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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-28

San Luis Potosi, Mexico, a few
days ago. The corn crop was
destroyed.
! Richview, ILL.,, April 22.-
Prominent fruit growers have
investigated their fruit trees
and report that the snowstorms
damaged the coming crop bad
ly. Itais estimated that rs per
cent. of the apples are killed.
However, an exact figure can
not be made until further devel-
opements.
Il. Warriner, the up-to-date,
progressive farmer was in the
city on business bent Saturday.
He said to US: I'm getting
along nicely. 1 have 81 ewes
and 30 fine lambs. l am afraid
considerable of the fruit was
killed by the frost that follow
ed the snow. In fact, | believe
the pears are knocked clean
out" His son, Orrie, came near
losing his home by fire, but by
putting up an hours stiff fight
it was saved. When asked
about his friend Gus Jackson's
sheep, be said: We'll, Gus is
not in it somehow; out of about
100 ewes be has only 40 lambs"
We were talking to Jason
Barnett Saturday after
noon about his 1404 pound steer
that dressed &C per cent. He
smilingly said: why the crit
ter wasn't fed anything but
grass and corn" 1t was the
fAttest beef ever killed in Mon
roe City.
Will FL. Elliott, Jr.. treated
himself to a nice, new spring
wagon Saturday.
Geo. Anderson thinks his son
Marvin will take it easy this
season, because he will only
raise 35 acres of corn this sum
mer. The balance of the farm
is in grass.
Guthrie. Ok, April 23.-T be
heavy rains reported general
throughout Oklahoma, will re-
suit in an average wheat crop
of 80 per cent in this territory,
according to the best estimates
1t was the first rain of any con.
sequence since last October and
wheat was IN deplorable con-
dltion.-What is good enough
for a MiEsouriau ought to be
good enough for any man on
earth. What any man wants to
leave a country that produces
corn and grass and go prospect
ing is beyond our ken.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-28
Market Report.

oUIpWtnIs are dgdIn TIgnI
this week. Barger & McClintic
l car of hogs; Balzer & Dirigo l
car dressed poultry and eggs;
Selby poultry Co 3 cars dressed
poultry and eggs; Boulwdre &
Finks B cars Piliug. Total S
cars.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-28

Albert Weekly of the Indian
Territory, was called home
Monday by the serious illness of
his mother. who resides near
Rock Lick.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-28
CHRISTIAN CHURCH.

Morning and evening services
at the Christian Church next
Sunday conducted by the Pas.
tor.
MISSIONARY RALLY AND HOME
CHURCH WEEK.
There will be services at the
Christian Church every evening
next week except Saturday.
Everybody welcome. Church
members and friends are espec-
cially urged to be present.
Monday night W. Henry
Jones. Palmyra. Subj ect:
Prayer and the Extension of
the Kingdom"
Tuesday night W. N. Briney,
Paris. Address
Wednesday night W. J. Sur
ber, Moberly. Subject: How
Can We Know God"
Thursday night Walter M.
Jordon, Quincy. Subject: "T be
Redemption of the World"
Friday night Claris Yuell,
Columbia. Address.
Rally and Roll Call Sunday
morning May 9Th and offering
for all Missionary Purposes.
ST. JUDE.
Services at Episcopal Oh urch
Sunday as follows: Sund ay
School at 9:3), Holy Com
munion at II. Evening service
at 7:30 o'clock.
Friday evening service at 7:30
followed by choir practice
The rector, Rev. Benjam in
Evans Diggs has arrived and
the members of st. ath2riues
Guild held a reception for him
and his family at the home OF
Mr.. Aaron Boulware Wednes-
day evening.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-28

James E. Christian aud Tony
Wilson went out Tuesday after
noon and shot 80 snipe in a lit,
tie while.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-28

After a siege of the measles,
Miss Ida Sullivan was able to
return to her home, Perry, yes
terday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-28
Hess.

Mrs. Alice Hess of near joan
ma. died Sunday. We failed
to learn any particulars.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-28
PRESBYTERIAN.

