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Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-03-22
HOW ARAB PRIZES HIS MARE
sfeundstIea Of Wealth 10 0 Msrsj
Bring Forth Q Mare" 10 One
Of Their Sayings.

The Arabs regard for his mare 70
often expressed In sayings that are
short and very much TO the point -
for instance: The foundation OF
wealth Ia O mare; bring forth o mare"
The greatest blessings are o wise
wife and q fruitful mare"
As the Arabs themselves are divid-
Cd into tribes and sub-tribeG the same
system IL adopted In regard to the
strain Of their horses breed. In fact.
the breeding is carried on IN the same
manner a. laid down In the Koran for
the Mohametan marriages. This ID
one Of the chief factors giving rise to
the high quality Of the pure bred
Arab horse.
Thoroughbred mares are never
cold under any conditions, and In,
stances have been known" says
Pierre PonafdIne in life in the Nos;
lem East" when ave and six and ten
thousand pounds have been refused;
for often such mares that are too old
Tor riding are still kept for breeding
purposes"
In olden times stealing . mare waa
punishable by death. Sheikhs own one
or more pure bred mares. according
TO their position and means, but II is
often the case that among the less
we'll to do people a mare is owned by
several. the shares being clearly de-
fined and division Of colts made 40
cording to detailed and often compli.
Gated laws, Sometimes one family
owns zone leg" while o richer man
claims two legs" etc.
Tho system Of owning q mare In
shares 10 found among certain Arabs
In Turkish Arabia and sometimes In
the city Of Bagdad itself. II any one
10 fortunate enough to get hold Of q
hAlf-bred mare.-TitBits.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-03-22
DYE DELAYED GIFT
Paris Banker Refuses Chlcagoan
Present Because Of Hair.
krs. Robert N. Arnold psrksns sl-
vsr Locks and Has plfiea'ty
In Identifying SELF for
Agent.

Paris.--A moral pointed and tale
adorned by the experience OF young
and beautiful Chicago matron is
don't get silver strsaks In your raw
On locks colored TO their former hue
the moment you arrive In Paris'
The young woman whose tresses
have brought her q queer quarter OF
an hour and then to Olympic laughter
10 Mrs. Robert NJ. Arnold. well known
among the upper society set and phil
anthropical circles OF Chicago. Be
fore her marriage with a son OF the
late Bishop Arnold Of Detroit, she was
Miss Margaret Rose Rohilly, daugh'
ter Of one OF the best known men in
Minnesota, the octogensrian. H. Ro'
billy.
Mrs. Eugene A. Hendrickson OF
Minneapolis, widow Of the late Ben
ator Hendrickson Of Minnesota. and
Mrs. Arnold came to Paris to put
their daughters in French school.
Both look like elder sisters OF the
girls. but Mrs. Arnold. realiSsng that
gray hairs run early in her family,
decided to have the silvery streaks
removed by the best artists In Paris.
Just a. the restoration was com.
plsted an early and costly present ar
rived from q millionaire sister In
Duluth II came 10 the Credit Lyon
naisse, and the bankers through
whom the present was sent furnished
the Credit Lyonnaisne a detailed de-
scription Of Mrs. Arnold.
The description was 40 accurate a.
that Of q passport and gave as a de-
tail that her hair was grayish. It
likewise stated that she would be In
the company Of Mrs. Hendrickson.
who 10 we'll known at the Credit Ly'
onnaisss. when Mira. Arnold went 70
the bank her hair was as black as
midnight and the well known Mrs.
Hendrickson was not with her.
-Mrs. Robert Arnold Of Chicago has
gray In her hair; yours 10 quite
black" said the ccld.eyed banker.
my hair has grown black In q sim
gle night" promptly retorted Mrs.
Arnold. but the banker was inexora-
BILE
my orders are positive" he said,
'"rhs Mrs. Arnold for whom the pres.
ent has come has gray in her hair;
yours 10 Jet black"
Mrs Arnold laughed ~ though she
were at q circus and when asked
could she give reference or get any
one 10 identify her she gave list a.
lons az State street. Chicago, A
passing Chicagoan then Identified her
just as Mrs. Hendrickson appeared on
the scene.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-03-22
RATS CAUSE WATER FAMINE
Thirsty Rodents onaw Lead Pipe and
chips supply Of Drinking We
ter 10 Lost.

