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Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-28
REVOLUTIONARY.

In my dream I was speaking to the
mar Of the far distant future.
"The world has changed since your
day" he was saying.
In much?" ! queried.
In much" quoth he. in ideals, 10
aspirations, IN all that most nearly
touches life"
Could he not exhibit some effect OF
this which should give me an idea OF
its extent. At a glance, of curse.
He took a moment to consider.
well, yes" he said at length. Their
he let me see the inside of the aver
age woman's purse.
There was nothing in It but money
absolutely nothing. and with a Vic
lent start | awoke.-Puck.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-28
Eats Live Goals,

Andy Niece, who carries the mail
from Magnetic TO Baskerville, is a
m~onstrosity. He can eat live Goals
Of fire. with impunity, and with a
spoon. If you doubt this Just bring
him a live coal and a nickel and he
will masticate coal and pocket the
nickel, This is not all, for he told us
for one dollar he would pour a spoon.
full of molten lead In his mouth and
let It cool and then take It out and
give us a solid piece. What can the
devil do with such a man?-Bakers
! vile IN. c. Observer.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-28
EXIT WOMEN ANGELS

whether my angels were men or
women | could not have told you, and
the material side Of the question
brought so abruptly to my attention
was a shock.
What did | do about the mod
els? Well, In the beginning | abso-
mtely swept aside all question of my
making the figures men | could not
consider the question of sex in the
production of such work. Making the
new design, / went to work on a DIFF
ferent basis, and 1t took me a long
time to get what | wanted. .
After a good deal of thought on
the subject | made the new design.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-28
BIG PRICE FOR HORSE SHOE.

was too good an opportunity to over.
look. The loss of the shoe, the cab
man complained bitterly. was the eli,
max OF a series OF hard luck incidents,
and then Gates, after having gotten
the shoe away from him, gave the man
800.
Just buying good luck for the
house" said the fnancier as he walk.
ed up to the manager and presented
to him the shoe which is to be hung
conspicuously in the hotel Office.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-28

The other day a visitor surprised a
distinguished professor, who was say
ing to his baby:
"On-ny, no-ny, e mussy tick his
footsy tootsies-"
Just then he caught sight OF the Wis.
itor, blushed, and muttered:
mo, no; you must not expose your
pedal extremities by extending them
beyond the protective covering Of the
blankets, or YOU will lay your system
open to attacks of catarrhal affec.
ton"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-28
IEgypt's Cotton Crop.

As It Is now, Egypt is fast taking
= higher place among the cotton coun-
tries OF the world. The United States
stands first. She produces about 49,.
900. 900 bales annually. East India
has had the second place, her annual
product ranging from 100000 to o.
900, 900 bales, with Egypt far away in
rear. Since the building Of the AS
souan dam the crop of Egypt has been
steadily increasing. until last year II
was six and three-fourth million kan
tars, which, at 100 pounds to the kan
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-28
Sioo Paid for Good Luck Emblem as
Grit 10 New Hotel.

While the management Of the new
Ilaza hotel, New York city, the sky.
high pile Of white marble and lime.
stone at Fifth avenue and Fifty.ninth
street, feels moderately certain that
It will take in a few dollars a day.
John W. Gates, one of the first guests
OF the house, is positive that It is 20,
ing TO be n of the most successful
hostelries In the world.
i just paid 500 10 make it So" said
Gates after the opening reception.
Aud this is how Gates spent hi,
500. Newspaper men and visitor,
were being shown through the hotel
and Gates went out TO stand on III,
beautiful marble stairway arched il
a magnificent canopy Of bronze wher
a rickety old cab ratified along. Jus
as the cab got in front Of the hote
the horse cast a shoe. Gates walket
out with others TO observe the cab
man pick up the shoe. and Mr.. Gates
WHO enjoys superstitions, thought
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-28

tar for easy figuring, makes 10000, 600
pounds, or over 1900, 900 500.pound
bales. Egypt produces cotton
for It's size and area planted than any
other country of the world. Its aver
age crop is $50 pounds per acre, which
is far in excess of ours. DR., Weber
Of our department of agriculture says
that our average Is only 1870 pounds
per acre, although we have, Of course.
many acres which produce 500 pounds
and more.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-28
Not the Same Way Of Doing II.

