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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-07
All About n Button.


opened it. Miss Shannon was
one of the young lady boarders.
Brother Jim must have put
it in there for mischief along
with the glove button | dropped
at home" she said.
Better keep it," suggested
the other young lady boarder
whose name was Anderson.
You may have Il man to digni'
iy it some day. Keep it till
you get the combination com,
plete.'
Il might get Il. ed of the but
ton before | got the man." said
Miss Shannon. Suppose we
do it up in nice little package
and put it under Miss Browns
plate in the morning."
No. an envelope
And | can take that stamp
Off Colonel Anheuser's letter |
received yesterday and put that
on it. remarked the lady of the
house"
Agreed" said the young
lady boarders.
Miss Shannon addressed the
envelope in ter masculine CHR
ography. Miss Anderson saw
the button was properly put in,
and the lady Of the house neat
ly transferred the stamp.
Miss Brown was at breakfast
the next morning when the
postman rang. There was only
a newspaper in the mail for her.
The lady of the house added the
letter.
WHO can this be from" said
Miss Brown, turning the letter
upside down and crossways.
1T is a strange handwriting.
There is something in it. Why,
it feels like money"
why don't you open it and
see who it's from and what's in
it?' grumbled the stout man at
the end of the table. THAT'S
the way OF woman-deaf and
dumb and. blind with curl
osity and yet she sits like
wooden Indian with it's hands
tied behind until some man
comes along and tells her what
to do. Why don't you open it
and see what's in it and who's
it from, anyhow?'
II was just wondering
apoiogized Miss Brown.
so are the rest of US, "growl-
eG the stout man.
Miss Brown opened the letter
and took out a blank sheet of
paper
"A present" cried the board
ers in a chorus.
Dear me, what can it be-"
rhymed Miss Brown. "A
sweetheart l once had used to
be always sending me things
wrapped in tissue paper, often
very valuable
why don't you unwrap it,
them" cried the stout boarder,
leaning over the table.
Il was just wondering" apol,
ogized Miss Brown.
so are the rest OF US"
groWled the stout man.
Miss Brown unfolded the it's.
sue paper and, with Il faint eX.
preston of establishment, al
lowed the contents to drop into
her lap.
We'll, we'll, what was it,"
urged the stout boarder.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-07

Mamma, asked the pre-
coclous boy, was Ananias
killed for telling just one lie?"
He was, my son." replied the
mother. The boy was silent
for a moment. Mamma,
there's been a change in the ad,
ministration since the time of
Auauias, hasn't there?"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-07

were peasant at the once Ill
day. The other clerks thought
they must have received money
from home. One of the firm
even venture so far as to die
tate Il letter to one of them af.
ter } o'clock.
The button proved on Miss
Browns mind until afternoon.
1t made her nervous and fid-
getty. The lady Of the house
took pity on her.
This joke has gone far
enough" said the lady of the
house. Colonel Anheuser had
nothing to do with it. The
young ladies found that button
and thought they would have a
little fun"
Il call it mighty little fun, "
remarked Miss Brown. What
will Col. Anheuser think when
he gets that package by ex-
ress?"
He will probably think you
have thought of somethin g he
said six months ago and thought
he deserved button for it." sug
gested the lady of the house.
How very mortify ing" com
planned Miss Brown. II can
never look him in the face
again. What can l do that will
not make bad matters worse?"
Write him an apology" said
the lady of the house. Tell
him if was a joke you were
playing on somebody else. Tell
INN you intended 1t fer a comic
valentine. Tell him you got
the addresses mixed"
81 will" cried Miss Brown.
And I'll mail the letter for
you said the lady of the
house. With many suggestions
and expressions of sympathy,
she assisted Miss Brown to
compose the conciliatory mis-
sive; then she took it upstairs
and hid it in the closet. She
was in such good humor that
she took down all the curtains
in the house and sent them to
the laundry. Verify it is an i'll
wind that blows nobody good.
Miss Brown was not pleasant
to the young lady boarders at
dinner. They did not under
stand and asked her to explain.
She said it was not necessary.
You may have an idea that
you have done something very
clever, but if you have any
such symptoms 1 can assure
you they are not catching" she
concluded. You have placed
me in nice position haven't
you? Whatd do you think that
poor old man will say of me
when he gets that outlandish
paciage?'
I'VE didn't send it" chorused
the young lady boarders.
Miss Brown turned to the lady
OF the house. What do you
think that poor old man will to
me when he gets that outland.
ish letter."
You ought to have thought
of that before you wrote it" said
the lady of the house. But
there's no harm done. I didn't
mail it,"
We'll l must, began Miss
Brown wrathfully, Il hcpe
somebody has enjoyed the joke;
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-07

