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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1916-04-27

Quite a number of our young
people who have been attending
the various colleges spent their
Easter holiday at home. We were
pleased to see the following: Miss
Rebecca Meeown of Huntsville, Miss
Clara Dunn, MeSsrs Harold Daven-
port, Baxter Bond, Bailey Turner
Raymond Lewis, John Hornback,
Lloyd Greathous9 and guest
of Columbia. Walter Dierks of
Aimes, Iowa, Ray Anderson of the
Gem City Business College, Charles
Yates and Collins Buchanan of St.
Frances. Quincy, Miss Ethel McNutt
of William Wood, Fulton The
latter emaining until Tuesday
when she went to louisiana where
the College G!ee Club of which she
is member gave a concert that
evening.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1916-04-27
The Democrat Office
for Job Work.

Interstate Commerce Commission hs-
ures indicate that new railroad construe-
ton has been almost completely halted.
Less mileage was built 10 isto than N
any year since 1884. Eighty-two rn-
roads operating 4l,9ss miles are In the
hands Of receivers.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1916-04-27

Mrs. Lille Buchanan has had a
line of hats on sale: in Stoutsville
the past two weeks. Miss Eta
Bodkins was in charge last week.
Mrs. Buchanan or Mrs Drake spend
the Saturday there,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1916-04-27

ailment The world over. and IN thu
respect our owl community Is no
exception to the general rule. 1t Is
! of daily occurrence right III our
own midst II is not the big things
Of life that we forget, for our ma
ture is such that important mat
tiers are more lndelibly impressed
upon our minds and therefore the
more certain Of receiving attention
at the proper time. But it is the
little things that slip our minds,
promises lightly made and soon
| forgotten, duties that are left I'M
performed because we simply for
let to think
Stored away in our banks are
| thousands and Il Thousands Of dollars
drawing interest fur various good
/ citizens when they by rights should
be credited to the accounts Of other
people Oar merchants, doctors,
| lawyers. carpenters, practically
everybody III fact have small ac-
counts due them here and there
because people have forgotten to
pay. have forgotten even to think
at is fifty cents here. a dollar there
or two or five. small in the individ-
ual account but enormous in the
aggregate If all of these accounts
were collected together and one
man became responsible for the
combined sum he would never for
get to give it consideration, regard
less of the extent Of his wealth. 1t
would be too important to overlook
too vital to forget
We could name merchant IN
this town who has hundreds Of
dollars on his books in Insignificant
amounts. The people who owe
him these sums are not dcadbeatS
for they are amOnt our best class
of substantial citizens lie is not
worrying over eventually getting
the money because he knows from
LONG experience with these same
people that his accounts are as
good as gold-with one exception.
The gold in hand would enable him
to increase the size Of his stock
and sell more goods aud thereby
earn greater dividends on his ill.,
vestment But wholesalers and
manufacturers require their money
on the dot. and a hundred or a
thousand small accounts due the
m erchant are not considered in the
light of an asset by the men from
whom he buys the goods If each
of the men who owe these small
accounts would take the trouble TO
think, they would rush in one great
] throng to that store and pay up
those small bills, and the merchant
would then be in a position to dc
e even better by them in the future
0 But they forget to think, and thelI
2 money remains in the bank and
Z they continue to draw interest or
: it while the merchant patiently
d waits for his due And this mer
S chant is only one Of the many.
Even this newspaper is not i'm
m une from the evils of forgetting
: to think. In fact. we incline to tht
d belief that we are in even a NOR
n unenvisble position in this respec
/ than any merchant in town. II
e spe ak candidly, We are proud o
0 the names we have on our sub
n scription list, for they represent tn
intelligence and the integrity o
this whole community. But eveI
" men of the highest intelligence an'
f, the most rigid integrity can forge
N to think. They are forgetting L
,e think in our own case If thes
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1916-04-27

