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ISAAC FOWLER. ISAAC FOWLER & CO. Successors to SC. 23. Arnold, DEALERS IN Hardware, Tinware, Stoves AND GROCERIES. Hjgest prices paid for Country Produce we invite everybody to call and examine our stock and prices. We expect to meet all competition. GLARDY & BRUNER, Real Estate and Loans. Do you want to sell jour farm, if ho lie t it at once with us. We are now preparing a large amount of advertising matter for distribution in Iowa, Illinois and INebraska. Mr. J. IT. Bruner, wbo has just associated himself with us has large acquaintance iu ; Iowa and Illinois in the real estate business. Hare been engaged in running excursion trains from these states to Southwest Mo., for the past year. Our extensive connection gives us the advant age over any firm in Southwest Mo. Come and see us if you wish to buy or sell. Yours for business, Hruoli Lodge. Virginia, Mo., June 20. The peo ple of Brush Valley had their meet ing last Saturday night to talk on the silver question. The president, John Tosy, called the meeting to crder. The president thought it best for the chaplain, Peter Fritz, to give a little advice as to the spirit of the debate the chaplain said, breth em I am afraid sometimes that there ia to much party in many of the questions that are sprung on the people. Sometimes I think the tariff question is used for party purpose, it being a question that is hard to understand, I thiuk the same of the gold and silver question. The poli tician seemingly presents good showing on both sides, now I hope brethern you will keep this object in j view, always the good of the people at heart. The president then called on Bill Funny, to open the question. Mr. Funny rose to his feet and said Mr. President, ladies oud gentlemen, I am in favor of the free coinage of silver on the account of labor being more, is appressed to get work to do on account that there is not enough money to pay hands since 1873 when silver was demonetized. The republicans have always been gold bugs all their days and in 1873 they thought they would only pay half as much for labor, and it looks to me, that was the effect. Look at the strikes, the trams, and the thous ands that have to be fed in our largo cities. Ricardo, un eminent writer, says that commiodities rule in price in proportion of money. I hold to be a fact, that is incon trovertable,John Stewart Mills, says if the whole volume of money were doubled, pric38 would double, now gentlemen, we eee from the above that eminent nie n say the more mon ey we have the higher things will sell for. Gentlemen I am iu favor of coining all the silver that can be had, and let us have plenty of mon ey so everything will sell and every body have plenty to do. Bill Honey took the lloor and said I am an old Jefferson Democrat died in the wool, 1 see by reading the history of our country there was no issue of silver dollars from 1S05 till 1S3C the coinage having been sus pended by the direction of president Jefferson, owing to the fact that the bullion value being greater than their free value. Think of thirty years and so silver dollars coined. I do not know the amount of silver in 1S3G, it is said by coin and others that in 1873 we had S million in sil ver dollars and now we have six hundred million, and times said to be hard. In 1SS9 the Sherman act was pass ed to increase the coinage of silver then the government bought a lot of silver, and lost 130 million, then sil ver came down to 50 cents an ounce. Now good times with S millions of dollars and hard times with 00 H- B- ARNOLD- DoctorsSay; Bilious and Intermittent Fevers which prevail in miasmatic dis tricts are invariably accompan ied by derangements of the Stomach Liver and Bowels. The Secret of Health. The liver is the great "driving wheel" in the mechanism of man, and when it is out of order, the whole system becomes de ranged and disease is the result. Tutt's Liver Pi!is Cure all Liver Trouble. million of dollars, what kind of time would we have with 24 hundred million of silver dollars. Now gen tlemen how many own silver luines a little less than 2 per cent of the people,that is to say 08 out of every hundred own no silver,now how can it benefit the masses when they have no control of the silver. Now gentlemen iu looking at my party, a great many of them are howling free coinage of silver, Bradstreet says that trade shows the price iu most everything is ad vancing, nearly all the factories are at work again and most of them ten per cent increase on wages I am afraid that what the editor of the Voics said to Mr. Duniug is to true in regard to the silyer matter, he said in reply to Duniug that Judas clamored for silver and when he got it he was not satisfied but went and hanged himself and so will the pop ulist or any other party that adopts free coinage of silver I think if Grover is let alone it will be right. The president announced that the ques tion would be continued next nisht he would appoint a republican and a prohibition to lead. A Member. thoilr Fight. Redding, Cal., June 20. William Brady, the highwayman, for whom $1,000 reward has been offered since the killing of Sheriff Bogard in the hold up of the Oregon express be yond Sacramento last spring was cornered yesterday, but gave battle to the officers. During the fight Brady dropped to the ground three times wounded but as the officers cartrides gave out and they were both Blightly wounded, he managed to escape. His trail has since been followed through the mountains. From the amount of blood ou the trail it is thought his body will be found soon by the posse now after him. Neither ofSeer was dangerously wounded. Removal. 