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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-20
ceIestia VIII visl. keokuk.

The advertisements about Celestia
will appear in The Gate City from day
to day up to the time of the appear.
ance Of the first chapters of the story
If you follow the advertisements you
will become SO interested that you
will want to know all about Celestia
and the only way to learn about her
Will be to read the story You might
get chance to sea her later as it is
understood she will visit Keokuk. In
any event watch the paper and get
acquainted with Celestia. She is an
unusual character.
Celestia has already appeared In a
few cities in the United States. OF
course her mission would be incom-
plete If she failed to include Keokuk
In her itinerary. Her mission here
will be revealed when she arrives
So far it is partial secret. Some
particular friends are said to be wise
but the public will be taken into her
confidence later. You will like Cehes
tia.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-09-09
Stone Vicinity.

John Brown and wife and little
son, Howard, were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs Frank Edmonds Sunday.
Eli Crow spent Saturday and
Sunday with his brother, A. M.
Crow, near Clarence.
Warren Mckee and family spent
Sunday with Tom Hulsey and
family.
Miss Georgia Clark returned to
her home in Palmyra Saturday.
after several days visit with rela-
tives here.
Herschel Summons and daughter.
Gladys, were Hannibal visitors Sat-
urday.
Mrs. Will Dufer and children, of
Shelbina. returned home Friday af-
ter spending few days with her
father. Mr.. James.
Mrs. Elijah Crow and children
and Meta johnson spent Monday
with Mrs. Fred Crow.
Mrs. Alex Griffith went to Bowl,
ing Green FRIDAY to visit her son.
Emmett, who has typhoid fever.
Stone school opened Monday with
an attendance of forty pupils and
John Davis as teacher. There are
several other pupils who will start
later.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-09-09
Ely News Notes.

Misses Abbie and Helen Gorsuche
spent Sunday with their friend,
Miss Lulu Katen near Mount Yer
non.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Barnes and
little son, Howard Clifton. were
shopping in Monroe City Monday.
Misses Gertrude and Virginia
Evans called on friends in this city
Monday afternoon.
Will Bixler made a business trip
to Monroe City Monday.
Mrs. C. v. Hammer was shopping
in Monroe City Monday.
Homer Hooper who has been
sick with typhoid fever is some bet.
ter at this writing.
Wilson Dobyns left last Tuesday
for a visit with relatives at Shell
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-09-09
CannonvilIe.

Misses Ethel 6irch, Maude and
Hattie Watson, of Hannibal, were
visiting Thomas Courtney and FAM
lily last week.
Miss Clara Stone and eye Curless
of this vicinity were united in mar
rage at the brides home last Fri
day evening at six o'clock.
The boys of Cannonville will now
do away with their buggies as the
cart" has taken its place and is
now all the rage.
Misses Fay Shumate and Lillian
Courtney we're Palmyra and Wood
land business visitors Saturday.
Miss Marie Shumate is visiting
in Hannibal.
Frank Courtney attended the
Monticello fair Thursday and Fri
day of last week.
Miss Lillian Courtney left Mon
day for few days visit in Hanni-
bal.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-09-09
The swlftest Thins We Know.

The Swiftest Thing We Know
So far as we know, Calico was the
first to try to verify the suspicion
that light was not really free from
the conditions which trammel !ordS
nary motion. In his endeavor to,meas.
ure the speed of light, Gahleo: stas
toned two observers q couple Of mileR
apart at night each armed with dark
lantern. One of them suddenly dark
ened his lantern, and the other was
instructed to do the same, the moment
that the first light disappeared. Gal
ileo reasoned that IL light really took
a finite time to cross the distance, It
would be measured by half the inter
val between the darkening of the first
observers lantern and the disappears
ance of the second light from his gazes
The argument was perfectly sounds
but as the time in question was about
one-fifty thousandth part of seconds
it is no wonder that the observer
failed to detect it. Yet it is on q
quite similar plan that all the modern
experimental determinations of the
speed of light have been made. ,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-09-09
Surely Prize Searecrow.

