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Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-10-08

w. G. Reynolds and wife and
o. S. Coday and wife are attend
ing the Springfield fair.
Don't fail to visit the poultry
department and see the capons
on exhibition at the fair.
Mrs. George Crippen orders
her address changed from Rose
dale to Sunfiower, Miss.
Sure we are going now to the
poultry show to see Mrs. Riley
demonstrate capOnizing.
For SALE-Scholarship in the
Central Business College at Sc
dalia. Call at this office.
Every Saturday is Bargain
Day in ladies' hats at the Mans
field Millinery Parlor.-Adv
Mrs. John McCrite, who has
been suffering with blood pois-
oning in the foot, is improving.
Howe Steele and Ira Aber of
Hartville were here last week en-
route home from Kansas City.
If you want the best wheat
drill on the market buy Van
Brunt from J.D.Reynolds. ADV
Advertise the stock show. Use
attractively printed envelopes,
for sale at this office at 25 for Zoe
While attending the Stock
Show go to Shinpaugh's to Eat
in Concrete Block Bldg. Adv.
You are missing the best half
of your life by not buying your
Bread at Shinpaugh's Store. -
Adv.
Several of our people have
been and will attend the fairs at
Springfield. Mountain Grove and
Ava.
See the babies in the Better
Baby Contest next week. Our
best products are our boys and
girls.
r. N. Farren has been here
from Springfield visiting his
tfamiB and repairing automo-
biles.
1t costs $40 and costs to get
drunk, now, boys. Better cut
it. The price may be even
higher.
W.T.. Adell of Neodesha, Kans.,
was here this week on business.
He owns a Ia acre tract near
Mansfield.
The Primitive Baptist Associ
alton was held during the week
at their'church 2 miles east OF
Mansfield
Come to Mansfield next week
look over the products of the
farm and see what we raise in
the Ozarks.
The VanBrunt will drill wheat
and oats where the others fail
Guaranteed to be the best on the
market. ADV
| If you don't believe there are
good crops in Wright county
this year, come to the stool
show next week.
You will miss it if you buy
drill before you see VanBrun
at J. d. Reynolds store. Nov
on display. ADV.
G.S.Burney has completed th'
filling of his silo and we believ,
all the silos in this neighbor
hood are now filed.
The school exhibits next weel
will show you that we are no
: neglecting the education of tn
youth in the Ozarks.
: Mrs. Joe A. Riley will give
demonstration of caponizing eac
afternoon in the poultry depar,
] ment during the fair.
Improvements have been mad
in the front of Fuson's dru
Q store, and new plate glass wir
!. dows have been put in.
w. Il. Young, of Mountai
II Grove, Republican nominee fo
!. presiding Judge of the coant
court, was here last week.
y Buy your Candy at the Purit
l. Bakery and get free chance O
the toy house and swing on di
4 play in the window. ADV.
e J.R.R Rice of Black Rock, Ark
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-10-08

