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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-30
Valuable Time Saved.

Slight injuries often disable mau
and cause several days loss of time
and when blood poison develops some
times result in the loss of hand or
limb. Chamberlain's Pain Balm is
an antiseptic liniment. When applied
to cuts, bruises and burns it causes
them to heal quickly aud without ma
duration, and prevents any danger of
blood poison. For sale by All Deal
ers.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-30
Eden.


They've been huntin'' round for
ages,
That they might locate the
place,
Where the willy fork tongued
serpent
Lured our parents to disgrace
Some claim it's in one country,
And some say it's in another
If they'd only stop to reason
Theymightsave lot of bother
Now. l calculate ii this wav;
IT'S a place where all things
grow,
IT'S where Gods hand opened
freely
All his blessings to bestow.
Where the sweetest flowers
blossom,
Where the greenest grasses
wave,
Where the sparkling waters
flowing
Fertile banks of valleys lave.
Where, as in Egypt's years of
plenty,
They lack room to store their
corn,
W here the wheat fields yearly
yield them
Food for millions yet unborn.
Where the vineyards are DER
laden,
Where the big red apples grow
Where the purple plums their
perfumes
Watt to gatherers below.
In short, just where it's Eden.
they call it now a name
That's a little different sounding
But it's Eden JUST the same.
Do you want to learn the title?
Well you need no longer wait.
Take off your hat when you say
it
It's your own Missouri state.
May BLACK MICHAEL
in Saline Citizen.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-30
Cheap Colorado Summer Rates.

Commencing June 1st the Burliag.
ton Route makes remarkably cheap
round trip summer rates to Colorado
and Utah resorts-Denver, Colorado
Springs, Pueblo, Glenwood Springs,
Salt Lake City rhe daily rate is
about half rate, except from July LIST
to 10th, when it is even less than half
rate.
Cheap TO Minnesota Resorts
Daily, commencing June 1st. only
one fare plus 81 for the round trip to
st. Paul, Minneapolis. and all the
beautiful Minnesota localities.
Cheap to California
July 1st to 10th, only $3.50 from
st. Louis $50 from the Missouri
River to California and return and
from August LIST to 14th still less rates
of $3.50 from st. Louis and S45 from
Missouri River. Only $l1 additional
in August for return via Puget Sound
and northern routes through Billings
or st. Paul.
The Route for Summer Tours
Make inquiries of Burlington agents
for rates, routes, etc. The entire west
is embraced in the scheme of cheap
summer raets during 1903. Describe
your proposed trip to us. 1t will be
a pleasure to advise you fully.
VIM. FITzGERA D L. W. wAKELEYI
General Agent Gen'l Passenger Agent
Hannibal, Mo. st. Louis Mo.
c. NJ. LEVEY, Gep'l Manager,
St. Louis. Mo,
j. L. LYON, Agent, Monroe City.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-30
Dick Drudgery's Holiday Outing.

Dick Drudgery's big family Of
little ones went for their long
promised "outing" last Sunday
afternoon. | saw them return
ing in the evening They were
crowding every available bit oi
window space in the ram.
shackle old four. wheeled cab
with their chubby laughing
faces. But glimpse of the in,
terror showed me the mother
sitting back and sobbing, heed.
less of their merriment.
And Dick was not with them.
Dick Drudgery kept a little
store at which l bought my
Sunday newspapers and occa.
sional cigarettes. He also sold
klndling wood. coal, candies,
and anything on which a cent
or two of profit might be turn
ed. Strictly speaking, the store
was run by Dicks wife, who
was never seen without an in.
FAINT in her arms. The store
was also continually overruu
by swarm of half.clad urchins,
whose ages ran the gamut of
the units up to seven.
Through the week Dick was
employed as porter in a dock
side warehouse, but previous to
going to his work at z o'clock
he always found time to secure
his supply OF morning news
papers, fresh from the press,
at A A. NJ, and carry them a
couple of miles upon his shout.
ders so as to save caffare.
When his work was done, at z
in the evening, he would while
away the time by carrying out
orders for coal and wood. fill.
ing in any brief intervals of
rest which might arise by play
ing with the children, like as
if he was a horse o. an ell.
ephan," in the little living room
back of the shop.
When he had put the BARNS
to bed and shut up the shop it
was handy time for cobbhng
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-30
Notice of Final Settlement.

