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The Marshall republican., 1907-05-10
In the Stud-Season of 1907
Elm Grove
Stock Farm
2imiles west of Marshall, Mo.
c. C. RUFF, Prop.
BIG BUMPER

The fne Belgian Stallion, BIG
BUMPER, known rs the Keehart
horse, will make the aso OF 1907 At
my farm ~ miles rest OF Marshall On
the Shsckelfdrd road, st $40 on TO In
sure living colt or ~. 90 by the season.
BIG BUMPER weiebs 1900 pounds
and will be 6.years.old 10 the spring
of 1907. He 10 n dark dapple bay In
color, and has great action. the best
of feet and legs aud fine eyes aud rs
an Individual heswili speak for him.
self. AZ n breeder. I will say tberei IL
no better OF his kind, IL is q common
thing for his colts nj weaving To sell
at o85 90 and 800 90. Fer redieree
aud register number see bills OF both
horse and lack.
The Marshall republican., 1907-05-10

Everyone knows that Spring Is the
season OF the year when the system
needle cleansing. Rings Little Liver
Pills are highly recommended. Try
them. Soldby p. II Franklin.
The Marshall republican., 1907-05-10

. Hurried meals, lack OF exercise are
the mainca uses of dyspepsia. A
Rings Dyspepsia Tablet after encl'
meal AIDS digestion, improves b APP
petite. Sold by p. ii. Franklin.
The Marshall republican., 1907-05-10

= Also have = iine black jack that
viii make the season ~ q $40 70 In
sure living c0ls or "a. OO by the season.
This Jack u known throughout the
couusvy BY bis colts, being second 70
~ STEVE KEEhART
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ITO DO continued.

Portland Cement, Louisville cs-
ms~t-end all kinds plastsvIns ms-
tssIs, Tor sale by
In Crosse Lumber Co
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JOHN l..

also have . line l8.hand black
jack, JOAN L., that will make the
season On lhe same terms. This jack
is u 4 year old IN the fail OF lvOI, and
mas proven himself high class
breeder.
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Materfnlistic Man.

Sir James Crlchton- Browne. the Eng
lish physician, speaking before some
members of his profession, protested
against the tendency to adopt too nate
riallstic an explanation of man. che
raw material OF medical practice be-
came mere contrivance Of matter and
force; the brain of this poor consumer
Of pills and potions "glue-like sub
stance, nine-tenths water, with a little
phosphorus thrown in' "They left rs
man." said Sir James, with smashing
figure, "a motor car, self made and SELF
started, with no passengers and no
chauffeur, moved by series Of explo-
sions or redistributions of energy. and
rushing on to Inevitable destruction"
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Send some one, Lord, to love the best
that Is in me and to accept nothing less
from me, to touch me with the search-
ing tenderness of the passion for the
ideal, to demand everything from me
for my own sake. to give me SO much
that cannot think Of myself and to
ask SO much that ! can keep nothing
back, to console me by making me
strong before sorrow comes, TO help
me SO to live that while part with
many things by the way lose nothing
OF the gift Of life.-Hamilton w. Ma
hfn
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PASSPORTS IN FRANCE.
The Kind That Were Issued In the
Time of Louis XVI.

The Kind That Were Issued In the
Time of Louis XVI.
The mysterious cards of the Count
de Vergennes each contained a brief
history In cipher Of those to whom they
were given. De Vergennes was Louis
XvI.'s minister Of foreign affairs, and
when strangers of a suspicious charac-
ter We're about to enter France he IS
sued to them these strange cards,
which acted as passports, and we're
also intended to give information con-
cerning the bearer without his knowl-
edge.
In the first place, its color Indicated
the nationality of the man who car
ried it. The persons age, appcozi-
mately, was told by the shape Of the
card. A fillet around the border Of tie
card told whether he was a bachelor.
married or widower Dots gave In
formation as to his position asla for
tune, and the expression Of bis face
was shown by decorative fowes
The strangers religion was told By
| the punctuation after his name. II lie
was a Catholic it was a period. II d
| Jew dash, If he was Lutheran a
semicolon and no stop at all Indicated
| him nOnbeliever.
| SO a mans morals, character and
| appearance were pointed out by tie
| pattern of his passport. and the author
/ tiles could tell at glance whether he
was gamester or preacher. a ply
sician or lawyer, and whether lie
was to be put under surveillance OF
allowed to go free.-Sunday Magazine
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HOW TO USE A DRAG.
Some Points ON Improving n High
way by the King Method.

