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The Monticellonian., 1916-08-03
Safe Anesthesia

Now that surgeons are in the habit of removing the tonsils entirely, the methods of anesthesia in vogue when they were merely clipped have be, come inadequate. For the operation takes time and the gas and oxygen anesthesia does not last long enough to permit of complete dissection of both tonsls.
 Dr. J. Blomfield, senior anesthetist of St. Georges hospital, London, writes in the Lancet that he has found the best general method, both for children and adults, consists in giving a preliminary dose of atropine, gradually producing a dee. degree of unconsciousness by mixture of chloroform and ether, supplemented in some cases by few minutes of open ether. This generally suffices, he says, and when it does not he reapplies chloroform from junker's inhaler or an open mask.
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-03

attaining some predetermined stand ard, not for the purpose of cultivating his own abilities, but for the purpose of excelling some other particular child
 The bread-baking contests and the dressmaking competitions for girls, like the cornraising or shop contests for boys, utilize the same motives of rivalry as we find in the ordinary ath- letic contests or street fights. But the form of the conflict and the material consequences are in no way objection able
 When the older children are organ ized for team play. we begin to get the kinds of sacrifice that the group al ways demands of the individual, and in many respects the more victorious forms of athletic sports are quite the equivalent of good fighting, so far as the participants are concerned. The motives are still those of rivalry, but the prospective gain of victory Is now no longer for the individual but for the group And when boys all but ex- haust themselves for the glory of the school" the moral results are of the highest kind.
 We go Il step further when the corn clubs conquer insects and fungi and control the soil and the seasons for the glory of their county or district. for
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-03
TRAINING TODAYS
 BOYS AND GIRLS
Fighting Instinct Diverted Into
 Other Channels.
REAL ENEMIES lMPERs0NAl
Healthy Group Rvalries and competi. Nons Will Abs rb Energies That Otherwise Are Likely to Be
 Misdirected.
By slDoNlE M. eRuENgERe

NHteRE are three possible atti.
 i1des toward the instincts of
 children. Al one extreme we
 md the rather crude natural isil which assumes that whatever is natural. must be right; this leads to iAaliferenee and indulgence. At the other extreme is the somewhat less et titie but equally arbitrary PurftaniSm which suspects every desire and inn pulse of being satanic in origin. this faes ia suppression and sferility her there k the more or less rational eeiectieism That chooses to encourage some impulses and 10 suppress others. When We Lake into account the teach- llies of modern psychology and biology We shall make our selections and adant our methods more effectively. Today Vt 70 nef simply repress or indulge . "e Try ta ntiliZe the driving forces of the growing child to forward our own iaedls Of what child should be We take the child as We find him. and try to make him a little stronger here and to rub off q little there.
 In the matter of fighting it k parti- calariy difficult to form balanced iudg- mentS and 10 develop sane plans. With our usual habit of emphasizing one aspect of problem to the exclusion or all others, we either fix our atten- ton on the injuries resulting from con fiiet and become extreme paeifsts or We Tx The attention upon the need for resisting aggression, for defending our rights and become belligerent. In one eaSe We make fighting an end h itself; in the other case We make the avoidance of fighting the goal of effort. With the child. however. fight ing means fnote than defense. and it heed not always mean that: il means something different from the conse- daences te person and property. It is almost entirely natter of exertion, of overcoming difficulties. of conauest-or defeat = sometimes, but even then chiefly as incidental to the conflict.
 Our problem k therefore to make full use of youths eagerness to exert effort, to sacrifice. 10 devote itself. But We must guard. on The one hand, against drawing upon the antisocial
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-03
Not Entirely New.