Notice is hereby given that the under.
signed W. r. p. Jackson, administrator, of the
state OF William MOIntire deceased, will
make Final settlement OF this account with
said 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 10th day OF August A. D. 1908.
". R. P. JACKSON,
Administrator a william McIntire, de-
ceased.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-30
Southern Fruit and
Vegetable Growing.

The fertile lands along the
Louisville & Nashville r r
in Alabama. West Florida and
Mississippi are veritable bo-
nanzas for the fruit grower
and truck gardener. One man
sold from a single acre 100
barrels of radishes for 5000
gross; another patch of acres
radishes yielded 81, 1863 net. In
the spring of 1902 another
truck gardener sold 300 barrel
of potatoes. in Pittsburg from
3 acres of ground for 81, 54S,
and after paying all expenses
cleared 1892. Within two
weeks after selling his pota-
toes, corn was up and water
melon vines were running on
the same land. He harvested
his corn. sold his melons, and
atterward cut two crops of hay
off of the same land, and on
January 20, 9O3,Ewas planting
it again in potatoes. Straw
berries yield from $4O0 to $500
per acre; as high as 12,4SO
quarts of luscious berries
have been grown on a single
acre. Address
G. A. PARK
Genl Industrial g. immigration ACT
LOUISVILLE EVANSVILLE R,R
LOUISVILLE, Ky.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-30

A Charlton county widow
lost a hog. We do not refer to
the death of her husband. She
lost real hog and advertised
for it. The editor says the
hog must have read the paper,
for he came hiking home on a
dead run as soon as the paper
left the postoffice. This is not
the first instance where hog
has read a newspaper-and in.
cldentally forgotten to pay for
it.-Brooktield Budget.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-30

SCdDty CiOtnlnB, so as 10 make
them last a little longer. If
none of these duties demanded
immediate attention an excel.
lent opportunity was afforded
Dick to take a bit off his wife's
heavy burden by washing out a
few things for the baby before
he went to bed.
The only day Dick really had
TO himself was unday, when
the warehouse was closed.
After he had trudged up to
town with his extra heavy load
of Sunday papers. he was alb.
solutely man of leisure, ex.
cept that he invariably cooked
the Sunday dinner, when there
was any TO cook; minded the
store and studied the advertis.
ing col umns of the newspapers
in search of schemes for IN
creasing your income by home
work, without interfering with
present employment"
1t was on Sundays that now
and then I had a chat with
Dick, and thus l learned that
the one ambition of his life was
to take his family for a Sunday
holiday outing. He was con-
cerned about their health. He
was worried lest his wife should
fall sick from overwork. He
was afraid that there was
precious little pleasant in the
lives of those lusty little raga.
mullins who were so dear t.
him.
He wanted to see them scam.
pering over the green fields,
chasing butterflies, or climbing
trees in search of birds nests,
as he remembered to have done
hims elf, when a boy.
And each successive week, |
each month, each year, he
planned this great Sunday |
treat, when they were all to
ride far from the town, in a
carriage, or something. and rev.
ell in real good time amid the |
birds and flowers, and where
the smell of kindling wood and
stale candy and Illuminating
oil and the smoke and noise of
the foundry across the street
might for brief period be for.
gotten.
But always something hap,
pened TO defer this long looked
for outing. Either it was
temporary tightness in the fl
nancial department, owing to
rent days appalling regularity,
or it was the pressing demand
for some new articles of dress.
Now and again the advent of
a new baby or the humps and
measles among the older ones
with Dicks pet pro-
jet. Something always came
to relegate that rural trip into
the dreamy realms of a far off
future.
As the genial glow OF Spring.
lime penetrated even that squal.
At street where Dicks little
nome was situated, the honest
fellow talked more and more of
he holiday outing which he
and his family were soon to en-.
Joy. And each Sunday morn
ng, as l stopped to chat a while
with him. I made it point to
ask him: "Will the famous out.
ng be to day, Dick!'
One Sunday Dick was no.
where to be seen. And there !
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-30

