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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-12-27
Thad was sorry that they had ar

rived in town so soon, but on the
theory that sympathy is akin to
love" he concluded that he was
gaining ground. Thad held the
colt with one hand and assisted
Huldah to alight in a manner that
evidenced the we'll trained gallant.
II will call for you in an hour,
Huldah-Miss Stozer, I mean"
AS Huldah rang the bell the
door opened, too quickly for it to
have been answered, and a gentle
man stepped out. In asking HUI
dah's pardon he stepped aside, and
she passed in. AS he neared the
walk, Thad had regajned the seat,
and was about to drive away when
he noticed something very famil-
lar in the step of the person on
the walk.
II say old man, give me match
will you, and hold this colt until I
get light. Get in here and take
a ride, and loosen up little and
tell me what you've been doing
these three months, and be
sociable anyhow, if you have given
up society-and I say, what are
you paying for prime fresh eggs?"
"Well, we'll, Thad old boy, is
that you? You don't want much,
do you? I'm just Yankee enough
to answer all your questions by
asking few myself:
"Have you struck a job at
farming? Where do you work?
How much do they pay to ex-
perienced farmers like you? How
often do you come to town? Why
haven't [ seen or heard Of you
before? Are all the horses on the
farm like this one? Do you call
him Cyclone or just Whirlwind?
"Was that the farmers daughter
I met at the door? Mighty pretty
girl all the same old fel, almost a
match for the one I'm going to
drive with tomorrow night"
"You seem to be progressing,
AL, and [ can't say but that [ am
gaining, but perhaps not in strides
as seems to be your better luck;
but what's the fair ones name AL
and all about her?''
"Stop here Thad, and we'll get
some fresh cigars; Reyes has got
box that he keeps for special &C.
casions and I'm one of them. We
will discuss the ladies and cigars
behind your colt if you don't
mind.
"Well Thad to start with, her
name is Stozer.'
"Now amt that a poser!'
''Not in the least, old man. Her
father is farmer and both he and
her mother are natures noblemen,
and by far too good for anything
that does not smack at least of
heaven"
''She's a highschool teacher
here, [ believe
"Why what do you know of her
history, Thad?'
ooh not much, perhaps; it was
your prospective sister-in-law you
met as you stepped out Of the
house, and their father is my
farmer, that's all, and the daughter
that I left back there will, I hope,
some day grace a home on 9th
Avenue that by this time must
need airing somewhat"
"Come and see us when we get
to keeping house, old man.
"By the way, your divinity has
been invited to shindig, as the
old gentleman interprets it, a sort
of house warming of a family
named Saw who lost their former
house in the zephyr they had here
last summer. AS you are going to
dr;uo tonnrrnm ninht VOL will
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ness In the minister's view of the
whole subject. This feeling grew as
days went on. People said Philip did
not know all the facts in regard TO
peoples business and the complications
which neccssitatcd Sunday work and
so forth.
These We're the beginnings of trou-
blcsomc times for Philip. The trial of
the saloon keeper was coming on In n
few days. and Philip would be called
to witness in the case. He dreaded ii
with nervous dread peculiar to his
sensitive temper. Nevertheless he went
on with his church work, studying the
problem of the town. cndearing him
self to very many in and out of his
church by his manly, courageous life
and feeling the hcartache grow in him
as.thc sin burden of the place weighed
heavier on him. Those We're days
when Philip did much praying. and his
regular preaching. which grew in pow
or with the common people. told the
story of his night vigils with the Christ
he adorcd.
1t was at this particular time that a
special event occurred which put its
mark on Philips work in Milton and
became Il part of its web and woof, 4
hard thing to tell but necessary to re-
late as best one may.
He came home late one evening from
church meeting. letting himself into
the parsonage with his night key and
not seeing his wife in the sitting room.
where she was in the habit of reading
and sewing. he walked on into the
small sewing room, where she some
times sat at special work. thinking to
find her there. She was not there. and
Philip opened the Kitchen door and in
uuircd OF the servant. who sat there
reading. where his wife was.
Il think she went up stairs Il little
while ago" was the reply.
Philip went mt once up stairs into his
study and to his alarm found that his
wife had tainted. She lay on the floor
in front OF his desk. As Philip stopped
to raise her he noticed two pieces of
paper. one of them addressed to The
prcachcr' and the other to THE
Preachers Wife" They We're anony-
nous Scrawls. threatening the lives Of
the minister and his wife ON his desk,
driven deep into the wood, was a large
knife. Then said Philip with prayer,
"Vcrily an enemy hath done this"
TO BE CONTINUED.
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The ancients believed that rheu-
matism was the work of a demon
within the man. Any one who has
an attack of sciatic or inflammatory
rheumatism will agree that the in
Fiction is demoniac enough to war
rant the belief. 1t has never been
claimed that Chamberlaiu's Pain
Balm would cast out demons, but it
will cure rheumatism. and hundreds
bear testimony to the truth of this
statement. One application relieves
the pain, and this quick relief which
it affords is alone worth many times
it's cost. For sale by all Druggists.
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An Epidemic of whooplng Cough.
Last winter during an epidemic OF
whoopiDg cough my children con-
tracted the disease. having severe
coughing spells. We had used Cham
berlainS Cough Remedy very sue
cessfuIly for Group and naturally
turned to it at that time and found
it relieved the cough and effected a
complete cure.-JoHN f. CLIFFORD,
Proprietor Norwood Honse, Nor
wood, N. Y. This remedy is for sale
by all Druggists.
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Paris and the
Exposition
-.UI ustrated

