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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-04

changed my mind about that"
The range coal is out again. It went
so fast that I believe the coal man sold
you a short ton.
I hardly think SO. OF course, there
is lots Of talk about dishonest coal men,
but we must take it for what it IS
worth. We no doubt got all that was
coming to us, and I don't suppose any
OF it has been wasted in the house.
Six weeks ago when in fear and trem-
bling I had informed Mr.. Bowser that
the coal was out he had got up and
fairly howled. He charged the coal man
with cheating him out Of a quarter Of
a ton. and he charged me with having
sold another quarter to tramps. 1 sat
and looked at him and wondered if he
could be my Bowser. I was still look
ing when a tramp came to the door.
Mr.. Bowser answered the ring, and
when asked for a dime he pulled out
quarter and handed 1t over with:
"Of course III help you and be glad
to do it"
Now two weeks ago that same tramp
called and asked for a nickel, and Mr.
Bowser ran him out of the yard and
across the road and threatened him
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-04

So WAS standing out on the front steps
when Mr.. Bowser dropped on the
car half a block away, the olnel
evening. and I saw at once tnat
something was the matter Win
him He did not turn and shake
his fist at the conductor, ana Wheh
tramp asked him for money he dld MOI
grab the poor man and throw MIN
against the fence. Between the corner
and the gate a boy was driving a goat
hitched to a wagon. The goat ran
against Mr.. BOwser and crowded MN
into the ditch. I looked to see that goal
lifted high In the air and flung INTO
shade tree across the street, but notn-
ing of the sort happened Mr.. HoWseI
Simply smiled, patted the Irlgnteneu
boy on the head and came along
Are you i'll tonight?" / asked as hS
came up the steps and piayfuily plncnea
my ear, something that had not nap
pened before in fifteen years
I'll? I never felt better in my life,
he answered.
The gihI went to bed with head
ache this afternoon, and I'm AFRAID we
won't have a very good dinner.
That's all right, dear headaches
will happen, and we must put up with
them"
he might have complained Of the
roast. the coffee. the pudding and other
things. but not a word did he utter. l
encouraged MIN 10 90 So But TX NftNtet
not His attitude puzzled and alarmed
me When we were half way through
the meal I observed that the butcher
was again sending too much bone with
the meat and that many Of the last lot
of potatoes were bad, but he did not
break out into threats against the
butcher and grocer. On the contrary, ne
smiled and replied:
I'VE must not be too hard on them,
Mrs Bowser The butcher must sell
the bones to some one, and potatoes are
not always what the grocer buys them
for"
I'm afraid the cook can't keep the
place here. continued moment later
THAT won't trouble US, my dear It is
easy to get another"
L must tell you that boy in the
alley threw a stone and smashed a pane
Of glass in one Of the back windows this
afternoon"
On two previous occasions when we
have had windows broken in the same
way NJ Bowser had got red in the face
and jumped up and down and declared
IT to be my fault. If I replied that
was down town when it happened hi
asserted that it was my duty to remain
at home and watch the windows.
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street kyar wild a red dashboard and
find yourself between a clubfooted
woman and a knOck-kneed man. git
right out as soon as possible, and befo
de conductor has taken up your fare.
To remain dar am to get a hoodoo on
you.
IF you am saunterin' out some
evenin' and by accident approach n
field in which dar am a watermillion
patch. squat down by de fence and
wait for a sign. If a whipporwill
breaks into song near by. it's all right,
and de biggest melon in dat patch am.
yours If, instead, a cricket gives
seven loud chirps, don't you git ober
dat fence. If you do, de owner will
fire a charge of salt into you and let
hsi bulldog make a meal off'n your
laigs.
IF you hear a tickin' in de wall
while you am lynn in bed, don't be two
seconds 'gittin' out o. dat. If you con-
timer to lay dar, and de ticker continers
