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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-01-27

R. F. Hixson the local editor was
down town Monday for a few min
utes for the first time this year.
His father. Rev. B. F. Hixson is
still a very sick man. Others of
the force have been kept busy on
job work.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-01-27
Birds RetAliate.

The other day at Vineland, N. j.,
a woman missed some old and
valuable lace that had been spread
ON the gross to dry. Hearing a
GREAT commOtton in house Occu-
MED by catbirds, she investigated
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-01-27

Mrs. Minnie E. Zackery returned
to her home at Paden,. Oklahoma.
Tuesday after a several weeks visit
with the family of S.. G. Demaree.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-01-27

and found a fierce fight going on
for possession of bits of the lace for
nest trimming. as though in retalia-
ton for use of bird plumaee in
millinery. Wagner (Okla,) Liant
erD
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-01-27

J. w. Cox and wife, Paul Cox and
wife and Miss Anna Nolen attend
ed the M. P. A., meeting at Jeffer-
son City.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-01-27

Last weeks Queen City Leader
contained nearly three pages of ads
from Kirksville merchants, and yet
our home merchants wonder why
people 90 outside of the county to
trade.-Lancaster Excelsior.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-01-27
Degree work at Monroe City Odd
Fellows Lodge tonight. All Odd
Fellows are urged to be present.

The Monroe Chapter of Eastern,
Star conferred the degrees on onec
candidate Saturday evening. There,
will be work at the next regular
meeting.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-01-27

Found-A bunch of keys. Owner
can have same by calling at this
Office. proving property ane paying
for this notice.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-01-27

Miss Tomye Ely will leave Sat-
urday for Boston, where she will
spend thirteen weeks at the New
Ensland Conservatory Of Music.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-01-27

Miss Mamie Burlington, of
Stoutsville, has been the guest of
friends in this city.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-01-27

Considering quality we will not
be undersold 10 Meat and Groceries
C. F. DIERKS.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-01-27

DR.. c. A. holland was at Shelby
vile Sunday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-01-27

]. A. Graham, who was formerly
managing editor of The Republic,
died recently at Salisbury, Md.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-01-27

D. N. Tarr and wife, of Augusta,
Ill, have been visiting the family
of M. D. L. Graham.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-01-27

DR.. j, l. Sweeney was in st..
Louis Oh business part of the
week.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-01-27

Wedding bells will ring in the
near future.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-01-27

Wood stove for sale Inquire at
Democrat.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-01-27
The Bright, Sweet Way.

For all the storms and the trouble,
For all the hopes and fear,
To a rosy land
Still hand in hand
Let US walk the bright way. dear.
Over the hills the sunshine,
And the sky is bending clear
Out of the strife
To a glad, sweet life
Let us walk the bright way, dear.
What is little sorrow
And what falling tear?
The storms will cease.
There'll be joy and peace,
Going the bright way, dear.
Atlanta Constitution.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-01-27
For Sale.

A good 142 Acre Farm. Apply
to A. Jaeger Jr., Monroe City, Mo.
2-3
The Lambertville record., 1910-10-28
Foods for Cooler Weather.

Foods for Cooler weather.
These are the favorite days foT the
epicurean as the oyster now appears
in fresh flavor after its long vacation,
while game and other delicacies are
In great variety. Egg plant and corn.
grapes and melons and the delicate
field mushroom are with US again. Va
cation people find In the market large
variety to make up the days menu,
which will be appreciated after the
foods of the summer.
An ideal breakfast menu for an Oc-
,tober day is cantaloupe, or grapes,
fried perch with butter and parsley,
corn fritters, toast and coffee. For
the lovers of the wild duck, this is the
season to revel in the delights of the
duck dinner. simple salad to serve
with duck Is sliced oranges and
French dressing. Lay the fruit in
slices overlapping, garnish with cress
or lettuce.
There is no food that SO needs sim
pie cooking as game, stuffing and
sauces only detract from the delicate
flavor
Mushrooms are now in the market
and it is best to procure them there
as mistakes are deadly. The field
mushroom is delightful when cooked
In the chafing dish with butter, pepper
and salt. A favorite way of cooking
mushrooms at the Waldorf is broiled
and seasoned with butter and cayenne
with a little salt, this is a common
breakfast dish.
When serving small birds slice of
we'll made toast is the favorite pedes-
tai although some cooks serve them
on a square of fried hominy.
Oysters put on skewer with a
slice of bacon between and broiled is
delightful supper dish. Serve each
guest with a skewer, filled.
Ducks are improved by placing a
slice Of bacon on the breast of each.
Some of the small birds are rolled in
bacon twice around and kept together
with tooth picks. Water cress makes
the prettiest garnish and when toast
is served with game the crusts are al
ways removed and it is we'll buttered
and soft.
A delicious tomato soup may be
made of the yellow tomatoes This is
a suggestion for yellow luncheon.
The Lambertville record., 1910-10-28