PARIS, the most beautiful city in
the world. presents this year the
most magnificent Exposition of the
marvels of the Nineteenth and n
forecast of the Twenty Century ever
known. Millions of people will Jour
ney thousands of miles at vast eX-
pense to see h e MATCHLESS
WONDERS of the Far. Millions
more can secure, at trltllng expense,
beautiful
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Woman Weil-Armcl.
He laughed scornfully.

He laughed scornfully.
"Why do you speak of dcfenscless
woman?" he asked.
"Isn't she dcfcnsclcss?" she de.
manded.
He laughed again.
"Defensclcss - he exclaimed. while
she can weep? Well, hardly. She
could not be more effectively arHrd." D"
In his time he had been up against
tears, and he kncw.-Chicago Post.
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REDUCED RATES TO PHILA.

VIA PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD, AC
COUNT REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CON
VENTION.
On account of the Republican Ma
tional Convention at Philadelphia
June 10, the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company will sell excursion tickets to
Philadelphia from all stations on its
line at rate of one fare for the round
trip minimum rate 80 cents. Tickets
will be sold and good going June 10 tc
10, inclusive, and returning to June %,
inclusive. 5-l7-5t.
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Anent the Spider.

Tommy-Isn't the spider patient,
sitting there all day?
Papa-llow could he catch flies if he
were not?
Tommy-Why, with fly paper, l
should think.-Judge.
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The Uaual WAY.

Watchmaker-An that ails your
watch is that the hands are crossed.
The big one seems to be holding the lit
tie one.
Miss Gay (demurely)-Isn't that the
right way?-Jewelers Weekly.
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"Ske is so interested in higher edu-
cation!" said the young woman.
YES" answered Miss Cayenne. "a
mortar board is very becoming to her
style of beauty, and she knows it,
Washington Star.
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IncOnsistent Conduct.
THAT palm reader said he had the
most unbounded faith in my future"
"Well?"
"Then he made me plank down one
dollar In advance. Record.
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Wanted Only the Daughter.

"I'd like to marry you." he said,
simply.
ASK pa and ma," replied she, dul-
fully.
but / have no intention of marry
ing the entire family" Town Topics.
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Needed In His Husinc>s.

II tell you" exclaimed the slim indi-
vidual, that water is Gods greatest
gift to n man"
"Are you a prohibitiouist?" >" asked n
bystander, taking him cordially Ivy the
hand.
mo, sir" was the contcmptuous re-
ply. 81 sell milk. Ohio State Jour
nal,
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The Only WAY.

Penner-What do you consider the
best method Of keeping books?
Borrows-There's only one way.
Penner-What's that?
Borrows-Forget to return them
Philadelphia Press.
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The First Verse Counts.

or the songs of the day that they sing
here and there.
To write che first verse is my modest re-
quest;
And who makes the others really don't
care,
For mine they'll remember and none OF
the rest.
Puck
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"Ma, our old cat likes joke"
What makes you think so, Jimmy?
she allus brings it TO you."-Indianap-
oils journal.
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Only One Cause Likely.

