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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-05-02

Eighty miles an hour Is the speeu
of a hurricane movement.
Some of the larger boats of the
Atlantic service carry as many as
$50 firemen.
The population of Greater New
York is 100000; of Greater Lon
don 100000.
According to the Rev, B. l.. Agnew
the average salary of Presbyterian
ministers is 500 year.
William Newberry, of Quincy,
Mich, is ninety-five, but he has never
used spectacles to read or work with.
Lamar Jackson, full-blooded
Choctaw, has been appointed to a,
cadetship at West Point from Okla
homa.
Hezekiah wilkins, who fused the
first heat of iron made west OF New
York, died at Detroit recently, aged
eighty-seven.
To go further afield, mere chill
dren of ten, nine and even eight
years of age are, by Indian CUSTOM
often married. This applies to the
girl only, although native boys OF
from twelve to fourteen become hus'
bands and the nominal heads OF
households.
Consul Britain, of Kehl, explains
the new method Of keeping clean the
congested business streets of the
larger German cities. Metal tanks
are inserted at intervals to the level
of the street, and covered with iron
lids. Into these the offal is easily
swept. In the night the tanks are
hauled to the dumping grounds.
While giving geography lesson,
a teacher called upon a precocious
youngster named Johnny to tell what
he could about zones" Johnny re-
sponded as follows: There are two
kinds of zones, masculine and fem.
mine. The masculine zones are tenn
perate and Incorporate, while the
feminine zones are both horrid and
frigid."
The deepest we'll in the world Is
probably the one at Sperenberg, Ger
| MANY. some twenty miles from Der.
lin, sunk for the purpose of obtain
ing rock-salt brine. A bore-hole OF
sixteen inches diameter was carried
down to the depth of ESQ feet, where
the salt bed began; after further
descent of $50 feet the bore was re-
duced to thirteen inches diameter
and then continued till the extraordi'
nary depth of 4119 feet was reached
The real name of Defoe, the au'
thor of Robinson Crusoe," was Dan
iel Foe. His father, butcher oil
Cripplegate, was James Foe. Bott
father and son were busy men among
Dissenters about the year 1900, ant
the son, to distinguish him from the
father, was always called Mr.. ID
Foe. His letters to Lord Halifax
written in 1905, are signed in three
different forms-"D. Foe" de Foe
and Daniel De Foe" He after
wards adopted De Foe or Defoe al
his usual surname, and he has beer
known ever since as Daniel Defoe.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-05-02

The hands of the housewife will be
kept soft and white and free from all
chap, redness or roughness If borax Is
uaed
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-05-02
A Limit 70 curlnsltv

Owner-What made that horse kick
you?
Stable Boy-I may be a fool, guv'-
nor, but amt fool enough to go back
and ask him.-Illustrate Bits.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-05-02
Takinn the Tin.

Young man, don't you know that
it's better to be alone than in bad
company"
YES, sir. Good-by, sir!"-Philadel'
phia Inquirer.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-05-02

FITS, St. Vitus' DanceN ervous Diseases per
manently cured by DIR. Kline's Great Nerve
Restorer. 50 trial bottle and treatise free.
DR.. II. r. Kline, Id, 1881 Arch st., Phila., Pa.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-05-02

There were gee national banks that
failed in the United States between
January l, 1898, and January 81,
1908, Of which seventy-six are still
In the hands ~ receivers.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-05-02

A German is bringing, to America a
circus of trained ants. The insects
throw somersaults, make pyramids,
dance, wrestle and fence
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-05-02

Half-rates for women prevail in
some old Swedish hotels because they
eat less than men. NE18
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-05-02
A word from Josh Wise

Men sneer at women's shoppin', but
when women shop they don't have ter
eat cloves ter disguise what they've
been buyin'."
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-05-02
Love Reduced.

What is love?
Love is war; for further particu'
lars see Sherman-HarvaTd Lampoon,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-05-02

Laplanders are the shortest people
in Europe, the men averaging four
feet eleven inches, the women three
feet nine inches.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-05-02
Not SLANG.

Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens thegums, reducesinfiamma-
ton, allaYs pain, cures wind collie, 25ca bottle
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-05-02

Mrs. Rebecca Mock, 1875 q. Rich
Street, Columbus, Ohio, writes: Il
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-05-02
woMEN's KIDNEYS.

