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The Delta independent., 1913-08-15

John vanderpool and family Joined
the excursionists to Paonia last Sun
day and saw the peach pickers do a
few things to the Telluride miners.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1913-11-22
The Inquisition
Is Resurrected In
Missouri Penitentiary

We thought We were proud 20 be a
citizen OF Missouri. but since reading
OF the alleged tortures OF a prisoner in
the state prison. we are not 50 certain
OF H. II IL claimed that the warden,
ID. Q. McClung, swung a prisoner,
Steve WILLIS human being-up by
the wrists fourteen hours a day for
twenty days in order 90 extort a con.
fession As 10 who supplied dope and
liquor 70 inmates. The man was
hAnd-cufed. the handouts we're run
through a ring as high as he could
reach and he was forced TO stand IN
this posture fourteen hours a day for
twenty days.
When this horrible AFFAIR reached
the people II stirred the country with
disgust and adherence. Here Is an
extract nom the St. Louis Post-Dls.
patch:
"strinEing up" Il defended hccaus, q h a
mild form oi torture. II docs not result IN
actnal physical injury. II IL prolonged torture.
But IL not that an argument against itf II
wastes time. scvcrcr forms would b. Quicker
and more ehectual. Why not revive the rack. the
wheel. the thumb-scrcw and the bootf Why not
EQUIP the torture chamber % The Missouri peni.
tentiary With the most oscient and approved
instruments by which information may BE- wrunr
from unwilling or ignorant witncssosf
The Menace Joins in the general
protest and wonders how II is possible
for any man in this enlightened age TO
resort to such cruelty on a human be.
ing. The description OF the torture
caused us 10 wonder just who this
man McClung is. The punishment so
much resembles that used in the Cath.
olic Inquisition the thought struck us
that he certainly must be a Catholic.
but replies TO our kilograms inform us
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1913-11-22
A Judge May Gall Out the Militia

An ordihAry judge may call cut the
state troops. according 70 q decision
handed down October n oy the court
Of appeals OF New Tork. Justice Brown
presiding. This decision makes PLATA
why the papal political machine svery.
vhers attempts 20 elect judges. The
pope. the judge and the army Il q
combination TO awaken the sleepy.
Free speech IN New Jcxington was
suppressed by the militia through
traitorous ofieiais. Nov the appeal
Tor militia help. % intimidate free
speech and free assembly. can be In.
voked By a common circuit judge With
the government giving out arms. for
the asking. 10 Roman Catholic or.
ganiEations. and the steady dlsarm.
ing OF all Protestants going on al the
same time, the shadow OF a second St
Bartholomew massacre begins TO cast
its darkness over us.
And yet we are told 10 shut our eyes
10 these facts. TO not mention them
lest some priest or Protestant dupe
should think We meant the papal sys.
tenn, and accuse Us OF bigotry. These
fellows 90 hate a religious war. while
AZ the same time the Federation OF
Boycotters Is plotting the destruction
OF hereties, and planning to secure
temporal power for the pope.
Are you on 10 the gamei Spot that
papal tool running for the once Of
Judge. Tools IN the judges chair. no
matter what their religion. or secret
society afnliation. are the most danger.
Gus men In all the land. Are you awake
TO the tremendous Issues confronting
America7 II 80 look out for your cir.
cult Judge, lest they be the tools OF a
dishonest business in alliance with a
corrupt church.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1913-11-22
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The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1913-11-22

