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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-30
GREET BRlTalN RIGHTS RESERVED

AS W1lfred McGinnis walked down Wylte
avenue on the way to the office of his
lawyer, many friends and acquaintances
exchanged words and smiles with him,
never dreaming that they were looking
upon him for the last time on earth.
McGinnis was we'll known and well liked.
His square chin, showing bulldog tenacity,
was relieved by his humorous mouth; and
his stern. deep-set eyes knew an occa-
sional twinkle.
Drawn up that will YETI" he asked as
he entered the office at last.
why in thunder don't you shut that
door, McGinnis?" demanded the lawyer.
across"
"Aw, shut up yourself, you omadhaum!"
said McGinnis. but he shut the door.
Attorney McSwainsoa turned his big
weight in his swinging chair, and his
beady eyes laughed from his fat face at
McGinnis. ooh, but you're the bright
joker, McGinnis," he said. Where do
you expect to die when you go TOP"
'Haw, haw, haw,'' laughed McGinnis.
IT'S the Irish in me. Let me see the
documents, Bill"
Here's the first" said M~cswainson.
dated January 2: IT will and bequeath
all my scads and real estate to the Asy-
lum for INDECENT Spinsters. That's it.
boiled down. And here's the other one,
the last one, the genuine simon-pure one,
the sane one. You like your little joke,
don't your"
And you like my little joke, too, when
I pay for 1t, don't you?" McGinnis raped
back. And then they laughed again.
Wait till I tell you something, Bill"
said McGlnnis, composing himself,
though 1t wont be news to you-all of It,"
After a pause, he went on: ''When I
to this country I had one sovereign
in my pocket, but I was sovereign In my
own right besides. TITS a joke I have.
II began bad, for I ran into debt for
weeks board Then I went out and
starved myself until I struck a job and
in to save money. 1t was slow
work at first. but l paid my debts and
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-30

I Presently Will said. sleepily. IT'S an
right, old man, fire ahead" And he be-
gan absently tapping on the bedpost with
his pencil.
I'm going to- said tho lawyer. But
I'm not such an awfully old man,
1T wasn't talking to you.'' said WIN.
alphabetically II was talking to the
bed"
What do you mean7' asked Mcswatn
son.
Ibid you hear tho bed call -wnli wilf
VIM" asked the young man. with .
laugh.
The lawyer looked at him as though ho
thought he were mad.
mo; I'm not crazy said WIN. I'm
just amused. When I r,,t my head on the
operator tapping Will! WiNl willr over
and over again. It kind Of startled mo At
first, but now I know what 1t is I've
been experimenting while I've been lying
here. Put your, ear to the head OF the
bed. You hear tapping, don't your Well.
means VIII repeated many times. When
I move into the middle OF the bed the
tapping ceases. When I move over to the
other side the tapping is resumed. but
this time the tapping means nothing even
to. a telegraph operator.
Nov, the reason for the tapping IN
very simple. On the right side Of the
bed the springs under the mattress react
with a certain rough rhythm In this
case the rhythm accidentally takes on the
sound Of VIII as a telegrapher hears u
The sound Is communicated to the head
of the bed, and when one hears It It ap-
pers to come from there instead OF from
the springs, from which It really spr1nRA
Which is a joke, as uncle used to say"
"It means more than that. u am. con-
vinced," said the lawyer itnpress!vely. TT
means that the missing will has been
found"
VIVA missing Will demanded tns
young man.
Then McEwainson told his story. Tn
going to examine that bed before I looJ
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-30
A cHEss-PLAYING TOWN.
One Of tho Requirements Of Every In
habitant of VILLAGE in

nSpiIanI OF village IN
There is In Hungary a village prob
ably unique among the worlds towns.
In that 1t not only encourages chess as
a pastime, but insists that the king Of
games sha be played by every man.
woman and child in the place.
It Is just as necessary In this out-of-
the-world spot for the inhabitants to
be proficient chess players as it is for
them to be able to read. write and
cipher. Prizes are given to the school
children for proficiency in chess,
Problems are given to the scholars
that they are expected to take home
and work out in their spare hours In
addition to their other tasks.
Hungary has long been famous for
her chess players. Indeed. this little
village has, as can be well understood.
turned out more han one player who
has been considered At to rank
with such giants as Lasker, Steinttz OF
Tehigorin.
Every Christmas a great tournament
Is held In the village. and the burgo-
master gives prizes for the best iu-
3Wenile and adult players.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-30
TT is true" the colonel answered,

