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The Monticellonian., 1916-11-30
Small Check Protector.

A new check protector has just been
invented by an Oakland (Cal9 man.
II is so small and compact that it re-
sembled a pocket cigar lighter and can
be carried in a vest pocket as easily as
a matchsafe. 1t consists of a metal
holder, at one end of which is inserted
a round steel die, containing Matched
lines. This steel die revolves and it's
surface comes in contact with an ink
pad placed inside the holder. The
check to be protected is placed upon
n small corrugated aluminium board,
furnished for the purpose, and then
the Matched wheel of the protector is
brought into position on the surface of
the check, over the written amount.
With slight pressure the wheel is
slowly revolved across the face of the
cheek.-Popular Science Monthly.
The Monticellonian., 1916-11-30

tenn in Bucharest; it carries on Its
work with fragrant openness and ap-
parent uneoneern.
Teutonic espionage in Bucharest has
one point in its favor; it is controlled
by one hand and from one center. In
stead of having much tiresome over
tapping the Germans assumed control,
and Austrian, Turk and Bulgar were
subordinated to the ubiquitous Teu-
ton.
1t has another feature that on the
face of it appears to be cOmmendable.
There is q very intimate connection
between the departments of state, or.
rather, in Intelligence they are but
one The right hand of diplomacy
knows what the left hand is doing
and approves. 1t is conceivable that
much time and money may be wasted
by having q diplomatic Intelligence, :"
an admiralty Intelligence" and war
office ''intelligence,' for there is al
ways the possibility of friction and
jealousy between the departments
apart from other things. In Bucharest,
at least, the central powers have cen
tralized Intelligence"
Agents in the Cafe Royal.
The types employed are of the usual
beWildering order. There is the i'll
clad ex-poliee official, with his heavily
silvered cane and inevitable bowler
hat, the seantily paid journalist, well
trained in the uses of blackmail; the
alert restaurant waiter the sleek hotel
proprietor and chef de reception; a
horde of impeeunious government Off
Gals, postmen and telegraphists. the
owners of the cafe chantants and the
women therein, and host of debt
laden officers of all ranks, marshaled
and manipulated by the naval and
military officers detai1ed-in multi
to keep their country well-informed.
At the tea hour the Cafe Royal is
full of agents. This is one of the
guages are spoken, all countries
catered to. To those with an eye for
signs and an ear for strange tongues,
together with an instinct for the
esoteric no more fascinating life CEN
ter exists. So continuous is the pro-
cession that passes to and from the
entrance that appearance and reap
pearance are virtually unnoticeable.
Every conceivable form of recognition
is adopted.
You may find picturesquely CARRIED
Roumanians from frontier villages in
tareSted I'm Fontroband turning nm nj
aperitif hour; and diplomatic under
officials with messages from a SUI
perior.
The Monticellonian., 1916-11-30

JuareZ, Mexico.-Four times Fran
cisco Villa attacked the first line
trenches which defend Chihuahua
city, and each time he was repulsed,
leaving his dead and wounded on the
plains outside the city to the south
reports to military headquarters re-
eeived by Gen. Gonzales here from
the besieged city said.
At II o'clock fmountain time) the
high-crowned hats of the bandits We're
seen to the south along the Mexican
Central main line, according to these
messages. The battle was opened
few minutes later with a salyo from
canon on Santa Rosa Hill, the key
to the state capital The first and
second line trenches, protected by
barbed wire entanglements, took up
the fighting, and by noon a general
engagement was in progress along the
entire southern line. which continued
through the early afternoon.
At that time the booming of large
ealibre guns on Santa Rosa Hill and
other artillery stationed along the first
line trenches was so deafening that
it was almost impossible to hear the
click of the telegraph instruments.
the military operator in Chihuahua
city told the operator in Juarez.
The field as covered with dead and
dying men, one message stated.
sortie by Carranza cavalry, sup
ported by artillery, resulted in the
capture of many Villa prisoners who
were without ammunition and had
gone since morning without food or
water, another message declared.
Villa in person was leading his
forces against the Carranza troops,
according to the reports received at
the Juarez military headquarters from
Chihuahua City, given out by Carranza
officers.
The bandit leader was said to be
riding horseback. with his cruteh
strapped to his saddle. He was sald
by the de facto authorities to have
approximately $500 men. AS he is
reported to have more than 5000
troops under his command, the re-
mainder of the bandits are believed
to be advancing to reinforce him.
The Monticellonian., 1916-11-30
For Small Contributions.

