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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-07-20
A FOOSIL.

! Monroe has one fossil. So
old that Il geologist could not
classify him, He thinks that
self binders in wheat or oat
field are q curse to manand that
hay loader is Il holy horror.
Grain ought to be cut with a
reap hook or cradle, and grass
with 4 scythe and pitched with
a forked limb. That class Of
men are few and far between
every where, but when you find
one of them, you will find not
wealth but a few hundred dol
lars behind him. and if you want
to be accommodated wich 4 ten
or twenty for that many days,
of course you will be expected
to return fifteen or thirty.
They are the men who with all
pigmy strength poke straws in
the wheels of progress and
think they are saw logs and
like the bible character the sun
itself would stand still at his
command. But thank goodness
nothing is standing still but
B. o. Wood, Of Monroe City,
court at Paris Tues
day. 1t was his Grst trip TO
the county seat in long time
and lie met with a warm well
come from big lot Of Old
friends. He and Jim Lyon and
a few other young men settled
at Monroe City. in 1868 when
there was nothing IN sight but
4 fine stretch of prairie and it
IS to such enterprising, depend
able citizens that the city is in
1ebted for its present position
among the best towns in the
state. B. o. positively ref uses
to grow old, but Jim Lyons re-
'usal to use hair dye gives him
IN occasional reminder that
gray hair and old age are
abroad in the land. They are
| jolly pair of pioneers. -
Appeal.
The East has been troubl ed
With a very peculiar new insect
which for lack Of a better name,
s called the kissing bug. 1t is
indeed Il very funny bug, llis.
sing men only, leaving its marks
n the way of swelled and in
famed lips. One was found
lead as far west as Monroe
jity. last week, says the DEMO.
2RAT, and the only supposition
s that it made Il rash and i'll
advised effort to kiss Col. Dick
1iXsOn. Death seems to have
'een instantaneous. Mercury.
Capt. William Astor CHAMBER,
Congressman from New York,
S the president of The New
(ork Star, which is giving
way a Forty Dollar Bicycle
laily, as offered by their adver-
isement in another column.
Ion. Amos. j. Cummings, NJ. c.,
Jol. Asa Bird Gardner. District
Of New York, ex Gov
rnor Hogg, Of Texas, and Col.
fred Feigl, of New York, are
mong the we'll known names
n their Board of Directors.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-07-20

1t is said that Il bunch OF
clover hung up in Il room to
dry will drive away flies.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-07-20
For good &c Il apply to j. w.
Stephens. Telephone No. IA.

For delicious Ice Cream go to
the Christians Cafe.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-07-20

The Il want Il Cuban conces-
SION continues to bob up. The
latest Il want" is Gen. A.
Greenwood. who wants to build
Il railroad from Santa Clara to
Santiago de Cuba. He thinks
Cuba the most fertile piece of
land under the canopy of heav.
en-. From the way they are
reaching out for concessions
Something for nothing we
are inclined to think it is fer.
tile field for grab.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-07-20

Why argue Il conceded point
Many of the people, especially
the st. Louis daily's keep try.
ing to prove how good Il thing
for the'State the 1903 fair WILDE
Evry one knows that. The
thing and only thing left to do
is to raise the dollars to make
it go.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-07-20

Capt. W. B. Fahy was called
home Saturday from Omaha by
the illness of one of his chill
rlren. It is said the telegram
was a fake. The old gentleman
only wanted to get back to the
farm
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-07-20

w. Il. p. jackson didnot pro-
pose to have any weeds in the
edges Of the brick walk around
the ii to bank SO pulled them
up root and branch.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-07-20

Do you know that you are
not getting the highest prices
for your produce unless you
sell to Menroe's hustling mer.
chants. You should buy all
your merchandise from them,
also.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-07-20
MONROE CITY, MO.

