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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-05-02

| SS SeAH 10 SSSh' vi SlCdluClS SO-
ing against the current, of RATS
OF logs borne along by the cur
rent and of the worse than
worthless driftwood, and show
ed how each represented people
in every community. The essay
was we'll written and the de
livery good.
After violin solo we'll rem.
Gered by Miss Ruth Brown,
Claude W. Nichols followed
with a fine defamation Lee at
AppomattoX," and then Miss
Laura Bell gave q very pleas.
ing instrume tai solo.
The Glass Valedictorian, Miss
GA V. Scott next gave her es.
say, "A Summer the Mikado's
Empire" AS she had herself
spent over four years in Japan,
she could speak from personal
experience, and her picture of
Japanese scenery and her Ie.
lineation of japanese customs
and characters were peculiarly
interesting, made more so by
her easy manner and fine de.
livery We regret that this es-
say, as well as that OF the Sal
utatorians, for lack of space
cannot be printed in full. At
the close of the essay she deliv.
cred as follows:
THE vALEDICTORY.
Dear friends, tonight we are
passing one of the golden mile
stones along life's Journey.
Glass after class has striven to
attain it, has passed it and gone.
Tonight we of 1901 have reach.
ed it and tomorrow we enter
upon life with new and different
responsibilities resting upon us.
Perhaps in the future we will
realize more than now that our
school days are the foundation
for our after life.
We feel confident that you as
members of the Board of Euuca.
tion, have exercised your best
judgment for us and have en-
deavored to plan wisely the
laying of the foundation upon
which we are to build. We are
deeply indebted to you for your
favors toward us, the studies
you have selected for us, and
the instructors you have placed
over us.
You, Prof Nichols, Miss
Nichols and Miss Weaver. dear
teachers, have been our master
builders. May you never have
cause to regret your labor for
us. Though our relation as
teachers and pupils now ceases,
we will ever cherish your kind
ness and faithfulness. /
We welcome you, Juniors, to
the position that makes YOU
Seniors, which brings you in
sight of that golden milestone !
which we are passing tonight.
May you finish your course with
unparalleled success. We shall |
not forget these floral tokens of |
your labors and wishes for us.
Their fragrance and beauty re.
mind us that this is the last
glad action of Juniors for Sc
niOrS.
Dear Classmates, | feel as.
sured that we will all look back !
upon these days of our school |
life as very bright and happy
ones We have struggled hard |
and earnestly to gain the 1nowl.
edge that will fit us for future
usefulness, and 1t is now with |
much regret that we say fare.
well to one another. Let us
enter into active life determined
to make our ia alents a b enefit to
others.
These fond days of school are over,
And with feelings of regret
We now claim in accents sober,
They were days Well ne'er forget.
Days of sorrow, days OF gladness,
Those of hopes and those of fears,
All our laurels and our losses,
Blended are throughout the years.
Here we meet no more as scho lars.
Lies stern duties we must meet.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-05-02

AL Kelley, came up from Pal
myra Saturday afternoon to
spend Sunday with his family.
He is getting along very nicely
with the contract of clustering
the new court house.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-05-02

Harry A, Norman, one "r tn,
genial editors of the LrGr.hg,
Indicator. spent a portion .
Monday afternoon in the DEMO
Graf office, where he alwayt
receives a welcome.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-05-02

Monroe City will have il,
Second Series OF Stock Sale.
at the first Saturday in June.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-05-02
THE BEAUTY CONTEST
Grows in Interest and Thous>
ands Of Ballots are Cast,

