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Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-01-23

Il has come to a time when the
business man must take note OF the
mall order concerns. They are con-
tinually growing larger and taking
more trade out of the smaller towns.
or course we all know that 1t Is not
right for Williamsburg people to send
their money to Chicago or New York
or other places for their groceries,
dry goods, etc. when we have people,
neighbors and friends selling the
same goods right at home. The local
merchant has no one to blame but
himself for the condition which now
exists. This may be a little hard, but
It Is true. Many of the local mer.
chants do not let their old customers,
and prospective new ones, know Of
the articles they keep by advertising
them. The mail order houses are the
largest and most successful advertis.
ers in the world, and without adver-
Using they could do no business. Now,
II they "a afford to spend hundreds
Of thousands Of dollars a year to keep
their old customers informed and TO get
new ones, the local merchant could put
a big "klnk" In the mailorder business
by adopting the same method on a
smaller Observation-Disclosures (Pa.)
Call.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-01-23
FOR SIX Y.SAiliNG.


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Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-01-23
OFFICE

The Blotter-Retentive; absorbs a
great deal.
The Desk-Receptive, sympathetic;
likes to be leaned on.
The Ink.Well-Extremely versatile;
can write a wrong or wrong a write.
The Scissors-Sarcastic and ma
i%icious; very cutting and ever willing
to separate.
The Pastel ot-Persistent, %persever-
ing; possesses the faculty Of sticking
to things.
The Pen-Enterprising ambitious;
ever waits for an opportunity to make
its mark.
The Waste-B asket-Intemperate, ag'
gressive; frequently gets full, and ID
fond of scraps.
The Writing.Paper - Dimlnutive,
quiet; can easily be covered, and al.
ways remains stationery.
The Calendar-Contemporaneous
but lazy; always up to date, but fire.
Quently takes a month off.
The Revolving acknowledgements
but philanthropic; goes backward, but
is always ready to do a good turn
Judge.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-01-23
First Floor Plan

not large, Is very nicely planned with
a crate directly opposite a large bay
window. Opinions may differ in re.
gard to the size and shape of or.
binary windows, but every one seems
to like n bay window. New England,
ers are constantly trying to improve
their o~ld.fashioned houses by the ad.
dition of windows that project. The
idea seems to be that they look well
from the outside and are comfortable
on the inside, and they admit a great
deal of light and sunshine to the
house.
Some OF these New England bay
windows contain window seats that
are fitted to the shape of the window,
deliberately upholstered and heaped
with fancy pillows. But the comfort
of such Il window seat depends a
good deal on the way the window is
built and the way the sashes are
fitted. Where a good deal OF glass is
exposed, radiation of heat takes place
rapidly, and these pretty bowers are
often too cold Tor comfort In the
winter time. While a house is being
built the eye of the owner helps a
good deal when 1t comes to the par,
ticular places. When the carpenters
are at work on this bay window a
little supervision will SO a long way
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-01-23

Eugene Godet, a French aeronaut,
had a narrow escape from being
drowned In a recent ascent at James,
town, Va, His %propelling machinery
failed to act, and the wind swung the
airship against a water tower. both the
propellers being knocked OF, Relieved
OF the weight, the airsbip rapidly
assembled, and when ove Hampton
Roads suddenly diyed toward the wa.
ter, but again arose and drifted away.
Godet chung to his machine, and fl.
nally landed in a badly bruised condi-
ton, and with a wrecked airship, IA
miles north of Newport News.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-01-23
MORAL. PAY YOUR PHYSICIAN.


