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Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07
Education.

Intelligence is the distinguishing
mark between the savage and civ.
ilized man. Education is one of the
greatest of Gods blessings, and liz.
norance a curse. In America there ex-
lists no valid reason why every man.
woman and child OF normal brain
should not have an education. There
Is no phase Of life where knowledge
is not necessary. In the most progress.
sive communities is where the supe.
rior schools are found, Help along
your town and help along education
In general, BY affording your chill.
dren a chance for a good education,
you offer them riches that cannot be
destroyed; 1t is ready cash In hand,
assets that n cannot be robbed OF
only by act of Providence.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07
KDNAPERS CLIP
EARS OF VICTIMS

wife, with whom he had quarreled and
whom he had left to go to Des Moines.
Then followed the arrest Of o. b.
Hathaway. Lon and /. c. Keith. with
whom Crawford had last been seer in
futile.
Still five more arrests followed.
Five negroes were thrown into jail,
but were released when they proved
an alibi.
The body at this point was given
uew Identification. This time Mrs. s.
W. Harrison, Of %stonewall, l. r., said
that the dead man was her brother.
Ollie Little. Of Isabel, Kan. She SEM
photographs to the Kansas home to
strengthen the Identification. But
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07
TOO LAZY TO SIGN NAME.
Philadelphia Drummer Reaches the
Limit on Abbrevlatlon.

There's the LATEST nan who ever
signed a hotel register" remarked Col,
Peacock, the veteran managing clerk
OF the Hoffman house at New York,
indicating a large, wellset-up stroller
about the corridor.
Hes a drummer for a big Philadel.
phia silk house. and his name is Sam,
uel Parker s~edgewick Elliott. When
first knew him, ten years ago, he used
to sign his full name In a very delib'
crate and careful manner, using con'
siderable flourish, A couple OF years
after he began to abbreyiate It slight.
ly, like this:
Samuel p. @. Elliott
The following trip disclosed a fur.
ther slight %elision, s. p. q. Elliott
Coming In one night rather late. he
took the proffered pen and wrote sam
Elliott
ION his arrival here last week | saw
no had the habit incurably. and there
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07

"Meteors' and "meteorologists"
have little in common, although their
origin is identical. Meteor meant a
men of a few generations ago than II
does now, in accordance with the
meaning of the Greek adjective, which
signifed up in the air" so that ia
meteora.' the things up in the air,
meant the heavenly bodies. Winds
and whirlwinds We're aerial ''meteors'
formerly in English; clouds, snow and
rain were aqueous 'meteors," and
among luminous 'meteors' were reck,
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07

And then what answer can AmeIca make?
BharaH is wonderfully picturesque, both in his personal appearance and
in his dress. Large of frame, with the yellow prayer cloth of his "Krshpa'
inscribed with wondrous words o the Hindu faith wound around his turban
glossy black curls falling about his shoulders, with bright W an strongly
chisded features that seem to combine the vigor OF the west with the calm
nessa and placidty of the east, he is a striking figure that would command
attention anywhere. He is a HTahmin of the first order. His father. was a
magistrate and his uncle IA Judge of the high court of Calcutta, while he him
self was editor of the Lahore Tribune when Rudyard Kiping was n newspaper
writer there. But he ave up newspaper work to become a religious ascetc
one c. Indias most holy places. He heard a call to go to the Occident, and
in obedience to it he came to America. Giving his opinion of America and
Americans on leaving, he said:
THE trouble with America is that it is building o a material plane. 1t is
making tremendous progress in all things material, but we of the orient I'M
derstand the spiritual. We live not for to-day, but for all time, and when
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07

Baba Bharati, Hindu ascetic, philosopher and
apostle of the purely spiritual life, is on his way
back to his native India, with the fear in his heart
that the peace on which he sets his heart more
than on anything else, is to be broken within a
very few years by the orient asserting itself and
casting out the white man. He has been studying
the situation in America for five years and has
come to the conclusion that, before President
leaves office, he will sign an exclusion
act to which Japan will reply with an edict Of
nonintercourse. This will inevitably result in war,
in his opinion, and the white man will be driven
out of the east. He says:
America wants to exploit the whole world.
but would shut out foreigners from her borders.
Is II not likely that foreign nations will retaliate?
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07
Reward Of Estravagance.

