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The Marshall republican., 1912-02-23
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The Marshall republican., 1912-02-23
VIII.
Tsilsrs Of Tales.

IeUofo or totoo
The days few rapidly by. Miss
Minerva usually attempted TO train
Billy all the morning, and by the mid
day dinner hour she was 90 exhausted
that she was glad to let him play IN
the front yard during the afternoon.
Here he was often Joined By the
three children whose acquaintance he
had made the day after his arrival,
and the quartet became staunch
friends and chums.
All four were sitting In the swing
one warm spring day. under the sur.
VIGILANCE Of Billy's aunt, sewing on
the veranda.
Let's tell tales" suggested Jimmy.
"Al right" agreed Frances. 'Tn
tell the FIRST. Once thers's-"
Nav. you Amt neither" interrupt.
ed the little boy. You all time talk.
Ing bout you going to tell the irst
tale. I'm going to tell the irst tale
myself. One time they -"
mo, you are not either" said
Lima positively. Frances 10 a girl
and she ought to be tho FIRST n she
wants to. Don't you think so, Billy p
"Yas, I Does" championed he; go
on, Frances"
That little girl, thus encouraged.
proceeded to tell the 1rst tale:
Once there g q man named Mr..
Elisha, and no had n friend named
Mr.. Elijah, so his manteipiece fell on
top Of his head and make him per.
fectly bald; he hasn't got a single
hair and he hasn't got any money.
'cause mama read me bout he rented
his garments, which 10 clo'es, cause
he didn't have one nj all what be-
long 10 him. I spec he Just rented
him a shirt and a pair o. brooches
and wore 'em next TO his hide 'thout
no undershirt at all. He was dreadful
poor and had a miser'ble time and
mean Mr.. Per'dventure took him up
on n high mountain and left him, so
when he ONE down some bad little
children say. Go long back. bald
head!' and they make pock-mocks on
him. Seems like everybody treat him
bad, 81 he cuss 'em, 80 ! never see
anybody with a bald head 'thout I run,
cause I don't want to get cussed. So
two Teddy bears como out OF the
woods and ate up forty.two hunderd
Of en-"
why. Frances" reproved Lima.
you always get things wrong. I don't
believe they ate up that many chill
dren."
Yes. they did too" championed
Jimmy. "'cause It's In the Bible and
Miss Cecilia 'splained all bout II to
me. and she's our Sunday school
The Marshall republican., 1912-02-23
MSS MINERVA r.
lMWILIIAh GREEN f1II}'
sRyFRANCES BOYD CALHOUN

bird, de big bird make-a me SEEK"
Them Dagoes bout the funniest
talking folks they is," said Jimmy.
but they got to talk that way cause
It's In the Bible. They 'sputed on the
tower Of Babel and the Lord say Con.
found youi' Miss Cecilia 'splained II
all to me and she's bout the dandiest
'splainer they IT,"
you may tell your tale now,
Jimmy" said Lima.
I'm going to tell bout William Tell
cause he's In the Bible" said Jim.
my. "Once they's c nan name"
william Tell isn't In the Bible"
declared Lima.
Yes, he Ia too" contended the III.
tie boy. Miss Cecilia 'spiained II to
me You all time setting yourself up
10 know more'n me and Miss Cecilia.
One time they's a man name william
Tell and he had n little boy what's
the cutest kid they is and the devil
come long and temp him. Then the
Lord say, William Tell, you and Adam
and Eve al taste everything they
10 in the garden 'cepting this one ap.
pie tree; you can get all the pears
and bunnanas and peaches and grapes
and oranges and plums and persim.
mons and scslybarks and fg leaves
and bout a million other kinds OF
fruit II you want to, but don't you
tech a single apple And the devil
temp him and say he going to put
his cap on a pole and everybody got
to bow down to Il for a idol and n
William Tell don't bow down TO II he
cot TO shoot a apple for good or evu
of'm his little boys head. That's all
the little boy William Tell and Adam
and Eve got, but he amt going 10 fall
down and worship no gravy image on
top n pole. 30 he put a tomahawk In
his bosom and he token his bow and
arruh and shot the apple plumb th'oo
the middle and w swinge q hail
Of his head. And Eve nibble of the
apple and give Adam the core, and
Lima all time 'sputing bout Adam and
Eve and William Tell amt in the
Bible. They're u first parents"
Now, Billy, you tell q tale and then
Il will DO my Tine" said Linn with
Observation-Disclosures air.
"once they raj q Oh WITCH" said
Billy, what got outer her skin ev'y
night an lef' II on the berth an
turnt herself to a great, big. black cat
an 60 up the chim1y an go roun' an
ride folks fer horses, an set on. ev'y.
body's CHS an suck they breath an
kill 'em an then come back to bed,
An can't nobody ketch her tell one
night her husban' watch her an he
see her Jump outer her skin an DROP
II on the berth an turn to a'normous
black cat an go up the chim1y. An
he got outer the bed an put some sal,
an pepper an vinegar on the skin an
The Marshall republican., 1912-02-23
BLACKBURN