4Ms - IAN
And learned that trick from him %
Il did. 1t is of little use except to
q left handed man."
Yet In play with n not OF the first
force 1t succeeds twice out Of three
out of three times. with he right
hand. Ma foil. l remember it well!
l offered the master 20 guineas. non
sieur, II he would teach me. But be-
cause"-he held out his palms pathet-
fcally-"I was right handed he would
not"
q" am fortunate" Colonel John an
swered, bowling, Gin being able to re-
quite your good nature. / shall be
pleased to each it to for nothing,
giving up his foil to Lemoine and re-
moving his mask, gentlemen, you will
bear me witness I trust. that I have
won the wager?"
Some nodded, some murmured an
affirmative, others turned toward Pay
ION, who nodded sullenly. How WILL
ingly at h a m would he have
laid the Colonel dead at his feet. and
Lemoine, and the whole crew, friends
and enemies! "Oh, hang you!" he
stable!"
At that a brother officer touched his
arm and drew him aside. The inter-
viewer seemed to be reminding him
Of something; and the Colonel. not in
attentive, caught the name "Asgtl"
twice repeated. But Payton was too
angry TO care for minor consequences.
He shook off his adviser with a rough
hand.
What do I care ?" he answered. I'll
must shoe his own cattle!" Then, with
a poor show Of hiding his spite under
a cloak of insouciance, he addressed
the Colonel. 1.-The mare is yours" he
said. Much good may she do you"
And he turned on his heel and went
out Of the armory.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-30
WHiT TIL yov SOME T1)N1. BILL :

cluded.
Going to ripe open the mattrsss7.
queried Will.
IF necessary" said this lawyer.
But it wasn't necessary. When the bed
was pulled away from the wall the miss
Ing will was discovered stuck into the
back. It was plain to be seen. It was
equally plain that the old man had In
tended to finish his job the next day.
I'm quite convinced that my Old friend
took this means of letting us know
where to look" said the lawyer.
"Pshaw!' said Will. ''The old man
didn't know anything about telsa.auhy
and couldn't ave learned 1t in a year Of
Sundays: But. just the same, the crowd
downstairs will likely agree with you"
And they did.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-30
CHAPTER VII.
BARGAINING.

1t was perhaps because Flavia often
sought the tower beside the waterfall
at sunset, and he had noted the fact,
that Luke Asgill's steps bore him thith-
er on an evening three days after the
colonel's departure for Tralee. Asgill
had remained at Morristown, though
| the girl had not hidden her distaste for
his presence. But to all her remon-
strances The McMurrough had replied.
with his usual c~hurlishness, that the
man vas there on business-did she
want to recover her mare. or did she
not? And she had found nothing more
to ". But the most slavish observ-
ance on the guests part, and some i'm
provement in her brothers. conduct
which she might rightly have attrib-
uted to Asgills presence-had not melt
ed her.
Be that as it might, Asgill did not
find her at the tower. But he thought
that she might still come, and he wait
ed, sitting low, with his back against
tEG ruined wall, that she might not see
him until it was too late for her to
retreat. By and by he heard footsteps
mounting the path; his face redeemed,
and he made as If he would rise. But
the face that rose above the brow was
not Flavia's, but her brothers. And
Asgil swore.
The McMurrough understood, grim
ned, and threw himself on the ground
beside him. you'll be wishing me in
the devils bowl, I'm thinking" he
said. "Yet, faith, I'm not so sure-if
you're not a fool For it's certain / I'M.
you'll neve touch so much as h sole
of her foot without me-"
I'm not denying it," the other an
swered sulkily.
so it's mighty little use your wish
ing me away!" The McMurrough con-
tinued, stretching himself at his ease.
You can't get her without me; nor at
all, at all. but on my terms! 1t would
be a fine thing for you, nc doubt, II you
could sneak round her behind my back!
Don't / know you'd be all for old Sir
Mtchael's will then, and I might die In
a gutter, for you! But an egg,a and an
eggs fair sharing"
Have / said it was any other?" AS
gill asked gloomily.
eThe old place is mine, and I'm mind
ed to keep it,
'And If any other marries her." AS
gill said quietly, The will want her
rights"
We'll, and do you think" h young
er man answered in his ugliest man
ner, that If 1t weren't for hat small
fact, Mister Asgill-'
And the small fact" Asgil struck
in, that before your grandfather died
l lent you a clear five hundred, and
I'm to take that, that's my own al
ready, in quittance of ALI"
WELL. and wasn't 1t that same I'm
saying?" The McMurrough retorted. .If
1T weren't for that and the bargain
we've struck. d. you think that I'd be
letting my sister and "a McMurrough
lcok at the likes of you? No, not In as
many midsummer days as are between
this and world without end!"
The look Asgfll shot at him would
have made a wiser man tremble. But
The McMurrough knew the strength OF
his position.
And II I were to tell herr" Asgill
said slowly.
.What?"
THAT we've made a bargain about
her.
IT'S the last strand Of hope you'd
be breaking, my man." the younger
man answered briskly. For you'd lose
my help, and she'd not believe you
though every priest in Douai backed
your world"
(contiaued Mex. Weekly
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-30
The Matter Of charitie..

