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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-28
Didn't Know.

There are $3,0OO,OOO in the
Missouri treasury, and the fell
lows are trying to keep Joe
Folk away from the statehouse
so that they may get chance
at it.-Newsboy Gainesville
Ark.-If the brother had have
known mo:e he would said less.
1t happens, 1.-The fellows who
are trying to keep Joe Folk
away" are the fellows who
placed the 100000 there and
naturally wish to protect it.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-28

Thomas J. Yates announces
himself as a candidate for cleo
ton to the office of Collector of
Monroe County. We would
like to say something nice about
Tom Yates, but his many ster-
ling business and social quail
ties are so we'll known, that we
could really add nothing to
what he is known to be.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-28

front of him, with huge brace
lets on, reached this city and
descended from the train both
we're completely tired out. All
the way from Paris where DELPHI
was confined, to this city, the
insane boy fought like a tiger.
His face was lacerated, his
clothes in shreds and his feet
bare, he having kicked the
shoes and stockings from them
in his attempts to gain his lib
erty.
Sheriff Duly and his charge
started from Paris at $50 Sun
day afternoon. At Moberly,
where a brief stop-over was
made, DELPHI was locked up and
the Chilllcothe officer given a
chance to rest. DELPHI weighs
130 pounds and Mr.. Daily 100,
out had it not been for the as
sistauce of the passenger brake
man the Young man would have
| Jumped from the train. His
strength was superhuman.-
Moberly Democrat.
Mr. D-iph is the young man
arrested here for entering the
home of J S. Scot.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-28
is a tribute that man pays
especially to the tair sex;

A decent man does not lie to
other men, and to even be
accused of such d thing has
ever been considered an insult
that one was justified in wash
ing out in blood, but men have
no shame in lying to women.
On the contrary, popular
sentiment counts it unto a man
for cleverness and wit to be able
to make his wife or finance
believe that he is sitting
up with a sick friend when he is
in a poker game or that he is
toiling over his ledgers when
he is opening bottles for chorus
girls. st. Louis World.
An Insane Man
May DELPHI, worn, emaciated
and violently insane, was taken
to the st. Joseph asylum Mon,
day afternoon at $3.50 by Sheriff
Ed DAILY He was brought tc
Chillicothe Monday morning
from Paris by MIR. Daily, says
the Chillicothe Democrat.
When the officer and his priS
oner, with his hands crossed il
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-28
| |

The people are not to be trust
ed with the selection of dele
gates they should not be allow
ed to vote.-M. 9. News, Ala,
1904.
Who's OK has been gored?
The Monroe City News & Co.
did not below like bay steers,
when their committee usurpe d
power III Palmyra and left
nothing for new committee to
do. Nor did it va p
when the Marion county com
mittee acted upon the theory
that the people were not COM
petent to name the delegates to
represent them at Jefferson
City, so turned the job owe r
bodily to the nominee. Nit.
There is neither consistency
or logic in a single claim mad e
by the occupant of the "Govern-
ment Building" 1t is mere ly
balderdash and bader-sta te-
ments. And it's whole policy
in regard to its candidat e
smacks of the shell game
Heads, [ win; tails, you loose
The cry of The People y
when used by man with au ak
to grind is wearisome.
On Lying To Women.
The one thing in the world
that women yearr for most, and
! get least from men, is the
truth.
Man hatters woman, and he
scolds and blames her.
He cajoles her, and he jol lies
her, and occasionally he brow
beats her, but he seldom fdvors
her with absolute veraclty II
his dealings with her.
Whether men consider thai
the naked truth is too shocking
a spectacle for feminine eyes tc
behold, or not, no one can say
but certain it is that before a
man presents a fact to a woman
he has generally so adorned it
and embroidered it, and EN-
bellished 1t, and upholstered it
that it's own mother wouldn'
know it, and it would take al
excavating committee to get OF
the DISCUSSES and down to rea
ity.
! Strangely enough, too, lyinI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-28
NO WORKOUT RUBBER.
Owing to It's Money Value It IL
Worked Over.
From London Answers.