entlre mouse awake ~ night moaninR.S
Deny II, OF course these '0weets
sisters would deny II. Who would an.
pect them 70 acknowledge such q hor.
rible crime. These nuns who are kept
In those nunneries living IN contact
with none but themselves and the
holy priests who call at intervals 20
pay their respects-always 'rellgious.s
OF course-are too well trained 20 live
themselves away by acknowledging
they knew about the matter. On the
contrary. we are told By Maria Monk
and other exnuns that the inmates OF
those places are diligently taught 20
defend their sisters and the convent.
Even had these sisters" perpetrated
this vile cruelty on this feeble old
woman, no one would expect the ssis-
ters" TO know a single thing about n.
Something About the "Homs"
The Thomy Lafon home, Mrs ElIra
Cant matron, Is an institution for aged
colored people. established by a legacy
left by Thomy Lafon at his death many
years ago. II is one OF the many char.
table institutions provided for in his
VIII, and since has been existing OF
charitable Donations"
For fear the Catholic press would
come back az US and declare there is
no such "home." We have appended
the above paragraph from the above
mentioned paper.
Now we have it: here IN n shoms'
endowed by q good-hearted person. Be
he Catholic or Protestant, for the pur.
pose OF caring for old people who are
In need.
This home" Is named after the
Holy Family" and conducted By sis
ters" OF the Catholic Church" An
old woman, seventy-one years old, is
accepted by them TO be kept TIL death
shall end her days. Relatives Of the
old lady, out OF their poverty, pay all
they can toward her support.
IN TWO WEEKS TINE THIS OLD
LADY IS FOUND BEATEN TO A
PULP, BUT THE SISTERS KNOW
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ABOUT
TT"
In the name Of the good God, who
shall Judge US in the nnal day, what
can be said or thought Of such an oe-
currencel
Granting that none OF the -sisterss
did the beating, was II not their place
TO know enough OF what was going on
in such an Institution TO know when
one OF the inmates was beaten almos.
TO death7
Charity, love. religioni Such holy
names should not be blasphemed BY
use in connection with such a heIllsh
place, or applied to such neglectfuL
cruel, uncharitable and fiendish per.
sons as will permit such a thing to 90
cur and deny all knowledge OF u.
How much longer will the American
people allow themselves TO be imposed
uponf How much longer does this
Roman Catholic machine expect SEN
sible, but over-charitable people 70 suf.
fer their unutterable hypocrisyf
How long will It be till the sweet
sisters" Of this "home" will be beg.
ging the people OF New Orleans for
means to keep up this whipping sta
tion" for old folksl
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1913-11-22

The Knights OF Columbus. OF Ken.
tucky, according TO The Cincinnati
Times-star, of September i1.13. pro.
pose a statewide campaign in the in.
terest Of CatholIos-polltioal we sup
pose. This is we'll. An open enemy
Is less dangerous than a secret foe.
When these Columbuses line mp their
members. the politicians will then
know that they have been frightened
more by noise than by numbers. Send
The Menace into Kentucky. Liberty
and patriotism are not dead in the blue
grass country. and the password.
"The pope Is king" will not frighten
the mountaineers Of that brave old
state.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1913-11-22

that he is not n ls easy 10 zee hov
q -dutiful son q mother church
might resort 20 fs fAvorits msthods
that system used N ths days Of its
glory, but n ts hardly bslievable that
another would dare DO a.
The Menace IL not perfectly satia-
fed a. 10 the purity Of Warden Nc
Clung's motives IN al things. and be
iievos Il has grounds for suspicion.
Sometime ago. word was received
from q worker IN Jefferson City that
Warden McClung refused 10 permit
the delivery Of The Menace 70 inmates
OF the prison-men who had sub
soribed. To satisfy ourselves on this
matter and not DO Mr.. McclunE an In.
jury. the following telegram was sent
10 him. but az this writing remains IN
answered;
Aurora, Mo- Nov. IS, 1918.
D. c. Mecluna. Warden State Penl.
tentlary. jefferson City, Me-;
10 u true that you object 70 Inmates
Of penltentlary receiving The Msnaes7 2
N 90, whyi
THE MENACE PUB. CO.
At the same time we wired Governor
Major as follows;
Aurora, No., Nov. Is, 1918.
Governor Elliott w. Major,
jefferson City. MO-;
DO you approve of punishment
meted out 20 Inmates of state penI.
tentlary az 10 reported In daily press
THE MENACE PUB. CO.
This telegram also remains unan.
swered.
whyi
This action OF the warden is a dis.
grace not only 70 Missouri. but 10 all
civilization, and smacks entirely too
much Of the dark ages.
We await an answer 10 our mes.
sages.
Let every Menace reader IN Mis-.
souri,, and in other states, 10 so In.
clined, drop a letter 10 d. c. McClung.
Warden, Jefferson City, Mo-, and one
90 Governor Elliott W. Major same
city. expressing their opinions Of this
method OF torture.
The day will come when poll.
ticians cannot well AFFORD TO treat
The Menace with silent contempt-in
fact that day has already arrived, but
maybe the dead ones" are not yet
aware OF H.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1913-11-22
CATHOLICS ATTEMPT WHOLESALE SLAUGHTER OF HERETICS

Catholic political nschine the dead.
hest menace 20 American liberty
The Menace. throwing its iight into
four million homes. backed By the IN.
donitable Menace Army Of nearly a
hundred thousand red-blooded Amer.
can men and women. must enliven and
instiil this idea Of liberty. fun and
eomplete. IN In the near future any
man can stand In a church. a public
hail Or on the street and promulgate a
principle without let or hindranee.
Remember oelweln. New Lexington
and Carbondale. and you cannot for.
set the Arch-enemy Of our freedoml
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1913-11-22
Congratulations from Crowley
Schuyler. Esb, Nov. Is 1918