Mrs. Greatman (wifc of con
gressman)-What is the matter with
my husband, doctor?
Doctor-Brain strain.
Mrs. Greatman - Dear me! Tie
must have been drinking again and
trying not to show it.-N. Y.
Weekly.
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Mabel am afraid you will have
some difficulty with papa: there is
very little soul about him.
Sir Algernon-My dear girl, that Is
good news. The last father | inter
viewed was farmer and wore
clumps.-Ally Sloper.
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An Epidemic of Mhooplng Cough.
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beautiful
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1900-01-25
oRsYTH. MO-, THURSDAY. JANUARY rs. 1900

them talk, You would suppose they
did it alone. They were opposed to
protection, but in the light of the
shining success Republicans have
made of it they are rapidly drifting
to protection. They have been rab-
idly opposed TO the gold standard,
but large and rapidly increasing
section of the party is rallying
around gold. They have laid awake
nights to hate expansion, but within
five years they will be claiming-to be
the people who Invented it. The
party is to be commiserated not
blamed. The course of events is too
swift for it. 1t viii! catch up by-and-
by, when Republicanism aud pro-
gress shall have moved onward to
meet changed conditions aud new
problems of government. The party
can be trusted to drift around to Re-
publican ground about ten years af-
ter the Republican party has marched
Oh to take UP advanced positions.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1900-01-25
Contest Notice

Department of the Interior, Urited States
Land Office, Springfield, Mo Dec. L., 1899.
A sufficient contest affidavit having been filed
in this office by George F. .Huckstep, contestant
against homestead entrv No. 24420. made April
2, 1897. for the hf sw Or ne Or sw or & NV or
sc Or sec 81, twp 2sn range 2lw, by Claus kor-
tum, contestee, in which it Is alleged that the
said Claus Kortum, has wholly abandoned and
changed his residence from said land fer more
affidavit Of contest herein, and that said aban-
donment was not due to the employment Of de-
fendant in the military naval service of the
United States, said parties are hereby notified
to appear, respond and offer evidence touching
said allegation at 10 'clock a. m. on February
5, 1900, before the Register and Receiver at the
United States Land Office In Springfield, Mo.
The said contestant having, in proper ami
davit, filed December IL 1880, set forth facts
which show that after due diligence personal
service of this notice can not be made, it is
given by due and proper publication.
M. v. Gideon, G. A. Ramsey
Register. Receiver.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1900-01-25
Notice of Order Probate Court.

Now on this day comes Elvira Sims, admins
tratrix of said estate of VIM. B. Sims, late of
fancy county, Missouri, and presents to the
Court her petition praying for an order for the
sale OF certain real estate of which said VIM b
Sims died seized, as follows: the n 4 sw or q 8
= Sc Or NV or of sec Is, d IS, to pay the
debts OF said estate. which said petition is ac-
companied by the account, list and inventory
as required by law. showing that said estate fs
indebted and that said debts are unpaid, and
that there are not sufficient assets on hand to
pay the same. On examination thereof it is
ordered by the court that ali persons interested
in the estate Of said deceased be notified that
application as aforesaid has been made, and
that unless the contrary be shown on or before
the first day of the xt term of this court to be
held on the l2th day of February, 1900, next. an
order will be made for the salo of the real tate
in said pc titiOn described, or so much ttt .0f
as shall be necessary for the payment of said
debts. and it is ordered that copy of this order
be published in q newspaper published in said
county of Taney for four weeks prior to the
next term of this court.
A. L. WEATHERMAN,
Probate Judge.
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America great? The protective sys
tenn depends on protecting every
/ body that needs it, and not only OF
protecting those who are strong
enough to demand it. We must bs
fair to ALL" In view of the effort te
favor Puerto Rico. interest attaches
to the effort of the Ways and Means
Committee of the House to asce rtain
what the term "United States" means
in the clause of the Constitution
which says that all duties "shall be
uniform throughout the United
States" That is to say, whether it
means merely the states and terri
tories, or whether it includes also the
"property" of the United States,
which is under control of Congress.
OF course, the~Supreme Court must
ultimately decide this question, but
the minds of the justices are always
aud naturally Influenced by the acts
Of the government.
1t appears that it is not proper, in
the opinion of the President, for gov
ernment officials to take too promi-
nent part in :he political work of
the next campaign. lie is said to
have asked Charles Gates Dawes and
Perry Heath. two of the best and
brightest of the younger men of the
Administration, A to resign from the
Republican Campaign committee.
Mr.. Dawes has done so absolutely,
and Mr.. Heath has withdrawn of.
ficially, but will give his service un-
officially outside of Office hours. 1t
will be remembered that Mr.. Cleve-
land first inaugurated the custom of
government officials to do
suchN work. NJ. E. Benton, now a
in Congress, was at
that time district attorney in Mis-
souri, and was removed from Office on
the ground that he was an offensive
PARTISAN" he being the first man to
whom that title was applied. Mr..
has now been calling ON the |
President to carry out the precedent
thus established, and the President |
seems to have agreed with Mr.. Ben
ton as to the impl opriety Of such
actions.
AS was certain from the very first,
Secretary Cages reply to his critics
has been absolutely conducive. The
Secretary has had the support either
Of direct law OR of imperial custom
for every step he has taken. AS no
one ever questioned his personal in-
.egrity and the whole charge was
based on technicalities, it is now
about time TO Call a halt. Ihe mere
tact that charges were brought by
one of the two yellow journals of
New York which are running close
race to see which can prove itself the
more disreputable, was III itself
enough to brand the accusation from
he beginning.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1900-01-25

