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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-06-06
From The HOuSetOpS

we wish to proclaim the advant-
ages of having a bank account with
US. Safety and carefulness. COM
bined with liberality, courtesy to
ALL and a desire to be of service to
our customers, the high position of
our officers and directors in the
estimation of our merchants are a
few of the reasons why you should
have your account here.
FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANK
Monroe City, Missouri.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-06-06

Chas. Montgomery sold a span of
draft mares Saturday to j. B. An
derson for $40.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-06-06

Smaller and cleaner money is
planned by the treasury depart
ment and more uniformity Of de.
sign. 1t is proposed to reduce the
size Of currency to 2 1-2x6 and the
number of designs from nineteen to
nine The problem of washing and
ironing dirt ror;c ~~0eo~o
to be solved by some new ina,
chimes which have been perfected
in the bureau CT ptGaving and
printing. One Of these machines
will take a dirty gefm.laden piece
of currency and turn it out slick
clean and crisp in two minutes, and
the other will do the same job in
three. These machines are ex,
pected to save about $1000,000 q
year for the government, as 60 pei
cent of the paper money now sent
to the treasury for redemption can
be circulated again by washing it.
LaBelle Star.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-06-06

Court Sustains Automobile Law.
Jefferson City, Mo-. June 3.-The
Missouri supreme court Saturday
sustained the constitutionality of
the Missouri automobile law, viii Oh
requires automobile drivers to stop
their cars and give assistance to
persons whom they may injure.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-06-06

Mrs. Fannie VanNoy, of Palmyra
has been visiting, j. P. VanNoy,
near Warren.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-06-06

Mrs. W. P. Wynn has gone to
Rocky Ford Colo. for a visit with
her parents and other relatives.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-06-06

Miss Valera Lyle is visiting in
Palmyra.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-06-06

Mrs. Mary A. Hornback, of Rens-
selaer spent part of the week with
her grand daughter, Mrs. John c.
Hardy.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-06-06

j. B. Anderson and family re-
turned last week from Lake Viii
lage, Ark, where they spent the
winter.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-06-06

Mr.. Carr, of Chicago. who owns
the Seward farm near Clapper is
looking after his interests in this
vicinity.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-06-06

W. B. Hays, wife and little son
came up from Hannibal, Monday to
visit relatives and friends in this
city.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-06-06

Hall Scobee, of Gibbs has been
visiting his brother, DR.. Scobee in
this city the past week.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-06-06

Wanted-A good woman for
house work in family of three.
6 Is VIM. HunerWadel.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-06-06

V. H. McNutt is spending his va
cation with his parents, DR.. and
Mrs. w. B. A. McNutt, He is one
of the teachers in State School of
Mines at Rolla and is making good.
He will probably spend his summer
vacation in active work in the
west.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-06-06

That boy of yours-it seems like yes
terday that mother mourned the
transition from skirts to trousers
his rocking horse will soon give way
to the baseball and the pigskin.
He's developing. changing every day,
and you haven't had his picture taken
in more than year-yes, it's TWO
years last Christmas.
Miss Belle Johnson
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-06-06

j. P. Hays came In from Scot
land, Texas last week to spend the
summer.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-06-06

Home grown strawberries are on
the market and the quality was
never finer.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-06-06

For Rent-125 acres pasture
goUd water. VIM. Hunerwadel.
6-13.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-06-06

John Fang, of Kewanee, ILL.,, has
been with his many friends here.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-06-06

Miss Dorothy Patterson under
went an operation for appendicitis
at Quincy, Monday. At last re-
ports she was getting along nicely.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-06-06

Another lot of new bargains
Come in and look them over.
Miss Sallie Rouse.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-06-06

o. 7. Kirtley, wife and little
daughter and a young man named
Crandall King were drowned in the
river near Hannibal Memorial day
The body of Mrs. Kirtley was recov-
cred within two hours. The bodies
of Mr. Kirtley and his daughter
were recovered Sunday and Mon
day.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-06-06

Paschal Davis and sister. Miss
Emma we're with Hannibal friends
Monday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-06-06

No swimming or fishing in fair
ground ponds. Boys keep out. No
tresspassing.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-27
MINNEsOTAN FAsTs los DAYS
Forsman Of Bovey Makes Astounding
Record In Effort to Cure
Disease.

