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The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-05-31
NO TIME TO SELECT WEAPON
Bridget Had Little Trouble in Explain
ing Why She Had Used Poker
on Her Husband.

Bridget was before the magistrate
upon the charge of beating her hus-
band, who stood near the desk with
his head bound up in mass of band
ages and surrounded by an odorous
cloud of iodine, indicating that he had
undergone extensive treatment at the
hospital. The magistrate called the
wife to the bar of justice.
Now, madam" he said, "can you
explain to me why you struck your
husband over the head with the
poker?"
Bridget laid her hand on the bar
and leaning far over so she could i'm
press her answer upon the attentive
officer of the law, replied:
"Shure. l hit him with the poker
your honor, because at that moment
| couldn't lay my hands on the broom
stick that l most generally uses"
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-05-31
"HAS BEEN A
FRIEND TO Me-
Says Lady, Regarding Cardui, in
Giving This WelI-KnoWn Wom-
ans Tonic Credit for Her
Good Health.

Cleveland. Tenn. - Mrs. Joanna
Felker, of this place, after telling of
the help she obtained from the use of
Cardui u years ago, when it built up
her health and strength says further:
"The next time used it (Cardui) was
about or 5 years ago. 1 had
and was just able to drag around for
a good While, getting worse all the
time. suffered intense pain in the
lower abdomen and back Could
hardly do my work, 1t was all a drag
and walking was very painful
for me. finally had to give up and
go to bed, where | stayed about week
=. and then turned back to Cardui.
my old friend.
After starting the Cardui, was able
TO be up in or days :. The pains
We're relieved soon after beginning to
take the Cardui, and when l got up,
walking was easy for me Got
back my health and strength and
in weeks was able to do most of
my work
It's fine medicine, and has been
a good friend to me, and am friend
to it too. It's through taking Cardui
l have been well and strong and in
good health for the past or years
=. | will always praise it,"
has done for thousands of other wom-
en-. 1t should help you. Try Cardul.--
Adv.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-05-31
The WAYS of Ladies.

"a Teller in town." related neigh
Dor who had been over to Tumlln-
Vile, was cranking up lady's Ford
car and got kicked
That's the way with ladies'" COM
mented Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge
"Prob'ly the Teller was winding it up
as fast as he could but, of course,
that didn't make no difference to the
lady. luther day when my wife found
me asleep on a bench in the shade Of
the smokehouse she landed on me like
eatamount and threatened to fling
bilin' water on me, just bcuz l hadn't
done something or nuther that she'd
told me to do. Aw, them COMPOUNDED
ladies Is all alike-they think all men
are their stepsons. kansas City Star
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-05-31
Letting Out a Secret.

Old Lady Ito grocer's boy)-Don't
you know that it is very rude to
whistle when dealing with a lady?
Boy-That's what the guv-nor told
me to do. mum.
Told you to whistler"
"Yesm. He said if we ever sold you
anything we'd have to whistle for the
money"
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-05-31
Had Said Amen.

What were you saying, HomerT
asked a mother of her six-year=old son.
Il was praying God to kill all the
Germans; then our men wouldn't have
10 fight"
oh you must not pray to God to
Kill all those men"
q can't help it now, mamma; ii will
have to 90, cause have already said
Amen. '"-Harper's Magazine
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-05-31
House OF Lords Dies Hard.