An item going the rounds to the effect that q yellow rambler rose has been discovered by an explorer in China, and that its seed will shortly be introduced into the United States, where the species is now unknown, has aroused, il would seem, the ipdig- nation of half the gardeners in the lat ter country. The item says, among other things. Those who take delight in the crimson rambler will be glad to welcome the new flower to this coun- try If one will look over the seed and plant catalogues received this spring it will be discovered that they contain very pretty pictures of q yell low rambler rose that has long been an early summer bloomer over wide area of the United States.
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-03
VOTING AGE VARIES
Franchise Right Not the Same in
 All Countries.
Belgium Furnishes Those Who Fail to Exercise Their Privilege of Cast ing Ballot-Women to Vote for
 President This Year

The great army of stay-at-home voters have no pride in what Doctor Holmes describes thus:
 The freeman casting with unpurehased
 hand
 The vote that shakes the turrets of the
 land
 We get our word vote" from the Latin ''votum," and originally a vote means vow or pledge. An old Roman method of casting a vote once consist ed in striking q spear against a shield, and from the Latin expression describ- ing the resultant noise We get our word suffrage
 Ballot" too, has an ancient origin. The Greeks on important occasions cast secret votes by using pebbles, and their word has come down to our time.
 recent perusal of our newspapers, however, will show that present-day politicians don't stop with casting peb- bles. They carry it to the point of singing mud
 Anywhere in the United States one must have lived twenty-one years be- fore he can vote. Not so in many other countries.
 The Hun votes at twenty, but the Austrian, in the other half of the em- pire, must be twenty-four Prussians cannot vote until they are twenty-five years old and that is the minimum age limit in number of German states.
 Twenty-Five is also the age iR Hol land. Belgium and Japan. Denmark Is with age, hence no one there under thirty can vote. English-speaking races may vote at tWenty-one
 In many countries soldiers are dis franehised. and under the Portuguese Kingdom no domestic servant or gov ernment employee had ballot.
 Sam Salter never lived in Belgium, system of multiple voting. College graduates, for example. have three votes. and so do many others who full fill property requirements.
 About 300,000 Belgians have each three votes, and more than that num- Der have two votes. And notice this, -'Ai. s3AetS loiiltt ifllIult lo Aolt III Belgium is punishable as q misde- meanor.
 Idaho withholds the ballot from big amists. Election bets disfranehise men in some states. and one duel will keep any man from the polls in Florida for all time.
 4 pauper cannot vote in Massaehu- setts. while nearly all states specifical- ly dehar idiots. felons and insane from the Use of the suffrage.
 More than 100000 women will be able to vote in the United States this year. aud that will bring the total pos sible vote for presidential electors up to nearly 3oo000 GOO, or double the number cast four years ago.-Philadel- phia Ledger
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-03
STOP CAL0ME[.! TAKE
 D0DS0N' $ LIVER TONE
New Dscoy Takes Place of Dangerous Cae Puts Your Liver To Work Without Making You Sck-Ea Anythng-H Can Not
 SaIvate-Dont Lose Days Work!

I discovered a vegetable compound that does the work of dangerous, sickening calomel and want every reader of this paper to try bottle and if 1t doesn't straighten you up better and quicker than salivating ealomel just go back to the store and get your money
 I guarantee that one spoonful of Dodsons Liver Tone will put your sluggish liver to work bile and constipation poison which is clogging your system and making you feel miserable
 1 guarantee that spoonful of this harmless liquid liver medicine will relieve the headache. bil- iousness, coated tongue, ague, malaria, sour stonl- ach or any other distress caused by torpid liver quickly dose of vile, nauseating calomel besides 1t will not make you sick or keep you from
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-03

soon the interest may be extended from the mere locating" of the rivals to the increased contribution to the corn crib at home. The same kinds of results morally are obtained when We utilize the group rivalries in Clean up Contest" The girls will make their streets and yards and porches as at tractive as possible, at first for the purpose of making a better showing than those of the next street Pres ently, however, the interest may he directed so as to center upon the chaS- ing of flrt as the villain Of the drama
 Now the older children can be led to abandon the group rivalres as they had already outgfewn the individual rivalries. and the object of attack can now be made some imperSonal enemy, rather than some particular person or group. There is enough to fight for and to fight against. Boys and girls who have learned to work together in the various kinds of contests need not abandon the fighting motives, and the powerful organizing influences that these motives exert upon our activities But they must learn to fight real enc mics, and for larger and larger groups. Disease still remains to be conquered. and the best physicians and nurses ap- proach their work in the spirit of the soldier. Fire prevention and fire de struetien call for as much thought and effort as the best can put forth The vast engineering and economic and SO cial problems furnish worthy foes for the fighting instincts of our boys ana girls.
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-03
Use for the Gourd Cron.

