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Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1915-02-19

Chicago "husband" Revealed as Girl
Who ponned Male Attire to Get
Higher Wages.

Chicago, Feb. s.-Three persons
crowded the small bedroom Of 2i46
Ogden avenue. They we're Mr. and
Mrs. Ben Rosenstein and Mrs. Rosen.
stems mother.
Ben Rosenstein was dying. The
young wife at the bedside buried her
face in a pillow. The dying victim be-
tween labored breaths said:
We've been happy. think have
done right. wish 1t was true that
dead men tell no tales"
With this grim joke. Ben Rosen-
stein died. The undertaken and the
doctor revealed the grimness Of the
dying joke.
Ben Rosenstein was q woman.
Believing that she could earn more
- . man, she had adopted male at
tire, sought and found work In d fac-
tory. and her secret went with her to
her deathbed.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1915-02-19

shire breeding, was not trimmed
until the meat had thoroughly
cooled out, II was then packed
In dry salt where It was kept for
six weeks. When the meat was
taken UP and oil salt brushed off
it was hung up and smoked with
hickory wood for q few days. II
was then rubbed well with black
pepper and busted lightly with
borax. Next it was wrapped in
paper, placed in . bag and hung
up. However, hams not wrap
ped kept just as we'll. Proper
handling and the application Of
pepper and borax make the meat
fly and bug proof.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1915-02-19

"Arnt Sallie" Tascott. aged
10, who started TO accompany her
ten-year-old neice TO the Pitts
vile school, became 30 interested
that che concluded to enter as q
pupil and now regularly takes
part in the class work. The other
scholars have gotten used to the
aged woman being there and pay
no more attention to her than
they do to the ordinary pupils.
The next time Steve Crawford,
o Salisbury blacksmith, sees a
rat he will not modest it. When
Mr.. Crawford saw a rat run into
hole recently be tried to drown
it out by pouring water in the
hole. The rat objected to the in
voluntary bath and, advancing,
sought refuge up the leg OF Mr..
Crawford's trousers, where it
took q good many hard blows to
dislodge it. The blows were not
all we'll aimed and Crawford
walked with a cane for d few
days.
The joke is on Sam Warren,
game warden, who lives at Hol-
land. Saturday the early train
from st. Louis brought a sheep
from the Swift Packing Company
at st. Louis to G. H. Clark, the
meat market man. Mr.. Warren
spied 1t. II looked like a deer
and he promptly coniiscated 1t.
Mr.. Clark had : telegram sent to
Swift notifying them Of the mat
ter. They wired Mr.. Clark to de-
mand the sheep; that it bore the
United States inspsctors' stamp
and hll the game wardens in the
world could not turn a sheen in.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1915-02-19
The Modern Roundup In
Missouri.

Exit the frontier roundup
D,wn goes the curtain before the
Iold-time cowpuncher and The
wild steer.
The new roundup, The Mis-
souri roundup, is q miniture
farmers week, after the fashion
Of the one held at the University
Of Missouri at Columbia. They
never "shoot 'em up at these
affairs, neither do they ''let 'er
buck"
Instead OF that old fashioned,
reckless rider who was wont to
make selves out Of saloon wins
dows, there is the modern farm
adviser, or farm agent. Nobody
carries anything ION his hip
now except a notebook, ora cir
cular on cream separation.
This 1915 roundup is partici-
pated in by men, women and
children. The poultry fancier,
the dairyman, the road overseer,
the school director, the CONNER.
cial club secretary, the represen.
tative of the womens' clubs, the
University professor, these, and
members Of a score OF other or
ganizations, cume to teach and
to learn. There are special leo
lures and demonstrations in cook
ing, sewing, live stock judging,
fruit canning, meat cutting, deep
tilling, leguminous seed thrssh-
ing and hog vaccination. There
are exhisits Of poultry, corn, ham
and bacon, the domestic science
show and rural school exhibits.
The College Of Agriculture Of
the University Of Missouri coop.
crates with the farmers in these
round-ups.
The following farn advisers
conducted round-ups last year;
e. W. Rusk, Audrain county; F.
W. Faurot, Buchanan county;
J. D, Wilson, Cooper county; G.
M. Long, Johnson county; |. F.
Gillmor, Marion county.
An estimate OF the attendance
at these five Missouri round.ups
last year is placed at $4,000 per-
sons.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1915-02-19

Not every student in the uni
versity finds time for more than
the usual course OF study, but
the Missourian Magazine tells Of
Mrs. ". H. Tsimble, who, In adj
dition TO the junior course in the
university, keeps house for nine
boys. cares for her baby, | year
old, and breaches once each
month al Cairo Christian church
In Randolph county. Mrs. Trim
Bile formerly preached three Sum
days Of each month, but found
the work q bit to arduous.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1915-02-19

ROUNDABOUT THE 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.

