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Monroe City Democrat., 1903-02-12
Bright'S Disease.

Bright's Disease is no respector OF
persons; it attacks men and women,
the strong and robust, the rich and
poor, the active body and brain
workers, the fathers of families. the
bread winners in every sphere of life
seeming to choose for its victims
those only who can least be spared.
Smiths Sure Kidney Cure is the only
guaranteed remedy for Bright's Dis
ease.
Your money back if it fails to cure.
Price 80 cts and $l.00. For sale by
j. j. Fitzpatrick.
Monroe City Democrat., 1903-02-12
Short On Negroes.

Forty.two years ago there
was only one county in the state
without negro slaves; there are
now seventeen counties that re.
port no negro children of school
age and twenty.seven counties
that have no negro children at.
tending school. The counties
having no children of school
age are: Barry, Carter, Gasco.
n ade, Gentry, Hickory. Maries,
M cDonald, = Oregon, Pulaski,
Reynolds, Ripley, Schuyler,
Shannon, Taney, Texas and
Stone. The following have
negro children not attending
8 school:O Adair, Bollinger Cam.
den, Dallas, Harrison, Douglas,
Dun kiln, Macer, Stoddard,
Ozark. In none of these coun.
ties are there more than 100
negro children. In Missouri its
customary to associate negroes
with Republicans. OF the Il
counties having no negro chill.
dren, fourteen are represented
in this Legislature by Republi.
cans, while of the ten having a
very small number of negroes
Dunklin and Stoddard, are the
only ones represented by Demo
Gratis. Rails County Record
Monroe City Democrat., 1903-02-12
The Plural of 0.

New York Press: Who will
tell me what is the plural of o?
Is it "Os' or "oes?" Tomatoes
is the plural of tomato; stiIet.
tos is said to be the plural of
stiletto. Here are some ex.
ampIes of Inconsistency; Pota.
to. potatoes; negro, negroes;
buffa 10. buffa Ioes; hero, heroes;
dadO, dados; toe, toes: canto,
cantOs; alto, altos; volcano.
volcanoes; no, noes; pro, pros ;
tyro, tyros; wo, woes; octave,
octa voS; palmetto, pa lme.toes;
grotto, grottoes; duellO, duelloS; {;
cargo, Cargoes; librelto, libret
tos, etc. You may have ob
served that our high and mighty
dictionaries studlously avoid
giving the plurals to these
words. and to others ending in
o. The right OF an educated
author to spell as he pleases
shou Id never be questioned. A
foolish consistency is the hob
goblin Of petty mir ds.
Monroe City Democrat., 1903-02-12
Lee at Gettysburg

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Philadelphia Record say:
Not only should the proposed
equestrian statue of General
Lee be erected on the field at
Gettysburg, but the position of
the confederate army in the
three days fight which ended
in the triumph of the union
forces should be appropriately
marked so that visitors who go
there may fully understand the
details and proportions of that
terrific struggle. There never
was in all the tide of time
a more stubborn battle than
that waged by brother against
brother on that bloody ground.
1t was not a one sided affair,
and it should not be made to
appear so by a failure to accur.
ately indicate the positions
occupied by both armies. This
should be done while yet the
veterans are alive who are the
sole custodians of the precise
knowledge.
The disposition to mike such
determinations against the con
federates on battle fields now
converted into national parks
is in line with the Justification
of history by magnifying fed.
eral achievements in so called
text books Of history.
The time has passed for such
pettiness and such unfairness.
| The bravery of the men in blue
a nd the men in gray is com.
mon national heritage, and no
American citizen who visits the
field of Gettysburg for the pur-
pose of studying the technique
Of that tremendous struggle can
6 ain an adequate conception of
its vastness or it's heroism with
out having explained to him
the positions held by Lees
army, and by all means, the
exact scene of that historic
marshallng of Pickett's magniti
, cent division of Longstreet's
corps, where to his superior
generals averted face, LOO
panied to give assent with
more than a faint nod, the gal
liant Virginiau responded:
Il will lead my division for,
ward. sir!"
The charge that followed has
never been equaled in all the
history of the worlds battles,
and as well try to play Hamlet
with Hamlet omitted as try tC
cheat the confederate heroes ot
that charge Of one iota of its
deathless glory.
1t is high time, as the Recoro
suggests, that the confederate
positions on Seminary ridge anc
a djacent foothills were marked
and the deeds of confederate
actors in that great tragedy
commemorated by appropriate
ia blets and monuments.
BY all means let the statute
OF the south's peerless soldier
stand on that fateful field or
n orthern soil.-Atlanta Con
stitution.
Monroe City Democrat., 1903-02-12

g. A. TAFT successor to G.. NJ
Nichols in the grocery business
is rapidly making a good i'm
preston on the people. John
T. Threilkeld, of Palmyra. an
experienced grocer is his as
sistant.
Monroe City Democrat., 1903-02-12

