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The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1908-01-23
Eye Spanlanei.

DR.. l. l. Ames will be at home
for two months and viii give his
attention to professional work.
He would refer all whose eyes
need attention to the large mum
Der Of people who have had work
done by him. Note letters which
will be published each week in
this paper.
ONCE Of J. p. LawtoD,
Yates Center. Kan.
1 am personally acquainted
with DR.. L l. Ames, the oculist,
OF Rich Hall, No, he having Wis
tied our city at different times.
Ont of the large amount Of work
done by him here, I have heard
no complaints. He has done
work for my wife, which has
proven satisfactory. l feel that
his business methods are legal
and above criticism.
J. p. LAwToN,
Probate Judge.
Rich Hin. No, Jan. -, OS.
DR.. l. l. Ames.-The specta-
Giles you made for me three years
ago have given me more satisfac-
tion than any others / ever had.
/ would not go back 20 the old
cheap lenses for any money.
Your hand ground work is the
thing for me
7. B. AsBURY.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1908-01-23

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The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1908-01-23

We VIII giyc oar readers a
chance e rsad Tie S. Louis Re-
public daily rural roale ediil0n,
and the Iigol3E one year for
S2SN nispefaaps the bsst Of
ieg va base uade b iais lia
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1908-01-23
Braka jail al Baaar.

jim Cole and Frank Fisher,
who were laying out" q 6ne for
being drunk, broke jail az Butler
Sunday night When omcer
Duncan took their supper 70
them az 6 o'clock, the men were
ia their cells, but when De went
back about 8 o'clock Ia fx the
fire, the prisoners had dissp-
peared, aud have mol been recap.
tered
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1908-01-23

When you want job work turn
ed out in a hurry, think OF the
TRIBUNE
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1908-01-23

John Calnmetan aged resident
OF Nevada, was killed Tuesday
night by walking from an up.
stairs porch lie was a sufferer
from Asthma and walked out on
the porch during the night 10 get
air, and stepped OF the edge.
The Young Mems Christus
Club gave a social az the home OF
Mr. and Mrs J. B. Watson. cor.
ner OF -th and olive streets. last
night. An excellent program
was rendered. and an present
report a good time
Mr. and Mrs J. X. Martin
drove over 20 Foster Tuesday AT.
.ternoun, whore Mrs Martin who
is district deputy OF the Rebecca
lodge ,installed the officers ofthat
order
Collector Combs informs us
that be will be in Rich hin Feb.
10 With Tire Tax bouiss Tor The last
time, and all taxes not paid then
viii be turned IN delinquent
The Electric Theatre is now
changing the program three
times a week Monday, Wednes.
day and Friday A place 10 SO
every night 40
oiss Stotcr, am old.umer OF
Rich HiH,but now abusiuess man
81 Snyder, Okla, vas shaking
hands with friends here arst Of
the week.
The travelling men have named
the Missouri paciuc train that
makes daily runs between Kan
sas City aud Nevada the Asylum
Special
Mrs j. h Martin installed the
officers Of the Rebecca lodge in
Hume Friday night
Postmaster Parish, OF Adrian.
renewed his subscription 10 ID,
lTRBuNE yesterday.
Phone your society and othel
iteme 20 the TuBuNE We vii
appreciate h.
Mrs Watt Dawson, of Butler
IS visiting relatives ia this city.
u y Warren favored this 0hic,
with areneWal Friday.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-02-27

the choice is not between idleness
and business cares. In the world
of books and art and music; in the
world of ont-of-doors with it's mil
lion miracles Of growth and birth
and resurrection of plant life out
of seeming death, there is plenty
to occupy his mind and to make
life interesting and beautiful.
The man who throws himself
body and soul into business is
serving himself and forgetting the
vast pleasure and true happiness
to be found in serving others. By
.cultivating the neglected side of
his mind he could enlarge his out.
look upon life, develop beauties
and interests hitherto unsupported,
and find thousand pleasures in
the world about him. that he over
looks when he let's business circum-
scribe his life and mind. Duluth
Herald.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-02-27
A Banquet.

Last week we left the mega
therium fight before the referee
made known his decision. AS a
matter of fact, there could be but
one ending to such fight. As I
remarked, the megatherium's brain
is SO small as compared with his
body, that he doesn't know enough
to come in out of the rain. And
when he starts to fight he doesn't
know enough to stop. As q cons
sequence there was singing in the
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-02-27
The Cutters.

