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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-20

H. B. Mudd spent Sunday in
the Bluff City witty friends.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-20

Charlie Sullivan was a bust
ness visitor in Stoutsville Mon
day.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-20

Garden seeds 10 bulk-SHARP
& PATTERSON.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-20

James T. Umstattd was a
business visitor in The Bluff
City Friday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-20

Yves Buell., of Brookfie Id,
was circulating among old
friends in this city Sunday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-20

Miller Clark has secured d
position at the Williamson gen.
eral merchandise no use.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-20

A great reduction this year on
all Easter hats. II U DIE
SwINKEY.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-20

Oscar Cochin was In the city
Saturday enroute from his home,
Hassard, to Palmyra, where he
expected to pick up some horse
flesh. ,.,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-20

Prof. BUTT, of Quincy, a
splendid instrumental soloist,
will assist at the Band Musical.
Don't miss hearing him.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-20

If you want to See and Buy,
the place to do so is where the
hats are new, fresh and cheap.
-TUDIE SWINKEY.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-20

W. E. Brown, OF Texarkana,
Ark, arrived in the city Friday
to visit his brother, DIR. S. M.
Brown.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-20

Politicians, oh my, but the
city was full of them Saturday
afternoon. They came from
Paris, New London and Pal.
myra.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-20

You will have an opportunity
April 1st. to show your appreci-
alton of those band concerts
last summer and also of the
coming season.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-20

Good cheap sewing machines
still on hand as well as Heat.
ing Stoves.
r. MANNING WALKER.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-20

Nick Griffith has moved from
this city to Brookfeld as near.
ly all of his work is on the
western division of the Joe
road. Saturday news reached
this city that he had fallen
from the top of box car and
sprained his back badly.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-20

Vocal and instrumental quar-.
tette, solos, selections by band
etc. A musical feast April LIST.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-20

Garden seeds 10 bulk-SHARP
& PATTERSON.
j. d. Ballou was a business
visitor in Hannibal Saturday. \
Mrs. S. M. Brown is spending
the week with st. Douis rela.
tives.
A great reduction this year on
all Easter hats. II DIE
SWINKEY.
Curry Anderson came down
from Madison Sunday to visit
former friends.
Prof. Lightbody, of Hume.
well, was business visitor in
the city, Saturday.
Shipstuff. Mixed Feed, Alfal-
ia and Timothy Hay.-SHARP
& PATTERSON.
Vocal and instrumental quar-.
tette, solos, selections by band
etc. A musical feast April LIST.
Good cheap sewing machines
still on hand as well as Heat.
ing Stoves.
o.. r. MANNING WALKER.
W. E. Brown, OF Texarkana,
Ark, arrived in the city Friday
to visit his brother, DR.. S. M.
Brown. g..
Prof. Buttz, of Quincy, a
splendid instrumental soloist,
will assist at the Band Musical.
Don't miss hearing him.
Politicians, oh my, but the
city was full of them Saturday
afternoon. They came from
Paris, New London and Pal.
myra.
Oscar Cochin was In the city
Saturday enroute from his home,
Hassard, to Palmyra, where he
expected to pick up some horse
flesh.
You will have an opportunity
April 1st. to show your appreci-
alton of those band concerts
last summer and also of the
coming season.
The proceeds of the Band
Musicale go to the purchasing
of a new Snare Drum and new
Music tor the coming concert
season. 1t all comes back to
you.
Mr.. dn6 Mrs. George Tucker,
of Moberly, spent Saturday and
Sunday in the city with rela-
tives and friends. They always
receive a cordial welcome when
they return here.
Seed time is pretty near here
1t is we'll to be prepared in
ample time, and it is uot bit
too early to be getting your
garden seed IN readiness. We
have flower seeds too,-SHARP
& PATTERSON.
Saturday another car load of
soldier boys, ,maniacs, were
whirled across the country to
the asylum at Washington, D. G.
They were from the Philippines,
where Funston, the windy,
swan a stream with his artillery
IN
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-20

Curry Anderson came down
from Madison Sunday to visit
former friends.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-20