WdS SGUl.
perhaps it is from the
sweetheart you had once" sug
gested the old maid boarder
"You may consider that you
have had him twice, now
Everybody laughed. They
always did when the old maid
said anything. 1t usually made
her angry.
Nonsense" said Miss Brown
getting very red and a little
angry.
why don't you look at the
postmark on the envelope?"
asked the stout boarder, Gran
ing his neck to get a look at it.
was just wondering" said
Miss Brown. 1t is from Leav-
enworth."
Whom do you know in Leav.
enworth?" queried the stout
boarder.
Nobody. that is. oh, yes.
but it couldn't have been; yes.
it might have been, might be
could have been--and maybe
is" she continued, Lonfusedly,
getting redder and angrler.
Yes, | know it was Colonel
Anheuser."
Colonel Anheuser! Yes it
must have been Colonel An
heuser," chorused the boarders.
Il should call it an insult"
added the old maid, who had
formed an unreciprocated at
tachment for Colonel Anheuser.
$50 it would have BEEN" re.
torted Miss Brown, but not to
you.
Cease, ladies, said the stout
boarder. benignly. There is
too much point to your argu-
ment 1t seems to stick at both
ends"
Colonel Anheuser is an old
fool" declared Miss Brown.
"There never was any point to
anything he did. He has prob
ably thought of something l
said six months ago and thought
I deserved button for it," and
she laughed, weakly.
What kind of man is this
Colonel Anheuser?" questioned
Miss Shannon who had not
been paying much attention.
why should he have done any
thing so disrespectful?"
Because he thought it was
smart and funny. The old
goose! But I'll get even with
him"
How" chorused the board.
ers.
Il was just wondering" said
Miss Brown.
so are the rest of US, re-
marked the stout boarder.
Il know. I'll be as funny as
he is. I'll send 1T back to him
by express"
Quite the thing agreed
Miss Anderson, who had kept
still as long as she could stand
It. THAT or by special deliv-
cry or registered letter"
by express" insisted Miss
Brown. u have made up my
mind. | shall send it by eX:
press with a nice little card in
scribed, Button, button. who
wants button? I'll teach him
to send me brass buttons Fun.
ny? Huh! | don't see anything
funny about it,"
IF we can do anything to
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-07

II. l.. WOODSON, Lawyer.
Will practice III all courts in the
state. OfIlc2 over Caldwell's Res
taurant, Monroe City. Mo.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-07

W. II. RUTLEDGE, Dentist
The saving ofteeth especially. Office
in Redman block, over Variety
Store. Telephone So.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-07

Try the DEMOCRAT a year.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-07
E. E. WEBB, Auctioneer.

Money is made in selling goods at good price s
and ittakes a first class auCtioneer TO bo that
Give me the work and 1t is done as the people
ofthe state of Illinois will know. ] have sold
many thousand of dollars worth of goods across
the river, Enquire at the DEMOCRAT Office.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-23
A Miserable Failure.

Andalusia Christian Worker.
 Every page of human history, beth sacred and profane, teaches that the negro and the white man cannot re- main political equals in the same land under the. same government. They must remain equal in rights, for God created them thus, but they cannot re- main equal in social and political priv ileges. Socially and politically the white race is and ever shall be supe- rior to the negro. No matter how rap idly the negro may advance, no matter how high the plane of civilization he may reach, he must ever look up to and acknowledge the white man as his su- perior, and the fellow who would oh it otherwise is. as a man nothing more nor less than 8 mis era ble and damn able failure.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-23
The Wholesale Determination of the
 Mosquito.

