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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-04
Reflections of a Bache or.

1t takes a good deal more
work to ma Ike a fortune than a
reputation.
1t would be funny enough if a
woman couldn't foil a man
when she can fool herself.
When Christmas comes it is
sign that the cook, having got
her presents, is really going.
When a boy tracks mud 10 h is
mothers parlor aud she doesn t
box his ears it is a sign that
the minister is calling on her.
What a woman loves is to
have a beautiful Christmas and
then find it is a dream, so tn ere
is another still coming to her.
The shortest road the world
travels is the road to the poor
house
A man can have his legs cut
off and walk on crutches, but
when he gets married be cannot
be repaired.
The only thing that is proud =
er than youth who takes his
first shave is the school girl who
first discovers it.
1t is easier for a camel to go
through the eye of needle
than for one to go through tn
pockets of rich man.
Every woman would know
her own mind if she had one.
The way to understand a
woman is to know there is no
way
First a mans mother spoil S
him and then his wife keeps nlm
spoiled.
No man can appreciate the
delight of having his own house
until the water pipes freeze dn d
burst on him.
A woman is so cheerful about
her card playing that when sh e
has trumped her partners ace
she thinks how much better it
is than if an opponent had do ne
it.-New York Press.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-04
SHE KNEW HOW.

Oh, so rosy and sweet
Was her mouth-aud so near,
And the moment so fitting
For feeling no fear,
Though 1 know not what you
Would have doue, it is clear
l couldn't resist!
1t is true we were not
Engaged at the time;
And perhaps did wrong
In that moment sublime!
But, after all, would
1t be counted a crime
That 1 didn't resist?
Now that Maud is my wife
She oft tells me, II fear
1t was l was to blame
For it all, not you, dearw
But l answer her, Nay!
Only your mouth was so near
l couldn't resistw
George Newell Lovejoy, in
the Woman's Home Compa MON.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-04
DOn'tS In Dress.

Don't wear vertically striped
material if you are tall.
Don't expect great bargains
to turn out great savings.
Don't wear big sleeves and big
hats if you are short,
Don't jump into your clothes
and expect to look dresse ed.
Don't put cost before cut.
Corded silk won't cover a poor
fl.
Don't forget that dress Was
made for woman, not woman
for dress.
Don't put all your allowance
outside A shabby petticoat
kills the smartest gown.
Don't sacrifice fitness to fash
ion.
Don't spoil the gown tor a
yard of stuff
Don't sacrifice neatness to ar
tistic effect.
Don't neglect quality tor the
sake of quantity
Don't dress more fashio ma bly,
than becomiogly.
Don't imagine beauty will
atone for untidiness
Don't dress to startIe peoples
eyes, but to satisfy the m.
Don't look a trump because
you can't look especially smart,
Don't dress your head at the
expense of your hands aud feet.
Donr buy foolishly and then
blame your limited income for
your shoddy appearance.-Ex,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-04

In the deepest night oftroubIe
and sorrow God gives US SO
much to be thankful for that
we need never cease our sing
ing. With all our wisdom and
foresight we can take a lesson
in gladness and gratitude from
the happy bird that sings all
night as if the day were not
long enough 10 tell its joy
Coleridge.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-04
Mrs. Mollie Maddox was a
Quincy visitor Thursday.

A st. Louis commercial trav-
eler is charged with stealing a
pair of breaches at Maryville.
II he is guilty, however, he
must not be considered a sam
pie of commercial travellers.
Most of them wear their own
auts.-World. Yes, but how
a bout Congressman Vandiver's
PANTS Why he franks 'em.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-04

wise men change their
minds, but fools never" Home
ly and trite, but applicable to
some people who would make
the democratic party a do nkey
in fact.-Atlanta Constitu-
tion.-That is just what one
Teunesseean is trying to do in
Missouri. g.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-04

If il takes five machine cardi-
dates for governor to beat Folk
in January, how many will be
required to down him in the
state convention next summer?
-Globe-Democrat.
That's easy. One. Just one.
Any one. Democrats will have
control Of the convention
Moberly Democrat.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-04

Hon. W. T. Ragland and
Mesdames ]. W. Johnston, and
W. G. Williamson attended the
funeral of Illus Ragland at
Shelbina, Thursday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-04

WhiteIaw Reid says the COL
Iege graduate makes a bum
showing in journalism. This
will be very discouraging to
Joseph Pulitzer.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-04

William Madden has decided
that the DEMOCRAT is the kind
of newspaper he likes.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-04
Get a Home in
the Northwest.

