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The San Francisco call., 1899-07-09

CVHE passing OF the Boer now
hastens apace The beginning Of
his end Is at hand. and at any
moment may come the burst
that will announce the last act of the
most interesting historical drama that
has come upon the worlds stage dur
Ing the century.
And q bloody tragedy viii this last
act be, as have been most Of the others
in his history, for however comiCal the
situation and ridiculous the attitude
Of the Boer may appear to Europeans,
he is a furious, God-fearing fighter,
and. man to man, has already proved
himself more than equal TO Britain's
best, as witness the several bloody bat
ties Of the short two months war
Of 1881, ending with the disastrous de-
feat and rout Of the British at Majuba
Hill Then he was not so well equipped
with arms and munitions, while his foes
had the most modern of both. Now
the Boer has the very best that pIenti-
fuI ready gold will buy, and is, more
over. an expert in their use under any
and all conditions.
Well may the British Government
hesitate to again engage with such a
interests of the English merchant and
miner are impeded by the Boer, and
he must go, cost what blood and
treasure 1t may.
The BoeT whom the British found at
Cape Colony in 1906. when the fortune
of war gave them that their first start
in the game of land grabbing on the
Dark Continent. was not, as is often
supposed, of pure Dutch extra ction, al
though that strain largely predomin-
ated
He was the ultimate product of 154
years growth from a mixed stock of
HGHanders. Germans. Swedes and
Firms with a few BTitish-116 men in
all. whom Captain Jan Van Riebcek, on
behalf of the Dutch East India Com
pany, brought from Holland in 1925, to
establish revictualling post for
heir ships at the Cape of Good Hope,
Five years later the port became a col
ouN in the proper sense of the word
and the spreading out and making per
manent homes in the surrounding coun-
Try began Then, too, began the devel-
opment Of the real BOer-not in Cape
Town, visited by ships of all nations
going 10 and from the Indies and cor
rupted by contact with Europe and
Asia, but out in the country of the
HottentOt, the lion and the giraffe who
reluctantly made place before him: war
ring with the first and fighting the sec
ond and his like, who numerously
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-09

dam packed with cellulose three feet
thick. The. shell made a hole a foot in
diameter through, the structure. The
continued for an hour. At the end of
that time not a drop had come through,
and the e packing at the he, hole j IN the rear
Three factories now in operation are
employed in turing out the product. The
The II Others are at Rockford, III, and
Chester, Pa.
Since the whole process of this manu-
6te Which it E is s. Carried carr do on -a had to be espe
presented baff1ed the inventor for some
perfecting s tins M machinery Whfch make It pos 81
sible to turn out the finished products on
q large scale.
cutting, and must be thoroughly cured.
After stripping off the ears the farmer
hauls the stalks to the factory where
they are paid for at the rate of So per
ton.
The piles of stalks. Just as they come
to the factory, are fed into big cutting
lengths. Elevating shafts carry them to
the roof of the factory. where they pass
over, great screens with fans to separate
the leaves and lighter parts.
knives, strips off the "shive.''' the hard
fibers that run lengthwise of the stem.
Only the soft inner portion is left.
From the stripping machines the whole
mass falls upon long travelling strips of
canvas. The elastic nature of the pith
causes 1t to bound up and down on the
canvas until 1t falls off into a receptacle
prepared for it. The chopped up stalks
and leaves go on to the end of the travel
ing curtains, where they are dumped into
cribs.
The pith goes next to the compressor.
where 1T is packed to about one-fourth
its former bulk. Even then it is so light
that only about three tons can be packed
fN,NA rnie rIf f1n fhAp
products are carried away for mixture
into the prepared food in which they are
used.
For a new industry the cornstalk busi-
ness is remarkably active. BY the end of
a decade the statistics of the cornstalk
industry will probably be counted in mil
prosperity of the great corn belt should
be very marked
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-09

disloyal to the city as to vote against the
adoption of the ordinance.
This pine tree was first made known to
the world by DR.. c. c. Parry, a noted
botanist and member of the Mexican
Boundary Commission In 1850 VINO. nndlng
It was a new species, dedicated 1t to the
veteran American botanist. DR.. John
Torrey. who may be called the father of
systematic botany in America. This plant,
so far as the United States is concerned,
is practically confined to the locality near
La Jolla, though it is said that few scat
tered trees are found near San Pedro, In
the mountains Of Lower California and on
Santa Rosa Island. The tree Is known to
the world only through San Diego. For
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-09

