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The silver messenger., 1908-06-02
COUNTRY STORE EXPENSE LIGHT
Local Merchants Should Be Able TO
Meet City Store Competition.

In the matter of expense of conduct
ing business, the country merchant
has far the edge over the storekeep-
er of the large city. He has lower
taxes, his insurance is not so high
neither has he TO pay his help such
high wages as the city merchant. In
fact, the country merchant can sell
goods lower than the big city store.
and make money-that is if he is
good buyer and gets his goods at the
price he ought to buy them at. II is
all tommy-rot to say that the depart
ment store sells goods for quality any
lower than does the average country
merchant. The reason is plain-de-
partment storekeeper or the mail-or-
der house can't do it, because ex-
penses are so much higher. Walk
into department store, ask to see
line of hats. mems hats, or a line of
shoes. Note the prices marked and
then drop into a country store, pick
out the same quality, let it be the
same make of goods. What viii you
find? That the country store asks
fully Is TO 20 per cent. less than the
same goods are sold for in the big
city store.
The silver messenger., 1908-06-02

mile away over the hill she ha..a
laint sounding "Coo-ees!" that were
growing nearer and coming nm tbe
ridge. op 1ne
Madden's herders, for money!" sba
nearu un yell. But we'll git in
ahead. They won't Sast come much
nearer-they won't rick a mix.un
lney We got five thousand n that band
ana II they run into our four thousand
II would be the derndest mess in nine
counties"
Inc W's" were bounding up the
slope and the advance line was all but
topping the ridge.
suddenly she heard a great rustline
among the trees and brush on the west
SIDE OF the ridge, opposite that on
which the first great billow of "W'sp
was beginning to appear.
FROM below came whooping yells.
the barking Of dogs, wild bleats and
low roar as 10000 little feet beat the
ground and 5000 little round heads
were poked out from among the pines
A great wave of ms" loomed for a
moment from over the way, ready to
rush In and become one with the bill
low of 'W's" which had charged nm
the east side of the ridge just in time
to meet it.
Stop EN-. Stop EN-! Head 'em of
Can't you stop 'em!" was Mays fran
tic appeal
When she looked again the two
great tides of sheep had met and
mingled. The "W's" were scamper-
ing wildly about among the Ms" and
the MS" were threading through
and through the "W's," so that, as
1t seemed, in one wild moment, the
dreaded, the tragic. mix-up was as
complete as the mix-up of a we'll
shutfied pack of cards.
Lew Madden rode over to where
May stood leaning against a pine, cry
The silver messenger., 1908-06-02
BEING UP-ro-pArE.
Live Business Men the Ones Who
Make the Greatest Success.


TIE man in business is out to win
or he wouldn't be in business. There
are many little details that must he
looked after, must be studied and
which are essential to success. MANY
merchants, particularly in small
towns, are kept so busy wrapping IN
bits of ginghams. weighing out sugar
and doing the hundred and three 9TH
er things, that they think they have
no time to give all these little essen
tals attention These days the mer-
chant is really up against a hard
game, unless he keeps right in line
and to the front Statistics show that
80 per cent. of those who engage in
the retail trade fail.
People must buy necessities. The
average mortal wants the best he can
get for the least money. Merchant
Jones can't sell at any higher prices
than Brown on the opposite side OF
the street sells like goods for, and
Browns method is pretty good.
Brown has captured a good trade.
and on some lines gets sitter prices.
How does he do it? Look at the ar
rangement of his goods. He has a
place for everything, and everything
properly in its place, and displayed to
the greatest advantage He hasn't
his potatoes and his apples mixed in
a heap and his tomatoes and other
canned goods of the vegetable class
mixed with his jellies and his Jams:
neither are the labels SO covered with
dust that the goods look as If they
were held in stock for years. You can
just bet Brown is up-to-date, his goods
are so arranged that people find a
pleasure in stopping in front of the
store and looking at the show win
dows, and go through the door and
see the harmony and order in all the
arrangement of his stock. Brown
himself is no slouch, his attire Is plain
but neat, no gaudy display and his
temper is always even, and a smile
is for every customer, and all his
clerks are required to keep them
selves neat and show the greatest
courtesy to everyone who enters the
SURE lnen, again. ne sees 0nat goods
are delivered promptly, no delay in
getting your sugar. your butter and
all that you order from Brown, for he
is always Johnny-on-the-spot Then
again, he keeps all his customers feel
ing well; he always believes in an
era Of good feeling; he is sympathetic.
Then Brown is a man who doesn't
believe in keeping a set Of books for
The purpose of charging up poor ac-
counts. He has a knack of collecting
his bills so his customers feel they
are under obligations to him. and
while he is a stickler for making cash
sales, sometimes good responsible
customers want a little credit, and
get it. Merchants like Brown are the
kind that build up the home town.
The silver messenger., 1908-06-02
THE LIMB AND ME CONS kA-wHALLoP ACROSS OLD LEA

