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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-05-09
Atchison Globe Philosophy.
j. II. PROCTOR

The average man does not
want you to give him advice;
he wants to give you advice.
After great sorrow over
takes a man when he is past so,
he soon begins to carry a cane.
When a boy plays a wheel Tor
cigars, his mother stops long
enough in her contest at cards
to scream.
A man usually ans wers tele,
phone call as if he thought
there was a book agent at the
other end.
The history of almost any
family may be told from the
clothes that hang on the line
every wash day.
We have noticed, in telling a
trouble to a friend. that he
shows a terrible longing to ring
off before we are through.
We face Il great many of our
troubles bravely. because the
real fact is that we are SO
situated that we can't run
away.
A child's reward for taking
care of its clothes is that it is
compelled to wear them longer
than children who are more
careless.
The good things of life are
distributed with justice: if the
older sisters do have the nice
clothes, the younger sisters
have the youth, and look better
in old ones.
When a man and has wife are
fond of each other, and get
along we'll, their children are
very apt to marry well. Watch
this: the families in which the
children make fatal mistakes in
marrying have a wretched
foundation.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-05-09

week the other one left And
with them have gone many of
the members of one of my
churches. The other church has
not been disturbed so much.
But there is no telling when
they will begin to weaken un-
der the money temptation. Our
hope is that the Dowieites will
not have enough money to go
very much further along this
line. And whenever they leave
the money basis we can work
all around them.
From what have written you
will readily see that l have
some Of the heaviest work of
my life before me. Tie more
serious the difficulties the more
energy must be put into the
work.
We hope to move back to
Huchau next week. Most of the
missionaries have left here now.
But we are not sure we will not
be driven out again. We are
running some risk but it seems
unavoidable. We cannot begin
to see the end of these troubles
yet. Every once in a while we
receive a home paper which
seems to think that the whole
trouble has been settled. But
this only emphasizes what l
have written to you once be-
fore-that of all peoples the
American are the most ignorant
Of the real conditions here.
Now the hour is late and !
cannot write more tonight.
will try to write a long letter
about the matters CT which you
write next time but | do not
feel like it tonight and so have
purposely avoided it. Love tc
all. Hope to hear that ali are
well with you.
Yours,
j. II. PROCTOR.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-05-09
Reflections of q Bachelor,

A woman's sense of humor is
generally grown fast to her
liver.
The only very old people are
those who have lived so long
they have outlived themselves.
Love makes heroes and mar,
riage makes hOboes.
Every man over 40 does as
he pleaSes and blames it on his
wife.
The easiest way for woman
to make a big hit with man is
to act to him like he was max
ing Il big hit with her.
1t is probable that most
women love men best for the
breaks they make.
1t is better TO have played
and lost than never to know "A
straight flush which you see it,
The time d man feels the big
gest hypocrite is when he get
his first baby and has to act
like he was proud of it,
Probably a lot of babies have
been scared into commissions by
the horrible faces women make
when they try to whistle at
them.
When you see girl kneeling
at, the altar to get married and
her face has a rapt. glorihed
expression, she is generally
wondering whether the man
looks as awkward as most OF
the other men did that she has
seen doing it.-New York Prees.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-05-09

One of the negroes recen thy
sentenced to Jail for one year
for stealing a little alcohol at
Monroe City is serving his sew.
enth sentence. AS seven isthe
complete number it may be that
his next misdemeanor will be
punished by a less expensive
but a more effective method.
Not a single Paris darkey has
been in Jail since the whitecap-
pers inaggurated an era of in
expensive punishment over a
year ago. Monroe City is GER
tainly enterprising enough to
keep up with such a successful
procession. Paris Appeal.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-05-09

Some lady WIS 50 untortun-
ate as to lose quite an indis'
pensable article of apparel on
her wav home from church out
East Maine street yesterday,
1t was in fact Il garter, black as
to color, and generous as to
dimensions. The owner can
have same by calling at The
Herald office and proving t hat
it will fit. Not for publication,
but as an evidence Of good faith.
q. ii.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-05-09

