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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-05-12

Prof. ]. T. Vaughn, aside
from the duties in the Depart.
ment of History and manage
of the Normal base ball Tea IA
at Kirksville. is finding time to
compile very instructive add i
ton to American literature in
the way of a set of diagram S
and historic data showing the
ebb and flow of Republican
ideas since the American people
achieved their independence.
Every point is backed up by
references to undisputed his
tory, making a reliable as we'll
as an instructive lot of inf orma-
ton to the student, as text
book OF piece of current litera-
ture it will be in dem and if
printed and put upon the mar
ket. If brought down TO date,
with our present system of gov
eminent by injunction and ex-
ecutive order it would ma Ike
the most effective section the
National Commute could put
into it's Democratic align
book. Paris Appeal.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-05-12

The directors of the Nolen
school will meet next Saturday
afternoon tor the purpose of
electing a teacher for the year
190405.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-27
OUR NEW FELLOW CITIZENS
Filipinos Think That All Americans
Look Alike and Are Fond
of Beer.

Not being able TO talk a common
language, the Filipinos often form
mistaken ideas of the Americans. One
is that all Americans are fond of beer,
This impression, writes a correspond
ent, they have doubtless gained from
the fact that 1t Is the common bever-
age among the soldiers. An American
was once visiting a native school that
was rehearsing for a Fourth Of July
celebration, Much to his astonishmenI
he heard the scholars enthusiastically
shouting; Three beers for the red.
white and blue!"
Many of the natives think that all
Americans look alike. This is not sur
prising when one stops to think OF it
for. the familiar expression of the pop
ular song which declares that all OF
our colored friends look alike seems
very simple to a white man. The Fill
pinos have no difficulty in distinguish
ing their own people, but all white
faces look alike to them.
Apropos of this, the Samoans have
the same feeling toward us, For in
Samoa there is a large cockroach that
If bred in a dark place, comes Out
white instead of brown. The natives
think e very amusing, and so they cal
Americans white cockroaches.' In
other words, they look on our skin as
about half baked; that is, not baked
brown.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-27

and pictures and pan0ramas in corn
husks, corn-cobs, corn-tasscls and corn
kernels, tobacco-leaves and tobacco
grains, wheat-strGw and wheat-headi
and wheat-grains; and there are fig
ures in cotton and butter and sugar
and prunes and nuts. There are dec
oratiOns in wavy moss and hemp, In
rice-sheayes and prairie grasses. You
know at last the wealth Of each state,
for packed into each of the different
sections is an abundant sample Of all
that springs from one states soil
whether it be hlll-farm potatoes,
swamp rice, sea-island cotton, bottom
land corn, prairie wheat, desert dates
or irrigated alfalfa. And in the same
way you know the agricultural wealth
of each of the worlds nations, for they
are spread out before you for your in
spection Everything grown upon the
earth is here, and displayed and la
beled so that the lesson the exhibit
teaches is v forgotten.
And what does it cost to see this
wonderful exposition, what Is the
price TO be paid for this liberal edu-
cation? 1t may be much or little, just
as a sightseeing trip to any city may
be much OF little. There are fashion
able, high-prioed hotels in st. Louis,
just as there are in New York, in Chi.
cago, in London Or any other large
city, but be 1t said to the credit OF
these hotels, they are no higher priced
during the exposition than they were
before it. The masses of the people
are looking. however, for something
less expensive, and ii is easily found.
The people Of st. Louis are playing the
part of host in a way that will make
friends of the visitors to the fair.
Thousands of homes have been opened
for the accommodation of guests, and
the prices charged for the accommCda-
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-27

that affords a good part of the pleas
ure that any American eyinces in gaz-
ing at the processes or results of the
many government activities he sees ex-
plotted here. A visitor will observe a
hundred interesting novelties; he will
leave the building-only to go back
later for another look-round-eyed
with amazement at the many things
the government does for the people;
but his spirit will be self-gIatulatory--
ii is We who are doing Il all
Yet another among the thousand Of
exhibits that may be classcd as edu-
c%ational Is to be found in every aisle,
in every corner of the Agricultural
building. Here spread Out before you
are the products of the earth's harvest
fields, In this one building, big enough
in itself to contain tine whole Of the
Pan-American exposition at Buffalo,
are the farm products Of every coun-
try. Here are sheayes Of grain and
heaps Of corn, made opulent with milk
and honey and butter, %cotton-seed oil
and cotton, tobacco. sugar cane, and
fruit. There are towers and pagodas
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-27
POCKET ELECTRIC LAMPS.
Great Demand for Them in MOSQUITO.
Ridden Resorts-Superior to
Kerosene Light.

