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The Taney County republican., 1907-09-26
BREAKING IL to Him.

Doctor, | suppose I'm an old fool,
have made discovery that gives
me some uneasiness."
What is it, Kadger?"
II was passing my hand over my
head the other day. and found one
place that's a good deal hotter than
any other spot. thought it was all
Imagination at first, but 1t isn't Put
your hand on the top of my head,
pretty well back There, that's the
place. Doesn't it feel hotter than
the rest of my head?"
1T certainly does"
We'll, now, am anxious to know
what that means If it indicates that
there's too much brain pressure at
that particular spot, want to know
it. Is it serious?'
"Kadger, it is"
81 feared so. Tell me the truth,
doctor, no matter what it is.
Il hesitate to tell you, because"
Doctor, | insist on knowing"
We'll, if you must knnow, Kadger.
that particular place on your head
feels hot to your hand because you're
getting a bald spot there"
The Taney County republican., 1907-09-26
How to Clean Marble.

For the marble washstaud try rub
hing with lemon juice first to remove
stains. II this does not remove all
stains rub them with cloth moist
ened with spirits Of salts. This Is ex
cellent for removing stains, but II
used often makes the surface rough
and liable to catch the dirt, so should
be kept as last resource only. Re
member, too, that unless it is care
fully used 1t viii burn the hands.
For the nickel ciean exactly as you
would silver, or, If the article will
not come in contact with food, use
either Of the many good metal polish
es that are on the market or bath
brick and turpentine. polishing after
ward with dry whiting.
The Taney County republican., 1907-09-26
Advice Discounted.

Senator Burrows was asked for ad
vice recently by newspaper CORE
spondent. He gave the advice, bat
atterward, smiling and a..aking his
head, he said:
advice is a thing l am always
chary about extending. 1t is, you
know, so cheap, so easy.
"A boy, the other day, was push
ing a heavy push cart up a hill. Tho
hill was steep, the boy thin. He bent
forward at the work till he was al
most horizontal.
Hi. boy called an old man. push
the cart up the hill zigzag, from side
60 side, and you'll find it will 60
easier
The boy snarled back:
Not so much o yer darn advice
Give us a shove"
The Taney County republican., 1907-09-26

A capital story is being told OF
n scientific man who is known
all over the world for his re.
searches into bacteria. The other day
at an afternoon party he was given
by his hostess some of the first straw.
berries of the year, and it was noticed
that before he ate them he dipped
each strawberry most carefully into
n tumbler of water His hostess ask.
ed him why he did this, and he replied
that it was on account Of the mi.
crobes. of which there are about two
millions on each fruit. After he ha
eaten half dozen strawberries he
felt thirsty, and without thinking what
he was doing he drank the water in
which he had been washing the fruit.
His hostess tried to stop him, but II
was too late. "Oh, DOCTOR" she ex
claimed, you have swallowed 10000,
900 microbes," Good heavens, so
have" said the scientist, and then
added philosophically, after pause.
well after all. it does not matter
much"
The Taney County republican., 1907-09-26
FORTUNE FOR FAIR PRINCESS
Twenty Million Dollars 10 Nest Ee
She Inherited.

Americans as well as European
who know her express delight at tn
good fortune of Princess Henry o
Pless in inheriting, with her husband
S20, 100000, a comfortable addition tC
their modest fortune. The money is
derived by the popular couple frou
the estate of the duke Of Pless, whom
nobody on this side of the water knew
we'll, and who had few friends ever
in England. Princess Henry, on the
other hand. gained the hearts of many
as Daisy West. 1t was by that name
she was known to most of her ac
quaintances before her marriage,
though in strict formality she was
Miss CornwalIis-West. She was be
tbrothed to Prince Henry at the end
of her first season in society. The
duke of Pless lived a life of almost
feudal formality at Furstenstein, their
splendid Renaissance castle in the
borders of Bavaria. II must have re,
quired, indeed, power of adaptability
in an English girl to take up the posi-
tion of a sort of queen among the
peasantry there, driving about mag
nficently in a carriage drawn by Arab
grays, ridden by postillions in claret.
colored coats and white beaver hats
Still, Princess Henry has made the
life at Furstenstein quite pleasantly
informal and most of the time Is
spent, when she entertalns English or
German friends there, in riding or
driving in the beautiful woods or val
leys near, Prince and Princess Henry
of Pless spend good deal of the year
in London, and they are oftener over
in England for the Cowes week, Their
little son was baptized in London two
years ago, 1t may be remembered.
The queen stood sponsor, and the
ceremony was a splendid affair
The Taney County republican., 1907-09-26
Marse Henry,s Monopoly.

