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The Washington times., 1905-01-15
TRICKS FOR THE EVENINGS

Put a piece of wood or ruler on the
floor and ask some one in the room 10
lump over it. 1t viii look SO easy to do
that some one viii answer. Certainly,
/ can"
very well Try the questioner will
reply. And at the same time he will lay
the piece of wood close TO the wall,
saving. Now, come on and try
Here is japanese trick called the
devils handshake" Go up TO your vic
tim and take his right hand in your own
as though you were about to shake
hands with him Throw his arm up,
swing around at his side and thrust
your extended rigid left arm under
his captured right Your left arm viii
help TO throw his right arm up Be
sure that the inside Of his wrist is up
permost-
Then bear down on his right hand
while holding his arm up with your
own rigid left arm. There viii be a
quick shoot of pain through the vic
TINS arm. and the pressure may be ap-
piled so severely that he will rise on
his toes. If you walk forward you can
force him 10 go with YOU OF course,
when practicing this trick fun force
must not be used
The Washington times., 1905-01-15
THE POINTER.

My mother says it's wrong to point
When YOU are on the street.
mustn't point at things I like
Or people that meet.
I often gee q little hand
Without a boy hitched to II,
Appointing to the railway gate
For people to go through it.
And on the guide post there's a hand
That's pointing out the way.
It points and points, but never moves;
And just the other day
I saw a sign with that same hand
Pointing just ever minute,
And in the newspaper it points
To things important IN IT
I know 1T is a picture hand,
But do wonder SO
IF ever once a truly boy,
Wherever he would go.
Kept pointing, pointing all the time
Till, just to punish him,
They put picture of his hand.
With fingers long and slim,
On every guide-post, gate, and sign,
Where It would mimic him.
The Washington times., 1905-01-15
STORY FOR THE LlTTLEST ONES

Little Betty went to visit her uncle, who had beautiful
collie dog The great friends, and when Betty
came home she said
..Oh, daddy, he is such an intelligent dog. He talks
with his tail and his When he first his tail
hung low wasn't certain about afterward his tail
and always stood high when he coming.
''Once thought would run away with him. and told
him aboutit Well, what do you think? His tail went up,
but his down. just couldn't tell what to think
until saw there were tail, and didn't
run away. for | knew Major right :
The Washington times., 1905-01-15
FoRFEIrS.

In redeemfng forfeits in the many
games young people play. few ideas
seem to spring to the minds of those
do?" Here are some suggestions:
Laugh In one corner of the room. cry
in another yawn IN the third, and dance
in the fourth.
Put yourself through keyhole. write
the word yourself and put It through
Write your name in one letter. write
a letter to some one, with your name
IN it-)
The one to pay the forfeit stands with
his face to the wall; one behind him
makes signs indicating kiss. a pinch,
a box on the ear. Then the question is
asked. Which do you prefer. the first.
second or third2" Whichever happens
is given to him
Initiate, without laughing, such ami
mails as companions name.
The Washington times., 1905-01-15
NEW YEAR ADVICE.

You'd he surprised, I'm sure. 10 know
How far little word can go,
How many miles 1t runs away.
I'm hill. and down. a single day;
How many angry hearts IL wakes,
How many pleasant friends 1t rl1ea-less
What very wise things II can tel,
What very simple ones as well.
How very busy, brave and true,
How very false and lazy, tooi
So take good care before that word
nv ANYBODY else is heard,
That IL shall truly worthy be
To ioin a happy company
OF helpful words that march with gracs
And be ar sweet sunshine IN the face.
The Washington times., 1905-01-15
RIDDLES.

What crosses the water without max
ing a shadow A sound
Why does a sailor know there's man
In the moon2 Because he's been tc sea
lsee).
What is most like cat looking out OF
a third-story window A cat looking in
one.
What is that which is neither flesh
nor bone and yet has four fingers and
thumb? A glove.
what s he fall against? Against his
will
when may a chair be said to hate you?
When 1t can't bear you.
The Washington times., 1905-01-15
TWO AMUSING TRICKS.

Ask person to think of number
between / and TO- Almost invariably
the number thought of will be T.
A trick which always raises a laugh
Is this: You place three tiny bits Of
paper in a row on the back of a friend
hand, and tell him you will blow away.
with one puff, any two he may select.
leaving the third undisturbed- He is
almost sure to ask you to leave the
center piece. You place a finger on that
one, and blow the other pieces away.
The Washington times., 1905-01-15
AN ORIGINAL INVENTORY.

