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The Monticellonian., 1919-04-18
BLACK -DRAUGHT
 CLEANS THE LIVER
Enthusiastic Texan Tells of Bad Fix He Was In and How He Got Out by Using Black
 Draught Liver
 Medicine.

Holland. Texas.-Mr. ]. \. Messer, who lives short distance from here out in the country. says Black Draught is without doubt the best liver medicine made do not hesitate to say it vil do all it is recommended to do and more.
 am strong and healthy, but we all need a little active medicine once in a while. ard Black -Draught is good enough for me It does the work well and cleans the liver. carrying away bile, the easiest of any purgatiye l haze eyer seen.
 once. some years ago, I had slow fever and my stomach was in bad fix, and Black -Draught gave me relief and helped me wonderful sight It cured me of indigestion. and the bad feeling after eating keep 1T for my family. they use it and haYe fof years, and too, II saves doctor bills and is not expensive.
 \ stitch in time saves nine, and most sickness Is caused by bad liver A few doses of Black-Draught fixes that, and don't see why people don't use it. and they would see as have, what a help # would be-"
 Ask your druggist for Thedfords Black k-Draught.-Adv.
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only people who get sued are the poor little dubs that pay cash most of the time and then ask to be trusted when they're hard up"
 Bayard had rebuked Leila for spending money on clothes and on amusements. But she had had the fun: she still had the clothes; and where were the fruits of his years of self-denial? Where were his hoarded earnings? His few bonds were ire deemably in pawn. And on the roads of Belgium and East Prussia myriads of wretches who had kept thrift and builded them houses were staggering along In hungry penury, fugitive from shattered homes and wondering about the next days bread.
The Monticellonian., 1919-04-18
Canadian Money Orders.

Canadian money orders are issued oD blanks of various denominations each with the amount of money for which the order is issued printed on l. \ lady living in Ontario. sending a 51nch of Recent money orders to make ID remittance ta T Boston firm, apolegzes thus; T apologize for all these post office orders l. seems that the local postmaster eot in stock six vears ago and the 3o-cpnt orders were fhe sleWest 10 sell. He has no others on hand now"
The Monticellonian., 1919-04-18
CHAPTER XVI.

Daphne had watched Lellas little scene with us much confusion us the other two Kips. She felt n normal amount of jealousy, of course, as wom- an to woman, but no more than healthy amount. for she liked Leila and she was grateful to Leila for be ing able to rescue her father and for being willing to. It was a fine thing for Leila to strip herself of her last splendor to help an old father-in-law pay the interest on mortgage on a house in another town. Daphne gave Leila full need of applause for that.
 What embitter 1 Daphne was that it had to be Leila and not herself that saved her father, and that Leila had to do the deed by spending things she had not paid for herself-ornaments gewgaws, gifts.
 Leila had collected from life perhaps three thousand dollars worth of jew els and Daphne had collected fifty dollar check, framed-and that check was in lieu of work. As soon as she remembered that check she ran up to her room and took it down from the wall, ripped off the back of the frame and removed the check from the mat.
 She studied 1t and thought, "The first money and the last" Then a vigor and determination clenched all her muscles in a kind of ekjaw. She came out of the spasTn in Il tremor of hysterical faith. She spoke her thought aloud in a fury: Tt sha'n't be the last, it sha'n't, it sha mt, by golly :" TAe feebleness of the expletive dis gusted her She tried to be powerful by way of powerful language. Before she knew it she ripped out resound- ing oath that would have pleased good Queen Bess. By C., I'll pay my way {! honestly like man -
 All her powder exploded in that one detenation.
 She fell over into Il chair in horror The blasphemy seemed to rattle about the little room. It terrified her. Mrs. Ghiyyis ran Gown the hall. carrying her everlasting sewing, and tapped on the door and asked:
 Did you call me, my dear? Are you ill?9
 No, thank you. I'm all right. l didn't say anything"
 That was doubly false. She had said something. In the slang of the hour she had said something" She had said an earful, also Il heartful.
 Mrs. Chivyis supposed that what she had heard was some voice from the street. and went back along the hall stitching as she walked.
 Daphne took the check and went down to Bayard's apartment. Bayard Was on his way to the pawnbroker's. Leila Was ill his room. Old Wesley sat in chair facing q wall. He seem ed to see through it. Daphne went to him and put the check in his hand, ex- plaining what if was.
 Its all I ever earned, daddy. and want you to have it.''
 He looked at il and smiled and tears fairly shot out of his eyes. He patted her hand between his and said:
 Why, honey, I couldn't take your poor little earnings Not for anything in this world.
 Please, daddy; it would make me ever so happy
 'sBut it would kill mel You don't want to do that, do you? You must spend it on yourself. Buy yourself something nice with it
The Monticellonian., 1919-04-18
CHAPTER XIV.

