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The Monticellonian., 1918-04-12

A laxative today saves SICK child tomorrow. Children simply will not take the time from play 10 empty their bowels. which become clogged up with waste, liver gets sluggish, stomach sour.
 Look at the tongue, mother If coated, or your child Is listless, cross, feverish. breath bad. restless, doesn't eat heartily. full of cold or has sore throat or any other children's ail- ment, give teaspoonful of Cali fornia Syrup of Figs" then don't worry, because it is perfectly harm less, and in few hours all this coll stipation poison, sour bile and fer menting waste will gently move out of the bowels, and you have well, play full child again. A thorough inside cleansing Is oftimes all that is ueees- sary. It should be the first treatment given in any sickness.
 Beware of counterfeit fig syrups. Ask your druggist for a bottle of "Cal- iforna Syrup of Figs" which has full directions for babies, children of all ages and for grown-ups plainly printed on the bottle. Look carefully and see that it is made by the Call fornia Fig Syrup Company. Adv.
The Monticellonian., 1918-04-12

Ugh! Calomel makes you sick. It's horriblet Take dose of the dangerous drug tonight and tomorrow you may jose n days work.
 Calomel Is mercury or quicksilver which causes necrosis of the bones. Calomel, when it comes Into contact with sour bile, crashes into it, breaking it up. This Is when you feel that awful nausea and cramping If you are slug gish and "all knocked out" if your liver is torpid and bowels eonstipated or you have headache, dizziness, coat cd tongue, if breath Is had or stomach sour, just try spoonful of harmless Dodson's Liver Tone tonight.
 Here's my guarantee-Go to any drug store and get bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone for few cents. Take I
The Monticellonian., 1918-04-12
"Cape-to-Cairo Rhodes"

So they called him. moekingly. when Cecil Rhodes. idealist and pirate. em. pire builder and adventurer, dreamed a railroad through the African sands that should run straight from the Cape of Good Hope to the shores of the Mediterranean. Nonsense said the this mans nonsense" had given the empire a territory greater than France. Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy. all together So Cecil Rhodes merely went out and built the railroad that turned a desert into q nation.-World Outlook
The Monticellonian., 1918-04-12
CaIome| Users! Listen To Me!
 Guarantee Dodson's Liver Tone Your druggist gives back your money if it doesn't liven your liver and bowels and straightel
 you up without making you sick.

spoonful and if it doesn't straighten you right up and make you feel fine and vigorous I want you to go back to the store and get your money. Dod- sons Liver Tone is destroying the sale of calomel because it is real liver medicine; entirely vegetable, therefore it cannot salivate or make you sick.
 I guarantee that Gne spoonful of Dodson's Liver Tone will put your sluggish liver to work and clean your bowels of that sour bile and consti- pated waste which is elogging your system and making you feel miserable. 1 guarantee that a bottle of DOdson's Liver Tone will keep your entire fam fly feeling fine for months. Give it to your children. It is harmless; doesn't grlpe and they like it's pleasant taste.
The Monticellonian., 1918-04-12
uhv Aluminium Shoes Are Used.

The scarcity of leather, principally has brought on the market an alumni num shoe for workers, leather and rub Der being used in small amounts for added foot ease. These shoes are dur able. waterproof, comfortable and noiseless they do not gather snow or mud. do not slip, and quickly adjust themselves to the shape of the foot, hold their shape to the last and are very economical.
The Monticellonian., 1918-04-12
Tractors for Cultivation of Rice

The French government of Cochin China has become interested in the employment of caterpillar tractors for the cultivation of rice. On September %, 1917, 45 horse power track ma chine valued at more than S5,900 Unit ed States currency was purchased tele- graphically. If the experiment Is sue cessful. larger orders will follow. Ey- erything depends upon whether the tractor can operate in the soft rice-pad- dy fielis of Cochin China.
The Monticellonian., 1918-04-12
Tokyo Grows In Importance.

The prosperity of Greater Tokyo city Is shown by the increased taxes over last year, the average being 37 per cent In the eight tax-collection districts the total exceeds 99,000,0o0 ven (S49, 300 ,oO0) the rates of in- crease vary from 91z per cent in the Yotsuya district to 90 per cent In the Ryogoku and 72 per cent in the Yeitai districts, where the offices and resi- dences of the narikin are located.
The Monticellonian., 1918-04-12
Turkey Worth Buyinq.

