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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-11

Miss Maud Wine, Of the Gem
City, is visiting the homefolks
and many friends.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-11
Take a hath at StreauS.

Mrs. Ida Moss. of Hannibal,
has been the guest of friends
in the city.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-11
EYES, EYES.

You can have them well tested for
lenses and very reasonable.
R. Manning Walker.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-11
Up-tO-date COLLARS
81 81 "a SOLD BY 80 e
W. G. Williamson.


Shaved at Streams.
John Bragg. of Shelbina, was
a business visitor in the city
Monday.
j, S. Scott aud W. w. Hand
ley were business visitor in the
I City Of Flowers, Monday.
j. e. Christian has secured
the agency for Conger's Laun
dry and Dye works and will
call and deliver work in any
part of the city, Phore So.
Miss Maud Wine, of the Gem
City, is visiting the homefolks
and many friends.
EYES, EYES.
You can have them well tested for
leHSeS anu very TeaSO!dDie.
R. Manning Walker.
lack Proctor, Of Chicago, is
visiting his grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. j. M, Proctor
DR.. W. w. Ritchey's address
is 2710 Prospect Ave, Kansas
City, Mo. If.
Miss Irene Hornback, of Pal.
myra, is visiting her former
schoolmate and friend, Miss
Rosa Mae Smith.
For good laundry work take
your linen to j. E. Christian
agent for Congers Laundry and
Dye Works. Phone 55. -
Miss Eleanor Scott entertain
ed the Divens-Megown wed.
ding party at six o'clock dinner
Monday
Lees Lice Killer kills all
kinds of nsects.-WOOO BROS.
Mrs. Perry Lewis and chill.
dren, Of Hannibal, have been
spending the week IN and near
this city with relatives.
Highest prices are paid for
poultry and eggs, hides, ETC.,
-BALZER & DIRIGO'S.
Mrs. Alex Smithers and
daughter, Miss Sallie, of Han
nibal, have been spending the
week in the city with friends.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-22
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Louisville Courier Journal
better off than he was as a barbarian.
even if he is not permitted to domi-
nate. Though he was dragged from
his native land in chains he was
taught the blessing of civilization and
industry, and his children and his chill
dren's children enjoy these benefits.
He can never be permitted to control
the white mans country, and the SOON
er he recognizes this essential fact
the better it will be for him. 1t has
taken the North long time to COM
prehend it. but the light is breaking
gradually
The Springfield (Mass.) Republican
Qnd) says: THE people of Mamaro-
neck, a village of Westchester county,
New York, voted on Tuesday that they
did not want Andrew Carnegies $10,-
600 library on the condition of raising
$4,000 annually for maintenance; it was
the opinion of the majority that :hey
could better spend the money improv-
ing the highways. A good many COM
munities that have accepted Mr.. Car
negie's benefaction and bound them
selves perpetually to spend a certain
annual sum, large i'm proportion TO the
original GIFT, are going to repent be-
fore many years have passed"
The Charleston News and Courier
(Dem.) says: "crum does not repre-
sent the Republican Senate, which
twice refused 10 confirm his nominal
ton; nor does he represent a number
q Republican senators from Northern
and New England States. who plead
81 with the President not 20 force him
upon this helpless, but protesting. COM
munity. Re was chosen beeauss 81
the color ~ bis skin. ana for that rea-
son only. He stands for the Presi-
dent, not for fhF party or she senate
~ the community. but Tor Theodore
Roosevelt. ana be- o. entitled ~ ne
same Gsgfee ~ respect 81 me white
people ~ cbarlestOn would nov extend
~ his patron"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-22
HOW Ale WINS Tested.