Schuyler. Esb- Nov. Is. 1918
The Menace, Aurora Mo-: -
Mrs and Miss Crowley Join IN sending congratulations
70 the pubshers editors and A Of The Menace and s mn
lions Of patriotic readers throughout the world this ausp
eious occasion, the pasEng Of the million mark
Catholic countries and their government cursed and
crushed for centuries by pope have noby emanopAted the
selves from papal ntrgue superstition and slavery. In
face Of this fact Is hard understand why non Catholic
countries and their governments permit themselves In this
ghtened to be snsnared and ensAyed by this sefams
popery.
The Menace the world great paper the champion truth
and liberty has enlightened and aroused millions Oath
oS 10 Of their duty and the dreadful dangers confront
ing their civil and religious liberties from Rome and Romanm
May The Menace increase in circulation 10 millonsI
May reach every home in the land and help 70 save the
people from that Of humanity and Christianity the pap
system. =
Cincinnati Ohio. JEREMIAH J. CROWLEY.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1913-11-22

bug known as The Holy Ro-
" man Catholic Church" pretends
TO be THE CHURCH,
stIn its overfed and lecherous
priests go about with the covering OF
religion claiming 70 be ministers OF
Christi
still there are Protestants blind
enough. thoughtless enough and simple
enough 10 defend this old pagan sys-
tent
In the face OF the history OF the
past 500 years, and IN the face OF the
history being made from day 10 day.
the above conditions exist. With the
accounts OF mobs. riots, attempted
murders. convent horrors and Roman
Catholic treason and brutality ringing
In the ears OF the American people,
there is still a tendency TO offer lenl-
ency TO this archimpostor and pagan
pretender.
Here is another chapter 20 add 20
the already long account OF Romish
brutallties; this Is one OF those heart.
sickening. sympathy -arousing Incl.
donts. Read Il and then pass your
verdict upon any class Of people who
will even allow such things TO exist
in their midst; the New Orleans Item
is authority for the story:
An old woman. seventyone years
old, helpless and a burden 10 poor
relatives was taken 20 the "Iafon
Home Of the Holy Family" located in
New Orleans. The poor relatives were
paying 81 per month-all they could
spare-for her care. After she had
been there bout two weeks, her niece
visited her and here Is what the niece
says:
when walked in the room she was
moaning, and in bed. When I placed
my hand on her hip, while trying to
arrange the covers, she screamed and
moaned for nearly an hour.
whats the matter. auntief I
asked, and she moaned and cried, say
ing, they have beaten me with sticks
and straps and made a feeble motion
toward her limbs. ! lifted back the
covers and saw those horrible marks
on her body"
Physician Is called-Hls Story
DR.. e. A. Rappannier. 15i1 North
Claiborne avenue, was called in 20 at.
tend TO the case and pronounced the
woman's condition serious. He init.
mated that she might die as the result.
"There is no doubt as to her wounds
being the result Of inhuman treat
ment." declared Dr. Rappannier, when
the theory was advanced that they
might be the marks OF bed sores"
THAT woman has been beaten with
a stick or a heavy strap. She win
never leave that bed alive.
"The woman's body is cut and
bruised about the back and hips, one
thigh being a mass OF cuts and the
other bruised and lacerated.
Moaning on her bed. occasionally
screaming out In a babble OF inco-
herent French and English. with her
emaciated body writhing in agony. the
woman for forty-eight hours has been
an object Of pity. Her screams can be
heard for blocks"
"slsters" Deny All knowledge
At the Institution. the sisters in
charge denied all knowledge OF the
affair.
81 know absolutely nothing about
the affair" declared one Of the sisters.
"The woman was brought here about
two weeks ago, and we did everything
that yca.d be done for her. She was
healsy and willing when brought in.
hu; juSi before she left. she kept the
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1913-11-22

=, members of this degree must receive our Lord "a
hoy Semmgnisa once .~sek or once month on the
cay assigned them a. members Of 4 band Of seven or
thirty, IN reparaion for the sins Of ingratitude and
isrsysrsnss committed against our Lord, partieulay in
no day Be assigned. they may choose any day they
Wish. or the First Friday October 3. Y
. "A penary indulgence may be EaInedN
Your patron for this month Is ST. JoHN o. KIHrTa
HIpDEE SAEeITII.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1913-11-22
GOOD WORDS FROM MINNESOTA

