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Selecting n Jury.


Then the work of getting the jury
began, and through the tedious pro-
ceedings Mrs. Bonine bore herself very
much like spectator, but still giving
full attention to everything and study
ing closely the talesmen called.
When the court adjourned for the
day, the panel was exhausted There
were twenty-six members of the pan
el, and of these fourteen were excused,
leaving twelve in the box. OF the
fourteen jurors who We're excused
three Were relieved by the court on ac-
count of ill health, seven upon chal-
lenges by the defense and four upon
challenges by the district attorney.
All of the governments challenges
We're made because of statements OH
the part of the witnesses that they had
conscientious scruples against capital
punishment. Most of the challenges
n.behdlf of the prisoner We're on ac-
count of statements by the Jurors that
they had formed opinions in the case.
In four or five instances they stated
that their views could not be changed
by new testimony.
The first contention between oppos-
ing counsel arose in connection with
the calling of a juror named Smith, Il
colored man and an undertaken. He
stated that he had formed an opinion
in the case, but that it was not so firm
ly fixed that 1t could not be modified
by new testimony. Mr.. Douglass of
Mrs. Bonine's counsel challenged "for
cause" District Attorney Gould an
aagonized the challenge and Mr.. Doug
lass addressed the court, pleading for
liberal construction of the law because
Of the Importance of the case. The
challenge, however, was overruled. Mr..
Douglass noted an exception, the first
of the trial, and then peremptorily
challenged the juror, who was excused.
Counsel In the Case.
The United States government, which
appears to prosecute Mrs. Bonine, is
represented by District Attorney Ash
ley NJ. Gould and his assistant, Hugh
Taggart.
Appearing for Mrs. Boninc are
Charles A. Douglass of the law firm of
Douglass & Douglass, Greed NJ. Fulton
of the firm of Leckie * Fulton and Mr.
G. r. Keene, chief of the division of
presidential postmasters of the postof
flee department. Mr.. Keene's interest
in the case is that of an old friend OF
the accused woman and her afflicted
husband
There is much interest in the trial
partly because young Ayres was a
government clerk, partly from the mys
FERROUS elements surrounding the crime
but mostly because of the remarkable
behavior of the accused woman. First
succeeding in disarming suspicion, She
later confessed that she was in tht
room when Ayres was shot. She has
never admitted that she murdered
Ayres; she has never signed the state
ment she made concerning the tragedy
nor has she sworn to 1t; there is nj
corroborative evidence so far as j.
known to the public. and the cast
against the woman hangs upon her lin
supported word.
She arranged it all herself. Ever
when the detectives were Fostering he
with questions and her every NOV,
was being scrutinized she was think
ing of the story she would tell. Man,
believe it is true story. The cynica
detectives aver that it is a skillful fic
tion. Whether it is or not, from a lega
standpois-,.., will be shown at the enc
of the trial.
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smallpox Fatal at LocIsport, N. Y.

Lockport, N. Y, Nov. 19.-Samue
Bourgeois, who was taken i'll about y
week ago with smallpox, is dead. Nj
other cases have been reported, but
there is general uneasiness. Bour
geois Is said to have contracted the
disease while on hunting trip neal
Montreal
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Mrs. LOLA IDA BoNINE.

guard, James W. Springman. She
walked in so quietly that her entrance
was scarcely noticed and took seat
beside her husband.
After the preliminaries of calling the
names of witnesses and of jurors were
disposed of Mrs Bonine was asked to
stand and plead to the Indictment She
listened calmly to the reading of the
document and when it was concluded
pleaded mot guilty" in low but dis
tinct tones.
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Accidents will happen. The Union
Casualty and Surety Company Of St.
Louis will pay the bill if you have a
policy with them. Vandever 4 FOllans-
bee State Agents, 4O4 Equitable Build
ing.
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Breaker Boys Want to Join Union

Mahanoy City, Pa, Nov. 19.-In a
letter to the United Mine Workers Of
this section breaker boys employed in
the anthracite mines in this district
make an appeal to be allowed to join
The union. They ask that the initia-
ton fee be made smaller and tell of
grievances they would like adjusted.
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pnssaic to Have Fine Library.