For lazy liver try Chamberlain
Stomach and Liver Tablets. They in
vigorate the liver, aid digestion, reg
ulate the bowels and prevent bilious
attacks. For sale by all dealers.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-30
MONEY TO LOAN AT

5. IL Iaud per cent. Interest.
on good Missouri farms, with partial payment
privileges at any interest pay day, Rate OF
interest regulated according to value of Sc
eurity offered.
We also:loan money on desirable city proper
81 at reasonable rates, and furnish abstracts
sell farms, city property and merchandise,
write deeds, N ortgages, leases, wills and con-
tracts and insure property against fire and
tornadoes in the oldest and best companies in
the world.
We are financially responsible, as any bank
or business man or firm in Monroe City can tell
YOU. Come and see us. and we will treat you
right
RANENpGDT & CN
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-30
DAVENPORT & CO.,
Monroe City, Missouri

r 6s-If you want loan, be sure to see us,
for We make you lower rate and better terms
fsan ad1sne.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-02-21
PIGEONS SLEPT OFF THEIR EI R, "JAGs"
Thoroughly Enjoyed the Effects Of the Liquor, but Were Altogether Too
Cautious To Be Caught

Speaking of pigeons and the queer
antics they sometimes play, a funny
thing happened to a well-known fan
cier in this city the other day." said
a nan who lives uptown, "and l. may
say right here that the man who does
not believe the pigeon is a cunning
member when it comes to. the bust.
ness of regulating its own affairs is
yery much mistaken. +
THE man in question had a few
birds in his flock he wanted to get rid
of. He could not get them close
enough to put his hands on them, so
he resorted to a little %expedient to
catch the willy members. He got a
lot of. rice and soaked it in whisky.
By getting them to eat a lot of this
whisky-soaked stuff he thought he
would make. them drunk, and then it
would be an easy matter to catch
them. He thought they would eat
until they were drunk and then keel
over in the yard, SO he would have
aothing to do but pick them up.
/. HE shelled out enough rice to make
q drove of hogs drunk, and he began
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-02-21

to think his little experiment was
going to prove a failure. The pigeons
did not fail to show the effects Of
the whisky. They were decidedly
hoozy and seemed to be having q
deal of fun out of the game. They
would hop around on the ground quite
merrily, and would now and then
take a little whirl up in the air Just
for the fun Of, the thing. Directly one
of the pigeons few. up to the little
house in the ear of. the back yard,
Soon, another. followed. This thing.
kept up until the last n o. the birds.
had flown into. the pigeon house.
There was a noisy clat.er in the house
which had been taken charge Of by
the birds for awhile, and then sudden
ly the noise died out. The pigeons all
went to sleep and did %not,venture out
until they had slept their jag of.
1.-THE little expedient had proved a
failure, and up to this good day the
man has never been able to get rid of
the bad lot Of pigeons, and the
chances are that he will not get rid of
them until he shoots them."-New
Orleans Times-Democrat.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-02-21

Ed Hevron, the all-around wit and
wag of the New Orleans police de-
partment, known among his friends as
Billy Kersands, in white, dropped in
on an Elks' banquet the other night.
and before he knew what had hap
pened to him he was on the stage
drolling out in his inimitable way some
OF the stories in black, which he has
gathered during his long connection
with. the aggregation OF local sleuths.
Down in Our ward q fewFyears ago."
said the witty sergeant of police, "dur-
ing one of. the hotter campaigns, we
succeeded III getting q negro preacher
mixed up in the game. We wanted
him to corral the negro vote. We
reached through the church after
them We got them. But during the
process we had to promise the preach
er anaofice Of some sort. We never
mentioned the kind OF Office. He
never asked. We .won. The preach
er showed up for his reward. ]. sent
him to the man whos9controlled@ the
patronage The governor, who had
been the beneficiary Of sour efforts.
happened to be in town at. the time.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-02-21
CHAPTER xvii.

