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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-10-01

LIS NISdInS5 lar De lt from 10
seph to seek political reward or
extra compensation for the sim
pie performance of his sworn
duty and thrice hath he been
offered bU admiring millionaires
a brown stone front on Vande.
veuter square, which he hath
thrice refused and as Joseph
says he is not a candidate for
political honors, we must pre-.
force believe him, for sure he is
an honorable man. 1t is true
that Silas Lewis, the travelling
man, Joseph's next door neigh
Dor, is here today with thirty
bushels of buttons for distribu.
ton and that the metrop 0litan
press has arranged to take J,Ae's
purity in m'ny graceful atti.
tudes during his Forthcoming
spec ch and they will no doubt
be featured in the Sunday edi
tions-indorsed by the w. G. r.
U. Mr.. Tony Steuver, the Sal
walton Army, the Republica II
party and the Globe. Democrat
boosted by every disgruntled
Democratic politician in impe.
rial Missouri; patronized by
Bonnie Lonnle. managed by the
McLeods and financed by a
ccterie of Washington avenue
goldbugs. His political coat
has as many colors as the Dolly
Warden & arment of his Egyp
tian namesake of biblical fame,
but he is not candidate for
Office in any sense of the word
and seeketh not, as has beer
intimated, the nomination foI
governor. Oh. dear no. not
for Joe. The sole subject of a
this clatter is to promote the
doctrine of good government
and civil righteousness. La
dies and gentlemen, 1 take
pleasure in introducing to you
today. Hon. Joseph Wiugst'
Folk. the boy wonder from
west Tennessee. Give hin
your kind attention. Colone
J. F. Ball OF Montgomery City
the first man ia the United
States to root for Bryan anc
the original Folk boomer il
Missouri, assisted by the Mex
leo contingent, has kindly con
scented to take care of the APP
plause. They have distributed
themselves where they will d.
the most good and the orator
will get the necessary encour
agement at the proper time
Judge @. E. Peers of Warren
ton, Warren county, Missouri
will float the cattle cry. All
hell can't beat him Now lend
him your ears and he will j
tale uufold-which he, himself,
modestly admits reads like 4
quarter section of the Ara ular
Knights. The hero of his tai
is now before you Aud as 10
seph stepped for ward and
pulled out the stops which con
troll his soft southern infection
and prepared to rehash his Oft
published achievements and as
the official speiler took his sta
ton and struck an attitude ike
a masculine Goddess of Liberty
holding aloft tin cup full OF
aqua pura, from which later
Joseph wet his whistle,
thought of al the heroes and
celebrities who had gone be
fore-Dewey and Hobson, Car
rie Nation aud Lord Darlington
and | wonder where they are
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-10-01

Conger's Laundry does the
pest of work. j. E. Christian
Is the agent for TINS clty. Work
called for aud delivered.
Phone So.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-10-01

DR.. r Woods, Oculist OF
Quincy, will be in Monroe City
at Hotel Monroe on Tuesday,
Sept. 30, from 9 a. IN. to 2:30 p.
m.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-10-01
Monuments.

Before buying that mouu-
meut for the grave of depart.
ed friend see Thomas 4 Shear.
man. They will make the
price and you will be pleased
with their work.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-10-01

The building tOr the peuiten;
tiary binder Irvine factary will
be a two stor, brick, $50 by so
feet and will cost 50. AS
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-10-01
HAVING FUN
With Folk and His Boom, As Told By
a Correspondent in the JOnesburg
Journal

