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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-04
terrys, Mays and Rush Park
Garden Flower seeds at
j. f. DODSON q Co.

All kinds of garden seed in
bulk
j. f.. DODSON & Co.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-04

B. E. Vaughn, of Paris. spent
Sunday in this city with his
friend Jasper Henderson.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-04

Judge E, P. Mickey, of the
First Judicial District of Mo-,
and his wife spent Friday with
Mrs McKey's sister Mrs A. S.
Jayne.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-04

Il. A. Curtis. one of Hanui-
balls undertakers, was up
here bro wsirg around Tuesday.
He seems TO have taken fancy
TO the Queen of the Prairies.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-04

James Settle and B. ThOmp-
son were transacting business
in the Bluff City, Monday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-04

Adam Pottertield met with a
very painful and serious acci.
dent in his barn at Ely Monday.
He fell from the hay loft and
broke two ribs.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-04

Del Buchanan, of New Frank
lin. spent last week in this sec
ton of the country with rela-
tives.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-04

The Democrats made big
gains and elected many officers
in the following cities in Ohio:
Toledo. Columbus, Hamilton,
Cincinnati, GAINESVILLE. Nor
walk, Marietta and Cleveland.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-04

Lumber, lime, hair, Paints
and Oils. G. D. EvERHART & Co.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-04

@ 20 % @s--@@-Me o
Lumber, lime, hair. Paints
and Oils. G.. D. EvERHART & Co.
Send news items to the DEM
OCRAT. Phone II.
Boys 8 piece knee Pant Suits
from 10 to 16 yrs. at s. to So al
ROGERS.
The war revenue receipts
amount to 1921, 81, 518 and it is
still being collected at that
rate.
Dr.. S. M. Brown was called
to Shelbina Sunday, on pro,
fessional business.
Mrs. Rose McAl.ister is spend.
ing the week with Hannibal
and New London friends.
Del Buchanan, of New Frank
lin, spent last week in this sec
ton of the country with rela-
tives.
DR.. Shelby Maddox, of Ely,
was visitor in this city Sun
day,
Miss Myra Lewis opened the
summer term of school at Ely
Monday.
r. H, Crump, of Paris, ad
ministrator of the Amanda
Knox estate was in the city on
business Saturday.
Judge E, P. Mickey, of the
First Judicial District of Mo-,
ana his Wlte spent FRIDAY with
Mrs McKey's sister Mrs A. S.
Jayne.
Thursday Mrs j. G. Reid. was
FRUSTRATED by the news of the
death of a dear sister, Mrs Net
tie M. Wilmot, at Kearney, Mo.
Th ere will be lots of smiles
under the Easter bonnets Sun
day, but, Dad won't smile when
tha lo;lI ~On,oc -,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-04

James Mayes came in Mon.
day night from Kansas City,
where lie has a good position.
He will spend several days with
friends and relatives here.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-04

Would it not be a good idea
for the horse and jack owners
living near this city to have 4
show here and let the people
see the quality Of their stock.
A. w. Holmes left Tuesday
night for Gary, Oklahoma, to
accept a position with Wilbur
McMurry. If Wilbur don't soon
stop we shall file objections to
his taking our best men,
Shelbina Torchlight.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-04

Charles E. Wood, one of the
hustlers OF Macomb, ILL.,, spent
Sunday in the city with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs S. A..
Woods.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-04

Mage Maddox, Of Huntin gton
was a business visitor in the
city Saturday.
Sydney Garner is suprem ely
happy over the arrival of a boy
at his place.
For Rent.
. or 3 Small Pastures.
4 IL. Il. E. LEAR.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-04
Hungry for eggs
DODSON & Co.