Bayard tried Leila's recipe for q time, but there were expenses that he could not charge, and even the wad of money she had smuggled out of New port did not last long. Other people were no more willing to pay bills than he. Moneys that were owed to him he could not collect. He could not re- spond to the multitudinous appeals for charity. This was real shame in times of such frantic needs He could not do any of the honorable, pleasant things that one can do with money. He had to do many of the dishonor- able, loathsome things one without money must do.
 In his desperation Bayard's thoughts reverted to his original rescuer, his father. He never appealed to the old man in vain. Bayard had often prom ised himself the delight of sending home q big check as subtraction from his venerable debt. But it was a promise easy to defer, in the face of all the other temptations and oppor- tunities. His father never pressed him. never expected return of the money he had been investing in the boy. For a child is piece of furni- ture bought on the instalment plan to go into somebody's else house as soon Us it is paid for.
 Bayard put off the appeal to his fa- ther as long as he dared, but at last sat down to the hateful letter.
 He hated to trouble his poor old dad at such a time Che wrote with truth, but his very life depended on raising some immediate money. He was young and husky and he would be on his feet in iiffy He would pay
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t4onaehold Monk Savers

Use plenty of newspapers about fhe kitchen spreading them on ;Ee floor when anything is likely to spat- ter It is easier to gather them up fhan to clean up If there k a kitchen range not in use in the summer time t is we'll to prevent dampness and rust. If the kitchen has but gas range then q good-sized waste basket should be kept and the papers dis posed of in whatever way is best.
The Monticellonian., 1919-04-18
FOR SICK HEADACHE TRY THIS MILD AND
 SURE REMEDY. FINE.
 FOR BILIOUSNESS

Bilious headaches are due to inactive liver. Stir ID your liver. get l. working right again. get your bowels regulated the poIsons cleaned out and you will feel like q flew person Do this by taking BONDS LIVER PILLS, one each night for two or three nights. A large bottle costs only 25c at any drug store. They are mild. safe; never Sripe. yet thorough In action.-Ady.
The Monticellonian., 1919-04-18
A SHOT FIRED IN PARKWAY SERBIA BRINGS SUDDEN DIs-
 ASTER TO BAYARD.

Synopsis-Clay Wmburn, q land meets pretty Daphne Kip whose brother office with Clay in Wall street whrlwnd Daphne New o aIhnes brother pride Leila Daphne Dalhne meets Tom Duane manaboutown who facte to Daphne accidentally his peedy The younger furious the will neit With Clay Through RebeI theatrical Her hrst rehearsal gives another glVes Daphne her chance soe by Tom Duane Daphne red following of IS cut in half and they 0 don their
The Monticellonian., 1919-04-18
whassa Matter With You. Man

Why won't do?" demanded the lady of 300 pounds displacement as she indignantly waved the want ud section Tn his face. Didn't you ad- vertise for a stout woman to dc house work ?"-Indianapolis Star.
The Monticellonian., 1919-04-18
Great and Small Minds.

If you would stand well with a great mind leave him with q favorable i'm. pression of yourself; if with n little mind. leave him with a favorable opin. ion of himself-Coleridge
The Monticellonian., 1919-04-18

Some people spend so much time handing out advice that they have no time to accomplish anything.
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Criticism.

