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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-19
Bacon VS.. Baking.

A member of one Of San Francis
co.'s oldest families a woman gentle
and prim, entered one of the largest
of the department stores the other
day in quest of the book department,
and more specifically of Bacons Es-
says. Sheaapproached a salesgirl and
inquired: Can you tell me where
can buy Bacon's Essays?"
The girl dipped her thumb over her
right shoulder, a gesture as charac-
teristic to a salesgirl as a cigar is to.
politician, and confidently replied:
you will find the cookl books on
the other aisle" Lot
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-19
BURDEN ALWAYS ON WOMEN
Exercise OF All Her Ingenuity and
AdaptabIllty ls Demanded Of
Jobless Mans Wife.

There. hassbeen much anxiety at the
city hall over the displacement of GER
tain employees who we're deemed su-
perhuous, and the approaching de
capitation" Of others, according to
the Philadelphia Ledger. Quite apart
from the question of whether political
reprisal was an actuating motive of
removal, the curtain might be lifted
upon the distress created in many a
home by the fact Nhat the breadwin-
ner has lost his oecupation-but into
the merits of these cases 1t Is impos-
sible to enter here. Any man who &C
cepts a position under city, state or
national government knows what are
the giddy vicissitudes of fortunes
wheel in politics. In tine industrial
world as well many men have been
Topped off the pay roll and have found
| themselves in dire eXtremities to pro
vide for the sustenance of those de-
| pendent on them.
But the brunt of 1t all falls more
heavily upon the woman. AS In war
time the more piteous suffering was
that of her who was left at home to
await tidings of fatality or injury, so
the whole weight of business calamity
(and a great deal of business is war;
comes upon a woman's shoulders, her
heart and her anxious mind.
She must think for all the family
she must plan things a woman can do
to make up for the absence of the pay
envelope Her fingers fly to weave
and stitch, to wash and iron, to make
preserves. She takes care OF chill
dren she teaches them, she becomes q
purchasing agent, she acts as secre'
tary. All the adroit and marvellous in.
genuity and adaptabiliN of the Amer
lean woman are bent to the end OF
making a living for those she loves. A
man out of work who has that one
great treasure of true helpmeet has
not lost his fortune, and he cannot
fail
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-19
WHEN SPIDER GoESsA-WooING
Peculiar Method of CourtshIpN as = 1t
Has Been Noticed by an In
terested Observer.

The lovemaking of the gardenA spi'
der is very interesting.
The male spider, which can beAdisl
tinguished from the female by his
small size and knObbed palpi, begins
by throwing out silk till he manages
to make road between himself land
the middle of the females web. He
then runs along this road, raising his
front legs at intervals. The female
remains motionless in the center ,of
the web.
The male them runs to her and rap
idly pats her on the hack, sometimes
with two front legs, sometimes with
four. He then returns ITO his starting
point
Next time perhaps theTemale comes
to meet him with "open arms" He
then rushes to her, but no sooner has
he reached her than she folds up her
legs and pretends to be unconscious
Of his presence. At this Inc again rap
idly pats her on the Often when
the female is in the middle'of her web
he tries to attract her by shaking
his silken road as hard as he can.
This courtshlp, fakes a very long
time. The affair from which ! took
these notes occupied in fact two days,
unless it was that more than one male
took part in the performance.
The length and monotony of these
courtships is, however, sometimes
varied by a rival lover, who in the
middle of the lourtslip suddenly de.
scends on the web by road Of his
own; and, should he notEfind the fe-
male at home, runs along tthe road or
his rival, and often drives him off.
In this case the new lover became
tired of his courtship very quickly,
and in aboutifve minutes went away,
allowing the first lover to RETURN
Country Life.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-19
ia Naturalist Painted.

II were to paint the short days Of
winter should paint two towering ice.
bcrgs approaching each other like
promontories, for morning and eve
ming, with cavernous recesses, and a
solitary traveller wrapping his cloak
about him and bent forward against
the driving storm, just entering the
narrow pass. would paint the light
of taper at midday, seen through a
cottage window, half buried in snow
and frost. . E. In the foreground should
appear the harvest, and far in the
background, through the pass, should
be seen the sewers in the fields and
other evidences Of spring, On the
right and left of the approaching Ice
bergs the heavens should be shaded
off from the light of midday to mid
night with its stars, the sun being low
in the sky.-lienry David Thoreau.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-19
Sheffield Cutlery Laos.

