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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-08

Mrs. Mary Rouse and daught
ers, Eisses Eliza aud Anna left
Tuesday morning for Boone
county, KY. where they will
spend Il month pleasantly with
relatives and friends.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-08

Percy Jones. of st. Louis, is
spending his vacation with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. l. Jones
and former friends.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-08
Needles and oils
Il. MANNING WALKER.
Sewing machines cheap
r. MANNING WALKER.

DR.. r. ASbury has gone to
Hunter, Ok. where he will
spend two or more weeks with
his old friend jim X Ely.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-08

The Secretary of the Navy is
named Long and just as long as
Admiral Schley was being
vilified by the Sampson gang
there no limit to talk, but just
as soon as Schley demanded an
investigation Long notified
every one connected with the
army and navy, You must shut
up. The order was caused by
remarks favorable to Admiral
Schley and as he himself had
said; His (Schleys) conduct
was reprehensible,' the order
smells like something spoiled,
for instance 'embalmed beef. :"
Minds have been wrecked
and fortunes dissipated in chas.
ing the mirage or Will.o'the-
wisp perpetual motion. Harry
B. Dear, of st. Louis, is the
latest claimant for the honor.
1t is a clock that winds Itself
a good deal on the principal of
a man lifting himself by his
boot straps. He thinks that he
can make Il thing of a given
power overcome some thing else
of the same power, TO say moth
ing of the friction caused by
both powers.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-08

The much Wanted stellage
is coming to an end in 4 hurry.
Contraction, expansion and
eorasion is responsible for it..
The eastern railroads are pre-.
pairing to gradully replace
their steel bridges with stone
arches.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-08

Miss Belle Johnson will be
absent from her studio from
Aug. 10 to Is inclusive,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-08

The N. W. of A. at Warren,
will give a rousing picnic at
that point on the 18th inst. 1t
will be a very interesting and
bids fair to be Il large gathering
of the log rollers and wood
sawyers and of their friends.
The Monroe City Band will
furnish the music and that
alone is worth going some dis.
lance to hear.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-08

Rev. and Mrs. VIM. +. And
erson were out for a days sport
last week and they brought in
a bag full of birds, but don't
ask the Rev. how many he kill.
ed for his share of the game
would not fatten a we'll kept
cat.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-08

What has become of one
Charles Nicely, who got away
with the swag and postal funds
at Havana, Cuba? Mckinley
pardons bank wreckers, is it
possible that he pardoned Nee
ly to prevent conviction or per.
haps it was Charles friend
Hanna who stopped the game.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-05-16
READING FOR BOYS.
Taste for Literature Should Be Guided
Rather than Forced.

Rather thdh rOrCsu'
But the child yearns for reality, and
the day comes when he wishes to see
his heroes in the flesh, says Professor
Morse in Harper's Bazaar. That is the
day when he will put the or
the poem into his off hours, and take
up history, biography, travels or sci
ence. Guide him gently now. Do not
push him or expect MIN to push far
at first. II his transition is through
some historical romance, some roman
tic poem, let it be so. He will present
ly ask for a closer sitting, and a his
tory, like Parkman's, of a romantic
period, or a book of travels in mar
Vicious lands Will lead him hopefully.
His hunger Tor facts is likely to grow,
and with an increasing desire to elimi-
nate the non-fact. But do not choke
him with facts, nor let him choke him
self. If you know how, make all that
he does intelligent with discussion.
Induce him to go over in mind. at
least. a second time, even a fiimsy
narrative, and get daylight upon it.
DC not crowd him, however, with de-
tails. Leave that to the schoolmaster,
If it must be done. One or two large
topics are enough-iust to set him
thinking. Under such reading. gently
stimulated, never pushed, you will soon
learn whether the boys mind has a de-
cided bent-whether he is to be a nat
uraliSt- a scientist, an engineer a HE
torian, poet or what not. Do not be
surprised II he glows when Fitzsim-
mons, the pugilist, is named. For
childhood has all the distempers. Like
measles, you can drive them in. or
let them have their brief outing and
escape. One distemper you may feed
until it has burned itself out. Another
you would best starve. A third, let
die. Children pull through many at
tacks of the Fitzsimmons sort, and the
blood rights itself again.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-05-16
CTo He Continued.)


