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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-04-01

The Lexington News editor heard
Gypsy Smith at Kansas City re-
Gently and says: He is one of the
lower herd and he breaches the
old time religion down close to the
grass roots. It's the only kind of
religion that looks like it had real
salvation in it, and that's why the
masses 90 for it when they get a
chance.
Miss May Bell returned to her
home at Monroe City, Monday, af-
ter another successful year in our
school. Miss Bells many friends
here hope she will be with us again
next year. = Hunnewell Graphic.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-04-01

Ed Pratt, ex-sheriff, of Marion
County was with Monroe friends,
Friday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-04-01

Misses Laura and Luella Mcclure
of Hunnewell were the guests of
their friend, Miss Lillian Ely.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-04-01

Miss Mabel McClintic, of Palmy-
"a arrived Friday to visit friends
and relatives.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-04-01
AS To Soreheads.

aid thinks it would be a good thing
to send Gov. Joe Folk to South AT
RIGA and hide him in the jungles
Yes, it would be a good thing for
the fellows who love wide open
Sunday and fake races, but not for
the law-abiding people of the state
We advise the soreheaded editor OF
the Herald to get a picture of Joe
Folk and hang it in his Office, for
the probability is that we will not
have another democratic governor
in Missouri for many years. Too
many sOreheads. Monroe County
Appeal.
Yes, the Herald did say that it
would be a good thing for the DEM
ocratic party in Missouri to send
Joe Folk to South Africa with Ted
dy Roosevelt, and hide him in the
jungles for four years and we think
so yet. With Joe Folk lost in the
jungles four years. the Missouri
Democrats would unite solidly as
they were before Joe made his ad-
vent in state politics.
There are two kinds Of political
soreheads," one kind is the fellow
who wants something in politics
and fails to get it and bulls" and
the other fellows head gets sore"
on the first and real "sorehead,"
and never on his party.
The Herald may have a sore
head, if So it wasn't made sore by
anything he wanted himself pOliti-
Cally or personally at the hands of
his party, if it had been successful,
for he wants nothing nor expected
anything, and if his head is sore at
all it is sore" on the "treacherOuS
soreheadS' in his party. When we
come to think about it we don't
know what kind of a head a real
and true Democrat who loves his
party would have to have that
wouldn't Get sore" on a fellow who
calls himself Democrat and would
libel his party, cOnniVe with the en-
envy and play the demagogue in
general for selfish motives or DELHI
erately betray his party and defeat
it because he himself did not get
what he wanted, or the fellow who
played the traitor because his
choice was defeated in the primary,
and assisted the enemy. In real
war such traitors would be shot.
We submit that it must be a curl
GUS Democrat head" that wouldn't
get sore to have his party defeated
by such cattle. 1t is not the sore
head" of the Herald editor stripe
that gave Missouri a republican
governor, nor that will keep MiSsou-
ri republican for many years"
The "soreheads" who did the dirty
work to the Democrat party in
Missouri are the fellows who sup
ported candidates in the primary
endorsed by such organs as the APP
peal, and Dave Ball whom the
Appeal supported to a finish, is a
fair sample, and who made such an
ass of himself after his defeat. By
the way, we never could see the
consistency in the Appeals support
of Dave Ball and Joe Folk at the
same time, if Joe Folk is the saint
morally and politically, as the Ap-
peal would have its readers believe
he is.
Hang Joe Folks picture in ouI
officel Shades of Democracy! II
Joe Folk is a true type of a Nilsson,
ri Democrat, and is the last Demo,
cratic Governor Missouri will have
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-04-01

Miss Grace Penrod, of Frankford
has been the pleasing guest of Mrs
A. Caplineer.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-04-01

Theodore Sullivan, of Palmyra
was a business visitor in the city
Friday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-04-01

Miss Ruby Rose, of Palmyra ar
rived Thursday to visit her friend
Miss Nellie Griffith.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-04-01

Mrs. w. E. Shearman and son,
Adam went to Palmyra, Thursday
to visit friends.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-04-01
STLAGE.
What a Silo Has Done For Others
1t Will Do For You.