III Atlas had only lived In these
times his methods would have made
him q ruler among the kings OF fren.
zied finance"
'In what way?"
"He had his course mapped out, and
then held up the world."--Baltimore
American
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-28
Carefully COMPROMISED.

Father is In a perfectly lovely
moody remarked Clarice. Don't you
think you had better ask him this
EVENING""
"Suppse you ask him." suggested
Clarence.
"oh, can't" protested the girl
I'm too shy"
You ask him Just this one time"
pleaded Clarence. II promise you
that in the future I'll ask him, no
matter how shy / am."-Judge.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-28
Watches Baked and Frozen.

II will be with you in a moment, l
must finish baking this batch OF
watches first"
The speaker vas a jeweler. He
said, cs he worked:
Il suppose you are surprised at the
idea OF watch baking. ! will explain.
The machinery ola watch Is delicate:
yet II must work the same In winter
as in summer. the same In Russia as
In Cairo, the same In the Sahara rs
in Iceland. There Is only one way To
accomplish this. The watch must be
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-28
His Dying Request.

The last lobster crawled YEARLY
into the kitchen OF the Worldorf.
Serve me hot or cold. a la New.
burgh, or in a salad" he exclaimed,
but II you love me keep long enough
so that can give some bloated arlsto-
crat a good old fashioned dose Of
ptomaine poisoning as a parting 70.
membrance."--Life.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-28
Ihpt-kir Artist.

Larry" said Denny at the dinner
hour, what is yez brother Timothy
doing now"
"Tim?" replied Denny. "Slure,
Tim has a job maxim tin dollars a
wake avn only a few hours wur.ruk
livery day"
Tin dollars a wake! Phoy, tn
towld me Tins job was all hot air."
AVN so ut is, me bye, He fills tn
big balloon out at tn fair grounds
| Chicago Daily News.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-28

Il is remarkable that although
scores OF balloons have been driven
out to sea cases In which this misad'
venture has ended fatally are few. &C
cording to the Dundee Advertiser.
aore than a century ago, when Mai
Money made an ascent from Norwich,
he was compelled to descend in the
sea where he remained for seven
hours until his plight was e e and
he was rescued by the crew OF a reye
u cutter. Some years later, In 1872
James Sadler narrowly escaped drown
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-28
Rode Home in WhesIbarrou

Ell Taylor OF Fairfax, Vt, accosted
Amos Rugg, who was pushing a
w~heelbarrow, and asked him what he
would charge to wheel him home.
three miles distant. Mr.. Rugg thought
81 would be a fair price and tho of.
fer was taken. Mr.. Rugg stopped only
once, then 20 take of his coat, aud
covered the distance in about an
hour.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-28

regulated to heat and cold.
II am regulating these watches to
heat. Afterward In a refrigerator l
will regulate them to cold. Then,
when they go out in the world they
won't disgrace themselves In any
climate,
"Chronometers must be regulated
more carefully than watches.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-28

In dealing with this
whole matter of indus
trial concentration, we
have the choice of two al
ternatives. We may either
prohibit or regulate COM
binations. To my mind
regulation is the only
choice. Regulation by
an administrative office
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-28

ing In an attempt to o the Irish
channel. His balloon dropped into the
water some miles on Liverpool. and
he was on the point Of succumbing
when rescue came In the form Of .
fishing boat.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-28
Officers Of the STAR.

oficers Of the stan In the navy are
as follows: Medical officers. pay Of.
icers. engineer officers. chaplains. pro-
fessors of mathematics, naval con.
%structors. civil engineers. carpenters.
sailmakers.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-28
An Easy One.

What" queried the man with the
conundrum habit, us harder to keep
than a daryl"
"A silk umbrella" promptly IN.
swered the party at which the query
had been aimed.-CheaSo Daily News.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-28
THE ELECTRIFIED ENVELOPE.
Il will Cause the Balanced Walking
Stick to Move.

Have a care that you try this ex-
pertinent in dry weather. Take q
sheet of thin paper, and rub It with
a brush In one hand; in a little while
1t will become charged with electricity
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-28
He Shaved No More.

