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Evening journal., 1905-03-21
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Special 70 Tho Evening Journal.
Dover. March 2i.-The Senate yestea-a
day afternoon passed the good roads
bill for Kent county, which is the same
as that for Sussex. passed last week.
1t provides for the permanent inn
OF the public highways by
allowing any district to raise 81. 900 ad-
ditional road tax annually or in any
ione year, as a condition precedent to
the appropriation Of $1,000 from thu
state.
Evening journal., 1905-03-21
Chicken Thieves ara Busy.

A gang OF thieves has been commit
ting depredations principally robbing
hen houses about Smyrna for some
time past. Constable c. II. Jones. OF
that place came to Wilmington yester-
day looking for the thieves. but no ar
rests were made.
Evening journal., 1905-03-21
Mornun ann pa.... linn..-

Dover. March 2i-rhe House lata
yesterday afternoon passed Rapresen-
tative TESTERS Dill for a New Castio
County Morgue and a s1perinaendentl
thereof at a salary OF $1,000 a year.
Representative w. s. Meredith In adj
vocating the bill said Deputy Coruueru
coflcct dead bodies and coeroe ana
levy tribute from friends of the dead
Evening journal., 1905-03-21
Released From DRY Dock.

The steamer John A. Warner. which
has been undergoing repairs at the
yards of the Harian & Hollingsworth
Company. has been released from the
dry dock. The Warner Will resume her
Siver trips about AurM Is,
Evening journal., 1905-03-21
MeetIna Of Grace Auxiliary.

The deferred meeting of the Grace
Auxiliary OF the Woman's Home Mis-
sionary Society will be held tomorrow
afternoon at 3 o'clock at the home of
Mrs. Darlington, No. 500 Washington
street.
Evening journal., 1905-03-21
Died IN the Ilo.nitnr.

John Blake. colored. died IN the
County Hospital. at F'arnhurst. on sum
day last. His body was taken 70 Dela-
ware City by trolley car yesterday for
informant.
Evening journal., 1905-03-21
WILL LIFT QUARANTINE
Smallpox Has Disappeared at Farm
hurst Station.

BY order of the State Board Of Health.
the quarantine at Farnhurst station which
has been in force for the past six weeks
will be lifted today.
During the period mentioned two sons
Of Station Agent Cramer have been suf-
fering with smallpox and no trains have
been permitted to stop at the station.
Evening journal., 1905-03-21
Governor siqns Boundary Bin.

Special TO The Evening Journal.
Dover Marioh 21-The Delaware New
Jersey boundary compact was approved
yesterday afternoon by Governor Lea.
Evening journal., 1905-03-21

1t is. true that the man who invented
the gold brick is dead, but new pur-
chaser is born every minute.
Evening journal., 1905-03-21
LOST. FOUND. REWARD.

LOST. BOOK No. B. 1902 Of Whining
ton Saving Fund, Pleas returu
to Charles w. Shuster. 2s06 jefferson st.
Evening journal., 1905-03-21

odd fashioned gold charm
with green stone, going from sos
Market to S. z. Cor. sth and Shipley
SITS. Finder will be rewarded by re-
turning TO Evening journal OficA.
Mar. 21-3F ...
Evening journal., 1905-03-21
THE WEATHER.

omorr.~o promises to be
n early stationary Temperature,
rain; Thursday, fair to partly
cloudy.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-18

]. w. Hill, President of the
Des Moines Nursery Co., Des.
Moines, Iowa, was in the city
and appointed Charles N. Griggs
at the Commercial Hotel, Man
aging Agent for the four
counties cornering here. He
will look after the other agents
as well as take orders for fruit
trees. He wants it understood
that he will replace all trees
that have been sold the people
by his company which have
died FREE. If.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-18
ELECTRICAL STORM
At Snyder, Ok Stripes Clothing From
People and Kills Them.

