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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-07
Brother Dickey's Sayings.

Trouble raises a mighty big
dust IN de middle er de road,
but it never touches de man dat
reached the hilltop airly in de
ma wnin'.
Hopin' fer better times don't
make 'em. It's work dat counts
a hundred whilst you countin'
de time err day.
Take all de GROWERS out er
de worl', an mighty few people
would stop long enough ter
thank God dey wuz happy
Atlanta Constitution.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-07
Editor With Common Sense.

Up in North Missouri recent.
~ the merchants of small
town began kicking because an
editor carried the lads" of sew
eral city stores in his paper.
Although the merchants did
little advertising themselves.
they called the edlIor a traitor
to his town.
In reply the editor said: lyon
have goods for sale; l have ad-
yer Using space for sale. You
sell to whoever you want; Sc
shall I. If you want my goods
come and get them. IT you
don't want them don't complain
because I sell them elsewhere. ,
Was he right or wrong?-
Boon eville Republican.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-07
An Error In Diagnosis.

Stories of railroad accidents
were being at Rock Springs.
Joseph Knichel, a well-known
physician and surgeon, said
In 4 certain collision one
of the victims lay for a long
time on his back across the ties.
Finally two men picked him
mp, carried him to the station
and placed him on the floor.
He'll lie easier here, they
said, till the doctor comes,
The doctor came a little lat
err,
This poor chap is done for
I'm afraid, he said, glanceing
at the PROSTATE victim. Then
he knelt down, lifted one of the
mans closed eyelids, and peer
ed into dull, blank, uuseeing,
lifeless eye.
Eyes he's dead all right.
Take him away, said the doctor
But the pale lips of the injured
man moved slightly, and a
feeble voice murmured: That
was my glass eye, you fool.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-07

Paul Morton, the new sec.
rotary of the navy, was brough,
mp on on the plains of low a and
Nebraska. The only war yes.
sci he ever saw was the brick
bdttleship Illinois at the Chi
.cago exposition. Probd he
can quickly learn how to splice
the main brace, however.-Q. H.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-07
NATURES OWN CURE
HyoInei Cures Catarrh Without Danger
Gus DruggiHg of the Stomach.

Not until HyOmei was discov.
cred has it oeen possible to
truthfully say that a remedy
for catarrb was known.
This remehy Is breathed thro'
the Hyomei inhaler for few
minutes four times a day, aud
during that time every particle
of air taken into the air pass
ages and lungs is impregnated
with the germ killing and health
giving Hyomei. 1t is the only
treatment that cures catarrh.
Stamach druggine often caus
es disordered digestion or brings
on some other iseases and never
makes permanent cure of ca
tarrh. Hyomei not only kills
the germs in the throat and
nose but penetrates to the mi
nutest air cells in the lungs and
enters the blood with the oxy-
gen, killing the germs in the
blood. 1t frees the mucuos men,
brane from :polsonous microbes
and gives perfect health.
A Complete outfit costs but 81
and includes an inhaler, drop
per and sufficient Hyomei for
several weeks treatment.
Wood Bros have so much faith
in the merit of Hyomei that
they agree to return the mouey
to any purchaser who may be
dissatisfied.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-07
Tangled in Stars. "

A beautiful sonnet with the
above title-ot itself beautiful
lis going the newspaper
rounds. 1t is by Ethelwyn
Wetherald, and voices in lyric
flow the feelings of many a toll.
er in the worlds Vineyard
eta ngled in staIs and spirit
stepped in dew
The city worker to his desk
returns,
While mid the stony streets
remembrance burns,
Like huney suckle running
through and through
A barren hedge He lifts his
load anew.
Aud carries it amid the
thronging ferns
And crowding leaves of mem
DRY. while yearns
Above him once again the open
blue.
His letter,littered desk goes
up in flowers;
The world recedes and back
wards dreamily
Come days and nights like jew
els rare and few,
And while the consciousness of
those bright hours
Abides with him. we know
him vet 70 h"
Tangled it, Stars and spirit
stepped in dew!'
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-07
A Matchmaker.

