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HARD LU 4 i ' ' ONTB CARLO has lost! The war in Edrope has furnished entertainment and employment both for the great mass of people who formerly went to the princi­ pality of Monaco and played at th® ' casino. Now Monaco has gone to war itself and the citizens of Mon­ te Carlo are marching under the tricolor of Prance in the war against the Germans. There was nothing else for the Monte Car- loans to do. Prosperity in Monte Carlo depends on crowds, and foreign crowds at that. When the crowds stay away Monte Carlo 1b in bad straits. She has no money for public Improvements. She has no money to pay the salary of the chief ruler, the prince^ She has no work for the people. Monte Carlo is better known than the country Hi which it is situated. The country is Monaco on the Bay of Monaco. Take a map of Europe and run your fingers along the Mediterranean coast until you come to the boundary of Italy and prance. Glance to the westward a short distance and you will find Monaco bay. It is an insignifi­ cant bay. When you talk about countries in America you think in terms of big nations like the United States or Brazil. In Europe there are several insignificant independent republics and principalities. Monaco is one of these and Monte Carlo is within Monaco. The casino is In Monte Carlo. v In 1858 Monaco was on the verge of ruin. The pefrple were so poor that the principality was on the verge of surrendering its independence to BVance. Then Prince Charles thought of the scheme of running a great gambling house--a easino. *TY)r a few years the casino did not pay ex­ penses, but the government struggled along. Re­ cently the ruler has turned out to be one of the wealthiest of men. His country has finely paved roads. His citizens can hear the best music. The finest operas in the world come there. Monaco Is a delightful winter resort and is the Palm Beach of kings. Americans go there if they have lots of money. No one else peed go there for long. Hotel bills are high and tips are always expected. When the war in Europe broke out all the peo­ ple of Monaco were looking for a big season at the casino. They were preparing for the usual winter rush, when bang! all Europe was at war. No one came to the casino to gamble. There was no revenue to pay the king or to support the police. When no one came to gamble, no one came to live at the fashionable hotels. When no one came to live at the hotels the importers who brought in food for the guests lost their jobs, the waiters and cooks. lost their jobs, the cfurtiiers lost their jobs.. With none of the wealthy ones In town there could be no grand opera or theater. The ushers lost their jobs and more waiters and cooks, lost their jobs The guides lost their jobs and even the undertakers who made it a business to bring in the suicides from the bay lost their jobs. There always was considerable salvage in sui­ cides. Wealthy men often entered the casino and played. Then they played some more. Even­ tually they lost because the game is set against the player. When they lost they played harder in an attemptto win*back tliclr 1oeUi£e- They' lost more. Finally they went out of the casino-- broke! There are high rocks all around Monaco bay. When one climbs to the top of the high rocks and jumps off headlong he does not come back--alive. The nest thing is a-reward, and there is always good money in rewards when -• the victim is found floating in the bay. Then the undertaker has a job. Once in a while a gambler, shrewder than the rest, breaks the bank at Monte Carlo, but that is rare. In poker they would say the cards are. stacked against him, but at Monte Carlo they play roulette. The roulette wheel is so built that a man has only a minority chance of winning. If the wheel was made any other way there Wjrold be no profits to pay the prince's salary and f«ij keep up the police and to contribute to the Support of the theater and for public improve- /mltats, such as magnificent sea baths. Monaco is one of the most fortunately situated Countries in the whole world. Warm breezes from the Mediterranean come over from the south all through the winter. The high hills to the north cut out all the cruel winter blasts. Flowers grow there all the year around. The place is easily accessible by yacht and steamer or .Iftrer country from Paris. It is a country where the visitor is welcomed ' with open arms, for indeed it is the visitor who Bakes the prosperity of the country. The coun­ try is built for him. The citizens serve gladly (or the money they get in exchange. When there. If no war in Europe there is always plenty of entertainment for the visitors. Therp are sports of all kinds. Aviators, yachtsmen, oarsmen, rui> oers, all athletes come to participate in the great games played there;A - .+> .'5 A Peach. **ts she pretty?" "Pretty! Say, a one-legged man would offer her his seat in a street car." FACE BATHING WITH Cvtfeura 8oap Most Soothing to Sen­ sitive Skins. Trial Free. Especially when preceded by little touches of Cuticura Ointment to red. rough, itching and pimply surfaces. Nothing better, for the skin, scalp, hair and hands than these super- creamy emollients. Why not look your best as to your hair and skin? Sample each free by mail with Book. Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. XY, Boston. Sold everywhere.--Adv. Every woman 4s a conundrum that keeps some man guessing.. A Militant Man. "It is'easy enough to please women and children," said a business man the other day. "I once owed several thousand dollars and did not have any idea how I should pay the amount, but finally resolving to forget the whole business, I sent down a big box of roses and a wind-up train that ran on a track. You have no idea he v happy the household was then. "But I am still wondering how I am going to pay my debts." Many Children are Sickly. Mother Gray's Sweet PoTders for Children Break up Colds In 24 hours, relieve Feveri h- ncss. Headache, Stomach Troubles, Teething Disorders, move and repulate the bowels, and Destroy Worms. They are so pleasant to take children like them. Used by mothers for26year-^. At all druggist*, 25c. Sample mailed FREE. Address, A. S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. It is pure ielfishness on the part of others to talk about themselves when you want to talk about yourself. California's Exposit ions L o w R o u n d T r i p F a r e s l ' l i ! Korthern Paci f ic Ry V Grrat Norllrm P-.< S. S. f- 11 rid r G A R D I N E R G A T E W A Y Original in.l No-- v . . , n Entrant 'o Yellowstone National Park A. M CLflLAM), G^nf-ra "jvsenarr A l > Northern Pacific Ry., S* Paul M. !.. • - • V'4ij % 1,. ' -V ^,1 ^ ..'^.i. i. • W. L. DOU MEN'S *2.50 *3 *3.SO *4.00 *4.50 *5 *5.50 SHOES WOMEN'S »2.00 *2.50 *3.00 *3.50 & *4.00 SHOES BOYS' * 1.75 *2 *2.50 *3.00 MISSES' *2.00 & *2.50 YOU CAN SAVE MONEY BY WEARING W. L. DOUGLAS SHOES Vf. L, Douglas shoes *r» made of the best domestic and imported leathers, on the latest, models, carefully constructed by the moat pert Ixst and pattern makers in this country. Nu othev make of equal pri«j6B, can compete with w. L. I>ouglM lliOM for Style, workmanship and quality. A* comfortable, Wtiy walking shoes they are unsurpassed. The S3.00, $3.50 and $£4.00 shoes will give as good service rp other makes casting S4.00 to #5.00. The 94.50,95.00 and 85.50 shoes compare favorably with other makes costing S6.00 to 88.00. there are many men and women wear shoes. Consult them and they will tell Douglas shoes cannot be excelled for CAUTION! stamped on the bottom. If you could visit the W. L. Douglas factory at Brockton, Mass., and see how cjunfally the shoes are made, and the high grade leathers used, yon would then under­ stand why thipy look avK* flfc better, hold their etapeand wear 1 <>!> j«r than otherj makes for the price. Fherever you 111 J ing W.I«.Doaglas you that W. L. the price. Wtmnbnylnr: W.L. 5 Dotidas stioes look tor his name Band price Shoes thus stamped are always jrrazOLCo This winter there are etill games played fn Monaco, but the greatest athletes are with tha colors. This winter there are still plays in the theaters, but the actors are fighting and the actresses are nurses. Visitors still come, but they are few. Some American tourists are there hoping for the war to end and afraid tp go home ,or stay away. With conditions as they are Mo­ naco declared for war. The people flew to arms Id the hopes Germany would be beaten, so the business at Monte Carlo could thrive again. Now that Monaco, the smallest principality in the world, has declared war on Germany, San Marino is shaking its fist at the kaiser. San Marino is a dot of 38 square miles in eastern Italy. Its quarrel with Germany is the result of the kaiser's protest that the San Marino wire­ less station was intercepting his messages. San Marino, literally, is a mountain and three little villages. Its total population is 11,000. Jefferson 'City or Moberly would make a more populous nation. It has no railroad, the visitor having to ride four hours in a diligence from Rimini, an Adriatic resort city. The founding of San Marino is somewhat of a niyth. The local tradition is that Marinus, a Dalmatian stonecutter, fathered the nation in the fourth century. He was working on a gateway at Rimini. The nearest rock quarry was Mount Titanus] As a reward for faithful work Marinus was given the mountain, where he established a refuge for Christians. Since that time San Ma­ rino has maintained its independence. In the seventh or eighth century its monastery ;was turned into a fort Many invaders marched ' by without attacking the republic. For one rea­ son, it was difficult to attack, and for another, it had no wealth to attract the conqueror, i Ofice a pope attempted to collect taxes in the state. San Marino appealed to a judge In Rimini, who held that it was an independent nation an<| therefore no taxes could be collected. Italy has ' never tried to incorporate the republic in its realm. True, today, Italy maintains the San Marinan gendarmerie and medical staff, but the republic • • turns in enough revenue to the kingdom's treas­ ury to recompense it. - San. Mnrlno- is ..proud .of its; cIp.'u «<?