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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-04-29
MODES OF MlDWINTER
BARGAINS FOR WOMAN WHO
KNOWS GOOD CLOTHES.
inexpensive Freshenine viii Make
shop-Worn Garments Look Like
New-Pretty Design for a
Velvet Frock.

The best that the season has to
offer is being shown and being worn
now, and one really does get admirable
bargains now in the shops il one
knows how to buy and can freshen up
handsome models a trifle shop-worn
from handling. Many women who
know good clothes, but can never
afford to buy early in the season the
imported frocks which they covet,
make point of waiting until the bar
gain sales for these purchases.
They usually make a point, too, Of
buying such things as may be made to
do duty all the year around, and that
is an easy matter in this day when
sheer fabrics are used for winter as
for summer.
Naturally frocks of the kind are not
so reduced in price as are the regula-
ton winter garments whose tenure is
limited, and whose lines may be out
of fashion before another winter; but
one can pick up pretty afternoon
frocks and evening gowns and coats
at great reductions, and though these
may be a trine shopworn. a very
little inexpensive freshening will
make them look as well as any frock
would after a single wearing And
one does get the modishness, and,
above all, the line, the cut, which the
frock or coat cheap from the start
does not have
The velvet costumes and frockg are
among the best Of the seasons bar
gains. This winters lines are so in
diyidual, and, in many cases, so ex-
IRENE, that holding winter models
over to another season would be haz-
ardous business for the merchant
Yet women hesitate TO buy exclusive
winter models for the same reason
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-04-29
Said She
WOULD FAINT
Mrs. Della Long Unable to Stand
On Her Feet More Than a Few
Minutes at a Time.

Pendergrass, Ga.-Mrs. Della Long,
of this place, in a recent letter, says:
"For five or six years, suffered agon'
les with womanly troubles.
Often, l couldn't sit up more than q
few minutes at time, and If l stood
on my feet long, would faint.
l took Cardui, and it helped me i'm.
mediately. Now, can do my work all
the time, and don't suffer like l did"
Take Cardui when you feel i'll in any
way-weak, tired, miserable, or under
the weather. Cardui is a strength.
building tonic medicine for women.
1t has been found to relieve pain and
distress caused by womanly troubles,
and is an excellent medicine to have on
hand at all times.
Cardui acts on the womanly consti-
tuition, building up womanly strength,
toning up the nerves, and regulating
the womanly organs.
It's half century of success is due to
merit. 1t has done good to thousands.
Will you try it? 1t may be just what
you need. Ask your druggist about
Cardui. He will recommend it.
N. B. Write to: Ladies' Advisory Dept. Chatta.:
nooga Medicine Co.. Chattanooga, Tenn. for Special
Instructions, and 64-page book. Home Treatment
ioE Women, sent in plain wrapper, on request
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-04-29

and the prices must be made low
enough to tempt customers into buy
ing for the three-month service stiH
ahead. Both In the small shops and
In the large department stores excel
lent bargains IN velvet and yelveteen
are offered, and In fur-trimmed gar
ments as well excellent opportunities
are presented ut this time.
Buying cloth costumes at q sale
is an art. One needs to go about 1t
according to a system, and not be led
away by fancy. II one Is bnying
merely for this winters use, one has
liberty; one buys what is modish and
becoming and Of suitable price. The
very extreme models aFs usually the
most reduced for obvious reasons. and
a certain type Of woman revels In
spectacular effects.
But, as has been indicated, there
are frocks that are not spectacular
nor extreme. but merely OF distinc-
lively cold weather materials, which,
are marked low.
In the one-piece frocks for afterS
noon wear there are many pretty de-
signs. both In silk and cloth, though
velvet plays = conspicuous role. A
velvet frock. which is to be worn UNI
der q fur coat. should be selected with
q bodice almost entirely Of sheer ma
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-04-29

Outside stake. Find the center of the
middle hole as before. When these
holes are brought opposite each other,
one end of the back slab will lie l6
1nches nearer the center of the road
way than the front one. The holes
should be two inches in diameter. Care
: must be taken to hold the aIger plumb
In Doring these holes in order that
the stakes shall fit properly.
The two slabs should be held 80
inches apart by the stakes. The
stakes should taper gradually toward
the ends. There should be no shout
der at the point where the stakes en-
ter the slab. The stakes should be
fastened in place by wedges only.
When the stakes have been placed In
position and tightly wedged a brace
two inches thick and four inches wide
should be placed diagonally to them
at the ditch end. The brace should be
dropped on the front slab, SO that its
lower ledge shall lie within an inch OF
the ground, while the other end
should rest in the angle, between the
slab and the end stake. A strip OF
Iron about three and one-half feet long,
three or four inches wide, and one.half
OF an inch thick may be used for the
blade.
An ordinary trace chain is strong
enough to draw the implement, pro-
yiEed the clevis is not fastened
Through link. The chain should be
Wrapped around the rear stake, then
epassed over the front slab. Raising the
. chain at this end of the slab allows
the earth to drift past the face OF the
drag. The other end of the chain
should be passed through the hole In
the end of the slab.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-04-29
ROADS IN BETTER CONDITION
Split-Log Drag of Great Service in
Keeping Thorodehfares in Shape
How II Is Built.

