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America's Rusted Goddess to be Painted After Twenty Year of Neglect the Stitue or Liberty Is to Mike Her Toilet. Hotter dayn nro ahead of llarthol dl'ii Statue of Liberty, which was re reived with ho much ceremony from Franco over 20 yearn ago. Since th.it gala ilnv in 1680, when the fair goddeHn In bronze received the plaud IIh of the nation, and wuh the cen ter of mlinlririK throngH, who Iihh been neglected, Nothing han been done lo May the lavaKCH of time, and the corroding of the Hult-utccpcd air of the upper buy, arid oh n renult, to day Hlii! Ih a "perfect night," iih hIio uutlouhtlly would exclaim, If en dowed with Hpeech, and could nee her Helf mirrored In the surface of the surrounding waterH. Hut her dayn of poverty and neglect are over, and now hh ward of the na tion and Hperl.il charge of the war department, Hhe Ih to bo taken In hand and Hiirh toilet an befltH her Hlatlon In life and her physical condltloiiH Ih lo he given her. The report Ih that, idie Ih lo he painted, and In thin iiho uiidoiihtedly diHplayH a feminine weakneHH, for when the tell-tale markH of lime Intrude their unwcl i oiiio preHi-nre, where Ih the woman who Ih not. either to take refuse bo- THE STATUE OF LIBERTY. (Salt-Steeped Air Hat Corroded Badly the Great Bronze Figure.) lilml the powder puff and the rouge Hut ('apt. Ilurnell, who Ih In charge of the Htatue, and under wIiohii hii liervlHlon the work of icpnliitlng Ih helm; done, dcnlcH that the outHlde of the Htatue In to he painted, hut says the Innlde may he routed with Home light-colored iireHervatlve after the niHt lutH been iicraped off. It Ih only three yearH Mure the war department wuh kIvi-ii control of the Matue, and tip to the preuent year the department hint been hampered In Hh work by the lack of fundH. Hut congress at ItH last hchhIoii camo to the rescue with Ifi'J, 800 $;'.', K00 for the renovation of the national goddenn after 20 yearH of nriKleci. Hut that there Ih a new era opening tip for the goddeHH Ih certain, Juh tlce Ih to bo done her at hint. (.'apt. Ilurnell Ih very enlhiiHlaHtlc over the outlook for the Improvement of Htatue anil KroundH, which Ih a mutter ho has had ut heart for a long time, and In speaking of which he showed hl:i enthusiasm strongly. "I have linen overwhelmed with lot terH," Hitld he, "for hoiiio time jinst, particularly since a rumor became current that the Htatue wan to be painted. Where OiIh orlKlnatrd I don't know. I certainly have re reived no official rommiinlcatlon a jrt regarding the palntliiK of the outside of the Htatue. The IiihIiIo cer tainly will bo ncraM'd tn remove the niHt and repainted with a HkIu colored preservative that will protect the walla of the atatuu and reflect the light, makliiK the Interior easier to Illuminate. The Dalits, which we hope to Install by the first of next year, will be aranle for their purpose. I don't know Jimt how many there will he, hut ahout one for every turn of the utalrway, I think. "The tmchllght will he Inereanul, hoth hh lo nuinhur and power. An IhlngH are now the power we aro nhle to generate In the poHt power hoiiKe Ih liiHiifllclcnt for our necdn, hut one of the Improvement, hh you Hee hy the hill, In a new Illuminating plant. Of coiiihi:, the electric eleva tor will In,- run hy the power fiom the Kame Million, which will ho ample for all the noeilti of the Inland. That there Ih deHporalo need of Mich appropilatlon Ih pnlnfully ap parent to any one who taken the lit tie iiteamer out to lledloe Inland and j liiHpi.