
Ballot.
Drunkenness Liquor Habit Iu all
me v, oriu mere is ui:t "!ie cure.
Dr. Haines' Golden Specific.
It can be given in a cup of tea or cor
tee without the knowledge ot the person
taking it. effecting a speedy and perma
nent cure, whether the patient is a mod
erate diinKer or an alcoholic wtecsi.
Thousands ot drunnards nave been
cured who have taken the Golden Spe
cific in their coffee without their knowl
edge, and to-dav believe they quit drink
ing of their own free wi;i No harmtul
effects results from its administration.
Cures guaranteed. Send tor circular and
ful particulars. Address in confidence,
Gcjlden Specific Co., iS; Race Street,
Cincinnati, O. 4S'iy.
Hon. Alleu G. Thnrmau's 7Gth
birthday occurs November 13th. The
aniversary will be celebrated by the
democrats of Columbus, Ohio, at the
judge's residence, iu u marke l man
ner, testifying to the hold the "Old
Roman' and statesman of the old
democratic school 6till has upon the
beBt element of the party. A ban
quet is to be given in his honor, aud
ex President Cleveland and other
leaders of the party are expected to
be present, and the occasion will be
a notable one.
Happy Hoosiers. 2
Wm. Timmons, Postmaster of Idavill,
Ind., writes: "Electric Bitters has done
more for me than all other medicines
combined, tor that bad feeling arising
from Kidney and i.iver trouble." .lohn
Leslie, farmer and stockman, ot same
place, says, "Find Electric Bitters to be
the best kidney and liver medieine,
made me feel like a new man." J. W.
Gardner, hardware merchant, same
town, savs: Electric Bitters is just the
thing for a man who is all run down and
don't care whether he lives or die: he
tound new strength, good appetite and
felt just like he had a new lease on life.
Onlv 50c a bottle at anv drug store.
You cannot always depend upon
the king of fruits. Sometimes when
they miss they miss badly. A Mich
igan c .unty farm, which exported
20,(0; barrels of apples last year;
did not produce enough tor home
consumption this year.
Copyright, lg,
The eoulralL 1n Enjrlish money, of $3.5flS
once- offered by n old lady in London for
the return of a faronte cat which had m rayed
or been stolen. People railed ber a "crank."
and perhaps she wan. It ta unfortunate that
one of the (rentier Bex ebould ever jrain t hia
tal e, vet many do. It is, however, frequently
not their fault. Often functional derange,
rnente will apparently change a woman'l en
tire nature. Don't blame such sufferers it
they are "cranky." but tell them to use Dr.
i '.STPf Fvo,rit Prescription, which la an ia.
fallible remedy for " female weaknesses."
J,Tortte Prescription" has cured thou,
sands of poor, bed-ridden suffering women ot
female weakness," painful irregularities, ul
cerations, organic displacements and kindred
ailments too numerous to mention. It is the
only medicine for women, sold by druggists,
under a poaiUre guarantee that it will, id
every case, give satisfaction or the price ($1.00)
will be refunded.
World s Dispensart Medical Associa
tion. Proprietors, Buffalo, N. Y.
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Df. PIERCE'S PELLETS
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GREAT M0BTGA1 SALE
At Butler, Mo.
The Peter Lane Stock
To be closed out at once. Ten thousand
dollars worth of
DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS
S
;alo ojh'IkmI Saturday niorninir.
SEPTEMBER 27th.
Never before in the history of Bates county has such au oppor
tunity been eflcied to lay in your supplies at Manufactures'
Prices. Over one half of these goods have been bought within
the last sixty days;
Specially for the Fall Trade,
This is without doubt the best assorted stock in the county.
Now is your opportunity. Don't miss it and kick yourselves
after it is all over. We are here for business and the
goods must move at once.
ssraka, Ham, Mm SI Co.
C. W. Miller, Agent.
SUAPLE
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ST. LOUIS
WEEKLY
P
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Sent Free to
Eci?' :Seiitl Youi ?mae
Notice of Final Settlement.
Notice is hereby given to all creditor, and
others interested'in the estate of eliariesA.
Sims deceased, that I. Jotm K. Sims, adminis
trator of said estate, intend to make final set
tlement thereof, at the net trrm ot the Bat-5
connty rrobate court, in Bates conr.ty, state
of Missouri, to be held at P.utier ' the 1 tii
lav of November, JOHS K SIMS.
'.V Administrator.