1t was warm, bright day, and the
ducks weren't stirring around much.
There was a big log about 80 feet
from the blind" that run out from the
butt of a half-sunk sycamore. This
sycamore was a whopping tree, and
was connected with the shore on one
side by a catch of drift-wood. Well,
/ heard a noise and turned around
towards that log, peeking quiet out
Of the blind" and there on that log
sat the biggest raccoon ever laid
my eyes on.
He was squatting there listening. l
took the A, slipped it through a
crack in the willows, and aimed for
the juncture of his neck and shoul-
ders. l touched the trigger, and the
coon melted off that log like a dew
drop from a lily-pad. 1 got out and
went around the log and there he
laid as dead as Pharaoh.
After we had supper showed Dib
the coon, and he says: Hes strap
pin big fellow, amt he? The big
gest one ever saw except that old
buck coon on Shadow lake. And he
was a giant. This lad amt rat along
side of him"
Did you kill that one. Dib?"
said I.
NO; but he came pretty near kill
ing me-" was Dib's response.
How was it, Dib?" says L There
must be a story to that coon some
where"
Well" says Dib, Il reckon there
was a sort of tale to it. It'll kill a
little time, and I don't mind telling
you about it.
You reckollect old man Parrott?
The man l introduced you to down at
the depot last fall. Heavy-set fellow,
big brown eyes, nose hooked like a
chicken-hawk's beak, all the tim
smiling. Well. old Wib is the boss
coon hunter anywhere along these
bottoms. At that time he had the
most surprisingest coon-dog thatd
ever hit these parts.
But the old man he allowed it was
Just the cross he wanted. Pure hound
for the scent and following the trail,
part wolf for cunnin', and bull for hold,
on. When that pup was only few
weeks old he came swimmin' after
a skiff the old man and fellow from
Saint Looey was in, and the fellow
says. What's his nameT And old
Wib says 1 hain't named him yit'
Call him Leander, says this here fel.
The silver messenger., 1908-06-02
GO OUT FOR TRADE
MERCHANT SHOULD BE AN Ex-
PERT IN HIS LINE.
WISE USE OF PRINTERS INK
How Advertising by Specialist Was
Turned TO Profit by = Wide
Awake Country Store
keeper.

One of the latest deals of the town
to-town man is the working up Of sales
for some local merchant He enters
the town and contracts with some
storekeeper to hold a weeks sale
What goods the merchant cannot sup
ply he will have shipped in to add to
the stock on hand. He is a worker for
the percentage on the gross sales, and
stands the advertising bills. He is a
postmaster in the art Of country town
advertising. He knows how to get out
an attractive poster and how to reach
the town people and the farmers as
well. He covers the front of the store
with signs calling attention to the
sale. He has a force of specially
trained clerks. He makes business
fairly hum, unless he bucks up
against another merchant in the town
who knows a few things about getting
business himself.
Not long ago in one of the small
western cities one of the experts"
opened up sale for a merchant who
had a considerable stock Of stale
goods, particularly boots and shoes,
on hand. The front of the store build
ing was covered with attractive signs.
thousands of posters and handbiIls
were sent throughout the city and
country, and the advertising began to
show results. There was one live
merchant in the town who saw a
chance to reap a benefit from the ef-
forts of the expert" The sale had
only fairly gotten under way when the
dealer-up-to-date commenced placard-
ing his store in the same block He
was not slow in the advertising line.
When the sale manipulation hung out
his sign, Finest shoes in the town.
S1.50 per pair" the up-to-date man met
it with: These shoes don't look like
kid, they are not paper, but they will
wear better than anything you can
get for twice the money-only 81.
Other signs called attention to hon
est values; that there was no special
sale on hand; it was regular business
and regular prices-but prices -ere
right, the goods were right and honest
values, and invited comparison with
ANY other stock in town" and the
people were interested.
Farmers understand the bargain
sale" deal, and at the end of the first
day the up-to-date man had sold 139
pairs of shoes and rubbers. He didn't
have to cut prices. He gathered uu
all his odds and ends of stock, placardl
ed them so as to tell the people they
were little out of style. but honest
bargains, and he did business in vol
umes as great as the expert bargain
man, and convinced his customers
that not alone on one day could they
get full value for their money. but on
any day.
1t is well for the merchant in the
small city to do judicious advertising.
This will bring as good results. and
save the percentage paid the expert.
In fact if the merchant would take the
amount that would be paid out to the
expert and use it in advertising in his
home paper he would be the winner in
the end. Then, again, the expert" IS
out to make sales, and he makes them
sometimes in such a way as to turn
away the trade of those who were
good customers of the merchant.
D. NJ CARR
The silver messenger., 1908-06-02

