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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-03-27
So Keep Busy.

Many persons have the idea that
they would be happy if they didn't
have to work. A woman sees a
neighbor who has nothing to do
and she envies her. Why on earth
a man inquiries, should such a sue
ceSSful fellow as So-and-So keep on
working when he has enough money
so he could retire and do nothing?
IdleneSs varied by travelling and
visiting picture galleries and riding
in motor cars is a prevalent ideal
Of the heavenly state.
The trouble is that the ideal won't
work. People are so made that
normally they are happy only
through work. A person with moth
ing to do, with no responsibilities
is wretched. 1t is delightful to go
sightseeing on a vacation. 1t is
frightful to make sightseeing your
business.
Happiness used to be set down
as the chief end of life by one
school of moraliStS. But it became
apparent that happiness was at the
end of the rainbow; that being pur-
sued ii vanished; that it was only
a by-product of activity. Real sat
isfaction comes only in the course
of service. That is why the idle
person is unhappy. Elk.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-03-27
To the Boys and Girls Of Monroe
City, Mo., and Vicinity.

We want you to write q letter to
be published in the Hannibal
Courier-POst. The Courier-POSt
Junior is a department of the Han.
nibal Daily Courier-P0st and the
Editor will be glad to publish a let
ter from the children This letter
can be about your home, your pets.
your town, your farm, your school.
yourself, or any subject you want to
write about.
Send US a letter at once aud
when your letter is published we
will send you a copy of The Courier
Post containing it. Address your
letter to The Courier-PoSt Junior,
Hannibal, Mo.
Don't delay you write nice
letter-try it, 1t does not cost you
anything. That is only one of the
home departments of The Hannibal
Courier. Post, the big home newspa-
per of Northeast Missouri.
Address
The Courier-Post. Junior,
If. Hannibal, Mo.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-03-27

bration of the early Church. in honor
of our Lords Resurrection.
Whatever the word originally meant.
1t stands now as n synonym for the
glorious resurrection Of the worlds Re
deemer from death and from human
nature to glory. honor and immortality
the Divine nature. The resurrection
of Jesus is the guarantee for the resur-
rection of "the Church, which is His
Body" II also assures us of the
worlds resurrection-that an opportu-
nifty for everlasting life will be given
to all through MeSsiah's Kingdom.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-03-27
A Tradition Shattered.

The lady had no experience, but
she had LOT of sense and determi-
ton. So when she entered the
market she was as good as the next
person. She approached the stall
of a butcher and felt of the breast
bone OF a fowl. Then she said:
rs this good chicken?"
Eyes, ma'am," said the market
man confidently, as was his wont.
Then the old saying is wrong
said the lady.
What old saying?' demanded
the marketman.
The old saying that the good
die yonngr cleveland PLAIN
Dealer.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-03-27

VIM. Shepard, of Perry, who is a
travelling salesman for the Bragg
Candy Co., of Quincy, has resigned
his position. He has been on the
road for a number of years and is a
good salesman. He has not decid-
ed as to what he will engage in
Perry Enterprise.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-03-27

Concert by Symphony Orchestra.
The concert Tuesday night by the
Monroe City Symphony Orchestra
was pronounced one of the best
ever given in Paris The Orchestra
was made up of II pieces composed
OF one trombone, two comets, one
flute, two drums, three violins5--une
viola, one bass violin and piano
Prot. Fisher, the director, played.
first violin and favored the audi
ence with a solo. A vocal solo was
also given by Miss Bertha Jaeger,
A good crowd attend Paris APP
peal.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-03-27

Don't fail to see the Domestic
Vacuum Cleaner at Mrs. J, H.
Grady's 4th door east of Wade &
DawSon's. Prices according to size
IF
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-03-27

