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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-01-12
TAYLOR
Wanted To Go Forward; Er
lick Backward
Lively Tussle From Which officer OF
Law Emerges Victorious-"Aleck"
Pays Usual Fine

After struggling with Isaac Erlick
for some 20 minutes on South Main
street and the square Monday after
noon about 4:30 o'clock, officer James
Taylor finally succeeded in placing
that intoxicated person in the county
jail where he stayed over night.
Officer Taylor saw Erlick on South
Main street and. noticing that he was
intoxicated. attempted TO make him
drive his wagon to the county JAIL
which "Aleck" refused to do. Final
~, after imperative demands from
officer Taylor, he drove the horse to
the public square through Blackberry
alley and it was there that Erlick re-
fused to so farther.
officer Taylor, thinking that he
could make the horse move on, took
the whip and tapped the beast, where
upon Erlick held onto the reins and
prevented his trusty animal from
proceeding to the lookup.
The struggle ensued for some time,
Erlick holding his horse back while
the officer tried to make it go for
ward Becoming disgusted with the
situation, Officer Taylor pulled Erlicl
Off his wagon and left it in the hands
Of a prominent citizen while he re-
paired to the Jail with his prisoner.
Erlick was arraigned in Mayor
Mitchell's court Tuesday morning and
received the customary fine OF SIS and
costs which he paid after pleading
guilty to the charge of intoxication.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-01-12
Soon Over Hls Cold

Everyone speaks we'll OF Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy after having
used it. Mrs. George Lewis, Pitts
field, N. Y, has this to say regarding
it: Last winter my little boy, flve
years old, was sick with a cold for
two or three weeks. | doctored him
and used various cough medicines but
nothing did him much good until be
gan using Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy. lie then improved rapidly ana
in few days was over his cold"
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-01-12
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Miss Daisy Coe is spending a few
days with Mrs. Harry Graham.
Rev. Bglin of Shelby will preach at
the re-dedication of the NJ. f.. church
here next Sunday, Jan. 14 Sunday
school at 8 and preaching at 10
o'clock; also in the evening. Dinner
served in the basement to which ev-
eryone is invited.
Clark Day is spending a few days
away on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. e. Wintermute Of
Mt. Vernon spent Sunday in our viii
lage.
Several from our village attended
the Inauguration on Monday.
Mrs. Mont Poland spent the week
end with her niece in Wooster.
Miss Alice Hoffmire is visiting Mrs.
Briggs this week.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-01-12
BAKER FIFTY YEARS
ELL KNOWN LoUOoNviLLE
MAN EXPIRES

Loudonville. Jan. 81. Mcmahon.
well-known resident OF Loudonville.
died at his home yesterday. after an
illness OF several months. About eight
or nine months ago Mr.. Mcmahon
suffered stroke and has been In
poor health since that time. He was
identified with the bakery and confec-
tionery business in Loudonville for n
period of about 50 years and his many
friends will learn with sorrow OF his
death.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-01-12
IfYou SuFEer From G9saasaH.u :.

splitting and hawking and evil odOr
of the breath will not only cause
misery to you, but will make your
presence obnoxious to others. S. S. S.
which has been the standard blood
medicine for fifty years, will relieve
your catarrh, because it will purify
your blood and relieve it of the ac-
cumulated poisons. s., S. s. contains
no mineral or habit-forming drugs.
S. S. S. is on sale at all druggists and
the advice of our medical department
is at your disposal, free of charge.
Swift Specific Co., 302 Swift Building,
Atlanta, Ga.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-01-12

don't make the fatal mistake Of re-
garding it as a trihing matter. Au-
thorities agree that Catarrh is an in
fection of the blood. Consequently,
sprays, salves and lotions can af-
ford only temporary relief, because
they do not reach the source of the
disease,-the blood. When you depend
on these temporary remedies alone
your case is likely to grow steadily
worse until it becomes chronic and
possibly affects the lungs.
But even if the infection does not
go this far, the continuous dripping
of mucous in the throat, the constant
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-01-12
Are Your Sewers cIosged2

The bowels are the sewerage sys-
tenn of the body. You can we'll imag-
inc the result when they are stopped
up as is the case in constipation. As
a purgative YOU will find Chamber
lain's Tablets excellent They are
mild and gentle in their action. They
also improve the digestion.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-01-12
Stomach Troubles

If you have trouble with your
stomach you should try Chamber
lain's Tablets. SO many have been
restored to health by the use of these
tablets and their cost is so little, 25
cents, that it is worth while to give
them a trial.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-01-12
REV. DuMPER A KENYON GRAD.