Does your wife sing?'i
 "Er-that's a matter of opinion."- Boston Transcript.
The Monticellonian., 1919-04-18
"California Syrup of Figs"
For the Liver and Bowels

Tell your druggist you want genuine "California Syrup of Figs" Full directions and dose for babies and children of all ages who are constpated, bilious, feyerish, tongue coated, or full of cold, are plainly printed on the bottle Look for the name California" and accept no other Zig Syrup"
The Monticellonian., 1919-04-18

Don't annoy a silent man; he may be q reformed prize fighter
The Monticellonian., 1919-04-18

The son of his father is Hten poker chip off the old block.
The Monticellonian., 1919-04-18

Women will never make good on iuries until they get to be as ignorant a9 men
The Monticellonian., 1919-04-18
A Kind Act.

What did your wife give you for your birthday?' "A little peace. She spent the day with her mother"
The Monticellonian., 1919-04-18

Daphne becomes real working girl" and she ex- periences some of the trials that beset the path of the work ing girl in city like New York. Go on with the story in the next issue.
The Monticellonian., 1919-04-18
Yes, Why2
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH

 Beb-I wish l had money. II wouldn't change me any Bess-Then why the wish2
The Washington times., 1919-11-30
CHAPTER I.

Cepyrish 1918. InternatisaaI
TT WAS on February H. 1911 that William E. d. Stokes
was married in Jersey City N. j., to Miss Helen El
wood, of Coorado-the New York multimilhonaire
sixtyfve years old and his bride in the early
twenties In less than month the Young bride AYERS
that she in the disillusonment Of her
dreams Of happiness. Is
There is scarceya better known than Stokes in
recent New York history. The present William Earl
Dodge Stokes related to group Of distinguished fam
lies which include the Ears and Dodges we'll as the
Stokeses. William Earl Dodge the uncle after whom
Stokes Is named noted Abolitionist and phanthro
pst and millionaire merchant He is commemorated by
public statue in bronze in New York. W. f. D. Stokes
The Washington times., 1919-11-30

was the son OF the late James
Stokes, who divided his for
tune between w. E. ID. and
his brothers, James, Thomas
and Anson Phelps Stokes.
The last named brother was
a very philanthropic million
aire, who was one of the most
generous supporters of Amer
lean foreign missions. His
son, the present Anson Phelp
Stokes, d nephew of w. e:
d., was secretary of Yale Uni
versity and a noted author
and scholar. Another men,
Der of the family, j. G.
Phelps Stokes, also a nephew
of W. E. d. Stokes, became a
Socialist and married Rose
Pastor from an East Side
tenement.
Almost at the very begin
ming of the honeymoon, the
saddened bride declares, Mr..
Stokes insulted and humili-
ated her with his abusive re-
marks and conduct. Before
the first month had passed
the bridegroom wantonly as
saulted his young bride, she
swears, and threw her with
great violence against the
dresser in her room at the
Ansonia Hotel, on upper
Broadway, and severely in
jured her.
Shot three times by an
actress in her apartment,
Stokes found himself con-
spicuously in the public eye
only a few months after his
marriage to Miss Elwood.
Four years before this he had
been sued by a widow for the
support of her child.
The young bride was un-
able to match his long years
of worldly experience, and
so it happens that a curious
thing occurred one day in
May three months after the
wedding. In the words of
Mrs. Stokes's sworn state
ment:
Incident to the long
continued cruelty and. inhu.
man treatment and in the
execution of his wicked de-
signs and purposes, plaintiff
(Mr. Stokes), in a violent
rage, with filthy expressions,
and by force and duress,
compelled this deponent
MRS. Stokes), on the 17th
day of May, 1911, to sign a
paper, refusing to divulge to
her the nature and contents
The Washington times., 1919-11-30

W.. n
- Of many
Mrs. Stokes has had relations
yr
defraud o nan
Is -
Or this wife children
o
o Meanwhile unnat
ing idehghs o q interesting
wealth
divorce
the W.
Of Of
Of
his
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PROHIBITION AND CLUBS.
One Social Castle with Supply
Prepared for Ten Years.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: The
enforcement of war time prohibition and
the impending enforcement Of the con.
stitutional amendment have already hit
the social clubs. In most Of such clubs
the bar. billiard and cigar departments
have been the only paying branches.
Most club restaurants are run at a loss.
Clubs which used to depend on their
bars are now dreary resorts, and it is
going to be a problem with them to re-
tain the interest of their members and
keep things going. Every such club de-
Ponds on certain fixed membership,
with the receipts from dues therefrom,
to pay certain fixed charges Any in
crease in dues is bound to result in a
drop in membership and so will a loss
OF privileges produce the same result.
Only one city club that know of has
had the foresight to anticipate the
dire results OF present conditions. This
particular club has installed a system of
Individual lockers. and the assertion is
made that It has enough of a stock of
liquors on hand to last for the next ten
years. From what / hear of the fierce
attacks that are being made on its sup
plies l doubt II II can withstand the
inevitable inside of a year or twp.
]. AK
ELIZABETH, N. J.. September 10.
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REWARD OF THE VOTER.
After the Primary the District Attor.
ney May Subpoena Him.

