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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-30
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MORE SIMPLE 1r1NDEDNEss.

MORE SIMPLE AlNOEDNA0os
And now comes the report from
Warrington that President wilson
and Secretary Bryan have become con-
WINGED that General villa Y
changed man,. that the man who "
time OF war became 3 monster OF
TIME OF peace pursued the occupe-
ton OF q thief and robber and Who IN
cruelty. r.pacity and 6lood-tnsrs q.
put his old life behind him. they ny.
and be q modern twentieth century
leader. He has suddenly developed
all the finer instincts OF the cru
|sader for Justice and righteousne0s
state arc reported as believing. and
it IL stated with great posittvenees
that IL the break comes between villa
and Carranxa, the administration will
ally itself with Villa. This paper has
had occasion already to comment ON
dent. citing his childlilxe faith that he
could make war on Huerta and yet
make the Mexican people believe he
was not making war on them, az evil
dence of it. But II this last story =
true it eclipses anything hitherto
known in the annals Of statecraft. Al
long as the lamp holds out to burn.
Of course the vilest sinner may return-
But IL he returns just at the moment
when it IS most to his advantage to
return, mis- repentance may be re-
garded with. a lot OF suspicion. The
very last straw on the back Of this
most heavy laden Mexican imbroglio
camel would be an alliance between
| the government of the United States
and the most brutal. cruel and con-
lscienceless scoundrel the Mexican
revolution has developed.-IolaR Reg
lister.
|. SALUTIN0 THE FLAG.
| While you are getting all worked
UP over the indignities heaped upon
your countrymen in Mexico. why not
stop for q moment to think of the
shameful mistreatment accorded
scores and scores OF innocent foreign
ers in this country? For instance-tn
hundreds of places Mexican laborers,
merely because they were Mexicana,
have been grilled and Inundated If
not actually injured physically to COM
pei them to salute the flag" The
perpetrators Of this particular kind OF
| poppycock should be Jailed and fined.
They think it IL smart, clever-and
some Of the people who should know
better. seem to think 1t isn't at all
wrong. But II the same thing should
happen down in Mexico they would
want the people who pulled 1t off shot
at sunrise.-Walnut Valley Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-30
AN OFFICIAL KN1rrER.

NO OHlteO 6tdtc9 senate q Few DAYS
ago tried to transact business while
an old lady in the gallery knitted wool
socks and cast a meditative eye upon
the dotngs and the sayings of tho
solons. The senate made little head
way. 1t was self-conscious Perhaps
it had memories. Perhaps IL had a
feeling that 1t was undergoing a criti-
cism much keener than that of the
press gallery. The old lady sat and
knitted. When the debate waxed
warm she laid by her yarn and
quoted down, she took up her task.
After the senator's discovered what
sort of an eye they were working un-
der, they became more circumspect.
and more temperate. Most senators
are yet old enough to recall the aunt
or the grandmother that knitted.
without any lessening of activity.
Those who are that old, or that for
tunate. know the ultimate Of criticism
and calm judgment ana detective
ability. The play Of the knitting
needle seems to give its manipulator
a supernatural calm. It seems to give
the small boy who faces 1t a physical
and mental qua1m. So did truth use
to come forth, and boastings fall to
the ground, and evasions go up in the
air, and pretense shrivel and die. We
would that the senate in the exercise
Of its constitutional right as q self
governing body might in a moment
Of virtue elect some dear old lady
knitter extraordinary. to sit and knit.
and look, and with the flash of her
needles and the calm sophfsticatfon
Of her eye soothe the heated brow of
rhetoric and bring back the normal
temperatures OF health ana Of truth.
Columbia State.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-30
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of the Moment
BIZ ROY x. NouLroN.
Formul. for Short Story Work.

