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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-04-05
Churches.

GRACE BAPTIST-At |. o. o. F..
hall. Preaching every Sunday HOO
a. m. and $50 p. IN. Sunday school
$40 a. IN. B y. p. U. 3:OO. Prayer
meeting Wednesday.
Notwithstanding every Sunday
morning and evening Sunday
school at 9:45. B. Y. p. Ut D.
m. Sunday. Prayer meeting We'd
nesday evening Deacons meeting at
p. m. the last Sunday in each
month. Dean j. r. Pentuff, Supply
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES even Sunday
at IL a. m. and p. m. Prayer
meeting Wednesday evening. Sum
day school at !. Y. P. S. C. e.
meeting at ? p. m. Sunday. NJ. J.
Nicoson, pastor.
M. E. CHURCH, SOUTH-Services
every Sunday morning and evening.
Sunday school at $50. Epworth
League at $3.50 Jr. Epworth League
at 230 p. m.Mid-week prayer meeting
Wednesday evening. Womans
Home Mission Society3 Thursday
in each month. Womaus Foreign
Mission Society Thursday in each
month 2:3o Rev. ]. \. Wales.
pas tor.
ST. JUDE'S EPISCOPAL-Sunday
school at 9:45 a. IN. Preaching at
HOO a. m. and 700 p. m. Sunday
Evening prayer meeting $50 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. E. meeting 700 p. m.
Sunday. Mid-week prayer meeting
at 500 Wednesday evening. j. E.
Travis pastor.
CATHOLIC-Servlces at 500 and 1000
a. 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, 1900-04-05
Court Directory.
MONROE COUNTY

MONROE COUNTY.
Circuit Court-Meets at Paris third Monday
in April and fourth Monday in October.
Probate Court-Reguart terms at Paris, second
Mondays in February, May, August and
November.
MARION COUNTY.
Circuit Court-Meets at Palmyrs, second
Monday in February and first Monday in
eptember.
Hanni al Court of Rommou 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, 1900-04-05

newspapers, and the debt is in
creaslng every day. l doubt
whether we will ever be able to
pay Tx.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-04-05
LOOK. ON THESE PICTURES.

braska democratic convention
drew a truthful and striking
contrast between the two men
who are to strive for the chief
magistracy of the greatest ma
tion on earth at the ensuing
election. There is nothing in
the portraiture of either that is
not borne out by the respective
records of the standard bearers
whom the two great parties
will present at Philadelphia
and Kansas City for the suf-
frages of the people.
The man from Canton, chosen
four years ago as successor to
the father of his country, to the
author of the Declaration of In
dependence, TO the hero Of New
Orleans and the destroyer of
the first money trust, and to
the great emancipation, is thus
presented: Eighteen hundred
and ninety-six was a field day
for lucre. Honor, stunned and
staggering, went down and Nc
Rinley went up. Coming forth
fretR such d contest was man
ever more indebted to business
friends than he? In 1896 mill
ions were deposited at Canton,
o, in exchange for drafts on
Washington, D. 9. The faith
and credit CT those obligations
have been preserved even in ex-
cess of tine true letter Of the
contract. If it require more
money to elect one man presi-
dent than was used for the
election of all of his predeces-
sors, can it be said that the
election of such a man rests
upon the free choice and will of
free men,"
Here is the other picture:
1--WE know each hour of his life,
every act is recorded, and by a
rule which forbids the appear
ance of evil we have judged
him. We recognize in him
plain, Christian, American gen
tleman. Ripe in wisdom, pure
in thought, of a strong person
atty, and overlooking with a
patriotism that bursts forth in
matches and Incompatible ell
oquence. Since when did such
a man become dangerous tc
American institutions? In his
behalf we address our appeals
to the intelligence and patriot
ism OF the American voter, and
ask a victory won, not by the
argument of the lockout and
the shutdown, coupled with the
threat of starvation, but for the
protection and conservation o
every manhood and property
right of every citizen, be h
millionaire or toller."
1t is for the American voter
TO look on this picture and OIL
that, and make their choice
Will they choose the Hyperion
who champions honest govern
ment faithfully administered
or the Satyr of Imperialism ant
syndicate greed? Shall thei
ballots be cast for Bryan, tn
man of the people, or for Nc
Kinley, the slave of the trusts
Kansas City Times.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-04-05

