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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-02-02
City Directory,
CITY OFFICIALS.

City Attorney .......... ..... .....J. G.. Peirs0l
City Clerk ................. Geo W. TOmpkins.
Assessor ...........A X Rutlcdgc
street Commissioner ....... ...,....J, :, Jarmhn.
ALDERNES: First ward-J. $. Scott II,
Grady;
Second wHrd-w. W. Nnndlcy, J W. Bell.
Third ward-A. BoulwGrc, y. ID. Nelson
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-02-02
Science And Industry.

ONlClNI AIM ltiLuSNI "
Malleable glass, a patented
article, is now used to fill de.
cayed teeth.
An employer OF German clerks
says that they work 20 per
cent, slower than English ones.
Porous glass is Il recent iuvcn.
ton and is said to promise much
in the way of superior ventila-
tiou
So penetrating is water at a
high pressure that only special
qualities of cast iron will with
stand it.
There are over 200 crcameries
III South Dakota, the annual
output amounting TO nearly 50,
/ 900, 900.
a scientist, looking for mi
crobes, says there are absolute
ly none i'm the Swiss mountains
at an altitude of 1000 feet.
OF the factories in Michigan
1881 pay their employees week
~, L,017 semi.monthly, and 643
monthly. The average daily
wage, as ascertained by the la
Dor commissioner, is s'l.37.
A German biologist says tina t
the two sides of 4 face are never
alike; in two cases out of five
the eyes are out OF line; one eye
is stronger than the other in
seven persons out of ten; and
, the right ear is generally high
, er than the left.
A ventilated shoe has been
invented in Cologne, Prussia
. \ steel spring works Il bellows
{ between the heel and sole, anl
. every step the wearer takes
, drives Il stream Of fresh air
- through periorations in the in
. her sole, to every part OF the
foot.
Il A subterranean lake of no
. water exists near Boise City
i Idaho. The temperature is l.
Y degrees, the water has pressur
:, enough to force it to the to
: floors of most of the house:
?. and it is to be used for heatlm
IL them and for washing purposes
|. Dynamite eXplodes so rapid
- that its force is excrted in tn
direction from which the grea
J est pressure comes. That is,
: the dynamite be placed on til
y ground, the explosive force
down; if it be hung against
, wall its force attacks the wal
" il it be hung under an object i
-. force is upward,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-02-02

Salesman Wantad:-Now is the
time to sell Oil. We want good
reliable men to sell oar Tiger
Brands Lubricating Oils and
Greases. Good proposition TO
right party. References re
CURED.
The Howard on S: Grease Co,
cleveland, Onto,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-02-02
FOR CALIFORNIA TOURISTS

The Burlington Route has
weekly tourist sleeper eXcur.
sions. personally conducted 10y
a Burlington Route Agent
every Wednesday from ST
Louis. and Thursday from Kan
sas City and ST. Joseph to Los
Angeles and San Francisco.
The route is via Denver, Scenic
Colorado, Salt Lake City with
% per cent, sunshine through
out the year. Ask Ticket
Agent or write,
L. w. v AK LEY,
General Pass en- ser agent,
6 t. ..Ouis, M0.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-02-02

BAPTlST-Elde J. II. Rife pastor.
Preaching every Sunday morning
and evening Sunday school at 9:4j
b. Y. p. L. p. n. Sunday.
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening
Deacons meeting AZ , p. IN. the las t
Sunday in each month.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES every Sunday
at II a. IN. ana 8 =. III. Prayer
meeting Wednesday evening. Sun
> day school at :. y. p. S. c. L.
meeting at p. m. Sunday. NJ. ].
Nicoson, pastor.
NJ. Z. CHURCH, SOCTH-Se Services
every Sunday morning and evening
Sunday school at $3.50. Epworth
League at G:30' Glass meeting 1t
800. Mid-weck prayer meeting
Wednesday evening. Rev. o. Is.
Holiday, pastor.
ST. JUDE'S EPISCOPAI.-Sunday
/ school q. 9:lj &. II. Preaching Al
ll:00 a. m. and 1890 p. III. Sauday,
/ Evening prayer meeting 500 p. H.
Friday. Rev. W. 4. Hatch, Rector,
. PRESBYTERIAN - Services yacouj
and fourth sundays morning ans
evening. Sunday school 9:4j q. III
y. p ). c. T.. meeting ;;UU y. II
Sunday. AIid-weeii prayer mecttns
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-02-02
Fer Sale or Rent

A new brick store room in
business center of city at bar.
gain. Dimension of building
22X50 #. A good barn on same
OF, For further particulars APP
ply az this ofice
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-02-02
Churches.

