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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-01-21
he Dreamed.

/ A Republican politician OF
GAINESVILLE one night dreamed
that he died and passed on his
journey to another world. At
first there was but a single road
but after a long distance it fork
ed, and sta nding as a sort of
guide board, was an angel who
inquired the name of the trav-
eler and upon receiving this in
formation, the angel consulted
his directory add finding divers
black marks and memoranda,
bade the pilgrim take the left
hand road. After travelling
some distance the politician ar
rived at the abode of his satanic
majesty, who while according
to him a royal welcome, apollo
getically remarked that he had
arrived a little sooner than ex-
pected, therefore would he 10 ok
about the diggiugs for a season
whilst his apartments were be-
ing made ready. In complianc e
with this request, the political
followed the guide about and
witnessed the roasting and
squirming of job lot of fel.
lows in a very hot quarter. On
inquiring who they were he was
answered that they were the
monopolists who originated the
scheme to protect home indus
tries. In another department
were found lot OF preachers
who had prayed for temperance
and voted the Republican tick
ct. A little farther on thew
came to a room not quite so hot
where a string of men hanging
up by the heels, by mea MS of
binder Irvine. In establishment
the politicianEasked the mean.
ing of this strange sight, where
upon the assistant devil replied:
"Oh! they are farmers who be.
lleved in high tariff; they are so
darned green they won't burn,
so we have to hang 'em up for a
few months to dry 'em out. =
Mexico Message.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-01-21

An Iowa paper tells of a
young man VINO committed sui
eide by removing his clothes
and treezlng 10 death because
his sweetheart Tilted him. This
town possesses several girls
could chill a man to death
without putting him to a whole
lot OF trouble like that.-Ralls
County Times.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-01-21
HUNNEWELL TELEPHONE
COMPANY

Try our nRsl 10 Monroe City. lSc; 70 Shelbina,
helbyyille. Clarence Masea City, 26o Hmden
ellville, huntsville, aud all points Ia Shelby
eunttes 30. A WHnnLER. Mgr
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-01-21
Letter to Mr. J. II. Grady.
Monroe City, Mo.

Dear Sir: There's a little bit
of a state down east-a Rhode
Island man was fined 800 the
other day for selling potatoes
his bushel was like his state;
short measure.
1t isn't fair to punish a man
for short-bushel potatoes. aud
not for short-gallon paint.
There is a short-gallon paint
in many stores in your section.
If you get sent to the legisla-
ture, will you get the law fixed?
Devoe Ready Paint don't
measure short; and don't last
short. It's full-measurc both
ways.
Yours truly,
F. W. DEvoE & Co.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-01-21
On Going To The Dogs.

Every generation has heard
the cry of the political Cassan-
dra. the melancholic person who
sees nothing but deterioration
in change, and who believes
that the status quo ante was
the state OF perfection.
But governments continue to
go from bad to worse, and all
the whlle-strange paradox
becomes better and better.
Who will deny that the gov
eminent of every civilized
world has become milder and
more enlightened during the
past century and one-half?
And yet has not every nation
had its party of reactionaries
whose mournful cry has been
that the country was going to
the dogs?
There is an evolution in gov.
ernments as in all0other institu-
tons, and every form of govern
ment, at some time or other,
seems tyranny to the individual
citizen or subject, but there is
no valid reason for losing hope
in the American republic.
Every condition exists for the
prosperity, happiness and polit-
ical greatness of the United
States.
This nation is now in a sta tie
of embryo. and it may take an
other century or two before we
become a homogeneous people.
The spread of education must
in the long run improve the pop
ular morals, for right living is
a natural consequence of right
thinking, and education ought
to inculcate the habit of right
thinking.
We must not look too soon
for perfect results.
The life of one or two genera
lions is a brief span in the life
of a nation.
The various nationalitles in
our population give us variau t
ideals, variant stand ards OF
public and of private morals;
but homogeneity will bring
about closer approach to uni
formity in intellect and morals,
and we have right to be hope
full.
So right and self-sustaining
country, so intelligent and ed
ucated a people, must in time
produce the greatest of all ua-
lions, past or present; greatest
in war and greatest in peace
ST. T,OuiS World
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-01-21

