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Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-03-15
SURE SHOT AT AGE OF 95
Remarkable Old Woman Has Also Do
Ned Fried Potatoes-Abstains
From Fruit and Meat

Seiinsgrove. Pa.-Mrs. Jane 2.
Rohrbach OF this place. who passed
the ninety-nfth milestone Of life this
week, celebrated the anniversary Of
her natal day by hitting a half dollar
with a bullet fired 20 feet. In fact.
shooting 10 one Of her most delightful
diversions, and each day she shoots at
. mark . little bit Just TO be sure that
her sight 10 not failing too rapidly.
The remarkable woman does all her
own housework. and her principal ar
ticis Of food is fried potatoes. dish
which physicians generally -sFree
very indigestibie. She drinks
full or more Of coffee at each me- b4t
never INDUCES In fruit and seli9E h
meats.
Each night she retlres at eifht
o'clock and every morning rises
four: This has been her schedule
sincs she was six years old.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-03-15
LOT SOLD FOR 100000
New High Record In the Sale Of New
York corner-ksariy se7o Q
Square Foot

New York.-A new record has just
been established for New York City
real estate In the sale for S1,000,00o
Of the small corner plot at Broadway
and Thirty-fourth street, adjoining
Macy's department store. It contains
less than 1900 square fest-not quite
half OF fuli.sized city lot, and brought
nearly ssTo q square foot.
This exceeds the former record Of
about $500 paid two years ago for the
old Offender building plot on the
northwest corner Of Nassau and Wan
streets, on which, including some adj
Joining property. the forty-one-story
Bankers Trust building is nearing
completion.
Previously TO this the famous
parcel at l Wall street, fronting
on Broadway. was sold for about
100000, In area this contains about
1000 square feet making a trihe less
than $500 square foot. Not far be-
low the plot Just sold is the property
formerly occupied by the Union Dime
Savings Bank The bank sold II In
1906 for about 100000, at the rate
Of $3.50 a square foot. and when Il
changed hands about three years later
'the price was then given as nearly
S1,6oO,OO0, bringing the square foot
average to about s375 II occupies the
entire front on the south side of ThII-
ty-second street. with frontages on
both Broadway and Sixth avenue.
The tiny corner is In the center Of
one OF the busiest localities OF the
city. The high price paid for It has
undoubtedly been Influenced by the
fact that the Pennsylvania station is
only . block to the west. On the op-
posite side OF Broadway, between
Thirty.third and Thirty.fourth streets,
the twenty-five-story McAlpin hotel 10
being constructed. and other important
hotel and business developments near
By. including the Gimbel store one
block below, have made Broadway and
Thirty-fourth street one Of the note
worthy centers in traffic and business.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-03-15
GETS LAND AFTER IL YEARS
Cincinnati Womans Ownership Of
100 Acres, Rich In Coal, Es-
tahl.Shsd by 0osrA

Charleston, W. Va.-By the refusal
of an appeal in the West Virginia Gu
preme Court Of Appeals, as sought by
the defendants, Mrs, Mary Patton
Hudson Of Cincinnati Is In undisputed
possession OF an l,100.acre tract of
rich coal land in Putnam county. ana
the defendants, the Iguano Land and
Mining Company and the Plymouth
Coal and Mining Company. must re-
compense the plaintiff for entering
upon and mining approximately Gao
900 tons Of coal from the land which
has been In dispute. In accordance
with the decree Of the Putnam county
circuit court.
Litigation over the property in ques
ton has extended over a period OF
twelve years. In 1899 Mrs. Hudson
was snioined by the Iguano Land and
Mining Company from removing the
timber on the disputed tract. and In
1909 the Injunction was dissolved by
the Supreme Court of Appeals.
Following the dissolution OF the In
junction Mrs. Hudson instituted suit
against the defendant corporations 70
restrain them from proceeding further
In the extension OF mining operati MS
and asking for royalties on approxl
mateiy $4,000 tons of coal remove,
from eighty.fve acres Of the ori,is
tract. The Putnam Circuit co@
entered q decree In favor Of the 1la.4
TIL.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-03-15
WINS GERMAN BEAUTY PRIZE
Helen Nufer, q New York olrl, De-
fssts Native Competitors In
Contest.

