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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-11-30
Christmas Turkeys.

1t has been the custom of farm
ers to hold their Christmas turkeys
until the last few days that dealers
buy for the Christmas market, and
then they all come together, conse-
quently we get more turkeys than
we can get dressed out each day
and have to sustain loss in shrink
age as turkeys grieve ana shrink
more than any other fowl. This
is not only true in this vicinity but
every where else, and the big bunch
of turkeys get on the market to-
gether, and generally lowerthe mar
ket when we have the most turkeys.
We are going to remedy this if pos
sible, and are going to begin to buy
our Christmas turkeys next Tues
day or Wednesday, and it is our in
tentiOn to pay our best price first.
About a month ago, we had an item
published in both papers, which al
most advised people to sell their
Thanksgiving turkeys early, and
those who did received a better
price than those who waited. We
could not have said that prices
were to be lower later on as there
might have been a raise that we did
not foresee and had there been we
would have carried the blame.
For the same reason we do not
mean for you to take our advice as
to when to sell as our advice might
be wrong. There is, however, big
turkey crop reported over the diff
ferent producing states.
HENDERSON g. SONS,
Produce Co.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-11-30

Through the real estate firm of
Dreecher & Woodson of this city
VIM. E. Kendall of Quincy sold the
836 acre farm known as the Ed
Major farm 4 IL miles northeast of
Paris to Francis E. Henning, Of
Mendoza, Ill. Consideration $685.
600. Drescher & Woodson then
sold to Mr.. Kendall a 100 acre farm
near Ely for $4,000 and a 200
acre farm near Woodland for $40
600. This only goes to show that
the value of Northwest Missouri
land will at last be realized. At a
time in the not distance past these
prices would have been very high
but the. factis that the land will in
few years sell for much more
money. There is no place on the
globe more favored than is this
part of Missouri Here we have
the soil and the rains. We have
neither the extreme coldSof the
North nor the euervating heat Of
the South and the yield of crops is
always good.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-11-30
Pay Your City Taxes.
R. A. Kirby, City Collector has
the books at the Democrat office

Miss LOra Hagar of Huntington
is visiting Mrs. VIM. Pike and at
tending the Bazaar.
Dr. Elmer Williams of Kirksville
is spending Thanksgiving with Mr..
and Mrs. Dick Redman near this
city.
Green & Maxwell have several
cars of coal on track this week. Buy
from car and save storage.
The school teachers and students
are preparing to enjoy Thanksgiv-
ing. No more school until next
Monday.
W. W. Mitchell of Shelbyville,
transacted business in this city the
first of the week.
Be sure to 60 to the Salmagundi
Sale Saturday. There will be things
to eat and otherwise.
Mrs. Virgil Shearman of Hanni-
bal, is spending Thanksgiving with
her parents in this city.
Several Monroe City Rebekahs
will attend the district meeting at
Shelbina next Tuesday.
Have you seen the Bucks Mallea-
BILE Range at A, Jaeger's that they
are selling for $4,000?
The most up-to-date line of Shot
Guns and Rifles can be found at A
Jaegers.
> The mercury was lowering around
} zero Wednesday morning.
Attend Thanksgiving services al
Methodist church this morning.
R, E. Caldwell spent few days
with friends in this city.
: Mrs. Alma Vaughn is the guess
l of friends in st. Louis.
For Sale-Langshang Cockerel'
by Mrs. S. G. Shortridge, Route 2.
y 1921
: Reduced prices on all Heating
Stoves at A. Jaeger's.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-11-30
Circuit Court.

, The Monroe County circuit court
convened at Paris Monday, with
Judge W. I. Ragland presiding, and
is grinding out justice
The case Of Leo Flanagan VS. NJ
X. & T. for damage by fire was tried
and Mr.. Flanagan was given judg-
ment for $3.50
The case against Stroud Williams
will be called tomorrow, Friday.
Several witnesses from this city are
subpeonaed.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-11-30
Basket Ball.