low. It seemed like good mouth
hllin' name and so Wib christenes
him Leander.
We'll, they was a monster coon
down on Shadow lake that had
whipped all the dogs that was ever
brought against him. He wasn't no
ordinary coon. but nearly as big as
young bear. and every ounce bone and
muscle. He'd get out into a little
pond or piece Of marsh and when
dog'd tackle him he'd souse the dogs
head under water a few times. con
tributin few bites at the same time
to make it binding.
"Old Wib hears Of this coon, and
he comes over for me, and a big
crowd of us goes down to Shadow
lake one moonlight night Well, you
know that country. Pucker-brush,
swamp-holes, briers, dead logs, the
worst ever. We got the trail of this
big fellow easy enough, for he used
to prowl down aro1nd Hogeye bend
most all the time, and in about half
an hour Leander barked 'treed.'
When we got to where IT was, the
coon had got out on an old Eastwood
that stood in a little pond where we
couldn't well use the axes, and we
could see him away up and out on a
big limb that slanted across this
here pond. allowed I'd climb up and
shake him down, and one of the boys
gave me hist and up 1 went. When
l got out to where he was / couldn't
jar him loose.
But finally all of a sudden he
clawed loose from the limb and down
he went into the pond with about a
bushel of bark and grapevine and
splinters around him, and the minute
he lit Leander and some more of the
dogs flew out to where he was. l
squirms around on my perch, about
40 foot from the water, to get a
look at the fight, and just as the buck
coon and Leander has arranged to
ketch holts, whack goes my limb
and down l come before ! could
holler, Lock out below
The silver messenger., 1908-06-02

ing. The rest had all run up the ridge
chasing the sheep toward the meadow.
Lew got off his horse and was close to
her before she saw him.
"Oh, it was mean of you," she de
clared, with wet cheeks and flaming
eyes, mean, meant"
This mix-up?" he said, smiling soft
ly. "Oh, don't know. They can stay
mixed for all care. It's all right"
"Why. what makes you say that?"
she cried. dabbing at her eyes with a
handkerchief. I'VE can't separate
them until the end of the season. I'm
less" she added a little more hope
fully, I'VE could rig up a corral and
a fool-gate here somewhere. l won
der if we could?"
But don't want" said he. 1T
would take a months work, and it
isn't worth while anyway"
We'll" she said, with forced firm
ness. IN do it then"
But you don't want to either"
"Why don't want to?'
Because you're going to marry me.
Little Bopeep hasn't lost her sheep.
They've just strayed in among her
lovers. And they are going TO stay
there and never be separated Come!
| am yours and so are all my sheep!
He held out his arms to her. Never
had she seemed so weak in the face
of the fine. strong, insistent mastery
of his presence. But she summoned
the protesting word at last though it
came out family.
mol"
"Come!"
Il won't do it,
He came nearer and put his great
arms about her.
you're taking me for granted after
all You're just as mean as
mo; I'm taking you for dear, an
gelic little creature, who loves me very
much" -,
"There YOU are! You said it! I'll
NOT he taken for granted that way
She struggled to free herself.
"How will you be taken. then
"Not at all. You don't understand
Won don't deserve-you're just as mean
as"
But he stopped her words with
l,iss and. after little struggle her
naod nestled down upon his shoulder.
TTri hunting for his mistress espied
bor sitting on a rock beside Lew, and
noplr n Lpke.
oTbere's another mix-up over there
no said grinning and pointing toward
,ho mines Guess them sheepll all be
.wearin' MS next season"
The silver messenger., 1908-06-02

