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GRACE DUNN.
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rIIE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT.

TO hr Continu"d.)
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MAMIE .,l.LEE.
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SANTA CLAls is COMING.

MILDRED WHITE
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BELFAST.
. 80 80 . .

The weather is moderat1ng at pres
emit.
Riley DeHart and family are NOV.
Ing on the old Pemelton place.
Mrs. Lucy Wyrick Is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Clarence Johnson.
The primary election Of the Har-
mony school district No. reelected
G. W. Ware as director for another
term of three years.
Albert Padgett was a Croton caller
one day last week.
Z Mrs. G. Moody Is visiting Mrs. ]. L.
Brpdsky.
Andrew Anderson was a Croton cal
Ter one day last week.
Mrs. Eva Anderson is on the sick
list.
Henry Springer and family who
lived on the Oscar Newberry farm,
have moved to Croton.
The Harmony school closed March
10, and in the evening entertained a
large crowd by program and pie
supper. The pie supper was quite a
success.
Mrs. Bess Rider was a Keokuk cal
Ter on business one day last week.
Mrs. r. Deere is visiting her faith
er-in-law In Missouri.
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most burst I got where I was almost
a walking skeleton and life was burden
to me until one day my husbands step
sister told my husband if he did not do
something for me would not last long
and told him to get your medicine. So he
got Lydia E. Pinkham' s Vegetable Com
pound for me, and after taking the first
three doses began to improve. I con-
tinued its use, and I have never had anv
female trouble since feel that owe
my life to you and your remedies. They
did for me what doctors could not do
and I will always praise it wherever I
go. Mrs. G. o. LowERY, 419 Mon
terey Stfeet, Denison, Texas.
If you are suffering from any form of
female ills, get bottle Of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and
commence the treatment without delay.
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.H0N0R|NG MEMORY
Of PATRON SAINT
This Was st. Patrioks Day and
Green and Shamrooks Pro-
dominated Whore Loyal
Folk Live.
APOSTLE OF IRELAND
This Was Title Of Good Saint Patrick
Back In the Fifth Century
When He Brought Cross
to tho People.

Green was the favorite color today,
and tho shamrock, the favorite flower
OF those who claim Ireland for their
birthplace, for this was st. Patr1ck's
day.
st. Patrick was the apostle Of Ire
land and in the fifth century convert
ed the people Of the Elm erald Isle to
Catholicity. He was not An Irishman,
but Of Scotch and Roman descent,
and may have been born. according to
some authorities at the present Boul-
oRnesur Mer, seaport town In
France, or what Is now called Kiipat.
rick. in his honor. scotlad, near Dunn
berton, as Is declared by the Catholic
Lives Of the Saints" His father was
Calpurnius, a deacon, and his mother,
probably, Conchesa, a nIeoe OF St.
Martin Of Tours
Briton or Roman, by descent, was
the saint, and Scotch or French by
birth, and which has never been
definitely decided, but of all the liter
AZURE that has been written upon the
subject, one fact remains unccntro-
vertable, "St. Patrick was a gentle
man"
The good saint was accredited with
u
according to the popular opinion, was
the Punishment of snakes from Ire
land Tradition has it that ST. Pat
rick as a proof Of his power, played
music to which the reptiles all danced
merrily down to the sea and were
drowned. BY some 1t is declared that
the tune was THE Irish washerwom-
an So great was the power Of the
saint, It is said, that even should a
good son OF Ireland partake of too
much potheen, pink rabbits and scar
let cats would visualize before him in
stead of the traditional Snakes"
Patrick was carried in early life to
Ireland as a prisoner, a slave. Here
he became an earnest christian. and
escaped to Scotland, but
was again led captive, this time to
France, where he entered the mon
estery of Lenirs. After travelling to
Rome and receiving conservation at
the hands of Pope Celestine. he went
into Ireland to preach christianity.
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, salad. and another day 1t will be
beautiful cake. At another session
1t will be loaf of Miss Ellis very
fine bread, or perhaps very delicious
pie. All Of the different processes In
volved in successful cake baking will
be taught by Miss Ellis, and recipes
which may be followed absolutely or
varied to meet existing conditions
and the demands of the occasion will
be taught by her.
Miss Ellis cake baking lessons are
interesting and very beneficial and
will be sure to interest the very best
cake bakers Of this city. All OF her
cakes are economical and her direc-
lions for baking them so very explicit.
thnt any woman who follows her
recipes is sure to mako fine cakes
not once in a while, but every time
she bakes. Definite instruction as to
how to stir in -four when to add milk,
bow much to beat the eggs and what
oven temperatures are best will all be
included In her lessons, and cakes
prepared by her will be served every
afternoon.
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may bake all kinds of delicious cakes