An American tourist had been boastI
ing again in the village inn, says Lon
don Tit.Bits.
Talking Of scarecrows," he saids
with e drawl, why, my father once
put one up, and 1t frightened the
crows so much that not enc entered
the field again for year."
He looked triumphantly around his
audience. Surely that had settled
those country pumpkins.
But he was to meet his match. =
That's nothing" retorted one farmt
or. "A neighbor O. mine once put q
scarecrow into his potato patch and It
terrified the birds so much that one
rascal of a crow who had stolen some
potatoes came next day and put them
hack"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-09-09
FROM THE COUNTRY ROUND

bina and also to attend the fair and
to visit relatives at Kansas City.
c. W. Shay attended the fair at
Shelbina
Francis Moss purchased a new
Overland car this week.
Miss Mary Crane spent Monday
afternoon with her friend. Miss
Iona McCollochs.
Mrs Albert Frazer entertained
the sewing club at her home
Thursday afternoon. Dainty re-
freshments were served at four
o'clock.
Miss Mary Burton returned Mon
day after an extended visit with
relatives at Macomb, I'll.
L. Rice, of Palmyra is filling
Wilson Dobyns place as agent for a
few days.
Mrs. Albert Bixler ana Miss Mol
lie Barnes were shopping in Mon
roe City Friday.
Misses Vida and Vinita Bagley
and brother, Vern returned home
Saturday after a two weeks visit
with their uncle and aunt, Mr.. and
Mrs. James Barnes.
MIR. and Mrs. Edd Feeney and
little son, Thomas Edward attend
ep the fair at Shelbina Wednesday
Severed from here attended the
cream supper at Huntington Satur.
day night.
Misses Lulu Kaden and Abbie
and Helen Goisuche spent Sunday
afternoon with Miss Mollie Barnes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Hammer, OF
Monroe City spent Sunday with C
V Hammer and wife.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-09-09
LESSON FROM THE FLOWERS
Gentleness and Tolerance Are Taught
by Sweet Thlnae Of Garden
and Field.

What a freedom from cares and
perplexities one finds among the
flowers! They are never unkind; you
may be with them from morning till
night and not have one bitter mem
ory or disagreeable thought to take
with you to your pillow. A tiger lily
won't dig it's claws into your breast,
the Gala lily will not prolong her
call indefinitely. The sweet williams
honeyed personality IL honest and sin
cere; sweetness that will not under
fancied proVocation turn into vinegary
revenge.
The snowdrops will not chill you
with cold words and looks. The dog
wood will not bark at you or dog
your footsteps. There IL q clump Of
the beautiful variegated variety bend
ing over q quiet corner Of the nah
pond, its pretty leaves reflected In
the water. II has no canine faults. but
all the canine virtues. ndelity--no run
ming away from the mistress to follow
strange masters.
Jack in the pulpit does not preach
too loudly or make awkward gestures.
taking your mind insensibly from the
heavenly message he 10 striving to de-
liver and which your soul desires to
grasp. the mind being willing but the
body weak.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-09-09
How Milk is Pasteurized.

M. U. Professor Tells How Danger
From Impure Milk May Be Less
ened.
The pasteurization of milk-what
the process is and what it may &C.
complish-was discussed recently
by Doctor M. P. Ravenal, professor
of bacteriology and preventive
medicine at the University of
Missouri
This process" said Doctor Raw
email, was introduced by Pasteur
for the purpose of curing certain
So called disease of beer which &C.
cured during the fermentation. The
process is now used with many
other substances, but most largely
in the treatment of milk. 1t is a
partial sterilization process and
consists in keeping milk to such a
temperature and for such length
of time as will destroy the danger.
GUS germs with the least possible
damage TO the milk. One hun
dred and forty-five degrees Fir. for
thirty minutes has been agreed up
on by most authorities.
Certain objections have been
made to the process One is that
it is a substitute for cleanliness.
Many people think that dirty milk
will keep longer if pasteurized.
This is only partially true. Pas.
teurization can never make dirty
milk clean. Another objeL ton is
that the heating destroys some
vital property in the milk which
makes it less digestible and impairs
its food value. 1t is said that chill
dren fed on pasteurized milk are
more liable to contract scurvy and
ricketts,. 1t is true that certain
number of children do show scurvy
after exclusive feeding on pasteur-
lied milk, but this is not always due
to the milk. If such tendency is
found to exist. it can be corrected
by giving the child small quaint.
ty of orange juice daily.
On the other hand we have. the
records of the milk depOts in New
York City where for three years
$4,000 babies have been fed in
summer, and 10000 in the winter
daily. The records show that they
gained in weight and gave every
evidence that pasteurized milk is
not inferior in food value and di
6 feasibility to raw milk. During this
period the death rate has fallen
from lZ5 per thousand to "a pei
per thousand. a record which places
New York in the lead of all large
city in the world in the reduction oil
infant mortality"
Doctor Ravenal said that raw
milk, where proper cleanliness had
not been observed, often caused
diseases, such as cholera infantum
diarrhea, dysentery. septic sore
throat. typhoid fever, diphtheria
scarlet fever and tuberculosis. HI
stated that the danger from al
these diseases may be absolutely
avoided by the pasteuriZation o.
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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-09-09
Alaska Fishery Yield.