When Louis BrownlOw, now q
Washington correspondent. was re.
porter on the Louisville Courier.
Journal, he was sitting at the telc-
phone table in the Ideal room one
night waiting for a call
The Office dictionary is kept on that
table. Brownlow was turning the
leaves idly when Marse Henry Waiter.
son came along.
Marse Henry does not see very
we'll He made out a figure at the
table and said: Who's that"
'Brownlow, Mr. Watterson."
What are you doing, Browalow"'
I'm reading the dictionary"
well, skip the adjectives. skip the
adjectives, for I'm the only ore on
this paper who can use them."-Sat.
urday Evening Post.
The Taney County republican., 1907-09-26
viii be a Missionary.

Miss Alma Jones, prominent
church worker of Webb City. left for
Guadalajara, Mex, to enter the mis-.
sionary field. She is sent by the
Methodist Episcopal church. South,
and will teach in the Methodist mis-.
slonary school. Miss Jones has lived
in Webb City all her life, and few
years ago was graduated from the
high school, after which she attend.
ed college. She was a teacher In the
Webb City schools for several years
and won the good will Of all patrons.
The Taney County republican., 1907-09-26
Apples in Storage a Year.

Apples in perfect condition, after
being in cold storage for one year,
were taken from the Merchants re-
frigerating plant at Kansas City to be
sent to the jamestown exposition. Fiji
teen barrels were put in storage by the
Missouri State Horticultural society
in September last year. Two barrels
of them will go to the exposition to
become a part of the Missouri exhibit.
Winesaps, Jonathans, Ganos, Ben Dav.
is, and several other common varieties
were selected. The fruit has been in
refrigerating rooms where the temper
ature ranged from SO to 80 degrees.
Some docayed apples were found, but
only few. Most Of them were
raised on the farm of w. 7. Gano,
near Parkville.
The Taney County republican., 1907-09-26
aAKE DUTY BURDEN
SOME PEOPLE HAVE TOO MUCH
CONSCIENCE.
Mr.. 5illtops Pursues the Subject for
a Little, with a Concrete Illus
tration-Few Seem to BE
Perfectly Balanced.

DUTY sits light on some. but" said
Mr.. Billtops, how hard on others.
Nov, you take Mrs. Billtops, what
10 you think she said TO me the other
lay? That she was afraid she
wouldn't have everything cleaned up
when she died!
"She don't mean, you know, that
she wouldn't leave everything clean;
but what she meant was that she was
afraid she wouldn't leave everything
in order and all the mending done
aud all that. so that II all could be car
ried along easily without her; that
she wouldn't leave everything all
cleaned up.
what do you think of that for an
exaggerated, burdensome sense OF
duty?
I've tried to reason with Mrs. Bill,
tops about this, but it's no use. She
does her duty as she sees it, and by
her light her duty is plain; 1t is to
work, work, not for herself but for
others.
She is very lenient with everybody
else but she never spares herself.
Whatever work there Is to be done
she considers it her duty to do, and
so she labors morning, noon and night.
and day after day. | have told her
that I'd like her to be slack for time.
downright slack; that she ought to let
things go, occasionally anyway, and
rest a little; but she says that would
never do; that il she once let things
20 she'd never catch up. And as 1t is,
as I told you, she's afraid she won't
leave everything cleaned up when she
dies.
And so she works on; never salts
fed unless everything Is done just so
and always at it; self-denying always,
but with that sense of duty always
wearing on her, impelling her always
to work, work, work. And | suppose
there are 15,000,000 other women that
work in just the same way. though I
am not so sure, either, than any one
OF them works just as Mrs. Billtops
does, so unseltlshly and so devotedly.
Il would give $l4.50. or more. If I
could stop her, but she says we are
poor, and the work must be done,
though I know it would be just the
same If we were rich. that her sense
of duty would still oppress her, for
she's built that way. Duty sits hard
on her.
"a grand thing it would be for ali
of us if we could really know our duty
and could perform It faithfully to the
full, and yet not let it impose upon us
undue burdens, not let our sense oi
duty harry rs.
There are people now and then
to be met who. well knowing their
'tuty and performing it faithfully and
fully, nor failing ever to take up cheer.
fully others burdens when they should,
yet know as truly what burdens they
may in all fairness and kindness de
cline; well balanced people these,
who see clearly and are not in doubt
the few rare people who know what is
right and who are by that knowledge
guided, to their own great help anG
no loss to that of all with whom they
may be associated.
Would that we were all thus hap.
pily constituted"
The Taney County republican., 1907-09-26
shct at Piqeon, Killed a Boy.