Judge-Prisoner. do you mean to stand
there and tell me that your employer
told you YOU might have all the goods
you wanted. ard that you did not steal
this stuff?
Prisoner-Yes, sir. that's what l said.
He called me in and said: John, YOU
can commence taking stock tonight" l
took two loads, and this ofticer arrested
me.-Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
The Washington times., 1905-01-15
QUITE A SPELL.

There is a farmer who is
Enough TO take his Z Il.
And study nature with his
And think of what he
He hears the clatter CT the ] J
As they each other I I,
And sees that when tree D & &
1t makes a home for 3.
A woke OF oxen he will =,
NTH many haws and q q.
and TIE r,istts kes he will Y . -
When blowing for his P
He little buys. but much he sells,
And therefore little o O.
And when he hoes his soil by spells
He also soils his hose.
The Washington times., 1905-01-15
RAIN.

II every day the sun should shine
And clouds forget to rain
/ couldn't wear my rubber boots
Or sail my boats again:
/ couldn't watch the pussy-cats
Al! wet and sad go by.
I don't see why a little child
Should cry at rain, do you
With mud and puddles everywhere.
And pleasant things TO doZ
Little Folk.
The Washington times., 1905-01-15
CHICKEN coNuNpRuMs.

Why Is a hen on a fence like a cent?
Head on one side tail on the other
Why Is the first chicken OF brood
ike the ulainmast of a ship? A little
forward of the main hatch
Why should a chicken not cross the
road? It would be a fowl proceeding
Why is a hen a poor economist Be
cause for every grain she takes she
gives peck.
The Washington times., 1905-01-15
WHICH PRIZE
WILL YOU WIN?

Any winner of a prize in the
lily Bounce Club will have the
rivilege Of choosing as the prize
ne article from the following
st:
Rugby football
Boys Jersey.
Football pants.
Football shinguards.
Black rubber football.
Air rife.
Roller skates.
Checkerboard.
Finch game
Bourse game
Peuknife.
Dumb-bells
indian clubs.
Baseball.
Baseball glove.
Baseball bat.
Fishing reel.
Gymnasium shoes
Ice skates.
Sword. Set of tools.
Miniature organ
Neck chain.
Fan. Purse
Magic lantern
Set Of soldiers.
Gas stove
Automobile. HANSON cab
Game Of roulette.
Game of "omce Boy"
London Came"
Drum. Kitchen set.
Driving reins. Pin
The Washington times., 1905-01-15
LAST WEEKS PRIZE WINNERS

Annie Farmer, 154 Street northeast
prize
Bennett Eleventh Street northwest
The Washington times., 1905-01-15
How to Hold the Gard Skinner

TO the lower end of the wooden slip.
suddenly release tho Slip. The card
swings around on the pin. hits the cone.
and Will fly a great height or distance
1t will travel one hundred feef- The IL
lustrntion viii help you TO make the
skinner.
The Washington times., 1905-01-15

A card skinner affords much enter
tainmenI makes no noise. ana IS not
dangerous To make the toy the handle
is slotted, in which slip Of wood. notch
ed at the upper end, is set on pivot,
A stout rubber band is sprung around
the notch and handle.
A short pin and a slight cone is affixed
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1905-04-06
TANEY COUNTY REPUBLICAN
Taney County
BY w. II. PRICE.