Latest Vice In France.

Paris.-Compared to the new vice
which has broken out in France, that
of taking ether, drinking absinthe and
injecting morphine are virtues. This
most modern vice has already as
sumed abnormal proportions. probably
because the sale of ether is free.
Consumers of ether begin by breath
ing Its vapor Soon this pleasing ef-
feet wears of, then they drink 1t. The
consumption of ether is not confined
to any special class Of society. 1t is
asserted that 40 per cent. of the poor
er classes who go to the dispensary Of
the prefect of police are ether flends.
Physicians say that pint and three
quarters is as much as anyone can
safely take in day. However, drug
gists say that they have customers
who use about four times that amount.
The Lambertville record., 1910-10-28
Beating Eggs.


There is real science in beating
eggs. In many of the household proc
esses failures might be averted If the
why of things were little more
studied. The amount of beating de-
pends upon the dish to be made, for
instance in custard the eggs are
only beaten enough to mix them with.
out beating in air. Yolks of eggs for
cake can hardly be beaten too long;
but the white of egg II beaten until
dry and after, begins to lose lightness
as the air cells are broken by too long
beating.
We beat the white of eggs to incor.
porate all the air possible and when
beaten stiff they are expanded by the
air caught and held In the egg by the
beating. A wheel beater like the Dover
Is the best for mixing the yolks Of
eggs, but the wire whisk is better for
beating the whites as the object is to
get in as much air as possible Whites
of eggs should be beaten in a shallow
dish taking long strokes to beat in the
air. When adding the white of egg to
mixture care should be taken in
folding 1t in, taking deep strokes,
striking the bottom of the bowl each
time and turn the bowl of the spoon
over as 1t is brought up.
The old idea that cake should be
stirred only one way to insure light,
fluffy cake, when thought out is rea.
sonable as we beat cake to make 1t
light, that Is, light with air, then If we
stir first to the right and then to the
left the air cells and gas liberated by
leavening powders escape and the
cake is not as light when baked.
The little salt which many cooks
add to the white of the egg when beat.
ing 1t toughens the albumen of the
egg and makes 1t hold more air, SO we
say eggs beat up lighter when salt is
added.
The Lambertville record., 1910-10-28
The Worlds Coal Output,

notwithstanding to an English
parliamentary report the output of
coal in Germany and in France in
1909 was greater than in any previous
year. In the United Kingdom, Bel
giIm and the United States the pro-
duction in 1909. though greater than
in 1908. fell short Of the year 1907.
The whole output In 1909 of the five
countries named was S60,000.O00 tons,
or an increase Of 23.o00,O0O tons on
the output Of 1908, but less by &c.
100000 tons than that Of 1907. The
total known coal output of the world
in 1908 was 950,000,000 tons. of which
the United Kingdom produced more
than one-fourth. In 1908 the number
Of persons employed in coal mining
In Great Britain was 966,s0o.
The Lambertville record., 1910-10-28

