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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-10-09

The P, E. O'S, will meet with
Mrs. W. T. Rutledge Saturday after,
noon at 2:30.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-10-09

Mrs. A. S Jayne went to Hanni-
bal Tuesday to visit her son. John
Jayne and family.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-10-09

W. B. VanMarter and wife and
her cousin, Mrs. Ludden of Marce,
line spent yesterday in Hanni-
bal.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-10-09

P. H. Couch, wife and daughter,
Miss Catnry, of Emden and Mrs.
Laura Sparks and Miss Mackey See
took in the sights at the State fair
Thursday and Friday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-10-09

The store where money talks.
Hanly & Greens work shirts 45c,
other things in proportion.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-10-09

The New Clothing Stores policy,
Quick sales and small profits.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-10-09

George Dye and wife of Clarence
spent Sunday with her parents, C..
L. Drescher and wife.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-10-09
Nav Consolidate.

A deal is on whereby the Bell
Telephone may buy the Farmers &
Merchants Telephone Co. The price
has been agreed upon and the deal
will more than likely be approved
by the State Utilities Commission.
In the event of the change business
phones will be $3.50 and residence
phones $1.75 in the city.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-10-09

Mrs. T. R. Robertson, of AguSta,
KY, is the guest of her sister, Mrs.
w. b A. McNutt.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-10-09
More improvements.

All over town the spirit of i'm
provement prevails. Several new
residence have been erected, new
business houses have been erected
and in many others the fronts and
interiors have been greatly improv-
ed, Then the city is putting in a
splendid water works and sewerage
system and enlarging the light
plant and soon will be in position
to give "a hour service and furnish
plenty of power.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-10-09

J. l.. Mitchell, wife and son are
spending the week in Hannibal.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-10-09

Mrs. Josephine Griffith returned
yesterday from Hannibal and Mt
Zion where she had been spending
a month with relatives.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-10-09

Charles and John Funk, of Bloom
ington, ILL.,, and Thomas Carr of
Chicago, spent a few days here last
looking over Mr.. Bars farm near
Indian Creek The Funk Bros. are
big land owners and modern farm
ers as well as pleasant gentlemen.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-10-09
ITEMS FROM FARMERS
OF Farmers, For Farmers and
Pertaining to Farmers.

eof Farmers, FOR Farmers sno
Pertaining to Farmers.
For Sale - Several good yearling
Shropshire rams "A. Lee Ely. If
Weekly Market Letter Published by
Woodson & Fennewald L. S.
Com. Co., National Stock
Yards, Ill.
Cattle receipts have been light
this week. Choice steers have re.
gained all of last weeks decline,
while the medium to good steers
are still ten to fifteen lower than
ten days ago.
Bulk of the prime steers selling
from $875 TO $40. Good $500 to
$50 Medium $725 tn IT'S. Fair
killers $6.40 to 700.
Heifers IS to 25c higher. Bulk
of the choice light heifers selling
at $825 to 875. Good SIPS to
500 Medium $625 to 700. Fair
killers and stock heifers $3.50 to
625
Cows 10 to. 15c higher. Choice
$6.25 to 7.25. Good $565 to $40
r Medium $525 to $50. Fair killers
Sd to 500. Gamers $4.00 to
425.
Hogs closing IS to 25c lower.
Bulk of the good hogs selling from
$8.25 to $50. Heavies $500 to
1926.
Sheep receipts light. Market
stronger, is to 25c higher yesterday
bat closing lower today. Bulk of
the good sheep selling from $435
to 450 Lambs SIPS to 7.50.
Medium $625 to 675. -
Market Report.
For Wednesday before date of
PAPER.
Hogs. $3.50 to 500
Sheep. ...................... 800 to 600
Cattle ........................60 90 to S.25
Poultry.
Hens. ..."......"............ 10c
Spring chickens 1-2 to 10c
2 1-2 pounds..................
Old Roosters. rs..................... Csc
Ducks. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 10c
Turkey Hens. ns..................... 1Oc
Young Toms. s..................... 10c
Toms. ................. 10c
GuineaS, each. ..................... 17c
Geese. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 07c
Eggs. :.............."...... 2OC
TalloW. .............."......." 04c
Butter. ........................ 1SC
Green Hides. S...................... 10c
COrn"... ...'.................... 75C
Wheat No. 2..................... 85c
Oats. .........................."....35 to 36c
Hay..................... $500 to $1,000
Baled hay............. $1,000 to 1900
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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-10-09