1t Is now about sixty years since
Thomas Darlington Macaulay wrote
again and again that the house of
lords seemed to be on its last legs. He
used a longer and more dignified
phrase but that is Its substance when
translated into the vernacular. APP
parently his conviction then was as
strong as that Of any of those who
now hope for the abolition of the
lords. To be sure, the circumstances
have changed greatly. but the lords die
so hard that this little historical rem
iniscence is not without its value now
that the same cry is heard again and
when some think the contamination
near at hand.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-05-31
GOOD SUCCESSION OF CROPS
Garden Should Be Kept Busy All Sea-
son-Pan Given for Grouping
Various Vegetables.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agricultureo
All the ground in the garden should
be kept fully occupied all the season
As soon as one crop is removed, some
thing else should take its place. The
following grouping of vegetables will
serve to indicate which ones may pre-
cede or follow others.
Crops Occupying the Ground All the
Seaetn.
Beans pole Pumpkins
Beans pole Lima Peppers
Cucumbers Potatoes Irish.
Eggplant main crop
Melons Tomatoes
Okra Squash
onions, from seed Potatoes, sweet
Parsnips
Early Crops Which May Be Followed
by Others.
Beans, bush Peas
Reets Potatoes early
Cabbage, early Radish
Carrots Spinach
Corn, early Turn1ps
Lettuce
Late Crops Which May Follow Others.
Beets Corn, sweet
Brussels sprouts kae
CauliAower Spinach
Celery Turnips
In planning the garden all early-ma-
turing crops should be grouped to-
gether. so that after removal the
ground will be available as unit for
planting something else. 1t is not al
ways necessary to wait until the crop
is removed. Late cabbage or sweet
corn may be planted between the rows
of early potatoes some two or three
weeks before the potatoes are har-
vested. Some dssimilar crop should
follow the first crop occupying the
ground, in order to help in the control
of insects and diseases.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-05-31
Fremont, 0. II
che critical period

surely proved to be. feel better and
stronger in every way since taking it,
and the annoying symptoms have disap-
peared. - Mrs. M. Golden, 925 Ma
poleon St, Fremont, Ohio.
Such annoying symptoms as heat
flashes, nervousness, backache, head
ache, irritability and "the blues" may
be speedily overcome and the system
restored to normal conditions by this
famous root and herb remedy Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
If any complications present them
selves write the Pinkham Medicine Co,
Lynn, Mass, for suggestions how to
overcome them. The result of forty
years experience is at your service and
your letter held in strict confidence.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-05-31

half-acre garden, if cared for prop
erly, will produce far more vegetables
than the average family can consume
during the maturing period of the
crops. Only small portion of a gar
den of this size should be devoted to
those vegetables that must be used as
soon as they reach maturity. 1t is
advisable TO devote the major portion
of the space to those crops which if
not needed at once may be kept for
winter use. In fact, if the space is
available the garden should be planned
with the definite purpose of growing
crops for storage for winter use.
Late beets, late cabbage, carrots. cell
cry, onions, parsnips, late potatoes,
sweet potatoes, satisfy, and late tur-
nips may be stored in their natural
condition and If possible should be
grown to the extent of the family
needs for storage for winter use.
Work Garden All Season.
It is possible in nearly all sections
of the country to grow late beets, late
cabbage, late potatoes and turnips on
ground that has already produced a
crop of lettuce, radishes, beans, early
peas, early potatoes, or some crop re-
quiring relatively short period for
its maturity. Gardeners are inclined
to neglect the opportunities for crop
production in the garden after the first
of the season has passed and frequent
~ space is allowed to lie idle that
should he producing a crop of late po-
tatoes, cabbage or turnips. In sections
where the season is short it is posi-
BILE to plant the late crops between the
rows of early crops before the early
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-05-31
FRECKLE
Now Is The Time to Get Rid Of These Ugly Spo

There's no longer the slightest need of feeling
ashamed of Your freckles, otAlne-double
strengths guaranteed to remove these homely
spots.
Simply get an ounce OF othlne-douhle
strength-from Your druggist and apply little
of 1t night and morning and you should soon see
that even the worst freckles have begun TO dis.
appear while the lighter ones have vanished en-
tirely. II is seldom that more than ounce
is needed 10 completely clear the skin and gain
a beautiful clear complexion
Be sure to ask for the double strength Othine.
this is sold under guarantee of money back
II it fails to remove freckles.-Ady.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-05-31
Exact Copy of Wrapper
that's Tellinn EN-.

