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Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-08-28

thanksgiving as the result OF q
cold, Miss Sophronis Lowe of
Lookport suddenly regained it
when she was frightened by
meeting a stranger in her home.
After her first scream she found
no difficulty in speaking.
While sitting at the ehautau-
qua listening to the delightful
music of Schildkret's Hungarian
orchestra, right at the time we
thought it was most beautiful,
our 8 year old daughter, Lydia,
whispered to us: Daddy, it
sounds just like your gasoline
engine. MILAN Standard.
Citizens OF Clarence are so law
abiding that the salary of the
city marshal has been reduced
from S400 to 5000 year. Geo.
Reynolds, incumbent of the Of
fetal position, expresses his
views on the subject by 'immedl-
ately resigning, A special cleo
ton will be called to choose his
successor.
When Byron Yardley OF Milan
frightened away from his hen
house two chicken thieves paying
q nocturnal visit, the culprits
not only dropped two sacks con-
tanning thirty.seven broilers but
left in the yard a Ford motor
car, The car has not been claim
ed and Mr.. Yardly is willing to
let matters stand just as they
are.
John H. Ormsby, the pioneet
police officer OF Holden, is dead
at his home in that town. He
was 73 years old and was a native
of Virginia. Mr.. Ormsby came
to Holden in 1857 and was the
first man to serve as marshal
He served in this capacity and al
, alderman an mayor for forty
years. He was veteran OF th'
Union army.
| G. w. Pollard, living near In
r dependence, has supported
family of eleven for twelve year,
on ten acres of ground. Mr.
i Pollard says he farmed twenty
! years on 100 acres of land eefor'
he began his ten acre efforts, AM
Q he made less money and wasn'
i so happy. On the ten acre
farming intensely, using nj
u head as we'll as his hands, he ha
educated his children in the pub
: lie schools, given each OF thos
: who have married few hundre
o dollars and bad plenty to 90
Il and wear. This Missouri far
Y mer has disproved the statemer
IS frequently heard that a famil
?, cannot live off ten acres.
We have been told that one da
r, this week dray load OF ma
sr sacks filled with matter was re
y ceived at the Doniphan postoffic'
7. twenty three sacks in all we be
Ie leve the number was, and all
ar it came from Chicago, and VIZ
,s addressed to citizens OF RIPPLE
county. The contents of Il
A. sacks were Sears & Roebuck G.
et catalogues, and in this connec
=. ton please read the following
70 Julius Rosenwald, president
IN the Sears, Roebuck & Co. ms
- order house, has the largest il
al come of any msrchant or citiz'
of Chicago. 1t is, according
his sworn statement, 81, ,320, 900
year, or about $500 a da
IL This 10 sure going some. Wha
50 The vast fortune of Rosenwal
ne an income beyond the capaei
D. of any man to exhaust On hin
es self and his family, is dsray
ne from the people Of the west to t
detriment often of the loc
of stores OF their communitie
ad When the temptation comes
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-08-28

Made An Smile Run.-A portion OF
the Sedalla fire department made
run TO Smithton, eight miles east, In
response to a telephone message 20
Mayor Babcoek saying that blaze
threatened to destroy the town. The
livery barn of Knox G Short was
burned, with loss of $4,000 and $4,000
insurance. Several other buildings
caught fire, but were extinguished
without loss by bucket brigade be-
fore the arrival of the Sedalia delega-
ton.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-08-28
OZARK PEACH SEASON ENDS
Last Of This Years Crop In Southern
Missouri Has Been Harvested
Apples Next.

The harvesting Of this years peach
crop In the Ozark regions of Missouri
and Arkansas practically closed when
the last car lot shipments were moved
out Of the Koshkonong- -Brandsville dis
trict. The Frisco railroad handled the
bulk OF the shipments, moving total
OF 1870 cars AGAINST 1856 cars last sea
son. The fruit growers now viii turn
their attention to preparations for the
apple harvest, which is expected to be
one of the biggest in the history of the
Ozark orchards. The estimate is $500
car loads.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-08-28
MOURNED AS DEAD, RETURNS
David Webster Comes Back 10 Family
IN Sedaiia After Year's
Wandering. .