Joaquin Miller, the poet, has
a collection of origional docu-
ments that shed a light on
many add phases of early West
ern life.
Among these documents is a
letter that New England
youth wrote In 1860 from Oregon
to his father The letterEtreats
at great length of the scarcity
Of women in the West, and of
the general desire to marry that
prevailed among the Westerners
of that day. 1t has :for post
script: Say, pap, it might be
4 good idea to get the girls
some new teeth and send them
out here.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-07
Missouri Delegates to National COnVentit n


National Committeeman -
Will A. Rothwell.
Delegates at Large-Senat, r
William j. Stone. Governor A.
M Dockery, Congressman Champ
Clark, Congressman David De.
Almond.
District delegates chosen:
F rst-R. A. McDearmott of
| Clark county and r M Miller of
Adair county.
Secoud-B B Gill, Livingston
and T N Bresnahau, Linn.
! Third-R G Yates, Gallatin;
1 j Mead, Lathrop. --
Fourth-W D Rusk, ST. Joseph
John S Billy, Nodaway.
Fifth-Frank P Walsh and
James B MCGOWAN, Kansas City
Sixtb-S W Dooley, Bates
county; Harvey W Salmon,
Henri.
SEVENTH ] Fulkerson, La
fayette; John T Heard, Pettis.
Eighth-H II Lee, Boone; W
S Alice, Miller.
Ninth-D A Ball, Pike; G E
Afford. Rails.
Tenth-George J Tansy and
A G Steuver both of st. Louis
Eleventh. r Fitzgibbons
and Harry B Halves both OF
st. Louis.
TWELFTH ] Butler and E E
Guion both of St. Louis.
Thirteenth-W r Edgar, Iron
j H Maligun, st. Francois.
Fourteenth-R P Tribble and
W D Vandiver, Cape Girardeau
Fifteenth-E N carp, Barton;
l. G Chenowith, Jasper.
Sixteenth-A H Clark, L..
clede; P L lyles, Shannon.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-07
CharcOaIs.

The Shelbina dusky sons ol
Africa and Monroe brethren
crossed bats at the Owen pas
ture near the city limits Thurs
day afternoon. 1t was a pretty
fair game. Following is the
score by innings:
12 3 As SO
Shelbina 000l 40 6
Monroe l 6 001O* II
Batteries: Robson, Robson
and Davis. White, Smith and
White. Left on bases Shelbins
3; Monroe IL. Struck out by
Smith IA by Robson z.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-07

The following glimpses of a
country editors experience,
GOV ering So years, are from a
long article by B. r. Bissell in
Abb on (Mich. Recorder:
1 have seen my town grow
from 1000 to 5000 and done all 1
could to make it grow, doomed
every enterprise, given young
married people good sendoff,
written eulogies of the dead, had
good words for the church, the
college and everybody, with
scarcely even thank you.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-07
Are You Going to the Worlds Fair.

Keudrick & Estes, Managers
OF the Equitable Life, st. Louis
have opened Bureau of Infor-
nation for the accommodation
of Equitable policy holders and
friends who intend visiting the
Worlds Fair. To all such who
desire any information with ref
erence to the Worlds Fair, or
who wish to reserve accommoda
tions, or-get rates, write and
the information will be furnish
ed you free of charge. Address
as above. If
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-07

S. I'll. Elzea and Mrs. John L.
Evans went to Hannibal Thurs.
dav to visit their wife and moth
er. They thought 1t more than
probable that they would be
able to bring Mrs. Elzea home
this week from the hospita
where she.has been for several
weeks.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-07

The Braymer Comet tells edi-
tors that the country is flooded
with spurious 800 bills. He
might have saved that space as
all editors are experts on mon
ey especially bills from 800 to
$40, 900 denomination.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-07

Arrayed against Sam B: Cook
in Buchanan county andfighting
him teeth and toe-nail down to
the last ditch were the Folk
club, the influence, presence and
speeches of Joe Folk and Pants
Vandiver, G. W. Sees famous
$atchel, CONGRESSMAN Cochran
whose nomination for Congress
depended upon his delivering
Buchanan:to Jim Todd, and the
defeated county candidates who
charged their undoing to the
"machine. But Sam licked
the whole bunch and did it
thoroughly. Verify, it was a
famous victory.-Ce ntralia
Courier.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-07
Figs and ThistIes.