duced turbulent Theodore, the
hero of San Juan hill, to the
Plkers at Louisiana last sum-
mer, he enlarged not on Teddy's
achievements, nor expatiated
on his charms. Gripping the
nations chief executive and the
most strenuous proposition of
modern times by the coat collar.
Champ yanked hun 90 the rear
platform of the car, where with
a wave of his trusty right, he
said to the rubberneques: Here
he is, look at him"
But when the official ''spieler''
at the old settlers reunion, New
Florence. presented Josph Folk
to the trulirurals OF Montg ON.
cry county he did not fail to
make the most of his opportu
nifty. Ladies and gentlemen,
said he, 1.-The efficient manage
ment of the Old Settlers picnic
has by great good fortune Sc.
cured for your inspection and
entertainment today one whose
name as a household word has
Peruna and Swamp Root skin.
ned a city block. You have all
smoked the Joseph Folk cigar,
used the alum baking powder
and hair tonic of that name, ad.
mired his picture in the Globe
Democrat and Rocheport Rant
err, and so an introduction at
this time is hardly necessary
and l might say, superduous..
1t is a wantou waste of time to
scatter perfume on the rose,
paint the lily or gid refined
gold, but you will pardon me
when l say that the dimpled
darling now before you stands
all by his lonely in a class to
himself. He early developed
those qualities OF mind and
soul which make it possible for
him at present date TO thank
his stars that he is unlike other
men. Even when a lad in blue
overalls and one suspender, he
never strayed from the path of
rectitude to steal watermelons
or rob a birds nest; never
played seven up in the wood
sned or sneaked away to a ball
game on Sunday afternoon in
the good old summer time.
Corruption that soaks in on the
average Missouri Puke like am.
bier OF a billed shirt, flows from
the tips of Joseph's wings like
little drops of water off d he
ducks back. AS a batter of
boodlers and a tail twister OF
evildoers, be is the grea lest
ever; as sleuth he is never
toiled and towers above the
mighty Pinkerton like Pixies
Peak above the measly foothills
of the Ozarks. Wonderful is
his ability, fearful in his astute-
ness and with the tenacity of
purpose of hound pup with a
wet sock. Joseph, the FELTON,
Fighter, scared the doughty
Kratz till he lit rag for the
cactus covered plains Of Mex
leo, sent Vain wright in search
OF his health to the land of ply.
ramids, dromedaries and harems
and headed old Ell Butler Cor
JEFF City and now at the age of
"a, having achieved greatness
in single season, having get
the bulge on ability, cornered
integrity and exhibited his an
gelic qualities to an admjring
world, he can sit at home in the
| q lna .inIr mid the holm hnckS
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-10-01
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Miss Adelaide Lear of Mon
roe City came up Saturday
evening to assist the M. e.
church, South, choir at prac
,tice. Sunday morning she de-
lighted the congregation at
that church with a vocal solo.
.-Shelbina Torchlight.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-10-01

Ambrose Pike made a bust.
ness trip to Quincy Saturday,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-10-01

The city dads will hold their
regular meeting tomorrow
evening.
The Washington times., 1903-09-06

not to have publicity. In all this Dr..
Tindall is regarded as a good friend to
the press. and at no time forgetting his
duty to the public and his superiors.
DR.. TindalI served as a soldier in
the civil war. being present at several
of the big battles. His fund of war
talk is large, and his stories of cam
paigning in Dixie are always interest
ing. and many times humorous.
Seeks Recreation in Sailing.
DR.. Tindall is the owner of one of
the fastest sail boats on the river. II is
a snug craft, and he has no greater
pleasure in life than to take a friend
aboard. and spend several hours scud-
ding before a stif breeze over the
water. His idea is that for pleasure
the sail boat is the best. True, il takes
skill TO run it. and there is sometimes
thrill of danger in it. yet he believes
there is more real enjoyment to be got
ten out OF sail boat than all OF the
steam launches or yachts in existence.
The Doctors boat is a two-master with
a big jib, and Is capable of doing some
lively stunts" up and down the Poto-
mae
Indeed, the little craft is so lively
that the doctor is not always able 20
bring her about In the narrow channels
before she strikes bottom. 1t is said
that the Harbormaster is now always
notified when DR.. Tindall is about 20
take sail. and has steam up in the
Vigilant ready to go to any point along
the river 10 pull him of the shoals.
One day in the springtine year ago
DR.. Tindall took a newspaper friead
upon a long-promised ride in his boat
The wind was blowing a small gale, and
the little craft fairly few over the
water. With sails up and lib set, she
The Washington times., 1903-09-06