fancy is the fourth county from the west
line of the state, in the extreme southern
tier, and SO bordering on Arkansas and en-
joyng to its fullness the wonderful climate
Of the sunny Side" Of the Ozarks, where the
temperature rarely touches zero in winter and the
nights in summer are always cool enough to make
sleep delight.
acres, of which about q, 100 acres are under I'M
provement. The soil varies from the rich alluvi1l
bottoms to the strong limestone soils Of the ridg
es, producing successfully wheat, on which the
county was awarded the silver medal at the Lou
isiana Purchase exposition, corn second 10 none,
IA stalk grown this season Oh display in this Office
measuring IL feet in lengthy potatoes, cotton,
melons, tame grasses, berries, fruits, vegetables,
In fact everything except tropical products, Pears
and peaches do especially well.
The surface is rugged and picturesque, covered
with forests and traversed by streams Of spark
ling clesrneSs, among them the beautiful White
river, famed for its scenery and ITS hnny tribes,
including the gamey black bass and jack salmon,
while the wooded eXpanses abound IN small game
Of various kinds. including fox raccoon, opossom.
squirrel quail and turkey aiiording abundant
recrea tion with rod and gun.
The population of the county by the last census
was ~, Ia, only two of whom were colored and
all but 80 American born. The county tax is but
% cents on the slOJ, and there is practically no
county debt. Wood for fuel is plentiful aud cheap,
selling iu Forsyth for a IA wagon-load with side
boards. Church and school facilities are lair and
increasing, many of the schools maniiestlng such
spirit of up'to-datc-ness rs to provide libraries
for the use OF pupils, Improved farms are valued
at Sl0 to SO an acre, while unimprOycd lands can
be had AT IL 20 10 ~. There are still about 800
acres of government lands, subject to homestead
or cash entry. The county is finely watercd. the
White river alone winding IN and out for about n
hundred miles within its borders.
There is considerable timber OF commercial val
ue, including hickory, whitcoak, walnut, pine and
cedar, and vast mineral wealth, Ms Indicated by
the little prospecting that has oeen done. Our
III erals include marble, hydraulic lime, mangan-
copper, lead and zinc IN their multitudnous
ms silver and gold, recent prospecting showing
presence of both in paying quantities. all of
which will afford matchmaking opportunities to
men of means, Judgment and energy.
In no spot on earth, perhaps, can poor man
so easily acquire home and make u living, aud
any man who is honest and energetic will be vel
coined, be he rich or poor. The railroad, white
River line of the Missouri Pacfc,) Is just reach
ing US for the first time, and freight and pass.
engcr steamer will be put on the river next sum
mer, greatly stimulating activity in every dircc'
ton, and sending values upward. Now is the
time to get in right and reap the benefits.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1905-04-06
Thf Straigl1t Matt
BY REV. JOHN WATSON dan Mcclaren)
Author of beside the Bonnie Briar Bush." Etc.

him. you will be left in the uh He be long coming
decision and he be hard bargain When the bargain made
whether by word of mouth nod of the head much as bv
letter which has been copied he will stand by though his last
penny He will whine about losses they are the fortune
will he bag about his honesty for he expects that taken
for granted.
If you have him debate may press you hard and be
very keen his views but he will always deal fairly with yo looking
for the of what you said and taking advantage of the
words If he has quarrel with you he will have you face
to face and would scon SANDER you behind your back
He also be unable day pay his debts that will be
the bteres trial of his life WELL he will work night and day regain
his prosperity and then he will pay his creditors every with inter
Never he kovn make capital point in
game for though he wn he still determined
win like sportsman. And this what BY straight mar
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1905-04-06
81 a Year in Advance.
Big Man Once was Crazy.

The biographer Of Jim Farley, the
strike breaker, gives an interesting in
cident in the life Of this now famous and
successful man. About fifteen years
ago Farley was keeping hotel in New
York, near where he was born. He
was just then attaining his majority.
One day he went to dentist to have an
liberated tooth treated and accidental
ly swallowed an overdose of cocaine.
He recovered consciousness twenty.fOur
hours later possessed of an insane de-
sire to smash everything animate and
inanimate within reach. He was chased
into the woods and hunted for weeks
as a wild thing. AS often as he was
caught he broke away from his captors,
until finally his right senses returned
and he went back home to hear the
stories of his crazy doings and to be
hailed as Il "wild man." He sold out
and went to Long Island and took Il job
as common laborer. Today his wealth
is estimated at $1,000, 900, all obtained
by big fees in breaking railway strikes.
Kansas City Journal.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1905-04-06
No Secrets Oiiide.

An announcement Of interest TO the
thousands of people who have known
of aud used the Aver remedies for the
past forty years, is that in the future
the house OF }. {. Aver Il Co., of Low
ell, Mass, will print the formulas of
their remedies on each bottle or package
sent out. In their announcement on
another page of this issue, they state
that they have nothing to hide and are
anxious that their many patrons should
know just what their remedies contain,
as Il complete evidence that nothing
goes into their makeup injurious to the
health. This is u long step in the
right direction and could be prolitably
followed by other houses. The Daily
Times, Davenport, Iowa.
People have Il iustiiiable curiosity to
know what they are swallowing, in
medicine no less than in food and drink,
and the departure of the j. G. Aver
Co. in taking the public into their con.
lideucc will strike a popular chord and
stimulate the sale of one of the most
popular lines of proprietary medicines
in the world. The idea will promptly
he followed by other medicine COM
panics, but the Aver people will reap
the advantage of being the first to adopt
this comm endable method, as they de-
serve to do.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1905-04-06
Cheated Death.