Some Points ON Improving High
way by the King Method.
An Illinois highway commission has
issued bulletin on the split log, or
King drag, which contains these in
structions for its manipulation:
Make light drag, which is hauled
over the road at an angle 50 that a
small amount Of earth is pushed to the
center Of the road.
Drive the team at walk.
Ride on the drag; do not walk along
side.
Begin at one side Of the road or
wheel track, returning up the opposite
| side.
| Drag the road as soon after every
rain as possible, but not when the mud
| Is in such condition as to stick to the
drag.
Do not drag dry road.
| Drag whenever possible at all sea
sons of the year. If road is dragged
Immediately before a cold spell it will
freeze in smooth condition.
The width of travelled way to be
maintained by the drag should be from
eighteen to twenty feet. First drag q
little more than the width Of single
wheel track. then gradually increase
until the desired width Is observed.
Always drag little earth toward thu
center of the road until it is RAISED
from ten to twelve inches above tht
edges of the travelled way
The amount of earth that the drai
will carry along can be very consider
ably controlled by the driver, accord
ingly as he stands near the cuttin;
end or away from it.
When the roads are first dragge'
after very muddy spell the wagon
should drive, if possible, to one sid
until the roadway has chance I
freeze or partially dry out.
The best results from dragging ar
obtained only by repeated applications
Remember that constant attention
necessary to maintain an earth road !
, its best condition.
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LEGEND OF THE TOPAZ.
why the Jewel Il Called the stone
Of Gratitude.

why the Jewel II Called the Stone
Of Gratitude.
Tie topaz Is called the stone of graft
tude, anG the old Roman books record
the following legend, from which the
stone derives this attribute:
The blind Emperor Theodosius used
to hang a brazen gong before his pal
ace gates and sit beside it on certain
days, hearing and putting to rights the
grievances Of any Of his subjects.
Those who wished for his advice and
help had but to sound the gong, and
Immediately admission into the pres
ence of Caesar was obtained. One day
q great snake crept up to the gate and
struck the brazen gong with her coils.
and Theodosius gave orders that no one
should molest the creature and babe
her tell him Of her wish.
The snake bent her crest lowly in
homage and straightway told the fol-
lowing tale:
Her nest was at the base of the gate
way tower, and while she had gone to
find food for her young brood a strange
beast, covered with sharp needles, had
invaded her home, killed the nestlings
and now held possession of the little
dwelling. Would Caesar grant her JUS
tice?
The emperor gave orders for the por-
cupine to be slain and the mother to be
restored to her desolate nest. Night
fell, and the sleeping world had for
gotten the emperor's kindly deed, but
with the early dawn great serpent
glided into the palace, up the steps and
into the royal chamber and laid upon
each Of the emperor's closed eyelids a
cleaning topaz
When the Emperor Theodosius awcke
he was no longer blind, for the mother
snake had paid her debt of gratitude.
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Section
Sixteen
By CARRIE NEWMAN
Copyright, 1906, by M. NJ. Cunningham

Clifton glanced down the car at the
last section. Somehow it irritated him.
Last night the chap who had that Sec
ton had beaten him at penuchle. He
might fnd diversion and revenge If the
sleepyhead would only tumble out and
recognize the fact that it was broad
daylight.
The night before the car had been
well filled. All through the night they
had dropped off at the way stations.
and Clifton thought viciously of the
man in his section who had stepped on
his face in climbing down from the up
per berth about 3 o'clock. So far this
morning he had the sleeper to himself.
save for the occupant of section 49,
He finished the breakfast that had
been served from the buffet and stroll
ed down the car. Reaching through
the curtains, he gave the shoulder a
shake. "Wake up, old man, he shout
ed .sYour alarm clocks broken. |
guess
There was muffled feminine shrek,
and the porter came dashing around
the corner from his tiny kitchen.
"Waffor you wake dat lady?' he de
manded. "You all amt got no right to
wake lady dataway."
"There was a man went to bed In
there" exclaimed Clifton. "How was
| to know that he wasn't there yct?"
dat gemman yo' done play cards
wifi las night 2" demanded the porter
''He done get Off at Falls Crossin' 'bou
leben. Dis hyer lady done come OF
hode bout two hours ago. She shual
am sleepy"
"Tell her I'm sorry" commandet
Clifton, backing away. ''1 was lone
some, and / thought I'd rout that chal
out. I'm awfully sorry"
He went back to his own section. AM
the porter, Modified by the bill slippe'
into his hand, made full explanation
to the unseen occupant.
Clifton settled himself savagely i
his seat and fixed his eyes on tn
berth. He wondered what the woma
might look like. Her voice suggeste
that she was young. More than ths
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An Argument For state Aid.