Sprlngneld Republican: It is now an
preaching the season when the charities
OF the people are appealed to on every
hand. by those who need and deserve. helm
by those who need but do not deserve It.
and by many who neither need nor de-
serve. In the old days, which few Of U
now remember, or know about save by
tradition, the d~ispensation Of aims was
not very apt to go astray and waste, be-
cause the drift Of humanity degraded ana
vagrant was SO small, and the calculated
industry OF the tramp who does not In
tend to work, but begs and pliers. ana
even at times robs and murders. had NOT
been developed. That was a time 81
simpler civilization, q time OF honorable
poverty, SO to call it. when the respons>
OF human fellowship was Justly given "a
those who asked 1t, and the wayfarer who
accepted help and the householder who
gave 1t felt a cordial touch OF common in
terest. But now things have changed: ana
while still the farmers meal ID ready for
the wayfarer. the genus tramp crowds thu
cities. and the ne'er-do-wells Rrayttate
thither and expecs to be lifted out OF their
own constituted slough by the charities
of those who by constant Industry have
reached the owe to manage their own
lives and help others. These degenerates
coun On the thoughtless generosity q
the people at whose doors they call for
food, or for 10 cents toward helping them
to get their fare to mother place where
they are going to get = job, or for dollars
which will enable them to do many thing,
which they cannot do without dollars. Il
is the season when all these lsechss
abound.
There are exceptions. but In all cases.
wherever there Is a bureau Of information
an society which Is engaged In
true and honest service both to the public
ana to the unfortunate indivtdual-such a
the Union Relief association In this city
the right thing to do IL to send such appli-
cants to that society, whose business a 4.
both to help and to in~vestt1ate.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-30
What Business to Take Home.

Orison SWEET Marden in November
Success: 1t is a reflection upon your
w business ability that you cannot
make g living during business hours.
Your Ill humor is a confession to YOUR
wife Of your weakness and incapacity.
and OF your not being master OF he
sttuation, or equal to confronting emer-
gencies. Women naturally admire
strength, capacity, efficiency and cour-
age In men. They admire a man who
make 1t easily, without fretting, stew
Ing or worrying. Your wife will think
less OF you II you continually lug home
your business cares.
This o not mean that you should
not keep Your wife informed about your
business. Every man should talk over
his affairs with his wife, and she Should
always know the exact condition Of his
business. Many a man has come to
grief by keeping his wife In iTnorance
Of his strattened circumstances or de-
clining business, or OF the fact that
he was temporarily pressed for capital
and unable to indulge In certain luxu-
ries. a good wife will help a man
amazingly In his business troubles or
struggles to get established IL she
knows Just how he Is situated and what
10 required OF her. Her economy and
her planning may give just the needed
support; her sympathy may take out
the sting Of the pain, and enable him to
bear his trials. This confiding frankiv
In q wife is q very different thing from
e~verlastingly harping on the Disagree
able features OF q business or letting
them ruin your attitude toward your
family, making life miserable for those
not to blame.
Good cheer, . feeling OF good viii
toward one another and toward other
people. and q spirit OF helpfulness and
utter unseiflshness should always he
present in h home. 1t should be re-
earded as the most sacred spoe on
earth. The husband should look upon
1T az the one place In all the world
where he can get away from h~usine.s
troubles, and the exactions, rrfndinr
nnd crowding Of life's struRRle1-
place to which he can nee from ali IN
harmony ana discord. 2 ind peace.
1t should DO q place where he salws
longs TO 50. and from whSch xs IL loan
20 part
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-30