The Philadelphia Record quotes an
antiquary of that city regarding a GU
rious old method of testing ale. The
antiquary took sip from his glass of
ale. Then he smacked his lips. He
held the beverage up to the light, adj
miring it's clear color. This ale," he
said, sis pure. In the proving of it the
ale tester of the past would not ltave
stuck fast to his BENCH The old
man chuckled. Then he resumed: "Of
course, you don't know what mean.
Well, let me tell you that in England
and Scotland a couple of hundred of
years ago ale was tested for no other
impurity than sugar. If it had no
sugar in it it was regarded as unim-
peachable. The official ale tester wore
leather breeches. He would enter an
inn Unexpectedly, draw a glass of ale,
pour it on a wooden bench and then
sit down in the little puddle he had
made. There he would sit for thirty
minutes by the clock. He would con-
verse, he would smoke, he would drink
with all who asked him to, but he
would be very careful not to change his
position in any way. At the end of the
half hour he would make as if to rise,
and this was the test of the ale; for,
if the ale was impure, if it had sugar
in it, the testers leather breeches
would stick fast to the bench, but if
there was no sugar in the liquor no
cohesion would be present"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-22
MAY NOT MEAN MUCH FOR THE
CUHANs.

It is reported that President Palma
regards with great satisfaction the ac-
ton of the Senate ratifying the Cuban
reciprocity treaty. 1t may turn out
that the treaty win not become opera
tive as soon as he thinks it will.
1t will be recalled that an amendment
provides that it must have the ap-
prevail of Congress before it becomes
operative This amendment is based
upon constitutional grounds, namely,
that as measures relating to the reve-
nue. must originate in the House reel
procity treaties should have the APP
prevail of that branch OF Congress. SO
the Cuban reciprocity treaty does not
become operative until approved by
Congress, and no one can say what
course the House will take in regard
to it. In view of the fact. however
that in the last Congress the House
passed a resolution reducing the tar
ife on Cuban products 25 per cent, the
probabilities are that there will be no
difficulty in getting the Houses ap-
prevail of the treaty.
But another question may be sprung
in Congress when the question Of ap-
proving the treaty is brought forward
1t may be made the entering wedge for
securing a reduction of the tariff. In
that event action upon the treaty may
be delayed for weeks and perhaps
months.
And the treaty itself may fail alto
gether before the House can act upon
it. 1t is provided in the treaty that
there shall be an exchange of ratifica-
tions on March 81, and that IT shall go
into effect within ten days thereafter
But how can 1t go into effect when it
is not TO become operative until ap-
proved by Congress?
These conflicting provisions are CIV
ing the Department of State some trou-
bic. Indeed. the question as 10 Wheth-
er Il is possible TO save the treaty has
been raised.
And what was the intention 81 the
senate in inserting conflicting proyis-
ions2 Surely Il cannot be said they
were inserted through an oversight
That would suppose that senators are
lacking in business ability. and that
the senate employs who have charge
II fpch mstters Gre UNIT for their po-
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-22
Woes of the Telephone Girl.

From the Chicago Record-Herald
They say that I'm snippy and pert.
That my work L consistently slight.
And they seem to imagine, from what
they assert,
/ am pining and aching for fight.
/ must own that I'm not a saint.
And my patience has limits. / know:
But II they had my job they'd fall in a
faint
At the sound Of the grouchy "HeIIo!"
A receiver clamped on each ear,
And perched up on a back-breaking
stool,
There is small chance for sighting.
'twould seem 10 appear.
To person that wasn't a fool.
II isn't ball and a chain,
But II doesn't give very much show.
so II isn't much wonder / get a slight
pain
Al the sound Of the grouchy "Hello,"
Yes. It's cold when there isn't a Kick.
The connection or something is
wrong,
And the "busy'a" not straight, but a
fake or a trick.
Or some other old tune 10 the song.
~ J 80, with my nerves frnzzled out
~ Tho buzz and click in my row.
Ana frY - b. sweet when / hear the
harsh shout
That bsglns Nith the Rfouehy
Hello"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-22
Roy n Born DiDIOmat,

A little youngster sat in his express
wagon at the bottom of the hill at
Twenty-third and Prospect yesterday
afternoon, says the Kansas City Jour-
nal. At his feet lay a half dozen or
more of crushed eggs in a torn paper
sack. He was so busy studying the
little ruin that he neither saw nor
heard the man who asked about his
troubles.
Whats the matter, sonny?" asked
the man. Did you drop the eggs out
of the wagon? Well, 1 wouldn't cry
about it,
81 just wanted to coast down the
hill once and them eggs fell out the
back when 1 coined down this last
time" answered the boy as he rubbed
his coat sleeve across his eyes and
tried to look cheerful. "I amt got no
more money to get some other eggs and
l don't know what my maw'll say
when l get home. I guess-we1l, I'm
afraid to go back"
How much were they?" asked the
man as he went down into his pocket.
Thirteen cents, but you mustn't give
me no money cause I amt allowed to
take none. Lots of people have stop
ped and offered to give me money, but
1 can't take none"
''Oh, nonsense!" said the man. "fIere
take this fifteen cents" But he stood
and thought while he held out his
hand. The boy seemed to be thinking,
too, and the coins seemed to be very
tempting. 1t was the boy who broke
the silence.
Say, mister, maybe you'd like to
buy them broken eggs" he said. and
the bargain was sealed.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-22
SpoiIed Their Game.

