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JOHN H. MICKEY AT HOME
A LIFE DEVOTED TO
What His Old Neighbors Have to Savor" the Repub
lican Candidate for Governor His Honesty,
Integrity. Charity, told of by the
Men Who Know Him
0!9ta, Nek. &7 t Wfl.
rzzl tie ?TMfcr eqwar is Ovreoiu
-.ii ti ts re krkk twKtw!,.
nt te ti. cat?. Utc i a Vt of
17 a-ra. ta. la tlr-ar tirtft J --rgy.
T sc3 U ii-rafcaay wti
ti Hie ajrf ritarxur of Jia H.
V-k7, rf?ikii 3t3.sh4tt for mr
nr -Bfcuj os H ot tJr o a
fsra ricsi m? icnat ?V ntarte of
rers a'3 ia V-a cwa. K
vtt ier aa it -a Inrx. H tan
t trK dxlliax io. tk - jt
in Ow.ioi3, aii hu MtM ar eTr
"Wrti a rtroa? loiy aa4 j, eixr
braia. r h1 fjr x traQ
is. tt of totIc. il4 TrVwa ii
1" ? of Pol ftmitzj VmBc . fix-lat7-ai
yar aad rtUit trfcat aaj
a aoKalifVl 12 tif lMjsir
of tali assai:y tiy -aa n ttT'
rre t i?;j? Jr-2-r of Joas
JlJcir. boK V3rae arr JuX aa4
w cw ar?y aTr retn.
Ixoe anwad ar. naid ti W:l
t-pr. th Sin asua yo ast la Ok
"la. "IV arovsd r'. a4 -a-Sti:.
crr yo that's cood. Ja MJ'Vy
"ba ba la It nsht fross te n. aa4
baa heljd raor ttaa zsy ar aoaa
to aiaV- It -was it i. if Mr Mi-Vy
1ft led ifrjTraor. th ;; af:
Tad hla. lb ssos? prattV-al aia thy
-crr jrat lato that o."
Tfc htstory vl Jota Mk-ty b th
TjUtory of tb tlsal3K of tiitcs Sa
thU county Hr aid ih Inx hoa
utead rntry that aa tsad 13 i
TJnltefl Sut4 laad 2U a Uaola.
Tie ""M one of tt- 2rt two tUr la
the nty He htlpd to or5aaii th
.ounty and a lu nt trear-r
rrlnj; coctlnootiIy for ts yt-ara.
He was th- rt uujor la the -warty
He helped to orcaai the Sm Mhoot
listrlct. dUtrlct .S'o. 1 aad -xai lu
Brat treasurer He a oa of the or
saalzers of the first char'h society j
tk comtilr la a rood aiar cf ti-
cattfyriMB .Mr. MJek-y wesc to hate
not. Mly oxe of tie orcaaxrer
JJtti osSrSo thought o aad
t-.VBrtai M ta aroDoitIoa froi Jh
Mr. Mickey start! the Srtt
IWlMt
1 - cfcrtxib-jtors toward the re--
ton of
bu.ldlazs which th ajo-
1 d- He crratrib-ted i
Ho tie $12,000 Methodist fhfh here.
.AHirWUri aa arat Mthodt he was
broader than that aad hu hVr.1 coa
ItrthaUoH have roae Into aarly every
'c&srch atractor Sa the "riztj It is
Clvra oat btr on th- bt atstiorlty
that aia chcr. b aad fbooi otioat
la ti last tea yars .SKXiat to over
20,Qee. This Stem. ha it is -oa-aldered
that Mr M.' key a &ot psrtv-ii-Urly
wealthy over aaay oti'rs who
am vdl-to-do la this coaty. shows
romethlag of the thiff chars ritls
of the maa to p-it blawll aad a ;an of
what he has acccta!atd Iau what
ever Is rood for the people.
Mr Mickey - oae of the or
Kaaltera of the town of Ocola. The
World-Herald has charred that the
town was JocatM oa a tran of railroad
laad tbrouxb his aaaipulatioa. bt th
Tacts are that it is sttssted oa tv.rtka
15, which Is Khoo! Uad. Oa the ivhool
Ifuri for aaay year, his ln5o-ac has
ba potent for eTerythlac that was
rawt prozreMive aad practical la 'du
ration. Mr Mickey was oa of the or
Kaaizero of the first GAR poit la
this county His leader retard for
this organization aad his helpfqleess
to the old coarads briars froa the
old soldiers, as will app2r lsw aaay
klrul jrrir K2inna tnrr1 hln nA fcrtf '
mutcsimr aad is still its 3.-!. ' dowa for a that l iT ?-r- jv. i lata to a coae. Micxey always
at He wa 03 of th orraairrs Mkky a Joar tiae aad I ir r-urr-. rlr-t J-"- J:- looked a? the law.
