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Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-09-19

shown at the Platte County FAR
was a bedspread loaned for exhi-
bition by Mrs. t. E. Tudor. 1t
was the work of her grandmother
Mrs. Susan W. Woodruff, and
was finished April 6, 1911. In
those days Mrs. Woodruff lived
in what is known as a clearing,
which was from ten to twenty |
acres from which the timber had
been cut and stumps removed,
A small tract was given to Mrs.
Woodruff sor her garden and IN
there she pi.nted cotton seed and
cultivated he plant. She picked
the cotton, oarded and spun It,
wove i. into cloth and then quilt
ed the spread by hand. Then
she decorated it with wTeaths ana
flowers using the leaves from
trees that grew around her cabin
| for patterns. On one edge she
worked hor name and date in fine
bold letters, "Susan w. Woodruff
April 6, 1911" The needIework
throughout is fine specimen OF
handicraIt and received much
praise from those who saw the
work. There is a whole chapter
of hard work connected with this
old spread. She had her children
to clothe and feed, she had her
household duties to attend to,
.he was her own butcher, miller
candle maker and tailor, anc
many other things to do that fill
, ed the lot of our pioneer grand
9 parents. Now imagine, il sucl
e could be possible, one OF TIL
/ presentday young women under
q taking to make, unassisted an
: by hand, one of these bed
spreads Platte County Land
mark.
1t On the twenty-first anniversar
IS of his birth, Alfred W. Flemin
le of st. Louis became the posses
10 sag os a9Gortune Of Sl26, 1924
lf His father, Patrick Fleming,
q former resident of Philadelphia
re died at Kirkwood. The inventor
K. filed shows that young Flemin
is the owner of S3,669,15 in cul
! rency and S122. 2.44o,20 in secuI
tiles.
at
rn Sixteen idle men are servlr
ii out time in the Johnston coun
lat jail, fattening off the count
ey What TO dc with them is a pro
c. lem. The Star-Journal advocat
il road work, and the sheriff sa
Ike he's tried it and when they wo
out they eat SO much more Il
- he looses money on his 90 eel
j. u day contract.
'ed Joplin's dog catcher gets mt
)e- for his services than does
-he mayor or chief Of police. The
the cords of the last three mon
lily show that the dog catcher av
cK' aged s175 a month. He gets fl
MS cents for each dog license c
Illy lected, and as the city has
pound his only duties are to
at licenses and kill dogs.
9" Negroes in Chillicothe h
80 been complaining for some t
oo of seeing ghosts in the vicir
''i'' Of a vacant house on East II
'e' street. Workmen engaged
'he tearing this house down foun
we human skull under the foo
iie few days ago, and now the
sue oroee shake their heads,
ana mutter: "We done tole you
the
A New York suffuragette
Gently declared that the line
oeeh tween the sexes has dissapea
lh'y and that men and women |
oers ambition i'm common. But
ami ron,roIia Courier declares
AZ . it's prize for the first man
and ,on,d hLa 10 be a bride h.
% 10 been claimed as yet.
ater-
as. Carthage, said by the Cel
II 10 Missouri Republican to be
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-09-19