Passaic. n. j., Nov. 19.-Peter Reid.
wealthy mill man. has given S50.00C
the city. The municipality has form.
ally accepted the gift.
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LOST.

FOR SALE-Cord wood at reasonable
prices for cash only or will exchange
for manure. Address Clover Hill Farms,
Carrcroft, Del.
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Telephone Uompany,s Biz Morte,e,

eph"ne Company's Big Mortgage.
PIPER sandusky, o. Nov. 19.-The
s,d nii,ed States Telephone company has
~, I,iea a million dollar mortgage here to
,ne cleveland Trust company IN all
Its property in Ohio.
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oi concessions rnat VIII open wiaeli Tor
us the markets of the world and broad
en- the distribution of our products.''-
Recess was then taken.
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Imperial press and farmer., 1901-11-23

fat, so that the nutritive ratio is l to 3.1. One hundred pounds of alfalfa hay contain the following digestible constituents: 10.58 pounds of crude protein, 37.33 pounds of carbohy- drates and 1.38 pounds of fat, with nutritive ratio of 1 to 3.8 At the Massachusetts Experiment Station 1000 pounds of the dry substance of alfalfa hay was found to contain S1.1 pounds of ash, 16.5 pounds of crude fat, 760.2 pounds of carbohydrates and 142.2 pounds of crude protein. Alfalfa hay is much richer than clover hay, containing for every 100 pounds 54.5 pounds of digestible sub stances, of which about II pounds are crude protein. The relation of the crude protein of alfalfa hay to that of red clover is as II to '.
 The fertilizing constituents in 1000 pounds of dry matter are 22.75 pounds of nitrogen, 5.61 pounds of phosphoric acid, and 16.53 pounds of potash. In Colorado 1000 pounds of alfalfa hay were found to contain 22 pounds of nitrogen, ALA pounds of phosphoric acid, 25.4S pounds of potash and 20 pounds of lime, and during one year, three crops amounting to 3.S tons per acre contained 167 pounds of nitro gen, 31 pounds of phosphoric acid, 194 pounds of potash and 152 pounds of lime. In Kentucky the analyses of freshly cut alfalfa showed 4.22 per cent. of crude protein, 0.81 per cent of crude fat, 10.9 per cent. of carbohy- drates and z.14 per cent. of ash. Thus it will be seen that the compo-
Imperial press and farmer., 1901-11-23

and rich in carbohydrates and fat
 while alfalfa is rich in protein and poor in the sugars, starch, fat and eel lulose necessary to make the best feeding ration. It has been deter mined by experiment that a mixture of one ton of alfalfa hay and three tons of green corn fodder or silage will furnish food for one milch COW of 1000 pounds weight for 136 days
 Alfalfa hay is substitute for such substances as wheat bran and cotton seed meal, usually purchased by the farmer to utilize the excess of carbo- hydrates furnished by his corn fodder or his timothy hay, and since it can be grown on the farm there is a great saving in the actual cost of producing beef, pork and mutton. Alfalfa hay can be fed profitably to all kinds of farm stock. It is especially valuable for young and growing cattle and horses, and for sheep. It may be fed to working horses with the addition of a small grain ration, and they will keep in good condition upon it. If fed in combination with prairie hay, wheat straw, silage or corn fodder, it makes a very nutritious forage, and there is no better grass or clover with which to prepare stock cattle for fat tening. Alfalfa-fed beef and mutton fattened up with corn command top prices in the markets. The farmer who wishes to save every bit of the valuable food substances which are in his corn and his alfalfa will feed the two together, so that what the one lacks will be supplied by the other. In
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sition varies somewhat in different portions of the country. These diff ferenceS in composition may result from such causes as differences in de- velOpment or variation in the amount of available plant food in the soil.
 Alfalfa as Soil Renovator.
 Alfalfa belongs to that class of plants which are known as nitrogen collectors. The legumes, to which family alfalfa and all the clovers and their relatives belong, are able to draw nitrogen directly from the air The roots of the plant, if examined, will be found to be covered with a great many small swellings or tuber- cles, and if sections of these tuber- cles are examined under a high-pow- CT microscope the tissues will be found to contain great numbers of bacteria. It is through the action of these minute organisms that the plane IS enabled to take nitrogen directly from the air. Other families of plants, for instance the true grasses, which do not have these tubercles on the roots, are unable to take up any nitrogen, except such as may be in soluble form in the soil Hence, al- falfa and it's relatives are the best plants that ca> be grown by the farmer, for they provide large quan- titles of this most valuable and ex- pensive fertilizing element for the use of succeeding crops.
 By raising alfalfa the farmer not only provides an excellent quality, as well as large quantity, of forage for
Imperial press and farmer., 1901-11-23