Since the United States purchased
Alaska for 100000 in 1857. the wa
ters in and contiguous to that terri
tory have yielded fishery products
having an initial value Of more than
$3.50, 100000. Far exceeding all the
other products in importance are the
salmon, after which come the fur seal.
the sea otter. the halibut and the
cod.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-09-09
Bigger Profits in the Dairy Business

Bigger Profits in the Dairy Business
We are just in receipt of little
booklet giving dairy statistics and
after reading it, we are more con-
WINGED than ever that dairying is
not only the most profitable part of
farming, but indeed the only way
by which Monroe City farmers can
ever hope to be real prosperous.
A few facts and figures for you
and you will reach the same con-
clusion.
The combined dairy product of
the United States as shown in the
last national census was over 274
million dollars. Of this amount
nearly SIS million was produced in
Wisconsin, or over one fifth. New
York is next with over az million;
thence Iowa and Minnesota with Is
million; Illinois and Michigan with
II and ID million, Pennsylvania
and California with Is and ID mil
lion.
Most of this business has been
developed in the last Is years, and
1t is notable also that land values
have shown the highest increase
where dairying has been pushed the
strongest. This, however, is only
natural, for with more cows and
more manure the result could not
be otherwise.
Against this prosperous picture
Missouri stands out with only 2
million in dairy products. and land
values of course. have advanced
but little comparatively.
How much better it would be if
we had Wisconsin's Sc million or
even Iowa's Is million. coming in
daily as it does with them instead
of depending to much upon grain
crops and waiting six months for
the money.
Consider also that it is never too
late to start. Get your cows now.
Get a separator. and let us show
that this part of Missouri at least
is alive to its opportunity. The rest
of Missouri is bound to take notice
and it should not take long to get
among the leaders on daily cash
crops. Remember the sons of Mis-.
souri, have surmounted bigger diff.
culties in the past and we all have
a proud heritage 10 maintain.
Let the slogan be. Do 1t Now.
We Need More of This Daily Cash
Money.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-09-09
Berlin SubWays,

Berlin has only begun experiment.
ing with subways., There is virtually
but one. It seems miniature COM
pared to the London or New York sub
ways. The cars are small and light
running. Every car has q compart-
ment for smokers, from which an
overpowering odor Of bad tobacco
Is always present.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-09-09

INEW DdI6U IIdy''''''. DO.UU w IU.OV
Shipments Henderson & Sonz1
car eggs a cars poultry. .
Dawson & Sharp l load cattle 2
double deck cars sheep.
McClintic & Yates 2 loads hogs.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-09-09
A Wisconsin Ginseng Dream.

n wisconsin Ginseng DrOams
A wisconsin farmer expects to make
between $4,000 and $4,000 nom half
an acre OF ginseng. The dried root
sells for 50 q pound.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-09-09
Farmersville.