New York Herald.
 The good people of South Orange are about to initiate war of extermina- tion against the mosquito on the ground that the insect Is not only a pest in itself but Is the veritable pro- pagator of malarious disease.
 Scientific men have settled the ques- tion that the malarial parasite IS car ried in the body of the mosquito and is deposited by it's sting in the blood of the human subject.
 Only a certain variety of .he insect Is considered to be dangerous in this regard, but no distinctions are to be made in the crusade that is to be waged. The means are simple enough, and consist either in draining stag nant pools or in periodically covering their surfaces with kerosene. The lat ter kills the ''wrigglers," which are air breathing organisms.
 There is no good reason why "villaCe improvement societies in every por- ton of the country should not institute similar proceedings and each property owner be committee of one to do good work on his own premises.
 If such experiments could be carried out on a large scale 1t would be ex- tremely interesting to note their in fiuence in checking the spread of in termittent levers in certain localities or perhaps in preventing them altogether
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-23
wEPT AND WON.
Tears Prevent Plan of Socia
 Economics Club.

Economies Club.
 Chicago. May PA woman's tears defeated certain members of the Social Economics Club in their plan for ap- plying for membership !n thA Fedora tion of Colored Women's Clubs.
 Mrs. William Krohn. after arguing against all the other speakers. burst into tears and Ida Wells Barnett, a colored member of the club. out of sym pathy, moved to lay the application on the table. When the debate opened the members appeared to favor the resolution for membership. She said:
 We already have too much publicity on account of debate. What will we gain by it? Sentiment so far as I can learn. We are sufficiently united ss a club. It Is not right to force this issue upon us. We are not ready for it.
 The women who had spoken most radically on the other side were first to offer Mrs. Krohn sympathy. Mrs Barnett rose at once.
 'I move that the resolution be laid on the table" she said.
 President Dickinson, who was strong ly in favor of the resolution, put the vote without hesitation. The vote stood 8 to in favor of tabling the resolution. There were about twenty five members present, but half of them refused to vote.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-23

s.sonetimes rascsls stand for mon who are honest They pretend to be author money for him, but he never hears of 1t. So We are obliged to build our structure of evidence slowly and accept nothing un- less it is proven. According to our pres ent light 1t would appear tnat the Tam. many organization as an organtxation dio not get any of the gamblers brtne money. But Tammany leaders as individuals are moi so clear Of suspicion.
 "The root of the trouble lies in the fact that Tammany is too powerful and the plundering clique in the organization has so perfected its machinery that 1t works throughout the entire city. If the Repub- icans were as firmly In power here they would be just as bad but 1t would toke them years toget strong and as far reaching an organization as their oppo- nents now have.
 ''The only remedy' seems to be on equal balance of parties. If the voters were about evenly divided between the great parties both would have to be on their good behavior. The condition is not peculiar to New York. We have seen the same thing with different party in Philadelphia"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-23
rhe New Bedford Standard says:

Governor Odell has saved much money to the State of New York by vetoing bills which made aggregate appropriations oi U,01618 The people of the State did Well to elect him. But why couldn't they have elected a Legislature which would not have made such extravagant and unnecessary appropriations as these are ea1d to have been? Dependence on Gov ernors for the slaughter of legislative errors and crimes Is bad business. Some times the Governors are not so depend- able as Governor odeli is proving himself
 How are the people to know before hand what a Legislature will do? Those of New York may have thought thex were electing men who would be honestly mindful of the interests of the State and of the people, but they were mistaken. just as the people of other States are frequently mistaken In their Lawmakers. In such cases it is well to have a Governor who Is honest enough to do his duty and has the backbone to protect the people from reckless or disreputable legislation. Governor Odall has surprised both his friends and his enemies by his course AAA SCGoAiS u0u ppiss anu at ts WCA AoE the people of Ne\v York that they elected him.
 We agree with The Standard that the people should always elect such men to make the lays as will be strict ly conscientious and honest in the dis : charge of their duties, but the people are not infallible. and they are not always as careful in their selections as they should be. If the time ever comes when voters will refuse to SUD- port any man about whom there can be any doubt. and when law-makers will legislate with no other object than the good of the State and the welfare of the people, we may look for the miIlenium to follow closely on such d state of affairs. but that time is not yet. by long way. Until it comes the people and the State are always to be congratulated if they have a chief executive who can neither be seduced nor driven into approval of hurtful or doubtful legislation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-23
rnAns-oon1zNnNrAL LINE.
Birmingham VIII 1e One of the
 Eastern Termini.

