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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-03-01

According to staticties women
constitute more than two thirds
of the church members and less
than one fifth of the criminals,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-03-01

Alexander the Great wept be-
cause there were no more lands
for him 10 Conquer. VIM. Nc
Kinley, Hanna's tool will weep
for more islands and defense
less people.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-03-01
HOME-SEEKERS EXCURSION.

Tickets for the Home-Seezers
Excursions will be sold over the
Burlington r. r., Jan. IS. Feb.
goth. March 6th,2Oth, and
April 3rd and 18th, 1900.
Rates, one fare plus $500.
j. l.. LYON Agt.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-03-01
City Directory
CITY OFFICIALS.

CITY OFFICIALS.
mayor '''..'.....'............ Samuel North
rouce JndGe'.'.'.'......... ...,.W w. b. Stevens.
MHrshal. ....... ..,............. J W. Stephens
CITY Attorney ........ r.. L. Woodson
CITY Clerk .".......... Geo. W. Tompklns
wy treasurer. ..............H. l.. Linn.
Assessor ARpu,,oaaa
street Commissioner ..............J s. Jarman
ALDERMEN; First Ward-J. S. Scott J II
Grady: So
Second Ward-D. A.Ely. J. w. Roll
iniru "ard-A. Boulware. d. D. Nelson
secret Societies.
Observation-Disclosures No. Ga. A n
~ a. NJ, meets first and third Satur-
DAY nights of each month.
Monroe City r. A. Chapter. No. 1o4
meets fourth Monday nights in each
month.
ODD FELLoWS-Monroe CITY I,odga
No; 26S, meets every Thursday nigbt
lSeoekah, Monroe CityLodge. No. i5S
meets first and third Tuesday niobts
of each month.
The r. N. of AS will meet emory
Thursday evening in the M. w. A.
hall.
A. o. U. w. Monroe City Lodge, No
IoS, meets first and third Friday
nights of each month.
MODERN WooDMEN-Monro O Citv
Camp, No. 1896 meets every Friday
night,
p Z. Q. sisterhood, Monroe Citv
Chapter H. meets the second and
fourth Saturdays in each month.
MASONIC, Colored. I,odge
No. 5, meets first and third Tuesday
nights in each month.
SUPREME COURT OF HoNoR.-Mon-
roe District Court meets every Mon
day night.
ADVANCE LODGE NO. 5 meets
LIST. and 3rd Tuesday in each month.
BETHLEHEM CHAPTER No. al meets
LIST Thursday in each month.
| VIRGINIA COURT meets LIST THURSDAY
in each month.
Churches.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-03-01

MONROE COUNTY.
Circuit Court-Meets ct Paris third Monday
in April and fourth Monday in October.
Probate COurt-Reguar terms ut Paris. second
Mondays in February, May, August and
November.
MARION COUNTY.
Circuit Court-Meets at Palmyra, second
Monday in February and first Monday in
eptember.
Hanni al Court of Rommon Pleas
second Monday in January, first Monday in
May and third Monday in September
FALLS COUNTY,
Circuit Court-Meets at New London third
ordoys in March and August,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-19
Blowing Him Down,

DR.. Isaac Barrow was an eminent di-
vine, great at long sermons; three
hours were nothing to him. On one oc-
casion he was preaching in the abbey,
and had got well on in his 'tenthly. my
brethren" without any indication of
the streams running dry. Now, the
abbey is a showplace as well as a
church; and FESTIVE under the elo-
quence of DR.. Parrow, Accordingly, as
the yeracious chronicler records. they
caused the organs to play until they
had bowed him down. Here. again.
you see the organs blew. Whether the
organist was asieep-not unlikely, for
organists prefer sleep to long ser
mon any day-and one of the vergers
ofiiciated at the keys, do not know.
but ! confess | should like to have
heard the ''vcluntary"-f namel--.
that "blowed' Isaac Barrow down.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-19
ANIMALS IN SOUTH AFRICA.
The Climate Is Not Favorable to
Them-DoGs and Horses VIC
Tins of Disease.