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When writing mention reading this generous
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send your address to A4Iaask1&z3E
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FOREVER OURS.

| This island empire is the last land
left in oil the oceans. If it should
prove mistake to abandon it, the
| bluDder once made would be ire
treiyablc. If it proves mistake to
j hold it, the error can be corrected
when we will; every other progress
sive nation stands ready to relieve US.
But to hold it will be no mistake.
, Our largest trade henceforth must be
with Asia. The Pacific is our ocean.
More and more Europe will manu-
facture all its needs-secure from its
colonies the most it consumes.
Where shall we turn for consumers
of our surplus? Geography answers
the question. China is our natural
customer. She is nearer to us than
to England, Germany or Russia, the
commercial powers of the present
and the future. They have moved
nearer to China by securing perma-
nent bases on her borders. The Phil
lppines gives us a base at the door of
all the East. Lines of navigation
from our ports TO the Orient and
A ustralia. from the Isthmian canal to
Asia from all oriental ports to Aus
tralia, converge at and seperate from
the Philippines. They are self-snp-
porting, dividend-paying fleet, per-
anchored at spot selected
by the strategy of Providence, COM
the Pacific. And the Paci-
fic is the ocean of the commerce of
the future. Most future wars will be
conflicts for commerce. The power
that rules the Pacific, therefore, is the |
power that rules the world. And,
with the Philippines that power is
and forever will be the American re-
Beverldge.
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Contest Notice.
TRADE aaAAk 0eos0s9al

Department OF the Interior. United States
sufficient contest affidavit having been
fled in this office by John Frahder, con-
testant. against homestead entry No 245ys,
made May 10, 1897, for the x NV fri Or n hf.
ne se 4 ne Or sec 80 twp I'm range COW by
Emil Runge ,contestee, in which it is,alleged that
the sad Emil Runge has wholly abandoned and
changed his residence from said tract for
more than six months next proceeding the date
of the affidavit OF contest herein, and
that said abandonment was not due to the EN-
ployment of defendant in the military naval
service of the United States. Said
parties are hereby notified to appear, respond
and offer evidence touching said allegation at I0
O'Clock m. on March z, 1901. before VIM.
II. johnson, q notary public at Forsyth. Ta1ey
county, Mo-. and that final hearing will be
held at 10 O'Clock a. m. on March "A, 1870;
before the Register and Receiver at the United
States Land Ofice in Springfield, Missouri
The said contestant having, in a proper ann
davit. filed Jan. 3, 1900. set forth facts which
show that after due diligence, personal service
of this notice can not be male il is hereby
ordered and directed that such notice be given
by due and proper publication
NJ. v. GIDEON, Register.
G. a. RAMSEY. Receiver.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1900-01-25

Bradstreet's is great commercial
machine for collecting. formulating
and disseminating financial and COM
mercial information. and does not
dabble in politics, SO that the state
ments published are free from polit-
ical bais and absolutely Trustworthy.
The comparison above shows a mar
velous transformation. On the dates
on the left side the country had
just elected q free-trade president
and congress, and business interests
were adjusting themselves to the pol
icies the Democratic party was
pledged to inaugurate. On the lat
ter dates nearly three years of Re-
publican legislation and administra-
ton had overcome the misfortunes of
Democratic antagonism to the pro-
lection of home labor, home manu-
facture and home trade, and placed
the country on an assured basis OF
protection and sound money. With
the removal of the threat of unequal
competition with European and Asi-
attic underpaid labor and the equally
demoralizing threat Of cheap money,
the recovery of labor and business
has been steady and rapid until it's
magnitude has become the wonder of
all nations. 70 sustain the policy
which has led to such happy results
is the duty of Republicans everywhere,
a duty which rests upon the Republi-
cans of Taney county along with all
who desire The continuance of the
present happy conditions, and duty
which be fully discharged only
through organization.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1900-01-25

Senator McLaurin, Of south Caro-
lima, wants state banks. Too many
people remember the Inconvenience
had to carry a Bank Note Detector''
to detarmine the value Of his money,
and felt it necessary to get rid of his
state bank notes before he slept lest
the bank should collapse, for the Nc
Laurin scheme to gain much support.