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The Republican journal., 1906-01-04
BUILDING AND REPAIRS

Dickey Bros. finished 2story house
on Bay View street, the foundations
for which were laid in l904--Ira Con-
don bought one of the Mllllken houses
on Federal street of VIM. Haugh and
moved it to Wight street, where he
fitted it up for a residence--Frank b.
Strout and son Liewellyn built a barn.
35x40, on their place in East Belfast.
John A. Fogg sold one of the barns
at his place on High street to VIM. III.
Thomas, who moved it to Union street.
Mr.. Fogg moved the other barn nearer
the house and gave his buildings a
thorough renovating-Wm F. Triggs
built a new barn on his place on lower
Congress street-Henry w. Staples
raised the L of his house on Bay View
street to 2 stories--Capt. Collins Nc
Carly moved his house nearer the cen
tire of his lot, built new foundation
and thoroughly repaired the house,
which was damaged by fire in 1904
Elroy p. Michaels made noticeable ad-
ditions to his house on Union street.
&C. L. Peavey bought the storehouse
on Lanes wharf and used the material
for an ice house on Waldo avenue
Elisha Sherman built new platform
and otherwise improved his house on
High street-Wm. H. Bray built a
new 10 story house on Primrose Hill.
j. H. Howes thoroughly overhauled
and repaired the Leach House, So
called, the large tenement house at the
corner of Church and Bridge streets.
A new brick basement was built, the
grounds graded and the place put in
first class condition-The repairs to
the McClintock block, Selwin Thomp-
sons building and the new creamery
are noted elsewhere in this review
Irving Lear bought Miss 3. G. Frye's
schoolhouse and moved it to Wight
street to be fitted up for dwelling.
The Republican journal., 1906-01-04
CITY AEEA AIRS

Mayor Lendal T. Shaies was re-elect-
ed at the March election without oppo-
sition, the vote being 453 A citizens
ticket was put UP for a few ward
officers, but the Republican nominees
were elected for all the positions.
There was slight gain in valuation
over the previous year the total being
50, $50, $50 for 1905, against 1864, 526
for 1904. The rate of taxation was re-
duced from 49, mills to III. The num-
Der of polls decreased from 1,27T to
1858. There was an increase in the
number of horses, mules, cows, oxen
and sheep, and a larger proportional IN
crease in value. The loss in the num-
Der CT polls has been mora than made
up since the assessment was made. by
new families moving into town.
A snow roller was built for use on
the highways in place OF the old-tme
triangle and proved highly satisfactory.
The Upper bridge across the Passagassa-
waukeag, one mile above the city, was
repaired extensively the past summer.
The condition of Franklin street was
materially improved by thorough re-
novation in July. The White bridge,
SO called, near Gurneys Mills, was re-
placed by steel structure, at Il cost Of
III
IS feet wide. The work on the State
road was continued by connecting two
sections previously constructed and
building two culverts. The work is on
Northport avenue. State Road Com
missioner p. d. Sargent inspected Bel
fast's highways and approved the work
being done in that department.
New street lights were established on
Nortbport avenue near the residence OF
n. E. Keen; at the corner of Bell and
Union streets; on Miller street opposite
| the residence of M. c. Hill; and at the
corner Of Waldo avenue and Primrose
streets.
Improvements at Grove Cemetery in
clude painting 1000 feet of iron fence
on Belmont avenue, new avenue
built in the new part of the cemetery,
and caring for the slabs and stones
which have no one left to look after
| them.
The city, in conjunction with the I'm
provement Society, employed a forester
to trim the trees on some OF the prlncl-
pal streets.
The water service was extended on
Park and Charles streets.
| A Park ordinance was passed ana
Park Commission appointed, but toe
late in the season for any work to be
done before next spring.
The largest number of books ever
circulated by the Belfast Free Library
in any one month, was 1858 books III
March, 1905.
A committe was appointed by the
City Council in April to Distribute
literature in regard to combating the
brown-tai moth, and an offer was made
i of 5 cents for each nest destroyed.
A walk was built on Federal street
from Front to Cross street. Cross
walks were built at the corner of PARK
and Union streets, and across Union
street in front of w. j. Clifford's house
Two steel cells for the detention OF
prisoners were placed in the city build
ing, in place of the old lookup, which
was removed in 1904 when the new
heating apparatus was put in.
At the December meeting the CITY
Council accepted the report of the
committee on highways recommending
that highway be built from the foo
of Market street, along the shore to
Holt street.
The Republican journal., 1906-01-04
SECRET SOCIETIES.

