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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-04
Good Ones.

Thomas Kidwell. Ira Nelson
and Edward Ora wford are game
fishermen. They spent Thurs,
day on the banks Of Salt River
fishing, but nary bite, They
could neither beg borrow nor
steal sein so nthey came home
without a fish. When they
drove up to Mr.. Crawford's he
followed out, say, boys m too
tired to clean fish you can have
my share and that was the
game all three played, but the
sell leaked out.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-04
Sandwich Novelties.

Tea sandwiches-MiX one
teaspoonful of dry mustard
with four talespoonfuls butter,
add the yolk of five hard. boil.
ed eggs pressed through a sieve,
three boned anchovies, two
small pickles, one teaspoontul
capers. chopped fine. Cut grab.
am bread into finger shape and
spread with the mixture and
press two slices together.
Olive sandwiches-Cut thin
slices of brown bread, butte
and trim neatly. Boil two eggs
until quite hard and when cold
chop them and mix with finely
chopped olives. Add the juice
of half lemon and whatever
seasoning is desired. spead the
mixture on the bread and but
ter and roll up lightly or cover
with another slice.
Tomato sandwiches Cut
white bread iNto thin slices,
then with circular cutter form
into rounds. spread thinly WITH
butter, place a slice of tomato
on one round, dust with pep
per, salt. speck of lemon juice
cover with another circular
piece; put onto a plate into {
decorative form and garnisl
with parsley. The tomatoes
! should be pared and chilled
then cut very thin.
. Harlequin sandwic h e S.
Spread Blown bread with cot
tage cheese seasoned with melt
ed butter. salt and a littl
] cream, place a thin layer o
r butter on two slices of whit,
bread on top of the brown
= which has the cheese; spreac
: the other side of the brow
: bread with French mustard a n,
, add to this side another slice O
: the white bread. GarniSh tb
=. top with olives halved or cut il
: petals.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-04
She's just All Right.

All grace and charm and beautiho0d
In Mary is perfected.
But let some facts be understood
Clear with these points connected.
Her eyes do not resemble stars.
They're simply sweet and human.
Against my sense that notion Jars
y protest with acumen.
Her teeth are not composed OF pearls,
That fancy is weak one,
They're simply like a pretty girls
You don't go far to seek one.
Her lips are not like any rose,
As souc may have suggested,
But they look we'll beneath her nose,
AS oft their charms we tested.
She perfect, quite, in all respects,
But she is not u jewel;
So cold u thought my heart rejects,
deem it fatty cruel.
The license of the ghastly stuff
y In poets lore too free is
In Mary's case It's quite enough
10 be as nice as she is.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-04

DR. Geo. L. Turner and Mas
ter Bailey were Quincy visitors
Thursday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-04

Among the hard dry weather
stories here is one going the
rounds on Clapped The cist.
ems went dry. the fields burr-
ed up, but, the people are still
happy. thHv Two r''xi"~ their
II )ur for 4.s,'ii.. N;5i.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-04
Continued from page 8. J

!
for lost time. Small matter,
however, they had had their
way to dot, and Maj. Dow.
ling was safely seated in the
speakers chair. 1t was every.
thingto them TO have bossed the
job. and Benzie was welcome to
strut. if he chose.
Il After the prayer had been of.
Nfered by the chaplain won.
derful solo rendered by the
singer of Smithville, the chair.
man of the committee arose and
said 1.-THE speaker hardly need
ed an introduction, but was here
and would now favor the PEG.
pie with an address"
The major came to the front
and begged to differ with the
honorable committee, and then
INTRODUCED Hon. A. P. Bishop,
of Andover college, as speaker
OF the day"
The committee stared with
open.mouthed astonishment at
the sudden collapse of their
programme. How in thun-?
What in the ma? Who in the
dew" and their excited vision
focused on the third member.
But he was listening intently to
Athe major, who would add
another word before he sat
down. 1 am glad, he said. in a
concentrated way, that God
has so prepared me this year
that l can give the 'honors, to
our friend here and buy my own
lemonade"
Then he subsidized smilingly
amid three rousing cheers. wav-
ing of the flags and the toots of
the comets.
y The lightnings of seven furies
shot wrathfully at Benzie's
happy face, but he was enjoying
his Fourth as only one could
whose plans worked well and
he did not see them, or hear the
muttering thunder Of that
committee.
The Smithville people then
listened to an eloquent address
cheering hilariously to show
their appreciation.
y After it was over. and every
! body shad sung America, ="
Farmer Robins slipped bank
note into the majors hand, say.
ing: That squares our &C.
count" And the old man
laughed and allowed 1t paid
better to Introduce speaker
than to speak"
But that committee Not a
>-soul on the grounds could tell
when ii disappeared; not even
the third cornet, by whom it sat
had the least idea when or how
it left the platform. But Farm
er Robins said, mysteriOusly,
that lit went away to rest, "
and that committee work was
! hard work; he knew something
about it himself" And Mrs.
Robins smoothed her fine gown
y complacently and added softly:
"Benzie's plan worked we'll,
though"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-04

