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Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-28

how I'd feel about 1t. and on her dying
bed she said I'd better get married
again."
Did she name any one?"
We'll, no. but she might II she
hadn't got short O. breath. | guess the
naming was to be left to me-"
And have you picked the person
out yet?"
II have, widow. and that's what
brought me here today. Yes, her name
Is Durham. and I'm going to ask her
right out II she'll have me-"
why. Moses Frazer!" exclaimed
the woman as she threw up her hands
in pretended establishment. You
can't be speaking to me! You can't
mea what you say!"
Every last word Of It! I'm here
after your heart and hand!"
My stars! But this is no way to
court a woman"
IN allow it's a little sudden, but
then we amt young folks who have
got to spoon around. l thought I'd
tell you how | felt, and then give you
q week to make up your mind"
Widow Durham neither encouraged
nor discouraged. Moses let 1t 60 at
that. He was back in a week. The
widow kept him talking about hogs
and pumpkins. and buckwheat as long
!, as she could, and then said:
Moses. perhaps It's my duty to
marry you"
II know It is"
"But II ! do I'm going to have my
way about certain things"
"You shall, widow"
I'VE must b. married In o balloon.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-28
Suburban Sobrluuets.

Everybody else had lived In the
summer colony long enough to name
his home for whatever tree or shrub
grew most abundantly in the front or
back yard. Up and down the road
were cottages labeled the Films. the
Wistaria. the Lilacs, and so on through
the horticultural guide book. The
newcomer had no name for her house.
but after studying the tactics for q
week she took a survey Of the prem.
Uses and thenceforward dated her cor.
respondence the Rhubarbs.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-28
llqhts Replace Ushers.

To economic on ushers a New
York moving picture theater has Ia.
stalled small incandescent lamps on
the backs Of the seats. arranged to
burn only when a seat Is unoccupied,
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-28

Suspicious smoothness.
your motor boat Is running very
smoothly now"
"Yes, I think something's broken"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-28

The more a woman runs after 9
man the easier 1t is for her not tc
catch him.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-28

Smokers like Lewis Single Binder cigar
for its rich mellow quality.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-28

Mrs. wfnslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces innsmma.
tiou, allaysp pain, cures wind collie, 25c . bottle.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-28

The Pure Food Law stopped the sale
Of hundreds of fraudulent medicines. They
could not stand investigation. -Hamlin,
Wizard. Oil has stood the test Of investi
cation for nearly sixty years.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-28
Wsu.preserved Statesmen.

"eW'FTeteTVeo StdtesUeH'
There are thirty-fve senator's and
forty representative in congress who
are 80 or more. and they seem 70 ~
IN their prime.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-28

God is closer to us than any trou
BILE can be.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-28

A wise youth never expresses his
love for an heiress c. o. ID.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-28
Perhaps Both.

Perhaps Both.
Milly-I put away my last years
bathing suit in camphor. but It evap-
grated.
Billy-The bathing suit?
The Washington herald., 1911-12-30
0ne.cent Letter Postage.

According to the statement of Post
Office Department officials, an effort is
to be made to secure from Congress
during this session an adjustment of the
postal rates which will place every class
of mail matter upon a cost-paying basis,
the ultimate desire being to achieve
penny postage. 1t is said that at the
present time the 2-cent postage upon
letters is double the amount which
would be imposed if other classes were
not carried at a great loss.
These assertions are certainly worthy
of careful investigation. 1t cannot be
gainsaid that millions of American citi-
zenS would be greatly benefited if the
cost of letter postage could be reduced
The amount now spent for postage by
large business concerns is no trifing
matter of expense
The day of penny postage should be
hastened. If it can be brought about
by legislation, Congress should not hesi-
tate to act.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-30
SMELTER PATENT
GIVEN TO SCIENCE
Smithsonian Gains Rights to
Invention.

