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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-03-22
HOW CAN BRYAN BE BEATEN?

The Democrats will meet in
Kansas City July A, and nomi.
nate Bryan, They will reaffirm
the Declaration of Independ
ence. They. will declare for
the republic against the empire.
They will put the price of a
single soldiers life of more val
ue than all the gold of the Phil
ippines. They will endorse the
words of Abraham Lincoln that
no man has a right to govern
another man without the 9th
er's consent. They will re-as-.
sert the principle for which the
Revolutionary fathers fought
King George, that taxation
without representation is tyr
amy. They will declare against
every wrongful syndicate;
against corrupting combination
of capital. They will favor the
money of the Constitution; the
taxation of incomes; the regu-
lation of railroads; the suppress
sion OF trusts They will favor
freedom for Filipinos, under the
shield of new Monroe doc
rrine; annexation for Cuba when
Cuba desires it; the same terri
torial government for Porto
Rico that is proposed for Haw-
ali. They will oppose favorit-
ism of national banks or spec
ial privileges to any class.
They will declare for pure, eco
nomical government, by and for
the people of all the land.
The Republicans will meet in
Philadelphia June 16 and nomi
nate William Mckinley fol-
President. Their platform will
declare for the retention of ev
cry foot of ground upon which
the American flag has been rails
ed, whether acquired by pur
chase, conquest or diplomatic
steal. The consent of the gov
erned will, by inference, b.
pointed to as an exploded the
Dry. The blessings which fol
low the flag under Republican
rule will be emphasized by al
appeal to the Porto Rico tarit
bill. The extension of the ma
1 tional debt for thirty years. il
3 the interest of the banks, wll
be hailed as a financial triumph
v Slavery in the Sulu .Isla nd
n will be endorsed as Temporal
h necessity. The independents
, of Ethe United States will b
shown by the Macrum inciden
J, ana the non-eXistence of a Sc
cret alliance with Great Brit
4 ain will be proved by the syn
!. pathy which the President ant
d Congress have extended to tn
Beers. The chosen leaders Q
= the Republican party will b
o pointed to with pride-Gag
J. and his New York financial eN
periences; Hanna and his cor
U fessed campaign expenditures
u Alger and the army scandals
Plat and his Roosevelt; tn
. Little Man" in the Whit
: House, saying one thing pub
licly i'll his message and anoth
er privately to his masters.
Upon these issues the battl
y will be fought. How can Brya
be Observation-Disclosures Herald
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-03-22

E. P. Ely, at one time fore
man of the Courier, has been
elected president of the typo
graphical union at Columbia.
"Gene" deserves anything good
that could happen to him.
Charlton Courier.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-03-22

Mr.. Henry LOOMS figures it
out that imperialism thus far
has cost this government over
$3.50, 900, 900, while the highest
estimate of our total trade with
our new insular possessions and
China together amounts to but
1910, 10000 If all this trade
was gain this would leave a
profit of about $40,000,000 to a
small class of our population,
while the mass of our people
have hadsto go down in their
pockets for the enormous ex-
penditures involved in forcing
the blessings of carpet bag gov
eminent upon polyglot races
with bullets and shrapnel. AS
a paying investment imperial
ism is a huge deficit maker
Kansas City Times.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-03-22
City Directory
CITY OFFICIALS.


Third Ward-A. Boulware, D. d. Nelson
Secret Societies.
Observation-Disclosures No. 81, A. F.
IL A. M. meets first and third Satur-
day nights of each month.
Monroe City r. A. Chapter, No. 104
meets fourth Monday nights in each
month.
ODD FELLowS-Monroe City Lodge,
Ne. 268, meets every Thursday night.
SUPREME COURT OF HoNoR.-Mon-
roe District Court No. 467 meets
every Monday night.
A. o. U. w. Monroe City Lodge, No
168, meets first and third Friday
nights of each month.
MODERN WooDMEN-Monro CITY
Camp, No. 2236 meets every Friday
night.
The r. N. of AS meet LIST. and 3rd
Tuesday evening in the M. w
"A. hall.
4. e. o. Sisterhood, Monroe Cit,
Chapter Fl. meets the second ant
fourth Saturdays in each month.
MASONIC, observation-disclosures Lodg,
No. 5, meets first and third Tuesda,
nights in each month.
BETHLEHEM CHAPTER No. Al meet
list Thursday in each month.
VIRGINIA COURT meets 1st Thursda,
in each month.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-03-22

Josh Jarmau will sell at his
farm 81 miles Southeast of this
city on Thursday, March 29th
several head of horses, cattle,
hogs, etc.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-03-22
Court Directory.

