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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-27
Card of Thanks.

To our kind friends who came
to us in the hour of great sor-
row, and so willingly and low
ingly helped us care for our
dear husband and father, we
tender to you our grateful
thanks. May the kind dear
Father in Heaven be with you
and bless you.
MRS. ABIGAIL OWEN AND
FAMILY.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-27
PRESBYTERIAN.

The usual services at the
Presbyterian Church uext Sun
day both morning and evening.
The Womans Missionary So.
ciety will meet Friday after
noon at 2:30 o'clock at the home
of Mrs. McNair.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-27
done the membership.
ST.. JUDE.

Twenty-second Sunday after
Trinity, Holy Communion 7:3O
a. m. Holy Communion II a. m
Evening Prayer 7:30 p. m.
Sunday School Alfred Jae-
ger Jr., Supt. 10 a. m.
B. e. D1GGs, Rector.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-27
PIANO CONTEST
Other Premiums Will Be Announced La
ter-COntestants Named To This
Time-ROOm For MOre-Wiu-
ner May Not Be In The
List Now.

OOu walt a minute longer
but go to work to help your fa-
vorite win the magnificent Ad-
am Schaff piano which the DEM
oCRAT is going to give away
Remember any respectable
white lady is eligible and if the
name of the lady whom you
wish to win does not appear in
list of contestants you should
enter her name at once. 1t is
easy to get votes and the piano
will go to the lady who assisted
by her friends does the most
hustling.
~--VoTEs, How obtained. For
all cash received on subscription,
votes will be given as followsa 400
votes for each dollar when subscrip-
tion is not paid five years in advance;
when s. is paid to advance subscrip-
tion five years in advance of date of
payment, 5000 votes will be given.
life subscription 10000 votes .for'$25.
Votes will be given on all advertising,
except patent medicine, foreign and
legal, and on all job printing. zoe
votes for each dollar on advertising
and 400 votes for each dollar on Job
printing. No ballots given on ad-
vertising or job work until same is
paid for and must be settled fo- not
later than the tenth of month follow
ing that in which work is done. Bal
lots delivered only to party ordering
work or on their written order. Mer-
chants coupons 100 votes for SI.
Fractional part of dollar not count
ed. All ballots must be sent in within
Is days Of their date. Coupon good
for 25 votes will appear in DEMOCRAT
after Oct l. :
No lady married or single can
afford to let this great oppor$
tunity pass, and you should
help some deserving friend.
Some have been working but
they are not enough in the lead
to keep anyone from winning
if Jou will get out and hustle.
To get votes requires an effort
but the prize is worth working
for and then if you fail to Sc
cure the first prize you have an
opportunity to win other val.
uabe prizes to be announced
later.
Following is the list of can
didates as we go to press;
Miss Anna May Boulware
Miss Anna Noleu
Miss Juliet Maddox
Miss Mary Fuqua
Miss Mayme Losson
Miss Glessie Heron
Miss Claudell Settle
Mrs. Frank Hagau
Mrs. T. B. Hayden T..
Miss Elizabeth Goetze
Miss Minnie Mcknight
Miss Bessie Willis
Miss Hattie Spalding
Miss Mayme Yates
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-27

Mike Madden was a business
visitor in New London Tues
day.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-27

Get an oyster stew with the
Baptist ladies. Saturday, at the
Dooley building. 's;.S
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-27
METHODIST.

Regular services at the Meth.
odist Church for the week.
Sunday School, Junior and
Senior Epworth League and
preaching services at the usual
hours. The public is cordially
invited.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-27
ITEMS FROM FARMERS
OF Farmers, For Farmers And Pertaining
To Farmers.