William Meyer moved into the
residence he lately purchased OF
L. Herring, Jr., on Thursday. We
extend to Mr.. Meyer a cordial
welcome to our town. Thos.
w. and Richard Davis, W. p. and
E. Z. Logsdon, August Herman
and Theodore Rehkop, Harry Hern
dom r. q. Frizzell and John F.
Martin attended the sale OF the
Charles Logsdon farm at Marshall
Saturday. 1t sold to C. Fl. Kane,
OF Chicago, for SIS per acre.-Re-
cord.
The Marshall republican., 1912-02-23


teacher and bout the bullyest 'splais
er they is. Them Teddy bears ate up
bout q million chillens, which II all
the little boys and girls two Teddy
bears a hold at q time"
II knows a man what amt got no
hair I all on his head" remarked
Billy; hes q coriure-man an me
an Wilkes Booth Lincoln been talkin'
to him ever sence we's born an he
Amt never cuss us, an l amt never
got eat up by no Teddy bears neither.
Huccome him TO be baldf He's out
In the nel' n day a'pickin' cotton
when he ees q tuskey buzxard an he
talk to her ike this:
81 say tu'key buxzard. ! say,
Who shall . unexpected to-
dayr'
III she Mop her wings three times
you goin' to see yo' sweetheart, but
this1hsrs bussard Amt mop no wings Z
alli she jes' lean over an th'ow up
Oh hts head an he been bald ever
sepco; ey'y single hair come out"
'Iold you-all hear bout that ITALIAN
pago that works on the section gang
sating-a bussardSs asked Frances.
NAV said Billy. did y make
him atckf"
THAT II did, she answered; me
sent for Doctor sanford and tells him,
~ Ailla d big bird. ne sstA A. ~
The Marshall republican., 1912-02-23
CHAPTER TX.
Changing the Ethiopian.