to tick, you will be invitin' a stroke of
paralysis
IF you am standin' at your gate and
red-headed white man comes along
and offers you half dollar to drive
black COW to a sartins place, turn away
from him in scorn. Dat COW will kick
a fat woman and git you into a, law
suit, and de white man will beat you
outer de price.
If you am sittin' on de fence in de
AFTERNOON and wishin you was rich.
and three crows fly ober you and you
hear a horse whinny at de same time.
go right off and buy a ticket in a
lottery You am shore to hit de cap
ital prize and have money to burn for
eber after.
Oats all, my friends=an until you
git de book. We will now break de
meetn' in two and you can gather
round me and pass up yur money. If
you will persist in believin' in dreams
and signs, take mine and no other Dey
am jest as good as anybody's, and my
old woman needs de money to buy new
goose feathers for de beds and porous
plasters for her lame back
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reply to another book. It is a glowing
confession of faith in the ideals and
purposes of our race, and more par
ticularly those Of the American people.
It is a statement Of the grounds of his
own patriotism. and is permeated with
a spirit of wise and serene optimism.
No American story ever received
more prompt praise than The Clam
mer" tHoughton Mif1in & Coz when
gust, 1905. That story was only the
first of three. It's personages are
adam" a witty recluse who loves to
dig his own clans. Eve, who comes
to startle and waylay the clammer s
solitude, Goodwin the Rich, the Other
Rich Man, Old Goodwins wife, and one
other most important figure VINO ap-
pears in the final story of the series.
The completed book, now offered to
the reader. has the sort of charm
which has made Curtis "Prue and T.
the delight of two generations. Its
delicate, half-whimsical style, the air
OF fine breeding, the subtle blending Of
light comedy with deep feeling, viii
give the book a unique place among
twentieth century romances-
A c. McC1urg s. Co. have in prepa-
ration an attractive book for children
to be entitled THE Good Fairy and
the Bunnies, by Allen Ayrault Green.
The book viii be illustrated, in colors,
by Frederick Richardson.
Doubleday. Page & co. bring out
this week THE Frog Book" by Mary
Dickerson. How to Make Fruit
Garden. by S. ". Fletcher. Cotton. -
by Charles W. Burkett and Clarence
H. Poe; also the ninth and tenth parts
Of The Dog Book Next week they
viii publish the "Recollectons and
Letters OF George Washington, I" the
letters being addressed by Washing
ton to Tobias Lear. his confidential
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friend and secretary, and a novel of
continental life by e. Nesbit (Mrs.
Hubert Bland). entitled THE Incom-
plete AmOrist."
Charles Scribner's Sons will publish
early in the fall F. Hopkinson Smiths
THE Tides of Barnegat;" also a new
western story of adventure and con-
ficts between cowboys and railroad
men. BY Frank A. Spearman, author
of THE Daughter of a Magnate," etc.
Dana Estes & Co. have just ready a
new novel by Filson Young Guy
Thorne), author of The Happy Mo
torist" etc, entitled "The Sands of
Pleasure" The scene of the story
shifts from the Cornish coast. where
the hero is engaged in building a mag
nificent lighthouse. completing what
his father had begun, and where, until
80, he lived in an air Of self-cOncen-
tration. to Paris, where, in the gay
surroundings of Montmartre and Fon-
tainebleau, he loses his illusions and
finds his true self
Sir Gilbert Parker's new novel, 1.-THE
Weavers." viii begin its serial pub
lfcaton in Harper's Magazine for Oc-
tober. The principal scenes of the
story are laid in England and Egypt
The hero is young English Quaker,
who, by some strange irony of fate is
forced to become an overload IN Egypt
and the Important actor in a romance
A biography of President Diaz Of
Mexico is being issued by the John
Lane company, New York. The au-
thor IS Mrs. Alec Tweedie.
H G. Wells has just completed a
book which viii be of interest to his
American readers, as it deals with his
Impressions Of life and customs in
American communities. Serial rights
have been secured by Harper's Week
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-04