Sewing Machine Oil at X
Manning Walkers.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-04

r., H. Crump, of Paris, ad
ministrator of the Amanda
Knox estate was in the city on
business Saturday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-04

Some OF my competitors say
cannot pay nc for chickens and
give honest weights. Test my
scales with any in town.
JASPER HENDERSON.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-04

DR.. Shelby Maddox, of Ely,
was visitor in this city Sun
day.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-04

Miss Myra Lewis opened the
summer term of school at Ely
Monday.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-01
AFormura for KaI.on,,ne.

The following instructions for the
preparation of kalsomine are found
in German scientific publications.
Dissolve eight ounces of sodium car
Donate in sufficient hot water (about.
half a pint, and to the solution,
while still hot, add one quart of lin
seed oil, and soponify by heating and
agitation. Put IL ounces of white
glue in a vessel, cover it with cold
water and let it stand over night.
In the morning pour off the residual
water, then set the vessel in a pot
of water and heat until the glue is
dissolved. Add the saponitied oil,
mix thoroughly by agitation, then re-
move from the fire and stir in ten
pounds of whiting, adding a little at
a time, and under constant stirring,
and adding hot water mot quite boil
ing, however, as a boiling tempera-
ture destroys the tenacity of the
glue) from time to time. as the mix
ture grows thick. Finally add suffi-
cient hot water, until the liquid flows
freely from the brush. Liquid wash
bluing intensifes the white of the
wash.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-01

that they shall practice what they
preach, and we should be disappointed
if we did, for, though doctors spend
their lives in efforts to induce peopl e
to take care of their health, it is unusll-
al for a busy doctor to take even ordl-
nary care of himself. His sleep Is
broken, his meals are irregular, he
overworks himself; very likely he
smokes too much. But as long as our
confidence in his skill is unimpaired
we don't criticise him.
Doctors are supposed to know what
is good for themselves, and in their
hands we leave the responsibility for
their cases as well as for ours. To be
sure, we scott a great deal at the med
zeal profession, carp at its contradic-
tons and remark upon it's limitations
but in the long run the good doctors
get the credit that is their due, even
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-01
CAUSES OF SUICIDE.
DR.. George F. Shrady on the In
crease in Self-Destruction.
Declares That May, June and July
Are Essentially the Suicide
Months of the Year-HOw He
Reaches His Conclusions.

George F. Shrady, of New York
holds that civilization, education ano
communication are the three great
factors in the increase of suicides.
He further holds that the months OF
May, June and July are essentially
the suicide months" of the year.
The fact that in the past three
months there have been in New York
city III suicides leads DIR. Shrady to
scientifically discuss the prevalence
of the mania for self-destruction. He
says, in the St. Louis Republic:
The study of suicide, its causes,
its scientific aspect, the reasons for
it, the study of the characteristics OF
those who take their own lives-ip
other words, the investigation of the
inner details of suicide-have long
engaged the attention and interest
of anthropologists sociologists and
physicians.
while many would suppose that
winter, with its distressing cold and
its hardships, especially in the case
of the poor and needy, would yield
the greater number of suicides, it is
strange fact that in the spring and
summer the number of persons seek
ing death by their own hands is
double what it is in winter.
There are three months of the
year which are especially notable for
the number of suicides occurring in
their terms. They are May, June
and July.
1T has never been adequately de-
termined why these three months
are so productive of suicides. The
heat may have something to do with
it, as may the lassitude which al
ways comes with the return of
spring. Nevertheless, it is a fact
that in May, June and July most of
the suicides of the year are recorded.
''The study of suicide is intensely
interesting. 1t embraces a close in
vsstigation of the human mind, what
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-01
DELAYS Are Dangerous.

Those who acquire the habit of never do
ing to-day anything that can be put off tilh
tomorrow must suffer the consequences,
of their folly, even though unwilling to ac7
knowledge their faults Mr.. John W.,
Eisenhower, of Cincinnati, Ohio, wrote:l
"Palmer's Lotion has completely cured an
eruption on my left arm of over five years
standing, which was caused by an injury,
and from which | could get no relief. 70
This man lived in the city where Palmer's
Lotion was first introduced and his suf-
fering was due to his not using a remedy to
be had for the asking If you cannot pro
cure it, send to Scion Palmer, 374 Pearl
street, New York, for samples of Palmer s.
Lotion and Lotion Soap
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-01
NEGROES IN WASHINGTON.
cOmmendabIe Progress in n business
Way Has Been Made by the
COIOred CstirsEs.