Il 10 . very serious thing TO be va
terless al sea. This is what happened
recently to the bark Sapphire, bound
from South American ports TO Puget
sound, but the water famine was Meth.
or the result OF carelessness. drought
or q protracted voyage. When half
the Journey had been accomplished the
0.gallon tank suddenly went dry. AZ
It happened over night and the tank
had NO hole IN It the calamity was
q mystery, and some superstiticus
members of the crew Immediately
ascribed II to o supernatural agency,
But the second mate, u hard.headed
Yankee. Investigated, and found that
a section Of the lead pipe leading from
the tank had been almost gnawed In
two by the army Of rats that infested
the ship. There was no water on
board except that In the tank, which
WAS closely covered. and the creatures,
half mad with thirst, had evidently at
tackled the pipe In q body. The stream
OF escaping water must have drowned
many OF them, as there was q great
decrease In their numbers. There were
about hundred cases Of mineral water
In the cargo, and these were broached
10 supply the crew until some port
could be reached to refill the tank.
An ingenious sailor also rigked up q
condenser from the primitive materials
ct hand, but this furnished only about
a quart Of fresh water q day, which
was used for cooking, When the
Sapphire reached Seattle the captain
had the water tank fitted with an iron
pipe thick enough to resist all future.
attaexE.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-03-22
Public Taste.

"Now." the manager complained,
here is an interesting play; the star
10 young. beautiful. and splendid
actress: the company Ia q capable,
well.balanced one. and the productioa
10 excellent In every respect--yet II
Ia q failure. The people simply will
not become interested In II. How DO
you account for IT."
II don't account for H." replied the
man with the high brow and the
wrinkles which indicated that he was
ln the habit OF thinking. II havo
made . rather careful study OF the
public during the last few years, and
II you think talent, worthiness and
general excellence are to be relied
upon for success In any art or profess
sion which is compelled to depend
upon public patronage II viii be 9
waste OF time TO do any accounting
for the failure you mention.-
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-03-22
LOSS By CHESTNUT BLIGHT
Damage In Country Estimated at
e2S,oco, ,coo-oreatest In
Psnnsyivanls.

Philadelphia. million dollars
damage has already been done In the
state Of Pennsylvania by the chest.
nut blight. according to the commits
sion appointed on the authority Of the
Legislature BY Governor Tener TO
eradicate the disease. In addition 70
this there has been damage In other
states to the amount Of about $751;
100000. This will constitute but .
small part OF the loss occasioned, &C.
cording TO \ statement made by the
commission. II the blight Ia not
checked. as the chestnut timber In
Pennsylvania alone 10 valued at from
sso.000.00 to S7o.00o,0oo
II the disease is not wiped out II
will sweep the magnificent chestnut
forests Of the south. The annual
chestnut output Of tho eastern part Of
the United States 10 worth t22 ,000, 900.
Pennsyivanla has appropriated s275.-
900 70 defray expenses In checking
and wiping out the blight Thirty
trained men are in the Geld IN this
state, They have located the advance
line Of the blight and are supervising
the cutting and burning Of diseased
trees and locating new infections.
Doth the federal department OF sgri-
culture. through DR.. Haven Metcaif Of
the department Of forest pathology.
and the Pennsyivanis forestry de-
partment are actively cooperating
with the commission, OF which 8. 8.
Detwsiilsr Of this city 10 the sxecu-
tive oficsr.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-03-22
cite on bedy Al Nioht.

Oakland. Cal.-"All night long I nat
On the BODY said Capt John Evans
et the schooner ROCK Island when Civ
ins himself up for the death Of Peter
osssen. his only deck hand. whom
As had choksd to death. In my mind
] vent over the struggle. seeking TO
think Of some other means By which
I could have subdued him without
Killing him. ! put into oakland and.
% my wife's advice. gave myself up.
oesssr. thought 10 have been
erased By liqnor. attacked the skip
pr sAsstiy sftAr they put 70 ssa
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-03-22
Bride EIset's Hess asuk

Blushing turiously. an ia-
tending bride t,shed = roll OF bills out
Of her stocking and handed Clerk
Claude y, Gage the marriage license
fee when she found her youns man
was shy Of the regulation charge
What difference does II make who
has the money so long a. one Of "a
has III" asked the young woman.
Gage handed out the license. made
the change and watched the couple 70
away. the nsar-husband taking charge
Of the roll
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-03-22

Every year, In many parts Of the
country, thousands are driven from
their homes by coughs and lung diseas-
ss, Friends and business are left be-
hind for other climates, but this Is cost :
ly and not always sure. A bettsr 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 msdi-
cine. Throat and lung troubles hnd
quick relief and health returns. Its
help In coughs, colds, grip, Group,
whooping. cough and sore lungs make
u q positive blessing. 800 and si.00.
Trial bottle free Guaranteed by John
stems Pharmacy.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-03-22
InAiaoaelon.