Cheap Excursion one way rates
via Wabas Route February Is
to April 30 inclusive, to points
in California, Washington, Ore
gon, IDAHO, Montana and inter.
mediate. Through Touris Cars.
For full information in regard
to rates, time of trains, etc, q,
apply to neares' ticket agent
or. address H. E. WATTS, P. &
t. A.. Moberly, Mo.
Monroe City Democrat., 1903-02-12
Buy II Now.

Do not wait until you or some OF
your family are sick nigh unto death,
and then send for Chamberlain s
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem
edy, but buy it now and he prepared
for an emergency. 1t is the one RENE.
dy that can always be depended upon
in the most severe and dangerous
cases. For sale by All Dealers.
Monroe City Democrat., 1903-02-12

The county court granted a
renewal of saloon license H. B.
Mudd Monday.-Mercury>
Monroe City Democrat., 1903-02-12

DR.. Hornback. Oculist and
Aurist, Hannibal, Mo.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-07-25

hours to him, but In reality Il was only
minutes. and short ones, before the
dory reached the side of the sAi1boat
Then Nellie dropped the tiller, erept
to the side of her boat, and q momen
later was safe in the dory. 1t was
time. A sudden gust struck the little
sailboat, 1t Mrched to one sides and
then careened completely over. But
the storm had lost Its victim.
When the wharf was reached will
ing hands lifted Nellie to safety. She
was none the worse for her perilous
experiment. When Jack clambered up
on the wharf she gave him look
different from those with which she
was in the habit Of favoring him. Then
a little CLEAN of fun came into her
eyes.
What do you think of a man." she
asked with assumed sternness, who
tells girl that it makes him sick to
go on the water and then can row a
little dory through a raging squall?"
Jack gave little gasp of honest sur
prise.
''Why, 1 never thought of that he
replied. Guess l was SO wrapped up
trying to get to you before your boat
went down that l didn't think of sea-
sickness
''It seems to have been a case OF
Cupid conquering Neptune" slyly OBJ
served a pretty girl, who formed one
of the group congratulating Nellie on
her escape.
At whicn remark Jack looked un-
feignedly pleased, while Nellie tried
to appear offended; she didn't succeeu
very well.-Edwin j. Webster in Phila,
delphia Ledger.
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Difficult Writing.

1t is easy to write with the hand,
and after considerable practice one
can learn to write a few letters or
numbers with the foot. Try, how
ever, to write two or three letters with
the foot and hand simultaneously, and
you will find it extremely difficult
Yet, if you practice long enough you
can in time learn to do it. Here is a
feat which, according to those who
have tried it, is practically impos-
sible, though a few admit that it may
be accomplished by persons of extra
ordinary patience. 1t also consists in
writing a few letters or numbers with
the hand and foot, but in this case the
letters are to be written in the normal
direction by the hand and in the op-
posite direction or backward by the
foot, and it is precisely herein that
the great difficulty lies. Those who
desire to try this experiment need not
use either pen or pencil. Just let
them draw letters of a large size on
two sheets of paper and then see If
they can move hand and foot over the
lines simultaneously, but in opposite
directions
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-07-25
FIGHT wIrH a DEvlLFIsH.
Giant Squid Nearly Sinks 4oLton
Smack on Newfoundland.