Bsriin.--Mlss Helen Nufer, q 20
year-old New York girl, whose father
was for . long time chief steward of
the Democratic club Of New York. has
Just won q hotly contested beauty con.
test In Central Germany.
Miss Nufer, who is attached 10 the
American consulate at Barmen, car
ried OF the first prize of 500 marks
ahead Of q score of bewitching German
competitors. She Ia a pronounced bru.
nstte. with an olive complexion, an at
tractive figure, above medium size. and
js particularly graceful In bearing.
Her nearest rival was a German
blonde. Frau Lehning, wife OF Q promi-
nsnt Elbsrfeld lawyer, who had to be
content with the second prize Of 900
marks.
Miss Nufsr has resided in Germany
for three years, having moved here
with her parents. who live In Bremen.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-03-15
CHARACTERS Barred
Declares Persons Names Are Chosen
BY Their Souls Before They Are
; Born and Not by
f; Parents.

Cambridge. Mass.--Dr. Julia Seton
Sears, head Of the New Thought move
ment. has new method Of telling
ones failings and capabilities-by a
process OF figures.
Few people realize" says DR..
Sears. that the names they were
baptized with and the date of their
birth were not chosen BY their par
ents, but by their souls before they
were born. But this Is true, and each
Daptismal name and each birthday
means something.
When ! have explained the system
OF names and numbers 1t will be seen
that It can be applied by anyone, II is
90 simple. It is worked out on q ba-
sis Of harmonious vibrations. There
are Just eleven types of people In the
universe. We all 90 through each Of
'thoss types In some one OF our many
lives. First number on the alphabet
90 follows:
ABcDBF O H JKLMNoPQRsTU'
l2s4bsTse12a45e7SVl2s
vwxY2.
ASs7s
Now take. for instance, Anna
Browne. In the place Of each letter.
put its corresponding number and
then add them. Anna vii be one,
plus i've, plus i've, plus one. equals
twelve; and Browne will be two plus
nine. plus six, plus ave. plus ave,
plus I'VE. equals thirty-two. But no
number above nine is used. Therefore,
add the two digits In twelve and they
will equal three, which is the number
that stands for Anna. In the same
way, ave stands for Browne. Add
these two and the result Tor the
whole name 10 eight.
> Eight stands for critical technical
type OF mind which can win success
In material way, 1t goes with a sym
pathetic soul which will help Its fol-
low man socially. industrially or DO
litically. The eighteers are usually
people found at the head OF large
commercial enterprises. They have
strong individuality and are generally
looked up to by their associates. They
make good business men, good ora
tors. lawyers and physicians.
But this eight represents only
Anna Brownies personality, or what
the world sees In her. Her exotic
or true inner self Is found by adding
up the vowels alone In her name.
Anna will give one. plus one, or two,
and Browne six, plus ave, or eleven.
which reduces TO one. plus one or
two. Adding the values Of the two
names we have four for her exotic
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-03-15
HAD MARKED POKER CARDS
Trap Set q Newport County Club,
Where pevotses Of Game Have
Lost $4,000.

Newport, r. LA game Of poker In
the Newport Country club was inter
ruptsd . few nights ago when one OF
the players was discovered with mark
ID cards BY others, who had set . trap.
The exposure was followed by sccusa-
lions against some Of the players that
they had liked" the cards.
Within the last two years t2o.ooo 10
ssid 10 have been lost at poker In the
club. and II wss said tonight that the
expose Of the crooked game was made
known By the wife Of . prominent
member.
One Of the heaviest Of the losers, Q
well known business man, stated that
he purposed TO see II there was any
way By which BE- might recover some
Of his money. acknowledging he had
dropped $1,000 In the olubroom. 9th
~ have iest much mere
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-03-15
Many Driven From Home.

Every year, In many parts Of the
country, thousands ere driven from
their homes by coughs and lung diseas-
es. Friends and business are left be-
hind for other climates, but this is cost :
ly and not always sure. A better way
the way OF multitudes-is TO use DR.
Kings New Discovery and cure your
self at home. Stay right there, with
your friends, and take this safe medi-
cine. Throat and lung troubles ind
quick relief and health returns. Its
help In coughs, colds, grip. Group,
whooping. cough and sore lungs make
1t q positive blessing. 800 and 81 90.
Trial bottle free Guaranteed by john
sten's Pharmacy
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-03-15
What Troubled Him.