David Webster. former superfn.
tendant o; the City Light and Trac-l
tlon company lines at Sedalia, whoi
has been nourned as dead for the last
thirteen months, is at home with hisi
family there, Webster disappearedl
while on a VISIT to his sister at War
saw, ILL.,, in July, 1918. and the finding
of suit OF clothes on the bank OK thai
Mississippi river near that place that
matched his, left the impression that
he had been drowned,
After searching the river and 81.
hausting every effort and means to To-
cate him his family gave him up as
dead. Webster was not heard from
directly until August s, when he wrote
to his family from Cheyenne, Wyo He
Is said to have suffered from perlodi-
cal lapses of memory and for months
wandered from place to place. he
said that at times he would re-
gain his faculties and that during
those periods he would think Of home
and claims to have written letters to-
his family during this period, Fall
ing to get replies he grew to believe
that his actions, which he declarea
were wholly irresponsible. had EN-.
barrassed his family and he did not
write any more until August S, which,
1t develops. was the only letter the
family received.
Mr. Webster says he worked at
manual labor, at odd Jobs and On
farms while away.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-08-28

Old Preacher Dles.-The Rev. Allen
Sisk, pastor Of the New Garden Primi-
tive Baptist Church. east OF Excelsior
Springs, for more than fifty years. Ia
dead at his home, three miles from
there. He was born December 3, 1888.
in Tennessee and came to Ray GonntIs
Missouri, at the age OF 20,
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-08-28