TITS queer remarked an ordinarily
hard'headed man, what little things
will tickle u vanity, l bought a pair
of low shoes not long ago, for which
| paid seven dollars, an expenditure in
the way of footwear that was unique
for me, The shoes were comfortable
and had the air of representing what
they cost; but no n paid any atten,
tion to them until stepped up on a
bootblack's stand the other day to
have them polished, The Italian who
was the chief engineer of the works
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07
Thieves Not Afraid Of Corpse.

Westfeld, N. while the body OF
Mrs. w. II. Siebert, OF ll3 Lyons ave
nue., lay in the house. thieves thor.
oughly ransacked the place. even
searching the bedding on which the
corpse lay,
The woman had died several hours
earlier. and the family were Ia the
lower part of the house awaiting the
arrival OF the undertaken.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07
Emptyinu a Dormitory.

Waterman (breathlessly) - The
boys dormitory is on fire, and If they
find it out they'll stop to rave their
footballs, bats and things. and per.
ish.
Boarding.school Principal Quickly
Notify the boys that all who are not
downstairs in two minutes won't get
any pie.-N. Y. Weekly.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07
Curious Dancea.

Peasants OF the upper Bavarian Alps
are famous for the agility as dancers.
One of their curious dances is as fol.
lows: Eight boys form a ring in the
middle OF the dancing ground. They
join hands firmly as they circle round,
every alternate dancer filings his feet
forward until his body becomes hori.
zontal and parallel with the ground.
These four then brace their feet to-
gether and, supported by the others
In the ring, they form a rapidly revolv.
ing cross. After Q little while they re-
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07

of the organizers of the United Mine Workers, and was elected a national
delegate in 1892. In 1900 he became national secretarytreasurer, which POI
siton he has held ever since.
Mr. Wilson has had little of schooling in the ordinary sense, but he has
educated himself by reading, for he has all the thirst for knowledge and
the pertnacty that characterize his ace He has also the srupnlous hon
esy of his forefathers, and although he has handled $2iOOOOOo n a year he
has accounted for very cent that Cam into his hands. He looks upon
money is being a commodity and cannot understand the ascnaion 1t has
for some people He has been the warm friend and personal adviser of John
Mitchell for many years and Mitchell has prohted much by the shrcwd judg.
ment of the canny Scochman, who never favored a fight If it could at all be
prevented. but onc in, would never yield.
Wilson made his debut in politics in the Fifteenth district of Pcnnsyl
vania last fall by running for congress against the machine candidate He
succeeded in converting a normal Republican majority of $4,000 into a
substantial majority for labor defeating the machine candidate in his W
town and In his own precinct He takes his seat in congress sin December.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07

Mime. Falieres, now in her sixtrffth year, has been busy all her happy
life, and the results of her industry seem almost incredible For she has
spun and woven and embroidered for her four children a dozen fine fable
covers and IL dozen doies of varying sizes and for different uses. Each
piece bears the monogram of its future owner and all are kept in a great
chest awaiting the division of the patrimony, aner the demise of the elders
In addition, Nine Falneres has spun and woven exquisite linen curtains and
scaloped edges. Every window in her great mansion at Loupilon is cur
tanned with the work of her hands and her dining hall is filled with exquisite
covers and drapings.
Nine. Faleres is utterly oblvious to Paris frivonty or Partisan extraya
gance She gowns herself after the fashion of Gascon women, in plain dark
silks enhvened with a bit of yellow lace or iridescent trines and is as OBJ
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07
PEOPLE TALKED O
MAY SUCCEED MITCHELL

