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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-02-27

For RENT:-The frame store
building on north Main street,
known as the Byrd property.
Possession given March LIST.
CARL F. SMITH.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-02-27

After Il pleasant visit with
friends, Rev. and Mrs H. H.
Johnson, Miss Faith Rutherfofd.l~
of Huntsville, returned to her
home Monday. .. Tx
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-02-27

U. S. Senators Tillman and
McLaurin of South Carolina
had a disgraceful fist fight in
the Senate Chamber, Saturday.
McLaurin let the "lie slip" and
the fight was on. Tillmans
nose bled and big bump APP
peared on .McLaurins forehead.
The Senate adopted resolu-
tions declaring both Senators
in contempt. Later, both men
apologized. The two men have
humiliated their constituents,
and should be punished by
them, by placing both of them
on the retired list.-Later, they
will be suspended for thirty
days.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-02-27

Under Republican gag rule,
the House of Congress has ceas-
ed to be a deliberative body.
Business methods have flown
through the windows and
partisanship is in the saddle
and the people are under the
iron shod hoofs.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-02-27

The new front to the J J Rog-.
ers department store is rapidly
taking form and when finished
will be Il great aud beautifula
Improvement. aaE..... q lat
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-02-27

The CeAtury Grub was enter:
tanned ~ Mrs. T. Proctor ana
had delightful literary treat I,
Next Wednesday.it will meetO
with Miss Carolyu Rogers. .aejj
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-02-27

Lester Hatch, of st. Louis,
dropped in Sunday and spent
the day with his father Rev.
DIR. w. A. Hatch.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-02-27

Good cheap sewing machines
still on hand as we'll as Heat.
ing Stoves.
r. MANNING WALKER.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-02-27

Horace Kent left Thursday
for Elyria, Ohio, to visit his
mother whom he has not seen
for twelve years. She is now
in her 80 year.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-02-27

E. j. Mcknight has moved
from Marion County to this
city
H. j. Cramer. of Kansas City,
came over Sunday to spend a
week with the homefolks.
AL Kelley left Monday for
Clarksville where he, will ply
his trade tor several weeks.
Mrs. Ida V. Green, of Shell.
bina, came down Saturday to
visit her brother, j. w. Cox.
Miss Ella Keithley, of Quin.
cy, came over Monday to spend
several days with the home.
folks.
Mrs. H. G.. Johnson left for
the City of Flowers Tuesday to
spend the balance of the week
with friends.
Rafe Leake, the Street Com.
missioner, is satisfied that there
is one black cat that won't
came back.
Miss Della Johnson will leave
Monday for Kankakee. ILL.,,
where she will visit relatives
indefinitely.
Mrs. Bob G. Piersol went up
to the Sachar;ne village to
spend several days with the
home folks.
Editor John Nolen, of La
Grange, spent Sunday in the
Lity with his mother and-but
then, he said he was going to
so we will quit.
H. B. Mudd returned from
Askansas Sunday night. He
did not close a deal while there
but has put in a bid on 800
acres of tie timber lands.
Are you a lover of flowers?
1t is none too early to begin
starting seed in the house. If
we haven't just what you want
we will get it for you.
SHARP & PATTERSON.
The gra nd opening at Levys
Saturday was a successsfnan-
cially and socially. The large
business house filled with a
beautiful line of new goods was
| crowded with SIGHT SeerS and
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-02-27

The giant is made strong in
wrestling with obstacles. Power
is the resultant Of the forces
overcome. Success"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-02-27

j. B. Jackson has concluded
to quiet living in town and run.
ming the farm near Sharpsburg,
so has moved his family to it
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-11-07
SAILING AROUND THE cow.
How nm Old Sea-Captmin Was Mis-.
led by the Lowin of the
ships MIX Producer.