The proceeds of the Band
Musicale go to the purchasing
of a new Snare Drum and new
Music tor the coming concert
season. 1t all comes back to
YOU.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-20

Miss Della Moss many friends
will find her at the H. Levy
Clothing and dry goods house
where she has secured a good
position. Her numerous friends
will be glad to learn that SHE
has decided to remain in the
city.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-20

Mr., dno Mrs. George Tucker,
of Moberly, spent Saturday and
Sunday in the city with rela-
tives and friends. They always
receive a cordial welcome when
they return here.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-20

Seed time is pretty near here
1t is we'll to be prepared in
ample time, and it is uot a bit
too early to be getting your
garden seed IN readiness. We
have flower. seeds too,-SHARP
& PATTERSON.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-20

Saturday another car load of
soldier %bpSs, maniacs, were
whirled across the country to
the asylum at Washington, D. G.
They were from the Philippines.
where Funston, the windy,
SWAN a stream with his artillery
ION.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-20

Shipstuff. Mixed Feed, Alfal-
ia and Timothy Hay.-SHARp
& PATTERSON.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-20

Prof. Lightbody, of Hume.
well, was a business visitor in
the city, Saturday.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-29

Time is money. A venturesome man can
get $1,000 by staying four rounds with
Jim Jefferies.
Secretary Wilson will have to DO some
subsoiling in the Philippines. The rice
crop this year is a failure.
s.. Morris Pool. who gets out the Patent
ONCE Oficial Gazette every Tuesday, has
been employed in the Patent ONCE since
1867.
Nearly 10000 letters for Santa Claus lie
unclaimed In the New York postofhce.
There is a beginning Of a good mail order
business for some one.
Now that Lord Rosslyn. who. by the
way, admits hat he is no squealer, has
been advertised by being heeced, he will
be properly taken up by New York So
ciety. illustrating the sage saga which
says: There are stranger pets In our
social sets than are seen in Central park"
Something over a year ago the German
emperor issued his FIAT against French
champagne and ever since then only Ger
man brands have been served az the i'm
perial table. This ukase was not CRATE
fully received by army ~ofaeers. who at
their regimental dinners drank French wine
from bottles disguised In German labels.
IL is even said hat on one occasion his
imperial majesty dined with the oficers OF
a regiment and drank the prohibited liquid
without knowing Of Il.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-29

The annual report Of the Union Pa
cihc shows that the outstanding stocks
Of that company aggregate $203, &c., POI
with a net funded debt of S24S,O9S,O00
making a total capitalization Of $451,-
767,207. AS all these securities are
quoted on the market at or above par
it is reasonable to assert that the value
Of the railroad property embraced in
the Union Pacific is equal to its cap
italization. The same report gives the
aggregate amount paid out as taxes by
the company for its fiscal year, 1902, at
$1,369, go, which is but slightly over 3
mills on the true value Of the property
reflected by the capitalization. What
other property is there in the states
traversed by this road that gets off with
a tax Of 8 mills on its valuation? What
audacity for railroad officers to pretend
that they are contributing in taxes their
full share Of the cost of government.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-29
lSTHMIzN CANAL o0MMIsSIoN.