a Ortatv Fair a.v-iatija. Hhla wL He is as wrrit i . rff ! d or. all abot it. His whol
glv the in of th rrcwads hich sad oae of the oji t-i - "t s!:c -- " tn rlzht aloar th
Wa atastoriailiSn h nvn.j. --i-. T. i-m- -,. . .... .v 1 1 lia. He ha. hela'd aore tronle i
tw-iaty Tears, aad was o of star tint door .i .- -n r-vt this coaaty thaa aay other aaa wh
that are not so kind toward the World- ln - twaty-thr- yars 1 haT
Herald, whose rp.eatatjve wriUar i:aoira Mkky all th tia H is as
from hre rcr.t!y tried to show that ixat a a aaa can b Th repjnr
Mr. Mlcky had ba nxletfl as a ' 'fcfc World-Herald, who was here
member of the G A R to the iateresui ""Jr raiarepr-satd h;a ntlrely
of that order HU attatloa to all'lt aai. the popl iad.iraaa. That's
the cereaoa! of the G A. R. aad his' a 7 w treat a drrai aaa. It will
tsaay kiad arts toward ady viraas I xaak Mr Mykey a lot of vot-s that
ha.s ba rozaixd by th Poi hr ' fcfc wotsid sot oti.--i have zot la
at OtvoU. aad for aaay years ie ha? 'i coaty He oas b a cool dtl
ia th oa cioa u itaad at th,' "-- We think he i!l b a gol
fca.i of the rrav -s th ol4 soldi Wvraor "
vm bru V-rd iatohu fiaal reiar; G W Wt. merrhaai I have been
pti. ,kirr V-iass wth Mr Mx-key for
K fc&ow a eraoay-by hrt." twaty-tbr years. Wj- 30t azr
ad Jude S-jisdTs a woaiaeat Tet-.P'' :i!y bt 1 am bonad to b fair
na of Ot-oi. "aad w always kaow
that 'aa dsd oa hiss. H is al
ways r.-Iy 'o tn whatever ibre is to
do. co aattr bow diatU or bow
ay lie task. If V170 si. Y Mr M a not tryiar to beip lt Mr.
Mickey is oa of th first to Sad lt(Mlcky t-jt 1 will aot arprM;ni
oat. aad If jos taV ;Aas to iaj'sire I bin. H's 10'iare. H H' do just
you will Sad that hu au:wa- u ai-!what he azr- to do. aad he wH do it
-ways practical" iwell."
Up to the time that Mr Mickey was Jam Majwi dry goods. "I have
named as th rpMkaa caadlAai for 'kaown John MI'k-y twenty-six years,
sjoveraor. his hljh staadinr aasoaz thejH attends to bis tasiaes. He nvr
people of his own county havl nTr Jsoifip aor meddles H does ku of
been tjueationed. He had bn heiejzooi as a -itlia. Th lntrvlews of
over thirty years, a very busy aaa. lth World-Herald did not hurt him la
having more or le to do with nearly 'thU county"
everything that was going on. and his' I W Gursh mnhaaf "I have
clean life and high character stood . known John MJckey tweaty-Jght
out conspicuously among lb pople of j years I bought land of-him -hn I
Tolk county. It was thou? thirty yan first came hr. 1 paid taies to bla
"One cannot be unhappy long, espe
cially in a garden."
"I always notice that when I set out
to hide. 1 am generally found,"
"I don't believe one iver longs to
do ovll: he Is Just forced Into lu"
"It Is hard to be always fighting
one's enemies. It Is ro much easier
to keep In touch with frlendB."
"There Is only one thing to be care
ful about, and that ia character. You
tnuat build It firmly, as tl tells for all
otoroJty."
HOfiLE WORK-A
RECORD
MAGuFICENT
of Jife Ja Pofk sjsaty aad -what tiy
harf J"s. tlxt uarW htas ot aad
t ilai attjartlT to :Wtcxat all
or th te. "WV a- th aaallr
aoc.ai.t. tatt taat at We la Poli
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itwraty. -as t? at aJtritUre ia
tr of hi .r zrtziKT Ti7v::rr': -::l
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farar. aad oa of ta aa lwa tae
orM-HeraM pr;a4d to
iaterrw I
sxi.Ttft Mr Mvky )u for luelf.