Col. w. T. Youell is wanting
his brother-ln-law, H. B. Bell,
of near Laddonia, to realize
what this section of the country
is and TO Keep posted. He sends
him the DEMOCRAT, the paper
always working for the inter-
ests of the people instead of
cliques.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-01-21

Joseph ]. Fitzpatrick was a t
the depot Sunday morning with
a bevy of pretty women and
we'll be switched if we could
tell whether he was figuring
on the specialties or the side
line.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-01-21
MONROE AND PHILADELPHIA
TELEPHONE LIME

ConnectionEwith Palmyra. Hannibal. New.
ara. LSbelle. haywood. Jacksonville. La0ranEs
Canton. Che@ydeh. and, Al points In ASN.s
Shelby and AarioR counties. hates ,ssD
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-01-21

The mandate of civilization"
is that all weak people shall be
licked. Post Dispatch,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-01-21
A Bachelors ReVerie.

A Bachelors ReVerie.
How frail thing is Love!-the
lamplight falling
q mean the gaslighO DER my
visions here
] hear the voices of old sweet
hearts calling
Without a sigh-a tear.
II.
In meadowy lanes, by rippled,
reckless rivers,
Love, a glad dreamer, in the
springtime stands,
Twas far away!-'Fore God
no pulse now quivers
At joy Of holding hands!
III.
Is it that life is now less golden
hearted
That l am weary of its tears
and signs?
Fore heaven there's not spring
from Inc departed
No vanishing of skies!
".
! have the same old scenes-I
JOY to cover
My soul with that infinity of
blue;'
I never, IN earth's green round
found lover
Singing that love is true!
V.
And yet how fruit Ibid l not so
begin it?)
Is Love! The freight
fllckering in the CRATE
q would that more bright blaz.
ing Goals were in itY
Has left me dreaming late!
VI.
Was it not yonder, where the
stars shone splendid
l stood with (Heavens! 1 have
forgot her nameY
And yet not 50; one of the stars
attended
Whose light made sunfowers
flame.
Was ii not yonder that a wind
blown blossom
From orchards by glorious
spring made sweet
Was kissed of Love, and lett up
on her bosom
Of Love the dream complete?
VIII.
l say; Gods simple world is
stl,l about me
His skies, with ali their storms
aud all their light;
But Que loved heart can live its
lite without me-
The fire IS dead. Good
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-01-21
Yours truly,
F. W. DEvoE & Co.

Burn this letter. said Blaine
Don't tell" said Roosevelt
Post-Dlspatch.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-11-10

1t will be found to possess exceptional
merit.
In ancient days newspaper publish.
ers considered an advertisement an
evil but a necessary evil, and that II
should be hidden away as carefully
as possible, so that no one would dis
cover that the paper was trying to
make little money by inserting pub.
lie announcements. A paper run that
way today would fail.
Tho most successful opponents OF
the new plan of doing business with
ink and paper are using every posi-
bic means to make the announcements
attractive and sought after by the
readers.
1t is safe to say that thousands of
women read the newspaper-not the
telegraphic page, but the pages con-
tanning announcements of bargains in
stockings, skirts, hats, gloves, pianos,
furniture, food for the table. etc.
You have been invited to visit Bat
tie Creek for the purpose of viewing
one of the most unique advertising
buildings in the world, also TO look
over a large business built up, sus-
tained. nourlshed and kept active by
sunshine, and, at the same time. have
an opportunity to see one of the most
thrifty. active and prosperous towns
OF its size in the world, built up large
" By the same kind Of sunshine.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-11-10
THREE OAKS IN ONE TUB.
Descendants of the Famous Charter
Oak BEING Carefully Nurtured.