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 and
November.
MARION COUNTY.
Circuit Court-Meets at Palmyra, second
Monday in February and first Monday in
September.
Hannibal Court Of Rommon Pleas
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 and August.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-03-22
Churches

GRACE BAPTIST-At I. o. o. F.
hall. Preaching every Sunday HOO
a. m. and 1880 p. m. Sunday school
9:45 a. m. B Y. p U. 300 Prayer
meeting Wednesday.
misunderstanding every Sunday
morning and evening Sunday
school at 9:45. B. Y.P.U.7 D.
m. Sunday. Prayer meeting We'd
nesday evening Deacons meeting at
z p. m. the last Sunday in each
month. Dean j. r. Pentuff, Supply.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES every Sunday
at II a. m. and s p. m. Prayer
meeting Wednesday evening. Sun
day school at 7. Y. p. S. C. E.
meeting at 2 p. m. Sunday. NJ. J.
Nicoson, pastor.
M. E. CHURCH, SOUTH-Services
every Sunday morning and evening.
Sunday school at $50. Epworth
League at $50 Jr. Epworth League
at 23O p. m.Mid-week prayer meeting
Wednesday evening. Womans
Home Mission Society 3 Thursday
in each month. Womans Foreign
Mission Society l Thursday in each
month 2:3o Rev. j. A. WALES,
pastor.
ST. JUDE'S EPISCOPAL-Sunday
school at 9:45 a. m. Preaching at
Hoo a. m. and 700 p. m. Sunday.
Evening prayer meeting 500 p. ms
Friday. Rev. w. A. Hatch, Rector.
PRESBYTERIAN - Services second
and fourth Sundays morning and
evening. Sunday school 9:45 a. m.
Y. p S. G. e. meeting 700 p. m.
Sunday. Mid-week prayer meeting
at 500 Wednesday evening. j. E.
Travis pastor.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES at 500 and 1000
a. m. second and fourth Sundays in
each month. Father d. F. Sullivan,
pastor.
BAPTIST, Colored. the first
Sunday in each month. J. B. Haw-
kins, pastor
Court Directory.
MONROE COUNTY.
Circuit Court-Meets at Paris third Monday
in April and fourth Monday in October
Probate Court-Regular terms at Paris, second
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-11-21
AYlNo OFF IN BANK CHECKS.
he Troublesome Practice Lessened by the War Revenue Tax

|Pne Troublesome Practice Lessened by @ the War Revenue Tax.
 # The war tax has it's drawbacks, re- |Rarked the cashier in a large stock |Eards concern. but it is blessing to & man in my position. 1 never knew P what extent the habit of making
 Amall bank checks had spread until !
 1aw contractor pay off his laborers |2ne Saturday night in cheeks. l maoe |nquiry, and found that 1t was eom- |non practice not only with him, Dut Nany others who hired great bodies |Rl men The latter didn't like IL, oi A4ourse, because they were obliged to |kash the checks at the nearest gin mill, Rhlch meant a loss to them, because
 hney had to treat. A contractor who
 Hade practice of issuing small checks 5old me frankly that in the old days, *nen it was necessary to face eacn kneek with a 2-cent internal revenue e.amp, he made as few checks as poss s'ole The war tax having included Rank checks the habit of issuing small <neeks has practically been diseon" hnued. That's why I say the tax IS Resslng in disguise. It is not profit &ule to issue checks for small sums' 3here is still another reason why we RoW use fewer checks for small fmounts. Expert bank men declare Rnat the simplest check to raise Is the ene calling for an amount below SID.
 I ne percentage of raised checks is ee en sums below BIO. Another reason aor % the opposition to small checks IS enat they bother the bank authorities. 5ome banking institutions will cast Rut patrons account should he per-
 ,st in making small checks. The Eneapenfng Of the registry of letters IS
 nother reason for the suppression or 2nall checks"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-11-21
:, rcrRIcAL RESEARCH.
.,.a. That Have Not Yst nsea Y Found Out.