1t always seemed strange to me
that the Natal climate, which is, on
the whole, so healthy for human be-
ings, should not be favorable to an
imal life, says the Cornhill Magazine.
Dogs do not thrive there at oil, and
soon become infested with ticks.
One heard constantly of the native
cattle being decimated by strange and
weird diseases, and horses, especially
imported horses, certainly require the
greatest care. They must never DO
turned out while the dew Is on the
grass, unless with sort of muzzling
nosebag on, and the snakes are u
perpetual danger to them, though the
bite is not always fatal, for there are
many varieties of snakes which are
not yenomous. Still, a native horse
is always on the lookout for snakes
and breads them exceedingly.
One night | was cantering down
the main street of Maritzburg on a
quiet old pony on my way to the leg
islatiye council, where / wanted to
hear very interesting debate on the
native question (Which was the burn
ing one of that day), and my pony
suddenly leaped off the ground like
an antelope and then SHE'D right
across the road.
This panic arose from it's having
stepped on thin strip OF zinc cut
from n packing case, which must have
been opened, as usual, outside the
store or large shop which we were
passing. As soon as the pony put
his foot on one end of the long curled-
up shaving it must have risen up and
struck him sharply, walking unpleas-
ant memories OF former encounters
with snakes.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-19
CHEROKEE SENATOR BULLFROG
He Believes Most of the Clients of
Cheap Lawyers Are in
Prison.

Senator Bullfrog was n picturesque
figure at a recent session of the Chero-
kee congress. His raiment on this oc-
casion consisted of new pink calico
Shirt with no collar, navy blue trousers
and heavy riding boots. Senator Bull
frog wore his spurs, and although he
understands the English language
quite as well as the whitest man in the
senate he addressed the president in
the Cherokee tongue. Atintervals Sem
ator Bullfrog paused in his speech and
spat with unerring aim at the stove,
while an interpreter repeated his argu-
ment in English. Senator Bullfrog is
something of philosopher. A certain
lawyer had offered to accept five per
cent. as a retainer for collecting a claim
for the nation, and It was of this that
the senator from Goingsnake district
spoke. Senator Bullfrog declared that
cheap lawyers were not safe.
"They WILL" he said, "offer to re-
cover your hog for ham. but the
chances are you will never get the hog
and will lose an extra ham besides. I
notice that most of the clients of cheap
lawyers are in prison."
This argument was uproariously APP
plauded by all the other senator's, who
sat with their chairs tilted back against
the wall, eXpectorating in the direction
of the stove.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-19
WILL USE ELECTRICITY.
To PrOpel Big Passenger steamers ON
the Seine mt the Paris Ex-
position.

Passenger boats propelled exclusive
ly by electricity will make their APP
pearance on the Seine early this
spring, in connection with the Paris
exposition.
these novel boats, the trial trips of
which have proved wonderful sue
cess, have been built on the plans and
under the direction of French engi-
neer, Mr.. Pisca, for the company of
Suburban Omnibus Boats, which will
employ them, Notwithstanding their
luxurious equipment, for the trans
portation of ordinary travellers at a
reduced rate. They will run at a
great speed, without noise or smoke,
and will be able to make nearly 60
miles without recharging, managed
by one man.
These boats will be charged by an
eleStric machine on the river bank at
Asnieres, in front of their mooring
station.
Particular interest attaches to these
boats from the fact that they are the
first devoted to the public service that
have been tried in Europe. If the en-
terpriseproves successful, which there
is every reason to expect. it will revo-
lutionize river transportation
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-19
--------------------------
A MESSAGE TO MANILA.
Travels Three-FIfths the Circuit of
the GIobe-The Course 1t
Takes.

To pay practically $25 for brief ten
word message to the Philippines may
seem extravagant, but when one re-
fleets that il travels three-ffths of the
distance around the globe in complet-
ing the journey, passing under the di-
rection of half dozen different COM
panies, the cost seems far from exorbi-
tant, says Ainslee's Magazine.
The ordinary course of such mes
sage would be from New York to Cape
Breton, n. S., thence to Hearts Con-
tent, n. F., where it dives under the
Atlantic, to reappear on the coast of
ireland. From here it is forwarded to
LONDON, which is the great center and
clearing house for the cable business
of the whole world. From London the
message will be forwarded either across
the English channel and overland to
Marseilles, or by the Eastern Telegraph
company's line around the Spanish pen
insula, stopping at Lisbon. Through
the Mediterranean the route leads TO
Alexandria, across Egypt by land, down
the Red sea to Alden, through the Ara
bian sea to Bombay, over India by land
across the Bay of Bengal to Singapore
along the coast to Hong-Kong, and
across the China sea to Manila. Not
withstanding the many hands through
which il passes, the message is for
warded with reasonable promptness
with perfect secrecy and all the way In
English.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-19
MAKERS OF WILLS.
Find 1t Very Troublesome 10 Draw
Up the Papers in Bavaria
and Prussia.