The Union league of Washington has
just made an exhaustive inquiry into
the status of the colored population
there. 1t finds that commendable
progress has been made in business,
in spite of a good many drawbacks,
there being over So varieties of bust
ness in which colored people are en-
gagged, says the Star. There are more
than 1900 colored proprietors, one
fourth of whom have been in business
more than ten years. They give en-
ployment to over 2S,OSO persons. They
have S654,761 invested in business,
and they do an aggregate of business
yearly of S1,750,00o. Barber shops,
restaurants, cobbler shops, express
delivery and similar callings consti-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-01
ADVANTAGES OF THE DOCTOR.
He Is Not Under Restraints Such as
Those by Which Preachers
Are Environed.

Physicians, like clergymen, are con-
cerned in trying to make their fellow
men better, but they have great ad-
vantage over the clerical brethren in
being able to shape their lives accord
ing to their whims and necessities
without undue criticism from their fell
lows. We prefer that our doctors
should be good men. We insist that
they shall have high degree of pro-
fessional honor. We expect them not
to be unduly mercenary, and not to
grudge fair measure of their time to
the public service. But we don't con-
Germ ourselves about what they eat, or
drink, or smoke, or how they choose to
have their share of fun, says a writer in
Harper's Weekly. We don't even insist
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-01

the mind will do under certain con
ditions in certain people, and how
in other people, it will do something
Numerically opposed to its action
in still other people.
1T is a study of morbidity, of
suggestion, of reception, of impress
sion, of determination. 1t is also a
study of various conditions of life.
A man living in one state of exist
ence would kill himself if compelled
to endure what a man in another
state accepts as his lot in life.
Suicide increases with the in
crease of civilization. That is a re-
markable commentary upon civiliza-
ton, but it is a just one.
There are far more suicides in a
large community than in a small one
This is not due to the fact that there
are more people there-that is, not
because there are more there to kill
themselves-but because intercom-
munication increases suicide.
1T offers more suggestion to those
inclined to self-destruction. And
suggestion is one of the most potent
factors in suicide. 1t is suggestion
that makes a man turn to his re-
volver, woman to the phial of car
bolic acid. She has just read of some
unfortunate woman escaping the
cares and ills of life by swallowing
a few pence worth of acid. This
ans hinnr lilo
hers. That is the suggestion, and the
weak woman avails herself of it
ergo, another suicide.
Education, many authoritative in
vestigators contend, is another
strong agent in the increased num-
Der of suicides.
"There is no doubt that this is in
great measure true. Education re-
veals to the lower and the poorer
classes the superior condition Of
those more favored with the goods
of this world, and it breeds despond-
ency, detection, bitterness and hope
lessnesS.
"Heredity is accountable for a
large percentage of suicides. The
tendency is not always manifested in
the generation Immediately following
that of the suicide. 1t frequently
skips generation"
OF the III suicides since March 6,
SO were men and "a women. The
women, for the most part, used car
bolic acid in taking their lives, al
though one of them shot herself.
The men mainly used the revolver,
knife or moose.
Thirty-two German men killed
themselves, and 16 German women.
Of native Americans there were 81
men and eight women, IA Irishmen,
five Irish women, five Frenchmen,
five French women, four Austrian
men, two Swedish women, and one
man of nationality unknown.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-01
IN COUNTRY LANES.