ON the sandstone cliffs that jut out
into the sea eighteen miles north of
the bay Of San Diego. and in the
unsightly little canyons that mar
the beauty of the sandstone formation,
is found the Pinus Torreyana-a pine tree
that with the exception Of a few speci-
mems growing in Lower California, on
Santa Rosa Island. off the coast of South
ern California. and near San Pedro, is
found in no other part Of the world.
The grove in San Diego County con-
tains nearly a thousand specimens Of the
rare and unique pine. which in spite of
the buffeting winds from the ocean and
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-09

the ravages of thoughtless woodchoppers
has thrived and grown and lent beauty TO
the otherwise barren landscape along that
mart of the coast. Though 1t has been
nearly half a century since the grove was
discovered and the species given a. name
by a scientist, no definite steps nave ever
been taken by the authorities or san
Diego to preserve the trees. The CITY
Council of San Diego-the corporate Inn
its of the city extend to point further
north than the grove of pines-has now
before it an ordinance setting apart the
pine lands as a park reservation, and
there is not a member of the Council so
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-09

Since the discovery of the rich gold
fields within their borders, bringing in
a large influx Of foreigners, mostly
British, and the gradual cutting them
off from any further 'trekking" by
British annexation of the country to the
west and north of them, they have seen
the inevitable and prepared for a last
and long struggle.
They may be successful for time.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-09

but with a large disloya1 population in
their midst and the might Of the British
Empire against them from without all
around, cut off: completely from all
communication with the outside world,
the result is a foregone conclusion.
Whether IN two or ten years, the Brit
ish flag will ultimately triumph, the
Transvaal will have passed and the
Boer will follow.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-09

The hardy men of the Transvaal cam ' trek"
NO longer The British surround them and the
hand of England begins to close. The Boer' has
gold and cam fight. Will he win, or is the day
when he shall at last fall before his DID, bitter foe?
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-09
CURIOUS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PINES
LOVES THE SEA AND WILL GROW ON
BARREN SANDSTONE CLIFFS.
IS THE ONLY GROVE IN THE WORLD {
THIS PECULIAR SPECIES.

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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-08-24
III. 81 ST. JOE TIME TABLE

|Stops on signals and leave passengers.
All trains marked are daily except Sunday
All others daily.
Free chair cars on No. and 4 between ST.
Louis aud Kansas CITY,
Ill. LYON, Agent.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-08-24
REFLECTIONS OF ABAGHELOR

Woman lives to love; men
loves to live.
The man does the counting
before marriage; after marriage
the woman does it.
The fourth mint julep is like
a woman you see too much Of
loaded with trouble.
A woman loves Il man either
because he loves her or because
she is afraid if she doesn't he
won't.
If women had their way about
1t probably their bathing suits
wonld consist of a pair of stock
ings.
One of the burdens a bachelor
has to bear is that mother
thinks he is going around look
ing for some child to love.
If the devil were married he
would be too busy taking care
of his own problem to try to get
other people into trouble.
Men wouldn't be So conCeited
about the way their wives love
them if they knew the things
he loved before they married
them.
If woman thinks she loves
4 man she can love him for any
time and at any distance away;
a mans love is Il short-range,
quick-fire affair.
To the day of her death a
woman is never satisfied with a
photograph of her that does
not look like the one taken in
her graduating gown,-New
York Press,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-08-24
Guy Longacre of Warren has
been visiting his brother Frank
in Hannibal.
Yellow Jaundice Cured.

Suffering humanity should be supI
piled with every means possible 70
its relief, 1t is with pleasure We
publish the following: This is to
certify that was terrible sufferer
from Yellow Jaundice for over six
months, and was treated by some OF
the best physicians in our city and
all to no avail. DIR. Bell, our drug
gist, recommended Electric BitterS; and
after taking two bottles, was entirely
cured. now take great pleasure IN
recommending them to any person
suffering from this terrible malady.
am gratefully yours, NJ. A. Hogarty,
Lexington, KY" Sold by b. o.
Wood DrnG"'e,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-08-24
GOSSIP OVERHEARD IN THE
HAMMOCK.

