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SLAYER or HUSBAND ON TRIAL

Shreveport, La, June discharged
with the murder of her husband, Mrs.
Della Stroud, known as the best
horsewoman in northern Louisiana,
faced trial today in Judge John r.
Lands court. From plunging horse.
Mrs. Stroud shot her husband in the
public road near Viva. The woman
alleged that she had been attacked by
her husband and that she shot In self
defense.
Mrs. Stroud had been riding with
Edward Beeler, q friend Of the family
who shared her love for horses. The
husband is alleged to have been jeal
GUS OF the attention paid his wife by
Beeler and on meeting them as they
were returning from ride, disinount
ed and began beating his wife WITH
q strap. As the horse she was riding
became unmanageable and as hs
could not get close enough to continue
that form Of chastisement he drew ,
revolver, 1t Is said, and was abou
to fire when his wife brought her owl
weapon into play. Despite the un
steadiness Of her seat her aim wa'
true and Stroud was killed instantl!
with bullet through his head. Man,
prominent persons have been calle'
as witnesses to testify as to tn
character OF the defendant.
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NOTHING TO FEAR

Farmers and homo owners have
nothing to fear from the Warnes state
tax commission bill providing for ap-
pointive local tax assessors for 1t was
designed for the purpose OF reducing
their taxes by getting ON the duplicates
Intangible personal property that has
been escaping the elective assessors.
Farm land and homes are on the du-
plicates. That could not be hidden
from the elective assessors, 80 there
was no need to improve the method
for getting that class Of porperty on
the duplicates. But millions of per.
sonal property mas never been taxed
1t was hidden. It was not discovered,
because some elective assessors want
ed to favor these men in return for
their support at the polls. Other as.
SCISSORS did not have the energy to
make diligent search, for their posi-.
.tions were regarded AZ sinecures for
the invalids, the lame and others un-
able to work steadily.
The result was that farmers and
home owners we're forced to pay more
than their share OF taxes under the
elective tax assessor plan. In the year
1880. the value of all real property and
tangible personal assets as compared
to Intangible personal property on the
duplicate was as sixteen Is to one
the former was valued at sixteen times
.as much as the latter Real estate has
increased In value since then, but the
acquisition of personal property null
ttiplied much faster. However. in 1911,
the value of real estate and tangible
personal property on the duplicate was
80 times greater than the value Of all
the intangible personal property on the
.duplicate.
The following table shows how the
oelective assessors permitted personal
property to escape the last 81 years:
1850 1911
Credits ...,. .sss, ,so2,sAs ,ss.sss. .sis
Investments In st0cks
and bonds $l3,3s4.4sl $10.3O7 80;
The Warnes bill was enacted 40 tina,
zan Intelligent capable and energetic
corps of assessors could be obtained :
men who were selected for their cap
ability TO appra,se property and t.
search out hidden assets rather thar
their eagerness to favor possessors o
Immense amounts Of personal proper
'ty. This bill will bring millions Of per
sonal property to the tax duplicates
and thereby reduce the taxes OF thos
who have been paying more than thei
sshare.
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COMMENCEMENT At MICHIGAN

Ann Arbor, Mich, June 26-The
sixty.seventh annual commencement
of the University Of Michigan took
place today. The graduation exer.
clses were held in the new Hill Audi.
torium at 10 o'clock, President George
u. Vincent, Of the University Of Min
nesota, being the orator OF the, day.
The great hall was crowded, and with
the decorations Of hags aud flowers,
and the brilliant toilettes Of the t.
male portion of the audience, present
cd an inspiring spectacle. Follow
Ing the exercises In the auditorium
the graduates and invited guests ad
journed to the gymnasium for the
commencement dinner. The after
noon was occupied with group recep
tions and informal reunions.
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PENFIELD WILL 60
TO AUSTRIAN COURT
President Selects Him For An
Amhassadorship.