Kidney trouble often ends fatally, but
by choosing the right medicine, L. II.
Wolfe, OF Bear Grove, Iowa, cheated
death. csoys; 1.-TWO years ago | had
kidney trouble, which caused me great
pain, suffering and anxiety, but | took
Electric Bitters, which effected u COM
plete cure. | have also found them of
great benefit in general debility and
nerve trouble, and keep them constantly
or hand, since, as find they have no
equal" a. II. Parrish druggist,
guarantees them at soc.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1905-04-06
Jenersons All.

From the New York sun.
We congratulate the Hon. John
Fox, president, and the Hon. Robert
a. Van Wyck, chairman of the COM
mittee of arrangements Of the Demo-
cratic Club, on the statesmanlike bill
OF fare that has been drawn up for
Jefferson day. The Nebraska Jeifer.
son will not, indeed, be on tap; but a
choicer selection of real old "Jeifer.
sonian" vintages has seldom been de-
cantcd.
First and licrcest CLEANS the bright
bronze poll of the Hon. Tom Watson,
the Cracker. Jefferson, the ultra.Jetrer-
sonian, more Bryanite than Bryan,
His is the straitcst sect and his the
sincere milk OF Jeifersonianism He
loves n minority. II anybody agrees
with him, he begins to think he must
be wrong.
Next, salute the ample form and big
dramatic head Of the Hon. Tom John.
son, apostle Of Scent fare, plutocrat,
autocrat of Cleveland, Buckeye Jeirer-
sou. He yearns for the single tax so
much that he hates TO pay any other
sort of tax. He will exhibit full set
of views and Il long list of political
triumphs unwon. Though here we
name him second, yet Tom Tor Tom,
we don't know which We prefer or which
can give the more fruitful counsels to
the statesmen Of the Democratic club.
Now comes the Hon. Francis Griffith
Newands, the Nevada jefferson, whose
latest Jeifcrsouian notion is government
railroads. Arm in arm with him is
Frederick 7. Dubois, the Idaho Jctrer.
son, Republican until 1896, Silver Re.
publican until 1900, and now, in his
own words, "a full member" of the
Democratic party, whatever that party
be.
Who is this that glides in inaudibly
on snow.soft sneakers" " he of the nine.
league legs, the dwarf or sack frock
coat the carved Amerind lincaments
and the strange wig.likc hair? Room
aud board for the Missouri jefferson,
the foe Of corporations and lobbies, the
Hon. William Joel Stone, Gumshoc
Bill. Let the banquet proceed,
If any telephathic line connects the
only original Thomas jefferson with
these present Jcllcrsons lie must be
surprised to notice how much he has
changed.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1905-04-06

Department Of the Interior. United States land
Office, Springfield, Missouri, March "a, 1905
sufficient contest affidavit having been filed in
this office by John }. Eastin, contestant. against
homestead entry No. 26iGO made January - 1900
Tor III 81 qr and SO qr ne pr sec r. and Sw ar NV
gr section u, township..23 range IL by Roy II.
Ward contcstec, in which il is alleged that said
Roy II. Ward has failed to establish his residence
upon the said land as required by law. and that
suth iainre was not caused by service In the army
or navy Of the United States In time of war.
Said parties are hereby notified TO appear re.
spond aud offer evidence touching said allegation
at = clock p. IN. on May 10, 1903, before the clerk
ol the county court at Forsyth, Taney county,
Missouri, aud that final hearing will be held ate
o'clock p m. on May IA, 1895, before the Register
aud receiver OF the United States land Office Mt
Springfield Missouri
The said contestant having, in proper affidavit,
filed March q. 1909, set forth facts which show
that after due diligence personal service of this
notice cannot be made, IL is hereby ordered and
directed that such notice be- given by due and prop.
er publication. G. NJ NanlIoscn, Register
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1905-04-06
Last Hope Vanished,

When leading physicians said that
w. NJ. Smithart, of PeGin, Ia, had in.
curable consumption. his last hope van
ished; but DR.. Kings New Discovery
Tor consumption, coughs and colds,
kept him out of his grave. He says:
This great specific completely cured
me, and saved my life. Since then,
have used it for over 10 years, and con-
slider it marvellous throat and lung
cure, Strictly scientific cure forcoughs,
sore throats or colds; sure preventive
OF pneumonia. Guaranteed, SOC and
SlO0 bottles at City drug store. Trial
bottle free.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1905-04-06
shoemaker Versus Govern or,

''iou don't need to pay high prices
for shoes any longer"
The above sentence is made conspicu-
Gus in the new advertisements Of w. l..
Douglas, and is in direct contradiction
to Governor Douglas statements that
the slight tariff on hides must result in
an increased price for shoes. The fact
is that w. l.. Douglas, the shoe manu-
facturer, never made so many shoes, or
so much money, as at present under the
Dingley law. While Governor Douglas,
for selfish purposes, clamors for free
hides, which would benefit only Douglas
and two or three hundred other boot
and shoe manufacturers, our farmers and
cattle raisers would get no benefit either
in selling hides or buying shoes, So,
Governor. we will leave the duty on
hides, and the whole tariff just where
ii is.-American Economist
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1905-04-06
biggest Farm on Enrth.

