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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-07

Now, while this had been 60
ing on my obscure faculties
nd been working. / took
especial notice of the actions
and expression of the young
man l had seen with the young
lady. He seemed unduly excit-
ed, casting hurried glances at
me, as if to make sure he had
never seen me before. l must
decide upon a plan for at least
temporary use. Turning to the
host, / said coolly:
May 1 ask a private inter
view? You don't wish to raise
a disturbance, I'm sure"
Don't go off alone with him.
said the young man of whom l
bad been speA king
Would you do me the favor
to come with us?" l said polite
ly.
The host led Us to a small
room and shut the door. The
young mans nervousness in
creased. l don't know what
put it into my head, but l re-
solved to screen myself by &C
cusing him.
Il came here to arrest Bar
ney Redfield." l said.
The man clutcbed a chair.
And" / continued, "having
found my mani drew a pair
of bracelets-"I have accom-
plished my work "
Great heavensw exclaimed
the host, my daughters
aftianced husbandv
l had fired at random and
br ought down the game / want
ed. Redtield was born a gen
tie man in England, dritted to
A ustralia and found no Difficult
ty in keeping up the part in
A merica. got my reward from
the Denver bank and a few
thousand more from the man
whom l had saved from a rob
son-in-law. My informant was
a girl Redfield was proposing
to throw off for his new love-
Elk.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-07

To Montana. Idaho, Utah.
Was hineton, Oregon, British
Columbia, California and Inter
mediate Points via Wabash
Line. Dates of Sale, March
first to April thirteenth, 1904
inclusive. For full information
apply to your nearest Ticket
Agent. or address,
H. e. WAITS,
p. & Il. A.,
MoberlyM o.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-07

Say Mr.. Democrat after you
have been standing around abus-
Ing your party and telling how
you are gong to vote the Repub-
Ican ticket this fall If this or
that man don't getthe nomination
Tor governor, go home and hunt
up your tax receipts. On your
1902 receipt you will find print.
ed in the corner, State tax %
cents,' and on your 1908 receipt
you will find, Estate tax Is
cents.' In other words during
the asst two years the State tax
has BEEN reduced seven cents
on the 800 valuation and this
kind of reduction under an eco
nomical Democratic administra-
ton has been going on for thir-
ty years. Missouri is today
the best and most economical l.
ly governed State in the Union
1t has no debt and a larger
school fund. than any other
State. If you don't like this
condition of affairs. however,
you can easily enough remedy
by voting the Republican tick
et.-Palmyta Spectator.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-07
AN IMPORTANT
CAPTURE.

While acting as an independ-
ent detective at Chicago one
+ night about 10 o'clock a scrap
{ of paper was left at my door on
!. which was written in woman S
I hand, Barney Redfeld, who
robbed the-the National Bank
1 OF Denver, will be at No. R.
avenue tonight" l had never
seen Redtield or his picture and
4 knew nothing about him except
4 that there was a reward of
{ $1,000 offered for his capture. l
knew nothing of the house in
R-avenue. All l could do
was to was to go there and be
| guided by circumstances.
1 found the house brilliantly
lighted and guests entering I'M
der an awning. l walked in the
with rest. Though l was not in
evening dress ! had on an over
GOAT. / was shown mp to the
gentlemen's dressing room,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-07

If Folk gets majority of the
total vote in the county June IL
he should have the delegation.
If Reed or Halves get that ma
jority the delegation should be
for one of these. -Rills County
Times.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-07
Ct OO WORTH OF EDEE
~ law MUSIC MI Il

If There is piano in your home
we will send you without charge
SEVEN SPLENDID MUSICAL COMPOST.
TONS two vocal and five instru-
mental. Three of these selec-
tions are copyrighted and can
not be bought in any music store
FOR LESS THAN SlOO. With them
we will send four portraits of
great composers and four large
reproductions of famous paint.
ings of musical subjects.
Why we make this offer.
We make this offer to reliable men
and women to enable us to send in
formation regarding our Library of
the w Worlds Best Music, which is alb
solutely the best selection of vocal
and instrumental music ever publish
ed. 1t contains more music, more il
Illustrations and more biographies Of
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library, 1t is for general home use
and enjoyment as we'll as for students.
Send your name and address and Ten
Cents in stamps to pay for postage
and wrapping. When writing kindly
mention the DEMOCRAT.
The University Society,
Department d
Is Fifth Avenue NEW YORK
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-07
Dead Affairs.
Frank L. StaRtoR.

