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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-05-22

The following from the Arm.
strong Herald should be read
by every parent and put into
Practice: Parents, try to find
some kind of light work for
your boys and girls to do dur.
ing vacation. 1t will be much
better for them. than to permit
them to idle away their time on
the streets seeking bad com
pany, and getting into mischief,
forming viscious habits that
will influence their character
and Olives. The place of idle
ness is the Devils work shop.
Teach your boys to work and
they will bless and thank you
for it when they become men.
Train your sboys to work and
teach them to have some pur-
pose in life. The boy that
grows up in idleness will have
habit that will be hard tor
him to overcome when he
reaches manhood"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-05-22

looking fer the best accomoda-
tions this train has. Looking
tor a berth, l suppose, "said the
dusky son of Ham, as he re.
turned to assign seats TO the
other passengers. "A birth!
laundering tightening, no! We
just got married We only want
a place to stay all night"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-05-22

A story is in circulation to
the effect that a rustic Paris
couple got married short time
ago and boarded the train on
their wedding trip. Strolling
into a Pullman sleeping car
the groom said in a contideptI:
al tone: mister. me and my
wife list got married and are
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-05-22
Cuba Not Free.

Cuba is not free, nor ever can
be as long as Teddy Roosevelt
is under the thumb of such men
as Mark A. Hanna. Hanna has
carried his point with Teddy
and Teddy at his command has
ordered Gen. Wood to change
the Cuban law so that Rath.
bone, convicted of postal frauds
may be white washed as pure
as wool.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-05-22

j. e. and William Carrico, of
Indian CreeH have SOLD their
wool clip OF p and . lleece re-
specially to the Monroe buy
erS.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-05-22

j. M. Proctor and Son have
sold their wool clip of 976
pounds to Boulware and Son.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-03
A CannibaI Diocese.

The bishop of New Guinea, who
has come to England after four years
work among the cannibalS in that Is
land, has given Reuters representa-
tive an interesting account of his ex-
periences. Speaking of cannibalism,
the bishop remarked: $50 innate is
this habit that even the children in
the mission schools during the inter-
walls between lessons play at being
participants in cannibal feast and
perform the dances which accompany
that awful practice.
1.-The last year has been a particu-
larly sad one for the white population.
for in February two white diggers
were killed and eaten while on their
way to the gold field. Two months
later the heroic missionary, James
Chalmers, a white assistant; and
twelve natives met a similar fate. Last
September 1 was brought the jaw
bone of a boy, with strips of flesh
still adhering to 1.-THE relics of a
cannibal feast on the Kumasi river,
on three miles from the coast
The bishop explained how he had
to act as chief pig-sticker at great
event. 1t was the biggest function
of the kind held for sixteen years, and
fully 1000 natives were gathered to-
gether from the surrounding hills to
participate in it, One hundred and
nine pigs we're to be slaughtered. AS
the great desire of the assembled
crowds was to make the pigs talk-as
they express it-aS much as possible,
the manner of their dispatch was pur-
posely lingering.
1--WE held service before the vast
crowd of savages and urged upon them
the necessity of sparing the poor
beasts rs much pain as possible. They
thought it was impossible to kill them
more quickly, whereupon 1 suggested
that we should do the killing while
they carried out the eating. So after
the service set out to and shot fifty
of the animals, while the other men,
bers of my party disposed of twenty
twO.,,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-03
Unhealthy For Tramps.

By some oversight The TrampS
Gazette failed to notify its subscribers
in the last number that Kansas was
getting to be an unhealthful place for
the humble members of their class.
Consequently a number of Weary
WillieS wandered across the Missouri
river into the land of sockless states
men the other day. That was where
they made a fatal error. Instead of
finding the hospitable back door from
which pie rolled out like lava from
Mont Pelee they we're met by women
with shotguns, who ordered them to
toll in the wheat field before they
could sit at the feast. While the
tramps knew that their constitutional
rights were being trampled on they
had no time to ask for an injunction,
but were obliged to tumble over the
fence and go to work. No doubt the
exercise would have made the meal
taste sweeter had it not been for the
frame of mind the incident put them
in. How much more noble the wo-
men of Kansas appear in the heroic
role of rescuers Of the wheat crop
than they do when they leave their
hearthstones to go forth to Carriena-
tionize the world
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-03
lndiana's War Claim Allowed.

