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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-04-24
ITEMS FROM FARMERS
OF Farmers, For Farmers and
Pertaining to Farmers.

For Sale-GO0d coming G-yedr
old Hereford bull and a yearling
Holstein heifer j, A. BiXler.
J.E. Christian sold R. G. Moss a
fine Poland China hog.
Buckman Bros, have sold High
Ball the champion gated gelding of
Mo, and also International Cham
pion 1911 to j. w. Weller of Wash
ington, Iowa, for $50. They also
sold brown gelding to Col. Drexler
of Allentown, Pa, for $570 These
horses were sold at the Combina-
tion horse sale at Mexico. Monroe
City is noted for its well bred and
most excellent horses.
Weekly Market Letter Published by
Woodson & Fennewald L. S.
Com. Co., National Stock
Yards, Ill.
Receipts of cattle this week have
been moderate. Market closing
steady with week ago on beef steers,
butcher cows and heifers. Bulk of
choice steers $3.50 to 900. Good
$3.50 to 8.35. Medium $7.40 to IT'S
Best stockers and feeders steady
choice feeders SITS to $40. Choice
stockers ESQ to 785. Choice cows
SIPS to IT'S. Good $640 to ZOO.
Medium $525 to $50. Choice light
heifers $825 to $50. Good $3.50 to
800 Medium $685. to 7,25. Fair
killers and stock heifers $500 to
$50 Mixers, veals and bulls
steady.
Hog market 10 to 15c lower
Bulk of good heavy hogs selling
from $685. to 8.95. Mixed $50
to $50.
: Sheep market 15c higher. Clip
ped lambs $3.50 to 7S0. Clipped
wethers $3.50 to 6.75. Clipped ewes
$3.50 to $50. Yearlings $685. to
715.
Market Report.
For Wednesday before date of
PAPER.
Hoes.. oes.........................S6.50 to $50
Sheep. 500 to 7.50
Lambs ......... .........." 500 to 7.50
Cattle le........................600 to 8.25
Poultry.
Hens. ...-'.,sssSS.ss''' lZ2C
Spring chickens 1 IL to 1879
2 1-2 pounds.
Old Roosters'...............''." O5c
Ducks ................'..'''.'' lOc
Turkey Hens.............'....... 12c
Young Toms"...'.............'' 12c
Toms ..............'''''''.'' lEC
Guineas, each. h......".......,..." l7c
Geese, ............................ 06c
Eggs. .''''''''''''''''''''''' lo2C
TallOW.. ...,.........'..''.'''''" u4c
Butter r..........................." '19c
Green Hides......'...''''''''''' O9e
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 48C
Wheat No. 2..................." l.OU
OATS. ..........,....'.'''''"E5 10 QUO
ay...........''..''''' 9o.UU 10 plo.oO
Baled Hay.,,".....''. S9.UO 10 lu'uU
Henderson & Sons Produce Co. !
car poultry, cars eggs; j B Gray &
Son 4 cars cattle; R M Walker &
Son 2 cars cattle.
Of course if we would 60 back to
the days of one room log huts and
candles our living expenses would
not be so much. But who wants
to do this. Let US take another
step forward Monday and vote for
water works. sewerage and "a hours
electric service.
IF q hen and a half lay an eel
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-04-24
METHODIST

Sunday School, $50 a. m.
Preaching 10:45 a. m.
Junior League 2:30 p. m.
Senior League $50 p. m.
Preaching 7:30 p. IN.
Prayer meeting Wednesday
T30 p. m.
Choir practice Saturday 7::30 p. m
John H. Hubbard,
Pastor in Charge
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-04-24
ABOUT THE CHURCHES
interesting News Concerning the
Different Denominations.
This Column Closes Promptly at
g a. M. Each Wednesday.

Rev. Father Mullen, Of St. Louis
was greeting friends here Monday,
Rev. John H. Hubbard was called
to Renick Monday by the death of
his uncle, S. w. Hubbard who was
native of Randolph County and
"a years old at the time of his
death.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-01-10
Both Vows Broken.