ain LIE 1Naftoss
/.
AT this hamelcss altar
Bend not now thy head;
Falter, footsteps-falter!
All Loves gods are dead;
And ashen.g gray the cheeks are
where the rose burned red.
II.
Lips with sweet caresses,
For Gods love have done
Dark, brown-stream ming tresses
Hide no more the sun!
Too late the wreath of Triumph
now, if victory were won.
III.
Yet, for one golden minute
| dreamed ! wore Loves
crown;
Your voice-the old voice in it
No seas or storms could
drown!
And the altar ashes felt the fame
and all the gods came down.
".
That great-that heaven
high minute
That mystery-that spell
That joy!-a world to win it!
TO hear your red lips tell
Again the false sweet story that
Time hath learned to we'll!
V.
Dear Heart!-we are but hu-
mau,
For Love to kill or save;
The footsteps of a woman
Are echoes from Loves
SAoN
Butwhy whenlove finds freedom
should Fate again enslaveP
vi.
Come! though the fame be
ashes;
Come though the dream be
fed,
Brief as the lightning flashes!
Come! though Loves gods
be dead,
And deck his brow with lilies
white and kiss his lips red!
VII
And ! shall dream that over
Loves forehead bend Loves
sky;
The old, sweet fields of clover
The blooms, too dear TO die
Shall garland these affairs gray,
where Memory is sigh.
VIII.
And love-since love we deem
Shall live in heavens es-
TEEN;
And, if a dream, Well dream it
Till Death kiss down the
dream,
Or dawns deathless Morning
where suns eternal beam!
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-07

We find the greatest pleasure
in tuI plsbipe ytu the best n eat
at the lowest prices for cash.
JOHN L. OWEN & Co.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-07

The Shelbina Democrat is
still a little more severe IN it's
de nunciatlon of Democratic cor,
ruptiou in Missouri than the
Gl obe-Democrdt. Editor Jew
EFT still has Brown county,
Illinois, leanings. His Democ-
racy was always of the thin
skin kind.-Parls Mercury.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-07
Spring Item.

bible says a good deal about
fishermen-doesn't it?"
"Oh, yes!-'Alf liars shall
have their portion in the lake
that burneth with fire and brim
stone.'"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-07

ing off my overcoat till the 9th
ers had gone down. Then be-
gan to look about me for appar-
ell suitable to the occasion. Go
ing to the floor above, which
was deserted, l ransacked clos
cts and drawers, finding moth
ing till / came to a room in
which a dress suit, shirt, collar,
cuffs and a pair of black silk
stockings we're spread out on
the bed, while a pair of low
shoes were on the floor. Evil
IDENTIFY some one was expected
for whom they had been made
ready. l put them on and went
downstairs.
Iran great risk, though l
could prove l was detective,
had actually stolen suit of
clothes and was promerading
in them. it would be inferred, to
steal other things Going down
a winding staircase aud seeing
the host and hostess receiving
guests in the drawing room, |
turned into the library. |
strolled about, keeping an eye
on every one l met, but saw no
inkling TO lead me on. A young
lady who proved to be the
daughter of the host sat for
long while in d window seat
with a handsome young fellow
with a restless eye, but plenty
of people have restless eyes,
and Barney Redield would he
more likely to spend his time
looking for jewelry or silver
ware than spooning. After
spending an hour lodging the
members of the family | con-
clu ded to go upstairs, when l
heard gentleman say:
"There's been a robbery.
Franks clothes were laid out
for him upstairs, and when he
arrived just now he found they
were gone"
For a moment my heart stood
still, but regaining my assur-
ance and remembering that if
Barney Redfield were in the
house and knew that the family
were alarmed he would imme.
diately make an agrees. l said
to the speaker:
Il would suggest, sir, that
the exits be watched to prevent
the thief's escape"
You are right" he replied
and departed to see that my
suggestion was carried out.
1t was soon evident that the
matter of the loss of the dress
clothes of Frank, whoever he
might be, had got out among
the guests, and had it not been
that | was absorbed in watch.
ing for some man to show some
anxiety, thereby indicating that
he was vulnerable, l would
have felt the unpleasantness OF
my position. AS it was, l was
not disconnected till l saw the
host coming toward me, his
gaze fixed upon me with no
pleasant expression. He was
followed by several others, ali
men.
Il beg pardon, he said, but
do not recognize you
l was Cornered. What should
l say? What should 1 do? |
stared at him without speaking.
IF you cannot give a reason
for your being here, l shall send
for the police
Don't stop for bin to invent
an excuse said a guest, the
man who had been attentive to
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-07