Voting was spirited this
week, but changes slighter than
last week. Misses Rogers.
Scott, Landers, McClintic. aud
jackson moved up one or more
numbers. Keep your lists for
comparisons. The ballots will
appear in the May 2nd and 9th.
issues. So look out for your
tavorites. Ballots in this issue
will be dated May = and reed
after L. m. of that date.
Who is the most beautiful
woman in Missouri? is the oues.
ton asked by the Globe Demo.
crat. and to that end has asked
the assistance of one paper in
each town to help it find her
TO that end the Monroe CITY
DEMOCRAT will open a beauty
contest and print ballots each
week for six consecutive weeks.
The object of the CD is to let
the citizens of each town in the
state vote and when the polls
are closed the photo of the ladv
having the greatest number of
votes will be sent to the G. D
and then Il committee chosen
by that paper will decide who
IS the most beautiful woman in
the State and in each State
and Territory in the Louisiana
Purchase. And when all are
grouped together to select the
st. Louis Worlds Fair Beauty.
The daughters of the Queen
or the Prairies are as fair as
any on earth and have as good
or better chance than any 9TH
ers to win out. In conducting
this contest the DEMOCRAT will
furnish ballots.
The following is the list of
candidates and their standing
as per vote cast.
MISS BERTHA JAEGER.
Carolyn Rogers,
- Mildred Scott,
Lou Jordon,
Mary Landers,
- Fannie Finks,
g Josie McClintic,
Carolyn McClintic,
Davie Ebey,
Mary Fuqua,
= Mamie Losson,
Anna Boulware,
" Adelaid Lear.
- Bennie Stevens
" Emma jackson.
. Tudie Swinkey.
- Mollie Goetze,
Mrs. William Westhof,
Miss Ellen Walker.
" Bessie Asbury.
" Bertha Nichols.
" Jennie Johnson.
Lena Wunch,
:" Maude Evans,
Claudell Settle.
" Lenuie Evans,
" Susie Bohrer.
=" Jessie Welch,
Ella hawkins,
Pansy Hayden.
Grace Turner,
Mae Ely,
Gaynell Settle,
Eva Powell,
Lizzie Ragland.
First. The ballot will be in
every paper for the benefit of
subscribers.
Second. On the basis of |
ballot for cent each new sub.
'crlber will be entitled to 100
ballots.
Third. Each subscriber who
Days up and one year in I'D
,ance will be entitled To 100
pallOtS
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-05-02

Mrs. Kate H. Bristow, who
has been visiting for for some
time in the city, left last night
for Monroe City to visit hel
uncle, Col. Bristow. She ex
poets to go from there to e.
home in Dayton, Onio.-Mober
ly Democrat
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-05-02

Mrs. Arthur Nichols, of St.
Louis, Mrs. Dr.. Nichols, OF
Ashley, Mo-, and Miss Margaret
Knight, Of Louisiana Mo, at.
tended the Commencement eX
ercises and were entertained by
Prof. and Mrs. r. S Nichols.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-05-02

Monroe City is the place to
sell your wool. Our wool buy
ers always pay top prices.
Then, if you wart to buy any
kind of merchandise, Monroe
City is the place at which to
buy, because our merchants
carry large well selected stocks
and sell at prices that should
draw much trade.
Evening journal., 1901-09-11
HOW AUTUMN FOLIAGE RECEIVES
ITS GORGEOUS OLORING

this tinting is due to the fact that only
its red pigment is left. If it is yellow
all of the other coloring has been de-
stroyed, except the minute yellow
grains. If the leaf turns brown it can
be safely diagnosed as dead. All nv-
ing tints have disappeared, leaving
only the brown walls of the cells. The
brown leaf is dingy ruin. within
which every spark of life has been ex-
tingushed
There has long been a controversy
as to the cause OF the autumn leafs
lcolcraticn." said Mr.. Woods. Some
botanists have attributed it TO
frosts We are finding that light
frcsts. not sufficient to kill leaves.
greatly facilitate their coloration bv
causing an increase within them OF a
normal chemical. ferment. which at
tacks the color compounds or color
generators in the cells. We are find
ing that the oxidation of these color
compounds by this ferment
causes the various shades of color. es-
pecially the puppies. oranges, &C. The
yellows are normally present in the
,eaf.
! Autumn leaves containing sugar.
such as the naples, sumacs, gums, &c.
easily oxidize. and thus form the rich
reds. purple and violets so beautiful to
the eye. That is why these, especially
the hard naples give the most beauti-
/ full autumn leaves. Autumnal oak
leaves do not attract admiration be-
cause they contain much tannin. The
oxidation color of tannic acid is dirty
] brown. Leaves which die quickly
never give autumnal colors."
The most gorgeous autumn leaves.
according to Mr. Woods, are produced
by a long-drawn-out fall, whose days
gradually cool from summer heat to
lwinter. snow. But if the frost should
come early and the weather should be
uneven this fa.l we need not expect
the true autumnal splendors. A heavy,
sudden and early frost would kill all
leaves alike and turn them to a mo-
notonous brown.
Crimson and scarlet autumn leaves,
the most beautiful of al. are mo. e
abundant in the cooler parts Of this
country than elsewhere in the world.
European landscape gardeners are
lcoveting the luXuriance of our au-
tumnal foliage and are endeavoring to
transplant cuttings OF our most vari-
colored trees in their own soil. But
thus far those trees which produce the
rich puppies. crimsons and sear.eta
have firmly maintained a patriotic del
termination to beautify only the landl
Escape of their native cline.
The East is much more productive
of beautiful autumn tints than is thd
West. according to botanists. TheiI
explanation for this is that the mori
humid soil of the East has its beneI
fetal effects.
Evening journal., 1901-09-11
THE EVENING JOURNAL WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER II, 1901

