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The Brinkley argus., 1911-05-12
1. People of Monroe

|h;rty five years the writ sen T,sn' a resident of Monroe and always since the < understanding has been ed in all matters that sod the county's welfare; ;Dg all these years he has @ght any n otoriety thro Ije press and has never at 5 invited or been engaged wspaper controversy. l Iooking for a controv ersy < I do desire that:
 E TRUTH BE KNOWN
 d to certain matters ap- last week in a publica- led by one Walter Will ld known as the Brinkley I don't think it necess- me to say that this per Hams is responsible for lication, but am address to whoever his superior er that he may be made the truth as well as the large.
 POLITICS
 litical purposes, in order man may be destroyed ce the cause of another lie in the Citizen was ind published. To drag hty Court House into D make an issue for some et of men this article ten and pulished. l want e to know, as the ma- know, that l have never thing in secret that af- e county.
 to particularly thank ns of the towns of Holly i'd BrinkIey for their to me in refraining cking ny efforts to do f the people; for their to me in not trying to |nds, bnt to let me go Der the authority given m just as thankful to good people of the pm other sections who Eought to hamper me Eheir will, but 1 call at Brlnkley and Holly hcularly for the reason towns had some am- her for a district court house, but they sunk 'dual desires in order lnlght get the court Oles out of politics and uss eveflastingly, and thetr best to help us. Y COURT HOUSE TO- BE
 BUILT?
 Ter to this question that D me from many parts nty since ths Prathel stopped work, I wish
 If l live it will bt at present the Count, was made so by tho
 people, and will be aee for some time tc lake this time to an |at l will again be
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-04-06
HOW LACES MAY BE CLEANED
White Waists Should Be Put In SoIu
ton Of Pure Soap and Stihened
With Gum Arabic.

White waists badly stained with
Precipitation can be cleaned by put.
ting them in Il strong solution Of cas-.
tile or any pure soap. then placing
in the direct sunlight until the yellow
Is withdrawn To make the solution.
shave one bar Of soap and dissolve
this In one to three quarts Of hot
water The dirt is removed from the
lace not by rubbing. but by washing
up and down IN new soap solution,
and II is then thoroughly rnsed In
two or three clear. warm waters Tive
lace Is next stlifcuod I'm weak gum
arabic water-one or two kernels to
one pint OF water The gum arabic is
added to warm waA'r and placed over
hot water until dissolved. II Is well
never to wiring lace. but rather to
squeeze the water from #. To dry the
lace It Is pinned on a wooden blanket.
or pad, which has been securely
fastened TO a table, Each point Is
firmly pinned and the lace Is lort until
perfectly dry Much may be done to-
ward giving the efect of new lace, II
each point is not only carefully pinned
out, but when dry, picked out with the
fingers.
SILK lacrs are cleaned by brushing
or rolling In corn meal, or magnesia.
Tho dirt adheres TO the -four, or pow.
der. leaving the lace clean When
treated In this way, laces need more
frequent cleaning, but appear more
like new lace Yellowed, white silk
lace may be stepped in a hot bath OF
milk and borax and bleached In the
sun,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-04-06
CHOICE APPLE DISHES
RECIPES FOR FIVE DESSERTS
THAT ARE DELICIOUS.
Gateau, Buttered and a la Paysanne
Are imple-Apple Cream and
SouffIe Require Somewhat
More Elaborate Cookery.