Palestine Commandery, Knights
Tenplar attended an Easter t service VIC
The hs by The sh paso A
L. Wilson; subject, dawn Of a new
purpose for life.'' Palestine Command
cry had call Aug. Sd from DeMolay
The Republican journal., 1906-01-04
SCHOOLS.

The animal census of persons OF
school age for 1905 showed 1861, gain
of over the previous year.
The school buildings on the common
underwent general repairs, including
reshingling the grammar school build
ing.
The senior class of the High school
observed Arbor Day by planting birch
tree on the upper common and chris
tening it in honor of the assistant
teachers, Misses Field and Townsend.
This makes four trees set out on Arbor
Days by different classes. Those
formerly planted are the Leighton tree
on the public library grounds by the
class of 1901; the Elevator tree by the
Continued on Page Three.
The Republican journal., 1906-01-04
CHURCHES,

The year 1905 was one of more than
usual activity in the churches and their
auxiliary societies. The years work
opened with a series of union meetings
in the various churches, in which all
the pastors participated. These con.
tinued through January and were fol-
lowed in February by evangelistic meet
The Republican journal., 1906-01-04
Refer the Public
~ Az" Says the
~ WO Preacher
He discovers the Gospel of Health in
DIR. Agnew's Catarrhal Powder.

Rev; P: D. Frey of 70 East North street. Buff
falo, declares DR.. Agnew to have discovered the
gospel of health for sufferers from Catarrh, and
this is what he says: II am pastor of the Maple
Street Baptist Church in this city. have used
wonders for me; refer the public to me as to the
worth Of this remedy; 1t has cured me Of the
worst form of Catarrh.''
Sold by The City Drug Store and A. A. Howes
& Co.
DIR. Agnew's Heart Cure relieves heart
trouble in 80 minutes.
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nPntent Pendinp. ;,

Although Miss Hobbs had lived her
whole life In a New Hampshire viii
lage, she saw no reason why her hor
lion should be narrowed or her cir
Gle small, relates Youths Companion
At the age Of sixty she was relieved
Of the last Of her family cares by
the death Of q paralytic; she then
promptly joined the Society for Dis.
polling Gloom, and began correspon.
dence with eight other members in
different parts of the country, She
began to send orders by mail to ono
of the Boston shops, aE1 at last al.
nounced her intention Of going 70 the
city for a Gay or two.
In the care Of a Boston niece, Miss
Hobbs made q tour Of the shops, but
she intended to reserve her purchas,
ing for one that had done so well
by her through the mail"
s'I've got a list Of things they've
advertised, special" said Miss Hobbs,
and when they reached the desired
shop she consulted the slip OF papes
held tightly in her hand; then she
looked benevoIhntly over her glasses
at the young man behind the counter.
whereabouts shall we find that
patent pending see advertised on
that new darning-egg your tolks sent
me2P she asked him. Its such :
curious name. I'm al Of > Nhep
Yea 81
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-26

'No. no; / don't. You ahonld hays
no reason to think 80 II did. wren
hoard you'd made It up hated you,
and / think hate you now. Let ua
go hack. No, no, please don't touch
me-ever again."
Farther downtown In the coy draw
ing-room of a house in a side street
east of the avenue, two other persons
were talking. A dorid and profustly
freckled young Englishman spoke pIo-
testingly from the hearth-rug to q
woman who had the air Of knowing
emphatically better.
But, my dear Mrs. prelmer, you
know, really, can't take curate with
me, you know, and send up word wont
she be good enough to come downstairs
and marry me directly-not when I'To
not seen her, you know!"
"Nonsensei" replied the lady, unitn-
pressed. "You can do It nearly that
way, If you'll listen to me. Those
westerners perform quite in that man
ner, assure you. They call it 'hus-
Ting"
Lear me!
Eyes, indeed, dear you And an
other thing, l want you to forestall
that Milbrey youth, and you may Ne
sure he's no farther away than Tuxedo
or Meadowbrook. Now, they arrived
yesterday; they'll be unpacking to-day
and settling tomorrow; I'll call the
day after, and you shall be with me-"
"And you forget that-that devil
suppose she's as good as her threat?"
Absurd! How could she be-"
"You don't know her, you know, nor
the old beggar, either, by Jove!"
"All the more reason for haste.
Well call tomorrow. Wait. Better
still, perhaps can enlist the Gwilt.
Atnelston; I'm to meet her tomorrow,
I'll let you know. Now l must get into
my tea harness, so run along"
We are next constrained to glance
at strong man bowed in the hurt Of
a great grief. Horace Milbrey sits
alone In his gloomy, hlgh-ceilinget
library. His attire is immaculate. His
slender, delicate hands are beautifully
white. The sensitive lines Of his fine
face tell of the strain under which ht
labors.
ITO BE CONTINIEDO
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rIissouri GIeanings.
Missouri Retail Merchants.

