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Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-14
Did Well.

Miss Ellen Terry writes of Sir Hen.
ry Irving: When | vas touring with
him in America at the time when he
was at the highest point of his fame
| watched him one day in the train,
always a delightful occupation, as his
face provided many different pictures
a minute, AID being struck by a curl.
Gus expression, half triumphant, half
d~espairing, ! asked him what he was
thinking about. i was thinking he
answered slowly, how strange It is
that | should have made the reputa'
ton | have as an actor, with nothing
TO help me-with no equipment. My
! legs, my voice-everything has been
against me, For an actor who can't
walk, can't talk and has no face to
speak of, I've done pretty we'll"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-14
II Doesn't Pay to Talk About the
Careiessness Of Others.

Don't talk to me about careless
ness said a young woman, smarting
under a rebuke on this score. Every.
body is careless about something, and
1t doesn't behoove people In glass
houses to throw stones, It's only that
certain ones of us--myself included
have a most distressing habit Of being
found out. and SO we are made scape-
goats for a general sin. l am careless
and it's a very bad trait, am free
to admit-about social obligations,
keeping up calls. sending cards and
all that sort Of thing. know 1t is a
lack in my makeup, but realize that
my being reproached all the time for
1t is because my sins of omission are
SO dreadfully obvious.
/ console myself, however, with the
thought that those who set themselves
above we in this regard are very prob
ably decidedly careless about things
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-14

down in the corner Of the garden un.
der the apple tree. The picture shows
you the way they looked and the
burrs that had bloomed out pink
we're set in their faces for eyes, and
noses, and mouths. The boy had pink
buttons down his jacket.
They shall have a nice little house.
right here by this catnip," said Sue,
clearing a spot.
And now let's make them some
chairs said Kit.
You see how the chairs were made,
and they had pink cushions. The
burdock boy and girl Immediately sat
down and stared at each other.
Then a table was made of fine
strong burrs, and burr plates were
placed on 1t, heaped high with pink
burr dainties.
Il wat an apple" said the bur.
dock boy, in a voice resembling Sues,
"And / want a cookey.' said the
girl, in tones like Kits.
But they didn't eat much after all,
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-14
Common Fault of Many

over which / may exercise special care
the keeping of accounts, for exam
pie. | have learned that there Is apt
to be a hole In the armor somewhere.
and so It doesn't pay to be censorious.
How many of us have known people,
the soul of business honor so far as
trust reposed in them is concerned.
but reckless to a degree in their own
financial affairs? Haven't we had
brought to our attention time and
again the '<oman who is punctilious'
ness itself with regard to the appear
ance of her children, but who Is sin
gulsrly blind as to the state of her
husbands raiment? And there are
Others" she added significantly.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-14
t~iovEMENT TO PROTECT iMPoR.
TANr FOOD STAPLE.
Emmy Tribe in Inland Seas Has Been
Steadily pepIeted-Laek Of Uni.
form Laws Said to Be
the Cause.

Washlngton.--Unele Sam is about to
inaugurate a battle TO save the ma.
lions food fish.
Already he has given the subject
much attention. and n department OF
fish hatcheries has planted in waters
all yer the country millions Of spawn
and fingerlings.
But the new movement is to be
much more systematic. 1t will make
the entire problem Of fish supply n
for Washington to deal With. AS a
preliminary, every state in the union
will be asked to cede its rights over
the principal rivers and lakes which
pass through the territory of the other
states.
Thus empowered the United states
government will be able to enact uni
form laws and have authority to com.
pei observance of regulations that will
prevent the wholesale destruction OF
one of the most important staples OF
our food.
The preliminaries to the movement
were arranged a short time ago at the
meeting OF the American Fisheries So
ciety, which met in Erie, Pa, afte:
having made an extensive investiga-
ton Of the fish problem on the Great
Lakes and their tributaries.
The society found that the once
teeming supply of fish in the great in.
land sea is being steadily depleted un.
I'll to-day 1t is not so per cen of what
1t was.
William E. Meehan, chief Of the
Pennsylvania department of fisheries,
an expert, who has made n life study
of the subject. announced that at rhe
root of the trouble lay the lack of uni.
form legislation.
Nearly every state has some laws to
protect the fish, he said, and there'are
also Canadian restrictions, but they
are not alike.
What is needed, the commissioner
explained. is a conference between
state. federal and Canadian authori-
ties to map out a program that will
give the fish a chance.
Commissioner Meehan was author
lied to present the case to President
hpOStNcll anu W lut NdlldllaA hutllpl'
tiles. and also to prepare for each
state a draft of the bills that must be
introduced into each Legislature to
cede control of the fish waters to
Washington. 1t is hoped that by the
time the United States and Canada
have their conference on the subject
Uncle Sam will have obtained from all
the interested states the rights neces.
sary to act for all.
The American Fisheries society is
an influential body, made up of the
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-14
STATUE OF HENRY w. LoNGFEL.
LOW.

