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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-06-05
Be FAMILIAR
With Your Goods Is Advice
To Clerks

In a recent issue of store paper
published for the employees there ap-
peared the following:
"Are you friends with your posi-
ton? Yes that's right Are you and
your position on good terms or are
you always beating each other? Per
haps the position hasn't returned you
the most it should but you cant blame
the position for doing any different If
you won't treat it with kindness and
respect Stop calling your position
Mister, and speak to it by it's first
name. Get acquainted with it and
know it better. There's lots of good
there when you get more intimate,
and, 10 to L. inside of year the posi-
ton will be asking your employer TO
fatten your envelope"
A closer acquaintance with ones
position, with the work, the goods car
ried If 1t be in store, or with the sys-
tenn of bookkeeping, or the keys of the
typewriter-wh whatever the work is, the
more intimate is ones knowledge of
it the better appreciation will it re-
turn in dollars and cents.
The story is told of salesman in a
dry goods store who understood this
fact 80 well that he would talk to his
merchandise as to person. When he
covered his goods at night he would
say Now good night this is the last
time l shall ever cover you like this
for you have been here long enough,
and, as he tucked the cover around
that particular piece of cloth, 'I am
going to get rid of you tomorrow to
some customer. You have been on
these shelves for months and | have
tucked you in for the last time so it Is
good night now, but it will be good
by tomorrow"
The result of the talks with his mer
chandise was that the following day
he would make a special effort to dis
pose of the particular piece which ht
had found was not quick seller, anC
in this way kept his stock cleaned ou
and new fresh goods on the shelves
This intimate acquaintance with hii
merchandise and the ability to dispose
of old lines which are 80 detrimental
to stores to keep, could not but attrac
the attention of the man higher vi
and bring the proper returns.
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uNANswERAsLE DEFENSE
fHlllsboro News.RepublIoanl


In his speech here last Thursday,
Governor Cox, made one point in de
tense of the Warnes tax law that is
unanswerable. He said that, if the ap'
spointive assessors require people to
make true returns Of their property
and thus raise the tax duplicate, the
appointive officers have done their
duty; that the men who fix the tax
rate and speed the money are elective
officers and that If the public money is
wasted the blame must rest on the
elective officers.
You can not get around this. II 1t is
the work of the appointive officers to
. assess the property and they do this
right, then their duty has been per
formed The fixing Of the tax rate and
the spending of the money raised by
taxation is in the hands of elective
officers After the property is assessed
the responsibility rests upon them
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-06-05
olsLooolNo THE cRoAkEes

What will be the Croakers next
roosting place? The Reactlonary OPP
ponents OF the progressive and hu-
name measures of the Cox administra-
tion in Ohio have no sooner landed on
one measure than they have been driv
en- from it, for the simple reason that
their position has been untenable
They have kept up constant cav"
type. but like the crow have been east
ly and quickly dislodged and then
they move on to another object, or,
rather, objection" They have at
tempted to deceive the people all
along, have misrepresented facts and
done a large quantity of just plain ly-
ing, in the vain hope that they could
make some of 1t stick. Almost every
progressive measure for which Gov.
gCox il responsible has been assailed
without sense or reason These Re.
dictionary Crows have been dislodged
from their roosting place of opposition
TO the school law, the workmen's com.
pensation law and several other meas.
sires. and now they are rapidly getting
away from their opposition to the
Warnes law, since that measure has
been working out so satisfactorily and
accomplishing such great results,
They are getting pretty near TO the
lend of their string, but it is assumed
that, Bourbon-liIte, they will keep on,
and try something else They bank on
successfully deceiying the people.
Where will the Croakers land next?
The cartoon IN today's Banner aptly
and forcefully illustrates the situation
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ali OF which was used on the northern
Atlantic seabosrd, was less than one
tenth of one per cent of the shortage
in last years crop in this country.
Argentine beef. another bugaboo Of
the shirt-tearing tariffites, represented
one per cent of the consumption in
the United States since duty was re-
moved and it all was eaten in New
York city. But it will not long repre-
sent even the miserly one per cent.
There is a good and sufficient reason
Argentine supplies England with one
third of her total meat supply, which
means four-fifths of the entire expor-
tation from the South American
country Every hundred weight Of
beef sent to the United States means
a diminution in the English supply
and a consequent increase in the
price there Following the immutable
law of trade the meat will go to the
highest priced market 1t is only
when a great scarcity comes to pass
in the United States that South Amer
ican beef will be shipped here and it
will not be cheap to the consumer nor
an embarrassment to the American
producer.
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TO DISCUSS LABOR LEGISLATION