SsauA S4ot0 weary ShuR8 S0eS0n
Smack on Newfoundland.
A forty-ton vessel, the Vivid, of For
tune Bay. Newfoundland, recently
escaped by a narrow margin from be-
ing drawn to the bottom of the sea
by giant sQuid. The vessel was on
Cape ST. Mary's, when the lookout
thought he discovered q mammoth
lump of ambergris floating at a dis
tance of $50 yards. When the vessel
approached sufficiently near to the
supposed ambergris Joseph Ellis,
whose duty it was to use the gaff,
struck at the floating object. In the
twinkling of an eye the still thing
drifting idly on the waters became q
demon furious with life, thrashing,
graphing, squirming, feeling for
everything within it's reach. Great
clouds of inky. stuff dyed the water. A
monstrous beak pecked at the Vivid's
oaken sides. Two giant eyes focused
on the deck seeking something to
seize. Instead of ambergris Ellis had
struck a devilfish.
Out of the depths arose a bewilder-
ing array of tentacles, twisting and
crawling all over the smack. They
fastened on the bulwarkS and
squirmed inboard. They felt their
way around the masts and up the
flattened sails. All the while the pom
derous beak of this demon thing of
the deep was pounding at the ship,
eager to sink it. The Vivid lay on the
tumbling seas like a dead thing, with
the octopus madly trying to drag it
down into the depths.
"Knives and axes, there!" fairly
screamed the captain to the men, who
stood stupefied on deck.
AS if to meet the coming battle to
the death, the devilfish seized the
masts in a firm grip with two of its
stoutest tentacles. Then it tried to
sink to the bottom of the sea, bent on
dragging the schooner with it. Round
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and round it wrapped its feelers about
the spars, sending up fresh ones to
aid those that had already taken hold.
Slowly the sturdy Vivid began to
yield to the mighty arms that reached
up out of the waves. Over and over
she bent. The big body that thrashed
in the water fought more and more
madly to tilt over the boat till she
capsized.
Just then the monster threw up
more of it's tentacles and in a second
Moulton, the captain, Ellis and sail
or named Jeans were held fast by the
powerful arms. Another sailor had
fortunately seized an ak and with re-
sounding blows he severed one after
another of the mighty arms, until his
companions were freed. The monster
soon began to loose its hold of the
vessel and slowly dropped back into
the waters, which had been made
inky black by the foulsmelling fluid
which it had squirted from it's body.
With difficulty the Vivid made port,
for there was a hole in her side, made
by the beak of the squid, while her
Ihasts and sails were SCARED and
torn by the giant arms which had
all but pulled her down to the depths.
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Bellows of $500 Years Ago.

DR.. johnson says, respecting the
word bellows, perhaps it is corrupt
ed from bellies, the wind being con-
tanned in the hollow or belly. 1t has
no singular, for we usually say, a pair
of bellows, but Dryden has used bel
lows as q singular"
Strabo informs us, from an old his
torian, that Anacharsis, the Scythian
philosopher, who lived in the time of
Solon, about 600 years before Christ,
invented the bellows. as well as the
anchor and potter's wheel, but this ac-
count is very doubtful, as Pliny, Sen
eca, Diogenes, etc, who likewise
speak of the inventions ascribed to
that philosopher, mention only the
two last, and not the bellows.
1t appears, however, that they were
known in ancient times to the Greeks,
and Virgil mentions them in his fourth
Georgic.-Mirror.
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dure the slightest boisterousness of
the waves without being sick Despite
the old fisherman's warning, he was
not at first worried over the prospect
of any danger to Nellie, as the bay
was small and she had often-too
often, in fact-proved her ability to
sail her boat without his assistance.
But suddenly the clouds which had
been scurrying across the sky in de-
tached sections seemed to unite into
one big, black cloud, which covered
the horizon to the east. There was a
perceptible drop in the temperature.
For few moments the wind seemed
to die away. But the lull was only
temporary. Then, with an unlocked
for suddenness, the squall which the
fisherman had predicted came sweep
ing in from the seas.
Nellie had allowed her boat to sail
out almost to the entrance of the bay
before she recognized her danger
Then she turned and began to run for
the wharf. But it was too late. The
first gusts from the coming sqdall
caught the little boat, almost tearing
the sail from its lashings. Then a rope
tention had been taken up in steering,
could remedy the damage, her boat
was running swiftly and aimlessly be-
fore the wind.
The people on shore saw her danger
and haste was made to getsout one of
the big sail boats. but this was
work of time, and now seconds were
pI ecious. Long before the larger boat
was ready Jack Hastings ran down to
the end of the wharf united a little
dory, threw in a pair of oars, and was
pulling toward Neliie's boat at the top
of his speed.
A dory will ride the waves in any
given to pitching and tossing in rough
water. Jack didn't seem to notice this.
All his energies were thrown into row.
ing hard and fast and desperately. His
training on the college crew stood him
in good stead. but never in the hottest
contested race had he exerted himself
as he did now, when he was pulling to
save the girl he loved. The dory jump
ed half out of the water at every
stroke. But the wind was rising, the
waves growing rougher and rougher,
and each instant Nelli-'s boat grew
more and more unmanageable-
But Nellie was an experienced sail
or. and even in this emergency held
the tiller steady and tried to turn the
boat in the direction of the swiftly ap-
preaching dory. 1t was a race with
death But Jack won- 1t seemed
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-07-25
THE MAN AND THE DOG.
How Former Got GIoriousIy Even FOR
Latter's Bad Behavior,