Champ Clark Has Opposition
Speaker Champ Clark now has oppo'
sition for reelection to Congress. The
Republican congressional committee
has drafted" John Brown, banker of
Went2vllle, to oppose Mr.. Clark at the
general election in November or
course, Mr.. Brown does. not expect to
be elected and 1t is not likely either he
or MIR. Clark will make an active can
vass.
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painted in too small manner. Th"
touch : the miniature touch. Parts
o. the figure succeed, notably the torso.
but the i'nprc ss!on OF the whole Is
weak. Weak as Il Is however, II ac-
tually seems robust when compared
with the still larger canvas Of u. Caro-
De!vaillo's cOua1ry...an Aina"-J'an
.>lnan- Jeans picture - 4 portrait OF
his family meant ia De doc orat.No, but
alas hadll. designed The .lterprctn-
t!on Of the individuals = as Distressing
a. possible Each q: .he Characters
repincs or ponders or y,arEs in a way
10 make the bcholder wish ,hoy
wouldn't Poor NJ. Aman-Jean needs
10 arouse a sense OF humor. not only
in himself but in his family.
The two La Touche panels OF ladies
crossing fords with difficulties are
charming hut slight. They and the
Maufra the Manet. he Cottet, the
I.e Sldanier and the Mary Cassait date
from the France OF some time ago.
They show no Illuminating light upon
the doctrines associated with tho names
they bear and call for no discussion
NJ prinet's portrait of On Author IN hls
library goes back even further than
these for It's inspiration. Ii Is the kind
of academCal work, however. that we
can face with fortitude. being at least
workmanl!ke. Emile Blanche exhibits
| a portrait Of an ola English couple,
called Anniversary" which is more
British than the british. by next year
| this painter will have become m.d-Nic.
! torian mark our words.
We have now touched upon ali the
features OF the great Pittsbucg Inter-
| national show. hut have not mentioned
| the prize winners. They happen not 10
| he features this year, This Is pity
but, Of course. no great cause for eN-
| element. Prizes cannot always he
awarded IN the ideal or logical fashion
1t is possible by means OF the Honor
able Mentions" TO encourage young
people who could not legitmateiy re-
ceive a medal and no douh, some %
! these honors this year will have This
desired effect. The giving of the chief
prizes, though. cannot but confuse ,ho
pubic. Painters like Heinrich Bruno,
George Lambert. Franz Won stuck and
Leo Putt won't be much distressed at
missing honors, Men who can paint
the way they do can AFFORD to laugh at
| medals.
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more ingratiating, but second glance
at IL finds all sorts Of weaknesses IN
it's snowy style. The stripes OF the
gown do not Indicate form. and the
face of the sitter has given the artist
more trouble than she has been able
to conceal. The heftiness ,of the young
uuakcress's hands is also disturbing
But Miss Beaux probably doesn't mean
us to take this piece seriously.
Mr.. Chase's fish picture Is excellent
ms usual. but his portrait of Master
Roland IL unimportant. The young
man of the picture is posed affcctedly.
grown up fashion. and the color ana
drawing are Indifferent.
william Orpcn could have led the
English contingent had he sent almost
ahy other of the canvsses we recently
saw in New York except those ne ana
send This portrait Of himself Is an
absolutely dry. calculated, stringy' hheE
d.lincation VI an individual who needs
to be interpreted to become interest :
ing. His smaller Looking Towards
the Sea" Is his best Pittsburg piece,
but IL IL not ambitious.
George Lambert with his hig Mel
pomcne" and sir Alfred Ea@t with his
capitaI water color. therefore. rather
walk away from him. Lamberts Mel
pomcnc" IL a big decorative affair, with
the single figure Of the tragic LADY In
duh and classic puppies against the
blue sky. I, H. a thoroughyoing. inter
esiing piece 81 work and deserved far
better hanging than IT got. The big
oil 10y SIR Alfred East Is nothing ut
all. but hvS email water color - really
worthy of all the attention that the
gentleman who accompanied the grand
dame gave IT, 1t Is not rich in color
but Is we'll designed and follows the
best English traditions.
Frances most ambitious contribu-
ton IL the large Venus. called La Ma
ture Endormie." by Henri Caro-Dcl-
vallle II Is ambitious. hut that Is all
The fact is the immense canvas l.
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Margaret Fuller type, Tho gray Of the
dress is worry little removed In tom
from the gray of tho river, The painter
has had q healthy interest In this tech
nicailty and in the arrangement OF
the picture, which gives the effect OF
casualness II reminds one or IA good
Jugend cover, which, after all Is high
praise
Franz Won Sucks l. an imaginative
Summer Night" a decorative fantasy,
with nymphs and let us say, sailors.
for they certainly are not shepherds.
making off in "A wild rcvel into the
starry night. Il is the sort OF thing
when well done that used to shock us
awfuly, and still does little. in Pitts
burg At the private view, the other
night. "a lady. 1t could be seen she was
grandc dame, entered the little room
where the starry Night" hangs and
chaffcd three or four attendant gentle
men as she examined the pictures she
turned upon Herr Won Stuck's canvas
with a ready made phrase which died
upon her lips a. she saw what was
going forward. Being = woman of the
world. however. she was not nom
plussed for long
'oh, an, II : one or thOst 'llhss,
said she. and with "A calm and collected
voice directed the attention of the
gentlemen to the merits OF the Sir
Alfred East perfectly safe water color
hanging near by. No New York grande
dame could have done 1t better, We as
sure you. The gentlemen of the party
appeared not to have seen the starry
Night" Perhaps they were clever too.
1t IL possible that Grrori Bohrowsky,
who Is Russian. should properly he
Classod with these victorious Germans,
for he has won Munich medals, Ger
! talnly his portrait of Woman Is eA-
ccllcut. II Is painted with pale blues
and grays and the woman, who is
| bright eyed In a Southern manner
wears black cape The background
| has "A faint indication of II curtain and
| there Is a general frou-frou all
through the picture that is dlffcrrn, aud
| interesting. There is still another
| German who shows "A capital portrait
| Off in ON" of the little rooms, in "A cor
n.r and skiod, but you will have no
difficulty finding it; 1t is in the early
! whistler manner. The name unfor-
| tunately escapes us,
After the Germans come the Amcri
| can and English groups almost upoi
equal terms; poor France. thanks L
the Jury. tagging hopcIessly IN the
| rear.
OF native work. Robert Henri,
"Thumas in His Red Coat seen |,
New York at a Mcdowell club show
IL os good as any. II may he said L
share first honorI with tecolia BcluN'
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the French call ~ "trompe loleI,
compromise between ,ne two. The ng-
urcs are intended to appear round. nut
arc only about six inches in deptn' 10
conform to the architectural settlhS
that they ndorn. on the fiattened sur
face of these figures the carving OF the
folds of drapcry and other details VIII
be made in such n manner as 10 SUN
further give the idea that these sculp-
lures are round. II Is TO study just
what depth should be given these SUR
face cuttings that the sculptor VIII
have the plaster models mounted into
their position.
The problem is still further conpli-
Gated by the fact that these figures
must face "a difficult light, that from
the direct East until noon, and after
that they are in shadow.
Miss Kathryn Gray of New York has
arrived in France, we learn from the
Paris H,rdh in time To have two
charming miniatures accepted by the
spring Salon.
The important collection of modern
art belonging to John Quinn of
New York city has recently received
an addition in the shape OF unique
and highly intcrcsting souvenir of Gau-
gum. This is nothing less than an en-
tire ceiling decoration, which the Ia
mcntcd artist painted IN TN" little hotel
whore he lodged during his famous so
juurn IN Point Aven. Brittany.
Mr. Quinn learned "f the existence of
the ceiling through l.uci"n pissarro Of
England. son Of HiSsirro. The French
impreSsionisj. and through him ar
rangemonts wer" made To- fetch II I"
America. The ceiling Is of wood. rudely
PUT together. ana the nails that for
mrrly held il IN place Wer" sawed off
individually back of the wood that the
painted surface might not h" injured.
The decoration is simply designed. Ia
the central panel two conVent!onaliztd
swans are mirrorcd below in similar
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ART NEWS AID COMMENT.

