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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-03-18
Paw and Promotion il Oar Navy.

PAY and Promotion il Oar Navy.
T%HE United States navy Is the
best paid navy In the world,
. and 1t presents opportunities
for advancement equal to those
or almost any profession. A man-o'-
wars man never loses his job, even
temporarily, for lack Of work. He is al
ways sure Of his pay, Of three substan-
tial meals each day, Of clean, healthful
surroundings. His health is the primary
concern of a skillful STAFF Of physicians.
In time Of injury or Illness he receives
without cost the best medical and hos
pital attendance, and after thirty years
of service he may retire on three-quar-
tiers of his pay, assured of never fail
ing income so long as he lives.
Excepting the cost of his clothing,
after the first outfit, which is furnished
gratis, and a deduction of 20 cents q
month for the hospital fund, q man-o'-
wars mans pay is all velvet" He has
no board to pay, no rent and no doc
tors bills. Considering his steady work
and perquisites, he is much better off
than the average mechanic or clerk con-
tending with losses through Ill health,
strikes, weather and business depres-
sions.
A recruit can readily see the posi-
ton and salary he may earn by ear
nest and intelligent effort. From the
time he enters the training station he
receives useful instruction and encour-
agement. His advance can be meas
ured only by his diligence, behavior
and ability, for opportunities extend
over field offered by no other service
Seamen are required to steer, man the
boats, the guns and turrets and do the
general work of the ship outside of the
engine room; clerks, stenographers and
bookkeepers to handle records and &C.
counts; nurses, stewards and cooks cleo
tricians, machinists, plumbers, paint
ers, ship filters, coppersmiths and
blacksmiths and boilermakers to keep
ships in repair; radio operators. fire.
men. torpedo men to handle torpedoes.
The special service branches embrace
yeomen (clerks), nurses. musicians and
cooks. In the seaman branch we find
the men most intimately identified with
the navigation and fighting of the ship
as seamen, gunners, torpedo men, quar-
termasters and boatSwainS, and in the
artificer branch the tradesmen of the
navy, machinists, electricians, carpen-
tiers. coppersmiths, painters, etc. The
following table gives their various rat.
ings of each branch and the respective
rates of pay:
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-03-18
Can You Spell?

At Kokomo, Indiana few days
ago the Superintendent of the
schools held spelling contest.
Ev,ry person of the city was
eligible and six hundred took tn /,
test. Of that number only fifty.two
made perfect score,
Newspaper men, doctors, lawyers
merchants, teachers and scholars
submitted lists of twenty words
each and from that total, twenty
words were selected. The complete
list with the number of times each
word was misspelled, follows: mis-
cellaneous. 1854; calendar, 1854; par
allel, 273; privilege, 27O; superinten-
dent, 248; principle, 242; niece, 223;
lose, 201; separate, 1856; disappoint,
1T; disease, 1854; principal. 142;
necessary, 1877; business, 1870; re-
lieve, 1875; receive, 100; truly, IS;
government, 81; grammar, 70: be-
lieve, 70.
One woman VINO made a perfect
u score. had been servant for sixty
three years and had only eight
weeks schooling. A couDty official
who had been in business all his
life. missed every word. Another
man only got one right One wo-
man missed all but three.
Here are the words arranged in
the form of two sentences, Hand
this to a friend, ask him to dictate
the sentences to you. write down
4 the words and see how many you,
mis-spell: &
ma privilege of separating ninety
miscellaneous calendars, arranged
in two parallel lines. was against
the principles of the superintendent
so his niece, not to disappoint the
government, nor cause it to lose
business, removed the principal cal
endars and thus relieved her uncle
of a strain which might have
brought on a disease. Then she
believed it had become truly nee
essary for her to receive her in.
struction in grammar"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-03-18