Are the Source of Most of Women's
Sickness.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-05-02
OTHER REMARKABLE CURES.

OTHER REMARKABLE CURES.
MOI writes: been IN
Mr. 1872 South Main St. Council Bluffs Iowa writes NV
store began and felt that gradually breaking down
bottles restored complete health
A SINCERE RECOMMENDATION.
1.-TWO
with
depleted could find nothing could eat without causing distress and sour
advertised began take it. helped and after taking three
Manufactured by Puna Drug Manufacturing Company Columbus Ohio
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-05-02

cess In producing an article
of extraordinary merit and
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-05-02

possible evidence OF Our Sue
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-07-03

to cause congressional investi-
cation into the facts connected
with the sub.treasury loss, and
to have the facts authoritatively
reported. The bill was in the
form such measures usually take.
Atkins claimed, as ! was inform
ed, that he was not personally
guilty of any neglect or official
fault; that he was guitless of any
wrong doing, either Of commits
sion or emission, ani while he
might be technically liable in a
court proceeding, he ought not,
in equity and good conscience, to
be held personally responsible for
the loss, and upon this he asked
chance to be heard. The only
way possible for him to have q
hearing on his claim was through
Congress, and he prayed for an
opportunity to present the facts
through proper committees to the
Congress for consideration.
Personally, | think every man
who claims right to be heard on
a matter vital to him should al
least be given a fair and Impair
tisl hearing. That is the univer-
! sal American rule Of fair play
What Missourian would wish
either Of bis Senators to stand ir
the way and deny one Of hi.
Constituents on narrow partisan
grounds the right to be heard il
support Of his claim when hs
asked ite There may be Mis-.
sourians who look at things il
that way, but. happily or unhap'
PLY, an not 50 constituted, anf
am counted = pretty good par
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-07-03

House, Judge Shackleford re.
ferred to the bill, and stated in
substance that he would insist
upon a rigid and thorough ex.
animation into the case, and thai
until such examination was made
and all the facts discovered, hs
would not be prepared to say
what action he ough. to take
when the bill came before the
House. In this position Judge
Shackleford was correct. AS 9
member of the committee, it was
his duty to see to it, as far as
possible, that the case was
thoroughly investigated and all
the facts relating to it discover.
ed. | understand that bill is still
pending before that committee
unacted upon.
Senator Warner, ! under
stand, is now in Chicago, where
he is likely to be detained for
some days yet. Undoubtedly, il
called upon, he would corrobor-
ate my statement.
That is all there is TO this much
exploited affair. If this is the
only thing in my official record
as Congressman, Governor and
Senator that my opponents can
find to criticise, then, indeed,
must they be hard pressed for
material. 1t furnishes a fine
picture of the drowning man
grasping a straw.
Respectfully
VIM. j. STONE.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-07-03
The Atkins BIZ.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, JUNE 13,
1908-Quite recently some enter
prising gentleman at Jefferson
City had printed many thousand
copies of what purports to be a
copy of a bill introduced by me
in the 59th Congress for the re-
lief of Thomas ], Atkins, SUBJ
treasurer at st. Louis, and these
have been extensively circulated
throughout the state. This has
been done with the notion that il
would in some way injure me.
Concerning this matter, there is
nothing / need desire to conceal.
The facts are as follows:
Senator Warner requested me,
as a matter of favor, to present
the bill for him. He prepared it,
and it was his bill. He stated
that he had been engaged to aid
in the defense Of young Dyer,
who had been indicted for en-
bezzling the S61, 800 purloined
from the sub-treasury, of which
he was a subordinate official,
ard the Senator said that as there
would probably be conflicts in
the course of that trial between
Dyer and Atkins, he would re-
gard it as a favor if l would
present the bill for him.
This did as a matter of ordinary
courtesy, without assuming re-
sponsibility for it, While the
bill on its face was for the re-
lief of Mr.. Atkins, its first and
most important effect would be
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-07-03