Rev, Arthur Bumper of Dayton,
who made the opening prayer at the
inauguration of Governor James NJ
Cox Monday, is graduate Of Kenyon
college, class of 50 From Bexley
Theological seminary, he was gradu-
ated in 90.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-01-12
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Mr.. and Mrs. H. F. Hobbs spent
Thursday in Mt. Vernon
S. A. Mitchell is on the sick list.
Clinton Meats is visiting his sister,
Mrs. Robert Bishop.
A number of our citizens attended
the pike hearing before the commits
sioners in Mt. Vernon last Saturday.
Miss Mabel Coe of Centerburg
spent Sunday with Miss Ethel Hobbs.
The Needlecraft club was very
pleasantly entertained at the home of
Mrs. G. T. Coe on Thursday after
noon, Jan. 4. The next meeting will
be held at the home of Mrs Frank
Chapman on February 1.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-01-12

Mrs. NJ. r. Moxley Of Marengo went
10 Centerburg Tuesday after spending
Monday in this city with relatives.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-01-12
AS SOIL EXPERT
AS AN AGRoNoMIsT

AS an agronomist ] am supposed to
be able to accurately describe each Of
the go varieties of wheat on the station
variety plots and like number of oats,
besides many varieties of corn, soy.
beans, barley, rye, spring grains and
emmer; to know how to grow and har-
vest and the value as a farm crop Of
alfalfa, sweet clover, vetch, millet, sor-
ghum, the milo maizes and kafIir corns,
feterita, Soudan grass, johnson grass,
rape and the various beans and pea
hays; and to know all about plant Sc
lection and plant breeding.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-01-12

"**A mock trial will be given at the
Pleasant Grange Community meeting,
Friday evening, January 10. Follow
ing the entertainment the ladies Of
the Grange will serve a supper.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-01-12
Is NOT oMNIsciENT

With regard TO this supposed knowl-
edge of a station demonstrators | will
say that the man does not live that
has accurate knowledge OF all the
above departments although he may
have a conversant knowledge of near
ly all of them. In each of the depart
ments named there is a chief who Is
surrounded by an able corps OF assist
ants that are specialists in their sew
eral lines of work and with all this
they are confronted with problems that
are not solved at all or only partially
so, yet the inquisitive public Is inclined
to think the demonstrator is not well
posted il he cannot tell all about any
subject that comes up for discussion
even when the department chiefs are
frank to say, 81 don't know" or I'VE
hope to soon find out"
COUNTY MUST BE BEHIND
As see 1t, this Is practically the
difficult position OF the county agent
and II he cannot answer, right of the
reel, any and all questions that come
to him he is no good and ought to go
to school some more or do research
work to tit the occasion. am person
ally acquainted with the greater part
Of the county agents In Ohio and !
know them to be good, sensible, prac'
tical fellows, but II must be remember
ed that they are human and that no
agent can do his best unless the whole
county is with him.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-01-12

correct an acid condition and to know
all about the chemical composition of
fertilizers and feeds and the drainage
water from the soil.
AS SOIL EXPERT
In soil fertility ] am supposed to
know about the effects upon the soil
and the productive capacity of farm
manures, both in their natural state,
weathered and REINFORCED; to know
the results of two, three, four and
five-year rotations as well as contin-
uous culture in crop production and
their effect upon the land; to know
the results of experimental work with
various kinds of fertilizing elements,
both singly and in the various carriers
of fertilizing elements and their com
parative availability.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-01-12
FARM MANAGEMENT