Growing in a large tub at the resi-
dence of James Knowlden, 703 Roland
avenue, are three thriving descend.
ants" of the famous Charter oak,
These sturdy little oaks of such re.
nowned Lineage" will be transplant.
ed in separate tubs in the autumn and
If they continue to flourish Mr. Knowl.
den will present two of them to the
city, one to be planted in Druid hill
and the other in Patterson park.
When in Hartford, Conn, two years
ago Mr.. Knowlden secured eight
acorns from the tree grown from a
sprig of the Charter oak, which stands
on the spot where that most famous
tree in American history spread its
branches for hundreds of years. He
planted all, but five failed to germi-
nate. He watched with tender ,care
the three oaks that came up, bestow.
ing as much attention upon them as
IL they were delicate flowers. They
are now about a foot high and give
promise of becoming strong trees.
When the Charter oak blew down
planted sprig from it on the spot
where II had stood The new tree
thrived from the first and now its
branches shade considerable area
On every Fourth of July the Hartford
people, augmented by many patriotic
citizens Of nearby towns, gather al
the tree and decorate 1t with flags and
bunting. after which the declaration
of independence is read beneath its
ever-spreading boughs.
The Charter oak itself was sawed
up into lumber From this a frame
for the colonial charter was made
The frame. with it's historic document
now hangs in the supreme court
chamber in the capitol at Hartford
A chair was also made FROM the hum
Der and this is occupied by the lieu
tenant governor of Connecticut in tbs
senate chamber.-B Baltimore Sun
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-11-10

apple tree Of fine quality but how to
develop our work and turn the apple
tree into a productive and profitable
tree Was another question.
1t needed sunshine and the kind of
sunshine that is spread by the news
papers and magazines. II is an abso-
Lutte certainty that without the pub
licity thus giYen--in other words, the
surshine-the business never would
have developed.
You have seen to-day factory build.
tngs-thirteen or fourteen in number
covering many acres of ground, en-
ployins hundreds OF workpeople, pro-
GuCing food and drink in an aggregate
Of four million packages per month,
which goes TO every civilized country
on the globe, and yet the entire enter
prise is less than years old. We
have found it necessary, inasmuch as
the tree has grown and the apples ma
tured by hard work and sunshine, to
continue the work and the sunshine
day Ia and day out, month In and
month out, the sunshine appropriation
amounting to approximately a million
dollars a year for advertising, for ex-
perienee teaches that If you mature
the tree under strong sunshine, and
bring Il up TO a thrifty and healthful
state where i produces profitable ap-
pies, you CT aot withdraw that sun
shine else the tree viii gradually die
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-11-10
WORST WIND IN WORLD.
Sea Captain Awards the Palm to
Breeze of the South,

Sea Captain Awards the Palm to
Breeze of the South.
What Is the worst wind of the
world?" said the captain of trading
ship that pokes her nose In almost
every SPOT of the world during her
curious wanderirgs. well, I'll tell
you first OF other winds, so as to lead
up to 1t artistically. I've been through
Kamschatka, which is what they
call the storms of the country, and I've
seen 1t blow drifts fifty feet high In
an hour. | put in three days in a
typhoon, which is the great grand.
father of all hurricanes. 1t blew every
sail out of the bolt-ropes and swept
the deck so clean that IL looked as If it
had been scraped. Down in st. Vim.
cent. in the West indies, l lay on the
beach during West Indian hurricane
the black storm that sweeps over the
Caribbean. and had to dig my hands
into the earth to hold tight.
But worse than all these is the
wind that they call the woolly, or the
willy. or the willy Willy, according te
locality. You get it at its best in the
Straits of Magellan, but a great part
of the country around the southern
end of the south temperate regions en-,
joys its blessings.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-11-10
PLAYING BARNARD,

Il made my first visit to a New
York brokers' office the other day, !"
said man from mp the state. 1T was
that of well known firm. and must
say my idea Of the oppressive dignity
supposed to peryade such an atmc--
phere had a drop. When / passed
through the door | began to believe
the stories about bears bulls and
lambs were literally true. Besides
growls, bellows and bleats, / could 1is.
tinguish the lusty growing of a roos-
ter and the braying Of donkey. |
entered the room rather timldly, but
found only seven or eight men laugh.
ing like lunatics It's a dull day and
the boys are playing barnyard to xii
time remarked the man ! went to
see. THE crowd has a pool OF good
cigars up for the man who can give
the best imitation of any ANIMAL"
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-11-10
TALK ON ADVERTISING


