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Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-10-16
A TEXAS WONDER.

The Texas Wonder cures kidney and
bladder troubles, dissolves gravel, cures
diabetes, weak and lame backs, rheu-
matism, and all irregularities Of the kid
neys and bladder in both men and wo-
men. Regulates bladder troubles in
children. Ii not sold by your druggist,
will be sent BY mail on receipt Of $i,00.
One small bottle Is two months treat
ment, and seldom fails to perfect cure.
Send for testimonials from this and
other states. DR.. E. w. Hall, 1925
Olive street, st. Louis, No, Sold by
druggists. 80 at.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-10-16
Apply SloAn's Freely For
LumbaRo

Your attacks of Lumbago are not
nearly so hopeless as they seem. You
can relieve them almost instantly by a
simple application OF Sloan's Liniment
on the back and leins. Lumbago is a
form of rheumatism and yields perfect.
ly to Sloan's, which penetrates quickly
all in through the sore, tender muscles,
limbers up the back and makes it feel
fine. Get bottle OF SloRn's Linimen'
for 25 cents of any druggist and have 1t
in the house-against colds, sore and
swollen joints, rheumatism, neuralgia,
sciatica and like ailments. Your mon.
eybacb IL not satisfied, but it does give
almost instant relief.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-10-16

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the power to levy any tax neces-
sary for contemplated improve
ment on petition Of 81 per cent.
of the voters. II also gives a
county or political sub. division
of the state the power to build or
maintain a road or bridge out
side its own boundaries. The
state board Of equalization is
given the same power for state
improvements as local authori-
ties are given for local improv-
ments. The adoption of this
amendment would practically re-
move the question of good roads
from the state legislature, because
the existing authorities would
then have every power needed to
tax or bond their own districts
sufficient to pay for any desired
Improvement, upon petition Of
81 per cent. 1t may be assumed
OF course that 81 per cent, of .he
voters would never petition for
an Improvement not actually
needed and, therefore, this
Amendments places the power
where it properly belongs-in the
hands of the people.
OPPOSING ARGUMENT.
Proposition No. Is should be
voted down because there is no
necessity for such legislation.
This measure is the mate to Pro-
position No. Is. 1t was initiated
by the same promoters for a sell
fish and sinister purpose and in
the hope Of carrying everything
appearing on the Constitutional
Ballot down to defeat. Proposed
Amendment No. 3 and Proposed
Amendment No. 6, if adopted,
will wisely and economically take
care of road Improvement in a
sane and rational manner. This
proposition and proposition No.
II are drawn along radical and
extravagant lines, and are not in
keeping with the wishes or the
sentiment Of the people of the
state. 1t is impractical in its
provisions, az, for instance, a |
prerequisite to proceeding under
its provisions is the signing Of a
petition by 81 per cent. of the
tax-paying voters. If such u
petition were approved under the
provisions of this proposed law,
the doors would be thrown open
for the most extravagant tax lev
les imaginable, and every form
of political subdivision could
levy road taxes practically with
out limit. This proposition is
monstrosity, and should oe voted
down because it is vicious in all
its aspects.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-10-16

The champions of Proposition
No. 15 give the following reasons
for It's adoption:
Proposition No. 15removes the
Limitation upon the .ax-levying
authorities for good roads pur-
poses only. This propos ed
amendment permits every county
to solve its own road problem for
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-10-16