A friend of an elderly woman who
has the reputation of adhering to the
old Puritanical principles of right and
of the modern comedies which ranks
above the average for wholesome fun.
At Il point in the play where a dashing
young woman tells a man 10 90 To the
ProFefbial hot place in plain language,
the hostess eringed in her seat and
glanced sideways at her guest. expect
ing TO hear Il Wrathful denunciation of
such language. But the remark of the
elderly woman of Puritanical tradi-
tions WIS: Il guess she told him
where to get off -
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-05-31
The Suspense That Kills.

Stranger-There doesn't appear to
be much lawlessness about your town.
Bad Bill-No. We won't stand fur
1t round here.
Stranger-Ah, I suppose when any
bad character drifts into your town you
Immediately eXpel him.
Bad Bill-Well-er-m most frequent we
suspend 'em.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-05-31
Ready Market for Crops.

Early cabbage, cauliflower, celery
tomato and other garden plants should
find ready market this year. Flor
lists in some of the towns and cities are
using part of their houses for grow
ing this kind of stock.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-05-31
COMING UP TO SCRATCH

Surely a uniform, Overalls.
a few yards of wire netting
may mean peace with your
chicken-loving neighbor.
If that doesn't work. try
gentle message to his wireless
run.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-05-31
GROWING Specialties.

1t will pay the home gardener to
grow certain speeialties of which he
may be fond, and which may be
troublesome or expensive to purchase.
Okra is an example of this class, and
little beds of parsley, chiyes or other
herbs take up very little room and
provide the housewife with additions
for her table which are most welcome
if they can be picked conveniently and
at the right moment.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-05-31
He Understood.

At reception in Washington the
eofored official who looked after the
autos WIS directed to call the car Of
the Guatemalan minister. You under
stand the Guatemalan minister?'
yes. sab, understand puffectly,
SAN he replied and then shouted:
The car 70 de watermelon minister"
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-05-31

Plants which grow high and cause
heavy shade should not be located
where they will interfere with sun-lov-
ing small plants. 1t is WELL also, to
separate perennials, such as rhubarb
and asparagus which are not cult
waited, from plants which must be
TILED.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-05-31

The same kind of vegetables should
not be grown twice. If this can be
avoided, in the same part of the gar
den. If radically different kind is
grown, disease spores and insects,
though present in the soil. probably
will not attack the second crop.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-05-31
Have a Clear Skin.

Make Cutieura Soap your everyday
toilet soap and assist it now and then
by touches of Cuticura Ointment to
soften. soothe and heal. For free
samples address "Cuticura, Dept X,
Boston" At druggists and by mail.
Soap %, Ointment % and 50-Ady.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-05-31
Part of Her Costume.

Bessie came running to her grand
mother holding dry. pressed leaf. OBJ
viously the relic of day long gone
by. 81 found 1t In the big Bible,
grandma" she said. DO you 'sposf
1t belonged to Eve f"-Boston Tran
script.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-05-31
8REAILY. NOW

81 can't take that. must have Red
Cross Ball Blue. l have used it for
more than ten years. My white
dresses, linens and lace curtains are
snowy white / simply can't do with
out Red Cross Ball Blue. You will get
It? All right I'll wait. ADV.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-05-31

Say Maggie. what has become of
that drug clerk who was paying you
such marked attention.
II guess he thought I was bottle
of medicine. He shook me-"
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-05-31
PLANTING Castor Beans.

A bushe of castor beans of the India
variety will plant from IS to 20 acres.
The seed should be soaked in warm
water for u to "a hours before plant
ing. Such treatment makes germina-
ton more rapid and certain.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-05-31
WITH THE LARK!

Gardening before breakfast
starts any day right.
Those tomato stakes? Where
are they? Expensive kindling.
Are you saving some finely
sifted coal ashes to loosen that
clayey spot?
;, :, :, :. :, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-05-31
Potato Water Substitute for soan.

Soap is almost unattainable in occu-
pied Belgium, and the housewives are
accordingly seeking possible substi-
tutes. TO them chemist, through
the medium of a Brussels newspaper,
gives this advice: Pour the hot water
IN which peeled potatoes have been
BOILED over the linen to be washed.
Allow It to soak until the following
day, then rub it as you would in a
iather, but without adding soap or any
thing else. The linen will come out of
the tub perfectly white"
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-05-31
MANY Gardens Neglected.

