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Mower County transcript., 1908-12-09
MR.. STAYB0LT ASSANTA CLAUS
Some Things He Would Like.to Givs
If He Could.

DO you know the Christmas pres
ent I'd like to make If could?" said
Mr.. Staybolt. I'D like to give cheer
fulness to the downhearted; courage
to the tim1d, and strength to the weak;
the power Of self-denial to those who
yield too easily, and 4 desire to work
to the lazy. ..
II have often thought what, pity
It is that you cant buy all these
things, these helpful qualities, already
put up and at such price as to put
them within the reach Of all; canned
cheerfulness, bottled hopefulness,
courage in tablets, and strength, say,
In the form Of . powder, and 50 on;
or you might, ! suppose, put EN- all
up canned, for that matter.
But in the absence of such. market
preparations and our consequent in
ability to buy such things and send
them as gifts to those whom they
might most benefit perhaps you will
permit me to offer to each : word Of
suggestion. s5. 5l
'''"To the dispirited take q cheerful
view. TO the ownhearted, don't dwell
on the doleful side. 81 TO the timid,
don't be afraid To the weak, or those
who fancy themselves 50. try your
I strength. You'll be surprised to hnd
how much you've got.
TO those who yield too easily, deny
yourself once, and again, and feel the
ioy and siren 9TH that will cnYn = heck
I to you. 70 the lazy. get q Job With q
shovel, in = gang Of laborers under !
driving boss; and IL you are not glad
to get back to your present Job to do
& the best you know how at \, I miss
my guess.
81 cant send you these things a
cans Or bottles; but 4 anyone -ot you
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Marked For Death

three years ago Twas marked for
death. 81 A graveyard cough was tear
ing my lungs to pieces. Doctors failed
,to help me, and hope had fed,, when
my husb band got DR.. Kings New Dis :
covery, says Mrs A.. Nv illiams, Of
sBac, Ky he first dose helped me
and Improvement kept on until had.
gained 558s pounds ia weight and my
health was fully restored" ] his me.
sdicine holds the world healing record
for coughs and colds and lung and 40
throat diseases y prevents pnellsl1 pnle :
M onia Sold under guarantee at
M Old q drug store. Soc and 81 .lO y
Trial bottle free. 5SasSs
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AZ the M anaer.

Al the Manaer.
When first, her Christmas watch to keep
Came down the silent Angel, Sleep, 81
With snowy sandals shod,
Beholding what his mothers hands
Had wrought, with softer swaddling-
81 bands s}=g8 +! :f5sS*'fss 1895
She ,swathed the Son of God.
Then, skilled In mysteries of Night,
With tender visions of delight
u She wreathed his resting-place,
Till, Wakcned by warmer glow a h.
Than heaven itself had yet to show,
4 He saw his mothers face. i#I. Is
= {.# John 3. Tabb, in Atlantic.
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Ygll1lrtllll
altai1tga !
I

81 81 - # - ,tG-5.4 f3e''7z'ss :
TIE joyou. time i drawing
nigh, the time Of turkey, pudding,
pie: nor do we dream Of after
Ills, Of squills, and pills, and
Christmas bills. 5.#5 ss.s.
A girl begins to hang up the
mistletoe at about the age when :
she stops hanging up her stocking.
= -
A pessimist is fellow who
y wouldn't hang up his stocking
for fear old Santa Claus might
swipe it. .y@ s5:4. ss.s55; q. y y
Christmas cigars are not
always pufed up with pride.
There's many a slip 'twixt the
Miss and the mistletoe.
~ - fSz..!.izs.. ..5i5:$s.. i.
Don't make II too strong.
Many a man has been knocked
ont by one good, stiff punch.
- ~ s.55# #4ss55sI.
Ask a truthful woman what
she enjoys most about Christ
mas, and she will tell you the
bargain sales afterward. .
To sing rhyme of Christmas
time (that line is but the first of
it), here's hoping you may not
feel blue because you get the
worst of it. 50 r:ss5s.s ss5;. 81
When q child writes 4 letter
of thanks to Santa Claus, it
should be cherished like rare
plant. That kid isn't long for
this world. z5ssEas.s-sSi;E> sEazs..s-zs5sS*i3;E &.
No Christmas present b no
useless that you can't pass Il On
to some one else next year.
Remember that it 10 better 10
give than to 1eceive-the things
you don't want ~,..5.A /
~ - 7ss:2,' UT
Take OF the tags. Many Z
friendship has been severed by
the price mark on q Christmas
present.
FE - - .> :s2
have often wondered wherein
consisted the wisdom of Solomon
when he had q thousand wives.
/ am now convinced that It must
have been in living In the days
before Christmas was celebrated.
! ~ - sszS.s..
:; It's all right to pity the poor
At this peace-on-earth season,
but it 10 also well to remember
that sympathy doesn't fill an
empty stomach. "a
.
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Presbyterian Church.