The Presbytery of Palmyr d
will convene in Paris this
week. DIR. McNair and A. M.
Vaughn will represent this
church in that august assem- =
bly,.
The Woman's Missionary So
ciety met with Mrs. Drescher
last Friday afternoon. 1t was
gratifying to notice an increas-
ed interest in all lines of work.
Under the judlclous manage
ment of Mrs. Davenport. tn e
leader for that time-questions
aud answers on India-the top
lc Tor study-brought each
member into active participa- -
ton in the program. An inter
esting paper on India, prepar-
ed and read by Mrs. Emmett
Vowel, was enjoyed by all.
Several selected articles on
Mission work iu India, we're
read. An article on Medical
missions in that country. pre-
pared by the President closed
an instructive and enjoyable
meeting. After adjournment it
was the unanimous expression
that it was good to be there"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-28

ard his helper, and we are ex-
pecting a great meeting. Let
all the christians pray that God
will. make it time of mighty
awakening and salvation in
Monroe City,
d. f. BONE, Pastor.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-28
Clothing TiDS.

Any article of merchandise bearing
this label
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-28
ABOUT THE CHURCHES.
Interesting News Concerning the Differ.
emf Denominations.
This Column Closes Promptly at 9 a. m
Each Wednesday. Don't Forget it.

Rev. B. F. Hixson will fill ap-
pointments at at the First Bap.
tist Church Palmyra Sunday.
Mrs. B. E. Diggs and daugh-
ter, Elizabeth, arrived last
week from Poplar Bluffs. Rev.
Dlggs will arrive in time to
take up his rectorship work of
st. Jude Church by May 1st.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-28

Regular services by the Pas
tor. Subject of morning dis
course: The Fullness of
Time" Evening: "Perpetuity
of Christianity"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-28
HOLY ROSARY.

The Easter Offering at Holy
Rosary Church amounted to the
neat sum of $105.75.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-07-23
EMPEROR Mcnelik FIattered.

Sir John Harrington. who has been
made minister plenipotentiary from
King Edwards court to that of Meme
Xix OF Abyssinia, was appointed Brit
ish agent in Abyssinia in 1898. He has
done many things to establish cordial
relations between the two countries.
One of his great achievements was
to persuade her late majesty to speak
into photograph a message to Meme
Xix and his empress. 1t was the only
time she ever consented to such an
experiment, and it was done then on
the express understanding that when
the message had once been spoken
the record should be destroyed Meme
Tx was so excited when he heard the
great queens message in her own
voice that he repeatedly stopped the
machine in order to have salute fired
and his empress was so flattered 10
hear her own name mentioned that
she called out her bodyguard as a
mark of respect.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-07-23

well, there's one thing we must
do together, Alice" said Mrs. Downs.
IF your father and you have so posi-
lively arranged 10 leave Rome next
Monday, I'm going TO take you TO sec
Gilbert Upton's studio. | have half
hour in prospect with my dreSsmaker
lat three, and it's nearly three already.
I Now, you hurry on your things, and
I'll tell you how We'll arrange it. I'll
drive you to Upton's studio-its on
ground floor, and open to the public,
so you can go in freely. Then I'll
hurry on to Nine. Bona 's-shell not
keep me ,long-and join you again at
the studio.
III.
He's not here" remarked Mrs.
Downs, who had alighted from the
carriage for q moment in order to in
troduce her friend to the young sculp-
tor. She raised the lnocker a Sec
und time "Well. the doors always
open," she went on, pushing it ajar.
Visitors come and go so much that
Mr.. Upton never locks it. The old
concierge is always about somewhere.
Now, just wander around, Alice, and
enjoy everything you see, and III be
back in not over half an hour"
Miss Acton entered the large, dim,
artistic apartment, and was soon alb
sorbed in eager and admiring scruti-
n.y. 1t was unquestionably true that
this mans work had not been over
praised. Each separate work had
meaning and interest. and showed
something within and beyond the
white, cold marble and the dim clay.
In her tour of the apartment, she
had come to a heavy, narrow portiere.
Surprising that it merely hid some
choice figure in a recess, she inno-
Gently pushed it aside. it proved to
he the entrance to the sculptor's in
ner workshop. There was no one
within, but the girl was abashed at
her involuntary intrusion and was
about to drop the portiere precipi-
lately, when
What was this before her? Her
own face chiseled in the marble? She
paused in a shock of utter astonish
ment. There could be no possible mis-
take. The bust before her, in this
sculptor's workshop in Rome, was her
self. Even the details of arrange
, ment of hair she recognized, after a
moment, as her very own OF three or
four years before.
Forgetful of place. time, and al
else, the bewildered visitor sat gazing
at the facS before her, and trying to
puzzle out the mystery. She did not
hear the outer door Of the studio
open; and SO deep was her panied
abstraction that not until the new
Corners masculine footsteps were al
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-07-23

