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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-26
A FARMERS PLEA
For Interchange and Extension of Tel.
ephOne System.

l desire, just for moment,
the attention of all those who
are interested III telephones.
Like all useful inventions, the
telephone has become a neCes-
sity. The business man who
undertakes to do without one is
cut of date and soon out of bus
mess. TO the professional man
especially the physician, it is
an indispensable necessity. To
the farmer it is more than a
necessity. 1t not only puts him
in touch with the outside world
and for the first time in his eX-
istence permits him to know
modern as we'll as ancient his
tory, but it is the very life
blood that courses through his
social system. 1t might be said
it is the very breath of life of
social system, breaking the
shackles that bound the farmer
down to lonely, oppressive, and
sometimes stupor, producing
isola ton, and puts him in con-
tact with a quickening, ener.
waiting current of social life that
makes his lot not only endur-
able, but one to be greatly
desired.
While the telephone has done
good in facilitating business
for the business man, the pro-
fessional man and the farmer
and has made farm lite more
eslrable, thereby making the
farm more valuable, it has
hardly begun the good it is
destined to accomplish.
1t is a new system and like
all new systems, it has many
imperfect parts to be perfected,
irregularities to be regula TED
many insists to be adjusted and
some useless members to be
discarded.
The first irregularity to be
regulated is that of cost. This
is not a useless member, conse
quently cannot be done away
with entirely. but it can be sc
regulated that it will fall lmucl
lighter on many who now have
phones and are burdenea witt
the cost and limited in theil
privileges, and will also enable
hundreds of others, especially
farmers, to have phones who
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-26
English As She Is Abbreviated.

A gallant and social young Mr..
On meeting a fair damsel, Kr.
She call for a DR..
The thing had so SIR.
And on her red lip raised a Biz.
st. Paul Dispatch.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-26

hCOSSoiNJ uAN luhui y
OF course / understand all
about it's being nice thing for
a few individuals to make a
nice easy living by giving bad
telephone service, but is that
what the interests of a commu.
nifty demands? Is that what
will build up community and
maxi the best element of the
gceat army of home seekers now
abroad in the land who want to
purchase homes within its
borders?
Or would it be more inviting
to them to see telephone sys-
tenn three or four times more
extensive, running smoothly at
one half to threefourths less
cost These are things for the
m en- who are interested in build
ing up the community in which
they live to think about. These
are things for the business and
professional men to think about
but especially should every
farmer ponder them well and
act accordingly.
This idea of regulating the
cost of telephones is not a
dream, but it has been tried and
is being tried successfully all
over the country, and while it
may not yet be reduced to
scientific perfection, it is inf
nitcly more satisfactory than
the old dollar in my pocket
and the public be ID system.
| have taken the trouble to
write several parties who have
tried mutual telephone system,
and in every instance the reply
has been that the system is
satisfactory. l quote as a
sample from the letter of the
secretary of the Peoples Te!e-
phone Union Of Nodaway county:
1--WE have sixteen farm lines
that average eight phones to
the line and about fifty phones
in Maryville so far and are
putting them in as fast as can
be done. We will have five
hundred phones by next winter.
We pay twenty-five cents per
month to our switch board
operator and he keeps up lines
in the city, Ten cents per
month is enough tor any one to
pay after the system is started.
We have free access to all the
phones in any town or county
with which we are connected.
We now have access to about
three thousand phones and do
not have to pay a cent above
the twenty-five cents per month.
We give free exchange for free
exchange with any town. The
mutual telephone business is
the thing and all you need is to
start and it will grow faster
than you expect
And now, fellow citizens, and
especially fellow farmers, what
are we going to do about this
telephone system? Are we
going to let it be kicked about
as an article of commerce, or
are we going to take it up and
use it Gas a great public good
and make it an agent in building
up our communities, our bust
ness and our happiness.
These things are worthy of
your best consideration.
HAY SEED.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-26

If it's a bilious attack. take Cham
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets
and a quick recovery is certain. For
sale by All Dealers.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-26

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 practi-
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 sin'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 It's
resources and desire informa-
tionon any subject, address
G. A. PARK
Genl Industrial & Immigration Agt
LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE R. R.
LOUISVILLE, KY.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-06-15
HE OUGHT TO BE CAREFUL.