Some thoughtful man might say that
IL what you manufacture has merit,
once you get trade established peo-
pie will continue to purchase, even Ii
the advertising is stopped, but to act
on that conclusion would be fatal
mistake, for there are always bright
men on the lookout to steal your ap-
pies. and IL you give them the chance
they will come in and take the fruit,
sure. Right here let us drive a nail
not single nail but a forty penny
spike. Your article must have merit,
far and away beyond the ordinary un-
advertised thing. 1t should be the
very best that human intelligence and
ingenuity can produce. Then you have
a foundation to build upon that will
not slip out from under when the
building grows heavy. There are per
sons ignorant enough to believe that
poor article can be advertised into
success. 1t cannot and any one who
tries the experiment will pay heavily
for his experience. Critically examine
any well known and advertised article
that has been years on the market and
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-11-10
Hopeiessl

A well-known Baltimore society
man was recently spending a few
days with his wife at Atlantic City.
and in connection with his visit he
tells the following story: When he
seated himself in the dining room on
the evening of his arrival he discov-
cred that he could not read the menu,
as he had left his glasses in his room
and his eyes were useless without
them. When he passed it to his wife
she exclaimed that she was in the
same predicament. At a loss to know
what to do. the gentleman called the
waiter to him, and. pointing to the
menu, said:
Read that to me and | will give
you a dollar"
Quick as a flash the waiter replied:
Scuse me boss, but | amt had
much ejication maself!"
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-11-10
Cape COD Wedding Custom.

The people down on Cape Cod have
a way Of letting all the world know
when a man and his wife set out on
their wedding journey, A friend who
has lust returned from the cape board
cd the train one afternoon with con.
spicuously undcyoted young couple
Their clothes were carefully chosen
from last years stock, and they
scarcely glanced at each other as
they took tier seats in the car The
whistle blew and the train started.
The village slid away but the whis-
tie kept up its Wild footing. Every
body in the car turned to grin at the
two young people. and they blushed
hopelessly All the way to the next
station the whistle shrieked. It Is
a Cape Cod custom. and everybody
who heard knew that Jim and Susy
had started on their honeymoon.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-11-10
FABLE WITH A MORAL.
Concerning an Old Man, Young Son,
and a Checkbook

concerning an Olu man, Young Soh
and Checkbook.
One day there was an Old Man who
got an attack of writer's cramp
through signing checks for bills in
CURED by his Young Son. Just about
then, It occurred to the Old Man. was
as good time as any to desst in his
literary work. The Young Son, how
ever, couldn't see 1t that way, and
while he sympathlzed with the Old
Mans dictum, like a dutiful son he
sought to cure the Old Man of his all
ment.
So when the Old Mans birthday
approached the Young Son presented
him with an eelskin band for his
wrist, which talisman, he said, pos
sessed wonderful strengthening and
curative properties.
The Old Man didn't view the gift
with any precipitate demonstration of
Joy, and he was abrupt enough to tell
the Young Son that he was pLAzled at
ais gall
Whereupon the Young Son oTenly
reproached himself for having at.
tempted an act of kindness, and vowed
to forever look upon the dark side Of
life.
Whereupon, again, the Old Man be.
thought himself of the moral effect
of cowhide boot upon young mans
coat tail, and left the saddened son
to his pessimistic reflections
Moral: If poor rich Old Man can
not even enjoy writer's crarhp from
signing his checks, what other pleas
ure does his wealth afford im?-New
York Telegraph.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-11-10
ExampIea Of Red ranIsm.

There is story of man in the
British foreign Office who one day
seized a heavy poker and with man
iacal frenzy attacked his chair until
he had knocked off one of its legs
Then he went on with his work in
another chair, happy. The explanation
of his conduct was that his first chair
lacked a caster and the foreign office
will not replace a caster-nothing less
than a leg. The other day a man
took his seat in a dining car of we'll
known railway, He tried to open a
window, but the patent spring had
gone wrong. The waiter was called.
Sorry. sir, | have not been able to
open that window for weeks" he said.
But If you could happen to shove
your elbow through it when you are
having your lunch | could get tho
whole thing put to right" The trav-
eler took the hint
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-11-10
Ruins OF Amber tJacqueIin) Mansion,
the Site of the House of Buruesses.