Apropos Of the Observation-Disclosures
light against the Nobel prize award
to DR. Alexis Carrel Of the Rockefel-
Ter institute, Prot. Herbert Satterley
SAID the other day in Jacksonville:
These ants contradict themselves
terribly when they try to prove that
animal research is useless and futile.
They just put themselves in the posi-
ton of one Of their number whom /
met AT my hotel the other day.
Ms this anti was dining | bent for
ward and said to him:
Pardon me. out you are, | believe,
both an NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and a vege
taria1''
Yes. sir. that is correct he an
sHered
Then said / you Will probably
be shocked to learn hat YOU have
Just eaten a nvo caterpillar with your
lettuce salad
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-01-10
BLAME PLACED ON PHYSICIANS
Growth OF Drug Habit in United States
alleged to Be Due to Opiates
Ordered in Prescriptions.

That 80 per cent. Of all the cocaine
and morphine manufactured in this
country is used by persons who have
formed the drug habit through physt.
clans prescriptions is the startling
statement made by Or. l.. r. Kebler,
Chlet of the Division OF Drugs. Depart
mont Of Agriculture. This statement,
concerning the appalling growth Of
dEuE t&4!cti0n in the United States,
was made by DR.. Kebler in an address
ut Washington, before the American
Society for the Study Of Alcohol and
Narcotics.
Dr. kebler is quoted by Washington
papers as having declared that drug
using had increased 100 per cent in
the last 40 years, and that American
medical men were not discriminating
enough in their use Of opiates. Their
oYerlndulgenCe to their patients, he
said, is creating thousands Of drug
users every year.
1T is a very sad thing to say that
our physicians are doing the greatest
work ia promoting the use OF cocaine
ard morphine" said the doctor. state
laws are not saving the public from
the grip of the drug habit, and the
American public is sinking tighter
and tighter into the black abyss of
the morphine and cocaine fiend.
The worst of it is that the impor-
tation of opium into the country is
becoming larger and larger veal by
year. | have heard it said on reliable
authority that 10 per cent. of the CO.
cafne and morphine manufactured in
this country 10 used by persons who
have formed the habit through doc
tors prescriptions"
Almost simultaneously with DR.. Keb-
lers address, DR.. ]. A. Patterson. at
Grand Rapids. Michigan, in a public
statement said that 10 out of every 20
patients who come to an institution
with whfca he is connected for treat
ment for tina drug habit owe their
downfall to physicians prescriptions.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-01-10
FOUND WORKS or STEVENSON
manuscripts and Works of Popular
Writer Unearthed In Samoa and
Hawaii, by an Admirer.

It Is learned that a number OF new
and relatively important manuscripts
Of Robert Louis Stevenson have been
discovered in Samoa and in Honolulu
BY an ardent admirer of the great
novelist, who has been for some time
IN both Hawaii and Samoa seeking
such writings of the famous Scotsman
as might possibly be found in the pos
session Of some OF the many friends
of Stevenson during his years in the
Pacific.
The result of this research has been
che finding OF an essay, said 10 be
hlghly poetical in character, written
oy the novelist after witnessing a vol
cano In action, supposedly either the
famed crater OF Sayaii or the pit OF
Hilauea in Hawaii; a piece of fiction
dealing with South sea life, and o
number Of smaller verse compositions
Still another manuscript, a blank
verse relation Of a well-known legend
OF Maui, of considerable length. but
unfinished, has also come to light, and
the enthusiastic admirer of Stevenson
feels highly rewarded for his month
Of effort.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-01-10
Green Feeds Year Around.

There is nothing better than we'll
cured clover rowen or second growth
clover hay, writes j. f. Schureman,
United States department Of agricul-
ture. This should be cut up fine and
steamed. Glover is not only highly
heterogeneous, but rich in lime. a sub
stance required by the hens for pro-
vidlng shells for the eggs.
Aside from the alfalfa there Is no
other food that can take the place of
clover. By allowing a ration of scald-
ed clover to hens they will keep in bet
ter laying condition and the produc-
ton of eggs will be increased. Where
clover hay cannot be secured, bran is
a very good substitute, though not SO
rich in mineral matter.
Vegetable food should be supplied
the year around, such as cabbage, po-
tatoes, beets and turnips.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-01-10
Problem in PHYSICS,

A native Of T., on the coast Of Scot,
and, when the contract for the build
ing of the first three steamers fitted
@ith electric lights at the local ship
sard was completed, formed one OF
the social party gathered to entertain
Tho electricians, says Ideas. In a
burst OF candor and com~radeship. he
vas heard TO say to one of the wire
men:
Mon. Peter, efter workin' WI you
On they boats, l believe 7 could put IN
che electric LIGHT masel', but there's
emily n thing that bates me"
Aye, aye, Sandy, what is that"
inquired his interested friend, willing
10 help him If it lay in his power.
"Weel. mon replied Sandy, tits
3ust this: | dinna ken hoo ye get
ihe lie tae alang the wires"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-01-10
HOTBED is VERY IMPORTANT
Building for Protection-Pro-
vide Fall for Rains.
(By ]. w. GRIFFIN.)