F. J. Hardy of Chicago hungered for turkey, but because of the high prices asked for them he hestated to spend the money. His appetite got the better of his frugality, however, and he drew from his slender savings enough to buy one. His prudence in selecting the bird brought him a ereater reward than he had anticipated. When he dressed ii he found in its crop dia- mond worth about $150-Pathfnder.
The Monticellonian., 1918-04-12
Why He Was Short.

: "This man says you owe him money, Sam" said the judge.
 Oats right, judge, I does"
 "well, why don't you pay himT'
 "Why, I hain't got nothin' t pay him wiv, judge"
 "Well, why haven't youf"
 ITO tell de hones' truf. judge. 'spects my wife has felled down on de tob '"
The Monticellonian., 1918-04-12
Unreasonable Expectations.

We would not be disappointed in our friends so often if we were more req sonable in our expectations. The best neople have faults. No one is so sweet-tempered that he will not al some time say an impatient word. The wisest hlunder. not once, but many times. Do not look for perfection in those you love. It is enough If they are doing their best to conquer their faults.-Girl's Companion.
The Monticellonian., 1918-04-12
Cuticura Kills Dandruff.

Anoint spots of dandruff with Cuti- cura Ointment. Follow at once by a hot shampoo with Cuticura Soap, if | man; next morning if woman. For free samples address. "Guticura. Dept K Boston," At druggists and by mail. Soap 9, Ointment 9 and 50.-Adv.
The Monticellonian., 1918-04-12
Submarine.

Pete Porpoise-Well. what's on your mind?
 Dolly Plunge-Oh! nothing; only I'm getting so disgusted with those flying fish. Ever since aviation has been the rage they are so conceited that they won't even speak to anyone.
The Monticellonian., 1918-04-12

ocean, $50 miles off the coast of South America. Juan Fernandez lies under about the thirty-seventh parallel of south latitude and is q lit tie south of west from Valparaiso Chile, from which It Is distant about 600 miles. Close upon the Island of Juan Fernandez is the much smaller island of Santa Clara, and something more than 100 miles farther out to sea. west by trifle south. is q lone island of the name of MaSafuera, There are no islands between Juan Fernandez and the mainland. And it lies in q particularly lonesome part of the vast ocean, The eightieth parallel of long itude passes nearly hundred miles west of Juan Fernandez, and that par allel passes between two small islands. St. Felix and St Ambrose. nearly 1000 miles north of Juan Fernandez, Santa Clara and Masafuera.
 Not only have there been recent ref erences to Juan Fernandez island, but frequent references to it may be read in the public prints, and nearly always Is 1t referred to as Robinson CrHseesS island. Yet the reference is inexaet and many thousands of miles out of the way. However, if is probable that the geographical or literary error has been given too much headway ever to be overtaken and corrected, and no doubt it will be perpetuated.
 Not Crusoe's Island.
 There are few places in the world which have given so much interest and entertainment to boys as the lone lv island on which Robinson Crusoe and his man Friday had their adven- lures. There is no telling just where Defoe thought Robinson Crusoe's island was, but it most certainly was not in that part of the world where the Island of Juan Fernandez lies If anywhere. it was on the Atlantic side of the great continent of South Amer ica. off the eastern coast of Venezuela or the north coast of British Guiana, somewhere about the mouth of the Orinoco river. But then there are sey- | eral mouths to that vast river and, though there are islands there. no evi- dence of occupancy by Robinson Cru soc has been found and none of the footprints of Friday have been discov. cred.
 The only clue to the island is found in Defoe's magnificent story itself, where Robinson Crusoe speaks as fol l lows:
 q asked him how far It was from l our lands to the shore and whether the canoes were not often lost; he fold me there was no danger, no ca noes were ever lost, but that after q l little WAY out to sea there was cur rent and wind. always one way in the morning. the other way in the after noon. This I understood to be no more than the sets of the tide as going out and coming in; but l afterwards un- derstood that it was occasioned by the great draft and refiux of the mighty River Oroonooko, in the mouth or gulf of which river, as l found afterMard our island lay, and this land which Derceived to the west and northwest was the great island of Trinidad on the north point of the mouth of the river"
 The Island of Juan Fernandez be
The Monticellonian., 1918-04-12
Quite the Contrary.

Here's the story of woman in hard luck. She has to shovel coal into a wagon to keep her family going"
 Hard lucki She's fortunate to have the coal to shovel"
The Monticellonian., 1918-04-12
No Wonder.

'I called Smith hard name just nowr
 He doesn't seem to be displeased" "Whv should be be? 1 tolc him he was a brick"
The Monticellonian., 1918-04-12
Sure-Eire Trench Grenade.

