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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-04-27
Italian Meat Balls.

One and onc-half pounds chopped
beef. One-quartrr pound ch"prcd
pork. one egg. two slices ~ bread
soaked in milk four curfuiS canned
rnmarn.S. onc-half tcasponufrl onion
Juice or Il It'll" garlic. one teaspoon
ful chopped parsley, two tablespoon
fuls olive oil. salt and pepper.
Boil and strain two cupfuis canned
tomatoes. Squeeze milk from bread
and crumble UP bread. Add unh"at"n
egg for meat Mix all together; form
into balls. Put two tablespoonful Of
olive oil (suet or butter will dol in
frying pan. Fry meat balls until
brown outside, but not inside. Drop
balls In hot, strained Tomatoes and
cook very slowly. covered. on hack Of
stove for two hours. Serve with spa
ghetii Cooked separately in center
Of platter with meat balls around.
Thicker tomato juice and pour over
an. Sprinkle with rarn"san cheese.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-04-27
DON'TS FOR HOUSEWIVES

Here is some excellent advice for
housewives:
Don't use the cheapest tubing for
connecting portable lamps. heaters or
other appliances. The best grade Is
the most economical in the long run.
Don't forget to turn OF your gas
iron when through using II.
Don't allow dirt or rubbish t" collect
under your room heater ar stove.
Don't hang clothing over Your room
heater or radiator in order I" dry II.
Don't let your room heater h'. placed
too near wooden partitions or other
comluStiblc material.
Don't forget 10 turn of the gas at
th, fixture when through with api'li-
ances which are connected with Hex
iblc tubing.
Don't let your water heater burn
any longer than is necessary 10 heat
the water needed.
Don't attempt to light an automatic
Instantaneous water heater without
first turning of the main gas cock.
Don't ever search for a gas leak
with lighted match or other open
flame, and don't hesitate to call up
your gas company when you want ad-
vice or help.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-04-27
Nothing to Gain

Why enlist? You have nothing
to gain and your life to lose."
Why did Socrates stand for his
principles? He had nothing TO
gain" and his life to lose Why
did Paul stand for his! He had
nothing to gain" and a life to lose.
Why did Hampton and Cromwell
resist the tyranny of the English
king? They had nothing to gain
and life to lose. Why did Wash
lngton and Franklin and Jefferson
and the Adamses enlist against the
government OF George III! They
had nothing to gain" and life to
lose
Why have the great souls of all
ages been ready to fight and. II
need be, to die, for their ideals?
There was an easier way They had
nothing to gain" and a life TO lose.
Nothing to eainr The men
who went down into that cavlne
mine the other day to bring up
their comrades who had been trap
ped, and succeeded only in losing
their own lives-they bad nothing
to gain"
All, but was there nothing at
stakeY Is loyalty nothing? Are
ideals nothing' What sort OF a
world would it be if The philosophy
Of the pacifst motto we're adopt
ed? A world in which men were
so devoted to selfish ease that they
found nothing worth fighting for?
In such a world justice would
fall for the strong and the I'M
scrupulous would dominate, there
would be no rights except those Of
might, Selfshness would be the
rule Of life, for the te;t question
would be: What is there in it for
me! What have | to gain?" Would
such a world saved by the sacrifice
oil the ideals that make man differ
en' from the brute be worth saw
lns'-Kansas City Times.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-04-27
Egg and Potato ScalIop.

Peel and slice six medium sized
baked potatoes and six hard-hoilcd
eggs. Cook ouc-thlrd cupful II butter
and one tablespoonful Of chopped
onions for two minutes. add three Ia
blespoonfuls Of -four, stir well. Rdd
gradually one pint Of hot milk. season
with pepper anil salt and cook until
smooth and thick. EuIter u baking
dish, fill with alternate layers Of pn-
tato and egg, sprinkle with Pepper and
salt, strain the sauce over the whole,
sprinkle with crumbs m"istcncd with
melted butter and bake until brown.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-04-27
WHEAT CROP LACKING
CORN MUST MAKE UP DEFICIT FOR GRAIN
SHORTAGE, DEAN MUMFORD
DECLARES.

Corn must make up the shortage
in the wheat and other grain crops
according to statement which
has been recently MADE by Dean
F. B MumfOrd of the college of
agriculture of the University of
Missouri.
The United States produced in
1915 ten bushels of wheat Der
capita" Dean Mumford declares
IN 1916 we produced only 6 bushels
per capita In 1916 we consumed
for seed and ordinary consumption
six and One-thiId bushels per
capita Recent estimates of the
world crop indicate that there is q
world shortage in the present wheat
harvest Of nearly 800 million
bushels.
The present condition Of wbea,
is 63 per cent of normal. Compar.
ed with a ten-year average, it is
IS percent normal"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-04-27
relegraphers Are On Strike.

