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Ripley County democrat., 1918-01-25
WHY THE NAVY
IS THE PLACE
Fer YOUR BOY.

= Here are 10 reasons why
= service In the Navy ought to
= appeal 70 the young men Of IS
= to rs years:
= I. II enrclls only men Of
= honorable personal character
and splendid physical condition.
= 2. II does not take Its men
= away from comfortable living
' quarters, from certain and reg
= ular shelter and food and out Of
= reach Of good medical atten-
y tion.
= 5. II offers easy and rapid
. advancement. with q constantly
= increasing scale Of pay and an
assurance Of protection in the
case Of physical disability. and
= provides for retirement pay
= when age makes active service
= no longer desirable.
= 4. II offers exceptional op-
= portunities for recreation, both
= afloat and ashore, with facili-
ties for athletics.
= 5. It provides schools both
= for classical and technical edu-
= cation, teaching many trades
= and offering extra pay for men
= who qualify for special service
= In these trades.
= 6. II offers to enlisted men
= of one years service by the
= time they have reached 20 an
= opportunity to enter the Anap-
= oils Naval Academy through
y competitive examinations and
= these men enter on exactly the
= same basis as those appointed
= by members of Congress from
= civilian life.
= J. 1t provides long cruises to
= all parts of the world and Il
= alternates time afloat and time
ashore sufficiently to prevent
= the life from becoming mono
= tonous.
= 8. II prepares q man to take
= care of himself In any walk of
= life and inculcates In him q
= spirit Of independence and self
reliance that make his future
= secure.
= Q. In wartime Il ID fully AZ
= safe II not safer than land serv-
= Ice and its percentage Of losses
= In actual battle are low enough
= to ueompare fsvorsbiy wisif
Ripley County democrat., 1918-01-25

time with them. and It was through his
influence largely that the Italian gov
iernment consented to consider serious
~ what until then had been regarded
as fantastic dream. The airplane at
that time was an unstable and peril
Ious machine. Nobody knew this bet
ter than the inventors, and 1t was only
with the greatest reluctance that Or
vile Wright one day consented to
take the poet with him In short flight.
The flyer and his passenger mounted
..onlya Q short distance above the ground
but the sensation was sufficient to
leave D'Annunslo an aviation enthusi-
ast.
Ripley County democrat., 1918-01-25
WHITE PLAGUE FIGHT IS ON
Red Cross TO Care for French
Women and Children Ii
France. :

paris.The bureau Of tuberculosis
Of the American Red CROSS In Paris
Is conferring with the French authori-
ties concerning the care Of women and
children In France affected with tu.
berculosiR. It Is expected that the
American tuberculosis bureau shortly
win begin work on special institu-
tion. where 1t win take care Of GER
tain number Of these cases.
The Edith Wharton Sunitarium for
Tuberculosis Putients, which is q sep
arnts institution. win be ready for
patients November 10.
Ripley County democrat., 1918-01-25

= %%%%*&*%&%<~S
: YoUR NAVY NEEDS yoU I
= NOW. I
> Ask your postmaster today. Z
= He knows. 4
Ripley County democrat., 1918-01-25
POET HAILED As
HERO Of ITALY
DAnnunzlo Is Decorated by Two
Kings for Deeds Of
Bravery.
GREATEST WARRIOR OF AIR
In addition to Trlumphs 40 an Author
4 and Aviator, D'AnnunxIo Has
Shown Marked Ability a.
Statesman and Politician.

Rome.--Two rulers, the kings re-
spectively Of Great Britain and Mon
tenegro. have conferred medals on Ga
brtelle D'Annunxio.
Without the history of this mans re-
markable career fresh in mind the
render Of this news is hardly likely to
realize the fact that In D'Annunzio
Is embodied probably the highest type
Of contrasting versatility now living.
Ripley County democrat., 1918-01-25

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Ripley County democrat., 1918-01-25

'ROUNDABOUTTHES STATE.
Cleaned from Exchanges--Made by the Shears,
the Pencil and the Paste Pot--Some Orgi-
nal. Some Credited. and Some Stolen.
but Nearly All Interesting Reading.

