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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-10-02
Chicken Grit.

Fowls cannot be healthy without
exercise.
Disease waits at the doors of
damp poultry houses.
Don't buy breeding stock that
lacks in strength and vigor.
Laying hens should have their
heaviest feed of the day not long
before roosting time.
An abundance of sunlight is a
great help in keeping poultry
houses clean and fowls healthy.
Some farmers are so busy listen
ing for a horse trading opportunity
to knock at their front gate that
they can not hear the rooster crow
abouta bigger one in the back
yard. Prairie Farmer.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-10-02
Back to School at As

Can | get something for you?"
The girl rested her hands on the
counter and looked across at the
customer. He was a middle aged
man. His hair was beginning to
turn gray, his hands were work
hardened and the nails were scar
red and broken. His clothes were
shabby and he wore a short, un.
kempt beard.
i want 'rithmetic, please"
What kind3" The girl turned
toward the shelves.
The man did not answer.
What kind, please?"
Il don't know"
The girl turned back. we have
two kinds. you know" she explain
ed, "one for the town and one for
the country schools. Is the child
going to school in town or in the
country. and what grade will he
be in?"
He amt going to school," The
man flushed, then looked up into
the girls eyes. What he saw there
caused him to lean across the coun-
ter toward her.
I'll tell you the truth. I'm 90
ing to study it myself. | amt got
any education, and I'm Going to
get one, When l was boy didn't
think learning amounted to nothing
and wouldn't 60 to school what
little chance l had. But when |
grew up | seen what a fool | was
and | couldn't be nothing 'thout |
knoWed something; but l thought it
was too late then. and so fooled | |
along for twenty years more. Now
| knowed it amt never too late and
though | am going on As I'm going
to have education if it can be got. |
| don't have much time to learn, for
have to keep hustling to make
living for six children; but work or
no work, I'm going to learn some
thing. So if you'll tell me what
'rithmetic to get, and what other
books I'll need to start on, I'll be
thankful"
The girl. with a little lump in
her throat and her eyes smarting
turned back to the Shelves
Youths Companion.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-10-02
S. T. POLLARD,
Local Representative of
Hannibal COurier.POSt
Monroe City, Mo.
StocnnU,uerS meeiin5.

Fa. Ia. y '""..A MS '"'rlhrne Co
The an~u%i me,ui 2 Of the Stock
holders of the Farmers & Merchants
Telephone Company of Monroe City,
Mo. will be held at the office of the
Company at ten o'clock a. m, Sat-
urday, October a, 1918, for the pur-
pose of electing eleven directors to
serve for the ensuing year, and for
the transaction of such other bust
ness as may be desired.
JAMES SMITH, Pres,
|. L OWEN, Secy. 1912.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-10-02
N. A. DRESCHER.
The Alphabet In a Paragraph.

The following paragraph is made
up of twenty-six words, each be-
ginning with a different letter of the
alphabet, their arrangement CORE
spending strictly with the sequence
of the alphabet:
A boy certainly does enjoy fun
greatly. He incites joy, keeps laugh
ing, makes noise, or plays quite
riotously, seeming to increasingly
vibrate with excessive youthful
Zest. i Post Dispatch.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-10-02
How He Expressed It.

Every small boy the right kind,
anyhow thinks his own mother
the symbol of all perfection. Few
however, have the ability to express
their admiration as prettily as the
little hero of the following anecdote:
Richards mother was putting him
to bed and as she kissed him good
night she seid: "DoSSyou know you
are the whole world to mammal"
Am II" he answered quickly.
We'll then, you're heaven and the
north pole to me" Youths Com
panion.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-10-02
Human.

There are none of us lust quite
perfect,
1 There is something wrong in the
best;
We're all so mortal and human,
And none more so than the rest.
When it's all summed up the finish.
And the Lord strikes balance
that day,
If we only just cry we are human,
1t will be about all we should say.
There is nothing so common as
fault is,
And mistakes and errors all make
And why should we rail at a
brother
Or lift finger to shake
In the face of some stumbler? It's
human
To take misstep now and then;
We scott at the weakness of woman.
But the weakest of all are the
men.
This thing of revenge, getting even
Of laying for some one. Alb, me!
What fools we all are in our weak
ness.
What pity it is we can't see!
Stain character, smear reputation?
What you throw, vengeful broth
er, is mud;
But look, where your own hearts
corroded,
And that stain ON your hand is
of blood
There are none of us faultless in
this world,
So why should it be worth while
To trouble our hearts with this
hatred.
To envy some brother his smile
We're human, so awfully human,
And why should we think it
should pay
TO 90 round, creating distractions
To place in some poor devils
way!
The Mystic Worker.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-10-02
Gathering Seed Corn.

