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ever pared cheese with a razor IT,.
tell me he won't have his shoes NJ
ished because the friction might u r
them out and that he's had the ba,hs.
Save the hair he cuts Off him for ~.
last thirty years to stuff mattress
That's nonsense he says, Th.
poor old gentleman has been bald II.
the last thirty years. He's frugal :
know, but don't consider that yjce,
well, then mentioned the old RAP,
love of money and he excused that h,
saying that most old men were more =,
less avaricious.
Not to the extent of dishonesty,
says. I've heard Of things he's DOM
that ought to have landed him In III.
penitentiary.'
WELL says Skilllven, we're all bu.
man and we've got our little faults u
it isn't one thing it's another, and Wa
don't want to be too hard on peopla
especially old people. I don't supposs
Mr.. Brackenbury has a great manv
more years to live, and I'm sorry 70,
that, because he really Is, when you get
to know him, very nice old gentle
man. He has some excellent qualities
and my family thinks the world Of
him. Now, don't care what you saw
when man can talk that way about
a hoary old scoundrel like w. D. Brack.
enbury, he's mighty charitable"
"Huhw calculated the man with thu
Katherine suitcase contemptuously. ~
don't suppose he told you that his wife
Is Brack's next of kin and that thev
expect to come in for the bulk Of his
money when he dies. Oh, he's charit
able duck, all right, and when it comes
to wheelbarrows with broken han
dies"
well, that wasn't the only thing"
said the man with the fur-lined over
coat. 1--WE talked about other people
too-you among them-and he spoke
pretty well Of you"
II don't see any particular reason
why he shouldn't" said the man with
the katherine suitcase. II never bilked
him out Of Is cents" Chicago Daily
News.
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A process for making rubber from
wheat has been invented.
There were 1924 ,27S Odd Fellows in
the United States January l..
The total number Of immigrants to
the United States, 1906, was LOO, 1876.
Earl Gray, Governor General Of Can
ada, receives a salary of $4,000 a
year.
The lower peninsula of Michigan is
said to be entirely undertake with rock
salt.
The churches are thu Portuguese
polling places and votes In Portugal
are cast nowhere else.
There are 1863 stock and 234 mutual
fire insurance companies in the United
States January 1, 1907.
Workmen in one Of the streets of
Madrid dug up an old walnut-wood
chest containing 300 gold doubloons.
Medals Of honor for distinguished
gallantry in war in which the United
States was engaged are held by 458
Americans.
The result Of the first six months
working Of the Simplon tunnel have
been tabulated, and show that an aver
age Of 5000 passengers were carried a
day.
II not absolutely the oldest, the Stora
Kopparberget in Sweden Is the oldest
copper mine of which there are any Of
fetal figures. It has been worked con-
tinuously for nearly 800 years.
The dreaded nun butterfly is appear
ing everywhere in Bohemia, threaten
ing the devastation Of the forests. The
neighboring woods of Saxony and ST.
lesia are also threatened. The Minis
try of Agriculture has named COM
mission to investigate.
Andrew Carnegie's "hero fund" was
established in 1904 with $5,OOO,OOO. at
Its disposal. The commission had
awarded sixty-three medals up to Jan.
l, 1907, and disbursed about $4,000,
aside from about $65,OOO given San
Francisco and other sufferers from dis
asters.
Perhaps for concentrated inaccuracy
of statement nothing can surpass the
following sentence, which occurred in
an account Of burglary given short
time back In paper: after fruit
less search all the money was recov-
cred, except one pair Of boots Tit
Bits.
One of the princesses Of the Bur-
mese court, young woman not yet 20,
is said to be the possessor Of the costli-
est dress In the world. 1t Is court
costume and worn only on rare occa-
sions. It is studded with jewels re-
puted to be worth in the aggregate not
less than one million four hundred
thousand dollars.-Leslie's Weekly.
Several New York postmen, accord
ing to the World, have made fortunes
If more than 100000. These men, al
though Independently wealthy, through
extra effort during leisure hours, still
trudge from house to house daily with
mailbag and whistle, content to ac-
cept q salary Of $1,000 year which
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while 1t may thus lend picturesque as
pect to desert locomotion. it will never
change the essentials of the great
waste, whose shifting sands are forever
in motion like the pillows of the trou-
bled sea.
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young never stay where they were
Matched, but make this move as soon
as they are large enough. Naturalists
have never been able to exflain this.
The only theory advanced is that the
birds know II they stay where they
were hatched the country would soon
be overstocked with them Kansas
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pour down into the valleys and almost
as suddenly disappear beneath the
sands. These rains fall at long inter-
walls, 8, II and even 20 years inter
vening between them. Notwithstanding
the obstacles of the desert, it is con-
stantly crossed on various routes by
caravans Of traders and many nomadic
Arabs make It their home. Tho camel
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DUCKS 1900 MILES AT SEA