Biliousness Is a condition characterized by a
disturbance of the digestive organs. The
stomache Is debllitated, the liver torpid the
bowels constlpated. There is a loathing of
food, palms in the bowels. dizziness, coated
tongue and vomiting, first OF the undigested or
partly digested food aud then of bile. ChRmb.
disturbances ofthe stomache and Liver Tablets
allay the disturbances of the stomach and
create healthy appetite They also tone up
the liver to healthy action and regulate the
bowels. Try them and you are certain TO be
much pleased with the result For sale by b !.
o. Wood.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-05-09

wANTED-TRUsTwo MEN AND
W omen 10 travel and advertise for old estab'
lis he'd house of financial standing, Salary
S7s o year and expenses Al payable IN cash,
ane lose sci addressed stamped envelope,
Add ress Manager, S55 Caxton Bldg, Chicago
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-05-09
From China.
Shanghai, March %. 1901.
The Missionary Home.

y
ago 1t has not been answered
sooner simply because ever
since receiving it l have been
out on preaching tour. l was
away from home just two weeks.
Aud as l was in Il boat most of
that time l wrote no letters.
Have been able to do a great
deal of preaching lately. Bap-
tiled one last Sunday. My work
is in miserable condition. The
representatives of the Dowie
movement are doing every thing
they can to destroy my two
churches. They have about sue.
ceeded with the one at Huchau
and it remains to be seen how
much they can do in the other
one. They go about the thing
openly. They have said that
their purpose is to take all my
members. And their method of
doing it can not be improved
upon. The Chinese are covetous
if they are anything. If APP.
pealed to in the right way they
may be influenced to become
christians even when it is not
to their advantage financially
to do so. But to do thus you
have to deal very carefully
with them. If you at all appeal
to their avaircious spirit they at
once bee ONE unreaChable
through any other motives. You
bear about rice christians. There
is no doubt that one can get as
many christians (O as one wants
if one is willing to give the rice
in sufficient quantities. But we
protestant missionaries all know
this and we are exceedingly
careful not ito appeal to their
covetous natures; and we only
receive those who after full eX-
animation prove to have proper
motives l really believe that
most of the protestant chris
tians in China are genuinely
converted. But while this is
true it is very easy for those
who are genuinely converted to
be influenced by financial con
siderations This also all rec
ognize and in our dealings with
them we are exceedingly care
full not to arouse the covetous
spirit. How DO the Dowieites
win their members? They Offer
them work and money. So fan
they have not received a mem
Der whom they have not Offered
work and wages much beyond
what these persons were getting
before. They openly state thai
all who come to them will bt
be given work or will be helped
to go in business. These APP
peals are made only to chris
tians those who are members Of
other churches. So far they d.
not preach to any other class
They openly state both in THEN
literature and IN their sermon:
that their purpose is to take
the members away from Othe
churches. This undoubtedly
they are doing and can do 81
long as their money holds out
Men who have been gettin.
from IS to 50 are offered from
$12 to $40. OF course all this il
ACCOMPANY MED by the most bite
attacks on the old churches anC
the most absurd claims for theil
church, These people VIII
have been won from heathenisu
two or three years are told tina
those who have been preaChin.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-05-09

Buy milk from It Il Ball,
The suburban citizen., 1901-06-01

With the demand for originality and
fine workmanship artists who were
not overwhelmed with orders for pic
lures have turned their studios into
workshops, and find ready sale for ar.
tlclcs Of practical nature, which,
from their unique design and careful
execution, are real works Of art. 1t
is not remarkable that they should
realize the possibilities of leather as
material for decorative purposes, for
leather, being a natural substance,
like a piece of fine grained wood or
block Of marble, has a beauty pecu,
liarly its own, which by proper treat.
ment is brought to perfection. Indeed,
it has a long history of usefulness,
dating from +he time when primitive
man clothed himself in skins, but it is
only lately that the variety of skins
and the different methods Of staining
and dressing have produced surfaces
attractive to the amateur-Woman's
Home Companion.
The suburban citizen., 1901-06-01
8 FR7ZZ5 7E1
MTAsAAEAsSilloMA8

Enamel in all the possible shades is
the newest thing for buttons.
Satin striped batlste and silk and
cotton mousscline are new and pretty
materials for summer gowns.
Notwithstanding their great popular
ity last season, lace collars viii be
worn with bolero coats this year
Very pretty girdlcs are made Of
white glace silk or white ribbon, ap-
pliqued with the new crctonne flowers.
Black pongce is shown for summer
waists and gowns. japanese silk is
now printed with the same style de-
signs used for foulard.
Grass linen Is goinS to be very poDu.
lar this summer. Made over PINK, 1t
Is exquisite, MGuyc, Nile green, Law
ender and turquoise all are pretty with
grass linen, but pink is the shade to
bring out its full beauty.
Many shirt waists are being made
with bolero and collarless Elton effect.
Some have simulated undersleeyes, the
sleeve fitting TO the elbow or below,
where turn-back cuff appears and
the sleeve develops into q big puff.
The suburban citizen., 1901-06-01
A Fleeting Chance.

