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Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-07-20
Their Native Heath.

DR.. Eugene Fuller, president OF the
American THEOLOGICAL association. said
at a dinner in New York, apropus OF
independence Day:
I'VE must all try to be as truthful as
George Washington was. ! am afraid
we have not, of late years, upheld the
reputation for truthfulness that George
Washington gave us. ! am afraid
that we have published to the world,
through II yellow press and by other
means, a good many tall stories.
"Thus an English teacher once said
to a pupil:
"'Wha is a miracle?'
"'Please, sir the little pupil an.
swered. it's something that happens
in America"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-07-20
A SPOON SHAKER.
Straight From Coffeedom.

Coffee can marshall a good squadron
of enemies and some very hard ones to
overcome. A lady in Florida writes:
81 have always been very fond OF
good coffee, and for years drank 1t at
least three times a day. At last, how
ever. I found that it was injuring me.
81 became bilious. subject to fire.
quent and violent headaches, and SO
very nervous, that / could not lift a
spoon to my mouth without splitting a
part Of its contents.
my heart got 'rickety' and beat so
fast and so hard that ! could scarcely
breathe, while my skin got thick and
dingy, with yellow blotches on my face,
caused by the condition OF my liver
and blood.
II made up my mind that all these
Affections came from the coffee, and /
determined to experiment and see.
$50 l quit coffee and got a package
of Postum which furnished my hot
morning beverage. After a little time
! was rewarded by a complete restora-
ton Of my health in every respect.
~ do not suffer from blliousness any
more, my headaches have disappeared,
my nerves are as steady as could be
desired, my heart beats regularly and
my complexion has cleared up beauti-
fully-the blotches have been wiped out
and 1t is such a pleasure to be well
again." Name given by Postum Co,
Battle Creek, Mich.
Read the little book, 1.-THE Road to
Wellville," In pkgs. There's a reason"
Ever read the above letterf A new
one appears from time to time. The
are genuine, true, and full OF hs1ss
lntsvesG
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-07-20
CURED SORES WHEN
ALL ELSE FAILED
Woman Acts as Benefactress to Chill.
dren

Mrs. w. Linsky, Of Salem, Mass,
writes, telling of the wonderful results
from the use OF Resinol. In her own
words the letter reads:
81 have used your Resinol Ointment
for five years, as two different doctors
recommended it. l have given it to a
number of children with sores that
they could not find a cure for, and It
was always sure to cure them. l would
not be without it."
Resinol is the indispensable stand.
ard remedy for all skin troubles, from
the common pimple, cut, scald, boil or
sore, to carbuncles, felons, eczema,
erythema, herpes, BARRIERS itch, psori-
asis and every abrasion of the skin
from any cause. Resinol Ointment can
be instantly applied and its effect is
instantaneous. 1t is put up in screw.
top opal containers, selling at fifty
cents or a dollar, according to size. 1t
has the approval and recommendation
of thousands Of our best physicians,
and hundreds Of thousands of families
are never without 1t. Another indis-
pensable necessity is Resinol Soap,
one Of the finest, most soothing and
refreshing toilet soaps in the world.
1t Is a preventive Of most of the skin
troubles, including blackheads, pim-
pies and chapped hands. 1t is espe-
cially adapted to the tender skin Of
infants and children. Nothing is bet
ter for shampooing and cleaning the
scalp and for the prevention of falling
hair. The ointment and soap are sold
by all druggists.
Resinol Chemical Co., Baltimore, Md.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-07-20

Laundry work at home would he
much more satisfactory If the right
Starch were used. In order to get the
desired stiffness, it is usually neces.
sary to use so much starch that the
beauty and %fineness Of the fabric is
hidden behind a paste of varying
thickness, which not only destroys the
appearance, but also affects the wear
ing quality of the goods. This trou.
BILE can be entirely overcome by using
Defiance Starch, as 1t can be applied
much more thinly because of its great
Ell strength than other makes.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-07-20

Chew and smoke unta xed tobacco, cheap an,
undopsd. 'Meriwether 4 Edwaras. Clarksville Ten
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-07-20

A good name being better than
riches, 1t behooves us to take better
care of our regulations.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-07-20
No Argument There.

She-Oh, but mamm objects to kiss
ing.
He-Well, I'm not kissing YOU
mother, am !?
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-07-20

The man who thinks he knows 1t all
never gets much of a chance TO tell It.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-07-20
Easy.