William y. Wilson, international secretary.
treasurer Of the United Mine Workers Of America.
is Il candidate for president after the retirement Of
John Mitchell, whose health has given way. Mr..
Wilson is a ScotChman by birth, his native place
being Blantyre, but he came to America with his
father when he was only seven years of age. Two
years later he was working underground with his
father, doing the work that the latter was unable
to do, owing to an accident that injured his back.
From the age of nine the boy worked continuously
in the mines Of Pennsylvania until. at the age of
10, he was driven out because he was too active
ly identified with the Upion, whose secretary he
had been since he was IA. lie was forced at that
time to seek work in Iowa, but he returned after
some Ycars and resumed his old life. He was one
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07

Plugged ~sleepers have been used
with marked success in large mum.
bers by Chief Engineer Fredericia OF
the Danish state railway. A plain
n and one-half inch cylindrical creo-
soted plug of beech or birch is driven
tight in a n and one-third inch hole
bored in the sleeper and the spike is
driven In a hole bored in this plug.
WORKOUT sleepers plugged in this way
have been found to give good service.
as the rail seems to be held down with
exceptional frmness. and deteriora-
ton due TO the pounding OF loose rails
Is prevented.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07
RULES FOR A MAN WHO is CON.
TEMPLATING MATRiMoNY.

Facts to ascertain when meeting an
attractive young woman with whom
you may fall in love.
Is she selfish? You can tell this in
three ways: BY the manner in which
she listens to what you say: by the
way she accepts what you do for her;
and by the difference between the way
she treats you and the way she treats
others. -
Is she tickle? If she talks about
light things she isn't. Deep, she Is.
Is she eNt%ravagant? BY the way
she protests against your spending
money on her, and always arranges
matters so that you cant help but
do 1t.
Is she a bad housekeeper? BY the
way she dresses. If she isn't spic
and span, she isn't. If she is, then
she is.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07

Massachusetts has a new law com.
polling railroads to clean up the brush
on both sides OF their tracks I'm order
TO lessen the danger from forest
ires, and is also considering the need
OF spark arresters for locomotives.
Other states are behind Massachu-
sets, for our loss in the needless de
strpctlon OF our woods is enormously
heavy.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07

language and took a degree at the University of Gottingen. In 1856 he be-
IN professor of Greek al the University of Virginia, but when the cEil
wal broke ot he Joined the southern forces and lost his pocket edition OF
Homer which he always carried with him., his pistol of his horses and
almost lost his life as well
For five months he lay in a hospital studying Spanish, for he expected
that he and the other impentent copfederates would be shipped out of the
country, and he intended to strike for South Africa. He was dealt with
more lenienty, however, and resumed his professorship, which position he
held for 20 years in ALL Then he went to Johns Hopkins, where he has made
an enyiable record, He has a world wide reputation and holds honorary
degrees from a score of universities both in this country and abroad. He is
rs years of age, but is hale and hearty and is apparently good for another
ten or Is years.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07
Where Il Wont.

Patience-What was the matter
with your cook?
Patrice-Sald she couldn't get
enough to eat at our house.
well, was there any ground for this
complaint"
Perhaps there was. Shed had
enough If she hadn't spoiled so much
in the cooklng!"-Yonkers States.
man.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07
A Substitute.

Customer-Will you give me a copy
of THE Art of Being Happy at
Homer"
Librarian-l'm afraid it's out, but !
have here a little treatise on jlu-jitsu.
which makes an excellent substitute
for it.-Pele Mele.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07
Good Memory and Bad,

CustOmer-Cigar-smoking is said to
have a deleterious effect on the mem.
DRY. Are you aware of that?
Gluckstein-I can quite believe it.
Fol instance, you have not yet paid for
that box of cigars you had last Christ.
mas,
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07
faleton-Our varsity football team
hasa great coach this year.
Miss lmple-I should think they'd
get an auto.
Clsver Repartee.