The Detective Continues His Work..
It had been easy enough for Henry
Loud. the detective, to trace Vance
Rothesay from the railroad station IN
Cotton to q hotel In Boston. Vance
had gone to the fremont house and
had taken . room. where he had. IRE.
fmainsd O few hours 70 rest. Then
one of the carriages belonging TO the
house had stasken him to the Boston.
and Albany depot and no had been
heard to nay: he wished Is take y GER
tain train . New York; the carriage
had been ordered s. time for that
train: Il SS s
Here LIQUIDS information stoppsdyab b
ruptIys: It was very hulniliating, but
he absolutely couldssfind no trace OF,
$Rothesay after the young man s,had5
alighted from the carriage and paid
Sthezdrtver q the entrance to that
depot. aSs X 4 II (.
Here Alet; 1t be stated and On this
Fact hung TIE satrengCth Of 1.-The evidence
against Rothesay-thst . reaching
sthe%depot and Mn he had paid the!
xdftySrs atShelpse III yasN goipsSI III
MI ksstahssskua1 remembered lfs
~ is6lssJso1ldT me- IL tlssSlsf'
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-02-21
GRAVE OF "A KINGS DAUGHTER
chud 81 Joseph Bonaparte. Once Monarch IS Spain, Rests 20 LoadY
J New Jersey Chur:hyard

~ tCSrE4ssEs Itrs.. Er.t
age Of verse and expression Of eighty
years ago-lies the daughter Of g king
"a princess who. had the blood Of an
emperor in her veins. This is the
story:
When Joseph Bonaparte, ex-king OF
Spain, under stress Of European poll
tics, settled in this state and became
a Jerseymans his gracious manner and
royal bearing were the magnets for
scores Of beautiful eyes. He fell
under the charm Of n pair whose,
no one now knows, for the years have
wiped out the stain and obliterated
the name.
Anyhow, a child, a girl, was born,
an American princess who with the
mother was left behind when Joseph
went back to Europe. The child died
and under the name of Holton was
buried seventy-nine years ago in the
churehyard Of st. Michael's, then the
Oldest church in New Jersey.
Ever since the grave and the monu
ment have been kept in perfect re-
pair. An enigmatical clause in the
will of Joseph, leaving a certain sum
for q certain secret specific purpose,
is supposed to have applied to the
support of the American mother Of his
child, the ''bereft mother" Of the
monument.
No one has ever succeeded in UNI
travelling this mystery, says tho
Philadelphia Press. The monument is
an enigma. The only solution is tho
one given above, which has come
down through eight DECADES as the
true story: Of the romance Of a king Of
Spain.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-02-21
JOB NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR HIM
Louisiana Dafkey Who Refused Position on the Supreme Bench-The
Sage Comment Of a Friend @
~Se~~