• t!" oldest? republic. All around its 33 miles of frontier on« can see monuments marked "Italy" on one sido and "The Republic of San Marino" on the other. But while it claims to be a republic, it is an oli­ garchy in fact. The government is1 a grand conn? cil of 60 elected for life in equal numbers from the landed proprietors and the bourgeois. The council elects its own members when vacancies occur. An inner council of 12 chosen from the bO forms a kind of a senate. It has two presidents or captains regent, as they call them. They are elected every six months at a grand public gath­ ering. The main reason for the frequency of those elections 1b that they are the principal amusement the citizens have. There is only one level spot in San Marino. That is a plaza in front o( the national palace. It is used as £ parade ground for San Marino's citizen army of 950 men and 38 officers. San Ma­ rino's army is not a professional one. Its sol­ diers all make their living at some other occupa­ tion. Thus the commanding officer of the army is also librarian of the national library and a professor in Belluzl college. The people generally work in the quarries and do some hillside farming. As the expense of maintaining the government is small, taxes prac­ tically amount to iiothing. San Marino has a diplomatic force of 11 consuls. Three are in Italy, one in England, one in France and the others in neighboring countries. Their only pay is fees. San Marino once thought it would send a consul to the United States. Not that it needed one here, but it was a happy thought that the oldest republic should be represented in the JargeBt republic. The captains regent of that date Investigated the matter. make the venture profitable by having the consul sell lottery tickets. When they learned that lotteries were not allowed in the United States the idea was abandoned. San Marino has some salt mines which it uses to pay the captains regent a salary. The regents have the salt monopoly during their term of office. Two namas are revered in the history of the republic. One is Napoleon, who sent an am­ bassador to San Marino and guaranteed them independ­ ence. Another is . Garibaldi, who took refuge there after the Austrian war and came near involving £Jsn Ma­ rino in a war with the dual monarchy. Since San Marino's streets all run at some precipitous angle drainage and sewerage Is no worry. Nature handles that. Few horses are owned In the republic and in many cases the family cows have to climb down stairways to get their daily pasturing. Both Monaco and San Marino are part of the group of Italian republics and principalities which maintained their Independence until the middle of last century. The other little nations were united as Italy, but Monaco and 8an Ma­ rino kept their independence. The little republics and principalities of northern Italy were noted for their thrift and industry. 3. C. L. de Sismondi says in "The Italian Re­ publics:" "The 'navigilo grande* of Milan, which spreads the clear waters of the Ticino over the finest parts of Lombardy, was begun in 1179, resumed in 1257, and terminated a few years afterwards. Men who meditated, and who applied to the arts the fruits of their study," practiced, he says, that skillful agriculture of Lombardy and Tuscany which "became a model to other nations." He says that the cities, "surrounded with thick walls, terraced and guarded by towers, were for the most part paved with broad flagstones; while the inhabitants of Paris eould not stir out of their houses without plunging into the mud. Stone bridges pf an elegant and bold architecture were thrown over rivers; aqueducts carried pure water to the fountains. The palace of the pedestas and signorie united strength with maj­ esty. The most admirable of those of Florence, the Palazzo-Vecchio. was built in 1298. The Log­ gia in the same city, the church of Santa Croce. that of Santa Maria del Fiore, with its dome, so admired by Michael Angelo, were begun by tho architect Arnolfo, scholar of Nicolas di Pisa, be­ tween the years 1284 and 1300. "The prodigies of the first born of the fine arts multiplied In Italy; a pure taste, boldness and grandeur, struck the eye in all public mon- oments, and finally reached even private dwell­ ings; the prirccs of France, England and Or many. In building tfeetr castles, seemed to think only of shelter and defense. Sculpture in marble and bronze soon followed the progress of architecture: in 1300, Andrea di Pisa, son of the architect Nicolas, cast the admirable bronze gates Of the Baptistery at Florence; about the same time. Cimabue and Giotte revived the art of painting. Casella music, and Dante gave to Italy his 'Divina Commedia,' unequaled in suc­ ceeding generations. History was written hon­ estly, with scrupulous research, and with grace­ ful simplicity, by Giovanni Villani, and his school; the study of morals and philosophy b-?- j;an; and Italy, ennobled by freedom, enlightened nations, till then sunk in darkness. "The Republic of Pisa was one of the first to make known to the world the riches and the power which a small state might acquire by the aid of commerce and liberty. Pisa had aston­ ished the shores of the Mediterranean by the number of vessels and galleys that sailed under her flag, by the succor she had given the cru­ saders; by the fear she had inspired at Constan­ tinople, and by the conquest of Sardinia and the Balearic isles. Pisa was the first to introduce into Tuscany the arts that ennoble wealth; her dome, her baptistery, her leaning tower, and her Campo Santo, which , the traveler's eye em­ braces a.t one glance, but does not weary of be­ holding, had been successively built from the year 1063 to the end of the twelfth century. These chefs-d'oeuvre had animated the genius of the Pisans; the great architects of the thirteenth Century were, for the most part, pupils of Nicholas di Pisa." worth the price paid for them. 