Cash on the nail. If you owe
it to us come in and settle up.
SHARP & DoNLEY.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-04-05

A BACHELORS REFLECTIONS.
Shame can know love, but
love knows no shame.
First woman learns how to
forgive; then to love.
jealousy makes a sharp sand
witch out of the most Inspired
love.
What puzzles a man most is
how woman in a breakfast
gown seems to be dressed and
yet not to be.
After a woman has throughly
conquered a man she begins to
encourge him to free himself
and conquer her.
1t takes woman to be unhap-
ply thinking how unhappy she
would be if she were not as hap.
Ply as she is.
A woman is young as long as
she can attract men; a man is
old when young girls let HIM
kiss them goodby.
1t isn't true that one woman
can't love another; she can like
her until she finds out that a
man she likes also likes her.
If man were as bold and
brave as his wife thinks he is
he would be shot for a desperate
the first time he left his doorstep.
The more a man loves a
woman the less he likes her
faults. The more a woman loves
a man the more like virtues
seem his faults.-New York
Pr ess.
A preacher, in a recent ser
mon, makes a frank acknowl.
edgment, which is especially
timely and noteworthy: "Nex
to light, air, food and raiment
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-04-05
City Directory
CITY OEFTCIALS-

Grady:
Second ward-D. A.Ely. J. W. Roll
ihird "ard-A. Boulware. D. D. Nelson
Secret Societies.
Observation-Disclosures No. Ga, A. F.
& 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 Lodge,
No. 26S, 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
l6o, meets first and third Friday
nights of each month.
MODERN WooDMEN-Monro @ Citv
Camp, No. 2236 meets every Friday
night.
The r. N. Of AS meet 1st. and Srd-
Tuesday evening in. the M. w.
A. hall.
r. f. 0. Sistorhood, Monroe City
chapter h. meets the second and
fourth Saturdays in each month.
Masonic, Colored. Lodge
No. 3, meets first and third Tuesday
nights in each month.
BETHLEHEM CHAPTER No. IL meets
LIST Thursday in each month.
VIRGINIA COURT meets LIST Thursday
in each month.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-04-05
PHILIPPINES NOT WHIPPED

PHILIPPINES NOT WHIPPED.
Manila, Feb. 13.--It is
strange state of affairs that ex-
lists in the Philippines to-day.
Improvement is visible in near.
ly every quarter. Civil gov
ernments are rapidly being es-
tablished in every town of i'm
portance, and garrisons and pa.
trolls are in process of extension
wherever Americans hold terri
tory, and yet it is an undenia.
bic fact that since January 1
the insurgent forces have cap.
tured 4 number of rifles and
quantities OF ammunition from
the Americans, almost equal
ing the sum total of American
Captures from the insurgents.
Besides this, the casualties
rate for the last two weeks will
come very close to being heav-
Ter than at any other period of
the Instruction, with the ex-
ception of the time of the out
b reak and the fortnight begin.
ming with March 25, 1899.
''These are hard facts to
swallow and somewhat alarm
ing into the bargain. The
threatened guerrilla warfare
that was heard on every side
seems to be reality and par.
ties of fifty or smaller numbers
are ambushed and jumped day
after day. Supply trains, small
escorts and scouting parties are
the special objects of attack
and the country seems to be full
OF small, rowing bands waiting
at every convenient cover until
the prey is caught.
The Philippines have settle d
down for a century of warfare
Wi tn Uncle Sam as they did
with the Spauiards. AS mat.
ter of fact we have the same
business in the Philippines and
are there for the same purpose
that the Spaniards were.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-22
Boys DOG. SHEP.
Kansas City Policeman Too Big Hearted