That 700 photographers have been
called out in the strike inaueurateu
on the Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Railway. is the statement made by
H. B. Perham, president OF the
Order of Railway Teleeraphers.
All along the line the men VINO
have walked out are being replaced
by non-union operators. One oil
these, stationed in the outer depot
at Hannibal, was struck on the
head by a brick, thrown through
the window at 4:30 o'clock tins
morning. However. he was not
badly hurt and continued at work.
This is the only act of violence, so
far as known. which has been com-
mitted since the strike began.
Receiver Charles E. Schaff OF the
railroad said that few of the opera
tors now in their service are mem'
bers of the order and that most OF
the strikers are men the Katy dis
charged April | because of the clos
ing of telegraph offices Officials OF
the road state that the service OF
the road will not be affected by the
strike because all of the trains are
now dispatched by telephone.
President Perham of the Tele-
eraphers said higher wages or
shorter hours had not been sought
but that the photographers wanted
the company to stop diScharslns
their men without cause He said
that 236 of their men had been
locked out since April |. Adoption
of telephone systems was not the
reason for so many men being dis
charged, he said. and besides they
had telephone operators in their
order.-Ex
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-04-27
USES BUFFGL0ES As HORSE;
WISE AND OTHERWISE

You can't ten which way
train has gone h. its track.
som. rn,sI consider an ounce
of graft worth more than II
pound of honesty.
She is a wise woman who has
her way while her husband be
lieycs he Is boss.
Don't think too much of your
own methods. Other people
may be right about them.
When man shows Chris
tian spirit In an argument things
are coming his way.
Some men are born great and
others roll up their trousers and
wade right into greatness.
Don't think hrcauS" ii word to
the wise Is sufficient that people
will he eager To speak I" you.
4 woman's words ar" the milk
and her meaning is III" cream
that slowly comes To the sur
face.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-04-27
CI0[0NfSR1 4 MNNt
TO BRAZIL
GERMANS MAY BE LOYAL TO ADOPTED
COUNTRY, HOWEVER. BRAZIL
IAN SAYS.

In the event that Brazil enters
the war, the large German COLONY
In the three southern states of Bra
I'll might be a menace to that
government" A. Monteiro a Bra.
lillian who is a student in the school
OF Journalism at the University If
Missouri, says The possibility is
however, that the Germans will re-.
main loyal"
Brazil has a CONSUMPTION mill
tary service system by which every
man serves the country from Il to
40 years Of age, with two years of
active service. The Brazilian army
IN time Of peace has $4,000 men,"
MIR. MOntelrO declares. The reser-
YES total $4,000 men. The total
war strength is $4,000 soldiers and
officers The total available unor-
eanized population which can be
organized in one or two years num-
0ers 4,3Ol.643. The army of Brazil
Is twice as large as that of Chile
and Argentina combined.
The army has been trained by
French and German officers and
the materials of warfare are from
French and German factories. The
navy is new and its completion has
been retarded by the war. 1t has
two dreadnauehts of the latest
type, five cruisers. six gunboats,
two monitors. fifteen destroyers
four torpedo, boats and three sub
marines. The officers and men
number 1890"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-04-27
Tres.
Snug in my easy chair.
I stirred the fire IN flame

Snug in my easy chair.
stirred the fire to flame.
REALISTICALLY fair
The Pickering fancies came.
Born of hearts desire:
Amber woodlands streaming;
Tobaz islands dreaming,
Sunset-cities cleaning,
Spire OF burning spire;
Rudy Widowed .averns;
Sunshine-spIlllne wines;
Crystal-liehted caverns
OF Golconda's mines;
Summers unreturnine:
Passions crater warming;
Troy, the ever-burning;
Shelley's lustral pyre;
Dragon-eyes. unsleepine;
Witches cauldrons leapine:
Golden galleys sweeping
Out from sea-wallen Tyre:
Fancies, fugitive and fair,
Flashed with winning through the
air;
Till, dazzled by the drowsy glare
l shut my eyes to heat and light;
And saw. in sudden night,
Crouched in the dripping dark.
With streaming shoulders stark.
The man who news the coal to feed
my fire.
-Wilfred Wilson Gibson
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-04-27
I0ITRNALISN WEEK
POSTPONED
srp,rcf FROM JAPAN AND VAR SCI
Sf'''' Dale TO MAY II Is.

