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Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-07-13
SYNOPSIS.

A foolish young tenderfoot becomes
fascinated with the bold. artful wife OF q
drunken prospector In a western mining
town. They prepare to elope In a blind
Ing blizzard but are confronted by the
maudlin husband. He Is shot by the
wife. but the chivalrous boy pins a
note TO the body taking the crime
pom himself. In their flight to. tho
falls exhausted; the youth puts her
on his own and follows hanging to the
stirrup strap. Seeing ne Is an impedi-
ment, the woman thrusts her escort Into
q snow drift and rides on. Half-frozen
no stunbles into the railroad station Just
as the train bears the woman away.
Twenty-hv years later; this man, George
Gormly, Is a multi millionaire In New
York. He meets Eleanor Haldane. .
beautiful and wealthy settlement worker.
and co.oporatcs witt her In her work.
Gorrnly becomes owner OF a steamship
line and finds himself frustrated In pier
and track extension plans by grating al
dormen. backed by the Gotham Traction
Company. An automobile accident on a
Btormy Christmas eve brings the Hal
danes to his country home. Gormly
makes the marooned party comfortable.
In a confidential talk with Gormly, Miss
Haldane enthuses on her settlement work.
and longs that he shall benefit mankind
with his wealth and business talents. He
determines to do 50 and announces that
he will be mayor Of New York and re-
deem the city from corruption.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-07-13
Doctors Said He Would Die
A Friends Advice Saves Life

/ wish to speak of the wonderful cure
that 1 have received from your noted
s~wamp-Root, the great kidney and blad-
DER cure. Last summer ! was taken with
severe pains in my bacl, and sides.
could not breathe without difficulty and
was nearly wild with the desire to urinate.
Was compelled to do so every ten min
ntes with the passage Of pure blood with
the urine. / tried all the different doc
tors from far and near, but they said it
was no use to doctor as l would die any.
way. l was at the end of my rope and
was so miserable with pain and the
thought that l must die that words can.
not tell how felt. One day a friend told
me of the wonderful help she had received
from DIR. Kilmer's Swamp-Root. She gave
me one of your pamphlets which l read
and determined to try Swamp.Root. After
taking half a bottle / felt better. Have
know taken ten bottles and am well as l
ever was, thanks to Swamp-Rcot. l wish
to tell all suffering people that have hid
ney, liver or bladder trouble, that DIR. Kill
mer's Swamp.Root is the best medicine on
the market.
All persons doubling this statement can
write to Inc and | will answer them di-
rectly, Yours very truly,
CLYDE +. CAMERER,
Resale, Wash.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
23rd day of July, 1909.
VERNE TOW7,E, Notary Public.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-07-13

times, and said that l ought to have an
operation. l would not listen to that.
and when a friend of my husband told
him about Lydia f. Pinkham's .Vege-
table Compound and what it had done
for his wife, | VAS willing to take 1t:
Now l look the picture of health and
feel like it, too. lean do my own house.
work, hoe my garden, and milk a cow.
l can entertain company and enjoy
them. l can visit when l choose, and
walk as far as any ordinary woman,
any day in the month. l wish l could
talk toevery sufferingwoman and girl"
Mrs. DEMAB ETHUNE, Sikeston, Mo.
The most successful remedy In this
country for the cure of all forms OF
female complaints is Lydia Z. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.
1t Is more widely and successfully
used than any other remedy. 1t has
cured thousands of women who have
been troubled with displacements, in
fiammation, liberation, fibrOid tumOrs,
irregularities, periodic pains, backache,
that bearing down feeling, indigestion,
and nervous prostration, after all other
means had failed. Whydon't you tryi ts
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-07-13