Sheffield Is famed throughout the
world for its cutlery, but this is no
longer the city's chief or even second
AIRY industry In the finest class Of
cutlery Sheffield probably still excels,
but good scissors from Germany are
now sold in the English town for less
money than the grinding of the COM
peting article alone costs in Sheffield.
The leading cutlery firm, doing a
world export trade, operates without
the use of telephone, and another,
of equal fame, occupies quarters Of
the most primitive character. 1t is
in the production Of ornaments and
ship material that Sheffield now
stands to the fore.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-19

Mexican methods with prisoners OF
war-the take no prisoners" order
recall the short and sharp justice
melted out to the communists in the
Paris of the '7Os Sir William Butler
in "An Autobiography" tells of visit
TO the prison of La Roquette: eve
were shown into a small courtyard by
a young naval lieutenant, who coolly
explained to us the processes of the
trial and execution of the communists.
We strip their right shoulders, he
said. If the skin OF the neck and
shoulder shows the dark mark pro.
duced by the kick of the chassepot
rifle the court pronounces the single
word "classe;" If there is no mark of
discoloration on the shoulder the pres.
ident says "passe" and the man is re.
leased Those to whom "classe" is
said are shot. One hundred and fifty
were shot at daybreak this morning
in the courtyard"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-19

That it is possible to live on arti-
ficiai food, or at least on the concen-
trated extracts OF certain staples, Is
a common belief. and 1t has even
been predicted that some day our
diet will consist of tabloid food. One
might live for a short time In that
unsociable way, but recent investiga-
ton OF diseases like beri-beri, scurvy
and peIlagra, which are almost GER
tainly caused by a deficiency in the
diet, prove that such a life would be
one OF disease and could not last
long.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-19
TOO MUCH Fer HER PATIENCE
Daughter Was Used to Strangers
eotherlng Her Mother, But Here
She Drew the Line.

Veteran OF three suffragette pa
rades and as many d. A. r. campaigns
ns she was, she completely lost her
poise in an upper Broadway street
car, recites the New York Times. A
well.groomed woman OF at least forty
summers and a two-slit skirt, left her
seat on the opposite side of the car
and took that directly in front of the
young veteran and her mother.
Pardon me-" began the newcomer,
addressing the elder of the two, I'm
in trouble about my canary bird Ha
doesn't sing, mopes on his perch, and
has completely lost his appetite. You
look so like a woman who solves her
own household problems that have
taken the liberty to ask you about one
Of mine. What shall do for my ca
nary?"
Take him to a bird DOCTOR" snapped
the daughter.
Mother and questioner alike gasped
in establishment.
81 don't seriously object when
strange women ask my mothers ad.
vice as to what they should buy while
she is trying to do her own shopping"
continued the younger woman, where
to find good dentist, how to make a
harem skirt out of an old sealskin
jacket, or the best way to make bread.
She is so matronly and good-natured.
But I draw the line at trying to make
bird doctor out OF her"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-19
Kinu Boosts WAGES.

During their recent stay at Sand
bingham King George and Queen Mary
gave much attention TO the subject Of
the wages paid to workmen on the e.
tate, and i'm view of the increased cost
of living it was decided that an all
round increase of pay should be given
not only to the men who may be de-
scribed as agricultural laborers, but
to woodmen, roadmen, and others. The
number OF men affected is about three
hundred, simultaneously with the in
crease OF wages it is arranged that in
al cases in which the nature OF the
employment permits, work shall cease
at one o'clock on Saturdays, instead
Of three o'clock, as heretofore.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-19
CENTENARY OF GREAT EVENT
Natives Of India Honored Memory Of
Missionary Who Taught Their
Ancestors.