The use of the split-log drag is i'm
portant in putting the roads in shape.
There are over 100000 miles of earth
roads In the country, and the split-log
drag is of great service in keeping
them in economical repair. The drag
Is used in many states and in foreign
countries. II is used with two, three,
or four horses, and is easily con-
stiructed.
1T is a mistake to construct a heavy
drag. A dry red cedar log is the best
material for a drag. Red elm and wal
nut when thoroughly dried are excel
lent and box elder, soft maple, or even
willow are preferable to oak, hickory
or ash.
The log should be seven or eight
fleet long, and from ten to twelve
inches in diameter, and carefully split
down the middle. The heaviest and
best slabs should be selected for the
front. At point on the front slab
four inches from the end that is to be
at the middle of the road locate the
center of the hole to receive a cross
stake, and % inches from the other
end of the front slab locate the center
for another cross stake. The hole
for the middle stake will lie on a line
connecting and halfway between the
other two.
The back SLAB should theL be placed
in position behind the other. From
the end at the middle of the road
measure 20 inches for the center of
the cross stake, and six inches from
the other end locate the center of the
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-04-29

terial. Under the long fur coats
which are so much IN vogue this win
ter, the rrock OF charmeuse, meteor,
taffeta or other lightweight silk IL the
most comfortable and practical for
dressy wear, with the useful fine serge
one-piece frock for rougher morning
wear. Such frocks are being offered
at reduced prices in all the shops.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-04-29

The best $l00 overalIs lyou ever
saw at Hanly & Greens.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-04-29

Nood Read eeneflta.

Soou Road senefits.
Good roads broaden our sympathy,
lessen distance and increase our use
fulness.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-04-29


makes wholesome change. Where
quail and prairie chickens are plenti-
full these delicacies are in high favor
Quail is best roasted, and usually all
small birds are best unstuffed, as
stufiing takes the favor from the bird.
Roast Quail.-Tie a strip of salt
pork around each bird after stufing
with buttered bread crumbs, Drowned.
Put the birds into a roasting pan,
cover with bits of butter sprinkle with
salt and pepper, dust with flour, cover
the pan after adding a little boiling
water and cook in hot oven Is min
utes, basting often. Serve each bird
with square of fried hominy. A Gel
cry salad is good served with quail
Broiled QuaiI.-Split the birds down
the back and rub all over with butter.
Lay a broiler over a clear fire and
cook the bird ten minutes, turning fire.
quently. Serve ON squares of fried
bread and pass currant jelly with
them.
Prairie chickens are best broiled.
Split them down the back and hatten
them out; rub all over with butter and
cock over q hot IRE it minutes. Sea.
son and serve. Garnish with celery
tops and serve lettuce with french
dressing with the birds. 49,.
All small birds like, snipe, pigeons,
woodeOck are prepared in the same
way. One thing to remember in cook
ing ali small birds, Is to cook them
quickly 20 they will not dry out and
become hard and tasteless.
When the season for venison arrives.
a. it win shortly, see that It hangs
long enough to develop n flavor. It is
Q good plan to sponge It inside and
out with vinegar several times while
hanging.
NsnIson Roast.-Rub piece of roast
over we'll with a lemon, dot with but
ter, season with salt and pepper.
Chop an onion fine, also one carrot,
and spread this over the meat. Basic
often and cook three-quarters OF an
hour for four pounds. Serve with
spiced grape jelly.
IA[E AsG.osN.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-04-29
County of Monroe)

I'm, X. Outright, Clerk of the
County Court, in and for said County,
hereby certify the above and fore
going to be a true copy of our said
County Court, on the day and year
above written. as the same appears
on record in my Office.
(SeaD In Testimony Whereof, |
have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the Seal Of Isaid Court, at
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-04-29

and SO out of season
most Of the time that
we must do without it
altogether. The locality
and time of the year has
much to do with the
abundance of game, and
when we can have it &C.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-04-29

Profits In Stock Feeding.
Much Of the profits of stock feeding
will depend upon the kinds Of feed
you have at hand and the quality OF
the animals kept through the winter.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-04-29
Straw for Bedding.