not now deceived by the well assumed
Indifference Of Haldane. he was con-
WINGED that there was something back
Of it; that the relation OF Haldane to
the whole affair was more than a
mere casual one; that Haldane a
not told him the plain. unvarnished
truth.
WELL. Mr.. Haldane. | will be frank
with. you. ! not only intend ~ haye
my track connection. but ! intend to
have the Gotham Freight Traction
company as we'll"
MY dear sir" said Haldane gently.
nc. turning a hair before this astound-
ing declaration. Are you aware that
the bonds of the Gotham Freight Trac-
ton company are two hundred and
fifty million dollars; that stock Tor
twice as much more has been Issued
and sold and Is already at a premium:
that II Is In the enjoyment of a ninety.
%nine.year franchise with the privilege
Of renewal; that It's promoters In
clude some of the ablest financiers In
the city,"
Much of what you say is a matter
Of public notoriety, You have given
me, however, some information that
I did not possess and which Is Of val
ue," said Gormly quietly.
Haldane did not acknowledge the
touch, though he WINGED inwardly at
1t.
And yet you speak," be went on,
of controlling the company"
II do"
This Is most interesting. am III.
rious TO know how you propose to do
1t?
THE business that you have built up
Is evidence Of your capacity I'm that
line; but you have. | take It, never
mingled In Wall street. never dealt
on the exchange?"
Never. l didn't mean to. either
How then do you expect to obtain
control of such a corporation as this
especially when It has back Of 1t the
city government as well as the Sach,
EN- society,""
The question was one Gormly could
have declined to answer without a
moments hesitation without giving
any ~offense, for It was one that Hal
dane had no right to ask. He thought
deeply, II swiftly, and before he spoke
Haldane continued;
You are. l take It, a wealthy man
but no single man could command the
resources of this corporation; that Is
no single a outside Of those few who
are in It," he went on, land 1t woult
be sheer madness for you to attempt
It,"
Mr.. Haldane." said Gormly. coming
to another conclusion. there Is a pow
er in this country greater than the
money power"
And what may that be. sir?"
The power Of the people"
in this instance. the people are al
ready on the side Of the Gotham
Freight Traction company"
Are they so?"
Certainly. Through their ~represen
tatives they have voted them a fran
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-07-13
A Caller.

II would like to see the editor
snapped a small mar with a CLEAN In
his eye that seemed to presage trouble.
Here he u.s." said a massive indi'
vidual. rising lazily from his desk and
removing a pipe from his mouth so
he could spit comfortably.
"Ahem!" said the small a Nov
that I've seen the editor. It occurs to
me that what + was going to say Is
not SO pressing after all. Good day
sir"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-07-13

chise under which the line has been
constructed and BY which 1t is oper.
ated. through the provisions OF which
IL Will be held"
Have the people surrendered their
rights absolutely TO the Gotham
Freight Traction company"
Il should say that they had"
Are they delivered, bound hand
and foot, to this corporation?"
We'll. you put 1t rather POLITICALLY;
but In substance your remark Is true"
And have they no redress OF re'
course?"
Certainly"
And what Is that?"
II haven't the slightest objection 10
telling you. They can revoke the
franchise-at the expiration OF the
ninety -nine'year term"
rs that all they a do?"
absolutely all. You see therefore
1t would be quite hopeless for you to
attempt to fight this corporation. ever
with the alliance and support Of the
people, which 1t is by no means Ger
tain you could gain"
And that is your unprejudiced opin
ion?"
1T is. Therefore | urge upon yol
the acceptance o. my offer to mediat'
between you and them"
And you say your interest is pure'.
i~mpersonal?"
Entirely
e" an glad, as | said before. t.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-07-13

Kind Lady-Aren't you the man
gave a piece of cake to last spring!
The Hobo-l'm dat same. ma'am.
Kind LADY, suppose you have
been at work ever since!
The Hobo-I can't tell or lie, ma'am
i've bin In do horaQSttla Ell sa7scs
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-07-13
Letter 10
Dr.. kilaer q ca.
BluEhsnton, n. 7.
Prove What Swamp.Root Will Do For You

Send to DIR. Kilmer & Co., Bingham
ton, N. Y, for a sample bottle. 1t will
convince anyone. You will afo receive
q booklet of valuable information, telling
all about the kidneys and bladder. When
writing, be sure and mention this paper.
For sale at all drug stores. Price fifty
cents and one-dollar
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-07-13

for four or i've days
at q
month, and so weak
l could hardly walk.
l cramped and had
backache and head
ache. and was so
and weak
that l dreaded to
see anyone or have
anyone o in the
room. The doctors
gave me medicine to
oaSa ma at thOsa
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-07-13

Mrs. WfnsIow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, %softens the gums, reduces inhamma'
ton, allays pain. cures wind collie, 25c IA bottle.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-07-13

The successful borrower Is as quick
as lightning. Also he never strikes
twice in the same place.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-07-13
Feminine Reasoning.

Stella-Her gown is just like yours.
Bella don't care if hers Is a dupli-
cate of mine, but | don't want mine a
duplicate of hers.-Puck.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-07-13
SEVEN
YEARS OF
MISERY
All Relieved by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.