Body" II also assures us of the
worlds resurrection-that an opportu-
nifty for everlasting life will be given
to all through Messiah's Kingdom.
Service Of the Railways and of
the Farms.
Fer every 100 miles of railway
main track in 1900 there were 1923
miles in 1910 For every 100 acres
of improved farm land in 1900
there were 115 acres in 1910; for
every 100 acres devoted to crops in
the former year there were no in
the latter That is, during the cen.
sus decade the latest period for
which official statistics are avaiIa
bic, the railway plant increased at
over double the rate Of the agricul-
tural plant.
For every leo ton-mileS in 1900
there were 1870 in 1910; for every
100 passenger. miles there were POP.
For every 100 bushels, bales, or
pounds of the ten principal crops in
the former year there were l09 in
the latter. That is, the output of
the railways increased at a rate
over ten times as great as that Of
the farms.
Measured per mile the output of
the railways increased 40 per cent
and 81 per cent respectively. Meas
ured per acre the output of the ten
crops averaged a decrease of about
one Per cenl. That is, the output
of the railways per unit of plant in
creased by one-half, while the out
put of the farms per unit of plant
averaged a decrease.
The population in the ten years
increased by about sixteen million
persons, or Fl per cent. Measured
per inhabitant the ton-miles of the
railways increased 40 per cent and
the freight revenue 81 per cent, the
passenger-miles 81 per cent and the
passenger revenue of 81 per cent
That is, the work performed by the
railways and the money received by
them increased at very nearly the
same rale. Measured per inhabit'
ant the output of the ten principal
crops ranged from a decrease of 81
per cent to an increase of 20 pei
cent, while the farm value increas'
ed from "a to S3 per cent For ex-
ample, the relative supply of corr
that was 100 bushels in 1900 wa:
70 bushels in 1910, the relative
farm value of corn that was $10(
in 1900 was $144 in 1910. That il
while the supply OF corn per inhab
liant fell off Il per cent, the valu,
of the supply per,inhabitant increas
ed Al per cent. In the same rela
ton the supply of wheat fell off l.
per cent while its value increases
AZ per cent, the supply OF cottol
fell off 8per cent while its value in
creased 80 per cent.
In 1910 one thousand bushels o
the seven principal food crop Coul
purchase over rs per cent more 0
commodities in general, and SO pc
cent more of transportation than il
1900; but conversely, the purchaS
, ing power of the receipts from on
thousand ton-miles fell off IS pc
. cent. and that from one thouSan
passenger-miles fell off 10 per cent
Dragging the Roads.
, 49,,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-03-27

Alth ough salt is used ordinarily
to make our food more palatable
the natural craving for it shows
that it must perform some far more
important function than this. 1t
pu rifles the blood and assists in the
digestion Of the food,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-03-27

Send in all items of news from
your neiehborhood. You help the
Democrat but you also help your
neighborhood.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-03-27

The jury in the DR., Hyde case
was from Thursday night until
Tuesday afternoon and failed to
reach an agreement. The Doctor is
out under $4,000 bail for a new
trial.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-03-27

When you want a classy haircut
and a nice easy shave or good
treatment for anything in the bar
her line call at Stream & Sons, and
don't forget to ask about that Jap
Tonic. Something new and a
Guaranteed dandruff cure.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-03-27

st. Louis, Mo-,
March 23.-Pastor
Il u S S ell spoke
twice here today.
We report his ad-
dress on the Res
direction. from the
text, He should
he the first that
should rise from
the dead" Acts
1923
W 18th startling
LEA ess the
Sppn K or DOiDt-
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-03-27
THE VERY FIRST
RESURRECTION
The Distinction Between Jesus
Resurrection and All Others.

Easter Sundays New Meanins-Pastor
Russell Shows scripturalIy the Diff
ference Between Awakening the Dead
and Resurreeting the Dead-Severai
Were Awakened Before Jesus, but He
Was the First Resurrected-The
church's Resurrection-The Suisse
quent Resurrection of the World.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-03-27

Davenport & Mahan make Farm
Loans on best terms tt.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-03-27
Easter and the Passover.

Pastor Russell says that the word
Easter occurs only once IN oar Com
mon Version Bible, and is mttransla-
ton. 1t should he rendered passover
Easter was n heather festival honor
ing the goddess Of Spring The name
was transferred to the Passover cele
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-01

INVENTION follows invention
and Improvement improve
ment so rapidly in these days
Of scientific marvels that the
edge of wonder is duIled. There
is no time left to strop the
razor. Curiosity is fatigued by
constance exercise and can not
fully comprehend one novelty
before another takes its place.
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-01
Has Modern Dancing Not One
Champion?