William E. Sloane, Minister. ~
Frank C.. Heilman, Assistant Min
ister
1000 a. m.-Session Meeting -. ..
1890 Morning worship, sermon.
"Growing in Grace" ~s" &
m.-Central Sunday School
3p. m.-East Side Sunday School.
Oak and Water streets. q
$50 p. NY. F.. S. 9. E. a
7:30 p. Unpopular evening service,
"a Last Opportunity.
Excellent musical program.
All are cordially invited to attend
these services. i.
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42&A' 3.&SAs&
A Question In Finance.

A Question In Finance.
Are you good at arithmetic, my
dear?" asked Mr.. Perkasie of his wife.
II was accounted the very best
arithmetician at school," replied Mrs.
Perkasie, with a touch Of pride in
her voice. ...r' =
IT have a problem for you..'' 2ii
Estate it." 81 ss 5
t'How can buy $50 worth of Christ
mas presents with so in cash and no
credit?" .-.l>. 7f> +. i. ..$~:st - .>...,,z5.
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RULES FOR CHRISTMAS. GIVING
IT,,
Give willingly.
Give tactfullY.

Give willingly. ~, 5'S
Give tactfully. y g.esF q
Put thought into your givinga5zr 5zrS 3 =
Don't consider return gifts. 5$ 5 =
Never give to others what you
wouldn't want yourself. > bt-,t$s{ =
The unexpected gift 1nsuresz a spe-
cial appreciation. L. &t-i< &i%> r.
To give ostentatiously is the. height
of bad taste. ~ g
Give to the sick and the sorrowful If
you would know the true Joy of giving.
Never give more than you can af-
ford. Your friends know your circum-
stances as well as you do yourself and
the pleasure Of both giving and re-
ceivinE is lost.
>84NW N .sksQf-46..aNe :
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-11-07

Logical Reason Why Ne Should -
the One 70 Ask Favor.

The wagons of the greatest shev
on earth" passed up the avenue =
daybreak. Their incessant rumble
soon awakened ten-year-old Billie ana
his nve-year-old brother. Robert Their
mother feigned sleep ~ the two white
robed nsures crept past her bed into
the hall. on the way to investigate.
Robert struggled manfully with The
unaccustomed task Of putting on No
clothes. "Wait for me. Billie his
mother heard him beg. you'll gee
ahead of me-"
''Get mother to help ycu." counsele9
Billie, who was having troubles Of his
own.
Mother started to the rescue, ana
then paused as she heard the vo1ce
Of her younger. guarded but anxious
and insistent:
you ask her, Billie. You've known
her longer than have."-Everybody's
Magazine.
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Handling sheep For Profit.

II sheep are not kept constantly IN
good condition the quality of the wool
is affected
You connot fatten sheep profitably
while they are fattening parasites
Dry soil is one of the first requisites
for sheep farming
Scab, foot rot and liver trouble and
catarrh are all induced by lack or
thrift. Lack of thrift is induced py
lack of care and lack Of feed.
To make the most out Of sheep they
must be kept for series OF years.
Some years they will return a much
better profit than In others, but 1t Is
hard 10 sell out and buy at the right
time.
Because sheep win make better use
of a poor pasture than any other stock.
do not try to raise them on one that
is absolutely bare.
Keep the sheep on frozen rape A
very small quantity may not injure
them, but any amount win do them no
good.
Good wool, as well as good mutton
depends largely upon the quality Of
the feed. Succulent food makes the
best wool, cleanest. brightest. softes'
and strongest
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The food value of milk is brought
out forcIbly in recent pamphlet WRIT
ten by Prof j. b. Linsey of the
Massachusetts college OF agriculture.
and published by the state beard OF
agriculture.
Milk OF average quality at market
prices furnishes more food for the
money than do more expensive kinds
of meat, such as beef, mutton and
pork, and is much cheaper than such
special foods as eggs or oysters. or
most vegetables and fruits. Only
breakfast foods. ETC., are cheaper
suorces of energy than milk. A glance
at Prof. Linsey's table shows that
milk at &c quart furnishes the
same amount of protein as round beef
at 16c or roast pork at 12c- That
is to say dollars worth Of either
of these foods contain an equal
amount of protein. Even where milk
is sold as high as 10c per quart, a
dollar will buy as much protein when
spent for milk as il spent for lamb
chops at 25c per pound. sirloin beef
at soc, or eggs at SEC per Dozen
Prof. Linsey think that milk should
occupy a larger place in daily diet
than is ordinarily given In expert
ments at the Maine state college it
was found that when the students
were allowed free use of milk the
extra milk consumed replaced the
other animal food to nearly cor
responding extent. and the milk diet
was not only less costly than the
meat, but was fully as satisfactory.
When skimmilk is used the food value
is obtained at an even less cost, de-
pend very much on the cream, ana
| since the value as food does NOT
at the price at which it is valued IN
most country districts. about one-half
cent quart, it is one OF the very
cheapest foods. and can be used 10
advantage in place of water in cook
ing adding greatly to the value OF the
foods with which it is mixed. Hardly
any food returns so much of its 1000
value, because there is no loss IN
cooking and no waste. 1t is palat'
able, easily digested, and according
to Prof. Linsey, is entitled to be class
ed among the most economical human
foods.
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DUE TO REPUBLICAN, MlsRuLE.
Enormous Decrease In the Nations
Savings IL Reported.