Martin Dobendos, age 10, of St
Joseph, was giving an exhibition Of his
skill at pigeon shooting with 22-cali-
Der gun. Eugene Mcclure, age IL, Of
Studley. Neb.. was visiting at the home
of Samuel Dawes. A spent bullet from
Dobendos gun s.ruck young Mcclure
in the upper part of the face, pene-
trating the brain. The victim died
soon afterward.
The Taney County republican., 1907-09-26
Set OF His Own Trap.

Samuel Dodson, conductor on the
St Louis & San Francisco railroad,
out Of Clinton, arranged a trap to
catch a thief who had been robbing
his train box. He fastened revolver
in such way that when anyone
raised the lid the weapon would be
discharged at the person. Within fif'
teen minutes after arranging his trap
Dodson had occasion to go to his box.
Forgetting all about his burglar trap.
he set 1t off. The bullet grazed his
leg.
The Taney County republican., 1907-09-26
A Million Out of Land.

MIR. David Rankin, OF Atchson
county. who has made Sl,000,00O out
of Missouri soil, and now has 1900
acres of corn that is growing well, is
a good object lesson to teach the boys
why they ought to stay on the farm,
says the st. Louis Republic. The Mis-.
souri, farmer who farms right. as Mr..
Rankin has always done, is person
who possesses clear title to indie
pcndenCe and affluencc.
The Taney County republican., 1907-09-26
Takes No Part

"He seems to be good man, bat
he cheats in horse trade. How can
he reconcile that with his con
sc.ence?"
My dear sir, when a man trades
horses his conscience always goes to
sleep"
The Taney County republican., 1907-09-26
M. S, us Good Showing,

Miss Mabel Ruth Cook of Platts-
burg was the twothousandth student
to enroll in the University of Missouri
since June /. She is a student in the
Teachers college. The first week
closed with an enrolment af 2,0l1. Of
these, 452 were in the summer session,
leaving 1859 enrolled for the -egular
session. This beats all previous rec
ords. Last year the enrolment at the
close of the first week was i0G less
than this year.
The Taney County republican., 1907-09-26
She Wanted That,

Il shall make you love me yet" dc.
clared Mr.. Stinjay, determinedly. 81
shall leave no stone unturned."
"Ah! that sounds something like!
exclaimed the fair girl. IF the stone
weighs not less than karat and Is
pure white you may interest me-.
philadelphia Press.
The Taney County republican., 1907-09-26
New Source of Wealth,

Immense beds of asphaltum are re-
ported to have been discovered in Jas.
per county. The stratum is from so
to 100 feet thick. If this proves cor
rect another source of great wealth to
that part of Missouri and the state In
general has been found.
The Taney County republican., 1907-09-26
Heads the Library Board.

The itate library commission Gre
ated by the last legislature, met at
Jefferson City and elected p. B..
Wright of st. Joseph chairman. The
election of a secretary was postponed
until the next meeting to be held Oc-
tober
The Taney County republican., 1907-09-26
Liar.

He adored her, but his pride was
very great.
Elsie" he faltered. do you love
me?"
Above the boom of the sea her
voice sounded clear and cold.
NO" she said. mo. Mr.. Manner
ing
lie laughed unpleasantly.
Well" he said, Il feared you did
that was all. and | Just wanted to
warn you that am already engaged"
The Taney County republican., 1907-09-26
Hit by a CHANGING Bullet.

w. A. Bishop, a farmer living near
Nonesuch, Camden county, was pos
sibly fatally shot in mysterious man.
ner. Parties were shooting on the
river. and it is believed the bullet,
which struck Mr.. Bishop in the chest,
ricochetted from the water.
The Taney County republican., 1907-09-26
Il Bars oleomarqarine.

Oleomargarine, colored to resemble
butter, cannot be manufactured or sold
in Missouri after October /, according
to ruling just made by X. NJ Wash.
burn of the dairy and pure food com
mission. The ruling is the most
sweeping yet made by the dairy and
food commission since the enactment
of the new state food and drug laws.
The Taney County republican., 1907-09-26
Improved Red Men.

The Red Men of Webb City and Jop-
lin must indeed be an improved order.
They ate 30 dozen ears of green corn
at a recent powwow. and so far no
calls for the cholera morbus special
lists have been sent in.
The Taney County republican., 1907-09-26
Quite the Reverse.