Few events grip the heart and In
terest Of man sufficiently to command,
after 100 years, an international, or
even national, recognition. In purely
secular circles the fact that Adoniram
Judson landed on Indian shores 100
years ago may excite little interest,
but to the Christian world 1t was an
event second to but few In the history
of the Christian church.
At the opening service more than
5000 native Christians filled to over
flowing the two largest audience rooms
in Rangoon. while hundreds we're turn
ed away for want of room.
The second session was given to
"reminiscences of Judson by those who
had seen him. It was notable that of
the five living missionaries who had
seen Judson all we're women. These
were followed by simultaneous pray
er service, It having been arranged
that at the same hour In America and
all Baptist mission fields they should
unite with the great centennial gather
ing in simultaneous prayer.
The music of the entire celebration
was In charge of two choirs Burman
and a Karen, which rendered the most
difficult English anthems, quartets and
solos, to the great delight and admira.
ton of all present
After three days at Rangoon the
scene of the celebration was trans
ferred to Moulmein for two days, and
then to Mandalay and other places of
interest, closing at Bassein on Decem.
Der 30,-Christian Herald
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-19
Green Hair the latest Freak.

Green hair. which has SO far made
only a tentative and fugitive appear
ance at fancy dress balls. is now to
become a recognized addition to the
wardrobe OF the woman OF fashion.
That is the effect of the action of the
Fashions Committee Of the Coiffeurs
of Paris" who have decided to equip
forthwith 40 mannequins with 400 col
Ored wigs and to let them loose upon
tolerant, but startled, world. The
associated hairdressers find it no OBJ
lection that the new couture will be
extremely dear" both in itself and in
virtue of the fact that each wig must
have dress to match. Indeed, when
one considers the obvious scope there
is for freaks which have nothing to
recommend them beyond their expen-
siveness, one cannot but applaud the
b.nience, and moderation of the great
arbiters of fashion.-Pall Mall Ga
Zette.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-19

Earl Stutsman and family are
home from a visit with relatives
in Elbing.
Miss Blanch Weidensaul and
her aunt, Mrs were Sun.
day visitors in Hooker. between
trains.
Herman KimbaII came back
the first of the week, from Pratt.
where he has been visiting
DR.. T S. Jones made a bust
ness trip to Plains, Wednesday,
Mrs Chas. Simpson and chill
dren of Dalhart, Texas, are the
guests this week, of Mrs. Grover
Keown.
Foster QualIs returned the first
of the week, from Wichita. where
he had been attending to some
business matters.
Mrs. O. V. Manatt will enter
tain her Sunday School class, this
Friday afternoon. from 3 o'clock
until 6,
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. E. S.
Irwin, Thursday, June Is. 1914.
Il daughter, who has been named
Edith Marie.
H. Harrington and family came
from Cottage Grove, Oregon, Wed.
TO visit Mrs. HerringtOn's parents
ii, q. Harlon and wife, near
Lorena.
Mr. and Mrs. D. c., Wood en-
tertained Robert Hall and wife,
and mother, Mrs. Ennis. j. M.
Piper and daughter. May, and
Miss Stillwell of Texhoms, at a
three course six O'Clock dinner,
last Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Atkins Wis.
tied their farm in Oklahoma, Sun
day They report the crops as
looking we'll.
Mrs. Warren Farmer will en-
tertain the Presbyterian Ladies'
Aid Society at her home, next
Wednesday afternoon.
Sunday, DR.. j. S. Knisley and
wife left for Oketa, 10 attend the
funeral of a relative. The doctor
intended 10 be gone few days
only, but Mrs. Knisley will be
away for a week or more.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-19

A Kansas City matron, whose fam
fly often has occasion to laugh 1T her
BARI ain hunting campaigns, decided
recently 10 issue upwards Of hun
dred invitations to social function.
While down town in company with her
daughter attending to some prepare
tory matters, the daughter suggested
that they stop at a postoffice substa-
ton in a department store and pur-
chase stamps with which to mail the
invitations. ooh, no." replied the
mother. I'VE need so many let's go
up to the postoffice; maybe we can
get them cheaper"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-19
LOCAL MENTION