Straw for bedding animals should
be safely housed in the barn and not
allowed to go to waste In the stack.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-04-29
.Z|9M2z.z..Tl LrG55TEaEN
2 2sce7H2GG:7ABENET

If you save money you are a miser.
If you spend money you are a loafer.
If you get it you are a CRATER.
If you don't get it you are a bum.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-04-29
.MA>..1 D4-A>a/
Certified Copy of Order.
State of Missouri)

OOuuly vi mODIOcI
February Adjourned Term. 1915
In the County Court of said County.
on the 9Th day of April, 1915 the
following, among other proceedings,
were had, w:
Now comes William Buchanan. ].
B. Williams. S. Bono ct al and pre-
sents petition in writing in the
above entitled cause as follows:
To The Honorable County Court of
Monroe County, Missouri. we. the
undersigned citizens and taxpayers
of the Monroe City Special Road
District in Monroe COUNT. Missouri
and of the territory hereinbeloW
mentioned petition Your Honorable
Court to submit to the qualified
voters of the hereinafter proposed
Special Road District q proposition
to extend the Monroe City Special
Road District one mile further South
than its present Southern boundary,
thus taking into said Special Road
District one mile in width entirely
across, from East to West, Township
SIS, Range s, West and across that
part of said Township SIS, Range 7,
West, which lies in Monroe County,
Missouri. And we ask that a Special
election be held On Saturday, May
lst. 1915 for the adoption or re-
lection Of such proposed extension.
Upon examination of the fore
going petition the Court finds that
the same was flee with the Clerk
of this Court on the Eight day of
April, 1915. The Court further finds
that said petition is signed by at
least Fifty qualified voters of such
proposed district, not less than
twenty-five Of which resides in the
old district and not less than Fifteen
of which resides in the territory
proposed to be taken into said dis
trict.
Therefore, it is ordered by the
Court, that on this, the Eight day of
April 1915, the same be and is
hereby approved. And it is further
Iordered that notice be and is here
lby given, that on Saturday, May list.
1915, an election will be held at
the various voting PRECINCTS within
the limits of the proposed Special
Road District for the adoption or
rejection of such proposed extension
',of the Monroe City Special Road
district as described and petitioned
for by more than Fifty qualified
IVoters, not less than twenty-five of
.'Whom reside in the old district and
not less than Fifteen ofwhom reside
in the territory proposed to be taken
into said district.
The Court also orders ballots
printed for said election, which
ballots shall have printed thereon.
For the extension of the Special
Road District" Against the ex.
ttsnsion:of theSpecial Road District"
('Erasethe Clauseyoudo not favor.")
1t is further ordeFed that the
Clerk of this CoGrt Gently a Copy of
the foregoing order to the Monroe
City Democrat, q weekly newspaper
published in the City of Monroe,
Monroe County. Missouri, fer two
weeksipublication or three insertions
the first TO be on April 18th. and
the last on April 18th. 1915.
State of MissourO
SIS
County of Monroe)
I'm, X. Outright, Clerk of the
County Court in and for said Countvy
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-04-29
AUTUMN GAME AND FISH.

We have come 10 regard game now
adays as so high priced at all times
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-04-29
Benefit Of "A incubator.

In handling an Incubator the per-,
versity of hens nature does NOT
have to be reckoned with.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-04-29

Brings Market Nearer.
The good road brings the market
nearer to you.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-09

tinent with man who. events prove. was not her husband after all Not that the woman knew this. But it is an un- pleas confidence to make to the courts
 For the man not only was gNlty of the oversight of not making the marriage a
 legal one, but he was embezzler and a fugitive from justice. Now she is being dragged into the courts as a witness against him and at the same time in pub lie species of family laundry that is much better done in private.
 Every working woman Is dissatisfied with her '.job" at times. So Is every man. though I must do them the credit to say that they don't talk so much about 1t. That dissatisfaction means one of two things: either that you are tired and need a nep mental adjustment to your work, first such physical rest as a long sleep. day out of doors or somewhat longer vacation will give you; or then a pumping of new energy and interest into that work by determined effort. Or if by such simple conjurings as these you cannot derive content from your work it may be the wrong work for you and you need to seek that which is more in tune with your tastes. Be very sure that what you mistake for noble discontent is not mere laziness.
 But work is the best friend a man or woman can have. It keeps up the circu- lation. It is ballast for the bounding im- pulses. It keeps the feet on the ground. The feet warm and the head cool A mans or womans best friend is his or her job in life.
 This foolish woman who has been per forming the family washing and hanging it out to dry in the New York courts says she hated an office and longed for a home To that point the sympathies of everyone in the courtroom followed her. The world loves the woman who loves her home. Tides of public sentiment may rise and fall. but that rock of human nature will always remain.
 But the woman was inconsistent. She married a man who offered her not a home, but swanderings in far countries. That she accepted him on these terms
 proved that the home longing was slight after all.
 No sincere tears are being shed for her l by perusers of the newspapers that recite l her woes. For she has recorded in the 1 archives of the courts that she would have married anyone to take her away from 1 her work. Thus she branded herself as | heartless and lazy. Moreover, she branded | herself a s guilty of that sin beyond re- demption among women, marrying for any other reason save love.
 No woman need marry save for love in this year 1915 Work which this woman
 hated saves them from that degradation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-09
MOTORISTS SHOULD. KEEP OUT 0F TRACKS
Goodyear Manager Gives Good Advice to Tire
 Users