Why defend the modern ballroom dances?
point be advanced in their favor As
song said Everybodys Doin while the song
Turkey Trottng and Texas Toyng, still nearly
every the dancing dancing moderny There be
something recommend such universal practice but one has
advised public what those comnendabe features
The situation analogous to that of the country life
Everybody who writes recommends the country the
preferable place ve but everybody who lives seeks the
Those who seek the city busy living would
about the joys of urban existence while those who write
poor maintain a home in the city
Just because writers abuse city life and the Texas Tommy
proof that either This democratic
particular California with direct legislation democracy
of that of is that what the
jorty believe right matter what writers the
tray There such scale of virtue Positive right
comparative, writer superatve, essayist.
1t fair judgment say that the ragtime dances
right people dance them say that they
because writers denounce them.
stock criticism of the older round Dances the waltz and
step that they were) wrong because spec
could find enjoyment in watching the onotonous twng
couples about ballroom floor No such criticism be brought
against the modern dances particularly the tango which is less
difficult watch than to dance, it would ss
classical condemnation of ballroom dancing that of the
acec Lord Byron who declared the waltz i'm
moral This used when the only ndiscreon
well bred young could commit read Byron's
poems.
champion should be found for modern dances Sopne
should stop long enough write explanation of his
or inspiration
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-01
San Francisco, Richest Port,
Has Wonderful Field
Commerce Pacific Ocean, Now Valued oooo
Is Our Opportunity

The Pacific has become commercial pond which
great treasure.
The latest report of the bureau of foreign and domestic com
Washington gives following stupendous figures of
trade the Pacific
Imports the various ports on Pacific total
O00o00 exports $4,000 China led with imports
S350oo0Oo0 Japan imports $3ooO00o0o Strait
S20OO00000 South America 00000000
North America S2o00ooOO0 The United States
piled of other than its accord
ing to the report.
According to San Francisco statistics port
1872 the period under consideration trade of
S64488 rle than onethird of all the trade
North America which includes from Ancon to
Nome
The export trade of San Francisco for the same period was
S50850 and while figures available the
export of ports North America may be
Francisco had about the of
whole export has of the whole import trade
The Francscos imports in 1912 1911 was
per exports for the corresponding 26
per
However it is not the part Francisco content
expand The Panama
will give the trade of this but
that will relate chiefly the of the Atlantic
will brought opening of the
Francisco attention the Pacific China
awaiting San Francisco
China greatest importer foreign goods
Pacifc-and China in 1912 just rubbing eyes COM
nercaly
greatest popular the world going
China today-the amazing political upheava the
history world of the Chinese republic and
will be followed by commercial development in the heart of
tremendous and amazing China has taken its politics
the United will demand the which
people fed that could grow great American methods
American railroads. American machinery American clothing
American bread all will be demanded by China the germ OF that
planted right by American commercial agents
The ships that the Pacific carry four billions of
Of this San Francisco the lions share that allotted
American But San Francisco
wordt the worlds port the Pacific and it for that
and that forth seek
ing trade -
China lies as field pened grain awaiting reaper
Will the harvesters be San Francscoi
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-01
Legal Quibbles Contemplate

One of the judges of the Missouri supreme recently died
goes down history the who quashed an
the" the stereo
typed formula against the peace the dignity of
An attorney had careessly drawn the indictment read
Against the peace and dignity of the state"
Judge held this msquotation the in
dictment Technically he right But his ruling excited pop
ua deson and the judge suffered from the notorey which
attended criticism his said to have hastened his
Whatever tends bring the law into the
people unfortunate and pas effective administration
justice
any suffer from slip of ought to
be the lawyer and not the client.
should roundy offender impose
careessness go suspend
days, nobody would object. $50
But teaching the Importance of accuracy by holding up
lawsuit and Furnishing the lgan his attorneys fault
ries punctio to the point of absurdity
The judge who decides because judge
reign of Edward the Confessor decided apparently
action the way may be learned the law,
anything else that
that every tt be crossed crime go unpunished will find himself
crossed at the bar of public opinion.
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-01