Nashville, Tenn, June 4-Local ar
rangements were concluded today for
the joint annual convention to be held
here next week by National Associa-
ton of Labor Commissioners and the
International Association of Factory
Inspectors. The gathering will be at
tended by public officials. economists,
heads of labor organizations and
others from many parts of the United
States and Canada. The convention
will assemble Monday and continue
until Friday. Uniform laws to govern
workshop and factory inspection, the
operation of the compensation and
liability laws, and other legislation re-
lating to labor conditions will be dis
cussed by the convention.
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FACTS VS.. FLAppoooLE

Foraker Is always doing something
with a shirt II it's bloody one he
waves Il and IL it isn't bloody he tears
IL. Just now he is rending his linen
over the tariff, emitting many loud
sounds but Nsuppressing facts. He
'geeps and means for the farmer and
with Hon. James Boyle sorrows be-
cause OF Argentine corn. But what
are the facts they carefully omit TO
give? In Argentine there is produced
six per cent as much corn as In the
United States, or one bushel there for
every Is here. After consuming what
,they need, which is SO per cent of the
whole. the farmers there export the
rest. most of II going TO England and
10 the Continent. The United States
does not raise enough corn 10 meet
the great aud growing demand for
.that cereal The total amount sent in,
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-06-05
GREAT HORSE SHOW
OPENS IN LONDON

London, June 4-The eighth Inter
national Horse Show opened at Olym-
pia today. 1t will continue until June
16. The exhibition promises to be as
successful as any of its predecessors,
from the viewpoint alike of society
and the lovers of horses. The United
States, Canada, Australia and Argen-
tina are represented as we'll as the
leading countries of continental
Europe. The military competitions,
as usual, are to figure conspicuously
on the program and the famous coach
ing Marathon from Hampton Court to
Olympia. which was won last year
by Alfred G. Vanderbilt. will again be
feature of the exhibition. King
George aud Queen Mary have signified
their intention to attend the show
next Monday, when the program will
include the competition for the King
Edward VII. Gold Cup,
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79RAlsEwoRTHY RErRENcHMENr
columbus Journal, Rep.)

columbus Journal, Rep)
We note that the consolidation Of
departments relating TO the agricul-
tural interests has resulted in a saw
ling of $77,779.S5 over the last year Of
Sthe seven divisions of this work. This
is a most gratifying exhibit. When
1 Governor Cox first conceived of this
consolidation, he was much criticised,
, but the results have shown the wis
{ dom of 1t. The information Is espe-
'cially gratifying because there was
some fear that the agriculture com
mission was spreading out too much,
especially in the direction Of the State
fair, which seemed to be departing
from the old idea of noble rivalry and
knowledge resource into great
show affair, to minister to our curios-
fty rather than to our aspiration. But
Ghe figures showing reduction of ex-
pense do not support that impression
With all the things that's doing in
the agricultural situation and the re
trenchment that goes with It, it seems
certain the governor was right when
ne converted the seven departments
into one.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-06-05
IN SESSION AT WcksaURe

Vicksburg, Miss, June 4-The men
who make a business of attracting i'm
migrants and capital, conducting ad-
vertising campaigns and doing other
things to assist IL. the development of
cities and rural sections of the South,
have gathered in this city to exchange
views and discuss plans for future
operations. The occasion is the an
nual meeting of the Southern Com
mercial Secretaries association, in
the membership of which more than
dozen States are represented. A num-
ber of well known speakers have been
engaged to address the sessions,
which will continue for three days.
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fruit
Juices That Can Be Made
To "JeIF"

