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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-08-26
FOR PRESERVATION OF BIRDS
Heavy Mortality In Utah and
California.

The mortality of waterfowl near
great Salt lake has attracted wide
spread interest in recent years, and
there have been many speculations
as to its cause. Thousands upon thou
sands of wild ducks, snipe, sandpipers
and other birds have persisted, and the
situation is Of more than local impor-
lance, as immense numbers of birds
stop in this region while migrating,
and many Of them succumb to the
prevailing malady. A similar mortal
ity has been reported at Tulare and
Owens lakes in California, and prob
ably occurs at many other points In
the West. This matter has recently
been investigated by the U. 8. biolog-
ical survey, which finds that in all
probability the trouble is due to an
alkaline poison. The birds probably
sicken In the shallow water bordering
the mud fats. AS these fats dry AZ
ter high water, salts and alkalies crys-
tallize on the surface Of the ground.
Later pools from rain. or q steady
wind blows the water over the fats;
the highly soluble salts are taken up
by the water; and birds feeding In
the water thus charged are poisoned.
Concentration Of the salts by evapora-
ton in poorly drained pools leads to
the Same result. Measures for keep
Ing the water fresh are the only rem
edy thus far NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
American.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-08-26

The first that the Post Office Department weighs the mails ana
railroads the mail during the
has been that last the railroads carried fully
half parcel nothing.
second point is this In addition to CARRYING the mails the rail-
distributing the mails while in transit But the Post ONCE pays
the which merely requires the use Of post office apart
railway post office only size More than 400 Of this
the Post Office Failure
find
utilize whole
a) the
q
arately
instead
service
appeal fairness Of
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-08-26
HEIRS TO DEAD GREATNESS
Victor and Louis Napoleon, "The
French Pretenders," Celebrate
Their Birthday Same Week.

Both the Napoleon brothers, Victor
and Louis, famous for their mirth-
provoking act entitled The French
Pretenders," celebrated birthdays re-
Gently on the same week. Louis, the
younger, passed the half-century mark,
while Prince Victor Napoleon, who
would sit on the imperial throne of
France If the republic hadn't de-
stroyed that piece of furniture, was
fifty-two. Louis was Victor's heir to
the pretendership until about year
ago, when a son was born to Victor
and his royal spouse, Princess Glenn
entine of Belgium.
Victor is a granddaughter of En-
peror Napoleon l. He lives in Brus-
sells, and in 1910 married Clementine
the third daughter Of King Leopold
of Belgium. The birth of another
Bonaparte was hailed with great de-
light by the few followers of the pre-
tender and the pretenderess, and the
christening Of the infant Prince Louis
King Of Rome" was marked by i'm
perial pomp and eclat. The cere-
mony took place in the palatial prem
Uses of the proud papa in the Avenue
Louise. Most of the imperialists Of
France were there, and did not crowd
the buildings.
Prince Louis, the younger brother
Of the pretender, is apparently a con-
firmed bachelor. He served in the
Russian army for many years, with
rank of lieutenant general, put now
resides at Geneva, where the Napo-
Icons own a fine chateau.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-08-26
Injustice to Children.

7 One Of the tragic injustices of which
b great multitude of parents are guilty
NVen In this age, Is the bending Of
children to their will through the pow
or of fear. There is a large class of
parents who are positively brutal with
their little ones. A child quickly
comes to understand reason, II reason
is applied. He is keenly receptive
70 truths, and to right ways Of doing
things. He deserves to have mysteries
explained to him. He is entitled to
legitimate reasons when he is told
that he must not do certain things.
It Is unfair to insist that he must not
commit some act solely because papa
tells you not to-" The child should
be taught not to be afraid.-Mother's
Magazine.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-08-26
Why Not Select Your cuest7