went out of the Tidal Basin at a o:4O
gait. Down the river the bow was
turned, and there was sailing back and
forth for an hour or more. Finally the
doctor thought he would put up more
sail and let her 90. For the moment
the tiller was given into the hands of
the guest, while Captain" Tindall went
forward 10 trim the lib. Somehow the
rope which holds that part of the rig
ring became knotted. and it was impos-
sible to let out the line so as TO slacken
the iib and beat about The doctor
yelled TO the reporter to bear hard
aport. and he bore hard. But no tiller,
less in size than a barn door, would
have held against the terrific purchase
of the full force of the wind on the jib.
The reporter thought he ought to let 90
the helm and let the ship go with the
wind. for all the time she was making
twenty knots an hour toward the Vir-
ginia shore.
Too late the jib was loosened, and
before the boat could be brought about
she had grounded within about 100 yards
of the Virginia bank. 1t was impossible
to move her, for she had been driven
into the mud with great force. No one
was fishing in sight. and the doctor and
his guest were in a predicament. After
good deal of discussion on ways AMI
means 10 get out of it, the doctor de-
cided to wade ashore and summon the
HaTbOrmaster. He partly disrobed. let
himself down into the water, and bear
ing his clothes in a bundle above MS
head, trudged to the bank.
The reporter had seen many funny
things in his time, but he recalls with
laughter TO this day the strange sight
of his friend wading through the muddy
waters OF the Potomac on biting day
in March.
The Washington times., 1903-09-06

The will stipulates at great length what
is to be done with his money and real
estate. The will names John Miller, his
brother, Capt John Ried, and John
Shoolbread executors. Each OF them
and several other friends and associates
in Calcutta were generously remember
ed among the bequests. The viii was
written at Fort Washington. Calcutta.
July Is, 1891, and probated In Washing
ton in 1901.
IN the fewest possible words William
Clarke left his property in q will dated
January 13, 1907, 20 his wife, Ann
Clarke, and named Walter Clarke his
executor. The formalities are all In
cluded in eight lines OF typewriting.
Bequests Made in War Time.
Some instruments Of bequest were ar-
parently made hurriedly and recorded in
haste in the years 1913 and 1914 when
the British were threatening to harry
the Atlantic coast. There are a great
number OF them and the majority are
short and terse in the language OF fear.
The same thing happened in the war
OF 1861, and in the Spanish war. Some
OF the wills sent home from Cuba were
written on the backs OF envelopes and
small pieces OF paper such as conld be
found in the camps and hospitals.
The wills of recent years are possibly
little less formal than formerly and
come TO the point with less verbiage.
but they are not so interesting as those
OF an earlier date. Those rare and
quaint old testameats of men long since
departed have peculiar attraction 10
the man of today who turns 20 them and
reads of the sentiments which actuated
fathers and mothers OF a hundred years
ago in drafting their wills. There is no
change in the essential elements OF hu-
man nature which directed the gifts
then and now, but a slightly different
mode of expression and different pro-
cesses of thought and ways OF looking
al the world One can well imagine che
aged man of business seQuestering HIM
self in his Office or study to inscribc
with loving sOlicltude. possibly with
many a heart ache and with tears. the
last official paper Of his life. They were
written then in a hand cramped with
age and shaking with palsy, now they
are composed by a paid attorney aud
transcribed in typewriting. IL would
not seem as though reporters hundred
years hence could find the same interest
in the documents fled today that we
find in the wills OF Washington and .hS
men Of his time.
The Washington times., 1903-09-06