Patrick Keenan,, the portly ex-city
chamberlain, so we'll known to fire.
quenters of the New York race tracks,
was a recent visitor to a Southern race
course, says the New York Times. Of
the few persons who did not know him
by sight were two Western "touts,"
who used an old device for catching
the attention of an intended victim by
excitedly coming together just in front
of Mr.. Keenan, in the betting ring, the
one then asking the other with SEEM
ing eagerness what horse a third man,
then disappearing, had bet on. The
second of the touts referred the ques-
ton to Mr.. Keenan,, adding that the
vanishing bettor was Jockey Fuller's
brother"
keenan, awoke to the situation in
stantly and answered: "Oh, no; you are
mistaken. That was not my brother"
The "touts" looked both surprised
and disappointed, and one blurted out:
what are you talking about? and
who are you, anyhow"
Fuller, who is about the smallest
jockey on the turf, weighs but sixty
pounds. But the $50 pounds of the
jolly New Yorker retorted, 81 am Jock
ey Fuller" and smiled sweetly as the
enemy retired in confusion.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-22
An Alarming Improvement.

YES" remarked the man with the
glass eye, according to an exchange,
my old friend Jonas Jones was about
the most ingenious man 1 ever met
But he was lazy; he could not get up
in the morning. Still, his principles
were good, and he mean to cure HIM
self, so he invented an alarm clock
one of those things which whirrred
and rang like a double-extra steam
power telephone bell in commissions.
For a time it worked wonderfully
well, for the alarm was so constructed
that it had to be stopped by it's in
ventor. He alone knew the secret, and,
of course, he had to get out of bed to
stop it. He was beginning to get gold
en- opinions from his employers for his
-punctuality, when what do you think
the silly chap did,"
Don't KNOW" said the open-mouth-
ed listener.
why he invented an improvement
in his patent alarm; and now, by an
other jolly contrivance, he can stop
that alarm without getting out of
bed 4"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-22
QUEER OLD LAWS.

There are some queer Sunday laws
in Pennsylvania. Very old laws they
are, and ought to have been repealed
long ago. They were enacted in 1894.
In the Pennsylvania Senate the other
day. Senator Berkelback offered a bill
repeating them, but 80 much opposition
was manifested that he dropped the
matter.
Some OF these laws are as follows:
The Sabbath-day shall begin ~ sun
down on Saturday night" mo hus-
band shall kiss his wife. ana no mother
shall kiss her child on the sabbath
or any day Of fasting" mo one SHAH
undertake a journey travel cook
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-22
MIR. RRANDT.s GREAT WORK.