II wish people who haven't minds Of
their own would come to a realizing
sense of the bother that they are to
their friends and would develop lit
tile initiative on their own account"
said man who had been entertaining
n visitor to dinner. Maybe it's only
n mistaken idea of politeness, but any.
now it's a nuisance to be entertaining
a person at the club and have him ut
Tterly without ideas as to what he
wants to eat and drink. You ask him
land he says he'll leave 1t to you,
which Is exactly what you don't want
him to do. How can you divine his
tastes, I'd like to know? What appeals
TO you, very likely won't to him, and
you know and he knows it. But your
selections from the menu are always
met with the comment, That's very
nice or you couldn't suit me better
And so you go through the meal in a
hit-or-miss fashion that certainly gets
on the nerves Of the host. The next
time I run up against that kind OF
man, I'm just going to sit back and
let him do the entire ordering"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-08-26
MAY CONTROL RUSSIA'S FATE
Commander Of Her Armies Sure to Dc
Great Man When the War
Comes to End.

The supreme thing which the grand
duke has given to Russia is a person
ality at the head of affairs. It is years
since Russia knew the feeling of q
single strongly charactered man at
work upon her. For all the steps she
has taken toward democracy, Russia
has yet welcome for the natural au-
tocrat, for the man whose warrant to
govern is in the weight of his hand
and the warmth of his heart.
Now at moment when one might
have expected that the prestige of the
army, and of the officer caste in parti-
cular, would have been all powerful.
and a renewal of militarism would
have swamped all that is progressive
and democratic in the nation, she finds
her man in Nikolai Nikolaievitch, for
whom officers in general have no spe-
cial liking, who is adored by the COM
mon soldier.
When this war, which has Uttered
Europe with dead men and dead repu-
tations, shall have come to an end.
Nikolai Nikolaievitch will be among
the two or three most powerful men
Of his time. He will have Russia in
the hollow Of his hand; her future
will be his to mold between his fin-
gers. Power will be his, the power Of
the great devoted army at his back
and the prestige of his rank and
blood; and with them will be that
voiceless worship, that slavish and
Slavonic fidelity which Russia renders
to her accepted leaders. How will he
use it? To whose profit will he turn
1T
In Russia, all things end with a
question.-Percival Gibbon in Every
body's Magazine.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-08-26
coneernIna the peIomItes.

The fairyland about Cortina Is IA
miliar to thousands of English tour
lists as 1.-THE Dolomites." Dolomite, a
rock compounded of carbonate of lime
and carbonate of magnesia, takes its
name from the French geologist "Deo-
dat de Gratet, Marquis de Dolomeiu,"
who spent his time in 1889 and the
following year. while his countrymen
were busy with revolution and war,
in visiting this and other Alpine dis
tricts. He first mentions this kind of
rock in 1871, and the word "Dolomite"
first occurs in a pamphlet Of 1902 de-
scribing tour Of his in the Alps about
the st. Gothard and the Simplon. The
curious point, noted by Mr. Coolidge,
is that the marquis seems to have paid
no attention to the dolomite rocks in
the neighborhood of his own home,
Dolomeiu, near Grenoble.-London
Chronicle.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-08-26
Odd Combination Kills.

Matthew Grissom, solicitor Tor .
New York life insurance company,
was burned to death in a peculiar
way. He had set steel trap for a
rat, and the night before neighbours
dog was shut up in the room by acct
dent. The dog upset can Of gasoline,
saturating the atmosphere of the room
with gasoline fumes.
About four o'clock Grissom was
awakened by the cries of the dog. took
light and went to release him. As
he entered the room the fumes Of the
gasoline became ignited. An explo-
sion followed, and Grissom was en-
veloped in the flames which filed the
room, rendering escape impossible.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-08-26
Nonlnlurlous Coffee.