The bill passed by congress making
provision for an isthmian canal author
ICES the president to appoint a commits.
sion composed Of seven members, at
least -four of whom shall be learned
and skilled in the practice of engineer
ing. 1t also provides that the compen-
sation of the commissioners shall be
prescribed by the president until the
same shall have beer otherwise fixed
by congress. The commissioners are to
serve during the pleasure Of the presi-
dent. These will be desirable positions
and there are many applicants, so that
the president is likely to find the prin-
cipal difficulty in selecting from the nu-
merous capable men available.
Perhaps the fact that there are so
many applicants is due to the expecta-
ton that the commission to be appointed
will be as literally compensated and
commission, created three years ago.
The act authorizing this commission APP
propriated 81, 100000 for salaries and ex-
penses, more than two-thirds of which.
according to an official statement, has
been expended. 1t is understood that
the chairman of the commission, Ad-
miral Walker, has drawn $4,000 a year
as his salary and each of his associates
on the commission has drawn $12.OOO
a year. 1t is charged that employees I'M
der the commission, many Of them sons
Of army and navy officers and of men,
bers Of congress, have been receiving
compensation beyond their availability
for any practical purpose. In short,
there appears to have been a lavish out
lay of public money by the commits
sion, although every cent may have
been spent strictly within the lines of
the law.
Congress will doubtless endeavor to
get full information in regard to the
expenditures of the existing commission
and meanwhile the disposition is to pro-
vide against extravaganza on the part
Of the commission to be appointed. A
bill introduced by Senator Morgan pro-
poses to fix the salary Of the commits
sloners Mt $1,000 a year and undoubtedly
most people will agree with the Ala
bama senator that this is fair compen-
sation for a position whose duties will
not be particularly onerous or exacting
and which will be of long tenure-prac-
tically a life Office to a man over 80
years Of age. Another provision OF the
Morgan bill which will be generally ID
proved is the requirement that the y
ment of money on account of all ex-
penditures, except for the salaries of
officers, is to be made by paymasters OF
the army under all the legal obligations
and all the penalties resting upon them.
The construction of an isthmian canal
will require the expenditure Of proba-
bly, not less than 100000 900 and it
may amount to considerably more thar
that. 1t is a large sum even for this
wealthy country and there cannot be
too many safeguards against waste or
Il awfro vu Uanaa
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-29
PROSPEROUS AND GENEROUS.
Magnificent Fund Subscribed by Mem
bers of the Methodist Church.
Chicago Tribune.

chicago Tribune.
On the evening Of December 81 there will
be an impressive scene in Trinity Method
list Episcopal church in Springfield, Mass.
Bishop Fowler will be present, w. d.
Mcdowell, secretary of the Methodist
board of education, will also be present.
Neither Of these two men. however, will
get the interest and attention which will
be given to a third man who, three years
ago. was a presiding elder Of excellent rep
utation but of no great renown. That man
is Edmund NJ. Mills. On the evening Of
December 81, in Trinity church, at mid
night, DR.. Mills will make the announce
ment that he has raised the last dollar OF
the $780, 900. 900 Methodist thank offering
fund.
For three years DR.. Mills has been Civ
ing the thank offering fund his whole time.
His headquarters are said to look like a
bank and a mail order house put together.
The amount Of speaking. writing and con-
ferring which DR.. Mills methods required
has been tremendous. The executive off,
GERS Of the Methodist church all have a
push and dash which the promoters Of
Texas oil well companies look at with
envy. Seldom, however, has any Methodist
officer been able to look back at three years
Of greater accomplishment than those
which DR.. Mills is now rounding out.
The ends to which the Methodists will
apply their $40, OOO, 900 are interesting. There
will be about $4,000, 900 applied TO educa-
ton. Syracuse university and Ohio Wes-
leyan university will get over 81 700, 900
apiece. Education being thus aided, there
will be about 8 ,O00,0 900 set aside for church
indebtedness. There will also be a large
sum for hospitals and another large sum
for retired ministers. Such, at any rate,
are the statements that have been given
to the press.
The most significant fact with regard to
the people who have contributed to the
thank offering fund is that they are OF the
rank and file. DR.. Mills has reported few
gifts of stupendous size. This is where the
giving power Of the Methodist church is
explained. The members OF that church
are neither the sediments nor the froth of
the modern world. They are mainly peo-
pie who work hard, have steady, regular
incomes, live temporarily and spend little
ostentatiously or superluously. 1t is from
such people the money can be raised. It is
from such people that the Methodist $780,
600, 900 has been raised. OF course, money
is more plentiful now than It used to be
for people in the social position Of most
Members OF the Methodist church, and $780,
0O0,O 900 in 1902 is a smaller sum than IS, 0O0,-
900 would have been in 1872. This has to
be remembered. Even so, however, the
present $4,000 900 is a great achievement
The Methodists should have congratula-
lions from their neighbors.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-29
RoPEFUL BUSINESS OUTLOOK.