tisan, too. What would you
think Of me if I were Governor,
or a member of the State Legis-
lature, and a man, who had been
a public official, should come to
me and say, 81 have suffered a
loss without fault Of mine, and /
want to lay my case before you, "
and | should in a partisan spirit
and for partisan reasons, de-
cline TO give him a hearing? ]
think no man will impeach my
devotion to party or my consis-
tent advocacy of party organlza-
ton and disipline, but | have
never been so partisan as to deny
a man a hearing and then after
wards pass upon the merits of
his claim. So far as party SER
vice and devotion go, perhaps it
might be we'll for those who raise
this question to look to their own
records. l stand on the broad
proposition that every man has a
right to be heard, when he asks
it, before the constituted authori-
ties ,of his state or country.
Moreover, in matters Of this kind
the hearing would make it neces-
sary for the proper committees,
IT they properly discharged their
duties, to examine into and re-
port the facts, and the public in
such cases is as much interested
in knowing the facts and in do
ing Justice according to the facts
as the claimant himself.
After ! introduced the bill in
the manner stated, had nothing
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-07-03

more whatever to do with it. l
never afterwards gave a NOM
ent's thought or attention to it.
1t was referred to the Senate
Committee on Claims, of which /
am not a member. The commit
tee is made up of both Republic
cans and Democrats, and it is the
duty Of such committees, in such
cases, to carefully examine into
the facts and merits of the claim
and make the report. I assume
no obligation to support the bill
because | presented it. AS to
that, would have been govern
ed entirely by my judgment as
to the justice and equity of the
claim after the facts had been
ascertained and stated, The
bill was not acted upon by the
committee during the congress.
1t died while still in the commit
tee when the Congress finally
adjourned. On the assembling
of the next, or 60th Congress.
Senator Warner himself intro
duced a bill having the same
purpose in view, but with that
bill | have had no connection.
The statement which has been
made In some quarters that
voted for the bill is not true. ]
did nothing of the kind,
A similar bin was introduced
! in the House, and was referred
to the Committee on Claims, o.
(which committee Congressman
shackleiord Of Missouri is Z
member. Sometime subsequent
10 Introduction Of that bill. dur
ING q political debate in th'
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-07-03
The Peoples Choice.

Bryan is sure of nomination.
His friends are not dismayed by
growth of the johnson boom for
the Democratic presidential nomi-
nation. Mr.. Abbot is Washington
correspondent for the Commoner,
and is regarded as Mr.. Bryan
personal representative at the
capital. In that capacity he EN- :
phasizes the reason why Mr..
Bryan should be nominated.
To begin with, he should be
nominated because a majority
Of the Democratic voters of the
United States desire to see him
nominated. Now, that sounds
like a mere assertion which may
not be fact. But let US explain
There are public men hostile to
Mr.. Bryan. Nobody knows that
and them-better than he.
There are men in the senate and
in the house who think it un-
wise to nominate him. And vel
not one of these men is willing to
express himself in antagonism tc
Mr.. Bryan, for the simple reason
that he knows his constituency
stands for Bryan and would
make political trouble for hin
should he oppose the Nebraskan
Again, we think Mr.. Bryan
should be nominated for the rea'
son that with a few exceptions
the state convention of Demo-
crats have instructed for him ol
for nobody There are some
not many delegates instructed
for Judge Gray and Governol
johnson Of Minnesota.
Another reason for the nomi
nation of Mr.. Bryan is that in th'
elections of 1895 and 1900 h,
polled 100000 votes more thar
Grover Cleveland in the first, and
/, 200, 900 more than Cleveland il
the second, and 100000 NOR,
than his successor to the presi'
dental nomination, Judge Alto,
B. Parker. The latter fact il
pertinent, because the growth il
the number. of the voting popu
lation OF the United States shoul,
have made Judge Parker poll ten
Iof thousands more votes.
| Mr.. Bryan should benominate'
because he is the best vote get
ter the Democratic party ha
known In a quarter Of century
Mr.. Bryan should be nominate
because no one Of his opponent
for the nomination stands e
modern Democracy, or has ha
tine wide experience in public Al
fairs or the International &c
] quaintance which he possssse'
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-07-03