This trouble usnally arises from dis
ordered liver. II you will arouse the
liver 70 throw on the sffe.s accunula-
tioas through the proper channels, you
will soon feel better, your appetite will
improve, and the whole man win be
more wlde-awske and healthy. For
this purpose 81. Joseph's Liver Regula-
tor is hne remedy. Try u and be con-
WINGED Of lie wonderful eficaoy. Drug
gists and general merchants sell Il, hQ-
uid. 10 eents bottle; powdered, 10 ttn
poxes, . cents box. Sec ADVERTISE
meat 10 this paper,
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-03-22


when his leg was crushed be-.
tween car seats when two trains
collided. Fellow passengers gas.
ped as Zellor gave q jerk and
pulled himself free, leaving the
lower portion Of the limb between
the seats. The leg was made Of
cork.
The Bsrtillon kiss 10 the latest
fad in st. Louis. The person
whose kiss is to be recorded says
"pifae' with the lips pressed
against q ssnsltissd paper. The
imptession on the paper gives
the outline of the kiss.
"lt someone will arrange pol.
itical funeral for E. l.. Morse Of
Excelsior Springs" the Kirks-
vile Journal remarks, "ths Re.
publican party can we'll afford to
pay the expenses. The Journal
is Roosevelt paper.
The county court Of Laclede
county has appointed, Mrs. Nancy
Hays Williams, OF Lebanon, to
the office Of sheriff, pending the
result Of special election to elect
q successor to her husband who
died recently.
A petition has again been cir
culated in StodGard county which
will be presented to the county
court asking for special election
to vote a $4,000 bond issue for
the purpose Of building q new
county Jail.
The financial statement OF the
city OF Sikeston shows that the
waterworks is q paying PROPOSE
tion. In the past six months the
plant has earned 500 in exten.
sions and S187 in cash.
George Mcintyre, q st. Louis
paipssr, dislocsted his left shoul-
der for the eighth time when he
was assisting in moving a wagon
which had become stalled in the
street car tracks.
Reports are, the big revival
meeting which has been in pro.
gress for sometime past, conduc.
ted by Evangelists Burke and
Hobbs, has been a great success
in New Madrid.
Chillicothe is soon to have q
new gas plant. 1t won't be a
natural gas plant, either, as sad
experience has shown that these
plants cannot survive our north.
ern winters.
A remittance OF five cents was
recorded in Judge Homer's court
in st. Louis. An error of that
amount in the interest WAS made
in a judgment on q balance due
on o note.
The total receipts OF the state
treasury for the year 1911 amour.
ted to 50, 104, ,881.!8 and the dis-
bursement for the same period
made total OF So, 400, ,659,68
1t is reported that night riders
are going about In Dunklin coun.
ty issuing warnings to renters 20
not pay more than elk dollars per
acre rent on farm land.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-03-22

$eSSSvv$SSSSSSSSt$SSS$ees
Six acres Of land adjacent to
the city OF Dexter was cold re.
Gently for $500 per acre.
The auditors who have been
working on the books Of the coun.
ty offices OF New, Madrid, filed
their report with the county court
the 6rst OF the week.
During the past four months
Parma has added electric lights,
a twenty stall livery barn, a new
s1s, 900 capital stock bank and
several new buildings.
The mayor of Fredericktown
has Issued a proclamation to the
effect that persons leaving the
smallpox quarantine will be ar
rested and prosecuted.
A Ajustice OF the peace in Wayne
county has offered to perform the
marriage ceremony free OF charge
provided the girl makes 1t known
that she proposed TO the man.
Mrs. Rose Eubank, Q negro
woman OF st. Louis who has pas
sed her 120th birthday applied at
police headquarters for aid. She
has been working steadily until q
week ago when she became Ill.
The births exceeded the deaths
4228 In st. Louis in 1911 accord.
ing to the annual report. The
birth rate was 21.S3 for each 1000
of population and the death rate
1888. The total number OF births
was 10 ,o01 and Of deaths. lo.775.
The st. Louis police depart-
ment 10 planning to issue a news
paper which will contain all the
news Of the department, good and
bnd. II will be known ae the
Weekly Police Bulletin and its
editorial policy will be Forget
Politics"
William B. Tttner, architect OF
the st. Louis Board OF Education,
receives $4,000 a year for his
services. He has just made ap.
plication for renewal Of his con.
tract. His present salary Is 8 per
cent OF the building and construc.
ton work done. The Board is
considering putting him on q
straight salary.
Two email children OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Ben Coakley OF Chaitse died
OF ptomains poison Tuesday,
March 9th. The little ones had
eaten freely OF canned beans and
canned sardines, which msde
them desthly sick, one Of them
dying Tuesday morning, the OF
her In the afternoon. The child.
rem were two and four years old.
According TO the Citizen. DEM
ocrst Of Poplar Bluff, George
Holt q resident OF that city, has
Just completed . very fine toned
violin which he manufactured
from native sycamore cut ct the
hickory mill and seasoned eight
years. Mr.. Holt has refused $50
for the instrument and thinks Of
starting . factory In Poplar Bluff.
A few days ago Geo. A. Blain
OF Excelsior Springs read In the
Kansas City pspers that his son.
Homer Blain, had been attacked
and bitten on the hand and ear
by . vicious negro whom he was
trying to arrest while attending
to his duties as member Of ths
motorcycle squad Of the police
force, end forthwith sent him .
check for 5000 along with let.
Ter telling him 10 quit the police
force in . hurry and gel into bus-
insss for himsslf. Homer lost no
time 10 buying > Prospect ave-
nue. grocery store. on which he
had previously set longing eyes,
and presented his resignation 70
the police dspsstmsns -. {.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-03-22

