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America fs Influence Abroad. A nation, like a man, has some kind of a reputation. In order to achieve any standing in the world that reputation must be good and it must be earned. Just now the good standing and the reputation of America among the peoples of the earth was never better. In fact it was never quite ao high as now. The main thing is to keep it so. We went into the war with mo tives as clean as any nation that ever went into any war. we went into it to maintain our reputation before the world. We had been bullied by the Huns for a good while We had tried arguments tried turning the other cheek. Ger many had outraged us, had scoffed at and humiliated us. There was an open belief in Hun-land that we were gold-worshippers, money chas ers, indifferent to everything save our money and our selfish comfort And it is a regrettable fact that the world bad begun to swing over to Germany's way of thinking. We changed that, so swiftly and ao effectively that such memories are almost forgotten. League of Nations or not, it will be many a long day before another Imperial upstart picks trouble with America. What happened to the Kaiser and his junkers when they finally brought us into the war will remain in tbe memories of men for a mighty long time. Foreign nations know now, what they expected or feared. That America once aroused is always willing to throw in every man and every dollar and that her resources are so great as to be nigh well limitless. Now we have won the golden opinion of the world let us set to work to hold it We have a lot of obligations growing out of this war. Some of them are legal, some of them are financial and some of them are moral. All of these obli gations are vital and imperative Some of them have to do with tbe future of the nation and the trend of the world in the days to come. Some of these obligations, many of them in fact, can be met with hard cash. Those should be the very easiest for us to deal with. We have the money in this country to deal with them. Our financial strength was not strained by the -war. we nave Dills to pay and loans that must be paid for the rebuilding and rehabilitation of our allies. And all the while we must keep in mind that the Allies were fighting our battles for us, long before we came in to take our own part. The Bel gians were fighting for us at Liege back in 1914 The Britons were dying for us at Mods in that same year, but we never knew it. The French were holding for us Verdun, but we refused to realize it then, though we had begun to bus pect the truth. Thev were fighting for us. and we would be a nation of ingrates if we refused to take these things into account now that the war is over. The way to hold the good opinion of the world is to hold up our end, pay our debts, take care of our ob ligations and see that the weaker folk among our Allies get a chance, It is then an obligation that finally comes back to each and all of us, individually. lo tail to oo tnese tnings now will amount to throwing away all that we have won the expense of blood and much treasure. There must be no letting up now that we have won tbe fight. An improvident people cannot finish tbe job that has been cut out for us. If tbe United States is to be the paramount power of this world, and exert the influence that it can and should, this country must continue to be prosperous. - The prosperity of a nation depends upon the prosperity of the individu als comprising the nation. If the people are improvident tbe nation is impotent The Administration even before the war was won began the recon struction work And the ablest financiers and the greatest states men worked out the plans to in culcate thrift among the masses. It was to reach the masses that tbe War Savings Stamp and the Thrift Stamp were brought into ex istence. The Treasury Department wanted to give to the man with tbe smallest amount of money to invest just as attractive an offer as it made to the millionaire. That was why the baby bonds were made to bear four percent, with interest compounded quarterly. And a more liquid investment cannot be made. Tbe interest adds itself au tomatically. If adversity should come, and the bolder really has to sell, he may cash his securities on ten days notice. The Treasury De partment still further protects the man with a small amount to invest, by making it impossible for an in dividual to acquire more than $1,- 000 00 of the securities in any one year. Care in Handling Eggs Good fresh eggs put in a basket and stored in the hot kitchen for a day or two may reach town in such condition that they must be used at once to be available for food. A basket of perfectly fresh eggs left on tbe back of the wagon and exposed to the sun during a 10-mile drive to town may reach the country mer chant in such shape that not even immediate chilling will make them available for long shipment to the cities. This is tbe story constantly revealed by tbe candle on the egg car Lggs of wbicb the farmers wife is very proud will show that they have been allowed to remain 24 or 48 hours