The tornado or cyclone which
struck Snyder, Ok, at s p. m.
Wednesday killed 100 people
and more less injured 200
more.
One woman had her head cut
of, a babe was snatched from
it's mothers arm, dashed against
a wall and killed, the woman
was left uninjured, trees were
uprooted and set on house
roofs, books and papers were
carried a distance of go miles
before dropping to earth again.
One poor little girl when res
,cued by it's weeping mother
remarked with smile, Don't
cry mamma, There's nothing
the matter with me. except I
have one eye out"
Many of the torn and bruised
bodies were found nude, some of
them even striped of their
shoes and hair.
Immediately after the storm
passed, robbers began footing
the bodies in the streets.
Population of the town $500
and. property loss $3.50, 900 to
100000.
Then nature not satisfied with
it's awful work, began again
Thursday night at the little
towu-600 population-of Olus.
tee, Ok. Killed 30 people and
there is not a house left stand
ing. Olustee is 45 miles west of
Snyder, the scene of the horri-
BILE storm of the night before.
The same twister took in
Wynnewood and NARROW rs
miles east of Snyder and did
great damage. Checotah also
was badly warped, but no fatal
tiles.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-18
Cure for Bowed Leqs.

A happy mother whose little boys
legs had been frightfully bowed and
had become straight, upon being con-
graduated told how the cure had been
accomplished. 1t was by the simple
method of riding velocipede, there
by combining much pleasure for the
little fellow with the treatment for
his little limbs. This certainly seems
an easy, inexpensive and pleasant way
to cure deformity that is quite COM
mon among children. 1t could do no
harm to give it trial.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-18
Lost His Watch.

Louis Gilbert, baggage mas.
ter at the union depot, Quincy,
came over to the Queen of the
Prairies one evening last week
to visit his "heart ease" a pref
ty blackeyed girl. That night
when he started home on the
train he slept and he slept,
like one of the seven sleepers,
in fact he slept to his destina-
ton and to the Soldiers Home.
There he awoke, made the leap
of his life out into the daI kness
and took a tumble all to him.
self. In the tumble and bounce
on the ground he lost his val
liable watch. Miss Buckeyes
ought to keep his time better
and saved his watch.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-18
Scotch Breakfast.

Lady Violet Greville. in the Graph.
&c: "The Scotch breakfast fills the
southerner with a sense of surprise
and envy. The plain bun, the Bath
bun, the Banbury cake, is about all
England can offer in the way of COM
petition, while the mountains of
scenes, bannocks, baps, seed, oat and
plum cakes which strew the Scotch
breakfast table can only come from a
land flowing with milk and honey"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-18
CayOte.

Cayotes are killing lambs
southeast of the city. They
have been in the focks Of L NJ
Kimes. Bud Crawford and 9th
ers. Vint Spalding is going to
take his pack of hounds over
there and have a grand round
up. Now boys if you want to
see some fun just angle for an
Invite" from Vint.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-18

1t has been a tradition since the
time of Nicholas I to name the cZare-
witches alternately Alexander and
Nicholas. But the murder of Alex
ander II caused his name to be con-
sidered unlucky, so there will be no
more Alexanders on the Russian
throne, as there will be no more Pauls
or Peters. The czarewitch was there
fore named Alexis, after the father Of
Peter the Great.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-18
Give Warning on Match Boxes.

1t is interesting TO learn just now.
when there is so much being done to
prevent the spread Of tuberculosis by
expectoration, that the Argentine
Health Department has been working
on different lines TO accomplish the
same end. Simple instructions ex-
planning how to prevent the spread of
tuberculosis have been printed on the
labels of more than eight million
match boxes sent out as an expert
ment.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-18
Luck In Last sheaf of Corn.

In many parts Of Scotland, and
more particularly in the lowlands, it
is believed that the man or woman
who secures the privilege of binding
the last sheaf of corn on the harvest
field will be blessed with good luck
for the following year. The privilege
of doing so is eagerly contested for
by harvest hands.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-18

Friday Frank Elliott brought
to Moaroe a load of wood which
with the wagon weighed 1850
pounds to which add the weight
of the driver 206 pounds make
1855 pounds aud the team
which pnlled the load weighed
only 1920 pounds, Thus for
each pound the team weighed
it pulled 3 pounds.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-18

Lost 2 hound dog pups, one
white and black spotted, other
blue and black spotted. s. re-
ward for return to Jep Gipson.
r. F. D. No 6.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-18
In pays Of Larae Families.

In Conway churchyaTd CEng.) there
was to be SCENT can scarcely be
there to-day-a tombstone bearing the
following epitaph: Here lyeth the
body of Nicholas Hooker, of Conway,
gentleman, who was the forty first
child of his father, William Hooker,
by Alice his wife, and the father Of
twenty-seVen children, 1897"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-18
Big Consumption of Wheat.