F. G. CottrelI of San Francisco. an
expert in the employ of the Federal
Bureau of, Mines, engaged in investigat-
ing the smelter fume problem, announced
last night at the convention OF the
American Chemical Society that he and
several Californians associated with him
had turned over their patent rights in
device for the Suppression of this nui-
sance to the Smithsonian Institution, and
that the gift had been accepted by the
regents in behalf of Secretary Walcott.
The. profits which may come to the
Smithsonian Institution through royalties
are meant not only to increase the reve-
nue. Of the institution, but also as a direct
opportunity to guide Industrial develop
ment in new and useful paths.
Mr.. Cottrell began his Investigations
into the problem of smoke from smelters
several years ago while a professor at
the University of California He soon
reached the point where his device
should be put into operation at a large
plant He accompanied his announce
ment with an illustrated lecture in which
he showed his device in successful opera
ton at a cement plant in California.
This plant is situated in the midst OF the
finest orange groves of California, and it
was feared that the dust from the stacks
was injurIng the orange crops. Mr.. Cot
trell showed that the device was captur-
ing more than 9S per cent of the dust.
He further said that the dust so caught
was found to contain about per cent
potash, which might be taken from the
dust without much expense or trouble.
At a meeting to be held to-day at the
Smithsonian, a governing board will be
appointed to look after the business con-
nected with the royalties.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-30
PLEA FOR JOBLESS
MADE BY SAVANTS
Unemployment in Big Cities
Is Increasing.

Reasons for unemployment Of sober
men, together with figures showing the
large number who are out Of work, form
ed the basis Of discussion at the meeting
OF the American Association for Labor
Legislation in its meeting at the New
Raleigh last night. Members Of the or
ganization attended a reception given by
Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh and
Mrs. MacVeagh during the afternoon.
That unemployment is no longer a
joke was brought out during the first
address by William Hard, of the edito-
rial staff OF Everybody's Magazine. Mr..
Hard said in part:
THE interest is SO great and so serious
that it has already begun to destroy one
of the distinctive features of American
literature.
For every man who does not want
work there are scores who cannot get
work. There are 100000 more jobs in the
industries Of New York State in October
than there are In January in any year.
Even-if all the men employed in October
are competent, industrious and sober,
10000 OF them must be dropped in jan
uary.
THE one joke left is when We say to
the worker: BE competent and you will
haye a Job Between two men, one of
whom must be fired. the better will of
course be kept. But it is not possible
for each Of two men to be better than the
other"
Charles r. Henderson, professor of So
ciology, University Of Chicago, spoke Of
recent advances in the struggle against
unemployment. Prof. Henderson, who
was the associations delegate to the In
ternational Conference on Unemployment,
in Ghent, in September. 1911. said that
progress in the struggle against unem-
ployment was measured In three direc-
tions-statistics, preventive measures, and
insurance.
THE lure Of the metropolis is one Of
the reasons why there is an oversupply
of people seeking office work in New
York." said Edward W. Carpenter, man.
ager Of the National Employment Ex-
change. "
The Washington herald., 1911-12-30
Theory and Experience.

Gov. Woodrow Wilson has added an
interesting contribution to political lit
crature in the letter which he has ad-
dressed to Prof Dabney, of the. Uni
versity of Virginia. In the communica-
ton Gov. Wilson explains at length his
change of mind relative to the initia-
tive, referendum, and recall. 1t is the
story of theory versus experience.
1t is well known that Gov. Wilson,
while at the head of Princeton Uni
versity, expressed views at variance
with those which he now entertains.
His conversion has naturally led to the
charge that he is believer in the new
system of government menely for po-
litical advantage. His own explanation
is entitled to consideration. Il sur
rendered to the facts" he says, "as
every candid man must. My whole
prepossession-my whole reasoning
was against these things, but when /
came into contact with the candid, hon
est, public-spirited men who could speak
with regard, for example, to Oregon)
from personal observation and expert
ence, they foored me fat with their
narration of what had actually hap
pencd." He discovered. to summarize
his statement, that the initiative and
referendum meant the restoration of
public control. 1t was not used, he
says. as substitute for representative
institutions, but only as a means of
stimulation and control, and as a
method absolutely necessary to take
legislation and the control of admin
istrative action away from special, hope
lcssly intrenchcd interests"
It has long been truthfully asserted
that consistency is the bugbear of mar
row minds, ana the right to change
opinions. no matter how emphatically
they may have been previously ex-
pressed, is not denied in this age of
rapid progress. Gov. Wilson, there
fore. can be acquitted of the charge Of
political buncombe when he courage
ously announces that the theories to
which he subscribed in the past have
proven fallacious in the light of prac-
teal experience
The Washington herald., 1911-12-30
Protecting the Pavements.