AS result of Republican policies
there has been an enormous decrease
in the nations savings. The money
put aside for a rainy day has disap-
peared. Careful citizens who had re-
Trained from spending all they made
had enough for an ordinary rainy day,
but not for a deluge. Reports of saw
ings banks in the great industrial and
commercial centers Of the country tell
a woeful story of distress and deprivar
ton. In New York alone the number
of accounts opened for the year end
ing July was nearly $4,000 less than
in the year before, while the number
of accounts closed was nearly $4,000
more.
The net loss of savings deposits IN
New York was about s65, 100000. This
big sum represents the industry and
frugality of the average citizen"
Apart altogether from other consid
erations think of the moral effect Of
Republican misrule, It stands to rea
son that many of these New Yorker
who after years of hard work and
scraping and saving were reduced t.
penury by the collapse of fictitious Re
publican prosperity" are now asking
Whats the use? Why be saving
Why be frugal and why be indus
trious when the country-the govern
ment-does not back US in our effort'
and refuses to give real protection u
American Industrial workers."
| The greatest lesson that thousand
of impoverished voters all over tn
country have learned and one tina
should be iterated .and reiterate'
from every platform and in ever
honest newspaper during this cam
paign is High tariff is not social Pre-
lection
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What SHALT Do.

This is the question many of the
boys will be asking themselves before
long. And. boys, let us urge that You
decide early what work you intend to
make your life work. BY watching
your interest in things about you, you
will soon. learn where your tastes and
talents lie.
If you would rather watch the prog
ress of the farm crops and help IN
their cultivation than anything else,
then decide to be general farmer.
II you love the animal on the farm.
il you spend your best hours teaching
and caring for them, then your choice
should be stock farming. II you en-
Joy work in the shop, making and
fashioning things with your tools, then
YOU show a talent for the carpenters
art, or you could plan to take up the
work of more skilled trades, such as
cabinet maker, or some work of this
kind in factories where all the best
grades OF work are done.
II an engine or other machinery at
tracts your attention. then be an en-
eineer or machinest. There are trades
and professions for all, II the boys
will only early learn just what they
are fitted for. 1t is an injustice to
ones self to try to do that which
does not meet our desires and
II your parents insist upon choosing
a profession for you without regard
| for your own pleasure in the matter
try to persuade them that 1t would DC
| impossible for you to make success
of something not to your liking and
that for which you are not intended.
| Many a man has worked his wa,
through the world with the greatest
dificulty because he was working a
that for which he was not suited. L
we are to follow the advice, Love
your work and find pleasure in It, w
must do that which is possible for u
to love.-Farmer's Guide.
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DIES FIGHTING TO
|. SAVE HER HUSBAND
WOMAN MEETS POSSE WITH
RIFLE, KILLS SHERIFF AND
WOUNDS OTHERS.
TURNS HER CABIN INTO FORT
Place IL Taken Only When Both Rob
erts and His Wife Are pead-Lat-
ter Found with Fourteen
Bullet Wounds.