Our home consumption Of wheat for
food is about five and quarter bush
els year for each Of our eighty-one
million inhabitants. This per capita
consumption appears to be interest
ing. The high prices of meats are
probably Increasing the demand for
bread.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-18
cOpper Coins for Africa.

Till now the ''tickey"-a silver coin
worth cents--has been the coin of
the lowest denomination used in South
Africa. But, at the request Of the
johannesburg Chamber Of Trade. PEN
mics (2-cent copper coins) are about to
be introduced
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-18
Frightful.

Thursday morning a passen-
ger train on the Pennsylvania
Ry. near Harrisburg, Pa, crash
ed into a freig train. The boil.
er of the passenger engine ex-
ploded aud caused fifty thous-
and pounds OF dynamite in the
freight train to explode. Tween
ty passenger were killed out
right and more than a hundred
seriously wounded. Many of
the bodies were badly burned.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-18
Roman and Arabic Numerals.

1t takes three and one-half times as
long to write the Roman numerals,
from i to 100, as. the Arabic, and the
chance of error is twenty-one times
as great; It takes three times as long
to read the roman numerals from to
100 as the Arabic, and the chance Of
error is eight times as great.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-18
conex Island for Paris.

Paris is to have "Coney island"
A site of about nineteen acres has
been purchased and a capital of
81 5000 all Of 1t American money,
has been subscribed.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-18
Red Cross Society,

The Red Cross society has its found
alton in the Geneva treaty. 1864. and
is for the relief Of the suffering by war,
pestilence, famine, flood, fires and all
other calamities of sufficient magni-
tude to be deemed national in extent
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-18
A Very Rashful Man.

A brown-eyed lass Of this communi.
ty received a very unique love-letter
Sunday. The letter contained a pro
posal, but was anonymous. She in.
sisted the knight was too faint-heart
ed.-Marion (Ark) Reform.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-18
Satisfy Curiosity,

1t has been found that Chinatown
guides in San Francisco get up opium
and other dens of vice of their own in
Chinatown and employ Chinese to &C.
cupy them, to be show places for tour
lists
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-18
Wines Out Ancient Volcano.

The action of the weather has en-
tirely washed away the ash-built slopes
Of an ancient volcano in Wyoming,
leaving only the core showing basalt
in columnar forms.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-18
Profitable Arqument.

There is nothing more enjoyable
than an animated discussion of some.
thing we don't know anything about
with somebody that knows less than
we do.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-18

Mr.. and Mrs. j. Milton John
son are visiting relatives near
Palmyra.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-18
Yield of Sewage Farm.

Near Bombay city there is a sewage
arm (septic tank system) which
@ie!ds thirty-six tons of grass and
".~etgbles an acre.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-18
Electrical Sights on warships.

Electrical Sights on Wsrships.
For training" or sighting heavy
naval guns at night. very minute cleo
trical sights are fitted, and are said
TO be very effective.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-18
W. I. YOuell.

Value of American Fisheries.
The annual catch of fish in Ameri
can waters is 1,696,OOO,OOO pounds.
which represents a money value of
SAG, 10000.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-18
GROWING Old

To grow old should be a pleasant
recreation instead of a serious and
fearful occupation.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-18

W. Verdner Carson took d
run in off of the road Thursday
in time to be with the Kismet
Club and partake of the goodies.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-18

Bert LANCE was a Hannibal
visitor Thursday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-18

ASbury Park, n. j. June 30 and 80, July
and 2 Account n. E. A. meeting.
Baltimore, Md. July 5 to 10. Account
Christian Endeavcr meeting.
Buffalo, N. Y. July :, s and 8. Account
Elks' Convention.
Bristol, Tenn. May 2S, 30 aud 30. Ac-
count anniversary meeting German
Baptist church.
Denver, Col June 30 to July 4. Ac-
count Epworth League convention.
Denver, Col August II and l3. Ac-
count Eagles convention.
indianapolis, Ind. June 10 to p. Ac-
count National funniest North
America.
Milwaukee, Wis, June Is to 10. Account
Modern Woodmen Encampment.
Pittsburg. Pa August 81 to 20. Ac-
count X. of p. convention (colored)
ST Joseph, Mo. May 81, % and 90. Ac-
count Knight Templar meeting.
Portland, San Francisco and Los Angeles
May % to September 30. Account
Lewis and Clark Exposition and
various conventions.
Toronto, Ont. June Is, 10, 20and 81. Ac-
count International Sunday School
convention,
For further information inquire OF
your nearest ticket agent, or address
H. E. WATTS, p. &T. A.,
MObery. Mo.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-18
ROCKY MOUNTAIN
$685.: SALVE ::.::.::.::.::