AT the Lowry City street fam
E. A. Sweeney of Osceola wor
the prize as the Oldest man in at.
tendance, Mr.. Sweeny was borr
in Canada ninety-six years ago
In early days he was something
of an athlete and at Lowery City
he found no takers for the wager
that he could outrun any man
more than 30 years old.
A Texas county man, who died
recently, was quite proud of the
fact that he never had seen q
railroad train. Several years ago
he sold a tract of land and stip-
ulated that the purchase money
be brought to his home and the
deal closed there as he did not
want to take chances on seeing
a train while on his way to town.
Frank Woodruff has a big
force of hands gathering his
1914 crop Of pears in his orchards
west Of Gallatin. They are gath :
ering about a carload a day and
it is estimated thecrop will amount
to something like II or IA cars
or between 1000 or 10000 BUSH
els. They are Of fair quality and
will be marketed in northern
cities.
c. M. Collins Of Grant City
says he will never be broke as
long as he keeps his four dollar
bill. Then if you are skeptical
he will show you an issue of this
denomination. The bill was cir
culated under an act of congress
of January IA, 1779, and is about
A inches square. 1t has been in
Mr., Collins family for four gen.
erations.
The Union Confederate Veter-
ans of Missouri, at their reunion
held in Higginsville last week,
elected officers as follows: Com
of the Missouri Division,
Gen. Geo. P. Gross, of Higgins
vile; Commander Eastern Bril-
gade, l.. s. FIatau, of st. Louis,
and Commander of the Western
Brigade, Thomas c. Love of
Springfield.
Met on Sunday, married on
Monday; that is the life in Bar
ry county. An Arkansas widow
met a prosperous farmer a recent
Sunday night right after church
and in twenty four hours they
had learned to care so much for
each other that Purdy justice
of the peace was pressed into
service and they were married at
2 o'clock Monday afternoon.
Dan Pinkerman, who lives on
the Wells Floyd place in Eagle
township has a turkey hen that
is of real class. Two years ago
this turkey hen had both feet
cut off by a mower, but instead
of getting discouraged and hust-
ling off to the happy hunting
grounds, it went on about its
business of taking care Of its lit
tie ones and in time the wounds
healed. Last year the hen
mothered and raised forty odd
turkeys and this year it has per-
formed like service for fifty
four. Each night, too, this re-
markable hen flies up into tree
and roosts, although 1t has no
feet to clutch the branches with.
Still, it manages to stick the
night out in apparent comfort.
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Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-10-16
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walking to the San Francisco
Exposition.
A trunk once the property OF
Jefferson Davis, will be one of
the curios on exhibit at the
Mexico and Audrain counties
pageant.
For the lack of tin cans which
had been delayed in shipment,
about twenty tons OF tomatoes
went tc waste at the Wheaton
cannery.
Nothing il not novel, a Boone
county rural school district has
Just held a "rooster show"
which netted about sixteen dol
lars for the library.
Wyatt Ballard, young man
of Camden Point, shot and killed
himself at that place Wednes-
day. Whether the shooting was
accidental or intentional is not
known.
That the war will reduce the
foreign wine production is OF no
concern to Fritz Gloe of Mont"
gomery county, who has just
gathered 191 pounds of grapes
from one vine.
Persons interested in the up
lift doubtless will be glad to note
in the Palmyra Herald that "the
third floor of the Franklin build
ing has been undergoing a COM
plete reformation"
While attempting to duplicate
the "slide for life" as done at
the Elsberry carnival recently,
the small son of Linn Trail of
that city fell from a wire and
fractured both arms.
The Richmond News prints
half a column of verse in which
the theme is that the author is
tired of fried chicken. Such
false and dang sentiments
should he suppressed.
That w. T. Dameron Of Hunts
vile has had in his possession
for many years $50 note of
Continental currency 1875 years
old would indicate affluenee or
remarkable will power.
Jesse Rhoades of Carthage has
decided that his peace policy is
wrong and is a convert to the
belief that "watchful waiting
wins" Mr.. Rhoades tried to
stop dog fight and was severely
bitten.
"All automobile owner must
have front and tail lights lighted
or they will be arrested at sun
down." is the edict OF the chief
of police of Marshall, and the
Saline Citizen supposes this is
the law,
An apple grown in a bottle is
being exhibited by a Carroll
county orchardist. The bottle
was put over the apple early in
the summer and the fruit matur-
ed, conforming in shape to the
inside OF the phial.
Howard county in one hum
dred years of existence has new
er had Republican officer,
which In the eyes Of the Fayette
Democrat Leader, gives firm
grounds for the claim to "a long
and honorable career"
A BoOne county turkey ex.
pert is authority for the state
ment that the dry spring was
favorable Tor the flocks and that
the Thanksgiving birds for 1914
will be better than ever The
turkey market opens about Nov
ember .0lh each year.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-10-16
'ROUNDABOUTTHES STATE.
Cleaned from Exchanges--Made by the Shears
the Pencil and the Paste Pot--Some Origi-
nal, Some Credited, and Some Stolen,
but Nearly All Interesting Reading.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