New Florence. Mo.
! Mar. %. 1909.
Mr.. K. M. Walker.
Dear Sir:-Your favor of the
18th inst. has been received. In
reply will say that l have had but
one years experience in feeding
silage, and that it has been highly
successful | watched two neigh
bors for a year before | began.
One was a milk producer and the
, other beef cattle man. | visited
them often last year and saw such
good results that erected a silo
last fall. Our cane was about an
average of the country, which is
not saying much. We put in rs
acres finishing Sept. Is. Have our
own poWc~ " '.~.u power tacoline
and II III. enslaSC cuuer OPEN
ed the silo Oct 20 and began feed
ing a car load of steers. diy.-- .n.~
silage twice each day and snapped
corn once each day Getting .len
on full feed in about month.
But at no time drrint frs. holf Of
feeding period did / give them
more than 4 bushels of corn al
steers) but as soon as they were
used to it l gave ghem III IT, i
lage they would eat both night end
morning. In Jan. ! increased The
corn and cut down the silage,
ground some of the com and fed
with cotton seed meal, but never
fed more than one-third Of a bush
ell OF corn per steer a day, and feed
ing silage once per day, first, what
they would clean up.
| sold these steers e yr. old) on
March 9, weighing ITS lbs. | did
not have scales at the beginning
OF feed so can not tell average gain,
Later, when | was fixed to weigh
them found they made an aver
age gain of 2 lbs, per head per day,
not large gain, but highly salts
factory considering fact that the
silage saved more than One-third
the amount of ear corn required to
make the feed | carried IS head
OF other cattle through the winter.
There were steers, cows, heiferS
and calves. The calves have had
Silage since Dec, not more than
one-half amount they would have
eaten and all the hay they would
eat, and have come through in
good shape. The other cattle have
had some silage probably not more
than one-third amount they should
have had and what hay and straw
they would eat. The difficulty has
been that | did not have two silos
full of feed. | consider that the
silo contained more feed value
from rs acres of poor corn than
was produced on 800 acres of farm,
not country thrashed, and snapped
corn, but including Stubble fields
hay from meadows, stalk fields,
straw stacks etc. To my mind the
use of silos means grass all the
year around, and l believe that
young growing cattle would make
same gains on silage in winter as
on grass in summer if sheltered
and given all they would eat. ST.
lage advocates in the papers recon-
mend so lbs. per day per matured
animal. | do not believe that my
stock cattle have quite held their
own during the winter, but that is
not the fault of silaee feeding but
rather the lack of it. My endeavor
has been IN hrind throudh tho x,y;D
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-04-01

Have Joe at Streams shine your
shoes.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-09
FINALE OF OUTING COMPANY.

The Binghamton Republican says
that a meeting of the receivers of
the Outing Publishing Company of
Deposit was held at the office of
Receiver Archibald Howard in Bing-
hamton, when arrangements were
made for the appearance of the re-
ceivers before United States Judge
Ray at Norwich recently. At that
time the receivers will ask for per-
mission to sell the Bohemian Mag
azine to Theodore Dresser, of New
York, after the August number has
been issued. Mr.. Dresser has made
an offer of $1,000.
Judge Ray will also be asked to
issue an order, returnable at a fut-
ure date, according to the present
plans, to show cause why the Out
ing Publishing Company's plant
shall not be closed down after the
August number of the Bohemian
Magazine has been issued, and the
plant be sold by the receivers. The
plant has been inventoried by the
appraisers at about $4,000.
Since the sale of the Outing Mag
azine the roll of employees has been
steadily lessening, until now only 25
or 30 are employed there.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-09
DINING CAR sPEAKEAsIEs.

