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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-05-01

The statistics OF foreign trade show
that there has been constant increase
in the exports and constant decrease in
the imports. The figures for the nine
months OF the current fiscal year ending
March 81 show a total of 81, lao, l70, I2S
merchandise exported, an increase of
$S6, 540, OBJ over the corresponding period
in the previous year, which was the high
est record in our history. At the same
time the imports show decrease of
S42, 292, 639 compared with the nine
months OF the previous year, which
makes the balance OF trade in our favor
$540, 1851 ,337 for nine months an Increase
Of SIPS, S32,671. The largest increase
has been in the export OF agricultural
products. The export OF manufactures
is slightly less because of the Interrupt
ton Of trade with China and the fact
that shipments to the Hawaiian Islands
and Porto Rico are no longer included
in the statistics Of foreign commerce.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-05-01

The government reserves as monop-
oily the right to carry the mails. For
the convenience of the public letters may
be transmitted by express upon the pay
ment of the regular express charges
provided they are Enclosed in govern
ment stamped envelopes. II is viola
ton OF the law for an express company
or individual to transport mails upon
which the postage has not beenepaid in
that way. An adhesive postage stamp
will not do. Express companies are not
authorized TO cancel imprinted stamped
envelopes which they are permitted 10
deliver but II is expected that the re-
ceiver will in opening the envelope rem
der il unfit for further use. Imported
postage stamps cannot be cut from one
envelope and used upon another. should
government stamped envelope be de-
faced any postmaster may redeem II II
it bears no mark Of having been previ-
Ously used.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-21
Jubilee.

A siX.months' jubilee has be-
gun in the Catholic churhes
and from February 3 to August
3 professions, pilgtimages, and
visits. in which bands and ban
ners will figure prominently,
will form the special devotions
of pious Catholics. The jubilee
decree. which was promulgat.
ed by Pope Leo XIII. last De.
cember and which applies TO
Catholics throughout the
world, is to be celebrated by
visiting the church to which the
parishoner belongs, and two
ether churches on each of Is
days. A public procession,
headed by the parish priest, is
equivalent to three visits, and
those taking part in such pro.
cession will not be required to
reap the benefits of the jubilee.
The object of the jubilee is to
give Catholics who were unable
to make pilgrimage to Rome
during the holy year an op.
portunity of securing equal
privileges with those who
visited the vatican. The wor-
shippers are requested to pray
for the exaltation of the
church, the axterpation of
heresy, the concord of Christ
ian rulers, and the salvation of
the Christian people. Quincy
Journal.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-21
ihompsons second Annual, Wa
bash, Mexico Tour.

A personally conducted thlr-
ty days tour of Old Mexico by
a select party of sixty under
the management of Mr.. R. G.
Thompson, of the Wabash ~
r. All travelling expenses IN
Guided in the price of the tour,
leaving st. Louis, February
9th, 1901.
An ideal winter outing, EN-
bracing in the route to be tray
eled all of the principal points
in Old Mexico, including SIX
DAYS in the City of Mexico
For copy of complete military
and full information in regard
to routes, rates etc, address,
II. +. WATTS,
p. & II. A., Wabash Il. Ii. Mo
berly, Mo.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-21
Home seekers Excursions Via
Wabash.

On January 18th, February
5th, and 10Th March 5th, and
10th, and AprilG2nd and 10th,
1901, the Wabash will sell
Home seekers tickets at rate of
one fare plus $500 tor the
round trip. to points in Ala
bama, Arizona, Arkansas. Col
orado, Idaho Tv, Kansas, Ken
lucky, Louisiana, Mississippi
Southwest Missouri, Montana.
Nebraska, Few Mexico, North
and South Carolina, North and
South Dakota, Oklahoma, Ore
gou, Tennessee, Texas, Utah
Wyoming and to many other
states.
Tickets are limited to 81 days
from date of sale and allow
stop.over privileges at certain
points on the going trip. For
further information call on the
nearest Ticket Agent, or ad-
dress,
H. E. WATTS,
Pass. and Ticket Agt. MoberIy,
Mo.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-21
Fight Taken Up.
Crowded out last week.