IUpihT Dull ulu ed,UUU worm CI
business during Christmas week.
The sales OF the other dozen or 80
saloons in the town are not re-
ported. One merchant is quoted
as saying that his house sold
about $500 worth of grips and
suit cases during the week and he
was satisfied that 30 per cent. OF
them had been bought for the
purpose of carrying liquor to
Arkansas in them. .-Ironton Reg.
lister.
While driving under a shed with
a load Of hay, a few days ago,
Walter Reed, young man who
lived on his fathers farm, near
Charlottesville, got his back broke
by being caught under the roof of
the shed, which was not high
enough to permit him to pass
Though without being caught.
The unfortunate young man was
taken to Memphis for treatment.
The Garter County Calf Club
held its first anction sale OF calves
at Hunter on the 1st instant, and
q profit Of 100 per cent. is report
ed on the sales, notwithstan nding
the Club had been organized but
nine months. Thirty-four Hol-
stems were auctioned and the
prize winning calf brought S175,.
The entire bunch sold for 50, $50.
Near Brookfield is located a
skunk farm. A few nights ago
tllirIy-one of the pretty little an
imals dug their way to freedom
and scattered about over the town
and neighborhood. The report
didn't mention it, but IL is to be
presumed that the local commit.
tee for National Defense and the
Four Minute Men were called out.
Five soldier boys spent Christ
mas in the Jail at Charlottesville,
They failed to obtain furloughs
and went home, anyway. Four
OF them are members OF Company
B, 139th regiment, at Camp Dom
iphan, and on was from Camp
Funston. The sheriff took them
10 charge on arrival under in.
struc'ions from their captains.
There are now six women audi.
tors running on the Cape Girar-
deau. Hoxie branch OF the Frisco.
All the Frisco trains in Southeast
Missouri are to have women au-
dltors and 1t is said that II the
experiment pans out all right they
will be put on all the passenger
trains on the entire system.
Recently a stock ranch in one
OF the Ozark counties to the west
Of us sold for s75, 900. The pur.
chase price included 1000 acres of
land. 200 head Of high grade oat-
tie, 30 head Of hogs and farm i'm
plements. Geo. H. Bunton, of
Atlanta, Iowa, was the purchaser.
DR.. Samuel A. johnson, head
OF q private sanitarium at Noun.
tain Grove. was killed by q pa
tient, one day last week, who hit
him on the head with an axe,
crushing his skull. The man who
committed the deed 10 70 .years
old and 10 in jail now.
Two bred Plymouth Rock
roostsrs were auetioned off by
the Red Cross Society at Oran, q
short time ago. for which they
received a total Of 5000. Thus
even the roosters OF The realm are
helping to boost the Red Cross
funds. ~
Lawrence Wheaton, who lives
near Essex, in Stoddard county,
has bsen arrested for the murder
Of his mother, which occurred on
August 30th, last.
Ripley County democrat., 1918-01-25

couhsy agent anu county thrih
bureau OF 450 members.
Sikeston claims to be the great
est market for agricultural imple-
msnts in Southeast Missouri.
Mississippi county had the
largest peanut crop in its history
and It has all been garnered and
saf.ly stored.
A big revival meeting will be-
gin at Cape Girardeau this month
under the leadership Of Rev. Lin
coin Mcconnell.
Albert j. Walden, Of Sikeston,
recently received q verdict for
S43,336.70 in st. Louis for the
loss Of a hand in an accident in a
lumber company's plant.
Preliminary reports Of the State
Tax Commission indicate that the
total of Missouri real estate and
personal assessments for 1917 will
be approximately So, 800, 900, 900.
Frank H. Sterrett, OF Scott
county, raised thirty acres OF COW
peas the past year, and sold the
hay at S18 per ton. The crop
brought him 50, 400, or $50 per
acre.
A negro under arrest at Caruth-
srsvilI, recently, attacked the ot-
ficsr with a knife; slsshing him
across The face, making ugly
Wounds, and then made his es-
cape.
e. G. Schutt, pastor OF Luth-
ern church near Cape Girardeau,
has been arrested on q charge OF
making dislpyal statements about
the government, In violation OF
the espionage law.
When the Lection Jail was de-
stroyed by fire one night recently
It is known that q large number
u lives were lost, although there
had been no prisoners confined In
1t for q long time past.
Butler county will keep its farm
adviser. The county court re.
gently decided to discontinue the
experts services, but protests
from farmers made the judges
change their minds again.
Citizens of Carroll county have
made an offer to the State Board
of Agriculture to fatten 5000
head Of cattle and tho same num-
Der OF hogs FOR the use of the
United States government.
A nsighboring exchange ex-
presses the opinion that one OF
its subscribers is wanting II bar
red from the mails, as the subscri.
ber has asked the editor to pub.
lish his individual opinion OF The
Kaiser.
Walter Cassell, from Theodosia,
Ozark county, recently walked
with his father 40 miles to Spring.
field to enlistin the coast artillery.
Those are the kind Of American
boys that will make the Kaiser's
people set up and take notice.
HI Smith, who resides near
Brush Hill, Audrain county, and
who established q black silver fox
farm there several years ago,
when he paid So. 1000 for . pair oi
Canadian foxes, recently con-
tracted to sell a pair Of his rais-
ing for tho same pum, and this
pair will 90 to Michigan.
A Texas buyer who visited Me-
vada to buy 10000 bushels d
corn for the dronth stricken Sec
tion Of Texas, where he resides,
frankly admitted that he found
that Missouri corn usually CAR
ried ons-third more fattenine
qualities for live stock than Texas
corn, being that much stronger.
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Latest in Artificial Eyes,