Birds Circle Around Steamship, TAX
ing 1t for an Island.
The Oceanic Steamship Company
liner Mariposa, Captain Lawless, ar
rived from Tahiti with twenty-three
passengers and a cargo Of tropical
products. Among the passengers was
w. f. Doty, former American consul
at Papeete and recently promoted u
represent Uncle Sam in Persia as unit
ed States consul.
The interests Of America In Persia
have been represented hitherto by tne
secretary Of the British legation at lie.
heran, who acted as United States vlc'
consul whenever necessity arose tbs
government, however, recently appoint
ed three consuls for Persia, amons
them Mr.. Doty. whose post will be AZ
Fabric. This is in the same latitude 81
San Francisco and is one of the mos'
inaccessible consular posts In the world
In journeying to his new station Con.
sui Doty will have to travel Gamer
back for 1900 miles
On the afternoon Of Nov. 9 Captain
Lawless was surprised to see twelve
black and white ducks flying overhead
They came from the eastward. After
circling around the Mariposa num-
Der of times, as ii they were wondering
what kind Of an island the liner was
the ducks wheeled into line and re-
summed their flight, heading due west
The ducks were 1900 miles from San
Francisco and 1900 miles from Ha'
wall, the nearest land Francisco
Call
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Old Coner Unopened.

In the national archives of France
Is an ancient secret Golfer which, for
some reason or other, has never been
opened since 1t was confscated from
the original owner, although the KEY
Is with Il.
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ri 1fE!!s
Miss Candace's Light.

Miss Candace's Light.
Nobody ever thought of Miss Candace
West as intellectual, but doubtless nad
any one supposed that she would take
literally the text, Let your nght SO
Anime" half a dozen worthy anu we'll
meaning friends would have fastened
tn fry to convince her that 1t dld not
mean wasting kerosene oil every nlgnt
IN LIGHT the bit of road In front OF her
house when she could so Ill anord 10
do it.
Miss Candace never forgot the way
the command flashed upon her. She had
finished her frugal Sunday dinner, and
her tiny house being In Immaculate
Sunday order, she sat down by the
window: as she always did, to read her
three chapters She always read the
Bible through in order, but 1t must De
confessed that the prophecies and the
epistIes were difficult duty. Now she
had come to Matthew again, and was
reading with the simple unquestioning
interest Of a child And then she came
to it-'Let your light SO shine before
men,"
Miss Candace started and turned her
eyes to the narrow, unlighted little
street before her door.
why, l never thought OF that" she
exclaimed.
But having thought Of 1t, she never
questioned the matter The only prob
lem was to think how she could save
enough oil to burn till 10 o'clock every
night. Miss Candace thought till 10
o'clock would be long enough, it was so
seldom that anybody passed at night.
So her duty began, and as the weeks
passed, the lighting of her lamp became
q humble act Of worship.
One day the minister's wife called,
and learned about the light, and the
tears came to her eyes as she listened.
Dear Miss Candace," she said, II
wish that we all lighted~our bits of
road as we'll as you do
Five years later Miss Candace died.
In all those years she had kept her
lamp lighted, although, SO far as she
knew, nobody had ever needed 1t. She
had never thought to Inquire about that
part of it.
At her funeral the minister spoke Of
her lamp. 1t had probably done no
material service, he said, but no one
could estimate the moral influence of
1t. AS he ended, there was little stir
In the company, and young woman
rose.
ut isn't customary for friends to
speak, l know" she said, "but l must.
Some Of you here may remember me;
was Maggie Anderson. You used to
call me wild, and 1 was. But none Of
you knew that / almost ran away with
man five years,agO.
81 knew what it meant, but I was
hard and bitter and didn't believe in
any one, and l agreed to meet him on
a certain night.
when the time came 1 slipped out,
but l never got to him. Do you know
why? l couldn't pass Miss Candace's
light. l tried again and again, but
each time shrank back because fen
as If it would show how bad l was,
and yet at the same time, when l
looked away from it, l was afraid to go
around through the dark It seemed to
me as If that light somehow came
straight from heaven, and if 1 crossed
1t l should be lost.
Il went back, and few days after
chat l got work in Canton. l am mar
ried now, and happy, but if it hadn't
been for Miss Candace's light Oh,
wish l had come back and told her!
always meant to some time."-
Youths Companion.
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OH PaintinG Of Ancient Days.
d Oil painting was an art thoroughly
understood BY the ancients, but was
lost sight Of and only revived about the
end Of the thirteenth century, 4. D
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| not. No one Is truly happy who has
not happiness as a well Of water spring
ing up within himself into everlasting
life.-Dr. Lyman Abbott.
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FERMENTATION.