Many sea-captain has sailed
around the world since the adven.
turous voyage of Capt. Cook. but
few navigators have tried what the
captain of an East Indiaman used
to relate rs an experience of his own,
says the Youths Companion.
He was out one foggy night. and
sounded his fog-horn. as every wise
captain should. From the starboard
side came the sound of fog horn. APP
parently from vessel very close,
and showing no lights.
Port your helm" shouted the cap
tain. and the order was obeyed. Their
he blew his horn again. Back from
the same relative position. although
the ship had altered her course th.ee
points. came the sound Of that an
swcring fog-horn.
'Hard aport." roared the captain.
That, too. was done. and the signal
was tried again. Back from exactly
the same position, although his YES
sci had now changed her course seven
points, came the sound Of that fog.
horn.
The captain. alarmed, was just go
ing to give the order TO reverse the
engines. when one Of the officers dis
covered that the supposed fog-horn
was only the COW that was carried
on the forward deck to supply fresh
milk for .Ac passenger.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-11-07

Is Jewish exclusiveness becoming 4
legend rather than a reality? II
would seem so, at least in Australia.
The recently published matrimonial
statistics Of New South Wales show
that in 1901 81 Jewesses selected hus.
bands from the Church of England. II
mated with Catholics and II found
their affiniti,s in the PRESBYTERIAN
fold. One hundred and fifty-one Jews
united to Anglican wives, CO to Catho.
lies, 10 to Presbyterians, 12 to Metho.
dists, -four To agnostics. and two to
Congregationalists, while q solitary
son Of Israel is returned as having
welded BAPTIST Altogether, out of
ISL Jewish marriages. 34I were more
or less .'mixed."-London Chronicle.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-11-07
GIANT MUSHROOMS.
I'm England They Sometimes Grow
big Enough for Sunshades
or tmbrelIas.

Mushrooms are specially abundant in
many districts this year. The state
meni that great quantities are being
found in the rural districts around Col
chester has brought in several letters
from other parts Of the country. All
our correspondents state that they are
enjoying the delights of mushroom
picking. and one OF then. adds that this
is the best tonic for the season. Two
correspondents have found mushrooms
which they consider 10 be of unusual
size What is an unusual size for a
mushroom is a very much discussed
matter. but we give our correspondents
the credit of their finds. says the Lon
don Express.
"Paterfamilias. writes from High
Wycombe to this effect:
The other day / was out in the fields
with my two children. 1T was the sort
If day to which we have got accust toned
now-when rain is regarded as prob
able every other minute. ! mention
this to explain what follows. My chill
dren had gone on ahead Of me when
'ao p Nm ~ atAAtntts tOulu
not see exactly what thcA we're doing.
Is | am short-sighteG. bNt they were
ioming toward me with something over
.heir heads. Ii turned out 10 be a very
late mushroom, and they were pre-
tending that it was "A fairy's umbrella.
l had no measure with me. and before
We got home the mushroom had been
Clipped a good deal. owing to the |
chiidren's letting il fall. but feel sure
that it was at least ten or II inches
in diameter. This surely constitutes |
a record"
But the supposed record is soon beat
en-. Our other correspondent has
found n bigger mushroom. Writing
from North Kent, he says:
II was looking for mushrooms yes
erday morning. when I came across
! patch Of the biggest have ever seen,
III together in field. They all
seemed TO run from ten inches to a
'vot across. and after looking about
or scmc time found one that eclipsed
III the others in size. | took IL home
'aresully and had il measured. IL was
ust under 10 inches across. but wax
,nly three inches in the stem. Ny wife
Ind made quite meal on It."
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-11-07
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The fact that last year the FIJI,
isia nds contributed $4,000 to foreign
missions is in itself an announcement
that the heather countries of the
world are diminished by one.
There are between so and 90 prin-
cipal synagogues in the United King
DOM IN which just under 1000 Jews
worship. There are also $50 minor
synagogues, or bethels.
An extensive movement toward
christianity is reported among the
low caste Lal Begis people near Nee
rut' In the northwest provinces, India,
IN connection with the mission of the
Ohurch Missionary society.
movement has been started in Eng
lano- under the lead Of Lord Radstock,
10 place a copy of the Scriptures in
the hands of every child in the schools
OF India who is able to read a GOSPEL
IN his or her own tongue.
Iowa college, Grinnell, opened its
first year under President Bradley
with an attendance of 800, the largest
- the history Of the institution. The
total OF ali the s.uIs n.- OF lie round
including those studying in the acad
envy and the school Of music, reaches
$50.
a Bombay medical missionary last
year treated 3,110 patients in add
tion to her regular work as teacher
IN boarding school. This mission
airy Industry is paralleled by that ola
DOCTOR in India, an eye specialist, who
treated 1900 patients during one wear.
peSloes visiting many in their homes.
A richly deserved retort was that
made 10y a Sioux girl at the Hampter
institute not long since. A silly visitor
p the school went up to the magnif-
ent red-skinned belle and said: Are
iou civilized?' The Sioux raised her
read slowly from her work-she was
ashioning d breadboard at the mo
nent-and replied: mo; are your"
Bradford tMass.) academy began its
me hundredth year with an entering
lass Of over 100 young women. This
urn In the fortunes of this institution
deserved testimony TO the beauty
Us situation and its excellent equip-
rent. Several new teachers are en-
ioyed, the accommodations Of the
chool are insufficient for its needs
DO there Is a long waiting list.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-11-07