because Of the war and The IN.
expected delay in the arrival of the
" a,eraI for the the banquet from
Ianan the Journalism Week of the
Srbool Of Journalism Of the Univer-
sitv Of Missouri at Columbia will
he oostponed one week. twill be
held he May 1918, instead Of May 7,
II as originally announced
Following the entrance of the
United States into the Wal it was
found that many Of the Speakers
who had accepted invitations could
not come on the dates arranged.
but most of them expressed a be-
lief that they would be able to leave
their duties a few days later. Let
rers notifying these SPEAKERS that
the meetings have teen postponed
one week have been Seat out BY
Dean Walter Williams. The invi-
tations to the editors Of the state
have been mailed. The postpone
ment in the date will not material
" affect the program OF journalism
Week.
Another reason for the postpone
ment was the receipt of the follow
IND cableeram from Oscar E. Riley
of Toxic, Japan. VINO Personality
looking for the arranssn.nts in
that country for the Big Made in
Japan banquet:
"Poltrivat Musikalien Pipalabunt
PioppO.
Literally translated those code
words mean that Six Tons Twelve
Thousand Pounds Of japanese
products valued in japan at 81 500
we're shipped April 9 and will ar
rive at San Francisco April q.
The cableeram thus gives the news
that at least twice as much materi-
al for the banquet, c0lastine of
food. decorations and NlvenirS Of
all kinds. is being sent a, had been
expected. This materlal is coming
on the Nippon Maru, z; originally
announced, but the boa has been
delayed in returning to Jlpan from
the Chinese ports and thus was not
able to sail from Yokohama until
one weeb later than its regular sail
ing date.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-04-27
RACC00NS WASH THEIR FOOD
Observation-Disclosures
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Has success your pathway d"gSed'
livery When" You turned.
Never lett your heart lu doubt.
Never left you spururd'
Has good fortuna tracked you down.
Followed uu YOUR drift.
l".gcI tie gold into your lap
As Il Midas gift?
Has fulh.lmcnt close pursued.
tN'f-hr!Hi."t YOUR glass.
LEFT You uaucht for which 10 yearn.
NauEht 10 come to pass?
Then you have been robbed OF much
STRENGTHENING for men.
Ii at first YOU do not fail.
Try. try again.
-MrI.luI,Erch wilson in LIE
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-04-27
Spinach, German Style.

Clean and wash the spinach We'll. let
ting It stand In water for about one
hour. Cook with q small amount Of
water until tender. then drain In col
ander and chop very fling. Mine" four
slices Of bacon, brown and then turn
the spinach into the pan. Season with
salt and pepper while heating. Dish
up and lay pieces Of hard-hoiled egg
on top.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-04-27
English Gingerbread.

These lusrinus goodies require one
pound Of flour, onr-hHlf pound Of but
ter. one cupful Of sugar, one teaspoon
full of flour. sugar, ginger and salt ana
work in the butter. Add just enough
molasses to hold the ingredients TO-
gether and let stand overnight. Roll
very thin. shape and bake in moder-
ate oven
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-04-27

MIR. and Mrs. L. D. Moore and
little son, of Kirkwood arrived
Saturday to visit Mrs. Moore's par
ents, DR.. and Mrs. R. X, Meeown.
MIR. Moore returned Sunday. but
Mrs. Moore and son will remain for
some time.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-04-27
SINK ASA * "A *
Stone Age Stuff.

lou Can do any thing that you try
to do
Ii only you try to do it.
You must Get a little start
You must have little heart,
linen a long, strong pull and 90 to il!
oh' 1t may take years to worry it
through.
And you may break leg or an
arm or two!
But in the by and by you will find
it true
That you'll do anything that you
try to do
1t only you try to do III
You can be anything that Won
want to be
Ii you're sure that You want to be it
You must keep you little mind
Very constantly inclined
To the far place long before Won
see it
Lie may seem a struggle in an an
cry sea;
But beat along to windward and be.
ware the drift to lee.
And some day you'll be sailing on
the blue and free:
For you'll be anything that YOU
want to De
If only you want TO be ii!
You can make any mark that you
want to make
If Only you want 10 make it
You must lug your little pack.
You must plug along the track,
You must keep the pace and never
more forSake il.
Oh, your brain may pain and your
muscles ache,
Your soul may sicken and your
back may break;
But keep your smile in the game
of give and-take
And you'll make any mark that
you want TO make
If only you want to make i'll
But. whatever the aim of your
make be do,
Be sure that you want to reach it.
For the thing is up to you,
Quite too trlte and quite too true
For me to try to sing il or screeCh it
All Of us are talking, although few
may teach;
Few of US will practice what we
daily preach;
Most Of our observance in honored
in the breach.
But. in reaching any goal that you
want TO reach,
Be sure that you want To reach i'll
Edmund Vance Cooke in Satur-
dar Evening Post,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-04-27
A Soap Suggestion.