Here" said Towne, Ifs rather
clever little book-'Don'ts for Club.
men,
Il don't see anything in that fe.
marked Browne; "it isn't the 'donts'
that worry clubmen, it's the dues
Philadelphia Press.
The Taney County republican., 1907-09-26
City Marshal RESPONSIBLE.

Because the anti-spitting ordinance,
passed two years ago, is not en-
forced, the president of Trenton's
board Of health has filed charges
against the city marshal. The council
took action looking to the enforcement
of the ordinance.
The Taney County republican., 1907-09-26
Made Two Appointments.

Gov. Folk has reappointed William
NJ. Culp coal oil inspector of the city
of st. Louis, for term of two years
from June IS, 1907. The governor
also appointed William Rub a member
OF the Missouri state fish commission,
to ill the unexpired term of T. F. Va.
natta, resigned. Mr.. Rub, like his pre-.
decessor, is st. Joseph man.
The Taney County republican., 1907-09-26
No Doubt Of II.

The Springfield Republican believes
Job would have lost his patience II he
had been afflicted with hay fever.
The Taney County republican., 1907-09-26
Tropical Missouri.

A Southwest Missouri girl has
fine. large lemon tree with is lemons
on It.
The Taney County republican., 1907-09-26

Don't let the crowding of the work
Vi you of the time to read your farm
lpcr and Meadowbrook Farm Notes.
he editor likes to visit with the
.rmer during the busy season as well
) during the dull, in fact. little bet.
r for it Is then that he is able to
} of more practical service to the
rmer than at any other time. 1t is
le hint in season that is worth more
ian an encyclopedia of knowledge at
time when it cannot be used. Keep
,ad up.
The Taney County republican., 1907-09-26

1t is said that the increasing use Of
vegetables is tending to the lengthen-
in the life of the caucasian race.
When populations were more sparse
than now, animal food and fish were
easier TO get than now. Only in late
centuries have such vegetables as
potatoes. tomatoes and many forms
of cabbages come into general use
1t is certainly true that the eating Of
fresh vegetables greatly assists d.
gestion of all foods.
The Taney County republican., 1907-09-26

The new barn OF the Massachusetts
gricultural college has been pro-
)unced by government experts as
le best in the country from a sani-
ry point of view. 1t Is light and
ell ventilated, and is equipped with
paratus for sterilizing milk. Al
,ugh 1t cost $4,000. farmers who
ye not that amount Of money to put
% a barn can keep their COW sta
es light and clean. and thereby i'm
owe the quality of the milk and
event disease.
The Taney County republican., 1907-09-26

Good ventilation in the dairy barn
is essential to the production of pure
milk. The spread of tuberculosis dur.
ing recent years has been in large
part due to the shutting up of cows
in close stables. where all must
breathe the same air and the same
germs. In such stable Il single tn.
bercuosis COW will spread the disease
to the whole herd.
The Taney County republican., 1907-09-26

According to an English scientific
journal milk poor in fat is as valuable
a food as milk rich in fat. The fat
percentage. the popular standard by
which milk is judged, is most valuable
while the proportions Of the albumin.
oids, sugars and salts vary but little in
the different samples of milk. In
other words, while the energy-produe.
ing and heatgiving qualities of the sew
eral kinds of milk may be great or lit.
tie, the valuable proteid ingredients.
which go to the building up OF the It's
sues-the prime property Of and food
remain very much the same in all
varieties of cows milk. Thus thin
milk is for all purposes, save for en-
ergy and heat production, as valuable
a food as the so-called rich milk. In.
deed, it not infrequently happens. as
the experimental feeding of young
growing animals has shown. that a
thin milk may prove. In the long run,
more flesh forming than a rich milk.
mas much as the former is less liable
to induce gastro-enteric disorders. Let
us consider what this means: 1t
means, first of all, that the enormous
quantity of skimmilk produced in Eng.
land could be turned to more economi.
cal use than the feeding of animals or
the manufacture Of ivory for table
knives and piano keys.
The Taney County republican., 1907-09-26

There is yet great host of farmers
who are not convinced of the profta
bclness of the cream separator. Well,
every man must decide for himself,
but 1t is certain that those who have
used the separator never want to 20
back to the old methods Of cream sep.
aratiOn.
The Taney County republican., 1907-09-26

II you are planning the planting OF
trees along the roadside, and this is
4 splendid thing to do, remember that
the trees with high growing trunks
are best Such trees do not have low
hanging branches to interfere with
passing teams. and it gives the sun
a chance to work on the road and dry
up the mud puddlcs after a rain.
The Taney County republican., 1907-09-26

A clean. dry he'd Is as much appre.
atcd by piggy as by You. DampncSs
nd filth are not conducive to sound
nd refreshing slumber any more to
EAST than to man.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-21
HEALTH AND SPIRITS
Are Restored by Or. Williams Pink
Pills In Cases Of Debility and
Despondeucy.