What comforts me Is the thought
that we are being shaped here below
into stones for the heavenly temple
that to be made like Him Is the OBJ
ject of our earthly existence. He Is the
shaper and carpenter Of the heavenly
temple He must work us into shape,
our part Is to be still in his hands
every vexation is a little chip; also we
must not be In hurry to go out Of the
quarry, for there is certain place for
each stone, and we must wait till the
building Is ready for that stone; 1t
would put out the building If we were
taken pell-mell-Charles George Cor
don
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Moral Courage.


To do wrong, or, what Is the same
thing, to refrain from doing right, when
the time for action arrives, because we
are afraid of what other people may
say or think, Is the worst form Of slav-
cry. To break such bonds, we need a
deeper conservation to truth and duty.
We may admit all the arguments
against such bondage, and yet fall to
escape it; but II we are faithful and
loyal to the good and the right-if in
our inmost heart we love and honor
them above all things, we shall find con-
tinually growing within us that moral
courage which wins for us our best
freedom.
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"ThOu Shalt Remember

Snalt HemC IN cF.v
In the great review of Moses, re-
corded In the Book of Deuteronomy.
the phrase occurs again and again:
Thou shalt remember" In fact, the
Bible continually calls us to dwell
upon the loving kindness of the Lord.
Forgetfulness of God is branded as one
OF the worst Of sins-indeed, the point
of departure for most of them. This is
no idle admonition. Our memories are
sometimes weak where the goodness of
God Is concerned, and very tenacious
In regard to our own miseries. 1t is
due to God and to ourselves that we
remember the way He has led us.
Nothing will keep the soul alive to
all its duties SO much as the living pre-
servation Of the memory of Gods good
ness to US. There Is no better founda-
ton for our hope of the future than
this The mercy Of the past becomes
an argument for more mercy In the fu-
eure. Because Thou hast been NV
nelp. therefore In the shadow of Thv
wings will l rejoice" Most of our de-
spondency may be traced to forpetful.
ness of Gods goodness in the past.
Happiness from Within.
The real sources of happiness are in
ourselves, not in our possessions: in
our Imagination, not In the novel: in
our appreciation of beauty. not in the
picture; in our musical culture not in
the piano. Your enjoyment of the bean.
ties OF nature-the sea, the mountains
the fowers-will depend not upon the
sea, Or the mountains, or the flowers
but upon yourself. Some men will find
more JOY In the prairie than others in
the Alps. some more joy In the desert
than others in the flowers and forests
OF California. Is it the rich, the merry
the powerful. the popular, that are
blessed! We look about us and we
know that this is not true, though we
act as though it WERE Blessed are the
poor In spirit, the meek, the merciful
the pure In heart; this we know Is
true, though we act as though It were
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-08-15