Kansas City. Mo. May 22.-The Star says:
 The actual consolidation of the Mem. phis and Frisco roads is to be effected as soon as the connecting link between the two lines from Alton to Miami, I. T., is finished. This will be by July 1. The general offices of the Memphis road will then be removed from this city to St. Louis and du- plicated agencies everywhere on the Memphis Frisco system will be abol- ished. The Memphis Is to become a link in a new trans-continental chain which is projected to extend from Bir- miugham. Ala. St. Louis and Kansas City to Manzanilla. on the Pacific coast of Old Mexico. It is certain that one set of officials will control the Frisco Memphis system, and it Is probable that a new name will be chosen for the combination. Both roads have lines from Kansas City to Springfield, Mo. and one of these lines will undoubtedly be abandoned. except that sufficient trains may be run over 1t to save It's charter and prevent its absorption by competitor. Cities reached by both the Frisco and the Memphis, where there are separate depots. shops and agen- cies. will soon feel the effect of the con- solidation. One shop. one depot. ana one agent will suffice for both. The Memphis shops, 1t Is said, will not De removed from Kansas City because they will be needed by both lines Tor repair work.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-23
MR. KNox's sPEECH.
A Word of Appreciation and Com ment-A Suggestion About the
 0Grandfather Clause"

A Word of Appreciation and Com
 ment-A Suggestion About the
 "Grandfather Clause"
 Editor The Advertiser:
 As one of the rank and file. wish to express my appreciation Of the weH- tempered and well-considered speech with which Mir. Knox has opened the deliberations of the Constitutional Convention It was a speech worthy of its great occasion. Its absence of spread -eagleism, its sound common sense, its logical quality. its spirit of patriotic devotion to the South, made 1t a speech of real and abiding innu- ence.'
 There is but one point of modifca- ton that I should like to suggest. MT. Knox took great care not to dogmatize on the subject of the specific remedy for our present suffrage laws. Some of his points against the Mississippi plan were well-taken, but he seemed (wfth- out desiring to dictate the action or the convention) to favor the grandfather clause of the Louisiana enactment. hope, before he reaches a final decision, that he will investigate not merely the noted arguments made in behalf Of that provision before its adoption, but the practical results that have followed upon its passage and trial.
 I understand that 1t has angered the ignorant white people of the State as deeply as a level exclusion could have done. It Is true that 1t makes an ex- ception, in the exclusion of illiterates, of all whose ancestors voted before 1867. But in order to get the advantage of this exception, they, by the very act of pleading the exception, are forced to confess their illiteracy. They, are sensitive about their ignorance. They don't like to admit 1t. They resent being placed in such a position that they have to confess illiteracy by plead ing the exemption. The better the class of voters the more sensitive they are. They could all pay, in common with all good citizens, a square out and out poll-tax. This would have secured the of white supremacy and the perpetuation of the Democracy.
 I fear that if the grandfather clause Is enacted in Alabama, the enemies Of the new constitution may use the above before the people as a reason why the people should defeat 1t. A square level poll-tax provision could not be open to that objecticn, as all the worthy and influential illiterates could meet it without the confession of deficiency. It would help the school-fund. for which MT. Knox spoke so wisely and strongly, and 1t would not endanger the whole fabric of the suffrage pro- vision before the Supreme Court.
 Democrat.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-23

