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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-05-15

the same time my trustee robbed me
of my fortune. That was why she
was false. If it had been love for him
/ could have forgotten. So 1 disap-
peared from my world and chose this
one. Now run away to your friends,
little girl, and play" he sneered bru-
tally.
He might as well have sneered at
one of the patient cattle for all the
effect it had.
"And you think that you are free?"
she asked. you have no sense of
law, of citizenship, of public duty?"
Hardly" he said, scoff1ng. Eyes,
we are free equally, you in your gid
ed luxury and in my conlradeship
with the, outcasts of the world"
81 free?" she cried, beginning to
laugh. He heard the catch in her
throat and his eyes softened momen-
tarily. Listen, then. We shall never
meet again and can tell you what 1
cannot tell anybody else. My father
is many times a millionaire"
Yes, that can be SEEM" he said,
looking at her dress, her jewels. He
saw the flush creep up under her
skin. His penetrating glance seemed
to dissect her.
You know the lives of us wom-
en-" she asked. "Or you have read
of them, at any rate. And what one
reads is underestimated, not exagger-
ated. have never had a moments
freedom in my life, not since 1 was
a little girl, playing with my dolls.
"At school was smothered with |
attentions. At home 1 was suffocated
with nurses, companions hated, |
chosen for their wealth and rank. |
Later l was decked out, sent to a |
finishing school, all my nature
cramped and hardened by luxury and |
convention. And l always longed for
my emancipation.
do you know what we women
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traded for the coronet of a viscount.s
That is why am going to England
to marry him. And if 1 could be q
man and free as you are free, then
only could begin to live. Good-by.'''1
She turned away hurTiedly and he,
saw the tears streaming down her
cheeks. He made no effort to follow.
her, but stood watching her, like a
man in dream. Z
He dreamed of her during the long
night, when the cattle ship pitched
and tossed heavily in the trough of
the channel and the binding fog
came down. The timbers of the old,
ship groaned as the waves buffeted
her. At his post the captain strained
to catch sight of the Foreland lights.
Suddenly, with a crash that sent
every timber jarring, the liner
stopped, shivered and keeled over
The shock sent the cattlemen flying
from their hunks. They rushed out
into the open space between the3
pens. From the upper deck came
cries and the sound of seamen run
ming. Women began to scream.
Through the haze doomed up the
squat form of collier.
There was no possibility of mistak-,
ing what had happened. The inerF
had struck the collier while rushing
at full speed through the fog, mott
with her bow, but amidships, glanc- !
ing blow which had ripped her outer!
sheath nearly halfway from the bow
She was keeling lower she would go
under within a few minutes. There
were no water-tight partitions on the
old ship, and if there had been they
would have been Of little aid in SUCH
a situation.
After the first confusion the cattle-S
men gathered between decks and
waited. Outcasts as these men were,
they had the discipline of the sea. !
They did not know that Mayne was
living unconscious uDOn the fO'c'Stla3
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1915-08-20

ROUND ABOUTTHE STATE.
Cleaned from Exchangas--Madeb by the Shears,
the Pencil and the Paste Pot--Some Org-
nal Some Credited, and Some Stolen.
but Nearly All interesting Reading.