What has become of the Society for
Marking Non-Historical Spots? If it
is going to be of any service it should
get to work, and that quickly, before
1t is too late. At the rate the various
patriotic societies are locating histor-
ical doings to streets, taverns, theatres
shops and the like, and are making
history lessons out of everything by
sticking up tallor.made bronze tab
lets wherever they will flt, there soon
will not be n single place where one
can stroll idly and for mere pleasure.
Almost every spot in the country al
ready is marked "Historlcal-This
Side Up With Reverence" The non
historical spot markers, therefore,
should bestir themselves and catch
lot of pleasant places before they are
all gone, and mark them in big let
ters "non-historical" This would in
sure us spots where one could ramble
without learning at every turn that
something was done in Fifth avenue
in 1775, something else in Harlem in
17TG, or that Columbus discovered
America back in 1900, or whenever he
did have the bad taste to make an
other date for the poor school chill
dren to remember-New York Com.
mercial Advertiser.
The suburban citizen., 1901-06-01
TnhltI a Lnnd of nrrstarr.

To the antiquarian Tahiti is as full
Of fascinating mystery as Egypt,
writes a correspondent from the ISL
and. 1t contains monuments Of n civ
ilization past modern comprehension.
Picture statue measuring thirty-fve
feet from head to hips, and carved out
Of a single stone, transported from Il
quarry three miles away. On the head
Of the image place q crown OF red
stone ten feet in diameter That is
the sort of mystery you encounter in
Tahiti, Everything there is strange,
everything entrancing. And now line
of steamers has been started from San
Francisco, and before many years
have passed we may expect to see the
beauties Of that land trampled out OF
existence by tourists and traders and
its crystal atmosphere polluted with
the smoke Of factories. .-Plttsburg Dis
patch.
The suburban citizen., 1901-06-01
oHINEsE lag oE IAN EcLIpsE.
And How a Clever Missionary Made Use
Of the Fact.

And How a Clever Missionary Made Uso
of the Fact.
In the New" Lipplncott Rev.
Frederic Poole OK missionary to China.
writes of some thrilling adventures
which he and his wife experienced
there. His quick wit in using an
eclipse Of the moon to avert personal
violence is here quoted;
Il looked up, but the sky was cloud
less, and through the clear atmosphere
the stars sparkled like diamonds.
Casting my eyes across the dark
blue eXpanse, my attention was ar
rested by the fact that the moon had
assumed a most peculiar shape, and
while this all happened in less time
than it takes to tell, yet l distinctly
remember the sense of perplexity
which this celestial phenomenon pro-
duced.
"Ths sensation was brief, and was
succeeded by positive certainty. 1t
was an eclipse, thank God! and in
this | saw a glimmer Of hope.
II knew with what suspicious
dread the Chinese regard lunar
eclipse, and determined to work upon
that well-grounded fear. Stepping for
ward to the PROV of our boat, revolv-
er in hand, raised my hands to heav
en- and fred two shots at the moon,
and with a hysterical laugh l cried:
LOOK look therep
Involuntary every face was uplift-
ed. The effect was magical. The
shouting ceased, the stones dropped
from their hands, and an awesome
fear took possession Of them. Already
the spectacle had been observed by the
inhabitants Of the town, and the very
dogs were responding to their peculiar
canine instinct and were furiously
barking in harmony with the general
CONSERVATION. Gongs were being beat.
en-, crackers exploded, and drums
of every description belabored with
the belief that is universal among the
Chinese that 1t is only noise, and plen-
ty Of it, that will frighten away the
dragon that is consuming the moon
The deafening din Is kept up until
the eclipse has passed, and the natives
are jubllant in the conviction that they
have succeeded in soaring the rapa-
cious monster away, and under such
circumstances who could prove to
them that they had not?
"This was the sight that paralyzed
our. tormentors, and with terrified
haste they skunk away to join the anti
dragon demonstration in the town,
while | remained motionless, with my
revolver menacing the moon;
and that perfectly natural phenomen
on in the heavens 50 awe-inspiring to
the Chinese, is undoubtedly attributed
to me and my rOisy revolver to this
day by the inhabitants Of that inhos,
pitable Chinese town"
The suburban citizen., 1901-06-01
For the Housewife to Try.