day picnic August ~, 20 ano ~
The aggregate resources of t41
national banks in Missouri il
$40, ,5s7, ,457.
And now st. Louis comes
along with claim of q popula-
ton Of 74s,37e.
There are about $50 fewer
children in Shelby county than
there was in 1900. Race suicideF
The mail pouch recently stolen
in Kansas City, and said to con-
tain $4,000, has not yet been
found.
Champ Clark believes that Mr.
Ball is the only Democrat who
can win the pennant in Missouri
this year.
In 1888 Jefferson county voted
on local option and went wet by
81 in 1888 and by 371 Tuesday of
this week.
Liberty isn't knocking John D,
Rockefeller any just now. Will
liam Jewell College is to get S125-
900 Of his money.
Sufficient money has been con-
tributed so that the Blockow band
will give concerts in the park
every Saturday evening.
The increase this year over
last years assessments of real
and personal property In Noda-
way county is S,40O,000.
A Katy train went into seYera
feet of water beside the trac
near Clinton, On Saturday, in
juring about fifty persons.
The preachers in Daviess coun-
ty seem to be trying to break in
to politics. Four of the frater'
nifty have announced for office
After all the extremely wet
weather the farmers of Platte
county are harvesting an enor-
nous wheat crop which appeared
to be Of fine quantity.
Eight veterans Of the Mexican
war enjoyed a reunion and held
a big feast in Springfield Sun.
day with Maj. William M. Weav-
or OF SO3 West Walnut street.
The five tickets for which the
Missourians will cast their bal
lots at the November elections
are: Republican, Democratic,
Socialist, Peoples and Prohibi.
ton.
A Lawton man caught q q
pound bass and to prove it dined
d dozen OF his friends on the big
fish. Those Missourians were
probably glad they demanded
proof.
On piano contest one Mis-
souri, editor has subscriber who
10 paid up for iO6 years. A few
like that man would make the
general newspaper list ayerags
up pretty well.
r. NJ. Brown Of jefferson Cit,
was awarded damages to tn,
amount Of s22. 600 in the Mis-
souri, supreme court for libeloul
articles printed in the Globe
Democrat and tlts st. Louis Re-.
public.
The Missouri Steel and IroI
Company Of Boston has bough
$500 acres Of land ten miles eas
Of Poplar Bluff and proposes i
put up an iron smslter there
They propose also TO operate i
Cape and Wayne counties,
Local option counties need NJ
longer suffer from . drought o
zrdent spirits Express paekag'
Il beverages which both chez
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-07-03
'ROUNDABOUTTHES STATE.
Cleaned from Exchanges--Madeb by the Shears,
the Pencil and the Paste Pot--Some Origi-
nal. Some Credited. and Some Stolen.
but Nearly All Interesting Reading.

TO them under a finding of the
supreme court, handed down in
an opinion written by Judge
Burgess. Abram Rosenberger
wholesale dealer, who made
such consignments to persons in
Webster county, which is opera
ting under the local option law,
was fined $500 by the circuit
court there, being adjudged
guilty Of a violation of the laws.
The case was appealed to this
court. The lower court was re-
versed and Rosenberger was or
dered discharged. Judge Bur-
CESS held in his opinion that the
sale of the liquor was completed
in Kansas City, from which point
it was shipped, and not in Web
ster county, to which it was sent.
The Missouri girl is surely in
dependent even if she does some-
times have hard times getting
a husband. Elsie Wyles, a pret-
| ty nineteen-year old girl OF
Clarence, answered the wife want
ad of Ben Monchon OF New Or
leans. When Monchon appeared
at Clarence to wed, he turned
out to be a sawed off little runt
and she told him to go chase him.
self.
James Lynce had hard luck
Jumping his board bill in Spring,
field. He was arrested and fined
81 dollar. Claiming he had nc
money, he was remanded to jai
and when searched 1915 was
found stitched to his clothes. By
the the time he was through with
fines and garnishments, he wat
S23.75 poorer instead of just So
the amount Of his board bill.
The Gallatin Democrat says il
knows a man who is making the
campaign for congress by talk.
ling good roads. The Democrat
thinks the subject a good one
but adds that this same candi.
date has not paid his road tax
A little consistency now and
then is relished by the best oi
men.
Mrs. James Boyle of Sheridan,
was awarded a verdict Of $4,000
by court in Kansas City. She
was severly injured in the fire al
the pepper building in Kansas
City last year, falling from the
third story Of the building and
was hurt internally, She sued
for ten thousand.
| A few Sundays ago rather ar
Unusual sight was Witnessed al
the Pleasant Ridge church. The
Three brothers were there whose
ages were eighty-two, seventy
eight and sixty-eight. They
were A. g. and Davis Parrish O
Macon and William Parish o
Washington.
/ A nineteen-year old Birch tre'
Igirl is asking q divorce afte
three months of matrimony with
q drunken husband. She CAV,
as her reason for marrying tha
he was her first chance and sh,
ltook him. Most women take |
worthless man because he is |
last chance.
The Missouri River succeedet
lin breaking through the dixie
ljust west OF the Chicago & Altor
railroad bridge ct Glasgow ant
completely changing its course
This was threatened last yea
u but was successfully stopped be
fore much damage was done.
y The sheriff Of Howell count,
has been sued for 5000 by a
escaping wife whom he srrsste'
Ion : telegram from the husband
Some papers which made sensa
, tional mention Of the matter wi
also be sued Tor libel.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-07-03