We clip from the Pittston Ga
zette the following: District Attor-
ney Abram Salisbury is determined
to stop the sale of intoxicants on
all Lehigh Valley dining cars, and
with this end in view, the initial
step was taken on Thursday morning
when Charles Norris, the new coun-
ty detective, and Detective Michael
Mulvey, with the necessary papers,
held up train No. 8 from Buffalo,
which arrived in Wilkes-Barre at
1882, to secure information against
the man in charge of the dining
car.
The specific charge is the selling
of intoxicants in Luzerne county
without a license. The district at
torney declares that the dining cars
on the Lehigh Valley road are moth
ing more than speakeasies on
wheels, and some interesting devel-
opments are expected. He says the
railroad company makes large sums
from the sale of liquors on its
trains, and the county is not bene-
fited one cent.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-09
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Before putting on a pair Of silk
gloves, cover the hands well with
talcum and you will not tear the
gloves.
Petticoats that fit straight around
the hens can be turned over a
quarter of an inch at the top and
headed with ribbon beading
through which a one-inch ribbon
can be run to tie at the back or
front.
Those who like the taste of ber-
ries, yet fear to eat them, can en-
joy the fresh juice from crushed
berries if it is strained through
muslin. 1t is either the fruit acid
or the little hairs, such as we see
on Strawberries that injure the
stomach, but it is probable those
who are made ill after indulging in
berries are afflicted with an acid
stomach, and they must avoid even
the juice.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-09
THE AMERICAN HALF SHOE.

The low cut shoe, with or without
straps, is a thing of beauty this sea-
son designed to wear with colored
hose that match the gown. The
shoes, undoubtedly, show a pretty
instep and ankle, for the shoe is
quite low, and, sorry to say, a tri-
fle hard to wear. The high heel is
very much in evidence, one of the
Louis XVI styles, though the heel
is not badly built at all, and can
be worn with a surprising amount
of real comfort. The patent leather
styles are found everywhere, and SO
long as they do not break over the
toes, they are very trim with some
costumes. They are exceedingly
hot in summer, and far less COM
fortably than vici kid. Suede is
gradually losing favor, for the shoe
Is hot for summer wear. 1t is
worn, however, in a great many
instances, especially with chic one
piece linen suits. There is nothing
fluffy this season in big bows and
the like. Even the lace shoe, when
tied, has demure little silken bow.
Buckles are not worn, but many
toe slippers are embroidered OF
jetted on the toes. Many leather
shoes have suede ties. The low
bronze shoe is quite the rage at
present. One of the fads this sea-
son is pink hose and black patent
leather slippers with straps over the
ankles. They create sensation
to say the least. Green is just as
popular. Brown suede boots are
liked better than brown suede slip
pers.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-09
SCENT JAPANESE PLOT IN THE
PHILIPPINES.
Man Writes That Tunnels are Be
ing Dug Under L. $. Forts
Thnpa

There.
This message was received in
New York and transmitted to the
War Department:
Dear Sir: Have just returned
form the Philippine Islands and
have some information of the
most startling nature that l wish
you would publish in the paper.
The Japanese spies now in the is
land are working night and day
digging tunnels under our fort and
ammunition vaults so that when
war breaks out they can blow them
all up.
Now when l told one of the
officers of the United States Army
about it he laughed, even though l
told him I could prove my charges.
I'm going to go to Washington and
see the Secretary of War and ask
him to investigate. The Russian
used to laugh at the japanese but
alas they woke up too So it will
be with this country"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-09
STORY OF FINDING
OF GREAT DIAMOND
Something Interesting About the
Greatest of Diamonds.