Mrs. Ann Rose, Mr. and Mrs. E.
E. Brown and j. A. Lewis, of Curry
vile, MeSdameS Sue Lewis and Ida
Burton of Paris, visited the families
of O. NJ Wales and Hill Henniser
the first of the week.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-10-09

Mrs. Ed Able spent part Of the
week with friends at Lakenan.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-10-09

Mrs. Ben Swigert went to Hanni-
bal Tuesday to visit her cousin,
Mrs Fred Bangert who is very ILL.,
William Garden and wife of Win
field, visited E. E, DeLashmutt and
family the first of the week.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-10-09

Card Of Thanks.
We desire to extend our. heartfelt |
thanks to all those who have been
so kind and sympathetic to us dur
ing the last illness and death of our |
loving husband and father
Mrs. G. W. Tooley and Family.
The A. B. Club held their first
meeting of the season on Thursday
of last week with Misses Belle
johnson and Julia McClintic at the
Studio. The next meeting will be
next Monday with Mrs. J. T. Hanley
at her country home.
Mrs, T. J. Coy. of San Diego,
Calf, has returned from a two
weeks visit in St. Louis. She will
spend several weeks with her sis
ter, Mrs. E. S. Hampton before she
returns to her home in the west.
Mrs. Emma Brown returned to
Hannibal yesterday. Friday, she
with E. NJ. Hodgdon and wife will
leave for a two weeks visit with
Mrs. Ralph j. Garlick at Sand
Springs, Okla.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Carpenter took
Master George to Quincy Saturday
and had his tonoilS and adenoids
removed. George was down town
yesterday and is getting along
nicely.
! P. H. Couch, wife and daughter,
Miss Ca'fnry, of Emden and Mrs.
Laura Sparks and Miss Mackey See
took in the sights at the State fair
Thursday and Friday.
j. j. Pritchett of Mason City, Ill.
has been here for several days look
ing after his Rails County farm.
Mrs. Pritchett came over Tuesday
to join her husband.
A. O. Spalding and wife have re-
turned from their Denver trip. They
will spend the winter in Hannibal
and 90 back to their farm in the
spring.
Mrs. Benjamin McElroy has re-
turned from Blessing Hospital where
she spent last week. Mrs. McElroy
is much improved in health.
Mrs. John W. White and little
daughter, Easter, left last Tuesday
night for a visit with relatives in
Ottawa, Ill.
Miss Virginia Griffith left We'd
nesday for an extended visit with
relatives in Hannibal and Bowling
Green.
W. B. VanMarter and wife and
her cousin, Mrs. Ludden of Marce.
line spent yesterday in Hanni-
bal.
Mrs. Ben Swigert went to Hanni-
bal Tuesday to visit her cousin,
Mrs Fred Bangert who is very ILL.,
William Garden and wife of Win
field, visited E. E. DeLashmutt and
family the first of the week.
The store where money talks.
Hanly & Greens work shirts 45c,
other things in proportion.
George Dye and wife of Clarence,
spent Sunday with her parents, c.
L. DreScher and wife.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-02-12

A pig poker IN y denler in pigs, not
the large and poitly fellow whom you
meet now and again at the country
market with a cargo of q hundred or
more pigs of all nges, shapes aud sizes
for sale. but n little man. who for the
most part carries his wares upon his
back or occasionally perhaps in 4
wheelbarrow. A poke OF course. is
a pocket or sack. and a pig poker there.
fore ts II who deals in pigs carried
round from place TO place In n poke.
The old proverb anent the foolisliness
OF "huying n pig in q poke" has Its
origin. OF course. In this time hon.
oretl method of pig puryeying.-London
Globe.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-02-12
Factory Safety Device.