A treated coffee called "atoxicafe"
has been described to the French
Therapeutic society as ordinary coffee
freed from certain digestion-disturb-
ing products formed during roasting.
These products, to be known as cafe
otoxin, are volatile, but are only par
TALLY volatized in the roasting, and are
removed by first exposing the roasted
coffee under a vacuum and then sub
hitting to steam at pressure of sew
eral atmospheres. The treated coffee,
retaining it's caffeine unalterated, is
unchanged except in having less of the
substance found to be really the source
of it's chief harmfulness when used in
excess.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-08-26
Aerial Torpedo to Fly 100 Miles.

An aerial torpedo that will travel a
hundred miles under its own power
is another formidable weapon of war
Germany is about to launch at her
enemies. The principle of the aerial
torpedo is the same as the water tor
pedo.
It is first projected by compressed
air, then travels in a direct line under
the power Of its own propeller and
under the guidance of its own rudder.
With the aerial torpedo perfected,
Germany would have weapon more
terrifying to London than all her
zeppelins, taubes, 50-centimeter guns
and undersea cruisers combined,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-08-26
Wisdom.

Wisdom is not the same with under.
standing, talents, capacity, ability. "a
gacity, sense or prudence; not the
same with any one of these; neither
will ali these together make it up. It
is that exercise of the reason into
which the heart enters; a structure OF
the understanding rising out of the
moral and spiritual nature. 1t is for
this cause that high order of wisdom
that is, a highly intellectual wisdom
lis still more rare than a high order
OF genius. When they reach the very
highest order they are one; for each
includes the other. and intellectual
greatness is matched with moral
strength.-Sir Henry Taylor.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-08-26
ItaIy's Finest Regiment.

The most imposing regiment In the
Italian army is the Corrazzieri, or
Royal Bodyguard, which for smartness
and physique of man and horse is
the most magnificent corps OF the
kind in Europe. No trooper in the
Corrazzieri is less than six feet one
or two, while many are far taller, and
their wonderful feats Of horsemanship
are known throughout Europe. Most
OF the men are comedy of feature, as
well as splendid Of limb, and the large
majority Of them come from the peas
antry.-London Chronicle.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-08-26
N.u.4 hlrt ~cstQ.
"Classlcal" Music.


Many people have an idea that only
the compositions Of the old masters
are classical and frequently imagine
that these are classical because they
belong to the past. 1t Is not antiquity
or the name Of the composer that de-
termines whether piece OF music L.
classical or otherwise. The true mean
ing Of classical music is: Compost
lions which maintain certain STAN
dard; music of the first rank. Compo-
sitiona can be classical and romantic
at the same time. The word romantic,
as applied to music, means imagina-
tive, fairylike. Music which Is clas-
steal and at the same time romantic,
is more emotional, more fanciful.
more poetic and less rigid and formal
than strictly classical compositions.
For example, Bach's works are. more
frequently, strictly classical. whereas
Merdelssohn's and Schumann's are
both classical and romantic.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-08-26
Art and Appetite.

"Your singing tonight was divinel"
exclaimed an enthusiastic admirer to
the prima donna. II could see by the
expression on your face and the light
in your eyes that you were inspired"
II fear you are mistaken" said the
prima donna, with her most engaging
smile. Our art Is so exacting that we
don't care to eat hearty meal be-
fore singing. was ravenously hungry
and l was thinking Of all the good
things would order when the concert
was ended"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-08-26