Is SO well known that il is useless to say
anything about IFS merits. Sufficient "a
say that have the agency for the cOun-
ties of Monroe. Marion. Rails and Shelby
viii send SaIye by mail.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-05-18

Node Green and daughter,
Juliet, left Friday night for a
trip to Southwest Missouri.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-11

Darwin held that when we see or
fancy that we are being criticised or
closely observed our whole attention
becomes concentrated upon our counte-
nance. Then, just as an immediate eff
feet may be produced upon the saliva
by thinking of lemon, our face red
dens in quick response, its veins relax
and are filed with arterial blood. 4
later theory is that Of M. Melinard,
which is ut least original. Blushing. he
hays, is due simply to confusion. We
redden because we feel that people are
finding out something which we wish
to hide. He supports his theory by
showing that when the fear of being
unmasked is removed there is no blush
ing. \ child having nothing to hide
does not blush. Lovers may blush
when they meet so long as they desire
TO lide their sentiments, but not when
this condition ceases.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-11

The two infnitles of Kant did not
chill or hurt him, but his fearlessness
Is shared by few. Only for short in
stant, mt best, will most persons con-
sent to look open eyed at any clear i'm
age of fate or of infinity. Scarcely a
friend of mine will look steadily at the
clear midnight sky for minute in ST.
lence. The freezing Of the heart fol-
lows; the appalling shudder at the
dread contemplation of in1nity, which
may be called cosmic horror, Is more
than can be endured. If those stars are
absolutely and positively infinite then
there is no up or down, and they knew
no beginning, will have no ending
With any such staring gorgon of fatal.
ism the surcharged attention Is shaken,
and the chemistry of common life
seizes upon the liquid crystals with
avid hunger.-George NJ. Gould. NJ. D.,
In Atlantic.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-11
AN ODD PUZZLE.
The Cryptic Inscription That Orna-
ments a Swiss Church.

The Cryptic Inscription That Orna-
ments a Swiss Church.
A picturesque tower is the Oldest
part of the Swiss church at Champery,
a village which lies In valley under
the shadow Of the towering Dent du
Midi.
Dedicated to st. Theodule, this church
was built in 1925 on the site of an an
cient chapel. The tower, with its
unique pierced crown, carries a gilt
statuette Of the patron saint a quaint
old clock and the following cryptic in
scription, which has puzzled many
travellers:
oUoD AN IRIS MULCE PA
GUS tt DINE W.T.
HOG SAN CHRIS DULCE LA
BY taking the syllables above and be-
low with those in the middle 1t reads:
Quod angus tristi mulcedlne pavit,
Hoe sanguis Christi dulcedine lavit,
which may be freely rendered:
That which the serpent with sad charm
The blood Of Christ with sweetness has
renewed.
London Telegraph.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-11
THE DICTIONARY.
It's story May Lack Plot, but 1t Is De-
cidedly Interesting.

Whoever says dull as a dictionary"
cannot be very familiar with one We
may sympathlze with the old lady who
remarked of the dictionary that she
didn't think much of the story" but
nevertheless no one can use Il good
unabridged edition with any frequency
and not attest to the fact that it Is
full of the most fascinating reading.
Indeed, Notwithstanding the old lady's
opinion, the dictionary often eXerts
charm not unlike that of an exceeding
ly interesting novel. To be sure. the
narrative lacks consecutiveness, but
the work is full of most interesting
stories.
When we go to look up word we
are In doubt about we are attracted to
other words in its neighborhood: they
enlist our curiosity; we are lmpelled to
find out their meanings, too, and to
make ourselves acquainted with their
life histories. Very strange things,
most unsuspected things. they often
tell us. Occasionally a very familiar
word that we thought we knew all
about reveals most remarkable quail
ties-much as some commonplace
neighbor who for years we have nod
ded to in passing to and fro, regarding
him as an excellent but rather dull in
dividual, may chance to Join us In
walk down the street or sit beside us
on the train and casually betray traits,
interests, qualities of mind or heart
that entirely change our opinion of
him. SO we may read on and on, per-
haps forgetting all about the word
that we set out to look up, and finally
have to turn to 1t again to reassure
ourselves as to the precise points we
were In doubt about.-Boston Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-11