There Is many q man who reminds
of q sheep In VOLTS clothing.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-30
Reincarnate.

nIFZAE%
With the old world to the grave,
I was a king in Babylon
And you were q Christian slave.
/ saw. / took. I cast you by,
I bent and broke your pride.
You loved me well, or I heard them lie,
But you longing was denied.
Surely I knew that by and by
You cursed your gods and died.
And a myriad suns have set and shone
Since then upon the grave
Decreed by the king In Baby1on
To her that had been his slave.
The pride I trampled Is now my seattle.
For 1t tramples me again.
The old resentment lasts till death,
For y0u love. yet you refrain.
I break my heart on your hard unfaith.
And I break my heart In vain.
Yet not for an hour do / wish undone
The deed beyond the grave,
When I was q king In Babylon
And you were . virgin slave
w. E. Henley.
1Al
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-30

New York Times: Senator epooner ~
lates . conversation he heard last SUM
mer In q street car In Milwaukee,.
p you havs pale beer ~ homer
Z : young lady Of her compAnion,
oh. NO" replied the othar, ..pap alvayn
9sts his bottled"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-30

Tho loudest smelling auto Is not
necessarily h one that runs over the
most people
Most OF h men who are too bashfulS
to propose marry widows.
The man who reserves q friend from
whorr to borrow an umbrella has
something In store o q rainy day.
Usually physicians bulletins are not
signals for help, but notice to the un-
dertaker.
There is many . man who reminds
= Of q sheep N VOLTS clothing.
The woman who 10 promised that ne
viii crafty her smallest wish Il LEFT
in doubt.
Il Is always dangerous for ! man,
married g : brunei e kiss persa-
lac blond.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-03-11
PINCHOT WILL MEET
THE MINERS
AMERICAN MINING CONGRESS
AT DENVER TO VOICE
COMPLAINTS,

DENVER, Colo, Clifford Pinchot
head Of the Forestry department Of
the government, and more or less
completely in control of the alminis-
tration Of Americas millions of acres
of public forests, is coming TO Denver
on March Is to meet the members Of
the Colorado Legislature, and TO con-
fer with the Forestry Committee OF
the American Mining Congress in re-
lation to the grievances of mining
men against the forest policy, 1t was
at the suggestion OF Mr., Pinshot early
in last October that the Mining Con.
gress appointed a committee to make
investigations concerning the effect Of
the forest policy upon the rights OF
mining men, and the committee has
meanwhile gathered much data rela-
tive to prospecting on public lands
and patents 70 claims within the for
est reserves, the use Of timber, water
rights, etc, Numerous specific COM
plants have come into the hands of
the committee, which will be carefully
considered
Mr. Pinshot feels, as do the officers
of the Mining Congress that full re-
view of the differences would place
most Of them in the way of satisfac-
tory settlement. but the mining Con
gress is determined to fight for the re-
moval OF all restrictions which hinder
the development of mining,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-03-11
LEFT STRANGE WILL
Canadian Wanted To Make Sure
That He Was Dead.

TORONTO, Ont, March 1O-In
the will of DR.. Daniel Young of this
city who died February p, there has
been found this peculiar clause:
81 will that upon my death and be-
fore my burial, my heart and arteries
shall be filled with a composition
made of rosin and olive oil, heated to-
gether or some combination that be-
comes solid on cooling and used
warm enough to remain liquid sufi-
ciently long to fill the heart and ar
teries as well as possible and then
pass from the liquid to the solid state,
and regular physician shall perform
the said task Of undertaking."
Physicians are Of the opinion that
Young feared burial alive, and know
ing that such an operation as he re-
quested would necessitate opening Of
the heart, believed that this would en-
sure death.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-03-11
l,ATTER.DAY "FAGIN"
Southern California Man Trains Boy
To Steal levels.