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Ninety three years old, "Aunt
Mag" Foster of Wallace still
finds pleasure in smoking her
little clay pipe. Mrs. Foster has
smoked since she was II years
old. She has resided in Buchan-
an county nearly eighty years.
Now that Joplin is enforcing
the anti. flirting ordinance and
the police judge has fined man
$40 for merely winking at a pret.
ty girl, all the travelling men
in that territory are expected to
supply themselves with goggles.
A disease believed to have
been contracted from cattle is
proving fatal tu deer in Usage
county. Farmers have found
the bodies Of half a dozen deer
that have died from the malady.
A deputy game warden was sent
to investigate.
Digging a new furnace pit for
their sorghum mill in Worth
county, N. M. Maudlin and his
son, Edward, unearthed eight
old coins. Seven of the coins
were silver and one was a gold
dollar. In dates they ranged
from 1775 to 1849.
Moberly is rejoicing that in
two more years it will have
rounded out q full half century
of existance. The Randolph
county metropolis,was plated by
the old North Missouri Railroad
Company and the lots put on sale
September q, 1866.
The King City Democrat re-
CARDS the rubberneck and the
skirt as foes TO the "safe-
ty fret" movement, explaining
that not being able to look where
you step is sometimes quite as
disastrous as not being able to
step where you look.
An interesting old volume un-
earthed by the janltor Of the
court house at Fulton is The CAL
laway county tax book in 1868.
The oook shows many Callaweg-
ians assessed with fifteen or more
slaves. The slaves were ap-
praised at from S100 to 5000
each.
The unve:ling Of the statue to
General Shields will take place
at Carrollton, his home town,
on November 12. The statute
will be nine feet high, a full hg-
ure OF bronze, and its pedestal
will be eleven feet in height. 1t
will be located in a conspicuous
place in the court house square,
To have spent without a single
exception every night for thirty
five years under one roof is The
unique record of John l.. Shock
ley, Knobnoster's oldest citizen,
now in his eighty ninth year.
Mr.. Shockley built the house
which has been his home since
January /, 1879.
James Early, in the east part
of Grant City, moved his patch
Of alfalfa for the fourth time this
year the other day. The yield
has averaged two tons per acre
for each cutting. II a heavy
frost dosen't come too soon Mr.,
Early expects to get another
cutting this fall.-Worth County
Times.
The motor car belonging to
Dudley Langton and in which
he met his death in July, was
sold recently at Moberly by the
administrator OF his estate.
Many persons curious to view
the grewsome wreck attended the
sale but few cared to bid on the
car which finally vas sold for
twenty dollars.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-10-16
AGED WOMAN SLAIN WITH Ak
Mutilated Body Of Mrs. 3. F. Mat
theWs Found In Home at Harts-
burg, Boone County.

Another mysterious AK murder was
added to the long list of such crimes
already recorded in Missouri and Kan
sas with the finding of the mutilated
body of Mrs. b. L. Matthews in bed
at her home at Harrisburg. Mrs, Mat
thews, so years Of age and reputed
wealthy, was slain by several blows
on the head and neck with the sharp
side Of an ak, while her husband says
he slept peacefully on bed in the
same room.
Matthews, s years old, testified at
the coroners inquest he heard no dis
turbance during the night He ex'
planned the presence Of blood on a
suit of overalls belonging to him by
saying he had crushed his hand In re-
pairing o wagon,
II developed during the inquest that
Matthews had gone to the home OF
his hired man at G:30 a. m. and after
discussing trivial matters, had re-
marked "Mollie is dead, so | must go
nome anu Htt uitdhiaoAs
Build Your House by Post.--Among
tie parcel rost packages that went
out from the Sedalia postoffice the
other day on rural routes were $50
shingles, a window sash containing
glass and a roll Of roofing.
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Kansas City Reads.--Kansas City is
becoming more "book.wormish," ac'
cording to the records of the public
library. Last month, 37,209 books
we're read, an Increase of s.79S over
September Of last year. During July,
August and September the library lent
134,I9S books for gain over tho
corresponding months Of last year OF
1855. In the last three years, the
percentage gain is il6,
Telephone Manager Misslns.-T. L.
Dunlap, an automobile dealer at
Springfield, has sought the assistance
of the authorities in southwest Mis-.
souri, towns in locating his brother.
]. II. Dunlap, manager of the Missouri
G Kansas Telephone Company's office
at Monet. He disappeared myster'
iously a few days ago and no trace
OF him has been found.
4 4
Killed Beneath Horse.-P. +, Yae-
kee. engineer Of steam shovel crew
at work on the Burlington railway
near Nodaway. Andrew couasA wss
killed when a horse be was riding fell
upon him. He was 20 years old and
married.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-10-16
Vote As You e-Take
Your Choice.