you'll be sorry for this some dayi.
howled the son and heir as his fathes
released him from the position he had
occupied across the paternal knee.
.'l'll be sorry? When?,
"When get TO be mani
"You will take revenge by whipping
your father when you are big and
strong and I am old and feeble. will
you. JOHNNY"
NO, sir" blubbered Johnny, rub
bing himself. "but III spank your
grandchildren till they can't resti"-
NY. Times.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-11-07
HUMOROUS.

shes not as pensive as she wal
before you married her" mo; she's
expensive w--Indianapolis News
His Pound of Flesh.-Financie
ttenan- of our forest. after a week 5
unsuccessful stalking)-"Now, look
here, my man. | bought and paid for
ten stays. If the brutes can't be
shot, you'll have to trap them. I've
promised the venison. and | mean to
have it!"-Punch.
Holdon-"I tell you what. Harry.
wish I lad enough money TO relieve
all the distress amongst the poor
people of this town" Somers-.A
generous wish" Holdon-"You see.
! had all that money. I'd be able
10 live like fighting cock all the
vest Of my life. "-Boston Transcript.
Opportune Time. -She-"George, i
link you'd better not speak to papa
Tonight. I'm afraid he isn't in a
very good humor." He-"Why not p
she-"M, dressmaker sent him her
bill to-day" He-"But. Gear I'll make
it clear to him that / want to pro-
vide for you in the future. '-Phila-
delphia Press.
A young man from Banffshire was
spending his holidays in Aberdeen.
While walking on 'the green in COM
pany with his uncle he was sur
prised to see so many kites flying.
Observing one far higher than the
rest ne called his uncle's attention
Ind asked IL ever he had seen kite
lying as high before. did ever I
zee ane rs high afore? Man, J--s:c.
hats naething. for haze seen some
: them clean out o. sight."-Scot-
i.h American.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-11-07

Shadows do not stop the sun.
God lifts up the heavy-hearted By
means of human hands.
The greatest truths ere powerless
without the living teacher.
The heart within to resist evil Is bet.
ter than a fence without.
Active service saves man from fool.
ish fears and speculations.
IL Is not our fault II temptations
all on US; but 1t is IL we entertain
them.
The arrangement Of the Bible Is pro.
phetic OF our lives. eliminating in :
sogelAtlon.-Ram's Uoru.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-11-07

