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The Monticellonian., 1904-08-18

FoH SALE Two good milk cows, cheap, for cash. Gall of or write to l. D. welsh, Monticel- 10, Ark.
 Get d Telephone and be happy Nothing like 1t for so small an in vestmcnt.
 Valley Telephone Co.
 WANTED.
 One thousand cords of foot wood.
 I'm Drew Oil Mill. Dr. A. E. Harris and MT. Mar vim Harris visited Little Rock this week. Dr. is figuring on making his future home there.
 In order to secure and hold your grocery trade, l offer you the best goods at moderate prices.
 Turner Wells School books, new and second hand. and school supplies of every description at Brown, McQuiston X Cos. If. Mf. l.. E. Wilson left the first of this week for Mckenuey, Texas, where he goes to engage in the scrubbing brush business
 have d few more of the eele- brated "Giub House shape' and Nat Willis scent cigars try one. Turner Wells. Mr. Gus Ford. after two weeks visit to his sister, Mrs. V. J. Trotter, las returned 10 his home in the Indian Territory.
 When bilious take Chamber laih's Stomach and Liver Tablets. For sale by
 R. E. Vance Bordeaux. Messrs. Paul Barrineer, Carl Hudspeth, Carl Bordeaux and FL zie Reeay left the first of this week on visit to the World, $ Fair.
 We are the leading produce pee pie of Monticello and want you to call on us when you bring country produce to town.
 D. $. Wells X Go. Mr. Beverly Cowles has resign ed as Manager of the Telephone System, at this place, and has been succeeded by Mr. Will Alexander, of Hamburg.
 We handle furniture, collins, etc. Call and see Us when you need anything in our line.
 l. B. Wilson Furniture Co.,, 2t. over H. NJ. Wilson X Go. Married, at the residence of the Bride mother, Mrs. H. Upte- grove, on the 10th inst, Mir. Wal ter Parish and Miss Annie Bell Aount.
 We guarantee all our goods to be as represented.
 Telephone Saloon,
 If. Dcrmott, Ark. Mrs. Will Brooks, of Arkansas City, who has been very low in thls city for sveral weeks, is, we are glad to state, able to be out again, and has returned home.
 Bring your country produce tc us, and get the highest market price. we pay I5c per dozen fol eggs and s2 10 for chickens.
 D. $. Wells X Co. The Ladies Cemetery Associa- ton will meet at the residence oi Mrs. Emma Baker on Thursday evening, Aug. 25th. All members are respectfully invited to attend The following persons left last Monday morning on visit to the Worlds Fair, Mr. F. II. Scott and family, Mr and Mrs. W. M Robertson. J. E. Farley. Esq, anc wife and Messrs. George and Wal ter Boone, D. E. Caraway, Ear and Carl Wells, Stewart Mum,
The Monticellonian., 1904-08-18

and enjoy d most pleasant shave. No honing, no grinding, S..5o.
 Harry Hankins' II dw e. Co.
 Bring Us your country produce. We are the people that raised tI e price of eggs from sc to t5e per dozen.
 D. $. Wells & Co.
 WANTED :-Arkansas timbercd lands, in tracts of not less than 100 acres and larger preferred. Address, W. II. Douglass,
 Senath, Mo.
 Mrs. r. \. Cason entertained her young friends, in honor of her guest, Miss Hattie Pugh, of Port land, on last Friday evening. The evening was one of enjoyment and pleasure throughout.
 Rev. [. P. Kennedy has joined his family at Walnut Ridge, Ark. where the latter has been visiting for the summer. Mr Kennedy and family wlll attend the World : Fair before returning home.
 
