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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-08-13
What Girls Should Know.

All girls should marry when they
can. There's naueht more useful
than a man. A husband has some
faults, no doubt, and yet he's good
to have about; and she who doesn't
get a mate, will wish she had one,
soon or late. That girl is off her
base | fear who plans to have high
career, who side-steps VOWS and
wedding rings, to follow after alb
stract things. know so many an
cient maids who in profession, arts
or trades have tried to cut a man.
like swath, and old age finds them
in the broth. A loneliness, as of
the tomb, enshrouds the spinsters
in its gloom; the Jim crow honors
they have won, they'd sell at 7
cents a ton. Their sun is sinking
in the West, and they, (unloved and
uncaressed must envy the girl with
husband. hearth and home. Get
married, then Jemina dear; don't
fiddle with a cheap career. Select
man who's true and good, whose
head is not composed of wood, a
man who's sound in wind and limb,
then round him up and marry him.
Oh, rush him to the altar rail, nor
heed his protest or his wall This
is you'll say, when he's been won,
The best days work I've ever
done."-Walt Mason.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-08-13
Some Things SilO is Good For.

some inlngS SllO is 1000 FOR.
1t nearly doubles the feeding
value of corn crop.
There is much less waste than in
feeding fodder.
By feeding silage-twice as many
cows may be kept on the same
acreage.
Growing silage crops leaves the
land clear early in the season for
fall and winter crops.
Silage provides green feed in the
summer when pastures have dried
up.
Acreage for pasture may be
greatly reduced when silage is fed
throughout the year.
Silage has a beneficial effect on
the digestive organs of cattle and
keeps them in thriftier condition
than other feeds.
Fed with proper rations silage is
a greater milk producer and great
er fattener than any other feed
R. H. Mason.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-08-13
Joys of Home.

Sweet are the joys of home,
And pure as sweet; for they
Like dews of morn and evening come
To make and close the day.
The world hath its delights,
And its decisions, too;
But home to calmer bliss invites,
More tranquil and more true.
The mountain flood is strong,
But fearful in its pride;
While gently rolls the stream along
The peaceful valleys side
LIES charities, like light,
Spread smilinely afar;
But stars, approached, become more
bright,
AID home is life's own star.
The pilgrims step in vain
Seeks Eden's sacred ground,
But in homes holy joys again
An Eden may be found.
A glance of heaven to see,
To none on earth is given;
And yet happy family
Is but an earlier heaven.
Sir John Bowring.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-08-13
Her Poetic Idea.

Mamma" said small Sadie one
evening. Il know what the stars in
the sky are for"
well, dear" responded her moth
er, what are they FORT"
They are little holes to let the
rain through in the day time and
the glory through at night. '-Ex.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-08-13
The Baby From the Farm.

The State Fairs, which are re-
sponsible for raising the standard
of farm life and for standardiZing
stock, grain and farm products in
general have taken up new line of
work. They are improving farm
product that has been. in a way,
sadly neglected-the farm baby.
Incidentally, they are giving the
town and city baby helping hand,
and they are doing it all through
what is known as a Better Babies
Contest.
The Missouri State Fair, Sedaia
will conduct a Better Babies con-
test during State Fair Week, Sep
TENDER zG to October 3. The Con.
test will be held in the beautiful
Woman's Building. The babies are
entered like any other exhibit at an
agricultural fair, but with this diff
ference they are not on exhibition
all the time. They are examined
by judges just as live stock, grain
or apples are examined. The judges
are physicians, and they test by the
baby by standards which have been
set by specialists in the care and
feeding of children, who know just
how much a baby should weigh and
measure and what its general de-
velopment should be at a given age
Many readers this paper can look
back to the day when the Fair
started to standardize their farm
products. The farmers who thought
they were raising pretty good live
stock and mighty fine grain, enter
ed them in competition with what
other farmers were raising. Somee
times they learned that they were
raising prize winning products;
again they found that their farm
products we're far below the stand
ard SET by the judges. And what
did they dO-these men who took
second, third and last prizes. They
went back to their farms, took bet
ter care Of their live stock. raised
better grain the next year, and
they have been doing that ever
since. The result has been a higher
grade of live stock in their barns
higher grade of products in their
fields, and all because that State
Fair set the standards.
Now that is just what the State
Fair officials are doing when they
offer prizes for better babies in the
Better Babies Contest. They are
setting a standard for baby health
and baby strength and baby devel-
Opment They are notifying par
ents to bring along the babies from
the farm, and city, for comparison
with these standards. They are
giving prizes to the babies pro-
nOunced best by the judges and
best of all, when the babies do not
come up to the standard and do not
win prize, the judges are telling
the parents why, and how the baby
can be made better for another
years fair, and for all its life. The
result is bound to be-not prettier
babies but better babies at each
years fair-a stronger, healthier
race of people on the farm, in
small towns and in the cities.
Send to the Secretary Missouri
State Fair, Sedalia for particulars
concerning the Better Babies Con-
test.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-08-13