10 make an artificial eye practically
ind1st1nguishable Is the aim of a Brit
tsh army surgeon who is experimenting
with a ball made Of cartilage as a
substitute for a metal or glass one. A
sphere of such construction when mt
In place establishes connections with
blood vessels and the surrounding It's
sues. When thus fixed in the cavity
1t Is supposed to be capable of move
ment corresponding to that of q nor
mai eye and furthermore fills the space
so that there is no depression, as is in
variably the case where a shell Is used.
Although time must yet prove the prac-
ticability of the scheme, there is rea-
son to expect that the war has brought
forth another triumph in plastic sur
gery.-Popular Mechanics Magazine.
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Even more than in Germany is the
army a part of the daily life of the
Swiss.
With this spirit of militarism part
of the daily national life there is moth
ing Of militarfsm in the attitude Of the
people, because all the preparation and
system of training is purely for de-
Tense and not for aggression. At the
same time it is believed that the train
ing given boys and men is of the great
est service in raising the standard of
the Swiss manhood and in improving
the health Of the whole population.
Nothing is wasted in this land Of
thrift, and the old remark of the hum
Orist that nothing escapes the Chicago
pork packer but the sQueal could not
be truthfully said Of the Swiss efforts
toward efficiency. It Is doubtful if
even the squeal would be wasted.
The Nobel Peace Prize for 1917 has
been awarded to the international Red
Cross committee in Geneva. This COM
mittee has. since the outbreak Of the
war, thanks to the Swiss and untiring
efforts of it's president. Gustave Ador.
lately elected federal counselor and
chief Of the political department of
the Swiss Confederation, achieved such
a remarkable and enviable success
that Switzerland today is generally re-
ferred to, as Mr.. Stovall, the United
States ambassador to Switzerland,
himself said, as the "Good Samaritan"
The most remarkable of all the vari-
GUS humanitarian undertakings in the
world war, organized by this commit
tee. is the agency for prisoners Of war
at Geneva. The huge amount Of work
performed by this institution and
other benevolent organizations in
Switzerland is reflected by the latest !
report given out by the Swiss postal
authorities. This shows that since the
beginning of the war until the end of
October, 1917, 334, 772, O81 letters and
postcards and 62,21O,645 small parcels
have been taken over and reforwarded
to the prisoners Of war of both bel
ligerent groups held in the various
countries.
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cups in dish Of crushed ice with oys
tiers.
! Snappy French Dressinq.-Take two
tablespoonfuls Of olive Oil, a table
spoonful of tarragon vinegar, a dash OF
paprika, quarter of a teaspoonful
each of mustard and salt mix well and
serve In the heart leaves of lettuce
sprinkle over teaspoonful of worces
tersh1re sauce and a tablespoonful of
finely chopped onion and a generous
sprinkling Of red pepper.
Roquefort Cheese Dressinq.-Take a
quarter Of a pound Of roquefort. two
cupfuls of French dressing, using one
and half cupfuls of oil and a half
cupful Of vinegar, seasoning well with
salt and red pepper, with a teaspoon
full Of powdered sugar.
Russian Dressing-Beat two eggs.
add red pepper and half a teaspoOnful
or salt, teaspOOnful of finely minced
parsley, two teaspOOnfuls each of chop
ped green and red pepper, half cup
fuI OF tarragOn vinegar. Mix well and
add two cupfuls each of chilli sauce
and mayonnaise.
Mignonette Sauce.-Chop three small
onions, add seven tablespoOnfuls of
crushed whole peppers (not ground
pepper). add three cupfuls Of tarragon
vinegar, put into jar we'll covered
and let stand for two days, when it
will be ready to use. The sauce may
be strained when ready to serve. Very
tasteful sauce for oysters.
Emergency Salad Dressinq.-Use
any leftover yolks or whites-both are
better, and the more of the yolk the
richer will be the DRESSING Beat and
and take an equal measure of
mild vinegar-strong vinegar may be
diluted with water; put over hot wa
ter to cook. stirring constantly with an
eggbeater. When thick, set away In a
covered Jar. When wanted for use.
take out few tablespoonfuls, season
with salt, pepper, onion juice, vinegar.
cream, or olive Oil, depending upon the
kind of salad one is serving.
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ton dates back to Berthold Won Zah
r1gen, who in the year 1921 erected
there stronghold. Since the early
days Of the fatal month of August
1914. and especially again in the last
rev months. it has been frequently
referred to as "The City of Diplo
! mats" for there are now more diDlO.
mats. special ENJOYS. peace apostles
cana also spies are plentifuD in
Berne than there ever was in any
other city in the world. Berne has
come to be considerd as the most prob
able place for the conference which
will follow the war.
The keen recognition that the coun-
try lay in the midst of nations that
never nave lived in neighbOrly love
made Switzerland for centuries q mill
tary country, although the conscription
law now in force does not date back
beyond the revolution of l84S
Even in its military relations the
country is truly democratic. because If
has no standing army. for no canton
may have more than 300 armed men
permanently; yet it has militia sys-
tenn, by which every man between the
ages of eighteen and fifty-two years
is in one or another of the classes
likely to be called to the cOlOrs, and
the mere training begins when the
boys attend school, for from the early
age Of seven the Swiss boy is taught
to hold rifle and to shoot it, too.
The value of the training and the
system which has been in force in
Switzerland since the last military up-
heaval in Europe in 1913 was strongly
shown when war began in August,
1914. It was Switzerland which first
modified her troops. She had large
bodies Of men on her frontiers even
before France had modified complete
ly and even before the German mob
llization, with all it's perfection of eff
cheney, was accomplished.
For the next six months the forces
on her frontiers were constantly
until there are now per-
haps 100000 men Of all arms defend
ing SwitZerland's democracy.
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Pity TO- Unmarried