None of our plants or flowers last summer were any more worth while than the small ornamental gourds which We had in our garden. Of course they made handy stocking "eggs" for alarming, but more than this, they proved to be ideal tops. My own baby likes to play with the one that always floats in his bath; others afford him amusement as rattles and ham, mers. We had quite "eron" of these gourds and kept whole boxful, which are always a diyerting novelty for visiting children, who usually take some home with them.-Good House keeping.
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-03
REFRESHMENTS WERE ON HIM
Wall Street Man, Aptly Designated by Smart Youngster, Had to
 Acknowledge a Hit

Samuel o'keefe. retired Wall street man. K almost q daily visitor at the Hospital for Joint Diseases One Hundred and Twenty-fourth street and Madison avenue, New York. where Il friend k receiving treatment. There are many invalid children It the hos pital and Mr. O'keefe often takes them candy. and on one memorable occa- sion imported consignment of char Iotte russe.
 A day or two following the charlotte ruSse festival he visited the children,s ward again, and Was greeted by loud shouts of approval. His arrival was first noted by little boy. said by the nurses to he 'as smart as Il whip. " who shouted gleefully:
 "Oh, look Here comes the char lotte rooster!,'
 Under the circumstances Mr. okeefe felt that any further refresh- ments ought to be "on him.
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-03
Called Down.

They were enjoying Il plunge in the surf, he and she. He of New York and she of Boston,
 She of Boston accidentally got be yond her depth and II looked like q cinch bet that she would never view the Hub" again through her specta, cles.
 But he of New York was on the job in the role of an animated life pre-. server.
 She of Boston was about to make her third and farewell disappearance when he reached her side
 Hold on tight" gasped he of New York, as he felt pair of arms about his neck
 Pardon me gurgled she of Boston as she expectorated q quart of the ocean from her interior department, but you should say hold on tightly !"
 And the sad sea waves rolled on.
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-03
With the Child, Fighting Means More Than Defense-lt Is Matter of
 Overcoming Difficulties.

and inhuman motives. and, on the Oth- er hand against allowing the exertions to result in injuries. whether personal or economical.
 In childhood, playing soldier means, usually. merely parading or hunting or stalking. Presently, however, the children become interested in each oth- er as members of groups. Because of this interest it becomes possible for us to cultivate an attitude of exclu- siveneSs or antagonism toward all who are not members of the immediate group. Tn extreme cases this attitude ends in antisocial group action, and at best it ends in a rather narrow kind of nationaliSm or patriotism. But it is also possible to make use of the social interests and impulses in cultivating an overwhelming eonScientiousness of identity with other people In the first ease We have q perpetual source of antasoniSm or animoSity toward strangers and foreigners In the lat ter case there is the opportunity to direct the fighting instinct against the enemies of the race, the Instructions te human welfare.
 But even before the child becomes interested in team plays or group ac- ton of any kind We utilize essentially the same interest in conflict when we encourage rivalry, whether Ut home or in school. through prize contests or through invidiouS praise and blame. We have guessing contests and spell iag matches. and in athletics we have raees of various kinds. In these the individual k encouraged to put forth his best efforts, not for the purpose of
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-03
Thrashed by a Man of Peace

A Yorkshire village will have Il folk tale about the conscientious objector long after the war is over
 This conscientious objector told the tribunal that he would not defend his mother and sisters. The two sisters worked at the mill and were twitted unmereifully about their chicken hearted protector. The appeal failed, and the conscientious objector had to report himself at the barracks. On his last night at home he waited for the chief tormentor and thrashed him.
 And now every time that patriot goes out he is laughed at by all the village as the man who met consci- entious biector.-Manches (Eng) Guardian.
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-03
SHE HAD THE BARGAIN BUG
Mrs. Winniger Knew Just Exactly Where and How to Get What
 Father Wanted.