Washington. June 20. = President
Wilson has decided to appoint Fred
erick c. Penfield Of Pennsylvania am.
bassador to Austria instead Of min
lister to Greece. For several weeks
the president had In mind to tender
Mr.. Penheld the post at Athens. but
In the last few days decided to make
the switch referred to.
Penfeld Is no stranger In diplo
matte fields. He left the editorial
rooms Of the Hartford COurant to be-
come vice consul at London In 1885
Thereupon he began seriously the
study Of diplomacy and wrote exten
sively Of world politics and interna
tional relations. In Mr.. Cleveland's
second administration he went tC
Egypt a. diplomatic agent and consu
general, with the rank Of minister
general
Mr.. Penfield has been the recipien
Of many honors. among them thu
grand cross of the Order OF st. Greg
ory, conferred bp the pope In recogni
tion OF his benefactions to Catholi'
institutions.
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INDIANA MUSIC TEACHERS MEET

Marion. Ind, June 26--Music teach.
ers OF Indiana assembled In force to.
day for the thirty-sixth annual con-
vention OF their State association.
The business sessions, at which all
branches OF musical instruction viii,
be discussed, will continue two days
and will be interspersed with several
reoitals and two evening concerts, In
which number of musicians Of wide
note will take part. The convention
was called to order today by the presi
dent, James N. Black, OF Washington
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Statement Of the ownership manage
ment. circulation, ETC.. of the Democratic
Banner published semi-weekly at Mt.
y. yerpSD, 9s,s. required by the Act Of August
Name Of editor. managing editor. busi-
ness manager, publisher, owner, Frank
Ohio. Known bondholders, mortgagees.
and other security holders, holding per
cent or more of total amount Of bonds.
mortgages, or other securities None.
FRANK HARPER.
Sworn 60 and subscribed before me
this 23 day Of June, 1918. f4
Co... Ohio. (My commission expires May
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MEETING OF IOWA BAR

Sioux City, Ia, June 26-The nine
teenth annual meeting Of the Iowa
State Bar association was opened
here today with large and represen.
tative attendance Of lawyers and jur-
lists. Lieutenant Governor Harding
welcomed the visitors and Judge
Martin J. Wade OF Iowa City respond
ed. Another feature Of the days pro-
gramme was a paper on "The Life and
Public Service Of James Wilson," BY
Judge Walter I. Smith Of Council
Bluffs. Judge Horace q. Deemer, oi
the Iowa supreme court, will deliver
the presidents address tomorrow, tax
ing as his subject, Representative
Government" NJ
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WINDOW GLASS DECAYS.
Il Gets % Brittle In Time rhat Il May
es Cut With Shears.

u Gets 90 Brittle In Time That Il May
es Cut With Shears.
It Ia generally supposed that glass IL
practically immortal. But It has been
demonstrated that glass exposed to the
elements will decay and In time be-
come 30 rotten that It ls worthless.
window glass exposed to the heat
and cold and varying winds will. after
q number Of years, become % brittle
that It can be cut with a pair Of
shears. 1t Ia said that light and dark
ness have different effects on glass,
and this alienation alone will cause II
to become fragile and In time worth.
less.
It is almost impossible to remove old
windows from building without
breaking many of the panes OF glass
New glass can ne handled with much
more carelessneas.
There IL u certain elasticity to new
glass that leaves glass which has fac
ed the weather for a number Of years.
Street fnkers who travel throughout
the country selling scissors will obtaiE
a lot Of old window glass and show
the crowds how wonderfully theiI
shears will cut by clipping on stripi
Of the glass Just az person would
cut paper. when In fact the feat 4
due to the fact that the glass ID actu
ally rotten.-Harper's Weekly.
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Mans Portion.

Man wants but little here below.
And you will win your bets
IL you will wager money. bO.
That that IL all he gets
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The man who gets hut little here
Upon this busy earth
Is--if the truth were spread abroad
Just getting all he's worth
Los Angeles Express.
Man gets but little here below,
E'en then. avoiding strife.
He takes his weekly wad Of dough
And hands II to his wife.
youngstown Telegram.
Man gets but little here below
And isn't long on deck;
Just when he thinks he stands a show
He "gcts u In the neck"
Birmingham Age-Herald.
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INVITATION PEARLS.
They Ars Made With esssnes dorloWt,
Fish Scale Product.