T@Wo large figures in plaster by
Paul Bartlett are about Ia he
= placed on the facade over the
main entrance to the New York Public
Library for purposes of study upon the
part Of the sculptor. They will remain
in position probably until replaced 10y
the completed marble figures,
Six symbolic single figures 10y Mr..
bartlett are To he placed along the
ledge over the library entrance. and
they present unusual technical aim
Culties. In the photograph here pre-
sentcd Of the figures IMPLYING Re
ligion" and Romance" they appear to
he "in the round" but they are not,
Neither are they IN ysusG IL IL what
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thoroughness.
wy It'll the pittsburg ban upon
w France then. it is not a surprise
To find these Germans captur-
ing our interest. Heinrich Bruno. Leo
Putt and Franz won Stuck. all Of Mt
Mich. are the chief entertainers IN the
international show. All three Of them
are exceedingly clever. well instructed
and human. We shall not attempt to
rate them positively IN regard to- merit.
as We are no great believer In ratings.
and these men are near enough to each
other in strength To make such thing
unimpurtant anyway.
But for the moment we may confess
to very quick interest in Herr
Brunc's picnic in the Woods be-
cause it IL 80 freshly painted, so hon
estly culorcd and presents us with such
attractive types The canvas Is large
one and the man and two women OF the
picture are seated upon the ground AT
luncheon They are all strliingly force
ful personalities. and there is something
OF u suggestion of drama. not De-
cause the artist goes out Of his WAY tn
suggest drama but merely because the
people breathe. and when an ardent
gentleman and two lsdies--or shall we
say a gentleman and two ardent ladies'
IL makes no difference in the principle
sit down to- an open air lunche"n
there H. always the suggestion OF
drama. whether you like 1t or not. Oh
cours, a we'll bred academician avoids
such contingencies but these Germans
welcome them
Leo Putt in The shore shows a
lady also of some force of character.
stepping from "A rowboat To river
hank She il not SO pretty lady 6
she Is important: somewhat on the
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1ATI-RAII.Y ". listened tun-t .,l o.
Nj fullv m ,b,t nnr,ion of ia, MI
dress touching ON and nuu,rtain-
inc, IN art h,,t "a. v,.ro rot r,,varjna
with all ,bc information that vro DO
sirod w. hnn.J wa ,niyb, lao tnld inst
what td.aI US in tho founders mind
n, tho irc,ntion NJ mis- instituta and
how much of i, had b.sn ,a,liz.d
JUDGING hv tho buhh,inr and com
,,r,i,,,, on,inis,, of tho snoolar all nf
I, had heen roaliz.d and no wa. content
ui,b ev.rytbirp Whether such in.,i
,u,io,s sbould Il. liLa beacon LIGHTS
yuiJirc tho ,uIlic ar sbouId drag fret
ful,,, hshind Tho changing foshinrs con.
t.s,iug e,cb noin, and Welding only
,non ,o,nn,,lsior in tho manner nc.
c,liar tn academies no did NOT say. In
s,o,d ho tola M mar o,,iats were rarely
4, occnrd tho ono with IN. other. and
once working for something with "A
couui,,ao Of fourteen artists in New
YORK no ,ound that there were fourteen
,rreconcilob,a opininns ms 10 what should
/ no don. II u,as MARI or th,lr genius.
/ Mr. Curnegi. thoupht and ne called at :
| ,,r,io, u,ugbtilv g., I'M, circumstance
! ,hat roro NJ ,he trustees of the highly
| euccassful institution we are discussing
uas an artist
| He said too. with what proved after
ward 10 he prophetic vision. that ar
fists rarely approve of the prize awards.
Hut ne laughed al these and all other ar
tistic frailties. in an ecstatic Contcmpla .
| ,ion of the fruits of these geniuses
gathered from the three corners Of the
earth, for the fourth corner. France. has
lbeen unaccountably neglected this year
Because of this strange omission our
friends Of pittsburg may not lay the
fiattering JUNCTION to their souls that
they are up to date. They have good
academic show. better ;han Bougue-
reau's Salon, better than the Royal
Academy, and better than the n A. ID
of New York, but Just the same they
cannot be up to date, ignoring mod
ern France. The capital of the art
world still is Paris, and because the ar
tist enjoys more freedom ther" thar
anywhere else and more sympathetic
comprehension there than anywhere
else, the most important art innovations
of the period bear the French han marx
To Ignore them is To be behind the times
The most dangerous c"np'u'"r Il
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WHAT is HAPPENING IN THE WORLD OF ART