perhaps not even Darry Conanu him
self, but some emotion caused his
olive face for an instant to turn pale,
and give his voice q tell-tale culver.
Once more pealed forth "25 for 5000"
That Bob saw the pallor. that he
caught the culver, was evident to all,
for the instant his sold" rang out, he
followed 1t with 5000 at "a, %, 20,
60" Neither Barry Conant nor any
OF his heutenants got in a take IT."
although whether they wanted to or
not was an open question until Bob
allowed his voice TO dwell just like q
pendulum swing Of time on the 20.
It was rs II he were tantaliEing them
into sticking by their guns. BY the
time he paused. Barry Commits nerve
was back, for his piercing Take It"
had linked to It go for any part of
$1o,00o." Tho bid was yet ON his lips
when Bob's deep voice rang out
Sold" Any part Of $4,000 ut 10, 10,
IL, TO-" He'll was now loose. Back
and forth, up against the rail, around
the room and back and around again.
the crowd surged for 10 Of the widest,
craEiest minutes in the history Of the
New York stock exchange, u history
rePlete with records Of wild and crazy
scenes.
At last from sheer exhaustion there
came a ten minutes luIl, which was
used in comparing trades. At the be-
ginning OF the respite Sugar was sell
ing at 155, for in that quarter hour OF
madness it had broken from 210 to
155, but when the ten minuteg had
elapsed, the stock had worked back
to 1e7. Barry Conant had again taken
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pended the fortune or many who
breathlessly awaited the renewal or
the suspension Of the contest. Even
Barry Conant's usuallySimpassive face
wore q tinge Of anxiety.
Indeed, Bob was the only one in
the center Of that throng that showed
no sign of what was going on behind
1t. The same cynical smile that had
beon there since the opening still
paved around the corners of his
mCu.h as he squared himself in
f.,rt of his opponent. All knew now
tllt he was not through. Barry Con-
O. had evidently decided to force the
f-..ag, although more cautiously
Il :" before. "eT for q thousand"
Ga of his lieutenants bid 67 for 500,
san. her 81 for 800. and a. Bob had
n vct shown his intention of meet
H.. J',air bids, 81 for different amounts
was heard all over the house. Bob
49, have been tossing q metal coin
&c ,.ccide the advisability of buying
ba, /, that he had sold; he might have
been aiding UP the bids as they were
made. He said nothing for n fraction
Of a minute, which to those tortured
men must have seemed like an age.
Then with q wave Of his hand, as
though delivering q benedictiOn, he
swept the circle with q celd-blOoded:
sold the lots. $500 In all"
"Sixty.seven for q thousaAd"-aGain
Barry Conant's bid. Sold" "s7 for
5000" Sold" "e6 for a thousand"
sold" The drop from 6,o0O to l,o0o
and dollar q share in Barry Commits
bids was the MORALLY wounded, but
still game generals Sound the Re-
treat" Bob heard It. ANY part Of
10000 at 66, 81, 81, co." The diR was
now as fierce as before. The entire
crowd, all but Barry Conant and his
lieutenants, seemed to have concluded
that Bob's renewal of attack meant
that he was the winning side, and
those who had been hanging on to
their stock hoping against hope, and
those who were short and had been
undecided whether to cover or to hold
on and sell more for greater profits,
We'd with one another in a frantic ef-
fort to sell. All could now feel the
coming panic. All could see that it
was bad one. as the least informed
on the floor knew that there was a
Tremendous onrnunt Of Sugar stock in
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Sne nAnds or washington hoVIces aI
speculation and of others who had
bought It At high prices. Sugar was
now dropping two, three, ave dollars
. share between trades, and the panic
was spreading to the other peISs, a.
r. always the ease. for when there are
sudden large losses In one stock, the
losers must throw over the other
Otocks they hold 20 mee6 thelr loss,
aAd- tAus the whole structure tumbISa
Me . house Of cards. Sugar had Just
crossed lie wAea the loud bAAg of the
prssAaent's EAVel TeAounded through
the gOOR. IastAAtly there was . al
lence % Of death. All knew the
meaning Sf the sound, the most
omiAOus ever heard In . stock ex-
change. calling Cor the Temporary
suspension OF business while the presi-
deat announces the fAilare q some
member or house.
PENkIN0, ol-ANct%ARD q CO.
AaRSSRes th@a Thsy canRSG Nest
Thalr ObaiSmflOAs-
This StAAeneat that enc q tAe Sl6-
eat houses had been swSmpeG ta the
crash BOB had started caused further
4EAntie selling. and, - though every
sn0ESeT had @mplagod tho Ian 10 10
an Ma lungn. . hS~1 arose that psAled
ana walled - the dome.
I SatHA~1 0"A "'~s"aE.r - text II
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the center Of he crowd, after hastily.
scanning tho brief notes handed him,
BY messenEer-boyB and giviaE orders
20 his lieatenAntS. He had eVIaantly
received reeAforcemsntE In the form
Of renewed orders nom his principals.
Many Of the faces that friAgcA the
inner circle Of that crowd were fright
full 20 l0ok upon, some white az
though Just lifted from hospital pill
lows. others red 70 the verge OF apo
plexy-all strained a. though await
Ing the coming OF the iury with .
life ST death verdict They all knew
that BsA AaA sola acre than q AVn-
cred thousand shares Of Sugar upSA
which The proats must Be more than
SA.eee.eeo. Woula he resume selling,
or was be through? was q shsTt
st0ek, which nust 30 bOueAt bach, or
IOag stock; and n l0AK. whose stoek7
Were he tnSiders selling cut "a enc
aAStASV. - were they ell selIL1g TO-
g0tAsP, end under cover - Barry Cen
a1t'O Hnevem0ntS wSrN CamsmeySf
and ~BlaaAAEA on" SAptviMG tAeir
bAg peoBAEaAsgy - the sIauSAAoR q
ne WaaAtAgAaa eoatiAeoaAI An tA0sO
0uostis@S WSNs kNshiA6 thfOaaA the
AeA1s q that crowd d brsheus like
steam thrsNaA q toi1SE. A0w kea. new
eSta. bHt alwASo - AiGA pressure, Ter
UASA a. S~SOsAs~-s~'~R 49, e~E~R -
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CHAPTER vi,