7al is wit Mr BU ys a a gad
Eits:
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2r.,T5ra M " "'r r : " T i
r aav. I s-.-r car ot aay la-
WoHtV: "Lv W lt
AorM-He.- jt aay f' "; ,
wh I b4r4 that ay ra wt ja tie
!iriHri ill iViwj. n-... v.. 1 . .
r - ' --. -r.. ri M.&At
Taca an ia Td-s wa2 I Til
the oaly rpcVJkaa :a ay aeitabor
h.t I haT ba j o-Ks. FTtraJ
tia' this sas-ja try.ar to hir aea
to hS? ae at ay fara work tat peo
ple are so taiy that :t u ia;otiUe to
rt help. If I w-t ;a to i jj i
help to b pleaty. I W3i;d Te the
'Seao'Tati- tkket. I iatr
"G W BEE3K.
Mr Bi
la i3Trsstwa with
1--: frr-,. w - ,v.. A ,v. .
wer a Uule'tm'bot to pnat-
.Vow let es tai a- tmia a-
arosa-i th prblv sstr br la O
oJa aad t -hat thy sar 0.' Jl-
Micly "
"Yt5 aar wit; - .
Mr. Pratt.
rovzl the fr-jsare tad se wii- jv. j
otars ray
D. H. Knakl. drrn-'t- "I have
kaow Mr Mx-key twa:y-izit years.
H is as proapt zs a Vk 1a vry
thlar aad :VJ his wi ririt to tie
letter Mickey U a f-rr thoroesri
aaa H works lard. H has aade
lots of aoaey aad he hu riva lots of
the Wor.d-Herald dida t hurt Mickey
la this drag stor wt Mr. G. W
Grrr a nurseryaaa. H said- "I
have tea llvinz r.rht
a.Oaz Sd O !
Mr Mkky for jzhta r'in. I have I
had thovsaads of dolors worth of 1
bslas. 1th hla. H is vry tior-
orch la his besia& ataods He
aakea vrybody toa r.zai ap to the
tcraub If they taa Ba' if a aaa Is
Ja trouble aad Is boa: h aa aJwys
fiad a friead ia Mr Mi'ky I have
ba la tie G. A. R psit w.th Mickey
for twenty years. He is th ao ac
tive aad bt all arooad worker la the
'.tSL H his ya 'w - oaaiader
of ocr post hr aad has bT its aost
liberal aad hlpfol aealr. I hope
he will be electM."
H A Stt. reaeral iw I have
with bias cow He U a ;aa. hlrh
airdd raaa. Mr Tftoapsoa. the fu
tioa 'aadid.t for zoveraor is a per
uoil friad of aia aad a rood aaa.
The hasty man Is never a traitor.
Ceriaan proverb.
Because be is In haste be runs
straight, and crooked paths do not al
lure him.
He speaks the thought that Is la
his mind.
He Is original enough to change his
mind every once in a while.
He Is a weather vane but he has
bis seat as often on the feathers as
on the point. He turns his back oa
the wind onlr when be has a mind U.
terws fro. aia iir rp,Wka 7-iZJr2 u ! f C M k,? ? a j;ii:? 'nd to J JIfc"-"-- hardwam merchant,
wvo wooid a s,xt Mr MVkfy. I wujirfit-i-' 50.- I hop-joH joWlrrs. I'a oae of thea ayself. w b, had known Mr MIrfc Kv,.n.
As a us of ti WorW-HeraMs J " rT , y t,-,. -1T. v.OT f I..kaov J. bSf !crd ? la ta yars. had fonnd him a hlgh-mlml-
rrk worx la ;U -ffa uo law- v V- 7wl ,M.- A. 7 a: l,s- H L fe,f H fa a ed aad honorable man.
frtm Cwc- W BmV a Polk tT I "1. .a.w - -..faorLa:2? 5 t&f P1i-a P&-at aad aats to to faratr hre r.-ar Sh-Iby thirty y.-ara
Joha Mckr 1 t w v, .1-. " '- .T e ra:;e nen was mere, but I knew als folks. They were no way to
d aad I t-HT h w"- b 7 tvirv i " il- " ai ia. atroasourz well-to-do people of hirh staadlar. wilt get a
th coen twr"d br t- Wo-v.hT- : -'. - J siroazaoics ot John Mickey 13 a stroaz aad forceful 1 Joe Gubs
aid la ahWar'-tir -1v."7?m i J??5?- si whole sitcatloa has maa In any place wher? there's work kaown Joh
iacrtaj ti civhit fv 1'..'.. ca-r !a tie uk year or two. aad to do that require Judraeat aad ac- csd to be
lkaa tkkr. la this cotr i-ir- 1 "! "" Makers election curacy. I never knew of his horty ithe ant
ti hot; i -Psr it
:t awy h has h-j--d thi-rs 'lo-r -.-. -- "-: fs -jai.
here ever sine th to --a uartd. "if h ' X oi ewsty's aoT trjJ?5 to
u elated he win b- roiraor Thy ! t:A Mthj2K aaalrat hla wh le he
'aa't aoaky with hi Ti iatr- ' "" ,T-:3r a-r- ai I J-n-vi-
that at t froa tr th-oh I r3"- T fworered froa the re-
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. iui; uni.ici. ih'ik is u ui -
t ter sua aro-iad bert. Wba the Odd
j FtHo-f were fwilding her. I west to
j Mr. Mkkey txpeetlag a J2J subserlp
1 t:a. lor he was cot aa Odd Fi'Iow,
tat he ciT a hundred. We doa't
pay aay atteatioQ here to those latsr
t1ti a the World-HeraM.