-etH the Htatue. The very Hplrlt I of ruin hangn over the place. It i moots one on the wharf whete the , boat lanilii- for that matter It. Ih to I he Been on the boat IIkoU before you ' land; It Ik In the walkH leading up . lo the pedeMal, which are weather j beaten and rotten plankn that give as j the foot or hand IoucIich them. Tim j old cannon on the facade of the fort have not CHcapod, but are pocked ' marked hv the flying Hprny and In rruiiteij Halt of the hay. Kven the big ronciete bane or the Htatue him come In for Ito iiharit of the general fit la pi i at Ion and Ih marked by ureal Mnr-Hliapcil neaniH and riackH allow ing vividly agulnM the white wallH. Mont unseemly of all Ih the Mute, bordering nH It doeH on the danger oiih, of the "lemixirary" Htalrway up which one iiiiihI climb to the main en trance of the pcdentnl. TIiIh Ih ol wood, weather itcarrcd wood, patched and Hhored In Innumerable placcH hy the signal corpii iieople nlnre they came Into power, and wan originally put up for the purpomi of haiilciilng the day when the Htatue could he thrown open to the public. It wau meruit for a week'K or a month'H uhu ut the longest, but It ban Mood there for the hiiHt part of 20 yearn. There Ih unother phase of the mat ter thai desorveH mention, the more ho that no camera ran Klvo any Idea of It. The Innlde of the monument lu totally and abnolutely black. It li ImpoHidble to nee the next Mep, and one iniint "feel" oiio'h way durltiK the entire ( limb, There are poHHlhly tru or three lights, or the oil lamp variety, hwiiiik between the crown chamber In the head and the Hiindalled feut which rent on the pedcntal. Nothing more In the ahape of Illumination mivi the tiny gleams of light that struggle IhiotiKli pin IioIch In the bronze platen of the Htatue llnelf, and do but nerve to hIiow Hid darknesn. Ol these lutter IioIch there ure fully C00 .lent what caused thene holes uo oni hcoiiik to know, but the general onlti Ion waa that they urn runt markH. At they am on the Hide of the Htutue li 1 wuh Impossible to reach them un 1 exumlnu thorn carefully in order t ascertain their character exactly, HISSOOBI STATE NEWS I Hearty At 109 Years. Aim. Elizabeth Kox, whone hunband, J. H. Kox, died eight yearn ngu, will ho 109 yearn old If alio llren until Feb ruary 1 1, 1907. Hhe In hall and hearty. She liven at the homo of a married daughter near Smllhton, I'cttl.s coun ty. Hhe wan born In Jcffernon coun ty, Kentucky. Sixty yearn ago Hhe and her hunband came to MlHnourl and willed lu l.ewln county, remain Ini; there until afler the Civil war, when they went lo I'i'UIh county. Kour of her nix children are living. She him one brother a year younger than her nclf, who wan living In Canada the hint time nhc heard from liltn. Short ly after her marriage Mrn. Kox Joined the Hapllnt rhuiih which Hhe attended regularly, Mrn, Kox linn never worn ghtHKCH. Would Bar the Unhealthy. Dr. Kred V. I.ooh, member of tho Mate board of ehurltleit, who Ih pre paring a hill for the abolition of cap ital iiuiilnlimenL to he presented lo the next. legislature In aim at v'irlc on a hill which will rcwilutlonl.c the marriage ciihIoiii of thin Mate If It become.') a law It will teipilro a phynlelnn'n certlllci'te to be (lied with the application for .i marriage llcctiho Hhowlng the iipplicanl to be free from luberculoHln, cancer and Insanity, cither prevent or hereditary. Dr. Imih Hinted that a very large percent age of the ntalo'B ( hargcn In the In na ne aKyliimn and other liinlltutlona are directly traceable to the renult of liiarrlagen conlrneied where one or both of the pan lea are subject to thene alliiieiitn. Apple Growers Urged to Hold Crop. While the Ozark country will have thin year one o( Hie largent apple crops In hlnlory, frull glowers ol tlicen eounly nay that prlcen will be fully iih high iib they have been In ten yearn, due to a Hhortage of the yield In Ohio, New York, Virginia and other npplc-giowlng ntaien. Specula tniH are now trying lo force down the prices of early applet hy telling hiuiiII giowerH that there will be an overpio ductlon In Hie eanl. Some npecuhttorM have bought the entire product, of Hinall