With regard to farm management
! am supposed to know all about the
major and minor farm equipment of
machinery necessary for given size
farm and to know its approximate
cost and the length of time it will prob
ably last; the equipment of livestock
necessary needed to carry on the farm
and its carrying capacity for other
stock to know the different buildings
required for the farm, their size, their
cost how to arrange them for conven-
fence and efficiency in doing the farm
work; to know how to organize and re
organize farm fields to obtain the
greatest efficiency in farming them
and to reduce the fence cost to a mini
mum; to know how to compute the
cost of growing farm crop; to be
able to plan enterprises for each of the
272,000 farms in Ohio; to know all
about tile drainage with respect TO
kind of tile, size of tile, the depth
and distance apart to lay them soil
conditions considered; to estimate
the approximate cost per rod and per
acre of the land drained and the prob
able length of time required for them
to pay out, Judging from the estimated
increase of the crops grown,
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-01-12
AS A FORESTER

AS forester l am supposed to know
how to determine the number Of feet
of lumber on "a given area; to know
which trees are matured and ready
for the ak and to know how to propa-
gate all kinds Of forest trees, shade
trees and ornamental trees and shrubs
from seeds and cuttings; to know how
to select plant care for trees for park
purposes; to know what kinds OF trees
are suitable for reforesting the diff
ferent sections OF the state, their cost
and the probable length of time re-
quired for them to come to marketable
size; to know the relative durability Of
post timbers; to know the absorptive
capacity of different kinds of wood for
creosote and their lasting qualities
when so treated; to know how best to
grow paintings of catalpa and locust
for post purposes.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-01-12
AS A HuseANpRYMAN
AS A CHEMIST

AS q chemist am supposed to know
how to anaIyze soils for fertilizer re-
Iuirements and from description tell
a farmer what his soil needs to grow
a maximum crop; to know the analysis
OF lime. limestone and lime by-products
and how much Of either soil needs to
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-01-12
AS A 5oTANIsT

AS botanist | am supposed to iden-
common to Ohio and to give methods
OF eradication or control; to diagnose
from a meagre description all the dis
eases TO which cultivated plants, trees
and shrubs are heir to and to know
how to prevent and cure them
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-10-18
Tatooina Horses Ears.

As a means of identifying horses
and other animals, many breeders tat
too a number on the inside of the ear
of each animal in their studs, hockS or
herds, this number serving as an in
dex to the record of its pedigree. Fig
ures which are to identify the animal
are put in the slotted jaw of punch
made for the purpose, and after the
jaws of the punch have been closed
down on the ear india ink is rubbed
into the punctures. When the skin
heals over this ink the animal is
marked for life.
With some kinds of horses, such as
Percherons and Suffolks, which often
are all of one color, without distin-
gushing white marks, some such sys-
tenn of marking is essential to keep &C
curate records for registration APP
piled to race horses and trotters, it
prevents the substitution of one horse
for another, or ringing" as it is
called, and makes it possible to fden-
tify animals with certainty wherever
they are found.-New York Herald.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-10-18
By CAPT. ROLAND F. ANDREWS

I success had been heavily supported by
| foot troops different might have been
the issue, for the cuirassiers stayed
long on the crest frantieally storming
| at the squares which moved them
down by sQuadrons. As it fell out,
they were almost totally destroyed by
the fire of the stubborn squares, and
by a counter attack of massed English
horse.
The order for this charge of the
French horSe-at least in the form it
was delivered-was afterward repudi-
ated by Napoleon, who declared that
Ney "acted like a mailman" and that
he sthrew the cavalry away" Some
where in the course of this action the
reserve cavalry, the Horse Grenadiers
and the lighter lancers, and Hussars
had been brought in. Whether they
charged by direction of Ney or on the
inspiration of Guyot, their immediate
commander, is not certain. Napoleon
asserted that they had been ordered to
leave him under no circumstances. This
destruction of the whole mounted re-
serve Napoleon told Bourrienne cost
him the day.
In the waning day the intrepid
Ney, gathering the wreck OF
D'Erlon's corps, did carry La Haye
Sainte, on the English left, but it
was too late. The Prussians were
already pushing hard. Napoleon was
forced to play his last card. Cavalry
gone, first line corps shattered, he or
dered up, the dauntless Imperial Guard.
The emperor and the guard had turned
the day on many a field. The fierce
giants, in their towering bearskins,
seemed almost Irresistible. Passing
before him, they hailed him with great
shouts of 'Vive rEmpereur," while he,
pointing toward the English line, cried
out: There is the road to Brussels"
But the guard went to death, and
in the last charge it was ever to make.
With Ney, hatless. covered with mud
and blood, at its head, on foot-for his
fifth horse of the day had been killed
under hint climbed the hill in the
face of a furious artillery fire, only to
encounter Maitland's brigade of Eng
lish household troops, to whom the
duke himself is said to have shouted
the order, up, guards, and at them ~
The fire which followed was too ter
rife for even the veterans of Napo-
Icons eagles. In the darkness, for it
was now nearly eight O'Clock, they
wavered, reeled and fled, with the Brit
ish cavalry sabering them as they ran.
Someone raised the cry of "Sauve qui
peut," and all was lost. Only Cham
bronne's regiment of the guard re-
manned compact and defiant, moving
slowly in the weller of blood, sheer
ing at commands to surrender, prefer
ing death to ignominy-and finding it.
Napoleon was swept off the field, to
become in a few weeks an exiled cap
tive.
The loss of the French was never
known. All records disappeared with
the destruction the army. In dead
and wounded Wellington lost $4,000,
the Prussians 1000 more AT such
cost was purchased the delivery of Eu-
rope.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-10-18