ducement to choose the western
route, and accordingly the line north
ward from Duluwayo was begun in
May, 1901. Last year it reached Wan
kie, distance of 200 miles, and the
additional seventy-five miles to the
falls have been constructed in less
than twelvemonth. Tourist tickets
to the Victoria Falls are being issued
and among the visitors next year will
be $50 members of the British Asso.
citation, who have accepted the invita-.
ton of the British South African com.
pany to pay a visit to Niagara's rival.
Starting from the south, the rail
way is now completed from Cape
Town to- Victoria Falls, a distance OF
1,6S5 miles, and further stretch OF
$50 miles in northeasterly direction
to Broken Hill Mine, 100 miles be-
yond the Kafue river,will be begun at
an early date, the contract having al.
ready been let This section, which is
10 be completed by the end of March
1905, will tap a district rich in cop
per- lead and zinc deposits, beyond
which is region with vast supplies
of rubber. There will then remain
only a section of $50 miles TO com
plete the connection with Kituta, at
the southern end of Lake Tangan'
yika, where the Chartered Company's
sway terminates. Survey work here
is now in progress, and there is nc
doubt that within a few years this
link will be made.
From this point onward, however
Rhodes scheme has had to be modi.
fed as the nature of the country
around the chain of lakes stretching
from the Zambesi to the Nine came
to be known. AS Grogan pointed out.
Lake Tanganyika is hemmed in by
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-07-23

say? What can | say that is strong
enough. unmistakable enough, with
out being hard and harsh?" She moved
toward the doorway, and he instinct
lively held the curtain further aside to
let her pass into the studio. II don't
want to discourage your new life
work." she went on. your secret is
safe with me. You are Gilbert Upton.
| am glad if your life is better one.
But | am no part of it. l will not
sanction your making me part OF it
in thought or by image. To the face
in there you have no right by consent
of mine"
She paused at the studios outer
door.
"Will you please tell Mrs. Downs"
she added, that | could not stay?"
III.
AS the wide door closed, leaving
him alone, Blair Lewes made a sud
den, half-dazed movement toward it,
and then, dropping covering into the
nearest chair, hid his face in his
hands.
Presently he rose, slowly and wea-
rily. Going to the portiere, he lifted
heavy metal mallet that stood near,
and with logged, repeated blows shiv'
cred the bust into pieces.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-07-23
WAS EVERYTHING TO HIM.
Whisky Not Alone Meat and Drink
But Washing and Lodging.

Mrs. John A. Logan, who has sue
ceeded Miss Clara Barton in the presi-
dency of the Red Cross, was educated
in Kentucky.
In condemning intemperance Mrs.
Logan said recently.
alcohol vitiates the mind that the
degradation it imposes on its victims
hardly seems like degradation to
them. The woes of these men are
changed to blessings in their besotted
brains.
For instance" said Mrs. Logan.
smiling, there used to live in Ken
lucky an old man called Fawcett
Jones. Fawcett drank to excess, and
he used TO declare that whisky was
meat and drink to him. But one hot
summer night he drank so much that
he fell into puddle on the way home,
and in this puddle he lay snoring I'M
til dawn.
"A clergyman who had risen early
found him with his head in the mud
and his legs and body in the water,
end the good man woke him up.
All he said, so whisky is meat
and drink TO you, is it, Fawcett?'
"Fawcett rose to his feet and be-
gan TO wiring out his clothes.
1T certainly is, he said, and wash
ing and lodging, too, sir >"
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-07-23

ished, sardonically NO. And after
after things-well. after | luckily
got out of that little affair with my
liberty. | determined on a brand new
start. And I've made il. Alice" he
went on. eagerly. "lve gone into
this"-he motioned with his left hand
toward the studio behind him, with a
perfect passion for work and achieve
ment. And I'm succeeding, too" he
added with a touch OF pride. Rome
has taken me up handsomely. Blair
Lewes is thing of the past. I'm Gil
bert Upton now
She had turned half abstractedly,
during his words, and was gazing
again at the face on the pedestal.
You had no right to it," she flash
ed out. imperiously. How did you
come-how did you dare-to make
ito"
lie moved nervously; then he look
cd at her with defiance.
Because i loved you, Alice" he
spoke out, impetuOusly, because |
love YOU now, and always have and
shall and must. You turned me down.
almost contemptuously, too. months
before that bank matter; but it
couldn't change my feeling. And after
that-well. that money exposure
dashed any hopes | might have had
remaining | came away with one
good thing left in me anyway-love
for YOU, Other things were gone,
but I've chung 20 that desperately.
And this face-I've put my very heart
and soul into it. he burst out passion
atcly. 1T wasn't TO be for other eyes,
it was my own, my very OWE. | had
an old time photograph OF you; and
with that and memory I've PUT spare
minutes and hours and even days into
that one thing | never thought to
see you, yourself. again; but ! per-
suaded myself that perhaps-possibly
oh. Alice" he cried holding his
hands toward her. I'm not good at
bottom; | know it as well as you;
but I've begun over again. I've been
pretty straight since that time: and
seeing you here before me fairly
drives me TO ask the old question
again. II you only knew"
The girls eyes, at first sorrowful
had grown brighter with surprise and
! anger.
stop. Blair" she burst in. 'Do
you suppose for a single instant that
knowing you as l do, can possibly
listen to such words? Why, the very
thought makes me-oh. what shall
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-07-23
RAILROAD FROM CAPE TO CAIRO
Pet Project of the Late Cecil Rhodes Rapidly
Nearing a Reaiity-Tourist Tickets on
Line Now Being Issued

