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The National tribune., 1903-07-30
LHASA THE FORBIDDEN CITY.
Since 1886 No European Has Succeeded in
Reaching It's Sacred Temples.


1t may he said, at the beginning of the
Doth century, that, except for the two
poles. there is not corner of the earth
where white men have not penetrated.
Yet, in truth, there exists on the ASiatic
continent hardly 200 miles from the from
tier of British India, city, the capital of
Tibet, to which the white men" of EU-
rope and America are absolutely forbid
den access. Within a distance of from
$50 to 200 miles from this city, all the
roads leading to it, at the place where
they cross the frontier to the province of
WI, of which Lhasa is the chief town, are
jealously guarded by pickets of 1ibetan
soldiers. Immediately upon perceiying q
suspicious looking caravan the sentinels
notify the local authorities. The adyanc-
ing traveller then sees rise up before him
i whole detachment of armed men, CON-
manded by high functionaries of the Ccun-
try, who. without discussing the matter,
politely insist that the bold pioneer retrace
his steps. They even offer him the money
and food necessary for the return voyage,
at the same time warning him that if he
continue on his way TO Lhasa he will pay
for it with his life.
Such state of affairs has not always
existed. During the middle ages, and un-
I'll the middle of the 18th century, num-
Der of Europeans, mostly Catholic monks,
were able to remain for long periods in
the Holy City" of the Tibetans, who pro-
fess, as we know, the Buddhist Lamaist
religion But since the expulsion, in 1760.
of the Capuchin monks, who tried to med
die with the internal affairs of the coun-
try, all Europeans have been regarded
with suspicion, and none has been allow
ed to penetrate into Lhasa. Nevertheless.
in 1911 Thomas Manning, an English
Traveller, and in 1876 Hue and CADET, two
I'Iangl mi a SnpnI
months at Lhasa in the disguise of Bud
dhist pilgrims. They were recognized,
however, and were asked to leave the
country as quickly as possible. Since
1916 no European has succeeded in reach
ing the sacred ternnleS of I.haSn
The National tribune., 1903-07-30
Righteous Indignation.
(.ArgOnaut.D

''Dadburn you.' says the miIkman to
tie druggist, I've got notion to prose-
cute YOU
What the matter asks the drug
gist.
Matter enough. you swindlcr. That
last barrel Of formal,lehyde you sold me
was aduteratcd. That's what's the mat
ter, thought you WAS a honest man an
sud people pure goods
The National tribune., 1903-07-30
A WESLEY INCIDENT.
First Methodist Lay Preacher Followed in a
Year by 20.
[ AugnSt CcMturN.l


The societies met on Sundays, but never
at the hour of church service, and, when
neither Wes.cr nor any other clergyman
was present, spent the hour III prayer and
religious conversation or eXhOrtation.
From exhortution before the society to
formal preaching before it was only Il
step; but to Wesley it seemed Il very long
step.
While in Bristol he learned. one day in
1889. that one of his converts. Thomas
MaXheld, had been preaching before the
Foundry Society. He hurried up to Lon
don to stop it, But his mothrr-whu since
the death of her husband had been living
in a room of the Foundry building-met
him with Il protest: John. take care
what you do with reference to that Young
man, for he is as surely called to preach
as you are" -AdnoniShcd by his counsel
from one whose caution on all churchly
matters he knew to be quite equal to his
own, Wesley reluctantly conseH:rd to hear
MaXticld preach. After listening, he ex-
claimed: 1T is the Lords doing; lei him
do as seemeth 10 him good" Convinced
in spite OF deep-rooted diSinclina ;iGn, he
sanctioned the first Methodist lay prca ch-
er. Within year there were 20
/. L
The National tribune., 1903-07-30
weather Predictions.
Washington Star.)

'What did those men say when you
told them ii was going to rain?" asked
Noah.
They just laughed" said Japhet, "and
said they always took such predictions by
contraries."
The National tribune., 1903-07-30
TIE GARRISON AT NASHVILLE.

