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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-11-16

Pa" sad Tommy, my Sunday
School teacher says if Tn good I'll
60 to heaven"
We'll, what about it?" said his pa
well. you said if | was good I'd
90 to the circus, Now | want to
know who's fibbing, you or her"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-11-16

The w. C, T,U.will meet With
Mrs. W. L. Ely, Tuesday afternoon
at 2:30. Mrs. DeLashmutt, leader.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-11-16

From present indications the
next republican national convention
will be held in Chicago.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-11-16

Mrs. A. S. Maddox visited her
brother, C. o. Erwin at Brookville
the first of the week.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-11-16

DR.. C. A. holland attended a meet
ing of the Northeast Missouri Dem
tai Association at Macon, Monday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-11-16

Mrs. R, E. Leake, of Hunnewell
is visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. D. S. Sharp.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-11-16

| Miss Margaret Latham of Rens-
selaer, spent part of the week with
Miss Lillian McNutt.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-11-16

The Gem has the Photograph
that pleases. See Captain Kate
Saturday night.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-31
JUDGE LET'S WIFE
SENTENCE SPOUSE
Selling chiIdren's Shoes for Drink Gets
Him One Year-COurt Con-
firms Order.

Philadelphia. Pa, Jan. 3l-blrs. Nath-
an kirkwood Saturday sentenced her
husband 10 one year in the house Of
correction. She appeared against her
husband in the Manaynk police court,
which is presided over BY Magistrate
Grelis.
After hearing the testimony the mag
istrate called Mrs Kirkwood 20 the
bench and informed her that abe would
have to be the Judge as to the length
Of time her husband would remain in
jail
you 60 to the house OF correction
for one year. Mrs kirkwOod snapped
at her husband without a seconds hesi-
tation kirkwood pleaded with the
magistrate, but the plea only brought
forth the answer that the sentence was
Just and would stand
According to Mrs Kirkwood her hus-
band imbibed too freely and sold al
the shoes in the house to get money
with which TO purchase liquor lie came
home early m the morning and started
TO beat his wife and four children Mrs,
kirkwood says she has been forced to
support the children. and thought that
a year in jail might make her husband
a better provider
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-31
Magazine REVIEW.
Ugly Lighting Fixtures.

Mr. J. Horace Mcfarland, president of
the American Civic association, writes
with yigor and point about the furnish
ing OF the suburban street, in Suburban
Life for February The following par
agraph is Of particular interest: "The
fixtures for dispensing light upon the
suburban street have most important
influence upon its dignity and appear
ance, and usually that influence is not
favorable. The old boulevard stand
ards Of the gas companies were of com
parative degrees Of ugliness, but they
were grace itself beside the next device
the overhead arc lamp, either swung from
an ugly wooden pole on suspended be-
tween two such perverted trees, Her
aided as a wonder of efficient illumina-
tion--for did they not dispense two
thousand candle power Of light ?-these
denominations have spread through cities
and into suburbs It has now come to
be known that they are not able to
give efficient illumination where it is
needed, and that they are almost as
wasteful as they are ugly"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-31
Do You Know How to Invest?

Who are these dupes: Well, it seems
BY the list Of names and addresses seized
at the fraud offices when an arrest Is
made that they are chiefly school
maams, widows, clergymen and clerks.
The number Of women all over the
country swindled by mining stock and
patent right schemers is something ap..
palIing. There are no actual statistics
on the subject but the number of gulls
and dupes runs up into the millions,
In the past FIVE years nearly hundred
million dollars has been sent to New
York by these persons and the money!
is still coming in at the rate of about
fifty thousand dollars a day.
1t is strange that women with their
oft-eredited "intuitive minds" the pos
session OF that wonderful sixth sense"
are 50 easily swindled by glittering cir
culars and prospectuses. And vet even
50 cunning financier as Hetty Green
owns that in her varied career she has
been duped many times and for large
amounts larger than she probably ever
saved by living in a thiry-five dollar
Hoboken hat Mrs. Green acknowledges
that she always went in with her eyes
open, but no matter how widely open
those eyes were at the moment she
signed her check they were still wider
open when she saw the game of the
swindler for what it really was.
1t woman who can scent a wildcat
as far as Hetty Green, gets scratched
occasionally BY that animal what earth
ly show is there for the average wife
or widow OF large or small means who
is looking around for a gilt edged in
yestment From Holding Up Mail
Frauds" in February Technical World
Magazine.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-31
MOTORS IN ARGENTINA.
Demand for American Automobiles IL
creasing There.

