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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-03
Southern Fruit and
Vegetable Growing.

The fertile lands along the
Louisville & Nashville r II
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 4 acres
radishes yielded 81, 1853 net. In
the spring Of 1902 another
truck gardener sold 300 barrel
of potatoes in Pittsbnrg from
3 acres of ground for l,548,
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
afterward cut two crops of hay
off of the same land, and on
January 20, 1903, twas planting
it again in potatoes. Straw
berries yield from $500 to $3.50
per acre; as high as 2,4SO
quarts of luscious berries
have been grown on a single
acre. Address
G. A. PARK
Genl Industrial g. Immigration Ast
LOUISVILLE EVANSVILLE R.R
LOUISVILLE, KY.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-03
Follow The Flag. -
N.Y.
THE BANNE ROUTE

New York, Niagara Falls, De.
troit. Toledo, Omaha, Council
Bluffs, st. Paul and all points
north, east and west.
Through G hair Cars Tseats
free] and Buffet Sleeping Cars,
Kansas City and Moberly to
New York, Detroit, Des Moines
and st. Paul and Omaha; and
st. Louis to Chicago, Buffalo.
New York and Boston.
Compartment Sleeping Cars
between.St. Louis and Kansas
City.
Magnificent Dining Cars be.
tween st. Louis and the east.
Fine road bed, elegant equip.
ment and fast time.
C. S. CRANE, H. E. WATTS.
G. P. ALA. P.&T,A.
81 LOUIS MOberIy
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-03
The Proper Treatment For a SpraineC
Ankle,

AS rule man will feel we'll satis6-
ed if he can hobble around on crutches
two or three weeks after spraining his
ankle, and it is usually two or three
months before he has fully recovered.
This is an unnecessary loss of time,
for in many cases in which Chamber
lain's Pain Balm has been promptly
and freely applied, complete cure
has been effected in less than one
week g time, and in some cases within
three days. For sale by All Dealers.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-03
His Life Saved by Chamberlain's Collie,
ChoIrea and DiarrhOea Remedy.

''B. l.. Dyer, we'll known cooper
of this town, says he believes Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy saved his life last
summer. He had been sick for a
month with what the doctor call bill
ious dysentary. and couldget nothing
to do him any good until he tried this
remedy. 1t gave him immediate re-
lief' says b. T. Little. merchant,
Hancock, Md. For sale by All Deal
ers.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-03
Must Hang.

Georgetown, KY. Aug. 90
The jury in the case OF Caleb
Powers, on trial for completely
in the murder of Goebel, this
morning returned a verdict of
guilty. The death sentence will
be imposed.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-03
He'd Be All Right Then.

"How learned would you like
to be, old MANI"
I'D like to be so learned that
I could pronounce big words
wrong and no one would dare
to correct me for fear / might
be right. "-Cblcago News.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-03
City Property for sale by
Davenport 6 Co.,

Real Estate. Loan and Invest.
ment Agents, Monroe City, Mo.
We MAKE Farm Loans at 5 per cont interest
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-03
A FIGHT FOR A LIFE.
BY Persis PenrOSe.