There are always cutters, q large
number of them, to poster, annoy
and disturb the regular order Of
business in every organization.
What different thing life pro-
lection would be and how different
the status of the business generally,
if there were no cutters. The
quit err is not always dissatisfied
but often he quits without any par
ticular i'll feeling towards the
Organization from which he with
draws his allegiance and support.
He quits because it is his nature
to quit. He never holds on to any,
thing. His whole life is made up
of beginnings and cuttings. He
is always sowing seed, but never
reaps a harvest; there is no harvest
time for the gutter. He Is always
breaking ground for new founda-
tions, but never erects structure,
therefore never has q permanent,
abiding place. He buys a lot on
the installment plan, makes few
payments down and throws up his
contract. He could not buy one
any other way, because the gutter
is not saver and his current in
come is all the resource he has.
He is man who invariably de-
|spises the day of small things and
has not the patience to wait for
anything to grow The gutter is
a numerous tribe, We find marked
evidence of this in all life protec-
tive organizations. The quitting
members outnumber the persistent
ones by more than ten to one.
There is no more foolish proceed
ing imaginable. Save your society,
yourself and your beneficiaries.
Exchanges.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-02-27
pearance on this earth, but / cant
tell you about it this time.
Dick.
Liie'S Lesson.

There is a lesson in the life of
Edmund Clarence Stedman, poet
banker who died recently at a ripe
age after long and busy and
happy life.
The lesson is this: Seek a
broader life; don't let any one
thing monopolize your time and
attention; give your business the
time it deserves, but make your
self better fitted to conduct it by
broadening your life and thereby
your mind and your capacity.
Stedman was not only poet
and author Of wide culture and
much achievement, but he was also
a successful banker. He was SO
much of success as poet that
he ranks as one Of the last OF the
old school of American poets but
by no means one of the least. He
was so much Of success as q
banker, that he was comfortably
situated all his life, and died far
from poor. He has said: sat
thirty I went into the stock ex-
change because I needed to be
independent in order to write and
study" He remained in the stock
exchange all his life, and was sue
cessful there; yet he found time to
be broad and cultured and whole
some poet as well; he found time
tolive the large, free life of thought
and culture.
Too many men give room in their
lives to but one thing. If it is
their business, they make it fill
their lives and crowd out every
thing else, even tho that means
providing out everything that is
really worth while. No business
man can find excuse for failure to
let into his life the light and uplift
OF books, music, art, clean recreas
ton. No man can afford to crowd
these things out Of his life. They
are just as necessary as his daily
bread. If he lacks bread, he stal yes;
if he lacks books, he starves again;
but when he starves from lack Of
bread it is only his body that dies,
while il he starves from lack Of
mental nourishment it is mind and
soul that die.
The average man of business
breads retirement, and continues
at his labors until he drops in THE
traces, because he has no resource
but business. There is vast
world of delights and pleasures
outside Of business, il he would
only open his eyes and see them.
A man who has grown in all direc-
tons instead Of only one may look
forward to retirement from business
with pleasure, because with him
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-02-27