Changing the Ethiopian.
Billy and Jimmy were sitting in the
swing.
what makes your hair curl Just
like a girl's7" asked the latter. tits
bout the curliest hair they is.".
"Yes. II do" was Billy's mournful
response. 1T done worry me mos
to death. Ever sence me an wilkes
Booth Lincoln's born we done try
sv'tbing fer TO get the curl out. They
was q Yankee man came Tong Las
fall a-sellin' some stun In q bottle
what he call 'No-To-Kink' what he say
would take the kink outer any mig
gers head. An Aunt Cindy bought a
bottle fer to take the kink outer her
hair an me an Wilkes Booth Lincoln
put some on us heads an II les make
mine curlier'n what II was already. Ia
shame TO go roun' folks with my cap
of, a-lookin' like a frizzly chicken.
Miss Cecilia say she like II though,
an ives engaged. Yves goin' TO git
married soon's ] puts on long pants
How long you been here. Billy
asked the other boy.
well, I don't know perxactly, but
I been to Sunday.School four times.
I got engaged to Miss Cecilia that
very frs Sunday, but he did n know
II tell ! went over TO her house the
mex day an toll her bout Il. She
say she think my hair Is so pretty"
Pretty nothln'," sneercd his rival
"She Jus stufin' you fuller'n n itch
with hot air. II Just makes you lool
like a girl. There's n young lady come
TO spend a week with my mama no,
long ago and she put somepin' on her
head to make II right yeller. She left
the bottle to our house and ! know
where I is. Maybe II you'd put some
o. that on your head 'twould take the
curl out"
"'Tain't nothin' a.goln' to do II nc
good,"- gloomily replied Billy. "'Twould
jest make Il yeller'n what It's now
Won't ] be a pretty sight when I putt
on long pants with these here yallei
curls stuck on topper my head? I'd
'nuther sight ruther be bal.headed.'
"Dennie Dicks got bout the kinki
est head they is."
Bonnie Dick vas the two-yenr-olt
baby Of Mrs. Gamers cook. sarai
Jane.
1T sho' is," replied Billy "wouldn'
no look funny II he had yaller hair
cause his face 10 so black"
II know where the bottle is." cried
Jimmy. snatching eagerly at the sug
gestion. Let's 30 get Il and put some
on Bennie Dicks head and see II tn
turn II yeller."
Aunt Minerva don want mo TO &c
over to yo' house." objected Billy.
you all time talking bout Miss
Minerva won't let you go nowheres
she sure is i~mperdunt to you. YOU
bout the fraidest boy they Is. .
Como on. Billy" pleaded Jimmy.
The little boy h~esitated.
Il don't want to git Aunt Minerva'i
dsnder up any more'n I Jest natchelly
boun' to-" he said. following Jimm,
reluctantly to the fence; but I'll jss
take a look at that bottle an see ei
II looks anything I all like MOTTO
Kihk'."
To be continued.
The Marshall republican., 1912-02-23

ema, bruises, scalds, pimples, skin
eruptiona. Only rs cents at p. II.
Franklins.
SLATER
Will Collins is out again, after
being laid up about six weeks
with a sprained foot, a result of
falling into the pit at the round
house.---Tim Ryan was in town
Saturday. This was Mr.. Ryan's
first trip out since h, jumped
from the top OF a teiephone pole
several weeks ago and sprained an
ankle.---Miss Sophia Partels Of
Sweet Springs has sued Henry
Busch OF Sedalia for 5000 for
breach OF promise of marriage.
Wayne Hayman of Sweet Springs
and w. O. Lynch Of Sejili1 are
Miss Bartel's sttorneys.-News.
The Marshall republican., 1912-02-23
NELSON

Messrs. Wade and Jack Higgin-
botham have leased Mrs. NJ. J..
Finley's meat market FOR the
coming year and will take pos
session the LIST OF March. They in
tend to keep a s.oek OF groceries
In connection with the meat and
poultry market.---F. p. Ault
had the misfortune OF ~spraining
his ankle the first OF the week
by falling on a boari looss in
the side walk by Hilderbrinds
barn. He was unable to b. on,
for several days but Is now able
to work. - Lewis Richardson
and SON, Hugh, departed Saturday
for Hannibal for a visit with b. j,
Menss and wife. Mr.. Richardson
will leave for his hone in Maine
In a short time.-Record.
The Marshall republican., 1912-02-23
Are Ever at War

There are two things e~verlast-
ingly at war, Joy AMI piie,. But
Buckien's Arnica Salve will Danish
piles In any form. 1t soon sub
1ues the itching, irritation, in
flammation or swelling. II gives
comfort, invites Joy. Greatest heal
er of burns, boils, ulcers, cuts, ecz-
The Marshall republican., 1912-02-23

q" am a travelling salesman
writes E. E. Youngs, L. Berkshire,
VT. land was often troubled with
constipation and indigestion till
l began'to s DR.. Kings New Life
Pills, which I have found an ex-
cellent remedy" For all stomach,
liver or kidney troubles they are
uneqraled- Only 25c at p, Fl. Frank
Inns.
The Marshall republican., 1912-02-23