Three thousand citizens of
Topeka Kan, assembled in
mass convention at the audito-
rum Sunday afternoon aud
took up the fight on joints that
was started by Mrs Carrie Nat.
IONS. The convention resolv.
ed; "All joints must close be.
fore Monday noon and that the
iointkeepers must ship their
fixtures and liquors out of the
city before noon Friday 1t
WAS remarkable meeting from
the fact that the leading min.
isters of the town took part in
Il
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-21
Loves Alphabet.

Edwin l.. Sabin, in the Saturday
Evening Post.
A the Art of man and maid,
B the Blush, so fair, displayed,
G the Challen sc in the eyes,
the Dart that quick replies,
E-but why the rest recall?
The rest is E,Z; that is all,
Petroleum Drinking.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-21

The Hawthorne bill practi-
cally repeats the capital punish
ment act because it leaves it to
the jury as to whether it will
be a verdict of hanging or life
Imprisonment and that will
mean lust as sure as the sun
rises and sets that Judge Lynch
will hold court more frequently
than of yore. The nam-by pam
by seutimentalism of this day
encourages the brute and causes
moo law.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-21
Parts of Speech.

Jingles cling to the memory
years after prose lessons are
forgotten. The following '"met,
rical grammar. found in an old
book, was used by our fathers
and grand fathers-and possib.
ly by their grandfathers-as an
aid in learning the bottom of
principles of that most perplex.
ing study:
Three little words we often see
Are Articles. "a san" "the.'
A nouns the name of anything,
AS "school" or garden, "hoop" or
"swing."
Adjectives tell tue kind of Noun.
AS great" "small," pretty"
"white" or "brown."
Instead of Nouns and Pronouns stand
"Her" fan, "his" face, "my" arm,
"your" hand.
Verbs tell of something being done.
TO tread, " "write, ""count, Jump,
swing or run"
How things are done the adverbs tell,
AS "slowly," quickly" "ill' or
"well."
Conjunctions join the words together,
AS man "andn children, wind "or"
weather.
The Proposition stands before
A Noun, as sin" or through Il door
The interjectiod shows surprise,
AS "Oh!" how pretty, "Ah"' how
wise!
And these are called Nine Parts of
speech.
Which reading. writing, speaking,
teach.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-21

Representative Simmons, of
Shelby County and of bill No.
30 lame has withdrawn his bill
aud entered another, No. 375.
which is approved by State
Supt. of Schools w. T. Car
rington. 1t is a slight i'm
provcment on bill No. 210.
Compulsory education is IN the
~ame groove with Imperialism.
Here is a sample of it. Ger
mony has compulsory educat-
ION, the Empire pays for it
hrst. The student is then com
PEELED by the Empire to refund,
mat is he is forced to serve in
tHa army three years. Great
is Germany, great is compuls-
orV education, great is large
standing army demanded by
Whittier are we
drifting.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-21

The Medical society Of Paris
has expressed the oppinion that
it is necessary to adoyt some
measures against the alarming
spread of petroleum drinking.
At first it was thought that this
habit had sprung up from the
increased taxation on alcohol
imposed by the French govern
ment, but an investigation
showed that this was not the
case; the habit had been preva.
lent some time previously in
certain districts and had spread
with great rapidly. The
victim of the petroleum habit
does not become brutal, only
mOrOSe.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-21
Memphis Route Fast Train.