day or two before closing the shop
for the last time and retiring as an
old age pensioner. A big white apron
enveloped his bent form and he
peered suspiciously at the questioner
who asked him how he Jared.
Gradually, however, he thawed and
admitted that he was eighty-four years
old certainly, | have had good
business. This used to be a good
street for trade. Lawyers used to use
it as route to the courts, but all
these changes are taking the life out
of London. Folks now get under
ground like moles when they want to
move about the city. And every mes.
senger boy who wants to, sports
cheap tall hat
What sort of customers? Most re-
spectacle customers l have always
had. II silk hat was wanted for
some special occasion | would supply
good one for a shilling a day--a hat
no man could fail to be proud to go
out in.
"A shilling a day. mark you" (the
Olu AIdu lOSlA6Ay POliSAcu d oAlAiu6
specimen of his head gear with his
sleeve), "and the hat to be returned
TO me in the condition in which it left,
the shop. Should client require
hat for more than day reduction
would be made. There was no fixed
charge. There were times when
man positively had to have a silk hat.
and-well, l was not too hard on the
man whose fortune was SMALL
mo, trade latterly has not been al
ways brisk. 1t has sometimes hap
pened that more than month has
passed before a client has come in
here to hire hat though sometimes
might have as many as four in day.
1t used to be very different. Not even
a funeral Is conducted decently now
adays. Everything is rush and tear"
And the old man sighed as he thought
of the former days, when times were
good and Londoners logged comfor-
tably along. with the silk hat as their
badge of responsibility on special oc.
casions.
The Lambertville record., 1910-10-28
Fall House Cleaning.
-Aniel.

Fall House Cleaning.
At the present day, with our homes
furnished with regard to comfort.
taste and simplicity, house-cleaning
time does not disorganizesthe family
life or appear to disturb it's every day
routine. With polished floors and rugs
the house cleaning is done on each
sweeping d.y.
In the semi-annual cleaning time we
reverse the usual methods Of progress
and begin at the top. The attic is
cleaned and aired, together with the
clothing, closets, boxes and drawers.
If every box and drawer is labeled
with its contents great deal of time
may be saved when an article is want
ed. Much of this work may be done
on rainy days except the airing of
room and clothing. The cellar is one of
the most important parts Of the house
to need thorough going over. 1t
should, Of course, be aired often. and
no decayed fruit or vegetables allowed
to remain in it and contaminate the
afr above. All pipes Of the furnace
SHOULD be cleaned and made ready for
winter.
The ideal house of today, as far as
the ease with which it is kept clean is
concerned, is one with smooth, we'll
finished floors, woodwork without
grooves or carving, finished in the ma
tural color, or stained and polished,
the walls and ceilings painted In oils
or covered with cleanable material, ma
king a home with the minimum of
work and the maximum Of comfort.
Compare a room filled as are so
many Of ours" says Mrs. Helen Camp
bell, with innumerable movables and
dustables, masses of stufing and
draperies and mere piling up, with a
room pure and beautiful as a temple,
rich and soft in color. full of lovely
lines, but mainly hard surfaces and
possessing few movables, and consider
attentively the accompanying decrease
in labor"
When we are wise enough and have
sufficient courage. and individuality
enough to let our homes express our
selves and not another's good or bad
taste there will be marked improve
ment In household furnishings and
decoration When we learn to regard
our homes as expressions of ourselves,
as is the sensitive instrument of the
violinist, we will have more care how
we build and fill them.
To double the life of mating, give 1t
a coat Of varnish after putting down;
treat the linoleum the same way and
it will well repay the outlay In its dura-
bility.
The Lambertville record., 1910-10-28
Ways of Serving chestnuts.

ways OF serving NHcStHOtSs
The chestnut belongs to autumn
and is an important factor in deciding
who is to be the favored suitor, by
naming anu toasting them before the
fire. The first one that pops" Is sup
posed to be the fortunate one. This Is
The chestnut is becoming more and
more popular in the cuisine and there
are many ways of serving them in
dishes in which its own delicate flavor
or blending with other f1avors proves
delight to the palate.
Chestnut ,Puree.-Take one cupful
of mashed and cooked chestnuts and
cupful of tomato, cooked, mix with two
quarts of stock, add teaspoonful OF
celery salt, tablespoonful of onion
juice and a dash of cayenne. Boil up
once and bind with tablespoon each
of flour and butter. Cook five minutes
and serve.
Chestnut Croquettes.-Mash roasted
chestnuts to smooth paste. To one
cupful add tablespoonful of butter.
two of milk, the grated peel of lem
on, one teaspoonful of salt, few dash
es of cayenne and the beaten yolks OF
two eggs. Form into balls the size OF
chestnuts, dip in egg and crumbs and
fry in deep Eat. Serve with lemon and
parsley.
Lentils and chestnuts msKe good
combination in puree, as the chestnuts
o1I a., -
Brussels sprouts and chestnuts are
frequently served together.
Chestnut salad Is another favorite
dish. The nuts should always be
cooked until tender, then added to the
salad with apple, celery and simple
dressing. Here are few combinations
which may help in the preparation Of
salad: Pile chestnuts on a fiat dish,
surround with cress and serve with
French dressing. Equal parts of eel
cry and chestnuts Is popular combi.
nation. A variety of delicate desserts
may be made with the dainty marron
au jus. This is a lemon sirup with
chestnuts cooked in it. For ice cream
a few teaspoonfuls of this chestnut sirup
makes a really elegant dish of an
otherwise common one. The sirup is
made by using pint of water. pound
of sugar and the juice of two and the
rind of one lemon. Cook gently ten
minutes, add roasted chestnuts "a
pint), and seal while hot A pint OF
maraschino may be added if that flavor
is liked.
The Lambertville record., 1910-10-28

