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independence are agreed on this.
IL has always. been the sentiment of the
authorities of Philadelphia that they
merely held the bell in trust for the
nation at large, and that wherever pos
sibIe. as in the case of expositions of i'm
portance. the bell should be sent to do it's
part IN intoxicating the great lessons &c
patriotism in the hearts OF the people
But now a peril has arisen. A new
crack, running from the old one. all
ready so well known from the photo
graphs. has appeared.
1t is seventeen inches long. and though
it is very faint. and can only be seen
by the closest OF scrutiny. 1t Is considered
a grave warning.
II the bell that carried its message of
liberty not only to the citizens in the
courtyard OF the old statehouse on that
historic July 4, 1T76, but to the whole
world. should split In half. fall to pieces
and disintegrate. there would be general
grief that il had ever been moved from
the shrine of national liberty and the ma
ton would visit sharpest criticism on its
present custodians.
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Nnecdofes
An Unusual Advertisement.

EDWIN F. MARVIN. conductor OF the
- national division of the Sons of Tenn
perance. was discussing in Bridgeport.
Conn.,, a fragrant piece of bribery.
Bribery. like a worm in fruit" he said
'spoils all it enters. And what won't II
enter?
"a temperance society in the middle
west once had a splendid lecturer. a re-
formed drunkard. This lecturer. after a
year or SO, was discharged. An admirer
asked why he had been released, and the
society's president answered:
Don't you remember how he con-
tinually referred to the irresistible seduc-
tons of a certain brand Of beer. attrib-
uting his downfall to it? Well, it turns
out that the brewer paid him a Quarter
for every time he rang in the beers
name
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A Builders Bon Mot.

AMES G.. HOUGHTON, president of tha
J Building Commissioners Society. was
applauded for bon mot at a builders
banquet in Minneapolis.
"A poor foundation said Mr.. HouSh.,
ton, twill in the end cause the collapse,
of everything but scandal
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of SO much concern among those who
have carefully examined the bell. and
who know its exact condition, extends
from a point midway between the rim and
the crown to point near the center of
the crown.
1t is said that the crack has grown a
little every time the bell has made
trip.
Long ago the original crack gave great
concern to those who feared that it pro-
vided the line Of cleavage along which the
split would extend until the old bell would
no longer hold together Experts in metals
studied the bell. and it was finally. after
grave counsels, decided to let mechanic
drill out the crack at its step. leaving
d rounded space which would effectively
stop any further spread
This was done, and of the filings care
fully preserved a number or rings were
made which are now the treasured relics
OF the families of two or three men who
We're officials of Philadelphia at that time.
But the same kind of remedy could
hardly be applied to the new crack which
has appeared, for this is still SO family
command enough importance yet to war
rant any further tampering with relic
which it is the wish OF the American
people to keep as nearly intact as pos
sible.
The original split in the belr was made
while it was being tolled in honor OF John
Marshall, Chief Justice of the United
States, who died on July 6. 1885.
His funeral was held two days later.
and while the cortege was moving slowly
down Chestnut street to the ferry the
deep tones of the bell that had first
sounded liberty paid tribute to the man
whose interpretations had given vitality
to the Constitution, the new organic law
under which the success or failure OF the
work for freedom was to be determined
Suddenly the crystalline tones turned
discordant and tangled. The bell had
ceased to sound like itself. and folks
looked up TO the top Of the tower in won
derment. When the ringing ceased an
examination was made. Then 1t was dis
covered that the bell was broken. crack
having appeared twenty-nine inches In
length. beginning at oe lip OF the bell.
where the metal was three inches thick,
and extending toward the crown.
Grief was general. Harsh criticism was
immediately visited on those who had the
relic In charge. though they were able 10
produce a good defense by reverting to
the fact that IL had only been in rare in
stances that they had permitted the bell
to be rung.
For instance, prior to the occasion OF
Marshalls funeral 1t had not sounded in
%, 1882. when in honor Of the centennial
of George Washington's birth 100 strokes
were sounded.
II is said, though some dispute the ira
dition, that even after the bell was
cracked il was rung on several occasions.
the last being Washington's birthday,
1915
William b. Hanm of Philadelphia, an
expert in metals, who has made life
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study of the bell. and has volumes of
data concerning it. has this to say of the
bell over trips that might unduly jar 1t:
Il don't think there is much danger In
the original crack, and the other may
be all right. too. The only peril that
trims Ts tbe ot the "a oaa,,ea IN the
metal of the bell changes under irregu-
lar percussion, and alters the metal from
its cohesive character to a granular
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PadereWSki and the Piqs.