LOW ONE.WAY SETTLERS RATES TO
THE NORTHWEST AND CALIFORNIA
From March 1st to April 30th
1904, the Burlington makes very
low one way Colonist rates to
Montana, Washington. Oregon,
Idaho, California. The reduc-
lion is from % to 40 per cent
from the regular rates.
THE WAY TO GO.
The Buriing Ton Northern Pa
cifc Express. with chair cars
and tourist 5 eepers, is the great
daily through train into the
Northwest via Billings, Mont.
Through rates and tickets also
TO the Northwe3t via St. Paul
and the Great Northern aud
Northern Pacific Dads.
~ (dHlUTutds
Join the Burllngton's person.
ally conducted weekly Califor-
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list sleepers via Denver, through
scenic Colorado aud Salt Lake.
City by daylight. -,
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of each month. Write for rates
routes, train service. folders,
berths and other information.
VIM Fitzgerald. GA LW wAksly. aPA
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il LYON, Agent
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-11-17
BULL FIGHT THE THING.
In Spain Young and Old Worship tn
 Matador.

Tn Spain Young and Old Worship the
 Matador.
 Pan y los toros! When you have lived a while In Spain you understand what this cry means, the cry of a sunstrlcken, looking people not free from the lust of cruelty. The bull ring. is half in shade and half in binding sunshine, the shady side is dear, the sunny side Is cheap and crowded for every eorrida, but Pedro and Juanna could only afford an an flual visit to the sunny side, and this luxury always followed Holy Week. To be sure 1t was an event. On the great Sunday Juanna would rise early and devote an hour or two to Pedro's solitary suit before it's owner was awake he generally had new tie or new waistband to celebrate the hap py day, while Juanna herself had some noticeable piece of finery fresh for the occasion They would take their break fast with them to eat in one of the public gardens and serljoy their bottle of wine which cost in English money rather less than threepence. Then they would have good seats on the fsunny side close. to the barrier, so that they should not miss any piece of work however delicate. The expense of that day. when seats and finery and wine, oranges and sandwiches were paid for, sometimes amounted to 10 pesetas, nearly shillings in English money, and such a sum Is not lightly spent from the proceeds of paper selling and cigar making. It was a red-letter day, day of ample food and endless sun and generous bloodshed. Twenty hors- es and six bulls would sometimes make the sum total of slaughtered things, and then Pedro and Juanna would feel that there were compensat- ing joys in life after all-From the Metropolitan Magazine.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-11-17
FOWL FISHING.

MT. Jones Sees His Favorite Game cock Borne Upward Before his Very
 Eyes.
 William Jones, of 279 Glenwood Ave- nue, Bloomfield, N. J., has been squat 1 ting in his chicken coops these cold nights with a shotgun loaded with
 rock salt. His fine gamecocks, which might whip anything in Essex County Eff there wasn't a law against 1t, have been gradually diminishing in numbers. Four cold nights in the chicken coop l didn't solve the mystery. All night long the cocks and hens sat on their perches in calm serenity and four mornings MT. Jones turned as many l into the yard as he had locked up with
 himself the night before. But the mysterious part of it all was that
 there was always one less every night.
 Hal" quoth Jones, T have clue.
 The thief is a bold one and works in ] the daytime.
 So saying. he asked his employer for few days off to go shooting. He sat I In his kitchen with his salted shot
 gun, peering out through the shutters.
 But every night there was one less lchick.
 Jones was at 1t yesterday morn 1 ing watching with proud eyes faith- :! ful old Domino, the father of his flock. Suddenly Domino began to flag his wings and crow. This portended a
 "find,'' as MT. Jones knew by ex-
 perienee, and the crow was to invite a scramble. It came from four other
 roosters and as many hens. Domino
 pecked exultantly at something on the
 ground just as they got within reach.
 Then, to the astonishment of the fowl
 expert. Domino suddenly scared. He
 kept going up, and MT. Jones, know ling the feat was beyond the capabili-
 ties of his gamecock rushed out He saw Domino wriggling on the l end of a string. On the other end was I a fish-pole. He grabbed Domino by the legs, and some one on the other ] end of the fish pole over the fence pull l ed all the harder. It was hard oh the
 game-cock, but Jones rescued it. Then I he jumped to the fence. Down the
 street he saw two pickaninnies scurry- l ing dragging the fish pole after them. He went back and inspected the
 broken line. He found it had small I fish hook, and the fish hook held a
 small worm. The mystery was ex- plained. Mir. Jones has dog now to scare off all fishermen from his poul-
 try yard.--New York World. {.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-11-17
SQUARES IN THE SOUTH.