BAPTI ST-Elder J. II. Rife pastor.
Preaching every Sunday morning
and evening Sunday school at 9:4j
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-02-02
HOME SEEKERS EXCURSIONS

HOME SEEKERS EXCURSIONS
The new dates for the Home
seekers excursions over the Bur
lingtou Route to the west.
northwest aud southwest are.
Jan. Il, Fed. : and u, and NcE.
: and 81 at one fare plus s.. go
for the round trip. FOrfurt her
particulars see
J. l.. LT0N
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-02-02
Secret Societies.

Observation-Disclosures No. Ga, a. f.
g. y. NJ, meets frs. and third Satur-
day nights Of each month.
Monroe City r. y. Chapter, No. 1Oi.
moots fourth Monday nights in each
month.
ODD FELLOWS-Monroe City Lodge,
no. 26S, meets every Thursday night.
RcbcEah, Monroe Ci,yLodgc, No. 1856,
meets first and third Tuesday night1
of each month.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS- Monroe City
Lodge, No. 173, mce.scvery Tuesday
night
a. o. l. W. Monroe City Lodge, No
1913, meets first and third Friday
nights of each month.
MODERN WooDMEN-Monro G City
Camp, No. 1926 meets every Friday
night.
p. L. O. Sisterhood, Monroe City
Chapter II. meets the second ant
fourth Saturdays in each month.
! MASONIC, Colored.-Advance Lodg,
No. ), meets first and third Tuesday
nights in each month.
SUPREME COURT or HoNoR.-Mon
roe District Court meets every Mon
day night.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-11

Blank, how do ycu pronounce -,
 spelling the word out, you didn't catch l her exposing her inorance if she was
 uncertain about the pronunciation of
 the word so spelled. Not 9 bit of it. With a sweet smile and a lovely air of
 interest she just lifted her eyes and said innCcently, 'I never use the word''
 | In choosing Brecon, Wales, as the
 town in which she will be ma-riFd, it Is ga q that Mme Patti has ben inf1u enced to some extent by the memories of happy visits on formsr Cccasicns t0 the old town on l,he Honddu. Lying at the foot of the Brecon ikeacoas, and almost encircled by a trio of beautiful rivers, the quaint and ancient borough presents in every direc,:o1 attr7 ctiols which finger in the memory. Brecon gave to the world Sarah Siddons, tn ? great tragedian.
 New Years callers on Richard La h CT, a wealthy resident of New Rochelle, found a p'ac3rd on the wall saving that all who desired to see him must first deposit 25 cents with the butler. Callers who happened to have their purses along found. when they ques- tioned MT. Lather that the money thus collected was for the benefit of a poor OoC WO1IHy COu'pIe III WuCH ne n3U pc come interested.
 In attending the recent banuuet of the New England society at Charlez- ton, $. C., Senator Hoar of Massach IL sets, asked permission to re'a-n h's plate, knife and fork as a souvenir of the occasion, desired by Mrs Hear The senator's request was gran e1 and a special decorated plste, silver knife and fork, were provided
 The Rev. MT. Fuller. who went to Michigan as a missionary from our league to spread the gospel through that region, talked to 300 people and 2,3S0 empty seats in De troit the other night, Governor P;ngrea presiding. However 1t is due to the missionary to say that the night was bitterly cold
Arizona republican., 1899-01-11
THE SERVANT GIRL TRUST.