The Contractor w. L. Bond
will finish the Samuel North
residence near Perry, this week,
He has the Contract for build
ing two large barns for Samuel
Gill. near Perry. He will not
begin that work for several
weeks.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-04
The Origin of Grass Widow
From the London News.

The Origin of Grass Widow
From the London News.
Society in India, it appears
from the Bengal papers, is be-
ing disturbed just now over the
origin of the term grass
widow" and a considerable
amount of research has been
directed to the subject. So far,
the inquiries made have sue
ceeded in tracing the word back
TO the year 1874, when it was
used in The Calcutta Review"
In the opinion of qualified
philologists the term is a cur
ruption of the much older one
grace widow" This is de-
rived from "vidua de gratia.
which may be interpreted liter.
ally as widow by favor.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-04

There would be far less
Washers, says the Council
Bluffs Nonpareil, 'rf there were
lsss girls aud women who are
willing to be mashed
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-04

j. A. Muldrow, Of Rensselaer,,
was business visitor in the
city Thursday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-04

You have often heard Of the
boy who sat on a'hmb and saw.
ed it off between him and the
tree. Well, a smart carpenter,
Bernard ~Falthans, of New
York, straddled a beam and
sawed it off and then turning
around and sawed the other end
off. One leg had to be ampu-
tated.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-04
The Saving Grace.


A woman without a laugh in
her is the greatest bore in ex-
istence -Thackeray.
We must laugh before we are
happy for fear we die before we
laugh at all.-De LaBruyere.
The perception Of the com ic
is tie of sympathy with other
men, a pledge of sanity and
protection from those perverse
tendencies and gloomy in.
sanities in which fine intellects
sometimes lose themselves.
Il rogue alive to the ridicul-
Gus is still convertible. If that
sense is lost. his fellow man
can do little for him. Elmer
son.
Mirth is Gods medicine. A
man without mirth is like a
wagon without springs in
which one is caused disagreeab-
ly to jolt by every pebble over
which it runs.-Henry Ward
Beecher
When you have news for the
DEMOCRAT please see that it
reaches it by 9 a. m. Wednes,
days. At that hour each week
we begin to cut matter out and
nearly always have from one to
two columns of good matter to
throw away because news tie
days old is too stale for a live
fresh paper to handle. Please
give us the news, but be sure
that it is turned in early, the
earlier the more apt it is to be
handled, The Church column
is locked at 0 a, IN. Wednes,
day.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-04

Paris poses as strong tenn
perance town and the good
people up there won't counte.
nance saloon. The city, how.
ever, has just entered into an
agreement with the six drug
stores whereby they will annu-
ally contribute $1,000 to the
public treasury for the privilege
OF having the marshal wink the
other eye while they dispense
the fluid that both eXhilerates
and intoXicates. Here is a diff.
ference without any special dis
tinction.-Palmyra Spectator.
Friend Sosey is off his trolly.
There is vast difference and it
is this. The way Paris has fix
ed things it gets the entire rake
off, whereas if they had saloon
in the first place miners would
be shut out and III the second
the county and state would
come in for their just dues.
The difference is as great as
that between midnight and
noon.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-04

Perry Klncaid and wife. of
near Stoutsyille, were the
guests of their daughter, Mrs.
V. G Spalding, Friday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-04

c, e, Wood, jolly hustling
Charlie, of Macomb, H., was a
business visitor in the city Fri.
day,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-04

II. B. Mudd made a business
trip to the Bluff City, Frid ay.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-02-08
An InnnYafInn.

