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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-11-16
Money In Hogs.

That hog raising means sure
money Is the statement of DR.. D F.
Luckey. State Veterinarian of the
Missouri Board of Agriculture, in
charge of re ulatory work in con
troll of animal diseases. In a
state appeal to hog raisers, on be
half of the state government. he
urges each farmer to add hog pro-
duction by reiraining from cashics
in any desirable breeding swine
The Federal Food Administration
has come forward with a positive
announcement that hogs raised this
year and next shall be profitable to
the farmer.
II has been agreed that the cost
Of IS bushels of corn shall be the
selling price for a hundred pounds
of live hog weight. The higher corn
goes. the higher hogs will go-and
therefore, the farmer has no risk
whatever TO take in feeding hogs,
provided they remain healthy.
In the State o Missouri, hog
raisers will be safe from hog chol.
era. The statewide campaign for
the control of hog cholera has been
entirely successful. with the excep
ton of limited areas By perfect
ing his organization in these partic
ular areas he expects to have them
in a perfectly safe condition by
spring.
Doctor Luckey wishes to positive
ly assure farmers that, with their
cooperation. no one in this state
need take any severe loss from hog
cholera or ether diseases of swine
durine:the year 1918. All he asks
is that a farmer know the differ
ence between sick hogs and well
ones and wherever and whenever
he sees sick hog that he run to
the telephone and call the nearest
deputy state veterinarian Wher-
ever this rule has been rieidly fol-
lowed, the owners loss has been
very light and and the neighborine
hog raisers have been protected in
full. 1r
The State Veterinarian declares
it is the patriotic duty of each and
every farmer to breed at least one
additional SOW or gilt this fall.
Those who are already raising hogs
should increase the number of brood
sows Immediately. Cashing in
sows and gifts even at present high
prices is short sighted economy and
against the best interests Of this
government
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-11-16
Sheep For Sale.

A lot of big, fine. young breeding
ewes, at my farm, 7 miles North
west of Monroe City, Mo Terms
cash.-T L. Cannon.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-11-16

We are again near the annual
feast day, commonly known as
Thanksgiving. The observance of
this day for many years has been
almost exclusively a day for feast
ing the appetite. This year of 1917
will be different, With our nation
engaged in the most cruel and
bloodiest war in the. worlds history,
with hundreds and hundreds of
human beings suffering from hun
ger and dying from starvation,
Thanksgiving Day will be made by
all a feast day for the soul.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-11-16
New Books.

III t1HpDN NoiItN w J"HU Tux, Jr-
This is Mr.. foxs first book of
fiction in four ears and il will be.
most welcome
The scene OF the story is laid in
Kentucky mountains and the
mountain people who have taken q
place not only in fiction but on the
stage and,in moving pictures, are
wildly portrayed. The story is
humorous with touches of pathos.
while tradeey, too, is found. but
whether the part is sad or ridicul-
Gus you will realize that the
characters described are real people
The stories are of their home life
courtships, schools and religious.
gatherings Published by Charles
Scribner's Sons, New York, Price
ST IS net.
Fishpinele
by Horace Annesley Vackell. This
story is q romance of the country
side Fishpingle for years served
for many years as butler on an old
estate in England. The estate was
not a paying proposition and Fish
pingle who had played with hts
master in their youth. understood
much more about the place than
the owner and was really more q
friend than servant on the place.
The squire was interested in
eugenics and thought he would ar
range few marriages himself His
son had been in the armv in India
and was at home on a furlough-
The old man decided that the estate
should be saved by sons wedding a
wealthy girl, aud the story tells how
Fishpinele Strengthened out the
taneles and assisted cupid in the
game of love
Published by George II Dorant 6.
Co. New York. Price ST IS net.
The Enlightenment of Paulina
by Ellen Wilkins Tompkins.
Paulina was the only child OF a
narrow minded pars0n Her father
was always selfish and eeotistical
and she despised him. She was al
lowed no young friends and all her
love was given to Der blind mother
who tried to give her the love and
companionship the child so loneed
for. The father died about the time
the daughter reached womanhood
and left them unprovided for. She
marries for money a man she de-
spises that her mother may have
home. The mother dies and she
finds she is the wife of a penniess
criminal and she has to face moral
as,well as social readjustments.
1t is a study of modern life and
the soul growth of righteous self
seeking woman who. finds herself
while living in the home of one Of
her mothers friends.
Published by E P. Dutton & Co.
New York. Price ST so
Under Fire
by Henri Barbusse.
Under Fire is the story of a squad
so the author says, but Frank Moore
Colby says in The Bookman, There
is much more the life Of a squad in
this brilliant and varied narrative
which records or defines wide areas
of experience"
1t is not a chronicle, still less
diary. but combined pictures of men
in masses. and of individual types,
moralizines, impressions, obser-
vations, episodes, into a sort of epic
of army life from the point of view
of a private soldier.
Published by E P Dutton & Co.,
New York, Price $3.50 net.
The Runes of VIRGINIA the Vala
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-11-16