UpADEREWSKI." said an insurance
man, "broke his fngernail last
month and collected 5000 in accident in
surance. Not bad.
II complimented Paderewski on his
fame at the time of the accident. He
laughed and told me modestly a story
that deprecated his fame.
"He said that he takes a great interest
in live stock. On his estate in Poland he
has the best varieties of pigs, cattle,
sheep and chickens. While touring he
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character Should this alteration take
place the bell might split
Representatives Of the eSattle EXPOSE
ton, in celebration of the founding of
the great northwest make a most i'm
pressive argument in favor of getting
the bell. and one which in some Of its
points is not to be refuted. They say that
the mass of their people live so far away
that they have little opportunity to make
the long journey to Philadelphia to see
the great symbol of liberty, and that if
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F. the crack In the
Liberty Bell is PEI
ceptibly increased
in the trip from
Philadelphia to Sea-
attic the most
precious of all rel
les will have made
its last trip from
Independence Hall.
Custodians of the
worshiped memen.o
of the struggle for
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RADTALLY,

= ~ Il L n LIZ DiL
surely. are the
labors of Uncle
Sans agricultural
explorers making
themselves felt in
the lives of the
people. 1t is no
exaggeration to
say that the utter
most ends of the
earth are being
rauSacked for
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NOVEL EDIBLES TO Crafty THE EPICURE
y AND ENRICH THE FARMER-MANY NEW VA
RIETIES OF FRUIT MADE POSSIBLE BY WORK
OF EXPLORERS-CONSULAR SERVICE LENDS
HANDWRITING THE MAKEUP OF BREAD
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II is said though some dispute the ira
dtion that even after the bell was
cracked it was rung on several occasions.
the last being Washington's birthday,
1915
William b. Hamm of Philadelphia, an
expert in metals, vino has made q life
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The new crack that has been the cause
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60
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-29
Why Cats Fall on Feet

conscious effort on the part of the
animal.
The opinion is that the tail plays
an important part In the turning
process. "All tree-inhabiting monkeys
have long tails" says this authority,
land there Is not the slightest doubt
that the tail is the greatest possible
advantage to all climbers in helping
them to turn. 1t also acts as a good
balancer. You may see a squirrel
walk along a tightly.stretched wire or
string, swinging its tail from side to
side, just az a tight-rope walker bal
ances his pole.
Some years ago I had some rats
whose tails had been cut off, and they
were not such good climbers as o-di-
nary rats. And 1t is Just the same
with monkeys; those which have not
long tails are not so good at climbing
and cannot leap to the same extent.
It Is noticeable that monkeys which
have given up climbing trees have
lost their tails"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-29
Interesting to Astronomers.

Men like Newton, Calico, Kepler,
Ptolemy, Aristotle, Arago have all en-
deavOred to solve the problem, and |
think ! may say that the weight of
evidence points to an atmospheric so
lution-that the stars twinkle because
of the various temperatures and densi-
ties of the aerial layers through
which their light passes. Therefore,
according to the state of the atmos-
phere and the altitude of the star,
broadly speaking, so should the twink.
ling Increase or diminish."-F. Il. A.
s., in London T. P.'s Weekly.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-29
Faculty ls One Which Is Especially
Developed by All Climbing and
Leaping Animals.