Over the protest of democratic
member of congress from Tennessee,
Indiana's war claim for $685., $50. 20
has passed the house. The amount in
the not far distance future be trans
ferred to the Indiana treasury, and
will soon be applied to the further re-
duction of the states vanishing debt.
The return of this money to the Ind
lana treasury breaks the force of a
plank in the democratic state platform
of 1864, which declared: THAT we
disapprove and condemn the action of
Governor Morton in establishing
financial bureau, an institution I'M
known to the constitution, the laws
and the usages Of the state of In
diana; in securing, discussing and
squandering the funds of tho state
in borrowing money on the faith of
the state and pledging the property
and the energies of the people to pay
such loans and interest thereon, and
in paying out such money in open and
fragrant disregard of the constitution
and laws of the state, without any APP
preparation directing the payment
thereof, and without any of the
checks and safeguards that the wis
dom and experience of the past have
demonstrated were necessary for the
safety, preservation and economical
expenditure of the money of the peo-
pie of the state"
When it is remembered that every
dollar allowed under this claim has
been appropriated only after careful
auditing in the treasury department
at Washington. it will be seen that
the money in question was not squand-
cred, and that despite the absence of
"checks and safeguards. every cent
was properly accounted for by Indi-
ana's great war governor.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-03
Senator Fairbanks Owns a Farm.

People are not accustomed to look
upon Senator Fairbanks as farmer
and yet he is one of the most extern
Sive landowners in the United States
senate. He owns one tract of land in
Illinois consisting of $500 acres. 1t
is said that he bought it for about s25
an acre and it now varies in value
from SIS to 800 an acre and the en-
tire tract is worth easily S400, 900.
Senator Fairbanks probably has made
more money out of the practice of
law than any other Indianian. 1t is
said on the most reliable authority
that his practice the year he was
twenty-five Melted him $4,000, and
it did not decrease during all the years
he was in the practice. Unlike most
senators, when he accepted place in
the upper branch of congress he ceased
entirely to practice law. His fortune
is yariously estimated, but he probably
is worth easily million dollars.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-03
As To the lsthmian Canal.

Five months ago the house passed
the Hepburn bill by vote of 800 to
?. Thursday the house receded from
the position marked by that decisive
vote and accepted, by vote of 252 to
s, the Spooner substitute for the Mic
aragua bill.
In this case the surrender of the
house is better than stubborn resist
ance, because deadlock between the
senate and the house-one standing
by the Spooner bill and the other by
the Hepburn bill-would have been
embarrassing to the republican party
and, in spite OF all explanations, would
have had tie appearance of a pains
taking plan to block all canal legisla-
ton.
There are now three distinct propo-
sitions before the President. He is
authorized to acquire all the property
rights and franchises now held by the
uew Panama canal if he can secure
satisfactory title from the company,
He is authorized to acquire from the
republic of Colombia perpetual con-
troll Of the territory for ship canal.
this control to be absolute.
If he can secure from the canal
company clear title, and if he can
secure from Colombia absolute control
of the territory for the canal, then he
is authorized, through canal COM
mission, to build the Panama canal.
However, if he is not able to obtain
a satisfactory title and is not able to
secure from Colombia absolute control
of the territory for the canal, then he
is authorized to secure by treaty from
Nicaragua and Costa RIGA the neces-
Sary concessions for canal by the
Nicaragua route and proceed to the
construction of such canal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-03
Edward An Unlucky Name.