In our opinion the Democrats
of Vernon county. in their re-
C ent convention, acted very
silly when they refused to en-
d orse Senators Cockrell and
Stone and Gov. Dockery and
ref used to condemn the Repub-
lican party. They let their
prejudice against Dick Speed
get away with their better
judgment. Cockrell is a grand
Did Democrat, Stone is the most
brilliant of all the Senators,
Gov. Dockery's administration
is an excellent one, and it is al
W avs in order to condemn Re
p ublican methods.-Ralls Coun-
ty Record.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-07
Monuments.

Before buying that monu.
ment for the grave of a depart
ed friend see Thomas & Shear,
man. They will make the
price and you will be pleased
with their work.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-07
EYES, EYES.

You can have them well tested 70
lenses and very reasonable.
R. Manning Walker,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-07

AT this hamelcss altar
Bend not now thy head;
Falter, footsteps-falter!
All Loves gods are dead;
And shen.gray the cheeks are
where the rose burned red.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-09-29
WHAT is A KNOCKER?

III a man engages in business with
unbusiness methods and inferior
goods, and when he finds his trade
is falling off, instead of raising the
quality of his stock, and adopting
business-l like ways, he adopts
the tactics of running down the
goods of his competitors below the
level of his own instead of improv-
his stock, resorts to lies and mis-
representations, that man is a
"knocker."
If a man has a poor piece of land
for sale, and instead of being honest
and square and telling the facts
about his own land tries to equalize
its comparative value disparaging
his neighbor,s farm, which is in the
market, as poorer than his, that man
is a "knocker.'
If a man is running for office, and
instead of trying to make himself
competent for the position sought
for, he endeavors by misrepresenta-
tions and falsehood, to lower the
ability of his competitor below his
own in public estimation, hat man
is a ''knocker."
If there is a rivalry between two
towns, for instance for the location
of the state capital, and one of them
instead of playing fair and urging
its own surroundings and accessi-
bility in an honest, truthful manner,
devotes the whole force of its pro-
paganda to defaming the character
and surroundings of its rival, even
to the extent of depreciating the
value Of the property and interests
belonging to the whole state as a
commonwealth, by publishing to the
land-craving h~ome-seekers of the
world that a million and a half acres
of the domain owned by the whole
state in common are worthless to
support a population, such a town is
a ''knocker. Canton Times.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-09-29
PIERRE'S WATER SUPPLY.

About the best joke of this capital
campaign, is the statement of one of
Mitchelrs strikers that Pierre has a
water famine! This is almost as bad
as the assertion that Pierre has no
natural gas. About the next thing
will be the claim that the Missouri
river runs up hill. Pierre's water
supply is just as ceartain as the exis-
lance of the Missouri river, and that
river is feo by thousands of square
miles of the Rocky mountain region,
where snow falls and melts through
out the summer, and accumulates
enough moisture in the winter
season to flood a continent. No dis
ease germs Turk in that broiling,
rushing stream, and when filtered,
as the water used by Pierre, no bet
ter drink iexists on earth. Groton
Independent.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-09-29
HUGHES COUNTY EXHIBIT.