"The present market for motor car.
in Argentina is principally in Huenos
Ayres," said Edward G. Butt n oi that
city, who has taken on the export
agency for motor car company for
Ruenos Ayres There s slo~ly iii.
creaSing demand down il our conrtry
for high grade American built motor
cars suitable for city driyilg. " a
few other cities beside Buenos Ayres
motor cars are also in use: hlls they
are little employed for travelling through
the country generally. owing to the eS.
eecdingly bad. or rather lack Of road,
"The principal trouble with motor cars
in the Argentina is that we know hut
very little concerning the mechanical
part. and what we need is little edu-
cation, and to meet this the United
States viii have to send us some skilled
mechanics who can educate us. Buenos
Ayres has a population OF 100000 peO-
pie, and they are all wealthy. and az
the time ! left I should Judge that
there were over 1000 motor cars owned
and operated in Buenos Ayres. but OF
chat number nearly Is per cent. are Of
French manufacture.
There is a market for American ma
chimes Of the high grade class. and ma
chimes that will stand up and deliver
the proper amount Of service. There
IS a duty OF ten per cent I'D yalorem
on motor cars, but the agencies have 10
add at least so per cent to the catalogue
price to cover the two per cent. war
tax, the cost Of shipping and the extra
expense attached to the selling eX-
penses and demonstration. because liv.
ing and rents are half as high again
in Buenos Ayres as in Detroit. The
type Of car mostly IN demand is what
yon would call Z landaulet body with
top which can bo lowered at win. What
i needed is a strong, high-clearance,
broad-tired car, adapted to the muddy
and rough roads, but it must not be a
cheap one, and be Of the best construc-
ton and Of high power.-Detroit News
Tribune.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-31
WILL H0RSEWHIP
USERS OF TOBACCO
Yoliva, if Elected, Would Also Bar Them
from Employment in Zion
City.

Chicago, jan -Horsewhipping il
public promises to become the method
Of punishment for tobacco chewers and
smokers in Zion City. II all depends
upon the result Of the city election in
April Wilbur Glenn Voliya, overseer
and successor to the late John Alexander
Dowie, is confident that he win be sue
cessful at the polls and regain the power
wrested from him by the independents.
year ago.
Voliva, in addressing a meeting at
tended by more than 200 OF his fol.
lowers in Zion City tabernacle Sunday,
outlined the plan of the administration
he would effect after the election. He
renewed his declaration of war against
tobacco users and said he would appoint
vigilance committee OF prominent eiti-
zens to horsewhip on sight any user OF
tobacco Other steps Noliva declares he
will take are
Drive out all independents from the
city
Take over all industries and run them
on cooperative basis.
Have all employees receive wages and
also share in the profits
Refuse TO admit any industries unless
it is positively guaranteed that no users
of tobacco be hired
Drive the churches from the city,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-31

ton about his hero in the February
issue. The following expression of opn-
ion regarding the respective merits Of
American women and men is in the
writer's best vain:
Foreigners who come over here are
apt to write about the superiority OF
American women to American men.
That is because they are professional
writer's and see very little of the men
twho properly despise literature and its
creatorsl, and when they do see them,
find they have nothing to talk about.
Besides, the fneness OF women is al
ways more emphasized when brought
into contrast with the manly rugged
ness of character engendered by the fierce
battles OF commerce and gambling. Ii
MIR Worldly Wiseman ever reads book
it viii be printed on the stock tape,
whereas Mrs. World Wiseman was an
avid reader, going through Anatole
France, Meterlink, Mrs. Wharton, Toll
stoi. Shaw, the Strand Magazine, Ches-
terton, 0ppenheim and all the others
with great impsrtiality She knew the
apprasements of the studios on living
painters. patronized socialists, states
men and artists, modelled a little i'll
clay, made pastel portraits, and thrust
into her husbands parties conveys OF
long haired men whose clothes fitted
them i'll and who sung Brahms songs
while Mr.. Wseman's retinue was valor-
ously drinking in the dining room and
wondering when IL could square away
at a game OF auction bridge.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-31
RHEUMATIC PAINS
IN BACK AND HIPS
May Cause GroundIess Fear Of
Kidney Trouble.