No great g,'od fortune has crowded
itself into the career of any of the
seven King Edwards of England.
Edward 1, the famous Long
shanks," was an able ruler who made
wise laMs, but his determination to
subdue Scotland led him into constant
warfare, and he wore out the
last year of his life fighting
the sturdy Highlanders. He died in
one of his campaigns against that
country, and his last request was that
his heart be carried in front of bis
army into Scotland. His son, Edward
II, merely ordered his army to retreat
and the war went for naught.
Edward II was profiigant and a
fiasco as ruler. He was finally de-
posed and murdered In prison.
Edward III was an able prince,
whose war against the French all but
made that country part of England.
but his thirst for conquest was quench-
ed and his life Saddened by the death
Of his son-the ''Black Prince
the French campaign. He realized
as an old man that his work would
count for naught because his successor
would be his own weak, vacillating
grandson
Edward " assembled the throne
only by the murder of Henry vi.
which he instigated. and as a result
gathered about him court that he
could not trust. He died when still a
young man.
SaddeSt of all was the fate of Ed
ward V, who never ruled at all. He
was one of the two princes imprisoned
in the tower and whose fate is really
unknown, but who are regarded as
having been murdered by the hired
aSSaSSlnS OF their uncle, the Duke of
Gloucester, after Richard III. Their
story is one of the saddest in English
history.
Edward VI died when he was still a
mere boy.
Edward VII, the present monarch,
\ 81. l.
was sixty years old, and all England
fears he may not live to be officially
crowned. The good luck that is at
tributed by the superstitious to the
number ''Seven" may be his, however.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-03
The Stricken King.

For twenty years Edward stood ex-
pectant at the foot of England s
throne. When his mothers reign had
extended over forty years the world
assumed that the probabilities favor
ed the succession of Edward in a few
months or in a few years. But Queen
Victoria lived until it seemed that she
would Outllye the son and heir to the
throne.
In all these wears Edward waited
for the magnificent ceremonialS that
were this week formally to recognize
him as the sovereign of one of the
greatest nations in the world. In
these years, too, he saw a nation
praying that the life of the Queen
might be prolonged, Tot only in af-
lection for her, but also in distrust of
the untried man who waited for the
crown.
When at last the way opened, and
he had dispelled to great extent the
distrust of the people, it is easy to
believe that he looked forward with
more than usual eagerness to his
coronation.
He was stricken down at the very
hour marked for his triumph. The
titled delegates from all parts of the
British empires, the ambassadors
from republics, empires, and king
doms, the officials and mobiles of Eng
land waiting to take their places in
the coronation pageant, were called
upon to play the part of mourners.
Not in all history is there parallel
to this poignant disappointment of a
nations ruler and a nations people
Realizing this, understanding the
the gravity of the situation, recogniz-
ing the distress of Great Britain IS
loyal people, approaching all that the
Kings sudden and serious illness
means to the British empire, the
American people will extend their
sympathy to the stricken sovereign
and to the troubled nation. Inter
Ocean.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-03
Dangerous RAISED" Bill"

Last week, during the carnival,
Kokomo, was flooded with counterfeit
money of "a dangerous character. The
last issue of the one-dollar silver GER
tificates are the basis of the fraud.
These are skillfully raised" to tens.
These did not reach the banks until
Thursday, where their spurious
character was discovered. The paper
is new and easily worked. On the
eagle side the figure one is erased and
ten substituted, the engraving most
perfect. The figure one, engraved in
white, is altered to ten. On both
sides of the bill patches of perfect pa
per had been pasted over figures and
lettered with such skill that only an
expert would detect the alteration.
A score or more of the counterfeits
have turned up, and it is thought
hundreds were put in circulat ON.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-03
Formation In Gravel Pit.

Workmen have found peculiar
formation in the gravel pit of the
Cincinnati, Richmond s. Muncic rail
road, two miles west of Peru, Ind {.
The formation is seventy feet long,
and seven feet deep, and six feet be-
ow the surface. 1t is as dry as
powder and so hard that it had to be
blasted to break it. 1t is composed
of stones Of many colors, cemented TO-
gether until it is as solid as concrete.
In some places in the formation there
are bushels of small stones, shaped
like peanuts, bound together by what
resembles cement.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-03
Welded In Delphi.