Military authorities speak well of an airplane bomb type of hand grenade that has been invented and turned over to the government by corporal sta
The Monticellonian., 1918-04-12
All the Modern Improvements.

'1Iave you fireIess cooker at your homeT
 More than that. We've got Il fire less furnace now"
The Monticellonian., 1918-04-12

toned at Fort Douglas. It consists of streamline bomb, supplied with four yanes and handle of liberal length Detonation is said to be certain, for when hurled the missile always falls nose down.-popular Mechanics Maga- ,;y
The Monticellonian., 1918-04-12
klll the Flies Now and Preve

disease. A DAISY FLY KILLER will do 1t Kills thousands. Lasts ali season All dealer or six sent express paid for q. II. SOMERS 150 De hale Ave, Brooklyn, N. |. Adv.
The Monticellonian., 1918-04-12

Compressed peat. formed into sheets, has been invented in Europe for insulation against heat and cold.
The Monticellonian., 1918-04-12
Mirror of Politics.

Tell me what kind of man governs q people, you tell me. with much exact ness. what the net sum total of social worth in that people has for some time been.-Carlyle.
The Monticellonian., 1918-04-12
Lonusiql1ted.

Bess-Every way eligible.
 June-EXcept for his health-that couldn't he better.
The Monticellonian., 1918-04-12
No Other Testimony.

"If you are willing to accept hearsay evidence, the new $10.0o0 bill bears General Grant's Minneapolis Morning Tribune.
The Monticellonian., 1918-04-12
Easy Nav.

How did you clear your way witt that old gr0uch?' "Nery easily, merely used Il little soft soap
The Monticellonian., 1918-04-12
The Handican.

Do you believe there are any laws with teeth :" "oh, yes. but they're gen. erally gold-flled."
The Monticellonian., 1918-04-12
THIS IS THE AGE OF YOUTH.

You will look ten years younger if you darken your ugly. grizzly. gray hairs by using La Creole" Hair Dressing Adv.
The Monticellonian., 1918-04-12

Two crops of rice. known as the spring and winter crops, are raised an nually in the Foochow district.
The Monticellonian., 1918-04-12

A rocking chair which revolves on circular base has been invented for railroad ears.
The Monticellonian., 1918-04-12
The Last of It's Race.

Horeb-"Wth me the wish was fa. ther to the thought" Anthony-"Your wish has very small family"
The Monticellonian., 1918-04-12
Goinq Too Far.

"The cook puts a lot of herself into everything she does "I wish shed keep her hair out of the soup
The Monticellonian., 1918-04-12
The Object.

"He hurled his insulter's charges back into his teeth T guess he want ed him to eat his words"
The Monticellonian., 1918-04-12

When married woman throws hint it Is reasonably sure to strike her husbands pocket book.
The Monticellonian., 1918-04-12

The more q man reads the moro useless knowledge he acquires.
The Monticellonian., 1918-04-12

Million. of particular women now use and recommend Red Cross Ball Blue. All grocers Adv.
The Monticellonian., 1918-04-12
Woes or Women.

Must be tough on q girl when her hair goes out of style.-Louisviiie Courier-Journal.
The Monticellonian., 1918-04-12
No Room.

"I suppose life on tie front broad ems one"
 Well. not in the trenches"
The Monticellonian., 1918-04-12
VSAQnANn Is no more necessary XUAEFIkVt than S Smallpox. Army pH1EU experience has demonstrated

the almost miraculous effi- cacy, and harmessness, Of Antityphoid Vaccination. Be vaccinated NOW by your physician, you and your family. It Is vital than house insurance. Ask your physician, druggist, or send for Have you had Typholda" telling of Typhoid Vaccine, results from use. and danger from Typhoid Carriers. Producing Vaeelnss and Serums under U. S. License The Cutter Laboratory Berkeley. Cal, Chicago, ILL
The Monticellonian., 1918-04-12
Easy Work.

"I think I'd like selling snowshoes.' "Why?"
 "SeemS to be only one size"
The Monticellonian., 1918-04-12

Always sure to please, Red Cross Ball Blue. All grocers sell 1t. Adv.
The Monticellonian., 1918-04-12
The PreliminarY Crop.

When are you going to begin dig ging in your garden?"
 Not for some time. It is still too early for fishing worms"
The Monticellonian., 1918-04-12
NO MALARIA-No cHILLs.