sing hey for the range! The spring
VA vas IN May Windom's blood when she
-. ~ out mounted on Fidget, her cow
sOs nat happing in the wind that blew
uoWh @ from the cool uplands and her
stay eyes alive with the thrill of the
r,Sn '' she rode beside the Brickers,
~n-le wa url and Zeke drove in the camp
,, nasons for the first few tame miles
sbnIs ons the lane from Zephi, the meek
"eep trotting passively ahead.
hy evening they were well up into
sn cue foothills. having forced the sheep
y, "ard at very good pace.
~ NeAt morning Uri decided to take
-. cue trail over the ridge. While it was
mnS Mp and rough it cut off about eight
om o,lies OF the journey to the Sky-Mead.
th, country and when they made camp
,ra at night Zeke decided Lew Madden
'"s good five miles behind.
Ooo.ee! Coo-ee!" yelled Uri as May
y syeneu -tn's him The Madden outfit must
.Ound na'nd another cutoff. But they'll
1r sn, get in ahead O. us. See them
ira i'Aes' lie pointed to where two curl
s r,Su columns rose on the far side of the
ms. hee Wen drive 'em to the top,
hoot hlOot' an then along up the hog
in ., 70 the medder. They won't git
=" ahead O. u.s."
N.,. e spirit of the range was strong in
her Her blood mounted warmly, and
sbaoa morse pressed sharply upon the
clear. Her voice rang iouu anu
Of ". M when the rapidly moving mass
sornn ute backs scurried through the
pines near the top, not half a
The silver messenger., 1908-06-02
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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-27
ENTERS NEW YORK
| IN A HEAVY RAIN
THOUSANDS TURN OUT TO VEL
COME REPUBLICAN cANDl.
DATE IN NEW YORK.
GUEST OF STATE CHAIRMAN
Streets famed With People, and With
Rocket and Red Fire Made
the Night a Msmor.
laI One.

New York. Oct. 27.-Devoting the
day to trip into Connecticut and the
evening to speech making in Brooklyn
William II. Taft's first day of active
campaigning on his present visit to
this section was prosecuted by him
with both vigor and earnestness. While
the day, despite its call for a speech
of some length In New Haven, and G
shorter one at Port Chester on the
return trip to New York, was one OF
comparative ease for the Republican
candidate the calls that were made
upon him in Brooklyn Monday night
were such as to keep him actively oc
cupied every moment of his time
When the candidate entered that por
tion of Greater New York late
Monday he found himself fairly over
whelmed with engagements. Before
the night was over he had accomplish
ed five speeches, eaten dinner with 6
hundred prominent Republicans as the
guest of Republican State Chairman
Timothy l.. Woodruff, reviewed q
parade, which In spite OF somewhat ad.
verse weather conditions was impres.
sive In its size and inspiring In It's en-
thusiasm and then attended recep
tion at the Union League club.
A deluge which broke loose Just al
about the time that Mr.. Taft was en-.
tering New York threatened for time
to interfere with the evenings pro.
gram there. II had been planned tc
make the parade one OF the big fea.
lures of the. demonstration and the
downpour, the heaviest OF the fall sea,
son thus far, continued long enough
to give the managers of the parade and
the proposed participants in 1t several
anxious quarter hours. The rainfall
ceased. however, some time before the
parade was scheduled to start, and the
comfort of the marching thousands OF
of the. reviewing party was not inter.
fered with.
1t required an automobile ride of an
hour In a heavy downpour of rain for
Mr.. Taft to reach the Montauk club In
Brooklyn. where he had dinner. He
arrived there at o'clock. A five mile
automobile ride brought Judge Taft
to his first meeting. The streets were
crowded and red fire and rockets made
the dark night luminous. The audi,
torium in Metropolitan Sanger hall,
was filled with Jewish audience, and,
after five minutes of cheering had been
given for Taft, the audience paid a
hearty tribute to Oscar Straus, secre.
tary of commerce and labor. Mr..
Straus, in introducing Mr.. Taft said
that he wanted TO leave no doubt that
the election Of Judge Taft would work
the greatest benefit to the country.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-27
CHIPS FROM OHI0'S NEWS LOG''
SHORT STORIES OF OCCUR
RENcEs IN THIS STATE.
A Days Record Of Accidents, peiIts
cal Events, Etc.
Reunion Ends Balloon Trip.

