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New-York tribune., 1909-04-11


jsEg9aa5H arnazenent the way everything had shrr
S6k7fsS9' Distances and buildings We're about quar-
Of the size he had supposed them be, and for Il
people who remained
NOU see Mr. Cullen was unfortunate the -cton Of
home town; for it seems to be one OF those r-aces
have steadily been going seed, Most Of the cap
people, like himself, fled from when they str
enough In his breezy, entertaining way he els OF
disiusionment; and he can't keep his feeling
in the background, so bitter was his disappo.n---at
TT is good thing for most of to get back envr
ment we started from. 1t is the very best .rdsics
measure up ones growth find If the a ledge
other things has acquired really WORT hie 3
always there is the tragedy of the early trte rps W1
have fingered like a perfume in ones heart. TO be
stroyed when the objects of them Ain
always we place the blame on the other. bec. that
familiar human way
THERE good stories that succeed desr:, he badn
ing; and mediocre stories that are pr...- because
the skill in the telling, "One OF the Carevs fine a5
beautifully written YOU will agree when YOU ead I'll ~
next number. The particular Carew who the heroine WEI
off the stage and a love affair is mixed up with poh''
intrigue in the fascinating and interest holding way
VOU remember that the wonderful Kim S''
is called Little Friend of All the World Has It ,
CURED to YOU that Shorty McCabe IS the fr, Of all
world that knows him? And that's pretty rs ~.ei io@
five million people at least \ Report w.. tunh
number again illustrates this fact - al one
not sure but that the generous kndness ,. -aEd g.
nonsense displayed by the man are even mon. ent ~
his delightful humor.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-11
The Boyhood Home

D YOU ever go back to Your boyhood nome a-e
an absence Of twenty years: Clarence
Cullen did that, and he tells about 1t IN ourneJ
SUNDAY MAGAZINE. He couldn' get over =
amazement at the way everything had shrua
Distances and buildings were about a quart
he had supposed them to be, and as for t
New-York tribune., 1909-04-11

OF the size he had SUI
people who remained
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-07-29

would give up easily an object he had
set out to win, especially if that OBJ
ject had flashing black eyes, shining
jet hair and cheeks and lips that would
set the blood coursing through colder
veins than his.
To accomplish the plan which the
"Gentleman's Club" had fixed upon it
was necessary that THE Pawn"
should be enticed to one of the nightly
meetings. This at last was brought
about by Diaz. arch diplomat of the
crowd. The club was gathered in the
paternal Diaz' law Office when "The
Pawn" slipped in, took his seat and
sat in discreet silence.
81 see," said Davies, addressing Tom
Childress, that you and Mary Ash.
ton have made 1t up.
THE Pawn" shifted uneasily in his
chair and his cheeks famed. His
prosecutors had no idea of the con.
Stunning jealousy of Childress that had
long obsessed him.
Before he could decide which course
to pursue diversion occurred. Gar.
rity jumped to his feet, strobe over to
Childress, and shaking his fist in his
face shouted
Tom Childress, you're an Internal
liar. I'm going TO that dance with
Mary Ashton. She promised me this
afternoon"
I'm liar, am l." said Childress
slowly rising to the full limit of his
five feet five and squaring off for bat
tie. You've got to prove those words.
Clarity"
I'm prove them on you, you lying
pup" shouted Clarity. you can't
come up here and talk lightly of the
girl | love. There, take that"
The blow fell and instantly was
returned, Then somebody put out the
light. In the fitful light from the win
dows the room seethed with the con
fusion of crashing chairs, the thud
thud of rapidly exchanged blows and
the labored breathing of the combat.
ants. Then the door opened letting 10
flood of cool air. There was a rush
of struggling bodies and, "The Pawn"
still clasping an open knife, felt him
SELF borne along with the crowd
Childress was in the fore and under
the rays of the electric light on the
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No Place for the Artist.