superstitious subscriber wrote to
him saying that he had found spider
In his paper. and asking him whether
that was sign OF good luck or bad.
The humorist wrote him this answer
and printed it:
"Old Notwithstanding spider
in your paper was neither good luck
nor bad luck for you. The spider
was merely looking over our paper
to see which merchant is not adver-
tising, 50 that he can go to that store,
spin his web across the door and lead
life Of undisturbed peace ever after
ward
At a certain football game an Eng
lishman and a Scotchman chanced to
meet, and, contrary to tradition, the
Englishman had q bottle OF whisky.
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-01
FOOtnOtes of Hurnor

Would they, guv'nor? Do you
really think so?"
"Of course they would" said Led
gerlines testify.
II don't think they would, sir"
said the world weary one. Now,
put It to you. would you gimme tup-
pence for 'em?"
Most certainly" said Ledgerlines.
We'll, give 1t then.' came the in
stant response. Come along: you
can't go back on your word to q poor
man.
1t took Ledgerlines nearly five min
utes to get his breath back, but when
he did he handed over the well earned
twopence.
when Mark Twain. in his early
days, was editor Of Missouri paper.
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-01
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while the Scotchman had none. A few
minutes after the game had started
good run was made by ono of the
visiting forwards.
Good rum" said the Scotchman-
Fine said the Englishman, and
applied his lips to the bottle, ignoring
Macs thirsty glances.
Later on q goal was scored.
Fine goali said Mac.
Grand" said the Englishman. TAX
ing another draught. but still Offering
none to his neighbor.
Il presume we're q bit Of football
player yerself? said Mac.
Il am.' was the prompt reply.
Il thought So" said the Scotchman.
sYe're . grand dribblsr. but ye'rs no
good ct passing.
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-01
TAKEN AT HIS WORD

TAKEN AT HIS WORD
He shivered in a truly artistic way
and coughed the cough which had
often brought him nickel
"'Elp poor man, sirr' he said.
with the profitable and husky tear in
his voice. But the tradesman to
whom he applied had heart like the
cullinan diamond, and he shook his
head.
Il don't like to see a great. burly
fellow like you begging he said.
why don't you do something-sell
something, anything to get your liv-
ing honestly?" Look here, tell you
what I'll do''--and he placed a hand
in his waistcoat pocket and drew
forth two lead pencils. Sell these;
any one will give you a penny each
for them"
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-01
The Weather
By WILLIAM F. KIRK

~ the conditions
: o felers, without o
the shining,
something bigger than
Blu n weather conditions" to
"The clouds had their silver lining said
stabbed
ashning brightly
Said goodby to the desert country,
the wonderful springtime
That
We all of what's coming, by
Regardless weather Phoenix Phil
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-01

Franciscan chased burglar racquet
will he
plot earnings Geary street
the baseball park be located car line
King another of the
late King Edward Elnor Gyn 8 the biographer q
A Los Angeles clad his burglar in
the You couldn't do that Kansas this
May salary $4,000 for vaudeville
nnt That's nothing the president Of the United States $4,000
President Taft lobbyist He had
opportunity than presidents know
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-01
Euening Calls

The secretary Of peace society get hope
is not inconsistent
Most monarchs in the roll Engand
with being Queen Mary enjoys being king
Heirs of the Busch 600 They
il would seem, little of the Busch product every
scientist that Virginia weight
days fashionable
weight in gold every day if she could find for the
Senator Lodge has published
shows nadequatethe
Near
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-01
Can Reflect Motions of the
Internal Organs on
a Screen
a Screen