Gateau Of Apples.-Stew FIVE or six
large apples, peeled and cored with
one cup sugar juice and grated rind
OF lemon, stir until they are a thick.
dry marmalade, turn into mold and
leave til cold Serve with boiled Gus.
tard aud whipped cream.
Buttered AppIes.-Pare and core
some apples without breaking them,
put half pint OF water and cup
sugar on to boil, let boil up once or
twice then simmer the apples care
fully until tender, lift out gently and
arrange on dish place a small
piece Of butter on each and a little
apricot jam on top, pour the strip
round
Apples a la Paysanne. Butter a ule
dish. peel as many apples as will go
In the dish. core them. and put llrtle
butter in each pour one half pint va.
ter and one glass cherry brandy. Bake
onc.half hour and serve with powder
cd sugar
Apple Cream.-Pcel and core six
large apples, stew with a little water
ounces Of raisins and the grated rlnd
OF lemon TIL quite soft When cold
add glass of sherry and put in q pic
dish; beat the whites of three p.,ss
very stiff, add n little sugar, spread It
over the apples, and bake in a slow
oven.
Apple SouffIe. For this pare and
slice six or seven good juicy apples
and stew In a closely covered Jar With
out drop Of water, then beat 10
pulp and add two tablcspoonfuls Of
fresh butter and one cup sugar. When
cool whip In the yOlks Of three eggs,
whip up the whites tan extra whit Is
an Improvement very n,iff and whip
into the pulp along with one cup OF
line bread crumbs. flavor with nut.
meg. cloves, or grated lemon rind,
beat all lightly until It looks Ike
lroihcd cream; bake in buttcrod
dish In a moderate oven for nearly an
hour; keep dish covered until within
ten minutes Of serving to prevent
crust forming Serve hot In dish It
was baked in Serve with lemon or
custard sauce
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-04-06

since ! was little girl, but you see
couldn't very well marry him because
he never asked me. Then too. Jack
Is so poor, and all my life I've been
longing for things that Tom Grant $
money will buy for me. | didn't dc.
'cive him ! said | couldn't love him 4.
hut he, still knowing this. wants to
marry me and ! accepted. Now Judge
ne II you will"
Edna Strengthened up bit and the
lines about her mouth seemed to grow
deeper in an instant
zone question please. before rem.
der the verdict You take upon your
IOul the wrecking of this mans ex.
stence, You VIII suck the honey
ON the flower of his life and leave
i'm nothing but the stem. This is
easler for you than being an old
maid Then, too, supposing that Tom
was In love with some other girl?"
Il plead guilty to the charge, Judge,
and accept the sentence of the court
Your logic is getting stale; so let's go
to bed that may get my beauty sleep
and make n handsome bride. Think
IF it, dear girl, tomorrow at this hour
my visiting cards will read Mrs
Thomas Kemp Grant"
The lights were put out and Eleanor
gas soon fast asleep, while Edna lay
wide awake, as through her brain
AN the words Il do not love him and
he knows IT." If she only dared
The next morning was colorless. the
air heavy; in fact, just the sort of day
TO make n bride look out OF the win.
low and wonder II she really were
supcrstitious. It was about 9 o'clock
md Tom was whistlinE one minute
and singing the next. He walked into
Tho bedroom whore his friend and
est man lay peacefully sleeping.
Get up. you lazy vagabond We
can't keep the bride waiting, you
know. That's her privilege"
The best man rubbed his eyes,
growled a bit. and finally crawled out.
Guess III take a shower" he said.
Need some sort OF n bracer to put
me through this ordeal. ! wouldn't
do this for every fellow know.
Liquor" he went on, "as a bracer 10
far superior to water In my personal
and valuable opinion, but the maid OF
honor might object Better take one
or the other yourself, old chap. You're
looking pretty ragged for bride.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-04-06
A Convenient KnIfe.sharpener.

There is one very effective way OF
sharpening knife always at hand
The rough. unglazed bottom Of "A Jar
offers fine substitute for whet.
stone. Just hold jar of any size up.
side down and pass the Quitting edge
Of knife back and forth over the
bottom n few times. turning first one
side. then the other. You will be
pleased with the Woman's
Home Companion.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-04-06

The husband OF fashionable wom-
an. whose gowns are at once the adj
miration and despair of her feminine
acquaintances, was discussing the
cost Of living with a friend at the
Union League the other night.
by the way" ventured tho friend.
"-er--don't you have a good deal Of
trouble keeping your wife dressed in
the height OF style?"
The woman's husband smiled and
then shook his head, emphatically.
"Oh, no." he said. nothing to speak
OF. Notwithstanding to the trouble
I'd have II | didn't"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-04-06