The Title, Once Acquired by a Citizen,
 is Carried to the Grave.
 The title of squire, which is rarely heard in the north, is still in vogue iii the south. When a man is elected jus tice of the peace in Dixie he is al squire, and although he may have sub- sequent titles his old friends and neighbors always refer to him as squire, said a southern lawyer who is attending the sittings of New York court for the first time.
 He had been introduced to several attorneys as Squire Blank of Alabama, and he was asked by one what the title signified in his case. He said he was elected justice of the peace in his town in Alabama at the close of the civil war, and, although he has been a state senator from his district several times, and is major in a military organiza- tion, he is still squire.
 Our people, he continued, "are given to tacking a title to any citizen who is at all active in politics, but they have sort of reverence for the old English esquire, which they abbrevi- ate by eliminating the first letter.
 T knew man who refused to be a candidate for the office of justice of the peace simply because he would have had to give up his professional title If he had been elected. He was a retired physician. He was solicited to become a candidate by every voter in the town, and was about to accept it when it oc- cured to him that he would be called squire, and he declined for that reason alone. He said he preferred to live and die as doctor.
 f Tn. some of the old graveyards in the south one may find the title squire carved on the headstones which mark the resting place of the man who in life was justice of the peace.
 While we are quite free in the be- stoWal of titles in the south, squire is never applied in an honorary sense.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-11-17

mean by sending me two cracked ones out of twelve? To be sure somebody has been sitting on those eggs. but I'll swear 1t wasn't a hen His reply was inaudible, but he was just going out to his wagon, and he was opening up his | heart te the butcher boy as passed. I'd give five dollars, poor as I am he said, for one look at that old woman's face. for she talks for all the world like my own mother And Lith that he ex- changed the two cracked eggs for two perfect ones out of another order and took the good ones in to Mary
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-11-17
THE LONDON cABBY.

His Job is Poor Mans at the Best,
 There are in London 2.711 cab pro- prietors, and of these 2,224 own fewer than five vehicles. As you see, it is poor mans industry. There is only one large company. the London Improved Cab Company. which owns 800 cabs; the Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot, who was once large owner, went out of business. In the main then the small proprietor-the ..musn' owns d few cabs and drives une himself con- trols the trade The average price for hiring a cab is 12 ana 3 pence a day. In addition the cabman has to pay the yard fees. He gets two horses a day and is usually fourteen hours on the box. His license costs him 5 shillings year. The tax of @ on the cab and the IS shilling wheel duty are paid by the owner. Taking it day in and day out, the cabby makes about 5 shillings day. In the season he may take in more money, but as the hire is raised on him, it comes to the same thing. If he is not content-and there is no reason why he should be-he does not grunble unduly. Every day in Lon don 10000 people rides in cabs. Of course, there is friction. and there is a deal of noisy quarreIing over fares, but so far as my experience goes, the cab by is usually right in his estimate of the distance he has travelled and the money that Is due him. The cab horses are a good lot. They are worked six hours day on an average. About three years iIl q hanson, how-l eyer, will do up the best of them. Then they drift down to the four wheel lers. melancholy vehicle. that. You remember, do yon not, "Gregers' in destiny 1t was to be always thirteenth at table? It is the gloomy function of the four-wheeler to follow with the luggage" At best 1t never rises higher than the function of freighting home roysterers and bad husbands, night wasters and cordial, ignoble girls. A
 melancholy destiny. The driver of a four-wheeler pays less cab rent-S or shillings day-but his earning pow CT is less than that of the aristocratic of the craft, he in the dickey. Usually he is weedy, old man, who has looked out on life, through red-lidded eyelids
 So long and has come to know it so well, that the milk of human Kindness in him is mere curds and whey. He is essentially creature Of fog and night
 Mankind, as he knows it, is either com ing away from a railway station with too much luggage or going home sod den or riotous with too much drink
 Why should he have confidence in his fellowmen? He and not Edgar Saltus should have written the Philosophy of the Disenchantment." His melancholy destiny it Is to go through life trying to detect pewter half crowns. From 1.-the Outing Magazine.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-11-17
JUDGES FOR PRINCETON pr
 RATE