"pocthor," said Dennis, the old
squire's valet don't yez think the
masther 10 getting mighty thinYe
mo harm In that, Dennis." said the.
doctor: he was too fat. He'll be
healthier when hes thinner"
"Loikely be will.'' said Dennis, dis
sppointsdly; but OF won't Be able to
vsar his oula clothes thsnI" J
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-03-15

A Macon undertaken has a
happy thogeht,te offer. He says
he's attended to lots of tramps
who have gone to sleep on rail-
road tracks, but never yet has he
found broken whiskey bottle in
their pockets. The whiskey bot
ties always remain intact. There
are some compensations in the
undertaking business.
June Martin, the ferryman at
Arrow Rock, has gone on the lee.
ture platform and is delivering
talks in neighboring towns. His
lecture is entitled, "Alaska and
the Frozen North" Just why
June should have gone so far
away from home for such a topic
is mystery at Arrow Rock.
They put hloodhounds on the
trail Of a man over at Poplar
Bluff who did something with
dynamite that, so far as we know,
not even the McNamaras ever
thought of. He blew up a ditch
on a neighbor's farm with the ex-
plosive because it overlooked on
his own land.
Luman Stevans, cigar dealer
Of Dixon, was lured into a taxi
cab Friday, driven about for fif-
teen minutes, choked and robbed
of S100. Two men whom he met
in club invited him to ride to a
hotel and then attacked him.
Forty love letters will be read
in connection with a S25, 900
breach Of promise suit filed by
Mrs. Anna Ballman of st. Louis
against a South Dakota banker.
Here's a chance for the lovelorn
to get some pointers.
Only five arrests were made al
the Harrison county Republican
convention. Had Carrie Nation
been alive and present, the COM
bination would have put big
chautauqua day in the shade.
The undertakers in Kansas City
maintain that there is no "funeral
trust" but the majority of them
are cutting prices and funerals
are cheaper now than they have
been for several years.
A. B. Fitzpatrick, president OF
a st. Louis foundry, celebrated
his ninth birthday Feb. 20, and
his wife celebrated her eighth. In
number of years Fitzpatrick is 40
and his wife is 36.
Someone" says Three-E Nc.
Jimsey of the Springfield Repub-
licsn, "makes the assertion that
most women are knock -kneed.
We are not in a position to dis
pute it, but we do"
A st. Louis judge sentenced
man the other day to obey his
wife for six months or pay a fine
of S100. When last heard from
The man was trying to borrow
money.
Yes, indeed, they have Society
with a capital s in Marceline. A
country club has recently been
organized there, and one of its
acts was to hold a smoker.
A church in Columbia raised
money recently by giving a pro-
gram with a whis'ling chorus Of
boys. Possibly the audience
paid them TO stop.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-03-15
To Break In New Shoes Al
ways Use

Aliens Foot Ease, the antiseptic pow
der. II prevents tightness and blister
ing. relieves Bunions, Swollen, Sweat
ing, Tender feet. At Druggists, 2bo.
Sample mailed FREE. Address a. 8.
Qlmstsd, LsRoy, y. Z.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-03-15
'ROUNDABOUTTHES STATE.
Cleaned from Exchanges--Madeb the Shears,
the Pencil and the Paste Pot--Some Origi-
nal. Some Credited. and Some Stolen,
but Nearly All Interesting Reading.

was convicted and fined $500 the
other day and the officials are de-
termined that this shall be the
White Swans swan song.
There is strong talk of extend
ing the new railroad which was
recently completed from New
Madrid to Portageville by New
Madrid county capitalists, north
to the Thebes bridge. 1t is pro-
posed to go through East Prairie
and Charleston. This would be a
great help to these two towns as
the Cotton Belt and Iron Noun
tain branches are now literally
robbing the people Of Mississippi
county. The Missouri Railway
and Warehouse Commissioners
are a ''peacherino" bunch, they
arel Rube Oglesby, an ex-brake-
men, is chairman, rides in a swell
coach furnished by the railroads,
and Of course it Is impossible to
get Reuben to see the holdup be-
ing pulled off on the branch limos.
Campbell Citizen.
Three aged Galloway county
farmers living within a few miles
OF Fulton, have died within
three weeks. Two of them were
brothers and al! three were the
same age and well-to-do. Cap
tain Joseph Deering, an old steam
boat man, was the first to GO.
Pneumonia carried him away.
His twin brother, Edward, caught
the same ailment from attending
the funeral and he died just one
week ago. Lyman Bugbee at
tended both funerals and from
the last became i'll from pneumo.
MIA and died that evening. All
three men were 72 years of age
ard owned large farms that ad-
Joined each other.
1t is confidently expected that
all of the burned district at
Bloomfield will be rebuilt with as
good if not better business houses
there than those destroyed by the
fire. This is what we learned at
Bloomfield Monday. The hol-
ders of the sites have signified
their intentions Of beginning work
during the spring and summer
months, or as soon as the mater
iai can be gotten on the ground.
All of the insurance on the build
ings and stocks have been adjus-
ted. The FIRE has also brought
up the talk about the need of
water works in Bloomfield among
her oitizens.-Dexter Messenger.
Do you remember how Her,
bert Hadley floundered around
over Missouri bowling against "a
Democratic machine ?" YssiI
Well then what do you think of
his personal Republican machine
that is working overtime on the
taxpayers money to whip Repub-
licans in line for Roosevelt or
read them out of the party? How
do you like it brother Republican.
-Gallstin Democrat.
One Hal Woodside is said to'be
o candidate for the Democratic
nomination for State Auditor
against John p. Gordon. Wood
side will cut Just about as much
figure in his contest for the audi
torship as did his illustrous faith.
er.in-law one W. N, Evans, in
his race for governor in 1908. |
Perhaps not as much. - Iron |
County Register.
Mrs. Eb Turner, near Faucet
has . clock that 10 at least 9 hum
dred years old. tits q Seth Thom-
as and was brought to that county
from Kentucky, by her great
grand father, Benjamin Cox, and
was given her by her grand
mother, Mrs, Margaret Cradle,
who died . hundred years ago,
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-03-15