Mr.. Carl Brandt. the director of the
Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences.
has about finished three panels, repre-
senting the cradle of art. its culmina-
ton, and its decadence.
The pictures are from studies made
by the distinguished artist in Egypt,
Greece and Italy. The canvas of each
panel is five feet six inches in hight
and sixteen feet six inches in length.
They are to be placed on the western
wall of the Hall of Sculpture. The pic
ture which is to occupy the right panel
is now on exhibition in the main gal
lery, and represents the Great Pyra-
mids and Sphinx of Gizeh." The others
are yet in Mr.. Brandt's studio, recelv-
ing the touches of the artists brush
from his latest inspirations. They are
The Acropolis'' at Athens, and the
Roman Campagna," and will be
placed respectively in the center and
to the left. These pictures win be
unveiled at the reception soon to be
held at the acadepy, to which all art
lovers will BE invited.
While all of his pictures are works
showing the highest art, the most ar
tistic of Mr.. Brandt's panels, in the
opinion of the lay critic, is his Roman
Campagna," in looking at which one
feels as though he were out of doors,
and on the spot where the artists easel
stood when he was painting his stud
les. There is bold fore
ground, in which are masses
OF red tuff stone, strong and
brilliant in color, overgrown with wild
grasses and flowers; beyond this is a
broad. almost desolate plain, lighted
by an autumn sun. giving shades and
lines of subdued greens and grays.
Across this wide and wild expanse are
the ruins of the aqueduct of Claudius
and Marcus. and beyond those classic
columns and arches is the ancient aque-
duct of Felice, forming a portion of
the conduit for the water supply OF
modern Rome. In the back
ground are the beautiful Alban
and Saline mountains. The shades
| of valleys and hills are mag
ical in effect, and the fleecy clouds,
tipping the mountain tops, are so true
to nature that in looking at the pic
ture one forgets that he is where
there are no mountains.
The work of the great artist Is for
all time, and coming generations
when in the Telfair Academy, will
view Mr.. Brandts panels. depicting
classic history on canvass. and remem-
Der with gratitude the careful guide
who pointed out. in the early days of
the academy, the road to true art
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-22
A Troublesome Dispatch.

A Genoa paper. according to the
London Express, tells this delightful
story at Americas expense:
When the Duke of Veragua, the de-
scendant of Christopher Columbus, Wis
tied Chicago, he inquired at tele-
graph office the charge for telegram
TO the city of Columbus of ten words.
Fifteen cents answered the official,
mot including the signature, which is
wired free" Whereupon the Duke
wired: Mayor, Columbus: Shall visit
your city next Monday or Tuesday"
And he signed it: "Cristobal Colon
Toledo y Larreategui de la Cerda
Ramirez de Baquedanoy Gante Almi-
rante y Aledantado Mayor de las Ju-
dias, Marques de Jamica, Duque de We
ragua Y de la Vega, Grande de Es-
pana, Senator del RENO, Caballero de
la insigne orden del Toisen ORC Gran
Cruz de la Conception de Vilaviciosa,
Gentil Hombre de Camara del Rey de
Espana"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-22
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The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-22
PERSONAL.

Among the postofices of this great
republic there are seven Pierces, fifteen
Roosevelts, seventeen McKinleys,
twenty to Twenty-Five Adamses and
as many Jeffersons, Madisons. Jack
sons, Johnsons, Grants and Garfields.
thirty Washingtons, thirty Monroes,
thirty-one Lincolns and thirty-tw
Clevelands.
Mrs. King of Corpus Christi. Tex.
owns more land than any other woman
in this country, perhaps in the world.
Her holdings are not less than 1906, 900
acres, located in the counties of Nuc-
ces, Hidalgo, Starr and Cameron. Her
late husband, Capt. King, was one of
the old-time cattle barons. Mrs. King
has about $1,000 cattle grazing in her
broad acres. Under the terms of her
husbands will the estate must not be
divided until his oldest grandchild
comes of age. Mrs. King has one son
and three married daughters.
Henry K. McHarg. Jr., of SIAM
ford, Conn, who is exceedingly wealthy,
has returned home from Virginia,
where he has been working as a COM
mon laborer in the iron and coal mines
in which his father is largely inter-
ested. He endeavored to combine the
duties of society leader by night with
those of a workman by day, but found
the strain too great. His work in the
mines was of the hardest kind. He
was employed twelve hours a day, sew
en- days in the week, receiving as wages
$1.40 per day. At night, when the other
laborers and miners were abed Nc
Harg would often lead a cotillion or
take part in some other social event.
He had entrance to the most exclusive
social circles and was a general favor
lite. He was taken i'll with pneumonia
and had a close call for his life. He
proposes to return to the mines as soon
as he regains his health.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-22
BRIGHT BITS.