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n,s,r,c, Attornav ~ Nav yor,, county
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lines are best adapted to make the
flesh creep, although the oldsters put
more shudders into less space than
the bards of the present time. In the
comparison of the poets, gone or pres
ent, who liked the less simple meter
we find ourselves comparing JULIAN
HAwTHoRNE's Werewolf
"Dabbled with blood are its horrible
lips.
Grlnning in horrible glee,"
with Hermann HAoEDosN's Gray
Man:
His flesh was thousand snaiis that
crept,
But his face was calm though his
pulses ieapt."
/ For a pleasant midnight acquaint-
ance, however, we doubt that either
the Werewolf or the Gray Man has
any advantage over GEORGE STER-
LING's Blue-Eyed Vampire, who y
stated at her feast,
Smiles bloodily against the leprous
MOON"
To match Mr.. STERLING we must
turn to Poe, to couple of lines which
Mr.. wALBRrDeE does not use in his
compilation:
"And seraphs sob at vermin fangs
In human gore imbued."
1t is unlikely that either PoE's or
STERLrNe's lines give the genuine SEN
sation that Is found in BRowNING's
"Mesmerism":
"And the socket floats and flares.
And the house beams groan
And foot unknown
Is eurmised on the garnet stairs
And the lock slips unawares ."
The reader who is familiar with
JEAN HENRI FABRE knows that the
grave worm is myth; but the groan-
ing house beam and the step on the
garnet stairs are real and always
with US. 1t takes more than a plain
ghost or a tomb to cause the modern
reader to pull the sheet over his head.
To make the hair to stand on end the
poet must have some Of the spirit Of
mystery such as breathes in Rosa
MUND MARRIOTT WATSON:
what Is It cries with the crying OF
the curlews7
What comes apace on those fear
full. stealthy feet?"
1t does not do merely to have your
ghost pale! The reader must have the
bloodless countenance as well: other-
wise a poem Of the supernatural isn't
worth shudder.
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General Pershing's Flags.

It was patriotic impulse which in
spired General PERsHING to leave to
the custody Of New York city the
stand of forty-eight United States
flags which was given 70 him ut the
dinner In his honor here last week.
He retains ownership of this appro-
pirate and beautiful souvenir, but he
wants New York city to take posses
sion of it and to display it in some
public place where all citizens and
visitors to the town, may see and be
thrilled by it.
Nothing could be more fitting for
the decoration of any Of the mu-
nicipal buildings than this stand of
flags. 1t is to be hoped that space
for it may be found in City Hall It
self, and this was apparently in Gen.
eral PERsHINa's mind when he named
the city as his steward in this matter.
That fine and historic pile would be a
splendid home for the colors General
PERsHING wants our people to share
with him.
General PERsHING in asking the city
to assume the custody of these ban
ners said he desired to feel that he
had a tangible and personal associa-
ton with New York city. No physi-
cal memorial is necessary to estab-
lish such an association; but to give
evidence of 1t nothing else could be
as good as these emblems Of the glory
of the United States.
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Poetry About Ghosts.

