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The Monticellonian., 1916-05-04

works, are safe and commodious. Port Said Is rated as the largest coaling station in the world, and it is one of the worlds important depots for all manner of maritime supplies. The pop ulation of the city is about 50,000, in cluding representatives of every race and individuals representing all races at once.
 Port Soudan Also Is New.
 Another interesting city of the near East Is Port Soudan, which was built to contract under capable military administration and designed to meet all the requirements of a great future trade brought about by the develop ment of the primitive Central African hinterland. It Is just ten years old and is one of the great latter-day achievements toward the retaining of the Dark Continent for the white man and civilization. More than this, how ever, it is strategic link in the Brit ish empire, fitted so well into the chain that today it is one of the most i'm portant factors in the defense of Egypt's back door.
 Port Soudan is brand new harbor, planned in all the details of it's con- struction and outfitting, and then build ed as whole. It was a successful
The Monticellonian., 1916-05-04
The Old Man Shied.

A story by Imri zumwalt in the Bon ner Springs Chieftain: "A man travel ing over the country soliciting sub scribers for one of the big metropolitan newspapers not long ago found himself in a community remote from railroads. After travelling for some time without seeing any signs of life he came at last upon a stony field on the noun tain side where man and a woman were blowing The old man was hitched in front pulling the blow and the woman was guiding it by the handles After few preliminary re- marks about the weather, the solicitor asked them if they would like to sub scribe for his newspaper. They stared at him blankly and inquired what a newspaper was. He pulled a sample copy from his pocket and began to un- fold it to show them. whereupon the old man became frightened and ran away, smashing up the blow. .''-Kansas City Star.
The Monticellonian., 1916-05-04
WICKEDEST SPOT IN AMERICA
Last Stand for Gamblers, Gunmen and Desperadoes Is Tia Juana.
 in Mexico.

Many visitors to the recent exposi- tions in California who stopped in San Diego also took a look at Tia Juana. Mexico, little group of one- story shaeks. canvas walled and scenery fronted, that lay spraddled out in the broilng hot sun just far enough from the line to escape the le- gal restrictions of California and the United States government.
 Tia Juana probably was-and is- the wickedest spot on the American continent. sort of last stand of the "gunmen,' sure-thing gamblers, "honk-a-tonk" keepers and just plain desperadoes, who have been run out of all other sections of the West. Opium smuggling, gun running. con ducting saloons with win proof gambling houses attached, hippodrome bull fights, in which the tourist was separated from s for the privilege of seeing fat bull bled to death, were
The Monticellonian., 1916-05-04
Won the Half Dollar.

At certain big school few small boys played a joke on their teacher by painting the handrail of the stair case with tar.
 The next morning the teacher asked the boys if they knew anything about it.
 After while. there being no re- sponse, he took half dollar from his pocket, saying:
 T will give this piece of silver to the boy telling me who had hand in it."
 No one answered, and then a little fellow, caught by the bribe. said:
 Please, sir, can tell"
 Well, Willie, who was it?"
 And you won't whip me if I tell?" No, won't whip you"
 Please, sir, you had hand in it.
The Monticellonian., 1916-05-04
s45,0O0,000 ASKED
 F0R W0RK.0N RIVER
MEASURE DEALING WITH MIS- slsslPPI AND SACRAMENTO
 REPORTED TO HOUSE.
PROVIDES FLOCD CONTROL
Three Million a Year For ReVetment and $6,00o,ooo For Line Work Pro- vided With an Emergency Fund
 of $1,o0o,ooo.
Washington.-A fve-year improve