Dr.. Hornback. Oculist and
.Aurist. Hannibal. Mo.
For the best Ice Cream Soda
go to CHRISTIANS Cafe.
G.. O. Mayes made Il business
trip to Paris Friday.
DR.. Shelby Maddox of near
Huntington, was in the city on
business Saturday.
Hon. S. j. Nelson made a
business trip to Hannibal Fri
day.
Sewing Machines 500, 80 best
III the world.
Il. MANNING WALKER.
j. d. Dysaght of Kansas City
spent Saturday in the city with
his friend, j. A. Carmody.
Prof. Mucr Of LaGranGc col
Iepc was in the city Thursday
looking after the interest OF his
school.
For cheap staple dry goods
ard notions go to
MISS TUDIE .SW1NKEY.
II. ". James has Il fine line OF
-, which he is now delivering.
Leave orders at Sharp & Don
leys.
The Modern WoOdman at alol'
liday will give Il big picnic
"raesday, Aug. 3. A big crowd
and god time is exp ected.
Money to patent good IDEAS
may be secured by our aid, adj
dress The Patent Record, Bal.
iimurc. Md"
Richard ShaclIelford OF Han.
nibal spent Friday in the city
with the homefolks.
For good Luncheon or First
Glass Meal the place to find it |
is at Christians.
Mrs. Susan Hunt of near
p aris. Spent Saturday i'll the
city with, friends.
As John jackson of near
Woodland has been eating
roasting ears out of his corn
field for ten days his crop is
made and it is a good one.
II. H. Krump, of Paris, was
in the city Saturday looking
after the interests of the estate
left by his sister, Mrs. Amanda
Knox.
w. Il. p. jackson didnOt pro
poSe to have any weeds in the
edges Of the brick walk around
the ii to bank SO pulled them
up root and branch.
Rev b. +. Hlxsou is spending
the week with friends at Spal- |
ding Springs and near Bethel.
While down there he will cele
brate his END birth day.
Capt. W. B. Fahy was called
home Saturday from Omaha by
the illness of one of his chill |
dren It is said the telegram
was fake. The old gentleman
only wanted to get back to the |
farm
J. B. Thomas engineered
nice reaieState deal through |
last week. He exchanged the
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-07-20

Frank 3. Galloway the young
st. Louis wife murderer. has
been centcnced to be hanged,
Aug. 90.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-07-20

j. 3. TiOmas engineered a
nice realestate deal through
last week. He exchanged the
81, 900 John Dee farm OF 100
acres. near Golden. H.. for the
100 acre S A. Wood farm three
miles west of Paris. this
county.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-07-20

Sewing Machine oil and need
ss n WALKERS. the jewellers.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-07-20

For the best Ice Cream Soda
800 To Christain's Cafe.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-07-20

For the incest line of trimmed
hats for from 81 up that can be
found anywhere go to
tube SwINKEY.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-07-20

Dr.. Hornback, Oculist ana
.Aurist. Hannibal. Mo.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-07-20
STRAWS OF FASHION. (


Flowered linen lawn gown
trimmed with wide bands o
blue yelling lined with silk ant
matching the color in the flow
ers and edged with black sill
braid are the extreme of fash
ion in the way of combination
and novelty.
Golf jackets are made OF
bright green cloth, with revers,
collar and cuffs of red.
A lace bodice over white silk
and striped diagonally front
and back, with tucked bands of
black taffeta silk. is worn with
a cream cloth skirt. The bands
meet in Il point in the middle Of
the back.
Book muslin. organdie and
point d'esprit are the popular
materials for graduation gowns.
Sailor bats made of fancy
braid and finished with band
Of brown or blue velvet are
very stylish.
Alpine hats Of coarse straw
with soft twist of polka dotted
silk gauze of taffeta silk around
the crown and some stiff white
quilts at the side are worn with
pique skirts.
Black Chantilly in applique
designs decorates some of the
white organdie gowns eXquis-
itely.
Dainty lawn waists IN pale
blue and pink have a white
gimp of tucked lawn and lace
insertion, which also forms the
top of the sleeve.
Old fashioned tatting is COM
ing in again to be used as an
edge for silk plaitings on the
much-trimmed gowns.
Pale blue velvet baby ribbon
gathered on one edge and sewn
in rows around a white chiffon
collar and tire upper portion of
the chiffon vest is a very dainty
bit of calor in the bodice of a
black and white fOulard. OF
course the rows are fully Il
third of an inch apart, which
gives pretty effect.
The prettiest toques are built
of folds Of tuIle, with one sim
gle ostrich feather at the side.
Chicago Chronicle.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-07-20

A solid gold statue of Maude
Adams. the actress, will be
cast to represent Colorado at
the Paris exposition. 1t will
take l200pounds of pure bullion
and will cost Il fraction more
than Sl00. 600.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-07-20

The Kentucky Repuolica rs
have made lie gro secretary of
their State Convention, and he
has Il long list of white assist
ants. They took good care
however not TO put a colored
man, even the lightest of octo-
rooms on their State ticket
Post Dispatch.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-07-20

Carl Shackelford and Clay
Meadows of Hannibal, spent
Sunday in the city with Carl's
parents, Beverly Shackeltord
and wife.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-07-20

G.. Q. Mayes made Il business
trip to Paris Friday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-07-20

Thomas Brown was here from
Nooman, Rails County. part of
the week. He reports plenty of
chlnch bugs near where he lives.
They have destroyed several
acres Of corn.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-07-20