sculptor, William Copper, at 207 East
Seventeenth street. 1t is expected
hat by next spring the memorial
tribute will be ready for unwilling in
Washington.
Seven years ago the Longfellow Ma
.ional Memorial association was or.
ganized, with Chief Justice Fuller as
president and Grover Cleveland and
Theodore Roosevelt as honorary
members Of the board Of regents,
Others who have labored to make the
efforts of the board successful are
Bishop Alexander Mackay.Smith,
Brainard Ii. Warren, Bishop Law
renee, Gov. Curtis Guild, DR.. Edward
Z. Hale, Prof. Charles Eliot Norton.
Col Thomas W. Higginson, Julia
Ward Howe, Henry Cabot Lodge, An.
drew Carnegie and Charles w. Eliot
president of Harvard university.
Congress gave the site for tbs
statue at the corner of Connection.
and Rhode Island avenues and con
tributed $4,000 for the pedestal. Tht
remainder Of the $4,000 needed wal
raised by popular subscription. Mr.
Copper began the prellminar!
sketches in March OF this year, an.
recently the judges appointed to pas
On the work expressed their entir
satisfaction with the clay model nov
on exhibition. Mr.. Copper said tina
this was the first full length statu
Of Longfellow ever made.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-14

than half way on any proposition that
can be advanced for the good of the
cause.
In exercising authority owe the fish
waters the supply will be protected by
the enforcement of laws as to the
open and closed season, the size OF
fish to be caught, the size Of the mesh
seines, so as to let the smaller fish es-
cape. the methods of fishing, protec.
ton Of the waters from pollution and
all the other advanced systems of saw.
ing the finny residents of the deep
from extinction.
The movement is not planned in the
interest of sportsmen, nor for those
who sell fish, though both will benefit
largely. The sportsmen of the coun.
try will be a unit for all such regula.
tions as are planned, for their one
great idea is to see the game fish of
Uncle Sans domain protected from
extinction.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-14
SOLDIERS OF EUROPE

spirit.
The kaiser's sturdy infantry soldier
is, in my opinion. wanting In this alb
solute pride in his profession. He
tramps on mile after mile with dog.
ged perseverance, but without the
wonderful elastic, springy step of the
"ploupiou,"
But where the French soldier ex.
cells the German soldier is In his re.
sourcefulness. He knows how to shift
for himself and is full of little tricks
for increasing his comfort, Of which
the more stolid German has no idea.
For instance, the speed with which a
French regiment will get Its coffee
ready on the maneuver ground looks
sometimes like legerdemain. I have
been with French troops when 1t has
rained for three days increasingly, and
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-14
70 SAVE FISH SUPPLY

fish commissioners of the United
States government and OF the 80 states
that have been attempting to deal with
one OF the most important problems
bearing on the increasingly difficult
question of food.
For two years the matter Of federal
control has been recognized as the
only solution Of the great lakes fish,
cries question, but the present move
ment will carry the idea a good deal
further and will give Washington All.
thority over evaxy considerable bod
Of water in the country that is a sup.
ply point for fish. Minnesota and
Michigan, recognizing the Importance
of this issue, have already coded their
rights to the United States.
The Canadian minister OF marine
has expressed himself as eager to meet
the United States government more
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-14
SHORT STORY OF JENNY LIND.
Her Song Helped to Cheer a Young
Man Who Was III.