Mrs. GangWay Winniger. the bar gain tiend, who had married c. Winn- ger because 1t was such reasonable way of getting a big house in the city. answered ring 1t her electric doofbell, installed only last week at Il special bargain rate.
 Why. fathefi" exclaimed Mrs. Win niger. When did you leave Doops- burg?"
 .I took the II GO to town" replied Constable Wings of Doopsburg. 'I been lected sheriff, and the Morning Buzz wants my pixture. I want a swell pIxture took by the swellest pho tygrapher in taown. Sompin' that wunt make me look natural.''
 70, father. l tell youl" cried his daughter. "Go around to any one of the Beezer-Wlggles grocery stores and buy three pounds of tea, and they'll give you an order to have your picture taken, free ,'
 But don't I tell you I want the swellest-"
 Well, Abe Smith has opened up q little photograph studio. and this week he's giving pictures away for nothing providing you buy the frame from him. The frame only costs $1840, and just think"
 But, consarn 1t, datter-" [
 II know, father. l know where there's perfectly elegant secondhand portrait in oils, all finished. for only $S.94. l can get the man to paint in n bald spot and paint out the side whiskers and 1t will look just like you
 And Constable Wings clasped hand to his dizzy brow.-Detr6it Free Press.
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-03
COULD NOT SPEAK
 TO HER CHILDREN

T have been great sufferer from asthma since ! was thirteen years old, . says Mrs. NJ. A. Mooney. @ Carroll St, Nashville, Tenn. Have been so bad many times that l could not speak to my chii. dren nor make my wants known to them l have taken three small bottles of Lung Vita, which has entirely cured my asthma, Mrs; Rubie Clark, 3l5 Oriole St, Nashville, Tenn. writes: After hay. ing three doctors to tell me I had tuber eulosis l can gladly say that Lung Vita cured me-
 These testimonials are taken from the many we have on hand telling what Lung Vita has done in cases of consumption, asthma, colds, croup. whooping cough and grippe. If your dealer cannot supply you. order direct. Price Sl75 Booklet upon request. Nashville Medicine Co.,. Room s Steger Building, Nashville. Tenn. Adv.
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-03

a days work. want to see bottle of this won- deriul liver medicine in every home here
 Calomel IS poson-its mercury-t attacks the bones, often causing rheumatism. Calome is dan- gerous It sckens-while my Dodson's Liver Tone IS safe, pleasant and harmless Eat any thing afterwards, because 1t can not salivate Give 1t to the children because it doesn't upset the stom- ach or shock the liver. Take spoonful tonight and wake Up feeling fine and ready for full days work.
 Get bottlel Try it! If it doesn't do exactly what l say tell your dealer to hand your money back Every druggist and store keeper here knows me and knows of my wonderful discovery of a vegetable medicine that takes the place of danger ous ealomeL-Adv
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-03
Compulsory,

Rear Admiral PearN at Washing Ion tea, talked about his recent Long Beach flying trip, when he fell 200 Beach flying trip, when he fell L2o0 feet into the water without knowing it.
 T wasn't frightened, he said. T thought that our swift descent was q piece of fancy flying. I am, in fact, as ignorant of aviation as the little boy was ignorant of history.
 Describe the Order of the Bath, his teacher asked this little hoy.
 "Jt's very ancient he answered. It goes back to the time when they aidn't take no baths except by order. '
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-03
Needed.

Senator Kern was talking about a noted foreign statesman.
 "rhe people want to get rid of him, :" he said, but I'm afraid they can't do without him. They're like the jeal- ouS husband
 "A husband was very jealous of his capable. managing wife. She had got him his job and &e owed his various advances to her, but, nevertheless, he got so jealous one night that he point ed a revolver at her head.
 What are you going to do, Jim, she asked, staring into the murderous weapon, calmly.
 I'm going to blow your brains out r roared the frenzied husband.
 Jim, don't you do it. she said. You need my brains where they are. }" Washington Star.
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-03
Bibles.

The first Bible printed in America
 Wa, in m Indian language translated h1 Ioha Elliott pioneer missionary fo ,he Indians. and published at Cam briJgn Mass. the New Testament in l6dl. the entire Bible in l6d3 In l665 aga William Bradford proposed to nrint m English Bible ny subscription, rho price of the book to subscribers bainr 20 shillingS or d pound sterling. ln TIT. during the Revolutionary war .l-.ra were so few Bibles in the little ,-ronp of states that congress voted = print 80OO0 copies. Even this was
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-03
He Proved It.