buried with word.
How memory comes with lei
many offerings, all brought in the
letter from home. Pen fails; word.
run together rs drops OF water
Like flowers in ones lap, there II
pile Of pictures There comes {
thousand fond recollections. The
young sweethearts-the struggles
for stolen kisses the dreams OIL
life Heser realized, and the, con.
tinuous arrivals of the unexpected
The longings and sighings for the
future to open its wonderful doors
still faster and faster, as We steadily
behold the passing away of the old
and the coming of the new. The
years come like sentinels, each
bringing a mile-post. Children
grow into youths. One by one
they leave the loved hearth-stone
-one by one new faces come and
go. There is marriage here-a
funeral there. Which party goes
to misery, and which to happiness,
none but God knows! The chances
are even! The family circle is
broken. In the front room-whose
stiffness is heavy and terrible
with dread, rest the bodies of one
after another who have changed
before us! The silent step-the
careful breathing-the low whisper
HIS the sheet is turned back to show
the once warm lips now cold and
blue in death. The wondering
when We too must pass on. The
crowd of mourners-a few of whom
mourn-the slow ride TO the grave
the hollow rattle upon the coffin
the neglected grave yard, all
come before us like panorama in
detail. How much is contained
in a letter from home!
And then, other changes. And,
still, other changes. Each bring
ing new picture, sometimes
golden lined oftener black like
the storm. cloud which bursts, and
growls, and mutters, then rolls its
ugly self away to reveal the clear
cerulean beyond.
Letters from home! God bless
them. Who would be without
them? Who would refuse or neg
lect to write them? When the
heart is sad they bring gladness-
when all the future and all the
present look like midnight, the
past comes up, and coming over
the stored pictures, the heart for
gets its WEAKNESS and wakes to
new life-to new hope-to newer
love-to stronger faith-to drawer
courage. "a letter from home!
More precious than gold-more
priced than hopes. for it takes us
back to happy hours, and renews
the strength for the future. 1t
leads us to look for other letters
and messages from the Home that
is Oyer There, to think, to listen,
to lure, and to love the messages
that really do come at times from
those who have passed on from
physical weight, and corrnptions
10 the abode Of those who are now
really at Home, reckoning to us
to live lives that are clean, and to
strive for conqqests that are hu-
name, as ever standing between
the old home and the new, we
reach in both directions to receive
the letters, and to learn what they
bring.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-02-27
IT. CAME FROM HOME.

" HE post mark has familiar
Look, and brings Il psnoramA
OF old time figures, faces and
features once more in view
The chirography speaks before the
envelope is torn off. OF letter
from home-the dear old home
with it's sad and its happy recol-
lections, many hundred miles away
With eager. trembling hand the
welcome token is drawn from its
office marked wrapper, and then
how the half-stilled heart drinks
the contents! From a mother OF
one who in childhood's days filled
the place of the loved and dead
Each line breathes the spirit OF
love, care, friendship, aud affection
so. deeply craven on the tablets OF
memory, rs the vase brings the
scentoflhe rose. And how visions
of the old home come crowding
up. The store house of the past
opens TO the inner rooms, and
down the long aisles of yearly
events, birth, marriages and deaths,
visits, sheriff sales and improve
ments, there looms up pictures
varied, sad, Joyous, and cherished.
We read on, and back to the scenes
of childhood, the soul rushes like
dove let loose from tangled snare.
E, We see the old house. No place
half SO loved. The little yard
with here and there bunch of
flowers, picketed by weeds. The
old we'll into whose depths SO oft
we gezed as lovers do into each
others eyes. The moss-covered
bucket with rusty bands. The
little spring in the milk-house.
The rows Of, pans on the rustic
BEECH. The garnet with it's array
of dried herbs and rubbish. The
parlor, kept sacred for company,
when it should have been used
every day. The table, at whose
head her of the kind heart and
gentle eye SO well presided. How
large freight is there on the re-
turn trip of memory! The garden
with its plants and weeds its
scattered tools and little beds. The
letter from home carries us out in
to the old barn. There Is the hay
NOW where oft we romped with
dog and playmates-the red fan
ming mill in whose mysterious
depth were eggs and nests-the
broken timed pitchfork-the partly
toothed rake-the bent edged
scoop, the cobwebbed corners. the
old fashioned fail, and hunts under
closely packed sheaves for rats and
mice.
Who does not love letter fiom
home? A picture of the pasta
key to the million of pictures! 1t
carries us again into the house, and
leads us to The little old bookcase
with the dog-eared volumes quaint
and brown. The hated churn in
the cellar. The wagon-house with
that old-style buggy-its high back
its small forward and large hind
wheels long since obsolete-the old
house-dog-the sheep with tinkl-
ing bell, heard on the distant bill
side-the berry patch wherein us
youngsters romped and hunted
amid briers and with scratched
hands fof re d. caps and blackberries.
The little spring which sang all
the night and whistled over peb-
bly, beds all the day, as it called the
children of the nejghborhood to
wade in it's shadows, swim III its
pools, and to fish for trout from its
banks, where, secure from obser-
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-02-27