Not every pain in the back indicates
kidney trouble. Before getting unduly
alarmed try a good remedy for rheuma-
tism or lumbago, such as DIR. Williams
! Pink Pills and zee if the symptoms do
not disappear.
The value OF DR.. Williams Pink Pills
in the treatment OF rheumatism lies in
their direct response TO the needs of the
blood That they dol this well is shown
by the gradual disappearance of the
symptoms and the return OF color and
health They lay the foundation for
permanent health in the future.
Mrs Andrew Gregory, OF r. +. d.
No. 2, Concord, Michigan, who was
cured by this treatment, says:
81 suffered from rheumatism for a
year and think 1t was brought on by a
run down condition caused by over
work. The muscles in my arms and
legs were awfully sore and lame, and |
was so crippled that | couldn't move
about much. For time | couldn't
feed or help nyself and suffered from
pains in my back over the kidneys and
in my hips. Mystomach was too weak
to retain food was filed with gas and
panied me great deal At times my
heart was weak and gave me much
pain Ny complexion was yellow and
was weak and discouraged. / was
sick in bed for three months.
"The doctors said they could not
help me and finally / stopped taking
their medicine. A friend who was cell
ing on me one day asked me why /
didn't try Dr. Williams Pink Pills.
sent to the drug store and bought box.
/ soon began TO have color, and people
were asking me what | was taking.
took the pills until cured and have since
recommended them to many others.
DIR. Williams Pink Pills have also
cured an@mia, chlorosis, general de-
bihty, after-effeets of the grip and
fevers and should be given a trial
wherever tonic for the blood and
nerves is needed.
DIR. Williams Pink Pills are always
the same and are cold only in packages
bearing the well-known trademark.
The genuine are sold by all druggists
or will be sent by mail, postpaid, on
receipt of price, 80 cents per box, six
boxes for $3.50, by the DR.. Williams
Medicine Co, Schenectady, N. Y. A
valuable booklet, Diseases of the
Blood" containing fuller information
will be sent free upon request.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-31
How to Make
Better Cough Syrup thon
You Can Buy
A Family supply, Saving 81 and
Fully Guaranteed.

A fun pint OF cough syrup-as much
as you could buy for s2.5O-can easily
be made at home. You viii md nothing
that takes hold OF an obstinate cough
more quickly, usually ending II inside
OF "a hours. Excellent, too. for whoop-
ing cough sore lungs, asthma, hoarse-
ness and other throat troubles
Mix 4 pint OF graduated sugar with
. pint OF warm water and stir for z
minutes. Put "a ounces OF PlneN 600
cents WORTHY ia pint bottle' then add
the Sugar Syrup. 1t keeps perfectly.
Take teaspoonful every one. two or
three hours.
This Is Just laxative enough 20 help
,ure a cough. Also stimulates the appe-
lite. which Is usually upset by cough.
The taste IS pleasant. =
The effect OF pine and sugar syrup on
the infiamed membranes IS well known.
Pinex Is the most valuable concentrated
compound OF Norway white pine eN-
tract. rich In guiaicoi and all the nat
uraf healing pine elements. other prep
RratiOns viii not work in this formula
The pinex and Sugar Syrup recipe is
now used BY thousands OF housewives
throughout the United states and Can
ada. The plan has been initiated, but
the old successful formula has never
been cquaied.
a guarantee OF absolute satisfaction.
or money promptly refunded goes with
this recipe Your druggist has PineN,
or will vet u FOR you. II not. send TO
The PineN Co, 1T. wayne 4nd
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-31
MEXICAN FORCE
CUT OFF
Rebels Move for Attack on
Relief
INSURGENTS HAVE 900
Fast Learning Organization, 1t Is Said.
Town on the American Border
Is Reported as
Taken.
INSURGENTS HAVE 800

El Paso, Tex, Jan. 3l,--Pasqual Oroz-
co, commander OF insurectos in Chihua-
hua, reached San Lorenzo Sunday with
six hundred men. He was re-euforced
that night by troops under Jose de la
Luz Sanchez from Oiinaga Orozco is
expected to attacl, federal troops march
ing to the rescue Of Colonel Rabago at
Galauea 1t is reported here that RAJ
bago has been surrounded. Insmreetos
on Saturday cut all Mexican Central
railroad wires at Horcasitas forty miles
south OF Chihuahua. took all the money
belongin gto the railway company, Civ
ing receipt therefor, and escaped. The
wires were repaired and communication
restored Sunday.
Carl Decker, All American newspaper
man, has returned from the mountain
Businesses Of Chihuahua, Mex. where he
spent some time in the camp OF the rebel
chiettain 0roZco Mr., Decker said: "The
rebels have learned several valuable les
sons by experience and Orozco is busy
putting some of them into practice This
is the first time they have organized d
force OF six hundred men into one body,
such as 0rozco had with him for
week within fifteen miles Of Minaca
and this force has now increased to 500
men, Up to that time groups Of from
so TO $50 men acted under one chief and
moved where they pleased without milf
tary plan. 0rozco has organized these
loose elements into a compact fighting
machine. He puts 66 men in a company
and ten companies to regiment As
fast as company is organized he sends
it where its services are needed. When
left him. he had seven companies or
ganized and had within a radius of few
miles 500 men that he could quickly con-
centrate against any given point Be
sides these. 500 more are coming from
Ocampo aud 200 from Dolores. When /
left, Gabriel Domiuguez was at Toiolo-
cache with 100 men in the hills, wait
ing for hundred more before joining
0rozeo'
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-31