Kansas City Policeman Too Big Hearted
- to XIII Him. : : -
: A boy about ten years old went tc
the central police station in Kansas
Ciyt, Kan, one day last week, leading
q fine shepherd dog bysa short piece OF
rope tied to his collar. The boys face
was red and swollen and he was cry
ing. well, well, we'll, what's the mat
ter here?' asked a big policeman;
STOPPING down and looking into the
boys face. It seemed like a long time
before he could stop crying. PLEASE,
SIR he sobbed, my mother is too
poor to pay for license for Shep, and
I brought him here to have you kill
him." Then he broke out with an
other wall that was heard all through
the city. building. Shep stood there
mute and motionless. looking UP into
the face of his young master. A po.
liceman took out his handkerchief to
blow his nose and the desk sergeant
went out into the hall, absent-minded-
ly whistling a tune which nobody ever
heard before, while the captain re.
membered that he must telephone
somebody. Then Chief Mcfarland leo
the boy to the door, and, patting him
on the head, said kindly: ''There, lit
tie fellow, don't cry any more; run
home with your dog. I wouldn't kill
a dog like Shep for a thousand dol
lars.''lhI ooh, thank you, SIR They
were tears of joy now. He bounded
out into the street and ran off towards
his home with Shep prancing along
and jumping up and trying to kiss the
boys face. It was hard to tell which
was the happiest, the boy, or the dog
Kansas City Star. 81. 49,
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gardens are adorned with pavilions
temples, and beautiful groves of trees

gardens are adorned with pavilions,
temples, and beautiful groves of trees,
interspersed with canals, fountains,
and other ornamental articles.
2 The walled imperial precinct is a
veritable city Of the Arabian Nights,
and its truthful annals might compose
many a volume Of fascinating and ro-
mantle interest. It is surrounded by
a deep moat, and the eastern part of it
contains, among other buildings, the
offices of the cabinet and the treasury.
North of these Offices is the so-called
Hall Of Intense Thought, where peri
odical sacrifices are made to Confucius
and other sages, and near by is the
Hall of the Literary Abyss-in other
words, the library which publishes
from time to time a catalogue of the
best Chinese literature up to date. At
the north end of the eastern division
are numerous palaces and buildings oc-
cupied by princes of the blood royal
and their relatives and families. In
this same quarter is small temple to
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-22
"a Sight In Paris.

4, At the Hippod rome there is the
greatest spectacle I. ever saw, and the
splendor of rcingetori 81 Warps
much Of the nobler attempts in theat-
8ricals, says Amy Leslie in the Chicago
Record. The new Hippodrome is
.magnifi cent in rchitcture detail and
appointments, and the fine distances,
great riders and wonderful generalship
OF the hordes Of ed-haired Gauls and
athletic Romans, their horses and bat
ties, their tableaux and dances, their
schorals and wild stampedes and pro-
cessions make an ensemble perfectly
:beWild ering and educa tional. There
lis nothing Of the circus in the per-
Torrance; on the surface Of the specta-
Gle; none Of the cheap glitter OF Saw
dust taWdry limitation 1t is as impos-
ing and plastic as an opera, and the
tab1eaux, the maneuvers Of over 500
warriors on horseback. amazons who
ride like the Valkyries and resp1endent
costumes, great ballots and daring per
formers with the evanescent talent OF
.pantomime triump plant make the Hip-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-22
Centipedes in Texas CanItaI

Austin (Texas) Cor. Chicago Record:
The magnificent granite State Capt.
tol Building here has become infested
with centipedes of great size. These
poisonous insects are to be found in
every department Of the State Govern
ment. A few days ago one was seen In
the governors private Office and after
q lively chase it was killed. It meas
ured ~ inches long and is the largest
zcentipede ever seen in this part OF the
state. Sheriff George Womaek. OF
Cook county, came across one or 7;rns
insects in the corridor OF the second
floor of the building recently. It was
captured alive and placed on exhi-
bition in a. local drug store. It was
over six inches long. A few days be-
fore the clerks in the state treasury de-
partment were counting money in the
great steel vault when gigantic cen
ipede ran out from under package
of bank notes. 1t was cornered and
captured alive and now inhabits a bot
tie on the counter of the cashier of the
uSpdILmeut. i ue cause VI Iuis SuuueA
pest of centipedes is unknown. They
are particularly fond of damp places
and large numbers of them have been
seen about the sinks and 1avatories Of
the building. The janitors and porters
of the several departments have or
ganized systematic hunt for the
pests, but they have made little head
way in getting rid of them.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-22
A Hero of the Confederacy.

Among the distinguished Georgiana
who fell MORALLY wounded at the bat
tie of Atlanta July %, 1854, was Col.
John Mackey Brown, a brother Of the
late Governor Joseph b. Brown. Col
@onel Brown was one Of the confed-
eracy's most gallant officers. He dis
tinguished himself on more than one
bloody battlefield and he held the high
regard of his superior officers for per-
sonal bravery and .hereism. At the
time of his death he was major Of the.
forty third Georgia regiment. He had
temporary command Of the regiment
and was leading a gallant charge when
a bullet cut short his brilliant career
After his fatal wounding he was moved
to- the executive mansion at Milledge
vile, the home Of his brother, Governor
Joseph. E. Brown. where he died July
&c. Atlanta Constitution II
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Remarkable Postal District.