1t may be regrettable. but the artist
to-day lives more apart from the gen.
erality OF men than in almost any
other age, and the reason is plain-it
is because he has no definite place in
the present economy. Neither can a
place be established for him by con-
declarations of artists and such like
nonsense. Solemn humbug of this sort
is of use only for the glorification OF
set of professional men of taste,
from whose tyranny good Lord de-
liver us.-New York Evening sun.
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We haven't done
anything to him late
ly. If we don't stir
him up he will for
get he's living"
Then the club
went into executive
session and plotted
the undoing of The
Pawn"
The Pawn" at
this time was giving
little thought to any
thing save the whims
and caprices of
black-eyed M airy
Ashton. Mary was
the soul of tickle
ness, and having
broken every youth
full heart in the town
except that Of THE
p a W n - S h e b e :
thought herself of
him and she found
in him a willing, yet
a determined sub
iect. "The Pawn"
loved deeply as he
could hate deeply.
He was not one who
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corner his face showed red and
bloody. He seemed to be dripping
with gore. He was. 1t took whole
bottle of red ink.
He saw "The Pawn" and started up
the stairway shouting:
There he is! He cut me! See,
fellows; he's got knife!"
The conspirators slipped quietly
away while Diaz went back to lock
up the office and, perchance, manu-
facture additional evidence.
When he entered THE Pawn" was
still standing in the middle of the
floor with his knife gripped tightly.
Come, come. Chess" said Diaz,
you'd better quiet down. You've
done enough for tonight. Childress
is cut pretty bad, guess. The boys
are taking him home. What possessed
you to butt in. anyway"
Look here, Diaz," said "The Pawn"
you're friend of mine. Now didn't
cut Childress, but | wish | had 10
like to kill him. I'm afraid that's all
true that ne said about Mary"
We'll, what If it is? She's not worth
fighting, for" answered Diaz Come
on, you'd better go home and in the
morning it won't bother you a bit"
In the meantime the further details
of the plot were worked out over a
table in the back end of The Colo
Eagle Exchange" where other con-
spirators were waiting.
When they reached McCurdy's office
the court" was already in session.
Had THE Pawn's" mind been capa-
BILE of connected thought he would
have observed tina. the court, the at
torneys and the spectators, all were
members of the Gentleman Club"
"The Pawn" was led to a chair in
front of the magistrates desk. Nc
Curdy read several docketed entries
and each case was continued at the
request of some one of the young at
torneys present until he reached the
entry:
THE People Of the State OF Illinois
against Chester Easter; Assault with
intent to Kill"
is the states attorney PRESENT." in
quired the magistrate.
IF the court please" said Davies,
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He Calf Skin club ex-
pected a good story
from Judge Adams,
and when his turn
came upon the list,
every member was in
his seat around the
long table. 1t was
with further satisfac-
ton that they watched
him take from his
pocket a manuscript.
That meant careful
preparation and that
full justice would be
done to the story.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-07-29
AUTHORS NOTE.

The material facts In this
story of circumstantial evidence
are drawn from an actual re-
corded case, only such change
Of names and local color being
made as to remove them from
the classification Of legal re-
ports to that of fiction. All the
essential points Of evidence,
however, are retained.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-07-29

When the pipes were all going well
Judge Adams arose in his place and
took up the sheets before him; and
here is what they contained:
The tale that | shall tell you this
evening is one that occurred In my
own experience. For reasons that will
appear, it never became a cause
celebre, yet think it offers sufficient
of the unusual to be entitled to
place among these records of the club.
AS did many of our members made
my first acquaintance with the law
in small town. Almost every mem.
Der of the company of young men
with which | was raised was either
lawyer, the ison of lawyer or a
student of the law. Our loafing place
in the day time and our meeting
place In the evening was always some
one or the other of the many law
Offices. We grew up in fact amid an
atmosphere of law calf and briefs.
1t was fantastic crowd, full of
quaint conceits and odd fancies. One
of these resulted in the formation of
an organization the like of which
have not known before or since. They
called 1t The Gentleman's Club" but
had 1t been named the Practical
Joker's Club" the title would have
been more fitting. It's members
well. to enumerate them by their
bizarre titles will give you the best
idea of the vagaries of our idle brains.
There was the Governor of the Cigar
Islands in the person of Davies, a
brilliant student who had already
There was Clarity, otherwise the Duke
of Vermillion, who could cite by sec.
ton and chapter a parallel to any
case you might mention in the Illinois
reports up to the one hundred and
thirty-fourth volume: he quit at Vol.
1874 and went back to Blackstone.
There was little Tom Childress, digni-
fled by tho title of Lord Mayor of
Conlogue, who used to amuse himself
by turning Cooley's Constitutional Law
into Latin blank verse. And there
was Diaz. a ranting Irishman with
a Spanish name, who claimed to be
the sole surviving member of the
Patriotic Order of Sons of Shay's
Rebellion, who loved joke as he did
the smoky Installations of his ances.
tors native isle and who gloried in
the title of Lord High Admiral of the
Boyne, which, all history to the con-
trary, he declared to be the scene
of a great Irish victory.
There were lesser lights with lesser
titles and lastly there was THE
Pawn" THE Pawn" was too hand
some to be popular He was also too
quiet. He certainly thought a great
deal, but he seldom said anything.
He was admitted TO the club only on
suffrance and only in the capacity of
a pawn. His two consuming ambi-
lions were to try case before a jury
and to be a full fledged member of
the "Gentleman's Club" with title.
If Bnglands queen had offered him
the ribbon of the bath he would have
declined 1t for these, His name,
which is unimportant, as he was never
known otherwise than as 1.-THE Pawn"
was Chester Easter
The club was In session in the
office of Diaz. The Pawn" was not
present.
81 think" said Diaz, solemnly iii Is
about time The Pawn was initiated.
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When the pipes were all going well
Judge Adams arose in his place and
took up the sheets before him; and
here is what they contained:
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-28
Lauds Race Suicide