AFTER a YEAR.
- year or yesterday
since We were last together. love.
eince from my side you turned avav
10 seek some allen star above.
ZOO Tar for ken OF mortal clay
u year or yesterday?
Is II year or yesterday
Since | was called upon To hear
grief no lain can e'er aiiay.
a woe that none may see or share
since you have vanished. say. oh say.
~ " year or yesterday?
u II year or yesterday
since laughter died upon my ltpa.
ana became too sad 10 pray,
for all my stars went in eclipse.
ana hopes aurora paled to gray
- y year or yesterday?
u II year or yesterday
"A year." cries Loneliness. "a yearr'
eut Pain with pallid lips cries. may,
100 fierce the pang. too fresh the tear.
Too present seems the souls dismay."
a. X year or yesterday?
Susie M. Best. In Tho Century.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-11-07

Cholly-Aw-I say. Fweddy. let's do
something desperate and bweAk int
the hewoic class.
Fweddy-AIl wight. deah 10y. What
shall we do?
something extraordinary. doncher
know. lisw! l have St; wen have
bweakfs-i focS fob dinusr.r-Chicago
Daily NswI
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-11-07

English
ane ,S anchored in the harbor Of New Amsterdam
70 ne citizens promising perfect security property
submit English
~ uv winthrop OF Connecticut
eounei reading governor
the bits. and
to tn people eNN "A1
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-11-01
PRINCE ALERT GREAT RAGE HoRsr

PRINCE ALERT A GREAT RACE HORSE
Prince Alert (2:00%) has been great horse
this year, and in his series Of match races With
Anaconda S2:o1A) he has come OF victorious
They have been appearing over the eastern
half-Inile tracks, at fairs and race meetinrs.
and have proved great attractions. Tho races
have all been In fast time. and there was always
q sharp contest. FL n
II soems pity that Prince Alert has not been
worlds pacing record Of !: :59N this Year. No
faster PAGER ever lived than this biz Indians
bred horse. and had he been specially prepared
have paced in 1:5OA Mt least -. 80
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-11-01

and it appears that Chicago would answer
to greater advantage, looking at 1t from
the makers point Of view. st. Louis in
1904 is an excellent suggestion, though 1t
strikes me that there should be a specified
route for all contestants to follow. Or
otherwise it might be the operators
knowledge Of the country and not the
merit, Of the machine that would count
most in obtaining the valued honors.
"A vital regulation that should be en-
bodied in the rules for the next contest,
according to my way Of thinking, is to re-
strict the entries in the several classes
to stock vehicles such as the maker ad-
vertises in his catalogue. Specially con-
structed machines are now pitted against
stock carriages. and the public is seldom
in a position to appreciate the unfairness
of such a plan" -s-
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-11-01
TOURNAMENT In CHICAGO
Balk Line and Three Cushion Con-
tests Are Planned by Windy
-.. {: City Men. % >s

Unless the plans that are now under
way fail, the best Of three cushion and
balk line billiard players, including many
from the billiard halls in France. Ger
many, England and Mexico, will be seen
in competition In Chicago soon. Cham
pfonship Journeys at both balk line and
three-cushion carom billiards are planned
to bring the players to the windy city.
The plans for the gathering Of the we'll
known cue experts from all over the world
were fostered several weeks ago, but not
until this week were they made known to
the local cue experts, A. @. Anson.. Louis
Bensinger, will Mussey and Tom Foley,
local billiard hal proprietors. are planning
for the tourney. A purse Of liberal pro-
portions will be hung up ana this. the
local promoters say. will be tempting
enough for the foreign experts to contest
for. Each Of the contestants will be
charged an entrance fee, and this also will
be divided among the winners. In addi-
ton to the entrance fee and the added
amount 1t is the plan Of the promoters to
give the winners Of the tourney a share
OF the receipts Of the games. So far as is
arranged, the tourney, should It be decid-
ed in Chicago, will be held in a large pub
lic hall None Of the billiard halls now in
operation is large enough to accomdate
1000 or more spectators and 1t Is the plan
to have the event decided, II not in a pub
lie hail. In one of the large armories,
The four Chicago billiard man interested
In the scheme Of bringing on the tourney
are working hard to pull the project
through. A. c., Anson has made several
trips about the country already In the
interest OF the fixture and wherever he
made his plans known he was promised
help. Representatives abroad now are
making plans known to the cue experts
there and already word has been received
here that the countries on the other side
will send players here.
1T will be the biggest event ever held
IN this country" A. g. Anson said re.
Gently. I'VE have started the scheme tc
bring the tourney on and don't thinN
now that It viii be dropped. billiards Il
at its height just now and with such 9
tourney It VIII boost tho game consider.
ably here Yes. we will have experts from
all over tho country trying for tho lonn
end Of the purse. The purse wit Be bif
enough for them to come, =, 9ass
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-11-01
BASS ARE STILL BITING
Gamey Fish Will Still Snap at
Frogs in Lakes Of Northern
Minnesota. I