Mr. Carnegie such body that
cal how he made his but when he acclaimed London
yesterday this alarming divided into hostile
nations increased weapons OF destruction he perousy
auding the millions which he himself has made from the
chased very high price for American vessesProvdnce
Journal
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-06-15
A DISTINGUISHED HORSFMAN

on H. Wallace authority the trOting horse the
breeding horses dead within months anniversary
On account poor health his youth he farming Iowa and
grew strong becoming influential citizen doing toward
organizing the industries and schools OF the then but develop
ing lie for secretary the agriculture
and percng the need OF authority pegrees thoroughbred
horses he compiled the american Stud Book published 1867 in
New DIRK city where he after took and has
dence lie published in 1871 the first volume of his rong Register;
second volume appeared in 1874 and third 1870
tanned about 10000 pedgrees besides statistical tables
Wallace published Year Book and the Wallace register
an organized in 1880 all these and Others of his publications
coming the property OF the company Mr. Wallace did his
oughly and held the highest place in these matters
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-06-15
ACCORDING TO THEIR MEANS,

couple English travellers fashionable rather snobbsh got
OF one OF the Ftavenue stages fine day ride the
They began draw complimentary comparisons be-
the vehicles and the London buses the New Tribune
On the below them and very them the driver gancng
them and then with expression contempt happened
that he ngman nevertheless he loyal his
poyer rather than his country just then He stood the dcu
silence until the travellers began attack the horses saying they
be discarded animals the London buses They really pretty
good looking and the driver had speak his little
He did the careful slow Of the English instead
violent not vile and explosive and angy American Il say
friend he said sorry don't like the service But really
blame people YOU know, travelling according their
means. The fare in the bus is five cents.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-06-15
WE ARE ALL GLASS EATERS,

How much glass do you suppose
that you can consume daily" a Phila-.
delphia physician asked of one of his
patients the other day, and then went
on, in response to the others interro-
gative look. 1T is a fact that we all
swallow each day more or less glass.
the manufacturers not yet having.
reached the point where their product
is impervious to the action of fluids.
He who drinks beer consumes the most
glass. A chemical analysis of any bot
tied beer inevitably reveals some of the
glass constituents. But the water
drinker, roo, swallows his share In a
carafe or in a glass pitcher have YOU
ever noticed the odd line which marks
the level mat the wafer has had?
Well, that line shows how the water
has changed the appearance of the
glass slightly by absorbing some of it's:
components. And so every day, when
we drink beer or water or milk we
consume little glass. But it does us
no harm. / have yet to hear of any
disease that it has ever caused"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-06-15
COMMUNICATION AT SEA.
Another Wonderful Discovery Of Prop
critics of Sound.