New York.-Prohibition by law of
any person contributing more than ST.
600 to a campaign fund is proposed by
Wilbur w Marsh, treasurer of the
Democratic National Committee Mr..
Marsh is working to raise 100000 to
wipe out the deficit incurred by the
committee in its campaign to re-elect
President Wilson. He is attempting
to do this through small contribu-
lions from all parts of the country.
Small subscriptions, he believes, rep
resent unselfish patriotism.
The Monticellonian., 1916-11-30

A roster of the next Legislature
compiled from returns received at the
office of Secretary of State Earl w.
Hodges shows that the next house Will
have three and possibly four Republi-
cans and that there will be one indie
pendent in the Senate. All other
members will be Democrats.
The only seat in doubt is that of
Madison county in the house The vote
for representative there was declared
by the county election commissioners
to have been tie between J. b. Har-
ris, Democrat. and Tom Sullins, Re
publican. Governor Hays has an
nounced that he viii call a special
election to decide the tie
The complete roster follows:
Senate.
First District-Richard Whitaker
of Knobel.
Second District-H. L. Ponder of
Walnut Ridge.
Third District-Elmer o. Owens of
Yellyille.
Fourth District-Ivison c Burgess
OF RussellYfile.
Fifth District-B. II. Greathouse of
Wheeler.
Sixth Dfstriet-Wm. o. Edmondson
of Mountain View.
Seventh District-sam n Yam of
Vanndale.
Eighth District-Thos H. Rogers OF
Paris
Ninth District. S. Utley of Ben
ton.
Tenth Distriet-Geo. F. Jones and
w. c. Adamson of Little Rock
Eleventh District-Creed Galdwen
of Pine Bluff
Twelfth District-samuel C. Simms
of Hazen.
Thirteenth District. W. Moncrief
of Dewitt.
Fourteenth District-W. L. Ward of
Mariana.
Fifteenth District-John L. Carter
of Eudora.
Sixteenth Dfstrict-Geo. F. Brown
of Rison.
Seventeenth District-Robert L. Col
Inns of Wilmar.
Eighteenth Distriet-R. Hill Caruth
of Warren.
Nineteenth District - Archibald
Hamilton of Camden.
Twentieth District o. A. Bush of
Prescott.
Twenty Distriet-Walker Smith
of Magnolia.
Twenty-second District-Andrew ].
Cabiness of Nashville.
TWenty-third District-Elbert E.
Goodwin of Melbourne.
Twenty-fourth Distriet-Lemuel B.
Kendall OF Alabama
Twenty fifth Distriet-Lee G. King
of Peter Fender.
TWenty-sixth District = Horace E.
Ruff of Heber Springs.
Twenty-seventh District-Wm. d.
Davenport of Searcy
Twenty-eighth District-Ezra Hes
ter of Fort Smith
Twenty-ninth District-E. E. Alex
ander of Blytheville.
Thirteith District-Geo. w Garrett
of Okolona.
Thirty-first District-Houston EN-
cry of Hot Springs Independently.
Thirty-second District = Lon A.
Slaughter of Palestine
Thirty-third District-Ben NJ. John
son of Waldron.
Thirty-fourth Distriet-John r.
Duty of Rogers.
The Monticellonian., 1916-11-30
Four Dollars Weekly.