in the nest or at some point in their history have been exposed to heat which lowers their value. It is evident, therefore that if the egg is to be palatable to tbe city consumer care in its hand ling must begin on the farm. The farmer must gather his eggs twice a day and must keep them cool afterwards, just as he would cream er milk, until they are delivered in town. There there the merchant must at once put them into a dry, cold place, or. if he wishes to be strictly up to date, must chill them in his own little refrigerating plant or in tbe larger refrigerating plant of the town, to a temperature well below 40 degrees F. Heat is the great enemy, for once a good egg nas stood for any time at a temperature of over 68 de grees F. it begins to incubate, if it is a fertile egg. or to spoil, if it is an infertile egg. Capital Punishment? There has been considerable hys teria hereabouts in the past few weeks anent capital punishment. Newspapers, organizations and indi viduals have been working them selves into an excitable demand that Missouri restore the death pea alty abolished a few years ago. Let us look into the situation calmly. Has the passing of the noose and the electric chair caused an increase in the number of capital offenses? What is the ex perience of those states and coun tries which for many years have done without death punishments? Wisconsin abolished the capita! penalty as far back as 1853 and no increase in homicides was observed Tbe average number of convictions for capital offenses per annum for ' 18 years after the abolition was 2.7, It was smaller in tbe last five years of the period than in tbe first five, ; showing no tendency toward pro gressive increase, althougn the state was growing rapidly and absorb ing rough elements of population. Michigan abolished capital puu isbment about the same time. How many lynchings have occurred in either state? It maybe remarked in passing that the death penalty is in vogue in all the Southern states. Holland abolished capital punish ment 50 years ago and no increase in crime resulted. Norway dropped tbe hangman in 1905 and had the same experience. There are many more murders per capita in spam where death penalties are common and swift Back in 1877 Pennsylvania made a classic attempt to demonstrate the deterrent effect of capital pun isbment by banging ten men on the same day. The next night after the executions two of the witnesses in the case against the banged men were murdered and within two weeks five more witnesses were killed. In addition to Missouri, the fol lowing states do not punish murder by death: Arizona, Kansas. Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Oregon. Rhode Island. Tennessee, Washington and Wisconsin. Have you ever beard any of these states pointed out as being notorious for capital offenses or for lynchings? When Speed Mosby was Pardon Attorney for Missouri several years ago he asked the Attorneys Gen eral of five states which had abol ished capital punishment whether there had been an increase in capi tal crimes as a result All answer ed NO. What, then, is the case for capi tal punishment? Presumably a man is banged not for reverge, but to deter others from committing crime. If banging does not keep others from murder or crimes against women, what is gained? or assuredly we are a Christian people, and a Christian people does not justify hanging for revenge on- y. St. Louis Republic. Go to Miss Belle Johnson for high-grade enlargements. $4,580 a YEAR MEN and WOMEN JHO. r. DKAUUHU.V HI LOUIS, ., IHpt. in Tell me why you were asked to send the Govern- unit uuuwcu us .m.un Mil .a u. nuiuiuj, w M.600 a year; about your Higher-Accounting and Business-Procedure Course; now, by your new method and in half usual time, you will train me at MY HOME or at IJRAUGHON'S COLLEGE for position as bookkeeper or stenographer, at $75 to $125 month, or as accountant, at S2.100 to ' $4,500 a year; why training by your new plan is so easy and interesting one may forget he ia studying. may absorb instruction j why 98 per cent of verbatim stenographers write the Shorthand you teach; why concerns employ 800,000 persons you trained. I prefer training at state, home or coliegt. -Addrtm- FR1ENDSADVICE To Try Cardui Proved Sound. Ter rible Suffering Relieved. Albany, Mo. Mrs. Lillian Akes, ol this place, writes: "I think Cardui is a great medicine. I suffered terribly for four years with weakness and different female troubles. I took different kinds of med icine and was doctored by our family physician all this time, but did not get any better ... A friend of mine recom mended Cardui, so I decided to try it. By the time I had taken one bdttle, I wu to much better that I continued right on taking it until I was feeling fine and able to do all my work, and take care ol my baby. L Before taking Cardui, 1 was in a very weak condition ... I also suffered with awful sick headache and dizziness. I was notable to do anything . . . But since taking Cardui; 1 am a well woman and have do more trouble." Card-u-l, the woman's tonic, hat been In use for. over 40 years. Its ingredients have been known and used by physicians for female troubles for hundreds of years. If you suffer from symptoms of diseases peculiar to your sex, and feel the need ol a good strengthening tonic medicine, try Card-u-l. Qet a bottle from your drug trist today. NCB-14 Net Contents 15Fluid Drachnj rvr JU.COHOL-3 PER CENT. AVe$ elablc freparatioo&rAs ;m;in;ndtheFood brRctfuU- I tin4thc5toncksandBwesrf TTlllTVm I Thereby Promoting IH&stt Cheerfulness ana kbjwbkw, neither Optam,Morpntoenorj ".tliSU. 