From The RAMS Horn.
Self searching will cure self
seeking.
The soul is the secret of civ
ilization.
The dutiful are seldom the
doubling.
They who defer decision incur
death.
Sin sears over the senses of
the soul.
There are no sbipwrecks in
the puddle.
Fanaticism is the greatest foe
of faith.
Character is fashioned by
Christening.
The law consumes where 1t
cannot refine.
God puts out no light because
it is little.
The hope of the world is in
that to which our hearts turn IN
sorrow.
There is no value In your grist
of knowledge unless you can
grind it.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-07
STAYS Ia Washington.

Congressman Cowherds is one
the few representatives at
Washington who does not have
TO come home to get nominal
ed.-Odessa Democrat.
What a contrast with the &C
tions of Pants Vandiver.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-07
who'd a thunk it?"

who'd a thunk it?" At the
Joplin convention James A
Reed of Kansas City, was the
hero of the day. When his
name was mentioned by Roth
we'll for temporary chairman,
the only real spontaneous en-
thusiasm and wild cheering of
the day occurred. His address
was spoken of as an "oratorical
gem" Think what you will of
James A. Reed, his is a master
mind and he is a true leader of
men, one that does not stoop to
cheap clap trap, but stands
squarly and strikes straight at
foe.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-07

Mrs. S. E. Rails, of the City
of Flowers has been visiting
her daughter, Mrs. D. r. Camp
bell.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-07

L 9. Sparks and wife OF
Shelbina, spent Thursday in the
city with friends.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-07

Miss Luticla Little left Fri
day for a visit with Bluff CITY
friends.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-07
Jasper Henderson was a
Bluff City visitor Thursday.

DR.. Hornback, Oculist and
Aurist, Hannibal, Mo.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-07
Private Sale

Private Sale
OF household goods. Call at
residence between z and 8 p. m.
J. @. & EARL REID.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-07
Rural Route Report.

International Stock Food,
I will sell 100 lbs. for $14 and
throw in 20 lbs. extra.
w. B. SPALDIEG. z
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-07

Bring or telephone news items
to the DEMOCRAT.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-09-15
Gold For Japan.

A Japanese newspaper says: "When
Iyeyasu captured the Osaka castle from
Hideyori and Lady Yodo he found
there 300 ingots of gold having value
of 100000 In the currency of the pres
ent day. This gold he bequeathed to
his second son Yoshinao, the first of
the Dwarf feudal chiefs, with the IN
junction that 1t should be kept for use
in any national emergency. The pres
ept head OF the Dwarf family, Marquis
Girei, considering that the time is
come to employ the money, recently
repaired to the tomb Of Yoshinao and
solmenly intimated to the spirit of the
dead that the gold was about to be
employed for national purposes in ac-
eordance with the will of the family's
illustrious ancestor, Iyeyasu. There
after the marquis handed over the
money to the treasury"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-09-15
An Amused Queen.

At children's party at Buckingham
palace the other day little incident
occurred which furnished Queen Alex
andra, who Is very fond of children,
with considerable amusement. One of
the small people present three-year-
old son of Lady Lurgan's, has pas
sion for soldiers and was showing his
appreciation for the scarlet colored
military bandsmen who were playing
in the garden by picking daisies and
presenting them. Presently the queen
chanced to pass by and graclously
asked the small boy to give her dal-
sy. The youngster looked her majesty
over and compared her quiet gown
with the gay uniform he admired, then
firmly replied, mo; grass for you,"
and handed the queen n tiny handful
OF grass
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-09-15
Cape Gods New obeIisl.

The landing Of the pilgrim fathers
at Provincetown is to be commemorate
ed by monument 25O feet high on
High Pole hill, which is In the center
OF the old Cape Cod town. The May
flower compact, the first declaration of
civil rights on this continent and the
forerunner of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence, was drawn up there on Nov
IL (Nov. 81, new style). The obelisk is
to be erected by the Cape Cod Pilgrim
Memorial association, which has raised
about $4,000. The town has been au-
thorized by the legislature to con-
tribute $4,000, and the state will du-
plicate any amount which reaches $685.
000. One hundred thousand dollars
will be necessary to build the monu-
ment Of rough stone to the requisite
height. The monument when complet-
ed can be seen from any town on Cape
God and will be visible far out at sea.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-09-15
the paper has to be thoroughly soaked