"The last one disappeared about
forty minutes after we bought
it."
The Charlton Courier OF Key
tesville remarks that the greatest
need in Keytesville is a water
works, a dog sausage factory,
and a chicken thief grabber. /
The state board Of equalization
Saturday fixed the valuation OF
property in Missouri at $780,
100000. This is an increase OF
$50, 100000 over the property
assessment of last year.
According to the Republican,
Rev. w. H. Yount and Deputy
Circuit clerk Henry Tate had a
fist fight at Milan one day last
week and the preacher won the
decision on points.
Several dozen "fresh" eggs
were placed in the refrigator of a
store in Maryville recently to
keep them absolutely fresh.
When a clerk went to the refrig-
t orator three days later he found
, four half frozen chicks demand
ing to be let out.
The St. Joseph Gazette de-
clares that the policy Of garbing
women policemen IN plain clothes
=, will defeat its own ends, since
the crooks and everyone else vii
know just who they are th'
: minute they put in an appear
n ance.
The sheriff and prosecuting at
torney Of Gentry county wen
: out on a still hunt for drug store
- . in the county selling liquor tn
! other day. As result OF th
- raid there is now large stock c
. = booze locked up in Albany and
= = number of apothccary shops ar
- =, minus n large part of their stocb
le Kansas City is talking of build
ing a $4,000, ,0U0gallon water res
ervoir. Huh! They think th'
:. is some reservoir. But say, tur
= Niagara Spring into it and
- =. would fill that little basin in ju
seven hours. Geel But the
"a talk in small figures over at X.
- when it comes to water. Now
it was beer we would have to tai
Ia off our hats to them.
'h' A man with a quaint idea
en-, bumor caused excitement
Ille joplin last Saturday. He jump
astride the tongue of buggy b
~. tween the horses and when
N. team ran away clung to t
l., harness. He was unseated fina
on - and dragged about half a blot
.bt Then he got up, brushed off
,ou, clothes and walked jaunt
~. away.
nea Theodore W. Gulick, who
'ly- one time edited the Parnel 81
tinel, died suddenly in Muskog
ear Oklahoma, August 13. When
,per itine the Sentinel he ran
cht motto at the head of his pap
ken "With one hand we push
Dad pencil while with the other
.ood strive to hold up our pants"
lilies was aunique character and 8
ates ceeded where others failed
vet he cut no wide swath in
o.oo worlds affairs.
rect A watermelon club has b
) 60 organized at the Cole cot
Idn't court house. Fourteen meml
cad. comprise this very select org
the zation. Every afternoon
the O'Clock business is suspended
IS at the officials and their aids g
hing the basement, where the wa
0 the melons are. When all are
sembled the luscious frui
unity brought forth and the off
sville W stermelon club meets and
- there il moro eating than me-
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-09-19

Capt. Trask of the steamer Como.
ma. arriving at San Francisco. stated
that the Falcon and hbpe 'siaaus e'
tho Tonga group Ia the South racine
have disappeared
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-09-19

Acting on orders from Gen. Bliss.
all troops statoued on the border be
tween Eagle Fass and Laredo have
taken the Geld IN m effort 70 ca tnFe
the band Of Mexican gun snnes'efs
Who ared on plmmit county (Fex-l
efflcers
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-09-19

The finding of the bodies OF SIX IN
fants in city dump at Feast Sew
euty.hlth street and kmaman rood
cleveland. led the police to begin an an
Investigation that they believe VIII
reeul, In uncoy,ring a baby farm
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-09-19

Adherents Of Felix Diaz as rresi-
dental candidate were wrought up
over Gen. Huer'a'B removal Of re-
dro Rosales. governor OF the state or
Ilidalgo. They assert that Hnerta
means 10 place his own military gov,
erpor, In every state and to eehtroi
Arbitrarily the coming elections,
Michigan troops continue thelI
wholesale arrests OF women throueh
out tha 2Slnile district where l5'ooV
conner miners are held under charges
! of intimidation
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-09-19

Sixteen idle men are serving
out time in the Johnston county
jail, fattening off the county
What TO dc with them is a prob
lem. The Star-Journal advocates
road work, and the sheriff says
he's tried it and when they worl
out they eat SO much more tho
he looses money on his so cent
u day contract.
Arizona republican., 1913-09-21

Continued on Page Twelve.) )
Arizona republican., 1913-09-21
First Methodist Episcopal Church

Ray c Harker, D. D. minister Today is the last Sunday before con- ference; it is hoped that all the members and friends of the church will try to be present. Sunday school at 9:45; public worship with sermon at 11:00 a. m. and 7:30 ?. m The pastor will preach morning and eve ming. Morning subject: Mans Great est Kingdom" The topic of the eve hing sermon will be: The Position of Woman in Pagan and Christian Lands" The church is at the corner of Second avenue and Monroe street Everybody cordially invited to all services.
Arizona republican., 1913-09-21
First Bantist Church

J. Harvey Deere, D. D, pastor; c. M. Northrup. assistant. Speaking With Tongues and Your Language Are You Careful?" will be the pas tors themes Sunday morning at 11:00 o'clock and Sunday evening at 7:30 Good music The evening sermon is one in the series on Questions That Will Find You" It will deal popular ly with one of the live topics of the day. The Sunday school. c. M Northrup, superintendent. invites ali tC Bible study at 9:45 a. m The E. '. P. U. with Harold Wortman as leader will meet at 6:30 p. m. The church is located on the corner of Third avenue and Monroe street.
Arizona republican., 1913-09-21
LODGE LORE
Knights of Columbus

week ago last Tuesday Marcos de Niza Council convened in it's first meeting of the regular season. The attendance was sparse with the sparseness, one might say. of the hairs upon the pate of our anicient Homeric friend Theistes This was attributable to the circumstance that nc notification notices were mailed. as is the custom.
 Broter Joseph Geare, upon whose broad shoulders, as financial secre- tary, this duty rests, was away on his vacation and no one thought to take upon himself the task of the absent one But the small attend lance seemed, under the circumstances. rather to lend itself to the enjoyable hess and interest of the occasion than otherwise. Refreshing recitals by Brother Whitney and Brother Con way, of the interesting incidents of 2 summer spent away from Phoenix were most fruitful in that the stay at-homes were forced to conclude that theirs was the greater luck. They were not empty and shallow glad to-be- back talks that the brothers save us, but rather statements of facts from which the listeners were
 