Jefferson City-The Missouri Retail
Merchants association closed a two
days meeting here. The. discussions Of
the sessions were lively pure food leg
islation, a change in the garnishment
Law and the giving Of premiums figur-
ing most prominently. A resolution
was adopted pledging the association
to purchase no new goods with coupon
attachments and to discontinue selling
old lines as far as practicable. Henry
Phelps. of Joplin, was elected presi-
dent, and FIVE vice-presidents, in the
following order, were chosen: Henry
c. Lutz, st. Louis; l. 8. Werremeyer,
st. Louis; J. l.. Beck, johnson City;
II. DOlph, Sedalia; /. L. DAILY, st. Jo-
seph. w. A. Banks, of Springfield,
was elected treasurer and F. Guy
Chinn, of Jefferson City, secretary.
Sedalia was unanimously chosen as
the next place of meeting.
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CTo BE CoNTINuEpO
THE PLUMP AND PETITE.

Our country has many authors,
Whose books we love to read;
1t also boasts OF artists
Whose pictures are fine indeed;
But If you'll look closely, you'll notice
In every celebrity,
Be 1t an artist or author.
popularity.
We love Mr.. "so-and-So's" latest book
The heroine is so sweet;
To look at the illustrations
Is just a perfect treat;
But now I'll tell you the trouble
That stares at me always, so grim,
The girl of both artist and author
Is always tall and slim.
oh! what can we do, my sisters,
Who are under five feet three,
Or, who lin horror / write iO
Are nearing obesity?
Is there no one to sing our praises,
Or to call us neat and trim?
Is she always to be foremost.
The girl who is tan and slim?
Yet the future must hold champion
Who will cry to the world: II repeat,
The girl whom I admire
Must always be plump and petite"
Yes, q time must come, my sisters,
When all the praises from him
Will not be forever directed
To the girl who is tall and slim.
-Dorah b. Holman, in Times Democrat
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CHApTER VITT.

soMR LIGHT WITH A FEW SIDE
LIGHTS.
The real spring comes in New
York when numbering nature has
painted the onter wilderness for au-
tumn. What is called spring" in the
city by unrehecting users Ct the word
is a tame, insipid season yawning into
not more than -wakefulness 1t
best. The trees in the gas-poisoped
soil are slow in their greening, the
grass has but a pallid city vitality, aud
the rows Of CANDY tulips set out pFinly
about the fountains in the squares are
palpably forced and alien.
For the sumptuous blending and
fiaunt Of collar. the spontaneous aWak-
enins Of warm throbbing new life, and
ali those inspiring miracles or resen-
Grafton which arc performed elsewhere
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-26
Plan aln Phone sxstem.

Tipton-There is a movement on
foot to organize a county telephone
exchange at Latham, this county, at
which place all telephone companies
incorporated and the Mutual VIII be
invited to connect. This exchange
will furnish metallic circuit to the
following points: California, Upton,
Fortuna, Mutual and Cotton. Ten 9th
er towns in Moniteau, Miller and Cole
counties will also be furnished with
metallic circuits as soon as they can
be built. When all this Is completed
there will be over 1900 telephones
connected. The estimated cost viii
be about $15O,OOO.
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These Explanations.