II hayden is building Oarn
32x30 feet.
For good pasture and good
water, see James T. Umstattd.
Hugh Ford has sold his nice
driving filley to Warren Bros
for $145.
For SALE OR TRADE-A7good
wood stove. Inquire at DEMO
Graf.
Spiker will butcher your
hogs.
JIM Proctor and Son Shipped
a car load of heifers to Chicago
Tuesday.
Uncle Sam Sparks says that
he will go them one better. He
has raised a 524 pound pie mel
on.
Say, you. Don't you forget
that corn show. It is for the
purpose of advertising North
Missouri and your farm. You
have dandy good corn and all
you have to do is to bring to
the DEMOCRAT Office FIVE (5)
ears of it.
At the D Z Yowell sale stock
brought good prices. Mules
sold from 1915 to $340 per span;
cows $21 to $40 SO each; horses
from $115 to $140; sows and
pigs $3.50, other things in pro-
portion.
We want at least one lady
from each township of Monroe,
Marion, Rails and Shelby
Counties to enter the Piano.
Contest. Send names in at
once and get to work.
Jno L Owen sent Is head of
butcher stuff to the Bluff Git ~
markets Monday. He has also
bought II head OF good beeves
from L Lundborg.
Walter Boarman is happy. A
we'll 119 feet deep which has 81
feet of water in it, has been
drilled out at his home and now
he is putting up windmill.
For good pasture see Frank
Proctor.
White Plymouth Cockerels
for sale. Apply at DEMOCRAT.
WR Stedberg, of Plttstield,
ILL.,, has bought 100 head of
yearlings of H M Clark and Mr.
Clark has bought % head of
Herefords from John o Wood
and Son.
Market Report.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-27

Every thing in the meat line
at Spiker's.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-27
CATHOLIC.

There will be services at
Brush Greek the first Sunday in
November at 10 o'clock a. IN.
In the list of Bazaar prizes
published the name of George
Balzer was omitted by mistake.
He donated 1 fat turkey.
CHRISTIAN.
Usual services at the
Christian Church next Sunday,
conducted by the Pastor. Morn
ing subject: Eve" Evening
subject: "Meuhods of Measuring
Men" 1t is hoped that there
will be a full attendance at
Sunday School.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-27

Shipments for week ending
yesterday noon: A H Green
1 caI hay; Barger and McClintic
S cars of hogs; D S Sharp car
sheep;J M Proctor and Son I
car heifers. Total 8 cars.
Spiker will render your lard
and make your sausage.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-27
Nm. 81 EAx..u,.,
M~>.+.~ &@ M-.

Means your dollars worth or your
money back. j.,
WIN. A. SULLIVAN, Cash Clothter.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-08
RreathlesSneSs.

Outing: The runner who sets out on
q two-mile race usually passes through
two distinct stages of exhaustion. In
the first quarter, If the pace be fast,
he feels the first symptoms OF breath
lessness-the throbbing temples, the
surging in the ears and the tightness
about the chest that makes so many
men drop u before completing half
the distance. This might be called
u fatigue, but il he can keep On the
distress passes away. The heart and
lungs work Il little harder and at last
succeed in catching up with their task
Of purifying the increased stream OF
sewage brought to the lungs by the
blood, to be carried off in the form OF
gases by respiration. The distress dis
appears from the face, the lungs seem
to regain the power to eXpand n a
crushing weight appear to have been
lifted from the chest. The head be-
comes clear and the muscles act with
enewed yigor and elasticity, The
man has got his second wind.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-08
Sons Didn't Do X,

mistakes in the popular magazines
lie amusing sometimes" said Harold
}. Peck of Nebraska City, Ncb. i have
Just finished reading a sketch of Paul
Morton in II OF the September maga
zinos. The publishers are at the mercy
IF the writer, no doubt, but a magazine
writer who makes such gross mistakes
1an hardly be pardoned.
This particular article states that
the new secretary of the navy, and
the other Morton boys" have greatly
improved The old Morton estate near
Nebraska City, and in memory of their
father, j. Sterling Morton, the founder
of Arbor day and a great lover of trees,
have collected specimens OF nearly
every tree that grows. This, accord
ing to the magazine, the boys have
done since the death Of their distin-
guished father four year ago. More
than that, the magazine says they have
named the home 'Arbor Lodge and
aid out a 60 acre park abou the beau
tiful home.
The truth is, J. Sterling Morton col
lected the trees, or the most of them.
At the time Of his death, he had one of
the finest groves Of forest trees and
s~hrubbery in the world. Paul Morton
may have added specimens to this mag
n%iticent collection. but the foundation
was laid by the eX-secretary Of agri-
culture himself. AS for naming the old
home 'Arbor Lodge the name was
given the place by the distinguished
Nebraskan himself many years before
his death. Paul Morton is now spend
lng a large sum on the old home, re-
modelling the house and making a mag
nitlcent residence out of the Old mans
den. but as for crediting him with
naming the place and collecting the
specimens Of forest and ornamental
trees. such a statement is amusing to
a Nebraskan who las known Arbor
Lodge for years"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-08