The hotbed is a very important part
Of a Weilkept garden. 1t lengtheus
the season in which we may supply
our tables with fresh vegetables.
A bed hat is u feet long and 6
feet wide will accommodate four reg
ular-sized sashes, exc feet. In this
bed we have As squares Of space,
which is sufficient to grow the plants
for a goOd-siZed garden. A garden,
three or four hotbed.s and some cold
frames is a good start toward sue
cessful truck farming.
The best location for the hotbed is
on the south side of the building. 4
high, tight board fence. or one pro
tected by a heavy growth OF ever
green's for a w%indbrake.
The site should be a little higher
than the surrounding surface SO that
good drainage may 6e secured. Make
an excavation a little wider and a
little longer than the bed is to be.
The inside dimensions for a bed 6
feet wide and 10 feet long will b.
6 feet 4 inches wide, and u feet 4
inches long. The excavation should
be about 2 feet deep. The opening
should be boarded up with Pinch stuff
for keeping out the mice and moles.
Where possible. the beds should face
southeast, or directly east.
The back of the frame should be II.
inches, and the front about s inches
high. This gives sufficient fall for
water from rains or SHOWS to drain
off nicely, and the rays of sunshine
will have better opportunity to get at
the small seedlings.
The preparation of the manure is
not such a particular job as is gen
orally supposed. but the simple prin-
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-01-10
PROPER CULTURE OF CLOVER
Best Results Have Been Obtained on
Black, Sandy Loam-Killing DAN
ger Is in Spring.

My best results in clover growing
have been on a black. sandy loan. SO
far | have grown exclusively the me
dunn or common red clover, saws a
writer in the New England Home
stead. | usually SOW from eight to
twelve pounds per acre on a well-pre-
pared seed bed. | prefer sowing with
a nurse crop. Wheat and barley both
have been trie, for this
prefer barley, as it does not form
such a dense shade for the Young
clover plants when they are start
ing. The crop OF clover grows rapid
ly, and cutting begins about July 4 in
this locality. and sometimes q little
earlier in the fields where clover is
without any other grasses. and some.
times a little later if timothy and
clover are mixed.
Glover is not grown to any great ex.
tent in this locality. The past two
seasons have not been the best ia
secure a stand. The real danger of
cIoVerkilling comes in the spring
II 1t freezes and thaws out, and
the ground heayes the plants are o
o and die. Whenever the snow
collects 1t comes in fine shane in
the spring. With the continued Guilt
Vatlon OF this soil and with a largo
amount Of manur worked into the
SOIL VIII come better clover-raising IN
this part of the state.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-01-10

OF grain and in promoting good health
and rapid development among the live
stock.
Companies using a large number of
horses have found chopped and
ground feeding both better and more
economical. Corn, oats and other
grains as rations for horses are used
ground, and mixing the ground grain
with moistened, chopped hay has
proved to be a more economical stable
regimen than feeding whole grain and
uncut hay and roughage.
Chopped slower and all ground
grain minimize the labor of mastica-
ton and assist easy assimilation OF
food nutrients. While it may not be
always practical on the farm to pro-
vide chopped Tations for horses. bet
ter results will be achieved by feeding
grain r%ations, with but little hay at
the noon meal and watering the ami
mails before the midday meal. The
use of a feed-grinder will pay big.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-01-10
SKIN ERUPTION ON CHEEK

Kingsley, Mich.-"Last May my
ahirteen-months-old baby had a sore
come on her cheek. 1t started in four
nr five small pimples and in two or
hhree hours time spread to the size OF
e. silver dollar. 1t spread to her eye.
Then water would run from the PIN
piles and wherever that touched 1t caus-
ed more sores until nearly all one
cheek and up her nostrils were one
solid sore. She was very fretful. She
certainly was a terrible looking child,
and nothing seemed to be Of any use.
Then | got some Cuticura Soap and
Cuticura Ointment. She tried to rub
OF everything We put on SO that we
would sit and hold her hands for two
hours at a time, trying TO give the
medicine q chance to help her. but
after | washed it with Cuticura Soap
and h put On the Cuticura Oint.
ment they seemed to soothe her and
fRhe did not try to rub them off. It
WIS only a few days before her face
was all healed up. and there has been
no return of the trouble since. We
thought that baby's face would surely
DE scared, but it Is not" (Signed)
Mrs. ". j. Cleland, Jan. 8, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample OF each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura. Dept. l., Boston,"
ADV
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-01-10

