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Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-10-03
The Home People.

Most of us might and ought to find
in our own household much more than
we look for. It is necessary for those
who would live happily together that
they should try to show their best to
one another.
They should try to show the best
of their minds, All things should be
in common. Every pleasant pleasant
experience. whether il be Of books or
OF life, ought 70 be shared.
Existence is maintained at a much
lower level OF happiness than it should
be, simply because those who are
bound by the closest natural ties do
not know how TO make each other
happy-grudGe the time that should
be given 10 the arranging Of the soul.
-Claudius Cleas.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-10-03

II Dy DUyIHB IlUst IlIHJ "tCus a"u to- g0'
lives smoking cigarettes.
What do / think of women who smoke?
They are not women. They are mere crea-
lures. They disgrace their sex. They are
worse than animals. 1t is a foul habit for any
one, but when a woman does it she unsexes
herself.
There is altogether too much attention paid
TO clothes. A woman who makes gaudy clothes
and dazzling jewels help out her appearance
must be afraid to trust the graces that God has
given her. A woman whose only thought is
clothes generally makes a poor wife.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-10-03

mnet with a spiteiul jerk and goes
box on her workable some suitable
buttons and the wherewithal to apply
them. But just as she turns away
with full hands. those wicked buttons
escape from her hold. and with the
natural perversity that animates all
things some days, they cease not their
rolling ill they have bestowed them.
selves far under the dressing-Case.
quite beyond reach A hasty excla-
nation springs to her lips, but is
brayely repressed, while the vexed
fowu deepens. Losing temper and
patience together. she puts forth all
her strength and lifts the dressing,
case clear away from the wall. rolling
it aside while she picks up the fugi.
tive buttons.
Say. Nell. hold on there. calls
Charley, observing this exploit
through the open door. Why don't
VOL let me help you? You ought not
to do such things, YOU know you'll
hurt yourself"
oh. we'll il doesn't matter. she
returns, desperately. I'm sure TO De
worked TO death, somehow It may
a. well be- D thing as another
For a moment honest Charley looks
al his Young wife with eyes and
mouth open, never has he heard such
words from her before In hat no
maut 10 seems 70 dawn upon him for
'ne first time nov much sharper is
the outline Of the sui pretty face
how pale the once pink cheeks. wha,
dark lines under the blue ewes. how
Tired a look about the child.like
mouth. He sits down suddenly. in
r1- completeness Of the shock.
Neil he says presently If you
are working 'uO hard Wny don't YOU
have a youus giri 20 help or put ouI
Samethlug-yhe washing for instance,
n isn't absolutely necessary that got
should DO everything You muslin
0yprwOgE. II We dom make up that
last payment this wear
I snail do all nr " work-ln
less I'm ,iCk-uuriI We are quite on
ut debt and have laid something by.
Is the arm repiy-,Be is somewha
nalmer now Didn't agree 10. whel
We laid 40 plans az trstr"
But o unless you are able. Nell
won't have YOU u~yer.wurk you ar,
not looNiug very well u seems 3,
me
OF curse 7 am able. s~tubbornIy
yet struggling 10 Keep bach the weaI
tears At these words 1f sympathy
OF course I am we'll. what should d.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-10-03

She gets up that morning with a
dull headache. a miserable sense ot
he%aviness and uervous unrest, CON
mon enough. doubtless. to young
mothers who have not yet succeeded
In adjusting their endurance To- the
yarious burdens vt life
She goes VI into the pleasant.
cozy kitchen Charley has already
Quilt the fire in the range, and has
gone on into the large shed room
they call his work. shop. whore he
is occurring his spare hours in con
]structinC q set of furniture. from
original patterns. for a spare bed
room Nellie is planning to arranCc.
We'll he may feel fresh and lively
and like working. thinks Nellie, half
]sullenly. rs she listens to the cheer
ul. mellow whistle with which he
keeps time to the music Of his tools.
He slept like a rock all night. | don't
suppose he sver guesses how little
sleep or rest | got-or cares. either,
maybe
Which last is clearly unjust, and
Charley Burt Is one OF the best nus
bands In the whole world. as Nellie
herself is often heard to say.
She goes mechanically about her
morning duties, preparing the break
fast she knows Charley likes best
and puttias uP q dainty dinner in his
uea, lunch basket-for he does not
come home ;iI richt-s'l the time
hoping agaius. hope that baby will
not vasea 'i'l she gets some Of the
rlCs- aee5fg' work done.
The very sunshine fails ro cheer
hs- with ;-s brightness
N-sassas; nys,. he SAYS Chesrfully
Ng'L. 3 N>a yoa sew = button or
tao II 2y MAJ I've missed some
.-s 1dy ~ 81
His tone The u-tneS, possible
t-C1l A I'm. 70. t~aIit.dntiaE
SIC SAYS Yes Charley very
5I=ty 5a. IFS M Offending gar
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-10-03