Much as animals dislike rain, none
Of them save the squirrel build them
selves shelters to keep it off. Monkeys
set their backs against tree trunks as
protection from driving rain, but never
make protective roof. 1t is COM
mon sight to see drenched herd of
cattle huddled together on some ex-
posed common In a downpour Of rain
when they have no choice or chance of
shelter. But even the orang- -outang,
which builds small sleeping plat.
form In the trees, never seems to think
of roof, though the Dyaks say that
when it Is raining heavily 1t sometimes
covers itself with the leaves Of large
fern.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-11

"The trees stand up so beautifully
exclaimed the young poet. just nome
from college,
"Yes," replied the old man. "thars
come tall timber round here"
"They seem to laugh in the wind'
and bow good morning to you," con
tinued the poet.
"Look here, john" said the old man,
"'fore you go plum crazy, take this
here Ak an chop me down dozen
Aees an run 'em through the sawmill!'
Atlanta Constitution.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-11
Whales on Their HOLIDAYS.

Professor Goldlob has been telling
the Chrlstiania Academy of Science the
results of his investigations into the
migrations of whales. These creatures
hang about the coast of Norway and
Finland until the spring is well ad-
vanced, and then they go away on
their travels. Some go to the Azores,
Others to Bermuda and the Antilles,
and they cover these enormous dis
tances in an incredibly short time.
Some of them bring back harpoons
which bear the names of ships and
other evidences Of where these mi
grants have been for their summer hol-
days
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-11
ENGLISH CRIMINAL LAW.
The Difference Between Hard Labor
and Penal Servitude.

The Difference Between Hard Labor
and Penal servitude.
The difference in Great Britain be-
tween hard labor and penal servitude
Is one Of period and treatment. Hard
labor varies as to period from a few
days to two years, and however well
prisoner behaves himself the sentence
is never shortened. There are two
classes Of hard labor.
In the first class the punishment ad-
ministered consists of six to ten hours
work at the treadmill, the crank or the
capstan. or at stonebreaking or shot
drill. In the second class the hard la
Dor really consists of such punishments
as may be decided by the justices in
session.
Penal servitude Is the modern sub
stitute for transportation beyond the
seas.
A term of penal servitude begins
with nine months hard labor in al
probationary prison, and after that the
convict Is employed on public works
In penal ssttleaDsns. the work isl
comparatively light, and In most pris.
ons a well behaved man gets off pretty
easily. In addition to this, by virtue
Of system of marks for good be-
havior, he has always before him the
possibility Of reducing his sentence by
at most about one year In five.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-11
Anthony's Nose.

There Is remarkable natural curl
osity on small tributary Of the Mo-
hawk river In Montgomery county, N.
Y. known all over New England as
"Anthony's Nose" 1t is situated on
the extremity Of a mountain called
"the Klips," and when viewed from
the river at the entrance to the high
lands has the perfect shape and gen.
eral appearance Of human nose at
least 300 feet long. Opposite Fort
Montgomery, In Putnam county, on the
east side Of the Hudson river, there
is another nose shaped projection
known to the frequenters Of that To-
cality as "The Old Mans Nasal Ap-
pendage."
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-11
The Black Gnat Superstition.

There is species Of black gnat about
the size of young house fly that visits
you at the dinner table frequently In
the course of lifetime. He is believed
to be the soul of departed friend
come back to give warning Of the death
Of some one you know. Simple folk
believe in him absolutely. Whenever
he appears at certain home in New
York, buzzing about the plate of the
lord and master, the good wife declares,
John. who can 1t be nextT' She runs
over on her fingers the names Of such
friends as she can then recall. John
frowns, growls about female non
sense" strikes at the gnat, and next
morning finds in the death notices an
nouncement of the demise of one he
knew.-New York Press.