An 11-year-old boy at Kirks-
willie has built . gasoline motor
car that really runs.
The state Of Missouri had Ia
its treasury at the close Of July
$8,082, $3.50 .06. The various good
roads have total Of S4S7, 1bS.49.
Up to July let, 1915, 66,O6l
automobile licenses had been is-
sued in Missouri in 1015, teing
1893 more than during the year
1914.
William F. Perrin OF Dearborn
= began shaving 75 years ago with
a razor he bought at that time
and he is still using it, although
he is 95 years old.
Just to show how the weather
is taken into consideration now,
the manager Of the Maryville All
Stars advertises q waterproof
grandstand. Get that?
Twenty cups and two plates,
part Of the communion set at the
Maysvills Christian church, were
the loot when a sneak thief rob-
bed the church recensly.
A "merry. go round" barn has
Just been completed near Harris,
Sullivan county. The barn Is
eighty.fou feet in diameter ana
will stall one hundred and hfty
head OF cattle.
Woodson Institute, twenty-five
years in operation as Q private
school at Richmond, has closed
its doors for the coming year.
The buildings. will be taken over
as public schools.
Wonder il there can be a ling
at chautauqua orators in the OBJ
seryation of the BFookfield Ar.
gus that the Liberty Bell Is not
the only cracked thing that can
travel and draw crowds.
Higginsville is all puffed up
with pride because a negro from
that town serving q sentence in
the State penitentiary, claims
that he has won the boxing
championship Of that institution.
Comes R. F. O. O'Brien Of
BocnvilIe with the claim that ne
is an older man and an older
Mason than D. D. Ford Of Full
ton. Mr.. O'Brien is 81 years old
and has been q member OF the
Masonic order for sixty-one
years.
Two Rayville men yanksd .
"a pound catfish out OF the Ha
Muddy the other day and as 4
was being prepared for the skill
let, an Ingersoll dollar watch wal
found in its innards. It 10 ad'
: mitted, however, that the watct
was not running.
Free circus tickets are q might,
argument. A tent show sched
uled to visit Richmond this weel
was granted permission to US
the windows Of the new S100, ,0O
courthouse for displaying litho
graphs. "a 500, 900 Billboard,
is what the News calls the ne,
county capitol.
A story of "stewed" chicken
comes from Keytesville. wher
Mrs. julius Sleyster threw out !
the poultry yard . halt gallon {
spoiled canned apples. A littl
later she noticed her fowls wei
acting qussrly and still later sh
believed them dead when the
lay still in the broiling sua. ]
ell about one hundred OF h'
flock Of broilsrs keeled over. bl
the next morning all wore alis
though showing the panga Of r
morse Sin the gray dawn OF u
morning AFTER
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1915-08-20

A Bethany farmer has . Pig
with four developed ears and the
Hopkins Journal suggests that he
bring it over as q companion to
the one with six legs owned by
Charley Lytle, west Of Hopkins.
Last week the Journal annoan-
ced that the 102 river was about
to overAow q portion Of Hopkins.
In the same column II told how
the new $40 street sprinkler had
arrived and was ready to fight
the dust.
The Clay county jail is doing
a capacity business, the sheriff
| having been compelled TO release
some Of the prisoners In order to
make room for newcomers. There
is ne limit to the possibilities Of
q popular Jail. \.
Driving over the Charlton river
hills to settle the claim for a horse
that had been killed by lighting,
an insurance adjuster found the
roads 80 rough he told the Bowl
ing Green Post he wondered how
the lighting ever got in there.
Gov. Major recently appointed
A. D. Harrison, treasurer Of
Ozark county, vice James N.
Ford, resigned. Mr.. Harrison,
was Bull Mooser, but was in
dorsed by the Democratic organ
ization Of that county. Ozark is
a republican county.
The plant Of the Phillips Fuel
and Lumber Co., at Cape Girar-
dsau, together with a stock of
lumber, paints and other supplies
was destroyed by fire at II: 100 p.
M. last Sunday. Three mules
were burned in the fire. Loss,
$40, ,000. 90; insurance, S18, 900.
The county court Of New Mad
rid county has let the contract
for their new court house and
jail to the Interstate Building
and Construction Co., of Louis.
vile, KY The contract price Of
the court house is $685. ,074.00, and
for the Jail S14,226.00. Both
buildings are TO be completed In
200 days.
A Pennington justice last weel
ned thirteen boys ranging ii
age from 8 TO II. 81 each, ant
another one 10 years old, 50 OF
pleas of guilty of stealing brass
J, Sam Wooten, q junk dealer, whit
had bought the stolen brass, wa
fined 500 and costs for "5uyinl
, from minors without the consen
| Of their par snts or guardians
Being unable to pay his fine b
!, was taken to Jail.
Chas. ]. Tesreau, the base bal
! pitcher with the New York Giants
came down from st. Louis, Sun
: day night, and drove out to tn
. st. Francis river to spend q fe'
I hours with his mother. His phe
q nomenal success in the base ba
D world has not 'turned his head
. one bit, he's the same genii
}, Charley as OF old. Mr.. Tesrea
' tells US that he and Mrs. ~esrsa
win probably spend most Of th
coming winter in Ircnton.
Q Almost from q cloudless sky
n bolt of lightning struck near Il
If home of Alb Hart, east OF Sike'
Ie ton, Monday afternoon. KILN
o Charlie Hart, Q 7 year old ID
10 and badly shocking Wade. sg'
y 8 years. Wade was astride
b the forks Of q tree ten feet fro
}. the front porch and Charlie vi
1t under the tree about two fe
10 from the body Of same when q
= holt came and killed the Ia
10 His body was considerably mar
ed. Sikeason Standard,
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1915-08-20