been provided with a set of screens of small mesh, such as are used for hull ing clover. Seed intended for sale must be recleaned an. run through a flaming mill before it is placed on the market. Higher prices are always to be got for clean seed. The alfalfa straw which is left after thrashing is worth less than half as much as the hay for feed.
 Feeding Value.
 Alfalfa hay that has been properly cured is worth as much, weight for weight, as any other, and is eaten by all kinds of farm animals. It must be remembered, however, that it is not In itself a complete ration. It is very rich in protein; that is, in the albu- minoids and similar nitrogenous com pounds, which, when fed to cattle, are transformed into blood, muscle, ten don and bone On the other hand. it is deficient in fat and the carbohy- drates. To make alfalfa a compile ra- tion, therefore, we must add some thing which contains large amounts of the latter substances Fat and the carbohydrates must be fed at the same time as the protein, or the excess of the latter will not be digested by the animal. In order to get the best and most profitable results from feeding alfalfa, or any other forage plant that is rich in nitrogenous com pounds, some of the coarser forage plants, such as corn fodder or silage, wheat or oat straw, millet, sorghum, or root crops, must be added to the ration. These are all poor in protein
Imperial press and farmer., 1901-11-23

son the roots are not able to make a sufficiently strong growth, and the field is sure to deteriOrate.
 Alfalfa for Hogs.
 age for ten to twenty hogs per sea- son. There is no cheaper or better way of producing pork than to allow growing pigs to run in field of al falfa. At conservative estimate, 10 pigs per acre will gain 100 pounds each during the season from May to September, and 1000 pounds of pork can not be produced so cheaply on any other feed. The pigs will come out of the field in autumn in capital condition to fatten with corn or small grain. The alfalfa in a hog pasture should be moved once or twice dur ing a summer or whenever it begins to get hard or woody. This will pro- vide plenty of young and tender herb age, which is more nutritious, weight for weight, than forage from the other plants, and if the swine are pro- vided with this food in it's most nu- tritious condition, their growth will be most rapid. They need to be pro- vided with an abundance of fresh or running water in the pastures.
 Feeding and Fertilizing Value of Alfalfa.
 One hundred pounds of freshly cut alfalfa contains at time of Towering 2S2 pounds of dry matter, and of this the amount of digestible is 3.89 pounds of crude protein. 11.2 pounds of carbohydrates, and O.41 pounds of
Imperial press and farmer., 1901-11-23

this way beef, pork and mutton can be grown for the market quickly and at the lowest possible cost.
 Soiling vs. Pasturing
 Alfalfa is one of the very best soil ing crops. It may be fed in this way to better advantage than if the stock are pastured on the field Cattle and alfalfa, particularly when it is young and tender, or after there has been a heavy dew or rain. They are always liable to bloat if fed with green or wet alfalfa. Horses and hogs are not affected in this way. There are losses of sheep and cattle from tympanitis, hoven, or bloat, as it is called, every year, and, though a herd may go through an entire season without loss, it is never perfectly safe to pasture stock on alfalfa. By proper ar engagement of the feeding pens and cOrrals alongside or near the field, the method of soiling-that is, moving the alfalfa and feeding it in a par tially wilted condition-is a cheap and perfectly safe one. The additional cost and labor of cutting the crop and hauling it to the feeding pens will be less than the loss that will be sus- tained if several head of stock die or bloat during the season. Young horses will make very rapid growth if pas tured on alfalfa, especially if small daily ration of oats is given. One of the disadvantages of depasturing all falfa is that the soil soon becomes trampled and hard, and for this req
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-01-10
An Odd Canon.