| A cheerful bit of news fir the house
 keepers is that contained in dispatch
 announcing that Ida Christian.e1 a1C
 Henrietta Muller, two delegates from the servant girls unions O. Norw3 y and Denmark, are coming here to or
 ganize similar unions in this country
 These young women, it is said, were the chief instruments in establishing
 servant girls unions in France, Ger
 many and Austria, So that they coms
 with a prestige that may well strike
 terror to the hearts of the grinding em-
 ployers who presume to fix the wages
 they are willing to pay and ins st upon
 bossing the jcb of running the hovs }. Some of the demands of the unions are:
 Work to begin at 6:3O a. m. and end
 at g D. m.; work or attendance upon the family after p. m. to be performed at extra pay. One day free ca h we and every other Sunday. Light, warm rooms Each servant to have hsr own bsd. The matter of wages is lefe to the servant to settle mainly.
 The first of these demands is obvi- ously just, for no girl can properly en- certain a policeman or other friend if compelled to work beyond 9.p. m. That extends the entertaining h-urs far in to the night and makes it impossible to rise before 6:30, even to git the busy business mans breakfast. The de- mand for six holidays month may seem excessive to those who take no holidays themselves, but it will be seen on reflection that it amounts only to day less than one week month. Particularly righteous is the insist ence of the union that each girl should have a light, warm room with "her own bed.'' Womans inhuman.ty to woman does not go much farther than in the case of those housewives who compel the servant girl to sleep On the porch or in a guest chamber which is not properly warmed. And of course the servant should settle the matter of wages. The ability of the employer to pay '4has nothing to do with the e-se.' Other reforms should be taken up by the union as soon as it gets fairy started On its plan of work People should be compelled to rise at a. m. so that the beds can be aired and early gotten out of the way. Th5re shou' d be a system of fines for tardiness at meals When company" is enter tained double wages should be raid. Dinner should be eaten at neon in or der to Tighten evening work, and the help" should have the privilege or taking lessons on the mistress piaro- fcrte. With ttese reforms in prospect the days of Bellamy equality don't seem very far off c
Arizona republican., 1899-01-11
OF CURRENT INTEREST.

A sweeping press law has been pro- tclaimed for China by the dowager em-
 press. Since the newspapers only serve to stir up the masses" she de- clares, "and to overthrow the existing order of things, and since newspaper writers are the. dregs of the literary c'ass, the continuance Of such danger ouS implements can result in no good We hereby, order, tIeIe etore, tie com plete suppression and cessation of all newsrap r5 that have hitherto appear ed in the empire; all publishers and editors will be arrested and punished d with the utmost severity of the law" The decree affects fifty-six Chinese newspapers.
 The fning of a Cambridge CMass.) )
 man for splitting in a, street car re- minds the Louisville Courier-Journal of a story, about the famous Ton" Marshall. The story goes that just be- fore his first visit to Boston an ord'- nance bad been passed imposing a fine of s for smoking cn the streets. From" lighted a cigar. started down street and was arrested. He went be- fore the proper officer, was duly fined, threw down $10 and started away Hold on," said the judge. there is some change coming to you.' T0 which Tom is said to have answered, 'Oh, keep the change I shall want to spit presently"
 In the course ct recanit go-c31led Game Of PronUr i2ticn''-in reality nothing more than g apgar-c2 ted men tal process Of the most deadly sort one Of the players showed an epga ting dip!on4cy. Whe2-1t came ha> turn fer the leader to aceost her with Mrs.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-11
GLOBE SIGHTS.
(From the Atchison Globe )

(From the AtchisOn Globe )
 Although people never take it, they dearly love good advice.
 Onions are better for you than qui- nine, and they don't taste any worse.
 Can a man afford to be known as the meanest man in town in order to save three or four dollars a year?
 It is safe to wager that a man who wears kid gloves on the streets every day is either in love, or preacher.
 Making a latch of New Ye7r's reso- lutiOns which are never kept. is the cheapest way in the world to be igooi.
 People treat tteir love affairs with great respect, considering that they have so many of them in the course of a year.
 An Atchison girl who ten years ago used to dream Of a Montgomery De Lancy krocking at her door. is now very contentedly preparing her we'd ding clothes for a, man named Nick Whiteheifer.
 A Don't Comr'ain club is 10 be start ed in Atchison. the members making a VOW not to complain under any circum- stances. The membership is not lim' ted, and inquiry among your frienCs may develop that trey think you ShCuld JOln IL.
 After looking at her troubles up enc way and down the ether a woman de- cides there is no other. thing to do but put them on her shoulders, and trudg9 aFslGg IA man, however will put them in a bucket, and kick them over. Which is the better way? Suggested to the Lancaster Literary society for set clement.
 When a girl writes her name ''Mayme" or Mai" she puts a lab l upcul herself that contains the word Cheap. She may be sensible in some respects but no one seeing the label will believe it. The 'fMais" and 'EMayme's" are not good daughters, and they will not make good wives. They are silly, irresponsible. and TO- mantle. Show US a girl who changes her name from Mary to Mai, and we can read her palm like a fortune teller.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-11
THE DOOM OF THE SOLID SOUTH