The post Of Nashville was commanded
by Brig.-Gen. John f. Miller. The garri.
Son consisted of the following named or.
Eanizationsi
The Second Brigade, Fourth Division,
twentieth Corps-Col Edwin C. Mason
commanding-142d Ind, Col. John M.
Eompanet; 45th n. Y, Lieut.-C Adolph.
ls Dobke; 176th Ohio, Lieut.. Col. William
The National tribune., 1903-07-30
POSTAL DEFECTS AND. ABUSES.
Reasons Why the Post Office Department is Not Example
Encourage Government Ownership Railroads and Tgraphs
By CAPT. HENRY A. CASTLE Auditor for the Post Office Department
UNcoNsIDERED EXPENDITURES.

detection. In other cases little conceal
ment is attempted.
The National tribune., 1903-07-30

Backward, turn backward,
o.. Time. in thy flight,
SO wifey will think
It's eleven last night.
New Orleans TimeS-Demecrat
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-17
AT the Opera House

Those who have attended the
opera house this week. have
been pleased with the enter
tainment furnished b. :El Steel
smiths. Tonjgnl they will put
on the Kuuo> Of Tennessee
which is one of the finest pieces
ever produced in our city. IF
you eujoy d good play see the
Steelsmlths.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-17

G. M. Sullivan has cold a fine
Elliston colt to Jasper McClin.
tic.
j. IL. Owen sent 12 head Of
beef cattle to the Bluff City
market Monday.
]. u. Umstattd and Will
Woolfork bought 100 ewes from
Dan S. Sharp.
Will B. Arnold now has his
share of mules. He bought II
sucking mules from Engle &
Bond, l from - Hipskin. l from
- Cook and 1 from - Thomp.
son, making 40 head. He also
has 80 head of yea lings and is
feeding 2 cars of cIttle and 10
head of hogs.
Monday night }. B. Gray g.
Son shipped D cars OIL dig neaVy
cattle.
Gentry Bros. have shipped 3
cars of good cattle.
For Sale.
A few choice Rambouillet
Ram Lambs. They are out of
pure bred Shropshire ewes and
by pure bred Rambouillet
Rams. tt.
j. M. PROCTOR AND Son.
FOR SALE.
Yearliug Cotswool bucks
Hopson Glascock, Oakwood,
Mo-, r. f. d. No. 1. 9 "a
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-17
Outside SludentS.

The Parochial scaOUt now
has thirty students VINO are
non residents in the Parish,
eight of whom d,e from Audrian
county.
The Public school has forty.
two students from outside the
school district, none OF whom
were solicited.
For the beginning of the
third year, that is an excellent
showing for :he CalhniiS SchooI.
The number of outside students
as farm work closes up, will in
crease rapidly in tue Public
school and there will be more
at the Porochial school
No town of it's size has better
educational facilities than Mon
roe City, the Queen ot the
Prairies.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-17
GREAT WEDDING
A Great Fair-BIue Ribboa Tied on
BIushIng Bride.

Yesterday the amphitheater
at the fair was we'll filled in
spite Of cold winds and lower
ing clouds. At 2:30, Dock, the
ever present Dock Jordan drove
onto the track at foot of the
amphitheater with his big
transfer wagon to be used as a
platform for the bridal couple.
Then D. D. Nelson driving a
spanking span of blacks to a
surrey, with Lamar Wood by
his side and the lovers, Edward
l.. Bower of near Philadelphia,
Mo, and Miss Pearl Cobb of
Warren, on the rear seat. drove
up to the wagon where they
found Rev. D. F. Bone await
ing them.
The couple stepped from
their carriage and the parsou
tied the hymenial knot 10 a
fare.you we'll and as he pro.
uounced the benedIction the
bride and groom were cherred
to the echo by the immense
crowd. Before the cheering
had subsidized Hon. J. Fl. Nc
Clintic tied the blue ribbon on
the bride and that act turned
pandemonium loose.
The bride in pure white, was
as pretty as a lily, and the
groom, we'll, the groom had
blushed and blushed until no
rose was redder than he.
What was the occasion of the
wedding at that strange places
A beautiful bed room set given
by Wood Bros, the druggists,
and ne for one, hope that they
will live many years to enjoy it.
And the band p.ayed "A Hot
Time in the Old Town Tonight"
What about the fair? Well, it
was surprise to one and all
there. At this late hour il is
impossible to give details, but
will say: The cattle show is
excellent, the horses fine and as
we made a grand rush to Office
to scribble this off, the COW boys
were busting broncos" to a
finish and the people yelling
themselves hoarse. The people
| we're light hearted and happy
and at this time, / p. IN. Wed.
nesday, it looks like the fair is
to be great success in spite of
the down pour aud postpone.
ment Tuesday
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-17
HON. JAMES A. REED, Mayor cf Kansas City