The correspondent from Yankton
has this to say in regard to the
Hughes county exhibit: In the
agricultural department the display
of counties is exceptionally fine.
The exhibit from Hughes county is
magnificent. 1t is the most elabor-
ate and extensive of the exhibits and
will be hard to beat for first place.
The exhibit contains splendid speci-
mems of corn, small grain and
immense squashes and pumpkins.
The back ground is taken up by a
a S { piece done III Hughes county
grain representing two cornucopiaes
out Of which are falling the plenty
Of the land. The exhibition of Faux
county is a great credit to the north
ern part Of the state. Although
King Corn is missing to the eye of
the resident of the southern counties
vet the exhibition contains grain and
grasses that wauld be hard to dup
licate anywhere.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-09-29

If Neighbor Smith went around
the country telling everybody he
met that your farm was worthless
you would be mad, wouldn't you?
You would consider it mean, med
dlesome and untruthful of Smith to
run down your property in that way.
Yet Mitchell is talking about your
property in just that way. AS a
taxpayer you own an interest in over
two million acres of state lands that
lie west of Pierre. 1t is to your
interest to have these lands advance
in price SO that they may be sold
and the proceeds used to reduce
taxes.
When Mitchell says these lands
are nc good and v will be any
good, is she not running down the
property of every taxpayerf-Gr Gro
ton Herald.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-09-29

and have gone on with their improve
ments and investments, may be out.
rageously imposed upon-the state
may be a great sufferer from denun-
citation Of its school and other lands
what care we for these things?
What care we for the general
demoralizing effects of such a can
vass if We can thus promote our own
individual financial interests?
Let the state 60 broke let her
violate her faith with Pierre let
her suffer all manner of impositions
conceivable in a contest Of this kind
our motive shall have inspired a
winning fight for us and we shall
not worry over her wounds Clark
Republic Courier.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-09-29
FOR CHANGED VIEW.

Fourteen years ago the Register
favored Huron in the capital con-
test. 1t did so from selfish motives,
because we wanted the capital
where it would be handy to Brook
ings; but now that Pierre has spent
thousands of dollars to get the CAPT
tal-that a great many have spent
their all because the capitai has
been located there, as they were led
to believe, permanently, and because
the country west of the Missouri
river has opened up since that time,
we believe that in the interest of the
state at large, every thing being
considered, the capital should
remain where it is, and that the
vote should be so overwhelming that
another attempt to remove it will
never be Register.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-09-29
GLORY IN PIERRE'S FIGHT.

We glory in the brave fight Pierre
is making in behalf Of herself and
the state at large, for the fight of
Pierre is the fight of the state, for
if Pierre should lose, the state would
lose far more than Pierre.
All honor to Pierre for the gallant
defense she is making against the
assaults of Mitchell upon the credit
of the state. All honor to Pierre
for her gallant efforts to promote
the prosperity and material welfare
of the state, while Mitchell and her
supporters are blacklisting South
Dakota among the thousands of
homeseekers who are coming this
way.
Mitchell and her supporters would
turn the tide of migration to
Nebraska or North Dakota or any
where. The insane howlers for
Mitchell are proclaiming that all the
land in the state worth settling on
is already occupied and there is no
more room for new comers. 1t will
take years of earnest and eloquent
retraction on the part of Mitchell's
supporters to undo the damage they
have inflicted upon the state, and
few of the delractcrs will live long
enough to repair the damage they
have done.-Canton News.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-09-29
DISTORTS JUDICIAL OPINION.

The Salem Register IA Mitchell
organ quotes from a decision Of the
supreme court, permitting the cir
cult court to grant a writ of habeus
corpus in acertain ease because ''the
Petitioner is held at so great a dis
lance from the capital" which is the
seat of the supreme court. The Reg
lister says this was done "to save the
defendant the expenses Of a trip to
Pierre" 1t further says:
1--WE think it would be better for
people of Sooth Dakota in Novem-
Der to follow the example Of our
highest judicial tribunal, and, by
locating the capital at Mitchell,
cause a permanent saving to the
state and relieve ninety per cent of
those having business at the capital
from the expense referred to in the
opinion of the supreme court"
1t 50 happens that this case came
up from Lawrence county, in the
Black Hills, and of course the decis-
ion of the supreme cours would have
been identically the same had the
capital been at Mitchell instead of
Pierre-all Of which goes to show
how these Mitchellites will distort
even supreme court decisions in
order to misrepresent the truth.
There is one supreme court decis-
ion which none Of them has tackled,
however, and that is the declaration
that no city has and power to grant
the use Of its city hall for anything
but city business-not even for use
as a state capital.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-09-29
ADVERTISING THE WEST.