A. S. Jayne came down to his
farm last week to help thresh.
Mills & Utterback have finished
threshing around here and moved
their machine across the river.
Miss Irene Jones visited Saturday
and Sunday with Miss Elsie Lew
ellen.
Our school began Monday with
Preston Yager teacher. Rock Lick
school began with Miss Cora
Schweer teacher.
Mrs. Jim Bond and daughter,
Dalpha visited in Perry Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Lundbere, of
Monroe City came down to Farm
ersville in their car one day last
week.
A. j. Utterback went to Moproe
City Tuesday.
John Shuts and wife have NOV
ed back on their farm.
Alfred Huff and wife and Mrs.
Alice Huff went to Huntington
Monday to see Mr.. Huff's sister who
is very sick.
Mrs. Fanny Shuck and A. j. Ut.
terback visited Mrs. John Shuck
Sunday.
Not Much Time to Spare.
The conversation at recent social
affair turned to the subject Of mar
row margins, when Senator Robert l..
Owen of Oklahoma recalled an anus
ing incident along that line.
Some time ago circus drifted into
rural town and announced the prices
Of the performance at rs cents, chill
dren under ten years of age ten
cents. At the afternoon show a
boy leading little girl by the hand
advanced to the ticket wagon.
1.-TWO tickets, mister" said the boy,
with businesslike air, "a 2O-cent one
for me and ten-cent one for this lit
tie girl"
"a ten-cent one," returned the tick.
ct seller, sizing up the small mite Of
femininity. isn't she ten years old p
"Yes, Sir" was the prompt rejoinder
Of the boy. "Ten years old today, but
she wasn't born until five o'clock In
the afternoon. Evening
Telegraph.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-02
WHAT WILL THE ANSWER BE,
They're voting today.

They're voting today.
BY midnight we will know whether
or not there are to be "yotes for
women" in New York Massachusetts,,
or Pennsylvania. It's our own per-
sonal opinion that the answer in all
three cases will be no. The suffrage
leaders in the city, like the good
politicians that they are, keep up an
optimistic smile, but they probably
viii not be very much surprised or
one whit discouraged if the men of
these three conservative Eastern
States do not yet give their consent
to the demand of the suffragettes.
Although the defeat in New Jersey
did come as something of a surprise
in a good many quarters-there
were better prospects there than in
the three States voting today-there
wasn't much squealing and none of
the hysterical reaction that pes
simists predicted. An ardent suf-
frage worker whom we know in New
Jersey, so far from being discour-
aged by the defeat last month, made
Preparations the very Wednesday
after the voting to go to New York
for the great parade which was held
last Saturday-to do her little part in
helping that State to win the fight
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-02

fort In behalf of woman suffrage. No
pioneer among the men who supported
the cause In It's early history. contribut-
ed more devotion or time. Year after
year he was at the call Of the Massa-
chusetts Woman Suffrage Association In
It's legislative work, when few men were
found with conservation sufficient to be-
come the conspicuous target for ridicule
that was equally seE-deriding for men
who espoused II, as was the opprobrium
extended the pioneer women That
Massachusetts, women appreciated Mr..
BlackwelPs devotion was evidenced. In
q slight degree, by the loving cup pre-
sented to him by those whose cause he
% nobly and freely championed. The
inscription on It Ii one Of estimation that
Is In strange variance with the term
perfect nuisance employed by a man
of later generation and lesser prominence
in the Woman Suffrage Association.
which Mr.. Blackwell helped to found.
That the ofiicial signature Of the chair
man of the publicity department Of the
National American Woman Suffrage As
ISOLATION should be permitted to be ap-
pended to an unprovoked anront to the
memory of one of our pioneers Is I'M
pardonable. No modern methods Of pub
licIty call for insults to the dead. The
cause which thus disgraces its own.
merits drastic lessons IN Brautuoe, ap-
probation and decent veneration. Lucy
Stone, Henry B. Blackwell, Elizabeth
Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony. Julia
Ward Howe are among the names our
children's children should be taught to
honor. Their vaior and nobility of char
acter shine for our emulation. Surely
the officers Of the National American
Woman Suffrage Association will not
sanction petty defamations and innuen-
does against the great souls who in trib-
ulation and anguish Of spirit. were our
standard-bearers and who wrought that
We may reap.
Let US not miss the law Of kindness
In our struggle to be just" OF Henry B.
Blackwell no praise can be adequate. To
have broken bread at his table was a
delightful experience In hospitality; to
observe his fidelity to Lucy Stone was
a revelation OF ideal, loving companion
ship: to remember his pride and affection
for his daughter Is q beautiful illustra-
ton Of fatheriy tenderness. So with a
laurel for his valor. and a rose for his
devotion. we suffragists OF today enshrine
him in the halls Of memorable knightly
warrior of the suffrage dawn.
Very respectfully,
(Signed) IDA PORTER-BoYER-
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-02
MRS. GAIT REFUSES
TO SELL RESIDENCE
First Lady Will Turn Home and Auto
Over to Use of Mother and
Sister.