has now been supplied In a deci
sion of Judge George Grow of East St
Louis UNFOLDING grant of land In com
mon made lSG years ago to the resi-
dents OF Kaskaskia, H., by his most
/ Christian majesty. Louis XIV. OF
France
/ The decision also recalls the ancient
renown of Kaskaskia. the oldest settle.
ment of white men in the Mississippi
valley and the provincial. territorial
and state capital of Illinois Kaskas.
kla's capture by Vlrgnian troops under
Gen, George Rogers Clark conveyed
Illinois from Great Britain to the Uni
ted States, and opened the way for the
conquest of the northwest
Judge Crows finding repeats n law
passed by the Illinois legislature au-
thuri2Ing the village to sell its com
mons of about G.OOO acres. The law was
enacted at the instance of tenants Of
the common land, who claimed that
the century's experiment in community
ownership had proved failure
kaskaskia, now large island oppo-
site Fort Gage, ILL.,, was peninsula
when the settlement was founded in
1900 by Jesuit priests, Fathers James
GravIer and Gabriel Marest. The Mis-.
sissIppi river dug deep channel
across the base Of the peninsula 80
years ago, so that, in the opinion Of
many lawyers, Kaskaskia, the first cap.
ital of Illinois, Is low part of the
state of Missouri
No record of the French kings grant
has been preserved. u was confirmed.
however. by n patent issued in l743 by
Gov, Pierre Naudreuil of the province
of Louisiana, and by Edme Gaten Sal
mon, commissary general.
From the first, II is believed,
quaslpriyate ownership of land existed
in that portion Of the parish which was
under cultivation. But almost half of
the parish was commons proper, part
In grazing land upon which the settlers
pastured their cattle, and part in tim.
Der land, whore they hunted.
The farm land, because of peril from
Indian marauders, was divided on the
French arpent system. Each settlers
tract consisted Of ribbon OF land 1913
feet wide and three miles long.
BY this means, although the farmer
cultivated several acres of land he was
not isolated from his neighbors, at
whose elbows he almost literally
worked. This system made possible n
common protection against savage at.
tacks.
There is no record showing whether
the early settlers paid rent for their
farm land to the community. That
they were merely tenants. however,
was recognized when petition TO per.
NIT the purchase of the land was pre-.
scented Ivy them to the United States
soon after Illinois became
a territory.
The petition was granted and the
cultivated land passed from common
into individual ownership. The lie.
Eality of tho proceeding is doubted |
by lawyers, but 1t has stood almost a
century, too lorg to be reversed.
To dlfferentate the farm land from
the commons. the government sur.
veyed a line between them as Il boun.
Diary. known today as the Grand Line.
The commons was regarded as of lit.
tie value. because the expense of
clearing It of timber to make farming
possible was considered prohibitive.
But about the middle of the last
century the timber business became
profitable and soon numbers OF saw
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-04-06
Unusual Salad.

One.half dozen bananas diced, one
cucumber diced or celery may be
used, one cupful seeded white grapes.
halves, one.half cupful English walnut
meats. chopped fine. When just ready
to use your mayonaise dressing over
all and serve. 1t is very pretty and
may be made to look nice by placing
the grapes on top.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-04-06
Itching Piles Permanently Cured by a
Jar OF Resinol Ointment.

About three weeks since I was suf-
Sring agony from itching piles, got
a sample Jar of Resinol Ointment and
after bathing with warm water and
applying the Resnol, was In few
days entirely relieved OF the itching
and believe | am permanently cured.
W. W. Evans, Carrollton. Ky. Resinol
Ointment is sold by all druggists.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-04-06
Peas, French STYLE.

Put good piece Of butter in sauce,
pan. Drop peas In dry; add two or
three green onions, n few chIyes cut
up small; salt and pepper a taste,
one teaspoon Of sugar, one head OF let.
tuce chopped fine, one cup Of water.
Put back on stove, cook TIL done.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-04-06
After a Bio Haul.

'3inks used to be daft on the sub.
ject of buried treasure. What's he up
to now?"
He's got up an expedition to Asia
Minor to try to find the place where
Methuselah stored his birthday pres
ents."
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-04-06

EGAL confirmation of the princi.
pie Of community ownership of
land. Of which the philosophy OF
A Henry George Is an extension,
has now been supplled In a decl.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-04-06
Well Matched.