Formula for Short Story Work.
Write your story.
Then send 1t to a 56c magazine.
Buy more stamps and send 1t to a Is
cent magazine. ~
Get 1t back.
Buy more stamps and send it to a IT,
Get 1t back.
Buy more stamps and send it to a 10
Get 1t back.
Buy more stamps and send 1t TO a trade
paper.
Get it back.
Throw 1t In the furnace
At q Country Hotel.
The new arrival was not next to the
scheme of things about the hotel and no
took the bill of fare seriously. Address
Ing the waitress, he said:
II will take some fried chicken and
baked trout"
Ths young lady retired and returned to
announce that the chicken was all gone.
Tho new arrival by the way. was one Of
the first to get in to dinner. IT will see
what can do about the trout" she con-
tinued.
Returning five minutes afterwards she
announced that the trout was all gone.
The boarder consulted his menu and said:
Some sweetbreads. please"
''Sweetbreads are all gone. I am sorry
to say, SIR.
Roast beef ana brown gravy, then"
oh. I'm sure that's all gone. The
Roast pork and apple sauce"
"Au right, SIR" and she hurried away
to return in about five minutes with the
remarkable Information that tho roast
pork and apple sauce was on the bill by
mistake.
Well said the boarder. 'if you will
pick. 1 will consider dinner eaten
The maid went away, and In . few min
utes returned with a finger bowl half full
Here is the finger-bowl. sir.'' she said.
but the proprietor says that most of the
people who came here furnish their own
toothpicks."
Signs OF the Times.
Speaker Clark evidently can't get rid
OF that dark brown taste he acquired at
Baltimore in the cold gray dawn OF the
The tobacco trust has begun the manu-
/ facture of chewing gum. thus gaining
control OF the jaw activities OF the coun-
try.
Harvard professor. by the use Of the
ultra violet rays has boiled an egg on q
cake Of ice. II that doesn't mako Yale
Col. Goethals would make a good pres
| idential candidate. He knows how to
| stop landslides.
| It looks as though someone win have
to invent iron clad tires for those war
| President Wilson does not eat onions.
How can he hope to keep the Texas vote!
| Uncle AbAeR.
I Deacon Stubs goes to church reg'lar
ON Sunday, but collects per cent. the
other six days in the week. and still
he thinks he Is going to have q seat in
( the nrst row on the aisle when he gets
to heaven.
A dog don't have no self respect un-
less he has q fight every two or three
hours 1t beats an how much dogs ara
like some people we know.
A dentist never admits that he IL
goin' to hurt q Teller, but he doesn't
have to. The TELLER always knows II
beforehand. anyhow.
There amt nothing more exclusive
than society in q small town.
The MexicAns have killed an Amer
lean postmaster. but Mexico can never
hope TO wipe ont this country that way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-30

Believe us. the Englishman is no joke
in a case Of trouble. He will fight with
a tooth pick when he needs an axe; he
Will stand up under pressure that
pushes lesser nationaHties into the
mud. Any efficient officer could take
ten properly equipped regiments of
mixed Americans and Englishmen and
whip the rest Of the world
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-12-04
new MONEY RAIsEk
Christian Endeayorers to Grow
Pigs to Pay Expenses
of Missionaries.
PORKER FOR EACH DISTRICT
Society Proposes to Buy Young Pigs
and Sell When In Marketable
Condition.

Enters now into the lists Of the
worlds expert money ralsers for
beneficient purposes. one c. e. Plgg
OF Missouri, heavyweight hope
red, black, white or spotted--who will
meet all comers of $50 pounds and
over
The entry Of Mr.. Pigg into the com.
petition came rather dramatically at
a recent session OF the Christian En-.
deayor Society convention in Its head
quarters in the Gumbel building
at Kansas City. The delegates,
thirty-four In number, were consider
ably worried over the manner in
which the yearly $4,000 for mission.
airy maintenance and other expenses
is to be forthcoming. A large part of
this fund is raised by subscription
but the work grows apace, Chairman
+. NJ. Lowe, Jr., said. Two mission
aries are kept In China by the Mis-
souri, organization. Others should be
sent at once. Who then, he demand
ed, has an idea for practical solution
OF the difficulty. Homer T. Newton
Of Columbia, who has spent some
time within the shadow of the state
agricultural school, arose with a
beaming eountenance.
Mr. Newton then explained his plan.
It was that each Of the twelve dis
tricts OF Missouri purchase 3-weeks-
old porker and find It a home with
some country member. Its initial cost,
he declared, will not exceed 81 and in
a year or two It will weigh $50 pounds,
which az 5 sc cents lltSsvssgment 3 mem, Nr'nS
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-12-04
A TEXAS WONDER,