and the ward leader told the preachea
to call on the governor, tell him who
he was, what he had done and so on.
and the thing would be all right. He
called on the governor and followed
instructions to the letter. The gov.
ernor listened attentively.
What made you come so late?,
asked the governor. i.
" Everything has been given. out
and really the only thing i have left
now is q Supreme court j~udgeship.
and. Of course. you don't want. that
.The preacher was crushed. He.
went. back to his warn, and soon met
q member Of his race who was very
anxious to: know the result Of the
preachers conference with the gov.
ernor. The parson remarked with
disgust that all de good Jobs, is dun
gone. SN,Dey hasn't anything left 'cept-
In er ole Supreme Court j~udgeship..
said the palrr1sons 70 his friend.
"..Nigger, .you'se5 or fool, said thu.
parsons friend, what fer you don't
steck ity!s IL better.,n nuthin ,"-New
Orleans Times.DemOcrat.
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=. ... 70 H.s...gItH y. ~ I'd .
different sort of girl from what I think
she is II she refuses"
"And If she does refuse?" Purcell
ventured to remark.
Gam l a sort Of a fellow that begins
a thing and then gives it up?" asked
Burt. "You know I'm not. Just listen
then, while l say that she shall be
my wife-by some means. Now, you
see, you'd better $ your utmost in
auence to have the match come about
by decent means. That's all I've got
to say about the matter. I'll e you
day after tomorrow, when I want
you to tell me what progress you
have made"
Without saying anything more, Burt
took up his oars and turned his boat
shoreward, leaving Purcell staring
after him in surprise.
"Of course Kate must consent when
explain matters to her." the old
man unused. "She isn't the girl to
stand by and see her father ruined.
She must be Burt's wife; that's the
sum of the whole matter, and then I
shall have plenty of time to give my
whole attention to the finding of that
money. Yes, she must be his wife.
He loves her, and she'll grow to like
him we'll enough. 3D. /.
Purcell also took his ars and rowed
homeward. He was resolved to put
the matter directly before Kate. So
changed had he become within the
last year that those who had known
him only in the prime of his manhood
would hardly have recognized him
now.
Kate watched him with unspoken
anxiety; she saw that his mind was
not what it had been; she feared,
she knew not what, for the future.
She knew only one thing-that 1T
took strength, all her hope and loyalty,
to bear her along in the days that
were coming.
He had seemed less absent of late,
and she had began to hope that he
would again be like himself.
Sitting at the open window, with
some work in her hands, she saw him
coming up the sands. She saw in
stantly that he was intent upon some
thing. Resolutely she had set to
work as soon as the detective had
gone; she fought every moment
against the fear and the love of her
heart.
The look of repression upon her
face, was painful to see,' but her
father hardly noticed it as he came
in.
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before leaving the city, and that mem.
DRY had made him decide to POSTPONE
his departure until the next day. When
he had performed his business he had
gone to a small hotel near, instead OF
returning to the fremont house.
II he had left the city that night as
he had intended! But who can fore
see and. control these ''ifs" Of life?
It was as II the earth had opened and
swallowed him up.
The detective stopped-baffied. II
vain he. questioned the officials Of the
building. He could not learn any
thing that led him to believe that
Rothesay had even bought a ticket for
New York, or for any place.
eff he had been meditating crime he
ought to have done SO, to have tried
to lead to the belief that he had left
the city. 1t is very curious" reasoned
the detective.
And the difficulties were to him like
the spur in the side of the spirited
horse.
The crime had not been committed
until a number of days after Rothe'
says ostensible departure. The young
man had either left the city and re.
turned, or had remained concealed,
watching for the opportunity to do the
deed. Thus thought the officer, and
was, of course, inclined to the latter
opinion.
He came to Philadelphia and direct,
ly to the address on Chestnut street,
which he found to be the place Of bus
mess of Mr.. Lauriat.
He asked for an interview, and found
| Charles Lauriat to be q brisk, upright
appearing man of some sixty years
a man with keen eyes and good judg.
ment, not much given to any kind of
sentiment.
"Rothesay must have held a very
| good place in society and in the opin-
ion of men, thought Loud, remember
ing that this man was willing to give
his daughter to Vance.
(To be, Continued.D
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mo Judge. hesshsrin; the ,coroasrs
sxnaSthstsEhief ofs police 1t. Red uuiichs.
we're enjoyingsa little game of poker
The. pot va large md there was coh
SsideraIble exceiteinls;nruts.i fudge
called hesssherin,s who casually Is
married: Isl # sI SSs'
s'Is hold lds f99u i aces. what as yonI
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