Reginald-How do you like the idea
OF my growing a beard this fallt
Clarice-Why, ! should set my face
against il-Judge.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-28
POWERS OF NEW YORK CLEARING
HOUSE COMMITTEE.
Arbitrary Action In the Present Finsn.
eiai Crisis Which Has Demon
strsted the Ultimate Triumph
OF Conservatism.

With the clearing Of the atmosphere
after the recent financial crisis in
Wall street, New York city, there
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-28

Feign that Joy You do not feel, quit
hunting for the bruised spots OF life
and look for the best. The world will
put on q different guise II you do.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-28

they, as a rule, live on a percentage Of profit,
and the larger the figures, the greater the
profit. Even if the percentage is less than in
former years, the increased volume OF business
gives a larger return.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-28

The pessimist is never out OF a Job.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-28
Thr Effrrt nj Gigh
prtrrH MT tl1r Gnnsltntrr
BY CHARLES F. PIDGIN,
Author and Former Chief Labor Statistics Bureau.

f THE high prices that we have now are good for us, why not
run them up higher? Can we have too much of a good thing3
Some years ago prominent men agreed that the more money
we had the better off we should be. But there was something
back Of the question: solid basis for financial operations
and the majority decided that the basis must be gold; now,
to-day, some leading fnanciers maintain that the increased
output of gold is answerable in a great degree for our high
prices.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-28
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
AUNT POLL Y'S ADVICE
BY LAURA EMILY SCHUBERT

Copyright, by Daily Story Pub. Coz
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Packing Away Vitality.
From Success Magazine.

riom ouNSeoo
If people realized how precious physical
and mental vitality are. they would not
squander them by foolishness any more
readily than they would tap their veins
and .squander their life blood.
To accomplish great things We must
have strong. vigorous life force, pow
erful vitality. If We do not have these.
everything we do will bear the stamp of
weakness. 1t will crop out in every act.
1t is the strong vitality that tells in lie
great struggle of life. 1t is the reserve
power that enables the runner to keep
going when others fall exhausted by the
way.
1t is a great art to learn to accumulate
and conserve vitality. to store II away
for future emergencies. 1t is success
capital. You may succeed without money,
but you cannot succeed without physical
and mental capital. 1t Is the strong Vi
tality that wins. The plus force tn.
physical and mental energies themselves
are the things that enable one to sur
mount difficulties and ride triumphantly
over obstacles.
1t is very shortsighted policy to try
to crowd the brain beyond It's normal
capacity, to force a tired mind to 60 good
work, to force 1t to think when 1t neeug
rest or recreation.
Many people work so much that they co
not store any reserve power. They use
up all the power they generate, as they
go along All creative work. especially.
requires a fresh brain, vigorous, sponta-
neous thought.
have noticed that people who think
they must work every minutes, who are
always doing something, do not accom-
plish nearly as much nor produce work
of as good quality, as those who labor
great deal less, and play great d,a.
more. In other words, their play is q
great producer because it keeps the mimi
and body in splendid trim for work; IL
lubricates the faculties. restores balance
keeps the mind fresh sane and Wig
orous.
All effective work is a result of concsn-
trated faculties A tired and eXhaustct
brain cannot focus its ideas with an.
power. 1t is not so much u question o
Will power as question of viSofo-.
m sntaiity, and that is child OF H.
hood; it depends upon HUNDRED e..
conditions being IIst right.
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right hand there is a tableau that marks
the climax of the day. The rest is noise.
$50,
Entering upon his duties at once, the
Speaker begins by swearing in the men,
bars-elect and delegates by states. Here
Is a chance for contrasting pictures.
States like Illinois, New York, Ohio and
Pennsylvania fill up all available room
as their representatives swing into 4
great semi-circle before the Speaker
Others show single representative at
large. North, south, east and west pre-
sent racial and local characteristics, and
the kids get into the game in a silent
way.
Those members of whose election there
is no question are then sworn In by
unanimous consent of the House, and the
election of the remaining officers of the
House is in order. These officials are tfle'
clerk of the House. the sergeant -at-arms,
the doorkeeper. the postmaster and the
chaplain. They are sworn in as named,
and Col. Henry Casson, as sergeant at
arms. is then ready to enforce order.
There is little to be done after that Of
1orMal nature. Inc clerk is instructed
TO inform the President that the House
has convened and a COMMITTEES of three is
appointed to wait upon the chief executive
with three from the Senate for that
purpose. |
Then, however. comes a feature OF the
performance like grabbing special at a
country fair. which is important to
every member The choosing of seats gets
up the sporting blood of every man-jack
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flow in through a small subterranean