and Gained the warning ractions in
more than one state. Elias Boudinot.
president of congress, transmitted the
letter to American ministers abroad as
1.-The most perfect evidence" OF Wash
fngton's ''inimitabIe character"
There was apparently variation Of
several days in the dates of the letters
sent to the various governors. Though
this letter to Gov. Clinton is dated June
q. it is generally referred to as the cir
cular letter Of June Is. Both Sparks
and Ford give the date as June s. but
this. we surmise. is a misprint for June
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nous organization, Il have been dom
my best for de last ten years to con-
vince de Guild race dat dar was
nuthin' in dreams and signs. 1 has
spoken and I has written. I has eben
threatened to suspend members of
dis club who persisted in believin'-
Findin' dat It did no good to talk and
write. and dat de Guild man and wo-
man wouldn't let 90 Of DER super
stishuns, has adopted anodder
course.
IT hold up to your view a pam
phlet- 1t am entitled. 'Brudder Gard
ner's Dream and Sign Book. All
Dreams Explained. All Signs Inter
preted' At de close of de meetin' I
you wild dis pamphlet, at de sum of
twenty-five cents. For your enlight-
eminent, and dat you may know what
YOU am buyin', I will read off a few of
the contents:
AS TO DREAMS
''If you dream dat you saw a white
boss chasin' a black COW ober a green
meadow toward a blue barn, 1t signf-
fes dat de next time you 20 out arter
poultry policeman am gwine to be
dar to nab you. I have de names of
one hundred persons who have
dreamed dis dream and been collared
'kase dey didn't obey de warnin'.
III you dream dat you saw a pos
sum in de top limbs of a persimmon
tree, and dat YOU couldn't climb up
arter him on account of having two
wooden laigs, it signifies dat your aunt
am gwine to expire and leave you
money.
ITO dream dat you am trabblin'
over a stony kentry in rain and dark
ness. and dat YOU suddenly ran again
de horns of a cow and was tossed up
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STORIES

BY and by he nodded and yawned and
after minute put the cat down and
said
Dear. If you don't mind I'll lay down
on the lounge for awhile, but don't let
me sleep more than an hour"
In FIVE minutes he was snoring. Then
I went to the telephone and softly rang
up the doctor and said:
Doctor, wish you would come over
to the house a minute"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-04

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turning pattern making. mechanical and
freehand drawing, forging and machine
shop practice full course of manual train
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grades, sloyd work etc.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-04
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Fall Term-Au departments open Tues
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YARD AND ACROSS THE ROAD.
What is it?" he asked
Mr.. Bowser has got a strange spell
on"
What do you mean by strange spell %
Why, he won't find fault with any
thing, and I can't make him mad. He
is as complacent as a clam. Do you
think he has a presentiment that he is
not long for this world?"
"Oh. he's all right" laughed the doc
tor. Such spells come to all men. He's
just resting up to get a better hold,
Look out for him when he breaks loose
again. Don't be at all anxious. I have
known thousand cases of it. Good
night"
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run through your body, would seesn at
rst sight to signify a calamity. Dat
am mistakt. however. It signifies dat
you viii NEE a Guild man fsCrn &c
kentry and invite him to shoot rraps
wild you and clean him outer $25. Try
and dream dis dream as often IS you
kin. It will enable you to lib widout
hard work.
"One night, six months ago, Brud-
der Waydown Bebee. of dis club. went
to sleep doOrin' thunder storm and
dreamed dat he had turned into a spot
ted daWg and was about to be killed
for pork. De butcher already was
ready to scald- de bristles of of him,
when he aWoke in a cold sweat. 1t was
jest midnight, and at de same mint an
owl hooted, and dawg howled. Brud-
der Bebee started for my house on
dead run to ask me to explain. In five
minutes I hggered it out dat he had
sunthin' comm to him, and 10 only
three days had passed when one of his
chile sot de house af1re wild a match
and it was burned to de ground. Brud-
der Bebee had about hundred dollars
with of furniture. It was insured for
four hundred and fifty, as might have
been expected from SIGH a prudent
man as him. He got cherry dollar of it
from de insurance company, and OATS
de reason his family am now wearin'
diamond pins and ibin' on de fat de-
land.
AS TO SIGNS.
AS to signs continued the presi
dent. amid most profound stiffness,
you have EN- yere in plenty. and you
should commit each and cherry one to.
memory
IF you see a black cat chasin' a
white dawg along de road and dey
pass a cock-eyed man as dey go, dat is
a sign of a hard winter to come. Look
around you and locate de nearest
wood-pile or coal yard.
IF a yaller dawg bowls at midnight
under your winder and won't go away
after you have pelted him wild sticks Of
wood, but Keeps right at it until you
go out and threaten to hit him wild de
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-04