Mrs. Jennie Rogers and broth
err are in Plains, where they will
operate a gas engine pillow which
they have purchased. Mrs. Rogers
will do the cooking for the men
who operate the engine and plow4
and her brother will look after
the other details of the work.
Later they will bring the plows
to this county in time to do a lot
of blowing for fall wheat.
Jouett Shouse, of Kinsley, was
here last Saturday afternoon. Mr..
Shouse is one of the candidates
from this district to succeed Hon.
Geo Neelay, who is making the
race for State Senator, IN the
house of U. S. Representatives.
Mr.. Shouse expects to return
soon or before the August pri-
maries and will no doubt address
the people of the county. Mr..
ShOuse is a personal friend of
Hon. Champ Clark and if he were
the nominee of the Democratic
party and then elected as repre-
sentative, he would be in direct
position to receive early recogni-
ton for new member. Mr.
Shouse made many friends and
left none of his opponents with an
unkind or unfrieGdly feeling. If
Jouett Shouse is not nominated
at The August primaries he is one
man who will not nurse an aching
head or a lot of sore spots.
Gordon Higginbotham came
back Sunday, from Los Angeles,
California, where he has been at
tending medical school for the
past year. He will spend the
greater part of the summer here
with his brother, DIR. l.. T. Hig-
ginbotham, and family, after
which he will go to Kentucky for
a visit with home folks and where
he may decide to finish his college
course.
Misses Carter and Thompson.
who are spending the summer on
the latter's claim near Satanic
were here attending the function
Wednesday night at the Christian
: church and visiting friends.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-19
New Zealand Wireless,

Two high power wireless stations at
Awanui, in the extreme north of New
Zealand, and at Awarua, in the ex-
IRENE south, have Just been opened
for business. Tests made have indi-
Gated that messages may be sent and
received at Awanui and Awarua over
a distance of several thousand miles.
There are now six wireless stations
under the control Of the dominion,
comprising those at Chatham 10
lands, Awarua, Awanui, Wellington,
Auckland postoffice, and Auckland ex'
hibition.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-19
In the Insane ASYLUM.

Visitor-What is the matter with
that wildly raging man. In a straight
jacket over there?
keeper-He got that way trying to
understand the income tax law.
Visitor-And what delusion can the
man have who seems to be always
smiling?
Keeper-He imagines he does un
derstand 1t.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-19
American Navy a Century AGO.

One hundred years ago tho naval
force of the United States on the At.
lantic coast consisted of 80 vessels,
q OF which were in commission.
Among them we're dozen great ships,
first.class fIigatcs and sloops Of war
some of them carrying as many as "A
guns each. They were all sailing YES
sells. The era Of the steam warship,
however. was close at hand. With
the aid Of an appropriation from con
gress there was now nearing compile
tion a floating steam battery" de-
signed by Robert Fulton This ship,
which was launched few months
later, was the first steam war vessel
ever built and was destined to revo-
lutlonize the methods of naval var.
fare throughout the world.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-19
Commercial candor.

81 assure you, madam. these kitch-
en- knives represent the greatest value
ever offered at the price"
"They certainly look nice and seem
very cheap. The only question is
will they cut?"
"Ah, madam, II you ask me that
I'm bound to say that they viii not.
but that Ia their one fault"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-19
Rnnnrd Whaling Season.

The. whaling season Of 1918 has
schpsed all previous records, the total
yield Iof oil Eor the world in that year
being, estimatedla at 100000 casks.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-19

Judge j. W Campbell was in
Wichita, the first of the week be-
ing called there by the illness of a
brothe r-in-law.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-09-15

out of the post Office. He did not
want it any longer, and we wondered
what was the matter. Upon inves-
tigation of our subscription book we
found that John was short $50. He
stopped the paper as matter of econ
omy to us. One evening we went to
church and Johns melodius voice rang
out loud and clear in that soul STIR
ring song, "Jesus Paid 1t ALL" We
might have been mistaken, but his
earnestness impressed US. The next
day we sent him receipt in full, beg
ging his pardon for not knowing he
had made arrangements for his liza
bilities in that manner-Exchange.
An editor works 365 days in year
to get out fifty two issues of a pa
per, that's labor. Once in while
a subscriber pays year in advance
for his paper, that's capital. And
once in while some son of a-sea-
cook of a dead beat takes the paper
for two or three years then skips
out without paying for it, that's an
archy. Therefore pay your subscrip-
ton and avoid giving unnecessary
worry.-Peterson Herald.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-09-15
TAKING MEDICINE
There Are Many Ways of Doing 1t,
But Only One Right Way

