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Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1911-06-23

'ROUNDABOUTTHE STATE.
Cleaned from Exchanges--Made by the Shears.
the Pencil and the Paste Pot-vSome Origi-
nal. Some Credited. and Some Stolen,
but Nearly All Interesting Reading.

4 OF MT. ana MFS. j. -. Ssunter was
seriously injured last Sunday
morning by the Sunshine" with
George W. VanLear as engineer.
The little girl had been to see her
papa, who is engineer at the ice
plant, to get a nickel for her SUM-
day school. She had received
the money and was returning
home. She passed out of the
building through the north door
that opens almost onto the rail-
road track. The noise OF the
plant it is believed prevented her
from hearing the approaching
train and she was struck by the
cow catcher, carried several feet
and then thrown to the ground.
Medical aid was summoned and
upon examination one of her
limbs was found to be broken in
two places, two ribs fractured, an
ugly scalp wound, her skull being
fractured and otherwise bruised
about the body. At this writing
she is doing az well as could bs
expected and will get well.-
Charleston Enterprise.
Gossip started when the census
enumeration was taken nearly a
year ago, when the Clamorgan
family of st. Louis listed them
selves as of Indian descent,
brought about the discovery last
week that the family really was
of negro descent. A woman who
lived in the same neighborhood
told the enumerator that the fam
ily had deceived him, that they
were not Indians but negroes.
This gossip continued and re-
Gently when a baby was born to
Mrs, /, +. j. Davis, who was
Maud Clamorgan, the suspicion
that had been directed against
the family was confirmed in the
minds of the neighbors. The
child showed every characteristic
of negro blood, The result is the
wrscking OF two homes, the ban
| ishment of children innocent ni
their inferior birth from homes
where they were received on an
equality and from schools they
had attended for years.
/ The mandamus suit OF Game
and Fish Commissioner Tolertor
against Auditor Gordon to com.
pei the latter to pay his salary
was argued before Division No.
of the supreme court Friday. AT.
torney.G General Major submitted
an exhaustive brief and alst
spoke. r. 7. Railey and Lon O
Aocker Of St. Louis, appearing
for Tolerton, submitted briefs ant
arguments. The courtroom wa
crowded. Aruling snot expected
before the last of June,
Mrs. Viola GestFy in her sui
for damages against the Wabasl
railroad was awarded s10, 900 b,
Q jury in the Audrain county cir
cult court Thursday. Mrs. Gen
try's husband was killed last fal
when, "a a member Of section
gang, he pulled q jack from be
meath the Wabash track to save
fast mail train from going into
ditch. The passengers on tn
train made UP a purse for tn
wife and children.
Quite q number OF our farmer
are making preparations to com
mence cutting wheat next week
Wheat viii not yield as well a
! was expected on account Of n
rain. The dry weather has mad
harvest q few days earlier tha
usual. In some sections of th
county We had rain and hail lal
week that did damage and wi
|, also cut short the yield Charles
ton Enterprise.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1911-06-23

.6pectors nave oruereo arohltects
TO prepare plans for a new $780,.
900 cell building et the peniten-
,tiary.
A. ,CleyeDger and wife, porthr
east of town, had a fight last
week and separated. after forty
years Of married life.-Rolckpw
Herald.
The Methodist ladies of Hop
ains gave q missionary '"tea" at
the home of Mrs, Boose. We
suppose a good many men of the
town flocked there from force Of
habit with the association OF
pames.
"~'he second annual reunion OF
the Missouri State Elks associa-
tion will be held in Macon, June
22d and 2Sd. Tbe Macon lodge
is putting forth great efforts to
entertain the visiting brethren
and a Ane time is assured.
Another # the stprdsy pioneers
of Holt county has answered the
great summons, and with aching
hearts Henry Roselius was laid
away :. Corning by loving hands
in tine eternal rest and sleep that
sooner or later must come to all,
At a church revival in o Mis-
souri, town recently it was anr
pounced that there would be no
charge Tor admission but that q
''silver ofteringn would be taken
up. One fslloy who escorted his
,'best girl" to the entertainment
brought silver spoon.
Samuel Il. Allender. for thir-
teen years chief Of the secret SER
vice Of the FRISCO system has
been made assistant chief OF the
et. Louis POLICE force by the
board of police commissioners,
and on June 1st succeeded James
II. Smith re chief of detectives.
"There are two hundred thou
sand words in the English Ian.
guage,'' says the Norborne
Leader, sand most Of them we're
used last Sunday by lady who
discoyered after coming out OF
church that her new hat was
adorned with a tag on which was
written, 'Reduced to SAG
Beginning next September all
women students Of the University
Of Missouri will be required to
take two years in physical train-
ing. This recommendation of the
faculty was adopted Thursday by
the board OF curators. The cura.
tors also decided that beginning
vith the session Of 1911 there will
be compulsory vaccination.
Mrs. Nancy Harsh of Hopkins
was l0i years Of sge WadpesdaY,
June ID, and celebrated the event
that afternoon at the home Of hel
daughter, Mrs. Mary Doulin, and
was at home to her friends. from
3to5. Grandma Harsh is GER
tsinly d most wonderful woman
being quite strong physically with
2 mind az bright as II eyer vas.
Charles Williams. Of near Bert
rand in this county, arrived ii
this city Friday efterroon and
registered st the Brewer Inn Al
Charles Mathews. During th'
. night, or about 2:30 O'Clock Sat
urdsy morning he got up ant
went to Mr. Brewers room, tool
bis pants from under his pillov
and robbed him Of s106 and Ief
for new pastures. Sheriff CupI
was notified and put his blood
hounds on the trail They fol
lowed him several miles but wer'
snabls 10 capture him. sherii
cupp has offered ! reward for hi
arrest. Charleston Enterprise.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1911-06-23