Tue Texas Wonder cures kidney and
bladder troubles. dissolves gravel, cures
diabetes. weak and lame backs, Fhea-
matisna, and al irregularities Of The kid
neys and bladder In both men and wo-
men. Regulates bladder troubles Ia
children. II not sold BY your druggist,
will be sent by mail on receipt OF 500,
Que snail bottle l. tive months treat
ment, and seldom fails 70 perfect cure,
Send for testimonials from this and
other elsiss OF. Il. W, Han. 82d
Olive street, s.. Louis, No. Sold By
dTuegIsis. % 81.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-12-04
'ROUNDABOUTTHES STATE.
Cleaned from Exchanges--Madeb by the Shears,
the Pencil and the Paste Pot--Some Orig-
nal. Some Credited. and Some Stolen.
but Nearly All interesting Reading.

So has Doniphan.
After the wedding ceremony a
Clarence bridal party celebrated
by going to apicture show.
The Red Apple Drug store at
West Plains advertises "several
new styles in Bibles this year."
Having completed his fifty
fourth year In the ministry, the
Rev. Robt. White of Monroe, will
retire from the pulpit.
James E. Rsgsdale. of Shell.
bina, recalls that at a sale in 1S-
40 when his fathers estate was
closed, hog weighing about two
hundred pounds sold for $3.50
each. sa
"Uncle Tom Durham Of Pied
mont who has just celebrated his
seventy-ninth birthday, is the
father of 81 children, Of whom ID
are living, Mr.. Durham was a
pioneer school teacher.
Missouri stands first in the
United States in the production
OF plug tobacco and, with the
possible exception of Kentucky
and Arkan sas. the Nevada Post
believes, has no rival in the ac-
ouraoy OF its use.
Two china plates one hundred
years old form part Of the equip
ment of j. J. Swofford's restau-
rant in Rayville. The plates were
the property Of Mrs. 6tafford's
grandfather and have seen actual
service OF more than a century.
One of the big misfortunes for
either a man or woman, says q
South Missouri exchange, is to
be too touchy, Better not know
an insult when you meet it, than
to think you're insulted every
time somebody fails to let you
cross a mudhole on his coat.
What is said to he the first
Methodist church ever built in
Missouri was a log structure in
Cape Girardeau county, near
jackson, built in 1919, sccor ding
to an exchange. II was named
in honor of William McKendree,
the frs! native born Methodist
bishop.
Corn went up to S1,50 bushel
80 Knox county the other day,
tie result OF an election bet. The
wager involved one load Of corn,
which was to be delievered free
II a certain candidate won, or
was to be paid for at the rate Of
s1.50 q bushel II the candidate
lost. The office seeker ran second
by about forty votes and the
price of corn went up.
Bonneville held the first state
agricultural fair in 1858, accord.
ing 10 History" II was held
during the first week in October,
by act OF the state legislature.
The sum OF 81 ,35i,b0 was dis
tributed in premiums, Joseph L.
Stsphenswas secretary. The next
fair was held the following year,
when 81. .652.SS was given in pre-
miums. In 1866 the last etate fair
waa held af that nlaoS
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-12-04