'We tawe pleasure in announcing that alter this date Parks Sure cure will re move all trace ot rheumatism, kidney troubles and liver complaint trom the user. It is the only medicino that is guaranteed to cure these diseases or no pay. Parkssure cuie is sold bv H. L-Tnckcr, ODDITIES OF JAPANESE LIFE. Freaks From the Land of the Rising Sun ; at the National Museum. A few years ag-o Col. James Steven son reported having- witnessed a curi ous ceremony in a subterranean cham ber among: the Moquis of New Mexico. It was a relig-ious performance, em blems being- wrou;rhton the .-round by a priestess in sand of different colors j yellow, rre-en, red, white, and black. Among- these emblems were the lightning- snakes" which are four in number, the green and white nake being- female and the yellow and red snakes male. Exact reproductions of j two of the sand pictures art; now on exhibition at the National museum. Around the originals many weird rites were performed, dramatizing the le gend of the adventures of the snake hero. The celebration was that of the snake dance. Subsequently the same art was found to exist among the Navajoes ar.d Apaches. Hut what could V more surprising than to discover it in Japan, practiced in exactly the same fashion, though for amusement and not for re ligious purposes. In that country per ipatetic artists make such sand mosa ics for the entertainment of the crowd that is sure to gather. The expert car ries about with him a bottle of tine sand of different colors. Taking it in his hand, he skillfully allows it to stream through his fintrers, making either a single or a double line of one or two colors at will. The work is done very rapidly, and the pictures are often exceedingly good. Now, how does it happen that the Japanese and M 04111 Indians have this art in common? t an it be that they are descended from the same ancest ors'.' Such a conclusion is not to Le jumped at by any means. The remote progenitors of those Indians may have lived in Japan. Possibly the present Japanese drove them out of the coun try, but learned from them how to make sand pictures. The tide of hu man migration swept the descendants of the expelled aborigines of Japan to that part of the world which is now called New Mexico, where they have preserved the ancient religious prac tice to this day, making their mosaics with elaborate ceremonial in cham bers underground. This theory is sug gested by l'rof. Otis T. Mason, of the Smithsonian institution. The ancient religious ceremony is transformed in Japan into an snmse ment. That is not an uncommon phe nomenon the metamorphosis of a pious rite into a game or show. The toys of to-day are the tools of yes terday. The weapons of a short time ago are the playthings of the present. Children now play with the bow and arrow, which were the means of sub sistence and the instruments of war in ages gone by. The Japanese government recently presented to the National museum a very interesting group of life klze fig ures representing the famous warrior Nobunaga anil his generals. The scene depicts a council of war on the field of battle. The costumes and armor are actual relics preserved from the six teenth century. Nobunaga's helmet is one that Vas worn by the hero him self. In the latter part of the six teenth century he was the greatest man in Japan, governing in the name of the mikado. Hut his greatest celeb rity came from his efforts to drive Kuddhism out of the country, where it had to a considerable extent supersed ed the native Shinto religion. In Nobunaga's day the Buddhist priests were fairly running Japan. There religious establishments were great strongholds. The greatest of them inclosed thirteen valleys and over five hundred temples and shrines. Here thousands of monks were con gregated. They chanted before gor geous altars, reveled in luxury and licentiousness, dallied with concubines and hatched plots to fan the flames cf feudal war. They were protected by their sacred character, as well as by physical force. Nobunaga attacks this stronghold and burned the shrines and temples, killing thousands of men, women and children. He also destroyed an im mense fortified temple and monastery in the province of Osaba. Several thousand of the people tried to escape during a storm, but were overtaken and slaughtered without regard to age or sex. A iunk laden with the eais and noses of the slain was permitted to float by the besieged castle in full view of the garrison. From these tre mendous blows I'.uddhism in Japan has not recovered to the present day. Washington Star. Chalices of Death in Itattle. At the battle of Solferino, according to M. Cassendi's carefully deduced cal culations, a comparison to the number of shots tired on the Austrian side with the number of killed and wounded on part of the enemy shows that TOO bul lets were expended for every man wounded and 4.