The smallest postal district in the
world is under the roof of the Monad-
mock building. at Jackson, Dearborn
and. Van Buren, streets, in Chicago.
The building alone comprises a sepa-
rate and distinct district in itself. At
the same time the volume of business
there is the largest of any of the sub
stations or even districts in the city,
save that of the board of trade sta
ton. In this immense distorted
structure, which covers the small
ground area of 400 feet long by 20
feet wide, nearly 5000 people occupy
the LOO rooms. When it is consid-
cred that the population of many
towns covering many miles of area do
not reach that figure, some concep-
ton Of the population of Monadnock
building may be had IS -,
. The Monadnock postal district was
established on May l., though a money
order, stamp and registered letter
station was established there more
than. two. years ago to meet the de-
mands made by that section of the
downtown district. Prior to May l
the deliveries of mail in that building
were made by carriers working out of
the central station at the foot of
( Washington street on the lake front.
They would have to route their mail
i at the main office and then carry it to
the Monadnock building. @
vN1,lc
of mail overburdened the carriers to
such an extent as to cause the fire.
quent use of auxiliary service, and
the expenditure of money in car fare
allowance in transporting the heavy
mails from the central station to the
building. In order to relieve the. stu
alton, an investiga tion was made. re-
sulting in the recommendation by
Superintendent Garrity. to Postmaster
Charles u. Gordon that the four car
riers serving in the building from the
main Office be transferred to the Mo-
nadnock station, and that the mails
be dispatched to them by wagon mes
.senger This rec ommendat was an
proved by Postmas ter Gordon. # The
.
building was thereupon made a sepa-
rate district and the carriers were
transferred on. May The schedule
of the wagon service was arranged
SO as to make close conn lion with
the Carl deliveries II provided
for 16 dispa catches daily from the cen
trail Office to the Monadnoek building
and 20 from the bull ling ito the CEN
stral oftice, except On Sundays, when
the number Is only three to and two
from the substation and district.
The carriers, schedule ii the build.
Ing provides six deliveries every day;
except Sunda and IS SO arranged as
to enable the men to begin their de-
liveries5 spractfcal the same time ,as
They did when serving from tha
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hickory nut from a thread. Walking
off thirty feet he wheeled, and at the
first shot he cut the thread. Taking
six tacks he placed them loosely in a
piece of wood. This he placed against
a post twenty-five yards. away, zBor-
rowing a IWatch from a bystander, he
opened the case for a mirror, shot with
his back turned to the mark, and drove
each tack into the wood without a
miss. The brakeman had been looking
on in open-mouthed wonder. As
Vance concluded, the brakeman step
ped up to the judge, and, tapping him
on the arm, said: s. Yes, yer Honor, I
guess was mistaken. That man was
not shooting at me. Denver Times.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-22
a Graphic Description Of Pekin's Streets
and Buildings.

by Europeans. Indeed, except on the
few occasions when the emperor has
granted an audience to the foreign
ministers in Pekin, the Purple For
5 hidden City" has never been trodden7
by barbarian" feet. b IS i.
The only detailed description of the
forbidden City, is given by DIR. S.
Wells Williams in his Middle King
dom. -" He says that in the great
tower above the south gate Of the en-
closure is a huge gong, which is struck
whenever the emperor passes through.
Here the imperial ruler receives his
troops when they return in triumph,
and here he confers gifts upon Yassal
potentates and yiceroys. Passing
through this gate one finds # himself
in large court, where small stream
is spanned by five marble bridges.
These bridges cross over into a Sec
ond court, which is paved with marble
and fanked by pillared corridors and
pQrticos. At the head Of this court is
a superb marble structure, known as
the Gate of Extensive Peace, ITO feet
high. It is sort Of balcony where
the emperor on New Years day and
other festive occasions receives the
homage Of his ,courtiers.
Ascending a stairway and passing
another gate, one reaches the Tranquil
Palace of Heaven, In which is the i'm
perial council chamber, and wherein
oandidafaa for Office orc pracopfod RI
the sovereign. This is The richest,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-22