Housekeepers have always found
difficulty in making certain fruit juic-
es "jell such as those of the,
strawberry, raspberry, and other over
sweet or overripe fruits, because they
lack sufficient acid, and others, such
as the juices from rhubarb, pineapple
and orange, which have sufficient acid,
because they have not enough pectin,
the jelly making property of fruits.
Recently, however, it was discovered
at the University of Illinois, through
experiments following those of Alice
Dvar Russell with sweet fruits, that
the lack Of acid can be offset with tar
taric acid, says Good Housekeeping
With this addition, perfect jelly can
be made from even ripe blueberries;
and Miss Goldthwaite, also of the Uni
versity of Illinois, discovered further
that by using the inner white rind Of
the orange or lemon, together with a
certain proportion of the juice, rhu-
barb can be supplied with pectin, and
made to "jell."
Valuable as is this latter discovery,
it still cannot greatly help the women
Of those regions where the orange,
either from lack Of regular supply or
because of its expense, is not yet a
standby. 1t is particularly to these
women that the latest discovery con-
corning the citron-melon will mean
much for it has been found that the
enormous proportion of pectin which
it contains may be practically applied
in telling" a number of fruits that
contain little pectin Of their own.
Unfortunately, the citron-melon is
| but little cultivated today Although
it can be found in many parts of the
| country, it usually appears only as a
volunteer" the result of paintings of
many years ago. Yet before the in
PRODUCTION of the now familiar com.
mercial or real citron-a candied ci
trus produot-the citron-melon was sc
universally employed for the same
purposes Tor Which the commercial ci
tron is now used that some recipes
and writer's still mention the common
market melon of today as "citron' OIL
"the citron"
This recent discovery makes the
old-tlme garden product of new inter
est and value to every woman who
makes jelly, for the citron-melon still
possesses those qualities that once
made it esteemed qualities capable
of solving what has usually been the
home jelly makers greatest problem
Furthermore, these melons can be 81
easily and inexpensively grown tha
there is no reason why, once she
knows of them, every woman shoul(
not be able to avail herself of theil
advantages.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-06-05

Serious sicknesses start in disorders
OF the stomach, liver and kidneys.
The best corrective and preventive is
DR.. Kings New Life Pills. They
purify the blood-prevent constipa-
ton, keep liver, kidneys and bowels
in healthy condition Give you better
health by ridding the system of fer
menting and gassy foods. Effective
and mild, 25c at your druggist,
Bucklen's Arnica Salve for all hurts.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-06-05
Coughs and Colds Weaken the System

Continued coughs, colds and bron-
chial troubles are depressing and
weaken the system. Loss Of weight
and appetite generally follow. Get a
soc bottle of DR., Kings New Discov-
cry today 1t will stop your cough.
The first dose helps. The best medi-
cine for stubborn coughs, colds and
all throat and lung troubles. Mr.. O..
H. Brown, Muscatine, Ala, writes:
my wife was sick during the hot
summer months and | honestly be-
lieve DR.. Kings New Discovery saved
her life" Good for children, SOC and
$1.00 at your druggist.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-06-05
PROVINCIAL AeRlcuL-
TuRAL CONVENTION

Saskatoon, Sask.. June "A conven-
tion of the agricultural secretaries of
Saskatchewan, said to be the first
large gathering of its kind ever held
in Canada, is in session here with
an attendance representing all parts
of the Province. The convention will
last ten days, during which time num-
erous subjects pertaining to agricul-
tural development will be discussed
by experts.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-06-05
GERMAN STATESMAN COMING

Berlin, June 4-Dr. Hermann
Paasche, first deputy speaker of the
German imperial parliament. departed
today for the United States. The pur-
pose of the trip is to fulfill pro-
fessional mission at the University
of California, where he will deliver a
series of political and sociological
lectures. DR.. Paasche plans to spend
the greater part of the summer on the
Pacific Coast, studying the economic
aSd racial situation in that section.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-06-05
LIVESTOCK SHOW AT PORTLAND

Portland, Ore, June 4-The sixth
annual livestock show was opened at
the Union stockyard in this city to-
day and will be continued through
the remainder of the week. The ex.
hibition embraces many carloads Of
blooded horses, fine cattle, sheep and
swine from all over the Northwest
The display Of light trotters and
heavy draft horses is the best ever
seen here.
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OBITUARY
Mary M. Sellers