Do your part toward making the
world safe for Democracy.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-11-16
Postage Rates.

The change in first class postage
rate the past week has caused many
to ask questions about the rate in
the past and the following history
may interest our readers at this
time
Benjamin Franklin was unani-
mously appointed Post master
General in 1775 and he established
many many post roads across the
country. Currency was used to pay
postage until it deprecated in value
during the Revolutionary war so
greatly that the order was given to
receive only specie We found no
record Of the rates prior to 1892.
At that time thev we're cents for
carrying a letter 80 miles and under
over 80 miles and under 60 was s
cents Over go and not exceeding
100 miles. 10 cents and so ON up to
$50 miles and over for which post
age was rs cents, This rate was
unchanged for So years. In 1845
rates we're lowered and a scale
based on weight as well as distance
adopted Letters not exceeding
half an ounce were carried 800 miles
for 5 cents. Over 800 miles were
10 cents with an increase of rate on
every additional half ounce in
weight. In l847 adhesive postage
stamps were introduced but they
were not generally used until 1855
when the rates were reduced and
prepayment required. In 1863 dis
lance as factor in fixing the scale
of rates was abolished and uniform
rate of 3 cents was established. In
1888 this rate was reduced to two
cents.
In 1852 stamped envelopes were
introduced and in 1872 postal cards
authorized.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-11-16

Home Money.
Several hundred dollars to loan.
See Node Green.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-11-16

A bill has been introduced in the
United States Senate providing for
the training of a thousand dogs for
war service in France. These dogs
will be taught to obey commands,
given by word of mouth and by
pistol shots. They act as camp
guards. trench sentries. scouts. and
aids to Red Cross Workers recover
ing the wounded on the battle field
and for hauling. 1t has been proven
with these war dogs as with men,
that the most valuable are not al
ways the ones that wear the finest
coats, or the thoroughbred 1t is
what he can do that counts IN the
value of either dog or man.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-11-16

Two hundred and seventy-four
German airplanes were shot down
by the British in September. ac-
cordine to Gen F. B. Maurice, d.
rector of operations. In the same
p eriod the British lost forty six
machines.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-05
LOOK At YOUR TONGUE!
IS IT BROAD, WHITE, FLABBy?
YOUR BLOOD NEEDS zIRON!
When Your Tongue Is White and Flabby, 1t Is Sign
That You Are Anemic and That Your Blood
Needs Ziron Iron Tonic, For the Benefit
of Your Weakened System.
Look at your tongue in the mirror! >
1t ought to be pointed pink, clean and firm.

