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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-30

Now is a good time to set
Rasp Berry plants. Try 100
or so, and supply your table
with delicious fruit all next
season. You can get the best
grade of plants at J. Blue Set.
ties. 81
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-30
Notice of Final Settlement.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under
signed, George W Paris, administrator of the
estate of Charles II. Curtis, deceased, will make
estate as such Administrator at the next term
of the Probate Court of Monroe County,
Missouri, to be holden at Paris in said county,
on the 18th day of May, A. D., 1903.
GEORGE W. PARIS,
Administrator of Charles H. Curtis, decea
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-30
R4EkH7EWS aKAS7 GY y ~:
AhA iSSAEaMS STEm.cAEn.
OPPORTUNITIES
IN THE SOUTH.

No portion of the United
States has made greater prog
ress in the last year or two
than the South. Northern and
foreign capital is rapidly in
vading that section, finding
profitable investments in the
various industries and facto-
ries that are being rapidly de-
veloped and built. The great
influx of settlers is creating an
increased demand for lands of
all kinds and prices are grad
ually advancing, as'they will
for years to come. Work is
plentiful and poverty praeti-
cally unknown. Alabama is
supplying coal and iron TO all
the world. More money can
be made and with less labor in
the raising of small fruits and
berries and i'm truck patching,
on the Gulf coast than in any
other state in the Union. Straw
berries from Alabama reach
northern markets before those
from the states in the south
east. Cattle can be raised
with great profit, there being
millions of acres of cheap
range lands. If you are in
terested in the south and its
resources and desire informa-
tionon any subject, address
G. A. PARK
Genl Industrial Immigration ACT
LoUIsVILLE& NASHVILLE R. R
LOUISVILLE, KY.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-30
MAIN TRAVELLED ROAD

With it's great trunk lines end it's
connections, the Burlington can take
the best care of you. The map shows
how directly the Burlington's lines
reach the entire west and northwest
region of our country.
Describe to us pour proposed trip
and let us advise you the least cost
and send you free reading matter.
VIM. FITZGERA ID l.. W. WAKELEY,
General Agent Gen'l Passenger Agent
Hannibal. Mo. st. Louis, Mo.
C. NJ. LEvEY, Genl Manager,
st. Louis. Mo,
j. L. LYON, Agent, Monroe City.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-30

lCJO, Juice ulOuthS ultCl sue
enters this record. Though
only 16 years Of age al lifetime
"she contributed Il full mans
share 70 the success OF the ex
petition" which she accompan
led - the Pacific aud back
agar. besides taking care of
her baby" The words in quo.
tatiOu marks are those OF the
late DR. Elliott Coues, editor of
Lewis and Clark journal.
This tribute only family eX.
presses the value of her service
to the explorers aud through
them to the people of the Unit
ed States. SAGA dwea was Il
woman of wonderful courage,
industry and intelligence. Her
name occurs two score times in
the bald record which tell, tie
story of the perils and labors
Of that 1000 miles of journey
along the Missouri from the
Mandau village 10 that rivers
headquarters, across the Rocky
mountains, down the tributaries
of the Columbia into the main
stream, onward to the Pacific
and back again. Iu every in.
stance she figures in a credita
bic way. Early in her connec.
ton with the expedition, when
one of the boats upset in a
storm on the Missouri, and
when her worthless husband
was struck helpless by terror,
SAGA jawea rescued from the
river many of the valuable pa
pers and preserved them to the
world, while also saving her
child. AS mark of the OK
plorers' appreciation of the val
ue of her services, even in the
early stages of her connection
with them, they named one of
the tributaries of the MuSsel
shell, up in the present Mon
tana, Sacaj wea's river, name
unhappiIy. which has long since
been forgotten, the stream fig
uring on the present maps as
Crooked creek.
1t was when the explorers
neared the big mountains that
the Indian Woman's aid to the
expedition was Indispensable.
Partly from recollection and
partly through instinct, she
told the windings of the streams
near their sources in the high
lands. She piloted the expedi,
ton across that roof of the
world where the waters which
flow by way of the Mississippi
and it's tributaries into the
gulf of Mexico are separated
from those which flow into the
Pacific and into the gulf OF Cal.
ifornia; interpreted among In
dams with whom her husband,
who was paid for doing the
talking, could not converse; OBJ
tanned welcome and horses
for the party among her own
people, the Shoshones, west of
the divide; gave up articles Of
her own in barter with other
Indians for the use of the eXpe.
dition; and, though stricken
with serious illness once or
twice from exposure, eXertion
and insufficient or improper
food, she rallied quickly, and
bore all the hardship, including
those attending the care of her
child, cheerfully and courage.
ously. When, in August 1906,
the expedition reached the land
of the Minstarees, Tin the pres
ent North Dakota, on the way
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-30