What promises to be the most impor-
tant maritime discovery in years has
has been thoroughly tested by a Glou-
cester fishing vessels crew on the
Banks, and pronounced by the practi-
cal fishermen a wonderful invention.
The invention is the work of the late
Prof. Elisha Gray who claimed to be
the inventor of the telephone and Ar
thur j. Mundy. 1t was developed by
both during the summer of 1901 lat An
nisquam in their craft the Sea Bell.
The basic principle is the fact that
sound will travel under water. A bell
Is used, being submerged and then
struck. The sound Through the medium
of water is carried to a detector, plac-
ed on the vessels side, by which the
position can be located.
Capt. Thomas Bohlin of the schooner
Mamie c. .Bohlin, on board of which
a set IF these instruments was recently
installed, has made a practical test on
fishing cruise. capt. Bohlin proceed
ed to Sable Island grounds On board
of one of the dories was placed the bell
when the men went to haul their
travis When they arrived at where
the travis were set the bell was sub
merged. Meanwhile the detector was
placed over the vessels side This
picks up the submarine sound waves
and makes them audible. On the first
test the dory was rowed two miles
away, and the crew aboard awaited
the result. Hardly had the bell gone
overheard before it's tones were heard
from the apparatus. Capt. Bohlin and
his men, besides hearing the noise,
could tell the direction from which it
came.
The apparatus was tested exhaust
Yely 1t was put to windward with
the wind blowing fifty miles an hour.
The result was just as satisfactory.
Wind or weather made no difference.
1t worked to the utmost satisfaction.
Capt. Bohlin and his crew are enthu-
siastic over the new invention, and
they claim it will work wonders for all
classes of fishermen. Capt. Bohlin saws
with these bells stationed at all the
lighthouses on the coast, with a detec-
tor on board vessels, the chances of a
vessel going ashore, when they have
lost their way at sea, will be reduced
70 a minimum, while for locating stray
fishermen in dories it will prove a boon
indeed, and greatly reduce the casualty
loss in this Decentralization Tran
script.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-06-15
THE BOY WITH
THE BAD EYE
JUST FOR FUN HE CAUSED A.
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR
FIRE.

CHICAGO, May 2l-'I wanted to SEQ
the horses run. And then too, like to
watch fires"
This was the explanation given last
night by 13-year-old Paul COrcoran, 49g
Sheffield avenue, after cOnfessing that
he had started the fire Tuesday night
which made 200 homeless, ruined nearly
block of dwellings, aad caused a
property loss of almost 100000.
Il set fire To the straw and papers in
the garbage box in the alley" he said,
Il had two matches. The first went
out, but the second lit fine, and | ran
out of the alley
And the 13-year-Old prisoner twitChed
nervously and grinned. He was cap
tured late yesterday afternoon by De-
tectives Sheehan, Driscoll, and Banner
and Patrolman Smith of the Sheffield
avenue police station. Not satisfied
with wiping out the homes of two
dozen families, the youthful incendiary
must talk about it. He bOasted of his
deed to several companions, and this
proved his undoing The detectives
arrested him roaming about the scene
of the fire, nervous and uneasy at the
sight of the desolatiOn he had caused
The Httle boy is n little off in his
mind" said the father in eXtenuation,
He don't know the difference between
right and wrong at times. He likes to
play with fire."
Young Corcoran bears out the name
his father gives him. He cannot hold
himself still, his hands continually FUN
BILE at his clothing, and his whole body
is shaken from time to time by nervous
twitchings. He is understood. thin
and wiry, his eyes are small and curl
ously dull, both in expression and
color, and his face is very, very dirty.
At times after his arrest he was
loquacious. He told the detectives
with much detail how he lit the fire.
At other times he relapsed into silence.
and either grinned foolishly or be-
came sulen and would not say a word.
The boy has bad eye" was the
exclamation of police officer skilled
in the Bertillon naturalization system
to whom the observation of the fea-
lures of criminals is a life study. L
never saw those peculiar, slate-colore0
eyes, except where there was some
thing wrong with their owner His
twitching indicates-well, the boy is an
interesting study for a crimlnologist.'
And the officer broke off, refusing to
state exactly what he thought the
twitching indicated.
One popularity one notices in the boy
is his habit of clasping his thumbs in
side his clinched fingers when he closes
his hand, an unfailing sign, according
to Caesar LombTosO, Dr. Penta, and
other noted criminologists, of atavismA
of reversion to lower type-in short,
of degeneracy.
The boys features are irregular. one
eye is slightly larger and set higher in
his face than the other and differs
from his mate in hue and in other char
acteristics. Again, his ears are no
| ticeably different in shape All these
points, criminologists state, are marks
of the degenerate. A browning feature
! is his mwillingness to keep silent about
his deed. Lombroso states that a de-
sire to boast about his crime is one of
the salient and uneTring marks of the
decadent.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-06-15
BUzzARDs OF VERA CRUZ.