CHICAGO, Oct. l5.-Race suicide is
a blessing to the nation and not a curse,
according to the statement of Mrs. o.
Hulburd, Of Chicago, at the second dis
trict meeting of The Illinois Federation
of Woinan's Clubs.
"Race suicide always alarms the men
of this n%ation," said Mrs. Hulburd ~
say race suicide arising from terrible in.
dustrial conditions is a blessing and not
a curse.
"1f the men are alarmed, let them
create laws to remedy the industrial con-
ditions. ! am not at all alarmed about
race suicide, but I am concerned about
the future of children brought into the
world under conditions of poverty and
degradation. 1t is better that tn ere be no
children than TO rear offspring IN such
terrible circumstances.
Ramona Robins declared that because
of the industrial laws for the protection
of women III Illinois, s~terility is on the
increase among working ONE of the
State. He declared that while Illinois
ranks fourth in industries. it is the most
brutal industrial State III the Union"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-28
Scattered Items.

Jack Spuriock, who holds a good posi-.
ton on the Rock Island railroad, after
a pleasant visit with his father, Haywood
Spurlock, west Of Versailles, returned T, O
his work i'll Oklahoma Friday.
John Thomas Mcrriott, the merchant
and farmer of Gravois, was up to Yer
'ailles Friday after supplies and shaking
hands Will lis many friends.
Prof. Tom Parks, who owns and runs
4 business college in Denver, visited
several days recently with his father in
west Morgan.
DIR, Brownfield left Saturday for a Wis.
It of several months at his old home in
Iowa.
Shores Huntcr bought Mrs. Dale's APP
pie crop and made the cul into cider
~hich lie sold at i5c per gallon. He de-
Iivered several barrels to parties in Yer
~,aillcs.
The public sale Of Herman and John
son, on the Briggs farm, was fairly well
attended and the live stock. which was
III first class, sold we'll, as did the oats,
corn and hay.
AS Mr.. Miller and daughter, Myrtle,
were coming home from town Saturday,
men buggy was overturned and the ton
broken off and the occupants thrown out
aud badly frightened, but not much
hurt.
Mr.. wilson. one of the confirmed old
bicllelo S of the east end, living on the
Henry kidwell farm. sold ont last week
for S5i 90 an acre and will likely move
to Versailles.
The sale at Mr.. Glasgow's Monday,
was quite a success, everything in the
way Of live stock, Of which there wa.
considerable aud # good quality, sold al
good prices.
Bose Brown and family aud several
other families spent the day S nday a,
Req Filters, near Barnett.
Mr. and Mrs. Kr;eling, who recently
sold THEM farm west Of Versailles, arc
WISHING aeis,ivss aud friends in Easl
MorgaiL ami Males counties
Mn. Harvey. Of Et,fos. was a spirited
bidder on some Of the goods horses at t,e
Herman 4, Johnson sale SATURDAYS.
Mr.. White is having his residence,
near Enid, pain.ed. MIR. Henry Drown
adding the work.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-28
The Comet and

Editor RErUDLICAN:-lt is an old
saying, that it is an i'll wind that blows
nobody good. Now Doctors tell US
that the disease commonly called con-
sumption is on the increase and is one
OF our deadliest.
Our mothers used to cure it with
peach seed and bitter almonds, and a
few years ago all the week-lunged
were having blue glass in their win
dows to cure them Of this deadly foe.
Our Astronomers tell US that the tail
OF ilalleys Comet is going to envelop
the earth. and that it is chiefly cynan-
ogen gas. Cynanogen simply mean a
producer Of blue. which is the most
active chemical Of light.
So now we have the good: Let
all consumptivcs get out of doors on
aext May 18th to Dist, eat peach-sced
and breathe ~cynanogen gas from the
comet.
Z. S. Dc sure not to swallow the
stones.
Respectfully submitted
X. X. Nus.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-28
It's a Top Notch Doer.