a sieve, reheat and thicken with two
tablespoonfuls of flour, cooked with
two tablespoonfuls of butter, add o.
slice Of onion to pint Of milk and.
when scalding hot, remove the onion
and add to the pea mixture, season
with salt and pepper and cook until
smooth. Peas that are too old and
hard to serve as a vegetable make
most satisfactory soups. =
Green Pea Soup.-Take q pint OF
green peas. quart of stock, six spring
onions, a small bunch of mint, a bunch
of parsley, large handful of spinach
two tablespoonfuls of butter and salt
Wash the peas, parsley, mint and SPIN.
ach. Add a teaspoonful of salt to the
stock, in which boil the peas, mint
parsley and onions until soft; i've
minutes before they are done add tho
spinach. Put all through q sieve and
boil again. Season with butter an&
salt. Serve hot. .
Peas and Riee.-Put one cupful OF
rinsed rice and q fourth Of a cupfuE
Of butter into a saucepan. Stir until
the mixture is we'll Drowned. Then
add can Of peas with the liquor,
three cupfuls Of boiling water, little
salt and sugar, Il desired. Place in q
baking dish aid cook until the rice
Is tender.
Spanish saIad.--Cut up cupful OF
chicken in small pieces. add g cupfuE
Of cucumber cut in cubes. q cupful Of
broken walnut meats and cupful OF
cooked peas; mix with a boiled salad
dressing and serve on lettuce.
Peas, peanuts and chopped onion
is another combination which is good;
serve this on lettuce with a French
dressing. IN
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-08-26
Zz9KT'fGFTEN
||2sEG4BINET

It's fun to dare in the face of despair
when 49,, last lone chance seems
gone.
And to see hope rise in the angry
skies like a promise of rosy
dawn;
For victory's sweet when 1t crowns
defeat, and you learn this much
is true
It's fun to fight when you know you're
right, and your heart Is in 1t too!
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-08-26
Money Worth Of Human Ear.

The value of human ear has been
tudicially determined as one-third that
of an eye. The momentous decision
was made by q New Jersey Judge in
q suit for personal damages. A work
man who had lost the hearing of one
ear sued his employers, who contest
ed the case on the ground the New
Jersey compensation law made no
provision for loss of hearing. The
Judge decided. however, that the loss
OF hearing in one ear was tantamount
to the loss of the sight of one eye,
and awarded the workman $333,33.
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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-08-26

and FURNISH q WHOLE
some and filling dish. 1
Pea Soup. - Either
canned or green or dried
peas may be used for
this dish. Take a pint OF
peas, add a teaspoonfuI.
of sugar, two cupfuls Of
cold water and cook:
slowly for twenty min
utes. Drain. rub through
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-08-26
OUR PUBLIC FORUM
Ralph Peters
On Railway Mail Pay

controversy has been raging in the columns OF the
press the railroads and the Federal Post Office
Department the question of proper compensation
for handling the United States mails Mr. Ralph Peters
Chairman of the Railway Mail Committee, when asked
state the railroad side Of the controversy to the
American farmer, said in part:
THE railway mail pay question will be settled-and
settled permanently and with Justice to all concerned
the American people realize that the whole
subject while seemingly complicated and technical boils
down to few simple points of fair business dealing
viii Il need be q rate eXnert to understand
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-08-26
Snecial Discount

Allowed those entering the Han
nibal Conf. College by Oct. 1. 1915
Our graduates are in demand
Write for particulars.
SO Hannibal Com1. College Co.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-08-26
For Men Of Forty.

The United States public health
service states that the expectation OF
life after the age OF forty is less now
than It was thirty years ago. owing
largely to the increased prevalence Of
diseases of degeneration. It recon-
mends as q remedy for this state OF
things: Take exercise. Have hobby
that gets you out Of doors. Walk to
your business, to your dressmaker'A
keep chickens, make garden. play
golf or any other game. but take two
hours exercise day"
Judith Basin. Montana, The gar
den spot of the northwest. The
hand of opportunity. Call on US for
descriptive literature of this country
A. S. Jayne & son.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-08-26

For Rent-Good S room house
plenty of ground. Apply to W. s
Woodson. 1928
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-08-26
GOOD PEA COMBINATIONS.