When Mark Twain first went to
New York, where he was to spend so
much of his life, he lodged at a me-
chanics' boarding house in Duane
street. Albert Bigelow Paine, his BIZ
ographer, says that The did not like
the board" He had been accustomed
TO the southern mode Of cooking, and
wrote home complaining that New
Workers. did not have hot bread or
biscuits" His work was IN a print
ing establishment in Cliff street. near
the home of his future publishers, the
Harpers. He was paid 81 a week In
wildcat money.
The Monticellonian., 1916-11-30

Waterproof electric flash lights, to
be attached TO life preservers for
night use, are a recent invention.
Natives of Porto Rico make a fair
~ permanent yellow dye for textiles
from the roots of turmeric, which
grows up over considerable part of
the island.
about 200 years old. II was used by
Gen. George Washingtons bodyguard
in shaving the general at the time he
was president of the United States.
Doctor Neal uses the razor frequently.
The Monticellonian., 1916-11-30

if
into the wheat field and with his mouth full
a
had
0 Il o
The
hound let yell which frightened the fish
and ook out of
concerned
a practically
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veing halt "Now then"
life
smooth l
o
Perhaps
ordinary dimensions the tall dip
millinery
spare
raj OF
That's right; look head
Don't mind head" she I've had for 35 this
hat m o
usually every
stay her VA
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BITS OF INFORMATION.

Switzerland in June and July had
the heaviest, most CONTINUOUS ralhs
known for 80 years.
The Argentine government is report
ed as gradually transferring 10 the
Gaia de Conversion the gold deposits
ia its foreign legations.
More than 100000 acres OF hipa
palms are In the Philippines, and the
;nsular government is endeavoring TO
produce cheap sugar and alcohol from
the sap.
The Monticellonian., 1916-11-30
Here Is Some Relief.

Chicago-Ultrafa cloth
ing for women promises to be less ex-
pensive than the leading STYLES year
ago, in spite of increased costs for ma
ferials. members of the National
Cloak, Suit and Skirt Manufacturers
Association said at the close of their
annual convention and fashion show
The style will be simpler and the cost
of manufacture will be less. they said
The Monticellonian., 1916-11-30
Indian Writing Found in North

That the Spokane country once was
peopled by a race of Indians whose sign
writing cannot be interpreted by the
tribes of the present day is shown in
the disclosure of Indian hieroglyphics
on rocks near the mouth of the Little
Spokane river The marks are found
on rocky cliffs north of the Little Spo-
kane on the old Binkley place. Pho
neers of Spokane have known of these
marks for years, but their exact loca-
ton has never been made known to
the public for fear they might be de-
stroyed before steps We're taken for
their preservation. With the organi-
cation of Spokane historical society,
whose purpose will be to mark such
historical places. the hieroglyphies will
be preserved and every effort made to
have them deciphered.
The Monticellonian., 1916-11-30
Express Suit Dropped.

ashington.-Having reached set
Element with Oklahoma authorities,
the Wells-Fargo, American and Unit
ed States express companies dismiss
ed in the Supreme Court their cases
attacking the Oklahima refund law.
recurring the companies to deposit
with the state corporation commits
sion bonds to cover refunds of excess
charges.
The Monticellonian., 1916-11-30
Senate and House Rosters
OF the Next Legislature
One Independent in the Senate Three Republicans Possibly
in the House-Tie Vote Reported in
Madison County,