Men have reason to dread nimble.
tongued women. A certain clever au.
thoress was once asked by a writer of
the opposite sex who is not remark
able for civility: Wouldn't you like to
be a man?"
To this the lady readily replied:
Wouldn't your"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07
MADAME FALLIERES

Probably the wife of no ruler over the des-
TIMES of a great nation possesses the unique &C.
complishments OF Nine. Fallieres, wife of Clement
Armand Fallieres, president of the French repub-
lie. The first lady of France comes from Gascony.
a district sung in the troubadour lays and illus
trious in the annals of romance and history. In the
midst of Paris fr%ivolities she leads the simple life
of the Gascon gentlewoman, spinning, weaving.
embroidering and directing, even at a distance, the
BIG country estate of her husband at Loupillon OF
Lot-et-Garonne. NJ. Fallieres owns a farm of less
than a hundred acres at Loupillon, but under the
skillful care of madame he gets a comfortable for.
tune out of his fax and diaries. The wines and
the fruits and the grain lands are his special care
and they are equally profitable.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07
Would Get to Them.

Fireman. have the honor to an
nounce that the fire is in the fourth
story, and our ladders and hose will
reach only to the second.
Captain-lndeed! Then we'll have
to wait till the flames come down to
the second.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07
The Importsnt Feature

There is a great deal of injustice
in literature"
Yes answered Miss CAYENNE;
they still insist on putting the name
of the author on a book instead of that
Of the mar who makes the handsome
oye Observation-Disclosures Star.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07
A "Rattyn Animal.

Owner-Now, there's a horse that is
a horse. You will make no mistake
n you purchase him.
Customer-How is he on the road?
Owner-He's the goods. He's the
best rodent l ever saw.-Chlcago
News.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07

A movement is being made in GER,
tain quarters in France to bring about
the representation of women on the
juries, 1t long has been felt that to
try women for crime before a court
where the jury is composed entirely
of men is an unnatural and unfair
proceeding.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07

What is color blindness is some.
times the result of a lack of educa.
ton as to the different colors, In
such a case the remedy is instruction
In the various colors, But when color
blindness is the result Of a defect Of
the nerves of the eyes there is no rem
edy.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07
PROFESSOR FIFTY YEARS

DR.. Basil l.. Gildersleeve, professor of Greek
at Johns Hopkins, the great university at Balti-
more which takes as freshmen the graduates of
other universities, has the unique distinction of
having been a professor for so years. He is pre-
pairing to celebrate his jubilee. He was appointed
professor of Johns Hopkins several years after
the age allotted to man by DIR. Osler, for he had
already served 20 years in the University of Vlr.
ginia, but there was no chloroforming process for
him. He felt that he had wasted some of his
youthful years and he was seeking to recover lost
time, so he was an interchangeable worker.
The first II years Of his life were spent in
Charleston, 5. c. In the summer of 1850, after a
college course, he took a trip to Germany on a
sailing vessel. ~nerfected his knnwledre of The
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07
Good Jokes


Heboltsasandwichan
ApieceortwoofpIe;
Andgulpsacupofcomcedown
Nhilcyoucanbatyourcye.
Then, later on. there comes to him.
n very common question:
He wonders how 1t was that he
CONTRACTED INDIGESTION!
Milwaukee Sentinel.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07
Fastidious.

He NEWLY engaged)-SO, dear Clara,
you are quite resolved upon going to
Sweden for our wedding trip?
yes, Of course, Edward; you know
in the maps Sweden is always such a
beautiful pink, and pink is so becom.
ing to me-"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07

I'm afraid" said the embryo states.
man, that I'll never be able to mold
public opinion"
oh, don't know" reioined the
political boss. Some of the stories
you introduce in our speeches are
rather moldy.-Chicago News.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07
DENNIS LOSES HIS BIG
TOE BUT WINS A BRIDE
FARMER SETS SPRING GUN FOR
THiEviNG FOX BUT IT SHOOTS
eR,oGET's BEAU.