The Monroe City High School
girls played Basket Ball at the
opera house in this city last Friday
evening with a similar team from
Paris. A large crowd witnessed
the game and the excitement, at
times, was intense. The Paris girls
played fine ball and it just seemed
impossible for the Monroe girls to
win over them. However, both
teams played well and the score
stood % to %.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-11-30
Card of Thanks

We take this method Of thanking
our many kind friends for their aid
and expressions of sympathy Oh
the death of our husband and faith
er. John W. Stephens. May the
blessings of Heaven ever be on you
and yours.
Mrs. Harriet Stephens and children
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-11-30

Ralph Graham of this city was
operated on at Quincy hospital
last Wednesday for appendicitis
At last account Mr.. Graham was do
ing fairly well and if no unforeseen
complication arises his speedy re-
covery is confidently expected.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-11-30

The second of the series of dances
given by the Mercantile Club was
more largely attended than was the
first and was greatly enjoyed. The
music by the Symphony Orchestra
was great and that is no more than
was to be expected. The next dance
of the series will be held on Dec. Z.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-11-30
A Cyclone Contest.
Produce Co.

On December 9th at nine o'clock
p. m. which you will bear in mind
is a little more than a week from
today. the Democrat is going to give
some lady, single or married, first
class lady's gold watch, Elgin move
ment and beautiful in desi n a
sort of ante-holiday offering-to the
lady, who between now and the
time named secures the largest
number of new subscribers to the
Democrat and two other publica-
tons named
The Democrat is one dollar per
annum and for every new subsCrib-
er obtained, we will give a vote al
lowance. of 500 votes. But as the
Democrat is widely circulated pa
per, you may encounter those who
are already subscribers, though
there is still a surprising number
who do not.
In that case, if they are already
subscribers to the Democrat, take
their orders for the Kansas City
Weekly Star, the greatest metropol-
itan weekly in America, at twenty
five cents per annum, and will give
you the same vote allowance 500
Or if you will take their order fol
a six months trial subscription tt
Uncle Remus Magazine, for thirty
five cents, we will make the same
vote allowance 500.
Now within so short a time, it i
not supposable that twill requir,
a large number of subscriptions t,
secure the premium, just fey
days effort If you can't start thi
week, do it next week. Get a frien
or two to help you.
Bring all subscriptions and NOR
ey collected to the Office of tn
Democrat, and ask to see tn
premium. 1t is a beauty, and tn
lady who gets it will be proud of
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-11-30

Arthur Dirks has accepted a po-
sition with the Williamson Produce
Co., of Quincy. He is a splendid
young man and the Williamson
people are to be congratulated on
securing his services.
J.R. Dawson, registered veterina-
ry physician, surgeon and dentist.
Office, Cones & McAllister'S barn
Call residence, Bell phone 1913. F.
& M. 1876. l am not moving to
Palmyra. III
Henry Burckhart has sold the
Fayette Advertiser to Walter Ridge
way. Mr.. Ridgeway is a most sue
cessful newspaper man and the Ad-
vertiser will continue to be first
class newspaper.
William Finkel, the coat maker
at Lanes tailor establishment has
gone to Chicago for a visit. Mr.:
Finkel is an exc client workman
and has made many friends here.
We have many things for which
to be thankful.
The banks will be closed today,
the post Office will observe Sunday
hours; the rural route carriers will
stay at home and eat turkey with
their families.
Congress will convene next Mon
day.
Only one more month of 1911.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-11-30
Two Babes.

Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Hayden
Nov. 25th, son.
To Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Zeiger a girl.
All doing well.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-11-30

have an 80 acre farm near town
all fine level land. and good i'm
provements, will sell at a bargain
if sold by January LIST, 1912.
NODE GREEN.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-11-30

Class No. a OF the Methodist Sum
day School will have Salmagundi
Sale at Miss Eta Bodkins Millin-
cry Store, Saturday Dec. End.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-11-30
Lung Fever Killing Hogs.

Whitehall. Ill. Nov. 27.-Farmers
of Green County are alarmed at the
increased mortality among their
hogs. The deaths at first we're at.
tributed to cholera, but many stock
man declare lung fever is the
cause.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-11-30

Mrs Harry Moore came yesterday
to spend Thanksgiving with rela-
tiyes and friends In this city.
The Holbrook news., 1911-06-30
MILK-WHITE DEER IS CAUGHT
Famous Phantom Animal on Taft Ranch In Texas Had EIuded Hunt
 ers for Eight Years.