S~tenographers will be interested In
a recent decision In New York by
which IL was decided that a stenog.
rapher may not be enjolned from tell.
ing what she knows about her employ.
er's business. A young rady in a brok.
er's office was summoned TO tell what
she knew about It by a rival broker.
Her employer sued for an Injunction,
but the justice denied the Injunction.
Very few girls would willingly betray
any confidence, however, unless com.
PEELED TO do &c.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-10-03
Its RIahteous Grievance.

The ant that had been trying to
sneak its way into the bowl on
the dining room table was hurrying
to escape the girl with the crumb
brush.
What consummate hypocrites hu.
man beings are!" muttered the ant,
They hold me up as a pattern OF
wisdom and industry, and yet when
/ attempt to be the least bit chummy
they come down on me like a thousand
of brickl"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-10-03
New Walk Adopted.

Notable is the way the modern girl
is walking. It Is described as a father
tired SLOUGH and it Is the fitting com
plement OF the costume she wears,
This Is what in Paris is called the
petit costume %d'homme,' consisting
Of a short, scant skirt, a loose half
fitted coat with a flower run through
the huttonhole, and a big hat worn on
the back Of the head. Wherever n
sees this combination m sees also
the gait seemingly Induced by it--a
sort OF devil.maycare SLOUGH supposed
ly Initiative OF the easy going mascu'
line. and far from lovely or alert.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-10-03

his brother one day. let's 20 and get
weighed. believe { can beat you
this time" Tommy agreed. and they
went TO the grocery store where these
contests were usually decided. You
get on the scales first" said Johnny.
Tommy complied, and his weight vas
found TO be IS pounds 70 ounces.
Then Johnny took his turn. lie tipped
the scales at exactly 50 pounds.
That amt fair" exclaimed Tommy.
And IL don't count! forgot about
that big boil on your arm,"-YoutPs
/ C~omUanion.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-10-03

eyed the little article with every evil
dence NJ emotion.
The aged couple were thinking OF a
time long ago when just such a tiny
shoe had incased the foo OF a little
n they lost. The eyes of the old
couple met and both were seer to be
In tears,
Give me the shoe" said the white.
haired man to his companion. He took
it, stroked it tenderly and placed II
carefully in an inside pocket OF his
coat. Few noticed the incident, all be-
ing intent on the younger couple, who
were laughingly shaking on the rice
with which they were covered. And
the train sped on its a y,-Brooklyn
Eagle.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-10-03

An undertaken named Roberts. AZ
Nalthamstow England, 1everal years
ago buried, al his own the
bodies Of a friendless woman and chilt
who had been murdered, rather than
see them laid In a pauper's grave. He
has Just receTed S25 900, ~bequeathed
him by an old gentleman who had al.
mired his act.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-10-03
NOT A FAIR
Where Johnny Had the Best Of II on
the Weights.