The management OF ii machine tool
works in America has during the last
several years kept a careful record OF
all accidents and made a study of them
In the eudenvor to ascertain just where
danger is greatest and what accidents
can be prevented by means OF ltn-
proved safety devices. One recently
installed device particularly Interesting
is an electrically opernted control by
!. which the power at the engine room
sAseestapped by pushing a button
Exchange.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-02-12
Mans Preferences.
A woman lecturing on e

A woman ~Iecfurfng on eugenics IN
Cleveland said:
1T Is "A good thing for the human
race that beauty counts for more than
Intellect when ii comes to love. Intel
lect too often neans nerves, insomnia.
hypochondria.
"YeS: 1t Is a good thing for the hu-
man race that. as an old maid from
Vassar pnt II rnther bitterly:
"'Men prefer a well formed girI to a
well informed ne.'"-New York Trib-
une,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-02-12

A remarkable attempt at suicide
was made by a boy of eleven In a kop
garden, recently near Sandwich, Eng
land. He had been chastised for his
slackness In picking hops, and there
upon he went to a secluded spot and
attempted to hang himself a
piece of yarn used for tying ps.
Fortunately this lad was discover j in
time, and was cut down, and revived.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-02-12

deadlock. 1t was feared that none
Of the candidates for President
would have a plurality of the cleo
tOral votes, because of the bitter, tri-
angular campaign. The law pro-
vides that ii none of the candidates
had had a plurality at today's Joint
session the three highest candidates
should be voted upon-each state
casting n vote.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-02-12
Baby Robins.

Baby robins at n single meal VIII
consume half their own weight in beef
scans.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-01-25
GIRL RoBs IN MALE ATTIRE
Young Woman Arrested az Burglar
Says Man Induced Her to
-. Commit Crime.

Danbury. Conn.-Disguised in male
attire. Amy Travers. pretty 22-year
old girl entered the apartments OF
Georoge Trumbley shortly after mid
night and stole s22 from the pocket OF
Mr.. Trumbley. who was asleep in the
room.
The girl. who had never been ar
rested before. ACCUSED George Smith
OF having induced her to commit tho
crime, Smith has criminal record
in Connecticut cities. The girl said
she retained only 81 Of the stolen
money giving the remainder to Smith
The man denied this, but the police
found the money in his shoes
Miss Travers was released on bonds
furnished by relative. She will be
arraigned in the police court Monday
Detectives who have been investigat-
ing series of burglaries arrested the
girl at her home this afternoon
She said Smith furnished her with
the clothing she wore when she, visit.
ed Trumbley's apartments. She de-
ried having participated in any other
burglaries.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-01-25
2e4 POETRY BOOKS A. YEAR
That 10 London Reviews Estimate OF
Output OF Season In Eng
land.

London.---A statement recently made
In a daily paper that present-day
British poets are few. and their out
put small" is taken exception to by
several literary reviews. one OF which
says that 65 books Of poetry were re-
ceived by 1t for review during three
months. and infers that modern Eng
lish poets place at least 264 books.
many OF them containing good poetry.
In the hands of the public every year
On this the Academy comments that
few of these 264 volumes contain good
poetry. many Of them contain very
moderate verse, most of them are neg.
ligibIe from critical standpoint. and
few Of them contain doggerei thai Is
simply pathetic, written by persons
who never had and never will have
the remotest idea OF what poetry is or
means, that Is to say. real poets are
few and their output very slim.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-01-25
PotpourrI Of Peoples.

In this most cosmopolitan of cities
(Buenos Aires) the foreigners fore
gather in little worlds of their own.
Most are represented by newspapers
published in their own languages,
most have clubhouses more or less
pretentious.
On the same evening one season re-
Gently THE Merry Widow" was pro-
duced in Spanish, French and Italian
In as many different theaters. And
there are all sorts of places of amuse-
ment where foreigners can enjoy them
selves each after his own fashion
from an immense artificial skating
rink "a very fashionable resort by the
way) to tropical coffee house, from
a golf or race course to poolroom or
bowling alley, from the most attrac-
tive and elegantly equipped OF modern
cafes to little French domino parlor
or German beer saloon, from magni-
ficent opera house to cheap vaude-
Vile or moving picture theater.---
From Through South America" by
Harry w. Van Dyke.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-01-25
MOONS INFLUENCE ON TIDES
Survival OF old-Time Superstition
Which Has Been Found impossi-
sible TO Eradicate.