Mr. Osas Bvrkbirt. a Graan aad
eld dlr. la Sir. Cursae s store, said .
' When I came b Mkkey was oae of
tic first aea I aet He wa actlTe !a
i- u a n. lai o-inocrj a it.
w a saaa to alsreprwest Jala
tie Wjrld-HeraM did, trst he's pot J
pksty of fritads her. I will tote fori
il i7!Att- j
. i ,ijjfi. uar.r joaa tl.
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,ijcAey is a ieTn-saco. r oaservative.
hardxorWas. earawt. eoadatlocs
raaa. la lay yodyaieat he srill cale a
rood eiecetlTe."
H- F Headenoa. hardxar
I voted;
for Bryaa wta tlrae. !t I hare Tery;
hlrh rpct for Mr. Mickey. He is a
rery capiile taaa. He kao--s hat toj
go aai ao to Co It. He -Bill re; the
arat snaport of this coa:y.-
F. I- Drtaa. hardvar-
Mr. Mkkey
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t 1 iraj ujku ur -- ui v i--t r jm. 1
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'-- dm" k ki'Z
latemev, are treated oaly with coa
trstc -
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Mil. . . ..ft. w ... .. sa k MT 1
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aire iaavn M1-t tir-.fT.I
J tat aaa la the rorraor s oce.
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Kassa--r. farser
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:ar!:,? V. H reoord is caa.
i-rw'hyWd:
HaM aisrerat! Mr. Mickey aad
iu ma4.ss,- lhu ttj;,-. tv
araiaKh aSS will oaTy
aike aore v for Mkey. He to
v-iMn. iturf.A a- .. .V v. ..
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.rtT Z)atXZXi f0T .
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roTeraor-s of-
Mr 0 H Maa. W. F ahaak. G3rze
Caraiae. Joe?h Karrer. W. F. Miller.
V. 3 Canoa. Joha F Aadersoa. S. J.
I Harless. . C. Phaaat Jcdze F. H.
jSaraderi. V.. o. Cox. aad others, all
1 oid MtUirs la Ojoeoii. spoke of Mr.
Mkkty la the hfehest ttra.
At atroashcrr. the eadorsaeat of
T. Back-
'-T- &? ' J-!. ana a proai-
, Ji:
' J 'ar--1 do'sr:: IO Mickey's hoae-
tP- ! l ' Ft hiI " sho,r n hoic
lw aak ay hoaetead papers. He
j ,rts shea a sort of a reaeral counselor
to ' t-'JlK. He kaew how to do
verrthiar, vhea there was aay new
due
aad
e life
at
a
o
haa eTer lived la it.
Mr. Joha B. Buckley, president of
oae of tie baska here, aad a large
property owaer. said:
I have lTi hre thirty-alae years
aad ha.Te kao-a Joha Mickey all this
tia. I kaow his record as a public
oacial. as a busiaess aaa aad aa a
citirea. aad I kaow no cleaner record
boaad of that lavestiratioa
J. A. Tarble. a farmer at Shelby, be
iaz in Stroasburz. said: "I have
kaowa Mr. Mkkey ever since I hoae
steaded tweaty-aiae years azo. I'm aa
nlA &ylfx A tr -iVm t. Irf mitrit
,-i- .,,. v vliUm .,t,i
it.T,i -,t m Tit!nn to
alsrep:
the old soldiers. Why. John Mickey
has teea the aost practical friend the
old soldiers have had In this county.
I raeater soae years ago when the
winter was cold aad everybody was
hard cp. we had a ae-eting of the post
to coasider the aeds of soae of the
old veterans, Soae of thea needed
aoaey and tie post bad no money.
Mickey got up aad said. 'Send thea
to ae aad I will take care of thea
oaehow He was always just like
that. He has done aore kiad acts to
tie old Teteraas thaa aay other man
la this coeaty aad th paprs ought
to b ashamed to try and take that
-rfcMY vv fpnf-1 him L2t he's eot
! frfeads eaoisgh to elect hla all right."
! m P iJribfT ntsoke of the- organi
zation of the Swedish-Aaencaa league
that was going on ia Stroasbarg. It's
a republican organization. Of Mr.