SEAMAN BRANCH.
Apprentice seamen.......... $17.60
Ordinary seamen. ........... 20.GO
Seamen NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 26.D
Petty officers. third class. $500
Petty officers. second class $3.50
Petty officers, first Glass;. A.Oo and $500
Chief petty officers.......... $500 to TOO
ARTIFICER BRANCH
Composers ...............-.. S24.2O
ShlpWr1ghts .................. 2I5O
Seamen, first class. $3.50
Petty officers, third Glass;. $500
Petty officers, second class. $3.50 to a.
Petty officers. first Glass;. 400 to $50
Chief petty officers.......... $500 to 100
SPECIAL BRANCH.
Landsmen .................... S17.60
seamen, second class........ $500 and $500
Seamen, first class. $50
Petty officers, third Glass;. $500
Petty officers. second class. $3.50
Petty officers, first class. $3.50 and 44Oo
Chief petty officers. 572O to 100
Attractive as these inducements are,
they by no means limit the advantages
offered by the navy. Uncle Sam knows
the value Of experienced men. so when
an honorably discharged man who is
United States citizen enlists the sec
ond time his pay is increased $3.50 II
month and $3.50 month more for each
subsequent re-enlistment. In addition.
he will get four months pay and 81 so
q month If he re-enlists within four
months. Second enlistment men have
an opportunity to attend the profess
utled to pension equal to half pay
and be admitted into the Naval home,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Any enlisted person In the navy who
has served thirty years may be placed
on the retired list If he so desires. All
service, whether In the navy, marine
corps or army, is credited. On retire
ment he is allowed three-quarters of
the pay he was receiving when retired
and in addition thereto allowances
amounting to $16.75 a month for ra-
lions, quarters, fuel and light
Promotion to the highest ranks is
open to the enlisted man. AS an Ameri-
can citizen he may be nominated for
admission to the United States Naval
academy at Annapolis by his congress
man or senators, who have certain
nominations in their giving. Last year
at the earnest solicitation Of Secretary
Daniels congress authorized the secre-
tary OF the navy to appoint fifteen en-.
listed men to Annapolis each year
They must win the nomination in a
competitive examination and must
have completed one years service with
honor and be under twenty years of
age. Enlisted men with good records,
who are under twenty-six years Of age,
may also participate in examinations
for the pay corps, appointments to
Increased pay. Every American cIti,
zen who enlists for the second time re-
ceives a bonus OF $3.50 per month In
addition to the pay of his rating, and
for each enlistment after the second he
receives an additional bonus Of $3.50
ss~-.&A
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-03-18
For Sale.

Span Swear old mules, 2 year-oId
mule, Swear old draft horse, 9.year
old work horse, 2 mares In foai, IL
calves coming yearlings, SO shoats.
George d. Noel,
F. & M. Phone Tic.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-03-18

Visitors at your home. VII
not call up the Democrat. Both
Phones and tell us so we can tell
OthersI
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-03-18
Daily Thought.

Daily Thought
slessed are those who have the gin
~ making friends, for II IL one Of
Gods best gifts. It involves many
Minss. but above all. the power Of
going out OF ones self and appreciat,
ing whatever 10 noble and loving In
smother Thomas Hughes.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-03-18

For Sale A horse and buggy and
some other property F. & M. Phone
28.-Lewis LundbeEe IT,
The Ely miner., 1915-10-15
PEOPLE ARE HELD
GREATEST '..ssET
GOVERNOR ASSERTS MINNESOTA
is YOUNG, BUT MARKASLY
PROGRESSIVE STATE.
FAULTFiNDERS NOT WANTED
SEvcry Man Worthy to Put Ills Foot
on American Soil Should Consider
America the Worlds Greatest
Country" Says Hammond.

Winona.-UDlesS man in this cOun-
try is willing to concede that America
is the worlds greatest country, he owes
the community one debt. the payment
of which calls for his departure to the
country he likes better.
This was the message Governor
Hammond left with the people of Chat
field in his address in connection with
a barbecue festival.
The chief executive discussed the
Importance of Minnesota with relation
to the Union.
This is a young state, but re-
markably progressive one the COVER
nor said. 1T has developed in won
derful manner, so at the present time
you will find that it is one of the
greatest agricultural states of the
Union. 1t is also the greatest iron pro-
ducing state; also the greatest dairy
state; but the greatest asset is not it's
grain, not it's milk, not it's lumber, not
its iron ore, but its people, something
more than 100000 In the state today.
Il thoroughly believe in America, my
friends There is no country like
America, think. There is no place
where freedom given to the people is
greater. No country where the oppor-
tunities are greater, higher and better
ideals than our own and every man
who is worthy to put his foot on Amer
lean soil ought to consider America
the first ard greatest country in the
world
The Ely miner., 1915-10-15
NORTHROP MAKES ADDRESS
Pleads for Greater Unity Among
Christian Denominations-Dwe
Upon Wars Devastation.