The captain of an English steamer
spun a yarn the other day of the mys-
FERROUS "Boo-o-o," which answered his
foghorn. He was steaming down the
Channel, when the thick fog came on.
AZ such times he never leaves the
bridge, and sounds the fog horn him
self. On this occasion, after sounding
the signal, he heard a fog horn in re-
ply right ahead. He turned the ships
head a point, to avoid collision, and
then sounded again. Again the reply
came, 'Boo-o-o!" right ahead as be-
fore. The vessels head was put back
to the same position as at first, anu
| oncc more the fog horn was sounded.
Still the reply came. as before, right
| ahead, "Boo-o-o," 1T was very strange
Il could not make 1t out" said the
| captain. telling the yarn. 81 tried it
again; still the same, 'Boo-o-o!' right
ahead. A feeling of superstition began
to creep over me. and 1 was giving my
! self a mental shake TO pull myself to-
gether. when the lookout man called
out. It's the old cow. sir And so, in
truth, il was-the mich COW kept on
the ~forecastle for the use OF the ship.
| She. no doubt, took the 'boo-o-oing of
the signal for the cry of a companion
in distress. and gave a sympathetic re-
| sponse."-New York Times.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-05-16
Every Film n Rlank-

A Philadelphia girl who has lust re-
turned from a two years tour abroad
is having a great many jokes cracked
at her expense by reason of her ex-
periences in the field of amateur pbo-
Biography. She took with her a camera
one of the tripod variety, and LOCO
films. All during her travels the cam
era was her constant companion. and
in order to keep tabs on her pictures
she jotted down in a note book ,ust
what each n was. This little hook
contained such subjects as Feeding
C~rocodiles in the Gauges" Sunrise on
the Nile" "A Street In Jerusalem" and
others of an equally interesting nature
Almost the first thing she did when
she reached home was to send ber
thousand films to a professional pho-
tographer to have them deyeloned
The next day she received a message
from him asking her to call and
learned that her labor of two years had
been wasted. Never once had she re-
moved the cap from the camera. and
every film was Observation-Disclosures
Record.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-05-16
CHAPTER XXI.

1t was Cora, who, almost timldly, in
obedience to her summons to enter, ven
tured in, not closing the door behind
her.
She came forward and knelt beside
the chair in which Beatrice sat.
IT want you to look at me-to speak
TO mel" she said, impulsively. "Ev-
erything here is so strange to-day that
I feel as if I were dreaming. Are you
really Beatrice Markham? Do you
know, L could not sleep last night? And
I wanted so much to tell you that I love
you even better than before, and that /
am so, so sorry for all that o have
suffered"
1t seemed to Beatrice that she was
years older than the child who knelt be
sid her: yet how short a time & she,
too, had been a girl, happy and light
hearted. unconscious of a care!
Gar / do nothing for you?" pursued
Cora. looking up wistfully into the
beautiful face, with the eyes gazing
ahead so sadly into nothingness.
They turned toward her as she spoke
turned. with a searching, eager light.
Might she not find here an answer to
the question which an instant before
had seemed so hopeless? was the
thought that came to Beatrice almost
as an inspiration. Cora, at least, was
faithful and true, and IL was a little,
such a little thing she asked OF her.
"May I trust you dear?" she ques-
tened.
"Indeed-indeed you may, oh, You
will let me help you, then?"
Eyes. Cora, you may help me very
greatly. Listen! I have a friend-a very
dear and faithful friend-to whom i
must send a written message. / dare
not put 1t in the post bag, for know
that 1t would never reach It's destina-
ton. and, besides. II would betray him
to his enemies; for Randolph Chester Is
his enemy. as he is mine, 1t must be
posted in the village. l cannot do this
for I should be watched. ! dare moi
trust the servants. Cora, will you do II
for me-"
with all my heart' Give me the let
ter. 1t shall be mailed this very day!'
and you will never let 1t pass IRON
you hands. Cora, except into the mail
And you will keep my secret faithful
Typ
..You need not doubt me-" answered
Cora, and she meant the words in al
loyalty.
That she failed later In her trust wa:
through no fault of the latter quality.
THANK God for having sent you q
mel" exclaimed Beatrice. "Oh, Cora
YOU have given me new life!"
And. putting the letter h had JUS
completed into an envelope. she sealed
stam. ed and addressed IT: then gave !
10 the girl, III slipped it in the bosom
OF her dress. :.
81 am going to the p%ostofice at once.'
she cried. springing up. I'm an hour
shall come pack to tell you that my
mission Is fulfilled. DO you know be
atrlce. I feel as il I were assisting somt
heroine in a play?"
Beatrice smiled sadly.
~God help the heroines, II such is ths
clay that mculds them!" h answered
But her heart felt lighter when Cora
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-05-16
THE cINoUE PORTS.
Blood Of Hardy Marin ers Remains In
Channel Fishermen.