11. Mineral. Not nahcotiv jtUSnm rmSmd A hoi nf ill Remedy for nndDLarrhoel I VVll0Uf UWVBI J y and Feverisnncss 2 IOSS OF SLEEP r1 -jA4-. a ,frcf mra-in ImaDtj- wauuun. Xhe Centaur CohpboC R B?V- Exact Copy of Wrapper. Good Houseing From all over the country there comes the report of a shortage of dwellings. In some places people insert advertisements in newspapers offering a reward for anyone who will find them a home. No industry, is going to prosper unless there are comfortable homes for the workers. They will go somewhere else, and tbe business will have to be constantly breaking in new help. Many manufacturing. concerns took up the housing problem long ago and have built hundreds of homes for workers. They do. their best to encourage home spirit, offer ing prizes for gardening and the best looking cottage. They make it easy for workers to become the owners of their little homes. Any concern that has done that has placed its.business on a much more , . 8eCUre D8S1S. Conditions Of CODgeStlODS in many ..... v , manufacturing tOWUS have DeCOOOe . - , , . ... uiLuu&i&uueuuurtiuitr. rummes are herded together promiscuously without regard to common decency. In rural districts much of the trouble.in keeping farm help is due to lack of suitable dwellings. When tbe farmer puts up one or more cottagesfor bis hired men and gives them a bit, of land to cultivate, he does not have to shift his help everyisummer or oftener. This is a problem that every in dustry, from the big corporation down to tbe lonely farmer, must work out somehow. The man who has settled down in a pretty little horned very rarely becomes a bol 8hevist. If you can persuade him to buy it on a mortgage, and pay interest instead of rent, he is set tied for good as a constructive worker for the good of the com munity. It will be for the interest of Monroe City to take this up as a community matter, and see that there is a comfortable home for every industrious worker who wants to live here. The Use of Luxuries The New-York World reports that importation of precious stones from the city of London alone amounted to $15,000,000 for five months end ing May 31. as against $8,000,000 tbe previous year. High import duties are also being paid on great quantities of laces, perfumery, fan cy underwear, silks, furs, antiques, (rv jjssf !, u ( m aWS. For Infants and Children. Mothers Know That Genuine Castoria Always Bears the nature of in Use For Over Thirty Years til tmi emuD sop. new ton emr silver and glass articles and other superfluities. Many people who displayed econ omy during the war, are now get ting back to free spending. A vast amount of new wealth has beeo made, and some people are bother ed to know what to do with it. Meanwhile capital brings bigb rates of interest- The savings of the country are not sufficient to develop its resources. Great water powers flow to the sea unharnessed Vast tracts having all elements of fertility but lacking water, remain; arid, because funds cannot be rais ed to develop irrigation. Millions of farmers would raise bigger crops, if they could get some loans to pro vide better equipment. ' And as the result of this failure to develop resources, prices of foods and other raw materials are very high. The mass of the people find it difficult to live in a comfortable and decent way and educate their children. Tbe excuse is given for spending: money for luxuries, that it keeps labor employed. Yet if the money spent on superfluities, was put into Capital and spent in developing; the resources of tbe country, just as much labor would be employed. In addition, a permanent betterment would be made to the national re sources, facilitating production and reducing prices. When people spend money on superfluities they help thwart the development of the country, and help keep the mass of the people , suffering from hard economic conditions. For Exchange A seven passenger White Steam er car, in first class condition, in cluding almost bran new tires, new boiler and rebuilt engine, aluminum body, beautiful leather upholstry; with cold water will build its steam in two ana one-nan to tnree min utes ready to go. This is a luxury car for family or private use, or would make a splend livery car, or easily converted into a truck the best to be had on account of its steam power qualities, and so easi ly to operate. Will sell this car at a big bargain and take in a Ford car in deal. Call on or address W H. Clawson. Clarence, Mo. WANTED Two girls who have had some ex perience in restaurant work. Call at or addresi Christians'Cafe, Mon roe City, Mo. . Air Signature if. If t-V- WIS WV' '