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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-18
The Ohio Platform.

Boston Herald; There is
something very like childish
ness in the way the republicans
Of Ohio under the direction of
Mr.. Hanna dealt with the sub
ject of reciprocity in trade un-
der treaties with foreign gov ern-
ments at their recent state con-
vention. They are for reciproc
ity. they say, but it must be
consistent with the ''principles
of protection" In other words
there must be no reciprocity un-
less our nation can get the best
of the bargain under it, which
is really not reciprocity at all,
but a contradiction in terms.
Mr.. Hanna enforced his propo.
sition distinctly in his speech
that followed when lie said that
there must be no reciprocity
treaty that would enable any
foreign nation to make a profit
out of us. Ii this is not childish
we fail to appreciat: what
could be. Under it the United
States invoke reciprocity with
foreign nations that they may
make Il profit for themselves, but
whenever the other party makes
a profit also it must stop. 1t
seems appropriate to ask in this
connection If Mr.. Hanna, in
conducting his own business.
allows il profit to those he deals
with, This is the rule he pro.
poses TO apply to the govern.
ment in its business operations.
The fire department broke ali
previous records last week. The
first run toa fire was at John
Browns the Second to Ed Boul.
wares; the third and fourth to
E. w, Ragland's. They were
all small fires. The one at
Ragland's was supposed to be
spontaneous combustion in Il
closet. An hour later tire again
broke out in another closet
three feet from the first. Loss
about 5000 and covered by in
Su~duce,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-18
Fight for Water.

G. V. Hammer and Prof. John
Davis have had a hot battle.
Our informant says Mr.. Hammer
rented pasture from Mr.. Davis
and on account of the drouth,
stock water ran short. There
was Il spring in the pasture and
Prof. Davis fenced it so Mr..
Hammers cattle could not get
to it. Mr.. Hammer fixed it so
the stock in both fields could
have an equal chance and that
riled the Professor SO much
that he secured Il thribble tree,
rock and for a body guard took
his wife and sister in law with
him to the Hammer home,
where lie found the gentleman
and after a few words proce ed.
ed to do him up He with
the rock in his hand struck Mr..
Hammer over the head and
face repeatedly until lie fell
and al that stage Of the game
Mrs. Davis tainted AT the sight
of so much gore and that stop
ped the fight. Mrs. Davis was
taken into the Hammer home
and treated as kindly as lfthere
had been no trouble. Mr.. Ham
ner's head was cut badly by
the rock in several places.
After the fight Prof. Davis
claimed that Ne had reserved
the spring, but M: Hammer did
not understand that any res-r.
vations were in the agreement
when the pasture was rented.
Misses Anna Boulware and
Louise Lyon returned from
Tulsa, l. t., Monday afternoon,
they had Il long and delightful
visit with Mrs. G. II. William.
son, formerly Mollie Lyon, but
after all the you1g ladies seem
ed as glad to be at home once
again as they were in anticipa'
tion to leave it for the land of
sand, fleas and Indians.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-18
$500.

Severa | weeks since. Luther
Smith tapped the drawer in
Williamson & Bull safe for
sum of money. Monday even
ing he was caught at Came
ron Junction by Marshall j. w.
Stephens and returned to this
city where he was charged By
the above named parties with
stealing Sc. 90 from them. Hon
R. L. Woodson appeared for
the prosecution and Maj r. B.
Bristow for the defense. Luther
was given thirty days in the
county Jail and cost, which
will lengthen the days to alb
out tifty-tive. The punishment
meeted out TO Luther ought to
be a practical and sad lesson
TO boys who are fond of the
curb stone. tough stories.
cigaretts and craps.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-18
Church News.

Rev. FIR. J. Lyon and his
young friend IT. Alyard, have
been visiting in Quincy.
Rev. and Mrs. James E.
Hampton, of Lees Sumit. Mo. q,
arrived in the city Tuesday
afternoon. They will spend
some two weeks with his faith.
er, Samuel Hampton. who is in
i'll health and with their many
friends.
Rev. B. F. HiXson is spending
the week IN Hannibal with his
sons Beverly E. and RICHTER L q.
HiXSon.
Rev. A. F.. Piersou. formerly
Pastor ei the First Baptist
Church in this city has accept
ed the work Of District Mis-
sionary of North Liberty AS.
sociation.
w. l.. Bond. the contract tor,
has been TO Vandalia, inspect.
ing the work on the Baptist
Church he is building there. He
says it will be completed by
August l5th.
The Central College Quartet
rendered some eXquisit music
at the services in the park Sun
day evening.
Rev. J. A. Wales will con
duct services at the park at
7:30 pm. Sunday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-18
Kendrick. .