Did you ever notice how reluctant
some people are about paying the doc.
tor? When stricken with a severe pain
In the epigastrium about two &. III.
they cry out in alright, for they feel
the damp Of death upon thoiI brovs.
Nothing to do but telephone DR., Sew.
emups to come at once. He has been
to Cheney and back since the pool.
room closed for the night, but he rubs
his aching eyes. puts on his clothes
and pulls out into the frosty air for
another three miles and back. He
finds the patient suffering from gas,
trio fermentation from having over
loaded his stomach. The disorder IL
easily remedied. and the man soon
gets about his business and forgets all
about IT,. Thirty days later he gets a
bill for four dollars, and IL makes him
angry. He forgets the pain there's
no sucn thing as pain), the doctors
siX.mile ride IN the dark of the moon
when he ought to have been asleep,
and he fOrgcts TO pay the bill, or
grumbles about it as though it were
an eXtortiun that ought 10 be punish
able by legal process or otherwise.
Moral: II you don't want TO pay the
doctor, don't send for hlm.-Lincoln
(Neb) State Journal
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-01-23

Mr. william A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on. an subjects pertaining to the
paper. On account Of his wide cNpc-
ricnce as Editor, Author and Manufuc-
turcr, he Is. without doubt, the highest
authority on all those subjects Address
all Inquiries to William a. Radfurd No
l9i Firth Ave, Chicago, H., and only
9nclose two-ccnt stamp for reply.
Eight rooms with a good attic Is
a very popular house as to size. When
the rooms are well designed and care.
fully laid out FOR appearance as we'll
as for comfort the house Is almost
sure to prove attractive aud pleasing
In order to have eight rooms YOU
need a house about this size, which
Is 2S by 80 feet, exclusive Of the
porchcs. 1t is about ms rear square
as you can have IT, and work to adj.
vantage In laying OF. the rooms. You
can't take n square house and mark
out a square room in each corner the
same as YOU would mark off a checker
board. because you must allow for
halls, stairways. closets, bath room,
and u good many minor accessories
lldN 'ulllHlIlt w TURN all dTCUltttt \
hair gray.
In this plan the hall and living
oom are thrown together. an idea
that takes with "A great many people,
because they like the general aIr.
pearance, and because II saves room;
then It has another advantage, that
OF ventilation. The open stair space
acts as a flue to carry the warm
air from the middle of the house up.
stairs and distribute II amongst the
bedrooms. Some houses are a grcqi
deal more comfortable than others.
and the difference is caused by the
application of natural laws and the
distribution of light and heat. A good
builder takes advantage Of the prin-
ciple of the circulation of warm air.
As soon as air Is heated It begins
to move about. A warm current Of
air goes up and 1t displaces cooler air,
which must come down to find room.
This causes circulation which eyens
up the temperature in the different
parts OF the house and makes 1t feel
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-01-23
Chance for the Youth,

Young men who are residents of
country districts should be impressed
with the fact that there are chances
for every one to get along In the
world II endowed with a good quality
of brain matter and the desire and
the ability to work, and work rightly
and industriously.
For the young man starting out In
life there are many pitfalls; not the
ones in the category of bad habits
and dissipation, but in the business
world. The catchy advertisement In
the want columns Of the daily press or
in the farm journal, $50 to $50 a day."
attracts the attention Of many of the
young men who know little about the
devious methods of the sharks to catch
dollars from the pockets Of the pro
ducers," Many of these concerns aim
to sell to the agent a lot Of goods that
are almost wholly worthless, and let
him fight II out the best way possible.
Then again, there are legitimate con.
Germs that employ men to sell to the
trade, but they never hold out prom.
ises of such great profits.
1t is well to steer clear OF crafts
that are intended to take dollars from
your pocket under the pretense of Civ.
ing you employment. II you fell that
you could make a success as a sales
man. there are legitimate houses In
your nearest city that may afford you
an opportunity. But don't think that
you a demand the salary Of a bank
president from the start. You will get
what you are worth, and no more.
The more you al make your services
of value to your employers, the more
pay you will receive. Good men are
always In demand. Chances for ad.
vancement were never better, but the
field Is narrowing year by year, owing
to change In commercial methods, and
concentration in almost every line.
II you would succeed In commercial
life, get the idea out Of your head
that getting to the front Is a snap,
and the path a fiowery one, Work Is
necessary II you ind an honored place
among the winners.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-01-23

MICROSCOPE AS DETECTIVE.
A Most Effective Agent to Reveal
Authorizations in Food.