Because she was courted there by
President Wilson. Mrs. Norman Gait.
hancee OF the Executive, is said to have
refused severalk advantageous offers for
her home on sntieth street.
Mrs. Gait viii not even dismantle the
house after her marriage. II will be
placed at the disposal of her mother and
sister while she presides over the White
House. The electric motor car which
Mrs Gait drives and has done most OF
her trousseau shopping in will also be
turned over to the use OF her mother.
A crowd surrounded the Central Pres
byterian Church yesterday moning when
Il was learned President Wilson and Mrs.
Gait were attending services there On
leaving the church both smiled gracious
ly in answer to the greetings from &C
quaintances.
Mrs. Gait was attractively gowned IN
gray silk and wore a large corsage oou-
duet Of lilies OF the valley. The Presi-
dent called at her home after church
and then went to the White House for
luncheon.
Later in the afternoon the couple took
a long motor ride through, the Mary
land hill country. They were accom-
panied only by Secret Service guard.
On their return Mrs. Gait dined infor-
mally at the White House. The other
guests were Miss Margaret Wilson. the
Presidents daughter, who has returned
home after an absence Of several days,
and DIR. Cary Grayson.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-02
She Goes to Dulin Martins and Learns Thing Two
About Cut Glass.

The Girl Reporter doesn't know much
about cut glass-that Is, she didn't yes
terday. morning. She had a general i'm
preston that II was o stock In trade
with Nhe young bride. who could always
boast six or seven berry bowls Of heavy
crystal. half a dozen cut glass syrup jugs
and perhaps a punch bowl or two.
But when she had a little talk with
Mr.. Horace Dulin on the subject of cut
glass as It Is today. she learned a few
things more. There Is an exhibition on
at the F street end Of the store of some
OF the choicest specimens Of Libbey cut
Museum by the American Federation Of
Arts In the early autumn.
"Cut glass Is one OF the art products
In which America excels." said Mr.
Dublin. Talk about having to go to Eu-
rope to get artistic products! Why, in
this case Europe has to come to US. Some
OF the cheaper. inferior glass comes from
Germany. but every year American man
ufacturers are shipping larger and larger
quantities OF the brilliant crystal to for
eign ports.
an washington the diplomatic folk are
especially appreciative Of fine cut glass
Connoisseurs as they are in all art mat
tiers. they are alert to the finer points OF
cut glass workmanship. Already we have
seen several prominent members of the
diplomatic corps taking advantage Of this
opportunity to view these Libbey
products"
Here Mr.. Dulin pointed out some wine
services and vases such as the Girl Re
porter could imagine spread on the lavish
board OF an ambassador.
The difference between fine cut glass
and the inferior Sorts" Mr.. Dulin ex-
planned. rs largely to be detected in the
color. Like a perfect diamond. perfect
cut glass il practically colorless. Then
you can tell the difference in workman
ship in the luster. First. you know. II
Is cut with stone and emery. Then IL
Is polished with a wooden and felt wheel
This series OF polishings, II conducted by
an expert, brings out the wonderful lus-
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-02
AS SEEN BY A WASHINGTON WOMAN

cation. of many ranks and stations
and of wide and diversified activities.
What about Mrs. E. H. Sothern,
one of the most beautiful women
who ever went before the footlights,
who now gives as much cooperation
to the cause as her limited strength
will allow?
What about Miss Doris Stevens.
Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh, Mrs. John ].
White, whom any one would class
among the most charming and at
tractive of Washington women. What
about Edith Wynne Matthison and
Miss Hazel Mackaye. known as well
for their beauty as for their talent!
They are hardly OF the type Of wom-
an to whom women would deny their
respect and whom men would shun.
Alack and alas! There may be a
visibly haggard manner and worn
expression about some of the faith
full suffrage organizers, but do you
wonder? Isn't any pioneer work con-
ducive to fatigue and occasional dis
couragement? Sometimes the mother
that never doubted that woman's
place was the home and who rocks
the cradle faithfully for years also
wears a worn epression. Sometimes
senators and doctors and lawyers.
and even Presidents look haggard,
but no one loves them the less for II.