Kansas City, has been declared
illegal.
Fifteen days OH g diet of bread
and water Is the fate in store for
tramps arrested by Pike county
officers.
John Woods. near Birch Tree
has raised 75-pound pumpkin
and 13-pound sweet potatoes
this year.
The Moberly police Judge who
advertises for old clothes explains
that he wants them for distribu-
ton to the poor.
The "Buy-R-bale movement
has an earnest ally in the Char
lesion Courier, which pledges it,
self to wear cotton socks.
A man in Poplar Bluff grew
thirty-thr bushels Of onions on
lot less than a quarter acre in
size and suld them for S82.15.
A johnson county calf bit q
woman on the finger the other
day and then got 80 ashamed of
itself that it died in a few hours.
Quite an attractive addition to
the Mansfield Park Zoo is a ioot
owl. the gift of a woman of that
city. the bird measures four feet
from tip to tip. ,,ss.,--.,.,-.---..
Fully aware Of the requirements
of Pleasant Hills "sweet tocth,"
a firm there has just received two
tons of candy purchased for the
holiday trade,
The Oldest living Oddfellow, is
the distinction claimed for H. F.
Swanback of Greenwood. Mr..
Swanback is 100 years old and
was made an Oddfellow in Ham
burg, Germany, seyenty-one
years ago.
A news dispatch from SPRING
field says 100 Missouri horses
stampeded, while they were being
entrained for shipment TO the
warning countries. Horses have
a good deal more sense about war
than come men. We don't blame
them for going on stampede.
An Albany family had among
other things for their Sunday
dinner spaghetti and tomatoes,
When the mother was serving the
dish the four year old son of his
daddy said, mamma, did you
get those worms out of my sand
pile.
The announcement that in the
near future Joplin would have
mounted police moved the Garth
age Press to inquire II the inno-
walton was to enable the cops to
get there quicker or get away
quicker.
The cozy, contented little city
OF Oregon, in Holt county, which
crowns the hin lands Of this Sec
ton, is the second highest town
in the state. DsKalb in Buohan-
non county being the highest,
except for some points in the
Ozark mountains --DeKalbs ele-
walton is /, ,i5O feet above the sea
level and Oregon is 1.1iS feet.
| In the fierce aftermath OF q
grocery store argument It would
not be unusual il poker we're
bent over the head Of one Of the
participants, but tits far out Of
the way when . poker is aelully
broken on smans Uranium. When
two negro oitizens Of Jefferson
city did battle the other day q
Iponksr came into play and as the
end Of the scrap the
| poker Was n two pieces.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-12-04