Knicker-How a you identify
your umbrella?
Bocker-By the man ! took 1t from
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-12-08

He is broker by trade. Also, he
speculates on his own account, and
part of the time Is floating like bub-
BILE on the top wave of prosperity and
the rest of the time swimming for
dear life In the succeeding trough. 1t
was a good deal as he himself once
put it, when he had planned to feed
a few of us a week In advance:
"You had better put sandwich in
your pocket, boys. for life is uncer-
tain. AS you know. 1t is turkey with
me one day and feathers the next, and
you have got to take your chance as
to which you will get when you dine
with me. But come on just the same
II it is turkey It will be the biggest
one in the market. and If It's the
other 1t will be feathers In our caps
anyhow"
In spite of yourself you can't cher
ish anything against a man like that
never criticized him to any one
save Glare, and only to her incident
ally and openly the same as we criti-
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-12-08

cized other things that were In COM
mon between us. She understood per-
fectly that there was no animus back
of my words, and | would not have
cared particularly If she had told him
all l said. As a general proposition
she would agree with me, but not al
ways. | remember once when she
crushed the rose which she had been
caressing into shapeless pulp with
one convulsive squeeze at some care
less remark of mine concerning his
improvidence.
did you ever happen to notice
where Bruce's clothes show the first
signs of wear?" she asked defiantly.
I admitted that had not.
Then l will tell you. 1t is at the
flap of his right-hand trousers pocket
where he carries the loose money that
he loans and gives away" So you
see her action signified nothing ex-
part to fly to his defense and cover
his sins of extravaganza by the man
tie of his charities. And, of course,
against sentiment like that logic is
useless.
Then, too, when it comes to his lit
tie love affairs Bruce is certainly
pachyderm. You could shoot him as
full of Cupid's arrows as you could
thrust human pin cushion full Of
needles, and the result would be the
same in each case An unfortunate
affair of the heart affects some peo-
pie not unlike mosquito. 1t annoys
them for few moments, and then an
other mosquito comes and the first
one is forgotten. With others it gets
under the skin like "chigger"-fes-
tiers and torments and will not be
scratched out And there is where
Bruce and l differ again. He is of the
first class, while | am of the chigger-
bitten variety.
Clare nearly always came to see us
upon Sunday afternoons. We would
usually hear her whistling as she
came up the walk when she was still
quite ways distant. Glare can sing
like an angel, but she much prefers
to whistle like the devil. She
squeaks and trebles and fats with
her lips in a quicker and her chin
aslant, and the discord she creates is
shocking. But shs never gets dis
couraged, and would rather shrfll a
few false notes through her puckered
lips than open her round throat and
let notes pour forth that would drive
a prima donna to glazing envy. Into
the house she would come by means
of her private key with a fife of her
lips and a nat-a-tat-tat of her feet on
the uncarpeted stairs, until a final
hollow thump would announce her ar
rival at the portals of my uncle's in
ner sanctuary. Thereupon / would
arise to a military attention" and my
uncle to creaking resemblance Of up
rightness as she threw open the door
to reveal herself, sinking to the floor
with skirts spread in an exaggerated
curtsey of the olden days. Up to UNI
Gle she would go with q ridiculous
kiss upon the bald spot of his head
and then settle light as a puff-ball in
the window seat and commence to
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-12-08
CHAPTER N.

In my uncle's large front room there
was a safe that he had picked up
somewhere in the dark ages of his
youth, doubtless upon some fore
closure; and it was one of the sim
plicities of his complex mind that he
should cling TO it with the faith which
a child reposes in the toy savings
bank in which he had deposited his
treasure. 1t was a logged enough
looking contraption, and around it re-
volve the principal characters and
events of this history as a moth cir
cles a fame. Behind the portly doors
were kept the integrals of his fortune;
the mortgages, leases, deeds and notes
that were the material evidences of
his possessions. While 1t was nearly
always practically empty of cash, at
remote intervals, and for few days at
a time only, it contained considerable
sums in specie. This last happened
when he would collect the money on a
mortgage or other security, and be-
cause of not feeling well would re-
ceive payment at the house instead or
the bank Once in a long while this
would chance to occur after banking
hours, or on a Sunday or holiday, and
in that event, after the payee had de-
parted, he would give himself over to
a reyel with the currency with all the
delight of child fondling a. new toy.
He did not seem to care for gold AZ
the stereotyped miser always does
but would nose around among the
bundles of greenbacks with the seem
ing fascination of feline for catnip.
1t was during one of these scenes
that our quarrel occurred.
tTO BE CONTINUED)
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-12-08