Mary M. Sellers, daughter of R. N.
and Emma j. Larimore, was born in
Homer, Ohio, June 10, 1875, died at
her home in Morgan township. Knox
county. Ohio, May 27, 1914, aged 38
years, IL months and IL days.
She was married to Mitchell Sellers
January %, 1901, and leaves her hus-
band, father, mother and sister and
a host of friends to mourn her de-
parture.
She had been in poor health for sew
eral months, and had borne her great
Affections with patience and fortitude
and was resigned to the will of her
Heavenly Father
Mrs. Sellers had expressed her saw
ing faith in her Redeemeer and was
ready and waiting his call
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-06-05
TRIED RECIPES
Turbot of Fish

Two and one half cups cold faxed
fish (cod, halibut, or haddock), IL
cups buttered cracker crumbs, "A cup
butter, u cup -four, " teaspoon salt,
one-eighth teaspoon pepper, lemon
juice, yolks of two eggs.
Scald milk with onion, mace and
parsley; remove seasonings. Melt but
ter, add flour, salt, pepper and gradual
ly the milk; then add eggs, slightly
beaten. Put layer of fish in deep but
tered casserole, sprinkle with salt,
pepper and add a few drops of lemon
juice, Cover with sauce, continuing
until fish and sauce are used Cover
with crumbs and bake in hot oven un-
til crumbs are brown.
Scrambled Rice and Bacon
Fry bacon as usual, then add to the
fat cup OF cold boiled rice and stir
with a fork. When the rice is hot add
two eggs, well beaten, and two table
spoonfuls Of tomato sauce and cook
until creamy Arrange rice in the cen
ter of platter with the bacon round the
edges, st. Paul Dispatch
Dreamed Shad
Make a white sauce by cooking to-
gether tablespoonful of butter and a
heaping one of flour and, when they
are blended, pouring upon them pint
of unskimmed milk Add a few drops
of onion juice, then pour slowly upon
the beaten yolks of two eggs, Season
with salt, pepper and teaspoonful OF
minced parsley, Into this sauce stir a
pint of cold cooked snad that has been
freed of bones and faxed fine. Turn
into CREASED pudding dish, sprinkle
or until heated through. GAINESVILLE
(Wis) Gazette.
Washington Salad
Wash four medium-sized beets and
cut in small pieces. Place in stew.
pan with one tablespoonful of chopped
onion, one tablespoonful of chopped
red or green pepper, three tablespoon
fuls of sugar, one saltspoonful of salt
one bay leaf, four cloves and three
peppercorns. Pour over all one pint
OF cold water and cook slowly until
the beets are tender, then add one hall
cup of lemon juice. Soak one large Ia
blespoonful of granulated gelatin in a
little cold water 10 minutes, then
strain the hot mixture over it, blend
thoroughly and strain again. Turn in
to individual molds and set on ice un
til firm.-W Washington Herald
Preserved Strawberries
Wash, pick over, hull and measure
Strawberries. Put in a preserving ket
tie and add three fourths their meas
ure OF sugar, Bring to the boiling poin
and let simmer until fruit juice vii
jell when a teaspoonful is cooled or Z
saucer, Fill preserving Jars TO over
flow, and adjust bands and cover.
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FAMILY Y
Washing Made Light By
Soaking Clothes