The debating association has been es- pecially fortunate this year in it's choice of judges for the Princeton de- bate. Two of the three-John Bassett Moore and A. Maurice Low-have al ready accepted.
 Professor Moore graduated from the University of Virginia in the class of 1880 and soon afterwards began the study of law. In 1891 he was appointed professor of international law and di- plomacy at Columbia university. He was secretary and counsel to the peace commission in Paris in 1878. He was given an IL. D. degree by Yale in 1901.
 Mr. Lowe is an Englishman by birth and education, but he has lived in America since 1886. He is a journalist and a contributor to leading E nglish and American magazines on interna- tional and political topics.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-11-17

:>.'The Young Vigilantes" is a story of California Life in the Fifties by Samu- el Adams Drake, author of Watch
 Fires of '76,," "on Plymouth Rock, D
 Decisive Events in American History Series," etc. It is illustrated by L. J.
 Bridgman. Few men now remain who can describe the Forty Miners" from personal knowledge and experience, and the very best one of them to tell of those days in an entertaining manner is the noted historical writer, Colonel Drake, who has at last consented to write q story for boys. One of two young chunas in Boston yields to the excitement of the day and goes to Cali fornia partly at his friends expense. Later fellow-clerk of the one who re- mains is guilty of theft and disappears after casting suspicion upon his inno- cent companion. Suspecting that the
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-11-17

Loyalty Island by Marion W Wildman; published by L. c. Page and Company, Boston: for sl,e by Judd
 An account of the adventures of fpul children and their pet dog. on an island and how they cleared their brother from the suspicion of dishonesty.
 The story is another addition to tht cozy corner series of charming iuve. niles. The illustrations which are al attractive feature of the book are from the pen of Etheldred B. Barry.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-11-17
HOUSE IN ANsoNIA RoRREn

Ansonia, Conn, Nov. 15.-chenon Levy's residence here was entered by burglars last night and forty dollars worth of jewelry and siIverware taken. Mrs. Levy saw the burglars as they were escaping from a window. but they could not be caught.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-11-17

susan-I hear that you and James have had a faIIing-out, and that you made him return all the letters you had written to him.
 Jane-Yes; and I'm madder with hiul than ever. The deceitful, man-he'd never opened one of 'eml-Boston Transcript.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-11-17

To be a squire the man must have been elected to the office. which, ae- eording to the custom bestows the old English title
 Tt becomes second nature to the man who has the title to introduce himself, where it becomes necessary as Squire So-and-So. A man with any other ti- tie, except that Of doctor, would not do SO; but to say. T am Squire Blank is not considered bad form in the best so- ciety. New York Sun.
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
PROPOSALS FOR SCHooLHOusE.

PROPOSALS FOR scHooLHoUsE,
The board of education of Warren, Mimi,
will receive sealed proposals for the erection Of
labor and material until 8 o'clock D. M,
June 20, 1904, according to plans and specif-
cations prepared by Bert D. Keek, architect,
will be on file at the office Of said architect
also with the board Of education at Warren,
Mimi, and at the Builders and Traders Elk.
certified check for $500, payable to w II.
Powell, treasurer of Warren Independent school
district, must accompany each bid. The right
to reject any or all bids is reserved. John P,
Mattson, clerk board of education, Warren,
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