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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-10-29
MAYOR REEDS
SPEECH AT
INDEPENDENCE.
Gave Many Strong Reasons Why lie
Should Be Elected Governor

III / am elected governor.
said Mayor Reed1in his speech
at Independence, I'm pledge
YOU 10 clean ont the lobby at
jefferson City; if they stay there
they will be wearing stripes and
serving the state behind bars.
, The sentiment was applauded
again and again by the big
crowd of Democrats not only
. from Independence, but from
I various part of the county, who
had gathered in the court house
to hear their friend and fellow
' citizen talk about his candida
! cy for governor.
"In my speeches heretofore,
} continued he, Il have not said
much about my personal ambi-
. tions; have left it to my friends
t to do that Bur now l have a
word OH that line to the Democ
' racv of Jackson county"
.. He then outlined briefly but
c strongly, some of the work he
{ had done. not only in Jackson
:, rounty but throughout the
n state, for Democratic tickets in
a VI HIGH he had no selfish or per
+ sopal interests.
b 81 am not going to beg for
h This Nominations" I've resumed.
8 land I shall make no canvass of
d Jackson county. If the ser
c. vices I have rendered the De
., mocracv and the record [ made
III as prosecuting attorney Of
st jackson countv and as mayor
tt of Kansas City do not, in your
m Indictment. rirhtfulIV eutitle me
a. to jackson countv's delegation
in the next state nominating
in convention. | will accept the
J. result cheerfully. as good
h Democrat should, and be found
ar in this community year from
OF OF now working hard for the cleo
bi ton of the nominee, whoever he
may be-"
Mayor Reed has declared re.
Epeatedly that the Democratic
party is good enough for him,
He has never been and never
expects to be popular~in a Re
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-10-29

A play tor a time is "Was
She TO blame?' 1t pleases the
public; the admiration of crit
ics.-Petersburg Progress
Will play at Monroe City, Oct.
81.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-10-29

John White and family have
moved into their new house on
the farm. He and his better
half were Bluff City visitors ON
Thursday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-10-29
For Sale.

Good road wagon with top.
Enquire at first house west of
Grace Baptist church.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-10-29
W. c. T. U.

Mesdames. J. F.. and Rolla
Marshall, l. p, Stephens, EN-
ma |. Bush, John Sherman,
Mol!ie Baynum, j. F Botorff,
M. A. Buchanan and W. A.
Francis attended the State
meeting of the w. G. II. US at
Hannibal last week and report
a glorious meeting.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-10-29

VIM, Quigley and wife, of
Shelby county, are spending
the week with Mrs. Quigley's
aunt, Mrs. A. K. Rutledge.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-10-29

Mrs, John Copnery, of New
castle, Neb.. is the guest of her
cousin, John Cleary.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-10-29

Charlie Long came down
from Shelbina Tuesday to look
after business interests.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-10-29

While at the depor Monday,
we noticed considerable fancy
furniture consigned from Mon
roe's furniture house to Pdlmy-
ra parties, We have known
for several years that the peo-'
pie who reside near the Big
Spring came to the Queen of
Prairies for many things, but 70
see them furnishing their homes
with the Queens furniture,
practically proves where the
best prices for the buyer are.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-10-29

For a pleasant physic take Chamb-
erlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets,
Easy to take. Pleasant in effect.
For sale by all dealers.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-10-29
Badly Burned.

In attempting to move cof-
fee pot from the stove, the
twelve year old daughter of
Thomas Lawless. who resides
on the Pond farm. scalded her
band so severely that it was
nee essary to send for DR.. w. B.
A. McNutt to dress the hand.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-10-29