 And the obvious and necessary con clusions were that this particular nook in the universe is a good place in which to be and a good place in which to stay.
 It was the great pleasure of the council to extend it's hospitality to two visitors, Brother w Paul Gearv of the Flagstaff council and Brother Marcus A. Kelly of La Sale council Albuquerque Brother Geary is a frequent visitor and more welcome with each visit. VaIetudinous with neither obmutescence nor verecundity Brother Geary could not be. if he would, insulse. Brother Kelley comes to Phoenix to stay. He leaves be- hind him the charge of the New Mexico office of an insurance com pany to assume in Phoenix the head quarters for Arizona of the earno company. It is hoped that he will soon he numbered among the mom bers If the local council
 The attention of members is here with called to the fact that Tuesday next there will be held a reg,IIar meeting. This. notwithstanding the original plan to hold but one meet ing in September. Notices of the meeting will be mailed in which the importance of the business to ba transacted will be indicated.
 WOERFR SMITH.
Arizona republican., 1913-09-21
Christian Science

First Church of Christ Scientist. Arizona School of Music, North Cen tral avenue. Sunday service at II a. n.; subject of the lesson sermon. Matter" Golden text: I John 2:15. IT, If any man love the world the love of the Father is not in him. And the world passeth away and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will Of God abideth for ever. Sunday school ot 9:45. The Wednesday eve hing testimonial and experience meet ing is at o'clock The reading room maintained by this church is 403 National Bank of Arizona build ing and is open daily. except Sunday from II a. m. to i D. m At this room a welcome is extended to the PubIic and authorized literature con cerning Christian Science may be read or purchased if desired All are cordially invited to attend church ser vices.
 Zion English Evangelical Lutheran
 Services in W. c. T. U. hall, 227 West Monroe street. Bible class and
Arizona republican., 1913-09-21
Rebekahs

On Thursday evening, Sept. IS. Ari- "ona Rebtkah Lodge No. l celebrated the sixty second anniversary of that degree of the | O. Q. F. A most enjoyable evening was spent by a large crowd of enthusiastic Rebekahs and odd fellows with their families and friends. Tn addition to the rit = ualistic ceremonies prescribed by the sovereign grand lodge of the I. Q. O. F., very enjoyable program was provided by the entertainment com mfttee consisting of vocal and in strumental music under the direction of Sister Nellie Trott An address on the aims and objects of the hebekah degree, by Sister Fike. an exceptionally we'll rendered reading by Sister Williams and an able ad- dress on Odd Fellowship as related to the Rebekah degree by Brother H w. Clark, after which everybody en- joyed themselves eating ice cream and cake, playing cards. or visiting and renewing old acquaintances and making new ones
Arizona republican., 1913-09-21
Knights of pythias

The rank of esquire was conferred upon Pages Sine, Harvey and Nor ris. Esquire Norris is a recent ar rival from Douglas. The rank of page was conferred on Brother Nor ris by Pueblo lodge No. B of Pueb- To. Colo. Owing to a change in posi- tions Brother Norris had to leave Pueblo before his rank work was finished and by a special request from his home lodge Phoenix No 2 is to confer the ranks of esquire and knight. Brother Tom NJ Smith reported in full the meeting in Tempe last Tuesday evening" The Phoenix committee together with the Tempe committee are to meet with with the Mesa lodge next Monday evening to further perfect our fair day plans. The committee and knights are to meet at 6:30 D. m Monday at the K of P. hall SC as
 Do
Arizona republican., 1913-09-21
First Presbyterian Church

Services will be as follows: Sun day school, 9:45 a. m.; morning wor- ship, II o'clock; sermon by the Rev w. I. Brooks. subject. '"The Revela- tion of Jesus" Y. P s. C. F. prayer meeting, 6:30 m; evening service, 7:30 D. m, sermon by the Rev w I. Brooks, theme, The Divine Plan of Redemption" All are cordially in vited to attend these services. Church at the corner of Third avenue and Adams street
Arizona republican., 1913-09-21
Central M. E. Church. South