Portland, Ore.-What is believed to
be the longest food fast ever under
taken in the west has reached its
105th day by Gustavus Forsman OF
Bovey, Mimi, who has started the
long privation test in an effort to re-
cover his health.
Forsman is working man and
small merchant Of Bovey. He was
advised to seek cure for Bright's
disease, complicated with asthma and
dropsy, on the coast, where it was be-
lieved his life could be prolonged.
On arrival in Portland he held several
consultations and was offered no en-
couraging remedies and undertook the
fast practically Of his own volition.
At a sanatorium he explained his dis
ease and arranged to make his test.
For sixty.six days Forsman took
only water. He lost more than twen-
ty.five pounds of flesh in that time and
was very weak. On recommendation
of the manager he then took a small
amount of grape juice and began the
second lap of his fast, which has
reached it's thirty-ninth day. Within a
day or two he will begin to take nour-
ishment and attempt to recover his
health.
He says he has lost all trace of the
disease from which he suffered, al
though he will not know how success
ful his test is until he begins to eat
again. He tells how clear his mind
was after the twentieth fast day until
he became physically too weak to
exert it. He has lost his dropsical ap-
pearance entirely.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-27
Room In Order.

A room we'll aired. fresh. clean and
sweet holds in itself refreshment and
rest. Within it's four walls, no mat
ter how simple they may be, comfort
and peace are to be found. All these
things are just what business wom-
an needs after her days work, and
she will not find them II she does not
see to 1t that her own room waits for
her clean and tidy.
II the room Is once in order 1t will
not be a great amount Of trouble to
keep it that way. though 1t may take a
q little thought at first to get into the
habit of orderliness, especially II one
has allowed oneself to grow slack. A
business woman is so hurried that she
is apt to let things slip trifie and
to feel that she has not the time or
the energy to keep her room and her
bureau drawers immaculate. This
Is often the case even when she goes
out to her work looking perfectly
groomed herself. Such an idea Is In
correct. however; she would have
time and energy, as we'll as expert
ence new comfort and pleasure. II she
refused to let things slide and kept
her belongings In apple pie order.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-27
FOR THE EXTRA BEDSPREAD
Made at Home by Woman Handy
With the Needle,

These are days when many women
appreciate the beauty of antique furni-
ture, and collectors take great pleas
ure in furnishing their rooms with
every detail in perfect harmony.
In the colonial bedroom, with its
four-poster and mahogany highboy,
the bedspread and window draperies
are important factors. The guest
chamber in olden times was supplied
with an extra bedspread. which was
drawn over the white counterpart.
To make one Of these. purchase lace
insertion either FIVE or six inches wide
and cut in strips the length desired.
Join these alternately to strips of silk
or satin the some width, correspond
ing in color with the draperies Of the
room. Ecru laco and Du Barry rose
satin are an effective combination.
Lace edging to match the insertion is
used to border the spread.
II expense is to be considered, lace
of cheaper quality and strips Of flow-
cred lawn or dimity make charm
ing bedspread. The window draperies
are then fashioned Of the lowered
material.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-27
Ten Million Oyster Shells.

OYSTER shells have Of late become
quite valuable. 1t has been discov-
cred that they are quite excellent to
build roads with; they are also used
for fertilizers and the manufacture OF
buttons. Nowadays the oysterman
saves his shells and sells them at q
profit. The biggest pile OF shells In
the world is situated at Hampton,
Va, on Chesapeake bay. the greatest
of oyster waters. This miniature
mountain is the product Of one sea
sons catch Of one man. Frank OAR
ling. the millionaire King of the Oys-
termen." The pile is fifty feet high
and $50 feet long, and contains about
two hundred thousand bushels OF
shells, which yielded about FIVE mil
lion oysters. These shells will sell
for ten thousand dollars, and before
the next season the pile will have dis
appeared, to make room for another
as large. There are many oyster
shell hillocks in the Chesapeake bay
region, though none quite so large as
this.-Wide World Magazine.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-27
Ready With His Answer.