You all know of Rankin, of Tarkio,
this state, and his farm big enough to
constitute Il little empinc within it..
self. Well, Missouri has been proud
to own him and the distinction of the
largest farm in the world, but it seems
that David has outgrown Missouri, and
has found it necessary to annex a part
OF Iowa. He recently purchased $500
acres of land in Fremont, the Iowa
county adjoining his Missouri king
dom, making his entire holding $1,000
acres. Itsaid that he never sells land. He
issaid to be worth a million, all of which
he made by farming, He is man of
many good points, of which philan-
thropy is one, He employs about 800
persons and may fairly rank as a cap
tain of industry.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1905-04-06
Contest Notice,

Department of the interior, land office at Spring.
field, Missouri, March q, 1913.
a sufficient contest ailldavit having been filed in
this Office by John J. Eastin, contestant. against
homestead entry No. 2b3i5, made December o,
ssH, for Sc Il section 49, township % range 49, by
Walter II. French, contestcc, in which il is aI.
legged that said Walter u. French has abandoned
said lands for more than six months last past not
due to service IN the army or navy of the United
States In time of war.
SAID parties are hereby notified to appear, re-
Spond and oilcr evidence touching said allegation
at 10 o'clock ~ m. on We'd. NAV 10, Iq5, he.
fore the clerk of the county court at FORSYTH Ia.
ncY county, Mo, and that final hearing will be
held at III O'Clock n. H. on May II, 1905 before the
register and receiver Mt the United States land Of
flee In Springfield, Missouri
The sal contestant having in proper affidavit
hied March "a 1903, set forth facts whichpshow
lhhi Atter due diligence personal service Of this
notice cannot be made II is hereby ordered and
directed that said notice be given by due and prop
er publication. IN. Nanllosen, Register
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1905-04-06
Contest Notice.

Department of the Interior. Land Office ut
Springfield, Missouri, February IS 1905.
sufficient contest affidavit having been filed
in this office by william K. Brumield contestant,
against homestead entry No. 26i70 made January
2th, 1890, for hf Sc or sec ~. and hf sw or sec
y, township ~, ra ngc lS by Elmer X. Rawlings
contestec, In which 1t is alleged that the said IN.
mcr Il. Rawlings has utterly failed to establish
his Residence upon the land, and that such aban-
donment was not caused by service In the army or
navy Of the United States In time of war;
Said parties are hereby notified to appear re-
spOnd and offer evidence touching said allegation
at 10 O'Clock a. m on April g. 1905. before the
Clerk of the County Court ut Forsyth, Missouri.
and that final hearing will be held at 10 o'clock
a. m. April IL, 1915 before the Register and Re.
cciver at the United States Land Office in Spring.
field. Missouri
The said contestant having, in proper afllda.
Wit, filed Feb % 1905, set forth facts which show
that after due diligence personal service of this
notice cannot be made, II is hereby ordered and
directed that such notice be given by due and
proper publication.
G. n. VanIIosen. Register
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1905-04-06
Contest N0tIce,

Department OF the Interior, United States Land
Office, at Springfield. Missouri February - 1905,
sufficient contest affidavit having been filed in
this office by t. N. Chapman, contestant, against
homestead entry No. 2bS51 made December l3 1870,
for hf sw or sec II twp "a n. rng 22w D. ni, BY
Nelson Delaney, contestee, in which it 4, alleged
that said Nelson Delaney has wholly abandoned
The said land for more than six months last past,
and that such abandonment was not caused by
service inthe army or navy OF the United States
III time Of war.
Said parties are hereby notified to appear, re.
spond and offer evidence touching said allegation
at 10 O'Clock a.. m. on April ~. 1905. tefore
the Register and Receiver ut the United States
Land Office in Springfield, Missouri.
The said contestant having, In a proper ailida.
Wit. filed Feb %, 1915. set forth facts which show
that after due diligence personal service OF this
notice cannot be made, IL Is hereby ordered and
directed that such notice be given by due aud
proper publication.
&. n. yanHosen, Register