Fish Scale Product.
As the real pearl comes from the oys-
ter, 90 to u large extent Is the manu-
facture Of artificial pearls dependent
on a certain species Of f1sh. The com.
plete processes Of manufacture are, Of
course. trade secrets. but It Is interest
ing to know that It Is from the bril-
liant scales Of the ablet. or blay. that
essence d'orient IL produced. as with
this essence imitation pearls are made
The blay Ia small fish with q greel
back and a white belly. and the es.
sence IL obtained exclusively from ita
white scales. which are covered with q
pigment OF metallic appearance. They
are 6rst treated with ammonia and
then with 6sh glue. powder being
6rst obtained and then paste which
can be easily spread on glass.
In the early stages Of pearl manufac-
ture. about 1865. this essence d'orient
was applied to little balls OF plaster,
but the tempera ture and the damp heat
Of the human body modified the adhe-
sive qualities Of the pearly matter and
caused changes Of color. In 1880 Pa.
risian named Joaquin invented q meth
o4 Of covering small glass balls with
this essence. thereby producing the
1rst practical artificial pearl.
In the north and east Of France and
In Germany blay dshing % actively pur
sued. About 1000 are required to pro
luce pound Of scales, which In turn
gives . quarter Of q pound Of essence
New York Press.
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Student Of
"BUGOLOGY"
Gathered II By The Police
In East End Of City
After A Very Clever Piece
Of Detective Work
But The Man Did Not Turn
| Out 10 Be Crazy
As Reported By The Terri.
fled" Residents
An Amusing Incident On
Wednesday Evening

Chief of Police Clements and Sher-
iff John M. Woolison did piece Of
detective work In the east end of the
city Wednesday night and proved
themselves very capable in the art.
They caught their man, but found that
he was harmless and was only cap.
turing bugs under the street lamps
instead of being raving mad as had
been reported by several Of the resi-.
dents Of the neighborhood.
During Wednesday afternoon tho
officers received several notifications
that q crazy man had been terrifying
the neighborhood during the past two
nights and the people of that vicin-
ity asked for protection. Believing
that someth g unusual must be go
ing on and deciding to investigate,
Chief of Police Clements and Sheriff
Woolison went to the home Of Mayor
A. A. Perrine which was In the dan.
ger zone" and sat upon the porch In
a shadow. They sat quietly for about
an hour and we're rewarded by seeing
a man come rushing down the street
making queer motions with his arms
He rushed and lodged here and there
and certainly appeared to the conceal
ed officers to be either crazy or prac
tlcing new form Of physical culture
They awaited their opportunity and
drew little closer.
They saw their man make several
new motions and then stop. He drew
a note book from his pocket and tab
ulated something with lead pencil
This was the last straw and they
rushed upon him before he had time
to realize that he was being captured
He was taken to the mayors home {
short distance away and taken before
the city's chief executive. Whel
asked to explain his odd movements
and the reason for his having terrifet
the neighborhood during the past sev
eral evenings he explained that h,
was a student Of "bugology" and tha
, he had been securing specimens AM
noting their names In his note boob
He was surprised when he learne'
Q that people of the neighborhood ha
been frightened for some time and e1
planned that no one had bothered hir
or even given him reason to bellev
that vicinity Of the city.
He was not held but was release
that he was held as a highly susp
, cious character by the residents {
with apologies.
= The ardent bug chaser was not asl
: ed to divulge his name, but state
, that his home was In Chicago, ILL.,, an
that he has been In Mt. Vernon fC
i. several days attending to business
!. connection with the Mt, Ver.o
Bridge Co.
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4 Village Sunday.

When Sunday strikes the country town
and all the stores are closed.
When on the plank sidewalk the dogs for
hours and hours have d0sed
And when tho sun is boiling hot, heat
one must endure.
I see the signs about and know that this
II Sunday sure
Tho helds show empty burrows now, the
weary working teams
Are In the Uttered stable lot enjoying Sun
day dreams.
And In tbs cabin doorways are the men
who yesterday
We're hard ~ work. but who have put al
thought Of work away.
Upon the fields and trees and woods thu
blazing sun beats down,
And farmers and their womenkind hav'
gone to church or town.
For Sunday has come on tho land. tn
Sabbath sweet and blest.
And men and fields and mules and all en-
10Y tho Sunday rest
Galveston News.
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eLks or SOUTH DAKOTA

Mitchell, 8. D., June 26-Large
delegations of Elks, many of them
accompanied by bands, trooped into
this city today for the annual State
convention and reunion Of their order
The visitors found the arrangements
for their reception and entertainment
to be Of the most perfect and elabor
ate character. The business section
of the city was profusely decorated
in purple and white, the official coIors
of the order. The initial session OF
the convention, devoted to the ex
change Of greetings and the opening
formalities, was held today, with
Grand Exalted Ruler Mills presiding
The programme extends over tomor
row and provides for numerous fea
lures of entertainment.
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A Hot Knife.