ing those of Santa Anna an in
cident of secret service took
place which was not only thrill
ing, but which contained a 70
nance.
One evening two officers. one
in the uniform of Mexican col
onel, the other that of cap
tain, rode into the advance
Mexican camps and asked to be
conducted to the tent of the
commanding officer. Arriving
there, they found Major -Four.
tado, TO whom they presented
an order purporting tobe signed
bv Gen. Santa Anna, directin g
tt hatheybe afforded every facil.
ity to inspect the camps. This
was given them. They rode
over the ground, noted the APP.
proaches and as they were
a bout 10 depart they were ar
rested and taken to Mai Four.
tado, the commandant. On
tn EN- were found sketches and
memoranda that proved them
to be spies. They confessed
and were informed that they
would be shot at daylight the
next morning.
The men were Lieut.Col. Otis
Win chester and Lieut.. Holmes
of 1.-The American army. Col.
Winchester, knowing that Ger.
tain information was extremely
necessary to his general, had
volunteered to make a bold at.
tempt to secure it. Lieut..
II dimes was sent with him, it
being hoped that if Winchester
were taken Holmes might get
through and back with the in
formation. The uniforms had
been obtained from Mexico
officers, prisoners of war. San.
tag Annals signature had been
forged from a dispatch which
had been captured on the mes
senger who bore il.
Neither slept during the night
and shortly before dawn wrote
brief letters to their homes,
which they were told would be
forwarded under the flag of
truce of Gen. Taylor. Win.
chester, much the older man, |
vas composed, but Holmes SUI
fered from all the depression
% be expected in one about to
)e shot.
Are you RELAXED" asked |
Winchester, Ito Edward G.
Holmes Of the class of 1872, at |
Vest Point?"
He was my father" replied
Holmes.
Winchester said nothing. but
o oked at the young man with
melancholy stare. At the
moment messenger from Maj
Nourtado entered.
1.-THE commandment" he said,
is especially reluctant to take
he lives of two such brave
men. He deems one sufficient
% satisfy the military law
common in such cases and di.
ects me to inform you that you
ire permitted to draw lots, the
me losing to be executed at
)nce, the other to be eXchang.
ID"
Winchester again turned his
glance on young Holmes and a
light might have been one of
elief-escaped him. The two
Ulcers exchanged letters TO
heir respective families to be
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-03

HIS uduu dOu Withdrawing IL
tossed black stone on the
table.
you have lost" said the
Major laying down the hat.
Then turning to the guard, he
directed that the prisoner be
taken away. "A few minutes
later volley was heard with.
out, and Otis Winchester had
been executed.
Maj. Fourtado took up ihis
hat and before placing it on ibis
head put in his hand 10 with
draw the remaining stone. 1t
was not there.
Has any one touched the
hat" he asked surprise, "since
1 laid it on the table?'
Every one present disclaimed
having doneso.
Gentle men, said the Major
I'VE have shot noble man. He
took both ch ances, sparing his
companion"
A month later Lieut.. Holmes
was exchanged. Before taking
his depart ure for the American
lines he was conducted to Mai.
Fourtado's headquarters.
What bond was there be.
tween you and your comrade?"
asked Fourtado.
None that 1 know of. Gen.
Tay Tor called for volunteers to
attend an officer on hazardous
enterprise. 7 volunteered and
was accepted"
Lieutenant, I will tell you a
secret. When Col. Winchester
wit hdrew his hand from the hat
I hat decided your fate aud his
he took both stones"
The information weighed |
b cavity upon Holmes. He re.
m embered Winchester's mention |
of his father, who had died |
some years before, and as soon |
as he returned to his home went |
str4ight to his mother to ask
b er to enlighten him.
Mother" he asked, who
" as Otis Winchester"
why do you ask, my hoy?"
replied the lady, starting.
The young man gave his
m other the information he had
received from the Mexican. 1t
W as some time before she could
ind her voice to speak. Then
she said:
"Otis Winchester was your
ather's rival. They were class
mates at West Point and [ was
guest of the superintendent.
decided for your father"
The last five words were
spoken almost in a whisper, af.
.er which there was a silence
between the two, a silence
v hich it would have been pro-
ane to interrupt and the i'm.
)ressiveness of which no word
Gould depict. Then the son
v-nl to his mother and put his
i ms about her.
II supposed" he said that
his, the greatest of all sacri-
ices, was for me, and l could not
understand how it could be so.
see now that it was for you."
lis Life Saved by Chamberlain'S Collie,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-03
Those Popular Sunday Rates Again In
Effect On" The Katv."

Effect Un The Katy"
The M. K. & T. Ry., will sell
return tickets to all points
within so niles of Monroe at
one fare for the round trip to
all trains after 9p. m. Satur-
day nights, and for all trains
Sunday. Tickets good return
ing for trains of Sunday night.
j. F. BLAKEY, Agent.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-03
DAVENPORT s CO.,
Monroe Civ. Missouri

Z Hss-sIf you want loan be sure to see us,
s,r war make you a lower rate aud better terms
>innpRsOne.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-03
Cheap to Cool Colorado.