be pointed pink clean and firm.
broad white coated fab it probably that
blood lacks that
system bring condition.
blood needs iron, take Zon the which
hypophh of lime and and other valuable
prescribed by the best physicians this form
When feel tired miserable ambition,
gastric catarrh depression
Of being under the weather. why
Zion the of
reliable
Mr. r. L. Poston of Lille La writes Some weeks suffering
With something like dumb chns ached
amy aced from knees didn't
appetite wasn't good afraid would
do in the Spring of the
10 help and decided TO try Zron had a
u@t felt uch letter
have any more Of the ohlls think ziron
CncII OFFER bottle ZIRON today at your druggists
and give II fair trial according directions bottle
up bottle find has not benefited the
the druggist and he viii refund what
there is why he should not This applies
Ao ia' Si1 'oA''S
POS: prepaid
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-05

cording to my unofficial adVices from
Honduras, by all the republics, and,
best of all, the peoples of the various
states are deeply interested in the
movement. / have not yet received
any copy of the official communication
the President of Honduras sent to the
other republics asking for union, 50
that cannot quote any particular rea-
sons he gave for such a federation
only know that it will be far better
for these small nations to get togeth-
er on a basis of peace and harmony
and pool interests for our share Of
trade and our part in the worlds
growth.
There is, indeed, strength in union,
while there is positive danger in pull
ing apart. When we think of the fate
of the small nations of Europe are We
not led to feel that they have existed
in vain when they must be dealt de-
struction by the larger powers Well,
while the people of Central America
are not ambitious ever to figure in
war of any kind, we all do feel keen
desire to build up and make more po-
tent the affairs of our quarter of the
earth"
At this point Senior Soriano told of
the wealth of his country and of the
neighboring countries. He went across
the office to a large map of Central
America. Here will be the new re-
public" he smiled, and as he descri5-
ed each of the lands which may COM
pose it the visitor gained a compre-
hensive idea of the force behind the
proposed federation.
Put in tabular form, it looks like
this;
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-05
KEPT Her AWAKE
The Terrible Pains in Back and
Sides. Cardui Gave Relief.

Narksville, La.-Mrs. Alice Johnson,
Of this place, writes: "For one year
suffered with an awful misery in my back
and sides. My left side was hurting me
all the time. The misery was something
awful.
could not do anything, not even sleep
at night. 1t kept me awake most of the
night = took different medicines, but
nothing did me any good or relieved me
until took Cardui :.
Twas not able to do any of my work
for one year and got worse all the time,
was confined to my bed off and on. got
so bad with my back that when stopped
down | was not able to straighten up
again -. | decided ! would try Cardui
-. BY time had taken the entire bottle
| was feeling pretty good and could
straighten up and my pains were nearly
all gone.
shall always praise Cardui. | con-
tinued taking it until was strong and
we'll" Ifyou suffer from pains due to
female complaints, Cardui may be just
what you need. Thousands of women
who once suffered in this way now praise
Cardui for their present good health.
Give it a trial. NC-13
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-05

country, mainly in timber, minerals
and railroads.
Honduras is distinctly cattle conn
try, though this industry has never
been developed to anything like the
degree to which it may be. 1t is also
wealthy in minerals. There are rich
deposits of gold, platinum, silver and
copper, and large sum of foreign
money is invested in these mines. Of
course, the bulk of the. export trade
is in fruit-bananas cocoanuts, and
so on Social conditions in Hondu-
ras are well advanced The systems
of education and health are good
There are few children in Honduras
of school age who have not had edu-
cational advantages.
Costa RIGA is productive of fruit and
coffee, and these constitute the bulk
of her trade. The United Fruit Com
pany formerly under the British fla,
but in recent years transferred to the
United States flag, has proved a great
power in the development of Costa
Rica. There are railroads between the
larger cities which pretty well ira
verse the entire country, one of them
3S5 miles in length, connecting the
Atlantic and Pacific seacoasts of Costa
Rica.
1t is generally believed by the con-
sular representatives of all these Cen
trail American republics stationed In
New York that the plan of unity will
go through. They are of the opinion
that the people of their countries
are in high glee over the prospect Of
having zone big" republic on the 18TH
mus instead of being SO widely sepa-
rated n political government Their
lpeople are of the same races-aborig-
ines and Spaniards and mixed Indian
ra6es. Their language is the same
Spanish. Their resources and prod
ucts are neutrality-suspicious., timber
and minerals. BY forming one coun-
try they could look upon ships in the
Pacific from one door and upon ships
that ply the Atlantic from the other
door, and from their hopsetops they
all might look over poor little Pan
anna and see
The Great Canal!
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-05
SGabOard Air Line