I'VE have sold a great many O.,
these pocket electric lamps this sum.
mer," said the salesman to a reporte,
for the New York Sun, and most
everybody who has bought one ha.
taken 1t TO the country. Tlmid per.
sons want to be sure of having soma
sort Of a light at hand in case OF
emergency at night, and the pocket
electric light answers the purpose
In the country boarding houses kero.
sene lamps furnish the illumination
and IL they are left burning in ones
room all night they draw insects and
mosquitoes, There are half a dozen
oil and candle lamps on the market
that give the requisite amount Of
light, but the electric pocket light ls
leading them all in sales. That
throws a good, strong light by the
pressure OF a button at one end of It,
and makes a Arst-class dark lantern"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-27
Porto Ricans at Harvard.

In response to a general desire OF
the party, the officers of the Porte
Rican teachers expedition at Harvard
are making arrangements TO have the
Porto Rican coffee served regularly Ia
them, as this is one of the things they
have missed the most since leaving
their homes. Special Instructions are
to be given to dealers by a member OF
the party as to the exact method OF
roasting, as Porto Rican coffee, to be
satisfactory to the natives. must be
roasted perfectly black. Besides this
1t is intended to have the meals at
Randall Hall include as many as pos.
sible of the kinds of food to which thu
visitors are accustomed. such as rice
and beans, Goldfish, etc. Many of the
dishes present no difficulties so far as
the materials are concerned, but re-
quire special instructions to the cooks
as to the preparation .-lndianapoli
News.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-27
FRIENDS FOR A MINUTE.
Levy and Cohen Try to Make Up,
But Soon Strike a Disoor-
dant Note.

Levy aud Cohen came out OF the syns'
gogue on New Years day. 1t was the day
Of atonemeut, Of forglving, Of making up,
relates the New Orleans Times Democrat.
Levy approached Cohen and extended a
great fiat hand
Cohen" said he, we hat not shpoksn
for dyendy years. Come We make
frcdts,"
Cohen silently shook. =.
"Now, Cohen continued the reconcile
ant, I'VE go ofer to Bungleheim's unit hal
a drink"
Arm in arm they crossed the street,
Drinks were ordered and sci before them
Cohen, convinced at last of the sincerity
OF the others advances, spoke for the
first time.
Levy" he said, 81 am glad Of it. |
raise my glass to YOU, Levy. Wish me
somedings!'
Nit all my heart replied Levy, and
raised his glas, in turn, Cohen, my dear
irendt y said he, Il wish you shoost va.
you wish met
The growing smile faded from Cohen's
face and he set his glass down with a
bang,
'Py Abraham he exclaimed Nov
you're shtarting it all over again.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-27

educator, but a trip TO Europe cannot
be compared to a trip to this eXposi-
ton. Here is shown the best of all
countries, and to see all that is shown
here Is to see the best from the coun-
tries of all the world,
"As for our country, what could be
mor instructive than the exhibits in
our government building? After seeing
it we understand far better than we
could have before both the system and
uses Of government. Take the Philip
pine exhibit al another example. A
half days time spent within its walls
Is more instructive than a dozen text
books. We are entirely too apt to read
and forget, but when we see we re-
member, and here we see"
Examples that would bear out the
statements of my college friend might
be enumerated almost without end, and
all would but tend TO prove that the
Louisiana Purchase exposition Is the
greatest educator of the age. We read
the histories of the years to learn of
the worlds progress, but here we do
not have to read, we see it, In the
Transportation building We see the
primitive locomotives that pulled our
first railroad trains, and standing be-
side them we see the powerful, intri-
cate machines that perform the same
service to-day. That is an education
In the progress Of %railroading. In the
Electrical building we find the first
primitive electrical appliances, and be-
side them the many intricate machines
that are to-day being driven by this
as yet unexplained power. That is up
to-date education In electricity, In our
school Biographies we are taught,
among other things, of the products
of the various countries. Here we see
them, The book learning we forget,
what we see we remember, Take. for
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-27