most valuable ~ these is per 1910. ...
Coptic script which gives an accom-,
by the Apostle Barthulom.w NJ cs-,s-..
descent into hell
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akin. His speech was listened to
rapturously not only by the little girl
with pink ribbons. but even by the New
Workers. who excepted one or two sem
fences only. When. "A little later. a most
learned and informing address was de-
livered by another speaker. my little
neighbor in pink promptly went To- s,cep.
and half the audience suddenly recOl-
lected II was supper time ana departed.
No neater Instance Of the different ef-
fects that vital and academic ART pro-
duco could have been devised
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1 one in France and America, where 1t
| fourished Justify a few years ago. Her
sculptors and painters are shaking on
! the old hardness of stylr. while losing
| nothing of the always famous German
| thoroughnpss
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EDI T ORIAL /
Get the People Here

Z VERY day brings its quota of visitors the Grand
IL Valley, looking for location. From east, from
west from north and south, visitors coming intent
on building home, if only the right opportunity is
offered
Some of them stay many Others continue their
journey seeking still further hopeful of finding
better location than is offered them here
Are we doing what should to people the fertile
lands of the county with settlers?
Surely here in Mesa County an opening for every
one matter how large how small his capital may
be- Of he orchard certainly we have them at
all prices and all varieties and profitable than
those of California the northwest If it is a dairy
ranch, the Grand Valley offer better combination
of soil and climate, than New York or Alihcgan If
stock ranch, we have them in ample number, and with
plenty of range at minimum Corn The Grand
Valley produce to the than Iowa or
Illinois. Wheat? Mesa County has demonstrated that
it produces higher average per than any other
Dakoas and other wheat states, while for quality we
have taken second prize in international Po-
tatoes? Even the Greeley district which is known in
the eastern producing states the foremost section in
the United States has for years past taken its hat
Oft to the Western Slope In truth there is nothing in
the line of agriculture horticulture in which Mesa
County needs take second place and the task which
we have to convince the homeseekers, who are be-
coming more numerous here every day. of this fact
he right men or the right can do this for
every prospective settler We ought to have DISPLAYS
OF our agricultural and horticultural products at diff
terent points through the valley. Every man ought to
constitute himself committee of one to see that the
stranger is made to feel home and to give him truth
full information any subject in which he NAV be in
terested.
he opportunity is here now to people all the va
cant lands of the county with a most desirable class
OF people and the time to grasp that opportunity
and grasp 1t IN a most forcible manner
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LEFT HANDLER JOINS 'FEARFORROOSEvELT
CAMP HESTER TODAY SAFETY IS REMOVED

Lefty" Allen. who is expected to
furnish the portside Ringing for the
Skyscrapers. arrived last night and
will be initiated into Camp Hester
today.
Allen is from Arkansas and has
cut quite swath in minor league
circles in the middle west. He comes
we'll recommended and Will ne with
the locals for the remainder of the
training season, Mt least.
Frank Huelsman. a mammoth out
fielder. was signed several weeks ago
by Hester and will report this week.
He left st. Louis this morning bound
ior this city
When Yockey and Burkhardt reach
the city all the recruit pitchers will
have arrived. a couple OF .catchcrs
Will probably report for try-outs af-
ter which the in and outfield men
Will report.
The game sunday should be an ex-
cellent exhibition. The shop team
is in fine trim and by that time n
full team will have reported and the
'Hesterites should give. the locals
quite an argument
a big crowd may be anticipated
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up work in their sections of the city.
This list is as follows;
First-"Crawford," crawford's ad-
dition; William Gale.
Second-"ute Park, south of
Main and west of Sixth: b. w. We'd
der.
Third-"Children' Park. north of
Main and west OF Sixth; d. w.
Aupperle.
Fourth Emerson south of
Main and east of Sixth; c. p. Bliss.
Fifth" High school" north of
Main and east OF Sixth: w. p Ella.
Sixth--M Milldale. Milldale and
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Associated Press.
New York March 24.--All feeling
OF anxiety for the safety of Theodore
Roosevelt. who is in the jungle OF
Brazil. was removed today with the
receipt of additional advices from
Anthony Fiala. 1t was the Fiala
party who lost their equipment in
the Rapids of Devil. in the Papagalo
river. Roosevelt with another party
is exploring the River of Doubt.