The Progressive Railway OF !he S0llD
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Portsmouth and points East and South
1881 p nj.
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Leave Americas for Uordele, Able
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5:1o p. M.
Leave Americas for Richland, Co
lumbus, Atlanta, Birmingham, Hurts
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Leave Americas for Richland. Col
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10000 o IN
Seaboard Buffet Parlor Sleeping Gar
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sleeping car leaving for Savannah al
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For further information apply 70 II.
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-05

1t was explained by Senior Soriano
that the populations of the different
countries had materially Increased
since these figures were taken from
the census. He said that the total
population of the new republic would
be much larger than that given for
the reason that it had been a good
many years since some of the repub-
lies had had an actual census, and it
was known that they had grown mate
rally in population in the last few
wears. In fact. he said that since tie
Central American Court of Justice was
established wave of prosperity had
been passing over all the republics,
and they had made great progress, not
only in the increase in population, but
likewise also in the development OF
their resources
1t is of wide interest to note that
each of these little republics main
tains an army San Salvador has a
military strength of 37S officers and
S2,SS1 men. Costa RIGA stands ready
to put into the field any day 52,09S
soldiers, and on war basis this can
be quickly doubled. Guatemala is
stronger than them all in a military
sense, but the figures were not avail
able. Honduras can throw $4,000 men
ia war at a moments notice, so to
speak, and while Nicaragua keeps on
ly4,OOO troops in barracks, she can,
on war basis, mobilize 10000, &C
cording to the military system upon
which the army is based.
These figures are significant, They
show that should these tiny republics
unite they would extend almost to the
portals of the Panama canal, which
would mean a considerable army on a
ticklish part of the map.
In case the new republic formed al
lliances with powerful nations abroad
there are railroads which extend from
the Atlantic to the Pacific. The prin-
cipal seaport on the Atlantic side, per-
haps, would be Puerto Cortez, in Hon
duras, and on the Pacific, La Union or
Amapala. There are, however, several
ports which are surrounded by cities
of nearly $4,000 population.
There is great wealth in these lit
tie domains, consisting chiefly of agrl-
cultural products. The coffee indus
try is first among the business in
terests of Salvador In this country
alone there are 166,OS9 acres in cot
fee, and the annual production Is now
around 100000 pounds. Some eff
forts have been made to encourage
the production of cotton, but with liz
different success. The trade of Sal
vador has been mostly with the Unit
ed States Germany and France. There
are many foreign investments in this
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-05
FIotcher'S
Grocery
Bargains

Heinz Apple Butter
pound jar ............5 soc
Dawson's Apple Butter
pound jar ..............3 soc
Dawson's Strawberry Preserves
2 pound jar ....,............3 5c
New Syrup, per gallon .~...... soc
VEGETABLES.
Cabbage (hard heads) per lb 80. sc
Irish Potatoes, per peck ........ soc
Onions, per pound .............c &C
Fresh Green COllards.
We keep fresh supply of Brown
Mill Flour and meal.
Try loaf of Nu-Do Bread received
daily.
These are only few of our bar
gains. Others will be announced from
day to day in this space.
A fresh supply of Browns Mill
Meal on hand.
Nu-Do Bread received fresh daily
FLETCHER'S GROCERY
Phone No. 3O5.
HILL AND FIELDER STREETS.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-12-28
DISAPPOINTED Horse.