-''Have you told any one that we
were going to be married."
"Oh, dear. no! Only that we are en-
gagged. "-Brooklyn Life.
In South America.-Pedro: What
think you of the proposed law
Mikuel: what is it?
Pedro It is to the effect that after
a man has taken part in ten insurrec-
tons he shall be exempt from further
military service.-Puck.
Why the Ring Was Returned.-She:
I suppose if a pretty girl came along
you wouldn't care anything about me
any more.
He: Nonsense. Kate! What DO
care for good looks? You suit NE all
right.-Boston Transcript.
IT just saw in the papers, pop"
said Mrs. Newrich, that Mrs. De
Styles had a minerature O. herself
painted"
"a minerature-how cheap! You just
slip down to the nearest department
store and get them to make a full-size
crayon picture of me!"-Baltimore
Herald.
-Klumsay lin the may Waltz: Per-
haps you don't like my style of dane
ing.
Miss Sharpe: There is rather too
much sameness about it.
Klumsay: How may 1 vary it?
Miss Sharpe: Suppose you tread on
my left foot once in a while.-Phila-
delphfa Press.
The enterprising reporter in the
row boat called out to the man on the
roof of the one-story building afloat in
midstream: You people who live on
the bottom lands along here" he said,
know that this river overflow its
banks every spring. Why don't you
move?"
"Aain't I movin', you durn fool?'
said the man on the roof.-Chicago
Tribune.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-22
BRYAN is AGAINST GORMAN.

th n An IL UOhhANs
It is regrettable that Mr.. Bryan
| thinks it necessary to put the stamp
of his disapproval upon so many of
| the prominent men of the Democratic
party If he has the following which
he claims he has, and adheres to his
present policy, there can be no har-
mOny in that party, and without har-
mony it will have no chance for sue
| cess in 1904.
II was thought that a step in the
direction of harmony had been taken
when Mr.. German was made chair
man of the caucus of the Democratic
senators, and thus became the Demo-
| cratic leader of the Senate, but 1t
seems that Mr.. Bryan does not ap-
prove of him. In the last issue OF his
| paper, The Commoner, he compliments
Mr.. German to the extent of saying
that he Is a man of great force and
legislative experience" and of Eek
emplary habits. of indefatigable indus
try and perfect self-control," but that
he fails at the crucicaI point" By
the crucical point Mr.. Bryan means
that he is too close to the corporations
and organized wealth to be commander
in chief of the Democratic forces. In
Mr.. Bryan's opinion the Statement
that he is going to unite the party
in an attack on the tariff and the
trusts simply means that he favors
a sham battle on these issues without
prospect or promise Of interfering Sc
riously with the Republicans" Mr..
Bryan says that unless there has
been a complete revolution in the
views of several of the Democratic
senators there will be protest against
Mr.. Germans leadership and the soon
er that protest is made the better for
the party"
Does it not look as If it were Mr..
Bryan's purpose to try and punish
every prominent Democrat who was
not in hearty sympathy with him and
his views in 1886 and 1900 rather than
bring about harmony in the party,
and thus increase the chances of the
Democrats for victory in 1904? Mr.. Cor
man voted the straight Democratic
ticket in 1896 and 1900 but he was not
in sympathy with the party's position
on the silver question. Time has dem
onstrated that he was right as far as
the silver question was concerned. No
body is demanding the free coinage of
silver now, unless it be Mr.. Bryan.
The fact must not be overlooked that
Mr.. German was selected for the lead
ership of the party by the Democratic
senators without dissenting voices and
after ample time for elaboration.
Ought not that fact convince Mr.. Bryan
that the time has come for him to
cease his opposition to men who are
trying to bring the factions of the
party together? Ought 1t not put
suspicion in his mind that perhaps his
activity is in the direction of crafty
ing his feeling of enmity for certain
of the party's leaders rather than, as
he would have the party believe, in
the direction of the party's welfare?
If Mr. Bryan is going to try to lead
his following against every one who
was not heart and soul with him In
his two campaigns it will be difficult
matter to get the party into such a
position that it will present united
front to the Republicans in 1904.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-22

Representative-elect Hearst Of New
York is preparing to lead the fight for
the admission of the territories at the
next session. He is making up a party
of senators and representatives to tour
the territories as his personal guests
The party will leave on a special train
probably next month. There will be a
buffet car with big ice box attached
to the train. Big Bill Devery says
the way for New Workers to campaign
is TO give the people bread, beer and
a good time"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-22

An Indianapolis restaurant keeper
has set up in his dining room a kick
box" into which patrons are request
ed to drop their complaints or sugges-
tions respecting the establishment, its
service, etc. The box is opened once
each week. and the proprietor declared
he has received many valuable sugges-
tons through it.