,censure Is due, nor refuse commenda-
tion where that Is merited.
ut will not seek to make partisan
lcapital out Of the Investigation.
1T will refer intricate legal points to
the courts. and will not make laws to
suit its own whim.
1T will not encourage idle blather-
ings on the part Of those whose
weapons are the tongue and the axe"
I'm other words. the Committee OF
Fifty is expected to take hold of the
subject in a deliberate and business
like way II is not expected to fly off
at a tangent and make a general cru
sade Of abuse and meaningless charges.
II will, in the event of discovering
any facts Of vital interest, and In the
event that a consideration OF facts al
ready known warrants their reference
ITO the Ationey-General with re-
quest to act. do that very thing. We
do not know who are to compose that
committee, but it is to be taken that
II will proceed i'm a serious and i'm an
orderly way. The committee can
neither put laws into force and effect
nor proceed of itself under the laws
that now exist. II can merely take
|cognzance of the information already
in hand, or to be produced later on,
and then present its material to the
States prosecuting officer with a re-
quest that the proper proceedings shall
follow. But it may be able 10 do even
more. Such work grows as it proceeds
and way is generally found.
Evening journal., 1901-09-11
COMMITTEE OLE EIFrY

Quoting our editorial of yesterday
the Morning News adds some interest
ing comment. Below is the article in
full:
The Evening Journal enumerates
five things which it believes the Citi-
zens Committee will not do, and one
thing it believes that the committee
will do On its face this prediction is
OF rather negative character. What
the committee viii do is of more i'm.
portance in its genera, results thar
what it will not do. At the same tim,
the things which the committee is no
expected 10 do are in effect indicativ,
of acting wisely. We here give thu
Journals declaration respecting tn,
work Of the committee:
IT will not hold a man is necessar
. ily criminal Deoause he holds Office.
1T will not judge him without
hearing. and will not convict withou
competent evidence.
1T VIII not withhold censme wher,
Evening journal., 1901-09-11

or architecture and every phase of life.
not neglecting the Midway at the Pan
American. These are engraved and
printed in a style never surpassed even
in the COsmOpOlitan's high standard of
art. At Chicago thousands of copies
of the Worlds Fair number were sold
at one dollar copy after the edition
the plates having been worn Out-be-
gan to be exhausted, and a few copies
at the price of five something
that has never happened in the history
OF any other periodical since printing
was invented. The CosmopOlitan's
Pan American souvenir will be an even
finer number than that of the Chicago
Fair. To those who have visited the
Exposition it will recall Vividly in days
to come every feature they have seen
and those who are unable to go there
will secure such a comprehensive view
1 of its main attractions as will be well
iWOrthy of preservation. 1t is doubtful
If any book. selling at forty times the
price of the magazine, will give any
description of the Fair which will ap.
proach in interest and artistic value
+, the September Cosmopolitan. The Cos.
mopOlitan already has the largest
! clientele of intelligent, thoughtful
readers reached by any periodical
daily. weekly or monthly. in the world
and it aims to enter a quarter of {
million new homes this year. The edi
ton of the Pan-American Exposition
number is absolutely limited to 5OO,O0I
] copies.
Evening journal., 1901-09-11