Wniie VIII PROBABLY De Ielt
In the eastern money centers for sew
eral weeks yet, the strong expectation
of another prosperous year seems to be
In all ways warranted. 1t is not now
anticipated that the settlements usual
at the opening Of the year will be at
tended with any critical tension, which
has for several months been a marked
feature Of the financial situation. 1t
has materially depressed prices in the
stock market, but without any disturb
ance seriously affecting actual values.
Many Of the ablest financiers regard
the check which speculation has re-
ceived as auspicious to an important
degree for the substantial business Of
the country in the coming year.
Great stress is properly put upon the
existence of general confidence in con-
ditions and prospects of industry, as in
itself a fact Of immense Importance. 1t
is manifested in plans and contracts al
ready perfected for even greater expen-
ditures in railroad construction than
VI AOO@t iAAiChot d6 TIE IdIItE
have been.> The dominant note in the
business world is actual preparation for
extension, for activity and for larger
operations, but free from chimericaI and
hazardous undertakings. The industrial
horizon is unusually devoid of those In
dications OF apprehension and contrac-
ton which mark the change from pros
perity to a period of depression.
At the close OF the year the volume
Of production and exchanges is enor-
nous and unprecedented. and the de-
mand for all staples. agricultural and
manufactured, ~unslackened on a scale
Of high and remunerative prices, while
the tendency to higher wages involves
the distribution of a larger share in
1908 to the 'wage-earning population
always a satisfactory sign. With solid
credits in all legitimate undertakings,
and with an abundant supply OF sound
money, there is every reason for courage
and ~outreaching enterprise.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-29

the city nine ward councilmen. Expert
enee has shown that ward conncilmen
elected at large are in no respect SUI
periOr to men elected from their own
wards.
The consensus Of opinion now is that
nothing has been gained and a great
deal has been lost by the change from
eighteen to nine councilmen. The differ
ence In the amount Of councilmanic sal
aries is comparatively trifing and does
not Offset the drawbacks Of a close cor
poration council practically ruled by five
members. 1t certainly is much easier to
get up a combine OF FIVE than q combine
Of ten and eighteen members. or even
fifteen members could be counted on to
render a great deal more efficient serv-
ice to the various interests and localities
than is now rendered by nine members.
In this respect the experience of Omaha
does not differ materially from other
cities Of equal or larger populations.
The weakest feature Of our charter is
its lack Of elasticity. The division of
the city into nine wards regardless of
area or population has been a sort Of
straightjacket. The twentieth century
charter for Omaha should be framed on
broader lines. The present subdivisions
Of voting districts is based on a pre-
sumed maximum Of 300 voters, which
doubtless will be continued until the
voting machine takes the place of the
present slow process of balloting, but
there is no excuse or good reason for
assigning six precincts to one ward and
eleven precincts to another.
What is wanted is not merely uniform
voting districts, but uniform voting
wards with an average of six voting
precincts to a ward. Such a recast
would divide Omaha into about twelve
wards. A fair and safe makeup of the
city council would be one councilman
from each Of the twelve wards and six
councilmen elected at large regardless
Of location, the entire number so sub
divided as to tenure as to enable the
city to elect one-third each year.
These suggestions have not yet been
submitted to John N. Baldwin and we
realize that without his permission we
shall not be able to induce the delega-
ton to consider them. The rank and
file of the citizenship of Omaha will, we
feel sure, however, be disposed to enter
tain the proposed change without re-
sentiment and regardless of whatever
political consequences it might have in
the dim and distant future.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-29

Omaha, queen Of Mlssouri's broad valley;
Hail TO thee, omahal pride of the west,
Minerva Ike sprung from the loins of Me-
Armored and furnished from sandal to
crest.
Midway between the cold wastes of the
And the plains of the Aztec. with sunlight
Midway between the Atlantic's wild surges
And the deeper Pacihc's more moderate
fow.
In old times the cities tina grew into
Were bu Jed close down by the ocean
That ne lips Of the sea might bring to
The tribute and tramc Of far distant
lands.
But now the same skin that erst fashioned
the matnmast
And builded below it the deity shaped
Has graded the land for the speedier
And laid for its pathway a network OF
steel.
Has tunneled our mountains and trayersed
Has trusseled our lowlands and bridge
spanned our streams,
Till there's scarcely a village or hamlet %
lonely
AS not 70 be reused by the engine's wild
Far better than oceans best mast-crowdsd
harbOr
Are the grand fertile prairies that gird
thee around
The corn lands, the wheat lands. the old
bison stock lands,
And the silver and gold lands that make
up thy bound.
Far better than trafic with German or
Britain,
With biood-thirsty Turk. or with heather
AChinee,
Is the trafic that springs from the hills
and the valleys
OF this peace-blessed. homs-dotted land
OF the free.
Then hail TO the queen Of Missotris broad
valley;
All hail to Omahai pride Of the vest
From castle TO c~ottage-from Broadstreet
10 alley
God bless IT, aRd may Il forever be
blessed. Ia IS.
Honey Creek, Ia
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-29
HEROIsM OF TODAY.
An Instance Proving the Spirit of
KntghthOOd still Survives.