he would sit down and begin to make
love to her. Nor would he do this In
the way that any other civilized man
would go about such a thing, but
openly and VIGOROUSLY in the tilibus-
tering fashion in which he did every
thing. She always seemed helpless
before his extravagant compliments,
while, as for myself, would watch
him in silence unable to make up my
mind whether I was amused or dis
gusted. After he got tired of that he
would insist that she go with him
over to the boulevard where they
could sit on a bench and pick out an
automobile from those going by, such
as he was going to purchase for her
especial benefit At first she would
demur but would finally say, "All
right, if Tom will go, too" Whereat
he would laugh and say to me with an
audacious wink:
ooh, Tom doesn't care to go. He
would rather loaf up in his den and
read a book than go over there and
sit in the dust, wouldn't you, Tom?"
In reply | would bow low and say
Certainly" with sarcasm that
would have shriveled any other living
human being, but at which he would
only laugh again and straightway
march her off. and that, of course,
would be the last of them for that day
so far as I was concerned.
AS said before, I was not in love
with her; l did not think that he
was more than half ia earnest and
therefore was not jealous. But 1t al
ways left me feeling sort of disguised.
don't believe it is In the male ma
ture for any man to witness woman
whom he likes tacitly accepting the
advances of man other than himself
without wishing that he had horns.
He may not particularly want the
woman himself, but the sight of it
breeds sneaking desire in him to 90
out and hook something.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-12-08

myself. whom he tolerated as sort
of licensed and necessary evil: Bruce
Halliday. my second cousin. whose
happy-g o-lucky exploits he would
sometimes chuckle over, and Glare
Winton, another distant cousin of
mine from different branch of the
family. But 1t was practically impos-
sible to know Glare and not love her
a little at least; and 1T was his af-
dection for her, combined with his
fondness for nature, that made me
realize that he was a human being
after all. Bruce used to say to me
privately that if Uncle Abner was the
crab apple of the family tree, Clare
was certainly the peach, but l always
preferred to regard her as the jewel.
would not liken her to diamond
as l would Mrs. Dace, who scintillates
and dazzles, but rather to a perfect
pearl whose beauty Is soft and ema-
mates from deep within
While it was easy enough to &C.
count for his fondness for Glare,
never could quite understand what a
man of his instincts saw about prodi-
gal like Bruce to pat on the back,
good looking and agreeable though he
is. And it puzzled me almost as much
to notice that Glare, who is high
minded and as sweet and wholesome
as fresh milk, would so readily over
look things In my cousin of which l
knew she instinctively disapproved.
One day I spoke to her about 1t.
good naturally charged her with be-
mitted 1t with audacious sang froid.
"Of course | am. Everybody is
everything is Children climb all over
him and stray dogs follow him home.
Why shouldn't they If he pets them"
l expostulated But he is so obvi-
GUS I might even say notorious
about his-well, 1 will call them II
nancial peculiarities. He doesn't
care who knows about them" She an
swered me as pertly as sparrow.
That's just what like about him.
Bruce doesn't know there Is such a
thing as underhandedness."
So that's the way some immaculate
women have of sticking up for tar
nished men. 1t seems to be one of
the mysteries of the female mental
equipment which is incomprehensible
to the male mind. But while l al
ways liked Bruce, we are of somewhat
different temperaments. I am not a
purist In any sense of the word, but
believe in discretion. Personally
prefer person who does the indiscreet
thing discreetly to one who does the
discreet thing indiscreetly. And that
is one way in which he and differ.
Neither do l admit that it is hypOc-
risy on my part-merely discretion.
1t has always seemed to me that when
two peoples characters are equal,
that whatever advantage the one
may have over the other rests with
the one who has the better reputa-
ton.
Also Bruce was usually up to his
ears in trouble of one of two kinds
financial or feminine But no matter
which it was, he always managed to
slip through 1t like an eel through oil.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-12-08
They'd

chatter. Five minutes of that would
put her out of breath, after which
she would be content to settle down
to ordinary conversation as she sewed
on the buttons missing from his gar
ments, or trimmed the edges of his
ever-frayed collars. For while Mrs.
Tebbets was employed to do all this,
Clare always reserved those tasks for
herself and jealously insisted upon
retaining her prerogatives. Perhaps
an hour later, If the weather was fit
ting, would manage to catch her eye
with a significant glance and would
then go down to a rustic seat beneath
the big oaks. Presently she would
join me.
While | was not really in love with
her, neither was | with anybody else.
liked her exceedingly, realized that
she would make a well nigh ideal
wife, and sometimes used to speak to
her about love matters. | would be
half in fun and half in earnest.
Clara" I would ssr, "vgu don't
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-12-08
Nothinn Else.

He-I wish you would select more
appropriate times to go to your dress
makers
She-My dear man, all times to go to
dressmakers are fitting occasions
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-12-08
Cause for Joy2

Mis- Pert-Ever since refused Tom
two weeks ago he hasn't been sober
day.
Miss Caustique-Not tired celebrat
ing, eh?-Exchange.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-10
Powder.

