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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-09-16
One Mans Value.

1l1In the multitude Of legislatures
founded by Englishmen and their de-
sce4dants in various parts of the
world the hereditary principle has
found no place. In former times in
England the house of lords stood for
q great fact. The magnates Of whom
1t was composed possessed much pow
er, to which fortunately the constitu-
ton gave legitimate expression.
1t has been the signal merit of the
English constitution that it has been
capable of modification so as to keep
abreast Of the facts.
In this twentieth century of ours
Great Britain, like the United States,
like Canada and like England's great
colonies, can only be governed by the
frank acceptance Of democratic prin-
ciples.
We have to reconcile old forms with
modern sentiment and habit of
thought. Everywhere the theory that
one man is as good as another is rec
ognized as lying at the base of mod.
ern constitutional systems.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-09-16
MADE POPULAR BY THE WAR
Newspaper Reader Calls Attention to
the Extensive. Use Of the Word
"MoblllEe."

He was q talkative fellow, anA
there was NO denying him.
Now, that" he said, shaping his
open newspaper. us one funny thing
come out of the war. Here!" he ex-
claimed, and held up the page, point.
ing to an advertisement which reads
STRAW Hats Modified in Our Window
Tomorrow" "Of course" he continued,
the newspaper reporter and the "a
writer can't report a wedding or pro-
claim bargain sale these days with
out employing the lingo Of the milf
tary writer. The joke" he proceed
ed, rs In the popular usage Of this
here word mobilize lately come into
everybodys mouth. When a number
Of things of any sort are got together
snto bunch these days they are hui
morously said to be modified.
But" he remarked, when q man
has mobile face it is not because his
face is assembled. Doesn't anybody
remember" he asked, what the word
mobilize meant before the war? Well.
1t means just the same today, and its
hSuulu6 uOcb uOL dlL6T DIS LulllthTy
term. The process Of putting an army
upon war footing" he said, raising
his finger, us called mobilization. That
Is, together with certain other activi.
ties, the men actually in uniform and
In barracks are supplemented by the
reserves, and the army is turned from
an incomplete and, so to say, sta
tionary condition, into q complete con-
dition in which 1t Is loosed from all
local ties which hinder action. 1t is, In
short, rendered mobile.
81 overheard the other day." he want
on, "a remark which gave me light on
the cause, very probably. Of the popu-
lar misconception Of this lately greatly
abused word. One fellow says to an
other, The Italians have mob-ilized,'
pronouncing the hrst syllable a.
though It were the word mob. And
there you are, the popular fancy, army.
mob, grotesque notion!"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-09-16
GERMANS SINK FAMOUS BARK
Fiery Cross Was Partlcipator In Great
Tea Races Of '6os-outllved All
Her Contemporaries.

The Norwegian bark Fiery Cross,
recently sunk by a German submarine
OFF the Scilly isles, was the celebrated
China clipper that figured so promi'
nently in the great tea races of the
'60s, says the New York Times. She
was built in 1860 to replace the old
Fiery Cross, which had been wrecked
Fin the previous year.
Basil Lubbock, in his fascinating
work on The China Clippers says
"She was commanded on her maiden
voyage by Dallas, who had been so
successful with the first Fiery Cross.
Then Richard Robinson had her until
1866, and under these two famous
shippers she proved well-nigh irwin
chile, receiving the premium for the
first vessel in dock on no fewer than
four occasions, and being only "a
hours behind in 1864 and 1866. Be-
sides remaining in the forefront of the
racing for years longer than any other
vessel, she outlived all her contempt
raries."
In the great tea race Of 1866, won
by the Ariel, the Fiery Cross held the
lead for long time, and when in the
Downs was obliged to anchor because
of gale that sprang up. In 1871 she
deserted the London trade for that of
New York, and was afterward sold to
the Norwegians.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-09-16
PECULIAR EYES OF FISHES
Scientific Study Has Demonstrated
Many Facts Not Hitherto Known
to the World.