II. H. Krump, of Paris, was
in the city Saturday looking
after the interests of the estate
left by his sister, Mrs. Amanda
Knox.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-07-20

For good Luncheon or First
Glass Meal the place to find it
is at Christians.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-07-20

Richard ShaciIelford OF Han
nibal spent Friday in the cit,
with the homefolks.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-07-20

James Diven, Of St. Louis
came in Saturday afternoon to
visit his mother, Mrs. r. K.
Megown.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-07-20

Money to patent good IDEAS
may be secured by our aid, adj
dress The Patent Record, Bal.
iimore. Md"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-07-20

Wonder if DR.. w. II. Rutled9e
left his watch and fob hanging
on the fence at Rensselaer,, Fri
day eve?
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-07-20

As John jackson of near
Woodland has been eating
roasting ears out of his corn
field for ten days his crop is
made and it is a good one.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-07-20

Mrs. Susan Hunt of near
p aris. Spent Saturday i'll the
city wilh,friends.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-07-20

DR.. Shelby Maddox OF near
Huntington, was in the city on
business Saturday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-07-20

Alex Wood has purchased the
M. b. Umstattd residence
property at the west end OF
Summer st. Consideration un-
I.n,,vr
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-07-20

Sharp & Donley kill their
own becves and muttons. there
fore are serving the freshest
and best meats.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-07-20
For cheap staple dry goods
.and notions go to
Mss TUDIE ,SW1NKET.

II. ". James has Il fine line OF
-. which he is now delivering.
Leave orders at Sharp d Don
legs.
The Modern Woodman atalol'
liday will give big picnic
Tuesday, Aug. 3. A big crowd
and gDol time is exp ected.
The record-union., 1899-10-02
THE MINING ENGINEERS.
They VIII BE With US This After
noon and Evening.

An error crept into the announce
ment yesterday of the coming of the
American Institute of Mining En-
gineers to-day. Though it was stated
they would be here on Monday. il was
also said they would leave Colfax
this" morning for Sacramento which
would have been yesterday-a very
palpable error, however, that probably
misled no one.
The party will reach Sacramento
about $3.50 o'clock this afternoon, and
the program for their entertainment
will be carried out as published yes
terday
Members Of the California Museum
Association and Ladies' Museum Asso-
citation are requested to be present at
the City Art Gallery this afternoon at
3 o'clock to unite with other citizens in
greeting to the engineers Mayor Land
will receive them at that time in behalf
of the city. They will be taken to the
Art Gallery by the directors of the
Chamber of Commerce.
The record-union., 1899-10-02

ATHLETICS AND PHOENIX TIE.
The much-talked-of amateur game
between the Phoenix and Sacramento
Athletic Club teams was played yester-
day morning at Oak Park before a
large crowd, and resulted in a draw at
the end of the ninth inning: Score, 10
to ID. The strong north wind blowing
made it impossible to play perfect ball.
and to this cause most of the misplays
made can be attributed. The great
Beville, the much-advertised Colusa
pitcher, was imported by the Phoenix
to ''do" the Athletes, but at the con-
clusfOn of the game he looked much
the worse for wear, and will have to
pitch better ball to hold his job with
Oakland next season. Twelve hits, in
Guiding four-bagger, two triples and
a double and seven bases on balls were
what the Athletics did to him, and
seven of the fifteen runs We're earned
off his delivery.
The Phoenix touched up the Ath-
letfcs' twirlers for nineteen hits and
got three bases on balls, but earned
only five Of their runs. The game was
replete with base hits, bases on balls,
steals and errors, with occasional bril-
liant plays, and at the end of the ninth
inning, after nearly two hours and a
half of play, was declared a tie by the
umpire, leaving the rivalry as intense
between the clubs as before the game
Another game in the near future will
be played to settle which is the better
team. Following is the score:
The record-union., 1899-10-02
ACROSS The PLAINS AWHEEL
A ONE-ARMED MESSENGERS
LONG BICYCLE TRIP.
Albert ". Roe Arrived in Sacra-
mento on His Journey From
New York City.