Washington-A five-year improve ment and flood control program Cr the Mississippi and Sacramento riN CTS is provided for in a bill favorably reported to the House by the flood control committee. It appropriates $45. 100000 for the Mississippi and $5,- 600.O0O for the Sacramento to cover work during the five-year period.
 The measure makes no provision for a federal water ways council, which a special cabinet committee recommended should be organized to distribute appropriations and super wise improvement work. It was said that this proposal might be consid- cred independently by the committee and some more comprehensive scheme of waterways control be worked out later.
 The committees opinion, the report says. is that $3,0000O0 annually should be spent for revetment and $6,00O,- GOO annually for levee construction. To this total the committee adds $1,000, 000 annuaEy as an eHeI ISelCS IuHd e0 take care of any campaign against a flood that might have to be made.
 The report says that one of the lower river problems for many years has been presented by the Atchafalaya outlet, and that by divorcing it from the Mississippi river approximately 100000 acres can be protected from the Mississippi river floods but that this will necessitate increasing the grade and section of the levees along the Mississippi below that outlet, and thereby put an additionat- burden upon the levee districts affected. New Orleans always has vigorously pro tested against this procedure, as the flood heights there would probably be elevated two feet by the closure Of the Atchafalaya outlet
 The report points out that since 1882 the states and lower river leyee boards have contributed S90,000000 for leYee construction.
The Monticellonian., 1916-05-04
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port from the first, and 1t is now pet ter prepared to handle mad rush or war business than most of the ports in the middle East. Through this port should it be necessary for the defense of lower Egypt, Great Britain might pour all of the strength of her Indian empire without any such fear of traf- tic jam as that realized by munitions import at Vladivostok Army sup plies and troops might be handled ln any quantity there, the most modern port on the Red sea.
 A railway line connects the port with the Wady Halfa on the Nile. whence, by steamer and rail, it is con nected with Cairo and the ports of lower Egypt The railway was opened in 1906 and the stimulus that 1t brought to the country went long way toward justifying British confi- dence in the future of the Soudan. The railway has terminus also at Port Suakin, less suitable harbor a little to the south of the made-to-eon- tract city.
 On Barren, Hot Plain.
 Mecca, the holy city of the Moham- medan world, lies little to the north across the Red sea from Port Soudan. The port is TOO miles by boat south of Suez, the southern terminus of the great canal, and 495 miles by rail northeast of Khartum. It is situated in an arid plain, backed by fringe Of hills and barren save for mimosa thorns. The climate is very hot and damp, full of feyer-danger for the Flu. ropean, and this has proved the great est drawback for the city.
 Soudan was planned in 1905. It's laying out and equipping went forward steadily until 1909. by which time the government had spent more than s4,. Commodious docks. outfitted with cleo. tric cranes and other up-to-date harbor machinery, together with administra tion and storage buildings, were con. structed according to generous speci. tications.
 The new port was a successful ven ture from the start, doing a business of more than .$2,000,000 in the first year of it's existence. By the out. break of the war it was handling a rapid-growing business of about twice the amount in value of it's first years work. Raw cotton, ivory. sesame, dur. ra. skins. gum and senna. the Soudan s leading products. constituted the new
The Monticellonian., 1916-05-04
IF WE ONCE KNEW.

The thoughts that are truest and bravest
 Are the ones that are never expressed, And the tender love thou cravest
 somehow is never confessed.
 The rose that is sweetest and fairest
 Is the bud that is killed by the frost And the love that is dearest and rarest
 Is the true love We have lost
 Experience is wonderful teacher Those who get their fingers in the flame once take good care that it shall not happen again. girl may have had half a dozen beaux ere she col lects sense enough to fill the bill of what marrying man is looking for when he weds
 If she has been jealous of her first suitor she is careful to hide any trace of it from the second young man. If she loses him by a display of extrava- gance, which he takes pains to com ment on, she is sure to tell her next admirer she makes all of her own clothes, knows how to cook and bake and she thinks waste is such sin. If she loses him by flirting she is pretty sure not to err in that direction when another lover comes on the scene.
 Had she possessed as much know1- edge at the outset as she did when all of her beauX wearied of her and rode away, she would have been wise enough to have held the heart of her first lover, who is often the best of impress upon her daughter the knowl- edge of the world from her expert ences.
 But no two admirers are alike What one man may consider a girls playful moods another will regard as faults If we knew in the beginning what we find out to our loss later on, how differ ent our lives might turn out Youth is the happy stage of inexperienee. How can it be expected that old heads should sit on young shoulders? Each one must learn her own lessons.
 Knowledge comes with years There are men who do not relish the idea of playing teacher to a youthful wife. They had rather have one who had ac- quired all of her lessons and was ready to profit by them.
 A happy home depends much on wifes tact, her ability to keep her husband interested in her The trouble of most households that have domestic feuds is that the wives in such homes have little or no knowledge of the moods of the general run of men. Had they this intuition, they could rule their husbands without their knowing they were ruled.
 There are big, brave men who like to be petted and coddled. There's the boorish husband, who puts his wife's nerves on edge, who should be dealt with kindly, but firmly. The woman who has learned her lessons from ex- perience knows men are never so old, so learned, so great that they do not enjoy being flattered a wee bit on the right occasions. It means, to them, ap- preciation. Men who know it all them selves are, on the contrary. better pleased with wives who have had no schooling in the worlds ways. They do not attempt to teach them. but per sist in their remaining in happy ig norance, which means contentment all around. They believe Where ignor ance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise" They wouldn't have thought that in their earlier years. That was because they didn't know then as much of life they know now.
The Monticellonian., 1916-05-04