Ole Peterson, one of the most ardent
advocates of good roads in Minnesota,
is making strenuous effort to arouse
the people to support the proposed con-
stitutional amendment, to be voted on
in November, empowering the state
legislature to make direct tax levy
for road purposes, says the Good
Roads Magazine. In discussing state
aid he recently said: You will find
that from 40 to As per cent Of the tax
able property Of the state Is in city
and village property, and think it no
more than just and proper that this
portion Of wealth should be taxed In
connection with other property in the
state for the benefit Of better country
roads. The citizens Of rural districts
should be thoroughly conyersant with
these facts. in order that they may
fully realize the benefit Of state aid
and that they may better appreciate
| the Importance Of the proposed amend
ment. II It is adopted the legislature
can levy one-fourth OF mill, and tina
quarter of mill viii build some nic'
stretches Of highway"
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WAKE UP OLD MAN" HE SHOUTED. YOUR
ALARM CLOCKS BROKEN, GUESS"
he could not guess, SO he occupied him.
self in speculation as to her person
ality.
1t at least served to occupy his
thoughts, and this was something.
Since the cutoff had been built most
long distance travellers took the short
route. But the state authorities had
demanded that one through car each
way be run ON the old main line, and
because the other sleepers were crowd
ed Val Clifton had taken berth in the
other car Most of the traffic was
short hauls in the day coaches, and he
missed having company on the first
day out.
It was nearly noon when at last n
commotion behind the hanging curtains
suggested that the unknown was get
ting up, and at last there was flash
of red wrapper, a CLINT of golden hair
and just suggestion of white as she
vanished around the corner to the
dressing room.
The porter came in and made up the
berth and presently she returned to her
section Now she wore a trim gray
| dress. There were dimples in hel
cheeks, and Clifton rose and strolled
forward
81 want to apologize in person fol
i my awkward blunder," he said as ht
leaned over the arm of her seat. II
was a silly mistake, but somehow tht
! chap in this section last night gave
me the impression that he was going
through. and / was so horribly lonesom,
that wanted him to play cards will
me-
"A sleeper is a place of surprises
she laughed, "but guess that yo'
were more badly scared than ! was
SO we'll call it square. know hoy
lonesome It is travelling
'.May venture to hope that you vii
share my solitudey' he pleaded. "Yo
:. want some breakfast, and / want som
lunch. May call the porter?"
u The girl nodded, and Clifton presse
! the button. Presently they were chal
/ ting across the white tablecloth a
: merrily as though they had been ol
Z friends.
! Then when the things had bee
, cleared away be got out his cards. an
) they were soon deep in euchre. Sh
!. chattea away on impersonal topic
|. su1 Clifton was charmed. In contra:
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AN INTELLIGENT WITNESS.
A Farmer Who Knows the Advantage
of Good Roads.