hHN' h'ihb VII NhC DCot III tDt
land. neglecting his family cares.
yet prospecting
He is a bird about two. thirds
the size of the regular blackbird
(Bronzed Grackle.) The male is
black, but the luster on his neck
instead of being a glorious green
simmer of reflected light, is a
rusty bronze a coffee color. The
female is similar in size but her
color i, a hrowuish gray
Whenever We find the huge
ilucks Of GrackleS or Redwiues, we
are sure to see aud hear the COW.
birds who evidently force heir
undesirable company upon the
flock The Cowbirds cali is ii
peculiarly harsh rattline speech
which cannot be initiated, but once
learned. cannot be mistaken
This bird has no bird friends
Some authors say the English
SparrOWS associates with him. but
cannot verify that. Cowbirds gath
eT in restless bands of a dozen to
twenty birds and fly about the
country The very action of the
bird shows he is a sneak and vii
lain The male bird has no song
with which to inspire the female
She builds no nest to inspire the
better qualities Of the male There
is no domestic home life. 1t is al
ways 60 60 90. sneak. sneak. sneak
FROM Woodland to pasture they
fly Here they follow the cattle.
feeding about upon the ground and
often light upon the cattle's backs.
there feeding upon the flies and
insects.
As the maternal instincts scizes
other birds. who respond by build
ing meets. the female Cowbird
sneaks and steals through the
brush aid woods hunting the nests
Of other birds. When suCn nest
is found she deposits her egg and
hurries away, leaving the RESPONSE
billly If raising the egg to foster
mother, generally much smaller
than she
| have found Cowbird's eggs in
nearly every variety of Tests from
the Chipping and tleId Sparrow up
to tie Cardinal Rtublrd. ] think
am safe III saying that IS per cent
If the RedblTd htstS III this vicin'
ny contain one Cow bird egg.
Last year feel certain that
destroyed at least fifty such un,
welcome eggs in the nests Of other
birds
One redbird mother was feeding
ii single Cow bird which entirely
filled the nt>t, the mother hac
built for her own young. Evident
ly. the Cowhlrd younester had
crowded uu, the others and re
mained tie lone occupant OF thu
nest,
Another Chipping Sparrow
nest had been deserted because tn,
Cowbird had laid her egg befor
the mother had had time to de
post any Of her own. Rather thai
assume such ID responsibility sh
had deserted to build elsewhere.
The CowbirdS wisely chooses tn
nest OF smaller birds in which I
lay her eggs. Thus, upon tn
Matching of the eggs, the youn
Cowbird will be bigger and strong
cr and can mOnopolize the foo
and attention of the foster parent
squeezing out the other tin
tots.
A young Cowbird demands al
tention long after it is able to ten
itself aud once it is full grow
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1916-04-27

Wallace Buchanan. of Pilot Grove
is visiting his mother, Mrs. Lille
Buchanan.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1916-04-27
Will Making Do and Don't.

Charles S. Cutting. who is one of
Americas foremost authorities on
probate law and for many years
was judge of the probate court in
Chicago, gives the following direc-
tons for making a safe will that
cant be broken:
Il. Before you consult anybody,
decide how you propose to leave
your property.
z If the disposition to be made
is simple any ordinarily skilled
person can draw your will
20 If your will IS complicated,
including trusts. lie estates aud 81
forth, employ the most skilled
craftsman within your acqualnt-
anCe
a Do as your legal adviser
tells you as to matters concerning
which there may be doubt.
5 Be sure to comply with all
formailtles required by the statute
especially the following:
Is. Subscribe your name to the
will in the presence of witnesses
a. Declare it to be your will in
their presence.
g. Have at least Two witnesses
sign i'll your presence
g. If you sign by mark, or for
any reason are unable to write your
name. have at least three witnesses
TO the fact of your signing by mark
or that you requested some other
person to write your name.
10 Ask people who have long
known you and who have no doubt
as to your sanity to be witnesses
to your will.
II. Place your will in the Gus.
tody of some perfectly responsible
person Oh corporation. or in some
receptacle. as a safety deposit vault
which cannot be opened after your
death without the presence Of pub.
lie officials.
~ Remember that any pro-
vision you make for your wife is an
offer to her to purchase from her
her statutory rights. and that if she
chooses she may reject your off r
and take under the statute.
DOn'tS.
Il Don't put off making a will
until you are Ill and your disinher-
tied relatives will say that your
mind is affected
2 Don't believe that making
your will will hasten your death.
3. In states where the statutes
give a widow dover only in her
husbands real estate, don't get the
idea that she will be the owner in
fee of one-third of his realty.
a Don't attempt to tie up your
estate for long period, providing
for ultimate distribution in the dis
tant future Courts are very apt tC
find ways to construe such will con
trary to your intention.
IS. Don't let your will be the
vehicle Of conveying to posteritS
your hated or dislike of individuals
IS If you are wealthy and have
f provided well for your family, don't
forget the obligation you owe to the
community in which you have &C
quired our fortune
. u. Don't attempt to change
your will after it is written ant
witnessed, by drawing lines across
certain portions of it and writing in
other directions. Such attempt,
will fail
2 IS. Don't make a nonresident
[ of your state executor of your will
Many states will not permit him
to act.
n 20 Don't have the man you GO.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1916-04-27