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During the last year nearly 40
thousand acres Of land changed
hands,in Johnson county at an
average Of s1.4per acre.
In the Cass county circuit court
L. Eye sued r. Eye to break the
will Of the late ]. J. Eye. The far
seeing jury sustained the will.
When the town Of Craig needed
a calaboose, business men by
popular subscription raised more
than half the required amount. =
H. H. Taylor, a farmer west OF
Sedalia, lost nine head Of cattle
Friday Of last week, valued at
from 500 to s72 each. They walk
ed out on the ice in search OF
water to drink and the ice gave
way, throwing them into the
creek.
The Sturgeon Leader tells OF
a man near that town who re-
Gently butchered a hog that
weighed 1876 pounds after it was
dressed. From this hog he made
80 8 sllons Of lard. The animal
was two years old and Duroc
Jersey. n
So strong in his affection for
the "fatherland" that when a
Schuyler County German-A Amer
lean learned that a horse he had
just sold at a good price was to
be shipped to France he returned
the purchase price and took the
horse back tc his farm.
A. T. Bezoni, whose sen was
murdered in Greene county in
September, 1918, believes he has
found al last q clew to the idenity
OF The slayers. He will investigate
a report that a wagon and team
stolen at the time OF the murder
was sold at Wellington, Kas.
Samples Of cloth more than
one hundred years old are curios
treasured by "Uncle Jack"
Crutchfield Of Salisbury. The
cloth was woven by an aunt OF
Mr.. Crutchfield at her home in
Virginia, more than q century
ago, from yarn spun by her.
A fellow can work ten hours
every day, scheme sweat and
take abuse from mankind gem
orally. and lay up enough money
to keep him and his family during
their declining years and the Mi
Ian Standard has noticed that the
people who know him best will
say, "He was lucky"
"Why this cruel and unsual
punishment" is thequsry Of the
BrookfieId Gazette in chronicling
that a Sullivan county man, who
in an attempt TO shoot his brother,
shot and killed his brothers. 10.
year.old daughter and was sem
fenced to pay q fne of 500 and
spend three months in jail.
orvs Robinson At Middlstown
found the other day an itemized
statement Of an account render
ed 10 1890. He showed the curi-
oaifv IN China. which renrinta
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1915-02-19

L.
Why Glasses Are Worn So
/ Much.
"Why do so many people, es-
pecially children, wear glasses
nc -days?''
This question was recently put
to a professor in the School Of
Medicine ut the University Of
Missouri.
ut is only within relatively re-
cent ysars," he said, "that we
have cons to recognize the re-
lation betseen the eyes and that
group oi symptoms that we know
means eye strain. That the eyes
Of The human family are being
destroyed is not true. That our
remote forefatllers had better
eyes and sight than we have pro-
baby 10 NOT true. That they had
less trouble with their eyes may
be true, but If 80, such was the
case simply because they used
their eyes for reading much less
than We do now. Forty years
ago relatively few children con-
tinued long in school and those
who did strive for higher sduca-
tion, in spite Of severe eye strain,
had no means OF knowing that
glasses would relieve their dis
comforts.
'The best way to conserve the
eye sight and prevent the disease
associated with eye strain is to
correct, especially in early school
life, all errors in the formation OF
the eyes by means Of glasses.
Nothing short Of the most skillful
examination and most careful
and accurate adjustment Of glas-
ses is adequate"
Here are some OF the common
symptoms Of eye strain: rapid
fatigue cfeyes during reading
and writing; headache; pain in
the eyes; blurring OF print; feel
ing Of sand in the eyes; pain in
back of neck and between shoul-
ders; difficulty in fixing attention
or concentrating ones mind on
reading matter; tendency to rub
and press on the eye balls; red.
ness Of the edges of the lids;
double vision; dizziness; nausea
drowsiness, and inflammatory
conditions affecting all Of the It's
sues OF the eyeball.
The cproner at Springfield,
who is also an undertaken, sold q
caslet to q customer, who
straightaway drew q bottle oil
poison from her pocket and at
tempted to provide an occupant
for the casket. The coroner grab
bed the bottle and although
meeting desperate resistance,
managed to take It from her and
thus saved her life.
When Johnny Powell found 9
$3.50 gold piece on the Mont
gomsry county farm that was
once the property Of his grand
fsther, Henry Dsvanlt, old set
tiers recall that after the death
OF Mr.. Devault the property was
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1915-02-19