last Of the series of arguments
on the measures to be submitted
to vote at the coming election
was issued today by secretary Of
state Cornelius Roach. Those
wishing to vote intelligently on
Aa sndments Nos. IA and Is
should pre- erve this article,
The sole purpose in giving these
arguments is to furnish informa-
ton to the voter, and the Secre-
tary of state is in no way re-
sponsible for assertions made on
either side Of any subject dis
cussed.
The champions of Proposition
No. IA give the following reasons
why the measure should be
adopted:
Proposition No. IA should be
adopted because it will place in
the hands of the State Legisla-
ture the means Of adequately
dealing with the question of good
roads. This proposition does not
itself create a bond issue, but it
gives the Legislature the power
to exercise its own judgment in
authorizing the issuance of state
bonds for good road purposes
only, in any sum not exceeding
| 500, 1000, 900. AS is well known,
the only way in which public i'm
provements of any kind can be
constructed upon large scale is
by borrowing money through the
sale of bonds. This proposition
will give us good roads in Miss
ouri, provided the State Legisla-
ture wants US 10 have them, IL
puts the question up to tneusn
eral Assembly and gives that
body the power to do the work.
Should this proposition be adopt
ed, there will be no excuse for
bad roads in Missouri, because
the people can elect a Legislature
which will provide the means for
proper system Of public high
ways. AT the present time the
Legislature has no such power.
OPPOSING ARGUMENT.
The Fourteenth Proposition
should be defeated because this
measure, as we'll as the Fifteenth
was not proposed in good faith.
This is ore of the measures gen.
orally believed to have been pro-
posed for the purpose of defeat
ing everything on the Constitu-
tional Ballot III the hope of hav-
ing certain propositions affecting
certain interests go down to de-
feat. This proposed amendment
to the Constitution would give
the General Assembly power to
authorize the issuance of bonds
to the amount of $50, 100000 for
constructing and maintaining
public roads. 1t is not neces-
sary, Proposed Amendment No.
8 and proposed Amendment No.
6, for the benefit good roads, give
ample power and are all-suffi-
cient to produce revenues that
will improve the roads as fast as
the people wish to spend money
for that purpose. This PROPOSE
tion should be voted down be-
cause it is entirely unnecessary,
because the measure proposes
excessive extravaganza, and be-
cause it Is one OF the measures
for which fancy prices were paid
to secure the signatures to the in
itiativs petitions circulated in
connection Herewith, and has for
its object an ulterior and sinister
purpose.
The champions of Proposition
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-10-16

Severe storm at Maoon.-In the
course of a violent thunder storm at
Macon several houses were struck by
lightning and damaged. Lloyd Fra.
Eler, q school boy, was stunned and
the fiagpole on the postoffce building
spllntored.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-10-16

Or. ]. r. Lyon pIes.-Dr. Jerome r,
Lyon, fifty years resident of Mis-.
souri,, died at Excelsior Springs at
the age ofssl. He was a native OF
virginia. Doctor Lyon was gradu
ate Of Rush Medical College, Chi
cago. and practiesd medicine Is years
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-10-16

Flve-lneh Rain at Marshall.--The
hardest rain that Marshall and vicin-
ity has had for twenty-five years fell
there recently, overaowing the creeks
and washing out number Of bridges
IN Saline county The rainfall regis
tered 5.24 inches.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-10-16

Gets a War order.-A st. Joseph
packing house has received fat slice
OF an 5000, O,O00.pound contract for corn
beef for the Russian army. The re-
mainder Of the contract will be filled
by Omaha packers.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-09-08

;ositions Of New Orleans, Mexico
Country and city, Central America,
Panama, Panama Canal, Cuba and
Florida.
4. Locate Servia. What countries
bound Hungary on the north? ?
S. What parts of Ohio we're reached
t. glaciers? Mention at least three ef.
ftcts OF the glaciers
6. Discuss the value OF the Suez
canal. What are. some Of the principal
products carried through itl What
countries border The Red Scar
2. Name the states which border the
Great Lakes and give the capital of
each. Name Canadian province which
borders the Great Lakes
8. Mention an industry which you
would expect to see in each of the fol-
lowing places: ID Pueblo, Colorado,
~ GAINESVILLE, (3) East Liverpool.
Ohio, (D Kansas City, (5) Switzerland.
(6) Leipzig, Germany, ~ Southern
France, (8) Minneapolis, (9( Valley of
the Rhine, (10) Columbia River.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-09-08
GRAM MAR.