Waseca.-"Christianity on Trial.
was the subject of an address made by
DR.. Cyrus Northrop, president emeri-
tus of the University of Minnesota, be-
fore the general Congregational con-
ference here.
DR.. Northrop made an eloquent plea
for greater unity among Christian de-
nominations. He dwelt upon the dev-
astation caused by the European war
and the fact that none of the warring
nations will admit responsibility for
starting it.
''If all Christian denominations had
been united for the common good in
Europe before the beginning of the
war;" he said, ''it would have been i'm
possible for the rulers of the different
nations to bring on the war, as they
did, in opposition to the will of the
masses"
The Ely miner., 1915-10-15
SUICIDE ENDS HER ROMANCE
U. S. Army Lieutenant Found
Dead in Barracks.

ontevideo.-Mildred Bentley was
on her way back to Montevideo, the
romance in her life crushed by the
suicide of her fance, Second Lieuten-
ant Karl FOsnes, First infantry, U. S.
A, found dead in his room at Scho-
field barracks, Honolulu.
The young woman has been at the
home of her uncle, Will Bentley, at
Woodburn, Ore, where it had been
arranged to have her wedding take
place On August 16. The date passed
without the appearance of Lieutenant
Fosnes, and, SO far as has been learn
ed from relatives here, Miss Bentley
has never heard why he did not come.
His father, G. A. Fosnes, an attoS
ney here, said that he had not heard
from his son the past two months, al
though he had tried to get into COM
munication with him. nr
The lieutenant and Miss Bentley
were schoolmates. Their engagement
began before he left here for Homo
lulu year ago.
The Ely miner., 1915-10-15
ST. LOUIS COUNTY is SHORT
Discrepancies in Office of County
Treasurer, Amounting to 5000
Reported to Examiner.

Duluth, Mimi. - Following a two
weeks examination of the books
in County Treasurer George Vivian's
Office, charles r. Boostrum last night
submitted report to Andrew E.
Fritz, public examiner for Minnesota,
showing discrepancies and shortages
in the Office accounts, amounting to
more than $4,000.
The discrepancies are held to indi-
cate malfeasance on the part of as
sistants in the treasurer's office.
The examination was conducted at
the express request of County Treas.
urer Vivian. During September he
found several accounts that aroused
his suspicion and resulted in the dis
missal, pending the report of the pub.
lie examiner, of Joseph T. Nelson, dep.
uty treasurer, and Gust l.. Wedan, one
of the boohkeepers in the Office.
The Ely miner., 1915-10-15
TO WATCH CRASH OF TRAIN
Police Say TWO Men Confess Hiding
in Strawstack After Placing Rail
on Tracks.

Elbow Lake.-Alfred Bjornerud,
aged q, and Eddie Christopherson, 19,
were arrested here, charged with at
tempting to wreck 500 train 10J on
the night of October ! at the crossing
of the 500 and Great Northern tracks
A 22-foot steel rail was placed with
one end across the 500 track and the
other against rail of the Great North
ern track. The heavy coast train hit
the rail with terrific force, DETECTING
it in such manner that it was thrown
hundred feet from the track and the
end driven into the ground 1912 feet.
The pilot of the engine was damaged,
but the train did not leave the track
The young men, the police say, have
made written confession in which
they claim that they went to a nearby
straw stack and remained there to
watch the crash of the train they ex-
pected to wreck.
They waived examination in justice
court and will probably so to Morris
to appear before Judge Flaherty and
receive sentence upon plea of guilty.
The Ely miner., 1915-10-15
0LY.PlAN SUSPECT TRs|LED
BANDITS, WHO HELD UP TRAIN
NEAR GLENCOE, HUNTED.
WatertoNH, Wis, Police Lay Robbery
to Men Who Tcrrorized Freight
Train Crew.

Minneapolis, Minn.-A man hunt by
village constables and volunteer
posse of farmers was begun near Chan
nassen for a wounded man, believed
TO be one of two robbers who held up
the "Olympian" of the Milwaukee rail
road near Glencoe Sunday night.
Shortly before daylight the man ap-
peared at the home of farmer on the
outskirts Of Chanhassen, told of being
shot in the leg, and asked for medical
attention. Though he entered barn
IN the rear of the place, he could not
be found when sought by Town Mar
shal William Mason of Chanhassen,
ana three deputies.
From his description and story, and
the fact that an automatic revolver of
large calibre, like the weapon used in
the holdup, was found three miles
away, the authorities believe the fugi-
tive is one of the highwaymen.
Meanwhile, the police of Watertown,
Wis.,, are laying the train robbery to
two men who rode passenger and
freight trains half way across North
ern Wisconsin recently robbing train
crews, railway police, constables and
citizens in at least four towns. One
OF the pair was wounded and captured.
Minneapolis detectives will go to Wat
ertoWn in an effort to Identify the
prisoner as one of the robbers who
terrorized the "Olympian."
The Wisconsin bandits first stopped
a freight train on the Milwaukee road
at New Lisbon, 60 miles east of La
Crosse. In the caboose they found
Michael Kelley, conductor, and JOS
eph Murphy and Oscar Sagen, brake
men. Firing at random they robbed
the three of money, watches and ST rect
clothing and then leaped aboard an
eaSt-bOund passenger train
The Ely miner., 1915-10-15
Has His Own cane Now.