giowcrn In thin county already at 75 cents to $1 a ban el. S. A. Iluz eltlne nald that In hla opinion apple') will Hell foi ", lo $:i,r,0 a bariel next winter and he advli-m all grower:) lo hold their crop. Butler Woman 100 Years Old. MIhh Mary Catherine School-, who liven a few miles noilh or Ilutler, elebi.iieii her lOOlli annlvernay ten nl ly at her home. She wan born In IJailen. (icitnany, Augunl 17, 180(1, mil moved in thin country In 18ns, AIjoiiI 70 relatives were piei-rnl at the cele bration She ban living children, grandchild i en, great -gr-mdrh lid ii'ii and great-gieat-gianilchlldieii. Sh" In ipilto ai'lthe y"l, and goen up and down Malm Heveial tlmen a day without aid New Members of Agricultural Board. (!ov. Foil, made the following up- polntmenln lerenlly of inemherH of the Mate board of ngrlciiltuie to III! vacancies In hi; hoard, canned by ox- pliatloiiH or termn: l-lrnt congreii hlonal illnlilil. W. II. Kobeii, of Moiillrello, l-wln unility; Kniirlh I Im- trlet, .lohu I.. (JhrlMlan, of Itorkport Atehlpon conuty; .Seventh dlntrlet, N. If. (ientiy, Sedalla, I'etlln eounly. and Klghth dlntrht, V. C. Howell, of I'll- man, Miller county. A Boy Abducted by Showmwi A wiirraul Ii.'ih been Innued al Sedalla for the aniiHt of two men lonm-cted wllh a clieii'i on the charge of having ahdueted Waller Howard, II yearn old, when Hie cIiciih left theie lerenlly, lh) boy wan found lu llarrlnouvlllii by MaiHhal DjivIh, of Clinton, and wan ictiirucd lo hln home. The boy dc nerlhed the men he naya ahducteil him, mil im doe not know their iiuiuch, Bales of Public Land, The general land office han received the n-jKiri o the olllrern In charge o tho local land ofllce al Sprlnglleld, Mo. the only laud ofllce icmalnlng In the slate, for the lineal year ended .lutin 10 lam It hIiowh that l,7r.:i entrlcn Acre made and (hat 101, 121. 87 ncren of public land were dlnponcd of The .ercli.tn of i ho ofllce were ll!i,7H.lG. Had Been a Boy Himself. A farmer near ('hlllleothe had a field 'it lueliiun which were nearly as largo ih hevr l.fgu, with far nuperlor ion entH, A day or two define they were ripe the Hinall boy with a Jack-kuiro iipeai(d and ruined every one of hem. The farmer infused to prone Mile ami tried lo nmlle at hln heart jroaklng Ioiik, ' , Want Game Law Amended. Thoi.e lutctested lu the Mhinourl :ar.ie uw ihIvIhd thai die ai l he entire. y over) wiled at the next m-phIoii of he iiHHt-mbly nnd (lie nlr holcH plngsod IP. BUSINESS OUTLOOK BRIGHT AUGUST SALES EXCEEDED ALL RECORDS FOR THAT MONTH. Business Failures Few In Number Export! o' Wheat and Flour Exceedingly Large. New York, N. V. HrailMieet'u myn: llelter weather and definite a HiiranccH of large ciop yleldn Mlmulate fall and winter buying, which Ih nc parently at or clone to ItH zenith. Mont leading marked! report biiyera present In unprecedented numberH, and tho volume of Augunt nalen exceedn all recordn for that month, except, at a few polntn where weather condltlonn have been unpropltloun. SaleH of dry goodB, clothing, hIioch, leather, hard ware and other Iron and nlecl products and lumber nro very large. The fall Hprlng Hcanon In nlno apparently at it height; forcen are working overlltno, nnd tho rallrondn aio working to (holr full copuclty, with a car famine pre dicted for the not far dlntant future. A mnaller movement or winter wheat haB partly relieved the nlraln of that cereal, and made for a llltlo inoro Mead IneHH In pi Ice of Hint cereal, which, howevor, han nagged nllghtly, as tho feeling grown that nprlng, like winter wheat, will prove a large ciop. Ho- portn from abroad are of better than earlier anticipated wheat cropn, which Hoom likely to affect prlcen Mill fur ther, hut It In lo he noted Ihnt export nde In flour ha Improved and ex- port8tend lo expand. The crop nllua. Hon otherwise In very pioinlnlng. Tho promlne of cooler weather makea for Incrcaned ncllvlty In Iniliinlry. Ilio Iron and aleel markeln are a little (inleter, due mainly lo r.caiclty of aup- pHoH rather than to weahenlnj; of de mand, which an evidenced by advlccH In pig lion, old material and home I'.n Inhed llneit, In Mill very heavy. HunlncHH failures In the fulled StateH for the week ending Augunl .'10 number Kill, agalnnt Ifi.'i I.