the r. Kendrick farm of $50
acres. Consideration private.
If he can find a house in this
city he will move here for the
winter.
Frank Hagan, at the V. G.
Spalding mule show Saturday
afternoon, took the premium for
having the best mule colt.
James Smith, M Hawkins aud
D. S. Sharp were the JUDGES.
John Greathouse has sold the
old Greathouse farm of 1913
acres to Kennett Keithley, of
Center, for $3.50.
John Shay thinks his 35 acres
of corn will pan out 13 barrels
per acre. That means good
corn.
j. B. Keithley, of Hatch, was
business visitor in the city
Saturday. He told us that his
corn is as good or better than
last year. That means extra
fine corn
AS long as farmers permit
weeds to grow along the sides
of their lanes and roads, just as
loLg will they raise good crops
of chem in their corn and other
crops. j. L. Hayden tells US:
Each year 1 cut one mile of
weeds along the road at my
farm, If all farmers did that
they, to a great extent, would
solve the weed problem"
Clarence Clough sold a beef
COW to j. L. Owen Saturday.
Luther Moss sold a good
horse to Hayden & Hagan.
j. Gent Fuqua shipped a car
of mules i Pennsylvania. Sun
day.
Sam B. Davis had a happy
time waiting two days for two
double deck cars of sheep to
ONE in from Kansas City.
Corn, we'll, yes! 1. L. Owen
has raised some this season.
The ears are IL inches long, IL
rows to the cob and filed out
to point of cob. Yellow as
gold but not worth quite as
much per ounce. Nothing
knocks out a Missouri farmer
but 1901 year, and that is
only once in several life times
and but temporary.
Joseph Carrico OF Indian
Creek, was in the citv one day
last week and said: "Tbe cows
will not go dry now for the
want of water, in fact, the dow
of milk is increasing.
For Sale.
Forty good ewes, Harry A.
McClintic,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-17
ABOUT THE CHURCHES.
interesting News Concerning the Differ.
ent Denominations.

This Column Closes Promptly at 9 a. m ,
Each Wednesday. Don't Forget it.
Rev. J. E. Hampton and fam
lily have moved from Lees Sum.
NIT to 70s Elmwood ave-. Kan
sas City, Mo.
Rev. William Galloway re.
turned from Jacksonville to fili
regular appointment at Grace
church. When he left there
had been twelve conversions,
ten additions to the church. He
returned to the meeting again
Monday.
Rev. d. F. Bone will preach
at Stone school house at 4
o'clock Sunday afternoon.
Sunday school at 8 o'clock.
Rev. John Anderson, pastor
of the Methodist church at Mex
lco, preached two good sermons
at the Methodist church ia this
city Sunday.
Rev. I. w. Kelthley, of the
Monroe circuit, begins his reg
ular work Sunday. In the
morning he will conduct ser.
vices at DeMoss and in the
evening at Sharpsburg.
PRESBYTERIAN.
Sabbath School at GAS a. m.
Preaching at IL o'clock a. M,
followed by the Communion ol
the Lords supper. Every
member of the church is ear
nestly requested and urged to
be present if possible. The
service will be of peculiar in
terest, and it is sincerely hoped
that nothing but unavoidable
necessity will keep any one
away.
At $50 p. m. the Y. P. S. G
E. will convene.
The regular evening service
conducted by the pastor, will
begin promptly at 7!3O
FIRST BAPTIST.
Morning subject: Gods Gar
den,' evening subject: God:
Method of Growth" 1t is de
sired that all the young people
especially be at the evening
service as it will be directed tc
them in the Christian culture
studies of the B. Y. p. u.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-17
ITEMS FROM FARMERS
Of Farmers, For Farmers And Pertaining
To Farmers.