nicely and expects to get home
next week. Hartville Demo
crat.
Rev. Wolfe was called to Phil
lipsburg Sunday to conduct q
funeral service. He remained
there until after the district
conference, which was held Mon.
day and Tuesday .-Sey mour
Citizen.
H. L. Alfred s public sale last
week was well attended and
good prices prevailed. Mr.. All
red and family have located 10
Springfield, where he will be
employed at his trade of me
chanic. Harley Stout has
rented the Alfred farm and will
occupy the same.
+. j. Brown, of Houston, Re.
publican candidate for Judge of
the probate court of Texas coun-
ty,' stopped off here Thursday
enroute home from Kansas City,
and visited over night with his
mother and brother. Mrs. Mary
A. Brown and son.
j. B. Freeman has returned
from Sedalia, where here he at
tended the state fair and visited
L. A. Quigley and wife. He re.
ports the latter nicely located
and satisfied with their new
home. Mr.. Quigley holds a re-
sponsible position with the Sc.
dalia Waterworks Co.
A dead alligator about II feet
long was found Saturday on the
Frisco railroad track near the
tool house. Many of our people
had never seen an alligator, and
when E. A. Crippen was asked
to name it said from the promi'
nence of its teeth he would judge
it to be a Bull Moose"
The many friends here of
Homer Nearing, formerly of
Springfield, will be pleased to
learn that he is meeting with
success in his musical career in
Artesia, N. M having been re;
employed as head of the piano
department in the School of Ap.
piled Arts at that place.
Remember, We are closing out
all of our Spring Goods. Now is
the time for you to save money
by calling and buying your
Shoes and Dress Goods, Fine
Shirts in fact, all of the spring
stuff you need, from US, as we
will save you money.
Adv. j. d. REYNOLDS.
Mansfield was full of lawyers
and other prominent people last
week, the occasion being court
week at Ava. Among others a
Mirror representative noticed
Prosecuting Attorney l. N. Jet,
of Howell county, Ex.Sheriff j
W. Cantrell and Circuit Clerk
Joe G. Sites, of Texas county.
J. r. Deckard of Gasconade
township, Democratic nominee
for collector, was in Mansfield
this week looking after his polit
ical interests. Reece is regard
ed by our people as q Mansfield
product and has many friend,
here as we'll as throughout the
county who are for him first, last
and always.
/ tits to the interest of the
farmers to give more attention
to the breeding of all kinds o
stock. The good, we'll stock il
always in demand at a big PEI
cent over the scrub kind; besides
the satisfaction of handling the
good kind is worth something
This will apply to all kinds o
!, poultry as we'll as stock. Swa
the scrub males of all kinds.
Circuit Clerk John N. Pryor
Jr., of Hartville was here Tues
day enroute to Mountain Grow
to attend the Tri-County Stoc
Show. Mr.. Pryor Is the Reput
lican nominee for re election an
, he is asking the votes of the pei
r pie on his official record, whic
r is matter of public propert
and open to the inspection OF al
Mr.. Pryor has made good" an
his many friends in Wrigf
county claim he well deserves r.
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MANY MIRRORETTES
Purely Personal Paragraphs
and Brief Business Bits
of Interest to You


Are ready for the big show?
Aviation flights Oct. 16 and II.
Groceries at Newton 's.-Adv.
W.T.. Norcross was in Nor wood
Tuesday.
All roads lead to Mansfield
next week.
CIV. .Miller's spent Tuesday at
Springfield.
VIM. Williams of Hartville was
here Tuesday.
W. S. Elrod, of Norwood, was
here Monday.
John Owens, of Norwood. was
here Monday.
I'D, Reynolds was in Mountain
Grove Monday. \,
Go to P. w. Newton's for your
groceries. adv.
W. Fl. Brake of Norwood was
here last evening.
S.H.Robertson of Macomb was
here last evening.
E. A. Sisk's were Ash Grove
visitors last week.
H. A. Samuel, of Cedar Gap,
was here last week.
Special Sunday dinner at the
Mansfield Hotel.-ady.
H. d. Norcross, of Norwood,
was here during the week.
Frank Scheuerman was a
Springfield visitor last week.
Attorney N. J. Craig was a
Springfield visitor this week.
Mrs. Will Tarbutton, who has
been quite sick, is improving,
A daughter was born yester.
day to O.E. Winburn and wife.
Better hats for less money at
the Mansfield Millinery Parlors ad
Good stove wood, $1.25, full
cord. Phone Verr Williams -Ad
If you need a Wheat Drill
see J. G. Carter before you buy.
ADV.
Col. L. o. Neider transacted
business in Carter county this
week.
If you want to buy second
hand stove for 81 call at this
office.
VIM. Hublitt, of Eldorado,
Kas., has been here viewing the
Ozarks.
Mansfield Mirror and Weekly
Kansas City Star both one yeal
for $l.20.
w. p. w. Newton will deliver your
groceries to any part of the
ity.-adv.
J.H. Moore orders his addres.
changed from Lombar to Town
send, Mont.
A. M. Curtis, G. w. Evans ant
R. F. Adams, of Hartville, wer
here Monday.
Highest Market Prices pait
for Cream and Eggs at Shin
paugh s.-Adv.
Prof.Phelps of Mountain Grov
attended Masonic lodge her
Saturday night.
New signs adorn the window
of 4. j. Rippee's shoe and har
ness repair shop.
Boost for Mansfield's s Third An
nual Agricultural and Stock Sho'
October Is, 16, II.
The front of the Mansfield
Drug Co., building has receive
anew coat of paint.
C.E. .Cathcart's will move to tn
N. s. Miller property after Mrs
Miller's public sale.
Don't buy a grain drill unit
you see the Van nBrunt Drill at
d. Reynolds ADV.
Bargains in ladies' hats ever
Saturday at the Mansfield Mi
linery Parlor. ADV
@. l.. Beach gave the Norwoo
people a good moving pictur
show Tuesday night.
D.. j. Watkins orders his az
dress changed from Wylan
A la., to Pensacola, Fla.
If you want to save money G
your Groceries buy them
d w Nawton DIV.
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Farm Loans