Chas. Kelley. of Stoutsville, at
tended the dance in this city Mon
day night,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22
War Prosperity in Norway

The demand for jewelry in Chris
tiania, so Consul General f. Halde-
man Dennison reports, is large, on ac-
count Of the prosperous conditions in
Norway. The war has brought In
creased wealth to the country, and the
sale of Injuries Of all kinds, including
jewelry, has increased enormously
The statistics do not show the amounts
imported from each country, but mer-
chants state that the largest part, es-
pecially the l4-karat gold jewelry'
comes from Germany. Well established
dealers handle only this class Of goods.
A large amount Of l4-kerat jewelry Is
also made in Norway. There is also
a good market for medium and low
priced jewelry.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22
Urging the Soil.
How Nature Responds When
Man Takes the Trouble
to Sow Intelligence
with the Seed.
BY JOSEPH HIRSCH .

[NoTE.-Joseph Hirsch IS vice
president Of tho Corpus Christi Nd
tional Bank, Of Corpus Christi, Ter,
and member Of the Agricultural
Commission of the American Bank
ers' Association. What folIo1Cs is an
extract from speech by him at the
recent annual convention Of the As
ISOLATION at Kansas City, calling at-
tention to the Work Of the vdrio1ls
state bankers associations not0 CO.
operating in a couottr-y-t0ide cant
poign to promote efficient farming.
He speaks particularly Of '0hdt has
been accomplished in the South
TN 1914 the principal experiments
conducted with the great staple
crops of cotton and corn show
that on 1892 farms, with total Of
129,47 acres, Southern demonstra-
ton farmers averaged 1,044.77
pounds Of seed cotton per acre,
agains 623.7 pounds-the general
average; while 1866 demonstra-
tons conducted on 110,408 acres
planted to corn show an average Of
34.83 bushels per acre, against an
average yield of 20.7 bushels pro-
duced in the Southern States. In
1915 over 10000 Southern farmers,
employing demonstration methods,
on 21S,000 acres produced an aver
age yield of 1,1S0 pounds Of seed cot
ton per acre, and $4,000 farmers en-
ploying demonstration methods on
100000 acres produced an average
yield Of 37.7 bushels Of seed corn per
acre. Figuring lint cotton at 10
cent the pound and corn at rs cents
the bushel, the cotton demonstrations
show an increased value Of approx
mately s4,000,000, and the corn ex-
periments an increased value of ST.
100000, over the average produc-
tions Of cotton and corn on equal
acreages. Demonstrations in oats,
wheat, rye, barley and other staple
crops show equally amazing results.
In 1915 over $4,000 pure bred and
grade animals were brought into the
Southern States due to demonstra-
ton agents influence. Over 100
farm clubs have been organized, with
total membership Of nearly $4,000.
The agents made over 100000 visits
to farms, travelling over 100000
miles. Over $4,000 meetings were
held, with a total attendance of
100000 farmers, while over 1,000,-
900 government bulletins have been
distributed by county agents. Over
10000 visits were made 70 Southern
schools by agents, and there are now
enrolled in the Southern boys cotton,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22
Var Mtzames Mans Genius
He Tortures the Elements for New Secrets
and Thereby Enriches His Own
Economic Future

lustrous threads are obtained by
squirting the substance into caustic
soda I've saturated with common salt.
A solution containing 20 per cent Of
salt and per cent Of caustic soda
gives good results.
The New
Competition
When the war is over there will
exist In Europe, largely in conse-
quence of the necessities Of this time,
very large body Of technical and
scientific information available then
to be utilized with all the benefits Of
practical experience in the promotion
of commerce and industry. That is
to say, the nations at war are finan-
cling experimentation and research
on a scale which would never have
been dreamed of in peace, and which
would ordinarily be beyond the re-
sources of private enterprise. The
neutral people who will have to meet
the commercial competition Of Eu-
rope after the war ought to be doing
the same thing. But they are not.
They are mostly too busy making for
immediate profit the goods which the
belligerents are presently in need Of.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22
EUROPE'S LARGEST DAN
BUILT BY AMERICANS
II Is Situated Near the Old IoVn
of TaIarn. in Spain