The eccentric behavior of giant powder
In explosion is again illustrated by the
fact that in the course of the destruction
Of five magazines and the entire manu-
featuring plant of one of the largest pow
der mills in the country, at Pleasant
Prairie, near kenosha, Wis, comprising
$4,000 kegs of powder and $50 tons of
dynamite, only three men were killed.
The village was practically destroyed and
much damage was done over wide
area, the conclusion being severely felt
even in Chicago. sixty miles away. Early
reports placed the loss of life high in the
hundreds, but the subsequent informa-
ton Is gratifying in that 1T shows that
emily three were killed and a compare
lively small number hurt by this ire
mendous defamation. Had this mill been
located in a city probably scores of lives
would have been sacrificed. This ex-
piosion. coming closely upon that at Com
munipaw, Jersey City, illustrates the ex-
IRENE danger of powder making and
handling. AS far as can be ascertained
the ignition occurred in the course of
manufacture, during the process known
az glazing, when the powder grains are
subjected TO steam in steel cylinders and
then dried under high heat, the object be-
ing TO coat them with a glaze. the perfection
of which determines the explosive quality
of the powder. 1t is obvious that in this
process there is grave risk of detonation,
and the wonder is that there are not
more disasters and that they do not cost
more life. Obviously the proper place
for a powder mill is far out in the coun-
try. where. when the stun "lets 60" il
will do the least damage
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-10
The Length of the Session

The question is asked, Need Congress
in special session sit longer than sixty
days? And then follows a little specu-
lation May j, it is suggested, should
see the House clear Of the tariff and its
work in the hands of the Senate. Then
a month for discussion by the Senate.
and then adjournment.
This does not look we'll even on
paper. 1t allows too short a time for
the subject. Let it be admitted that
much of the data gathered for the
preparation of the Payne law will be
available for the use of Mr.. Under
wood and his friends. The statisttcs
are only two years old, and are still
informing. although the democrats, of
course. will not study them with the
same result the republicans did.
1t is true. too. that revising a few
schedules of the tariff law will not take
nearly so long as revising the whole
law would. The tariff in its entirety
is a formidable proposition. touching.
AS it does, at SO many points. and in
yolving. as it does. so many important
interests.
But even . few schedules esuzst h
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-10
Good Work Afloat and Ashore.

From the New York Herald.
The concentration of an improvised
army corps near the southern frontier is
progressing with celebrity and smooth
ness that show the intelligent advance
made by our military administration. In
such unexpected notifications the main
difficulties feared are the possible made
quacies in transportation and commits
sariat. 1t must be acknowledge at this
moment that the bitter experiences of the
Spanish war seem to have disappeared
under the broadening lessons of the Phil
ippines and through the temporary occu-
patton of Cuba. The immediate duties
of the navy in such moments Of sudden
strain are perhaps less onerous, inasmuch
as the commissioned fleet is always in
mobilization and the reserve is ready for
any call. This presumption does not of
course, detract in any way from the
hard work imposed, for it is certain, no
matter what the deterrents may be, that
within any stipulated forty-eight hours
the whole fleet or any arrangement of its
components will be ready for the duty
ordered. Such immediate readiness con-
stitutes the priceless value of the ships
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-10

disposed of while you walt, and espe-
cially such schedules as those relating
to woolens. cottons and metals. Great
wealth Is invested in those manufac-
lures, and the proposition to overhaul
them for duty-levying purposes has
caused a great many men of influence
in one party as in the other to sit up
and take notice. If the Payne rates
are too high. how much too high?
What shall the new figures be?
There is then the matter of new
members in both House and Senate
men who will want to be heard on a
subject of such wide moment. For the
first time many of them will have op-
portunity to express themselves as
legislators on the policy Of taxation,
and the majority will want to improve
it. And 1t will be but fair that they
be permitted to do so. The veterans in
previous Congresses have had their say
as to the proposition in general. Give
the novices chance.
1t is idle. therefore. to talk at this
time about a hurried session. There
should be no hurry. The peoples serv-
ants are on salary, and the peoples
interests should be their highest con-
sideration. AS for the weather in
Washington, it is not oppressive in
early summer, and lawmakers can work
here without serious discomfort. But
suppose the coming summer should
prove a little warm. 1t will not be
nearly so warm here for anybody as 1t
will be at their homes for senator's and
IL they make the heat
an excuse for running away from an
important public duty. When Congress
assemblies it should be with the inten-
tion of legislating in workmanllke
fashion on all the questions it decides
m fake
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-10
Warning to Grafters.
From the Baltimore American.

From the Baltimore American.
Abe Ruef, the San Francisco CRATER.
has failed in his legal resources and has
been made to feel the futility of seeking
to evade sentence The fourteen years
allotted to him at San Quentin have been
entered upon, and thus will close the
final chapter in the history of the re-
markable man whose quick rise through
Mayor Schmitz to a place of political
power and of notorious graft was one OF
the phenomena of a similar kind in nu-
merous American cities. The people will
not tolerate this kind of thing any longer,
and the politicians are being made to
see that they must fill a creditable part
in the affairs of cities or else the cities
will get rid of the politicians. The fate
Of Ruef is an uncomfortable warning to
wrongdoers and justification of the re
spectacle sentiment in the city that
brought him his just deserts.