The famous phantom deer, milk white, and said by the Mexicans to bear charmed life. carrying the mad stone. after eight years persistent hunting. has been killed. The white deer was brought low on the Taft ranch in San Patricio county, east of San Antonio, by G. B. Patterson, as sistant foreman on the ranch, which is owned by Charles P. Taft of Cincin- natl, Ohio, brother of the president. Hunters from the north, from San An tonic and many other points have camped out for weeks, year after year, awaiting the chance for a lucky shot, but though many glimpses were ob- tained, never had a spot stained the white of the feet-footed phantom.
 Eight years ago fence rider on the ranch saw what he supposed was a white goat, and attempted to rope 1t. When he came up closer he found that the animal was milk-white deer, and too fleet for pursuit by an an ordi- nary COW pony. The chapparal and thick mesquite growth aided the deer in its successful evasion of hunters and trappers. Recently, when 1t was killed. running at a range of more than two hundred yards, for the first time it appeared to be careless. One shot did the work
 Albert Friedrich, whose Buckhorn saloon is known all over the country because of its collection of steer horns, deer heads and other trophies of the hunt, pursued the deer every season for the past five years, and while he saw it several times, it was always so far away and running so rapidly that 1t was useless to shoot at 1t As soon as he killed the deer Patterson telephoned Friedrich, and the carcass was ordered shipped to San Antonio. It will be sent to tax Idermist and mounted after the most approved fashion The animal is buck and has a most unusual horn formation, three spikes on one side and 12 on the other.
 The Mexicans believe. that the mad stone is obtained from the stomach of milk-white animals. They were cer- tain the phantom deer carried 1t, but when MT. Patterson removed the viscera, looked in both apartments Of the double stomach. peculiar to all deer, he failed to find the maidstone. Some held, however, the stone Is not contained in the stomach, but is found In the connecting part of the stomach He will make another examination of the viscera in an effort to ascertain If this is true.
The Holbrook news., 1911-06-30

nIa and became familiar with their customs. He studied law, being grad uated from Columbia college, in Ore gon, in 1858. He practiced unsuccess- fully in Idaho and turned express messenger. In 1863 he settled in Ore gon and became editor of 'The Flu gene City Democratic Register" which was suppressed in the same year. In 1864 Miller returned to the law and practiced in Canyon City. Ore. Here he became popular, owing to his serv ices against the warlike Snake h. dians, and from 1866 to 1870 served as a judge in Grant county.
 His first important attempts at writing were made here, and he tried to sell a collection of his poems un- der the title of Songs of the Sierras" in the east. They did not find a ready market, and he finally went to Eng land, where they were published and created a sensation. It was in Lon don that Miller was recognized, petted, lionized and even overestimated per haps.
 The poet returned from England and went to Washington, and finally, in 1877, to California and settled at The Heights, where his retreat soon became the Mecca for literary people At times persons with literary or ar tistic tendencies, forswearing the world for time, have gone to Mil ler's home as haven of refuge Here are buried the bodies of Maud Mil2er, the poets daughter, and of his mother
 It has been said that the poet de sired to have his own body burned upon the pile of rough stones that cover his child's grave, but the truth of his request is that he be cremated and the ashes placed upon the pile, that the wind may scatter them far and wide over the land he loved so well.
 His life has not been spent in the ways of ease and luxury, such as one usually associates with the existence of poets. He has ''roughed 1t" and has lived hard. He has fought and has been beaten; he has fought and he has won.
 Today he sits before his home on the veranda, with its trellised vines, and receives the care of wife and daughter. He sits by the hour gazing out from the secluded Heights upon the cities, the Uay, the ships and the hills beyond that through twenty-five years or more he has watched and studied and loved. Every little atten- ton that woman knows so well how to bestow Is showered upon the white haired man, the patriarch of the Oak land hills, known the world over for hfo douorv varea hfc annapfrfoffv hfc love of the beautiful and of California.
The Holbrook news., 1911-06-30
Real "coId Bricks"