o country lanesi white-starred with bloom,
Where wild things nestle, shy and sweet,
And all your waving grasses laugh
And pass before my eager feet
Gould / forever dwell with you,
Letting the old, mad world rush by,
And just be glad of wind and sun.
OF rocking nest and hrooding skyi
How often in the crowded street.
] dream of you, sweet country lane,
And feel. once more, your soft breeze
soothe
My weary heart and tired brain;
Always above the citys din,
Above the cl,nk of yellow gold,
j hear a wild-bird's ringing note,
l catch the scent of leaf-stirred mold!
Your grasses kiss my fevered cheek,
Your hawthorn drops her fragrant rain,
i am child once more, and dream
That Heaven bides here, o fiOwer-starred
lanei
Florence A. Jones, in Chicago Advance.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-01
though its arrears may not come in un.
til after they are dead.
Our Varying Seasons

The longest cold season is found in
the Rocky mountain region, where it
exceeds the warm by about ten days.
The warm season in Texas and the
lower Missouri valley opens about
ten days earlier than in the region
near the middle Atlantic coast, and
from 20 to 25 days earlier than on the
southern coast of California. In the
northwest the warm season opens
from 20 to 25 days earlier than in the
lake region and from Is to 20 days
earlier than in the north Pacific coast
region.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-01

in 1894 as nearly as possible so its
original condition and appearance. 1t
is a beautiful old structure, of early
English Gothic. with mullioned win
dows and stately tower, and has been
used for public worship almost con-
tinuously for 21s centuries. The orig
inal church erected on jamestown is
land by the first English colonists in
North America, under Capt. John
Smith-the church in which Pocahon-
tas was baptized and married-has all
disappeared, except a picturesque, ivy
clad tower of black, surrounded by a
grove of trees.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-01
Carried on the Mugs.

At the recent Commers, at Bonn, in
honor of the German crown prince,
at which the kaiser was present, an
unpleasant incident arose. The guests
thought that the beer mugs were
keepsakes, and carried off $50 of them
The "Borussia" corps, which acted as
host, instead of settling for the mugs,
asked the guests who carried them
away either to return them or to send
80 cents to the proprietor of the res
taurant where the Commers was held.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-01
Guide to WnshinCtnn.

The Baltimore & Ohio railroad is the
shortest route and the only line running
solid trains of through coaches and sleeping
ington. All other through trains of this
line east and west run through the Capitol
City; An artistic and practical Guide to
Washington has been placed on sale prin-
cipal ticket offices OF Baltimore & Ohio r.
R., or will be mailed to any address ON re-
ceipt of fifteen 10 cents in stamps. Ad-
dress ID. B. Martin, Manager Passenger
Traffic, baltimore & Ohio r. r., Balti-
more Md.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-01
Light without Hent.

A "cold light" has been produced by
a woman, Nine. Currie, of the Munich.
pal School of Physics, Paris. 1t is
called radium and is due to the action
of certain salts on uranium salts
When treated the substance becomes
permanently luminous, without heat
Placed in gunpowder it creates a glow
but there is no explosion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-01
He stopped His Paper.

"Sir!" exclaimed tine oldest citizen, as
he walked into the business office of the
daily paper, Il see in your sheet of to-day,
sir, an article to which / take exceptions,
and | want my paper stopped, sir! And
when James +. Anderson says stop, sir, he
means stop, sir!"
Phil" YEARLY murmured the circula-
ton manager, go out and tell Bobt' stop
tn press an lock up; Of man Anderson
has quit us!"-Denver Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-01
New Fast Train to Colorado

The Missouri Pacific Railway is now oper-
Sting double daily service from st. Louis
and Kansas City to points in Colorado Utah
and the Pacific Coast. Trains leave st.
Louis a. m. and 1910 p. M. Kansas City
6p. m. and 10 a. M, carrying through sleep
ing cars between st. Louis and San Fran
now on sale. For further information adj
dress company's agents. H. G. TOWNSEND.
Sen. Pass. and Ticket Agent, st. Louis, Mo.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-01
Yellowstone Park.