In the effort to discover why fishes
are so near-sighted, scientists have
been making some remarkable expert
mental studies of their eyes. One of
the many interesting facts which these
studies revealed was that fishes eyes
compared with human eyes are rela-
lively large. The length of the eye Of
a fish is ordinarily about one-twentieth
of its length, while the length of the
eyeball Of a man is from a sixtieth to
SEVENTEEN of his height.
The eyes Of fishes are in constant
use except when they are asleep.
Most fishes have no eyelids, their eyes
being protected from injury by a shiny
material or by a thick transparent
skin. The puffer, or swellfish, which
habitually burrows in sand at the bot
tom of the water, has eyelids which
cover the eyeballs when closed, the
lower eyelid being larger than the
upper.
In the experimental work the eyes
OF normal fishes were first examined
with the retinoscope, then by electrical
stimulation the focus was changed
from distant to near objects.
1t was found that, contrary to state
ments sometimes made, the eyes of
fishes when swimming we're focused
for distant vision. Fishes are able to
focus their eyes on near objects-as
close as four inches-by the action Of
the superior and inferior muscles; they
have 10 ciliary muscles. 1t was found
possible by operation on the oblique
muscles to make the fish near-sighted,
far-sighted, or astigmatic.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-09-16
No-Tip Barber Shops,

The number of "no-tip" barber
shops springing up all over town looks
as If in short time the skids will be
put under the tipping nuisance, espe-
cially in barber shops, a New York
correspondent of the Pittsburgh Dis
patch writes. Most of these no-tip
proprietors pay their BARRIERS half
again as much as the other shops
pay on their written agreement that
they'd neither accept nor receive any
tips. And many Of them are getting
the cream OF the trade. The other
day q prosperous looking man insist
cd upon the barber taking a 15-cent
tip. But the boss protested. ""This
10 a no-tip shop" he said, what
right heve you to tell me what / shall
or ahall not do with my money!"
snapped the customer. ''No right at
ALL" said the boss grayely, but /
have got the right to run my own
business according to my own meth.
DDS. AZ business man you ought to
know that" I'm not o business
man." Erowled the customer, as he
left the place. He belonged To, that
. queer breed Of men who give tips In
diacriminatelyl out of pure love Of
ostentation. and these are the fellows
who perpetuate the tipping grant and
make It 20 hard to down
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-09-16
CARLYLE PRICED FIRST LOVE
Margaret Gordon Was the Original of
eIumine In "Sartor Eesartus,"
Says the Critic.

During the year 1918 Thomas Car.
lyle, the Scotch philosopher, was liv-
ing at Kirkcaldy. and he seems then
for the first time to have fallen in
love. The lady appears not to have
returned the attachment, although she
with great insight at the age of TWEEN
ty-two perceived the genius of her
sutton of twenty-five.
In the letter in which she took leave
of her admirer she used these signifl-
cant expressions. Cultivate the mild.
er dispositions Of your heart, subdue
the more extravagant visions of the
brain. Genius will render you
great. May virtue render you be.
loved! Let your light shine before
men and think them not unworthy
this trouble"
Many years after, when Carlyle
wrote his "reminiscences, he described
the episode. He says that Margaret
Gordon continued for perhaps some
three years a figure hanging more or
less in my fancy, on the usual roman
tic and latterly quite elegiac and 81
lent terms"
The real interest of the story Is this,
Was Margaret Gordon the sole orig
inal of the Blumine or "Sartor Resar-
tus?" One critic would have us an
swer that although Jane Welsh might
have inspired some of the details, it
was Margaret Gordon who was the
true original.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-09-16
CANDY TO RELIEVE FATIGUE
British Soldiers In France Devour
Sweets In Enormous Quantities.
Substitute for Alcohol.

The value Of candy is recognized
by military authorities. The British
soldiers in France are reported as
consuming "prodigious quantities of
sweets" A captain at the front with
tho British army reports that the
canteen has five times the demand
for sweets that was expected, and one
fifth the demand for beer" The Aus
tralians encamped in Egypt have eat
en- all the chocolate to be had in
Cairo.
Scientists contend the sugar has
much food value and is a good sub
stitute for alcohol. Chocolate, for ex-
ample, is harmlessly stimulating. Sol
diers have discovered what scientists
know before that sugar will relieve
fatigue quickly and give a sense of
strength that is real without the sub
sequent depression experienced by
those who use spirits. Sugar and can
dies are found to be useful not only
to the physically tired, but to those
Who suffer mental exhaustion.
For Rent-A seven room house.
ABBY to JASPER Henderson.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-09-16
When Scot Meets Scot.