"A knife that cuts butter when Il
10 hot" (and under no other circum-
stances) we sometimes meet with, and
tho reason OF this Ii easily explained
Heat expands metal and In proportion
to the amount Of metal which In heat
cd. There IL more metal in the breadth
Of a blade than In lts thickness. and
the former therefore In expanded I'm
mensely more than the latter. In other
words. the wedgellke shape IN length
ened, and the tool becomes SHARP"
Earthquakes.
There are ive times as many earth
quake shocks recorded ON the Pacific
coast of the United States ~ on the
Atlantic coast.
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The ceaseless Flow.

A ring at the telephone drew the Of
Ace boy.
Lady to tnik to you. sir" he said to
the senior partner,
The senior partner took up the re-
ceiver and stood ut the phone for sew
eral minutes,
Then he hid the receiver down and
went back to his desk,
Twenty minutes later he raised the
receiver. said few words and pres
emily hung II up.
Then he turned to his partner.
ut was my wife," he explained
"She was still talking and hadn't miss
ed me. ."--Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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VETERAN ARMY
OFFICERS RETIRE

Washington. d. c., June 26-With
a record of forty years of honorable
and efficient service, Col. Calvin D.
Cowles, until recently in command of
the 9Th Infantry at Plattsburgh bar.
racks, was placed on the retired liss
Of the army today ON account Of age
Col. Cowles is from North Carolina
and was graduated from the United
States Military Academy In 1873. Dur
ing the Spanish war he was lieuten
ant colonel of the 1st North Carolina
Volunteer Infantry. Otherwise his
entire service has been with the In
fantry of the regular establishment.
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Is q graduate Of Rush Medical Col.
lege, Chicago, the best known insti-
tuition in the United States.
He Treats Acute and Chronic catarrh
Ringing In the Ears, Dizziness, Weak
Eyes, Granulated Lids, Dischargins
disease of the Eye and Ear.
Nervous Diseases
Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Headaches,
Eczema and all Skin Diseases gives
special attention.
Chronic Diseases,
Of the Lungs, Heart, Stomach, Liver.
Kindneys, Bowels. Bladder. such 40
Bronchitis, Shortness of Breath, Pal.
pitation, Dyspepsia, Gastriaia, LOSS Of
Appetite, Sour Stomach, Constipation,
liberation, treated In the most scien'
tific manner.
Hemorrhoids, Piles, treated without
the knife and no detention from bust.
ness.
Young, Middle Aged or Old Men
suffering from causes producing some
Of the following effects: Debility, nerv.
BUSINESS, blotches. dizziness, confusion
Of ideas, aversion Of society, defective
memory and exhaustion, need DR.. Ma.
hons advice and treatment as he thor.
oughly understands these cases and
knows how to cure them.
Epilepsy or Fits
Treated by best methods.
Diseases Of Women
treated In the most satisfactory man
ner. Our home treatment is pleasant
to use and gives good results.
The doctor carries all his portable
instruments and comes prepared to
examine the most obscure cases. Those
who apply for treatment should bring
along small bottle Of urine for OK.
animation as It will assist In the dag
nosis. References gladly furnished on
application. Cor sspondence solicited
and symptom blank furnished ON appli.
cation. Address,
Oh. L. z. MAHoN,
244S Fulton st.,
TOLEDO. OHIO
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Utica
Woman Lay For Days Unable
To Help Herself

Utica, Ohio, June 24-After lying
helpless on the floor of her home near
here for four days, Mrs. Emma
Thapp, aged 20, was found today BY
her son, who went to visit her. Last
Thursday Mrs. Thapp fell and broke
her arm and was unable to arise and
summon help. Blood poisoning has
resulted from the broken arm and II
Is not believed she can recover.
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Preparing For Next olympiad.

