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The Taney County republican., 1907-04-25
"Grammar Schools" No More.

English educational authorities
wish to break away from the nov
meaningless term grammar school,"
The words as used in England com
memorate the overwhelming impor-
tance attached TO Latin in the Tudor
times. when the old schools were
founded. II was Latin grammar that
they were designed to teach. though
the American grammar school'-in-
termediate between primary and high
schools--is school where English
grammar is taught. At one time
grammar" in England covered al
most everything that formed part of
a Latin education, Just as the ancient
'grammatice" Of Greece and Rome
once covered letters" in the widest
sense.
The Taney County republican., 1907-04-25
WEIGHT AND HEALTH
THIN, NERVOUS PEOPLE NEED
THE TONIC TREATMENT.
This Wsman Tssk Dr.. Williams Pink
Pills, Gainos Thirty Pounds and
Has 6een Well Ever Since.

Has 6een Well Ever Since.
Hew many weMel-and men too
are suffering frsA q general decline in
health which the ordinary remedies
seem unable to checkl How many hus.
bands SEQ their wives wasting away,
steadily losing health and beauty, aud
arc poverless to help! Consumption
and other germ diseases find in these
debilitated systems easy prey, for the
lowered vitality is unesusl to the task of
fighting of the infection of these diseases
to which most Of us arc almost daily ex.
posed.
The symptoms indicating the decline
which may have results so fatal could
scarcely be better aescnibed than In the
statement Of Mrs. William Manley, of
80 Ceurt street, Utics, N. Y. Her case
is a typical one. She says:
''F0r six months after the birth of my
baby, I suffered from sick, dizzy head.
aches, which seemed like O rush of
blood to my forehead, just back of my
eyes. Some days they twitched so ]
could hardly see and black spots floated
before them. The least exertion brought
Oh this sickness. My appetite was poor
and l was often sick to my stomach.
''f l tried to wsrk my feet soon be.
came swollen, paining me terribly. I
had sinking spells and grew pale and
nervous. Twas As thin that weighed
only 95 pounds.
"One day when at the drug store to
get headache powders decided to try
DR.. Williams Pink Pills instead. /
soon noticed that my headache was dis
appearing and my nerves gradually
grew stronger. The pills gave me
hearty appetite and ] now weigh over
100 pounds. I believe the pills to be the
best tonic and builder q woman can take,
as they certainly helped me when my
condition was critical and have never
been seriously i'll since"
The great value Of Dr. Williams Pink
Pills lies in the fact that they actually
make new bloed and this carries health
and strength to every portion of the
body. The stomach Is toned up, the
nerves are strengthened, every organ is
stimulated to do its work.
II You are ill and the treatment you
are taking does not cure you, write for
proof Of what Dr.. Williams Pink Pills
have done in similar cases.
Your druggist sells them or they will
be sent by mail, postpaid, on receipt Of
price, so cents per box, six boxes for
$3.50, by the DR.. Williams Medicine Co.,
Schenectady, N. 7.
The Taney County republican., 1907-04-25
Out Of His Linz

A man living in the country far
from any physician was taken sud.
denly i'll. His family. in great alarm,
not knowing what to do, sent for q
neighbor, who had reputation for
doctoring COWS.
Cant you give father something
to help him." asked one of the sons.
"Wa-al. don't know nothin' about
doctorin' people"
you know more than we do, for
you can doctor cows. Now what do
you give them when they are sick ?"
"Wa.al," I alters give EPSON salts.
You might try it on him."
How much shall we give him?'
inquired the son.
"Wa.al, give cows just a pound.
Your father is 4 quarter as big as q
cSw-give him quarter Of q pound"
The Taney County republican., 1907-04-25