I NS' ~ SN ssfSS Asa >VNH y"
the train, al night and wanted q
room for The day, whsrerpon they
were taken to one upstairs. About
an hour after they we're given ths
room Sheriff Gupp called and
wanted to know ii there was a
young couple there and was
shown TO their room where he
found them in bed. They were
ut once taken to the county Jail
end in the afternoon were given
. trial before Judge Define who
sentenced the man to eight days
and the girl to six DAYS in the
county fail. The young man
proved to be ]. Mason Gilbert, a
travelling man, aged 25 years,
and the girl is Marie Cox OF Fred
ericktown, Mo-. aged l6 years =
Charleston Enterprise.
Capt. John Rruner and party
OF fishermen hive rsturned to
Jefferson City from a trip on the
Usage river, and they tell a won-
/
derful story Of large school OF
gars below the government dam
at ShipIey's Shoals, four miles
above the mouth of the Osags
river With small minnow net
they caught 700 gars in a short
time. The fish soon tore the frail
net to pieces. Another party
caught $50 before its small net
was wrecked. Captain Bruner
stated so numerous are the fish
they can be caught by hand. AS
all fishermen desire the death of
as many gars as possible. an eff.
fort will be made within a day or
two for large catch Of these
wolves of the streams. The State
Game Warden probably will visit
the dam this week and see If the
achool can be annihilated.
The Itebskahs tel d good story
on Governor Hadley, When they
met in state convention at Jeffer-
son City recently the governor
entertained them and during the
evening made them short talk
in which he ssid, "Ladies and
gentlemen. look at me, take q
good look at me, size me up good, ,
and i want TO say to you, l am
the first Republican governor
Missouri has had in forty years. "
Ex- Governor Dockery followed
him, and said: Ladies' and gen.
tlemen, | am glad the governor
has said what he did and ] want
you to lcok him over well, size
him up again. He says that he
is the first Republican governor
Missouri has had in forty years,
and | want to say he will be the
last Republican governor Mis-
souri will have in forty years"
DR.. j. j. Meredith was struck
by tightening while taking tenn,
porary refuge under q small
shade tree during rain storm in
st. Louis, He had been making
a call and was walking along the
street when the rain began. He
carried an umbrella and still held
II over himself when he stepped
under the tree. The bolt struck
the umbrella squarely, and pass.
ing down to his hand was trans
ferred to his body. 1t passed
down the lower part Of his body
into the ground, stripping him
completely and burning him quite
badly. It was almost miraculous
that he escaped with his life. He
was reared on q farm on Woli
creek nea- Pennington. Farm
ington Nsws.
A barn on the Fred Gross place
belonging to ]. P. Smyth wa:
destroyed by fire May 30th. vii
Baker who lives on the place losl
all his feed and harness, besides
other small things. We we're un-
able to learn how the fire oriei.
mated. The loss on building
, feed, etc., will amount to ST. 200
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1911-06-23