the paper has to be thoroughly soaked
in water. While II IL In this soaked
condition one side of the paper is
printed. The sheet Is then placed in a
steam room and kept under a high tenn
perature for thirty days. the time nee
essary for the ink to dry. The sheet
Is again soaked as I'm the first instance
and the reverse side of the bill printed.
The thirty day drying process then has
to be repeated. In cases where third
impression on the bill is necessary,
which is required when the printing
Is done In two colors. the wetting and
drying process has to be repeated for
q third time, and another month Is thus
consumed In its production. Besides
the delay of this process the wetting
and drying rot the fiber of the paper.
and, although it Is 'starched" to give
1t the crisp appearance, the starch soon
wears out and the bill becomes limp
and worn. In printing bills ON paper
that has been treated by the new proc
ess no wetting Is necessary. The ink
loses none of its luster when applied
to the paper, as under the old process,
and is thoroughly dry within forty
eight hours after the printing is done
Geyer's Stationer.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-09-15

The latest novelty In watches has
Just been completed by matchmaker
In Paris, who has made set Of three
gold shirt studs, In one Of which is a
watch that keeps excellent time. the
dial being about three -eighths Of an
inch in diameter.
The studs are connected by strip
Of silver inside the shirt. The watch
contained in the middle one is wound
by the turning Of the stud above, and
the hands are set by turning the stud
below. The most striking thing about
the minute machine Is that 1t works
with a pendulum like clock, and the
pendulum will act with ease and &C
curacy in whatever position the time
piece is placed, even II 1t be upside
down.-Boston Herald.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-09-15
l. Observation-Disclosures a
! CUPID AND THE :
; COMET J
= BY ANNA S. RICHARDSON :
Copyright, 1913, by T. C. Mcclure
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

1t had been bad enough, said the
cowboys, to have Buena Vista county
turned into a rendezvous for invallds IN
various stages of hay fever, bronchltls
and consumption. 1t was an outrage
to have ones favorite barroom remod-
eled into sanitarium, but it was heap
ing insult upon injury to have twen-
ty-five horsepower French racer fash
ing over roads-and good roads, too
long sacred to the festive COW pony.
With Harvey Thatcher, owner OF
said racer, the good roads surrounding
Fort Norton, the county seat of Buena
Vista county, had been the main at
traction. When his physicians had or
dered Colorado air, Thatcher had stip-
ulated that section of eastern Colora-
do where the roads would permit him
to break the already brilliant record of
the Comet And so it happened that
he and his machine, his valet and his
chauffeur, were thorns in the flesh of
the cowboy element, even as the latter
had worried the respectable faction
among the early citizens of Fort Nor
ton.
The cowboys had barely become ae-
customed to the presence Of the Comet
In their midst and had decided that it
might prove dangerous to shoot up a
gasoline engine when there arose fresh
cause for dissatisfaction. Nan Bearce
took to riding in the Comet. And Nan
was the prettiest girl in Buena Vista
county, or all the adjoining counties,
for that matter She had been the
toast of every camp on the range, the
belle at every ball, the queen of every
county fair tournament in which the
cowboys had fought for honors after
their own peculiar fashion. Her IA
vors had been evenly distributed, and
her devotion had gone to her worth
less father, who ran the one shoe shop
of which Fort Norton could boast. A
dilapidated, evil smelling den he kept
at the end of the street leading north
from the postofiice, but the three rooms
behind the shop were as fresh and
sweet as Mans stout arms and sun
shiny nature could keep them.
There were men, dozens of them, in
Buena Vista county who would have
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-09-15

A writer in Forest and Stream, tell
ing of his view Of the crater OF Mount
Etna, says: threw myself fat upon
the ground with my head over the rim
and took a look down into what the
Sicilians call the mouth of hell. A
vast column of steam was shooting up
into the heavens. This was 50 impreg-
mated with sulphurous fumes that was
obliged to keep several thicknesses Of
my shawl over my mouth and nose to
prevent strangulation. Occasionally q
blast of wind would drive back the
steam, allowing me to see far down
into this horrid inferno. The crater
itself is three miles in circumference.
The inner side of the rim was varie-
gated with colors of red, orange and
yellow from the sulphur fumes. A NIL
ton or a Dante could not do justice to
the terrific grandeur of the scene. Ac-
cording to the ancient Greeks and
Romans, this is the workshop OF Vul-
can, where he forges his thunderbolts
for Jove. I could not see the old fellow,
but the rumbling sound heard far
down In those black depths must have
been he grumbling at his work.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-09-15