A most efficient method of handling
the family washing, particularly where
farm work and romping children make
for soiled and stained clothes, | learn
ed from a model German housewife,
writes Mrs. M. r. James in the Coun-
try Gentleman. She explained that the
secret of expert washing is first to
loosen the dirt and stains so that lit
tie rubbing will be required.
BY this method the regular washday
passes over to Tuesday, which is, in
fact, the logical day for washing, as
Monday is needed for Strengthening
out the household affairs after the
Sabbath interval. On Monday the
clothes should be gathered and sorted
the fine white linen in the first as
sortment, the heavier white goods in
the next, and SO on, according to quail
ty.
The next thing is to provide plenty
of cool water, a bar Of a good white
laundry soap, clean kitchen table
and a kettle of boiling water. Put the
first assortment of clothes into a tub
and cover with cold water, being care
full to pour boiling water through any
stains until they are removed before
putting the articles into the tub. Rub
and rinse each piece through the clear
water until 1t is cleansed of all loose
dirt, Wiring it and spread it on the ta-
BILE. wet the bar of soap and thorough
ly soap every soiled portion of the
garment, after which fold the latter
smoothly, roll tightly, and lay it In a
clean, dry tub. And so continue, keep.
ing each assortment of clothes by it.
self and renewing the cold water as
required.
On Tuesday morning shave enough
white laundry soap in half a boilerful
of cold, soft water to make a light
suds; shake out each article In the
first grade of clothes and place it In
the cold suds which should just cover
| the quantity of clothes put to boi
each time. Let heat gradually and as
soon as the clothes begin to boil re
move them to a tub containing cleal
water Add more cold water and soar
to the boiler and put in the second 10
of clothes, and SO on until all thu
white clothes are boiled.
Almost no rubbing is required il
putting the clothes through the tul
following the boil, and il properly rims
ed and blued the will be thorough.
clean and beautifully white.
OF course, colored clothes cannot b.
treated by this method, but must b.
washed and hung out as soon as posi-
BILE after being wet White materia
that is mixture Of cotton and WOO
may be washed and boiled the same a
cotton goods, but material that Is al
wool must never be put into hot waite
nor must soap be rubbed directly upol
It. Woolen articles should be washe'
quickly out of a warm suds made witt
soft water and the best white laundr
soap rinsed in water of the same ten
perature, and hung in the shade.
thorough rinsing of all articles in pier
ty of clear water Slightly blued ha
much to do with tie whiteness an
freshness of the wash. If, after stil
ring boiling water into the starch, yo
! place a tight lid over the vessel, n
scum will form on The starch nor wi
straining be required. t~
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-06-05
Women Have to Smile

in great many cases and try to
make those around them happy, while
they are racked with the pain OF
organic trouble. Few men realize
how common such heroism is. The
remedy for this condition is Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
a simple remedy made from roots
and herbs, which for forty years
has been overcoming the most OBJ
stinate ills of women. Every woman
suffering from female ills owes 1t to
herself and family to give 1t a fair
trial.
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LEGAL NOTICE

Amos L. Jones. residence unknown, Ia
hereby notified that Josephine Jones has
filed her petition against him for divorce
in case No. 1926, in the Court of of Com
mon Pleas of Knox county, Ohio, and that
said cause will be for hearing on or after
July 20, A. D., 1914
LEWIS B. HOUCK,
6-5, ,1s,267-3,1OS
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-06-05

= WANTED-Two or three solicitors
to work in Knox county during sum-
mer months for substantial and old
established Mt. Vernon business con-
cern. Must have their own horse and
buggy, or other means of transporta-
ton. Would prefer persons who have
had some experience at canvassing,
but would not hold this requirement
necessary. Must give references as to
honesty and character. An excellent
opportunity for school teachers to OBJ
tain pleasant and profitable employ
ment during vacation. A very liberal
commission paid. Give your address,
telephone number and other particul-
ars in first letter, Address, "B. O."
Box 1885,. Mt. Vernon, Ohio. If
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-06-05
CARD OF THANKS

We desire to express our sincere
thanks to all who so kindly assisted
us during the death of our beloved
wife, daughter and sinister, Mrs. Mary
Sellers, also those for the beautiful
floral offerings and Rev. Wiseman for
his kind words of consolation during
our sad bereavement.
Mr.. Mitchell Sellers, husband,
Mr.. and Mrs. r. N. Larimore,
parents.
Mrs. j, w. Walsmith, sister.
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CARD oE rHANks

We desire to express our sincere
gratitude to- all those who so kindly
and generously assisted us in any
way during the illness and after the
death of our dear wife and mother.
We also express our thanks to the
choir who so kindly furnished the
music at the funeral.
John G. Purdy and children,
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CARD OF THANKS

Words can never express our thank
fulness and gratitude to our friends
and neighbors for the sympathy and
beautiful flowers offered us during our
sad bereavement and loss of our son
and brother. ]. A. Bickel, Gambler,
Ohio.
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