picking blacixberries when thf
bolt struck her. Several Other
persons were near her but were
uninjured. Mrs. Mckinney wal
! the mother OF twelve children.
What do you think of peaches
in May in Dunklin county? Mrs
L. Rosenwater gathered a loI
from two trees that were planted
two years ago, and they were
firm, perfect and wormless. They
grew on the RosenwateF home
place in the south part of Ken
matt, and were gathered May 81,
1911.--Dunklin Democrat,
Fwenty.fou hours after their
eyes first met at the Colonial hotel
in Springfield, where he was a
guest and she head waitress,
Volier Y. Viles chief clerk of the
census of the department of COM
meroe and labor at Washington,
d. c., whose homo is at Mans
field, Mo. and Mrs. Bue,ah Paden
were secretly. married in Fort
Scott, Kansas.
Lee Capper brought to The
Mail Office Monday q turtle which
he caught on the Hamilton farm
north of town. On its shell Ia the
inscription, I'D. H., 1892" Dan
Hamilton says he carved this in :
scriptien on the turtle nineteen
years ago, then turning the turtle
loose. He never saw it again
until Lee Cappep picked 1t up on
on the same farm. 1t is not a
large turtle, and Mr., Hamilton
thinks no larger than when he
carved the inscription, ,-~Atchison
County Mail.
II appears to be fact that .he
cotton acreage has been increased
fully 10 per cent in Dunklin
county, and while the seed are
not terminating as well as would
be liked, an enormous crop will
be raised, Why, last year when
everyone said that 10000 bales
would cover the ginning it turned
out that We ginned more than
!, 25, 900 bales. AT even $50 a bale
that meant $36, 900 that our peo-
pie didn't expect to get last year
more than some counties see in
| five years. .-Dunklin Democrat.
The crops over the largest por.
ton of Stoddard county are suf-
fering from the extreme heat oI
the last ten days and the want oI
} moisture. In many parts Of the
! county no rain has fallen fol
thirty days and pastures ano
what vegetation had been planted
is suffering. The damage is more
marked on young clover than
| anything else. Many fields still
, remain unbroken on account ol
the drouth, and corn which has
, been planted has done little good
J This is especially true in the Sec
, tons where no rain has fallen
Dexter Messenger,
The season OF 1911 tup TO May
{ 30th, when this article is written
is pronounced BY the "oldest in
7 habitant" to be one OF the strang'
, est known for half century
; Cold weather held on for many
/ weeks. and just as we had abou
\ given up hope that we woult
. have any summer the tempera'
q ture ran up very high and stil
q hangs there. The rains we al
Q ways have in May failed to come
q This condition would dishearteI
any other people, but New Madri'
: county farmers are meeting tn,
situation with oh haraoteristi,
tpluck. Crops here are better Il
! come ssasons than in others, bu
, never has there been a bad fail
: ure Of crops, and we still conf
! IDENTIFY look for . fair crop thi
: year.--New Madrid Record,
i'll Wednesday forenoon q youn,
II 49,, nj. rs.iofarad az kha Rraue
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1911-06-23