Someone has said that II lttie
sugar IL added to the soap when wash
Ing the hands 1t greatly Increases the
power Of the soap. making II specially
useful IN removing obstinate dirt ana
Iteins,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-04-27

Last Friday Mrs J. H. Grady ard
sister, Miss Lou Shearman returned
IRON Ozark, Arkansas. where they
nave spent the winter with their
brother, c. A. Shearnsu.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-04-27

Mr and Mrs. J. I. Tai, and chill.
dren, Of HamilI, ILL.,, returned home
Friday after visit with ". W,
TAFT and family.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-04-27

Mrs. Ed Bradshaw and son re-
turned home to UnionviIle. Mo. af-
ter a visit with Miss Olga Bradshaw.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-04-27
WEATHER FORECAST.
YELLOW
DENT SEED CORN

We have a fine lot of Violette
Yellow Dent Seed Corn for sale
Hand picked, nubbed, Shelled and
graded Ready to plant. Your money
back if not satisfied. Price 81 25 per
bu. MA. Violette & Son. Florida, No
Vaughn & UNerback
Local Agents
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-04-27
"BOrrerin"

grluicG as he seated himself upon lne
long seat I'm front Of the village post
Office. Mr. Nudd noticed the grunt
and mentioned ii.
III | felt half rs mean rs YOU look
and sound. Krllup," he observed dis
passinnarrly. I'D shut myself up some
where's til | got over IL. You act
bout as sociahle as hedgehog.
What's happcncd to stir YOU up so?"
"Hnrrrrin' nrichbors." responded Mr..
PcaSlnn with II hriefness that testified
To a disturbed mind.
"JaI;c WinshIp mebhef" hazarded
Mr.. Nudd. and Caleb nodded rucfully
in confirmation.
"NI,bhe vnn've suffered some your
self. Nudd." he began with an air of
settled patience. hut l don't h'Iieve
you'd >rurcrly credit what I've had to
put III with from that WinShip gang
Srrcr they moved onto that hill. It's
horrer, borrrr. horrer. day in and night
OH WIFI en-, III / IllTtllN hlltfN NlltAll-
or I'm .,ain' 10 find my hat if want to
20 outdoors a spell"
"Thrv'rc bout rs agsravatin' as
anything I've ever had to put up with"
Mr.. NudI conceded frellngIy, "und the
wuSt Part of it. fur's It thorns me, is
that they never have any idea Of
hrinCin' back ANYTHING they h"rrrr.
Amt they ben that way with you?"
Mr.. Praslcc grinned weakly and
>hufilrd his feet uneaslIy. as mat
ter Of fact. Nudd." he explained. Jake
WinShip's bringin' back something he
horrcrrd is lest what's wrought me
up To such heat this very day. He's
'rnugh to mad a saint. seems If. and
vet can't help laughin' over II, too.
I've always Shovclrd my paths In
The winter" Caleb began, with any
shovel had at the sometimes a
Spadc-SnmrtimcS round-p0inicd
shovel-whatcvcr came handieSt, that's
what I'd use. d'knOw's | ever made
any greet complaint over not havin'
snow shovel; anyway, l don't remem-
her It II did. But something or
mother put it into my wifc's mind to
yet me one. and so she dld-fetched II
home one day last fall. much's two
months fore we had flake Of snow
or was likely TO. l thanked her fort
and stood II up In the shed and let the
whole thing go out Of my mind com
plete.
~ d'knnw's I've thought of that
shovel Scuce the day stood in there
till today. for, if YOU remember, we
didn't have much snow last winter that
needed shovclin'-twn-thre" little flirtS
that hardly made slcddin' and didn't
drift any IL speak of round my place.
Come to that, what little fen mostly
bowed out Of the way; so you might
say l didn't do any shovelin' at all,
and l never even thought of my new
-ll''N Nti'N'l.
To-day. though" Caleb went on. Il
had It fetched 10 my mind by some
thing else ! wanted. There was some
grass round the hack door that my
wife wnnted | should cut ana l went
out Ia III" shed t" get the scythe I've
always KEEP han=in' there, hut |
couldn't find sign Of 1t anywhere.
don" the sane thing that every other
man does when he can't find anything.
| went to my wife bout 1t and wanted
10 know where It had gone to.
"'W"ll,' s'Sh". L dknow's | en- tell
You for certain. but "" rot my
S'ricl"ns- ! saw that shift less Jake
Win-hip comm round the corner Of
ia" shed IN hour or so ago with some
hin that looked Ike that snow shovel
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-06-15
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Amanda E. Miller to Florilla
Survant, 3 acres, $50.
J. Crouch & Son to A. w Piper
70 acre. 81,
Edward Breitweiser to Oscar
and Anna BreitWeiSer. 99R acres
Jacob H. Atkins to Howard I.
Glenn, lot AZ Biriseye, Schnell's
add 500.
Adam J. Jochim to JOS r. Kel-
ly 40 acres, $500.
Dubois Co. Auditor to James
E. Glenn lot AZ Birdseve 81 SO
Martha A. Cox tie Ashabel w.
Cave 26R acres 5000.
Cleo Line to Thomas Taggart,
40 acres $500.
VIM Line to Thomas Taggart.
same $500
Merriam E Sweeney by Audi
tor Dubois Co. to Max Renner,
100 acres, school fund, $500.
Jacob Schneider to A. j
Schneider, lot Z and 8 Ferdinand
Beckman's add. and 40 acres
|$1700.
Louis Fromme to Henry Beck
man, lot As Dubois, $500
Homer Leonard ct al to Ben
|jamln Leonard. pit. Sc NV 25 3.
$50.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-06-15
XIII Flies and Save Lives