There is one subject always
in Il woman's mouth-her
tongue.
Some me" are SO lacking in
hospitality that they won't
even entertain an idea.
A woman with an iDdepend-
ent fortune generally proves to
be an independent woman.
Summer colds are not unusual
but very few save the motor
men have the grip in this
weather.
Many a woman carries to her
grave some silly name her ro-
matte novel reading mother
gave her.
! Every Joy in life is married
by shadow, but it does not
follow that every shadow is
followed by a joy.
The difference between work
aud play is eXemplihed by the
fact that laborers often are
FRUSTRATED by the heat, but
children-rarely.
The newest paper knives are
"Dewey swords. They are
replicate in miniature of the
sword worn by naval officers
with the ornate hilt, the regu
lation scaobard, tassel, etc
The steel itself when draw
from the scabbard is about five
inches long.
Little drops Of water and lit
tie grains OF sand indicate tn,
tears Il woman sheds in privat,
and the spunk she manifests il
t public.
At the lace counters they ca
hardly supply the demand 70
black Chantilly insertion. On
would think everybody was GOV
cred with it already.
Nothing so fully indicate
. the different trends of taste an,
preference as the variety o
pets chosen by women. Tn
! latest is a turtle, and how an
one can euthuse over that seem
: teyond belief.
Fashion autocrats whisper
even this far in advance, tina
: the onepice toilet will be th
proper thing for fall. Tha
gowns la princess will be dis
tinctly more and more the vogu
for the coming season.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-08-24
Missouri, Kansas az Texas Rail.
way Co. Time Table.

The following Wabash trains
over the Katy now stops here
for passengers. No. 9, 4:45 y.
III. to Kansas City. No. :, 1852
p. m. to Chicago.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-08-24
Bucklen's Arnica Salve,

The best salve in the world for Cuts
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rhenm
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped hands
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin
Eruptions and positively cures Piles
or no pay required. 1t is guaranteed
to give perfect satisfaction or money
refunded. Price 25c, for sale by B.
. Wood.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-08-24
A GREAT DIFFERENCE

Commercial instincts, customs
and laws say: Buy where you
can buy the cheapest. Sell
where your goods or products
will bring the greatest returns.
Civilization has made its strides
and progress, gained it's wealth
and power through following
tie above commercial lines. A
few years ago the Republican
party started in to reverse
those lines. The tariff produc-
ed Home markeD false mar
llet by compelling the American
people to pay more for their
goods than they were worth on
the open market or markets of
the world. Not satisfied with
fancy profits the party then
gave birth to the trusts. The
pirates of Tariff held up all
passers by at the muzzle of Il
gun and demanded 4 heavy toll.
The trusts, the offspring of Re.
publicanism, grasps every man,
woman and child in this couu-
try and says: stand aud deliver.
Republicanism is a great thing.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-08-24

AGENTS WANTED For THE Life And
Achievements of admiral Duwey," the world s
greatest naval hero. ny MurRt Halls teGd, the
lifelong friend aud admrcr OF the nations idol.
biggest aud best book; over 5Ol pages, SNl0
inches: nearly 100 pages halftone illustrations.
Only Sl.5O. Enormous demand. Big commits.
siuns. OUTFIT free. Chance of lfetlmpe
Write quick. The Dominion Company, 3rd I.
Floor Carson bldg, Chicago. 9-7S
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-08-24
City Directory .
CITY OFFICIALS.

GRADY;
Second wNrd-w. W, Handlcy, ]. W. Roll.
Ihird Ward-A. Boulware. d. d. Nelson
secret Societies.
MASONIC-MonroeL Lodge No. g.. A. f.
~ a. NJ, meets first and third Satur-
day nights Of each month.
onroe City II. A. Chapter, No. 1Ol,
meets fourth Monday nights in each
month.
ODD FELLows-Monroe City Lodge,
No. PCS, meets every Thursday night.
Rebekah, Monroe City Lodge, No. l56.
meets first and third Tuesday nights
of each month.
The II. n. of AS will meet euery
Thursday evening in the NJ. w. A.
hall.
a. o. U. w. Monroe City Lodge, No
l6S, meets first and third FRIDAY
nights of each month.
! MODERN WOODMEN-- Monro City
Camp, No. 2236 meets every Fyidav
night.
p. e. o. Sisterhood Monroe CITY
Chapter II. meets the second anC
fourth Saturdays in each month.
MASONIC, Observation-Disclosures Lodge
No. ), meets first and third Tuesda,
nights in each month.
SUPREME COURT OF HONOR.
roe District Court meets every Mon
day night.
ADVANCE LODGE NO. ) meet.
LIST. and Bird Tuesday in each month.
BETHLEHEM CHAPTER No. IL meets
LIST Thursday in each month.
VIRGINIA COURT meets lst Thursda,
in each month
Churches.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-08-24
GEN. HALE CALLS OTIS A COW
ARD
Republic Special.