@ ORT Said, situated at the north D ern entrance to the Suez canal,
 has, by force of many circum-
 stances. become one of the most important outposts of the vast British empire. says a bulletin of the National Geographic society. It is the British storehouse in the Levantine world: it Is a British arsenal and troop station of rank; it is the base for de- fense of the all-important route to h. dta and for offense against the Med iterranean and Red sea Hanks of the Turks.
 A pioneer city in the ancient East; one entirely the product of modern times, without traditions, customs, or able city of sweaty toll, gigantic busi- ness. of all races and of all the out casts, Port Said has been a highly interesting phenomenon since it's birth It early earned a worldwide reputa- tion for wickedness, beside which the modest fame of the western mining camp seems to merge into the mild and conventional. The most unde- sirable elements in the eastern and Leyantine nations met, mingled and made life one excitement after an- other at Port Said. And the damp of the climate, the incessant chatter of shipping. the drear scenery, the never ending coaling operations and the of ten fierce heat have combined to give the town renown of a most unen- yiable sort.
 Not So Wicked in Later Years.
 The English, however. have steadily dampened the ardorous excesses of the busy, modern Babel; and. with the extensive harbor Improvements of 1903-1909. with the addition of a large cotton export to the towns activities, and with the building of a standard gauge railroad to Cairo, better class of people have sought new interests ill Port Said Thus, with the increas- ing Of the ports commercial possi- bilities and the coming of the mer- chants. the place has been consider ably raised In the social scale and lowered in the scale of lurid interest.
 The port city was founded in 1859 and it's site was determined by the needs of the great canal. It lies on a low, narrow, desolate strip of sand that separates the Mediterranean from Lake Menzaleh. It is on the western side of the canal The harbors of the port. improved by splendid modern
The Monticellonian., 1916-05-04
President of the United States.

According to the Constitution. a person born in the United States is A citizen of the United States, and such persons citizenship is in no way af. fected by the fact that his father may have been born in another country. Therefore, any natiye-born American citizen. regardless of the birthplace of his parents, may legally be a candi. date for the office of president.
The Monticellonian., 1916-05-04

revealed a TO- nance that would make the aver age novelist gasp. Men of wealth who have been under the impress sion that their gold would win them anyone for a wife whom they
 m 1 g h t { a k e a faneyZt0 VIII SlI up and take mo- ticeZ nd t h e crimps will be taken out of their
 bonnets as they read=the story If such character had been made
The Monticellonian., 1916-05-04

place. The only person supposed to have legitimate place of business in the town was Chinaman, who conducted laundry, and he was re- stored to the esteem of his fellow citizens when it was discovered that the laundry merely was mask for an opium joint.
The Monticellonian., 1916-05-04

anu IdIII, CHuUUy yOuIH sdL Dy IHdI puddle on a recent morning fishing His feet were clad in large shoes in 6 state of partial decay. His eyes were obseured by a tattered brown hat and his shirt was red. He had no collar, but eleven yards of bright red ribbon were wound about his neck
 At his right was an alarm clock; at his left one of those unhygienic vessels which adorn the Hobbies of cheap hotels. Ever and anon he gazed anxiously at the alarm clock, and
The Monticellonian., 1916-05-04

hAhAiOIN was uLdule tO lllt IL. uS deputy sheriff was armed with an order to search the compartment for enough cash to satisfy a judgment for s472, 2,Oo0, American money. obtained against Argumedo by the Yucatan gov ernment, it being alleged that when Argumedo fled from the country sev- with him.
 Sinnott expected to find much gold, as 1t had been said the former governor had changed much paper into
The Monticellonian., 1916-05-04
Sa,u .Jans in France

New York.-Fred Cozzens. an 1m- porter, asserted on his arrival here aboard the Rochambeau that he had witnessed the entertainment at Mar seiIles two weeks ago oI 200 Japan csc soldiers. He did not know wheth- CT or not they were part of larger force
The Monticellonian., 1916-05-04
Expect 500 in Camps.