against Dallas county has been
revived by the Pennsylvania
bondholders and lie now in the
United States Supreme court.
Resenting a "varmit's" raid
on their barnyards, Shannon
county farmers organized a vigil
lance committee and tracked and
killed 638-peund black bear on
Current river.
Not every woman is 9 IInguist,
properly speaking, says the Linn
Creek Reveille, but your wife can
look at you in every known Ian.
guage when you forget 10 mail
her letters.
Galloway county is reasonably
proud because one Of its citizens
enjoys the distinction of knowing
personally John D. Rockefeller.
John D. and the Callawegian met
by chance in Florida. \
Capt. Jack Howard, foreman
OF The Democrat, discovered
Monday morning that a roller
toTel constructed In 1897 is still
rendering excellent service on the
same line. king City Democrat.
Charles A. Eber was Instantly
killed Saturday afternoon at Con.
ception Junction, when he stuck
his head from a box car door and
the door slammed shut, msshing
his head. Eber, in company with
three other men was going "bum-
ming his way from Des Moines,
Iowa. ...
DR.. R. B. Kice of Richmond
treasures several teeth extracted
from the mouth OF Gen. Alex
ander NJ, Doniphan. Doctor Kice,
a pioneer dentist, was at one
time commissioned to make a set
of teeth for General Doniphan,
and declares the old warrior had
the largest mouth he ever has
seen.
William Poston, of Wallace,
was in town Wednesday on his
way to st. Joseph, via the Inter-
urban. Mr.. Poston owns a farm
near Wallace and has 25 acres
planted to orchard and sold the
fruit this year for So, 700, an aver
age Of S10S per acre, pretty easy
money.--Dearborn Democrat.
Noting in an exchange the
advertisement: "Mr. and Mrs.
Hardy have cast off clothing OF
allkind, they oanbe seen eachday
from 8 to g." the Louisiana Press
Journal makes no comment as to
Mr.. Hardy, but declares that II
Mrs. Hardy has cast off clothing
she is not far out Of style.
e. F. Swinney, president Of
the First National Bank Of Kan
sas City, was indicted by the
Clay county grand jury Tuesday
of this week, charged with failure
TO give in a list OF his personal
property to the county assessor.
Mr.. Swinney lives in a magnif-
cent country residence at the
edge Of Excelsior Springs.
Seeing in q paper Of rather
small circulation recently that
q Ford car would be given to the
person sending in the largest
number of subscribers within q
given time. ]. W. TrowneF had q
hunch that 1t wouldn't require a
great many subscriptions to win
the prize. so he sent q check for
500. along with ; lot Of names
that he picked out At random.
and his hunch proved true. An
order for : Ford car, or s460 in
cash came TO bin recently, and
he elected TO take the latter,
which leaves him several dollars
to ths good on The transaction. J,
". q friends see no reason Why
he should net become a dominat-
80 = sI a I-s-s 4saf - -
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-12-04
20 HURT IN WRECK ON ALTON
Passenger Train Goes Down 2o-Foot
Embankment Into Ditch
Near Clark. :,

Four persons were injured probably
fatally and score or more received
lesser injuries when the Alton-Burllng'
ton Limited, Kansas City 10 St. Louis.
left the track at point two niles and
a half south OF Clark the other after.
noon. The engine and render re-
mained on the track. while the entire
train, composed of combination bag
gage and smoker. chair car, diner and
parlor rolled down a 20-foot embank-
ment. The heavy cars remained iu-
tact and prevented many casualties,
The accident occurred on what Is
considered the best piece OF track on
the ATOMS western division and rail-
road men are unable to ascribe the
reason for the derallment, II Is be-
lieved that some obstruction over
which the engine passed safely be-
came entangled with the front trucks
OF the baggage-smoker aad deratled
tho train, The chair car turned COM
| pletely over while the other ears
| jumped the track and lay upon their
sides. The train was In charge OF
E. j. Haywood, 4S6 Spruce street,
Kansas City. and Dan Callahan. en-
gineer, Of Slater. Haywood is the
conductor who was rewarded by the
Burlington a few yeara ago for catch !
ing train robber near Glasgow,
4 4 4
Money for Red cress.-The Sedalia
auxiliary Of the Red Cross netted
s6s5.2l by the Kirmess 1t gave ct
Liberty Park Convention Hall. The
money was sent to Kansas City to be
in :orporated in the fund for European
war sufferers.
Il 4
state Historians Eleet.--The State
Historical Society OF Missouri, at itsI
annual meeting in Columbia. elected
| the following officers; President, R.
M. White, Mexico; first yice,president,
Jonas viles, Columbia; second vice
president. John W. Million. Mexico;
third vice-presldent. W. r. Nelson,
Kansas City: fourth vice-presldent, w.
| r. Painter, CarrolIton, fifth yice-presi-
dent. william c. Breckenridge. ST.
Louis; sixth vice-presldeut, ]. West
| oodwin, sedalla; treasurer. R. 3. Price.
| Columbia.
Forest Fire IN oxafks.--Reports re.
ceived from Barry county told Of the
FIRST outbreak Of forest fires In the
\ timber belt Of Southern Missouri. Per
sons arriving At Springfield said that
fires on the mountain side were visit.
Bile from passenger tralhs between
Cassvills and Exeter on the cssssille
q Western and between Exeter and
Monet on the Frisco.
-
Marshall Kills Night Prowlsr--I. Il.
| Dintelman. nisht marshall Of Kirk.
wood. shot and killed man whom he
saw proving near bank the other
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-12-04
Fall Spraying Fruit Trees.