Ii the farmers are to have a good
corn crop in 1914, it is time to lay
plans for it now. Every corn crop
starts with the gathering of seed,
The difference in yield of next years
corn crop resulting from seed gath
cred at the proper time in the prop
er way. and the seed as ordinarily
handled. may mean mady bushels
per acre.
The best time to gather seed corn
is before the first killing frost. Ina
normal season if the corn is acclim-
ated it should be far enough along
toward maturity so that good seed
can be gathered at this time. Most
farmers know that to get the best
results from seed corn, it should be
eatheredsbefure the corn is ready
for husking.
When a large proportion of the
earlier ears show the dent begin
ming to harden, the seed-corn day
has arrived. The best part of the
field should be worked first, exam
lining every hill with the eye, at
least. Whenever a desirable seed
ear is found it should be gathered.
providing it is produced on a hill
that has full stand of corn. No
seed ear should be gathered from
hills of corn with less than three
well-developed stalks. 1t will be
noticed that the larger and more
fully developed ears are produced
on the hills that have from one to
two stalks. 1t is undesirable to use
these ears for seed as their size can
be accounted for from the fact that
they had less competition in life
rather than inherent tendency to
produce heavily.
Seed-corn gathering should he
regarded as a specific duty that
must be performed on a certain
day. and as soon as that day comes
all of the work must be dropped
and all tnrned into the cornfield to
gather seed.-L. B. Bassett, Mimi,
State Farm.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-10-02
For Sale.

Red River Valley Land in Mort h
Dakota and Minnesota near Fargo
and Morehead. The best land in
the world. To people in position to
invest $4,000 or more, l will make
$40 rate to Fargo. North Dakota,
and return at any time you will 20.
See me.
If N A. DRFSCHER
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-10-02

Editors are all born boosters. The
other day the editor was solicited
to join a lodge and was handed a
petition printed by a supply house;
he got a dun from merchant in a
government stamped envelop and
written on a eargling oil statement;
he got a duplicate bill printed in
Chicago. and wrote check on a
bank printed in Denver Ye Gods,
how can an editor be expected to
join a lodge and pay bills on such
treatment as that, and all the time
tell the people to trade at home.
Ever think of it? Editors have to
be born boosters, prepared to live
on dried herring and stand for any
thing. Hillsboro Journal
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-10-02
Wood for Sale.

Dry or green pole or cord wood
and posts at your own price on tn e
Jacob A, Piersol farm. Route 6.
7. L. Cannon.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-10-02

A local option election has been
ordered in Mexico by the city coun-
Gil and the date for election set for
Oct. q.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-10-02
DR.. Hornback Oculist and Aurist
Hannibal. No.

Money to loan in any amount
Office over Woods Drug Store.
tt. A. S. JAYNE.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-10-02

Perhaps you have some sheep or
hogs which you want to sell, then
advertise them in the Democrat.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-10-02

If you want a buyer for that horse
or COW for which you have no use
advertise in the Democrat.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-10-02

If there is anything in the line
of stock you want to buy advertise
for it in the Democrat.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-09-12
OYSTERS WILL CUT
COST OF LIVING
Is Valuable Food and Department OF
Agriculture Will Help Increase
It's Popularity and Sale.

(By DR.. Carl L. Alsberg, Bureau of
CheniStrvl
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-09-12
By f
FRANCIS LYNDE