How many, for instance, are
aware that the art of X-ray pho
Biography has reached the instan-
taneous stage, and that it is now
possible to take cinematograph
picture showing the beating of
the heart in a living man? And
not only the heart, but other in
ternal organs can be shown in
moving shadows upon a screen.
When photography was invent
ed, photographs of the interior
of the body required exposures
of several minutes, and often
quarter of an hour. This was
found to be injurious to the sub
ject, for the X-rays have burn
ing and disintegrating effect
upon living tissues, and long ex-
posure to them may produce dis
astrous effects, or even death.
1t was evident that this won
derful discovery could not be of
much use to physicians unless
means were found to greatly
shorten the time % exposure,
and SO the necessary means were
sought. Improvements of the
tubes in which the rays are pro-
duced and of the sensitive plates
upon which the photographs are
made soon resulted in a notable
shortening of the exposure.
They were brought down to FIVE
minutes for the thickest parts of
the body, three minutes for the
head, three minutes for the
lungs, three minutes for the legs,
two minutes for the arms and
half a minute for the hands.
But this was by no means suf-
fcient. Seconds, and fractions
of seconds must be substituted
for minutes in order to make
safe the application OF the mar
velous rays to the living subject.
The desired shortening of the
time of exposure was obtained
by means of an apparatus called
a reinforcing screen With this
the time required to photograph
a thigh was reduced from two
minutes to one-tenth of a
second!
Then attention was turned
again to increasing the sensi-
bility of the Photographic plates,
and three years ago M. Lumiere
of Paris succeeded in producing
plates which, used in conjunc-
ton with the reinforcing screens,
reduced the time to third or a
quarter of what it had been
before.
Even this did not satisfy those
who wished to photograph the
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-01

movements of the internal or
gans, and another great step was
made by M. Dessauer's inven-
ton Of what he calls the eclair,
or lightning, method. With his
apparatus, which is employed
with Ruhmkorff coil, and with
out reinforcing screens, the time
of exposure is reduced to hum
dredth, and, in some cases, to 4
thousandth of a second.
Clear photographs were then
made of the lungs, the stomach,
the intestines and the heart in
one ve-hundredth of second.
But it is found that for the skull
the reinforcing screens must
still be employed and the time
extended to one three-hundreth
of second.
It is Dessauer's ectair method
which has rendered motion pic
lures of the internal organs of
the body possible. This process
is called cinemaradiography. A
special form of motion photo
graph machine has been con-
trived for this purpose. A series
of little Photographic plates are
caused to pass, with a regulated
speed, before the rays. The
rays are produced in successive
instantaneous flashes, each fash
coinciding with the passage of
plate, but occupying only very
slight fraction of the time that
the plate is in position Thus
while a considerable space of
time may be occupied in the
passage of the entire series of
plates, the organ that is being
photographed is exposed to the
rays, all told, for only second
or so, and no harm results,
Different organs require vari-
Gus degrees of speed in the pas
sage of the successive plates in
order that their movements may
be clearly reproduced Thus one
or two plates per second suffice
for radiographing the move
ments of the stomach and the
intestines, but the action of the
heart is so quick that not less
than FIVE exposures per second
must be made, and greater
number is desirable, and will,
unquestionably, be attained.
The time is plainly coming
when we shall see upon screen
the entire internal mechanism Of
a human body in full action.
Then physiology will be taught
by sight and not by books, and
physicians themselves will learn
things about these bodies of ours
OF which, perhaps, they have
never dreamed.
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-01
q g G T. F T s g g
By CONSTANCE CLARK

BY CONSTANCE CLARKE
IFE offered to her treasures, love and fame,
Gave me to choose, and of darkness came
The glad reality of dreams true,
The thing die for that is granted few.
Flushed with the noontide of great success
worshiped Fame and counted all else ess
probcd further than my wished for gain,
Nor dreamed deeper meaning bought, with pain
%a<@AzxSsF
But sometimes when unbidden memories call
Deem Fate unfair that would not yield me all
wonder, eyes lost in the blue above,
What Life would mean If had chosen Love
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-01
Discovery of Functions OF
the X-Rays Was an
Accident

And all this is the result Of
an accidental discovery-that of
the power of the X-rays to pene-
trate Opaque bodies--followed
by the persistent application of
the human mind to the develop
ment of the wonderful possibili-
ties which that accident un-
covered.