flow in through a small subterranean
canal.
This work which was begun by the Of
fcers of the geographic service of the
French army. leaving Paris for Ecuador
in May, 1899, was continued until COM
plcted and embraced also a study of the
natural history and important collection
of botany. zoology. anthropology and
ethnology of the most interesting section
OF our globe.
The preliminary computations of the
work are so far advanced as to assure
the value of the observations, and the
publication of the results is regarded
as an important event by geodesists. and
scientists throughout the world.
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that keeps still tender tongue. Some
times they are a little precocious and run
upon the horns of an old bellwether 1t
was at the opening of the F'ifty-ninth
Congress that one such. who has since
run his course and will not be known to
the Sixtieth rose, and with assured ease,
begged the chair to inform him what was
the meaning of the term kids" which he
lad heard used several times during the
proceedings.
Up jumped John Sharp Williams, keen
as his middle name and said
MIR. Speaker, l think the gentleman
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-01

designates certain members, usually those
who have BEEN voted for in the speaker
ship contest. to conduct the successful
nominee to the chair.
Then comes the swearing in. If there
are few moments during the day when
the complete attention of the House is
riveted into complete silence there is no
doubt that the administration Of the oath
to the Speaker leads in solemnity. Not
Chaplain Couden himself gets a more
palpable quiet The member whose term
of continuous service has been longest
steps into the arena before the clerks and
House reporters desks and admins
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will oe boys and the school ma am
is out of the room. Behind the easy
going, happy habitues. up against the
wall, Immediately clad. nervous and
moon-faced, stand the kids. There will
be a goodly number tomorrow. 1t is
almost a relief for them when, the
hands of the clock pointing to IL, the
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clerk of the former Congress rises at his
desk, members-elect side into vacant
seats and the clerk calls the House to
order.
Procedure in the opening of Congress
has been kneaded to the blistering point
and baked to turn. 1t is Asher c.
Kinds, modestly catalogued as CLERK at
the Speakers Table, pariamentarian of
the House. who is reported to be per-
sonally encyclopedia of the 1000 enact
ments that control the order. Members
are said to shy when they meet Kinds,
the carnations of his knowledge are so
startling. 1t was Dalzell, who is old
enough to, know, who came upon Ashe!
Kinds one day and asked whether Con-
grass adjourned over Good Friday.
Not since the second session of the
Fifteenth Congress, In $50 began
Kinds in an automatic manner-but Dali
zell did not wait to hear. Now he looks
Il little askance at the parliamentarian.
Kinds was not satisfied with one apple
from the tree OF knowledge-he seques-
tered barrel, and the members think him
uncanny
When all is quiat in the House. one of the
few moments of the day, prayer is offered
by the blind chaplain of the late House.
Rev. Henry n. Couden, DID,, whose white
head and appealing face are known
throughout the country, will invoke a
blessing on the Sxtieth Congress
little hum follows the resounding
Amen" but the clerk Alexander Nc
Dowell promptly announces that the CLERK
will read the names of those whose Gre
dentials show they were elected to this
body.
Roll call proceeds and the galleries be-
come FESTIVE. Every one wants to identify
the men as the names are called. The
order Is alphabetical by states. the terri
torial delegates being called last. 1t is
then that such resonant names as Jonah
kalanianaole of Hawaii. Of the royal house
of Queen LII. and Tulio- Larrinaga, the
ardent home-rule commissioner from,
Porto Rico. are heard.
Following roll call the clerk presents a
tabular statement Of the congressional
changes in membership that have oc-
CURED since the regular election. and then
announces quorum. On the opening day
there is never any doubt as to that fact.
The event of the day IL, of course, the
election Of Speaker. and that Is next In
order. Nominations are made from tho
floor by naming the candidates. and To-
election is carried on by a yiye q
vote.
1t is a period of tension and excitement
ct times. At present under the imperial
sway Of Uncle Joe the result is a foregone
conclusion. He WILL or course, not be
elected by unanimous acclamatiop, for
the democrats must make manifestation,
and their nominee becomes the minority
leader. There was slight contest over
John Sharp Williams during the last ses-
SION OF the Fifty-ninth Congress. but the
probability is that the competitor of Gov.
NaTdaman has marshaled his forces into
Lire.
The clerk appoints four tel.rs from the
m"moers-elect. who sit at the clerks desk
and make & record as each member-elect.
in alphabetical order. answers to his
rsme with a vote for the man of his
choice. Everybody in the House. on the
hcor and IN the galleries and up where the
reporters crowd keeps his own tally, but
there is a breathless interval. after which
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Historic Arc of Peru
Remeasured by Scientists