the Site of the House of Burgesses.
the first representative Legislature in
America assembled in jamestown
church. This was over a year before
the landing at Plymouth Rock.
The same year, 1919, witnessed the
arrival of the first cargo of maidens,
who were disposed of to the colonists
for one hundred and twenty pounds of
tobacco to pay their expenses coming
over. 1t also witnessed the purchase
of twenty negro slaves from a Dutch
man-ofwar. Thus this year saw the
first legislative assembly and the in
PRODUCTION of slavery into Virginia.
The first resistance to taxation with
out representation was made at James.
town in 1924, when the Legislature
forbade the Governor to levy any
taxes that had not been duly author
lied.
September 10, 1876, Nathaniel Ba-
con, the leader of the rebellion against
Gov. Berkeley, burned jamestown.
In 1898 the seat of government was
moved to Williamsburg, seven miles
Jul TeDTc-
sentative in the House of Burgesses
until 1875. In 1881 CORVALLIS made
his last fight (before his fatal retreat
to Yorktown at jamestown Ford.
Here he laid an ambush for Lafayette
and Wayne, who had chased him down
the peninsula, and at jamestown Ford
he defeated the Americans. Fifteen
weeks later CORVALLIS surrendered
and American independence was won
within thirteen miles of the first set.
Element.
In the civil war jamestown was
heavily fortified, and was a place OF
great strategic Importance; and to-day
the earthen Notifications are in as
perfect state OF preservation as
when they were built.
The common idea that jamestown
is a town is entirely erroneous, as
there is no town, and has been none
in over two hundred years. The entire
island is owned by one individual, and
the place Is inhabited only by the
employees of the owner and is used as
a truck farm.
In 1895 that part OF the island which
contains the historical church ruins,
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-11-10
Oh, the Pleasant Days of Old.

Oh, the pleasant days Of old, which so
often people praise!
True, they wanted all the luXuries that
grace our modern days;
Bare floors were strewed with PUSHES
the walls let in the cold;
Oh, how they must have shlvefed In
those pleasant days of old
oh, those ancient lords of old, how mag
nihcent they werel
They threw down and prisuned kngs-to
thwart them who might dare?
They ruled their serfs right sternly; they
took from Jews their gold
Above both law and equity were those
great lords of old!
oh. the gallant knights of old, their
Valor so renowned
With sword and lance and armor strong
they secured the country round;
And whenever aught to tempt them they
met by wood or void.
By right of sword they seized the prize
those gallant knights Of oldl
Oh. the gentle DANES of old, who, quite
free from fear OF pain
Could gaze on ioust and Tournament and
see their champions lain;
They lived on good bee,steaks and ale,
which made then strong and bold
Oh, more like mer than women were
those gentle danes of old
Oh, those mighty towers Of old, with
their turrets, moat and keep.
Their battlements and bastions, their
dungeons dark and deep;
Full many baron held his court within
the castle hold;
And many a captive languished there, In
those strong towers of old
oh, the troubadours Of old. with the gen
tie minstre,sie
or hope and joy. or deep despair, which
e'er their lot might be:
For years they served their lady-loye ere
they their passion told:
oh, wondrous patience must have had
those troubadours of old!
Oh, those blessed times of old with thell
chivalry and state!
/ love TO read their chronicles which
such brave deeds relate:
l love TO sing their ancient rhymes &C
hear their legends told
But, Heaven be thanked / live not ir
those blessed times Of old
Frances Brown
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-11-10

lea which had two sets of communion
silver given to it by the royal family
of England, one set known as the
Queen Anne" set, and the other Civ
en- by William and Mary. This silver
is now held by the Diocese of South.
ern Virginia and is in the keeping OF
the vestry of the Bruton Parish Church
at Williamsburg, Virginia.
Surrounding this old foundation are
the graves and tombstones of some of
Virginia's most celebrated children,
among the most noted of which are
those of Lady Francis Berkeley, the
wife of the notorious Governor, and
OF the Hon. Phillip Ludwell, who was
Lady Berkeley's second husband,
though she declined to give up her
old name and title when she married
him.
The waters of the James river, by
their constant wearing on the banks
of the island, have laid bare many
graves and skeletons. One Of these
graves contained the bones of a man
clad in complete armor, with a long,
two-handed Scotch claymore lying on
his breast. The name,plate of his cot
fin was broken in half and part of ii
lost. The remaining part had on it:
"Sr Rod" This armor is now in
the rooms Of the Virginia Historical
Society, at Richmond.--James Perrine
Barney, Lieutenant Fourth United
States Cavalry, in Chicago Record
Herald Sunday Magazine.