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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-01

Zaccheus was the Benedict Arnold of Jericho and all that region. He was esteemed traitor to his country a re- negade from his Church. This incl dent is full of cheer to social outcasts, whether such justly or unjustly: they are still sought of Jesus.
 His Church is to be like Jesus, self in its obliyiousness to public contempt of individuals. Whether that contempt has any foundation in fact or not, it Is still an immortal soul, which Jesus lov- ed, for which He died Let Jesus Church, like Jesus self. still seek and save the lost He Tesolutely Ignored all distinctions of social caste when a soul was to be won.
 We can enter into social relations with sinners when the end and aim of 1t Is that we may save them. A single courtesy will do what an age of self righteous disdain will not. It will sometimes convert sinner from the error of his way.
 Curiosity may be means of grace. It is good thing when the stolid in- difference of a community can be brok- en up, and people inclined to say with Moses at the burning bush, T will turn aside and see what this thing is."
 
 Grace was magnified in the salvation of Zaccheus. He was hardened, mon- ey-getting man of the world. AS vali- ings finely says: "The corrupt child Of an age; of corruption and fraud steeped in an atmosphere of oppression. social suspicion, national aversion: confronted. for the first time in his life, with absolute personal honesty. trans parent truth, and single n1fndedness-- heart and life were changed at a stroke beSore the burning gaze of Incarnate Honor,
 Zaccheus drove the nails into the coffin of his dead vice when he made fourfold restitution and gave half to the poor. Sacred arithmetic. this; heavenly multiplication and division! The camel went through the needles eye. A rich man got into the kingdom. A public extortioner became the free handed a1ms- giver. And the cold heart of rapacious publican glowed with a new affection.
 After assignment---what? Zaccheus's proposition reported on change today would produce a sensation. No debtor know of proposes co revive outlawed accounts with view to paying them. No designer, as far as I know. having retrieved his fortune, now proposes to pay In6 UdldiiCt OH edCn uOINdT W1ln III" terest. Yet does not the Christian principle of restitution carry a man be- yond the line marked by the civil statutes? Does not the disciple of Christ recognize a law higher than that of the State7
 Put yourself In the way of Christs coming. Take some coign of vantage, some sycamore altitude. Get out of! get out of! the din and throng Of the world. Jesus will SAre1y note our ef- fort and reward us. Zaccheus needs speak no word: his action speaks loud. CT than any articulate sound.
 Jesus is still Tn search of entertain ment. He stands at the door and knocks. Alas that, of so many places. 1t must still be said, as of the Bethle- hemite Inn, 'There is no roomr'
 o, the solemn responsibility of heads | of families! The household usually em- braces the faith of its head We shall 1 the exemplary influence of one l who establishes and maintains a home |
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-01

We can enter into social relations with sinners when the end and aim of 1t Is that we may save them. A single courtesy will do what an age of self righteous disdain will not. It will sometimes convert sinner from the error of his way.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-01
The Teachers, Lantcrn.

zaccheus was the Benedict Arnold of Jericho and all that region. He was esteemed traitor to his country. a re- negade From his Church. This incl dent is full of cheer to social outcasts, whether such justly or unjustly; they are still sought of Jesus
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-01