Every day we sell excursion tickets
to Colorado and Utah resorts at APP
proximately half rates, with return
limits all summer.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-03
To Minnesota'S Beautiful
Resorts

Daily, round trip tickets to all
Minnesota resorts at a mere trife
over half rates. With her 10000 lakes
Minnesota offers wealth OF summer
attractions. Write for list OF Mime
sofa boarding houses and hotels.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-03
Hon. eSeeker's Excursions

First and third Tuesdays of each
month at approximately half rates to
see the magnificent crops of the west
and northwest, and to help you secure
homo Sin that rapidly developing
region,
Write us, describing your trip. The
Burlington Lines are the main travel
ed roads through the west and north
west.
WIN. FITZGERALD L. WAKFIEv,
General Agent, Gen'l Passenger AGENT
dannlbal, MO. st. Louis, Mo.
@. M. LEVEY, Genl Manager,
st. Louis. MO.
j. L. LYON, Agent, Monroe City.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-09-04
A Railroads. Giant Locomotive.

n RailroadS Giant
Boston Herald: The Baltimore & Ohio
railroad is having plans prepared for a
giant locomotive to be used on the heavy
mountain grades as a helper. Designs are
under consideration for an %articulated To-
connective Of extra large SIZE. No contract
has been awarded. as all the details nave
not been worked out definitely. The new
locomotive in service on any eastern
pounds with steam pressure of 235 pounds.
to the square inch, and will nave five
pairs Of driving wheels, or fourteen
wheels in all.
This, 1t is believed, will be the largest
locomotive in service on any Eastern
road. The largest one in service on the
Baltimore & Ohio weighs 193. 900 pounds
and carries 205 pounds Of steam pressure
to the square inch. The explanation Of
an articulated locomotive is that it is
of jointed construction and accommodates
itself to the curvature OF the track in
stead of being rigid.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-09-04

was simply 1ndescribable. Finally 1
saw Doan's Kidney Pills advertised
and got a box. After a few doses L
told my husband that l was feeling
much better and that the pills We're
doing me good. When l finished that
box l felt like a different oma l
didn't stop at that. though. l continued
the treatment until | had taken five
boxes. There was nc recurrence until
a week ago. when l began to feel mis-
cradle again. l bought another box
and three days treatment restored me
to health. Doan's Kidney Pills act
very effectively. very promptly, relieve
the aching pains and all other annoying
difficulties. l have recommended them
to many people and will do so when
opportunities present themselves"
A FREE TRIAL Of this great kid
ney medicine which cured Mrs. Brun-
Eel will be mailed to any part of the
United States on application. Ad-
dress Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo, N.
Y. For sale by all druggists, price so
cents per box.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-09-04

DEAR Mrs. PISKHAM 1T affords me great pleasur
to the great number who are today praisinl
hams Vegetable Compound. Three years ago I b1
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-09-04
Proverbs Up to Date.

E~verybody's Magazine: Better swallow
your good Jest than lose your good friend.
Sweet are the uses of adversely, bitter
are the uses OF prosperity.
The rising generation owes much to tho
inventor of the alarm clock.
II vanity were a deadly disease, every
undertaken would buy fast horses.
When the last trump sounds. some WON.
an will ask Gabriel to wait a minute.
A good field Of corn Is one thing a farmer
doesn't care to have crowed over.
The dead march is not necessarily the
one that the musicians have murdered.
A walk may improve your appetite. But
a tramp will eat you out Of house and
home.
The mar who cannot be beaten Is he
who holds his head up when Re has been
beaten
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-09-04
Deafness Cannot 30 cured