"Squabbling and fighting there 6
another very frequent cause of di
vorce." said Prof. l.. Watts Ingersoll
In an address before the Cleveland
Antidivorce league.
"A man had been hailed before q
Cleveland magistrate for nonsuppOrt
or some such fault.
But let me see,' the justice said
aren't you the man who was married
In a cage of wild, man-eating tigers
and leopards?'
Yes, your honor, I'm the man,
was the reply.
Exciting, wasn't it?' said the JUS
tice.
We'll, your honor" said the man, 1t
seemed so then. 1t wouldn't now!
The Ely miner., 1915-10-15
WHY He PASSED UNNcTICED
Fairy Had Discovered Sure Way Of
Making Himself InvisibIe--Any-
one Can Try II.

Once upon time there was good
little girl
And this good little girl asked her
mother If she could go and play in the
woods and her mother said yes.
So she went to play in the woods.
And she was walking along and
walking along, and what do you think
she met? A fairy! And she was aw-
fully surprised to meet fairy. so she
said to the fairy:
Where do you come from?"
And the fairy said:
This is where live"
And the little girl said:
Il never heard about any fairies liv-
Ing in these woods"
And the fairy said:
mo, because nobody ever saw me
here before. But you are good little
girl, SO let you see me-"
And the good little girl said:
How do you manage to be seen by
nobody, even though they walk right
past you every uay?"
Il lend them money."-London An
swers
The Ely miner., 1915-10-15
Uruc Indians to Settle.

Detroit-Settlemen of the dispute
over the Indian lands in the White
Earth district was discussed at con-
ference here attended by Senator
Clapp and others. A proposal to sub
nit the matter to a commission and
thus end long litigation was consid-
cred. Ihe government has been try
ing to settle the matter by litigation
for years and has spent from 100000
to 100000
The Ely miner., 1915-10-15
Career of Adventure Ends.

Mankato.-Jacob Swenson, resi-
dent of Mankato for forty years, is
dead. He was born in Norway seven
ty-eight years ago, and led an adven'
turous early life. He was a member
of the expedition which found the
record of the death Of Sir John Frank
lin, after a search of three years
After the return of this expedition
Swenson spent three years in Green
land, working in cryolite mines. Sub
sequently he nearly lost his life II
Hudson bay. when shipwreckea.
The Ely miner., 1915-10-15
State Released from Quarantine.

st. Paul.-Minnesota has been re-
leased from quarantine for foot-and-
mouth disease, according to advices
from Washington. The quarantine
had been imposed on certain town
ships in Dodge county. Only one case
of the disease is said to have appeared
there The federal authorities and
the state live stock sanitary board
took cooperative action to stamp out
the disease and prevent its spread.
The Ely miner., 1915-10-15
CUTICURA SOAP BATHS
Followed by a Little Ointment for
Baby's Tender Skin. Trial Free.

They afford infants and children
great comfort, permit rest and sleep
and point to speedy healment of &c.
zemas, rashes, itcE!ngs, chafngs and
other sleep destroying skin troubles.
Nothing better at any price for the
nursery and toilet.
Sample each free by mail with Book
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. Ky.
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Ely miner., 1915-10-15
Plan shakespearean Pageant.

Winona-A Shakespearean pageant
on a large scale with civic indorse-
ment may be presented in Winona
next spring if present plans being
considered by the Winona Normal
school are adopted. Mrs. Chorpen-
ming, a member of the normal faculty,
who has been spending the past two
years at Harvard in special study OF
the pageant and the writing of the
drama, has written Shakespearean
pageant specially adapted for prese1-
tation on the bluffs adjacent to WI
mona next spring.
The Ely miner., 1915-10-15
Widow Awarded Heart Balm.