Bavaria seems to have placed the
most effective pitfalls and barbed wire
entanglements in the path of the
guileless maker of wills. In that
country it is imperative that the most
simple Will must be attested with all
solemnity by seven separate witness
es, who must be present at the same
time; and their action must be sane
toned and their signatures must be
authenticated by public notary.
Prussia has also its special complica-
tions, under the code of Frederick IL.
That monarch, distrusting Ignorant
notaries, or ministers, or casual per-
sons but little learned in matters of
law" decided that only wills made in
solemn form before justices or judges
should be valid. To these experts all
particulars must be told, any ques-
lions they choose to put must be an
swered, and they finally draw up the
document, read it to the testator and
append their signatures. If it is pre-
ferred the will may be drawn before
hand and submitted to the judges,
who, after due inquiries to satisfy
themselves that all is right, will sane
ton and confirm it.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-19
COATS THAT LAST A CENTURY.
All Sin In HIS Native Lnnd Highly
Prizes Venerable
Garment.

Gentlemen who take delight in sar-
torial changes as frequent almost as
those of the moon might learn les
son from John Chinaman, with whom
even though he be well off, it is felci-
ty to wear his grandfather's coat. Not
only is the communicating, shapeless
blouse of his ancestor priced because
it is his ancestors, but because of it's
intrinsic value. The clothing usually
worn by the Chinese is of the purest
silk and costs anywhere from 500 to
5000 suit. AS a nation the Chinese
object to wearing clothing of any 9TH
er kind, and centuries of experiment
have taught them how best to make up
the costly caterpillar thread into the
most durable form. On this account
the Chinese dress, though of purer ma
teriol, has none of the sheen usually
associated With silk, popularity
which has resulted in the erroneous
ideas as to their composition.
All the garments are made in China
and are only exported for the personal
use of celestials in foreign countries.
Owing to their cost, however, they are
only purchased at long intervals, each
garment being of so durable a charac-
ter that they are handed down to the
third and even the fourth generation.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-19
DRIFTWOOD OF ALASKA.
A Deposit of Logs That Have Come
from Japan, China and
India.

There is an extraordinary deposit OF
d1ftwood on the coast of Alaska, some
1000 or 1900 miles northwest OF Seat
tie. A constant deposit Of logs and
driftwood has been going on for hun.
dreds, of years, and it Is due to the
phenomena of the tides, the Pacific gulf
stream, the ocean currents and the pc
culiar formations of the shore lines n
that point. According to the Chicago
Times-Herald, logs and timbers are
readily identified there as having come
from Japan, China, India and other To-
calities of Asia, as well as from Califor-
MIA, Washington and other parts OF the
American continent. There are fine
logs of camphor tree, the mahogany,
the redwood and the pine. Some of
these from the state Of Washington
bear the names of the men who felled
the trees and the sawmills for which
they were destined Some logs eight
feet in diameter are often seen there.
and some entire trees $50 feet long. ev.
identity uplifted by the roots during
some terrible tempest. The newer loga
are without bark, and they are rs hard
asstone, due 10 their long immersion IL
salt water.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-19
LOOKING AFTER SOLDIERS.
The War Department Follows Movss
merts of officers with Great
Accuracy.

A young army officer, who has seen
service on the Arizona plains and on
the Maine coast, and who is now in
Cuba, tells two stories out of his own
experience, to show the accuracy with
which the war department follows the
movements of officers.
81 was with a small scouting party
in Arizona" he says, 'and after two
weeks in the desert my squad came to
the railroad near a small station.
Within ten minutes dispatch from
Washington was brought to me by
the station agent. 1t asked If l
wished to be transferred to one OF
the two new artillery regiments then
forming.
81 answered by telegraph that l
should be glad to enter either of them.
Then we set off again across the des-
ert.
ut was six days later when we
again struck the railroad. this time
so miles from the point at which we
had previously crossed it. But my re-
ply from the department was await
ing me. 1t had been telegraphed tc
every station within 200 miles.
"a more striking instance of accu-
racy occurred after my transfer to
the east. | was travelling home on
leave, and, as the regulations require,
/ had notified the department of the
day, hour and probable route of my
| journey. After | hao been on the
train for eight hours. at small sta
| ton the porter entered with tele-
gram, asking if anyone of my name
was present. On opening the dis
patch, 1 found that it was from the
| adjutant generals office, ordering me
, IN detached duty.
"Exactness of detail could not be
carried much farther. The depart
ment knew the whereabouts of an in
significant second lieutenant, even
when he was travelling on leave of alb
Sepce"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-19
POISONOUS PLANTS.
Some That Never Give Warning t0
Mankind by Appearance
or OdOr.