Notice of Final Settlement.
Sotice is hereby given that the nnd-rUned i
administrator of the estate of John Ir-. in iie
ceased. will make final settlement of his ec
connts with said estate as snch administrator:
at the net term of the yroate court of Hates j
connty, Mis&otxr. to be bolden at IJatkr in
said cbnntv, on the l'th dav of Xo ember. Isto j
0 " C. r PHAEls. Administrator, i
COPT
THE -
Any Address.
sxt onco to
GLOBE PRINTING CO..
ST. LOUIS MO-
ft
CURES
ANY
HEADACHE
"While ion Wait,"
BUT CURES f
NOTHING ELSE.
Administrator's Notice.
Notice is herebv given that letters of
administration on the estate ct Martin
YY. Mize ciecor.'-ed, has been granted to
the under?:ned, on the the 13th day ot
September, iSyo, by the probate court
of Bates countv, Missouri.
Alt persons having claims a.zaih-t said
e!at are required to exhibit them lor
allowance to the administrator within
one vear after date of said letters, or
thev may be precluded from anv benefit
or aid estate : and i: such claims be not.
exhibited within two vear'- from tne date
ot this publication thev shall be forever
barred. Thisisih day oi September,
iSqo. DE C. MIZE, Administrator.
NO MORE EYE-GLASSES
WEE
MITCHELL'S
YE-SALVE
m ivrMun, ora, via uncsn HMBMy nf
SORE, WEAK, & INFLAMED EYES.
Producing Long-Sightedness. & Restor
ing the Sight of the OU.
Cures Tear Drops, Granulation Sfyi
Tumors, Red Eyes, Matted Eye Lashes,
mo rROPicne jnc eeuefio rEMamciu.
Also, tqually fflcciou wkea tiwil In other
m!JiM, uch 1'lerra. Prrcr Hcrr.
Tmtnora, Halt Khran. llama. Pllea. or
arbarrverlnBammailont-iisis, .HI M'VU KLtd'M
aaVJLI'Kiuay l utfj t utlvaulage.
8ldby llIniaiaCaat23Ceats.
Ilosr Cholera.
N t I l.K vn ,iv
YY authorize ;tll in. ivLauts to
liflll.d the JllOSU V to ;111V rrli:lhl
person who has pim-hused and usetj
. Hulls Holt uml I'oultrv Cholera
Cure according to directions and is
willnij,' to say he has not been fully
lii'Ue lited then l .
The W. Hall Milu m. Co.,
4;5 :hii St. Louis, Mo.
Pottea Uvos.
BRICK tlVERY STABLE.
All amide supply of
Buggies, Carriages, j
Phaetons, Drummer
Wagons, &c.
This is one of the best equipped SU
bles in this section of the state.
First Class Riss Fcrnitbk.
At any hour, day or night on th
most reasonable terms. Farmers
desiring to put up their horseg
when in the city will find this
barn the most convenient in
town.
POTTER BROS.
firf.ADFIEI.DS
FEMALE
REGULATOR
MENSTRUATION
OH MONTH LV BICKMUB
lr TikKi ounmo CHAHbc o vf
mDFIUD RSUIATM& 'ATLANTA El
EQUITABLE
LOAN AND INVESTMENT
ASSOCIATION
The Equitable Loan A Investment A-1
sociation iftsura a Keries of 1,000 shares
each month and offers to i motors an
opportunitT to save money and receive
a nandsome interest on ther invett- j
ment. 1 he investor ot ,
$ 1 00 per mo. for 100 mo' rec' $ 20000
6
8
1,000 00
4
5
is
25
5.
We also issue paid up stock and pay
interest semi-annually. We have monejr
to loan on good city property. Anyone
desiring a good profitable investment or
loan will do well to call and see us.
R. C. SNEED, Sec'y.,
Sedalia. Mo
J. II. NORTON, Agent,
Butler Mo.
Time Tabled
L. &S DIVISION.
TRAIN'S RUNNING NORTH.
No. 304, passenger 4:47 a.m.
" 312, local 8:30 '
" 302, passenger Z-'SP-m
TRAINS RUNNING bOLTH .
No. 301, passenger 12:30 p.m.
31 1, local 5 :oo "
" 33t passenger :o "
St. L. Ac E.JDIVISION.
No. 343 mixed, leaves 0:45 a. rn.
" 344 " arrives 3:J p.m.
E. K. CARNES, Agent.
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