Mr.. Bryan was a brilliant mem.
Der OF congress in 1893; he has
never been out of public life
since. His first great stroke ia
congress was the magnificent
speech he made in defense Of the
Wilson tariff bill, before 1t had
been amended out Of proper re-
cognition.
His life has been spent in the
study of national and interna-
tional questions. He has visited
every quarter of the world, end
done 80, unlike one of his possi-
BILE competitors on the Republic
can ticket, wholly at his own ex-.
pense. He knows the United
States as no other man knows it,
and the people OF the United
States he knows even better than
his own great rival in personal
popularity, because Bryan trav-
els merely as an individual, a.
plain citizen who is to be met by
all men and not protected by
committees, secret service men,
or that dignity which doth hedge
about a king.
He should be nominated be-
cause he can be elected. Mr..
Bryan has been before the
American people for twelve
years and the only forces oppos-.
ing him are the forces Of uncom-
promising plutocracy. The,
people know him-they know
that in all these years he has
stood for the same ideas, that OF
changing conditions have made,
the money question which,
brought him into prominence now
negligible, the deeper and more,
vital question which underlaid
that question-namely the right
of the man rather than that of
the dollar-~is still as. close to his ],
heart as it was when he swayed
the Chicago convention with his.
magnificent burst Of oratory.
He should be nominated be-
cause he is the real type of
Democrat, working as an indivi-
dual, doing what he can in his
own way and according to his
own convictions and at his own
expense. He has done more to-
restore the Democratic party to
the position which it held before
the disasterous election Of 1902
than any other man in the United
States. His indominable cour-.
age, his unfailing fidelity to his
party and to the policies for
which it stands, his singular and
unapproachable ability as an ad-
vocte before the people have re-
suited in making even the Reps
ublican administration accept
and urge his principles upon a
Republican congress, and, as Mr.,
Bryan himself says, Mr.. Roose-
welt has succeeded in making his
views respectable,
He should be nominated be-
cause he will be nominated. As
1t stands now, nobody who knows
anything of politics and who is
unprejudiced will question the
fact that Mr.. Brysn's nomina-
ton is absolutely assured. Much
ado has been made about New
York, but what may happen to
New York in the national con-,
vention is yet to be determined.
Although Minnesota has de-
clared for Governor johnson, the
states of North and South Da-
kota, of Iowa and Wisconsin,
which surround Minnesota and
are presumably settled by the
same type Of people and swayed
by the same purposes, have all
sent instructed delegations for
Mr.. Bryan. The public men
from Wisconsin say that, IS
against any man except La Fol-
1 lette. Bryan can carry the state.
That seems another good reason
u,hxf bryan af3s..s44 ~. ,,t,t,ninafod
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-07-03

The sheriff Of Howell county
has been sued for 5000 by an
escaping wife whom he arrested
on ; telegram from the husband.
Some papers which made sensa-
tional mention Of the matter will
also be SUED Tor libel.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-10

However it was found that there is
conservatism that will prevent any
general increase in the output. the
mill men feeling that there is mo- yet
sufficient cause to rush the cut to any
great proportions. H. II. Smell, Of
Birmingham. vice president presided
in the absence of President Hughes,
with Secretary !. Fl. Eddy, also OF
Birmingham in the chair.
a L. Brown, special agent of the
national forestry department. made a
talk on tuTpentine, being in Alabama
for the purpose of finding out if there
are many trees yet fit for boxing and
O. O. Bright, special men with the
Yellow Pine Manufacturers AssOcia-
ton. talked of the general conditions
over the territory.
Secretary Eddy reported that there
is renewed interest in the work and
aims of the association and that mill
men are making much use of it. As
a whole the reports were encouraging
along every line. and the members
take it to mean that things are going
to continue to brighten After the
meeting there was a good dinner and
after that adjournment TO the ball
game.