Wayne county has ten prospec-
tive candidates for sheriff.
A postal saving bank was es.
1tablished at Senath on Friday,
February 23rd.
Campbell poultry fanciers have
formed an association with about
fifteen members.
The wheat crop is reported
from various places in Scott
county as rather damaged.
It is understood that a new
bank has been organized at Par
ma with a capital stock Of S15, 900
and that c. c. Fly will be it's
president.
The Methodists at Benton, in
Scott county, have 'let the con-
tract for handsome new brick
church building to W. e. Moore,
of Campbell.
"A farmer over in New Madrid
county says that raising sun
Aowers are less trouble and ex-
pense than corn and are as prof.
table. He will plant q large crop
this year.
Some prisoners in the Scott
county Jail at Benton recently
tried to cut their way out by u.s.
ing the spring taken from an old
shoe, but the sheriff discovered
their work before much had been
done.
Women in Cape Girardeau, who
are working Tor funds to be used
in erecting a public fountain in
that city, on McKinley's birthday
sold about 1000 carnations,
thereby adding about $1,000 to
their balance.
Carl Adams and a young man
named Zook, both of near Bige.
low were arrested, charged with
having stolen a S100 bill from ].
c. Hinkle. They were arraigned
before the justice court, and
bound over to the April term of
circuit court. Young Adams
gave bail and Zook was commit
ted to Jail.
A war claim bill has passed
Congress- appropriating $500 for
the Christian and S720 for the
Methodist churches at Mexico;
Christian church, Sturgeon, $3.50;
State Hospital, Fulton, S14, 700;
Baptist church, Jefferson City,
81, $3.50, and other churches and
persons in the United States to
the amount Of 81, ,665,311.
In Sedalia there arrived the OF
her day a person with one idea.
His idea was to marry the woman
owner OF a hotel. She declined
the honor but he wasn't discour-
aged. He hurried downtown,
got marriage license and two
rings and asked his intended to
choose the one she liked best.
Then they took him to the city
jail from which he later escaped.
Some men, noticing 0 large
cypress log which had been re-
moved from q ditch in New Mad
rid county began wondering how
old the tree was. Taking the end
of Q cut they proceeded TO count
the rings which showed the
growth Of each year and found
415 Of them, indicating that the
tree was q few years old at the
time Columbus discovered Amer
ica.
The "White Swan" restaurant
in Kirksville has q fatal attrac-
tion for bootleggers. -Four men
who have been proprietors Of this
joint with the poetic name have
been arrested, charged with viol.
ating the local option law in the
last year. The last Of the four
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-03-15