That horse, in spite of his 'hOrse
sense" can be pitifully deceived by
appearances was demonstrated in a
telling manner. A young woman was
waiting patiently for a car going east,
when a horse and wagon owned by a
huckster stopped almost before her.
The horse, friendly looking animal,
gradually edged up to the curb near
the young woman, who smiled gra-
ciousIy and patted him on the nose.
AS the car approached she walked
slowly toward the track and was wait
ing for the car door to open when the
friendly animal slipped up behind her,
and with a sudden plunge grasped the
bunch of green leaves from her new
hat.
After a brief tussle with hat pins
and yellow curlS, the horse managed
to wrest the hat from the young wom-
an and marched off chewing what he
evidently thought a meal of fine green.
The horse chewed the milliner's paint
ed leaves, and finding them not to his
taste dropped the hat, which was re-
turned to it's owner.-Milwaukee Jour
nal
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-12-28
Real Meaning of "Maru."

The word 'Maru," attached to the
name of every japanese merchant ship
and commonly accepted as meaning
"Ship," has mo- especial meaning, ac-
cording to Captain TakeShima of the
Japanese steamship Hudson Maru, re-
Gently captured and released by Ger
man raider in the South Atlantic. Cap
tain Takeshima said that the word is
the survival of a Japanese custom CEN
turtles old. He explained the origin as
follows: "There are two opinions as
to how the custom originated. One
of the stories, which L believe is the
correct one, is that in ancient times
the Japanese attached 'maru' to the
name of anything precious or highly
priced, as a sword or a baby. 1t was
first applied to a ships name about q
600 years ago, when the Empress lingo
sent an expedition to Korea. She add
ed the word to the name of the ship
that transported the troops to Korea.
Ever since then 'Maru' has been part
Of the name of every steamship or sail
Ing vessel. 1t is never used with the
name of a warship."
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-12-28
HIDING THE WARSHIP.
smoke Screens and How They Are
Used fn Naval engagements,

The manner in which the density of
the smoke screens is regulated during
a battle is interesting. BY partly
shutting off the draft to her boilers a
battleship is made to emit clouds of
smoke which screen her from the
enemy. But how can the stokers,
who are far below deck, see the
stacks 50 that they can regulate the
smoke clouds to the proper density?
By an electric eye" says Popular
Science Monthly. The eye is placed
near the top of the smokestack, and
it records the exact density on cleo
trio meters conveniently located in
the boiler room.
This remarkably clever eye is sim
ply a wire coil Of selenium which is
carried i'm a housing On the inside OF
the smOkestack walls. An electric
light, in another housing directly OPP
pOsite, plays its beams Uf light
sGuarely upon the wire. Now. seien-
ium, as is we'll known has the peculiar
property of changing its resistance
to an electric current when the light
falling upon it changes. The weaker
the light the greater the resistance,
and vice versa.
Evidently, then, the denser the
smoke emitted through the stack the
weaker the light that gets through the
smoke from the electric lamp and
falls upon the selenjum. By connect
ing the selenium with an electric
meter and the ships lighting mains
the electric current going through the
meter will be lowered by the mcreas-
at resistance. The meter is very
sensitive and shows the slightest
change in smoke density. Moreover,
it is calibrated to indicate exactly
what the actual smoke density is, so
that the stokers can regulate the cut
off of the draft to a nicely.
Glass plates are placed in front OF
the lamp and of the selenium coil to
protect them from SCOT. The plates
are kept clean by streams Of com
pressed air directed against them.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-12-28
Babies Healthier Nowadays.

The death rate among babies in the
larger American cities has been re-
duced II per cent since 1910, accord
Ing to the infant mortality survey just
completed by the New York milk COM
mittee. This reduction has been made
among cities of 100000 population and
over.
The smaller cities have not done so
well. The reduction I'm cities between
$4,000 and 100000 population Is only
q per cent, while those under $4,000
show an increase OF per cent. The
general reduction Is 8 per cent. The
survey covers 150 of the largest cities
In the United States since 1906. The
marked decrease in infant deaths did
not begin until 1910, when organized
infant welfare work became general.