A Scottish farmer was one day sell
ing some wool to a carrier, and after
weighing 1t In the yard he went into
the house to make out an invoice.
Coming back he missed a cheese which
had been standing On a shelf behind
the outer door and glancing at the bag
Of wool he observed that it had sud-
denly increased in size. Man." he
said to the carrier, Il hae clean for
gotten the weight O. that bag. Let's
pit it on the scales again" The car
rier could not refuse. Being duly
weighed, the bag was found to be
heavier by the weight of the cheese
inside. A new invoice was made out,
and the crestfallen carrier went away.
The farmers wife at once missed the
cheese, and, rushing to the yard, told
her husband that some thief had stol.
en- the. cheese. INA, ma, Meg" replied
the farmer quickly; Il hae just self
the cheese for twa shillin's the pund."
st. John IN. b. Telegraph.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-09-16
To Make All Shoes comJortabI..

Everyone hates to break in new
shoe and doubtless with this idea in
mind two Milwaukee inventors, Harry
M. Klingenfeld and Arthur H. Inbusch,
have patented No. 1.140.5s9, machine
for breaking in shoes in which there
IL an endless belt travelling over a
suitable base and leglike levers have
suitable foot portions to receive the
shoes and are operated to move In
stimulation of a walking action upon
che travelling platform so that the
shoes may be actually broken In BY
a walking movement. - Scientific
American.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-09-16
When Glass Aoheres,

II sheets Of plate glass be piled up
horizontally to a considerable height
without the precaution of separating
them by sheets of paper the glass in
certain places adheres as tightly as K
1t were cemented, SO that it is neces-
sary to remove 1t bit by bit. This is
due solely to cohesion. which is the
property Of bodies to adhere as soon
as their molecules are in contact. 1t is
almost impossible to make surfaces SO
smooth and to exert pressure SO great
that the molecules of the two surfaces
will actually be In intimate contact,
but in certain machines this does &C.
casionally take place with both steel
and lead, effecting sort of welding SO
perfect that even the microscope can
not detect the place Of union.
Remember Walkers for sewing
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-09-16

Repairing by an expert. See Lane
the Tailor. It
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-09-16
For Sale.

For Sale.
Several good residence properties
at bargains. good terms.
A. S. Jayne BISON.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-09-16

Remember Walkers for sewing
machine oil and needles.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-09-16

No hunting or tresspassing allow
ed on my farm.-W. F. Gosney.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-09-16

Let us have your grain as we
pay the top price.-Green & Tooley
The vidette., 1915-11-04

Sdlly, VIE MCCager spoke, SOOtH-
ingly, don't go gittin' mad. Caleb
talks hasty. We knows ye used ter
be Samson's gal, an we hain't amin
ter hurt yore feelins. But Samson's
done left the mountings. l reckon
eff he wanted ter come back, he'd
a-come afore now. Let him stay whar
he's at"
'Whar is he at?" demanded old Ca
leb Wiley, in truculent voice.
That's his business" Sally flashed
back, but know All l want to tell
you is this. Don't you make a move
till | have time to get word to him. |
tell you, he's got to have his say"
Il reckon we hain't a-goin' ter wait, "
sneered Caleb. fer feller thet won't
let hit be known whar he's a-sojournin'
at. Ef ye air so shore of him, why
won't yet tell US whar he is now?"
That's my business, too" Sally's
voice. was resolute, I've got letter
here-it1l take two days to get to
Samson. It'll take him two or three
days more to get here. You've got to
wait a week"
Sally" the temporary chieftain
spoke still in a patient, humoring sort
of voice, as to a tempestuous child,
thar hain't no place ter mail letter
higher then Hixon. No South can't
ride inter Hixon, an ride out again.
The mail carrier won't be down this
way fer two days yit."
I'm not askin' any South to ride
into Hixon. l recollect another time
when Samson was the only one that
would do that" she answered, still
scornfully. 81 didn't come here to ask
favors. l come to give orders-for
him. A train leaves soon in the morn
The vidette., 1915-11-04

A preacher came at a news
paper in this way: You editors
do not tell the truth. If you did
YOU could not live, your news
papers would be failures. The
editor replied: You are right,
and the minister who will at all
tim es an under all circumstance
te the t nth about his members,
alive or d I'D, will not occupy his
pulpit more than one Sunday, and
then will find it necessary to leave
town in hurry. The press and
pulpit 60 hand in hand With white
wash brush and pleasant words.
magnifying little virtues into big
ones The pulpit, the pen and
the gravestone are the great saint
making triumvirate. And the
great minister went away very
thoughtful, while the editor
turned to his work, and told of
the unsurpassing beauty of the
bride, while in fact she was as
homely as a mud fence. .-Yazoo
County News.
The vidette., 1915-11-04
BY YOUR PAPER.