memphis Route FaSt Train.
The Southeastern Limited
leaving Kansas City daily at
$3.50 p. m, enables passengers
to reach Memphis at 800 a. m.
Birmingham at 1855 p, M, Chat
tanooga 8:45 p. m, Atlanta
1895 p. M. New Orleans 7:lJ
a. M, next day, Jacksonville,
Fla, $3.50 a. M, Savannah. Ga.
ZOO a. M, second mornar.
Corresponding time to all
points in the Southeast. En-.
tire train, with reclining chair
car and Palace Buffet sleeping.
car runs through to Birming.
him (sleeping-car through to
Jacksonville) stopping only at
imp ,rtant local stations, as
Olathe, Paola. PleasantOn.
Fort Scott, Lamar, Springfield
An exchange over in Ark
sas says an editor went to
church the other day and was
called on to lead in prayer
when he said: almighty and
kind Father who doth from thy
th rome look down on the gov.
ern ment OF men and delinquent
su bscribers, most humbly we
beseech Thee to draw near un.
to them and whisper 4 few
things into their ear the
statutes forbid us to print.
Thou knowest who wants but
our subscribers krowest them
not and seldom step into in
quire. Let it he known unto
them that their are Dlarge
patches on the homestead of
our pants. and there is an ach-
ing void in the front part of
our back and that we hunger
and thirst and he asketh us not
to sup with him, Thou know
est Lord, that our print, paper
and ink cost money but the sub
scribers knoweth it not and
careth a darn sight less. Thou
knowest that we are cold and
the subscribers bringeth not
the wood that he promised, and
that we are shivering, shaking,
while roasteth his shins before
the red hot stove of his moth.
er,in.law. Tell him all these
things Lord, and if lie then
faileth and bringeth no succor,
Danish him to the lower regions
to dwell among the political
calamity howlers, and thine
shall be the glory and honor
throughout our newspaper
career. Amen"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-21
Burlington Folder.

1t ought to be found of un
usual value at this particular
season, in view Of the large
volume of Spring emigration
now preparing to invade the
Far Northwest country.
The folder describes the ter.
ritory served by the Burling-
tons through st. Louis Port
land train. 1t is largely the
same stretch of territory that
was penetrated by the Lewis
and Clark Expedition of 1904,
through the Louisiana Pur-
chase.
The folder, with its des-
criptive matter and special
maps, as a whole, is but an
other reminder of how natural
and logical it was to select st,
Louis as the city in which to
hold the Worlds Fair of 1903.
commemorating the one humid
redth anniversary of the Louisi
ana Purchase.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-21

Not a great many people
kaJw that Monroe county has a
novelist of some tame. Her
name is Miss Sue Greenleaf, a
sister to Mrs. }. II. Umstattd,
ana Der latest story, Welded
by the Waves" has attra cted
considerable attention. 1t is a
tao OF the Galveston flood and
is graphic description of that
borrow interviewer with Il
creditable love story. Miss
Greenleaf now lives in Texas
Mercury.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-21

Dokata has lost its notoriety
and Montana gained it. To
secure divorces easily all one
has to do is to reside six
months in that state and pay
the price.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-21

The weekly reading of Mon.
roe City papers, containing &C
counts of negro hilarity, forces
MS to the conclusion that the
metropolis" has even appro
priated Paris fame along this
Iiue. Up here everything is
quiet, but in Monroe each week
brings forth a joyous eveut,
such as in the happy days of
yore Observation-Disclosures and
alcohol galore -Mercury.-Un
fortunately the above is too
true, but the time has come
when it must stop or a way
that is not $1.00 and cost, will
be found to stop it
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-21
A Kansas Lullaby.

Bye a-baby-pittywitts!
Papa by the cradle sits;
Mammals gone to get an AK
TO smash a rummie's bar to
bits.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-21

when you wact u physlc that is mild and
gentle. easy 10 take end pleasant in effect use
Chamberlains Stomache aud Liver Tablets
Price D cents. Samples free. Every box
guaranteed. Fol- sale by 3, .. Wood
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-21

1t is truly wonderful how
subtraction really causes or re-
presents addition. Since 1890
the G. A r roster of 400. 489 has
been reduced to 276.662 and yet
in spite of that great reduct-
ion the number of pensioners
has steadily grown from year
to year.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-21

William e. Brown, of Fulton
Ark, has been the guest of his
brother DIR. S. II. Brown.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-21

Get your dinner and lunch
cons at Caldwell & Son to-day
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-06
bright BITS.

I'm a Dublin paper some time since
was a biographical notice of Robespire-
re. which concluded as follows This
extraordinary man left no children be-
hind him, except his brother, who was
killed at the same time. "-Glasgow
Evening Times.
Out of the Question.-"See here"
cried the irate machine politician, Sin
your paper this morning you liken me
to Bill Tweed" "Well?' said the edi-
tor. well, you've got to apologize
See2" Impossible my dear sir. Tweed
is dead. "-Philadelphi Press.
"A Bump for the Pharisee.-'I thank
God" said the Pharisee, that I am
not as other men," "Oh, I don't know"
replied the lady. You seem to be
like a good many of them. L saw
you occupying a seat in a car last
night when there were lots of women
standing. Chicago Record Herald.
Why Tommy Remained After
School.-Teacher-" in the SEN
tence, "A microbe is a minute living
organism parse 'microbe.' Tommy
Tucker" 'Microbe' is a. common noun,
possessive case" Teacher-"Posses-
sive case?" Tommy-"Ye s m. First
person, microbe; second person, your
crobe: third person. his-'Teacher---
Thomas, go and take your seat"
Chicago Tribune.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-06
THE ELECTION.