hindrance to the realization of these pos
abilities and should be seorned or per-
suaded out of society"
Then follows her belief regarding the
miseries resulting from Intoxicating
liquors." and her belief about aiding
dumb animals" and improving the condi-
tions OF our statute laws" At the end
she exclaims May the clover refuse
to grow over my grave, and the flowers
laid there BY the dearest hands shrink
from it, if ] outliye the impulse of my
heart to keep step with the onward move
ment Of human life and to perceive the
battle afar off, charging when and where
/ can"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-31
100 WOMEN POLICE
FOR BARCELONA
Chief Business viii Be to Help in the
Stamping Out Of Anarchy in
the Place.

Barcelona, Jan 3l1-Next week 100
women win enter the police service.
Their principal mission viii be to aid
in stamping out anarchy in this city.
Another bomb was exploded against
the Casa del Pueblo, pet institution
of Deputy Lerroux, one wall of which
was blown out by an explosion last
Friday.
The bomb was loaded with shot and
scrap iron. 1t tore into small frag-
ments heavy balustrade and destroyed
large tree at the side OF the building,
which itself was considerably damaged.
The police fastened to the scene, but
their efforts to detect the author Of the
outrage were, as usual fruitless.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-31
What February Woman's Home Com
panion Contains

panf0n CONTAINS.
The February number Of Woman's
Home Companion is delightful St
Valentine number. There is a special
valentine song, valentine ideas, and a
valentine booklist.
The fiction includes another part of
"The Admiral's Niece. story by Kate
Douglas Wiggin and her collaborators,
which is making big hit; In the
Land of Tomorrow" by Maude Rad
ford Warren is now in its second part
and is proving most exciting. shoft
stories in this number are contributed
by such well-known authors as Alice
Brown, Hubert Footner, Owen Oliver
and Mary Heaton Worse.
The third part of SPANS Royal Love
Story" by Kellogg Durland is devoted
entirely to the story of the three little
children Of the king and queen of Spain
and is charming and hOmelike tale.
Frank A. Waugh opens our eyes to
the beauty of the winter forest in an
article entitled, MY Tree Friends in
Winter; Kate Y. Saint Maur in a
short article entitled, The Care of Cage
Birds" gives us valuable information
concerning our feathered pets. Amer,
lean Portrait Painters" by J. Nilsson
Laurvik. is the first Of new series on
art in America, and love scenes from
the most popular plays Of the season
are shown
The home decoration and handicraft
department is even more comprehensive
than usual, taking up the questions Of
the small apartment and the country
house. "Dotty Darling and the Kew
pies still make fun for the children,
and "The Adventures of Jack and Betty
form one Of the most euthralling OF lit
tie folks features Miss Gould's fash
ion department is excellent with mod
ish and useful suggestions
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-31
DEP0RTED WOMAN
IN CANADIAN SNOW
Police Find Mrs. Wezal in Pitiable Con-
dition, Turned Back from
Portland.

ST. John, n b. Jan. 81 Refused adj
mission to the United States because she
had but 81 to her name, Mrs Elizabeth
Veal Of Bridgeton, n s.. who started
last Wednesday to visit her sister in
Portland, Me-, Is III a pitiable condition
here When she was turned back BY
the immigration authorities, she was
placed in local hotel, but when the
proprietor learned Sunday that she was
penniless and no one would become re-
sponsible for her lodging, she was eject
ed. At o'clock Sunday morning, after
wandering about the streets in the wind
and snow an night, she was found by
the police and at present is being shell
tered by the Salvation Army. An at
tempt TO communicate with relatives
has so far been unsuccessful
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-31
PROTECTING THE RED CROSS.
Move Made to Prosecute Those Who Use
Il for Advertising.