The Democratic Rhine Maid.
BY Franklin Kent Clifford.
The author inscribes this volume
To Harvard, Eighty.four" and the
opening chapter is a description of
a Harvard class day and the hero
of the story is one of the seniors
There is a maid, an American girl,
and to her this young man offers
his love but the young lady had
learned her lesson, we'll and gives
him to understand that he hasn't
enough yet to offer. He goes into
other countries as a war correspond
ent and makes both money and a
name. He is resting in this Rhine
country when he meets the Rhine
maid. The American girl. the love
of his youth, is also there and the
question of whether the German
Baroness who masquerades as
peasant or the ambitious American
girl will win.
Parts of the story are somewhat
overdrawn but taken as whole it
is very good story.
Published by the Devin-Adair
Co. Price SIPS net.
With the Best Intention.
BY Bruno Leasing
Bruno LeSsing is such a we'll
known writer of magazine stories
of Jewish life in New York that he
needs no introduction. His books
need but to be announced. With
the Best Intention is a collention of
short stories or rather it is written
as one story but each chapter is
complete in itself.
Lapidowitz is a schnorrer, a men,
Der of the Jewish community who
lives by his wits and with as little
work as possible. He eats, drinks
and wears anything given to him
and in return makes himself as
pleasing as possible without too
much exertion.
The author takes the reader with
him into the Jewish settlement and
you see them through his eyes and
through him we we learn of these
people, their manner, customs and
view of life. 1t is a book that is
we'll worth reading.
Published by Hearst's Interna-
tional Library Co., New York. Price
SIPS net.
Through Realms of Song.
By Isaac Bassett Choate.
This little book contains about
two hundred pages of verse. Each
page is on a different subject and
contains two verses. Poets, poems,
old myths, the gods are written of.
This book is daintily bound in green
and white and lettered in gold. 1t
will make a very pretty gift book.
Published by Chapple Publishing
Co., Boston. Price $1.00 net.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-08-13

Roscoe Spalding. of Texas is
spending few days with relatives
and friends here.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-08-13

Mrs. Ray Sorrell and little daugh-
ter went to Hunnewell Friday to
spend a few days with homefolks.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-08-13

Miss McMurray, of Shelbina was
a business visitor in this city Thurs
day.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-08-13

R. v. Graham was a Quincy visi-
tor Thursday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-08-13

j. M. Proctor and family were
Quincy visitors Friday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-08-13

Tom Spaldine was a Palmyra
visitor Thursday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-08-13
NEW BOOKS
You Never Know Your Luck.