"Plantation" Chill Tonic is guaranteed to drive away Chills and Fever or your money refunded Price soc-Adv.
The Monticellonian., 1918-04-12
Not the Correct Locality.

'I understand he lives in mortal trepidation.. No such thing. He lives in the suburbs.
The Monticellonian., 1918-04-12

. here have been recent refer enees to the Island of Juan
 Fernandez in the south Pacific ooaap E1O ,,,fIoe off tha coa et
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06

The whole world was astonished bv
the heroic resistance Of Liege, which
for thirteen days, with only 25,OO0 men
cone and one-half army divisions). held
back the invading hordes of Huns.
Indeed, Liege was the GRAIN Of
sand" which threw out of gear the
wheels of a most formidable war ma
chime, the construction Of which had
required forty years OF effort
Seven German army CORPS (about
100000 mem were massed along the
route of invasion which was barred by
the fortified position Of Legc.
A detachment Of Germans, having
put on civilian dress, succeeded in
entering Liege, and by treacherous ruse
attempted to assassinate Lieutenant
General Leman in the Offices of his
headquarters. The attempt failed. and
all the Germans who took part in It
were killed. In this affair the Be!pians
unfortunately, lost a very gallant Off
Ger, Captain -Commandant Marchant,
After several days of vigorous and
sublime resistance, during which the
Germans lost more than 10000 men
General Leman decided that the forts
could no longer be used except to hold
the enemy temporarily and that the
moment had arrived to order the Third
Division to fall back upon the main
army. He assembled the troops Of
the field army between the forts of
Loncin and Hollogne
On the Sth of August the Third
Division arrived at the River Gette
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06
people, he has appealed to them,
with what success the $1O,000,OOO or
Sl2,oo0,oo0 pouring weekly into the

people, he has appealed to them,
with what success the $10,000,0OO or
Sl2,000,000 pouring weekly into the
Treasury will best answer"
In all parts of the country the news
papers entered into the novel campaign
with zest. The whole nation became
eloquent with appeals to the patriotism
of the pocketbook, with maxims of
thrift, with lessons in the Fundamental,
economy Of war finance, and in tho
backing Of the war with the savings of
agriculture, industry and CONNER
and with entreaties that those at home
should back up the soldier on the fir
ing line with dollars.
Cities and states competed for honors
IN the subscription lists. The Jay
Cooke agencies sent 1000 men around
lecturing, organizing, supplying the
press with material, placing ADVERTISE
ments and distributing circulars. These
urged upon the public "the desirability
of our own people owning the national
debt"
Movements were reported on bulletin
boards in the largest cities. Totals
were posted each day in the newspa-
pers. The names of subscribers were
published. The dead walls cried Ma
tional Bonds and the trees by the high
way called aloud the nations financial
needs.
In September Of 1863 all the news
papers carried this display ADVERTISE
ment, characteristic of the Cooke cam
paign:
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06

The King greeted their return in an
order of the day, of which the follow
ing is an extract:
"ln the name of the nation | greet
you, officers and soldiers of the Third
Division and 18th Mixed brigade
You have all done your duty, YOU have
upheld the honor Of our army and YOU
have shown the enemy what it costs
unJustly to attack peaceable people,
which finds invincible strength in its
righteous cause. The country NAV we'll
be proud of you"
General Leman retired into the Fort
OF Loncin, where he remained up to
the last moment, to direct and or
game the resistance of the forts.
The forts of Liege, left without sup
port, still held out for long time
The last of them fell on August ~.
1914.
During the days Immediately follow
ing the departure of the Third Diyis-
ion the forts shelled all the enemy
troops which passed within range.
In order to reduce the forts the Ger
mans had recourse to their 28-centi
metre and 42-centimetre guns, and also
to the Austrian 30.5-centimetre guns
The bombardment began on August 1o
about midday. The fort of Loncin'
which was specially bombarded, was
destroyed on August 10.
on thls day at 5:2O p. m. the fort
was blown up by the explosion of a
munltlon magazine which had been
penetrated by a 42-centimetrc she'll.
IN spite of the terrific cannonading
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06