example, Japan. We are interested iii
the progress of the island empire, we
wonder at her greatness, W. read vol
ume after volume to learn of her
progress. Here it Is all spread out be-
fore our eyes. We see the same Japan
Commodore Perry saw when he broke
the bars of darkness that shut the en-
pire from the world, and We see beside
1t the Japan that is to-day waging war
with one of the greatest nations of the
world, the same Japan that is an i'm
partant element in the worlds ON
merce. Ii is an education in the prog
ress of Japan that no books can pos
sibly give us.
And so it goes through all the great
exposition palaces, through the foreign
government buildings, through the
state buildings, and down the Pike.
Everywhere is a new and valuable les
son easily learned and never forgotten,
for we learn 1t by seeing
TO refer again to the United States
government building and its exhibits
as an educational feature, 1 want to
quote a part of a paragraph from the
current number of the Worlds Work
that well illustrates the educational
point | make. This is It:
Watch a party of visitors from a
Mississippi valley state, people who
have never seen the sea, as they wan
der through the passages Of the battle
ship model or squint along a rapld-hre
gun on deck, across an imaginary
ocean. The shine in their eyes betrays
a mixture of excited interest and pa
triotic pride. Far though the coast
may be from their homes. it is yet
their coast that such battleships guard.
and the battleships are theirs. And
It Is a semi proprietary satisfaction
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-27

A physician in the out of.thc.way
corners of Ireland has many oppor-
t~unities to laugh, though his amuse-
ment must be mingled with anxiety,
for his ignorant patients do strange
things. They have great faith in the
doctor, a superstitious faith in his
drugs and appliances, but they often
make nonsense of his orders. Mr.
Michael MacDonagh, in his Irish Life
and Character" gives some instances
of Irish simplicity in dealing with the
physician.
A dispensary doctor once prescribed
two pills for a sick laborer, which he
sent by the mans wife in a small
box, bearing the direction; The
whole to be taken Immediately"
On visiting the patient a little later,
the doctor was surprised to find that
the pills had not helped him. He
asked the mans wife If she had given
him the medicine.
II did, doctor" replied she, "but
maybe the lid hasn't come off yet"
The sick man had swallowed box and
all.
Mrs, Murphy's husband was X
tromely III, and she consulted the ply
Blcian.
Pm sorry, madam he said grave.
ly, but your husband is dying by
inches"
We'll" she said with an air OF
hopeful resignation, wan good thing
is. me poor man is six feet tree in his
stockin' feet, so he'll lasht some time
yet"
An lrishman, who had sent for the
doctor for the first time in his HE.
watched with establishment while the
physician took his clinical thermome'
ter from its case, slipped 1T under the
patients armpit. and told him 10
keep il there a second or two.
Mike lay still, almost afraid TO
breathe, but when the doctor removed
the thermometer he drew a long
breath and exclaimed: "Ah. | do feel
q dale better already. sor!"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-27

St. Louis.-l was standing on the
Plaza st. Louis, admiring the scene
hat stretched away into the distance
before me, ending with the magnificent
spectacle of the Cascades. | needed nc
company, for the great exposition all
,round me was sufficient, but as | stood
here an acquaintance, the president OF
, western college, stopped beside me.
Magnificent beyond the dream OF
man." said |.
More than that" said he. do you
KNOW he continued, ito me the great
sst thing Of this truly great eXposi-
ion is the educational influence tt will
have upon the millions who visit It,
Here in two weeks time one can gain
more practical knowledge Of the kind
hat will be useful to him in the strug-
gle with the world than he can get in
lwo years time in anSAniyersity. The
college education Is entirely different
from the kind of education one gets
by seeing things, but for practical pur-
poses the seeing education is quite as
necessary as the book learning, We
consider a trip to Europe as a great
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-27
BOYS OF THE PHILIPPINES.
Smoke Cigars as Big as Bananas aud
Pitch Pennies on
Sunday.