McKeever, N. Y.-Dennis Hanrahan
lost his big toe the other night, but
he won the heart Of fair Bridget Madi.
gan, 10 what matters 1t? 1t matters
not at all to Dennis, for without the
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07
Value OF Good Roads.

Good roads leading to a town indi.
cate the progressiveness of the citi.
Gems of the community. Invariably
poor roads meal Indifference and lack
Of confidence in the stability OF the
town.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07

looked at my shoes, felt OF the calf's
skin lovingly, and then, with a CLEAN
of admiration in his eyes, asked me:
How much did you pay for them?'
My extravaganza was rewarded"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07
The Quicker Way.

All things come to him who waits.
Perhaps that's true. Well. let EN-.
with me, tho only things | got
l had to so and get EN-.
-Ju1ge.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07
gain their feet and the others form the
nroaa
In the vernacuIsr.

sTeacher-And what is a vice presi.
debt?
Pupil-A Teller that dies on third
Cleveland Leader.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07
Family Recipes,

Mrs. Hayseed (readlng from the
medical almanac)-Portland cement
and skinned milk make an excellent
paint.
Mr.. Hayseed lin the dairy b~usiness)
Paint? Git out, 1t makes cream.-N.
Y. Weekly.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07

oned rainbows and twilight. Meteor.
ology' preserves the memory of all
this, but the word meteor" has gone
over altogether to the astronomers
sphere.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07
Plans paIatIal summer non,

Allan A. Ryan, son OF Thomas F.
Ryan. will, It is said, build a summer
home at Surern, N. Y, to cost $1,000.
600,
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07

reckon if throw a blanket we our
back and give it a good ironing II
ought to fix you And it did."-New
York Sun.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07
Plugged SIeepers.

was no hope for him whatever. Here
is what he scrawled; s, Elliot"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07
One Thlna or the Other.

When tickle Fortune tackles men,
We're hither, thithcr hurled;
And then It's said of certain folks,
world!
the
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07
THE

When you have satisfied your mind
that she is all Of these things, marry
her at once. Il you can get her, for
the following reasons:
First, because If she really loves you
she will change.
Second, because II you love her, 1t
will be SO much more interesting.
Third, because you are probably
mistaken about her, anyway.-Judge.
The Globe-republican., 1907-09-19
PUBLICATION NOTICE.

The State OF Kansas to CLARK Rush. Ida r,
Spencer, Mary Rush, Jennie Tomlinson, viii
liam Rush, Samuel Rush, II alive and II dead
then their unknown heirs, deyisees, admin.
istrators, executors n trustees and the
unknown heirs, devisees, administrator and
trustees Of Clint G. Rush and Sarah Holmes.
deceased, n Harold Holmes and Sarah
Holmes and Everett Holmes, minors. and If
dead, their unknown heirs, deyisees. ad.
illustrators and trustees.
You are hereby notified that Edna II. Conn,
Malcolm Conn and Laura Conn, minors by
their duty appointed guardian and next
friend, Edna III: Conn. ns plaintiffs, have
filed their petition In the District Court OF
Ford County, Kansas, alleging that they are
the owners and In actual possession of the
following described real estate, namely. Lots
3 and 4 and the east half of the southwest
quarter OF Section No. 10, Township No. 81
south. Range No. 20 west Of the 9th p. M. In
Ford County. Kansas, and alleging that you
have no claim some interest In said real
estates and this action IL brought for the
purpose OF excluding you from any right,
title or interest therein, and yOu must an
sw, r the petition filed by the plaintiffs on or
or before the 18th day of October. 1907, or
the petition will be taken as true and judg-
ment rendered against you quieting the title
OF the plaintiff to said property against you
and all persons to claim said pr perry by
through or under you or either OF you, A'
fTs.lft BIsH0P q MITCHELL,
Attorneys for, Plaintiff.
IsEALl-Attest: II. Ii. Wells, Clerk Dis.
trict Court. t rtl If4
First published August 20, 1907. ~