An Instance Proving the Spirit of
KniEhthOOd still Survives.
Saturday Evening Post.
In an age of materialism, when at times
II seems as II the world forgot many of
the cardinal virtues and was only inter-
ested In gaining its own selfish ends, every
once in a while some humble person does
that which appeals TO the emotions n
shows that the spirit Of ~knighthood still
survives. When a man or a woman risks
his or her life, not for any personal ad-
vantage or for fame, but because II is a
matter Of duty, then we know that heroism
IS not dead and that the great opportunity
will always produce the one person re-
quired for the emergency.
A few weeks ago General Chafiee sent
to the Wal department an oh1cial report
calling attention to the heroic conduct Of
Alice Kemmer, an army nurse then on
duty in the Philippines. Nurse Kemmer
had been granted leave OF absence and was
about to avail herself Of a well-earned rest
from oficial duties when two soldiers were
taken down with smallpox and removed to
the isolation hospital. Alice Kemmer had
never had one OF the most dreadful dis
eases with which poor humanity is af-
ficted, but she did not falter. For two
long months she deVOtedly nurBed these
men back to health, living all those weary
weeks with them as their sole companion,
the weather intensely hot and her sleep
so broken that never at any time during
that long period was she able TO have more
than two hours rest. Probably Alice Kem-
mer, army nurse, kinks she has merely
done her duty and canno understand why
General Chaffee should lavish on her such
unstinted praise, but that is the way Of
heroes. They do what Is required Of them
because II is their duty to do It, and they
think neither OF themselves nor OF any pos
sible reward that may come to them. II
is probable thai this devoted woman will
gain no material recompense for the sub
lime act Of self-renunciation, as the gov
eminent Of the United States is singularly
niggardly in it's recognition Of heroes in
humble places. but she will not be uneon-
selous OF the estimation in which she is
held by her fellow eountrymen, and the
example that she has set may be an inspi-
ration 10 men and women; to soldiers at
the front and to soldiers in the greater
army OF peace. who sometimes. growing
weary under the heat and burden OF the
day. will find renewed hope and courage
when they recall the story Of Nurse KEN
meT.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-29

ened nations, states and cities Of the world
possess organized departments Of health.
which. with varying degrees Of thorough
ness. deal with the problems presented BY
the infectious diseases in the light of the
latest discoveries.
0 Fifty years ago the term preventive
medicine was unknown. Today II repre-
sents a great body Of well attested and &C
cepted principles. II has cleaned our
streets; It has helped to build our model
tenements; it has purified our foOd and our
drinking water; It has entered our homes
and kept away disease: It has prolonged
our lives, and 1t has made the world a
sweeter place in which to live.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-29
A Nation of Readers.
Minneapolis Times

Whether the people Of the United States
read too much or too little they do read
and there are statistics to show It. Leav-
ing out Of account the enormous circula-
ton Of tho newspapers and magazines, the
country press, of tremendous influence, the
trade and class papers and the unclassi-
fed periodicals, the book consumption
alone is sufficient to stamp this nation as
a voracious one in a literary way. Four
hundred thousand copies Of one popular
novel have been sold, S5O,0 of another, a
book for children has passed the 300 900
mark and several novels have reached a
circulation near or beyond 1OO, 900. These
books Of great popularity are invariably
works Of fiction; many of them OF the his
torical class.