YOU sa;st imagine $4,000 little boys
and girls, with wonderful brown eyes,
lat little noses and black hair, pack
ing their books and states to go to
school each morning under the blue
skies and tropic sun of Fillpinia. And
even iu the Islands where the towns
are far apart the smallest village
would be very much ashamed II II did
not have some kind of a school, says
q writer in the Buffalo Times,
1t is very quiet in these islands. and
the days seem to pass by like dreams.
Only the distant cfang of convent bells,
the liquid bird notes, or the sleepy
challenge Of a cock disturbs the peace
ful silence Of the southern isles. The
little villages are all alike-a big ca
thedral and a rambling convent look
ing out upon the sparkling sea, the
carabais and ponies grazing or the
plaza, and a few pigs running wild
among the bamboo houses under the
banana trees. In some such towns,
1000 miles away from everybody. you
would be surprised some morning If
you were to hear the small clear notes
Of the children singing one of your
own songs, MY Country, Ills of
Thee" or "The Star-Spangled Ban
ner."
Some Of my friends would have a
] rathpr had nnipinn nt tho small hnIg
of Manila If they were to see the littls
~rascals of Gale Real or the Escolta
struggling with cigars almost as big
as a banana, or engaged in pitching
pennies Sunday morning on the street,
The public schools, however, keep
the small boy out of mischief for a
good part OF the day. The city schools
are a great credit to America, The
buildings, which were used in Spanish
times. are large and cool. Built in
the shape Of hollow squares, the in
side windows look out ON the shady
courtyard, where the pupils play at
recess under the green palms. When
school Is over, small investments of
oentavos and pesetas may be made in
mangoes or bananas, sugared biscuits,
or a stick Of boiled rice in a palm
leaf coil at one of the small Chino
shops on the real. Making a fair d.
vision Of the sweets, young Flipinia
walks home affeetionately, hand in
hand.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-27
AS EASY.
Needs Only a Little Thinking.

The food of childhood often decides
whether one is to grow up well nour-
ished and healthy or weak and sickly
from improper food,
It's just as easy to be one as the 9TH
er, provided We get a proper start.
A wise physician like the Denver
Doctor who knew about food, can ac-
complish wonders, provided the patient
is willing 10 help and will eat only
proper food.
Speaking of this case the Mother said
her little four-year-old boy was suffer-
ing from a peculiar arrangement of the
stomach, liver and kidneys and his feet
became so swollen he couldn't take a
step. 1--WE called a Doctor who said
at once we must be very careful as to
his diet, as improper food vas the
only cause of his sickness. Sugar espe-
tially, he forbid.
80 the DR.. made up a diet and the
principal food he prescribed was Grape
Nuts and the boy, who was very fond
of sweet things, took the Grape-Nuts
readily without adding any sugar. Or.
explained that the sweet in Grape-Nuts
is not at all like cane or beet sugar
but Is the natural sweet of the grains.)
1--WE saw big improvement inside a
few days and now Grape-Nuts are al
most his only food and he is once more
a healthy, happy, rosy-cheeked young
ster with every prospect to grow up
into a strong healthy man. Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek
Mich.
The sweet in Grape-Nuts is the Ma
ture-sweet known as Post Sugar, not
digested in the liver like ordinary
sugar, but p~redigested. Feed the young
sters a handful Of Grape-Nuts when
Nature demands sweet and prompts
them to call for sugar.
There's a reason.
Get the little bo6,,; "The Road to
MELVILLE" in each pkg
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-27
ILLUSTRATIVE FOWL FABLE,
Showing That Parents Cannot Al
ways Follow Their Children
Into Society.

There was once an humble hen, who
Matched out, by mistake, a flock Of owls,
gays Judge,
III course, so soon as the owls were big
enough to make their debuts they began
STAYING out until all hours Of the night,
end mingling in the giddy whiH OF soci-
ETY..
10 this, however, Mamma Hen object.
ed, saying that she had not been brought
up in such Il way, and she did not believe
that it was proper for her children to 90
galliyanting around.
At this the owl chickens conferred
among themselves, saying:
Poor mamma With her antccedents
1t naturally is hard Tor her to know who's
whoo.'
Moral Sometimes il is difficult lor the
parents ~ enter society.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-27
Chinese MAGISTRATES Boots.