This well. known and popular au-
thor has chosen prairie town III
Canada for the scene of this story.
Mrs. Tyndall lyman. the widow of a
clever, shIftless IIishman, and her
daughter, who make their living by
keeping bOarders, are prominent
characters, their home, their board
ers, and their neighbors are true to
life.
Shell Crozier was an Englishman
who had lived in Canada for sever
al years and was known as James G.
Kerry. In the beginning of the
stL--y he is on the witness stand
and the lawyer who dislikes him
personally asks personal questions
until his, the fact of his real name
and history is revealed. That he is
married and separated from his
wife is a shock to the girl who loves
him and how she brings them to-
gether again is told in a very inter-
esting manner.
Published by George H. Doran &
Co., New York. Price S1.25 net.
The Last Shot.
BY Frederick Palmer.
In this day when the war cloud
hangs so heavy over Europe this
story of life on the border in peace
and in war will be especially inter-
esting.
The author makes splendid plea
for peace. He pictures war in all
its brutality. He gives US the view
point of the mother, the father, the
sweetheart, the soldier. He shows
the effect of war as it is today with
its modern inventions for destroy
ing life and property. He makes it
very plain when we are justified in
fighting and when it is nothing but
murder. The story is full of action
and the romance woven into the
story is no less real because of its
surroundings. AS before stated it
is especially timely, this story of
the border fight, this fight for con-
quest or for home.
Published by Charles Scribner's
Sons, New York. Price $1.35 net.
The WOodneys.
By }. Breckenridge Ellis.
Anything that is put out by this
author is eagerly welcomed in this
locality for two reasons, because he
lived for awhile in this part of Mis-
souri, and because his stories in the
past have been very much enjoyed.
The WoOdneys are family that
are devoted to each other and no
matter how trying the situation are
true to one another. They are a
set of dreamerS living in the future
when the book mother has written
shall be a best seller" or when
Robert shall have made a fortune
in New York The story is written
to bring out the influence of that
love in the home that will not see
wrong in the other members and
shows the influence of this love on
couple separated because of sell
tishness. The plot is not so much
but the story has its lesson told in
such a way as to impress still does
not preach.
Published by The Devin-Adair
Co., New York. Price $100 net.
Mirandy.
By Dorothy Dix.
Mirandy is an old coIored woman
and she expresses her opinion on
such questions as Women's Clubs,
Retainind q HnShanh,s Inun Do
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-08-13
Mirandy.
By Dorothy Dix.

Mirandy is an old colored woman
and she expresses her opinion on
such questions as Women'S Clubs,
Retaining a Husbands Love, Re-
vising the Ten Commandments,
Other Peoples Children. in fact
there are thirty chapters, each one
on expression of this shrewd old
woman's views on various subjects.
They are full of quaint sayings and
wise philosophy and there is not a
topic that does not contain wisdom
altho so humorously expressed.
Mirandy surely understands life
and how to get the best results,
understands human nature and how
to manage other people easiest.
The Washington times., 1914-11-07

NEW YORK. Nov. Ill a n
The surrender of Tsingtau is the first
positive land defeat either side has
suffered since the war began. Ger
man armies as well as the forces OF
all the allies have ha0 certain Of
fensives in Europe checked, but the
wide difference between a check and
a defeat has not been crossed in the
European area OF conflict.
The fall OF Jsingtau. however, is
q decisive defeat. It brings the war
in the Far East 10 an end, with the
overthrow Of GcTmany'S quaSl-soV-
erignity in the Orient. All that Ger
man craftsmanship has done TO de-
velop q sphere Of influence IN the
protectorate OF kia aochow took refuge
behind the military defense OF Islng-
tau. Now the price must be paid ey
German political and commercial
prestige in the Orient.
1t does not seem probable that
Germany will recover her former
position among the Chinese within
zny reasonable future time.
Certainly there can be no recovery
on the battlefield; that is what
makes the CapitUlation OF Tsingtau
the first positive defeat of the war.
Germany's only possibility of getting
back TsingtaU. or an equivalent con-
cession. is by a trade in the peace
conference after the war. II Ger
The Washington times., 1914-11-07
Police Court Record