A Farmer Who Knows the Advantage |
Of Good Roads.
The following extract from letter
from Clayton Conrow of Cinnaminson,
N. j., to State Highway Commissioners
Sargent of Maine is the intelligent tes-
timony of a farmer on the advantage
of good roads, and based upon facts
instead Of theories. says Good Roads
Magazine. And while local conditions
vary, the principle involved-that Is,
the economy of easy transportation-is
applicable everywhere:
Il live upon the line Of an improved
road leading from Philadelphia to New
York, ten miles from the former place,
and before the road was improved
twenty-five baskets Of promiscuOus
farm produce would make big two
horse road. After the road was i'm
| proved the average load has not been
less than 100 baskets, some farmers
taking as many as $50 baskets to
load, but this last number is exception
al; also before Improvement 1t would
| take a team all day to make the round
trip Of about twenty y-three miles to the
heart Of the city; since improvement
1t requires an average Of about seven
hours. Now, assuming that team and
driver would be worth 81 per day, the
regular price here, it would cost 10
cents per basket for farmer to land
his produce in the market in the first
case and but cents per basket In
the latter, allowing the seven hours to
make a day.
"It must be evident to every unprej
udiced observer that the farmers IN
this section would have been out Of
business had not the road been i'm
proved.
'It must be evident also that thu
farmer does not get all the benefit, fol
the citizen consumer shares a part o.
it, for it often happens during the glu
Of the season that farm produce SELL
for less than 16 cents per basket Thi
is sufficient justification, l think, 70
asking the cities to help pay for i'm
proving country roads. This Is tru
, of everything the resident Of the cit,
, uses or consumes 1t can be Delivers
to nim much more cheaply over a goo
road than bad road.'
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Tired Women.

What number of women drag their
way in pain through the endless duties
that crowd brain and hand and heart.
But life's work must still go on. Panol
is a priceless boon and blessing to suf-
fering women. 1t gives strength and
quiet tt the tired nerves, tones the diges-
ton, improves the appetite, brings rest
full, refreshing sleep, regulates every
function, rids the system Of malaria, puts
roses on the cheeks and Joy in the heart
And it does it in way SO different from
that Of ordinary medicines that it calls
forth the loudest praises. Pleasant T.
take as lemonade. Try it now. Price
hsoe, six for $3.50. For sale by DR.. r H
IGulledge, Benton, La
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pfotori.t. 10 Improve Roaa..

Road Improvement with the motor
lists themselves as the chief contribu-
tors to the road building fund Is under
consideration in Great Britain. The
London chamber Of commerce has
taken the initiative in a movement to
establish a central governmental high
way department This department
would have Jurisdiction over the trunk
highways. Automobile users in Eng
land already contribute nearly $500, ,OOO
yearly in taxes. and it is desired by the
chamber OF commerce that this sum
should be directly applied to the use
of the highway department
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,aau.,e Was willing.

A strict housewife said to q new
maid. Il forgot to tell you, Maude. that
II you break anything I'll have to take
1t out Of your wages
But Maude, whom two days hal
heartily sickened of her berth. replied.
with merry laugh: "Do 1t. ma'ans. do
1t. I'VE Just broke the hundred d0llnr
vase in the parlor, and if you can take
that out OF $4-for I'm leavin' ut the
end Of the week why. you'll be mighty
cleyer."-Argonaut.
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FORE AND AFTER BEING DRAGdED.
short, he simply demonstrated the
soundness of his major premise, IF l
can get rid of the mud the roads will
cease to be muddy The device he
made he called ''split log road drag
The man who had by such simple
means worried such wonders with his
road is D. Ward King of Maitland.
Mo.
Even after having perfected the road
drag the reason that 1t worked this
wonder was not entirely clear to its
inventor until he received inspiration
from observing hog wallow. He says:
"One day l noticed that water was
standing in one of these wallows long
after the ground all about 1t had be-
come dry Probably l had many times
| before observed this fact, but not until
now had it occurred to me to inquire
| into it's cause. Examining the edges OF
| the wallow. was impressed with the
| fact that 1t was almost as hard as q
piece of earthenware. Clearly this was
| because the wallowing of the hogs had
mixed or 'puddled' the earth and the
water together, forming kind OF ce-
ment which dried into a hard and
practically waterproof surface
The cost of making and operating
/ this drag Is so small and the idea that
is embodied in it is SO simple that the
wonder Of it is that its application
has not already become universal
Roads can be worked up into an excel
lent condition and maintained at
cost of from So to $40 mile. Tit
dragging accomplishes a number q
useful things. The most important ont
is that by giving it smooth surface
and a rounding shape it makes It pos
sible for the road to shed water in
stead of absorbing it. Then, too,
i | kills the weeds and takes out tn
bumps at the sides of the culyerts.
also destroys the old trail and thu
prevents deep ruts being formed. Th
time to use the drag and the manne
: of its use are important. Until 9 roa
!. has been worked into some sort z
Q shape the first dragging should 9
S | done when it is very wet or when It
8 thawed on top during the early sprin'
!. After that the time to drag IS after
rainstorm or wet spell when II begil
to dry out.
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DRAGGING THE ROAD
A MISSOURI FARMERS DEVICE FOR
IMPROVING THE HIGHWAYS.