The influence of the moon upon the
weather was in ancient times assumed
In much the same way as the influence
Of the moon upon the tides of the sea
was assumed. There was no proper
knowledge of the facts In eitha: case,
and it was accepted in both cases
merely because the regular changes
of the earth's shadow on the moon
were used as the great primitive time
keeper. and any frequent changes In
other things must happen after some
one or other of those regular changes.
The barbaric guess, POST hoe ergo
propter hoe" proved, when careful
study of the matter was made and
Newton's law of gravitation was ,
Piled to 1t, to be right in regard to the
tides, but wrong in regard to the
weather. The banking up" of the sea
in moving hood which passes. as 1t
were, "over the face OF the waters"
twice approximately In the "a
hours Is now known to be due to the
drag" or gravitational attraction ex-
erted on the heavy but mobile mass of
the ocean by the moon as 1t circles
round the earth, with a returning
change in its relative position to earth
and sun, the phases OF which occupy a
month.
But 1t has no such action on the
fiimsy vapors of the air. An immense
number of exact numerical details. de-
pending on the weight of the moon. its
position. and movements in relation to
the earth at successive moments, con-
sequently Of it's action in producing
the tides Of the sea. have been ascer-
tanned with astounding accuracy. AT
the same time astronomers and nae
teorologists Chose who study the at
mosphere of our earth) have come to
the conclusion that what we call the
weather is not affected by the posi-
tion of the moon in regard to the
earth, either at any hour Of the day or
any part of the month (phase or
quarter" of the moon), or at any part
of the year.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-01-25
WOMAN. RULES INDIAN STATE
Began Of BhopaI Has Governed coun-
try Wisely and Well for Eleven
Years.

There have been few opportuni-
ties to know something of that inter
esting and unusual woman. the Began
of Bhopal, who has for the last eleven
years been ruler OF her country, the
small state of Bhopal, In the middle
of Central India.
The Began was born in 1858. and
the free, Independent spirit of her
family is shown by the fact that
though girl her advent was not un-
welcome.
When she was seven years old ar
rangements were made for her mar
riage, and the boy selected for her
husband was brought to the court and
shared her studies. When the Began
was fifteen they were married. and
strangely enough, the marriage was q
happy one. The Began found In her
husband faithful friend. and II In
said that she mourned his death very
deeply.
In 1883 the Begam's eldest daugh.
ter died She would have been her
heir, the first born, irrespective of
sex. being In Bhopal the heir ap-
parent.
In 1901 she became ruler owing to
the death OF her mother and at once
set about improvements and reforms
In all the various state departments.
One OF the Begam's chief interests
was education, particularly, too. the
education of girls. She decided. there
fore. to open and patronize person
ally a girls school. The education OF
girls In Bhopal was chiefly limited to
study of the Koran and the rudi-
ments OF the Urdu language, with
here and there some slight knowledge
of writing learned from fathers and
brothers. But their attendance at
schools and their advancement in gen.
eral knowledge was looked upon as n
dangerous innovation.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-01-25

ridor, only to discover tnat every oe-
partment was occupied by a single
passenger with a single ticket. each
OF whom had paid the conductor for
undisturbed privacy. Incidents Of this
kind are contrary TO the Anglo
Saxon's ideas of tb ftness Of things,
but they can usually be adjusted by
invoking the Intervention OF any dis
interested member Of the stan. say.
the next station master. The patience
with which the average Russian.
sucked In the "Nichevo" creed. en-
dures these things. is at first source
of constant surprise to the foreigner:
not only a race that has borne for
centuries with bureaucratic inefti-
cheney could thus accept them as part
of the established order OF things Inn
mutable.
remember, one hot afternoon last
July, watching the sale of tickets to
passengers by Black Sea steamer at
Novorossisk. There was a surging
crowd and but one ticket office, with
tiny window. some four feet high.
at which each suppliant squirmed In
turn. and inside 1t sat weary clerk.
apparently utterly Indifferent to time
and tide and all the things that strug-
gled under an unkind heaven. In the
intervals of his toll. after writing out
an officers special ticket in duplicate
with reluctant pen, he would light
cigarette. signing heavily. and sip
his lemonade tea, oblivious of the per
spring crowd. And again. when he
had issued to an ordinary passenger
his passage ticket and his berth ticks
ct. his wife's tickets, and a special
ticket for the baby, and had care
fully blotted all the endorsements
thereon, the change out of ten
rouble note had to be laboriously cal-
culated. and then checked on an
abacus In the corner.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-01-25
FIGHTS AGAINST HER BABIES
Children, Two. Three and Four Years
Old. Are Kept at Cradle Age
by Mother.