may bake all kinds Of delicious cakes
without much trouble and with very
little expense. All her cake recipes
and in fact every recipe to be demon
etrated by her Is economical
Miss Ellis Is an economy expert and
one Of the features most emphasized
in her course is to show the woman
who must keep house and care for
family on limited income, how she
may make the most OF every dollar
she spends. Information in regard
to which hours are best for bread and
for pastry and for cake baking and
for other instructions along all lines
OF buying foods for the family are in
Guided In Miss Ellis course, and will
interest the progressive housekeepers
Of this city.
At every session Of her Better
Foods Better Homes school here next
week, Miss Ellis will serve the dainty
foods prepared by her and will also
give away some of the most attractive
as souvenirs of the school, to be car
ried home by some member Of her
class. One day it will be pretty
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Charged With Husband Beating.
limited Press Leased Wire Service
NEW YORK. March 1.-THE
Baroness Vincent De Patterson, for
merly Miss Anita Turnbull Baldwin,
claimant for the millions
of the late E. J. lucky Baldwin, is
today under court order not to thrash
her husband, especially not in public.
The baron who had her arrested on
q charge of assault. testified that his
wife. in the presence Of his fellow
club members Of the New York Ath-
letic club, beat him "savagely." The
alleged assault took place in the club
rooms.
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brands fell on roofs to the south and
east, setting fire to the Watson, Sher-
wood and Edmonson homes, and the
Crear &, Son and Trump buildings. A
few buckets Of water stopped these
tncipient blazes.
Mr.. Botkin valued his home at ST.
200 and carried 5000 insurance on
same with $500 on his effects.
Rev. Bechtold's damage to house
hold goods is fully covered by insur-
ance.
Considerable fear was at first ex-
pressed that the tall spire Of the
church would fall on the next houses
or across the street, but 1t was prac-
t1cally consumed before 1t fell, doing
no damage
The great bells familiar and deep,
musical tones will be heard no more
as 1t fell crashing and broke during
the heighth Of the fire. The junk man
was on hand next day negotiating for
its purchase.
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Such knowledge Is invaluable to every
woman who cooks. She is thus in
position to give to her family foods
that are not only enjoyable, but that
contain all they need for building up
strong bodies and active minds.
In the lecture and cookery course to
be put on here next week by Mdss
Harriet Ellis. the Better Foods Bet
ter Homes lecturer, such Information
is to be impaired in practical and
entertaining manner that will appeal
to every woman in the city. Many in
teresting features are included in
Miss Ellis cookery course. She is a
cake baking expert and will tell the
women of her classes just how they
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It Is the opinion that much Of the
church furniture could have been
saved had it not been for the bursting
of the water main
Such was the confidence in the fire
men and waterworks that there was
no effort made at first to remove any
thing from the st. PauPs church. No
doubt the art windows and all the fur
nishings might have been saved. but
only little could be taken out when
the crowd became alarmed. All the
goods and furnishings were taken
from the parsonage. the Botkin build
ing and the NJ E. South church. with
more or less damage.
During the course of the fire,
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His success was wonderful. Over H.
900 converts were baptized with his
own hands and he established 365
churches and the monastery at Ar
maSh and at Domnach- Padrig and
Sabhal-Padrig.
After twenty years of labor he fixed
his Episcopal see at Armagh. The
churches and schools with which ne
filled the country were the basis o.
the great educational supremacy OF
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ireland and in tne early christian
period attracted students from other
countries. He was buried at Down
in Ulster, and he probably lived to
reach the soodly number of 126 years
or at least 116.
The shamrock is worn in ST. Pat
rick's honor inasmuch as it was used
by him in his conversions to explain
the church's doctrine OF the Trinity.
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P EN1TENTIARY MEN
ARE BOOK WORMS
Many Books Read by Convicts at
State Institution ut Fort
Madison, q.

FIT. MADISON, March 17.-Convicts
at the Iowa state pen1tentiary here
are dnveterate bookworms, as shown
in the report Of the prison librarian.
Reading matter taken from the prison
library last month was classified by
volumes as follows:
Fiction, 1,4S7; history, LOG; biog-
raphY. AZ; essays and poetry, So; arts.
useful and fine, 109; sciences, 73;
sociology, SO; religion, 474; ethics, Ga;
reference, 8; periodicals, 6,213. Total,
STOP.
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Large Crowd Sees Presentation of
midsummer Madness" Last
Night at Their IT,.
Hall.
INTERESTING PROGRAM
Mrs. Allyn Sheldon PIeases With
ReadIngs-other Number Of
the Evening Wore
Enjoyable.