Washingtohians frequently remark
that a piece of street pavement is
scarcely laid before it is ripped up to
allow the laying of new water or gas
mains or making repairs to some of the
underground work. The Capital streets
are no worse off than those of other
cities in this respect, and how to pro-
tect the pavements when once laid is a
problem which has worried city engi-
neers for many years.
With a view to ascertaining the ex-
tent of this tearing up of pavements and
the results ensuing therefrom, a care
full study OF the problem has been made
in Chicago. The data compiled by the
engineer department of that city COW
cred the year 1910, and has recently
been made public. 1t appears that
34,zoe openings were made in that city
into pavements already laid. After they
were closed and repaired, 3,6I2 defects
resulted, calling for repairs a second
time. The cost of the openings and re-
pairs reached the aggregate of $25o,ooo.
1t is perhaps impossible so to ad-
just the underground equipment with
the. surface covering of streets that both
may lie untouched during the life of
the pavement To obviate the necessity
of breaking open street pavements it
has been suggested that the public serv-
ice pipes, as well as the electric wires,
should be placed in a large conduit at
one side of the street or under the side
walk, with openings at intervals which
would admit of entering the conduit for
ihe necessary repairs. While this would
be correct in theory, the cost of con-
structing such a conduit would be pro
hibitiye, and city engineers have so far
followed the old practice
In Washington there has been consid-
cradle progress along the line of making
the underground equipment as secure as
possible before the pavements are laid
and then disturbing them only for nee
essary urgency repairs. In this city
BY far the greater number of openings
IN the payenents are made in connect
ing new houses with gas and water
mains and in the extensions Of the un-
The Washington herald., 1911-12-30
Benton McMiIIIn's Visit.

Benton McMillin. OF Tennessee, late
governor, and for twenty a years a dis
tinguished Democratic leader in Con-
gress, looked somewhat longingly upon
scenes OF former activity when he stop
ped over in Washington after a holiday
season in New York. 1t was with hon
est pride that the private citizen OF to-
day referred to thirty years of contin-
uous public service. beginning with the
legislature; and he counts himself the
only statesman ever elected to Congress
ten times with a Single nomination. No
convention or primary was ever held in
the McMillin district after he was given
the first nomination. His name was sim
ply put on the ticket as the candidate
for Congress, and the voters did the rest.
During the whole period OF his career
in the House he never worried about
making a campaign for denomination. It
was just handed TO him as a matter of
course, but he was careful to make cam
paigns, with an endless flow OF oratory,
as II he had to hustle for election.
MY one great text in campaigns was
Thomas Jefferson's first inaugural ad-
dress" explained ex-Gov. McMilIin, land
II you will get that address and study 1t
carefully you will find that it contains
about all that any Democrat-or, for
that matter, any good citizen of the re-
public-need say in a public speech in al
most any sort OF campaign. Indeed, It
could be used by a patriotic Republican.
always referred to that Jefferson ad-
dress in my speeches. and was willing
besides to indorse about all that the
Democratic party had done in more re-
cent years"
1t is a matter Of lament among ex-Gov
McMillin's admirers in Tennessee that
he has twice come within one vote of
The Washington herald., 1911-12-30
NO HARD TIMES IN JERSEY.
Christmas Trade Proves that Pros
perity Prevails.

Christmas Trade Proves that Pros
perity Prevails.
From the Newark Star.
Prosperity among the men who pay
wages is indicated by reports from mer-
chants who cater to the trade in costly
Christmas gifts. It has been a diamond
season. an automobile season, and a
piano season. A Fifth avenue, New
York, jeweler notes a growing demand
for finer and more expensive articles, and
notably for diamonds. Men selecting
touring cars as a present for wife or son
have been lavish in this form Of expen-
diture without waiting for the new mod
els that are due with the January shows.
Piano dealers declare this a banner
month for the sale of high-priced instru-
ments. All this means distribution OF
many millions in cash and incidental
benefits to the masses who cannot AFFORD
such luxuries. Piling up of great for
tunes may excite the discomfort Of the
poor man. but spending them freely is
the surest corrective OF unequal social
conditions.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-30
Cheaper Gas.