Winona.-Mrs. Mary Fricke, 48
years old, was awarded a verdict of
$4O0 against William Ramin, 55 years
old, for breach of promise. The trial
took place before Judge Granger in
district court here. The plaintiff, who
sought to recover $4,000, is widow
and lives at Austin. The defendant
is a farmer in this county and is a
widower. The defense was that the
promise to marry was incidental, de-
pending upon the marriage of Ram
Inns daughter. The testimony was
heard by . crowded courtroom.
The Ely miner., 1915-10-15

For Neally flne coffee at mod
crate price, drink Denison's Seminole
Brand, 35c the lb. in sealed cans.
Only one merchant in each town
sells Seminole. If your grocer isn'e
the one, write the Denison Coffee Co..
Chicago, for souvenir and the name
of your Seminole dealer.
Buy the lb. Canister Can for $1.00.
ADV.
The Ely miner., 1915-10-15
Asks for Sons Release; Stricken.

st. Paul, Minn.-Coming from the
office of the governor, where she had
Just made an earnest appeal for the
release of her boy, Wilder, from the
st. Cloud reformatory, Mrs. Matte
Webb, Minneapolis, suffered an attack
of paralysis on the steps of the state
capitol. She was taken to her home,
where she is said to be in a serious
condition. The boy was sent to the
reformatory for completely in the
theft of an automobile in which he
and friends went 10Y riding" several
months ago.
The Ely miner., 1915-10-15
Someone Responsible.

An angry man entered the water Of
ace Of an eastern city the other day
md fiercely announced to the clerk:
"Sir. you can send up and take your
old gas meter out of my house."
~This is not the gas Office"
TT isntr
mo. sir: this is the water Office"
~Oh. 1t Is! Well. then, send a man
40 TO my house at once and turn the
water OF! I'm not going to walk a
mile and q half for nothing!"
The Ely miner., 1915-10-15
GETTING Even.

There's church near" said the
country farmer to his paying guest
mot that ever puts my nose in it"
Anything the matter with the
vicar?"
We'll. it's this way. | sold the ole
vicar milk and eggs and butter AMI
cheese, and seeing as he patronized
me patronized i'm. But this new
chap keeps is own COW and ems. II
that's your game, | thought, well
ave homegrown religion. too. Tit
Bits
The Ely miner., 1915-10-15
Hereditary.

The baby had finished his bottle OF
milk, and the proud mother thought it
would be a good time to get him to
say mamma" papa" and by by.
The baby simply gurgled.
Isn't that perfectly wonderful?'
said the mother
We'll" replied the baby's uncle. lit
reminds me very much of the way his
father talks when he has been busy
with q bottle"
The Ely miner., 1915-10-15
To Consolidate School Districts.

Mankato.-Seven school districts in
this county, all close to Garden City,
have voted on the question of consoli-
dation with the central school to be
at Garden City. The proposition car
ried by 55 majority. The election was
preceded by a bitter fight, and 1t is
expected litigation will follow.
The Ely miner., 1915-10-15
Tao Day Yields $40. 900.

St. Paul, Minn.-Tag day in ST.
Paul will yield $4,000, according to a
midnight estimate.
The Ely miner., 1915-10-15

Nothing fiatters a fool so much az
asking his advice.
The Ely miner., 1915-10-15

There is a tax of 40 guineas in Eng
land on motor cars of over so horse
power.
The Ely miner., 1915-10-15
YTNNEV Is q deceptive disease
AAANA<G1 thousands have ii
z and don't know 1t. II
u NAoDAE Won want pocd resuIt 5

Tou can make no mistake by using Dr.
Xilmer'a Swamp Root. the great kidney
;semedy. At druggists In fifty cent and
dollar sizes. Sample size bottle by Par
1sl Post also pamphlet telling you about
It. Address DR.. Kilmer & Co., Bingham-
ton. n. Y, and enclose ten cents, also
snsution this paper.
The Ely miner., 1915-10-15
The Kind You Have Always Bought.

PESHS the public that
III.
purchasing wrapper
When
red
families medicines
who engaged in the
selling what
medicinal
the mothers watchfunes5 ~ ~N(Nk-A
Genuine CastOria the signature 0fl$T L%
The Ely miner., 1915-10-15

A textile made in China from raw
silk can be buried in the earth a year
without deterioratfng
The Ely miner., 1915-10-15
Quite True.

do you know that girls often think
more of dog than they do of q man
before they are married?"
Yes, and I've noticed that they Of.
ten do afterward"
The Ely miner., 1915-10-15

> In Spitzbergen the longest day lasta
for three and half months.
The Ely miner., 1915-10-15
Criticizes Drainage System.
Disease Census Prepared.

A disease census of all school chill
dren in towns in Blue Earth and Kooi
chiching counties has been prepared
because of the prevalence of scarlet
fever in Mankato, Carlton and Big
Falls, according to report to the
state board of health, prepared by
DR.. A. ]. Chesley, head of the bureau
of preventable diseases.