.aas That Have Not Yet Bsen
 ' Found Out.
 MoAdie says that before Ie1g |'flo'. will succeed ln measuring the 'fhss ~ of lightning flash, and also in
 2. ss.,trating the nature of the au-
 Tbat the aurora is an electrical
 .nanon has long been recognized
 sstimate relation seems to exist be-
 ,an n the aurora and sun spots. h es inc astronomer at Greenwich sent
 sotifeation of the appearance ot
 .aorn,o11s sun spot on Nov. Y ot
 year. For three hours on the
 snins of that day not a wire of the ,.tarp Union Telegraph company B la he used. and not even the mar- s anotations could be distributed. At
 ,t tbere was a brilliant aUroral Ealay and all telegraph service was *pio interrupted. Cables to Europe wires to Chicago were alike un- Ertable; but some messages were .pt as far as TOO miles by cutting off | batteries and utilizing the atmos- Eorie electricity. Over half Of North &,eriea across the Atlantic and over S,thern Europe it seemed as if le- Ems of ethereal demons were busy spting electric and magnetic appara- k to strange and misehieVous antics. be artificial production of an electric e.ball by Prof. Richmana is unique. |nngh electricity in this form is not familiar. Sometimes suck balls are .en to ru1 along the surface of the b and when they appear on land Iev usually burst with a loud noise, ten with disastrous effects. Nobody ss yet been able to explain these llls which appear to be very con- |ptrated form of electricity. When Ie experts say, as most of them do, lii electricity Is merely a form of mo- bn. the explanation is more or less bsatisfaetory, but how is one to ac- ,unt for the presentation of form Of motion in the shape of a luminous here Boston Transcript.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-11-21
curloas nronn,nsnr.

A curious monument has been dis. Ecvered in the dense undergrowth of the so-ealled Brandhai in the Upper Hary. It is a granite block about seven feet high, resting on a stone pedestal, and on an iron tablet attached to 1t is the following inscription: Here. .n the year 1747, the first trials were made with the cultivation of the potae to. The German peasant of the time did not take kindly to the potato plant on it's introduction to the country. It had, however, a great friend in the king, Frederick IT., who was convinced of it's value, but who WAS obliged to use forcibIe measures to get the people of Pomeranla and Silesia to plant the bulb. The action of the Harzer's in voluntarily adopting the plant was evidently thought worthy of memo rta1.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-11-21
CLEANLINESS WITHOUT soAp.
mat the Boers Don't Use It Doasn,t
 Prove They're Dirty.


 surely too much importance Is at- laeheo to the scarcity of soap in the Boers' farm houses, says the T,o1dan Truth People may be very clean and use very little soap. The Russians and japanese cleanse themselves with va DOT baths. rarely using soap when they uo so. A really healthy skin eleensas itself. Rough inside clothing which presume, the Boers wear. is a great skln cleanser. 1 have known of doctors curing skin diseases by insisting on lingerie de luxe being cast aside and coarse undergarments worn instead | ne Iata emperor of the French hard- ly ever s0aped his hands until he went 10 England. 1 have come across 2 na- per found in his desk at the Tui1eries It contained the instructions of the king of Holland to the governor of his two elder sons. Among the things for oldden was for the young princes, hands to be washed with soap. They were to use bran and a slice of lemon The lemou was to remove ink stains. and in summer to keep off gnats and mosquitoes. Napoleon, whose hands were good to model and beautifully White, also lsed bran and no soan. unless to shave. I never use soap of any kind without a sense of skin dis comfort which not even deluge Of quite pure water will wholly remove. Tn England. on account of coal smoke, soap is more needed than in countries With clear air. The Beers enjoy. per- haps, the purest atmosphere in the world, except when there are dust storms. l know French ladies who have discarded soap for yaseline. They smear themselves with the latter and then rub it off well with a soft cotton towel. A doctor tells me that nothing IS more cleansing, but that he pree9r as more tonic. plain cold water, fol- lowed by the same sort of rubbing. Dr. Legds really should not take to hear. what Sir Henry Stanley said aboat the Boers being badly off for soap.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-11-21
ARTIFICIAL SILK.
|svssopment of the Iadustrr Now Going On by Leaps.