Move Made to Prosecute Those Who Use
1t for Advertising.
Washington, Jan. 81 The American
Red Cross has asked the solicitor gem
eral OF the United States to advise it
as to the proper steps for the enforce
ment Of that portion Of its federal char
ter prohibiting the use OF its emblem
and name for advertising by private
firms aud manufacturers.
Such use of the red cross is punish.
able BY penalty up to $500 or a years
Imprisonment. The United States has
entered into a treaty with all the civ
ilized governments Of the world to pre-
vent the misuse OF the emblem or title,
even for charitable purposes, except by
the American Red Cross, its employees
and agents and the army and navy
sanitary and hospital authorities
The use Of the red cross on New
York ambulances has been abandoned,
and medical and other associations have
greed to help suppress its use Tor any
purposes
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-31
MAY LOSE PAINTING.
DR.. John Evans, Marquis d'oyley, Left
No Will, 1t Is Feared.

Paris. Jan. 3l-Tf. as his friends fear,
Dir. John Evans, Marquis foyley, who
died here, left no will his illness being
very short and his death unexpected,
the Chicago museum win lose painting
by Titan which Dr. Evans always said
he intended to leave to the gallery Of
his native city
The Titan came from the Palais Royal
collection. 1t was cut from its frame
during the Commune and was sent to
London, where DR.. Evans bought it, The
Louvre was always DESTROYS of acquiring
the picture, but the price, $500, 600
(Sl00000), was prohibitive.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-31
LAST REVOLUTION SON DEAD.
Edward 4. Collins, Of a Massachusetts
Family. Dies in California.

los Angeles, Cal, Jan. 3l.-Edward
Henry Collins believed 10 be the last
son Of the Revolution. died Sunday at
his home IN Aionroyia. aged SO years
His father Henry Collins. as mere
boy, served through the Revolutionary
war and was j3 years old when the son
was born. Tie enlisted in Massachu.
sets, bat some years later moved to ST,
Hyaciuth. Canada.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-31

ultS ia VIC QOHH 4OI
me, For two years
/ suffered. The doc
tors said | had tu-
mors, and the only
remedy was the sur
geon's knife. My
mother bought me
Lydia F.. Pinkham's
Bile Com
pound, and today |
am a healthy wo-
man. For months
/ suffered from in
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-31

American Men Much Superior to Amer
lean Womenl
The satirist in The American Maya
zine, who has originated the character
OF Mr.. Worldly Wiseman in the depart
ment Of that periodical, THE Interpret
er's House. contributes more informa-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-31

flammation, and your Sanative Wash re-
lieyed me. Your Liver Pills have no
equal as a cathartic. Any one wishing
proof of what your medicines have
done for me can get it from any drug.
gist or by writing to me. You can use
my testimonial in any way You wish.
and Twill be glad 10 answer letters. -
Mrs. CHRISTINA REED, 10j Mound st.
Peoria, Ill.
Another Operation Avoided.
New Orleans, La.-''Tot years I suf-
fered from severe female troubles.
Finally was confined 20 my bed and
the doctor said an operation was neces-
sary. | gave Lydia L. Pinkham's Veg.
etable Compound a trial first. and
was saved from an operation. Mrs.
LILY PEYRoUx, iii Kerlerec St, New
Orleans, La.
The great volume Of unsolicited tes-
tmony constantly pouring in proves
conelusively that Lydia +. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound is a remarkable
remedy for those distressing feminine
ills from which so many women suffer.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-31

Greed of Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward.
The death Of Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
WARD brings upon the literary world
and all readers Of her books a distinct
loss Caroline TicknoT, secretary Of the
Boston Authors club sums up Mrs.
Wards life, as evidenced by her writ
irgs, as follows:--
In all her work Elizabeth Stuart
Phelps Ward strove 20 attain that high
ideal which she set for herself in her
earliest days. and endeayoFed TO live up
to that creed which she put forth many
years ago, when she wrote;--
Il believe in the life everlasting, which
Is sure to be; and that it is the FIRST
duty Of Christian faith 10 present that
life in a form more attractive TO the
majority of men than the life that now
is
y believe In women and in their
right to their own best possibilities in
every department OF life
Il believe that the methods Of dress
nractioed among women are q marked
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-31
SAVED
FROM AN
OPERATION
BY Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Peoria, Ill.-'I wish to let every one
know what lydia Il. Pinkham's rene