Latter's Bad Behavior,
Do unto others as they do unto you
might well be the heading of this true
tale. Two men and a dog are the
characters therein. Man number one,
being unable to sleep for three entire
nights owing to the constant barking
of the dog aforesaid, got up and ar.
rayed himself at in the morning and
hied him to his neighbor's front door.
There he kept his thumb on the elec-
trio bell until the dismayed servant
appeared.
81 wish to see Mr.. W.
why, sure, he's in bed at this hour,
SIR
I'm sorry, but 1 must see him
now
He amt goin' ter get up at this
time ter see nobody"
We'll, 1 intend to stay here and
ring this bell until he does see me,
and you can go and tell him that"
After an ominous interval Mr.. W.
descended, almost speechless with
wrath.
What do you mean by disturbing
me in this manner? It's the most out
rageous-"
Yes, that's what think, and SIM
ply called to warn you that as long as
your dog keeps me awake every night
l shall come and ring this bell, for if
can't sleep, you certainly shall not.
Good morning."
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His Presence.

L look to thee in every need, and never
look in vain;
/ feel thy strong and tender love- and all
is well again:
The thought of thee Is mightfer far
Than sin and pain and sorrow are.
Discouraged in the work of life, disheart.
ened by its load.
Shamed by its failures or its fears, sink
beside the road;
But let me only think of thee,
And then new heart springs up in me.
Thy calmness bends serene above. my
restlessness to still;
Around me flow thy quickening life 10
nerve my faltering will;
Thy presence fills my solitude;
Thy providence turns all to good
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Humbua on a Large Scale.

In 1852 a man named Vrain-Lucas,
living in the rue Jean Jacques Rous-
seau, Paris, managed to dispose of no
fewer than $1,000 bogus manuscripts.
gems, enamels and ivories.
He said he found them in an IRON
bound chest in a ruined city in Cen
trail America; but it came out after
ward that he had, with infinite pains
and cunning. made them all himself.
The pride of the collection was what
purported to be an ancient silver cas-
ket of Syrian workmanship, ano
which contained, among other things,
a love letter from Judas Iscariot to
Mary Magdalen, twenty-five letters to
ST. Peter from Lazarus and two brief
epistles from Gremius Julius to our
Lord.
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HIGH SALARIES OF SINGERS.
Heinrich Conried Tells Amusing Stor,
in This Connection.

SoHTtS0 SttS SNfnuStn9 our
in This Connection.
Heinrich Conried, who has had sc
much difficulty in arranging the sal
aries OF his artists that he declares
their engagement to be the most difh
cult part of the work Of putting on
grand opera, has an explanation fol-
the origin of the exorbitant prices de
manded by foreign singers when
America is mentioned to them. A
number of years ago he was in Europs
engaging artists for his comic opers
company. He offered a certain singer
5000 a week to come with him to
America. The singer had been used
to getting about a third of that sum
and was on the point of accepting
when he was approached by Anton
Seidl and asked his price. He at once
demanded $500 and finally com
promised on $3.50. When he came to
read the contract he found that, after
the American fashion. >he had been
signed for $3.50 a performance and
not for that amount per week. Fear
ing that Mr.. Seidl might change his
mind and try to break the contract
he took the first boat for New York
and was on the ground two months
before the opening of the season.
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INFLUENCE OF THE OCEAN
The Power of the Mystic Sea Affeeesi
All Men,