Jerome Kendrick born May 2,
1882, died July II, 1901. He
first saw the light of day in Sa~
line township, Rails County,
Mo-, seven miles southeast of
Monroe City. In his boyhood
he worked on his fathers farm
in the summer and attended the
district school in the winter un-
til grown, when he went to st.
Louis to attend school and then
taught school near his home un.
til 1860.
He was married TO Miss
Sarah Isabel Cough, of Shell
bina. TO this union eight chill.
dren were born. of which six
survive him. They are William.
John, ALBERT, Rev. FIR. Plus,
Charles and Henry. FIR. Plus is
located at st. Paul, Kan, and
Charles is at Pittsburg, Penn,
preparing for the Priesthood.
The other four boys are farmers
and reside in Rails and Shelby
counties.
Jerome Kendrick was con-
sistent member of the great Ro.
man Catholic Church and died
cherishing all the promises Civ
en- by the Mother Church.
He was amiable in disposition
honorable and upright in his
dealings with MS fellow men
and died as he had lived, with
perfect faith in a better world
beyond. His footsteps would
better most men who followed
in them.
Besides the fond broken
hearted wife and six children
he left two brothers, j j. and
Robert Kendrick and two sis
ters, Mesdames Eliza and Susan
Elliott and large number of
family connections and friends
to mourn their loss.
Of jerome Kendrick nit can
truly be said: The world is bet
ter by his having lived in it.
The funeral services were
conducted at 10 a. m. Sunday
by Rev. FIR. D. F. Sullivan and
Plus Kendrick at the Holy
Rosary Church and the remains
followed by host of friends,
were tenderly laid to rest
in the pretty consecrated
grounds of the church.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-18

Miss Tommie Ely, one of the
finest musicians In the country,
has returned home from the
New England Conservatory OF
Music where she has spent the
year. She has been at home,
but she slipped in so quietly
and stayed so close that here
friends thought her still in Bos,
ton.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-18
Dixon.

After Il long illness Mrs. John
Dixon, of, near Indian Greek,
died Monday AFTERNOON. she
was 80 years old. aud d devout
Catholic. FpneraI services
were conducted oy Rev. Fr.
John Lyon Ut ST. stephens
church at 400 .. m. Tuesday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-18

Saturday afternoon the G, r
| and p. passenger crashed in
To The X G. and Northern near
Weather,y. Mo, resulting in
tilr death ot ome man and seri-
ousIy inlurlng thirty people,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-18

During the shower of rain Sat
urday morning, lightning struck
and destroyed stack of hay
for Frank Proctor, two miles
north of the city,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-18
Lewis.

Lorin Lewis died al his home
south of the city at 4:D Il. m.
Saturday and the remains were
laid to rest in the De Moss
cemetery AT 800 pm. saturday
The obituary will appear next
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-18
Market Report.

Shipments for week ending
yesterday at noon, Barger and
McClinlic car OF sheep, > of
cattle and / of hogs; j. H. Nc
Clintic > cars of cattle; Thomas
Yates = cars OF cattle; d. 5.
Sharp Z cars of sheep aud | of
COWS; Sam Davis l car of sheep;
Jasper Henderson > cars OF poul
try; Balzer and Dirigo | car of
poultry and eggs; BouIware aud
Finks ) cars of ties. Cause of
the egg market being ratified iS
because 60 to 80 per cent of
them are added before they
reach the market and on that
account shippers cannot handle
them. Total 70 cars.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-18

The last issue of the Centra
Baptist was a picture gallery
and contained cuts of severa |
people we'll known in this city.
The first was Rev. and Mrs. M.
D. Eubank, of Huchan, China.
Mrs. Eubank was formerly
Miss MolIie Sharp, of Marion
County and at one time a
teacher in the high school. The
second was Rev and Mrs. j. II.
Procto, of Huchan, China, Rev.
Proctor was raised in Marion
County and is a son of D. M.
Proctor of this city and the
third was group cut of the
literary class of 1901 of Hardin
College of which Miss Mae
Proctor, of this city was at the
head as well as having been first
in her class.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-18
PRESBYTERIAN.