O, the solemn responsibility of heads of families! The household usually em- braces the faith of It's head. We shall measure the exemplary influence of one who establishes and maintains a home.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-10-25
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The first issue contains q bunch Of
late decisions from the Kansas City
Court of Appeals, including the case OF
State of Missouri VS.. Kooek, in which
that court disagrees with the St. Louis
Court of appeals in the construction Of
the Missouri game law, and holds that
a hunter must obtain license to hunt,
even in his own county.
While the Missouri Court Reporter
| gives much valuable information about
! the entire Judiciary of the state, the
principal object of the publication is to
} give the lawyers of Missouri an early
, report of the decisions from the state
. courts of last resort, it being very i'm
| portant for them to get the Law
promptly from these courts. Similar
. publications are popular and successful
in Texas, Ohio, New York and othel
states, but no such enterprise has beer
attempted in Missouri before. A houst
in St. Paul, Mimi, has in recent year
been printing the decisions from tht
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weekly publication, which has hat
something Of a circulation among Mis-
souri, lawyers, Notwithstanding tn
delay incident to shipping the copy o
the opinions nearly a thousand miles gu
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shipping the printed matter back again
into Missouri. Mexico is CENTRAL!
located in the state, and also wit
reference to the three appellate stat
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Mr.. S. J.. Buckner. cashier Of tn
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welcome to the Missouri Court Reporter
bespeaks for it aliberal patronage froi
Missouri lawyers, and wishes for
many years of prosperity.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-10-25
The Favorite Base Burner.

A Favorite Base Burner viii posi-
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factorily with at least a ton and a hall
less coal than any other stove with
the same size FIRE pot. The reason why
il will do SO can be shown to your en-
tire satisfaction by any M familiar
with the fiue construction and the way
the stove is made. The Fayorite Stove
& Range Co., selling agents
SoUTH SIDE HARDWARE STORE.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-10-25
Money TO Loan.

In large OF. small amounts, On good
farm property; low rate Of interest
payments made easy. See US before
you make other arrangements-it will
pay you.
BRUCE, Fox & TURNER,
Bragg Bldg, s. Jefferson St,
sat Mexico, Mo
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-10-25

Can yOa afford TO buy your shirts,
callars or cuffs from a merchant who
will ask you to send them out OF town
to be laundred that he may receive q
small commission on same. d&wtf
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-10-25
Old Corn Wanted,

At Pollock's Mil. win pay As cents
for good, clear white and 40 cents for
yellow or mixed c0rn in cash or two
cents more in -four.
dl91 WIN. POLLOCK NJ. s. Il. Co.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-10-25

We are giving free 81 so worth OF
ware at our store next week See
particulars elsewhere In paper.
FERRIS & CAUTHoRN.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-10-25

Come and see the great cooking
wonder at our store all next week.
See particulars In this paper.
FERRIS & CAUTHoRH.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-10-25

Tourist coffee is conceded the best
on the market. Sold by R.H. Brown.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-10-25

Try Smith Bros next door to the
Post ONCE four your Groceries. d2sI
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-10-25

r. II. Brown has a large line OF as
sorted cakes just received fresh from
the factory. d3wl
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-10-25

Vice president Fairbanks will speak
NEXT Saturday afternoon 10 Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-10-25
Maat Friday Eieht.

The Old Hamill Boys meet at 1880
Friday night In Duncan and Meyers
Real Estate ofice to perfect plans Of
organization.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-06-06

people to picnic and to walk through
that part of the property lying along
the river. The American millionaire
threw them out and threatened them
with the utmost rigors Of the law.
Now that he has settled the estate on
his son, the inhabitants of COokham
and Maidenhead on the THAMES
surrounding hamlets-are delighted.
for they believe that young Astor will
at once give orders for the cancel
lation of the many strict orders against
trespassing made by his father-orders
which turned all the riverside folk in
to bitter enemies of the American
millionaire.
Great walls surmOunted with broken
glass to protect the AstOr vegetable
garden spoil lovely views from the
public road. and anybody daring to
picnic In the Cliveden woods, as in
the olden days, is at once threatened
by keeper with Imprisonment.
1t is believed that young Mr.. Astor.
who is very popular with rowing men,
will abolish these feudal and dis
tasteful regulations.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-06-06