1t was too wet in Bethany Sun
day night to hold a mass meeting
for temperance. The weather
that is, Of course.
The Lathrop Optimist tells Of q
man who tried to commit suicide,
but failed because the rope he
used was old and broke. Cau
you think Of anything calculated
to make a man feel cheapers
Tuesday of last week the con-
tract was let for the court house
to be built at Benton, Scott cogI-
ty. It is claimed that when COM
pleted it will be one of the best
buildings Of it's kind in this Sec
ton Of the state.
The police department at Pop
lar Bluff has equipped spare
room in the city hall with beds
and a stove for men who have no
place to sleep. Nine men were
occupants of the room on one
night and seven on another.
BY all means let it be Roose-
welt and Hadley. Missouri DEM
ocrats especially would like to
take the tail off with the hide
when the skinning comes in Nov
ember. And not a few Missouri
Republicans would find pleasure
in swatting Herbie at the same
time.-Gallatin Democrat.
During the year 1911, but thir-
ty'two persons were placed in
the Oregon County Jail. OF these,
four were discharged, two ao-
quilted and the others convicted.
One man was charged with mur-
der, nine others for various felo-
MES, twelve for sellingliquor ille-
gally and the others were Tor var
ious misdemeanors.
Senath has every assurance Of
getting, at an early date, an ice
plant of ten ton capacity, as ar-
tioles of incorporation have been
filed with the secretary of state
by Chapman & Cook. This same
firm also have under considera-
ton the advisability of installing
an electric light plan. in that
progressive little city.
A constable in Scott County
attempted to levy on a farmers
hog under an execution and the
farmer and bic son, attacked the
officer. One of them started to
the house for a gun, but the
officer overlook him just in time.
Later the two men were arrested
and one of them vas fined City
dollars and sent to Jail.
A s,uall canning factory in
Frederick ktown proved 80 success.
ful in 1911 that the owner con-
templates enlarging his plant. He
put up $1,000 cans of peaches,
and $4,000 cans CT tomatoes, and
the merchants say his goods com-
pare favorably with the high
price canned goods they buy
from wholesale dealers.
Swallowing carbolic acid at the
end OF her "skeleton Dance" at
a local theater at Springfield,
Winfield Green, an actress, was
rushed to the emergency hospital,
where she died while the audience
for more. A note left
for her husband, electrician for
the troupe, explained her last act:
"Desr Bert: II you 60 to heav-
en-. | hope ! will 60 to hell"
A "goodsbox" meeting in Lee
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-01-22
GAME SUFFERS
In The SOUTH
New Bern, n, c., Winter Re-
sident Writes About It.

Tha relieving communication pub
lished IN the New Bern IN. co sun,
signed Winter Resident, might WITH
equal force be published In the
EVENING NEWS over the sigma
ture. Summer Resident. Perhaps
some OF our readers will recognize
the lucid style and guess correctly
who the winter Resident OF New
Bern, N. c., is. The communication
reads.
Editor Of The Sun:
Today Is the fifth day OF the sec
|ond period of very low temperature
In this vicinity and elsewhere In the
southern States. All this time the
ground has been covered by deep
snow. on which, last Sunday night a
hard crust formed-owing to the
freezing Of the rain which fell In the
earlier hours.
To much of the feathered game,
sueh as quail and doves-both
ground-feeders. so to s~peak--these
conditions mean but little short or
death through cold and starvation.
Thousands OF quail must ave per-
Iished, and there are many persons
who fear that the doves have prac-
|tically been wiped out.
This was the case about twelve
years, ago, when a similar cold snap,
accompanied by deep snow, occurred,
and It is only in the last three or
four years that the doves had attain
ed their normal numbers.
Before the opening of the hunting
season for birds and rabbits in this
county (Dec. LIST, 1911,) the game
prospects were more promis-
Ing, but weather conditions since
then have been extremely unfayor-
able. During the first two weeks,
and over, the weather was oppres-
siYely warm and very dry. Then
followed high winds; then five sue
cessive days or rain; then a severe
cold wave with q temperature OF IL
deg; then more rain and-gales, and
then came another cold wave Ton
Jan. 13thj with a heavy fall Of snow.
This snowfall measured about eight
inches on the level, with drifts from
two to three feet, and, as previously
stated, most OF 1t remains unmelted
and is crusted besides.
Let me recommend that The Sun
request reports from hunters, farm
ers, commercial men, lumhermen and
others whose business takes them
through the fields or woods, as to
the finding Of dead game-birds, earn
estly commencing a similar course
to other Southern journals, to the
end that an approximate estimate
may be made Of the loss OF bird-hfe
by reason Of this abnormal weather.
WINTER RESIDENT.
New Bern, N. c., Jan. II, 1912.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-01-22
NUMBED BY ICE
WIFE browns
Husbands Efforts at Res
cue Seen by Skaters.

LHF 49, ~ ENEE &.
Saratoga. N. Y. Jan. 22.-After cling
ing 70 her. husband more thar aste-n
minutes, while be fought to drag her
to safety, Mrs. Roy Barringer. who
had plunged through the ice while
skating. was swept to her death. She
had been numbed by the Icy waters
and could net longer retain her hold
on Mr.. Barringer's shoulders.
The young couple had zone far be-
yond the other skaters on Loughberry
lake. when they broke through the lee.
Mr.. Barringer swan to the aid of his
wife and called for help, but could not
make himself heard.
With Mrs. Barringer cfinging to his
shoulders he struggled to get to thick-
er ice and had just succeeded when
she let go her hold and sank. Rescu-
ers who had seen the struggle reached
the spot just at that time. The hus.
band suffered from exposure. but will
recover.