Great deeds compel regard. The,
world crowns it's doers. That's why the
American people have crowned Dr..
Kings New Discovery the King of
Throat and Lung remedies Every atom,
ISL health force. 1t kills germs, and
colds and lagrippe vanish. 1t heals
coush.racked membranes and coughing
stops. Sore. Unframed bronchial tubes
and lungs are cured aud hemorrh ages
cease. DR.. Geo. More, Black Jack, N.
C., writes "it cured me Of lung trouble.
pronounced hopeless by all doctors,
5Oc. $50. Trial bottle free. Gaarau-
tesd by Muu1el Drug Co.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-28
PROGRAM
Morgan County Teachers Association,
To Be Held At
Versailles, Mo-, Nov. II, IL and Is, 1909.

THURSDAY A. NJ.
1000 to Hoo Opening session. Or
ganization. Outline of The work of the
ASSOCIATION by the coanty superinten-
dent.
Hoo to ll:i5 Talk by representative
OF Normal School.
THURSDAY =. NJ.
l:l5 to l:}0 Opening exercise.
1870 to 1:l5 READING circle session.
Discussion OF books adopted for 1901 10,
he'd by Prof. Smith, w. II. Strong, Revo
Johnson, Emanuel Webster and Myrtle
Page. General discussion.
PAS to 800 Illustrative lesson in read.
ing, Miss Fac Long. General discussion.
300 to $40 Talk on course of study
by representative from state.
1870 Entertainment.
FRIDAY A. NJ.
900 to 9:l5 Opening exercise.
9:l5 to 1000 County graduation & s..
sion, led by Dave Short, Emma Drunk.
boost, Leslie Foster, Floyd P.pyland, J..
r. Edwardson, Eva Stockton and Myrtle
Ivy. General discussion.
1000 to l0:45. Illustrative lesson in
Arithmetic, Miss Pris>ie McClanahan.
l0:i5 to ll:i5 Papers. Select sub.
iects, Pete Kaufman, Nellie V. Allen,
Alta Hail, NJ. l.. Johnson and Maggie
Smiley.
FRIDAY y. NJ.
l:l5 to l:3O Opening exercise. .
lao to 2:5o School Improvement SEES
sion. What improvements are needed?
James Brown, Owe James, Oscar Weay.
er, Opal Roark. Edith ilamlin, Ida Lent.
JIM, Bertha Lctever and Austin Bail
How get them? b. REYNOLDS,
avery Price. Lizzie Draifen, Arnold
l'redericNs, Fred Page, A. Ii. Jordan.
How interest the pubic? 7. X. kamer,
I'm. Smitn, Minnie HAYS. Olive Thorpc,
Doiiie I,o, Grace Roark. Sadie Raw,
Mrs. MaSme Sanford, Mrs. n. i. Kid.
well, and Dixie Phillips.
21W to 3:l5, Illustrative lesson, Anna
Clifton Critral discussion,
31o to 3:l5 Talk by representative
from one OF the departments.
7:.W Lecture.
\ SATURDAY A. NJ.
600 to 9:l5 Opels;aP exercise.
9:l5to ii :l5 Buildings and Gyosads
session.
Teachers whose names do not ,.,ssar
elsewhere in the program are expectac. ~
lead in this discussion.
WRAY WITrEN,
i sup,.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-28
Advertising Rates.

c. N. Van ~IIosen, Register OF the
Y. S. Land Office at Springfield, re-
ports only 5000 acres of government
land left in Missouri, and it is going
fast, so it looks now as if there would
soon be another statesman out Of a
job, but Van is a good newspaper
man, and we look for him back in
the ranks.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-28
Suehsiy Colder with Snow.