The twin boys, Johnny and Tommy.
not only looked almost exactly alike
and could wear each others clothes
without the slightest misht, but usu.
ally weighed the same, there being a
difference OF not more than an ounce
or Two between them. Notwithstanding
the efforts they we're always making
TO outweigh each other. Tom" said
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-10-03

Prof. Peters OF the United States
naval observatory maintains that sun
spots diminish the heat we receive
from the sun, but the terrestrial effect
is too slight 10 be perceptible. The
spots appear in the greatest number
every II years. This astronomer Is
firm in the onvlction that II We are
eyer involved In a celestial catastro-
phe II will not be due toNthe sun.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-10-03

and wondering, probably, where his
next meal was coming from.
Dusty Roads saw the brothers
writing and choking in the water
The sandwich fell In the dust. and
without as much as throwing IN his
Jagged coat. the tramp ran 10 The
canal Jumped in, and dragged the
boys ashore Mr. Phelps gave Weary
Willie ten dollars, d suit Of clothes. a
hat. and a pair Of shoes
Where are you going '' asked Mrs
Phelps pityingly, as the tramp tool
mp his journey
Nowhere said he. dreamily
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-10-03

Bread and butter is the food for
muscular work, according to DR.. e. 3.
Willoughby. The perfect die, for
those who are neither faddists nor
teetotalers Is eight ounces OF c. cooked
meat, "a ounces OF bread. eight ounces
of potatoes, two ounces OF cheese,
two ounces OF bacon, one ounce OF but.
ter, half a pint Of milk and one pint
OF beer per diem. Green foods are
desirable additions to n diet.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-10-03
over.

Second-Teachers of the largest ability are every year being drawn
away from the school service in which they have proven their high capac.
iy to enter on more remunerstve fields Of endeavor. Unless we would
see the education of our children turned over to second-rate women
and to third-rate 'hen, we must provide rewards that would permit our
ablest teachers to consecrate their lives to the service of our schools
Thnd-The efficiency Of an army always depends upon the character
OF the recruiting department. The great army of teachers should always
attract many of the brightest and ablest young men and women who
year by var graduate from our leading educational institutions. Nay,
the ser~Ice should be so treated to attract young men and women Of
character and brains to prepare for it as an honoed and honest profession.
The current rewards of the teachers ar so grossly inadequate that the
very material we most need in our schools is being diverted to other
canings.
Fourth-There Ire in many Of our schools men and women with the
largest capacity for growth who are earning unusually good salaries from
which they are laying by a fund to take are of themselves in old age.
To do this, they are compelled to deny themselves the opportunity to
travel, The time to study the ownership of books, etc,
Fifth-In thousands of the older cities and towns Of ur union there
are teachers who have practically worn themselves out in the service Of
our schools, and yet have been able to save little IT nothing, and cannot
se that it is their duty to retire to privaton or to charity. Such, no
official has the criminal courage and hardness of heart to turn out
to aims or starvation, and al a result they ar Soling the tenpers or
abusing the intellects Of whole schoolhouses full of children in return
for their confinement by the community at hard labor in the schooroom.
But this cruel and inhuman punishment of faithful old teachers who
ought long ago to have honorably retired on pay goes 0 n in q thousand
American towns.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-10-03

Librarians in many parts OF Lon.
don agree IN stating that the uub o
taste Tor The reading Of fiction ia .how.
ing a very decided falling on, and that
the popularity OF works OF ,rays,
history and biography ID corregpogd.
lngly increasing.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-10-03