In the first loan distributions Cooke
risked his private fortune and paio
large sums for advertisements out of
his own pocket. BY this time, how
ever, the Secretary Of the Treasury
recognized the efficiency of advertisins
and of organization and lie allowed
Cooke one-eighth of 1 per cent for
selling the loan. Cooke made nearly
half million out of it, and "The New
York World" demanded to know whv
he should have a monopoly Congress,
too. was captious. But the thrift prop
aganda went on.
"a Word to Gold Hoarders" was on<
of the pertinent captions of Cooke
circular The hoarders began to turn
their hoardings into the laps of the
agents. Even "copperhcad" Baltimorc
and half-rebel Kentucky bought liber-
ally of the bonds. Farmers in Mary
land and in Ohio who had never before
seen bond went into their socks and
under their rafters for their savings.
Said "The Philadelphia Press" in
campaign issue:
"An encouraging feature was the
demand for bonds from sections from
which there had hitherto been no
call for this class of investment,
Maryland, Virginia and the border
states. A soldier in the Army of the
Potomac sent q subscription out of
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06

of the enemy. I, nevertheless, main
tanned the military government of the
place in order that I might organize
It's defence as far as was possible Tor
me and for the sake Of the moral
effect on the Garrlsons of the forts.
That my decision was well founded
vas proved by the grave events that
followed.
Your majesty is aware that took
up my position in the fort of Lonc.n
on the 9th Of August, toward noon
Sire, you yin be grieved to learn
that this fort was blown up about 5: 20,
buryng in its ruins the greater part
OF the garrison, perhaps four-fifths.
II should have lost my life in this
catastrophe had it not been that my
escort, composed of Commander Cap
tain Collard, non-commissioned in
fantry officer, who has no doubt per-
ished; Gendarne Thevenin and ny
two orderlies (Ch. Vandenbossche and
Jos. Lecoop), removed me from a part
of the fort where l was in danger Of
asphyxiation by the fumes of the ex-
plosion. | was carried into the trench.
where I fell. A German captain OF
the name of Gruson gave me some
water to drink, but l was made a pris-
oner and then taken to Liege in an
ambulance.
II am confident of having upheld the
honor Of our arms. | surrendered
neither the fortress nor the forts.
III trust, sire, that YOU will be
pleased to pardon the shortcomings of
this letter. | am physically much pros
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06
first Forgotten Hero Wr-General Lean Defender f I

ing upon the crest of "Saint Tilment f"
he might have been heard to say. point-
ing to the deep woods OF the Sclessin
Forest and the misty valley of tho
onrthe, 1T is through there they Will
attack u.s."
few weeks after that the Prussian
assault was launched one nirht with
terrific thunder of guns from these
woods Of Sclessin.
Leman was one Of the few Be]pians
who were not at all surprised hv the
outbreak of the war. He knew how
10 carry on this war with all his might.
however, never soldier found HIM
selr IN situation more critical. not
10 say more desperate. Before him.
beyond the misty plains, was the i'm
mense and formidable unknown power
OF most terrible military organiza-
ton. One could not think of it with
out mlsglvng. To stop this force he
could count on no assistance.
He had been Informed that the army
orders for our four divisions contem-
plated concentration upon the River
Gct'c, which was to be only an "obser-
walton position" He knew that the Bel
gian government had informed France
and Great Britain that Belgium would
assure the defence of her fortresses
Moreover. the British army was still
III camp at Aldershot and elsewhere in
Great Britain. AS to the French army.
1T was only in the first days of its
mobilization. 1t was therefore as y
"forlorn hope" that the small garrison
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06

legal tender. Chase was obliged to re-
sort to forced loan, effected by the
simple expcdient Of issuing paper cur
rency which the government made legal
tender for all debts but government
debts. This legal tender issue, how
ever, bore interest
Congress presently embodied this
plan in a statute and authorized the
Issuance of $150,O00,000 in greenbacks
Tho payment Of specie had been sus-
pended. Gold and silver were boarded
and disappeared as medium of OK
change.
The government paper currency
slumped so per cent below gold par.
Commodity prices rose Flour sold at
$3.50 a barrel. The lower the purchas-
ing power Of this paper currency fell,
the higher went the cost of purchasing e
munitions and supplies to carry on the
war. Soldiers were paid in de-
preciated paper money.
Gold became commodity, like
wheat, of fluctuating price and spccu-
latlve interest. Cold pits" took The
place of "wheat pits" in the specula-
tive markets. Buying and selling gold
became a speculative frenzy.
With gold quoted at 1873 on foreign
exchange, American exports amounting
to Sl4,39o,o00 brought in only s10,-
$4,000 in gold.
The country seemed flooded with
Federal legal tender and with state
money" issued by the state banks.
which state money Chase now threat
oned to tax out of existence. But
"statc's rights" the very issue upon
which the war was being fought.
proved a stumbling block in the way of
an efficient Federal banking plan.