Many gardens which start very IA
vorably in the spring gradually decline
in productivity as the season advances,
and become weed patches long before
fall arrives.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-05-31

Beans of any kind should not be
planted any deeper than is necessary
TO secure good termination. This
should never be more than 2 inches and
on heavy soil it should not be more
than "a to 11s inches.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-05-31
Don't Experiment.

Do not experiment with crops about
which you know nothing. There is no
easy way of beating the crop produc.
ton game.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-05-31
MininQ Soil Profitable.

Mining the soil can only be made
profitable by the miner turning man
ufacturer and selling his product on
the market nearest the consumer, and
returning the waste to the soil.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-05-31
THAT CHANGE IN
WOMAN'S LIFE
Mrs. Golden Tells How II
May be Passed in Safety
and Comfort.

W do pushing ei,IouBu
Of life, being forty
six years of age and
had all the symp-
toms incidentto that
change-heat flash
es, nervousness, and
was in a general run
down condition, SO
it was hard for me
to do my work.
Lydia E. Pinkham 8
Vegetable Com
pound was recon-
mended to me as the
best remedy for my
frouhlaa which II
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-05-31
Best Time for Lettuce.

Lettuce does not withstand heat well
and thrives best, therefore, in the early
spring or late autumn.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-05-31
Great Nitrogen User.

Corn is great user of nitrogen,
while potatoes and root crops need
plenty of potassium. Has your soil
enough of these?
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-05-31
Tomatoes Until Frost.

With GOOD soil, good variety, and
a normal season, the early planting of
tomatoes will continue to bear until
frost.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-05-31
Castor Bean Culture.

The castor bean produces well on
any fertile corn land. The preparation
for the crop is also similar to that of
corn.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-05-31
Growing Late Vegetables.

The handling of the soil previously
to planting is an important factor in
growing vegetables late in the season.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-05-31
Repair Old Tools.

Perhaps it will pay better to repair
old tools for another years service
than to buy new ones.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-05-31

A fad Is the peculiar fancy of some
one you know.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-05-31
Chance for YOUNGSTERS.

Give the boys and girls chance to
raise a garden or small fruit patch this
year.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-05-31

Faithfulness in the little things of
life makes the big deeds possible.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-05-31

A lot of people who never knew
what thrift was are beginning TO find
out a good deal about it.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-26
Mad Win Amhtpor

To Inn TTTTU-
Let us love Roosevelt nh We ,pu hut
Lei uS thnnk Gud TINT he is not iu % 900.
ailion of great authority ut this time Let
Us read what he has to spy. II win con
INN us lu the virw that hr is mad with
ambition and therefore dangerous let
NY he fHir with him. hut let us never
forget TINT hc is mun ur mediocre
talent wouk iu Stntcsmuusmp o. mere
bro I'm diplowurN. Uu umntour I'm litvru-
ture md uttcrl, devoid Of that breadth
q vision that can comprehend IN, whole
an, on" qu-rtion, hc II gay or grave
Ho wight io be I'm the scrap hcp, hut
lct him fuss and hmo md rroVl' II ls
his nature. aud he can N hut little harm
with the Intelligent people " NmprIoo
u ls @fc io prophecy lhrt Wilson wIl
lc p.rpcu'tod in statues IN every ciN
iliLcd hand when Roosevelt is forgotten
VI E EIIlN
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-26

N TTT I|TTT"
Roosevelt is nu intensely ultIotr.
Ideal American He hns mid pn ON tho
altar of his country We urc orurup
the lives NJ millions of our sous Tor
some day democracy We know TINT n
Ia for the protection OF our families We
want 10 know that they nave y chance
We are exceedingly fortunate I'm having
such n man ns Roosevelt who ls niwnya
flrst In calling the attention Of tho coun-
try 10 the derliction and msm0rngement
of lis officers There qro millions on
dorsng his attitude IIc la not partisan
I'm thls-hc is "a rcd-blpudDi American
and wants to win the war
J. T. JONES
~ Reno
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-26
KNITTING DAY" ONCE A
WEEK AT MAJOR PARKS