When you see that kind of a weather
forecast you know that rheumatism
weather is at bend, Get ready for il now
by getting a bottle Of Billiards. Snow
Liniment. Finest thing made o rcrheu-
ma,ism, chilblains. frost bite. sore and
stiff joints and muscles, alt aches and
pains. s5c, SOC and Sl.u0 a bottle. Sold
By Globe Drug Store.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-28
The Bedrock of Success.

lies in a keen, clear brain, backed by in.
domitable will aud resistless energy
Such power comes from the splendid
health that DIR. Kings New Life Pills
impart. They vitalize every organ and
build up brain and body ]. A. Har.
mon, Lizemore, w. Va, writes: "They
are the hest pills | ever used" csc at
Mnntael Drug Co.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-28

spread before you would do you no good
it you couldn't eat. What good can food
do a child when as oon as it enters it's
stomach 1t is eaten by worms. That's
the reason your baby is ailing, cross.
pasty faced and thin. Give it Whites,
Cream Vermifuge. It will expel the,
worms and act rs a tonic for the child.
Sold by Globe Drug Store.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-28
H. &. CHALFANT, Agent,
Rock lsinDj Lines,
VERSAILLES, no.
Cold Weather Advice

to all is to beware of coughs and colds
the chest; as neglected they readily
lead to pneumonia, consumption or other
pulmonary troubles. Just Us sucn as the
cough appears treat it Wit haliard'o
America. Use as directed perfectly
harmless. A cure and preventive for al
diseases of the lungs. Price 25c, Soc and
81 90 per bottle. Sold by Glcbe Drug
Store.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-28
FrichtfuI Fate Ayertcd.

~ would have been a cripple for life,
from a terrible cut on my knee cap
writes Frank Disberry, Nelliher, MINI.
without Bucklen's Arnica Salve, which
soon cured me-" Infallible for wounds,
cuts and bruises, it o cures Burns,
Scalds, Old Sores, Boils, Skin Eruptions.
Worlds best for Piles. 25c. at Muntzel
Drug Co.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-28
A Shaking I'd

may all be very well SO far as the trusts
are concerned, but not when it comes to
chills and fever and malaria. QUIT the
quinine and take a real cure-Ballard's
HerIinc. Contains no harmful drugs
and is as certain as taxes. If it doesn't
cure, you get your money back. Sold
by Globe Drug Store.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-28
Money Comes in E3unches.

to A. A.. Chisholm, of Treadwell, N. Y.
now. His reason is we'll worth reading:
For a long time I suffered from indi-
gestion, torpid liver, constipation, ncr-
vousness, and general debility" lie
writes II couldn't sleep. had no apfe
lite, nor ambition, grew weak every day
in spite of all medical treatment, Then
used Electric Bitters. Twelve bottles
restored all my old-tinie health and Wig.
or. Now I can attend to business every
day. It's a wonderful medicine" III.
tallible for Stomach, Liver, Kidneys,
Blood and Nerves. 5Uc. at Muntzel
Drug Co.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-28
"'Underground Road For White
Slave Traffic Discovered,

Chicago, Oct. IS An underground
railroad" by which white slaves are
spirited away from St. Louis and brought
under cover into Chicago. as deliberately
as any by which black slaves were ever
brought north during the civil war. has
been uneartbed by Assistant States At.
torney Clifford G. Roe.
Twen,y.four girls have been brought
here in the last W. months by two men
whose sole duty it is to travel between
the two cities escorting girls, according
t o Roe. Dick Tyler, now held here, has
made a confession in which he declares
that he and another man were engaged
in making regular trips between the two
cities.
The girls, after being met in St. Louis,
were driven to East St. Louis in a car
riage and taken to a hotel. From there
they would be taken by another St. Louis
agent on interurban cars still further to
small towns on the railroad line. Then
either Tyler or the other ma would meet
them and take the train for Chicago. The
party would leave the train at %Englewood
and come into the city on street cars.
The girls would eventually be taken to a
resort here and held prisoners.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-28

The frs, time a girl is d,ssaapointed in
love she imagines she has nothing left
to live for.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-28
Removal Ect.ce.

HALLS TEXAS WONDER will re-.
move Kidney, Bladder, and Rheumatic
trouble. 81 Cd bottle contains 90 days
treatment, and seldom one bottle fails to
cure. Sold by druggists.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-28

A girl dosen't enjoy horseback riding
unless She thinks her figure, looks good.
in a riding habit.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-28

Before long the end-seat hog will
to crawl in aud take chances among the.
straphangers.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-28

Many a woman considers marriage a
failure because she is unable to get a
divorce.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-28

It's hard to convince a man that he is
the real thing when a bigger man has
got him dGWn.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-28

The weather eventually gets back at
the people WHO talk about It.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-28

Iffyou would he happy let our MEM
DRY go ami cultivate your forgettery.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-28

seigre g Gehrs, Of Slower, were good
BUYERS at the stock sales Of Glasgow's
and Herman & Johnson's.