An Irishman was newly employed
at lumber Office. The proprietors OF
the company were young men and de-
cided to have some fun with the new
Irish hand. Patrick was duly left In
charge of the Office. with instructions
to take all orders which might come
in during their absence. ...
Going to a nearby drug store, they
proceeded to call up the lumber COM
pany's ONCE and the following con-
versation ensued:
Hello! Is this the East Side Lum-
Der company"
yes. sir. And what would ye be
havin'?"
Take an order. will your" !
Sure. That's what I'm here for"
please send US up 1000 knot
holes"
well, now an amt that bloomin'
shame? I'm sorry, but we are just
out"
"How's that?"
Just sold them all to the new brew
cry"
ITO the new brewery? What do
they want with them?"
by golly, an they use them for
bungholes in barrels. The Delinea-
tor.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-27
THIS PIG HUNTS RABBITS
Runs With Dogs Now, but Owner viii
Train It to Follow Trail
Alone.

Dover, Dell. H. Landlord OF
Lewes, Nd, a village just across the
lower Delaware line, has pig that
hunts rabbits and joins in chases with
Its owners dogs.
This pig is a thoroughbred of the
Chester County White variety, and Is
known as Sir Grunter. 1t first saw
the light last August, and was allow
ed to run around the Landlord home
stead with a pair of rabbit dogs, and
It followed the dogs to the woods and
hunted with them.
When the rabbit season opened and
the rabbit dogs went on a hunt, the
pig followed. Mr.. Landlord tried to
fasten up the animal, but In vain.
Finally he gave the pig Its liberty and
permitted it to follow the dogs at
will.
Mr.. Landlord says he will endeavor
to train the pig to 30 that 1t Will
hunt without dogs. !
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-27
EVER POPULAR APPLE PIE
Much Care Required to Make Per.
feet Production Of This Dessert
So Much In Demand.

Apple pie is one of the most popu'
lar Of desserts. One Of the greatest
errors Of which the amateur pie maker
Is apt to be guilty is that OF using
too plain a crust. More than any
other does the apple pie demand the
tenderest. flakiest crust that 1t Is pos
sible to fabricate.
Use tart apples, put the pie in a
very hot oven. on the lower shelf. and.
as 1t cooks on the bottom, lift 1t to
the top shelf to brown.
Some of the favorings and varia'
tons that have been tried are the use
OF grated nutmeg or cinnamon and Of
the grated rind of a lemon and three
whole cloves to the filling: the grating
OF cheese over the crust; the addi-
tion of one or two spoonfuls OF other
rrult. such as preserved grapes.
cooked cranberries. dates. raisins or
ounce Jelly.
A man told Of wonderful apple pie
which had thin bacon, dried very crisp
and brown. spread over the fruit be-
fore the top crust went on. He said
1t tasted surprisingly good.
The following ia a unique form Of
apple pie, which tastes and looks
much like a pumpkin pie: Crate some
rather sweet apples. and for every
three apples use a cupful of sugar,
two eggs. teaspoonful of powdered
ginger, a scant teaspoonful OF mace,
also powdered. and half teaspoonful
OF grated nutmeg. Beat the grated
apples with the sugar and spices, then
stir In the eggs. Bake with an under
crust only.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-27
CARS VAST WEALTH
Russian Ruler Easily the Richest
Man in the World.
His Estimated Income 10 $3o,o00,o0Q
Year and His Vast Possessions
Arc All the Time lncreas- #
Ing In Value.