Who makes the best liver pills 2 The
J. c. Aver Company, Of Lowell, MS.
They have been making Ayers Pills for
over sixty years II you have the slight
est doubt about using these pills, ash
your doctor. Ask him hrst, that's best.
The Marshall republican., 1912-02-23

] have some sa5o,ooo belonging to
estate which I want to loan on
good farms at Q per cent. Secure
ty and title passed on by me with
out delay. I also have Eastern
money at five per cent.
@. w. NEWTON.
7tlob MArshall, Mo
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1912-11-20
70 Goodlie Pumpkynne Pye.

Thys Worlde Is fulle OF Goodlie Thynges
To glade Name throughe & throughe
&c some be meant for Kyngs &c Queenes
& some for Poore Folke too.
Rare Fruite Is broughte from Heather
Landes
&c sold at Prices hyghe,
But food OF foods. neare to all handles
Is goodlie Pumpkynne Pye.
Now. make you notte ye Pye Of Squash,
For that is Counterfytte.
And Excuse NEE, but by Goshl
willie have none of It!
G. he that maketh 1t of Paste
OF Turnyppe-hange him hyghel
So fare all knayes who spoyle ye taste
OF goodlie Pumpkynne Pye.
Nor put ye Spyces in ye Pye-
Ye Cloves. ye Gynger dust,
Nor Allsypce: those who do SO. Fyel
They break a sacred trust.
See that we Dough be Mightie Goode
&c Temptynge to ye Eye,
For thys will make you choose for Foode
We goodlie Pumpkynne Pye.
But lette 1t have ye SAVIOR Sweete.
Brought in ye Autumn Morne
When Gentylle Breezes come to greets
Ye vynes among ye corne,
& let It Shove we honest Golde
That happynesse can buy
Ys coin Of Joye & peace untolde
Withynne ye Pumpkynne Pye.
Chicago Post
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1912-11-20
ONE WAY OF GETTING
CIDER FOR THANKSGIVING

The unusual spectacle of celebrat-
ed Boston divine doing sentry duty
with musket on his shoulder In front
OF his own residence on Thanksgiving
morning-and all for the purpose of
getting drink of Thanksgiving cider
is worth recalling. even after lapse of
1876 years.
DIR. Mather Byles, Puritan clergy
man. born in Boston In 1706, owed his
fame to his wit and practical jokes as
much as to his pulpit ability. In No
vember. 17T7, he was arrested as a
Tory and sentenced to confinement In
his own home. military guard was
stationed around the house with In
strucuons not to permit DR.. Byles to
leave home under any circumstances.
On Thanksgiving morning the staid
old Puritans OF the arrested minister's
flock were surprised to see their pastor
himself pacing up and down before his
own front door with a musket on his
Shoulder. The regular sentry had dis
appeared, and DR.. Byles was doing sen
try duty In his stead.
You see." DIR. Byles explained, II
begged the sentry to let me go out to
procure some cider with which my
family and might celebrate Thanks
giving day. He would not permit me
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1912-11-20
Written In Slang.