In an interesting address before the
American Chemical Society Prof.
Charles E. Monroe, of this city, pre-
sented several reasons why gas must
be cheaper if it continues to hold its
place as the household illuminant and
means of heating. The important rea-
son was the competition with electricity,
which, since 1879, when the incandes-
cent lamp was perfected, has been grad
ually but surely supplanting gas as a
Lighting agent. In the matters of heat
and power, electricity also wins the
fight in clear field.
Another reason advanced was that
cheaper methods of manufacture and
scientific management of the plants
make the cost of gas much less than
formerly, and hence, with the same
margin of profit, the product can be
made and distributed more cheaply than
was formerly the case Prof Monroe
admitted that it might be necessary in
many cases for gas companies to intro
duce new machinery, amounting to I
rebuilding of their plants, but with these
changes gas could be produced even
cheaper than the cheapest rate of the
present day, and at a profit His conclu-
sions are based upon the use of appli-
ances which save not only the gas which
the coal contains. but the ammonia and
other by-products, including the coke,
which are really more valuable than the
gas itself
The most significant inference to be
drawn from Prof. Monroe's address is
that both gas and electricity are grow
ing slowly cheaper In the search for
new appliances in the way of economy
of production or distribution some part
of the cost is cut off, and the lighting
and heating agent is thus brought to
the consumer at a less price, or its
equivalent, greater efficiency of service
The Washington herald., 1911-12-30
The Washington HeraId's Victory.

Convinced that conditions which ex-
listed under the very shadow of the
City Hall were divesting the marriage
ceremony of the soleninity and dignity
with which it should at all times be
invested, The Washington Herald pub
licly brought the matter to the attention
of the authorities, with the result that
the courts have revoked the permit pre-
viously granted the offending party.
The Washington Herald is glad, both
for itself and the city, that its efforts
have been so signally sustained.
1t is another victory for The Herald
victory along the line of decency, and
which removes a condition which had
become scandalous reflection upon the
good name of the National Capital
The Washington herald., 1911-12-30
VEST POCKET ESSAYS
BULLDOGS author 1@ Of oAt Good Old syasA

The bulldog is the Dreadnought of the
canine tribe. He was constructed by na-
ture in a belligerent mood, and is ad-
mirably fitted for anarchy and rebellion.
The bulldog Is not as large as the
mastiff, which Is something for which to
be thankful. He has a round, tapering
body, a foreshortened tail, front legs
shaped like two sides of a Tyre, and a
chest which is so broad that you have
OF him. The most distinguishing feature
OF the bulldog is his head. This is round,
finished OF the top with small, round
ears, and for the rest is composed al
most entirely Of jaw.
The bulldogs jaw is capacious and Is
very substantially made, so as to enable
him to grab an automobile by the hind
wheel and shake the engine out of it IL
necessary. Both upper and lower jaws
are profuseIy decorated with teeth, and
the lower one, projects beyond the upper
one, thus giving the dog a menacing and
unsociable look, which prevents strangers
from picking him up and taking him
home to play with.
Nature heartlessly gave the bulldog
only the rudiments of a nose which looks
as II 1t had been kicked by a mule. 1t
has defective fiues and gives the owner
a painful exhaust. The bulldog also has
retreating forehead, which is only nat
ural. however. No one can blame the
forehead from wanting to get away from
that face.
Tenacity and determination are the key
notes of the bulldogs nature, and these
have made him famous. His jaws have
timelock attachment. and when he
closes them upon an intruder they cannot
be opened until the full OF the moon. A
United States Senator holding onto his
vested interests is a vacillating and
tickle creature compared with a bulldog
Uhich has closed his face upon some
hostile object Many a marauder who
has attempted to rob farmhouse
equipped with a pInk-eyed bulldog is now
The Washington herald., 1911-12-30

being Senator from his State. He lost by
the one vote when Turley was chosen,
over six years ago, and again by the
single vote when Senator hnke Lea was
elected, last winter, Despite these two
Irritating slips, the ex-governor contin-
ues cheerful. and he is young enough 20
feel hopeful that his eloquence may yet
be heard in the Senate chamber. He
had two terms as governor and knows
more people personally within his state
than any other citizen, possibly except
ing Senator Bob Taylor.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-30
OF RICHES
AMERICAS CURSE
Money Hogs and Money Mad
ness Are Twin Causes.