Perhaps It was because there was
so little to tell. had boyhood, like
other boys-or, no, possibly it wasn't
quite the usual T. was born on the
Circle Bar when the ranch was a
hard. days drive from the nearest
shipping corral on the railroad. At
twelve I could ride -1ne,' cut out and
rope down, like any other ranch bred
youngster, and I had never seen a
town bigger than Painted Hat
':And what-happened when you were
tzVelve?' queried .Gantry.
1.-THE greatestf misfortune that can
ever come to half@groEvn boy, Dick.
NY mother died.
'"rhat was hard" Gantry. assented;
then, your father. married again"
Mot for some years. Blount quail
fed NBut for me the heavens were
fallen. I was sent away to school,
and from school Invent to college, to
Europe and back here to the law
school. In an that time I've never seen
the Circle Bar or my native state;
have never. been west of Omaha
-aThen the senatoTs-your fathers
political life has never-touched you? ''
''It> touched me- on the sympathetic
side, Dick. saw a large hearted,
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-09-12

open handed old cattle king wading
into the muddy stream of politics to
crafty an ambition that wasn't his
own-a woman's ambition In order
that the woman might mix and min
gle in Washington society for brief
minute or two he got himself elected
to fill out an unexpired term Of two
months in the United States senate
bought it, some said. That was three
years ago, wasn't it? But Washing
ton hasn't forgotten When I was
down there last winter the 5 O'Clock
tea people were still recalling Mrs.
Blount's gowns and the wild western
naivete Of the Hon. Senator Sage
Brush -
Gantry was chuckling softly.
"Land of love, Evan he said,
you're an educated man, all right,
but you've got a lot to learn yet
about the senator and his politics, 1
mean. Great snipes, man, he isn't in
it for the social frills and furbelows!
He never was. Let me intimate few
things. Politically speaking, David
Blount is the biggest man in his state
today. He can have anything he
wants, from the head OF the ticket
down. You spoke rather sneeringly
Just now of his two months in the
senate. He might have gone back if
he had wanted to. and he actually did
a much more difficult thing named his
successor. 1 can tell you the s1tua-
ton out in the greasewood country If
you want to know it."
E"Make it simple" was BIount's con-
dition
1.-The outlook for US is precisely what
It is in a dozen other states this year
everything promising a renewal Of the
buIlheaded legislative fight on the rail-
roads, said Gantry. There is only
one issue before the people, and that
Is the. TranscoDtinenta1 railway. The
reforners, as they call themselves,
would like to legislate US out of exist
ence We shall beat the tomtom and
do our best to stay on earth-''
Naturally said Blount. "And my
father-how does he stand?"
1.-THE idea of your having to ask
meY' exclaimed Gantry. "But really
I wish could tell you. There are a
good many people in our neck OF
woods who would like to know. II
will make all the difference in the
world when it comes. to a showdown -
'Why will it?'
Because, apart from the railroad
and the anti-railroad factions, there is
very complete and smooth running
machine organiza tion.'
"And my father is identified with
the machine?"
! Again Gantry choked over the sin
gular lack of information discovering
itself in Blount's question.
Land of glory!' he CALCULATED
'FWhere have you been burying your
self, Evan? Didn't I just tell you thai
| he is the biggest man in the state.
| Oh, no''-with heavy irony-''he ISM
identified with the machine; he merely
/ owns it and runs it,
TO 0e Continually
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-09-12
T A < 1t S T
1913


The Assessors of the City of Brtdea-
mort Will meet at the Assessors Offfco
City Hall, on the Second day of Sen.
TENDER, 1913, and each week dav
thereafter, to and including the FirSt
day of October, 1913, for the purnose
of receiving the sworn lists of all per
sons liable to pay taxes on persona1
property (namely, horses, wagons an
tornobiles,, stock in stores, etc ana
real estate, in the City of Bridgeporf
making a description of all real as,
tate. each parcel being separately da-
scribed including street number Ana
if he or she shall neglect or refuse RI
do so, the Assessors shall fill out a LIST
FOR him. or her and add thereto tan
ner centurn of it's valuation.
The attention of nonresident nro1
erty owners is called to the chance
in the law relating to the filing 81
their lists as failure on their part IN
list their property during Septen her
deprives them of the right of appeal
to the Board of Relief.
Special attention is called to Sec
tion 1903 of the Statutes, which statee
that each parcel of property must he
seDarate1y and accurately bounced
and described.
Post office address of each owna,
Office hours: 9 a. M to 4 D. m -,
Saturdays, a. NJ. to 12 m.
2. J. HUGHES,
LAW RENEE j. GILL
JULIUS w. KNOWLTON
THOMAS O'BRIUN,
Board Of Assessors
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-09-12