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just why 1t is SO named the
Democrat does not explain, but
Harrisonviils has jitnsy pitch
club.
Modern dancing, according to
The Slater News, is mostly sitting
around watching someone else
do II.
"Now lie the time to have your
harness oiled" /" counsels an ad-
,ssrertiser in The Shelbina Torch
light.
A Lafayette county farm that
changed hands q year ago at $40
40 acre sold the other day for
500 an acre.
When the Polo News refers to
q
the long ago, it says, Back in
the days when flour sack under.
wear was in yogue.
The total strength Of the Mis-
souri, militia at the present time is
237 officers and 1857 privates,
making a total Of Aba.
For the first time in twenty
years Atchison county is free
from debt, the result Of four years
of economy by county officers.
A wealthy Butler county far
msr. "a years old, has just failed
ia bis second attempt in court TO
obtain divorce from his child
wife, u girl 10 years old.
There are 10 churches in Sc
daIia and they pay their pastors
an annual salary Of s26,STi, while
tile criminal costs of Sedulia
and Pettis county are S26, ,S39.32.
According to the Maryyille
Tribune, the county fail was en-
g. 3 -. = J..
PITY Of prisoners Tuesday. It is
to be hoped it will remain SO, but
there is not much show OF its
doing so.
An 18-month.old baby near
Harrisonville swallowed twenty
Ave cold .ablets the other day
and only by emergency treat
ment and o period OF careful
nursing was its life saved.
The Moberly Democrat sug-
gests state law making all motor
cars jitneys, the signal Of distress
to be given by holding upa nick-
ell, the motor car driver then to
BE- compelled to let you ride.
~ After eight years Of wrangling,
majority Of the two dozen or
more property owners at Mary
vile, who resisted special tax
bills. having been issued in 1909,
have agreed to pay the taxes.
A negro woman Of Pemiscot
county committed murder on
Sunday, and was sentenced to
fifteen years in the psnitentiary
and reached jefferson City to
!. hsgin her term, oil within fifteen
days.
Noting that q Kansas Citian
writes q newspaper asking II he
shall help The man Who APPROACH
es him on the street at night and
asks aid. the Springfield Inde-
pendent says, III he has a gun
IN his hand-yes. ("
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1915-02-19

II you are In need Of noaey see Gee.
ID. sloan Tor terms aud timh before bof.
rowing. Ofiics n court house with pro.
bste JadGs. SAT-
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1915-02-19
Missouri State Board OF
Agriculture Notes.
MISSOURI HORSES ANp MULES.

WILL A,VOO,UVV uodu, ruuko Mill
among the states. With 320, ,00C
mules, ", are second only "a
Texas. Missouri horses and
mules, says the State Board Of
Agriculture, are practically free
from Chambers. This fact makes
our horse stock In keen demand
from foreign buyers who are
placing European war orders.
THE MISSOURI CATTLE INDUSTRY.
Missouri, with 797, ZOO mich
cows AMI 1,414, 900 other cattle,
is among the leading cattle states.
Each year our cattle top the St.
Louis and Kansas City markets.
Missouri mich COWS, too, have
established high records in milk
production. Wit s,y.s efficient
veterinary service, u2t hiss direc-
ton OF the state Veterinarian and
State Board Of Agriculture, there
has not been one case Of FOOT
and mouth disease in Missoari.
THE FARM NAME.
The first farm name registra.
tion law enacted by any state
was introduced in the Missouri
legislature Of 1907 by the present
assistant secretary Of the Mis-.
souri, State Board Of Agriculture.
More than a dozen states now
have such a law. In Missouri
registration is made with tke
county clerk.
A LEADER In COTTON YIELD.
Missouri is second to but one
state in yield per acre OF long,
staple cotton. California leads
with 500 pounds and Missouri
follows with 325 pounds. The
February report from the y. s..
Department OF Agriculture shows
the Missouri long-staple cotton
worth 8 cents per pound and the
short ga cents. Incidentally, the
State Board Of Agriculture calls
attention to the fact that Mis-
souri, is the only stote in the
Union giving employment to both
cotton pickers and Ice hands.
MISSOURI AMONG THE FIRST.
Missouri holds high rank among
the agricultural states. In total
value OF thirteen leading farm
crops our state ranks fifth In q
five year average. Texas, with
an area almost four times as great
as ours, is first; Illinois with two
and q half million more people,
is second; Iowa, third; and Ohio,
fourth. Tho average annual
value Of thirteen Missouri farm
crops, for five-year period, has
been siSS, $500 With q fav-
orable season in 1915, why not
third place?
MISSOURI A CENTER SHOT.
Missouri, midway between the
population and typographical CEN
ters of the United States, is in
the very center OF the agricultu-
raj universe, says the State Board
of Agriculture. The center OF
improved acreage for the United
States is0.2 miles northeast OF
Paris, Monroe County, while the
center Of farm values for the
United States is IA miles south
west Of Edna, Knox county. The
man who aims at Missouri makes
. center shot At the bulIseye Of
business.
CURING THE PRIZE MISSOURI HAM.
The first farmers ham and ba- :
con show ever put on by any
state was held in Missouri three
years ago under direction Of the
State Board Of Agriculture. The
fourth annual show viii. be held
in January, 1916. Farmers should
now reserve choice pisces Of meat
for this show. John p. Burruss,
OF Carroll county who exhibited
the first prizs ham At the 1915
show, used the dry salt method
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1915-02-19
FUDGE sparks ples.