~ HlCNGO, Jan .-"KnlttInq
II day" once a week may be
eGtablisned at the National
league parko this season, n plans
under way here today are carried
to completion. The Chicago club
formerly admitted women free one
day week but year ago the
National league passed rule
abolishlng ladies day. Officials
OF the local team now propose to
ask renewal OF the cust0r, but
instead OF calling II ladles' dhy, II
VIII be known as "knlttlnp day"
II said that live OF the eight
clubs OF the league favor free
day for the women.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-10-03

sum in order to make, in so short time, an
adequate beginning for Our gigantic task.
But it is only our beginning We must follow
it with greater energy and support it with
increasing power. Men, munitions, ships and
supplies must go to Europe in larger and larger
stream. We must redouble. our blows and add
constantly to the strength Of those blows, if
our initial effort is not to be wasted.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-10-03

We are fighting for the liberty of the world,
for the triumph of our ideals of democracy and
self-government over the last great advocate of
force upholding injustice. We are buying with
our Liberty Loans the security and JOY of our
people for generations to come No price could
be too high to pay for such victory no cost
too great for such purchase.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-10-03

The supreme moments of our struggle with
Germany have now come.
We have carried our first armies across three
thousand miles of ocean and joined the issue
of battle with the military power of a nation
that has been for forty years preparing it's
plans and its weapons for its present attempt
to dominate the world We have had to put
forth an immense effort and spend fabulous
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-10-03

The enemy is watching anxiously for the
first sign that we are faltering
Our Government Loans should go "over the
top" as eagerly as our soldiers do, in order to
carry with them the terror of furious attack
Our dollars must rain upon the enemy as over
whelmingy as our hail Of bullets or our storm
Of. shells.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-09
TIMEsREPUBLICAN, MARSHALL 0WN IOWA. .SiAras 1918

into real American vote cast with q
true American spirit. And this is a
good time to finish the job. Into this
crucible Of America with its elements
drawn from the reaches Of the world
drops the solvent and flux Of war to
precipitate complete American type,
to make all Americans American in
thought, purpose and deed. Why not
in language? :
So the fine thing for those of alien
blood or birth would be to come
across in America as they came
across the ocean to complete Amer
icanism in language as in all else,
grateful for the wide liberty and equal
opportunity of a land and a race that
asked no questions while offering all
it had and has Of liberty and oppor-
tunity, 1t would be a graceful and
grateful way Of expressing both APP
probation and purpose.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-09
RAISE A SORGHUM PATCH.

The neghborhood of Green Noun
tain has a loyalty league which is en-
deavoring to pledge it's farmer mem
bers to plant an aAe of sorghum.
Down about NewtontA similar move
ment Is on and is reported to be hav-
ing much success.
The Green Mountain men. have met
with the general objection that no
mill for the production of the syrup is
hand They argue that if they get the
sorghum planted they'll get the mill.
nAnd that is good argument and safe
prediction.
In this war and its consequent
necessity to make the most Of every
thing we must revert to some degree
at least to the pioneer spirit Of self
help. And those pioneers managed to
make their own syrup from their own
sorghum cane.
Going back to the earliest sorghum
mill of the memory of this particular
editor 1t was crude affair but 1t de-
livered many thousands Of gallons OF
excellent syrup sorghum molasses'
we called it then and over in our
neighborhood everybody tried to put a
barrel Of it in the cellar along with
the apples and other provisions for
the long winter. The mill was made Of
two wooden rollers set perpendicularly
geared at the top and were operated
with a long sweep by a honse at its
end which travelled round and round
after the fashion of Samson in the
Sunday school lesson. It was easier tc
build than cider mill but it squeezed
the Juice out Of the cane and did the
business which after all is the mair
thing. The pan for boiling the sap was
simply long, wide shallow pan set or