after three doctors said never would
stand up straight again. was 3 mid
wife for seven years and I recommended
the Vegetable Compound to every wo-
man to take before birth and after
wards, and they all got along SO nicely
that it surely is godsend to suffering
women. If women wish to write to
me will be delighted to answer them. "
-Mrs.JEruuE MoYER, S42 E-North St,
Lima, Ohio.
Women who suffer from displace-
ments, weakness, Irregularities, ner-
vousness, backache, or bearipg-down
pains, need the tonic properties of tho
roots and herbs contained in Lydia z.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-10-18
ADAM SPRUNG FIRST JOKE
Asked Eve If She Expected an Ich-
thyosaurus, When She Objected
to Spider on Rose.

We believe that in the Garden of
Eden, Adam gave Eve rose in ex-
change for a kiss. And she shuddered
and said, "Ughi There's a spider on
the rosel" And he answered, well,
what do you expect for one stingy lit
tie kiss-an ichthyosaurus?
We believe that to be the oldest joke
in the world-older than the goat, the
mother-in-law, or any. that are sup
posed to be included in the Original
Seven. In varying forms one finds 1t
in the Talmud. in Plautus, in Aesop.
In Rabelais, in Joe Miller, in all the
almanacs and comic papers.
When we were Il boy, it was told in
a minstrel show. thus: A man buys a
suit of clothes at a secondhand store.
He comes back and complains that the
coat is inhabited by unpleasant insects
And the dealer says, "Well, what do
you expect for Summing birds?"
Vaudeville knows it in this form:
Tenant-'Look here, you'll have to
make some repairs in this house The
cellar is full of waterl Landlord
''Well, what do you expect for SIS a
month-champagne?
And just last week we ran across
our old friend again in weekly comic
paper. This time a passenger on a
street car calls down the conductor for
not calling the names of the streets
distinctly. And the conductor replies,
"Well, what do you expect for S14
week-a tenor Solo?"
Lastly-a few days ago, we ran a
version of the old thing in this column.
We cut its hair, trimmed its whiskers,
and fitted it with a new suit, but we
could not disguise it completely. When
you run across it in any of its cos
tunes, send us a clipping, will your
We are making a collection of that
Joke.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-10-18

Thunder is the sound made by the
lightning, which in turn, is momen-
tary electric current through the air.
The air in the path of this current Is
heated very quickly, expands and hits
the surrounding air. This causes a
sound wave to travel outward from all
parts of this path Sound goes at the
rate OF 1,090 feet per second in air,
being more than this in heated air.
The rumble is made by only one flash.
But as this has a path all of whose
points are not the same distance from
the observer. the sound made at the
more distant points gets in a little
later than that made at those nearby.
All thunder has some rumble, fpr the
path could not be the same distance
at all points unless 1t were circular.
with the observer I'm the center of the
air.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-10-18