into which he inserted his fingers and
drew out a small gold locket. Opening
the locket he was surprised to see q
miniature of his grandmother's paint
Ing. The name Of Re. Kemp COM
pleted the Identification. h original
portrait of the beautiful Elizabeth
Kemp had been made by a celebrity
when she was in the full glory of her
twentieth birthday. Walter put the
locket in hts blouse inc restored the
name to the niche.
While sitting on q mound in the
cemetery, wondering how Crane ann
into possession Of the locket, he became
uneasily aware of another presence.
He glanced up at one of the windows
and saw an dc man with long white
hair and beard. The old nan came
out. He was bent and wrinkled and
looked as though he had stepped from
one of the graves on the hillside.
What do you Want?"
Il am to guard the pest house while
our men are resting at the rife range"
The old man laughed. mo one ever
could not be hired to come here. I am
the keeper"
How many years nav you been
hcre?'
Since he died'-the Old man
checked himself. Il have been the
keeper since the epidemic of 1888"
Before Walter returned to camp the
old mar showed him the different
buildings, and told him how fast the
victims would come, five hundred at a
time. Few went away. Most of them
rest on the hill.
Walter Kemp learned that the keeper
was DR.. Peck, whose 1nind had become
SO deranged in the horrors of the vel
low fever epidemic that he had given
up his practice and frcquested the posi-
ton Of keeper of the pest house. "A
few days later the relieving guard re-
ported that the keeper had died sud
denly Of apople%y. Out Of mere curl
osity Walter attended the burial. A
young wolnan stood by the grave.
| When the coffin had been lowered she
threw back her veil and Walter caught
a glimpse Of her face. which bore a
startling resemblance to the miniature
In his possession. She was Mrs. Nor
man, the daughter of DR.. Peck. He
had heard the story Of her elopelnent,
Walter obtained a pass to go to town,
AS he decided to call on Mrs. Norman
to inquire bou such a remarkable
resemblance, When Mrs. Norman en-
tered the hotel parlor, she exclaimed,
II expected TO see an older man, your
father, perhaps
ID you know my father"
"Only by description. My husband
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-08
Free to Twenty-Five Ladies,

The Defiance Starch Co. will Civ,
rs ladies' a round trip ticket to thf
St. Louis EXp2Gsili9n, to five ladies
in each Of the following states: Hi
nols, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and
Missouri who viii send in the largest
number of trademarks cut from a ten
cent. 16-ounCe package Of Defiance
cold water laundry starch. This
means from u own home, any
where in the above named states. THESE
trademarks must be mailed to and
received by the Defiance Stach Co.
Omaha, Neb, before September 1st,
1904. October and November will be
the best months TO visit the EXPOSE
ton. Remember that Defiance is the
only starch put up in l6 OF. Ca full
pound) to the package. You get one
third more starch for the same money
than Of any oLher kind, and Defiance
never sticks to the iron. The tickets
to the Exposition will be sent by reg
istered mail September 5th. Starch
sor sale by all dealers.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-08

called on him, but he refused to recog.
nlZe my claim of relationship"
on hat did you base your claimT
O q gold locket." Then she related
her fathers story. Her husband left
New York for Jacksonville to obtain
proof from DIR. Peck. He arrived al
the outbreak of yellow fever and was
hurried off by the irate father-in-law
as a suspect" He died at the pest
house and no n knew the location OF
his grave"
Walter was convinced that Adelaide
was the daughter of his uncle, who
had been kidnapped in infancy. He
produced the locket and acknowledged
ms cousin. 1t was clear to Doth that
Dr. Peck had taken the position OF
keeper to search for the lccket, which
the unfortunate Ralph Norman had
SkllfullV concealed
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-08

Dies Drought on by a cOIu. 1 HHu
severe pains in the back and sick head
aches, and felt miserable all over. A
few boxes Of Doan's Kidney Pills made
me a we'll woman. without an ache or
pain, and l feel compelled to recon-
mend this reliable remedy"
(Signed) NELLIE DAVIS.
A TRIAL FREE.-Address Foster
Milburn Co, Buffalo, n. y. For sale
by all dealers. Price 80 cents.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-08
THE LONG NOVEL.
With Some Notes on the Novelist's
Pay for His Work.