Our prices on Mems Suits
are much cheaper than you
would expect Levy's
Go to Levy's and buy one
Of those Brown flats.
The best line Of SO cent
Shirts in the city. Levy
Our new line Of Ties are
hummers. Levy's
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-05

much more power. A single pair doubles
Cor nearly doubles) the power, two pairs
will quadruple it, and three pairs viii
multiply it skiold, Or nearly SO. With
four pulleys, two in each block, the me-
must pull down four feet Of rope to raise
the weight one foot; and with six pull
leys, three in each block, he must pull
down six feet to lift it the same distance.
Allowance must be made for the fric~
ton of the pulleys in their bearings in
the blocks. No matter how good the
construction there must be some loss of
power from that cause. Possibly this
item may be small, say, not over one
tenth or one-twentieth of the power ex-
pended. Still, it must not be overlooked.
The foregoing principles apply equal
ly, whether the power applied at P be de-
rived from a man, horse or steam en-
CINE. The advantage comes from null
tiplication of pulleys, and what is gained
in one way is lost in another. For load
ing and unloading steamers the block
and tackle has the added convenience
that 1t may be suspended from the end Of
a movable boom, which may be swung
first in one direction and then in the
other Thus lateral as we'll as vertical
transportation is made possible. This
other convenience, however, results from
the boom, or derrick, not from the block
and tackle.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-05
CAN PLANTS REASON?
Prof. Shaler Thinks They Have Some
Intelligence and Gives Reasons
for His Opinion.

That plants have intelligence is main
tanned in thesis by Prof. Shaler, OF
Harvard university. After discussing
the automata, he says: eve may accept
the statement that our higher intelli-
gence is but the Illuminated summit of
mans nature as true, and extend it by
the observation that intelligence is nor
mally unconscious, and appears as con-
scious only after infancy, In our waking
hours, and not always them In sum-
ming up the professor uses the follow
ing sentences: Looking toward the or
ganic world in the manner above sug-
gested, seeing that an unprecedented view
of life affords no warrant for the mo-
ton that automata anywhere exist, trac-
ing as we may down to the lowest grade
of the animal series what is fair evil
dence to actions which we have to be-
lieve to be guided by some form of in.
telligence, seeing that there is reason to
conclude that plants are derived from
the same primitive stock as animals we
are in no condition to say that intelli-
gence cannot exist among them. In fact,
all that we can discern supports the view
that throughout the organic realm the
intelligence that finds it's fullest express
sion in man is everywhere at work"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-05

There are gentlemen IL serapes and IN
spotless white ducks and in sombrerOs.
And at night when they return to their
floating homes there is the GnlAle OF
the mandolin and the stunning OF
guitars, and upon the decks there is
dancing quite impromptu, but alive
with Castilian grace. Few are these
visitors of a day who cannot dance.
A queer idea of New York they must
carry away. Perhaps one in five ever
ventures uptown to the streets where
it is always light.
1t is worth while occasionally to
wander into the sleepy regions OF the
South street commission merchants
1t is quarter Of a mile from the stock
exchange, but the streets doze. There
is the odor of spice in the air. Roust-
abouts sleep in the sun. On the deck
Of the ship Sikh, when after long ab-
sence she comes in, are Lascan sail
ors eating by the rules OF their caste,
squatting about their food dishes flat
upon the deck. There are the Chinese
cooks, the Japanese stewards, the
Portuguese foremost hands, Kanakas
even, who have drifted around the
Horn.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-05

by order of the board of health-the
dumps
The rubbish dumps at the waterslde
have been famous for years. Big canal
boats lie there beneath a high platform
whereon wagons with street sweepings
are backed up and dumped over into
their holds Here the stuff has TO be
'trimmed"-a process something like
loading hay upon rack, SO that it will
ride" This trimming costs the city
nothing; on the contrary it brings in
} many thousands year. Contractors
bid eagerly for the privilege of sorting
over the rubbish and take out of it a
perfect gold mine of valuable refuse.
And under the platforms, breathing
daily and nightly the air of the refuse,
lave lived the laborers who do the
trimming.
There is no home SO bad that some
one does not love IL; the people who
are to be evicted from the dumps pro-
test against the order. They have al
ways lived so. They only ask to be
let alone.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-05