Talking Of figures-the interesting
kind of figures-will somebody explain
the true inwardness Of obesity? Are
people fated to be fat regardless Of
the quality or quantity of the food they
consume? The late Lord Salisbury in
his final years was a giant In girth as
in other respects among his 80 called
peers. His son. Lord Hugh Cecil, is
the lankiest member Of parliament.
"Ah, so was at his age" said his ia
ther TO friend shortly Derore his
death. Then must Lord Hugh also,
who often lunches on no more than Il
biscuit, 60 the way to all flesh? This
is not a party question. Sir William
Harcourt is the most weighty member
Of parliament-in body as well as In
character His son, Mr.. Lulu Har-
court, is, like the son of the late Tory
premier, as thin as rail, which is ex-
actly what his illuminating father was
at that age Other instances might
be named of young politicians who.
with parental precedents before them,
are In trouble about their bodies rather
than their souls.-London Chronicle.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-09-15
THROWING THE DICr.
The Ancient Germans Were Furious
Gamblers nt This Game.


Gamblers at This Game.
The invention Of dice has been or old
ascribed to Palamedes, the son of
NaupliuS, king OF Euboea, about 1244
Is. c., and also to Greek soldier nam
ed Alea, which Is the Latin for a die,
but Herodotus assigns both dice and
chess to the Lydians.
The ancient Germans would gamble
away at dice all that they were worth
and then their liberty submitting to
slavery If they lost, and the Saxons,
Danes and Normans were all addicted
to the game. Fox Talbot ID OF opin-
ion that the Latins invented, II not
the game, at least the name for the
single point, which they called unus.
The Germanlc races, adopting this
practice from the Greeks, translated
the Greek corruption Of unus into ass,
which has now become ace. The root
Of this word lies In the Latin ms, the
monetary unit.
John Of Salisbury In the twelfth
century mentions ten different uses OF
the dice. Stow mentions two enter
tainments given by the city Of London
at which dice were In evidence.-Lon-
don Telegraph.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-09-15
HORSES AND HORSEMEN,

KNAPP Mccarthy worked old Palm
Leaf, 2:10h, in 2:131a at the Indianapo-
lis track recently.
William Almin Of Springfield, o., has
Hazelwood Hal, 2:15. by Hal billiard.
2:O4A, and six others in his stable.
L. Z. Schooley of Port Dover, Ont.
will race the PAGER ]. b. f., 2:18A, and
several green prospects this summer.
George Mcpherson of Montreal Is
racing the Chamber Of Commerce can
didate, Angus Pointer, on the Canadian
circuit.
w. Il. Harrison Is at the Indianapolis
vs--efe, ns1z5x, " v51dft,
and several head Of green horses by
Conrad, a son OF Electioneer.
H. Nj. Reaves Of Athens, Ga, will
race Gold Call, 2:11A, and a four-year-
old green trotter by Grattan on the
great western circuit this summer.
Z. d. Bedford Of Brooklyn recently
purchased from Hugh Milan of Read
vile, Mass, q yearling colt by Directum
Miller, 2:0Sh, dam Staretta, by Sweep
stakes.
DIR. Strong, 2:091d, stepped the last
half of work out mile over the Tole-
do half mile track In 1:051z. His first
start will be in the 200 trot at the Co
lumbus early meeting.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-09-15
what We Find In old schoolbooks

Along with the writing in old school
books there is more or less drawing.
The very early books sometimes have
fly leaf sketches Of Indians and log
houses. The later books, says Leslie's
Monthly, have houses Of more modern
sort, and you find rude drawings Of
steamboats,, horses, birds, flowers, faces
and the like Often penny or other
coin was slipped under the fly leaf and
the surface Of the paper covering the
coin was rubbed with a piece of lead
from the schoolboy's pocket or the
blunt end of pencil.
The children had numerous methods
for defacing their schoolbooks, and
they also had certain devices for keep
ing them in good order. Many Of the
older books are protected by an outer
cover Of sheepskin neatly folded in at
the edges and sewed in place with
homespun tow. After 1925 this outer
covering was apt to be calico, and
sometimes there were tie strings at
tached to the sides. The girls were nd
dicted to the use of thumb paper"
folded and slipped In where the thumb
rested when the book was in use.