SikestOn, Mo. -"FOr seven years |
suffered everything. I was in bed
New-York tribune., 1911-10-01
Moving Fever Is Now Epidemic Among Flat ID

accident to the liner Olympic? Many OF
the injured ships passengers were In on
this universal October shuttle. and, OF
course. they could foresee nothing that
could prevent their being on hand when the
motion day came Now many Of them Will
be unable to get home before October j..
and their furniture-tilled fat will be there
10 greet the new tenant when he shows up
with caravan OF loaded vans In his wake.
Just the same October the First has its
virtues When mankind lived in houses
oh. many, many years ago. they acquired a
habit OF giving their homes thorough
cleaning once a year. The October and
May moving days have taken the place Of
this once dreaded event. Now, instead OF
giving the old home fat a thorough clean
ing we move. We also take occasion then
to get rid OF all the old clothes and other
accumulated junk that we might allow TO
lie around II we didn't want 10 travel over
10 the new place as light as possible.
Well. IN a few weeks you will have be-
come accllmated 20 the new bunch OF
women hanging from neighborins windows
People will finally quit calling FOR the
family that Just moved out and you will
have broken yourself OF getting of at the
old subway station and climbing the Old
five Nights before you remember that you
are moved TO an elevator apartment
F. s. TISDALE
New-York tribune., 1911-10-01
Continued from second page.

Firstly there is a garage in the rear, ana
furthermore II seems 70 be a rookery lof
e,,-b,-niebt taxicabs Even now the noise
that comes from the petrol livery ana
boarding stable would rival the music mace
nv the riveters on a steel building skeleton
Furthermore there come strains from lhe
urhappy instrument Of some neighoor VINO
is taking his primer lessons on the cor
net. and through the parted curtains across
tho wav she detects the sinister CLINT OF
huge monograph horn In hdditloh 10 al
this her keen ear discerns the fact that the
S,,,,bu,aiter has a bad habit Of grumbling
- i+self while at work Also the premier
ho6-oor, ts next the shaft OF the lost motion
elevator and she distinctly remembers thaI
the advertisement said It ran al night
Ora doesn't have TO be clever 10 see 'hal
H. e,,ch circumstances any one trying 20
-,oa, IN there would have insomnia Tor a
oa,l.art roommate Thus does she weigh
.,a a,tdance for the apartment ana hnd II
sadly wanting. o,A
d., docs she come right straight out and
80, - the tanitor that she doesn't care for
the looks Of the place? she does not
what" she asks, rs the rent u ''''"
oTpa fhougand dollars d g'a4+
"Tt ,s very reasonable for the money :,
or,ts a bargain in fact Seven rooms 100
'.T-ben YOU will take IT, maamT 49,,
.eyveu. 1 can't do anything DEFINITE ui'ii
see my husband. Of course. he WIN DC DC
home late this afternoon. according 10 nio
usuaI custom. and perhaps we WIN 0o,r1 ~,
hack and go over # again together; l i
cali YOU up and let you kno" our uee-1.ea.' -,'n,
you'd better give me the te' phone nufnpei, lo.,.
An thank you've doubtless WIZ Do DaIn .I-a
t. &C. go over it together and really l Ike 'H'
place very much" ,o.t,,, sbe
when she gets clear Of the ioDDy ng sue
makes the following remark 10 iei ,,..,a
elf. zone thousand dollars Tor tha' .s''p 4tI',
set Of standing-room closets HOW 40 ~ ~
have the nerve to ask tits an olu ou,s nou,s
a. that, I wouldn't give them S4o .iol,s,,
for n II they paid for the electric hsi'S anu
kent me in groceries" ..,..,oat
The tanitor also has few postos' ~ g.
comments TO make TO the uniiorh'eu '~t -
the marble hall. Hear her say tia' SUI =
ho backq'' he asks. "All the three .,,,a
and afty that I've showed that nat " ''''0
New-York tribune., 1911-10-01