Stand by your town news
paper. If there is anything
in your town worth talking
about, ten chances to one your
little town paper had hand
in putting it there, and if
there exists any unsightly or
unsavory nuisance. twenty
chances to one it will stay
there until your town editor
sees it or smells it and wipes
his pen on the town board S
breeches. If anybody beyond
the walls of your little burg
ever learns that there is such
a place as Peaceville, it will
be through the town oracle.
Every village gets its moneys
worth in the village newspa-
per. It's the wagon that
carries all your good things
to market. 1t ought to be
kept in good repair. In many
cases it would pay to grease
it, paint it, keep its running
gear in shape and shelter it
at the public expense. Stand
by your local newspaper. It's
the guardian and defender of
every interest, the forerunner
and pioneer of every advance
ment and the sturdy advocate
of law and order. Take it
away, and it would not be six
months before the town would
louk as if it had been doped
Business would drag, society
would pawn and grass would
grow between the cobbles.
The vidette., 1915-11-04
Let the Pigs and Steers Do Half the
Farming.

So says Geo. r James of the
profitable farming campaign COM
mittee.
"WaY? Read these figures
The food production per capita in
Tennessee is 500, in Mississippi
$37, Arkansas $51. Our average
food consumption per capita in the
rural communities of the south is
about $84. Tennessee is shy $lS
per capita of feedipg herself.
The deficit in food production
in Tennessee is $40, 900, 900, in
Mississippi, $4,000, 900, in Ar
kansas S51 900, 900, in Memphis
trade territory nearly 100000
900.
why can't we feed ourselves?
Can't we raise pigs and steers,
and hay and grass?
The trouble is this, as Mrs
Mathis of Alabama says: We
fight grass to grow cotton to get
money to buy hay The average
rural wealth in Illinois is $2,655,
in Iowa S. 1886, Tennessee $3.50,
Mississippi 1902, Arkansas 1924.
The farm wealth per capita in
The vidette., 1915-11-04
UeGLLoffhe
CUMBER[ANDS
~ CHARLES NEVILLE BUCK
ywiTH ILLUSTRATIONS IT FROM PHOTOGRAPHS
OF Scenes IN THE PLAY @rIEsSSSsInr SSIr saa2zzsxr

on, but shortly he hitched his horse
in the concealment of hollow, walled
with huge rocks, and disappeared into
the laurel.
He began climbing, in crouched
position, bringing each foot down
noiselessly and pausing often to listen.
Jim Asberry had not been outwardly
armed when he left Spicer. But, soon,
the brakeman's delicately attuned ears
caught a sound that made him lie fat
in the lee of great log, where he was
masked in clumps of towering rho
dodendron. Presently Asberry passed
him, also walking cautiously, but hur-
riedly, and grading Winchester rife
in the hollow Of his arm. Then Tama-
rack knew that Asberry was taking
this cut to head him off and waylay
him In the gorge mile away by road
but short distance only over the hill.
Spicer held his heavy revolver cooked
in his hand, but II was too near the
Purvy house to risk shot. He waited
a moment, and then, rising, went on
noiselessly with snarling grin, stalk
ing the man who was stalking him.
Asberry found a place at the foot
OF huge pine where the underground
would cloak him. Twenty yards below
ran the creek-bed road, returning from
its long horseshoe deviation. When
he haG taken his position his faded
butternut clothing matched the earth
as inconspicuously as a quail matches
dead leaves, and he settled himself to
wait Slowly and with infinite eau.
tion his intended victim stole down,
guarding each step, until he was In
short and certain range, but. instead
OF being at the front, he came from
the back. He, also, lay fiat on his
stomach and raised the already cooked
pistol He steadied it in two-handed
grip against tree trunk and trained
1t with deliberate care on point to
the left of the other mans spine just
below the shoulder blades.
Then he pulled the trigger! He did
not 60 down to inspect his work. II
was not necessary. The instantaneous
fashion with which the head of the
Ambassador settled forward on its
face told him all he wanted to know
He slipped back to his horse, mounted
and rode fast to the house of SpiceI
South, demanding asylum.
The next day came word that II
Tamarack Spicer would surrender and
stand trial in a court dominated by
the Hollmans the truce would con.
tinue. Otherwise the war was on"
The Souths flung back this message:
Come and git him."
But Holman and Purvy, hypocriti.
cally clamoring for the sanctity of the
law, made no effort to come and git
him." They knew that Spicer South's
house was now fortress. prepared for
The vidette., 1915-11-04