 Misses Maggie Patton, Lou Fry ar and Nirgie and Sallic Cavaness are in St. Louis taking in thel EN- position. Miss Patton will buy her stock of Millinery goods while in the city.
 Messrs. John NJ. Wilson and N. D. Gotham pald a visit to that famous fishing resort, Lake Nil= lage, last week. They brought back with them some very fine trout.
 l am representing Morris Bros.e of Memphis, Tenn, the largest marble house doing business in this territory. If you wish to buy monuments, head-stones. coping, etc., l can save you money.
 Geo. W. Curry.
 There was big barbecue at Selma on last Friday. The prin- cipal speaker of the day was flon Joe T. Robinson, of Lonoke. Col. w. F. Slemons and Pasrick Hem ", Esq, of this city, also, deliver ed short addresses.
 Mir. John Wilson had wagon load of water-melons, in town last week, which averaged oo pounds to the melon. There were ; mel ons in the load MT. Wilson has been shipping melons to Lake Vil- lage for the past two weeks.
 The Little Rock Concert Go, composed of Misses Longley. Lev inson and McClue, gave an enter tainment at the Opera House in this city. on last Thursday eve ning. Each part was well select ed and rendered.
 Messrs. Linwood Clark and Drew Jackson have opened up staple and faey grocery establish ment in one of the new brick stores on North Main Street. These are deserving young men and should be liberally pstroni1ed by our people.
 Mir. Spencer Lawson has again embarked in the the grocery busf- ness, and is occupying one of the new brick buildings on North Main Street. Mir. Lawson is well known by our people, and, need less to say, will receive a liberal patronage.
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The Monticellonian., 1904-08-18

MT. Eek, the Photographer. now has his Monticello Gallery in fine working order. For all work in his line you will find him in his place ot business every day until the first of October, when he will return to Pinp Riad. set.
The Monticellonian., 1904-08-18
MONTiCELLONIAN.
THURSDAY, AUG Is, 1904.

Entered at the Post Office at Monticello, Ark. as second class mail matter.
The Monticellonian., 1904-08-18
D. S..Ne els & Co.

WANTED ;-Arkansas timbercd lands, in tracts of not less than 400 acres and larger preferred. Address, W. II. Douglass,
 Scnath, Mo.
The Monticellonian., 1904-08-18

Buy Carbo Magnetic Razor and enjoy most pleasant shave. No honing, no grinding, $2.5o.
 Harry Hankins' II dw e. Co.
 Bring Us your country produce. Weare the people that raised tie price of eggs from Sc to t5e per dozen.
The Monticellonian., 1904-08-18

MT. Walter Wheeles, of Russell vile. is here on a visit to relatives and friends.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-20
JUDGE PARkER's DILEMMA.

Keokuk Gate City-The Brooklyn
Eagle was one of the eastern newspa-
pers largely instrumental in foisting
Judge Parker upon the democratic
party. 1t therefore regards him some-
thing in the light of a protege, and
feels warranted in giving him advice
as to what he should and should not
do. AS to the Philippines 1t councils
him wisely as follows:
DON'T. To put this affirmatively
rather than egatively-HANDS OFF.
Let them alone. They are doing quite
well. There are worse substitutes for
the flag of blood and gold than the
stars and stripes. The United States
are fulfilling the obligations imposed
by treaty. The people Of the United
States are not partial to policy of
scuttle. Much as has been done at
expense Of life-American lives in
cluded-to say nothing of money, and
more remains to be done for the up
lifting of the Filipinos. 1t will be done.
1t will not be shirked. The stars and
stripes will not come down. Beneath
them the forces of civilization are at
work, with not the faintest possibility
that in the name of the American peo-
pie will they be called to a halt"
Equally good is its counsel as to the
ceptance. 1.-THE commonplace" 1t tells
him, will fall flat" 1t will aggra-
vate inanition and it will not disturb
inertia. Virility is in demand" The
difficulty is, however, that Judge Par
ker dare not deal in other than the
commonplace and that in an indecisive
and noncommittal way. Otherwise he
would incur the danger of alternating
what little support is left to him.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-20
PRISON LITERARY TASTE.