Faulkner-H B. Hardy of Green.
brier
Franklin-George A. Henry of Altus
and G. G. Carter of Ozark
Fulton-F. L. White of Mammoth
Spring.
Garland-John A. Riggs OF Hot
Springs and A. T. Davies of Hot
Springs.
Grant-Eric NJ. Ross of Sheridan.
Greene. T. Craig of Paragould.
Hempstead-U A. Gentry of Hope
and James w. Ellis of Ozan.
Hot Spring-Andrew l. Rowland of
Malvern fRepublican).
+ Howard-J. NJ. Copeland of Nash
vile.
Independence. A. Moore of
Batesville and ]. X York of Jameston.
Izard=W. w. Copeland of Mel
bourne
Jackson-L. D. Smith of Tucker.
man.
Jefferson-D. B. Niven, C. A. New.
ton and I. P. MCGEE, all of Pine
Bluff.
Johnson-Lee Cazort of Clarksville.
Lafayette-S. D. McGill of Lewis
Vile.
Lawrence D. Doyle of Walnut
Ridge
Lee Doddridge McCulloeh OF Ma
rianna and Aubrey Elliott of Council.
LincoIn-Elmer Campbell of Star
City
Little River-W. L. Phillips of ash.
down.
Logan A. Jarrard of Scranton
and w NJ. Wade of Barber.
Lonoke-W. j. Wagner and C. L.
Holloway of Lonoke
Madison. tie vote between ]. B.
Harris of Huntsville, Democrat, and
Tom Sullins of Huntsville, Republican
Special election probably will be
called.
Marion-J. NJ. Coker of Yellville.
Miller-Louis Josephs of Texar-
kama.
Mississippi-J B. Wilson OF Joiner
Monroe-John T. Davis of Roe.
Montgomery-M NJ. Plemmons of
Womble
Nevada-C. B. Andrews of Prescott.
Newton-Ben r. McFerrin of Box
ley.
ouachita-sam L. Owens of Mill
Vile
Perry-P. l.. Burrow of Perry.
Phillips w. Adams of Helena
and ] NJ. Hudson of Poplar Grove.
Pike A Rankin of Murfreesboro.
Poinsett-C. r. French of Harris
burg fRepublican1.
Polk-Chas. Burnett of Board Camp
Pope. L. Shinn of Russellville
and G. W Bell of Moreland.
Prairie-G. L. Bland of DeValfs
Bluff
Pulaski-W. B. Brooks, L. B.
Leigh, J. w Blackwood and ]. l. Ira
wick, all of Little Rock.
RANDOLPH. n Ellis of Pocahon-
tas.
Saline-A. B. Shockley of slocomb.
Scott-John Willard of Blue Ball
Searcy-Dan w. McInturff of Baker
fRepublican).
Sebastian-Jo Johnson, T. s. Os-
borne and Carl W Held, all of Fort
Smith.
Sevier-H. C. Limbrocker OF De-
Queen.
Sharp. NJ Street of Calamine.
st. Francis-M. B. Norfeet of For
rest City
Stone-J w. Humphrey of Noun
tain View.
Union-T. J. Babb of Ell Dorado.
Van Buren-H. A. Emerson of Gin
ton.
Washington-M. NJ. Collier of
Prairie Grove, Wilson Cardwell OF
Springdale and Ray w Buchanan OF
Fayetteville
White-J A, Choate of Floyd. and
Oscar Robbins of Rosebud
Woodruff, Rose Mathis of Cotton
Plant
Yell. W. Clark of Havana, and
Morris Moore of Centerville
The Monticellonian., 1916-11-30
Holland Takes Action.

London.-An Amsterdam dispatch
to the Wireless Press says the Dutch
government has instructed its repre-
sentative at Berlin TO notify the Ger
man government that painful i'm
preston has been produced in Hol-
land by the deportation of Belgian c,-
Villains
The Monticellonian., 1916-11-30

slower half miller
tookp
o. 70 Boys.
of of
The main building designed by Arthur F. Iussander
he
who
O
which of the
have 10 fearth run ava
The Monticellonian., 1916-11-30
VILLA DEFEATED IN
CHIHUAHUA BATTLE
FOUR ASSAULTS REPULSEo AND
BANDITS PUT TO FLIGHT
MANY DEAD ON FIELD.
BANDITS ARE BEING PURSUED
Heavy Artillery Won the Day For Car
ranze Forces-Reported Bandit
Leader Led Attack With Crutch
Strapped to His Saddle.