Maple City Soap is not only one of
the good soaps, but is one of the best
soaps made.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-30
EXTENSION OF COLONIST RATES TO THE
NORTHWEST AND CALIFORNIA

The Burlington extends until June
10Th the period of the greatly reduced
one-way colonist rates to the Northwest
and to California. This is good way
to save from fifteen to twenty dollars.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-30
CALIFORNIA EXCURSIONS.

Join personally conducted through
tourist sleeper excursions to Califor-
mia on frequent dates during each
week, via Denver, scenic Colorado
and Salt Lake City,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-30
Out of the Night.

Word that went
Sweet singing 10 The souls or
all the stars;
A Word Of wonder to the lister
ing worlds,
Born of the beauty Of great.
sweet dream.
And One-as'eep beneath the
Thrilling stars.
Where Night embodied God. and
Silence seemed
The echo Of His footsteps beard
and passed
From Night 10 Light-that
Word upon his lips
Flamei'lte and beautiful. as is
In& on the hills.
II
But God is Love, and Love is
mystery
And marty rdom mortal; and |
to him
The sweetest meaning of that |
Word was Love;
Its kneeling patience, Love; its
strength, Its storm
And its resplendeut sunshine
nha l.nJa.I. Ii o. -,
ing Out ms
LIE s"ei'er VI us onduo"-
oe"'l !" .'ie'
A"" Iiie III oe"'" '"'ous" All
TIE oedtniesS years
III.
ne S""s vi 1--we anu from the
o'o"s " 1'lel /
hid them in his heart;
From his starved lips !the last
cold crust withheld
Fed the white lips OF Famine;
and the red
Rage of the battle knew one
banner bright
Whose name was Love-God's
peace in all the strife.
IVY
Earth gave him tears and moan.
ings in T,ite's Niubt
But God was with him In the
Aud ,rban ; Nol,z w,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-30
An Ultimatun1.

Chicago News: Mrs. Enpeck
are you going to put
up that shelf today or not?
Enpeck-Well, my dear, you
see
Mrs. Enpeck-Ttat will do
now. Either put up or shut up.
How He Got His Title.
There was once a government
gauger,
Who measured a cask on a wau
ger.
He drank it, by gracious!
This gauger capacious-
And now he's a Kentucky MAUI
ger.
Chicago Tribune.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-30
HOME. SEEKERS EXCURSIONS

Round trip tickets at one fare plus
$500 are sold on the iirst ana third
Tuesdays of each month to the West
and Northwest, including Montana.
Idaho, Washington, Oregon and Pu-
get Sound.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-30
Cheap Round Trip Tickets to California

Round trip rates to California May
Sd and Nav 10Th to 18th inclusive, with
sixty days limit, at $47.50 from st.
Louis; $4j from Kansas City, and $50
from Chicago,
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-09-17
HONEYMOON IN THE ARCTIC.
California Young People Will Hunt
Foxes in Polar Regions.