The Governments new Bureau of
Plant Industry is taking up the prob
lem of how our gorgeous autumnal TO
liage receives its variegated coloring.
That is one object of the Investigations
which are now being made by Albert
f. Woods, lately appointed pathologist
and Psychologist of the bureau.
To preserve autumn leaves Mr..
Woods says the gatherer should imme-
diately lay them fiat between two
sheets of new blotting paper spread
upon a table top and COW
cred by a stack of heavy
books. 1t is essential that an mois-
tuIe should be pressed out of them. BY
this simple process they should be dry
within three or four hours. SO treated
they will retain their beautiful color
for years provided they are not expos
ed to the direct light of the sun. Ii
not thoroughly deprived of their nor
mally large percentage of water they
will soon assume a dirty brown tint
The color of a leaf, said Mr.. Woods,
in explaining his investigations, is fur
nished by minute grains Of pigment
within its cells. What we see in the
fresh leaf is not simple green. but a
combination of many pigments, which
when mixed appear as solid green.
Red is One of the color elements OF
fresh leaves. Reddish coloring matter
/ is usually in liquid form, within the
sap contained by the leaf cells Vel
! low. another normal color element
when combined with green is the nat
ural shade of the grains of pigment
within each cell. Brown is the norma
color Of the walls of the cell
To explain the leaf cell Mr.. Wood.
i says that he would exhibit a very thir
rubber ball filed with the white of ar
egg mixed with water He would ado
to this liquid sufficient red dye to dis
lsOlve and cO,or the entire solution. H,
would add also paris green. Whose
minute grains will not dissolve. Vel
low grains of some powdered sub
stance. likewise insoluble, he woulC
mingle with the green. The rubbe
bail itself would be brown, correspond
ing to the normal color of the .ea
cells walls. Holding the ball up t,
the light, the combination of the color
in its texture and interior substanc,
would be the green tint of plant life
! TO demonstrate the autumna
changes in leaf tints he would sprea,
upon a table hundreds of green beads
linterspersed with others of brown. vel
/ low and red. Then he would take on
,all of one color. then all Of another an,
so on. the genera! shade or tint of tn,
entire mass undergoing a change al
the while Just so in the autumn lea
when any of its elementary col
ors disappear the general effect of thos
remaining clustered in any particula
area is altered.
If an autumn leaf turns entirely re,
Evening journal., 1901-09-11
MANY WERE EXAMINED
This Promises co he Most Successfu
Year OF Delaware College
Special to the Evening Journal.


Newark, Sept. 11.-There was a gel
eral air Of excitement and hustle abOl
Delaware College yesterday. 1t W;
the first day of fall examinations Il
admission. and a great number
young men presented themse,ve
From present indications the fl, s.
man class will be the largest in Il
history of the institution. and t
president and faculty feel high
pleased over the prospect. The on
drawback is the unfinished conditiS
Of the college dormitories. and in co
sequence there was some trouble e
perienced in locating the new studen
in private families about the tow
This trouble was overcome by t
president and faculty, and the bo
were finally comfortably located.
Yesterday afternoon the foOtb;
candidates were out for prelimina|
work. and Captain Huxley is enth
siastic over the prospect of developi|
first-class team. A number of d
old players are back, and there 4
several prospective candidates to
had from the sophomore and fred
man classes. Manager Sawin is hoi
full that the old gold and blue will
victorious in many a we.l-fought Cd
, test.
Evening journal., 1901-09-11

II the remarks attributed to Senator
Wellington upon learning of the at
tempt 10 assassinate the President are
true. he has fully demonstrated his un-
fitness for any public trust lie took
occasion TO put himself outside the
pale Of the Republican party, and this
last utterance debars him from active
interest in any other organization. A
mind so envenomed that It is indiner-
ent whsp a President is murdered is
not the kind needed in the Senate, OF
anywhere else. Mr. Mckinley is the
President Of the whole people, and not
simply Of a party.
Evening journal., 1901-09-11

mony OF the engineer, and members of
the crew is TO be relied upon. there Is
no reasonable solution. IL does not
look like negligence on the part of the
servants Of the company according to
the statements Of the witnesses. There
was ample water in the boilers, and
the steam was not dangerously high.
Everyone would like to know the real
cause, but no one would wish to see
an injustice done by placing the blame
on innocent shoulders.
Evening journal., 1901-09-11
UPHOLD TRE Law

The President. when told that his
assailant is an anarchist, exclaimed:
"Too badl Too bad I hope he will be
treated with all fairness" It has re-
mained for the President. stricken
nearly to death. to take the right view
the view which the retrospect OF
years shall justify.
The provocation has been great. and
many newspapers have been strangely
Incorporate No real good is ever &C.
complished unless passion is CONTROL.
ed, and the great Republic cannot az
ford TO act the part Of seeking re-
venge. The law must take its course
and if punishment for the crime il
not sufficiently drastic, that is due {,
an oversight on the part of cur Law
makers.
The United States must keep IL
equipoise under great provocation. NJ
people can feel the wrong more pro
foundly, but let us hope also that II
people can be so profoundly just
We cannot wrong the would-be a.
sassin; no fate is too severe for hin
but we can wrong ourselves. IN
stricken, outraged hero in the Milbur
home. in.the hour Of his great tri
has spoken the right word. Let
heed him; enforce the law exactly
It is. and then calmly and adequate
prepare for future contingencies.
Evening journal., 1901-09-11
ONT or DANGER