The State of Missouri was "a
ysars oId August 10th, having
been admitted to statehood Aug.
|ust 10. 1891.
Russell Duck. q young man Of
|SchslI CITY, admits that II is hin
ambition 70 become . doctor, but
he fears Dldo this on account Of
the propsnsity he forsees in the
aversge r,an to speak Of "Dr.
Duck" asa sort Of "quack."
The first known white settler
in Worth sounty was Henry Lot.
He 6rnigrated from Bouthern
Ezissouri and located west Of the
present townsite Of Albany in
1887. Here he remained until
I1640 when q few Of his nearest
neighbors informed him that his
presence In their midst was rath.
or too obnoxious to be longer toll
Grated.
Whether the tree Is going to do
double duty by bearing two crops
OF apples or Is merely indulging
in q little ireakish prank on ac.
count Of the weather, the Excel
aior Springs Cali doea not know,
but q crabapple tree in Forest
park there is we'll loaded with
apples. while on many twigs
blossoms are appearing.
| An apple tree, 100 years old
and eaid TO be the largest In the
United States, is mentioned In
the independence Examiner in
telling Of q Welt to Van Buren,
township, Jackson county. The
tree measures fourteen feet In
circumference at the ground and
thirteen feet above the swell oi
the roots. It was loaded with
blossoms last spring but now II
dying.
i From Harrisonville comes the
distressing news Of the awfu
death Of Mrs. Walker Witt, . far
liners wife near Kingsville, from
|, hydrophobia. The disease wat
contracted from the bites of pup
lies only q few days old will
which the women played. Th'
puppies showed unussl vicious
ness and deeming them harmless
Mrs. Witt and Others allowed
themselves to be bitten. A few
hours before her death and whil'
, suffering convulsions, Mrs. Wit
: attacked her husband and bit hin
: on the chest. Physicians ar
: alarmed lest in spite Of every pre-
caution he may suffer like ter
rible fate.
John Hobson was hunting
squirrels, Wednesday, out on tn
! viglini hill, when he run acros
0 eight copperheads and one rat
: tier all bunched together. H
n killed the rattlesnaks and elk Q
8 the copperheads with his she
!, sun--two copperheads made thei
K getaway. JOHN thinks the hig
3 water was the cause Of their be
:, ing bunehed on . high point. AL
It ter seeing the snakes John sal
;. he had no desire to look furthe
: for squirrels. but came straigi
n home-thsn. too, he said, SUP
!. pose had been bittsn--I don
. believe / could have gotten
!. drop. Clinton County Dsmocra
sr Poplar Bluff Republican: 4
'f least fifteen owners Of mot
70 boats in Poplar Bluff wei
of caught on Sunday evening vic
al lating the federal laws govern
ls ling motor bosts by being four
,eIin Black river without the nece
,. sary lights required by the 60
b. ernment. The inspector, wi
IN sneaksd into town quietly as "
of please, rounded up lot Of DO
.. men and told them they mu
,g settle for violation Of the la
of And they paid without furth
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1915-08-20
Winter Oats.

Winter Oats.
The Iron Mountain Agrlcul-
tural department has. during the
past three years, done some
work IN oat production which
will be Of great value to the far.
mers Of Southern Missouri.
In view Of the poor yields Of
spring oats, caused by frequent
drouths just when the crop was
being made, and in view Of the
desirability Ct having . cover
crop to hold the soil during the
winter, the department, which is
under the direction Of D. G.
Welty, Commissioners OF Agri-
culture, three years ago started
growing winter turf oats on the
Iron Mountain Demonstration
Farm at Arcadia, Mo-. Each
year the crop has been consider
able more successful than spring
oats, the yield last year being
about So bushels per acre, and
this year 40 1-2 bushels per acre.
The seed grown last year on
the Arcadia farm has been dis
tributed to various farmers both
in that vicinity aud in the vicin. /.
ity Of Poplar Bluff, and the prac-
ticability OF the crop is evidenc-
cd by the success of Mr.. M. L,
Clardy, ut Pennington, who
made q yield Of about 53 bush
els with seed furnished by ths
railroad. Mr.. Clardy also de.
monstrated the fact that the Iror
Mountain Agricultural depart.
ment has really developed a win
ter oat which is fully acclimatet
for on an adjoining field he plant
ed some fine Southern growr
seed OF the same variety. Thi'
. ,uthern grown seed was entirely
killed out during the winter, al
though the seed developed Oh
the Iron Mountain farm made
fins yield. ssssss..5,...... s.s...,..s
The Importance of these yield
is shown by the fact that the es
innate of oat yield for Missouri
as u whole this year is 30 bush
els per acre as compared with q
bushels per acre last year, an,
23.0 bushels as the ten year av
erage.
This work has been watche,
with great interest by the stat
and government men; and tn
county farm advisers, particu
larry in southeast Missouri, viii
probably take up the entire avail
able supply OF seed this year TO
use on farms in their territory
| Results with both wheat an
oats during the past year on th
Iron Mountain demonstrate
farm at Hope, Ark, illustrate
the great possibilities Of tn
cheap lands for grain production
The wheat yields averaged 2
bushels per acre and oats "a b,
per acre. A test field, put in I,
comparison, OF Fulgrum oats an
winter turf oats showed q yiel
of n bushels per acre of ii
Fulgrum oats and 81 bushels p,
acre of the winter turf oat
I0ther fields Of winter turf oa
'lyieldsd respectfully So bushe
per acre, 10 bushels per acre,
bushels per acre. The lowe
I yield was 81 bushels per acre.
ri The Iron Mountain demonstr,
0 ton farm at Hope was started {
q piece Of land that had been
: cotton over fifty years. and whi'
d was practically worn out. II
-lyields mentioned. made und
practical farm conditions al
o methods, show what can be do
uieven on worn out land.
IT After charging up rent on Ian
1T expense Of seed, fertilizer, tes
:. and driver at 30 cents per no,
" and labor at 15 cents per no,
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1915-08-20