"A
n Here In this incident we find
I another side Of Osvid's nature
1, revealed. Here he is the loyal
), friend keeping faith with the
'. choice companion Of his young
:, msnhood. Jonathan. Here, after
: the flight Of the years and the
~ multiplying Of the burdens and
cares resting upon him. we find
!. him taking time and thought to
:, eden the promise made so
: long before. Loyalty to the
i, friend Of the long ago. Faith.
= fitness IN redeemine the prom.
4, sc given How splendid. David
!, vas king now. a mighty man Of
y affairs. a ruler over a realm far
I, greater tran that which Saul
: had ever dreamed Of ruling.
~ Riches and horors were show.
!, cred upon him in such measure
'. as 10 have made Il not at all
!, strange IL all thought and care
: for former things had been driv.
j. en- away. But L vas not SO with
David. He remembered the
= promise Of the years before and
7, he FASTENED TO fulfll Il.
/ Such act on the kings part
y could not have been without
=. much sacrifice Of personal COM.
!, fort. as we'll as the giving up
!, ef the rich possessions OF Saul
; which had come to him in right
I, Of his wife, Miehsl, the daush.
ter Of Saul. But these things
were as nothing in the eyes Of
!, DAVID in comparison to the
!. faithful discharge Of that old
I, obligation. This. trer, we would
: emphasize in reference 70 the
j. keeping Of the promises made.
seem they ever so small and IN
!. Important: Personal comfort
I, Inc personal possessions should
: never outweigh the Importance
!, Of keeping a fair promise. hon
estly made.
How perfectly DID Jesus eS.
emplify this. Re gave up his
: riches that we through his pow.
:, erty might oe made rich. He
suffered trst we through his
suffering Nigh; oe redeemed to
J, God. ana all because he sought
:. TO redeem the promise which
:, Geo rad made 10 man In the be-
: ginning when God SAID that the
/, seed Of the oma should
=. oruise the head Of the serpent.
y Another thought in eonnec
!, ton with this Incident VAS the
: whole hearted way in which
!, David die that which ne had de.
termined upon. He might have
i, fulfilled MS promise to Jena
a than by restoring Mephibosneth
Y. 10 the family possessions, but
4, no, he would do more, this son
7 Of his dead friend should be an
H. nonored guest at the kings Ia.
a ole. Yes. he was a cripple. and
=. certainly could not nave added
i, any dignity or beauty to the
: royal household, but such fact
y did not cause David to hesitate.
4 In the d~ivine.like spirit he
y would bring Mephi bosheth into
4 his very presence where ne
: could personally attend TO his
~ comforts. This is the way God
restores US 10 the lost heritage.
~ He brings Us into his very pres
:, enee, eripples in sin though we
Y are, n ne there ministers unto
(, Us with unstinted devotion.
Z From the msny-sided view Of
y David how we see reflected the
- divine attributes. even as we
4, hear them oreathed forth IN the
Psalms which ne has left US.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-10-03

There is no creeping, crawling OF
flying insect which can approach the
pestiferous, pirstical flea in strength
Size considered. he is the Samson OF
the insect kingdom. and his bites will
make a lazy man get a payday nov
ment on him.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-10-03

The physiognomy OF
every individual is
photographic" every
ordnance inscribes on it
faithfully, like the need =.
lie OF a barometer, the
different atmospheric
pressures or sentiments
which influence that in
dividual. On the other
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-10-03

Modern children are
not brought up the way
we old persons were,
There is altogether too
much disrespect. You
hear them saying Pop"
and dad" and MON"
1t is not right; they
should say Father and
Mother as we did when
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-10-03
A Substitute.

The BuXom Belle-Why does the
tattooed man run about the stage at
every performance?
The Tiny Tot-The manager adyer.
Used moving pictures, and the appa-
ratus didn't arrive .-Harper's Weekly,
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-10-03

DR.. Paul Prayer. al army rge OF
Vienna, suggests that moids OF the
mouths OF prisoners would be much
better than finger prints for identif.
cation purposes. az the palate remains
absolutely unchanged throughout life.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-10-03
In a Bad Way.

Wealth without religion, says Car,
d!nal Gibbons, is an unsatisfactory
condition. But what is the condition
Of the man who has neither?
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-10-03
Mnhrrn Chilli
NrrhH Dtsrtplmr
By MRS. RUSSELL SAGE.

we we're young. Parents should teach children obedience, too, for
there is altogether too much laxhy among children a child should DO
taught to know its place and not show of before strangers.
For more than thirty years nc one ever brought a cigar INTO my
house. You people talk about the tobacco trust and yet you support
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-10-03
pithlir Srhnul Urarhrra
Shn1lh Rr 31rtHtnnrn
BY CHARLES II. KEYEs.
superintendsnt OF Schools. Hartford. Conn.

HERE are five cognt reasons why pensions should be pro-
vided for the teachers of the schools to which you are entrust.
ing the education Of your children.
First--That is the best teaching that emanates from q
soul that devotes itself with a sngleness Of purpose to the
guidance, the training and the inspiration Of youth. No
teacher can do the best work for our children while at the
same time compelled to be busy with plans for securing a
livelihood when the days of service in the schoolroom are
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-11-29
MERMA|DS OF Legend.
Sea Women That Were vouched
For by Ancient Writer'S
ORIGIN OF THE DELUSlON.