Dramatic Critic--But your play
hasn't any plot man,
Dramatic Author-Oh, we'll, most
of the people in the audience haven't
any brains.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-04-06

Cut and put in glass fruit Jars. screw
tops on tightly and It will never get
hard or mouldy.
Saint Mary's beacon., 1911-07-13

The action Of the Interstate Com.
merce Commission in determining
TO undertake thorough investiga-
tion of the rates Of the express CON-
panies comes none too soon. For
years these companies have enjoyed
q monopoly without restriction or
regulation, and their profits have
been enormous. Not until Congress
invested the Interstate Commerce
with explicit authority to regulate
express rates did the companies
manifest the slightest desire to deal
reasonably with the public.
Now, in the face OF an inevitable
investigation, the companies have
suddenly placed within the keeping
OF the commission a series OF new
schedules indicating q reduction OF
charges. This has the appearance OF
an eleventh, hour repentance. II
will, however. afford the commits.
sion o basis upon which to work,
and until the result of the inquiry
is announced. the public will re-
ceive some slight concessions.
The incident emphasizes the wis
dom OF regulating pu bile utility com
panies through the medium OF con-
stituted authority. II. in the end,
it results in the establishment of a
parcel post-a desideratum which
the people would have had long ago
but for the influences which pre-
vented the enactment OF the re-
quisite leglslation-the country will
be the gamer. It is gratifying to
note. in this connection. that Presi-
dent Taft is already committed to the
parcel post proposition and that be
will endeavor TO secure the passage
OF law at the next session. Maybe
the end Of the express monopoly is
Observation-Disclosures Herald.
Saint Mary's beacon., 1911-07-13
Confusion of Terms.

Judge. who is now on the
Supreme court bench. was, when
he first began the practice OF law, q
very laundering speaker. On one
occasion. when be was trying case
OF replevin, involving the right of
property in a lot Of hogs, he address
sed the jury as follows: Gentle
men OF the jury. there were just
twenty-four hogs in that drove
just twenty four, gentlemen-exact-
ly twice as many as there are 10 this
jury box. Case and Comment.
Saint Mary's beacon., 1911-07-13

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Group. asthma, hay fever aud whoop-
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Md.
Saint Mary's beacon., 1911-07-13

In country police court recently
a man was charged with shooting q
number OF pigeons. the property of
a farmer.
In giving his evidence, the far
mer was so careful that he even
seemed nervous and the solicitor for
the defence endeavered to brighten
him.
Now" he remarked, ARE you
prepared 10 swear on oath that this
man shot your pigeons2
II didn't say he did shoot them, "
was the carefully worded reply. ~
said suspected him o. doing it..
"Ah, now we're coming to il.
What made you suspect that mani"
well. firstly, l caught him on
my land wi q gun. Secondly, |
heerd q gun go of. and saw some
pigeons in his pocket-and | don't
hardly think them birds few there
and committed suicide"
Saint Mary's beacon., 1911-07-13

How delicious were the pies of
boyhood. No pies now ever taste
so good. What's changed2 the pies?
No. It's you. You We lost the strong,
healthy stomach, the vigorous liver,
the active kidneys. the regular bow
els Of boyhood. Your digestion is
poor and you blame the food. What's
needed? A complete toning up by
Electric Bitters OF all organs Of d.
ion-Stomach, Liver, Kidneys,
Bowels-Try them. They II restore
your boyhoOd appetite and apprecia-
tion Of food and fairly saturate your
body with new health. strength and
vigor. Soc at ]. ] Norris, Leonard
town, Md.
Saint Mary's beacon., 1911-07-13

The moving pictures now somuch
IN vogue. which are q source Of de-
light to both old and young. are not
moving pictures. at all. They only
seem to move. The are. in fact. o
sort OF optical delusion and illusion,
based upon the law OF optics, that
the eye retains the scene for O frac-
tion OF second after the object has
been removed.
Moving pictures are O series OF
pictures, taken ia rapid succession,
OF an object in different positions.
These are then reproduced upon the
screen so rapidly that q new pic
ture is presented before the eye has
lost the image Of the preceding one,
with the result that the objects in
the picture seem to be moving.
What brought about the invention
that resulted in the present perfect
ed moving pictures is thus describ-
ed by the Chicago Tribune.
In 1926 Sir John Herschel asked
his friend. Charles Babbsge, how be
would show both sides of a shilling
at once. Baboage replied by taking
shilling from bis pocket and hold.
ing il before a mirror.
This did not satisfy Sir John, who
set the shilling spinning on q large
table, at the same time pointing out
that II the eye is placed on q level
with rotating coin both sides can
be seen at once.
Babbage was so struck by the ex.
pertinent that the next day he de.
scribed il to q friend, DR.. Fition,
who Immediately made q working
model.
On one side of a disk was drawn
bird. on the other side an empty
bird cage. When the card was re-
volved on a silk thread, the bird 90.
peared TO be In the cage. This mod
el showed the persistence of vision
upon which all moving pictures de.
pend for their effect.
The eye retains the image of the
object seen for a fraction OF second
after the object has been removed.
This model was called the than.
mstrope.
Next came the zoetrope, or
wheel OF life. A cylinder was per-
forated with series of slots, and
within the cylinder was placed
band OF drawings of dancing men.
On the apparatus being slowly rota-
ted. the figures seen through the
slots appeared to be in motion.
The first systematic photographs
OF men and animals taken at regular
intervals were made by Edward
May bridge In IS79-Sel.
Saint Mary's beacon., 1911-07-13
The" "stens Forest" OF California