The Victor Hagan, Jr., sale
last Wednesday was a good
one. A sucking brought $98,
span of yearling mules $S7. 2
year old filly $3.50 and other
stock good prices. Col, Youell
was happy.
J. B. Thomas is feeding 81
head of cattle.
Kirk Jones had his fancy
black horse in the city THUS.
day afternoon. It weighed 1850
pounds.
Senator W. S. McClintic is
almost making a new residence
out of his old one on the farm.
He is having it re.roofed, new
windows put in and a new
veranda built. He is also hav
ing a new carriage house put
up
John L, Owen has sold j. Art
M elson pony and two horses.
And bought bul from George
Smith, l heifer from George
Shaw and l from Charles Fry.
j. B. Thomas has bought As
shoats, 2 sows and II pigs from
j. L. Nelson.
w. B. and J. r. Davis, of
Emden, havd sold respectively
2 and 4 good mules to j. Gent
Fuqua
Hugh A. Clark brought in
from Texas l Car e miles.
Two years ago II. Hess bought
the old Hess home of 300 acres
at $l8 per acre and has sold it
at $50 to an Iowa man. What's
the Globe. Democrat kicking
about anyway? 1t must be
Missouri's 17c tax, and yet, not
one of its Republican states
that come any where uear that
figure.
John L. Owen has bought a
pony from Lum Tramnel.
George Voolfolk and Son
have sold 2 sucking calves to
Norman Bros. for $40 so.
j. Art Nelson has shipped 2
cars of hay TO Jacksonville,
Fla.
Ewes For Sale.
Forty good ewes for sale.
Harry McClintic.
U. j. Davis has shipped in 2
double deck car loads of sheep
from Kansas City. They were
feeders.
Johu Greathouse has bought
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-17

Mage Maddox Of Huntington,
was in the city Tuesday with a
roam gelding that was nearly
perfect in form and size
Oza, dear sweet Oza, bat it
was Il surprise party tor Deacon
Randolph. He attended con.
ference aud while there a pret-
ty girl put her soft warm arms
around his neck and yum, yum,
but how he did blush, blush be
cause the blinds were up aud
others saw. Well, he was in
luck. We wouldn't kick.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-17
MARKET Report.

Corn .-..........-.......... Ash
5U
Hay. Sc 00@S7. 90
j. M. Proctor has sold the 60
acre wedge on the northwest
part of his farm to F. Fl. Hagau.
Consideration private. Yates
Bros & Sullivan made the deal.
E. L. Rees, the lumberman,
tells us that during the past
few days he has sold lumbe to
NJ. Landers to build a barn, aud
to B. ID. Neal to erect a barn,
and to W. II. Blggs to erect a
nice residence. and to Charles
Elzea to Guild cattle sheds, and
to Willis Howell to build a six.
room cottage. Oh, yes, the
farmers are improving their
places.
| hugs
| Barger & McClintic during
the past week have bought
hogs from the following farmers
during the week: Lee Ely, %
M. L. Kimes, 8; Arch Owen, 2;
J. Woods, 6; Whishart, g
l. Hatton, 1: - Chapman, 81;
De Moss, 1; j. Clarkson, /; s.
V. Saunders, 26; J. S. McClin
tic, II; - fowler, /; A, G.
Spaldiug, 5; - Orr, 6; 2. Cal
vert. l.; G. Lewis, 8; A. Turn
bough, 4; Jno Hardy, 16
Real Estate Sales.
| Davenport & Co., real estate
and loan agents, report recent
real estate sales as follows
Lot 12, in block z in Davis ad
dition, from Mrs. Margaret A
Sherry to Mrs. Mary A. Haw
kins. Eighty acres of land il
Marion county, near west Quin
cy, for Thos. J. Miles of Penn.
syIvania, to ]. G. Myers of Chi
cago. Ill. 100 acres of land ii
Rails county, near Joanna, for
John N. Harris to S, r. Heany
of Lewis dounty.
Geo, W. Tooley has shipped
a car load of cattle of his OWL
feeding.
Shipments for week ending
yesterday at noon, fair. J A
Nelson 3 cars OF hay, J. G. Flu
qua l car mules, j. B Gray 6
Son 6 cars of cattle, Gentry
Bros. cars of cattle. A Il
Green l Car oats, 6 cars uf corn,
l car of hay, BdIzer & D,rlgC
l Car poultry and eggs, Monroe
Milling Co. l car corn aud | o.
wheat, BArger & McCIiu.ic
cars OF hogs, D. S. Sharp l ca
OF sheep. Total - Cars.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-17
Wanted New Depot