The Louisville g. Nashville r. r., to-
gether with It's connecting lines, has
lnaugurated the Chicago & Florida
Limited. which is a daily. solid train.
wide vestibuled, steam heated, gas
lighted. with dining car service for all
| meals en- route from Chicago to Thomas
vile, Ca, Jacksonville and St. Angus
tine, Fla. This tram leaves Chicago
over the Chicago &c Eastern Illinois
tracks Mt 1l:0b a. M, running via Evans,
vile. Nashville, Birmingham aud
Montgomery, Plant System to Jackson
vile, and Florida East Coast TO St.
Augustine, arriving at the latter city
1880 the next evening, making the fast
est time ever made between these
points. This train has sleepers
leaving Cincinnati at ii SIS a. m. and ST..
Louis at 2:15 p. M, which also run
through. G. L. Stone, General Passen-
ger Agent, Louisville & Nashville r.
r., Louisville. will answer all inquiries
concerning this train and furnish
printed matter concerning 1t.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-02-08
When the Pan-American exposition

When the Pan-American exposition
opens its gates at Buffalo, May 1, 1901,
w,u n. cz... 25 years will have
elapsed since the
Ehp"s'''oh' Centennial at Phil
adelphia. During all this time there
has been nothing noteworthy of the
kind in the east, and the new century
may never see anything to rival or
surpass the Pan-American in magni-
tude, richness, beauty and universal
benefit, says the official bulletin. Its
location, too, is one 10 assure a rec
ord~-breaking attendance, for taking
It as a center and drawing a circle with
a radius Of 500 miles, over 40, 900 900
people-more than half the popula-
| ton OF the United States-would be
included in the. area thus circum-
| scribed, which would, moreover, in
clude at least rs per cent. Of the ma
TONS industrial and commercial
wealth. AS q center of railroads and
waterways Buffalo is also at the front
with the tonnage OF the great lakes
pouring into its harbor, and &c steel
highways reaching out in every direc-
ton. In 1876. the year Of the Gen.
tennial exposition, the entire popula-
ton of the United States scarcely
equaled that nov within the area in.
Dictated, and the same circle in diam.
eter, with Chicago as its center, would
not include over half that number. The
resultant advantages, both to the Pan.
American exposition and its exhibit
ors and patrons, are self-evident.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-02-08

One Of the clerks az q washington
hotel was married Instead Of taking a
vacation he went Immediately to work.
Incoming guests were greeted by a
huge pasteboard sign standing direct
ly in front of the desk. On the sign
were two hearts pierced with an ar
row and the inscription: This Is My
Wedding Day. 1 Am So Happy" OF
course every guest laughed, and the
clerk looked Is though he had been
guilty of sheep-stealing. He did not
know the sign was there, and thought
there was something in his appearance
that told everyone he had just been
married. Guests coming from all parts
of the United States looked at the sigl
and then congratulated him. 1t is said
at the hotel that a certain Missouri
representative is responsible for the
sign.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-02-08
Are Your Kidneys Sick
Here is an Easy Way to Find Out

r Be sure you need medicine before
you take it, but having once found out
that you need it-lose no time in get
ting the best. If it's for the Kidneys,
Liver, Bladder or Blood, Rheumatism,
Dyspepsia, Chronic Constipation, or the
elckness peculiar to woman, the best is
Or. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy,
end a very simple way to find out If
you need 1t, is to put some urine in a
glass tumbler and let it stand "a hours ;
II 1t then has a sediment or a milky,
cloudy appearance; if it is ropy or
stringy, pale or discoloreG you do not
need q physician to tell you that, you
should take Fayorite Remedy at once.
II speedily cures such dangerous symp-
toms as pain in the back, frequent de-
sire to urinate, especially at night, burn
Ing scalding pain in passing water, the
staining of linen by your urine and all
the unpleasant and dangerous effects
produced on the system by the use Of
whiskey and beer. All druggists sell DR..
David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy at
e1.0o n bottle, or G bottles for So. 90.
BY a special and particular arrange.
ment with the manufacturers, our read.
ers can try this grand medicine abso-
lutely free. By simply sending your full
pame and post Office address to the DR..
David Kennedy Corporation Rondout,
N. Y, mentioning this paper, when a
trial bottle of Favoritc Remedy, together
with q pamphlet of valuable medical
advice. nil be sent you ly mail postpaid.
The publishers of this paper guar.
sntec the gennineaess Of this offer.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-02-08