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MT CATCHERS OUT OF JOBS j'- 1V Ha8 Exhau8ted th* FuBd p'*" for Killing Rodents at Fiva V Cents Each. ir;$^0®clai jat catchers in this city are Tnore, says the Philadelphia North American. They lost their Jobs be­ cause there are no more funds to pay 4or their services. Eleven rat catchers were employed ^ pgioe months ago by the department found that bubonic plague might be spread in this country through the me­ dium of the rodents. They devoted most of their time to catching or supervising the capture of the disease breeding animals along the river front and in storehouses in other auctions of the city. They gave spe­ cial attention to steamships arriving at the port from countries where the plague had developed. At certain points along the river front the rat catchers established sta­ ff health a*d charities when r it was j tloua where the city paid lvt cants each for live rats and two cents each for dead ones. Thousands of rats were captured and brought to these sta­ tions and later examined scientifically for traces of plague and other dis­ eases. Catch C*ld In a Warm Room. Even if you are perfectly well it is possible for you to get cold in a warm room if the heat in the room tends to evaporate all the moisture in the room outside of what is in your body. That is wfey it is wise' to keep a pan of water in a room so that it will not become too dry. While heat is nec­ essary to evaporate water, the process of evaporation produces cold, and the quicker the evaporation the sharper the cold feeling produced. The body is continually evaporating water through the pores of the skin This is one of nature's ways of tak­ ing impurities and waste out of th< body. If the air in a room become: too dry the evaporation on the out Bide of the body proceeds Xaatcr anl makes yott'eokL Alfalfa More than 30 years ago Salzer's Catalog boomed Alfalfa, years before other seeds­ men thought of its value. 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A great man/ new Bettlerg have already arrived, and the reports from Canadian Government agents in the United States point to the fact that in a few Hays there will hegin the usual emigration from va­ rious of the Central and Western states. From the Eastern states the number of farmers going to Canada will be greater than in any past year. There haB been a fairly large enow- fall during the winter, which will greatly add to the precipitation ol last fall, which in the opinion of old- timers was in itself sufficient to in­ sure a good crop during the present year. There will be very little tilled land that will be without a crop this year. The authorities, though, are pleading with the farmers to seed only such land as has had careful preparation, for rich as is the soil of Western Canada, it is no more fitted to produce good crops uncultivated than Is that of any other land anywhere else. There have been accounts of failures in some portions of the agricultural districts of Western Canada, and also reports of small yields in some districts. A good deal of this is accounted for from the fact that notwithstanding the advice of men of experience, ther« are farm­ ers who will persist in seeding land not properly prepared. This may be done this year, but those who oultivate on reasonable and logical methods will be certain of a paying crog. There is every reason to believe that the high prices of all kinds of grain will con­ tinue. With thousands and thousands of acres of land waiting for the husband­ man to bring it forth with a crop, it is no wonder that Western Canada is continuing to prove such an inviting field for the agriculturist. Seventy million dollars is a con­ servative estimate of orders which came to Canada as the direct result of the war. Governments of the al­ lies have been placing large orders in Canada and buying huge quantities of supplies for cash. The total value of exports to Eu­ rope from Canada has jumped about 15 per cent since the war started, while in certain lines the increases have been enormous. Therefore the results of the demand of the allies for war and other material Is beginning to be felt in the financial life of the Dominion. There is ^ marked activity in many commercial lines, and conditions are fast becoming normal. Western Canada is receiving a rela­ tive benefit to the East--Advertise­ ment >*-i "J According to the Times. "I say, old boy. have you a fiver Mk , lend me for a week or so?" . •/ "Here's a church member note." •'What kind might that be?" "One that la bound to keep lent." •J •J.9, Try Murine Bye Remedy for Rl»U, Weak. Wateljf Kyes and Granulated Kyoltds: No Smarting-* Inst Byo comfort. Write for Book of the H}# by mail Free. Murine Hye Hemedy Co.. Chlcoflfc % Nothing tires a man worked by a silly woman. like One's True Friends. 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