As a general rule Il 10 better to
spray the frui. trees in the fall
than to wait until Spring. ANY
time after the leaves fall is the
proper season. Warm spells dur
ing the winter may also be select-
ed for this work, There are two
chief reasons why spraying for
the scale 10 lest done as soon af-
ter the leaves fall as possible.
One lie ths the scales are more
tender and their coverings are
not 30 hard and, therefore, more
easily penetrated by the spray;
their sheels become tougher dur
ing the winter. Another reason
10 that where trees are infested by
numbers Of the scale, they be-
come greatly weakened during
the fall and winter by loss Of sap
and the poisonous influence ex-
ertsd by these insects. II not re-
lieved OF their enemies before
spring, they ere liable to die.
Other reasons for fall spraying
are matters of convenience, such
as the greater leisure that the
farmer enjoys at this time; the
more settled conditions of the
weather with absence Of high
winds; the condition OF the soil
which is generally firmer for the
passage of wagons.
Before spraying for the scale.
il is better to prune the trees and
remove all useless wood so that
there will be that much less SUR
face to cover with the spray, thus
saving work and material. The
spray most commonly applied for
the scale is the commercial lime
sulphur which may be bought
fram- ~ asAarsa, tl----sL ivS''s
merchants. BY the 90 gallon
barrel its cost is from II to 15cts
per gallon but each gallon is to
be diluted with 8 gallons Of water
which greatly reduces the cost.
From one to three gallons is re-
quired per tree, depending on it's
size. A barrel sprayer for small
orchards Of one to two acres will
cost about $1,000. Very large or.
chards should have gasoline en-
gines for motive power.
l.. r. johnson, Horticulture,
State Normal School.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-12-04

Marshall Kills Night Prowlsr.--I Il.
Dintelman. nisht marshall Of Kirk.
wood. shot and killed man whom he
saw proving near bank the other
esss.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-12-04

- - ~H-~
souri, pecan orchards. A Carlton
county farmer sold his crop for
$3.50.
Some Of our esteemed contem-
poraries still miscall that marvel
Gus cave down in Stone county
"Marbel Cave" Maybe there's
marbel in it, but the real name
of this wonder of the Ozarks is
Marvel Cave. 1t should be more
of an asset to that part Of Mis-
souri, than it is.
John Hosmann, q farmer living
near jamestown in Moniteau
county, and his wife and 49,
month -old daughter were found
dead in the house on the farm
Friday afternoon Of last week,
by two stepsons Of the man who
committed the horrible crime OF
killing his wife and little daugh.
ter then turning the. shotgun
on himself with fatal results. II
is presumed that he first shot bis
wife, reloaded the single barre
shotgun and killed the little girl,
then again loaded the gun ant
killed himself. 1t is said by som.
relatives that Hosman and biz
wife had quarreled over the diyi'
sion Of profits and crops on thu
farm.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-12-04

Money for Red cross.-The sedalia
auxiliary Of the Red Cross netted
s6S5.2l by the Kirmess 1t gave Ell
Liberty Park Convention Hall. The
money was sent to Kansas City to be
in .orporated in the fund for European
war sufferers.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-12-04

Gives Free MoVles.-The business
men OF Harrisonville will give free
moving picture shows to the public
every Saturday afternoon. The en-
tertainments viii consist OF high class
comedy and educational films, the lat.
ter pertaining chiefly to agriculture.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-12-04

BOY Accidentally Killed. - Clevy
Blythe. a 16-year-old farmer boy, was
killed near Galena by the accidental
discharge OF shotgun In the hands Of
William Craft, 16. The boys we're
hunting ducks.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-12-04

This is bumper year for Mis-
souri, pecan orchards. A Carlton
county farmer sold his crop for
$3.50.