Des Moines Capital.--In the peni-
Tertiary at Sing Sing, New York. are
1000 convicts. The librarian of this
institution reports that 4O.5OO books
were read last year by the convicts.
OF these 40,50O books 30 3S1 were fic-
ton, 1927 biography 953 history 1872
religion, and 205 poetry. OF books in
foreign languages Germany led with
1855 volumes, and the order there
after was: Hebrew, 1853; Italian
1857, and French, 545. Dumas was the
favorite writer of fiction with the con
Wet, and lab volumes of his works
were read. Other authors followed In
the following rank: Charles Reade
720; Collins, $40; Corelli, 596; Doyle,
sos; Dickens, SGT; Haggard, 4S1;
Crawford, 415, and Henty, 402.
This Will be quite a revelation to a
great many people. 1t has been quite
popularity supposed that penitentiary
standards of taste. And yet, instead
of manifesting a ravenous appetite for
such literary provender as Diamond
Dick" THE Mystery Of Bloody Gulch
and other selections from the Nick
Carter collection we find a marked
Partially for the works of the public
library and the private parlor table.
The improvement made along this
line will inspire the belief that in pro-
cess of time American convict life may
present a tone of refinement that will
cause Its harsher phases to be forgot
ten. AS TO whether people will come
to prefer it's seclusion to the larger
liberties which they now enjoy is a
matter concerning which the future
alone can demonstrate.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-20
POOR FIELD FOR INVESTMENTS

According to Secretary Taft the
Philippines offer poor field for Ameri-
can investments as compared to the
bright picture that was painted by en-.
thusiastic soldiers when they returned
from the islands. Secretary Taft, who
has had a better opportunity than any
other to acquaint himself with the con,
ditions in the Philippines, is quoted
as saying:
Il doubt if manufactures will be in.
troduced in large numbers. They have
had rope-works and they have cigar
factories. The hard woods are beauti
full and valuable. but the best are found
in groves of other trees which make
it very expensive to get them out. AS
machinery for dragging them out for
transportation are improved they will
reach more readily the producing cen
tiers.
There are practically no American
investments except the $3,000,000 for
the Manila street railway.
"In land l do not know of a single
investment by Americans, but they
are perhaps waiting for the public
lands to be sold"
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fences the chages that are made
against him and the utter foolishness
of them all:
"In sheer desperation our oppon-
ents have assailed him because of his
diversified attachments and each at
tack has only developed his varied ell
ements of strength. Roosevelt is as
many sided as prism. He is leader
of men. Whether on the cattle ranch
with the cowboys, at the head of the
New York police, or leading the Rough
Riders at San Juan hill, he has always
been followed with devotion and con-
fidence. At his desk in the naval Of
flee he looked after the needs of our
navy, and his vigorous personality
was felt in the preparation which en-
abled the man behind the gun to meet
the Spanish fleets in 1898 He knows
the west and its needs as no other
president has known them for two
generations. It's lands, its forests, it's
pastures, it's mines, its parks, it's
streams, it's capabilities and it's wants
are all to him as an open book. The
west has trusted him and will continue
to do so.
His strenuosity and rashness have
been so often made the text of demo
cratic defamation that it seems worth
while to review the acts that have
formed the basis for this line of as
sault.
THE recognition of the republic OF
Panama seems after all to be the only
official act upon which the charge OF
recllessness has been based But that
must be dismissed in view of the fact
that all the nations of the world
promptly followed his example, and
congress gave its approval and the
people of the north and south have
manifested their endorsement of this
official act"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-20
WHAT THE BANKERS THINK.

According to the testimony of prom
inent bankers and financiers from all
over the country, the outlook for good
business and prosperity is splendid.
From all parts of the country come
hopeful reports. Men in attendance at
the convention of the American Bank
ers' association, held this week in New
York, united in testifying to the whole
some condition of the nations finances.
And notably optimistic are the reports
OF bankers from the southern states.
Joseph G. Brown, president of the
Citizens National bank of Raleigh, N.
G., is quoted as saying to the conven-
ton: 1.-THE development of our rail
roads, the output of our coal and
iron mines. the value of our min
erals, the wonderful yield of our
cotton fields, the products of our
mills and factories, the increasing
wealth of our banks, the ever diminish
ing heritage of illiteracy among us,
and the growth of our schools and col.
leges give us the right to stand here
today, not as prodigal returned. but
as the loving, loyal son."
And Mr. Brown was not the only
one who reported favorably from the
south. A dozen or more from the
land of cotton brought encouraging
news to New York The southerners
say that the building of the Panama
canal, the outgrowth of some of Pres
ident Roosevelt's dangerous work, .
will prove one of the greatest boons
the country has ever known.
But it remained for the Kansas bank
er, representing the west, to extract
good from what has been regarded as
almost the worst calamity through
which the nation has passed in it's en-
tire existence. w. G. Robinson, pres
.ident Of the First National bank of
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-20
SLAUGHTER NoNcoMBATANTs