The largest dam IN Europe, si.na'e'
near the old fortified town OF TslsfD'
Spain, was recently completed By amer
lean engineers and experts. AceoTch'
to Consul General Hurst, at Barcelona
it Is constructed Of concrete. and Is GOV
feet high, 700 feet long and 2So i's'
the base, gradually decreasing 20 =
feet at the top. The Nogucra Paii'''S"
River flowed through the chasm s'fO''
which the dam is built, and Il sou'' -
almost perpendicular cliffs. -.
The valley above the dam was oo'FD,
from the various landholders az COS
Of nearly s1,OoO,O 900, and now, filed VIZ
water, forms an artificial lake i''
miles long and 80. miles wide. u
floodgates are so carefully oSisn,'.
that they open automatically 'n'"
the pressure Of rise Of one men :.
water. The natural formation oil V.
rock near the dam has been utll'zee
provide a spillway with eapS'''
10000 cubic feet Of water seeonO'
The dam has twofOld object - ~
production o, electric power ana n'' -
irrigation. The water that no" "a
through the power house yields an eI'. .
trio current of 10000 horsep0" 'oo
Later it will be increased 70 -
horsepower. The water is earned ?, :
system of canals into an arid 'i''' ~
where 1t irrigates a surface OF "a.
one hundred square miles
deal Of American made maeh'ne'
used in the construction worA.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22

corn. pig and other clubs over b3,O0o
boys, while there are over 87,Ooo
girls enjoying the benefits OF the
home demonstration work. The in
creased yield of our great staple
crops Is q matter Of vital Importance
to this nation. Our population has
increased nearly 25,000,O00 in the
last fifteen years, while production
Of our great staples has been almost
stationary, and there has been an
alarming decrease In livestock pro-
duction. France, Germany and Den
mark produce twice as much wheat,
rye and oats per acre and far excel
us in the yields Of other staple crops,
and, In every phase Of production, we
make lamentable comparison with
the great nations of Europe.
The extension of the field demon
stration work will add millions OF
dollars to the wealth Of this country,
and leading governmental and state
agricultural authorities testify that
the cooperation of bankers has been
a potent factor in the development
of the movement. The United States
Department Of Agriculture and the
agricultural colleges furnish the
scientific direction - the bankers
local influence helps to establish the
work. Local legislation Is necessary
for the appropriation of county
funds-the bankers influence Sc
cures it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22
Fruits Already
Obtained

Industrial research, especially In
the field of chemistry, has already
been very fruitful. 1t is reported on
to the Bureau of Foreign and Domes-
tic Commerce by Vice-Consul Clai-
borne, at Bradford, England.
Besides the theoretically successful
production Of synthetic rubber, many
substitutes have been offered for
gasolene, leather and aniline dye
stuffs, and numerous patents have
been recorded for processes by which
the valuable constituents Of waste
materials may be recovered and util-
lied for further manufactures.
Among interesting developments
of significance appear the possible
ties of wood pulp, which, in addition
to the use in paper making, is being
employed for producing wholly or in
part variety of artificial silk fab
RIGS. as substitutes for cotton, and
for the manufacture of industrial al
cohol.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22
Meeting High Living C0''

The high cost Of living IN n.,,,
land. Consul Walter II. Schulz A..
reports, resulted in parliamen''s. .r,.
ton on September Is and the 'n s.Il
ment of legislation providing i0' Al
advance, in the compensation Of 49,, :.
federal employees drawing i's' So. Of
se55 year. A maximum '"'' ~ ,utA
sl5 a year is provided for al al me m,
employees, effective July l. i9a" ., vii
salary budget Of the go ,.fY 81. SOo,oeV
be increased approximately
by the new measure
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22
Loan Oversubscribed!