WORKOUT rubber, like worn-out silver. IL
something that does not exist in these
days. Ever since the advent of bicycles
and motor cars. both OF which drew heav-
lily on the worlds rubber supply and ever
since the hundred and one uses to which
rubber is put in connection with electric
ity. the material has become more and
more scarce and valuable, so that even the
old rubber shoe and the worn-out rubber
boot may throw out their chests in pride
at being worth really something Nothing
containing rubber is discarded nowadays.
The old rubber coat over which the spring
tires OF motor car NAV run on a country
road today may some day find nesting
place In the soft tresses Of a woman's
hair, after having BEEN transformed into
handsome comb.
Even vulcanized rubber which, owing to
the sulphuric process to which ii was sub
jected, was formerly valueless, is now
1t and makes 1t At to be worked up again
for the purposes of the manufacturer. I'M
mense quantities of this product, which
formerly was assigned to a rubbish heap,
are now treated and admixed with a GER
tain percentage Of new gum, enough to
cheaper the price of most rubber goods
turned out by the manufacturers today
Old rubber, however, can be used by itself
without any addition of fresh gum. the
process OF treatment being a simple one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-28
OYSTER FARMING IN VIRGINIA.
Natural and Artificial Beds in Chesa-
peake Bay.

From the Country Gentleman.
In eastern Virginia there are several
thousand acres OF oyster farms where
oysters are raised by artificial methods on
artihcial beds. The natural oyster bed
Is where the oyster breeds and natures
naturally. There are thousands of acres
OF such beds In the Chesapeake bay system
OF salt water In such beds the oysters
breed by the millions, and as they are too
close together there they cannot all reach
satisfactory growth. II taken when small
from these natural beds" and strewn
along on the bottoms. where there are no
oysters naturally. at the rate of GOO to 1000
bushels per acre, such young oysters ma
ture and ripen off for the market some In
one and the rest in two years.
There is profit In such work, when in
telligently managed. OF % to ;3la per cent.
Probably more than 600 acres of "arti-
hcfaF' oyster beds are made to grow an
oyster crop. in addition to the acrea &c en-
braced in the natural" beds The area OF
artlf1ciaf beds Is increa sing RAPIDLY each
year.
One singular feature about the oyster Is
this: They all look exactly alike. there be-
ing no difference between the male ana
female externally or internally; In fact. the
art OF man is not sufficient to distinguish
one sex from another. Another unique fea-
ture is THIS: The male oyster lays as
many eggs as the female--"equal rights"
we perceive. The eggs of the male are
called "milt," and the eggs of the female
are called spawn An ordinary full-grown
oyster is supposed to lay a million eggs a
year In spawning season the water is full
of these eggs, and when the ''milt' and
spawn come in contact and the water Is
at the right temperature, life is impaired
TO the microscopic egg, and 1t drops to the
bottom. where. IL 1t succeeds in grasping
hold of something. such as another oyster
or shell, or rock or anything to hang on
to. the tiny creature begins to form its
shell, and in few weeks becomes visible
to the eye.
The oyster farmers are harvesting the
crop at present. While the greater portion
of the United States is under snow and in
the grasp of winter. our oyster farmers are
busy harvesting their crop which requires
no fertilizer, food or fencing, and costs
only for the seed, the sowing and the har-
vesting, and which pays a good dividend
on the investment. From 1000 to IL 900
hands are engaged in the oyster work In
eastern Virginia. 1t is an odd sort of
farming, and the oyster farmers in winter
become corn farmers in summer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-28
GEN. MILES ON PATRIOTISM.
Letter Addressed to Democratic Club In
Grand Rapids, Mich.