Kill at once every fly you can
find and barn it's body.
Observers say that their are
many reasons to believe there
will he more flies this season than
for a number of years.
The killing Of just one fv NOW
means there will be billions and
triIliOns less next summer
Clean up your own premises;
see and insist that your neigh5ors
do likewise.
Especially clean out of-the.
way places" and every nook
and Granny.
Flies will not go where there
is nothing to eat; "a their prln-
cipaI diet is too Ii IN 10 men
ton
The hy is the tie thai binds
the unhealthy to the healthy!
The hy has nc equal as a germ
carrier; as many as five hun
dred million germs have been
found in and on the body OF &
single fly.
1t is definitely known that the
fly is the carrie" Of the germs
OF typhoid fever: it is wide be.
iieved that it is also the Ear
rier" Of other diseases. includ
ing possibly infanti'e parll7sis.
The very presence of a hy is a
signal ard notification that q
housekeepsr is uncleanly and in
efficient.
Dc not wait until the insects
begin to pestei; anticipate the
annoyance.
rhe farming anu suburban dis
tricts provide ideal breeding
places, and thu new born flies do
not remain at ther birth place
but migrate. using rail Dads and
other means Of transportation,
to towns and cities.
Kill flies and save lives!
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-06-15
Application for Renewal of
Liquor License

To the citizens OF the city OF Jasper
Notice Is hereby given that the under.
signed, a male citizen, twenty one years
old, of good moral character, aud who
has been a continuoua resident of the
city of Jaspor for a period of elk months
before the publication of this notice,
will apply to the Board of Commission
ers of Dubois county, Indiana, at Their
next regular July Term 1917, for
leave T. settIn his own name, spurious,
|%vinous AMI mai hqlors. in less QUAINT
ties than q qu = III a time, with the
privilege OF all wing the same to be
drank until April ,, 1918, upon the lol.
lowing described premises, to- wit:
The exact desc iption of where said
liquor is 10 re sold is in a front room on
the ground floor of a two story frame
building, 20xi0 located on the North
west corner Of tb2 west half of lot No.
81 in the town Of Jasper. Said location
fronts on Sxfh Street.
Said applicant Will at the same time
and place apply for leave toconduct in
the same room, in~connection with said
saloon, a lunch counter, consisting oil
cheese, sausage. crackers, etc.
FRANK III. KNAPP.
June /. 1918 wk.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-06-15
S1OO Reward. 500.

The readers of this paper will tie
pleased to learn that there is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been
able to cure in all It's stages, and that is
Catarrh. Catarrh being greatly influence
ed by constitutional conditions requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, and acts thru
the blood on the mucous surfaces of the
system!thereby destroyingthe foundation
OF the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its work.
The propfietore have so much faith in
the curative powers OF Halls Catarrh
Cure that they offer One Hundred Dol
lus fer any case that it fails to cure.
S nd for list OF testimonials. Address:
r. j. CHENEY x CO, Props, Toledo
Ohio. Sold by Druggist, zoe. adv.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-06-15
anne

Once a mighty warrior king.
Gloating on his battles score,
Laughed to hear a poet sing
Ia es of wonder at his door.
"Bard!" he scoffed; what folly
vain!
Gone, forgotten in a day,
While the glories of my reign
On mems lips shall live Away
Both are dust this long ago;
Green the sward where war
cTleS rang.
Not the wiSest scholars know
Who was. king Wien Homer
sangi