Commissioners. consisting of
Rev. T. Gallahe- chairman and
Rev. j. E. Travis, Rev. G. F.
Richmond and DR.. S. NJ Brown.
met in this city Monday after.
noon. After the Melrose church
was disorganized, they tran S.
fered the membership of thirty =
six to the Florida church.
Rev w. E. Anderson will con-
duct regular services in tn is
city Sunday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-18
FIRST BAPTIST.

There was good congrega
tion last Sunday morning, eX.
cellent music and a fine sermon.
Miss Lois Rogers of Cannon
City, Colo. rendered a solo
with a finely cultivated voice.
There was one addition at the
morning service. The even ing
service was held at the park.
The Womans Missionary
Society will meet at Mrs. J. NJ.
Proctors Friday afternoon ut
300 o'clock,
METHODIST.
Rev. j. A. Wales preached
last Sunday morning in shirt
waist.
The Pastor will conduct the
regular services Sunday morn.
ing and will have charge OF the
Union Services at the park IN
the evening.
GRACE BAPTIST.
The Pastor was too i'll to
conduct services last Sunday
evening.
Rev. J. H. Rife left Monday
for Cane Valley, KY, where he
is conducting series of meet.
ings with the Mt. Gillead
church.
ST JUDE.
There will be regular services
at the 81, Jude church Sunday.
Rev. DR.. w. A. Hatch deliv
cred sermon at the park Sun
day evening from, He came
that you might have life aud
have it more abundantly," 1t
was highly complimented by
non members of his flock.
Prayer services for rain tour
times daily were began Mon
a =. -. -. 49, .N :. s.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-10
What beeomQs Of Old Hats
sSSassSSooe99-

do business he takes the hats over to =
shop on the East Side. There they are taken
to pieces-that is, the silk ribbon and the silk
bands are taken Off and the swaziland is re-
moved. New material is put on the hat ID
thoroughly cleaned, and II you can tell 1t
from new you are wonder.
The leather for the swaziland and the
very small quantity Of silk for the band and
the rim edges cost only a few cents When
the hat Is placed in the store windows It will
sell for 81 Many of these refurbished hats
are sent South and sold to the hands on the
plantations
In addition to this industry, the old clo'
man has field Of his own. He will stop
you on the street and offer to buy all your
old cast-off suits. He pays you ridiculously
small price, and you take it, for you would
throw the stun away did he not buy 1t.
trousers and coats and other articles re-
celYe treatment like the hats, and when
they arrive In the South they make very
good showing and command prices which
leave the men engaged In the business a
handsome profit.
Many rich merchant OF today has made
his start through 'bushelllng.'
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-10

down. and began the work. In the middle
of II she came to him with troubled face.
81 ought not to do this" she said
"Please finish it," begged the tempter.
.s1t won't take you five minutes, and III
give you four times the price"
81 don't care for the pennies" she said
hauehtily. and went and finished the work.
Her face was scarlet and her eyes glistening
when the author took up his page and put
down his silver beside her machine.
..please never bring me any more work, E"
sbo said firmly. 81 ought not to have done
fbis Tor Won. I only did 1t because you
Looked so tired. MOI oh. don't leave that
money. l shall make up the time to the
town after hours today"
she turned resolutetly to her machine
again. and as the Westener, leaving the
untouched silver, carried Off his hard-won
PAGE of copy, the keys seemed to click after
him "she ought! She ought not! She
ought! She ought notl'
He felt, as he went back to his easy,
unswept hearth" as if "elbowed out by
alien friends" and he "camped at suffer
anee on the stoop" and pondered-only there
are no stoops in old New England.
At sunset he remarked: "Confound nice
girlsr' and went in to his dinner.
There was no dinneri There never is in
the suburbs Of Boston on Saturday night.
There was absolutely nothing but baked
tJeans and brown bread-and plenty Of ice
water.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-10