 The silk worm, with it's comparative
 E small output, has now a rival in
 Etfeial silk and it was to explain |he processes by which tnIs is produced Dat Joseph Cash, chairman of fac, apry at Wolston, near Coventry, read |Hper at the Society of Arts, says the
 london Mail. Sir T. Wardle presided. Many attempts have been made, said Ar. Cash, to produce material resem- Ming silk, but only recently have they RSulted in a commercially successful hbrle The earliest imitation was Run glass, which in it's fexibility and
 Filliancy is excellent for millinery or Press ties, but it's limitations are soon
 sached. for it can only be spun cer- Rn lengths, and it possesses little or @ warmth. Polished" cotton, liner. Nrized" cotton and Pandura "silis," nade of gelatin thread, have struggled for recognition in the market, but con- Rete victory seems to be reserved to That is known as collodion silk" pro- apced by the Chardonne method which a elaborate. Enormous sums ef money appears had been lost ere the pres- at success was attained two years ago. 9ns now the development of the il- apstry is going on by leaps and bounds R Besaneon, in France and in Switzer- Rnd The material has an even great F brilliansy than silk, but the warmth B not so great. It is more durable. poweYer, than the natural silk az knoWn te the ordinary customer.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-11-21
 Tho Upturned Mostache.
unos If the statement that severa

Apropos of the statement that seVe1a' ,ortraits of Charles I. by Van Dyck. showed the same fierce mustache which the kaiser is so fond of, German ~onthly no9 comes forward and oo. sarves that the eupturned mustache o.as really invented at the court or phjlin ". of Spain. Charles L, being nbIiin,s brother-in-laW. subsequently, eet the fashion in England, and thence + feS snread to Belgium, Germany, swed- an @ and France. Louis XIII. was prae- tioallv the last monarch to wear tnis tsne of mustache, until it's revival by william II.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-11-21
a Nam Word.

A New York correspondent in the Pittsburg Dispatch says that French waiter uptown walked out of window in his sleep the other morning, and ai- though he may die as consequence of his injuries, it might be some con- solation to him to know chat in giv- ing his life he has also given to the world new verh, ito somnambulate." IL is employed in a description Of the disaster in one of the evening papers If tn3s city. Every one must admit that "somnambulate" is good. even IT t Is unusual
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-11-21
THE GAL DIAMETER.
Measures Variations in Temperature Pro
 duced by Different Foods.

sA@
 duced by Different Foods.
 Prof. Francis E. Benedict of Wes- ieyan college, describing the colori- meter recently. said: "Its object is to measure with the smallest margin of error the total amount of exereta of all sorts from living man for an ex- tended period. It is a living room, which is the inside of nest of five. the spaces between the rooms, or boxes, as the outside ones would be thor ght of, being availed of as 1nsulat- ing layers of air, while the material of different sorts is applied so that no heat shall escape except through the devices for measuring it. The inside living room is of copper, air-tight, and all the air admitted is measured, test. ed for temperature, and cleared of water and vapor to a small residue and samples analysed at stated inter vals. The same, or even greater pre- cautions are taken with the outgoing air, in which are the results of the living processes going on in the man within Provisions are made for a large number of precautions against error suggested by experience and prompted by St entific caution, so that she entire plant s quite B machine shop, the appartus being generally of the expensive, specially designed or" der, and built with as near an approach .o mathematical accuracy. Elaborate freezing machines for removing the water vapor to a constant percentage; nearly 400 electrical devices. a sort of thermometer scattered over the coom, designed to record electrical changes in direction induced by heat, measuring thus down to hundredth of a degree Fahrenheit, and means for continuously analysing all the air com ing from the room are examples or what Is required. All that the subject eats or drinks must be weighed ana sterilized, and means devised for pass ing them in without disturbing the conditions Of observations.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-11-21
Little Attentions.