Mickey he said:
Tbe republicans could not have
aaad a aaa that wocid ron btter In
this totality than Joha Mickey "
J. P Smith, old t-ettler and old soldier-
"I took a homestead thirty-one
years ago. aad Jive oa It yet right br
by this town. I have known Mr.
Miky all th years He Is consid
ered a vry straight man in this coun
tr. He is considerate In his dealings
--.th poor men. but if a aaa can pay.
Mkky aakea tba ion" right up to
the scratch. He wni oe a gooo ousi
ns governor "
M. A. Makevr. attorney "I have
bn personally aqualntd with John
H Mi'key for lvn yars. 1 nave al
ways voted the democratic ticket, but
unlms 1 chacg my mind. I Intend to
vot for John H. MIcVy this year."
1 H. Henderson. mrcbant. "I have
been here fenty-four year? I have
known Mr. Mickey all th time. The
World-Herald interviews wju neip mm
In this county I never heard of a re-
liable
man accusing John Mickey of
Woman Is the Sunday of man, and
be thinks be Is all the rest of the
wevk.
The modem woman doesn't belleTa
Jn doing things by halves, except
when he Is dressing for a ball
Thre is an old song entitled,
"Drick, IrJak, Drink." The average
man dcsc't ned to l asked three
times.
An up-to-date pbrecologisi declares
that by feelltg the burapi oa a man's
head he can tell hat sort of a woman
he Is married to.
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- - .vj. ...v.. - i.y.n..v.i irrjaK ii.it-iiuuru uaiii iae eoi outina. uoe
ccaoaitrata here. Mr P
4 . d j4 h 1j-. r Tl a vjtn. i ak
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f aajiuiut; quijaaoraoie. 1 TCel tae
pop ticket till tw& yan ago. I fonad
It was no tte It coelda t do aay
good. I Tot'd for Bryaa the rt u
and wold have stayi wui tie pops,
bnt they couldn't do aaytiac The
pop tactaes doa't aaxmat to aar-
thing. In tor Mlcky aow. asd to-
Bill Sad a lot of as la 11a
ele tloa day "
his
A. B. Hadotooa tarraaa: "I aaTe
&eea eere freaty-3T Tar. Y I
mow Mr. Mkkey His rpcta:!oa it
first-flas-i. He wiH rt aaav f-ia
vot?.
G W. Preo. aTaasf I hare
kaown Joha Mkky ever sla I case
. aere.
I
He staa-ds il?a la thu totra'ja the strlrtt d'-nfif, hut n Junt. man.
aad coa
333117 iBr- are lotr to:
I la this siore.
Mkkey ui gt thea
all."
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1 fc. u. IO!, serrsaat- i t t-.?
Mr. Mkkey. tat I hare h-ari of hlar
He
elected."
s.i -?tj. 1 ao?- ae vn
E. Haas, drr z&: "I Jatw M
, Mickey -!!. Ufei to t la O.ceoa
jaad dM beaiatA with hla. Parties
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t. . . .
r a m in r vm w m w wa r- i x 1 1 .
. . . . lmw J k s 1 H W1 a 1- W ri -mm
roi, hroad-at.aded aiaa aad he wjli
V , 1 ...
,.. - fev.- 'v..ic
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I. i.
Bsrr-r. oid oid:r
oid
the thiar that w,.l do th aot nl
aad
o ;t7"" ".:".rv.?r'-'?rw
v v "-;s" obi . i to
' f axi z? exAa;" coiraty
tar aad they wMal Sad a th.-ar
.aaaiast hiax The posl who rar. ont
laterrlews aralast Mr Mi key to the'wouJd trt twnty populist of-a In old
World-Herald are &.haaed of it aowiHakberrr.
aad they oczht to b. Thy are 'Ula-1 Gors"E. BIneham eald ho settled
lar ao-x that what they said to the oa a hoafest-ad hre twonty-soven
World-Herald 7f;oni tls exarrer- years aso "He will gtt rav vote and
ated. bat they oozht to be ashad.all that I can do for him braid."
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.v vz iou.i-1, m an s4iui. a aia 1
like,
Joha Mickey, if he ain't a rood a
rood aan.
then there are no good men la this '
county. Idiraatioa among them over what the
At Shelby, a small town la tie east-' World-Herald published. People here
era part of Polk coaaty. Mr. Isaac like to se some fairness In politics.