Matthew HenIy's commentary on the
Bible was written for the common peo-
pie and in the slang of the day. In
commenting on Judges, TX he says:
I'VE are here told by what acts Abime-
lech got into the saddle. He hired for
his service all the scum and scoundrels
of the country. lothian was really a
fine gentleman. The Sechemites were
the first to kick him off. They said
all the i'll they could Of him in their TIA
BILE talk. They drank health to his con-
fusion"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1912-11-20
THANKSGIVING IN THE
HOUSE NEXT DOOR
.- HINK," said the minister's lit
tie wife. "of eating eggs for
a THANKSGIVING diunerp'

.-HINK," said the minister's lit
tie wife. of eating eggs for
a Thanksgiving dinnerr'
The Rev. Robert Kean
.m,led down into her wistful eyes.
~, Is strange" her husband unused,
-hat somebody hasn't invited us to
dinner
swell, OF course they don't dream
how hard up we are" Mrs. kean muir
rured. and each one thinks the other
has asked u.s."
In the days that followed no one
vould have imagined that the mind of
,be trim and smiling little minister's
wife was constantly distracted by the
nroblem Of feeding four hungry people
an few dollars
81 can't have turkey" said little Mrs
Kean stoutly. "and that settles it,
But It was harder to deny the "kid
dies"
rNo dears." the little mother said,
awe can't have a feast this year. But
we are going to be thankful just the
same"
The children looked at her seriously.
81 don't see anything TO be thankful
for" said Dudley, the big boy OF
twelve. What can the Lord expect II
he doesn't give us turkey
"Oh, my deari'' was his mothers
shocked reproof. But little Marion
plped up. I'm just going to be thank
ful and thankful and thankful and ask
the Lord TO send us the turkey any.
how"
Mrs Kean told her husband of the
comments. Poor dears," she sighed;
athey don't understand the blessedness
Of giving"
There are some older people who
don't understand" said her husband
YEARLY. Look at our neIghbor next
door. Never Il penny does he give for
the poor. and he has riches that he
can't count"
But the old gentleman across the way
was not worrying about the opinion OF
his neighbors.
Mary he said to his cook the night
before Thanksgiving. cook me an old
fashioned dinner tomorrow. turkey and
all the fixinEs."
But fate had decreed that no tur-
key and tixings should be served In the
house OF the rich old gentleman, for
Thanksgiving morning he suffered an
attack OF govt that kept him tied to
his bed. with strict orders from the
doctor as TO diet. No orders, however,
having been given the cook. she pro-
ceeded to cook the dinner.
The aroma of Il came up the stairway
and tickled the nostrils OF the rich old
gentleman.
"Just my luck" he grumbled, mot
to be able to eat It." and he sat up in
bed to ring his little bell and to order
all the doors shut to keep out the tan
talizing smell.
The movement brought his eyes on a
level with the window, and he looked
straight across into the dining room of
the minister's little fat
Listlessly his eyes rested on the
group: then suddenly be leaned for
ward and scanned the table. In front
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1912-11-20

Old Time Personally Conducted Tour.
The campanile looked down upon the
first agencies for conducted tours of
which we have record. Five hundred
years ago Venice controlled the pilgrim
traffic to the Holy Land, and quite a
number Of firms made good thing Of
it. They had their offices in st. Marks
square, with all the apparatus Of ad-
vertisement hoardings, flags and COM
missionaries. The contract stipulated
how much space aboard a ship and
what food each pilgrim was to get,
and the agents undertook not merely
to carry the pilgrim across the sea, but
to conduct him personally to Jerusalem
and to take over all negotiations with
the officials. For the whole journey
the charge was 25 to 80 ducats, third
to be paid before starting, third in
Palestine and a third after returning
home.-Manchester Guardian.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1912-11-20
BURIED LIVING PERSONS.
Horrible Custom Of Japanese Prior to
Year 646 A. D.