The President is out Of danger. So
say the physicians, and the response
from every true heart is. Amenl The
news is unexpected. since the disasters
which followed President Garheld's
wound have impressed everyone. The
battle which Mr. Mckinley declared he
was ready to fight has been practically
won; the chance ina thousand, which
he determined was his. was not taken
in vain. A man with less will might
have died: one with years Of dissipa-
ton and indulgence behind him would
not have had that one chance. His
whole life has been a preparation for
that supreme struggle. and he has wont
When the President shall have re-
covered, it is TO be hoped that the
American people viii have learned the
matter Of his proper treatment. That
the press Of the opposition will under
stand the difference between Legitimate
criticism and personal abuse. and that
The Office and its occupant viii be re-
earded in a higher light
There are grave questions that musi
be decided. Shall the President Of a
free people spend his life in seclusion
living In momentary dread OF an as
sassin? Or. is it possible for us TO purge
ourselves of this danger, so that an
other similar attack shall be remotel
Il is comparatively easy to guard
against the insane, and IT may be pcs
sible to effectually deal with anarchy
But for the present, let us rejoice; tho
President is convalescing.
Evening journal., 1901-09-11
INDUSTRIOUS LYING

For two days the columns OF a small
morning sheet called the sun, have
contained editorial utterances which
directly and implicitly charge the at
tempted murder of the beloved Presi-
dent TO the reformers in various states.
Yesterday it declared that Wana-
makerism in Pennsylvania. by which
ii meant the reform movement. is part
ly responsible for the awful deed. To-
day IL goes step further. and in dis
cussing the reform movement here,
says:
The typical independent ia
politics is the assassin who, ig-
nOring and denying the au-
thOriiy Of government. and of
parties. attempts 90 revolution =
ize, That is 10 reform. govern =
mentS by killing the eNecu-
lives.
No paper published in Delaware ever
uttered so monstrous an untruth be-
fore. 1t was conceived by malice as
black as perdiiion. The thousands OF
respectable. God-fearing citizens who
without personal consideration. arc
looking to a betterment of present con
ditions are to be classed with the as
sassins Of the President! It is mon.
strons almost beyond belief. In Tn,
past, when that sheet has made wild
statements, people have said. There
isn't any use Of spending time in an.
swering it," But the time has come
to speak.
We viii not remain silent when ali
good people are branded as assassins
Is the Committee OF Nine composed OF
assassins? In few days we shall hav,
a Committee Of Fifty; win its member,
be of the type of men who kin ex-
ecutives?
We do not wish to dwell upon this
theme. 1t is the tongue of a reptile
which Kisses at all that is decent and
honorable, and We wonder how much
our people can stand
Let us net forget another thing
that this is practically the utterance O
John Edward Addicks, He OWNS an,
controls the paper In which the anti
cles occur He contributes hi
money for just that sor
OF editorial work 1t has now reached
a point in Pennsylvania and Delawar,
that when a man in Office steals. tC
protest is to threaten the Government
If a corrupt machine gets control, any
dissatisfaction is construed into
anarchy. with an intent to murderl
We want to be calm, and we wanr
to be just. but we do declare that wher
any public journal classes the men in
terested in reform in this city as as
sassins who kill executives, they coulC
not be condemned for arising in theil
wrath and tearing it out
Evening journal., 1901-09-11
The Hour Of Grief

INC iiVui VI oiltl
Once more thy head is bowed in dread
full shame,
o Liberty! Thy cheeks are wet with
tearsl
Once more the far off skeptc speaks
thy name
And on his fellows faces notes IN
sneers
Out from the darkness Of the drear
dead years
The foul old crimson claw again is
thrust,
Once more the voice of Doubt assails
our ears,
Once more we press our faces in the
dust,
But in our hearts, thank God, there
still is trust.
o Freedom, though they strike thee
down, thy head
Shall still be raised. and still THIS
voice shall guidel
And thou shalt even grasp and crush
the red,
Smeared hand whose ugly stain Is
ON thy sidei
Though sobs are heard where yes
terday the pride
OF honor and OF strength had ample
tongue.
Though doubters may be eager to de-
ride,
Still hope. thank God. is ours-thanI
God. the young
Brave heart beats on that is so sadly
wrung.
Chicago Times-Herald
Evening journal., 1901-09-11
swallowed Omen saf,lr PIn

Harrington, Sept. 1.-THE 10y
old daughter of Enoch Poor may di
the result of swallowing an {
safety pin. The girl was dressing,
had placed the pin in her lips W
she caught up her dress.
She started 10 speak suddenly. "
the pin slipped down her throat.
Beniah L. Lewis. the attending ph
clan, is of the opinion that the
has not yet permanently lodged in
muscles of the throat, although the
suffers the most violent pains.