How many Of us can name offhand
the five ports to which the destinies
charter of Edward |, these five hamlets
in Kent and Sussex which had consti-
tuted themselves the defenders of the
sea at its narrowest point within sight
of a hostile shore? Walmer castle, We
know, is the residence of the lord
warden. and Deal, with its castles and
towers, is promptly set down by nine
readers out of ten as n OF the ports,
which, of course, it is not. Sandwich,
Hythe, Dover, Romney and Hastings
were the quintet which in Anglo-Saxon
times linked themselves together to re-
pei the invader. And a turbulent time
they had Of it. Never a winter night
but those good FOLKS must lie abed
with the thought of the trumpet's
call that might at any moment sum-
mon them on to the black face of the
channel to hurl back the invader from
their shores. Sieges and sacking they
had in plenty, and heavy were the
payments exacted. Thus, in 1887, the
Frenchmen, driven from Sandwich, de-
scended upon Rye with thirty-five
ships and thirty-two galleys and de-
vastated the little town set upon that
hill, from which the tide has gone out
never to return. The Cirque Ports
squadron was quickly manned, the
clumsy sails caught a fair wind, and
in a trice Master Frenchman was scud-
ding home with the Sussex boys close
at his heels. Into the harbor of Bou.
logne they followed the foe, set fire to
the town and polished off the job by
hanging twelve captains Of the offend
ing fleet. These we're not the days OF
Hague conferences and peace commit
tees, and a blow begot a blow. The
tale Is not spoiled by remembering
hat ten years later the Frenchmen
crept on to the coast one night, and,
lighting their torches on the beach,
managed to burn down fifty-two houses
in Rye and ninety-four houses in Win
chelsea. Life in one of these ports
was an exhilarating experience. and
wen to-day some of the bone and blood
Of those hardy mariners remains in
those channel fishermen who are ready
in any gale that blows to face the
Goodwin sands in a cockshell of a life
boat.-The Pail Mall Magazine.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-05-16
CHAPTER xx-tContinued)

THE libra"y-last night. Beatrice? %
he repeated. My dear child, what can
YOU mean? Have you been dreaming?
4 was not in the library last night. AL
len N 1 were the last TO separate, and
he bade me goodnight on the thresh-
old of my own room, which / did not
leave again"
As in a maze, Beatrice began to see
the workings of his plot-less dimly,
very family, she could peer into it's
labyrinths.
But the curtain which had concealed
from her h very possibility OF human
wickedness, so %cunningly devised and
skilfully executed, was being slowly
lifted, and even this indistinct view
thus gained caused her soul to turn sick
with dread.
She made him no further reply.
~1nvoluntarily, she looked toward Al
len. With studious care he was select
Ing the choicest grapes to lay upon Miss
Lorrimer's plate. Mrs. Layton sat quiz
city discussing her breakfast, deaf to
the conversation Cora's glance alone
met hers. 1t was full of tender sympa-
thy.
Rising abruptly from the table, she
hastily left the room.
Il believe they all think me mad!"
h said, aloud, as she closed behind
her the door. Il believe they all think
me madi / must have outside help. /
cannot bear this ~alone!"
She was calm now, but ii was a calm
more pitiful than the excitement which
had preceded 1t.
With despairing gesture she pushed
away with her hands the little, cluster
Ing rings of sunny hair from the low,
white brow, as though their weight op
pressed her.
What can / do?" she said, again.
What can / do? Oh, Berthe. BERTHE!
nave you, too, failed me?'
Just once, she thought, TO lay her
tired head on his faithful breast-oh.
God. TO close her eyes and die there!
What greater bliss could be offered her?
1t could not be that, knowing her great
naed OF him. he would find some way to
reach her, as she must find some way
TO let him know this need.
"Bertie. come to me-" she wrote.
Come in the guise you promised TO as
sumo. but let me know that you are
neal me. / have returned to Grey
Oaks. l am back in the cruel web of
the UBIQUITOUS spider. Closer and closer
he is binding with his merciless withes
my fluttering wings. They will soon
cease the struggle. Hasten to save me
before ii is too late,"
Even to write the words brought her
some relief: but, having written them,
how could her message reach him?
AS she put to herself the perplexing
question, a low knock sounded on her
door.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-05-16
She Saw Her Husband.