Fourth Of July celebration. Well
A farmer in Rails county re.
Gently sold three pairs Of mules
for 81, ,437.50. One span brought
s525.
Prospecting for oil and gas ID
being done in Washington county
There are 760 acres in the leased
land.
A st. Louis brewery Is making
evertures to parties In Poplar
Bluff toward putting in q plant
in that city.
Carthage 10 eagerly pulling to
have Carthage stone used in the
construction Of the new capitol al
Jefferson City.
There is talk Of the oreaniza =.
ton OF two new banks in Stod-
dard county; one at Bernie, the
other one at Dudley.
The contract for the new post
office building to be built at Mary
vile has been let to s. D. Lowell,
the bid being $62, 900.
strychnins taken with suicidal
intent, killed Louis F. Rust. q
we'll known German farmer living
southwest OF Concordis.
Mrs. Clara Wsllenkamp Boeck-
mann, born in Germany, Febru.
ary %, 1912, celebrated her Tooth
birthday anniversary, recently.
One OF the largest catamounts
ever seen In that section was kill
ed in Madison county recently by
some dogs belonging to A. l..
Boyer.
A map OF Missouri issued In
1881 is in possession Of Capt. Be-
dell OF Nevada. When this was
issued Missouri had thirty.one
counties.
Last week Gov. Hadley pardon
ed out OF the pen his 509th CON-
Wet. Many OF these are negroes
who are guilty Of murder and
burglary.
A traffic official OF tho street
car company in st. Louis estima- =
tes that the company has had to
remove 400, 900 tons of snow from
their tracks this winter.
st. Francois county, the home
OF the famous lead fields Of Mis-
souri,. has Q taxable wealth of
more than ten and quarter mil
lions OF dollars. Ithas 8, ,731 tracts
Of land. which alone is valued at
81, ,167, $40. The town lots are
valued ct more than q million.
An excited bridegroom wrote
to the editor Of the Humansville
6tsr.Lsader, asking him to an
nounce that he and his bride
would be In Humansville one
evening Of their honeymoon and
would be glad to see old folks.
Then the excited b. g. forgot to
sign his name.
The record Of the stock judg-
ing teams from the Missouri Col.
lege Of Agriculture has convinced
people that students trained at
Columbia understand live stock.
That they. also, possess the sbil.
ity to tell in an effective way
what they have been taught along
these lines 10 we'll brought out In
the results OF an essay writing
contest which has just been re-
ported. Last November. the Am.
eriosn Berkshire Association Of
fered $4,000 In cash prizes for
the four bss. student essays upon
the Berkshire hog. Eighteen stu
dents from different colleges en-
tered the contest. The judges
have just reported upon the con.
test, and make the following
awards: first prise, @. Ellie, Col
umbia, Mo-; second prize, A. G.
Page. Columbia, No.. third prize,
0lin W. Smith Ithaca N ".
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-11
Ounce nj Wnrrcnton. 2
celia! to The Times I

lSpecla! To The Times Dispatch.1
Narrenton. Va. July i0.-Tho fol-
loving young people enjoyed q oance
at the Country CLUB here on Monday
evening Misses Catherine. Anna. V'r-
GINA and Edith Grone-. OF Norfolk
Agnes Mcintyre. Olga Taylor. of High
land Park. Ill: Dorothy Hubbeli. Anna
and Nettie Curtis, Katherine Dorst.
Kitty Belt. Wynward Barker. Dorothy
Hordern. Mary Mlnnegarode. Of Tren-
ton. y. j.. and Messrs. Hugh Spirnan.
Herbert Hordern. Taylor Scott. OF
Richmond Draper Crosby. Chas Hub
bell. OF New York. Charles Mcintyre.
Sam VI. and Holcombe Chamberlain. OF
Baltimore. Stoddard. Of England
Christian Hinekin. Elisha Meredith. of
Washington. Miss Annie Day. MIS- L.
Beverly Slater and Mrs. ]. a. c. Cron-
er. Of Washington were the chaper-
ones. Refreshments were served dur
Ing the evening.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-11
Miss Grace Will Wed Captain
Of Hussars in Famous
Building.
BY la MARouIsE DE roNrENoY.