forest didn't hold a wake or s1untr.i
over the departed megs.
! But let me tell you about the
banquet. You see, altho the tree
people had no weapons other than
sticks and stones, and hence could
not kill big game for themselves,
they were notaverse to megstherium
meat as food, when the. hand OF
Providence put it in their way.
] Now there were SO many missing
links around this lake at this sea-
son of the year, that those who
desired to possess a megatherium 8
wishbone had to fight for it. The
Wahoo and Redeye families had
la great advantage over other
/ families, by reason Of their greater
number. There were twelve males
in our company, all able to fight.
The other tree people who came
to the banquet were in smaller
companies =,
We gave never thought to the
other tree people when we started
the feast the next morning; and,
owing TO the scarcity Of knives and
bone saws, we had enough to &C.
cupy our attention without watch
ing for robbers. 1t was Nimrod
who first discovered that we were
not the only people who liked
megatherium meat. He had eaten
about all he could hold. and climbed
up on top of one of the megs to
dance around and shake down his !
breakfast so he could eat dinner
as soon as possible. He happened
to walk over and look down on the
other side, when I heard him shout |
not in English-''hay there, you
old pie face, what are you doing,
stealing some Of my megatherium
sirloin?" Some one telepathed
back: Jaw! how much do you weigh |
when you'reright fat? I discovered
this meg. myself. It's mine.''.
By this time several of cur crowd
had climbed mp to see what was
going on. The fellow below had
no sooner asserted his ownership
Of the meg, than two other small
families of tree people who each |
thought they we're the original dis
coverers OF. the megs., came around
to assert their rights. Oh, there
were lively times all right! Wei
didn't allow this three-cornered
fight to last long. They were pull
ling hair and making such noise
that--well, we never did like to
have hair flying around the break
fast table. :
After driving this crowd away,
half of our company mounted each
meg. to keep off all corners. We
enjoyed, ourselves watching the
tree people discover the megs.,
then be discovered by some other
discoverer, then declare war There
was no harmony between the diff
ferent families, each one wanting
to be the sole possessor of the megs.
Very few got taste of the ban
quet; but they all had as much
fighting RS they wanted. Wives
often changed masters two or three
times in rs many minutes; and
occasionally a tree man would at
tempt to get possession of a whole
family and while SO occupied lose
nearly all of his own.
Old Wahoo became exceedingly
smitten with fair damsel which
two tree men we're fighting for.
His oldest son also took a shine to
/ her. The old man made the first
attempt TO capture her but failed.
Then the son, who was six feet
and had broad shoulders, such as
I
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-02-27

Never was good work done with
ont much trouble. Chinese Pro-,
verb.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-02-27
+ friendship.

When life looks dark and the troubles drear
Seem never at an end.
We mostly find someone SINCERE,
A loyal, faithful friend
Who'll, grasp you firmly blythe hand.
An honest, hearty shake,
And by your side he'll bravely stand,
For purely friendships sake.
The weary load you had to bear,
Seems lighter TO lave grown,
The cloudy sky will look more fair
When friendships. love Is SHOWN.
What blessed pleasure we must find,
TO dream aud sweetly know,
That loving eyes are never blind
To see us in our woe. q
Tho sorrows tears NAV often star,
THU no fault of our own,
If they but melt u tender heart.
True friendships love is shown.
That love within the human. breast,
Must so n or later end
Bit Christ the truest and the best,
viii ever be our friend.
If we but travel in the light
Of His pure, watcilful eyes.
And know for sure we're living right,
His friendship never dies.
l George X. Mckenzie.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-02-27
t1sircb Bark' Series Of Essays.

Mark NJ Brick Pnfroy
lecturer and phantopst
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-03-20
By Hearst
HEARST SAID 70 Be SEEKING co
ALTON WITH PROPOSED
LABOR PARTY.