Man seems to have no instructive
knowledge of injurious plants from
their appearance. Many of poisonous
nature have purple flowers, and early
education has made some people sus-
picious of this color, but there is no ma
tive instinct that warns them against
such risk. Children play with the
poisonous fox-glove, monkshcod and
deadly night-shade, and display no
natural fear of their deadly properties,
while such plants as the dropwort,
hemlock and FOOLS parsley are as at
tractive to the eye as the harmless
parsnip and carrot, which they close
ly resemble. Man has, however, an in
stinctive dislike to the taste of nearly
all poisonous plants. A large number
of them are noted for their bitterness,
quality that seems repulsive to all
children, and is only acquired in
things wholesome by adults after ex-
perience. Some plants, it would be al
most impossible to eat, as the nux
vomica or strychnine, with its acrid
taste, and the monkshood, or aconite,
from the tingling of tongue and lips
that it causes. The favor of prussic
acid in laurel leaves, and in the bitter
almond, seems to suggest danger. but
this is the result of education. While
the sense of smell guides many of the
herbivorous animals in their choice,
we find that this helps man but little,
although it is said that all the poison
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-19
THE CZARINA'S ALLOWANCE.
Why Her Highness' Decision I'm
Regard to Tobacco Was
Speedily Changed.

Some time ago the cZarina, who is
very philanthropic woman, made
up her mind that the lavish use of to-
bacco in Russia was doing harm. She
thereupon prohibited the use of the
weed, and especially of cigarettes, in
the court, says the Philadelphia Sat
urday Evening Post.
A few days passed and her imperial
majesty needed some money. 1t did
not come, even after she had sent a
confidential servant to the treasury.
At last, in place of money, came a
white-bearded old man from that in
stitution, with pleasant voice and at
tractive address.
There must be a mistake, your i'm
perial majesty. Two weeks ago you
prohibited the use of tobacco in the
court, and so great is your influence
and SO deep the love for you among
the people that the sales of the weed
| dropped down to a fraction of what
| formerly was the case, and the in
ternal revenue receipts became less
than the expenses. The government
| appreciated your high munificence, be-
cause under the law of the land your
income is charged against the to.
bacco tax of this district, and it was
supposed that you had concluded tc
give up your wealth in order to carry
out your views upon reform"
The following week, SO the story
goes, the rule was relaxed, and the
czarina's sudden poverty vanished as
| If nv nopic
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-19
RESIST ENORMOUS PRESSURE
small Steel Balls Cannot BE Crushed
by Ordinary Mechanical
Devices.

The resisting power of steel balls to
pressure has never been actually de-
termined. and recent tests reported to
the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers leave the question still in
doubt. At these tests balls were
procured of sizes ranging from one
half to one inch In diameter from six
manufacturers, and the attempt was
at first made to test the balls by
crushing between hardened steel
plates. Difficulty was experienced,
however, in procuring steel so hard
that it would not tndent under the
pressure to which it was subjected
in contact with the balls, and the
plan was adopted of placing three
balls in row in q special holder,
which kept them in line aXially.
Pressure was then brought to bear
upon the two outer balls, eventually
crushing the middle one.
After this series of tests was com
pleted steel was found that an
swered the purpose for testing the
balls between fat surfaces and an
other line of tests was conducted with
the balls between two fiat plates OF
this steel, A singular fact is that
| in the first series nearly all the balls
were broken by the formation with
in the bah of conical wedge which
was gradually forced toward the cen
ter of the ball until the latter wa:
split. The base of the cone was ap
proximately circular, with its center
at the point at which the crushing
| force acted
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-19
"BILL BACK-ACHER.n
A story of Hard Field Work In
India with General
Gatacre.