Eleven year old Johnny Stacey,
near Schsll City. went out pick-l
ing blackherries and rubbed blis.'
ters on hi seals with . pair Of
IA fitting shos. Blood poisoning
set In and his father went to town
10 get q doctor. When they re-
the boy was found lying
dead in he yard.
An d thentioated story Of .
radish 'p six feet high. SUR
noun.in l-.~ radish fourteen In.
chss in diameter at the top Of the
brought to the Exeelsior
Call an offer TO buy the
hole for . cistern when tho radish
attains Its full growth and q block
and tackle has been obtained to
pull 1t.
Over four years ago Lester
Bozarth lost his gold watch in
the hay of the barn loft ct their
farm east Of Cameron. a. dill.
gent search was made to recover
the time piece, but In vain. Re-
Gently his father was cleaning
out a lot Of chat in the loft when
he found the watch, which was
uninjured.
Once in q while you get wis.
dom even from q Judge. When
a st. Louis woman applied to
Judge Hogan as to the best meth
cd OF keeping her husband from
beating her, saying she did not
want him sent to the workhouse,
the Judge replied, "Just hit him
on the head with the base ball
bat your son uses"
Albert Forquer, a mail carrier
Of Brashear, has q malignant
growth on his jaw and has the
notion that live frogs held to 1t
will absorb the poison, according
to the Unionville Republican.
For this reason his friends 60 out
every evening and catch several
frogs and bring them to him. He
says that the poison is absorbed
by the frogs and that 1t soons
kills them. He is being benefit :
ed by the treatment.
Fire destroyed 100000 walnut
gun stocks for a citizen OF Wesl
Plains, one day the past week.
The cause OF the fire is shrouded
In mystery as the material which
had been cut and sawed into the
right size, was stored in a barn
The material had been contract
ed to the Remington Arms Co
The loss was partly covered BY
insurance, The owners had beer
about q year in collecting ans
preparing the material.
County Coroner U. P. Haw o
Scott county, was called to Him
Friday afternoon to hold an in
quest over the body OF Helel
Hill, IS months. The baby
grandmother, Mrs. Katie King
had placed her on the bacI
porch TO play 90 that her cryinI
would not disturb her mother
who had been sick for abou
three weeks with typhoid fever
The baby fell into q lard can CON
tanning about Z inches Of wate
heod first and was drowned
The coroner's jury returned
verdict Of accidental drowning
Miss Pauline Roach, daughts
Of Cornelius Roach, secretary
state, was married at the hon
of her parents to Thomas Ellis I
Fort Wayne, Ind, On electric'
engineer, whose parents resiS
at jefferson City. The marriae
, was solemnized by the Rev. ].
Melius Of the Catholic churcl
! The bride is one Of the elevs
daughters Of the secretary
state. She also has two brother
I All the state officials, includiI
Il Governor Major and judges
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1915-08-20

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WILLIAMSBURG
The Rev. B. A. Barnes to Deliver Fare
well Sermon Sunday