.'It is remarkable how few motorists realize the danger of running their tires in the car tracks" declares R. s. Wilson, year Tire and Rubber company Tt is true that a car runs easier and the Jolts to the mechanism as greatly reduced. But it is expensive comfort. There Is no quicked way of ruining tries.
 ''The tread of tire is the thickest part because there the greatest wear takes place. The sides have thinner wall of rubber to protect the fabric. Now when a tire is run in the car tracks the wear is concentrated on the side of the tread and the side walls. The constant contact of the tire and the inside surface of the rail causes abrasion or wearing away of the rubber. The rail soon cuts through and ruins the tire.
 This practice of running in the car tracks is also a common fault among drivers of solid tire trucks. Only the out side edge of the tire rests on the rail and consequently only a small part of the tire sustains the whole load. The re-
 suit is that the outside edge wears off
 while the rest of the tire is apparently
 in good condition. Take 5-inchs solid tire. Constant running in car tracks will
 wear off 1la inches of the surface, reduc- ing it to a S1s-inch tire. Thus 315-incf tire is compelled to do the work of a 5-inch which amounts practically to over ding.
 This effect Is still more pronounced where dual tries are used on the reai wheels, few inches of surface on one
 tire being compelled to endure the strair intended for the entire surface of the tires.
 Car tracks must be avoided if full mileage is wanted"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-09
ELIMINATION RUNS
 AT INDIANAPOLIS
 OCCUPY ATTENTION
List for 5O0-Mile Race Is Definitely Determined. Trials May 20,
 21 and 2

Now that the entry list for the next Indianapolis 500-mile race has been def initely determined. racing enthusiasts are turning their attention to the elimination trials for that contest, May 20, q and p, which will cut the field to 33 cars the number that will be allowed to start
 Out of the total count of Al entries, in cluding the "unSnown" car, eight will be eliminated, some because they cannot make the speedway's minimum of so miles an hour for lap and the rest be- cause they are little slower than their rivals. Fractions of seconds will prove the margin which determine a contest snt's success or downfall
 Added intensity will pervade the speed way eliminations this year. because of the fact that the speed of each car will 3nflexibly determine its number and place in the starting lineup on race day, the fastest car getting No. 1 and going into first position, next the pole.
 This rule is expected to make all the entrants let their cars out to the limit as there is quite an advantage attached to being well to the front in the final starting lineup, when B cars are trying to get away at once. The order of the trials will be the reverse of that in which the cars entered, to give the early birds some compensation for their promptness in reporting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-09
DANGER IN A LONG WAR
Revolution and Mob Excesses Would
 Result From PrOtracted Conflict

From the Springfield Republican.
 Revolutionary chaos is predicted by the London Economist if the war Is not stopped betimes. chaos "beginning no one can say where and ending In no one can say what" That Is a peril which affect ed many students of social affairs at the very outbreak of the war. Europe is full of explosive and combustible material, and for years pessimists had been pre- dieting that the choice lay between war and revolution. But a protracted and futile war, with hope gone ana misery increasing, with governments discredted and the mob clamorng for bread, would give a situation anxious in the extreme.
 To press the war to the overthrow of any of the governments concerned would involve the risk of an explosion of which the excesses of the Commune at Paris in 1870 give some hint. Wretchedness. and despair are more dangerous poisons than the typhus germs which the war has again loosed to ravage eastern Europe. There is the more reason why on both sides the paramount issue as time passes with no decisive results in the field, should be the terms on which peace can be made without waiting for the lingering tragedy of a war of exhaustion. But for negotia- tions to have the smallest hope of sue. cess there must be on both sides a spirit of moderation. such as neither side has yet allowed itself publicly to express
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-09
MOTORCYCLE NOTES

In making recommendations for the better policing of Chicago, Chief of Po- lice Gleason has suggested that two motorcycle officers be placed at each police station in the city.
 One of the first motorcyclists to this season start on a coast-to-coast hike IS Floyd Chandler, who recently left san Diego for a journey across the continent awheel.
 The San Joe (Cal) Motorcycle club Is planning to stage a motorcycle meet on May IS.
 Starting June 15, c. R. Milburn of Kan sas City, expects to make an extensive motorcycle tour throughout the west. He will visit Yellowstone National park Spokane, Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
 In order to encourage neatness and cleanliness among the riders who par ticipate in the annual Goodfellowshlp tour of the Milwaukee Motorcycle clup, a handsome silver trophy will be awarded largely on the strength of appearance al the end of the run.