"Shall l send the old hat home, sirT'
asked the clerk in the big furnishing store
The customer, who had just bought hand
some derby and slipped it on his head,
looked at the discarded article.
NO" he said, careessly, II guess not.
It's all shiny around the edges. Needn't
send it. It would just stay in the box and
take up room in my closet, for I'd never
wear it again
Cigar money" softly said the clerk to
friend. as the customer hurried away.
what becomes of the hat now?" asked
the friend.
ut buys me CIGARS said the clerk, com
placently. 'In some stores it wouldn't do
me any good. 1t and all other hats not taken
away by customers would be given to the
drivers of the delivery wagons. But here
the house lets its clerks make little extra
money.
"Once a week a busheman will come
around to this store, looking for old hats.
I'll give him all l have collected, and he'll
give me on an average Is cents apiece for
them. get dozen or more hats in the
course of the week. and, you see, this keeps
me in smoking material.
"When the bushelman has made the
rounds Of all the stores where they let him
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-10
DESCRIPTION OF DRESSES

.-,,,,
On this page Is representa- very si!i'S"
dress for a dinner or for the theater The
corsace is made Of black chantlIly lace over
,,...,,.. "a t,,,,,,s.,d ,,,itt
gtouhu o. Wi'ic ,hteb ia ~
ectue gulpure' lnc ""is'Vo"' i''e'
frilled mousselne de sole, Is striped WIN
hands Of black velvet. The center Of the
, MI, ,o,ro on ubich are in.
DICK Is Oh p'"eN p'"'i' y" 49,
crusted designs OF ectue ENipuIe, me H"'SF
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-10
How Flowers
Attract Insects.
800 ~O

Much interesting Information in regard
to the attraction which flowers possess for
insects is contained in paper by Prof F.
Plateau, of Client which is published by
the chronological Society Of Belgium.
He arrived some time ago at the conclu-
sion that insects are but little attracted by
bright colors, and he is now confirmed in this
opinion by experiments, which show that
brightly colored stuns and scintillating
metallic objects placed among the leaves Of
flowers have only slight attractiveness for
insects. In regard to the constancy Of in
sects in visiting invariably the same species
Of flowers on the same fight, he says that
certain species Of Bombus are very incon-
slant; that the megschile and coelioxys are
less so, and that the honey bee and anthrium
manicatum are remarkably constant.
The habit Of constancy he attributes to the
Insects desire to save labor. The syrphidae
(hover flies, he points out show a cOnsid-
cradle tendency to be attracted by bright
colors. whether Of flowers or Of inanimate
objects. and to this quality, and not to any
esthetic sense. is to be attributed their
habit Of lowering over flowers.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-10
A CURIOUS CONTEST.

In Rhenish Westphalla a singular custom
prevails AT stated intervals the veteran
smokers in each district assemble In large
public hall and compete for prizes, which
are awarded to those among them who can
smoke the longest.
Each competitor is provided with a long
pipe which has colossal bowl. Exactly
the same quantity Of tobacco is put into
each bowl, and, after this operation is per-
formed, matches are lit and at given signal
the contest begins Each competitor Is al
lowed as much tobacco as he can consume,
and the prize Is awarded to the one who con-
tinues smoking after all the others have
stopped.
In order to guard against suffocation all
the windows in the hall are opened; yet
even then the smoke is generally so dense
that persons who are not used to tobacco
are unable to endure IT, Indeed, at recent
contest the smoke issued from the open
windows in such volume that the local fire
brigade thought the building was ON IRE and
promptly deluged It and the unsuspecting
smokers with water
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-10

She pushed away her book, her flush deep
ening, and answered:
Il cannot help that. could not think OF
doing your work. / ought not to do 1t. l
am in Mr.. Soandsos employ, and 1 should
not feel justified"
The tempter turned and went sadly down
into the hot square, where he stood and
famed himself with his straw hat and wait
ed for an electric car bound for Boston.
Justification and redemption seemed to him
too large topics.
Across the square stood the Town Hall.
old. cool of stone, with pillared porch. He
crossed and entered. Two very pretty girls
were at work at their typewriters behind
railing in the central office. He DOTTED his
hat to the prettiest. Could she, would she,
copy one page Of manuscript for him? It
was a very warm day. He needed it very
much. He would pay her double price. She
nodded, quietly asked him to go and sit
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-10

ency of fashion is in the direction of slim
ness ana a supple figure. On the other hand,
with the winter season women are relaxing
their views in this respect. While DESTROYS
of preserving their graceful lines, they want
to be protected from the cold. Moreover,
these new stufrs are so pleasant to wear, so
light. SO warm and so durable, that there is
compensation about them. Very pretty,
also, is black panne marbled so as to form
close imitation of broadtail; it makes
charming dresses.
Many of the winter jackets are coats with
long tails, affecting the form of male attire
These forms are very plain and quietly
trimmed, edged with velvet on the cross or
mohair braid, for instance.
Collars and ornaments are often edged
with pompadour collars or with gold thread.
With this style of dress skirts are long.
A very stylish dress at Longchamp was
of sealskin fur. The boero ended in
small rounded point behind, after passing
beneath wide waistband of black satin.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-10