West Plains, Mo.-Fourteen bullet
wounds were. found In the body OF
Mrs. John Roberts, who, with her hus-
band, defied sheriff's posse in their
cabin in the Ozark mountains. near
Prestonia, Ark. Both were killed aft
er a remarkable battle which also
resulted in the death, by bullet from
the woman's rife, of Sheriff Leo Moon
ey, and the wounding Of two deputies.
A few nights ago Roberts assassinat-
ed ODE Kessinger. and the act brought
the sheriff and a posse to his cabin
Mrs. Roberts fought with extraordi-
nary ierceness and bravery, defending
her husband and her home until she
fell. After four hours Of long range
fighting the posse stormed the house.
They found Mrs. Roberts lying beneath
a window, a rife clasped in her stiff.
ening fingers. Roberts was dead with
eight wounds.
The sanguinary affair was the out
come OF feud between Roberts and
his neighbor. Kessinger. Roberts rode
over to his enemy's cabin and shot
him as he came to the door. Kessin.
gers wife rode to Prestonia and told
Of the murder.
Sheriff Mooney organized posse Of
six deputies and arrived in sight ,ol
| the place just before noon. Mrs. Rob
erts, who was at well. was warned
| by the galloping Of the horses and
calling to her husband as she ran, dis
appeared in the cabin. She reappearet
at the door in an instant. holding re
peating rife in her hands. As tn
posse, led by the sheriff, dashed to
ward the cabin. she called to them
warning them away.
| AS they approached closer sh
opened fire, her first shot hitting th
sheriff, who fell from his horse moi
tally wuun5sd. His fall disconcerte
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Rural Free Delivery.

The value of the rural free delivery
mail service to the farmer can hardly
be estimated. Not many years ago
the farmer was entirely dependent
upon the little country postoffice, gei-
ting his mail two or three times per
week, but owing to the fact that he
generally had to go from mile TO
three miles to the postoffice he some
times got his mail only once week.
Now conditions are vastly changed.
Through the efficiency of the rural
mail service the farmers mail is de-
livered at his very door to his own
private box every day in the week,
and he is brought into closer touch
with the affairs of the world and can
read his daily paper II he wishes and
keep thoroughly posted.
Besides these advantages. the rural
free delivery service enables the
farmer to make purchases by mall
and to obtain through the daily serv-
ice many advantages that he never
possessed before.
Postmaster General Meyer, In
speaking of the advantages of the
rural mail service recently said:
The history of the rural delivery
is an interesting one, and it should
be understood by our people for the
reason that there is feeling pre-
yalent in many parts OF the country
that this service is an extravaganza
and unnecessary drain upon the de-
partment.. However, let usi look al
. the results accomplished in the last
ten years. The first rural route was
established In the fall or 1896. FIJI
teen thousand dollars was expended
during that fiscal year. the postal
deiicit being s11,500.o00. For the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1907. the
expenditures for rural delivery were
s27 100000 and the estimated postal
deficit showed decrease as compared
with 1897 of about $4,000 900, the total
being about $7,000.000
This is an undoubted evidence &c
INV mind that. while the expense In
Cured in connection with the rura
free delivery is enormous, yet 1t has
increased the receipts and the bene
fits to our people cannot be measured
in dollars and cents. The isolation
which existed in many parts OF tn
country has been overcome; the pee
pie are in daily communication Wit
their friends in the rest OF the world
the daily papers and magazines com
to the door of every farmhouse o.
the rural routes and enlightenment
and information are being sprea
broadcast throughout the land
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Republican Hypocrisy.