podrome the greatest place of amuse-
ment in Paris. Some fair clowns,
trained bears and lions, tigers, mild as
goats, and some good gymnasts and a
family Of aerialists make up enough of
a circus bill to keep the early crowd
busy and entertained and about nine
"Vercingetorix" arrives witt gorgeous
PIANO plies and scenic assistance. from
the big stage at one end of the amphi-
theater. It is all very inspiriting and
makes American reminders a spectac-
ular addendas to Kiralfy shows and
the circus look very meek and lowly in
distant comparison. 555.5 <ssI
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-22
In THE ODD CORNER.
QUEER AND CURIOUS THINGS
AND EVENTS.
Smallest Postal District In the World
IS Fonr Carriers Never Get ont Of One
t Chicago skyscraper Whine Covering
Their Daily Routes. 81 " Z us

.S s.5#$35 s To VIctis. . & 5 "A
q sing theNhymn OF the conquered, who
fell In the battle Of life 5;$ s.5.. IS
!. The hymn OF the wounded, the beaten,
IS /. who died overwhelmed in the
strife; ...< 1. I. Ell 4. 81 : Il. 55 s55.=5=
= not Y ~ the jubilant song Of the victors,
&; $ Tor whom the resounding ac-
r4,S4 .5s4 claim So =, i ~ GtG H. &: ;t5g & q
" / nations nat was lifted in chorus, whose
=. .3s So. !, broWs wore the chaplet OF fame
But But the hymn of the low and the hum
E :s.t pie, the weary, the broken in
4 t5 heart h ~ }z.lss-s { 3.& +. y! Z
VINO VIC strove and who failed, acting
{{!% bravely a silent and desperate
zzta,, part \ T. #:5e =... III g. r., 2s.
whose youth bore no flower on its
1T branches, whose hopes burned in
=, ashes away, I'll %. s
from whose hands slipped the pipe
= r. they had grasped at, who stood at
r. the dying Of day, q ..~1ss.= Is.
With the work Of their life all around
a. 1 them, unpitied, unheeded, alone,
W1th death swooping down DER their
! failure, and all but. their faith
overthrown. >.:G> : !,
: Wnlle the voice of the world shouts
!. It's chorus, its paean for those
+. who have won;
Whlle the trumpet is sounding trium-
{ l., plant, and high to the breeze
~ and the sun -.
gay - banners are waving, hands clap
ping, and hurrying feet,
Throwing after the laurel-crowned
J. vlctors-I stand on the field of
defeat, .>~.-.
IN the shadow, 'mongst those who are
F. fallen, and wounded and dying
and there
~Chant a requiem low, place my hand
= on their pain-knotted brows,
4 breathe a prayer, I'LL.
Hold the hand that is helpless, and
whisper, "They only the victory
Who have fought the good fight and
have yanquished the demon that
tempts us within;
i Who have held to- their. faith unse-
duced by the prize, that the world
holds on high; Sg>. -.
VINO have dared for high cause to
surfer resist, fght-if need be,
to die" = - *-...->
Speak, history! Who are life's vic
tors? Unroll thy long annals
+ and say -, ~ -" ',''&-..
Are they those whom the world called
Il, the victors, and who won the sue
E.; 80. cess Of a day.? =ss .v~T *,
! The 1:le - martyrs or Nero? The Spartans
who fell at Thermopylae's tryst,
Or the Persians e and xerxes? His
judges or Socrates Plate or
Christ? sep. -. ~
W. w: Story in Blackwood's Maya
" zine, 1881. - = F.
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Club Dies OF Non-Support.

One OF the Oldest women's clubs il
London, the somerville, has just beef
compelled to close it's doors, owing tt
the decline in the support given tn,
club. The Someryille was started ii
Regent street about twenty years ago
when the objects of a Woman's clut
were somewhat different from Wha,
they are now. The club was founded
il order to provide a resting place fol
those tired ny the exertion Of shop,
ping and also to offer facilities fol
reading the papers, Il q;
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ings. Everywhere there is gildec
squalor and dirt thinly covered up. Ii
the Europeans make their way into
the prohibited quarters, there will be
such a housecleaning as has not been
dreamed of for thousands Of years in
the private quarters of yellow royalty.
How some Of the missionaries wives
would relish getting at the muss With
brooms and scrubbing brushes, soaI
and busters, . -