Try keeping food fresh for late com.
ers by standing the dish in a pan Of
hot water and keeping the food closely
covered with a lid
Try keeping a large clam shell for
scraDing saucepans or pots in which
oatmeal or milk has been boiled.
Try keeping tea, coffee and spices in
tightly-closed jar If the flavor is to
be properly retained.
Try putting a little salt in the water
in which mating is washed.
Try rubbing the burnt tips of the
lamp wlcks with piece Of tissue paper
every morning to keep them in good
condition, and polish off the chlmneys
with soft crumpled newspaper.
Try keeping the flour barrel raised q
few inches from the floor to prevent
dampness.
Try making a good pollsher and
cleanser Of furniture by mixing to-
gether two parts Of crude oil to one
part Of turpvntine, and apply with a
soft cloth.
The suburban citizen., 1901-06-01
Gowns limited br Rank.

The lengths of the trains Of the
gowns which will be worn by the Brit,
ish peeresses OF the realm at the coro,
nation will vary according to rank. A
duchess will have a train three yards
long. A marchiOness two and a hall.
Countesses are limited to two yards,
yiscountesses to one and half yards
and baronesses are restricted to IL one
yard train. Only peeresses in their
own right-that is to say, who owe
their peerage not to marriage, but to
birth, or else to a special grant by the
to them in person, viii have
the right to have their trains borne by
a page, who must not be over the age
of fourteen.
The suburban citizen., 1901-06-01
Mrs. Andrer Carnegie.

Mrs. Andrew Carnegie is compare.
lively little known in New York City
outside Of her circle of personal
friends. Her tastes are simple, and
do not incline to the brilliant social
life which it would be easy for her to
lead. Those who know her say that
she is a most agreeable hostess, frank,
affable, and cordially hospitable in her
welcome to the beautiful homes Of
which she is mistress. She shrinks,
however, from publicity, and she is
glad to slip behind the protection Of
her husbands prominent and strong
personality. She is in sympathy with
Mr. Carnegies muniGcent schemes for
public Observation-Disclosures Bazaar
The suburban citizen., 1901-06-01

not declared and not taxed, though
visible; 50 per cent, equal 31.2G, duty
enclosed.
Another, written on a piece Of blot
ting-Daper, reads
This is Unkle Sans. Put it to his
kredlt, 5000, dep'd on account "con-
science"
A third, from Canada, and enclosing
$3.50, says:
Since the emancipation Of negroes
have taken two pair Of shoes OF a ship
that the Sunboars captured. l took the
shoes while she lay at Key Wes,.
A fourth, evidently from the hand
OF 4 person OF refined antecedents,
ruEs:
\ lady who recently swore to n
statement which she now finds to be
wrong, sends to you $27
a scrap Of paper, enyeloDing SC, con-
tains the words:
The enclosed closes the account Of
ali ovcr-paid soldier
A contributor from the West explains
his refreshed scruples in this wise:
All Of US become honest a.j we near
the Great Hereafter.
In the same strain, though less con
else, is this, enclosing $50:
From the awakened conscience of
an cid veteran, who has been laying
aside a little at n time for some time,
and who has not been able TO figure
just what it is, but who hopes to
light on the data yet and restore it
before he IS called to meet his Cod.
This long note finds a contrasting
exhibit in n contribution Of ST ly
some one who addressed Lis envelope
The suburban citizen., 1901-06-01