While Russia Ia frequent ana
large borrower among the nations Of
the earth, Emperor Nicholas. Accord
ing to a statement presented to hin
majesty by the imperial treasurer
general, Is the richest man In the
world, writes the St. Petersburg coC
respondent Of the New York Tribune
The statement Is couched in fancifu
language, but the facts which 1t re-
cites are said by St. Petersburg banlQ
ers to be beyond dispute. j
Your majesty says Baron Mem
chikoff, need have no fear Of eve1
coming to suffer the stings Of povertM
Financially you are solvency itsel1l
With one hand you could buy out thd
American multimillisnaires, Rockefesl
Ter and Morgan, and still have sum
Client in the other to talk business
with Baron Rothschild. Or, If YOU
prefer. you can take over the kruppsl
although l would not recommend the
investment"
The car is very angry with Baron
Menchikoff and his playful ways, and
rebuked him soundly for INDUCING In
such undignified comparisons"
The cars civil list amounts to
nearly E2,000,000. including the
amounts paid to the grand dukes, and
OF this sum more than E1,000,000 is
available for his own private pur-
poses. Then he owns lands In Rus
sta in Europe which cover an area
equal to that of the whole of Nevada,
of which the revenues reach the vast
sum of $20.O0O.OOO year. Of which
100000 is paid to the grand ducal
families. The cars lands in Siberia
bring him in another $7.500,000, al
though they are at present largely
undeveloped. Altogether, including
interest on savings, the cars income
exceeds $30.OOO,O00 and is increasing
rapidly. He sets aside each year a
large sum for each of his four daugh-
ters, 80 that If any one of the royal
princes contracts a marriage In that
quarter he will do extremely we'll
from a worldly point Of view-though,
of course, the exact disposition of the
cars huge fortune Is known only to
himself and his financial adviser.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-27
To Feed Poor Of Quaker City
Never-Ending Job.
eread Line In Rush Of City Traffic
never Lacks Waiting Applicants
IN Any Sort Of Weather-Pre.
sided Over by Women.

Phladelphia.-It is bleak sunlee.
humping day under the Filbert street
arch OF the Reading Terminal. even
al nigh noon. the damp air strikes to
the bone, the light is that of 5 in the
evening. BY the constant hurryinp
procession Of people through the spec.
tral arc.lamped blue-gray dusk you
know 1t is Saturday.
BEFORE rude little booth, tempo.
rarily erected against the brick wall
On the south side OF Filbert street. a
woman with fine. soft, appealing ewes
sits on a box, glass bowl on her
knees In the hurrying crowd many
man stops moment to drop a few
pennies In that glass bowl, fumbling
with cold fingers at the buttons of his
coat. And for each from the woman
with the gentle eyes there is a CRATE
full nod.
behlnd her in the booth are some
stacks OF bread and piles Of potatoes
announcer woman. with the air of an
institution matron, is briskly working
among them. sorting and measuring.
IN the damp and chill and clamping
grayness, against the discolored back
ground OF brick and stone, under the
dim iron Orders. these women are
not depressed. The dull echoing re-
verberation Of city traffic fills the air.
The leaden December dusk closes in
all about. The endless files of shad-
owy Dantesque figures shuttle by. The
edges OF all animate and inanimate
things are sharp to the touch. But
the soft-eyed woman and her compan-
ions stand proof against it all. They
nave warm coats and well-nourished
bodies, do you say? Even so-it Is
not enough, the gloom here is spirit
ual. They must have warm hearts,
warm minds, warm souls.
The crude little booth inclosing the
bread and potatoes leans against the
wall. Then. beginning flush at the
eastern edge Of 1t, also along the
wall ranges line-a line of still 9TH
er women.
But these are different. They have
no warm coats. One characteristic
garment does distinguish them. They
are 1.-The women with the shawls.'
There is slight ledge cut into the
bottom Of the wall Of gray masonry
little escarpment; and here. in their
ragged line, with baskets or Children
In their laps, and their shawls high
about their ears or wholly over their
heads, these other women squat. And
here is no talk of warm hearts or
warm minds or warm souls.
But hunger is always left And so
there are the gentle-eyed women in
the warm coats. and the other women
with the baskets and the children and
the shawls. Twice a week they are
both here, In the grim city tunnel;
and have been here twice a week
these four years past.
Wednesday and Saturday are the
two big weekly days. and then there
are annual holidays, when really grand
things occur But winter or summer.
the line Is there. Not too many Ques-
lions are asked. Not too much graft.
tude is expected. Twice a week wom-
en- with baskets--old women, young
women, with children, women without
simply come to this City Relief
stand and have their baskets filled.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-27
Chestnut WormS for Bait.