Republic Special.
Denver, Colo, Aug. 16. .--Ac.
cordiug to a letter received
here to-day from Henry Kerr,
General Hale's orderly, General
Hale was recalled from the
Hiring line in an engagement
with the tIIlplnos and ordered
to report III person to the com
handing General,
Hale, it seems, had entered
the engagement without direct
orders. He was in the act Of
winning Il great victory, but he
obeyed. withdrawing the brig
AIDE from the firing line, and
rooe Oh III" "orSe 10 Ge"e'''
O'l' > 'e'oqu"F'e'S' ms -
the CONVERSATION ''''' 10 S''" ~
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General Hale you snail not
disobey me while l am in com
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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-08-24
Churches.

BAPTI ST-Elder j. H. Rife pastor.
Preaching every Sunday morning
and evening Sunday school at 9:45
Is. Y. p I. p. m. Sunday.
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening
Deacons meeting at , p. IN. the last
Sunday in each month.
CHRIST1AN-Services every Sunday
at ii a. m. and 8 p. m. Prayer
meeting Wednesday evening. Sun
day school at I. y. p. S. c. Z.
meeting at p. IN. Sunday. NJ. j.
NicOSon, pastor.
NJ. f. CHURCH, SOUTH-Services
every Sunday morning and evening.
Sunday school at $40. Epworth
League at $500 Glass meeting at
800. Mid-week prayer meeting
Wednesday evening. Rev. o. B.
Holiday, pastor.
ST. JUDES EPISCOPAL-Sunday
school at 9:45 a. m. Preaching at
Hoo a. m. and 700 p. IN. Sunday.
Evening prayer meeting 500 p. m.
Friday. Rev. w. a. Hatch, Rector.
PRESBYTERIAN - Services second
and fourth Sundays morning and
evening. Sunday school 9:45 a. m.
Y. p S. c. f. meeting 200 p. m.
Sunday. 5id-week prayer meeting
at 500 Wednesday evening. j. Z.
Travis pastor.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES at $500 and 1000
q. m. second and fourth SUNDAYS in
each month. Father d. f. Sullivan,
pastor.
BAPTIST, Colored.-Services the first
Sunday in each month. ]. B. Haw-
kins, pastor
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-08-24
Court Directory.
MONROE COUNTY .

MONROE COUNTY
Circuit court-Meets at Paris third Monday
in April and fourth Monday In October.
Probate Court Regular terms at Paris second
Mondays in February, May, August aud
November.
MARION COUNTY.
Circuit Court-Meets at Palmyra, second
Monday in February and frst Monday In
September.
Hanni tai Court of Rommon Pleas-Neet
second Monday in January. first Monday In
May and third Monday in September
RAILS COUNTY,
Circuit Court-Meets at New London. third
Mondays in March aud August.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-08-24

Don't forget to go to The
Drug Store" first door south of
the Post Office.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-08-24

Mrs. w. P. Powell and
daughter of Kansas City have
been the guests of Of her sister
Mrs. ]. w. Wilson,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-08-24

j. w. Murphy of Columbus, o.
is the guest of his kinswomau.
Mrs. w. IT. Vowel. He may
remain with her through, the
winter.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-01-26
Senator Quay's Fight.

HARRISBURG; Jan. 26.-The eighth
joint ballot for U. S. Senator to-daV TO-
suited: Quay, 103; jerks, 81; Dalz-1
Is. Scattering 80. Total 232; necessarr
to a choice, III; no election. Thera
were 237 present and 10 absent Or
paired. Many members of the Senate
and House have secured pairs for fLa
rest of the week.
All interest to day centers in the fate
of the McCarrell bill taking from dis.
trict attorneys the right to Stand aside
jurors except in capital cases. Il viii
be taken up in the Senate today and
the House committee to which simi-
lar bill was committed will probable
report the measure favorably. This
measure is looked upon as a Ouly
scheme to assist the defense in the trial
of the conspiracy suits in which Olsv
ard his son and former State Treasure
Haywood are defendants. 1t is alleged
by Quay opponents that it will prevent
any interference with a jury which
might easily be picked for particular
case. 1t is pointed out that Sheriff
Grow is friend of Senator QUAY and
that awful things might be done IL the
drawing Of jury.
An amendment providing thai the
bill shall not apply to any person under
Indictment was defeated by vote Of
26 to Is. This vote was the real test. il.
is said, Of Quay's strength. 1 is GER.
orally conceded that the bill will now
pass the Senate.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-01-26
CONSIDERING THEIR CASE.