When we consider the ordinary lives
of unmarried men, we must give them
our pity, for they have deprived them
selves of anxiety, says w. L. George, in
Harper's Magazine. Nearly all earn
as much as they need, and nearly all
in their isolation and purposelessness
learn to need all that they earn.
Their work done, their pockets full
enough, there is no mortgage on their
time, no cOmpulsion as to their resi-
dence, no demand that they should in
tereSt themselves in the occupations
or ideas of wife, or child or friend
in anything, indeed, except themselves,
limited field for ones interest, for
soon one can know ones self too we'll,
and intimacy may breed contempt.
Marriage releases you from the uA-
real by giving you many real things
to think about, by satisfying your need
for association with the solid earth.
That need satisfied, your spirit is free
to wander in the unreal, in abstract
thought, in artistic desire, instead of
being bound by the continual aspiration
Of the unmarried to the real things
they do not possess.
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Austria's production of raw sugar
during the 1917 campaign amounted to
$4,000 metric tons, or about 2OO. 900
tons less than in 1916. Hungary's out
put is placed at 10000 tons, as against
100000 tons in 1915. Prices are high
er in Hungary than in Austria.
In Auburn, N. Y, an altar of ice
was used at an outdoor service of the
Church of IS. Peter and Paul, which
was held for the purpose of demon
strating that fuel is unessential in con-
nect1on with worship. The service also
included baptismal rites.
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CONVERSATIONS

In Denver it is estimated that there
are 10000 women who speculate in oil,
and probably 500 who keep a close
daily watch on the markets.
Two crops OF rice, known as the
spring and winter crops, are raised an
nuall = in the Foochow district.
A Pittsf1eld (Mass.) druggist refused
TO sell woman cough drops on Mon
day because he didn't know whether
they were considered drugs or candy
and he did not wish to violate the law
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Get Your Full Share.