The m~iscroscope is becoming
and mor a commercial tool. Its value
In the recognition of adulterated
vegetable substances, especially foods,
In the shape of fine powder, Is very
great. This appears clearly from an
article contributed to the Revue Scien.
tifique by Eugene Colin. This writer
points out that the growing custom Of
buying certain products In the state of
powder, which compels merchants to
procure substances in this state, has
given rise to the new industry of pull
verization, whose exploiters. in order
to make use Of their personnel and
plant, are now furnishing IN pulverized
form a host of natural products that
were formerly sold only whole. Moth
ing, he remarks, could better serve
the interests Of the adulterators than
the development of this business
The detection Of fraud In cases Of
this kind must evidently be made
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-01-23
Anatomical Elements Of Wheat Flour.

the difficulty is greater when the exact
botanical origin is required. 49,"
when seeds are p%ulverized while
still covered with all their envelopes,
the determinative elements are made
up especially of the debris of their
various teguments, Thus pepper, the
most Important and valuable Of our
spices, and also that which has most
excited the cupidity Of the authorities
is sufficiently characterized by
the debris of its kernel and the ma
ture OF the constituent starch-grains,
but the precise evidence furnished by
the fragments of the various envelopes
enable us to tell whether the powdered
pepper has been prepared from the
kernel alone, like the fine Cerebos pep
per. or with the partly decorticated
seed, as In white pepper, or with the
whole grain, as In the black pepper"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-01-23
Economy In Home Trade.

In an address made some years ago
before congress the late Thomas B..
Reed said: Which is It better for
the farmer to do--send his supplies a
thousand miles to the ~seacoast, 5000
miles across the water and sell 1t to
the mechanic who gets less wages, or
sell It right here at home to the me-
chanic who gets more wages?" Reeds
logic Is sound, but he might have gone
a little further, and shown the farmer
how important 1t Is to have the home
market right at his door; how by the
building up of the commercial and
manufacturing Importance of his
home town. he wldens the market for
his products, and that the liyelier
and better the home place can be
made, the better will be the prices he
will receive for his products.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-01-23
ChanueabIe Weather,

Maine Man (finishing a story
Yes, sir. l killed that bear with
nothin' but this little jack.knife.
Guess you he'd a tussle with a
bear. did ye?
New York Liar-Oh. yes. | was
out fishing one day on Staten island
when a big bear made a rush for me
and knocked the pole from my hand
leaving me without even that lean
Of defense. Well, sir, | grabbed that
bear, threw him down, and held him
there until he froze to death.
Maine Man tgasping)-I might a
done that many a time myself. bu,
the weather up way don't change
50 quick as 1t does here.-New York
Weekly.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-01-23

1t results from the careful measure
ments Of level recently made by Lieut..
Col. Pariisky along the line Of the
Transcaspian railway that the level Of
the Caspian sea is SO feet below the
level of the oceans. II the Caspian
sink we're filled with water up to
ocean-level, the town Of Krasnoyodsk,
which stands on its shore, would be
submerged, for the mean elevation OF
that town is between SO and Ga feet
below ocean-level.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-01-23

Harmony in costumes is the thing
now" remarked Mrs, de style, the
idea being that a of fashion
should clearly express her personality
IN her attire"
We'll, my dear" rejoined her hus.
band, that being the case, you couldn't
possible improve on your present cos
tunes"
They are certainly elaborate" said
her ladyship, but DO they fully ex.
press my character
Sure thing" answered the mere
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-01-23

The Youth-Do you use anything for
your hair?
The Ancient-No; ! just let 1t grow
out.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-01-23
c,me Home with Queer Catch.

A Breton fishing town-Concar,
neau-has had 4 novel experience OF
It's own, one OF ~ trawl boats, the
Saint Louis, has just returned TO port
not with the heavy cargo OF sardines
that all the good folk so much de-
sired, but with a catch Of an entirely
unwonted and unwelcome kind This
took the form OF a munster fish meas
uring not less than rs feet in length,
The FISH is one OF the pilgrim" kind
and Is associated wsth the shark fam
lily, though said TO be less ferocious
than the ordinary shark, though, as
the monster Is very rarely seen, little
Is known Of him, The incident has no
parallel within living Breton memory.
London Globe.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-01-23
Autos for the Antarctic.