AS usual. st. Peters hall was filed
last night for the March program of
the church calendar. which included
a laughable and entertaining light
comedy in three acts called "Midsum-
mer Madness"
This playlet, which was interspersed
with songs and Charlie Chaplin
comedy sktt. was an exceptionally
amusing and interesting production,
which was given in an agreeable man
ner and which attested much dilfgent
and conscientious work by the cast.
The production was prepared and
staged under the direction of Mrs.
Paul King, and she deserves great
credit for the excellent manner in
which it was presented. The charac-
tiers. took their various parts in an
acceptable manner and were deserv-
ing of all the praise that was be-
slowed on them by the large audience.
The program opened last night with
an overture by Mrs. T. w. Agnew and
the st. Peters mandolin club. The
curtain then raised on the first act OF
Midsummer Madness" The cast
follows:
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fering with female
trouble and could
hardly do my work.
I was very nervous
but just kept drag
cling on until last
summer when I got
where I could not do
my work. I would
have a chill every
day and hot fasheo
and dizzy spells and
nv head wo1,ld al.
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Very Outlet Courtship,

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
GREENE, Iowa, March 17.-"Sing-
ing" by sign language Nearer My
God to Thee" Mrs. Nellie Birney
Ellis here won the love of Frank E.
Robbins, Boston. to whom she was
married at Los Anglese, they wired
today. Both are deaf mutes.
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the, program, and both times was en-
Enthusiastically encored,
The Charlie Chaplin walk was one
of the hits of the evening.
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Members Of kahoka Congregation,
Who Lost Their House Of Wor.
ship on Wednesday, to Erect
New Building.
MEETING ON SUNDAY
Loss is Several Thousand Dollars
Above manufactured
Was Built In Year
1885.

KAHOKA, Mo-. March 17.-Plans
for the rebuilding Of the German
Evangelical church Of this city, which
was totally destroyed by fire on We'd
nesday afternoon, will be considered
by the congregation at a meeting to
be held at the Baptist church on the
coming Sunday afternoon. The off,
GERS of the latter church have prof
fered their stricken neighbors tho
use Of their church home.
The church building that was de-
stroyed in the fire. was built in
the year 1886, taking the place Of the
original building built in 1867, the
latter being moved to another site. 1t
Is still in existance.
The loss Of the ST. Paul's congrega-
ton is several thousand dollars above
their insurance, one Of the most re-
grettable things being the destruction
Of their new $1,000 pipe organ. Their
insurance was $4,S5N, carried with the
Evangelical Church Mutual, as fol-
lows:
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To Cure Cold In Ono Day
Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE
Tablets. Druggists refund money If It
fails to cure. e. w. GROVES sigma
ture is on each box. 25c.
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TING CHIEF need OF
knowledge along food
lines is to make sure
that certain food ele-
ments in right quantities
are taken in proportion to
other food elements, IN
order that the digestive
organs may be kept act
i've and IN good condition
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Read The Daily Gate City, 1oc a
week by carrier.
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HUSBAND SAVED
HIS Wife
Stopped Most Terrible Suf-
fering by Getting Her Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound.

Denison, Texas. -" After my little
girl was born two years ago began suf-
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The Cast.
Maud 49,. Helen Finigan
Bettye ............... Clar1ce Gordon
Dotty ........ Lucy Rovane
Bertha ....-....-... Margaret Bauer
Peggy ........ Fmmanuella Flood
Aunt Louisa .......... Mary Gredeil
Mrs. Maloney ...... Mrs. Paul King
DR.. J. DENLY ......... Myrtle Hatton
Time-Present.
Place-Sharley cottage. ~
The setting for the three acts and
the remainder of the program follows:
Act I-Sharley cottage in June.
Morning. D. .,
My Home Town 80. Mrs. Paul King
Reading ........ Mrs. Allyn Sheldon
Act II-Afternoon.
Charlie Chaplin Walk.
.......... Margaret Moeller
Reading ............ Mrs. A. Sheldon
Act m-Evening. Garden party.
How Ireland Got its Name.
Fantasia ........... Gretchen Fegers
Irish Reel-Bernice Yeager, Grace
Melody of Love ....... Ruth Rovane
Idhy Lo'O AIohSO. L<liLooCIA SoAlCAou
Come Back to Erin Margaret Moeller
America, / Love You.
...... M. Florence Mcnamara
Alice Mcnamara, B. Ewers, Helen
Joyce, Katherine Murphy.
companists-Ruth Miller, Rose
WEIGH and Mae Rogers.
Directed by Mrs. Paul King.
Plot Of Play:
= Midsummer Madness" briefly, told
the plight Of Ave young women who
were sent to spend their vacations at
summer resort where there were no
men. Finally comes the news that
they are to have visitor, and think
ing, that it Is to be a man, all pre-
pare for his coming, even the maiden
aunt, who has previously announced
that she did not care for men. The
visitor finally turns out to be wom-
an and all the preparations go for
nothing.
Mary Gredell, who took the part OF
Aunt Louisa, Mrs. King, as Mrs. Ma
loney, and Helen Finigan as Maud,
the principal members of the cast,
were exceptionally pleasing in their
character portrayal and they were
ably supported by the rest OF the cast.
Another interesting feature OF the
evening was the reading given by Mrs.
Allyn Sheldon. She appeared twice on
Bisbee daily review., 1916-01-13