The board OF visitors OF the Virginia
Military Institute held a special meet
ing in Lexington yesterday TO consider
the case OF the dismissed frst-class Of
cadets. All the members were pres
ont except Messrs. Saunders, Barley
and Rhea. Mr.. Alexander Hamilton
was elected president of the board, TO
succeed Judge S. II. Letcher. Capt. B
B. Morgan, acting commandant, was
commissioned a major. R. B. Lemoine,
of Virginia, who was dismissed a few
weeks ago for being party to hszing,
was, on application, reinstated. Sew
erel other applications for a somewhat
similar o1ense were refused. the pres
idents of the three present classes, who
had petitioned the board asking for the
reinstatement of the first class, pledg
ing themselves in the future to refrain
from creating any disturbance on New
Years eve, were invited into the meet
ing, and their petitions were returned.
The application OF the first class, as
class, for reinstatement, was returned
to them without answer, after which
individual applications were presented.
Gen. Scott Ship, the superintend-
emit, presented his semi-annual report
in regard to the condition of the insti-
tute, which showed the school to be in
very fourishing condition.
The board then adjourned to witness
special dress parade by the cadet bat
talon.
The session was resumed last night
when the individual applications of the
members of the first class were present
ed before the board Owing to the
large number aud the time each will
take for consideration aud the discus
sion which will necessarily follow, the
decision OF the board was not reached
and the board adjourned till to-day.
One of the members of the board was
heard to say: "We might as well pass a
resolution coGnmending Gen. Ships &C.
ton and end the matter" Whether this
speech argued good or bad for the dis
missed class remains to be seen, but
at present it looks very gloomy. 1t
was stated that possibly the reason for
requiring the individual application
may mean the refusal to reinstate some
OF the members of the dismissed class.
Twenty five of them are now in Lex
ington aWainin9 the verdict.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-01-26
The PHILIPPINES.

HONG KONG, jap. 26-The Filipino
Congress at Malolos has passed q resolu.
tion expressing confidence in Aguinal
DO and empowering MIN to declare war
at any time and for any purpose.
The work of approving the Fill
Pine constitution was finished by the
cabinet with the utmost expedition.
There is great enthusiasm throughout
the Island of Luzon over the promul-
cation OF the constitution and the in
sargent newspapers are publishing still
more violent attacks upon the Ameri-
cans than before.
The strictest form of martial law pre-
walls at Manila.
No natives are permitted to be in the
streets after 10 O'Clock at night. The
Insurgents refuse TO allow the Ameri-
cans to 90 through their lines. They
wen compelled the American officers
who started out TO pay the water works
employees to return at the point Of the
bayonet because the officers did not
have Aguinaldo's pass.
The censorship at Manila is becoming
more rigid. F'llipinos here think it
means that an outbreak is imminent.
They predict that in event of conflict
the insurgents will be victorious, saying
that the Americans are discouraged by
the advent of smallpox and similar
diseases, which will spread rapidly
when The hot season begins in March.
The Filipino government is instruct
ing its envoys in Europe to seek for the
powers recognition of the Fllipinos as
belljgereDts.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-01-26
COMMUNICATED,
MORE WATER.

In view of the fact that from the re
port of the gentlemen who were ap.
pointed by the City Council to make .
report on the condition of the water
furnished by the Alexandria Water
Company to their consumers, said wa
ter is unfit for use, unless it is purified
in some way. 1t is also re asonable to
presume that most of the sickness in
our city, especially typhoid fever, is
caused from the use of this impure wa
ter, and, inasmuch as there are but few
wells left and no public bydrants in
the city from which water can
be taken, l would respectfully
suggest, that the City Council appoint
a committee to ascertain the cost OF
artesian wells, have one placed in each
ward in central location and thereby
provide our worthy poor with plenty
of good, pure water free of cost. The
writer was informed few days since OF
an analysis of water taken from a by
drant in this city, and also one taken
from the reservoir from which the city
is supplied with water, since which
time l have obtained my drinking wa
ter from Mr.. Robert Portner's artesiau
well, aud boil all used for culinary pur.
poses. MN.