There is curious canon law
of the Roman Catholic church
bearing on marriage and in
directly on divorce not general
ly known, even to members Of
that church. 1t is that a
woman, after the nuptial cere.
mony is performed, has the
right to return TO her own
home, alone and apart from her
husband, and remain there as
in maidenhood for the space of
one month, in order that she
may for the last time reflect on
the step she has taken, with a
view to reconsidering her agree
ment. If, during this time, she
concludes to retract and give
herself to the service of God in
religion. she is at liberty to do
so, and the husband has no con-
troll over her. She may then
take the VOWS of a religious
order, and the man is free to
marry again, his first nuptal
contract being then, by the
brides action and the forma
sanction of the church dissolv-
ed. Writers of romance seem
singularly to have missed a
great opportunity which know
ledge of this incident of Catho
lie faith and practice provides.
Elk.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-01-10
A Matter of Lying.

Says an exchange: All men
lie more or less, perhaps, and
some of them'are rash enough
to deny it. Some lies are told
as matter of course, and as no
one is expected to believe them
they do little harm. For in
stance, no one is expected to
believe the age of an old maid,
told by herself, the number of
subscribers claimed by a rival
contemporary, the eulogy on a
tombstone, the free puffs of a
candidate for Office, the plat
form of a party, a girls denial
of her engagement, a merchants
''cost price" housewives
statement that she is glad to
see company come, a doctors
wise look nor a lawyers slick
tongue. Editors don't lie be.
cause they can't. Now who
will believe that?
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-01-10
Election Notice.

Farmers aud Merchants Bank
Monroe City, Mo, Dec. "A, 1900.
The annual election for nine
directors to serve during the
ensuring year will be held at
the Banking House on Monday
January IA. 1901. Polls open
from 8 a. IN. 10 -. m.
w. r. p. JACKSON.
Cashier
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-01-10
Pointed Paragraphs.

Whiskey is the key to an I'M
steady gait.
The best way to get out of
debt is to pay out.
There ore a lot of skins in
the leather business. ,.
Music and women are often
loved but seldom understood.
Pawnbrokers prefer custom.
ers who have redeeming qua Ii.
ties.
No farmer can pillow field by
turning it over in his, mind.
A young doctors profession
is usually better than his prac-
tice.
One good wav to derive an
income from literature is to sell
books.
The man who will not truS
his feelings is not doing
credit business
1t matters not how good a
joke may be, there are people
who can't see it
The man who steels his heart
against women should not at
tempt to steal theirs.
A st. Louis genus has d
schemed for drying snow and
selling it to the natives fol-
salt.
The ant may be INDUSTRIOUS
but that is more than can be
said of some uncles. Chicago
Daily News.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-01-10
Palmyra Now Cut Off.

Hannibal. Jan. 3.-The pre- =
liminary survey for what is
known as the Monroe City cut.
off of the Burlington was com,
pleted yesterday, and it shows
an unusually feasible route,
with maximum grade Of % feet
to the mile for a short distance,
and for the remainder practic.
ally level. The cut off is to be
gin at White Ledge, six miles
west, thence to ii point near
Monroe City, a distance OF
nearly fourteen miles, making
about eight miles in the Bur :
lington, st. Louis and Denver
line between Hannibal and
Monroe City. Palmyra will be
left to the north some distance.
The project has been in con,
temptation since the Denver
st. Louis line was established
by the Burlingtou.-Q. H.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-01-10
Some Don'ts for Beauty.