One of the most rtmark able evil dences yet seen of the new patriotism to which the war gave birth is the seri- ous sugs stiOns of the Atlanta Democrat that it would be graceful act t'for a solid south to unite with a solid north, east and west in 1900, renominate MT. Mckinley for the high office of p1esi- dent, and elect him without opposition, binding him to no platform save the greatest good ito the greatest number and full justice to all.'' Though the suggestion is not practical, it has the merit Of good sense. But it's chief value is the proofEit gives Of the real lity Of the reconciliation between the. north and the south, and of the sincerity of the former seceders in their prof 5ss- ions. When a southern journal dare5 make a suggestion now which even two brief years ago would have brought down upon it only anathemas from the impulSive sOutherners, it is time to be- lieve that there is no sham in the pro- fessions of the inhabitants of D xie. If the south has passed through such d metamoTpnosis in two years, it is not tCo much for faith that before the next presidential election the good feeling between the sections may grow to such extent as to completely and forever break up the solid south which stool like a stcnewall until recently against the increasing friendly overtures of the north. And here is where the g3o1 sense of the Atlanta Democrats sug- gestion comes in. If any man deserv s to be selected for honors because of the new national brotherhood. it is Will liam Mckinley, whose noble life and words have done the most of all per sonal agencies to cemen, the friend ships formed by the war.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-11
RAILROADS IN CUBA.
An English Syndicate Working 5o Ob
 tain Control of Them.

Havana, Jan. 10.-By the purchase Of a large block of stock of the c ib nj 9n railway. l.: Ruiz & Go; bankers, repre- senting English capitalists, today se cured a controlling interest in that line The same men have a so been large purchasers of the stock Of the Saguo and Cienfuegcs companies. They expect to have a controlling inter est in those two concerns, and, owning as they do, the United railway lines, will be in a position to dictate terms to the JucarO company. which is the wealthieEt and most prosperous in the island If the Jucaro stock cannrt b. purchased the line will undoubtedly be paralleled, thus giving a trunk line from Pinar del Rio 10 Santa Clara.
 In securing c0nt-ol of the Caibarien line the Englishmen carried the price of the stock up from about 65 to SS, most of the stock being bought st about 75 The Csi.barien has a capital stock of S2 275,00 and a uebt of S3l,- coo Ire Sagua line. which will prob ab'y be the next system to be acquired. has a capital stock of $3 100000 and no detts. The Cienfuegos line has cap ital stock of $2.5O0OOO and debts of $500, ,O00
 The Jucaro company. wni-h will fight hard against tke English com pany. has a capital Of $S00.900,000 and no debts. The line ca ne1 per cent even during the war, and in normal times earns 10 per cent, being a favor ite investment with the Sp3ni1rds f r trust funds.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-11
NEW YORK GOSSIP.
Trade With Cuba Takes Encoura gin g
 Jump Ahead

New York, Jan. 10.-The outlook for Cuban trade is better this week than
 for many weeks. past. There was a
 heavy movement of goods and proviS-
 ions last week, and fer the firct time il
 a long while cargo space on the outgo- | ing ships this week has been taken up
 in advance. On one ship of a well
 known passenger line, the accOmmoda- tiOns have all been taken The weath-
 CT is driving Cubans back to their own land, and by the end of the- month there will be but few Jeff of those driv- en here since the beginning of the war. They have tried to make their way
 here. and have not done as well as they
 think they can in their own climate.
 Their talk and that Of every other man
 who is going to the island is Of the hig ghest enOOura cement, as regards the future of the people on the island. The destitution of the people there is un- derstood and appreciated. Work and employment seems to be Orening with this great fact in mind. Pest of all, however. the supplies now g-ing to Havana are of character to help the peoples best. There has teen an as tonishing change here, ara from now on there will be abundant shipments of tha cheaper Tric~d fooCs from this port
 The change is traceable to the re- moval of all confusion es to the cur rency to be employed on the is and
 Regulations of the treasury department issued the other day, put definite valua
 tionS of Spanish coins, and also de- te-mined how payments through the custom house would be made. One thing more is needed. and th's is, more positive information than is now current, ss to the character of the of ficials in charge of the collection of customs So far information on this subject has been indefrf'e, and when information has been asked from the treasury department at Washington, the only reply brought out is that General Brooke will give the matter due consideration. As a consequrnca, the shippers here are in a quandary whether they are to look to the trea~- ury department or to General Brooke as the responsible head fthe new GUS toms system The detail is of course, one that is shortly to Ee straightened out It is taken for granted that there are to be nc private fees or emoluments for the officials passing goods end making collections. Tie who'e Sp9n- iSh system of blackmaI must 20 before the island can get every pound of sea- soma ble supplies that ought to go to it. The supplies now going out are only a part of what is bound to go if once it is thoroughly and permanently understood that the GUS i0m house methods will not be any more burden some than they are in this country. If they are Ticker, that will be So much the better, for the climate makes it de- sirable that semi psrishable stuffs shall be through the custom house and on the market as soon as possible.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-11