A letter of Gen. Nelson A. Miles was to
have been read at the banquet of the demo-
cratic club at Grand Rapids, Mich, this
evening, but on account of the floods the
affair has been postponed. After express
ing regret that owing to serious illness In
his family he would be unable to accept the
invitation he says:
Having been invited to speak on the SUBJ
ject of patriotism, l should reply, were
there, that patriotism comes nearest the
heart of every true citizen of our republic.
1t is especially fitting to give 1t serious con-
sideration at this time when we are men
aced by serious evils-when we are APP
preaching an important crisis In our politi-
cal history and the veal or woe of this re-
public will depend upon the Intelligence ana
patriotism Of the sovereign voters Ineir
action during the important event or the
coming autumn will bless or seriously en-
barrass the future of this country. In fact,
the perpetuity of our democratic govern.
ment depends, not upon the presence OF
great armies the will OF a despot or the
dictation of any ruler, but entirely upon
the patriotism OF our citizens.
I'VE have come to look upon liberty as
one of the natural elements OF our exist
ence. We give it as little concern as II
our ancestors were never compelled TO
fight or die for 1t, or as II there could be
no possibility of ourselves or our cnli-
dren being deprived of Its blessings. so
ment and so beneficent are our political
advantages that we little comprehend the
necessity for great sacrifices and heroic
acts. We scarcely realize that little
more than a century ago the great mass
of the human family were serfs, slaves or
abject subjects of some deSp0tic power.
'sNaught but universal intelligence. integ-
rity and patriotism will continue to main
tain those institutions vouchsafed to us
by the fathers. Take warning betimes!
Guard with sacred care that which was
priceless to our fathers and is so to us and
our children.
Il cannot better define patriotism than
by bringing the illustration home to every
citizen. You have the opportunity during
the coming autumn of benehting your
country by your indiv dual acts or marring
its prosperity by Indifference or disregard
of it's true interests.
'1t is the men who exercise the power
of citizenship that are responsible for hon
esty and efficiency in our public affairs.
The first requisitesto good government Is
universal intelligence and patriotic, earnest
devotion to the welfare of our country.
This republic must continue in its march
of progress or 1t must lapse into decay by
the acts of apathy of its own citizens.
There is a sacred duty devolving upon
every citizen. You can have just as good
or just as bad a government as you will,
be it municipal state or n1tonal, and our
only hope rests in true, patriotic devotion
to the principles Of our government"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-28
WILL SAIL TOMORROW
EVERYTHING READY FOR GOING
IsTHMIAN COMMISSION.
It is Thought That Members May Be
Away Six Weeks-New Quar-
tiers Obtained.

All is in readiness for the departure to-
morrow of the Panama canal commission,
and the medical and sanitary experts who
will accompany the commission on its trip
to the isthmus. Admiral Walker left Wash
ington yesterday for New York, Gen. Davis
and Mr.. Grunsky were to have gone today,
and the other four members will join the
party at the pier. The commission will
sail on the Alliance of the Panama Rail-
way and Steamship line. 1t is at present
contemplated that the commission will
spend week on the way to the isthmus,
four weeks on the ground and week in
returning or six weeks in all. This may be
heightened. provided all does not run
smoothly in Paris concerning the transfer
of title and other details incident to the &C
QUESTION by the United States.
New quarters have been obtained for the
commission in The Evening Star building,
the commission, will be in charge of it's af-
fairs In this city. Mr.. Redfern will also
act as secretary, and said this morning
that the new headquarters would be estab-
and he can get an opportunity to move. No
permanent secretary has been appointed,
and the commission is sadly in need of a
chief clerk, Mr.. Redfern now endeavoring
to fill all three positions.
With the commission will go Col. w. C.
Gorgas, Md, u. s. A.; DR.. R. G. Ross, Dr.
La Garde. Capt Gillette of the Corps of
Engineers and two clerks and stenogra-
piers.
In discussing the trip, Admiral Walker
said:
1t is impossible to say how long we will
be on the .sthmus. but think that four
weeks will certainly be required to look
over the ground thoroughly. When we re-
turn 1t is quite probable that General Davis
will not be with us, for the plan is to leave
him In charge Of things on the strip. We
shall use the railroad on the inspection trip,
though the party will undoubtedly walk
over much Of the ground"
The question of health is by far the most
important with which the commission will
have to deal. Approximately 10000 laborers
will be employed on the work of digging
the canal, and it is no small matter to keep
an army of this size in good health. The
fevers and other tropical ailments are to be
eontended with to say nothing of the ever
present and ever persistent mosquito.
which, according to the experts, is several
sizes larger than the New Jersey species.
Practically no work will be done until after
the commission has returned to Washing
ton and perfected its plans of operation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-28
MAI. CARRINGTON RELIEVED.
Will Be Given Opportunity to Explain
Some Alleged Irregularities.