The new postal savings bank sys-
tenn will soon be in partial opera.
ton at least The government has on
hand 100000 OF the stamps which
can be sold at ten cents each, with
the cards to which they are to be at
tached. The cards also cost ten cents
each, SO when card has nine stamps
affixed the whole may be turned in
to represent deposit of one dollar.
Such an arrangement encourages
small savings, the aggregate of which
may become very large.
The Lambertville record., 1910-10-28
"slLK HATS FOR HIRE
Sign In Old Dickens Quarters, Lon
don, Forced to Go Under Mod
ern Pressure.

London.-Among the landmarks OF
London that have disappeared of late
are some old shops in Houghton
street, KingsWay, district that Dick
ems loved. The irruption of the house
breaker into this little thoroughfare
has done more to disturb old build
ings to make way for modern office
blocks-it has displaced an old world
little man. Christopher Clark, whose
business for years has been one Of
the queerest in all London.
Till the London county council laid
reforming hands on the dim little
shop it bore in the window the no
tice:
The Lambertville record., 1910-10-28

A New Jersey rag picker in one
week found $1,000 worth of jewelry
In old clothes. Moral-sift your old
clothing before sending it to the rag
picker.
The Lambertville record., 1910-10-28

On the hottest day of the year New
York authorities received bids for the
removal of snow. If it had been put
to a vote Of the sweltering citizens,
they would have unanimously re.
solved, If only snow would come just
then, to let 1t stay.
The Lambertville record., 1910-10-28

France is to equip its army with a
new rife at a trifling cost of $120, ,0O0,.
zoe. Meanwhile the military authori-
ties are carrying on experiments with
airships, which are expected to. play
an important part in war hereafter. II
battles are to be fought high in air
Of what practical value will be the
s0stlg new nreaIm7
The Lambertville record., 1910-10-28

A woman in New York cut off her
husbands ear because he annoyed her
by talking too much. That shows the
Illogical and inconsequent nature of
woman. If man had been in her
place, he would have cut off the Of
tending tongue.
The Lambertville record., 1910-10-28

Uncle Sam Is going to build barb
wire fence 1000 miles long on his
southern border. For respectable
lady smuggler such device would be
even harder to beat than pier full
Of custom house inspectors.
The Lambertville record., 1910-10-28

A Pennsylvania woman found a $500
pearl In an oyster she was eating in
hotel dinner From which it is to be
inferred that the pearl-fshery season
Is fairly opened.
The Lambertville record., 1910-10-28

Having discovered and excoriated
the meanest man. what shall be said
OF the woman who is charged with
appropriating and pawning her neigh.
boris false teeth?
The Lambertville record., 1910-10-28

Occasionally, when the weather
man predicts partly cloudy" he is
breaking it to you gently that rain
fall of an inch or more impends
The Lambertville record., 1910-10-28

A New York lunacy commission is
stumped by the question: Is a man
insane because he reads his paper up
side down. Well-er-was it New
York paper?
The Lambertville record., 1910-10-28

Somebody suggests that the United
States should go into the business of
coming half pennies. They might come
In handy to put into children's banks
The Lambertville record., 1910-10-28

Sometimes it does seem that every
body in the world Is calling every.
body else a liar, and nobody knows
whom to believe.
The Lambertville record., 1910-10-28

1t may be old fashioned, but never.
theless we cling to the notion that a
revolver is something that no man
carries for any good purpose.
The Lambertville record., 1910-10-28