middle-aged woman engaged in reading
volume on the ethics Of Nursing" He
asked her if she would kindly copy his manu-
script page and let him pay her double
price. She put down the book into which
she was dipping with possible eye to
change of profession, and her face flushed
She replied that she never did any outside
copying as she was regularly employed by
Mr.. Soandso
The Westerner urged that she did not
seem very busy; that it was hot; that he
did not wish to go all the way into Boston
for one page of copy.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-10
TbQ Bosto7 "0uQbt'

lingering near Boston until his book proofs
did appear from a leisurely publishing
house, wanted to get one page of typewrit-
ing done. He was seven miles from the
Gilded Dome of the State House, in whose
beaconing shadow was the office Of his usual
copyist. So, as it was hot day and he was
lazy, he went into a drug store in the suburb
where he was lingering and asked if any
body about the square had a typewriter.
Yes, there was machine in Mr.. Soandso's
real estate office. He mounted the stairs TO
the Office and found an earnest-looking,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-10

1T was wonderful how BilPs demise
cleared the social atmosphere, and the vel
low pebbles gilded the family status. In
due time Harris son married Bill's daughter
AS worthy woman as I've ever known.
As for ,Blll's two sons, they cleared money
hand over fist. With the growth Of impor-
.tance and intelligence they saw fit to trans.
pose the Celtic Murtagh into the Angliclsed
Mortmer-lts supposed equiyalent-and as
the Hon Mortimers you may behold them
today
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-10

the gold he set to drink himself to death.
1.-THE coroner's jury in the camp could not,
however, bring themselves to believe that
drink alone was sufficient cause for death,
and the verdict returned was that he died
from the unwonted strain on his constitution
caused by nearly a month of hard labor
"But for all that, Bill the worthless proved
the foundation not only for the fortune Of
his own family, but that Of Hart. His heirs
laid claim to the find, and Hart was called
in to help work it.
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Paris. Saturday.

Paris, saturday.
The great sporting event in Paris, the
Prix du Conseil Municipal, was complete
hasco as far as fashion was concerned. The
weather, the controller of the feminine
world, as far as the exhibition Of toilettes is
concerned, was adverse, to the great dis
appointment of those who went to admire
or be admired.
The few dresses visible between the down
pours warrant me in asserting the su-
premacy of velvet and panne and of ma
terials of somber but new tints, so soft that
they made a delightful setting for the fea-
lures and blended well with the autumn
tints that prevailed.
: Again, nearly all the new dresses that
were not of velvet were of plushy materials.
homespuns and sable cloths. one of which
goes by the name of ''peau d'ourson."
Manifestly' some of these materials are
pleasing, but they have the serious incon-
venience of making the figure look clumsy,
especially at a time when the entire tend
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-10
PHYSICIANS LAMENT.

Our impatient patients
Put questions not few,
And ply US with queries
As though we knew.
They ask what's the matter
when diagnosis is through,
And expect an answer
As though we knew.
They ask effect Of pills,
whether pink, white or blue,
Long before we find out
As though we knew.
They ask why We change drugs
And try something that's new,
Ask il old was not right
As though we knew.
Now it's really absurd,
And yet it's too true,
That people ask questions
As though we knew.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-10
Mi3i39 luck s love Guek.
A STORY FROM REAL LIFE.

feet Of the claim worked with so much indus
try and such poor results by the steady,
painstaking and indefatigabe Hart.
But Murtagh did not long enjoy the re-
suits Of his golden opportunity That one
squirt of unprecedented energy proved his
swan song.
with celebrity equal to the picking of
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-10

Ought is a favorite word in Boston and
her wonderful tributary suburbs. that lie
like ieweled spokes about the Hub. People
say ought when they mean ought, and also
when they should say should-to use their
own form of correcting themselves.
Puritan habits of speech and thought do
not overprevail among the fashionable golf
ing hunting, yachting, riding, country
clubbing hundreds, but they are inerad'
ieable among the goodly surrounding thou
sands
one Saturday a Western author, VINO was
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-10
Fasbio3s at tbe Races.

A COMPLETE