NSt'"t ~ ORE Sflus 'ffFf-ff'f4
Williamstown, March 11-Squire g.
r. Wren was visitor to the county
seat Tuesday.
Allen Sausman, of Harrisburg, spent
Sunday with his mother.
Mrs. Ulsh, of Lykens, visited her
daughter, Mrs. Roy Blaming, yester-
day.
The Lyric quartet, which was to
have been the attraction at the Aeade-
my of Music under the auspices of
the Hose Company Tuesday evening,
was unable to appear, as one of its
members was taken suddenly ill. A
quartet of equal ability was substituted
and enjoyed by the large audience.
This is the first of series of attrac-
tions to be held under the auspices of
the Hose Company.
The Rev. B. A. Barnes, pastor of the
Methodist Episcopal church, will
preach his farewell sermon Sunday
night before attending the forty-sev-
enth annual session of the Central
Pennsylvania Conference at Shamokin
next week.
Although the eolliery at this place
is working but a few days week, this
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street, Tuesday evening to help cele-
brate Mr.. Ocker S birthday. The affair."
was arranged as a surprise in his honor|
by Mrs. Ocker. ~
Each evening of this week except
Saturday services are being held in the|
Big Spring Presbyterian church at 7.30|
clock. Day services will also be held
at 2.30 p. m. tomorrow and Saturday.
The Rev. |. P. Hays, of New Bloom
field, is assisting the pastor during the
week. The Sacrament of the Lord 81
Supper will be administered next Sun
day morning
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Lands recently
moved from West Parsonage street to|
their newly y-erected residence on Fair-
field street.
Mrs. Anna Mccoy attended the fu7
neral of her grandson, Raymond, which
was held at Bendersville last week
The deceased was the only son of
Charles Mccoy, of Philadelphia. The
lad, who was 16 years of age, died ia
that city on Tuesday, March q
Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce Elliott and son,
Robert, of Hagerstown, were, entertain
ed at the home of Mr.. Elliott 3 parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Elliott, Chestnut
street, Sunday. t
Miss Annie Greaver is home from a
visit with Philadelphia relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Kerr, of Buffalo.
y. Y, are spending a short time I'M
this place.
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Women s Wearing Apparel

$3.50 and $500 Waists $19Screp de chine chiffon lace
fowered tafeta The waists of the
styles All coors-and combinations of colors
and all sizes up 46.
$00 Waists, 59c-prety styles but they have been
slightly soied by showing And 90 Waists
they are marked $l00 Many of them $5O
$500 and higher. Just Friday cleanup of stock
Five Suits and Dresses $500 eachthe suits
fine popn and broadcoth-spendly tailored The dresses
fine SERGE serge and satn and velvet and satin They
ranged in price up to $25OO.
The women who get these bargains will be lucky, be-
cause they are old undesirable styles They
ments very in the winter and be right up
into the
Floor-BOWMANS
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NEW CUMBERLAND
Trinity U. B. otterbein Guild WIN Give
Entertainment

1ntoI tA1kitASAt
Special Correspondence.
New Cumberland, March 11.-An
entertainment viii be given at Trinity
U. B. church on Sunday evening,
March 4, at o'clock under the aus
pices of the Otterbein Guild The pro-
gram will consist of the folovlng ex-
ercises: Special music, choir; vocal
sole. Clare Smell; recitation. Mrs.
Emma Souders; vocal duet, Misses
Mary and Ruth Williams; address,
Mrs. J. R. Hutehison; vocal solo.
Frank Entry; missionary eSereise,
1.-The Voices of the Women,' given by
twelve young ladies, who will be
dressed to represent different foreign
countries; recitation, Mrs. Sehenck; Sc
lection, men 5 chorus. A special offer
ing viii be lifted at this service for
the missionary cause. Everybody wei.
come.
The New Cumberland brick plant
will resume operations on Monday. The
plant has not been in operation for the
past six weeks
Many tickets have been sold for the
Grammar school entertainment for this
evening and tomorrow evening.
Miss Irene Wolf a stenograrher at
the New Cumberland knitting mill, had
an operation for chronic appendicitis
performed AT the West Side sanitorium
in York on Monday.
Miss Mabel Wood. of near Lisburn.
who has ueen spending the past two
weeks with her sister, Mrs. Samuel
Sipe. Reno street. has returned home.
H. b. Rain. of Steelton, visited his
aunt, Mrs. Margaret B. Prowell, Tues
day evening.
A meeting of the adjourned quarter
" conference of the Menodist church
will be held on Monday evening, March
Is.