that the missionary Ia a sort of piOus
buncO.man; that he is not wanted
where lie works, that he is an unmiti.
gated nuisance. and that he is keenly
alert To the welfare of number one.
Contrariwise, q vastly larger num-
her of persons, In every part of the
iard. firmly believe, and support their
conviction by their coin, that the mis-.
sinnary is saint and hero and the
;eliless servant of a thankless worlds
welfare. All criticism of him they
sweepingIy resent; and are loath to
hear aught to his dispraise. The
arothe)sis of the missionary is char
actcristic of modern religious life.
On a Still Hunt for Facts.
Curiously enough, the public hears
only these two opinions of the mis-.
sionary, one of which represents him
as a scuundrel or fool. the other of
which cxalts him as demi-god. So
far as ! am aware, nobody has ever
set out. independently, and represent.
ing no board. society or cause, to find
out. impartially. the exact facts in the
case. This is the mission ! have un-
dertaken. My journalistic integrity is
pledged to the duty of ascertaining.
without favor or fear exactly what
sort of person the missionary is, how
he works and amid what conditions
and whether the task he has imposed
upon himself Is worth doing at all, and
ii so. whether he is doing it well.
To that end | shall personally ex-
anime. on the ground, representative
enterprises of all denominational and
undenominational missions. shall at.
tempt TO study the workers them.
selves. and hear their own side of the
story. With equal diligence shall
consult qualified native opinion and
search out the foremost foreign critics
and ascertain their views. In a word
with no other purpose than to give the
American public fair, frank, full
story OF this controverted subject, |
have started on this journey around
the world. Whatever the conclusions
may report. they will at least be
honest
The Largest American Business
! Abroad.
The biggest single foreign enter
prisc In which America is engaged Is
this ono of foreign missions. The rest
of tie world. and especially the Orient.
knows the Western Continent chiefly
by its missionaries. Figured in dol.
lars, the business last year cost the
American public s5.s07 .165. paid in by
an organization with approximately
10000 900 shareholders of all religious
denominations, Protestant, Roman
Catholic and Mormon. tThe foreign
mission work of all countries costs
$l5.0Oo.05 yearly) For all this enor.
nous output the tangible returns to
America were practically nothing.
True. the missionary heiped to create
n ri...ket for the American packers
products, and for American locomo-
The Taney County republican., 1907-04-25

the Armstrong committee such luck
In its investigation Of insurance mat.
ters. The boards open wide up, and
then deluge one with information upon
his approach. In fact, the considera.
ton which, more than any other, tends
to predispose me, as an investigator
toward the missionary people is the
heartiness and frankness with which
they seem to welcome an investiga-
tion. Without hesitation they have
afforded me every facility for looking
into their work at home and in for
eign lands. They say: Find out the
worst and tell the public, including us.
We want to see the thing with the
eyes of disinterested observer"
A New Side Of College Life.
Picked up in the forest of facts amid
which | found myself is the news that
Yale university has established a mis-.
sionary lectureship, with Prof. Harlan
p. Beach. an ex-missionary, as lncum-
bent: and that Yale, Harvard, Prince
ton and the University of Pennsyl.
vania all now have foreign mission en-.
terprises of their own, manned by
graduates and supported by alumni
and students.
On the foreign fcld-to make a big
jump--there are now 400 translations
OF the Bible. OF native converts the
American missionaries claim half q
million, while the total native Chris.
tian population of so-called heather"
lands is a million and half.
Hard Knocks for the Missionaries.
Quite different are the stories !
hear In other quarters. One of the
higher officers OF the Pacific Mail
Steamship company assured me. as
one who knows, that the mission
aries are lot of grafters But" he
added, with the Characteristic com.
mercial spirit of the day, Il do not
want to see their graft stopped, for it
pays us to carry them"
A Hong.Kong merchant aboard ship
declared that the missionaries are
pack of scoundrels. They are over.
hearing, lazy, postiferous fellows. re-
cruited only from the very lowest
ranks of society in America and Great
Britain That last was little more
than | could swallow. for it went con.
trary to my personal knowledge In
numerous instances. The missionary
may prove to be bad egg when he
reaches foreign shores; but every col.
lege man in the land knows the stock
from which he springs. / recalled
while leaning over the rail convcrsing
with Mr.. Hong-Kong merchant,
that few weeks before ! had read an
enthusiastic autograph letter from
President Roosevelt to Rev. DR.. Ar.
thur II. Smith Gather of the project
Of bringing Chinese students to Amer.
ican universities) concerning the lat
ter's books on China. A few days
previously DR.. Smith had been the
presidents guest at luncheon.
AS a matter Of candor may say
that thus far am having some diff.
Guilty In running down to particulars
the countless charges against the mis-.
sionaries. hope to have better for.
tune in foreign lands. AS an illustra.
tion of my troubles, there is the in.
stance of fellow passenger on the
Trans-Pacific steamer, the wife OF
Philippine official. She had learned
the nature of my quest II am glad
you are going to get after the mis-.
The Taney County republican., 1907-04-25
Superstition About Robins.