Peas are one Of our most nourishing
vegetables, will take the place of meat
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-08-26

d. R. Davenport makes Farm
Loans on best terms If
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-06-23
The Home of the Liberty Bell This Year;
What Noted Men Have to Say of the
Panama-Paciic international Exposition

Every good American citizen should visit the Panama
Pacific International Exposition for many reasons.
n its architecture and in its setting by the Golden Gate
this the most charming of all the many world eXp0sltons
Ihe exhibits themselves worth crossing the continent
to Our next neghbOr Japan, has especially oudQne
herself for friendly consideration DAVID SIARK
JORDAN, Chancellor of Leland Stanford University.
Despite the in Europe nations participat
ing in this International Exposition than exposition that
has been held."-SETH LOW Former Mayor of New York
knowledge the precptant of racial and national
prejudice The Panama Pacific Exposition affords the means
of know ledge of the science and of the peoples
of the world affords opportunity to make an honest
estimate of our neighbors
"In land where the individual is in reality the arber oil
his counrys destiny, he should wherever and whenever
possible avail himself of the opportunity to enlarge his
with great labor Here is knowledge served to the melody
of vacation and in the play grounds of the world
81" is feast for the gods. 1t is being served to all who
have the gOdlike wish to know
at is sure to promote not only individual happiness,
which is worth much but universal peace which is worth
mOre."-TH0MAS r. MARSHALL, Vice President of the
United States
"The American who does not attend the Exposition will
have to explain why all the rest of his fe.-BENJAMlN
IDE WHEELER President of the University of California
"The Panama Pacific Exposition at San Francisco
exposition which has been held in either America
or Europe Nothing has been left undOne to make it a
thorough 1t is quite probable that other really
great exposition will be seen in day.
"The great palaces devoted to the Fine Arts Manuac
turing, Transportation, Agriculture, Mining and the like
the numerous and imposing State buildings the stately pa
yiOns of the natOns the marvellous Electrical Illumination
at night the brilliant Tower of Jewels but few feet lower
than WashngOns monument at the National Capital; the
general color scheme the and varied exhibits from
of human endeavOr, make the Exposition
veritable University, fascinating and vast
Every thoughtful person who beholds it is filed with
admiration for the achievement wish possible for
CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS, Former Vice President of the
United States
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-06-23

rung was Benjamin Franklin when he sent to England in Feb
ruay 1857 ask redress for the grievances of the colonies
When during the Revolution the American army was forced
to eyacuate Philadelphia the Liberty Bell taken together
with chimes of Christ Church and St Peters, to Allentown
where rested in Zion Church from September M until June
l7 and then the house This sometimes
called trip the bell in the schedule Of places that the
bell has been taken to. -
Two dates historic interest celebrated by the bel
shortly return of its first public duties was 70
ring out the surrender Corvallis October 18 and IN the
following month it peaed welcome for George Washington TO
the city. proclaimed the Treaty Of Peace with Great Britain
December 1899 mued the funeral soemnes OF
Washington Lafayette was welcomed to Philadelphia by ITS
music 1924 toed the Jubilee week of the feh ami
versary American Independence July fourth 1926 Three
weeks later gave the of the death of John Adams ana
Thomas eeson February o. 1892 headed the centennial
anniversary of the birth of George Washngton July A 1854
its solemn cadence od the death of Lafayette And july 1882
it tolled for the obseques of John Marshall.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-06-23

The action of the common and select
g3..2;,s of philadelphia IL yating = send
the Liberty Bell to the great Panama-Paciiic
International Exposition aroused thrill OF
patriotism throughout the nation. Millions
of exposition visitors will have the oppor-
tunity of seeing this priceless relic OF
American Liberty when it is installed in the
magnificent Pennsylvania State Building.
reproduction of the famous State House in
Philadelphia. The arrival of the Bell in San
Francisco will be the occasion OF one OF the
greatest celebrations in the history of the
United States Thousands of school children,
many of whom signed the original petition
to have the Bell brought to San Francisco,
will Join in the huge ceremonies. Every
American who can, even at sacrifice OF
what for the moment appears necessary
should be in San Francisco on July 4, during
the exercises. This is Americas year at
home and the railroads are making cheaper
rates than they ever have before.