-ihI week, 101 In correnpondlng we"k of llor, 18f In 1D0t, K,2 in I'M', and i:::i In 1!)02. In Canada falliircn for tho week number 14, hh agnt.int 10 lant week and 2," In thin week a year ago. Wheat, Including flour, cxpoitu from the United Htaten and Canada for week ending AugiiBt 30 are the largent of any week thin yjar, aggregating fi,. 081,099 dunheln, agalnnt .'!,l'J(i,:71 lant week, 1,-I2!,2.ri0 thin week lant year, l.KOO.fil 1 In 1901 and -l,10(i,llM in 1901. For Hie pant nine weelui of the fiscal year the oxportn are z:i,2i)0,:i!m imihii- oln, agalnnt. R,90i;.7ril In 190,"., I2,4f;4,- CC2 lu 1901 and r19.IC7,7i"0 In 1901. Corn oxportH for the week were HOI,. 401 dunhelij, agalnnt C.r,?,jA) lant week, 1.1 (i'.,370 a year ago and "I0,r.(;2 In 1901. Gold Advances In London. London. DliieountH wero firmer, owing to the fuilher advance of gold, the hank of Mnglnnd raining the Helling price of Anieilean eaglen to 7(i 8 'j, due to the utrong ilemand fiom Atneilca, and the anticipation of tin; 1'nlted States necuilng next week'H arrivals of gold. The Treasury Statement. Wnnhliigton. I). ('. -Hlatement of tin.1 ticanury balance of the general fund, exclimlve of Hie $ir,0,000,000 gold renerve, nhown: Available caMi bal ance, $200,:!i;i,r,92; gold coin nnd bul lion, 1 1 1 1 ,.r.7 1 ,.".08 ; gold cerllflcateH, ?iti,:i89,r,7o. New York Dry Goods Market. New York. The diy goodH niaikil holdii Hteady tin to prlcen, hut with a nllghtly IfHHcned trade an Hie holiday ( Labor day I appioachcH. The Jobbing trade lit active. INDIGNATION IN JAPAN. Vlcloila, II. C. The er Tartar, from Japan and brought uov.'ri that the killing lupaiicso iioacheiH lu the raid I'rlholorr inlaudn, han cauiiod ntearn China, of llvo al t!,e gieat Indignation In Japan, and the prenn In devoting colutnim to Hie iIIhcuhhIoii of the affair. Some or the vernacular pren ipiolo nn unnamed Japaiiene i.eallug authori ty an naylng: "In I90I Fome AmericatiH prohibited from neallni; under their own flag Marled tho practice or poaching under the .lapaiiene Hag, with Ih" annlntauco of .InpancHO nealerH. Whether the .Inpatient) who were killed or Imprln oned were employed by Ameilcaun, or were acting Independently, in Mill un certain, acricrdlng lo Inventlgatlou In view of tho uncertainly In Ihla point, ami an lo other clrciimntancen, It In not clear whether Hie killing of the Jap' amiMi Hcalcm wan JuMlllnhle or not." MADE TWO WORLD'S RECORDS. The Mare Ecstatic Paced a Mile 2:01 and Another In 2:02. In lteadvllle, Mann. Tho clon ing of the two weeku' .tiiiiiI ell cult meeting rt the Nmw Kut'lMid breeders' track raw two nsirc U'lrld'n irroiiU entahllnliCil by Kciatlc, who icii.-cd tho Hcroiid heat In Hitr llim! frco-lor-all In and the th.bd III 2:(i2yk. Tho lint In Idu f.it.tt-HL hy ,i i.enuid evuf )iud by a pacing suuiu in a jute, A HEALTHY0L9 AGE OFTEN THE BEST PART OF LIFE Help tot Women Paaalnr Tbroub Changs of Llf t'rorldcnco has allotUtl us each at least seventy ycor in which to fulfill ourmbwlon in life, ond It Ih ffcncrally our own fault It we die prematurely. Nervous cxliaiiKtlon Invlten di.icaso. Thin Btatement i.s the ponltivc tn th Vhcn everything bcconien n burden and you cannot walk a few block with out exersnivc fatigue, and yoti break out into er.splrallon easily, und your face flushcN, unil you grow excited and shaky at the least provocation, and you cannot bear to lie crossed In any thing, you are in danger; your ncrven have given out; you need building "P