The strangest and probably the
widest honeymoon on record was be-
gun in Los Angeles a few days ago.
Two young German people are the par.
Elephants of this unique and hazardous
trip. John Drast, the bridegroom,
came to America about five months
ago with the avowed purpose of jour
neying to the frozen north in search
of fox skins. On his way across the
continent he met the girl who is now
his bride. He told her of his plans,
and rather than wait until his return
before marrying she suggested that he
take her along and that the trip be
made their honeymoon Drast is q
and his wife 22 years of age.
The boat that carries them, the
Alert, although worn with age, is
looked upon by those familiar with her
gear as good craft for almost any
kind of weather. She is too small,
however, to attempt trip over so vast
and rough body of water The Alert
is a sloop-rigged craft measuring about
thirty-three feet over all with a
twelve-foot beam. She was pur-
chased from a San Pedro fisherman for
$500. The couple carried with them
about $3.50 worth of provisions, which
are expected to last the voyagers until
they reach their destination.
Drast and his wife are going to
point 60 miles east of the Mckenzie
river, which flows into the Arctic
ocean, in search of black fox, whose
skins are very valuable They expect
to spend the winter somewhere en-
route and proceed farther next sum.
mer. Drast said he would probably re-
turn in three years. San Francisco
will be the only stop made between
Los Angeles and the Behring sea.
Drast seemed to understand the
nature of his voyage exactly, but his
little girl wife stood by and wondered
what to think Of it, at the same time
all confidence in her
boyish husband.-Los Angeles Times.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-09-17
WITH NATURE IN THE WOODS.
This Time We Go There, However
Without FoWlina Piece.

Julius Norregard in Success
think the day will come, and it is
not, perhaps, so distant as it seems,
when the idea of killing any thing for
pleasure will seem so strange as to be
scarcely credible. The Anglo-Sax-
on's proverbial pastime of going out
and killing something will seem hardly
less amazing than the gladiatorial
shows.
All, yes! to know all the birds of the
wood-without gun, With gun how
can one know them, what fascinating
knowledge man misses! A dead bird,
A handful of blood-stained feathers!
Little more than that! Carton for the
sexton beetle or for the feasting fly.
But the living bird-what a vivid,
mysterious creature it is, with its love-
ly bright eyes, and those sad vowels
in its throat! 1t seems strange to think
of what that niue head knows, secrets
of nature eternally hidden from us. l.
not the bird itself one of natures Sc.
crets? Inc woodland, which to us is a
wilderness, is to him a city, of which
habitants. All the invisible highways
of the air are to him like well-trodden
paths, and when he darts off in that
apparently casual way he very well
knows whittier he is going and what
business takes him. When he sits and
whistles by the hour on some sway
ing pinnacle of the greenwood there is
some meaning in all beyond the music.
That meaning will ever be hidden from
us. If we could know 1t, as Tennyson
said of the flower in the crannied
WALL" we should know what God and
man are"
If, instead of shooting the bird,
scotching me snake, smashing the
beetle and pinching the tiny life out of
the butterfly, we were to watch any
one of these creatures on summer
day, the day would pass like an hour,
so packed with exciting experience it
would seem. through what mysteri
Gus coverts of the woodland, into what
a haunted underworld of tunneled
banks and hidden bitches and secret
passages the snake would show us the
way; and we should have strange
hearts if, as we thus watched it
through it's mysterious day, we did not
find our dislike of the clever little
creature dying away, and even chang
ing into a deep tenderness toward the
small, self-reliant life, so lonely a
speck of existence in so vast q world.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-09-17
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A cannon of the revolutionary war
has been discovered buried on the
farm of Ephraim Kaufman, near
Warwick, Chester County, Pa. The
cannon weighs 1850 pounds and is OF
cast iron. The letters "P. w. F." cut
on it are taken to mean that It was
made at the Pennsylvania Warwick
Furnace, which was operated during
the revolution.
For small sum a Hongkong spec
ulator named Moulder has purchased
the hulks of four of the Spanish
cruisers sunk by Dewey in Mania
Bay and recently raised. The vessels
are the Reina Cristina, Argus, Mar
Guis Duero and Velasco, and win be
sold for junk.
A memorial to the confederate dead
is to be erected at Little Rock, Ark.
The monument will be so feet high
and will stand on base of Arkansas
granite II feet deep and feet s
inches wide. 1t will have a pedestal
OF French stone modelled after the
Rochambeau monument in Washing.
ton.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-09-17

Natural Sketches.
S.