At lowest prevailing rates.
No delay.
Adv. GEO, B. FREEMAN.
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CHURCH OF CHRIST

Rev. w. II. Anderson filed his
regular Sunday appointment,
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-10-08

/ am going
to the poul.
try depart.
ment to see
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-04


market are made fro--l benxol. = coal
tar product. With TWO transforme-
tions bensoi becomes aniline- Ger-
many now supplies the United States
with 80 per cent OF all the dyestuffs
It consumes. Last year We imported
$12.OOO,0OO worth of these dyestufhs,
over 100000 conAing from Germany
and the balance from Switzerland and
other countries. We. ourselves. man
ufacture practically none. We import
from Germany and austria the raw
material for more than = dozen of our
twenty principal drugs. Three-hfths
of all our Christmas toys come from
the cities Of Nuremberg and Sonne-
berg. Every ton of potash and two
thirds OF the sulphate OF ammonia put
into the fertilizers that are used on
our farms come from Germany.
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Globe Sights
By THE ATcHToolt oIoDK

You know better moro frequently than
you do better.
The rakeoff Is the only sure section of
a game Of chance.
Any sort Of endeavor IL labor under a
great strain to some people
1t isn't the towns fault II you are shift
less and don't do very well.
While a uniform doesn't make q man,
it makes him conspicuous.
To a man whose vile takes him to
church, Sunday - the longest day.
The one cent stamp IL also noted for
carrying a lot OF excess baggage.
The woman q man marries will carry
him up or. down to her level.
Men have many narrow escapes, but
sooner or later most Of them get married.
Jude Johnson IL telling his friends that
he is too democratic to own an automo-
bile.
wouldn't q football player beef IL he
had to work that hard Tor three dollars
q day!
The knowledge that you aren't ~ young
as you used to be isn't particularly pow
erful.
1t In true that chewing tobacco will re-
neve toothache, but q perfect lady should
consult q dentist instead.
A heather finds considerable consolation
In the large number OF church members
who have broken training.
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Jayhawker Jots

Some women lose a lot OF powder
without any shot. says the Gridley
Light, and then think 1T strange they
get no game.
Tom Thompson of the Howard
Courant sends out this question: Did
you ever really know a case Of broken
heart which could not be and was not
mended a little later on?
Doc Robinson. the -llage hobo of
Globe quotes him as giving this rea-
son: The other day a rag and bone
dealer told me to get on his scales.
Speaking Of class memorials, says
the University Kansan, with the hOr-
rible water supply OF Lawrence evi-
IDENTIFY in mind, a drinking fountain
without good water would be almost
as useful as a saddle without q horse.
Many a man, says the Arkansas
City Traveller. is planning to change
his chicken house into q garage and
believes it will be az cheap to keep a
car as 1t Is a bunch of sour-faced old
hens who hate themselves SO much
they despise to sit in the same nest
with themselves.
The past wet weather we have had
during the latter part Of this week.
minded one OF the wee wet spell
we had last year about this time and
our stOckmen are afraid that the
present rain may persist long enough
to ruin the finest winter pasture we
have had for miles. Yes, and a hum
dred miles east the wheat farmers are
praying for the wet to keep on COM
ing. and justly SO. Now IL you had
something to say about making the
weather wouldn't it be . serious job
to please all? D. =
Related by the Emporia Gazette:
Two boys went out into neighbor's
orchard to gather up q few apples.
Each had his own basket and each
tried to get the choicest fruit. The
taller boy was able to make his se-
lection from the tree while the short
er lad had to Gull around among the
windfalls. AS might have been ex-
pected, the taller boys fruit out
classed that of the smaller and. after
the fashion Of boys. he sought to
mend his position 80 he ran to the
owner of the orchard and fairly
shouted. Toms apples are hand
picked" To which the orchardist re-
piled, Then he must have good fruit:
why didn't you pick a few?" Jimmie
replied rather shalmefacedly, 81
couldn't reach EN- Boys will be
| boys. won't they. yet we would want
| to cash in IL we had to live without
them.
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the road to die. either" And he began
to cry again.
His father tried to quiet him. You
will not have to put me in the road to
de-" he said. What do you meanr'
why. yes. shall,'' said the child.
when you are old and cannot work 1
shall have to turn you into the road &c
die. just a. you did poor old doakie.
You said he wasn't worth keeping and
old
Il thought when We were old we
were treated kindly and given . nice
kind to W. but now find IL II not SO;
we are to be turned out into the road
to die. and I am very unhappy"
The father tried to quiet the child
ana told him he would find the old dog
and bring him back. He saw what he
mad done was q heartless ana wicked
thing. and he knew ne was Justly pun.
fshed that his child should think thai
would be the way to treat him when
ne grew too old to work.
IN tho morning he started out to look
Tor the dog and found him under
bush by the side Of the road, where he
had crawled in out of the cold. He car
ried him home and made = nice bed Tor
MIN and gave him q good breakfast.
You shall never want again a. long
~ SOU i've" he said to the dog. pattins
his head. II believe It II more cruel to
turn out an old animal than Z person.
have indeed been . wicked man.
When the little hoy saw the dot he
ciapped his hands and danced for 10Y.
oh! am 80 happy" he told his
father. II shall not have to turn you
ont in the road when you grow old, but
can have you live with me where can
take care Of you. And n you are sick
l can wait ON you. Then my children
VIII mot turn me out: either. 20 I shall
not cry any more: there 10 NOTHING to
worry about now. When grow ota I
sha1l - cared for for
His father told him II was wrong to
turn the old dog out into the road, and
he was SORRY that he did Il, anl he
must always be kind to anima1s. - veil
Clure Newspaper Syndicate. New York
City, s
Mondays story-"Hilly PIG and |)iis
New Cap" ,Af
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ening Chat
About Trees.