at once 1 To build up wotnan'H ncrv oiiH nyHtem nnd during the period of change of life we know of no better medicine than l.ydia E. Htiklinm's Veg etable Compound. Here Ih an ll;un tration. Mrn. Mary I. Koehne, 371 (iarfleld Avenue, Chicago. III., writes: " I hnvn lined I.ydlii K. I'liikhoin'sVegrti'bl Coinimnd for yenrs in rnv f n tn I ly niirt it never dlvippolnli; M wlirti I felt Hint I wns li taring tlmcliungn of life I rriiiiiiu-iiccd trrit-nn-iit. with It. I look in nil about fix Ixittlm nnd it did me n reat ileal of gixkl. It utonprd my dlrzy SIN, imlnn In my dark mill fhn lii-adnchns with which I had Hiihrcd tor innntliH Morn taking the (Vinimund. I feci Hint If it had not lieen for thin great, mrdlehie for women that I Khotild not have Ih-cti nlwn to-flay. HlKNplenilid for wnnicii.oldnryoun, nnd will niirely cure all female disorder." Mrs. I'lnkhain, dnnghtcr-ln-lati' of I.ydla K. I'inkhnm, of T.ynn, Mobh , In vltcn all hick and ailing women lo write her for advice. Her great experience Is at their service, free of cost. Starch, like everything cine, la be ing constantly Improved, tho patent StarchcH put on the market 25 yoarH ago nro very different, and Inferior lo thone of the prenent day. In tho lat ent discovery -Defiance Starch all In JurlouH rhemlcaln are omitted, while the addition of nnolher Ingredient, In vented hy iih, given to the Starch a Ktrenglh and HtnoollinenH never ap proached hy other hiandn. Sensible German Idea. On continental rallwayn and tho Ithlno HteamerH there ih no mincer lancoiin Hcruinbllng for uiealH. ItiHtead u nteward goen through the train or boat and llntH the people who wain to eat. Kaeh getH a number, and thin Innurcs a neal without crowding or delay. New Life of John Sherman. CongreHHinan Theodore K. Ilurton, or Ohio, who wan In London an a delegate lo tho Interparliamentary union, ban written a life of John Sher man, which will bo pulillnhed thlB fall. GAINED 34P0UNDS Persistent Anaemia Cured by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills After Other Remedlea Had Failed. " When 1 began taking Dr. Willi'iimn' Pink l'ills," Kiiyn Mih. Nathaniel Field, of St. Alhiiiin, Homcrnct county, Maine, "I wan the patent, inont bliKidlenn imthoii you could imagine. My tonguo and gnniH were colorlenn unil my llngern ami cars wcru like wax. 1 had two doctor nnd they pronounced my trouble, iiiurinln. Iliad npelln of voiiiitiug, could not eat, ill fact, did not dare to, I hail Mich din treHH after eating. My stomach was filled with gan whicli cuiihed tun awful agony. The backache 1 sulTcrcd wan at timcn almost unlirarableiiiiil the leant exertion made my heart beat no fnnt that 1 could hardly breathe, lint the worst of all was the splitting neuralgia headache, which never left me for seven weeks. AlxiutthiH time I hud had Heveial numb hk-IIk. My limbs would bo cold mid without any feeling ami the most deathly seiiHutioiiH would come over lue. "Nothing had licltx-d inonnlll I begun taking Dr.Williamii' l'iulc l'illn, in fact, I had grown worso every day. After I hail taken the pills a shoit time I could see Hint they were Ixiiitdltiug mu nnd one moiiiiug I iiwolcti entirely fire from Imiu. The (lintrcns after eating disap. M:ari(l ami in three wceltH I could rat aiiyililug I wanted ami miller no iuciiii veuieiiee, i iiIko nlejit Houiidly, I have taken several boxen of tho pillnnnd liavu gained in weight from K'0 lo 151 pounds aim nm fH-rnsuiy wen now." Dr. WilllaniM' l'inlc l'ills cure nninmiu In-caiiKe they nclually make new blood. Vnr rhciiiiKillsin, indigestion, neivoun headaches mid ninny forms of wcukiirHs they are lei'iiiiitiiendeil oven if oiiliunry liiciliciiifslntvo failed. Tliey uie sold by nllilrugglKlH, or will he sent pout paid, on receipt of in ice, f0 cents per box, nix Imxm for ii.to, by the Dr. AVilllamn Modlciuo Compuuy, bcheucctiUJy, N. Y.