FL Paso, Tex.-Francisco Villa with
drew his surviving forces in defeat
from Chihuahua City, after battle of
seven hours, during which he made
fruitless attempts to carry Gen. Ire
vinor's protecting works by assault
according to reports from Juarez.
The de facto troops are now pur-
suing the bandits toward the SOUTH
the same report from Chihuahua City
stated.
The Monticellonian., 1916-11-30

donkey the pulling
platform
else again.
designed the
of
Q
Ordinarily
Iooki In for
The Monticellonian., 1916-11-30

corrective machinery, the sentence IS
course in intensive cultivation of
onions, or, if the culprit prefers, fruit
growing, or chicken raising or a trade.
If the boy is unusually we'll behaved
while serving his sentence, he will be
permitted TO drive the motor bus
which meets visitors at the ear line. If
he insists in smashing institution reg
ulations as he has city ordinances, he
will be forced to watch less for
midabe left-hander than himself pitch
for tho "dnrlno chnmninnShin OF q
The Monticellonian., 1916-11-30

tussle with GeniuS Of TeIegraphy, a
50-foot tall, lotion weight gentleman
with wings. up on the tip top Of
the building at Broadway and Dey
street. 1t required only about an hour
10 raise Genius 26 stories 10 the roof,
but it was week before Healy and
his ten riggers got the statue perched
on the eight-foot base at the top of the
tower, about 30 stories above the
street.
Moving sixteen tons Of Genius on
skids across the roof wasn't much.
The Monticellonian., 1916-11-30


IN the metropolis Is The cry OF warming
now heard many times a day since
the Fifth avenue stages began to &c
up to Riverside drive.
To get the full sensation of '1ow
bridge" ascend to the very top of the
stage somewhere in the neighborhood
of st. Patrlcks cathedral. You will
thus be composed and prepared for
anything when it takes a swift detour
to the west at Fifty-seventh street
and plunges along in front of Mrs.
Nanderhilt's house and then comes to
The Monticellonian., 1916-11-30
days and up TO six months for the
Federal Reserve bank at st. Louis.

San Francisco, Cal-After care
full checking up of all precincts of the
state, there is no possibility of Wilson
losing California. according to the
Democratic State Committee The
checking shows the lowest Democrat
ie elector to have 1,200 votes more
than the highest Republican elector.
The highest Democratic elector has a
lead of $500 over the highest Repub-
lean
The Monticellonian., 1916-11-30
Ionnsell Grants Raise.

Beaumont, Textile Long Bell
Lumber Company of Kansas City will
raise the wages of common laborers
in II of their plants in Missouri, Tex
as, Louisiana and Arkansas. effective
December l. The rate of increase is
not stated, but 1t Will mean a s250.000
increase in the annual expenditure.
The Monticellonian., 1916-11-30
Rin War Bet Is Paid.

Amsterdam. - Whether the war
would end before October, 1916. was
the subject of a $4,000 bet Just IL
Quidated at Amsterdam. The mem
bers of the groups concerned were
principally stock exchange and com
mereial men and the bet was made
last year.
The Monticellonian., 1916-11-30

Twinkllpo Stars.

The twinkling of the stars is more
apparent than real, and is an effect
produced in our atmosphere on the
waves of light. 1t is due TO currents
and strata of air of different densities
intermingling and floating past each
other through which the light passes
The Monticellonian., 1916-11-30
Site of Aviation School

Newport News. Va-Options on D.
500 acres near Hampton, Va, have
been secured by Secretary of the
Navy Daniels and members of the
Aeronautical Board, searching for a
site for the new army aviation school.
The land is valued at 100000
The Monticellonian., 1916-11-30

Atlanta, Ga.-Four more indict-
ments were returned in the Fulton
County Grand Jury investigation OF
the dynamiting of street cars during
the recent strike of carmen. Five men
had been indicted and nine persons,
two of them women, are under arrest
on suspicion.
The Monticellonian., 1916-11-30
IhaW Back Home

New York-Lieut William 1haw
and C. c. Johnson, members of the
French-American aviation corps en-
gagged with the French army, arrived
here on the French line steamship La
ToHaine They said they are on
leave of absence.
The Monticellonian., 1916-11-30

HINt TIEHI UuI OF TIC WdItT. " ItIi
Doctor Smith and his friends visited
their pond short time ago they
found most of the wheat they had
carefully planted as duck bait was
gone.
The evident size of the mouthful
quantities in which 1t had been taken
away. added to the scarcity of ducks.
led the huntsmen to believe all was
not right; they suspected the objects
of their charity had been robbed.
"Carp." said n sage member of the
The Monticellonian., 1916-11-30

special commission the opposition to
the sale of the Danish West Indies
TO the United States has collapsed.
The commission favors the sale of the
islands, % to 7.
The Monticellonian., 1916-11-30
Frost Injuries Cane.