An ingenious model has been con
structed to show why a cat In falling
always alights on its feet. The imi-
tatlon cat consists OF a cardboard cyl,
inder, with -four rods stuck In 1t for
legs, and a tail devised on similar
principles: and the object is to show
that a cats faculty of falling on its
feet depends on the rotation of its
tail.
Some interesting information on
this problem is given by the superin.
tendent of a geological garden, who
has made several experiments. The
faculty of always falling On the feet
is one which is especially developed,
he claims, by climbing and leaping
animals, in which category are in
cluded all the cat tribe, monkeys,
squirrels, rats and most lemurs. Tho
instinct is born in them, and the art
Of twisting is performed without any
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-29
BY George Edwin Hunt
Copyright, by J 3 Lppincott Col
b. Lippincott Coz

pied chin with a big white ribbon.
Gee! but she was the prettiest little
thing that ever struck Arizona, bar
lone. ! took one look and said:
Angel, angel" You see, I went daffy
at once.
"Hello!" she repeated as she looked
round the room. 1T is a game? Oh
I see. / spy" Then she padded over
TO the end of the bar, pointed one fat
little finger at Pap johnson behind
the ice.box, shouted gleefully: II
spy!" and ran to Bill Jernigan. She
slapped old Bill on his empowered
legs and said:
"One, two, free for you! Now you
are it! All the res is home free"
Then she threw both arms around
Bills left leg and waited for the boys
to come home" You ought to have
seen Bill. He looked at me sort of
dazed like, then looked down at the
baby, then looked away far off some.
where, and said in a faint whisper:
well. I'm %darned!" And If he said It
once he said 1t 20 times. Just stood
there like a human hitching.post and
monograph combined and said:
We'll, I'm darned!"
The boys all gathered round from
their safety corners, looking as sheep
ish rs II the teacher had caught them
chewing gum, but | was too much in
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-29

terested in Angel to pay any atten.
ton 10 them then. | always val fond
of dogs and children and things like
that. I knelt down, so as to get some.
where neal on a level with that little
white bonnet, and asked:
Whose little girl are you, honey?'
Mammals" was the prompt reply.
I'D bet a stack of blue on that
said l. But what's your name?"
Anna Louise, thank YOU"
you're welcome. All right. I'll
believe that. even. Anna Louise goes
with me, but Anna Louise what?"
Muffin. Jes' Anna Louise"
And where is mammal"
"Oh, she's right over there" and
she waved her hand vaguely around
to embrace most three-quarters of the
compass. Then she proposed breath.
lessly: Les play 'Lunnon Bridge.
It's the mos'est fun"
We told her we would like to but
that We had forgotten how.
Bill then swung her up on the bar
and gravely asked her what she would
have to drink. She wanted soda.wa
ter and we all took the same, although
some of the boys objected.
When the drinks were all in hand
got or a chair and made an eloquent
ornate and highly popular speech, In
which l said that never before had
| seen the wisdom of naming our
thriving municipality Paradise" and
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-29

IHdt NJ tlIneS IL udu See1neu 10 me
the party or parties naming II must
have gotten mixed on their Scripture
or else have waxed sarcastic; but that
now a great light, the bright white
light Of truth, had busted in on my
alleged intellect, and Illuminated the
Utmost recesses of an ever sluggish
mind ("Hear, heart" from the boys).
An Angel had come to Paradise, I said,
a sweet little angel straight from
heaven, or st. Louis. or somewhere.
Her given name might be Anna Louise,
as she told us, but II SO it was "a mis-.
take. Angel she was, and Angel she
must be. And inasmuch as she had
no other name, according to her own
statement, a statement ! presumed no
gentleman present would doubt cloud
cries of mo, mol" from the boys), l
took the liberty Of giving her the
name of the fair city she had honored
with her presence, and proposed q
toast to angel Paradise"
Well, you never saw a toast excite
such enthusiasm-certainly not one
drunk in soda.water.
AS we finished the drink, the door
opened with some violence, and a chap
rushed in, clad In spats, a white waist.
coat, a stiff collar, a derby hat, and
some other useless outer habiliments.
His glance fell on Angel, and he
yelped: me child, me child"
Angel stood there on the bar, wav.
ing a chubby hand, and said: Hello,
pop!"
After he had Gained down, he in.
troduced himself as MIR. Hawthorne Of
Boston, who was touring Arizona for
his wife's health. He explained they
had stopped at the Cowboys Retreat
for a few hours rest, and Angel had
wandered away.
So Bill turned to Angel and said:
Come, sister, get on my shoulder, and
it's us for mamma" Then he swung
| Angel up and strobe out of the saloon.
Papa introduced us to and
explained VIC were friends of his that
had found Angel and looked after her.
They were just starting for Tucson in
the hotel surry, and we were soon
forced to say good-by to our little
Angel Paradise. The blessed little
baby patted old Bill on the cheek and
said: Il love Co.," and then. seeing |
looked disappointed, which | was, she
g%raciously said: AN 90, too. An all
of co." as she took lis all in with a
wave of the hand. And the last we
saw of her she was flirting mammals
handkerchief from the back of the
surrey as 1t disappeared in the dust
| around the bend.
On our way back to Pete's, Bill
put his arm around my shoulders and
said:
Lonesome, I'm some fond of red
pepper on hash myself"
! grinned a little and he went on:
And Lonesome, come to think II
over, that fellow was a rotten bad
actor, anyhow"
We had reached Pete's and were
just going in when he squeezed me a
little:
Furthermore, Lonesome, when ]
was talkin' about ropin' steers | ex.
copied you in my mind all the time"
And we never did finish that fight.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-29
Pathos In a Fire Report,