Scalloped Apples - Pare six large,
juicy apples, core and slice very thin
in round even slices; put in baking dish
in layers and on every layer sprinkle
two teaspoonfuls Of sugar and a few
drops of lemon juice bake in moderate
n twenty minutes. Serve plain or
with sugar and cream.
Cream Mullins - Sift one and one
half teaspoonfuls of baking powder
and one.half teaspoonful Of salt with
one pint of -four Beat the yolks of
two eggs with one-half cup Of MILK
stir in the -four, add one-half cup Of
butt,r (melted), and last fold in the
whites beaten to n stiff froth. Bake in
quick oven fifteen minutes
Tapioca Jelly-Put a pint Of boiling
water into a double boiler and into it
stir one-fourth cupful of fine tapioca,
half a cupful Of sugar, One-fourth tea
spoonful Of salt, half cupful Of seed
ed raisins, and a dozen blanched al
monds, cut IN pieces. Stir occasional
ly and when the tapioca' becomes
transparent add flavoring to taste and
serve hot with sugar and cream.
Meat Souhie-Makeo one cup Of cream
sauce and season with salt, pepper,
chopped parsley and onion juice. Stir
one cup Of chopped meat Chicken, beef,
veal, lamb into the sauce. When Lot
add the beaten yolks OF two eggs;
cook one minute, set away to cool.
When cool, stir in the whites beaten
stiff, Bake in a buttorod dish about
twenty minutes. Serve Immediately.
Hermits-Three eggs, one cup butter,
one and one-half cups Of sugar, one
cup Of seeded chopped ra!sins ouc-half
ounce Of cltron chopped very fine, one
teaspoonful OF Gllspic6, one each oi Gin
namon and cloves Cream the butter
and sugar, add The eggs well beaten,
the fruit drcdged with Hour. the spice
and last enough lour 10 roll out thin.
Cut In fancy shapes and bake twenty
minutes in hot oven. These are deli
Sous, and will keep like fruit cake.
The suburban citizen., 1901-06-01

in the style Of a man Of the world and
scholar, and folded the money in
sheet of the most expensive linen note
paper entirely blank but for an ex-
Quisitely engraved monogram in the
upper left-hand corner.
Usually every precaution is taken
by the senders Of conscience money to
escape Identification, but once in
while they overdo this business. One,
for instance, who went to great pains
to disguise his handwriting and in
vent a misleading date-lne and sigma
ture, so far forgot himself as to send
his letter in an envelope from which
he had forgotten to erase the imprint"
IF not delivered in ten days, return to
Box 13S," etc. One woman who had
done some petty smuggling sent $40
note, saying that she had no idea how
much duty she owed the Government.
but giving the date and the value of
the goods, so that it could be readily
computed, and requesting that if the
amount enclosed were not right, she
should be informed at a specified ad-
dress. The duty was figured out at
$GGS, and the change, S2.37, returned
to her.
Many of the writers Of letters con-
tanning remittances are illiterate per.
sons, and their struggles with the
word conscience" have evolved such
phonetic forms as "konscience," ICON.
shins," ''conshions," "conshunts,"
''consciouns," and 'gonshens." Uncle
Sam never Quarrels with the spelling,
however, If the writer's heart is evi-
IDENTIFY in the right place-Francis b.
Leupp, in HGrper's Weekly.
The suburban citizen., 1901-06-01
A Domestic Episode,

There are women, so it is said, who
search their husbands pockets when
conditions are favorable for so doing.
Some wives hope to find what they are
looking for, and others are looking for
what they sincerely hope they won't
find But up TO date the last.named
kind Of finds has not included Il dyna.
mite cartridge, That explosive will
have to go on the list of things not
desired in the future, however, with
women who never neglect this duty"
of pocket riaing, as a woman thus en-
gagged somewhere in Connecticut the
other day was greeted with one so
warmly that she lost several fingers by
the contact. There seems to have per-
yaded this domestic circle a mutual
knowledge Of habits not uncommon
perhaps, though the manner of cor
rection employed by one member Of
It is rather too summary to promote
the quiet and confidence supposed to
characterize the home atmosphere
Boston Transcript.
The suburban citizen., 1901-06-01

soils now appearing Numbers Of coach
Ing parasols are announced among the
novel designs Of the season. POngoe,
taffeta and other light silks are the IA
vorlte foundation materials for these
Bands of these silks also appear on tho
thin grass-clolA parNsols, bordering thG
edge, surrounding the top edge Of the
stick, or set on as trimming halfway
between these two points. All these
arc novel fabrics to employ for the
making of parasols, but lheir utility is
obvious, as neither grass-cloth nor pom.
gee cuts readily into the fold. The ia
vorite shades are ecru, mastic and
light tan, A soft silk lining is intro.
duced in all the grass-cloth parasols,
however, and this of some bright tone
Handles are generally long and slen'
der, and preferably are without cords
or tassels either at handle or pointed
upper end. Parasols strictly reserved
for carriage use are fluffy with lace or
pleated chiffon laid hOunce upon
tlounce. ce.-Harper's Bazaar.