permanent aviation stations OF the aEs
my and navy for school purposes.
Acts enlarging the membership OF
the Interstate commerce commission
and amending the act to regulate COM
merce by authorizing priority ship
ments by any common carrier, ect-
Act appropriating S11 $4,000 to pro-
vide further for the national security
and defence by stimulating agricul-
ture and facilitating the distribution
of agricultural products.
Act appropriating $162, 100000 to
provide further for the national secur-
ity and defence by encouraging the
production, conserving the supply and
controlling the distribution of food
products and fuel
Act to authorize an additional issue
of bonds to meet expenditures for the
national security and defense and, for
the purpose of authorizing in the
prosecution of the war to extend adj
ditional credit to foreign governments
and for other purposes. This act makes
an additional appropriation of S4.021,-
311,S9O-92 to extend credit in the Unit
ed States for foreign governments by
purchase of bonds of our allies and ex-
penses incident to preparation of an
issue of bonds and certificates; au-
thorizes an additional issue of $4,000
100000 of bonds to meet loans to for
eign governments; authorizes an addi-
uonal issue of one year certificates of
Indebtedness amounting to 81 900. 0O0,
600 and an issue of five year war saw
ing certificates amounting to 50, 0O0,-
100000.
New Mark Again Set.
Act appropriating $3.50 csc. 016.93
to supply deficiencies in appropriations
for the fiscal year 1918 and prior years
on account of war expenses and for
other purposes, and authorizes con-
tract obligations to be met by future
congresses amounting to S2.401. 49,
393-5O. This is the largest appropria
ton act passed by this or any other
country. This act makes further APP
preparations of $685., 100000 for the
emergency shipping fund and raises
the limit of cost to carry out the pur-
poses of the shipping act to S1,T34,
100000.
Act to define, regulate and punish
trading with the enemy and for other
purposes, and appropriates S4500O0 20
enforce the provisions thereof.
Act to provide revenue to defray war
expenses. This measure provides ap-
proximately $4,000, 100000 of revenue
with which to pay the expenses of the
government
Act to provide a military and naval
family allowance, compensation and
insurance fund for the benefit of SOL
diers and sailors and their families,
and makes an appropriation therefor
of S176, 250,OOO.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-10-18
IMPORTANT BILLS
PASSED IN SESSION

Here are the most important
measures passed by congress at
the special war session.:
Declaration of war against
Germany on April 6.
War bond issues agereqating
1888, ooo, 900.
War appropriations and con-
tract authorizations totaiIing
81, }, ooo, 900.
War loans ageregatins ST.
oo0, oCO, 900 to the allies.
The seIective draft bill, max
ing 10, ooO, 600 men liable to mill
tary service.
The espionage bill. including
the embargo provision.
The s2,2s5, ooo, 900 war reve-
nue. bill.
The food control bill.
The trading with the enemy
act
The soldiers and sailors in
sUrance bill.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-10-18
$4,000 BELGIAN HOUSES GONE
Germans Record of Destruction Is
Shown by New Gray Book Is
sued by Government 80 -

Havre, Oct. S.-The Belgium govern
ment has issued a gray book to refute
allegations against Belgium civilians
contained in the German white book
of May, 1915, in which it was said
Belgian civilians savagely attacked
German troops in the early days of the
war and that the measures adopted by
the Germans were necessary in the in
terest of preservation of the German
army According to the gray book, be-
tween 10000 and $4,000 houses were
destroyed by the Germans.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-10-18
PERU BREAKS WITH KAISER
German Minister Handed Passports by
oVernment-Uruguay to Take
Similar Action.

Lima, Peru. Oct S.-Peru formally
broke relations with Germany. In ac-
cordance with an overwhelming vote
in congress for such a rupture the gov
eminent handed passports to the Ger
man minister.
Buenos Aires, Oct S.-From Monte
vfdeo, Uruguay, came word that con-
gress was momentarily expected to
vote an overwhelming majority in ia
vor of an immediate rupture in dip
Iomatic relations with Germany.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-10-18
C. p. TAFT WEEDS MISS CHASE
Son of Former President Marries
Daughter of Irving n. Chase of
Waterbury,, Conn.,

Waterbury, Conn. Oct S.-Miss
Eleanor. the daughter of Irving H
Chase was married here to Sergt. Maj.
Charles Phelps Taft III, q. S. A.. son
of William HI. Taft and Mrs Taft of
New Haven The ceremony was at
Rose Hill, the home of the Chase fam
lily. Flags predominated in the decora-
tons Rev. Robert E. Brown, pastor
Of the Second church. officiated The
bride was given away by her father.
Irving H Chase