IT. HE committee of the French Acad-
envy of Sciences in control of geo.
detic oper atoms on the equator an
nounces the completion of the measure
ments of the historic arc of Peru, a
great scientific work, perhaps the most
important completed thus far in the
twentieth century. The announcement of
the French academy is of special interest
to American geodesy inasmuch as two of
Americas most eminent geodesists have
taken the initiatory in the work.
In 1889 Prof. George Davidson of Cali
fornia suggested that the French nation
had the prior right in this remeasurement
of the arc, to reconcile an unsettled ques-
ton whether the equatorial or polar axis
was the longer. The relative length of
the axis in the geodetic science of tn
present time has become so important
that Assistant z. D. Preston of the
United States coast and geodetic survey.
at the International Association at Stuff
CART QS98, renewed the discussion of this
question. and it was voted that the
French nation begin the remeasurement
of the arc.
This arc is known as part of an as
Economical circle traverS5d by the sun or
a star between rising and setting, and
was first measured by the French savants
to decide question In regard to the form
of the earth which had arisen over the
result of Gassinfs surveys in Franc.
This work Is a costly and gigantic task,
and when it was first accomplished the
feat gave additional luster to the sc!en-
tifc fame Of France, and when the result
was made known the scientific world ac-
cepted Newton's theory of our globe being
an oblate spheroid
The first measurement covered a period
Of nine years. including the years 1859,
in the triangulation and base measure
ments, the second not quite SO long-1S9o
to 1907.
1t seems this question as to the length
of the polar and equatorial axis arse in
this way. A clock having been carried
from Paris to the equator was found to
lose two minutes each day
This fact was. supposed to strengthen
Newton's theory that the earth was an
ob,ate spherofd. Therefore, 10 reconcile
thes. two dimensions. the French acad-
envy first undertook the measurements of
meridional arcs. one on frozen river In
Lapland, the other above the clouds in
Peru.
Strictly speaking, this arc is not in
Peru. according to the geography of to-
day, but in Ecuador. extending from Tul-
can to Payta, embracing seventy-four
geodetic stations three base line meas
urements six azimuths determination,
sixty-four determinations of latitude and
forty-eight magnetic ttations. distributed
al along the arc. Six pendulum stations.
eight dilf~rsnccs of lonsitude. determined
between stations at Tulcan and Payta,
and the comparison of the diferenc IS
of longitude, geodetIc and assronomc, be-
tween the two will throw light on the
form of the geoid. That is. the imaginary
surface which comedies with the mean
sea level over the ocean and extends
under the continents everywhere at that
level at which the mean surface of the
sea would stand If 1t were . lowed to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-01
Knew It's Habits.

From Tuck.
Explorer-Yes. l have decided to make
my dash in an autonoble.
Reporter-And you think your chances
of locating the pole are good?
Explorer-Sure! If l get within a thou
sand miles of 1t, this machine Of mine VIII
run into it,
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of them. A delicate courtesy by general
consent of the House is extended to one
or two men of long service like Bingham
or Payne, or keifer, the Speaker of the
Forty-seyenth Congress. They are per-
mitted to select their seats. 1t is possible