California, among many other ns-
tural wonders. contains q ''Stone
Forest" This is located In Sonoma
County, only q few miles from the
little resort Of Calistoga Springs.
This forest consists of q great many
petrified trees-all OF which are pro-
strate.
In respect TO the great number OF
petrified trees. and their immense
size, the Califoria ''stone forest"
surpasses that Of Arizona. Strange
10 say. but very little Is known
agout these wonderful Soaoma Coun-
ty petrifactions-so far as the gen.
eral public Is concerned. Many OF
these trees are OF enormous size.
The famous Queen OF the Forest"
is o prehistoric redwood, about so
feet loag. and nearly 12 feet Ia dia-
meter. Il has been broke in sever
al places, and these breaks are as
clean as IL cut off with q saw. A
tree has grown up through one OF
the breaks and has attained quite a
large size. Another giant tree known
as the Monarch lies near by, which
is almost 80 feet long and is without
o break. This tree is a fir, and
averages 10 feet In diameter. Not
far away is another giant son OF the
forest-a redwood that is abou. 60
feet long and 2 feet in diameter. This
tree is broken into many hundreds
OF pieces, yet IL retains it's shape
almost perfectly. Scattered about
for the area OF several acres, are
many other pieces OF petrifaction.
So perfect has been the transmuta-
tion into stone, that the grain OF the
wood still remains very clear, and
the variety OF the tree may be- easily
determined.
Saint Mary's beacon., 1911-07-13

President Taft's speech in Indian.
apolis yesterday is so plain that he
VINO runs may read. Long ago
some one epigrammaaieally asserted
that the tariff is the mother OF TRUSTS.
President Taft gives utterance 20
the same thought. although not in
the same words.
Mr.. Taft points out that the arpu.
ment OF the high protectionists, who
asserted that Q tariff wall would
stimulate competition between our
own manufacturers and thereby
cause q reduction of prices, has
proved an absolute fallacy. As q
matter OF fact, under the protection
Afforded by excessive duties there
arose combinations TO control prices.
so that excess OF duties had a ten
dency TO promote excessive prices. "
This is the point for which tariff re-.
visionists have been contending for
many years. Mr.. Taft, however,
insists that the Republican party
itself saw the unfortunate condi-
tions which had arisen and in it's
last platform endeavored to meet the
situation by declaring for a sche.
dule OF duties based solely upon the
difference in the cost of labor be-
tween this and other countries,
While this is undoubtedly true, so
far as the declaration itself is con.
cerned. it is not beyond the bounds
OF exaggeration TO say that the peo-
pie regarded the promise as one
more to be honored in the breach
than in the observance.
Mr.. Taft sees the hand writing
upon the wall. He knows that the
country has been educated to the
knowledge that under q high tariff
the monopolistic combinations have
prospered, and that the consumer
has been made TO pay the penalty OF
high prices. He is laboring to save
his party, and the reciprocity agree.
ment with Canada, which formed
the text Of his speech yesterday, is
step in that direction Washing
ton Herald.
Saint Mary's beacon., 1911-07-13
a Frlghtful Wreck

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sprains or wounds that demand
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boils. sores of all kinds, eczema,
chapped hands and lips. sore eyes
or corns, its supreme. Surest pile
cure. 25c at J. J. Norris, Leon ard
own, Md.
Saint Mary's beacon., 1911-07-13
Work "a Hours q Day.

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Of health. that changes weakness
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