Senator Foraker, at a dinner in
Washington, quoted with a laugh an
extravaganza and incredible statement
that he had read in a magazine. When
some one attempted to explain, he
said:
1.-THE thing is preposterous, and all
the explanations in the world won't
alter it's preposterousness. These ex
planners. They are never at a loss,
are they? They remind me of oh
James Scarlet of Rainsboro.
There was nothing which James
Scarlet of Rainsboro could not ex.
plain.
"Ope winter night he was reading
a voIume of the Seaside Library to
his family gathered about the fire
side With his spectacles on his nose
he droned along like this:
-Gwendolen de We're Hastings low
cred her limpid blue eyes, and Lord
Algernon Mannering took her slim
white, hands in his, and crushed her
to him in a passionate embrace.
".At that moment, Ave minutes
past IL sounded from the castle bel,
fry, and
eBut here young Miss Scarlet
interrupted.
"'No clock could strike five minutes
past 70, she said.
Certainly it could, James snorted
It vas FIVE minutes SLOW"
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went into comic opera company that
was one Of the worst | ever did see.
Henry had no Judgment He was too
easy. Well, along this summer he was
ON the point OF making a break that
would-well, / says to him, says 4:
Hank, I'm no penny-squeezer; like
good stretchy legs myself says; I
like to see them elastic 50 they'll give
plenty when they're pulled; but,
says, II you take that step, says,
II you declare yourself, then the rub
Der in your legs, says, win just nat
urolly snap. you'll find you've over
played the tAns.Jn,' says, and there
won't DO any more stretch left insthem.
''The secret Is, Hank was being
chased By a whole family Of wolves
that's the gist OF it-fortune hunters
with tushes like the rsyensng lion
IN Afric's gloomy Jungle They we're
not only cold, stone broke. mind you,
but hyenas into the bargain-the IA
Their and the mother and the girl, too.
They'd got their minds made up to
marry the girl to a good wad IL money
land they'll do It, too. sooner 0r later
berauso she's corker for looks. an
rirht-and thsyd az made dead sel
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Sopyright, By LOtbrop Publishing Company.
CHAPTER VII.-CoNTrNuED.

CHABIER NIl.-C0NTINUED.
"Of course it's art" Percival agreed;
"er--all--hand painted, suppose?"
"Surel that painting alone, letters
and all, cost $3.50. I've just had it put
up. I've been after that place for
years, but it was held on long lease
by Max, the Square Tailor-you know.
You probably remember the sign he
had there-'Peerless Pants Worn by
Chicago's Best Dressers,' with man
in his shirt sleeves looking at new
pair. Well, finally, got a chance to
buy those two back lots, and that give
me the site, and there she rs, all tin-
Lshed and up. That's partly what !
come on this time to see about, How'd
gou like the wording of that sign?"
"F,ine-simple and effective" replied
Percival.
That's it--simple and effective. 1t
goes right to the point and 1t don't
slop over beyond any, after 1t gets
there. We studied good deal over
that sign The other man, tho tailor,
had too many words for the board
space. My advertiser man wanted 1t
to be, first, 'Higbee's Hams, That's
ALL But, l don't bnow-for 80 big a
space that seemed to me kind Of
Well-kind of flippant and undignifed.
Then 1 got it down to Eat Higbee's
Hams That seemed short enough
but after studying it, l says, What's
the use of saying 'eat?' No one would
think, says, that ham is to<paper
the walls with or to stun sofa cushions
with--so of comes eat as being SUI
perfluous, and leaving it simple and
dignifed-'Higbee's Hams.
by the way" said Percival, when
they were sitting together again, later
In the day, where is Henry, now?"
Higbee ohuckled.
That's the other thing took me bacl
this time-the new sign and getting
Hank started. Henry is now working
ten hours a day out to the packing
house. After a year Of that he'll b'
taken into the Office and his hours will
be cut down to eight. Eight hours ;
day will seem like sinful idleness Il
Henry by that time"
Percival whistled in amazement.
AZ thought you'd be surprised. Blu
the short Of it is, Henry found himsel
facing work or starvation. He didn'
want to starVe little bit, and he final
~ concluded he'd rather work for hi
dad than anyone else.
SYou see Henry was doing tn
Rake's Progress act there in Nev
York-being gllded youth and sue
like. Now being o gilded youth an
a weli-knOwn man about town
something that wants to be done il
, moderation, and Henry didn't seem t
know the meaning of the word. l pu
up something like s1sO,OOO for Hank
gliding last year. Not that grudge
him the money, but it wasn't dom
him any good. He was making a NOR
key of himself with 1t, Henry was.
good bit OF that hundred and eight
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-26
SHIFTS.

SHIFTS.
There are more chips than ships that
pass in the night.
No, Curly Locks, a dyed mustache
is not necessarily owned by dead
one"
The train caller, although not usual
" quarrelsome, is always calling
names!
Money, once upon time. made the
mare go, but modern spenders ex-
change 1t for gasoline.
Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin,
but he is not at all responsible for the
present generations cottoning to gin.
It's queer that the people who have
no aims to give are always the ones to
proclaim their beneficence did they
possess the means.
Paris ate $4,000 horses last year
and not one automobile. If this isn't
a convincing argument in favor of the
horse, we want to know.
A New York poet says: 1T was as
II Hope tried to sing a duo with de-
spair!" In Chicago this is the cue for
the small boy Ito git ax!"
A Baltimore domestic used kerosene
in the laundry. Her present address
is unknown 1t is presumed, however,
that she has gone to place where
she cannot give notice at $3.50 p. m.
and quit at 5:31 p. m!
"This is the kind of weather we like
to lay in bed at night and think how
nice it would be to get up at six a. m.
and NOW the lawn" says an Iowa
humorist. A bed is no place to lay
| in. The Hawkeye humorist should
crawl under the barn with the other
hens when he lays"
At midnight when the clouds are
casting silhouetted shadows from the
trees, when all is weird and ghostly in
the suburbs, if lone, lanky, black
feline suddenly darts out OF the bushes
ahead of you and persists in crossing
the street, it is a sign that the cat
wants to get to the other side of the
thoroughfare.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-26
The Fleecy Clouds.