Among the special apparatus pre-,
pared for use during the second Belgian
expedition in the antarctic region are
TO be automobiles, constructed with
particular reference to their employ,
ment on the Ice-felds. With their aid
II il hoped to penetrate q considerable
distance inland, in the neighborhood
of Edward VII. Land. where the ship
carrying the expedition will make its
winter quarters.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-01-23
The Amende Honorable,

Reporter (mistaking the English in
terpreter Of the English embassy Tor
a Jap)-You speak remarkably good
English for a Japanese.
Englishman indignantly ~ Sir!
am no Jap. am an Englishman born
and bred.
Reporter OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
| know, | meant to say you speak
remarkably good English for an Eng
lishman.-New York Weekly.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-01-23
Born for a Brakeman.

Railway Superintendent regret
that you are incapacitated for further
service: but accidents will happen,
you know. Do you know of @ good
man for your place?
Railroad Brakeman (who has only
his thumbs left)-Yes, sir, know one
who would last a good deal longer
than | did, Youll find him over at
the dime museum. He has l6 fingers.
New York Weekly.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-01-23
The PessimIst.

The highest clouds are only ten
miles from the earth's surface, and are
composed of minute particles of ice"
said the professor,
And those, are the farthest away.
are they?" asked the ~sour'looking
man,
Yes; why2"
"Oh. | always thought the clouds
with the silver lining were the farthest
on. "--Yonkers Statesman,
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-01-23
An Attack Of Modesty.

Great Editor think it would be a
good idea to print our circulation at
the head OF our editorial page.
What's the population of this coun.
try?
Business Manager-About $4,000
900.
Great Editor-Well. well not claim
a circulation over 10000, 900. No use
being hoggish.-New York Weekly.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-01-23
GOOD Jokes
Home Life,

Mr.. Widdle-Well, my dear, you've
made so much fuss because | don't
spend my evenings at home, like a
good husband and father, that | have
resigned from the club. Does that
suit you?
Mrs. 'Widdle-It's Just splendid!
Now, hurry through dinner and get
dressed, 80 we can go to Mrs. High.
ups ball; and tomorrow night well
go to Mrs. Tiptop's party; and the
next night, you know, Mrs. Wayup
has a musicale, and we mustn't forge
the Globetrotter's reception the night
after.-New York Weekly.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-01-23

Froissart was arranging Tor the publ
cation of his Chronicles"
I've got to have them printed in
book form" he said. The newspapers
don't seem TO know whether TO put
them in the sporting column or to rua
them as society news"
BY such narrow margins as this do
mon sometimes get into the ranks OF
the mmortals.-Chicago Tribune.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-01-23
The Old "Birch."

Church, see it Is said that Juniper
is said to be the most durable o.
woods.
Gotham-And yet, so far as IN,
recollection goes-and 1t stretche.
away back to a little red country
schoolhouse-the birch is the first
wood ! came in contact with, | be
lieve.-Yonkers Statesman.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-01-23

by chemical methods. Chemistry, the
writer goes on to say, enables us to
prove the presence of certain we'll
defined organic compounds such as
gluten In flour, quinn in %cinchona,
caffein in tea, etc, but generally 1t is
able to give 10 precise indication Of
the nature of the various mixtures
that We may wish to test. Microscopy
Ia thus the more delicate method, and
it has been greatly facilitated by the
observations and experiments of
scientific men during the past so
years on the anatomical structure of
various vegetable products. The
writer continues:
THE microscopic determination of a
vegetable powder demands Of an an.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-01-23

toward stopping an the little cracks
wliore the air is likely to penetrate
into tn house. All such Windows. If
course, are covered with building Ia
PET end building paper is O nuisance
when You are working around odd
corners. It is a great deal easier 10
tear on a corner occasionally than
to 90 It In carefully and tack It down,
but in this case . Cow extra strips
Of building PAPER carefully fitted
around the window frames 80 the cas-
inEs may be- nailed down light onto
them will prove very beneficial. Their
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-01-23