A Wyoming girl recently killed a
coJnte by beating 1t with d ..ding
whip. If you meet a Wyoming girl
with riding whip be polite to her.
The Lambertville record., 1910-10-28

We have read the new football
rules and have arrived joyfully at the
conclusion that the grand old game
will still be the antithesis of a pink
tea.
The Lambertville record., 1910-10-28

American women make poor
Wives" says an English writer. Yes
4 foreign husband can make an Amer
lean wife poor, in short order.
The Lambertville record., 1910-10-28

And If you do find baseball in heav-
en-, and if the umpires manage to
get there, too, how do you expect to
express your opinion of them?
The Lambertville record., 1910-10-28

It is reported from New Jersey that
COW wrecked an aeroplane. 1t must
have been the same cow that jumped
over the moon.
The Lambertville record., 1910-10-28
Gentlemen's Silk Hats
Lent on Hire for Weddings and
Funerals.


The old man seemed strangely out
of place in the daylight that had been
let into that hitherto dingy bypath of
the metropolis as he stood by the door
The Lambertville record., 1910-10-28

New York chews more gum than
any other city, we are told. If it's
really true, New York must know how
to chew and talk at the same time.
The Lambertville record., 1910-10-28

The average driver of sprinkling
cart, as perhaps you have observed,
always becomes fiendishly active just
before a heavy rainstorm.
The Lambertville record., 1910-10-28
One EGG Cake.

Cream half cup Of butter, and a
cupful OF sugar a little at time. beat.
ing all the time. Then add one egg
well beaten. Sift two cupfuls of flour
with two teaspoonfuls of baking
powder. two 'teaspoonfuls of cinnamon,
one each of allspice and cloves and a
few gratings OF nutmeg. Add to the
first mixslre alternately with CUP
full Of milk. Bake in sheet.
The Lambertville record., 1910-10-28

Good old authority says that it's
impossible to tell all the stars, but
Uncle Sans experts have cataloguee
them.
The Lambertville record., 1910-10-28

Fur some time to come, however,
the popular way Of crossing the Alps
will be by means of the tunnel under
them.
The Lambertville record., 1910-10-28

There will continue to be more
weather than aeroplanes In the high
er attitudes.
The Lambertville record., 1910-10-28

Cincinnati surgeons are going to
amputate a citizens six-inch nose, but
not by keeping it on the grindstone.
The Lambertville record., 1910-10-28

Now we are told that fat life will
cause us to round out existence in a
lunatic asylum.
The Lambertville record., 1910-10-28

The fish i. tn. zeal father of lies.
The Lambertville record., 1910-10-28

NE by one thy duties walt
~ thee;
Let thy whole strength go to each,
Let no future dreams elate thee,
Learn thou first what these can teach" "
The Lambertville record., 1910-10-28

HE oil of Joy is very cheap, and
II you can help the poor on
with a garment of praise. 1t will
be better for them than blankets.
Henry Drummcnd.
The Lambertville record., 1910-10-28

AY we put away from US the
satire which scourges and
the anger which brands; the
oil and wine Of the good Samaritan are of
more avail.
Arnial
The Lambertville record., 1910-10-28

of June,
And days Of June together.
Ye cannot rival for one hour
October's bright blue weather.
Helen Hunt Jackson.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-26

about two parts acid to one of meal
will be about right for cotton; while
for corn on the same land about the
reverse, that is, two of meal to one
of acid, will not be far wrong. But
the previous crop growth, the nature
of the soil, and the crop to be fertil-
lied must always be taken into con-
sideration. Right here is one of the
strongest arguments in favor Of the
home-mixed fertilizers; for it is man
ifestly impossible for a fertilizer
manufacturer to diagnose, except in
a general way, the needs of soil
without having seen it.
In the light Of our present knowl-
edge we can safely say that we have
no need for potash in our fertilizers.
1t is also certain that every farmer
should run his own nitrogen factory.
When this is done and we have quit
buying potash, the fertilizer problem
will be simple, indeed. But, II while
we are working on this problem we
have still some nitrogen to buy, let
us buy it unmixed and add to 1t
such proportion of high-grade acid
phosphate as will meet the needs Of
the soil and crops in question.
B. L. MOSS,