Washington.-Wa Department re- ports indicate that attendance at the army instruction camps for civilians this summer will approximate 2S.500. Secretary Baker reporting to Con- gross on the departments plans d Hr camps, asked for an appropriatioRso sot S454,050 for their expenses.
The Monticellonian., 1916-05-04
Suqar Tax Will Stana

sshington.-With only twoA ,,, senting voices, the House vote3 to instruct its conferees on the free ,,1 gar repeal to insist on the measure as originally drawn to provide for an indefinite suspension of the freq ortr, provision and retain the present tay of one cent pound on sugar.
The Monticellonian., 1916-05-04
TalIest Man Is Dead.

New York.-Hugo, circus giant. who was said to be the tallest man in the world. died here from pneumonia. He was feet 1 inches high and nor mally weighed 536 pounds He was 47 years old, was born in Italy and as Hugo.
The Monticellonian., 1916-05-04
Copyright Office Paws

Washington.-The Copyright Office is one of the few government instltu- tions which pays us own way In 1915 it's expenses were S102,5S0 and fees received were $9,342 more than that amount.
The Monticellonian., 1916-05-04

VII tIIO IetI ' VT N1IV ItIoNOI III oVNNA III Ito enough stones to finish the building.
 The pastor is Rev. George ". Tryon. It was through his own per sonal sacrifice that the church was made possible and a building erected large enough to accommodate the greatly increasing number of mem- bers. With hip boots and pick and shovel the hustling pastor, in water to his knees. helped dig the old grind
 stones which had been buried for sev- eral years under great niles of dirt.
The Monticellonian., 1916-05-04

his business, but the neighborhood knows. And every frequenter of Franklin avenue and Fifteenth street at midnight and the wee hours of the morning also knows.
 When the wash Is on the line Charley plays.
 To save light he usually sits in front of the laundry's big plate-glass window, which faces the strong arc light on the Bloomington transfer point. So the late travellers also know. From midnight to 2 a. m. are his
The Monticellonian., 1916-05-04
Farm Loan Bill Ready.

Washington.-A bill to establish 12 regional land mortgage banks as part of the administration rural credits legislation program, was perfected by the house Banking Committee and will be urged for passage next week by house leaders.
The Monticellonian., 1916-05-04
BridQe Ready July

Memphis, Tenn. Engineers in charge of the construction of the Har- ahan bridge announced that the last span of the massive structure will be completed June IA, barring unforeseen delays.
The Monticellonian., 1916-05-04
New Withdrawal Rumor.

Torreon, Mex.-Colonel Brown, in Boquilla, is reported here to be ar ranging with General Luis Herrera at Parral by telephone for the use of the railroads to facilitate the with drawal of the American troops.
The Monticellonian., 1916-05-04
Moreenthau Quits Post.

Washington.-Henry Morgenthau. American ambassador to Turkey. has rendered his resignation to President Wilson and it probably will be &C., cepted.
The Monticellonian., 1916-05-04
Bulgarian Loss 12z nnn

Athens-The losses by the HA5ya. rian army during the var are esti. mated by Bulgarian reports received here to amount to S7,O0O killed and 50,o0o wounded or missing.
The Monticellonian., 1916-05-04
Tame Wild SIlkworms.

A great supply of cheap raw silk Is predicted on the announcement that the wild silkworm of Africa has been successfully tanned.
The Monticellonian., 1916-05-04

Vallejo, Cal.-The Pacific fleet. 8. well as the Atlantic fleet, is to he overhauled, according to orders rs eeived from the Navy Department
The Monticellonian., 1916-05-04
Touuh Conundrum.