IN the davenport-that savior OF the MAI
hosti They make some davenports no"
that are as liable 10 the sings and arrows
OF outrageous fortune as four-year-oId
automobile. No one without an INFORM
taste for mechanics and a diploma from
good technical school can open EN- out
AT that they are welcome improvement
on the old style OF folding bed, that had
an uncomfortable habit OF closing up with
out warning while the visitor was asleep
and sitting him like a mechanical Otheiio.
The relatives Of such guests always had an
annoying habit OF considering such acct
dents in the light Of breaches OF etiquette.
As matter Of fact II was only one or the
many dangers attendant upon everyday nat
existence.
But you'd better put down the newspaper
and finish your packing. Tomorrow Is the
day. you know Already n crowd OF colos-
sal vans are abroad IN the land, and to-
morrow is their great festival
The usual happy and diyerting incidents
will illuminate the day Before you get up
there will be the urgent ring at the bell.
and YOU will hide your lavender pajamas
behind tho door. while your sleepy and
UrOtrudlnE lace listens 10 a. oi5 tA"-4f WIZ
tells you that he has come 20 occupy
your fat and to ask in pointed manner
whether you intend 10 allow him that
privilege or not Halls Will be filed with
busy furniture smashers, who chortle as
your blrds-eye maple dresser bounces
down the steps from the sixth floor. Next
door the piano that is being let down from
the third story window goes through the
orthodox ordeal OF breaking It's rope ana
cracking the sidewalk
Back in the rear the rival gangs are
fghting hllariously for the supremacy OF
the elevator. which doesn't add anything
10 the chances that your dining room
table will come out intact. out on the
curb others are pitching your gold parlor
furniture about and carefully nicking off
accidental bits OF the finish 10 see whether
it's the real thing or not. II you aren't
going 10 move you cant quite escape
trouble. for the Railways are clustered with
furniture and the movers thereof while
through your vibrating windows come the
distracting sounds of the yearly upheaval.
still. YOU have the questionable consolation
Of thinking that II might have been worse
What N YOU were one of the Americans
who were held back In England by the
New-York tribune., 1911-10-01

reached 1857 feet higher than Mount Blanc
and It's fall would have been in the neigh
borhood Of Chamounix. on the other side
of the range. This performance, great as
II was. becomes almost Insignificant com
pared with the capabilities of Uncle sam 8
titan.
To give a graphic illustration Of what this
gun can accomplish. we will say the gun IS
set up at the Battery in New York.
Pointed 70 the north, the gun would throw
its shell far beyond New Rochelle, on the
Sound, and TUckahoe would be easily
within range. as would be Hastings on the
HUDSON. The zone OF fire would pass
through Hampstead and Long Beach, on
Long Island and its shells would pass far
, above Staten Island and fall half mile
bevond the Atlantic Highlands Keyport
and Perth Amboy would be open to attack.
as would Westfeld and Milburn, in New
Jersey, while the residents of Montclair
could hear the huge projectiles screaming
high overhead. 10 fall three miles distant in
the valley beyond. Paterson would be
within reach, with four miles to spare and
New-York tribune., 1911-10-01

week said the same thing, and II one OF
them was ever to call me on the phone the
shock OF the surprise would knock me clear
off my feet. II we ever see her or hear
from her again I'll eat your last season
straw hat without salt or Pepper. and hnish
off with a pair OF planked old shoes for
dessert. Why do they do II? She knows that
she don't mean what she's saying, ana !
know she don't mean il, and she knows that
T know that she don't mean II. Why can
tbev come right out into the honest open
and say they think it's a bum set Of rooms
for the money? It would do away with all
this having TO think around the block TO get
at what they actually meant
The hallboy has no solution for lit Is
a problem that has successfully puzzled
men with more active brains than that
which nestles beneath his Jaunty pill box
can with the brass braid So Mrs. Harlem
proceeds on the heart breaking chase she
bappens 10 think that they have been
bulding whole raft OF new ones
here lately and so she looks at those
too. She energies some minutes later
overwhelmed with the ingenuuuouSness
Of the modern fiat architect in taking
a lot about as large as counterpane ana
building on II tiers Of seven room flats.
She observes that the oncoming styles in
fats seem 10 call for still smaller rooms
and narrower halls. There are really some
marvels in space skimping kitchens and
I1itchenettes In some OF these vest pocket
cooking plants the two burner gas range Is
on a hinge that allows one 10 flop II up out
OF the way after the meal is prepared the
refrigerator is set right next hot water
pipe. II isn't that the grasping venders OF
fee have paid 10 have this done, but because
there was no other place IN the cigar box
kitchen where Il could possibly be put.
Mrs Harlem drags herself home that
night. a mere shell OF her former vigorous
self az they said OF the late J. j. Jenries
following the Reno affair. out Of II all she
gathers the pearl Of thought that ultimately
comes home TO every dweller In Manhattan
who gets far enough along on the rocky
road 20 be the operator Of a metropolitan
fat. 10 wit and viz:
There are Jus: two varieties OF the Man
haitian apartment: there is the Kind you
can afford 10 rent and wouldn't live In; (;
and the kind you would like 10 live In, but
can't afford. Family owners always settle
the problem as Mrs. Harlem settles 1t
New-York tribune., 1911-10-01