Judge John w. Sparks, 81 years old.
formerly q member Of the Saline
County Court and also city assessor.
d,ed 1T Marshall the other morning.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-27
"a PAIR IF SKIES" PROVES
HIGHLY ENTERTAINING COMEDY

"A Pair Of Skies" starring Oscar
Figman, entertained three FL Paso au-
diences. Saturday and Sunday at the
Texas Grand theater.
Built something on the order OF the
Potash and Purlmutter" show, it is a
laugh from the rise of the curtain TO
its fall on the third act The company
presenting the play is splendidly cast
The lines are bright and the situations
clever and they are handled by excel
lent people. The play deals with the
petty business troubles Of two part
ners, who play a game of poker to de-
eide who shall be master and who shall
be servant.
The partner who draws "a Jair. Of
skies" wins and for a time the other
is the under dog, until he turns the
tables and makes the master jealous
of his attentions to the masters" wife
A sweetheart of the partner who
draws the servants job. helps greatly
TO enliven things and her plotting to
save her sweetheart from humiliation
has the desired result and brings the
other partner around to a viewpoint
where he is glad TO have affairs return
to their former condition G. A M
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-27
GOOD BURLESQUE
AT THE CRAWFORD

Burlesque has been grabbed by the
movies from the stage of four dimen-
sions and has been going out of style
except on the screen where Charlie
Chaplin and Fatty" Arbuckle use all
Of the slap-stick tricks from the bag
Of the old time burlesque.
At the Crawford theater. Armstrong
Baby Dolls are giving first class
burlesque this week 1t is such an i'm
provement over the previous stock COM
pany that there can be no comparison
The principals are funny, the chorus
can sing and there is a snap to the
show which makes it go with a bang
The play is full OF foolishness, but it
is funny and kept the crowd laughing
Sunday evening.
The chorus numbers are well sung,
the soloisJs get away with their songs
and the comedians have some funny
lines to say. The singing from the
aisles of the theater could be omitted,
as il was worked to death by the Rus
sell company. The show is divided in
to two one-act sketches with musical
numbers sprinkled plentifully through
both acts.
The Armstrong burlesque is not Ine
Passing Of the Third Floor Back or
"a Pair OF Skies but it is entertaining
and does not Fst rough. N NJ W.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-27
REEVES COUNTY ROAD WORK
STARTS WITH MUCH CEREMONY

Pecos, Texas. Dec. 27-Road i'm
provement work in Reeves county is
now fully inaugurated and a large
force of men is engaged in the work
The first road to be improved is the
BarstoW road to the Ward county line
Other roads will be improved with the
100000 bond issue voted by the tax
payers of road district No. l.
The Inauguration of the work was
marked with ceremony. County Off
Gals and business men went to the city
limits to see the work started, among
them being county judge Ben Randals,
T. Y. Casey, president of the Pecos VAL
ley Commercial club; S E. Eberstadt,
secretary of the club; NJ. W. Collie
manager of the Tri-State Telephone
company here: Rev. G. O. Key, pastor
of the Baptist church; Albert COOksey,
stockman, and John Y. Lille. mer-
chant County judge Randals handled
the first scraper load of dirt
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-27
CEN. HUERTAIS
SERIOUSLY Ill
Again Removed to Home
From Fort Bliss; His
Friends Are Worried.