WASHINGTON, March 20.yEhath
err organized labor Will enter the pom;
ical field in the coming campaign al
an independent political party appears
to largely depend on how congress
will receive the new measures which
the conference of labor leader. nov
meeting here. viii draft and which
propose relief from the construclicn
placed upon the Sherman antitrust
law by the Supreme Court and VIM
also outline new employers liability
measure and an antiinjunction bin,
That William Randolph Hearst ana
his Independence League are alive y
the possibility OF a coalition with Or
gained labor in the approaching cant
paign is evident from the fact that
Hearst sent down from New York A.
personal representative to keep HIM
posted on developments.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-03-20
LEADING GRoCERs

is much higher. other novel facts are
brought out by the figures. One ward
alone. the 18th, has population of
10000. or enough to put it well up
on the list of the first fifty cities in
the country. The seventh ward scores
another big total on account of the
University of Chicago. which is with
in its boundaries. The total popula-
ton of Chicago for 1908 is put at p
$4,000. although this is probably an
overestimate Chicago has definitely
passed Berlin in population, however.
and America can now claim two out of
the largest four cities in the world.
The influx of foreign immigrants has
continued unabated during the past
year. Over 10000 Germans now re-
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-03-20
cElIca lEvla ETTER

enc 4Go. March 90 The an
zouncement cabled from Argentine to.
fhe chicago Board Of Trade that In
saenos Ayres tho grain exchange this
week inaugurated system modelled
ttss mat Of the United States. in
clading the buying and selling Of grain
N seeds for future delivery. promises
sreafer stability in the worlds mark,
ets This new departure has the
sanction 81 the government, mer-
ohanfs shippers and producers. all
evidently believing it ssential to the
l5e interests Of that growing coun-
IS what that country most needs
nov IL elevator and storage capacity,
ometiiing very like to follow the en-
iargement OF her exchange dealings
from I, really cash to a future market.
The sudden outpouring Of her enor-
mons crop, beginning early in janu-
Any smashing prices suddenly the
world over, was due to her inability
3to store the grain and sell It for fu-
ttfire deHVery. Sne "ae
forced to sell because of the lack OF
these two essentials. The crop will
hereafter be more largely sold as re-
uuired for immediate or future deliv-
ery. which will put an end to annual
tlbargsin prices offered in European
markets by Argentine because of an
Inability to hold back what was not
Immediately needed by consuming
countries. The strides Argentine has
made in 10 Year, in wheat production
makes this change in far-away South
America important to every wheat
Hammer and miller in the United States
Only a breaking down of the future
delivery system Of the United States
/ -
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-03-20

could affect them more directly. BY
The present American system much Of
the crop of 1907 was sold at good pric.
es for spot and future delivery before
Argentine's big shipments caused the
slump This put many extra millions
in farmers bank accounts throughout
the United States, and it could not
nave occurred hal not selling for tl-
ture as we'll as spot delivery been pos
sible.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-03-20

The rigid inquiry into the safety of
schoolhouses. resulting from the Col
linwood, Ohio, fire disaster in which
so many childre, lost their lives, in
Chicago has resulted in clash Of au-
thorties between the city and the
school trustees. The city has ordered
fire escapes upon fire proof buildings
but the school board says that 1t is
not.amenable to orders of the city Off
cials because the school system is
supported by State taxes. An Illinois
statute that is 50 years old has been
discovered requiring fire escapes on
every building more than two stories
high. According to President Schnie-
der, of the school board. the enforce.
ment Of this statute literally would
close every downtown hotel and half
of the Office and manufacturing build.
ings In Chicago. The school buildings
have been built absolutely fireproof,
to make them safe, and President
Schneider Indignantly has said:
"There are 24O school buildings in
Chicago which have rooms on the third
and fourth floors. There are In these
buildings $500 such rooms. Compli-
ance with this law would call for the
erection of 1900 outside staircases, at
an average expense of $500 each, or
S6OO,OOO"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-03-20
For Prosecuting Attorney.

We are authorized to announce H.
e. Moran, Of Union district, as a can
didate for the nomination for Prose
cutting Attorney of Marion county, sub
ject to the Republican Primary cleo.
ton to be held April IL, 1908.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-03-20

Makes blood and muscle faster than
any other remedy. Gives health.
strength and vitality. HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea towers above all
other remedies for making sick peo-
pie we'll, and well people weller"
$50, Tea or Tablets.-South Side Phar-
macy.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-03-20

We are authorized to announce W.
II. veach, of Lincoln district, as can
iidate for the nomination for House
Of Delegates. subject to the Republi-
can primary election to be held April
u, 1908.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-03-20
For Assessor.

we are authorized to announce
Duke Brand as a candidate for Asses
.or of Marion county, W. Va, subject
to the Republican primary election to
be held April IL, 1908. He asks that
the voters investigate his record as
assessor