tie apparent system. Places of historic
interest in Boston, New York, Philadel-
phia and other eastern cities are all
suitably tableted-a fact that is greatly
appreciated by every stranger who
wishes to visit spots With which he is
familiar through books. Although Chi
cago is young her history is by no means
uninteresting and should be suitably
commemorated in this form.
That the centennial celebration is re-
garded by Chicagoans as more than a
mere coup of the merchants to increase
their out of town trade seems evident
from the scope of the plans in other
than business directions. During the
centennial week specially prepared
story of Chicago, illustrated with
stereopticon views, will be read in all
the public and parochial schools in Chi
cago. Moreover, Tor adults patriotic
union mass meetings will be held in the
various churches and speakers of promi-
nence will pay tribute not alone to the
commercial greatness and past achieve,
ments of Chicago, but also to her prog
ress in nobler lines and to the work of
those of her citizens who are laboring
for purer politics and a more beautiful
and more sanitary city. Apparently
tie educational side will be one of the
most important phases
The distinguished guests Of the city
will be given a reception by the Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution and
will be entertained by the city's club wo-
men, who have undertaken the manage
ment of the feminine side Of the feteA
MILTON Marks.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-05
BLOCK AND TACKLE.
Convenient Apparatus for Lifting
Heavy Loads with Compare"
lively Small Power.

Familiar as many people are With
block and tackle, it is not everyone who
| understands the principle on which that
apparatus works, or why any advantage
can be derived from its use. Hence,
short explanation is permissible, says
the New York Tribune.
1t may be explained, to begin with,
that the chief benefit comes from null
tiplication of pulleys. If only one pulley
be used, there may be some increase Of
convenience, but nothing il gained in
power. Suppose for instance, that from
q point above and outside an open Win
dow be secured a single pulley, over
which rope is run, SO that both ends
touch the ground. Let heavy object
be attached to one, and let man pull
down on the other. If the object weighs
more than the man, he cannot start it.
1t it weighs less, he can. For every one
foot of descent at his end, the attached
burden will ascend exactly the same dis
lance. The lifting force e1 erted on it is
equal to the pulling force at the other
end; that is, theoretically. This may be
handler way to manage the load than if
the man was up in the window and tried
to raise the same load by a rope running
straight downward to the latter. But,
after all, there is no gain in power.
Now imagine different arrangement
that shown in the diagram. Suppose
there are two pulleys, one above and one
below. Let the weight (W) be attached,
not to the end of the rope, but to the
block containing the lower pulley. Let
one end of the rope be secured to the
lower end of the upper block, and put
the other end Cpl in the mans hands.
With these two pulleys he can raise near
ly twice his own weight. To lift the load
one foot he must pull two feet of rope,
and he must work twice as long as be-
fore. In all mechanical devices Of this
sort, what is gained in power must be
compensated by extra time and distance.
For the sake of simplicity, the draw
ing shows only single pair of pulleys,
one in each block. 1t often happens that
there are two or three pairs, two or three
pulleys in each block, but only one rope
being used. Such an arrangement gives
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-05

ness. VI the1r One Result OF the Strike
methods the trial of Larry Murphy,
treasurer OF stone cutters union, was
eloquent. Murphy was put on trial
for getting away with the funds of the
union. His counsel, Mr.. Mcintyre,
formerly an assistant district attorney
and a keen one, offered the original de-
tense that the money didn't belong to
the union. How, he innocently asked,
could the union ask Murphy to account
for money it never owned? Of course,
there was a hidden motive behind such
a defense" That motive was re-
mony that Murphy had been bled by
other leaders of the union that six
members had practically divided fund
of $4,000 which Andrew d. Baird had
paid on behalf of master stone-cutters
to end strike"
know Baird well. He IS grim old
Scottish warrior, brave veteran of
the civil war, man of wealth and po-
sition, once a candidate for mayor OF
Brooklyn. What terrorism must have
existed to make this man not for his
own sake, I believe, but to keep the
men at work, and save weaker con-
tractors from bankruptcy-pay black
mail!
The chances for graft" are enor-
nous. Imagine a contractor under
penalties to finish within a certain
time a building costing $1,000 ,0sO
Promptly finished the work nets him
a profit Delayed SO as to bring cred
itors down upon him OR to cause
demurrage penalties, it will ruin him
Then comes walking delegate with
a trumped-up charge of having in
some way offended against some one
of the hundred conflicting rules of
often quarreling unions. He demands
cash-in a word, bribe. What is the
contractor to do?
Who gets the money? OstensibIy 1t
is fine. In the Baird case, the money
was deposited in bank to the order of
six men, about s1,666 to each. They
could not trust each other
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-05