MT. Havemeyer of the sugar trust says he proposes 10 fight down present competition SO as to make it clear that capitalists can not come along at their cwn pleasure and build refneries to unload on the trus.!'' Ger ee:ly in tsrpreted, MT. Havemeyer announces thit 10 ccmretItion against the trust will be permitted ia this country ard that the sugar refining mon 9p3lE is not to.-ba qU@stioned. =.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-11

A common expression is: "The human race Is grow ing weaker and wiser That we are growing weak CT is proved by the large number of pale, thin and emaciated people.
 That we are growing wiser may be proved by overcoming these disorders with the timely use of Scott's Emulsion of Cod liver Oil with Hypophos- Phites which gives strength, enriches the blood, invigor- ates the nerves and forms fat.
 soc and sI.oo, all druggists.
 SCOTT < BOVINE, Chemists, New York.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-11
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
(From the Chicago News.)

(FTom the Chicago News.)
 The pedagogue's rule often works both ways.
 Usually the louder a man talks the less it amounts to.
 Wise is the baggage-smasher who wears chest protector.
 Nothing succeeds like the success of some peoples failures.
 A small rent in a reputation soon be- comes large hole.
 When, some men make mistakes they repeat them by way of apology. The polish on a mans coat doesn' 't help him to get into society.
 This is the glad season of the year when the plumber ge.s square with thu ice man.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-11
THE LIGHTNING EXPRESS.

'I can sell goods without ad- vertising." say one class of busine-s men-so-called. So they can get from Phoenix to : Prescott by riding a horse or go- ing afoot; but the man who takes the cars can get there a great deal quicker and much more easily. Advertising is to any kind of business exact y what the railway :s Tn transpor- tation. It does the jcb quicker and easier. And, as compared with ether newspapers in that respect, The Republican is a lightning express.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-11
,FoRCIBLE, IF NOT. ELEGANT.

MT. Whitecotton, a democratic mem Der of the Missouri legislature. says that when any one man or set Of men gets to imagine that he is or they are the democratic party, it becomes nec- essary for the party to spew them out : The sentence would nct have satisfied Macauley as to form, but it gets ther3. -=St. Louis Globe DemOcrat.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-11

Good sewerage and water systems would make a fine advertisement for Phoenix. Property owners should not overlook this fact. The way to attract visitors is to make the town a desir- able place of residence. Then wealthy people will settle here, the town will will see their investments inc ease in value
Arizona republican., 1899-01-11

Adyices from Harrisburg show that MT. Quay will have to keep a close watch on his reconcentrados in the Pennsylvania legislature if he wants to win. The bolting reEubl cans have kicked several large holes in his sen- atorial trocka already. b
Arizona republican., 1899-01-11

Even at this early day the Ohio re- publieans are preparing for their regu- lar biennial rumpus oyer the governor ship. It looks as though there would be-a heavy deficit in the harmony de- partment within ninety days
Arizona republican., 1899-01-11

sArkansas Jones declares that the free silver plank in the democratic platform of 1900 will be just as strong as that in the platform of 1896. It will be remembered that the plank in 1896 was so strong that it nauseated the whole country
Arizona republican., 1899-01-11

It appears that the German emrer- r has Issued an order forbidding the use of French words or phrases, either written or spoken, in the military ser vice of his empire. If the troops can t find enough native language to supply their needs he will make some for them.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-11
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
(From the New York Press.)

(Frcm the New York PreSs.)
 Virtue faces itself too tightly.
 Without women men would b9 their own nurses. rtE
 Age teaches us that love Eeg:ns where passion ends.
 When a woman is rot sure of a mans love she cannot be sure of his morals.
 When a woman is sorry that she doesn't love a man as much as shed like to if she could, she couldn't if she'd like to.
 It's curious that when 3 woman plays with fire and gets burnt she goes back and does it again to ses if tt still burns in the same old way.
 Virtue apolcgizes lot mere tran Sin
 It'a g rity woman can't strike cut from the shoulder with her fist as vel as Elth her tongue.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-11
HER MONEYS WORTH.

Mother-I gave you a shilling to be good yesterday and today you are try ing to show how bad you can be-
 Willie-'Yes; but I'm just trying to show you that you got your moneys worth yesterday. Bits.