In the annual report of the fire l1nr.
shall of Kentucky the following extract
is not without a suggestion Of Little
Boy Blue"
among the odds and ends Of the
attic. usually are vanished furniture.
rags smeared with grease to take fire
themselves, painting oils liable to
take fire when the sun beats on the
roof, and broken toys of children who
are grown and gone away. or who
went to sleep long ago."
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-29
Not So Bad.

9TH Teller what went t. congress
frum this deestrict sem me a whole
passed. Nv garden Seeds said the pes
simistic granger, an not a gosh
blamed one NV EN- ever come up, by
grass"
"Oh. WELL" replied the optimistic
proprietor of the crossroads grocery,
you amt got no kick comm. He
might have sent You his speeches on
photograph records"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-29

It is a mothers duty to keep constantly
on hand some reliable remedy for use in
case Of sudden accident or mishap to the
children. Hamlins Wizard Oil can be
depended upon for Just such emergencies.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-29

Smokers find Lewis Single Binder 30
cigar better quality than most l0c cigars.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-29

1t was David who said: "All men
are liars" And he might have added
that married men have opportunities
thrust upon them.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-29

lie never has a message who does
not know how to listen.
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mouth OF the Potomac by tomorrow even
Ing. and many will start to work early
Friday morning. In the fleet are vessels
from nearly every oyster-bearing stream
on the Atlantic coast. who come after
small Potomac oysters for planting pur-
poses. The anchorage at Canton Hollow.
Baltimore harbor. Is filled with vessels
that have gathered to At out. seek crews
and take on stores for the coming at
tack upon the wealth of bivalves under
the waters of the bay. 1t Is estimated
that more than 100 craft were anchored
in the hollow yesterday. but by tonight
they will be on their way to the Potomac.
viting men to ship are displayed along
the water front at Baltimore where there
Is a likelihood for this class to seek en-
ployment. 1t is understood that few are
seeking preferment, and that Shipping
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PUBLIC WORK ORDERED.

Upon motion Of Engineer Commissioners
Judson, the Commissioners have issued
the following orders for public improve
ments:
That 1910 feet, more or less, of eight
inch water main be laid in Blair road be-
tween the present terminus and the Dis
trict line.
That new cement sidewalk be construct
ed on the east side of 5th street north
west between D and E streets, at an esti-
mated cost of $3.50.
That Fuller street northwest, west OF
18th street, be graded by the chain gang
at an estimated cost of 500.
That license be issued Charles f. van
Horn as master gasfitter, upon the niihs
of satisfactory bond.
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that they might not be amenable to pros
ecution in Washington II they could De