How ID. Ward King Invented His
Road Drag-Highways Put In Exc
cellent Condition and Maintained.
at Small Cost by the Plan.
Probably no Invention for road i'm
provement has been talked about and
written about as much as the King
road drag. and it has aroused great
interest among the farmers through
out the country. In the following
article from Farming will be found
some new and interesting facts about
this method Of improving country high
ways at small cost:
Ten years ago q Missouri farmer
who had grown tired of wading through
slough of despond" every spring
when the roads We're soft, and who had
seen his neighbors lose time, money
and patience when their wagons were
hub deep in the mire or their horses
tugging and straining in their harness
to get half load to market, decided
that there must be some remedy for
this condition. One day in thinking it
over he made the astonishing discovery
| that what made the roads muddy was
mud, and that if the road was worked
| into such shape that the water would
drain off instead of soaking into the
ground after every rain the roads
would cease to be muddy.
He rugged up homemade con
trivance out of an old wooden pumI
stock that the frost had spoiled and al
oak post. By means of three pieces O
fence board he nailed these togethel
so that they We're held parallel to eacl
other. Then he made a rough planl
platform ON which to stand and b.
means of wire hitched his team to thi
clumsy affair at such a point that j
would drag along over the road wit
slant of about forty-tive degrees.
He began with the road that ran il
front of his own farm. When it wa
at it's worst he drove up and dow
from his own front gate to that of hi
nearest neighbor. Like huge mason
trowel smoothing off mortar, it scraI
ed along, cutting down the inequalitie
and rough places and films up tn
wagon ruts. He kept at it, and. after
number of draggings, in place Of tn
fiat basin that had served as a waite
course for every storm to settle in, h
had built up road with a crown an
surface that was smooth enough
. shed water like a ducks back |
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Cured of Lung Trouble.

at is now eleven years since had q narrow
escape from consumption writes c. 0. Floyd, q
leading business msn Of Kershaw, s. c. had
run down in weight TO 1s5 pounds, and coughing
was constant, both by day and BY night. Finally
began taking DR. Kings New Discovery, and
continued this for about six months, when my
cough and lung trouble were entirely gone and
was restored to my normal weight, 40 pounds
Thousands of persons are healed every year
Guaranteed at all drug stores 50cents and 3f
Trial bottle free.
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The Other One.

"yvhat Is the meaning of alter
egoT" asked the teacher of the begin
ners' class in Latin.
.'The other l." said the boy with the
curly hair.
"Giye a sentence containing the
phrase"
HE winked his other ]. !"
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Similarity.

ssHow do you like married life. Har-
ker?''
"Well wish l had remained bach
elor. There is so much expense and
SO many breakdowns."
Expense and breakdowns? Gra-
cious. old chap. perhaps you bought an
automobile license instead of a mar
riage license?' Brooklyn Eagle.
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Point Blank.

A traveller was startled by hearing
on lonely road one night this piteous
appeal: "Will the kind gentleman
please help poor. unfortunate man?
l have nothing in the world but this
loaded revolver."-Harpe. !; Weekly.
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A good double barrel shotgun Tor sale
on easy terms. Inquire at this Office.
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For ache or pain
For sprain or bruise,
RoYALINE On
Is the thing to use.
Try it and you will use nothing else.
That's the way they all do. 25 and SEC.
For sale by DR.. r. H. Gulledge, Benton.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-07-24

A letter of inquiry from a Des
Moines man touching the postage on
leather postal cards, elicits the fol
lowing reply which may be of interest
to our readers:
Although it has been nearly two
years since the postoffice department
issued rules for sending leather post
cards through the mails they are evil
IDENTIFY not vet fully understood. all
of the public. Yesterday the Register
and Leader received communication
from a Des Moines man asking by
what authority two cents are required
for forwarding leather post card
whether il contains writing or not.
As matter of fact leather post card
without writing only requires a cent
stamp. However, when there is writ
ing on the back of the card 2 cents
are necessary to forward it, This rule
applies to any post card not made OF
card board Souvenir post cards made
of card board can all be forwarded for
/ cent While there is no law on the
subject the rule of the postoffice de-
partment makes it just as binding as
statute.