Gold bricks, real ones, may be the means of restoring the ancient fame of Golconda, near Hyderbad, in south ern India, once known all the world over for it's gold mines, but now de cayed city. The natural pits from which many centuries ago the precious metal was extracted have in course of time filled up with water. A contrac- tor recently obtained permission to make bricks near the place and ten kilns were erected. The first finished bricks aroused curiosity by their yell Jewish tint, and analysis proved that they contained gold dust On the ba- sis of the yield of the sample bricks, the ten kilns will aggregate in weight 12,S57 pounds of gold worth over $50,- 100000. The site of the find belongs to the Nizam, or native ruler, whose affairs are administered by British secretary, who has worked hard for nine years to produce a surplus in the Nizam's last annual budget of $15, 5,000,- 900. It looks insignificant now com pared with the result of nine days brickmaking.
The Holbrook news., 1911-06-30
AboIIshIne the Cook.

Let the cook tremble. The end of her reign may be at hand. The help problem may be solved. It all depends upon the accuracy of Dr. Robert Bells diagnosis, announced at the simple life conference in London. He says we should eat only uncooked food, that not only meats but the natural foods, fruits and vegetables should be served raw Listen to him:
 Man is the only animal who cooks his food. Among wild animals we don't find disease, we don't find de- cayed teeth, we don't find cancer. It is only in the animals that come in contact with man that we find dis ease"
 Nor Is freedom from disease the only benefit from eating uncooked food, according to the doctor As a consequence we live to greater ages. The natural food" countries, Scandi- navia, Hungary and Bulgaria, he says, are overrun by centenarians, Bulgaria having nearly 4,000, compared with only 7S in pork-eating Germany. His reasons for not cooking food are that in its natural state 1t contains three times the nutritive value of cooked food. Therefore, we have to eat three times as much and give our digestive organs three times as much work Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Holbrook news., 1911-06-30
RIun ouIte LIks Men.

NO, sir" said the snowman, "ani- nal trainers are not what they used to be- I'm not speaking of the elephant men-they've got to deliver the goods just as had to. when was handling the elephants. But take the lions and tigers-in the old days there was no Kindergarten school for them. They were handed over to us when they were three, four or five years old, full grown, and with a full knowledge of the goods they could deliver.
 That was the kind of animal we had to train.
 Did we go right into the cage with them? No; we weren't quite so rash We sized the animal up first A lion or tiger is good deal like a man. The one that walks up and down the cage and growls and looks ugly can be counted on to be a bluff. The one that you want to look out for is the one that sulks and lies back in his corner and doesn't say anything. When you get into the cage with critter like that he is not apt to say much. He simply does things"
The Holbrook news., 1911-06-30
A PHI in the Jelly.

In "The Banker in Literature" re- gently published work by MT. Johnson Brigham, state librarian of Iowa, there is a suggestion for the banker of the period. whose daily mail frequently contains requests to enhance his popu- larity by subscribing to worthy causes.
 To all letters soliciting a subscrip- tion, Samuel Rogers. the English bank er-poet, approvingly quoted Lord Err skine as replying in this form of words:
 "Sir, I feel much honored by your application to me, and beg to sub scribe"-here the reader reached the bottom of the page. and to learn the amount of the donation, had to turn over the leaf. There he found after the word subscribe, the formal con clusion-"myself your obedient serv ant-"-Youth's Companion
The Holbrook news., 1911-06-30
AoIda In arouchy RottIe.