Chardon. o., Oct. 27.--The fates re.
united brother with his sisters Sat
urday when the big balloon "All-Ameri;
can" carrying Pilot Leo stevens and
two members of the Canton Aero club,
landed on the farm of Charles Hart.
man in Huntsburg township. The bal.
loon, which had left Canton at 2:15
p. M. came down just at dusk Hart
man saw the big bag drift slowly over
his farm and settle to the ground. He
hurried to II, found the passengers all
safe, assisted in rolling up the canvas
and invited the trio to his home for
supper. When Stevens entered the
house Mrs. Hartman met him.. She
gave one startled glance and then
rushed toward him. why, Leol" she
cried "Leo!" When greetings were
over, word was sent for Mrs. Ed Cliff.
ford, living nearby. She came hur-
rledly. wondering A second reunion
followed. Mrs.i Clifford also proved
to be sister OF the balloonist i.s-
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-27
AoaInat La borlno Men.

While William H. Taft is travelling
about Ohio and elsewhere making
frantic appeals for the support of la
boring men, his running mate on the
Republican ticket, James s. Sherman,
Is giving his Endorsement to the state
ment that Tabor unions are com
posed largely of anarchists, socialists
and demagogues." Mr.. Sherman
heard the organized wage worker of
the country thus denounced by a
trust magnate who presided at a meet
ing where he spoke, and gave approval
of the sentiment expressed When
Mr.. Sherman appeared recently at
Akron, o., the meeting which he ad.
dressed was presided over by o. c..
Barber, president of the Diamond
Match Company. Mr.. Barber intro
duced Mr.. sherman to the audi
ence In doing so he made use OF the
following language, as stenographically
reported:
zone of the main reasons for the
success of the Diamond Match Com
pany is that It's directors HAVE
NEVER TOLERATED UNION LABOR
IN IT'S SHOP. THEY HAVE AL
WAYS BEEN OPEN. We have had
no one to dictate TO MS what wages we
shall pay what men We shall hire, and
what hours oip employees s.fall work
LABOR UNIONS TODAY ARE
COMPOSED LARGELY OF AN
ARCHlSTS, S0CIALISTS AND DEM.
AGOGUES."
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-27
SHORT PARAGRAPHS.

George, crown prince of Servia, left
here Monday for ST. Petersburg. The
purpose of his journey is believed tc
be the announcement of his betrothal
to his cousin, Princess Marina Mich
olaeon.
The spherical balloon of the sigma
corps was sent up Monday in Wash
ington Aboard 1t were Lieuts. Lahm
Winter and Faulois of the aeronautical
board. The voyage is for experimental
purposes only.
The reply of the Emperor of Japan
to the message from President Roose
welt delivered through Count Komura
the foreign minister; has been forward
ed to Baron Takahira, the Japanese
ambassador at Washington.
The fire in the Hazel mine OF the
Pittsburg. Buffalo Co. near Cannons
burg, Pa, which was thought to be
under control broke out afresh Mon
day and Is now said to be gaining on
the fire fighters. The blaze covers an
area of about 300 yards. .
The only temple in the world whose
walls, floor and roof are of one single
piece, was opened at Chicago Sunday.
1t is built of reinforced concrete. on
the Edison plan, of continuous mate.
rial with no seams. The temple belongs
to the Unity congregation. Universal
list.
The decision was rendered on pc
tition brought by l.. d. Willcutt Sons
& Co. of Boston, asking for an injunc
ton against the BTicklayers' and Stone
Masons' Benevolent unions, restraining
them from imposing a fine of $1O0 each
on two members of the union who had
refused to 60 out on strike.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-27
WIN Co Home TO Vote.

Washington, Oct. 27.--orville Wright
the aeroplanist Will leave Fort Myer
hospital for his home in Dayton, o.,
on Saturday If his condition continues
to improve. His sister, Miss Cathe.
rine Wright, who has nursed him at
the army hospital, will accompany her
brother. Mr. Wright desires to vote
In the resident presidential election
though 1t may be necessary to carry
him to the polls. 1t probably will be
several months before he is able to use
his injured leg