Take a fluid remdey from a medi-
cine glass or from silver spoon
Chemical action of some liquids upon
brass creates liquid that would be
fatal if taken into the stomach. A
good rule is never to take medicine
from anything made of the coarser
metals.
While pouring the medicine from
bottle to spoon or cup hold the bottle
so that the label is uppermost. This
will prevent the medicine pouring over
the label and staining if not obliterat-
ing it. This precaution, especially in
the case of liquids that might be
harmful if taken by mistake or in the
wrong quantity, is imperative.
Unless directions require you to
take medicines full strength, it is bet
ter to dilute them half and half with
water. Never take doses larger than
those specified in the directions. Bet
ter that they be smaller.
Under no circumstances take medi-
cine in the dark. The reason is OBJ
vious. Read the frequent news of
deaths of persons who have taken
poisons by mistake.
Be sure never to pour medicine
back into the bottle. Never fail to
shake it before taking a dose of the
contents. If there be any sign of sedi-
ment, shake the more.
Unless directed otherwise you would
better take all capsules, pills or tab
lets with half glass of water.
Never use liniment near an open
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-09-15
Cut Your Weeds
And Do It Now;
1t Really Pays

The time for cutting weeds along
the country roads and city streets and
on the vacant lots is right now before
the seeds get ripe and start the mis-
chief for next year. The weeds in
and around Redwood Falls possibly
presented as bad an appearance last
year as they have this year, but if
they did, time has considerably soft
ened the memory of it; certainly Red
wood Falls never at any time in its
history, had any more weeds than it
has right now, and just as certainly
did it never have less excuse for this
undesirable growth. Not only have
vacant lots and the alleys been neg
lected in this matter, but streets and
public drives also bear witness to the
neglect Of property owners. This neg
lect has only one virtue, and that is
its consistency Judging from the
universal prevalence there is a society
for the Prevention of Weed Cutting
consistently at work.
Many people in expressing regret
over the weakness of our landscape,
have called attention to "weedless"
farm located a few miles west of
Redwood Falls. The owner Of this
fine property has carefully eradicated
every bit of the undesirable vegita-
ton which over-ran the place former
", and the change in the appearance
of the home is remarkable. 1t would
be hard to estimate the result of such
a movement in dollars and cents, but
it is certain the effect on land values
is a marked one.
Rural carriers and others who are
forced to use the country roads
throughout the year have the right
and they should exercise ito in
sist that the law regarding the cut
ting of weeds and underbrush along
public roads, should be strictly en-
forced. The state has stringent
laws covering just this need and it
would be well If officers of the public
would see to their enforcement, cut
ting their own weeds first, however,
merely as precaution.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-09-15
CANNED" HIS SERMON
Rev. G.. L. Morrill, Has Preached His
Own Funeral Address; Doesn't
Want "White Lies"

Rev. G. L. Morrill,, Minneapolis, has
preached his own funeral sermon, but
he isn't dead yet-by long ways.
When he does die the only orator
at the funeral will be one large rub
Der roll.
It will be e canned" funeral SER
mon, for Rev. Morrill, has talked the
sermon into photograph and one OF
these machines will operate at his
funeral.
at is going to contain the same
passages from scripture, the same
prayers and the same songs that !
gave at the funeral of my father
mother and two brothers." he said to-
day. "What was good enough for
them is good enough fir me.
81 do not want to give occasion for
anyone else to disobey the scriptural
injunction against classifying.
81 don't want any white lies told
"The sermon will also contain my
religious philosophy. 1t will state that
were I to live again I would put the
soft pedal on faith and hope and open
wide the keyboard on love.
"There will also be short bio
graphy. / don't care for post-mor-
tenn flowers"