Don't wear your vel, drawn
tight over your face, tlattening
out the little curls and wlsps of
hair under the new vogue small
hats, until your head present
the appearance of a smooth, un-
frumed billiard ball. Wear the
veil tight at the chin, the, tight
err the better, and loose and
fluffy at the top, which is done
by pinning the wells lower edge
to the hat first.
Don't powder the end of your
nose and not the rest of eyour
face, for to do so will make
that member look like an un.
developed cotton blossom.
Don't wear your belt too
tight. If you think you must
draw your waist in do it with
the corset and not the belt, and
let your outside clothes fit with
loose, easy grace.
Don't wear mannish shoes, if
your feet are large. The man
nish shoe gives large, awk-
ward effect to the smallest foot.
Don't dress your hair in an
unbecoming way, no matter
what the fashion is. IF the
pompalour is unbecoming put
your hair in a part; if a part
gives you too old, I'm a-prism
populine appearance, wear it
pompadour, or banged, or friz
zed. But before all do moi
comb your hair down over your
face in a low pompadour double
bang effect if you have heavy
eyebrows, for it will give YOU
a look more like an untameC
monkey than a woman.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-01-10

A reporter was sent suit to get
the market reports and asked,
How are the markets." He
was referred to the idle young
town dude, who said: Young
men, unsteady; girls, frisky,
willing and in demand of hus,
bands; papas, firm but declining
mamas, unsettled, but waiting
for higher bids; coffee, consider
ably mixed; fish, fresh, active
and slippery; wheat, a grain
better than barley; eggs quiet
but expect to open shortly;
whiskey, still going down;
onions strong and rising; bread
stuff, heavy; boots and shoes
those in the market are soled
and are continually going up
and down; hats and caps, not
as high as last year, except
foolscap, which is stationary;
tobacco, very low and has a
downwark tendency, silver
close, but not close enough to
get hold of; cheese very lively;
butter strong and holding its
own at 2e9 cents
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-01-10

The merchant whose cash
book will show the largest bal
ance at the close of the FIRST
year of the new century will be
the one who uses the most
printers ink The constant ad
vertiser gets the cream.-C Chill
licothe Constitution.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-01-10
Court Directory.
MONROE COUNTY .

MONROE COUNTY.
Circuit Court-Meets at Paris third Monday
in April and fourth Monday in October.
Probate Court-ReguIar 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.
Hanni bal 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, 1901-01-10

N M, Magruder, a merchant
of Whitesides, Mo, believes
in getting everything lie ca n
and holding to all he gets. He
is mayor, city attorney and
justice of the peace, Monroe
county people love Office, but it
takes Magruder, of the King
dom of Pike to scoop hem.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-01-10
CITY OFFICIALS.

ALDERMEN: First Ward-J. S. Scott II
Grady;
Second Ward-D. A. Ely. J. W. Bell.
Third Ward-A. Boulware. D. D. Nelson
Secret Societies.
Observation-Disclosures No. "a, A. F.
& A. M. meets first and third Satur-
day nights of each month.
onroe City r. A. Chapter, No. 104
meets fourth Monday nights in each
month.
ODD FELLows-Monroe City Lodge
No. 268, meets every Thursday night.
SUPREME COURT OF HoNoR.-Mon-
roe District Court No. 467 meets
every Monday night.
A. o. U. w. M onroe City Lodge, No
1853, n. is first and third Friday
nights of each month.
MODERN onroe City
Camp, No. 1896 meets every Thurs
day night.
The r. N. of AS meet LIST, and 3rd.
Tuesday evening in the M. w.
A. hall.
P. E. o. Sisterhood, Monroe City
Chapter II. meets the second an6
fourth Saturdays in each month.
MASONIC, Colored. Lodge
No 5, meets first and third Tuesday
nights in each month.
BETHLEHEM CHAPTER No. Al meets
lst Thursday in each month.
VIRGINIA COURT meets LIST Thursda!
in each month.