Minneapolis, Mimi, Nov. IL
The Menace:
He' " congratulations.
Now ~'r the Two Millions.
KiS all the force for me.
c. w. BIBB,
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1913-11-22
TORTURED in A CATHOLIC "HONIE"

Inhuman Beating Of Seventyoneyear-oH Woman--"Holy
Sisters" Are Alleged to Have Almost Killed an Aged
Liberated by Relatves-"Sisters" Deny all knowledge
Of the Affair, Of Course
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1913-11-22

-ND STILL this neiarious hum
bug known as The Holy Ro-
" man Catholic Church" pretends
The Forrest City times., 1913-01-10
Roses In Medicine.

Roses at one time figured prom inently in the pharmacopoeia Pliny gives 32 remedies compounded of rose leaves and petals. Sufferers from nervous complaints used to seek relief by sleeping on rose pillows and one is told that Heliogabalus used to imbibe rose wine as pick-me-up after his periodical gormand.zing hours. The flower was also served at table, both as garnish. in the way parsley is now used, and as a salad, and rose water was largely used for favoring dishes. Roses as food have gone out of favor among western na- tions, but the Chinese still eat rose fr1tters.
The Forrest City times., 1913-01-10
Those Peruna Testimonials
 How Are They Obtained? |?

refer such questions to body of men who are already convinced of the worthlessness of proprietary medi cines. To give such a body of men the unlimited authority to decide whether our claims for Peruna are valid or not is a manifest violation of my constitutional rights.
 My claims are based both on cred. itable theoretical grounds and upon lrrefutable statistics. But l am quite willing to have our claims as to the composition of Peruna properly and thoroughly investigated, and if found to be false proper penalty should be fixed. Or if 1 am making any statements concerning disease, as to the nature, symptoms or danger of any disease, if am making any such statements as to unnecessarily fright en the people by false assumptions. I am willing to submit to any unbiased tribunal or investigation.
 Mrs. Alice Bogle, S03 Clinton St., Circleville, Ohio, writes: T want to inform you what Peruna has done for me. have been afflicted with ca. tarrh for several years. I have tried different medicines and none seemed to do me any good until I used Pe- runa. l have taken six bottles and can praise it very highly for the good it has done me. I also find it of great benefit to my children"
 Peruna Is for sale at all drug stores.
The Forrest City times., 1913-01-10

Miss Cox or from the Widow Smith, did you. whether or not the missing postmaster was left-handed?"
 Whats that got to do with 1t? cried. convinced that as usual he was amusing himself at my expense.
 Much more than you think" he answered gravely. Ut was the knowl- edge that the criminal must, or at least one of the pair, must have been left-handed man that gave me one of the most important clues in this case"
 "Confound you and your clues!" exclaimed Where have they led you? What more do you know about this chain of crime than when we started?"
 He listened unruffled to my tirade and as finished remarked calmly:
 "I only know this much: Constable
The Forrest City times., 1913-01-10
SYNOPSIS.

HaIsipg Kent calls on Louise Parrish to propose marriage and finds the house Tn 8reai excitement over the attempted sIi- eide ef heT sister Katharine. Kent starts Cransall, suitor for Katherine, who had been forbidden the house by General Far rish. had talked with Katharine ovFr the teleIsione just before shs shot herself. Ut s.ght of which General Parrish is stri~ien with paralysis. Kent discovers tha: Crandall has left town hurriedly. Anorew Elser. an aged banker commits suicide about the same tome as Katharine Attempted her life. A yellow envelope Is spector Davis. Rents friend. takes up the case. Kent Is convinced that Gran dall Is at the bottom of the mystery. katharine's strange outcry puZzlns the 1alfs room and find an address. Lock Box IT. Ardway. N. J. Kent goes 10 Ard way to investigate and becomes suspi- cious of Henry Cook woman commits suicide at the Ardway Hctel. A yellow letter also figures In this case. Telephone and finds that she had just been called by Crandall from the same booth r'Cook" disappears. The Ardway post master Is missing. Inspector Davis ar tfgation. He discovers that ths dead woman is Sarah Sacket of Bridgeport Louise telephones Kent implorng him to drop the investigation. Kent returns to New York to get an explanation from Louise He finds the body of q woman in Central Park and more yellow letters He sees Crandall, whom he recognizes as Cook" enter the Parrish home. Louise again implores Kent to drop the investi- gation and refuses to give any eXplaua- fn an automobile. Kent returns to Ard way.
The Forrest City times., 1913-01-10
NO LONGER SELECTS THE HAT
Millinery Store, Was Alto gether Too Costly.