Rear Admiral Fighting Bob" Evans
were found to be i'm the way. Dis
patches from the metropolis say that
the supervisor of the harbor of New
! York called on Admiral Evans and
served a formal notice on him that
the ships were taking up too much
room I'm the river, and were seriously
interfering with navigation. While it
was admitted on the United States
vessels that they were well out in the
usual channel taken by steamers, they
could not anchor further fnshore- on
account of the shallowness of the
water
There is probably no place i'm the
world where the great white and buff
ships of the American navy show off
to better advantage than in the North
River. The dozen warriors strung a
long at anchor at intervals of about
400 yards stretching from the foot of
Riverside Drive at 72nd Street to
Grants Tomb at 125th Street and To-
yOnd. When Prince Louis of Batten-
burg had his British armOred flyers i'm
the New York port they We're given
berths in the North River and only a
few weeks ago the Paul Jones French
meet WIS Ill lue stream. Inc New
York people could not be inhOspitable
to these fl ~ets on account of the inter
national aspects of things, but when
the American ships arrived. waiting
their turn to go to the repair docks,
they were ordered to move away and
give the tug boats and scOws engaged
i'm the Hudson River trade chance to
pass.
During the short stay of the fleet in
New York the battleship Illinois i'm
dragging at anchor suddenly ripped
open a Standard oil pipe line laid a
cross the bed of the river. This line
il seems was not ch~rted and no one
i'm authority seemed to know just how
or when it got there, but nevertheless
the Standard OH Company had been
pumping thousands of gallons into
New York City through it every day
for years. When the Illinois fouled the
pipe line the officers ON board the ship
could not imagine what the anchor
had taken hold of until the surface of
the river became n shining mass.
bright with the hues of petroleum.
Before the pipe line could be repaired
more than $1,000 gallons of good
The Breckenridge news., 1906-06-06

identity. Many of these were so
famous in their day that they were
frequently purchased at large prices
by the British Museum. John Doyle
had four sons, who also became
artists. His eldest son. Charles Doyle,
was the father of the novelist. and
another son was Richard Doyle. who
came by his nickname of "Dicky''
Doyle through his signature Of "D''
with a little bird perched upon it,
which may yet be seen on the cover
design of Punch.
Conan DOyle'S education began in
England, where already i'm his tenth
year he exhibited wonderful pre-
cocity for telling stories. But even at
the early age of six the future novelist
and creator of Sherlock Holmes was
anticipated i'm a story of terrible ad-
venture. written i'm a bold hand on
foolscap paper. four words to the line
and accompanied with original pen
and-ink Illustrations
There was Il man and a tiger in
it," he says of this infantile effort; Il
forget which was the hero; but it
didn't matter much, for they became
The Breckenridge news., 1906-06-06

blended into one about the time wnen
the tiger met the man. was
realist i'm the age Of the romanticists.
| described at some length, both verb
ally and pictorially, the untimely end
of that wayfaring man. But when the
tiger had absorbed him, | found N.Y.
self slightly embarrassed as To how
my story was To go on. 1T is very
easy to get people into scrapes and
very hard TO get them out again. was
my sage comment on the difficulty;
ana ] have often had cause to repeat
this precOciouS aphOrism Of my child
hood. Upon this occasion the situa-
ton was beyond me, and my book,
Ike my man. was engulfed in my
tiger"
At Stonyhurst, and also at Field
kirch, in Germany. DOyle's literary
inclination was shown i'm the editor
snip OF school magazines. In 1876 he
returned to Edinburgh and took up
the study Of medicine AT the univers-
lty there, where he remained until he
obtained his diploma. five wears later.
In 1850 DR. Doyle left the university
10 make seven-months' trip to the
Arctic seas as unqualified surgeon on
board whaler. There was very little
demand for surgery aboard the Hope.
| ana he has described his chief Occu-
patton during the voyage as being EN-.
plOyed in keeping the captain in cut
tobacco, working i'm the boats after
nsh, and teaching the crew to box.
lie utilized his experience later i'm his
story. The Captain Of the Polester."
Two years later i'm 1892. after a
| four-mOnthS' voyage to the west coast
of Africa, he settled down as a med
lcal practitioner at SOuthSea. i'm Eng
land, where he remained until 1890
Those were arduouS and trying years.
In which he came to regard the calls
of the profession he had adopted as
Interruptions in the real work of his
life. and found that the writing Of
stories was a very slender prop upon
which to lean for a livelihood. Fifty
little cylinders Of manuscript" he
says. did l send out during eight
years, which described a regular orbit
among publishers, and usually came
back, like paper boomerangs. TO the
place that they had started from"
All this time he was writing anonv-
mOusly, and during the ten years Of
his literary apprenticeship. he states
that, i'm spite of unceasing and untir-
ing literary effort, he never in any one
year earned fifty pounds by his pen.
Then, i'm 1887, appeared in Beeton'S
Christmas Annual a story from his pen
called "A Study i'm Scarlet" 1t is a
significant point i'm the authors career.
for in this story Sherlock Holmes
made bis first appearance. 1t was
published later in a book form. anC
went forth as his first novel. and i'm
mediately began to attract attention.
Under these favOring circumstances
he undertook the writing Of "Micah
Clarke 1t was completed after a
years reading and five months writ
ing. and represented the most am
bilious and hopeful work the author
had yet accomplished. But ii came
back to him from one publishing house
after another, until he began to des-
pair of its acceptance "I remember"
he says. smoking over my dog-eared
manuscript when it returned for a
Whit of country air, and wondering
Continued on second page, column two.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-06-06