IT HE timeworn tones in the Office
OF the Register of Wills. in which
are inscribed the records of a
hundred years, contain many interesting
facts which well repay the patience and
time required in their perusal. Through
the courtesy OF Louis A. Dent, Register
Of Wills. a reporter was permitted to
examine the musty documents in his
legacies since the foundation OF the Dis
trict OF Columbia.
The original Wills offered for probate
are on file in the office. a transcript OF
them IS found in the old books, and both
the files and the books are accurately in
dexed, so that II is possible at a mo-
ment's notice TO refer TO any will re-
corded in the District for more than 4
century. A few years ago the oldest
fall TO pieces, were typewritten and the
sheets were bound making volumes
similar in size aud appearance with the
books OF recent years. In Vol. l of this
series are some curious and interesting
records which are here described.
The hrst record made after the Office
was established. in 1901. was an linden
ture OF apprenticeship, dated April %,
1901. II was offered for record by viii
liam Smith. of Georgetown. By the
terms of the indenture Richard Skin
ner, seventeen years old, son OF Maryland
Skinner, was bound out as an apprentice
to William Smith, for the term of three
years and eleven months. to learn the
trade OF a carpenter and joiner. Young
Skinner, on his part. agreed TO abstain
from playing all games of chance, such
as cards and dice, not to contract mar
riage. and TO observe moral conduct He
was not 10 frequent taverns and not 70
drink liquor. He was en1oined from in
juring the person of William Smith, or
his property, or allow II TO be done with
out informing the owner. He was to re-
main with his master and not TO leave
the shop or home without consent.
William Smith. on his part, agreed TO
provide food, clothing. lodging. washing,
and mending. He was to teach the lad
Joiner. TO provide him with a new
tools when the term of apprenticeship
was ended.
There are a great number of these in
dentures of apprenticeship in the early
records for young men setting out TO
The Washington times., 1903-09-06

HOSE who have never gone homs
in the "Owl Carr in the small
hours OF the morning have miss
| ed a rare opportunity to study human
nature. The late car is an institution
as different from the day car as nooh
from midnight. It is a very democratic
institution, and IL is a peculiar sort Of
democrats which is found in It, hurry
ing sleepily home when decent people
are in bed enjoying the repose OF the
just
By way of illustration. we will observe
the "Owl Car" on the F Street line
going east to Lincoln Park. This par
ticular car swings around the corner
of Fourteenth Street into F at exactly
2:S0 O'Clock In the morning. It is a
small box car. in charge OF a dark
haired conductor, who. in the parlance
OF the street, knows his business. %
That is, from long experience in run
ming the car. he knows the patrons of
the line at this early hour in the morn
Ing, and is able to stop at the right
corner. wake up the sleepy passenger,
and start him on the short walk to his
home without mistake.
At Fourteenth Street a grizzled news
paper man boards the car. Though a
recent addition to the list of morning
nj Ha
is. Evidently he is a desk man on The
only morning sheet OF which Washing
ton boasts. and probably has thrown
down his pencil and shears and clicked
out his electric light precisely three
minutes before the car is due at iha
corner. but he does not miss IL once IN
two weeks. The old fellow looks tired
and grumpy, as though his night strug-
gle with the bum copy of reporters had
put him in a bad frame OF mind. He
generally grunts gruff good morning"
to the conductor. pays his fare in silence
and stretches himself in one corner OF
the car with his feet upon the cushion.
The car Is not so crowded at this hour
OF the morning. but that this is possible,
and the conductor is lenient as TO the
enforcement OF the rules of the road
Digniied and Silent.
Some garrulous passenger may make
some remark about the weather, but the
knight of the pencil and shears is rot
in communicative mood. His stop is
ct Lincoln Park. the conductor knows
that, and he is due for a snooze on the
L.
take. but apparently with one eye open,
for II there is anything doing on the
trip the old fellow is about the first 10
observe It.
At Eleventh Street, three young men
get aboard. generally engaged in loud.
senseless conversation about something
that concerns themselves. One of the
trio is the lank usher at the Lyceum
Theater, whose awkwardness is only
equaled by his excessive length Of body.
One OF the others is also an usher, and
the third probably wants to be, and
thinks he will be. by cuItivating the
friendship of those who have attained
70 that glory. Usher No. rolls into the
car, manages 10 trip over the feet of
everyone else. and settles himself in
the upper corner opposite the news
paper man His friends guy him. push
his feet of the cushion, pull his hair,
and otherwise try to make life a burden
to him. All this he takes good natured-
ly. and never relatiates. except when
the kidding" becomes actually unbear-
able. Disturbed by the noise these
youngsters make, the other passengers
wonder why, when the theater closes
The Washington times., 1903-09-06