LONDON Post: Reviewers and Others
tWrites a correspondent who talks OF
the Disappearance of the very Ions
novel" seem to forget or to be ignor-
ant OF the fact that the novel of great
~length-longer than ever those writ.
ten by Dickens or Thackeray-is still
very much with us. The serial stories
IN certain Of the morning papers are
extremely long, as a Well-knoWn Lon
don publisher recently had occasion to
find out. He liked a certain serial, and
he wrote to the author to come and see
him. The author called, and the pub
Usher said he would like to publish
the story in book form if it could be cut
down q Bit
About what size would you want?"
inquired the author.
oh, say, 10000 Words said the
publisher.
But, my dear sir said the author,
there are in my story more than 6O0,-
600 words, and to cut it down to the
length you require would involve more
work than the rewriting of the tale!"
He added that he had brought the
manuscript with him. He had; it was
outside the publishers office in a four
wheeler, the interior of Which was
packed with paper, while there were
also bundles in the box! And 600, 900
Is NO. TIE record. 1nefe mas Just been
ended a serial which had IN it no fewer
than 100000 words. One author who
nal es serials a speciality, and is in big
demand. gets go a thousand words, SO
his annual income is considerable.
Some papers, it may be added, pay
their serial writer's so much d week, re-
gardless Of the amount OF their con-
tributions.
The same correspondent gives an en-
p%eIience that befell him the other day
as a serial writer. His story was APP
pearing in q northern weekly, Which
paid him 81 for each installment and
gave no time limit, SO to speak. The
author wrote each week for about six
months, and then came q day when he
was unWell and unable to take up the
tale. He wired to q writer on the staff
of the paper, asking him to do two
chapters, Just marking time" The
writer obliged, but great was the
authors establishment and vast his in
dignation when he saw at the close OF
his installment the words, "The End"
The collaboration, acting at the insti-
cation of the editor. had wound up
everything very neatly, and our CORE
~spondent's 81 a week had ceased to
be.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-08
Once a NeWshov.

David r. Francis, president Of tbe
st. Louis fair corporation and ex.eoy-
ernor of Missouri, began lift as a "
BOY, and to the sharpness which he
acquired while acting III that capacity
attributes a good deal Of his success.
There was a convention of newsboys al
the fair the other day, and President
Francis told them of some of his obyish
experiences, much to their delight.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-08
III HiECvDL OcKIEF:7T 81
COPYRIGHT 1908 B<
CARRIE kse0AN- ,x Tk re 1sTT< eS Sf5xT,so

The season of 1883. Adelaide Peck
was n of the most beautiful girls in
Jacksonville, Florida. Her, father was
a celebrated physician. She was eigh-
teen years old, tail and slender, and
wore her magnificent dark hair in a
quaint style.
ralph Norman studied the girl. she
greatly resembles a portrait that hangs
IN the drawing room Of the Kemp fam
Wy in New York. Is she related to the
fKemps?"
Not to my knowledge. Come and
II present you to our southern queen
or beauty" and VIII Davis guided him
through the crowded ballroom.
Ihere We're rumors that Ralph Nor
man was a fortune hunter, but no re-
port reached Adelaide Peck to aid her
In resisting the fascination of the young
man. Her father objected to his suit,
Inns discouraged Ralph for a time, but
the idea of Adelaide's relationship to
me wealthy Kemp family required.
Why do 0 ask ?" She toyed with
Il small gold locket that always rested
on her white neck.
You bear a striking resemblance to
a painting in the possession of the
Kemp family, even to the singular fash
ION OF your hairdressing."
she unclasped the chain and put it
VAN the suspended locket in Ralph's
hand 90 to The light and press the
spring" She said.
WHY it is the miniature of the
painting of which l spoke"
opposite the miniature is the name,
ED Kemp"
your mother?"
oh, no. My father was kidnapped
pr abandoned when w years old, and
left at the door of q poor farmer in
New Jersey. The farmer and his wife,
having no children, welcomed the
stranger and named him William Peck.
mis- locket suspended by a ribbon was
the only cleW to the child's identity.
The Pecks We're called to Florida to
take charge of an N grove, They
prospered and educated my father as
q physician. He early established
a good practice and married. My
mother died when l was born. l have
always thought my fathers real name
was Kemp"
After this conversation the court
ship progressed more rapidly. Finally
Adelaide Peck eloped with Ralph Nor
man, taking the locket as her dowry.
When yellow fever was raging In
Jacksonville in 1883 the county built
a pesthouse on a sand hill in the middle
of a swamp. There were about fifteen
later there was = military camp III the
Florida swamps, and Walter Kemp
was put on picket duty at the pest
house. At the foot of the hill were
hundreds of white boards Indicating
the graves of the victims of 1883.
The young soldier wandered through
he deserted buildings. At the head of
a cot with moldy, rotting clothes, i,e
found an inscription set in the wall,
ID. e. Crane, yellow fever suspect, died
August, 1888" With his penknife he re-
oved the tablet. There was a hollow,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-08