Capt. William H. Johnston, 10th Infantry,
temporarily on duty at headquarters of the
department of the east, has been ordered to
assume command of the battalion of Phil
ippine scouts now on it's way from San
Francisco to ST. Louis to attend the Louis
lana purchase exposition. Maj. Frank de
L. Darlington, 10th Infantry, who has had
command of the battalion sir e its organi-
cation at Manila, will be relieved by Capt
Johnston at st. Louis and will he given an
opportunity to explain certain alleged irreg-
ular transactions In connection with the
purchase of material for the Philippine
exhibit. 1t was at first intended to have
Mai Darlington start back for Manila at
once from San francisco, but this plan
was changed on representations that the
matters in dispute could probably be
Strengthened out by Maj. Darlington at st.
Louis just as well.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-28
Was the Heaviest Man In England.

From the London Express.
The death was announced at Dover yes
terday Of Thomas Longiey. whose chief
title to fame was that he was the latest
man in this country. He even secured the
recognition of royalty and In the Jubilee
year received a message from Queen Vic
toria ''congra tulating her heaviest subject
upon his good health" He weighed about
46 stone. and was over feet in height, and
measured II inches around the chest, So
inches around the waist and % inches
aroun the calf He was IS years old. Mr..
Longley was the proprietor Of the Star Inn
at Dover, and UP to the time OF his death
took an active interest In the affairs of the
town. Until the last year or two he was a
frequent visitor to London. On these occa-
sions he travelled In a special railway car
rage, and In going about town he rode in a
furniture van, no ordinary vehicle being
adequate to accommodate his enormous
weight His death was due to cancer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-28
The Hepburn-Dolliver Bill.

The House committee on the judiciary
has authorized a favorable report on the
Hepburn-Dolliver bill granting the states
police power over Original packages of
Intoxicating liquor coming into their Dor
ders as interstate commerce. The decision
of the committee was reached without a
roll call. An amendment was adopted stip-
ulating that the bill should not apply to
persons receiving interstate shipments of
liquor for their own personal use. This
amendment was offered by Representative
Brantley of Georgia. Hearings on the bill
have been held for the past six weeks, and
considerable opposition had developed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-28
Alleges Breach Of Promise.

Proceedings at law to recover damages in
the sum Of $4,000 for alleged breach Of
pre- mise were instituted today by Nellie
Lanigan against VIM. G. Dentner. Miss
Lanigan charges that in or about the
month of July, 1900. at the request OF Mr.
Dentner. she promised to marry him and
he promised to marry her. She adds that
he has wiIlfully deserted and abandoned
her and refuses to keep his promise. At
torney E. s. Maloney represents the plain
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-28
Gen. Kuropatkin Misquoted.

Count Cassini, the Russian ambassador,
speaking of the different statements. at
tributed to General Kuropatkin, in which
the general is made to say that Russia will
seize Korea and that peace terms will be
signed at Tokyo and nowhere else, said:
General Kuropatkin never made any
such statements as are reported. I know
him personally, and know the character of
the man. He would not talk on such i'm
portant matters. as he Is made to appear
to have done, and beside Russian General
occupying SO high a position "a not
discuss such matters publicly or in un-
official quarters. Such statements can
only be given for the purpose of arousing
and creating a prejudice in the United
States and elsewhere against Russia"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-28

Virginia Postmasters Appointed.
The following Virginia fourth-class post
masters have been appointed:
Holston Bridge. May A. Henderson; Mel
tia, James H. Se1s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-28
Opens Grave to See Parent.

A dispatch from Hagerstown. Md. says:
Five hours after the burial OF Mrs. Hem
rietta Clary Of Smithsburg one son. Nathan
lei. whose home is in Chicago. arrived to
attend the funeral.
When he learned that his mother was all
ready buried he became unconsolable. say
Ing that he must see his parent for the last
time In order to assuage his grief the
body was disinterred that the son might
look upon his dead mothers faces
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-28
Mr.. Burton Harrison Critically Ill.