caught his breath Just as Bobby Shaw,
her divorced husband, had done sew
eral years ago in Old Virginia. And
this was not strange. Waldorf Astor.
always breathing in the compressed
air of his fathers house. timid. re-
tiring and studous by nature, had not
much opportunity for young girls
society, and almost never that of
American girls. To him Mrs. Nannis
Shaw was a revelation. For seven
months he wooed her, and at the end
of that time he was three-fourths
American and four-fourths in love.
Glowing, he followed her across the
Atlantic.
1t is only fair to young Astor TO say
that he has never been so aggressively
British as his father, who spurns al
most everything American, or his
younger brother, John Jacob, who is
an out-and-Qut Englishman.
EXCLUSIVE WEDDING SERVICE.
The wedding, which occurred at
London in May, was very quiet af-
fair, only II invitations being sent
out for the ceremony. The bride made
the loveliest picture, standing, as il
appeared, in a bed Of lilies and roses
near the chancel A work OF art, in
deed, was her wedding gown, for II
was made of the most expensive silk
obtainable, adorned with rare old lace.
Among the many wedding presents
the most notable was the Sancy dia-
The Breckenridge news., 1906-06-06

mond, given by Mr.. AstOr to his
daughter-in-law, which later on is to be
reset and worn on her presentation at
court. This historic gem belonged to
Charles the Bold, the Duke of Bur
gundy, and fetched 100000 at the sale
of the Demidoff collection in 1865.
1t was secured by Mr.. AstOr some
years ago from a millionaire parsee,
Sir g. Jeejeebhay, for $4,000. Mr..
Astor also gave one of the finest tiaras
i'm London, (Which cost more than
$100000), as well as the title deeds to
Cliveden mansion and estates, with
the many treasures he has added
thereto, including a magnificent suite
of old Chipperne furniture, and some
wonderful French china, originally
from Versailles, and once the property
of Empress Eugenie. The value of
this latter gift probably exceeds S5,-
100000.
1t is understood that the young
people plan to make their home at
Cliveden. In 1898 Mr.. Astor purchased
The Breckenridge news., 1906-06-06
says Crawford was in good health and