Paisley, an old ?oldier. said: "Yes. I Soa of th men they pretended to
settled here thirty years ago aad I Interview, they never saw at all. There
have got the hoastad yet. I caaJwas Gorz Beebe In town today, and
from the tarn county In Iowa that he would like to get a sight of the re-
Mlckey came froa. I didn't kaow hia
something in the paper against hla. I J country would go to pot If McKlnley
doa't think anyone around here be- rot elected. Well. I just watched to
Ileves a word of that stuff. I haven't see and I have seen. I turned In with
seen a maa who believed a word of lrjthe republicans after that and I'm glad
John Fox. old settler and old soldier. , of it. There were seven brothers of us,
talked of his long acquaintance with all populUts, but I got o3 so I could
Mr. Mickey: "I settled on a home-j take a good square look at the fusion
stead just a mile from Mickey's hoae-ists. Every calamity howler In the
stead. In '71. Micky got the con-1 country was in that gang, and I just
fidence of the aeoale rieht from the said I would cult them. I buv mulr
start becaus he seaed to know how J
to do everything, aad he has held their 1
confidence ever since. I always worked .
ninnlng for county treasurer, and I him. There are lots of men like me
have never regretted it. We'll stay by (who will vote for Mickey for his busl
hira la this county. Doa't worry about t nes3 sens. One of them ducks that
that. Maybe they can beat hla for. got interviewed aralnst Mr. Mickey
eoveraor. but he has done more good I owes his bank ISto right now. but It
d-ds thaa aay other aaa ia the coun-1
ty and they can't bat him out of that." cause It's a worthless account. The fu
George M. McMillan, farmer, froa I sloslsts never did know how to cam
Hat kberry precinct, was la Shelby oa'palga anyway. I'm glad I cut loos
business. Mr. McMillan owns a two, from em."
hundred acre fara adjoining the W. M. Ingalls, buggy dealer: "I
Mickey homestead. Spaklag of Mr. jhav kaown Mickey twenty-five years.
Mickey, he said: j I never heard a word against him until
"I have been dealing with John this World-Herald man snooped around
Mickey more or less for seventeen j over the county aad found some men
years. I will vote for hla with a good who wanted to get their names In the
deal of satisfaction. He will get near-
ly all the votes in Hackberry precinct believes in the World-Herald."
this year." I H. C. Beebe. attorney: "I have
Peter Wise, old sttler aad and old ' kaown Mickey ever since I was old
soldier: "I knew Joha Mickey ia ' eaough to remember. He is as square
Louisa county. Iowa, when he was a ) an honest man as I eer knew. He has
boy and have known him ever since. I fine executive ability. I would like
homesteaded nar him in 7L I drove ,;o ee him elected.'
through from Iowa by team. When II Fred Braithwait. blacksmith: "I
got here Mickey was the first man I j don't know Mr. Mickey very well per
met. He was mighty poor then used . sonally. but I know what the people
to work in tne new oare-iooxta iirocua aere say aoout mm. ana rrom
have done lots of busins3 with hia that I should judge him to bo about
since that time. Some of the men he the best man In the county. He stands
helped when they couldn't get money
anywhere else came out In the papers
against hla. but they have donehlm
more gooa man iaej lui'au i.
Levi Cunningham, old settler: "I
came here la TI. John Mickey was a
good friend to the settlers here In the
M.tr iimi am! he has never chanzed
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m. tnat was an. aen ine uu inae
came:
there was 117 freight. I didn't nave
no $17. and I went to Mr Mickey. I
didn't have anything hardly and could
not gie scurity. but he Just handed
me a twenty-dollar bill. 1 told him I
couldn't make th" change, for I didn't
have a cent. "That's all right. said
Mickey. You just take it with you
and hand it to me when you get it.'
He didn't charge me any interest then.
1 bate borrowed aony of him since
and paid blm Interest. He was the
one who cut th interest down in this
county to 10 per cent when it had ben
2 pr cent a month. Everybody ia this
county knows that, and it meant a
good da! to the people In those times
when thy were borrowers I guess
we'll take care of Mickey all right
here when election day tomes."
D. E Smith, formerly a banker here
In Shelby, but now somewhat of a
faraer by proxy, owning 520 acres of
farm laad out from town, spoke of Mr.
Mickey. He was quite severe In his
denunciation of those who bad given
out Interviews In the World-Herald.
Said he didn't blleve they had voted
the straight republican ticket for ten
years they bad grievances against
Doa't worry.
"Seek peace and pursue It"
Be cheerful. "A light heart lives
long."
Never despair. "Lost hope Is a fa
Lai disease "
Spend less eerrous energy each day
thaa you make.
"Work like a man, but don't be
worked to death."
Don't hurry, "Too swift arrives as
tardy as too blov,"
Sleep and rest abundantly. Sleep
U Nature's beat-dlcilon.
a bit I was laid up ana my ioiksi " iu'u!' """ " - ".uui.. 1
se-at me a box from home. I wasa't con't know where you will find a bet-oivir,-
fnr m Mv folks were helolnz.tei" " round man."