Burton Harrison, who, with his wife,
Mrs. Burton Harrison. the authoress has
winter residence in this city. is crfti-
cally i'll of heart disease. and it Is feared
may die At any time. His condition had
not been serious until Friday, when DR..
Janeway of New York was called to his
bedside The doctor returned to New York
almost Immediately after making an in
vestigation of the patients condition,
saying there was no hope for Mr.. Harri-
sons recovery.
Representative Francis Burton Harri-
son is a son of the sick man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-28
The Ever Womanly.
From the New York World.

Even in these days of campaign booms
and pension usurpations the newspapers
would lose much interest but for the MANY
forms of activity of the Ever womanIy.
Hoboken teachers contribute $3.50 to help
one of their number fight a mean old board
OF education. The chief owner of New
York's most famous restaurant a woman.
has just died. Her successor Is a woman
also. A colored girl is to be valedictorian
in the Plainfield, N J.. High School. The
wife Of Russian officer accused of selling
military secrets to the Japs pleads for his
life with the empress. Mrs. johnson of
New York smashes her installment plan
piano with an ak rather than have It
taken away. She had paid $3.50 on it and
perhaps got her moneys worth of satisfac-
ton.
The Bohemia Guides Association, fur
nishes young ladies to show the sights OF
New York to strangers; and the guide who
took charge of the World reporters edu-
cation gives very conservative and
woman goes cunning for lobbyist in
Albany, with disappointing aim. Mrs.
MOrey-Hobby of C0ney Island defends her
house against city marshal with broad
sword. Fifteen-year-oid Florence Baker OF
Plainfield. n j.. takes husband and dis
appears. Women students of the Normal
College make their mates the victims of
cruel Joke by sending their parents
forged notes signed by '.the faculty. and
complaining of poor work. Mrs. Emma
Games. mother of famous singer, Is sum-
moned to court for maintaining singing
school which is the source of prolonged.
unseemly. discordant. loud. piercing and
penetrating noises that slay repose. In
London Queen Alexandra eats nine-cent
luncheon with working girls. good
luncheon It Is. too.
Singly, women do wonderful things. Or
ganized, they fight Mormonism In WASH
ington, plan club houses IN New York, sue
cessfully attack child labor in New Jersey.
Who does not reckon with the sex does
not know what the world is doing and will
do.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-28
Two Die In a Hotel Fire.

A dispatch from Quincy. ILL.,. says: Fire
Sunday in the Hotel Newcomb resulted in
the death of Rose Mcdonald and Antoinette
Broniski two employees of the house.
Rose Mcdonald. formerly an actress and
recently from Chicago. was suffocated In
her room and her body was afterward
found badly burned. Antoinette Broniski. q
waitress, was pinned In by the flames and
compelled to jump from a third-story win
dow Her skull was crushed on the brick
pavement and she died an hour later.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-28
Bills for Opening Streets.

the committee on the District of Columbia
has been discharged from the further con-
sideration of Senate bill 1886. for the OPEN
ing of r street northeast to 2Sth street, and
18th street northeast from r street to NJ
street. The bills were referred to the COM
mittee on appropriations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-28
British Military Preparations.

A dispatch from Victoria. B. c., says: Rush
work is being done on the British fortifica-
lions at Esauimah. The new fort on Signal
Hill. commanding the entrance to the har-
.bor. is being pushed forward with all ex-
petition. Two large o 2 guns are to mount
ed and placed by September. AS soon as
these have been installed 1t Is reported
that steps will at once be taken to install
one of the new steel and wire guns recent
ly purchased by the British authorities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-28
"vitcheso Have No Monopoly.

From the Mexican Herald
The fun poked at Russian names is rather
provincial. Many English proper names
must seem quite as odd and mtrth provok-
ing to the Russians as theirs do to US. No
Russian would write .-Choimondeley' and
pronounce 1t "Cbumley." or "Beauchamp"
and call 1t .Beechem." And what would
Russian of cultivation say TO the Virginia
family "Enroughty." who pronounce n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-28
Hand Bags. SIC.

From one of the best known manufactur-
ers of Leather Goods in this country we
have closed out fine lot of Leather Hand
Bags to sell at almost half price. Just in
time for the Easter demand. Large size
latest shape, finished with stitched handle
and large knob frame. Each lag fitted with
card case and purse to ,nhtsli.
Choice of black, tan and brown.
Tomorrow at SIC.