Ncthtt cohifty SVlou 0lt',OVS
bonds to build a new county home
for its INDECENT poor.
There were twenty divorce cases
on the docket at the recent term
OF the st. Francois county circuit
court. How's that for misfit mar
riages?
Wednesday morning the body
of a new born infant was found
10 the Platte river near Farley
with its skull crushed and a stab
wound through its breast. Pros
ecuting Attorney A. D. Gresham
of Platte City went there to in
veshgate the case and no doubt
the guilty ones will be found
sooner or later.
Work was begun last Monday
morning on tie foundation Of the
tabernacle on the Methodist en-
campment grounds. 1t is to be a
steel structure in octagensl form,
SO feet in diameter, with the roof
and storage annex and platform
isS2S feet. When completed and
seated i! will cost about S3,600.-
Ironton Register,
A Charlottesville telegram,
dated June 1, in tho Republic,
says that fight with clubs and
knives between l.. r. Nichols, a
farmer. and Edward Chandler on
one eide and Coe Dosier. his wife
and step.son, Henry Huen, on
the other, in which Nichols was
killed and Chandler wounded,
occurred at Game, a suburb, the
night Of May 3lst, The sssail-
ants are in Jail.
Failing in his efforts to get his
wife TO JOIN him ina cup Of coffee
into which he had poured stryoh-
nine, Louis A, Dabbs, q miner,
| "a years old, drank itiuthe pres-
ence of his wife and 4-year-old
child, and died in three hours.
That morning Dabbs, who had
been separated from his wife for
week, visited her at the home
Of Mrs. Anna Dixon as has been
his custom since his wife left him.
After laughing and talking he
called for coffee, and taking the
drug from his pocket poured it
into the beverage. He then i'm.
portunsd his wife to drink, and
upon her refusal he told her and
the child good.by,
Know the whereabouts OF the
Creigers-William, johnson, ETC.,
who did live about twelve miles
southeast of Clyde, just across
from the county line? They sure
skipped by the light OF the moon
and left obligations aggregating
S14, 900, and 1t is thought when
all parties are heard from, may
reach $4,000. They left a farm
of 240 acres with mortgage
holding it down. Ttappears they
did business pretty much with all
the surrounding towns, and busi-
ness men OF Stanberry, Guilford,
King City and Clyde were held
up by them. Would you call
them men OF high finaLcep They
are simply initiating the graft Of
the prevailing times. ely g
Times.
The existence of a son which
his father never knew was dis
covered when he appeared at
Kansas City Thursday to inherit
the 81 900 estate OF William Eich-
Ter, who died there recently. The
son is Louis Eichler, q years old,
of Solomon, Kansas. Six months
after William Eichler and his first
wife we're divorced twenty-one
years ago Louis was born. The
mother never spoke to him of his
father when he grew up. She
married again and Louis then left
her. Meanwhile the father was
married again. He and his SEQ.
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INTERNATIONAL PRESS
BIBLE QUESTION CLUB.

d5) Verse s-For wha, class of
people is CHRISTIANITY primarily
meant?
t16) The waters here referred 10.
probably emptied into the Dead Sea
What is the nature OF the water Of
the Dead Sea-
40 Nothing could live in the Dead
Sea; what effect was this living water
to have upon il?
GS) What effect has Christianity
upon countries that are cruel?
t9) Verses 9-1l-What Is the
effect of Christianity upon material
progress. inventions. manufacturing
and commerce?
(2c) Verse 12--What effec. does
Christianity have upon sentiment,
happiness, enjoyment Of life and
human love? This is one Of the
questions that may be answered in
writing by members OF the ciub.)
Lesson for SUNDAY. Oct. 18th. 1911.
The Return From the Captivity. Ezra.
IL IL; H. 6i-10.
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Those Opposed to Or. Wiley.

The food dopers have been good adj
Vertisers. Some members of the press
dislike u see them suppressed Papers
which advocate plans that always in
crease liquor sales and business allied
thereto, are likely to sheer at nr,
Wiley Other papers do fos believe
in Wiley; they think he is being lion
lied because Of popular misconcep-
ton; they tfiipk he is advertising
W!loy and is meddler with trade.
Following are specimens Of comment:
II Will be a good thing 10 have Wiley
in full authority in his pure-food ineddie
That may well bring the tyranny to
point where IL will not be tolerated lon
ger. DoRE with the Wiley medde--le~-
istdn Sun
William. Jefinings Bryan lifting on
high glass of charged water at the
Commercial Cleb's' banquet in Lincoln.
Neb5 proposed a toaSt 10 President Taft
in the beverage upon which the Al
mighty has set the sAf Of Ills approval .
ThIs1 was the first rntimation that DR.
Wiley has been overruied again Boston
6aobes
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otherwise ON Eihe erroneous tl4eorY
that the forests OF the United States
were inexliaustible We have estab-
lished an Evil precedent of Wasteful-
ness and practical contempt for the
laws OF forestry. We are waking up
To the blandcr. but there is need OF
aggressive action in many States,
quite as much as in the federal gov
e1nment, to protect forests as they
should be protected not by shutting
them completely out Of the timber
market necessarily. but by enforcing
observance of the ordinary rules et
timber cutting. Maine offers a clear
instance.
IS for the right of the wild Land
owners 70 do as they choose with their
property. Mr.. Hill portinently denies
the claim by the parallel: IF own a
house in these cities / have no right
IL set on fire and thus endanger tho
property of my neighbors Forest
destruction does menace others prop
er:y. The injury TO stream flow is no
myth. Says Mr.. Hill
Il have seen nearly all the streams
and rivers in northern Maine lower in
the past Is years. l have seen great
springs entirely disappear. There is
not Il river in Maine that has any
whore near as much water as ii had
20 wears ago. They are all steadily
lowering as the forests are swept
away.
',Sot only the spruce. but other trees.
particularly the pines, are disappear
ing. There is but little lett Of the
cid growth pine. There are some
tine- tracts up in the Spencer region.
nit in a few years they will all be
gone, and none will be left for seed.
daine's Legislature must take hold
of .hjs problem. to preserve not only
its timber but its streams
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GOOD nATuRED BABIES.