Washington.-This years prospec-
tive sugar crop in Louisiana was re-
duced by about 10 per cent by the
freeze of November 1916. according
to report. to the Bureau of Crop Es-
Inmates.
The Monticellonian., 1916-11-30

Beaumont, Tex-Jefferson county,
in which Beaumont is located, voted
3,0S7 against prohibition and 2,22S for
in the local option election Three
small boxes with less than 100 votes
are to be heard from. Orange county
will hold similar election Novem.
Der "a
The Monticellonian., 1916-11-30
Putting Sixteen Tons of Genius Up On Roof

NEW YoRK-When Dick Ieay based the job of
~
Nutmeg had tho time OF 1r ..
The Monticellonian., 1916-11-30
Portland Ore, Boasts of Only Carp Hound

CORTLAND oREDr Alan a
animal the hound This
The Monticellonian., 1916-11-30
Waues Are Increased.

Augusta, Ga.-The wages of 1,400
operatives of the Aiken Langley and
seminole Cotton mills near here have
been increased ten per cent.
The Monticellonian., 1916-11-30

to the eye. 1t is seen more in warm
weather than in cold, and near the
horizon more than overhead The
same thing may be seen by looking
out of a window over a hot radiator
or at candle held on the other side
of hot stove-one must look through
body of highly heated air at the
candle flame. The flame will be seen
to waver and culver. The various lay
ers of air are at different densities
and in notion Rapid twinkling of the
stars is a sign of change of weather
The Monticellonian., 1916-11-30
The w. c. Z. U. Re.EIects

Indianapolis.-Th National Wom-
ans Christian Temperance Union, in
convention here, reelected all of its
old officers.
The Monticellonian., 1916-11-30

Washington-Th Federal Reserve
Board approved a discount rate of
1-2 per cent for maturities over 80
The Monticellonian., 1916-11-30
Chicago Tries New Punishment for Bad Boys

imposed upon
- punishment without
shine is substituted for solitary
The Monticellonian., 1916-11-30
Glow Bridge" Is Often Heard in New York Now

NEw Harum, company
IN entirely be
duck he said Low bdge?. RIGHT here
The Monticellonian., 1916-11-30
Opposition Is Overcome.

London.-An Exchange Telegraph
dispatch from Copenhagen says that
as q result of the investigation by a
The Monticellonian., 1916-11-30
Some Odd Christian Names.

An appellant rejoicing in the curious
name of Rezia at the last sitting of the
Somerset tribunal, caused an inquiry
where he got 1t from. He replied from
the Bible. where it is only mentioned
once-I Chron. 80. There lived for
many years in the village of Twerton,
Bath. one named Miah. He was born
a twin, and his parents thriftily divid-
ed the predestined name of Jeremiah
between them, the other babe being
christened Jere.-London Globe.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1916-08-04

Quebec, On rapporte que pen
dant les bellies fetes de Ste. Anne
qui ont eu lieu au sanctuaire de la
grande Thaumaturge de Beaupr6.
Plusieurs faveurs signal6es ont 6t6
obtenues ct ces nouveaux miracles
ont cree une profonde impression
sur Immense foule qui pass6
par lie sanctuaire. Une religieuse
de Pittsburg, E. E. des s@urs de la
M6role, qui await une jambe para
lysTe depuis longtemps, a etc COM
pl6tement gu6rie. Ellie marche
maintenant parfaitement blen COM
me ST ellie n'avait jamais soufert.
On dit aussi qu'une femme Sc
tra1nant p6niblement a paide de
deux b6quilles, a etc complement
gu6rie ct a laiss6 ses bequilies au
pied de la statue
On parle aussi de plusieurs au-
tres faveurs mais la gnerison v6ri-
tablement miraculeuse de la seur
Jean est la seule qui 6tait attest g
oMciel!ement.