cred by the first conflagration. Immense
quantities of Roman fire will be burned
Tor an hour or two at night from the
roofs OF the taller buildings with
in this territory and special bomb
display will take place at the
IOLeary home on De Koven street
we are not informed whether the
COW will be permitted to kick over
the lantern, but certainly this were
most opportune time at least to exhibit
one OF the descendants of that historic
bOSsy Doubtless the great stock yards
firms, which are down on the programme
TOR one Of the best displays ever con-
trlbuted by them, have this matter al
ready thought out
The marvellous growth and develop
ment OF Chicago industries will be cele-
Drated by a monster industrial parade,
given at night, and carrying elaborate
Illuminated floats. These floats will re-
veal facts and figures that will contrast
most wonderfully with accounts of
early industrial ventures. Charles
Walker writes Mr. E. O. Gale, for eX-
ample, was our pioneer grain shipper.
He sent 7S bushels of wheat to Buffalo
IN 1886 This writer recalls how
George W. Dole inaugurated the packing
business by Strengthening and packing
100 head Of cattle, all of which were
Killed on the lake front LAS it was not
always going to be desirable" says he,
TO bucher cattle on Michigan avenue
north OF Madison street and pack them
on water street, with no place to keep
the cattle Until ready for the slaughter,
the idea Of q stock yards was conceived"
What pictures are these for comparison
with industrial Chicago to-day?
Athlet1cs, Parades and Fireworks
Inc Chicago Athletic association and
the Amateur Athletic union have VOL
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-05
MOTOR VERSUS CARRIAGE.
Scientific Argument In Favor OF Au-
tomobile Supported by Anthem
tic Diagram.

Persons disposed to call in question
the easy-riding qualities Of automobiles
have their opinions disputed by the fol-
lowing from AutomobilW as trans
lated for Popular Mechanics:
There is the motor in the front of
the machine, with it's easy, elastic vibra-
lions. The vehicle itself swings with it,
but so softly that you don't notice it un-
less it stands still. When going, these
vibrations actually reduce the shocks
from a rough road, which, with a horse
drawn wagon, hit the body suddenly and
harshly, throwing it from one side to
another, hard and rude, even if the
wagon has good springs. The motor
vehicle has not only good springs, but
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-05

iho AAlio 11o'oeS the Du1lS VINO
wish to forget their sorrows in trying
the little horses" in the slang of the
day.
Newport, as l have written, suffers
by the growth of the fashion Of the
real country home, amid broad acres
such as in Newport are impossible.
Saratoga is frankly a hotel resort,
where comparatively few attempt cot
tage life. There is at Saratoga no such
splendid array of homes of wealth as
In Newport, just as in the latter one
looks in vain for mile-long hotel piaz-
zas where fat mammas sit all day
blazing with diamonds while they toll
at fancy work
Racing makes Saratoga. Without
gambling, the place would be dull On
the race track gambling is legitimized
by the law of the state. Thousands of
dollars are risked there by men who
do not look as if they could raise a
thousand cents. Pittsburg Phil pulled
off nearly $4,000 there recently in one
race. Where else could he have bet
SO much without pulling down the
odds?
In Saratoga, too, the state politician
loves to gather in August to make
states and break them 1t il alive
humming with activity. It is Ameri
csa' OWEN LANGDON
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-05