asleep; and wild animals, such as
foxes, raccoons and wolves, must be
equally annoyed to have attention
called to their presence by chattering
magpies. They will alight on the
backs of cattle, and help to rid them
OF whatever insect they may be
troubled with, and with equal coolness
they will steal and kill the young
chickens which may have strayed from
under the watchful eye of their
mother
In the wild state magpies become
very tame only when food is scarce. At
such times they will visit the camps
of lumbermen or hunters, and not
only pick up whatever refuse may be
thrown to them, but have been known
to alight on the arms and shoulders
of the campers, and take food from
their hands. Altogether, the maybe
is a most interesting and picturesque
figure, and it is to be hoped that his
good offices in destroyin myriads of
noXious insects will continue to earn
for him the protection he deserves.
Ernest Harold Baynes.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-09-17

iof the double thread in the seam. The
handmade garment is far more plians
and gratifying. Handmade outfits are,
TO be got in the shops, but at consider
able cost aid without the individuality
| that home making confers; so the
home sewer bestirs in her own behalf
I 1t requires pains and precision to do
plain sewing well, to set stitches of the
same dimensions at even distances so
regular look. Ine old-school methods
of training taught sewing pupils to-
take up Just so many threads to the
needle in hemming and scanning; to
stroke gathers so that they stood like
we,Adrilled soldier in line, and to feLR
seams in such narrow fine lines that IL
W~uld take a microscope to detect q
flaw or detection from the regular
Possibly the twentieth century girls
will find il no easy task to prodace
such exquisite specimens of handwork
as are preserved in grandmotheTSs
dowries. But the ball has been see
soinfi, and the results are promising.
\ girl with fair hands and dainty
1 wrists never appears to better advan-
/ rage than when plying her needle in
some soft white fabric that suggests
thrift and usefulness. Indeed, when
/ so occupied the admiref has a good
chance for studying her and for IN
venting means to make her look up
and bestow attention elsewhere than
on her work. 1Aere is a sentiment in
terwoven with dainty needlework that
, has not yet become associated with
golf or ping-pong, and girls are reviv-
ing the gentler craft along with their
adoption of shoulder tippets and an
, uQue ornaments.
] The number of fancy sewing stands.
on the market points to the revival OF
neediework interest OF gilded rope, OF
fine wood, of nickel and of lowered
enamel work, they present a wide
range Of choice. There are also he
geniously made hampers and sewing
cozies planned so as TO roll up and bSN
! snuggied out of the way when desired.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-09-17

business men and the county officials
donate enough to build a cage about
twelve feet square and he was kept in
that about six weeks. Mr.. Damarin fed
and tanned him. He had a stump OF
a tree put in the large cage, and he
stays on that tree all the time, when
not flying or walking in the park. AS
the cage was still not large enough to
let him fly, they took the cage away
to give him his liberty and go away if
he wanted to. But the bird won't
leave. He is a great curiosity to every
one. He eats fresh beef, kidneys, or
liver, or live rabbits. Mr.. Heater, the
butcher, furnishes all the meat he
wants to- eat free of charge. MIR.
Damarin has had several offers for
him, but he would not part with him.
His roost Is near Mr.. Damarin's office
window and he sees that no one dis
turbs Mr.. Damarin or does him any
harm The birds name is "Dick" and
all the children of Havana come to see
him and call him by ame.-Blooming-
ton Paragraph.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-09-17
The Beggar Who Gave Credit.

Chekib Bey, the Turkish Minister TO
Washington, attendent in Philadelphia
the recent launching of the Turkish
warship Medjidia at the Champs ship
yard.
During tn" luncheon following the
launch, Che lib Bey animajverted for
a moment on the beggars of Philadel-
phia.
you have here" he said, ian enter
prising and intelligent collection of
beggars. One of them approached me
this morning. He told moving tale
of misfortune; then he asked me for a
little money.
81 put my hand in my pocket, to find
that | was altogether out OF change.
My man said, I hav nothing for
you now, but in an hour | shall be
passing this way again. Then, prom
Use you, you shall get something from
me-
IAN right, sir, said the beggar; but
all the same he added. fretfully, You
wouldn't believe the amount of credit !
give in this way"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-09-17
A GIRL AND HER TRAINING.

The girls of today have a higher
mission in life than to look orna-
mental 1t is not sufficient that they
must likewise develop thee talents. 1t
will not suffice that they be graceful.
They must also be useful. Their aim
in life is not merely to be good; they
must be good for something.
The great aim is not to train girls
so they will live according to rules,
but so they may nobly live without
them. For it is impossible to make
rules to fit every emergency. The
only safe method in a daughters train
ing is to equip her with the stuff from
which to make her own rules, as the
occasion presents itself.
Our chief duty is not so much to
correct the faults as it is to instill the
virtues. The secret of high living is
no, How much evil do we avoid =?
but, how much good do we find? The
secret of successful parenthood is not,
how many restrictions can we compel
our daughters to live down to? but.
how many rights and privileges can
we safely trust them 10 live up to?-
Lavinia Hart, in Golfers.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-09-17
Poe and the MANAGER.