About Trees.
HE that plants trees loves others be-
sides himself"
The older grow, the more like trees
AS a child, like most children, took
trees for, granted. big green things.
some conveniently arranged for climbing
and some unfortunately not, But as
grew older began to see them beauti-
full creatures of natures architecture.
Architecture. as someone has beautifully
said. is frczen mtsic.s Trees then, are the
frozen music Of nature And in how many
keys and in how many moods, il this
wonderful music played!
We were discussing trees the other night
and the Author-man declaI ed that poplars
always made him feel homesick. Thence
we drtfted to general discussion of the
character OF different trees and found
them as Individual as men and women.
than an open country tree. They are the
door-ynrd tree, par excellence. They be-
long in the front yard, towering, stately
lifting their cool green arches above the
village street.
Oaks on the contrary are not by nature
dcmesticated trees. They are the trees
ged and independent. The very adjective
which by use immemorial has been at
tached to the oak. IL indicative Of its in
dependent nature. for we speak of the
sturdy oak az Inevitably as Of the
stately elm.''
White hirches. Of course. symbolic
youth and virsinity In their slim.
green LEAKAGE, they have all the haunting.
happy. sad charm OF youth. They are
always young, no matter how many years
OLD they may be. We speak Of the grand
old oak the fine old elm" but never
Of the old birch" Birches are gregarious
trees. They always grow in happy little
groups. One birch would not be half 90
beautiful Like Emerson. with his cap
tured maiden, we find their beauty's best
| choir
To talk Of the dangerous charm of the
palm tree Is to be too obvious. The palm
| Is as inevitably, a symbol Of languor,
alazy old land; as the birch Is d: youth %
and sprtngtime. Yet in this case. the as
ISOLATION is one of location rather than OF
the trees Individual character. Analyxe
i It. What could be less languorous than
the perfectly perpendicular trunk Of the
palm. as leafless az q telephone POLE as
rigid as an old-fashioned New ngland con-
science and SO smooth, 70 hard. 30 regular
that one sometimes looks close to be sure
concrete, but grown out OF living wood?
| No talk on the individuality of trees
would be complete without . word on the
most friendly, the most faithful and mos
the finest fruit Of the new world, and ye
1t Ii not wholly for what you give, btu
for what you are-gnar1ed ana knotty blu
hospitable old apple tree-that we love
the old dog that helped bring US up u,
You're not just a tree. You are person
| atty.
The children Of this generation, bred Ii
apartments and In tenements lose man,
have no dear old apple tree to cherish il
their gallery OF memories.
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.EIse Old Times
I tire ire E .',ss s ma ! %.ihsn'
I've xeAG ~ hauch OF carnage
rmts9 ehock fun to tell
I'm asssned by the slaughter.
And really, what need
Is L iee o so1n. nss@ 70 't rsad
!. long dear old Teddy.
Il want to read his dope;
I'd like 10 hear from experts
AbCut,S0me new white hope.
I'd reed OF the boil weevii.
The Kansas locust, too:
I'd even read Of DIR. Cook.
Or een Cole Blease would do.
I've read till I'm Disguised,
OF war and death and pain.
Will SOME kind fairy bring us
The good old times again?
Signs Of the Times.
Senator Lodge il being spoken Of as .
candidate for the presidency on the Re-
publican ticket, but, unfortunately, prest-
dents with ,whiskers have gone out Of
style.
When they find out that their battles
are attracting no attention. the Mexicans
may become discouraged and quit tight
ing.
But wait until the reports begin to como
from northern Michigan concerning the
innocent victims who are mistaken for
deer.
war thus far. and that IL that Russia, II
she extends herself can whip Austria.
That comet showed poor taste. putting
In an appearance during q great European
war.
The golden rule Of war is: ''Shoot 9TH
ers as they would shoot you, and shoot
first
1t is a dull year. when some new sort
OF tax for automobiles II not invented.
movement should be inaugurated in Boo-
ton.
Things to Think About.
A dress coat can be quickly transformed
into Tuxedo by pinning the tails up in
side.
Most Of the great men Of the world
have had blue eyes, says statistician. And
some OF them have had black and blue
ones.
A Boston. Chinaman has made 100000
out Of chop suey. Well. there ought to
De lot OF money in chop Suey Tor there
IL q lot Of everything else.
A gondOla Is q large animal which in
habits the waters Of Italy. notably Venice.
and long tail aticking up at the other.
In Queen Elixabeth's time every guest
at a dinner party brought his own spoon
and took 1t home Now they take spoons
belonging to the hostess.
The souvenir teaspoon Is one OF the
worst enemies OF good teeth. 1t IL very
common to break on an incisor on Mag
ara Falls, the Sphinx OF Egypt, or the
Chicago Masonic Temple.
Every family should keep q scrap book.
In 1t should be recorded the various FAM
lily scraps.
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From, Other Pens