In the lakes OF lower Michigan, Wiscoli-
sin and Minnesota bass quit taking the
frog after Sept. 1. Later than that date
minnows, salt pork, which is a stimulation
of the minnow, and the small spoon, which
Stimulates a little fish. are the only kinds
Of lures which attract them.
In the lakes further north. however,
where both air and water are much colder
and frogs are supposed to be housed up
for the winter. thsy prove still a strong at
traction to the bass. Naturalists may be
able. to explain this, but anglers are not
Casting on waters 50 far north ID cold
work on the hands and the frogs have an
Icy feel, but the fish take them eagerly,
coming up from the depths for them with
open jaws and striking them savsgely.
They are much more languid about 1t In
hot weather. It may be that they realize
that the frog-eating days are drawing to
q close and are anxious to make the most
of their lessening opportunities.
On those lakes In the summer weedless
hooks are necessity because Of the lily
pad and sub surface weed growths; but
now all the lilies are dead. the weeds have
disappeared and the open hook is the; only
one worth using.
The very best hook for use with frogs at
this season is a loaded weedless hook, from
which the weed-guard has been removed
with a pair of pincers This hook carries
a tlS
shank, of such shape that when the frog
is hooked through the lips, cast and reeled
in, it comes in always belly down.
By the use Of this hook, a man gets
rid of the swivel sinker or buckshot sink
er. on his line. He has hook and lead in
one and may reel the frog close up to the
end Of the rod before casting.
Furthermore the loaded hook takes the
frog down quickly below the surface and
If the lure be brought back with reason
able slowness it will travel quite four feet
under water. That is the thing, as tho
bass are lying deep and win often fail to
| see a surface lure.
| In warmer months II Ia necessary to
permit the fish to run when the frog Is
first taken, because the bass take hold
| lightly then and swallow slowly. having
| had plenty of such food and being In no
hurry about It: but in these days they
take all of the frog in at one gulp and a
slight instantaneous snatch OF the rod VIII
sink in the hook so securely that landing
the fish then becomes merely a matter Of
firing 1t out.
The lakes now are at their most beauti.
| full stage, the water cold and so crystal
clear that in the deeper places II has q
keen blue tinge. The precipitous banks,
rising often for fifty feet nearly straight
up, are clothed In all Of the glorious hues
of fall. yellows. browns, crtnsons and
tdark greens, while through the dim, whiB-
pering aisles Of the forests 1.-The leaves OF
autumn march a million strong"
Does your building require q new roofs
See W. 8. Mott Co. Tel. s7e.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-11-01
AMERICAN AUTOS STRONG
Eastern Manufacturer Says They
Can Stand More Severe Tests
Than They Have Had.

2z American automobiles are capable Of
participating in and completing q. reliabili-
ty run OF, a much more trying sort than
the recent journey to Boston and return, %
says A.. T.. Prescott, president OF we'll
known eastern automobile manufacturing
company. A.H, HI - -
'In another year." continued Mr. Pres
cott, II believe that the conditions should
be made more difficult in various features,
and the rules might be- drawn with less
sleeway. Instead Of Montreal as the turn
Z Ing point, as has been suggested, am Of
the opinion that it would be- better to
confne the route to this country entirely,