ciple involved is o generally known.
The yeast fungus, when once intro
duced into a manure-heap suitable to
its development, spreads rapidly, and
soon has the whole mass in a state of
heat.
Horse MANURE is the best, espe
cially when the horse has been fed on
rich foods, such as grain, bran and
oilmeal. The bulk OF the manure
should be u~rine-soaked straw, that
which has served as bedding IN the
stalls. Forest leaves. when mixed in
with straw, make a heat that is most
powerful and lasting.
The manure should be hauled di-
rectly from the stalls TO the beds,
and piled in a conical heap. leaving it
until fermentation has set up.
Before fermentation becomes too
lively, which is a~scertaincd by the es-
Gaping steam. the pile should be fork
cd over into another part Of the
frame and left over until the escane
Of steam is again noticeable, then it
should be tramped into the frame per-
fectly solid.
II the manure is very hot, the soil
should be put on at once. but if not,
the sash should be placed over the
manure for a few days. until the
manure is well heated, then the soil
put on.
The bed should be watched. and as
soon as the seeds of weeds which are
in the soil begin to come up all over
the bed, it is time to plant the garden
seed.
Do not neglect the ventilation, as
the bed will get very warm on
sunny days. at which time the sash
should ba opened a little at the top.
and be careful that no direct draft
reaches the tender plants,
A covering of old carpet or mating
is good to place over the sash during
cold nights, and during the day, when
there is much sunshine. The frames
should be closed before nightfall, es-
pecially or cloudy afternoons, and
they should have manure banked up
around them during the cold spells.
AS soon as the plants are two or
three inches tall, they should be
transplanted to the cold frames
which are not unlike the hotbeds, ex-
cept that they have no bottom heat.
and are covered with muslin to keep
off the chill and frost.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-01-10
HORTICULTURAL


tll up those vacant spaces in the
orchard with some good fruit trees.
1t is never too late to start in the
frult business, enough at least for the
home supply.
Good, young apple trees come high.
but the poor ones are dearer than
any other kind.
There will be a very heavy demand
for trees next spring. and late orders
will certainly be untitled.
Five feet apart is about the right
distance for the currant and goose
berry bushes. Do not crowd.
II you want a fine, early yellow
peach, put two or three Triumph
trees in your next nursery order.
Wood ashes are valuable to spread
around fruit trees for small fruits and
vegetables; they should not be
wasted.
The root louise often causes apple
scab, and ashes or lime around the
trunk will stop the ravages CT the
root louise.
Expert orchardists recommend seed
ing the orchard to crimson clover
or rye to be plowed down the follow
ing spring.
While apples do not rank high as
pig feed It is best to give them to the
pigs rather than TO let them rot I'M
der the trees.
The peach makes a good stock for
some variety OF plum. 1t has a larger
and stronger root system than mos
plum varieties.
The climate and coo''tions that are
best for the apple arc best for the
human family. Both thrive best in
the temperate zone.
In heeling il trees ramember IL
cover the tops as vel. as the roots
Rabbits can bark heeIed-in trees al
easily as those planted in the orchard
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-01-10
Geography OF LIQUOR.

Mayor Gaynor, discussing city gov.
eminent in his wonted Illuminating
and brilliant way, said in New York:
I'VE must not have Il reform law
Tor the rich and another for the poor.
Mt is as bad for the millionaire to gam
ble In his club as for the laborer to
gamble In a stuss joint. It is as bad
80 become intoxicated on champagne
as on mixed ale.
Toe many reformers, .so-called,
think that when a man is drunk on
fifth avenue he is i'll, and when a
man is i'll on Third avenue be Is
drunk"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-01-10
Surprised Him.

There was d fellow who proposed to
all the girls just for fun. He had no
idea of getting himself engaged, but
he enjoyed the preliminaries. So he
was disagreeably surprised once and
served him right.
Miss Evelyn" he said soulfully.
do you think you could love me well
enough to be my wife,"
Yes. darling" she cried.
"Well-er-now ! know where TO
come In case ] should want to marry"
Detroit Free Press.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-01-10
Balanced.