Cleveland. Ohio.--1n little kitchen
at her home. Mrs. Mood Thol has bat
tied with nature for years secretly In
an effort to keep time from touching
her babies
Around her feet crept three chill
dren. two. three and four years old.
Victims of a strange code her In
genuity devised to prevent them ad-
vancing beyond the cradle, they
laughed. kicked their feet and waved
their hands as she crooned over them.
The eldest boy did not creep faster
or with greater ease than the younger
ones. He mumbled incoherently, and
tugged at his mothers dress and slob-
bered over a little bib. when she tick
fed him beneath the chin. He is
barely larger than child of two years
and apparently has not advanced In
tellectually beyond the cradle
To further defeat their development.
the mother has never fed them any
thing except baby food What lay be-
yond the door, through which a stran-
ger never passed, they had no idea
Neighbors say the woman never took
ACA Ch away AiOhA AOhAN' O~N~
sionally in the hot summer, they say,
she would wheel them away In the
darkness, but always guarding them
closely from the gaze of any persons.
She has strange desire to always
keep them babies." Deputy Sheriff
Sobczak said "The four-year-old boy
cannot talk or walk. He is not as
large as an ordinary youngster OF
eighteen months old"
Several days ago William James.
clerk OF the probate court, discovered
the plight of the children and investi-
gated He continued the investigation
until he made sure the children were
not imbeciles.
James and Sobczak went to the
house. arrested the woman and took
her to the City hospital. The children
will be placed In sn infant institution.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-01-25
RING SPREADS WOE |
Misfortune BefalIs Possessor Of
Beautiful Diamond.
Man Takes Solitaire From Woman's
Finger and Pawns It--constabie
Defies Gun and Carries
Circiet TO Court

Denver, Colo.-- Misfortune has be-
fallen each for the last three posses
sers of beautiful diamond ring which
now rests In the safe at the ofice OF
the district attorney.
One married woman mourns the loss
OF the ring and loss OF gentleman
friend; the aforesaidgentiemanmourns
the fact that he win have TO stand trial
on charge of larceny; pawnbroker
mourns the fact that the ring was
snatched from him by violence by
constable and the constable. although
he is not doing any particular mourn
ing, declares that he came near losing
his life In an effort TO capture the
ring.
1t all started In private dining
room of q downtown hotel. Jack
Chandor held the bejeweled hand OF
Mrs. Estelie Croxson in his own. In
a playful mood he is alleged to have
slipped OF the diamond ring and
placed It on his own finger, after
which he was unable. 1t is alleged. to
get the ring of. The lacy waited for
several days and the ring was lot re-
turned. Chandor was arrested and a
pawn ticket on the Newton Loan COM
pany was found in his pocket
Papers to get the ring were sworn
out and a constable started TO the shop
to get the ring. The constable Gays
he was refused the possession OF the
ring and that when he tried to get out
of the safe the son of the proprietor
OF the shop drew gun on him. After
considerable skirmishing he declares
h succeeded In disarming the pawn
broker
Upon the refusal Of the pawnbroker
to open the safe the constable deliv-
cred an ultimatum to him Either the
the safe must be opened and the ring
delivered to him or he would go
for moving van and transport the
entire safe to the court Of Justice
Mills
Facing the possibility OF losing a
safe the pawnbroker surrendered the
ring. and It was turned over to the
district attorney. Providing no fur
ther' misfortune overtakos those In
possession Of the stone. II will be
used as evidence In the Chandor trial