Albert V. Roe, the much -talked-o
one-armed Postal Telegraph messen-
ger, No. 514, who left New York for
San Francisco on a bicycle July 23d, to
run a race across the continent with
the Davis automobile, arrived in Sac
ramento at 11:55 o'clock yesterday He
is 10 years of age.
Wind stained and sunburned until as
brown as an Indian, the right-armed
athlete was the picture of physical
strength and endurance. He wore his
faded bluish-gray uniform, trimmed
with black braid, and the messenger
cap with which he left New York.
I've come about 1000 miles," he
said, through rain and dust storms,
over good roads and bad I've had but
one puncture since / left Chicago, but
I've worn out six tires. The best roads
| ever saw were in Nebraska-better
than the New York cycle paths. The
Nebraska roads are as smooth as a
marble table, and there were no ruts
nor dust. For miles [ went like I was
flying through the air.
Where We're the worst roads?" he
was asked.
In Wyoming and Colorado, where
deep dust and sand made life burden.
l don't want any more trips like that
Out of Chicago I was most weary of
any place, for [ had to pump through
deep mud in the rain.''
But the trip has agreed with Roe, ell
the same He weighed 123 pounds when
he left New York. At Denver he
weighed 126, and here he looked heav-
ier, though when seen he had not yet
weighed
II took my time after the altton.c-
bilers gave up their trip" he said,
''and in the hot belt I started at + in
the morning and some times rode
nights. I had to give up nv lamp. as
it petered out. Some days I rode forty
or fifty miles, and once .linety-eight.
I carried no water nor food. and out
West L rode till [ struck another town
and then stopped. I had a 91-gear
when L started, but [ reduced to so,
which I found better
Il got my worst fall thirty miles this
side of Buffalo, while coasting down a
steep hill. Half way down I struck
rut and got a bad fall Though badly
cut and bruised, I kept right on
The wheel ridden by the young man
was specially built for him last spring.
1t is a 20-inch frame and weighs twen-
ty pounds, having light grip hold pro-
jecting at the right of the forehead,
in lieu of handle bars He uses single
tube tires and keeps as close as pos
sible to railroad The finest scenery
on the route, he says, was from the
Summit to Sacramento.
Roe will leave for San Francisco at
an early hour this morning.
The record-union., 1899-10-02
OAK PARK GROWING.
Quite a Building Boom Now in
Progress There.

1.-THE wave of prosperity has come
and taken in Oak Park and surround
ing towns, as we'll as our big neighbor,
Sacramento says the Ledger "A
building boom, which generally goes
hand in hand with the advent of good
times, is now upon US, and the sound
of the hammer and the buzz of the
saw can be heard in every direction.
Besides several new business struct-
ures now about completed and ready
for business, over twenty cottages are
in various stages of completion in Oak
Park. Real estate men claim they
never had more customers for desir.
able building lots, and lumber men and
hardware dealers are happy"
The record-union., 1899-10-02
THE GRAPE CROP.
Picking Now at Its Hight-Women
and Girls Employed.

The Telegraph states that most of
the table grapes around Folsom will
be marketed in the next couple of
weeks. The crop is proving not quite
as heavyas first anticipated. The prices
obtained for the Tokays in the East
occasion no particular complaint from
the growers, and in a few instances
the prices realized are considered
fancy.
Mostly women and girls are en-
ployed to Gull and pack table grapes
in the packing sheds of the Natoma
Vineyard Company Only a half-dozen
Chinese are employed about the sheds.
mostly at menial labor, the white labor
proving more generally satisfactory to
the grower and consumer. In fact,
Chinese are not preferred for handling
table grapes for the market in the
vineyards about Folsom.
The record-union., 1899-10-02
HAWES' DUMPS.
They Take Fire and Burn Up Box
Factory.

Yesterday afternoon lot of rubbish
in what is known as sthe HaWes
dumps at Twelfth and G streets, burst
into a blaze, presumably from spon-
taneous combustion, as the dumps con-
tanned all sorts of filth and trash, with
perhaps oils and other inf1ammable ma
terial.
The fire soon attacked the box fac
tory owned by Mr.. Jacobs, and the
building and stock of lumber were
damaged to the extent of 81, 100, on
which there was no insurance.
The firemen were kept at work for
several hours trying to extinguish the
fire in the dumps. Chief Guthrie states
that all manner of filth and slops COM
pose these dumps, despite the fact that
te city is supposed to have selected
garbage grounds outside its southern
limits. The Chief says the stencil aris-
ing from the burning pile yesterday
was almost unbearable.
Where is the Sanitary Inspector?
The record-union., 1899-10-02
SUNDAY Leaders, New Volume.

Yesterday the Sunday Leader" pub
lished by J. n. Larkin & Son, COM
menced it's twenty-second year. The
Leader has sustained the promises
made in it's behalf by Mr.. Larkin
twenty-one years ago, and improves
with increasing years. The editor says:
Nov that we have reached our ma
jority, our course in the future shall
be as it has been in the past-honest
and fearless in battling for the best
interests of Sacramento"
The record-union., 1899-10-02
SILHOUETTE SHOOTING.
Company G Returns From It's Sum
day Outing.