Representative Pujo was talking in
Washington about the currency.
1T must balance he said. ct
must balance automatically and deli
cately. It must resemble the Christmas
husband"
Oh. John, dear said this chaps
wife, I'm SO sorry you've got all those
heavy parcels to carry
We'll. you see John painted. re-
assuringly. my pocket is very much
lighter now"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-01-10
Seif-Appreciation.

How do you know your speech
made such a profound Impressions
asked the doubling friend. There
wasn't very much cheering"
That's just the point, replied Sen
ator Sorghum. ! am one of the ora
tors 10 whom my constituents would
rather listen than hear themselves
applaud"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-01-10
Attention TO Horseshoes.

Keep the ~horseshoes we'll frightened
on the hoofs now, as this is the time
Of year they are most frequently lost
by being loosened in the mud or snow
or because OF long usage. They are
too high-priced to be lost, and, be-
sides, a loose shoe Injuries the hoof
and Is q hindrance to the animal In
travel.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-01-10

/ don't want a woman to weigh me
in a balance; there are men enough
FOR that sort of work-Oliyer Wendell
Holmes.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-01-10

Constipation causes many serious diseases.
~ Is thoroughly cured by Doctor Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets One a laxative, three for
na thartic. Adv.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-01-10

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
%eething, softens the gums, reduces infamma-
tlon, allays pain, cures wind collie, 25c a bottle "A,
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-01-10

It's a favorite theory of married
women that every Widower's heart
be in the grave.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-01-10
Struggling Aionq.

Is that a monthly rose?"
1T looks more like a weakly one
to me"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-01-10

ALFALFA Sc. Timothy and Glover mixed.
$3.50. Farms for sale and rent on crop pay
gnents. J.. MJLHALL, Sioux City, Ia Adv.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-01-10

Some spinsters are unhappy be-
cause they have no man around to-
worry them.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-01-10

Women who marry for a home pa,
big rent.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-01-10

4 ragtime philosopher says that
lemons are only fit to hand to peo-
pie.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-01-10

When a woman gets fat 1t doesn't
broaden her mind.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-01-10

The surest stepping stone to matri-
mony is a solitaire.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-01-10
Wished to Break the Record.

There's something uncanny about
that lawyer
Why"
when his client was defeated he
didn't make a motion for a new trial"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-07-02
.lnDIAnA.ro-pAc,rlc AUTO TOUR.

indianapolis, Ind, July What
promises to be the most successful as
we'll as the longest automobile tour
ever conducted in America was start
ed from this city today, with San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles as the objective
points. The tour was organized by the
Indiana Automobile Manufacturers AS
sociation. Among the entries are up
wards of a score of cars representing
many of the leading American makes.
The route mapped out for the tour
to the Pacific provides for stops in St.
Louis, Kansas City, Topeka, Colorado
Springs, Denver, Grand Junction, Salt
Lake City, Ogden, Reno, Carson City
and San Francisco. From the last
named city the tourists will proceed
south to Los Angeles, touching at Del
Monte, San Luis Obispo, Santa Bar
bara and several other places.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-07-02

the letter together. 1t was in two
handwritings, the date, address and
body of the letter being in clear rum
lining character, while the signature,
"Astraea," was in very fine, minute,
detached lettering The note read:
"All is now ready. You have but to
carry out our arrangements implicitly.
The place is known to you. There can
be no difficulty in your finding it. At
two hours after shutdown of July the
fifth we shall be there. Our ship will
be in waiting. All will be as before
Fail me not. Your reward shall be
greater than you dream. ASTRAEA.'
Ito be continued.)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-07-02

less she be over As years old. and a
man, except he marry woman over
that age, cannot be married II either
be common drunkard, a criminal, an
imbecile. an epileptic or insane. The
law requires that each applicant for
marriage license shall submit a certif-
cate from a physician certifying that
the applicant is physically Mt for mar
riage. A heavy penalty is TO be impos-
ed upon clergymen or civil officers
performing marriage ceremonies in
violation of the law.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-07-02
PROGRESSIVE LAWS IN
NORTH DAKOTA

Bismark, N D., July 1.-Several pub
lie welfare movements that have been
agitated in many of the states became
accomplished facts in North Dakota
today, with the putting into effect OF
the measures enacted at the last ses-
sion of the legislature. One of the
most important is the new marriage
law which provides that woman, I'M