IF de sun comes up in de mawnin'
like a ball Of fire, and de wind am
from de west and humpbacked man
passes your cabin wild a bunch of cat
nip under his arm, don't leave de
house dat day. It am sign of mad
dogs. Sit on de doahsteps wild a pile
of brickbats beside you and be pre-
pared to die game.
IF you sit down in a canary colored
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-04

whole front fence, make up your mind
dat calamity am at hand. You may
be arrested befo' you get home wild de
next chicken or watermillion, or one of
de chilln am gwine to fall down de
we'll or off de roof
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~, and publication was begun with the
issue of July a. under the title of
THE Future in America"
Gertrude Anterior and Mrs. John
Lane have been suggested in several
quarters a the probable author of the
anonymous publication issued by John
Lane Co., entitled The Secret Life"
on August 1. Moffat. Yard & Com
pany opened an office at 5 Henrietta
street, Covent Garden, London.
It seems that the remarkable coIec-
ton of letters of George Washington to
George and James Clinton which were
sold in the Appleton sale in May were
much more important than the auc-
tioneers or the bidders supposed, says
the New York Post. OF the forty letters
in the Clinton series, two dealers, Geo.
H. Richmond and the New York Co
operative society (both of Fifth avenue
and Thirty fourth street,, have secured
thirty-hve and are offering them jointly
as a collection. They have issued an ad-
mirable catalogue Ga narrow octave OF
seventy-two pages) containing a digest
and cOpiOus extracts from the letters,
twenty-six of which are entirely IN
published and four others of which con-
tain unpublished passages.
The last letter of the collection, dated
Heaquarters, NeWburgh, June q, 1888,
addressed to Gov CLINTON comprises fl
teen pages folio. and Is one of the most
important and valuable Washington let
ters in existence. 1t was Gov. Clinton's
copy of the famous circular letter.
sent by Washington to the governors of
the various states, containing his resig-
nation from the command of the army,
and advice to his feliow-citizens. Al
though norninaIly addressed to the sew
eraI governors. with the request that it
be presented to the legislatures Of their
states, It was actually addressed to the
American people at large. The letter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-04

frens, said Brother
Gardner, president of
the Lime Kiln club,
as he rose up in his
place at the last
meeting gf that ia
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-04

On August 1. Moffat. Yard & Com
pany opened an office at Henrietta
street. Covent Garden. london.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-04

A biography of President Diaz of
Mexico is being issued by the John
Lane company, New York. The au-
thor is Mrs. Alec Tweedie.
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ly, and publication was begun with the
issue of July IA, under the title of
THE Future in America"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-27
Come to see me il you wantt TO borrow
money Room 6, Chss. W. K~avanaugh,
Phone 267--Masor & Hardy Bldg.

a lawyer on being asked why his pro-
session IL always in court asking for de.
lays and a~djournments. responded: II
have observed In my long years Of ex.
perience that when a lawyer has a very
good case he u an xioMs to try Il; If he
has a poor one the longer lie can delay il
the better It suits him. The,e is no tell.
ing what the accidents sud incidents of
sine may supply III hts favor. Another
reason. perhaps" the lawyer continued.
lis the fact that q lawyer never feels like
prying himself entirely away from a case
Unit! he has to. l concede that this 10
M Of the mysteries Of the legal mind"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-27
Evening Gowns Of Winter.

Mid winter in New York IL the season
when elsboraie gowns and wraps are
most in demand. II is at the opera tina,
n gsins the fullest view of these
elegant gowns. On . gala night the
audience affords 4 spectacle no less In.
~seresttnk than the stage. although in
quite . different way. The gowns are
royal in msgni6cenee. cleaning with
gold and silver aud copper: their beauty
accentuated by the Jewels that fame In
the hair Of the wearera and FASH on the
coraage. The color effects strike q
stronger note than during recent years.
White IL In evidence. bnt II 10 over.
balanced BY gowns Of sky blue. Of ross
pink and yellow. Here and there q vivid
scarlet. . black jettel net relieved BY y
front panel Of Aamihgo velvet, end
stately pon'pslohr brocades add thsi,
richness to the rest.
The decolletsgt, dt,cdisut 10 the Elm
pise innusbce now prevalent, runs mn.
cesnprouuislngiy strAight ssoss III.
figure. leaving the entire shoulder hare
" The throat, savs TOT the narrow s,rsps
Join We back AMI fsont Of the waist
Sometimes. instead Of the strsp, . hit.
VI velves II dsawn through . jeweled
Agsin>Strinxs Of pearls sss used
los this Puspose.-Heles heskeiey Lloyd
u Ne Jssussy O9LIA1AToR.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-27
BARNETT ITEMS.
From The Enttspsise.l