BY local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion Of the ear. There is only one
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
famed condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is 1nf1amed
Ing. and when 1t is entirely closed. Deafness is
the result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to Its normal
condition. hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out Of ten arc caused by Catarrh,,
which is nothing but an infiamed condition OF
the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness Caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars free.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-09-04

cessive physical and mental straln. l was
secure proper rest, also lost my appetite, and ]
nervous and irritable too that m friends TIRE
I was unable to attend to my work. Our ply
scribed for me, but as l did not seem to imp
advised to go ava / could neither spare til
money, and was very much worried when, f
one of my club friends called. She told me h
been cured Of ovarian troubles, andhowlik
toms were to hers, seven bottles Of your med;
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-09-04

years l SuIIere0
with terrible pain
in my back. l ex-
perimented will
doctors and medi-
cines, but got little
if IN relief. 1
actually b e
the aching in my
back and through
the groin became
worse. l did not
know what it was
to enjoy a nights
rest and 0 in
the morning feel
ing tired and unre-
freshed. My suf-
po,.;r~ cor,ntip,no
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-09-04

Have used Piso's Cure for Consump-
ton nearly two years, and find nothing
to compare with it.-Mrs. Morgan, Berke-
ley, CAL, Sept. 2, 1901.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-09-04

A motor fan should be placed near
an open window or other opening where
1t can draw fresh air. If in a corner or
center of a room it simuly stirs up
foul air.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-09-04
Bacteria to Give Light.
New York Sun: Professor Har

New York Sun: Professor Hans Mo-
lisch of Prague believes thai he has
discovered a use for bacteria. He has
communicated to the Vienna Academy
of Sciences the specifications of a min
ing lamp in which bacteria supply the
light.
The lamp consists of a glass jar, in
which there is a lining of saltpetre and
gelatine, previously inoculated with
bacteria. The latter develop innumer-
ably in two days, causing the jar to be-
come Illuminated with a blush green;
light. This lasts brilliantly for several
days. gradually trimming until it dis
appears IN about a fortnight or three
weeks.
Professor Molisch says that the light
Is suitable for mines m powder maya
zines because it is cold and not danger
Gus. Faces can be recognized by this
light for a distance of two yards, and
large type can be read by it.
Brooklyn Life: Former Suburbanite
decentralization don't mean to tell me
that you have fifty chickens and you
are still or speaking terms with your
next-door neighbors?
S~uburbanite (smi.fngly)-That's ex-
actly the case.
Former standardization 'em
cooped up Ell?
Suburbanite-Not on your life. You
see the day 1 bought the fool fowls I
made d bluff at driving them out of
my garden, and pretty soon they
thought they belonged, to my neigh
borS, 80 since hen they stick to my
gardc.l like glue.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-09-04
loves Hour.

We met, as other couples met.
And strolled a-down the river bank:
1 kissed your lips. nor ear forget
The sweet delights my fancy drank.
You said you never loved till then,
And that for me your love was true:
We Nowed-for life! But when
The sulnmer left me so did you.
New York Times
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-09-04
SUFFERED FOR FIFTEEN YEARS.

Completely Restored to Health.
Mrs. p. Brunei, wife Of p. Brunei,
stock dealer, residence Bill Grand ave-
nuc, Everett, Wash, says: For fifteen
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-09-04

The Importation Of American pork
products is no longer prohibited by
Turkey.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-09-04

Sold by Druggists. s7bc.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-23
DEATH SHOWS MARRIAGE.
Walter ". WatrOus Had a Second
Wife.

The death of Walter Wilson Watrous at the
Marlborough House. at Atlantic City, on Sunday
has revealed the fact that he married again Ever
since his wife obtained a divorce and married
Richard H. Hunt it thought he had been Nv
ing in retirement but the death notice disclosed the
second marriage. Mrs Katherine Ballou, an ac-
tress. IS the widow.
For four years Mr.. Watrous avoided society as
much as possible refusing to make any statement
as to his separation from his wife. Only once did
ne open his lips the subject. and that was
when his father-in-law said Mrs. Watrous had
good grounds for divorce. Then he said If my
father-in-1evy says that he says what is false l
am innocent of any offence. That is all 1 have to
say shall say.
He spent most of his time at Lake George
where he had estate. He was connected with
was seldom at the office. Henry Wilson. OF the
firm, said yesterday: -
it I do not know who Mrs Spencer is, who the
Atlantic City papers say is his sister
1t seems that Mr.. WatrOUs and his wife had
been living at No SO East Twenty until
they went to Atlantic City, more than a week ago.
Mrs. Banou first came into notice in April. 1902
when she had Frederick Zimmerman arrested for
annoying her He showered flowers and other gifts
upon her besides writing several hundred letters
to her. and kept constantly on her trail. He was
sent Bellevue. but was released, as she refused
to appear against him. Later she was to have ap-
critics said the whole affair a press agents
dodge. When Mrs Ballou had Zimmerman ar
rested lived No 331 Lexington ave Recently
she has not been in the public eye
New-York tribune., 1903-06-23
VREEL4ND GETS Il CUP.
Says at Dinner, Before Trip to
EurOpe, He'll Not Resign.