The buzzards that have long infested
Vera Cruz and served a useful purpose
as winged scavengers are doomed. A
London firm is putting in a modern
sewer and water system. The birds
have become so numerous that they
are pest. The protection of the mu-
nicipaiity has been removed, and when
the new drainage systen.-is completed
the city will be rid of this pest. the
numbers of which have already been
reduced somewhat by catching the
buzzards, placing them in wooden
cages to be taken to sea and drowned.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-06-15
AND
CONSTITUTION
THE TWO DEFENDERS SAIL A
BEAUTIFUL RACE-THEY OUT
CLASS THE COLUMBIA.

NEW YORK, May 26.-In a gamely
contested race the Reliance again today
led the way across the finish line, win
ming her second victory over the CO.
lumba and her first over the Consti-
tuition. Two minutes and fifty-one sec
onds later the Constitution finished.
From the start to the finish the Con-
stitution had fought out every mile OF
the thirty mile course and on two Of
it's legs had actually outsailed the new
boat, q performance which restores her
prestige and makes her factor to be
reckOned with in the selection of a cup
defender,
All the way down to the first mark
the Reliance and Constitution had it
very hot, and to the surprise of every
one, the old boat held the new one
wonderfully we'll
When off oyster Bay the Constitu-
ton had an accident to her jib topsail
and was forced to take it in So that she
sailed the last mile of that leg with less
sail spread than the Reliance
As the boats ran down to the second
mark the Constitution drew up at one
time until she almost Tapped the Re-
lance, but the new boat set her spinna-
ker quickly and succeeded in pulling
away. Just befo& the Constitution
got to the turning buoy her crew made
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-06-15

poor work in getting In the spinnaker
The Columbia was for the day, out
classed. From the very start she was
never for a moment I'm the race, While
the Reliance and Constitution were
having 1t out between themselves, all
the way around the course, the former
cup defender was dragging miles astern
of them and when the Reliance sailed
across the finish line the Columbia was
more than two miles almost dead to
leeward. The Reliance beat her by
fifteen minutes and fifty-one seconds
actual sailing time.
The wind held true at nine 50 twelve
knots during the race and favored none
of the racers. The conditions were
ideal for a fair test of the three boats.
The course was twice around fifteen
mile triangle.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-06-15
SAY SUMNER
GETS COIN
COURT ASKS FOR FURTHER ARGUMENT ON
ONE POINT IN THE NOTED CASE-CLAIM THAT THE
QUESTION RAISED BY THE COURT INDICATES VIC
TORY FOR THE OLD MAN.

The John f. Sumner will be the first argued present
session the Supreme Court instead of being ready
con generally thought BY order of the
the notified this morning be ready argue point
which the advice
The point raised by the whether not
parties who should have been made defendants in the The
by Summer was against his and the Eses demanding
release S8o25 OF his money which had Bishop
bank The question raised by the whether the
children the es have should also have been included
action as well as the St Louis College which beneficiary
der the VIII and trust which the old claims the right
understood that the has decision ready general
issue OF the The action taken today regarded
ing that the will order the cash
c1son to leave the still
bic defendants would be affected whether
they made parties defendant money is to be turned
over to Sumner however this be done proprev without
giving all possible interested parties the right be heard
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-06-15

une, had installed him in his new job,
was to engage John I. McCutcheon,
the Record Herald's cartoonist at a
salary that makes one dizzy. 1t is re-
ported that Clutch is to get 900 a
year on a three years contract for one
cartoon a day. Some one has figured
that this is at the rate of $50 cartoon.
McCutchen will draw his last cartoon
for the Record Herald for next Sun
days issue. Next week he starts on a
three weeks automobile tour with
George AIDE in the latter's machine, the
Little Whooping Cough. He will begin
work on the Tribune on July LIST.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-06-15
MUST GET RID
OF CHINATOWN
THERE IS A GROWING SENTI-
MENT AGAINST IT IN SAN
FRANCISCO.