E. LeVergne Brooke, a Warsaw
young man who was born inPlymouth,
was united in marriage to Miss Pearl
Roach, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Roach, at Delphi, Ind, on
Wednesday, June rs, at the home of
the BRIDES parents in the presence of
the relatives and number of the
friends of the congratuiating parties.
Mr.. Brooke, the groom. is the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. John III. Brooke, of
Warsaw. For the past year or more
he has been employed in a large
clothing establishment in Delphi.
Mr.. Brooke is an exemplary young
man. and has many friends in War
saw. Mr.. and Mrs, Brooke will reside
in Delphi and will be at home after
July /. The editor takes occasion to
extend the usual congratulations to
the happy couple.-Warsaw Times.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-03
Story Of Gypsy Told Again.

The story of the king and the Ep-
som gypsy is being told: According
to this gypsy who was supposed not
to have known his majesty's identity
told him he would rise high, to the
throne itself, but would just fall short
of his ambition at the last moment
and would not be crowned king"
The same seer told King Edward that
he would be 50 unlucky on the turf
that even if one of his horses were 60
ing to win race it would fall dead at
the winning post. This prediction
was fulfilled in the case of Counter
pane in 1886. Later at Hamburg a
palmist is said to have foretold that
the king would become i'll as he start
ed for the coronation. Whether the
stories are true or otherwise, the coin
cidence of their being current this
year and the event of Tuesday are re-
garded as remarkable.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-03

The civil war claim, amounting to
1886, 900, which Indiana will receive in
short time from the federal treasury
will be used in making million-dollar
payment on the state debt. 1t will 60
toward making the largest single paw
ment ever made on the states indebt-
edness. When the amount is paid the
debt will be cut to 81, 312, 900, which
can be liquidated before 1905. In adj
dition, there is s1,OS5, 900 which can
not be paid off before that year.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-03
The first weeks operation Q

The first weeks operation of the
new fast mail service started on the
18th inst, between n ew York, Chica
go and st. Louis and intermediate
cities, according to special reports re-
ceived at the Postoffice Department,
has resulted in gain of one business
day in st. Louis and all points beyond
and practically the same gain is repre-
sented at Pittsburg and all Pennsyl-
vania points west of Altoona. There
are great many side lines on which
the gain will be as great as on the
through lines.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-03
Public scandals seem to be CROWN

Public scandals seem to be growing
in number, if we are to judge by de-
velopments at ST. Louis, where the
Traction company distributed its
money to corrupt the common council
into stealing franchises; in Chicago,
where bribery of public officials is
openly charged; in Milwaukee, where
the mayor went wrong; in Cleveland,
where one of the gas companies gave
a councilman 80, 900 to oppose an ordi-
nance in favor of a rival company, and
a half dozen other cases might be
cited. The regret is that the rascals
in the corporations cannot be reached.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-03

There was a warm fight over the
proposal to mention the Constitution
and the Declaration of Independence
in the Illinois state platform, and the
friends of the Constitution and the
Declaration got the worst Of it. The
argument was that if the Illinois DEM
ocratS were to forget something as re-
cent as the Kansas City platform,
they ought not to assume to remem-
Der anything that was written 125
years ago.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-03

The governor and his committee
have no small problem on their hands
in seeking to find something for con-
victS to do and yet not conflict with
the anti-prison labor contract law.
That question has required the mental
effort of the best minds and is not yet
settled.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-03

The recent harmony banquet of the
democrats in New York brought out
the rare specimen of a member Of that
party who had actually declined two
offices. He was newspaper man by
the name of Brooks, whom Cleveland
had appointed to two different foreign
consulates, both of which were de-
clined because the salary was not
sufficient to meet the expense attach
ed to the positions. Mr.. Cleveland
sought out Brooks and shook his hand
twice, regarding him as the only DEM
ocrat in existence with such record.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-03
Great Loss in Supplies.