e.. the winter time double sashos are
u G"rat help.
| do not approve Of double Windows
as . general thing, but oncc Ia awhile
you have n window on the north side
that irt7 in an unnecessary amount II
cold unless 1t Is protected by an extra
sash. For the same reason this bay
window needs Il little extra attention
at building time.
This is a good sized house, and It
ia intended FOR a family whore there
are n pu2 Der OF children, but it Ia
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-01-23
Perhaps He Needed II.

Husband (relating his wife's symp-
toms to the doctor) And she has be.
come so dreadfully absent minded
lately! The other day, when We we're
In the train, | pulled the blinds down,
as the II was hot, and she immedi.
ately began to give Inc a curtain lee.
Observation-Disclosures Batter.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-01-23
The Exception.

There is no woman but will get
angry ii you cast a slur on her good
looks
"Oh, | don't know, ! told Mrs.
Youngwiie last evening that her baby
MAS the perfect image OF its mother,
and she seemed pleased. - Houston
Post. /
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-01-23
In the Rush Lunehroom,

did yeou hear that, silas?" queried
Mrs, Ryetop, as she ate her pumpkin
pie with the sugar tongs, The mau
at this table called for floats and the
other man called for sinkers"
"Floats and sinkers,' echoed Mr.,
Ryetop, In surprise. by gosh, I
reckon next they will call for fishing
Iines."-Chicago Daily News.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-01-23

Brown-Well, you've got the quar-
ter; is your sister coming down?
I've arranged it beautifully, olu
chap. | told her it was you, first, and
she said TO tell you she was ont, ana
then | said | was fooliRg, and that it
vas Charley Jones, and you ought to
have see her hustle to get into a
clean shirtwaist! She'll be right
down!"-Cbicago Journal.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-01-23
PROMPTLY Furnishing an EXAMPLE.

Miss Hope-What fools some young
men make of themselves when they
are in love!
Mr.. Spoonamore-They do, indeed
Dora, will you marry me?- Chicago
Tribune.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-01-23
OIL from Rahhits, Skins.

\ new industry has been started ia
Australia in connection with rabbits.
Nearly half a gallon OF oil possessing
valuable lubricating qualities has been
obtained by a rabbiter at Gilgandra,
New South Wales, FROM 10 pounds of
skins, without lessenlng the CONNER.
clal value of the latter.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-01-23
Finance.

Hes one Of your milk-and-water
fellows, that chap Streeter."
you surprise ne, He seems such
O rugged character"
Understand me. mean that when
he takes a property to finance, he
milks 1t first and then waters it,
Puck.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-01-23

Indulgent Father-My son, your ed
ucstlcn has cost me $4,000. haze
spent Gil | have and yon must row go
right to work and earn a living at
something you understand,
Finished Son-Well, father, which
would you rather have me be, a base
ball pitcher or a billiard marker
New York Weekly.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-01-23
No Great Loss,

He had Just been introduced to the
widow of a man who had married for
money.
What kind of a man was the late
lamented?" he asked.
Well was the suggestive reply.
"he was just an expense. Chicago
Daily News.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-01-23
W h e Grain.
Cross. Section,

verse section. These, which are gen.
orally ti.c only ones mentioned in the
courts, the magazines, and the various
~treatises. may be useful in recognizing
vegetable debris that may be cut with
a knife, but they are quite insufficient
for the examination of a powder,
whether coarse or fine, In which the
elements rarely show a cross-sec.
ton, but usually appear in tangentiGl
or longitudinal section. To know these
1t is absolutely necessary to have seen
them and compared them with prepa-
rations similarly made from the veget-
able organ supposed to be the source
of the powder under examination. -"
For one familiar with this kind of OBJ.
servation it is extremely easy to say
whether a vegetable powder comes
from a root, n bark, a seed, or a leaf;