Visitors to China are particularly
struck by the number of pairs of boots
hung in separate wooden cages in the
archway Of the main west gate of Hsu,
anhua, the valedictory gifts of benen.
cial projects. 1t is an attractive custom
in China to invite a departing magis.
trate whose rule has been popular to
leave u pair of old boots for suspen-
sion in a prominent place AS a hint to
his successor to follow in his footsteps.
1t Is a considerable honor to be asked
to leave these boots, and the people
make the request all the more eagerly
because they believe in the delicacy OF
the hint.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-27

tons provided are most moderate. Ir
fact, to Judge from what one must pay
for board aud room, Il would scarce.
ly imagine that the greatest exposition
the world has ever known is in prog
ress in the city. Boarding house prices
compare favorably with those of other
cities, and 81 per day will secure a
comfortable room and breakfast ! n
hundreds of these hospitable homes.
No one needs deprive himself of the
great education that awaits him at
st. Louis for fear of exorbitant prices.
for they are not to be found.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-27
FEATURE OF CAMP LIFE.
Electric Lights illuminate Surround
ings of the Up-to-date
Bivouac.

Ten or Il years ago, when New
Workers first began to camp on Upper
Saranac lake, they were content witt
simple little cabins in q small clear,
ing on the lake shore. They really
camped and enjoyed the rough life
says the New York Tribune.
Gradually the cabins have been dis.
appearing, and in their places have
ONE substantial houses of two o.
more stories each. Hardwood floor,
took the place of rough boards, ant
enameled bathtubs, with hot and COLI
water and shower attachments, mad:
their appearance.
The camps began to have an averag,
Of n servant for every guest; the
dinners we're served in many courses
on fine linen. with silver and cut glass
The camps were camps in nam,
only.
The advent of electric launches
made dynamos necessary, and 1t was
little trouble to wire the camps" ant
put in electric lights. They replaced
the camp lantern and brought the
places almost to the same level oil
comfort as a city house.
II don't like these electric lights, y
said the wife of one camp owner, q
woman with some sense of the artistic
and the eternal fitness of things.
whats the matter with them?'
ased the husband, who was proud Of
his electric plant.
1T does not seem like camp" she
said, ignoring the fact that she was
dressed for dinner in 4 most expensive
evening gown.
After much thought the husband hi
upon a scheme of pleasing his wifc's
sense of the artistic and at the same
time keeping the electric lights.
He had the lanterns cleaned up and
in them the electric lights were strung
The wife was satisfied and camp
seemed more like camp.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-27

what a beautiful lawn You have?"
Yes" answered Mr., Nigloy's wife,
my husband keeps it that way HE
never misses a day with his lawn
mower; although | could scarcely get
him to touch 1t until the n%eighbors
began to complain about the noise il
made .'-Washlngton Star.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-27
He Never Smiled Again.

Miss Cutting-HDid | understand you
to say that you are a college graduate
Mr.. Sapleigh?
neutrality-suspicious. you did
I-aw-gwaduated with high honnahs
doncher know.
Must have been an inferior educa
tional institution, wasn't it?'-Chicagc
Daily News.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-27
He Couldn't Resist IT.

Mrs. Peck-Here's a lawsuit in Ken.
lucky because & man refused to pay for
burying his wife, She didn't live with
him. If that isn't the queerest case!
Henry Peck-l don't see as it was Sc
queer, Nancy. Why should a man
want to bury his Wife If she didn't live
with him?-Sis Hopkins Book.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-27
Force of Habit.

Herbert has been running an auto so
long that he had forgotten all about
horseback riding
What did he do when the horse
balkcd?"
lie erawlcd under it to see what was
the matter?"- Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-27

Patterson Pete-l dreamt last nigh,
dat ! had a million dollars. Stacked
Oates-Did yer enjoy it? Patterson
Pete-Nitl | wuz sued for breach Of
promise, operated on for appendicitis
an mentioned fer de vice-presldency
fore I'd even got II counted.--Iudss.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-27

was so bad that I could not sleep at
night. | could not ride 4 horse, and
sometimes was unable even to ride in a
car. My condition was critical when |
sent for Doan's Kidney Pills. | used
three boxes and they cured me. Now
| can go anywhere and do as much as
anybody. | sleep well and feel no dis
comfort at all"
A TRIAL FREE-Address Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y. For sale
by all dealers. Price, 50 cents.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-27
Our scenery.

Prince Hohenlohe, who has been
touring in the Rocky mountains, says
he is compelled to admit that such
scenery does not exist in any other
part Of the world.