Colonel Bo~urbon-So your Eph stole
this ham from my smokehouse and
you've brought it back to me! Well,
for your honesty and to show my ap-
nreCiation. / now give you the ham.
Uncle Rastus-Much erbleged. Cum
mel much erbleged. but l don't want de
ham: It's spoilt!
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-08
Fertile Country Ruined.

The startling announcement thai the
soil of the famous black earth belt of
Russia has been exhausted by in
tudiclous cropping may we'll cause the
farmers of the United States to pause
and inquire if their own methods are
all that they should be. This black
SCI belt was considered, thirty years
ago, 20 be the richest agricultural Sec
ton Of Europe. 1t fed not only the
millionstof Russia, but furnished a very
large surplus for export. OF late years
short crop nave followed short crop,
until the people have been reduced to
a state Bordering on perpetual starva-
ton. At first the Russian authorities
claimed hat it was due to unusually
bad seasons, but now it is gradually
becoming apparent that the short crops
are the direct result OF soil exhaustion.
With no.care for the future, and With
no object in view but to secure the
most possible out Of the soil. the Rus
sian farmers have grown crop after
crop without fertilizers, until they have
reduced aNcountry as productive as the
most favored sections Of the MISSISSIPPI
pi valley to q barren plain, Verging on
sterility. No more striking object les
son could be given of the Importance
Of agricultural education. The Russian
government has neglected entirely to
educate its rural population and with
out the slightest knowledge of the
great laws OF nature the people have
almost ruined Of the richest farm
ing sections in the world. Fortunately
the United States government has talk
en- the opposite course and is spending
vast sums Of money in maintaining ag-
rlculturalS colleges and experiment sta
tons for the instruction of the people
in all matters pertaining to the culture
4 Of the soil.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-08

u Miss Whitaker, a prominent v
club woman of Savannah, Ga.
tells how she was entirely cured
OF ovarian troubles by the use
of Lydia E. PinkElam's Vegetable
Compound.
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Vegetable Compound as a Uterine
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What a blessing it is to be able ia
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Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
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EASY WHITAKER, 604 39th ST., W.
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above letter prouing geruinenes8 cannot be produced.
The testimonials which we
are constantly publishing from
grateful women prove beyond Ga
doubt the power of Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
to conquer female Diseases
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-08
Mean Man

Mrs. Needthekoyne-Did you ask
your employer for a raise?
Mr.. Needthekoyne-Yes, and he said
no. :
Mrs. Needthekoyne-Did you tell him
that you had grown gray in his SER
vice?
Mr.. Needthekoyne-Yes. and he gave
me this bottle of hair dye.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-08

er and club WOm-
an, writes: Il can
not say too much
in praise Of
Doan's i
Pills, for they eff
fected a complete
cure in a very
short time when
| was suffering
from kidney trou-
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-08
FROM MISERY TO HEALTH.

A Prominent Club Woman, of Kansas
City, Writes to Thank Doan's Kidney
Pills for a Quick Cure.
Miss Nellie Davis. of 1916 Michigan
avenue, Kansas City, Mo, society lead
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-08
The LEGAL F ad.

Down east" said the New Yorker, the
ladies' have a new fad. 1t is to carry u
cane
Out here" observed the kansan, "they
nave the same old fad OF raising it."-Bal-
iilnore American.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-08
it in his vest pocket"
Asked and Answered..

What is love?" asked the sweet girl
who was looking for a chance to leap.
Love-" replied the old bachelor, lis a
kind of insanity that max a man call a
%2O0-pound female his little turtle dove."-
Exchange.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-08

The bishop Of london has received a
subscription Of SIS from an undertaken
Who described the gift as a
offering because trade a Deeh SO
brisk of late"