No matter what view may be enter
tanned by a vast majority of the people
Of san Francisco respecting the nom
existence OF the highly infectious dis
case known as bubonic plague, they
viii unite with the merchantile joint
committee in the movement to get rid
OF the Chinese quarter. It has long
since been recognized by those who
have kept track of the assaults on the
sanitary reputation of the city that
nothing short of the removal of China
town will disarm outside criticism.
There is an Impression not borne out by
the facts, however, that Chinatown is in
an extremely insanitary condition, and
it VIII constantly pe drawn upon by
those who seek support for their efforts
to cripple the commerce of the city by
establishing quarantine against it,
There Is no use blinking at the situa-
ton. The people of San Francisco
might as we'll stare it squarely in the
face. If they do not get rid Of China
town nuisance they will be called upon
to pay an endless bill of expenses. Its
existence will form an excuse for
never-ending demand for appropria
evidence which the mortality records
furnish. Chinatown may continue in
the future, as it has in the past, to be
as absolutely free from epidemics and
infectious diseases as any other part Of
the city. but that will not help the
trouble. a bad name has been fasten-
ed upon the quarter from which Moth
ing will free it but obliteration.
1t is possible tina, some better plan
OF dealing with the matter than con-
verting the locality on which China
town stands into a park may present
itself when the matter is fully con-
sidered. IT, is a section OF the city that
may be made valuable for commercial
purposes. and some method of utilizing
it may be found which will not be 80
costly as It would be to carry out the
parking project But something must
BE- done 20 get rid of the narrow streets
dilapidated houses, and generally dis
reputable quarter or We snall never
have peace.-San Francisco Chronicle.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-06-15
CARTOON|ST WHO
GETS FAT SALARY
MCUTCHEON ENGAGED BY THE
CHICAGO TRIBUNE AT $4,000 A
YEAR FOR ONE CUT DAILY.

CHICAGO, June S.-James Kelley,
who began work on the Chicago Tri-
bune about twelve years ago as night
police reporter is now publisher of that
newspaper, having graduated through
the various positions of night city edi-
tor, city editor and managing editor.
He succeeded Will Van Bethuysen in
the last named position when the latter
went to the New York World five or
six years ago.
One of Mr.. Keeley's first moves after
Il. w. Patterson, the editor of the Trib-
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-06-15
WHAT THE CAMP ACCOMPLISHED
CONTINUED from page one.)

good style Raons issued daily the companies in bulk and
was left to them with the aid OF regulars prepare
their meals The regulars their assistance with willingness that
made pleasure the orders and guidance They seemed
have desire to assist beyond what their orders required them
do and too much thanks be given for their work
went out with practically experience conducting
Kitchens but be said that the very
style The kitchens clean all the time
The has certainly been great educational
the national guard and undoubtedly due to the
spirit with which Major Mcclellan under him gave and
carried orders"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-06-15

Twenty-Five cents pays for Want
al in tine star A bargain.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-06-15
LOST A PATIENT.

DR.. Whitney of Spokane, Wash, had
a pleasant experience last month. A
young German named Max Kraft went
to his office to consult with him. ana
while waiting 70 rthe doctor to dispose
OF another patient, he hanged himselr
to the Doctors door knob
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-06-15
ACROSS SOUTH AMERICA.

According the United States consul Valparaiso railroad
connect that with Bueno Aes assured
and will be finished in few The Argentine government
the mountains its side and e Chian Congress lust
provided for the transconnenta ne
This road projected and will be the the
South American continent 1t will shorten the Europe
Chill by six eight days traffic ranspped in
stead OF passing around by the straits of Magellan
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-06-15

A number of people who are going
pelIsodep eAeu Iemmns eQl LoJ 6BMB
their valuable papers with us and ar
ranged to have us look after their
business interests for them. Why not
you. Wen be here all the summer and
at work every day. Henry Warehouse
Trust Co., Ltd, corner Fort and Mer-
chant streets.