Chicago Record H erald-If the In
terparliamentary Union should require
fresh inspiration for it's labors 1t might
consult the reports on the treatment
of noncombatants at Lao Yang. These
people We're not permitted to leave the
city, and it Is said that many Of them
were killed or wounded. The surviv-
ors We're left in pitiable condition,
according to DR.. A. M. Westwater, a
British medical missionary, who con-
dennis the inhumanity of the Russians
In strong terms.
1t is Impossible to conceive of a
more cruel fate or a greater outrage
upon justice. The unfortunates We're
guilty of no offense against Russians
or Japanese They were living peace
ably in their own country; they had
the right to seek safety and We're made
to suffer unjustly in the mere loss of
their property. But they must be held
as targets for shot and shell. regard
less of all righteous and humane con-
Siderations.
This, however, is but small part
of the story. AS the campaign has
progressed We have read Of devastated
fields in which the labors of an indus
trious people We're brought to naught
and we can well imagine that in the
whole progress of this war upon neu-
trail territory the lives and property OF
the neutrals have have been ruthlessls
sacrificed. War always means license
no matter if there are really sin
cere efforts at discipline. In the pres
ent instance the weakness of the in
habitants of the country and the weak
ness of the government that should be
charged with their defense invite ev-
cry kind of oppression. Loot is a
matter of course, and if we may judge
by the history of the relief expedition
of 1900 the Russian soldiery will an
dulge in the most revolving excesses.
And this frightful dissertation Is de.
Tended because by fiction Of dip1om-
acy the destiny of nation is held tc
be involved. Land, robbery, murder
and Unsuitable greed of power-gener-
ally speaking, systematic course Of
conduct that would send a man to the
gallows-are all glorified as something
very magnificent and admirable in {
state. Excellent stuff this for the
meditations of a peace conference.
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THIS QUESTION Of coNTRABAND

Out of the war in the orient, which
only few months ago affected no 9TH
er nation but the two actually engaged
in it, there has arisen u series of ques-
lions which. unless they are settled,
threaten to draw into the whirlpool of
conflict dozen governments. Chief
among these later problems is the
question of contraband and the limits
of that term. Great Britain is affected
by this problem more than is any other
nation, the reason probably being that
the English ships engaged in interna-
tional shipping exceed in number those
bearing the flag Of any other nation.
The magnificent encouragement given
by the British government to the ship
ping companies from Great Britain en-
courages commerce and has resulted
in carrying the English flag to every
accessible port in the world. Now that
Russia is constituting the neutrality
laws as they affect commerce. in a
way peculiar to herself Great Britain
may well become uneasy. Already her
warships are beginning to assume a
look of activity and unless the volun.
teer cruisers under the cars flag
cease their operations Japan will soon
have an ally on the sea unless the
other powers intervene.
But England has a special reason
for feeling aggrieved. Her shipping is
much more than twice as great as
that of any other nation on the globe
Unless the neutrality laws are settled
and neutral flags protect neutral com
merce, International commerce will
suffer and British shipping will suffer
worst of all.
1t is comparatively little known that
Great Britain's merchant marine ex
ceeds many fold that of any other
country. To many the following table
showing the total number of vessels
of more than 5000 tons and the flags
under which they sail, will be of in
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oTTuMwA,s koRN kARNIvAL.