The claim OF other cough medicines
to he as gold as Chamberlnin's are ef-
%fectuslly SGT at rest in the following
testimonial OF Mr.. @. ID. Glass, nm EN-
ploye of Bartlett & Dennis Co., Gardi-
ner, Me. He says: II had kept adding
to "a cod and cough in The winter OF
1897. trying every cough medicine /
heard Of without permanent help, until
one d'y | was in the drug store OF Mr..
Houlanan aud he advised me TO try
Chamherlain's Cough Remedy and Of
ferrd tn pay back my money II | was
not cured. My lungs and bronchial
tubes were very sore Mt this time, but
| WAS completely cured by this remedy
and have since always turned to II
when ! got II cold, and 500 found relief
| always recommend 1t to my friends
and am glad to say it Is the best Of all
con h medicines" For sale by G. p.
Champney. Drugoiat.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-02-08
Very Low Hunters rates Via the
Glover Leaf route.

During the hunting season, fall and
winter of 1900-l, commencing oct. l,
the Toledo, st. Louis and Western Rail-
road company will sell hunters tickets
to points in Ark. l. T.. Lou, No, KY,
Tenn. Miss, Ala, Mich, and Wis, good
for returning 80 DAYS from date OF sale
at very low rate. For tickets and fur
ther information apply to the nearest
agent, Clover Leaf route.
G w Mordoff. Asst G P A.
G ID Whitney. q 4 M 2Stf
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-02-08

! A large steamship may not only be
driven 81 miles inland by.a storm, but
can be returned to the sea by means
si . channel constructed by dredging
machines. Thirty days work saved
the British steamship Taunton, which
was left by the Galveston tempest in
the center of a grazing country. An
American firm managed the job.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-02-08

Horses were the sole guests at a re.
cent dinner given by a company OF
English men and women who went
from London into the country for the
sole purpose Of entertaining their
four-footed dependents. The menu
ancluded chopped apples and carrots
and slices Of white brown bread, mixed
with a few handfuls of sugar.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-02-08

The Chinese are not so far behind
us in the practice of medicine as has
been supposed. While the yellow ply
sicians are deficient in their knowledge
of anatomy, and therefore amount to
nothing as surgeons, in their treat
ment of m ailments they are
In some cases practically abreast of the
most advanced practice in this coun'
try.
-------- :
The San Jose CCai.) Mercury ssys
that the last week in April is the very
prime of the rose eason there, and
sweet peas and carnations also then
bloom by the millions.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-02-08

When American armies were in Cuba
4he island was almost depleted of cat.
lie. q vast number of the animals hav.
ing been killed for food. Now the
ranchmen and farmers are busy stock.
ing up again and have made heavy
drafts on Florida, which, as u conse'
quence, has about been stripped of its
better grades Of cattle.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-02-08

1t is reorted from Paris that the
close of the exposition, throwing over
2Oo,O 900 men out Of employment, has
created a reign of crime in Paris, par
ticularly in the outlying quarters,
which are infested by bands of foot
pads. One of these bands call them
selves THE Apaches," borrowing the
name, evidently, from the Wild West
show, which vas much admired by the
Parisians.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-02-08
Special Low Rates
Vim Glover Leaf To Toledo,

Hereafter the Clover Leaf Route will
sell ten ride tickets between Maumee
and Toledo good for one person at the
very low a t OF S1.00. Such tickets
good for n year. Get full Information
from }. d. Jones, agent, Maumee, Ohio.
37tf
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-02-08

What would you do If taken with collie
ar cholera morbus when your physician
Is w ~ from home and the drug stores
are closrdp After one such emergency
you will always keep Chamberlain's
CuIc, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
IN your home; hut why wait until the
hors. is stolen before you lock the sta
hle? For sale by G. P. Champney,
Druggist.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-02-08
Low M Way Rates to the south
via the G.. ii. & ID. Ry.