Writing in 1900 to Ewart S. Gro
gan, a plucky young traveller who
had just completed a journey from
the Cape to Cairo, Cecil Rhodes said:
Every one supposes that the rail
way is being built with the only OBJ
ject that a human being may be able
to get in at Cairo and get out at Cape
Town. That is, of course, ridiculous.
The object is to cut Africa through
the center, and the railway will pick
up trade all along the route The
functions to the East and West
coasts which Will occur in the future
will be outlets'for the traffic obtained
along the route of the line as it
passes through the center of Africa
At any rate, up to Buluwayo, where
| am now, it has been a payable
undertaking, and | still think it will
continue to be so as we advance into
the far interior. We propose now to
go on and cross the Zambesi just be-
low the Victoria Falls. | should like
TO have the spray of the water over
the carriages
II Cecil Rhodes were still alive ne
would see this last wish realized, for
the railway from the south has been
carried from Buluwayo through the
Wankie coal fields to the edge of
those wonderful falls, which are
twice the height and more than dou-
bic the width Of the Falls of Niagara
while a bridge consisting of single
span of 500 feet is now being con-
structed over the gorge below the
falls, and will be completed by the
end of the year.
rhe bridge will have the distinction
OF being the. highest in the world, the
rail level being 420 feet above the
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-07-23
Children Still.

We seek no more a daily prize.
Nor triumph in our dreams.
So changed the luster of the skies.
So faint and few the CLEANS.
Yet comes anew. when Others play,
That unforgotten thrill,
And are we dull and old to-day.
Or only children still?
We loved the battle Cnce, but row
We arc not OVERLOAD.
There's wisdom on tho weary brow.
And i'm our hearts the cold.
Yet I'm the light Of eager eyes
We lose the Wintry chill
And then we are not overwise.
But simple children still
The visions OF our glorious youth
Have faded long ago;
We hope no more to find the truth,
And should we care to know?
Not OUTS 10 scale the ViewlcSs height,
But there's Il purple hill.
And still we gladden. at the sight
And climb as children still.
How much OF all the good we planned
Is perfect or begun2
Vino watched the lifting of Gods hand
And waits Tor his well done"
But when the children whom we love
The good we missed fulfill.
Thank God our hearts prevail 90 prove
The hearts OF children still.
Hugh Macnaughton, in London Satur
day Review.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-07-23
Women in Foot Races.

Recently womens tootraces at
Treptow, near Berlin, caused a great
deal of interest. Two of the competi-
tors boldly donned jerseys and knick-
erbockers. but the remainder ran in
skirts. Several appeared on the track
in high-heeled boots. A considerable
number dropped from exhaustion
within fifty yards OK the starting point.
One sprained her ankle, another fell
and broke her arm and third faint
ed from excitement before the signal
was given to go. Most of the COM
petitors appeared to be absolutely un-
trained.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-07-23
Crude Petroleum as Fuel.

A vessel using crude petroleum for
fuel has made a successful voyage
from California to New York. This
craft has steamed nearly 1900 miles
smoothly and well in fifty-one days,
Keeping up n fair average of speed.
The oil took up one-quarter less room
than an equivalent quantity of coal
would have taken, thus saving cargo
space, and it was not necessary to
stop at any point in order to renew
the supply. In fact, upon her arrival
at a Brooklyn pier this steamship. the
Nebraskan, had sufficient fuel in re-
serve for passage across the Allan
tic.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-07-23
Ancient British Stronghold for Sale

Dunstanburg castle is about to be
offered for sale by auction. 1t was
first a British stronghold. then Ro
man fortress, and at much later pc.
rod was garrisoned for Queen Mar
garet, after the battle of Hexham
when il was besieged and taken after
an assault lasting three days. The
legend of Sir Guy, the Seeker" told
in a ballad by NJ. G.. Lewis, is con-
nectcd with the castle. "Dunstan dia-
monds" are crystals found in the
neighborhood. A deep chasm in the
rock at the cast of the castle is known
as the Rumble Churn." In rough
weather the sea rushes in, and great
clouds of spray are thrown up.-Lon
don Chronicle.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-07-23
Sea, Of soIomon's Son.