Mickey and wnnfd in w ivmi, "I
kaew John Mickey In lvi wIjci Iim
vaj a yount; man urn) I wn a lit tin
toy," said .Mr, Hrnllli. "1 Imv.i known
hltn ev-r slnf.' I tnmu Ui'f1. I fiirrnul
near him In lla'kh.-rry fir'lncl I
rated a farm ontn ftntn III in for llif.t
yar?. He nw-r fawn iciir Ih'f tnnn
to oxatnln; or matiif' ih" t I
sold the f-rop and gave film IiIh hIium
of the pro'Mla In nion'-y I will I11
aiitaken if h don't K''t i inllity lilt
Tot from thin fuunty."
W. E. Kenn'-y. furnlliiri' dwil'T. "
aare LTi dolnt; IjijkInoih vltli Mr.
Mkkey for twnty-flv yar Alvayu
1 fAscd him nfif nnlv n rruiri nf hln wint
Ha dealla harr; ixfmlnl to iiwi,
..1..
U.TerythlnB In thl fonnty. MIm Hlnrirl-
paz here la hlrh. I Iiop )m will hi
j,la
' D. R.' Ixard. dnurrlsf "I know Mr.
Mickey "srll. H U a man who ! a
rreat d-al of work. INn (linrltl'M aro
xtaslve He h'-lrs. anyntm In !.
I -wotiJd like to H'y hlrn Kovcrnor I
wold hare confidence Jn anything that
Mickey wonld do an a minll'- man."
aw brlfk store. H BtopriMl a rnomi-rit
to say that h had known Mr. Mickey
twaty-nin yearc. had very hlgn v
r. :' "? -":. ..hm.
a4 vc. t trtAi.,... .....it tr,. i 1.
ir. MKKey wouia vx a good many
; pcrp vot'-s In this county.
. Gcrge a. Bennott of llaH.berry pre
t iact, Mid h thoueht Mr. Mldt.-v
Dr Inks: "I travv-1 a good deal In
the conatry round hfre. I hear the
popI talk. Thr's a good deal of In
.porter who pretended to see him. That's
conduct a campaign. Mickey
big vot In this county."
en. stock dealer: "I have
n Mickey for ten years. I
a democrat voted for Bryan
time, but didn't repeat the of-
was enough. They said the
aad horses and cattle, anything that's
got money la it. and there's money l
nearly everything now. John Mickey
has bea charged off the books be-
ipapr. Mickey is all right. Nobody
I m'rhf v !! "
E. L. Anderson, banker: "I'm not
much In politics. I will leave that for
older aen. but I'm for Mickey this
election, and I hope he will win."
W. T. Mawhar. postmaster: "John
Mickey was one of the first men I met
when I came here seven years ago. He
Is h Jt ls4vv nr J v V. a ai V
? rfc t A.W.MI r.A. .t .A.Ai
- -v- ". ii mvi . 1 iuim tur
Bryan the first time. He told us here
In Shelby, right In front of this very
building, right out there in the stnx't.
ihat the government was like a teotcr
board. When money went up. produce
went down. He said when McKln
ley wa3 elected money would go up
and everything else would go down.
Well I thought I would try It Just onco.
I got enough the first time. I'm awful
glad that that fool vote of mine didn't
elect Bryan. Yes. John Mickey Is all
right for me. 1 have got enough penso
to vote for him, and there's lot of
others. Some of the corn here will go
CO bushels to the acre. We're nil right
up here."
J. C. Hotchklss. farmer, was building
a new 10-room house on his farm In
the suburbs of Shelby. He said: "l
know John Mickey very well. He Is ft
good man anywhere you put him."
Mr. De Witt, a carpenter, said: "I
slept la a haystack between hero and
Llacoln with John Mickey one night
In the early days when there wen1 no
houses to sleep In. I'm with him yet.
There are lots of us oUMImers up hero
and we'll take care of him when elec
j
tion comes.
. A cat never cries over spilled milk.
J A man has to learn to llko liable
and eat olives.
t Dyspepsia sours a lot of the milk
of human kindness.
1 When poverty looks In at tho win
dow love vacates tho rvont,
Occasionally a g:;l inarrlos hep
ideal, but ho soon outgrows It,
It takes the plowshare of ffort to
open up tho furrow of suocens.
Selfish people aver laugh unless
they can do so at tho iponuo of
others.
THC KAGe FOR RISKS.
Lono ncord d Live Lett in Daring
Exercltes.