Luudy Ferguson wal in Versailles
Thursday.
T.. p. Bond had busines 10 vesssiiies
Friday.
Joe II. Rays was In the county nm las.
Wednesday.
{. II. Young, the produce msx, wss
10 Yer aiIies Friday.
". u. Iiwlehison returned Tueadsy
from q trip to ~Jeiess"n City.
Mechanics Evsns and coiviu we're
shopiiug In Versailles Thursdsy.
Versailles 10 hoastisg Of having three
railroads scince the Versailles 4 Sedsiia
\. r. Co. has begun 70 eperste IL lise.
Mn. 6sns Hasa. who bad bsss vide.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-27

ing the family Of her brother, II. L..
Windler. left Friday for her home in
Kansas City.
Mrs. $. T. Spurlock and little son, Jim
Paul. Of Versailles, and Aunt Sally Ash.
ton were the guests Of Mrs. W. L. Halter
Thursday.
II il h~Og-killing time, or at least sever-
al OF the farmers have already butchered.
The Baptist revival which had been in
progress here for " weeks, closed Sun.
day night.
Doctors Halter, Bovine and Wheat at.
tended tho medical association held in
Versailles Wednesday.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-27
WALNUT GROVE

The pupils Of Walnut Grove school
were entertained by . Christmas tree.
Thus far, Miss femme has given excel
lent satisfaction.
John Drs1en, Of the Walnut Grove dis.
trict. has purchased a fine Bronze turkey
gobbler from Mr.. Harmed. Of Cooper
county. Mr.. DsafIen paid a 6ne pt,ce
for this turkey.
Miss Mary Kaufman gave the Prairie
Valley pupils Q treat In the shape Of Q
Christmas tree.
East Bethel church had . Christmas
tree entertainment.
Mr. self and family have moved to the
Bowman farm.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-27
An Invocation to tho New Year.


Aureole our angel cake generously
with imported jam; teach us to forgive
or creditors; see to it that the straight
and narrow path 10 ~sprinkled with ashes
always and with banana skins never, put
plenty Of silver into our wallets and not
shy into onr whiskers; cement our ties Of
love and friendship mor closely together
aud fill the hearts OF our wives to over
flowing with the friskiness and enthus.
iasin that were theirs at that divine
moment when we measured their lily
fingers for solitaire diamond rings and
prepared to camp out on their fathers
incomes; clip the winds Of riches and oil
love that they may not fly out of gu
window, but remain with rs forever, and
If possible clip the cook in the name wa,
and for q similar result -R. X. Nun
kittsick in New York World.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-27
/ O o r.

Versailles Lodge, No. 231, /. O.
o. F., meets every Tuesday night.
Business Of importance demands the
attention OF every member. Come
out.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-27

If you want Insurance in one OF the
best old line Companies in the world see
me, room &, Chas. w. Kavanaugh,
Phone 767 Mason Il Hardy bldg.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-27

Chas. W. Kavanaugh the abstracter,
notary public, insurance and real estate
agent, reports the following Transient Of
real estate since our last issue.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-27
When You Wont
LUMB Err
Don't forget that
tt pAyS to see me
before you buy.
III. F.Abell.

II you want . Notary Public don't for.
get the Phone at, or call at room 6 Ma
son & Hardy Bldg. Chas. ". Ksva-
naugh. The Abstracter.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-27

Subscribe for the Morgan County
REPUBLICAN, IL pages, 81 per year.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-10
would be halt gone. and 50 on tnrougll.

would be half gone. and SO on through
the whole.
"At the end of our six months stay
pr, Gibson came to me In the afternoon
saying that the lady who had befriended
me wished to see ne before left, and
that he had arranged meeting for us.
at midnight AT the appointed hour she
came. and as she drew near me she fell
on her knees at my side. and, burying
her face In her hands, burst into pas
sion of tears. She had with her box
of jewery which she wished re to con-
yey to her little daughter, living with
her husband and mother in New York,
and between her sobs she told me her
history. A few years after her marriage
she had met at Cape May a stranger
who. infatuated with her beauty and ac-
curing a powerful influence over her.
had induced her to escape with him TO
his home. He kept in Richmond q gamn-
ling house, and the half consumed pro-
visions were explained. They We're the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-10
Smith and Hancock.

,Moseley and Emily Price, January %.
1913. tii