Prior to the year GAG A. D. the Japa-
nese had one of the most horrible bur
ial customs that can be imagined-that
of burying all the immediate friends
and retainers of prince or other per-
son of note in a standing position
around the potentate's grave and leav-
ing them in the earth up to their necks
to perish of thirst and hunger.
The custom cannot be said to have
been general as late as the date given,
for the Japanese records prove that in
the time of the Emperor SUNNI (97-30
B. c. the burial rites of royal person
ages were so modified as to partially
abolish former cruelties. Speaking of
a young brother of Suinin, who died
and had his retinue buried standing
around his grave, the old record says:
For many days they died not, but
wept and cried aloud. At last they
died. Dogs and crows assembled and
ate off their heads. The emperor's
compassion was aroused, and he de-
sired to change the manner of burial.
When the empress died, soon after, the
mikado inquired of his officers If some
thing in the way of change could
not be suggested, and one proposed to
make clay figures Of men and bury
them as substitutes"
That this did not entirely do away
with the former custom is proved by
an edict issued in the year GAG A. D.,
the date given first above, which for
babe the burial of living persons and
provided a penalty for further adher-
ence to the awful rite.-St. Louis Re-
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rr's FROM THE GENTLEMAN ACROSS THE
wAf." THE COOK EXPLAINED.
of the Rev. Bobbie was a deep dish
from which he was serving spoonfuls
OF some yellow substance.
by the gods" murmured the old
man. Its eggs-scrambled eggs-and
on Thanksgiving Why in the name Of
all that's appetizing don't they have
turkeyf"
He rang his bell sharply. Send the
cook" was his peremptory order, and
when the cook came he asked:
is dinner ready?"
Yes, SIR
Then carry it across the way. ev-
Gy bit of it,
A few minutes later a procession
nled into the parsons fiat
TITS from the gentleman across the
way" the cook explained tactfully as
she stood In the hall. "He is Ill, and
there is no one to eat the dinner, ana
he thought you wouldn't mind"
There was really never such a din
ner. The turkey was delicious. the
pies perfect, and the little Keans brim-
med over with happiness. But there
was a deeper happiness than the mere
JOY Of good eating in the heart OF the
Rev. Bobbie when. after call next
door, he came home to his wife.
II have found good neighbor," ~
said. ian old gentleman with crusty
manner and heart of gold, and that's
the best OF my Thanksgiving, sweet
heart Temple Bailey In Omaha
World Herald.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1912-11-20
A PROBLEM IN PICTURES.
And the Peculiar Coincidence by
Which Il Was Solved,


Some years ago publishing house
was preparing to issue new edition
Of the writings of Thoreau, writes
Charles s. olcott in Art and Progress.
The head of the house and a member
Of his STAFF were In consultation about
the method of illustration. 1t was
agreed that the pictures must be true
the problem. Artists who do book IL
Illustrating could not be expected to go
into the woods and make pictures
which would in any way assist the
text to reveal nature as Thoreau saw
1t. Photographs would be admirable.
but where was the professional photog
rapher to be found who would under
take to go into Thoreau's country In
sunshine and rain, in summer and win
ter, to catch all the phases Of nature
which Thoreau recorded in his "Jour-
nal?"
While the two men pondered a caller
sat in the outer office with large port
folio under his arm. Five years before
he had read Thoreau's journal and
mad taken up his residence in Concord
that he might visit the scenes there
described. In all seasons and all kinds
of weather he had wandered through
the woods and over the fields with
his camera. Passionately fond Of ma
ture. he Mas no less devoted to art.
To him photography was a pastime.
1t was not his profession. For the
pure love of nature and of art and
with no thought Of pecuniary gain he
had accomplished the very feat which
the two business men had thought so
difficult, and by curious coincidence
he appeared at the office to exhibit
the result of his work at the precise
moment when its desirability was be-
ing discussed.
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A Bold Bad Man.

The phrase "A bold, bad man." now
worn threadbare and comic, belongs to
Spenser, who applied it to the Archi-
mage of 1.-THE Faerie Queene" q, 1, 30:
name
Great Gorgon. prince of darkness and
dead night.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1912-11-20

to leave the house. So proceeded to
argue the point with him. and he has
now gone to get the cider for me on
condition that l shoulder his musket
and keep guard over myself during his
absence"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1912-11-20
Unreasonable.

II suppose your chief creditor is very
rich"
"well, 1 should say so. But even at
that he acts as though l were living
above his means" -Fliegende Batter.