They were sitting on the veranda
This was last summer. II was very
late AS they sat there alone in the
beautiful moonlight he prayed for a
friendly cloud to drift across the face
OF the full moon. The clouds were
really drifting. but somehow not one
would go into the corner pocket. Then
she lisped:
ooh, Mr. Talkington, did you ever
think how unlike the clouds you are?"
"N-no, Miss Merrywlkes, 1 don't
believe l ever compared myself thus.
Why am / unlike the clouds? Is Il
because / am all sunshine?"
'No-oh, no"
Then 1t must be-bOoause I aTa
about to reign ovr your"
ooh, no, hastily ducking the storm.
SIT Is because the-lookl See that
gieecy little one RICH. near the moonl
see how IL goesl goes! goes!S
yes, he responded sadly, a light
puddenly illuminating his density. t.
wonder where II goes?'
Then, confusedly. he left. presnm-
ably to consult a weather forecaster-
or to Join a poker game and forge,
af ais other losses.
NJ Nafm
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-26
Poor Man.

oh woe! is the poor suburbanitel
He waketh up early in the night
He catcheth the train that speeds to town;
And misses a trade ere he gets down!
He cometh again by sad moonlight
Too late for dinner-an awful sight!
He lieth to sleep IN downy bed,
But hears the alarm clocks burr instead
Oh woe is the poor suburbanite!
We wouldn't be him by n dog-gone sight
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-26
Cant. John E. Ball Dead.

Montgomery City-Capt. John d.
Ball, aged so, passed away here. He
was a member of Col. Sterling
Pierce's regiment of Missouri vOlun.
teers in the Mexican war, and in the
civil war recruited ana commanded
a company in Col. ID. p. Dyer's regi-
ment, the Forty-ninth Missouri volun-
teers.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-26
Girl DROWNED In Creek.

Carthage-Miss Halle Miles, aged
23, a music teacher, was drowned in
Dry Fork creek, four miles north Of
here. she was riding in a buggy.
which the swift current overturned.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-26
RuYInq RIaht.of.WaY.

Springfield Extending its White
river division into here from Crane.
the Missouri Pacific has spent $780,
600 for right-of-way in this city ana
Greene county. and, it Is said, win ex,
pend 100000 more,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-26
HadIey MlII Ald Prosseutlon.

Springheld-Either Atty.-Gen. Had
ley or his chief assistant, John KEN
nish, win be here on August 8, the
date of the trial of the alleged mob
leaders.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-26
Traeedy's Third Victim Dead.

Higbee-The third victim of the ter.
rible tragedy which occurred at the
home Of VIII Wheeler, lorth of here,
on July 4. has lied-Mrs. Bathena
Sturgeon, of Kansas City.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-26
Liahtnina Starts Costly Fire.

Kansas City-Lightning caused .
fire which Quilted the six-stOry build
ing occupied by the Frankel & Frank
Millinery Co., entailing a loss of $780,
900; insurance, 100000.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-26
Masked Men Hold Up Operator.

Higbee-Two masked men held up
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas depot
here. After robbing the night operat-
or, R. Fulkerson, of S24, they cut the
telegraph wires, smashed the tele-
phone and departed.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-26
Drowned In Nevada Park Lake.

Nevada-Despite desperate efforts
to rescue him, Wikoff Marshall, son
of H. L. Marshall, United States COM
missioner at Eureka, l. T., was
drowned in the park lake here in the
presence of hundreds of Chautauqu-
ans.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-26
suicIded With Poison.

st. Joseph-W. A. Arnold, a stock
man from Pittsburg, took morphine
in a room at Second and RobidouK
streets, and died at st. Joseph's hos
pital
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-26
Deaf Boy Swimmer Drowned.

Fulton-Clyde Farmhouse. aged Is,
a pupil in the school for the deaf
here. was drowned while in swim,
ming