A well known theatrical manager
VINO Is distinguished rather for his bus
mess than for his knowledge of litera
ture, was visited not long ago by an
aspiring playwright He had will
him, he explained to the manager. the
manuscript of a play based on one OF
Edgar Allan Poe's stories, which he
Was sure was destined to make a sen.
sational hit on the stage. The man.
ager consented to hear the play, and
listened with increasing interest as the
playwright read from his manuscript.
He was enthusiastic when the end
was reached.
That's fine!" he exclaimed-fne,
Now I'll tell you what I'll do: You and
Mr. Poe come in tomorrow and wen
talk this thing r."-Harper's
Weekly.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-09-17
One for the ShopwaIker.

A certain shopwalker in a large Sc
Enlistment is noted for his severity tc
those under him in business. One day
he approached junior assistant, from
whose counter lady had Just moved
away.
You let that lady go without making
a purchaser" ne asked severely.
Yes, sir; /
"And she was at your counter fully
ten minutes"
Doubtless, but then, you see"
Exactly. | saw that, in spite of all
the questions she put to you, you rarely
answered her, and never attempted to
get what she wanted"
We'll, but
Il shall report your carelessness."
We'll, | hadn't what she wanted"
What was that?"
Half crown. She's a book can.
vasser, getting subscribers to the Life
of Moses"
And the shopwalker retired crest.
fallen.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-09-17
HAS A DoMEsTIcATED EAGLE.
Treasurer of Mason County, H., Owns
a Natural Curiosity.

Havana, Mason county, has one OF
the greatest curiosities in America, II
not in the world. Mr.. Damarin,
county treasurer, has a pet golden
eagle; one that stays in the courthouse
park without being Gagged. He is at
liberty to go when and where he
pleases. Mr. Damarin feeds his pet
twice day. He can go up to him and
stroke him, same as he would cat or
dog. When the street carnival was in
Havana last week, the eagle was the
greatest attraction there. Every man,
woman, and child came over to the
courthouse park to see him; so did all
of the showmen. Every boat excursion
that comes to Havana brings a lot
of people who come to see the eagle.
Lots of people have never seen an eagle
and if they have they have never been
so close to one, and what surprises
every one is that the bird won't go
away.
This is the history of the bird: A
son of J. Wiley Smith, who lives
about eight miles southwest of Mason
City, near the Sangamon bottom, shot
and crippled him last fall and took
him home and kept him until spring,
when his son, Berry, brought him to
Havana and put him in a squirrel
cage. BIT as that was too small and
he could not learn to fly as one of his
wings had been shot, Smith had the
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-09-17
LOVE is THE HANDSPRING.

Political economists have told us
that self-interest is the handspring Oh
industry. 1t is not true. Love is the
handspring of industry. 1t is love for
the home and the wife and the chill
dren that keeps all the busy wheels OF
industry revolving. that calls the fac
tory hands early to the mill, that
nerves the arm of the blacksmith
working at his forge, that inspires the
farmer at his plough and the mer-
chant at his desk, that gives courage
to the soldier and patience to the
teacher. Erskine was asked how ne
dared. as an unknown barrister, face
a hostile court and insist on his right
to be heard. 81 felt my children -
he replied, "tugging at my robe and
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-09-17

saying, Here is your chance, father, to
get us bread" 1t is this vision of the
children, dependent on us, that in
spires us all in the battle of life. 1t
is for our homes and our children we
maintain our churches. Whether we
cultivate farm, or operate factory,
or manage a store, or build and con-
duct {. railroad, or paint pictures, or
write books, or preach sermons, or
enact and enforce laws,-whatever we
do, the end of our activity is the
nurture and training of children in
this primary school. which we call
life, in preparation for some life, we
know not what, hereafter.-Rev. Ly-
man Abbott in Atlantic.