United States Branch, Judge Aukum-John
A. b. Wallace unpaid board blll' @ @coh,lnuen
10 February S. William Walters, August j.
Schmidt and Perry Brodder and ADA Cole
man, cruelty 70 animals, forfeited coilateTalS :
John Mccormick. assault, personal bonds !:
Cvprian Wade. larceny from the United
States 500 bonds for action of grand Jury;
Charles l.. Skinner, unlawIuy connecting
premises with electric conduits. $40 or oo
days; BENJAMIN Louis. larceny. 40 Gays'
Marv Richardson. assault personal bonds:
OIL" Davis. attempted househreaking. noi!e
pressed; Howard Quick. Larceny persona personal !
bonds; Philip Carroll. assault. 50 or ~ Gays :
Henry Evans. carrying deadly weapon. DIS
missed Robert johnson. larceny. 90 days
Arthur Homer. larceny. continued to NoVefl-
District Branch. Judge MuIowny-Coilat-
tcralg were forfeited iu the following cases
For viola ton Of police regulations. tdWaru
Murphy. Daniel Jarvis. Crosnr Bynum. VIII
liam ii Fairhold. Clifford Johnson. William
Jones'; charles Jordan. Percy r. Rowe Wal
ter SaundcrsOn. Brehon SmnmeTN He, Archie
Williams. Albert Coo. James Dawson. Thomas
W. FOw l"r Thomas A. Jameson. william +.
Matter. Joseph PicrsOn and George Smith.
FOR profanity and dsordcriv conduct. Alex
;,udrr J Johnson, Charles T. Havden Dom
mick Montr"llo, Lillian Han. Edgar Rich.
Arthur MeIen and Fitzhugh Robinson.
Henry Roberts, violation police regulati ion,
continued 10 November 9, David BOwes and
carl Druffner disordnrly. continued to No
"a November j., Alfred II. Anadale. viola tlon
plumbing regulations. continued 70 NoE"ln-
Der 10, IINJfE -. Dean, NItibliIT pl i!l'N
law. continued 70 EOvcmhtr II. Jake Saun-
drrs. violation hralth regulation. continued to
NOvcmhcr 10. Eva Ware. dis0rd"rlY. s. OF ID
qavs: Harry Griffin and Arthur West. dis
orderly. s. or J. DAYS each: Pauline Morrison,
disurdrTlv. s. or y daVs: Joseph HerrttN. va
rl;,U.;, SlCO bonds or 60 days; Matilda Harris
violation Of REGULATION for prevention "f in
fant blindness 81" or % davs: John A. Mar
tin. unlicensed dog personal bonds: Emma
Miller nuisance. personal bonds; Clarence
Copeland. Henry Frv and Addison. vagranCy.
each released OF personal bonds.
The Washington times., 1914-11-07
MISSIONARIES FEAR
HOLY WAR" HORRORS
EcStaCy of Religious Fury Marks
Fighting of Mohammedan
ZeaIOtS in Conflict.
By STANLEY M. REYNOLDS.

With the announcement from Berlin
that Turkey had proclaimed a holy war
against Russia, England, and France,
the worst fear Of the American mission
aries has been realized. Only men and
women who have dedicated their lives
TO the dissemination of Christian teach
ings in Mohammedan countries appre-
ciate what terrors such a war por-
tends.
Aroused by the clarion call of his
priests, and prOdded by teachings that
have been handed down to him through
generations. the worshiper Of Allah,
as history has shown, is as deaf to the
plead ngs of mercy as he is blind to his
own peril. He goes into war in an
ecstasy of religious frenzy. He fights
as a fiend incarnate. and-worst OF all
he believes that the blessings he will
enjoy In the world hereafter VIII be
measured by the amount of Christian
blood he can shed.
Moreover. as history has also shown, a
/ Mohammedan holy war is seldom con-
fined to the territory In which it origi-
! mates. but Is marked by anti-Christian
uprisings wherever the Koran is
preached. Such war spells horror
counted in the lives of women and lit
, tie children rs well as men.
The State Department today is with
out confirmation of the reports from
Berlin concerning the holy war procla-
nation. but that fact Is not considered
strange in view Of the other and equal
ly disturbing fact that not since No
Vember has this Government received
n word from United States Ambassador
Morgenthau.
According to the Berlin reports. the
proclamation was issued by Sheik-ul-
Islam, chief ecclesiastical dignitary OF
Mohammedanism in Turkey. The re-
port also states that the Ameer of
AfGhanistan has sent an army Of l15 coo
men TO the ldian frontier that a number
OF Indian border tribes have Joined the
Afghans. and that British officials on
the border have been arrested and sew
eral of them killed. Official announce
ment was also made in Berlin of an
advance Of Turkish troops in the Sinai
Peninsula In the direction of Egypt.
These troops are said to number $50
600 men,
The Washington times., 1914-11-07
What War MOOeS Mean
By 7. w. T. MASON.

man statesmen enter the conference
while part of France and Belgium
are held by German armies, it is
possible the. restoration of the Ger
man antebeNum situation in China
might be brought about. Such nego-
tiationS, however. would be against
Japanese interests, and would un-
duubteGly arouse strong opposition
AT Toxic, unless Japan were ade-
QuatclY compensated.
4 recovery by Germany 10 this eG-
tent is not a legitimate inference
from the present military situation.
IT is far more probable to conclude
that German occupa ton of Chinese
territory has permanently ended.
China, however. has played no part,
herself, in freeing her soil from an
European power. The work has been
done for her by an Anglo-Japanese-
Indian force, and that China VIII
benefit in the result is not a demon
strable proposition at present.
Japan will take over the admins
tration of Tsingtau and the attached
district of kiaochow. The entire pro-
tectorate has an area of about 200
square miles, with fifty villages and
a population of 100000 Chinese and
900 whites. Germany has organized
fifty schools for natives in the kiao-
chow area, taught mostly by Chris
tian missionaries. One Of the serious
problems facing = Buddhist-Shinto
administra ton Of kiaOChOW is the
future of these Christian schools.
The Washington times., 1914-11-07
Capital Opera Singer
Weds ]. A. MuehleiSen