AS an appetizer for those whose
taste for ghostly verse has not been
properly cultivated we commend the
last issue of the Branch Library
Nei1s, which contains a compilation,
by EARLE +. WALBRID6E, of Poetry
of the Supernatural. Although this
useful number appeared early in the
summer it is better suited for perusal
in the fall and winter. July is not II
time TO read charnel literature 1t does
not chill then as It should and 1t
thrills very little. Suppose spook,
summoned from the deeps by the
readers imagination. should get in
front Of or into the electric fan
No. the fall and winter are the sea-
sons for dipping into the tones of
things spectral. After going through
Mr.. WALBRIDoE's sheaf of samples the
reader will be able to decide which Of
the poets will be the best companion
beside a suffering candle in lonely
farmhouse.
The compiler divides his extracts
into three parts: the old ballads, the
older poets and the younger poets.
The trouble with the old ballads is
that they are not creepy enough. The
authors stuck too closely to the lore
of the countryside. A contest remains
between the older and the younger
poets: which refrigerates the spine
more perfectly? Hardly anybody, be
he ever so shuddery, can beat COLE
RIDGE, with his man on the lonesome
road and the frightful fiend close be-
hind. ALLINGHAM Is good too:
II heard the dogs howl in the moon
light night.
/ went to the window to see the
sight:
All the dead that ever knew
Going one by one and two by two"
This simplicity, OF which CoLERIpoE
was the great master, is found, we
are glad to say, among the younger
set of poets. 1t Is seen in WILFRED
WILSON GIBsoN's Comrades:
"As I was marching in Flanders
ghost kept step with me
Kept step with me and chuckled,
And muttered ceaselessly."
1t is again in MARGARET WIDDEMEa's
blouse Of Ghosts:
"out from the House OF Ghosts / fed
Lest l should turn and see
The child 1 had been lift her head
. Ana stare asha't !. me-"
Not all will agree that the short
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Influenza In 1919-1920.

That there will be recurrence of
the influenza epidemic in the closing
months of this year and in 1920 is
expected by the Public Health Service,
but 1t is confidently believed by the
medical profession that its effects will
not be as disastrous as were those
caused by the disease in Its latest visi-
tation. This comparative mildness
will be due to the fact that many
persons have been rendered at least
partially. immune to the disease and
thousands of the more susceptible fell
before 1t last winter.
Unfortunately the scientists have
not been able to identify the germ
which produces influenza, but the ex-
perience at hand has taught us Il
great many things which should be
done to protect ourselves from it.
Surgeon-General BLUE says;
"City officials, State and city
boards of health. should be prepared
in the event Of a recurrence. The
fact that a previous attack brings
immunity in certain percentage
of cases should allay fear on the part
of those afflicted In the previous
epidemic.
Influenza Is spread by direct and
indirect contact. 1t is not yet cer-
tain that the germ has been isolated
or discovered and as a consequence
there is yet no positive preventive
except the enforcement OF rigid rules
of sanitation and the avoidance Of
personal contact
Communities should make plans
now for dealing with any occurrences.
The most promising way 70 deal with
a possible recurrence is. to sum it
up in single word. 'preparedness.'
And now is the time TO prepare.
evidence collected during last
winters epidemic points strongly to
infected eating and drinking uten-
slls, especially in places where food
and drink are sold to the public as
being one OF the modes of transmits
sion OF this disease"
One of the most important things
to bear in mind is that a mans men,
tai condition has much to do Nth
his susceptibility to influenza, as In
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the case Of other diseases. The person
who allows himself to become fright
ened over the possibility of catching"
the disease, and who worries over his
chances IL he does "catch" 1t, thereby
reduces his vitality and greatly in
creases the danger in which he stands.
He is at least rs badly Off as the
man who refuses to take ordinary
precautions to protect his health.
Cleanliness in eating, drinking and
personal habits and prompt attention
to apparently insignificant ailments,
without exaggerated fear as to their
outcome. will provide the best pro-
lection against influenza which can be
found. There is no royal road to
safety, but If every citizen will take
good care Of himself he will not only
reduce the menace in his own case
but he will also contribute to the
welfare Of all his fellows.
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explore further. To discover in one
small volume, covering in time less
than two Presidential terms, as much
as we have indicated by these brief
md familiar extracts might be enough
to middle the literary explorer.
Referring to the blurb, the amazed
man might express an honest doubt
whether these addresses shall live"
$50 long as the world shall last"-or
at least whether they will be able to
live together between the covers of
one book. Other publishers Of Wilson
speeches have the happier way Of
printing little volumes, for sometimes
Mr.. WILSON makes in a row half a
dozen speeches the sixth of which
does not controvert the first. Not al
ways, though.