Do any of you young people know
OF this famous singer?
/ do, and what a lovely, charming
person she was! We read often of
the beautiful songs and melodies she
sang-not in concerts but so often to
cheer the sick.bed.
On n occasion a young man was
very III. and while he was lying sui'
fering he heard. as he thought, a
bird singing a beautiful song in the
house.
He begged his mother to get the
bird. for he knew it would help him
TO get well.
In making inquiries, she was told
there was no such bird in the house
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-14

when there was not a piece Of dry
wood for ten kilometers round. Yet
within a quarter of an hour Of the
bugles sounding the halt the fires
were lit and the coffee boiling. Then
II one gives a French soldier a piece
Of meat and a handful of potatoes he
will turn out a rata" which cannot be
beaten anywhere. As according to
the Napoleonic dictum ian army
marches on its belly" this is an i'm.
portant trump in the hands Of the
French.
In the matter Of artillery l think
there a be nj two opinions. The
French possess the finest artillery Of
any army on the continent, well
horsed and well commanded.
The German cavalry Is excellently
mounted, and the men seem thorough
ly trained. The scouting and recon
noitering is carried out in good style.
the men moving owe the country with
the greatest p~recaution and taking ad-
vantage of every bit of cover. The
horses are Of good quality, and the
men are good, II not of first-class or
der.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-14
To Writer'S.

If you are blessed with some talent.
a great deal of industry and an
amount OF conceit mighty enough to
enable you TO disregard superiors,
equals and critics, as well as the fan.
cied demands of the public, It is pos,
slble, without friends or introductions
or bothering celebrities to read your
manuscripts or %culuyating the camp
Of the log rollers, to attain by dint Of
slavery day and night for years during
the flower Of your youth TO a fame In,
initely less WIDESPREAD than a prize
fighters, and a pecunlary position
which you might with far less trouble
have been born to-, Zangwill.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-14
A Kesr.widow's Dilemma.

Physician-You will be glad TO
know, madam, that your husband will
almost certainly cover
Wlfe-Oh, dear me, doctor, what
shall ! do?
Physicisn-Why, madam, what do
you mean? Aren't you anxious that
your husband should get well?
Wife t%sobbingl: ~Yes-on.y, when
you said last week you didn't think he
would live a fortnight / went and
sold all his clothes.-The Reader.
aly SAT lcs.I'es is.IsTs AZ - isssI'
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-14
Al COAST-Wl&IE 90
CANAL G===S7=Z ~


eliminate a dangerous route, the pro-
posed Norfolk.Beaufor Inlet canal
farther down the Atlantic coast is in.
tended to make 1t unnecessary for
t~reacherous neighborhood OF Cape Hat.
teras, which has a reputation OF being
the graveyard Of shipping.
Valuable as are both these projects,
they may be made more far.reaching
in their beneficial effects by the coast.
wise waterway project. The origin OF
this plan, which is national in scope,
is to be found In a meeting which was
held at Trenton. The conference at
the New Jersey capital had beer called
for the purpose of advancing Tren-
toms interest as a port.
AS the New Jersey city Is 40 miles
farther from the sea than is Philadel-
| phia, necessarily It cannot become a
port without some advantage accruing
to the latter. 1t is of mutual interest,
therefore, that the channel Of the
Delaware be made such al BELTS q
first-class waterway. The 30-foot chan.
| mel from the sea to this city, 1t is
| said, will be a fact by next June:
then an attempt will be made to have
II deepened to 35 feet. At present,
nothing can be accomplished towards
this end, as the government engineers
| reply, very wisely, that II must first
be demonstrated hat a 30.foot chan.
mel will hold before money should be
| spent on a survey for one OF 35 feet.
Trenton. however, while demand.
Ing q better waterway, has modestly
| asked for a channel OF ten feet depth
| at low water and 300 feet wide. It
| will have to be cut through a bar over
| four miles long, which at present pre-.
vents approach to the New Jersey
capital to all but barges OF he shall.
lowest draught, Trenton's manufac-
lures and are constantly In.
creasinp. and the railroads appear to
he entirely unable to prevent the
freight congestion experienced at this
| point
II was at this conference. to which
the PHILADELPHIA congressman and
Mavor Reyburn had been invited. that
the subject Of the Atlantic seaboard
waterways route was first preached.
CONGRESSMAN J. Hampton Moore cleo.
triied his audience in the Trenton
| chamber of when he pro.
posed the scheme. The conference
had been called TO hear a report on
the removal of a sandbar in the river
and heard one of the most ambitious
and encouraging schemes for water.
way improvements that had been pro-
posed for many years.
The plan suggested by Congress-
man Moor for deeper waterways on
the Atlantic seaboard is said to offer
no especially difficult engineering
features. Neither Is II believed that
It will require anything like the sum
about IN he expended on the MISSISSIPPI
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-14