.
All Men.
Throughout all ages, in every cline.
to people of every race, the forces OF
old ocean have ever appealed with
irresistible power. Its vast area, its
solemn grandeur in repose, its sub
lime spectacle when 1ashed to fury
by the wind, its mystic depths where
lie the fieshless human victims of its
mighty wrath, and whence issue
all are potent in their awe-inspiring
effect on the beholder Under it's
magic spell ordinary mortals stand in
respectful silence, for lack of power
to express their thoughts, which may
be none the less profound because OF
the inability to give them verbal ut
terance; but poets with their need
of skill have ever tried with we'll
termed phrase to tell us of old Nep-
and vagaries. Even among the COM
mon fisher-folk this great influence is
noticeable in it's effect upon their SUI
perstitions.
The accompanying picture is of q
scene in the coast rocks at Fairhead.
near Ballycastle, in Ireland. Fhir
Leith, or The Gray Mans Path, is
fissure in the precipice, and viewed
either from land or sea is never to be
forgotten. 1t seems as though some
supernatural power had caused the
fearful chasm that divides the rocky
promontory so that it might visit or
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-07-25

and on the flags of various nations,
and therefore it was only natural that
these pious Brazilian noblemen should
have selected it as the most suitable
emblem of our Lord when they de-
sired to pay honor to Him. They were
resolved that He should thenceforth
be officially recognized as one of the
grandees of Brazil, and He would not
have been eligible for this exalted po-
sition without a coat of arms.-Ohio
State Journal.
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Judging simply from appearance,
person would have said that Nellie At
kinson was both a pretty and kind
hearted girl. Yet she took delight in
making Jack Hastings unhappy.
Which was certainly a piece OF un-
warranted cruelty, for Jack was big,
athletic, good to look upon and, In
addition, thought the sun rose and
set simply for the benefit of Nellie
But Jack had one misfortune, and
for a man who is anxious to share the
amusements of a pretty girl at sea-
side resort it was serious one. NO
one could row better than he on a
smooth river or an inland lake In fact,
he had been stroke for two years on
his college crew. But to venture on
the water when the least swell was
coming in from the ocean made him
deadly seasick. And Nellie, instead of
giving him the sympathy to which he
was clearly entitled, was strongly in
clined to tease him over his inability
to sail boat in comfort even in the
bay which ran out from the beach.
On this particular morning, Nellie,
a charming picture of q pretty girl in
yachting costume and cap, was stand
ing at the end of the wharf. At one
side of the wharf was moored her lit
tie sailboat. A good breeze was blow
ing in from the ocean, making it a de-
lightful morning for sail, although
few clouds lying low on the horizon
gave a hint of unpleasant weather to
come.
Help me to fix up the sail. please.
Jack" said Nellie, with an air of great
cheerfulness, "and then we can take
a run out into the bay. There's love
ly swell on this morning"
Jack helped hoist the sail, but he
didn't seem to share Nelhe's cheerful
ness over the lovely swell"
Instead of sailing, wouldn't 1t be
q nice morning for a walk in the
woods or a spin on my mach1ne?" he
suggested, with a timidity which was
really disgraceful in such big, strong
man.
Nellie loked at him with an air OF
the greatest coldness. How was Jack.
a mere man, to know that half of the
coldness was assumed?
Very WELL" she said severely. IF
you don't care to go when l invite you
will go alone. I'm sorry you consider
it such a bore to sail with me-
This was as runk injustice as any
one, even a pretty girl, could be
guilty of. Nellie knew that nothing de-
lighted Jack more than to be with her.
his reluctance to sailing was the GER
tainty that he would be seasick. In
vain Jack tried to explain matters, to
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Cost of Army and Navy.

The pay of the army Is 10000 a
year; the quartermasters- department
uses $32.OO0.000; guns cost $11 ,0Oo,-
900; the expenditures on rivers, har-
bors and forts. Sic, ,0OO, 900; the pay of
the navy is SIS 600, 900; the cost of
new vessels $40, ,00O, 600.
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cHRlsr's COAT OF ARMS.
Noble Insignia Accorded Him by Aris
tocrats Of Brazil.

tocrats Of Brazil.
Wishing to show Him the utmost
possible honor, some of the great noble
men Of Brazil formally decided to ad-
init Jesus Christ as a member of their
knightly order, and consequently they
awarded to Him the coat of arms
which is shown in the accompanying
picture. Conspicuous in it is a black
cross, which is mounted on three green
hills, in field of gold, and which is
covered with a double crown of stars
and thorns.
For centuries cross has been used
on the crests of distinguished families
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jump of eight feet and one inch made
at Philadelphia recently by Hearth
bloom, the champion jumping horse
of the world Few horses have ever
been trained to jump over seven feet,
The horse is owned by Howard Will
lets of New York city
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Information Wanted.

st always smile when misfortune
overtakes me-" said the clerical fook-
ing passenger.
That's \ good idea" rejoined the
hardware drummer, but what do
-0u do when it overtakes you In .
prohibition town.