A number of returned officers from
south Africa recently attended an ex.
hibition OF moving pictures in London.
when in one of the South Africa
scenes they recognized an Office,
friend. The wife of the officer, on be.
ing DID OF this, wrote to the manager
and asked that this picture might be
put on on a certain evening, when She
would purposely Journey from Glas.
gov. She had not seen her husband
0 over a year. but at last observe
ann In a group-cn the screen OF :
cincmatograph. .
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-05-16
A Boer Maiden. Costume.

The fashionable young woman of the
one-time Boer republic is nothing II
mot brilliant in attire. This is a de-
scription of a costume seen on the prin-
cipal street of Natal: A carmine plush
skirt, a blue silk blouse with trim
mings of pink chiffon, large leghorn hat
trimmed with one red and two blue
ostrich feathers, white kid gloves.
brown boots and white sun-shade lineo
with pink.-New York Tribune.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-05-16

cry gaze. His own hand reached out
and grasped it.
But the clear, bracing air which that
moment famed Beatrice's fevered cheek
as she leaned from her open window
and prayed heaven to speed her mes
sage on it's course, brought her no wits.
per of the fatal truth.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-05-16
The SASKATOON I'M
Ths Great Advantage. !,
where the Soil l. ., r..'
ampied Fertile,

During the past year !,
number OF American ss.a
going from the United s,s,sr
ada. have made homes n =
toon district in Western o.
have found the climate Al :
be desired and their prosDss,'
the brightest. In writing ], !
respondent says:
The lands for sale are e,,,..
lions from a large area. :,
farm is within easy distan,. "
way station. Experience hassssl
this district enjoys imnass'I
summer frost, from cyclones |.
yards. TIE South s.ss..l
flowing through the tract :
the finest rivers in the eoaa.a
Ing navigable and having J.
"ldtn OF stream Of 1000 feet
The agents Of the Canada,
ment, whose advertisement
elsewhere in your paper ana NJ
be pleased to furnish full inso,.I
tell me that within the limit,
tract there are two distinct q
OF soil. One is a rich black lo.s
the other is a somewhat lipsts.1
containing a small admixture !,
There appears to be no ANN,
difference between the fertility h
two kinds Of soil. Both ara
In their characteristics, both M
velously productive, and NAH
upon a subsoil Of clay. nj
vantage of this formation Il
retains the heat Of the day DIM,
night, and Is favorable to II.
maturity OF crops. Every Il,
crop will here attain the highs
lection OF quality. The land ii,
ably adapted for stock-raisn
dairy farming, as well as N
grain. Some idea OF the ricbrd
the natural grasses OF the prsirs
be formed from the fact that
than 200 tons OF hay were nj
within a short distance Of Sasb
and stored up for use during III
ter. A growth so luxuriant Il
strates beyond all possible Quetd
suitability OF the land for pat
cattle, and no doubt this Imports
dustry will be largely carried On.
Nature has been lavish 10 ha
to this territory. Not only Is III
Of uuexampled fertility, but thsta
is delightful and healthy. Such
testimony Of every settler, End
testimony is confirmed by enthM
opinions from every traveller, sp1
missionary or newspaper cores
emit who has ever visited thl
famed Saskatchewan Valley. In
er years vast herds Of buffalo
here to winter from the "a
storm-swept regions south d
United States boundary line, m
thereby the adaptation Of these \
prairies to the purpose Of z
stock. The land is dry, with sun
but not excessive rainfall, capaa
early cultivation in the spfiis
free from summer frosts. The
uration OF the country renders
cial drainage unnecessary, ana
vents the accumulation OF ss
pools; mists and fogs are seldom
The days of summer are full
shine. under the genial infus'1
which crops rapidly ripen.
is characterized by an almost una'
succession OF fine weather,
which the crops are safely sa'
In winter it is cold, but extreme
hilarating and pleasant, oWins
wonderful dryness and braelns
ties Of the air. The winter sss
Of profit as we'll as enjoyment 7
people, being far healthier
humid climate.
Water and fuel-these wv
necessaries Of life are
throughout the district
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-05-16
He would Ku.w,