An Indian correspondent of NJ. A.
p. tells a little story of Gen. CAT
acre He was in command CT dis
trict in India, and there had been a
field day. This, with Gatacre at the
head of affairs means a good deal
more than it does with the ordinary
general. There were long marching,
forced marching and mimic hill war
fare in full field order, and Tommy
sweated for hours. How many miles
had been covered I will not attempt
to say. Some allege 90, others 1870,
but anyhow the long day was at an
end, and, disheveled and footsore, the
troops marched back into camp. Twas
then that l heard this delightful little
dialogue: Tired, Bill?" said a pri-
vate to a comrade. NO unblush-
ingly came the reply. well, Bill,
seeing how it's all over, l think
shall just drop into the canteen and
have a quart of ale What are you
going to do, Bill?' There was a pause
do, Enery?" said the dust -begrimed
Tommy. 'Well, Emery, shall Just go
and have bit of wash, and then ]
think I'll go for a walk" The tale
went round many table in the land
of exile, and no one who knew Cat
acre failed to laugh outright when
they heard it. Tommy thinks the
world of Sir William, however; his
only objection is that "he does make
'em wherefore hath he been
nicknamed "Backacher" by his men,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-19
Industrial Farm in Cuba.

In the province Of Matanzas. Cuba, at
Ceiba Mocha. an industrial relief farm
is carried on by New England relief
society. It's first crop of early pota-
toes, planted last November, is reach
ing the markets, and is said to be prac-
tically the same as Bermudas. They
are of bright, rosy color and excel
lent flavor. Nearly all the cultivat-
ing and harvesting were done by war
widows and orphans. During the in
surrection 5000 reconcentrados were
crowded together at Ceiba Mocha.
Eight hundred are left. Five thousand
are in cemetery near by.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-19
J, S ANDERSON, County Judge
Schmitz Il Burke, Attys. april!

First publication April ., 1900 No "A
IN PROBATE-M ANITowoC COUNTY Court.
In the matter of the estate of Mary Null
lane deceased
On reading and filing the petition Of Michael
Doolan, administrator of the estate of said de
ceased Tor the adjustment and allowance of his
administration account and the assignment of
the residue of said estate to such other persons
as are by law entitled to the same):
IL is ordered that said account be examined,
adjusted and allowed at a special term of said
court to be held at the office of the county judge
in the city of Manitowoc in said county, on
Tues41S, the Sth day of May. A. ID. 1900,
1t Is further ordered that upon the adjust
ment and allowance of such account by this
court AZ aforesaid the residue of said estate be,
by the further order and Judgment OF this
court, assigned to such persons as are by law
entitled to the same
II is further ordered that notice of the time
and place of examination and allowance of such
account, and of the assignment of the residue of
said estate be given to all persons interested,
by publication of this order rthree successive
weeks, before said day, in the Manitowoc Pilot
weekly newspaper printed and published at
the city of Manitowoc and state of Wisconsin.
Dated April 4th, 1890. Cd
BY the court.
J, s. ANDERSON. County Judge.
Schenian & Kelley, Attorneys. apr26
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-19
I'm A MILITARY HOSPITAL.
The Strange Effect of Medical Train
ing on Class of
OrderIies.

A class of orderlies had been careful
ly instructed by medical officer on
the subject of enteric fever. The In
struction. says the Cornhill Magazine.
was rather over their heads, and much
time was wasted in trying to explain
the origin of enteric from a specific
germ. On going over the subject the
following week the class was asked:
What did you learn about germs ?"
No answer. well, what are germs p
Much scratching of well-oiled heads,
and solemn silence. Come, now, what
are germs?" Answer: "Them things
wot you ketches wen you gifts to bed
at night
An orderly who came up for training
announced himself as person of much
experience. "Ah've seen deal of sick
ness in my time. You see, All nursed
me father a matter o. seven years-"ee
'ad q ferocious liver" (Cirrhosis of
liver?)
The orderly is not without his ideals
and his ambitions. "W'en | leaves the
army and gifts 'ome, I'm a-going to set
up in the medical line" "Why, are
you going to be doctor?" mo, not
that, but the mkt thing to itC) I'm
a-going to ave little shop in the pills
and ointment line, and I'd make rare
good thing out of 1t if it wasn't for
these yere alchemists wot picks to
pieces all poor chap sells" Unfortu-
nately, this man did not live to open
the little shop of his dreams, for he
was killed while serving with the Tirah
field force