General debility Is caused by men
tai or physical goverwork with imper-
feet assimilation of nourisnment. or
by some acute disease from which
the vital forces have been Frustrated
and the entire organism weakened so
as not to easily rally. To restore
health it is necessary that the blood
should be purified and made new.
The case of Mrs f. NJ. Spears. of
81 Mt. Pleasant street, Athol. Mass.
is a common one and is given here in
order that others may be benefited by
her experience. She says: Il had been
sick for year from indigestion and
general debility brought on by over
work sHd werry. | nad tried many
remedies, but found no relief. | suf-
fered from swelling Of the limbs. loss
Of appetite and dizzy spells. which be-
came so severe towards night, that
sometimes tainted away / was bill
ious and my hands and arms would
go TO sleep for an hour or two at a
time. was so sleepy all tae time
that | could hardly keep awake. /
had frequent cramps in my limbs and
severe pains at the base of nv head
and in my back. My blood was inn
pOverished. was afraid to give up
and go 10 bed fearing that | would
never get well.
About this time DR.. Williams
Pink Pills were recommended to me
by a friend in South Vernon. Vt
felt better soon after beginning the
treatment and continued until ! was
liams' Pink pills a grand medicine
for weak women"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold
by all druggists. or sent, postpaid, on
receipt Of price 80 cents per box. six
boxes $3.50. by the Dr. Williams Medi-
cine Company, Schenectady, y. Y.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-21

II had tried everything for my baby.
until DR., Lyle recommended Casca-
sweet ] can truthfdlly say it is the
best medicine 1 ever used for babies. -
Mamie L. Taylor. Bedford. Va. Cas-
casweet is sold by Chas. Van Dyke, $50
Main street.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-21
Cover Your Loss

That's what the holder of a ROYAL.
Fire Insurance Policy is enabled to do.
The fact that you have never lost any
thing by fire doesn't prove anything;
you might lose everything tomorrow
for all you know. Ii is impossible for
any one TO know the future. but YOU
can be prepared for anything that the
future may have in store. Then be
wise, take a ROYAL Fire Insurance
Policy out and be protected with THE
WORLDS GREATEST FIRE IN
SURANCE COMPANY.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-21


As 20 the distribution of water the
a. provides that the state engineer
,is. ll divide the state into water d.
VIII ohs' and these into water districts.
sns neads of each division appointed
sj Gin at salary fixed by the state en-
Ts,, rSI-aii TO act under such rules ana
deu.dllons as the state engineer may
~, necessary from time 20 time SO
liz AZ, s may sec that water is equita-
me r 80, iDuied. II matters rot that no
mar ha..Ses MS services on that some
4ieitabiy distribute anythins.-t,e
~ 'ure mas declared the policy II
sfrsa sat 10 be that The waters of our
sissetsns shall be distributed under his
eivs s'oh- Al least three OF our large
trnli. systems ~ Utah arc now corr
facse.I ny the courts ana water salts
0'aly distributed under ..fticers
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-21

Obviously practically unlinit ed
powers are placed in the hands Of the
state engineer-pOwers second only ia
those OF the governor OF the state IL
is presupposed that the state engineer
will be not merely a thorough and ex-
perienced lawyer, as well as a hydraul-
&c. electric and mining engineer. but
also a man Of unbounded fairness and
honesty of purpose, free from political
and personal prejudices and equal TO
the burden of properly supervising al
the conflicting water rights of the state.
We have not had any such The ad :
ministration of the law has become not
merely failure. but an inxcl~rabIe one.
OF the 1890 and more approximations
filed in the Office of the state engineer
of Utah very. very few have been COR
rect in the first instance. owing To the
technical and absurd rules prescribed
by the state engineer-and this even
though perhaps every lawyer and en-
gincer in, the state has ma lie the effort
and some many. many times without
success.
We find. for instance, that EMPLOYEES
Of the Office have used the timo for
which they were paid by the state IN
furthering the selfish political ends of
Inc state engineer; we find unjustifia-
BILE concessions granted to personal
and political fayofites. and serious diff.
ficuities thrown in the paths of appro-
priatorS who were opposed 10 those ia
vorites; we ind such nonsensical rules
as the one prescribing the color OF the
ink yhicb shall be used On corrected