says Crawford was in good health and
good spirits.
While Mr.. Crawford was in Beirut
American missionaries attempted to
dissuade him from entering on the
trip, and pointed out to him the great
danger of the undertaking. He was
firm in his resolve, however, and left
on January 9th
Before departing the skater left his
itinerary with DR.. Williams, an Amer
lean dentist, whose guest he was tenn
porarily. Crawford's intention was to
strike out over the hard road to Bag
dad, which is about 500 miles from
Beirut. Thence he intends going
southeast 300 miles to Bassorah, at
the mouth of the Euphrates and near
the Persian coast He was undecided
whether he would travel by land or
sea over the 1900 miles to Belooch-
istan.
His plans included many excursions
through Beloochistan, journey
across the Gulf to India, and a year
or more in that country. He purposes
to accomplish all this on money he
may earn along the way.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-06-06
SHERLOCK HOLMES.
CREATION OF MOST WONDERFUL
AND PUZZLLNG or DETECTIVE
CHARACTERS.
Sketch of Discouragement of Conan
Doyle to Break into the Field OF
Literature-Manuscript, Regularly
Returned.

The author of The White Com
pany," "Sir Nigel" "Study in Scarlet"
and other Sherlock Holmes stories
Sir Arthur conan DOyle-was born
in Edinburgh. Scotland, on Mar
%. 1859. He comes of an artistic
family, and is the grandson Of
John Doyle. the famous politicaI
caricaturist, whose pictOrial
sketches appeared for more than
thirty wears under the initials Of III.
b." without disclosure OF the artists
The Breckenridge news., 1906-06-06
WARSHlPS NOT WANTED.
"FIGHTING BOB'' EVAN'S SHIPS
ORDERED TO LEAVE NEW
YORK HARBOR.
United States BattleShipS and
Cruisers Distractions to Naviga-
tion-Thousands of Gallons OF Oil
Released by FouIed Anchor.

New York City in its hurry and rush
of business did not seem to stop for
patriotic reasons to enjoy the sight of
a dozen United States warships an
chored in her harbor. The American
fleet riding majestically at anchor in
the North River, attracting the at
tentiOn of thousands of sight-seers,
was requested to "move on" The
stalwart battleships and armored
cruisers with their great length an1 in
command of no less a parsonage than
The Breckenridge news., 1906-06-06
Traversing Russia on Roller Skates

A caravan which recently arrived
at Beirut from Bagdad reported hav.
ing passed near the city of Unah
about 100 miles east from there. an
American named Arthur Crawford
who left that port early last month
with the intention of proceeding
through Asia Minor and India on in
struments which he called road
skates. The leader OF the caravan
The Breckenridge news., 1906-06-06
President Believes in Exercise

President Roosevelt once rather
shocked a mothers meeting by an
nouncing that boy who wouldn't fight
was not worth his salt. "He is either
a coward or constitutionally weak. ]
have taught my boys to take their own
part. I do not know which I should
the more punish my boys for, cruelty
or fiinching. Both are abominable."
The Breckenridge news., 1906-06-06
OFFENDED THE POPULACE.

After acquiring it, AstOr had an
opportunity to show himself more ex-
elusive than the Duke OF Westminster.
That potentate and all previous owners
of the estate had allowed the common
The Breckenridge news., 1906-06-06
An Expert Opinion.

win alcohol dissolve sugar?"
1T WILL" replied Oalde Soaque; ali
VIII dissolve gold, brick houses, and
horses, and happiness. and love. and
everything else worth having"
The Breckenridge news., 1906-06-06
NEW RAIL AUTOMOBILES
Each Machine Runs independently by
Its Own Motor.

The craze of autoists to build pal
ace touring cars for pleasure trips
has caused railroad corporations to
dabble i'm the novelty of motor vehicle
transportation. Some of the unique
cars that patents have been applied for
are certainly freak products.
4 car that resembles "A huge steel
battering ram has been completed AT
the shops of the Union Pacific rail
road, at Omaha, Neb. 1t is big
steel structure especially designed
for climbing grades and run by its
own gasOlene motor, over standard
gauge rails. On its trial trip it de
velOped a speed of forty miles an hour
it is said, a grade of ~ per
cont