One way settlers rates are in effect on
special days during January and Feb
rusry TO points IN Kentucky, Tennessee,
North and South Carolina. Georgia.
Florida and Alabama and Mississippi.
Apply to G. II. & d. agents for particu.
lars.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-02-08

According to the best authorities,
there are 1924 known languages and
leading dialects, while local dialects
not worthy to be classcd as languages
bring up the number To nearly 5000.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-02-08

Seventy-eight school children were
polled at the fat stock show in Chicago
recently. Only eight had se.p a COW
before, four had seen a hog, six had
seen q sheep.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-02-08

A German proverb tells us that every
great war leaves a country with three
nrmies-one of invalids, one of mourn
ers and one of idle persons ready to
commit crime.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-02-08

is destruction of lung by a
growing germ, precisely as
mouldy cheese is destruction
of cheese by a growing germ.
If you kill the germ, you
stop the consumption. You
can or can't, according to
when you begin.
f.. Take SCOTS Emulsion of
Cod Liver Oil: take a little
at first. a
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-02-08
at first.

.his pt'sta!e on it, err. Take more;
take no other.
not too much ; enough is as
much as you like and agrees
with you. Satisfy hunger
with usual food whatever
you like and agrees with you.
y When you are strong
again, have recovered your
strength---the germs are
dead ; you have killed them.
If you have not tried it, send
for free sample, its agreeable
taste will surprise you.
SCOTT & BOVINE,
Chemists,
400 Pearl ST., New York,
SOC. and $l.oo; all druggists.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-02-08
1T THE Capitol.
Latest Intelligence Concerning I'M
portant Measures Now Be-
fore Congress.
PRESENT ASPECT OF THE SHIPPING BILL.

There Is But Little Probability OF an
Extra Scssion-work on the More
Important Bills Well Advanced
Merits of the Ship Subsidy Meas
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-02-08
Low Round Trip Rates To Florida
and the south vin e.. II. 81 ID. Nsy.

Tickets now on sale. Good on all
dates. Inquire of e. II. s. d agents for
particulars. Feb 10
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-02-08

1t acts as a
food it is the
east e S t 70 0 d i.
Seems not to be
food ; makes you
hungry eating
is comfortable
You strong
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1901-09-14
A WHITE HOUSE INCIDENT.
Mrs Mckinley's Kindly Greeting to q
Little Chap.

A New York woman, who spent a
few weeks in Washington just before
the President started on the trip which
resulted So disastrOusly for his wife,
tells a little story which illustrates
Mrs. McKinley's sweet ways with chill
dren. One morning the New Yorker
vent out with a friend to look at the
White House, While they were there
they heard that Mrs. Mckinley was
soon II take her daily drive, and de-
cided to wait and see her. Quite a
crowd of people were there for the
same purpose, and among them was
a we'll dressed woman with child, a
manly little chap about years old,
with an attractive face framed in light
golden curls. Presently VI McKin-
ley came out. She bowed Wy gra-
ciously to the crowd several times and
then started for her carriage. Sud
denly she caught sight Of the little
boy and went back to where he stood.
She stopped, bent down, and began to
talk to him. The New York woman
was fortunate enough to hear part
of the conversation. q know who you
are" the little boy said, and, meeting
her smile, he went on, You're the
p Residents wife" And who are
your said Mrs. Mckinley. My
names Arthur" answered the boy. 81
want to be President, too, some day
That's right, Arthur" said Mrs. Nc
Kinley, "littler boys than you have
grown up 10 he presidents. Mr. Nc
Kinley was even hitler than you are
once" Then the first lady of the land
gave little Arthur warm kiss, bade
him good by. and went on to her car
riage.-New York Times
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1901-09-14
Crushed Beneath Shakesperean Ideal

What l feel is that the poetic drama
has for two centuries and more been
crushed beneath the weight of the
Shakespearean ideal, says Stephen
Phillips in the Critic. Poets have tried
to write like Shakespeare, and critics
have urged them on, not recognizing
that, though his matter was for all
time, his form, his technique was for his
own age, and no other. 1t needed
Shakespeare, and no lesser man, to in
fuse any permanent vitality into the
measureless complications of the
Shaekspearean drama. l often think
that the art of the Elizabethans was
typical of the Anglo-SaXon genius, as
described by Lord Rosebery-the ge-
MUS for "muddling through somehow"
Shakespeare breathed upon chaos, and
chaos quivered into immortal life. But
even his great contemporaries seldom
or never performed the same miracle;
and all subsequent attempts to initiate
it have ended in disaster Or am |
wrong? Can you name a play on the
Shakespearean model, written since
the restoration, that has any real life
in it?