OAKLAND, March 10, The police
Of this city have uncovered a plot
which they claim have revealed a
modern "Pagin,' who has SyStemati.
eally trained a young hoy to rob his
employer, As the result Captain Of
Detectives Peterson has arrested Is
year old Robert Martin, an appren-
tiee in the lewelry store OF W. N,
jenkins and c, +. Salmonson The
police claim thar they have q full con
tession from both OF the accused, II
is alleged that Martin has stolen the
iewelry and Silverware to the value
of $1,000 which he has disposed OF to
Salmonson. Martin was watched and
followed TO Salmonsou's store where
he was arrested as he was selling
some jewels to the proprietor II is
claimed by the police that the boy re-
ceived only a small percentage Of the
value Of the goods which he is ae-
cused Of stealing.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-03-11
NEW PRESIDENT AT DEpAw.
New President is Thirty-eight Years
of Age.

GREENcASTLE, Ind, March 10
-DePauw University today installed
Francis John Mcconnell as presi-
dent of that institution, in succession
to Edwin H. Hughes, who resigned a
year ago to become bishop OF the
Methodist Episcopal Church. The
installation ceremonies were witness
ed by large number of the most
prominent educators of the United
States.
The program Of the day began with
an academic procession this morning
TO Meharry Hall, where the inaugu-
ration took place. Hon. Hugh Do
herty, president of the board OF trus-
tees, presided over the ceremonies.
Addresses were delivered by Henry
McCabe Dowling, representing the
DePauw alumni; President Weleh,
D. D., Of Ohio Wesleyan University,
and ex-President Bishop Edwin H..
Hughes President Doherty spoke in
behalf of the university corporation,
and performed the solemn inaugural
services. President Mcconnell stood
with bowed head while the words
which were to make him president of
DePauw University were being spok-
en-. A moment later he took the oath
of office and ceremonies closed with
the delivery of his inaugural address.
The new president of DePauw is
SO years of age and a native OF Ohio.
He attended the public schools of
indianapolis and later graduated from
Phillips Andover Academy and Ohio
Wesleyan University. After enterinf
the ministry in 1894 he occupied
Methodist pulpits in several cities
and towns of Massachusetts,. From
Cambridge he went to Brooklyn to
become pastor of the New York ave-
nue. church in that city, where he re-
mained until called to the presidency
Of DePauw University upon the res
ignation of Dr. Hughes.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-03-11


Owing to the absence of his Majesty
in the south of France the wedding
anniversary was allowed TO pass
without any formal observance
Numerous messages Of eongratula-
ton, however, were sent to both the
King and Queen. King Edward and
Queen Alexandra are now the Oldest
married pair among the crowned
heads OF Europe. 1t is almost impos-
sible to believe that when they we're
married Lord Palmerston now but a
memory, was the great figure in the
political life of Great Britain.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-03-11

etable Compound had helped her, and
I tried it, and after the third bottle
was cured. = Mrs. ALvENA SPERLNe,
II Langdon Street, Chicago, Ill.
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until an operation is necessary, but
build up the feminine system, and re-
move the cause of those distressing
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Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs.
For thirty years it has been the stan
Gard remedy for female ills, and has
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Sandsof women who have been troubled
with displacements, Inflammation, ul-
Ceration, fibroid tumors, Irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, bearing-down
feeling, iiatulency, indigestion, dizzi-
ness, or nervous prostration. Why
don't you try itP
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-03-11
AGAINST THE PRIMARY
Senator Depew Points Out Some
Supposed Objections.

NE WYORK, March 1O.-Senator
C. NJ. Depew is not in favor o fGover-
nor Hughes direct primary plan. In
an address last night before the Co.
lumbia University Politics Club, Sen
ator Depew declared that system
such as Governor Hughes advocated
would result in the election Of inferior
men andsthe degeneration of govern
ment. He said in part:
'Under the old system the Office
seeks the man, but under the proposed
system the man seeks the office and
seeks it hard. The whole object in
proposing this new system is to OBJ
tain an ideal system. This new sys-
TEN is a revival of the old New Eng
land town meeting, which is nearly
ideal form Of government. But how
can we get a town meeting in New
York City?
"Could we get Elihu Root or Joe
Choate to enter a contest where they
would have to go up and down the
East Side into the West Side, through
the center of the city, into every bar
room and tenement, shouting, I'm
the man to be Judge! I'll see to it that
no man is turned out of his house be-
cause he is poor!
"We have had this system for more
than 100 years. We have never had
a bad president, but we have had
of great ones; New York has
never had bad governor and she has
had many great ones"