Corner Center and Monroe streets; W. R. Thornton, pastor. Sunday school at 9:45 a. m; EpWorth League 7:30 D. m. the pastor will preach at II a. m; subject, The Indispens- able Partner" text. Luke 5:1-11; at 7:3O D. m. the postor will preach from the text II Chron. 2O:15. You are invited to attend all the above services
Arizona republican., 1913-09-21
PHOENIX CHURCHES

Sunday school, 9:45 a. m; regular Sunday morning service with sermon by the pastor. 10:45 a. m; everybody cordially invited to attend. 1mman- street
Arizona republican., 1913-09-21
Evanqelical Lutheran Church

Meetings held in the Seventh Day Advent church, corner Pierce and Third streets; John K. Reed, pastor
 Sunday school at 9:45 a. m; morning worship and sermon at II a m.; sub ject, Loves Consuming Fire" eve ming service at 7:30 p. m, subject, The First Resurrection and the Translation" All persons made well
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-06

aer want Ada one Cent7a4voz
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-06

the chick matches, in another experi- n1ent the professor removes the tow or and puts the egg again on the sur face. The bird. having been away and returning. looks for the egg at a spot up in the air twelve feet above the ground. nlItters around in a. very disturbed manner at not finding it there, gradually and very reluctantly settles down to the surface of the of the earth and cares for the egg there. For a period of two weeks. every time the bird returns to the nest it will flutter up in the air where the tower formerly wass looking in that spot for the egg. but by that time she becomes resigned to finding it on the ground again
 All these experiments appear to show that there is an absolute sense of location possessed by the bird. It is not dependent on land marks, the appearance of the surroundings, or the appearance of the egg itself. The bird is fooled by a displacement of only IS inches from one side to anoth- CT, although changing the location up ward or downward does not perma- nently deceive 1t.
 The professors are experimenting g with noddies, sooty tarns. and man of-war bird. The latter. although the strongest flyer knowns has great diff fbculty in starting from the ground and may be caught by hand when nesting, as it is likely to topple off the nest on the wdndward side and be unable to rise. They are also drown ed if thrown into the. water, as they cannot rise from the waves.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-06
SENATOR SIMMONS GIVES
 DEFINITION OF LOBBYIST.

Washington, June 5-A Lobbyist By Senator Simmons Of North Caro- dina, Chairman of the Finance Com mittee:
 "A lobbyist, according to the gen eral acceptation of that term is one who frequents or consistently hangs around the halls of legislation in an endeavor to mould. sentiment and influence legislation by means of personal conference or other ways of communication with the legisla- tor to promote a particular or spe- cial interest.
 s.~Thea extent to which the activi- ties of such persons are reprehensi- hle and the degree of reprehensi- bIeness will depend on the methods employed and the manner of their employment
 "A man who comes openly and aboveboard with fair argument and honest purpose and methods in ad- vocacy of or opposition to legisia- tion which he believes will be help full or hurtful to a public or a 1egit- innate private interest, and, having fairly presented his facts and ar gument, leaves the decision of the matter to the judgment of the legis- Iative body, is, not a lobbyist, &C., .cording to the general acceptation of the terrn.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-06