|. (a) What sorts of conjunctions are
thereH (b) Into what classes may each
kind be diyided1 Give an example Of
one of each class.
2. Define transitive and intransitive
verbs. What differences are there in
the way the verbs are used in the five
following sentences: (a) 1t is growing
cold. (b) ! have fought good fight.
(c) He then arose. Cd He built new
house. (e) He raised the ladder.
;. Punctuate and capitalize he rea-
soned with his heart with his heart he
loved in his heart he lived moved and
had his being and what strange wild
hot large heart Lambs was this heart
taught lamb to love the outcasts of So
ciety to associate with the excommuni-
Gates to cry halves to every pelt of
calumny which assailed their devoted
heads.
4. Diagram
(a) Lilies grow where the ground is
moist
(b) Oh, what a tangled web we
weave
When first we practice to de-
ccive
S. Parse italicized words in the fol-
lowing;
Oh what is so rare as day in lvne
Then, il ever, come perfect days;
Then heaven tries the earth il 81 be in
tune,
And over it softly her warm sa'
lays.
g. What determines the number of a
relative pronoun9 The cascr Give a
sentence containing a compound relative
pronoun. Use lVhieh as a substantive OF
noun and as an adjective.
7. (a) Express this thought in one
sentence in six different ways: Thi.
man is to pitied. He has no friends
(b) Mention four ways in which an in
finitive phrase may sometimes be ex'
banded.
g. Give a synopsis of write in al
forms of the active voice except the in
dicative. You may select any person
and number that you wish. Do not fai
TO state what form each given is. Yo,
may abbreviate. as; Subj, Fut. Per-. etc
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-09-08
THEORY AND PRACTICE.

/. Name four Objectionable school in
centives and four which are not so.
State why each of the first four is OBJ
jectionable.
2. There should be threads of corre-
lation making the work of each week,
each month, and each term more or less
unit" Explain the meaning Of this
quotation.
3. Should the recitation periods be
longer in proportion to the study
periods in lower than higher grades
Why2
4. Discuss the question of fatigue.
What are some ways of avoiding or re-
lieving it?
S. Why is the daily program impor-
tant?
6. Teachers often assert that pupils
cannot do the work satisfactorily at the
beginning OF the year, but do it well
after several months. Show that this
may indicate a fault of the teacher,
rather than an improvement In the
pupil.
7. What movements or activities OF
the pupils should be so nearly automatic
as not to require direction each day
Speak of the Importance in school and
life of reducing some acts to habit
8. What should be the teachers pol
icy in regard to the reading of the
pupils-supplying or securing books
etc, directing the reading, utilizing it ir
the school work, and affording time
for itf
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-09-08
PHYSIOLOGY.

I. What are the principal ill-effects of
tobacco2 Why are cigarettes rated as
especially dangerous
g. How do we "catch" most diseasess
How can we avoid them3 Especially.
what can be done to protect the school
from disease? Show the folly of the
theory that it is better to let the chill
dren catch the measles when little.
8. OF what advantage to the body is
salt? For what is phosphorus especially
needed1
T. What work is done by the kidneysi
What is the result of their failure to
work. How can disease of the kidneys
be detected1
S. What is the condition of a sour
stomach? Why is nausea usually ac-
companied by headache1
e. What is in the interior OF bones?
Is this fed with blood-vessels or is it
dead matter? How do the ends of
bones differ from their shaftsl
7. What are adenoidsi How indi-
Gated or detected and how correctedf
8. Describe the intestines, their anat-
omy and work
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-09-08
WARS GROWING SHORTER
New York Times.)


The Franco-German war was de-
clared by Napoleon III. on July IA,
1870; the treaty of peace was signed
at Frankfort on May 10, 1871. The
Russo-Japanese war began with the
breaking off of diplomatic negotia-
tions on February 5, 1904, and the
treaty of Portsmouth was signed on
August %, 1906. These are the only
wars of the first class since arma-
ments and weapons took on their
modern formidable aspects. Most Of
the minor wars since 1871, like the
Russo-Turkish in 1S77-78 and the re-
cent Chino-Japanese, Boer, Turco-Ital-
ian, and Balkan wars, have likewise
been OF brief duration. But in the ma
ture of things wars of the first magni-
tude can no longer be strung out over
long periods like that of the Ameri,
Can Revolution, the American Civil
War, Germany's thirty years war, or
the Napoleonic wars. The develop
ment of railway systems permitting
rapid movements of great armies,
and the invention of higher explos-
ives, heavier guns, and deadlier rifles.
have combined to concentrate great
campaigns into single battles, fought
along fronts of hundreds of miles.
The battles are heightened by this
process, as those of the Shaho and of
Mukden proved, but they become
more quickly decisive.