she-Papa has an absurd notion thai
you have money.
He-I suppose we would better let
him think so.
She-Yes: but we've got 70 get mar
ried some time.-Detroit Free Press.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-05-16
Scarcely,

do you consider 1t good .Ass y.
woman who marries TO retau
mer name and merely add na
bands to it?" -.
Certainly not" answers An
from Chicago. There Is -
friend Of mine, a grass w. 4
under such a system, wouiu \.
as Mrs. Eliza Jenkinsby-smi.n
SON -Smithers, ana $50 n,
that I can't remember.
Star.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-05-16
.rduous Task.

'I hear that you have pe wsat
with nervous prostration. W.
the matter-overwork or N
..Not exactly; the fact y, \
have a photograph taken 'l''
my wife,"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-05-16
HAIRS Catnrrh ous /;
Is a constitutional cure.
Vain Regret

THAT old gentleman as.rty
Jersey poor house, VINO has %
brated his 125th birthdas lars u
a pipe since he was Nv 80, Ne
How he must regret IN. ryp
begging to smoke carrier
Plain Dealer.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-05-16

The human mind Is a s.siug
very often inspired by the So
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-05-16

"The more 1t goes up ,n n.alss
down,"-Cleveland PLAIN
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-05-16

"The recent advance nv iDc%'
whisky seems to beaut
a natural law
avT1wv 90 v iii
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-07-02

plant with a capacity Tor turning out
fifty thousand brick q day-a plant
equaIed in size BY very few concerns
in Kentucky. In this mammoth
plant is to be found all Of the latept
and most approved machinery for
the rapid and successful manufac-
ture OF perfect brick
Though Dalton Bros. have virtu-
ally had a monopoly in the brick
business here they have not taken
advantage of that fact to put prices
too high, they have been uniformly
fair in this respect, which is some
thing that can be said of few men
who have anything like monopoly.
They have achieved their present
great success by dealing fairly and
squarely with the public,-and have
furnished further proof of the old
maxim that ''honesty is the best
policy"
The Office of Dalton Bros, is No.
40 Sixth street, Immediately in rear
of Planters Bank, Office telephone
81, yard telephone 119.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-07-02
Dalton Bros.

This firm is composed of Messrs.
George and Monroe Dalton, and it
turns out the very finest brick that
can be had for building aud paving
purposes, the brick being made I'M
der the personal supervision of Mr..
Monroe Dalton, than whom there is
nowhere to be found a man who un-
derstands the art better than he
does. OF course, his brick are made
ia ct as other brick are, by the same
sort of process, but the superiority
of his brick over most others is TO
be accounted for by the superior
quality Of the soil from which they
are manufactured. In addition to a
tremendous stock of building and
paving brick they keep on hand at
all times a big lot of lime, cement,
fire clay, FIRE brick and sewer pipe,
all of which are of their own man.
ufacture and of the very best quality
to be obtained anywhere.
A number of years ago these gen
tlemeI came to Hopkinsville and en-
tered into the br.ck.making business
onyrA small scale. Their courtesy,
industry and honest business meth
DDS rapidly gained friends for them,
and by the closest attention their
business grew steadily, they pur-
chosed frem time to time additional
ground for brick-making purposes
until today they have a mammoth