With an apology ne tore the covering
and read the letter. Adrienne. glanc-
ing at his face, saw it suddenly pale
and grow as set and hard as marble.
Samson's eyes were dwelling with
only partial comprehension on the
script. This is what he read:
Dear Samson: The war is on again.
Tamarack Spicer killed Jim Asberry.
and the Hollmans have killed Tama-
rack. Uncle Spicer is shot, but he
may get well. There is nobody to lead
the Souths. am trying to hold them
down until hear from you. Don't
come if you don't want to-but the
gun is ready. With love,
SALLY"
Slowly Samson South came to his
feet, His voice was in the dead-level
pitch which Wilfred had once before
heard. His eyes were as clear and
hard as transparent flint.
I'm sorry to be of trouble, George"
he said, quietly. "But you must get
me to New York at once-by motor,
| must take train south tonight"
mo bad news, hope" suggested
Lescott.
For an instant Samson forgot his
four years of veneer. The century Of
prenatal barbarism broke out fiercely.
He was seeing things far away-and
forgetting things near by. His eyes
blazed and his fingers twitched.
Hell, moi" he exclaimed. THE
wars on, and my hands are freed!"
For an instant, as no one spoke, he
stood breathing heavily, then, wheel
ing, rushed toward the house as
though just across it's threshold lay
the fight into which he was aching
to hurl himself.
CTo be continued
The vidette., 1915-11-04

siege. They knew that every trail
thither was picketed. Also, they knew
a better way. This time they had the
color of the law on their side. The
circuit judge, through the sheriff
asked for troops and troops came
Their tents dotted the river bank be-
low the HiXon bridge. A detail un-
der white flag went out after Tama-
rack Spicer. The militia captain in
command, who feared neither feudst
nor death, was courteously received.
He had brains, and he assured them
that he acted under orders which
could not be disobeyed. Unless they
surrendered the prisoner, gatling guns
would follow. If necessary they would
be dragged behind OK teams. Many
militiamen might be killed, but for
each of them the state had another.
If Spicer would surrender, the officer
would guarantee him personal protec-
tion, and, If it seemed necessary, a
change of venue would secure him
trial in another circuit. For hours the
Nidh hSAibSiabCu NOI lllt SOlQlSIS luSg
felt no enmity. For the young cap
tain they felt an instructive liking
He was man.
Old Spicer South, restored to an
echo of his former robustness by the
call of action, gave the clans verdict.
"Hit hain't the cote we're skeered
of. Ef this boy goes ter town he
won't never git into no cote. He'll be
murdered"
The officer held out his hand.
AS man to man." he said, Il pledge
you my word that no one shall take
him except by process of law. I'm not
working for the Hollmans or the Pur-
vys. | know their breed"
For a space old South looked into
the soldiers eyes and the soldier
looked back.
"I'll take yore handshake on thet
bargain" said the mountaineer, grave
ly. "Tam'rack," he added, in voice
of finality. we've got ter 60"
The officer had meant what he said.
He marched his prisoner into Hixon
at the center of hollow square, with
muskets at the ready. And yet, as the
boy passed into the courthouse yard,
with soldier rubbing elbows on each
side, a cleanly aimed shot sounded
from somewhere. The smokeless DOW
The vidette., 1915-11-04
THE THRICE-A-WEEK EDITION OF
THE NEW YORK WORLD
Practically Daily at the Price Of
Weekly. No other Newspaper in the
world gives so much at so low a price.

There has never been time
when a newspaper was more
needed in the household The
great war in Europe has now en-
tered its second year, with no
promise of an end for long time.
These are world shaking events,
in which the United States, will
ing or unwilling, has been COM
PEELED TO take a part. No intel
ligent person can ignore such is
sues,
The Presidential contest also
will soon be at hand. Already
candidates for the nomination are
in the field, and the campaign,
owing to the extraordinary char
acter of the times, will be of SUI
preme interest. No other news
paper will inform you with the
promptness and cheapness of the
Thrice-a -a-week edition of the New
York World.
The Thrice a-Week Worlds
regular subscription price is only
81. 1.00 per year, and this pays for
156 papers. We offer this un-
equalled newspaper and The vi
dette together for one year for
S1.65.
The regular subscription price
of the two papers is $500.
The vidette., 1915-11-04


Mclean County, Illinois Ga food
producing community is s., 3,6s5.
Sare these figures. Compare
them with other figures which will
be given you, but, in the mean
time, remember this-that one
crop system will impoverisn any
country, and in turn will impover-
ish the people. 1t is only through
live stock farming and the using
of our energies every day in the
year that we can make prosper
Gus country" +"