ssThe sins of Foraker can only en-
phasize the virtues of Taft
THE sins of Haskell must become
the sins of Bryan unless there Is q
radical change In the situation Chi
cago Record usrald.
or course, of course. II q Repub-
lican senator, who, charged with &C
cepting fees from q monopoly to infiur
ence national legislation, Is taken to
the bosom of the Republican national
presidential candidate. in public recon.
citation, that can only show how
white the candidate is by the black
mark that is left on his manly form
"A the result of the embrace. But II
\ Democrat, mixed in the same muss
though not in national public life. Il
employed in personal capacity In thu
private organization of the Democrat
ic party, why. his sin at once be
comes the sin of the Democrat
ic national candidate! OF course. o.
course! There are two standards o
morals-one for the Republicans ant
another for the Democrats. And !
YOU don't believe It. why, even snort
ar word will describe what you arr
,, In the name of the prophet, hgs!-ln
dianapoiis NewR
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the members Of the posse for few
minutes and while they carried the
dying man to the edge of the woods
Roberts and his wife barricaded the
door OF their cabin. They then took
I'D positions at windows. Mrs. Rob
erts commanded the rear Of the house,
where the posse first attacked. and her
husband fired from a side window. pre-
venting a flank movement on the part
of the posse.
Mat Lowrey. farmer and member
of the posse. was shot as he peered
from behind a tree to take aim, q
bullet from one of the rifles In the
cabin taking on the tip of his nose.
His son. who ventured close to the be-
sieged. was shot In the hip as be made
rush toward the door.
When the posse had tried without
avail for three hours to capture the
CABIN. and were In consultation In the
woods, Sheriff Conkin of Ozark coun-
ty. and his deputy. Lyman Steven, who
| had heard over the telephone that q
posse had gone into the mountains,
| joined them and assisted In the next
assault.
Reinforced, the men attempted to
make a concerted attack on the cabin
| from all sides, but we're unable to gel
past the clearing and around the cab
in, SO deadly and rapid was Roberts
IRE from the window. Frequently they
saw Mrs. Roberta head at the
windows as she took hasty aim and
fired at tree or stump which sheltered
deputy. 1t was impossible to folloH
her movements, 30 rapidly did she FRI
from the openings In the cabin walls
/ The posse were loath to shoot at thu
|, woman, and though she was hit 1.
times each wound was made by |
| stray bullet. or one that had first pen
etrated the wall.
After every assault he'd failed tn
posse decided to make one more ei
| fort to surround the cabin, taking
wide detour. While one detachmen
mounted and rode away the othe
/ again opened FIRE to deceive the b
sieged. Their IRE drew nc response.
md some of the bolder crcpt up to
| window and peered in On the scene q
death.
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Doctor upon finding his patient
weaker tl.an before)-What does this
mean! Haven't you been following ny
distractions?
Patient (feebly)-Yss. doctor.
Doctor--Been eating animal foo4
light along. have you!
Patient (grimly trying to smile)--
Well, doctor. tried to. but some
how II did not seem to agree With
me very well. managed to worry
down the hay and the clover tops Al
hight; but the thlstles kind Of stuck
h my throat. and had 70 giye = -.
Judge.
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TAFT TARIFF PLANK
MEANS CONTINUANCE OF MO-
NoPoLIsTlc ROBBERY.
That Is Why "standpatter" Joe Can
non Is So Satisfied with IT.
Embodies Wors. Defects Of
Dingiey Bill.

While other Republicans may not
yet understand the meaning of the
Taft tariff plank in the Chicago plat
form, Speaker Cannon. as the leading
representative of the "standpatters,"
unquestionably understands his own
reasons for being satisfied with it.
He knew when he offered to begin
"bucking the line" in support of the
Taft tariff policy that 1t was con-
densation and reafiirmation of section
II of the Dingley bill, the section
which made it sure that the bill would
become the mother of monopolies and
giant corporations, creating artificial
scarcity to support monopoly prices.
Under the Taft policy. with taxa
ton on foreign business to be adjust
ed on sliding scale, so that the tax
alton will be added to the prices OF
foreign goods competing in this mar
ket. it Is said that the consideration
in fixing prices thus is to be the diff
ference in the cost Of production with
reasonable profit" added above
this by the tax for the benefit of cor
porations dependent on tariff taxation
to shield them from competition. This
Is an exact outline of the section
which clinches the Dingiey law for
monopoly by providing a method FOL
maEng. political prices at the custom
house.
Under this section Of the Dingley
| law as it was rewritten for the Tai
platform, the custom house appraiser
are charged with estimating the cos'
| of production abroad. of adding al
general expenses and. after making
further additions to prevent the pos
sibility of lowering the tax az based
ON values outside the Dingley lines
they are to make the final decision b
'staking into consideration in deter
mining the dutiable value of sucl
merchandise prices inside the Ding
ley lines, making the final estimate
against competition on the basis o
monopoly prices, when competition !
excluded
AS this made prices against tn
American consumer political and me
nopolistic under the Dingley bill, 1t
the sum and substance Of the Tai
| program of perpetuating politics
prices. As 1t Is only thus that polit
cal monopoly can be supported, Tai
and Cannon stand pat together on tn
worst In the Dingley system as tn
mother of monopoly when they stan
| together ON the Chicago platform. d
handing the assessment Of taxes Q
American consumers not only to SUI
, port increasing burdens OF govern
, ment. but to give political monopoHe
assurance that taxes shall be so q
aessed ON trade as to assure them VI
earned profits--St. Louis Republic.