Italy II making great preparations
hr the next Olympind. At vercelli the
Count OF Turin opened the sports ex-
position In the presence Of a great as
sembly OF athletes and representative
men and women gathered from all
parts OF the country, The secretary OF
the treasury. OF the present govern
Ment. pledged generous appropriations
to encourage Italian sport and produce
champions whose laurels Will crown
italy with fame more glorious than
that Of the battlefield"
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BREAKING FAITH

One of tho deals made by agents of
the private liability insurance com
panies, who are working for the res.
.toration OF the privilege they so long
ssxercised OF extorting excessive prem
ainms from Ohio employers and with.
t1saling adequate compensation from
nnjusd wOrkmen, was with few
9saise rs0ders OF farmers, who hold Of.
Iticiai positions In the Ohio Grange.
That DIAL was: The so.called false
headers wore to be paid the cost of
getting sufficient signatures for ref.
.erendum on the agricultural commits.
sion bill. who were to deliver the farm
sst vote FOR the defeat OF the Green
vwcrtmen's compensation act, which AZ.
sures 'the prompt payment OF adequate
compensation TO every injured work
man or hts dependents.
The deal was bad one from the
standpoint OF the farmers. for the cir.
-ssuunstances surrounding the drafting
-aof the measure show that the interest
at the agriculturists was the para.
mount motive for those participating
at Wooster and Troy. recently, Gov
.ssrnor Cox told OF the drafting OF the
1bill. Pursuant TO a desire to bring the
@state university and state government
closer together that both institutions
might profit, the cooperation OF Judge
Adams and Prof Page. the former dean
and the latter q lecturer In the state
university law school, was secured
These men were told to follow the plai
sof consolidating state departments st
successfully accomplished by the crea
aion Of the state hoard OF administra
eion. The agricultural commission bill
should simply bring together the stat,
sadepartments of agriculture under |
x ,ystnRle board, without disturbing a sin
gle existing farm law This was done
4 complete hearing was held upol
S.he measure In the senate chamber
2sAnd on the following day the grang
\ ,AeA<lers appointed committee. cor
rsistiRg gofDr. w. l. Chamberlain Messrs
-iraber and Bailey. for many years at
trxa In the grange and John #. Cur
niyH;ham, editor OF The Ohio Farmer
IN 80 over the bill. Every amendmen
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suggested by that committee save one,
and that was unimportant, was adopt
ed without change. DR.. Chamberlain
recently told Mr.. Laylin, one Of the
grangers circulating referendum petit
tions, that it was broken faith on the
part of the grange to oppose the agri.
cultural commission bill. In its orig.
inal form DR.. Chamberlain opposed the
measure.
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Many Names Of the rhames.

The Thames has been the cause Of
much controversy. Itx name has been
vartousiy stated as Tameses. Tamese.
Tamises lat the luncture Of the Isis
and Tame. near DOrchesterl, Tamisa.
Tamesa. Thamisia. Thamesis and dnal.
" Isis (where It flows between the OK.
fordshire and the Buckinghamshire
shores). Thus at Oxford It IL still Of.
ten called the Isis until 1t receives the
shallow river Tame Just below Dor
chester. from which point It IL called
Thames. Historians trace this error
to an early attempted division Of the
Latin word Tamesis into two words.
Tame esis or Tame Isis, suggested per-
haps by the existence Of the Tame In
Buckingham mshire. The Saxons called
Il the Thames. ancient maps and docu.
ments designating It Thamesis Flu.
vius.-From I'm Thamesland."
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A Difference.

''say," remarked Harry. "how dye
teach gurl { swimY
"O-oh. that's easy" replied his chum,
you take her vurry gently down {
the water. an you put an arm aroun'
her waist, an you whisper, Dear, don't
be- FRA ~
"Come or yer perch. It's my sister,
"Oh. yer sister. Shove her inw-New
York American.
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ADDS MT. VERNON

We note DR. Mahon has added Mt.
Vernon to his list OF towns for month
ly visits. No doubt the same success
will attend his work there as here,
where for the past two years he has
maintained the largest practice In
chronic diseases of any physician Wis
iting Millersburg. Holmes Co, Re-
publican. Advertisement.
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Illusion.

Unrest awaits US everywhere.
HoWs'er our course II set.
You think elsewhere the sun and air
Are always better yet
On mountain top or by the sea.
BY woodland or the beach
You think that "somewhere else" must b.
The spot you long to reach.
And still you make the old mistake
Wherever you may roam.
You sing about It, yet forsake
The place called "home, sweet home"
In vain your fancies are inclined
To wandering quest Of cheer,
Tor somewhere else youth always and
Becomes plain plodding here"