(By DIR. Carl L. Alsberg, Bureau of
Chemistry
The fear that the oyster is a source
of disease and is not a safe food I'M
doubtedly is one of the factors that
adds to the pressure of the high cost
of living. Because in very rare cases
oysters from q, bad bed have caused
sickness and because in many cases
local authorities have sought to es-
cape responsibility for polluted water
or milk supp1X~byl placing the blame
upon wholly innocent and silent oys-
tiers.
1t follows that as people stop eating
oysters they eat more meat-possibly
more expensive meat. And, the more
meat is eaten, the greater the demand
and the higher the price.
AS a general proposition, It is fair
to state that people run less risk of
contracting typhoid fever from oys
tiers than they do from drinking raw
milk, or the water supplied in many
communities. The great bulk of the
oysters sold are wholesome. The num-
Der of oyster beds where pollution is
even possible is relatively small. I
could wish that the number of danger
Gus sources of milk supply was as
small and that the percentage of pure
wholesome milk was as great as the
proposition of wholesome safe oysters
that reach our tables.
OYS4EEG PRODUCTION 10 In
CREASE.
Whether the owners of polluted
sources market their dangerous prod
uct in ignorance of their crinina1ity
or with a criminal Indifference mat
tiers little. The result is the SAME
they have put under suspicion all oys-
| tiers. AS a result our oyster produc-
| ton has not developed as much as our
increase in population warrants.
| Possibly one may think offhand that
| the Department of Agriculture has lit
| tie to do with oysters, but its concern
| in oysters is almost as direct as in
| oysterplant. While the exploitation of
our waters as a source of food is main
/ ly a function of the Bureau of Fish
| cries, sea food as soon as it passes
| into Interstate commerce. comes di-
rect1y under the control of the Depart
ment of Agriculture.
There is a further economic reason
for the interest of this department.
Every pound of food taken from the
sea relieves the land of producing a
corresponding amount of meat and so
releases SO many acres for the pro-
! duction of grain and fruit. Every
pound of food produced on land uses
up some of our soil fertility. Seafood
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-09-12

is a net gain to the land and, more
over, furnishes fertilizer to the land
and directly enriches the soil. 1t is
but natural that the Department of
Agriculture wants to stimulate the
production of Seafood, and especially
oysters. Thousands OF acres of shall
low waters are available for oyster
beds all along our seaboard and the
oyster producing possibilities of the
Gulf States have scarcely been touch
ed. The oyster grower of the shallow
reaches of the sea is as much pro-
Queer of wealth as the breaker of new
prairie land Need for developing
these new beds will come when, and
only when, the present distrust of the
oyster is overcome and it is restored
to the confidence it's food value war
rants.
Note: This is from DR.. A1sberg's ad-
dress before the recent convention of
oyster men. 2 e---
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-09-12
LITTLE BEAUTY CHATS
Growing Old Gracefully
By BLANCHE BEACON

1 want to talk to you little about
this picture. I am sure that, if you
stop to analyze it, You will admire it
as much as 1 admire It,
AS you can see, it is the picture of
an elderly woman in the sixties But
notice how becorningly young she ap-
pears, without any of the extensively
assumed youth so orten seen on the
modern "old lady,
Old age can be made so beautifully
dignifed and POLITICALLY charming, that
1t is a positive sin in my estimation,
to neglect it's wonderful possibilities
The phrase, SO often quoted, of the
''coquetry of white hair is one the
meaning of which I slightly disap-
prove. It suggests the ''kittenish'' and
Eighty old lady-tWo deadly types
We all love spirit of fun, but allow
me to beg that you, Madame, with the
perceptible handicap of your fifty o.
sixty or more years, do not attempt
any tricks or stunts of any kind. Be
especially careful about your laughter
for, through no fault of your own, but
through the gradual changing and ag-
ing of your vocal chords, your laugh is
apt to be shrfn or otherwise unpleas-
ant. Laugh deliberately and noder-
ately. Don't cackle.
Do not scorn to wear soft greys and
lavenders because they are odd They
are ravishfngly becoming.
The Opaque and semi-precious stones
are more appropriate than diamonds
or more brilliant ones This does not
necessarily mean that the others are
never to be worn, but are to be worr
sparingly. Notice how charming the
pearls around the neck Of the lady iE
the picture are.
Instead of the s'coquetry of whit,
hair,'' suggest 1.-The fascination o
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-09-12
THE NEW PENSION PLAN.
Greatly Lessons the Bother of PEN
6ioners.