1T is nnlucky to kill robin" is a
well-established saying in England.
How badly your hand shakes: you
can scarcely write" said teacher to
boy in q school in England. 1T al
ways shakes" said the boy. y once
had robin die in my hand, and they
say If "a robin dies in your hand it
will always shake"
The Taney County republican., 1907-04-25
DON'T eRuMsLE At TRIPLES.
Twenty-Five Bushels Wheat and Forty.
five Bushels Oats Per Acre Are
In Western Canada.
Saltcoats, Sask..
Sth December, 1905.

SaltcoatS, SaSk.,
Sth December, 1908.
To the Editor.
Bear Sir,
I willingly give you the result Of my
four and a half years experience in
the District of Saltcoats.
Previous to coming here I farmed In
Baldwin, st. Crsix County, Wisconsin,
and as l have heard a great deal about
the Canadian Northwest, I decided
to take trip there and see the coun.
try for myself. I was so impressed
with the richness Of the soil that I
bought half section of land about
five miles from the tswn Of Saltcoats.
] moved on to the land the following
June and that year broke 80 acres,
which cropped in 1894. and had 80
bushels wheat per acre. In 1905, with
an acreage Of 160 acres, l had "a BUSH
els wheat and 35 bushels of oats per
acre. In 1895. with IT'S acres under
crop, / had 25 bushels wheat and 45
bushels Of oats per acre.
From the above mentioned yields
you can readily understand that am
very well pleased with the Canadian
West. OF course. have had to work
hard, but / don't mind that when l
get such a COED return for my labor.
To anyone thinking about coming to
this country I can truthfully say that
II they are prepared to work and not
grumble at tribes. they are bound to
get on. Ssme things would like diff
ferent, but take the country all round.
l don't know where to go to get bet.
ter.
Yours truly,
(Signed) O. II. OLSON.
Write to any Canadian Government
Agent for literature and full particu.
lars.
The Taney County republican., 1907-04-25

With a smooth IRON and Defiance
Starch, you can launder your shirt
waist just as we'll at home as the
steam laundry can: 1t will have the
proper stiffsess and finish, there will
be less wear and tear of the goods,
and 1t will be a positive pleasure TO
use Starch that does not stick to the
iron.
The Taney County republican., 1907-04-25

Take Garfield Tea in the Spring-it viii
save you many days of headache, lassituds
and general i'll health. This natural laxa.
tive purifes the blood, cleanses the sys.
TEN and establishes a normal action Of
liver, kidneys and bowels.
The Taney County republican., 1907-04-25

The executive board Of the Wesley
brotherhood has referred to its gen.
eral convention to be held in October,
1907. the resolutions from the Broth
erhood Of st. Paul requesting the ap-
pointment Of a committee to confer
with a similar committee from the st.
Paul Brotherhood concerning the uni.
fication of Methodist brotherhoods.
The Taney County republican., 1907-04-25
Didn't Want ANYTHING New.

Shall | give you gas, sir?" said
the English dentist to his patient
from the country. ma, na," was the
answer. I'm for name O. thae new
tangled inventions. Just gle me par
atm OIL
The Taney County republican., 1907-04-25
His occupaticn.

What Is ysur occupation" the
magistrate asked John White the
other day in the Westminster police
court, London. II steal pewter potts."
replied the candid Mr.. White.
The Taney County republican., 1907-04-25