week of rejoicing is set for September 70
toOctober1 1, and the celebration promises
to be the biggest anniversary jubilee
ever held in this country. half MIL
lion visitors are expected by their pres
ence to commend the efforts of the varl-
GUS committees which the mayor has ap-
pointed to stir the city into state OF
hilarity.
All things having to do with Chicago
as community have date subsequent to
the August evening 100 years ago when
Lieut.. Swearington, after long march
with a detachment of United States
troops under Maj Whistler, sat down by
his campfire and wrote:
proceeded on our march at six
o'clock a. M "a miles and camped on the
Chicago river at two o'clock p. N. The
river is about 80 yards wide where the
garrison is intended to be built, and from
Is feet and upward deep, dead water,
owing to it's being stopped up at the
mouth by the washing of sand from the
lake. The water is not fit to use. The
bank where the fort is to be built is
ABOUT eight 1eet nlgn ana nail mile
above the mouth
Pictures of the first fort, established
by Maj. Whistler on a little rise of
ground in swampy region that is now
Chicago, will be conspicuous during the
coming centennial. The fort will be the
symbolic nucleus of the city's cele-
bration. 1t Will be reconstructed in
Lincoln park and around it will camp
some of the decendents of the Ojibways,
Menominees and Pottawattomies, which
came to barter with the soldiers 100 years
ago.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-05

w
meteoric progress through all of it's
many stages, who have seen the citys
greatest disasters turned into benefits
to aid it's progress, will naturally find
their way during the centennial to the
scene of the old forts resuscitation.
There they will take part in a reunion
and in an exchange of interesting anec-
dotes of the early days and will join
younger Chicagoans in watching the
games and contests in which the various
Indian tribes will participate.
For city to have grown within the
memory of not few of it's inhabitants
from little community of pioneer fam
lilies to vast metropolis with a popula-
ton approximating 100000 persons is
truly marvellous record, and it speaks
volumes for the rapid development of
both city and nation that within Chica-
COS 100 years of existence it has been
the scene Of one of the worst Indian mas
sacres America has known, and has so
long outlived the Indian period that
visiting redman were great curiosity.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-05

unteered to pro-
vide a series of
athletics and water
sports that shall
b e International
i n Importance.
Swimmers fro m
England, Sweden
and Germany are
expected to display
their speed and en-
durance in the wa
ter, while picked
crews from the big
universities will
enter contests of
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-05
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water polo and rowing. The water sports
will be balanced by important athletic
events on land. Altogether the sporting
calendar will contain features of unique
interest for the people of the middle
west
Doubtless the most picturesque page
ant will be the automobile parade at
night. 1t is expected that 1000 machines,
some of them from Cleveland, Detroit,
st. Louis, Cincinnati and other surround
ing cities will take part. Some OF the
machines will be new types never before
seen in the west. Many will be elaborate
ly decorated and all will pass in mag
nificient review through streets fes-
TONED with electric lights. The speed
lest machines will participate in series
of exciting races at one of the race
tracks on afternoons By a fortunate
arrangement the National Fireman's
association will meet in Chicago dur
| ing the centennial week Firemen from
every state in the union will be in at
tendance and they will participate in
street exhibitions.
Civic pride's elaborate display will
eliminate, in this instance, with the
largest and most brilliant pyrctechnical
exhibition ever given in Chicago. SO
says the committee. The best Of the
freWCrk features given ct the recent
dedication Of the Louisiana purchase
exposition will be reproduced and the
lake front will be given over at the
weeks end to a mansniScent finale.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-05

of United States troops and of several
state national guards will ground arms
in Chicago streets while waiting to well
come the nations executive and the
great military parade will follow i'm
mediate;y upon his arrival
The dreadful days of 1871, when re-
Sistless flames sucked their way into
every commercial nook, scorching and
burning everything regardless OF the
groans Of the people and of the silent
protests Of unbalanced accounts, will
be recalled by realistic spectacle of fire
that shall! embrace all the district COW
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-05
Fatigue of the Muscles.

A scientific investigation of muscular
fatigue has been begun by M. A. M
Bloch. From questions sent to persons
of many occupations he finds that it is
not the most used muscles that are most
subject to fatigue, but those that are
kept under tension, although doing no
work. The back, loins and neck need
more exercise to strengthen them, the
ar1ns and legs less. The baker becomes
first tired in the legs, the wood sawyer in
the calves of the legs or the loins, the
road digger in the legs, the blacksmith
in the back and loins, the young soldier
in the back of the neck, the horseman in
the thigh, the artillerymen in the neck
and loins, the immature violinist in the
neck, the practiced violinist in the left
hand, the expert fencer in the right
shoulder, the oarsman in the calves and
lnstepA