The interesting feature of the state
elections yesterday was that the Demo-
Gratis gained two United States sena-
tors-one in Maryland and one in Ken
lucky. There was not much doubt at
any time about the result in Kentucky,
but in Maryland the Republicans were
boastful and apparently confident. Mr..
German will go back to the Senate
again where he was once a leader, and
where he will be a leader again.
OF course there was no question
about the Republicans carrying Massa-
chusetts, Iowa Rhode Island and Penn
sylvania, and it was expected that they
would carry Ohio, but the outlook for
them in New Jersey and Nebraska was
not regarded as promising. At mid
night, however, the returns from both
Nebraska and New Jersey favored
them. But in close states reliance can
not always be placed upon the early
returns. At this writing only meagre
returns have been received from Col
orado, and it is impossible to determine
whether, in comparison with the re-
turns of the election last year, the
Democrats or Republicans have made
gains in Ohio. Until fuller returns are
received it will not be possible to reach
a satisfactory conclusion as to wheth-
err, taking all of the elections into ac-
count, the Democrats or the Repub-
licans made the greater gains.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-06

The story here related is so typical
of our distinguished representative at
the Court of St. James that one would
have no hesitancy in vouching for It's
genuineness, says the Philadelphia Tel
egraph. A Semi-state reception was
given at the residence of certain lord
in London; our inimitable Choate in his
court dress of plain broadcloth was
extremely inconspicuous in comparison
with the gold-laced and insignia deco
ra ted representatives of other countries.
When the night was waning one of the
departing guests. whose indulgence
probably made him forget that English
lackeys on such occasions wore the liv-
cry of their office. approached MIR.
Choate and requested him to call him
a cab. The response was a blank
stare. Upon his repeating the request:
Wont you call me "a cab, pleaSe@
Mr.. Choate responded, Certainly.
You're a cab" Imagine the indigna-
ton of the insulted Englishman, who
upon making complaint to the host,
was asked. as a favor, to point out
the offender. After search through
the crowded saloons, the Englishman
was quite at the elbow of Mr.. Choate,
when he exclaimed, That's the mani
The whispered reply, Why that's the
United States ambassador" was heard
by Mr. Choate. Then a presentation
and explanation of the unfortunate
mistake Mr.. Choate in his charac-
teristic way said: MY lord. the gen.
tleman need not feel at all disturbed
I remember the circumstance very weil.
If the gentleman had been just little
more polite | should have called him
a hanson cab"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-06
Personal.

Edwin NJ. Shepard. the opponent Of
Mr.. Low for the office of Mayor of
New York, is a bachelor. Mr.. Shepard
maintains an establishment in Brook
Ign. and also a large country place at
Lake George.
Pierre Waldeck- Rousseau, whose
ministry. it is believed, will soon be
dissolved by the popular desirevfor a
change of government in France, MAS
induced to leave his retirement and Te-
enterA the political arena in 1899. The
present prime minister is So years old
and one of the most brilliant lawyers
in Paris. He was member of Gam
betta's cabinet in 1881 and of Ferry's
cabinet in 1883, and for several years
thereafter devoted himself to the prac-
tice OF law with signal success. He
defended De Lesseps during the great
Panama affair of 1898.
--Maximus Gorky, whose sketches
and stories have excited such remark
able interest in Russia, is an agnostic
and a realist. He was born thirty two
years ago at Mini Novgorod. He had
a sad, wretched childhood, and, like all
Russian orphans of the lower class,
was early apprenticed to a hard task
master-in his case a cobbler He
seems to have been little more than a
child when he ran away and became a
wanderer much of his early youth
having been spent on the Volga, acting
first in one capacity and then in an
other. on the small steamers which go
up and down the Russian river.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-06
THE sCHLEY INQUIRY AND APPRo-
PRIATIONs.