London-A new regulation has been made under the poisons and pharmacy act relating to the sale of sulphuric acid (vitrioD, nitric acid, hydrochlo- ric acid (spirits of salts), and soluble salts of oxalic acid. It states that the vessel in which the acid is sold must be distinguishable by touch from or- dinary containers and must be dis tinctly labeled Mot to be taken" Any retailers of these acids who fail to comply with the regulation will be liable to penalty.
The Holbrook news., 1911-06-30

one would see him so that he could practice and carry out the plan he had in view.
 When Winemiller is ready to go in- to action he selects a stump or a fallen log, wiggles out of his coat, shakes the box of cartridges out of a specially prepared pocket, removes the lid with his teeth and dumps the cartridges on the ground. Then-and always to the amazement of a vet eran marksman-he places his rife at rest, with the muzzle pointing up ward, holding 1t in position with a leathern throng strapped to the stump of his left arm, leans over and presses the spring of the magazine with his teeth, causing the receptacle to open With his mouth he drops in the cart ridges.
 Those who see this exempli1cation of necessity being the mother of in- vention are somewhat perplexed to know how Winemiller will pull the trigger with his teeth and avoid de- fiecting or raising the muzzle of the rifle. He has made provision for this by having the breech mechanism so delicately adjusted that the trigger is what might be termed a superla- tive hair trigger. By contracting his lips he is able to draw the taut wire without the slightest movement of his head. The cartridge is exploded and the bullet is driven to its target
The Holbrook news., 1911-06-30
CRACK RIFLE SHOT
Ohio Man Without Hands Wins
 Many Matches.
Carries Gun With Leathern Thong, Loads Magazine With His Mouth and Then Pulls Trigger With
 His Teeth.

Wapakoneta, O.-Possessing only the stump of an arm on the left side, and no arm at all on the right side, and using his teeth to pull the trig- ger, Al Winemiller is conceded to be one of the most amazing rifle shots in Ohio, if not in the United States, statement that will be attested by all who have entered into competition with him, either in shooting at clay pigeons, live birds or a bull's-eye tar get So far as is known there is no living man handicapped as he is who has made such a record, and not for the purpose of revenue or exhibition, but purely for the love of a sport that he has followed from boyhood. His left hand was caught in the cogs of traction engine and crushed into pulp in 1893, and an amputation above the wrist became necessary. Up to that time he had been an enthusiastic hunter. His accuracy of aim contin- ued even after his hand had been crushed and removed.
 In January, 1910, Winemiller's right arm was caught in a four-inch belt running from bolt cutter in the shop of the Wupek Wheel company. He was drawn up to the line shaft and whirled around until his arm was mashed and mangled close up to the shoulder socket. The surgeons took 1t of entirely. Winemiller made a marvellous recovery, and as soon as he was able to be about he began de- vising means to enable him to keep on shooting.
 He bought twenty-two repeating rife and had hole bored in the trig- ger Through this he fastened wire and covered the free end of 1t with a leather bit which he could take in his mouth. This device was made under his direction by gunsmith, and then he went of into the woods where nG
The Holbrook news., 1911-06-30
As to the Hiring of vaIets.

'T have noticed" the manager of a hotel said, where almost every man who stops has valet and every wom- an one or more maids, that people nowadays avoid having a valet or maid that is of their own size. If a man is small he gets big valet and If he is tall his valet will be tiny. It is the same way with the women in regard to their maids. The reason is to keep servants from wearing their masters or mistresses' clothes. And 1t is not only outside clothes, but shirts, collars, neckties and under wear they appropriate. have seen men engage valets often and I know that size is the first item taken into consideration"
The Holbrook news., 1911-06-30

think that young hearts should be cal loused as old ones are; but time was with all of us when we looked forward through the seven days of the week to Sunday night as the golden time of the week. And our fathers did 1t And our grandfathers. And our great grandfathers. It Is an ancient human custom that did not originate with our youth or fade with 1t Our children do 1t in spite of our frowns. And our grandchildren will And our great grandchildren. Generations come and go. but Sunday night sparkling re- mains.-Wichita Beacon
The Holbrook news., 1911-06-30
Would Not Look PIeasant.

It took two attorneys and a doctor at Erie all the afternoon one day re- gently to take photograph of mule. They wanted Mir. Mules picture to use in a lawsuit against the Katey rail- road. It seems the mule tried to kick an engine of the track and failed, or something like that. The owner of the mule sued for damages and the attor- neys and doctor thought the best way to secure judgment was to take a photograph of the mule and its inju- ries to exhibit to the jury. So they went out to the farm with a camera and the mule was so restless that it took them all the afternoon to get the picture.