true TO the metropolitan instinct OF Keep
ing up the bold front. che takes a fat that
she can't afford. One thing is certain-she
must move Everybody else shifts around
and there's no reason why she should turn
eccentric and stick a couple OF years in the
same place.
The effect Of the wave OF mutation that
rends the city az this time every year IS
seen in all the strata Of life Down on the
East Side, where they don't have to sign up
for a year. or even six months, the spirit
has infected the people and they are busy
Dragging their scant and patient furniture
10 other temporary homes. The same I'M
pulse is moving those who exist In apart
ment hotels Those who are hopelessly con-
hrned hotel denizens look about TO see II
they wouldn't like some other hosiery bet
ter. and there is always an army that puts
its furniture in storage TO take apartments
AZ the Plaza or the St. Regis. while an
other force large enough TO balance II de-
cldes that hotel life is nix, and they want
q little hearthstone OF their own on the
tenth floor Of some mountain range or fiats.
overlooking the highly advertised Hudson.
Persons who visit us from Europe can't
get II through their heads why a million
aire should live at a hotel. With them a
hotel IS a place 10 drop into now and then
for dinner or tea They would never think
Of being without a home of their own In
which 20 entertain and maintain horde Of
burglarious servants. There Is something
TO be explained I'm that many Americans
prefer 70 take up permanent address at
some hotel with an lS-karat lobby, where
the chairs are filed with self-invted
guests. who stare at diners az though II
were a show specially prepared for them
and where every now and then party OF
slehtseers wanders wide-eyed through the
forest OF marble, listening 10 their New
York cousin as he barks Of the wonders OF
tho place.
These oversea visitors aren't the only
ones puzzled by our modes OF life. There
is the relative who lives IN the country.
He has a house with twelve or thirteen
rooms among them a couple Of ever-ready
guest chambers. When he comes down %
nav back that visit OF tho summer before
or ~ take In a fast show. with plenty Of
girls I'm II, he wonders at your lack OF
accommodations for guests. The chances
are that he will have to sleep. II possible.
New-York tribune., 1911-10-01
Guard Panama Canal Strongest Focaion in the World
Pacific VIII Be Uncle Sans 16nch Rifle the Most Powerful
on the Globe Which Can Throw Huge Shell Filled with Deadly
Explosives Twenty Miles Out to Sea-

range as the 16-inch rife did not obtain
at that time, as such an undertaking as
the Panama Canal was hardly thought Of.
much less in actual process Of construction.
The range and energy OF the giant gun
varies with the quality and amount of
powder used. With smokeless powder It
requires a charge OF 576 pounds, but with
the old black powder a charge of 1.l76
pounds IS necessary. With a powder press
ure Of $1,000 pounds to the square inch, the
gun will throw a projectile weighing 2,401
pounds more than twenty miles at the ter
rife speed Of 900 feet a second. This
speed and distance is much greater than
that OF either the French or the italian
gun. For instance, the Italian gun throws
a projectile weighing 1000 pounds hardly
fifteen miles. at a speed Of 1.7O0 feet a Sec
ond. The French gun throws a shell
weighing LOO pounds about the same dis
tance at practically the same number Of
feet a second.
Undoubtedly the most interesting feature
Of the gun is its long range, twenty miles.
A firing table prepared by Major ingalls,,
L. s. n. shows that this range IS obtain
able with a muzzle velocity Of 900 feet a
second. with the necessary angle OF eleva-
ton Of the piece. The trajectory or curve
OF the shell while going through the air
shows that in reaching this distance, the
she'll would reach the great height Of more
than $1,000 feet. This is enormously
greater than the highest range obtained by
any other gun IN the world.
The greatest height reached by any gun
previous TO the construction Of this gun
stands 10 the credit Of a Krupp 9.45 inch
gun. which was fired on the Meppen range
in the presence Of the Emperor OF Ger
many. in April. 1892. The measured range
Of this gun was found 10 he ,l20 yards.
or about twelve and half miles. The
greatest height reached by the Krupp shell
in its flight was q 456 feet and the time
occupied between the firing OF the gun and
the striking OF the proiectile was exactly
7O.2 seconds. It was pointed out at the
time that had this gun been placed ar Pre-
ST. Didier. in the Alps. elevated 10 a de
grees, and fired fits shell would have