The German excavating expedition
In Syria has discovered the seal used
by King Solomon's son at a place
called Tell El Multissen. 1t has been
taken to Beyroot and handed over to
the Turkish pasha, Emin Effendi. The
seal is the size of an ordinary saucer,
is made of jasper and has a beauti-
fully engraved lion on it with a wide
open mouth. The inscription in He
brew. translated, reads:
Iii Schema. the son of King Solo
mon, the son of David"
Dr. Hartleben, the Archaeological,
says il is the finest example of cary
Ing known dating from so remote an
tiQuity.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-07-23

steep mountains offering well-nigh
insurmountable difficulties to railway
construction. but on the other hand,
the lake itself offers a magnificent
waterway of 400 miles on the direct
line between the Cape and Cairo. 1t
may be taken as granted, therefore,
that this part of the journey will be
made by water and that passengers
will be carried by steamboat from
Kituta to Usambara. at the north end
of the lake. From here to Lake Kivu
is 80 miles. offering no serious OBJ
stacle to railway beyond a rise in
level of 1000 feet. Lake Kivu is
sixty miles in length, and this sheet
of water also is surrounded by high
and precipitous mountains, so that an
other break in the line will have 10 be
made and the waterway utilized.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-07-23
CURES WROUGHT RY MUSIC.
Notable Cases Where Sweet Sounds
Were Beneficial.

Notable Cases Where Sweet Sounds
Were Beneficial.
From the days OF Saul and David
music has no doubt been the means OF
alternating, if not actually curing
many serious cases of mental disease
Modern experience has proved this
conclusively, and many instances may
be quoted from ancient history.
Pythagoras commended music i'll the
treatment of the insane, and Thales
when a pestilence ravaged Sparta
found in music his most powerful
means of combating it. Henocrates
soothed maniacs by it, and Theophras
tus held that even the bites OF VenO
nous reptiles were rendered less fata
by subjecting victims TO the influence
of melody.
When Philip of Spain was in a NOR
bid and Responding condition, Fari
nelli, the vocalist, was sent for by the
queen, with party Of musicians, t.
sing and PLAY in the adjoining room
The effect was a speedy and rapid
cure.
Both Buchanan and lakeland relate
instances in which music has cured
cases of ST. Vitus' dance. and Becker
and Schneider demonstrated practi
cally it's influence in different cases of
hysteria.
Sir Henry Halford has chronicled
the case of mad Yorkshireman who
was restored to sanity Jy the use OF
the violin six weeks after it's introduc
ton Montreal Herald.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-07-23
penounces Khaki Uniforms.

Mayor Jameson said in the British
parliament the other day that the
sudden resort to Khaki uniforms was
o "senseless craze" Because the
Beers wore khaki and SLOUGH hats the
whole army was slapped into similar
costume. If the Zulus had beaten it..
the army would have gone about i'm
feathers and paint. Three streaks of
paint and an ostrich feather would
have been the Uniform of field mar.
shall.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-07-23
Bribery.

Russell Sage was in early life az
errand boy in Troy grocery store.
At certain directors meeting. re
verting to his boyhood days in Troy
Mr.. Sage said:
Il remember well frequent visit
or to our Troy grocery, a rich young
farmer from Schaghticoke. He had
fallen in love with a New York girl
who had spent the summer in Schagh
ticolle, and in the autumn he called ON
her in the city and proposed mar
riage.
The story goes that, as soon as she
refused him. the young man put on
his hat and stalked out OF the house
Once outside. though. an idea struck
him, and, returning. he said:
Would the tower of Europe bt
any inducement?'
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-07-23
A Deduction.

The late Charming Clapp of Boston
was for some years after the civil war
a cotton planter in the south.
Mr.. Clapp had on his plantation q
little boy in buttons called Sam"
Sam" one afternoon pointed to a
bottle on his masters bureau and
said:
Mars Claiming, am DAFT hair oil?"
Mercy. no, sam that's glue said
Mir Clapp.
Il guess dass why | can't git nah
cap off" said Sam" thoughtfully.