Most of our country readers have seen gophers or pouched rats, called salamanders by most country people. Although native to Alabama they are not at all numerous, except in certain localities where they are sometimes so plentiful as to cause serious damage. In Utah, however, they are as great a rest as arc the rabbits in Australia, ard we notice that ono county in that State has become literally bankrupt through paying five cents per head bounty for the little animals. A newspaper report states that in one day $500 was paid out in this way. rep resenting 16.o0o scalps. The article states that while the county was pay ing the bounty the schools were practi- caily deserted, as all the boys were cut with traps and poison reaping the unusual harvest. The county has Withdrawn all offers, and the gophers will have their own way.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-23
INVESTIGATION OF VICE
Work Done by the Committee
 Fifteen.

New York, May 22-The Independent to- day will contain an article written by Justice Jerome. Concerning the work of the Committee of Fifteen. he says among other Ching3: a great deal of evidence has been secured and many indictments have been found. We seem to be on the track of great many men who are or were responsible for the recent condition of affairs.
 "The evidence that we have obtained will need the careful sitting of trial It might be most unfair in many in stances to disclose the names of the men who were found specified in the gamblers books. It Is not safe to assume that be- cause we find mans name thus enrolled as receiving sum of money from them weekly that he Is really or was in the gamblers pay.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-23
A Yooxrsu rRADr4uoN.

Charles Gibson. writtng to . paper In Indian Territory of the fondness of the Indians for whisl<ey. says:
 This thing of drink is worse curse to Indians than any other race on the face ot thc earth today. Had 1t not been TOT Christopher Columbus and his four ten gallon kegs of whiskey the United states would belong to the American Indians
 The writer then relates an old tradi- ton to the effect that when Colum- bus reached America he landed four kegs of wkiskey on the beach one night and left them for the Indians to dis- cover. He very considerably had the heads knocked out of the kegs and several tin cups left conveniently hang ing about where they would readily be seen. Naturally the savages found the bait next morning and as naturally they got drunk. Then they were bundled on the ships and before they left they had sold the whole country to the willy Spaniards.
 Mir. Gibson often writes sensibly and interestingly on matters connected with the Indians. but he fails this time. There is no evidence that Columbu2 ever saw any part of what is now the United States. and the tradition that he bought the whole country from q parcel of drunken Indians is entirely too thin. And If Columbus had re- turned to Europe as soon as he made his first discovery and had remained there the whites would have come over afterwards and taken possession, just as they did.
 It is hardly to be doubted that white gains out of the Indians by the aid of fire-water, but they didn't come into possession of the United States by such means
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-23
A Crop That Never Fails.

Editor The Advertiser:
 In Sundays issue you said. "The Ad- vertiser has watched with no little in- terest for the comments of the public press on, the circular issued by Sur geon General Sternburg on the subject of yellow fever, and other forms of ma iarial disease, and we confess to some surprise that so little has been said about it." As editors are looked upc n as practical business men, with com- mon sense, at least, 1t will be surpris- ing to find one that will endorse pr. Sternburg's Theory. As you say, "No mosquito, no yellow fever, IS the conclusion of the whole matter" Just so, but how is Surgeon General stern berg or any other General of the United States Army going to kill. cap ture or destroy all the myraids of mos quitoes in the United States, when 1t has taken their combined force two years to capture Aguinaldo and his few compatriots, and the job yet unfinished. Just as long as the rain falls and the sun shines, the much abused mosquito will flourish and multiply, for they breed on the surface of stagnant pools of water, and as soon as their tiny wings can support them they sally out foraging for blood. They approach their victim singing in fine tenor key and present their bills for blood, and if not rejected they remain until their pouch is filled with red blood, when they sail away. The writer has spent the most of long life in a yell low fever country, and has witnessed many yellow fever epiden1ics, when the deaths run up to eighty-five a day, and 1000 during the summer. The fol- lowing year was perfectly healthy, not a single case of fever. Will Dr. Stern berg's theory explain why the mosqui- toes killed 1000 citizens during one summer and not one the following year? The mosquito crop never falls, fever or no fever. What about those famous Jersey skeeters." They dc not appear to be engaged in the kill ing business like those farther South.
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