about 500 a year; II may be hun.
dred dollars more, or. more likely, a
hundred dollars less, according to his
denomination. A married man gcn.
orally from $1,000 to $1,000, with 500
extra for each child, If he belongs to
one of four or five denominations. An
unmarried woman gets $500, $500 or
even $500 year. with no prospect Of
increase. The missionary's stipend is
based not on the idea of COMPENSATION
but of simple support. A mere living
Is all that 1t Is designed to afford the
missionary. All who choose this call.
ing, say the boards, must renounce
hope of earthly gains.
Every missionary contracts to stay
seven years before receiving a fur.
Tough; then his expenses home will be
paid, and he will receive one.half sal.
airy while off duty. He is forbidden
to engage in outside money.making
pursuits. As a rule, II he writes a
book, its royalties must be turned
back into the treasury of his board.
So it strikes one that. even consider.
ing the lower cost Of living in the
Orient, the financial inducements to
cultivated young person to become a
missionary are rather meager. Wheth.
er this fact shuts out all but second
class men and women remains to be
found out.
Sending That Penny to the Heathen.
Everybody has heard the charge
that for every penny which gets to the
mission field, 30 cents is required to
send it. Business men, who believe in
business methods even in religious af-
fairs are the most frequent critics of
the expensiveness of the conduct of
the missionary propaganda. deter.
mined to look this matter up, with
quite surprising results. Here are the
official figures. in all their dryness, of
the cost of collection and administra.
tion of foreign mission funds last year
by leading denominations:
The Taney County republican., 1907-04-25

Astonlshed the Professors.
At q recent examination a British
candidate In the London College Of
Music defined a musical interval a.
- short pause for refreshments"
The Taney County republican., 1907-04-25
Yours truly,

IOlBHUuJ y. II, UIISUN.
Write to any Canadian Government
Agent for literature and full particu.
lars.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-05

BY SUSIE SM1THERs.

nue.. The draught Is always below the
hre-poX and the check above it, When
STARTING fire the check alone must be
c4osed' and the draught and damper
open This takes the current of air
I4ght up the chimney and makes the fire
pUfh up quickly. When the fire is well
started the damper should be closed
ana the draught left only partly open
! " Aeh through using the fire, the
urauSht and damper must beclosed and
the check opened. These few simple
rules are the secrets that underline the
use or any stove. Individual quirks
ana turns must be learned, but never
/ lead 70 serious difficulties if the checks.
draughts and hampers are properly
regulated. Around a stove. within easy
! reach, must always be the poker. the
! litter, holder, matches, a wood and
paper box, coal box and an ash can.
shelf over the stove for stove polish.
irons and a box with beeswax. holder
and accessories for ironing is a great
convenience
1he sink is the most dangerous thing
In a kitchen. Useful as it Is. If badly or
carelessly kept it is the source of much
OF the disease and ill-health of a family.
sink encased in wood is particularly
bad trap for grease and germs. Plenty
of sa' soda and hot water are the
greatest safeguards against these enc
mics of health. The pipes OF the sink
should be washed out with boiling
sado water every day and flushed with
hot soapy water several times a day.
Stiff. coarse brushes for the sides and
WOODWORK are efficient cleansers of
grease, and a small sink strainer
70
saves the pipes much clogging. A set
of metal meat skewers are of the great
est use in keeping the sink and, in fact.
the whole kitchen clean. They get into
corners as nothing else can and bring
forth lurking dirt. The wash-tubs are
also bad when wet, they acquire a
musty smell and are often responsible
Tor sore threats in a family. Wash-tubs
to be useful should be covered with
zinc or copper, which can be kept con
stantly clean. Wood absorbs so much
more dirt than can be wiped from 1t.
ana Is also double the bother to clean
An excellent method Of keeping a
kitchen free from mice and water bugs /
Is TO keep all the food in glass and tin /
receptacles- Cereal packages and paper |
bags are great temptations to neigh |
bor's mice, and will often bring them a
long way to nibble in the night Two |
quart glass Jars with tops that screw |
on, with proper labels make excellent |
cans for cereals, salt coffee, tea, sugar |
etc. All such things as spices and cof-
fees retain their flavor much longer
when thus kept air-tight.
The garbage pail is an ancient enemy
to the careless housewife. 1t must.
after being emptied, be scalded out, and J
If refuse still cIings to it. be boiled with
soda and scrubbed with a brush Then
t must be left with the cover off until If
Is used again. 1t is the safeguarding
Of these points that make the careful
housewife and the healthy family.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-05
TALKS TO FANS
BY GIL
BY GIL