Gen. victoriano Huerta was again
taken to his home at AIS West BouIe-
ward from Fort Bliss, sunday evening,
his health being so bad that it was not
thought advisable to have him continue
living at the Fort Sliss quarters ar
ranged for him by the army.
Cen Huerta'S condition is not i'm
proving and his friends are worried for
fear he may be suffering from some
organic disease caused by his long con-
finement and lack of exercise Con-
sent for his removal was obtained by
his physician Sunday and he was taken
TO the big home on West Boulevard
Sunday evening, after spending Christ
mas under guard in his quarters at the
fort Christmas he complained to his
guards that he was i'll and remained in
bed the greater part of the day. He
ate the dinner his family brought him
as he eats only what Mrs Huerta pre-
pares or supervises at her home
Because of his advanced age and his
confinement, Gen. Huerta looks many
years older than when he was in Ell
Paso at the head of the Madero troops
and his health has broken badly since
he suffered an attack of jaundiee
while a prisoner at Fort Bliss
He is under guard at his home.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-27
CEMENT COMPANY INJUNCTION
SUIT IS NOW BEING TRIED

The final hearing in the injunction
suit brought by minority stockholders
against the Southwestern Portland &C.
ment company to prevent the erection
OF a cement plant at victorville, Ca.
began before judge Dan NJ Jackson in
the saith district court Monday morning.
Consideration is also being given to a
motion made by attorneys for the
minority stockholders TO order an audit
of the company's books
A temporary Injunction was granted
by judge Jackson last summer restrain
ing the company from proceeding with
the work of building the California
plant. The required bond was not made
by the plaintiffs and the company pro-
ceeded with the construction work
R. F. Burgess. attorney for the COM
pany. brought out in his argument that
the company had amended its charter to
remove question of doubt as to the COM
pany's right to build the plant It was
indicated that counsel for the plaintiffs
will attempt to show that the amending
of the charter does not remove the
question of charter limits as the Texas
laws must be considered In the matter
of the special audit. Mr. Burgess stated
that the company makes an audit once
a year, and that the books are available
TO all stockholders.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-27
TAILOR BATTLES
WITH 4 MEXICAN
W. I. Hodges is Assaulted
By a Prisoner and
Shoots Him.

Van Horn, Tex. Dec. Z7.-When he
went to the jail to give dinner to Mi
guel Cruz, held on burglary and at
tempted assault charge. W. L Hodges.
the acting jailOr, was knocked down by
the Mexican, who had a piece Of iron
pipe concealed in his cell. Hodges shot
the Mexican, who ran out of the jail.
locking Hodges in the run around.
Hodges shot twice more at the Mexican,
hitting him each time.
County clerk Joe Provine went to
the relief Of Hodges. and the Mexican
was found apparently fatally wounded
He was left lying on the ground for a
few minutes and, taking advantage of
the opportunity, ran into the brush.
Later the Mexican was found with
three bullet wounds. but still alive
Hodges was badly injured by the blow
delivered by the Mexican
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-27
ToDAY'S ADJUSTMENTS
serHE UNKNOWN.

In the Unknown" the second Jesse
/. Lasky production in which Lou Tel
legen, the distinguished romantic actor
is to appear at the Alhambra today, is
said to be a photodrama of unusual
power. The story has to do with the
famous Foreign Legion in Algeria, that
mysterious military sanctuary where
men who have met with misfortune or
disgrace may redeem their past by
bravery and honorable service Mr..
Teuegen is seen as an English ne'er do
we'll who, at the end of a long de-
bauch. finds himself penniless in a little
town on the edge of the Sahara desert
Here he rescues a beautiful American
girl from an Arabian dance hall and is
induced TO enlist in the Foreign Legion
as a private. AS the private. he is
prosecuted by the captain of his troop,
who has bestowed his misplaced affec-
tions upon the American girl. who has
taken an interest in the strange young
Englishman. The captain subjects the
private to all kinds of cruelties and
finally has him condemned to death for
mutiny. Tellegen escapes, however,
and with the assistance of the girl. who
is disguised as an Arabian boy and
whom he does not recognize, flees into
the desert There they are discovered
by the captain, who, through peculiar
circumstance, finds he has been perse-
cutting his own son How the tangled
skein is finally unraveled, is brought
about by a series of gripping dramatic
m oments.-Adv.