The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1899-09-07

{. 1888.
Pitiy, Pointed and Pertiaeat.
Florida moonshiners killed q sheriff
and wounded bis deputy before they
could be jailed, last Sunday.
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The giddy Parisiaus ought to save
a few of those riots to show the visi-
tors to the Exposition, next year.
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1t is fitting that Sam Jones should
make his campaign for governor OF
OHIO on an automobile; both are so
liable to break down when they
strike rough roads.
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| The residents of Peck, Fla. will
have to get along without q post
Office as punishment for whitecap-
ping their postmaster.
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| Fake Dewey interviews are get
ing quite numerous, but nobody pays
any serious attention to them; the
country knows Dewey too well to
take any stock in fool-words put in
his mouth by yellow journals.
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Gov. Roosevelt intends taking the
stump in Ohio about the middle OF
September for the state republican
ticket.
Those distinguished has-beens,
Dave Hill aud Arty Go.man, might
exchange condolences if they were
not so mad with each other.
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The Illinois men who are said to
be putting up good money to bring
suit against Uncle Sam for 1864 ,OOO.-
600, principal and interest of certain
Union Pacific Railway first mortgage
bonds, may discover after a while
that they are up against a new sort
of gold brick game.
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Those jersey democrats should be
ashamed of themselves for having
disturbed the siumbers of Rip Vnn
| " inkie Cleveland.
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A war between Great Britain and
the Transvaal Republic would be
even more jug-haudled than our re-
cent scrap with spain, and could have
but one resuli-ihe addition of the
| Trausvaal t. Great Britain's posses
sions.
When Sir Charles Tupl.er charged
the q. >. with being responsible for
the delay in the settlement of the
Alaskan boundary dispute, he gave
an exhibition of gall that entities him
| to medal.
The presence Of the Shamrock in
New York harOor is increasing pub
| lie Interest in tho international yacht
| race to be sailed few weeks hence.
Americans do not believe that the
Columbia can be beaten.
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Colonel James B. Simpson of Dal-
las, Texas, who has been talking
about another civil war in this coun-
try seems to be as reckless in his talk
as Jerry Simpson used to be. Per-
haps Col. Simpson wants to 60 to
Congress.
The Agricultural expert of the
| German Embassy is also ali expert in
the iollying line. In a published in-
tervie " he throws a lot of boquets
at us ir order to wind up with an
argument showing why we should
buy Germsn beat sugar. When Ger
many treats American meats fairer.
it way sell US more sugar. Argu-
ments count for nothing as long as
our meats are shut out of Germany.
President Diaz, of Mexico, VINO is
practically the whole thing in that
country, knows how to make the Me-
xicans believe that they have hand
in governing themselves. He told
the committee that invited him to at
tend the laying of the cOruer- r-stOne of
| the new post Office in Chicago that
he wished to attend but could not
definitely accept the Invitation until
the Mexican Congress grants him
permission to leave the country. He
will, of course, be there, as the only
business of the Mexican Congress is
to carry out his wishes.
JOHN WANNAMAKER spends $780,
600 q year for advertising, and Sci
gle, Cooper & Co.. spends $3OO,0OO a
/, year or nearly $1,000 day for this
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