ing 10 give the Sox a velcor,a .ha4
-, snow them the appreciation ~
sAeAf efforts 20 give pleasure ..,,-,--
ei'e past season, and thar a,.4..--s'
Sney 90 not win the ehanniov,s,,ss : :
.he pennant they are stfu 5ea~ u
ouSs. Ihey viii be shown WE s''e
seana both today and tornorrou, 49,
pe sort of benefit days 20 -
.e'il' some OF the fans are s,a~.s-''
- talse a silver cup for tha .Sss
.44e Others are doing likewise - 49,
MINERS or the next worlds cha,,rte.'
sup. Baseball has sure got 5 -,
VH tue hearts of the nonn1sc, 49,.
=. Cleveland viii return ,,.t,h
sile COX and despite the fact tbat sa,,a
eOes not mean much. il win ~ ,s~e--
attended. Or. White win n3teb -.
ai'ernoon's game and Isbel has 80
.he privilege Of twirling the last -
"a which he VIII participate at -
south Side grounds Who knows -
many OF the familiar faces win be v,,,h
the team next year. ''N
WOW, that was bad soak Tho yvosh
l"ston team handed the Athletics in ~.
iiist game of the double header vester-
u@y. They awoke after being slapgh,-
- 90 TOT the past few series. Jobnso,
--e wonder was in the points and was
- 9oou as ne is cracked up TO be Ed
M M < iahA was touched up for ten hits
second game was cinch for tha
visitors and they won out 3 ia !,
means two straight today. ana los
% lhree games by the Tigers Ia come
into first place - cotne
jennings VIII open today at ST Io,is
IN the deciding games Of tho vaar n.
must annex at least one OF them vv,Ich
ought not p be a difiouIt stunt. He
VIII go after all three. however. win
the same vim and push that was psed
on the old Baltimore team AZ . tt,,a
when 1t was the regular stunt of NJ
Graw. jennings, Dirty Jack Dovle ana
joe Corbett 70 grab their bats ana arht
on the mob each day
The Cubs came back YESTERDAY a,,a q,
their old time form defeated tha aes,-
marks from st. Louis II 10 THO
team will devote lots of time hereaftar
In practice for the worlds series games
The poor old Giants were yesterday
sent down another notch and viii grace
fourth place. Philadelphia defeated
them yesterday and clinched the posi-
ton.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-05
KILLED BOTH FATHER AND SON.

NoblesvilIe, Ind, Oct. 5.-The home
q Walter McClintoek. an aged farmer.
five miles northeast Of this city. was
the scene Of a double murder Nc
Clintock and his son, Enoch. both
meeting death at the hands of James
Hensley, 80 years old. of indianapolis.
Hensley, who has been separated from
his wife Tor several eyars, had been
paying attention to Miss Mary Me-
Clintoek, daughter of Walter Mcclin-
took, and had called at the house to
see the young lady when he met her
brother Enoch.
The two men became engaged In a
quarrel -Hensiey lying a. revolver
and shooting the young nath. killing
him instantly. The father of the girl
then emerged from the farm house. ana
according to Hensley's story, attacked
him with an open knife. whereupon
Hensley shot and killed the elder Nc
Clintcck. Hensley when arrested was
badly cut, but his wounds are not cor
sidered serious
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-05

well, the letter wasn't finished
The old man was Interrupted / sup
pose. But in the few lines of writing
Norman says"-here Hurd took scrap
OF paper, a copy, out of his book and
read" If the mama Of KriH gets into
the papers there will be great trouble.
Keep it from the public. l can tell you
where to find the reasons for this. as
l have written'-and then" said Hurd.
refolding the paper, 1.-The writing ends.
But you can see that Aaron Norman
wrote out an account of his reasons.
which could not be pleasant for Mrs.
Krill to hear. Then, again, the request
for the jewels to be delivered to that
sailor chap was in Norman's hand
writing and signed with his name"
"A forgery"
NO. Pash, who knows his writing
better than any other man. saws the
document is genuine. Now, then, Mr..
Beecot what made Aaron Norman
write and sign those lines giving I'D
his property-or part Of it-just be-
fore his deathP'
1T may have been done In good
faith"
No. If so, the messenger woulo
not have cleared out when Pash start
ed for Gwynne street. That nautical
gent knew what the lawyer would
find at the house and so made himself
scarce after trying to get the jewels.
This scrap of paper" Hurd touched
his breast, and that request for the
jewels in Pash's possession-those
are my clews."
And the opal serpent?" asked Paul
Hurd shook his head gloomily. Its
connection with the matter is beyond
me-" he confessed.