Greatest of Diamonds.
For twelve years the Excelsior
diamond enjoyed its primacy, but on
January 25, 1905, the greatest dia-
mond known to the world was found
in open-working No. 2 of the Pre-
mier mine, in the Transvaal Colony,
South Africa, and from the finding
to the cutting OF this magnificent
stone and it's final disposal it's his
tory is a most romantic one.
The day'swork at the mine was
over and Frederick Wells, the sur
face manager, was making his usual
rounds. Glancing along one side
of the deep excavation, his eye sud-
denly caught the CLEAN of bril-
liant object far up on the bank. He
lost no time in climbing up to the
spot where he had noted the CLINT
of light. He had not been mistak-
en-; it was really a brilliant crystal
He tried to pull it out with his tiug-
ers, and as this proved impossible
he sought to pry it out with the
blade of penknife. To his sur
causing the stone to yield. Conf
dent now that the crystal must be
very large one, he dug out the
earth about it, thinking for mo-
ment that, contrary to all expert
ence in the mine, the stone might
be attached to a piece of the primi-
tive rock. When he discovered that
this was not the case, he began to
doubt that the object was really a
diamond. He said afterward:
when l took a good look at the
stone stuck there in the side of the
pit it suddenly flashed across me
that l had gone insane-that the
whole thing was imaginary.
knew it could not be diamond. All
at once another solution dawned
upon me. The boys often play
jokes on one another. Some prac.
tical joker, thought l, has planted
this huge chunk of glass here fol
me to find it. He thinks l will
make a fool of myself by bringing
it into the office in a great state OF
excitement, and the story will be
told far and wide in South Africa.
Determined to test the stone or
the spot, before proceeding furth
er, Wells rubbed off the dirt from
one of it's faces with his finger, anC
not lump of glass, but a diamond
crystal, apparently of exceptional
whiteness and purity. With the
aid of large blade of his knife he
finally succeeded in prying out the
stone, and bore it away with hin
to the office of the mine. Here il
was cleaned and, to the astonish
ment of all, was found to have {
weight of 1924 ga carats, more
than three times that of any othel
diamond that has been discovered
Before many hours had passed the
telegraph carried tidings to al
parts of the world that the creates
diamond of this or any other age
had been brought to light. Mr.
Wells is said to have received a re
ward of $4,000 from the compan!
for his discovery.
7. NJ. Cullinan, founder and chair
man of the Premier company anC
one of the great prize winners il
the lottery of South Africa specu
lation, named the diamond afte
himself; others have called it tn,
Premier, and several differen
names have been proposed
George Frederick Kunzs in th'
June Century.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-09
PROGRESS.


If the reader will subtract 76,-
052,S00 from 174,756,653, she will
obtain two results, i. e., yS,703, ,S53,-
and the number of cubic yards of
material that, on June l, remained
to be excavated before the compile
tion of the Panama canal. Up to
and including May 81, 76 million
cubic yards of material had been
removed from the canal site. The
total to be removed at the time the
American occupation began was liza
million cubic yards. Four months
work at the present rate of pro-
gress will more than one-half COM
plete all of the canal digging that
the Americans will have to do.
Actually, however, the canal is al
ready more than one-half complet-
ed for at the time the French aban-
| doned possession of the canal zone
they had eXcavated more than 81 R
million cubic yards of material.
The total required excavation at the
outset, before any work had been
done, was more than 255 cubic
|
gether have removed more than 157
million cubic yards of this total.
By far the greatest part of the
work remaining to be done is Guile
bra cut, where the work is all dry
| excavation. On the Atlantic and
Pacific ends of the canal, most of
the remaining excavation will be
| a nj hn6 INV
iformly the work has been carried
on is indicated by the figures for
the two coast divisions. On the
Atlantic side, 10 million cubic yards
of material have been eXcavated,
and on the Pacific side the total has
been II million cubic yards. The
amount still to be removed is "a,
| 011,076 cubic yards on the Atlantic
side and "a ,363,6l6 cubic yards on
the Pacific side. But it should be
kept in mind that these figures are
almost a month in reaching the
states and that even as this COM
ment is being written the work is
going steadily forward. At the
present moment, the total excava-
very close to 20 million cubic
yards. And as the digging pro-
crosses, so does the concrete laying
and dam making. There are COM
paratively few people living to-day
who will not live to read of the
completion of this greatest of all
the worlds engineering undertak-
ings.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-09
medicinal, a stomach corrective, and
flesh builder.
FRECKLEs AND RED HAIR.