There is one good thing coming
out Of the capital removal contest
which is going on in this state and
that is the country west of the Mis-.
souri, is being thoroughly advertised.
All that al be said against it il
being said by the Mitchell adher-
ents, and not all that is being said
will be believed and many will be
induced to 60 and investigate. On
the other hand the advantages oil
country are being disclosed by the
Pierre adherents, and it is not
difficult to convince a farmer that a
profitable stock country can be
made a good farming country
Gary Interstate.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-09-29
NEW P

1t now developes that Yankton's
$4,000 Milwaukee depot and
freight house in prospect will cost
in the neighborhood of $4,000 in
reality. Come to think of it, how
ever, we do not remember that any
body but a few ~overzealous Mitchell
boomers ever thought it would be
otherwise. Mitchell's support in
Yankton and vicinity has dwindled
the past two months in about the
same proportion as the price of the
new depot.-Yankton Herald.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-09-29
MITCHELL's MORAL sPAsM.

80 - 49, ~ 49,
For month the voters of South
Dokota have been riding on passes
over the Milwaukee road to view the
city of Mitchell and on passes over
the Northwestern road to view the
of Pierre.
The dispensers of passes to Mitch
ell have suddenly discovered that
the dispensers of passes to Pierre
are corruptionists and bribers, and
are flooding the state with two col
umn write ups full of weeping and
wailing and stopping over with croc
odile tears about the awfulness of
Pierre's campaign policy in accord
ing to the voters the opportunity to
inspect their capital city, their cap
itol building and the surrounding
country.
This reminds us of a story of Lin
coin and Douglas. All the world
knew that Lincoln was temperate to
abstemiousness while Douglas liked
red liquor.
In the midst Of a hot campaign
Douglas suddenly charged Lincoln
with being a bar tender. 1t appears
that early in his areer Lincoln had
clerked for a short time in a grocery
store. In those days grocers kept
liquor for sale as a part of their gen
eral stock, therefore the grocers and
grocers' clerks might be called bar
tenders.
Lincoln asked Douglas how he
knew he had been a bar tender.
Il was there and l saw you sell
liquor said Douglas. very well'
replied Lincoln, at appears that /
stood on one side of the bar and that
you stood On the other"
Is Mitchell fooling the voters with
her sudden spasm of morality or is
she insulting their acuteness and
their love of fair play and proving
that her campaign has got down to
pin hole dimensions Y-Pierre Daily
Dakotan.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-09-29
LET THEM KNOCK.

Every knock knocks out a Mitch
ell vote, but still they will knock.
It's a pity that n section of the
country will try to run down another
section in an attempt TO greedily
grasp that which the people have
placed. But it won't work. Let
them have their fun, what satisfac-
tion they are getting now is all the
satisfaction they viii ever get. We
DO pity the people, however, who
are residents Of the fated district,
Tor taxes are liable to be high for
some years to come. Egan Express
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-09-29
THE FooLIsHNEss OF IT.

1t was so foolish.
Here was a great young state
moving along peacefully and pros
perously to better things.
Along came a horde of removal
lists and said we viii rip this state Of
affairs up one aide and down the
other, we will put half the state al
war with the other half, we will
check this onward march of prog
ress, kill of immigration by
decrying the public lands that
await entry and settlement, includ.
ing the endowment lands located
therein, and put the state back .
quarter Of q century in develop
ment and wealth.
We will do this If we have TO give
her . black eye from some Of thu
effects Of which she may not who'll,
recover in half . century Mitchell'
tnneft is our motive.
II We can convince the voters tina
half the state is worthless and unfl
for occupancy by civilized beings
We shall gain U point.
The army Of immigrants AM
Inyestors and The whole world VIII
~ onlookers may be similarly con
WINGED.
The citizens Of Pierre VII
acoepted the conclusions Of the las
capital controversy in good fait
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-09-29

Of them which will yield over six
hundred bushels"
Mr.. Russell has eight acres of the
the yellow dent corn of which he
encloses a sample. He says the field
will average nearly nine feet high
and he expects it to 60 fifty bushels
to the acre.
The flint variety will yield an
equal harvest. These ears average
nine and ten inches long. Pierre
Dakotan.