If husbands only realized what thu little attentions mean to their wives there would be many happier unions. It is not the cost of gift that makes it precious to the recipient. A tiny bunch of violets brought home at night beto- kens the thought given to her even while business occupies his attention, the most trifling souvenir of wedding or birthday anniversary becomes s> sentiment underlying it's proffering Women may be foolish, they may be all heart and very little reason, but the man who understands their nature and caters to it is tts one who stands higher in their estimation than the one who acts as ttsugh all they cared about was material comfort given with any sort Of brusquerie-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-11-21
ALL WERE sELF-coNvicrep.
Georgia Lawyers Handed Over Their
 Guns With Singular Unanin:4v.

9eorgia Lawyers Handed Over Their
 Guns With Singular Unanisn.4v.
 Georgia has a stringent law forbid. oing its citizens to carry pistols on pain of forfeiting the weapons and paying fine of $50 or being impris- oned for thirty days. Shortly after tne passage of this enactment Judge Lester was holding court in little town, when suddenly he suspended the tflal of case by ordering the sheriff 10 lock the doors of the courthouse
 Gentlemen," said the judge when tho aooFs were closed, T have just seen a pistol on man in this room, and I cannot reconcile it to my sense of duty 70 let such violation of this law pass unnoticed l ought perhaps to go be- lore the grand jury and indict him, but if that man will walk up to this stand and lay his pistol and a fine of S1 down here 1 will let him off this time The judge paused. and a law yer sitting just before him got up. slipped his hand into a hip pocket, drew out neat ivory-na1tdled six shooter, and laid 1t with a dollar down upon the stand This is all right,s said the judge, "but you are not the man ] saw with the pistol" Upon this another lawyer arose and laid down a Colts revolver and dollar bill be- fore the judge, who repeated his for mer observation. The process went on until nineteen pistols of all kinds and sizes and shapes lay upon the stand, together with nineteen dollars by their side. The judge laughed as he com plimented the nineteen delinquents upon being men of business, but add- ed that the man whom he had seen with the pistol had not come up, and, glancing at the far side of the court. he continued: T will give him one minute to accept my proposition. and if he fails I will hand him over to the sheriff" Immediately two men from the back of the court rose and began to move toward the judges stand. Once they stopped to look at each other, and then. coming slowly for ward laid down their pistols and their dollars. As they turned their backs the judge said: This man with the black whiskers is the one that originally saw '.--New York Press.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-10-18

Norton has new Methodist preach
er, who, according to the Courier.
reminds some body else of Spurgeon.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-10-18
Robbed The Grave.

A startling incident, is narrated by
John Oliver of Philadelphia, as fol-
lows: 81 was in an awful condition.
My skin was almost yellow, eyes sun
ken, tongue coated, pain continp>:,Iv
in back and sides, no appetite o~ow;no
weaker day by day. TIL 90 nh1s,o;ons
nao given me up then was advised
20 use Hls' rio Bitters; to my great
JOY 70 first bottle made a decided
Improvement. I continued their use
for three weeks, and now I am well
man. I know they robbed the grave
of another victim" No one should
fail to try them. Only Soc, guaran-
teed. at Geo James & Co.'s.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-10-18
A Thousand Tongues

Gould not express the rapture An
ME E Springer, of Philadelphia, when
DR. Kings New Discovery cured her
of a hacking cough that for many
years had made life burden. 'sAf-
ter all other remedies and doctors fall
ed it soon removed the pain IN my
chest and ] can now sleep soundly,
1 can scarcely remember
doing before I feel like sounding
its praises throughout the universe. :"
DR.. Kings n W Discovery is guaran-
teed to cure = troubles of the throat.
chest or lungs Price Soc and 81
Trial bottles free at Geo James and
Co.'S drug store.