"Who would think the little fat
worm that bores its way into the
chestnut would have any use." said
the man on the corner as he aD-
stracted nut from the hot and
savory pan. yet they are in demand
by fishermen, as they make the best
kind of bait for catching chubs. When
the weather gets cold enough for
chestnuts it is generally too cold for
bass and other fish. so the enthusi-
astic followers Of the immortal 1zak
fall back on the club. Some OF them
have an arrangement with chestnut
vendors to keep all of the worms they
find in their stock, for which they are
paid few cents or according to the
generosity of the fisherman
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-27
ROMANCE ALL GONE
Anna Warrington's Brief Days Of
Glory Are Over.
lmmortaIized by Great Painter, In q
World-famous Picture, She 10
Passing the Evening Of Her
Life Poor and Unknown.

Who is Anna Warrington? And
why should one care who she is. any.
way? Well, she was once beauti-
full woman and her face was made
immortal by great painter In a pic
ture that Is one of the most roman
tic ever painted. 1t is the portrait
of kiss. The artist was Carolus
Duran and Anna Warrington was the
girl receiving the kiss. 1t Is a beau
tiful picture.
And Anna Warrington?
She Is an old, old woman and lives
alone In little English village, poor
and plain and unknown.
But forty years ago, how different!
Yes. 1t was forty years ago that the
beautiful kiss picture was painted.
A beautiful woman Is reclining IN
her lovers arms and receiving the
kiss full on the mouth. And how ar
IDENTIFY does the lover hold her. one
strong hand beneath her head. the
other against her waist, clasped over
by her own little, soft hand and her
arm flung about his neck in the aban-
don of loving. and the two beautiful
faces together.
And that woman was Anna War.
rngton.
She was in the full glory Of her
charms when she posed for the IA
nous kiss picture. and 1t is said that
the reason Duran painted it with such
exquisite tenderness was that he was
at the time passionately in love with
his beautiful model The lover in the
picture is almost portrait OF Duran
in the days of his youth.
When she found she was getting
too old to pose she went to work as
designer at SO week and life
turned prosaic and colorless. It dazed
her little. Her life short time ago
had been filled with marvellous prom.
ises. But that was youth. and some
how life. had not made good. Why
could one not always be like the girl
in lie Baiser?" she asked herself.
Life was SO beautiful then, and Anna
Warrington never dreamed 1t would
be, could be, anything else.
And now she is all alone and Duran
ia an old man and has forgotten.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-27
c.rrfed Awav: Sues Aviator,

The sad tale of an involuntary flight
was told in the Leeds (English)
county court, when the jury awarded
to Miss Ellen G. Pimlott, a profess
sional nurse, damages to the amount
of 1915 against r. I. Isaacson. Leeds
engineer. The plaintiffs story was
that she was sitting on the sands at
Filey when she saw an aeroplane CON-
ing straight toward her. She tried to
get out of the way, but was caught
and picked up by one Of the wings.
She remembers seeing the sea, and
then lost consciousness, awakening
later to find herself in hospital.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-27
prooreas Of Medicine.

At the recent surgeons convention
IN New York hammocks were put in
patients' insides to hold their stom-
achs up. wounds were sewed with
sewing machines, and DR.. Alexis Car
rel cut off dogs legs and fixed them
on again with perfect ease and sue.
cess.
1.-The way surgery is progressing"
said Simeon Ford, in an awed voice;
nobody need ever be given up any
more-unless, indeed. it's case of
poor old Sykes.
""There goes Sykes" on of my
clerks said to me the other day.
There goes old Bill Skyes, as hale
and hearty as he ever was. And vet
eight doctors have at various times
given him up
"'Ha, hal I laughed. And what
did they give him up for. GeorgeT
"'He wouldn't pay his bills the
clerk replied
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-27
Coffee Cake.

Beat one cup brown sugar and one
and q half cups butter to a cream.
then stir in one cup molasses. Add
two teaspoons baking powder, good
pinch of nutmeg and cinnamon to four
cups of -four and sift WELL Beat one
egg well. put in teacup and fill up
the cup with cold coffee; add this and
the -four to the molasses mixture.
Melt one-half cup butter. and three
tablespoons sugar, three tablespoons
chopped walnuts and a pinch of Gin
namon. Pour the cake into shallow
pan, pour over the nuts, spreading
evenly, and bake in moderate oven
Is minutes.