The new plan of paying soldiers
pensions seem tos be giving general
satisfaction to those chiefly interested,
the recipients. Under the former plan
the pensioner was required to identify
himself by vouchers every three
months, sign a number of little mat
tiers, then make oath before a, notary
that he was really himself and was
known to be such by the notary. If
there was the ninutest discrepancy or
oversight in the document back it
would come for revision. That there
were many cases where some trif1ing
error occurred was emphasized. by the
fact that a printed slip would be re-
turned with the voucher, the failure
being noted with an * There were
a dozen or more possibilities indicated
on the little slip, and whichever of the
chances the pensioner had fallen to
would be indicated. The quarter day
for the payment of the pension was
the 4th Of September, 4th of Decem Der
and so on If the voucher was dated
before the proper quarter day it was
void. All this is done away with now.
The cheques are sent direct from the
interior department office and reach
pensioners the morning Of the quarter
day, or the next day, sure. Nor is any
return acknowledgment required, as
formerly. In a little memorandum on
the corner of the envelope the post
master is admonished that it is not to
be delivered to other than the ad-
dressee, an din event Of his or her
death or marriage, the fact is to be
mentioned when the letter is returned.
With a heavy income tax coming,
the mu1ti-millionaires are getting
ready to take the poor debtors oath.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-09-12

white hair Do not resent GROWN
old. 1t is the best thing, for 1t ha
such great possibilities.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-09-12

With a, heavy income tax coming
the mu1ti-rnillionaires are gettins
ready to take the poor debtors oath.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-09-12
HUNGARIAN
ALTHOUGH

At this season when colds are
easily contracted, and coughs
are prevalent some reliable
cough remedy should be kept in
every house, for tbs much easier
to cure a cough at the start
than wait till cold weather when
your trouble has become deeply
seated, and has caused the
bronchial tubes to become in
famed, and the lungs weakened
by the constant strain on their
delicate tissues.
We recommend our HUN
GARIAN ANTI-COUGH as
good remedy for, your use for it
has proved of exceptional value
in the treatment of coughs.
BRIDAL WREATH CREAM
At this time of the year the
little ills annoy us most and
there are few things that are a
source of such constant and ir-
Titating discomfort as chapped
and infaIned skin.
1t should be worth a great
deal to you to know of some
agreeable and effective prepaIa-
ton for promptly curing chap
ped hands and faces, and for
keeping the skin soft, smooth
and healthy. We have such a
preparation in our
BRIDAL WREATH CREAM
Tt is Notwithstanding and cool
ing. 1t is not greasy or sticky,
being completely absorbed by
the skin, and has the fragrance
OF the spring blooming Bridal
wreath. We prepare it in 2 col
ors, white and flesh. Beginning
of Fall Bridal Wreath Cream
should be kept constantly on
hand ready for use wherever
the skin is the least roughened
or irritated.
For gentlemen 1t Is an ideal
preparation for. use after shaw
ing, as it prevents smal.tdng and
keeps the skin in perfect condi-
ton.
THE COST OF BOTH Is
TRIFIING-ONLY rs CENTS
and delivered free to any part
OF the city.
WE RECOMMEND THIS
PREPARATION
Because they are goods that we
can guarantee. When customers
call for trade marked advertis-
ed goods we always supply just
what is wanted. We never fol-
low the practice of some, by
Offering them something ''just
as good" But when our GUS
toners ask us to recommend a
toilet preparation or remedy, we
prefer to name our own, be-
cause we can back them with
the strongest kind of guaran-
tee. a-e
Both of above preparations
are made from a thoroughly
tested formula sold only at
Frank ]. OstrOfSky'S
TWO STORES
1141 EAST MAIN ST
Corner Jane
GAG PEMBROKE ST.
Corner Hamilton
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-09-12

iaz1ner want Ads. One Cent Word.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-23

received by the postmaster here today
concerning the whereabouts of George
G. Saffel, hostler who had been en-
pIoyed for the last 20 years by DR.. w.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-23

& Mineral company, gas has been
struck at a depth Of 1854 feet Mr..
Leitzman says it is of 500 pound pres
sure, and that they will case it on, as
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-23
Natural Gas at Cairo. nm.

Cairo. ILL.,, Jan. 23.-Aceording to
W. A. Leitzman. who is putting down
. well near Unity for the Cairo Oil
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-23
Georqe v. TO Visit cal.

st. Petersburg, Jan. 29.-The Tele-
graph states that it is expected that
the king and queen of England will