If it is really service" that the man who shuffles around and shamefacedly produces tip is paying for, why do the pretty waitresses take in the most?
The Monticellonian., 1916-05-04

stones which grinding side business Mr. the available proceeded the buried
  all the hauling vision of the attended best materials would be placed the
The Monticellonian., 1916-05-04

 Charley and called in Chinese which Chars but neghors
  said he 0
The Monticellonian., 1916-05-04
Argumedo's Big Bale of Money (Mex.) Is Found

NEW " medo Of money
The Monticellonian., 1916-05-04

 packages which roped together big bale. The bills had been 
 
  total value $S00Oo S5O0000
The Monticellonian., 1916-05-04
Difference of of1OnInion

"Pa. mother says you are one of the boys
 "Er-yes. son. She means I'm still youthful"
 That's funny, pa"
 "Why?"
 Grandma says it's because you are
The Monticellonian., 1916-05-04
Fantastic Initiation of New York College Boy

NEW YoRThefe elm Seventh the IN puddle places the puddle be inches Oblyious
The Monticellonian., 1916-05-04
Philadelphia Church Is Built of Grndstones

 Hagerman world built
The Monticellonian., 1916-05-04

steamship which recently sailed Apparently  deck affected
The Monticellonian., 1916-05-04
Minneapolis Chnaman Makes Midnight Music

M NNEAPoLIs Wing g Chinese IV1 laundry Like thrifty Chinese
The Monticellonian., 1916-05-04

 These fish amphibious; like spiders with clubs In the caught which
The Monticellonian., 1916-05-04

"Whache doing?' said Hartwig. The chubby Whats name?" Still sphinxlike Come along with then and we'll He Edward the City or New York At eight o'clock in the morning he had reported instructions  had
  health ordinance What a  disorderly
The Monticellonian., 1916-05-04
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MONEY COULDN'T TEMPT WOMAN.

No onercould tell. for nobody knew Why gold was made to gladden. a few And those who need it the most, l trow, Go lone and starved the whole way
 through.
 There's a lone little lady on the out skirts of New York whose life has just
The Monticellonian., 1916-05-04

ports exports, and it's imports were mostly provisions, manufactures and timber.
The Monticellonian., 1916-05-04


  Patroman doing inned him
The Monticellonian., 1916-05-04

valuable bergen The the
  between Advent bay and harbor million
The Monticellonian., 1916-05-04

The thoughts that are truest and bravest
 Are the ones that are never expressed. And the tender love thou cravest
 somehow is never confessed. The rose that is sweetest and fairest
 Is the bud that is killed by the frost And the love that is dearest and rarest
 Us the true love We have lost
The Detroit times., 1916-08-03

the pale blue and pink or lavender
that are perennial favorites.
The stole collar and little gaunt-
let cuffs are distinctive and new
features OF this gown.
To make the frock. seven yards
OF Georgette SO inches wide and a
yard and half OF satin OF the same
width will be required. The skirt
is. OF course, entirely unlined, and
the waist. except the sleeves, has a
lining OF thin silk or net.
A pretty picture hat should be
worn with a frock of this type, and
a parasol similar to the one shown
in the sketch may be made. or AZ
least trimmed" at home. A plain
silk parasol of any preferred shade
ia selected. and covering OF chif
fon or Georgette laid over II. The
cover Is shirred In al the top and
Ats smoothly at all edges, the ful-
ness being held in place by diamond
shaped blocks OF shocking centering
each panel or section OF the parasol.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-03
THE CONFESSIONS OF A WIFE
Paula Loses All Her Savings and Tells Her Troubles
to Emma

Il will confess to you, Margie.
said Paula, describing the types
found at her first boarding house.
that II you had told me. six months
before. would sit at table with the
people | have just been telling about,
would have thought you crazy.
Emma. all the while she was telling
her story, was gesticulating with
her knife and fork and committing
other breaches of etiquette.
And yet began TO see how very
interesting were their lives and 10
realize that perhaps their summing
up OF our silly hypocrisles and con-
ventional crust was more just than
our opinions Of their primitive man
nerisms.
II sat at the table until almost
everyone had gone. for | was afraid
II | went out | would be discussed
and labeled as were the others they
had been talking about.
II went 10 my room, took of my
clothes. and threw myself on the
bed.
"All at once I remembered ! had
put all but $40 OF my money in a
The Detroit times., 1916-08-03

An airy, fairy dancing frock is
this dainty thing in French organdy
and nlet lace, designed by Nine. Rip
ley, OF the Fashion Art League OF
America. for Newport debutante.
II Is simple and SO demure | see
no reason why girls may not develop
the design in 25c organdy or 35c
lawn.
The skirt IL full. gathered at the
back TO suggest a hustle. But the
newest and oldest thing about It is
the collar. which looks like a hood.
The glrdle is In apricot satin. Point
d'sprit, which fashion Is bringing
back to favor, would be charming in
this model.