Tons of food and flowers brought
into London for the coronation crowds
had to be destroyed. The markets
are in a chaotic state. Supplies are
still coming in, while the wholesale
dealers are receiving kilograms from
retailers in all quarters not to fill
orders previously placed with them
The result is that orchids are given
away for nothing, and great quanti-
ties of meat are being sold at tenth
of the previous prices.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-03
The standard of political morals in

The standard of political morals in
the larger sense, like the standards Of
ethics and religion. must necessarily
be based upon inquiry not as to what
is "safe," but as to what is "right. !"
And when political parties depart
from this tandard-when they fuse
confessedly for mere Office instead of
consolidating for principle-their ac-
tivities cease to be political and be-
come purely commercial, and their adj
herents ale no longer citizens contend
ing for their convictions of righteous
ness, but merely spectators 'sgettiEg
in on the ground floor"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-03
Law on Canada ThIstles.

There are good many prosecutions
Just now under the Canada thistle
law. The provisions of the act are
not generally understood. The statute
provides that the owner, or any lessee
of ground, or any supervisor of roads,
or any roadmaster of railroad who
shall allow Canadian thistles to grow
on land within his control shall be
fined not more than $25.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-03

The Orinoco river, which flows
across Venezuela, is uninteruptedly
navigable from the Colombian frontier
to the Atlantic, distance of 1000 or
1000 miles, Within the last few
weeks this highway of commerce has
been opened to Colombia, and Venez-
uela will benefit thereby as well as
all Of the great eastern district of Co
lombia. A port on the Orinoco may
be a peacemaker between the two re-
publicS.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-03

If one were to dwell too long upon
the records of official dishonesty ,he
could soon be convinced that Office
holding is sure to devastate the con-
science, and public offices are organized
schools of instruction in methods of
public plumber. But there are honest
officials left.-Elkhart Review.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-03

The election of John P. Hopkins as
chairman of the democratic state COM
mittee of Illinois, is notice to Carter
Harrison and his Chicago henchman
that the state, outside of Chicago,
has no use for them. 1t also signifies
that Bryan no longer dominates the
party in Illinois.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-03

William Jennings Bryan, after be-
ing among the "also rams" for presi-
dent of the United States in two great
events, evidently felt 1T would be
greatly beneath his dignity to accept
the fusion nomination for governor of
Nebraska, and refused the preferred
nomination. In this he was wise,
however. He saved himself another
defeat.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-03

Congressman Crumpacker of Ind
lana was assigned to very important
duty when he was made one af the
confereeS on the part of the house on
the Philippine civil government bill.
He is a Stickler for the house provision
giving the FilipinoS lower branch of
the Philippine legislature and voice
in their own government.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-03

The Indiana war claim has passed
congress as originally presented, thus
assuring the refunding to the state Of
about $685., 600 expended in raising
and equipping soldiers in the war for
the Union. The essential justice of
the claim has never been questioned,
but its payment was refused on vari-
Gus technicalitieS.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-03

Ex-PreSideut Cleveland in his
speech in New York last week did not
fail to declare the whole gospel of
democracy as he understood it. He,
however made no mention of Imper-
ialism or the Philippine islands. He
must have forgotten these important
items.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-03
Bic Pack of Peas.

The Wabash Canning Company has
just closed its season for packing
green peas. The crop was fine. The
packing was done at the rate of six
Thousand cans an hour. The total
pack was 500, 900 cans.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-03

The United States Geological socie-
ty has just issued a bulletin announc-
ing that Indiana now stands fifth
among the states in the production of
petroleum. The annual product of
the state is over 5 ,OO0,OO barrels.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-03

The democrats of Pennsylvania
have nominated Robert PattiSOn, of
Philadelphia as their candidate for
governor. This is the third time in
% years that Mr.. Patticon has
headed the democratic ticket and he
is the only democrat elected governor
of Pennsylvania since the civil war.