-00 for each man killed. The average weight of the ball used was thirty grains, therefore it must have taken at least l'-6 kilograms, or '22 pounds of lead for every man put out of the way. Yet Solferino has gore into history as a most important and bloody engagement. Chicago Tribune. For Broad-Chinned Women. The headgear has acquired in width what it has lost in height. Women with broad, heavy chins will look bet ter than they have for years, for broad head adornments are eminently becom ing to them; but alas for the women with classic, oval faces and wedgelike chins who indiscriminately don the broad hats and bonnets and give their pretty "phizzes"' the characteristic modeling of earthen flower pots! For tunately, the styles are such, that they may be modified to individual needs 1ft- Louis Republic Not at" All Curious. Old Fisherman You didn't fish long this morning. Amateur (tremulously) Shar ah arks out th there. "Oh: Scared the fish, did they?"' '"I I didn't wait to see whether the ilsh were scared or not." Good News, WHIPPING MADE HIM HAPPY. Showing the Force of Habit With One Aholibamah Skinner. Aholibamah Skinner was a North Carolina cornfield hand of inkv black ness of skin and the shortest of wool!? hair, who was frequently beaten with many stripes by his irascible master, the rich and influential "Squire Mat thew Skinner. "Holy,"' as everyone called him. was very muustrious, always leading the gang up and down the corn rows, and he "tended'' in his owu time the larg est "patch er new groun" chirrin"' of any slave upon the plantation. He could catch more fish than any other -Negro tor miles around, ana he was so expert in trapping birds and "var mints'" that he threatened an extermin ation of all the desirable creatures of the field and forest. The "Squire knew lioiy to oe forehanded, for he held intrust for that worthy several hun dred dollars he had accumulated in di vers wavs. Still, the master was irresistablv im pressed with the idea that floggings were indispensable, not only to the proper discipline of '"Holy."'' but also to his health, peace of mind and con tentment of spirit. What is most ex traordinary is that he had brought the Negro to the same way of thinking. Of course it will be understood that no disgrace was attached to such a punish ment on the plantations, the only pen alty being that of physical suffering, and "Holy's"' skin was as tough as that of an alligator. Those were davs v, ueii soldiers and sailors of the armv and navy were flogged for pettv of fenses and when the rod and ferule were in everv school-hov.se in the land. 'i lie trouble with Aholi'i a uah was his inability to govern that member which wiser people than he have had difficulty in keeping under subjection. He would "jaw'" the overseer and get up bickerings among his fellow slaves, which frequently brought his back into touch with the whip. Yet, after all, in a majority of instances, he was thrashed upon general principles and without any ostensible reason. One bright June morning, when the waist-high corn might almost be seen to shoot upward, so rapid was its growth, and the "hoe-hands" were fol lowing the plows to complete the "hill ing."' the edd 'Squire came up and rode in front of the gang. Aholibamah touched the brim of his ragged straw hat, and then taking it off, said res pectfully, with downcast, sheepish eyes: 'Mars Maffer, you's done been f urtrit sonefin' dis mawnin', deed you is." "What's that you say?"' demanded the squire, sharply. "Yaas, suh. Mars Maffer, I's done been orful po'ly 'n' de hoe's been er slippin' 'n' slippin' all dis bressed day. Jessir, fink, Marse Maffer. youse did done fnrg-it "n' I's jis oncommon mis' able." "Why, you chucklehead, if you don't handle that hoe lively 111 bring this whip about your shoulders, I can tell you." "Daf jis' hit, Marse Maffer. you done furgit to lam me dis mawnin "n' I nafally kaint git erlong Mout hit. Ef you "ould gimme a lickin", Mars Maffer, 'n no foolin"." With a smile the squire dismounted and complied with the request, apply ing the whip most vigorously. Aholi bamah. following an unvarying rule of his race under such ordeals, writhed, twisted, squirmed, roared, bawled, pleaded piteously for mercy, declared he was being killed, and insisted he would never sin again as long as he lived. With the last blow the tears dried as if by magic, the groans ended abruptly, and with a broad smile that covered his entire face, lie said: "T'anky, Marse Maffer, dat er sho'ly good 'nn. "n" I's peart es er cricket."' A moment later his stcntor voice was raised above ail the rest in the singing of the familiar refrain: I'os-uzu up tie intra tro. 'coon :n t'.e holler. frhotv n. e de man dal'Il ketch 'em fer :tdolier. Chicago Tribune. NOT AN EVEN THING. TIi Lost Money liy Listening to a Cheap p I'reaeher. In one of my pari-'aes i writes a friend of the Drawer), some years since, 1 had a vestryman, an excellent man and a warm friend. He has now departed this life, arid so this story may be told as an illustration of hi- official devo tion to the interests of his eonstitu ency. In my neighborhood lived a clerical brother, a splendid preacher, and very popular with ail who knew him. with whom I often exchanged pulpits. His salary was fifteen hun dred dollars and a rectory, while mice was two thousand dellcr-i with a sim ilar provision for my shelter. One very hot summer, not being in good health, and knowing that my peo ple admired him very much. I ex changed quite frequently with h::. so as to save preparing sermons. One ua- I went into the large store of my vestryman to have a chat with him. which he opened as follows: "You have lately exchanged a g-twi deal with Mr.-" "Yes. sir,' I replied. "He i- a fine preacher, and every one in the parish admires him." "I know that."" said he. "I like him very much. Hut what is his salary?"' '"Fifteen hundred dollars and a rec tory." "'Hut Wnf art ire jn(yig I told him. '"Well," he put in. "hnre you cvnid tred f wis ft thit jMtrixft '- b) t?tt.4 exrlanrjf? I told him I had not rr.;;ce that cal culation. "2sihf iioV'tr and "L-ty rtutt i th? lor per Sttiidv" was the statement of this careful guardian of the financial inter ests of his parish. Harper's Magazine. 'ot ratriotic. '"I am afraid KunkiiiTi lias-n't much patriotism in his eosu position. "So?" Yes. I happened to say to him th this was the ereatest country on eart and the idiot wanted me to exp' why I thong-ht so."" 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