clothing and allowed TO go free. Wash
ington absolutely forbid the sale or
transportation of any slave on the Mount
Vernon estate.
In restoring the papers of the estate Of
Bartholomew cambridge. his deceased
brother-in-law, he released a debt of
E 425 against the estate, and restored
the slaves given in security, stipulat-
ing that they should be set free upon
the arriving of each at forty years of
age.
Washington's bequests to education
were no less high-minded. He set apart
ffty shares in the Potomac Navigation
Company as the foundation of a nation
al university. which he hoped Congress
would found in Washington. so as to re-
move the necessity OF American youth
going to Europe TO obtain a university
education. One hundred shares in the
James River Company were left to Lib
erty Hall Academy, Rockbridge county.
Va. Money was also left to the academy
in Alexandria.
One of the most notable bequests in
the will was the payment OF a debt OF
gratitude TO his brother, by giving him
and his son a large part of the estate at
Mount Vernon. Washington's brother
superintended his estate, and most OF
his business interests while he was
fighting in the Revolution. and in the ex-
ercise of public office. Washington refers
to an agreement made when both were
bachelors and speaks in the most COM
plimentary terms of his brothers stew
ardshio.
Valuable papers. some property. and
the library at Mount Vernon were CIV
en- to Bushrod Washington, a nephew.
The will is attested by G. Deneal and
William Moss. The executors were
George Steptoe Washington, Samuel
Washington, and Lawrence Lewis.
Drawn in Calcutta.
A strange will, and at the same time,
an interesting one, was made by James
Miller, of Calcutta. and offered for pro-
bate here, because some OF the property
involved was located In the District
James Miller was associated with the
East India Company. and apparently
made fortune. The document Is a
lengthy one, and disposes OF property
worth nearly S500.0O0 He provides es-
pecially for the care and maintenance
of his natural daughter and an adopted
daughter then living in England. 4 por-
tion of the estate was TO be invested
and an annuity equal to ''sicca rupees"
a month was TO be paid TO the women.
The Washington times., 1903-09-06

in the District of Columbia. With the
schedule of property which accompanies
It, the document covers twenty-one
closely typewritten pages. The original
will offered for probate in 1901 was given
few years ago to the management Of
the estate at Mount Vernon, by direction
of the court. and is now in the Wash
ington mansion among the effects OF the
departed President.
The will was dated July .. 1890 The
formal introduction OF the document
reads:
In the name of God. Amen!"
II, George Washington. of Mount Yer
non, citizen of the United States. and
lately President Of the same. do make.
ordain. and declare this instrument.
which is written with my own hand
and every page thereof inscribed with
my name, TO be my last will and testa-
ment, revoking all others"
The will first directs the payment of
all just debts from the estate. "of
which there are but few and none Of
magnitude" They were TO be ''punctu-
ally and speedily paid To Martha
Washington. his dearly beloved wife. 4"
all the estate was beaueathed, except
such parts as were specially disposed OF
in the will A schedule accompanying
the will shows that the estate was
valued at $3.50, 900. The disposition Of
the property. after Mrs. Washington's
death, was also provided for in the VIII,
the bulk of her portion being left to
Elenor Park Custis and George w Park
Custis. In the provision of the instru-
ment making this bequest Washington
says that having given up the hope of
leaving issue, his greatest desire is that
the children of his wife should be treat
ed as his own.
Freedom to the Slave.
It is stipulated that the slaves on the
Mount Vernon estate shall be set free
upon the death Of Mrs. Washington. He
says 1t would be his desire that this
specification should go into effect at
once upon his death. except for the rea-
son that insuperable difficulties would
be met in caring for the estate and the
declining years Of Mrs. Washington.
The will also devised that the slaves
who were old should be cared for by
his heirs and given decent burial Those
who were too young 20 be thrown Ipon
the world were 10 be cared Cor until
they arrived at years of discretion. and
then each was TO be given suit Of