Inc members of Company G returned
last night from the Meister ranch, six
mlies north of the city. having spent
the day there in silhouette shooting.
John w Ewers, late from Manila
acted as bugler, and the shooting was
at Silhouette targets the shape of a
man. The targets We're placed at 200
yards, then 500 yards and 600 yards.
Sergeant Millican won by a score of
80.
The record-union., 1899-10-02

And then Schmeer faced Doyle.
Schmeer hadn't been hitting anything
to speak of except wind, but the hit
due SO long. showed up. and as the
ball spun out to center garden, Borch-
ers and Dunleavy crossed the plate and
the battle game was over. May it
rest in peace.
The attached problem tells the story
The record-union., 1899-10-02
Physical Culture Glass.

Miss Ida r. Murdoch will open her
physical culture class in Foresters
Hall at 4 o'clock this afternoon, which
hour will afford school pupils an op-
portunity to attend. Miss Hattie jean
nette Elliott of San Francisco, teacher
of physical culture, will be present
and give demonstrations.
The record-union., 1899-10-02
ChiIdren's Society Tonight.

The Society for the Prevention OF
Cruelty to Children meets this evening
at o. w. Erlwine's office at 1:30. The
Board of Directors meets at I O'CLOCK
The officers request the membership TO
attend these meetings, saying that It's
aid and counsel is needed greatly.
The record-union., 1899-10-02
The Maccabees, Reception.

On Tuesday evening the ladies of the
Maceabees will give a reception TO
Lillian Nj. Hollister, the Supreme Com.
mander Of that order, WHO IS on a i isit
10 the coast. The reception Will take
place in the Assembly Chamber in the
State Capitol
The record-union., 1899-10-02

ounmary: Runs Responsible fOr-F7itZ-
gerald 2, McCaffrey 3, Bevielle Z. Home
runs-W. Newbert and Logamarcino.
Three-base hits-Hannon, Conway, Be
yielle, Rice and Pace. Two-base hits-G
Newbert, Logamarcino Rice 2, Bevielle
and Fl. Thiellen. Sacrifice hits-Conway
Wiseman, Pace and Lawrence. First base
on errors-Athletic Club 5, Phoenix Z
First base on balls-Athletic Club 7, Phoe-
nix B. Left on bases-Athletic Club g.
Phoenix II. Double play-Hannon to Pope
Hit by pitcher-Payen and J. TheilIen.
Struck out-By Fitzgerald 2, McCaffrey 8.
BeEIelle II. Passed balls-Conway l. Pace
/ Wild pitches-Beveille 2. Umpire-Jack
QConnell. Time-2:25. Scorer-WiIl III.
Young
The record-union., 1899-10-02

The B. and II. baseball team of this
city went to Dixon yesterday and for
the third time this season defeated the
strong Vacaville team, which has de-
feated some of the best amateur teams
in the State, by a score of is to- 13
The game was an interesting affair
lasting IL innings, the score being
twice tied by Vacaville. The game
was won by wonderful batting rally
in the eleventh Rothwell and Thomas
for the B. and H 8 and Deputy and
Watts for the Vacavilles pitched fine
ball. The feature Of the game was
the batting of Brundage of vacaville
who made home run hit over the CEN
ter field fence. Both teams were treat
ed very nicely by the people of Dixon
Batteries: Rothwell, Thomas and
Thomas; Deputy. Watts and Larkin
The record-union., 1899-10-02
Singer Sewing Machines.
Office, 1914 Eighth ST., bet. and K.

You don't smoke do you? You don't
know the enjoyment after a good dim
ner of a La Primerencia cigar? Sorry
for you old man, there are a whole lot
more things in heaven and earth than
in your philosophy.
The record-union., 1899-10-02

Ladies' if you want piano, or a
wagon, piow or a set of dishes, stove
or fine dress hat, buy one of the Sac
ramento Home Supply Co. discount
trading tickets (good for one Year, and
save 10 per cent. on each purchase.
The record-union., 1899-10-02

serious illness is often averted by
the prompt use Of a pure and whole
some stimulant. The famous old Jesse
Moore IA Whisky is the best. Sold BIZ
all druggists.
The record-union., 1899-10-02
One of he Best.

The Old Brewery Tavern at Twenty
eighth and NJ streets is one of the best
places in town to get a cool glass OF
steam or lager.
The record-union., 1899-10-02

To preserve our health we should eat
and drink only articles which are pure,
as pure water and pure milk. Strictly
pure wines and liquors you will find at
the Sanitary Liquor Store, 81 *
street.