PHILIPPINE SELF GOVERNMENT.
On the principle that what IL good
for the Philippines In bad for the
United States. the measure now in the
house OF representatives. providing
for the further naturalization Of the
insular government and the independ-
ence Of the islands a. soon A. the nee
essary stability shall be assured 10
most reprehensible. of course. II any
further proof were necessary Of the
utter viciousness of the proposed law
it would be supplied BY the enthusi-
astic celebration by the F1lipin0s at
Manila Of the first anniversary OF
Governor Harrison's installation. Gov
ernor Harrison's policy has been In
spired by the conviction that q trust
should be executed for the benefit OF
the wards rather than OF the trustee.
American carpet-baggers have been
superseded as fast as competent ma
tive officials could be found, with re-
sultant economy and great satisfac-
ton to the Filipinos. This Il bad for
the carpet-baggers. who identity
1t seems to be good for the Phillip
observation-disclosures Record.
GOLD IN THE WAR.
Both the Bank Of England and the
Imperial Bank OF Germany have con-
gold since the war began until in each
case their stocks of the metal have
become the largest ever known TO
them. The German bank now holds
Sill 900 900 more gold than at the out
break Of the war; the British bank
holds $15S, 600, 900 more. It 10 easier to
explain the gain of the British than
that of the German bank. England's
foreign trade is still unbroken. though
reduced by the war: The Bank OF
England is having the benent of the
large weekly shipments of gold from
South Africa. 1t has been gaining gold
on debt account from the United
States in shipments to Ottawa: which
are counted as In its own vaults. But
Germany has practically been cut on
from the outside world. Its bank can
not gain gold either from the foreign
trade, which has virtually g been de-
stroyed, or from foreign borrowings. 1t
has been presumed that the gold car
ried by the government in the famous
has been transferred to the Reichs-
bank. but as this sum is not supposed
to exceed $50. 00O, 900. against a tabled
sum of a billion or SO. we have $751;
0O0, 900 still to account for. Where did
the German bank get that sum? APP
man people, who have voluntarily
turned over their circulating gold coin
to the bank and accepted paper in
stead. It is not an impossible thing.
but II would he the first instance on
record Of a people desperately involved
in war who spontaneously and unani-
mous1y refused to respond to the
pockets ana stockings and chimney
inches of the money which most seeks
hiding at such q time.-New York
World.
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Once more does the slowness of the
vote-counting in Kansas emphasize
the need of legislation which will per-
NIT the larger communities. at least.
tn use voting machines. They use
them in the cities in many other states
watch are not held to. be nearly as
progressive as Kansas.