The ShelOiua Democrat is
kicking for new depot in that
burg. TO be in keeping with
other things in Monroe City, a
new depot is BADLY needed here.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-17

Miss Mary Bone left Tuesday
for Fayette to attend Howard
Payne College.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-17

J. M. Proctor has sold the 60
acre wedge on the north west
part of his farm to F. n. Hagau.
Consideration private. Yates
Bros & Sullivan made the deal.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-15

Special railway rates for students Of
schools and colleges desiring to go home
for the holidays will be effective to-day
Rates for others will not BIO effective
until December 22d and 23d, The ndica-5
tons arc that tho holiday travel will be
large this year.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-15
MISREPRESENTATION.
Many New Features Added t
This Valuable Publication.

Tho Warrock-R Richardson Almanac this
year contains large amount OF lnpor-
tant information hitherto not found In
that valuable publication. Among the new
matter is complete draft Of tho, game
laws, the franchise section Of the. Con-
stitution, the law on wills n complete
postal guide Of the State, the last con-
gressional and gubernat orial vote, u list
Of the Federal offices In the State, postal
laws, directory Of State institutions and
tho judiciary, the population Of counties
and cities, the court and county offices,
and other matters Of value and Interest
to people In general,
This year the almanac comes off the
press Of Clyde W, Saunders In whose con-
troll It recently passed. 5a
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-15

Assistant General Freight Agent T.. II.
Chalenor. Of the Seaboard Air Line Rail-
way. has issued a notice announcing the
appointment, effective December list, 1908.
OF e: j. Parrish MS soliciting agent Of
the seaboard, with headquarters at Sa-
yannah. Ca. succeeding G. ]. Hunter,
resigned to engage In other business.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-15
done and the limited time remaining in

done ana the limited time remaining in
which to do It,
These bills were passed by the Senate:
NJ 10 amend and rc-enact section 1914
of the Code Of Virginia in relation to
coroner's inquests. ,,%
Senate bill to amend sections 1855 and
1856 of the Code, as amended, and section
1858, in relation to process for tho ar
rest Of persons charged with crime.
& Senate bill ass, to amend sections 1910.
1916. 1917 and 1878 Of the Code. in relation
to grand jury terms, when and how
grand Jurors selected and how special
grand juries ordered.
Among the bills introduced at the ses.
sion was one by Mrs Chapman, Of Greene.
designed to amend the law In relation to
bonds OF sheriffs, treasurers and clerks,
SO as to permit treasurers I to- give per-
,sonal security as heretofore, instead Of
having to secure bonds 3of surety com.
.panies, as required by the act approved
December 10th This billSis introduced to
protect treasurers from having to pay the
texorbitant] fees now charged by. surety
companies, such companies having recent-
" raised their rates. Thesbill went to the
Committee for General Laws. The bill
Will probably be reported and passed.
K Mr.. Mann, Of Nottoway, offered bill
to amend section 2S4O of the Code so as
to require auctioneers or agents selling
realty or personally to have written au-
thority for such sale. The bill went to the
Committee for Courts Of Justice.
4 Mr.. Wickham, rising to a question Of
personal privilege, stated that his atten-
tion had been called to a report In The
Times Dispatch of December 18th, In
which he was reported TO have used the
following language while discussing the
bill for the creation of an insurance
bureau:
"rhere was no necessity for the bureau
end the commissioner created thereby;
1t was n useless expense and the crea-
tlon Of q new office. The commissioner, II
created, would be a mere tool Of tho
Corporation Commission
II do not think that this is an accurate
report of my remarks" said he. II am
quite confident that did not use the
words the commissioner If created,
aould BIO a nero tool OF the Corporation
Commission ] recognize that the ex-
pression Is an Objectionable one, II not
an unparliamentary one. and ! greatly
regrst that any language which ! may
have used could have conveyed such an
impression to the mind OF any one, and
IL tho language used by me did convey
such an impression, desire, absolutely
to dIsclalm any such Intention.
II would not apply such language to
any gentlemen and especially to tho
members Of the Corporation Commission.
two of whom are my warm personal
friends. and all gentlemen for whom 7
entertain the highest esteem and re-
spect."
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-15
n1essrs, Cardwell and Lassiter against It
- -;s-l-.I n END M ErrIT ADOPTED w.