Most persons with red hair have
freckles, if not, the skin is a beau
tiful white which is the envy of
nine-tenths of the women. Unfor-
tunately most women with this
shade of hair wish it another color,
though this tint, when clean, glossy
and beautifully arranged, is to be
envied. 1t is only to be deplored
when a shock head of dead-looking
hair is seen and the owner has too
many freckles. Salts of lemon or
soda in the water will brighten dead
looking hair. The hundred
brushes at night will gloss the
hair. Sulphur in milk, the milk ap-
piled to the face (not near the
eyes) will whiten the skin. But
termilk will bleach freckles. Gu
cumber cream is very useful.
Freckles are due to iron in the
blood and they make their appear
ance on the skin when the face
perspires and is exposed to the sun.
1t is about the next thing to iron
rust marks and must be treated al
most the same, though not SC
harshly. Wear a veil or large hat
and carry parasol. If it is nee
essary to be out of doors much
protect the face as much as posi-
BILE. Wear gloves. Many think
freckles more difficult to fade than
tan, though heavy coat of tar
will last for months. Healthy look.
ing it may be, but it is anything
| but DrettV
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-09
GLASS DOLLY FOR TEAPOT.

Get one of the round, thick glasses
that come on baskets of candied
fruits and clean the glass until it
is bright and shining and paste
back of it red poinsettia blossom
which will about cover the glass.
Attach it with clear glue to a mat
of asbestos and cut the edges clean
with a sharp knife. Should the
rim of glue show through the glass,
stipple the beaded edge with putty
and when dry, apply gilt paint.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-09
PICKLES.

Pickles should be kept in glass
bottles, or earthen jars, and be
closely corked. They must be kept
in dry place. 1t is important that
pickles should be covered at least
two inches above the surface with
pure cider vinegar. All vinegar
left after making pickles can be
spiced and bottled to put in sauces.
Remember boiled vinegar decreases
in strength. Alum will harden
homemade pickles. A small lump
of alum and a root of horseradish
are often put among them. In
making small pickles, select cucum-
bers of uniform sizes. Any fruit
can be picked. Plums and cher
ries are very nice when made into
pickles. If cherries are chosen,
they should be firm, whole and the
sour variety. Few remove the
stems. They should not be over
ripe when used. Put them into a
jar and cover with cold vinegar.
Leave three weeks in vinegar.
Then pour off two-thirds the vine-
gar, sweeten and add bag OF
spices. Add more fresh vinegar to
the cherries. After draining off the
vinegar boil it and make a syrup to
pour over the pickles. Seal the
bottles.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-09
ARE YOU THIN?

This is the time of year to build
up tissues. Leave fat meats alone,
but eat plentifully of meat once a
day if you desire it. Spread but
ter on literally, and indulge in new
potatoes in cream gravy, stewed
peas, cream soups, chocolate and
sweets. Avoid acid drinks, eat
ripe fruit and cooked fruit, but
avoid pickles and highly seasoned
salads. Onions, radishes, and let
tuce may be eaten, but tomatoes,
unless cooked with butter and
cream, are too tart. Buttermilk is
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-09
BOOK COMPANY UNDER BAN.

According to a decision handed
down by the appellate court the In
ternational Textbook company of
Scranton, Pa, is foreign corpora
tion, which is doing business illegal
ly in Illinois, never having taken
out a permit. The decision means
that the book company cannot
collect debts. 1t sued w. A. Muller
of Decatur for $45.80 and the court
ruled that he did not need to pay
the bill.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-09
BAD TASTE.

In a very neatly arranged room,
filled with bric-a-Drac, good drap-
cries and furniture, the entire ef-
feet was ruined with glaring
white eyelet dolly on mission
table. White linen does not be-
long to the best room. Such pieces
are used in the dining room.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-09
TO Harder CAKE ICING.

If the icing fails to harden on
your cake, put it in the oven for
few minutes. 1t forms thin crust
which in no way destroys the de-
1icate icing.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-09
SIMPLE SLEEP PRODUCERS.

Both sage and hop tea VIII pro-
duce sleep in a restless child. 1t is
not palatable, but it can be taken.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-09

Madison, Wis.-All persons are pro
hibitsd from using profanity IN pSb
lie by a bill passed by both houses
of the Wisconsin Legislature.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-09
LADIES' COLUMN
A YELLOW LAMP SHADE,

A mellow color to use for the
lamp shade to place in bedroom
is yellow.