Certain energetic business men in
Ottumwa have decided that Ottumwa
is to have a "Korn Karnival" both be-
ginning with tx" if you please.
They have consulted with business
men, have secured subscriptions, have
read up on matters pertaining to car
nivals, karnivals and entertainment
companies. They have decided that Of
tumwa cannot hold up her head among
her sister cities unless she has fall
festival, and, Ottumwalike they have
determined to make the Korn Karnival
success with capital IS"
In order to make a festival in Of
tumwa success two things are nee
essary. First. the people of Ottumwa
must unite and work together for it.
Business firms must make a special eff
fort to make their stores attractive. In
short, all must enter into the spirit Of
the affair to make it "go." Second,
visitors from out of the city must be
brought to Ottumwa. In order to do
this. attractions of merit must be af-
forded them. excursions must be run
on all the railroads centering here and
the residents of the smaller towns and
the country surrounding Ottumwa
must understand that Ottumwa is open
to visitors and that an effort will be
made to entertain them.
There is no reason why Ottumwa's
street carnival should not be success
Other Iowa cities have had and are
having them and all report splendid
time and profitable business. Council
Bluffs has just finished having more
fun than could be crowded into a
month in any other way. Omaha al
ways has her fall festival in the shape
of the Ak Sar Ben carnival Waterloo
is celebrating this week, as is also
Galesburg, ILL.,, and Keokuk will soon
be in line Ottumwa should be as sue
cessful with carnival as any of these
other cities.
The men who are making arrange
ments for the carnival promise that it
will be strictly "clean affair."" 1t
must not be made an excuse for wide
open gambling, rowdyism, catch-pen-
ny fakes and immoral shows. Ottum-
wa has had enough of that kind of a
carnival. But the promoters promise
that they will look out for that and the
korn Karnival will be a first class fes-
tival of which any city may be proud.
Street carnivals, when conducted
along right lines. are beyond any
doubt beneficial to the cities in which
they are held. Ottumwa has had one
or two profitable street carnivals and
can have more. Other cities find
them profitable and Ottumwa can
make hers a success by wise manage
ment.
The farmers are to be interested in
the Korn karnival especially. Prizes
are to be given for agricultural and
stock displays. prizes that will make
1t worth while to bring exhibits to the
city. Corn, of course, will be given
first place but other products will not
be forgotten. The carnival will be a
county fair on modern scale.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-20

Winfield, Kansas, speaking for 1.-THE
Western Banker" said the panic of
1898 was really a blessing in disguise,
the cleaning up of the storm Con-
tinuing he declared:
1T was the elimination of the storm
period, and so purified methods that a
better atmosphere has been breathed
since. The western banker during
these years was the target. His meth
DDS were criticised and his motives
were often impugned Had he not
been a man with more than ordinary
faith in his undertakings, he would
have despaired. He had, however,
faith in his ideas, in himself, in
his possibilities and in the country he
was developing He worked on with
indomitable courage until his hopes
ended in fruition.
"The western banker has always
been right on economic questions. He
did his full part in the great battles of
1896 and 1900, when our money stand
ard was at stake. The western bank
er has always been a firm believer in
the full value of the dollar. and that
the dollar of any stamp should be
worth 100 cents. When the great free
silver champion was looking for a
prominent banker for his service and
cooperation he passed the western
banker and found his man in this great
city (New York For the 100-cent dol
lar the western banker has always
talked and worked and voted, today.
he stands right on the questions of
branch banks and asset currency"
This is unique in the nations his
tory. That bankers, the most watch
full and conservative of citizens,
should gather on the eve of presiden-
tial campaign and declare that, instead
of being unsettled. the conditions of
the Country are in splendid shape and
the outlook is for their continuation, is
most unusual. But it can have but
one meaning. 1t means that the PEG
pie ore satisfied with the present ad-
ministration, that they consider Roose-
welt safe and sound, that they believe
the republican party can continue to
administer public affairs wisely as ii
has in the past. 1t means that the pub
lie has no doubt that Roosevelt will
be reelected this fall and that plans
for the future are being made with that
idea in mind. 1t means that the fanci-
full charge that Roosevelt is unsafe,
which is made by the democratic lead
ers, does not bear weight and Is not
believed by anyone, even themselves.
1t means that the nation is able to see
for itself, to reason out political mat
tiers for ITSELF and that it is perfectly
satisfied with conditions as they now
exist