them so they can get the necessary
light without occupying too much
room
The sketch shows how a neat win
dow conservatory may be made at
small cost that can be fastened on the
house just covering a window, which
will provide a fine place for the
plants. The frame Gig. p is made
of about 2 by Pin. material framed to-
gether as shown in Fig. 8. This frame
should be made with three openings Of
such a size that a four-paned sash,
such as used for a storm window, Will
fit nicely in them. II the four vertical
pieces thai are shown in Fig, ? are
dressed TO the right angie, then II
will be easy TO put on the finishing
corner boards that hold the sash.
The top, as well as the bottom, is
constructed with two small pieces Ike
the rafters. on which is nailed the
sheathing boards and then the shin
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-14
To Stop Use Of Opium.

Consul-G General Straight, OF Mukden,
says that Chinese authorities hove
been active in enforcing the provis-
ions of the anti-opium edict and 1t is
expected that all dens win be finally
closed by the early part Of June, 1908.
Proclamations In the vernacular have
been posted everywhere throughout
the city urging the people to abandon
the use OF the drug. There have in
the past been 1000 dens in Mukden.
the daily consumption averaging 200
packets, or about 1000 pounds a day.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-14
CONVINCING Evidence,

Seyen.year-old Tommy had so great
q capacity for buckwheat cakes, says
a writer in the Philadelphia Public
Ledger, that he was a marvel to the
family.
Have you ever IN your life had al
you could eat?" asked his grandfather
one day,
Yes, sir" said Tommy. Lots Of
times"
How do you know when that time
comes?'
why, ] eat and eat until | feel a
pain, and then ! eat one more to make
sure"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-14

time each year In Europe with her
mother. They e abroad the last
time following a trip to California last
April. They returned to New York re.
Gently. coming Immediately to New.
Port.
Miss Vanderbilt is very popular in
society. She is accomplished in music
and has studied singing in Paris with
Jean de Reszke.
Miss Gladys is just past her twenty.
first birthday, when she was allotted
her share of her fathers vast estate.
The share amounted, 1t is estimated.
to about $12, 500, 900.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-14
BELL WITH A HISTORY.
Was Originally In Lighthouse on
Minot's Lodge.

Boston.-The Baptist churchgoers
Of Bryant's Pond, Me-. are called by
a bell that was originally in the light
house on Minot's Lodge. The light
house vas destroyed by a storm dup.
ing the early '40s and not long after.
ward the bell was rescued from the
bottom of the ear
Samuel T. Faulkner had the bell
placed in the tower Of a mill at
Turner, Me-, where 1t hung for more
than half a century. The mill was
burned two years ago and the bel
was partially destroyed. At the
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-14

pies. Joining as a lad, he brought
none of these with him; but q sham
pigtail and locks were obtained from
the regiment barber, and the sergeant,
in accordance with regimental custom,
took a pot Of backing and made two
enormous hooks on his face, from the
upper lip almost to the eyes. On a hot
day the backing drew the skin most
unp,easantly-London Chronicle.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-14
WINNER OF BALLOON RACE.
German Aeronaut Captures Interna'
tional Trophy in the "Pommern."

st. Louis.-Oscar Erbsloeh, the win.
ner Of the James Gordon Bennett
trophy in the international airship
C which started from this city re-
Gently, was born at Elberfeld, Ger.
many, in 1879. He is a wholesale mer.
chant, and served in a c~uirassier regi.
ment. His a%eronautic experiences be.
gan in 1904. A year later he qualified
as pilot in the Niederrheinscher Vereln
fur Luftschiffahrt, of which society he
is now a director. He has made so free
~ascensions, landing in Germany, Bel.
GUM, France and Holland. In the
Pommern, which he used In the race,
he won the Brussels international com.
petition September 10 against 22 com.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-14
pranks Of a BUIyuoa,,

A billygoat climbed a tall fir tree at
Hood River, on the ranch OF Frank
Chandler. The witness is Hans Lage.
while on his way to the city, Lage
discovered one Of Mr.. Chambers aero
batic billy goats up so feet in a large
fir tree, browsing as ~contentedly as II
swiping sweet peas through a neigh.
boris picket fence.-Hood River (ore.)
Newsletter.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-14
The Limit.