Miss Gretchen Hood, daughter Of Mr.
and Mrs. Edwin NJ. Hood, and j. Alvin
Muehleisen, were married this morning
at St. Stephens Church in the presence
Of a small family party by the Rev. G.
IT. Dudley. William Muehleisen was
best man. The bride was gowned In
blue panne velvet, with hat trimmed
with blue plumes. She was unattended.
Mr. and Mrs. Muehleisen left WASH
inston for New York. whence they will
sail for an extended bridal trip through
the South They will reside at Fontanet
court upon their return.
Mrs. Muehleisen Is a singer of note,
and made her debut in opera last spring,
when she sang Marguerite in Faust.
with the Aborn Opera Company. She
expects TO give up her dramatic work,
but will continue to sing in concert.
The Washington times., 1914-11-07
MARYLAND WATCHES
DISTRICT PHYSICIANS
Doctors and Undertakers Warn
ed to Obey State Law When
They Cross Line.

District physicians and undertakers
who are summoned to Maryland arc
warned by the Health Department to
comply with the State laws relating to
their respective callings
Complaint that physicians called into
Maryland frequently fail to make re-
port of births. as required by the Mary
lard law. and that undertakers taking
bodies into the State often inter them
without obtaining from the State au-
thor ties the required permit. has been
made to Health Officer w. c. Wood
ward by DIR. I. V. BETTER. chief of the
bureau of vital statistics of the Mary
land State Board of Health.
knowledge Of these illegal practices.
DR.. Beitler said, has often come to the
attention of the Maryland authorities.
but heretofore they have contented
themselves with bringing individual cases
to the attention of offenders. Now il
is purposed to adopt more drastic meas
ures. When it is learned that an un-
dertaker from the District has unIaw-
fully inferred q body in Maryland, a
warrant, 1t was said, will be obtained
for mis- arrest and when he next en-
ters the State he will be arrested and
detained for trial under the State laws
A similar course will be followed with
respect to physicians who fail to make
report Of births.
Arrangements have been made where
by the Maryland state Board of Health
will be informed from time to time by
the Health Department of the District
Of the issuance of permits to carry
bodies into Maryland. Upon the basis
of such information the State board
will be able to learn from its local rep
resentatives in nearby counties whether
the bodies have been lawfully or un-
lawfully disposed of.
To facilitate the reporting Of births
In Maryland by District physicians, the
Health Department has arranged to OBJ
tain supply Of State blanks which will
be furnished physicians on request.
The Washington times., 1914-11-07
Today War
Summary

IAPAN-The German fortified
citv of Tsingtau has been surren-
dered to the combined British Jap
anese force which has been hesieg-
;ng it since Japan declared war on
Germany.
FRANCE-The Germans continue
their attempts to break through to
the sea in the vicinity of Lille and
at Arras, but the allied lines are
holding fast. The allies are re-
ported moving north along the
coast against Ostend.
RUSSIA-The Russian general
staff says that the general advance
against the Germans and Austrians
is now proceeding in three distinct
movements, and that at no point
has the enemy been able to resume
the offensive. Additional troops are
being sent to aid in the invasion of
Turkey.
TURKEY - Constantinople ad-
vices say that all the allies steam
ers in Smyrna harbor have been
confiscated.. The bombardment of
the Dardanelles forts continues at
long range ith little damage.
GERMANY-Official war office
statement says that the German
advance in France continues, al
though very slowly.
AUSTRIA-The war office admits
that the Austrian troops have been
compelled to fall back at certain
points but denies the Russians
claims of a sweeping victory, and
declares that all the important
strategic points are still held.
ENGLAND-The admiralty is
still hoping that the cruiser Mon
mouth, disabled in last Sundays
fight off the Chilean coast. may
have made port safely. 1t is under
stood that the cruiser Glasgow is
at Puerto Montt Chile.