necessary information which led to the conviction and the other half to the town.
 Section 8. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby re- peaIed.
 Chapter 75-To prevent, under 9 1 taking of fish except by means of a net, seine or trap from the waters of Palmer's Cove, Poquonnock river or Bakers Cove in Groton. Chapter 74.-Making the time from January to October ', inclusive, the close season for wild hares and rab- bits. Between November A and Jan uary wild hares and rabbits shall not be hunted except with dog or fer
 Chapter 6s-Prohibiting fishing through the ice in Quonnipaug Lake or Went pond in Gui1ford from De- cember 1 to April 1. The penalty for violation is fine of $50 or inn prisonment for not more than thirty days or both.
 Chapter 67-Prohibiting the taking of fish, other than minnows, used for the sabethe river or it's tributaries except with hook and line. The vio- lation of this law may be punished by fine of not more than $7 for each
 Chapter 1Os-Reqniring that per sons receiving hunters licenses shall be over sixteen years of age.
 Chapter 1O2-No person shall take or destroy, by means of seines or nets, any fish in Wethersf1eld cove, in Wethersneld, or in Keeney's cove, in Glastonbury and East Hartford, ex- cept between March fifteenth and June twentieth, both inclusive, pro- vtded any person may use a net with mesh not less than two and one half inches square for the purpose of taking German carp in said Weth- ersf1eld cove and Keeney's cove be- tween August first and November thirtieth, both inclusive.
 Chapter Ill. That clans less than two inches in length shall not be ta- ken on any beach in Old Lyme, and no one shall take more than a half bushe1 of clans or more than one bushel of oysters in Old Lyme in any day. The penalty for violation is thirty days in jail or fine of not more than $50, or both.
 Chapter 133. Exempting starlings redwinged and crow black birds, when in the act of destroying corn, from the protection provided in section SIPS of the general statutes.
 Concerning Fire Escapes. capes. Section 2629 of the general statutes as amended by section two of chapter 23S of the public acts of 1911 is hereby amended by striking out the word "hoteP' in the second line thereof and by adding at the end of tel, or other building connected herewith, which Is more than two stories in height and contains sleeping accommodations for more than ten persons, shall be provided with one such fire escape for each one hundred part thereof exceeding fifty feet, in the perimeter of such hotel or other building
 To be Contfnued.N
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-06
EXPERIMENTS WITH BIRDS
Feathered Creatures Are Found to Have Q Sixth Sense, One of
 Location.

By Congressnan Clyde Fl. Tavenner.) ) Washington, June 6-Down in the Dry Tortugas Islande at the extreme end of the Florida peninsula, in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, there hHE been Quitely going on some very interesting experiments to prove sci entidcany that certain birds have a sixth sense, a sense having no rela- ton to sight, touch, hearing. taste or smell
 This sense is one Of location. It is what enables the bird to perform the wonderful ''homfng" achievements. But these experiments have shown tt is something more than the fact that the bird can find it's way home. There Is apparently an absolute sense over hundreds of miles as the most accurate surveyors instrument in making a triangulation-
 The Carnegie institute has an ex- pertinent station on the bird reserve which includes many of the Dry Tor tugas Islands, and here Professors 1yer and Watson have been making tests of which the following Is a. sam pie.
 The professor goes into group of nests where the sea birds have laid their eggs 90 thickIy that it is almost on an egg. Many of the islands are literally covered with birds during breeding time The nests are not reg uIar nests, but are merely slight de- pressions in the sand In this depres- sion the female bird lays a single egg and proceeds to hatch it. The expert menter takes the bird. from off this egg and puts her into a basket which is covered with painted canvas to entirely exclude the light, and the package is shipped away, sometimes to sea, sometimes on land d distance of z5O miles or more The bird, with a green mark painted across its back Sd that it may be easily recognized, is then released. In a very brief time 1t has found it's way back to the nest. If the egg is left undisturbed, the mother settles on her egg and pro ceeds to go on with the matching op- eratior1s If the egg has been removed three dnches from the spot where 1t was the bird is evidently disturbed and fuses around considerably before mai king sure that it Is her egg. But finally she decides that it Is hers and settles on it. If the egg is removed IS inches from the spot where she left 1t the bird is absolutely at a. loss. She cannot identify her egg and will pay no attention to it. Having found he- way back over the 250 miles, she cannot correct the little error caused by the Is inch removal.
 Next the experiment Is tried Of cut ting down bushes or any land marks r4ar the egg, and smoothing the saEo, 4fars changing the general appearance ,or t47e surroundingz This makes no difference It does not fool the bird. she identifies the egg if it is left in the same place
 Next the professor builds a Mttle tower twelve feet high and elevates flle egg from the spot where 1t was. vr7,a s1fr1d returns and is a little sur prssed to find the egg so for up in the adr. but she has no difficulty in de- c4dfux that it is her egg and hatches H ztkfBw Sn ths tower. But before
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-06

Torrington, June 6-Kenneth 7-years- old son of Thomas H. Wootton, was struck and seriously injured by an au- tomobile driven by William A. Newell last evening. The youngster was play ing around a hurdy-gurdy with sew eraI companions and ran out into the road in front of MT. Newel1's machine. It was found that an arm and leg were broken and that he was possibly suffering from internal injuries. People who witnessed the accident said that Newell was driving his car fast and dsd not b3oVp his horn.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-06
INDIAN PROVERBS.

When a fox walks lame old rabbit jumps.
 A squaw's tongue runs faster than the winds legs.
 An Indian scalps his emeny-the paleface skins his friends.
 When a man prays one day and steals six, the Great Spirft thunderB and the Evil One laughs.