MY husband Is the meanest man in
seven states" sighed the meek little
woman.
'In what way?' asked her bosom
friend.
"Why, | told him that II he would
stop smoking those awful cigarettes
| would buy him all the cigars he
could smoke next year"
And was he satisfied, my dear?"
Satisfied? Well, l should say not,
He actually had the cheek to ask
II ! would paper the walls with the
| bands"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-14
Margsrets Discovery.

Little Margaret is only five, but she
is very observing, 1t vas she who
discovered the baby brothers first
tooth and this is the way she an.
nounced II:
Mother Oh, do come quick! Broth,
er has got a stone fastened in his
mouth, aud il is as pale as death"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-14

She came back and tried to con.
sole him.
Again, later on, the same beauti-
full song, She hurried TO where the
sound came from, and, knocking al
the door, begged the lady to lend
her the bird. as her boy was so III.
Her establishment was great when
the lady said she had been practicing
for a concert, adding: If | can do
him any good l will come and sing
the songs TO him
The young mans surprise was great
when he found the beautiful song.
stress was Jenny Lind
Such a Gift as hers had never been
known before, and in a concert one
could hear II pin drop when those de.
licious bird-like triIls We're sung, even
sweeter than birds themselves!
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-14
Tibet Waking Up.

Tschang Wing Tang, the highest Chi.
nese official in Tibet, has started u
school for Chinese and Thibetan boys
at Lhassa, where they are to be edu,
Gated for Official positions in Tibet.
He has also started the first paper at
Lhassa.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-14

As a memorial to her husband Mrs.
Christopher ii. 7. Hawkins has given
100000 for the completion of the
west overs and spires Of Truro ca
thedral England.
JuNA -a>v, A.! wac tIoAe sSv Suv.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-14
Seeing Stars.

Bin-They say the naked eye can
never see from any one spot Of the
earth's surface more than 5000 stars.
Jill-Oh, | don't know! guess I've
struck spots where ! saw more than
that!-Yonkers Statesman.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-14
Natural Association Of IDEAS.

MIR, Softly" cried the sweet little
infant terror, my pa says you're a
muif, Is that why my big sister lets
you hold her hands SO much ~ .Balti-
| more American.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-14

Rabbi Blechman, formerly OF
Rochester, has been elected rabbi Of
the Congregation Mishkan Tenllah Of
Boston, formerly occupied by Rabbi
II. Shocher, who now occupies a po-
sitiun In New York.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-14
THE HISTORIC OLD BELL.

same time Mr.. Faulkner lost his life
in the fire.
The bell has now been recast and
presented 70 the church at Bryant's
Pond by a daughter Of Mr.. Faulkner.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-14
New York City Railways.

New York city railways carry more
passengers each day than do all
OF the other railways In the United
States.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-14
A MEMORIAL TO lONGFEllOW.
Couper's Statue Of Poet to Be Un.
yelled in Washington.

New York.-Ready for casting in
bronze, a heroic statue Of Henry W.
Longfellow rests in the studio of the
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-14
TO WE'D VANDERBILT HEIREss.
Engagement Of Miss Gladys to Aus
TRAN NobIeman Announced.

Newport, r. Following the ar
rival here of Count Laszlo Szechenyi
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-14
River Niles Overflow.

The Nile overnows its banks from
July 20 October. This is due to the
ra'nfali of the Abyssian highlands.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-14

Cut out one.half Of the unnecessary
talk you do, and you will become a
noted man.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-14

petitors. After a voyage of 80 hours
he landed at Bayonne, France, a dis
lance of $50 miles.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-14
The Frame.

giles on top and the finishing boards
IN the bottom.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-14
THE euRDock BOY AND GIRL.
How Kit and Sue Made Them and
Then Burned Them.

They we're a funny pair. Kit and
Sue made them out Of burdock burrs,
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-14
For Married Men,

For Married Men.
He knows little who tells his wife
all he knows.-Fuller.