These Traditional Creatures Were
Probably Dugongs and Manatees.
Seal Maidens Of FabIe-Mermaids Of
Fiction and the Seal Of Fact.
There is q decided fascination about
the mermaids of legend. Considering
their traditional form, it does not seem
quite certain whether they can be in
Guided among the fair 'humanities' of
old religion, but it would be extremely
interesting to see one. In all serious
ness the truths and poetry underlying
and inherent in the old myths are we'll
there is something distinctly entertain
ing in the quasi-historical accounts
that we have of mermaids and the he
roic attempts at rationalistic explana-
ton. The fancy has taken flrmer hold
on popular imagination than many Of
the old legends. OF course they are
recognized asVnonexistent; but, unlike
the majority of NEUROLOGICAL beings,
they are invested colloquially with
sort Of humorous reality.
A "History Of the Netherlands" gives
circumstantial account Of great
tempest which washed ashore near
HARLEM a @tsea woman as she was
swimming about. s'She was captured
and 'cleansed from the "sea moss that
had grown about her. and became
humanized creature, except that she
was always trying to escape into the
water. And It is added, MANY persons
worthy Of credit have justified in their
writings that they had scene her In the
said towne Of Harlem" In the six
teenth century off Ceylon some sailors
captured "seven mermen and mer-
maids" several priests and physicians
test1fying to the fact and the latter
leaving it on record that after exami-
nation and dissection they found the
external and internal structures resem-
bled those Of human beings. Hudson.
the famous navigator, declared that
his ships conlp"ny had seen a mer-
maid, the upper part Of her body like
a woman, skin very white and long
black hair. -, old Iceland history
tells Of one Dc Greenland, "the. neck
anG head in >; respects like human
being" The Nn?Nverian Bishop Pontip-
pidan, who W.. n the eighteenth CEN
fury, ''recortIr ne appearance of
mermaid Will, r>Ns sleposed to on oath
by the obser--ry4' And not to multi
ply quotation l.:ay;ns the belief even
Of the learnes, t!'e actual existence
Of the mernsz <..- s>cv asserts author
1eaf3TelY that :. . b.. So saeren1Aidans
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-11-29

W. 81. Bloom has just completed
new barn on his place on 18th street.
Doan g Regulets cure constipation
without gripping, nausea, nor any
weakening effect. Ask your drug
gist for them. Is cents per box. =.
Winter term, Interstate School of
Sheldon, Ia., opens Monday, Dec. 2.
Prepare to enter on or before this
date. 29
Dyspepsia is Americas curse.
Burdock Blood B,tters conquers dy-
spepsia every time. It drives out
impurities, tones the stomach, re-
stores perfect digestion, normal
weight, and good health.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. F. Moore left for
Chicago the first Of the week to spend
Thanksgiving with Mrs. Moore's par
ents, and to take in the International
Live Stock Exposition. Mr.. Moore is
one the foremost stockmen of the
county and takes lively interest in
matters pertaining to the business.
The Interstate School of Com
merce of Sheldon, Ia, the big business
training institution of Northwestern
Iowa, will begin its second term Mon
day, Dec. 2. Every progressive young
man and woman in this section Of the
state should be seen there on shat
date. 70
Erastus Church, tho we'll known
Civil War veteran and market gard
ener, was 70 years old last Monday,
aud in commemoration Of the event
he INDUCED in the rare luxury of a
shave and bath, and dress ed in bis
Sunday best appeared on the streets
to receive the congratulations of his
many friends. Maj. Church expects
to leave in few days for Colorado,
to spend the winter with sister liv-
ing there.
The Interstate School of Com
merce of Sheldon, Ia., under its eff
cient corpse of instructo re- is proving
great success in fitting its students
for commercial positions. One firm
has already spoken for seven of their
graduates aud the management an
ticipate no difficulty in placing every
student in good paying o~ition as
soon as they completes the course.
The young people of South weetern
Minnesota are certainly }ossunste in
having such popular busnsss school
so conveniently |ocated. Winter serm
opens Dec. 3. Wlite for satalog. %