AS passed through my ONCE 4 few
minutes later heard Bob's voice in
Beulah Sands ONCE. It was raised
in passionate eloQuence.
Yes, Beulah, l have done It single
handed. have crucified Camemeyer.
Standard OIL and the system that
spiked me to the cross a few weeks
ago. You have three millions, and
have seven. Now there is nothing
more but for you to 60 home to your
father, and then come back to me-
Back to me, Beulah, back to me to be
my wife!"
He stopped. There was no sound
waited; then, frightened. stepped
to the door OF Beulah Sands once
Bob was standing Just inside the
threshold, where he had halted to give
her the glad tidings. She had risea
from her desk and was looking at him
with an agoniEed stare. He seemed
70 be transnxed by her look, the wild
ecstasy OF the eutburst OF love yet
mirrored In his eyes. She was Just
saying as reached the door:
Bob. In merey's name tell mo yo1
got this money fairly, honoTAbly."
Bob must have realized for the hrst
time what he had done. He did NOT
SPEAK. He OAly stared into her ayeA.
She was now ct hIs side.
Bob. you are annerved," che said;
YOU have been through n terrible Or
deal. Fer an hour have been read
Eng IN the SuIletina q the banks and
trust companies thai have tailed. q
the banking houses that have been
ruined. have been reading that yos
aid Il; thar you have made naiIROns-
and I knew It was for me. ssE father.
By. "a the @iast NJ my Sas- my Kfa1B-
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VInt 9. Spaiding hhs bought
Pilot. the grand sou of Old dog
Pilot. from SheIbyVille, I'LL,
parties and added him to his
kennel.
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Mrs. ]. D. Robey aud chlldreR
ADD her mother. MIS-. Hubbard
spent part m the week with
relatives ueaC Jacksonville,
Ill.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-08-15

For a first class hair est q
% Stream & Fishers.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-08-15

More Hollis = business vie
iior ia the Future Great.
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(Continued next week.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-05-03

If our party believes Doug
and his traitors were right in
their, resolutions then T. we. bow
our heads in grief and shame
but we don't give up the fight.
eve will stay in3the church
and whip the devil out"
Either we are right and Doug
is wrong or Doug is right and
we are wrong. If we are wrong
we will take a BACK seat and
beg to he forgiven, and if Doug
is wrong he should follow a sim.
liar course. Aud we will for
give him and his fellow traitors
but d-n them, we can never
forget them. This may not he
according to christian ethics but
it is human nature all the same.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-05-03

Henry Robbins of South Nc.
Alester, says that the Republi-
can party of Indian Territory
will vote for the con. This is
absolutely wrong, but it shows
why the attorney Guess and the
barber Washington were for the
con at the Negro convention.
Robbins and the last named
cusses are in the same boat, but
they can't fool the common or
dinary fellows.
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$500 REWARD

The New State Anti-Lynch-
Law Bureau offers and will pay
the sum of $500. to any person,
or persons, for the apprehen
sion and conviction of the leader
or leaders of the mob that mur.
dered James Williams at Du,
rant. Indian Ter.
w. II. Twine, President,
Muskogee, |. u.
E. l. Saddler, Secretary,
Guthrie, O. Ty.
Address all communications
to E. |. Saddler. Guthrie, Okla.
Ter. General office.
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Notice.

Let me build you house on small
installments, thereby, saving your
rent money, and living in your own
house ~ the time. See Rev. j. M.
Dade, Miner London, Susie London,
Fannie Tucker and Nancy Lynch, as
to the way l treat my customers
Will loan money for 5, and 10
erty, in any amount where it is well
secured. Make short loans also. No.
w. p. FIELDS,
l English Block.
Muskogee, |. T.