During the recitation of n college class in natural philosophy, the pro lessor observed tall, lanky youth in a rear seat, his head dropping. his body relaxed, his eyes half closed. and his legs encumbering the adjacent aisle.
 MT. Frazer" said the professor.
 The freshman opened his eyes slow ly, but did not change his pose.
 MT. Frazer, what is work?"
 Everything is work" was the drawling reply.
 Sir exclaimed the professor, do you mean to tell me that is a reason able answer to my question:"
 Yes, sir"
 Then l take it that you would like me and the class to believe that this desk is work?''
 Yes, sir" replied the youth wearily i; ''it is woodwork. The Christian Her aid.
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-03

found impracticable. Type and paper were wanting, and by way of compro- mise 10000 Bibles were then ordered to be imported from Europe by author ity of congress. the reason being given that its use was so universal and it's importance so great" But even this could not be done owing to the war embargo The work was. then under taken i'll TSP by Robert Aitken of Phil adelphia as p1csate enterprise. The books were few and very dear-Chris- tan Herald
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-03
ITCHING, BURNING SCALPS
crusted With Dandruff Yield Reaairv
 to Cuticura. Trial Free.

Gutieura Soap to cleanse the srafn of dandruff crustings and scalings. and Cuticura Ointment to Soothe and heal itchings and irritations. Nothing bet. ter, surer or more economical than these super-ereamy emellients for hair and scalp troubles of young or old
 Free sample each by mail with Book. Address postcard, Cutieura, Dept. L, Boston. Sold everywhere.-Ad
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-03
Let's Find Our Friends.

It is about time to look the world over and see if we have any friends who can help us preserve free institu- tions intact on this hemisphere If we have no friends, let us behave so as to deserve them. Let us acquit ourselves so that nations will see in us a desir- able ally, and not q parasite for whom they are 10 pull chestnuts out of the fire.-Frank B. Vrooman, in the Cen tury Magazine.
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-03
Wonderful Concoctlon.

\ Frcneh Canadian guide came into carp one duy greatly excited. He had | handful of wild eranberries which he exhibited with pride. You know Inc liI cranberrie?a he asked the as sembled party. Well you take the i.l cranberrie an you put him on the are with plenty of de sug ob. big lot af da su5= m you let him cook long +Irr. Then you take him on an let him sool. An voila You have d more zbeft,r apple sauce than you can make or of de prune,
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-03
Private Quarrels.

Both chef and waiter were Irish and eNcitable. The waiter rushed back in to the kitchen, red Wiih rage
 You've done it, now,' he said. eThere k customer kicking about the potatoes. He says they're no good. They've all got black eyes"
 "Black eyesT said the cook. Sure an if they have it's no fault of mine. The bastes must have been fightin' af- ter l put 'em in the pot"'
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-03
Expensive

Your son graduated from college his year, did he not?'
 He did I've got him in the office with me now"
 That's q good idea"
 "I don't know about that. I've had 10 hire two extra office boys to keep him supplied with cigarettes
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-03
Just Like a Man.

This overheard conversation could be re-related in two lines, but we are stringing il out little longer.
 ''I wish you'd get your life insured ]" said lady.
 Why should r." growled the man.
 If you should die, you'd want to know that I was provided for, wouldn't you?"
 "Yes--but I'm hound 10 outlive you. g ''There, that's just like you-always looking on the dark side :"
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-03
pREpAR REDNESS

Prepare for next washday by taking home Red Cross Ball Blue. Ask any good grocer. Red Cross Ball Blue im- parts clear white; makes you smile when you see the basket of beautiful. snowy white clothes Red Cross. the blue that's true blue-Ady.
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-03
Important to Motbeya
Modern Way.

Do you wait for inspiration before writing your novels?" We asked the distinguished author.
 Not at all" he replied. "I merely wait for the advance check from my publishers"
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-03
What's O. His Mind 2

\ man Oil an Evansville car carried T cage containing Il pigeon and canary bird.
 Huh, well mated remarked one of the passengers.
 About as well as some married peo= pie I know rejoined the owner.-In- dianapolis News.
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-03
Pa,s ODinion

Pa asked little Sammy Twobble, what is misnomer?"
 My son, answered Mir Twobble, whose idea of having good time is to take nap in an easy chair close to an electric fan, "I should say the average pleasure resort is misno- mer"