BY LA MARQuISE DE FONTENoY.
n ATrLE ABBEY. built by william
- dowed in order that the monks
should perpetually pray tor the
sous OF those Norman knights who
iell at the battle OF Hastings, is about
TO be the scene OF another Of those
Anglo American marriages that have
become so frequent since the day when
tne abbey was acquired on long lease
oy Michael =. Grace. OF New York
from It's then owner Captain Forester.
Mr- Gracc's youngest daughter. Gladys.
Is about to wed Captain Hamilton
Grace OF the 18th. Hussars. thus FOL
loving the example OF several OF her
sisters. notably Helena, who became
the wife OF the Earl OF Donoughmore
battle Abbey remained IN the pos
session OF the monks from the eleventh
century until the reign OF Henry VIII,
VINO expelled the reverend fathers, and
presented the edihce ana IL. lands
70 ms iavorite Sir Anthony Browne.
the Garter The story goes that Sir
Anthony was celebrating his house
warming In the Abbots hall when
monk suddenly appeared. no one knew
whence. and pronounced a solem male
diction upon the spectator of the
church. He warned Sir Anthony TINT
tho curse would cling TO his most re-
mote poster!ty, and forctold the special
doom that was TO be their temporal
punishment by fire and water" he
cried. your line shall come to an
emu, ana PERISH out OF tn. land,
So continuous were tho miSfortines
that pursued the Browne family. that
in order TO escape the curse they sold
Battle Abbey. in l7l9. to Sir Thomas
Wooster an alderman and cloth mer-
chant Of the city OF London. The
Brownies removed 10 Cowdray Park, a
few miles away. but became extinct
through the death OF the eighth and
last OF the Browne Lords Montag
by drowning in the Rhine. about a
hundred years ago. On the same day
his Swo nephews. the sons OF his
sister. the Hon. Mrs. stephen Poyntz.
We're drowned In the sea at Bognor.
befofe her eyes. still on the same day.
Cowdray Castle was almost totally de-
stroyed oy Are; so that the monks
curse seemed to have borne fruit
The castle was again burned during
its subsequent possession by the late
Earl OF EgmOnt. on which occasion the
huge sword of William tho ConQueror,
brought thither from Battle Abbey by
the Brownies. disappeared In the flames.
Rebuilt. It IS now the home OF the
great contractor. WectuAn Pearson.
who has so many interests in the
United States and MEXICO. and who.
when raised TO tho peersgc two years
ago. chose as his title that of Lord
Cowdray.
One Of the most famous OF the Web
ster chatelaines OF Battle Abbey. was
Miss Elizabeth Vassall. native Of
Massachusetts. born in the house which
afterwards became the home OF Long
fellow and who inherited a very large
fortune from an uncle in Jamaica
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-11
Easy Aids to Good Looks
(Elia EllIs. IN the Arch.l

After motoring or golhng. the hair
may be dusty-with no time for wash
Ing the head In this dilemma you
Will md a dry shampoo a good friend.
Put four ounces OF powdered orris root
in fruit jar add an original package
of therox and mix together. Sprinkle
q little on the head and brush through
the hair. TheroN removes dust. oil
and dandrun. and leaves the hair light,
fluffy and easy to do up.
'DisngurinE Wild hairs can be made
10 vanish quickly from face or fore
arms by applying delatone paste, made
by mixing powdered delatone with
water Cover the hairy surface with
this paste for minute or two. then
remove. wash the skin. and the hairs
VIII be gone
short and thin eyelashes detraot
from otherwise beautiful eyes. Weak
and straggly lashos can he strength
ened II plain pyroNin be applied TO the
lash roots with thumb and forcnnger.
Thin eyebrows always improve with
daily applications OF pyroXin
"a complexion cannot be dainty il
the skin is shiniE from Precipitation.
\ com pleXion beautiler that will not
rub of or show like powder Is made
easily by dissolving an original pack
age OF mayatone in n half pint of
witch hazel This holds and does not
smear Gently massage with this So
luton daily. and the skin will he soft
and satiny. velvety and smooth