Extended tour, leisurely itinerary with
long stops in the Park Private coaches for
ing and dining cars. Established limit to
number going. Escort of the American
Tourist Association, Reau Campbell, Gen
eral Manager, 1923 Marquette Building,
Chicago. Colorado and Alaska tours also.
Tickets include all Expenses Everywhere
Train leaves Chicago via Chicago, Milwau-
kee & St. Paul R'y, Tuesday, July 9, 1000
n
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-01

This is the way he wrote to her:
molly: | has not had line from you
in three weeks. Has you throwed me
over?'
And this is the way she answered him:i
John: Hain't you hearn tell that am
on sick bed, where l am slowly a-dyin',
an can't write a line to save my life, you
fool, you?"-Louisville Courier Journal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-01
Both Murder and Suicide.

The after-dinner speaking mania at med.
ical banquets is at its height What pity
it is that men who have nothing to say, and
who do not wish to say it, are compelled to
say it to men who do not wish to hear it.
American Medicine
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-01
EnunI tn the Occnsinn

Liveried Menial-N1e lud, the carriage
waits without.
His Lordship-Without what?
Without horses, me lud; tits an auto
mobile. London Bits
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-01

tute the larger portion, but there are
II contractors, rs fish dealers, 1870
grocers and 40 market stand pro-
prietors, and in all this lot only II
poolroom keepers and nine saloon
keepers. There are 50 physicians, -
trained nurses, ten dentists and SO
lawyers. Among other conclusions
reached by the investigation is that
colored people are not disposed to
patronize one another in these classes
of business in which the whites Sc
riously compete for trade. This is
ascribed partly TO lack of confidence,
but partly to envy and jealousy.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-01
Her Lack,

The Illinois woman who called her hus-
band jackass and then got mad because
he called her his better half does not seem
to know such a thing as justice.-Denver
Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-01
HOxsie's Group Cure
Checks a cold in one hour. so cents.

Col Bragg-"l've fought and bed for my
country, sir; I've" Alex Smart-"Yes,
but did you ever help your wife hang pic
ures%,;-Ohio State journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-01

Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever
used for all affections of the throat and
lnngs.-Wm. o. Endsley, Vanburen, Ind,
Feb 10, 1900.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-01

Somebody is now trying to add nicotine
less tobacco to the list of thingless things.
Hartford Post
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-01

Every man thinks he is already carrying
a load that threatens to break his back.
Don't ask him to carry part of your load.-
Atchison Globe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-01

Oldest Church in the Country.
The Oldest Protestant church in the
United States is St. Luke's, at Smith
field, Va, writes William Z. Curtis, in
the Chicago Record Herald. St. Luke's
was erected in 1852, and was restored
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-09
Speculation Regarding the wabash

Without question the Pennsylvania has
been Of late buying a good deal of stock of
the Wabash. Report has il that the Penn
sylvania people do not intend to stop the
construction of the Wabash line into Pitts
burg, contracts for the building of part
of which have already been awarded. but
rather to secure sufficient voice in Wabash
affairs TO enable the Pennsylvania TO ex-
ercise considerable control in the matter of
its operation. Ii is admitted the Pennsyl-
vania has not enough of Wabash stock to
control that road, but there is said to be
opposition on the part of other stockholders
to the plans of the management. and par
ticularly to the Omaha az st. Louis deal.
which is TO be passed upon at the coming
meeting Of Wabash stockholders.
Should the Wabash stockholders fail TO
approve of the plan under which that road
is to take over the Omaha x st. Louis. by
guaranteeing an issue of 81. 500 900 bonds on
the property. II is not improbable that the
original plan of John W. Gates and his
friends in the Omaha, Kansas City &,
Eastern system. and to build both east of
Quincy TO Springfield. ill.,. and west of
Pattonsburg to st. Joseph, will be carried
out. and operating arrangement be per-
fected with the Cincinnati. Hamilton &
Dayton. under which through train service
would be established between Kansas City,
st. Joseph and Omaha on the west and In
disnspons and Cincinnati on the east