According to Washington dispatches
in anti-Schley papers some of the naval
officers are afraid that the finding of
the court of inquiry In the Schley case
is going to have the effect of prevent
ing liberal appropriations at the ap-
preaching session of Congress for the
navy. Their view is that the finding
is certain to be against Schley on at
least three of the counts. They can
not see how the court can avoid find
ing Schley guilty of disobedience of
orders, of a lack of enterprise when off
Cienfuegos and of dilatoriness in his
movement towards Santiago. when
ordered to proceed with all possible
dispatch. They say that there was
never any doubt among naval officers
of Schleys courage. and that the
charge to the contrary in Maclays his
tory is rot of the worst sort. Their
position is that in the event Of find
ing against Schley there will be such
a howl Of disapproval that Congress
will be prejudiced against the navy,
and may refuse to be as liberal as it
ought in making appropriations for 1t.
This sort Of talk looks very much like
hedging on the part of those who have
all along been against Schley. They
are trying to get into a position where
they can say, with some show of con-
sistency, that they would be glad if
the finding should be in Schleys favor.
II then he should be fully exonerated
they would be prompt to say that they
were glad of it, because any other find
ing would result in harm to the navy.
While it may be true that the pub
lie has not given as much weight TO
the charges that Schley was lacking
in enterprise off Cienfuegos and that
he disobeyed the orders of the Navy
Department, it is pretty safe to say
that the court will take into considera-
ton all the circumstances of the case
and will give Schley the full benefit OF
his reasons for his course during the
Santiago campaign. and also for his
apparent disobedience of orders. II
will be recalled by those who followed
the testimony closely that Schley said
that he did not think he disobeyed any
order. and he certainly gave good rea-
sons for lingering of Cienfuegos.
While II is doubtless true that all OF
the members OF the court are great
sticklers for obedience 10 orders, no
one Of them Is likely TO insist upon
finding that would be an injustice to
an officer who had striven to do his
duty and who had rendered the coun-
try a great service. A. a rule the
people are right, and their voice is IN
favor Of schley. The court knows
this. and n Is not likely 10 permit a
technically 20 stand IN the way OF
his full eKhonoration. The naval ON
Gers who are expressing fears that the
Ending viii be against schley and chat
in consequence the navy VIII suffer for
Hani of proper appropriations. age
psrmiiiinE themselves - be unneces.
1 sarily worried
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-06
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meetings-Georgia Chapter No. 8, r.
A. NJ.
Military Orders-General Orders No.
%. First Battalion G.. S. T. Artillery.
Special Notices-Savannah Building
Supply Company; Andrew Hanley
Company; Notice to City Court Petit
Jurors; Ship Notices, Williamson &
Rauers. agents.
Legal Notices-In the matter of
Jackson & Kennedy of Tattnall the
$50 Gas Heater-Mutual Gas Light
Company.
Mineral Water-Hunyadi Janos.
Observation-Disclosures Warde at
Theater Tonight; Modjeska and
Games at Theater Saturday.
warburg's Tincture-Get it at Row
linskfs.
We Welcome You to Our store-Al-
len Bros.
Postum Food Coffee-Postum Cereal
Co.
The Stranger in Town is Welcome at
The Big Store-Leopold Adler.
A Fair of Our Own-Chas. Marks.
Railroad Schedules-Central of Geor-
gia Railway.
Extend Cordial Invitation to State
Fair Visitors-Daniel Hogan.
Beers-Anheuser-B Busch Brewing AS
ISOLATION.
Pearline-Jas. Pyle & Sons, New
York.
Sauce-Lea e. Perrins' Worcester
shire Sauce.
Beef-Liebig's Extract of Beef.
Medical-Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab
lets; Horsford's Acid Phosphate; Cas-
toria; Mothers Friend; Worlds Dis
pensary Preparations; Hieskell's oint-
ment; DIR. Kilmer's Swamp Root;
Hyomei.
Cheap Column Advertisements
Help Wanted; Employment Wanted;
For Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal;
Miscellaneous. f5N'