that they might not be amenabie to pros
ecution in Washington II they couio De
arrested in Washington.
..I am compelled to take one OF Two
views, and there is nothing De.~ee en-
them. Either when a newspaper owner or
proprietor does what the evidence In TINS
case shows those defendants did, com
noeed. printed and deposited IN the mails
for circulation these papers containing
the Nor the purposes OF inns s,a'e nn,;It,.
here and in every county, district or Juris-
dictfon into which these papers Co. or
thew are only guilty here. There Is no
middle ground to take. When these oe-
PENDANTS put these papers containing THESE
n will hereafter call them) libelous ar
fic,es into the post Office here in Indian
anolis. and they went through the mails
throuKhout the country into the various
states, counties and districts OF the
tinted States, either it became crime
separate and Independent crime IL.
every one Of the counties. districts or
states into which the papers went, or
there was but one crime, and that was
here
But One Place of Publication.
"Where people print newspaper here
and deposit it in the post office here for
circulation throughout the counties and
districts, there is but one publication and
that one is here. If that is true, then
there is no publication, according to the
evidence in Washington"
In concluding the court said:
IF the history of liberty means any
thing IL the Constitution means any
thing. then the prosecuting authority
should not have the power to select the
tribunal, II there be more than one to Sc
lect from, at the capital of the nation
nor should the government have the
power to drag citizens from distant states
there for trial.
1t Is charged in the articles that WIZ
liam Nelson Cromwell Douglas Robin
son, Charles p. Taft and other intimate
friends OF President Roosevelt had
knowledge Of this ''swindle" as the edi-
torials called 1t, through which "a gang
of spectators" has robbed their coun-
try ,,,,,.r
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READY FOR DREDGING SEASON.
Fleet Assembling at Potomac River
OYSTER Beds.

Masters of steamers plying between this
city and the lower river state that the
oyster dredging fleet Is assembling In the
Potomac. in preparation for the dredging
season. which opens at midnight tomor-
row night. The harbors about Coltons,
in curriomen bay and at Colonial Beach
are filing with vessels. so that IT Is dim
cult to navigate through them In going
10 and from wilarves at these points.
It Is estimated that about 500 vessels
will be on the oyster dredging grounds
between Lower Cedar point and the
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Bow Shot on a "Dare. ,

WHEELING. w. Va. October r.
"Give you leave!' called Philip I-entz.
thirteen years old, to Ernest Kaiser. fif-
teen years old, as the boys were return
ing to their homes at Etnaville from a
short hunting trip yesterday afternoon.
Lentz ran behind a tree and Kaiser held
q shotgun to his shoulder and pulled the
trigger He did not know the gun was
loaded, but it was. Five of the shot en-
tered young Lentzs right side in the vicin-
ity of the heart Although the heart was
not touched, his recovery is doubtful.
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in his argument, said it was implied that
Mr. Roosevelt, President Taft and former
Secretary of State Elihu Root were in
formed as to the alleged swindle, and that
as the records at Washington showed
there was no american syndicate as de-
scribed and the sale Of the Panama canal
was perfectly legitimate and honorable.
the publishers of the Indianapolis News
had committed criminal libel against all
the persons named.
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cHEsTNuTs LURED THEM.
Two Small Pupils Of Maury School
Give Parents a Scare.

Saying they were dissatisfied with their
surroundings at school. Hugh Trey and
Baron Stark. twelve-year-old pupils at
the Maury School, left the building yester-
day morning and went away. Their
FAILURE to return, to their homes alarmed
their parents and the police were appeal
ed to for assistance.
This morning Trey entered the home
of his parents, 12S Tennessee avenue. and
said he had been visiting friends In Bar
croft, Va. Stark returned to the home of
his parents, HOS Park place, later in the
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Oh! That e' Awful

Did you hear it1 How embar.
RAISING. These stomach noisesmake
you wish you could sink through
the floor. You imagine everyone
hears them. Keep a box Of CAS-
CARETS in your purse OF pocket
and take a part of one after eating.
It will relieve the stomach Of gas. %
CAScARETS l0c . boz tor Q weeks
treatment. Alldfuegists. BigEest seller
n the wosid-million boxes q meath,
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KILLS Himself on Eve of Marriage.

SHELTON. Conn. October l3.-on the
eve of his marriage August B. Williams
of this place committed suicide In the
home which he had furnished for his
bride by shooting himself through the
heart The wediing was to have been
held today. Relatives are unable to give
any reason for his action. Williams was
thirty-f years old.
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Spanish War Veteran Dies From Fall

CUMBERLAND, Nd. October 13-Roy
Bechtel, veteran of the Spanish-Amer-
lean war. having served in Capt. House.
holders Company l. LIST West Virginia
Infantry. is dead at Berkeley Springs
from a fall while going home late at
night. having struck his head on some
rocks. which caused concussion Of the
brain.