Are you getting your full share of
good out Of the things around YOU?
A sunset will make an artist hannv
and poet will draw from a common
wayside flower Thoughts that lie too
deep for tears" Do not be one of the
people who having eyes see not, and
having ears hear not. Remember that
all things have good in them, and that
a share of it is yours.-Girl's Com
paniOn.>
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! Drowned, then add boiling water to
! cover, with one carrot, one onion, one
head Of celery, a small potato. all cut
! in small cubes. Cook until the meat
is tender, then add a half can of peas
! just before serving.
Baked Fish With Sour Cream.-Cut
! raw fish into serving-sized pieces and
place them side by side in a shallow
baking dish. For each pound Of fish
allow a tablespoonful of butter, slice
of onion, a bay leaf and a third Of q
cupful Of sour cream. Basic the fish
with the sauce while cooking, adding
hot water If the sauce becomes too
thick. Remove the fish to a platter,
add dash of lemon juice or vinegar.
with salt and pepper to taste, and
strain it over the fish.
Canned asparagus, heated and
served on points of toast with melted
butter and parmesan cheese grated
over the top, makes a most tasty dish.
Punski, Russian Dish.-Fry fresh
mushrooms rolled in seasoned -four in
butter. Pour sour cream over some
finely chopped chicken or veal. Cut
circles of pastry from pie crust, place
a spoonful Of the mixture on a piece
of the pastry, cover with another piece
and pinch the edges together. Brush
with egg and milk and bake in a hot
oven. Serve with mushroom or toma-
to sauce
Eggless cake.-Take three cupfuls
OF boiling water. one package Of rails
ms, one and half tablespoonfuls Of
butter and two cupfuls Of brown sugar,
put all into a dish and boil eight min
utes. Cool and add three cupfuls of
1our' one tablespoonful of baking pow
her and little salt Mix, beat well
and bake in slow oven one hour. !
This makes two lOaves.
In making corn bread, substitute a !
Of molasses for every
egg required in the recipe; it will
make most palatable johnny cake.
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Why, the Brute!

ooh, have you lost your dog?" ex-
claimed the visitor sympathetfcallv.
"Why, I didn't see anything about #
in the lost column"
mo" replied Mrs. Leonidas w. Van
Quentin. "My husband put it among
the cards Of thanks kansas Citv
Star.
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oyster Cocktail
Sauce.-Take three
tablespOOnfuls of
tomato catsup. one
tablespoonful of
hOrseradish sauce,
a teaspoonful Of
w o rec 8 t e rShire
we'll mixed and
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he piled his questions.
How many men could your cOun
try put In the field in a week?'' in
CURED the German emperor.
About five hundred thousand" an
sWered his guide. slightly exaggerating
the real number.
what If should come against you
with million men?"
In that case, your majesty" suave-
~ replied the Swiss general. 1--WE
should have to shoot twice."
This anecdOte may or may not be
authentic, but 1t serves to show the
true military quality of the Swiss
army, which for it's size and cost is
one Of the finest bodies of marksmen
in the world.
From the days Of the mythical Will
liam Tell and the apple the Swiss have
made shooting a national sport Prob
ably no army in the world can show
so high an attainment for sharpshoot-
ing as the Swiss, and during the last
three years the knowledge of this
quality no doubt has not been entirely
without effect In the preservation of
the Swiss neutrality.
Surrounded by belligerents since the
war was begun in 1914, Switzerland
has been able to maintain it's neutral
ity, and this despite the fact that with
In her borders are opinions that sharp
~ favor one or the other of the coun-
tries at war.
While the cantOns which border the
German empire are, so far as the
issues o. the war go, profoundly pro-
German, and while the inhabitants of
the majority of the cantons speak
nothing but German, this favor does
not extend further than the borders
Of the country. Switzerland as
country is a neutral state and has
refused to enter the war on either
side.
representation plays a great part
In this view. no doubt, for were the
country to align itself with the CEN
trail powers 1t would soon be overrun
from the south and west by the troops
Of the allies, only too eager to find a
more direct route into the center Of |
Germany. On the other hand, any /
attempt to ally itself with the entente
powers would result in having German !
troops pour over the eastern borders in |
such numbers that the little country |
could not expect to escape suffering. |
The part assigned her in the great war
has been recognized by all the beflig-
erents as that Of the Good Samaritan.
And there the little country stands in
the midst of wars alarms, serenely on
guard, but otherwise playing the
part of the neutral and the friend
of all.
One of these days there will be a
peace conference, and as almost every
civilized nation is now engaged in the
war on one side or the other indica-
lions point to Switzerland as being
the logical country for a round table
talk of the powers, and furthermore.
the capital of Switzerland, Berne, un-
doubtedly is the place where such
conference will be held.
Berne is one Of the most fascinat-
Ing cities in Europe It's founda-
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Nr.< MlAt~teQ
Taking a Map.

Nan was sitting on one of the small
est f1rst-grade chairs with her legs
crossed. After a while she extended
them gingerly and exclaimed to the
teacher: "Oh, my feet have gone to
bed"
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GBINET4zR

Give US to go blithe1y on our bust
ness all this day, bring us to our rest
ing beds weary and content and UNI
dishonored; and grant US In the end
the gift Of sleep.-R. L. Stevenson.