Perhaps. feeling free from restraint because he
was surrounded by evidences of good-fellowship,
President Vreeand of the Metropolitan Street Rail
way Company chose the dinner given TO him by the
company's employees at the Hotel Savoy, last
night an occasion to express his feelings in re-
gard TO the Amory and Wormser suits. He paid
his respects to his lawyers, who he acknowledged,
had brought the company through the attacks of
its enemies.
During the ten years I've been with you." he
said. we've had much internal trouble, but
when meets troubles and annoyances from
outside enemies who strike at the honesty of men
who are administering trust, it takes more out
OF a man mentally than the whole course of his
duty does physically Still, might paraphrase the
ScripturaI saying. The strength, of sin is the law
into The strength of the sinner is the lawyer for
it was the strong arm Of the law as administered
by the legal end of the property which prevailed
against the attacks of our enemies, who have not
succeeded in disodging a single stone of the
structure.
TO sever my connection with the company In JUS
tice myself the property and you, must say
that I've had many hattering offers. but to all my
answer has been that 1 consider this work the
rounding out of railroad career, and so long
my services satisfy the financial end of the
Germ. and there is divided interest between the
p[ssldeil anu tlS @ - n aqScr ~
takes physical charge" of Mr.. Vreeland on his
oThg Cup He Referred 70 the great interest Mr.
Vreeiand has always shown in the workmen whom
Mr. Vreeland and Henry D. Macdona, gen
eral counsel of the Metropolitan interests, will sail
the steamship Kaiser Wilhelm II to-day; They
will be absent in Europe about month. The trip
Is undertaken partly for the purpose Of enabling
Mr. Xreeland 10 appear before the royal commits
sion appointed last March by King Edward to in
quire into surface, pedestrian and vehcular traffic
in London. This commission was appointed both
10 ascertain how such traffic be improved and
TO obtain information which will bear upon the ap
pointrnent of a local commission to take charge
of all traffic in the city OF London This will be
the first time that any city has ever had such
local traffic commission.
The royal commission is now holding It's sessions
In London. and a special invitation was sent to
Mr. Nreeland give testimony before it, 1t IS
possible that Mr.. Macdona may also be heard be-
fore the commission. Messrs. Nreeland and Mae
dona going abroad for rest and recreation as
well. and expect TO visit Paris and other Cont
mental cities before sailing for home on July 80.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-23
PETERS TROUBLES BEGIN
.SERVIANS OFFENDED.
Promotions Made at Genera Dts-
Ministry Fears PO1cerS.

Belgrade. servia, June 22.-king feter
promotions of officers of the Geneva mlllaiy
delegation have given serious offence mere. an"
1t is probable that they will be canceHeo-
It is officially stated that Coiohel MIS-
chich. who was gazetted on SATURDAY as Coi,
mandant of the Military District of Belgrade 10
NOT the chief conspirator. but the latter mans
brother.
The position of the Ministry is becoming more
rnenviable daily, in consequence of the RUSSIAN
and Austrian demands for the punishment OIL
the assassins of King Alexander and queen
Draga The terms of the Russian note almost
caused panic among the Ministers, VINO are
anxiously awaiting the arrival OF KING Feter
to extricate them from the dilemma. Inc " af
Minister is the paramount power in the MlnstrS'
as he is backed by the entire army, and he
threatens severe resentment against any
member of the Cabinet who may hint at tle
punishment Of the conspirators