Congressman Ralph w Moss of h. diana did not care much for hat his wife wore. He finally spoke about it. Mrs Moss admitted that it was plain, and, instead of taking exceptions to her husbands remark, invited him to accompany her the next time she bought hat.
 T can certainly pick out a better one than that" said MT Moss
 So they went to the store together. Mrs. Moss said not word as the comedy milliner displayed one beau, tiful bonnet after another. It was the first time MT Moss had ever been in a millinery store, but he appeared to be at ease. and finally selected one of the most joyful creations in the en, tire stock. Mrs Moss looked well in 1t. She was pleased.
 'I'll take that" said the Hoosier congressman. How much is itE'
 Forty dollars" said the pretty girl without even a blink.
 Mir. Moss saw blue stars, but luck fly had just come from the bank and was able to produce that much in cash Now he lets Mrs. Moss buy her own hats and he does not com, plain about their being plain-Judge
The Forrest City times., 1913-01-10

by various forms of treatment they have found complete relief by the use of Peruna. These testimonials have come to me unrequested, unso- licited, unrewarded in any way, di- rectly or indirectly They have sim ply been gleaned from my private cor respondence with patients that have been more or less under my treatment or taking my remedies.
 No remedy, official or unofficial, has a greater accredited basis for the claims we make for it than Peruna as remedy for catarrh.
 have never been opposed at any time to the regulations offered by the Pure Food and Drugs Act. l am not now opposed to its provisions, but am opposed to the proposed amend ments to give to partisan board of physicians the unqualified authority to decide as to all therapeutic claims which may be made for a proprietary medicine. It is manifestly unjust to
The Forrest City times., 1913-01-10
CHAPTER XII.
The Ride in the Dark.


 Not since my early bothood has the terrible fear of darknGFs come over me as 1t did that night rt eight as the three of us set out from Ardway. The mystery of the journey, too, added to its terrors. l had not seen Davis after his startling announcement of his nocturnal mission untii he cane into the hotel dining-room for supper. All through the meal he had laughed and chatted on all sorts of immaterial sub jects, influenced undoubtedly by the fact that there were several others seated at the table with us. There had been no opportunity for private conversation between us before we left the hotel together little before eight for side street where Dodds, the constable, was waiting for us with a vehicle
 We had fingered at the table until all the others had left Just as we got up, Davis turned to me and in a hardly perceptible tone asked:
 Have you got that revolver I gave your"
 Its upstairs" I answered, In the same understone. Do you want 1t"
 "No." he said significantly, touching his hip pocket, but you may"
 l hastened upstairs to get the weapon and when I returned he was waiting for me at the door and hurried me around the corner and into the blackboard. With Dodds crowded in between us We drove along the street leading away from the station and soon struck what is locally known as the Plank Road, skirting a chain of hills which the residents dignify by the name of mountains. So precipit- Ous and rocky are these that little ef fort had been made to cultivate them and the habitations are few and far between. There seemed to be prac- tically no travel at night. We encoun- tered only one vehicle of any sort, Ardway, when we heard an automobile in the distance behind us.
 Turn out" whispered Davis to Dodds, "and stop until it has passed us"
 The constable drew in under the shade of some trees. It was pitch dark, the only light coming from an ancient lantern hung over the dash board. As the automobile came near CT Davis unlocked the lantern and holding it down between his legs shielded 1t with the folds of a long raincoat he was wearing. The auto
The Forrest City times., 1913-01-10

Dodds and I are going out at eight 1 o'clock tonight to arrest the missing postmaster and his accomplice. ] know where they both are, or where they will be tonight. You may come with us if you wish. And now I am going to get couple of hours sleep. ] expect we will have a rather busy night of it."
 As he concluded his a.nazing state ment he rolled over on his side and closed his eyes, and in few seconds was apparently fast asleep.
The Forrest City times., 1913-01-10
Our Discomfort.

Brand Whitlock, the mayor of To- ledo, was talking about discontent, Tt is our discomfort, our divine dis content" he said, that will make great nation of us.
 T believe in discoatent can sympathIze even with the dscontent- ed old farmer, who said;
 Contented? Whenll I be con- tented? Wall. I'll be contented when I own all the land adjoinin' mine-and not befur, by gum!'"