writers throughout the country is only but cowardy. It represents betrayal of proudest American traditions and the valued gains of cvili zaon It lays open accusations often heard abroad these days, that America has lost its ideals and is given over to sordid money-making.
 We want peace. But peace at any price" is despca ble motto. And those who maintain that the United States should yield all it's rights without strug gle struggle appears involve the slightest possibility of an ultimate appeal arms preaching despicabe doctrine.
 Never in our history was more essential than now
 for this nation to burnish ideals and stfen its back bone We fought for our rights in 1912, when we babe fin comparison with adversary Any who says wouldn't fight for them now, If it came worst rather than submit shameful loss and hu initiation is not worthy of men, made the nation free established it's character proud and fear less democracy.
 Any palation of is especially shameful in comparison with the idealsm manifested by other ma tions bellgerents pouring their blood and treasure reckoning the cost what they regard their rights But when have undisput ed rights sde what pitiful spectacle we make if we refuse to make even struggle maintain the rights and principles we hold dear,
 This is not appeal for militarism of spirit nor for Most of the demand in this country to- day for huge army and navy is more hystera. We do not want an army as big Germanys and navy big Great Britain's. But do want appreciation on the part of all Americas there things than taxes and wounds and deaht
 And one those things is national cowardice-under whatever masqueradesthat will not assert its rights it's ideals in the teeth of the world. For ion acQuiesce in of the pullanimous maunder ings heard iaeiy the United States is for the nation to lose its soul
Bisbee daily review., 1916-01-13
A NATION OF cowARDsY

It is amazing find United States senators arguing government should keep its citizens off the mercial ships of belligerent nations It's old ment often in the early stages of submarine controversy but long supposed to have been given up by citizens familiar with international law ami mated by genuine American self-respect
 shouldn't necessary this day explain that the worlds highways. and citizens have perfect right to travel anywhere on the ships any friendly nation
 No country in the world questions that right Germany has acknowledged it, given her pledge that liners will be sunk by submarines without warning and without safety of the lives of the provided the liners do try escape offer resistance Au sriaungary has acknowledged it, and gon still further acquescng in the principle that private ships in they do not flee offer resistance may be de- sroyed without persons being brought safe ty"
 For government to warn order it's citizens to keep off ships flying bellgereut flags would this long established principle of freedom would be throw away the promises wresed from the Teuonc powers It would be down the of International law that have sught strengthen, and give the ocean unrestrained awessness in time making bellgerents the sole judges of their conduct Neutrals would have rights.
 Even if the beigerents unanimously opposed this prin ciple instead of unanimously admitting it. it would be duty maintain it for interests and for the sake of civilization
 This public policy need not be confused with private choice As personal matter it is undoubtedly wise for citizen to travel neutral ship, rather than beiger ship if he get But that is quite different thing from the trying keep him off belligerent vessels.
 If desperado is roaming the main street of the city shooting peaceful citizens any sensible citizen will into side street to avoid But in such case would would anybody propose that the city authorities should order all citizens keep off that street long the desperado choose there with his gun? Would they put the criminal will of that bellgerent gunman ahead of the peaceful rights of the whole city? < Certainly They would the criminal sustain the law and leave the free for peaceful traffic That is what government has been doing and what mus continue do.
 The view expressed by of the United States sen at6rs and representatives and by many speakers and
Bisbee daily review., 1916-01-13
Thursday Morning, January 13, 1916.
MORE REPRlsALs.

George Harvey, in article in The North American Review tells astonishing story reprsals committed by an American officer serving in the British army
 According the young officers own account, he stood twentyfour prisoners up row shot them by one with his hand before the eyes his Their ofense the alleged of reversed bullets. reversing process the bullets mans were said to have had such bullets guns when. captured
 Another feat mentioned with modest pride firing on a German ambulance. The Germans, explained the off cer had banging away days the British balances. Finally the officers pal, wounded, just being lifted ambulance by soldiers when a German shell blew the three pieces.
 That settled it. The officer 'bided his time" There came day when of Germans lay writhing in a heap, after assault trained eighteen pounder the spot and waited. Out German ambulance, with dozen soldiers They filled the ambulance with wounded, then-he "bew the whole lot to hell" And he reprimanded for it-that all. fs
 tales rue they discredit both America and Great Britain Such conduct cannot justified morally with the argument retaliation. merely practi- measures reprisals invariably their purpose This has goen from reprisal reprisa til nominally civilized warfare has degenerated agery
 The way to make warfare humane is wage it hu- namely spite the of hotheads there is force powerful the force of moral example