AMENDMENT ADOPTED
The amendment was agreed to, and Mr..
Cardwell made q speech IN favor i OF
passing by resolution to reconsider inc
vote BY which the amendHlle -, \, !, WIS .Was
adopted. The member from Hanover
cited tho Deep Run Hunt Club as one
that might be affected BY the amend
n,ent. and Mr.. Boaz spoke for the Dill as
It came from the committee. I'll
The motion to reconsider was lost.
and Mr.. Fulton offered another amend
ment imposing upon social CLUBS az Wy .ne
penalties now provided by law agaln' !, =
other persons for the Illicit sale OF u
1u,ora The amendment was rejected,
snd Mr.. Cumming offered one to Pre-.
vent municipalities from taxing socl a.
clubs, but 1t was rejected. ,s. ~
Mr. Cation offered an amendment a.
loving cities and towns to I'm pose IL
cense taxes not to exceed $3.50 upon SO
claI clubs selling liquor. and 1t was az
yocated by himself and opposed by MI ,l~E'
AnseIl. and 1t was agreed 70.
Mr.. Folkes opposed the bill. and SAID
q majority OF his constituents were
against the Sunday sailing OF liauor by
one class and the allowing or us SAFE
nv another. and that the bill was ex-
tending privileges to one class that were
denied to another. He said the oiil Twice e
reported from the Finance Committee, 20
impose bar-room licenses on soclal clu ~,
was the only one that would meet tho
issue fairly, and he hoped the penang
bill would be rejected The blll lalled,
ayes, 80: noes. 20. and motion to re-
consider was made aud passed by.
Mr.. Boaz offered q resolution, whiSn
was adopted, asking the opinion q tho
Acknowledgement IL the present treas
urers have the authority to complete inc
collection Of taxes for tho present year,
and IL So what effect this will have upon
their bondsmen. The following dis were
Offered and referred:
5 Nv Mr.. Lion: TO amend the law so as
to allow the circuit judges to adjourn
their terms from day to day ana 70 take
rccesscs not exceeding thirty days.
BY Mr.. Jennings: TO allow foundrles 70
purchase scrap iron without paying
junk Dealers license,
& BY Mr.. Branch: TO permit the purchase
of certain land by Isle OF wight county
for county purposes,
Tho House ordered large numner OF
bills to their engrossment, and at CLOCK
the chair was vacated until 8 p. NJ.
1 BILLS PASSED.
rho following bills were passed:
10 provide for the payment of the work
of indexing the acts and journals Of the
present session Of the General Assembly
when said work Is completed.
TO amend and re-enact sections 1855,
1857, 1868 and 1867 of the Code OF virginia
10 provide for the collection. classlti.
cation and publication Of the general
statutes Of the Commonwealth. n
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The afternoon session was called to