A Hut wade up by us at rirf-a
from nt'wttfiufKir '4.1'jnmix, and w.th
out any thought of ttay:r Cf
the nimi"i"r of iHtm who hare .-t
llx'lr IIvh tbrotjg'i thrjr patt.va rr
rink, Ihfj love of hazard, dur.ag the
pout tnw months, ;iakn 1 toa of r.tv.
nrnl hundred. Thip Iwlode r ag
forly-flvo p"ron who hare Ij- th" .
llvi'H In aiitomoV.I", "fnnm wao
hare "inlnsed" thHr footing iJJa::a
exhibition, nine who have beea ush
fired out of i'xUVti'.". by m-ans of
the bicycle and lt allied cvatrivan3,
two who have 'llrnl-d tep3e for the
lant time, three bridge Jimpers, ser
enlwn Alpln cIImrWE, fir loag-dis-tanco
swlmrm.'rx, tern who hare been
blotted out of eslster.ee la efforts to
break athletic f'ordt. and sres of
nth'-rn who have gone toa bettr and
It mny be hoped, a safer land by vart
ouu other agent I'm or a'-thvig de
xlgned OHtorisilbly to promote the ;oy
of thM present llf. If to this list e
should add the 200 other aouaa.n
clImberM who, It is said. have!.3t
their lives In the Alps during the past
ten years, the total sacrifice of humaa
life to the rage for risk would Jnd"!
assume formidable proportions Lcs
IIo'h Weekly.
HIS RIGHT TO RECOGNITION.
New York Saloon Keeper's Idea cf a
"Rating."
An east side Teutonic saJoon keep--having
saved more money thaa b
cared to allow In his till over night
decided to deposit It la a bank Strcl'
lng down Broadway, he Inquired for
a "goot bank," and was directed to
tho Chemical National. He s)mi the
bank usher:
"Is Mr. President at hoae" The
usher replied that the president was
In bis office. Very well, you yoost tolo
him that Mr. Yoccup Schaitt wan'3
to put a hundred dollars every nigat
in bis bank and take It ouit la the
morning."
After a long wait tie attendant re
turned and Informed Mr. Jacob Smith
that tho president could aot take hi.s
money, as he was not rated by Dun or
Bradatreet. The excited Geraaa re
plied: "Dun or Bradstreet! Why, I was
been raided twice by Parkhurst!"
New York Times.
Authority Needed.
When Father Jones, president of
the AugU3tlnian College at Havana,
was recently In Philadelphia tie at
tendance on the conference of mem
bers of his order, he told a story of
a reformed burglar who. after aura
persuasion. Induced his long-tiae pal.
also, to reform. A Paullst fr.ead of
Father Jones', then stationed in New
York city, had been the recipient of
the first burglar's confession, aad was
picked to listen to the second's. The
priest was interested ia the two fel
lows because of the sincerity of the
first: and, when the pair called, he
took the second into his own room
and left the evangelist in the hallway
After listening half aa hour to tho
new penitent's story of a vicious life
the Paullst remembered something left
undone with regard to a aarriase to
bo celebrated that evening, and. In
terrupting the burglar, hastened from
the room. After waiting ten minutes
the fellow put his head through the
door and called:
"Bill!"
"What Is It!" responded tie first
convert
"Where did he go?"
"Don't know," answered Bill. "What
difference does it make?"
"Well." replied the half-confessed
wretch, "I was afraid he might htve
stepped out to call a policeman."
An Australian Wit
William Shields, a member of the
ministry of the Australian federation.
Is a wit. In the course of a recent
public speech he exclaimed: "I am
an Irishman, and a pessimistic Irish
man Is ns great a curiosity as a poetic
oyster or a benevolent tiger." At the
same time he was not "an optimistic
ostrich, that sticks his head In the
sand while the wind plays fantastic
tricks with Its tall." In "the opinion
of Mr. Shields Australians are nation
ally and Individually an extravagant
people. He proved It with an anec
dote. When the present huge gov
ernment house in Melbourne was be
ing planned tho architect consulted
the premier of the period as to tho
sire of the ballroom. "Do you kcow
mi) thing about ballrooms "la other
parts of the world?' queried the pre
mier. "1 only know the one in Buck
ingham palace." was the reply. "Then
build our ballroom a third bigger than
the one In Buckingham palace," said
the premier. It was done as the lord
ly premier commanded, aad so Mel
bourne came to possess the biggest
ballroom In tho world.
All About a Corn.
A lady who was grievously torment
ed with a corn, was adl$cd by one of
her friends to anoint It with phos
phorus, which she did; she forgot,
however, to tell hor husband, before
retiring at night It had Just stmck
twelve when the husband awoke, and
he was startled at seeing something
sparkle at the foot of the bed. He
had never heard of a tirerty In the
locality, nor did ho remember seeing
such a tetrlblo looking Jjectk$ he
beheld at that tunmeJP lurching
carefully out of bed for one of his
Uppers, he raised It high lu the air.
ami brought It down with great force
on the mysterious light. There was a
lirU'U, followed by an avalanche of
bedclothes. The lady has not got rid
of hor ph.osplior.UeJ corn.
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