At the time when they closed the
books on September IL large number
Of subscriptions from the Osaka dis
trict were not In. Yet the amount was
more than twice oversubscribed! Tho
New Workers. who are learned in the
financial politics might in their haste
jump to the conclusion that the Jap
anese, coming on fast, as they are,
have caught on to the trick OF asking
for several times the amount they
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22
Substitutes
for Gasoline

Substitutes for gasolene have not
achieved a notable success in Eng
land, because the prevailing types Of
motors are especially constructed for
gasolene combustion rather than be-
cause the new kinds of fuel are de-
fective; and in order to prevent a
rapid accumulation of foreign mat
ter in engines the basis Of the new
substitutes is generally gasolene.
which is substantially diluted with
other combustible materials. Expert
ments made with kerosene and ben
zol for use in Observation-Disclosures en-
gines have met with some success.
Abstracts Of noteworthy English
patents have appeared recently in
abridged form in many British trade
journals. Among these are:
Recovery of rubber from rubber
fabrics-The recovery of rubber from
rubber fabrics, e. g., tires, may be &C
complished by treatment with boiling
etra-chlorethane in a closed vessel.
In order to obtain rubber free from
uncombined sulphur this solvent
treatment may be carried out in two
stages, the sulphur being first dis
solved out before the rubber enters
into solution.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22

crops flowing from farm to city, and
representing . tremendous and never
ending drain on tho fertility o. the
soil, could DO turned back even to q
small extent to the soil, an immense
step forward In waste saving would
be effected.
A few Of the steps taken to cor
rect the wastefulness Of notorious
~ extravagant people have been
touched upon. One or TWO others
deserve mention. An exhibit in last
years chemical exhibition caused a
large number Of cement concerns to
investigate a system for saving pot
ash as a by-product In cement man
ufacturing. Two plants for the pur-
pose have already been established,
and others are making plans look
ing to the erection Of similar under
takings. This demonstration OF
practical waste recovery has led to
Investigations having for their OBJ
ject the possibilities Of using the
same system for the saving Of potash
in the making Of pig iron.
Saving on
Paper Possible
Other Investigations have shown
that it is practicable to reduce the
weight of bulk paper used in this
country from 10 to 20 per cent. 1t
has been demonstrated that lighter
and thinner papers can be made that
are in every way superior to those
generally used, and that the annual
cost of paper can be reduced by from
$4,000 to 100000, and the
equivalent in raw materials and
labor conserved. Often the saving
in mailing charges will save the
cost Of higher grade paper.
Perhaps some day we shall be
forced to such minor economies as
Europe has long practised. For in
stance, revitalizing moulding sand
in foundries and the free supply Of
cleaning cloths to factories, their COL
lection, washing and returning free,
all to recover the grease they absorb
when used for wiping the machin-
cry. Across the Atlantic every
housewife has her rag bag" and
the rag and bone man" is as much
al institution as the milkman.
We must soon face an information
al situation where the necessities OF
more than half the world will force
our people TO economies heretofore
unthought Of.
The European peoples have been
thrifty for centuries. They must be
penurious in the future. This will
show in their prices for merchan-
disc in the worlds markets, and if
we are to sell manufactures abroad
in competition with them, avoidable
waste of every kind must be brought
Down from the hundreds of millions
of dollars worth with which we now
burden our competitive efficiency
every year to the irreducible mini
mum.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22
lnventing
Leather and Silk

Substitute for leather-Rosln In dls-
solved in linseed-oil varnish in such
quantities as to produce a viscous
mass, which is then kneaded with
milk curd into a stiff paste. A small
amount of Stacked lime is added to
the mixture. This paste can be used
for impregnating canvas, which, af-
ter drying, may be soaked and
pressed and employed as substitute
for leather.
Artificial leather-Linen duck is
coated with varnish TO which is
added a small quantity Of siccative
and venetian red. Several layers of
the dried linen are then Joined TO-
gether in sheets of varying thickness.
The adhesive mixture used for this
purpose consists of four parts of
heated wood tar pitch, with the addi-
ton, during constant stirring, Of two
parts of india rubber dissolved in
benzol; four parts Of venetian red,
mixed TO a thick consistency with
French turpentine oil; and two parts
of cork powder. Sheets thus pre-
pared are compressed between power
full rollers. The product, it is
claimed, serves as an excellent sub
stitute for leather, especially for the
soles Of footwear. 1t can be easily
sewn, pegged, etc, and can replace
leather in many Of its uses.
Artificial silk-In the production
Of artificial silk from ceilulose
acetate it has been customary to
force this material through fine tubes
into water or aqueous solutions OF
bases or salts. 1t is now claimed that