Babies who are born healthy need
never be cross If cared for properly,
says Mrs. f. r. Brown of Fort Bay
ard, n. NJ. More than half the cry
ing and crossnoss Of babies is due To
some irritation Of the skin which an
lapplica ton of Comfort Powder will re-
lsye instantly Comfort Powder en-
ahes one To dry the skin perfectly ar
ierlthe bath and keeps ii in perfect
condition. Comfort Powder is harm
less, prevents all skin irritations-
cures them. too. L. S. Skyes' signa-
tufe 3 on every genuine box.
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September Prosperity.

II is gratifying to note that almost
every feature OF the national govern
Iment's finances showed Improvement
in the month of September. For the
! first three months Of the current fiscal
year the excess of expenditure over re-
ceipts was s1G.oo0.O06, as compared
with s2l. 100000 at the end Of. August
THE deficit at the close of September
was greater. however. than that during
the same period last year, when only
81. 100000 was on the wrong side Of tn,
Governments ledger The total re.
ceipts for September exceeded s5G. 900
900, while the disbursements were les
than $5l. 100000. leaving s., 500. 600 to III,
Governments credit for the ymonth
For the month OF August. on tbs 9th.
er hand. there was n deficit of 81. 5Aa.
900. The balance in the general fund
increased nearly 100000 There was
4 total balance In that fund of $l4f.
100000 at the close of September.
The increase also extended 10 IN,
gold held in the trust funds. The
of gold coin and bullion in thu
hands for the rcdemp.
tion of notes and certificates WIS ST..
0o2. 900, 900 when september closed
while the August report showed onl,
$685.. 600. o0G. The Panama Canal Gale,
forth only SO 100000 from the nationa
Treasury during September, Will
during August $3.25o,o0o was spent il
digging the great waterway.
Eleven national banks were organ
zed during the month, which Increase
The total amount of national bank cir
3ulation outstanding to $737.7SS,;;5S, ;
gain roundly of one-half million dol.
lars.
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No Maine Spruce in so Years.
Boston Advertiser. }


When Maine nnds out what hap
pened 10 the prohibition amendment
ii may move upon the Legislature t.
take some measures for the preserva-
tion II its vanishing spruce forests
According To Charles T. Hin Of Mad
isun, who has had an experience al
81 yaers In the woods of northern
Maine. and who has the reputation
OF being one Of the best foresters in
the state" the spruce of Maine will
be wiped out within 90 years, unless
some stringent regulations are adopt =
CO. Except in the ease of one or
two corporations. lie says, the cutting
is done without the slightest regard
for the laws Of forestry. He is right
in adding that no other civilized eoun-
try would permit the forests to be
slaughtered in this way.
The question of the right Of tha
owners of wild land to do as they
ehoose with their property is not
dchatablc In such an issue as this.
The existence Of tho forests is q mat
ter of public concern. 1t cannot be
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The Official Peacemaker.

IN. y. PfeSS.)
Solomon IN most of his glory seems
10 be reinca mated in the mortal
frame of ChicaGoan who sits IN tie
new Court OF Domestic Relations.
Judge GoodnoE las patched np no
fewer than 1850 domestic euarrels
which We're Well on their way 70 di-
Norce. all in six months. In the same
period. us an incident To the exercise
al Eiit for engineering reconciliu-
lions. this modern wise man has col
lccted s25,000 from defaultine heads
Of families. The usefulness OF 4 court
i!he this seems 10 be fairly we'll dem
onstrated by that account OF its be-
ginnings.
We have 4 multitude of all kinds
of public offices. many OF which are
superfuous but the official peace
maker is something new. Few private
citizens have Il taste for the duty OF
composing quarrels between jarring
couples of their acquaintance. The
fate OF the volunteer peacemaker is
proFeshial, but it rarely justifies the
Biblical proverb. When We make it
somebody's business and pay him
good salary for it the duties which
everybody negiects may get them
selves discharged
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When lotteries Were Licensed.

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few In the campaign just ended
We nave experienced much of the same
sort q argument men i}he oply argument
which the promoters OF evil interests
are capable of presenting-appeal to