Philadelphia, Dec. 2.-The pursuit Of
wealth in America is hurrying the race
into decay, according to William c.
Muldoon, the famous conditioner OF men,
who to-day gave the result Of observa-
tions Of years spent in rebuilding physi
cal wrecks from every walk of life, from
Cabinet officers to nondescript-
Muldoon had just come from a con-
j. Madison Taylor.
Money hogs and money madness are
the twin causes Of the decay he said
spiritedly. THE corroding influence Of
this greed for wealth has been felt in
every walk of life. Take the millionaire
who achieved wealth. I get them, lots
Of them, worn out, dissipated. crazed by
their perpetual struggle for money.
They are burned out body and soul, and
their children are worse. The younger
generation loses its vitality, its ambition,
it's morals, and its reputation. They are
no good to themselves and no good to
any one else. And all this Is the re-
suit OF too much money.
"It Is impossible to see where this
degeneration will STOP" he said Every
year 1t gets worse. The race is becom-
ing every minute more hotly contested
and men are driving themselves to
greater pace. Then comes the inevitable
collapse, for men can only go at a GER
tain pace and then break down
IT get patients from all over the coun-
try. 1 get unlocked cubs, sons Of rich
men, who come to my place with auto
mobiles and servants and Wallets. I pack
these accessories of home, and the rich
youngster stays or not, Just as he de-
sires. He may be broken down men
tally and physically, but the former is
the more important.
Nearly all my subjects are neuras-
themes, their nerves ragged, their d.
gestion gone, and sufferers from in
somnia."
The Washington herald., 1911-12-30
Uncle Walt Says To-day:

What maedctons have been hurled this poor misbegotten
world by human failures hon of hope whove reached the end
of all their rope thousand young men you
THIS WORLD may who each opportunity who give
their days to cheap delights and hold high was
sail through the nights and when departed es and they
and sick and the world to its face
and it is old place thousand others may find
who do not like the beay grind they do not to their
bread by honest toll and instead they take the path of vice
and crime and when last they're doing time with zebra clothes
upon their backs they breathe aliases and alacs they the
world up hill and down and say it always rown But
pies by methods safe and and
wise who work for all they get and bae their earnings
with their sweat all say world that infes will stack up
with the very best Walt MASON.
ccgvhsht Bn By esOrp Matthew
The Washington herald., 1911-12-30
BIG RECEPTION
Prominent CitS Get Together at
Behest of The Big Stick
and Resolve.

So you didn't attend The Big
Sticks New Years reception!
There were resolutions to burn.
First and above all else, George e.
Hamilton arose and delivered a
prOuunciamento in favor Of universal
transfers.
Il have opposed them in the
past" said George, but in 1919
will lead a better Iife."
There were wild cries Of:
Let George do itl"
Col. Charles A. Douglas signed a
pledge wherein he agreed never to
allow the word criminal lawyer"
to be used In connection with his
name again And Mai. Judsou'
stated he would never ride horse
back until a perfect system Of
removing snow had been evolved
providing snow comes
OF course. there were q few who
declined to be led to a state of
grace. For instance, Louis p. Shoe
maker reiterated his determination
to offer resolutions at the earli-
est possible opportunity. But even
his hardened heart was touched by
the gentle scene, and he agreed
not to roast Congress.
Then the meeting closed In Q
blaze Of glory.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-30
WOMAN NOT A SUICIDE.

Indianapolis, Dec. 29-After weeks of
careful investigation the coroner to-day
announced officially that DIR. Helen
Knabe, the pathologist who met with a
mysterious death at her home nearly two
months ago, was murdered by some per
son or persons unknown" This finding
is in direct contradiction of the police
theory which gave suicide as the proba-
BILE cause of the doctors death, and 1t is
probable that a fresh investigation viii
be begun with a view to definitely clear
ing up the mystery surrounding her de-
mise.